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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 2, 1886. 



THE N. Y. C. C. CUP RACES. 



THE races for tho possession of tlie onp offered by the New 

 York C. C. for International competition will be sailed on 

 Friday next fSept. 8) at 3 P. M., and on Saturday a.t- 11 A. M. and 

 8 P. M. The course will be from buoy off club liunse at Tompkins- 

 ville, Stateu Island, leaving it on stiii-board Jiand, to buoy off 

 Clifton, leaving it on port hand; tlicnce i:.o buny midway between 

 Clifton and Bay Kidge, leaving it oji port, hand; tlience to start, 

 tlie course being 4 miles, Lo be sailed iwice, or H miles in all. A tug 

 ■Will follow (be races, ticketsfor wbiclimaybQ bad otC. J. Stevens, 

 No. V Bowling Ui'een, at $1 for tlie series of two or tbree races as 

 may be liccessary. 



Mr. .Ste\va.rt's new Pearl arrived on Monday, and is now at West 

 Brighton. She is v-ery lightly constructed, but still stronger than 

 the one first brought out. 



TIPPY C. C. FIRST ANNUAL REGATTA. 



THE first annual regatta of the TipijyO. C.of Chicago, was held 

 Saturday, the 31st inst., otf the boat bouse, foot of Thirty- 

 ninth street. The various races proved -^ery interesting, and were 

 witnessed l)y tliousands of people on the shore, which enlivened 

 the scene and gave much encouragement to the contestants. The 

 wind was blowing a half gale and very pnll'y, wbicli proved to be a 

 Jonah to some of the boys, as it kept them climbing all over their 

 canoes. The open boats from Hyde Park were ba\-ing a race be- 

 tween themselves before the stari, when a. puff caught the Hypa- 

 tia and turned her ovci'. throwing her creM' into the water; but 

 they were rescued by tlic flcot. 



At 3:10 the start was given for classes A and B, sailing. Spray 

 took the lead and maintained it to the finish. Much credit is due 

 to her skipper, J. B. Keogh, for the w^ay he handled his canoe. 

 The Chestnuts was over next. She is a 14x38, and much praise 

 must be given to Mr. C. F. Sage for going around the course. Also 

 Wood, who sailed tlie Yjeal; only a novice in sailing a canoe, he 

 liandJed bis canoe like a veteran, and will prove a dangerous man 

 in a.notlier year. The Shaw Shaw, G. K. Sage, had gone one-third 

 way over tlie course when she was swamped. 



At 8:47 the start ^^'as given for the open and decked boats. The 

 Pastime crossed first and made a splendid race in tlie wind, carry- 

 ing a large racing spritsail and flying jib. Mr. Crane, her skipper, 

 handled her very well, and it was just surprising to see him go 

 around, as everj body said he Avould capsize. The Pastime was 

 designed by Mr. Crane and has won three races this season; she is 

 » marvel of beauty, notliing of her size caa come anywhere near 

 her. Mr. Harry Crane, of Cincinnati, was out in her and says he 

 never saw anything go so in bis life. 



The IN okomis, a large canoe, sailed a ^ood race with Mr. H. A. 

 Perkins as her skipper. The G^uenn carried too much canvas and 

 •was capsized. The Clam seeing he had no chance in the race came 

 hack, as it was too squally. 



The Ellen Terry, Edward Hosing, sailed a good race and won in 

 h.er class, but a foul was claimed by the Elinor, D. Floodfwho says 

 the Ellen Terry capsized her. The Cathie Avent to the rescue of 

 the Eliuor. 



The next event was the paddling race of Class I. This race was 

 looked for with much interest, as there ware some good men with 

 good canoes. 



Tippy, A. W. Kitchin, got the start and maintained it to the fin- 

 ish, crossing the line au easy winner. The Psyche, H. B. Cook, 

 gave a hard race for it, but Kitchin proved too much for him. 



In Class B, paddling, the Pretzel, U. P. M(.'Cuue, got the start 

 and finished first, although the Triton and Snioe gave him a bard 

 race. Mr. J. B. Iveogh, Spray, broke his paddle at the start. 

