Sept. 10, 1885.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



13B 



THE AMERICA CUP RACES. 



IT was geueryllv expected last vreel^ that bv to-day two races of tbe 

 series woaldha\ e lioen sailed, and tliat thonfrti the Cup had not yet 

 cliansed ownorsliip. the relative powers of the boats would be bel ter 

 known and eac/n ot lli.-n, wondd bcerediied with one race. On the 

 contrary, in spir.' of two trials no race ha? vet be-en made, and while 

 Pui'itan (!jt.p)avo<! wouderCul abilii v in >lowla.y's sail, the flna.1 result 

 is still in doubi:. 'J'wi.-e. i»avc the vachte come to the line off the Scot- 

 land Lightship, once fa.iliiiL- t<> sail the conrpe in seven hours and the 

 second race evidiuc in fi disa;-l i-ons f oul on the Ihie, nceessitatmg a 

 flelay of several dav^ i'.otli tuilnres are unfortunate, as they are 

 apt to ti \ the pati.-nee of the crews, while a lar^e number of persons 

 who have eome iroiu a distance to see the race, have been obliged 

 to return witlir.utdoinj? so. On Sunday botb yachts lay off Touip- 

 kiuRville, ( lenesta at anchor and the Puritan in the American Docks, 

 wlierc she was otaeially measured. The dimen.sions and elements of 

 the.two vaclirsare: Puritan. fienesta.? 



Length over all , 93ft. . 96ft. 5ni. 



Length on waterline 8l£t, 81ft. 7^in. 



Extreme beam , - - 22ft. Tin. 15ffc. 



Extreme draft «fl'. f^'n. 18ft. tiin. 



Depth of hold lift- 9™- 



DisplaoGQieut, tons i''" 150 



BaJia,st on keel, tons ~i "0 



Ballast inside, tons 30 S 



Baliast, tetr, 1 , tons - - . . 47 73 



Hates of ballast to displacement 415 .48 



Tonnage, Y. R. A. rule 140 80 



Racing- length, N. Y. Y. O.rule 8H.85ft. SS.OBft. 



Mast, deck to bounds 60ft. 52ft 



Mast, heel to r;ip 7Stt. 7?rt. lOln. 



Mast, dianietHi- in partners ISin. 171n. 



Topmast, fid to slieave 44ts. 44£t. 6in. 



Bowsprit, ontlioard 38ft. 38ft. Oin. 



Boom, length 7aft. 70ft. 



Boom, diameter 14in. 



CJ-aff 47ft. 4(5ft. 



Spinnaker boom OSft. 64ft. 



Sail area, li.v rule 7.98.2ft. 7.387Et. 



Topmast, block to deck 10..,;ft. 11/3'n. 97l"t. 2l^in. 



Bowsprit to boom end. 144ft 7iu. 140ft. 6iu. 



The difference of .8ft. is equal to an allowance of lit seconds from 

 Puritan to Genesta on a 40 mile course, making pi-nctically a race on 

 waterline length and disposing: of all the rublnsh about rules made to 

 favor the cutter that was cmTcnt last winter. 



About 1 o'clock Puritan got under way, there beiuK very little wind, 

 and crossed tin? bay to Fort Lafayette, where she liung motionless 

 for sornc time- jVu bou)' later Geneata also lifted her anchor and 

 sailed 'im- ibe Hoot, tcoiu.e down slowly throug-li the Narrows against 

 the youDs Hood, ibicc outside the boats mer and a brush ensued be- 

 tween them lor a few minutes. The entire bay was covered with 

 stearn and sailint; vacbts bound down oi- up, the latter uiaking little 

 headway in the iiglit air. The racers continued down to the Horse- 

 shoe, wiier.' I lii^.N' found a large fleet already at anchor waiting tor the 

 next, da.v's race. 



Monday niornina: promised little in file way of wind, a light air from 

 the north stirring at firs', while 11 thru hnze lay ox'er tne city and bay. 

 As usual, tlic luK E. L\ickeubacli w as enga.ued as coiinuittee boat, 

 and on hoard were Messrs. J. P. Tarns and (\ H. Stebbins of the 

 nominiltee, Mr. Daniel Applctou. of (be Kasteni Y. t'., and Mr. L. P. 

