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he course to be sailed over twice. With the wind from W. N. W., 

 where it held all day, blowing pretty steadily, with less than club top- 

 sail force, the first leg allowed a spinnaker to port, the second hrought 

 the blocks together for a reach on starboard tack, and the third was 

 to -windward. Marble-head Harbor was crowded with yachts of all 

 kinds in the early morning, but, hy 10 o'clock nearly all were under 

 way, Puritan towering among them in all the glory of new white 

 paint, bright spars and new canvas. The tug Elsie 'carried the re- 

 gatta committee, Messrs; Daniel Appleton, H. B. Jackson, Frank E. 

 Peabody, E. B. Haven, and George Goddard: the steamer Twilight 

 came from Boston, stopping at Salem, and was well loaded with 

 members and guests, a photographer occupied a, tug, from which he 

 was shootiug at the yachts. The curious dome steamer. Meteor, built 

 to confound the present practice of naval architects and marine 

 engineers, which end she has not yet attained, was also present, being 

 now fitted with new engines and double stacks, and in use as a tug 

 boat. Sailing yachts of all kinds were grouped about the start, from 

 the huge and heavy Actea to the spry little Witch, flying around 

 everywhere with topmast struck and staysail stowed, one of her crew 

 of three being a four year old tar in a red cap. 



The race was open to the schooners of 50ft. or over, and sloops of 

 40ft. or over, belonging to any yacht club, and the following were 

 entered : 



FIRST CLASS SCHOONERS, 75FT. W.L. OH OVBK. 



Waterline Corrected Allow- 



length. length. ance. 



Mohican,H.D, Burnham 107.0 104.1 



America, B, F. Butler 06.0 96.0 



Fortona, H. S. Hovey 95.0 94.5 



Gitana, W. F. Weld 93 94.7 



Phantom, E. V. B. Thayer 86 . 1 b7. 



SECOND CLASS SCHOONERS, 50FT. AND OVER. 



Rebecca, G. P. Upharu, Jr 73.3 75.0 



Meta, A. A. Lawrence 62.2 (it, 2 



Adrieime, J. Pfaff 62.0 65.72 



Fearless, Phillips Bros 54 3 58.4 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS, CUTTERS AND YAWLS. 



Puritan, Edward Burgess, agt 80.0 88 3 



Been, Arthur Padoltord ....." 65 5 66 1 



Thetis, Henry Bryant 64.0 66.7 



Huron, Wm. Gray, Jr 63,0 66.2 



The prizes were $200 and $100 for first class schooners, $125 and $75 

 for second class schooners and $150 and $75 for sloops. Besides the 

 above, two yachts. Winsome and Imperia, were entered in the second 

 class, but as the former did not appear, Imperia did not- start. 



The first- whistle blew at 11 :45, and at 11 :50 the start for the first 

 class was sounded, Fortuna getting away at 11:52:50, Gitana 11:53:00. 

 America 11:53:24, Mohican 11:54:31, and Phantom 11:55:00. All were 

 on the port tack with light sails set At 11:55 the whistles sounded 

 for the sloops. Huron was first off, with balloon jibtopsail set, then 

 Puritan went over, sending up a jibtopsail in addition to her clubtop- 

 sail, Thetis was third and Been last, carrying only a thimbleheader. 

