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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 28, 1885. 



Favorable, but here it was that the Vision went back on the 



crowd. 



A very handsome sloop yacht was seen making straight for the 



licet, the ' 'treasurer "getting more and more excited as he recognized 



:s lady friends on hoard, and very soon she crossed our bows 



i eve to. Of course there were a great many compliments passed 



on the "pretty little boats," and an invitation to come aboard. The 



was too much for the Vision, and when she passed the fleet 



-they had sailed on— she was towing behind the G with the 



ma-ts taken out and her crew— well, if you have ever been yachting 

 with a crowd of pretty girls yon can account for them as well as I. 

 It was once asked, "Why is D. (one of the Vision's crew) like a 

 ■" and the answer was. "Because be has a girl in every port," 

 and it seemed to come in quite handv this trip 



The rest of the fleet kept to their' first plan, and made a beautiful 

 run to the Thimble Islands and back again to Madison that night, 

 which is about half way between the Thimbles and Saybrook. 



Here they stayed over night, sleeping on the piazza of a cottage, as 

 they could not get rooms at the hotel; and the next morning started 

 out in a dense fog and picked their way along the coast to Westbrook. 

 beating to windward the whole distance. Here the fog lifted and 

 iped on Cornfield Point for a swim. 

 Amid the shouts of laughter and general rumpus some one has the 

 sense to look to seaward, and there, a half mile off the Point, is the 

 missing Vision, bowling along before a fine breeze, evidently loohfag 

 for the fleet. 

 T Q-o-t, t o-o-t, toot, toot, goes the Hartford signal on the Commo- 

 3 whistle, and the Vision changes her course and beats down on 

 the Beet closehauled. hounding over the waves like a race horse and 

 throwing a cloud of spray over her crew, 



The day was spent in a'very pleasant manner cruising about West- 

 brook. TeawiOK and Saybrook, and at uight the boats are once more 

 placed on the dock to go aboard the steamer and we go over to the 

 to think that the dream is over and we come down to the sad 

 rea litiea of life again in the morning. 



KNICKERBOCKER C. C. 



THE second race for the club sailing trophy took place on Satur- 

 day afternoon, July 18. The course was from 152d street dock 

 around stakeboat off Deaf and Dumb lmtitiition dock, around stake- 

 boat off Fort Lee. landing and return. The wind was fresh but mod- 



ly steady from the north and a strong ebb tide running down 

 the river. The start was as follows: Guenn. Wm. Whitlock. 5:12:50; 

 Lorelei, E. Griffin. 5:14:1" : Inertia, E. W. Brown, 5:14:55. The 

 beat up against wind and tide was the only sailing done during the 

 race. Guenn carried single reeled mainsail and full dandy: Inertia 

 carried her full mainsail and small dandy, and Lorelei had her full 

 sail. The Hires canoes bad just about as much sail as they could 

 carry, and the raoeto the first stakeboat was very interesting. It 

 was turned as follows: 



1st Stakeboat. Elapsed. 



Tuertia . . 5 37 25 23 30 



Guenn 5 37 55 35 05 



Lorelei 5 38 35 24 20 



; ri.e time this turn was made the wind began tofall. Guenn soon 

 let go ha-v reef, and before the boars had reached the middle of the 

 river the wind had completely died out, with the exception of an 

 mal puff from the northwest. 

 Lorelei picked up a little on Inertia, and Guenn had worked up the 

 river more than the others, but was some distance in thereat. When 

 three quarters of the way across the. river, Inertia, afraid of being 

 entirely becalmed, came about and stood up the river on port tack, 

 while Guenn and Lorelei kept on. The currents of air eomingdown the 

 Palisades seemed to favor the two hoats close, in shore more than the 

 Inertia, which was well out in the river. Soon, however, the strong 

 ebb tide had carried the two boats in shore below the stakeboat, and 

 the Inertia, while some distance above the stake, could not get in 

 shore to turn it. It looked like a hopeless fcaskJor any of the three to 



round. Inertia gave up first, and started for home with a spruce 

 breeze. Some time later a little breeze came up and enabled the 

 Guenn to get around the stake. Lorelei then gave up and paddled 

 The Guenn arrived some time during the evening, but as the 

 judges had knocked off at sunset the time was not taken. As there 

 was no time hu.it the race was awarded to Mr. Whitlock by the jani- 

 tor, who was the only one wdio remained to see the finish. 



