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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 16, 1887» 



the West Bank and others scattered across as far as Gravesend 

 Ba.y, -when all at once the squall was upon them. For a few min- 

 utes matters wore a lively look and several had very large con- 

 tracts on hand. Atlantic, in the lead, let hoth staysail and club- 

 topsail come down wit h a run as she rolled down. The topsail yard 

 dropped into the belly of the mainsail, but did no serious damage. 

 Under jib and mainsail only she ran along with railundor and decks 

 awash. Pl'iseilla, astern, was glad enottglj to follow suit and 

 lowered ciubtopsail in a hurry, getting into trouble with it as she 

 did so. Titauia came down as rapidly as possible to mainsail and 

 jib, a"d was then heeling at a great angle, while Shamrock went 

 down to her combings before the canvas was o If her. Of the sloops 

 only Cinderella a net Grade came out well, the little fellow lowered 

 away at first, but soon found that she was all right and up went top- 

 sail again, while Grade hung to her ciubtopsail through it all. Near 

 Atlantic was the tiny Ulidia, with topsail and staysail down aB 

 the squall struck, hut at once on her way rejoicing and paining 

 ground. Bedouin, near Titania, was lidding to her cluhtopsail 

 and standing like a house, every moment getting further from 

 the steel ship, as the latter heeled under her redueed canvas. 

 Now, too, was Galatea's time, the first in two seasons, and she 

 was there to make the best of it. Barely holding her own with 

 those about her a few minutes before, she weut into tho melee 

 without starti ng tack or sheet until, as 1 he first twister struck her, 

 tho jibtopsail was run down. On she wen t under the full club- 

 tonsiul, for the first time wetting her decks with American waters 

 as the tops of tho waves rippled tn the Ice scuppers. As the. heavier 

 puffs struck her she put her planksheer fairly down, but not once 

 during the day was her rail near tho water. A few minutes of 

 the blow and it was seen she could carry more sail, and the jib- 

 topsail went, .aloft again. 



Priscilla was now astern to leeward, Enron was picked up and 

 left astern, Poeahoimis, out for a sail, started sheet and wont 

 out the Swash as Galatea reared her, aud soon through the 

 last of the heavy rain she was near Shamrock, baring in a few 

 minutes worked off her big handicap, as well as the ground lost 

 in the light wind of the first half hour. Sachem and Gitana were 

 in close proximity to Bedouin and Titania when the squall struck, 

 all being near the Lower Island. The schooners held to their 

 canvas and made tip the loss on the singlestickers. As they neared 

 Buoy 10 Galatea was abreast of Shamrock, both turning together. 

 The times were: 



Atlantic 2 23 00 Ulidia 2 35 10 



Cinderella 2 26 25 Gitana 2 85 k) 



Grade 2 28 35 Priscilla 2 88 10 



Hildegard 2 28 50 Clio ... 2 30 4.5 



Stranger 2 29 40 Adelaide 2 87 30 



Shamrock 2 30 20 Speranza 2 38 35 



Galatea 2 30 45 Fanita 2 38 50 



Sachem 2 32 33 Agnes 2 12 00 



Huron 2 33 00 Espirito 2 44 15 



Montauk 2 33 05 Isis 2 44 00 



Bedouin 2 34 05 Athlon 2 44 20 



Titania 2 34 30 



Before the buoy was reached the squall was all over, the wind 

 had dropped, and the pace had decreased accordingly. Galatea 

 got out spiuaker to starboard but was obliged to carry it well for- 

 ward. Astern Sachem and Montauk were having a very pretty 

 brush, the white boat setting balloon maintopmaststaysail, on 

 which Montauk followed with hers, both spinaker and balloon 

 iibtopsail were also aloft on Sachem and she continued to hold 

 her lead. At 1:40 the poiutuf the Hook was just abeam of Galatea, 

 Shamrock and Stranger, with Atlantic well out to the mark, and 

 Cinderella, Grade and Hildegard ahead of the trio. Cinderella 

 was doing excellent work and held her place well from the start. 

