The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-12

day on the Sound, scoring 20 points to
16 by the American boats. The weather
conditions were much better than on
Saturday. The wind was light but true
all day and of from eight to ten miles
strength. The total score for the two
days now is America AZ. Britain 80.
The Lea, sailed by c. Sherman Hoyt.
again showed that she Is a wonder in
light weather and smooth water and but
for the Lea the British would have won
a victory almost as decisive as was the
American victory of Saturday. Three
British yachts. Jean. Cola and Reg.
followed the Lea in the order named at
the finish. Then came Clytie and
L'Esprit, followed by Caryl. and Grebe
was last.
course of six miles, making twelve miles
il: all. The wind was from south one
half west and the first leg OF the course
was to windward. Lea on this leg
showed her qualities. and at the mark
led Reg, the British yacht. by thirty
nine seconds. Running with spinnakers
tc the next mark Lea lost little and
on the reach on the third leg Rea, Reg
end Cola made exactly the same time.
At the end Of the first round Lea had
lead of thirty seconds over Reg. LEsprit
was next and then came Caryl. Clytie.
Jean, Grebe and Cola in the order
named. The wind had freshened some
what by that time and tiny whitecaps
began to dot the waters Of the Sound
and as the wind strengthened the
British boats seemed to do better.
Cola and Jean made decisive gains
on the wind. They were unhampered by
any other boats and held further to the
east in beating out, so that when they
all met at the weather mark the British
boats Cola, Reg and Jean were crowd
ing the Lea and had made big gains.
Down the wind Lea gained somewhat
and she eventually finished the race
winner by / minute Is seconds Jean
was second, seconds ahead of Cola
and Reg was next l minute ] second
further astern. C1ytie was AZ seconds
astern OF Reg, L'Esprit was Is seconds
astern of Clytie, Caryl was Z seconds
astern Of L'Esprit and seconds ahead
of Grebe. the last boat to finish.
British Fast on the wind.
The race showed that the British are
fast boats with sheets started and that
il the yachtsmen should be favored
with fresh wind during the week they
will be exceedingly dangerous.
The race committee, Colgate Hoyt, I'll.
e. Boucher, Percy S. Weeks and II. M.
Curtis, sent the racers off promptly and
when the warning signal was made at
80 o'clock all the turning marks
were in place and could be easily dis
tingushed. The patrol fleet of destroyers
and power boats impressed into the SER
vice did not have as difficult task as
on Saturday in keeping the course clear
and the fleet was not so large and the
- . oh
posed to give the racing craft plenty of
room. Among the yachts noticed were
lie Roy Sargent's Ancoma, Addison G.
Hanan's Edithia. II. w. Hanan's Petrol.
Horace Binneys Cygnet, Mortimer L..
Schiff's Dolphin, one of the attractive
new yachts of this year: Commodore
Herbert NJ Sears's Constellation, Cliff
ford D. Mailory's Bonnie Dundee. r. G.
McNeil's Mildred H., r. de b. Board
mans Snow Goose, +. @. Munson's Pho
neer, c. A. Stones Alert +. d. Stra-
chan's Dixie, Seth B. Millken's Shimna.
II. l.. Maxwells Gadfiy. the Alelam
Sasqua.
The Mahan, a destroyer in command
of Commander Aubrey w. Fitch, kept
the feet away from the starting line to
allow plenty of room for maneuvering
and when the warning signal was made
the yachts began maneuvering for po-
sition. The efforts of the American team
seemed to be to enable the Lea TO get
away unhampered and the British APP
parently tried the same tactics for Reg
and Jean. Just before the starting signal
at 1 40 o'clock the yachts were stand
ing down the line on the starboard tack
heading east, with Reg leading, followed
by L'Esprit, Jean. Caryl, Cola III.
Grcbe, Lea and Clythie and as the signal
sounded all hauled sharply on the wind
and Cola. Grebe and Lea took the port
tack heading west Several short tacks
were made before they settled down TO
real work and Lea very soon took the
lead with Caryl next, while of the boats
heading to the cast Reg was leading
Grebe. with Clytie and Cola next.
The tide was slack 80 that there was
no advantage to be gained on either
tack. Caryl held far to the east. footing
fast but not pointing high and for
time it looked as IL there would be big
differences between them at the first
mark. but when they reached that point
Just l minute 80 seconds separated first
and last The times taken at that point
were: Lea, 2:04 IL; Reg, 2 :04 :51
L'Esprit 2 :05 :os Grebe, 2 :o5 :1e; Caryl.
2 :o5 80; Clytie, 2:o5 80; Cola, :o5 AS
Jean. 2 :0S :02.
Booms were eased to starboard and
spinnaleers carried, but guyed well for
ward. and on this leg Jean made the
fastest time and passed Grebe and Cola.
and Reg and L'Esprit made slight gains
on Lea. The times taken as they gybed
at the second mark were: Lea, 2 :23 :0g:
Reg, :23 :39fi LEsprit. 2 :23 40 Caryl,
"a :07; Clytie. 2:24 :os; Jean, 2:24 :2t;
Grebe, "a rs; Cola, 2 "a :3e.
They reached to the end OF the first
round with the wind over their star
board quarters and sailed very fast.
There was no change In the order but
Caryl and Jean made slight gains on
the leaders. Tho times taken as they
hauled on the wind at the end of tho
round were Lea, :37 :87; Reg. :3s :07
L'Esprit, Q :3s ia: Caryi, 1883: ely
tie. 2 :3S 40; Jean. as AS: Grebc,
2.3S 1T. Cola III. 2 :3g.0<