16 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Augtjbt 3, 1898. 



The cluli hs-s no right, to bring tho good name of American yaehts- 

 mnu Into disrepute abroad. 



It has no rigal to uov<u'ul.ropbv Mil in trusl with ridicule through 

 such u document us ti iivut.it s--ni broaclcnajl to foreign vaunting 



■ Check »r prevent international racing by sur- 

 pouj . ihaUenge with conditions impossible to accept, unless at 



in equity to lb: challenging party. 



• iii-u .ii.'.iii.ii.i. ..-nougu to lav the blundering of tbo 

 club to stupidity. Abroad they, are open]) charging sharp practice. 

 The Ni- v Yon, V hisnorigut to put American v,i • •: 



nd It matters not one iota what lias gone before. Tbo 

 errors of the past should hav$ been rectul-l. not 

 i :ii'> hen the club induced the rocoul tan ItHcailons In tbo aued, 



i«8JC piftUOj b'-l : 



sponsible, for good and boBesi reasons, We 



i] i hi. ■:■ t\ p..- .ji boat 'ban ourllght draft butter i p.i> 



■ a be il I'.' 1 t.. ;i mule: ; .. . :-inu- l(H 



itests between our sloogiS and British c.ut'-rs. In making as 



such contests uu impossibility, the club ha. assumed the role of a by 



partisan in favor oi .i certain type protected by unfair, uuuiauly AU 



an<luii-i. : -hips imposed upon yachts from abroad, vei 



hiehthay nol.l mc Oup in trust is defeated bv be. 



ions in the case which are unworthy the standing and iauu net 



\v-- ir-isi now thai the tai 



■ ■•:■. i. l-r I-..III.IUU- :. -.i. ■!> i 



' , i >l.i. at no distant data the honesty and courage hai 



requisite toreseuo cbi i ip from obliqultj and Internatloi .i raoi g •■■ . 



tmu oblivion, the Blub <uould oot permit Itself to be inuuoneed 



lurting its favor in seeking to barter fulsome i 



actions for a Btray suhsc 

 Hon or i i ■ Maintain hr<: in the stale oopyista yelp 



mir tieels. 



away from the sloops larger 



ahead of Madcap, and I Live 



wind the little Bharor could n 



iiinl i-i/.i- being loo much In ir 

 Tli- wind stiuencd towards 



binds again for the westerly beat arotmd the island to the finish at 

 the times as mentioned : 



Ailci-n .. '1.08 Brunette L40 



Oriole ..i.ir, Coquette... . . . i.'.l 



Madcap 4.30 Alarm. 



u.il time oyer Madcap, with the reel 



eiug the only two home before her. That she is 



in i be sloops in windward work and in a sea has 



Inn to get a correct estimate of her running il. is 



ber with boats of the opposite tvpe of about the 



..- for a test To sum up. the .-utters 



.liling. -specialiv Aileen. of whom we 



;s, not us to her design, but as to the manner In 



.!.■! rigged by local talent. If Toronto 



's MiigiuntiTs in. clianica capable of handling the 



culler, with all her nicety of detail, that citv is 



n New York- .ludglug from lie- win Ailtien squall- 



ROYAL CANADIAN Y. C. SWEEPSTAKES. 



A.- northern l...i.i.-i yachting is still confined only t.. those 

 whose inclinations naturally in: toward seafaring -port. Yacht- 

 ing bits not S3 yet become a tm lo a family 



etjtahUs ent and yachts ore Kept in commission tor use unit not for 



show mid Msteniaiioii. Hence we had nu Inborn leasing among 



tilt Canadians towards ships lo which a . -.price, andn 



desire w rank fore:uo>i us sailors, however few then- fleet may be m 



numbers or now modest each Teasel is In tonnage. For a long time 



yawls and cutters have been familiar sights in the harbors of Toront > 



:, and ib.-u- merits for work in the open lakes have been 



rally recognized:. Still so great ia the 



.-.■polis. like .\e« York and so insiduous the temptation, to 



copy wimi is spread In-t'irc one in columns and coltun 



in.- ».i the .hangs elsewhere that a tendency to pattern 



rjc fashions could not help but show its head, ami tie- 



number of new shoal draft Sloops introduced into Canadian waters in 



consequence threatened to crowd from tiie public mind far more 



meritorious specimens rlglu .. 



