[June 26, 1884. 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



435 



from DLy Inland ou the starboard tack, wliilo Dftre Devil dame OUt of 

 the bay ou port, the former Having the best of it, and turning at 

 2:64:00, 



IttSB C, Senator wti? flrsl around Fort Lafayette, Fanny second, 



! iiird. Senator's luete forsook her wlien she gybed off the Reef 



is she capsized, hut no barm was done. 



The wind was light from south, ami all hurried home with jibs 



boomed out. bin I.il.v was still far ahead, crossing the Line off the Com- 



muuipaw coal dock at 3:47;S5. 



CLASS B— OPEN 8T.OOPS. 



Name. Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected, 



Gbarra ., ..1104 85 18118 517 04 517 04 



Meteor 11 07 35 4 13 09 6 05 34 6 05 19 



Eagle Wing 11 08 SB Not timed. 



LilyR 1109 05 3 47 28 4 38 20 4 36 10 



i)are Devil 11 08 54 4 12 07 5 03 13 5 00 68 



CLASS C — OPEN SLOOPS. 



Lottie M 11 03 35 Not timed. 



Rambler 11 05 55 4 20 10 5 20 15 5 19 BO 



Corinne 1108 00 Turned hack in Narrows. 



Sophia Emma it 08 43 4 28 IS 5 19 35 5 18 15 



Coquette 11 08 54 Did not go the course. 



CLASS D -OPEN SLOOPS. 



Katie 1102 00 4 03 31 5 0131 5 0131 



Senator II OS 10 Capsized off Robhins Reef. 



Skip 1103-30 4 0141 4 59 11 4 54 20 



Fanny 1107 17 3 47 40 4 40 29 4 34 44 



KittyS - 11 06 12 4 07 28 5 01 10 4 55 11 



Tn the evening the club gave a supper to their friends. 



NEW YACHTS ABROAD. 



rpHE English yacht fleet has been increased by the addition of 

 -L three new vessels in the larger classes, besides a number of 

 smaller ones, the largest of the three being Irex, lately described in 

 our columns. She is 83ft. on loadline. 15.1ft, beam, lift, draft, keel 

 72 tons, composite build, steel frames and wooden skiu, and was built 

 for Mr. John Jameson by Fav, of Southampton. 



The next in size is Genesta, 8lffe. on loadline, 14.6ft. beam, 11.75ft. 

 depth of hold. 13ft. draft, with 60 tons on keel and but 4 tons inside; 

 racing tonnage, 80 tons, Her owner is Sir Richard Sutton, and she 

 Was built by Messrs, Henderson, at Partick-on-the Clyde. Inner 

 first race. New Thames Y, C, May 31, she won by three minutes even 

 time from Vanduar.i, the latter also allowing her time. Erycina and 

 Marjorie also being in. On the following Monday she gained but 

 third place, Tara and Marjorie being ahead of her, but on the next 

 day, in the Channel match, she won easily from Marjorie and Ery- 

 cina, Vauduara losing her bowsprit, Ou the 4th, in the Royal Thames 

 tnalehes, she was beaten by Marjorie, which performance was re- 

 peated on. the nest clay in the New Thames match, Marjorie being 

 again ahead and Genesta second, Vanduara, Erycina and Miranda, 

 also being in. In the Nore to Dover match, June ?, Clenesta won 

 again, with Lorna second, Marjorie third and Vanduara, Tara, Ery- 

 cina and Miranda also in. On June 9. at Dover. Royal Cinque Ports 

 Y\ O, she was beaten by Lorna, an 85-ton yawl, and met the same 

 fate again on the following day. 



The last and smallest of the trio is Marguerite, a 60-tonner, 74ft. 

 loadline. 13.5ft. beam. 12,5ft. draft, keel 51 tons, lead inside 6 tons. 

 She is composite build, steel frames, pitch pine bottom plank, teak 

 topsides, 



THE RACE AROUND LONG ISLAND. 



