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FOREST AND STREAM. 



415 



and that the fear of cutting down freehoard and spoiling a hoat for 



a trivial Rain hi allowance is groundless. In treating her longer 



?n handily, the new schooner has set up a poser for the 



adherents of length. "Length gives speed. " says the itvo, and yet 



■ ■ ' ■ ■ ' ■ :n two well-shaped hulls, length goes to Ehe wall, 



, uses to which the hulk has been 



i much in favor of the shorter Yacht that she winds up the 



day with plentyof water to give to length, ami taei&l 



■gain I Would Montnnk be the fast .me she 

 is had her depth heen decreased and the bulk thus saved added to 

 length? Her designer thinks not, for she was got oul under the bulk 

 rule of the club, and he i o preference to length, and he 



well, as tii" sequel has proven. Since form goes to make or | 

 inar. the bull: employed in its fashioning represents the oppoi I unities 

 afforded, and comparative results as to the worth of the form chosen 

 must be made upon the opportunities the designer has commanded, 

 and clearly not upon the form itself. 



But we could have wished for a better match to judge Montauk by 

 than Tidal Wave. The reputation of that BCh 01 iv ficti- 



tious, and would disappear as vapor should a crack nvderii British 

 two-sticker evei plav board for board With her. Tidal is fairly good 

 on a reach or run, but to windward of little account. Her record has 

 been madf -ailing against schooners much smaller than herself. b\ 

 sails-over for want of anything in her class, and by loi 

 the summer cruising in the Sound. We had. counted on her being 

 readily disposed of by Montauk as a matter i if course, ctnd, but for 

 the little windward work of last Thursday, had hoped to si e th 

 schooner give a much better account of herself. It should- how- 

 ever, not be overlooked that Tidal is somewhat the larger boat of the 

 two, which stood her in good stead in the stifflsh wind, and wiped 

 out a portion of the win Montauk would have made under milder 

 circumstances. Mr. Piatt's schooner ate i suffered to i o extent from 

 the provincial cut of her rig, not the fault of the sailmaker though. 

 but a sop to the school of sloopy ideas. In time we hope t.. - ■•• i ' . 

 rig of a trader displaced by something smarter and more vachUiki , 

 though at present, for want of an Al competitor In her class, it mat- 

 : haps but little. We may look for Montauk in the van for the 

 future, but trust that her good sailing will not mislead on t tie ques- 

 tion of Ivor, hut be ascribed to a faultless form, and not to anything 

 inherent i'n the dimensions chosen. What she can do in light airs 01- 

 in a lively jump still remains to be seen, for Thursday's weather 

 hardly gave a ti ial in either respect. 



In the second class keels Albatross and the little Social firmed an 

 odd couple. Among the keel sloops the club mustered the ue 



- nd the cutter Oriva. The former sailed fairly well, but aid not 

 give much promise for the future. The cutter, on the other hand, ap- 

 pear -d in excellent form, and with her new and beautiful Lapthorn 

 cauvas raised expectations high as to what she would do as soon as 

 the lumpy water on tfae bar was reached. In the beat down to the 

 Spit she turned with the best of them, and made a fairly good race 

 with Valkyr .and Eclipse, which is saying something, considering the 

 fine burst of speed these two have shown upon previous occ 

 this season No sooner was the swell on the bar felt when the jaws of 

 Oriva's gaff gave way. and she was compelled to retire from a con 

 test which to all appearances she would have ended with honor. 

 Tula eiitti i seems to be about what we judged her from the start, a 

 boat up to the average Sloop, though not quite good enough for the 

 best, and probably a likely vessel in a match when the dust' begins to 

 fly. As a cool, safe, seagoing cruiser, with lots of accommodation, 

 she is. of course, without a peer among her shea let sisters. 



The large centerboards brought out a fighting lot in Grade, Fanny 

 and Julia, with the smart Bildegard a> a teazerin moderate weather, 

 and Vision, with sundry improvements over last year. Hilde showed 

 the way to them all. and even kept the lead out In the open till she 

 sprung her board and had to give In. Julia had hardly warmed up 

 to her work before a serious Leak was discovered; her huge rig had 

 pulled open her seams till she was with difficulty kept afloat, That 

 settled her for the day: but from what we could gather she wfl] prove 

 a good one to windward in smooth water if in hands who know her 

 ways. But it seems after all a great pity that so large a ship should 

 be put through under such a clumsy and homely contrivance for a 

 rig. As a schooner she may not have been a fasl light-weather liver, 

 but she was infinitely preferable on all other counts than to the over- 

 grown rig of the nursery toy she has donned again. 



In the second class for sloops the cutter Valkyr made her mark, 

 scoring a fine victory over so fast a sloop as Eclipse, and disposing of 

 Vixen to such ready fashion as to cause some astonishment. Here 

 we have a striking example of the success attained in the '-medium" 

 type. Valkyr is a moderate cutter in proportion, in ballasting aud in 

 rig. Eclipse is a broad, shoal sloop, and Vixen both deep and beamy. 

 While the deep, wide Montauk disposes of th>- schooners, the tlat and 

 shoal Faimv- treats her class in the samo way, the four-beam cutter 

 Oriva leads her lot till the break-down, and the Valkyr, of medium 

 proportions, shows the way round to the smaller sloops. Type, seems 

 to be lost altogether, and the tight won on the meats of individual 

 design. Christine', a typical sloop of the old order, found the sea un- 

 comfortable, and having no chance in her class, gave up on the bar 

 and scudded for home. 



The course for the day was as follows: From oil Owl's Head,- Long 

 Island, about one-quarter of a mile south of buoy No. 18 and a mark 

 boat, to and around buoy No. 10 and buoy No. &$, passing south of 

 them and north of buoys Nos 5 and 5t!>, oil' the point of Sandy Hook, 

 to and around Sandy Hook lightship aud return over the same course, 

 finishing at a mark boat anchored abreast, and eastward of buoy No. 

 15 on the West Bank. 



Club guests were accommodated aboard the Columbia steamer, 

 and two members of the regatta committee- Messrs. Gilbert I., tiaiglu 

 and Chester Griswold — and Major Arthur and Captain Wharton, 

 l". S. A., started the fleet from the tugboat Fletcher. 



The entries were as under: 



SCHOONERS. 



Fust Class Keel. Cubic Allow- 



Conteuts. ance. 



N.mie. Owner. Feet. H. a. 



Rambler W.H.Thomas 1U.S07.30 Allows 



fcwing B.S.Eulott — — — 



Second Class Keel. 



Albatross E.W.Humphreys 5,381,08 Allows 



Social ..C. W. Lippitt 3,743.10 18 44 



First Class Centerboard. 



Tidal Wave Daniel Cook 9,428.16 Allows 



Montauk S. R. Piatt B,584.J6 I 34 



Second Class Centerboard. 



Clytie A. P. Stokes 7,100.80 Allows 



Crusader J. R. Maxwell 6.825.70 52 



Estelle J. I). Smith 6,825.70 2 42 



SLOOPS. 

 First: Class Keel. 



Mystery W. B. Parsons 6,810.08 Allows 



Oriva . : 0. S. Lee 2,320.37 6 49 



First Class Centerboard. 



Julia E.M. Brown 4,510.94 Allows 



Sracla ('. it. Flint 4,484.20 Q 12 



Faimy J. D. Prince 3*958.78 3 42 



ITUdcgard Herman Oelriehs 3,172.60 7 23 



Vision J. J. Alexandre 3,013.80 11 21 



Second Class Centerboard. 



Echpso K. A. Willard. 2.061.48 Allows 



Valirvr 'B.F.Dawson L87S.86 2 IS 



Vixen F. 0. Lawrence, Jr 1,788.70 3 22 



Christine H.E.Dodge 1,550.00 32 



I gat ion of steam yachts, tugs aud sailing 

 craft off Bay Ridge, and many of the steamers accompanied the fleet 

 outward as far as their limited seagoing qualities v. ould permit, The 

 wind was blowing s. s. v. . fresh, with every appearance of freshening; 

 tide, half ebb. The start was of the usual shuffling order, follow my 

 leaner and ten minutes to do it hi. Of late, the public has not been 

 Indebted to the In'. Y. Y. C. far any advance in yacht-racing customs, 

 or, for that matter, in anything appertaining to the sport, the club 

 ng found an acceptable vent for its enthusiasm in balls, fire 

 works and festivities, whUe sailing has languished. The revision of 

 their sailing i'n 1 - .a. ue com lUtSor] lepOSit of a winner's lines, 

 the most recent ihnovs a copied from the junior clubs; 

 and we do not look to the >'. Y. Y_ 0. for anything smarter than the 

 Stereotyped old thing. Both the Atlantic and Seawanhaka Corinth- 

 tan have curtailed their periods .of graci to a minutes, as a sort of 

 feeler to doing away with, the grant to laggards altogether, if their 

 th-st attempts were not quite successful, it was not due to any fault 

 in the method, but to the failure to appreciate the new order among 

 the ski i whom found themselves on the wrong side of 

 the committee I ■ they should have been on the right 

 side. The start is not to be blamed for any such lubberline 

 with a trial or two more, the r.ve-mtoute period will be found to work 

 well and add much Interest to Che opening of a match. In time the 

 N. Y Y. C. may follow suit. At least we hope so, as it is to the inter- 

 ests of a , a. that lire starts should come Into rogue. One 



prize m eaoh class and the Bennett Cup for first schooner home, with 

 allowances. 



The race got away on the poll tack with club topsails drawing as 

 follows. Hildegard lVl Clyrie, 11:12; Ubc.vr. ss, 11 :C : ;14; Eclipse, 

 11-12-17; Vixen, 11:13.10: Oracle, 11:13:23; Julia. 11:13:45; Vision. 

 11:13:32; Christine, 11:14:03: Funny. 11 -14:03; Oriva, 11:14:28; 11. 

 11:14:40, Social. 11:14:52; Valkyr. 11:14:58; Mystery, 11:15:41; Rambler 

 11-15:57; Tidal Wave. 11-10-17: Estelle. 11-16-27: Fleetwtog. 11:17:40. 

 and Crusader. ll-lS-09, probably having delayed till th» last inomsnt 

 for ths strengthening of the breeze and tide. 



The Canadian sloop Atlanta beat out with the rest but was dropped 

 by big and little as she was not being pressed. The Long Island 

 shore was hu re. 3los ly as possible. and all hands crossed orer 



to Stab-n Island, then tacked on and stood into Gravesond Lay. The 

 wind stiffened up and ehibs came down all around. Montauk and 

 Tidal Wave hanging on a while 1 



A few boards and a fetch into the Coney Island shore enabled rhe 

 yachts to lay for buoy No. in. In this work Hildegard with a smart 

 crew had come out in 'the lead with Fanny aud Gta a 

 and Julia doing very satisfactory work Fan- an untried stop with a raw 

 Brew. Me.ntank next having the gauge of the schooners with Clytie 

 under her 1. . ' . . nf the Beet stringing out astern. Hilde- 



gard's sailing to so strong abreeze with her larger sisters was an ad- 

 mirable bit to look at, and both boat and crew may do themselves 

 proud, for she made the first mark with everything to her wake. 

 Fanny gave proof of being rery close winded and in rather better 

 form than last year. It was a 'matter of surprise that so shoal a boat 

 should have made the weather of it she did outside, but nothing gave 

 way and she wasfairly driven to her work The buoy was passed as 

 under: h. ii. s. h. m. s. 



Hildegard 12 30 08 Crusader 12 13 10 



Fanuv 12 31 11 Vixen 12 13 40 



Grade 12 33 50 Estelle 12 44 40 



Montauk 12 30 tl Tidal Wave 12 45 30 



Julia IS 37 30 Vision ....12 45 31 



Clytie 12 40 15 Mystery 12 49 ml 



Valkyr 12 40 51 Christine 12 40 10 



Eclipse 12 41 10 Rambler IS 50 51 



Oriva. . . . 12 41 rm Fleetwtog 12 :>i 15 



Albatross 12 43 13 Social 12 54 40 



The yachts stood on until able to weather 8WJ. when they hove 

 around for the Hook, which could be made in a leg. Then the hard 

 w.ak of beating out to the lightship began. Quite a chop was met 

 onthe bar.anlagood deal o icious pile driving was the result. 

 Julia had already put for the Horseshoe, leaking badly. The water 

 was sa kl to have' risen over the cabin floor. Possibly water in the 

 bilge accounts for not showing up quite as well as a Steer's built 

 craft ought to do. Topsails were handed and topmasts housed by 

 the 81 n ips. Then Oriva's jaws were split, and down came her main- 

 sail just as her fun was about to begin. Christine turned tail and 

 dew for shelter with the peak dropped. 



The rest kept at it, Montauk found the wind to her liking and 

 stalked away grandly. Rambler held on to topsails for awhile, but 

 tinning them more than she wanted, followed suit and elewed down. 

 Mystery jumped Iter bowsprit out of her, and the masthead and top 

 hamper went with it. Her rigging, being new, may not have been 

 set up properly, but her spars and rig appeared too h'ght for such a 

 hard weather boat, to our mind Eetehe split jib head to foot, then 

 stowed foresail aud pluekilvkept up a stern chase to the finish. 

 Nearingthe lightship, Hildegard split her board, and the big fellows 

 got by her one by one, though 1 she turned the lightship fourth boat, 

 Montauk had weathered on everything, and seamed to take the sea m 

 a way which argued well for her as : ' weather boat, though 



things to keep from taking aharge. The outer mark was rounded to 

 the gay ring of Captain Cosgrove's big fog bell, as under: 



H M S H it S 



Montauk 1 33' 30 Crusader I 44 2-i 



Clytie 1 34 00 Tidal Wave. 1 45 24 



Fanny 1 37 30 Rambler. 1 48 47 



Grade 1 37 32 Fleetwtog .,. 1 50 12 



Hildegard 1 41 00 



It was a run for home, aud ballooners came into requisition. Mon- 

 tauk held her lead clear up to the hue. though Tidal was picking up 

 so fastou her that it became evident Montauk's play is to windward, 

 though she will run well enough with boats of her size At reaching 

 Grade ran through Fanny's lee. and made the finish wil ha couple 

 of lengths only to spare, but lost to her sister, allow iug for their dif- 

 ference to start, Valkyr never put to a smarter bit of sailing, aud 

 proved herself exeeniionalv good in the sea. She had six minutes to 

 spare and nine with allowance. Her day's work may be taken as a 

 complete "vindication" of the medium type. Loug ago. when we 

 first recommended moderation in form, wouid-be critics deemed the 

 medium type the "conceptions of a lunatic." Our critics have by 

 this time discovered how little they knew while setting themselves up 

 as our mentors. Time has borne us out on this as upon many an- 

 other question of yacht design. The speed made over the course by 

 the Montauk is the best on record, beating that of the Idler, June b, 

 187B, from Stapletoit with Itoisu at buoy 13. which was 3h. 54m. 48s. 

 Prizes go to .Rambler, Albatross, Montauk, Crusader. Fanny and 

 Valkyr. Montauk a.so takes the Bennett Cup for schooners. Times 

 of finish as under: 



FIRST CLASS KEEL SCHOONERS. 



Elapsed Corrected 



Start. Finish. Time. Time. 



Name. a. si. s. H. M. s. a. m. s. B.U.S. 



Rambler ....1115 57 3 2t 25 4 05 28 4 05 28 



Fleetwtog -.1117 40 3 32 04 4 14 24 not ino'd 



SECOND CLASS KEEL SCHOONERS. 



Albatross...- 11,2 11 3 35 37 4 23 28 4 23 23 



Social 11 14 52 -Vottimed. 



FIRST CLASS CENTEREOAHD SCH08NERS. 



Tidal Wave - 11 16 17 3 14 35 3 08 18 3 58 18 



Montauk - - . - 1 1 U 40 3 00 57 3 52 17 3 50 43 



SECONO CLASS CENTERBOARD SCHOONERS. 



Clytie U 12 t«l 3 23 14 4 1111 I'lll 



Crusader 11 18 09 3 33 13 4 07 04 4 06 12 



Estelle 1110 27 8 42 00 4 25 33 4 22 51 



FIRST CLAS3 KEEL SLOOPS. 



Mystery H 15 44— Carried away mast. 



Oriva • -H 14 88— Disabled. 



FIRST CLASS CENTERBOARD SLOOPS. 



Julia U '3 -15— Disabled. 



Graeie 1113 213 3 115 13 4 03 50 i OS 38 



Fanny U 14 03 3 16 42 4 02 39 3 58 57 



Vision .111352 3 40 43 4 20 51 4 15 30 



Hildegard 1 1 n 00— Disabled. 



SECOND CLASS CENTERBOARD SLOOPS. 



Eclipse Ii 12 17 3 5113 4 38 50 4 38 56 



Valkyr II 14 58 3 47 10 4 32 12 4 29 57 



Vixen 1113 10 3 56 23 1 43 13 4 89 51 



Christine 11 14 03— Turned back. 



JERSEY CITY Y. C-THURSDAY, JUNE 15. 



THE club saded a very- successful match last Thursday, it being the 

 twenty-fourth annual meet since the organization. Wind mod- 

 erate from's.s.e., but freshening throughout the day. 



The course for classes A and Uwas from an imaginary line, between 

 the judges' and stake boats anchored off BecUoe's Island, thence 

 around buoy No. 8}jS, Southwest Spit and return to starting point, 

 twenty-nine miles and a half. The course for class C was to red 

 buoy, No. 14, on the north point of the Dry Romer. and return, about 

 fourteen miles and a half. For classes I>. E and F. to and around 

 buoy No. 17 and return, sailing twice over the course, the winning 

 yacht in each class to complete the distance within eight hours 10 be 

 entitled to a prize. Th t time allowances were for classes A and B 

 three minutes to the fort, including one-quarter of overhang; for the 

 other classes, two minutes to the fort. The start was a flying one. 



It will be noticed that the club has receded from mean length to 

 including only one-quarter the overhang, a step in the right direction 

 at all events, even tnough not a radical one. We believe another 

 yeai will see mean length abolished for all time in New \ 

 has been elsewhere. Tin- yachts got across straggling, Lidee being 

 in the lead, and twenty-two minutes before the last yacht i 

 Among the big ones Linda, Commodore IT. C. Roorue. showed the 

 way. but finally lost on allowance. Mignon, in trying to clear a 

 coaster in the Narrows, fouled and parted her bobstay. Forsyth and 

 Knight Templar made a close niatuh to their class. Hodoo and 

 Brother had it all their own way. and Annie F. had a sail over. 

 Judges, B. F. Clawson, Stephen Maife and Gns. Blau. Summary as 

 under: 



CLASS A— CABIN YACHTS OVER THIRTY FEET. 



Actual Corrected 

 Start. Finish. Time. Time. 



Elsie May 10 59 30 353 40 154 10 i'lTBj' 



Modesty ' 11 01 00 3 59 45 4 58 45 4 20 31-U, 



Linda." 10 56 80 3 35 20 4 38 50 4 38 50 



Mignon H n 00 



CLASS 3 — CABIN YACHTS CNDER THIRTY FEET. 



Lidee . . ... 10 51 15 4 16 00 



CLASS C — OPEN YACHTS OVER TWENTY- FIVE FEET. 



Alex. Forsyth 10 56 < 2 50 10 3 54 10 8 31 37W 



Knight Templar 10 56 15 2 51 15 3 55 00 3 54 80 



Mav 10 57 30 2 55 -,:• 3 58 13 3 58 15 



Alia 10 50 45 3 07 BO 108 05 4 OS 27U 



Torpedo 10 55 00 



CLASS D — OPEN YACHTS CNDER TWENTY-FIVE FEET. 



Hoodoo 10 35 15 1 2 51 30 l Sfl 15 1 50 15 



Little Nell 10 58 it J 21 15 3 28 00 3 .30 .22t<j 



CLASS E— OPEN YACHTS TWENTY FEET AND OVER. 