 Here Shamrock ran up on Stranger's lee, but failed to force it, the 

 cutter at once setting suinaker and drawing ahead. The white 

 sloop made for her weather quarter, but Stranger bore away with 

 spinaker full and left her. Galatea was now clear ahead of Sham- 

 rock, when the latter set spinaker hut at once took it iu. At 3:45 

 Galatea passed Hildegard, and soon Shamrock pulled up ou 

 Stranger. The wind was now very light from the rear of the fleet, 

 hut a. breeze was perceptible on the eastern horizon and the vessels 

 out at sea were bringing it in. At 3 P. M. Atlantic was near tho 

 mark, carrying the last of the northwesterly breeze, Cinderella 

 was well in her wake with probably half a mile between her and 

 Grade, and Galatea as much astern of the latter. Sachem lay on 

 Galatea's weather beam with Shamrock further astern, Montauk 

 was just astern of Shamrock, and Ulidia aud Hildegard were to 

 leeward of the schooner. Beuouin was leading Titania well in to- 

 ward the Hook, the rest straggling along as far back as the South- 

 west Spit. 



As Atlantic neared the mark the new S.W. wind was waiting 

 for her and she started home before it, after carrying a fair wind 

 right down to the turn. It was just 3:10 as the first of this breeze 

 reached the body of the fleet, coming very Ugh*", and at 3:15 Gala- 

 tea, with spinaker in, filled on port tack. Atlantic came down and 

 passed through the fleet, but before all were fairly filled away on 

 the new tack, both Cinderella and Grade, now the leaders, were 

 seen becalmed aud unable to' reach the mark. There was nothing 

 for all to do but to watch Atlantic moving slowly hut very surely 

 in by the Hook, and to wait for a chauge of the vile luck of the 

 day, until another catspaw helped the leaders around. The times 

 at Sandy Rook Lightship were: 



Atlantic 3 16 15 Titania 4 05 20 



Cinderella 3 34 05 Montauk 4 05 20 



Grade 3 36 00 Ulidia 4 06 30 



Galatea 3 39 00 Priscilla .4 07 20 



Sachem 3 48 15 Agues 4 07 50 



Shamrock 3 48 17 Adelaide .....4 07 50 



Stranger 3 51 03 Speranza 4 09 00 



!:• i.' uu 4 00 20 Clio 4 10 00 



Hildegard 1 03 10 Isis 4 11 00 



Gitana 4 03 10 Espirito 4 11 30 



Huron 4 04 00 Athlon 4 14 20 



Fanita 4 04 05 



The boats now started home with a moderate breeze, and for 

 tho first time Atlantic's luck seemed to leave her, as .she struck a 

 calm off the end of the Hook and lay there idle. Galatea, under 

 balloon jlptopsail, was gaining ou Grade and Cinderella, but 

 Shamrock, with a kite as big as Galatea's, was overhauling her, 

 and finally came up with her at 4:45 just outside the Hook, where 

 Grade aud Cinderella were both becalmed. Ten minutes before 

 this Atlantic had set spinaker and started again, only holding to 

 it until 4:50, by which time she was well inside and in a new wind 

 that took her along toward Buoy 8}^. It was about 4:50 that Cin- 

 derella and the rest came to the Hook, where each in turn as she 

 came up stopped short and there they lay until 5:30 drifting about 

 and watching Atlantic gaining steadily, if slowly. At last the' 

 fickle wind came out from the north, shitting about from, east to 

 west, but making a beat for the last part of the way in. With the 

 darkness came more rain, hut the wind was light and tho pace 

 slow and tedious. One by one each yacht disappeared in the haze, 

 only leaving behind two globes of red and green to tell her place 

 if not her identity. Along by Buoy 9 Galatea and Priscilla fell 

 into company, the latter just astern of Bedouin and near Huron, 

 all being by the wind on port tack. With boom well aboard, Pris- 

 cilla came for Galatea's weather quarter to force her way through 

 the cutter's weather. Sheets came in with a will, the cutter 

 worked out to windward and Priscilla paid off under her stern. 

 Again she came up for a second attempt, only to be met in the 

 Bathe way and to drop astern with bowsprit fairly over Galatea's 

 counter. Buoy 11 was now ou the weather bow while Bedouin 

 was just clearing it, and Galatea was obliged to pay off when Pris- 

 cilla tried again and this time reached well through her weather. 

 Off the West i iank the wind lightened again and in the dark a new- 

 shift of places took place, Galatea, coining out ahead of Priscilla 

 again. Slowly the fleet workod up. when suddenly a broad beam 

 of light flashed out across the dark water, here, there aud every- 

 where—the search light of the flagsh'p guiding the fleet in to the 

 finish. Atlantic had passed in already, and the first its rays 

 struck was Shamrock, nearly becalmed for a time near the line. 

