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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 14, 1895. 



Beverly Y. C. 



226th rack, Aug. 17. 

 . Thk doubtful prizes have been decided. Kitten wins in knockabout 

 class. Sippican takes third prize in third class cats, and in fifth class 

 sloops Raccoon takes first prize by 10s. on allowance, Laurel second 

 prize. 



The 227th race, third sweepstakes, was sailed at Quissett Aug. 24, 

 and was the poorest race ever sailed by the club on tbe bay. 



Wind blew a severe gale from S W. and all the morning there was a 

 densefog. As most of the racing boats would have a long beat to wind- 

 ward in the fog in order to get to Quissett, almost none were on hand, 

 only seven boats appearing. 



Grilse was the only small boat on hand, going down from Cataumet 

 and having no competitor did not start. First and second classes 

 sailed together and short courses were given. 



In the heavy wind Salmon was reduced to a four-reefed mainsail 

 only, Ashuruet carried storm jib in addition and beat ber badly, Fal- 

 con found weather to her liking. Courses 8}4 and 7 miles. 



SPECIAL CLASS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Ashumet, C. H. Jones, B. Y. C 34.03 1 23 44 1 20 40 



Salmon, W. E, C. Eustis, B. Y. C 38.06 1 31 19 1 33 33 



FIRST AND SECOND CLASSICS. 



Falcon, sip , J. S. Russell, B. Y. C 27. C6 1 26 08 1 19 06 



Flirt, sip., W. E Shearer, Jr., B Y. C 23.04 1 35 00 1 24 30 



Kalama, cat, C. H. Brewer. B. Y. C 26.10 1 44 49 1 37 49 



Dorothy, cat, — Crosby, Osterville 



Kalama sailed long course by mistake. Ashumet and ^alcon won 

 first prises, Flirt second prize. Judges— F. E. Cabot, N. H. Emmons. 



The 228th regatta, fourth open sweeps, was Sailed off (he club house 

 Aug. 31 in a strong S.W. breeze. Salmon split her mast and with- 

 drew. 



In second class the old boats came to the front, Mist being first on 

 actual lime and the old Surprise on corrected time. 



In third class Melro had a long lead, but lost mast and boom, throw- 

 ing race to the new Agnostic, Colymbus next on actual time, with 

 Puzzle and Eina very close up, both smaller boats and not yet meas- 

 ured; second and third prizes are withheld till they are measured. 



In fourth class cats the new Coquette beat Howard, and in the 

 sloops Grilse, though leading by 2m. 7s , lost to Sylph on allowance, 

 while in the fifth class sloops the Burgess boys seem to have got 

 Laurel going to their satisfaction; having twice cut down her rig, she 

 won easily. 



Courses— Largely to windward, 19& miles for special, 1134 for first 

 and second, 8 for third, 8)4 for fourth, and 5J-3 for fifth class. 



SPECIAL CLASS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Ashumet, C H. Jones, B. Y. C 34.0? 3 1117 



Salmon, W. E. 0. Eustis, B. Y. C 38.06 Disabled. 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS. 



Little Peter, W. G. Catron. B. Y. C 28.10 1 56 33 1 47 27 



Falcon, J. S. Russell, B. Y. C 27.06 2 18 16 1 57 26 



Mistral, R. J. Edwards, B. Y. C 27.07 Withdrew. 



SECOND CLASS CATS. 



Mist, G. H. Lyman, B. Y. C 25.01 2 06 29 1 53 13 



Surprise, J. M. Codman, B. Y. C 24.01 2 07 43 1 53 10 



Kalama, C. H. Brewer, B. Y. C 26.10 2 08 04 1 56 49 



Anonyma, F. L Dabney, B. Y. C 24.09 2 09 46 1 56 04 



Starling, T. D. Jennings, N. Falmouth. ,. .23.11 2 24 26 2 29 41 



Bernice, J. G. Young, Jr , B. Y. C 25.08 Disabled. 



SECOND CLASS SLOOPS. 



Flirt, W. L. Shearer, Jr,, B. Y. C 23.04 Withdrew. 



THIRD CLASS CATS. 



Agnostic. D. Crosby, Osterville 20.02 1 43 51 1 29 27 



Colymbus, A. Winsor, B Y. C 21.06 1 47 13 1 34 1 8 



Puzzle, W. Amory, 2d, B.Y. C 1 47 35 



Eina, J Parkinson, B Y. C 1 48 11 . . 



