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start, also individual prizes to each member of the -winning 

 crews. Entries close today at three o'clock, at the secretary's 

 office, Chas. H. Grundy, 28 Pine street. One man allowed for 

 every 5ft. on deck and one for any additional fractional part 

 of 5i't. , not including owner. Bailing master, pilot, cook und 

 steward may be carried, but are not allowed to assist iu work- 

 ing or managing the yacht. Owners must steer as far as 

 possible. Winners must have their lines taken off and de- 

 posiled wil.li the club, according to the rules re- 

 cently adopted. Sails: Schooners restricted to head- 

 sails, foresail, mainsail, working g.iff-topsails and spinnaker; 

 sloops to headsails, mainsail, working Raff-topsail and spin- j 

 alter. No two headsails of same name shall be carried at same 

 time. Balloon jibs not allowed. A working gaff-topsail is a 

 jib-headed topsail that does not extend above the truck nor 

 beyond the gaff end. Private signals to be carried at the 

 peak. Start at 11 a. m. off Fort Wadswortb, B, I. First 

 whistle from club steamer with lowering of flag to prepare. 

 Ten minutes later a second signal of same character for the 

 3tart. Ten miuutes allowed to cross line, at the expiration of 

 which their will be one blast of the whistle. Time will be 

 alien from that instant for all yachts having failed to cross 

 the line within the period of ten minutes. A short blast will 

 denote the time of each yacht as she crosses the line. Course 

 for all but fourth class from line between club steamer and 

 Fort Wadsworth to and around buoy No. "10 on the S. W. 

 spit, keeping it on port hand, thence to and around Sand}' 

 Hook Lightship, keeping it on starboard baud and return over 

 same course. Keep to the eastward of buoys Nos. 9, 11, 13 

 on West bank and outside of buoy No. 5J oft Sandy Hook 

 going and returning. Pass between club steamer and Fort 

 Wadsworth for the finish. Fourth class will turn Qcdney's 

 Channel whistling buoy, keeping it on starboard hand, instead 

 of Lightship. Regatta Committee, Messrs. M. Roosevelt 

 Schuyler, James H. Elliot, 0. Wyllis Belts, Henry De F. 

 Weeks and Louis P. Bayard. 



FnOYiNCETOWN (Mass.) Yaoht Club. — Officers for the 

 year: Commodore, G. Herbert Holmes, Vice-Corn., J. A. 

 West; Sec. and Treas., J. Hersey Dyer ; Regatta Committee, 

 A. L. Putnam, R. Ellington, James A. Small, J. A. West and 

 N. P. West. 



Empiric Yaoht Club. — The third annual regatta of this 

 club was sailed over the usual course, club house at Harlem 

 to Hie gangway buoy and return, June 11. The event brought 

 Out 22 entries, of whom fourteen came to the line, including 

 two catamarans. The wind was light and variable from Ihe 

 southward and westward, and the tide flood, giving the fleet 

 a nip and tuck to clear Ward's Island and then a single stretch 

 to the mark, with booms well off occasionally. They were 

 sent: away iu live classes a little after meridian, the smallest 

 lirst. Opra V. go!, away smartly, and of the third class 

 Lan.thicr failed to weather the Island, losing much by Iter 

 leewardly position at the start. In the second class Mw&to 

 M. got a long lead, the rest of them having to make a hitch 

 to clear Ihe Island, and were much bothered with the flood 

 pouring up the Harlem. The catamarans were sent away fly- 

 ing, Geo. Roahr's Minnie and Bella with a start of 2m. over 

 Tarantella*. Among the cabin sloops the Beec.her got the best 

 ihe start. When off the Brothers the breeze piped up to a 

 v, hulesail wind and a fine run was made to the Gangway, 

 which was rounded in rapid succession as follows : 



R. 



H. 



JMaitliaM 2 33 00 Chester A Arthur 2 43 IM 



MlttBte and Bella 2 .u 00 Peter O'Brien 2 42 1(1 



llarv tlibsoa 2 41 on II W needier 2 43 SO 



NVltill Eiuniti ■> 11 Ill flora D 2 44 M 



2 41 30 .IN Lanthl'r 2 t:i 10 



OriuneK 2 4! ES Jumea Tregartlien 2 SO 20 



Tarantella 2 42 oo 



It should be noticed that the catamarans had overhauled 

 the cabin sloops, having been started a quarter of au hour 

 later. Thu forte of these erossbones is, however, not so much 

 in running as with a si iff beam wind. Their lead was doubled 

 in the work home. Had they had their wind, the catamarans 

 would have shown much more, to spare at the end of the 

 reckoning than they did. After rounding, all hands stood 

 over to the Long Island shore on the first leg home, excepting 

 Peter O'Brien, who went to the northward in search of 

 smooth water, a move soon followed by Mary. Upon the 

 approach of a squall and some lively lightning in the North- 

 west, most craft tied down a reef or let go by the run, the 

 O'Brien,, however, being well handled and safely brought 

 through with nothing worse than broken seas swashing her 

 decks fore and aft. Minnie and Bella snugged down quickly 

 and hauled around Throgg's Point with a long lead, with 

 Tarantella in her wake. When the squall had passed the 

 •wind was killed and the remainder of the race degenerated 

 into a drift with the incoming tide. The race was finished as 

 under : 