Bother , 10 5S 15 108 15 2 10 00 2 10 00 



Jessie tf 11 12 00 



CLASS F— OPEN YAOHT9 UNDER TWENTY FEET'. 



Annie F... 10 57 10 119 00 13 il 4* 2 214* 



SEAWANHAKA CORINTHIAN Y. C.-SATURDAY, 

 JUNE 17. 



THE metropolitan week was brought to a happy (dose with the 

 Corinthian races of this club. Light breezes and smooth Bea 

 made it easy work for the amateur hands, and right creditably did 

 they go through their work. We regret the absence of small three 

 ana five-tonners in these Corinthian matches, and would like to se'- 

 some special encouragement given to small classes. Lumping them 

 to with the big ones on the same day has had much to do with theu 

 lisappearance. Attention is absorbed by the larger vessels, and the 

 Utile ones fare badly in point of prizes and official supervision. It 

 would be a good plan to limit Corinthian entries to say under forty 

 tons or even thirty. The objects of such races could then be more 

 thoroughly reached. Manning a large schooner with amateure is 

 eood enough to its war. but not as likely to make sailors of a given 

 number than if split up into the crews of several smaller yachts, 

 a which each man's individuality counts, and he is held re- 

 snonsibh- for his share of the work. "If tonnage were limited, the 

 many small yachts of which the club boasts would grow in relauv e 

 importance, "and in the estimation of the public. They eonld pick up 

 crews readily enough, and would make a hot light and a more inter- 

 esting exhibition than a few large craft can do. But let the latter 

 monopolize the honors of the day, and shunt the small yachts off to 

 a special course, their times not taken and the public unable to keep 

 track of their racing, and no wonder so few think it worth while to 

 show up for the odd prize or two granted like the crumbs to the beg- 

 gar off the rich man's table. The Corinthian matches ought to be 

 patronized far better than they are, but some change in cue policy 

 iiow governing their conduct is necessary to secure the popularity 

 they deserve. 



Remembering that this was the third race to the week, a very fair 

 display was made in the second class for sloops and cutters; but the 

 others did not fill over well. Thus Clytie had things her own w-ay 

 among the schooners. Albatross not being a dangerous competitor, 

 ami the Louise too small to foot with the other two. In the large 

 Sloops the old antagonists, Graeie and Fanny, had it out again, with 

 the result to favor of the former, with plenty to spare. In second 

 class Eclipse gave, us another exhibition of what a fast one sh( is: the 

 cutter Oriva put to a good day's average, and Valkyr, to spitt- of her 

 crack crew, had the sulks, for she would not go in anything like her 

 form of the previous day. Something must have been wrong, for she 

 was handily beaten by Eclipse, Oriva and Vixen in a way wnich does 

 not at all tally with her norinai performance. Wave and Schemer 

 made nearly an even thing of it to their class, Schemer taking the 

 prize, on allowance. The small class was disposed of by the keel sloop 

 Gael. Mr. Beam's Amazon being no matchfor such a recognized fiyer. 

 and Vivien being too small to such company. The conditions of the 

 match were as follows: 



The classification called for schooners of the second class, measur- 

 ingless thanSOS.Y.C. tons, prize of $150: first class cabin sloops, meas- 

 uring 30 si. Y.C.tons and over, prize §100; second class cabin sloops, 

 measuring 15 and less than 30 S.Y.C. tons, prize S100; third class 

 cabin sloops, measuring 7 and less than 15 S. V.C. tons, prize $S5, 

 ■and fourth class cabin sloops, measuring less than 7 S.Y.C. tons, prize 

 J75. Course for schooners and first and second class sloops from an 

 imaginary line between the club steamer and Fort Wadsworth to and 

 around buoy >'o. 10, thence to and around Sandy Hook lightship and 

 return, finis'hmg off buoy 15 on the West Bank. The third class went 

 from the same starting point to and around the Scotland Lightship, 

 and return to same point. The fourth class went around buoy No. 

 10, thence around So. 5J*j on the point of the Hook and back. 



