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FOREST AND STREAM. 
sent away only to drift and fluke for an hour, when for¬ 
tunately a smart breeze from southwest struck in and 
changed gloom to excitement and a glorious tiff between 
Viking and Lillie and Rebie and Sunbeam, Among the 
yachts of the second olass, out of thirteeu entries, only 
two schooners, Loiterer and Cyda, and four sloops, Viking, 
Lillie, Folly and Comfort, went across? the line. Viking, 
well known as one of D. J. Lawlor’s famous models, took 
the lead and kept it. after some close work with Lillie in 
company. Among the schooners Loiterer had tonnage 
in her favor. In the third class sloops, thirteen entries and 
six starters, Fairy made a bad start owing to mistaking 
the signal, and Rebie got away with a lead, but had to 
give in to Sunbeam after rounding the buoy off Fort In¬ 
dependence, again going to the fore, however, during 
the latter part of the race and landing first prize for her 
owner. In the evening a dance and supper was had at 
the dub-houso. The individual or “ helmsman's'' prizes 
consisted ol' a watch oharra representing the club colors 
in enamel. Summary as under :— 
6BOOND-OI.AS9 SLOOPS. 
Owner, 
Vlldilff . 
Lillie_ 
Folly. 
Comfort. 
SMMtA. 
.. S. r. Freeman,_ 33 UO 
.0. F, Larins’. 37 00 
..J. F. Sheppard. 37 HI 
. K. W. Dennison. .. 37 Ot a 
8BOOND CLASS BCHOOSTBB8. 
Actual 
Time. 
H.M.S. 
3 33 03 
3 33 45 
3 50 33 
7 15 
Currmlrtd 
Tima. 
H.M.S. 
2 54 39 
2 53 41 
3 02 31 
3 09 23 
Loiterer _ . W. W. Kellott . 34 04 
Cyda..H. C. Bridge. 29 04 4 03 47 3 19 18 
vmiu) class sloops. 
Rebie..T. P. Pbinnoy. 23 11 2 19 09 1 49 11 
Edith. ...E. Denton. 23 09 S 23 29 1 52 15 
Sunbeam.W. s. Nickerson. .24 11 2 23 02 1 53 04 
Unknown.11. F. VVcndoll. 34 00 2 27 00 1 57 07 
Fairy.u. A. Perkins. 24 01 2 32 01 2 02 12 
Lada. II. Jonney . 22 0B Not timed 
First prizes. $30, go to Viking and Loiterer, and $15 to 
liebie; second prizes, $15, to Lillie, and $10 to Edith : 
third prize, $5, to Sunbeam. 
EASTERN YACHT CLUB. 
The fall regatta and postponed handicap regatta were 
sailed at the same time on Tuesday. Sept. 9th, off 
Swampscott, the start being made from an anchor, the 
first class sloops and first and second class schooners 
forming the first line, and those who had sailed on the 
30th ult. being handicapped together. The small boats 
formed the second line, and were likewise handicapped. 
The day opened with a strong W. N. W. wind, quite 
hard and puffy, resembling in tne early morning that of 
the day of the B. Y. C. grand open race a fortnight ago. 
Phantom, Shadow and Intrepid had come down the 
afternoon of the 8 th, and the others soon began to ap¬ 
pear, some of them reefed. 
The largo craft were started punctually at 11:05, the 
small ones, after a short wait for Anna., at 11:17 a. m.. all 
going off toward Half Way Rock with a strong wind on 
the quarter. From Half Way the large boats went round 
Davis' Ledge buoy, aud the small boats round the buoy 
off the Graves, both going inside of Egg Rock on the re¬ 
turn—35 and 23 miles respectively. 
Following is a list of the starters, with their sailing 
length, and allowance in the race and in the handicap. 
All Bailed for the allowance prizes. Halcyon, Foam, 
Fearless, Latona, Madcap, Sylph, Dream, EJfte and 
Ariadne wore all the Btarters, that were qualified to com¬ 
pete for the handicap prizes. 
nasi class schooners. 
Sailing Allowance 
Length, in Race. 
* M. S. 
.Lloyd Phoenix..ldO 00 00 
■ Rear-Com. Uovoy_ 91 05 21 
■Clas. J. Paine. 84 09 21 
.Gain. Boardman...... 84 09 21 
SECOND CLABS BCFIOONKR8. 
