456 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



Actual Corrected 



Time Time. 



h. m. 8. n. M. s. 



1 13 4fi 1 IS 16 



1 21 CI 



Not taken. 



1 00 27 

 l 20 03 1 03 10 



1 SO 00 1 03 88 



1 33 13 1 08 Dl 



I 

 1 43 30 1 17 57 



Not taken. 



First class— distance 8 miles. From Mew's Hotel, passing 

 between Sheep and Grape Islands, to red buoy between Bun- 

 kin Island and Downer Landing, leaving it on the port; 

 thence, leaving Bunkin Island on the starboard, to red buoy 

 off Hull, leaving it on the port, thenec, leaving Sheep Island 

 on the port, to buoy on Channel rock, leaving it ou the stsir- 

 hoard; thence, leaving Raccoon Island on the port, to judges' 

 yacht. 



Third class. From Meat's Hotel, passing between Sheep 

 and rape Islands, to red buoy between Bunkin Island and 

 Downer Landing, leaving it nn trie port: thence, leaving 

 Bunkin Island on the starboard, to red buoy off Hull, leaving 

 it on the. port; thence, leaving Sheep Island on the port to 

 judges' yacht. 



Plying start. Judges— Messrs. ('. II. Porter, Jas. T. Pon- 

 niman, Sigourney Butler and Jos. Glover. The Allaire 

 failed to complete the course, the rest finishing as under . 



FIBST CLASS. 



Length. 

 Name. Owner. it. in. 



lEnone SP Freeman 27 05 



Wolf A ,T Clark..: 211 09, 



AHaire W L Faxon 28 09 



TULRD CLASS. 



Dandelion J Q Ailama ..17 0s 



Undine A L Neai 17 03 



Annie WH Nicholson la 0B 



Holly Varden...A B Cleveland ,16 OS 



Meteor G C Tiieaton 17 04 



Elmer V Chubbuefc 17 06 



Zip GWMorton lfl 09 



Oceanic Yacht Club.— The Oceanic. Y. C, of Jersey 

 Oity, sailed their twelfth annual regatta in New York Bay, 

 June 18. Wind light but steady from N.W., with the tide 

 running ebb. Course, from stakeboat off Jersey City Y. C. 

 house, around mark off Bodice's Island, thence to and around 

 a mark inside Black Tom Island, off "Murphy's," and back 

 to start, sail four times over. On the second round the Lillie 

 worked out to the front, and maintained her lead, with Com. 

 Geo. Smith doing the handling of Ihe stick. She beat the 

 catamarans, which is not saying much for the latter, but, ex- 

 cept in strong beam winds, catamarans have less speed than 

 boats of the ordinary type. Times as subjoined : 



Sailing Corrected 

 Time. Time. 



Name. n. Jr. s. n. m. s. 



Lillie S r>!> 78 •> S3 m 



A J Martin 3 04 40 2 SS 30 



Georgia W 9 01 35 3 Ou 09 



Predate 3 no *6 a oi oa 



Katie C 3 13 10 3 in 30 



Millie 8 16 3.1 8 10 34 



Spray 3 is 40 3 15 .10 



CATAKAttAJlS. 



Columbia 3 03 15 SS 69 IB 



Dais; 2 S9 40 2 59 40 



Lake George Ekoatta,— The entries for the canoe races, 

 Lake Geoige, to be held July 16 and 17, are as follows: 

 Charles E. Chase's (J. C. C. : h»U>U : E. A. Hanson's (J. O. 

 C. GO Tal: R, D, Wyncoop'a (3. 0. C. C.) Bella ; Carl 

 Bergman's (J. C. C. C.) Matt - William J. Fitch's (J. C. C. 

 a.) Argo; Robert J. Wilkius' 'J. C. ('. Q ) Ghskateb, 

 C. B. Vaux's (N. Y. C. C.) Dot : Charles Euaop's (N. T. C. 

 C.) Coquette ; Ii. N. Putnam's (N. Y. O. C.) Kahoolali ; W. 

 Whilloek's (N. Y. C. C.) ChcheMe; P. Hussey's i Passaic C. 

