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pass, finally fetching well to windward of the mark, a red ball on 

 a raft at no great elevation above the water and not easily scon as 

 the weather grew thicker and a Light vapor arose. Once picked 

 up she bore away for it, thus giving the course to those following, 

 and they were not slow to avail themselves of the advantage, sav- 

 ing some distance on her. The times of the leaders at the second 

 mark were : 



Volunteer 3 48 00 Priscilla 2 55 42 



Puritan 2 53 2T Mav flower 2 57 2ft 



Atlantic 2 54 02 



The leading schooners were not timed, but the order was Sa- 

 chem, Iroquois. Troubadour, America. 



The second division jogged along together. Fanny to windw ard. 

 Resolute next, then Gracie, with Huron to leeward, the running 

 being pretty even. Magic and the third class were still far astern. 

 The times as the boa ts turned the second mark were : 



Huron 3 36 00 Resolute 3 38 45 



Gracie 3 3fi 50 Magic... . ., 3 40 00 



Fanny 3 37 06 Cinderella 3 50 30 



All jibed and came by the wind, which was now heading them. 

 It bad been light for a time over the second leg, hut now increased, 

 while the sky was dark and cloudy and rain began to fall heavily. 

 The leaders were out of the squall and nearly home, but it struck 

 the following boats with some heavy puffs at times. Fanny ran 

 up a small jibtopsail and challenged Gracie for a luffing match as 

 she tried to pass to windward, but Gracie had the best of the bout 

 and Fanny bore away again. Huron had swung a clubtopsa.il 

 and jibtopsail all day and still hung to them, with a good chance 

 of beating the larger boats even. Only four minutes after she had 

 passed the mark Fanny's topmast went, half way above trie cap, 

 and the jibtopsail was afloat beneath her lee. As the wind was 

 freshening she did uot miss tho sail so much, but she lost con- 

 siderably by the drag, as it was some, time before the wet sail was 

 safely aboard, Oracle meanwhile leaving her. Oracle, however, 

 soon took in her jibtopsail and club, setting working topsail, 

 Huron boldly holding her clubtopsail. Volunteer had lost some 

 of her lead on the others, and Puritan, after passing Atlantic on 

 the second leg, had been unable to shake her oft. Sachem in- 

 creased her lead on Iroquois. Troubadour and America changed 

 their positions but little as far as the two were concerned. Reso- 

 lute left the sloops and finished ahead, both Gracie and Huron 

 overstanding to windward near the Rock, while Cinderella, well 

 in the lead of her class, lost some time in a calm streak during 

 the rain on tho last leg, as Galatea did in the June race, during 

 which Zigeuner managed to come up wit hin her time and take first 

 prize. The full times are: 



KffiffiE CLASS. 

 Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Volunteer 11 31 03 3 50 54 4 19 57 4 19 57 



Puritan 11 31 02 3 58 45 4 27 43 4 23 44 



Atlantic 11 31 05 3 59 05 4 28 00 4 25 53 



Priscilla 11 33 47 4 03 12 4 29 25 4 26 57 



Mayflower ill 33 10 4 04 08 4 31 58 4 30 86 



SCHOONERS. 



Sachem 11 33 28 4 07 16 4 33 48 4 28 08 



Iroquois 11 31 33 4 14 16 4 42 43 4 33 02 



Troubadour. 11 33 47 1 33 43 4 59 56 4 53 34 



America 11 35 00 4 34 13 4 57 57 4 55 07 



Resolute 11 33 45 4 42 27 5 08 43 Not meas. 



Magic 11 34 08 Not timed. 



Gitana 11 32 23 Withdrew at first mark. 



SECOND CLASS. 



Bedouin 11 41 44 Carried away spreader. 



Titania 11 40 55 Carried away topmast and gaff. 



Stranger 11 42 03 Carried away topmast andga fl'. 



Huron 11 43 03 4 51 35 5 08 32 4 59 49 



Gracie 11 41 20 4 51 29 5 10 09 5 03 19 



Fannv (lost topmast)..ll 42 12 4 54 36 5 12 24 5 04 26 



THIRD CLAS8. 



