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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Joke 34, 1886. 



the case of the Tictor In a g"-eat race there may be some excuse, but 

 for a beaten boat at the finish or for a boat turning Buoy 10 far 

 astern of her class it is utter folly. A long suffering humanity has at 

 length been blessed by the invention of the dumb piano; now will not 

 some genius confer an equal boon by inventing a noiseless steam 

 whistle, a string that steamboat captains and budding yachtsmen 

 can pull on all day with satisfaction to themselves but without any 

 sound following? All the whistling needed is a shore blast from the 

 judges' tug as each yacht is timed at any mark, then those on the 

 surrounding boats can take all the times. 



On Friday Puritan went on the screw dock and was cleaned and 

 pot-leaded below, towing down in the evening. 



SEAWANHAKA C. Y. C, JUNE 19. 



With a full appreciation of the important issues at stake between 

 the four big boats, and the furtherance of 'he general desire to see 

 an early race bet ween them; at a time when it seemed very doubtful 

 whether the Boston boats would come to New York, the Seawanhaka 

 O. Y. C came forward with a most timely and substantial induce- 

 ment to them to strain every point to be ready in time. The sum of 

 one thousand dollars was subscribed by members of the club to pur- 

 chase a cup to be raced for by not less than three of the large yachts 

 in the June regatta of the club, and in order to make the race of 

 greater interest the sailing rules of the club were waived so as to 

 allow professionals at the wheel and the use of clublopsails. With- 

 out this prize in view Mayflower, and in all probability Puritan, would 

 not have visited New York, and a valuable opportunity of comparing 

 the boats would have been lost. The ordering of the cup and the 

 selection of the design has been mainly in the hands of ex-Commo- 

 dr re Centre, who has carried the matter along with his customary 

 energy. The cup is ef silver, 83}^in. high, and was made by the 

 Whiting Manufacturing Company; the motive of the design being 

 Indian in accordance with the name of the club, the principal feature 

 being a large figure of an Indian girl on one side. 



The entries in the schooner class were as usual very light, the old 

 regulars, Clytie and Ray, being absent, while two of the entries, 

 Fort una and Ruth, did not start. leaving a walkover for Grayling. 

 Montauk did not enter, Gitana went home very quickly aftef Thurs- 

 day's race, and no others were forthcoming. Good prizes were 

 offered by the club and it seems a pity that the earnest efforts of 

 their hardworking sailing committee were not better seconded by 

 yacht owners, especially iu view of the concessions lately made in 

 "the matter of crews. There is always a chance for the boat that is 

 sailed carefully and systematically, and at worst it is no such great 

 matter tojbe beaten after a fair race. 



The new clas9 filled well, all four starting and sailing as good a 

 race as the weather permitted, and while it was a disappointment to 

 the club to see the flagship beaten, they have everything to be proud 

 of in the way the boat mastered the weather work, and especially in 

 the manner in which her Corinthian owner sailed her all through the 

 we^k The general verdict of all who have seen the three races 

 seems to be that Priscilla has been the best handled of the four, both 

 as to steering and also as to the working: of her canvas. Thorough 

 system and a careful drilling were evidenced in every maneuver, 

 and two at least of her opponents have much to learn from her in 

 thes 3 , important particulars. It is easy to see that such a sail as the 

 spinnaker or balloon jibtopsaii on either of these boats is a very 

 awkward bit o£ stuff to handle in a breeze; and when there are a 

 dozen men on the bowsprit the more quietly and systematically they 

 do their work, and the sooner they are on deck again, the better for 

 speed in a race that is won by seconds. Perhaps it is due to the old 

 days of tbe bag-tossers that yachtsmen are still apt to put so much 

 faith in the powers of one man. but in these big boats the skill-of the 

 helmsman is often of even less importance thau theharmonious work- 

 ing of a trained crew ; and it is well to remember that while the former 

 is a matter of years of training and practice, the latter requires only 

 a comparatively short period of careful drilling under a capable 

 master or mate. " ' ,. - ^ , . 



