New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-25
FORTY YACHTS
IN CLOSE RACE
OFF SEA GATE
okee iii Winner Among
~Thirties," Banzai Second
and Alice Third.
CAPTAIN JAMES c. SUMMERS.

kN w faN'~'
~, vachtsmen are earnest and en-
.,...;sstic about the racing game IN
Nv snort was amply proved yester-
~ the final series race OF the Az
a.; Yacht Clubs race week, when
49,. 1...r.one yachts crossed the starting
io'" ~ Sea Gate. despite. the fact that
aI ,iy a score Of them had been GRIP
go; IN Wednesdays big squall.
P,WIsrv Of the shippers and crews were
- an night repairing the dam
so as 10 be at the starting line IN
Slsst series race TO earn what add
s",sl points they could.
torsl6s ne Zafra. Samuel l.. Finlay
y Iobn r. Brophy managed yester-
So rsee. and when the last yacht had
=: .se5 the finish line of the club pier
49,, .S tbe points were figured it was
sSr5 that in the largest class-the
IVY c. "thirties"-L. Gordon Ham
Misv's Okee III was the winning
r. .S; with a total of points TO her
zee Edmund Lang's Banzai was sec
~ Win 6. and the Alice, owned by
~ clssrardi Davis, third, with points.
4 Close Race.
7ho race was close in this class yes
,,-ssy. The yachts covered a course
.giIS0 miles. made up of a reach TO
p,ov Is. a beat from there TO Craven
Ssosl he'll buoy. a reach TO the Benson
80 49, mark and another reach to the
x.;sb In this work the Okee III won
- 5O seconds from the Banzai, the
Alice finishing the same number Oh
.ssonds astern of the Banzsi.
There was scarcely wind enough to
I'VE the yachts steerage way at the
tart but Just as the last class was
,isaring the line a good breeze from
10 northwest came along which in
,rsased later, and lasted fairly steady
The keenest kind of enthusiasm
-arked the racing in the Star class.
SYteen of these smart little sloops
,rossed the starting line and 1t was
6eht from start 10 finish over their
"a mile course. The Vega, steered by
G. Unit. Jr., led the fleet at every
-srk At the end of the first round
n the course the Vega led the Affair
by Is seconds, and she finally won
he davis race by seconds from that
vsebt. The Affair, however, which is
owned and was sailed by +. V. Willis,
won the series prize with a total OF
a. points for the three days.
c. Z. Hyde's Hydra, Adler and
0Bren's CAMS Minor and Allen Walk
us Little Bear tied for second place,
with - points each.
HYDE Loses Toss-Up.
In pool between the shippers of
these three boats and the Affairs to
determine which three boats shall meet
the three Gravesend Bay knockabouts
In IN match race to be sailed to-day
c. Z. Hyde lost the toss-up and with
drew his boat, so that the stars Affair,
CAMS Minor and Little Bear will meet
the knockabouts Skylark, Xtra and
Mouse in to-day's race for the Barstow
cups
c, Holhnshed's Cyric won yesterday
in the S Class, defeating the NJ. and +.
u, but the yachts are tied on the series
racing, and their owners have agreed to
sail of in the Atlantic Yacht Clubs
annual regatta. The Joy won the
series prize in the first division handi-
cap class, the Fran and the Halcyon in
he other two divisions.
The Childs perpetual challenge tro-
ply will be raced for to-day.
sew YORK YACHT CLUB THIRTY FOOTTRs-
START lI5-COURSE. so Mills