Junk 28, 1888.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



461 



lachtittg. 



Snwfl Yachts. By C. P. KunlmrtlL Price $7. Steam Yachts and 

 Launches. By C. P. Kunhwdt. Price. $3. Yachts, Boats and 

 Games. By G. StansfMd-lTMis. Price $3.50. Steam Machinery. By 

 Donaldson. Price $1.00 



FIXTURES. 



June. 



28. Southern.BrewsterCup.Now 30. Monatiquot, Club, Fort Pt. 



Orleans, 

 28. Eastern Annual, Marble- 

 head. 



38. Cedar Point Pennant. 



39. Quincy, 1st Cham. 



30. Dorchester Club. 

 30-.Tu.ly 2. Quaker City, Cruise 



Up River. 

 30-July 4. Portland Cruise. 

 30. Hull. Club Cruise. 



30. Cor. Marblehead, 1st Cham. 30. Toronto, 3d and 3d Classes. 

 30. Great Head Pennant. 



2-12. Seawanhaka Cruise. 

 2. Miramichi. Club Cruise. 

 4. Fall River, Open. 

 4. Larc.hmont Annual. 

 4. Buffalo Annual. 



30. Quaker City Annual. 

 July. 



17. Monatiquot. 2d Pen., Inside. 



18. Ray View, Ladies' Day. 



18. New Haven, Ladies' Day. 



19. Miraniichi, Cup. 



20. Savin Hill, Moonlight Sail. 

 4. Beverly, Mou. Beach Cham. 20. Great Head Moonlight Sail. 

 4. Quaker City, Cor. Reeatta. 20. Bay View Moonlight Sail. 

 7. Beverly, Swarapseott Cham. 20. Monutiquot Moonlight Sail. 

 7. Cor. Marblehead, Club. 20. L. Y. R. A., Oswego. 



7. South Boston Club. 21. American, Steam. 



'(. New Roehello Annual. 21. Quaker City, Club Day. 



7. R. C Y. C. Cruising Race, 21. South Boston Club. 



Oakville. 21. Cor. Marblehead, 2d Cham. 



9-16. Interlake, meet and races, 21. Beverly, Mon. Beach 3d Open 



Put-in Bay. 21. Cape Ann, Gloucester Cup. 



10. Southern Cruise, N. Orleans. 23. Rhode Island Cruise. 



11. Pleon. First Cham. 

 13. Monatiquot, First Cham. 



13. L. Y. R. A., Kingston. 



14. Great Head 1st Cham. 

 14. American, Steam. 



14. Beverly, Marblehead, Open 



Sweep, 1st and 2d. 

 14. Hull, Hull 1st Cham. 

 14. Chelsea, Dorchester Bay, 

 14. Savin Hill, Open. 

 14. West Lynn, Cham. 

 14. Cape Cod, Club, Brewster 



23. L. Y. R. A., Rochester. 



25. Pleon, Club. 



26. Cedar Point Pennant. 



28, Cor. Marblehead, Ladies' 

 Race. 



28. Hull, Hull Regatta. 

 28. Beverly, Mon. Beach Cham. 

 28. Great Head Club. 

 23. Bay View Club. 

 28, West Lynn, Cluh. 

 28. Cape Cod Club, Cape Ann. 

 28. L. Y. R, A.., Hamilton. 



14. Atlantic Cruise. L. 1. Souad. 30. L. Y. R. A., Toronto. 

 14. Toronto, 5th Class. 30. Quincy, 2d Cham. 



16. L. Y. R. A., Belleville. 31. Monatiquot, Third Pen. 



10. Quincy, Ladies' Day, Review 31. Dorchester Cluh. 

 16. Rhode Island. Chum. 31. L. Y. R. A., T oronto R.C.Y.C. 



NEW YORK Y. C, JUNE 21. 



