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The others came straggling in later in the day. The 
Ambassadress, Phantom. Fleet wing and Chjtie joined the 
fleet here. The yachts gave their men a sorely needed 
rest Thursday, and Friday morning, at 10:10, they started 
tor Shelter Island, A more magnificent start than was 
then made has probably never been seen. Hundreds of 
people trom New London and the neighborhood were on 
the banks of the river to witness it. Wanderer, Clio, 
Magic and Estelle were among the first of the schooners 
°“• se the wharf were anchored Regina, Active 
and lireii, These swung, around at about same time 
and darted past the landing, stem and stem, each of them 
a perfect cloud of canvass. The wind was westerly and 
quite fresh. Active quickly took the lead, passing Regina 
to windward; Vixen soon was after, keeping under Re¬ 
gina's Ice bow. The race then was between the Active 
and herself. It was close and exciting, both boats keep¬ 
ing well up to windward, and neither of them for a long 
time able to gain any advantage over the other till the 
Active slowly gained on her rival, and beat her to the 
Planegut spindle by about a hundred yards. The first 
schooner in was Estelle, closely followed by Clio, Flcet- 
■wing and Madeline. 
The fleet left Shelter Island for Newport at 9 o'clock. 
The breeze was free and very fight at first. The Clio 
being to windward soon had a long lead. She was fol¬ 
lowed by Active and Vixen, The Regina, Christine, In- 
t reiv'd, Estelle and Dauntless next. The breeze freshened, 
and the Regina, being well to windward, soon ran by 
Vixen, Christine and others, and at the end of a couple of 
hourB had worked, into the position of second place. The 
Intrepid came bowling along under a cloud of oanvas, 
and carrying the largest balloon jib in the fleet. All the 
boats had everything boomed out, and the wind being 
free and not too heavy, cracked on every stitch of canvas 
they possessed. Most of the yachts kept well up to wind¬ 
ward, but the Vixen, to avoid the flood tide in the race, 
and hoping to catch a southerly breeze, laid her course at 
once for Newport. This probably cost her the race. At 
noon the leading boat, far down the Connecticut shore, 
was the Active. A mile astern of her was Regina, and 
another mile astern the Clio and Tidal Wave, having a 
hard fight for third place. Miles away to the south was 
Vixen, leading the rest of the fleet by a couple of miles. 
In her wake were Nettie, Kate, Glytie, Intrepid, Madeline, 
and others. At 3 o’clock Clio had been passed by Tidal 
Wave, who began to creep up on the Regina. The yachts 
held these positions till the end of the run. Active came 
in a leader by half an hour of her rivals. Regina carried 
away a topmast off the mouth of the outer harbor, yet 
managed to come in second : Tidal Wave was third; 
Vixen fourth ; Clio fifth ; Nettie sixth ; Kate seventh ; 
Madeline eighth. It was dark when others came in. 
The times taken are as follows : 
H. M. 
Active. . 6 18 Vision. . 
Tidal Wave.7 4 Intrepid . 
Regina . ; 7 Ninntic. 
Vixen . 7 10 Psyche . 
Clio. . 7 81 ) Rambler . 
Clytio. 7 40 Dread naught... 
Kate . 7 47 Dauntless. 
Estelle . 7 IS Volanto . 
Thantom . 7 51 Fleetwing . 
Maelq. . 7 55 Nettie . 
Madeline . 7 57 
. 8 13 30 
...8 33 
not timed. 
., not timed. 
The run over was a remarkably pleasant one. Madeline 
when she was coming to anchor fouled the little Vixen, 
tearing away and grinding up her yawl, and ripping her 
mainsail. The crash brought many boats from neigh¬ 
boring yachts to the Beene of action^ as it was so loud as 
to lead the hearers to suppose that the accident was a 
serious one. A magnificent fleet of yachts was now an¬ 
chored at Newport, in the inner harbor. There were 
over thirty, all told, and their fights at night made the 
scene a brilliant one. The squadron was joined by several 
more yachts, the fleet in harbor being: Rambler, Resolute, 
Clio, Clytie. Dauntless, Dreadnought, Coniert, Estelle, 
Fleet.wing, Intrepid, Madeline, Magic, Nettie, Peerless, 
Tidul Warn, Wanderer, Vixen, Regina. Volante, Vision, 
Active, Niantic, Hope, Recreation, and S. S. Ideal. 