 Keogh and McCuue have been practicing very hard for this race, 

 and much sympathy is felt for Keogh; but they will race next 

 Saturday, the 38th tnst. 



The tandem race was a very exciting one. A. W. Kitchin and 

 W. M. Dunham in the Tippy won, but were so hard pushed by 

 Cook and I'Leogh and Wood and Lavinia that it looked like nobody's 

 race, but. Kitchin and Dunham commenced pulling liard and 

 Strong and won by 1)4 lengths abe.ad of Cook and Keogh who were 

 W of a length ahead of the Snipe. Messrs. Cook and Keogh have 

 been practicing a long time for this race and everybody thought 

 they would have a walk-away with it, but the Tippy's crew oame 

 to the front. 



When tJic upsiit race was announced the crowd commenced to 

 get closer so tacy could get a better view. There were 12 starters. 

 Kitchin in the Tippy was the first in his canoe injust5>4s., but 

 Dunhiim in the Zeal sneaked between him and the pier and won 

 the race. FoUoAving are the times: 



CLASS A SAILINf). 



start. 



Zeal. W. M. Dunham 3 4.t 0394 



Shaw Shaw, G. K.Sage 3 45 5.5 



Chestnuts, C. Sage 3 41 27 



CLASS B SAILING. 



Spray, J. B. Keogh 3 41 00 



Triton, G. Hesser 3 41 31 



Neptune, Chas. Lee Capsized. 



DECKED BOATS. 



Pastime, D. H. Crane 3 47 41 



Nokomis, H. A. Perkins 3 47 40 



Clam, W. G. Sage 3 47 40 



Gueiui, J. H. Ware 3 48 31>^ 



OPEN BOATS. 



Ellen Tei-r v% Edward Hosing B 48 12)^. 



Elinor, D. Flood 3 48 55M 



Finish. 

 4 49 38% 

 Swamped. 

 4 43 SlJi 



4 25 45 

 4 54 03 



4 26 03M 

 4 41 59M 



Capsized. 



4 34 mi 

 Capsized. 



Time. 

 1 01 35 



1 01 243-4 



44 45 



1 12 31 



3S 22% 

 54 1314 

 .. .. 



46 2914 



Hvpatia. F. E. Donnelly Capsized before starting. 



Cathie, Chas. Atkinson 3 48 1S>^ Helped the Elinor. 



I'ADDIJNG CLASS I. 



Tippy, A. W. Kitchin 5 09 00 



Psyche, H. B. Cook 5 09 00 



Zeal,W. M, Dunham 5 09 00 



Swordfish, B, W. Wood 5 09 00 



Chestnuts, C. F. Sage 5 09 00 



Glide, D. H. Crane 5 09 00 



Shaw Shaw, C. F. Sage 5 00 00 



Belle T., P. F. Munger 5 09 00 



CLASS B. 



Pretzel, R. P. McCune 5 33 00 



Triton, G. Hessert 5 32 00 



Snipe, W. B. Lavinia 5 32 00 



Spray, J. B. Keogh 5 32 00 



isolus, H. A. Perkins. 5 32 00 



Neptune, Chas. Lee 5 82 00 



Ray, F. S. Waters 5 33 00 



TANDEM. 



W. M. Dunham. 



H. B. Cook 



.1. B. Keogh 



B. W. Wood.... 

 W. B. Lavinia. . 

 R. P. McCuno . . 



C. Hessert 



Chas. Lee 



J. H. Ware 



H. A, Perkins... 

 W. G. Sage 



10 37J4 

 10 48 

 11 28)4 

 11 30 

 13 11 



5 19 371-^ 

 5 19 "14^ 

 5 ?M 2SH 

 5 20 30 

 5 21 11 



Broken paddle. 

 Not timed. 

 Not timed. 



5 48 m4 11 313^ 

 5 43 41 11 41 

 Not timed. 

 Broken paddle. 

 Not timed. 

 Not timed. 

 Not timed. 



[Tippy 



6 



8 SO 



6 18 17 



09 



47 





6 



8 30 



6 18 23J4 



09 



53M 



|- Swordfish.... 



