The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-12

MARBLEHEAD. Mass, Aug. 11.-Com-
modore George +. Baker, Jr., won the
Kings cup to-day with the so footer
Ventura and compensated in a large
measure for the hard luck his yacht
had In the earlier races of the cruise.
The Ventura was the second yacht to
finish. the big schooner %Enchantress
leading the Kings cup division home.
put the schooner on account Of her
size had TO allow nearly ~ minutes
time. The Ventura was well within that.
and all the so footers beat the En-
chantress and Avenger on corrected time.
The fifties made a very close race.
The Barbara. sailed by Harry l.. Max
well. led on the windward leg. but
Grayling was SO close at the mark that
these two had a long luffing match,
which enabled the Ventura and Iro-
ouois to get the lead at the second
mark. Reaching home tho Barbara
and 1roQuois both passed the Ventura,
but as the Ventura had started At the
end OF the four mlnutes allowed, and
after the Barbara and lroquois, the
Ventura made the best actual time OF
the sos over the course. The Avenger
had received a special grooming for the
race. She was the last yacht to finish.
The Carolina withdrew at the end OF the
first leg.
The Resolute and vanitie. not being
eligible for the Kings cup, sailed a
separate race and the Resolute. after
beating the Vanitie at the start, drew
steadily away from her rival and al
the windward mark led by 6 minutes
10 seconds on the two reaches. The
Vanitie. aided by a freshening wind, re.
duced this lead and at the finish The
Resolute won by 3 minutes SO seconds
actual time and 5 minutes 81 seconds
corrected time. II was a slow, tedious
race n the Resolute took 5 hours SO
minutes to sail thirty-six miles twenty.
four Of which were with the wind over
the quarter.
The squadron d~isbanded this evening
at colors. Many OF the yachts will 20
East tomorrow and the sailing vessels
will be towed through the canal for
Newport and Long Island Sound.
Nine sloops and two schooners left the
harbor to race for the Kings cup. They
were the Avenger. the seven 80 footers
which a raced through the cruise. and
the schooners Enchantress and Irolita
h Nagrant left at the same time. bu,
she was bound east. There were in add.
ton the cup yachts Resolute and vanitie
racing for their special prize.
iib was 8it " bbutH ny east
when the flagship viking. anchored Oh
Half Way Rock. at IL o'clock. signalled
the course. The first leg of the triangle
was east by south ~ miles. This waS
windward work. The second leg was a
reach of l2 miles northeast. with the
wind over the starboard quarter. and the
third leg was a reach OF IL miles with
the wind over the port quarter.
All had club topsails aloft. There wal
a large fleet to follow the racers and the
Eastern and Corinthian clubs had steam.
ers for their members.
At IL :l5 the warning signal for the
seventy footers sounded and the W. biz
yachts began to struggle for the better
position at the line. The two were In
very close company and the Resolutt
pulled away from the Van!tie. Charles
Francis Adams. at the wheel OF the
Resolute, outman9uvered the Vanit!e
and when the starting signal sounded a.
IL :25 the Resolute carried the Vanitit
down the line and, blanketing her. killed
her way.
The Resolute crossed on the s.arboart
tack In the weather position. The Van
lite. almost dead in the water, wen
about at the line and crossed on the port
tack. Then the Resolute tackled ant
both headed southwest. The Vanitie wa
sailed full 10 get clear OF the Resolu,e
but when she had her wind clear shs
could not foot any faster than her riva
and was considerably to leeward. The,
held the port tack for thirty-five min
utes and hen took the starboard tack
heading southeast. After that the Van
lite tried short lacking but this stmpl,
helped the Resolute. and the Herreshof
built yacht drew further and furthe
ahead. II was a long tedious beat ant
at times the yachts were almost be