New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-31
Grand Welcome
Awaits Tired
Grew of Fleet
Acushla, Winner of Commo-
dore's Cup, May Be Disqual-
flied; SOnnica Sets Pace
By Jack Lawrence

York Yacht Club came to a glorious
and spectacular close here tonight
when the great white squadron, more
than one hundred strong, and led by
Commodore Morgan's Corsair, swept
down past Brenton's Reef Lightship and
dropped anchor off the yacht club sta
ton.
It was gala occasion for Newport
At least two hundred pleasure craft
we're moored in and about Brenton's
Cove before the cruising fleet arrived
and they gave the situation stirring
reception with the dipping of flags and
booming of guns
1t was weary and weather-b beaten
crew that brought the racing feet into
this port tonight. Many of the sailing
yachts had hardly finished the long and
-racking run from New London to
Block Island, through rain, hail and
fog, before they Were started on the
final dash to Newport The majority of
the amateur sailormen had been with
out sleep since Thursday night, and
most of them threw themselves into
their hunks the minute their mudhooks
touched the bottom of Brentons Cove,
although several large receptions are
Being given here tonight in their
honor.
Fridays Storm Delays Start
The start for Newport from Block
Island was made at $50 p. M, and
many of the boats had not reached the
latter port from New London until
after a. M, due to the storm. which
according to such experienced Corinth-
ians as Addison G. Harmon. George M.
Pynchon and others, brought with it
the most trying conditions they had
ever encountered. Some Of the boats
took almost twenty-four hours in max
Ing the thirty ight-mile run from New
London to Block Island.
The only schooner to finish under
sail was Earl Kimball's Dervish. and
she captured the Vice Commodore
Cup in her class. H. B. Plants Spar
tan, sailed by w. Butler Duncan. won
In the sloop class, and incidentally led
the storm scattered racing fotilla into
port.
NJ. E. Hatfield's Nautilus. refusing
several lows that were offered to her
when she was ten miles from the finish
and being tossed about by the bitterest
squall, staggered in past the Salt Pond
breakwater at Block Island early this
morning winner in the thirty-foot
class. She sailed q brave race.
Sonnica Leads for Third Time
To-day's race for the Gommodore's
Cup, given for the last leg of the
cruise, was won in the schooner class
by Shawna, owned by E. j. Bliss, of
Boston. She captured the cup on cor
rected time, being led into this port
by H. S. Shonnard's Sonnica and Har-
old S. Vanderbilt's Vagrant. 1t was
the third time that Sonnica had led the
feet home.
L.. Gordon Hammersley's Acushla
won the Commodore's Cup, for soops,
after one of the most exciting strug-
giles in which the ifty-footers have
ever been engaged. She was sailed by
Bob Mahlstedt, of New Rochelle. x
technical protest was lodged against
Acushla tonight, on the grounds that
she did not carry the proper cruising
equipment, and it is possible that this
may deprive her of her victory.
Only one minute and sixteen seconds
separated four of the fifties as they
crossed the finish line tonight. Gray
ling, sailed by j. P. Morgan and his
son, Junius, finished second, just two
seconds ahead of George M. Pynchon's
lstalena. H. B. Plants Spartan and
George Nichols's Carolina were about
a minute behind Istalena.
Georgia, owned by H. M. Cowper-
thwaite and sailed by j. F. Mahlstedt,
was first in the Larchmont 80" class
anu <AllCc, CuS property OIL SndGIeS Is.
Keeler, defeated Addison G. Hanan's
mudian-rigged MAMMA in the spe-
cial class.
Lena Beats 30-Footers
Ogden Reds Lena, sailed by her
owner, led the fleet of thirty-footers
across Block Island Sound winning
over d. H. Richards Mizpah and Alera,
owned by A. K Belknap Souawk,
the property of j. S. Lawrence, of
Boston. was the winner in the forty
foot class.
The run from sarah's Ledge, New
London, to Great Salt Pond Break
on Friday morning and was not COM
pleted by some of the suadron until
early to-day, provided about all the
thrills, critical situations and prob
lens that can fall to the lot of an
amateur sailorman. The aspect of the
weather seemed to change every FIVE
minutes, and the most experienced
profes slonal shippers in the fleet de-
clared they had never seen anything
like it,
Many of the boats, particularly the
thirty-footers that brought up the rear
OF the maritime procession spent the
Night and the impenetrable screen of
Sound pelted by terrific rain storm
that defes description.
Inc proverblal pltchforks and cats
and dogs are entirely inadequate. The
rain was binding as the blackness of
Hall and driving rain bombarded the
fog that blotted out FL objects at
distance OF fifteen yards.
The yachts heaved and pitched in
ollowing ground swell that rolled in
'.Tom the Atlantic and added to the
ar'ncuity of navigating. A black squall
swept down on the squadron from the
northwest after p. m. and caused
general shortening Of sail.
Hail and Rain Bombard Fleet
Hail and driving rain bombarded the
yachts, but the Corinthians stuck to
rneir wheels and tillers through it ali,
Weather sharps with the fleet Predicted
!nat the squall. when it had blown
itseir out and had moved on, would
Jake with it the fog screen that had
seesieo down early in the afternoon
nut In this they were wrong.
Inc squall not only brought more foe.
with 1t, but the squall itself refused 70
ieave the vicinity. The huoa hlaci,
snunoerheads rolled along the south.
eastern horizon and then returned ,H;tb
INCREASED sL; fury and harder rain, if such
sh;ng could be possible Some skin.
pea - the Meet termed it REVOLVING
seuaii' and that is about what II ,v .ns
aoI AZ tames the wind and rain and ba;lI
s; to be coming from ali d;rec-
Just before the first sona,, cr.shs
oown on the fleet with brilliant 49,