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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 22, 1886. 



A DAY'S CRUISE ON THE OSWECO. 



THE Pathfinder C. (Fulton, N Y ) had bpen talking all the sum- 

 mer about going off fo a day's cruis-; but the months slipped 

 by, and it was September 1 before a day could he decided upon bv 

 all the member'!. E^ly that morning we launched our canoes on 

 the Oswego River in f'ont of the town and just above the Oswego 

 Falls, celebrated in Cooper's romances. Indeed, o e of our m o m 

 bi-r^ nffbrns 61 at in lo * water he has seen the identical spit over 

 which Pa' h finder steered bis birch on that perilous vo rage, to H'oi t 

 Ontario. A number had backe i ou' at the last moment, and but five 

 of us saw the sun rise a h If hour later. >ur first, stop was made at 

 Camp Comfort, a few miles above the village, where we ate a second 

 breakfast and received the addition of two more to the party. 



The village of Phoenix, about 10 miles from Fulton, whs reached 

 earlx in Hie forenoon and just in lime to escape a drenching, for we 

 bad barely pulled the boats up under a convenient bridge and cov- 

 ered our effects with the rubber blankets when the storm burst upon 

 us The ptospect was rather discouraging, as the rain looked as it 

 it had set in for a day of it. We utilized the time, ho « ever, by eaiing 

 dinner here, for which we had a beaitv appetite uotwiths'andingour 

 secoud breakfast, and after this strolled about the town astonishing 

 the Datives of the little burg without varied costumes. About 1 

 o'clock the rain ceased and we siart-d on our way again. Hitherto 

 we had been obliged to paddle, much to the disgust of our crack sail- 

 ors; but here, a good sailing bre< ze sprang up and we hastened to 

 take advantage of it. A few miles beyond we came to Three River 

 Point, where the Oneida and Seneca rivets uniting, form the Oswego 

 Without shopping we turned to the left and sailed a. short distance up 

 the Oneida. Here another rainstorm overtook us and no friendly 

 bridge i ear to offer us shel.er. So we bnuled the boats out, turned 

 them over and sought ref ■ ge ir a barn. Onemember. who was using 

 a new canoe for the first time that dav. made himself the laughing 

 stock of the patty by refusing to pull his boat out of water for fear 

 of scratching the varnish and as a consequence remained out in the 

 rain to guard his precious craft and was oreuched to lhe skin. 



The brief shower was over in a few moments, but it was now get- 

 ting late in the afternoou, and as we had some rapids on the way 

 back which we prefened shooting by daylight, we reluctantly turned 

 the prows of our canoes homeward 



B'low Phcemx the river is shallow and swift, with a number of 

 rapids, the last of these terminating the shoal water about five miles 

 below Fulion. We had t*keu the canal at this puiut io the morning 

 to avoid the swift water, nut determined to take advantage of the 

 current coming back This last rapid. Horseshoe Falls as it is called, 

 is the only troublesome one. The water has a descent of three or 

 four feet in as many yards, and as there is only one spot at which 

 it may be safely shot, it generally requires more or less skill to do 

 it successfully. One or two novices were heard anxiously inquiring 

 if there was no way of portage, but seeing the rest pass through 

 safely, they followed without accident. We were now within a few 

 miles of home, and while taking things easily had paddled between 

 25 and 30 mdes that day. 



As we pulled into the village late in the evening it was unanimously 

 agreed that the first cruise of Pathuoder C. C. had be-m a roost pre- 

 nouLced success. Pathfinder. 



BALLAST ISLAND MEET. — The second meet of the W. A. C. A. is 

 now being held at iiallast I«lano, in Lake Erie. 



Don't twist your neck off, but use Allen's bow-facing oars. Little 

 catalogue free. Fred A. Allen. Monmouth, 111. — Aav. 



jachting. 



Address all communications to the Forest and Stream Publish- 

 ing Co. 



THE FOUR LARGE YACHTS. 



PURITAN is still at Mr. Forbes's home at Naushon, and probably 

 will not meet the others again until Aug. 9 at Brefiton's Rt-ef, 

 or a day or two sooner on the New York cruise. On July 13, May- 

 flower left the radway. and after going to Fisae's wharf tor her 

 spars, sailed for Marblehead on the 15th, making the passage in two 

 hours. Thus far the alterations seem to have improved htr stabilhy 

 materially. Priscilla has stepped her new mast of Oregon pine, and 

 is MOW ou Lis erideu's railway at Elm Park. S I. Her new stick is a 

 fine one, and will no doubt pivve much differ than the old. The 

 hounds have been lowervd 6 a,, and the total length increased as 

 mush, so lhat the lengtn of masthead is now lft greater than before. 

 A new topmast has also been added. Atlantic was lowered from 

 M mum's ways on July 16, afterward towed to Whites one, where she 

 joined the club. While on the ways on the 14th. at about 8:30 P. M.. 

 she. was str ick by lightning, her captain and one of her crew receiv 

 ing a shock, but no serious harm being doue. The silly story to wbich 

 we alluded last week has been telegraphed in a badly garbled forr- 



which the drawings were made is now in the model room of the New 

 YorkY.C. It shows u m derate sheer aft, over which a separate 

 lift or piece of wood has been screwed, and so snaped as to give ex- 

 actly ihe fame ugly stem winch has excited so much comment. 

 Certainly this change could not have been made without Mr. Ells 

 worth's knowledge, and unless it can be proved that it was, th-re can 

 be no doubt as to the responsibility for it. The oiher misstatements 

 in the articie are so glaring that ir is only a wonder that a paper 

 w hich devotes so much space to yachting could be so baaly imposed 

 upon by an ignorant correspondent. 



THE AMERICAN Y. C. REGATTA AND CRUISE. 



ON Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week the yachts of the 

 American Y. P., accompanied by the iron steamer Csgnus. 

 made their third annual cruise through Long Island Sound, the first 

 dav being given up to the main race over ihe club course from Larch- 

 mont to New London. The fleer was smaller than last year and the 

 race less interesting, only 8 yachts entering and 2 more going the 



C °Theprizes offered were the 3 Eme p y Cups, 1 in each class of over 

 150it L. W L., 85 to 150ft. and over 50 and under 85ft ; also the Com- 

 modore's Cup. for best elap ed time, and 1 under Mr, C. H. Haswell's 

 formula. The entries and elements were: 

 Boiler Pres- 



Length sure Allow td. Grate Sur- Combus- Time Al 

 on W. L. in Pounds, face, in sq ft. tion. lowance. 



Atalanta 228.9 110 14(i 00 Blast. Allows 



Yosemite 176.6 ••• M> 00 Blast. 26 20 



Meteor ....136.0 200 8'.. 00 Jet. 55 03 



Radha 135 .... ••- 55 53 



Lagon da'.'. 118.0 125 42.00 Blast. 1 11 44 



Iuanda bO.G 60 27 £0 Jet. 1 45 VI 



Nereid ....1a 150 21.30 Jet. 2 16 40 



%am 55.0 120 9.00 Jet. 2 56 47 



Vin a 53 9 100 20.29 Natural. 3 04 00 



spMnx ' : ;: ... 52 100 13.50 .... 3 05 37 



Henrietta .... 45.7 230 - Je *- , • -• •■ 



On Thursday morning a party of 200 ladies and gentlemen boarded 

 the Cygnus in" New t ork, and the run was quickly made to Larch- 

 mont, where the fleet were waiting. 'J he smaller boats had already 

 been started, as follows: 



Nereid . .. • 8 24 00 Edith 8 24 51 



Viola V . . 8 24 25 



Only three yachts were, in ihe second class, but Henrietta and On- 

 enta fan with them, though not entered. The start was timed from 



Inlu C aa gnUS: 10 52 58 ' Orienta 10 52 28 



Meteor " .'. 10 54 48 Lagonda li 00 08 



Henrietta 10 55 46 



The big steamer started ai once in chase, while the two remaining 

 boats were timed later by Commodore Munroe from the Schemer, 



Atalanta 12 01 03 Yosemite 12 03 02 



Henrietta is the little launen lately built by the Herreshoff* tor Mr. 

