New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-07-20
Mizpah Sails
To Victory i'm
Race ON Sound

LARCHMONT MANOR, N. Y, July
Notwithstanding the fact that
driving rain squalls swept over Long
Island Sound practically the whole day,
the resumption of the annual race week
of the Larchmont Yacht Club was big
success. No less than ffty-six yachts,
the largest field that has sailed in a
regatta all season. were at the starting
line: Had it been a clear day, un-
doubtedly twice that number would
have been there. Not only did the rain
squall keep many yachts at anchor, but
the Corinthians who had not come here
on Friday found the wind so light that
1T was practically impossible to reach
the starting line
Taking it by and large, the scene
within the Larchmont breakwater re-
minded one of the good old days be-
tore the war. There was a fairly large
fleet at anchor, which included the
power yacht Ervilla, the power yacht
Scotlan, the steam yacht Taro, the yawl
Paladin II. the yawl Audax, the
schooner Mavis, the power yacht Ro-
senda and other craft of equal worth
Prominent Men Attend
Throughout the day the clubhouse
was thronged by crowd Of enthusl-
astlc sailing men, many just returned
from foreign service, who all en-
pressed great delight that the organi-
zation had seen fit to resume its an
nual classic after being inactive for
the past two summers.
Among the yachtsmen seen in the
clubhouse we're Commodore J. B
Ford, Captain Tod" Currier, who wa;
! severely wounded overseas; Corne-
Illus Vanderbilt, jr., e. P Alker,
Robert. Monks, Major Smith, also just
back from overseas; Edward Fish,
George W. Church, DR.. C. L. Akin
son. Justice John Proctor Clarke, John
Aovejoy, Lieutenant James E. Sum-
mers, U. S. n; T. j. McCahill and a
half hundred more equally enthus-
iastic yachtsmen.
"Larchmont luck is a saying we'll
known in the yachting world. For
years it has been contended that the
organization always has ideal weather
for its regattas. Such certainly was
not the case to-day. When the re-
gatta committee, made up of Howell
c. Perrin, chairman; Sanford G. Eth
official handicapped. established the
line off Larchmonts Breakwater, not
only was there no wind, but a heavy
downpour of rain made everything dull
and dreary, particularly as a heavy
mist hid the Long Island shore.
so light was the breeze that the COM
mlttee decided that it would be useless
] to attempt to start the craft. For an
hour and half the rain came down on
the yachtSmen eager to get away on
the first big race in two years. In
oilers and southwesters they crouch.d
in the cockpits of their craft, trying tc
find little shelter from the heavy
rain.
Race Started in Rain
Finally light breeze came skipping
over the water from the Long Island
shore, 1t was the old 2 o'clock south
west breeze, known so we'll by Ions
Island Sound yachtsmen. Due to thu
daylight saving time, the breeze die
not put in an appearance until after
3 o'clock by the old town clock. Az i
grew in strength the committee decide,
to send the yachts off one hour and ,
half after the scheduled starting time
notwl outstanding the faet that the ra;r
still was falling heavily.
The thlrty-footers of the New Yor}
B Yacht Club were the first yachts +,
get away. The course gave me Yacht
a splnnaker run toward the eastward q
the first leg of the course. Eight O
the popular division m1de a prett,
, START az breaking out spinnakers t.
starboard as they driftRd to the east
ward.
The turning MARI. was a buov Of
Parsonage Point. Here thew went o,
the wind for bat across the Sound
; Before they res.ched the weather le,
the WIND mad Died away completely an,
then came a. long, tiresome driftin,
match to TIE finish line.
"A change in the light air towar,
eundown turned the last leg into an
other run with spinnakers again t
starboard, D. r. Richardson's Mizpal
was the, winner, crossing the finishin
llne &C 7:14:14. 1t had taken he
a:l9:Ia to sail 7as mile course
Affair Wins in Star Class
'Hle star class was the largest .divi
slpn to fill, no less than twenty o
b t,e little fellows crossing the start
: ing line. The winner was Affair, tn
property of f. V. Willis, which de
foated C. E. Hyde's Hydra by min
). utcs and IL seconds over a 5H-mil
0 course. 1t took Affair 2:5S:07 to drift
! around the course. The yacht crosse
u tho finish limo at 7:23:07.
, c. Shields's Barbara again was tn
3 winner in tho interclub class Q
/ the homo organization. In Glass U, tn
winner was Feather, tho property O
q !; A. G. Clark, of Brooklyn. The zach
: was the first of the fleet across tn
r. finish line, being timed at 6:42:64.