 Bayard, of the Seawantiaka, C Y. U.. both of the latter gentlemen 

 assisting the t'onunittee. A few members of the New York Y. C. and 

 a number of nevi-spapov men were also on board. Tlie tug steamed 

 flown, calling at Staien Island, and then running on to the Hook. 

 C-n the wav vessels of all descriptions were passed, tugs from New 

 York, Boston, Nev^ T.oudon, and other points about the Sound and 

 Hudson, little lanoehes. great steamers, the Empire State from 

 Boston, the Taurns v ith the N, Y, Y. C. members on board, the 

 awkward Kill von Knil. as bi.g and high as a modern city block, the 

 dismal and ancient \Vm. Fletcher and dozens of o'Jiers. Besides 

 these tlie steam yaclits, half a dozen Stilettoes, apparently, as the 

 peculiar black and' \\ bite hull was hai-dly noticed in one place before 

 the same streak of foam with three masts popped up in an entirely 

 opposite quarter. In and out among the lleet she twisted and turned, 

 greeted with cheers and steam whistles. Steaming along in a more 

 srtately and dignified manner was rhe long, black Nourmahal, thestyl- 

 ish Amy.Aia]anta.LIectra,(Jorsair,Stranger and theentire Ueetof New 

 York stVani yachts, with others from Boston, while under the Oswego 

 Y. C. flag was the Ruth wit h A"ice-Com. Conde and his family on board. 



Sailing craft were present in equal numbers, yachts, julot boats, 

 "working vessels, all bound on one errand, almost the only exception 

 being a lieet of a dozen oyster sloops working out of the Narrows for 

 tlieir ground.s in Princess Bay. Below, inside the Hook, was a won- 

 derful sight, the low s.ajicly point hidden, by tlie fleet of vessels, whose 

 masts were closer and more numerous tlian telegraph poles on 

 Broadway. .Sticb ,1 turnout has never been seen on the bay before, 

 as in th T fanious Cambida i-aces there was mi steam yacht fleet at all, 

 and so one marked feature of Mond.ay's display was missing. First 

 among them all were the iwo r'acers.'Puritan with a dull coating of 

 black'up to her gold stripe, above which the white bulwark marked 

 out sha rply her sheer, and Genesta. with red and black flag at mast- 

 head and il smaller one down on the leach of her mainsail. The Bos- 

 ton boil, was already in tow of the tug Luther 0. W ard, and aline 

 was passed tV.iui the" Luckenbach to (ieuesta, and both started out 

 for Scotland Liglitship with the entire fleet in company. There was 

 absolutely no sea, the veriest tubs and the smallest launches ventured 

 out witti 'impttmty, a,nd all were soon lying idle about the Lightship 

 without auv wind to .speak of. the little that there was at times 

 beuig from the south and east. From 11 to 1 the tediou,s wait con- 

 tinued; but at the latter hour there came up a light breeze from 

 southeast, and the Committee resolved to start the race. The eoiu-se, 

 southeast, was given to both yachts, and the Ward, with Mr. Olsen in 

 charge, and the big mark float aboard, started out. towing a log on 

 each quarter. As soon as she was well away, at 1:30 P. M.. the pre- 

 paratory whistle sounded. The tug lay aboutSOOyds. eastof Scotland 

 Lightshi]!, the fleet beina scattered in all directions, leaving a narrow 

 lane to the soutlreast. Wlieu the whistle was blown at 1 :.35, Genesta 

 was directly above the line standing slowdy for it on port tack, while 

 Puritan was furl her to the eastward and reaching along wltJi fi-eer 

 wind. Both carried lower sails with .small clubtopsaiis and jibtop- 

 sa.ilK. At first it seemed as though Genesta woula lead across; but 

 she nu-jved quite slowly, while Piuitan came reaching along at a pace 

 and hauled in sheets as she rounded the judges' boat at the east end 

 Of the line, and cro.ssing on port tack, staying as soon as she was well 

 over and standing out to sea. (jenesta, meanwhile, coming dii'ectly 

 down for tlio line on port tack, stayed juft above it, and when on 

 starboard taek reached along the line for some distance, only cross- 

 ing it 3Ts. after the last gun. The times were: 



