The sun., 1916-08-30

The wind was east by south when
the race committee, consisting of IVY
SAINT wainwright. Amellus Jarvis and
James D. Sparkman, established the line
on Great Captains Island a little be-
fore l Il. NJ. Tn conditions called for
a race. The first leg was
across the Sound TO a spar buoy III ]. J..
Morgan's home. near Mat,innecock Point.
The distance was three miles. The next
leg was to the cas- by north for 3.5
miles 10 a spa buoy of oak Neck ON
the Long Island shore. The yachts then
crossed the Sound 70 the finish line OF
Great Captains Island. The las, leg
also WAS S5 miles. making the tr.ang.r
ten full nautical miles.
When the warning signal was sounded
at ! p. NJ. the wind was exceedingly
light.
With blooms broad of 20 ~starboard. the
yachts came down on the line. The
start was nothing but a drifting match
Addison @. Hanan, sailing Nahma. the
defending yacht OF the Indian Harho,
Yacht Club. managed to capture what
ever advantage there was AZ the
start. Although he was not the first
away. he was far better her.hed at tn.
weather end OF the line than Anita. that
creased frst. and he had both Ahmeek
and Wasaka H., the yachts tha, had
beaten him on Monday. as,ern.
Hayseed ". AZ once drew out on the
balance OF the feet and had established
a good lead within the first 600 yards
MAMMA also footed fast IN comparison to
the other craft and also opened up II
lead, When Ahmeek slipped across the
line Skipper Charles Francis Adams at
once worked Mondays winner ont to
weather OF the balance Of the fleet.
Play "HuntinE wind,
The tiresome spor, OF hunting for
wind" was played by the yachtsmcn as
they stood across Long Island Sound,
skipper Hanan is a past master AT md
ing n breeze. Heading more &, the
east ward tina the otheV yachts. the de
fender sent Nahma round The 81
spots In a most clever fashion.
A. the yachts drifted to the FIRST mark
the breeze hauled 20 the eastward. The
leeward yachts at first We're not par
| ticularIy helped by the new slant OF air,
Soon they were able to set spinnaker,
| and run down on the turning hsoy of
J. =. Morgan's quaint cottage on the
| shore OF Long Island Sound.
MAMMA was the FIRST to luN around
| the mark, turning at 2:3i:32. she was
I minute and SO seconds ahead of Joy
| ant, a craft that had stood to the west
ward. Joyant was timed at 80 %
| Then came Ellen at 2:37:4l, lIayseed
. :3s :35, Anita 2 40 :25, Ahmeek 2:il :l6.
| Nutmeg 2:+l:50. Bernice 2;42 ;O7, Brito-
mart 2:44 80. Wssaka 2:I5 :55 and
| Aleda 2:4s ;52.
The wind freshened slightly rs the
| yachts started to beat to the weather
mark off Oak Neck, but It merely Wts a
really good sailing breeze, Although
| MAMMA generally is considered a wonder
- - .V,., sLA L. I q HlAAV
defender lost a little If her advantage
by the time the craft had reached the
Oak Neck buoy, Instead Of being !
minute and SO seconds ahead Of Joyanl
there was only l minute and 3, seconds
between the leading yachts.
II took MAMMA 81 minutes and 81 Sec
| onds to sail the leg. The time was
beaten by Nutmeg. which took %
minutes and 10 seconds; BrItomart
which took 30 minutes and % seconds
and Joyant. which took "a minutes and
81 seconds to make the weather buoy.
| On the beat Nutmeg moved into third
berth and Ellen dropped back 10 fourth
position. Britomart also passed Rernice
and was the eighth around the mark.
1t was in the first run 10 the home
mark that things began to happen. The
breeze backed into the southeast and
f~reshened. 1t was "A fair breeze and
naturally helped the yachts that Were
astern. They caught the air first. anc
half way across the Sound several o
the tailenders were well up with the
leaders.
Joyant, which always does we'll off ,h'
wind. overhauled MAMMA n managed
to gybe arOund the home mark first
eight seconds ahead Of the Hanan craft
The real feature of the leg was the worl
done by Ahmeek. The Quincy craft tool
only ~ minutes and "a seconds to maxi
the run. Her speed moved her from
seventh to fourth position.
There was a general change Of tn
position Of the craft at the end Of tn