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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 20, 1895. 



53"* The Larchmont- Atlantic Cruise. 



The two busy periods of the yachting seaBon— that of the spring re- 

 gattas, so. called, covering the last three weeks of June, and that of 

 the annual cruise of the New York Y. C. in the first half of August- 

 have always been separated by an awkward interval which the various 

 clubs have sought, with but little success, to bridge over by their 

 annual cruises. Of late years this interval has been shortened by a 

 week, the June regattas on New York Bay, once so important, now 

 being secondary to the many races of the Sound clubs in the first 

 week in July. It has always been the custom of the clubs other than 

 the New York Y. C. to sail their annual cruises during the last three 

 weeks of July, the results being that several small fleets start out 

 from the west end of the Sound, some of the yachts finally bringing 

 up at Shelter Island or possibly Newport, where the cruise is formally 

 disbanded several days after it has died a natural death. The Sea- 

 wanhaka C. Y. C. after many trials has given up all attempts at an 

 annual cruise, and though the Larchmont and Atlantic clubs have 

 started off boldly enougn each year, the cruises have been purely 

 family affairs, of interest mainly to those favored yachtsmen whose 

 boats were reported in the daily papers, truthfully or otherwise, as 

 winning on the runs from port to port. With a view to remedying this 

 state of affairs by the assembling of a fleet sufficiently large to hold 

 together for more than a few days, the officers of the Atlantic and 

 Larchmont clubs last winter proposed a joint cruise, and the idea was 

 at once acted upon, and in a manner which promises the most satis- 

 factory results. It has been the custom of the two clubs to sail over 

 the same water at much the same time every year, each with a small 

 fleet, it being difficult for a yacht enrolled in both clubs to accompany 

 both cruises. While the cruise has been pleasant enough for those 

 who go every year and are well acquainted, each has b^en strictly a 

 family affair, of no particular interest to yachtsmen. This year the 

 two clubs have mustered a fleet not only far larger but superior in 

 quality to any previous ones of either club, and the cruise begun on 

 Saturday promises to be a successful and memorable one. 



It was expected that Defender would be ready long before the date 

 set for the rendezvous, July 12, and the two clubs were ready to offer 

 suitable prizes for a race of the 90-f ooters, to be sailed any time during 

 the cruise, but the delay in the completion of Defender proved an in- 

 superable obstacle to the projected race. 



The yachts of the Atlantic and Larchmont clubs, to the number of 

 nearly a hundred, assembled at Larchmont Harbor, the rendezvous, 

 on July 12; a few of them taking part in the special races on that day, 

 but most of them were in cruising trim. The start was setfor 11 A. M. 

 on Saturday, July 13, the first run being to Black Rock, the yachts 

 being timed as they started off Larchmont Harbor and again as they 

 finished off Penfield Reef Light, 26 miles distant. Saturday morning 

 was clear enough, but before the hour for the start a violent squall 

 came up, the rain falling in torrents, and the start was postponed. 

 The squall was soon Over and just at noon the preparatory signal was 

 fired, the first division, the smaller yachts, being started at 12:10. The 

 classes above 49ft. racing length were started at 12:35. The wind was 

 light from the south and many of the yachts were handicapped. 



The race was a quick run with a freshening breeze over the starboard 

 quarter, the wind being light at times, but keeping all the yachts in 

 motion. The event of the day was the sailing of the little schooner 

 Loyal, in the 70ft. racing length class, she beating" both Amorita and 

 Elsemarie, in the 80ft. class, on corrected time. The two larger boats 

 wasted some time in luffing each other, but their times serve to show 

 the excellent work of the smaller one. The official times were: 



SCHOONERS— CLASS A, 80PT, AND OVER. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Bamona 12 37 17 3 17 47 2 40 30 2 39 65 



Sachem 12 38 35 3 22 23 2 44 48 2 36 53 



Alsacienne 12 38 57 4 02 21 3 23 24 



Crusader 12 40 00 3 41 56 3 01 56 2 49 51 



Phaniom 13 40 00 3 50 17 3 10 17 3 00 04 



Emerald 12 38 35 3 17 15 2 38* 40 2 30 09 



class b, 70 to 80ft. 



Amorita 12 40 00 3 42 43 3 02 43 3 02 43 



Elsemarie 32 40 00 3 46 33 3 06 33 3 05 10 



Florida 12 40 00 4 07 10 3 27 10 3 24 36 



CLASS c, 70ft. and under. 



