The New York herald., 1922-08-23
Lea and LEsprit Both
Win in Six Meter Races
Cripples Are All Repaired and the Yachts Meet in
Light to Moderate Weather Trials on
Long Island Sound.
BY ARTHUR r. ALDRIDGE.i

The fourteen six meter yachts now
striving for international honors saileo
two races each yesterday over triangular
courses on the Sound on oyster Bay
Two of those that were dismasted In
Mondays races. Lea and LEsprit. dis
tinguished themselves by each winning
once. The Grebe, the heavy weather
yacht, finished in third position twice,
and the other winners were Priscilla
and Ace.
All the disabled yachts were on hard
in time to take part In the races. Their
owners and crews had worked hard. In
step new masts and to rig them, and as
the weather all day was from light T.
moderate all but the Underwater pulled
through without further trouble. Under
writer had to withdraw from the last
race. The wind had freshened to nice
sailing breeze and kicked up little sea.
Underwater developed weakness In her
spreaders and was forced to withdraw.
This was disappointing to Charles A.
Welcf 1st, her owner, who had brought
the yacht from Marblehead to take pars
in these trials.
When the committee, Colgate Hoyt.
Horace L. Boucher. Percy s. Weeks.
Ray Bowers and II. M. Curtis. went out
from the Seawanhaka C0rinthian Yacns
Club shortly after 0 o'clock to start the
first race they found the Sound ~
smooth as the proverbial millpon1.
There was no wind, and the postpone
signal was hoisted on Vice-Comnlodo-e
Frank c. Paine's converted subchaser,
which was the committee boat for tne
day. A wait of two hours followed, anG
it was noon before the committee felt
warranted in ordering start. There
was then very light wind from north
west.
Over Triangular Courses.
The courses for the day were triangu-
lar, two miles to each leg, and IL. NJ.
Curtis. who had done so well on the
first day and who took the wetting ne
then got SO good naturedly. started orr
again to lay the turning marks the
first leg was northwest, the second east
by north and the third south southwest.
The first division as usual. was made
UP of the four leading boats at the finish
os the previous race Just before the
yachts were sent off the wind died out,
but came back from southeast, which
changed the first leg from being to wind
ward to run. The first eight got away
we'll and Ace at once pulled into the
lead. She ghosted along in the light air
followed by Baliy-Hoo and at the first
mark Ace led by 1 minute 90 seconds.
Here they gybed and had reach to the,
second mark. The wind was hauling
south and on this leg Ace held her adj
vantage over Bally-Hoo and both drew
away from Grebe. the third boat The
wind hauled to southwest, which made
the third leg windward work, and on
this leg Bally-Hoo made a decided gain
on Ace, and Grebe too closed up. Ace
won by second and Bally-Hoo. the
second boat. beat Grebe 2 minutes 4
seconds.
In the second division the battle soon
became one between Lea and L'Esprit
Lea led down the wind by slight mar
gin, but on the reach L'Esprit passed
her, and at the mark led by 81 sec
onds On the wind Lea cut this lead
down slightly, but in the end L'Esprit
won the race by 20 seconds. Sake did