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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Aug. 20, 1885. 



BObTON, Aug. 11.— The atteudamce of shot^n admirers at the 

 Walnut Hill Range to-day was fair. Tbo Massachusetts ritte team 

 carried away the first prize. Mr. J. N. Frye's score of 20 out of a 

 possible 21 on the team match has never been beaten on this range, 

 yoliowing are the results of the dilterrenfc events: 

 Team Match. 



Mass. Rifle Association— 1st Team Povr-Wow Gun Club. 



JO sin£:les. 3 pairs. 5 clays 10 singles. 3 pairs. 5 clays 



•Stanton 10 4 8 Eastman.... 9 3 3 ' 



liaw 10 4 4 Rowell 9 4 4 



Snow 6 5 5 Lovering ... 5 3 4 



TolAls 36 13 11-50 Totals 2? 10 11—44 



jViass. Rifle Association— 3d Team Maiden Gim Glub. 



^Souther 6 2 4 Brown 8 3 4 



Williams .... t 5 6 Warren 9 3 2 



oNichols 9 6 5 Edwards.... 6 4 2 



Totals..... 22 13 14-49 Totals ...33 10 1-41 

 mass. Rifle AssocJatiou— 2d Team Lowell Rod and Gun Club. 



Uictey 7 5 5 Knowles 9 3 3 



Curtis 8 5 3 Piper 7 2 1 



Tidsbury.... 9 5 Lovejoy 8 3 4 



Totals.... 33 13 12-48 Totals 24 ~8 1-40 



Individual badfrea were won by Tidsbury. Dickey. Stanton and 

 Knowleis, aud they will hold badges A, B, C and D respectively. 



BINOXVILLE, Tenn,, Aug. 14.— KnoxviUe Gun Club gold medal 

 Tuatch. 8 traps: 15yds. rise, 3 angles, at blackbirds: 



C Deaderick. 18yds IHlOOllllOlOOlllOOlUllO-ir 



J C Duncan „ ...0111110111110111111111110-31 



T C Eldridge -,. -r-i,, llOlOOllOOlllOlllllOllllO— ir 



MOFrench ..j,., ■. OlOlOOlOOOOOOllOllOllOO(X)— 9 



A H Hebbard.. „ .........1111110111111111101101011—21 



FN Hodge 1010100100010010100131101—13 



JB KellT 01111111101(K)]lO0OOn0010-14 



^ItS?^^** lllOUlllllllllltl 1111111-24 



J M Ross OlllOOOlllllOlOOllOlllOU— 18 



J E Ross- .1100101100001110101100001-12 



J W Slocum 0110111010110010111101111—17 



C M Woodbury llll'^lOOOnoiO 1110010110—15 



Hugh Worsham 1110110101011000101110001—14 



Ameer Scrub lllOOllOl 1110110111111010— 18 



Silver medal match, 8 traps, 18yds. rise, 3 angles, at clay-pigeons: 



C. Deaderick ...lllKOllinOOll-ll F S Mead lUlOlOlllOlllO— 11 



J CDimcan..., 111111111011010-12 J M Ross 111111101011111—13 



T C Eldridge.. .001111111111111—13 J Ed Ross 110001 01 0100000— 5 



M O French.... OOlXlOOlOlOlOOOO— 3 J W Slocum. .. .OllIllllOiliOlO— 11 

 A H Hebbaid. .111101101111010— 11 C Woodbury. . .111010000111001— 8 



F N Hodge 00011 lOOOOtWOlO— 4 H Worsham . . .110101111100101—10 



J B K' l\y 000100000001010— 3 Ameer Scrub. . 1111 100 J 1000010— 8 



Ross won in the shoot off. 



CLIXTON. Aug. 14.— Oil the grounds of the Clinton Sportsman's 

 Club there was a contest to-day for the individual New England 

 blackbird championship medal, 12 singles and 6 oair birds: Eager- 

 singles 10, doubles 10; Webber— singles 10, doubles 3; Sampson- 

 singles 7, doubles 1. Webber and Sampson withdrew on doubles 

 after shooting 6 times eae h. Eager having won the badge 3 times out 

 of 5 matches it now becomes his individual property. 