Doris, J. Parkinson, B. Y. C 21.01 1 48 26 1 85 23 



Gilt Edge, D. L. Whittemore, B, Y. C 21.10 1 49 54 1 37 40 



Star, P. E. Judd, Onset 18.04 2 00 35 1 43 54 



Melro, D. L. Whittemore, B £. C 20.03 Dismasted. 



FOURTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Grilse, W. E. C. Eustis, B Y. C 19.01 1 53 46 1 87 11 



Sylph. N Huckins, Jr., Onset ...17.04 1 55 53 1 36 42 



Silence, J. Crane, Jr., B. Y C 



FOURTH CLASS CATS, 



Coquette, W. W. Phinney, Mon. Beach. .. .18.01 2 01 03 1 42 58 



Howard, H. O Miller, B. Y. C 18.00 2 01 12 1 43 00 



Dawdle, R S. Hardy, B Y. C 17.06 2 02 32 1 43 35 



Cinch, H. Parker, B. Y. C 18.01 Withdrew. 



FIFTH CLASS <\ATS. 



Vif, Ralph Winson, B. Y. 14.04 1 24 54 1 09 10 



Imp, G. B, Dabney, B. Y. C 14.05 Disabled. 



FIFTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Laurel, H. & F. Burgess, B. Y. C 14.00 1 25 26 1 09 15 



P D Q, R W. Emmons, B Y. C 14.02 1 28 24 1 12 26 



Hilda, Robt. Winson, B. Y. C 13.08 1 32 08 1 14 40 



Prize winners: Special class, Ashumet; second class sloops. Little 

 Peter; second class cats. Surprise first, Mist second, Anonyma third; 

 third class cats, Agnostic; fourth class cats, Coquette first, Howard 

 second; fourthcUss sloops,Sylph; fifth class sloops, Laurel; fifth class 

 cats, Vif. 



Judges: F. E. Cabot, A. H. Hardy. 



The 229th regatta, second open, was sailed Sept. 2 in the worst 

 weather ever met in tbe bay. It was a flat calm all morning, and 

 many boats wishing to race failed to arrive or arrived too late. 



At 1 o'clock there was no wind and start was delayed till 1:30, when 

 they- went off in a very light N.E. air. Isem led off, followed by 

 Ashumet. and Salmon, all with Fpinakers set. Just over line Ashumet 

 overtook and fouled Isem, who protested. Later in race she collided 

 with Salmon. 



At the next gun two first class, three second class sloops and seven 

 second class cats started, sailing same course as special, 11J4 miles. 

 Little Peter went wrong side of buoy on starting line and was out of 

 race. Mistral did the same, but came back and crossed properly. 

 Both skippers can learn something. 



Oil Wing's Neck they ran into a S.W. breeze and held it till they got 

 back to the Neck, when they again met the N.E. breeze. 



Kalama was best, boat actual time, but cams out fourth on allow- 

 ance. Mr. Codman is doing very well with tbe old Surprise and again 

 took first. 



Seven third class cats and seven cats and six sloops started in fourth 

 class, 8}4 miles Coquette again led in the cats, Howard withdraw- 

 ing. 



In the sloops, Turkey and the new Herreshoff Edith had no light 

 sails. The latter, a very pretty boat, was unofficially measured out of 

 the class and protested for sculling with rudder after preparatory gun. 

 Silence is yet to be measured, and many rhiuk is too long for the 

 class. This leaves prizes in doubt. Melro is also protested for 

 sculling. 



Silence got off on the gun, held the breeze, got a lead of over a mile, 

 got all the changes of wind first and led home by 5m. 



Course for firth class was 5)4 miles, a beat to Buoy 5 and return, 

 twice over. All fourth and fifth classes were handicapped but Silence 

 drifting stern first back from the line. 



At end of first round in fifth class they were heading S W. for start- 

 ing line carrying spinakers, while third and fourth classes, abreast of 

 them J4 mile east, were heading N.E. and carrying spinakers. When 

 they struck the northeast wind they all bunched except the old Eina, 

 who spun out a long lead. Laurel, too, did nobly. 



SPECIAL CLASS. 