As usual of late years Bedouin and Gracie have had to carry the 

 honors of the second, late first class. Fanny, Hildegarde, and for 

 this season Mischief, are out of racing. Wenonah is laid up (owner 

 gone, into steam), and Ileen tne same (owner abroad), and nobody 

 seems anxious to build for the class Thetis was at anchor, but 

 should have been in for the honor of Boston Corinthians, if nothing 

 else while with Huron and Stranger here the Hub might have hoped 

 to" capture something, but the two preferred a duel at home. 



It is in the third class evidently that the pr : me sport of the season 

 is 1o be found, except that Clara's wins are rapidly becoming monot- 

 onous. This year sbe sailed her first Seawanhaka race, handled by 

 Mr C S Lee and OrivH's crew, doing splendidly, as usual. It seems 

 s "real, pity to see tbe latter fine ship moored stem and stern in the 

 basin, wi'h spars stored and bottom foul, when one thinks of the work 

 she did two years ago, or again lattr on "that pleasant day in the 

 early fall," when cutter stock rose so high. 



The fourth, late third, class had only one representative. Rival. 

 Both Vixen and Fanita belong here and have old reputations to 

 maintain, which they can only do by hard sailing in view of the new 

 advent of a smaller-sized Clara. 



The small civs came out very well with six entries, all well known 

 when it is stated that Iseult is the present name of the old Romaine 

 and Mariota is not the rew boat of that name last year, but has 

 raced before over the Shawanhaka course as the Happy Thought, a 

 keel sloop of New Haven now owned at Larcbmont. The full entries 

 were: 



SCHOONERS— SECONP CLASS. 



Length. Allowance. 

 Grayling, L. A. Fish 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS. 



Atlantic, L. A. Fish and others 85 . 1 5 Allows 



Priscilla, Commodore Canfieid 87.44 55 



Puritan, J. Malcol m Forbes 80.85 1 14 



Mayflower, Charles J. Paine ...85.27 2 07 



SLOOPS ANP CUTTERS — SEC OND CLASS. 



Bedouin Archibald Rogers 73.15 Allows 



Gracie, Joseph P. Earl 72 . 94 09 



SLOOPS AND CUTTERS — THIRD CLASS. 



Cinderella, William E. Iseiin 57.69 Allows 



Clara, Charles Sweet 57.22 29 



Regina, Ralph N. Ellis .. 54.90 2 5. 



Daphne. J. Rogers Maxwell 51.91 21 



Athlon, Dr. J. 0. Barron 51 .49 6 51 



SLOOPS AND CUTTERS— FOURTH CLASS. 



Rival, George N. Hope 



SLOOPS AND CUTTERS— FIFTH CLASS. 



Iseult. C. W. Wetraore 38.63 Allows 



Nomad, H. C. Wintringham 3, .91 48 



Culprit Fay, George Mathews 36.44 2 31 



Nyssa. William Quinn 35.91 3 00 



Elephant, Henry J. Meyer 3o . 7a 322 



Mariota, Edwin C. Van Wart ... .................. .32. ,5 , 19 



The lengths given are the club sailing lengths. The usual club 

 courses were sailed as follows: For schooners and first, second and 

 third class sluops and cutters, from an imaginary line between the 

 committee's steamer Luckenbacb and the north bastion of Fort 

 Wadsworth, to buoy No. 10 on the Southwest Spit, keeping it on the 

 port hand: thence to and around buoy No. 8}^, keeping it on tbe 

 port hand - thence to and around Sandy Hook lightship, keeping it on 

 the starboard hand, and return over same course to buoy No. 15, 

 keeping to tbe eastward of buoys Nos. 9, 11, 13 and 15. on the West 

 Bank and outyide of buoy 5 on the point of Sandy Hook going and 

 returning Di-tance, 37 miles. Course for the fifth closs sloops and 

 cutters ft om the same starting line to buoy No. 10, on the Southwest 

 Spit keeping it on the port hand ; thence to and around buoy No. 814, 

 Keeping it on the port hand ; thence to and around buoy No. 6, on the 

 point oi Sandy Hook, keeping it on the starboard hand, and return 

 over the same course to buoy No. 15, keeping to the eastward of the 

 West Bank buoys going and returning. Distance, 23 miles. To finish 

 across an imaginary line between the committee's steamer Lucken- 

 hach or station boat and buoy 15. , „ „ , 



Tbe new clashes and the prizes were as follows: Schooners- 

 Second class, all measuring 85ft. and less than 66ft. load water 

 line length. Value of prize, $150. 



