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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 15, 1887. 



AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS AND UNCLE SAM'S 

 GUESTS. 



IN th% wild scramble for news by the American newspapers, 

 which began wben the report of the Clyde challenge first ar- 

 rived, there have been absolutely no limits to the blind ignorance 

 displayed, nor the at I er disregard of all courtesies due to the gen- 

 tlemen who visit us this year in a fair and friendly effort to win 

 the Cup. The attempt to secure the lines of the Thistle and the 

 .fictitious drawings published last winter and exposed at the time 

 by the Fokkst and Stream, stands as a good example, and the 

 ridiculous "air bubble" yarn, given gravely a short time since by 

 an evening taper, was an equal display of ignorance, but both 

 have been, eapped by the exploit of the New York World, which 

 last Thursday night sent a diver down t o flounder and grope about 

 in the darkness to get the lines of the yacht. The report of the 

 JournaiiftUe exploit was given in last Sunday's World. In the 

 four 'ooltftnns which are devoted to the details, more or less irung- 

 tnar.yv Of this wonderful trip, just ten short tines are given to a 

 ■description of what was seen of the Thistle. This descriptive 

 fli&tter is supplemented by illustrations, "Hues" in fact; two crude 

 sketches that look about as much like Thistle as the pictures of 

 pigs or cats which children draw with their eyes closed are like to 

 the objects they purport to represent. The sheer plan does not 

 even resemble the oarts of the Thistle's hull which are now visible 

 above water, while her depth is given as 20ft. 



Without placing too much credence in any part of the story, it 

 is at least probable that a diver was actually hired and made a 

 descent somewhere near the Thistle, and that the World spent 

 several hundred dollars on the expedition; but as for any results, 

 there are plenty of boys around New York, interested in yachting, 

 who could draw off-hand a far more correct sketch of what the 

 Thistle probably is than the crude scrawl for which the World 

 paid so much. 



As to the lack of good taste in the whole proceeding there can 

 be but one opinion, and had the intruders been detected and given 

 the reception usually accorded to river pirates they would have 

 had no more than a just reward for a most impudent and unwar- 

 ranted intrusion on private rights. 



Since the arrival of Messrs. Watson and Bell last week the in- 

 terviewers have been out in full force, and had the two visitors 

 talked steadily ever since their arrival they could not have given 

 utterance to half the stuff that has been credited to them in the 

 'daily papors, With a delicacy beyond the comprehension of the 

 'average reporter. Mr. Watson has declined to visit Mayflower or 

 Volunteer, but the papers of Thursday and Friday generally de- 

 scribed him as harrying away to Brooklyn to see Volunteer as 

 soon as he landed from the City of Rome. A Boston paper this 

 week revamps the old story as to "copying American models" in 

 the following words: 



"Mr. Watson thought that Boston was worthy of a visit, and he 

 came here. He made no announcement to that effect, but made 

 his visit under the guise of a gentleman of leisure and informa- 

 tion. Mr. Watson made a call at the office of Mr. Burgess while 

 that gentleman was out of town, went down to Beverly and 

 viewed the Mayflower and visited Lawley's yard at South Boston, 

 where the Puritan and Mayflower had been built and where the 

 Volunteer was afterward built. He walked slowly through the 

 vards without saying anything, 'taking everything in.' He in- 

 spected the models of all parts of the big American boats and 

 went away fully prepared to compete with Mr. Burgess in the de- 

 signing of a cup winner. At New York, too, Mr.Watson had every 

 opportunity for a close inspection of the models of the Puritan 

 and Mayflower, as they are on exhibition in the club house of the 

 New York Y. C. Later on, after it was announced that Mr. Wat- 

 son had designed the Thistle to compete for the America's cup, 

 Mr. Burgess wrote to Scotland, asking for the dimensions of the 

 Thistle, but Mr. Watson refused to give them or any other par- 

 ticulars concerning his boat. Ever since there has been the ut- 

 most secrecy concerning the boat, and it is more than probable 

 that the information gained by Mr. Watson on his visit to Boston 

 was a great aid to him in the construction of the Scotch wonder. 

 What little is known of the Thistle's keel confirms the suspicion 

 that it is more American than Scotch, for it is very similar to 

 that of the Volunteer, Instead of being of wood it is of iron with 

 lead run in for ballast, while the Volunteer's is of wood [81061?] 

 with the same kind of ballast. Many Bostonians think that Mr. 