S. B. Phillips. 58 05 07 
Plckmau. 04 00 00 
•>. FIRST OLASS SLOOPS. 
MaiA n n. Abbott... 02 00 00 
Wftlu^nLut . 44 18 50 
CLASS SLOOPS. 
‘AujrustUS'ao.jjinway 40 00 00 
, !• " • Cxgwy 'field. 30 04 10 
Salto ? til... oo 04 10 
.J. 9. Bigelow.. .v§' , ai 05 19 
THIRD CLAfiwgj (JOKERS. 
.A.O. Wheelwright .?-.,47 00 00 
.Greeley S. Curtis. 4 . 03 
Joseph G. Minot. 43 03 jg 
Allowance 
In JTdcnB. 
M. S. 
00 00 
00 00 
00 CIO 
12 00 
15 00 
00 00 
00 00 
10 00 
00 00 
05 00 
07 00 
00 00 
Halcyon, however, fell off in time, but found herself 
under Phantom's lee ; with Foam and Agldie just astern. 
Another start was greatly to the disadvantage of Intre¬ 
pid, who was naturally slow in getting W- w i lon s h e 
did start, she ran fast, but not fast enough tciSlotch Phan¬ 
tom and Halcyon who had passed Madcap, and with big 
staysails and jib-topsails set, were going along at * great 
pace. Phantom a trifle ahead. 
Off Pig Rock stakes there was a very heavy streak -jf 
wind, and as Phantom ran into it, her flying jib-boom 
snapped short off, and the next minute Foam was seen 
to lie in the same plight. Halcyon got the same puff 
severely, splitting her staysail from head to foot, and 
throwing her down until her trunk was in the water, and 
anchors and furniture in the cabin were sliding down 
to leeward. Phantom housed foretopmast, but Foam 
rigged a jib-topsail to bowsprit end. Half Way rock was 
rounded as follows: Halcyon, 11.48; Phantom, 11.50 ; 
Inlrepid, 11.52.10; Foam, 11.53.3 ; Fearless, 11.54; Ad¬ 
dle V., 11.59; Latina, 11.59,21; Madcap, 12.3. 
Boon after rounding the rock the wind suddenly died 
out almost entirely, and the rest of the race was a drift, 
the light balloon sails of the sloops telling to great ad¬ 
vantage, and Intrepid with her short rig being out of 
her element, and therefore out of the race. Davis Ledge 
was rounded as follows: Madcap, 3.16.55; Halcyon, 
3.19.55; Addie V., 8.34.3; Phantom, 3.36.30; Intrepid, 
3.52.00 ; Foam, 3.52.30 ; Fearless, 3.54.30 ; Latina, 4.00.30. 
From here to Egg Rock it was a dead beat in a very 
light wind ; Halcyon gaining steadily and coming in at 
6.30.50, with Madcap after her at 6.39.22. It was dark 
long before the others arrived, and only the leader* in 
each class wore timed as follows : Phantom, Addie V,, 
Foam, Fearless, 7.33.20; Latona, 7.35.8 ; Intrepid going 
by the end of the line. 
This race was declared off to be sailed again Monday, 
as the rules require a race to be sailed at the rate of five 
miles an hour. 
The small yachts had a good breeze over the whole 
course. Anna made a very bad start. She came down 
late, and was not ready with her anchor when the signal 
was given. She also had in a reef, which had to be shaken 
out after starting, This was done, her big-topsail set, and 
she was gaining fast, when, on her setting her jib-topsail, 
the topmast went overboard and she was virtually out of 
the race. 
< Sylph went round the Rock at 12.13, Dream at 12.15.5, 
Shadow at 12.19, then Effla, Anna, Breeze, and Adriadne, 
The finish and corrected time are as follows ;— 
Finish, Cor. lime. 
H. m.s. h.m.s. 
Sylph. 3 49 38 3 33 88 
Dream. 3 04 28 3 45 00 
Breeze. Drew out 
Shadow,-. 3 09 08 3 48 49 
Finish. Cor. time. 