. „ Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Ashumet, C. H. Jones, B. Y. C 34.03 2 50 15 2 46 04 



Salmon. W. E. C. Eustis, B. Y. C 88.06 2 54 43 2 53 42 



Isem, H. R. Reed, B. Y. C 33.03 3 00 29 2 55 29 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS. 



Little Peter, W. G. Cotton, B. Y. C 28.10 3 01 27 2 52 31 



Mistral, R. J. Edwards, B. Y. C 27.07 3 13 23 3 02 59 



SECOND CLASS SLOOPS. 



Flirt, W. L. Spearer, Jr., B. Y. C 23.04 3 18 25 8 02 52 



Alma, R. Bigelow, A. Y. C 22.08 3 20 05 3 03 37 



Hurricayne, R. P. Owens, Mon. Beaeh 21,09 3 40 02 3 32 14 



SECOND CLASS CATS. 



Kalama, C. H. Brewer, B. Y. C 26.10 3 06 06 3 54 51 



Surprise, J. M. Codman, B. Y. C 24.01 3 07 40 3 53 07 



Mist, G. H. Lyman, B. Y. C 25.01 3 08 10 3 54 44 



Anonyma, F. L. Dabney, B. Y. C 24.09 3 08 20 2 54 38 



Bernice, J. G. Young, Jr., B. Y. C 25.08 3 00 31 3 56 56 



Linotte, W. P. Wilson, B. Y. C 35.10 3 13 30 2 59 48 



No Name, E. L. Dorr, Jr., Wareham 24.00 Withdrew. 



THIRD CLASS CATS. 



Eina, John Parkinson, B. Y. C 2 41 05 



Melro, D. L. Whittemore, B Y. C 20.03 2 48 38 3 38 36 



Doris, John Parkinson, B. Y. C 31.01 2 52 33 2 38 21 



Puzzle, Wm, Amory, 2d, B. Y. C 3 55 28 



Tycoon, J. L. Stackpole, Jr., B. Y. C 2 55 28 



Colymbus, Alfred Winsor, B. Y. O ...31,06 3 55 29 2 41 45 



Gilt Edge, D. L. Whittemore, B. Y. C 21.10 2 55 34 2 42 13 



Agnostic, D. Crosby, Osterville 20.02 2 55 50 2 40 32 



FOURTH CLASS OATS. 



Coqnette, W. W. Phinney. M.ou. Beach. ...18.00 2 52 45 2 34 35 



Dawdle, R S. Hardy, B, Y, C 17.06 2 59 59 2 41 03 



Squall, J. G. Palfrey, B. Y. 3 02 58 



Cinch, H. Parker, B. Y. C 18.01 3 14 50 2 56 45 



Howard, H O. Miller, B. Y. C 18.00 Withdrew. 



Ginger, J. Dexter, Mattapoisett Withdrew. 



Whim, E. O. Bird, B. Y. C Withdrew. 



FOURTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Silence, J. Crane. Jr , B. Y. C 2 48 04 



Grilse, W. E, C. Eustis. B. Y. C 19.01 2 53 56 2 36 21 



Edith, C M. Baker, B. Y C 3 54 38 



Fin, H. Stockton, B. Y. C 17.09 3 01 25 2 42 51 



Turkey, C. S. Dennison, B. Y. C 3 03 02 



Sylph, N. Huckins, Jr., Onset 17.04 3 03 12 2 43 11 



FIFTH CLASS CATS. 



Vif, Ralph Winsor, B Y. C 14.04 3 08 48 1 53 04 



I mp, G. B. Dabney, B. Y. C 14.05 3 09 18 1 53 40 



Clam Shell, R. Brewer, Matta 12.06 2 09 40 1 51 02 



lola, W. Bowman, Matta 2 11 00 



Tern, W. Tileston, B Y. 14.05 2 13 14 1 57 36 



Frolic. R. Butler. Content 14.10 3 13 50 1 58 43 



Try, E. Harding, B. Y. C 13.01 2 17 40 3 00 14 



Spectre, L. P. Phillips, Cataumet Withdrew. 



FIFTH CLASS SLOOPS 



Laurel, H. & F. Burgess. B, Y. C 14.00 3 04 34 1 48 23 



Hilda, Robert Winsor, B. Y. C 12.03 2 12 58 1 54 30 



Raccoon, J L Stackpole, Jr , B, Y. C 13.04 2 18 30 1 56 25 



Waskite,' H. N. Richards, B. Y C 2 13 45 



P D Q, R W. Emmons, B Y. C 14.02 2 14 35 1 58 37 



Judges: W. Lloyd Jeffries, A. H. Hardy, H. S. Cassuth. 



