The New York herald., 1922-08-11
CRUISE OF N. Y. Y
WAS BIG SURPRISE
Fine Fleet and Splendid Con-
test Made 1t a Memorable
Event.
by ARTHUR II. ALDRIDGE.

MARBLEHEAp. Mass. Aug, 10.--The
cruise OF the New York Yacht Club is
over. II was a most successful one
from a racing point of view. The fleets
of yachts were large and the racing
tlees had larger yachts taking part in
the contests than have been seen out
since before the war.
To-day many of the members of the
New York squadron got under way very
early. There was a nice sailing breeze
from the north. The sun shone and the
weather conditions were delightful.
Some of the yachts have gone east to
visit as far as Bar Harbor others were
bound around the cape, heading back to
Long Island Sound, where they will
scon be taking part in the regular rae
ing again.
The Eastern Yacht Club has arranged
for two days OF racing for the schooners,
hfty footers and forty footers, and a
Few or the yachts possibly will take part
IN these events. These races will be
sailed tomorrow and Saturday. II Is
race week at Marblehead. The Eastern
and Boston Yacht clubs have held their
regattas and the Corlnthan Yacht Club
Yesterday began 4 three days series.
More than 200 yachts, nearly all small
cratt, VIII race in this three day re-
gatta, and Saturday probably win see
q neet larger than started last year,
When 226 vessels crossed the line. The
New Workers were most interested in
watching to-day's races.
During the cruise the VaGrant Com
modore Harold S. Vanderbilt's flagship.
took part in every race and every one Of
the squadron runs. She won the Astor
cup Tor schooners, and also won the
kings cup, in which race schooners and
sloops meet in one class with proper
time allowance. The winner of an Astor
cup is regarded as the champion Of her
type either schooner or sloop, and the
winner or the Kings cup. in which race
the winners of the Astor cups usually
meet. is regarded as the champion Yacht
of the year.
Unfortunately because of an acct.
dent 10 the Carolina. winner Of the
Astor cup for sloops, it was un-
able to start in the race for the
Kings cup. When racing from Vine
yard Haven TO Provincetown she had
a hard battle with Istalena and Har-
poon and her mast opened up. The
masts Of the fifty footers are built snars
and occasionally the parts open. II was
impossible to get new spar or to even
make temporary repairs, and wuch to
the disappointment of Vice-Commodore
George Nichols he had to withdraw
from further racing.
The Vagrant showed some remarkable
speed and was we'll handled OF course
she did her best work when reaching.
but she also sailed we'll to windward.
Winthrop w. Aldrichs schooner Flying
Cloud also made good record. She
won the Commodore's cup on the run of
seventy miles from Vineyard Haven to
Provincetown. the Rear Commodore's
cup on the run from Mattapoisett to
Vineyard Haven and the Navy ChaI
lenge cup on the run from Newport to
Mattapoisett
The Vice-Commodore's cup on the run
from Provincetown to Gloucester was
won by Nathaniel l.. Ayers schooner
Queen Nab. That yacht also won the
Alumni Association United States NAVY
Challenge cup on the run from Glouces-
ter to Marblehead. She was fouled at
the start at Mattapoisett by the Ohon-
kara and damaged so that she had to be
towed to the haven.
In the sloop classes the Carolina
started off by winning the Astor cup.
Then Istalena captured the Navy Chal-
lenge cup, the Commodore's cup and the
Rear Commodore's cup, Gherardl Da-
vis's thirty footer Alice won the Vice
Commodore's cup and the Alumni AS
sociation cup.