Aug. 21 1885.] 



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98 



canoes and men competed in the record races. Leys and B^lpp tied, 

 Diuiham and Shaffer tied, as did also Gould and Webster. 



EXTEA. RAGSES NOT ON OFFICIAL PROQ-RAMME. 

 Friday, July 31. 

 Scrub sailing: race, 3 miles, twice round regular triangular course' 

 forapri^e padri le offered by Mr. Kushton. This was the first race 

 sailed ovei' the com'se. 



Owner. 



R. W, Bailey 



P. M. Wackerhajjen 



0. B. Vaux 



A. Webster 



F. F. Andrews 



G. G. ITuleliiiifioii . . . 



G. O. ToUm 



O .F, Iloliiship 



Henry Sbaffer ■. . 



T. Dunham 



Club, 



Oanoe. 



Place. 



Time. 



Pittsburgh 





1 



49 00 



Mohican ...... . . 



Thetis 



2 



50 00 



New York 



Sea Bee 



3 



50 fjO 



Harvai'd 



Germaine 



4 



54 50 



Rochester 



Sofrouia 



5 





Broekville. 



Startle 



6 





Essex 



Daisy 



7 





Pittsburgli 



Freyja 



8 





Essex 



Nereid 



9 





Beatrice 



Harvard 



10 





Katrina won. Light wind and smooth water. A steamer cut So- 

 Ironia out of fourth place. It was a fau-ly close and pretty race all 

 tlu'ongh, with constant passing and repassmg of the canoes one witli 

 another. 



Friday, Aug. 7. 



Consolation sailing race, 1}4 miles, for canoe and man never Ijaviug 

 won an Association race. Prizes from Mr. J. H. Hull, Brook l.yn. 

 Value, $15 to first, So to second. 



Owner. 



Club. 



Canoe. 



Place. 



Time. 



C. V. R. Schuyler.... 



B. W. Richards 



G. O. Totten. Jr 



Broekville 



Essex 



Grebe 



Daisy 



1 



2 



45 ao 



45 30 









Guenn won. Very light wind. The Grebe and Guenn had a very 

 close race of it all rhrough. Grebe making up on Guenn in the wind- 

 ward work but finally being jjassedby her running freeon accoimt of 

 Ciiomrs veiy large .I'nd high sail. Five canoes started in the race. 

 No i-ecord was kept o£ tlie fifth man, and the finish of the uon-winning 

 canoes not kept. 



Cruising Canoe Race, 3 miles ; first prize, from J. G. Wilson and 

 Ohas. Beiningson, a decorated paddle; second prize, from John Glen- 

 denning, a spoon paddle. 



Owner. 



Club. 



Canoe. 



Time. 



Place. 



P. M. Wackerhagen. . 

 C. V. R, Schuvler.... 



B. W, Ricnards 



G. O. Totten. Jr 



Essex 



Grebe 



Daisy 



58 30 



1 04 30 



1 



2 

 3 



4 

 5 



Henry Shaffer Essex 



Nereid 



Thetis won almost by a whole leg of the triangle, beating Guenn 6 

 minutes, and all the gain was in the windward work, as reaching or 

 running ti'ee Guenn had the advantage, if anything. Guenn and 

 Grebe liad a close race of it as in the consolation, and Daisy and 

 Nereid kept together all round. It was a race of pairs, with Thetis 

 single and ahead. 



Saihng race for open canoes, l>i mil es. Prize, decorated rudder 

 from JVIr. Ira Davis. Wind very ligbt. 



Owner. 



Club. 



Oanoe. 



Time. 



Place. 



E. B. Edwards 



R. W. Baldwin 



Ottawa 





40 30 



1 

 2 









Reaching sail race, any canoe, 1 mile with turn. The wind was so 

 light it was made short. Pin for prize, presented b.y Mr. Hugh Neil- 

 son, Toronto. Over 10 canoes entered, but as it cattle off a flat calm 

 nearly all withdrew. Nimick worked the Katrina over the course by 

 swinging the sail and won. Andrews drifted about and hung on till 

 a breeze sprang up and fairly sailed the entire distance. 



