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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Ogt. 7, 1886. 



few fearful gtists to Mow over (during wliieli time fhey smolced 

 tranquilly, looTied woatLei-v,'ise and uttered a few guttoral mouo- 

 syUables to one anotber) aud id f^er I bad changed a halt doUav and 

 my pipe for one of tlicirs, I repen t it v.-as aa:e;ravating to sec them 

 accept a faTorable omen from the, clements'and start in single file 

 down the lake with the wind square behind them and beckoning 

 fornsto come on. it was ahnoat more than the skipper could 

 Stand, &nd I, less enthusiastic, but recognizing the chance of get- 

 ting to Tower that night wirhoui, imioh rowing, addressed the 

 sailor thus: 



"Now, my dear boy (yuii sec we had been boys together) these 

 Indians know when it is safe to start, ri(>w we can follow them and 

 with the wind astern caji .just as nvcII us not get to Tower lo-rjjglit, 

 to Duluth to-morro\v niglit, and von can lie in Rt. Paul Sunriav 

 morning." 



>Sailor— "You thinli yoa can, eli! and there will be no diuigei-V" 

 Commis.sary — "Cevlainly not; where the Indians can go we can 



go and they know when to .start. You saw them beckon to us to 



come on." 



"Sailor-"And you think there will he no dang&r l0 -t&Hovr this 

 Indiana over Big Lake now?" 

 C— "Certainly not." 

 Sailor— "Not a particle of danger?" 

 C— Not a particle." 



Sailor— "Well, then, if that's the case, we will stay right here." 



Immediately after this conversation the commodore selected a 

 convenient log and proceeded complacently to take hisfaN'orite 

 "L. C. Smith" apart for an oiling, lest, pcradveuture, some trcaclr- 

 erous water drop might have got into tlnat same (through its im- 

 penetrable casing of inverted sheciiskin) during our watery pere- 

 grinations thi.s day. So that matter \vas settled. 



Now it so happened that tins ^vind, coming from the north (it 

 was growing constantly colder, It? the by), had brought "\rith it an 

 arm,\' oE geese, who had no doubt sniffed tlie necessity of seclcing 

 a w.armer clime abont now and were embracing this opportunity 

 to get help from the wings of the wind, and the van gu a id cf the 



f)articular troop heading for our region 1 happened to i sijy il.\ iiiu- 

 OW. I immediately sang ont, "Geese, I'oys, flying low," seiwd my 

 Parker, and got myself under the shadow of a tree so as net to 

 divert their flight, for (iiey luid turned so ;i« to come right over ns, 

 hut the tree proved my stumbling block, preventing me from get- 

 ting a fair swing. The captain did not see them before tliey were 

 on him, the Commodore lutd to put his gun together and had only 

 time to put in one duck shell, so we ail fired and never ruffled a 

 fealiher, and the geese, with a few extra "honks," were content to 

 sail away. Well, if it \\'crc a desirable and not a melanclioly 

 thing to see three ehopfallen sportsrnen, it would have been well 

 worth one's while to take a good look at ns jnst then. The sailrn' 

 was the only one that had improv ed this enviable opportunity. 

 J'or the first time I quarreled \\-ith my Parker. The sailor noted 

 the fact. The skipper, 1 believe, actually swore at his gun. and 

 remarked in sotto something i,o t he effect that if it had not been 

 a present from an old friend he would have drowned it bmg ago, 

 and the sailor also noted this fact. Tlie commodoi'e apelogized 

 for his, saying he was not ready. Then the sailor, with a leng and 

 tiredlook at each and every one of us, including a carcrul s ji \-ev 

 of our weapons, exclaimed: "Well, f s\vc;ir, if I'd a thought tli.i t, 

 I'd pulled some of 'em down by the legs." And how e - er i i, eanu/, 

 ont afterward I cannot say; it seemed to me a breach, of r'ruripsc 

 case when the feasibility of pulling a goose down by the legs came 

 to be publicly discussed before the bar at tlie Tow-er Hotel, lor a\ e 

 ka,d made a. solemn compact before leaving the camp at Piroh 

 Point that this goose business should not be mentioned in our 

 future intercourse. The sailor's boreinbeforementioned inordi- 

 nate desire to "turn in somewberc" at a certain critical jaucture 

 should not either be expatiated upon; but that infernal thing in 

 the shape of humanity, the Tower press man, got a hold of it 

 eomehoAV, and before we knew it tlie whole compact, sojenui 

 though it had been in the making, vas a "gone goose," and "pulled 

 down by the legs" at that. 



