The New York herald., 1922-06-18
Larchmont's Spring Regatta
Marred by Flukcy Winds and
Heavy Rain Squalls.
By ARTHUR f. ALDRIDGE.

A variety of weather with a rain
squall at the end or the day kept tbs
fleet of yachts down to fifty-five vessels
at Larchmont yesterday. In spite ot
this. however the racing in many of th5
classes was most interesting.
Two so footers, Carolina and Istalena
started. The Istalena. sailed by Carroll
B. AllSer led at the starting line, with
Carolina, sailed by Vice-Commodort
George Nichols and Capt. w. Butler
Duncan, on Istalena's weather quarter.
Both yachts carried balloon jib topsails
On the wind Carolina took the lead and
won the race by II minutes 4 seconds.
A sharp rain squall about noon made
the outlook very unpromising, but wher
it passed over there was light south
erly wind, which steadily increased ir
strength and cheered the hearts of the
yachtsmen. When the course signals
were made there was light wind from
the south The so. 40 and 80 footers were
to go to Greenwich Point Oak Neck and
home, a distance of twenty miles The
so footers went to Great Captains Island
Weeks Point and home, 16H miles, and
the smaller classes sailed twice around
a triangle five and a half miles long OF
eleven miles in all. These courses mean
reach for all on the first leg of each
course, windward work on the seconn
leg and a broad reach across the Sound
to the finish.
Some of the classes got away well. but
after the 80 footers had gone the wind
died out and the starts in all the other
classes were spoiled. .Efter some drift
ing zephyr from northwest caused the
setting of spinnakers, but this was only
fitful and ahead the yachts ran into a
wind from east and for a short tins
they had windward work. Then the
southerly came back again and held true
to the finish. These many changes
spoiled the races and gave the yachts
men lots of work
Peggy Wins six Meter Race.
The Peggy, owned and sailed by Hen
don Chubb and Clinton II. Crane, won
in the 6-meter class. The victory was a
surprise, because Peggy had not done
well in former races. The Cygnet
sailed by Paul L. Hammond. got away
we'll in the lead, Peggy was next and
alongside of her was the New Viva,
the Larchmont Yacht Club entry, built
by Nevins from designs by f. M. Hoyt.
The Bally-Hoo. sailed by Addison q.
Hanan, with his sons Leonard ano
Richard as crew. was next Then came
the new L'Esprit, designed by Addison
c. Hanan for Commodore w. II. Childs,
and sailed by Butler Whiting, assisted
by E. Burton Hart. The Grebe was
next, followed by Johnston de Forest
Priscilla and Henry b. Plants Clytie
They were badly strung out. Peggy
moved fast in the light air and passing
Cygnet was the first to get into fresher
wind and then she held the lead to the
finish. The times at the end of the
first round were: Peggy, 4.13.03; viva.
4.1531; Bally-Hoo, 4.16.2l; Cygnet, 4.lS0l
L'Esprit. 4.19.12; Priscilla, 4.19.2; ely
lie, 1000; Grebe, 4.22.53.
The times at the finish show what
they did when the wind was steady
These were: Peggy, 5.21.45; Viva, 5.23.52;
Bally-Hoo 5.2445; Cygnet, 526.43; l. Es'
prit. 5.2733; Grebe. $3.50: Priscilla
5.30O3; Clytie. 5000. The Grebe made
the best time on the second round. max
ing all her gain on the wind. The times
on this round were: Grebe. 1.05.16; Cy-
gnet, 1.0742; Viva and L'Esprit. 1.0S.2l;
Bally-Hoo, 1.0s.24; Peggy, 1.0s.42; Clytie.
1.10.0; Priscilla, 1.1o4.
aa ZiIph Has, Good Luck.
In the 40foot class the Monsoon took
the lead on the first leg and was far in
the lead at the Oak Neck mark. Reach
ing into the finish Zilph held well to the
north and finding better win won by
50 seconds. In the Larchmont 0 class
Harry l.. Maxwell won his second race