The New York herald., 1922-06-11
The Fifty Footer Istalena
Beats the Forty Pampero,
Winner in Her Class.
PRISCILLA WINS AGAIN
Johnston de Forest Sails His
Six Meter Boat in Front
of Class.
By ARTHUR r. ALDRIDGE.


The Manhassst Bar Yacht Club held
It's spring regatta yesterday on the
Sound and welcome change In the at
mospheric conditions and fine fleet
able one. Sixty-two yachts started ana
In a fnoderate. northwest wind many
very close races were witnessed.
The Istalena, flying the flag Of Car
roll B. Alker, was the only fifty footer
at the line. She sailed against the
forty footers and beat Pampero. win
ner in the forty foot class. by II min
utes 56 seconds elapsed time.
Four forty footers started and Pam
pero won from r. D. NJ Strachan's
Monsoon by 80 seconds. Holland S.
Duell's Rowdy was third and James r.
Hayes's Zilph last.
The yachts were started from a line
off the red and black spar buoy to the
northward and eastward of Execution
Light. The long course-fifteen and a
half miles-had turning points at Blue
Fish Shoal and the black spar buoy
off Weeks Point. This gave the racing
craft two reaches and a beat The
shorter courses had the same general
objections. The wind was from north
west at the start 1t backed a couple
OF points soon after the starts, but later
hauled again and held fairly true
throughout the afternoon.
The big sloops were sent away at
2:O6 o'clock and reached across the line
with booms to starboard. Zilph led at
the leeward end Of the line followed
by Istalena, Rowdy. Monsoon and Pam
pero. Istalena soon took the lead and
finally the race became battle be-
Do =
pero finished first in the 40-foot race
Harry L. Maxwell sailed his sloop
, Nimbus in the Larchmont o Class. Ed
die Fish had the tiIler on the Grey
Dawn and Jerome Monks handled the
Georgia.
1t was the first race this year for
this class and 1t was hot battle Geor-
gia led at the line but the jaws of her
gaff had jumped the mast and a man
was sent aloft to repair the dame
Nimbus was next away and she steadily
improved her position until she finished
winner by ! minute % seconds, with
Grey Dawn second.
In the 34-foot class the Lena, owned
and sailed by Ogden Reid, made a
clever win. She got away well and in
the end won by I minuts % seconds.
J. A. Mahlstedt's Okee was second and
Adios third. There were six starters
| In the class
! The Cygnet. Paul L. Hammond's six
meter yacht. and Adrian Iselin 2d's
Ace made their debuts In the interna-
tional class. Cygnet is a Herreshoff
boat with very short ends and " shaped
sections. Ace Is a Mower boat. Ions
and full. but neither made impressive
| showings. These yachts sailed a. nine
| mile course. Addison G.. Hanans Bally
Hoo was first away at the lee end OF
| the line. II. B. Plants Clytie, with
| Cornelius Shields at the tilAr. and
| Priscilla. owned and Ailed by Johnston
de Forest, also elected lee end start.
At the weather end Grebe, sailed by
Richard de BA Boardman. got away
very cleverly. with Cygnet, sailed by
Paul L. Hammond; Montauk. sailed by
| c. Sherman Hoyt, and Ace. sailed by
Adrian Iselin I'd, CLOSE up. On the
broad reach to the first mark at the
Scotch Caps, Cygnet and Ace held ir
toward the New York shore lookine
for more wind and some aid from the
tide. The Grebe and Montauk kept to-
| gether further off shore. Then came
Clytie and Bally Hoo and Priscilla tc
leeward of all. Priscilla. turned the
mark first and then, reaching to the
/ next mark, still kept her lead. Clytie
gained on the last leg. but could not
catch Priscilla. that yacht winning by
"A seconds. Clytie beat Grebe two sec
onds. and Bally Hoo was fourth.
! e. A. Ratsey won his third race OF