 Watson has taken advantage of Mr. Burgess and will not there- 

 fore be surprised if the cup is lost. If Mr. Burgess had only known 

 beforehand of the unfair advantage which Mr. Watson was going 

 to take of him he would have gone ahead one year, aud instead of 

 designing the Volunteer would have designed the boat which he 

 will desiirn next season that will leave the Volunteer as far be- 

 hind in progression as the Volunteer has left the Mayflower and 

 Puritan." 



We only give space to such stuff as a fair sample of much that 

 has of late appeared in many papers, an attempt to hedge on the 

 chances of a possible, defeat by making Mr. Watson a copyist of 

 Mr. Burgess, when that sense of fair play which all Americans lay 

 claim to should dictate an open and manly avowal of the truth, 

 that whatever chance resemblance there may be betw een Thistle 

 and Volunteer is due to the fact that Mr. Burgess has derived his 

 inspirations from the English cutter rather than the. American 

 sioop. Forgetting that Thistle was built before Volunteer was 

 yet on paper all are ready to cry, " How much she resembles Vol- 

 unteer." Referring to the extract above, the writer displays his 

 utter ignorance by comparing the keel construction of Thistle to 

 Volunteer, wheu Mr. Watson built Vanduara in exactly the same 

 manner, a hollow metal trough filled with lead, seven years ago, 

 or before Mr. Burgess took up his profession of yacht designer. 



How Mr. Watson has taken an unfair advantage of Mr. Burgess 

 the writer does not show. The first proposal of the Scotch chal- 

 lengers was that both parties should agree on a common length 

 of waterhne, each building its best boat thereon, thus avoidiug 

 any chance of either outbuilding the other, but this fair proposal 

 was passed Without notice by American yachsmen; now what 

 right have they to complain if the Clyde yachtsmen keep their 

 dimensions to themselves? Much has been said about the secrecy 

 attending the buiiding of the Thistle, but it does not seem to have 

 occurred to any one that Mr. Burgess is not giving away much 

 more about Volunteer and Mayflower than Mr. Watson has about 

 Thistle. To be sure, neither was built under lock and key; but 

 what reason was there for so doing? Mayflower and Volunteer 

 were both built to meet boats already afloat and well-known, 

 while Thistle was begun with the absolute certainty that: a new 

 yacht would be built to meet her, and that this yacht would ap- 

 proach still nearer to the English cutter than either Puritan or 

 Mayflower. 



How much authentic information has the public about May- 

 flower or Volunteer; how much has Mr. Burgess revealed about 

 either boat? Thanks to the omnipresent and inquisitive Ameri- 

 can reporter some of the dimensions of spars and sails have been 

 wormed out, but the really valuable points— the displacement, 

 weight in keel and inside, area of midship section, area of im- 

 mersed surface, centers of buoyancy, effort and lateral resistance, 

 and areas of sails— are still as little known as in the Thistle. Mr. 

 Burgess is not to blame for this; it is his private property, the tools 

 with which be works, and it is not to bo expected that he will 

 place them iu the hands of his business rivals. But why should 

 Mr. Watson be asked to do the same thing? It is in no way dis- 

 creditable to Mr Burgess that he should adopt a good idea wherc- 

 ever he sees it, but it is a fact that he is indebted to the English' 

 cutter for almost every detail of design and construction ot his 

 yachts, except in the three points of beam, cenl .erboard aud laced 

 inamsail. These are very important points, it is true; but what 

 are the three against the hundred details, many of them fully as 

 important, which are clearly of English origin? And, further, in 

 these three lie has departed far from American practice. In beam 

 he has far less than the American sloop; the eenterboard he is 

 ready to discard wherever the depth of water permits, and his 

 laced mainsails all have an English outhaul in place of a rigid 

 lacing and fixed clew. 



He would not be a Yankee if he did not improve on an idea how- 

 ever obtained, and this is fully shown in his boats. Untramme.led 

 by rules, he has taken more beam than has of late been allowed 

 the British designer; seeing the small need of reefing a bowsprit 

 in ordinary racing service, and the weakness of the. English bob- 

 stay fall, he has improved on both in his later boats. Appreciating 

 fully the many advantages of the cutter rig he has retained them, 

 but strengthened some of the weak points. 