WHILE there are yachts, enough in the fleet to make good 

 racing in all the classes, the entry lists thus far have been 

 very disappointing, and the Now York Y. C. regatta on June 21. 

 was no exception to the rule. In the large keel class tow entries 

 were expected and three out of a possible four was not bad, but 

 61 ill the presence of the Mohican would have been welcome. As it 

 was Palmer, now converted to a keel, outsailed Ramona, while 

 both heat' Dauntless with the greatest case, adding another to 

 t lie long list of defeats on Which the latter bases her reputation 

 as a racer. The next class had no entries. Fortuna being abroad 

 and Gitaua and Montauk staying out. The chief interest of the 

 racing naturally centered in the third class schooners in which 

 was included half a dozen new or renewed boats whose doings 

 have been discounted and discussed since the close of the last 

 season. Of the new additions to the class the largest, Sea Fox, 

 is already familiar to our readers; the smallest, not properly 

 in the class, being on the limit but allowed to sail in it for want 

 of a class competitor, is Marguerite, Mr. Burgess's latest produc- 

 tion. Though shorter by 6ft. she is very similar to Sachem, with 

 the same stem and counter hut apparently a little higher side, 

 looking somewhat dumpy heside her longer sister. Both are 

 handsome boats compared with the hulk of the fleet, but in 

 neither has Mr. Burgess improved on Puritan, in fact the old 

 boat is thus far the best looking of all his craft, especially includ- 

 ing Volunteer. Considering the characteristics of the 'old fleet 

 as far as beauty goes, it was no .difficult matter a few years since 

 to surpass them all; a plumb stem and a clean-cut English coun- 

 ter, with a not very bad sheer, made ahoat that was noticeably 

 handsome when seen in the fleet. The improvement has been so 

 great of late, however, that this is not enough, and the designer 

 who will build the handsomest as well as the best boat must try 

 harder than he ever did in the past. Whatever her shortcom- 

 ings, Thistle showed us something in the way of looks and st yle, 

 and the other cuttters have taught the same lesson, whatever 

 one may think of their pinch ed-in sides. In all the schooner fleet 

 to-day there is not the eqiiil in appearance to Miranda,, built 

 fourteen years since, and when in want of something original and 

 better, designers will be safe in copying her until they find it. 

 The. new clipper stem is in itself a tax on the artistic skill of the 

 designer, any one can run the bow out more or less, but very few 

 do it successfully; as a hint to those who are trying we would 

 point out that there is not yet a boat in the fleet with too long a 

 stem, though many are too short. It is no easy matter to balance 

 the overhang at (be two ends so as to produce a pleasing effect, 

 and where there is any doubt as to the result the safest course is 

 to stick to the plumb stem; Montauk for instance, never has 

 looked so well since the pilot boat stem was replaced by the mon- 

 grel fantasy in gold leaf, and Grayling has at least one good 

 looking end. Marguerite arrived in New York several days before 

 the race and was hauled out at Tebo's, where some five tons of 

 lead were cut off her keel and her foremast shifted. 



Next to the third class schooners, the most sport and excite- 

 ment was looked for in the third class single-stickers, the first 

 class being virtually defunct. With Bedouin, Gracie, Fanny, 

 Stranger, Titania, Shamrock, and tho new Katrina, there should 

 have been some hot racing, but the luck seems to be against it 

 this spring. Gracie has gone in for cruising, Titania's owner is 

 abroad, Bedouin for some reason has not entered the spring 

 regattas though always there in the past with fighting flag aloft, 

 while Shamrock, from whom so much was expected this season, 

 was kept out at the last moment through the sudden death of Mr. 

 Maxwell's brother. Kat rina entered, the race being virtually her 

 trial trip, she having hardly been under canvas before; Stranger 

 came on from Boston to sail her last races in American waters, as 

 she will soon cross the Atlantic, her owner making his home 

 abroad, and Fanny came to the line in good shape for a light, 

 weather race. In the next class, the new one added between the 

 old 55 and 70ft. classes, there were three old boats, Hildegarde 

 sailing faster under the new cutter rig that Mr. Burgess has given 

 her than she ever did with one jib; Whileaway, neither faster nor 

 slower than of old, and the much altered and improved Thistle, 

 as usual, slower after the winter's alterations than she was before. 

 In 1884 she was rebuilt and lengthened, in '85 she was made deeper, 

 in '86 she oame out with a silver leaf bottom, and last winter she 

 was lengthened and generally improved, the result being as given 

 above. Enough money has been spent on her to build a Shamrock 

 or Katrina, and there is absolutely nothing to show for it. The 

 Clara-Cinderella class was conspicuous only by its absence, both 

 boats being laid up, and in the smallest class only Regina, Ade- 

 laide and the little Iseult entered. 



The New York Y. C. has at length taken up the suggestion 

 repeatedly made by the Forest and Stream and provided a full 

 set of large numbers, painted on enamel cloth, each piece being 

 provided with permanent grommet holes for lacing to the sail. 

