Sept. 28, 1895.] 



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SHADOW. Oxford Canoe Yawl. 



miles Hn all. Ethelwynn crossed the line at 1:00:35, Spruce IV. at 

 1:00:50. The first leg was E. by W. y 2 N., the wind light out of the N. 

 by W. Spruce IV. had weather position, but Ethelwynn passed her, 

 and at 1:15:04 was in the weather and two lengths ahead. 



The official times at the first mark were, Ethelwynn 1:42:31, Spruce 

 IV. 1:44:42. Second leg was a port reach. The mark times were, 

 Ethelwynn 2:05:12, Spruce IV. 2:07:09. At 2:45 they were approaching 

 the last mark with light wind, the American boat J4 m - ahead. 



The Corinthian fleet of New Bochelle will hold a special race for the 

 half-raters on Monday, Sept. 30, for a prize presented by the late 

 Robert Center. This prize is known as the Center trophy, and was 

 presented to the club by Mr. Center some time ago, but has never 

 been raced for. It was the desire of the donor that the prize be sailed 

 for by small craft, manned by not more than two men, and the club, 

 in accordance with his expressed wish, now offers it to the half-raters. 

 The prize will be awarded immediately after the race. The start, 

 which will be a flying one, will be made at 1 o'clock, and the yachts 

 will go over a triangular course of 5 miles, to be sailed over twice, as 

 follows: 



From starting line sail S.W. by S. % S. to and around the red and 

 black horizontally stripped buoy off the eastern end of Execution 



British Opinions. 



Some of the leading British sporting papers comment on the Cup 

 races as follows: 

 The Yachting World of Sept. 13 says: 



Two out of the possible five races for the Cup have been sailed and 

 lost— one actually, the second virtually. The Cup committee's de- 

 cision in the matter of Defender's well-grounded protest has, up to 

 the time of writing, not been cabled across ; but, whatever the ver- 

 dict, there can be no possible doubt that the American champion 

 achieved a moral victory. Until thoroughly reliable written reports 

 reach us it would be foolhardy to venture upon too minute a critical 

 survey. 



Land and Water says - 



The feeling between the English and the Americans was most 

 friendly, and we were all hoping to see the merits of the two yachts 

 fairly tested, The New York Y. C. did everything in its power to 

 insure a proper race but the one thing needed, that of sailing outside 

 the harbor. The committee knew perfectly well that public opinion 

 would be decidedly against them. Every sentiment pointed to their 

 ordering the race to be resailed, but they simply had not the power 



A Original Racing Sails 

 B Larger do do 



Reef, 1% miles, leaving it on the port hand; thence N. by E. to and 

 around the black spar buoy off the eastern end of Hen and Chickens 

 Reef, 1% miles, leaving it on the port hand; thence N. W. by N. to and 

 around the black can buoy off the northern end of Hen and Chickens 

 Reef, 34 mile, leaving it on the port hand; thence W.S W. to and 

 around the red buoy off Premium Point (end of starting line), 1% 

 miles, leaving it on port hand; thence back over the same course, 

 leaving all buoys on starboard hand (thus sailing around the triangle 

 in the reverse direction), to the finish line. 



Entries will close with J. D. Sparkman, New Rochelle, at 10 o'clock 

 on the morning of the race. 



Some special races open to the class will be sailed after the cup 

 matches. The S. C. Y. C. announces the following for Saturday, 

 Sept. 28: 



Prizes are offered in the following classes: 



Class I. — Sloops, cutters, yawls and cabin catboats of the 30ft. and 

 85ft. racing length classes. 

 Class II. — 15ft. racing length of sloops. 

 Class III.— The club catboats. 



A prize in silver will be awarded to the winning yacht in each of the 

 first two classes, and to the helmsman of the winning club catboat. 



The starting signal will be fired at 11 o'clock, and under the rules 

 each yacht must be steered by a member of the club or some ama- 

 teur. Entries will close with Charles A. Sherman, 64 Leonard street, 

 by noon Sept. 27, or at the club house by 10 o'clock on the morning of 

 the race. 



