New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-09
PLANTS Schooner Yacht Elena Home First in Aston Cup
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VanderbiIfS aurora Takes Prize in the Sloop Glass
c.., Craft Race for Rich
Trophies on New York
Y. C Cruise.
c,pr,IN JAMES C, SUMMERS.

~. -. ELENA defeated f. W. Clarks
-. bv one hour, one minute, thirty
r. s,,onds. It was the eighteenth
cor that trophy. and the hundreds
-, =. ,,,wed the contest from the decks
~, many steam yachts that accom-
I'D the racing craft agree that
-. ss a whole. it was one Of the
-. ,bev have ever witnessed. II con-
- ~ a thrash 20 windward Of about
..,,sen miles to Block Island buoy, a
:, Of eighteen miles to a mark of
w,., Island and close reach to the
s-i.h A. Brenton Reef lightship.
Co-neNus Vauderbilt's 65-foot sloop
20, sailed by Edmund Fish. proved
-, simmer Of the Aston Cup for sloops.
g., was also the winner Of an Astor
- 3, 1910. To-day she defeated
SuP !" N;cbols's Carolina of the
ssf.ies0-by seven minutes, tortyseven
,c,onds. corrected time. ). +. Morgan
ewing was third to finish.
Perfect Day Tor Racing.
-. xeather was almost perfect for
.ssht race. with a clear sky-a rare
80 after yesterdays fog-and a
'nsrking breeze from the southwest
sssis5 the yachts 20 their seuppers as
rev made their way out by Castle
Vli 70 the starting point, Brenton Reef
Nshtship. .Loo,o-s
..s,c were. with club topsails set over
,Se;r lever sails and every superhu,,
49, opnee Of weight below removed
- cot then. IT, racing trim for this
80. and for the one in which
~ Will meet to-morrow-the Kings
Can Resides Commodore Bakers nag
I'm the Viking, from which the
-,cb.. were started by the regatta
!!.-r;,+oe II. De 3. Parsons, J. NJ.
WeDonough and Frederick o. Speddeh,
these yachts conveyed the racing
ersft-Henry Walters Narada, >. +.
Wi6ener's Josephine, J. p Morgan 5
Corsair. John Borden's kanawha, ana
T c. Benedict's Oneida, each with us
quota Of guests on board to view the
there was q twelve knot breeze blow
no from the southwest and white caps
were beginning 20 show when the
..srtinr signal for the schooners was
.orrded from the flagship Viking,
rlsced AZ the disposal Of the regatta
committees by Commodore George r.
pakor ir. The Yacht marked the wind
vsrd end OF the line, Brenton Reef
rcbtship being at the lee end. All OF
ne schooners carried club topsails and
tbe Elena. Vagrant and lrolita had
aloft in addition small maintopmast
staySails.
Vagrant First Away.
After some close maneuvring for
GOOD positions at the start, Harold
VanGerbilt's Vacrant was first away,
twenty-one seconds after the signal,
with Demarest Lloyd's Amorilla on her
lee quarter Then came W. L. Bald
wins Flying Cloud, with Fred NJ. Hoyt
al the wheel, followed by (. W. Clark's
lrolita on her lee beam.
Captain Dennis timed the big schoon-
or Elena, so that without using up his
handicap he was able to huff her sharp
lv around the stern of the Viking in
4 good weather berth with his wind
dear and cross the line within the time
limit. I'm a few minutes he swung her
sbou, 70 the port tack and stood IN for
the Naragansett shore, she then having
Z good position TO windward.
The start of the sloops five minutes
after the schooners was a spirited one.
Harry Payne Whitney's Barbara got
" alter
the signal and in the weather berth,
With the Carolina bear, and beam only
one second astern and the hailnga, w.
C. Forbes sloop, thirteen seconds later:
hen came the Doris and close aboard
10 leeward Of her Cornelius Wander
bits 65-footer Aurora and j. 2. Nor
gsn's Grayling, with her owner at the
iiIer. lust three seconds before the
expiration of the handicap time. The
Katharine and the Pampero of the
sforties" and W. Earl Dodge's Samuri
q the CITIES" also started within the
tine limit. All crossed on the star
board tack.
Grayllng Holds Course.
The Crawling held onto the star
hoard tack for about five minutes
While the rest stood in for the Mar
rsgansett Beach to cheat the east
going tide. On the port tack most
Of the schooners and sloops fetched
Gpoint about a mile south of the pier:
The Elena with her great spread OF
canvas soon walked through the fleet
and when she tackled close into the
beach at 1887. and stood ofshore Tor
ne first time she had a commanding
lead on all the other schooners, the
second OF which was the lrolita, han
tled by her owner, +. w. Clark. She
made her first tack offshore at ll;4V'
the Flying Cloud and Amorilla fol
.oving suit. At this time the Vagrant'
having tackled ofrshore soon after the
start, was q good three miles TO the
'ogtheas. and ill going.
The Elena stood offshore for twenty
seven minutes on the starboard tack.
ne was then able 20 weather Point
Edith with ease. The Vagrant stood
. 70 the southeast for forty-eight
nnutes and when she came about II
vas plain that a mistake hal been
.aoe m leaving her competitors, Tor
'a' was fully three miles TO leeward
y The Elena and at the windward
nl's OF Block Island she was twenty
nnlutes ten seconds astern of that
Nhooner. The other schooners and
r,9ops worked along close to the Rhode
sala shore IN the smooth water, TAX
y frequent tacks until Point Judith
Vas abeam.
lrolita Holds Lead.
me lrolita hold the lead Of the
TTlnooners and the Aurora of the sloops.
..j-s Tines taken az they passed Point
,,-9ge were: Elena, 1908; lrohta'
80 Aurora, 1922; Flying Cloud
w. .Carolina, 12:28:30; Grayling'
49, Barbara, 12:30:3O. The breeze
~ 'teshened at this time, and as they
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