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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 1, 1805. 



the judgment of the race committee, shall be the best adapted there- 

 for, and not necessarily the winner of a majority of the trial races. 



(2.) On Saturday morning, Aug. 24, all yachts entering for the trial 

 races will be measured in racing trim at the club anchorage, Oyster 

 Bay. 



(3.) Each yacbt must carry a racing number (which may be ob- 

 tained at the club house on the morning of the first race) fastened 

 securely on both sides of the mainsail. 



(4.) In the event of a race being postponed or ordered resailed, it 

 will be sailed at as early a date as may be practicable. 

 ► Entries.— En tries must be in writing and filed with the secretary of 

 the race committee, Charles A. Sherman, 64 Leonard street. New 

 York, by 12 o'clock noon, on Aug. 23, or at the club house at Oyster 

 Bay by 10 o'clock on the morning of Aug. 26. 



GENERAL CONDITIONS AND REGULATIONS. 



As previously announced in a circular issued by the race committee 

 on May 1 last, the Seawanhaka International Challenge Cup is this 

 year offered for competition between yachts of not exceeding 15ft. 

 racing length (S. C. Y. C. measurement). Entries in the trial races 

 will therefore be confined to yachts of this class. 



The defense of the cup is open to yachts owned by members of the 

 yacht clubs of the United States in good standing. 



The general conditions governing the cup aDd the general regula- 

 tions for the control both of the international and trial races as 

 amended are as follows: 



I. The cup shall be a perpetual international challenge cup. The 

 Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. shall have the custody of the cup in the 

 first instance, and every challenge shall be through some recognized 

 yacht club of a foreign country, and the cup when won shall be de- 

 livered to and held by the club through which the challenge was- 

 made. 



n. A challenging yacht shall lie met by only one competitor. 



III. The races shall not be less than three nor more than five in 

 number, the cup to he taken by the winner of the majority. 



IV. The American courses, while the cup remains in the custody of 

 the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C, shall be on the waters of Long 

 Island Sound in the vicinity of Oyster Bay, or in the bay itself. They 

 shall consist of a triangular course and a course to windward or lee- 

 ward and return. For the 15ft. class each leg of the triangular 

 course shall be two nautical miles in length, and shall be sailed over 

 twice, making a total of twelve miles. The course to windward or lee- 

 ward and return shall be three nautical miles to each leg and shall be 

 sailed over twice, making a total of twelve miles. 



V. The start shall be a one-gun flying start. 



VI. The races shall be sailed without time allowance. 



VII. The challenge cup is offered this year for yachts of not, ex- 

 ceeding loft, racing length (S. C. Y. C. measurement). 



The formula for determining racing length under the S. Gi Y. C. 

 rules is as follows: 



L.W.L.+ Vsail area _, . , 

 — =Racing length. 



VIII. In the 15ft. class, yachts shall be measured without crew on 

 board, but instead thereof a weight of three hundred pounds shall be 

 carried amidships during measurement to represent the crew. 



IS. All ballast shall be fixed. (Weighted centerboards shall be 

 considered fixed ballast.) 



X. No outrigger or other outboard mechanical device, for carrying 

 live ballast to windward, shall be allowed. 



igXL In determining sail area a system of measurement shall be 

 employed which will give, as nearly as possible, the actual number of 

 square feet thereof . Sails shall be limited to mainsail, jib and spinaker. 

 The combined area of mainsail and of the jib used in wind ward work 

 shall constitute the factor of sail area in determining ractag length. 

 The area of spinaker and balloon jib shall each be limited to four-tenths 

 of the total area of the mainsail and jib used in windward work. 



XII. The helmsman shall be an amateur, and the total number of 

 persons on board shall be limited to two. 



XIII. Future competitions for the cup shall be limited to yachts of 

 classes from 15ft. to 25 ft. racing length, both inclusive. 



Excepting in case of conflict with the foregoing conditions and regu- 

 lations, the racing rules of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club 

 shall govern the trial races. 



Note.— Attention is called to the fact that it is expected to arrange a 

 series of open races with Spruce IV. after the challenge cup races. 



Oliver E. Cromwell, Chairman, 

 Port Chester, New York. 