National Gcn Association Tournaments.— Special Norice.— Mem- 

 bers desirous of organizing loumaraents in their vicinity, imder the 

 auspices of the Association, are requested to notify the undersigned. 

 All the expenses of the same will be paid by us. Make your arrange- 

 ments for 188B. We propose to establish a circuit of tournaments 

 annually. Claim your dates now.— P. C. Bishop, Secretary, Box 1292. 

 Cincinnati, O. Send 10 centsf or hand book containing rules, constitu- 

 tion, etc. "Fairly started and its future depends entirely upon the 

 manner in which the sportsmen throughout the counti-y respond."— 

 C. M. Stark, April 18, 1885 —Adv. 



Address all communications to the Forest and Strearn JPuhlish- 



i.Vl Co. 



FIXTURES. 



15-30— Quaker City V. C, Annual Cruise, Delaware and Cbes 



apeake Bays. 

 20, 23 and 24— Trial Races, N. Y. Y. C. Course. 

 20— Toledo Y. C Third Club Regatta. 

 22— Corinthian Y. C, Third Championship. 



22— Larch mont Y. 0., Oyster Boat Race. 

 24 and 3.5— Michigan Y. 0., Regatta at Lake St. Clair. 

 25— Miclugan Y. 0., Open Inter-Lake Regatta. 



25— Pentucket Y. C, Club Race. 



26— Greenwich Y. C, Annual Regrlta 

 29— Quincy Y. C, Third Club Puioe. 



29— Beverly Y". C. Swampscott. Third Championship Regatta 

 5— Hull Y. C, Champion Race. 

 5— Larebmont Y. C, Fall Pennant Regatta. 

 7, 9. 11 -America Cup Races. 

 7, 9, 14— America Cup Races. 

 9— Beverly Y. C, Nahant. Fall Regatta. 

 13— Quincy Y. C, Third Championship Race. 



13— Boston Y. 0.. Fourth Club Race. 

 12— Corinthisiu Y. C, Fall Matches. 



14— Newark Y. C. Open Regatta, 



15— N. Y. Y. C, Bennett and Douglas Cups. 

 17— N, Y. Y. C, Brenton's Cup Race. 

 19— Beverly Y, C, Nahant. 

 19— Hull Y. C, Champion Race. 

 19— Pentucket Y. C, Union Regatta. 



23— N. Y. Y. C, Cape May Cup Race. 

 28— Pentucket Y. C, Championship Regatta. 



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THE TRIAL RACES. 



THE following programme for the races has been issued by the 

 Regatta Committee: 

 "The yachts entered for these trial contests must be hove to in the 

 immediate neighborhood of buoy No. 18, in the upper bay, on the 

 morning of the races over the club course one half hour before the 

 time appointed for the start, and on the morning of the races outside 

 of Sandy Hook they must be hove to or at anchor off the government 

 dock in Sandy Hoo'k Bay one hour previous to the time appointed for 

 the start, and each vacht must be ready to send a boat with the 

 represeniatix e of the yacht aboard of the judges' boat to receive 

 instructions. Tbe place of starting for the outside races will be from 

 The ScotiaDd or the Sandy Hook Lightship, according to the direction 

 of the wind, and failing verbal directions the yachts will proceed to 

 whichever point is signaled from the judges' boat. The International 

 Code flag 'B' will signify the Scotland Lightship and 'D' will signify 

 tbe Sandy Hook- Lightshin. 'G' will signify that the course will be 

 triangular and 'J' wiU signify that the com-se will be twenty miles to 

 windward or leeward and return. 



' In the outside races, at the start and the finish, the competing 

 yacht.s rnuf-t pass between the judges' boat and the lightship, and in 

 the triangular race, when rounding the marks, they will keep outside 

 of the stakeboats or buoys used to designate the course. In the 

 windward or leeward race, the yachts will keep the outer mark on 

 the starboard hand. 



"Buoys displaying red flags will be used to mark the courses and 

 the turning points of the outside course, and the buoys, and not the 

 tugboats, are to he turned. When the tug or judges' boat is running 

 off a com'se she will display no flags until she has reached the mark, 

 wheji she will display the New York Y. C. flag alone, and keep it fly- 

 ing as long as she remains at tbe mark. 



"The rules of the New York Y. C, including those for time allow- 

 ance, will govern these contests, and the sailings directions are as 

 follows: . ... 



