New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-16
I13 Yachts Race in
LarChmOnt Regatta
Continued from page l

line minutes and seconds astern.
The winning "forty" yesterday was
James +. Hayes's Zilph, which defeated
George NJ. Pynchon's Mistral b the
small margin of seconds.
Among the "thirties" the Lena. owned
and sailed by Ogden Reid, captured
first place in the class, defeating John
L. Cutters Alera by q seconds, in one
of the best races these two have sailed
this season. F. l.. Richards's Adios was
third to finish, only 3 seconds astern
of the Alera, and the Juanita crossed
the finish line fourth. lust D seconds
H. he wake of the Adios.
The winner in the schooner class was
George W. SCOTS Miladi. She defeated
Comm odore Ford's S hooner Katrina on
corrected time. The winners in the
other classes were the Anita, Sally TX,
Robin Hood III, the Skid, the Feather,
the Virginia, the Jack O. Lantern, the
Osseo, the Peanut. the Jess, the Al
cyone, the Snapper the Yam, the Bebe,
the Wasp, the Turquoise and the
Widgeon.
There was a splendid breeze from the
east-northeast, whipping the waters OF
the Sound into whitecaps, when the
starting signals were set from the tug
Dalzell, upon which the regatta com
mittee Howell c. Perrin, Harold {.
Pryer and Sanford G. Etherington-
was quartered.
Carrying topsails over their lower
sails and heeling TO the breeze, the
schooners came for the line leading the
great fleet Of racing craft. George W.
SCOTS Miladi had the weather berth
and was leading her only opponent,
Commodore Ford's Katrina, by 80 sec
onds at the beginning Of their long
race Of 20A miles.
NEXT away were the "ifties," led by
George f. Bakers Ventura. J. P. Nor
cams Crawling, carrying a small gait
fopsail. was only length or so astern.
She was followed by George NlchoIs
Carolina and Harry Payne whitney,
Barbara, all being on the starooard
tack, the first leg Of the course beng
windward work.
There was too much wind, the skip
pers of the "forties" decided, TO carry
topsails on their sloops, so they crossed
the line without them, plunging INTO
the short seas that had made by TINS
time. Oliver G.. Jennings's Pauline was
the leader. All except the Mistral and
the Shawara took the port tack for the
Long Island shore.
A feature of the days sport was the
defeat of Addison g. Hanans crack
"P" class sloop Nahma by CLIFFORD
Mallory's Joyant The Hanan crew
declare that if the wind had renamed
in the same quarter and OF The same
strength as at the start the Joyant
never could have won; but the wind
died out and then came from the
southwest, making more or less
trouble in the calculations of all hands.
The result in this case was the defeat
of the MAMMA by 2 minutes and rs sec
onds. The Joyant passed the Mamma
going down the wind. All the yachts
had beat for the first leg of their
courses. the other two being a broad
reach and run.
IL was announced that series prizes
had been given by Commodore
John Proctor Clarke, Rear Commodore
Henry Wilton, George F. Baker, jr.,
W b. Jenkins, Henry l.. Maxwell, j. p.
Morgan. Wilson Marshall, r. j..
Schaefer and Gherardi Davis. The
last-named yachtsman has offered a
snecial series prize for the thirty
footers of the New York Yacht Club
under the conditions that the winner
each dav is to receive nine points, the
second Yacht five points and the third
Yacht three points. Every other yacht
that starts is TO receive single point.
regardless of the number of starters.
The summary:
ScuooNERs - START i25 -- COURSE COX
MILES
ELAPSED
Finish time
~, nd ,rn.r Inns. Inns