 N L Muuro, and which astonished eve-y one at the New York Y. C. 

 by ner wonderful speed. Sue is 46ft. 7in. long, too small for the third 

 class and is of bright mahogany. Over the line wit h the leaders, she 

 wa= soon out of sight and led the fleet over the course, arriving ahead 

 of the first and second clas.- es. Siranger also ran with the fleet, but 

 was not entered. The fleet was soon widely scaitered, the order for 

 a greater part of the way heing H-nrie'ta. Orienta, Meteor, Stranger. 

 Laeonoa and Inanda. At 3:30 P. M , off Cornfield Light. Atalanta and 

 Yosemite were sighted astern, the latter leading. This year the S<rab s 

 Ledge Buoy, was marked by a yacht with the club flag, to prevent 

 any mistake. The full times were: 



FIRST CLASS. , , 



Start Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Atalanta 12 01 03 4 36 00 4 84 57 4 34 57 



Yosemite:... . 12 03 02 5 3S 40 5 86 88 5 10 13 



SECOND CLASS. 



Lagonda 11 00 08 4 53 47 5 53 39 5 86 68 



nfanda .... ..10 52 58 5 26 83 6 33 85 5 43 19 



»^;.v::;;,;"",;.:itt-ttl.S 43130 saeis 53643 



6 81 30 6 51 30 

 8 01 29 7 21 22 

 8 11 05 7 23 45 



THIRD CLASS. 



Nereid , 8 24 00 3 15 30 



Editb 8 24 51 4 26 20 



Viola 8 24 55 • 4 35 30 



NOT ENTERED. 



Henrietta 10 55 46 4 1- 00 5 22 14 



Orienta 10 56 30 4 25 47 5 29 17 



Only one prize will be given to any one yacht-, so Atalanta will take 

 the Emery prize. The commodore's cup will go 'oYosemite. Meteor 

 did pot go over the co rect couise, so the prize in her class goes to 

 Lagonda Nereid won in her class. After the race the yachtsmen 

 attended a clam nake given by Mr F. L. Osgood at his country place, 

 after wbich a hop was given at the Pequot House. 



The review next rooming was interfered with bv a rain storm, but 

 al 10:20 A. M tr.e flagship, wirh signals for review aloft, anchored off 

 Ihe Pequot House; while the fleet ran up the east shore, turned, and 

 ran down between Lagonda and the CygLus, each saluting as she 

 passed the latter The line passed on, and when all were by, Lagonfa 

 lifted anchor and ran ahead to the first place. Before noon the rain 

 ceased About 1:30 the fl et reached Ureenport and arrangements 

 were at once made for the launch race for boats unter 50ft.. the 

 course, originally from New London to Greenpirr, being changed to 

 one fro m opposite the Prospect house, around Bug Lighthouse and 

 back, 5)4 miles. The prizes were the two Manning cups, presented 

 by Mr. Titos, Manning, one for tubular boilers and one for other 

 types, under the Isherwood allowance. Only two yachts started, 

 Henrietta and the At alanta's launch Surprise. The former finished 

 in 17m. 12s.. while Surprise was 23 minutes. The latter protested, 

 claiming that Henrietta had turned the buoy the wrong way, but on 

 the other side it is claimed that Surprise did not finish properly, so 

 the race was ordered to be resailed. 



