New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-10
winner of the Astor Cup
Again Leads N. Y e.
Fleet Home.
VESSELS ARE TIED
FOR THIRD PLACE
Cornelius vauderbilts's Aurora
''' Is Second of the Eight
Fleet Racers.
....,x lanes c. SUMMERS.

l.
III buried in a smother OF io"' S.alcS
To- ,',' Yellow deck aslant as s ,-, 49, y
bel ."e reaching breeze, Morton -
70 s,booner yacht Elena trave'-
flSi', .Deed Of u knots. crossed ,n9
nHs az ,,,e or BrentOn Reef Ligh.Sn'p
hh'SA f 49,, an easy winner OF tne
ms sn,s Cur. She won the Aston OOp
, ~ so she has hOnors 70 s spa' 90
yes -,. INA sailed against heet Oh
i"' ..h,oncrs and FIVE sloops' she
'Afe' - Lead soon after the start and
'00A '. beaded during the race. Sne
was n.y. ~ second yacht, CorneIiUoSS
won lIt." 70, Aurora. by IA minutes ~
vance y Killers sloop DORIS ant
seconls' ~, Scrbilt's schooner NastaH'
haIoiu ND place on corrected tln i,c
tied I0I ..,,ered the thirty-elght-hlIe
The h.s;a 3 hours 40 minutes Az sec
eogIs' .hs Aurora in 4 hours 10 ini'i'
utes II sse So arrangement with the
by H. aforties" which sailed ior
owners 'r rvn offered by Commodors
speSlSa Baker, jr-, sailed over
George tt.a,t,,-scven miles instead OF
course o. The winner of the Com,
thInv Cun was the Squsw, owneu
noOvHV lawrence. Her actual uIne
py " bovrs II minutes - SECONDS
vas 49, Bishops Pampero was see o,
~, 81 was beaten by minutes Oh
one On Wilson Marshalls Jessica
was thirG
Ideal Racing Weather.
Although the SKY was overeaS. CO.
H., /. was ideal weather lot ~
sr,;b nlentv of wind and smooI1 Na va,
A score or more Of steam ahG 49,
,'scbts were out at the start ana IiIlsn,
many Of them following the !a'"'S
over the entire course. .;,. ON
A. a meeting Of the captains on
hoo-3 The flagship tonight, CommoooIe
30 ,rss congratulated on the success
- the cruise and the squadron was
tben formally disbanded. a.
In accordance with the custom 'ie
commodore sent a cable MESSAGE "
King George V, announcing the h"i"'
of the winning yacnI II A.. ro
The flagship Viking, with the Ier
,stta committee on board, anchoreu on
Rrcrtop Reef Lightship half an houI
before the time for the start, ana sUVn
after they set the course slghaI IA
which signiftd that the yachts wouIu
sail the same course as yesterday, lIo.I
Rrenton Reef 20 marks OF BLOCK lslal lS
"a West Island. with this difference,
.Lo. With the wind az northeast they
rad run for the FIRST leg OF the course,
49, for the second and a reach for
the third.
Big Convoy Fleet.
The importance Of the race brought
ant unite as many steam and power
Yachts as the Aston Cup races. me
Sorvoying fleet included j. 2. Morgan
Co,sei- Peter Gerry's Owera, FREDERICK
r Rourne's Alberta, Allison Y; Ar
--or~'s Ttowana, Morton +. flant
vsra4is and +. c. Benedicts Onelda'
an board of which as guests OF tne
ou.per are j. G. Schmidlapp, Mrs. >. II,
Firiev Mary l.. Finlay, Miss Georgle
Appleton, Helen Turnbull and Doro'n'
TLe s.sr. was made in light north
,.s, breeze. schooners and sloops oelhg
scr. away al the same time, at II ~
Cor,elius Vanderbilt's sloop aurora,
o,,,b moor, eased broad off 70 port leu
~ eeet of starters. She crossed the
f,e 95 seconds after the whistle. nc
.i| Doris was second away; then
eor,e the schooner Elena, / minute %
seco,ds after the whistle, followed ~
Hsrold Vanderbilt's Nagrant, when
Ne two seconds ahead OF the lroIlsa'
and the "fftv" Carolina, two sec0huo
nod NJ the Crawling. The BaroaI"
crosscd after the expiration OF the ha"-
dieap time Of four minutes. 100.
TIC "forties," starting ten minutes minutes
after the other yachts, were led acIoS'
a. line tv Wilson MarshalPs Jesslca,
with n G. Jennings's Pauline next anu
me others following a few secohu'
apart. -, p,,
D,c,- tho wind with booms TO port
80 s,iorakers 10 starboard the
,.boo,crs and CITIES" made fast time
a.. a. lea mark. The Elena soon
lad commanding lead in her DIVISION.
+, ,ook her only ! hour q minutes
70 cover This first leg Of the course.
She pas,ed Point Judith whistler at
lt.52 Gvbing at the lee marx, she
ronrded Il an 1921 and her crew
smartlv trimmed sheets for the Is inlie
tSrasb 70 windward. The times taken
Al his mark we're: Elena, l2:3l' Au-
a. -.
rora. 12:36:4O; Vagrant, ~ "a ;44 40; 40
Rowdv. 12.59:45; Squaw, 1:OO;2O; J o6.
Uea l:OO:42; Black Buck, l;oI ;oo;
Shawara. l.Oi:40; Zilph, 1:O3 80; ram
pero. i:63:3O: Maisie. l:O4:5O.
The wind had all this time canted to
the nor.hward. giving the "forties' also
a hard thrash to windward. Coming t
down the wind they carried stay;Syaails'
baby jibtopsails and spinnakerss;; When
they hauled on the wind the Shawara'
the Souaw and Black Duck dousea
their topsails and they seemed TO point
better without them.
Elena on Port Tack.
IN three tacks from the lee mark the
Elena fetched 10 windward OF Polnt
Jude" and was going east on the port
tack for the West Island mark, when