 Close to her was Galatea, then Grade, and one by one the others, 

 until all but Isis and Adelaide were accounted for, Whileawav, 

 Athlon and Concord having withdrawn. The times were: 



KLEL SCHOONERS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Gitana 12 44 00 8 44 36 8 00 36 



Sperauza 13 44 00 8 50 1 8 06 10 



SECOND CLASS SCHOONEHS. 



Montauk 12 44 00 8 46 15 8 03 15 



Sachem 13 44 00 8 40 10 7 56 10 



THIUB CCA6S BCHOONJEHS. 



Clio ..18 44 00 8 52 07 8 08 07 



Agues i 13 14 00 8 51 35 8 07 35 



•FIRST CLASS SLOOPS. 



Galatea 12 41 00 8 37 55 7 53 55 



Atlantic 13 43 01 7 49 48 7 06 47 



Priscilla 12 44 00 8 41 00 7 57 01 



SECOND CLASS SLOOPS. 



Titania 13 44 UU 8 43 25 7 59 23 



Shamrock .13 44 it) 8 36 00 7 52 0) 



Grade 12 4-1 00 8 41 20 7 97 SO 



Bedouin 12 44 00 8 43 S5 7 59 35 



Stranger 12 41 56 8 45 10 8 03 14 



Huron 12 43 44 8 47 10 8 03 26 



Hildegard 12 41 50 8 45 43 8 03 35 



Corrected. 

 8 On 36 



7 59 08 



8 03 t5 



7 53 15 



8 08 07 



7 58 23 



7 53 55 

 7 06 28 

 7 50 30 



7 59 25 

 7 51 04 

 7 55 53 

 7 58 01 

 7 58 23 

 7 57 35 

 7 56 41 



THIHIl CLASS SLOOPS. 



Whilcaway 12 44 00 Not timed. 



Athlon 12 44 00 Not timed. 



Cinderella 12 43 57 8 44 3 2 8 00 15 7 58 05 



Isis 12 42 43 Not timed. 



Adelaide 12 39 56 Not timed. 



Fanita 12 09 34 8 36 34 7 57 00 



Concord 12 44 00 Not timed. 



TTOURTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Espirito 12 44 00 8 54 45 8 1 45 



Ulidia 13 37 02 8 49 SO 8 12 28 



Thus the Speranza wins the keel schooner prize, beating the 

 Gitania lm. 28s. The Sachem wins in the second class schooners, 

 heating Montauk 9m. The Agnes bea ts the Clio in the third class 

 9m. 44s. Of the first class sloops the Atlantic wins, beating the 

 Galatea 47m. 27s., and Priscilla 50m. 2s. Shamrock beats the 

 Grade 4m. 49s., and the Titania 8m. 21s. Fanita heats Cinderella 

 3m. 15s. in elapsed time, third class sloops; and Ulidia beats Espir- 

 ito lm. 43s., elapsed time. The re-measurement of some yachts 

 may change the last result. 



The times tell nothing as to the relative performances of the 

 boats, Atlantic carried the wind with hor nearly all dav; Grade 

 and Cinderella lost their lead at the Hook when bound in; Fanita, 

 half an hour astern of Cinderella at the outer mark, coming up 

 then and beating Cinderella in. As the last boats came up the 

 wind freshened, coming strong from N.E., and during the night 

 it blew from the same quarter, holding throughout Friday, a 

 glorious racing breeze. 



SEAWANHAKA C. Y. C. REGATTA, JUNE H. 



F< OR, once at least, the first time in several years, both wind and 

 weather conspired to mako a good race over the New York 

 course, and the woek that begun so badly with the Atlantic and 

 New York clubs came to a grand ending with the Seawanhaka C. 

 Y. C. on Saturday. From a "picnic" point of view the day was 

 perfect, but this is no rarity in June about New York. Further 

 than this, however, the day was what all have been watching for, 

 a real race day, when honors were won on merit, and flukes and 

 such evils were entirely absent. 



