The New York herald., 1922-07-17
PRISCILLA LEADS
IN SIX METER GLASS
Records of the Yachts Built
for the International
Match to Date.
BY ARTHUR F. ALnRIDGE.

The six meter class yachts are now
rounding into form. Their owners and
designers have experimental with them.
trying them out In different trims, and
the series now being sailed with the
Larchmont Yacht Club will fairly well
show the relative merits OF each boat.
This, of course. Is providing the yachts
men are favored with true winds and
the races are sailed without ffukes.
Thirteen of the sixteen yachts built
to take part In the International races
to be sailed under the auspices Of the
slsawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club
have been seen on Long Island Sound
The last of the Sound yachts. Syce, built
from designs by John G.. Alden for a
syndicate of Stamford yachtsmen, start
ed on Saturday. She finished fifth, but
will doubtless do better.
Practically all the yachts are in good
shape for hard racing. II they are not
then their owners should make no ex-
cuses for their condition. They~will not.
because all are true sportsmen and can
take defeat as easily as they can take
success.
There have been eleven races sailed
since Decoration Day in which the six
meter yachts have taken part. Six
started in the first event with the Sea-
wanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, and
the largest number of starters has been
eleven, on Saturday last. Unfortunately,
in the crowding for position at the start
there was some fouling and Priscilla had
her new mainsail torn. Johnston de
Forest was very much disappointed. and
although he was not to blame. he took
the accident with philosophical compla-
cency and sent the yacht to the yard
| for repairs. The foul was caused by the
~f II <.>< q W
smartly. Three yachts were too soon at
the line. Their shippers tried to kill
| their way. but this put them in position
! to be fouled by those yachts astern that
We're moving very fast.
Priscilla Has Four Victories.
| The winners in the eleven races have
been: Priscilla, A; Grebe, 3 Clytie, 2;
| Peggy, / Lea, l. These yachts. with
the exception OF Peggy. have been very
consistent performers and may be enti-
tied to being selected for the first divi-
sion. Peggys victory at Larchmont
in June was very much OF fiuke. and
except in this race she has never been
better than fifth.
| Lea has started in only three races.
She was second In her first. won her
| second at Larchmont on July 4. when
I
ing to windward, and last Saturday she
| finished sixth after getting away to a
very poor start. being handicapped some
minutes. In private trials Lea has
| shown UP we'll, but she must show her
| form inymore races before being entitled
to position with the best OF the class.
In the second division L'Esprit, one
OF the Hanan designed boats, has per-
formed very consistently. although she
has not won Il race yet. In her six
! starts she has been second twice, third
once and never worse than fifth. Bally-
Hoo, the other Hanan designed boat
showed fairly well in four races and
then her owner sent her back to the
| b, ilder to have/some radical change:
! made in her model. She VIII be back
| again racing this week. Cygnet, the
! Herreshoff boat, in nine starts was Sec
| ond once. fourth three times. and Viva
| the Hoyt designed boat. of the Larch-
| mont syndicate in seven starts has been
second once and fifth four times. These
four might be put in the second division
on their records to date.
! In the third division will be Montauk,
one of last years team, Ace. Peggy and
Nanwa. The last named is a failure
! Syce having started in only one event,
is so far an unknown quantity.
The racing this week may upset all
these records. 1t is possible that some
OF the yachts have not yet shown their
real form, and for that reason the
yachtsnen are hoping for true winds
and all want 10 see the yachts tried In
| fresh to strong Winds.
The following tables show the rec
ords of the yachts in the races sailed u1
| to last Saturday. The first table gives
the position each finished in each re-
gatta. The second table shows the num-
ber of wins, seconds. &c, each yach'
has scored: