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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 9, 1886. 



Working dov.ni at a, f;ur rate the order was changed ofEthe Wreck- 

 ing Oompanys BaKin, where Nautihis, her ciw lvijig down heloAV 

 and with one reel, in main, now took the lead aKahi, So thev 

 worked down until the weather mark was turned thus; 



Nautilus 1 54 00 Gucnn 1 50 15 



Pearl 1 Ci 30 Lassie 1 58 00 



It was a pleasure to watch the larRo boats come about, tiu'ning 

 like tops, Nautilus being specially fast, but the straie:]it keels of 

 tlie Jiiverson boats told in the tacking, as thev were mucJi slowei- 

 in stays. 



Once around, Pearl headed up the Bay on second log, but Nau- 

 tilus was at a, loss for some little time, and headed down tlie Bay 

 until signalled from the steamer. The flood was strong now, and 

 up they horsed with wind on starboard quarter. Lassie stowed 

 mizfjen and started in earnest. At 3.011 she went through Guenn's 

 lee. The leg was soon covered, and the boats were timed at the 

 second mark : 



PL-arl 3 9 10 Lassie 2 10 30 



^Mautilus 3 9 IH Giienn 2 10 45 



The wind had been dropping and av;is now very light. All jibed 

 for a run in, and Xaulilus shook out a reef,"pas3ing Pearl to 

 ■windward at 3.20. At this time a good pull struck in and drove 

 them, to the end of first round thus: 



Nautilus 3 34 30 Lassie 2 24 .53 



Pearl.... .. 3 34 30 t^uenn 2 85 10 



Lassie had almost made up her loss at start, and had gained 3m. 

 30s. on the reach and run over Nautilus. 



Off they went on port tack, Nautilus and Pearl falling under 

 a schooner at anchor, while Lassie and (>uenn weathered lior. 

 Ott BechteTs ^\-hM rf the order was: NantiJus, Lassie, Pearl, Guenn. 

 Off Olif ton Lassie made a bold bid for Nautilus's lee, but a little 

 maneuvering found her in rathoi- a poor berth under Nautilus's 

 lee bo\v. At tlie mark the times vrere: 



Nauiilus 3 50 05 Pearl 2 53 10 



Lassie 2 .50 45 Guenn 2 55 05 



In tlio Ijeat down Lassie had lost but 8s. 



Tlie seoQud leg found Mr. Baden-Powell on deck, where all the 

 others had been. This time the wind had headed them a little and 

 all made a tack for the buoy, the times being: 



Nautilus 3 08 35 Guenn 3 14 45 



Lassie 3 13 10 Pearl ..3 15 40 



Nautilus at once set a spinnaker to port and steamed away for 

 home ^\^ th a good breeze, winning by too much to make the finish 

 exciting. The times were: 



Nautilus 3 24 45 Gucnn 3 30 30 



Lassie 3 30 TO Pearl 3 31 56 



Nautilus beats Lassie 3m. 5s., Guenn 5m. 45s., Pearl 7m. Us. A 

 lunch was laid in the club liouse for the sailors and guests, and 

 after an hour's rest the second race -svas called. The wind was now 

 stronger from S.E. witli an ebb tide over fill tlio B.ay. The flnal 

 gun lircd at 4:-t5, and witli it Nautilus went o\'cr lirst. with Guenn 

 second. Lassie third and Pearl last, but the starl was more even 

 than in the morning. Nautihis, ^"snth a reef in, soon stood in to 

 shore on port tack with Pearl foliosving her, wliile the American 

 boats held far out into the Bay, Guenn goina- through Lassie's lee. 

 Both were well astern at the first of the race, Imt nearing the 

 mark it was evident that they had come n[) greatly, the question 

 being which pair would turn first. Nautilus finally came up ahead, 

 whirling round quickly, while Lassie missed stays and himg for a 

 time. 



Nautilus 5 03 45 Lassie 5 05 10 



Guenn 5 04 30 Pearl 5 06 10 



Nautilus still carried one reef, and Lassie was fast overhauling 

 her when she ran into a strong tide rip. She pitched heaTily and 

 shipped several pails of water, which could not be bailed out dur- 

 ing the remainder of the race. Once going again, she pulled ahead 

 ' d and ptissed Nautilus to leeward at 5.16. The mark was turned 

 thus: 



Lassie 5 3-1 45 Guenn 5 26 10 



Nautilus 5 25 56 Pearl Not timed 



Pearl had dropped far astern and could not be timed. Lassie 

 had made the reach with mizzcn stowed, but set it for the run in. 