The third race for the trophy will probable take place Saturday. 

 Aug. 23. 



ROYAL C. C. REGATTA. 



THE annual regatta of this club took place in Teddingtou Reach 

 on Saturday. June 87, and, with flue weather and keen racing 

 was a complete success. The entries, too, were better thai 

 been received for some tiaie past. The programme commenced with 

 a sailing race for second class eanoes. and was won by K. B. Tredwen 

 some what easily in the Pear), Nautilus (Mr. Baden-Powell.) being 

 second, 



Halt Mite Paddline Race, for Novices.— G. J. B. Porter, 1: S. 



Robarts, 0. Won easily. 



Half Mile Paddling Race, any canoes.— G. J. B. Porter, 1 ; C. Scott. 



'ditcher , 0; P. Nisbet. 0. Won after a good race by two lengths. 



Paddling and Sailing Race.— Nautilus, W. Baden-Powell, 1: Pearl. 



E B. Tredweu. 0. Pearl led until coming up the course for the last 



time, 'Alien her skipper ran into a tree and got overboard, leaving 



Nautilus to win easily. 



Mile Paddling Race — S. Eutcher. 1; W, Baden-Powell. 2; C. ScottO; 

 G. Porter, 0. Won easily, Powedl paddling in bis sailing canoe and 

 scoring two points for the record, Scott and Porter giving up soon 

 after the start. 



Double Canoe Race, lady and pentloman in each canoe.— G. ,T. B. 

 Porter and lady. 1; P. Nisbet and lady, 0; E. L. P. Nisbet and lady. 0. 

 A good race, won by a length and a half. 



Sailing Race, four times round.— Pearl, E. B. Tredwen, 1; Nautilus, 

 W, Baden Powell 2; Gladys, T. F. Knowles, 3: Diamond, H. Church, 

 d; Pearl No. (3, A. H. Tredwen. 5, This was the best race of the day, 

 barely two lengths separating the first three boats at the finish, 

 rrl 7 was first to get away, followed by Diamond, Gladys, Pearl 

 IS o. 5 and Nautilus in the order named, the latter having a very bad 

 start through not being ready at gun fire. Pearl and Diamond con- 

 tinued to lead the fleet during the first two rounds, when Gladys and 

 ilus passed Diamond. In the last round Nautilus passed Gladys 

 and closed up with Pearl, only a leogth separating them as they 

 crossed the line. 



Challenge Cup Paddling Race. One Mile 'for the £50 challenge cup). 

 — C. Scott (holder). 1: G. J. B. Porter, 0: P. Nisbet, 0. This was also 

 a good race, and Porter was considered a likely winner after his 

 performance in the half mile. Scott, however, made the pace very 

 hot at the commencement, and obtained a lead which he maintained 

 to the finish, winning by about two lengths. 



Sailing Race, running only.— Pearl, E. B. Tredwen, 1; Diamond, H. 

 Church. 2. Three others started. Pearl slipped away from the 

 others, who ran down the course all in a cluster. Just at the finish 

 Diamond came on with a rush and secured second place. 



Four-Paddle Race.— G. J. B. Porter, S. Robarts, H. Nisbet and F. 

 W. Farrar. Won. after a desperate struggle, by Scott's crew, by a 

 loot, 



: Land and Water.— P. Nisbet, 1 ; C. Scott, 0. Scott was 

 across the river, but capsized his canoe in deep water and could 



it oul . leaving Nisbet to take things easily and the prize. 

 ■ .ich Fours— Won easily by G. J. Porter, C. L. O'Malley, W. R. 

 rdsori and Gerald Tatham. 

 The paddling races were umpired by Mr. Herbert Evans from the 

 or the Jeannotte launch, whose owner had kindly placed her at 

 disposal of the club for the day, while G. Herbert, "A. Ingram and 

 the secretary divided the duties of starter and judge of the various 

 races. -London Field. 



OTTAWA C. C. 