The entries and gentlemen crews comprised this list: 



Schooner Clytie— Length over all 85ft, Crew^ Charles H. Steb- 

 bins. Henry W. Eaton, John Ellis Roosevelt, W. H. G. Ledriekseu, 

 John W. Edwards, William Krebs, Matthias Xichoil, Qouverneur 

 Kortv.-right, A. J. Magnto, Charles D. Ingersoll, J, N. Phelps Stokes, 

 William" Gardner, Frederick Corwin, Oliver T. Johnson, Herman 

 Clarke, E. G. Cruger. 



Schooner Albatross— Length over all 81ft. Sin. Crew— J. Fred. 

 Tarns, captain; J. Leland Hoppock, William Emlen Roosevelt, Fer- 

 nando Yznaga, William M. Wright, David Crocker, J. William Beek- 

 inan. William B. Parsons, Henry Sampson, Sidney Chubb, H. P. 

 Egleston, Henry Meigs, Arthur Diiane and Jules A. lilontant. 



Sloop Graeie— Length over all 80ft. Sin. Owners, Messrs. Flint and 

 Earle. Crew — J. R. Maxwell, captain: John Js. Wtoslow, T. H. 

 Pratt. Joseph Lyman, Oliver Adams. W. A. Steele, Orvillo Lowell, 

 F. A. Soule. Wallace Soule, Charles B. Warner, X. D. Lawtou, W. C. 

 Sanger, Charles K. Grace, Edmond Randolph, Charles Randolph and 

 James H. Smith. 



Sloop Fanny— Owners, Messrs. Prince i Whitely. Length over all. 

 77ft. : on water line, 60ft. Crew— Captain, W. A. W. Stew-art; M. R. 

 Schuyler, David Baton, 0. E. Jenkins, Charles Catset, George Clark, 

 W. Wbitloek. C. L. W. EidUtz and G. Ayre. 



Sloop Valkyr— Owner, Dr. Benjamin F. Dawson. Length ove.rah, 

 54ft. 9&in; on water line. 47ft. 3to. Crew— Captain, A. Gary Smith; 

 C. G. Peters. Robert Center, W. H. Calhoun, C. H. Leland, W. R. 

 Rathbone, W. M. Donald, George L. Rives, John Lovejoy, John P- 

 Ktogsford and D. S. Stone. Two of these are alternates. 



Sloop Eclipse— Length over all, 55ft, ; on water line. 49ft. Grew— 

 Captain. E. a. Willard; mate, Howard Mitchell: T. A.. Bronsdn, H. 

 B. Willard. F. M. Scott, Willard Nye, Jr., C. E. Willard, John Bcott, 

 R. S. Church, O. E. Rupert, A. II. Farrington and Edward Mitchell. 



Sloop Vixen— Length over all, 51ft. 10in.: on water line, 44ft. lain.: 

 sad area, 2,122 square ft. : S.Y'.C. tons, 21.73. Crew— Captain, F. C. 

 Lawrence. Jr., Arthur Jones. T. G. Laurence. Oakley Rnhielander, 

 William Bacon, Giraud Foster, G. W. Clark, J. B. Mills, J. C. Smith 

 and F. Laurence ; G. Creighton Webb, mate. 



Sloop Wave— Length over all, 41.SSft,; on water hue. aS.iSft, Crew 

 — F. ^\ . Meeker. II. G. Parsons, A. Seton, Jr., T. L. Anthony, M. E. 

 Parker. A. D. Russell, J. M. MitcheU, W. T. Thomas, and T. D. Hox- 

 sey. 



Cutter Oriva— Length over all, 60.83ft.; on water hue, 50.75ft. Crsw 

 — C. S. Lee, captain; J. M. Woodberry, Robert C. Cornell, W. S. 

 Slmonds, A. B. Simonds, Walter Suydam, Dr. W. May, Neil MitchoU 

 and Grenville Eane. 



Sloop Schemer— Length over aU, 38.95ft. ; on water line, 37.17ft,; 

 sail area. 1.430 square It.; S. Y.C.tons, 12,074. Crew -Captain, W. S. 

 Alley, Mate, A. B. Alley : A. Monroe, J. Aytnar, T. C. Bach, H. A. 

 Sanderson, H. C. Cooper, W. C. Stewart and W. H. Russell. 