 Guenn now came up also, and passed NautUus to leeward, the 

 ending of first round being : 



Lassie 5 33 57 Nautilus 5 34 43 



Guenn 5 34 20 Pearl. - Not timed 



The trio stood out again on starboard tack, but Nautilus soon 

 tacked inshore, as at first. The American canoes held full sail, 

 but she had a reef in each. The beat was made without any not- 

 able iioints, but at the turn Nautilus was ahead and Lassie astern. 

 The times were : 



Nautilus 5 55 03 Lassie 5 55 37 



Guenn 5 55 35 Pearl Not timed 



Nautilus, now carrying no mizzen, soon shook out her full main- 

 sail and set mizzcn, but Lassie outran her and raised 1he liopes of 

 the Americans on the steamer. The times were at the second 

 mark: 



Lassie C 12 10 Guenn 6 14 45 



Nautilus 6 13 15 Pearl Not timed. 



Again Nautilus set her spinnaker, but the gear was not clear 

 and some time was lost in doing it. It was too l.i te to sai/e the 

 race, though she closed up Lassie's lead, but the time l o-eviciusly 

 lost wa.s too much. After a very exciting run the boats were 

 timed: 



Lassie 6 26 28 Guenn 6 40 00 



Nautilus 6 26 13 Pearl Not timed. 



Mr. Stewart went pluckily over the course though handicapped 

 with a leaky boat. 



In the evening a party remained at the clnb house and next 

 morning they were .ioined by Mr. Lucien WulsiUj of Cincinnati; 

 Vice-Com, Gibson, Messrs. P. M. Wackerhagen, Mix, Thomas and 

 Ousliman, of Albany. A scrub race was sailed in a very light air, 

 in which the two English boats won easily. 



The third race was sailed Monday in such weather that it was 

 not finished within the stipulated time of three hours, and conse- 

 quently must be resailcd. The day was rainy and cloudy, Avith 

 wind N. E. to N. in the morning, and every promise of a stormy 

 race, but by afternoon there was little A\ind left. At 3 P. M., the 

 hour set, tliere was little prospect of a race, and some delay \vas 

 also caused by repairs to the Pearl's deck tiller, so that it was 3:31 

 when the tinal gun was fired, there being then a light northerly 

 breeze and rather dense haze over the bay. Nautilus went over 

 promptly -vnth Guenn and Lassie close astern, but Pearl lost 40 

 seconds on the line. The first leg, to Clifton, was free, and Nau- 

 tilus soon set her spinnaker to port, while Lassie was winged out. 

 The two kept together inshore, while Guenn and Pearl were also 

 close to each other but further out in the tide. The first turn was 

 made thus: 



Nautilus 3 51 40 Lassie 3 62 00 



Guenn 3 51 50 Pearl Not timed. 



Lassie passed Guenn early on second leg, but when last seen in 

 the fog she -was a half minute astetn of l\autilus. No times were 

 taken at the second mark, but the end of the round was timed: 



Nautilus 4 33 4« Pearl 4 37 15 



Lassie 4 34 13 Guenn 4 43 04 



The wind dropped still lighter as tlie boats grew dim aga in in 

 the second round and at first mark they disappeared entirely, 

 only tube seen faintly at intervals. The time passed very tedi- 

 ously in watching, and finally Nautilus was seen making for sec- 

 ond mark to windward against a strong ebb tide. Again she was 

 lost, und as there was no whid it was eAddent that she could not 

 finish in time. Finally she was seen coming on sIonvIv under full 

 Bail and spinnaker set forward as far as possible. Her progress 

 was very slow and she did not finish until 4:40:01, or 9m. o\'er the 

 time liniit. Lassie and Guenn paddled in and Pearl sailed in later 

 on. The race was set dowm for next Wednesday. Nautilus is 

 now working far better than at Grindstone and is certainly a very 

 fast canoe, especially in liglit airs. Her owner is no longer new 

 to her, but is doing much more mth her than in the A. C. A. races, 

 when he handled her for the first time. On Monday he sailed an 

 excellent race, and it is iirobable that in such weather Nautilus 

 Avould come out ahead of Lassie every time. 