 At noon the smaller schooners were sent away, Adrienne at 12:02:15, 

 Meta at 12:03:01, Rebecca 12:03:30, and Fearless 12:08:C0, The latter 

 came down to the line close to the others, showing an immense main- 

 topmaststaysaii, set from foremast head to topmast head : hut just 

 before crossing, the beel of her mainmast gave way. and the mast- 

 nearly went by the board. Luffing quickly, the big kite that had 

 caused the trouble was taken in, two men 'clapped a lashing on the 

 heel, and she went off , badly handicapped, on a stern eha B e-. for 

 which she was finally well repaid by first prize. The times of the 

 sloops were not correctly taken by the judges, and all were counted 

 from gunfire, 11:55, 



Boston has not yet progressed to the point of numbering the 

 sails, so it was hard for a time to make . out the fleet ahead as the 

 steamer chased them : but as she overran they were spread out to 

 windward of her off Halfway Rock, Fortuna, Gitana, America, Mo- 

 hican and Phantom in a string ahead. Puritan was ahead of her 

 class, Huron, with a big spinnaker, slowly dropping astern and over- 

 hauled by Been, with Thetis last. Soon the big white sloop drew well 

 away from the pack and in among the two-stickers, while Thetis 

 took next place to Huron, holding it a short time and then going 

 finely through the latter's weather, followed closely by Ileen until 

 Huron was left well astern. Here Adrienne was ahead "of her class, 

 with Meta near her weather quarter and Rebecca close to her, Fear- 

 less being still far astern. Near the end of the run the order was: 

 Fortuna, Gitana, Puritan, America, Phantom, Mohican, Thetis. 

 Ileen, Huron, Adrienne, Meta, Rebecca, Fearless, all strung out over 

 a couple of miles. Shortly after Ghana pushed up to first and Phan- 

 tom led America, while Ileen and Thetis were both close aboard toe 

 latter. The boats were timed at the first turn: Gitana, 12:36:45: For- 

 tuna, 12:38:20; Puritan, 12:30:25: Phantom, 12:41:40; Ileen, 12:41:0*; 

 Thetis, 12:44:30; America, 12:44:40; Moniean. 12:44:50; Huron, 12:17:05; 

 Adrienne, 12:48:20; Rebecca. Meta and Fearless not rimed. 



Booms came in and all laid for the second mark, Gitana with large 

 jibtopsail, Fortuna with club and jibtopsail, and Puritan with balloon 

 jibtopsail, and clabtopsa.il set over her thimbleheader. While, the 

 latter was overhauling the two schooners there was a very pretty tangle 

 at the mark where Been rounded with Thetis's bowsprit almost in 

 her mainsail, while America was in the same position in relation to 

 Thetis, with Mohican under her stern. For a moment a general 

 smash seemed inevitable, imt- with a bold luff the skipper of Ileen 

 took his boat clear of the other, and also out to windward and ahead. 

 Thetis and America cleared and followed, and no protests were 

 made. 



At 12:44 Gitana dropped her balloon jib and set a maiutopniast 

 staysail, and a minute later Puritan also lowered her balloon jib. 

 Now began a pretty bit of play between the two leaders, Fortuna 

 making a dash for Gitana's weather beam, which the other luffed 

 out to meet, and for a quarter of an hour a very pretty duel lasted, 

 being finally ended hy Fortuna going to wi :dward of Gitana. Mean- 

 while both had been working to windward of the course, while Puri- 

 tan, tending strictly to business, had kept her course and was now, 

 by the mark, the second boat, luffing under Gitana's lee and taking a 

 good second place. Astern was Phantom, fourth boat, then Thetis, 

 with Ileen on her lee, next Mohican, Huron and America. The order 

 at second mark was: Fortuna 1 :00:50, Puritan 1 :01 :05. Gitana 1:01:10. 

 Phantom 1:05:10, Ileen. 1:10:25. Thetis 1:11:20, Mohican 1:11:40, Amer- 

 ica 1:12:07, Huron 1:12:45. The order of the others was: Meta, Re- 

 becca, Adrienne, Fearless, Here at the end of 10 miles Puritan had 

 overcome her class handicap of 5 minutes and was even with the two 

 larger boats. 