 Charles W. Wethore, 



35 Wall Street. 

 Walter C Kerr, I Race 



26 Cortlandt Street. | Committee. 

 Valentine Mott, 



62 Madison Avenue. 

 Charles A. Sherman, Secretary, 

 64 Leonard Street. 



The new Herreshoff boat Olita was ordered by Vico-Com. Rouse 

 immediately on the completion of the preliminary "arrangements with 

 Mr. Brand last April, everything being left to the designer, the only 

 limitations being that she should be strong enough to carry at the 

 davits of the schooner Iroquois and should have two watertight bulk- 

 heads. The yacht was completed at the end of July, and her crew, 

 Messrs. Vaux and Burchard, have had little time for necessary altera- 

 tions and working up. In type she is very different from previous light 

 draft Herreshoff craft such as the very successful Alpha, and she has 

 nothing whatever in common with the very fast and handsome Herres- 

 hoff fin-keels like Alerion , Memory and Niagara. There is about her a 

 very strong suggestion of the "one desigu"'inodel by Mr. Linton Hope 

 which we published on Feb. 9. She is 20ft. over all, 6ft. 3in. beam, and 

 3in. draft, with a high freeboard amidship and a rather straight sheer. 

 The stern is cut off short, ending in a wide and deep square transom 

 much like the old Newport catboats; when in sailing trim the tuck 

 was barely immersed, and when at rest about a foot of the after end 

 of keel is exposed. The bow is like that of Dragoon, with over 3ft. 

 overhang, to judge by the eye, and just abovft and parallel to the 

 water. When under way the bow was quite clear of the water, dip- 

 ping in now and then ju»t enough to break the water; it was not 

 pretty, and to all appearances served no other purpose than to make 

 a back 6ail when on the wind. 



The construction is very 6imple and light, %in. white cedar plank 

 ing laid with a ship lap on bent frames hardly larger than in a canoes. 

 The keel is made stiff for hanging at the davits, by carrying the side* 

 of the centerboard trunk as far a? possible fore and aft, instead o£ 

 just clear of the head ledges; under the deck is a very light clamp, 

 but there is absolutely nothing in the way of bilge clamps to stiffen 

 the bottom. The deck is equally light, of %\n. white pine laid with a 

 ship lap on very small deck beams. The bulkheads are placed in the 

 extreme ends of the boat, leaving an open Epace of some 14ft. between 

 them. The cockpit is 4ft, 3in. wide and quite long. The hull is so 

 lightly built that the bottom and deck work very perceptibly when 

 under way, this being, according to the theory of old deep-water men, 

 a distinct element of speed. The centerboard is of bronze, rectangu- 

 lar in shape and dropping .some 3ft. below the keel when fully down, 

 the fore edge nearly vertical. It is about 2ft. wide and probably 

 weighs under 50lbs„ being lifted by an arm, as in all of the Hope 

 boats. The rudder is of bronze and is fitted to house in the trunk, as 

 in the Hope design already mentioned, for convenience in carrying, 

 at the davits. The boat is painted white all over, with varnished! 

 decks. The bilge is round and full, the bottom very fiat and the floor 

 long. 



The rig is very poor in construction, the spars are solid, the mast 

 being but 2%\u. diameter, and the fittings are rough; the main boom 

 gooseneck is fastened to the mast with four large screws, something 

 that would cause a canoeist to raise bis hands in horror. The blocks 

 and rigging are of the ordinary stock variety, by no means good 

 enough for canoe work; and the sails, a boom and gaff mainsail and a 

 jib with tack at the stemhead, were of the new criss-cross cut and very 

 poor. The Herreshoff mainsail was condemned after a few trials and 

 hastily replaced with another of the same cut by a New York maker, 

 which proved no better, in fact the boat was very badly handicapped 

 especially to windward, by poor sails, spars and rigging. 



When Olita was ordered, Mr. Herreshoff was desirous of having 

 both types represented in the class and Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt ordered 

 a bulb fin, Osprey, already described. In beauty of lines and in con- 

 struction she is greatly superior to the centerbo'ard boat, having two 

 long and symmetrical ends, a beam of but 4ft. 6in., and being planked 

 with mahogany. The rig, however, is like that of Olita. It was 

 expected that she would be present, and Mr. Paul Butler was invited 

 to sail her in the races, but as he had never seen or sailed her before, 

 and would have had no opportunity to learn her or to put her in shape, 

 it is perhaps as well for his reputation that she was not present. 

