New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31


yachts each day. The Ventura, owned by
Commodore George F. Baker. jr., OF the
New York Yacht Club, and sailed by
Robert W. Emmons, I'd, the manager Of
the cup yacht Resolute, carried of the
honors among the "ffties," and, more
over, she turned out to be the cham
pion Of the season OF that class In the
series OF twenty races which they
sailed. J. p. Morgan's Grayling was
second and George Nichols's Carolina
third.
Splendid Showing for "FOrties'
The "forties"-twelve Of them in the
class bull. this year for members OF
the New York Yacht Club-msde
splendid showing in some OF their
starts and races at Larchmont. George
NJ. Pynchon's Mistral won the series
prize that week, but the championship
of the season. after seventeen races
for points, went to the Pauline, owned
by o. G.. Jennings. Addison G. Hanan's
new "P" sloop Nshma was the winner
in that class at Larchmont and also OF
the championship prize for the season:
f. W. Ciark's Irolita was the winner OF
the schooner prize at Larchmont. The
season championship winners in the
other classes of sloops were: "Thir-
ties" Okee; Larchmont Interclub, Bar
bsra; Orenta one design, Thane:
Stars. Hydra; Sonders, Mingo; Ameri-
can Yacht Club dories, Yam; New Ro-
chelle one design. Virginia.
Twenty-one I6-Footers
Twenty-one sixteen foot knockabouts
were built by Herreshoff for members
of the Seawanhaka- Corinthian Yacht
Club, and sixteen of them raced
through the season. Samuel 7. Shaws
Grunt proving the winner Of the prize,
the Maxwell Cup. The Leland Cup for
this class went to Henry r Hayes's
Periwinkle. The annual and autumn
races of this club had good muster
at the starting. line each day. The
New York, New Rochelle, Indian Har-
Dor, American, Knickerbocker, Harlem,
Stamford, Manhasset Bay, Horseshoe
Harbor, Huguenot, Riverside, Orienta,
Northport, Sachem's Head and Norwalk
Yacht clubs each had races on the
Sound during the season, with good
lists Of starters.
Morton F. Plants Elena, which he
recently sold to Cornelius Vanderbilt,
was the star schooner of the season.
Not only did she win the two big
trophies Of the year-the Aston and
the Kings Cup-off Newport. but she
also added to her prizes the cups Of
fered on the New York Yacht Clubs
cruise by the vice and rear commo-
dores, and the ocean race against the
Katoura for the Cape May Cup. The
Katours won the Brenton Reef Cup.
, The one unfortunate episode OF tho
| season, which never would have hap
pened II proper precautions had been
taken, was the disqualification Of the
Quincy Yacht Clubs "P" class sloop
Ahmeek. owned and sailed by that wiz
ard among helmsmen, Charles Francis
Adams. The story In a nutshell is that
after eleven up" class sloOps had sailed
a splendid series of three races on Long
| Island Sound for the Manhasset Bay
Challenge Cup it was discovered that
! the Ahmeek, the winner, had carried
thirty feet more canvas than she was
entitled to under the rule. Her dis
qualification gave the prize to the
Nahma, representing the Indian Har-
! Dor Yacht Club, which refused to &C
cept il and returned the trophy TO the
/ original donor, the Manhasset Bay
Yacht Club, accompanied by chsl-
lenge to sail race for the cup in 1911.
Good Season for y. Y. Y. c.
Under the capable leadership Of its
| young and active commodore, George
/ f. Baker, jr, who last week was elected
for third term. the New York Yacht
Clubs racing season WAS most salts
factory. Ninety-six races were sailed
by the various classes on fourteen days
The prize winners during the annual
cruise were as follows:
Dates Prizes Winner
AUG. 2-N.y Challenge
Aug s-Ala%ni As,ocia. 'n'''''@ '"' '''''
tion L. s. y. Iiladi and okes
sAug. k-Resr Commo-
dore's Cups Elena and Flying Cloud
Aurora and Jessics
Aug 6-cmmciore's
CUPS ........ Irolits and FLYING coId
BARBARA and Okee
'Aug. T-yics Connie
DORIS Cups Elena ard Arorllls
Aurora and Squsv
Aug s-Asto- Curs Elena and Aurora
Aug. s-kinss Cup Elena
'gour eups-sS FOX schoonsrs and two for slocps
There was some lively racing Of the
yachts of the lower bay, the feature
Of the season there being race week
Of the Atlantic Yacht Club, in which
forty yachts took part. The point win
ners were: N. Y. Y. c. "thirties," Okee;
handicap class, first, second and third
divisions, Joy, Fran and Alcyone, re-
spectively; Bayside birds, Curlew; ia
maica Bay cats, sindbsd; Gravesend
Bay knockabouts, Skylark; Class s.
Cyric; n. Y. Canoe Club, Mercury;
Stars, Affair.
A feature of the Long Island Sound
racing was the work Of the handicap
class. In the twenty-five regattas OF
the season these boats are credited
with 266 starts, and the championships
in the four divisions were won by the
Carolina, the Veds, the Robin Hood Ill
and the Ogeemah, respectively.
Sixty-one Star Races
The yachts of the Star class sailed
sixty-one races during the season, and
the champion proved TO be Charles l.
Hyde's Hydra. Twenty-Five stars
started In one race at Lsrchmont.
The outstanding feature in the rae.