New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-22
Only Two of One Hundred
and Twelve Boats Fail
TO Finish in Race.
|rHE CRAWLING IN
FRONT OF "FIFTlES''
soboorcrs Only Fourteen Sec
onds Apart, While "Thirt'es'
Wage a Pretty Struggle.
. c,rr,1N -IAMEs c. SUMMERS.

=, CAPTAIN JAMES c. SUMMERS.
S,lsrd.8 conditions for light weather
-..;,c greeted the yachtsmen OF the
,.-.bmort club yesterday for the
I'D dav Of race week. Out OF
indy threatening sky there came
r-bt breeze from the northeast that
,,reIv r.ppled the waters Of the Sound
:. noon. but which increased in force
-, about eight knots when the race
began. ,uo
7. was the second open race OF the
aries. and yachts from all the ho'e'-
LING clubs competed. from lhe
..to.0er Iroiita formerly the slooP
i'.oIera) down 70 the little doues that
d. s,ch GOOD and consistent racing
One hundred and twelve yach'S, SVul-
,risi1c twenty-five classes, crossed SlIe
f.srtirr line, and all except TWO m
..Ied the courses. lt required nearly
Gee hundred men TO man the various
-,tirr craft. and the contests were
lose in many classes. IL
'T r'gbr Of The CITIES" led the big
49, across the starting line. Alter
49, Clever iockeying for positions by
49, Coripthian shippers. Commodore
c.o-gs +. Baker, jr., Of the New lorN
49, Club. at the wheel OF his ven
so~t her across first, n the
"..,bs~ berth. with the Carolina
900 be- Brv Alley. close under heF
~ and The Crawling, the Acushla' the
q. 60 D. -be Barbara. the Spartan
- -be ca-~uri crossing almost beam
~ bsam toward the lee end OF the
Inc All got away within two minutes
W;.b sheets eased a couple OF points
E, s.s.1card and reaching llb topsaiIs
LIVING well. they sped away 10 the
eastward. laying their courses nice!
for Greenwich Point, the first turning
mint in the triangular course OF IVA
miles -. Tho
wind began canting 20 the eastW&Iu Z,
"a that sheets had to be fattened until
IN were closehauled on the port tack
md before Port Chester was aDeam
,o1e Of them had 10 make snort tacKS
"a fetch the mark. The Gray ing old
me best I'm this work. and she was lhe
l,sder az the buoy. with II. r "AIV-
news barbara second.
II WIS unfortunate that there was no
more windward work in the race. FROM
Greenwich Point 10 Motifs Point buoy
~ was a reach across the Sound, win
isoms 20 port, and from there TO the
fr.h close reach on the starboard
,ack The Crawling held her lead all
he way and finished a winner oY
-.,r-as II seconds from the Barbara
Walter Clark's IrOllta led the
nav vber the whistle for schooners
,sgrded She was stcered by ner
,vrer Close under her lee came the
nucy Katrina. the flagship Of the
lsrcbnort Yacht Club and owned by
Commodore James B. Ford, who has
vor many 81 prize with her George
". Scots Miladi was last, but under
rood headwav.
They sailed as a mixed class, as well
is for class prizes. All three carried
biz reachers and maintopmast stay
sails as they crossed the line. ne
lro,ita and Katrina had a close race
al around the course. the former WIN
ling by "a seconds.
The "thirtles" made a pretty start
Il 2:l5 o'clock. I. II. Prentice's Sill
lo8e;ie crossing the line IN the
Weather berth hard pressed, however,
tJ w. Marshall. IT,, with the Mink, and
" the Okee and the Lena. The last
taned slooD, with her owner. ogden
" Reid az the helm. was lutfed sharp
" around the committee tug, so that
Ihe poirtc1 90 wludward Of all
The Aeia. the Bauzai. the Alerion ii
and the Hone crossed almost together
between the middle and the lee end OF
The line. The Hope obtained the lead
from the 0kee on the second leg OF the
fl5k course, and these two had a
keen struggle for the finish line. the
! Hope winning by the close margin OF
j. seconds. The Lena was third. 3
Inilutes 6 seconds ahead Of the Alera.
Addison G. Hanan's Class b sloop
| 'Mephire won her third race of the
stnes after q close contest with the
II B. Bu3d's Amoret, which she de-
'a,ed by minute 81 seconds. OF the
eighteen "s'ars" that made a stirring
lart az ".U5 Willis and STANDARDS
Aisir won her second race Of the re-
aita IN defeating the Twinkle by 2
Hnu,es 9 seconds. ". J.. lnslee's
Smdow was third.
The handicap class was well repre-
'lied in each division. and they sailed
last race. considering the light wind.
ne winners we're: First division, the
Mora; second division. the Nadia;
eId division. the Twinkle; fourth di-
son, the White Cap
The winners in the other classes
we: The Nashnec; the Virginia.
aed by Commodore j. Stuart Black
4 N Of tho Atlantic Yacht Club: the
"le,,a, the Wild Thyme. the Twinkle
1 Snderl, the Hermcs, the Opal, the
SSIiew, the A'cyone. the Shadow. the
!d'eSee, the Mile. Boss. the Huiheehee.
X Iautog the Virginia and the
ssshoppor.
The race to-day, the fourth Of the
Eres, Will be for Glass X and below,
va Il is expected that at least 100
cents Will compete The prize win
sis viii Boz determined at the end of
week Dy the regatta committee,
soSell {. Perrin, S. G.. Etherington
Harold G.. Pryer, by the point"