 The result was a vast improvement over the numoering in the 

 Atlantic Y. C, but to make the system perfect it is necessary to 

 carry it a step further and to fix the place in a sail where the 

 number sb.ou.ld be and then have grommets inserted when the 

 sail is made, to fit the standard numbers of all the clubs, one com- 

 mon size being adopted by all. 

 The full list of starters was: 



SCHOONERS— CLASS 1, OVER lOOFT. 



Dauntless. C. H. Colt 116.07 Palmer, R. Stuyvesant. . . . 104.03 



Ramona, C. A. Postley. . . .110.10 



CLASS 3—80 TO 90ET. 

 Sea Fox, A. Cass Canfleld . .89.06 Sachem. Metealf & Owens..86.00 



Troubadour, L. H. Smith. ..88.04 Grayling, L. A. Fish 83.04 



Miranda, Geo. H. B. Hill. . .86.02 Marguerite, VV. F. Burden.. 80. 00 



SLOOPS AND CUTTERS— CLASS 3, 61 TO "OET. 



Katrina, E. S. & H. D. Audi- Fanny, P. B. Fiske 86.00 



incloss 69.09 Stranger, Geo. H. Warren. 60. 00 



CLASS 4—53 TO 61ft. 

 Hildegarde, J. C. Bergen. ..61.07 Whileaway, G. F. Randolph57.00 

 Thistle, Wm. Ziegler 60.06 



CLASS 6-46FT. AND UNDER. 



Regina, Ralph W. Ellis. . . .47.03 Iseult, Samuel Mather 32.10 



Adelaide, Root. W. Inman.46.01 



Marguerite, though in Class 4, was allowed to sail m Class 3, 

 there being no competitor in her class. 



In the morning there was no wind, bu I a clear sky and bright 

 weather for the ladies. The fleet gathered about the start, for 

 the first time at buoy 15, a vast improvement over the old one off 

 Owl's Head, as the passage through the Narrows is cut off, with 

 its flukes, and calms. For three hours the yachts drifted about or 

 lam to their kedges, flic ebb tide being wasted in vain, but near 

 the beginning of the Hood the committee decided to start the race 

 on the strength of a light air that came in from the south, and at 

 12:48 the preparatory gun was fired from the Eleetra, followed by 

 a second at 13:58 for the start, Ramona, dropping the tow line of 

 a tug that bad held her for some time, came to the line promptly 

 under the pilotage of Oapt, Joe Flsworth, and went over on port 

 tack as the gtui fired, being timed just 10s. after it. Following 

 her came, Miranda, then Hildegarde, Katrina, Sea Fox and the 

 fleet in a bunch, Dauntless and Troubadour falling foul of each 

 other under the Eleetra's stern, but with no worse damage than 

 an exchange of somewhat heated sea compliments between the 

 skippers. The start was practically a one gun start, all crowded 

 for the line as fast as they could, and the practicability of such a 

 start was fully shown. 



The start was timed: 



Ramona 12 58 10 Troubadour 1 01 07 



Miranda 12 59 10 Dauntless 1 01 44 



Hildegarde 12 59 17 Grayling .. 1 01 57 



Katrina 13 59 20 Marguerite 1 01 59 



Sea Fox 12 59 23 Stranger 1 02 58 



Fanny 12 59 30 Thistle 1 03 17 



Iseult 13 59 36 Sachem 1 04 18 



Adelaide 13 59 48 Whileaway 1 05 41 



Palmer. 1 00 00 Regina 1 05 51 



Hildegarde, Fanny. Katrina and Sea Fox soon ran well ahead, 

 the two sloops sailing very fast. As tho rest of the fleet came over 

 the line, all carrying cluhtopsails and jibtopsails, thev scattered 

 widely, most of them holding the port tack for a time along the 

 West Bank. The first on starboard tack was Katrina. close in to 

 the bank, Sea Fox following her around. The schooner was 

 very slow in stays, losing ground every time she tacked during the 

 day. The first half hour served to scatter the fleet so much that 

 the positions of the boats could be clearly noted, the whole fleet 

 forming a straggling line, headed by Hildegarde and Fanny, now 

 near the mouth of the Swash Channel, and tailed off by Daunt- 

 less, to leeward somewhere near Coney Island Point. At this 

 time, about 1*30, Hildegarde and Fanny were standing down to- 

 gether on port tack, while, Katrina, on starboard tack, was but 

 little—* **« — J — -"— ' i=*<-i- •••--» 



usually does at the start, but she made it up by sheer speed as she 

 went, through the fleet, passing one after another in quic k suc- 

 cession, until only clear water lay between her and Sea Fox. 