•'Yachts while sailing must carry their private signals at the mam 

 peak. The signal for starting will be as follows: Preparatory sig- 

 nal— one long blast of the steam whistle on the judges' boat, and at 

 the same time the United States ensign will be lowered from tbe bow 

 staff and a Blue Peter set in its place. Five minutes after there will 

 be a second blast of tbe st^am whistle from the judges' boat, and the 

 Blue Peter will be 'owered and the New York Y. C. signal set in its 

 |)]ace, when the time of each yacht will be taken as it crosses the 



•^'iwo minutes later there will be a third blast of the steam whistle 

 givea, and thi^ time shall be recorded as the time of any yacht start- 

 ing thereafter. , . , .„ , . 



"The necessary particulai-s as to the outside com-ses will be given 

 on the morning of each race. 



"In the race over the club course yachts in starting will cross an 

 imaginary line drawn from the judges' boat to buoy No. 18, oppo-ite 

 Owl's Head, L. I. ; thence (keeping outside of Fort Lafayette) to and 



around buoy No. 10, passing to the west and south of it; thence to 

 buoy No. 814, passing south of it and north of buoy No. 5, off the 

 point of Sandy Hook, to and around Sandy Hook Lightship, turning 

 it from north and east, and then return over the same course to the 

 westward of the home stakeboat, which will be anchored abreast of 

 and to the eastward of buoy No. 15. All yachts must pass to the east- 

 ward of West Bank buoys Nos. 9, 11. IS and 15, and to the westward 

 of red buoys Nos. lOJ^. 12, 14 and 10, both going out a.nd returning 

 home. These races must be made in seven hours. Special attention, 

 too, is called to the fact that these races are for the purpose of find- 

 ing out which is the fastest yacht, and those in charge of the com- 

 peting yachts are expected to do their best to further the end in view, 

 both in the spirit and tbe letter, avoiding interfering, as far as possi- 

 ble.with other competiug yachts. 



"The races will be started on each day at 10:30 A . M. 



"The first race ndll take place on Thursday, Aug. 20, over an out- 

 side course. 



"The second race wfll be sailed on Saturday, Aug. 32, and also over 

 an outside course. 



"The third race wUl be sailed on Monday, Aug. 24, over the New 

 York Y. C. course, and if further races are neccssafy they will be 

 sailed on succeedine or alternate days, according to circumstances, as 

 the committee on the America's Cup of the N. Y. Y. O. may direct." 

 ,1. F. Tams, j 

 New York, Aug. ir, 18a5. C. H. Stebbins, '-Regatta Committee. 

 J A. MonTant, I 



PRISCILLA. 



FTER her return from Newport PrisciUa Wetlt directly to Poil- 

 xx Ion's tard, where her mast was lit fed out aiid taken ashore. A 

 piece 5ft. Sin. long was cut cfl' the heel, to compensate for which a 

 longer topmast was added. Her mastlieaii was jDrotected by iron 

 plates at each corner dnder the eye.s of the rigging, but these were 

 twisted by the heavy strain and the wood underneath them was 

 crushed considerably. The bracket from which the throat halliard 

 was hung had also pressed into the wood in spite of the iron straps. 

 An iron funnel has been placed over the masthead to take the strain 

 off the shrouds. Two openings have been cut in each of her channel 

 plates to lessen the drag. On hauling out her bottom was found to be 

 in very bad condition, the paint being badly blistered. She has been 

 scraped smooth and potleaded, and wUl be' much better in respect to 

 bottom than !=he has yet been. Hertoppides have been painted and 

 a gold stripe added, which materially improves her appearance. 



NEW YORK Y. d. CUPS. 



BESIDE the races for the America's Cup it is probable that other 

 races will be sailed for the four cups now in possession of the 

 club. These are the Cape May cup, for sloops and schooners, with- 

 out allowance, over a course from Sandy Hook to Five Fathom Light- 

 ship off Cape Mfty and retm-n; the Brenton's Reef cup, also without 

 allowance for size or rig, from .Sandy Hook around Brenton's Reef 

 Lightship and return ; aud the two cuds for schooners and sloops, 

 presented by Com. Bennett and Vice-Com. Douglas, for sloops and 

 cutters only, over an outs'de triangular course, with allowance. The 

 date of Sept. 15 has been set for the latter race, Sept. 17 for the Bren- 

 ton's Reef race, and Sept. 23 for the Cape May race. No entries have 

 yet been made for any of these races but it is probable that Genesta 

 will enter and also the larger sloops, cutters and schooners. None of 

 the races filled last season and the races were not sailed, but the 

 presence of Genesta this year has brought things to racing pitch and 

 there will in all probabiUty be some fine sport after the Cup races. 

