New-York tribune., 1922-08-07

The race marked Lena's first appear
.nce in the present cruise, and she
distinpuished herself on short notice.
we of the "thirties" elected to be
,owed through the canal TO reach this
nor. instead of making the seventy
mile run around Cape Cod. This was
dne TO the fact that some of them had
not been completely equipped for the
ocean race.
Lena. sailed by her owner, defeated
Gherardi Davis's Alice by three min
utes and forty seconds. J, B. Dun
baugh's Countess finished third, just
eight minutes astern of Alice. S. C..
Prizes Oriole was fourth and W. H.
Hofman's Mink was fifth. .
\ The thrilling thirty-mile windward
} duel in which Carroll B. Alker's
Istalena and e-Commodore George
Nicholss Carolina had engaged, with
F. D. NJ. Strachans Harpoon playing a
belated but important part, was re-
peated by two of the "forties 81.
Raymond's Monsoon and James E.
Hayes's Zilph. They had thirty mile
fight for the weather position that was
as dramatic and tenacious IS that of
the three fftyfooters.
Skipper Takes a Chance
The struggle carried both Zilph and
Monsoon almost up on the beach in
their desperate efforts to get to the
weather of each other. At one time
H. H. Raymond, sailing Monsoon, told
his crew that he'd keep his sloop
headed for the beach until she stirred
up the bottom, and he did. 1t is
extremely doubtful whether Monsoon
would ever have sailed again if she
had gone aground on that breaker
beaten beach of Cape Cod, where so
many gallant ships have perished.
Her long fin keel would have undoubt-
edly buried itself in the sand, and
that would just about have spelled
Monsoon's finish. A light racing ma
chine, she could never have withstood
the pounding she would have received.
even though there was only moderate
sea running.
Raymond took chance, however. and
won. He weathered Zilph and obtained
an advantage that he held until the
end, although Captain Hayes was in
the fight until the Monsoon actually
crossed the finish line
Monsoon won by two minutes and
ffty-nine seconds, which, when one con-
siders that the yachts had raced
-S~'N'ANS A.A'+NSt VIII give oOiHG AOtd VI
how these forty-footers fought it out
for more than twelve hours. The crews
os both the "fifties" and the "forties"
we're about exhausted when this port
was reached last night Hamper 0,
the property of Charles Lee Andrews,
was third.
h. De B. Parsons, chairman of the race
committee, announced this morning
that John S. Lawrence, owner of the
forty-footer Squaw, had offered a spe-
cal prize to be raced for by the thirty
tooters at Marblehead on Wednesday,,
the day on which the larger vessels
compete for the cup offered by King
George ".
This morning Commodore Harold S.
Vanderbilt came ashore with a party
OF guests and made the long climb to
me top of the Pilgrim monument. To-
night, on board the flagship Vagrant,
ne gave reception to the captains of
the various boats in the feet and their
guests.
Excursion Boat Grounds
The day was given a touch of excite
ment when the steamer Dorothy Brad
lord bound from this port for Boston,
went ashore with 1,600 excursionists
aboard. She grounded near her pier.
me sea-going tug Elmer A. Keeler, in
command Of Captain George Gugart
and Pilot Earl C. Palmer, was sent to
the relef of the stranded steamer. The
rug Is accompanying the New York
lacht Club fleet to Marblehcad. After
several hawsers had parted in an effort
" pun the boat off, the attempt was
gwen up until the tide started to come
IN, when the Keeler's second at.emnt
was successful