New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-27
< Y. c. Resumes Annual Cruise TO-DAY
75Y Realistically
Picturesque
Run to.Newport
Pynchon's Istalena Is Fa-
vored to Lead 5O-Footers
i'm First Race Since 1916
By Jack Lawrence

GLEN COVE, L. l., July ga feet
harbor here tonight awaiting the gun
that will send the great white squad
| ron away tomorrow on the New York
Yacht Clubs annual cruise to New
port. 1t is the first cruise the club
has held since 1916, when the gather
ing clouds of war caused the abandon
ment of the midsummer marine classic.
According to plans outlined tonight
at captains meeong aboard the
Corsair, Comm odore Morgan's flagship,
the harbor start from here will be made
at o'clock tomorrow morning, the
racing starts taking place one hour
later off Matinicock Point. The boats
Will be sent away in their respective
classes, and it is expected that the
New York Yacht Club 50-footers will
be the first to get the gun. They will
be followed by the "forties," "thirties"
and other classes
The first leg of the voyage to New
port will see the yachts racing from
Matinicock Point to a mark off the
outer breakwater at Morris Cove. The
distance of this. run is thirty-eight
nautical miles. Tomorrow night the
fleet will lie in the anchorage Of the
New Haven Yacht Club, Morris Cove,
and will leave there at a. m. Thurs
day.
Thirty-nine Miles on Second Day
The racing start for the second leg
will take place off the Morris Cove
breakwater one hour after the harbor
start. Thursdays run will finish at
Sarah's Ledge Bell Buoy, off New Lon
don, distance of thirty nautical
miles. Thursday night will be spent
in the mouth of the Thames River and
on Friday morning the squadron sets
sail for Block Island, the finish being
at Great Salt Pond breakwater The
distance for this leg is twenty-three
miles.
The last lap of the journey will take
place on Saturday, weather permitting,
and will be from Block island to Bren-
toms Reef Light VESSEL a run of
feet is expected to be riding at anchor
off the Newport station of the New
York Yacht Club.
No events are scheduled for Sunday,
but on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day there will be races for the Astor
and Kings cups, the latter contest
being regarded as the most important
yachting event of the year.
The indications tonight are that
about thirty-fve racing yachts will fol-
low the flagship Corsair to the line to-
morrow morning. At the wheels and
tillers of these boats are the cleverest
amateur shippers in the United States.
Istalena Rules Favorite
George NJ Pynchon's Istalena, prob
ably as result of her fine showing at
Larchmont last week, is being favored
by the yachting sharps here for the
honors in the 50-foot class. Sailed by
her owner last week, she won the ]. P.
Morgan point prize. However, the con-
servative element here is not overlook
George Nichols is at the wheel of
Carolina, and it is whispered about
that he is going to use the cruise
runs the next few days to win back
some of the laurels that were snatched
from him at Larchmont.
Then there are Harry Maxwell, sail
ing H. B. Plants Spartan, and Com
modore Ralph Ellis at the helm of J.
P. Morgan's Crawling. The latter,
with his battle-scarred sombrero, has
proved conclusively in the last few
weeks that when he takes Mr.. Nor
gan's Crawling out to race he is very
tonight that Commodore Morgan him
self will sail on the Grayling al
though the handling of the yacht will
be in charge Of Ellis. The latter, it
was announced, will succeed Harry
Maxwell as Spartan's skipper during
the races for the Kings Cup.
Glen Cove harbor presented
picturesque and busy scene this eve
ming as the great feet of powered
and winddriven pleasure craft made
ready for the cruise. Cutters and,
tenders hustled about carrying provis-
ions to the larger boats. and q steady
stream of automobiles swept down on
the New York Yacht Club station,
bringing the amateur crews that will
man the feet
The Cosair rolled majestically into
port at s o'clock this evening through
a swirling southwest squall that
kicked up choppy sea and drove all
hands to cover.