PRIZES. 



Special, first class sloops, first prize; third class cats, second and 

 third prizes; fourth class sloops, three prizes, and fifth claBS sloops, 

 third prize in doubt owing to protests and non-measurements. 



S°cond class sloops, first prize, Flirt; second class cats. Surprise first, 

 Anonyma second, Mist third; third class cats. Eina; fourth class cats, 

 Coquette first, Dawdle second, Squall third; fifth class cats, Clam Shell 

 first, Vif second, Imp third; fifth class sloops, Laurel first, Hilda 

 second. 



Valhalla. 



A curiosity in the line of private yachts is the ship-rigged Valhalla, 

 owned by Joseph Frederick Laycock, of the Royal Yacht Squadron of 

 England, which is now lying off Staten Island. The Valhalla is the 

 largest vessel of her kind in the world, and even in England, where 

 ship-rigged pleasure craft are more numerous than they are in this 

 country, she attracted a great deal of attention from yachtsmen on 

 account of her large size and handsome appointments. The Valhalla 

 depends almost entirely on her sails as a means of propulsion and her 

 steam equipment Is lor use only in case she becomes becalmed. In 

 this she differs materially from a majority of American pleasure 

 yachts, for on this side almost absolute dependence is placed on the 

 propellers, and the sails are used rarely except in case of a breakdown 

 in the machinery. 



Mr. Laycock, the owner of Valhalla, is an enthusiastic yachtsman 

 and most of his time is spent on board his ship. Before he built the 

 Valhalla he owned the schooner yacht Sibyl. His present vessel was 

 constructed in 1S92 and has been in commission almost continuously. 

 She has visited almost every part of the globe, but this is the first, 

 time either she. her owner and his guests, or her captain, William 

 Barnard, R N.,bave been in New York. They came over to see the 

 yacht races, and, incidentally, to have a look at New York and 

 America. 



The Valhalla sailed from Cowes on Aug 20. Mr. Laycock understood 

 that the first Defender-Valkyrie race was to be sailed on Sept. 14. The 

 Valhalla took her time, and touched at San Miguel, Azores. Several 

 days were spent there, and a longer Btay would have been made had. 

 not a telegram been received on Aug. 28 saying that the first Cup race 

 would be sailed on Saturday. Instead of having nearly three weeks 

 in which to make the 2,500 miles to New York, the Valhalla would be 

 obliged to cross in ten days if her owner was to witness the first race. 

 Capt. Barnard made up his mind that the Valhalla could do the distance 

 in the available time. Early on the morning of the 28th the bifj pleasure 

 boat started. Favorable winds were encountered, and it was not 

 necessary to use the engines except for short intervals. At 7 o'clock 

 on Saturday morning the anchor was lowered off Sandy Hook. Two 

 circular storms were encountered during the passage, but tbe Valhalla 

 only got the edge of them. On the whole the trip was a pleaFant one. 



Mr. Laycock has as his guests Mr. Gordon Wood and Mr. Cecil 

 Slade, two well-known amateur yachtsmen. They witnessed the 

 yacht race and the finish, and were not much surprised at the result. 



Tue Valhalla is a haitdsome ship, and the lines of ber bow are 

 especially graceful. She is steel armored, and is 239.6ft. over all, 

 37.2ft. beam, and 20.7ft. in depth. She is painted black, with gold 

 trimmings. Her mizenmast is 125ft. long and her mainmast 141ft, 

 She presents a very shipshape appearance as she rides at anchor, 

 gently rising and falling with the swell. Every boatman on Staten 

 Island has taken a look at her, and they can hardly express the ex- 

 tent of their admiration for her. She was built three years ago at- a 

 cost of $4?O,0OO. 



In the interior arrangements of the yacht the promise of the hull is 

 fully carried out. Nothing has been left undone that might add to the 

 enjoyment of a cruise. Aft is the day cabin, occupying the entire 

 width of the ship and extending half way amidships. This is furnished 

 in white and gold woodwork, with maroon and light blue silk draper- 

 ies. In the cabin is a well-stocked bookcase, an organ, and a grand 

 piano. The furniture consists of a dozen or more chairs and lounges, 

 couches and tables, all artistically disposed around the room, 



Below decks are the sleeping cabins. Five are on the port side aft. 

 They are finished in white and gold. Each is about 10 by 20ft. Mr. 

 Laycock's cabin is the largest on the port side, and adjoining it is a 

 commodious private office, finished in red. The walls of this room 

 are decorated with photographs of the Valhalla, taken at Cowes, and 

 oil paintings of twenty or more horses formerly owned by Mr. Lay- 

 cock. 



On the starboard side is the dining saloon. This is finished in red 

 and gold and white. Next aft is the boudoir, with drapings and fur- 

 niture in light blue figured silk. The ladies' cabins are four in num- 

 ber, each finished in gold and white and with silk drapings. In these 

 cabins the berths are hung so that they swing with the roll of the ves- 

 sel. There are bathrooms, lockers and servants' quarters: Through- 

 out the after part of the ship Spanish mahogany is used for the doors 

 and wherever it can he introduced harmoniously. The captain's cabin 

 is on the starboard side forward and finished in oak. Teak is used 

 largely in the construction of the craft. 



The Valhalla carries a battery consisting of two 31b. Hotchkiss 

 guns and a Maxim rapid-fire gun, and the crew has regular gun 

 drills. The crew consists of 117 men, and is organized on the plan of 

 a man-of-war as nearly as can be. The Valhalla carries 160 tons of 

 coal, an amount sufficient to last twelve days. Under steam she can 

 make eleven knots an hour. Under sail she has made fourteen knots. 

 —New York Sun. 



The Bight of Way at a Mark. 



The Regatta Committee of the New York Y. C. issued the following 

 public statement on Friday night: 



''New York Yaoht Club, Sept. 6, 1895. 



'•The attention of the Regatta Committee has been called to a state- 

 ment which has been published, purporting to be their decision on a 

 hypothetical case under the racing rules, which was submitted to 

 them." 



The decision of the committee was as follows, viz. : 



New York Yacht Club, ) 

 67 Madison Avenue, Sept. 5, 1895. ) 



C. Oliver Iselin, Esq. 



Dear Sir; Referring to your inquiry of the 4th inst. addressed to 

 the Cup Committee, asking an opinion upon the following hypothet- 

 ical case which has been referred to us, viz : 



"First — The two boats in maneuvering for the start both on the 

 same tack, one to windward and one to leeward, and the weather boat 

 being freer than the leeward boat, shapes her course to cross the line, 

 Ins the leeward boat, being closer hauled, the right to force the 

 weather boat on the wrong side of the mark, it being understood that 

 an overlap has been established? 



"Second— When does the judges' boat and the stakeboat at the 

 other end of the starting line oecome a mark'/ 



"Your decisicu is also reauested on this point in reference to turn- 

 ing a buoy or mark.' ' 



We repiy as follows; 



First— Tbe leeward yacht may force the other on the wrong side of 

 the mark provided she passes on the wrong side herself and provided 

 she does not begin to luff in order to do so after an overlap has been 

 established. 



Second— If the leeward boat posses the mark on the required side, 

 she must allow the other room to also pass clear of the mark on the 

 required Bide, always assuming that an overlap exists between the 

 two boats. 



Our answer to number two is that both ends of the line become a 

 mark on making of the preparatory signal. 



Our answer to your final inquiry is contained in our first reply 

 Respectfully yours, Regatta Committee, N. Y. Y. C. 



The asking of this question calls attention to this important matter, 

 though Mr. Iselin s question does not cover the whole case. In the 

 original case in point, that of Vigilant and Defender, there is some 

 doubt as to the question of an overlap; the two yachts were in such 

 close proximity as to endanger fouling, and yet as they were coming 

 from different directions, and their courses were at right apgles it 



cannot be said that either had an overlap sifeb as exists in the case of 

 two yachts coming from the same direction to ;pass a mark. At the 

 same time it is evident that if the boat which is nearer the mark in 

 the latter case has certain rights, the same should be secured to the 

 inner boat in the former case. It seems to us that the committee's de- 

 cision does not cover the Vigilant case, as Defender, the inner and 

 nearer boat, could not have an overlap until she was almost touching 

 Vigilant. 