FIRST CLASS, OAJSTN YACHTS. 



A etc: at Corrected 

 Name Owner. Lsogth. Time. Time, 



FT. IK. 11. II. s h. m. s. 



U W Beadier Vice Com O'Hrlen.... .11 .. 5 07 52 1 65 22 



\ Anhur ii.in'1 i ni:riu 3S . 5 (17 52 5 OS 31 



JwTre?'arilR-ii.....ijAi:K8nnlMni BO .. 5 20 44 6 It IM 



II 118 [ ■ 



04 W 



r.s lfl 



06 61 



12 23 

 IS 04 



13 2T 



SECOND CLASS, JIB AND MAINSAILS. 



MarlliaM.. - JTIMunu 24 6 H 00 40 5 06 40 



OomnnaK P Kruinmlali- 84 .. 6 09 31 6 os 44 



Mary HL-arCoiar.leDaH...24 ., 6 33 14 5 32 21 



• 'I'HIR.O CLASS, JIR AKU MAINSAILS. 



Gibson TJLnokwooJ 21 II 5 39 10 5 31 00 



. ru :\ ;>', ;■ :;o :»:; 31 03 



j NLauthier Com A J BroSB 22 .. .. 



I'OLHTn DUBS, JIB AMD MAINSAILS. 



Pater O'Brien '''beo Wcrsbie 10 SJi 21 39 2139 



Cora]) W A Wright 17 11 5 40 00 5 36 21 



OATAMAKAMS. 



Tarantella Fran Holies 33 .. 4 31 26 4 31 25 



Altnnieana Belli.. Geo Roabr 30 .. 4 41 09 4 39 39 



Sophia, Emma and Mary Oibmn fouled near the finish, but 

 no protest being lodged, it was allowed to pass. The Beecher 

 Wins in first class, Martha M. in second, Mary (,'ibson m 

 third O'Srim in fourth, and the invincible Tarantella chtibs 

 on her log-board still another victory among the "cross- 

 bones.' 



Bkooklyn Yacht Club.— Owing to lack of entries the an- 

 nual regatta of this club has been indefinitely postponed. Ef- 

 forts are now being made to elect a suitable Commodore and 

 collect a fleet for a mid-summer cruise. 



Montp.eal Yacht Club.— The opening cruise of this 

 club was sailed, June 7, from Montreal to Lougue Tointe, 

 Commodore Brewster in charge. A fleet of eleven yachts 

 answered to the starling gun, and cruised together to the 

 Pointe, where an excellent dinner was served. Toward 

 evenin"' the signal to return home was hoisted, and after a 

 very pfe'usant sail, all hands picked up their customary moor- 



ings off the club house at Longueuil. The following yachts 

 took part in the cruise: Mand, Commodore Brewster ; Jona, 

 Vice- Commodore ; V'itte. Marie, A. A. Tracy : Water Wileli, 

 D. Lewis. Jr.: Wanderer, G. M. GlassfordJ Banntkn, D. 

 Eastey ; Ncm, G. E. Hoy; Minnie, F. Brush; Zephyr, Les- 

 perance ; Eurydiee, I. E. Whitney ; Hattic, G. Pell. 



Qutnot Yaoht Club. — First club championship race was 

 Hailed off Quincy Great Hill, June 9, with the following re- 

 sult ; courses, 8" 7£ and 6 miles; two prizes to each cIbbs ; 

 wind fresh from E.: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Actual Corrected 



Length. Time. Time. 



Yaoht. Owner. ft. in. h. m. s. h. m. s. 



Muriel CGWcid 22 08 1 32 03 



Follv .7 P Siieppard 20 10 1 HO 0« 



Comfort C S DenlBon 2T 01 1 31 09 



Addle FP Waterhonse... 25 04 1 33 26 



SECOND CLASS. 



KIT WPBarker 20 04 1 33 04 



Flyaway WmLitehUeld 22 02 1 S2 56 



Psyche RUSeurs IS 01 1 42 56 



Dream C Barnard 19 05 1 41 62 



Wildfire IlAKeith IS 02 1 43 44 



THIRD CLASS. 