Elite.. . 8*27" 42 4*10*32 
Adriudno. 3 34 23 4 13 13 
Alum. 3 38 04 4 19 04 
Sylph and Shadow take the allowance prizes in their 
classes—$25 each. Sylph takes first handicap prize, $50, 
and Dream second prize, $25. 
It is greatly to be regretted that such a fine entry re¬ 
sulted in nothing, on account of the sudden drop in the 
wind. It was hoped that the wind and sea would be 
heavy enough to give Intrepid some sort of a show along¬ 
side of her smooth-water sisters. The dub steamer Min¬ 
nehaha followed the larger yachts over the course and 
afforded a good view of the racing. Reef Point. 
Qcinciy Yacht Club.— The last race of the season of 
this Club, a special regatta, was sailed, Sept. 6 th, off 
Quincy Great Hill. Three classes and three prizes—$5, 
$3 and $2.50, gold. Only the first was awarded in sec¬ 
ond olass, there being only two starters. Judges—Messrs. 
J. W. Morton, Sigourney Butler and Samuel Bass—aboard 
the schooner Water Lilly. Wind from east. Course, the 
usual one. found in previous columns of Forest and 
Stream. After some fine racing the finish was made as 
follows: 
_ Actual Corrected 
Fame. Owner. Length, Time. 77m.!. 
FI, 111. H.M.S. H.M.S. 
Allie . A. S. Wattles . 22 08 2 29 II) 2 01 34 
Flyaway.. .Win. Litchfield. ... 23 02 2 46 16 2 12 55 
Seerot .J. Binney. 23 03 2 40 48 2 13 30 
SECOND CLASS. 
Wildfire.H. A. Keith. 18 02 2 14 07 I 43 50 
Topaey. . (Jhas.Kent .. 2 15 05 - 
THIRD CLASS. 
Dolly Varden.. A. B. Cleverly . 18 08 1 44 00 1 77 38 
Rocket . .B. F. Bass_ 10 07 1 48 52 1 20 24 
Undine.A. L. Neal . 17 03 1 48 28 1 22 44 
Elmer.F. Chubbuek. 17 05 1 48 38 1 23 03 
Imp.G. C. Adams. 18 10 1 54 15 1 28 04 
Dandelion.J. Q. Adams. . 17 03 1 04 19 l 2S 50 
Allie, Wildfire and Dolly Varden take prizes in their 
respective classes. 
A pennant has been offered by Vice-Coin, Nicholson, to 
be sailed for in a fortnight. 
Racing off Nahant.—A match was sailed off Nahant, 
Sept. 6 th, between Josie, C. H. Minot, jr., and Nora, P. 
Snelling, for $30; won by Josie. Also one between 
Psyche, R. D. Sears, jr., and Mirage, Henry Sears, for 
$20 ; won by Psyche. Course in both matches from Na¬ 
hant to Winthrop Head and return. 
Dorchester Yacht Club.—T he sail-off between Rocket 
and Nat lie for the fourth class championship of the club 
came off September 10th. The Rocket, B. F. Bass, won 
in lh. 18m. 50s.; Nattie, W. H. Nicholson, lh. 20m. 6 s. 
Racing on Geneva Lake (Wis,)—F or the Sheridan 
cup. Sept. 6 th, there were seven starters. Whisper 
and Zuave capsized, Bonita and Lucy withdrew, and 
Geneva won, beating Fearless and Nettie. 
Salisbury Regatta.—A regatta was sailed Sept. 3d, at 
Salisbury, Mass., over a oourse from Keniston’s wharf to 
stakeboa't off “Tom Page’s,” 6 miles. Sloops Idelette 
and Psyche won in first class ; Annie and Gem in second 
class. They were all undecked local boats. 
dine, 38 tons, flagship of Com. A. R, Boswell, the fol¬ 
lowing yachts of the first class wero sent away in a 
light wind; 
First to cross was Madcap, Com. Boswell, built by 
Cuthbert and recently sold to Toronto; Brunette, sloop, 
24 tons, C Heath, was next in the procession ; Rivet, an 
old time iron cutter, 17 tons, R. Elmsley, was third away; 
Coquette, sloops, 17 tons, J. Stuart; Oriole, schooner, 
95 tons, W. C. Campbell; Alarm, yawl, 38 tons. H. J. 