Puritan .1 35 55 Geuei^ta . . . . » 37 37 



Thus the latter had a handicap of 37see., or flsec. more than her 

 time allowance, and as Puritan started imin. 5sec. ahead of her, Gen- 

 esta must tinish withiu Stisec. of her to win the race. The first leg 

 took them to the north of Sandy Hook Lightshiji, right otit into the 

 Atlantic. Piudtan bad made a big gain at the start and vvas now 

 about 200yds. directly to windward of (Tenesta, both boats pointing 

 nearly the same, and for the time footing equally. All about the two 

 yachts on exexy aide were the aecompauviug vessels, making a won- 

 djerful water pageant. The tjallia was sighted bound in, and some 

 speculation was indulgedin as to what her [jassengers would think of 

 tbe procession: vvhctfier they would not imagine I bar, all America 

 was bound abroad, deserting the country entirely. In .spite of the 

 numbers present the yachts were not seriously iucoinrnoded, though 

 one steamer, tbe l<:ii?.a Ilanoox, insisted on running dangerously near 

 tkem in spice of the reiiuests and protests of the ctmimittee. At one 

 time the huge Kill von KnU took the wind of the Puritan and later on 

 the fleet steamed thi'ough Genesta's weather, but no harm was done 

 and no complaints made by the yachtsmen. At intervals during the 

 race carider pigeons wir.b messages attached were sent away, carry- 

 ing news to au evening paper. 



The sailing v.'as even for a short time, but Genesta was to leeward 

 and her skipper started to lift her to a better position. At 1:65:30 she 

 made a tack, coming about like a top, in a manner that astonished 

 and shocked the friends of the American boat. Hardly was ttere a 

 flutter in her headsaiLs before she was over and away with her bow 

 now heading further to the south. Puritan vpas not long in followine:, 

 but di.i not eome r;b>Mi( hO quickly, leaving her adversary still to 

 leeward. V\'ithin a ndnute of the time site left the first or port tack, 

 Genesia wasaliou! a second time and heading in the original direc- 

 tion, with Purican about again a d to windward. All was done in a 

 twinkling, two tacks made b,y eacb yacht and they were back in their 

 ^ original positions with little change. Genesta was undoul^tedly 

 quicker m sta.ying, but Purican had begun to outfoot her. 

 The wind was very li^ht, but stead v, flUing Puritan's 

 sails at aU ti ines and not coming in puffs. The water chroughout the 

 race was perfectly smooth, iieither boat having nuich motion. 

 While ic was dubticd a cutter day, it was not one of those variable 

 winds, now light and now a calm, That shows tbe weight and momen- 

 tum of the I'littei' ro ad v.-jutage ; neither was there sea enough to roll 

 the wind out of the wide boat's sails, but the latter had'a steady 

 breeze, such as it was. that 1-ept her canvas dra^\lng nicely all day. 

 After sailing for an tionr on the original taek the' only difference 

 uoticealile Avns that tlie distance between the two boats, 

 Still side by side, had widened to nearly three-eighths 

 Of a mile, Both were pointing very evenly and Puritan 

 was slowly moving ahead, while holding well to windvvax'd. 

 At 3:08 Genesta again (aciied, followed, by Puritan, but the 



narrow boat was still far to leeward . Keeping a good full she stood in 

 shore but still gained nothing. Matters were enlivened foratitne 

 by a brush between the schooners Montauk and Ainenca having a 

 little race between themselves, in which the former wentfiirough the 

 latter's lee. Gen. Butler had addressed a polite note to the committee 

 asking that the .America might be allowed to sail over the course and 

 that her time might be taken, luit they were obliged to deny his re- 

 quest. By t> V. M . a part of the fleet were galliered near the tug 

 Lul her f i.' VVar.l which bad tbj-own out I he flag liuoy. Several miles 

 to the north the two yachts were slowly working along, the wind being 

 now so light that it was very evident that the race could not be finished 

 in lime. 'After waiting uutU 0:30 the tug atcanied back to Puritan and 

 declared the race off, and then r;ui on to Genesta, passing her a 

 line and starting home. Running at a speed of about 10 miles, the 

 tug was 4m. in reaching Genesta after leaving Puritan, which would 

 make the dibt.iuee about ^n of a '"''c between them. The Ward took 

 Puritan in tow, and both steamed slowly for the city. Nearly all the 

 excursion boats had returned, and the ocean was quiet and calm with 

 no sign ot the crowds that had disturbed it through, the day. Inside 

 the Hook both boats wei'e dropped, and the Luckenbach ran on up, 

 reaching Pier 3 shortly after muinight. While the race was really no 

 race, it served to .show thai in smooth water and a light Ivreeze, the 

 wide boat could beat the narrow boat to windward, 



'the race was called for the next day, and on Tuesday morning the 

 Luckenbacli steamed off again, calling at Staten Island, and then 

 hurried d.;>wn to the Hook. 