 Troubadour was to leeward of Grayling, then Miranda, Palmer, 

 Adelaide and Iseult, strung out in order, while Thistle, was some 

 distance to leeward of Troubadour. Ramona was hunting Palmer, 

 while the two white Burgess schooners were among the last, the 

 big Dauntless and the small Regina bringing up the rear. 



At 1:29 Katrina, went on port, tack, nearly in Grayling's wake, 

 and a minute later Fanny went on starboard and apparently 

 handled her back stays clumsily, as her topmast wont out of her 

 some distance above the cap. Men were sent aloft and worked 

 for a long time before the wreck was cleared and the stump of 

 the topmast shipped again, the yacht losing her place by degrees 

 but still sticking on and sailed the race to a finish. At 1:40 Sachem 

 was between Troubadour and Marguerite, to leeward of the 

 former, when she tacked, putting Troubadour about and covering 

 her. Marguerite gaining a little while the pair bothered each 

 other. At 1:45 Gray ling made, a hitch to the eastward to clear 

 Buoy 9, Sea Fox following at once, but so slowly that Grayling 

 was well away before her sails were done shaking, and from 

 there out she never had a show with the slippery white boat. 

 Grayling;ha*i set a maintopmast staysail early in the race and Sea 

 Fox now sent up hers, but, gamed little by it, At 2:1.5 Grayling 

 led the fleet, with Hildegarde second, Katrina third and Sea Fox 

 fourth. Stranger was coming along well when the big iron 

 steamer Cepheus, with a party of spectators on board, ran across 

 her bow, blanketing her for a time. The leaders had now reached 

 Buov 8J4, and were timed: 



Grayling 2 17 00 Fanny 2 28 22 



Hildegarde 2 18 20 Palmer 2 29 10 



Katrina 2 19 26 Miranda 2 32 59 



Sea Fox 2 31 38 Marguerite 2 33 05 



stranger 3 34 47 Adelaide ..2 36 00 



Sachem 3 26 50 



No others were timed, and inside the Hook, as usual, the wind 

 was lighter, and Hildegarde lost a little time through a, calm. 

 Katrina had been overhauling her for a long time and had passed 

 her before, the point of the Hook was reached. Sea Fox had 

 trouble, with the lifting gear and could not raise her board 

 finally taking the ground near the hook, but coming off after 

 straining the hoard. It was just 2:30 when Gravling passed 

 out of the Hook, Katrina being second boat and Sea Fox 

 third, with Hildegarde in fourth place. Outside the wind was 

 fairly steady but, still very light, while the tide was against 

 the yachts. They worked out, making long legs to the east- 

 ward" with short legs to the south, the sea being like a, mill 

 pond. Grayling was well piloted for the Lightship, but Katrina 

 wasted a little and Stranger, now sailing very well, threw awav 

 considerably more by overstanding. Each as she turned broke 

 out balloon jibtopsail, Stranger alone having her spinaker boom 

 ready to port, though all set spinakers on the way iu, carrying 

 them to Buoy 5. The beat out from the Hook was of little inter- 

 est, the winners being already decided, and the times tell the 

 whole story: 



Gravling 4 12 09 Sachem 4 38 36 



Katrina 4 16 51 Hildegarde 4 40 35 



Sea Fox 4 32 31 1 Marguerite 4 48 50 



Stranger 4 34 50 Miranda 4 40 15 



12m. 34s. The, return was over the same course, the wind holding 

 about the same and the tide still flooding, the run in being devoid 

 of any special excitement save that due to the maneuvers of Sea 

 Fox. At 5:30, when off the point of the Hook, see jibed her main- 

 sail, luffed up, stowed the sail and came up the Swash under all 

 other canvas, including maintopmast, staysail, save main and 

 main topsail, not crossing the finish line, the trouble being in the 

 jaws of her main gaff, which spread apart, The full times were: 



ITRST CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



DauntleBS 1 01 44 7 25 23 6 33 39 6 23 39 



Ramona 12 58 10 7 13 48 6 15 38 6 14 43 



Palmer 1 00 00 6 47 51 6 47 51 5 44 39 



THIRD CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Gravling 1 01 57 5 57 23 4 55 25 4 52 03 



Sachem 1 04 18 6 33 30 5 19 13 5 17 38 



Sea Fox. 12 59 33 Did not finish. 