....6 



8 30 



6 18 24>5 



09 



54}^ 



1- Pretzel 



....6 08 30 



6 19 00 



10 



30 



|- Neptune 



....6 C 



8 30 



Broken paddle. 





t^olus 



....6 C 



8 30 



Not timed. 







UrsET-Zeal, W. M. Dunham, first; Tippy, A. W. Kitchin, 

 .".econd: Glicio, D. H. Crane, third. Pretzel, R. P. McCune, fourth; 

 Spray, Psyche, Swordfish, .^Eolns, Belle T., Triton, Shaw Shaw and 

 Chestnuts not ti med. 



A CRUISE OP THE OAKLAND C. C— On Aug. 14 the Oakland 

 C. C. started on a short cruise, the boats being the Shadow, Undmc, 

 Zoe Mou and ski IT Yum Yum. After beating out of the creek with 

 an ebb tide the fleet ran under reefed cfin^-as to the drav»'bridgc ai, 

 San Leandro Bav, landing about 6 P. M. At 10 A. M. nexl day the 

 fleet were under way for home, with a foul tide and head wmd 

 with some sea. At 2 P. M. Oakland Creek was reached and Flirt, 

 Mystic and Zephyr joined the fleet. Up the creek the Undine and 

 Shadow ran so close that their mizzen booms interlocked and both 

 capsized. Their crews were rescued by the Vum Yum and the 

 Undine was taken in tow by the latter, while the Flirt picked up 

 the Shadow and the club house was reached in safety. 



Three woodcock were krio^vn to be on Stateu Island last 

 Monday when the season oijened. They sucked their nnid 

 jaleps in a small thicket back of Sailors' Snug Harbor. 

 Among those who hunted and sliot at them and missed them 

 were Ed Burfield. the cliarapicm seal capturer; Prof. Harry 

 .Jones, the Stapleton map shot: Jack Purdy, who has the 

 best pointer iu Tonrpkinsville; C. M. Dodf?e, who owms the 

 Panama fox-terrier; President Endieott of the Protection for 

 Game Association, Baron Eeidler, John Wood, the old trap 

 shot; and Mr, Bostwick who gets up early to hunt. The 

 birds Avould be sure to a.lford fun in the future had they not 

 been shot on Thursday by little thirfceen-year-old Stewart 

 Ogilby. He took two' home and they were eaten by Pop 

 Ogilby. The boy says he killed the otliex' bird, l)ut could uot 

 iiud ii—Nm Yor/o B^on, Att^g. 8. 



puhting* 



FIXTURES. 



Sbptembek. 



2. Boston, Cup, City Point. 11. Gorinthian,Sweepstake,Mar- 



3. Quincy, Club. blehead. 



3, 7, 9. Cup Kaces. 11. Sandy Bay, Sweep., Glouces- 



4. Beverly, Open, Marblehead. 17. Toledo, Pen., Toledo. 



4. Corintkian. Champion, Mar- l8. Sandy Bay, Club, Rockport. 



blehead. 18. Great Head, Club. Winthrop. 

 6. Newark, Open. 19. Quaker City, Review, Cruise. 

 0. Quaker City Cup, 2d, Class. 25. Buffalo, Club, Lake Erie. 

 8. Great Head, Club, Winthrop. 28. Beverly, Club, Nahant. 

 11. Hidl, Cham., Hull 



THE TRIAL OF THE SLOOPS. 



THE match to windward and return having failed for 'lack of 

 wind, Monday, Aug. 33, the same course had to be I'esailed on 

 Wednesday, Aug. 24. To insure an early finish tlic distance was 

 shortened to fifteen miles instead of twenty. The difficulty exper- 

 ienced in closing the outside races in time for people to reach the 

 city and their little beds by 7 o'clock is charged to Providence 

 instead of the procrastination of racing yachts and committee. 

 For such an important event one might suppose the foiu- big 

 sloops would have towed down to the Hook the day previous, so 

 tliat creAvs could have taken matters easy next, morning and been 

 on the proper ground in proper shape for a start at 8 or 9 A. M. 