It blew the rest of that day and turned so cold toward niglit that 

 we were forced to recognize tlvc ^.'altni' of tlie Instinct tn the numer- 

 ous troops of geese that regidarly Rucceeded each other Irom this 

 on, flying for a wanner clime, imd hy the quaint music of tbeir 

 calls and commands we were lulled to sleep in Drew's comfortable 

 cabin. It blew the next d;iy a\id gi't.vw ('ven colder, an<l as wo lutd 

 now lost our conneeti(ni liy rail foi- a. day we concluded tn make 

 our cabin more comfortable and spend the day in himting and 

 fisliing: and we Avere suHiciently sueeessful in both to keep our 

 table abundantly supplied, and this was all we cared for. Tlie 

 next morning the \vind had gone do•\^'n to a great extent, but ;t had 

 also changed direction, so as to be far from favorable. Instead of 

 the northwest -^vind that had follov^ed ns from the wecteml, itvvas 

 now northeast, just from the very worst tiuarter we coeld possibly 

 have it in crossing Big Lake, f. t., one point from a dead-ahead 

 and with an eleven miles sweep. Under these circumstances Xhe. 

 thought of sailing across was not entertained, but our mode of 

 procedure was arranged a little differently in ease a heavy wind 

 should arise suddenly. Our faldin,g stove and other least indis^ 

 pensable luggage were stowed in the Racine, the commodore was 



fiven the tiller of the Viking and the skipper and I took tiie oars, 

 'his was all that our little ship was able to carry in a heavy sea^ 

 hut the arrangement was j»refera.ble in case of an emergency, and 

 it did indeed look at times as thongli we were in for it; bnt with a 

 few puiTs now and then, the weather contented itself finally with 

 settling down to a steady but cool breeze. 



Prom Drew's to Sucker l-'oint, a distance of 7 miles, we never 

 rested on our oars, bnt the sailor and the commodore, not having 

 the advantage of exercise, were stiff Avith cold, so we landed here 

 and built a fire for one wing of the party to thaw out by while the 

 other rested. From Sucker Point to Tower we white-ashed it over 

 glassy water, and here the nautical experience of our cruise ended; 

 not 80 our adventures, however, for ^'et one more, and an entire! y 

 unloolied for one was in store for us. 



It seems we were destined to experience a wreck of some kind 

 on our trip, and this not ha^nng occurred as it might easily hr.ve 

 done on Lake Vermilion, it must pierforce be brought about on 

 main land. The !30X car we had secured for the transportation of 

 om- boats to Two Harbors was thrown off the track by a bi'oken 

 wheel (a nimble and quick-witted Itrakeman had smelt tlie daiigei' 

 and detached our coach from it in time io avoid the unpleasant 

 consequence of as following after), the result was that in order to 



f:et to Two Harbors that day wo Juid to take passage on the pl;il- 

 orm cars forward, which were heaped with sand and gravel. 

 Great relief was felt when the wrecked box car was oiwncd to find 

 the Vildng and Racine unin.iurcd, and at the captain's suggesilim, 

 With the help of the train men (the attorney of the ropd even, who 

 happened to be a passenger, lending a hand) we soon bad tladr 

 keels solidly planked in lieds of gravel. 



The faithful sailor ^-oluntarily stationed himself at the \Tking"s 

 stern and was observed from tills on to hang on to tiiat \ essel's 

 sternpost with a determination savoring almost of the sublime, 

 and after we had thus triumphantly sailed into Two Harbors it 

 was not without some degree of self-complacency that, as he ex- 

 pressed it, he had "saved the old tuli again." 



Thus fortunately ended a week of delightful experience, obser- 

 vation and some adventuj-e, wliicli must be always remembered, 1 

 think, as red-letter days by eacli and every one of our partj. 



