New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-03
CAROLINA VICTOR
As FIFTIES' RACE
OFF OYSTER BAY
Forty Yachts Cross Start
inc Line in Regatta of
Seawanhaka Club.
.. CAPTAIN JAMES c. SUMMERS.

We, Jackets. slippery, slanting decks
~ Che spray flying high into the
- sail, Of the yachts were the
..5.uors that made the annual open
80 Of .tc Seawanhaka Corinth'an
v.cs, Club. sailed OF Oyster Bay yes
,,-sav ono Of the most exciting OF
tte season.
Thc-e was a thirty-knot breeze pip
.,e from the northwest most Of the
inc. and % tested to tho limit inc
.osrs and sails Of the forty yachts
hat crossed the starting line
ro- the first time since the cruise
,fne New York Yacht Club the eff
,..- mot in race. Four Of these
.-... .loons started. and George Men
I.. Carolina. sailed by himself
csr.rreI the prize. winning from
AZ, .rre I. Baker. jr's. Ventura 10y /
,-.-rto 81 seconds. The Carolina Gov
,r.I tho 14t.-milC course IN ] noui
A. minute. ID seconds, which is sara
f.. Do "a new record for that distance.
rr.- nearly. n not quite, a thlIu on
30 o-.s vindward work. H. =. WHIT
~,... R.-bara. the third yacht was
t,.t,r only seconds by the Ventura
which shows the Closoness OF the con
Test in this class.
Tho feature Of the days sport was
Oh. close work done by the "fortcs'
SIGHT came 20 the starting line. when
,.s laid between j. p. Morgan's steam
Yacht Mermaid. acting as commune
boat. and the buoy OF Lloyas NeCN'
George VI. Pynchou's Nistra! got me
weather berth aud the lead, with II. -
Plants Naisie az the lee end OF tno
line. the rest crossing IN the middle
in less than 80 seconds.
The Naisic won the race, defeating
! r. Hayes. jr.'s. Zilph by So SECONDS
They covered the same course as 'he
~ffties." its FIRST leg being a beat across
trc Sound 90 Greenwich Point huoF'
thence reach 10 the eastward 10 Long
Neck Point. Gybiug there TO port, the!
lad another reach 20 the nnlsh.
Post for boat. the schoOners Queen
Nah and lrolita had one Of the keenest
..-urrlcs possible. for on actual time
.r. Ouccr Nab won by two seconds
The nsir Of two-stickerS made q spirit
s6 picture as they swept across ne mn
isr line under clou-s Of canvas less
shan length apart. The Queen NAB
tovevcr. got an allowance from her big
sister that gave her the race on cor
rec-cd emo hy s minutes seconds.
clifford I'd. Nallorys Joyant gave j..
IL & r p. Alker's Aleda drubbing
% The .u-c Of Z minutes 10 seconds, and
.~ .hc ".h.rties" the Adois won from
,ho Aiera by 4 minutes Z seconds. The
winners p the other classes were the
HYDRA. -re pompauo. the Scrapper, the
Barbara. the Sachcm II and the Robin
Hood ILL.,
The vicious squalls that swept the
Sound and kicked up quite sea at the
south shore caused a chapter Of acci-
dents m which the Pontiac carried away
ie- rsak ha,yards. the Hawks port
sr1ad broke and the Carolina. Of the
handicap class. carried away her port
shroud and broke her ti.ler
j. 2. M9rgan's Graylng, steered by
nor owner. was the first away al the
start Of the CITIES" She was on the
port tack az the weather end OF the
lre. The Carolina. the Barbara and
the Ventura followed in that order on
the s,ar5oard tack. The Grayhng
crossed me Barbara few minutes
later.
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