THE MEET OF 1886. 



WHILE all who attend the annual meets of the A. C. A. do so 

 largely for the purpose of spending a pleasant vacation 

 among old friends, for the social camp-fires and the delightful 

 cruises that are possible, there are a great many, and the number 

 is growing yearly, Avhose chief interest in tlie meet is centered in a 

 study of the canoes present, and of their adjuncts and relative 

 performances. To these earnest canoeists the meet of 1886 

 promised such an opportunity as has never before been given to 

 compare canoes of radically diiferent types and modes ot con- 

 struction, as well as a great variety of sails and gear; and all yvrU 

 admit that in this respect certainly there has been no disappomt- 



™We'have .seen heavy canoes at a meet before, nol:ably the Toronto 

 boats in 1884, and though they certui-uly showed to disadvantage 

 beside the lighter canoes, the results were not accepted as conclu- 

 sive, as they were neither built, rigged nor handled as the English 

 boats were. Thanks to the enterprise of the New York C. C, to 

 whom American canoeists owe so much, the leading sailors ot 

 Great Britain were tempted to visit us with their canoes to com- 

 pete for the N. Y. O. C, International Challenge Cup, and incident- 



ally to visit the meet and take part in the regular races, giving an 

 exc-ellent opportunity to compare then- canoes -Rdtb ours 



Modern canoeing, as all know, originated on the Thames over 

 tnirty-live years since, and it is a very curions eoincidence that on 

 the occasion of the first visit of the Tharnca-bnilt canoes of the 

 preseiU^ there sho-jJd be also at the meet for the first time one' of 

 the earhest J hames-buat canoes, a boat antedating the wPll-knoT\.-n 

 Kob Koy of Ibljd The following description is ^vi-itton bv her 

 owner, Dr. C. M. Douglas, of Lakefield, Canada, who brought her 

 to Grindstone this year. That he has not c r-n-Mtrd ii^r paddhno- 

 qualities was proved not only by the wav hr :,. ^ir Jnfm;^on in 

 one race, but by the manner in which slie fcU. - : ., I'ler race 

 oyer the sailing course. ^'S^^en the four bo;i. . i a n, .,-;]. rod from 

 view m the final Cup match, the glistening doui .le blade of the 

 Harmony was still visible at the far end of the course. 



The canoe Harmony ptits in a modest claim to the notice of 

 canoeists. Hitherto she has been unknown. Slie has never entered 

 for a race, the cruises that have bp.en made in her havi^ been quite 

 msigniflcaiit. She bases her claim to distinction on the belief tli;i i' 

 she IS the first and oldest decked canoe of the civilized sort in 

 America, and her owner believes that the consideration due to age 

 should be accorded to her. 



the Harmony whs Mr. William Bifiien. of Hammersmith, near 

 liondon, he had then the reputation of being the best modeller of 

 small boats m England, having earned well merited notice as a 

 builder ot tlie small model y£ichts used for sailing on the Serpeii- 

 V.'^e in Hycle Park. Tlie Jlarmony was originally a sectional boat, 

 divided into three parts, so that she could be packed into a, box 

 tor convenience of oi i riage. Her first cruise was on the waters of 

 the English Channel , about Shorncliff and Dover. She had also a 

 Short cruise on the Thames and on the English lakes of Cumber- 

 land and Westmoreland. I found the boat too light for general 



the beams ot my triend's boat house in a very dihipidated ron- 

 dition. Last year I remembered my old canoe and bad her sent to 

 me at Lakefield, where sTie was renovated and again put in com- 

 mission t,his spring. The Harmony is a paddling canoe, hkc r( 

 simple. Probably her lines arc as good for this as could well be 

 conceived, and on the water she looks a veritable canoe clipper. 