Dandelion J Q Adams 17 06 1 23 31 67 53 



Imp GCAiiame 18 1(1 1 U 35 6S 24 



Elmer P Ohllbbncfc 17 05 1 25 10 69 37 



Dolly Vardeu A B Cleverly 10 OS 1 26 22 1 00 00 



Undine A L Neal 17 03 1 27 22 1 01 31 



Zip Q W Morton 10 00 1 29 49 1 03 s2 



Meteor (1 C Tlle.-ton 17 04 1 33 40 1 07 02 



Flirt..... J Curtis, 2d 16 11 1 33 12 1 07 0T 



Judges, Messrs. Joshua Binney, Samuel Bass and H. A. 

 Keith. Next regatta July 4, as in our table of fixtures. 



TnE Elephant. — Though the elephant is not a very spry 

 animal, it is kuown that he is pretty good on the trot. It is 

 only proper, therefore, that the new sloop of Mr. John G. 

 Prague, euphoniously named the Elephant, should exhibit 

 the speed of her prototype, and this she certainly does. 

 "Phil" Ellsworth, as is well known, can chip out a flyer 

 with his eyes shut, and to any dimensions required. Mr. 

 Prague gave him the figures and be gave Mr. Prague the 

 boat, and a very handsome, easy model sho in consequence 

 iB. About 20ft. keel, 33ft. water-line, including immersed 

 part of counter, and 35ft. over all, with something like 12ft. 

 Gin. beam and 4ft. 9in. hold, it may be imagined that she is 

 a roomy craft below as well as stiff in a breeze, for she car- 

 ries over six tons of the stuff that talks, and draws nearly 

 4ft. of water aft without her board. The fore-foot is cut 

 away, as in all of Ellsworth's successful models, and the 

 centreboard has therefore been placed well for- 

 ward out of the way. By cutting away very 

 fine forward, and giving that long, easy entrance, aa 

 the modeler of the Comet knows so well how. Mr. 

 Prague has got a sloop which combines roominess with stand- 

 ing height and more to spare under a low house, great power, 

 ample weight and fair draught of water, as well as a remark- 

 ably easy boat in a seaway compared to anything of her type. 

 She sports a big rig, as follows: Mast, deck to hounds, 38ft., 

 with 4 A ft. masthead; topmast, 18ft. 9in.; boom, 35ft.; gaff, 

 30ft. Gin.: bowsprit, stay to knight-heads, 15ft. One peculi- 

 arity the Elephant indulges in is to "swallow her young;" 

 in other words, she can stow a 12ft. yawl below with the 

 greatest of ease. And that she sails fast was tested by her 

 performance during the recent Atlantic Y. C. regatta, when 

 she outsailed everything of her class with ease, and held her 

 own with yachts over 40ft., giving some of them a very 

 sound healing over the whole course, though having lo keep 

 under their Ice, as she had not entered for the race. The in- 

 terior decorations of this sloop are especially tasteful and 

 pleasing, and are due to her owner as well as the introduction 

 of oil stoves in place of the dirty galley stoves in common 

 use. These oil stoves do not smell, give no trouble, and we 

 know that a rousing big dinner can be cooked on them in a 

 very short lime. It takes about Sim. to boil water from the 

 time the match is applied. The Elephant contains two ele- 

 ments we have always fought for — depth and big displace- 

 ment — and her tuccess will do much toward abolishing the 

 skimming-dish type of sloop which has so long ruled opinion 

 in metropolitan waters. 



Leads Them All.— Among all the daily and weekly jour, 

 aals, Pobpst and Stbuam is the only one which had a correct 

 report or the recent Atlantic Y. C. regatta ; did not cheat the 

 gallant little NimbUt out of a well-earned victory, and had 

 an account of the beat up along the Jersey shore. 



Detroit Yacht Club. — Detroit, June \Z.— Editor Forest 

 and Stream : At a meeting of the Detroit Yacht Club, June 

 9, the following arrangements were made for our club regatta 

 which is to beheld July 4, on Lake St. Glair: The course to 

 be sailed by first and second class yachts is to be a triangular 

 one of 18 miles, and for third class 12 miles, 6 miles to a stake 

 boat and return. The race t ) be sailed inside of six hours. 