Bbrmn. 



OTTAWA C. C. RACES.— On Sept. 24 a paddling race for the 

 Brough Cup took place witli the following starters: Messrs. Bald- 

 win, McQuilkin, Rogers, Gisborne, Brough, P. A. Mangy, Wick- 

 steed. Mr. Baldwin won the cuii, wit.h McW^iiJiiiii second and 

 Rogers third. He will hold it until tlie next race m the spring, and 

 if he wins it then will retain it |)ermauently. A race was lately 

 paddled at Ottawa between Messrs. llrongh and Badgely, Metiuil- 

 kin and Rogers, Short and Pittaway, Mercer and (ii; bo7'ne and 

 Baldwin and Hemming. Mr. Hrougli's crew won, with Mr. 

 McQuilkin's second. Tlie two winning canoes used the double 

 blades, the other three being single. - „ . . ... 



CANVAS BOATS AND CANOKS.-mica, IS . Y., Oct. 'i.—KiMoi 

 Forest and Strewn: Your correspondent, C. W. Hallock, inqrirei- 

 for the personal experience of some of your readers with pea-table 

 canvas boats. I have a Stranahan canvas boat, manufactured by 

 Frank Holmes, Chagrin Falls, O., wdiich I deem invaluable for 

 inland cruising. It is made in tliree sections, weighs about 10 in- 

 451bs., and will carry three persons, ^^'e liave used it on two trips 

 in the Adirondack region this year and it .just the thing lor explor- 

 ing purposes, trout fishing and deer hunting. Many times while 

 floating for deer we ran on to snags and rocks, but the boat came 

 out all right.— PouTSA. ^ , -r, ^ 



PECONIC BAY.— On Oct. 15 Messrs. Barney, Shedd and Patier- 

 son, of Springfield, will leave for a two weeks' cruise on Slnnnecoek 

 Bay, taking their canoes and guns, the double object being to shoot 

 ducks and explore Peconio Bay, witli a view to a salt-water meet. 

 They go by rail to New London, thence by boat to bag Harbor, and 

 by rail to Good Ground. , . , 



BIRCH BARK CANOES.— A correspondent sends us a circular 

 of Coleman & Godshall, Florence, Wis., makers of birch bark 

 oanoes from 10 to 25ft. long. The canoes are built by Meilommee 

 Indians. The prices range from $20 to i^40. 



fnchting. 



How WOULD YOU LIKE IT to have your wife and children tn want 

 of the necessaries of life? Many families have snifei-ed this from 

 the death of a protector who expected it as little as you. Moral: 

 Insure in the Travelers, of Hartford, Conn.~J.di'. 



slanding as an approxiinate 

 I .'tre.as of l)otb yachts, 

 i ea, scores of races can be 

 ^ liave beaten all comers (if 

 vifness whereof 1 point to 



JUST WHAT GALATEA REALLY DID. 



OVER the inside com'se Mayflower officially beat Galatea by 

 l;Jm. Lieut. Henn claims that his cutterwas bothered agreat 

 deal by the large fleet of accompanjing steamers. These kept 

 ahead of the cutter over the whole course and chopped up the 

 water in a way which must have been seriously detrimental in the 

 light wind. Toward the close of tlie race Mayflower had her wind 

 badly broken by the excursionists steaming alongside and about 

 her qnartera. But this was only during the last half hour of the 

 race. Galatea was twice forced about, had to pay broad oil' on 

 one occasion, and for laolc of water ^vas compelled to heave round 

 under Mayflower's lee. 



ft is ditUcult to estimate Iiow nincli Oalatea was injured liy all 

 this. Lieut. Henn has been reported as .«ayiiig that live minutes 

 was lost in consequence. This 1 deem e. fair estimate, and con- 

 elude that in the first mal^ch for the America Cup, Galatea, was 

 beaten about 7m. on her merits. 



iu the second or outside race. Galatea was beaten officially SOm. 

 All accounts agree in saying she lay becalmed for 20m., while Ma.v- 

 ^lo\^'er Avas making for home. This reduces the difference to 9m. 