Clara 11 46 12 Carried away bowsprit and topmast 



Zigeuner 11 46 41 6 04 36 6 19 36 5 42 39 



Vixen 11 50 55 6 01 41 6 16 41 5 44 36 



Cinderella 11 50 33 6 00 55 6 15 55 5 52 05 



Dream Lost topmast at start. 



The timing of the yachts was not as well done as usual, Repub- 

 lic appears in the official list as starting, while Magic was not 

 timed all day, and Huron finished ahead of Gracie, though the 

 contrary appears in the official times. The table posted in the 

 club house gave a very incomplete idea of the race, Gitana, who 

 withdrew, being omitted, as well as those broke down. The above, 

 we believe, gives all the starters and their records. 



The comment was freely made after the race that all the cut- 

 ters broke down, but that is a matter that will bear looking into. 

 The large class fared well enough, probably because the wind was 

 so much lighter in proportion for them. In the second and third 

 classes there were, entered, as by the above table, Bedouin, 

 Stranger, Huron, Clara, Zigeuner, five cutters; Titania, Gracie, 

 Fannv, Cinderella, Vixen, Dream, six sloops. Of these three cut- 

 ters, Bedouin, Stranger and Clara, broke. down ; and four sloops, 

 Titania. Cinderella, Fanny and Dream, so that honors are about 

 even; while to the sloops' score can be added the two topmasts 

 jumped out in a calm by Puritan and Titania, and two center- 

 boards injured by Mayflower and Titania. The race as it stands 

 was the most important one of the cruise, and yet, as we noted 

 before, it fails to tell just how much better than her two sisters 

 Volunteer is, especially in a breeze to windward. That she is 

 better no one who has seen her sail can doubt, and she has already 

 brought confusion on the critics who predicted evil results from 

 the cutaway forefoot. The day ended in a rainstorm that turned 

 the dusty streets into mudholes and made navigation on shore a 

 matter of difficulty, but still the club house was crowded with 

 ladies, while a band was again in attendance. The usual display 

 of fireworks, conducted in the usual reckless manner, took place, 

 but beyond the burning of a new maintopsail on the Resolute by 

 a rocket from another yacht no damage was done. 



Cruize to Vineyard Haven, Aug, 12-13. 



A clear day followed the rain and mainsails were set at an early 

 hour, the signal from the Commodore saying "Start for Vineyard 

 Haven." Many of the yachts were in no condition to go, but early 

 in the day Atlantic was off with a light breeze ahead. Mayflower 

 lifted her hook and threaded her way through the crowded harbor 

 until she was nearly clear, when she very adroitly ran her bow- 

 sprit inside of Latona's toppinglift, and tound herself hung up. 

 Her stern payed off as her mainsail swung broad to the wind and 

 she threatened to go down on Troubadour's jibboom, but swung 

 clear, and after some trouble was released from, her embrace of 

 Latona. The sloop Black Cloud, of Gloucester, ran into Medusa 

 and quickly cut an extra scupper in the cutter's starboard bul- 

 wark, twisting off the end of her own bowsprit. One by one the 

 yachts dropped out until only a few were left. Priscilla and Cru- 

 sader were to go East, the former probably to Bar Harbor, and by 

 noon the anchorage was almost, deserted. Electra left at 10:30, 

 reaching Vineyard Haven at 6:35 P. M. 



The yachts certainly have not felt any lack of prizes this year, 

 as they have had more offered than they could take time to rac e 

 for. One of the most liberal offers was that of the citizens of Pro- 

 vidence, who gave their prizes freely for a race wherever the club 



E referred to sail it. With the second and third class nearly ail in 

 ospital it would be far preferable to have postponed the races 

 until next month, sailing both the Newport and Providence cups 

 off Newport, but it was decided to sail both at once, as the trial 

 races would take up most of next month. This left out a great 

 part of the fleet, as but few came around the Cape in time, and of 

 these Grayling, with Mystic and Mischief, continued on to New- 

 port, Volunteer and Puritan anchoring at Wood's Holl over Sun- 

 day, and Atlantic at Edgartown, and the only yachts in Vineyard 

 Haven being Sachem, Halcyon, Troubadour, Wave Crest and May- 

 flower, besides Electra and Oneida. Tho yachtsmen spent Sunday 

 very quietly at Cottage City. 



Providence Gups, Vineyard Haven to Newport, Aug. 16. 

 The conditions for the final races of the cruise on Monday and 

 Tuesday are given in the following extract from general order 

 • No. 6: 



The race for the cup offered by the citizens of Providence, viz., 

 ■ one cup, value $200, for schooners; one cup, value $200, for first 

 class sloops, and one cup, value of $100, to second class sloops. 



The start will be from a line drawn from the flagship to East 

 Chop light, the New York Y. C. rules to govern. All yachts cross- 

 ing the lines to be regarded as entered for the race, and there will 

 be no limit as to time in sailing the race. The owners of the 

 schooner Sachem offer to double their time allowance to smaller 

 schooners and to receive none from larger ones. 



The finish will be between Brenton's Reef Lightship and the 

 flagship anchored to the southward of it. 



Preparatory signal will be given from the flagship at 9:45, and 

 the starting 'signal at 10 o'clock precisely if possible. Fifteen 

 minutes later there will be a second gun tired, when the time of 

 each yacht will be taken as it crosses the line. Ten minutes later 

 there will be a third gun fired. Yachts sailing in the race will 

 carry their private signals at the main peak, and a number upon 

 their mainsail, which, if not already supplied, will be furnished 

 upon application to the regatta committee on board the flagship 

 up to the morning of the day of the race. The time allowance 

 will be that followed by the club rules. 



The following prizes are offered: One, value $650, for schooners 



71ft. or over waterliue length; one, value $650, for sloops Till, and 

 over waterhne length; one, value $350, for sloops and cutters 55ft. 

 and under 71ft, waterliue. and one prize, value £200, for sloops and 



utters under 551 1, waterliue. The Newport course tube one of the 



wo regular courses. 



Monday morning was clear and warm, wit h a good breeze from 

 S.W., making a. beat out of Vincvard Sound. 



The Electra took her position oh East Chop at 9:30, and at. 9:45 a 

 gun was fired to prepare. When the gun fired at 10 Mayflower 

 was first over on port taek, with Sachem and Voluuteer close 

 astern, all being well in toward the buoy off East Chop. Puritan 

 was not, as quick as usual at the start. Atlantic was within sight 

 but did not start., and Resolute was delayed waiting for guests 

 from Cottage City. The times were: 



Mayflower 10 01 14 Halcyon 10 03 45 



Sachem 10 01 44 Puritan 10 03 55 



Volunteer 10 01 48 Norseman 10 04 20 



Magic 10 02 22 Palmer 10 05 22 



The fleet of 50 which had left a week before from the same point 

 had fallen off badly in numbers. The singlestickors at once left 

 the schooners, standing over toward Naushon. Sachem was first 

 to tack at 10:30, with Halcyon at 10:32 and Volunteer at, 10:39, May- 

 flower 10:41:30 and Puritan 10:44:15. Volunteer now led Puritan by 

 nearly a- mile, while Sachem led her class bv an equal distance. 

 Mayflower was sailing as badly as usual and the cause was not 

 discovered until night, when it was found that her hoard had been 

 badly damaged, presumably on the race to Marblehcad, when she 

 touched on Hedge Fence Shoal, the damage increasing until sev- 

 eral planks were torn away. Puritan continued to leave her, and 

 just before noon Sachem crossed her hows. At this time Volun- 

 teer was off Cuttyhunk, leading Puritan by miles, while 

 Sachem was third and Mayflower fourth, Palmer being fifth. 



Over the rest of the course Volunteer continued to increase her 

 lead, while Mayflower lagged far behind. The full times were: 



SCHOONERS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Sachem 10 01 44 2 24 59 4 23 15 4 23 15 



Palmer 10 05 22 2 46 40 4 41 18 4 41 18 



Magic 10 02 22 2 54 28 4 52 06 4 40 54 



Norseman 10 04 20 2 51 23 4 47 03 4 47 03 



Halcyon 10 03 45 3 03 46 5 00 01 4 50 03 



SLOOPS. 