 The club otters the following prizes : For first class yachts a 

 challenge flag valued at $23, and $36 in gold to constitute one 

 prize; for second class yachts, the first prize is $25 iu gold. 

 second prize, a pair of marine glasses valued at $15; for third 

 class yachts, first prize $15 in gold, second prize a silver cup 

 valued at $10. Entrance fees to be $5 in the flrsfolass, $3 in 

 the second class and $2 in the third class. If we have favora- 

 ble weather wo anticipate some good sport, as there are sever- 

 al now boats out, some of which are expected to beat our older 

 craft. Our club attended a complimentary dinner a short 

 lime since, given by T. W. Ironmonger, at his hotel at Grosse 

 Point. There were about thirty of us in attendance, and our 

 host gave us an elegant spread to which all did ample justice. 

 But little was said at the table, but, as the old saying goes, 

 the proof of the pudding is in the eating. The club have 

 tendered a vote of thanks to Mr. Ironmonger, and long may 

 he live say all of us. Ed. H. Williams, Sec'ty. 



SouTUETtN Yacht Olot— ffw Orleans, June 11— Editor 

 Forest and Stream- : The Challenge Cup race for 1878 was 

 sailed to- day on Lake Ponchartrain, over the regular triangular 

 coutsc fif the Southern Yacht Club. Distance fifteen raileB, 

 wiili the entries as shown by Ihe table given below. The race 

 had been postponed from Monday, the 9th inst., for want of 

 wind, the rules of the club requiring a five-knot breeze. The 

 wiud' sprung up from S.E. about 2:30 r. m., when the first 

 gun to get ready was fired. The start was made at 3:12 r. m. 

 for the north buoy with studded sheets, with a steady breeze 

 of 12 miles an hour, decreasing to 10 miles at the finish. 

 The race was devoid of incident, and attracted only about 

 two thousand persons to the place. The cup is valued at 

 $1 000, and was presented to the club by Mr. Charles T. 

 Howard. The Challenge Gup of 1879 will be sailed for on 

 the second Monday in September, when the crack yachts will 

 again tome together. The summary is added : 



Actual Corrected 

 Length, Time. Time. 



Name. Sailed by. ft. in. 11 .u a u. m. s 



Alberttno Alex Brewster 27 ".: .. 



r.i.'iy Emma .1 i' Kanaau si oa a 42 la a 4a 19 



ma.. Edwlu Ifarrls 27 00 2 46 03 2 46 511 



. i and Lack.. Jos McNeil 5501 t a la 



Limnas J B McConnell 27 €</? 



Pelican, 



Racing for $1,000 is something like it, and Northern clubs 

 may learn a lesson from their enterprising Southern friends, 

 ■who have established one large, strong and healthy club of 

 over 400 members, owning a finer club-house than anything 

 we have in Northern waters, besides having in their fleet the 

 fastest among the open jib and mainsails afloat. Such a club 

 becomes a power in the community, and the yachtsmen of 

 New Orleans have shown wisdom in steering clear of that 

 eliqueism and petty vanity which has cut the clubs in the 

 North into scores of little one-legged affairs, most of them not 

 equal to the publishing of a tiny club pamphlet nor the offer- 

 ing of other than tinsel jewelry to be sailed for by the one or 

 two yachts and the half-dozen mud-scows that compose the 

 fleet. This time the South baa led the way; now let our 

 small clubs concentrate into one of which the metropolis may 

 be proud. Boston and Philadelphia take note likewise. 



From our special correspondent iu the South we learn that 

 the protest entered by Puck, of the second class open boats, 

 against the cabin sloop jVo Nairn, alleging that the latter 



blanketed" her wilfully in order to favor Xiphiaa, has been 

 allowed, and the prize therefore goes to Puck. This decision 

 gives general satisfaction. The Susie S. has had her name 

 changed io Alberliue, and a match for §2,000 against $1,000 

 is now pending with Lady Emma, Mr. Israel. 



Comxnu Matches. — Pull reports of the Jersey City Yacht 

 Club, New York Yacht Club, and Seawanhaka Corinthian 

 .Races will appear next week. 



Roial Canadian Yaobt Club. — This club, with its head- 

 quarters at Toronto, is rapidly growing In membership and 

 yachts. A new club-bouse on au island in the harbor is in 

 contemplation. The Commodore of the club is Mr. A. B. 

 Boswell. The fleet is composed of the Oriole, schooner, 00 

 tons, Vice-Commodore Campbell ; Alarm, yawl, 40 tons, H. 

 J. Grasilt ; Rivet, cutter, 17 tons, iron, R. Elmsley -, r,.\, 

 sloop, ID tons, J. Stuart; Madeleine, yawl, C tons, G. Gilles- 

 pie, and a number of others. The yawl rig is coming into 

 favor in the club, and honest keel boats aregiven the prefer- 

 ence over sailing machines. The fixtures of the club will sooh • 

 be made public; they will include tha great match for the 

 time-honored trophy of the Princo of Wales. 