Portage race, }4 mile, paddle, carry over fence and 100ft. on shore, 

 for "Dorsal Fin" camp kit. 



Ed. Gould iKnick erbocker. . 



G. O. Totten, Jr [Essex . 



Hilcrest _ . . 

 Wenonah . . 



R. W.Baldwin lOttawa iVidaD 



Chas. A. Neicie Mohican iFar Niente . ... 



C. Laroin Berkeley Dotakecare .... 



E, B. Edwards Peterboro Verena 



5 30 

 5 45 



Edwards stood up on the gunwale of his canoe after the finish and 

 paddled to shore in this position, a most diifteult feat to perform. 



A CRUISE ON THE POTOMAC. 



Editor Forest and Stream! 



The following account of his cruise on the Potomac was lately sent 

 me in a private letter by an old cruising mate of mine, a member of 

 the Washington 0. C, and owner of the Tonic, a cruising canoe re- 

 sembling the Sunbeam in model. Although not written for publica- 

 tion. I have his permission to contribute the description of his cruise 

 to Forest and Stream:. Seneca. 



* * * I went alone after all. M. sent me word the night before 

 we were to start that he expected his father on during the week, so 

 he would have to give up the trip. Unable to drum up any one to 

 take bis place, I started off by myself m the morning, intending to 

 work down as far as Lower Cedar Point or Colonial Beach. When 1 

 left the float at 9 o'clock the wind was too light tor sailing so I pad- 

 dled down to Long Bridge, where I found the breeze somewhat 

 fresher. Just below the bridge I put an the sails and made a very 

 good run to Marshall Hall. There the wind shifted around until it 

 blew dead ahead, and after beating against it until 5 o'clock in the 

 afternoon, I reached Hallowing Point, just opposite Craney Island, 

 on the Virginia shore, twenty-three miles from the canoe club house. 

 Here I cooked supper without going ashore and anchored for the 

 night. In fact, I anchored about a dozen times and in as many dif- 

 ferent places before morning, in a vain attempt to escape from the 

 clouds of hungry mosquitoes. I had neither netting nor tar oil, and 

 it was too hot to admit of sleeping under a blanket, so nearly the 

 whole night was spent in a constant fight with the miserable pests. 

 Pi'obably I slept about an hour altogether, but that hour was a pic- 

 nic for them. They got their work in on me in good style, as was 



Eaiatiilly evident next day by the hundreds of itching w'elts on my 

 ands, arms and feet. 



.'Soon after daylight I crossed over to Glymont and bought four 

 yards of nio>--qnito netting of which I made an A tent six feet long, 

 two high and about thr-e feet wide at the bottom. A cord settled into 

 the ridge served to fasten it up under my Mohican tent. It worked 

 lirst-rate, and I had no further trouble with mosquitoes during the 

 cruise. 



