July 13, 1895.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



Larchmont Y. C. 



LARCHMONT— LONG ISLAND SOUND 



Thursday, July k. 



The weather of July 4 did all that it possibly could to spoil the rac- 

 ing of the finest fleet that has been seen about New York in many a 

 day; sixty yachts, from the big schooners Constellation and Ramona 

 down to the tiny 15-footers Question and Trust Me, starting in the 

 annual regatta of the Larchmont Y. C. After a threatening morning, 

 rain began to fall at 10 o'clock and continued all day, in fact, for the 

 rest of the week, with short intervals of clear weather. The wind 

 was light and variable, north at the start, going all around the com- 

 pass and ending in the north again. The rain hid much of the race 

 from view, but at the same time the spectators on the club steamer 

 Albertina and the judges 1 boat Raymond saw the start, the end of the 

 first round and the finish — very much more than was ever seen over 

 the old courses in the clearest weather. 



Though the fleet was divided into 21 classes, in only one class was 

 there a sail-over, and in some there were five or six good boats. All 

 things considered, the racing was good, with less fluking than might 

 have been expected from the shifting breeze. 



The schooners Marguerite, Constellation and Mayflower came on 

 from Boston, being matched respectively with Emerald, Ramona and 

 Iroquois, the last pair in cruising trim. The new Amorita, designed 

 by A. Cary Smith tor W. G. Brokaw, was matched against the older 

 Smith boat Elsemarie in this her first race. She was just from the 

 builder's yard, with a green crew and hastily rigged and fitted out, 

 sailing under considerable disadvantage. Loyal and Florida made up 

 the smallest schooner class. The promised race of the 90-footers, 

 announced for some time as the great event of the day, was off 

 through the delay over Defender, and Vigilant was not present, her 

 alterations being uncompleted. 



The largest single-stickers were Katrina and Huron, sailing together 

 in the regular class, while Queen Mab was put with them in a special 

 class for a separate prize. The old 40-footers were divided into flush 

 decked and trunk cabin classes, which brought the three keels, Uvira, 

 Gossoon and Minerva, together in the former and the two centerboards 

 Penguin and Choctaw in the latter. Both Uvira and Penguin are over 

 40ft. 1 w.l., but they are placed with the old forties under the present 

 classification. The 43ft. class had six starters, including the new cut- 

 ters Norota and Eidolon, the old 30-footer Kathleen, and the center- 

 hoard sloop Sasqua. In the regular class 8, 30ft racing length, were 

 the modern Fife cutter Infanta, the old sloop Henry Ward Beeoher, a 

 famous racer of her type, and the cutter Gavilan. The 34ft. special 

 class, alBO of 80ft, l.w.l., mcluded but Dragoon and Vorant II., the new 

 Adele being under way, but not starting. The 1-rater Shrimp was 

 matched against Badger, the fin-keel Folly and Bingo. The larger 

 cabin cats had but three starters— Mary, the well-known Ellsworth 

 boat, "Weasel, a brand Dew boat designed by T. E. Ferris and built at 

 Tom's River, and Molly Bawn. Weasel showed a very rough bottom, 

 the seams having swelled; she carried a handsome mainsail made 

 after Wilson & Griffin's new style, the cloths running in all directions. 



Amorita had a complete suit of the same cut, Iroquois has a main- 

 sail and Norota has two headsails, All of these sails seemed to stand 

 well, taking a beautiful sweep throughout; so far as they have been 

 tried, all of them new and just bent, they have been most successful. 



The oddest boat in the fleet was the 15-footer Question, a square flat 

 box, with a big centerboard, a flat deck but a few inches above the 

 water, with a small square hole in it to carry a spinaker and a sand- 

 wich or two, a mainsail and a diminutive jib. The crew of two 

 laid flat on the deck like the crew of an iceyacht iu the car, and in the 

 tide rips they were washed fore and aft. In marked contrast with 

 them was the crew of the little fin-keel Trust Me, In the same class, 

 the bold owner sailing alone, locking his tiller and running forward to 

 set and take in spinaker. When they finished the race Question's 

 crew drew up alongside the judges' boat in a state of complete exhaus- 

 tion , being hardly able to stand or speak after four hours of continual 

 drenching with rain and sea. 