This is a point that needs to be cleared up, especially in view of the 

 peculiar wording of the rule in the New York and some other clubs; 

 as we understand the intent of the rule, going back as far as possible 

 and taking the many different wordings to be found, it is intended to 

 secure the right of passage by a mark of a yacht which is in a posi- 

 tion to pass the mark on the required side without tacking ; and which , 

 at the time she comes into immediate proximity of the mark, is not 

 clear of another yacht. It is not necessary that both should have 

 come from the same direction, or even that an overlap shall exist, the 

 two indispensable conditions being that the yacht claiming the benefit 

 of the rule is able to pass the mark without tacking; and that she is 

 menaced by another yacht of which she is not entirely clear. 



In the extreme case of a yacht coming for the line before the wiDd 

 and at right angles to the line, and meeting a second yacht standing 

 right along the line on the wind and probably on starboard tack, 

 neither yacht is overtaking another, neither has or can establish an 

 overlap; and yet, in our opinion, the yacht which is free is en- 

 titled to a clear passage by the mark if she is the nearer finner) 



We are by no means convinced of the correctness of the committee's 

 decision, that even though a yacht may be on her legitimate course to 

 pass a mark in the required manner, another yacht has a right to luff 

 her on the wrong side of the mark. Outside of a certain distance 

 from the mark this would come under the luffing and bearing away 

 rule; but if the two come together directly at the mark, as sometimes 

 happen*, we are of the opinion that the weather vessel has the right 

 of way by the mark. Mr. Iselin's question as to when a vesBel or 

 buoy becomes a mark of the course is hardly capable of more than one 

 answer. 



There are a number of points in the sailing rules in which it is a 

 serious question, first, what the intent of the rule is, and secondly, 

 what the wording says. 



The Burning of the Yankee Boodle. 



.From the Philadelphia Item., Sept. 2. 



The fast steam yacht Yankee Doodle, owned by the McBrlde broth- 

 ers, was almost totally destroyed by fire near the mouth of the Schuyl- 

 kill River shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and nine per- 

 sons who were on board narrowly escaped with their lives. Some of 

 them had to save themselves by jumping overboard and swimming to 

 the shore with the aid of live preservers. 



Those on board the boat at the time were Captain John McBride, 

 who was in command; William Naulty, the pilot; Thomas McBride, the 

 engineer, and Ebenezer Fisher, assistant engineer, comprising the 

 crew, and G. Martin Brill, president of the J. G. Brill Car Company; 

 Herman Brill, his son; John J. Kelly, chief engineer oC the Brill Com- 

 pany; William Graham and Captain Lawrence Naulty. 



The party left Bainbridge Street Wharf on the Schuylkill River 

 shortly after 1 o'clock for a trip down the Delaware. Fast time was 

 made down the Schuylkill, and Captain McBride was looking forward 

 to a sharp race with the City of Chester which the Yankee Doodle 

 would have on its way up from Wilmington. Just as it rounded Girard 

 Point and was about emerging in tbe Delaware River, one of tbe oil 

 valves blew out and the boat was at once enveloped in flames. Pilot 

 Naulty turned the boat sharply toward the shore, while the rest of the 

 crew and some of the guests hustled buckets of water over the gun- 

 wale in a vain attempt to fight the flames. Captain McBride, who led 

 the fire fighters, had the hair singed from his eyebrows. 

 |&The fire was confined amidships, however, closing the passageway 

 to those aft. Most of those forward jumped out when the nose of the 

 boat grounded in the mud. Some of those aft seized life-preservers 

 and plunged overboard. William Graham, who was one of these, was 

 almost exhausted when he reached the shore. There was a folding 

 life-boat on board, and this waB successfully [floated, Capt. Lawrence 

 Naulty, George McBride and Thomas McBride escaping in this way. 



A rowboat, with three men, was close by the yacht whan the fire 

 occurred. Those on board appealed to the three oarsmen to come to 

 their assistance, but no attention was paid to the cry for help and the 

 three men, inspired by terror apparently, made haste to put as wide 

 a space between themselves and the burning yacht as possible. Mr. 

 Brill and the other passengers complained bitterly last evening of the 

 cowardice of the unknown oarsmen. 



After the yacht was bedded on' the shore the tug Reese came along 

 and turned a stream of water on the flames. The crew of the yacht 

 also did valiant service with buckets of water, the fire being finally 

 extinguished after a loss of $600 had been sustained. The wreck was 

 towed up the river by the Police boat Samuel G. King and was moored 

 at South Street Wharf, West Philadelphia, about 5 o'clock, where 

 many persons viewed it last evening. 