 Tlie committee, by seeking their downy couches at about sundown 

 might for once in the year have roused themselves out at about 

 7 A. M.,au unearthly hour at which it is still pitch dark and grave- 

 yards yawn in the belief of leisurely gentlemen. Outside yachts 

 did lay over in the Horseshoe cove to bo on hand, and the racers 

 might have done the same. But a prompt start before the wind 

 had died away would be turning yacht racing into au earnest 

 pursuit instead of horseplay, and that is still a little foreign to oui" 

 custom on this side of the Atlantic. Having wasted the last 

 minute possible, the cortege of racers and the comfortable com- 

 mittee appeared upon the scene at high noon. The twenty- five 

 mile "gale" wliieh liadheld high carnival during the forenoon had 

 gone asleep and left nothing but a fag end ten miles strong and 

 that rapidly petering out. Aritlimetic will demonstrate that a 

 start at noon and seven hours for the race plus two hours more for 

 the steamers to reach the city piers, is bound to keep worthy 

 burghers out of their shore bunks after dark, which is a terrible 

 responsibility to take and sure to encourage anarchy in the home 

 circle. The committee lived up to the idea by being late in the 

 morning so as to be early in the evening, and to make matters fit 

 their philosophy, struck ten miles off the course. Had it not been 

 for a cant in the wind reducing it to a single lay and short hitch 

 home, even philosophy could not have saved them from roaming 

 thi'ougli the city streets at 8 P. M. in the night, exposed to all the 

 temptations of such reckless debauchery. The commi ttee, how- 

 ever, redeemed itself fully in the thorough manner in which they 

 lived up to their arduous task consisting of pulling a whistle and 

 counting up to ten without making a mistake for another pull, so 

 they are entitled to praise and congratulations showered on them. 



Of course some could not get away within time, forthe sufficient 

 reason that they stood miles away from the line. Intent upon some 

 occult mission which some persons thought to be fishing for por- 



fies, which were just then running in great schools. Had a whole 

 ay been given, some of the sloops would have dawdled up to 

 -Albany by sundo^^^l. Yacht skippers have not yet learned that a 

 race commences from the time they arrive on the ground; they do 

 not seem to shake their wits together till after the preparatory 

 whistle, and tumble across the line haphazard without iire-.-i(nisly 

 laid plan and no clear notion of the value of a good sta.rt. That 

 "Joe" Elsworth is tiot included in these remarks goes without say- 

 ing. ".Joe" is the only skipper who is wide awake from file time 

 he turns out. His vessel is maneuvered to some purxjose. He puts 

 her across highest up and first away whenever he likes. Other 

 skippers arc unable to prevent it. He goes over wth a full head 

 of steam and everything trimmed to suit, lays his course and 

 sticks to it. let the rest do as they please. To the superior skill of 

 "Joe," Atlantic owes what little repute she has at any time won. 

 But for "Joe," Atlantic would long -ago have been warped into 

 Rotten Row, an expensive monument to the folly of building 

 "both wide and deep," the last of the short-livod "gas-tank" style 

 of yacht architecture. The day will come when ijie worthy Joe 

 Elswortn will acknowledge as much out of his own mouth. 



As in the first of the trial races, Atlantic, with a new topmast in 

 the caps, was sent away the smartest of the lot and ran out a little 

 lead at once, Avhich she managed to maintain till spinnakers came 

 in, owing to the very light wind and heavy swell which made the 

 ruu down to the turn little more than a meaningless drift. Even 

 in this paltry business her lead was directly due to the set of sails, 

 to mi-sfortune to Puritan and the regulation amount of blundering 

 on the part of the other contestants. The so-caUed lead wasmore- 

 over only apparent, for Mayflower made the run in less time, Pur- 

 itan being out through loss of spinnaker. Had skippers and spin- 

 nakers been shifted all round, Atlantic would not have come in for 

 the barren honor of being first in the procession over any portion 

 of the course. We are moved to plain expression in this matter, 

 because the tendency among the public is, very naturally, to seek 

 "the combination of the sloop's beam with the depth of the cutter." 

