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outside in a blow, "with a strong sea running. The Rushton cruiser 

 capsized before the start, and a Barnegat cruiser owned by Mr. 

 Johnson broke her yard and retired. The others were: 



Nell, Barm-gat cruiser, Denisonand Ward. 34 4a 



Pride of Bay Ridge, surf boat, H. R. Ayerill 40 00 



, Rushton sneakbox, Cornell and Marvel 16 00 



The course was one round of the regular triangle. 

 This concluded the racing of the meet. The races all passed off 

 successfully, tbanks to the hard work of Mr. Stanton of the 

 Begatta Committee, aided by Messrs. Brown and Foster, and es- 

 pecially by Mr. N. S. Smith, clerk of the course. The work of 

 managing' nearly twenty races, some of them with 35 starters, of 

 timing these fleets, arranging the races to secure the best wind, 

 and deciding protests is no small labor, and the thanks of all who 

 attended the meet are due to these gentlemen who made the races 

 so successful. On Thursday a largo camp-lire was lit on the hill- 

 side, at which the prize flags were distributed. The announce- 

 ment of the election of Association officers, previously made by 

 the Executive Committee, was then publicly made, the Commodore 

 being K. W. Gibson of the Mohican C. C, and the Secretary-Treas- 

 urer F. L. Mis, of the same. club. The commodoreship should 

 naturally have gone to the Eastern Division this year, but at a 

 meeting of the Division on Wednesday it failed to elect a com- 

 modore and declined to hold the coming meet in its territory, as 

 it is entitled to do. The question of the place of the next meet 

 was discussed at: the camp, but no conclusion was arrived at, and 

 the matter was left for a fuller discussion. 



On Friday all but three of the tents were struck, and when the 

 steamer left in the afternoon the camp was deserted. Some re- 

 turned directly by rail but a number left with the intention of 

 cruising homebv wav of Lake George and Lake Champlain. 



The camp has been in all ways a successful one, both from a 

 racing and social standpoint. In the matter of racing the Associ- 

 ation has much to congratulate itself upon, as it is undoubtedly 

 far in advance of any similar body in the matter of rules and 

 methods. Of course there are changes from time to time, models 

 and methods are changing, some classes of boat are disappearing, 

 and the programmes of tne races change a little from year to 

 year, but a stea dy improvement is evident. The tabic at the head 

 of this article shows the dimensions of the boats that race and the 

 great majority of the cruising canoes present followed the same 

 dimensions. This table shows that the favorite length is still 15ft., 

 as 23 out of a total of 42 arc about, that length. Of the balance, 15 

 ranee from 15ft. Sin. to 16ft., while there is one of 17ft and three 

 of lift. The 17ft. canoe is the first yet built to the full limit of 

 Class B. I7ft.x28!£in., and is consequently outside of the paddling 

 classes and not eligible for the record. It is but fair to say that 

 the number of 16ft. canoes is increasing. 



The beam is divided as follows: 27in., 2; 28in., 9; 20jn., 9; 30in.,16; 

 3lin., 4; 33in., 1; 33in., 1. Thus it appears that Class A is in a fair 

 way to be abandoned, and that the majority of canoes in the 

 future will come within Class B limits, some declining to take the 

 beam allowed by the rule and building about 15x2ilin., while others 

 run to 15 and 16ft.x30in. Theoretically the two boats would not- 

 boon oven terms, but even then they are better matched by the 

 present rules than is possible under any system of time allowance: 

 while experience shows that ( he smaller boats need fear nothing 

 from the larger on the score of superior size when the limits are 

 no more different than in the present case. There is no disposi- 

 tion to build to the maximum limits, and fortunately the favorite 

 canoe is both light and easily portable, two most essential ends to 

 keep in view. The influence of the English boats that visited the 

 meet last year has beeu very slight, here and there an odd device 

 or a minor detail has been copied, but not in model; on the con- 

 trary, Pccowsic has exerted a visible influence, to note only one 

 point, in the matter of length, the increased number of 16ft boats 

 present, being due largely to her. 