Duxbury Yacht Club.— The union regatta of {his 
club was sailed off Duxbury, Saturday, August 16tli. 
The day was overcast, light breeze from southwest, which 
freshened, so that during the latter part of the race fight 
canvas was taken in. Time of Mercury not taken, as she 
failed to cross the finish owing to her draft. A ball took 
place the previous evening which was very successful, 
and a dinner was served after the race at the Standish 
House. In the following summary, K denotes keel, and 
C. B. center-board : — 
FIRST CLASS. 
Actual Corrected 
„ . . „ Length. Time. Time. 
Yacht. Owner. ft. in. h. m. s. h. m. i 
Siren, c. b .L.N. Keith... . 38 00 1 30 41 1 03 31 
Lilly, o. b. Sanborn. 27 02 1 51 13 1 18 24 
Triton, li H. McKay. 30 02 I 43 41 1 43 41 
Meroury.k.Com. Holmes... 31 01 Not taken. 
The Mercury was unable to complete the race on ac¬ 
count of her groat draught of water compelling her to 
keep in the channel. 
SECOND CLASS. 
Actual Corrected 
Length. Time. Time. 
Yacht, Owner. ft. in. h. m, s. h. m. b, 
TMube. e. b. T. Litchfield.... 20 08 1 46 09 1 01 59 
Mamie, e. b. V. Harlow. 26 00 1 40 60 1 07 17 
Allie, e.b. Wattles . 21 06 1 47 10 1 1)7 19 
Sea Bird, c. Ii.Lovclacd.22 00 I 50 59 1 11 IS 
H. C. Wharf, k... Wharf.21 08 1 53 16 4 13 35 
Fanny, k. C. A. Perkins... 23 03 1 56 43 1 19 01 
third clabb. 
Actual Corrected 
_ , Length. Time. Time. 
Yacht. Owner. ft. in. h. m. s. h. m. b. 
Peerless . Gifford. 18 09 1 B3 00 1 08 47 
Pansy.Polio. 19 07 1 52 24 1 09 28 
Dream . C. Barnard,... IS 03 1 57 29 1 12 18 
Pearl . Came.17 01 1 59 19 1 12 49 
beaFoatu . ..Southworth... 18 06 2 01 81 1 18 42 
Unique.Seed. 16 08 2 08 08 L 19 47 
Undine, .Lowe. 18 09 Time not taken. 
In the sprit-sait, fourth class, Annie M., P. H. Winsor, 
won first prize ; Little Charlie, Mr. Ransom, second, and 
Wanderer, J. D. James, third; beating Sadie C. Montana 
and Dexter, 
Quincy Yacht Club.—Q uincy Y. c. regatta May 9. 
Psychehns been given second place, instead of Flyaway, 
the latter being found too large for the class. Psyche, 
therefore, takes second prize. The third championship 
regatta of this club was sailed Saturday, Aug. 9, off 
Quincy Great Hill. Murid and Dandelion heel already 
won the season championship in first and third classes, 
while in second class Elf and Wildfire had each won a 
race. In the second championship match Elf and 
Thistle sailed a dead heat on time, and second prize 
for that race was decided by race of Ang. 9. Judges : 
Messrs. J. T. Penniman, P. B. Turner, Samuel Bass. 
Summary: — 
FIRST CLASS. 
_ . _ Length. Corrected Time. 
Yaaht. Owner. ft. in. H. M, S. 
Muriol.C. G. Wo til . .23 6 1 21 41 
Allie . A. S. Wattles..23 8 1 43 51 
Secret.J. Biuney. . 23 3 0 00 00 
SECOND CLASS. 
Thistle.YV. H. Litchfield.. 2110 1 31 42 
Elf . W. P. Barker . 20 4 1 38 33 
THIRD CLASS. 