 These four cups have been in the club lockers long enough, and it 

 speaks little for tbe spirit of owners when they go begging ahd the 

 entries do not flU. 



PURITAN. 



THE Boston sloop has been for a week in New York Bay sailing 

 over the course and trying new sails. On Monday she hauled out 

 at the screw dock for cleaninfT and painting. Her wooden bottom is 

 yet new and very rough, but it has been smoothed off and potleaded 

 carefully, showing her white sides in bold contrast. Ahout 1900 

 pounds of lead have been run into her keel as far aft as possible, 

 allowing some of the inside weight to be dispensed with. Hundreds 

 of persons have visited the screw dock in the past few days to see the 

 boat, most of them also visiting the PrisciUa, hauled out fm-ther up 

 the street. Comments have been passed on the white sloop by yachts- 

 men, sailors, builders, sailmakers and boating men of all shades of 

 opinion, from the ultra putter to the sandbagger, but nearly all arc 

 favorable to the white boat. She certainly is a surprise to all, dif- 

 fering from anything known to New York yachtsmen in her harmoni- 

 ous combination of many diverse features. A centerboard sloop she 

 imdoubtedly is, but apart from her beam it would be saying a good 

 deal to deny that there is more cutter than t-loop in her. both in 

 model, ng and fittings. Her designer has copied nothing blindly, 

 but has been wonderfully happy in bis selection and adaptation of 

 the features of sloop and cutter. She will be ready in good time for 

 Thursday's race. 



ANNISQUAM REGATTA, AUG. 14-, 



THE Cape Ann Y^C. sailed an open regatta on the Annisquam 

 River, in which thirty-seven yachts couipeted, all being under 

 aSft. The course for the first and second class was from a line be- 

 tween the sta.keboat off John Hodgkins's cafe and Russ Island, down 

 the river to Black Buoy on Squam Bar and turn the buoy: then up 

 the river to a stakeboat off Prison's Point in Little River, thence to 

 the starting point, distance, eight miles. And for third class was 

 from Russ Island up Little River to a stakeboat off Prison Point, 

 thence down the river to the stone beacon off Annisquam, thence up 

 the river to the starting Une; distance, seven miles. A start was 

 made at 2:05 P. M. for firstclass, 3:15 for second, and 2:25 for third, 

 nine yachts starting in the first class, nine in the second, and eleven 

 in the third. The times were: 



first class. 



Length. Actual. Corrected. 



Black Cloud, Brown 23.00 1 56 42 1 29 12 



Adele, Haskell 21.04 2 01 17 1 40 13 



Kitt wake, Cunningham 20 09 2 11 29 1 41 37 



Venus. McKenzie 34.01 3 16 44 1 50 15 



Patmitza, Thomas 30.05 2 17 34 1 46 20 



Jalma, Proctor 21 07 3 22 59 1 54 02 



SECOND. CLASS. 



Sassacus, Grifiin 16 08 1 .59 04 1 23 64 



Puritan. Tucker 17.05 2 07 12 1 33 08 



Spark, Gaffney 16.11 2 15 06 1 40 26 



Eusymone, James 19.10 2 17 23 1 46 26 



THIRD CLASS. 



Owl, Davis 14.08 2 13 08 1 .39 30 



Dion e. Hod gkins .lo . 05 2 10 33 1 39 40 



Nancy D., Oakes 15.05 2 12 54 1 40 24 



Black Cloud wins first prize. $12; Adele, $10; liittewake, ,$8 In 

 second class the winners were Sassacus, $10; Puritan, 85: aud in third 

 class. Owl, $6; Dione. $3. 



The regatta committee were WiUiam J. Maddocks, Geo. H. Proctor 

 and John S. Presson. The judges were H. Frank Sanford, WiUiam J. 