LIKE the preceding races, that of last week around Long Island 

 has done little to settle the questions in dispute, the wind being 

 so variable, and flukes so numerous that the result is of little value. 



The victory remains with the sloops, and, of the schooners, with 

 the Grayling, but the most that their advocates cau claim is that 

 under their most favorable conditions, light winds and perfectly still 

 water, the pick of our light, weather' fleet have beaten the deeper 

 boats less than three hours in a race of 240 miles. Grayling defeats 

 the deep Fortuna by 2h. 57m., while Fortuna in turn leads. Montauk 

 22m., and with the sloops, Fanny beats Ileen by 2b. 37m., Grade 

 beats her by 2h. 4m. , while Hildegarde has but 21m. lead of her; 

 and in the second class. Tixen beats Oriva by lh. 2m. 



After leaving the Bay, as told in Forest and Stream last, week, the 

 fleet stood on with spinnakers to starboard before the wind, the order 

 at 7 P. M. was, Fanny, Hildegarde, Ileen, Fortuna. Grayling, Gracie, 

 Athlon, Montauk, Oriva, Vixen, Ruth, Wenonab, Estell'e, Fleetwing. 

 Light winds were found with occasional calms all Monday night, Fire 

 Island b< iog passed at 10 P. M,, and Shinnecock shortly after 3 A.M., 

 the wind being mostly from the west and north. At daybreak the 

 order of the leaders was Montauk, Fortuna, Fauny, Grayling. 



At 5 A. M. a calm ensued, the three leaders drifting close together, 

 but a breeze from the north started them off again, Montauk ahead, 

 and at 7 A. M. Montauk Light was sighted. Here a long calm ensued 

 and it seemed as though the point would never be rounded, but at 

 9:30 A. M. Montauk passed it. Fanny being second and Fortuna third. 



All through the morning there was a succession of light winds and 

 calms, provoking the yachtsmen and shifting the positions of the 

 boats from time to time. At noon Fanny started through Plum Gut. 

 passing out at 2 P. M, with Fortuna half an hour behind, while. Mon- 

 tauk, having taken the Race, was becalmed there. Calms ensued for 

 several hours, but at 4 P. M, a breeze from the southwest started 

 the fleet again, gaining strength as the afternoon advanced, until 

 kites came in, and there seemed some prospect of a sail at the end of 

 the race. At 6 P M. the order was Fanny, Fortuna. Grayling, Hilde- 

 garde. Athlon, Vixen, Montauk. 



Off Port Jefferson at 9 P. M. the wind died down, and a little later 

 all was calm again, continuing so all night, the yachts merely drifting. 

 At daybreak the fleet was well scattered, Grayling being ahead and 

 Ileen up in second place. The morning was unpleasant in every 

 way, an ebb tide carrying the boats back, no wind and a thick haze 

 covering the entire Sound, but in the forenoon a light southwest wind 

 woke all up again, Fanny leading. For the rest of the way the wind 

 was light, but it brought Fanny up to the line at 11 :44 :08, with Grayling 

 close astern of her. Half an hour elapsed before Gracie came in to 

 claim third place, then a couple of hours more before Hildegarde, 

 Vixen and Ileen made their appearance, Ruth carried away her jib- 

 boom off Montauk and put into New Bedford, being unable to con- 

 tinue. The times of the competing yachts were as follows: 



SCHOONERS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



2. Grayling ,4 00 58 1144 44 43 37 46 



8. Fortuna 4 06 58 2 40 53 46 33 55 



9. Montauk 4 06 58 3 03 40 46 55 52 



U. Estelle 4 06 58 3 52 40 47 45 42 



13. Fleetwing 4 06 58 Not timed. 



— Ruth 4 06 i8 Disabled. 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS. 



1. Fanny 4 06 58 1144 08 43 37 10 



8. Grade 4 06 58 12 17 45 44 10 47 



4. Hildegarde 4 06 58 2 00 57 45 53 59 



6. Heeu 4 06 58 2 2123 46 14 25 



12. Wenonab 4 06 58 4 03 00 47 56 02 



SECOND CLASS SLOOPS. 