Loyal 12 40 00 3 41 45 3 07 45 2 57 07 



Viator 12 40 00 3 46 22 3 06 28 3 03 03 



Cavalier 12 37 57 3 53 15 3 15 18 3 15 18 



SLOOPS— CLASS 2, 50 TO 70ft. 



Katrina 12 40 00 3 31 37 2 51 37 2 51 35 



Huron 12 40 00 4 23 83 3 43 33 3 37 41 



class 3, 53 to 60 ft. 



Wasp 12 41 00 3 48 18 3 08 18 3 08 11 



Eclipse 12 40 00 4 01 50 3 21 50 3 21 50 



Clara 12 40 00 4 03 51 3 23 51 3 23 51 



Vixen 12 40 00 4 34 40 3 52 40 



CLASS 4—46 TO 53ft. — FLUSH deck. 



Gossoon 12 15 00 3 54 57 3 39 57 3 39 57 



Verena ...12 15 00 4 12 53 3 57 53 



Xara 12 15 00 4 08 40 3 53 40 3 50 36 



Minerva 12 15 00 3 50 10 3 35 16 3 32 03 



CLASS 4—46 TO 53FT.— TRUNK CABIN. 



Penguin 12 15 00 3 56 50 3 41 50 3 41 18 



Choctaw 12 12 29 3 49 03 8 36 3' 3 31 55 



Harriet 12 14 40 4 14 30 3 53 56 



Awa 12 15 00 3 52 36 3 37 36 3 33 41 



Iola 12 15 00 4 28 12 4 13 12 ..... 



Wenona 12 15 00 4 10 33 3 55 33 



Ventura...., 12 15 00 4 06 48 3 51 40 3 48 19 



class 5 -40 to 45ft. 



Kathleen 12 15 00 4 21 44 4 06 44 3 58 28 



Bonnie Kate 12 15 00 4 23 48 4 08 48 3 00 32 



Tigress , 12 15 00 4 09 42 3 59 47 3 5t 42 



Norota 12 14 58 3 50 36 3 35 3S 3 «5 18 



Senorita 12 15 00 4 21 29 4 06 29 3 53 42 



CLASS 6— 35ft. AND UNDER. 



infanta 12 15 00 4 05 52 3 50 53 



Fidello 12 14 16 4 35 16 4 21 00 ..... 



Modesta 13 14 09 Not timed. 



Dragoon 12 14 09 3 53 19 3 39 10 



Gunhilde 12 15 00 4 24 03 4 09 03 



Almira .. 12 12 34 4 18 58 4 06 24 



The above is official, but there is apparently an error in the 53ft. 

 class, Verena being a trunk cabin boat and Ventura flush decked. 



On Sunday morning service was held aboard Fleet Chaplain W. L. 

 Moore's yacht Kanapaha, and in the afternoon the fleet sailed for 

 Morris Cove. On Monday an early start was made for New London, 

 many of the yachts being late at the line. The wind was light from 

 the east all day, and very slow progress was made over the 38 miles. 

 The times were: 



SCHOONERS— CLASS A. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Ramona 7 40 00 3 51 01 8 11 01 8 11 01 



Sachem 7 40 00 5 30 27 9 50 27 9 39 30 



Phantom 7 40 00 7 28 51 11 48 51 11 36 34 



Emerald 7 40 00 5 44 53 10 04 53 9 53 09 



SCHOONERS— CLASS B. 



Amorita 7 40 00 2 21 47 6 41 47 41 47 



Elsemarie 7 40 00 2 51 42 7 11 42 7 09 39 



Florida 7 40 00 6 17 33 10 37 33 10 33 42 



SCHOONERS— CLASS C. 



Loyal 7 40 00 7 13 45 11 33 45 11 26 51 



Viator 7 40 00 4 57 38 9 17 38 9 12 34 



Cavalier 7 40 00 6 18 49 10 38 49 10 38 49 



Fenetla 7 40 00 Did not finish. 



CUTTERS — CLASS 2. 



Katrina 7 40 00 6 00 06 10 20 06 10 20 00 



Ventura 7 35 55 5 54 18 10 18 23 9 58 29 



Cm TERS— CLASS 3. 