Miranda 12 59 10 6 42 69 6 43 49 5 40 50 



Troubadour 1 01 07 6 46 18 5 45 11 5 43 00 



Marguerite 1 01 59 6 36 19 5 34 20 5 30 07 



THIRD CLASS SLOOrS AND COTTERS. 



Katrina 12 59 20 6 06 44 5 07 24 5 07 24 



Stranger 1 02 56 6 25 57 5 22 59 5 18 03 



Fanny 12 59 39 6 32 49 5 33 19 5 80 14 



FOURTH CLASS SLOOPS AND CUTTERS. 



Hildegarde 12 50 17 6 29 40 5 29 23 5 30 23 



Thistle 1 03 17 7 15 45 6 12 28 6 11 41 



Whileawav 1 05 41 7 17 43 6 13 03 6 06 21 



SIXTH CLASS SLOOPS AND CUTTERS. 



Adelaide 13 59 48 7 22 28 6 23 40 6 31 29 



Iseult 13 59 36 Not timed. 



Regina 1 05 61 Not timed. 



Grayling's performance shows that so far as light weather is 

 concerned, always her best point, she is improved by tho altera- 

 tions of the past winter, and the blow she has given to Sachem's 

 laurels makes a certainty of more hard fighting before the Boston 

 racer is ready to admit that the edge has in truth been taken from 

 her tomahawk. The race was fair and free from flukes, but the 

 advantage was naturally somewhat with the home boat, though 

 not enough to affect the result, materially. When the two meet 

 off Brent oil's Reef m August there will be a race worth seeing. 

 As to Marguerite, it is too soon ro say what she will ultimately 

 do, but every one must regret that her size puts her out of the 

 fight with Grayling and Sachem, and leases tier without a class 

 competitor in any of the classes, as Iroquois may not race at aU 

 this year. Katrina had no worthy antagonist, but she seemed to 

 sail well all dav, judging hy the whole fleet, and as this was under 

 all the disadvantages incident to a trial trip it is safe to pi\ d Let tha t 

 she will be near the head of her class for some time to come, if 

 not the first in it. Nothing but praise, was heard everywhere for 

 her looks, and it is safe to say that she is the handsomest yacht 

 afloat in the country to-day. Tastes may differ, some may not 

 admire the clipper stem or the long counter, but all must admit 

 that she is beautiful in the proportions of her parts, a fact clearly 

 shown by her apparent small size afloat. Hermarke 1 resemblance 

 to Thistle was generally commented upon, but the sheer is less 

 pronounced and more pleasing to American eyes. The bowsprit 

 has a moderate rise, neither straight out as in some of the im- 



ported boats, nor well up in the air as in the old sloop. Judged bv 

 her nearest, predecessor, Cinderella, she shows a great advance,, 

 and if Mr. Smith lias taken a leaf from Mr. Watson's book he has 

 used taste and skill in the selection. The race was managed by- 

 Messrs. Govorneur Kortright and Stephen Peahody. of the regatta 

 committee, and all went, off very smoothly. 



SEAWANHAKA CORINTHIAN Y. C, JUNE 23. 



THE last of the spring regattas, that of the Seawanhaka Corin- 

 L thian Y. C, was sailed successfully on June S3 in spite of calm 

 weather and a long wait, at the start, the greater part of the race 

 being in a good sailing breeze, at least as good as is usually 

 found in June. In giving up the start iu the Narrows last year 

 the club did a good thing in some respects, as it is most difficult to 

 start a fleet in such a tideway without plenty of wind, but a mis- 

 take was made at the sanio time iu going up instead of down the 

 Bay, and shirting at Buoy 18, off Bay Ridge, rather than Buoy 15, 

 just outside the Narrows. This was plainly evident on Saturday, 

 as there was quite a breeze outsid'.- the forts, enough to have 

 carried the fleet down, aided by the strong ebb tide; while in the 

 Upper Bay there was hardly a breath of wind. The fleet was 

 under way in good season, working about in what ai r was stirring, 

 a large number availing themselves of it and the ebb tide to get 

 as far from the start, as possible, with no chance of working back 

 until the tide changed. Katrina was at the line before 11, but ran 

 down to Clifton, where she was becalmed, Ba.nshee, too, was in 

 th« same direction, with another of the small class; Sea Fox and 

 Miranda were both dritting out in mid-stre am, whih manv of the 

 others were at a distance. 