Penguin was in hard luck on Wednesday, being in collision with a 

 steamer on her way up the East River and losing her bowsprit. She 

 manage 1 to ship a new one and to show up in time on Thursday morn- 

 ing. Ethel started from New York with a new boom, a miserable 

 stick, which broke about a third of the way from the fore end before 

 she reached Larchmont. One of her crew cleverly reduced the frac- 

 ture and put it iu splits in time for the start, afterward lashing on an 

 oar when the splints threatened to go during the race. She finally 

 won in her class. Folly had hard luck, towing over from Oyster Bay 

 with barely time to get her number and make a late start, some eight 

 minutes astern of her class, the 25-footers. As she crossed the line 

 she was mistaken by the regatta committee for a 21-f ooter and ordered 

 back, the signal for this class not having been given. After three or 

 four peremptory hails from the committee boat she returned and laid 

 about for some time before the committee discovered and rectified its 

 mistake, when she started far astern of her class. With all of this 

 handicap she finally won. 



The courses selected, the wind being north, were the Red Springs 

 and Parsonage Point course for all above Class 9; the four larger 

 schooner classes sailing three rounds, 32J4 nautical miles, and all of the 

 others sailing two rounds, 21}£ miles. The other classes sailed the 

 smaller and similar triangle, tua first mark being half-way to theRtrd 

 Spring Buoy and the second mark being thn Scotch Caps Buoy, two 

 rounds making 10J4 miles. The starting and finish line was oil the 

 mouth of Larchmouu Harbor, two scows with flags being anchored, 

 one plainly lettered 'Southwest S ake Boat." The courses and classes 

 with the series nurnoers, were displayed from tue commitcde ojac. 



Theflset was started in four divisions. atll:35, 11:43, 11:51 and 12:01, 

 the latter being a one gun start for the 21 footers. All went over with 

 spinaker booms to port, some setting spinakers and then taking them 

 in only to set them agai a a few minutes later. Balloon jio topsails 

 and balloon main topmast staysails were also set, though a few of the 

 schooners were content with small main topmast staysails. The fleet 

 was timed: 



Queen Mao 11 36 24 Vorant II 11 46 00 



Emerald 11 36 27 Badger 11 53 51 



Elsemarie 11 37 20 Fairy , , 11 55 n 



Katrina 11 37 44 lone , 11 55 ig 



Ramona, 11 38 03 Feydeh 11 55 43 



Amorita ...11 38 32 Bingo ,.11 55 53 



Iroquois 11 39 35 Trust Me ...11 55 58 



Mayflower 11 39 55 Punch,... 11 56 00 



Constellation 11 39 55 Ramona 11 56 00 



Loyal 11 39 55 Mary ',',11 55 00 



Marguerita 11 39 55 Edna 11 56 00 



Florida 11 39 55 Water Lily 56 00 



Choctaw 11 44 30 Terrapin 11 50 00 



Huron 11 46 00 Colleen 11 56 00 



Infanta , ,....11 46 00 Caper 11 56 00 



Uvira 11 46 00 Flounder 11 56 



Minerva ....11 46 00 Weasel , 11 50 00 



Dragoon 11 45 00 Annie F. ,,11 56 00 



Gossoon ...11 46 00 Adele Rae 11 56 00 



Pengwin 11 46 00 Shrimp 11 56 00 



Sasqua ,11 46 00 Question 11 56 00 



H. W. Beecher 11 46 00 Zelica 11 56 00 



Gavilan 11 46 00 Ethel 11 56 00 



Dorothy 11 46 00 Molly Bawn 11 56 00 



Norota 11 46 00 Houri 12 01 00 



Kathleen 11 46 00 Vaqnero 12 01 00 



Swirl 11 46 00 Celia 'l2 01 00 



Eidolon 11 46 00 Folly 



The wind from the north held but a short time, then coming from 

 southwest and making a reach on starboard tack over the last of the 

 first leg and a free reach over the second. Then it shifted to north- 

 west again and made a close reach over the third leg. A number of 

 the smaller boats managed to make a wrong turn and were sent back 

 over the right course by messages from the regatta committee 

 wafted through an aluminum megaphone. The ending of the first 

 round made a fine sight, in spite of the rain and haze, the long pro- 

 cession of yachts, large and Bmall together, jibing at the southwest 

 markboat. The times were: 