 No greater fallacy could exist and so prominent an attempt to dis- 

 regard sound counsel as the Atlantic represents, supplies a con- 

 spicuous peg upon wliich to hang the sign "Beware." It has been 

 well determined through the competition bet^veen all types of 

 yachts in America, that a certain relation bet^veen beam and dis- 

 placement exists, and that for most favorable performance, one 

 must be increased as the other is decreased. The Atlantic has 

 either too much beam for lier displacement, or too much (iisplace- 

 ment for her beam. A false reputation woven about tliis craft 

 through "sympathetic" critics would he misleading and unfortu- 

 nate in its infiuence. To counteract the evil of misplaced "sym- 

 pathy" is the only object of the references to the Atlantic. 



The moment spinnakers came in to the easterly cant of the wind 

 when neartng the turn, Atlantic was picked up by all hands and 

 her apparent lead of a quarter mile cut down to a few lengths at 

 the turn. Once on the wind, five minutes sufficed to give Boston 

 the victory, so poorly did Atlantic point and so fast did she sag 

 away by comparison. Half an hour later the only honor which 

 Atlantic wa s disputing was the issue between herself and PrisciUa 

 as to who should be last in at the finish. Joe Elsworth coaxed 

 Atlantic for all she was worth. The manner in which she was 

 tooled was simpl y superb, offset by the much ruder skill of the 

 Bostonians. But all to no good. Priscilla outpointed the other so 

 much that Atlantic's better footing was not equal to the difference 

 in fetching, and the iron boat had the satisfaction of figuring 

 third in the judges' calculations. Still later, in the reach from 

 finish into the Hook, the official match having ended, Priscilla 

 drove by Atlantic and left her well in her wake. 



Concerning Priscilla, the day must be deemed one full of promise 

 for the future. After a dilatory start she held her place on the 

 drift southward, closing slowly but steadily upon Atlantic at 

 times and accomplishing the distance in practically the same 

 time. This means little one way or the other, the wind being so 

 light, still it is enough to show that Priscilla is not worse than 

 Atlantic at that sort of buHiuess with present rig. With more 

 sad area better comuarison can be anticipated. In the leg and 

 hitch home, Priscilla astonished all hands by the smart way she 

 looked up and fetched, finding no difficulty in following the wake 

 of the redoubtable "ghoster" Puritan, and occasionally looking 

 better than Mayflower. Priscilla failed, however, in footing Avith 

 the rest, which is simply a matter of canvas and the ability to 

 carry it Now put tlie iron lioat on an equalit>' with the others in 

 her ballastint', supply the additional rig that would permit, and 

 lier future career inav vet entitle her to rank Avith tlie "ravishing 

 blonde" from around the Cod. TWs is, to be sure, only specula- 

 tion, as no competent critic will - enture an ^lbsolute prediction in 

 premises Avhere the slightest deAdation or imperfection in other 

 respects Avould be quite sufficient to undo the advantages gained 

 from the proceeding here counseled. 



Coming now to the tAvo A^esaels Avhich really made the race, there 

 is no room for caviUing with the boats, but the creAvs again failed 

 to do them justice. It Avas mainly the superior excellence of Mr, 

 Burgess's design AA-hicb ca rried the day. Both Boston yachts seem 

 good en ough to shoulder all the sins loaded upon them by deficiency 

 iri smart haudUng, which is very fortunate for all concerned. 

 There is not much chance of blundering down wind, but the Boston 

 crcAVs can be trusted to make the most of their opportunities. 