Of allvesseis id the world the light draft, flattron sloops of New 



.. ibably the least to be commended. Dangerous, cramped. 



expensive, .. ,i. i snort-lived, sensible people would be likely to turn 



bjpjlr backs ip.'i. in. in wii.'.eY.-r they are reallv understood. But 



for the false reputation for high speed woven about her bv romance. 



; i victories over old-fashioned turnouts from abroad, the 



New York light draft would have been spurned nil over creation as a 



' .uglit iii''..-:-.isi./h..".- h\ the pursuit of the fantastic craze 



... water," by which procedure known laws ,.f 



nature compelling a going ' through the water'- were to beset aside 



■ mimic tah-ui from whom the new propaganda 



emanated, In the Innermost circles ol Canadian yachnng loin t tii-. 



wild doctrine bad never quite been subscribed lo, and all the 



uctiti -alii'- iower bay could not move the 



;, ,,i it •,..■' I...i-.-.ut... tu-'iii their belief that -.!..:.- was a great 



. ..'.- ..:... ..-iviiiile fire about the uo-calkd wonderful 



i hi i stuck do their Brgt love, I i 



ng ber tip to date for competition with the latest 



idea6hnpurt dfron in doing this at a great out- 



lay and considerable risk, Torqnto yachtemati deserve thi 



of all, ami none will begrudge tb.-i.i tie-, handsome polishing their 



new and ,..- ■ (... tie ■ il'-t tb.-. mei.liilv '«. 



..leir own reward in knowing that the slice, - : 

 the question boa given an impetus to cutter ideas an. I outter building 

 wuloniBbi io eventual dismissal •-..: i,..- :<■ ■« Y..i„ 



traps and the substitution ot more cr.-ditabb- esamplBB of naval 



llucJi r.-K . > in. late years on those charming fresh 



water .--■.-. bul desultory only in iuflueuco and meaning. The re- 

 cent matches of the Koyal Canadian, however, pale all past raqords 

 in the important iiiiluouce they are destined lo exert, upon model and 

 rig, an induenc- which will, perhaps, extend even 1 

 vessels as far j 5 local topography willpernjlt. we take.it for granted 

 that the cutter rig will drive- out the sloop altogether on the Atlantic 

 seaboard, but the nrocesa of displacement is necessarily slow. On 

 i i meuts of Aileen and Verve promise to 



.: the iiniic-.jhai.ic.il and unsailor liV.e i i r - iir- 

 a.- North River lighter shall give way to the smarter 

 -i r arrangement of the outter If nothing more than that 



.. a- le.-.i, ii would be a reward that Me-ssrs. Qooderhnm 

 in . ;■■ ii. igui cii.- in pride, lint great inodiilcation in model 



hi quite as certain, rhe veneration, of beam is a broken jpell, and 

 servil- .-..l.-..:!-. :..-. '..-i N.-iv Yo. 



do . 



be a Uutt of ridicule to airy -brained report metropolitan 



proas, 1...L their >■!. ili.-i- i- it .-..- ii.. longer uj .:. . 

 Toronto !■■■ - druni of the pro?8, through 



which in.- . . . uid noisily proclaimed their virtues, is 



uid Its d.-ae urn;- bangs nothuig but 



thee Toronto va.-hlsnien. a. el Willi 



. ul work .en their own salvation ii • . .. 

 ful influences from other . i 



sltpioo! o.ir friends across I he- border have furnished 

 n -, pi-.-.-i.-i..-- 1 iii these ■■'■) "..:.- 



they nave . . . ; -r \;:.m SrBB*«r, as Unar liberal minded 



enterprise has our M. I the tendency of then- tastos 



our appro! 



