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FOREST AND STREAM. 



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barely avoided. All jibed and ran off with booms to starboard, soon 

 setting spinnakers to port while the wind freshened. Hero the open 

 li.ia is named up tor Constable Point . Zoe jibed almost on top of the 

 buoy, hot did not round, Happv Thought and Schemer turned to- 

 gether, the former being very slow in getting her topmast backs I ay 

 aft, nearly losing the stick, white she was steered very wildly for 

 Some time, losing her place beside Schemer. 



The three sloops Priscilla. IVlisehief and Arrow, were under sail near 

 Matinicoek as the tleet, came down, but toe reserved and maidenly 

 Friseilla evidently did not court, observation, as she started sheet and 

 ran off as the fleet approached. A thunder storm had been threaten- 

 ing for some time, ai:d now the lightning was seen over the land and 

 a mass of black clouds in the west, ending in a little rain, but noth- 

 ing serious came of it. Against the black background the tleet was 

 Spread out. mainsails and spinnakers standing out in vivid relief, 

 making a beautiful sight from the rear as the Goodwin followed. On 

 the ran over the fleet was shaken into a new order, turning as follows; 



Vixen 3 9 35 Athlon ......2 10 47 



Daphne 2 9 40 Ms 2 10 51 



Fanita 2 10 30 Speranza 3 il 22 



Eclipse 2 10 35 Clio 2 12 48 



Thistle 2 10 11 Schemer 2 13 42 



Crocodile.. 2 10 43 Happy Thought 2 14 Id 



Topsails were doused as they came on the wind. Vixen and Fanita 

 holding their pore tacks, while Daphne broke with them and laid oil 

 shore. Vixen soon following. The wind came fresher and made the 

 beat an interesting one, the main point being the tight of the three 

 leaders far t of the fleet stood off shore, but the two black sloops 

 worked short tacks close in, each doinfi her best. Fanita finally made 

 a reach in and struck a breeze that sent her well off to windward of 

 Vixen on the next tack, and put her ahead of the licet. No time was 

 taken at Execution, and from that point the race lost all interest. 

 One by one the yachts straggled in before a very light breeze, their 

 limes' being as follows: 



CLASS A— SCHOONERS, 



Start. Finisii, 



Speranza U 41 21 4 49 32 



Clio 11 38 55 4 54 42 



CLASS I.- CABIN SLOOPS. 



[sis 11 42 24 4 5(i 20 



Athlon 11 44 IT 4 45 55 



Thistle 11 40 19 



Eclipse 11 41 49 



Annie 11 43 13 5 01 00 



Daphne 11 41 16 4 22 20 



Vixen 11 44 85 4 85 36 



Maggie 1 1 40 12 5 15 59 



Fanita 11 43 48 8 50 11 



CLASS 11. — (IAHIN SLOOPS. 



( h-oeodile 11 39 16 4 85 IK 



Hope 11 42 32 4 59 14 



Schemer 11 45 00 4 54 10 



Happy Thought 11 43 48 5 01 55 



CLASS III.— CABIN SLOOPS. 



Arlelina 11 42 14 4 10 16 



Wake. 11 45 00 4 29 24 



Nymph It 43 33 3 44 50 



Stranger 1 1 43 55 3 30 55 



Vixen 11 41 21 3 38 00 



CLASS IV.— CABIN SLOOPS. 



Elapsed. 



4 58 11 



5 15 47 



5 13 56 

 3 01 33 



Did not go the course. 



4 40 Co 4 68 16 



5 17 47 

 4 41 04 



4 41 11 



5 35 45 

 4 15 23 



4 56 02 



5 16 43 

 5 09 40 

 5 18 07 



4 as 02 

 4 44 21 

 4 01 17 

 3 47 00 

 3 56 39 



Nora - 1140 38 4 50 28 



Brenda 11 41 49 4 45 10 



Aneto ., ,11 45 00 5 00 50 



Qaahet 11 40 01 4 58 08 



MiSt 11 43 48 



Dart 11 40 45 



Kathle 11 45 00 



CLASS V.— OPEN SLOOPS. 