TH.K Following are the officers of the Ottawa Canoe Club for the 

 present year: Patron, His Excellency the Governor-General; 

 Captain, R. W. Baldwin; Mate, E. King: Purser. F. H. Gisborne. 

 with Messrs. Stansfield and Brough members of the Committee of 

 Management. The club flag is blue, and the letters O. 0. C. and a 

 beaver in white. Communications may be addressed to the Purser, 

 Francis H. Gisborne. 



The Ottawa C. C. has been in existence three years, and now num- 

 bers some 42 members. Ottawa possesses two attractions to the 

 canoeist, the Rldeau Canal and the Ottawa River, and the members 

 spend their time on both. The club has obtained a lease from the 

 Crown of a site on the Ottawa River, at the foot, of the locks that lie 

 at the entrance of the Rideau Canal. A most picturesque position, 

 upon which a boat house is being erected for the accommodation of 

 : of the members who love what the older inhabitants fitly call 

 I rand River. The boat house is designed to hold about 40 canoes, 

 with a small room for committee meetings. The Ottawa C. C. has 

 been a most successful institution. When it was first organized in 

 ■ith ] 5 members canoes were rarely seen, now every evening 

 the canal is covered with canoes, and mar y may be seen on "the river. 

 The Ottawa canoeist is very patriotic, and is a great admirer of the 

 more beautiful of the human race, and consequently the open Cana- 

 dian-built canoes are the favorite kind, a choice which enables the 

 oeistto patronize home manufactures and please his lady ac- 

 quaintance at the same time. 

 One of the members of the club has just started upon a most de- 



lightful trip. He goes up the Ridean Canal to Kingston, from Kings- 

 ton ho descends the St. Lawrence through the Thousand Islands, and 

 he hopes to stop at Grindstone Island and attend the meet of the A. 

 C. A., then taking the cars at Brockville or Prescotl, a short journey 

 brings him back to Ottawa. Provisions are easy to get all along the 

 canal, and the scenery is singular lv beautiful, those who have seen 

 both admirine: it much more than the Thousand Islands. For a large 

 part of the 120 miles of its length the canal has been made by utiliz- 

 ing a chain of lakes and the Rideau River, so that there is nothing of 

 the ditch about it. Where there are excavations, the long time that 

 has elapsed since the building of the canal some fifty years, has 

 covered the banks with a luxuriant growth of beautiful trees and 

 shrubs. The stone locks even have become mellowed in color and 

 softened in outline. The writer hopes that before long the log of the 

 Daphne may be presented to your readers, so that they may be able 

 faintly to realize the pleasures of canoeing in this part of the world. 

 1 cannot trespass upon your space to tell of the delights open to the 

 canoeist upon the Grand River or its tributaries, the Lelievre and the 

 Gatineau, but I hope that we may soon be visited by some of our 

 brother canoeists from the south side of the line. A 



A. C. A. 



Editor Forest and stream: 



Please insert the following transportation rates. 



Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway. Regular excursion 

 tickets to Clayton. N. T., and return from Chicago $31.25, Toledo, 

 $22, Cleveland, $10.85. Special canoeists' tickets from Dunkirk— Erie; 

 Youngstown, Cleveland— to Buffa'o and return at IW> fares; canoes 

 and kits free 



N • B.— The rates from Buffalo to camp and return has been given 

 before. 

 To the Members of the A. C. A.: 



Gentlemen : There will be two mails daily between Gananoque and 

 the A. 0. A. camp. All mail matter should" be addressed: 



"American Canoe Association Camp, Gananoque, Out." 



This is for the benefit of the Canadian members of the Association 

 and is in addition to the regular mail service via Clayton. 



F. S. Rathbun, Vice-Commodore. 



"CANOE HANDLING," by C. Bowyer Vaux ("Dot"). Forest and 

 Stream Publishing Co., New York. Price $1, post free. Another use- 

 ful and interesting canoeing book from America is before us. and we 

 wish there was sufficient life in canoeing in England to warraut us in 

 predicting for it an extensive sale. The book is full of reading that 

 is sure to meet the approval of canoeists : with experience, instruct ion 

 or incident contained in it they can institute a comparison with what 

 they would do or what has befallen them in similar situations, and 

 there will be few T with so much knowled, e that they cannot acquire 

 something useful from "Canoe Handling." It is noK however, to the 

 experienced canoeist that the author specially addresses himself, but 

 more to those who are but entering or are about to enter the ranks. 