I, though only a handicap in allowances, afforded nu ox- 

 OfeUeiit opiiort.lluilv for noling the comparative p.-rf..: . 

 narrowesi. ol .-uio : -. an I bcaniv shoal sloops, as the starters iu- 



clttdod some ...t thebest "t the latter he lakes Tberewfjibe 



n ...will say that "if" so uud so had only startud 



the result might nivi ii.-cn diilercnt. and they will baCli 

 ions by i-.-i. . ...g the. absentee to bo a very, 



. : ind faster, of course, than those who actually com- 

 peted. Itut whatever cliances were uiiss.-.l in this w.i.. 

 certain nine Ls not a sloop on the. lakes which could ha 

 windward witn the new thirtv-ton beauty Aileen, much lessen! down 

 . .me win of more than an hour to nothing. Cygnet, for 

 merlyol Buffalo, hut now the property of Mr. Hugh Dennis, is ac- 

 1,. I the lastest light weather sloop on the lakes, and uiifor- 



• . ..a.. I., nu.-. being on lb.- do.k at Port Dal- 

 housi- -i'.i an overhaul. In point of tonnage there is too wideadlf- 

 : .If and A ik-.eii for a really fair lest. The culler 

 .. ■ on and sfi depth, while the Cygnci 

 counts only ."...it overall', lS.lifu beam and B, Stt, deep if Ail.-..n be 

 taken as a., tons, ' ygnot would measure but 18, 



The course sailed was about forty miles, and the thai 

 from the euti-r would have been, according lo Y. It. A. scale, just 



ten minutes Ltwouldho 



to have landed within thai nllowauco, as the big schooner Oriole, of 

 .. second vessel in, was beaten by no I 



how many hours, with the 



... i ... iiow Cygnet sailed with Oriole 



iiljon . 'i ja beaten, Nothing of a wonder, 



' . but it helps to get ibe gnii^e of her probable chance in mis 



ii little kick-up she wiU be dropped by little Verve 



without trouble, let alone making n mateh for a Watson design two- 

 lhirdn as hu- „" again. I'm cutler., won by too much water by far to 

 |. .- ii-r boai. pi-obiiiily neither I 



'.. . . could tun. the tables i orapletely. 



An.. .. | . ; •! .in- i v.oa.l -is to windward. and going large more- than 

 il' i wiin the 67-ton schooner, ami she not acco..: 



,. ,1 Strom this eaetraco, taken from the Toronto 



Afjit.- "A t.li 'a -i- y -.. i . 1 lo . oa.[. i-i-o 



o£ the yachts was til a Oriole, which uhUl 



eel ■ is recoguwed as about the fastest all-round yachtin 



bouui.ij.. - ■ i me allowance which be! sii- 



compels her to give ■ aaUei boats." "u the wind Aileen pro veil 

 noticeable bided as to r..-.b..-e the race to a good 



.... i!..pp-d in- i-uek, tli^n priolo.and 

 jogged home as though mere b, nothing good WO ugh for ber "n 

 i,, ly believe to be the case, wa even go 



furth. i and question whelhoi i Ut.i is her e.|ual in AmorlCSt) waters 

 'i'ho w*y the cutter jumpisi out on thu schoouor's weather on the 



miles about £. by B. to buoy 

 thence around steam tug, tii 

 lo buoy No. -, round the Sec 

 by the Western t lap Wind 

 able. Fresh on the- bent to 

 buoy and on the beat out to 

 Scarboro and at 1 1 .- . . 

 il fell light to the llnish. Th 

 qualities, the only ' 



Scarboro No. 4 a 



II v 



taken altogether, 



h.'ii 



■ the 



a duv favorable to light weather boats, 

 inld have given a much better account of herself anil ills 



■ i: ion -loops in better fashion, as was shown by the way 

 vav from Madcap while healing bona- through the klck- 



■•• away to a living start in lu:.ii as follows: 



■ n vawl, I.ieut -Ool. Orassett, at t0;81j Brunette, pf Ham- 

 . 3oop, Mr. Kemp, at HhSi. Verve. 10-ton cutter, Mr. 