Mariota 11 44 17 3 19 12 



Auanda 1145 00 8 2*28 



Clara 11 36 46 4 07 09 



CLASS VI.— OPEN SLOOPS. 



Lively 11 37 42 



Zoe — 43 27 



CLASS VII.— CAT-RIGGED. 



Jennie 11 37 20 8 56 33 



CLASS VIII. 



Cruiser 11 43 11 3 46 28 



Zelda 11 83 18 3 48 05 



Rkihbereeu 11 44 17 



Pperanza wins $100, Fanita $75 and the Gould Cup. besides the Rus- 

 sell prize for best elapsed time, Crocodile wins $76, Stranger $60, 

 Brenda $50, Mariota 350, Jennie and Cruiser each $35. The regatta 

 committee, Messrs. G-reacen, Fisher and Bartow, managed every- 

 thing successfully, and the tug followed closely over the course, 

 giving a good view of the race. Those on the club steamer were less 

 fortunate, as at Execution Light it was found that the supply of ice- 

 cream was exhausted, and as all wanted ice cream while few, of 

 course, cared to see the race, the committee in charge heroically 

 sacrificed the interests of the latter and put back to port for a fresh 

 supply, after which no attempt was made to follow the race. As the 

 wind was the Sylvan Glen could have run through the lee of the fleet 

 over all the course, treating the spectators to a really flue race down 

 lo the last stretch, but then they could not have had any ice cream. 

 Saturday night was given up to Are works and a general jollification 

 of the many yachtsmen assembled, and at its end the Larehmont Y. 

 C. were able to add another to their list of successful regattas. 



5 09 50 

 5 08 81 

 5 15 50 



5 18 07 



3 84 55 



3 39 28 



4 80 23 



4 19 18 



4 03 17 

 4 09 47 



8 34 55 



3 35 38 



4 22 22 



4 19 13 



4 03 17 



4 07 43 



CITY OF LYNN REGATTA, JULY 4. 



rpFLE city regatta at Lynn was under the management of the Lynn 

 JL and West Lynn yacht clubs, from which the judges— N, T. 

 Davidson, B. W. Rowel 1 and J. W. Haines— were chosen, the start 

 being off the Lvnn Y. C. house. The classes were: 1,20ft. and not 

 over 27; 2, 17ft.'and under 20; 3, 12ft. and under 17; 4, under 12ft. 

 The prizes were $35, $20, $10 and $5. The first and second classes 

 sailed over the following course: From judges' boat, off club house, 

 to fiagboat off Point of Pines, leaving it on port; thence to Western 

 Lobster Rocks buoy, leaving it on port; thence to start and 

 repeat, ten miles. The third and fourth classes sailed over a course 

 of three miles. From judges' boat to fiagboat off Point of Pines, 

 leaving it on port; thence to fiagboat off Sand Point, leaving it on 

 port] thence to start. The wind was light when the race started, 

 continuing so to the finish, The classes were started ten minutes 

 apart, The times are; 



FIRST CLASS. 



Actual , Corrected . 

 David Crockett, H. Pitman,Winthrop.21.11 1 57 15 1 21 09 



Thrasher, G. G. Garroway, Hull 20.03 1 63 15 1 15 44 



Jessie, O. Pecker, Lynn 20,07 1 53 00 120 26 



.Jeunie L., C. H. Lockhart 23.08 1 54 30 1 20 55 



Pearl, J. F. Lee . Lynn 23 03 1 56 03 1 21 10 



Nora, J. McGJougblin, Lynn 21.06 1 58 45 1 21 04 



Witch, Crowninshield, Beverly 22.00 153 10 117 31 



Awilda, Farrel& Rich, South Boston 24.09 1 45 fO 112 30 



Expert, L. Whitcomb, Beverly 22 08 1 55 00 1 20 12 



Greta. W. L. Hill, Dorchester 22.07 1 49 00 1 14 06 



Planchette, J. Orossin. Haverhill 21 .00 2 00 10 1 23 11 



Nellie J. L. E. Bates, Lynn 20.00 2 02 00 1 23 25 



Bessie Ethel, Gillet, Newburyport 25 03 1 47 30 1 15 42 



Second Class — Ethel, O. Healy. W. Lynn; Inez, Goodridge Brothels, 

 W. L.; Twilieht, B. W. Rowell, W. L.: Mattie, E. S. Breed, W. L.; 

 Water Lily, W. Burrill, W. L.; Maud, W. Warren. W. L.: Alice, L. P. 

