New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-06

spinnakers as far as H.,A
Lightship. Five schooners ws-s 'sas
away first 1t had been expeetss :. ~
SIX schooners would take ps~t : bs
long ocean race 70 this por+ Ia . e
Earle Rimball's Cygnet witbsr.uas !
morning and sailed west 'sa
Commodore Harold S. var5...r.
Vagrant went over the line A.. y
the star. vas not a par.jcvi.vs,s,r ss'
tacular one. Eagrant sasray ~
glsh anG. in act. appeared r. -. Asf
able to get going throughout ~ -
Whether she was really slus,...s ~
whether it was that CornmoSssr.A S q 3
derbilt had an aversion N ~: ~
one of his own cups is m.,, ansas
may be. speculated upon. obn.k =.
owned by Carl Tucker, got swav was. :.
ond and was followed BY Qpss- W
Virginia. Irolita ard Flyiny ~.
went over closely groupsd
soinnakers when of East Chop. e.
Shops Start Battle Early
The 76-mile struggle betwesn e..
lima. Istalena and Harpoon bevs, , sl..
before the starting signal to- -
fifty-footers was raised on the -
mittee boat Eourmahal. There ~, ~.
sharp scrap for position. which v.s.s
up IN Carolina going over Ii, ~
first with Harpoon on her r...s..
quarter and Istalena in her lee r.
bara crossed last. The fortv-ses,..
were sent away next and Monsoon, NJ
trail and Pampero were the ar.t !
cross the line
The ffty-foot sloops began inn,s
ately to outfoot the schooners an5s
can be said that they outsaiieS i.
two-stickers to-day in every dss,-.
ment Of the game. The schoa,ss
couldn't hold them in running, rsae..
ing or CT the wind. The order q IL
feet as it passed Handkerchief LII.
ship was: Carolina, Tstalena. Virrr,
Harpoon, FLYING Cloud. Vagrant +
lita, Barbara, OhonSara, Zilph. M,
soon, Queen Mabg Mistral. Rowdv. PR
pero and Alice. The same order III
at Stone Horse Lightship.
H. G. S. Mobiles Virginia ouictgl
opened up commanding lead over 8.
rest Of the schooners in the run dor
the wind and looked like sure VI
ner when the yachts had covered M.
ty miles. Carolina, still leading ~
feet, rounded Stone Horse Hgh. vs,g
at 9;57:45 and Istalena at s:5saI
Virginia, the third to round and tgl
ahead of the other schooners, vi
clicked at 9:59:45.
The next leg took the yachts On II
close reach to Pollock lightship, wis
was rounded by Carolina ct Ie:a7Es
Istalena rounded forty-fve seearaI
later, and Virginia, having increas
her lead considerably, was timed Il
10:38:57. The wind hauled TO wss
northwest about this time, and lhsi
began to be prospects OF long VIII
ward thrash along the heel Of C@s
Cod.
Harpoou Enters the Scrap
The breeze kept northing and viz
the boats passed Pollock Rip Ligs
ship they were faced with tH
along the beach TO Provincetown. b
was here that the battle royal bsiEss
Istalena and Carolina began in earns,
with Harpoon entering the scrap We
the other two fiftjes were abort t
Cahoon Challow. Harpoon hsa:s
shown so well in the early legs pt u
voyage and was far astern Of Carols
and Istalena, when the long drill slazz
the Cape Cod coast began.
The Strachan sloop might sgus
have figured at all if Nichols and Ala.
had not been so busy battling an
other that they forgot all about EH
poon. 1t was their incesssns tatsI
caused by Istalena's desperate hgst
get out of Carolina's lee, that 70
mitted Harpoon to come up and &C.
the real running once more. w
Nicholas and Alker tackled haff drn
times, Harpoou attended strict!
her knitting and tackled only when q (
essary. Every time Istalena tsrkS
an effort to 60 through Carolinss
Rarpoon gained from ten TO ni~
seconds on the pair.