Cabin Sloops and Cutters.— First class, all measuring <lft. load 

 water line length and over. Subscription cup; value, $1,000. Second 

 class all measuring 55ft. and less thau 71ft. load water line length. 

 Value of prize, $150 Third cla^s, all measuring 45ft. and less than 

 55ft. load water line length. Value of prize, $125. Fourth class, all 

 measuring 35ft. and less than 45ft. load waterline length. Value of 

 prize, $100. Fifth class, all measuring less than 85ft. load water line 

 length. Value of prize, $100. Personal prizes were given to mem- 

 bers of the winning Corinthian crews. . ... 



After Thursday's disappointment, Friday came in cool, with a fine 

 N W. breeze, promising a rattling run out and beat home; but. alas 

 for the uncertainties of yachting. Saturday was just such a day as 

 comes only too often, and shows at its very wor<t the tortuous, land- 

 locked, tide-beset course common to New :York's larger clubs. The 

 day was fair and bright, a perfect day for the ladies on the cluo 

 steamer Cygnus; a very light air from the north, but it soon died 

 out only to be followed by cairns and then streaks of wind from the 

 south dealt out unevenly and robbing the race of all interest, while 

 to teli its story exactly is a difficult if not impossible task, owing to 

 the many different breezes served to the yachts at the same time. 

 The clear weather made it possible to pick out pearly tbe entire fleet, 

 though scattered from the Hook to Hoffman Islands; but to say Just 

 What wind any given one had was another matter. Before going into 



details, the race is best described by a summary based on a view of 

 the whole day's performance. 



Of tbe big ones, the best actual sailing was probably done by May- 

 flower, in spite of some disadvantages under which she labored, nota- 

 bly a lack of proper drill in her crew, as might be expected, and also 

 to some imperfections in her new sails and some blunders in sailing. 



At the start she was terribly handicapped, being almost the last 

 over, her spinnaker not being set in time to bring her down, while 

 she lost time when just over in shifting it for a larger one. She made 

 up her loss at times in a wonderful manner, notably in coming up to 

 Buoy 10 at the start, but lost time off the Hook trying to outluff 

 Ptiscilla, while third place was fairly hers had she held her Spinna- 

 ker from Buoy 10 to the finish. 



Puritan sailed better in Crocker's hands than on the previous days, 

 as was to be expected, but she was greatly favored by the wind, nota- 

 bly iff Norton's Point, when the south wind struck in, and later 

 when bound out of the Hook, and again above Buoy 10 bound in, 

 having a greater share of luck than the others. 



Priscilla was well sailed all day. and showed up grandly in the leg 

 from Coney Island to Buoy 10, and later on when she went for the 

 ship, working out to windward of Puritan very fast. 



Atlantic lagged astern at the start and did very poorly in the first, 

 and in fact all the windward work, sagging off to leeward, while the 

 monkeying with jfbtopsails, large aud small, with the entire crew on 

 the run about the deck, made matters worse. She profited most of 

 all probably by good pilotage, working the point of the Hook, that 

 bete noir of the cutter man, very cleverly when bound in, and get- 

 ting the last inch of tide, while the wind too helped her there a 

 good bit. With lifted sheets she did far better than to windward, as 

 on previous davs, but as some of her sponsors very truly remarked 

 last season, ''any box will go to leeward, but it takes a yacht to go to 

 windward." , . • .. 



There was some bald fluking in the smaller classes aud dracie 

 came In for the worst of it, as did Athlon, but viewed together with 

 the o hfr two rac«s. Bedouin and Clara earned all they won (and much 

 more tnan they got from the daily papers). Bedouin was far astern of 

 the big ones this time, but when together in the light wind at the start 

 she easily left Gracie, while Clara, astern of Cinde.ella for the first 

 hour, left her for the dav after that and found more congenial com- 

 pany with Grayling. The latter had no competitor, and between big 

 and little it is bard to place a value on her performance. 



Tbe programme said 11 A. M for the start, but although the sailing 

 committee are well known to be men of their word, there was not a 

 yacht near the line when the whistle blew, on time to a second. The 

 fleet had been near the line shortly before, the wind was very light 

 from above the line, and the last of a good flood would have held 

 them well placed to windward, but all seemed to find some attraction 

 up near lompkmsvilie. Again toe whistle sounded at 11:05 for the 

 two largpr classes, but it was evident that none could cross in time. 



