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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 30, 1887. 



BROOKLYN C. C. REGATTA, JUNE 13. 



THE friends of the Brooklyn C.X-- who enjoy a good sailing race 

 had a treat on Saturday last, when Grant E. Edgar, Jr., canoe 

 Rat, of N ewburg, won the first open race given by the club. 



The course was from a buoy off the club house to and around 

 Buoys Nos. 18 and 20, and finish at the starting point, about Hi 

 miles. 



The starters were G. E. Edgar, Jr.. Bat; B. S. Nadal, Sea Urchin; 

 Wm. WMtToek, Guenn; B. J. Wilkin. Queen Bess: H. 0. Ward, 

 Evangeline; M. V. Brokaw, Minx; R. N. Denison, Yvonne; B. S. 

 Blake, Kelpie; F- L. Bunnell, Niente. 



Queen Bess was first away, with Guenn and Evangeline close 

 behind. Rat and Niente having the worst of tbe start. The Evan- 

 geline, sailing very fast, soon t ook the lead, working weU to wind- 

 ward, and rounded the first buoy some distance ahead. 



From here it was a run to Buoy 20 with the tide; Bat, taking 

 second place, followed after the leader, who mistaking the posi- 

 tion of the buoy was running off to leeward, the error gi \ ing those 

 in the rear a good chance to better their position, all rounding the 

 buoy nearer together than at any time since the start, Bat having 

 slightly the best of it. From here it was very close to the finish, 

 Bat winning by 40s., Evangeline second, the others following in 

 the order named: Guenn, Minx, Kelpie, Yvonne, Sea Urchin, Ni- 

 ente. Queen Bess became disabled after rounding the second buoy 

 and withdrew. The second race on the programme was a combined 

 paddling and sailing with four starters: Guenn, Kelpie, Evange- 

 line, Minx. The Minx took the lead and increased it till the last 

 half mile, when the Evangeline, by superior windward work, took 

 first place and the race. 



The steam yacht Marion, chartered by the club for the occasion, 

 foUowed the races with a jolly party of ladies and gentlemen on 

 board. The success of the regatta was due to the exertions of the 

 committee in charge, Messrs. Ward, Gould and Tucker. 



THE ROYAL C. C. CHALLENGE CUP RACE. 



ALTHOUGH no one from the States has been able to. cross and 

 enter in the race of the Boyal C. C. on June 11, the contest 

 was reaUy of an international character, a continuation of the 

 races sailed here last year, as the winning boat was distinctively 

 of American model, while American methods of sailing contrib- 

 uted to her success. The following account, from the Field, tells 

 the story of the race. Com. Edwards's many friends will be sorry 

 to learn of his ill-luck, as he had a very fine canoe with him. The 

 increase in the cruising or second class canoes has evidently ex- 

 erted a very good influence in the racing fleet. The Field says; 



The sailing race for the Challenge Cup took place at Hendon on 

 Saturday last, and was productive of one of the best exhibitions 

 of sailing ever witnessed since the formation of the club. The 

 entries reached the fair miinber of fifteen, of whom thirteen 

 actually came to the line, including Mr. E. B. Edwards, of Toronto. 

 The race resulted in a surprise to many, as Mr. Stewart, in his 

 new canoe, the Charm, took the lead at the start, and gained 

 steadily throughout the course, finally winning by nearly nine 

 minutes from Pearl. Nautilus, during the fourth round, was un- 

 fortunate enough to carry away her main halliards, which put 

 her out of the race. At the time she was holding second place, 

 and having a ding-dong race with Pearl, there being every pros- 

 pect of another close finish between these two old opponents. The 

 Charm has already been described in these columns, but it may 

 be as well to state that her lines are totally different to those of 

 any canoe previously sailed in these waters, and her success is 

 likely to lead to a marked change in the construction of our racing 

 canoes. While sufficiently light to paddle with ease and at a good 

 speed, she showed wonderful weatherly qualities under sail, and 

 great credit is due to Mr. Stewart for the manner in which he 

 designed and sailed his new craft. Several second class canoes 

 competed in the race, and special mention should be made of the 

 Spray, whose owner, Mr. Dickinson, sailed her weU and pluckily, 

 and completely spread-eagled the rest of the cruisers. 



Sailing Bace for the Challenge Cup (value no guineas), and a 

 presentation prize of £5; course, five times round the lake (ten 

 miles). Entries: 



Charm Mr. W. Stewart 1st Class. 



Pearl (86) Mr. E. B. Tredwen 1st Class. 



Nautilus Mr. W. Baden-Powell 1st Class. 