"The Crack Train of the World." 



A prominent New York merchant and importer of leather goods 

 said in our hearing the other day, "I have traveled all over Europe 

 and America, and I consider the train which leaves Chicago every day 

 at 6:30 P. M. for St. Paul and Minneapolis, via the Chicago, Milwaukee 

 & St. Paul Railway, 'The Crack Train of the World.' " In which 

 Statement, thousands of others heartily concur.— Adv, 



to do it. Lord Dunraven bore willing testimony to their absolute 

 impartiality, though he disagreed with the statement of fact on which 

 their decision was arrived at. 



The great mistake lay in the choice of course. The Americans are a 

 yachting nation. Here, where hardly one man in two hundred knows 

 anythinz about yachts, it is hard to imagine the intense excitement 

 that was aroused throughout America by the recent contest. The 

 New York Y. C. must have known, when they chose New York bay as 

 the course, that they were putting a premium on obstruction. No 

 place more easy of popular access could possibly have been hit upon. 

 The consequence was that the crowds of excursionists made the con- 

 test not a yacht race, but an obstacle race. It bore equally hard on 

 each boat, and it absolutely prevented a fair and square match. The 

 yacht club appealed frantically to the steamers to keep clear, and the 

 steamers in reply followed level with the yachts the whole way, got to 

 windward of them and washed them impartially, hid the markboat, 

 and turned the whole race into a scramble. 



Lord Dunraven did not go over to America to dodge steamers and 

 tugboats. He went over to try and wrest the AmT'ci's Cup from the 

 Defender in a fair race. That he had not a chance of doing so was due in 

 the first place to the choice of course, and in the second place to the 

 behavior of the American crowd. The New York Y. C. must be 

 acquitted of all blame on the second count. They did their best to 

 keep a clear course, and they failed because they had not the neces- 

 sary legal authority. The fiasco is as sore a disappointment to Ameri- 

 can as it can be to English sportsmen. 



Taunton Y. C. 



start, with preparatory signal. Four of the boats were almost brand 

 new— Palmyra, built for the Larchmont 34-rating class; Dorothy, a 

 catboat very similar in form and appearance to the well-known Mo- 

 jave: the No. 3; and Agnostic, a clever evasion of the new Beverly rules 

 for 20-footers. Four new steam yachts were to race, but onlv one 

 showed up to start, thus again proving what the Forkst and Stream 

 has stated about the impossibility of getting steam yachts to the start- 

 ing line for a race. 



CLASS A— SLOOPS UNDER 30FT 



Length. Corrected. 



Palmyra. Wm. F. Palmer 32.06 1 35 19 



Narika, A. Homer Skinner 31.11 1 42 21 



CLASS B — CATBOATS OVER 20FT. 



Kaleva. Benj. Davis 28.03 1 41 19 



No 3, Wilton Crosby 28.06 1 43 41 



Nellie. John Waldron 27.11 1 43 53 



Dorothy, H. Manley Crosby 26.06 Did not finish 



CLASS C— CATBOATS UNDER SOFT. 



Agnostic, Daniel Crosby 22.11 1 45 59 



Barnacle. Wm. J. Braley 14.02 1 51 55 



Fedora, Hinckley & Copping .19.11 1 57 81 



Yarah, F. H. Borden 17.04 2 00 25 



Junior, W. K. Hodgman ....15.06 2 19 59 



Larchmont Y. C. 



The special races of the Larchmont Y. C. on Sept. 19 brought out 

 only Acushla and Dragoon in the 34ft. class and Vaquero in the 31ft. ; 

 she and Acushla making a private match of $50 per side. The race 

 was sailed with little or no wind, the times being: 



34FT. CLASS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Acushla, Han an Bros 12 06 35 4 01 50 3 55 25 



Dragoon, F. M. Freeman 12 06 02 4 08 33 4 02 31 



21ft. class. 