 C.) Elsie : M. L. Higgenbottom's (J. C. C. C.) O, , 

 Canoe camp and transportation will be furnished free. 

 pral members, among them Com. C. E. Chase, leave Jersey 

 Cits', Thursday, July 10, at 9 A. si,, bound for Troy by 

 steamer. There canoes will be launched and Whitehall 

 reached by way of the Champlain Canal ; thence down the 

 lake to Ticonderoga ; portage across and up Lake George, 

 arriving at Caldwell in time for the canoe races. An 

 opposite the hotel has been set apart for their use, and a jolly 

 lot of canoeists will make things pleaaa p, The 



return home will be made entirely by water, with one portage 

 only. The club burgee of the Jersey City O. O- is pointed 

 with blue, white and blue horizontal stripes. 



DCXBTJBY Yacht Club. — This flourishing club sailed a 

 fine match in the stiff breeze from S. \V., blowing, July 4. 

 No first-class yachts came to the start as raoi 

 had gone to Boston to take part in the city regattas there, 

 but the smaller classes were well represented. Judges- 

 Messrs. Aug. Wiuaor, Geo. A. Green, C. CutflriflS, S. \V. 

 Gilford and W. A. Drew. We append the summary : 



3B( DOT) OLABS. 



Actual Corrected 

 Time. Time. 



Name. Owner. h. it. s. n. si. s. 



pansy Polio l if. 27 si OS 



Flora Cool; 1 V 17 o 59 10 



pearl!'.'. Calne 1 ID 18 53 33 



THIKD CLASS. 



Unique Keed 1 22 13 55 61 



Clark Newell I B6 20 1 05 Bl 



Florence Sanderson Not taken. 



FOOKTH CLASS. 



.Bonsom 1 20 40 



Williamson I 26 r,0 1 23 35 



.Watson 1 23 '12 1 23 42 



Gaines.... 1 20 is l vis 4S 



Winsor 1 32 10 i 23 io 



Montarj"i.'.'..'.'-'.".'.V.V.'.* Klcliards KottaKen. 



The winners were: Second class, Pansy; third class, 

 Unique; fourth class, LittU Charlie, Sadie O. 



Ko wins regattas, a collation and a hop at the club house 

 followed. 



NtewpoBT City Eegatta. — Following the excellent ex- 

 ample of Boston, the city authorities of Newport, K. I., 

 offered prizes for four classes of yachts, to he sailed for 

 July 4 Courses, first and second anchor off 



Eon^ Wharf to and around Gould Island and return, thence 

 to the westward of Rose Island around the south point of 

 Goat Island back to start, distance 7 miles ; for third and 

 fourth classes, start from an anchor, sail twice aroi 

 Island and return, distance 3 miles. The folio 

 summary: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Mint. Return. 



Little Charlie 



SadieC 



Hornet 



Wanderer.... 

 Auuie M 



Name. Owner. 



Hebe William King 



Annie and Kate George Uenniston ... 



Carrie TnomaBSliay,.. 



2 ii oo 

 $ IS 3(1 



L I : 2 23 00 



2 39 45 



2 26 00 



' 2 2.1 All 



Pick Benjamin! rowla 



Parole Jsaai 



Lizzie • Benjamin 



Quits ' - '-' "■ «■■■' 



THIKD CLASS. 



Reindeer Riotiard Joumans....„..l 04 00 1 40 oo 



Terboa JDUidler 104 00 149 02 



Parole NoV .'.".. N Thompson 1 04 00 Not nnislieJ 



Leona " -Sydney J Oolforq 1 w 00 1 43 00 



FOUHTH CLASS. 



Martha AWAUncb 106 00 154 01 



waseerfran Walter Bllven 1 03 00 



Pesler Nicolas Alger 1 oo do . 156 80 



First and second prizes went to Carrie, and Hebe; Quits 

 and Dick ; Leona and Jerboa ; Martha and Wasserfrau. 



East Boston Yaoht Cum.— In relation to the matches of 

 this club, sailed June 14, and published in Forest and 

 Stream of June 19, we are in receipt of a true summary of 

 the racing, wrong time allowances having been applied in the 

 previous report. The corrections we now add : 



KIR3T CLASS CESRTEllOAKDS. 



Actual Corrected 



Time. Time. 



Name. Owner. rr. m. s. h. m. s. 



Lillie $ Loring 2 22 02 1 53 13 



FIBST CLASS KEELS. 



Iieetor TH Stone 2 2T 52 1 50 5S 



SECOND CLASS KKKLS. 