Off to windward she went on port tack, carrying club and jibtop- 

 Bails, and soon had both the others under her lee, beating them worse 

 than she had yet done. Every tack she left them, pointing well up 

 and keeping her speed, until she rounded at 8:44:10, nearly 3 minutes 

 ahead ot Fortuna in a beat of 5 miles. All were scattered on this 

 leg, the two Boston sloops holding to the north on port tack, while 

 Ileen broke tacks and lay over to the south, coming up to the 

 mark across the bows of the other two and near to Phantom, 

 rounding with the latter. The times were: Puritan 1:44:10, Fortuna 

 1:51:49, Gitana 1:55, Phantom 1:58. Ileen 1:58:56. Thetis 2:01:45. Huron 

 2:04:03, Mohican 2:07:25, America 2:09:02. Adrienne 2:09:42, Meta 

 2:13:18. Rebecca 2:13:40, Fearless not timed. The sight at the time 

 was a beautiful one; the rugged shores of Marblehead, with hand- 

 some, villas scattered along; the fleet of vessels of all sizes \vaiting at 

 the turn, and the competing yachts as they came up one by one until 

 thirteen had passed. 



The race by this time had degenerated into a mere procession, and 

 barring accidents the order promised to change little in the second 

 round. The wind was very light as the yachts ran out to the first 

 mark, turning as follows: 'Puritan 2:24:00, Fortuna 2:32:20, Gitana 

 2:35:40, Ileen 2:41:30, Thetis 2:42:25, Phantom 2:42:30, no others being 

 timed. The same order held out to second mark, there being little to 

 note in the light wind. Once around, Puritan still led the way to 

 windward, the others keeping nearly the same order. The wind was 

 light and the finish washy no means exciting. At 3:20:15 Puritan 

 crossed the line an easy winner, her elapsed time for the 30 miles be- 

 ing 3:35:15. The full times are as follows: 



Start. 1st Round. Finish. 

 Puritan .... 11 55 00 1 44 10 3 20 15 



Fortuna, 11 52 50 



Gitana 11 53 00 



Phantom..., 11 56 00 



Ileen 11 55 00 



Thetis 11 55 00 



Huron 11 55 00 



Mohican 11 54 21 



Adrienne... .12 02 15 



Rebecca 12 03 30 



Meta 12 03 01 



Fearless ... 12 05 00 

 America ....11 53 24 



Fortuna and Gitana win first and second prizes in their classes, 

 Fearless and Adrienne in the small schooner class, and Puritan and 

 Ileen in the sloop class. 



It is difficult, from a comparison of Puritan's time with the others, 

 to form an idea of her probable performance alongside of the old 

 cracks in her class, Bedouin, Mischief and Gracie. Except Fortuna 

 none of the boats entered have of late years made a first-class record 

 as racers, and little can be learned from her defeat, of Been, Thetis 

 and Huron. Last year on the same water, but over a 20-mile course, 

 Bedouin, 10ft. shorter, beat Fortuna by 15min. 18sec; Adrienne 36:54, 

 Rebecca 1:02:07, Ileen 31:18, the weather being very light; while 

 Puritan, over a course 1}4 times as long, beats Fortuna 13:06, Adrienne 

 44:07, Rebecca 45 ;58, and Ileen 28:46, In both races the water was 



Elapsed. Corrected. 

 8 25 15 3 25 15 



1 51 39 



3 31 11 



3 38 21 



3 35 01 



1 55 00 



3 39 43 



3 46 34 



3 48 25 



1 58 00 



3 47 45 



3 52 45 



S 46 19 



1 58 56 



3 49 01 



8 54 01 



3 40 42 



2 01 45 



3 52 57 



3 57 57 



3 45 30 



2 04 03 



3 65 48 



4 00 48 



3 47 55 



2 07 25 



4 01 58 



4 07 37 



4 07 37 



2 09 42 



4 11 37 



4 09 22 



4 03 49 



2 13 40 



4 14 43 



4 11 13 



4 11 13 



2 13 17 



4 15 47 



4 12 48 



4 06 12 





4 18 17 



4 13 17 



4 02 15 



2 02 02 



4 13 42 



4 20 08 



4 17 22 



smooth and wind light, in 1884 there being almost a calm on the wind- 

 ward leg from Egg Rock to Halfway Rock. In a week or two we may 

 expect to see the white yacht among a fleet of black ones of her own 

 caliber in New York waters, and to know more about her. Certainly 

 she is a very fast boat in smooth water, as well as a very handsome 

 and shapely craft, but she will have to meet other fast' boats here 

 and it will be a matter of minutes and seconds which wins. What- 

 ever the results of the trial and Cup races may be. Puritan will remain 

 a credit to the spirit which has built her to defend the Cup, as well 

 as to the skill of those who have designed and constructed her. 