Houri 1 S6 25 Adele Rae 1 53 02 



Vaquero 1 37 03 Trust Me 1 53 51 



Fairy 1 37 28 Zelica 1 51 30 



Folly 1 37 50 Weasel ' 1 55 08 



Feydeh 1 39 55 Question 1 55 ll 



Mary 1 40 10 Caper 1 55 45 



Ramona 1 42 51 Constellation 1 57 15 



Badger 1 43 16 Iroquois 1 57 20 



Celia 1 44 00 Uvira 1 58 34 



Kittie 1 44 08 Mayflower 2 00 03 



Molly Bawn 1 44 59 Ramona 2 00 20 



Colleen , 1 45 25 Katrina 2 00 25 



Zelica ...1 48 46 Huron "2 03 28 



Punch 1 45 55 Gossoon 2 07 01 



Edna 1 46 28 Minerva ; * 2 10 09 



Ethel 1 46 29 Loyal "*2 13 41 



Queen Mab 1 47 27 Eidolon ,*a 19 31 



Emerald 1 47 35 Penguin,,,, , ' '2 19 56 



Bingo 1 48 06 Norota '.'...'.2 20 56 



lone , 1 48 24 Dragoon 2 25 10 



Amorita 1 48 31 Choctaw 2 31 22 



Shrimp 1 49 20 Vorant 2 34 02 



Elsemarie 1 50 41 Infanta 2 39 39 



Flounder 1 51 33 H. W, Beecher 2 59 45 



Marguerite 1 52 10 



The second round was sailed with a free reach to the first mark, a 

 beat to the second and a close reach in, the last boats being headed 



and having to make a short leg. The committee very wisely signaled 

 the larger yachts to finish on this round. The times over the line 

 were: 



Fairy 2 47 20 Emerald 3 41 27 



Houri 2 48 49 Amorita 3 46 53 



Folly 1 52 07 Queen Mab 3 47 10 



Vaquero 2 54 15 Marguerite 3 53 02 



Mary 2 54 55 Elsemarie 3 55 41 



Ramona 2 58 06 Uvira 4 05 53 



Celia , 3 06 54 Constellation 4 13 42 



Adele Rae 3 08 43 Katrina.. 4 15 51 



Kthel 3 12 35 Iroquois 4 19 46 



Punch 3 12 38 Huron 4 21 56 



Feydeh 3 14 14 Mayflower 4 23 58 



Kittie 3 15 41 Ramona 4 26 24 



Colleen 8 16 29 Gossoon 4 27 29 



Edna 8 17 08 Minerva 4 33 12 



lone 3 20 41 Loyal 4 39 36 



Terrapin 8 21 13 Norota 4 41 80 



Shrimp 3 22 16 Penguin 4 44 36 



Weasel 3 25 43 Dragoon , 4 47 19 



Badger 3 28 49 Eidolon 4 48 18 



Flounder 3 30 31 Vorant 4 50 26 



Bingo 3 30 42 Choctaw 4 51 13 



Tru-tMe 3 38 06 Infanta 4 53 14 



Question 3 38 50 Henry Ward Beecher 5 05 48 



The official times were: 



SCHOONERS -CLASS A— ALL OVER 90FT. RACING LENGTH . 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Rimona, H. M Gilli* 105.84 4 48 24 4 47 55 



Constellation, B. Thayer 107.24 4 35 42 4 35 42 



CLASS B — ALL OVER 81 AND NOT OVER 90FT. 



Emerald, J. R. Maxwell 83.51 4 05 00 4 05 00 



Marguerite, H. W. Lamb 83.38 4 14 02 4 11 06 



CLASS B -CRUISING TRIM. 



Iroquois, H. C. Riuse 82.28 4 41 46 4 38 10 



Mayflower, W. A. Gardner 89.63 4 45 48 4 45 58 



CLASS C— ALL OVER 71 AND NOT OVER 81FT. 



Amorita, W. G. Brokaw 4 08 63 4 08 53 



Elsemarie, J. B. King 78.18 4 18 21 4 17 12 



CLASS D— ALL OVER 60 AND NOT OVER 7lFT. 