The danger now is that the weather in which most American 

 races are sailed, and which has prevailed almost exclusively in 

 the late international matches and the attendant trial races, will 

 dictate a certain type of yacht which will win all the prizes in such 

 weather, however deficient she may be in those qualities most 

 essential to the interests of yachting. The problem is a compli- 

 cated one, the question of measurement is a great factor in it; the 

 number of races in which a boat will sail each year, compared 

 with the cruising she does, will exert a great influence, the general 

 improvement of the yachts and the increasing closeness with 

 which the leaders are matched, must play an important part in 

 deciding what type shall be built. For the greater number of 

 races the light weather drifter must in the end bag the most pots, 

 but the honors are just as certain to go to the abler and stauncher 

 yachts, while in all that the yachtsman, as distinguished from the 

 pot-hunter, prizes, the latter are incomparably ahead. As a 

 matter of fact, there is no immediate danger that yachting will 

 suffer any relapse from the awakening of the last ten years, or 

 that the machines will again come to the front, but it is' not un- 

 likely that many such days as Tuesday and Thursday of last week, 

 the three of race week last year, and that of the Citizens' Cups at 

 Newport in September, would give a very false idea of the real 

 merits of the yachts, and rate many good boats below their proper 

 place. Fortunately, however, there are exceptions to this weather, 

 and at Marblehead last June, at Newport for the Goelet Cup race 

 last year, and also in 1885, when prizes are won solely on merit, 

 and the relative ability of every boat entered may be fairly 

 gauged. Such a day was Saturday, a day neither of calms and 

 catspaws like the preceding ones, uor, on tho other hand, of the 

 howling gales and tremendous seas which it is now the fashion to 

 represent as the dearest wish of the cutter men. A happy mean 

 was struck between the two, a working breeze of about the "same 

 strength and direction all day, dealt out fairly to all alike, with- 

 out flukes or favor; more than some wanted, and enough for the 

 stiffest: while the smooth water of the early week was combed 

 into very decent-sized furrows outside the Hook, though quiet 

 enough within. 



Throughout Friday night a merry breeze from N. E. rattled 

 through the rigging and banged the shutters on shore, and many 

 an anxious Corinthian wakened to hear it, and to breathe a prayer 

 for more before trimming sheet s for another reach into the land of 

 Nod. The morning was bright and beautiful, clear sky, warm sun 

 and a bracing breeze from N. E. that promised plenty" of work as 

 well as a change from the sultry and stifling atmosphere of Thurs- 

 day. Before the time of starting the wind was about East, rather 

 less than a lower sail breeze, and as the fleet came out and worked 

 about for a time under mainsails and jibs only, it was evident that 

 its strength was not increasing, and that jibheaders might, be 

 carried to advantage. The courses were the usual ones of the 

 club, except that the start was changed this year, being for 

 schooners and first, second and third class sloops and cutters, 

 from off Buoy 18. to Buoy 10, on the S. W. Spit, keeping it to port; 

 thence to Buoy 8>& keeping it to port; thence around Sandy Hook 

 Lightship, keeping it to starboard, and return over the same course 

 to Buoy IS. 



For fourth class sloops and cutters to Buoy 10, keeping it to port, 

 thence around Buoy SH> keeping it to port; thence aiound Scot- 

 land Lightship, keeping it to starbord, and return over the same 

 course to Buoy 15. 



For fifth class sloops and cutters to Buoy 10, keeping it on the 

 port hand; thence to and around Buoy 8)-^, keeping it to port; 

 thence around Buoy 5 on the point of Sandy Hook, keeping it to 

 starboard, and return over the same course to Buoy 11. 



The Lucken bach was at the line in season, and on the minute 

 the first whistle was blown at 11 A. M. The interval was but five 

 minutes, and the second and smaller classes started five minutes 

 after the schooners and first-class singlestickers. All were well 

 above the line. Priscilla having set a small ciubtopsail, the rest 

 content with jibheadcrs. With booms to starboard and breaking 

 out small jibtopsails the fleet went over iu quick time, Atlantic 

 again leading. It is always a pleasure to see a boat well handled, 

 aud the way that the Atlantic has been brought to the lino for 

 four days in succession is well worthy of note. Luck has cer- 

 tainly been with her this year, but in every race she has been just 

 at the spot where it might be expected and at just the right time, 

 and she has reaped good rewards for her smartness in getting 

 away. The schooners were evidently looking for weather or cared 

 to take less risk and trouble than the sloops, for Ibis went over 

 with only small maintopsail aloft, while Oho had both topmasts 

 housed. The start was as fine a sight as any one could wish, tUe 

 boats having all the sail they wanted, to say the least. The flood 

 tide troubled them but little with such a breeze and they were 

 soon outside, the Narrows. Tho times at start were: 