The race of last week may be taken as evidence, that in ordinary 

 weather both Fortuna and Gitana are too much for the. big Mohican. 

 America evidently was not in proper raciug shape or she would have 

 been better placed, but. after all that has been said about ber in con- 

 nection with this season's racing, with no lack of money, and in the 

 hands of an experienced captain who has commanded her for years, 

 there is no excuse for her bad performance last week. Fearless, we 

 believe, has been out of racing for several seasons, and on her return 

 she is to be complimented on the plucky race she made when most 

 would have given up. Though Thetis has lost the club off her jib 

 she traveled no better than in New York, and was by no means 

 equal to Ileen on tne wind. The narrow cutter was in for the first 

 time this season, and in new hands bids fair to redeem her repu- 

 tation and take a place, among the first half dozen of our fast 

 single-stickers. Huron also makes a new start this year, having 

 been entirely rebuilt last -winter, but on Tuesday she made but 

 a poor shewing over all the course, though it is too soon vet 

 to judge fully of the result of the alterations in her. In an- 

 other month both she and Thetis will meet the New York boats 

 at Newport, and nave an opportuti iti to measure their powers with 

 the best of the fleet. Thus far neither of these two compromises, 

 the one a centerboard and the other a keel, have proved equal either 

 to the old type centerboards or the narrow^ cutters, and while they 

 are easy and roomy cruising boats, tbey have no" shown the speed 

 expected from them. Both were designed and are sailed by their 

 owners, active and progressive yachtsmen, whose efforts deserve a 

 better reward than has yet attended their attempts to combine the 

 differing attributes of sloop and cutter into one harmonious whole. 



After the races the fleet anchored over night, in Marblehead Har- 

 bor. Puritan. Thetis, America and Huron leaving in the morning for 

 Boston, while Ileen sailed later for New York, The regatta had been 

 in eyery way a success, and even those who were defeated forgot 

 their own loss in rejoicing over the display that Puritan had made. 

 Boston was delighted, and all are looking forward confidently to the 

 trial races at New York. 



COLUMBIA Y. C. REGATTA. 



ON June 80 the Columbia Y. O, of New York sailed their 18'h an- 

 nual regatta, the course, being from their club house, foot of 

 86th street, to a stakeboat anchored off 125th street, thence over 

 to another off Bulls' Head Ferry, across to the club house on a 

 direct line, back to Bulls' Head Ferry, to and around a stakeboat at 

 67th street, and thence home to the starting line, and over the same 

 again; distance 14 miles. The smaller boats sailed but once around. 

 The wind was fresh from N.W. with a flood tide when the. start was 

 made at 11:31. Seventeen boats started as follows, the open boats 

 being held for 5min. after the cabin boats: 



Julian 11 31 14 Ruth II 38 14 



Flirt - 11 88 09 Eldiva, 11 38 24 



Clarita.. ... 1136 23 MtnmeKine 1188 32 



Mystic 11 36 55 Spray U 38 35 



Henry Gray 11 37 12 Gypsy 11 39 04 



Anna Belle 11 37 19 Henry Fisher 11 39 16 



Yolande 11 37 36 Martha M 11 40 13 



Laura 11 38 49 Hallie 11 12 02 



Daisy \V 11 37 52 



The first round was completed as follows: 



HenryGray 12 45 25 Yolande 100 04 



Julian 12 46 28 Daisy 1 01 02 



Clarita 12 50 34 Ruth..... 1 02 (6 



Martha M 12 5136 Eldiva ....103 56 



Mystic 12 54 50 Anna Bell 1 04 17 



The times of the race were: 



CLASS A— CABIN YACHTS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Clarita 1136 23 2 34 48 2 58 25 2 f 8 25 



Ruth 1138 14 3 06 28 3 28 14 3 25 14 



Eldiva 1138 24 3 20 07 3 4148 3 32 48 



CLASS B— CABIN YACHTS. 