 .'. 10:38}& Aileen. :tf-ton cutter, Mr. W. T. Gooderbam, at 

 •ap. 17-ton sloop, tho Commodore, at 10:33; Coquette, of 

 loop, at ll):33is and schooner Oriole, f>7 tons, the Vice- 

 :, at 10:3tH- A light wind took them past Hnnlar.'s Point, 

 > to windward, the cutters along tlv city front. All had 



duding topsails, the schooner wit h n topmast staysail 



large jib topsail in addition 1 " 



luettecoi .'; looked 



- • 'ern channel in the 1 





lee in the Oup, wh»n the wind, fla 



a to a calm of nearly an 



hour's dura! ion. and the yachts 







then struck in fi-c. 



and the cutters boldil 



- themsnnu imi.; ■ 



position. This has been in some < 



uart.-ri. laid to their hoist, 



think, to be charged to holdin 





tho lighter sloops brought up 



. puff, much like 



catamarans are known to do, c 





lack or sufficient momentum to 





In company with Oriole, the I 





the res: and were soon about Um 





buoy No. 1. Urunctte, Coquette 





the lake for mure wind, us the 



v'.-.mll not foot with the cutters 



triunnnd so Hat. Verve, from ] 



er inshore position, soaked uji 1" 



windward in very grand style, f 





sloops, and by that time Adeon 



lad spun out a good deal of water, 



in spite of the bad sii of her 





crilics, was an abomination. A 



loon bul-d •ii'.'...i..l. folio-. • 



rest as under: 





Aileen 1B.10 



Hadcan 



Oriole 



j Hrunotte :■-.."-: 



Alarm .... 

 Verve... 

 It was a quartet in-- 



j Coquette 12.54 



ii -k No. •.', and It was thought the 





the ,. -utter at that klud of business, 



. ... . a -t suen a era 



.:. of the 1.1ml o. for.- and the tal-nl 



proved out In its r.-ekoning, for 



Sile, 'ii slipped awav like a chased 



- 



it bra-; upon the light drafts, by 





ere at onchdr" ancl hardening in 





became mere plav aboard tho cut- 



ter for the remainder of the i 



ay. Oriole s.ean'.l. ,i mile in her 



^t'cllir-."--'-''^ ' 



showed great speed at ritnuin,-. her 

 Bhe outran the little ten-tonner, nnd 



was driving bar 1 for Alarm's 



-:i her tepmast backstay 



parted and her upper stick tbrei 



pair. ; all. i liiiilng 



s of water, enabling the big yawl to 



Ver 



The 



, . .4 46 

 Lrd In 



performance. 

 Stubborn adln 

 and e.tperieni 



ic sobriquet 

 , unfaltering 

 UTS laid her 



aggie, Aileen re- 

 ti to antiquated 

 mi for ''hanging 



island, the 

 able "Ailer 

 the lessons 



liidi thirty ye. 



Hi- 



lled the i 

 trs ago. 



savs Hie 

 light. Ir: 



raU, never flitich- 

 ough tho puffs to 

 i Stile fin . 



e. by handicap time from the Oriole 

 .quelle had hugged the shore up home 

 3tanced. finish as under: 



. 0.32 Verve 7.3.i 



. 7.10 Urimotle flisl. 



.7.09)4 Coquette dlBt. 



Ala i 



. ■ lit 



ROYAL NOVA SCOTIA YACHT SQUADRON. 



itched weather, tliei 

 dying to a clock calm in i 

 the day was the appeal 

 which she showed to far 



a Sloop, and her 8 



v little breeze, and what th.-i 

 of tho afternoon. The event of 

 Psyche in new cutter rig. under 





Thai 



-!'" 