All had spinnaker booms to port, the big four with neadsai s 

 down, aud balloon jibs and spinnakers aloft in stops. Priscilla 

 broke hers above the line, and Puritan going over with 3 seconds 

 handicap broke hers on the line. After her came Grayling, with 

 spinnaker in stops, breaking on line, then Priscilla and Atlantic, the 

 latter 10 the eastward, and about 50ft. ahead, drifting in a flat calm. 

 Daptiue was next over, then Elephant, while for once Clara was 

 fairly caught napping above the line, and carried a handicap. Al- 

 most last of all came Mayflower, with a spinnaker set, but she took 

 it in on the line, and shortly after set a much larger one of a curious 

 pattern— the tack was cut off so as to make a fourth side about 8ft, 

 long, to which a club was laced, while the outhaul was fast to tne 

 middle of the club. The limes were: _ 



Puritan U 00 03 Culprit Fay 



Cravline H H 44 Bedouin H " 34 



AUautTc 5 ...... 11 16 40 Athlon.... H 23 22 



Prneilla 11 17 36 Gracie H S3 30 



Daphne 11 18 00 Regina U f 59 



Elephant U 18 34 Mayflower 11 M 56 



. lara 11 18 50 Rival 11 34 58 



Nomad 11 19 13 Mariotta H 28 41 



ffletoX .V.Vr^>*" & 20 00 Njssa 11 38 12 



^tTo 1 Btarttng' time for the two large classes was 11:05 to 11:10; for 

 tb Once e outside, the' fleet scattered in the slack tide and calms, most 



of them working in toward Gravesend Bay. Indications of a wind 

 were seen below, and at 11:40 Puritan's spinnaker came in, sbe then 

 being between Buoy 16 and Dix Island, and % mile ahead of Priscilla 

 and Atlantic, with Grayling midway between her and them. Down 

 came Puritan's balloon jibtopsaii, and at 11:48 she filled away on 

 port tack, the rest still becalmed. Soon after the wind reached the 

 other leaders and they filled away, all but Atlantic on starboard tack 

 in to Coney Island, At 11 :55 Atlantic hauled down her jib, setalarge 

 jibtopsaii, hauled up her jib, ran una small jibtopsaii to wind ward of 

 the big one and hauled down the latter, her crew running back anil 

 forth on deck for nearly 15 minutes. At 11:55 Puritan went on star- 

 board tack, Atlantic following, At the same time Clara felt the wind 

 and filled on starboard. At 12 the three were standing to the east- 

 ward, Atlantic and Priscilla very near the Coney Island shore. At 

 12:07 Priscilla went on port tack, soon after crossing under AtlanHc's 

 stern. At 12:12 Puritan tacked, and at 12:14 Atlantic, just before 

 which Priscilla had crossed the latter's bow. At 12:15 the order was 

 Puritan, Priscilla, Atlantic, Grayling, Cinderella, Daphne, Clara, May- 

 flower, Nomad, Bedouin, Gracie, Athlon, while Iseult was further to 

 tbe westward in tbe middleof the Bay. Priscilla held her big jibtopsaii 

 all this lime, and at 12:33 Atlantic ran up hers oh tbe weather stay. 

 Off Buoy 11 Puritan was ahead, but Priscilla was well to windward 

 and gaining on her and Atlantic, while the latter was sagging off to 

 leeward, helped by her big jibtopsaii. Mayflower had gone on port 

 tack at 12:17 and was now coming well up with the others. At 1:30 

 Mayflower went on starboard tack, Puritan following at 1:33, Atlantic 

 next, and Priscilla, going under Puritan's stern, being last about. 