Wasp 7 38 88 2 22 06 6 43 28 6 43 18 



Eclipse 7 39 20 5 59 17 10 19 57 10 19 57 



Clara 7 40 00 Did not finish. 



CUTTERS— CLASS 4 — CABIN TRUNKS. 



Penguin 7 15 00 6 07 59 10 62 59 10 52 11 



Verena 7 15 00 6 43 09 11 23 09 11 24 41 



Choctaw 7 15 00 5 58 52 10 43 52 10 SG 58 



Awa 7 15 00 6 10 23 10 55 23 10 49 35 



Wenona 7 15 00 6 49 19 11 84 19 11 34 19 



CUTTERS-CLASS 4— FLUSH DECKS. 



Gossoon 7 15 00 6 13 49 10 58 49 10 58 49 



Xara 7 15 00 6 24 25 11 09 25 11 01 11 



Minerva 7 15 00 6 16 51 11 01 51 10 57 05 



Ventura 7 15 00 6 22 53 11 07 52 11 02 42 



CUTTERS— CLASS 5. 



Kathleen 7 15 00 Did not finish. 



Tigress 7 15 00 6 01 41 10 46 41 10 45 54 



Norota 7 15 00 2 51 35 7 36 35 7 36 35 



Senorita 7 15 00 6 05 04 10 50 04 10 35 32 



CUTTERS— CLASS G. 



Infanta 7 15 00 4 04 29 8 49 29 8 41 40 



Fidello 7 15 00 6 58 48 11 43 48 11 36 42 



Gunhilde 7 15 00 Did not finish. 



Almira 7 15 00 6 25 22 11 10 22 10 43 51 



The winners were Ramona, first prize, and Sachem, second, class A; 

 Amorita, first, class B; Viator, first, class C; Ventura, first, class 2; 



Wasp, first, class 3: Choctaw first and Awa second, clasa 4, cabin 

 trunk. Minerva first and Gossoon second class 4, flush aece 

 Norota first and Senorita second, class 5: Infanta first and Almira 



8 ^he ( sp C e I cfa 8 I race off New London for schooners, cutters and sloops 

 takes place on Tuesday, July 16. 



Unfortunate. 



The "knockabout" in Eastern waters has attained a well-deserved 

 popularity. It is a safe,* comfortable and somewhat speedy type > of 

 craft. Its inception was as a cruising rather than a racing boat, but 

 having developed some speed, the boats are now raced to a considerable 



In order to retain some of the sterling qualities of the other boats, 

 the following definition was established. "A seaworthy keel boat 

 ("not to include fin keels), decked or half decked, of fair accommoda- 

 tions, rigged simply, without bowsprit, and with only mainsail ana 

 one bead sail." . ... . 



Further restrictions governing 1. w. 1., beam, freeboard, position or 

 mast, thickness of plaD king, size and spacing of frames, deadwoods, 

 rudder and ballast, are also set forth in the circular of the Knockabout 

 Association, adopted November 30, 1894. 



These limits are not to exclude any Knockabout built prior to the 

 above date. . . ,_, ., 



The mode of measuring the sail area is as follows: "The sail area 

 shall be limited to 500sq. ft,, measured by the formula, viz.: Multiply 

 85 per cent, of the base by half the sum of the gaff and the distance 

 from the top of the sheave of the upper throat halliard block to the 

 stem head." . • _ 



By the above method of measurement the new boats easily evade 

 the sail area rule of 500ft. by the following means: Shortening the 

 luff of the sail, lowering the the throat halliard block, and shortening 

 the forward overhang. Thus La Chica, one of the fast ones, sails with 

 an actual measurement of 530sq. ft., while the rule shows her to be 

 carrying only 498sq. ft. The unfortunate point is, that Bessie Lee, one 

 of the best boats of the type and the handsomest in the fleet, sails 

 with an actual area of 495sq. ft., but under the rule measures 

 540.31sq. ft. 



The reason for writing this article is the manifest injustice of the 

 measurement rule. In spite of the fact that La Chica is a knockabout 

 under the rules, she is nevertheless as near a racing machine as the rules 

 will allow, with no cabin and lead ballast. Bessie Lee, on the other 

 hand, while fast, is the best boat of her type, with cabin house and most 

 excellent accommodations below, and with iron ballast, and in conse- 

 quence of her cruising features she weighs about l,0001bs. more than 

 her open sisters. On account of her speed she is, however, protested 

 in racing on the ground of her excess in sail area by the rule, when in 

 reality she sails with nearly 40sq. ft. less sail than her rivals. 