 It was also generally reported that Mayflower had a little the best 

 wind nearing the turn and also on the last of the run home. For 

 this it is safe to allow 2m., so that the race was again lost to Gala- 

 tea by about 7m. on her merits. 



Tile sail area of the Galatea is about 8,000 sq. ft. Slie is sparred 

 for all-round racing at sea. 



The sail area of Mayflower is about 0.000 sq. ft. She is over- 

 sparred for seawork and rigged only for light weather or a breeze 

 in smooth -water. Pratically Galatea sailed with a reef down in 

 <.:oniiiarison with the summer rig of the Mayflower. 



F veiy one will grant that aMayflo wer under whole sail will beat a 

 Mayllower with a reef down in light winds by much more than 

 Vni. over a 40-mile course. 

 Similarly, assuming Galatea's bu'l i 'l 'n only as favorable to 



sjjeeii as that of the Mayflower, si I i-ive been beaten by 



niueh more than Tm. owing to d.i ii l i ■ i t 1 1 v; il area. 



'I'hat Galatea was not iieatcn more than 7m. and not by as niucii 

 as difference in rig would account for, is the best proof possible 

 tliat Galatea's form of hull is pai'ticularly well adapted, keel, lead 

 and all, for the highest speeds la light wind, and that her form 

 of hull is in reality superior to that of the Mayflower, else she 

 should have been beaten by more than difference in sail area ac- 

 counts for instead of less. 



Had Galatea been given like sail area ■<vith Mayflower, the cutter 

 would have shown herself the faster of the parr. She lost both 

 races, simply beoause undendgged by comparison for such a 

 trifling conterfeit upon real \vork of real rp^cing. 



That Galatea is capable of earring as large or nearly as large 

 an area as Maj'flower in light winds is certain from the fact that 

 even at small angles of heel the cutter stood up better than tlie 

 Mayflower, the difference i« sii"" ' ' 

 ecpiivalent for the differen,' 

 In (ippoaition to the del'' i i ^ 

 ited in wliich equally extreme enLi.Li 



the sloop and centerboard variet.N , i . _ . 



the records of Clara, Ulidia and Shonn by way of example, all 

 of them 6-beam cutters, as narro^v, as heavw, as deep as Galatea 

 in proportion to their lengths. 



If Galatea was beaten because slie is all wrong in hull and May- 

 flow^er won because she is all right, tlien it is impossible to explain 

 l)y rational talk how Clara, Ulidia and Shona have met with such 

 unprecedented success and proven themselves the fastest craft 

 among hiiiidrecli of sloops of their length. 



If my explanation of Gala tea's defeat is logically exact, then, 

 and the ordy, does then performance of Clara, Ulidia and Shona 

 admit of rational interpretatio I!. 



There are no tacts or grounds upon which to account for Gala- 

 tea's defeat in the form of lii.r Imll. Tlie recent international 

 races jirove only on in 1 with a reef down will be 



beatenbyanother v.il. ' : . . : . lit winds. 



Most people arc avan ... ■ m;-. i.i . , .ijid international races are 

 not required to prove what is seli-e^ldent. 



Those who choose to overlook twenty odd consecutive victories of 

 the cutters this season, and think they see in Galatea's defeat a 

 ei'dict ag.aiiist the hull of the cutter and some occult advantage 

 in the great er beam, lighter displacement and centerboard of May- 

 flower, will some day wake up to their mistake. 

 It is only necef sary to build an 85ft. Clara to suceessfnlly dispose 

 ■ i lie Mayflower. If now measurement rules do not interfere, I 

 loolc forward with confidence to the ultimate triumph of an S5ft. 

 cutter, just as I have already seen the complete triumph of cutters 

 ui the smaller classes. 



After the Puritan's victories last year it was prophesied that 

 cutters would die a speedy death in America and that in England 

 the "compromise" would crowd out the thoroughbred racing cut- 

 ter. Exactly the reverse has taken place. Cutters have multiplied 

 and become more popular and siu cesstul than ever before in 

 America, and the British have received the mere notion of May- 

 flowers with disdain. 



It is again prophesied that jMayflower's meaningless triumphs 

 will drive cutters out of existence all the world I'ound. 