The most important point that struck the observer in a tour 

 through the fleet as the boats lay along shore aud their owners 

 Stepping masts and rigging for the day's racing, was that, out of 

 the entire lot of 150 or more not moro than four were in first-rate 

 racing form, bottom perfectly smooth and polished, rig tried and 

 perfected and minor details of gear and fitting strong and in 

 thorough order. The two Barney boats, Laeowsie and Pecowsic, 

 handled respectively by father aud son, were in good condition 

 and their simple rig was in perfect order, a number of sails of 

 various sizes for each boat, the sails and spars perfect models of 

 neatness, all ready at hand in a box near the float. Notus was in 

 good form as regards hull and fittings, but even here the sails 

 were only tried at the last moment, the reeling gear being rigged 

 in camp. Fortunately all was right from the first, which is sel- 

 dom the case, and she started in good form in her first race. An- 

 other boat, that was in very good shape was the Rat, designed and 

 built by Mr. Grant Edgar, of Newburg, and one of the best canoes 

 in model as well as neatness of workmanship and completness of 

 detail, including sails, that has yet appeared at a meet. Unfor- 

 tunately her owner was too ill to sail her, only coming to the 

 camp for a couple of days. 



Outside of these there were a number of canoes of good model, 

 but which needed a thorough rubbing down and half a dozen 

 coats of varnish to make a passable bottom; there were some 

 whose hulls were in fair condition, though this fault of rough bot- 

 tom was general; while their rigs were nothing more than crude 

 experiments or ill-judged copies of the sails of some fast boat. 

 There were present a number of boats built as closely as possible 

 after the leading models of last year, but in nearly every case 

 their owners went home disappointed. Too many of these were 

 ready to sell their present boats for whatever they could get and 

 order blindly new ones. The fault in nearly all these eases was 

 only a lack of preparation; with good sails, of any of half a dozen 

 varieties, the boats could have been made to go very well, though 

 It is not to be expected that a poor sailor in a Pecowsic will come 

 anywhere near her old or present owner merely because he has 

 duplicated the boat. 



The first thing that every racing man should work for is prompt- 

 ness; complete your experiments and finish your sails at home, 

 come to the meet with a finished boat, be ready early in the morn- 

 ing for the races of the day and be at the line in time to 

 chose a good place instead of hurrying at the last minute and 

 being caught with gear in a snarl when the first gun fires. What 

 wins races is perfection of detail coupled with promptness and 

 readiness. You may not have the best possible model, but see 

 that the bottom is smooth, the rudder rising and falling easilv. 

 the hoard straight, and sharp on the edge and working easily iii 

 the trunk, and that cleats, tiller and small gear are fully strong 

 and in good order. Your sails may be out of fashion and not up 

 to the latest cut, but they need not on that account have the gear 

 half rove, the yard far off to leeward, or the luff slack. Of course 

 no amount of mechanical perfection will alone make a sailor, but 

 on the other hand the greatest skill is only wasted in a new boat, 

 untried and half rigged, with too much or too little ballast, as 

 some have found to their cost of late. Speaking of ballast, we 

 must add that the shot bag was conspicuous chiefly by its absence 

 this year, and that nearly all the canoes, certainly all the winning 

 ones, were sailed without ballast. 



To make a successful sailor requires not only a brand new Pe- 

 cowsic or Notus, but many qualities which are possessed in full by 

 but few, so that the number who will win the first prizes in the 

 sailing races is but smaU. In paddling it is not quite the same, 

 the interest is not as keen as in sailing and the practice requires 

 perhaps more hard work of a mechanical sort and less pleasure, 

 compared with sailing. There are fewer good paddlers than sail- 

 ors in the. A. C. A., and a better chance for the average canoeist 

 who is not afraid to work to win laurels. A good sailor is born, 

 not made, but any man of fair physique can learn to paddle a 

 canoe well, and by a moderate amount of training and practice 

 can make a very good show in the races. The record for the last 

 two years will show that a man who goes into every race with a 

 fair amount of pluck and skill and a boat in perfect, order, such as 

 every canoe should be kept by her owner, need not fear that he 

 will miss his reward. He may take few or even no first prizes, 

 and yet may head the record. 