 There is a vvorkiue Avind, light, but enough tomaneuA'er the -,-essels 

 in full control. There is no head tide to stem and there is ample 

 time for all proparalions with ten minutes notice from first whis- 

 tle and five more to get across. Fifteen minutes is about half an 

 age under the circumstances. But Maytlo\\er goes north on a 

 foolish hunt after nothing, standing so far as to make a .start on 

 time a plain impossibility, and when too late, suddenly recollects 

 that there is business on band urgently demanding attention. She 

 then comes j-ound, forgets about lier canvas in the consternation 

 begot of a Avhistle miles iiAVjiy, and slowly shambles over the une 

 heaAuly handicapped and not cA en shoAAdng her spinnaker. For a 

 quarter of an hour the boom has been lowered md guyed, and not 



till she is across does it occur to those in charge that it Avould be a 

 good thing to rtm out and break stops on the ballooner. Thus she 

 goes away under half speed, while smarter fellows have come to the 

 Une A\dth everything draA\dng in fuU. Beating home, Mavflower 

 tacks before she can fetch the Lightship, and lak-es tlie ebb floAving 

 doAvn the coast on her Aveather bow iDsl;ea(l of keening her 

 northerly leg long enough to lee boAV the ebb coming out of the 

 South Ch.anncl, a game which ElsAVorthis, of course, astute enougli 

 to play much to Atlantic's advantage. 



Pviritan does lietter iu getting away Avithin the proscribed limit, 

 but IS hkewise sIoav with, her spinnaker, not getting the sail on her 

 tillAvell av,-ay on her course, and then in such fashion that she 

 Avould ha-7e been left hopelessly astern Ir.tt f(U' a commiserating 

 Providence, Avhich kindly canted the vdnd into N. e. by K. For 

 Puritan's spinnaker was so long on the leach that with boom 

 topped up in the rolling sea, the sail himg slack in tlic bnut and 

 was; continually collapsing, doing little service; while Atlantic, 

 Y 1 ^ ^^^^^ leach, was making the sail pull without intermission. 

 A little forethought Avould have suggested an Irish reef, au over- 

 hand knot in the head of the spinna.lcer to shm-ten up tlie luff and 

 enable the boom to be topped clear of the sea and si retell the Icaoh 

 to advantage. The crcAv ha/1 soeu the spinnaker before and Avere 

 familiar enough with its size, but net precautions Avere taken to 

 keep the sail full or to save tlic boom from consiani dipiiing, one 

 of the consequences of getting on the ground too late to try things 

 experimentally in adATiuee. Half an hour after crossing. Purl- 

 tan's spinnaker boom Avent witii a crash in the .slings, As-hereupon 

 the wreck Avas got aboard sinaj-tlj' enougli, the boat at once drop- 

 ping from a good second iuto Lhinl pl;\.; e, I^'riscilla running her 

 lee and MayfloAver driAdug up :ii)r::;ot, Puritan Avould have 

 dropped sadly to rear after tills ^'acei-l:;ut" luul not Providence 

 come to her rescue Avith a dispeusai ion of "Puritan luck" and 

 enaided the clipper to slioAV up well again at the turn. Later she ■ 

 foUovred Ma:yHov-er round against a iiead sea, v.eather-boAving 

 tide as above mentioned. For all this. lATr. Faireess AA-as too much 

 for his opponents, and Boston seor.Ml in nlriet ae.-ord wdth merit. 



From Sandy Hook the v,-ind w ;is r.-ported 25 iniles at, S A. M., 18 

 miles at 10 o'clock- and ir, at noon. Clear of the land it Avas less by 

 se.A^eral miles, and AA^hen the committee Iioa i; in slglit it softened to 

 10 miles. The Commodore's screw steamer Eleetra took up her 

 station off Sandy Hook Lightship Avith the America's Cup com- 

 mittee on board, and sent forth the warning signal at 11:45. The 

 racers had east off their toAvs and made sail piecemeal. All Avere 

 above the line boxing ab<nit under clul) topsails and spinnaker 

 booms on a cockbill, Maj-fiower going off to Conev Island out of 

 reach. There Avas a long ground savcII on, but nothing Avhich could 

 be dignified as a sea. The clouds tarol'ce a\A'ay and occasional 

 glimpses of the sun guaranteed that t he llireatening northeaster 

 Avas off the scene and did uot m-ojjose to iuterfcre with sloop 

 Aveather. Sundry 'Mt. yachts cruising about under reefs and 

 bobbed jibs in AVeather in ^-hich a o-tou cutter with less than 3ft. 

 beam AA^ould have swung Ko. 1 topsail and cried for more, did not 

 probably raise Lieut. Henn's estimate of the staying qualiticB of 

 the American style of build. Miranda, the most "beautiful of the 

 famous Harvey conceptions, was on hand disporting her faultless 

 mould to the admiring spectators who could not say enough in her 

 praise. Like\Aisc half a dozen steam yachts and a 1'cav excursions. 