Julian ..113114 2 35 42 3 04 28 3 04 23 



Flirt 11 33 09 Did notfinisb. 



CLASS C— OPEN YACHTS. 



Henry Gray 1 1 37 13 2 07 00 2 29 48 2 29 48 



Martha M 1140 13 2 16 84 2 36 30 2 34 21 



Mvstic 1 1 30 55 2 37 35 3 00 40 2 54 28 



Yolande 1137 36 2 50 14 3 12 38 3 03 38 



Daisy 1137 52 2 52 45 3 14 53 3 08 53 



CLASS D— OPEN YACHTS, 



Henry Fisher 11 39 16 3 50 80 4 11 14 I 10 29 



Anna Belle 11 37 19 Did not finish. 



Minnie Kine 11 38 32 Did not finish . 



Laura 11 37 04 Did not finish. 



CLASS E— OPEN YACHTS. 



Gypsy 1139 04 118 41 139 37 1 30 29U 



Spray 11 38 35 1 26 22 1 47 47 1 47 47 



Hallie 11 52 02 Did not finish. 



The winners are Clarita, Juhan, Henry Gray, Henry Fisher and 

 Gypsy. The pennant for best elapsed time was won by Clarita. The 

 time allowance was IJ^rn. per foot. The judges were: Capt. R. O. 

 Coffin. Commodore A.J. Pyne and A. Lichtenstein. The Regatta 

 Committee were: W. J. Greacen, Charles Dietz, George W. Pinch- 

 beck and A, Herbert- Varley. 



AMERICAN Y. C. REGATTA AND CRUISE. 



THE American Y. C. will start on their second annual cruise on 

 July 16, all the yachts assembling at Larchmont on July 15, and 

 starting on a race the next day, the course being from off Larchmont. 

 around the hght house off Stratford, to abreast the Pequot House 

 Pier. New London. The fallowing is the classification: 



First class. All exceeding 150£t. on waterline. 



Second class. All between 85ft. and 150ft. length on waterline. 



Third class. All 85ft. or under length on waterline. 



Only yachts fitted with boilers, allowed by Government Inspection 

 to carry a working pressure not to exceed one hundred and twenty- 

 five pounds per square inch, will be eligible for competition in the 

 three above classes. 



Fourth class. All yachts fitted with boilers allowed by Government 

 Inspection to carry a working pressure exceeding one hundred and 

 twenty-five pounds per square inch. 



Two or more yachts starting in a class will be necessary to make 

 a race. Should' there not be a sufficient number of entries in any one 

 class to make a race, the Committee reserves the right to unite any 

 two classes. 



The time allowance for the first, second and third classes, is that 

 proposed and submitted to the club by Cbos. E. Emery. Ph. D., based 

 on the rule that the speed of a yacht in knots per hour should equal 

 two aud seven-tenths times the cube root of the length of the yacht, 

 in feet, on the waterline. 



The fourth class wdll be decided by the rule for time allowance, 

 submitted by Chief Engineer B. F. Isherwood, U. S. N. "The speeds 

 in knots per hour divided by the cube root of the length (on the 

 waterline) of the yachts respectively, the quotients will represent 

 relatively the merits of the different yachts." 



A fifth prize is offered for competition to all yachts irrespective of 

 size— fitted with tubular boilers— under a time allowance tabulated 

 and arranged according to speeds actually attained by steam yachts 

 50ffc. and upwards in length on waterline, and is suggested by Mr. F. 