It is a pleasure to note that while racing is on the increase and 

 the improvement in hulls and rigs is proportionately great, that 

 cruising has in no way suffered. There is, it is true, a tendency to 

 purely racing features in canoes that are in other respects cruis- 

 ers, such as the very small cockpit, a board in the center of the 

 well, and rigs that are unfitted for cruising; but on the whole the 

 rights of the cruiser are well guarded by the Association, and 

 none need fear that the racing will attain more than its due prom- 

 inence. 



SOUTH BOSTON 0. C. REGATTA, AUG. 27.-This club sailed 

 its regatta on Saturday over a triangle off South Boston. The 

 wind was light for sailing, and only two out of seven starters 

 finished the first race: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Apajune, Com. Frizzell 4 35 00 5 48 00 53 00 



Enchantress, J. Craddock 4 55 45 5 56 15 1 01 15 



The next event was a paddling race, resulting as follows: 



Fidget, C. Hird 6 32 00 06 00 



Cassie, Al Hird 6 22 05 06 05 



Gros Ventre. Connor 6 22 07 06 07 



Bluebell, Atherton 6 23 15 07 15 



Queen, Dix Time not taken. 



Apajune, Frizzell. Time not taken, 



The last race was a tandem with single blades: 



Gros Ventro, Connor and W. J. Martin 6 44 45 03 45 



Bluebell, Atherton and J. D. Ponce 6 44 48 03 48 



Cassie, Hird Bros , 6 45 00 04 00 



Apajune, Frizzell and John Martin 6 45 05 04 05 



Judges: Wm. Loouey and Alex Lundine; time-keeper, A. B. 

 Lyon. 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP.— Mr. F, D. Walker, of Springfield, 

 Mass., has applied for membership. 



fxchting. 



Address all covwnmieatwns to the Forest and Stream Pub. Co 



FIXTURES. 



September. 



1. Great Head, Moonlight Sail. 12. Newark Y. C. Fall Regatta. 



8. LarchmontFall, Larchmonf . 13. Trial Races, New York. 



3. Sandy Bay, Pen., Hockport. 15. Trial Races, New York. 



3. Monatiquot,Club,Weymouth 15. Miramiehi, Race for Cups. 



3i Cor. 2d Cham., Marhlehead. 17. Trial Races, New York. 



3. Beverly 3d Cham., Swamp- 17. Buffalo, Club. 



Scott. 17. Cor. Sweep., Marhlehead. 



6. Beverly, Monument Beach. 17. Monatiquot,Club, Weymouth 

 5. Cohasset Club. Cohasset. 17. Trial Races, New York. 



(i. Rhode Island, Open. 20. Cedar Point, Open. 



7. Pleon, Sail Off, Marble-head. 21. Pleon, Sweepstakes, Marble- 



8. Knickerbocker Annual. head. 



8. Quincy, 3d Championship. 24. Great Head. 



10. Cor. Cham., Marhlehead. 34. Monatiquot,Club, Weymouth 



10. Beverly, Sweep., Mon. Beach. 25. Quaker City, last Cruise, 

 10. Great Head. Del. River. 



10. Mouatiquot,Club,Weymouth 26. Cooper's Point, Corinthian, 

 10. Beverly Sweepstakes, Monu- Cruise up Delaware River. 



ment Beach. 27. America's Cup Match, N. Y. 



It. Quaker City, Review, Phila. 29. America's Cup Match, N. Y 

 October. 



1. America's Cup Match, N. Y. 



ROYAL NOVA SCOTIA Y. S. JUBILEE REGATTA. 



THE night of Thursday, Aug. 18, was dirty. It was blowing 

 hard from the southeast and raining heavily, but by daylight 

 next morning the sky cleared, and a brilliant day, with a hard 

 breeze of wind from W.S.W., promised excellent sport. There 

 was a heavy sea kicked up by the night's gale, aud it increased in- 

 stead of diminishing; so that dry decks were out of the question. 

