New-York tribune., 1922-08-04

The navy cup offered for sloops was
won by the Istalena, under charter to
Carroll B. Alker and sailed to-day by
Harry L. Maxwell, one of Long ISL
and Sounds cleverest Corinthians.
Istalena, getting away to a wonderful
start, considering the light, puffy airs
that prevailed, won easily, and even
outfooted several of the schooners.
The other ffty-footers in her class
were far astern.
Clever handling and a generous
break in the luck that for time gave
them exclusive rights to an extremely
tickle breeze explains the victories of
both the Flying Cloud and the Ista-
lena.
The Flying Cloud. in the schooner
class, defeated the Vagrant for the
navy cup by 8 minutes and l second
The runner-up among the sloops was
the Carolina, owned by Vice Commo-
dore George Nichols The latter
found no favor with the wind god to-
day and was Obliged to lie with droop-
rival, the Istalena, catch series of
wayward puffs that sent her into
lead that she was never to lose. The
fleet consumed practically seven hours
in making the thirty-one-m voyage
from Brenton's Reef Lightshjp to this
quaint and somewhat desolate anchor
age, but, despite the Pickering zephyrs
Of the early afternoon, there was some
good racing and a number of close
finishes.
Weather Test for Shippers
When the wind finally settled in the
southwest it was steady enough, but
never sufficiently strong to give lee
rails bath. 1t shifted just before the
finish to the eastward, and, all things
considered, it was the sort that put
the weather sagacity Of the shippers
to the acid test. Harry Maxwell, at
the wheel of the Istalena, proved that
he either has an uncanny knowledge
of what the wind is going to do or he
Is the luckiest amateur skipper in the
game. fssssss
The light airs did not prevent the
doughty forty-footers from having
snappy duel. They were at each others
throat halyards from start to finish,
and the issue was not decided until
the last fifty yards of the thirty-one-
mile race was covered. In that last
rush J. S. Lawrence's Squaw, Boston
boat, defeated James B. Hayes's Zilph
by seven seconds. H. S. Duell's Rowdy
was about two minutes astern of Zilph.
The rest Of the "forties" were closely
grouped
j. B. Dunbaugh, a recently elected
member of the New York Yacht Club,
brought his Countess home first among
this, as was the case with Harry Max
we'll. by either supernatural insight
into the whims of the wind or mar
velous break in the luck Unlike Is
talena, who held her lead from start
to finish, Countess spent a large part
Of the afternoon stopping about in last
place. She was in that position, even
the feet had rounded Hen and Chick
ems lightship, which marked the end
of the first leg. Captain Dunbaugh evil
IDENTIFY grew weary of that sort of
thing and went off in still hunt for
breeze, and he found it in the very
nick Of time.
Wind Shifts Unexpectedly
1t was that belated and unexpected
shift in the wind to the eastward that
found him. in his despair and blew him
home to victory while the other "thir-
ties' looked on. w. H. Hoffman's
Mink was second and Gherardi Daviss
Alice third.
The start of to-day's run was made
in almost a fat calm. What little
wind there was came in gentle zephrs
from north by west. The fleet of
twenty-six yachts hung motionless on
CLASSY sea for more than an hour
after being sent away. The starting
line, an exceptionally long one. was be-
tween Brenton's Reef Iightship and
Rear Commodore Vincent Astor's yacht
Nourmahal.
The race committee had fixed 10 a..
m. as the hour for the harbor start and
most of the boats were under way and
heading out toward the lightship by
that time, but the wind was so light
that several of the yachts had to be
taken in tow. The delay in reaching
the line caused the committee to post
pone the start q half hour. 1t was
l1:40 when the schooners were sent
away.
The racers were followed by score
or more of powered craft, the largest
Of which was former Commodore Ar
thur Curtis James's bark-rigged Alhoa,
which recently returned from trip
round the world.
Many other yachts from Newport
that did not join the run to Malta
poisett came out with gay parties
aboard to see the start. chile hundreds
of autom mobiles lined the bluffs, from
which a clear view of the lightship and
the starting line could be had.
Cygnet First at Start
The start was dull one and more
matter of luck than anything else,
due to the lightness and instability of
the wind. 1t came in faint puffs and
catspaws, and there was only the most
languid maneuvering for positions. H.
Earl Kimball's Cygnet, nearest the
line when the starting signal was
raised on the Ncaarmahal. was the first
of the schooners across. She was fol-
lowed closely by Queen Nab, property
Of Nathaniel F. Ayres, of Boston, while
Flying Cloud went over in third place
Commodore Harold Vanderbilts Va
grant flagship of the feet. was far
back when the start was given and
only Irolita was astern of her as she
crossed. She seemed 20 catch more
wind than the others, however, and
went over the line with considerable
headway. While the other schooners
stood in toward shore Commodore
Vanderbilt held out to the southwark
and received the first benefits of the
| southwest breeze that sprang up later.
In this maneuver she shook off Queen
Nab and Cygnet and began to open up
lead almost Immediately.
Istalena led the 5o-footers over the
line and was never headed from that
time until she crossed the finish line
at Mattapoisett. Vice Commodore
| George Nichols's Carolina was on Ista-
lenas weather quarter as she crossed