5. Vixen 4 00 58 2 1157 40 04 59 



7. Athlon 40658 2 35 25 46 28 27 



10. Oriva 4 06 58 3 13 30 47 06 32 



At the finishing line, between Execution and Sands Point, was a 

 tug that had been there since the preceding day, on which were Com, 

 Monroe and Messrs. Stewart, Brown, Jenlrins and Adams, of the 

 Larchmont Y. C, who had offered to time the finish. After their 

 arrival the yachts anchored in Larchmont Harbor, their crews being 

 entertained by the Larchmont Y. C. 



NEW HAVEN Y. C. ANNUAL MATCHES. 



THE yachtsmen of New Haven have been busier this spring than 

 ever before, preparing for the third annual matches, which were 

 sailed on June 24 on the Sound. Their fleet numbers 33 yachts, 

 steamers, sloops and cats, there being three of the former: Sophia, 

 125ft., C. H. Osgood owner; Venture, 100ft., J, J.Phelps, and Beatrice, 

 C. B. Palmer. The second division of the fleet, sloop yachts, is 

 divided into four classes, B. C, D and E, according to length over all, 

 Class B being 45ft. and over; Class C, 35 to 45ft. : Class D. 25 to 35ft., 

 and Class E, 15 to 25ft. The time allowance is based, however, on 

 waterliue plus one-ihird overhang. 



The wind through the entire day was very light. The steamer John 

 II. btnrin accompanied the yachts over the course, carrying the mem- 

 bers and their friends, while Mr. R. B. Rath bone's steam'yachtPastime 

 carried the judges. At 11:12 A. M. all were ready, and a gun was 

 fired from the Pastime as a signal for classes E, sloops of 15 to 25ft.. 

 and G, eatboats of 15 to 25ft., the Wild Bird beiug the first over the 

 line and Trio second, no boats starting in Class G. At 11:18 Class D 

 was started with Acme. Ceres, Defiance, Lorelei. Louise, Endeavor, 

 Vixen and Stranger in the above order; then followed Starlight, 

 Flora, Happy Thought. Rajah, Viking, Wayward, Marguerite, Rival, 

 Wild Duck of Class C, with Wild Pigeon and Ylola, Glass B behind 

 them. 



All went over on starboard tack, and most of them held on for some 

 time, the wind, however nearly dying out, Stranger took the lead 

 after a time, with Ceres next, then Louise, and at the turning mark, 

 Charles Island Buoy, she had a good lead, luffiug around it in fine 

 style, and running up balloon jibtopsail. 



Ceres was next around, then Vixen, Flora, Louise, Rival, Wild 



Duck, Viking, Wild Pigeon, no others being timed, as the steamers 

 ran on to overtake the leaders, bow well ahead. Stranger still led on 

 the run home, and was first in of all the fleet, followed closely by 

 Flora, and Ceres, who had stuck to her all the way home. La Class 

 E, Trio came in just 8tn. before the. Stranger's arrival. 



Die times were as follows: 



CLASS B. 



Yacht. Owner. Actual. Corrected. 



Viola C.N. Wavland 5 08 00 5 16 M 



Wild Pigeon Vice C. Wheeler 5 10 43 5 06 43 



CLASS C. 



Wild Duck Fleet Capt. Lutz 5 02 58 



Wayward 0. Bi Warner 5 18 38 5 17 23 



Rival W. W. Converse 5 00 56 4 58 58 



Starlight M.White 5 23 35 5 20 45 



Mascott Weld & Jacobs 5 It) 14 5 15 10 



Happy Thought Geo. M, Graves 5 26 21 5 20 10 



Flora A.C.Perkins 5 05 04 4 54 11 



Marguerite Charles M. Peck , . .5 17 43 5 1 1 42 



Viking F. C. Swan ,. 5 13 18 5 05 28 



CLASS D. 