The weather was very like that of Wednesday, but there was a little 

 more wind in the early morning and a little roll outside. The fleet 

 of the day before was not pre.seut, there being two of the iron steam- 

 boats, soine steam vacbts ami tugs. Both tbe yachts started out 

 from the Hook under sail, and at 11 A. M. all were at the Lightship. 

 The .Luckeuiiacb was anchored to the eastof the ship aoout 300yds., 

 the Cieean King with Mr S. B. Lippincott and Steward Olsen had 

 starteil tor the outer maf-k. 20 miles S.S.E. Genesta, uniler club topsail, 

 stood along on port tack some distance to leeward of the line, at ft :3:.' 

 when the whistle sounded, while Puritan, also on port tack, was 

 much nearer the line, but well to the eastward and at a distance fiom 

 Genesta. The latter held her port tack until just to leeward of the 

 Lightship and as far as she well could go. then she tacked 

 and stood squarely dowm on starboard tack for the line. Puritan was 

 still far awa..y when txenesta went on starboard tack, but continued 

 along the starting line on por-t tack, evidently working for a weather 

 position if possible. Genesta had come up so close to the Lightship 

 that there was ljar(dy ov.'en water between them as viewed from the 

 tug, and it seemed that the only course for Puritan was to stay under 

 her lee bow, or else lo bear up'and cross before gunfire. Neither of 

 these suited the Boston skipper, but to the astonishment of all the 

 spectators he held his course and rammed his ship into the raxiidly 

 lessening gap between Genesta and the Lightship. For a moment 

 Puritan's loriy canvas clo-sed out like a white cmtain the view of 

 tTlenesta. and all held their breath. Then came a clear f.iharp 

 crash that boded ill to one or both, a moment later the end of 

 Genesta's bowsprit was seen through Pm.-itau's mainsail close down 

 on the boom, a rip of canvas, a big hole in the sail, a final crash, and 

 tbe big cutter swung into view as she |ia^\ ed off under Puritan's stern, 

 her handsome bowsririt in the water imder her stem, and nothing 

 over the bows but a huneli of broken fibres like a worn out broom. 

 The sp.ir was broken oif just outride tbe gammon iron, the splendid 

 qu.'ility of tbe stick, of Oregon pine, being shown by the long splintered 

 fr.aetiire. The oojujcr iioVistay bar, It^in., vvas bent nearly to the 

 shape of a lisli hook, and tVie c'uaiu plate of the port bowsprit shroud 

 w-as tirokeii sliort olT. 



The timekeeper had his baud on the cord to blow the whistle as 

 Puritan hid Genesta from view, but did not blovv it, as it was seen at 

 once (ilenesta was disabled. Puritan sailed alongside the judges' boat 

 and Mr. Forbes asked for instructions whether they should sail over 

 the course alone, to which IVlr. Tarns replied with a very emphatic 

 negative. The tug next steamed up to Genesta, whose crew were 

 busy clearing away the wreck and getting the bowsprit on board. 

 The' first question from the cutter was as to the Un it of time in which 

 a protest could be lodged , to which Dr. Woodbury, after consulting 

 with the Committee, answ^ered, ''Three o'clock on Wednesday." Mr. 

 Webb proposed to hail a tug. but Mr. Tarns offered to tow Genesta up. 

 The tug withdrew, and the Committee held a further consultation, 

 after which they hailed Genesta again. 



