The New York herald., 1921-08-07
BRISK WINDS HELP
STAMFORD YACHTS
A Fleet Of Forty Vessels Make
Quick Time Over the Tri-
angular Courses.
BY ARTHUR r. ALDRIDGE.

| good fresh wind favored the Stam-
yesterday and forty yachts started.
/ The 50 footer Acushia, owned by l., Cor
| don Hamersley; +. d. M. Strachans
40 footer, Monsoon; l.. v. Lockwood's s
50 footer. Maisie, and DR.. c. D. Kesler's
Alice were on hand, but had no class
competitors. and unfortunately 1t was
| not possible to reach their owners to
arrange some special races. The other
yachts in these classes have not re-
| turned from the cruise.
| The regatta was managed by II. III.
| Oddie, Bart Jacob and Ernest G. Dra-
| per. the committee, assisted by George
A. Freeman and J. V. S. Oddie. They
were on board J. Percy Bartram's new
vower yacht, Dayse. Dayse Is twin
screw yacht. On the way out to the
mark the main shaft coupling broke
and the propeller and shaft slipped to
the bottom of the Sound. A two inch
stream OF water poured into the yacht
and the water was UP to the cabin
floor before 1t was discovered. Then the
hole was plugged and the water
pumped out.
The courses selected were triangular,
the longest being 1917 miles, with turn
Ing marks off Oak Neck and Lloyds
Neck. The wind was south, which made
the first leg to windward.
Thirties on on Even Terms.
The two 30 footers got away well,
crossing the line, which was half a
mile south of Stamford lighthouse, on
different tacks. On the wind Nautilus
took the lead and finally won from
Oriole by 2 minutes seconds.
Three started in the third handicap
class and Quakeress, sailed by G. l..
Weyand, won on corrected time. Aca-
dian finished first and Robin Hood,
sailed by George Z. Garland and Judge
Charles +. Simms. was last. In the
second division ]. H. Curtisss Jabber-
wock, a yawl. defeated the schooner
Wandee
Four started in the Victory class and
Alerte, sailed by Cornelius Shields.
won easily Blue Devil was second and
Mongolia third
Eight started in the Stamford class
and this was the last race of the sum-
mer series Z. G. Draper's Billy Boy
won the race. with Peanut second and
Priscilla third. Peanut scored the most
points in the cup series.
The Arrows race was won by Rich
diu tldld 1UHlTduG ". w. ItyH-
ders's Windward ii. split her mainsail
and was last. She carried a spinnaker
| set over the mainsail on the last leg OF
| the course.
! Cythlen. sailed by +. T. Bedford, won
the race for the Pequot r class and
Hindoo won in the Pequot IS foot class.
There was one mishap. Ossea, an In
dian Harbor knockabout, carried away
her mast just before the start.
Summaries:
NEW YORK YACHT CLUB 30 FooTERs-
START. :25-13A MILES.
Finish. Erd Tc.
Yacht and Owner. Fl. NJ. S. II. NJ. S.
Nautilus, NJ. =. Hatfield. 40 y "a q
oriole S. G. Pirle. ......... 81 IS . &c 20
HANDICAP CLAss-THIRD DIVISION
| START. . 2:35-10h MILES.
cuakeress: g. l.. Weyand.. % II AZ i
Robin Hood, c. e. Garland. "a IL 40 II
Corrected times--Quakeress. Al ~; Aca-
dian, .42:27; Robin Hood. 1;4o:17.
SPECIAL HANDIcAP-sTART. 3;o5-
| 5l5 MILES.
South Wind. W. J. McHugh oe a. OF A
| Wasp. A. G. McHale. ...... 4 IL 80 / 10 80
Mary d. H.. J. J, Donovan. 0s 90 OF 90
Corrected Time-south Wind. :01 Al;
INDIAN HARBoR ARRows-sTART,
2:4o-10la MILES.
Comrhde. II. Hanar. ........ ! IS 2s ! IS 2s
Pontiac IL. G. x. Freeman. 81 o2 81 02
Snapper. +. 5. Page. ...... 33 OF % 0i
salomy H.. H. RI. whttelsey 33 Is 53 10
| Windward H.. ]. V. w.
,dsF EsynGsr' S Lantern. ..'; q. j. 50 q 10 q
Hawk, r. siaven. 20 81 30 Is
VICTORY CLAss-sTART, 2:45-7z MILES.
| Mongolia, II. NJ. Curtis. IL II 30 II
| Alerta, Il. r. Martin. ....... 0S "A % "A
| Pluc Devil. ~. whitney,. IL 81 l 81 "a
| Soxarte-Qunze, J. r. Swan Did not finish
! PEQuoT Il CLASS-START. :55-7M
/ MILES.
/ CythIen. r T.. Bedford -. 4 70 ~ l 81 10
| Green Goddess. Clark and
/ stetson .................. 4 "A 90 ! 30 90
/ Gairlee. j. w. Gair......... 30 30 / 81 80
| Grcdmar, w. l.. Lloyd. 8 ~ IS 1 "a 43
| PEQUOT ONE DESIGN Is FOOT CLASS
START, 2:5i-5ia MILES.
| Scallop. II. Middleton ...... 4 10 30 ~ so
| I[azcka. Sherwood and
Sci,iott ...............,... 4 "a ~ 20 81
'qr l.. Crawford ........... - n I 50 10
IIindno. H. a. Jennings. 4 81 81 / 80 2i