Atlantic 11 06 01 Fanny 11 13 30 



Galatea 11 07 01 Cinderella 11 13 57 



Priscilla H 07 46 Santapogue 11 14 18 



Ibis 11 08 87 Marietta 11 14 28 



Clio 11 10 00 Bedoniu 1114 31 



Magic 11 10 00 Mona 11 15 00 



Stranger 11 13 51 Kival 11 15 00 



Titauia ....11 13 04 Iseult 11 15 00 



Grade 11 13 13 Culprit Fay .11 15 00 



Shamrock 11 13 15 Beatrice 11 15 00 



Atlantic was again first, Priscilla and Galatea together astern 

 of her and helping her as much as possible by bothering each 

 other, a course they kept up all day. Atlantic sailed so well that 

 the prize was fairly hers, but she gained throughout the. race from 

 the fact that both of the others were kept hack by the close shaves 

 and luffing between them. This work began almost at the start ; 

 at 11:20, when just out of the upper bay, the two clinched, Priscilla 

 finally forcing Galatea's lee, ou which the latter bore away under 

 her stern and laid a course is the wake of Atlantic, directly for 

 the first buoy, while Priscilla luffed out, evidently overpi eased by 

 her ciubtopsail. At 11:30 the schooners and second class were 

 just off Fort Hamilton, tho order being Clio, Ibis, Magic, Sham- 

 rock, Stranger, Grade, Fanny, Bedouin, Cinderella. Grade and 

 Fanny were jostling each other for place, a proceeding brought to 

 an end at H:38 by Gracie's topmast snapping off half way above 

 the cap, a sequel to her spurt on Thursday, when she held to her 

 ciubtopsail through the squall. The wreck fell under her bows, 

 hut the crew did some smart work in clearing away, and she sailed 

 the course as well as could be expected, even setting spinaker, 

 with an Irish reef in it, on the way home. 



It evidently was not Shamrock's day. She heeled under the 

 steady breeze that was now drawing from about E.S.E., and her 

 decks were wet well up, when at 11:35 she doused jibtopsail and 

 working topsail. Titania, on the contrary, was carrying sail well 

 and had the better of her rival, even at this time in the race. 

 About 11:45 she was to windward and both were at it. hammer and 

 tongs; the result, as seen from a distance ahead, being that 

 Titania took the lead of the white boat. At the same time, when 

 Atlantic was near the Bell Buoy, Priscilla w t ub passing to wind- 

 ward of Galatea, ha ving come to her course again, but a little 

 later she began to prepare for work hy lowering her ciubtopsail, 

 having the jibheader already set under it. 



As Atlantic passed Buoy 10 Galatea was fairly abreast of Buoy 



h% ?4 miles astern, and Priscilla was midway between the two. 

 Of the fleet, Atlantic and Cinderella, the latter alone in her class, 

 were sailing practically on their own hook, to make the best time 

 possible, Priscilla and Galatea were together in a very pretty 

 duel that was to last, all day, Titania was fully awake to the neces- 

 sity of redeeming the reputation she had lost in the former races, 

 or of getting a bad name that it would take a season of hard work 

 to remove, and she was doing her best with Shamrock, regardless 

 ot all else for the time being. Fanny has a long score to work off 

 St Bedouin, and now, if ever, witn a good breeze, in smooth 

 water and on a long reach, was the time to do it. She held to the 

 cutter pluckily until they came on the wind a little later, and 

 then her game was up for all day in a hammer to windward in a 

 lop. Poor Gracio was out of the game, but still held on, and 

 Stranger was doing her best to snatch the bone that Shamrock 

 a id Titania, a little way ahead, were quarreling over. The small 

 fry astern were tumbling along, mostly reefed, and some with 

 housed topmasts, having plenty ot fun, but out of clear view from 

 the middle of the fleet, and as for the schooners, though Magic 

 and Clio were still hard at it, no one cared to waste much tunc 

 looking at such tamo sport with a field of crack racers on trial all 

 about them. 