 Even big Dauntless was all awash, and in some of the heavy 

 plunges fears were entertained for the safety of some of h> r hands, 

 as the seas swept her forward. There were three races on the 

 card; the first for yachts over 70ft. waterline, the second for yachts 

 70ft. and under. These two classes started at the same time and 

 sailed over the same courso— a long leg of 7 miles to the Automatic 

 Buoy, then a triangle, 9 miles E.S.E., 9 miles S.W., 10 miles N. by 

 W., and 7 miles in to finish; 42 miles m all. The S.W. markboat 

 shifted during the night's gale; so instead of a beat, it was only a 

 close fetch, and Galatea overstood and had to free sheets. Of 

 course with the wind as it was, giving a broad reach aud a run 

 over the greater part of the course, the chances were all in favor 

 of schooners, and Dauntless accordingly was timed first at the 

 finish, though under her reduced rig she could not shake off the 

 fleet Galatea, which flashed past the line only 25s. later, it was a 

 magnificent race from start to finish, and nothing like it has been 

 seen in the States this year; indeed, Dauutless's commander states 

 he has not had such a breeze and sea to race in since he left Eng- 

 land, aud the owner of Dauntless is equally pleased with the 

 weather he has experienced here. Had Sachem, Iroquois, Mon- 

 tauk and Grayling been here they would have enjoyed such a 

 treat as very rarely falls to their lot in the lighter weather of New- 

 port and Marhlehead; while Mayflower, Puritan, Atlantic and 

 Priscilla would have tried conclusions with Galatea under cir- 

 cumstances vastly different from those of any race in which they 

 have yet met. The visitors agreed that all the arrangements were 

 perfect, and as for the course, it is simply unequalled, for from 

 start to finish it is superior to any on either side of the Atlantic. 



There was tremendous interest taken in the regatta, and the 

 shores of Point Pleasant were covered with spectators; while 

 steamers, sailing and rowing craft of all kinds covered the harbor. 

 The entries for the first class race were: 

 Galatea, cutter, 87ft. l.w.L, Lieut. Hcnn, R. N. 

 Dauntless, schooner, 116ft. 7in., C. H. Colt. 

 The second class: 



Stranger, cutter, 65ft. l^in., G. A. Warren. 

 Guinevere, schooner, O. S. Weeks. 



The latter did not show up, and Stranger sailed over the course 

 under easy canvas. The prizes were, in the first class, two cups 

 presented by the R. N. S. Y. S.; in the second £200, presented by 

 A. B. Sheraton. The starting gun was fired at 10:30 sharp, and 

 the yachts crossed: Galatea, 10:30:25; Dauntless, 10:30:45; Stranger, 

 10:37:46. 



Galatea carried whole mainsail, jib-headed gaff topsail, balloon 

 foresail, and No. 1 jib; and broke out jibtopsail with the gun. 

 Dauntless had whole main and foresails, Working topsails, fore- 

 staysail, jib and flying jib and set jiptopsail as she passed. She 

 drew up on the cutter at once, aud before a mile of water had been 

 run the pair went in for a luffing match, which took them right in 

 under the western land, and off Portuguese Cove Dauntless lapped 

 and blanketed the steel cutter, and up went helms for a rush to 

 the Automatic, first mark, which was rounded: Dauntless, 11:05:15; 

 Galatea, 11:06:25. 



Seven miles in 34m. 30s. for Dauntless, in 36m. for Galatea, 

 which speaks sufficiently for the breeze blowing. It was now a 

 run to the eastern mark along a very high sea, and both yachts 

 rolled to leeward and surged to windward in a way that threat- 

 ened destruction to spars. Small spinakers were set to starboard, 

 but before half the leg was sailed Galatea's 70ft. spar snapped 14ft. 

 from the outer end, and away went the spinaker over the fore- 

 stay, tearing badly. The wreck was smartly gathered in and bal- 

 loon foresail shifted for working foresail. Just then the spinaker 

 halliard block on Dauntless broke, and away went her balloon in 

 ribbons. She was near the mark, however, and bar the loss of 

 the sail, the accident scarcely delayed her. The time at the mark 

 was: Dauntless, 11:50:15; Galatea, 11:54:30. 



The schooner had thus gained 3m. 50s. on the cutter, but Gala- 

 tea's turn had come, and m the close fetch to the S.W. mark she 

 launched out in such good fashion that she turned the tables the 

 other way, and was 2m. 30s. ahead at the boat. Both yachts were 

 driven for all they w r ere worth, and lee rails only showed up oc- 

 casionally, Dauntless going down to her skylights as she was 

 forced along. It was a grand ding-dong race, hold on all, and 

 blow good breeze. Galatea was smashing through the surges and 

 Captain Dan Bradford did not spare her. She lost her jibtopsail, 

 stowed on the bowsprit, as did Dauntless, the sea being so bad 

 that it was unsafe to send a hand out on either yacht to try to 

 save the sail. The time at the outer mark was: Galatea 1:02:50, 

 Dauntless 1:05:20. 