 To those who have just entered on their apprenticeship the hook will 

 be of immense service, as here is the experience of a master hand all 

 laid before them in terms that no novice can misunderstand, and if 

 this hook should fall into the hands of those who have he slightestin- 

 clinatton for boating, we think they will not be satisfied until each 

 one finds himself the owner of a canoe, and capable of singing with 

 the author: 



"For I am the captain of my craft, 



My word is law from fore to aft, 



I am the cook and steward too. 



I am the passengers and crew ; 



And though 'tis said I'm bard to please. 



I'm not afraid of mutinies*. 



In fact my complement at sea 



Is as perfect as can be." — Canoeing Gazette. 



HARTFORD C. C. CHALLENGE CUP.-Coramodore Jones has 

 presented to the Club a handsome cup made by the Hartford Silver 

 Plate Co., to be raced for durine the season. Any one winning once 

 is barred out of the subsequent races, but his name is engraved on 

 the cup. At the end of the season a race will be sailed by all who 

 have once taken the cup in the summer races, the winner to retain it 

 finally. The trophy is of silver, lOin. high, the, base being surrounded 

 by a lateen sail on one side, a lug on the other, with paddles, double 

 and single the new Hartford tiller and yoke, rudder, etc. Around 

 the bowl of the cup is engraved a view of canoes under sail, from a 

 photograph taken at Grindstone last year, every detail, down to the 

 flags on each canoe, being perfectly accurate. Opposite to this is a 

 group of f mr flags, club and A. O. A. On July 13, the first race was 

 sailed, the entries being: Leilah, Mr. Abbott; Connecticut, Mr. Forrest; 

 Vision, Messrs. Dodd and Davidson, and Colonel Greene's canoe. 

 Leilah carried away he- steering gear in rounding and gave up. Vision 

 won in 17.28% with Colonel Greene's boat second. 



THE SAFETY OF A CANOE.— The American girl, says Robert 

 Grant White in Outing, has a wonderful faculty of forcasting cir- 

 cumstances and understanding how far she can act independently 

 without hazard. I remember being struck at Bar Harbor by the 

 response of a girl of eighteen who was questioned as to the prudence 

 of having spent most of the day and evening on the water with a 

 young man who was almost a stranger. "Oh," she answered, "the 

 canoe itself is a great protection." 



HARTFORD CRUISERS.— Dr. and Mrs. Parmele started on the 

 morning of July 15 for a two mouths' trip in the Oahu. They will 

 cruise down the Connecticut to Saybrook, and from there cross over 

 to Long Island by steamer and explore the inland bays along the 

 south shore. The Vision, Messrs. Davidson and Dodd* will make a 

 week's cruise on Long Island Sound, starting about July 33, 



FULTON, N. Y.— The second race of the Pathfinder C. C, occurred 

 Friday. July 17. Length of course, four miles. There were five entries, 

 finishing in the order named: Idler. W. S. Roger; Otho. J. J. Morrill; 



. M. M. Williams; . J. D. Foster; , H C. Markhatu, did not 



finish. Next race occurs in about two weeks.— Penny. 



"THE BOOK IS A CHARMING ONE, not only to canoeists, but to 

 all who are interested in nature and out-door life," says the Albany 

 Argus ot Dr. Neidcds "Cruise of the Aurora." 



ffachting. 



Address all communications to the Forest and Stream Publish- 

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FIXTURES. 



18-28— Camp at Ballast Island. 



25-Hull Y. C.. Ladies' Day. 



26— Pen tucket Y. C, Club Race. 



25— Beverly Y.C., Marblehead, Second Championship Regatta. 



28— Toledo Y. O, Annual Regatta, 



28 -Toledo Y. C, Open Regatta. 



30— L. Y. R, A., Cruise to Niagara. 



31— Quiecy Y. C, Second Club Race. 



1— Hull Y. C, Ohio Race. 