Clara F Lincoln 2 S4 01 166 49 



Lottie T Webster 2 34 SS 1 67 26 



Sunbeam W S Nickerson....2 43 06 9 04 47 



TirrsD CLASS keels. 



Elsie F Kimball 50 10 38 S3 



Frank J Stewart 54 33 37 36 



THIRD CLASS CENTREEOAP.DR. 



liable 1 06 46 42 49 



Lynn Y r ACiiT Club.— Tlic first regatta of the Lynn Y. C. 

 was sailed in Lynn harbor, June 25. Fresh breeze from 

 8. E. Two prizes in each class. Flying start, club rules in 

 force. Judges, J. W. Haines, Q. A. Towns, F. L. Earle, C. 

 M. Marstou. Courses as follows : First and second class, 

 from off club-house around Old Sunk Buoy, leaving Pines 

 Point, Western Lobster Rock and Old Sunk Buoys on the 

 port, and, returning, leaving Western Lobster-Rock Buoy 

 on starboard, to starting point. Third class, from off club- 

 house, around Pines Point and Western Lobster Rock Buoys, 

 leaving them on port, to judges' boat. No starters in first 

 class. Summary is appended : 



second class (Centreboards). 



AcfiTlme. cor. Time. 



Name. Owner. Length. H. M. s. n. m. s. 



K::>»vi i. : .. i ..■■■■ . .. 2:; :■ 1 :v :■■-■ I 1 15 



Mule Oti< Pecker 21 1 1 53 36 1 32 43 



NellieJ C II Clifford 20 9 2 10 22 1 44 14 



THLRD CLASS. 



Mabel ...GHCnshman 16 9 1 06 50 47 07 



Alpha .1 P. Koncy 18 6 1 OS 47 50 27 



Cr.rrio J If AsimiWiill 55 9 Not taken. 



Grade A A Parmcnter 1? 4 Not taken. 



The first prize in the second class was a silver cake basket, 

 taken by Expert ; second prize, solid silver sugar spoon, 

 taken by the Mule. In the third class the first prize was a 

 silver pickle dish and a pair of napkin rings. First prizes 

 go to Expert and Mabel, second prizes to Mule and Alpha, 

 the latter, we believe, a cat-hoat of large displacement. 



Providence Yacht Club. — The match for the " Harvey 

 J. Flint " cup was sailed on Narragansctt Bay, June 24. The 

 sloop Peck anel Dixon had won the cup in two races and a 

 third victory would have given her possession. But the 

 Wanderer got away with her, and it will take some good sail- 

 ing to beat that craft. Course, Rocky Point to Quonsett 

 Point Buoy and return, 15 miles. Wind fresh from the S. 

 Three entries and times as under : 



Sailing Corrected 

 Name. Owner. Time. Time. 



a, 1. s. 11. m. s. 



Wanderer B Davis 2 26 13 1 38 VI 



PeckandDison C Peck 2 21 B2 1 40 03 



Lizzie O Cameron 2 42 62 1 51 45 



West Biuoutos Yacht Club.— This club, with head- 

 quarters at Staten Island, sailed its first annual regatta June 

 28. Comae from New Brighton down to the lower bay, to 

 null around the buoy off Sandy Hook and home, distance 25 

 miles. Starters: Excelsior, Commodore J. H. Dilks; Parole, 

 C. Van Name; Bessie &., Gallagher i Patience, McMurry ; 

 iViiigton: Ariel, Busteedj Si-Pi, Dilks ; Fog, 

 Parker j Zephyr, Croak: Bailie, Leslie, and Sadie, Wheeler. 

 ri 3b. 27m., with Parole second, in 3h. 36m. 



Portland Y'aoht Club — Editor Forest and Stream: At 

 the regular monthly meeting of the P. Y. C, on July 2, the 

 resignation of J. P. Thomas as Commodore P. Y. C. was re- 

 ceived and accepted. The Princes* having been sold he had 

 ceased to be a yacht owner as required for such office. Vice- 

 Commodore A. K. Paul, sloop yacht Viva, was elected Com- 

 modore, and William Benter, Jr., sloop yacht Oracle, elected 

 Vice-Commodore. Geo. DoaNkRasd. 



July 5. ^ Sec. P. Y. C. 



YACHTING NEWS. 



