New-York tribune., 1921-08-04
Young g Morgan
Sails Crayling
ToCup Victory
Sou OF Firaancier Scores
Over Veteran Pilots:
Pampero Also a Winner
Bv lack Lawrence


NEWPORT, r. T., Aug 8.-Harry S.
Morgan, son of Commodore J. P Nor
gan, sailed the latter's ck-hulled
Grayling to a remarkable victory here
to-day in the regatta held off Brenton's 8
Reef Lightship under the auspices of
the Newport Yacht Racing Association.
1t was the wind up of the New York
Yacht Clubs achting carnival, that
began with the arrival of the feet on
its seventeenth annual cruise last Sat
urday.
Even the weather-beaten old vet
erans, and there are many of them in
this ancient port just now, had to ad-
nit that young Morgan's handling of
the tall spared 50-footer to-day was
little short of superb In leading such
boats as Acushla, Spartan, Istalena and
Virginia to the finish line the
youngster took into camp some Of the
best Corinthian shippers IN the coun-
try. Incidentally, it was the hrst time
that "P S." as he is called by the sea-
going talent hereabouts, has had sole
command of Crawling, most of his rae
ing in the. past having been confined
to the victory class.
In the race for New York Yacht Club
4O-footers, which attracted five start
ers. the greatest number in competl-
tion +his wear. C. l.. Andrews Pam
nero romped home a winner by L min
Ute and Sc seconds over Monsoon, the
property of F. D. NJ. Strachan
Katherine, owned by Commodore
Lawrence Percival, ,of the Corlntnlan
Yacht Club, of Marblehead, hnisheG
third, a minutes and l3 SECONDS Denlno
Monsoon. Pauline, owned by v: y.
Gennings, was fourth, and d. . La"-
rence's Squaw was fifth
little Change in Weathsr
The weather that prevailed to-day
was only a slight improvement over
that of yesterday, when Rear Comnio-
dore George Nichols's Carolina cap
tured the Kings cup. however @ tners
was quite q feet of yachts gathered
aho,,t +he battle-scarred old llghtship
when the preparatory signal Tor the
ff+v-footers was raised on the COM
mittee boat Narada.
The first leg of to-day's triangular
course was q seven mile ,reach to q
marx out at sea. The second leg gave
the Yachts another reach, this time Oh
eight miles, and the last was wlnd-
ward thrash of the same distance TO
the finish line.
The ffties were sent away at II: 10
and the fortv-footers followed them
balloon lib topsails and club topsalls
all sails being we'll filled by the thlr-
teen knot breeze that blew out Of the
northeast.
/. Gordon Hammersley's Acushla
was the first over the line and ap-
peared to have considerable advan
tage. but Harry B. Plants Spartan
George NJ. Pynchon's Istalena and L
f. Crofoot's Virginia we're CLUSTERED
about her and appeared to kill of
much Of her headway;
Grayling, on the other hand, steeret
clear of the others and went over the
line far to the leeward end, where SHE
+ had an unobstructed breeze Acushla
( Spartan, Virginia and Istalena headed
for the first mark in that order, but
they were not footing as fast as Gray
ling and the latter slowly but surely
overhauled them When at the frs
mark she was in the lead and she
never relinquished it thereafter
When the first mark was rounded The
Morgan yacht had lead of nearly
minute.
Grayling won by minutes and Al
I seconds over Spartan, Acushla being
minutes and seconds behind th,
latter boat.
Rough Treatment for Alice
Istalena was fourth, finishing min
ute and 20 seconds behind the Ham
mersley craft. Virginia was last.
Gherardi Davis's Alice, one of tn
sturdy thirty -footers, received some
rough treatment at the hands of the
weather while on her way to New
London, according to report tha
reached the local station of the New
York Yacht Club Tonight On boarc
were Raymond H. Finlay. who ha!
raced the boat successfully severa
times this season, Chandler Davis ant
Lieutenant Commander Frazier, U. s N
Tremendous seas tore off Alice
forward hatch, flooding her cabin an
smashing her single boat like an egg
she'll, while the wind blew her main
sail to ribbons. This occurred whel
the thirty-footer was off Watch Hill
Despite the battering she received he,
amateur crew navigated her safely in
to port.
The great fleet of pleasure craft tha
modified here for the Astor and King
Cup events is disbanding tonight, som
pulling out for the east and other
heading for New London and point
west.
The summaries:
NEWPORT YAcHr RACING Assoc1A
START. l2:I5-23 NILES
NEWPORT CLIP