Volunteer 10 01 48 2 05 41 4 03 53 4 08 53 



Puritan 10 03 55 2 18 33 4 14 37 4 11 07 



Mayflower 10 01 14 2 86 57 4 35 43 4 24 57 



The schooner allowances are calculated on the terms so gener- 

 ously offered by Mr. Metoalf. In the evening a meeting was held 

 on board the flagship, at which a vote of thanks was passed to the 

 Commodore for the manner in which the cruise had been eon- 

 ducted, and it was decided to disband after the following race. A 

 large force of men was put to work on Mayflower's board by 

 electric light. 



Newport Cups, Aug. W. 



The last race of the cruise, that for the Newport cups, §650 for 

 schooners, and $650, £350 an( i ^qq rol . eacn of ^ & single-stick 

 classes, was sailed over the Sow and Pigs course, the same as the 

 Brenton's Reef race of Aug. 5, on Tuesday. The entries were 

 small, but Gracie. and Mischief turned up for the second class 

 prize, and Fanita and Bertie came along to try with Ciuderella 

 in the third class. Mayflower's board was repaired in time, and 

 she entered with Volunteer and Puritan, while only Magic faced 

 Sachem for the schooner prize. The start was off Beaver Tail at 

 10:48, all the larger class being handicapped, the times being: 



Fanita 10 49 41 Bertie 10 57 03 



Cinderella 10 50 21 Mischief 10 57 44 



Sachem 10 52 21 Volunteer 10 58 15 



Magic 10 52 28 Puritan 11 00 27 



Gracie 10 55 23 Mayflower 11 03 31 



The wind was light southeast, making a mere drift to windward 

 for the long leg, the boats shifting berths as chance favored them, 

 until 5 P. M. wben a southwest wind came in and started them 

 off. At Sow and Pigs the times were : 



Volunteer 5 45 30 Sachem 5 53 36 



Magic 5 48 17 Gracie 5 56 30 



Puritan 5 49 25 Cinderella 5 56 56 



Fanita 5 53 15 Mayflower 6 10 20 



Voluuteer gained on Puritan on the leg to Hen and Chickens, 

 by nearly a minute in the 4}£ knots. All could lay a course for 

 Brenton's Reef Lightship on the long leg home. Volunteer finish- 

 ing at 9:57:30, the full times being : 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Sachem .10 52 21 10 30 28 11 38 07 11 38 07 



Magic 10 52 28 10 38 36 11 46 08 11 40 13 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS. 



Volunteer 10 58 50 9 57 30 10 59 30 10 59 30 



Mayflower 10 58 00 10 29 38 11 31 38 11 30 58 



Puritan .10 58 00 10 13 07 11 15 07 11 11 32 



SECOND CLASS SLOOPS. 



Gracie 10 55 122 10 35 15 11 39 55 11 39 55 



Mischief 10 57 44 Did not finish. 



THIRD CLASS SLOOPS. 



Cinderella 10 50 21 10 42 59 11 52 38 11 52 38 



Bertie 10 57 03 Did not finish. 



Fanita 10 49 41 10 51 43 12 02 02 11 53 88 



The late hour of the finish prevented any formal disbanding of 

 the fleet, hut the day practically concluded the cruise. 



L. Y. R. A. ROUND. 



ON Aug. 1 the fleet raced at Rochester in a good northeast wind, 

 the result being as follows: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Atalanta 10 01 45 2 01 11 3 59 26 3 59 26 



Oriole 10 03 5t 2 11 47 4 07 56 4 05 13 



Aileen 10 03 58 2 43 04 4 39 06 4 39 16 



Ariadne 10 03 44 2 45 57 4 43 13 4 39 27 



CLASS I. 



White Wings 10 16 28 2 39 03 4 27 85 4 22 35 



Garlield. 10 16 14 3 01 41 4 45 27 4 44 03 



Ethel 10 19 42 3 24 10 5 04 28 5 03 04 



Verve 10 18 42 3 39 47 5 21 05 5 12 38 



class rx. 