Albertlne vs. Lady Emma.— Editor Forest and Stream : 

 The great two to one match race between the Albertine and 

 Lady Emma for 83,000 at Mississippi City to-day, resulted in 

 r defeat for the Albertine.. The start was made at 12:04 for 

 the S. Eastward stake boat with a dead beat, both boats car- 

 ring jib, mainsail and gaff topsail, the Albertine having the 

 windward position. On rounding the windward stakeboat the 

 Lady Umma was leading by 2m. 7s. Going free both boats 

 had out balloon jibs and jib topsails, when the Lady Emma 

 broke her balloon, jib pole and lost about lm , making the 

 southward stake only 57s. ahead, and the home stake, first 

 round, 48s. ahead. The second round was made in about the 

 same way as the first, except lhe Lady Emma rounded the 

 windward stake 5m. Is. sin. ad, and finished the race under 

 jib and mainsail in 2b. 26m. 37s., heating the Albertine 4m. 

 33s. The wind was fresh and steady, with a 12 to 13 mile 

 breeze, and a good chuck of sea on. The Lady Emma was 

 sailed by John Carney, of Mobile, .and the Albertine by John 

 Clemens, of Biloxl. Pelican. 



Milwaukee Items.— Commodore Heyer, of Racine, has 

 launched his yacht Undine, and is fitting her out for a sum- 

 mer cruise. The Commodore will hug the shore of Lake 

 Michigan as far north an Sheboygan, probably. The Undme. 

 has some very fair points, and is an excellent sailer. 



The Mitchel Boat Club gave their annual sociable to their 

 friends at the Piankinton House Arcade this year, 200_ guests 

 being present, The boys are putting in some good licks in 

 practice, and are 1 already in excellent trim. Their boat- 

 house, which was" destroyed by fire a. short time since, is 

 being rebuilt on a larger scale. A club-room is to he above 

 the boat-house proper, which will accommodate six boats in 

 Is. The locality is on Milwaukee 

 River. A ladies' boating club has been organized here 

 lately. They practice above the dam on the lake, and hwe 

 shown some very good results of their experiei 

 ladies are daughters of prominent business men of our city. 



Rowing is an excellent exercise, and there is no reason 

 why the ladies of America should not learn to handle the 

 spruces as the fair sex now does in England. The Milwaukee 



ladies have, therefore, our best wishes for the future, and 



we are certain none of them will regret the bon 



ruddy health they will acquire from ''paddling their own 



canoe." 



How .XonxA Sails.— In a slashing breeze, during the 

 MxeR-Regina race, the schooner JS T orna, Mr. Clms. H. Con- 

 toit, got under way with the new pilot boar 

 The latter was going to try it on the yacht, fur she actually 

 set balloon jib topsail and gafC topsails, carrying m 

 vas than the yacht: but Noma polished her off 

 in a turn to windward from the .Narrows to the Ho 

 a long time— as loug as the wind continued fresh— Leld her 

 own with the two racing sloops. Noma held a better wind, 

 and stood up like a steeple, heeling several degrees less than 

 We are satisfied that in a stiff breezi 



ler. With her short rig, 

 - Trith such oversparred, 



and others. Give bcr 



■ '/'((/. wilitUL . 

 it is manifestly unfair to < 

 fair weather schooners as 

 breeze, and Noma is no s 



First Yvt.l ie tttf. East.— At last we have a yawl in 

 Eastern waters, and judging from the favor iviih which she 

 has been received by many, she will have B 

 very soon. Mr. Eaton has shown his good sense in stickinc 

 to his handy yawl rig in spite of the stupid clamor for the 

 sloop or cat raised by river tars. As Mr. Eaton informs i;s, 

 he had his yacht cutter rigged, but found it. too much work 

 to reduce and reef in a blow, and so he shifted to I he handier 

 yawl, which experience teaches him to re . 

 little craft, whatever objections may be made to tl - 

 of her fittings, is an excellent type of the small Corinthian 

 cruiser we are anxious to see displace the sand-bag machines 

 in vogue. Only 20ft. on water line and 25ft. on deck, with 

 scant 7ft. beam, and 4ft. draft aft and 2ft. Bin. forward. She 

 has comfortable stowage below for two or three • 

 sides a roomy forecastle for cooking and spare gear. She 

 carries H tons iron ballast, about half of which is on the 

 keel. On deck, her gangways and quarter are clear, the 

 house being kept narrow and low, so as not to interfere with 

 working ship, wdiile her cockpit is! roomy enough for four. 