Endeavor H. D. Billard .5 20 31 



Ceres Parish A Ra wson 5 08 38 5 07 29 



Louise Thomas II. Hall 5 33 OH 5 30 35 



Vixen Allen Seaman 5 OJftjS 5 03 49 



Stranger J. N. Maeauley 5 03 31 4 58 13 



CLASS E. 



Trio W. L. Cheney 5 04 80 



HULL Y. C. PENNANT MATCH. 



THE first pennant match of the Hull Y. C. was sailed on Saturday, 

 June 21, Six classes entered, but only four started, as the wind 

 was light throughout. The courses were as follows: 



Second Class — Fr >m judges' line to black brush buoy No. 1, half a 

 mile south, leaving it on the starboard, to yellow barrel marked H. 

 Y. C. olT Pettick's Island, leaving it ou starboard; through Hull Gut 

 to buoy on Wilson's Rock, off Rainsford Island, leaving it on star- 

 board; thence, leaving Hunt's ledge and Point Allerton buoys on star- 

 board, to bell boat on Harding ledge, leaving same on port. Return- 

 ing, leaving Point Allerton and Hunt's ledge buoys on port, to judges' 

 boat, passiug between it and flag boat— a distance of eleven nautical 

 miles. 



Third Class— From judges' line to West Gut, leaving Pettick's Isl- 

 and on starboard ; thence, northeast by north three-quarters of a 

 mile to black buoy on Wilson's Rock, leaving it on the starboard ; 

 thence to striped buoy on Hunt's ledge, leaving it on starboard; 

 through Hull Gut to the judges' boat, passing between it and a red 

 flag— a distance of seven nautical miles. 



Fourth and fifth classes— From judges' line to steamboat barrel off 

 Seal Rocks, leaving it on starboard, to buoy off Prince's Head, leav- 

 ing it on port, to No. 1 brush buoy (one mile south of starting point), 

 leaving it on starboard, to yellow barrel buoy marked H. 1 . O. off 

 Strawberry Hill, leaving it on port, to steamboat barrel off Seal 

 Rock, leaving it on starboard, to barrel buoy off Pettick's (Clev- 

 erl'eyis), leaving it on starboard, to judges' bne— a distance of seven 

 miles, 



The race was started at 3 P. M,, at high water, with the following 

 boats: 



Second class, sloops, 25ft. and under 30— Transit, E. H, Ingalls; Ban- 

 neret, J. F. Brown. 



Third class, sloops, 21ft. and under 25— Seabird, Geo. S. Forbusb; 

 Kitty, E. H. Tarbel. 



Fourth class, cats, 20ft. and under 26— Joker, Geo, Coffin; Niohe, F. 

 L Dunn. 



Fifth class, cats 18ft. and under 20— Imogene, B. T. Wendell; 

 Myrtle. C. H. & R. O. Poor; Spray, H. M. Faxon; Mirage. L. M. Clark; 

 Wildfire, H. M. Keith; Kismutch; H. H. Curtis; Samaria, L. G. King. 

 The prizes in each class were champion pennants, to be retained by 

 the. winners. 



Transit was away, ahead of Banneret, who was in trouble with her 

 jib, but righting matters, started in chase, making a good race but in 

 second at the line, 



Seabird and Joker came in first in their respective classes, and Im- 

 ogene in the fifth class, with Spray second. The times were: 



SECOND CLASS. 



Length. Actual. Corrected. 



Transit, e. b., F, H. Ingalls 27.01 2 25 36 1 52 41J^ 



Banneret, c. b.. J. F. Brown 25.01 2 30 15 155 05 



THIRD CLASS. 



Seabird, c. b., George S. Forbush 23 01 1 23 18 59 18 



Kitty, k., E. H. Tarbel 23.09 127 00 103*1 



FOURTH CLASS. 



Joker, c. b., George Coffin 20.08 1 49 50 1 23 44 



Niobe, c. b., F. L. Dunn 20.06 157 15 130 52 



FIFTH CLASS. 



