New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-07
nefeats the Resolute by
Almost 10 Minutes in
Race of 33 Miles.
roRTY-TWO BOATS
JOIN IN CRUISE
Up. Morgan at Wheel of the
Drawing in Clash Between
the "FiftieS."

Rv CAPT. JAMES c. SUMMERS.
Marion. Mass. Aug. 6.--ln one of the
uos, sensational races the two big cup
1efs,ders vanitie and Resolute have
-. ENGAGED in the Vanitie won in to-
80 second SQUADRON run Of the New
Yn,t Yacht Club. In a thrash to wind
- ~ tbirtv-.hree miles from Bren-
va Peef Lichtship. Off Newport, TO a
~, oF West Falmouth she defeated
he Resolute by 10 minutes % seconds
actual and , minutes 81 SECONDS cor
rscted time. The Nanitie's allowance
"a the Resolutc was ! minute "A sec
onds. III. ..4.r,,,
breeze. the Naniue having the best OF
the start by 80 seconds. The breeze
;rcressod as the race progressed. and
h eanted 10 the southward Tor the IaSt
tbird Of the contest Both yachts were
served equally. SO FAR as could be seen,
and both carried the same sail.
TweDtv-cre Yachts, ten schooners
and eleven sloops started in the race,
and all made good time over the course.
thew were favored by a flood tide upon
entering Ruzzar1's Bay.
In A light breeze from the eastward
the start pcs made off Brenton Reet
Ijrhtsh.p at II o'clock, the warning
signal sounding a. that time. The SKY
was cloudy and there was every APP
Dcarsnce IF rain when the elght<<n
Yachts that started began manGuvung
Tor position.
Vanderbilt at Wheel.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, at the wheel
Of the Vauite. after q neat little tus-
Gle for the weather berth with Cap
tain Adams of the Rcsolute, captured
that coveted position, getting away on
the port tack 26 seconds after the sig
nal anu 80 seconds ahead of the Reso-
Lutte, which crossed on the opposite
tack.
Weathering the bow Of the light
ship, the HerreShof sioop stood in
shore for two minutes before coming
about The Vanitie then had q lead
Of about one-eight1 Of mile. At
1882 the Nanit.e tackled TO starboard,
and she crossed the Resolute's bow at
1881 Three minutes later the Reso-
lutte came about 10 starboard.
The VaH,te held that tack for Al
minutes, when she swung 10 the port
tack right of West Island. She
crossed the Resolute's bow again at
l2:l5 and al 12:19:40 the Resolute
tackled ofshore. The Vanitie, tacking
to starboari at 1920, crossed the bow
Of the Resolute by about 500 yards.
The yachts then had Schuyler's Ledge
bell buoy, of West Island, abeam.
Entering BuZzard's Bay. the wind
hauled TO the southwark, so that the
Vanitie, by making several short tacks
after passing Hen and Chickens Light
ship, was able by las, when she took
the starboari tack we'll over toward
Cuttyhunk, 10 lay her course Oh that
tack OF New Bedford at $3.50 the
Resolute was nearly two miles astern
o. the NaI,ue, on the same tack, and
the schooUers were several miles
sstern Of the Resolute.
The only starters on the signal at
ILLS for the "thirties" were Ogden
" Reds Lena and the Silhouette.
They crossed on the port tack. At
l:20 the sloOp Kalinga and the
sehooners Hope. Ahmakoia. Alice and
Queen Nab got away i'm that order
The Sound schooners Alicia and Rival
were sent away at 10:48;41 and
lO:49:55, respectively.
Ventura First Away.
Commodore George F. Baker. ir's,
Ventura was first away of the CITIES"
a. the weather end Of the line on the
starboard tack with the Spartan and
the Samuri close up to her on the
same tack The Crawling. with her
owner, Nlce-C Commodore J. ?. Morgan,
al the wheel wearing a yellow oil
skin jacket. crossed on the port tack
and so did Ralph Ellis's lroquois IL,
the Carolina lacking 10 port on the
line. a minute after clearing the line
Me Spartan. on the port tack, forced
The Grayaug about
L. W. llark's Irolita led the big
sehooncrs 40 their start at 1880. The
Lnchantress, which tackled to starbOard
on the line was next away; then came
me Nagraut and the Radiant IN that
order. All of these stood inshore for
Castle Hill, led BY the Enchantress,
which tackled TO port az 1887, when
she could just fetch close by the Bren-
tons Reef buoy
It was a dead beat 20 windward all
the way to Buzzard's Bay. A great
Feet of steam and power craft accom-
panied the racing craft over the
course. They included Commodore
george +. Baker, jr.'s, Viking, +. g.
Bourne's Alberta, j. p. Morgan's Cor
sair, Il, A. G. Taylor's Wanderer, f.
I. Benedicts Oneida, Henry Walters's
!Aarada, Angus. Belmont's Scout. c.
Lecyard Blar's Diana, Arthur Curtiss
James's Alpha, Albert b. Perkins's
Mohican, James H. Ottley's Elmarlu,
Harold Nelson's Houplai. W. Cameron
foroess Msngosteen, Albert II. Diss
"hs Alela, James Elverson, jr.'s, Al
!egfo, W. /. Marshalls San Toy II,
Norton +. Plants kanawha, Ogden NJ.
tkeldS Porpoise, Charles J. Davols
Paragon, Edgar Palmer's Guinevere
ana Allison V. Armour's Utowana.
Laurels for Barbara.
Il was l hour and Il minutes after
Inc Naniue finished before the next
yacht, the "hfty' Barbara, arrived.
She proved TO be the winner of the cup