Loyal, B. F. Sutton.. 64.51 5 01 36 5 01 36 



Florida, F. A. Reid 61.36 Withdrew. 



SLOOPS, CUTTERS AND YAWLS -CLASS 2 —ALL OVER 69 AND NOT OVER 77FT. 



Katrina, George Work 16.08 4 38 07 4 38 07 



Huron, E. S. Hatch 69.01 4 45 56 4 39 32 



CLASS 3— SPECIAL. 



Kitrina, George Work 76.08 4 38 07 4 38 07 



Queen Mab, Percy Chubb 53.28 4 10 4R 4 06 22 



Huron, E. S. Hatch 69.01 4 43 £6 4 39 83 



CLASS 6 (FLUSH DECK)— ALL OVER 43 AND NOT OVER 49FT. 



Gossoon, L. V. Clark 47.83 4 41 29 4 41 29 



Uvira, F. P. Sands 47.13 4 19 53 4 19 03 



Minerva H. W. Bueknall.. 45,63 4 47 12 4 44 32 



CLASS 6 (TRUNK CABINS), ALL OVER 43 AND NOT OVER 49FT. 



PenguiD, G. E. Brightson 48.90 4 58 36 4 58 36 



Choctaw, T. L. Arnold 46.30 5 06 43 5 03 39 



Sloops and Cutters, Class 2.— Katrina beat Huron 1:25. 

 Sloops and Cutters, Special.— Queen Mab beat Katrina 31:45 and 

 Huron 33:10. 



22^8 and Minerva 25^}9 ° laSS 6 CF1Ush Dec X)-— Uvira beat Gossoon 

 Sloops and Cutters, Class 6 (Trunk Cabin).— Penguin beat Choctaw 

 5:03. 



Sloops and Cutters, Class 7.— Norota beat Eidolon 6:56 

 Sloops and Cutters.— Infanta beat H. W. Beecher 10-30 

 Sloops and Cutters, Class 9.'— Feydeh won. 



Sloops and Cutters, Class 10 —Folly beat Shrimp 24:47, Badger and 

 Bingo. 



Cabin Cats, Class 11.— Mary beat Weasel 25:55. 

 Cabin Cats, Class 12.— Ethel beat Kittie 7:31. 

 Open Yachts, Class 13.— Fancy beat Punch 20:03 and Edna 29'40 

 Open Yachts, Class 14, Adele Rae wins on elapsed time, Terranin 

 second. * 

 Open Yachts, Class 15.— Ramona, walk-over. 

 Thirty-four-Raters.— Dragoon beat Vorant 3:07. 

 Twenty-one-Footers.— Houri beat Vaquero 5:20 and Celia 18:05 

 Half-Raters.— Trust Me beat Question 0:42. 



Emerald wins the Colt cup. The large fleet was well handled by the 

 regatta committee, Messrs. J. F. Lovejoy, Otto Sarony and Wilson 

 Marshall. Among the large number of attendant yachts the new 

 Seabury launch Levanter attracted the mo^tattention from the model 

 and workmanship on her hull and her clean running when speeded 

 Amorita made a fine race, judged by all the other large schooners.' 

 easdy beating her older sister, Elsemarie. She came to grief, how- 

 ever, just after finishing, there being an incompatability between her 

 draft— 12ft.— and the rocks off Pagoda Point. The tide was out at the 

 time and she soon came off without injury. Her elapsed time was 

 3m. 53s. slower than Emerald. Queen Mab not only beat the 70ft. 

 Katrina by half an hour, but made the course in 5m 45s. more than 

 Emerald and lm. 54s. more than Amorita. The Fife cutter Uvira made 

 remarkable time, beating Gossoon and Minerva very badly, while the 

 three keel cutters were far ahead of the two centerboards in their class. 

