The New York herald., 1922-07-31
N. Y.Y.C. SQUADRON
BOUND FOR NEWPORT
LarchmOnt and Indian Harbor
Clubs Arrange Joint Cruise
Through L. /. Sound.
BY ARTHUR F. ALDRIDGE.

BY ARTHUR r. ALDRIDGE.
Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. July 30.--All
towards Newport. They are coming
from the eastward rounding Cape Cod
and from the westward. and when Com
modore Harold s. Vanderbilt enters that
harbor on the flagship vagrant he will
find a larger squadron than has been
seen in many years.
To stimulate interest in the sport and
to give owners of yachts some special
sport while on their way to Newport
the Larchmont and Indian Harbor Yacht
Clubs arranged a joint cruise to carry
the yachts through Long Island Sound.
This fleet got under way from Larch-
mont Harbor early this morning and
here about sundown. 1t was an informal
here about rundown. 1t was an informal
run. Vicc-Commodore II. Fl. Raymond
few his flag on Julian S. Detmolds
power yacht Florence and the race COM
mittee was also on that vessel. This
committee is Howell c. Perrin. Frank
Bovine Jones and Arthur Knapp. Com
modore ID. Grahame Smythe flew his
flag on the steam yacht Anona, owned
by II. y. Adams. and in the run to-
morrow he will transfer Il 20 the steam
yacht Thetis. owned by III. Lee Meader.
Naturally. when a number Of racing
yachts get together. whether II Is Sun
day or any other day. their owners want
TO race. and 80 TO accommodate those
enthusiasts the committee undertook to
take times as they passed the Scotch
Caps and when they reached the West
ern breakwater az the entrance to this
harbor. In the 30 foot class r. NJ
Cowperthwastc's Georgia and Leroy Sar-
gents Nimbus undertook TO have a scrap
The Georgia finished alone and Nimbus,
being left by the fitful breezes. was so
far astern the committee did not wait
for her In the 40 foot class James T..
Hayes, owner OF the Ziipli. and Walter
II. Bowes, who has recently chartered
the Mistral. met. and at the finish Zilph
was four minutes ahead OF the black
sloop.
Zatda Leads Axor.
Former Commodore Charles Smithers
is back racing again. He has the sloop
Zaida and uses the power yacht Virginia
as tender. Zaida raced against c. A.
Marsland's Azor and y. X. Spard's South
erly. She was far ahead OF Azor at the
finish and Sou,hcrly was not timed. Ed
mund Lang wanted a race in the 80
foot class with Banzai. but had no COM
petitor. He did well, though, and was
only few minutes astern Of Zaida, the
first yacht to reach the finish.
Tomorrow morning the racing will
begin In earnest. Three so footers
seven 40 footcrs. four 80 footers, four
class n sloops and several 30 footers
Will race from here to New London. II
IL possible. too. that some schooners will
start. The start will be made at IL
o'clock and the finish will be off Sarahs
Ledge At the entrance TO New London
harbor. thirty-nine miles away.
Big Fleet In Hnrbor.
The fleet in the harbor L. large one
for such cruise. About seventy-five
vessels were anchored this evening of
the New Haven Yacht Club house. Ir
this fieet are William J.. Holds sae,.
ma, H. Lee Meader's Thetis and r
T. Adams's Anons. all steamers.
The schooners are VI. @. s. Noble.
| Virginia. H. +. Pulsifers Lismorc anc
Bernard Bioch's Gertrude.
Among the sloops are vice-Com
'modore George Nichols's Carolina. Car
roll B. Alkcr's Istalens. III. +. D. Strach.
ans Harpoon. formerly Acushla Hol
land S. Duell's Rowdy. Clee Andrews.
| Pampero. Walter II. Bowes's Mistral
Rear Commodore r. n. Johnson's Gre,
Dawn. DR.. c. r. Keelcr's Alice. S. c
Prizes Oriole. w. n. Hoffmans Min,
and J. Il. Dunbaugh's Countess.
The yawls are n. q. Bigelow's Ellid;
and Walter G. Hubbards Paisdin.
The feet Of power qachts is quite large
including Julian :. Detmer's Florence
Commodore J. w. AIker's Alcedo. Cliffor,
d. Mallory's Bonnie Doom, Edgar Luck
enbach's Inca H., l.. ,. brakes Harmar
/ James Elverson. Jr.'s Allegra, Charlie
Smithers's Virginia. Leroy Sargent
| Anona, John +. Baudouine's Mirimar
Lucius Koons's Dawn and w. T. Starr
Elsana.
G. E. Osborn, who has been feet cap
| tain of the New Haven Yacht Clul
through the terms OF eleven successiv
commodores, but who retired this year
and his successor feet captain, c. Daw
son Rosen. were busy receiving visitor
at the club and giving all information
possible. They kept their eyes out OF
the water too and occasionally warne,
those yachtsmen who tried to anchor to-
closely to the clubhouse float that the.
were in danger Capt Osborn has beel
doing this for years.
The weather to-day was not all tina
could be desired. Those who got unde
way early came through with good sail
ing breezes Charles Lee Andrews witt
the Pampero, made an early start fror
4 Port jefferson and he had a fine sal
In the morning. Later the wind die
out and the yachts drifted, but towar,
the end of the afternoon 1t freshene
considerably and a good southweste
brought the feet in.