:hange_ 



larger rival, Esnie, in the beat down to the line prev 

 when she both outpointed ber and went faster tl 

 both yachts then having the same breeze. 3he « as 

 and went away with a four minutes' lead, which i 

 rapnllv that the race became a procession. 



There was a good deal of luck going, of coarse, In. 

 fairlv distributed, and Psyche's victory coultl not bt 

 duke. She had the best start, and got a streak of w 

 nor on 111- beat from I'erry to the Fort, but she w,- 

 t'ort tlngboal. and again, at Mais* Ifoek, where she 



carried her past il 

 she hit further gc 

 which <:':• 



that vacht having hitherto p 

 and moderate wind— of beav 

 innately, for the races -and 

 a foregone conclusion. Psj 

 greatly pleased the advocate 

 edged'here as not onlv tin la 

 to windward. Eel ..- 

 looked forward to with inien 



Of the other y.-u : . 

 anything worthy .,: 

 the beat from ferry to Mars', 

 had a jib topshil set lo heal I 

 was all. Daphne wants new 

 anything worthy her former 

 start. 



The entries were: 



Esmo, sloop, 7 



Psyche, cutter 



Daphne, slonn 



Isabel, aloi 



ern brought up a 

 ird lu search of a 

 bift her spinaker; 

 a short time, but 

 tern shore, which 

 derful fashion, and 



'ive.l her, 

 ery craft, 

 ing to her 



. a..- ua-j null, ivi utj 



ills her for all Bhe is 

 reason to be proud. 



no tbat did 



■II l-.MC.e On 



te start, and 

 v. and that 

 ...■■:■_■ 1 to do 

 ;abel did not 



'apt. Ti 



Mil 



i.-'iaha 



Aileen .'2:32 Brunette 3:05K| 



Oriole '.':•'■■. Coquette 3:05 



Verve '•' I - ; - Ai.u:. i 8:10 



IBadcap ..3:09 , , 



The whole Heel, squared away for Scarboro. As they approached 



lea this time, 

 ent the lirsi 

 a slipped by 

 •eked the -size 



Oi-Kaze. i 



Lt. Tyler, R. E.. officer of the day, assi 

 Sooretary, started the race at •-' 1 M . s 

 then above the lino, which they had to ei 

 Psyche was lirsi oh at -'n 



eastward, by 'which she lost; Daphne sto 

 Kazediduo'i Btart uiitfl Sfi min 

 wiih'.ut a spinaker and with boom ..;n i, 

 sight from the Lueibor Yard. On the ye 

 Psyche had doubled her lead, with Iiaph 

 she reached Fort l larelice llagboat WHS ( 

 Esnie, which had again passed Daphne, 

 The time at Kort Clarence was: 



Psyche 



Esme 



Oi-Kaze 



Psyche 



Esme 



Oi-Kaze. 



The latter having pulled up considerably, Psyche 

 vsteisail to port, but soon 'an them in 



SOJi'd, and by the time 

 *r of an hour abend of 

 Oi-Kaze creeping up. 



3 40 00 



....8 50 IS 

 fell into fourth 



....4 44 40 

 ...5 07 05 

 ....5 14 50 



e hater was slow with her spina!,. . 



She held Hriiuette.wl.il.- Coquette, having no: 

 t oi n iho Scarboro mark brought mamsheet 



i :ie owner of Esme tried subsequently to take Psyche's f-irly won 

 prize from her by a protest, but the Sailing Committee unanimously 

 and very properly, refused lo entertain the protest. Of course tue 

 victory ofthe small cutter was a verv hitter pill for the- advocate oi 

 the sloop to swallow, but prejudice, while it maj impede, cannot slay 

 the march of progress and improvement, b is worthy of notice that 



dure Cbauncy having Oi-Kaze, 16 tons; Sear Commodore Trott, the 

 Psyohe, 7 tons, and .Secretary Kumichrast, tho Velcuur . 3 tons. 