As the Avind picked u i-i a little a smart race was e.>ipected, and the 

 public gave it out that this Avas sure to beMa,yno\\'tr'sday. It was 

 bloAving about N.E. and spotty. Course, I-j miles S.S.W. and re- 

 turn. Both Atlantic and Puritan Avcre avcU placed a quarter of a 

 mile aboA'e the line. Down came spinnalier liooms .as they eased 

 aAvay for the line to hit off next \vhistl''. PiirI!;M!, f.-, i ii,:^' she was 

 too soon, hauled east again, Avhile . - , ^ ;tud 



AA-ent for the line boldly, running sp . . i : i end 



and breaking away so as to cross at fuil , : ^1, I'i .. : ;i: iillnl, and 

 beiag short enough on the leach could lie l.epc froiu ctiilapsing by 

 the weight of the boom. Half a do/.en lengths in her wake the 

 Boston boat folloAved, but not near smart enough Avith spinnaker, 

 said sail being so baggy as to be iii a pcrinanent state of collapse, 

 spilling and hecoming a back sail at each ]jlunge into the slew- 

 rolling sea. Priscilla followed under balloon jiptopsail,bothloAver 

 headsads stowed. She Avas lively Avith spinnaker and got off in 

 good shape, although handicapped 2(lsec. jNla.yflower came along 

 half prepared two mlnutues after the limiting whistle had 

 bloAvn, and Avas slow in getting more sail to draAV. Once aAvay, all 

 hands Avore shoAving same sail, jibs on the boA^'sprit and foresails 

 snugged up. In the following times Ave give actual start, Avith a 

 vieAV to just comparison of performance: 



Atlantic 13 0(1 as Priscilla 13 09 20 



Puritan 12 07 ofi MaytloAvor , 12 11 06 



For 10 minutes MayfioAver had all hands forAvard and out on the 

 bowsprit stopping up jibs, sending lierdown by thenose to nogood. 

 "With sails dra\\ iiiK better than tlie re^t Atlantic jvimpedoutalead 

 of scant quarter niile with the rest astern in the order of stai-ting, 

 Priscilla nearly up with Pui'itan unci i\iay!lower very slowly re- 

 ducing her loss at the start. There A'^ as nor enough Avmd to strain 

 out mainsheets and tlie roll set sails lo slatting, spinnaker boom 

 dipping aboard the Purilan in an alarming way, Tlie natural 

 consequence followed Avhen off Long Hraneli. Suddenly the boom 

 carried aAvay in the center and spinnaker fell limp from the mast- 

 head. The Avreek was vcrv quickly cleared, hut her chances 

 recelA-ed a death blow. Rapidly Priscilla went though Puritan's 

 lee and Mayflower was upon her. I'irst, ballotm jibtopsail was 

 lighted over and Aviuged out to port, bui it A\ ould not fill and had 

 to be sent to leeward again over theforcstav. .Vt'ew minutes later 

 Puritan hauled her Avind a little and set forcs^ul, which Avas the 

 best that coidd be done in tlie dilemma, Slic footed first-rate in 

 this dress and was engaged in "tacking to leeward" ^\ itli consider- 

 able success when the wind veered furthcT into [lie east and 

 brought do\vn spintiakers all arounrl, putting tlie four again on an 

 ecpialitv. Then Puritan stepped out .'jnd Priscilla closed up the 

 rear, all of tliem driving up fast on tlie Atlantic. This wae at 

 3.ti4. A tug luid steamed ahead and dropjied the turning flag on a float 

 overboard Avith onougli line and Avciglit to anchor it. Booms Avere 

 jibed OA'cr .at the mark, and the yachts h;ailod their Avind for a 

 long andsliort leg home to the Ligblshiy. Atlantic Avas first round, 

 her canvas verv sni.artly handled, balloon jibtopsail being stOAved 

 in a jifl'y, the hand- coming iu and stowing under the Aveather rail 

 Avith great rapidity after workintc hcadsail had been run up and 

 sheets boused flat aft. She was brought up us high as she would go 

 AAuthout a Avavcr. Six lengths af terw ai d jMayilower SAVept round, 

 Puritan three lengths lati'r and Priscilla last in the game. Time: 



Atlantic 3 .30 03 Puritan 3 33 30 



May^fioAver 3 21 31 Pri.scilla 2 23 17 



The elapsed time for the run doAvn is as follows: 



MaA llo wcr 2. 10,(J.5. Atlantic 3.13,34, PrisciUa 3.13,57, Puritan 3.14.54. 



