New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-01
Hanan's Nal,nla
Made Favorite
Among Shops
Nineteen Boats, in z Classes.
Will Compete Over Trian-
gular Course for Trophy
BY Jack Lawrence

NEWPORT X. l.. July S1.--Sixteen
sIoops and three schooners, all flying
The burgee Of the New York Yacht
Club. will meet off Brentons Reef light
vessel tomorrow afternoon in q
struggle for the classic Astor Cups,
donated by Captain Vincent Astor, fol-
lowing precedent established by his
father.
The race will be sailed over a tri-
angular course of thi-ty-eight miles,
which viii take the yachts from Bren-
toms Reef to Block Island, to West
Island and back to the starting line.
The regatta committee of the New
York Yacht Club will endeavor to make
one of the legs a windward beat Of
about seventeen miles.
The schooners race in one class and
the sloops in another, 8 cup being of
fered for the winner in each. The
schooners viii be sent away first and
the sloops few minutes later, the
flagship Corsair being the committee
boat for the occasion. Each yacht will
be given full time allowance figured
on her rating.
All Rave Equal Chance
This system is supposed to give
every boat an equal chance, but there
is feeling among yachtsmen here
tonight that it will place q handicap
on the ffty-footers that will practical
ly eliminate them as contenders in the
sloop class.
Yachting sharps VINO are gathered
here are inclined to favor Addison G..
Hanan's udian-rigged Nahma, one
of the fastest sloops of her rating on
Long Island Sound, Cor first honors in
the Aston cup race. In windward work
Nahna is probably in q class by herself
and she is sailed by one of the clever
est shippers in the United States.
H. S. 'Shonnard's Sonica was looked
upon as favorite in the schooner
class, but for some reason that has not
been explained Mr. Shonnard hoisted
mis- sails to-day and went away from
this place without saying good by or
letting any of the New York Yacht
Club officials know whether ne intended
10 start in the Aston event. His sud
den departure has been somewhat
mystifying, but is taken to indicate
that ne has had enough competition
for the present.
The three schooners starting to-mor-
row are Harold S. Vanderbilts Vagrant,
Call fuckers Ohonkara and Queen
Nab, the PROPERTY of Nathaniel F.
Ayres, of Boston. These boats will be
sent away at noon.
Kings Cup Race Tomorrow
The regatta committee of the New
sork Yacht Club announced tonight
that eight entries had been received
for the Kings cup race, which is
scheduled to take place on. Tuesday.
This contest is regarded as the crown
ing event Of the Yachting season. vic
tory carrying with it the yachting
ehampios- hio for the year
The Kings Cup race is open to sloops
measuring fifty feet or over and
schooners of sixty feet or more Both
classes are sent away together, the
winner being determined on the time
allowance system, This event will
bring together the winning sloop and
the victorious schooner in the Astor
Cup contests, regarded as the cham
pions of their respective classes. For
this reason the winner of the Kings
Cup will be looked upon as the cham
pion boat Of the season.
Newport is filling up with yachting
enthusiasts who will remain here until
the cup struggles are decided. There
are so many yachts in the harbor that
= is difficult for late arrivals to find
anchorage room.
The usual commodores' dinner was
given or the Corsair last night and was
attended by former commodores of the
club and the flag officers. Among those
present were former Comm odores
Lewis Cass Ledyard, Edward H Nor
gan, Arthur Curtis James; former Vice
lommodores ". Butler Duncan and
Henry Walters; Commodore Herbert
N. Sears, of the Eastern Yacht Club;
Fleet Surgeon Samuel A. Brown, Score
tary George Cormack, Vice-C Commodore
haroid S. Vanderbilt, Rear Comm odore
George Nichols. H. de B. Parsons, Fred
eric O. Spedden and Gherardi Davis
Commodore Morgan left the fleet
rather unexpectedly tonight and will
probably not be here for the King s
and Astor Cup races. He was said to
have been called to New York suddenly
on business. He made the trip by
train, leaving Vice Commodore Wander