 Uvira Is going wonderfully well this year, but her owner knows her to 

 a nicety, and sailing her himself is getting all out of her that is in 

 her, just as he did a few years ago with the old centerboard sloop 

 Peri. It is a pleasure to see a yacht kept and sailed as Uvira is, and 

 that by a Corinthian. Norota sailed a good race in her class; in fact, 

 ahe outsailed Penguin and Choctaw in the class. The little Fife cut- 

 ter Infanta, a boat that has been little heard of in the two years that 

 she has been afloat, is doing very good work this year, this time easily 

 beating one of the fast centerboard sloops of the old type. The little 

 fin-keel Feydeh, a failure on her first trial last year, has been greatly 

 improved, and is doing very well this season. Folly scored a very 

 creditable win in her class, and Shrimp beat the two centerboard 

 boats. Mary won easily from Weasel and Molly Bawn, the latter an 

 old-time McGieban sandbagger lately fitted with a cabin house. Ethel 

 beat Kittie in spite of a broken boom— a very creditable performance. 

 The old Fairy won again in her class, and Adele Rae in hers. Vorant 

 II sailed a good race, but was beaten by Dragoon; the latter had her 

 orew in uniform, making a pretty sight. Vaquero swung a new suit . 

 of Herreshoff crosscut sails, but was beaten bv Houri. The two 15- 

 footers had quite as much racing as they wanted, and Question's crew 

 were in hard luck, too. Mr. Clark sailed a very good race, handling 

 his boat enti rely alone. 



DEFENDER— Taken Two Hours After Leaving the Shop.— From a Photo by R. B. Burchard, Amateur. 



CLAHS 7, ALL OVER 36 AND NOT OVER 43FT. 



Eidolon, H. F. Crosby 41.70 5 03 1 8 5 01 35 



Norota, F. M. Hoyt 41.14 4 55 30 4 54 39 



Sasqua, H. Andruss 39.79 Withdrew. 



Swirl, E. W. Presbrey 42.25 Withdrew. 



Dorothy, E Oliver 36.50 Withdrew. 



Kathleen, L. L. Clark. ./ 37.44 Withdrew. 



CLASS 8, ALL OVER 30 AND NOT OVER 36FT. 



Infanta, J. B Mills 33.80 5 07 14 5 07 14 



Henry Ward Beecher, Tompkins & 



Bevins 32.24 5 19 48 5 17 44 



Gavilan, C. E. Diefenthaler 31.00 Withdrew. 



CLASS 9, ALL OVER 25 AND NOT OVER 30FT. 



Feydeh, E. D. Cowman 29.05 3 18 31 3 18 31 



Harrietta, Withdrew. 



Water Lily, 22.07 Withdrew. 



CLASS 10, ALL 25FT AND UNDER. 



Badger, A. F. Hogan 23.30 3 34 58 3 31 27 



Bingo, H. K. Goetchins 3 44 49 



Shrimp, C. M. Pratt 21.34 3 26 16 3'2o'o4 



Folly, J. Bullock 24.40 2 56 07 2 56 07 



CABIN CATS — CLASS 11— ALL OVER 25FT. 



Mary, W. E. E sworth 28,76 2 58 55 2 58 55 



Molly Bawn, F. M. Brown. , , , , Withdrew. 



Weasel, T, E, Ferris 25.10 3 29 43 3 24 50 



CLASS 12, ALL OF 25FT. AND UNDER. 



Kittie, Hazen Moose 23.10 3 19 41 3 18 21 



Ethel, F. M. Randall 20.60 3 16 35 3 10 50 



Caper, P. Howard 23.97 Withdrew. 



OPEN YACHTS —CLASS 13— ALL OVER 20ft. 



E<lna T. Oripve 24.50 3 21 08 3 21 09 



Fairy, F, E. Towle 24. 00 2 52 13 2 51 26 



Punub, E. Rushmore.,.* 21.50 3 16 38 3 11 29 



Zelica, H. A. Sherman. 20.29 Withdrew. 



Colleen, J. H. Jackson... 8 20 29 



CLASS 14— ALL 20FT. AND UNDER 



Annie F., F. P. Fullgraff Withdrew. 



Adele Rae, Charles Rae 3 12 45 



Terrapin, H. L. Curry 19.98 3 25 13 3 25 i3 



Flounder, J. R. C. Tappan 3 34 31 



lone 19.97 3 25 25 2 25 25 



CLASS 15 -JIB AND MAINSAIL YACHTS. 



Ramona 25.30 3 02 06 3 02 06 



SPECIAL CLASS— 34-FOOTERS. 