Mr. Tarns announced that they had ruled Puritan out and that 

 Genesta would be allowed to sail over the course, claiming the race 

 if made in 7 hours. Mr. Roosevelt Schuyler asked whether time 

 would be allowed to rig a spinnaker boom as a bowsprit and then to 

 start with a 7-hour limit, but Sir Kichard Sutton interrupted the 

 parley by thanking Mr. Tams and stating that he desired a race and 

 noD a walkover. The Luckenbach took tJeuesta in tow and brought 

 her up to her old anchorage and then con*.inued up to Poillon's yard 

 with the broken spar. Mr. Webb and Captain Carter accompanied 

 the tug. and after some trouble selected a stick of yellow pine. The 

 workmen turned to at once, and woi ked all night so that the bow- 

 sprit, a very pretty stick, was ready by Wednesday afternoon. At 3 

 o'clocic it was taken away on a tug. The weight of the old stick was 

 1,736 pounds: that of the new one is 2,000 pounds. 



The outside race will bo sailed on Friday and the New York course 

 on Monday, the third race being on Wednesday. The owners of the 

 Puritan visited the committee off Staten Island and expressed their 

 regret for the occurrence, acknowledging that the blame rested en- 

 tirely with their boat. They also sent a note to Sir Richard Sutton, 

 offering to hear tbe cost of all repau-s. The arrangements as to time 

 and coui'se for Friday are the same as pubUshed for last Monday's 

 race. 



THE EASTERN Y. C. CRUISE. 



AFTER reaching Newport on Aug. 31, the fleet lay at anchor for a 

 day. Phantom had a new jibbdom fitted in place of the one lost 

 on Monday, oft' Sekonnet. The schooner Gitana, Bear Com. W. F. 

 Weld, joined the fleet in the afternoon, On Wednesday there was a 

 strong breeze from the northwest, and the fieet was promptly under 

 way, carrying single reefs all aroimd. Beating out of the harbor, 

 the yachts were off Beaver Tail at 11 A. M., and at 11:10 the starting 

 signal was given from the flagship, the following yachts starting in 

 the scrub race to Now London: Meta, Addie, Rebecca, Tioga, Clara, 

 Huron. Thetis. Stranger, Phantom, Foam, Gitana, Fortuna, Mohican 

 and Sylvie. 



The wind allowed them to lay a course for Point Judith, and they 

 were soon strung out. Phantom, Meta and Forimia leading, followed 

 by Theiis, Audie, fluron, Clara and Gitana. Thetis, with jib and 

 staysail in place of the single jib with a club which she carried in the 

 spring, was leading the fleet at 1S:30, with Huron, Clara, Fortuna 

 and Stranger in order astern. The wind held strong and Theti,s con- 

 tinued in advance, leading Fortuna by 33min. at Fisher's Island, 

 while Clara was third boat, SOmin. astern of tbe leader. Phantom 

 had again lost her jibboom, and Huron had parted her throat 

 halliards, but both repaired damages and continued. 



At New London Thetis was timed at 3:53:50, Fortuna 4:19:30, Ciai-a 

 4:'30:lOj and (4itana 4:37:46. This would make Clara 27min. 20sec. be- 

 hind Tnetis, liut it must be remembered that the latter is 64ft. on 

 waterline w ith liift. beam and 8ft. 3in. draft, while Clara is only 53fr. 

 waterline by Oft. beam. The sloop's performance was excellent all 

 da.v, but the strong wind is what she wanted as was shown by her races 

 in New York this spring. With the coauge in her head rig since then 

 she is going much better. The full times of tbe fleet on the run from 

 No wqjort to New London were: Start Finish. Elapsed. 



Thetis 1110.30 3 52 50 4 4S 20 



Fortuna 11 10 30 4 19 .30 5 09 00 



Clara 11 10 .30 4 20 10 5 09 40 



Gitana 11 10 30 4 37 45 5 27 15 



Stranger 11 10 30 4 42 45 5 32 15 



Phantom 11 10 30 4 42 50 5 33 20 



Foam 11 10 80 4 59 40 5 49 10 



Ilm'on 11 10 30 5 07 28 5 56 58 



SUvie 11 10 80 5 09 10 5 58 40 



Rebecca , 11 10 30 5 17 30 6 07 00 



-4ddie ,11 10 30 5 27 02 6 16 32 



Mohican 11 10 .30 5 43 20 6 33 50 



Meta 11 10 30 5 52 15 6 41 45 



In the evening a meeting was held, at which it was determined to 

 run for Huntington, about *0 miles, on Thursday. The wind was 

 light in the morning, and an early start was made, the yachts drift- 

 ing for some time near Bartle'tt's Reef lit,ditshi|:). jSjter a time a 

 light breeze came from southeast, shiftiu.g finally to southwest and 

 blowing fresher. Stranger and (Jlara were iiow ahead, Thetis being 

 sixth boat. Shortly after noon the wind came harder, and Stranger 

 look in her topsafl, while Thetis stowed her balloon jib and Fortuna 

 lost the clew of her jibtopsail, having t/o take in the sail entii-ely. 