Imogene, c. b., B. T. Wendell 18.10 2 00 08 13159 



Myrtle, c. b.. C. H. & R. C. Poor 19.08 2 01 43 1 84 18 



Spray, c. b.. H. M. Faxon 18.10 2 06 28 1 3S 19 



Mirage, c. b., L. M. Clark 17.10 2 15 88 146 30 



Wildfire, c. b. , H. M. Keith 18 .01 Not taken. 



Kismutch, c. b.. H. H. Curtis 18 11 Not taken. 



Samaria, c. b., S. G. King 19.01 Not taken. 



In the evening Vice-Commodore Crane presented to the club a full- 

 rigged model of an English cutter yacht. The following races have 

 been arranged for the balance of tlie season: July 5, club cruise, gen- 

 eral orders yet to be announced ; July 12. forty-second regatta, begin- 

 ning at 3 P. M. ; July 19, ladies' day, particulars to be announced ; Aug. 

 2, first championship regatta, 3 P. M.; Aug. 16, open matches, partic- 

 ulars to be announced; Aug. 30, second championship regatta; Sept. 

 0, third championship race. In all the above regattas cash prizes are 

 to be aw T arded, as follows: 



First class sloops— First prize, $25; second prize, $15. Special class 

 schooners— First prize, $15; second prize, $10. Second class keels — 

 First prize, $20; second prize, $15. Second class centerboards — First 

 prize, $20; second prize, $15. Third class keels. Regular— First prize, 

 $15; second prize, $10. Corinthian— First prize, $2; second prize, $1. 

 Third class center boards. Regular— First prize, $15; second prize, 

 $10. Corinthian— First prize, $2; second prize, $1. Fourth class cat- 

 rigs. Regular— First prize, $15; second prize, $10; third prize, $5. 

 Corinthian— First prize, $2; second prize, $1. Fifth class catrigs. 

 Regular— First prize, $15; second prize, $10; third prize, $5. Corin- 

 thian — First prize, $2; second prize, $1. Sixth class catrigs. Regular 

 —First prize, $10; second prize, $5. Corinthian— First prize, $2; sec- 

 ond prize, $1. 



At least two yachts must sail in a class to insure one prize being 

 given, three to insure two prizes, and four yachts to insure three 

 prizes. 



The regatta committee of the club are: M. J. Kiley, chairman, J. 

 A. Osgood, W. K. Miller, H. N. Curtis, F. M. Griffin. E. A. Dow, P. M. 

 Bond. 



DORCHESTER Y. C.-80th MATCH. 



THE 80th match of the Dorchester Y. C, open, in the first class, 

 to yachts of any club, and aU other classes to yachts of clubs en- 

 rolled in the New England Y. R. A., was sailed off Nahant yesterday, 

 and was in every respect a complete success. Up to the time of clos- 

 ing the entries fbr the race about 50 boats had been enrolled, and of 

 these more than 40 put in an appearance and crossed the line in their 

 various classes. The first and second classes started in good order at 

 12:30, followed 10 minutes later by the third class, all the boats mak- 

 ing good time in crossing the line. The course for the first and sec- 

 ond classes was No. 3 from starting line, leaving Graves whistling buoy 

 on starboard, Davis' ledge buoy ou the port, Graves whistling buoy 

 on port, to starting line, 22 miles ; hmit of time six hours. The course 

 for. the third class was No. 6, from starting line, leaving Graves 

 whistling buoy on starboard, Winthrop bar buoy on starboard, to 

 starting line, 10 miles; limit of time 3)4 hours. 