Speaking of copying, we do not know where the idea of the long 

 spans on Volunteer's gaff originated, but it is worth while noting 

 that while they had never been seen on the older Burgess boats, 

 or in fact on any other American yacht, they appeared on Volun- 

 teer a short while after tne first photos of Thistle, showing plainly 

 the same novel feature, were on sale in America. 



It is curious to see the gradual working of the idea so long ad- 

 vanced by the Forest and St u g AM and solongcombatted hy every 

 journal in America and by most American yachtsmen, that the 

 keel is at least the equal of the eenterboard for speed. Of late the 

 question of a keel boat creeps up wherever yachting is under dis- 

 cussion; and, following Mr. Burgess's lead, that public- opinion 

 which has so long stood as a bar to American progress in yachting, 

 is now ready to take up the keel boat as the proper thing, provided 

 it be allowed to do so with the assumption that the keel is an 

 American invention. The skill, enterprise and ingenuity which 

 have brought success to Messrs. Paine and Burgess in Puritan and 



Mayflower, taught them long ago that the lead keel of the English 

 yacht was necessary in modern boats, and further that the possi- 

 bilities for speed wt re with the. keel rather than the eenterboard 

 craft : but had they proposed in 1884 to defend the eup with a keel 

 boat they would have been ridiculed and abused by the same pub- 

 lic which to-day is accusing Mr.Watson of copying Volunteer and 

 Mayflower. 



We had Mr. Watson's word personally last fall that he did not 

 see either Mayflower, Puritan, Priscilla or Atlantic, though he 

 made a call on Mr. Burgess when in Boston. Further than this, 

 he stated then that he had sketched out a preliminary draft before 

 leaving for America, leaving it in the hands ot his assistants to 

 complete the details, and that, after all he had learned on his visit 

 it was not likely that he would change this plan. This should set 

 the matter at rest for all time unless something better than anony- 

 mous gossip appears to the contrary. If any ono still believes 

 that he copied the Burgess boats, let them contrast the yachts 

 themselves. How much does Mayflower's stern, far less Volun- 

 teer's shapeless excrescence, resemble Thistle; what likeness is 

 there between the fair, regular sheer of Puritan and Mayflower 

 and the peculiar Watson sheer, familiar before Mr. Burgess de- 

 signed his first yacht; what is there in the way of workmanship 

 on Volunteer that is not far better done on Thistle ? Volunteer 

 may prove faster and better than Thistle, but we would be sorry 

 to see her go abroad as a specimen of American handicraft. 



We venture thii prediction: If Thistle wins the Cup, the next 

 Burgess boat will resemble her more than it does either Volun- 

 teer, Mayflower or Puritan. 



The Scotch yachtsmen have shown themselves to be gentlemen 

 sportsmen who are not only fully able but well content to mind 

 their own business; building the best boat they can aud sailing 

 her as fast as she will go, without further regard to the boat that 

 may be put againBt them. As guests of the nation they are en- 

 titled to courteous and gentlemanly treatment, and neither a 

 strong feeling of patriotism nor the pushing competition of Amer- 

 ican journalism will serve as an excuse for a hostile and rude 

 reception. 



LARCHMONT Y. C. SPECIAL REGATTA, SEPT. 1 O. 



IT is unfortunate that the liberal offer by the Larchmont Y. C. 

 of a 81,000 cup failed to bring about sufficient entries, but Vol- 

 unteer and Mayflower were both on the railways preparing for 

 the race of Tuesday, Priscilla was on her way home from Bar 

 Harbor, andneithor Atlantic nor Puritan entered; so the race was 

 given up for the present. The offer of two prizes of $250 and glOO 

 for second class resulted in sufficient starters to make a race, but 

 owing to the weather this attempt too was a failure. The race 

 was started on Sept. 10, but failed to finish within the limit of 

 eight hours; so it will be resailed on Sept. 17. 



The special course laid out was from off Larchmont, around 

 Matinnicock Buoy, theuce around mark-boat off Captain's Island, 

 thence around mark-boat off Eaton's Neck, and home over same 

 course, 38 miles. Only four yachts entered. 



Titania CO. Iselin Allows. 



Shamrock J. R. Maxw r ell lm. 10s. 