Atl I'. !M. the order of the leaders v.'as: Straugei-. Fortuna. Clara 

 and Thetis, but a little later the latter toiik third place, and soon 

 after she iiassed Stranger, now astern of Fortuna. tUtana was now 

 coming up .and made a bid for second place, leaving Theiis third. At 

 -IP. M. Fortuna was off Oldfleld Point, with Gitana next. An hour 

 later both reached the ancharage at Huntington Bay, the times of 

 finish being: 



Fortuna ...5 38 .33 Stranger 6 42 40 



Gitana 5 52 25 Meta 6 48 03 



Dreadnaugbt 6 01 23 Foam 6 55 00 



Phantom ti 11 49 Tempest 7 (M) 13 



Thetis 6 11 66 Addie 7 03 06 



Sylvie ... 30 10 Mohican 7 08 13 



Clara continued ou to New York and was not timed. On Friday 

 the fleet sailed down to New York, with a very light wind, and an- 

 chored off Bay Eidge, a few of the boats going over to Staten Island. 



OSHKOSH Y. C. REGATTA. 



Editor h'orcst and .S'fre.am: 



The annual regatta of the Oshkoah Y. C. was sailed yestei'day. At 

 the start there was quite a fresh breeze blowing from the northwest, 

 and the race was very exciting. There were six boats entered in the 

 race, three in the second class and three in the third cla.ss. The 

 yachts in the second class were Carrie Morgan, Hattie and Pinafore, 

 of Fond du Lac; third cla.ss, Mary, Sylvia., Fond du Lac The prizes, 

 second cla.ss, champion pennant and fl.'i; sccoiul prize, $15: third 

 7:>rize, $10. In the third class, champion iieimant and $tO first prize; 

 second prize, $5. 



The Hal tie took the pennant and first prize in second class, and the 

 Mary took pennant and first prize in tbirtl cl.gss. The course was a 

 triangular coiu'se of six miles twice around ; the race was sailed ac- 

 cording to the Seawanhaka Y. C. rules. The Syivia in actual sailing, 

 beat the Mary Im. and 18s., but had to allow Hie Mary 3m. and 34a. 



SECOND CnA.S.S. 



Start. Finteh. 



Hattie 2 16 30 4 27 30 



Pinafore 2 17 40 4 50 40 



Carrie Morgan 3 19 09 4 40 00 



Tniuu CL.\s«. 



Sylvia 2 24 38 ,3 50 50 



Mary 2 34 40 3 52 00 



Cat. 9 24 10 8 5(1 00 



Third class sailed once around. The llatiie is cutter rigged and the 

 Carrie is what wo.calla ekirumer. The Carrie at i'ond du l.ac, two 

 weeks ago, heat the Hattie 30sec. in a heavy wind and sea. Another 

 season I think that there will be more interest taken in yachting, 

 There are several new stoam yachts on the lake this season and there 

 will be four more built this commg svinter. 



OsHKo-sH, Wis., Sept. 5. Geo. M, Hasbkouck, Sec. Oshkosh Y', 0. 



PURITAN.— ^^rfjtor Forest and Stream: As a firm upholder of 

 tbe centerboard yacht. I rise in reply to the manifestly unfaii- re- 

 marks of "Loyalty" on Puritan as '•the repiesentative American 

 sloop." The gentleman so signing takes the ground that Puritan is 

 a cutter in disguise because of her two jiiis, her stern and the fact 

 that one-half tbe ballast she carries is lieuearh her hull, while at the 

 same time he utterly ignores the fact that her ballast, in its entirety, 

 weighs but half as much as Genesta's. Yes, Puritan Avisely carries 

 two jibs, for the very good reason that one jib on so large a .'•loop 

 would be unmanageable and difficult to trim to the correct angle. 