 All this in a yacht which is only the length of a small cat- 

 boat, and which can be built for less than $500 ! A little 

 ship instead of a worthless sailing machine ! A safe, handy, 

 able little cruiser, and not a man-trap of an open sand-bag 

 flinger. 



International Matcit. — The owners of Katie Cray, 10- 

 ton sloop, Bay of Quinte Y. C., have accepted the challenge 

 of the owner of Ella, 20-tons, of Oswego, to sail a 30-mile 

 race at Kingston for $350 a side. Ko.ce to be sailed under 

 rules of the Royal Canadian Y. C, July 15. 



Match on the Delaware. — There was a drift!] 

 between tuckups Douglass, Southwaik Y. G.and Campbell, 

 of same club, from Philadelphia to Chester Buoy. Result in 

 favor of Douglass by four miles, the latter catching a light 

 streak of wind. Prize, $50. 



Match Race at Charlotte, N. Y. — The sloop yachts 

 Ida and Belle of Rochester. N. ST., sailed a match race June30, 

 at Charlotte for a purse of $100. The Ida won. 



A YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION. 



EDITOK FOItEST AND STREAM i 



I want you to give me space just to aay how entirely your article 

 under the above heading in issue of 5th inst has, in my opinion, 

 hit tho nail on the head. As a yachtsman, dovotod to every phaso 

 of the sport, be it designing, building, fitting out, racing, cruising, 

 or manceuvoring in fleet, I have given a good deal of thought to 

 the future of yachting on this continent, and I have come to the 

 conclusion that wo can pretty well make or mar that future. We 

 can mar it by going on in the desultory way we have done, found- 

 ing hosts of new and frequently short-lived clubs, adopting all 

 aorta of measurements and classifications, — playing at yachting, 

 in ehorC, instead of setting ourselves eerioualy to rival oar Eng- 

 lish friends. I know it will not be generally accepted, but the 

 British are ahead of ua, spite of the victories of America and 

 Sapplw, and the defeats of Cambria end Livonia. Take them all 

 round, up and down, fore and aft, they snrpaBa ns as yachtsmen 

 in the email as well as the large classes of yachts. Why ? 

 Because they have profited by yoars of experience, and never 

 failed to turn to account the lessons they learned. They have 

 progressed steadily and rapidly, because they saw Ihe advantage 

 of working together. Look at their small craft— they would 

 drown most of our bigger yaohts ; the five-ton Freda would live 

 in a wind and sea that would vastly annoy our lsrgaat sloops. 

 Look at their racing ; prizes of valuo— worth sailing for, very 

 well worth winning, amounting to thousands of pounds annually. 

 Their regattas, arc sights to see and remember, and tho way in 

 which small craft are handled in gales of wind would astonish our 

 people. I am not exaggerating ; I can give you names of yachts 

 and dates of events. Now, what have the English come to ? A 

 Yacht Racing Association, whose rales nearly every club has 

 adopted and obeyB, bo that an owner knows exactly that wherever 

 he sails in British waters there is one cods of regulations, one 

 classification, one rule of measurement. It is plain that Ihia 

 conduoes to the sucoess of yacht racing. 



The turf has its supreme tribunal ; so has the rifle j so has 

 rowing : so, in England, have cricket, football, foxhunting — nearly 

 every sport in fact Yacht racing would assuredly ba vastly 

 benefited by the establishment in this country of a National Yacht 

 Eacing Association. At present a student of yachting records 

 plunges into a labyrinth when he essays to master all the different 

 rules of measurement, classification, prizes, history of contesting 

 yachts, etc. Thia is needless ; worse, it ia hurtful to the sport. 

 An association for the regulation of all these matters is the 

 remedy. It will not detract from the glory of tho established 

 clubs, nor diminish their influence in the least, but it will da what 

 no club can do— harmonize ihe lawa of racing. Let us hope it 

 will also put an end to tho shifling-ballaat abomination, which is 

 the canker of yaoht raoing ; that it will give us a uniform and 

 sensible, rule of measurement, and above all, one that will foster 

 the building of yachts suitable for cruising in rough 

 racing in smooth waters. Then we shall see our noble sport ad- 

 tta giant strides, and taking the place it should, but 

 does not, oocupy. There are matters of detail ou which I might 

 say a few words, but for the present I must belay and coil away, 

 wishing you and tho proposed Association good luck. 



Bocoe-Croix. 