1— South Boston Y. O, Regatta. 



1— Lynn Y. C, Annual Regatta. 



2— Quaker City Y. C, River and Harbor Cruise 



3— South Boston Y C. Regatta. 



3— Newark Y. O. Open Regatta. 



4— L. Y. R. A., Cruise to OswegO- 



5— Pcntucket Y. C Championship Race. 



7— L. Y. R. A., Cruise to Kingstoa 



8— Beverly Y. 0., Marblehead, Open Regatta. 



8— New Haven Y. C, Annual Cruise. 

 12— L. Y. R. A., Cruise to Belleville. 



SCHEMER AND POLLY.— Polly, Mr. Towle's new stoop, was 

 cheated out of her race on July 4 by being neaped when grounded 

 for cleaning at Mamaroneck, but she soon sought a chance for a race. 

 and a match for $250 a side was made with Hope, and Schemer, to be 

 sailed on July 19. In the morning Hope withdrew, as there was no 

 wind, but at i P. M. a breeze from northwest caused Scheme'" and 

 Polly to start over a shorter course than the one first proposed. 

 Starting at Constable's Point, they ran around Execution Lignt, then 

 back to the Point, and home to a finish off Pagoda Point, The start 

 was made at 3:15 P. M., Polly crossing at 3:16:48 and Schemer 

 at 3:17:20. Both carried working topsails and balloon jibtop-ails 

 without jibs, Schemer getting into trouble through a turn in tier kite as 

 it went up in stops. At Execution the times were: Schemer 3:51:10. 

 Polly 3:52:20. On the wind Polly did much better, going to windward 

 of Schemer, but as the wind freed she ceased to gain any, and they 

 turned Constable's buoy, Schemer 4:31:10, Polly 4:32:00. Schemer 

 held the same lead to the line, with a beam wind , The times were: 

 Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Schemer 3 17 20 4 11 10 1 S3 SO 



Polly 3 10 18 4 42 05 125 17 



SEAWANHAKA C. Y. C— As the. New York Y. C. has no anchor- 

 age and no club house near the water, the Seawanhaka Corinthian 

 Y, C. have offered the use of their house and grounds to Geuesta, 

 and her cruising rig will be stored there. 



WELCOME! GENESTA. 



.. any vessel has been expected as eagerly or 



whose coming has awakened such a general and widespread interest 

 on all hands as the little 80ft. yacht that on Thursday last, dropped 

 her anchor oft the Seawanhaka C. Y. C. house, after a passage of 

 twenty-two days from Queenstown. Over her taffrail. as sh 

 up astern ot the tug Indian which had met her outside, floated the 

 English flag, while at the head of the short topmast was the well- 

 known black and red signal that she made so famous lastyearat 

 home. Leaving Greenock on June 16 Genesta put into Queenstown 

 and sailed again on June 23, thus making the passage in twenty-two 



— passed a whistling buoy 

 adrift some 2,000 miles from its proper place, and for eighteen hour's 

 she. was hove to in a heavy gale, the weather mostly being light She 

 brought with her that 70 tons of lead which, according to the wise- 

 acres last winter, was to land her at Davy Jones instead of in .New- 

 York, should she be so daring as to tempt the wide Atlantic. 



'hitters, of late, have been no novelty in New- York Bay, cutters of 

 all kinds, wide, narrow, full-fledged Britishers and wild American 

 imitations. Harvey cutters we have seen, Watson cutters, find old 

 Dan Hatcher's famous 15-tonnerhas lately found a home here, but in 

 Genesta, we have a cutter of another type. A ship, every inch of her, 

 even more freeboard than most of her kin, but unlike them with a 

 bold sweep of sheer that lifts bow and stern and gives life to every 

 line and curve about her. Her counter is light and graceful in the 

 exlreme, while, her bows show much fuller on deck than in the 

 boats of this class that we have been accustomed to, the breadth on 

 deck running well forward. The deck itself has a good crown the. 

 bulwarks are low, and aft they flare off gracefully into the contour of 

 the outside of the counter. Looking at her worst, partly dismantled 

 and with no bowsprit, she Is certainly a handsome boat, but what is 

 still more noticeable is the power shown in every tine of her hull that 

 is visible. Of composite build, steel frame and teak and elm plank- 

 ing, her channels of p'.ate iron, rails of elm and bulwarks and deck 

 fittings of teak, and the various fittings about the. deck have that 

 true beauty which comes from a perfect adaptation to the purposes 

 tney are .to serve. 