 Maddocks and M. Herbert Nichols. 



QUINCY Y. C, AUG. 14. 



THE second championship regatta of the Quincy Y. C. was sailed 

 on Aug. 14, off Meare's Beach in a leeflng breeze from southeast, 

 over the club course. In the first class Queen Mab and Erin made a 

 close race for a time, but the former finally won easily, taking Com. 

 Adam's championship pennant for the second time. Diadem led the 

 second class for a time but Niobe finall.y passed her. Flora Lee, in 

 thii'd class, outsafled the entire second class. 



FIRST CLASS. 



Length. Actual, Corrected. 



Oueen Mab, E. L. Burwell 23.08 1 37 11 1 09 21 



Erin, John Cavanagh 27.02 1 51 09 1 ST 17 



SHOOKD CLASS. 



Niobe. J. E. Sayles 20.06 1 17 05 50 43 



Mabel, Geo. R. Howe 20.05 1 19 38 53 11 



Tartar F. Dunne 20.00 1 21 15 51 33 



Nereid, C. P. Colby 20.10 1 23 17 57 14 



Diadem, L. Hay ward 18.07 1 25 50 59 85 



Wildfire, H. A. Keith 18.01 1 27 15 58 15 



Posy, Bum pus & Crane 30.05 1 35 31 59 04 



Pet: J. McParland 30.01 1 26 35 59 48 



Christine, George F. Russell. 19.00 1 27 45 59 48 



Spray, Henry M. Faxon, 19 04 1 27 51 1 00 16 



Maisie, J. H. Blade 20.00 1 30 20 ] 03 27 



THIRD CLASS. 



Flora Lee. D. H. Lincoln 17 03 1 11 16 45 38 



Elfin, J. F. Culley 16.08 1 25 35 69 13 



Guenn, W. L. Dearborn 17.10 1 34 55 69 28 



Elsie, C. F. Hardwick 16.09 1 25 53 49 35 



Mischief. D. W. Belcher ..16.10 1 26 25 1 00 15 



Undine, H. French .17.03 Not taken. 



The judges were Peter B. Turner, W. T. Babcock and ex-Commo 

 dore George W. Morton. The judges' boat was Captain Veader's 

 yacht Water Lily. , „ , . 



Niobe wins one leg for the second class pennant, besides fli'st prize, 

 Mabel takes second prize, Flora Lee takes the pennant. 



THE RACES OP THE NEW YORK Y. C. CRUISE. 



THE annual erm'se of the New York Y. C. and the accompanyhig 

 races have this year possessed a new feature, that has com- 

 pletely overshadowed all others, and has attracted more attention 

 than any issue that nas been before the yachtuig world in many 

 ye;irs. There was once a time wdien the fleet w-as composecl 

 almost entirely of schooners, or at least when the interest centered 

 entirely in the schooner racing, following which came the sloops of 

 60 to 70ft. waterline, their contests becoming more important each 

 year as the interest in the schooners waned, while at the saaie time 

 the 50ft. class of .sloops added their share to the sport. Within ttie 

 past five years the advent of the cutter and the warm controversy 

 over keel or board has made the contests between the larger single- 

 stickers by far the most important feature of the races, those between 

 the larger schooners, keel and centerboard, attracting much less 

 attention, 



For the past five years the names most prominent in the events 

 about Newport have been Mischief-. Gracie, Bedouin, Wenocah, 

 Fanny, Ileen, Hildegarde, Vision and ArroWj the greater glory being 

 divided among them, next to which the contests of Fc.rtuiia with 

 Montauk and Grayhng claimed a plade. Not only has le.ss intrre.sr 

 than usual been felt in the performancies of these boats this season, 

 but none of them have acquitted themselves as creditably as hereto- 

 forci and whilt they have done has excited but little attention com- 

 pared With the races of two boats of au entirely new class. Large 

 schooners and moderate sized sloops and cutters have both, for a 

 time, had their day, and for this season at lea-st a new style of craft 

 engrosses the attention of all yachtsmen, and their duels have com- 

 pletely dwarfed the racing of the other yachts. 