Vaquero, W. G. Brokaw 12 05 00 4 08 12 4 03 12 



Vaquero beats Acushla on the regular allowance in the special 



mated and Acushla beats Dragoon. The schooner race for the Colt 



Memorial Cup was sailed on Saturday, with special races for the 34. 



and 21 -raters; the times of the schooners being: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected 



Emerald 12 37 55 4 14 25 3 36 30 3 36 30 



Amorita 12 38 50 4 44 57 4 06 59 3 59 57 



Acushla led Dragoon, but neither finished in time. Vaquero sailed 



alone over one round of the course. 



YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 



A handsome excursion steam yacht has just been completed for 

 Wm. Zink & Co., of St. Louis, by the Marine Iron Works of Chicago, 

 in which they have placed one of their 1895 pattern of 8x8 balanced 

 piston valve high-speed marine engines. Boiler allowed 165lbs. work- 

 ing steam pressure. The yacht is 50ft. long on deck, lOJ^ft. beam, 

 draws 3ft. of water, has flush deck and is licensed to carry seventy- 

 five passengers. Delivery will be made under her own steam via 

 Illinois and Michigan Canal and the Illinois and Mississippi rivers. 



Steam Yachts and Launches 



Built by Marine Iron Works, Clybourn and Southport avenues, 

 Chicago, 111. Free illustrated catalogue. Write for it.— Adv, 



DIQHTON — SIX MILES NORTH OF FALL RIVER, MASS. 

 Aug. 28. 



The first open regatta of the new Taunton Y. C. was sailed on Aug. 

 28 in a moderate breeze. The racing rules, measurements, etc., of the 

 club are those of the New York Y. G., and the start was a one-gw 



Revolver Shooting in England. 



The weather was very good for revolver shooting at the South Lon- 

 don Rifle Club on Aug. 29; the following scores were made, Mr. Rand 

 making the very good score of 39 at 50yds. 



Twenty yards target: 



F Rand 767767—40 Oapt T W Heath 766755-36 



C Knapp 565777—37 E Howe 747765-86 



Lieut J Howard 556767—36 Clementi-Smith 464747—32 



Fifty yards: 



FRand 776577-S9 Lieut J Howard 466666-34 



E Howe 665757-36 C Knapp 467347—31 



CaptTW Heath 66ti665-35 



Scores to date toward tne revolver championship of the South Lon- 

 don Rifle Club: 



20jds. 50yds. 



Walter Winans 42 41 41 40 40 40 :-9 39—322 



Cipt T W Heatc 39 39 39 39 38 37 36 36—306 



C Knapp .40 40 38 38 37 3S 35 34—300 



E Howe 40 39 38 38 37 36 35 33—396 



Lieut J Howard 40 40 38 37 36 3* 34 33—290 



Clementi-Smith 3S 36 35 34 33 35 34 33—277 



C F Lowe 37 36 32 . . . . 37 34 . . 



FRand 42 40 39 36 .. 35 .. .. 



Lieut Var ley 37 29 35 .. .. 



Sept. 4 was a perfect day for revolver snooting at the North London 

 Rifle Club. Mr. Winans made his fifth highest possible score at the 

 cl"b this year helow are details of scores: 



20yds. target: 



Walter Winans 777717-42 Lieut Clemence 765657—36 



Major Palmer 676776 -89 A J Comber 576647-35 



Major Munday 767577-39 Lieut Richardson 666564—33 



Knapp 767765-38 E Howe 64*753-31 



Carter 765577—37 A F Allman 346567—31 



Luff 567757-37 W Bashf ord 753077—29 



Lieut Howard 677575—37 



The scores for the revolver championship of the North London Rifle 

 Club now stand as below. Mr. Winans has such a lead that he cannot 

 be now caught, but his score is so exceptionally good for the aggregate, 

 averaging 41 out of a possible 42 at all sorts of shooting, that he intends 

 to still continue shooting so as to try and still improve it and make an 

 unbeatable record for the club. He only needs two more highest 

 possibles at 20yds. to haye a highest possible total for that distance. 