Puritan was first at buoy 10, with balloon jibtopsaii in stops, passing 

 on starboard tack and breaking out, Priscilla about 500ft. astern, and 

 setting hers flying. Atlantic was auout 300ft. astern of her. breaking 

 out ballooner before she passed and then lowering jibtopsaii. May- 

 flower came last, also breaking out ballooner at the buoy. Staysails 

 and jibs came down on all four. The times at buoy 10 were : 



Puritan 1 38 39 Atlantic 1 42 40 



Priseiila 1 40 48 Mayflower 1 47 12 



Before they reached the buoy the wind had headed the leaders as 

 it went to the south, and now it came in on the starboard side as 

 they went for buoy 8L£. which was turned in the same order. Puri- 

 tan was soon outside the Hook, becalmed, while Priscilla and Atlantic, 

 just off the point, were trying a luffing match, the latter to wind- 

 ward and near the shore, unable to cover Priscilla, the only results 

 b .ing that Puritan, catching a breeze, was now off at a fair pace, 

 while Mayflower was overhauling r.he two. 



As tbe steamer went out at 2 P. M Grayling was seen far up the 

 Bay, witn little wind. Clara was near her, having made a big gain 

 on Cinderella, the next boat. Bedouin was next, then Daphne, and 

 Gracie and Athlon far astern. 



At 2:15 Priscilla was dropping Atlantic, while Mayflower went to 

 windward of the latter. Puritan had a good breeze, and at 2:18 

 Priscilla felt it also, going away with no jibtopsaii, while Atlantic 

 was in trouble lowering hers. Both she and Mayflower soon set 

 small jibtopsails, like Puritan, and went away as the breeze caught 

 them. 



It was a good reach out to the ship, with more wind than tbey had 

 had yet. and though not able to eaten Puritan, Priscilla went to 

 windward of her and gained a good deal. Puritan tacked at 3:05, 

 crossing Priscilla's bow and making a good turn. Priscilla tacked at 

 3:10 and made a fine turn, ber balloon jibtopsaii breaking out in good 

 style. Mayflower followed her about and hoisted her ballooner in 

 stops, breaking it prettily on rounding. Atlantic had dropped well 

 astern, and it was 3:16 when sha went about, with spinnaker boom 

 ready, small jibtopsaii set, and ballooner in stops aloft, breaking out 

 at the mark. The times were: 



Puritan 3 08 37 Mayflower 3 15 08 



Priscilla 3 11 20 Atlannc 3 23 03 



All went merrily in with booms to starhoard, and at 3.45 Puritan 

 was just off the Hook, Pi iscilla % taile astern, Mayflower about 1 

 mile, and Atlantic 2 miles from the leaders. 



The others bad been timed at Buoy 10 as follows, and were now- 

 met coming out. 



Clara 2 24 27 Bedouin 2 23 40 



Grayling 22553 Cinderella 2 85 55 



Clara led, then Grayling, Bedouin, Rival and Cinderella. Gracie 

 and Ath'on, last down the Bay, had to anchor off Buoy 10, and the 

 latter finally turned back. 



At 4P.M., off the took, Mayflower and Priscilla. close in shore, 

 seemed to gain on Puritan, but wasted time in a luffing match, the 

 two latter setting fpinnakers. but Puritan holding hers only for 5 

 minutes, while Priscilla helped her until 4.12, when it came in just 

 as Atlantic, astern, broke hers out. All were becalmed for a time 

 here, Atlantic carrying up the wind with her and gaining. Priscilla 

 made use of this idle time to shift her spinnaker boom to starboard 

 for the final run. A light breeze caught tla^m at 4 25, carrying them 

 in, Atlantic working well in to the Hook and shaving the tide, carry- 

 ing spinnaker until 4.39. Now coming up to Buoy 10 May flower suc- 

 ceeded in blanketing Priscilla, but tne latter was first to pass. Tne 

 times were: 