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 it is worked. The dotted lines show the snub-nosed boat caused by 

 tbe shortening of the base line, the lowered throat halliard block, etc. 



I am interested in none of the knockabouts, but it seems a decided 

 injustice to rule out a good, wholesome, speedy cruiser, carrying less 

 than tbe limit of sail, because by an inaccurate system of measure- 

 . ment she appears to have too much sail, while others carrying more 

 are charged with less. The owner of iBessie Lee has been to the ex- 

 pense of having his sails measured accurately, with a resulting 494.71 

 sq. ft., while by the system herein mentioned he is charged with 

 540,3l8q.ft. A > very accurate system, is it not? No account being 

 taken, under the rule, of the size of the stemstaysail, this sail is cut 

 way back, and in reaching serves as a balloon jib, and in running is 

 poled out as a fair sized spinaker. 



There can be no difficulty at all in measuring the actual sail area in 

 these small boats, and why such is not done is a mystery to Ilex. 



Defender's Speed. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I presume that it is too early yet for a land lubber to glean anything 

 about the merits of Defender, and I must say that I for one am in a 

 very "unsartin" state in regard to her merits; but I trust that 

 this week's issue of your paper will set me straight. When I read of 

 Defender's trial against Colonia it seemed to me that the new boat 

 was a flyer, especially down wind, as I believe Colonia at her best was 

 a trifle better than Vigilant at running, and not so very many minutes 

 astern of her to windward. But aB there seems to be some doubt 

 about Oolonia's bottom being in good shape, I surmised that there 

 must have been some "grass" on it, though I could not quite under- 

 stand the daily papers even hinting at a foul bottom— it seemed like 

 encouraging Lord Dunraven and Englishmen in general. 

 _ A few days afterward I read in one of the dailies that Defender 

 sailed so fast when sailing alone that she actually ran away from the 

 wind and had to wait for it. That satisfied me; all my doubts were 

 set at rest. A boat that could do that, I thought, could run right 

 away from any number of Valkyries, especially only the third. Why, 

 they would have to build at least a hundred of their boats before they 

 could build a "phenomenal wonder" that can run away from, say, a 

 fifteen-mile-an-hour breeze. So I take the liberty here of warning 

 Lord Dunraven that he had better call off the challenge and go to 

 work on a few more Valkyries. He might begin by trying at least a 

 dozen more, and then challenging with Valkyrie XV. just to 

 see if Watson can produce a boat that can run away from a small 

 blow— perhaps a three-mile-an-hour wind. If he can, then there may 

 be a small hope of his winning the cup some day. 



But what is this? This morning I read that, after all, perhaps there 

 was something the matter with Colonia's bottom, for Defender and 

 Vigilant, in a four-mile run, only come out about even, and in reach- 

 ing and windward work Defender apparently has but a little the best 

 of it; whereas, it seems to me as though Vigilant should have been 

 run away from on every point of sailing— tbat is, if Defender is going 

 to keep the Cup here, as it was apparently just the sort of a wind 

 that Valkyrie III. would have delighted in. It seems fair to assume 

 that with her large sail plan she would have run away from both 

 boats. 



Is it not possible that Vigilant, in a light wind, is several minutes 

 slower than she was before her recent alterations? It seems as 

 though it would be a good ideajx) put Colonia in first-class shape, if 

 for no other reason than to find out how much faster or slower 

 Vigilant is now than she was in 1893. It might at least give the 

 American public a good "line" to bet on in the coming racea. It 

 seems that perhaps the syndicate members are a little nervous them- 

 selves; as, if reports are to be believed, they are going to give 

 Defender a larger sail plan. Does she not quite come up to their 

 expectations? Land Lubber. 



New York. July 15. 



[We regret that we cannot enlighten our correspondent, as he is but 

 one of thousands of yachtsmen who would like just now to know 

 something accurate and reliable about the new yacht. The best advice 

 we can give, as at least a temporary relief from their anxiety, is that 

 they should read only the headlines in the daily papers, in which 

 De fender's speed is fully vouched for, not looking at the details which 

 folkiw of her "races" with Vigilant, Colonia? Hattie Palmer, Sheer- 

 water and the winds of Narragansett Bay ] 



Larchmont Y. C. 