No sooner had tliev hauled up before the breeze strengthened 

 from N. E. bv E., enablitig the racers to look better than N, This 

 did aAvay Avith true windward work, tlio course up beiug about 

 N. E.; but it insured the b\irghers' return to tlicir c,(mches before 

 the dissipated hour of eight. It miglr; ha ve hecn Indian file up 

 tlie beach hut fcu' Atlaniic. She fell to the leeward of the rest at 

 once and keut sagging all the way up. Of course, Mayflower and 

 Puritan outlooked the other in a way which put the result a fore- 

 gone conclusion and even PrisciUa held a much better wind. All 

 tried baby jibtopsails except MaA'. .She was -.veil cinugh Avithout 

 such questionable assistance. Ten minutes after the round Eos- 

 ton was out an eighth of a mile on Atlantic's \veather, and in ten 

 minutes more Bctston had got up abreast, from which time May- 

 flower outfooted the fleet to the end of tlie day, with Pm-itan mak- 

 ing a good fight not far in her Avake. At 3 P. M. they had Long 

 Bi-anch bearing Avest, liceling doAvn to their scuppers as tJiey flew 

 up to the coast. MavtioAver got the Naveslnk lights abeam by 4, 

 and at 4:07 staved to starbonrd, hitching out to sea on the port tack, 

 the Litihtship bearing E. M., distant alnmt Iavo miles, Puritan 

 staved in the same water at 4.1:.'. When ,,\nantic camo up she 

 held starlioarrl rack ahau-'- Sandv Hook l)eaeli till the light bore 

 south of W Tiisn af she Avcnt off east lor the iiril.sh. Pris- 

 ciUa did the same thiny, having outpointed Atlantic so much on 

 the leg up as; to come about close under Aidantic's lee. She again 

 Aveathered oa the course of Atlantic and came out to the Ship m 

 hotiiursuit. 



The Boston pair had to r^ome round north for the line as soon as 

 fliev found thev could weather the Lightship. MayflOAver made a 

 good east at i;4l and sailed grandly mi fn the linr. ;,, --inner Avith 

 something to spare. P-'riian, who li ..' ' ' Lresh- 

 ening xvind, followed suit by rackin ■ 'Ugh 



to Aveather the Lightship, whicli tlie - ; om- 



pany. The Boston boats sent do\An el i . ii-,:e r-, .,.i. vr^-'-'i uome 

 sati.ifiedAvith the ending, but Atlantic and Priscilla were so hot 

 thatthevfomrhtodta private battle on the reach m to Sandy 

 Hook, AVith the result already stated. Summary ol the race; 



Start. Finish. Actual. Corrected. 



Mayflower 12 11 S<! 4 50 4.5 4 39 19 4 39 W 



Pxii-itan .13 07 36 4 55 05 4 47 39 4 45 36 



FrisdUa 13 09 20 4 59 47 4 50 37 4 49 30 



Atlantic 13 06 88 4 58 .'58 * f 20 4 5133 



( Vmitting handicaps, MayfloAver beats Puiitau 6m. 17s., FrisoiUa 

 10m. lis.. Atlantic 13m. 13s. ^ , 



On the boat up, such a3 it Avas, the elapsed lime compares as fol- 

 lows: IdayfioAver ^^.29.14, Puritan 3.8S.3o, PrisciUa 2.3b.30 and At- 



■^"ThYs Avhids up the trial races, the America Cup Committee being 

 of the opinion that enough has been ,sho-WTi to fix the choice upon 

 MayfloAver as the American representative to meet the cutter 

 Galatea. In this choice all ai-e iikely to concu)'. 



