The New York herald., 1922-07-30
GREAT FLEET Will
MEET AT NEWPORT
Commodore Harold s. Wander
bilt Will Lead the Yachts
Eastward.
ITINERARY is POPULAR
Takes in Provincetown, Glou-
cester and Marblehead-
Five Squadron Runs.
ITINERARY is POPULAR
by ARTHUR r. ALDRiDGE.

Newport harbor on\Tuesday evening
will be filed with yachts. The fleet
of the New York Yacht Club has been
ordered by Commodore Harold s. Van
derbilt to gather there preparatory to
starting on its annual cruise The
members Of the club have rallied to
the support of their commodore Loyalty
and are determined to make the 1922
cruise good one and to show that
yachting is steadily coming back as a
popular sport
This year the squadron is to visit
Provincetown, Gloucester and Marble
head among other ports. and 1t will
start with one big race, that for the
Astor cups. and wind up with another.
that for the Kings cup. and between
these two important events the yachts
men will make five squadron; runs and
will rest one day, next Sunday. In
Provincetown harbor. see
The itinerary arranged by Commo-
dore Vanderbilt this year Is popular
one. Owners Of large sailing craft are
not very fond of Long Island Sound
Will It's llukey WIHuS, IlS CdIIIlS anu
Its heat, and they are pleased that the
start is to be away from this and where
they hope they may find moderate to
fresh winds for their racing. But no
matter what the weather may be. the
sport will be Of the best. because Com
modore Vanderbilt who owns the
schooner Vagrant, and Vice Commodore
George Nichols. who owns the SO footer
Carolina. are keen racing men. and they
Will stimulate each days contests.
Years ago when the New York Yacht
Club had just been organized-this was
In 1S44-a fleet of yachts. seven in num-
Der, sailed through ,ng Island Sound
as far as Newport, which was then a
small whaling town. There were then
no handsome summer cottages such as
now make this port SO attractive, and
1t was the New York Yacht Club that
really developed Newport. The yachts
men have always had a fondness for
visiting quaint old ports. and this year
they will touch at Malta poisett, small
village Just east of the famous old
whaling town of New Bedford, at Vine
yard Haven. passing on the way be-
tween the Elizabeth Islands and Martha's s
vineyard: Provincetown. the quaint old
port on Cape Cod where the 30oth an
niversary Of the landing Of the Pilgrims
was celebrated two years ago; Glouces-
ter, the shome of the fishermen, and
Marblehead, another quaint old place,
every inch Of which is historical
The flagship Vagrant will sell into
Newport Harbor at 6 o'clock on Tues
day afternoon and will be saluted by
tne meet already In that harbor. On
board with Commodore Vanderbilt will
be Fleet Capt John Parkinson. Jr Fleet
Surgeon Samuel A. Brown. NJ. D.. and
Secretary George CormaclS. who are the
commodore's staff. At 8 O'Clock that
evening there will be meeting of cap
tains, where some OF the minor "details
OF the cruise. pertaining particularly to
the racing. will be arranged. Afterward
there Will be reception to captains
and their guests.
Astor Cup Racer on Nevport
The racing will begin on Wednesday
with contests for the Astor cups. two
prizes donated annually by Rear Com
modore vincent Astor. To win an Astor
cup Is always the ambition of a Yachts
man. All schooners sail in one cIass
with fun time allowance, according to.
measurement, and all single masted
vessels and yawls sail in another. The
race committee. II. de B. Parsons chair
man; Gherardi Davis and Clinton Mac
kenzie VIII be on board Rear Commo-
dore Astor,s yacht NournahaI. The
course will depenl on the wind. but will
be sienaled by use Of the code flags be-
fore the warning signal Is made. One
course takes the yachts to marks off
BLOCK IsIand and West Island. and then
nome. and the other around the Vine
yard Sound and Hen and Chickens
Lirhtships. These courses are 3s and
37ia miles respectively In length.
Con'modore Harold s. Vanderbilt will
start the Vagrant in the schooner class.
and he viii sail the yacht himself
Ae'fnst him II Is evDected will be Carl
Trclser's schooner Ohonkara. IT, q. s.
Noh'e's Virginia. r. F. cree,e's Wind.
wc~d wi-thror w. Aldrich's FLYING
r'"',H. p WnI'e- Clark's Trolita. n Earl
Rirhas 'Der'vish Seth M Milliken. g
shnwna and Nathaniel F. Ayers Queen
Nab u is possible. too, that there viii,
be others in this race.
In the sloop class will be vice-Com-
mcdore George Nicho's's Carolina. Car
roll p. Alker's Istalena. F. d. VI.
Strachan's NHarDoon. formerly Acushla
Frank G.. Pafre's Barbara. Spencer Ror
cen. Jr.'s, Sally Ann. II. H. Raymond's
Monsoon. G. Lee Andrews Pampero
Holland s. Duell's Rowdy. James lc.
Hayes's zIlph. John s. Lawrence's
Squaw. IT, M. Cowpcrthwaitc's Georgia.
T.. ~. JOnnSonS Grey Dawn. T.. v. Lock-
woods Maisic. Or. G Y. Eeeler's Alice.
Charles Srithers's zaida. Gherardj
Davis's Alice Ogden Reids Lena s. c.
Pir'e's oriole. Edmund Lang's Banzai
and Lucien T. Warmers Fill IT. These
yachts range from 30 to so feet in
length Entries for the Astor cups may
be made until 3 o'clock on the morning
OF the race. 80 there Is plenty OF time
for other yachts not mentioned and az
all are rated on their measurements each
has chance OF success.
The Astor Cups are for Yachts In rae
Ing trim. but on the squadron runs the
yachts are In cruising trim On Thurs
day morning they will proceed to Malta
poIsett. The harbor start WIFI be made
mt 10 o'clock and the warning signal for
the race will be made an hour after the
harbor start. The signal for the harbor
start will be made on the flagship
Vagrant. Two guns. with the display Of
the code letter over the signal indi-
eating the next port. will he fred IN s-c-
cession at the hour established for this
start and then the yachts will get under
way. tho racing craft going TO the start
ing line and the power craft will hover
about the Tine to watch the work OF
the sailing men. The run to Malta
poisett is 81 " miles and on this run
the Navy Challenge Cups will he sailed
for, one cup for schooners and one for
sloobs.
The harbor start on Friday August
4, will be at Q o'clock and at 10 o'clock
the race TO Vineyard Haven will be
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