Rocket.B. P. Baas . 16 7 1 11 13 
Nattio.W. IJ. Nicholson.10 8 1 15 41 
Dandelion...!. Q. Adams . 17 5 1 16 28 
Imp . .G. C. Adams.10 10 1 10 50 
Elmer.P. Chubbuck.17 6 1 16 59 
Undine . A. L. Neal ...17 3 1 17 08 
Louisa_. . L. H. Parrott.. 17 0 0 00 00 
Muriel, Thistle, and Rochet take first prizes, Allie, 
Elf, and Nattie second prizes. Thistle also receives 
second prize for previous race, decided by tills one. 
Championship of the season goes to Muriel and Dande¬ 
lion. In second class there must be a “sail off” be¬ 
tween Wildfire, Elf, and Thistle. 
Fancy vs. Water Witch.— The yachts Fancy, Gom- 
modore P. Grant, and Water Witch,' Mr. H. Hutchings, 
sailed a match off Nahaut Aug. 14. Course from steam¬ 
boat wharf to ffuoy off Winthrop's Point and return ; sail 
twice over; sixteen miles. Fancy took the lead and kept 
it in spite of having some trouble with her fore stay. 
After rounding Winthrop Head she parted her patent gaff 
arrangement, and had to give up, the Witch taking the 
stakes of $100. Judges : Commodore W. L. Jeffries, 
B. Y. C., and Mr. William Morris. Referee : Commodore 
Frank E. Peabody, D. Y. C. 
Quincy Point Scrub Race. — A n impromptu race was 
sailed August 11th off Quincy Point, for three prizes 
presented by Mr. E. W. Baxter. Judges : Messrs. L. M. 
Horsey and'll. M. Federhen. No time allowance. Sum 
mary 
Actual Time. 
Yacht. Owner. n. M. S. 
Dolly Vartlen .. A. P.Cleverly.4 20 32 
Ellin.W. P. Mtiyhury. 4 28 05 
Dolphin . Ed. Packard . 4 28 28 
Undine. .Harvey French. 4 34 09 
Rescue . .W. N. Ford .4 31 25 
Louisa.Luther Parrott. 4 37 00 
Salem Yacht Club.—T he second race of this club was 
sailed off Lowell Island Aug. 11th. Wind moderate from 
S. E. Courses, 10, 7, and 5 miles for the three 
classes. Judges : Messrs. Richardson and Nevins. 
FIRST CLASS. 
Aotual 
Length. 
Name. Owner. ft. in. 
Mignon.... Wallis A Dodge.... 25 4 
Coming.... Rock Brothers.. . 20 2 
Catamaran,G. Mansfield.UO 0 
SECOND CLASS. 
Dush.,.Huntingdon&Brown.l9 9 
Coquette, P. A. Brown . 19 5 
Thistle_Snow Rich.19 0 
Thom.John Newcomb...19 0 
O. M. A.. Anton Liebsoh.23 0 
Aurora.. .Joshua Brown.21 3 
THIRD CLASS. 
Tulip.W.T. Server.15 5 
Amy.0. B. Knowlton _ 10 2 
Time. 
H. M. S. 
2 13 31 
2 50 00 
2 47 00 
1 28 30 
1 27 40 
1 27 00 
1 30 20 
1 50 00 
1 35 40 
Correct 
Time. 
H. M. S. 
1 41 49 
2 25 10 
0 00 00 
1 01 21 
1 00 10 
0 59 35 
1 03 65 
1 25 03 
1 09 47 
0 43 47 
Mignon, Thistle, and Tulip take first prizes, and 
second prizes go to Corning and Coquette. 
Newport Yacht Club. — The second regatta of the 
Newport Y. C. was sailed Aug. 14th. The strong S. W. 
wind frightened away most of the entries, and only 
three yachts mustered spunk enough to risk a capsize. 
Course from Long Wharf to Bishop's Buoy, thence to 
stakeboat off South Dumplings, thence around buoy 
off Torpedo Station, and back to start; distance 8 miles. 
Prize given by ex-Commodore Pratt. Double reefs were 
in order, and all three managed to keep light side up, 
though crews were about drowned out. Sunshine, Chas. 
Cobb, of Boston, took and kept the lead, winni ng in 4b, 
4in. 14s., beating Avis, Profesoor H. S. Eustis, Cam¬ 
bridge, and Baby, H. K. Norman, of Boston. 