Following thi was arace for small launches from Lagonda. Orienta 

 and Tillie, for a prize offered by the fleet captain, W S. Alley; and 

 won by Tilhe with Orienta second. In the rowing races Yosemite's 

 dingy beat those of Tillie and Sentinel. The cutter race for the 

 ch&lleDge cup. won last year by Rival, was rar-ed for by the same 

 yacht, now Inanda, and Sentinel. Inanda winning. A gig race followed 

 between boats from Atalanta, Lagonda, Nooya and Tillie. Atalanta 

 first with Lagonda and Tillie in order A gig race was made up for 

 a purse of $25, in which the gig of the Revenue cutter Dexter met 

 those of y'osemite and Meteor, the cutler winning with Yosemite 

 second. In the evening there wus an illumination of the fleet and a 

 display of fireworks, followed by a hop. The order to disband was 

 g.ven to the fleet. 



Early next morning most of the yachts steamed away, and at 

 10 A. M. the Cygnus started for hornp. A swift aud pleasant run 

 was made, the Atlantic Y. O. fleet being passed, and at 6 P. M. she 

 landed her passengers at New York after a most eujoyable cruise, 

 Arrang-ments were controlled by Messrs. George W. Hall, Thomas 

 Manning, E S. Connor, Thomas L. Scovil and Edward S. Innet of the 

 regatta committee, through whose care all passed off satisfactorily. 



As a sequel to the launch race Mr. Munro has issued the following 

 challenge: 



New York, July 20, 1886. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: I deem it my duty to speak through 

 the columns of your paper of the race of the American Yacht Club 

 f rom Larchmont to New London and the race at Shelter Island be- 

 tween Mr. J., y Gould's Surpri e and Mr. 'Norman L Munro 's Henri- 

 etta. I had the honor on both occasions to stand by the latter's 

 wheel. In the race between Larchmont and New London (ninety 

 .miles) I was running on schedule cim«, as it were; or, in other words 

 I was carrying out instructions given by Mr. M inro the day previous 

 —viz , to collar the. leader in the secoud class and make no at- 

 tempt to beat the Atalanta"s time. Mr Munro's idea here was 

 to travel at a safe rate of speed, and beat all the craft on the Sound 

 except, the Atalanta. I obeyed orders in this case to the letter. 

 Next morning I appeared wi h the Henrietta at the dock op- 

 posite the Pequot House, in New London, to receive instructions 

 regarding the launch's race, which was to be from New London to 

 •shelter I- land. I was informed by Mr. Munro that the committee, 

 by Mr Gould's request, had abandoned the idea of racing between 

 Ne* London ana Shelter I-land, and the race would take place at 

 Shelter Island, over a ?}£-mile course and return and that 1 would 

 receive my instructions there. I was informed at Shelter Island that 

 instead of racing 15 miles as agreed upon the committee had without 

 Mr. Munro's consent, reduced the distance to Z% (?) miles and oack. 

 I was lying in the bay at this time and was signalled to come to the 

 Mmhaiiset Dock. I was informed there by Mr. Munro that evidently 

 there would be a repetition of the Stiletto-A alan a "farce" and 

 not to expect a cup, but to beat the. Surprise badly— which 

 I did. The matter ended just as Mr. Monro predicted, and 

 the protest of the Atalanta's captain was considered by the commit- 

 tee and acted upon— the protest of a man sailing a race over a 2J4- 

 miie course ana unable to find his wny home without making a mis- 

 t ake himself. The commiiti-e. Mr. Jay Gould, Mr. Hoagland and ten 

 thousand witnesses know that the Henrietta made no mistake; how- 

 ever, what is of interest to the public and the yachting fraternity \< 

 yet to come. I called at Mr. Munro's residence last evening, and was 

 informed that he would not under auy circumstances race again 

 with Mr. Gould's Su' prise for a cup unless they would allow the race 

 to take place where it was first intended, and to handicap the Henri- 

 etta tnus." 



HENRIETTA. 