1 fore see no such thing, but venture llie prediction that the fleet 

 of cutters in American waters will continue to gi'ow, and in their 

 classes drive the sloop away from the start altogetlier. I further 

 predict that more keel vessels will be l)iiilt than in the past, and 

 that our sloops and counterfeit cutters will continue to approach 

 tlie real article step bv step, as they have been doing for some 

 yeai-s past, till a Philadelphia lawyer liimseU could not decide 

 wdiat really is sloop and what cutter. 



Ah for the Britisli seas the world will come to an end before the 

 sloop cu- even the compromise rece. .'cs national recognition. In 

 the words of the London Field: "All our experience on this side of 

 the Atlantic goes to prove tbat. in \ha steep seas usually met willi 

 on a coast mth hard running tides the long, narrow and deep type 

 i' yacht can get through it faster than the beamier tj-pes." 

 It will take more tha.n tlie Mayilovver's play racing to turn such 

 videnee as that. 



I \ entiire upon one more prediction. If ]May flower is ever beaten 

 by a new vessel built on this side of the Atlantic, it will be by 

 some thing narrower, dc'cper, heavier than herself, aud in all 

 j)i-uliabililY by a vessel with a k^ad keel. 



The r«-.view of this season's racing which I hope to contribute 

 liefore long, wiU exhibit the overwhelming superiority displayed 

 by the cutters this season. O. P. Kunhabdx, 



SACHEIVl AND IVIIRANDA, OCT. 1 . 



SCHOONER racing this vear has been more active than usual, 

 and has partaken of the impulse given to all yacliting by the 

 International contests. Not only ii.a ve the old boats been improved 

 during the past winter, but tfie fleet has received i.^^■o v-ery im- 

 portant additions, both dilfering greatly from the rest of the fleet. 

 The first of these, 'Mr. Irhirgess's white schooner Sachem, has been 

 described liefore in our columns, a >'aeht very similar to Mayflowc]- 

 but seliooner-rigged amf witli a eliiiper stem. .She has the lead 

 keel and centerboard. and the model differs but little. While she 

 has <ione little racing this year, and lias twice lost har chance by 

 bold flukes, she has shown that there is speed in her model, and 

 tliat she will not be far from the, front in the future. 



The other addition to the fleet comes by purchase, (lie keel 

 schooner Miranda, designed by i'.'ir. John Harvey and built by liim 

 in LSi'ij. For some years .she at the head of her class, and witli 

 the disappearance of schooner racing abroad she has never been 

 outbuilt. For some years past tlie improvements iu the s, booiier 

 class have stopped entirclv abroad, in consequence ot winch 

 IMiranda, though her original ballast plan has been altered by the 

 addition of a heavier lead keel, has not kept pace ^\^th tlie improve- 

 ments that have marked the cutter class of late years. Tins season 

 she was purchased by Mr. G. W. B. Hill, of New lork, and sailed 

 across the Atlantic. Her cre w were shipped in England, but her 

 sailing master is an American, formerly master of Mr. Hill's 

 scliooner Yaruna. Not ha .dug raced for a long time previous to 

 her sale, she is yet far from her proper trim, lier light liollow oow- 

 sprit being replaced by a heavy one of solid yellow pine, wlule her 

 sails are iione of the newest. Added to this she is in new hands, 

 and while her .skipper has done fairly iiy her, it la hardly to be ex- 

 pected tliat in two or tliree months lie will do -what Lanhold did 

 after seasons of racing. 



It has been a most interesting question how she would compare 

 with our American yachts, and the Newport race ^vas looked to to 

 decide it, but in vain. To the satisfaction of all yachtsmen a. mateh 

 was made shortly after that dismal fadure by ilr. Hill aud i _i ssrs. 