Merle 10 35 03 1 45 26 3 00 23 3 00 23 



Laura 10 36 50 1 58 18 3 21 28 3 20 23 



Mollie 10 36 45 2 16 01 3 39 16 3 24 28 



Fascin 10 38 30 2 38 39 3 57 09 3 52 31 



Cyprus 10 36 32 2 20 19 3 43 47 3 37 54 



Gem 10 33 33 2 41 28 4 07 55 3 58 19 



Fannie F 10 38 07 2 37 38 3 59 21 3 48 05 



Florence 10 38 42 2 52 27 4 13 56 3 57 02 



The fleet raced at Oswego on Aug. 4, over a course of 5 miles to 

 leeward and return, the result being as follows : 



Finish. Corrected. 



Oriole 1 17 25 4 16 22 



Atalanta 1 I 1 ' 28 i U 38 



Aileen 1 34 16 4 23 15 



Ariadne 1 36 51 4 23 05 



White Wings 3 11 16 4 56 15 



Garfield 3 13 54 4 54 o2 



Ethel 3 29 38 5 15 09 



Merle 13 27 53 3 06 08 



lohmth:. » * |f 3 If 07 



Laura 1 04 51 



Cyprus 1 06 05 3 38 47 



Verve carried away the jaws of her gaff. 



On Aug. 8, the Kington regatta was sailed, with few starters, 

 in a southwest wind. The times were : 



CLASS I. 



Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



White Wings 6 23 22 7 47 22 7 47 33 



( Jar field . . 6 27 10 7 50 00 7 40 38 



CLASS II. 



Iolanthe 3 18 20 2 31 20 



Merle 3 27 12 2 50 10 



Laura.'.'.'.'.'.'. . •'. f ja 25 3 13 45 



Cyprus ..,.3 59 04 3 20 44 



' Our correspondent "Port Tack" sends the following account of 

 the Belleville, regatta: • 



The annual regatt a of the B. Q. Y. C, which took place on Aug. 

 11, was not a success in any sense of the word, owing to the 

 paucity of entries and the marked superiority of the winner in 

 each of the two classes in which there was a contest. The scarcity 

 of starters was owing to ours being the last meeting ot the cir- 

 cuit. The weather was unfavorable in the morning, a light rain 

 falling which thickened into a heavy shower at noon, but after 

 this it cleared and a fine breeze came out of the southwest, mak- 

 ing one leg of our triangular course almost dead to windward. 

 There was no contest in Class A, the Ariadne, which was entered 

 and present declining to sail against the Norah. In Class I. W hite 

 Wings and Garfield were the only starters, the Rochester sloop 

 Ethel being prevented from starting by accidents to two ot her 

 crew. The former won easily by 21m. 46s., after allowing her op- 

 ponent 5m. 22s. . , _ _ 

 In Clas3 II. the sloops Iolanthe and Surprise, and the little Eng- 

 lish cutter Cyprus started. The latter sported gaff and pbtop- 

 sails, while the sloops were reefed, but she is too small to beat as 



big a boat as the Iolanthe, which, although sailed easily the last 

 round, won by 11m. 15s., after allowing 4m. 22s. to the imported 

 craft. The Surprise was disabled and retired on completing the 

 first round. It was a great disappointment that the Merle was 

 not here. 



The result, Of the h, % R. A. circuit is highly favorable to the 

 Canadian yachts, and especially to those of Cuthbert's build, 

 which, out of 13 starts, won 9 first and 4 second prizes. 



The Burgess boat Merle, of Oswego, which was built to beat our 

 lake craft, did so until she met the Iolanthe, which, being in bad 

 trim and badly handled at Oswego, was beaten, but revenged her- 

 self by a decisive defeat of the Boston production at, Kingston. It 

 appears probable that the Merle is the better of the two in heavy 

 weather, but that in light to moderate breezes the Canadian sloop 

 is the faster. 



ANNISQUAM REGATTA, Aug. 6.— The open regatta, at Aunis- 

 quam was successfully sailed on Aug. 6, in a strong S. W. wind 

 and with good entries. The times were: 



KEEL CLASS. 



Length. Actual. Corrected. 



Echo 24.08 2 05 00 I 26 12 



Wona 23.06 2 08 24 1 27 48 



Trudette 25.05 3 08 10 1 30 10 



Prince Karl 28.01 2 06 00 1 32 24 



Lochiel 18.04 2 34 20 1 45 08 



Thelga Withdrawn. 