LARCHMONT — LONG ISLAND SOUND. 



Friday, jv.ly IS. 



The Larchmont Y C. had a good breeze on July 12 for its race for 

 the Drexel cup, presented by John R. Drexel, yacht Sultana, in the 

 schooner class, and the special races for the 49ft., 34ft. and 21ft. 

 classes. The wind was S.W., light at the start, but freshening to a 

 good sailing breeze. Only three schooners started— Ramona, Amorita 

 and Elsemarie, Emerald being kept out by an accident which injured 

 Captain Petersen and two of her crew. The course for the schooners 

 was the 15-mile triangle marked by the easterly buoy and the Prospect 

 Point mark, sailed twice. The 49 and 34ft. classes sailed to the second 

 Mid-sound Buoy and then to the Prospect Point Buoy, and home, 11 

 miles, sailed twice; and the 21-footers sailed twice over the smallest 

 triangle, 11 miles in all. The schooners were started at 12:05, being 

 timed on the line: 



Ramona 12 06 46 Elsemarie 12 06 52 



Amorita 12 06 46 



The cutters were timed, start 12:13:00: 



Minerva 12 13 36 Dragoon 12 15 14 



Gossoon 12 13 54 



The 21-footers started from the gun at 12:21. 



The broad reach of six miles to the first mark opened with a luffing 

 match between Amorita and Elsemarie, the former coming out ahead; 

 the two, however, rounded the mark together at 1:30:30, half a minute 

 ahead of Ramona. Elsemarie held the new boat very well in the heat 

 to second mark, the times being: 



Amorita 2 15 20 Ramona 2 25 40 



Elsemarie 2 16 05 



On the 4-mile reach home Amorita showed a more decided gain, the 

 times being: 



Amorita 2 32 58 Ramona 2 44 05 



Elsemarie 2 34 40 



With a freshening breeze Amorita continued to gain on her sister, 

 the second leg being timed: 



Amorita 3 08 45 Elsemarie. . .-. -.,,..3 11 40 



Ramona withdrew at the end of the first round. 



This time Amorita did better to windward, the times at the Prospect 

 Point mark being: 



Amorita 3 59 50 Elsemarie 4 05 25 



The last leg made little change in the positions, the finish being 

 timed: 



Amorita 4 18 38 Elsemarie 4 24 00 



Gossoon and Minerva sailed a very close race, beine within less than 

 a minute of each other through the two rounds, Gossoon finishing 

 first, but losing in allowance. Dragoon sailed fast, but none of her 

 classmates were on hand to make a race for her. Vaquero was well 

 sailed by Mr. Camacho and beat Ceha, while Shrimp withdrew. The 

 times were: 



SCHOONERS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Amorita 12 06 46 4 28 38 4 11 50 4 11 50 



Elsemarie 12 06 52 4 24 00 4 17 08 4 15 83 



Ramona 12 06 46 Withdrew. 



49FT. CLASS- CUTTERS. 



Gossoon 12 13 54 3 42 15 3 28 21 3 28 21 



Minerva. . . . ; 12 13 36 3 42 45 3 29 C9 3 26 26 



34ft. class. 



Dragoon 12 15 14 3 56 25 3 41 11 3 41 11 



21-FOOTKRS. 



Celia 12 21 00 2 29 26 2 06 05 2 06 05 



Vaquero 12 21 00 2 27 05 2 08 26 2 08 26 



Shrimp 13 21 00 Withdrew. 



Defender. 



All last week the new Cup defender lay at the Herreshoff works, 

 where men were busy all over her in the endeavor to complete the 

 work. The joiner work was put in below, the decks planed and fin- 

 ishing touches put to all parts. Some of the aluminum work about 

 the masthead gave out in the first trials and was replaced with steel, 

 and it is generally reported that some of the steel tubular braces 

 within the hull were badly bent on the first sail, being replaced with 

 heavier material. 