Both tbe new yachts have been described in detail in Forest and 

 STREAit, but before looking at their performances a closer compari- 

 son of their individual points will be of interest, especially as they 

 meetagalnthis weekiu a series of stiUmoreunportant races. Broadly 

 speaking, both are centerboard sloops, but in view of the imported 

 innovations and unpatriotic improvements that have crept into 

 American practice within a few years past such definition gives little, 

 idea of their model, rig or eqm'pment. Looking first at the huU.s 

 PrisciUa more closely follows American ideas. Both yachts have rela- 

 tively great beam and moderate depth as distinguished from the 

 cutter type, but on the other hand the beam is much less than that 

 commonly given to American sloop", while the depth is proportion- 

 ately greater. In sheer and freebo.ird also there is a marked differ • 

 ence, both of the new boats having less of the former and more of 

 the latter than any of their smaller predecessors. In this respect the 

 PrisciUa with ber straight sheer increased in appearance by the plain 

 black side from waterline to rail, unbroken by planksheer or gold 

 stripe, as weU as by her short angular counter, resembles more the 

 cutters we are familiar with here, while the Puritan follows more 

 closely the sloop, having a fau- and graceful sweep from knightheadg 

 to laftrail, heightened in effect by a wide gilt band below the plank- 

 sheer, adding greatly to her appearance; On the other hand in the 

 matter of beam the Boston boat has actually tlie same amount with a 

 shorter length, making her a proportionately wider boat. Both boats 

 have the plumb stem once so rare among our sloops, but now too 

 common to excite special notice, wliile aft they differ greatly. The 

 PriscUla has a short thick counter, far from handsome in itself and 

 aggravating the effect of the high side, giving a stumpy and heavy- 

 look to the after part of the boat, wliile the Puritan has the long 

 overhang of the thorough cutter, fight, graceful and adding im- 

 mensely to the finish of her afterbody. 



Most of these features are apparent to the eve. and are perhaps 

 more matters of tasie than of vital importauca, but there is another 

 point not visible on inspection afloat, in which the two yachts differ 

 most materiaUy. Although the PrisciUa is built of iron aud the 

 Puritan of wood, their displacement and weight of ballast do not 

 vary greatly, but in the manner in which the latter is disposed of lies 

 the main point of difference between them. The iron boat has her 

 lead, some ^5 tons, stowed inside hanging on the frames, while the 

 wooden boat has 25 tons beneath her in the shape of a large outside 

 keel through which her centerboard work.s, the remaining 30 tons 

 being disposed of inside. Another point of difference in this connec- 

 tion is that while PrisciUa's hull is carried down nearly to her full 

 depth, with a keel onl.y 5s3in. outside. Puritan, with the same draft, 

 has less depth of huU and a much deeper and wider keel, the latter 

 being 15in. on bottom. 



Within the half dozen years that outside, or more properly low bal- 

 last, has been common with us, it has been tried on all forms of 

 yachts and with uniformly good re.sults. except in one class of boat, 

 where it was joined with wide beam and moderate or smaU depth, in 

 which case, while there has been a gain in stiffness and safl^carryiog 

 power, the speed of the boat ia rough water has in some eases been 

 seriously impeded owing to her violent motions. From the experi- 

 ence in these cases, it has been feared by some that while very Stiff 

 and fast in smooth water, tbe Puritan would feel the strain of the low 

 weight in a sea. but judging by her behavior in the rough weather of 

 Aug, 8, no such results need b" apprehended in her case, as she not 

 only stood up aud sailed Very fast, but her motion was easy consid- 

 ering the sea running. StUl one point of difference remains between 

 them, the PriscUla has the vertical sternpost of tbe sloop, while the 

 Puritan's rakes well aft as in the cutter, the latter's keel also having 

 a rocker with its greatest depth amidships, whUe PrisciUa's is 

 straighter, with the depth at the heel of the sternpost. 



It will be seen then that whhehoth a-e really American center- 

 board sloops, tuey differ in model from the boats so long known by 

 that name, having little in common with Fannie, Gracie, Arrow and 

 others of their time. Again comparing them with each other, I he 

 Puritan, in the matter oC keel and low weight, as well as in the long 

 counter and raking .sternpost, resembles the cutter, while the corres- 

 ponding features in the PiiscUla are those of the sloop. 