Sailing in Two Classes. 



The following calls attention to a serious breach of racing rules by 

 which injustice was done to several yachts. The rules requiring the 

 filing of the official measurement of a yacht and her final entry in her 

 proper class prior to the starting of a race are so important that no 

 club save the New York Y. C. can afford to violate them. Every 

 owner duly entered is entitled to know before the start of a race the 

 yachts qualified to start in his class; and if a yacht is put up a class 

 according to a very common rule, all in the class should be notified of 

 the change. In the present case, as we have heard irom disinterested 

 parties, as well as from the following letter, the yacht mentioned was 

 not entered in her own class, though under the rule she had no right 

 to enter any other class; she did not sail the proper course for her 

 class, and consequently did not win in it. No club which countenances 

 such violation of the rules can look for the support of racing owners 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



I wish to call your attention to an occurrence at the regatta of the 

 Huguenot Y. C. on Aug. 17. The club made three classes of cabin 

 catboats, dividing them from 23 to 25ft., 25 to 27ft. and 27 to 30ft. rac- 

 ing length. There is a rule of the club that "a boat of the smaller 

 class has a right to enter the larger class by assuming the smaller 

 length of that class." 



Having entered the Mary in the larger class at 28ft. racing length, I 

 inquired of a member of the regatta committee on the morning of the 

 race if the Kittie had entered my class, and was told she had not; I 

 also asked the owner of the Kittie previous to the race what boat, be 

 had to sail against, and he told me the Monson. After the race I was 

 told that, the Kiltie had won in my class I found that the regatta 

 committee had figured the Kittie at 25ft. racing length in a class that 

 was limited to 27ft. I at once protested, the committee allowing the 

 protest, and declared the Kittie the winner in the smaller class, a class 

 that had sailed a different course. 



The Kittie was so placed that after the race was sailed her owner 

 could figure up tbe time and place her In any of the three different 

 classes Finding that she was beaten by being put in the larger class, 

 she is taken out of that class and made the winner in the smaller 

 class, which sailed a different course. 



Wm. Elsworth (owner cabin cat Mary). 



Sea Cliff Y. C. 



Thursday, Sept. S. 

 A special race for cabin cats was sailed on Sept. 5 by the Sea Cliff Y. 

 C, starting in a light breeze. Molly Bawn had a good lead when near 

 the finish line, but the wind dropped and the others came up on her, 

 the times being: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected 

 Molly Bawn, F. Brown, Pavonial2 37 20 3 16 12 2 38 52 3 38 52 

 Nelhe, S. Stenson, Sea Cliff.... 12 39 35 3 30 45 2 51 10 2 47 47 

 Onaway, S. C. Pirie, Sea Cliff. .12 39 38 3 22 32 2 43 54 2 39 12 

 Oconee, C. T. Pierce, Riverside.12 36 45 3 16 15 2 39 30 2 34 00 

 Flyaway, W. Vancott, Sea Cliffl2 36 20 3 IB 15 2 39 15 Not meas. 

 Wenonah, W. Porter, Sea Cliff 13 42 52 3 41 55 3 59 03 2 53 03 

 Kittie, H. Morse, Huguenot. . . .12 36 15 3 17 05 2 40 50 2 34 35 

 Tbe judges were Le Grand L. Clark and F. W. Benner. 



Spruce IV. is Bere. 



Mr. J. Arthur Br/nd reached New York on the Fulda last Mon- 

 day, bringing with him the 15-footer Spruce IV., the British competi- 

 tor for the Seawanhaka Corinthian International Challenge Cup for 

 i mall yachts. 



YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 



The little yacht built by Mr. Dwyer, and which we mentioned last 

 week as at first intended for the 15ft. class at Oyster Bay, has been 

 sold to Robert Nunnemacher, of Pine Lake, Wis. She sailed her first 

 races on Aug. 34 in the inter-lake regatta at Ooonomowoc, Wis., 

 being second in a fleet of nineteen in the first race and first in a fleet 

 of sixteen in the second. One of the boats defeated by her was built 

 from the lines of the noted Sorceress, and has been very successful. 

 The boat was sailed by her new owners for the first time in these 

 races. 



The formal opening of the new club house of the Cleveland Y. C, 

 will take place on Sept. 12. 