FIRST CLASS. 



Good Luck 22.01 2 02 10 1 19 34 



Atalanta 27.11 1 55 00 1 20 00 



Black Cloud . .23.07 2 30 18 1 22 54 



Viola 23.02 2 04 06 1 23 16 



Comfort Withdrawn. 



SECOND CLASS. 



White Wings 23.00 2 24 40 1 39 04 



Petrel 21.09 2 34 05 1 40 53 



Tyrant 26.00 2 29 55 1 44 43 



Silver Cloud 21.01 8 30 55 1 46 43 



Climax, Osceola and Mavis withdrawn. 



THIKD CLASS. 



Madcap 10.07 1 25 30 59 00 



Alpine 16.02 1 20 00 59 00 



Alice 16.00 1 28 59 1 01 57 



Sassacus 16.00 1 33 20 1 06 08 



Pilgrim 13.02 1 37 20 1 06 20 



Spark.. 17.01 133 01 1 07 07 



Arab 14.03 1 40 SO 11106 



Ethel 14.02 1 58 05 1 28 35 



Luna Withdrawn. 



Prizes in keel class— First, Forbes silver cup, value §50, Echo; 

 second, $15, Wona; third, $5, Trudette. First class—First prize, 

 Forbes silver cup, valued at $75, Good Luck; second, $10, Black 

 Cloud. Second class— White Wings, Forbes silver cup, valued at 

 $50; Petrel, $15 and Tyrant $5. 



NEW ROCHELLE % C. LADIES' DAY.— The second Ladies' 

 Day race of the New Rochelle Y. C. was sailed oa Aug. 6, the 

 summary being: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Fanita 3 43 00 Santapogue 3 45 30 



SECOND CLASS. 



Curlew 3 41 45 Maida 3 45 55 



Amazon 3 14 20 



THIRD CLASS. 



Adele 3 43 00 Olive N 3 50 00 



FOURTH CLASS. 



Gracie L 3 48 00 Dollie 3 44 50 



An entertainment was given in the club bouse in the evening. 

 NORTH SHREWSBURY RACES. — On Aug. 3 the last race of 



the series was sailed, resulting as follows: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Start. Finish. Corrected. 



Puritan, Win. Cross 2:06:17 withdrawn. 



Undine, C. James 3 06 03 3 43 30 1 31 17 



Annie B., Chas. Burd 2 05 14 3 43 21 1 36 17 



SECOND CLASS. 



Dalsv, H. B. Duryea 2 10 30 3 44 19 1 33 49 



Fern, Braeket.t Bros 2 11 22 3 54 31 1 42 54 



Little Spot, F. R. Smith 2 10 50 3 48 57 1 37 17 



AMERICAN Y. C. REGATTA, AUG. 8-Course 20 miles. 

 Weather, fair. Wind, southeast. Tide, high. All timed from 

 1:00 P. M. 



Length. Turn. Finish. Cor. 

 White Cloud, Rodigrass Bros... 19. 10J^ 4 06 44V£ 3 06 44^ 3 04 47 



Thorn. L. S. Coffin 18.05 4 08 19 3 08 19 3 03 50 



Budge, P. J. Lowell 19.2J4 4 07 31 3 07 31 3 04 50 



Freak, W. C, Thompson 21. VA 4 11 12 3 11 12 3 11 12 



Teaser, W r . J. Teel 20.5J4 4 07 30 3 07 30 3 06 14 



First, prize, Thorn; second prize, White Cloud; Third prize. 

 Budge. Regatta committee: L. S. Coffin, H. T. Moody and H. D. 

 Rodigrass. Judges: C. B. Huse, W. J. Hale and E. P. Pride. 



SHADOW.— I think it no more than fair that a true statement 

 of how the Shadow came to be built, should be given to the public. 

 Dr. E. R. Sisson, who is considered one of the best local yachts- 

 men hereabout, employed his brother-in-law, Nathan Sears, a 

 boat builder, to cut a model for a sloop yacht, which the doctor 

 talked of building. The model was executed and accepted by Dr. 