Puritan 4 38 13 Elephant 4 42 09 



Priseiila 4 41 18 Iseult 4 45 36 



Mayflower 4 42 25 Nomad 4 38 45 



Atlantic 4 45 09 Mariotta 4 46 29 



The small class had turned huoy 5 and were bound in now with 

 tbe others. Puritan ana Priscilla set spinnakers to starboard at tbe 

 same moment. At 5 P. M. there was no Kind, but Mayflower had 

 ranged up alongside of Priscilla. At 5:29 the three were nearly even, 

 when a breeze ca'me up the Bay and struck Puritan first, sending her 

 away, then Priscilla, and last Mayflower, the latter with her club 

 spinnaker set, all staying their spinnakers well forward. At the 

 same time Grayling was seen coming m the Hook. Within five min- 

 utes Puritan had sprung away into a big lead, while a good breeze was 

 coming in over the starboard quarters of all. At 5:30 Mayflower took 

 in her spinnaker and at once Atlantic came up on her. The latter 

 had her boom square off and spinnaker full, while both the leaders 

 had theirs very tar forward, Priscilla finally trimming hers aft. At 

 5:45 Mayflower set her small spinnaker, but it was too late to Bave 

 her. Puritan finished first with Priscilla next, while the other two 

 came for the line bow and bow. Within 150yds. Mayflower took At- 

 lantic's wind and covered her, at once shooting ahead and leading 

 her in by a few feet amid cheering, stamping of feet and clapping of 

 hands oy the spectators. 



Next came Elephant, then Mariotta and Iseult, making a very close 

 finish, then Culprit Fay and Grayling, the latter with the infant 

 phenomenon, Clara, still pegging away at her heels, Bedouin followed, 

 then Cinderella, Daphne and Gracie. Hegma was not timed, Nyssa 

 di,d not complete the course, Nomad lost her topmast. It is interest- 

 ing to note thai the keel sloop, Mariotta, a deep boat with some 7 

 tons of lead on keel, was beaten but 2min. 22sec. by Elephant, one of 

 the fastest of Ellsworth's centerboard boats. The full times were: 



SCHOONERS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 

 Grayling 11 10 00 6 35 03 7 25 03 7 35 03 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS. 



Mayflower 11 10 00 6 00 49 6 50 40 6 50 49 



Atlantic 11 10 00 6 00 52 6 50 53 6 49 57 



Pri-cilla 11 10 00 5 47 41 6 47 41 6 46 27 



Puritan 11 10 00 5 55 08 6 45 08 6 43 01 



SECOND CLASS SLOOPS, 



Bedouin 1115 00 6 51 35 7 36 25 7 36 25 



Gracie 11 15 00 7 10 18 7 55 18 7 55 09 



THIRD CLASS SLOOPS. 



Athlon 11 15 00 Wirhurew. 



Cinderella 11 15 00 7 00 35 7 45 35 7 45 06 



Clara 11 15 00 6 46 19 7 31 19 7 28 23 



Kegina H 15 00 Not timed. 



Dathne 11 15 00 7 01 19 7 49 19 7 43 28 



FOURTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Rival 11 15 00 ti 49 13 7 34 13 7 34 13 



FIFTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Elephant H 15 00 6 10 07 6 55 07 6 54 19 



T S eult H 15 00 6 14 57 6 69 57 6 59 o7 



Nomad . 11 15 00 Disabled. 



Culprit Fay 11 15 00 € 33 54 7 18 54 7 15 45 



Mario t a — - 11 15 00 6 15 03 7 00 03 6 56 41 



Nyssa 11 15 00 Did not go the course, 



The actual sailing times over tbe course, disregarding the handi- 

 cap, are as follows: 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS, 



Start, Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Mayflower 11 24 56 6 00 49 6 35 53 6 35 53 



Pril. ilia 11 17 35 5 57 41 6 40 05 6 38 51 



Puritan .,. 11 10 03 5 55 08 6 45 05 6 42 58 



Atlantic . 11 16 40 6 00 53 6 44 12 6 43 17 



As usual with the S. C. Y. C the regatta was well managed by tbe 

 Sailing Committee. Messrs. Bayard, de Luze and Centre on the Luck- 

 enbach, and Montant and Beekman on the Cygnus. The judges were 

 Messrs. Bayard. Centre and d'Oremieulx. 



NORTH END Y. C— On June 19 tbe North End Y. C. raced for two 

 pennants offered by J. T. Gallagher, the course being from off tho 

 Cunard wharf. East Bo.-tou, down the bay to the whi-tling buoy, 

 thence around Boston light and the Brews'ers. and back to the start- 

 ing line. Wanderer went over first at 11:09. followed by Norseman 

 and Lizzie F. Daly, the two mailing a close race lhrougbout. The 

 Daly won in 5b. 10m. 15s., with Wanderer at 5:3! ana Norseman 6:12. 

 Mo others finished. The judges were James Lawlor, james Butler 

 and J T, Gallagher, gd. Gagan, of Cbarlestown, was timekeeper 