With the wind still dead ahead I made another start, hoping to 

 make a longer run than that of the day before, but 6 o'clock in the 

 atternoon found me no further down stream than our old campmg 

 place opposite Quantico. I went ashore for a drink of water from 

 the spring on the beach, and you mavbe sure it tasted good aft(^r my 

 long sail in the hot sun. I met our red-headed friend of last year, 

 aoid he gave me a very cordial welcome and a pressing invitaUon to 

 sleep at his house. Carrying the grub-box ashore, I started a lire at 

 the old hre place, which still showed faint traces of our visit there, 

 and cooked a good supper of coffee, bacon and fried eggs. I was 

 compelled to bolt it down in short order, as a squall of wind and rain 



was coming up the river; and I hurj-ied aboard, rigged up the storm 

 suit of sails, and with a lively wijid abeam ran across to the ducking 

 club's islanil at the mouth 'of (Jha riavvanisie Creek. In the qniet 

 ■water behind the island 1 cast anchor for the night, and, thanks to 

 the mosquito bar, slept well until daybglit, 



After breakfast next morning I went over to Sandy Point for asup- 

 ply of fresli water and onco more beaded down stream. The wmd 

 was dead ahead and so light that no head^vfiy could be made against 

 the strong tide which was running, so the idea of reaching Lower 

 Sandy Po'int was reluctantly abandoned and T squared away for 

 Glymont. The wind was stUl aft and a Uttle fresher when, at B in the 

 afternoon, I rounded Indian Head. Occasionally glancing back over 

 my shoulder I noticed that it was beginning to look rather black 

 down in Occoquan Bay, Viut felt uo une.aamcss as I sunposed it was 

 only a little rain or wind which wnuhbrt reach me before a landing 

 could be made at Gl.yinout. A few inoiaents later, when about a mile 

 below the wqiarf, 1 tool; n not her look down the liay just in time to 

 sec two schooners ilroppmg tlieir sails. This time there could be no 

 mistake as to iiB lieing a iu nvy squall, and 1 began (o doubt being 

 able to make t he whaiT before it came. While debating the question 

 with mysoir a large schouuoi' a tew hundred yards aon-jist of me 

 brought down her canvas with a niu and let go hej- anchor. That 

 settled it, and 1 thought it about time to snug clown myself, .so 

 rounded up into the wind and got down my mainsail. While standing 

 up to unrig the dandy the squall struck, and so hard as to ahnost 

 snatch tlie dandy out of my liands. T inmg on to it, however, but it 

 was as much as 1 could do to get it rolled and stowed away under the 

 deck without a capsize. My aiichoj- was soon unfolded and over- 

 board, but the line ran out to tlie Inst inch witlnjiit its i-eacliing bot- 

 tom. I had oul.v about 80(fc., as D. accidentally cut it in half on the 

 SOth of May cruise. Hauling her inboard again I bent on anoiher 

 piece of line but still could get no hold of (be bottom. The wind was 

 increasing every moment and a sea was beginning to get up, but my 

 onl.y fear for the Tonic was that she would drift ashore and be 

 smashed up in the heavy surf. I was drifting rapidly and directly 

 toward the wharves at Glymont, and it was notunitil I had passed the 

 first that my anchor took hold. 1 tell you. old fellow, it was a severe 

 test for the new anchoi', for when she took fast hold of the bottom 

 there was such a strain on the line that I was almost certain some- 

 thing would give way. 



Seeing the rain coming f got out my apron and oilskin jacket, and 

 was soon fixed for the storm, w hieh turned out to be the heaviest I 

 have over witnessed on the rotomac. The raui came down in tor- 

 rents, and for a, few niompnts the view of the shore was entirely shut 

 off. The waves were immense, and the surf on the beach only a hun- 

 dred yards to leeward was five or six feet high. The dear old Tonic 

 was behaviug so well that I ready eujo.yed the storm, now that I 

 found my anchor holding firmly, and wiien some men came out to 

 my rescue in a big boat I took a heap of satisfaction in telling them 

 that I was all right, and they had better go ashore out of the wet. 

 They were considerably astonished to see how gallantly the little 

 craft rode the big rollers, and I guess the good qualities of a well- 

 built and equipped canoe are fairly well acknowledged in that local- 

 ity now. When they got back to shore I noticed that a half dozen 

 pair of strong arms were re(iuired to beach their boat without dam- 

 age, and the whole cro\vd wore drenched to the skia. 



The stoi-m lasted only about half an hour, and as soon as the wind 

 had lulled sufficiently I sailed over to Craney Island, where I hauled 

 out well above high water tnark. I had just got comfortably settled 

 for the night when we had another blow and rain, not so severe as 

 the last, but it would have given me troub'e had I been afloat with 

 ray tent up. RoUiiig uji the curtahi ou the lee side of the tent I lay 

 back to enjo.y the sensation of being well sheltered from the wind 

 and rain . 



