New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-05

night 20 WIN ny eleven seconds.
Some race!" shouted the weather
beaten oldtimers as they forgot their
barnacled dignity sufficiently to toss
up their hats.
Captain Louis Blk, who has seen al
most as many yacht races as the ven
cradle William F. Stevens and Commo-
dore Arthur Aldridge, nearly fell over,
board as the tall sloops swept down or,
the line dead abeam and so close that
grand piano could have been tossed
from one to the other. 1t is an odd
thing to hear people shout at the fin
ash of yacht race, unless it is a shout
raised for liquid refreshment. But they
shouted this evening as these giant
sloops bore down on the line absolute
ly abreast and with their great white
wings silhouetted against the purple
remains of glorious sunset.
Come on you Istalena!" they shouted.
Come on you Cardinal"
Istalena to the Windward
AT the end of that long, heartbreak-
ing reach, during which Istalena made
up, inch by inch, what she had lost
in the ten-mile beat against the wind
the lack-hulled Carolina still had
lead that seemed to those grouped
about the committee boat Nourmahal
to assure her of victory. She was to
windward Of her white competitor and
when she came about to make the
short tack to the finish line Istalena Fl
case seemed hopeless.
Istalena carried on little farther
than Carolina before coming about
and it may have been this that de-
'cided the issue in her favor. Carolina,
standing in closer TO West Chop, proba,-
bly, felt the back wash of the tide that
was sweeping around this point. At
any rate as she Strengthened out for
the line she seemed to lose much of
her Roadway and Istalena began to
creep up.
Carolina's precious advantage began
to disappear in the smother Of foam
under Istalenas frothing bow. On and
on came the white sloop until her nose
was On Carolina's weather quarter
They were then but a hundred yards
from the finish. Istalenas gallant rush
carried her up until she had Carolina
blanketed, and that was the fatality
that wrecked the black boats chances
She wilted then and Istalena went out
to win by eleven seconds.
Carolina is owned and was sailed to-
day by Vice Comm odore George Mich
OILS, Of the New York Yacht Club. It
is an interesting fact that both Ista-
lena and Carolina, starting five minutes
after the schooners beat all the two
stickers to the finish line. Harpoon,
the property Of F. D. NJ. Strachan, fin
ished third among the "Fifties." Her
victory this evening was the second
that Istalena has won in two days.
Yesterday she captured the Navy Chal-
lenge Cup for sloops in the run from
Newport to Mattapoisset.
Flying Cloud Winner
The Rear Commodore's cup offered
for schooners was won to-day by Fly
ing Cloud, owned by Winthrop w. AL
drich. She was also the winner, on
corrected time, of the navy challenge
cup for schooners yesterday. In that
contest Commodore Harold S. Wander
bilt's Vagrant beat her to the line by
a wide margin and her time allowance
saved her. This afternoon Flying
Cloud, a much smaller schooner than
Vagrant, beat the latter boat for boat
as she did the rest OF the schooners.
Vagrant and Ohonkara had a great bat
tie for second place, and the latter won
by twenty-seven seconds.
The long windward thrash undoubt-
eddy played great part in Flying
Clouds victory, and the lead she gained
in this leg enabled her to hold off the
larger boats in the reach to the line.
victor among the "forties." II. s.
Duell's Rowdy was second and Pampero
was third.
Twenty-six yachts took part in the
run to-day, which is the same number
that raced from Newport. The loss of
Queen Nab was made up for by the ad-
dition of the schooner Virginia, owned
by H. G, S. Noble, who Joined the fleet
at Mattapoisett.
Vagrant Opens Up Lead
Flying Cloud, the winner of to-day's
spectacular struggle among the schoon-
ers, was the fourth to cross the finish
line. and at that time seemed to have
no chance with Commodore Wander
bits Vagrant. The latter crossed the
line we'll up to windward, and was close
on the heels of the little Cygnet, owned
by II. Earl Kimball, which was the first
over. Half an hour after the schooners
had been sent away Vagrant appeared
to be we'll to windward Of the rest of
the fleet and to have q commanding
lead
E. Walter Clark's Irolita followed
Flying Cloud over, and astern of her
was Virginia. The schooners took a
few short bitches and then stood off on
a long tack to starboard. There was a
snappy duel between Istalena and Car
DINA for the windward berth, and Car
Dina won it and led over the line by a
few seconds. She went over on the
starboard tack and was followed by
Istalena on the port tack, and footing
fast. +. D. M. Strachan's Harpoon was
third across the line.
The 40-footers. the largest class TAX
ing part in this cruise, were sent away
at 1:35, and made a beautiful start.
II. S. Duell was little too speedy, and
took Rowdy over before the signal was
raised and was recalled to start again.