The dia^i^^u ill suo v tuai, the course of Stop lse will be straight 

 from New London to Shelter Island, and Henrietta's course will be 

 running around the Surprise ten times during the run, or he will race 

 for the cup over the eame course at Shelter Island, unhiding his 

 launch, the Henri' tra, will be compelled to make two miles tor the 

 Surprise's one I will also state with authority that Mr Munro will 

 iace his launch Henrietta over the ninety-mile course of the Ameri- 

 can Y. C, according to the racing ri les and regulations of said club, 

 against Mr Gould's Atalanta. the defeated party lo pay to the poor 

 of the cj y of New York 8100,000. Certified checks from both parties 

 to be placed iu the. hanos of the judges Hoping, although I am not 

 the Henrietta's sailing master, that 1 will be. permitted to land her in 

 New Loudon a victor on that occasiou, I remain, yours truly— Charles 



Allen, Captain. 



BEVERLY Y. C. 



THROUGH the efforts of an able executive and a hard wo<k'ug re- 

 gatta committee, the B.-veily Y. C. still holds the firs' place 

 amoiig the smaller racing clubs, and its regattas areas numerous and 

 well filled this year as ever. On July 21. the 110th regatta will be 

 sailed off Mi numeiit Beach, starting at 1 P M , and ou July 81, the 

 111th will be sailed at Swampscott. starting at 12 M., being postponed 

 to Aug. 7 if the weather is unfavorable. A mee'ing has been called 

 to change the classification and number of sails allowed iu first and 

 second classes, and if a change is made before the latter race owners 

 will be notified. The largest races ever held in American waters 

 have been the open ones of the Beverly Y. C, and this year eveiy 

 effort will be made to have a larger fleet than ever before, probably 

 some 400 entries The race, an open one, will be sailed off Marble- 

 head on Sept. 4, that date being abandoned in favor of the B Y. C. 

 by ihe Dorchester and Snndv Bay clubs. The 114th B. Y C. regatta, 

 originally set for Sept 4, will probably be sailM on Aug. 28 The 

 occasion « ill be a notable one in American yachting, the largest fleet 

 ever afloat at a starting line, and there is a fine chance for somd of 

 the, fast New York boats to distinguish themselves. All of the fast 

 Boston craft will be present, and those that venture around Cape 

 Cod will find worthy antagonists. ... „ , . 



Beverly Y C. lO'.icb Regatta.— The first championship was sailed at 

 Marblehead July 13. The absence of many members on the E Y. C. 

 ciuise reduced the number of entries greatly, but the race in second 

 and third classes was a good one. The club rules now allow sloops 

 and cutters in second class to carry topsails while restricting cats to 

 one sail. At the time this rule was made it worked fairly well, the 

 sloops being then vry inferior to the cats, and their topsails being 

 small The advent of Witch and similar boats, however, has changed 

 this and marie it almost a certainty that they would beat the cats A 

 special meeting has been called to change the rule, but this race was 

 sailed, of course, under trie present rule, and as the wind hauled 

 during the race, aud gave them very liltle windward work, Witch at 

 once went off witn a long lead, but the race among the cats was 

 close and interesting, Spider. Peri and Hoiden having a sweepstakes 

 of their own, besides the regular prizes. Summary as follows: 

 first class. 



Length. Actual. Corrected. 

 Atalanta, sloop, J. R. Thomas 30 04 2 05 21 1 58 U 



SECOND CLASS— CJENTERBOARDS. 



Peri, eat. Harry Parkman 20.07 1 33 11 1 20 08 



Hoiuen, cat, Com. Dexter 23 CO 1 go 30 1 24 50 



Spider, cat, Waiter Abbott 20 00 1 3o 52 1 22 11 



SECOND CLASS KEELS. 



Witch, cutter, B. B. Crowninshiel>.. ..22.06 1 26 21 1 15 13 

 Nixie, cat, L, Cochrane Not measured. 1 37 45 



THIRD CLASS. 