Sloop Vivien— Length over all. 27ft, lo^ln. ; on water line, 25ft. 4J6 

 to.; sail area, 672 square ft. ; S.Y.C. tons, 3,912 tons. Captain, Stan- 

 ley Greacen; Horace Craighead, Sturtevant Wainright aud J. H. 

 Greacen. 



Sloop Gael— Length over aU, 33.2lft.; on water line, 28ft. lOIn. 

 Captain. B. B. Hopkins: P. K. HJ113. J. Tapping, J. T. Jjams, J. 

 Foulke and S. E. Hopkins. 



Cutter Volanto— Length over all. 45.03ft.; on water line, 39.95ft. 

 Crew— A. S. Hodges, E. C. Hodges. P. Dexter, H. S. McVicker, F. E- 

 Appleton, H. H. Crocker, Jr., H. C. Mortimer, P. T. Barlow and A. 

 Curiord Tower. 



Sloop Amazon— Length on deck, 28.25ft. ; on water line, 25.S3ft. ; 

 sail area. 751sq.ft.; S. Y. C, 4.44 tons. Crew— Captain, Franklin 

 Beamesj J. C. Tribkto, J. C. C. Egerton, A. G. Grey, (ieo. H. Church, 

 Willis Hally and Charles G. Brown. 



Guests and the committee, composed of Messrs. Louis P. Bayard, 

 Francis O. De Luze, Walter L. Suydam. A. H. Stevens and S. Kelson 

 White, were accommodated aboard the Americus steamer. 



The day was hazy and pleasant, the breeze mild to moderate from 

 s.s.e.. and not over steady during the forenoon. Tide last of tha 

 flood. A five-minute start was essayed, and would have proven suc- 

 cessful enough but for the. proverbial perversity of skippers in refus- 

 ing to give a thought to their position until the signal brings them 

 suddenly to their senses. So a number of yachts found themselves 

 on the wrong side of the committee steamer, and before they could 

 lay across between the Americus and the Staten Island shore they 

 found themselves saddled with a handicap at the outset. They got 

 over to the following order: Gael, 11:32:30; Wave. 11:32:42: Schemer. 

 11:32:82; Volante, 11:33:22; Oriva, 11:33:57: Albatross. 11::. 

 Eclipse, 11:36; Amazon, 11:36:10; Clytie, 11:36:50; Vivien. 11:36:50; 

 Vixen, 11:H7:30; Valkyr. 11:38:05; Graeie, 11:38:20: Fanny, 11.39:40; 

 Louise, H;35. 



All had port tacks aboard but Schemer and Fanny. Short boards 

 were made clear of the Narrows, when an easterly cunt in the wind 

 enabled Luose to leeward to lookup forthe Spit mark, giving them a 

 lucky lift, to the discomfiture of those who had stood deep into 

 ( .ravesend and the Coney Island shore. Those who profited by the 

 slant, were Graeie, Eclipse, Oriva, Albatross, Fanny, Vixen, Schemer. 

 The cutter Oriva took the lead, but the big sloop ran her weather and 

 prepared to round with five minutes to their good. Jibtopsails were 

 run up aud fair time made to buoy No. 10, where jibtopsails came 

 down for the beat out. Time at the buoy as below: 



h. m. s. a. u. s. 



Grade 12 43 10 Civtie 12 68 17 



Fanny 12 46 08 Valkyr 12 53 54 



EeJipse 12 46 27 Volante _12 53 64 



Uliatross. 12 47 48 Louise.... 12 55 0B 



oriva 12 4S 38 Gael 1 10 60 



Vixen 12 40 15 Amazon 1 17 88 



Schemer. , 12 49 59 Vivien 1 22 41 



wave 12 51 20 



The Gael turned buoy 5^ as the outer mark In her class at 1:42, 



and eased away for home with the priee well to hand. The rest 



ihe black can, No. 5, off the Hook as follows, commencing 



their windward work from that point: Graeie, 1:12:00: Fanny. 



1:14:00; E«lip £ i, 1:14:00; Via»n, 1:17:10: Oriv*. 1:17:80; W»r#. lv*),\t; 



