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REGINA-VIXEN MATCH. 

 JXkw Yobk Y. C. Cotjbse— June 24. 



FOH the third time this spring the two crack sloops, 

 fiegma, Mr. W. A. W. Stewart, and Vixen, Mr. Frank 

 Lawrence, both of New York, met June 24 to sail a match 

 for the Bennett Challenge Cup for sloops. The cup was won 

 by Vixen last year, and, as the result of the day proved, Sir. 

 Lawrence need6 to come to the line only once more to obtain 

 permanent possession of the prize. In ordinary weather, bar 

 accidents, we should say that Vix-e-n has a "sure thing " of 

 it, for there is probably no yacht in America equal to her in 

 turning to windward or running with a quartering breeze in 

 light weather, though in a rough-and-tumble, or with boom 

 squared away, Iiegina. would probably get away with her. 

 It is unfortunate that in a match between vessels so nearly 

 equal as these two, tho race should have been virtually lost 

 and won even before it was sailed, and that through some of 

 the most short-sighted jockeying we have witnessed for a 

 long time. Had Corinthians been at the wheel, at least some 

 we know of, we question very much whether Begina would 

 have committed one blunder she did, especially in view of 

 tbe fact that owing to poor tooling aboard Vixen, the former 

 might, with a little discernment have handicapped her rival 

 heavily at the start. As it was, matters turned out the other 

 way aud Vixen was picked out a winner by the knowing ones 

 when she went across the line. Tho seamanship subsequently 

 displayed aboard both sloops was fortunately such as to re- 

 deem the good name of their professional skippers, barring 

 the fact that at the outset Regina was sailed too fine and had 

 her boom fore and aft with as flat a mainsail as ever set, and a 

 topsail which could not be sheeted home sufficiently to make 

 it stand owing to its being cut without roach on the foot. 

 Regina had besides, erroneously we think, shifted to a single 

 jib, and, what is more, she went into a close match with her 

 jib stay hanging in a bight. We are aware that authority 

 from the oyster smack has a wonderful penchant for the 

 smack's rig, but the intelligent yachtsman should not permit 

 himself to be overridden by the antiquated hobbies of persons 

 who have never seen anything else, and who only know what 

 they have been brought up to twenty-five years ago. It is 

 time that owners not only did the thinking, but also put their 

 ideas into practice. The tug Cyclops went around the course 

 with the judges and a few select guests on board, and all the 

 arrangements were perfect in every way. 



The wind was light, about 8. at the start, but continued 

 freshening until it reached whole sail strength. Tide, last of 

 the flood. After towing Begina up to the line, both sloops 

 stood off and on, manceuvering for a good position. They 

 succeeded in this most lamentably, for Vixen went over to 

 the Long Island shore, got out of the breeze and was 

 somewhat at the mercy of the tide. When the third 

 whistle, at 12:35, announced the expiration of the 

 ten minutes allowed for crossing, Vixen was way off 

 to the E. in light flaws and Iiegina might have made for 

 the line with a handsome lead, but some one had fright- 

 ened her into the old Bourbon idea of "sticking to your 

 neighbor," and so after Vixen she went, and in trying for 

 the latter'a weather, got left astern, while Vixen slipped 

 away, and hauled across the line at 12h. 35m. 47s., less than 

 a minute after the last signal. Begina followed suit at 12h. 

 37m. 22a., handicapped to the extent of 2m. and 22s. against 

 Vixen's 47s. Add to this the time of 43s. the latter takes 

 from Mr. Stewart under the N. Y. Y. C. rules, and Regina 

 commenced the race with a load of 2m 18s. to work off — not 

 a nice prospect in the moderate weather in store. Both 

 yachts had plain lower with club topsails for the turn down 

 the Southwest Spit. A few boards took them out into the 

 lower bay. Off Hoffman Island Regina sent her club on 

 deck and set jib-header, the club not sitting as it ought, owing 

 to bad cut. Both worked the West Bank, with Vixen getting 

 away more and more. Mr. Stewart's sloop, with skipper 

 Cooley at the spokes, was the first to stand over for Coney 

 Island sand, with the hope of fetching more of the ebb, 

 which had begun to run, a move soon followed by Vixen. 