 Mf-tealf & Owens, owners ot the Sachem, the course to be .-b mik-s 

 to -mndw^ard or leeward Horn iNcwport, to be sailed under ilie -a::w 

 York Y. C. rules, within a limit of eight liours. The race was lui 

 a sw^eepstakes of ,§500 per side, to be devoted to the purchase cd a 

 cup after deducting expenses. The date first set was Ihurtda.v , 

 Oct. 1, but the race was fortunatelv postponed to the toUowmg 

 dav, as there was littie wind. The Sachem's corrected length is 

 8'*.47lt., while Muauda^n is « Titt , the hatei rer ei^ ii'g an allow- 

 ance of Im. 35seo. It ts a curious fact that while Miranda lias long 



been noted for her pectdiar rig, a very short, foremast and a long 

 mainmast, this year Mr. Burgess has gi , en Sachem the same pecu- 

 har proportions of spar.s, so different from all American practice 



Friday morning at iNewport wa.s very foggv with a light S. W 

 wind, clearing aooutSA. M. as the breeze became fresiier and 

 fresher. Miranda went out imder sail about S;30. while Sachem 

 was towed out by the tug Narragansett at tlie same time. The 

 steam yacht Talisman, with her owner, y[r. J. VV, Slater and the 

 judge, Com. A. Cass Canfield, S. C. Y. C, accompanied the yachts 

 to tlie start off Brenton's Kecf ±.ight.sMp. Messrs. Burgess and 

 Owens weni on board of Miranda to conclude all arrangements, 

 and the course was decided upon: S. Yv bv .i'O miles,' makinffi 

 the ma.rk 8 miles Yv of Bleuk Island. 



Tlie first signal was given from the Talisman at 10:4;', At 10:53 

 the start was given, Miranda going over first on starboard tack, 

 carrying large jib and working mainf op.^ail, SaeJ.em also crossed 

 on the starboard tack, carrying foretopsail as well as main. The 

 times were; Miranda, 10:.54:.Ti; ftiitliem. Sachem began at 



once to gam on_ her rival, grent; tr. v.indwara of her. At 11:18 

 Miranda set her toretopsail. ia'l;iiig jnst .vfiir. -.hile Saciicm fol- 

 lowed at once. The latter ga.ined stcacUly, and at IPSG Miranda 

 tacked again, the white otii; .igain following her around. Sachem 

 was now the leader aud g.aining. At U;4'i' both went on starboard 

 1.ack toward Point .Tndiib, running into rovgher water. Ofi! Point 

 Judith :\liranda stowed her foretopsai), but tsuclu'm was well ahead 

 aud .still gaining on her. As ihe;. nr.-ned ihe m- rk S:;chem wasa 

 long distance ahead, when sv.ddenU- t]i..; v ind w evtrciund to N.W-, 

 Miranda getting it first and coming free fin- the mv.rk and gaining 

 considerably on Sachem before tlie hitter felt the at-w wind. 

 Sachem made the mark on the port and tnek ^et her iVnnloiisail and 

 started sheet for the reach hoine_ Tlie rirefs \\-,-vi-: Saeliem, 2:18: 

 IMiranda, 3:,25. Thus Sfichem h - ; - . ; r^r,, in a Imat of aj 

 miles. Duringthelatler lialf ' I .viud lield ,i bom, N.W. 



byN., blowing quite hcavih', -lil.- mnde p-ood time, 



Miranda gaining a little but siib. ...m,., bndly beaten. ' The times 

 were: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Sachem 10 5B 09 3 53 .W 4 57 41 4 57 41 



Miranda 10 54 35 4 02 35 5 08 00 5 00 35 



THE THETIS-STRANGER MATCHES, OCT 1-2. 



NOT satisfied with the race from Newpr- ' head won 



by Thetis, her owner ami M r. Warren J i r lie racing 



by two more matches, the first s. single rjv- l . s to wind- 

 Avard and return, the second a series of three. Tiie first race on 

 Oct. 1 was sailed under the rolio\\dng agreement, made on Sept. 37: 