Fanny T. P. Fiske 3m. 56s. 



Mischief Messrs. Auchinoloss 7m. 31s. 



The regatta committee, Messrs. Willard, Griffiths and Foreman, 

 had as guests on their tug Messrs. William York and Robert 

 Wylie, of the Royal Clyde Y. C, while Mr. Watson sailed on 

 Shamrock. 



When the first whistle blew at 11:30 the wind was from N.W. 

 moderate, with tide half up. With booms to starboard and spin- 

 akers in stops to port the four went over as follows, the whistle 

 being given at 11:35, Titania tearing her spinaker and being 

 obliged to take it iu for hasty* repairs, resetting it again: 



Fanny 11 38 37 Shamrock 11 38 53 



Titania 11 38 43 Mischief 11 39 17 



Balloon jibtopsails were also broken out and soon did more good 

 than the spinakers, the wind going to north a little, so the latter 

 were taken in. Titania soon passed from under Mischief's lee, 

 where she found herself at the start, though she was obliged to go 

 astern to do so. When once clear she ran ahead of the fleet, the 

 tinif s at Matinnicock being: 



Titania 12 14 15 Shamrock 13 15 05 



Mischief 12 14 50 Fanny 13 16 53 



Across to Captain's Island the wand was ahead, but it had fallen 

 so light by this time that the race was a drift, Fanny being badly 

 left by the dying breeze. The times at Captain's Island were : 



Titania 1 29 00 Shamrock : . .1 33 52 



Mischief 1 32 13 Fanny 1 51 25 



For nearly four hours the quartette drifted about, Fanny work- 

 ing in nearest to the Connecticut shore and dodging the tide, 

 finally coming out second boat when the breeze reached them. 

 The times at Eaton's Neck n-arkboat were : 



Shamrock 5 17 00 Titania 5 39 41 



Fanny 5 24 53 Mischief ■. 5 32 00 



The' wind increased a little and better time was made to Cap- 

 tain's Island mark, which was turned thus: 



Shamrock 6 53 52 Titania 7 00 20 



TheJeaders set spinakers while the tug, only waiting to time 

 Titania, ran across to Matinnicock to. show the way, displaying 

 i-ed lights when at the buoy. Titania gained rapidly on this run, 

 the times being: 



Shamrock 7 35 39 Titania 7 36 49 



The other two were not timed, and it is uncertain whether Mis- 

 chief turned the spar buoy, as it was by this time quite dark. The 

 full times were: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Shamrock 11 38 52 8 15 33 8 36 40 8 35 30 



Titania 11 38 43 8 17 13 8 38 31 8 38 31 



Fanny 11 38 37 Not timed. 



Mischief 11 39 17 8 18 40 8 39 23 8 31 52 



Fanny was not timed and Mischief's finish, so close to the. lead- 

 ers, makes it doubtful whether she did not mistake the course in 

 the dark. Altogether the finish was very unsatisfactory, and as 

 stated before, the race will be resailed. 



eight entries only the Chic, Mr. John Hyslop's new steam launch, 

 came to the line, so the race fell through. The regatta committee 

 included Messrs. A. Varian, W. Alexander and John Allen, and 

 the judges, Messrs. A. A. Briggs. H. C. De Witt and J. C. Summers. 



CINDER ELLA- ANACONDA MATCH. 



rpHE match mentioned last week between Ciuderella, owned by 

 J. William E. Iselin, and Anaconda, owned by J. fx. Prague, 15 

 miles to windward, for $250 a side, was sailed Sept. 12 in weather 

 such as few yacht races in a season are favored with. The wind 

 blew half a gale from the east, with a very heavy sea, while rain 

 fell all day, but the few that were out had a tine piece of sailing, 

 though seasoned with plenty of salt water. The course was laid 

 out from off Flagler's Point at Larchmont to Lloyd's Neck, 15 

 miles and return, the first half a dead heat. At 11:61 the start was 

 given from the tug W. Goodwin, on which were Messrs. Willard 

 and Griffiths, of the regatta committee of the Larchmont Y. C. 

 Cinderella, under two-reefed mainsail and No. 2 jib, with Mr. C. S. 