East Boston Yaoht C'lcb.— The annual regatta of this 

 club was sailed June 14. Wind stiff from S. W. Course for 

 first and second class, from Bag-boa off Long Island Wharf, 

 out Broad Sound, leaving Whistling Buoy, Shag Rocks and 

 Boston Light on Starboard baud, and up Ship Channel to 

 start. For third class to Buoy ti, thence to 7, leaving them 

 on port hand, around Spectacle Island to the Sculpin Ledge 

 Buoy, leaving it on port hand, and back to start. 8unb, 

 led off and was overhauled by LoHie at her class. Doth Lil- 

 lie and Hector made the Whistling Buoy before any of tin- 

 rest, Ltilie having the best of it. In the third class Mabel 

 went away from the rest, but Ihltic collared her near Buoy 0. 

 The match finished as under • 



MBST CLASS SLOOPS. 



Name. Owner. Sailing Time, Cor. Time. 



H. Jl. H. H. M. 8; 



Lillle CFLorlag i Co.... i 19 63 1 50 04 



Hector J U Stone 2 27 62 2 r, 52 



SECOND CLASS SLOOPS. 



S-anheam W S NicSorsoa 2 43 2G 2 08 10 



Lotlla f W Webster 2 33 00 2 03 J3 



Clara P Lincoln 2 36 5S 2 09 62 



THIHD CLASS SLOOPS. 



EISIC G&lCKlmbull 5T ^S .. CO 43 



Mabel P 6 Kaudall 1 (it 57 1 114 r,T 



FranK J K Stewart 1 01 51 1 01) 24 



Ail were keels in first and second class except Lillie. ]!,<■- 

 tar beiug new, was not in good form, and perhaps a little 

 more experience with her trim and more stretch to her canvas 

 she will give a. better account of herself. Lillie takes prize in 

 first-class and Svnbeam iu second on time allowance. J 

 wins in third class. Judges, Messrs. Ed. Lincoln, P. VV. 

 Golliff, C. F. Doherty, K. Hiuehliffe and F. Clements. 



Boston Crrr Regatta.— In the cily regatta, July 4, 

 sharpies and catamarans will be haired. Nothing could bet- 

 ter show up Ihe flagrant unfairness of length measurement 

 than the acknowledged impossibility of sailing different types 

 upon length alone. 



Bevkki.y Yaoht Clot.— The -15th regatta of the club was 

 sailed off Nahanf, June 14. Wiud strong from W.S.VV. In 

 the first class, Fanrhon, Mr. Arthur Burgess, won from 

 ilvriel, Oneone, Fairy and Vnlanle. in the order named. In 

 second class, Bidden, Mr. S. W. Burgess, b. at thi 

 Pi ri, Josie and Morm, ai d in third class, Psyche, K. D. Hears. 

 won from Gladys, Bine Bell and Miraye, all finishing in close 

 order. The racing proved very interesting and successful, as 

 Ihcre was a slashing wind and many fast craft among the eu- 

 tries. Judges, Messrs. Sam. Hammond, J. G. Minot and A. 

 Johnson. Firs', and second prizes, a spy-glass and medal, 

 were awarded in each class. Paneyw'ua ou time allowance 

 iu second class. Account of this match from our special cor- 

 respondent next week. 



QtLAKBK City Yacht Club.— The. fourth annual spring 

 regatta Of this club was sailed Thursday, June 12, frcm Cam- 

 den to Chester buoy and return, distance 32 milts. The start 

 •was made from Market at., Camden, so as to prevent ground- 

 ing on the bar above, as was often the c:ise when tlie start 

 was made opposite Kaighu's Point. Entries as tollowi- : 

 First class, cabin sloopB of between 30 and lis (a 

 Columbia, Oomet, Clara, O. W. Ftdrman (formerly PAan- 

 :■-.,, Selene, P. LafiW, Jr., (formerly WUmmTeU) 

 and White Winy, of Chester. Second class, cabin a] >opB 

 under SO feet. LiUU, '■■ . .'/. //. Th-ma,, Stella, 



Third class, open yachts between 20 and SO feet, 

 Adt&pM, IM-in.'n, Camden. Eddie, l'a-! ftl 

 prizes were as follows : First class — First prize, champion 

 flag ; second prize, cabin lamps ; third prize, water cooler ; 

 fourth prize, clock. Second class — First prize, champion 

 flag; second prize, clock ; third prize, three cuspidores. Third 

 class — First prize, champion flag- second prize, anchor; third 

 prize, signal lamp. Also, the George W. Barron challenge 



