The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
Association Reports That 120
Have Already Been Built
for This Class.
TAURUS, ORIGINAL STAR
Races Will Be Held on Man.
hassett Bay Following Six
Meter Championship.
BY ARTHUR +. ALDRIDGE.

The international meter races viii
occupy the attention of all yachtsmen
this week. The yachts will race every
day except Wednesday when the crew.,
VIII have one day of rest and an oppor-
tunity to haul the boats out for a little
cleaning and overhauling. The series
consists OF six races. three over a wind
ward and leeward course and three over
triangular course. Should there be
any postponement because of lack OF
wind or for any other reason the series
VIII be continued until the six races
have been sailed and the custody of tine
British-American Cup settled for the
next year
This race has attracted more after
ton from yachtsmen than any other
event in years and it appeals to them
because 1t is arranged in the interest
or sport by sportsmen. The yachts are
handled by amateurs, the most skllful
on both sides OF the Atlantic. The
boats while small represent the best
designers in the world and because he
cost 'of building and sailing one of these
boats is only a fraction of what an
American Cup challenger or defender
costs many have built yachts for this
race After trials the best have been
selected and the event is a really cham
pionship event which will do more o
encourage yacht building, yacht design
ing and yacht sailing than any Am r.
tca's Cup races because Americas Cup
racing is limited only to those with
great wealth.
The British yachtsmen who have come
here have made lots of friends already.
They are keen sportsmen and that they
want to race is shown by their having
entered their yacht in the regattas Of
the New York, Larchmont and Indian
Harbor Yacht Clubs.
Star Championships.
After the international races are
over. the Stars will have their inning.
This class OF small yachts is one Of
the most popular all over the country
From small beginnings. 1t has grown
so, that now the Star Association has
records of some 100 yachts that have
been built for this class. Early this
year it was decided to bring the repre-
sentatives of the many Star Associations
together in a .eries of races that will
determine the Star championship. Each
association has held elimination trials.
and the boats selected will gather in
Manhasset Bay next week, and compete
In series of races for the champion
ship. These boats are coming from all
PARTS OF the country, and the racing
will be keen. In this section, the
Taurus owned by w. l.. Inslee. has been
chosen and as this yacht was the
original star, and is No. /, 1t Is proper
that lit should be selected. particularly
as IL showed in a series OF closely con-
tested races that 1t was the fastest.
The Central Long Island Sound feet
OF the Star Class Association, has
chosen the South Wind owned by w. J..
Ntzhugh, as Its representative. In the
final eliminating race South Wind de-
feated Vega. owned by J. f. Mcmahon
Jr.. by 3 minutes 5 seconds and Mer-
curry, owned by r. j. Comstock. by 6
minutes. 1S seconds.
Hampstead Harbor Y. c. Regatta.
Next annual regatta of the Hampstead
Harbor Yacht Club will be sailed next
Saturday. This is a championship event
and the warning signal will be made at
so O'Clock as usual from line in
Hampstead Harbor. The last open re-
gatta OF the season and also a champion
ship event viii be that of the Manhasset
Bay Yacht Club, which will be sailed on
Saturday September %. The start will
be made from the red and black spar
buoy to the northward and eastward of
Execution Light.
That power boat racing has taken a
strong hold in the Middle West Is shown
by the pictures taken at Detroit last
week when the annual races for the Gold
Cup and for other trophies was held.
For three days the power craft attracted
crowds to the water front. That the
American Power Boat Association was
wise In changing the conditions govern
ing the Gold Cup races Is proved by the
fact that there were thirteen starters In
the different heats. Formerly this
trophy was Tor boats with unlimited
power. and naturally only the wealthy
could afford to build. The power Is now
limited and the races proved to be very
close and interesting. If some power
boat man could win the Gold Cup away
from Detroit and keep 1t for a time In
Eastern waters II Is probable that 1t
would stimulate interest In the sport and
that power boat racing would become as
popular here as II is at Detroit. Chicago
Buffalo and other cities.