 She is no longer a sectional Iwat, the divisions having been per- 

 maiiently tasteiied together, a butternut deck, elevated coaining 

 and luitch have been also added, In place of the varnished silk and 

 wateriiroof apron which slie liad at first. Owing to thesp addition s 



Ki-^,j.,iLL .luiiucjuxja ±111. (jiiom Keiaou lo gun- 

 wales). Ller di-af t of water is only some 2in.when occupied by a pad- 

 dler of ordinary weight, and her floor is so flat that she is remark- 

 ably steady. I have fished and even shot nut of her. A paper 

 canoe built on this model should be an undoubted success. The 

 great drawback to the Harmony is that the Spanish cedar of which 

 she IS built is so liglit as not to be able to withstand the shocks in- 

 cidental to canoe cruising; a paper canoe would be stronger and 

 less hkely to bo split. Of course, the cruising for which she is best 

 fitted 18 m waters the shores of which are well settled, so that 

 carnp equipage need not be carried. For this, a canoe on the 

 model of the Harmony is well adapted, and a small sail could be 

 used mth a fair wind to xavy the monotony of paddling." 



From this simple craft to the Pearl and Nautilus is a long step, 

 well-known to most canoeists, but so important as to %varrant a 

 brief review here. In the beginning the only canoe in general use 

 beside the light paddling craft like the Harmony, used on the 

 lhames, was the Rob Koy, a simple foi-m of sailable-paddling 

 canoe about 14x2fiiu., used for cruising. How this boat was im- 

 proved upon m tlie production of the Nautilus about 1870, and the 

 new canoe imported to the United States a little later, becoming 

 the model for iTie majority of our canoes, is an old story now. At 

 this date (1870-';3) American and British canoes were practically 

 the same, but owing to iuan>- (ircnnistancps they began l:o diverge 

 until mm- we have Vesper, Pccowsic and Venture giving battle to 

 boats ot a very different tyve. In England the de\-elopment of the 

 sport was quite rapid, a large and powerful club, the Royal C. C, 

 was toi-med about London, wliich made the laws and set the 

 tasmons for all England.-' Cruising soon was lost sight of and rac- 

 uig took a foremost position, which it has since, unfortunately, 

 held. The home waters of the R. C. C. olTerod little inducements 

 to the cruiser, but were available for racing, and this branch of 

 the sport soon eclipsed the other. Even for racing the waters were 

 limited in extent and ill adapted to encourage an v but a special 

 model of canoe. The Thames at Teddington, Kingston or Hamp- 

 ton is only a narrow stream, making a very tortuous course a ne- 

 cessity, while on Hendon Lake, a small pond, the sides of the 

 ttourse are very short and turns frequent; all being expcKsed to 

 ^'ariable and squally winds. Over sucli courses a boat that would 

 turnquickly was a necessity, consequently the size was made up 

 m beam rather than length, and liallast was soon added for the 

 double purpose of securing a great momentum in tacking and an 

 uicrease of stability in the puffy winds, while the crew were seated 

 below. The new boats were soon discovered to be fast, seaworthy 

 and weatherly, and to sail so well with the Thames gigs that thev 

 could enter the races of the latter. This made an additional in- 

 centive to increase the power of the boats, which culminated in a 

 14ft. canoe with a, plate board of 801bs. and several hundred pounds 

 of lead balhist. Of course these canoes, when in racing trim, were 

 neitlier cruisable nor portable, but it mattered little, as thev w-ere 

 used only in alimited locality for racing. 



In America the developemcut of the sport was much slower, 

 radiating from New York, wiiere the only club existed, to various 

 parts of the country in the form of cruising. The early races of 

 the N. Y. C. C. were failures, and the beginmng of canoe racing 

 may be said to date from the very successful regatta of the club in 

 June. 1879, followed in August by a \isit of some members of the 

 club to Lake (ieorge, and their participation in races arranged 

 there in connection with the coUego rowing races of that year. 

 Since the formation of the A. C. A. in the following year, canoe 

 racing has been a fixed institution, but the Association has labored 

 chiefly to promote cruising, and has placed such wholesome 

 restrictions on the size of canoes that the all-around cruiser has, 

 as a rule, led the racing list, and we believe will continue to do so. 