The reach of 10 knots ended at Buoy 10, where the times were 

 taken, and it is worth while to compare them, as such even sailing 

 between so large a fleet is seldom seen about New York. The 

 t imes were: 



Atlantic 12 01 20 Stranger 12 18 13 



Priscilla 12 02 58 Fanny ..12 19 13 



Galatea 12 03 55 Bedouin 12 19 24 



Magic 12 16 08 Cinderella 12 34 59 



Clio 12 16 16 Maiiotta 12 45 09 



Titania. 12 16 56 Santapogue 12 46 56 



Shamrock 12 16 56 



The elapsed times from the start were: 



Priscilla 55 12 Titania 1 03 52 



Atlantic 55 19 Bedouin 1 04 53 



Galatea 56 54 Stranger 1 05 21 



Shamrock ..1 03 39 Fanny,, 1 05 43 



These times were taken as the yachts stood past the mark, some 



i y £o\y 



, while 

 course in 



about 10m, less than the second class, or, on a reach of 10 miles 

 the extra length of 25ft. between tho classes gave a gain of lm. to 

 the mile. Shamrock and Titania were oven, both beating Bedouin 

 by a little over a minute, while Fanny was nearly a minute astern 

 of Bedouin and even with Stranger. As wind and tide were alike 

 to all, and there was enough wind to neutralize any small advan- 

 tages from pilotage or better bottom, the conditions were unusu- 

 ally favorably for a test. 



It was a game of "Follow my leader," as Atlantic, with smallest 

 jibtopsail set, held past the buoy on port tack and stood on into 

 Sandy Hook Bay. Galatea was next, but to leeward of Priscilla, 

 who was holding more than her own; then came the rest, the 

 schoouers under working topsails, and Shamrock now with a 

 small jiptopsail set, lowering it at Buoy 10. Titania also lowered her 

 large iibtopsail as she made ready for a beat out. Running well 

 into the bay, Atlantic went on starboard tack at 12:11, and the 

 other two followed at 12:12:30. They worked out past the end of 

 the Hook and were soon hammering away out across the bar, 

 where the rollers were tumbling in at a very good gait; no great 

 sea for an ocean race, but plenty of motion to try the gear and 

 sticks of heavily rigged racers. They held across to the eastward 

 for a longtime on port tack, Atlantic riding easily and traveling 

 fast, while Galatea took the seas with a long, easy lope, every now 

 and then bringing up a very large bucketful of green water tin the 

 end of her bowsprit. There was little difference in the speed of 

 the three; but while every inch of Atlantic's canvas was drawing, 

 Galatea's mainsail was on the shake far more than was good for 

 her. 



Meanwhile there was some lively work among the second class, 

 still inside. Titania was first to tack at 12:23, with Shamrock 

 about at 12:24:30, followed hy Stranger at 12:27 and Fanny immedP 

 ately after. Bedouin stood on until 12:28:30, and then ended Fanny's 

 fun for the day hy tacking square on her weather bow and rapidly 

 leaving her astern. Fanny hung to it, but in vain, the weather 

 was soon too rough for her kind and sue was virtually out of the 

 race. Titania by this time had settled her white rival and it was 

 plain that her only care would he with Bedouin, now coming 

 along. The iron sloop held to her jibheader and went along easily, 

 showing, now that she was really on trial, none of the "tender- 

 ness" that it is now considered the proper thing to attribute to a new 

 boat when nothing else is known of her. Shamrock had only 

 plain sail and wanted no more, as from the Hook out she failed to 

 hold either Titania or Bedouin. Titania led the way, breaking 

 tacks with the big boats and standing down the beach on port 

 tack. At 12:32 Atlantic, now well off shore, went on port tack, 

 with Galatea about at '12:33, Priscilla still holding her course. Ti- 

 tania, now down toward the Highlands, was far ahead of Sham- 

 rock, and Bedouin, after crossing the hatter's bows about 1 o'clock, 

 was chasing the leader very fast. The two classes were far apart, 

 and from the middle course followed hy the steamers, a fine sight 

 was presented on either side. 