Twenty-five sea miles in %y 2 hours, 9 of them close-hauled. Once 

 round it was a broad reach for 17 miles, and Dauntless collared 

 Galatea again and passed her, expending another jibtopsail iu 

 doing this, the sail splitting from top to bottom. Galatea set a 

 balloon jibtopsail, but the breeze was too much for the kites, and 

 off Camperdown it went with a vicious tear. Still the cutter held 

 the big schooner and fought every inch of the way, finally coming 

 in, after a hard sailed race, only 25s. astern, amid tremendous 

 cheering. The finish of this superb race was timed: Dauntless 

 3:04:12, Galatea 3:04:37. 



Lieut. Henn took first and Mr. Colt second prize. Stranger 

 came in at 8:52:55 and took the Sheraton Cup. 



The third race was for the splendid trophy presented to the R. 

 N. S. Y. S. by residents of Boston and New York, for which the 

 f oUowing yachts entered : 



Albatross, schooner, D. Cronan , .33f t. 6in. 



Halicia, cutter, Capt. Trott 32ft. 4in. 



Hebe, cutter, Capt. Trott 35ft. 



Lenore, sloop, H. C. Madeod 27ft. lin. 



Pastime, schooner, W, M. Black 38ft. 9in. 



Psyche, cutter, Capt. Russell 24ft. 2in. 



Phantom, sloop, H. M. Wylde 24ft. 



Hildred, sloop, W. G. Jones 



St. Kilda, schooner, J. W. King 



The course was to Dartmouth Cove, Mars Rock, lumber yard, 

 twice around, 22 miles. The wind made it a reach all around, and 

 the two larger schooners had no difficulty in disposing of the rest 

 of the fleet. Pastime's sails are worn to a thread, but She sailed 

 in such a way as to show that if canvassed and ballasted in mod- 

 ern fashion she would easily hold Wenonah. The latter simply 

 romped away from the fleet and won with plenty of time to spare. 

 Halicia was dismasted before reaching Mars Rock, and Lenore 

 got third place. The time at the end of the first round was: 



Wenonah 12 37 50 St. Kilda 1 2 57 gg 



Pastime 12 47 52 Albatross 1 05 y 5 



Lenore 12 55 17 Phantom 1 06 00 



Hebe 12 50 45 Psyche. i oc 10 



Wenonah increased her lead during the second round; Hebe 

 which was sailed with wonderful dash by her owner's son, passed! 

 Lenore, as did St. Kilda, the sloop having got into difiicriltjVp 

 with her jibtopsail, and the race finished: 



Wenonah 1 52 57 Albatross 2 gg oq 



Pastime 2 10 57 Psyche ? in vr 



Hebe 2 34 30 Hildred .3 45 39 



St. Kilda 2 26 20 Phantom 3 46 03 



Lenore 3 34 10 



Wenonah winning the American Cup and Pastime the second 

 prize. 