No less important than the hull and ballast is the rig, and in this 

 point a marked difference exists between the two boats. PrisciUa's 

 rig is neither sloop nor cutter, but across between the two; while 

 Puritan has, with two exfeptions, the fuU cutter rig. In proportions 

 of sails and spars. PrisciUa's rig is that of a sloop with double head- 

 sails, her mast being very long with a short topmast, while her gatt" 

 is short in proportion, the entire rig being lofty and narrow. Her 

 mainsail is laced to the boom, her bowsprit is fixed and the jib is set 

 on a fixed stay, so that the rig may be called that of a sloop as the 

 term is now tmderstood. Looking at the details, however, the back 

 stays, runners, quarter lifts and similar gear, though found on many 

 sloops, are essentially part of the cutter rig, while the traveler on her 

 boom and the entire fittings of the masthead claim the same origin. 

 Puritan's rig is jilanned more nearly on the proportions of the cutter, 

 and with the exception of a laced mainsail and a fixed bowsprit, the 

 details are entirely so. The jib is set flying with an outhaul on the 

 bowsprit, several sizes being provided, as in a cutter, the mast is 

 comparatively short, with a long topmast, the area of sail is low and 

 long, and all the minor details are parts of the regular cutter rig. 



The purpose for which these two yachts have been built is gener- 

 ally known to be to provide a better yacht than any of the old ones 

 to meet Genesta and possibly Galatea, and to this end a series of trial 

 races had been arraneed to take place after the cruise, consequently 

 the main featm'e of the week's racing was the fight between these 

 two big ones, something that we may not see again in some years. 

 Built for a special purpose, they are of a size that will hardly become 

 popular here for the sloop rig, and unless some new occasion arises 

 they wiU both, in all probability, be converted into schooners after 

 the races, leaving our sloop class as before, 70ft. and under. 



Prior to the cruise the pair had not met, one being built in Boston 

 and one in Wilmington and New York; and while the former had 

 sailed one successful race and had been well tried, the latter had not 

 raced, though under saU for a month previous. 



The first day of the race saw Pri.scilla alone with the fleet on the 

 run from the rendezvous at (tIcu Cove to New London, 90 miles, a 

 scrub race to windward, in which no prizes were offered, but all did 

 their best. Against her were Bedouin, Ileen, Gracie, Arrow and 

 Mischief. Starting at 5:30 A.M., they aU went off closely together, 

 vrtth a topsail breeze or rather more from N.E. The tide was against 

 the fleet as they tacked out, PriscUla soon being first. After a couple 

 of hours she was well ahead, with Gracie second. Bedouin and the 

 schooner GrayUng next to her. In the calm that followed she still 

 kept her lead, and when near New Loudon was still ahead. Mean- 

 whUe Grayling passed Gracie and finally Bedouin pa.ssed both, taking 

 second place to PriscUla. Montauk and all the others were far 

 astern. Entering New London Bedouin was vei-y close to the new 

 sloop, and as the latter grounded she passed her, being first boat in. 

 Grayling came next and then Gracie, whUe the PrisciUa was hauled 

 off by a steamer, the Osprey. Mischief came in during tbe night and 

 the rest in the early morning. Of the schooners, Grayling in the 

 light weather was far and away the best, leaving aU. The times of 

 the boats were taken on their arrival, but are not coiTect, as Bedouin 

 was Ih-st instead of third. But tor grounding PrisciUa would have 

 beaten her by only a f 5W minutes, and while the flnky weather pre- 

 cluded any real test, the race, such as it was, gave little advantage to 

 PriscUla over Bedouin or Gracie. 



In New London harbor was the white yacht on which Boston had 

 pinned her hopes, clean-liued, stnunch and handsome, and thus far 

 with a successful record to back her. The race of 45 mUes from New 

 London to Newport, on Aug. H. was sailed in a 8. E. wind, light 

 enough for jibtopsails, a w md that served all ahke with little fluking. 

 The times of start and finish were both taken, by which Puritan beats 

 PrisciUa 34 seconds, but the latter claims a delay of several ramutes 

 for the purpose of starting even with Puritan. When off Watch Hill 

 Grayling led. with PrisciUa. Puritan and Gracie in order. Puritan 

 lost some time through ber jibtopsail tearing, and later on was 

 blanketed by the sloop Fanny, which was not in the race hut came 