 After another board to the E. , both laid a course for the buoy, 

 Vixen dousing big topsail on the way down. The Spit was 

 hauled around by the latter at 2h. 18m and Regina at 3h. 

 23m. 188. The Keyport beauty went into the wind for an 

 extra swigg-off all round, preparatory to the pinch for the 

 lightship outside. After weathering Buoy 5i off the Hook, 

 both set. club topsails again, the wind being found sufficiently 

 free- Kails were awash, and a rapid run was made to the 

 outer mark, which was rounded in flue style by Vixen at 3h. 

 26ui. lis.; Regina at oh. 30m. 55s. The former hoisted bal- 

 loou jib topsail in stops while in stays, broke and sheeted aft 

 almost simultaneously, lowered jib and went away home re- 

 joicing without the loss of a second. Regina followed simi- 

 lar tactics, but held on to her jib, and seeming to gain on the 

 leader, the latter again hoisted jib and rigged a peculiar 

 " spreader " in the bunt of her balloon— a pole running from 

 the stay to a rope span across from foot to leech near the 

 clew. Once inside the Hook, Vixen's light canvas was hand- 

 ed and small jib topsails set, the wind having gone around 

 again more to the S., but Regina stuck to her kites. The 

 Buoy 10 on the Spit was jibed around by Vixen at 3h. 39m., 

 and by Regina at 3h. 43m. 58s. With the wind dead aft, 

 slight hopes were entertained for the narrower sloop, but the 

 distance was too short to close the gap of over four minutes, 

 though Regina did run up on her rival in a manner that 

 plainly showed who was best with a cabin window gale ; and 

 had the course been, a few miles longer, she would have made 

 it a question of seconds instead of minutes. Booms to port, 

 and balloon headsails whiskered wing and wing, both sloops 

 ran home without further incident, the match finishing at 

 Buoy 15, West Bank, as under: 



Aotnal Corrected 

 Time. Tune. 

 Name, Owner. Cubic It. Bnilder. b. m. b. e. m. s. 



F 1 i - ■! L.L-1-ts.ju tiro.. .6 12 us 5 U -15 



Regina W A w Stewart, isi5....wmPQrM 5 15 «a 5 15 us 



The above times are taken from the expiration of the 10m. 

 period allowed for the start. The real times, exhibiting the 

 actual performances of the yachts, are as follows : 



Start, 

 Name. B. at. 3. 



VUen I S.8S 



Reglca LS SI 42 



Sailing Correotea 



Time. Time. 



TI. SI. S. Ft. M- S. 



S 11 41 5 10 68 



5 12 20 5 12 26 



By official time Vixen takes the cup by 3m. 23s.; she out- 

 Bails Regina by lm. 28s., excluding handicaps. 



YACHTING NEWS. 



Beverly Yaoht Cum— Editor Forest and Stream: The 

 forty-fourth regatta of the Beverly Yacht Club, held at Na- 

 hant, June 14, was a great success. It was a new departure 

 for the club to have a race so early in the season, the first 

 race usually being placed about July 6. This year, however, 

 the regatta committee decided to hold a special regatta in 

 June, and invite the yachts of Dorchester Club to take part. 

 The day opened clear and pleasant, with a good W8.W. 

 wind, which kept increasing in force, till at 12 m.— the start- 

 ing tune — it was blowing quite hard, with frequent severe 

 puffs. The judges, Messrs, Sam! Hammond, J. G-. Minot 

 and A. Johnson, were established on the sloop Laxen, and 

 fired the pfeparatory gun punctually at 12 . The course for 

 the first class was round the Fog Buoy, on the Graves, then 

 round Buoy No. 2, off Wintnrop~ Head, and return, 10£ miles, 

 the distance from the Fog Buoy to No. 2 being a dead beat. 

 Course for third class, leaving" Buoy No. 2 on the port hand 

 and return — 7 miles. The first half of this course was made 

 in one long and a couple of short tacks. The course for sec- 

 ond class was announced as the same as that for the third, 

 but the owners of some of the boats desiring more of a boat, 

 it was arranged by mutual consent to sail the first class course. 

 Gruns for the several classes were fired at intervals of five 

 minutes, and the boats got off in the following order, all but 

 CEnone and Fairy hailing from the Beverly Y. C, the Dor- 

 chester Y. C. being represented by the boats named above. 