Unlike most cutters, her bowsprit runs over the stem head, the 

 starboard side of the iron bitts being hinged to permit of its housing. 

 Tne free scuttle is ov al, a section of steel tube forming the coaming, 

 while an oval hatch leads to the galley, with another hatch for sails 

 further aft. On deck is a neat capstan. Her tiller is an immense 

 iron bar, capped with brass at the handle. Two large boats are 

 carried at the davits, besides a 12-foot dingey of very peculiar model, 

 the stern being round, which is carried on deck in racing, Below is 

 a large saloon, out of which on the starboard side aft isihe owner's 

 room, abreast of it being the passage leading to the ladies' cabin, a 

 good-sized room aft. Forward to starboard the main cabin opens 

 into another stateroom, while to port is a passage to the galley. The 

 captain's room is forward of the latter stateroom. The forecastle is 

 very large, high and comfortable. 



The really wonde'f ul part to a sloop man is not seen at first, bid by 

 lifting a hatch in the floor a lower hold is disclosed, a passage amid- 

 ships nmning fore and aft, on each side of which are' stowed pro 

 visions, water and stores of ail kinds. Underneath the forecastle 

 floor the eighteen beds of the crew are stowed awav during the 

 day. Genesta's rig on her long passage, though much 'smaller than 

 her racing suit, can hardly be called a jury rig, as it was most effi- 

 cient, and under it she made good time. Her racing mast of last, 

 year has been cut down five feet, a very short topmast, and small 

 bowsprit were shipped, a trysail gaff of 25ft. and a light boom tor 

 occasional use only. Jolly, black bearded Captain Carter, who 

 handled her so well last year, will sail her in her races here. He has 

 with him a crew of eighteen, a fine looking set, as most of the Eng- 

 lish yacht sailorsjare, well built, hearty, and evidently with plenty of 

 "beef" for a heavy pull or a long race. One and all they praise their 

 ship, and the chief inquiry of visitors is as to what race's she can en- 

 ter. As soon as her spars arrive she will ship them and dock for 

 cleaning, and will join the New York Y. C. On their cruise. 



AMERICAN Y. C, JULY 16. 17, 18. 



STEAM yachting already owes much to the American Y. C, the 

 only organization here or abroad devoted to the development Df 

 steam pleasure craft, and which in the short time it has been ill ex- 

 istence, has done much for their uevelopment. Besides the work done 

 by its members in the way of investigation and improvement, it has 

 added a new feature to the yachting year, a ciuise and race under 

 steam. Last year the club held its first regatta, laboring under the 

 many difficulties incident to a new organization working in an untried 

 field. This season a great improvement was visible over the arrange- 

 ments of last, as the club have profited by the, experience gained 

 then. The programme for this season included a race from Li 

 moot to New London for all yachts, a cruise to Shelter Island and 

 back *-o New York, and races for launches and also for yachts' row- 

 boats. In getting rid of the uncertainties of wind and weather i.hal, 

 vex the sailing craft, the steam yachts encounter an extra difficulty 

 in the question of time allowance, which far from simple when sail- 

 ing only is concerned, becomes still more complicated When applied 

 to steam. 



Last year the allowance was not satisfactory and this season a new 

 departure was made, several systems of allowance being tried with 

 Separate prizes for each. For the principal race, that from Larch- 

 mouf to New London, open to all yachts, a prize was offered by the. 

 Commodore for the best time over the course without any restrictions, 

 a cup offered by Mr. F. S. Kinney for the winning boat under a sys- 

 tem of allowance proposed by him, and cups offered by the club, 

 three under Emery's formula, one under Isherwood's, and one 

 under Captain Lundborg's formula. 



