The sun., 1919-08-31
YACHT RACING IS
ON HOMESTRETCH
Only Few More Local Regattas
to Be Sailed Before Sea-
son Closes.
SEVERAL ON TOMORROW
Sport Has Regained Pre-War
Time OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
New Divisions.

With the sailing of the annual regatta
of the Atlantic Yacht Club tomorrow
the yachting season OF 1919 will begin
to close. The race will be the final one
sailed on Gravesend Bay this summer
and the last to count on the champion
ship. In former seasons the lower bay
season never closed until the middle OF
September, and no doubt such will be
the case next summer. At the start OF
the present season things were so upset
that the association was afraid to sched-
ule races in September. To-day the
yachtsmen are sorry that no arrange
ment was made to race for at least an.
other fortnight.
Things are a shade better on Long
Island Sound. In addition to the annual
fall regatta of the Larchmont Yacht Club,
scheduled to be sailed tomorrow, there
will be race next Saturday at the In
dian Harbor Yacht Club and another at
the Stamford Yacht Club on September
10. In addition a few of the clubs will
have to wind up their club races within
the next two weeks. The majority, how.
ever, have held their last regattas Of the
year.
Fifty Mile Ocean Race Coming.
Racing will continue until the middle
Of the month for the corinthians who sail
on jamaica Bay. They have two post
poned races to sail in addition to the
annual fifty mile ocean race of the Tam
aqua Yacht Club for motor boats. The
last Is the most important race OF the
season, arranged by a member of the
Yacht Racing Association of Jamaica
Bay 1t Is held under the auspices OF the
American Power BoatAssociatiou, and Is
rapidly growing in favor among the
motorboat men.
1t has many advantages. First II Is
/ nv A.
bit of a wind in September it usually
is sailed on rough water. This is de-
cided change, as the majority Of the
other important motor boat races ara
held on land locked waters OF the Hud-
son River or Long Island Sound.
Again the course of the Tamaqua club
allows the yachts to start and finish at
the same place. In other long races.
such as the Block Island or the Albany
| brushes, the finish Is 100 or more miles
from home and the yachtsmen have to
allow for the return trip when they make
| their arrangements. Not so in the Ia
maqua brush. They finish where they
start and there is no long trip homo
after the race Is ended.
A Successful Season.
The season has been most successful.
An excellent illustration of the popular
ity of the sport was the entry list of the
| dllHudl race week OF tne LarCnmOnt
Yacht Club. The fact that los yachts
raced on the final day is proof positive
that the sport returned this summer in
| most satisfactory manner. In addition
1t also must be remembered that the fleet
was entirely made up of small yachts.
| The larger classes we're not in com
| mission this season. Had the New Yorl;
Yacht Club been racing the feet at
| LaTchmont would have gone over the goo
mark. AS it was it should have been
at least $50, as a good fifty boats were
! IN commission. and for various reasons
did not come to Larchmont These
yachts belonged principally to the fleets
of the Indian Harbor and the Stamford
Yacht Clubs.
Unless indications are very wrong
there will be a good 100 yachts racing
each week on Long Island Sound next
! summer. In addition to the new eigh-
teen-foot class, which is being promoted
by j. S. Morgan, Jr., there is talk OF a
new division about the size Of the New
York Yacht Club thirty-footer and an
other class made up of yawls
At this season of the year there is
always lot of talk about new yachts
Few materialize. Still 1t would not be
at all surprising to see several new d.
visions racing next summer. The reason
is simple. For the last four years no new
yachts have been built on account OF
the war. Many of the yachtsmen sold
their old craft, and as they are anxious
TO get back into the game they simply
have to build new boats for next sum
mer.