 Lynch, W. L.; Crest, C. H. Gordon, L.; Daisy D.,W. Harden, L.; 

 Georgie, W. B. and F. E. Newhall, E.; Nymph, W. A. Estes, L.; Sadie. 

 F. Taylor, L.; Vesper, R. Benner. L. ; Actress, V. Russel. L. ; Rattle- 

 snake, W. H. Alley, W. L. ; Hester, W. H. Dennen, Gloucester; Fancy 

 L, H. Spaulding, Haverhill; Eleanor, Commodore Glines, Haverhill; 

 Spider, W Abbott, Nahant; Crusader, A. Wilson, Hull; Pet, J. W. 

 McFarlane, Quiney. Crusader wins first prize, $30, Pet second, $15, 

 Hestia third, $10, Alice fourth, $5. 



THIRO CLASS. 



Idler, W, B, Floyd, Winthrop 18.00 2 04 45 1 J.3 10 



Rattlesnake. W, H. Alley, W. Lynn.. .19.00 2 02 05 1 23 09 



Inez, Goodridge Bros., W. Lynu 18.06 2 11 00 1 30 15 



Alice L, , P. Lynch, W. Lynn 17 . 03 2 03 45 1 20 52 



Crest, C. H. Gordon, Lynn .18.08 2 08 00 1 27 15 



Georgie, W. B. & F. Newhall, Lynn. , .18.06 2 14 30 1 33 45 



Crusado, A Wilson, Hull ....19.02 154 30 114 15 



Pet. T. M. MeFarland, Quiney. 19.00 1 57 45 1 17 51 



Fancy, L. H.Spaulding, Haverhill ...19.06 2 02 30 1 23 15 



Mischief of Winthrop, first prize, $20; Flirt of Winthrop, $15; Cres- 

 cent of West Lynn, $10; Elsie, Quiney, $5. 



FOURTH CLASS. 



Brunette, So, Boston 12.00 59 00 42 38 



Glide, Winthrop , 13.06 Not taken. 



Wizard, South Boston 13,00 5100 35 22 



Swampscott, Lvnn 13.10 5tt 00 4104 



A. B. C, West Lynn 14.06 38 05 23 38 



Spray, West Lynn . ..14 03 39 00 24 13 



Tot, South Boston 12.00 53 30 37 03 



I irace, South Boston __, ,12,00 57 00 40 33 



Dot.Winthrop 13,03 55 45 04^16 



Zenith, West Lynn 13.09 54 80 39 26 



Nellie. West Lynn 14,00 52 00 37 00 



Ella L. West Lynn 14,04 55 00 40 21 



Spray took first prize. $15; Clyde second prize, $10; Wizard third 



prize, $7; Dot fourth prize. $3. Protests were put in against the Bes- 

 sie. Ethel and the A. B. C. Emma, Towling, capsized, and Expert 

 lost her topmast. 



BOSTON CITY REGATTA, JULY 4-. 



THE great event of the season among the many small craft about 

 Boston is the City Regatta on July 4 off City Point, aud this 

 year there was a large turnout, as usual. Seventy yachts from 40ft. 

 to 16ft, in length started, many of the entries not coming to the 

 line. 



The classes were: First class sloops and schooners, measuring 

 40ft. and upward, second class, centerboard and keel yachts, meas- 

 uring 27ft. and less than 40ft.; third class, centerboard and keel 

 yachts, measuring SOfti and less than 27ft.; fourth class, centerboard 

 yachts', measuring 18ft. and less than 20, and all keel yachts under 

 20ft.; fifth class, all centerboard yachts less than 18ft. 