My Mohican tent is a success, and I don't behove a better one could 

 be devised. It is roomy, easily and quickly set up, and, best of all, 

 weather proof. The rain continued at intervals nearly all night, and 

 as the weather was threatening in the morning I remained on the 

 island until noon, spending the time cleaning up, fishing, etc. I 

 cau,ght fifteen or twenty white perch, five of the largest making a 

 good dinner. 



In the afternoon I donned my best blue suit and red necktie, and 

 again went over to Glymont. 'l was met at the landing by quite a 

 crowd, which had assembled for a near inspection of the little craft 

 that had proved herself so seaworth.y the day before, and 1 was kept 

 bu.sy answering all sorts of questions respecting her. Most of the 

 crowd were fishermen, and tney made no effort to conceal their ad- 

 miration for a craft they had hitherto regarded with some contempt. 

 It cost me something considerable for the beer and whisky the fel- 

 lows who so kindly came out in the rain to my assistance got outside 

 of, but 1 didn't mind that much, as I was glad of the opportunity to 

 establish a record on the river for the rather despised canoes. 



I laid in some stores here and again crossed the river to Hallowing 

 Point. I hauled the Tonic ashore near a huge mulberry tree which was 

 loaded down with ripe fruit, and made my supper almost entirely of 

 mulberries. Just at dusk while sitting in front of the Are, I saw some- 

 thing moving about under the mulbeny tree, A cautious inspection 

 revealed a pair of woodcock, who were enjoying a feast on the fallen 

 berries which lay an inch or more deep on the grotmd, I stole to 

 within six feet of them and was compelled to go even closer and 

 clap my hands before they took -wing. Goin^ back to the fire I had 

 hardly got seated when I saw them there again, where they remained 

 unmolested till they had got their fill. It was my first sight of a live 

 woodcock, and having heard so much of their extreme shyness I was 

 greatly surprised to be able to get so near them. 



Getting under wa.y about 9 next morning, with a light breeze aft, I 

 reached Marshall Hall at noon and in time to get a glass of beer before 

 the Mary Washington landed her horde of noisy excursionists. From 

 there to Fort Washington was a hot paddle tmder a scorching sun, 

 and it was 4 in the afternoon before the Tonic pu.shed her forefsot 

 fast into the mud at C. F,"s landing. Taking my pail and grub-bag 

 I strolled up to the mansion oh the hill for milk, eggs, etc., and had 

 quite a chat with the old people, who made mau.y inquiries after you. 

 The tide was way out when I got back to the landing, so I decided to 

 anchor the Tonic out and sleep ashore. It was so pleasant that I 

 only put up the mosquito tent, ;',nd it was a God-send, for the pests 

 were thicker here than anywhere else on the whole cruise. 



After a slow and uneventful i im the next day (Friday) I reached 

 the float at 4 P. M. and went home, intending to get my wife and the 

 youngsters to spend the next day ou a picnic up the river. She 

 couldn't very well go, however, so 1 hunted up Mac, and at 1 P. M. 

 we loaded our traps aboard the Herald for a trip up to the dam. 

 While at Holtzman's we sighted the Scalp and the Canvasback com- 

 ing down stream, maimed by Bob and Ber i , whom we induced to join 

 us. The.y went home for their canqiing traps and promised to be 

 with us before midnight. Mac and I kept a big fire .going on Syca- 

 more Island to show them where to find us, as neither of them had 

 ever been up the feeder before. We had about given them up when 

 about 11 :30 our ears were greeted with their yells down the dam. The 

 night was delightftd, and we slept before a good fire of green logs 

 without needing tents or blankets. Next day was cool and breezy, 

 and we had a most pleasant time. No bass were caught, though we 

 tried for them faithfully ia the most likely spots. Our trip down was 

 made late in the afternoon, and was very enjoyable. 



Address all contnmnicaUons to the Forest and Stream Publish- 

 ing Co. 



FIXTURES. 



27— .Jersey City Y. C, Ladies' Day, 

 29— Quincy Y. C, Thu-d Club Race. 



29-Beverly Y. C, Swampscott. Third Championship Regatta 

 5— Hull Y. C, Champion Race. 