The wind, which early in the day had been light from the south- 

 west, shifted at about noon to the eastward and blew T an excellent 

 breeze, which continued throughout the day, giving the yachtsmen 

 a rare opportunity to show their crafts- to the best advantage. The 

 prizes awarded were as follows: First class— First, prize, $ti0. Second 

 class— First prize, $30; second, $.10; third, $15; fourth. $10, Third 

 class-First prize, $20; second, $15; third, 10; fourth, $5. In the 

 second and third classes, the prizes were awarded to the first two 

 keel and first two centerboard yachts of each class. The captain of 

 the Una entered a protest, against the David Crockett for shifting 

 ballast, and, although this does not affect her as regards yesterday's 

 race, as she was among the last boats to come in, it will, if proved 

 against her, debar her from racing in any regatta of any club belong- 

 ing to the New England Yacht Racing Association, under whose rules 

 the regatta was being sailed. The Kcho carried away her topsail, and 

 thus greatly impeded her progress, and perhaps lost lier a prize, as 

 she was well to the lead of many of the boats at the time of the 

 accident; and the Bannerett disabled her topmast early in the race. 

 The new steam tug, Wesley A. Gove, Capt. W. H, Jenkins, was used 

 as a, judge's boat, and every courtesy was extended the members of 

 the press to witness the regatta, Capt. Jenkins ordered the boat run 

 over the course, while dinner was being served. Capt. C. H. Whiting 

 of the Dorchester Y. C. piloted the craft throughout the day. The 

 judges were 0. H. Whiting, chairman; L. M. Clark, Erastus Willard, 

 S. G. King, H. B. Calleuder, 



The prize winners were as follows: In the first class the Huron, In 

 the second class the Shadow, Nimbus, Lapwing andPercey H., in the 



order named, and in the third class the Kitty, Transit, 

 Black Cloud, respectively. Below is the summary: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Length. Acuta I. 



Huron, William Gray, Jr 53 ,113 4 05 48 



Mag-ie, G II, Warren 46.01 4 81 01 



Adrienne, Jacob pfuti 55 oo 4 18 58 



Elesper, Wi H. Forbes 47. oi. 4 24 25 



Nirvana. S. P Freeman 42.09 4 30 39 



SECOND CLASS. 



S hado w. Dr. John Bryant 3 4 . 06 4 30 28 



Nimbus, B. Jennev, Jr 33.11 4 35 42 



Lapwing. J Malcom Forbes 37.0,2 4 38 34 



Magic, E. C. Neal 31 .02 4 45 27 



Percy II.. U. Hall 33.00 4 59 40 



Lillie, J. P. Gale 30.QS 4 54 57 



JEglP, N. MeCormielf 35.02 4 59 40 



THIRD CLASS. 



Kitty, Tarbell & Adams ..S3. 04 2 09 50 



Transit. E. H. Ingalls.. ., ....80.08 2 08 40 



Niobe, F. L. Dunne 21 . 00 2 25 38 



Black Cloud, E. C. Cunningham 22.11 2 26 29 



Greta, J. W. & W. S. Hill 23.01 2 29 40 



Saracen. W. P. & J. R. Fowlft 23 00 2 30 38 



I azzie Warner, E, Lulled 25 . 01 2 28 30 



Una, John Marno 30.01 3 34 06 



Banneret. J. F, Brown 24 07 2 29 45 



Gem, W. IT. Hammond and others 26.01 2 27 22 



David Crockett, H. Putnam 21 .04 2 34 04 



Pet, J. MeFarlane. 21 .00 2 37 46 



Echo, Putnam & Hudson 25.04 3 SO 30 



Buxton Ht'mlil, 



Corrected . 

 3 39 20 

 3 43 46 



3 ,ii; 58 

 3 48 88 

 8 19 42 



H 38 18 



3 42 37 



S 47 12 



4 02 18 



i 00 05 

 4 08 34 



2 03 05 

 2 05 34 



2 15 53 

 2 17 58 

 2 22 37 

 2 08 U9 

 2 23 46 

 2 24 21 

 2 2-1 2V 

 2 24 41 

 2 21 40 

 2 20 01 

 2 26 08 

 June 18. 



"THE AMERICAN YACHT LIST." 