 The question of transportation has also aided to keep dov.-n size, 

 and has militated against the big canoes. If a canoe of llWlbs. 

 weight with no ballast, or even with 30 or lOlbs. in centerboards 

 and 751bs. of shot, can do as much as one with a board of fl61bs. and 

 over ;2001ba of shot, witli the necessary increase inAveightandbulk, 

 certainly the former is to be preferred, especially as it can be pad- 

 dled, while the heavy boats cannot. There has never been any 

 common measure between the speed of the heav>' English boats 

 and the lighter Americim ones, and the meetings at Grindstone 

 and in New York Bay have been looked for to settle tliis open 

 question.. 



The \isiting canoes, while differing in detail, are similar in 

 principle, boats built to the full A. C. A. limit of beam and of 

 greater deptli than is done here, both carrying single plate boards 

 ot 561bs. and heavy shot ballast. Two samples of the famous Pearl 

 have been sent out, Mr. Tred wen's newest boat, raced by Mr. 

 Ste-wart at Grindstone and Mr. Stewart's boat used by lum at New 

 York. They are very similar, blunt-ended on deck, large midship 

 section; almost as deep at the gunwale as the rule admits and with 

 little sheer compressed into a quick turn at the ends. In appear- 

 ance they contrast very badly with the easier and more graceful 

 lines of the American canoes. Their size and fragile construction 

 make tliem diflicult to handle, wliile no atteiiipt is made to 

 paddle them, a small single blade being ca rried to aid in maneu- 

 vering rather than with any idea of propulsion even for a limited 

 distance. The build is so light as to unfit the boats for cruising, 

 even were tliey fitted for it in other ^vays, whUe the great weight 

 of the board makes it a difficult and dangerous tiling to handle 

 alone except under the most favorable circumstances. 



The Nautilus is also bulky and similarly ballasted, but with 

 finer lines, less side and a fair sheer is a much handsomer boat to 

 American eyes. She would probably be easier under paddle than 

 Peai'l, and a double blade which she carries indicates that such a 

 possibility as a flat calm is kept remotely in view. In construc- 

 tion she is far stronger than the Pearl, while divested of her fit- 

 tings her weight will compare favorably witli some American 

 canoes of much less capacity. Neither of the three carry after- 

 boards, the siugle board in the first Pearl being so far forward 

 that she has a weather helm wit h no mii^zen set. Li the second 

 Pearl the board is further aft, lessening this defect at the expense 

 of accessible stowage room. In the Nautilus a very different plan 

 is resorted to. Tlic max'inura draft, about 7na., is only 5ft. from 

 the bow, and from tliia point, near which also the center of the 

 board is located, t he keel curves up quickly to a drop of onl^- U-jin. 

 at stern. By this means the center of lateral resistance is kept 

 wcU forward and is but little altered by raising or lowering the 

 board. A very curious feature in this connection is the mode of 

 lauding; the drop rudder is triced up and the boa t beached si:crn 

 foremost, the miiizenmast lifted out and the crow- has but a step 

 to the shore. This method of overcoming tliedilficultyof properly 

 placing one board is certainly novel, and though similar in princi- 

 lo the Irish coble, it is as yet untried in canoes. Two Nautili i of 

 this model have been built and sailed successfully against other 



heavy models, but we do not know yet how the prluciple would 

 work li applied to a lighter canoe, say 15x30 by llin. at gunwale 

 and even if successful in sailing the model may not prove well' 

 adapted for paddling and all around Avork. The idra r cii ainly is 

 ingenious and worthy of a careful study as oiTerins,' a possible i=blu- 

 tion of the single-board problem, and we hope to ;=Hr. it full y tried 

 man American boat. If it is not successful in i'l 1 , ir-j nl I'rs the 

 double board system of English origin, but lal. 'I' d by 



them, must be relied upon for the present bv si. . ■ i.i^ci to 

 folding boards. In a,l I of the boats the rudders (opcjan -ri bv mooved 

 wheels 6iu. in dia.metcr on to]i in place of a yoke, and a foot yoke 

 on tlie trunk) arc much wilder and deeper than in American 

 canoes. 



CTi tT fii.j . 'j;.;jiii.-M-iv^aLu. Wil li luiii. ueiJin. 