 5— Larchmont Y. C, Fall Pennant Regatta, 

 7, 9. 11— America Cup Races. 

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

 Sept. 12— Quincy Y. C, Third Cliampionship Race, 

 Sept. 12— Boston Y. C, Fourth (!lub Race. 

 Sept. 12-Corinthian Y. C, Fall Matches. 

 Sept. 14— Newark Y. 0.. Open Regatta. 

 Sept. 15 -N, Y. Y. C:., Beunetf and Douglas Cups. 

 Sept. 17— N. V. y. ('., fii-en ton's Cup Eace. 

 Sept. iy~Beveiiy \'. C. , Nahant. 

 Sept, f 9-Huli Y. C, Chfimpion Race. 

 Sept. 19— Pen tucket Y. C, Union Regatta. 

 Sept. 23— N. Y. Y. C, Ciipa May Cup Race. 

 Sept, 28-Peiitucket Y. C, Championship Regatta. 



Aug. 

 Aug. 

 Aug. 

 Sept. 

 Sept. 

 Sept. 

 Sept. 



■( for the same 



THE CUP RACES. 



THE f'l'ttgranime for the series of races with (^euesta for the 

 America (Jnp baa been issued, as follows: 

 These races hsivG been fixed for Monday, Sept, 7; Wednesday. Sept. 

 9, and, if a third race becomes neeessarv. I(>iday, Sept, 11. Best two 

 out of three to win. 



A steamer will be provided for the exclusive use of members of the 

 <;-lub and ladies accompanying them for each day's race. 



Tickets for each person for admission to the boat, including lunch - 

 eon, can be obtained for each day on application in person or by 

 mah to the Secretary at the club house, 67 Madison avenue, on pay- 

 ment of $1. 



Members are requested to send in their applications as soon as 

 possible, and prior to Saturday, Sept. 5, staling the number of ladies' 

 tickets required, in addition to their own, and the days for which 

 they are wanted, so th,-it adequate provision may be made. 



NoTii.— Should the third race be necessary, the tickets for 

 may be obtained at the club house on the |.)aymcut of $1. 



Should any pos(|(onemeiit take |)lace or a race have to be sailed 

 over on account of failure to make it in the prescribed time the- 

 arrangements for that day will he repeated, and tickets may he- 

 obtained before leaving the lioat from the members of the comm'ittee 

 in charge, or at the club house, ou the iiaynu-nt of $1. 



First fLvoE.— Monday, Sept. 7. Twenty nules lo windward and 

 back, uutside Sandy Hook. The iron steamer Taurus will leave Pier 

 1. North River, punctually at 8:30 o'clock A. M,, calling at Stapleton, 

 Staten Island, at 9 o'clock A. M. 



Second Rack.— Wednesday, Sept. 9. Over the usual club coui-se. 

 The steamer will leave the same places at 9 and 9:45 A. M. respec- 

 tively. 



Third Race.— If this race takes place it will be over .a triangular 

 course outside Sandy Hook, and the steamer will leave as on the first 

 day. 



Each day on returning, the steamer will stop at the same places. 

 J. F. Tams, 



Charles H. Stebbins, I Regatta 

 Jules A, Montant, f Committee. 

 The Seawanhaka C. Y. C, Will also have a steamer for their mem- 

 bers; the Oswego Y, C, and Mr. N. L. Slebbin.s, the Boston photo- 

 grapher, have each engaged tugboats, and some of the Iron Steam- 

 boat Co-'B boats will also go over the course. 



THE TRIAL RACES, AUG. 21, 22, 24. 