The courses were: Secoud class, distance fourteen miles- From 

 judges' boat down west way, leaving Thompson's and Rainsford's 

 islands on the starboard, bong and George's islands and Point Alder- 

 ton buoy, No. 3, on port, and hack through the Narrows, leaving Fort 

 Warren, Gallop's Island and Nix's Mate buoys on the port, buoy No. 

 9, Upper Middle, on the port, to the judges' boat, passing between it 

 and the fiagboat. 



Third class, distance ten miles -From judges' boat to Cow Pasture 

 buoy No. 6. off the pumping station, leaving it on the port, to buoy 

 No. 7, off Fort Independence, leaving it on the starboard, to Sou lpm 

 Ledge buoy, leaving it on the port, to buoy No. 6, Lower Middle, 

 leaving it on the port, to buoy No. 9, Upper Middle, leaving it on the 

 port, passing between judges' boat and fiagboat. 



Fourth and fifth classes, distance 8 miles.— From judges' boat to 

 Cow Pasture buoy No. 6 (off pumping station), leaving it on the port, 

 to fiagboat, southeast, leaving it on the port, leaving buoy No. 7, off 

 Fort Independence, on starboard, buoy No. 6, lower middle, on port, 

 buoy No. 9, upper middle, on port, passing between judges' boat and 

 fiagboat. . 



The officers in charge were: Committee— Patrick Donovan, Chair- 

 man; Charles V. Whitteu, James H. Nugent, Charles W. Whitcomb, 

 Frank E. Brigham. John H. Lee, J. H. Gallagher, Samuel Kelly. 

 Judges— M. J. Kiley, Chairman, William Morris, Charles F. Loring, 

 Chester Guild, Jr., Francis W. Pray, John A. McLaughlin. The latter 

 were on the tug W.H. Clark. Starting at 1 P. M. with a light east 

 wind, Nimbus led, with Shadow second, Magic, Siren, Violet, Fiona, 

 [no, .Egir. Shadow at last passed Nimbus and came in ahead. Ban- 

 neret won as she pleased hi her class, and Niobe won in hers after 

 a close light with Joker. Queen Mab and Erin entered a protest 

 against the other. Maggie lost a man overboard, but picked him up, 

 losing some time in doihsr so. 



SECOND CLASS CENTERBOARDS. 



Length. Actual. Corrected. 



Shadow, John Bryant 33.10 2 45 20 2 11 34 



Magic. E. C. Neal 30.09 2 54 05 2 16 50 



Nimbus, B. Jenney, Jr 33.06 2 52 10 2 17 56 



Violet, H. J. McKee 33.02 3 00 26 2 25 52 



Siren, King & Clark 38.01 2 56 44 2 26 53 



SECOND CLASS KEELS, 



Maud, Wood Brothers 32.06 3 12 16 2 36 59 



Aegir, W 7 m. Mc.Corraiek 84.00 3 21 35 3 47 52 



Fiona, F. Gray 23.04 3 3115 2 5128 



Eastern Star, Simpson & Pinkham. . . .28.00 4 00 32 3 19 53 

 lno, Winnie and Mary Ellen did not start. 



THIRD CLASS KEELS. 



Banneret, J. F. Brown 23.09 137 38 1 05 04 



Kitty, E. H. Tarbell 22.08 145 42 110 54 



Lizzie F. Daly, William Daly, Jr 26 .00 1 44 23 1 13 23 



Venus, McKuight & Stacy 23.00 1 51 28 1 17 05 



Fraud, G. 11. Hutchins 21.06 1 53 52 1 17 33 



Thelga, A. P. Thayer 21.02 2 00 54 124 09 



Optic, G. S. Hutchinson 25.00 1 56 21 1 24 17 



Unknown, J. W. Oreutt 23.01 2 0129 127 12 



Mol us, Jacob Rood. 26.05 159 48 129 13 



Alice. R, O. Harding 20.10 2 07 12 129 5!) 



Wild Wave, John Poggi 22 00 2 14 07 138 28 



Cycla, Gem, Notus, lone, Echo, Nellie, Ellen and Bessie didnot start. 



THIRD CLASS CENTERBOARDS. 