Dolphin, cat, Roval Robbins IS 08 1 43 42 1 27 28 



Psyjbe, cat. H. M Sears -.19.04 1 48 10 1 33 41 



Atalanta. Peri, Witch and Dolphin take firsts, Spider a second, 

 Atalanta. Witch and Dolphin win legs for the pennants Peri taaes 

 the sweepstakes. Courses: 10% for first class. 7^ for others. Wind 

 fair. S. S. E. Judges: W. Lloyd Jeffries aud John Dane. 

 i»u , o. c. ^ 6 ^ blue with a Gold Castle. 



THE ATLANTIC Y. C. CRUISE. 



THE fleet of the Atlantic, Y. C. p"rsuant to o-ders, met at White- 

 stone on Friday, preparatory to the annual cruise, tne followiug 

 yachts repot ting; Schoon-rs— Agnes, Cora. H. H. Hogin* : Grayling, 

 Latham A. Fish; Haza. C. W & J Hogan; Leona, Rear Com. E C. 

 Sterling; Vidette. E. O Williams Sloops— Bea- rice, W. M Walton; 

 Atlantic, Maxwell, Fish&Lawton; Ro mer. J. Oartledge; Adelaide, 

 U. Underbill; Ariadne, J C. Bergen ; Vivid, J P Fiske; Nirvana, T N. 

 Hah; Rover, Vice Com. F. C. Swan : Stella. J L Marc-llus; Crocodile, 

 J • G Prague ; Rival. G H.Hope.: Outvie, Percy S Williams; Wilful. 

 H. W. Coaies: Nomad, H C. Wmtringham; Arab, Arnold & Law ton. 

 Steam yacht Ru-.y, John H. Hanan. 



On Saturdav morning there was no wind, and it was not until 11:30 

 that a light S.W. breeze put the fleet in motion. Off Th ogg's Neck 

 •he Cinderella joined the fleet. With the ebbtide came a better wind, 

 increasing a li tie as lhe day advanced, umil toward evening it is 

 blowing nicely from S.E. The fleet came to anchor off Norvvalk 

 Islands as follows, as far as timed: 



Atlantic 6 20 05 Vivid 6 47 19 



Reamer 6 24 03 Nomad .6 49 30 



Cinderella 6 26 10 Adelaide 6 49 67 



Grayling (j -27 08 Haze 6 53 19 



Rival 6 33 16 Ariadne . . 6 57 00 



Crocodile 6 35 40 Nirvana 6 59 40 



Leona 6 41 20 Vidette 7 15 09 



Agues 6 43 50 Arab. 7 25 13 



Stella 45 12 Outvie 7 40 06 



Daphne, Christine, Wivern and Nepenthe joined at ihe anchorage. 

 On Sunday the fleet lay at anchor all day. Services wer a held on ooard 

 the Grayling, the fleet chaplain, Rev. W. H. Thomas, officiating. 



On Sunday afternoon and evening very severe squalls broke over 

 the fiset, but Monday was clear and the vachts were under way at 

 9:40 A. M. for Morris Cove, reaching there after a pleasant sail about 

 4:30 P. M. ' 



PHCEN1X Y, C„ SECOND ANNUAL REGATTA. 



THE second annual regatta of the Phcenix Y. C, of Chicago, came 

 off Saturday. July 10, the entries being as follow: Class A, 

 yachts over 50ft. and less than 75ft.— Minnie M., Miller Bros.; hia, 

 Com. T. M. Bradley. Class C. y^ch's under 50ft.— Zepi yr, Hennessy 

 Bros : Peri, Capt. McDonnell ; Clara B., Capt. Brown; Clio, (.lass D— 

 Iua H.. Hercules, Pollywog, Spook. 



Steamer Welcome carried the judges and invited guests, including a 

 large number of ladies. A fine fleet of yact', including the Wasp, 

 Harry Burk, Nora, Frolic, Sadie, Eagle, and a host of smaller ones, 

 followed the competitors around the course. The judges were E, 

 Barnard, P. C. Bradley and G. McConnell; Joseph Ruff, timekeeper. 