Second Day, Ana. SO, 



Saturday morning seemed to promise n otbing better than a light 

 northerly air with no heart in it. But It did not last and barely 

 took the yachts in range of Thrum Cap and Lichfield, when it 

 petered out altogether, and left them cruising about waiting for 

 the true breeze, which came at last from S. S. W., giving practic- 

 ally a new start. There was a long roll running, a hd the stronger 

 breeze kicked up a jump of a sea, which, in combination with a 

 jibto] isail, accounted for Stranger's topmast. Galatea sailed a 

 superb race throughout, did not- throw away a chance, except 

 standing rather too far to the eastward during the shifting and 

 baffling of the wind, and won "hands down," presenting a striking 

 appearance as she flew up the harbor under a crowd of sail 



The starting point was off Green Bank, and the whole shore 

 along the Pcint was lined with speotaiars beside great cumbirs 

 on the various wharves, steamers, yachts not in the race, and 

 boats of all kinds and sizes. Dauntless was near the line, an im- 

 posing object as she sailed about waiting for the gun; the elegant 

 Stranger, with jackyarder aloft and balloon foresail sheeted aft, 

 had her spinaker boom ready to port; Galatea Shot along parallel 

 with the line, her immense mainsail and Jack yard topsail setting 

 like cards; enterprising Lenore, prepared to contest the possession 

 of the cup with the biggest of them all; Wenonah, with the glory 

 of the Friday's victory lighting up the faces of her crew, ready to 

 "have a hack" at the schooner's prize; and most deservedly ad- 

 mircd of all, Halicia, whose owner, thorough sportsman that he 

 is, had got a new mast in during the night, towed down to the 

 starting line, aud was actually hard at WOW With bis crew finish- 

 ing the rigging of his yacht so as to have mainsail and jib at L ast 

 ready for the signal gun. True British bulldog pluck and per- 

 severance in Captain Trott., and loud were the cheers which 

 greeted him when, off Meagher's Beach, he had his fine little craft 

 fully canvassed aud dancing along in the light breeze. 



The gun for the start was tired sharp a t 10:30 A. M., and away 

 went the crowd over the line, the vast .spinakers of Dauntless, 

 Galatea and Stranger revealing to Halifax eyes the true propor- 

 tions of balloon can va s. The s tart e rs were : 



Galatea, cutter, Lieut. Henn, R. N 87.00 L.w.l. 



Dauntless, schooner, C. H. Colt 116.07 



Stranger, cutter, G. H. Warren 65.01U 



Halicia, cutter, Capt. S. Trott. 32 04 



Pastime, schooner, W. Marshall Black J58.09 



Wenonah, schooner, Jas. Stairs ct al 45.01 



Guinevere, schooner. O. J. Weeks 



Lenore, sloop, H. C. McLcod 27.01 



The course was the same as on the previous day— from the 

 Green Bank 7 miles to the inner automatic buov, thence 15. S. K. 9 

 miles, thence S. W. 9 miles, thence N. by W. 10 miles to automatic, 

 aud 7 miles to finish— 42 miles. 



According to the New York Yacht Club rules, under which the 

 race was sailed, ten minutes are allowed for crossing the line. 

 This antiquated style of starting has gone out of use hi Halifax 

 altogether, and the English style of starting with the gun is al- 

 ways adhered to, as giving more scope for seamanship and smart 

 handling. The times at which the yachts crossed were : 



Halicia 10 30 50 Pastime 10 33 42 



Stranger 10 31 54 Wenonah 10 33 r>5 



Galatea . .10 32 15 Lenore 10 34 00 



Dauntless 10 33 36 Guinevere 10 36 01 



Halicia ran fast in the light wind, having spinaker set to port, 

 as had also Stranger, Dauntless and Wenonah. Galatea pulled 

 out hers to starboard, Lenore following suit, and each forged 

 ahead clear of their class, but Stranger falling into the big Eng- 

 lishman's wake becalmed her sails, hauled in mainboom and went 

 by her to leeward, taking and keeping the lead. Dauntless was 

 closing up, with Lenore buzzing on her weather quarter; but the 

 smaller schooners were not running as much water and were 

 dropping behind. Progress was very slow and whistling for a 

 breeze very general. At Meagher's Beach Galatea ran past Hali- 

 cia, and with Stranger the trio formed a division of their own, the 

 other yachts edging to the westward. By the time the fleet was 

 off Thrum Cap spinakers were aback on the leaders, and it was 

 "haul in and lower away" on all of them, jibtopsails taking the 

 place of the big balloons. An easterly and southerly draft struck 

 the three cutters, and Galatea went off on port, tack with sheets 

 flat. Stranger and Halicia to starboard. Between the two large 

 cutters the rest of the fleet was seen coming down with the last of 

 the northerly air. Presently Galatea tacked to starboard and 

 Stranger to port; when they met Mr. Warren's boat had the ad- 

 vantage and went round on her heel to weatherbow the Galatea, 

 but she was not quick enough, and the ninety cleared her wind. 