 S. Kinney, of this city. 



A sixth prize is offered to all yachts, irrespective of size or type of 

 boiler, under the Lundborg formula for time allowance. Owners of 

 yachts to compete under this formula will furnish the chairman of 

 the regatta committee, on or before Monday, the 18th of July next, 

 at 1 P. M., with the name of yacht, number with diameter and stroke 

 of steam cylinders, point of cutting off, mean pressure (by card if 

 possible) in each cylinder when developing greatest power, (if mean 

 pressure in cylinders cannot be given by card, state, highest boiler 

 pressure, number of revolutions and length of cut-off). Mean pitch 

 of propeller wheel, length of vessel on waterline, greatest beam on 

 waterline, and mean draft in racing trim. 



A seventh prize will be awarded to the yacht, making the shortest 

 time over the course, without reference to allowance of time. 



Two cups will be given to the winning steam yachts or launches of 

 50ft. length on waterline or less, in the run from New London to 

 Shelter; Island, to take place on Friday, 17th of July, open to all 

 yachts or launches not exceeding the length named; one cup to win- 

 ning yacht or launch with tubular boiler aud one to winning yacht or 

 launch with other type of boiler. 



On the 17th there will also be a rowiug regatta for boats of the 

 yachts of the club, 



All owners of steam yachts are invited to enter and compete for 

 the prizes. 



Owners of yachts desiring to enter for competition iu the above 

 races, are required to notify the chairman of the regatta committee 

 (Geo. W. Hall, 115 Broadway) on or before Monday, the 13th July 



next, at 1 P. M., at which time the entries will close, with the. name 

 ot yacht, length on waterline, type of boiler, pressure allowed by 

 certificate, and also with a copy of private signal, provided it is 'not 

 already furnished. A steamer will be provided for the accommoda 

 tion of members and guests. 



The regatta, committee are Messrs. George W. Hall, Thomas Man- 

 ning, Richard G. Murphy, Charles H. T. Collis and J. P. Loekwood. 



JERSEY CITY Y. C. ANNUAL REGATTA. 



T^HE Jersey City Y. C. sailed their twenty-seventh annual regatta 

 J- on June 2o, over a course from Bedloe's Island down the bay 

 and return. The fleet was divided into six classes: Class A. sehoon- 

 ln S ' « )f 1 t -a il ' i r 1 ver i? filing length. Class B, cabin sloops between 

 30 and 40ft. Class C. cabin sloops between 20 and 30ft. Class D, open 

 sloops between 20 and 35 ft. Class E, catboats between 80 and 80ft. 

 Class F, catboats between 15 and 20ft. The courses for the various 

 classes were as follows: Classes A, B and C, from off Bedloe's Island 

 down to and around Buoy No. syg. on Southwest, Spit, and return 

 Class D, down to buoy No. 14 and return, and classes E and F, to 

 Robbms' Reef, turning buoy No. 17 on the port hand and back be- 

 tween Ellis and Bedloe's Island, turning the stakeboat on the port 

 hand— the course to be sailed twice. A prize was also offered for 

 canoes, but as none were present the race for the class was postponed 

 Eleven boats started at 11 A. M. with an ebb tide and light southerly 

 wind, light sails being set on all the larger boats. The wind fell by 

 noon to a calm, and left all drifting down. The yachts beat slowly 

 out, Elsie May leading, turning buoy S}4 at 2:00:21, with Myra at 

 2:13:30 and Wabasso at 2:13:45, no others being timed. The wind was 

 light on the run home, but the tide was running up and helped the 

 yachts on. In class D the A. Forsyth sailed over, turning buoy 14 at 

 12:55.31. In the smaller classes the Bessie led over the course. The 

 full times were: 



CLASS A. 



Start. Finish. Actual. Corrected 



Beatrice 1100 25 6 50 00 7 49 35 7 49 35 



CLASS B. 



Myra 110120 5 42 45 6 4125 6 4125 



Modesty 10 59 00 6 20 30 7 2130 7 19 15 



ElsieMay.. 10 59 30 5 09 55 6 10 25 6 03 51 



CLASS C. 



hadee 10 59 05 6 34 TO 7 34 55 7 84 6* 



Wabasso.. 10 58 45 5 25 45 6 26 00 6 25 15 



Eleanor 11 00 00 Not timed. 