She has a perfectly flat floor cari-ied as far fore and aft as possible, 

 her load wateiTme having no hollow. Built to woigh hut fsibs. for 

 eivipty hull with 8 or iilbs. for Atwood board besides, and sailed 

 without, any ballast she marks a step back to the early da vs of 

 ra,cmg m this country when many flat-floored canoes worp'uscd 

 with very little or no ballast. It has Ijcen gcneniUv holir vcd. es- 

 pecial y by canoeists on tuilt water, tliat a certain amount of 

 ballast was necessary foi' windward work in any troubled water, 

 but Vesjierand Pccow.'ic ccrtyinly went well in tlie lump of the 

 leeward race on Aug. 30. and thiy question of licht vs. ballasted 

 catioes 111 lumpy w-ator is as yet a.s far from a i-ettlcmcnt as many 

 Other.s are after the many indeterminate results of the rnee{. 

 Certainly in what sea there was they beat the heavy boats to 

 windward. What they would do in New Vork Bay for instance is 

 another question, and there is no doubt n point within the limit 

 of canoeable waters" niicrc the Nautilus, for cxajuplc, would be 

 steadier andfaster. No more vital question vexc.s eanneists to-day 

 than this one of lieavy, light or no ballast, and all must a^n-oc witli 

 us that if the light canoe can bo proved the equal of the bca^^- one 

 the gain in all ways must be great. Thus far the lu oof seems to 

 show that the Vesper, Pecowsic and Venture, and the Lassie, Sun- 

 beam and Mona are superior in most weathers to the Pearl and 

 Nautilus. 



The Pccowsic has attracted special attention this vear by her 

 perforrnance, while she has besides s.-y 1 i :, ; .ires we'll worthy of 

 inspection.^ Her dimensions arel">i i' -'i, with a, ris'iug 



floor, the V section common to all - iiiamond model; 



fine wa ter lines and a rather full decJ; lim- liich accounts for her 

 l)uoyancy and dryness in a lop. Her side is to v. her stowage room 

 very limited, and it is doubtful wiiethcr, if carrying a fair cruis- 

 ing load, she woitldbe nearly as fast as now, wiiile slie -would, no 

 doubt, be very wet .<ind uncomfortable. Her board, a e, ,mmon 

 pivoted plate of thin hrass, is fitted in a low trunk in the coekpit, 

 and would be m the Avay in cruisihg or sleeping, but she is usedfor 

 neither. Fast she is under sail and should be under paddle; but 

 beyond this she has little to recommend her, and we should regret 

 much to see the 1 yqic ( if boat become popular. Her success may be 

 attnbtited to fine lines, light disidaceinent and a minim^im of ro- 

 ristance, permitting the use of a small, low und very effective sail 

 area. Such a boat, whether yaclit or eanoo, can be made fast, but 

 at the expense of comfort, safety and accommodation. The weight, 

 lOOlbs., if we are correctly informed, is heavy considering the ex- 

 treme simplicity and tlie absence of batches, etc. What is most 

 astonislungisthe abUityof the boat, entirelv unballasted, to wind- 

 ward. 



■\Vhile naturally of the large fleet the two leaders and their 

 special rivals attract the greatest notice, there were dozens of 

 excellent canoes present from the hands of various builders. As 

 Avinner of the combined sailing and paddling race, Lasssie has 

 added to her previohs record and shown herself an all-around 

 boat in every sense, her owner cruising and winning races in her 

 alternately, besides the evidence of this race as to her sailing and 

 paddling powers. The old Venture, too well know n to need special 

 comment, was sailing fiist as usual. Mr. Buggies also had 

 some fine canoes, among them Delight and Sofronia, all evidently 

 fast, though only among the second flight in the races. T\Tiero 

 the starters are so many, it is very easy for a good boat to have 

 her chances spoiled at a buoy or at the start; and now the boats, 

 as a rule, are so nearly even that while out of a fleet of say twenty 

 only three or four attract attention as winners, the next ten oh 

 the list may be but little astern of them. 



The Ontario company sbowed some promising boats, but all in 

 new hands, and consequently not sailed at their best. Among 

 them was t)r. Ncide's luwv St. Huliert, a very handsome canoe, 

 and Mr, Bvokaw's new tioat No. 57(1, designed by Mr. W. P. 