To the south was Titana, with Bedouin chasing her, both doing 

 splendidly to windward, while Shamrock, Stranger and Fanny 

 were astern, with Grade making up some of her lost time. To 

 the oast were Atlantic, Galatea, Priscilla, seen now stern on as 

 they r n off on starboard taek, and again in a line, beam to, the 

 white sloop ahead, the cutter next and the iron sloop last. In the 

 first position the angle of heel w r as plainly noticeable, Atlantic 

 lying down beyond the narrow boat, while Priscilla seemed about 

 oven with the latter. Reaching past, the cutter seemed, if any- 

 thing, to be doing the best footing, but the difference was little, 

 and as the times show, any gain in the speed must have been at 

 the expense of her weather position. When thev tinallv came for 

 the mark it was evident that Priscilla had thrown awav a good 

 deal by standing on too far, as she came down quickly, when 

 sheets were started. 



At 1:13 Atlantic went on port tack, Galatea following, and two 

 minutes later she crossed Priscilla's bow as the latter held on, on 

 starboard tack. At 1:40 they were near the mark, Atlantic on 

 starboard and Gain tea on port tack, Priscilla being astern of the 

 cutter but well to windward, and at 1:41 Atlantic crossed Galatea's 

 bow, tacking for the mark at 1:43. As she rounded and jibed she 

 ran up the small iibtopsail, and made ready to set spinaker. 

 Galatea and Priscilla turned very close together, the latter having 

 rapidly overhauled the cutter after Bhe had freed sheet for the 

 mark. The club steamer, the big Taurus, ran directly to wind- 

 ward of the two and so close to Priscilla that the yacht seemed in 

 danger directly under her sharp iron stem, as the steamer had no 

 steerage way. The two yachts were becalmed under her lee for a 

 moment and then went after Atlantic, now speeding rapidly home- 

 ward. The second class came up a little later, having gained 

 greatly on the large boats, as tho fallowing times show : 



Atlantic 1 49 08 Titania 2 02 46 



Galatea 1 51 03 Bedouin 2 06 49 



Priscilla 1 51 23 Shamrock ..2 13 09 



Stranger, Fanny, Cinderella and Grade followed in order, hut 

 could not be timed. 



The times here were, taken very carefully, as each of the leading 

 boats passed between the tug and the lightship. The elapsed 

 times of each from Buoy 10, ton knots in the most direct line, are : 



Titania 1 45 50 Atlantic 1 47 48 



Galatea 1 47 08 Priscilla 1 48 24 



Bedouin 1 47 26 Shamrock 1 56 13 



The smaller boats had beaten the large ones easily, not with- 

 standing the extra, size in rough water, and Titania had beaten 

 her nearest rival by lm. 36s. and left Shamrock nearly lOj^m. 

 astern in ton miles of windward work. In the large class' Galatea 

 had beaten Atlantic by only }^m. and Priscilla hy l'4m., the lat- 

 ter having lost more than that amount by overreaching the mark. 

 The figures then indicate the three are equal to windward in a 

 goodhroeze, while those at Buoy 10 show that the cutter w T as lj^m. 

 slower on a reach. Tho work outside the Hook in the large class, 

 at least, had been all clean sailing, with no luffing matches, each 

 of the three minding her own business closely all the way out. 



Galatea was first to air her spinaker, setting also jibtopsail; 

 Priscilla broke out her spinaker at 1:59 and Atlantic at 2, both 

 setting balloon jibtopsails. The positions did not alter much on 

 the way to buoy 5; Atlantic held her lead and Priscilla was unable 

 to pass Galatea, even with the help of her ciubtopsail, now mast- 

 headed. At 2:40 Atlantic made a handsome jibe when off the 

 point of the Hook, aud Priscilla about the same time succeeded in 

 passing Galatea, both taking in spinakers at 2:42. Galatea jibed 

 at 2:45, but Priscilla held her course, running away from themark 

 and did not jibe until 2m. later. 



As Atlantic came up to Buoy 8>^she had all ready for a jibe^and, 

 sweeping around, she let her boom come over as she reached Buoy 

 10. Galatea was leading Priscilla as they came for Buoy 8i4, but 

 just as they reached the mark ihe sloop cut in cleverly and turned 

 inside her. Together they ran the short distance to Buoy 10, and 

 again turned so close that Priscilla could barely pass between the 

 buoy and her rival. From astern, as both jibed, Priscilla's hugs 

 mainsail completely covered the cutter. Hardly were they clear 

 of the mark when Priscilla's balloon jibtopsail traveled up the 

 stay and went into strings ; "All together, nothing first, just as 

 bubbles do when they hurst<" Down the length of the stay was an 