 Lee at the wheel, and Mr. Thomas Power on hoard as representa* 

 tive of Mr. Prague, went over the line just 43s. later. Anaconda 

 had three reefs and a reefed jib, the representative of Mr. Iselin on 

 board being Mr. F. E. Towle. Above the line her main beet 

 fouled on the spinaker boom on deck, and she did not cross until 

 1:53:25. 



The Goodwin followed the racers as they beat out through the 

 heavy seas, taking them herself fore and aft. A plate finally 

 washed from a bunker hole and flooded the hold to a dangerous 

 degree; so that she had to put back to harbor in a hurry, the 

 water being nearly up to her fl res when she a uehorcd. Cinderella 

 made her way through the seas, but. his snakeship w r as evidently 

 not a water serpent. With head paid off under the reefed jib and 

 carrying a strong lee helm, Anaconda bobbed up and down, but 

 failed to get anywhere, and after some four miles of this work 

 she turned tail and vanished in the direction of Larchmont 

 with a celerity that would have done credit to the great original 

 sea sei'pent. 



Cinderella rounded the weather mark at 2:57, as timed by Ana- 

 conda's representative, and reached the finish at 4:11:57, her 

 elapsed time being 4:20:14. Anaconda is a boat with a mission , she 

 was not built for pleasure only, but to prove the value of high, or 

 inside ballast, great beam, and the sloop rig, especially the single 

 jib. During the season thus far she has failed to make a record, 

 but after this race it cannot be said that she has not done so in 

 a manner satisfactory to those on one side of the disputed 

 question. 



CORINTHIAN Y. C. OF NEW YORK. 



THE f oUowing notice has been sent out by the Corinthian Y. C 

 of New York: 



"In pursuance of its effort to obtain the most trustworthy data 

 for the adoption of a fair system of measurement and believing 

 with this object in view a series of match races would be more 

 valuable than ordinary races with many competing yachts, the 

 Corinthian Y. C. of New York offers to sail against all comers 

 between 38 and 43ft. on the load walerline, a cutter from among 

 its enrolled yachts. The match or matches to be sailed between 

 the fifteenth day of September and the first Say of October, 1887, 

 without restriction as to sail or crew* except that the crew shall 

 not exceed in number one man for every 5ft. length on deck or 

 fractional part thereof, over the course of the Corinthian Y, C. 

 provided for the fourth class yachts and under its sailing regu- 

 lations, but under the measairement and time allowance of the 

 New York Y. C. The prize to each winning yacht will be a silver 

 eup of the size and design of the Corinthian Y. C. mugs. The 

 owner of any sloop or cutter willing to accept this offer will please 

 communicate with the secretary of the Corinthian Y. C, Mr. 

 Roosevelt Schuyler, No. 55 Beaver street, New York." 



The following response has been made: 

 M. Kooxw/f. Sdm'jler,Enq., Secretary Corinthian Y. C, New York 

 City: 



Dear Sir— Referring to the offer of the Corinthian Y. C, pub- 

 lished in this morning's papers, I would say that the class therein 

 stated i 

 do so. 



eenterboard s — 

 offer so as to include boats of Fanita's size, say 38 to 50ft. water- 

 line, it will give me a great deal of pleasure to accept it, and I 

 have no doubt but that the matches would prove interesting to 

 the admirers of both the sloop and cutter type of yacht. 



F. H. Hatch, Sloop Yacht Fanita. 



KNICKERBOCKER Y. C. FALL REGATTA. 



THE annual fall regatta of the Knickerbocker Y. C. was sailed 

 on Sept. 8 over the regular course, from Port Morris around 

 the Gangway Buoy, ha a strong N.W. wind, the smaller boats 

 carrying reefs over part of the course. The club has a fashion of 

 makiug up a very imposing entry list by including every yacht 

 enrolled as entered for its regattas, and this year the total ran up 

 in the seven ties; but when the signal was given only twenty-one 

 yachts started. Dora and Wacondah had some sharp work over 

 the first half of the course, the latter finally gaining a little at the 

 turn, which was timed: 



Lizzie R 13 27 30 



Duster 13 30 56 



Truant 12 3* 04 



Wacondah 12 35 30 



Dora 12 35 40 



Adelaide 13 37 12 Ro ver. . . . 