The race was open to yachts of the New York, Atlantic, Larch- 

 mont, Eastern, Mew Bedford, Knickerbocker, New Haven, Corin- 

 thian, New Rochelle and Oyster Bay yacht clubs. The classes 

 and prizes being: 



Schooners-Class L, all over 90ft. l.w.l., $175; Class II., 75ft. to 

 Wt., 8175; Class HI., 63tt. to 75ft., $100; Class IV., 03ft. and under. 

 $100. 



A prize of ■(■ 

 C!.(„, VII. of; 

 least, throe ya 

 prize of 330 w, 

 yachts of Clot 

 l.w.l. and unde 



-as offered by a member of the club, to yachts of 

 ps, cutters and yawls, with the condition that at 

 s of that class shall cross the starting line. A 

 ffered by several members of the club to those 

 III. of sloops, cutters and yawls, measuring 30ft. 

 Personal prizes were given to members of the 



winning Corinthian crew 

 The courses were: 

 For all classes of schooners and for classes I., II., 111.. IV., V., 

 of sloops, cutters and yawls, Buoy 18 to Buoy 10 011 S. W. Spit, 

 keeping it. on port, thence to and around Buoy keeping it on 

 port, thence to and around Sandy Hook Lightship, keeping it on 

 starboard, and return, over the same course to Buoy 15, keeping 

 to eastward of buoys 9, 11, 13 and 15 on West Bank and outside of 

 Buoy 5 on point of Sandy Hook, going and returning. 



For classes VI. and VII. of sloops, cutters and yawls, from same 

 starting line to Buoy 10 on S. W. Spit, keeping it on port, thence to 

 and around Buoy keeping it on port, thence to and around 

 Scotland Lightship, keeping it on starboard, and return over the 

 same course to Buoy 15, keeping to eastward of Buoys 9, 11, 13 and 

 15 on West Bank, and outside of Buoy 5 on point of Sandy Hook, 

 going and returning. 



For class VIII., of sloops, cutters and yawls, from same starting 

 line to Buoy 10 on S. YV. Spit, keeping it on port, thence to and 

 around Buoy 8,4, keeping it on port, thence to and arouud Buoy 5, 

 mi point of Sandy Hook, keeping it on starboard, and return over 

 the same course to Buoy 15, keeping to eastward of buoys 9, 11, 13 

 and 15. on West Bank, going and returning. 



The finish was between the committee steamer or station boat, 

 and Buoy 15. 

 The entries were: 



CLASS 2— SCUOONRRS, 80 TO 90FT. 



Sea Fox, A. Cass Canfleld . .8:1.06 Gravling, L. A. Fish 83 04 



Miranda, G. H. B. Hill 86.03 



CLASS 3 — SLOOPS, CUTTERS AND YAWLS. 



Katrina, E. S. & H. D. Auch- Stranger, Geo. H. Warren . .65.00 

 incloss 69.06 



CLASS 4. 



Hildegarde, J. C. Bergen. . .61.07 



CLASS 5. 



Roamer, P. G. Wifltaias... .48.00 



CLASS 6. 



Regina, R. N. Ellis 47.10 Daphne, G. C. W. Lowery. .46.00 



CLASS 7. 



Nvmph, F. W\ Flint 39.06 Rival, Hope & Cop man 38.04 



Wayward, F. Beltz 39.11 Banshee, P. S. Pearsall.... 39.08 



CLASS 8, 



Volusia, J. M. Williams. . . .31.00 Kangaroo, F. Beames 27.00 



Daisy. Hugh Boyd 32.09 Iseult. Wetmore& Mather. 33. 00 



Merlin, Wm. Wliitloek 25.00 Hypatia, Jas. Weir, .Ir 29. CO 



Eurybia. C. W. Pryer 35.00 Yolande, .1. W. Harrison.. .26.07 



llderan, Walter Southwick.31.06 jEgir, J. F. Lovejoy §5.00 



Sachem and Marguerite were in the harbor, but neither entered, 

 and though Fanny and Shamrock were on the entry list, neither 

 appeared at, the line. Katrina was sailed by her designer, Mr. A. 