 The course was through the opening in the breakwater opposite Van 

 Buren street, thence S E. 5 miles around a stakeboat. thence N.N.W. 

 to and around the Crib, Hence to the starting poinr, making a course 

 of 15 miles The signal gun to make ready wa< fired at 1 :20P. M.. the 

 wind being N.E. by N. and blowing a stiff breeze Zephyr, owned by 

 the Hennessy Bros., was the first to cross tne line at 1 :29:05. A min- 

 ute later Ina came bowling across, with Commodore T Braoley at the 

 wheel; close behind came Pen. sailed by bernwner, Capt. McDonnell; 

 then came Minnie M., sailed by Capt. Miller. Clio brineringup tnerear, 

 Clara B. failiug to cross. They made a nice start, all carrying spin- 

 nakers excepting Ina, her captain seeming well satisfied to get there 

 without setting his, and showing good judgment by so doing, as spin- 

 nakers did not draw to any advantage. In a very few minutes Ina 

 took the lead. Minnie M , the onlv real competitor of Ioa, seemed to 

 be rather bashful about coming up to keep her company, but seemed 

 to gradually fall behind. When she was about three-quarters of a 

 mile from the stakeboat her mammast snapped in tno about iOft. 

 from the deck, her canvas and all rigging disappearing about as 

 quickly as one could close a jack-knife. Ina at this time was leading 

 her about a quarter of a mile. Commodore Bradley seemed to be sail- 

 ing her in her old form, wbich means almost invincible. Zephyr had 

 carried away her spinnaker boom, but it did not seem tor. tard her 

 speed, and she was leading Peri a good race and seemed to have her 

 well in hand. Clio sprung a leak and soon put for the opening. Ina, 

 Zephyr and Peri soon heading for tne Crib, the Welcome (judges' 

 boat)' soon had Minnie M. in tow, and were heading for the opening 

 in the breakwater, mucu to the relief of most of the guests, a number 

 of whom, after looking longingly at the opening in the dim distance, 

 would hang over the rail and repeat the words Ne v York iu as pleas- 

 ant a tone as the conduiou of things would admP of. In an hour's 

 tune Ina had a lead of two miles and Zephyr was fast increasing the 

 distance between her aud Peri: but a race is ne<.er won until it is fin- 

 ished, as the Zephyr soon found out to her sorrow. P-ri, 

 whii h seemed to oe nearly two miles astern, took a t^ck in toward 

 the pier, wh"re sue caught a land breeze from N.W , thus enabling 

 her to lay her course direct to the Crib. Tne bo torn had dropped 

 out of the wind that Ina and Z-phyr were carrying, leaving their sails 

 useless Ina managed 10 get air enough to get around the,Crib, Peri 

 soon following, Zephyr bringing up tue rear. The following is the 

 time: 



Start. Stakeboat. Crib. Finish. 



Ina 1 30 10 2 05 08 5 00 44 5 55 08 



Peri 1 31 05 2 10 52 5 07 38 6 09 18 



Zephyr 1 2!) 05 2 10 02 



MinnioM 1 3i 15 



Clio 1 32 28 



The Class D yachts did not sail, as their owners were all in the other 

 class yachts. They will have their race Saturday, July 17, E. 



ANN ISQUAM REGATTA. JULY 17, 



THE Sandy Bay Y. C. sailed an important race on July 17, for the 

 Forties prizes, those in firs', class being a model yacht in silver, 

 v.tiue $300; a silver cake basket, $50, and a silver cup, $3}. In sec- 

 ond tdass they were a pitcher. #50; silver cup, $35, and field glasses, 

 $20 Dory race, first prize. §10; second, $5 Ail were offered oy Mr. 