Black Cloud, Brown & Wheeler 22.00 1 46 03 1 10 24 



Thisbe, S. A. Freeman 20.03 150 08 112 07 



Sea Bird, C. L. Joy 22.00 148 51 112 38 



J. S. Poyen, Jr., Pierce & Poyen 22.06 1 48 35 1 13 34 



Amy, E. W. Baxter 20.04 15134 113 39 



Queen Mab, Burwell & Litchfield 21 .06 1 48 50 1 12 31 



Alda, W. H. Wilkinson 23 01 1 49 38 1 15 21 



Nemo. Nichols & Harrington 22.00 1 51 43 1 16 04 



Lizzie Warner, Thomas Luttcd 24. C6 1 48 51 1 16 13 



Erin, John Cavanagh 26.00 1 56 18 1 25 18 



David Crockett, Wanderer. Muriel, The Cooper, Pearl. Awilda, 

 Giseia, Sea Gull, Greta and Hector did not start. 



FOURTH CLASS CENTERBOARDS. 



Niobe, Sales & Chadwick 19 07 1 27 It 55 57 



Joker, George Coffin 19.07 127 50 50 86 



Em Ell Eye, P. M. Bond 19.04 13104 59 82 



Tartar, Dunne & Brown 19 .01 1 30 24 59 34 



Myrtle, R. C. Poor 18.00 133 04 100 28 



Herald, S. S. Smith 19.06 1 32 11 1 00 51 



Hornet, Merrill & Harding 18.11 1 85 18 1 03 14 



Seraphine. Borden & Temple 18.10 1 36 39 1 04 29 



Nereus. H. H. Brant 19.06 147 53 116 33 



Topsy, W. Farlow 18.06 143 27 110 51 



Cora, Cupid and Idler did not start. 



FOURTH CLASS KEELS. 



Zetta , Fowle and Wan-en 18 .09 1 35 82 1 03 16 



Charlotte, Thos. Cross 17.04 139 06 104 48 



Vesper, R. M, Benner 18.09 1 41 04 1 08 48 



Hattie, E. E. Hardy ,.17.06 144 13 110 16 



Unique. James Stewart 19.10 1 42 45 1 11 49 



Alert, T. P. Holt 18.00 144 51 11,2 11 



Vera, J. Carter 19.11 144 47 113 57 



Edna, W. B. Cook 12,00 158 00 114 08 



Lillie. H. M. Wells 18.00 147 55 114 39 



Zanetta, G. W, Whiting 16,00 155 30 119 18 



Rubv, C. Anderson 19.00 15139 119 42 



Mischief, T.F. Christian 18.00 153 28 120 12 



Kate, P, Lannigan 18.00 156 06 122 50 



Bessie, John J. Rood 17.00 159 37 125 40 



Dude, Charles M. Harth 11.00 3 18 37 134 45 



Belle, Herald, Pearl and Dora did not start. 



FIFTH CLASS CENTERBOARDS. 



Flora Lee, D. II. Lincoln 16,02 132 05 56 09 



Wildfire, H. A. Keith 17.03 135 12 100 53 



Spider. W. Abbott 17.08 187 50 1 M 07 



Imogen, W. T. Wendell 17.07 138 09 104 19 



Nonpareil, E. Lansing 16.03 1 40 10 1 04 22 



Parole, W. T. Bowers 17.10 136 55 104 46 



Spray, H. M. Faxon 17 07 140 09 106 19 



Nancy, J. R. Gross, Jr 16.03 145 50 110 02 



Alma, W. E. Geyer 13.09 133 54 118 45 



Yolande, J. W. Bird 16 00 150 05 114 39 



Bijou, J. A. Stanley 15.06 153 16 116 15 



Pegasus, F. M. Isham 15.00 1 57 25 1 19 33 



Mischief, Mirage, Cadet, Nettle, Nereid, Jessie, Flirt, Elf, Elsie, 

 Nora and Dan did not start. 



Prizes were awarded as follows; Second class centerboards, first, 

 $40, Shadow; second, $30, Magic. Second class keels, first, $40, 

 Maud; second, $30, Aegir. Third class keels, first, $40, Banneret; 

 second, $30, Kitty; third, $20, Lizzie F. Daly; fourth, $10, Venus. 