 The first class boats were sloops, those of the other classes 

 cats, and Fairy and Volante were the only keels in the race. 



One other boat started in the second class, but as she ar- 

 rived late, and returned direct from the Fog Buoy, her name 

 is not given. Hebe, B. Y. C, and Dream, D. Y. C, of this 

 class, arrived too late to start. In the first class light sails 

 were allowed, and jib and gaff topsails were in order on the 

 first and last sides of the course : but going to windward, two 

 sails were all that any of them wanted, and even then they 

 had plenty of wind in the puffs. The race between Muriel, 

 FancJton and CEnone was looked forward to with interest, as 

 they are all fast. Fanchm, however, completely distanced 

 her competitors, and landed the first prize, while the other 

 two had a close struggle for second prize, CEnone making best 

 time, but being beaten with allowance by Muriel. The race 

 in the second class was, however, tbe most exciting. Very 

 rarely are four boats of equal reputation brought together for 

 the first time. For two or three years previous to 78, the 

 Peri, in tho hands of Mr. Sidney Burgess and her present 

 owner, Vice-Corn. Lee, stood at the head of ber class in these 

 waters. She is one of Herreshoff's best boats. Fancy was 

 built last season by Pierce Bros., and carried off nearly all 

 the prizes in her class, but had never met Peri, as the latter 

 was not in commission last season. Josietvixa built last autumn 

 by Smith, and was one of the few boats that beat Fancy, 

 winning the D. Y. O. cat-boat race and coming inflrstinsweep- 

 stakes at Nahant. Lfoiden is a new Pierce boat, this being her 

 first race. The result was very close between Maiden and Fancy, 

 Hoiden's actual time being 38s. better than Fancy's. She, 

 however, has never been measured, and until she is, it is 

 doubtful which boat gets the first prize. Her builder's meas- 

 urement is 19.10; if this is correct, she wins by 14s. She 

 was entered provisionally as 20ft. ; it this is correct, Fancy 

 wins. The chances are in favor of the latter. Josie was 

 overpowered by the strong wind and head sea, and Peri 

 seemed unable to hold her own. All carried whole sail, but 

 had all they wanted. In the third class the Gladys is a new 

 Pierce boat, this being her first race. Psyclw and Mirage, 

 also built by Pierce, were new hist season, and both had ex- 

 cellent records, Mirage, in the hands of Mr. Burgess, winning 

 easily in every race but one, where she started, and even 

 beating the second class, Psyc/ie being second only to Mirage. 

 To-day Psyclw had the race from the start, outsailing the 

 others with ease. Mirage would have done better with a 

 reef in ; she seemed afraid to carry her sail full, and after 

 being badly beaten by the other three, gave up the race. At 

 first Bluebell and Gladys had it nip and tuck, but as the sea 

 increased, the latter rode more easily than her competitor, 

 and soon made sure of the second place. Prizes were in each 

 class — 1st, a telescope ; 2d, a silver medal. Following are 

 the actual and corrected times : 



FIBST CLASS. 



Actual Corrected 



Length. Time. Time. 



Name. Owner. ft. in. n. m. s. h. m. s. 



Fanchon Arthur Burgess 25 6 a IB 69 2 12 82 



CEnone S P Freeman 26 4 2 23 58 2 25 20 



Muriel CGWelrt 21 5 2 30 05 2 20 42 



Fairy C A Perking 23 4 2 3-5 45 2 2S 40 



Volante Geo S Rice 21 !) Drewout. 



SECOND CLASS. 



Hoiden S W Burgess 20 (?) 2 23 44 2 IT 11 * 



Fancy PGrant.Jr 19 5 2 29 22 2 17 02 



Perl Geo Lee 18 6 2 35 4T 2 2149 



Josie CHMlnot,Jr IT 6 2 43 49 2 34 04 



Mona H B Richardson..., 18 Brew out. 



THTBB CLASS. 



Psyche RDSears »...1T 1 33 IT 122 01 



Gladys SD Warren, Jr 15 6 1 33 0T 124 43 



Bluebell W Lloyd JeilrieB.... 18 S 133 18 125 23 



Mirage HFSears IT Drewout. 



