New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-02
Commodore Bakers Yacht
First i'm New Rochelle
Club Contest.
MORGAN'S CRAWLING
CLOSELY DEFEATED
Five "Forties" Start-Bishop'S
Pamparo Is Easy Victor
Maisie Beaten.
gv CAPTAIN JAMES c. SUMMERS.

Travelling at a speed Of eight knots
in light southwesterly breeze IL
water smooth as glass, the tity-foo'
sloop Ventura, owned by George !
Baker, jr., commodore of the New forH
Yacht Club. crossed the finish line OIL
Echo Bay yesterday tho winner in her
class in the thirty-frst annual regatta
of the New Rochelle Yacht Club.
After racing over a triangular course
Of eleven and a half miles, the Ventura
had defeated j. p Mnrgan's GrayhnIg
By the small margin of ~ seconGS'
George NichOls's CAROLINA. sailed by
her owner. was th..d. and ii. J. MT
ney's Barbara was fourth at the hnlsh.
Eighty three yachts crosseI the start
ing line. and despite the hght DreezeS'
which barely gave them steerage way AT
times, all but six OF the yachts were
able to finish by sunset.
Five of the fortics started, and Dr..
James Bishops Pamparo proved an
easy winner, defeating II. Is. Pant
Maisie by II minutes % seconds. hey
sailed a ~ mile course. or the three
"P" class sloOps that answered tne
starting signals. Addison G. Hanan s
new sloop. Nahma, which has been a
consistent winner ever since her ap-
pearace i'm theec waters, was again the
victor. She covered the "a mile course
in , hours Il minutes 90 seconds, de-
tcating Clifford Mallory's Joyant by 40
seconds.
The "thirties" made good show
ing, eight of this popular class get
ting away we'll punched at the start.
J. De Forests Mink was the winner,
after a close race with f. L. Rich
ards's Adios, which sloop she defeat
ed by IA seconds The third sloop 70
finish in this class was j. i. Cutters
Alera. The winners in the other
classes were: In ~ handicap clas ses.
the Arvia. the Sally * the Robin
Hood and the Ogeemah; in the Larch-
mont intercub class. the Wild Thyme.
The other winners were the Shark, the
Catseye, the Hydra, the Thane, the
Petrol, the La Rochelle and the
Mingo.
The brig-rigged 67-foot power yacht
Friendship IN, the flagship of the New
Rochelle Yacht Club. owned by Com
modore A. ?. Bennett, was placed by
him at the sp0sal of the regatta
committee George c. Molloy. II. W.
Patterson and Ms Angelina Dealy -
who ably replaced .ather, who is
III. The great ice - yachts were
started off Hictss Ledge buoy in
Echo Bay. between -take boat and
the flagship. the Cities" being sent
away first at 2:15 % a light breeze
from the southwest.
All four OF the big sloops approached
and crossed the line with booms to
port and all gybed TO starboard as they
cleared il. J. p Morgan's Grayling,
steered by Ralph g. Ellis, led the Bar
bara, handled by Harry Maxwell, by
half a length and the Carolina by a
length. The Ventura, Commodore
Bakers sloop, brought a better breeze
with her and passed the other three in
few minutes, all having broken out
ballooners on the line. They had a
broad reach on the first leg Of the
course to the buoy off Parsonage Point,
a beat from there 10 Motifs Point buoy
and a reach from there 70 the finish.
J. +. Hayes's Zilph was the leader at
the start of the fortes, with II. S.
Duells Rowdy close up and the Mistral
just to the weather of her. The Pam
paro got the lead in the windward work
and held 10 TO the finish.
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