 Third class centerboards. first, $10, Black Cloud; second, $30, Thisbe; 

 third, $20, Queen Mab; fourth, $10, Sea Bird. Fourth class center- 

 boards, first, $30, Niobe; second, $20, Joker; third, $15, Em-Ell-Eye; 

 fourth, $10, Tartar. Fourth class keels, first, $20, Zetta; second, $15, 

 Charlotte; third, $10, Vesper, Filth class centerboards, first, $25, 

 Flora Lee; second, $15, Wildfire; third, $10, Spider; fourth, $5, 

 Imogen. 



YACHTING NOTES ON THE PACIFIC.-The Chispa is on the 

 ways. Her owner, I. Gutte, has been confiued to the house for sev- 

 eral days, and the yacht is trying another fouling paint, the last ven- 

 ture being a failure. The Halcyon has been up the Sacramento River 

 for several days. Doubtless she will go to Monterey with the rest of 

 the Pacific Y. C. fleet. The Nellie, Aggie and Fleur de Lis will leave 

 for Monterey in a day or two, and will not return until after the 4th. 

 There will, however, be three big keel boats— the Casca, Lurline and 

 Halcyon- -which will race on pretty even terms. The San Francisco 

 Y. C. has finally decided to go to Robinson's Ranch on the Fourth of 

 July cruise. The yachts will leave here on the afternoon of the 3d 

 and proceed to Martinez, where they wiil remain over night. They 

 will leave there at 6 A. M. of the 4th for New York Slough, where 

 they will remain until Sunday morning. WheD the tide serves them 

 they will beat their way back to San Francisco. The 18ft. sloop Alice 

 arrived in Mission Bay last Saturday, having on board Prof. Ecliman, 

 wife and two sons. She left here over a week ago on a cruise up the 

 Sacramento River. The trip was a most pleasant one to all on board, 

 notwithstanding the smallness of the craft. On her return trip a gale 

 was encountered in San Pueblo Bay, but the little "fiyer" proved a 

 good sea boat, and weathered it gallantly.— Starboard Watch. 



BEVERLY Y. C. 



NINETY-SEVENTH REGATTA, MONUMENT BEACH, JULY 3. 



rpHE open catboat sweepstakes was sailed to-day in a very strong 

 X S.W. wind, most of the boats carrying two reefs. Although the 

 entry was not large, it included all the cracks on the bay, and was 

 very close and interesting. In the first class there were the eld cham 

 pj'ou Mattie: Myrtle, the fastest of the Monument Beach heats; Sur- 

 prise, last year's woutler: Alice, built, rbis year by same builder as 

 Surprise expressly to beat her, Juno, a large, new boat, built by 

 irn;ilard Luck, another new one from Mattapoisett; Violet 

 and Myth. The latter is a new boat built by Jenney for Mr. Parsons 

 -;•> to heat Surprise, and is in fact a copy of Surprise, even to 

 her eri in bed mast, but with a little more beam. In the second class 

 only the, Nellie W. and the old favorite Good Luck appeared. In 

 the' third class the old champion Dolly met Scud and Mertie, two 

 new ones built to beat her. . 



Good Luck and Dolly had it all their own way, hut m the large class 

 the race was very close aud exciting. Jumbo, Violet and Hard Luck 

 soon found they had all they wanted and withdrew, and the light soon 

 resolved itself into a triangular duel between Surprise and her two 

 copies. In which Myth finally won by 25sec.,and Alice, though second 

 on actual time, lost second place to Surprise on allowance. Surprise 

 lost some time over a broken sheet, but Myth lost fully as much by 

 mistaking her course for a few minutes. 



FIRST CLASS. 



Sailing Length. Actual. Corrected. 



Myth , Thos. Parsons. B. Y. C 27 . 4 1 57 01 1 46 34 



Alice, Sam'l Allvn, Galveston, Texas. 28. Wz 1 57 10 1 47 40 



Surprise. J. M. Codman, B. Y. C 27.3 1 57 32 1 4b 59 



Mattie, Vice-Corn . Stockton, B. Y. C. .28.10 1 59 20 1 50 21 



SECOND CLASS. 



