The New York herald., 1922-07-24
148 Yachts Took Part and
Ties Will Be Sailed Off on
LABOR Day.
ny ARTHUR F. ALDRIpGE.

The race committee Of the Larch-
mont Yacht Club yesterday. took well
earned rest In the six regattas {;
managed during race week 1t timed 659
starters in the regattas and these took
part in 129 races. The largest number
Saturday. Some yachts took part in
the earlier raced but could not finish
the week because of mishaps. Count
ing these 14S different yachts took part
at some time or other in the week. S
sport.
Howell C. Perrin Is chairman Of the
regatta committee and his aids have
been Major William Harvey Smith, Jr.,
Arthur Knapp, Capt Russell Raynor.
u. s. NJ. and Harold /. Flint. Chair
man Perrin has been head of this COM
mittee for several years and he has sys-
tematized things so that there is little
or no confusion. Capt. Raynor marks
in the book as each yacht starts and
finishes, Major Smith takes the clock,
calling off the minutes and seconds, and
Arthur Knapp writes, the sheets and
keeps up running comment on the
merits or demerits Of each yacht and
it's owner as he writes. Commodore
James B. Ford. to whom Larchmont
owes much because he has successfully
piloted the club through troubled times,
has been on the committee boat each
day and his presence has had much to
do with the smoothness with which
things have run.
It is no easy undertaking to manage
a feet of racing yachts such as has
been at Larchmont. A slight error In
clr L. In ha cal nf
the course would ruin everything. OF
course, there have been criticisms Some
yachtsnnen would not be happy without
registering some kick. Sometimes they
fnd fault with the courses selected.
Some times because the course has been
shortened and occasionally because the
rules of racing are rigidly enforced.
But these kicks float away on the wind
and are unnoticed unless they. are really
constructive.
The weather was not all that could
have been desired, but, then. It never
does please ALL There were no really
steady true breezes.. Sometimes the wind
freshened and gave promise OF holding,
but at some part of the courses 1t died
away and became fitful. That is all part
Of the game and the weather with a
true yachtsman is taken as 1t comes.
OF course occasionally they would like
a nice fresh wind, but the real skill of
a yachtsman Is shown when the weather
Is light and the winds variable. Yacht
racing Is not merely sailing a yacht
around a course under conditions that
call for no knowledge Of tides, currents
or wind. In sailing races the man who
wins is the one who can figure cor
rectly where to go to find new and
better wind and In light weather keeps
his yacht moving from one puff to an
other and so gets first around the course.
winners OF Series Prises.
During the week the yachts in each
class were competing for series prizes
in addition to regatta prizes. These
series prizes are won by the yacht scor-
ing the most points during the week
and points are credited after each race,
one for each yacht beaten and one for
a start II the yacht finishes.
The 30 footers Carolina and Istalena
started in all six races and finished.
Carolina was sailed twice by Capt. w.
Butler Duncan and In the other races
by her owner. Vice-Commodore George
Nichols, and Istalena was sailed In
nearly every race by Carroll B. Alker.
Mr.. Alker showed much skill in handling
the yacht 1t Is his first season in this
class, and at the end of the week each
yacht was tied with three victories each.
In the 40 foot class the contest was
keen and has resulted in a tie between
James z. Hayes's Zilph and c. Lee An
drews's Pampero. Mildred II. Is third.
one point back. and then Monsoon and
Rcwdy are tied. each with II points.
In the Larchmont o class there is an
other tie. Harry L. Maxwell with MINI
bus and L. v. Lockwood with Maisie
have each scored 10 points. There is
another tie in the 80 foot class. J. A.
Mahlstedt's Olkee and s. c. Prizes Oriole
will have to race again for the prize.
There were twenty-five yachts in the
Star class and to win out In such a fleet
is a fine piece of work. The Irex. owned
by Ernest "A. Ratsey, and sailed by him
and his father, scored the most points
adding another good prize to those al
ready won. w. L. Inslees Taurus Is
next in the point score.
Lea Leads tho Meteor.
The International six meter class OF
course attracted much attention because