Zena .12 41 00 



Undine 12 41 30 



John Demarest 12 43 14 



Charles Wilde 12 44 10 



Black Hawk 12 44 35 



....12 44 55 



Culprit Fay 13 37 45 White Cap 12 48 40 



Mayotta • 13 38 30 Ariel 12 49 10 



Mel vina 12 40 00 Gil Bias 12 49 35 



Coming home before the wind the Culprit Fay headed both of 

 them and finished first, though losing to Undine on corrected 

 time. The full times were: 



CLASS 1— CABIN SLOOPS AND CUTTERS 32ft. AND OVER. 



Start. Finish. 



Undine 111151 2 18 03 



CJias. Welde 11 15 00 3 20 48 



Culprit Fay 11 12 34 2 14 06 



Wacondah - 11 12 10 2 14 30 



J. Demarest 11 11 51 3 24 10 



Mclvina 11 14 10 3 SO 45 



Dora 11 12 22 2 16 34 



Ariel U 12 51 2 54 10 



Elapsed. Corrected. 



3 06 12 

 3 5 48 

 3 01 32 

 3 03 20 

 3 13 19 

 3 16 35 

 3 04 03 

 3 42 C 



2 43 15 

 2 47 38 

 2 47 39}^ 



2 48 15 



3 51 SQK 

 3 10 35 



2 50 54J4 



3 17 09 



CLASS 2— CABIN SLOOPS AND COTTERS ONDER 32 AND OVER 26FT. 



Rover 11 12 50 2 26 50 3 14 00 3 14 00 



Black Hawk 11 11 09 2 34 33 2 33 13 3 20 18 



Gil Bias 11 13 27 2 47 33 3 34 06 3 29 28><b 



CLASS 3— CABIN SLOOPS 26FT. AND UNDER. 



White Cap 11 12 10 2 35 57 3 33 47 3 23 47 



Swan U 12 49 2 57 25 3 44 36 3 43 48}^ 



Thisbe. U 12 01 2 49 24 3 37 23 3 29 58 



lanthe 11 12 20 3 03 45 3 51 35 3 41 37^ 



CLASS 4— OPEN SLOOPS OVER 26PT. 



Adelaide 11 06 53 2 21 49 3 14 .56 3 14 56 



Zena 11 06 19 3 33 38 3 16 19 3 06 09 



CLASS 5— JIB AND MAINSAIL UNDER 26ET. 



Duster 11 06 53 2 06 24 2 59 32 2 59 33 



CLASS 6 — CAT-RIOGED 23PT. AND OVER. 



Lizzie R. - , 11 01 32 3 04 33 3 02 50 3 03 50 



Mayotta 11 02 53 2 34 37 3 21 34 3 09 40}^ 



Truant It 03 12 2 14 40 3 11 38 3 57 38 



Undine beats Charles Welde 4m. 21s., Rover beats Black Hawk 

 6m., White Cap beats Thisbe 6m. lis., Zena beats Adelaide 8m. 47s., 

 Duster had a walk over and wins special prize for fastest time 

 over course, Truant beats Lizzie R. am. l;Js. 



A prize was offered for steam and naphtha launches, but out of 



CORINTHIAN Y. C, MARBLEHEAD, SEPT. 5.— On Sept. 5 

 the second championship race of the Corinthian Y. C. was sailed 

 over the following courses : For the first and second classes— 

 From judges' line, leaving buoys 5 and 3 on starboard ; buoy off 

 Tom Moore's rocks on starboard ; can buoy on the outer breaker 

 off Pig rocks on port; Half-way rock on port; buoys 3 and 5 on port, 

 to judges' line. ; 10 miles. For the third class— From judges' line 

 to buoy on Chappel's ledge, leaving it on starboard: buoy on 

 Gooseberry ledge on starooard : stakeboat one-half mile south of 

 Mar olehead rock, leaving it .on starboard ; buoys 3 and 5 on port, 

 to judges' line ; six miles. The start was made at 1:05 P. M. for 

 first class, with 5 minutes between each class. The weather was 

 clear and. warm with a moderate southeast wind. The times 

 were : 



EIRST CLASS CENTERBOARDS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 

 Atalanta, L. R. Thomas 28.01 1 53 48 1 24 51 



EIR8T CLASS KEELS. 