Good Luck, A. M. Phillips, Dightou.. .29 8W 2 08 47 1 55 23 



Nellie W., J. F. Monahan. Warehain. .24.11*6 2 10 03 1 5b 58 



THIRD CLASS. 



Dolly. A, S. Hardy. B. Y. C 22.9 18148 120 6* 



Mertie, A. F. Crowell, Woods HolL . . .26.6*6 1 35 27 1 25 24 



Scud, N. H. "Emmons, B. Y. C 22. 6% 1 40 01 1 28 53 



Course for first and second classes- From judges' yacht offTohey 

 Island buoy No. 2, leaving B buoy No. 3 on starboard. Bird Island 

 buoy No. 13. Scraggy Neck buoy No. 10 and B buoy No. 3 on port 

 and return, 11 miles. ■ . , 



Course for third class— Leaving B buoy No. 3 on starboard, Dry 

 Ledge buoy No. 12, Abral's Ledge buoy No. 1 and B buoy No. 3 on 

 port, aud return, 7*6 miles. Judges, J. Arthur Beebe, A. H. Hardy, 

 W. Lloyd Jeffries; judges' yacht, Valhalla, B. Y. C. 



NINETY-EIGHTH REGATTA, MONUMENT BEACH, JULY 4. 



The first race for Buzzard's Bay pennants was sailed July 4 in a 

 good wholesail breeze. Sloops are somewhat scarce on the bay. and 

 Atalanta had a walk-over. Dolly and Lestris had an easy time of it 

 in tbeir classes; but in the big cat class the race was very interesting, 

 as Myth again met Surprise, who was more than anxious to retrieve 

 her defeat of the 3d. In the lighter wind Surprise proved a better 

 boat than Mr. Parsous's new one; the extra beam which helped her 

 in a two-reef breeze w r as a detriment under wholesail, and Surprise 

 handled her easily. The vice-commodore also, sailing very well, 

 showed her a clean pair of heels, and even Violet rubbed her hard 

 till her gaff gave w T ay, and she had to give up. 



FIRST CLASS. 



Surprise, J. M. Codman 2 02 22 1 51 49 



Mattie. Vice- Com. Stockton 2 06 26 1 59 27 



Myth, Thos. Parsons 2 11 23 2 00 56 



Violet, G. H. Richards Disabled. 



SLOOP. 



Atalanta, I. R. Thomas ..2 02 34 154 33 



THIRD CLASS. 



Lestris, Joshua Crane 2 20 15 2 06 13 



Flirt, G. H.Lyman, Jr 2 23 16 2 10 2M 



FOURTH CLASS. 



Dolly, A. S. Hardy 138 24 127 30 



Wink, Moses Williams, Jr 1 47 50 1 35 28 



Courses reverse of those of 3d. Atalanta, Surprise, Dolly aud Les- 

 tris take pennants and first prizes, Mattie second prize. Judges, W. 

 L. Jeffries, A. H. Hardy. Judges' yacht, Maude, B. Y. C. 



CRUISE OF THE LUCILLE. 



THE steam yacht Lucille. Mr. Ohas. Kellogg's new Herreshoff No. 

 122, left Seventy-second street, North River, eastward bound, for 

 a cruise of two weeks on June 14. 



A beautiful morning of bright sunshine which tempered a rather 

 cool breeze from the southw r est. made sitting on deck and watching 

 the other craft passing very pleasant. Vessels of all kinds covered 

 the water, the excursion steamers and barges, with flags and stream- 

 ers flying, were lying at the various piers, while pleasure seekers 

 were crowding on hoard. The Battery Park was filling up with Sun 

 day morning loungers as we passed, and on the seats the regular 

 park tulips looked as comfortahle and permanent as usual. 



On past the Barge Office and up East River we steamed, and under 

 the great bridge— which looked like some mighty cobweb sf retched 

 across the sky — dodging ferryboats and craft of all sizes crossing 

 and recrossing our course, until Blackwell's Island was passed ", then 

 turning into the eastern channel of Hell Gate, we threaded the eddies 

 and currents of that dangerous locality, and out upon the broad, 

 placid bosom of the Sound. 