Large numbers of yachts were present watching the race, 

 including the flagship Foam, the schooners Brerala and Re- 

 becca, and the sloops Madcap and Alice of tho E. Y, O., and 

 the schooner Benic and sloops Clyde and Kitty of the Beverly 

 Y. C. Above lengths are taken on water-line. 



Reef Point. 



Eastern Yaoht Club. — The squadron of the Eastern Y. 

 C. is now returning from a lengthy cruise around the Cape 

 to Sound waters, after having witnessed the Harvard-Yale 

 University Race at New London. The fleet left Manchester, 

 Mass., June 21, and included a large number of yachts, 

 among others the schooners Foam, Com. Boardman j Meta, 

 Mr. Dexter; Tarolintn, Mr. Montgomery Sears; Romance, 

 Mr. C. W. Amory; Latoua, Mr. Dudley Piekmau; Halcyon, 

 Mr. Hayne; Dawn, Mr. W.B.Merrill; Magic, Mv. C. Y. 

 Whitten, and the cutter Enterprise, Mr. Frank E. Peabody. 



tho wind a little forward of abeam. There was u little tool- 

 ing by the various skippers whenever a chance afforded, but 

 nothing of note occurred in that direction. Soon after turn- 

 ing the buoy at Groveland Bridge, the yachts Pinafore and 

 Linnie May collided, the latter boat striking Pinafore jubX, 

 aft the stem, making an ugly cut. Being a case of misun- 

 derstanding, it was not clear Which boat was to blame, so no 

 claim of fowl was entered. The result is given below : 



Name. Owuer. Corrected Time. 



h. m. s. 



Empress c T Paul 1 10 43 



AWneM F Harris 1 11 20 



Emma! Tuxbury ft Heath 1 IT 21 



LinnieMsy.... ALReoa 1 20 st 



Twilight J Meadowcrof t. . 1 2T 10 



Vixen E F Blown 1 34 42 



Pinafore G W Simonds 1 3T 21 



The annual cruise has been appointed for the Fourth of 

 July, the trip to take up three or four days along tho shores 

 of Cape Ann, Salem, and points thereabouts. 



W^atukk Helm. 



Jersey Cm- Yacht Club.— The twenty-first annual re- 

 gatta of this club was sailed, June 17, in a whole sail breeze 

 from due N.W. Course for first and second class, from lino 

 between judges' aud stakeboats oil Bedloe's Island, to Buoy 

 8£, on Southwest Spit, turning it on port hand, and home, 

 keeping to the eastward of Bodice's Island each way. For 

 third and fourth classes, from club house, foot of New Jersey 

 Avenue, passing between EUia and Bedloe's Island to Buoy 

 17, off Robin's Reef, turning on port hand, and return same 

 course. Sail twice over ; time allowance, 2m. to the foot, 

 one-half of overhang included in length measurement. Fly- 

 ing start, single gun. Judges— Messrs. John A. Hilton, Wm. 

 Clarke aud Wm. Hughes. In spite of tho printed sailing di- 

 rections a couple of skippers, who either cannot read or else 

 do not know starboard from port, had to round some of the 

 marks just the wrong way, in one case losing first money by 

 their stupidity. As the wind was, quick time was made, for 

 there was no beating to do, except on the short stretch from 

 the islands up to the club house. Intrepid took a bad knock- 

 down before starting, but finally came out of it right side 

 up. Sho was well handled during the match by " Bob '' Wil- 

 liams. The big ones went down through the NarrowB for 

 the Spit outside with booms to port, and the little ones hauled 

 around Bedloe's Island for tho lower mark. It was all plain 

 sailing, a few of the fleet tacking around Robin's Reef, most, 

 however, jibing with a regular "thud," as booms fetched up 

 on lee quarter. On the return some close shaving was done 

 in the w T ork from Bedloe's up to the club house, and tho sec- 

 ond round was a repetition of the first. Willie got around 

 first, and Jessie Payne lost the race in her class by rounding 

 the wrong way, as subsequent events showed, for on the sec- 

 ond round she outfooted Willie. There was some lively roll- 

 ing done, aud booms dipped as the fleet flew before the wind 

 to the passage through the islands on the second round. 