THE growth of yachting in America is well shown by the increased 

 size of its index, Olsen's American Yacht List, a copy of which 

 for 1884 has just come to us. The book is now an established institu 

 tiou among yachtsmen, and has a place in every club room and cabin 

 in the country- The main portion of the book, the list of yachts, is 

 larger and more complete than ever before, although some errors 

 are still present, due to the carelessness of yachtsmen who neglect to 

 send corrections and notices of alterations in their craft. 



The labor of compiling a correct list is immense, and accuracy cau 

 only be obtained by the co-operation of yachtsmen. A printed blank 

 is inserted in each copy, and if every yachtsman who finds an error 

 in the dimensions of his boat will only fill out the blank and mail it. 

 such errors will soon disappear, Besides the tables of signals and 

 list of yachts there are many useful details— calendars, tide tables, 

 code list of the U. 8. Navy, lists of coast survey, lighthouse and rev- 

 enue vessels, the old and new deeds of gift of the America Cup, the 

 International Code, day and night signals, lists of secretaries, times 

 of meetings, dues, etc., of the various clubs, a, list of owners, and a list 

 of American yacht clubs, with the fixtures for the year. The list of 

 yachts contains nearly 1,600 names, while sixty clubs are given 

 Copies of the book can be had of Forest and Stream, the price 

 being $3. 



SIGNALS OF RACING YACHTS.— Edrtor Forest and Stream! 

 I have witnessed the New York Y. O. regatta for several years, and 

 find strangers unable to make out the. different yachts by their flags 

 at the peak. They are not large enough, and when the wind is light 

 hang lazily down the leach, the most powerful glasses failing to make 

 them our.' As many members of yacht clubs in different parts of too 

 eonntry annually come to witness these races, would it not be well to 

 introduce a more distinct mark either of number or flag? The races 

 of last week in New Y'ork have demonstrated that the American type 

 of boat revolutionized, is the boat for our waters, and while w r e 

 acknowledge the splendid sailing of the cutter Ileen in a "nose 

 ender" covering less than one-fifth of the course, yet it will not do as 

 a favorable result of the five-fifths. Still, the agitation of the subject 

 in Forest and Stream has had a good effect. Our sloops have been 

 improved in rig and ballast, and builders taking the hint have cur- 

 tailed in width and have gone deeper. The medium boat will be the 

 boat for-all-arotind sailing and for our waters. Forest and Stream 

 can take the credit for all this; we preach up extremes, and fetfl satis- 

 fled to have the "lay backs" come half way. Even "Delaware River 

 Cninamen" have learned the value of the instructions laid down in 

 your paper, and next year a class of honest seaworthy boats will 

 make their appearance on our waters. "Planks on edge" and "dish" 

 boats will gradually disappear; they will have to make room for the 

 coming boat.— R. G. W. fOur correspondent is right in regard to the 

 signals usually displayed, as they are practically useless. The 

 yachts of the Atlantic Y. C. this season in their races carried num- 

 bers in the throat of their mainsails of such a size a-s to be visible at 

 a long distance, enabling the spectators to distinguish the yachts 

 throughout the race. We noticed in the New Jersey Y. 0. races that 

 some of the boats displayed their numbers, which, were too small m 

 any case to be of use, under their flags at the peak, where they could 

 not be read even when near by. We do not agree with our corre- 

 spondent in his conclusions from the late races, and while we are 

 with him in the fight for honest boats, we see no reason yet to be- 

 lieve that the mean has been found in the late compromise type. J 



AFTER THE CUTTER MADGE.— There is a growing impression 

 that if the English built cutters which have been thought to be invin- 

 cible can be beaten by American bottoms, the craft to beat her must 

 be seut to New York from Boston, and appearances indicate that an 

 effort in that direction will be made this season. Dr. John Bryant's 

 Shadow, and Mr. Charles G. Weld's sloop Hera, and American cutter 

 King Philip will probably be the vessels from which a choice will be 

 made. Orders have already been given to put the Hera in perfect 

 racing trim, and no expense will be spared to make her as fast as 

 possible. Arthur Dean, one of the best sailing masters of pleasure 

 craft, in Eastern waters, is to command the Hera, which will have a. 