 Well, old ttracie, our typical "skimming disb" of other days, sported 

 with double head sail years before cuUer Madge oame and taught 

 our over-languid yachtsmen a lesson in inachine lacing, then wisely 

 retired and has remained in retirement es er since. Nobody called 

 Gracie a cutter. Puritan carries some of her weight "low down 

 Unhappily this is true, and I fully agree witii tlie editor (see late 

 issue of Forest ano Stre.vmi tliat she wouM be a better sea boat with 

 all her ballast stowed inside. But this ce-taialy does not tuake a 

 cutter of her, for the writer disi inetly remembers that soin- thirt.y 

 years ago a few American sloops ami schooners tried tui:-. low weight 

 experiment, then discarded tlie thing as a S[ne 1 Iriller. d'onceTiiiug 

 Puritan's stern, t must candidly admit 1 am ashamed of it, for here, 

 clearly, there has been an atteinpfc to flatter Cousin John. Probably 

 becatise her dcsium,.!- ],ad a liim notion that Genesta weudd see more 

 Ot that ugly faiitail than any other part. To-day T enjoyed the treat 

 of a good look at i-uritan on the dryilock, and how or wlij* any un- 

 prejudiced person can call her a cutter in shape is strange. f6re9T 

 ANT) Stream says she has a plumb stem. Allow me to correct the 

 mistake. There is no approaeli to a plumb about it, but tliere is con- 

 siderable rake, as v>'ell as very ncn-lv tne curve which will be seen in 

 all the stems of Herreshoff's yacht*. Gutters have great draft of 

 water. Puritan is, for her size, a light draft sloop, unless we class 

 among the deep ones such boats as old champion JuUa, Arrow, Orion. 

 Vixen, Sadie and Shadovy. Ah yes, Shadow, the only sloop which 

 fairly beat Madge. This reminds me to thank ''Loyalty" for calling 

 her a "full-blooded American sloop." The gentlemen responsible 

 for Puritan are also old friends of Shadow, fmd as a natural result, 

 Pm-itan may be considered Shadow's big daughter. The family like- 

 ness cannot be mistaken by one who sailed a Herreshoff sloop for 

 twelve yeai-s, namely— Thomas Clapham (Roslyn, L. I., Sept, 4). 



GENESTA IN THE DRYDOCK.— On last Thtu-sday morning 

 Genesta towed up to the Erie Basin, and about 10 o'clocic was floated 

 into tho smaller dock, which, by the way, is 510ft. long and 13.5ft. 

 wide on top. Tke keel blocks had been prepared in advance to fit the 

 rocker of her keel, and she was lined on them and shored with four 

 shores from each side of the dock. Her cre«' were afloat, si.v on a 

 raft and five on a scow, each party having a tub of oxalic acid and 

 water mixed with sand. Starting at the bow, the raft on one side and 

 the scow ou the other, all bauds scrubbed away with brooms at the 

 copper, going aft as the work proeeeOcd. When the stern was reached 

 the water was lowered in the dock about a fool , and the crews started 

 back, scrubbing as they went. On each trip the water was lowi red, 

 until by afternoon the 'dock was dry and the entire bodv of the cutter 

 was exposed to view. A large crowd hned tne side of the dock and 

 descended as soon as it was ory to uispect the bottom. The copper 

 was very dirty, as she has not been docked since April, and the plates 

 below the lea'd keel was torn off' in places. Several imperfect sheet.*! 

 on the sides were reiilaced by neu-. The most striking features of the 

 hull are the raking sternpost and low tailg.'s. The keel, which is well 

 rockered, is quite short, while the sternpost rises at an angle of 4f> 

 degrees, the rudder being very deep but narrow. The bilge Is 

 dropped very low, but the bulk is so distributed as to make a vei'y 

 fair body both amidships and at the ends. On Friday morning the 

 dock was filled and the yacht towed down to her anchorage, where 

 she was ineasm-ed by Mr. John W. Wilson, and at 3 P. M. on Sunday 

 she sailed down to the Horseshoe, her owner having joined her on 

 Satm'day. 



