The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-25
RACE WEEK
ENDS WITH LIVELY Tits
Ventura Does Best Work on Wind and Defeats Crawling
in Fifties' Contest-Irolta Has to Make
Good Time to Conquer Katrina.

race for the L1rchnont cup. IL mas
been a most successful week of racing
and a most successful week for the
club in every way. In yesterdays
races there were TAI starters, which
makes the total for the week Gsi. an
average of i13 each day. and II has
required the attention of between 500 and
zoo amateurs to handle these yachts IN
their races. IL Is also a fact that is
pleasing tn the yachtsinen that every
yacht was handled by an amateur.
The races nave been we'll managed
by Howell &. Perrin. Harold &. Fryer
and Sanford q. ttherington. and this
committee established a new record.
each man being on ham all the time
each day and when the last yacht
finished each day the sheet was written
up. The committee now has to hear
several protests. which have been made
on techuicalities when they are de
Cided the winners of the series prizes
will he announced.
The weather was not all thai could
he desired. The winds generally have
been light and fuky, but yesterday
there was n good whole sail breeze that
held fairly steady to the end and gave
the yachts good tests on all points OF
sailing. 1t was so steady ana the
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20 footers finished within / minute As
seconds and of the smaller boats, such as
the stars. nineteen crossed the finishing
line in two minutes. The caller. clock
man and marker had to work smartly
and carefully,
The wind was east northeast and the
same curses as were selected for the
two previous days were chosen again
for the many battles. The first leg for
the schooners and larger sloops was
east northeast. ga miles to a mark off
Greenwich Point. which meant a beat.
Five s~chooners started for the Larch-
mont cup. sailing with full time allow
ance, and they also competed for their
respective class prizes. r.. Walter Clark
sailed the Irolita. formerly the Ista-
lena, and won both the cup and his class
prize. In the class was Commodore
James Il. Ford's Katrina. a wonderful
old yacht now in her twenty-eighth year
and she was able to make a close race
with the modern craft. The Katrina
had Fleet Captain James II. Sparkman
r on board, She made a fine start but on
the wind was no match for the more
molern yachts. Reaching and running,
however. she made apprec!able gains,
I The 1rolita on corrected time won the
Larchmon. cup, beating the queen Nab
{ Hendon Chubh's schooner. by - seconds
p and the Miladi 10y . minutes and 30 Sec
2 onds. The Katrina was next and the
e Hopewell. a Stamford schooner. last.
The tfties had q fire race. As usual
they got away almost with the gun,
r some on one tack and some on the other
Those on the starhoard tack were Sa-
muri. spartan. Barbara. Carolina and
Grayling. The Carolina took the lie,
end of the line and the Grayliug was the
weather boat of this quintet. ON the
port tack were the Ventura. lroquo!'
and Aousilla, with the lroquois in th'
best position. \ few moments after
crossing all We're on the port tack head
1 ing toward the middle Of The sound.
1 Commodore George f.. Baker. who ha'
his fleet captain. Grerville Kane. viii
him an the Ventura. did the best worl
. on tho wind and turned the weathe'
! mark well in the lead. The others were
in very close company with the Caro-
lima. Iroquoig. Spartan and Grdylin.
turning in the order named. Then ,
was q broad reach To Motifs Point and
run with spinrnkers home. The Yea
tura maintained her lead and won tn
race, and the Griyling. sailed by G.org'
Nichols, oVerhauled the spartan. lio
r quois and Carolina and finished second
The Ventura won by : minutes an.
81 seconds. The Crawling beat the car
> DINA : seconds. the lroquois was II sec
onds astern and then IN II second
. came the spartan. II seconds in from
Of the Samuri. The Grayling took tn
series prize, having won three races
been second twice and third once, an
the Ventura with tWo victories look IN
n second prize.
!, The E%lcanora. sailed by Frank Rowu
y Jones. had "A special race against II. "
;e Raymond's Hermes and Dr. Keeler'
2 Alice and won, This gives Eleanora tn
IS series prize. In the race for 81 raters
q Addison g. Hanan scored his sixth con
l. secutive victory with the Josephine and
,e of course. takes all the prizes. Butte
rs Whiting and W. W. Swan sailed wit
Mr.. Hanan.
is Hone won. and her victory gives her tn
IN series. i'ntil this race the Okee wa
A leading in points. but Okce was last yes
ie terday. The Alera and Lena are tie
for second place with 80 points each.
There We're twenty cone starters in IN
Ii, star class. and the Affair was agai
ia the winner Her success gives the Seric
In prize to Willis and Stannnrd, her OWL
as crs. The Whit. owned by Roy Msnuel
re finished first in the interCluh class. wit
o. the wild Thyme, sailed by Miss Morris
a second. The Wild Thyme has the mo,
ed points 10 her credit, but some protest
IN this class may change the final stand
- ine. There - no protest against I'll
IA. wild Thyme. but the point score of I'll
Whit may be increased.
by Harry :. Morgan lost the Jewel
&C. race Yesterday. The opal got ava
rd poorly aud the Emerald triumphed, bl
N. the opal had won five out of six coi
j. tests. so the Morgan family gets al
other piece of silver. In Class q the ALT
W. won. She was sailed well by Ghcrar
Davis and was ! minute AZ secon'
j ahead of the Virginia at the finish. III
y Virginia with her three victories &c
the point prize and Alice is second.
nj clifford u. Mallory defeated the 10,
eta in class !; and with four victorr
ith to her credit, the series prize goes
~" his Margaret. Georg" T., Garland
m Robin Hood III, weighted down wi
talent. was beaten, and the Indian lia
y, bor contingent will be quiet for a viii
Iu On the Robin Hood were Georg" Gar
and. mauuR and pilot T., Burton HaI
y expert I'D Gilmore, lookout man, loo
In ing for wind, and Count e, =, Manko'
. SKI of speed boat fame. The SUI
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$50 FLAPS
y,,htand owner. ii VI :, II, NJ.
n Ventura. q +. Baker Jr.5 ~ 10 3 -
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