Grasett; and Coral, sloop, 16 tons, W, F. McHaster, 
brought up the rear. They headed to the westward to 
round the buoy off the Grand Trunk Elevator. Madcap 
made the mark first, followed by Brunette, Rivet, Oriole, 
Coquette, Alarm, and Coral. The second mark was a 
buoy at the east end of the Bay, and was rounded by 
Madcap first with a lead she was continually increasing. 
The fleet passed tlmiugh the western channel to pick 
up the buoy off Mimico, without material change in their 
order. But the buoy was not to be found, and no race 
was made inconsequence, There was not much question 
though, but what Madcap would have won as she lilted 
in the weather of the day. 
The second olass yachts were started at 11 h, 40 in., 
in a light southerly wind as under : 
Name. - IT. M. S. 
Gracio of Belleville. 11 40 00 
Emma of Kingston. H 40 20 
Katie Gray of BellovlUc .-... 11 41 20 
Gipsy of Hamilton .. . 11 45 00 
Idler of Brighton. 11 45 00 
Imogens. yawl, 6 tons, Hon. W, P. Howland, C. B.; 
Madeleine, yawl, 6 tons, G. E. Gillespie, both of Toronto, 
and Thistle and Kestrel also started, but their times were 
not taken, the race being virtually between those named 
above. Light Bails were in order. The course was from 
the Geraldine to a buoy one mile west, thence to buoy off 
Gooderham and "Wort’s ; thence back to the westward and 
around the island twice. Emma and Katie ran up on 
Grade, luffing matches between Emma, with Cuthbert at 
the helm, and Grade, being of common occurrence. Katie 
got into the backwater of a propeller, during a lull in the 
wind, and lost some ground. With freshening breeze 
which came out from S. W. both Emma and the Katie 
gave Grade the go-by, gaining steadily all the time. 
With the wind backed into the S. E. it was a free sheet 
for home after rounding the island the second time, and 
Emma looked a sure winner. When within 200 yards of 
the finish, however, her spar went by the board with a 
crash, snapped off clean iust above the partners. The 
wreck was quickly secured, and a jury rig improvised in 
hopes of carrying” her across the finish ; hut Katie Gray 
was also Binartly handled, and dousing topsail slipped in 
first and secured the cup and $100, Emma taking second, 
and Grade third prize, a result most satisfactory to the 
Belleville yachts. The rest of the fleet was distanced. 
In the third class the starters were : Fiona, Lily, High¬ 
lander, Reindeer, Pinafore, Wanderer, Kestrel, Macki¬ 
naw, Clara, Nellie, Petrel, Iona, and White Star. Course : 
triangular ; sail over three times, 15 miles. Fiona fin¬ 
ished first, Nellie second, and Wanderer third, with 
Reindeer, Lilly and Petrel following. A banquet, toasts 
and demonstrations in honor of the Governor-General 
were frequent at the dub during the day. It will bo seen 
that “the East,” that is to say Belleville and vioinity, car¬ 
ried off the honors of the day in first and second class, 
and Cuthbort's models still reign supreme among all his 
Canadian competitors in the building line. Now that the 
R. C, Y. C. will have time enough for reflection before 
the next race, wo trust that it will strike from its rules 
the clause permitting shifting ballast and tliu 9 prove 
itself worthy the confidence of Canadian yachtsmen and 
an honor to its royal title. The Governor-General an¬ 
nounced his intention of giving a cup to the club. 
Louisville Boat Club.— Owing mainly to the exer¬ 
tions of Mr. A. H. Siegfried, of the Louisville Courier, 
and well known to the canoeing world, a new boat club 
has been formed in Louisville, Ky. President, A. H. 
Siegfried; Vice-President, L. A. Dunham; Secretary, 
A. R. Cooper; Treasurer, A. H. Barrett. One hundred 
and twenty-three members have joined, a boat-house 
is to be buiit and an equipment of boats ordered. Tbe 
Courier very justly remarks :—“Why should our sport¬ 
ing enthusiasm go so largely to the turf, where few can 
do more than look on, when a sport open to universal 
personal participation offers its healthful and graceful 
pleasures not for one or two weeks, hut during nearly 
forty of the fifty-two ?" 