CLASS D. 



Alex. Forsyth. 10 58 30 3 15 00 4 1 6 30 4 10 80 



CLASS E. 



Bessie 1105 15 132 00 2 26-15 2 26 45 



Jessie G 1108 35 152 30 2 48 55 2 4111 



CLASS F. 



Annie Forsyth 10 59 45 2 09 00 3 09 15 3 09 15 



Beatrice, Elsie May, Wabasso, Alex. Forsyth. Bessie, and Annie £or- 

 syth win in their classes. A protest was entered by Jessie G. against 

 Bessie for fouling a mark, but was not decided. The judges were J. 

 A. Hilton, A. P. Ball and J. T. Roberts. 



LARCHMONT Y. C. ANNUAL REGATTA, JULY 4. 



OF late years the regatta of the Larchmont Y. C. on the Fourth of 

 July has come to be as much a fixture in the yachtsman's 

 calendar as regatta week in June or Newport week in August, and 

 each year the turnout is more brilliant and the entries fuller in all 

 classes. This year the presence of the Seawanhaka fleet added still 

 further to the eutries as well as to the display. A number of yachts 

 came in on Friday night, and others towed up on Saturday morning. 

 Foremost among the craft at anchor was the. new iron sloop Priscilla, 

 just off the dry dock, fairly dwarfing by her proportions Mischief, 

 anchored alongside. Columbia was' at anchor gaily decked, and 

 Madeline sailed over with the tteeN Bedouin being under way also. Of 

 steamers there were a number present— Aida, Lurline, Orients-, 

 Vedette, Midget, Eadha, Edith, Mab, Sinbad, Ollie, Venture, Ad'e- 

 lante and Viola, with a sprinkling of shellboats, catamarans and other 

 craft. 



The entries were divided into 9 classes, as follows: A, schooners of 

 75ft. sailing length (waterline plus %A overhang); I., Sloops, cullers 

 and yawls of 42 and under 55ft.; II., ditto. 80 and under 12ft.; HI., 

 ditto, 25 and under 30ft. ; IV.. ditto, under 25ft.; V.. jib and mainsail 

 open boats, 23ft. and over, VI., do. under 23ft. ; VII., catboats of 23ft. or 

 over; VIII., ditto, under 23ft, Classes A, I. and II. sailed over a 22-mile 

 course, from the club house around a red buoy off Execution Lighl, 

 thence around a buoy off Matinicock Point, thence around a boat off 

 Captain's Island and home past the red buoy off Execution. The 

 smaller boats sailed over the same course, except that on turning 

 Matinicock buoy they made for a buoy off Constable's Point, and 

 thence home by way of Execution, a distance of 17 miles. 



The prizes were $100 each for classes A and B, $75 for classes C, I. 

 and II., $60 for Class HI., $50 for classes IV. aud V., and $35 for each 

 of the others. In Class C the Connor Cup was offered, but no one 

 started, Ileen not arriving in time from Boston. In classes I. and It. 

 the Gould Cup was offered for club yachts only, and in classes C, I. 

 aud II., Mr. W. W. Russell offered a prize for best elapsed time. The 

 limit of time was 8 hours for all classes, yachts to be steered by 

 amateurs, and professionals only allowed iu crews of cabin yachts. 

 One man was allowed for every 5ft. of length on deck, and ballast, 

 could only be shifted in the open boats. The following yachts were 

 entered : 



Class A.— Speranza, H, W. Collender; Clio, E. E. Chase. 



Class I —Iris, A. C. Canfield; Athlon, J. C. Barron; Thistle, Wm. 

 Zeigler; Eclipse, E. H. Wales; Annie. J. M, Wilson; Daphne, J. R. 

 Maxwell; Vixen, F. C. Lawrance; Maggie. W. A. W. Stewart; Fanita, 

 Geo. J. Gould. 