 Match race agreed to lietw een yaeJu.s Stranger and Thetis for $300 

 per side, to be 15 nanticiil miles dead to wdndward or leeward and 

 return. Race to be .sailed first d.i \ a ti er Sept. 30. that tile wind and 

 weather permit. Yachts nol Lo f.e started m a l og or gale of wind, 

 and race to take place olf Atarbleljead. Pace to be sailed in E(ix 

 hours or no race, and in case tlio finish is not mede within thjs 

 time, yachts are to start each day next ensuing, wind ,iud weather 

 permitting, and ^varranting rliaia o uf a limsli \\ ii bin the time 

 limit, until completion of said race. No rest rii tioas as to sail or 

 crew. Race to be sailed under Eastern Yaehl. c'lub rules, a.iitl with 

 their lime allowance, the loser to pa.v ex|)ense ot tug lioac, Ihe 

 judges to decide whether the weather warrants a stiirt. ff the 

 judges do not make a decision as to weather on or before 1~':S0 P.M., 

 race to be off for the day. Signal of star! iiu; of the race to he a 

 steam tug whistle. Before prepamtorv signal _s given the tug wiU 

 have an American ensign a( tin.- .-n .^, I'l eparaLory signal 'to be 

 given by hauling down ^\jnerie:v ; nal hoisting blue peter 



m its place. Five minutes la; i ; ■ i art shall be given by 



hloMing tug whistle and haulin.g o n x pc-tcr. Me.rk boat to 

 be left on the starboard band. 



As the Mayflower-Galatea race ho d been given up on ihe previous 

 day there was a good breeze, though light at tiie si ai i . 'llie wind 

 was W..S.\\'., driving away a fog that prevailed during the early 

 morning, and the course laid out v, as K.K.E., 15 miles, f rom Half 

 Way Rock, finishing off M.arblebead Ruck. Mr. George A. Godr 

 dard, on the tug Wm. Siirague, acted as judge and starter, Afc 

 11:25 the first whistle blew, followed by a second at 11:30 to start. 

 Stranger Willi clubtopsail and balloon jiiitopsail over lower sails 

 went over at f]:;!U:40 wilh I'hetis under similar canvas o,t 11:33:15. 

 Stranger set her spinnaker to port prumiifJy at U:S2;10, but. it wSis 

 n-M-:>Q before Theiis had hers drawing. The wind was tpiitc light 

 aud working to the south, so tliat at 1,',';35 the booms came o\ er on 

 both and sjiinnakers \\ ere shifted to starboard, Thetis being ir lit- 

 tle ahead of Stran.ger in the haailing. At 1;05, the wind still being 

 very light, both took in their spinnakers, 



At2 P. M. SIrangr-r was mi Tlietis's weather quarter and cover- 

 ing her, but the latter jibed o\'rr and started away. Stranger 

 huug to her verv closely to the turn, which was made thus: 



Thetis -2 .10 i.j stranger 3 11 08 



Coming liome a good breezt- met tlie yachts, increasing as they 

 beat into it. Both crossed on the st..Lrboard laek, lowering club- 

 topsails. Thetis had her jibheader aloft, but the eutrtr lost time 

 by having to lower one sail before she si t another. At 2:;,'3 ThetiS 

 ^vent on jiort tack, Sirangei- lolhriving at .;:.'i5. At3:;30 Thetis tacked 

 again, with Si;ran.ger after her at :.':a.5::;h. At 3:53 Thetis stowed 

 her topsail and at ?i:02 she ta.id^ed again in toward Tliateher'9 

 Lsland. Stranger held her iaek until o:0K, when she followed 

 Thetis. Stranger had bi en out pointing the other hut not footing 

 BO fast; now, Iiowl- ,'er, she. eanie up on hcr. Thetis gained again 

 for a time, bnt near tlie flnisli Stranger came up cloter. Bothliad 

 to tack finally to weather the line, crossing on starboard tack 

 thus: Thetis 4:49:00, Stranger 4:150:33. The full times wej'e: 



Start. Fim,-.h. Elaiised. Corrected, 



Thetis 11 3.? 15 4 li) UU .5 hi 45 5 15 45 



Stranger ..11 30 40 4 50 213 5 19 43 5 19 42 



Two of Stranger's crew were knocked overboard in jibing, but 

 were picked up safely. 



Following this race a series of three was agreed upon, the con- 

 ditions being as follows: 



Mateh bet«-een the Thetis and Stranger for sM) a side, best two 

 out of three races. Yachts not to be started in eabn, fog or gale 

 of wind. Races to be sailed in tliree h aiis or no race, and if the 

 finish is not made in thai i.iiue, ii is ii. hf sailed the following day. 