 Stephens, Nvhich, though untiicd liy her owner prcAdous to the 

 races, won a pbico on the record. Two .similtir boats, differing in 

 size, but based on the same model, both designed by Mr. Stephens, 

 were tlie ifniia. a very finely fiui.shed canoe, built bv Sjiuv6, of 

 Bro' ':vili,.- Com. 6. AY. Richards, 15ft. I lin.XtlOin., with two 

 he. : I -gy, built by IMe Wliirter, of .Sraten Island, lor Mr. 



Cfn. , ,. i , ;-.ir, .fr., of Newburgh, a 15x3M canoe, a deejier Nlr- 

 vaim, so sureeosful last year. She also had I wo boards and sailed 

 very fast, wiimiug second placc;on the record, but was out of the 

 Challenge Cup race through a foul. Mona was also unfortunate 

 in the same race, as her deck yoke, of black walnut, broke and 

 disaliled lier. 



This year, at least, none of the heavy canoes from Toronto have 

 been at the meet, but instead they have .sent some very fine boats, 

 a cross between the old Pearls and the American models. Abler 

 and more powerful appar*ntly than most of the latter, they have 

 none of the tubbiness of the Pearl, but a fair sheer and side line, 

 and easier b'ues throughout, witb dimensions of about 15x30. 

 They are neatly built lap.streak boats, with mahogany docks and 

 one or tw^o centerboards. 



In summing up the results of the races, one fact at least is ap- 

 parent, but beyond that it is very hard at tbis time to go. In all 

 the races the heavy floats have lieeii beaten by the ligliter ones, 

 the Pearl and Nautilus by a. minilier of Araerieari raiioes of vari- 

 ous models; and it is also to 1)0 noted that the unbalhc-stcd canoes 

 have defeated the ballasted ones. How much this means it is now 

 impossible to say; certainly tlic former have showui up well and 

 demonstrated their fitness for some work. Whethcu- they are bet- 

 ter for all American waters, St. Lawrence River, the Hudson, New 

 York Bay and Boston Harbor, is as yet an open question, perhaps 

 not to be settled until a salt-water meet. 



FIXTURES. 



Septbmbeb. 



9, 11. Cup Races. 18. Sandy Bay, Club, Rockport. 



11 , Hull, tJham., HuU. 18. Great Head, Club, Winthrop. 



11. Corinthian, Sweepstako,Mar- 19, Quaker City, Review, Cruise, 



blehead. 85. Buffalo, Club, Lake Ei-ic, 



11. Sandy Bay. Sweep., Glouces- 38. Beverly, Club, Nahant. 

 17. Toledo, Pen., Toledo. 



YACHT RACE EXTRA. 



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 pages, illustrated, is for sale by all newsdealers, or will be 

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THE AMERICA CUP RACES. 



SEPT. 7, N. Y. Y. 0. COURSE. 



THE fir.st trial between Mayflower and Galatea was sailed on 

 Tuesday and resulted in a decided victory for the American 

 vacht. With those who witnessed the inside race of last year and 

 were present again on Tuesday, it required but a slight effort of 

 the imagination fn make them forget that a year had passed and 

 that they were not looking at Puritan and i"eni:st;i ie Xe-ul r;f their 

 younger rivals. The race of Sept. 14, im,, ■ i .sely 



that a change of names and hoiii's in th ; i.-jwer 

 for a very fair description of this wctJ: , ; ,i was 



w^hite, while txencsta was l.tlaek, and Ma:' iln\,vr v, mex,- even 

 more hideousl.\- grotesque by a. Liberal mi.-.ar)plication of ixitlead 

 than Puritan, 'but for tlic rest there was little difference. The same 

 .sluggish work in light airs at tfie si a.rl . r 1 ■ .-^ rn l icau yacht showing 

 a decided superiority in sueii v.oi']-: ' ii -l ough the Narrows 

 nndincreasingitall day; a better hiL. I lie Hook, this time 



heading the yachts a little nil i ' i wa'- the case last 



year, a gain for the striped y ,ni, bringing 



her in before the wind a wi year. I'he 



fleet of atl;endant vessels v, , _ ny of tlieiu 



shoAvcd an utter disregard for ttie raeers, uoi only n asiiiug them 

 badly, but actually closing the course and taking the wind regard-. 