Class II.— Crocodile, J, G. Prague; Hope, J. K, Benedict; Schemer, 

 A. Monroe; Happy Thought, Geo. M. Graves. 



Class m.— Adelina; Wake: Nymph, F. W. Flint; Stranger, J. N. 

 Macauley: Vixen, Allan Seaman. 



Class IV.— Nora, G. M, Barretto; Brenda, F. M. Scott; Aneto, H. W. 

 Eaton; Gannet, Oliver Adams; Mist; Dart, A. H. Buck: Kathie. 



Class V.— Mariota, W. I. Van Wart; Ananda, Thos. Mott; Clara, S, 

 H. Furman. 



Class VI— Lively, W. F. Brown; Zoe, O. Sanderson. 



Class VII.— Jennie. 



Class VIII.- Cruiser, A. B. Alley; Zelda; Skibbereen, A. E. Rendle. 



The new sloop Polly was also entered, but she. had hauled on the 

 beach to scrub and could not be floated off. 



The Sylvan Glen carried the guests and members, and the tug Wm. 

 Goodwin that carried the judges was provided with four steam 

 whistles. Last year, owing to a confusion of signals, the entire fleet 

 was handicapped, but this year a new system of starting has been 

 devised, a large white ball being hoisted as a signal. All through the 

 early morning there was no wind, but at about 11 a light southerly 

 breeze sprang up, and at 11:35 the fleet was sent away with a good 

 start, all going over on the port tack within the lOmin. limit. One 

 boat, the Skibbereen, turned the stakeboat the wrong way aud fouled 

 se vera! yachts in going back, but no protests were made. 



The wind was hght, and the first leg to Execution was a beat, in 

 which Crocodile led, dropping her jibtopsail for the reach to Matini- 

 cock Buoy. Daphne continued to carry hers, while Vixen, third boat, 

 broke out hers as she turned. Maggie came next with jibtopsail set 

 and staysail lowered, followed by "Stranger, from New Haven; then 

 Thistle, Fanita and Hope, all sending up balloon jibtopsails. as did 

 Eclipse and Isis, the former taking in her jib. Clio showed a big 

 maintopmast staysail, and Speranza, after turning, sent up a balloon 

 jibtopsail. The times at Execution were: 



Crocodile 12 30 30 Zoe 13 47 00 



Daphne .12 36 03 Cruiser 12 17 30 



Vixen 12 37 23 Schemer 12 47 51 



Maggie 12 39 09 Clio 12 48 24 



Stranger 12 39 35 Athlon 12 49 18 



Thistle 12 40 00 Annie 12 19 40 



Fanita 12 40 55 Anauda 12 50 39 



Hope _ 12 42 10 Zelda 12 5) 13 



Eclipse 12 43 37 Happy Thought 12 52 00 



Isis 12 44 16 Jennie 12 54 59 



Mariota 12 44 50 Speranza 12 56 21 



Vixen 12 45 05 Nymph 12 57 25 



Clara 12 46 15 



Maggie dropped her spinnaker boom to starboard at 12:45, as the 

 wdnd came more from the west, and others soon followed. At 1 :30 

 Eclipse parted her jibtopsail halliards and her balloon jib went into 

 the water under her lee bow. It was s x>n gathered on board and the 

 damage repaired, but she lost some ground by the accident. The 

 order was changed somewhat by the time Matinicock Buoy was 

 reached, as shown by the following table: 



Crocodile- 137 20 Speranza 142 20 



Daphne 1 37 57 Stranger..., ..1 42 41 



Fanita 1 38 25 Annie 1 43 20 



Vixen 1 3S 53 Mariota 1 43 36 



Isis 139 28 Ana-nda l iS SO 



Thistle 1 89 26 Happy Thought 1 48 00 



Eclipse 139 54 Schemer 148 00 



Clio 14157 Zoe 149 30 



Maggie 14145 Arisen 150 30 



Athlon..- ..14156 Clara 15130 



Hope 142 05 Cruiser 153 35 



Isis and Thistle came together at the turn and a foul was 