 A J Forbes. At first there was no breeze, but hy II) A. M. a light 

 wind sprang up. The clas es and court e were: First clas-, yachts 

 20 to 28ft waterline inclusive; second class, yachts under 20ft water- 

 line Tne course was from »tai tiug lines at Stone Beacon to red buoy, 

 a distance of }^ a ile, aud bearing north by east ; thence leaving red 

 buoy on the port to E-sex outer black buoy, a distance from Squam 

 Buov of \% nautical miles, aud bearing vwst norrhwest; thence leav- 

 ing Essex ouoy on thu starboard to a stakeboat. a di tance ot 2L£ 

 miles, and bearing northeast by north; thei ce leaving etaheboat on 

 starboard to Squam buoy, a distance of 2J^ miles, and bearing due 

 south; thence leaving Squam buoy on the starboard to Essex buoy 

 and repealing the course, crossing the finishing l.ne between Squam 

 buov and the light. Distance 1» miles. 



The preparatory gun was fl. ed at 11:27 and at 11:31:30 the start for 

 second class, 13 yachts going across v\uh a free wind. Five minutes 

 later tne 14 first class yachts started in chase. The tirst leg was a run 

 Atalanta leading. Some trouole arose to the proper buoy, there 

 being two Squam buoys. Ibe ei d ot the first rouud was timed: 



Atalanta..... 1 04 30 Hetrei 1 19 *5 



Lottie 1 08 Od Osceola 1 20 00 



Black Cloud 1 01) 30 Tvrant 1 v2 00 



Victor 1 U 10 Lark 1 2i 15 



Louette 1 12 45 Alpine 1 22 15 



Tnpnosa 1 13 00 spark 1 24 00 



Silver Cloud 1 15 40 Kittiwake 1 *5 85 



Sassacus 1 16 30 Good Luck 1 2b 00 



Tne full times were: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Length. Actual. Corrected. 



Atalanta, I. R. Thomas 28.01 2 54 55 2 52 30 



Lotiie, G. A. McLean 26.00 4 02 01 2 56 45 



Blaok Cloud, Aaron Brown i3.04 a 04 59 2 55 *J 



Thisbe. S. A. Freeman 21 05 3 11 41 2 5S 50 



Tnphosa 25.04 3 12 20 3 06 05 



Silver Cloud, McLaughlin 21.06 3 13 55 8 01 12 



lone, J. S. Payen .. 26 02 3 17 20 3 12 18 



White Wiug, Joseph Perry 2l.l0 3 18 55 3 06 50 



Louette, L M. Haskin 21 18 3 .6 33 3 04 10 



Tyiant, Mt. E well 2J.10 3 26 25 8 12 26 



Petrel, H. Paul 21.05 3 26 53 3 14 02 



Good Luck 21.11 3 29 45 3 17 50 



SECOND CLASS 



Victor, J. W. Hildreth 17.04 3 20 40 2 58 58 



Sassacus, Com. Oriffin 16.10 3 *3 15 3 10 17 



Osceola A T. Gilford 20.01 3 37 £3 8 12 2d 



Alptoe? Wi Ham Tarr . ■ 16.07 3 40 00 3 16 23 



Spark F H. Gaffney 18.00 3 40 04 3 19 09 



Dolphin 10.09 3 37 45 8 21 35* 



Lark, John Bishop HI ?4 



T.nr»hif>l 3 48 54 I .. .. 



Lanier w.n 40233 



Later on a dory race took i lace, .von by Herbert Norton with 

 James Robinson second. Lottie protested agaiust Atalanta and Black 

 Cloua for not rouading the proper buoy, and the race was declared 

 off Victor, Sassacus aud Osceola win in second class The judges 

 were H. N. Wood, F. L. Cunningham. E. B Newton, Robert Herne. 

 Melvin Haskell, E. L. Rowe aud E. W. Roberts. 



KNICKERBOCKER Y. C. CRTJISE.-The fleet of the K. Y. C- 

 reached Newport on July 20 after a very pleasant orutse through the 

 Sound, and disbanded there. 



