New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-08
Accident to Commodore
Raker's Yacht Adds Thrill
to Big Cruise.
pI ANTS ELENA WINS
AMONG SCHOONERS
Misty Weather Interferes with
MY. c. Events-Grayling
lowed to Anchor.

x..nort r. l., Aug. THE sloop
=, Ventura. owned by Commodore
- y Raker. IT,. of the New York
S SI, Cnb ran aground in heavy log
lS,." Penikese and Gull ISLANDS,
Ve'erS;ng to a message received mere
49, 49,, The keeper of the Cuttyhunk
Coast Guard station. .u
III TSa cast guard boat stood by until
helm arrived. The yacht was
o' IN tow for this port tonight
By JAMES C. SUMMERS.
N.uDort R. 7, Aug. Morton F.
p,,nt's yacht Elena won to-day the cup
~ srs. division Of schooners Of
. -, vice-Commodore J. ?. Morgan
:. vas by long odds, the most sensa-
-, sousSron run that the New York
~. Club has ever had, for the 81
~ race from Mattapoisett to Brenton
Pc. ughtship was sailed in a thick
.oc from starr to finish.
Ths Elens's actual time over the
.,rrss was hours 10 minutes 90 sec
"a, The winner of the schooner cup
!. ~. second division was Demarest
Iiovs's Amorilla, and the sloop cups
80 nv the vice-commodore were
IN nv Cornelius Nanderbilts Aurora
sDS J. E. Hayes, jr.'s Zilph.
The run was rendered more sehsa
.;o,si by the fact that the Ventura, one
~ he afffties" owned ~ the eommo-
Sors NJ the club, George f. BAKER IT,
80 sailed By the feet captain, Gren-
' s.iI Kane. and with Fleet Surgeon
sa-s,eI Brov-n on board, ran agrouno
On the rocks on the north side OF zen
Eess Island. while beating to wlndwaro
IN the fog. The yacht heeled over con
s;8ersblv. so W. Barklie Henry salu'
who saw her strike.
n Norton F Plants big steam yacnt
Vsnadis went 70 the assistance OF the
vSntvrs and offered TO pull her off, oGt
a. The water was smooth and the tlde
~;s;ng the captain and crew declde9
- stsv nv the Yacht and she Heated on
=. bigb water. At late hour to-nlghl
Commodore Baker had no news OF the
,,bereabouts of the yacht, and he was
much concerned about her.
Tug Sent to Rescue.
4, s.A5 tonight Commodore Baker
sent the committee tug, Julia Z. Moran
back TO the scene Of the disaster dl,
roc+ing Captain Thomas Bennett TO hhu
the Yacht and render what assistance
is possible. No fear IS felt Tor the
safety Of the people on board the ven
tura. unless her bilge IS so badly stove
in that she might SINK after hos'ille
Il her crew are not able 20 keep hel
free Of water until she reaches Ne"
Bedford. which Is the nearest port or
some other
Tbirtv-fve yachts started in the race,
and all Of them had more or less trouble
finding their way IN the log. Inc
schooner Flying Cloud overstood the
finish mark, and Wilson MarshalIs Jes-
sics did not finish, while several OF the
"forties" had trouble in locating the
Observation-Disclosures Lightshlp. -
Pepikese Island, which is only nail a
mile long and about the same wlotni
is or was at one time, leper colohy.
], lies about q mile north OF the easy
erd Of Cuttyhunk Island. It's SHORES
are rocky and dangerous.
The winner in the tifty-foot class 70
which the Ventura belongs, was tht
Carolina. owned by George Nichols. one
won from the Samuri by 10 minutes %
seconds. which led the third yacht II
the class. the Barbara, by Z minutes
seconds.
Crawling Is lowed In
J.P. Morgan's Grayling did not nm,
isb Int was towed in. Of the eleven
aforties" that started, eight Of them
eon,pleted the course, and the winner
was the Souaw, owned by J. ). Law
renee. She defeated the Zllph by
minutes "a seconds.
Cornelius Vanderbilt's Aurora made
the fastest time of the sloops, covering
The course in hours Al minutes 90
seconds She won from the Winsome
By 10 minutes 80 seconds.
The Elena won from the lrollta by
half an hour. and the Sea Fox won
from the Invader in - special race
The sloop Medora won from the ma,
linga by Is minutes "a seconds, actual
time. -
The start, made in the fog and stiri
southwest breeze of Nye's Ledge at
gao, was the most spirited OF any on
this cruise. The "thirties,' sent away
al that time. crossed the line on the
starboard tack, led by the Adios at the
lee end Of the line. The Lesmona was
second away, well TO windward, with
the Okee III and the Banzai under her
lee quarter and the Alera and the
Silhouette 10 windward Of her wake.
The Aleda, Of the class crossed
at the weather end of the line.
Next came the 'forties,' eleven OF
them, some crossing on the port, some
the starboard tack. o. G.. Jennings S
Pauline was the first away at the lee
end Of the line, and Pampero second
az the weather end. Crossing In the
middle so close 10 each other as they
manoeuyred that collisions seemed
Imminent every minute, came the
Rowdy, the Squaw, the Mistral, the
Shawara and the Maisie. The Jessiea
crossed too soon and was recalled
The others soon disappeared in the log.
Captain Charles Christensen, at the
wheel Of Cornelius Vanderbilts big
sloop, Aurora, sent her across the line
In the weather berth right on the
whistle for her class. The Winsome'
steered by Harry Maxwell. was abeam
10 leeward Of her and IN the WIN
somes wake came the Kalinga. all three
being on the starboard tack. The DORIS