Sailing on the Delaware. —In the regatta held by 
Captain Wright off Cooper’s Point, N. J., August 4tli, 
the starters were: Shuck, Norcross, Feeney, Viola, Hol¬ 
land, and Cokill. Course around buoy off House of Cor¬ 
rection and home. Wind squally and variable. First 
prize won by Shuck, second by Norcross, and third by 
Feeney. The Cohill is out with a challenge to sail the 
Holland for the Mayberry challange flag and a purse of 
$50 to $100. If not accepted, will saU any yacht of the 
Cooper’s Point Y. C. except the Norcross. 
The Late Neenah Regatta. — Neenah, Wis., August 
13.— Editor Forest and Stream :—In your issue of Aug. 7 
I notice a communication from my friend, J. M. Dickin¬ 
son, captain of the yacht Niobe, wherein, in reply to 
some correspondent unknown to us, he says: “ The 
judges held a meeting and declared the race off, &c. Be¬ 
lieving we had won the race fairly we declined to enter 
the next day.” Without desiring to detract ono iota from 
the fame of the Niobe or the good name of her gallant 
captain, still as one of the judges I feel it a duty, in fair¬ 
ness to all parties, to briefly state the facts. The course is 
a twelve mile one. Therules of the club make the neces¬ 
sary time fora race as twice around inside of three hours. 
According to Captain Dickinson’s own statement, as pub¬ 
lished in an Oshkosh paper, his Niobe was 31i. 3m. in 
making once around. The judges, as a matter of course, 
declared the race off, and required it sailed on the next 
day. If this is not a fair statement of the case then we 
do not knowhow to make one 
J. N. Stone, one of the Jugdes. 
Mitchell Boat Club of Milwaukee. —The new club 
house has been finished, and is a handsome two-story 
structure of Gothic style. A new boat from Charles 
Plass, of Detroit, has been added to the stock. She is 
50 feet long, 53 inches wide, and has both fast and 
sliding seats and Ostrorn rowlocks. Mr. J. K. Ilsley, of 
the Milwaukee B. C., has a new paper single for practice 
work. It is contemplated to add several new boats to 
the Mitchell B. C. 
Pensacola (Fla.) Regatta.— The annual regatta of 
Pensacola, Fla., was sailed Thursday, July 17. Judges : 
Gen. S. A. Moreno and Capt. John B. Guttman : course, 
triangular ; distance, 15 miles ; prize, $35. Wind strong 
from S. W. Summary :— 
Length. 
Yacht, Owner. ft. in. 
Wallace.... Dixon Reed.28 7 
Rover.U. S. N.23 8 
Blanche R..S. K.MsvHory. 2110 
Belle.W. Handlou.23 01 
Time 
Allowance. 
H. M. S. 
0 00 00 
6 40 00 
8 26 00 
0 53 00 
Corrected 
Time. 
h. m. a. 
2 32 25 
2 37 13 
2 38 58 
‘ 39 47 
The race for pilot boats was sailed the following day. 
Prizes, $50 add $35 ; course, 15 miles. Ten boats started. 
Won by the Little Frank, though a claim of foul was 
mado on the strength of her main boom striking one of the 
marks in rounding. The question has been referred to 
the secretary of the Southern Y, C. 
Royal Nova SCotia Y. 8.—Mr. F. C. Sumichrast, the 
honorable secretary of the club, has been elected an hon¬ 
orary member of the Eastern Y. C. of Boston, a com¬ 
pliment well deserved, in consideration of services done 
in behalf of the best interests of yachting. 
The Barrie Regatta. —In the professional single-scull 
race at Barrie, Ont., August 10th, Hanlan and Riley 
crossed the line together in 37m. 3s. The other contest¬ 
ants were Elliott, Toronto; Frank Gaudaur, Toronto; 
John A. Kennedy, Portland, Me.; Geo. Hosmer, Boston; 
F. A. Plaisted, Brooklyn, N. Y. : Wm. McKeen, Toronto ; 
Bob Berry (colored), Toronto, and J. Hanlan and P. Pa- 
tullo, Toronto. 