 From her spins in Newport Harbor she looks to be a fast and certainly 

 is a handsome and stylish boat, and her presence in the races in proper 

 form would have added greatly to the interest, but like all the others, 

 she would have needed some careful preparation at the hands of her 

 crew. 



There was, however, a Herreshoff fin-keel in the class Trust Me a 

 duplicate, as we understand, of Miss Sutton's Wee Winn, but built 

 late last year. She is a handsome boat, of mahogany, with pine deck, 

 and rigged with boom and gaff mainsail and jib to stemhead. The 

 sails were by no means new and only fair in quality. She was sailed 

 very persistently and pluckily by her owner and a young friend. Her 

 dimensions were not suited to the class, her waterline being over 16ft. 

 and her sail area under 200sq. ft. 



The other flu-keel, Trilby, is by no means the chestnut that her 

 name would indicate, but a new boat specially designed for the class 



by Mr. Charles Olmstead, designer of Vorant n., Gavilan, Eidolon, 

 Wild Cat, Consternation aDd many other yachts. She was built by 

 Wood & Son, of City Island, under Mr. Olmstead's personal supervi- 

 sion, and is a very handsome piece of work, the hull of double skin 

 construction, mahogany outside. She is 5ft Bin. beam and with a 

 full bilge, especially for a fin-keel; the two ends being carried out 

 easily to an extreme length of some 24ft. The fin is deep and rather 

 narrow, both edges vertical, and slid in a trunk, so as to be moved if 

 desired. She has been under way for a month in preparation for the 

 races. Her deck was originally of mahogany, but in the week pre- 

 ceding the races this was removed and a white pine deck, «iiin. thick, 

 was substituted. She had a rather small cockpit, with mahogany 

 coaming and with her long ends, mahogany topsides brightly polished, 

 white varnished deck and mahogany partner plank and coaming, she 

 was the prettiest piece of boat-building in the fleet. The boom and 

 gaff mainsail, a very good sail, was made by Wilson & Griffin, of 

 New York, as was the jib, cross-cut after Mr. Wilson's method, The 

 jib was large compared with the mainsail. 



The Indian Harbor boat, L'Indienne, is a wide centerboard craft of 

 7ft. beam, and with long ends, of lapstrake construction with white 

 cedar planking, she had a very good suit of sails, with a large jib and 

 a boom and gaff mainsail. 



F. & R, is a sharpie or more properly a skiff, so far as that doubtful 

 term applies, with a short square stern instead of the long fantail of 

 the New Haven sharpie. She is of the usual rather heavy construc- 

 tion and was built last season, having raced so successfully with many 

 local boats of her own type that her owners concluded to enter her. 

 She carried a jib and mainsail rigwilh bowsprit and very large jib, 

 having very fair sails. 



The most unique and interesting boat in the class was Question, 24ft. 

 over all, 5ft. beam, 1ft. depth, and about 3ft. in draft, with a waterline 

 of 14ft. 6in. According to Mr. Hyslop she is the most difficult boat to 

 measure that has ever come under his tape in many years' experience 

 as measurer. The sides are almost parallel for three-quarters of the 

 length, the stern being square and the bow rather abruptly pointed. 

 They are vertical from end to end, about 1ft. wide amidships, and 

 rounded downward on deck and upward on the bottom so as to make 

 a reversed sheer above and quite a rocker below. There is no sem- 

 blance of a cockpit, merely a 10x12 hatch in the deck to carry a spin- 

 aker or a copy of the sailing directions, and the crew in sailing lie per- 

 fectly flat at all times except when off the wind in a drift, when they 

 get a little rest by squatting on deck in various odd positions. In any 

 sort of a lop they are likely to be washed fore and aft. The center- 

 board is sheet steel 6ft. long and about 155Ibs. in weight, dropping far 

 down and showing high above the deck when raised. The hull is 

 roughly built of pine, painted a dull lead color, and the deck is can- 

 vased. The rigging is simple but crude, and the sails, mostly a boom 

 and gaff mainsail with but a few square inches of jib, are old and not 

 over good. 



The whole outfit, while lacking in style, beside Trilby, Olita and Etbel- 

 wynn, was picturesque in the extreme. The two young fellows who 

 sailed her were tanned a rich brown, their coBtumes consisted of red 

 jerseys cut extremely decollette, with blue trunks to match, and the 

 effect of hull, sails and crew was most striking and unconventional. 

 The boat was launched early in the season, being intended for this 

 class, and has been raced persistently and successfully ; in fact, though 

 in these races not sailed by her owner, but by his brother, she had 

 probably an advantage over all the others in the experience and local 

 knowledge of her crew. 



The last boat in the class, Ethelwynn, was specially designed for 

 these races, and as the order was not placed until July 1, she was the 

 last completed, and has had the least time for final preparation. She is 

 a centerboard boat, carrying a 551b. plate of Parson's manganese 

 bronze, a i B 1n. thick and 4ft. 6in. long on the lower or forward edge; on 

 the wind this plate being dropped until nearly vertical. It is hung on 

 a pin and is of the shape introduced by Mr. Linton Hope, being raised 

 by an arm and tackle. The boat is 23ft. 4in. over all, with 3ft. 9in. fore 

 overhang and 4ft. 6in after overhang, on a 15ft. waterline, these ex- 

 treme lengths being taken merely for structural purposes and to avoid 

 carrying a bowsprit. Her extreme beam is 6ft., and at the waterline 

 it is about 4ft. 8in., the draft of hull being 6 to 7in., and the least free- 

 board 10 to llin. The stem is a sharp point and the counter ends in a 

 neatly shaped transom. While the model is derived from the Scare- 

 crow and other similar boats, some very wide departures have been 

 made both in lines and construction in the directions indicated by the 

 experience with these cruising boats; the angle of the floor has been 

 very much sharpened, the displacement cut down to carry only a crew 

 of 3001bs. with hull and rig of racing weight, and the beam on deck has 

 been widened as much as possible to give a seat for the crew. The 

 centerboard was made as light as possible, the weight of the crew 

 being depended on for ballast, with a margin in the length and dis- 

 placement to admit of about lOOlbs. of lead if found desirable on trial. 



In the construction every effort was made to save in weight without 

 sacrificing necessary strength, and as very little has been done here in 

 racing cratt of such small size and yet different from canoes, the 

 scantling was a matter of experiment. The result, seems satisfactory, 

 the boat, with a total weight for the hull alone of 3551bs., being strong 

 and stiff. The keel is of spruce, with no stem knee, but in one piece 

 from stem head to transom, the latter being of mahogany. The 

 frames are of steamed rock elm, the main frames at mast, bulkheads, 

 and end of waterline and middle of trunk, being hackmatack of natural 

 crook. The planking is of Jgin. white cedar laid diagonally and J4in, 

 mahogany laid fore and aft, with Union silk between, the outer skin 

 finishing to under J4in. The outside hull is very handsome, but in the 

 deck allappearances were sacrificed to utility, and in place of tapered 

 strips of white pine a light deck of 6 i 6 ' n - white cedar was laid, covered 

 with canvas laid in paint. With a properly laid pine deck the boat 

 would have compared favorably with any in the class for looks, but 

 the painted deck, though neither handsome nor shipshape, is lighter, 

 tighter and stronger. 



The hull was built by the St. Lawrence River Skiff, Canoe and Steam 

 Launch Co., of Clayton, N. Y., and in a hurry, the lines laid down full 

 size, were received on July 13 and the boat was shipped by rail and 

 received at Greenwich, Conn., on Aug. 7; this does not sound like 

 much compared with the latest English record, made by Sibbick, of 

 Cowe8, of a 1-rater furnished complete in five days from the date of 

 the order; but in this latter case tne boat was little different from a 

 large number of others already built, and many of the parts were got 

 out in advancs, while in the case of Ethelwynn everything was new, 

 the workmen knew nothing of the Dature of the boat until the lines 

 were received, and had never built anything of the kind before. The 

 work was hurried under the personal supervision of the manager of 

 the company, Mr. J. G. Fraser, and the result is highly creditabie to 

 him and his men. 



The rig is a distinctive feature of the boat, to which her success 

 thus far is largely due, being almost a duplicate of that leg of mutton 

 rig devised by Mr. C. J. Stevens for his Scarecrow, and which has 

 answered perfectly on that boat. After an experience of a dozen 

 years in canoes and later in Scarecrow, Mr. Stevens has produced a 

 rig that is not only orignal, but is alike perfect in the general disposi- 

 tion of sail and in its mechanical details. In this work he has oeen 

 materially aided by Messrs. Gilbert L. and R. H. Wilson, the sail 

 makers, the former in particular taking a very great interest in canoe 

 sails and making many suggestions which have led to the present im- 

 provement on the old English balance lug, the starting point. The 

 • excellent mechanical work and practical skill in boat sailing of Mr. L. 

 K. Young, of Bridgeport, has contributed in no small degree to the 

 success of Scarecrow, he having made several sets of spars for her 

 and worked out a number of minor details in the way of fittings, The 

 spars of Ethelwynn were made by him, a handsome hollow mast and 

 boom; the sail hoisting on a railway by means of small toggles on the 

 luff. These, with the spring gooseneck, the blocks and other special 

 fittings, were also made by him. 



The standing rigging is of phosphor bronze wire rope, set up with 

 light lanyards instead of turnbuckles, and the running rigging is of 

 the English cord imported by canoeists. The mainsail, of about 190 

 sq ft., is of a stout cotton cloth; the first sail was not entirely satis- 

 factory, though used in several races, and a new sail was made by 

 Wilson & Griffin, which was bent for the first time on the morning of 

 Monday's race, proving very satisfactory. The first jib, of 50ft,, 

 proved too large and was not as good as was directed, and a second 

 one was made, of but 35ft., which answered admirably both in size 

 and cut, the cloths running in various directions, after Mr. Wilson's 

 new method. 



The boat was built and rigged after the best canoeing practice, of 

 Becuring strength and lightness by the use of the finest materials in 

 specially made articles, and not trusting to stock fittings, etc., and 

 the results have well repaid the extra care and trouble. The rig was 

 undoubtedly superior in quality to those of all the other boats, 

 though several were carefully rigged and with good sails. 



The value of the water-tight compartmeutR was fully tested by an 

 unfortunate capsize in the Horseshoe Harbor Y. O. race of Aug. 24, in 

 a very strong breeze, three other boats capsizing and one being dis- 

 masted, the boat being steered by a stranger. She capsized entirely, 

 but floated so high that her crew did not get wet, and one hand by 

 going overboard stowed both sails, the boat being easily righted with 

 her cockpit less than a quarter full. 



Two other boats intended for the clas s did not appear, as they 

 proved to be unsuited for the measurement a Dyer boat, built at 

 Lake Minnetonka, and 2EZ (Too Easy), designed and built by Mr. E. 

 Towle. 



On Monday morning the seven boats were off the club station at 

 Oyster Bay, and the flagship Oneida, Commodore Benedict, took 

 aboard the regatta committee, ibe club had provided a good steamer 

 to leave New York each morning and follow the races, returning to 

 the city at night, the charge being $1.50 including dinner, but only 

 ialf a dozen people appeared on her on this and the two following 



days. The morning was hot, with a little wind in the Bay and even 

 less outside when the Oneida anchored off the Center Island Buoy at 

 noon. The yachts had already towed out, and with a flood tide and 

 no wind Question made fast to the buoy, and Trilby, Ethelwynn 

 L'Indienne and Trust Me tied up astern of her while the crews went 

 swimming. 



It was hot and tiresome until about 2 o'clock, when a light S.W. 

 wind came in and the boats cast loose and began to work about the 

 line. The preparatory signal was given at 2:15 and the start at 2:20. 

 The boats came for the line bunched under Oneida's quarter, Trilby 

 first and Elhelwynn inside her, the two touching as Trilby luffed for a 

 moment for the gun. When over the line Olita and Ethelwynn quickly 

 took the lead, the former with a working jib and the latter set a bal- 

 looner. This was Olita's first race, and she made a very promising 

 beginning, starting up quickly in the light air, and with sheets well off 

 she traveled very fast and easily, soon turning the first mark with a 

 lead of over a minute on Ethelwynn and of about three minutes on 

 the others; L'Indienne, which had essayed a spinaker, being last. 



The second leg was also with started sheet, the wind still very light 

 and the water smooth, Olita showing even better and adding another 

 two minutes to her gain over Ethelwynn. F. & R. Bhowed a good 

 third in this work, while Question was but fifth. 



Sheets were now hardened for the beat of two miles, Olita and 

 Ethelwynn both standing to the westward toward Lloyd's Neck. As 

 they came for the line Olita was almost headod by a sand schooner, 

 but fortunately managed to get by her bows. Ethelwynn made a gain 

 of over a minute on the windward work, and was tm. 5Ss. astern at the 

 beginning of the second round. F. & R. made a very bad showing on 

 the wind, while Question, sailing an easterly course, came up almost 

 unnoticed until she was third boat. The times at each mark are given 

 below. 



The second round opened with more wind from the same quarter, 

 and again Olita sailed very fast, adding a minute on the first lee and 

 two more on the second, until she led Ethelwynn at the lee 

 mark by 4m. 48s. She started again to the westward, the 

 ebb now giving her a push on the lee bow while she kept well above 

 the strong ebb out of Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor. The 

 wind was light but steady and she had more than at any time earlier 

 in the race. Ethelwynn, with five minutes to make up in three miles, 

 was no sooner by the buoy than she went about and headed in on one 

 long leg for Lloyds' Neck, apparently a poor course with the ebb from 

 the harbor on her weatherjbow, but there was nothing left for her. 

 She stood on until well in under the shore and a long distance from 

 Olita, now out to the westward, and finally the two came about. It 

 was slow work, as they had passed the lee mark at 4:44 and it was not 

 until 5:25 that they came together, Ethelwynn going easily across 

 Olita's bows. She tacked and stood for the line, where she was timed 

 with a lead of lm. 19s., showing a gain of ;6m. 7s, in two miles. 

 A part of this was undoubtedly due to a stronger breeze out of the 

 harbor, but the wind was freshening for both all the way home The 

 rest of the fleet was far astern, L'Indienne having withdrawn entirely 

 after the first round. The official times were: 



First race.— Start 2:20 P. M.: 

 First Round. 



Second Round. 



1st 

 mark. 



Ethelwynn..2 50S6 



Olita 2 49 53 



Question.... 2 53 40 



Trilby 2 52 50 



Trust Me.... 2 52 30 



F&R 2 52 12 



L'Indienne. .2 53 37 



1st 

 mark. 



2d 



mark. Line. 



3 18 21 4 06 55 



3 15 10 4 04 57 



3 23 11 4 09 00 



3 23 20 4 10 40 



3 22 27 4 17 25 



3 21 57 4 18 25 



3 23 57 4 26 20 Withdrew. 



3d 

 mark. 



4 25 45 4 4S 58 



4 22 57 4 44 10 



4 27 40 4 53 10 



4 29 51 4 54 12 



4 37 55 5 01 30 



4 40 20 5 05 55 



Line. 



6 36 50 



5 38 09 

 5 46 07 



5 46 37 



6 00 10 

 6 12 37 



Elapsed 

 3 16 15 

 3 18 09 

 3 26 07 

 8 26 37 

 3 4010 

 3 52 37 



Tuesday, the day of the windward and leeward race, was cloudy, 

 with a very light off-shore wind and a sprinkle of rain. The start was 

 made at 12:45, the Oneida's launch running out with the mark. Olita 

 crossed on the gun close to the spar buoy, with Ethelwynn close inside 

 her. Neither F. & R. nor L'Indienne started, leaving but five boats, 

 the other three going over the line with spiDakers set and with booms 

 to port (the right jibe as it proved) on Trilby and Trust Me. Olita 

 and Ethelwynn were in such close company on the line that they 

 could not set spinakers until over and clear, both having booms to 

 starboard. Still, in a light wind Ethelwynn ran away faster than 

 Olita had done on the first day. She had shipped four pigs of lead, 

 251bs., early in the morning, and the extra weight did not seem to stop 

 her in the light winds of this and the following race. Her crew had 

 turned out at 4 A. M. to get her on the beach for a rub down with a 

 special black composition kindly given them by the crew of F. & R. 

 The bottom was painted with copper bronze on the first day, with 

 varnished topsides, and though the appearance suffered by the black 

 stain over the mahogany, the boat was smoother and faster. At the 

 first turn she had made 3J *m. on Olita and about 4 on the others. Both 

 she and Olita ran a little by the lee and had to take in spinakers and 

 jibe before coming up with the mark. 



The windward work was slow and tedious, taking an hour and a hah" 

 for the leader to cover 8 miles, Olita's mainsail, but indifferent on the 

 flrBt day, was now stretched into a worse bag, after the manner of the 

 criss-cross kind. Ethelwynn's new mainsail was sitting even better 

 than most leg o' mutton sails, which are apt to show wrinkles about 

 the head even when doing good work. 



Olita made a long tack inBhore to the eastward while Ethelwynn 

 made several Bhorter tacks. The wind held light, but shifted a little to 

 the eastward, then came rather stronger from the south. 