QUICK RUNS 0^^R THE NEW YORK COURSE.— i^di^or Forest 

 and Sirearn: I find in your last week's issue that in referring to the 

 Paritan's quick run over the N. Y. Y. C. course, 3.53.37, you state that 

 "Tbe elapsed time is with one exception the best made over the 

 course, the Montauk in 1882 doing it in 3..'i3.17, or SOsec. faster than 

 Puritan." These and other quick runs over this course have been 

 frequently referred to by local chroniclers, but I do not reuK-inbcr to 

 have seen any notice of the run made by Livonia when raeina- with 

 Columbia, Oct. 19, 1871; and in view of the possibility, and eveifprob- 

 ability, consklering the superior rig and excellence of the craft to 

 compete next week, that all previous records may be eclipsed, it may 

 be well to call attention to the run of Livonia. Her time was 3,.53,5, 

 or 48sec. more than Moutauk's and 38sec. more th. an Puritan's. If, 

 however, I am not greatly mistaken, the Livonia sailed over a course 

 about a nautical mile and an eighth longer tnan Montauk's. and Liv- 

 onia's time is consequently several minutes faster than that of any 

 other yacht. Livonia, as I am informed by a participator in the race 

 of Oct. 19, 1871, started from opposite Stapieton and returned to 

 finish at the same point. Montauk started further-up the bay, near 

 Buoy 18, but finished outside the Narrows, oft Buoy 15. Anv one who 

 will take the trouble to measure these distances will find the differ- 

 ence as I have stated it. It is somew'hat singular that in notiug the 

 quick runs made over this com-se that of Livonia should have re- 

 ceived no notice.-. I. H. (New Y'ork, Sept. 4). 



OPEN BOATS ON THE DELAWARE.-Brfifor Forest and Stream: 

 The fourth of a series of races, taking place cx-ery other Tuesday 

 from Cooper's Point, Camden, came off o 1 Aug. ','5. From 18 entries 

 the following boats got away at all being of the 15ft. class: Cook, 

 Metz, AUmond, Wilkius, Heiishaw, Russell and Conrad. During the 

 forenoon the heat was oppressive, wind ligiitfrom. southwest, shifting 

 just before the start to northeast, wdueb increased to almost a gale, 

 with hail squalls. It was a hard fight, dead to windward through a 

 nasty chop sea The AUmond and Wilkius, steadied by iron low down, 

 made tolerable good weather, however, until reaching the upper end 

 of Petty's Island, the turning point at Willow Grove, here the water 

 was picked up and sent in flying spray far over the pavlUion. It was 

 ju.st here the desperate fight ended in fact, between the two boats, 

 the Wilkins succeeding in weathering the point, the AUmond passing 

 around a few minutes after. They fairly flew before the wind and 

 strong ebb tide, arriving at the home stakeboat, Wilkius 3;5'1:.30, All- 

 moud 4:01:43. the only boats that succeeded in going over the course, 

 The Wilkins (new) has won every race .she has been engaged in (four) 

 and will sad any boat of tier length for ,1tt0(). Live ballast and sand 

 lias received another black eye, Tt was au ugly day for open boats of 

 any size to be imder sail. Even tlie 3t^ft. boai.s refused to start. Tne 

 Conrad swamped and went out of the race after making one hank to 

 windward.— Iv. G, W. 



TORONTO Y^. C. -The race from Toronto to Niagara on Aug. 39 waS 

 very successful, as there was a good sailing breezs. At il A. M. the 

 fleet of seven yachts— Cygnet, Oriole, Aileen, Condor, Alarm, Winona 

 and Yerve— started over the luie, all but Cygnet being handicapped. 

 The course was to windward for the entire distance, and ihe cuitara 

 worked steadily away from the sloops. Oriole (schoouert finished at 

 3:15, her time bemg 4.09 30. Aileeu was second, 4.:j,f. and Verve third, 

 4.59. Verve takes second prize on time. A hop was given at the 

 Queen's Royal Hotel in the evening, at which all tbe yach'lsmeri were 

 present. On the same day a race was sailed tav the open boats Mis- 

 chief and Meteor, wiih shifting ballast, anchor staJ t. At ;?:80 the gun 

 sent f hem away under spinnakers for Queen's Wharf, where they 

 were timed: Meteor 2:-40:80. Mischief 3:40:33. On the wind out to 

 the spar buoy Meteor gained, and both were timed: Meter 3;55;30, 

 Mischief 3;.")t);15. Meteor was so strained that she leaked very badly, 

 but BtiU she gained, finishing at 3:59:30, with Mischief 4.30 latei'. 

 Meteor will have to be strengthened and repaired. 