St. Anne’s (Can.) Yacht Club.— 1 The annual regatta 
was sailed August 3 over a course of fifteen miles for the 
Clarendon cup. Wind fresh from southeast. Sappho, 
D. Heath, won, beating Eolus, Mr. Browne, Bella Flor¬ 
ence, Mr. Hodson, and Petrel, X. Greene. Latter came 
in thurl, but was disqualified for polling. A race for open 
boats finished (die day’s sailing. 
Racing at Kingston (Ont.) — A race was sailed in King¬ 
ston Harbor July 38 for the harbor championship. Won 
by Zeitella, beating Laura, Emma, Charm and Crossbones 
in the order named. 
Yachts’ Photos.— Mr. Jay V. Olds, of Bridgeport, 
Conn., has been made agent for the sale of photographs 
and yachting literature of several English houses. He 
proposes also to keep a full line of American photos, &e., 
so that parties desiring to decorate club houses or cabins 
can procure from one headquarters all they need in this 
line at lowest prices. His list of photographs includes 
nearly every yacht of repute abroad or at home. 
To American Yachtsmen.— For complete records of 
all yaclit races in England, as well as for a great variety 
of other matter of interest, such as cruises and yachting 
tales, read “Hunt’s Yachting Magazine,” established 
1853. Can be had of booksellers generally or direct from 
Hunt & Co., 119 Church street, Edgware road, London, 
E. C., England. Published monthly, one shilling sterling 
per number.— Adv. 
ffiisUnws. 
FIXTURES. 
Aug. 21—Staten Island—Staten Island (2d) vs. Germantown (2d 
Aug. 22—Cleveland, O.—Forest City vs. Pittsburg. 
Aug. 25-26—Hoboken. N. J.—Hamilton vs. St. Georges. 
Aug. 27-28—Stcnton.—Hamilton vs. Young America. 
Ang. 29-30—Staten Island.—Hamilton vs. Staten Island. 
Sept. 6—Staton Island.—Young America (2d) vs. Staten Island (2d) 
Sept. I0-H—Toronto.—Daft’s English eleven vs. 23 Canadians. 
Sept. 12-13—Toronto.—Daft’s English eleven vs. 22 English. 
Sept. 15-10—Ottawa.—Daft’s English eleven vs. Ottawa. 
Sept. 18-20—Staten Island.—Marsh's Irish Team vs. Staten Island. 
Sept. 25-26-27—Nioetown—Marsh’s Irish Team vs. all Philadelphia. 
Sept. 25-25-27—Detroit.—Daft's English eleven vs. Detroit. 
THE INTERNATIONAL CRICKET MATCH. 
CANADA VS. UNITED STATES. 
In our next number will be found a full account And 
score of this international game, and until then our 
readers must be content with a glance at the following 
summary of United States-Canada matches that have 
been already played : — 
1853— Won by United States, at Harlem, N. Y., by 34 runs. 
1854— Lost by United States, at Toronto, by ten wickets. 
1855— No match. 
1850—Won by United States, at Hoboken, by nine wickets. 
1857— Lost by United States, at Toronto, by four wickets. 
1858— 'Won by United States, at Hoboken, by four wickets. 
1859— Won by United States, at Toronto, by four wickets. 
1880—Won by United States, at Hoboken, by five wickets. 
It will be seen that the last took place in 1860, and no 
doubt they would have been continued annually had not 
the “ late unpleasantness” on this side of the line put a 
stop to all thoughts of the game. We sincerely trust 
that it may continue to be a yearly event. No other 
match can create as healthy an interest, and it is inter¬ 
est that increases the popularity of “ the noble game of 
cricket,” At the beginning of the season we spoke of 
the usefulness of this match, and it may now interest 
our readers to learn the source from which it sprung. 
The first step toward international cricket was made 
by the St. Georges Club, of New York, to whom all 
honor is due. Early in 1840 an obscure, undefined chal¬ 
lenge to that club was given in the name of Toronto and 
said to have been delivered by a gentleman of that place. 
The St. Georges complied with alacrity, but upon reach¬ 
ing Toronto found that they were not expected—and it 
was all a mistake. In consideration, however, of their 
having gone so great a distance as 600 miles a friendly 
game was gotten up and played. Tho Toronto club was 
expected to play a return match in 1841, and the hope was 
repeated in 1842; but sufficient circumstances precluded 
them from so doing during those two years. Howev er 