 picked crew. The King Philip will be in readiness for racing very 

 shortly. She will be sailed by Capt Rickerson, another good skipper, 

 and will also have a picked crew of eight men. It is not improbable 

 that the King Philip, Shadow and Hera will be prepared for n friendly 

 trial, and will sail a series of races in order that their relative qualities 

 may be properly tested. The winner in the races will be the chosen 

 boat to sail agamst the Madge. The three pleasure and racing ships 

 will start in the Eastern Yacht Club regatta next Friday.— Boston 

 Herald. 



YACHT RACING IN FRANCE.— A series of matches, open to ' 

 yachts of aU nations, will be sailed off Havre on July 12, under the 

 auspices of the Societfi des Regales du Havre. The first match will 

 be started at 10 A. M., over a course of 30 miles, and will be open to 

 three classes, the first, 70 tons and over, Havre measurement. First 

 prize, 1,500 francs and a telescope offered by the Admiralty; second 



and a medal, 300 francs and a medal. The "prize of honor," a work 

 of art, presented by the Yacht Club of France, will be competed for 

 by the three winning yachts, while a special prize, also a work of art, 

 is' offered by the President of the Republic for French yachts. After 

 the above, a race for French pilot boats will be started, and at 10:30 

 the small-decked and open yachts from 5 to 15 tons, will start over a 

 20 mile course for three prizes of 500, 200 and 100 francs. The entrance 

 fees are 50 francs for yachts not belonging to the society, and 25 

 francs for members' yachts. Sailing and rowing races will also take 

 place on the 11th, 12th and 13th, and the Regatta Ball will be held on 

 the 12th. 



GREENWICH HARBOR.-We have received from Mr. H. F. Wins- 

 low a chart and sailing directions for entering this harbor. The fol- 

 lowing marks and lights are now in position and will remain until 

 Sept. 15: A spindle on Old Ledge Rock, wdth a red light at night. A 

 spindle on Jones's Stones, on the west side of the channel and N.W. of 

 Great Captain's Island, with red light at uight. A green light on S.W. 

 corner of Indiad Harbor Hotel. Entering the harbor from the east 

 when the spindle on Old Ledge bears W. by N. run for it until Great 

 Captain's Island Lighthouse bears W.S.W., then sheer N.W.. and 

 when the green light; on the hotel bears N.E. % N., anchor, Entering 

 the harbor from the west, leave the light on Jones's Stones close on the 

 port hand and steer N.E. % N. until within 14 mile of the green light on 

 the hotel, and then anchor. The anchorage is good in any part of the 

 harbor, the bottom being sticky and the holding-ground good. There 

 is a small ledge with 4ft. of water on it, bearing about W . 16 S.,% of a 

 mile from the west end of Great Captain's Island, on the port hand in 

 entering. Yachts can obtain water and provisions at the hotel. 



YACHTING IN SAN FRANCISCO.-Eight yachts started for a cruise 

 to Antioch on Decoration Day, six of them reaching there in the 

 afternoon, beating down on Saturday, Whitewing being first with 

 Eva, Emerald, Fro he, and Ripple following, Fleur de Lis being hung 

 up on a sandbank for some time. On the following day all started at 

 9:05 A. M. for a race home, Aggie coming in first at 1:88, Chispa sec- 

 ond, 1:26 and Fleur de Lis at 1:41. On June 7 a reception was given 

 by the San Francisco Y. C. at. their club house. The Aggie, Annie, 

 Nellie, Frolic. Lurline, Emerald, Rambler, Lolita, Dawn, Chispa were 

 at anchor at Saucelito, all decked with flags. The afternoon was 

 spent by the yachtsmen in visiting among the yachts, a lunch under 

 an awning by the club house forming part of the programme. Ar- 

 rangements are on foot for a regatta on July 4. 