Mr, Kinney's table of lime allowance is based on the actual speed 

 of yachts, which he has tabulated carefully, and from which he has 

 deduced a table of speeds for all lengths from 50 to 30Oft, Yachts en- 

 tering; must be veritable cruising craft with masts and sails, with 

 usual boats, and must use only tubular boilers, Thesystem of allow- 

 ance proposed by C. E. Emery, Ph.D , is based on tie assumption 

 that the speed in knots per hour should he equal to 2 7-10 times the 

 cube root of the length in feet on waterline. Yachts competing for 

 this cup were divided into three classes of over 150ft waterline, 85 to 

 150ft, and under 85ft., a cup being offered for each class. All were 

 limited to tubular boilers, with a pressure not exceeding 125lbs. 



Tne allowance proposed by Chief Engineer B. F. Isherwood, U. S. N.. 

 is based on the assumption that the relative merits of the yachts are 

 proportional to the speed in knots per hour divided by the cube root 

 of the waterline in feet. No limits of boilers or pressure are imposed, 

 and all yachts race in one class for a cup offered by the club. ( la p- 

 tain Luudborg. inventor of the new model for steam and sailing 

 vessels known by his name, has also computed a series of constants 

 as a basis for a system of allowance, and a cur) was offered under 

 his tables. This is ihe only one iu which size of cylinders, pressure. 

 pilch of wheel and boiler power are considered. Such a comparative 

 trial of the various systems not only offers to all a chance for a prize, 

 but w ill add much to the knowledge on the subject, and aid greatly 

 in the ultimate evolution of a system of time allowance that shall 

 be approximately correct, at least as nearly so as is possible in sleam 

 yachting. 



Two cups were also given by Mr. Thos Manning for launches of 

 fifty feet and under, to be raced' for on July 17, from New London to 

 Shelter Island, one class for tubular boilers and one for coil and 

 other types, both under the Isherwood formula. The course for the 

 main face was from off Lachmont to the lighthouse off Stratford, 

 keeping it to port, thence to the south of Bartlett's Reef Lightship 

 and buoy on Sarah's Ledge, and finishing off the Pequot House dock 

 at New Loudon, a distance of 80 knots or 98 miles. 



twenty yachts were entered beforehand, but some did not start 

 the full number of starters being: 



Waterline. Owner. Boiler. Port. 



Lucille.. . 63.09 . .. . J. B. Herreshoff Coil Bristol. 



Marion ... . 51 . 09 C. T. Parker Tubular ... Boston. 



Viola 52.09 J. P. Kennedy Tubular New York. 



Lagond a, .118.00 ...'J. C. Hoagland Tubular New York. 



Badha 135.00 J. M. Seymour Tubular New York. 



Promise... 90.00... .A. De Cordova. ... . Tubular New York. 



Stiletto. ... 91.00 J. B. Herreshoff Coil Bristol. 



Norma... 131.00.... N, L. Munro Tubular. ... New York. 



Sophia ...100.01 C. H.Osgood Tubular New Haven. 



Utowana. .122.00. . . . ,W. E. Connor , . .Tubular ....New York. 



Lurline, ,.88 03. . . . J. M. Waterbury Tubular New York. 



Kival 87.08 ....J. A. Baker ..Tubular New York. 



Skylark.... 74.03 E. A. Batemao. . ..Tubular ..New York. 



Aida 90 . 00 Wm. P. Douglas Coil New York. 



Atalanta...228,09 lay Gould Tubular New York. 



No. 246 152.00 Win. ("ramp's Sons. .Tubular Philadelphia. 



Of these Lagonda, Radha. Promise, Norma, Utowana, Lurline, 

 Rival and Atalanta were entered for the Kinney, Emery, Inb.ei-.vood, 

 Lundborg and Commodore's cups; Sophia and Skylark entered for 

 Kinney, Emery. Isherwood and Commodore's; the Stiletto, Lucille 

 and Aida entered for the Isherwood. Lundborg and Commodore's; 

 No. 2 16 entered for the Kinney, Isherwfiod, Lundoorg and Commo- 

 dore's: Viola and Marion entered for the Isherwood and Commodore's 

 cups. The Launch Surprise, 34ft. Jong, with coil boiler, was enl 

 by day Gould for Friday's race for the Manning prize. No sails were 

 allowed, and no priz « for walkovers, The Larchmoet 