 Sisson, who gave Mr. Sears the dimensions. The doctor being 

 desirous that the Herreshoffs should build the yacht, a run was 

 taken down to Bristol, when the subject was brought to the atten- 

 tion of these celebrated builders, who informed him that they 

 never built yachts after any other person's model. The doctor 

 wishing to build from the dimensions in his model, asked if they 

 would huild on the lines named by him (Sisson), they to cut a 

 model. This the brothers consented to do, aud when the lines 

 were given them they ridiculed the idea of building a yacht of the 

 dimensions named, saying that a yacht built according to the 

 plans would prove useless as far as speed was concerned. They 

 rather demurred from undertaking the task, but the doctor in- 

 sisted, and the Herreshoffs agreed to build for a certain sum. 

 The yacht was finished, and when Dr. Sisson went to Bristol to 

 take possession he found that they had charged him several hun- 

 dred dollars more than agreed, and he would not take her. Finally 

 the Herreshoffs, who had little faith in the craft, came down from 

 their high horse and Dr. Sisson took the yacht as per contract. 

 He brought her to this port, named her Shadow, and while owned 

 bv him sailed her in several races, when she was proven to be a 

 fast sailer. In justice to Dr. Sisson, I think this brief sketch of 

 how the Shadow came to be built should be stated, as a perusal of 

 the article in the Forest and Stream would lead yachtsmen to 

 think that the Herreshoffs were the originators of this fast sloop, 

 which has such a wonderful record. Take the lines of the far- 

 famed Puritan and compare them with those of the Shadow, and 

 it will be seen that thev are an outcome from the plans originat- 

 ing with Dr. Sisson, the Shadow being the first deep draft center- 

 board yacht built, in this country.— Lewis Temple in New Bedford 

 standard. 



KNICKERBOCKER Y. C, AUG. 13.— The Knickerbocker Y. C. 

 sailed a race on Aug. 13, for three classes. Class 1, cabin sloops and 

 cutters. 31ft. and over. Class 2, cabin sloops and cutters under 

 31ft. Class 7, steam and naphtha launches. The course for all 

 classes was around Fort Schuyler buoy and return. All yachts 

 passed aovernmeni marks and buoys on channel side going and 

 returning, and turned buoy from leeward to windward. The time 

 allowance was computed at the rate of one minute to the foot. 

 \Vacondah finished at 3:26:55, beating Dora by 14m. In the second 

 class Swan finished at 7:06:42, beating Evadne by 9m. 37s. 



DAUNTLESS AND GAL ATE A.— On Aug. 12 the schooner Daunt- 

 less arrived at Halifax, N. S., from the Azores, after a rough pas- 

 sage, having left Flores on July 30. Two cyclones were encount- 

 ered and the yacht ran for a time under bare poles. On Aug. 4, in 

 tat. 43d eg. 23m. and long. 53deg. 10m., an iceberg was passed. Daunt- 

 less has docked at Halifax and will take part in the regatta there 

 this week, Galatea has been cruising about, Halifax and has also 

 docked, preparatory to the regatta. No other large yachts are 

 likely to enter. 



THE TRIAL RACES.— At a meeting of the Cup Committee on 

 board the Electra at Cottage City it was decided to sail the trial 

 races to select a, defender of the Cup on Sept. 13, 15 and 17, each 

 race to be sailed next day in case of a postponement. Puritan 

 will not enter the races, so the contestants will be Volunteer, 

 Priscilla, Mayflower and Atlantic, 



I CAPSIZES.— On Aug. 7 tho cathoat Grover of the Greenpoint 

 Y. O. capsized in the East River, the. crew of six being rescued by 

 the policeboat Patrol. On the same day at 10 P. M. a catboat cap- 

 sized in the upper Bay. The three men on board were rescued by 

 a ferryboat, but refused to give their names. 



A NEW WORK ON YACHTING.— The Lithotype Co. have now 

 in preparation a large work on American yachts and yachting, 

 the text by Mr. Burgess. The book will be very handsomely made 

 up, containing fifty large plates from photographs by Mr. N. G. 

 Stebbins of Boston. 



HARLEM Y. O— The H. Y. C. union regatta will be sailed on 

 Aug. 24. 



