The sun., 1916-08-23
'BANZAI WINNER IN
CLOSE YACHT RACE
+. Lang's 30 FoOtcr Beats tho
Okee III. in Atlantic
Y. c. Regatta.
SAGINAW LEADS JOY

series racing started at the Atlantic
facht Club under ideal weather condl-
tons yesterday. The thirty foot division
" the New York Yacht Club was tho
nrst to MI. 1t was made up OF the Ban
za'' the property Of Edmund Lang,
saiied by young Herbert Funke; the
'kee ILL.,. which belongs TO l.. Gordon
hamersley, and the Alice. the property
OF Rear Commodore Gherardi Davis Of
the Seawanhaka Corlnthlan Yacht Club.
The Okee III. was sailed by vice-Com-
modore Little Of the Atlantic club and
the Alice by her owner.
The yachts made n pretty start IN n
breeze that was blowing a good twelve
miles. The black Banzal at once took
the lead. The first leg was a run from
the starting line or Sea Gate TO a mark
on Bensonhurst. Here the yachts gybed
FOR a close reach on the port tack to
the Craven Shoals buoys. Then came
a SUN beat down the channel to Am
brose Buoy No. Is.
Al the end Of the first round the BAN
zai led the Alice by SO seconds. Tho
okee III was . minutes and s seconds
astern or the latter craft. In the sec
ond round the Hamersley yacht did
decidedly better work and passed the
Alice going to windward. Although tho
Okee III. cut down the lead OF the Ban
zai. the latter craft took first prize by
| minutes and 3 seconds. The Okee III.
led the Alice across the line by 81 sec-
onds. The contest was one Of the best
YnraS Caay .tN tho aura Ia,. O.. ,Aas
Although the Joy led the Saginaw
NJ every mark In the frs, division Of
the handicap class, on corrected time
hrst prize went to the latter yacht by
! minute and 81 seconds. The Birds had
an interesting race. and again the Cur
lew, the Long Island Sound representa-
tive OF the class, defeated the Or!ole.
which Is enrolled in he lower bay no.
'llla. In the : class. the ". & +. II. al
though second by more than six min
u'es ~ the end Of the first round. took
first place by . minutes and 4 seconds
from the Cyrlc.
Last night the visiting vachtsmen
were entertained at n mess diunsf. For
mer Commodore Barnard presided.
There also was a meeting OF the special
committee tina, will manage the Childs
challenge cup race on Friday. II was
decided that 'he Larchmont club. the
defender. would he represented by the
Alice. and that G. l.. Perrin would be on
tho committee. The B~ensonhurst Yacht
club is the Challenger. II will be rep
resented by the Cyric. The second day
OF he series racing will be held to-day.
The summaries:
NEW YORK Y. G, THIRTY rOOTERs-
sTAnT. ll5- COURSE. lis NAUTICAL
MILES.
Finish. e: T1m.
Yacht and Owner. Inns HMH.
nsnnsi; Edmund Lang ...shn a~n
ok"" III, l." Gordon Hammers.
.i H.s Ghcr,iil n.,i. ,....,.. snn% ?aS
Time a, mc cni Of tho nf.t ro~und-BanIai.
ga 10: Alice. : a -: ok'e III. ?'a7:o
HANnIrAr Class nrIR sT DIVISION,
NIL rs
I'r. L. s%anvac" and Davis a@m 2wN
S,flnaw, : hlr'h - q %
" - 70 Tia" az end Of first round-Joy,
. - 50 saginaw. . "a IL
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HANDICAP CLASS THIRD DIVISION
SrNnT, i5 COURSE. 10 NAUTICAL
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