 Gary Smith. 



The early morning was close and breathless save a, little breeze 

 down the Bay, and with every promise of a very hot day in the 

 city. The judges' fug, B. T. Havilaud, was on the line in good 

 season, and as the tide was ebbing fast a start might have been 

 made before noon in some of the light puffs that came up from 

 time to time, but the fleet was scattered all over the Bay except at 

 the line. Grayling and a few of the wise ones were lying in to 

 the east end of the line, near Buoy 18, but others were a mile 

 away, with no wind to bring them up against the tide. Katrina 

 finally towed up and the others managed to work in when a little 

 air came in the Narrows about 12:30 and at 12:45 the preparatory 

 whistle was blown, with the starting signal five minutes later for 

 the schooners and a third, Ave minutes after it, for the single- 

 stickers. Katrina was the first for the line but being well ahead 

 of the whistle she was obliged to work up stream again. Grav- 

 liug, lying in by the Bay Ridge shore, filled away on port tack 

 f.ofi ; vr. f d :■ at V :..::'J:J, while Miranda came over from the 

 direction of Robbin's Reef, with Sea Fox in her wake, both on 

 starboard tack, the former being timed at 12:53:50 and the latter at 

 12:54:21. Grayling set her maintopmaststaysail on the line and 

 was quickly away in the first place, heading for the Narrows on 

 port tack. Roamer and Rival both made excellent starts, going 

 over after Grayling at 12:55:40 and 12:55:47, then came Stranger at 

 12:56:22, also over near Buoy 18, with Katrina to leeward of her 

 and timed at 13:50:35. From the west end of the line at the same 

 time came Wayward and Banshee, the former timed at 12:50:13 

 and the latter at 12:56:07. As Banshee crossed on starboard tack, 

 Katrina came over on port, not seeing the little fellow, she hold 

 her course until fairly on top of Banshee, the latter being com- 

 pelled to luff in order to avoid a collision. With Stranger close 

 to windward, Katrina was unable to luff but she was finally put 

 about aud Banshee filled away on starboard tack again, biit she 

 bad been seriously hindered by the blanketing, to say nothing of 

 the risk of a serious collision. The full times were: 



Grayling 13 51 09 Iseult 12 58 13 



Miranda 13 62 59 Hildegarde 12 58 29 



Sea Fox 12 54 31 Kangaroo 12 58 38 



Roamer 12 55 40 Daphne 12 58 57 



Rival 12 55 47 llderan 12 59 03 



Banshee 13 56 07 Merlin 13 59 04 



Stranger 12 56 132 Volusia 12 59 26 



Katrina 13 55 35 Eurybia 1 00 00 



Wayward 13 56 43 Regina 1 00 00 



Nvmph 13 56 52 Yolande 1 00 00 



Daisy 12 57 31 JBgir 1 00 00 



Hypatia 13 57 40 



Trie last four were handicapped. 



By the time the leaders were well clear of the Narrows and 

 feeling tho freshening breeze from a little east, of soutn, the fleet 

 was scattered and most of the yachts could be placed. Grayling 

 was probably half a mile ahead of Sea Fox, being at 1.20 nearly in 

 mid-channel between the West Bank- and Norton's Point, having 

 stood out of Gravesend Bay on a long tack to starboard. She had 

 already taken in maintopmaststaysail. Sea Fox was near the 

 West Bank, while Miranda was still well up in Giavescnd Bay in. 

 company with Katrina aud Stranger, the pair ahead of her. 

 Astern of th;-m were Hildegarde aud Daphne, while just clear of 

 the Narrows aud south of Fort Hamilton Banshee was leading 

 Nymph, ha\ i lg gained a little on her. Rival and Eurybia were 

 next in order ard the laggards at the start were not yet out of the 

 Narrows. 



At 1:40 Grayling was on starboard tack with Sea, Fox still in her 

 wake to ward' the West Bank; Katrina was coming up on port tack 

 near Norton's Point, with Sine ger huntiu;- hei bat some distance 

 astern, Hildegarde being the next in order: Miranda and Reamer 

 were astern of Stranger; while a little further in the rear wi re 

 Banshee and Nymph, the former holding all she had gained at tie 

 start and since. Here the pair separated. Banshee hugging t he 

 West Bank while Nymph kept out in mid-channel, the result be- 



