The New York herald., 1922-08-02
New York Yacht Club Fleet
Ready for Annual Cruise
Commodore Harold S. Vanderbilt Will Start Squadron
From Newport at Noon To-day With the
Races for the Astor Cup.
BY ARTHUR r. ALDRInGE.

and Chickens lightships, 37h miles.
These races are sailed without time
limit.
Entries do not close until 8 o'clock to-
morrow morning. but 1t is very prob
able that there will be seven schooners.
three 80 footers, seven 40 footers and
two 80 footers In the races.
The last run Of the joint cruise OF the
Larchmont and Indian Harbor Yacht
clubs was marred by weather. 1t had
been planned to start the yachts from
line off Sarahs Ledge at o'clock. but
at that time there was no wind and
banks of fog hung around everywhere.
The sirens on the lighthouses and on
the lightship screeched their dismal
warnings and there was nothing to do
but wait. The race was under the
management OF the Larchmont Yacht
Club, represented by Howell G. Perrin
and Arthur Klapp, who were on board
Julian S. Detmer's power yacht Flor
ence. This yacht, with Mr.. and Mrs.
Detmer and their sons. Edmund and
Jerome Detmer. pluckily stuck by the
racing fleet all day and the young men
were impressed INTO the service of the
race committee.
After a walt Of about an hour Vice
Commodore Nichols OF the New York
Yacht Club decided that he would have
to leave and his yacht Carolina was
taken in tow by +. d. M. Strachan's
steamer Roamer. The Harpoon, Mr..
Strachans so footer, and H. H. Ray
mond's Monsoon also took lines from
the Roamer. Later Istalena took a line
from the Gadfy.
Committee Orders Start.
About 10 o'clock there was a light
breeze from the west and tho committee
x.N1A .tn - ualxt
away on their proper signals, according
to class, the 80 footers leading. In this
fleet were Edmund Lang's Banzai. ]. b.
Dunbaugh's Countess. Gherardi Davis's
Alice, M. 1T. Hoffmanns Mink and S. c.
Prizes Oriole. In the 39 foot class the
starters were III. NJ. Cowperthwaite's
Georgia. L. v. Lockwood's Maizie and
Leroy Sargent's Nimbus. The Azor and
Southerly started in the handicap class
and in the 40 foot class there were
Walter H. Bowes Mistraly, James X.
Hayes's Zeilph, C. Lee Andrews's PAM
pero and Holland S. Duell's Nimbus.
They carried balloons to reach down
to Race Rock and made very slow prog
ress. often being hidden in the fog. For
tunately., the current was setting to the
east and they were able to get by the
rock when a light easterly wind gave
them windward work. They worked along
the F1SnerS Island Shore until past
Watch Hill, and then the wind hauled
to southwest and they set balloons again
and reached on toward Point Judith.
From there they had run to the finish
carrying spinnakers.
Zeilph and Mistral had a very close
race and in the end Zeilph won by
twenty seconds. Mistral finished one
minute and six seconds ahead of
Pampero. and that yacht was one
minute twelve seconds ahead of Rowdy.
The times do not show how close the
four were because they were moving
slowly through the water.
After the 40 footers came the Nimbus.
winner in Glass o, finishing at
Z Al :2s. Georgia was second, finishing
ar sos 10. and Malzie finished at
s :35 100. The Alice, of Class ". racing
against zeilph finished at :25 100. At
that time the 80 footers and other
yachts were about three miles from the
finish and were becalmed.
The committee, according to instruc-
tions. then left for the harbor and the
yachtsmen will take their own times as
they pass the lightship.