New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-03
Rv CAPTAIN JAMES c. SUMMERS

The officers and members OF the New
York Yacht Club are TO be congratu-
lated upon the remarkable success OF
its racing season of 1916, as shown By
the report Of its race committee, just
issued.
II appears from the record that races
were held on fourteen different days
and that 325 yachts started in the
ninety-six class races sailed during the
season. This is more than double the
number of yachts that started in 1872
and a third more races were sailed IN
that year.
the ffty-four races, SO there IL aDun-
dant evidence from these figures that
interest in the sport is increasing.
-Four "ffties," eleven "forties" and
efht "thirties" started in the opening
race of the season for the New YORK
Yacht Club on May 80 off Glen Cove.
This was a pretty good starter Tor
what had been predicted as a poor
racing season by the .pessimlSts: Inc
winners we're Harry Payne Nhltneys
barbara. among the "fifties"; the Zilph,
owned by James f. Hayes. jr, Of the
"forties,d and Ogden Reds Lena, of
! the "thirties."
Twelve "Forties" Race
The next race ON June 10. the an
nual regatta brought out all twelve
Of the "forties," four "hfties" and two
schooners, Hendon c. Chubb's Queen
Nab and f.. W. Clark's lrolita. The
winners we're the Queen Nab, the
Ventura, the Jessica and the Lena. The
Queen Nab and the Ventura were the
winners of the New York Yacht Club
course cups for schooners and sioops,
respectively. The winners Of the next
race-the Glen Cove cups-were the
Ventura, the Jessica, the Adios ana
the NahRa in the four sloop classes
Then came the annual cruise, when
furnished seven OF the best racing
days the club has had for some time
Twenty-Five sloops and seven schooh-
ers took part in the first squadron run
OF thirty-eight miles. from Glen Cove
70 Morris Cove. The winners OF tne
chief prizes on this run-the navy
challenge cups-were Demarest Lioyus
schooner Amorilla and u. Is. hueleh-
kampffs sloop Lesmona.
In the thirty-nine-mile run the next
day, 20 New London, for the Alumni
Association of United States navy
challenge cups, the winners were
George W SCOTS schooner Mlladl ana
L. G.. Hamersley's sloop Okee. In the
twenty-mile run on August a. from
Now London 10 Fort Pond Bay, for
the rear commodores four cups, Nor
ton r. Plants schooner elena, which
Joined the feet at New London, was
The winner OF the first division OF
schooners and ]. L. Bsldwin's Flying
Cloud captured the second division
prize. The first and second division
prizes for sloops were won by Cor
nelius Vanderbilt's Aurora and VIII
son MarshalPs Jessics, respectively
Twenty-Five sloops and eight schoon'
ers started the next morning IN the
sixty-two-mile race, from Fort Pond
Bay to Mattapoisett, for the four cups
offered by Commodore George +.
Baker. jr. On this day most OF the
yachts, by reason Of the light winds
encountered, finished in the dark. The
winners Of the cups for sehooners
were z. W. Clark's lrolits and J. l.
Baldwin's Flying Cloud. II. p. Whit
ney's Barbara and l.. e. Hamersley's
Okie won the sloop cups.
Vice Commodore J. p. Morgan's four
Guns were won on August 7. in the
thlrty-two-mile run, from Mattapoisett
10 Newport, BY VI. F. Plants Elena
and Demarest Lloyd's Amorills, in the
first and second division Of schooners,
and in the sloop divisions Cornelius
Vanderbilt's Aurora. and the Squaw.
owned by J. S. Lawrence, were <he
winners.
Fourteen In Race
The race for the Aston Cups on
August 5 brought nine sloops and five
sehooners to the starting line, and hum
dreds of society folk saw the contest
from the decks of the big steam yachts
! that accompanied the racing craft over