FOR three days of last week a long string of pilgrims made their 

 way from the screw dock on South street next to the little float- 

 ing Bethel, to the balance dock further up at Governeur Slip, while 

 another string passed them in the opposite direction, Both parties 

 were bent on sesiug the two yachts that have been built to Ireep the 

 America's Cup in this country in spite of the efforts of the cutter 

 Genesta to recapture it. On the middle berth of the screw dock lay 

 the white and black hull ot the Boston boat with a throng of critics, 

 mostly favorable, about her all the time. Half a mile further up lay 

 Pi-iscilla, al.so holding a reception of yachtsmen of all ranks, owners, 

 skippers, sailors, while among the visitor > were many not interested 

 in yachting, but curious to see the two boats already so famous. The 

 races in the East had been far from satisfactory, showing indeed that 

 alterations were needed in Prtscilla and that until they were made, 

 at least, Puritan was the better boat; but as we showed last week, no 

 conclusive and thorough tests of old and new boats were made on 

 the cruise. To make such tests in a way to guide them in the selec- 

 tion of the best boat, the Cup Committee aiTanged for a series of 

 trial races open to all yachts of 60ft. waterline and over, to be sailed 

 over nearly the same courses as the Cup races of next month, and all 

 sloops and cutters were invited to enter. While there was hitle 

 probability that any other than one of the two new boats would be 

 selected, the Committee desired as many entries as possible for the 

 purpose of a thorough comparison ; but of all our sloop fleet, only 

 Gracie and Bedouin cared to start. 



Both of these yachts are too well known to need any further de- 

 scription. Gracie, a centerboard sloop of the old type, once the fast- 

 est of American sloops, 70ft. waterline, 79ft. lOin. over all. -^Ift. 6in. 

 beam, and 6ft. 6in. draft. A sloop in rig, but with double headsaUs 

 for several years^ast. Built in 1868, and since rebuilt and altered 

 out of all hkeness to the original boat, for many years she has held a 

 place that was only questioned with the advent of Mischief in 1879, 

 since which time she uas fought many a battle, of late mostly losing 

 ones, for first place. 



Bedouin, though but in her fourth season, is no less widely known 

 among yachtsmen as the largest cutter m America, and for at least 

 two seasons past as the fastest single-stick boat. She too is 70ft. on 

 waterlme, but 83ft. over all, loft. Gin. beam, and lift. 6in, draft; of 

 course with lead keel and full cutter rig. Both of these boats have 

 met many times, the odds being at first in Gracie's favor, but ot late 

 the cutter has been victorious, so that a battle between them is 

 always interesting; in the present series being still more so, as a 

 purse of 8200 per side on each race was put up by the owners. As these 

 two with Mischief constitute the cream of the old fleet, they offer a 

 standard by which to measure the two newer vessels. 



Of these the New York yacht Priscilla, designed by Mr. A. Cary 

 Smith for Com. Bennett and Vice-Com. Douglas, is in model a center- 

 hoard in all respects, though differing somewhat from Mischief as 

 the latter in turn does from Gracie, Fanny, Arrow and other boats, 

 in accordance with the ideas prevalent of late years. In rig it is more 

 difficult to classify her. but while many of the details of gear and 

 rigging are taken directly from the cutter, the proportions of sails 

 and spars are essentially those of the sloop rig. Her length on water- 

 line is Soft., over all 94ft., beam 22ft. 6in., and draft 7ft. 91n, without 

 board. Of the four she is the only one built of iron, the others being 

 of wood. 



The last of the quartette is Puritan, designed by Mr, Edward Bur- 

 gess, of Boston, and built in the latter city for a party of Eastern 

 yachtsmen, Messrs, Forbes. Paine, Bryant and others. Her length 

 on waterline is 80ft., over all 93ft., beam 22ft. 7in, and draft 8ft. Sin. 

 Although a centerboard boat she has a lead keel of 35 tons, and to 

 classify her according to the old definitions is impossible. Her pro- 

 portions of length and beam are those of a sloop and she has a center- 

 board, but in all other respects she is more of a cutter, and in rig 

 is almost entirely so. The type is a new one as yet and she will fit 

 none of the old classes. 



The previous meetings of these two boats had resulted favorably to 

 the Boston yacht, but changes had been made in the rig of Priscilla, 

 as noted last week, and her draft had been decreased some 4in. by 

 the removal of heavy flttings and f urnittu-e. 