We passed Middle Grouud light at 1:22 P. M., and when neariug 

 Falkner's Island a school of porpoises was sighted just off the star- 

 board bow, and as we were running very rapidly and quietly, we 

 were close upon them before they noticed us. They were having a 

 fine time, rolling and plunging through the water, their curved backs 

 and sides glistening in the sun, but our approach was soon noticed 

 and they sank beneath the surface. Cornfield Point was abeam at 

 4:07 P. M.. and at 6:20 we entered the beautiful harbor of New London. 

 Off the. Pequot House lay the schooner yacht JEows, and near by her 

 the steam yacht Electra. but we kept on up the harbor and came to 

 anchor off Ft. Trumbull. While waiting for supper the Master's 

 Mate took the dingy and rowed up along the rocks in front of the 

 fort, where a number of people were fishing, with the intention of 

 following their example the next morning should their catch prove 

 inviting. When he found all they had to show was about the size he 

 generally uses for bass bait he soon came back to the yacht. The salt 

 air had 'given us keen appetites for supper, and when the call came 

 there was a scramble for the cabin, and the rations disappeared in a 

 way that would not have answered at all in the presence of our much 

 respected landlady at home. 



When we had lighted our cigars on deck the Commodore announced 

 that he was going ashore, to take a walk and invited the rest to ac- 

 company him aud see the city. We w T andered up the broad winding 

 streets and joined the groups of people strolling under the big elms 

 which lined the walks on all sides. It was the hour for evening wor- 

 ship,' and high above the beautiful arching elms and blossom-laden 

 horsechestnuts the solemn toned bells chimed in their spires. Vividly 

 came to mind the beautiful lines in "Lucille" we had been reading; 

 "Through the calm crystal air, faint and far as she spoke, 

 A clear chilly chime from a church turret broke. 

 And the sound of her voice with the sound of the bell 

 On his ear where hekneel'd. softly, soothingly fell." 



Out from palatial mansions with sloping green lawns and grounds 

 dotted with rare and beautiful foliage, as well as from pretty home- 

 like cottages of more modest mien, came the worshipers, filling the 

 broad sidewalks beneath the grand old trees as each household group 

 wended Its way toward the house of God, whether it was to the simple 

 worship in the meeting house of some humble sect of meagre num- 

 bers, or to the vast pile of imposing stone with vaulted roof and 

 crowded aisles, through whose arching doorways we heard the great 

 organ's solemn peal— the one object on which all seemed bent was to 

 bow the head and bend the knee to the Great Being who knovveth all 

 hearts well. 



Back again through the dim twilight over the silent water, and 

 Once more on the deck of the Lucille, we sat enjoying the scene. The 

 lights of the various craft dotted the harbor, while down below Fort 

 Trumbull the rigging of the yacht Electra hung with myriads of 

 electric lights ablaze with incandesent fire, seemed like some new 

 constellation of stars vieing in brilliancy the countless thousands 

 above and around them, while the silver thread of the young moon 

 sank in the west over the now silent city. A night long to he re- 

 membered, and long we sat enjoying our cigars, vhile the "perfumed 

 smoke arose like incense on the air," until regretfully the time came 

 to seek our berths below. 



We left New London Harbor at 7:30 A. M., with wind still from the 

 S. W., and were soon cutting merrily along through the blue waters 

 of the Sound, aud at 11:30 the villas of Newport scattered over the 

 rocky shore at the entrance to Narragansett Bay came into view. As 

 we passed up into the harbor near Goat Island, a Government tor- 

 pedo boat was maneuvering and exercising the crew in exploding 

 torpedoes. They passed quite near us in a small steam launch with 

 a long spar run out over tne bow and down into the w r ater in front, 

 evidently steering for a large cask anchored a short distance abeam 

 of us. When the bow of the launch came within a few yards of the 

 cask, a dull, muffled explosion was heard, and .instantly a mountain 