Trudette, L. M. Haskins 25 08 1 57 30 1 26 09 



lone, J. S.Poyen 25.06 1 58 51 1 27 19 



Echo, E. L. BurweU 25.01 2 01 29 1 29 35 



Oountess, R. L. Sewall 37.03 1 59 50 1 33 28 



SECOND CLASS CENTER BOARDS. 



Sprite, H. M. Sears 32.08 3 08 06 1 33 18 



Expert, L. Whitcomb 33.03 2 09 13 1 &5 07 



Petrel, H. H. Paul 21.09 2 15 20 1 39 21 



SECOND CLASS KEELS. 



Kitty. E. H. Tarbell 23.05 1 59 41 1 25 48 



Witcb, B. B. Crowninshield 23.01 2 07 52 1 33 35 



Beth, F. S. Eaton 23.10 3 12 58 1 38 23 



Caronita, C. S. Eaton 31.02 2 18 54 1 42 09 



T1L0RD CLASS CENTER BOARDS. 



Mabel, F. L. Dunne 19.10 1 13 10 48 59 



Banshee, H. P. Benson 17.11 1 15 48 50 46 



Josephine, D. H. Follett, Jr 18.08 1 15 10 50 54 



Nerina, R. W. Saltonstall 20.07 1 14 -33 52 01 



Pixy, F. W. Chandler 19.10 1 17 07 53 56 



Hoiden, F. Gordon Dexter 20.04 1 17 22 54 47 



Greta, S. G. Allen 19.06 1 36 06 1 13 36 



THIRD CLASS KEELS. 



Vera, Paine and Randall 19.09 1 17 33 54 17 



Wraith, J. B. Pahae 19.02 1 30 49 56 42 



Nixie, A. L. Cochrane 20.03 1 31 07 58 13 



SOUTH BOSTON Y.C., Sept. 5.— The race postponed from Aug. 

 27 was sailed on Sept. 5, the fine* part being in a vei-y light breeze, 

 increasing later. The course for first cl ass was 10 miles, second 

 class 9 miles, third class 7 miles. The times were: 



EIRST CLASS KEELS. 



Length. Elapsed. Connected. 

 Breeze, C. E. Paget 29.09 2 45 33 2 17 56 



FIRST CI.ASS CENTERBOARDS. 



Lizzie Warner, Thomas Lutted. 25.02 2 49 36 3 17 43 



SECOND CLASS KEELS. 



Volante, J. M. Hall 22.08 2 22 55 2 21 36 



Thelga, D. T. Hall 22 01 2 24 10 1 52 13 



Oma, dipt. Gibbs 22.08 3 46 04 2 14 45 



Fearless . 21.04 2 50 39 2 17 47 



Wanda, G. W. Griffis 23.03 withdrawn. 



Eauoinie, John Bucklv 31.00 withdrawn. 



SECOND CLASS CENT Eat BOARD8. 



Goodlaack, J. B. Farrell 23.00 2 45 40 3 13 35 



THIRD CLASS KEELS. 



Joli, W. J. Tilley 16.08 3 16 06 2 45 20 



THIRD CLASS CENTERBOARDS. 



Minnie, H. Jackson lb. 00 2 52 23 2 19 16 



Sunshine, E. W. Haskell .. .20.00 3 07 06 2 aO 13 



Thrasher, W. J. Higgins S0.04 2 44 20 2 17 48 



Etta, John Bertram 20.05 withdrawn. 



Peggy, J. P. Bullard 15.09 withdrawn. 



First class keels— Breeze, championship pennant, a club Bignal 

 in silk. First class centerboards— Lizzie Warner, champion pen- 

 nant. Second class keels— Thelga, pennant; Oma, $5; Fearless, $3. 

 Second class ceuterboards, Goodluck, silken pennant. Third class 

 keels— Joli, pennant. Third class ceuterboards— Tbrn6hea\ pen- 

 nant; Minnie, £5; Sunshine, $3. Judges; C. McKenna, W. H. God- 

 frey, G. F. Clark, J. R, Chandler, Frank R. Frizzell. After the 

 race there was a dance at the club house. 



LAKE GEORGE Y. C— The annual race of this club was sailed 

 on Sept . 8, the course being 20 miles. The starters were Coquette, 

 Dr. J. W. Dowling, Jr.; Leila. Henry Haydcn; Nahma, L. Chand- 

 ler. Coquette won in 5h. 22m., with Leila second. 