 Alice wisely had hauled a reef down, and was none the worse 

 for it. In the meantime the cabin yachts had a flee run with 

 a free wind, down to the spit, then'home on the port tack, 

 making the line without any beating and bringing the flood 

 up with them. The result is appended : 



F1KST CliiSS— OAB1N SLO0VS, 



Corrected Time. 

 Name, owuer. H. sr s 



Linda Vioe-Coin A PBal] 3 4.9 15 



Pilgrim E B Waslilmrn s S9 30 



Intrepid KM Sherman 4 20 00 



Mary CB Gardner 4 30 00 



Mignon C W Beanies 4 W 80 



Minnie T H C Uoome 



second class (Open yachts over 25ft). 

 Knight Templar R Tionshea.... 4 ij 10 



thtbd class (Open yachts under 36ft). 



Willie Jl Lampsou 2 23 S7VT 



Jessie Payne PPnyne ...Disn'ne'a 



Gnasle G ■< m as 



Bijou HVanDvko '2 321" 



Anna Bell Com J A Nugent 



FOURTH class (Open yachts under Mlt), 



Annie Forsyth A Forsyth 2 40 30 



Alice CD P Gibson., 5 45 oT« 



Edna J S Melt.ier ** 



Alert H A Greene .'.'.' 



Huldatt EZeigler 



Havbhhill Yacht Club. — The first regatta of the season 

 was sailed by the Haverhill ^adit Club Saturday, June 81, 

 at 1:46 p. m. Ab only one boat of the second class and one 

 of the third were ready to enter for the race, both Linnie 

 May aud Vixen sailed with the first class. The day was very 

 pleasant, with a fair breeze from the S. W. The yachts got . 

 away in close order at the signal gun from the judges, with j New Jsbsby Yaoht Clue.— O wine to the lack of wind 



Long Island Yaoht Club.— This club, with headquarters 

 at Frank Bates, South Brooklyn, sailed their aunual match 

 June 24, a date which unfortunately conflicted with that of the 

 Vixcn-Regina match, aud consequently scant justice has been 

 done by the press to an event which brought a linelist of entries 

 to tho line. Course, triangular, from stake-boat off foot of 

 Thirty-seventh street, So. Brooklyn, to Buoy off Robins 

 Beef, passing to westward, thence to and around Fort Lafay- 

 ette and return home, twice over : distance, 20 miles. The 

 first class cabin sloops to start, from same point to and around 

 Southwest Spit and home. Wind fresh from S.S.E., hauling 

 more to S. all day ; tide on the ebb. It was a sure case for 

 the Elephant among the big ones, and readers of these 

 columns know the reason why. We had expected much 

 from a craft of her displacement, especially in a breeze and 

 little sea, but she surpassed even the most sanguine estimates 

 in the manner in which she got away from all the rest. There 

 was lota of wind, too much for some of the clothes-pin rigs 

 aloft, and so topmasts came down all around without the 

 trouble of unfidding. Rowan jumped her masthead off 

 Reveille and Lotos lost topmasts, and Louisa B. carried away 

 backstays and gave up. Evidently a little more and a little 

 better stuff in spars andgear is badly wanted among the fleet. 

 The sailing time was as below : 



FIHST CLASS CABIN SLOOP. 



Name. Owner. Corrected time. 



Elephant JohnGFrague * as h 



Sophia HBDah.... 5 jj ,|{ 



BECJOND CL4S9 CABIN SLOOPS. 



AdmlralHowan E J Garcia 3 48 55 



Reveille E Bushnell a 50 on 



Marie Vice-Corn F Beams 3 55 no 



Lotos Com.JPl ■,. ., ..1 Cl5 10 



Pleasure Jas Kearney 1 i a .,,-, 



LonisaB BBerger 



Flirt , " ; 



Ol'EN SLOOPS, 



Kxcelslor j li Diiks 01 is 



BellaS M FLimvnliej 'a 36 m 



Ohauooej M Fell V late 4 Li .« 



Fanny K Ex-Com Farley ,'. 4 ] G J„ 



CAT boats, 



Kate Jorabmon JLunnos .1 ,,-. en 



HiPi J II DJtSa, ,r,- t , JU f a 



I-ATAMAHAK5. 



Tarantella Hughea g 55 i 5 



Columbia a 5,| M 



