The New York herald., 1922-03-06
VAGRANT WINS ON
APPEAL TO CLUE
New York Yacht Club Action
Throws Out Race to Block
Island.
ny ARTHUR Il. ALDRIDGE.

The race committee OF the New York
YACHT Club. II. de b. Parsons. Frederick
Q. speddon and Gherardi Davis. has is-
sued the report of last seasons racing,
and in this report publishes the record
Of each race sailed. These annual sta
tistics are always or interest to all
yacbtsmen. The time allowances are
figured from 100 fe t rating measure
ment. so that the corrected times are
comparable, irrespective Of size.
During the season the committee
started races on eleven different days
The number OF yachts started was 1a2.
not including duplicate entry Of
yacht starting in different events on the
same day There were flfty-nine races
sailed.
AS Joseph NJ. Macdonough was alb,
sent, Gherari' Davis was appointed act-
ing member of the committee. Harry
NJ. Curtis was appointed acting member
the race on Juno 80 and John Il.
5nethar for the race on September 25.
Considerable space Is given to the
Migrants appeal TO the club" On July
20 the squadron sailed from New London
to Great Salt Pond, Block Island, In
accordance with the Commodore's GEN
cral Order No. .. AS finish mark tho
committee selected Government White,
Can Buoy G. On arrival at Great Salt
Pond the committee found the Govern
ment had removed the white can. As a
dense fog was coming In from the sea.
the committee selected Red Bell Buoy,
located 955 yards further on the Same
course.
When Vagrant arrived during the
night and claimed to have reached the
location of the white can she took her
own time and reported it the next morn
ing to the race committee The COM
mittee held a hearing on July 81, at
which Vice-Commodore Harold S. Van
derbilt, owner Of Vagrant urged that her
time be taken and claimed that the COM
mittee had exceeded its powers in length
ening the course without due notice TO
the contestants.
The committee refused ia accept
Migrants time because she did not cross
the finish line as established 10y the
committee, because they believed that
Vagrant could not know her location
sufficiently accurately to take her own
time at an imaginary point when ranges
were so difficult to obtain because she
admitted she could not see the COM
mittee yacht Corsair with her lights anG
searchlight lit, which was anchored be-
tween her and the shore.
e-Commodore Vanderbilt appealed
to the club. The flag officers considered
the appeal and sustained the committee
in not recording Migrants time. but
submitted the other points raised by
the vice-commodore to the club.
At a meeting of the club the appeal
was considered and the club adopted
resolution declaring that "The Race
Committee has not power to alter OF
change the finish line without notice
of such change being given TO each
yacht before the warning signal II
made" The appeal OF vagrant was sus-
tained. AS tho sloops sailed the same
day and under the same instructions tho
committee rules that there was no COM
plcted races for the sloop classes.
The winners of the big prizes during
the summer were: Navy Challenge
Cups, Queen Nab. schooner. Nautilus.
sloop: Commodore's Cups, Shawna,
schooner, Acushla. soop Rear Commo-
dors's Cups. Sonnica, schooner Caro-
lima, sIoop: Astor Cups VaErant,
schooner. Carolina. sloon Kings CUP.
| Carolina. sloop; Cant. James II. Hayes
! Cup for 40 footers, Monsoon Newport
| Yacht Racing Association Cups. Gray
ling, so foot class. Pamrero, 40 foot
class: Autumn Cups. Spartan. so foot
class. Monsoon. 40 foot class. Nautilus.
80 foot class: Cane May Challenge Gun
Sonnica: Gherardi Davis prize for 30
footers. Lena New York Yacht Club
Course Cup, Carolina.
F! The value OF prizes sailed for. includ-
ing those donated by the members. was
s7.099. THIS does not include the Kings
/ Gun