From two, or perhaps three of theseyachts. the opponent to Genesta 

 must be chosen, as in no case would Bedouin be taken as a representa- 

 tive of the sloops; and the selection was to be made after a series of 

 trial races as above st^d, the Committee not being limited to the 

 winner of the greatest number of the races, but at hberty to select 

 the best boat in their judgment. 



The first of the races was set for Thursday, Aug. 20, starting from 

 Scotland Lightship, anchored S.E. by E, SJ^ miles from Sandy Hook 

 the com-ses to be determined according to the weather. Tnursday 

 morning was clear with a very light N.W. wind and every prospect 

 of a calm day. 



Shortly after 8 A, M. the tug E. Luckenbach left Pier 3, Bast River 

 having on board Messrs, Tams. Stebbins, Montant and Schuyler, of 

 the regatta committee, some yachtsmen for the various yachts, and 

 the representatives of the New York and Boston papers. A stop was 

 made at Staten Island and then the tug hurried dovvn to the Hook 

 where Puritan, Priscilla, Bedouin and Gracie were all under way! 

 On the way down the schooner America was passed, also the Fleet- 

 wing, Clio and Fortmia. The Uttle cutter Maggie was making her 



JERSEY CITY Y. C, CANOE EACE. -A canoe race to be held 

 under the auspices of the Jersey City Y. C. wiU be held on Saturday 

 Sept. 2b, at 2 P, M. All canoeists are invited to enter. The race was 

 to have been sailed June but as only two canoes were present it 

 was agreed to postpone it until September. The course wiU be from 

 the club house to and around a stakebo.at near the S.E corner of 

 Black Tom, thence around a stakeboat near Ellis Island, and to start 

 ing point, around the course twice, leaving aU stakeboats to port. 

 All entries to be made to S. B, Crane, :311 Second street, Jersey City. 

 Allowance one minute to the foot 



oD— " ing her 



way out, and the steam yachts Tillie, Polynia, Stranger, Corsair 

 and Viola kept company with the Luckenbach. Below the Hospital 

 Islands Stranger and Polynia had a brush for some minutes, but the 

 former easUy distanced the flagship. Arrow was under sail by the 

 Hook, and Mischief lay at anchor with only steward and cook on 

 board, all her crew being with Captain Clock on PrisciUa. A second 

 tug, the Anna J. Kipp, was waiting orders and soon took Puritan and 

 CJracie in tow for the Lightship, while the Luckenbach passed a hne 

 to Bedouin, PrisciUa working out under sail. Arrived at the start 

 there was a flat calm on the water, the sky above was clear and blue 

 and the sun beat down, driving all into the sbade of awnings and 

 cabins. The old sea dogs predicted a breeze from the so'thard at the 

 turn of the tide or 8 P. M., but at that time there was still no sign of 

 any wind, and orders were reluctantly given to return to the Hook 

 meeting next day at the same time and place. At 3:30 the Lucken- 

 bach started up, reaching the city at 6 P. M., having towed PrisciUa 

 up to the Hook, while the Kipp towed up Gracie and Puritan to the 

 same spot, and Bedouin caught a tow from another tug up to Clifton. 

 In company with the yachts all day was the iron steamer Oygnus, 

 with a large number of spectators at a collar per head, aU of whom 

 were disappointed in their hopes of seeing a yacht race. 



raiDAY, AUG. 21, 



Next day broke with a Ught wind from S. E. and a fog over the 

 Bay, but by 8 A. M., when the Luckenbach left Pier 3, the weather 

 was clear with a faint air from S. W. Stoppin;^ to pass a line to 

 Bedouin she ran down, arriving at 10 o'clock at the Hook, where the 

 others were already under sail. With a Uttle more wind the four 

 beat out to the Scotland, and the Luckenbach took up her place a 

 few hundred yards east of the Lightship. The windward course was 

 deiermmed on, and a large board was displayed on the tug having 

 OB it in big black letters the course, which was south, Near hy were 