The end of the first round showed Ethelwynn 10m ahead of the 

 second boat, Trilby, and 19m. ahead of the last, Question. 



The second round started in a very light wind and with the flood tide 

 still running to the westward at the outer mark. Ethelwynn steered 

 to the eastward to avoid being carried beyond the buoy in a possible 

 calm, and when a little way out she was obliged to head still further 

 off her course to avoid a long tow of barges which threatened to cut 

 her off entirely from the mark, at the same time there was a promise 

 of an easterly wind offshore. Olita sailed a middle course, also hav- 

 ing to look out for the tow. When Ethelwynn was a mile out the wind 

 dropped until she was almost drifting, Olita faring little better. After 

 a time the light easterly air came up the Sound and both set spinakers 

 for the mark, but in the meanwhile the southwest wind came in quite 

 fresh and brought up the rear boats, Question beiDg the most favored 

 of all ; being near the Center Island buoy when the wind came, she was 

 able to head for the lee mark in a straight line, and at the turn, instead 

 of 19m. she was just 28s. astern of Ethelwynn. The other three were 

 almost up to the leaders, so that after having won the race at the end 

 of the first round Ethelwynn was forced to start almost even to win it 

 again in the last 3 miles. 



The wind was stronger and truer than at any other time during 

 the three days, and Ethelwynn began to gain from the moment her 

 sheets were trimmed. On the way over, though the sky was clear, a 

 little rain fell, but the water was comparatively smooth. She made up 

 3m. on Question and more on Olita in the three miles, winning very 

 easily. 



Second race.— Start 12:45 P. M.: 



First Round. Second Round. 



1st 1st 



mark. Line. mark. Line. Elapsed. 



Ethelwynn 1 30 17 8 00 51 4 03 15 4 33 03 4 08 03 



Olita 1 33 45 3 17 21 4 04 35 4 57 48 4 12 48 



Question 1 34 12 3 19 53 4 03 43 4 56. 25 4 11 25 



Trilby 1 34 03 3 10 27 4 04 11 5 00 07 4 15 03 



Trust Me 1 34 19 8 15 17 4 04 50 Not timed. 



Wednesday was the most trying of the three days, the wind being 

 very light and the weather intensely hot even under the wide awnings 

 of the Oneida, while on the little boats the heat was almost unbearable. 

 Wnenthe start was made at 12:15, the wind was very light W. S. W., 

 the tide flood and the water smooth. Question and Ethelwynn crossed 

 the line together, Olita being on the weather quarter of Ethelwynn. 

 Spinakers were quickly set, Olita dropping her spinaker boom in the 

 water as she crossed the line and losing a little time. They dragged 

 slowly over the first leg, Ethelwynn in the lead and gaining, having a 

 minute and a half on Olita at the turn, with the others far astern. 



On the reach to the second mark the wind fell entirely, Olita picked 

 up Ethelwynn and the two drifted side by side. Ethelwynn's orew 

 went over the side, one at a tune, for a swim, and one of Olita's crew 

 followed. While one of her men was in the water and the boat a little 

 Bhaken up by the climbing in, Ethelwynn dropped somewhat astern of 

 Olita, and though there was apparently no increase of wind the latter 

 began to forge ahead and open out the distance, probably aided by a 

 trifling slant of wind. Olita went ahead faster as a light breeze caught 

 the whole fleet, and spun out a long lead of 6m. over Ethelwynn in the 

 remaining mile to the lee mark, Qaestion and Trilby making up from 

 5 to 11m. on Ethelwynn. 



The windward work was very slow, the wind still holding light, the 

 two leaders stood over toward Lloyd's Neck together, Ethelwynn 

 finally crossing Olita's bows, the latter running along to leeward for a 

 time and then creeping out ahead. The steam yacht Venture ran by 

 the pair and washed them in the most unconcerned manner, in fact, 

 out of the large fleet of yachts about the course on the three days, 

 several showed an utter disregard of the courtesies commonly ac- 

 corded to racing yaehts by outside craft. 



Olita was in the lead by a short distance as they neared the buoy, 

 but made a wide turn; the helmsman of Ethelwynn shoved her 

 straight at the buoy and swung round as if on a pivot right between 

 Olita and the big black spar, but there was not wind enough to give 

 her any headway, and she failed by 27s. of being first at the end of the 

 round, though having made up 6m. on the windward work. 