 Both vessels presently sailed into a patch of calm and came up all 

 standing, Galatea's weight forging her through Stranger's lee out 

 ahead of her and some mysterious breath aloft sendiug her on to 

 the southward and westward. Away under the Portuguese Cove 

 shore were Dauntless, Wenonah, Guinevere, Pastime, Lenore and 

 Halicia, all becalmed, sails slatting, and the yachts rolling in the 

 heavy swell. Presently the S.W. breeze came off the land. Dauut- 

 less's" enormous balloon main topsail staysail tilled, topsails, jibs, 

 fore and mainsails bellied out, and the spleudid yacht raced for 

 the Automatic with sheets lifted and threatened to take the lead. 

 Wenonah and the smaller schooners had not yet got it; the hig cut- 

 ters were worse off, as they were furthest to leeward; but now the 

 inshore division felt the wind, and Lenore & Co. freed sheets and 

 went off at score after Dauntless. Next. Galatea's jibtopsail came 

 full— head sheets were lighted over, the mainboom swung to port, 

 and the steel cutter was away like a greyhound for tho Automatic, 

 lea ving Stranger still rolling and without a breath. It was a piece 

 of gooa fortune, and one vast smile lined the weather bulwarks 

 of Galatea as she sped first of the fleet round the first mark. 

 Stranger was now full, but had to nip up to fetch round, and that 

 ran away with some of her allowance. The time round Automatic 

 was: 



Galatea. 12 21 20 Pastime 13 31 56 



Dauntless 12 25 32 Guinevere 12 32 04 



Stranger 12 27 16 Wenonah 23 32 17 



Lenore 13 30 08 



Poor Halicia had come to grief before reaching the buoy. The 

 new mast, put in that very morning to replace the one carried 

 away the day before, broke ten feet from the deck, and settled 

 her chances for the day. The accident was deeply regretted 

 by every one, for each day it occurred when Halicia was doing 

 well, and to lose two masts on two successive days when racing 

 for $500 and $1,000 prizes is worse than trying— it is exasperating, 

 especially as Captain Trott spares neither pains nor expense to 

 bring his yachts to the line in perfect condition. Mr. W. Lawson 

 bore down in his steamer A. C. Whitney and took the yacht in 

 tow. 



The breeze was now piping up, the racers sliding along with a 

 long sea on the beam, wind on starboard quarter, Galatea leading 

 with bowsprit spinaker, Dauntless next with soiuaker on boom to 

 starboard, but necessarily so far forward that it becalmed her 

 headsails, and Stranger canvassed like Galatea. Lenore was run- 

 ning steadily along and Guinevere and Wenonah were well within 

 their time of Dauntless, and saw visions of the schooner cup in 

 their respective lockers. Galatea was discounting the time allow- 

 ance of every competitor and romping away from all except 

 Dauntless, which made a slight gain. The schooner's fo retopmast 

 being suspected of a little weakness, her balloon jibtopsail was 

 stowed, and about the same time Galatea shifted jackyard topsail 

 for number two, in preparation for the turn to windward. Stranger 

 carried her balloon foresail all day, but Mr. Henn's vessel had 

 working foresail. The second mark, 9 sea miles from Automatic, 

 was rounded: 



Galatea 1 21 55 Wenonah 1 47 05 



Dauntless 1 25 05 Guinevere 1 47 43 



Stranger . 1 28 27 Pastime 1 48 00 



Galatea had thus gained only 6s. on Stranger, and had to gain 

 10m. 25s. more on her in order to save her time, but the moment 

 had now come for her to show her powers. It was. a beat of nine 

 sea miles to the next mark, which bore S.W, Galatea hauled up 

 sharp on starboard taek, outpointing Dauntless at once. Stranger 

 did the same, aud came out on weather quarter of Galatea, but a 

 long way astern. There, was now a rattling breeze and a jump of 

 sea, and the steel boat went through it like a knife, sending up 

 spurts of spray from her main chains and a glory of rainbow foam 

 from her sharp bows. Steadily and swiftly she left Stranger, 

 which was now second boat, and settled right out to windward 

 till she had her in her wake. Before this, at 1:36:30, Mr. Warren's 

 cutter had handed jibtopsail. At 2:39:45 Galatea had the mark- 

 boat abeam, and, with a weather-going tide, she tacked for it. 

 When Stranger tacked at 2:58:35 the clock showed her time allow- 