Dragoon, F. M. Freeman 5 0119 ... 



Vorant II., G. G. Tyson 5 04 26 



SPECIAL CLASS— 21-FOOTERS. 



Houri, E. B. Hart 2 47 49 



Vaquero, W. G. Brokaw 2 53 15 



Ceha, W. S. Gould 3 05 54 



SPECIAL CLASS— 15 FOOTERS. 



Trust Me, C. McL. Clark 3 42 08 



Question, M. H. Clark 3 42 50 ..... 



The winners were: 



Schooners, Class A. — Constellation beat Ramonia 12:13, 



Schooners, Class B — Emerald beat Marguerite 5:54. 



Schooners, ClaBS B, (Cruising Trim).— Iroquois beat Mayflower 7:48. 



Schooners, Class C— Amorita beat Elsemarie 8:19. 



Schooners, Class D.— Loyal beat Florida. 



Tappan Zee Y. C. 



GRAND VIEW— HUDSON RIVER. 



Saturday, July 0. 

 The Tappan Zae Y. C. was in luck on July 6, having a good south- 

 erly breeze for its annual regatta. The course was 18 miles, and the , 

 times were: 



CLASS F— CABIN SLOOPS LESS THAN 32FT. AND OVER 27. 



Start. Finish. Corrected, 



Annette 11 55 04 Did not finish. 



Ruth 11 49 38 3 00 00 3 10 22. 



CLASS 4— CABIN CATS OVER 23FT. 



Molly Bawn 11 53 04 2 47 55 2 54 51 1 



Ella F 11 58 00 3 19 43 3 18 28 



Minnie ,,11 51 40 2 53 30 8 08 20 



Aller 11 48 50 3 03 00 3 10 59 



Fanita 11 50 50 3 10 45 3 13 28 



Ethel 11 55 05 3 45 10 3 03 51 



CLASS 8— OPEN CATS LESS THAN 28FT. AND OVER 20FT. 



Pauline B 11 54 58 2 57 10 3 02 12 



Colleen 11 54 30 2 47 45 2 52 00 



Petrel 11 56 04 3 16 10 3 18 50^ 



CLASS 9-OPEN CATS LESS THAN 20FT. AND OVER 17FT. 



Gauntlet 11 54 20 3 14 20 3 19 42 



Gracie 11 54 08 3 16 45 3 21 37 



Echo 11 54 50 3 16 45 3 26 05 



Alpha 11 51 23 3 23 12 3 23 25 



Judges— Com. A. J. Prime and James Weeks. Regatta Committee- 

 James A. Styles, F. W. Meeker and S. G. C. Pinckney. 



Eastern Y. C. Regatta. 



The annual regatta of the Eastern Y. C. will be sailed on Wednes- 

 day, July 17, off Marblehead. starting at 10:45 A. M. from Half Way 

 Rock. 



The classes and prizes are: 



Schooners— First class (over 75ft, waterline), $200; second class, 

 (30ft. and not over 75ft. waterline), $150. If four or more first class 

 schooners complete the course, a second prize of $75 will be awarded. 



Sloops and Cutters.— First class (over 70ft. waterline), $200; second 

 class, not over 70ft., $100; third class, not over 61ft„ $100; fourth class, 

 not over 53ft., $75; fifth class, not over 46ft., $75; sixth class, not 

 over 40ft., $75; seventh class, not over 35ft., $75. 



If four or more yachts start in any class, a second prize of $25 will 

 be awarded in that class; if three or more cutters or sloops of first 

 class start, both prizes will be increased. 



The Puritan Cup will be awarded for the year to the yacht of the 

 club making the best corrected time over the course sailed by the 

 larger yachts. 



Entries must be received in writing at the office of Mr. William S 

 Eaton, Jr., secretary of the club, 281 Franklin street, Boston, before 

 2 o'clock P. M. on July 16, or before 9 P. M. of July 16 at the club 

 house. 



,l No yacht shall be entered for a race without her ownership, rig, 

 and official measurement are on record with the secretary."— Racing 

 Rule 2. 



The measurer of the club is Mr. Henry Taggard, 264 Purchase 

 Street, Boston, 