On July 9 Vigilant came to Bristol for her new cross-cut sails, and 

 it was expected that the two yachts would have a trial. On July 11 

 Defender was reatly, but Mr. Willard was absent, so Vigilant did not 

 start, Defender went .out in the morning and her compasses were 

 adjusted by Mr. John Bliss, of New York, after which she sailed 

 around alone, trying various sails. Mr. Willard returned next day 

 and Vigilant was under way, but Defender laid at the dock. On July 

 14 the two towed down to Newport and went outside for a trial, sail- 

 ing around for a time in a very light air with no particular results, 

 there being no timing and nothing like a race. On Monday Defender 

 returned to the shops, being still uncompleted, while Vigilant 

 sailed to City Island. It is expected that both will be in New York 

 the ;iatter part of tbe week, as the two special races are set for July 

 20-22, as announced by the regatta committee of the New York Y. C. 



The start will be off Sandy Hook or Scotland Lightship, dependent 

 on the wind. 



The preparatory signal will be made at 11 A. M. ; ten minutes later 

 the signal for the start will be given. 

 Two minutes will be allowed to cross. 



The first course, signaled by the letter B, will be from the starting 

 line around a mark 15 miles to windward or leeward, and return, the 

 mark to be left on starboard hand. 



The other course, signal letter T, will be from the starting line 10 

 miles around a mark, thence 10 miles around a second mark, and 

 thence 10 miles to the finish line, turning the marks on the outside of 

 the triangle, to port or starboard, according as the yachts are sent 

 around. 



The flagship Sylvia will be the judges' boat, and the starting and fin- 

 ish lines will be between a white flag raised on her and the mainmast 

 of the lightship. 



The New York Y, C. offers a 8200 cup for the winner if two or more 

 start, and a glOO cup for the yacht fmisbing second if four or more 

 start. 



The 34 Foot Class. 



Editor Forest and Stream: The yachting season has now well ad- 

 vanced, and yet that greatly advertised "34" class of Larchmont has 

 not had one interesting race. There are four boats in the class, two 

 of which seem to be unable to cross a line, and one of which is some- 

 where in the dim east. The other boat has kept every engagement, 

 has thrown her gauntlet at every boat in the class, and has been 

 raced for all she is worth all over the Sound. Is it sportsmanlike for 

 a yachtsman to enter into an agreement to fill a class and then back 

 out? 



When the Larchmonts made up their rules men built in good faith 

 for the class. They were assured sport, and the club certainly did all 

 it could to make the classes interesting, but it seems that its labors 

 are to be undone by a lot of so-called yachtsmen who build boats to 

 race and then spend the season in dilly-dallying around shipyards 

 and moorings. "Dragoon had a walkover" is becoming rather mon- 

 otonous. 



Can't it be cured, or are all the other fellows afraid of the "freak"? 



Swede. 



YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 



Hermione, steam yacht, lately chartered by Robert Goelet, arrived 

 at New York from Gourock on July 8 after a twelve-day passage, in- 

 cluding a stop at St. Johns for coal. She' met with head seas and 

 some bad weather. 



It is reported that Col. A. J. Drexel, owner of Margarita, steam 

 yacht, has ordered a steel steam yacht of the largest siza. 



White Ladye, steam yacht, under charter to Ogden Goelet, was in 

 collision with a car float on July 8 in Hell Gate, the plates on her port 

 bow above water being stove in. She was repaired at the Erie Basin 

 Dry Docks. 



Yampa, schooner, R. S. Palmer, was seriously damaged onjjuly 12 at 

 Southampton, while several workmen were killed or injured. The 

 yacht was hauled out at Fay's yard, and as she was about to be 

 lowered the chain of the railway broke. The yacht fell on her side, 

 striking the schooner Ursula as she fell. Two men were.injured — 

 Schubert, a sailor, who was thrown from the masthead to the ground, 

 and another named Carton, while a third man was crushed to death 

 beneath the yacht. The hull is badly damaged, but no details are 

 given. Mr. Palmer has given $1,000 toward the Bufferers by the 

 accident. 



Burgee and Pennant has just come out in a new cover, in which the 

 word "Yachting" in large letters occupies the most prominent place, 

 the old title being retained in addition. The paper is still devoted to 

 the Naval Reserve as well as yachting, but will give still greater 

 prominence to the latter. 



The annual race of the Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C. for the Alfred Roose- 

 velt memorial cup will be sailed on Saturday, July 27, in Oyster Bay, 

 being open to all yachts of not over 50ft. racing length. The start 

 will be from the gun. 



Col, Jos. T. Perkins, owner of the schooner Columbia, died of apo- 

 plexy on board the yacht on July 12, when anchored at Yorktown, 



