New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-05
LarchrnontClub
Regatta Out of
Luck ON Breezes
fortieth Annual Assembly
OF Yachts Winds Up Witt,
Racers Drifting Homeward
By Jack Lawrence

SIXTY racing yachts were sent away
yesterday in the fortieth annual re-
gatta of the Larchmont Yacht Club.
the classes Of starters ranging from
DIE New York ffties down to tiny cats.
IL was better day for swim ming
1han yachting. The wind seemed to
nave caught the spirit of the holiday
ana refused to work. Many wouldbe
contestants were hung up for hours
on the motionless and unrippled sur
race OF the Sound. Their crews stood
the blazing and unclouded sun as lony
as they could and then donned bathiny
suits and tipped themselves overheard
Inc poorest swimmers could make more
Roadway than the becel,,ad
craft. i"ei"s
For brief period in the middle Of
but 1t didn't hold, and the boats ~,
were able to finish at all had IN 49,
themselves home in a calm that was
Almost as fiat and glossy as that in
when they were sent awav.
what little wind there was sesrs5 -
De aioft, and while this enabled two ~
.he hve New York Yacht Club So footers
10 engage in an interesting twentv-ona
mile Il, duel, it was Of little use to the I;ttIa
IelIows, who boosted no towering cluh
topsails. eioD
istalena a Winner
fhlilp Mallory, Of Port Chester. n.
,oe wheel of George VI. Pynchon's Is.a-
leha. sailed that tall-sparred beauty 80
oi1il.ahG victory over Carolina, owned
a.N sailed by George Nichols. Mallorv's
"ihnIng margin was only forty-seven
seconds, and for a time it looked a.
though the black hulled Carosina wo,,1J
overhaul him in the last leg, which 49,
wlnoward beat to the finish line.
ne Port Chester skipper, however.
Had the situation well in hand and bv
on EXEMPTION of skill which slamns him
as one OF the best Corinthians or, Love
island Sound he got an astonish;ng
amount OF speed out of Istalena in the
lasG mile, considering the fuky zephvrs
ana soft spots that beset him.
). r Morgan's Grayling. sailed nv
Commodore Morgan himself. was
poor third, although she rounded the
nrst mark practically abeam of Ista-
iena. over on the Long Island shore.
however, Grayling, Acushla and Vir'
ginia lost the wind and were bnnc ,,n
On painted" sea, while Istalena and
carolina found a sufficient number Of
wandering puffs to get them around
Inc second mark and Start them ON the
last leg. Va VIC
Despite the light airs the Victory
c'ass managed to have spirited con.
test, IN which Robert r. Martins
Alerte romped home first in field Of
eight. Alerte was followed over the
t e by ii. M. Curtis's Mongolia. a
frequent winner in this class, and
Iary Rose, owned and sailed by J. s.
morgan Jr- Black Jack finished fourth.
All the Victories were closely gronneI
In the run for the finish line.
L. dawthorn's Algol took the event
Tor Sound schooners in handy fashion.
defeating MORA and Alicia. fnixh;ne
IN the order named, by a comfortable
margin. Both MORA and Alicia ware
late IN getting over the starting line
due TO lack of wind and the strong
eoo tide that set against them.
Southamptons Out
One of the most interesting features
o. the regatta was that which BROUGHT
out the Southampton class. it beino
the first time this year that anv Of
these boats have been in competition
IN local waters. The Southamptong
rave good lines and ought to provide
iot OF good sport when the class has
a -t-- . - II the western
end of the Sound. Liris, owned bv r
j. McCahiu jr., was the winner in this
class, and j. F. Baudouine's Queen was
second.
Jade, the last to get away in the
Glen Cove Jewel class. was the first
home, being followed by Opal, the prop
erty of c. H. Appleby, and A. w.
hlcks's Turquoise. There were FIVE
starters IN this event A L. Shows
Thane was victorious in the Orienta
class, and A. R. Bastine's Virginia An
ished first in the New Rochelle class.
Thirty-Footers Slow to Start
None of the New York Yacht Club
S0-footers was able to finish, and few
Of them were lucky to start In the
case of Ogden Reds Lena the boat
crawled across the starting line twenty
five minutes after the starting signal
had been blown. The Silhouette, owned
by K. H. Amberg, was nearly half
hour late in getting under way, and F.
w. Belknap's Alera was seven minutes
behind the gun.
The summaries:
NEW YORK YACHT CLUB 6o-FOoTERs
START, l2.40-COURSE. y MILES