Bermuda Yacht Club. —In the annual regatta of the 
Bermnda Island Y. C. there were six starters— Irene, 
Lieut. Harvey, 46th ; Psyche, Lieut. Francis, 46th ; Spray, 
Capt, Low, 46th ; Julia, Capt. Browne, 40th ; Nameless, 
Lieut. Handcock, 19th, aud Zephyr, Lieut. Beauchamp, 
46th. Irene got off first in a nice S. E. breeze. Alt had 
spinnakers set on the run down to Fort Catherine buoy. 
Up to Bailey’s buoy it was a turn to windward, with 
Spray around first, followed by Irene, Nameless, Psyche 
and Zephyr in the order named, Julia having given up. 
On the work home. Spray and Nameless made a hot fight 
for it; but the old boat again landed the prize, and 
showed how lightly time sat on her. Spray, 5h. 14m. 80 s. 
and Nameless, Oh. 27m. 20s. 
ROYAL CANADIAN YACHT CLUB. 
The annual regatta of the R, C. Y. C. was sailed off 
Toronto, Sept. 6 th, the event being honored with the 
presence of the Governor General, the Marquis of Lome, 
and H. R. H. Princes Louise, besides a large company of 
distinguished guests invited to the club-liouse to view the 
races. There were some misgivings as to the probable 
number of starters who would pu t i n an appearance, owing 
to several unpopular aud unwise changes recently made 
in the sailing rules, but fortunately enough yachts from 
foreign, ports were present to render the day’s racing full of 
interest End the result quite instructive. Especially may 
this be said of the second class sloops, among whom 
there were several representatives of Toronto, for whom 
the rule f orbWing shifting ballast had especially been 
rescinded in theix favor. The match of the big ones came 
to naught through the drifting of one of the marks, 
whether through the neglect of the regatta committee in 
anchoring it or not we are unable to say, but it certainly 
is somewhat annoying to all concerned to find that ail 
their trouble and a day’s hard work had been thrown 
to the dogs by an accident which a little circumspection 
might have prevented. The classification and prizes were 
as follows : — 
First class: yachts over ten tons—1st prize, champion 
flag and $150 ; 2nd, $75 ; 3d, $25. In addition to these 
prizes deep draft yachts competed for a cup presented 
by Mr. George Hawke and a purse of $30. The yachts 
of the Royal Canadian Club also competed for the 
Prince of Wales’ Cup, and the R. C. deep draft yachts 
for the cup presented by the late Commodore, Dr. Hodder, 
Second class: yachts between five and ton tons—1st prize, 
a cup presented by the present Commodore and $ 10 (>; 2nd, 
$60; 3d, $30 ; 4th, $ 10 , Third class ; yachts under five 
tons—lilt prize, $30; 2nd, $15; 3d, $10. 
When the signal was fired from tbe schooner Genii- 
To American Yachtsmen.— For complete records of 
all yacht races in England, as well as for a great variety 
of other matter of interest, such as cruises aud yachting 
tales, read Hunt's Yachting Magazine, established 1852. 
Can bo 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. 
Shoals of Strange Fish. —Chippewa Bay, on the St, 
Lawrence, is filled with shoals of strange fi s h which made 
their appearance several years ago all along the St. Law¬ 
rence River, and which were supposed to be shad. They 
have increased in size since last year, and appear to be 
coming down from Lake Ontario. They are seen in myr¬ 
iads near the hike. Seth Green thinks they are not gen¬ 
uine shad. They are certainly new visitors to the waters 
of the St. Lawrence and Lake Ontario, and are a good 
article of food. Mr. Green, last year thought they ac¬ 
companied the shad from the ocean. They were from 
six to eight inches long, and the water, as far as the eye 
could reach, fairly boiled with them early in the evening. 
In winter, when a hole is cut in the ice. they appear in 
such numbers as to fill it, and are often found frozen to 
the sides and bottom of the ice. They make excellent 
food for the muskelonge, pickerel and other fish of prey 
that inhabit the river, and which greatly prefer them to 
the silver spoon of the fisherman ,—Ogdensburgh (N, I T .) 
Journal, 
—The Lake House, at Islip, is one of the best known 
and most popular hotels on the south side of Long Island 
for sportsmen. It is excellently managed and the fare is 
the best ,we ever experienced at such a place. Mr. Stelj 
Ienwert luw kept tbe bouse for 30 yeare. 