 No resti-ictions as to sails or em.w . K.i- ■-. in be under Easteru 

 Yacht Club rules and measuremeni ' • ■.■of 

 tug boat, etc. Start to be the same !.:y, 

 15 miles to windward or lee\vard ; tri- 

 angular, 30 miles, 10 miles a, leg as nearl,\ a.:, j'l.i. .;iii.'. . Ii .ill -tart 

 ismado ny iri:;>0, rai-e i o be oil' for the day. Third race, if iieceBsary. 

 Toss up fill- eboie.: of eouvse. GKOBGE B. WARBEN. 



Witness b;,- Join-; f:li; VAM'. IlEKitT Buyajst. 



Marhi.kiieai:), Oct. 2. 



The tug 8pr;igue ran over from Salem early in the morning, 

 picking tipStranger off Beverly. The wind wi;s tlitii strong from 

 the west. ]\lr. fToddard was tmablo to act as judiie. so his place 

 was filled by Mr. B. \V. Crowniushield. Mv. Hry an t was also ab- 

 sent and his brother. Dr. .lolin Bryant, acted in Ids stead. Mr. 

 Warren and Lieut, llcnn were on board of Tbe' is to arrange mat- 

 ters finally. The start was decided on from Marblchead Rook, 

 E.S.E.. in anticipaiion of the wind hauling. .At lu:.56 the first 

 whistle found both the yachts far from the line, fioth with clnb 

 and balloon jibtopsails aloft, Thetis also carrying a thimble 

 header under her clubtopsail. The start wan given at'll:01, the 

 erew of Thetis then being busy with her spinnaker boom, ^ while 

 i-^tranger, further awav, ^vas setting her cpinnaker. Thetis was 

 li rst a^va v , c rossing a i; II ;0 5:04, whil e Stranger with a worse wind 

 inshore aiid in trouble witli her gea r, did not cross until 11:05:45. As 

 the time was taken from the signal, both were handicapped. 



Sti-a ngnr soou beeiin to overhaul f bet is. though her spinnaker 

 was hardlv drawdtig, the wind being well forward. Within the 

 first balf-doy.en nrlles she had m: de up lier loss of 3m. is. For the 

 next half-dozen miles the two held oven, first one and then the 

 other taking the lead, but when near the mark Stranger ran some 

 distaueo ahead. The v. ind .still worked to the north', and Stranger 

 look iu iier spinnaker and jibed. A short tune later Thetis tookiu 

 her sjiinnaki^r coming rapidly for the mark. When near it she 

 made a iianclsome jibe and passed on starboard tack at 1:11, her 

 balloon jibtopsail having been stowed. Stranger had lost ground 

 and did not turn until 1 :1.'?;50, 



With a strong breeze now blowing the t' - c m 



close company, tacking together and Imi •me 

 close together at times. 'S^Tien abreast of Je. . ned 

 her working topsail, hut Stranger held hers raicil ai-ur Baker's 

 Island. The cut ter eontiuLiaJlv had worked to windward of the 

 other, hut Thetis had bceii sailed harder and had outfooted her. 

 Tiietis held in by Baker's Island, ^vhile Strangei- drew too much 

 water to follow, tlius losing considerably. The finish was: ^ „ ^ 

 Thetis 3 46 10 Stranger v8 51 33 



The full times were: . . , „ 



Start. Outer mark. Finish. Actual. Corrected. 

 1 1 t - 11 01 1 11 00 a 411 10 4 45 10 4 44 10 



PP. 11 01 1 13 50 3 51 33 4 60 m_ 4 50 33 



i Jie t imes counted from the actual start irtake Thetis the Avmiier 

 i)v -Im. 4~sec. . , ^ 



I'he second race was sailed on Oct. 5 over a triangular coarse ot 

 ji 1 r 1 1 n T nker's Island, 10 miles south hy west, to Harditig'iS 



bell - It on the port hand; tlionce to the outer mark 



(tu - - ague). 10 miles eaet by north half north, leaving 



th' hand, and thence 10 milce northwest to finish, ce- 



tv<i . 1 1 nd Tinker's Island. 