♦Pearl (85) Mr. F. G. Knight 1st Class. 



♦Nina Mr. F. Miles 1st Class. 



Diamond Mr. H. Church 1st Class. 



Kitten Mr. E. A. Leach 1st Class. 



Minnie Mr. H. AVilmer. 1st Class. 



Marool Mr. W. E. Hammerton 1st Class. 



Sintram (decked Cana'J.Mr. E. B. Edwards (Toronto). . . .1st Class. 



Sprfty Mr. C. F. Dickinson 2d Class. 



Sabrina Mr. Rede Turner 2d Class. 



Atalanta Mr. R. de Q. Quincey 2d Class. 



Vanessa Mr. B. de Q. Quincey 2d Class. 



Severn Mr. T. H. Holding 2d Class. 



♦Did not start. 



At first gun fire there was a nice breeze from the westward and 

 the canoes had to be careful to avoid collisions. One competitor, 

 evidentlv thinking thirteen an unlucky number for a start, pro- 

 ceeded to settle the difficulty by running over Vanessa and cap- 

 sized her promptly. Severn indulging in "watery wanderings," on 

 the port tack, ran into Pearl and threw her on her beam ends, but 

 she was cleverly righted and escaped with a bucket or two of 

 water aboard. The second gun was fired at 3 P. M., when Charm 

 was first across the line, followed by Nautilus, Diamond, Pearl, 

 Sintram, Minnie. Sabrina, Spray, Severn, Atalana and Kitten, 

 the last named having put about to the assistance of Vanessa. 



Charm was first round the buoy in the bight, all having to 

 make a board in order to fetch. After rounding, all settled down 

 for a steady plug to windward, during which Charm more than 

 held her own and Pearl walked into second place. The Canadian 

 canoe here showed very good form and made a tough fight of it 

 with Nautilus. The times at the westernmost buoy were taken 

 as under: 



Charm 3 25 00 Kitten 3 34 00 



Pearl 3 27 00 Minnie... 3 34 30 



Nautilus 3 29 00 Severn 3 34 30 



Sintram 3 29 00 Sabrina 3 36 00 



Diamond 3 30 00 Atalanta 3 36 15 



Spray 3 30 15 Marool 3 36 15 



On the run up the lake. Pearl and Nautilus gained slightly on 

 the leader, but Charm was still two minutes to the good at the 

 conclusion of the first round, which was timed as under: 



Charm 3 33 00 Severn 3 4130 



Pearl 3 35 00 Minnie 3 41 32 



Nautilus 3 36 30 Atalanta 3 42 00 



Sintram 3 37 00 Marool 3 43 00 



Spray 3 38 00 Sabrina 3 44 00 



Diamond . ..3 38 15 



On the turn to windward, in the second round, Charm again in- 

 creased her lead, and Nautilus closed up with Pearl, and the times 

 of the canoes at the W. buoy were: 



Charm 3 58 00 Severn 4 11 15 



Pearl 4 00 15 Sintram 4 12 30 



Nautilus 4 00 30 Minnie 4 16 00 



Diamond 4 OS 00 Marool 4 19 00 



Spray 4 09 00 Atalanta 4 19 30 



Sintram shipped a lot of water in a puff, but was quickly 

 righted. In the run up this time Charm ran the others, and dur- 

 ing this round Sabrina took his, customary bath. The times were: 



Charm 4 4 30 Sintram 4 21 00 



Pearl 4 08 45 Minnie '. 4 24 00 



Nautilus 4 09 15 Severn 4 24 02 



Diamond 4 17 40 Atalanta 4 47 45 



Spray 4 17 45 Marool 5 12 00 



After rounding, the breeze piped up a lit tie, and Sintram, heav- 

 ily pressed, failed to right herself, although her skipper did his 

 utmost, and she sank close to the raft. Nautilus managed to slip 

 past Pearl on the beat down, and rounded the W. buoy live sec- 

 onds ahead of her old rival, but Charm had meanwhile been peg- 

 ging away merrily, and was seven minutes and a half to the good; 

 Pearl and Nautilus, however, gained a minute on her in the run 

 up this time, and the conclusion of the third round was timed: 



Charm 4 30 00 Minnie 5 07 30 



Nautilus 4 42 00 Atalanta 5 11 00 



Pearl 4 42 30 Marool 5 12 00 



Spray 4 56 00 Severn 5 30 00 



During the fourth turn to windward Charm appeared to just 

 hold her own with Nautilus, who, in turn, was two and a quarter 

 minutes ahead of Pearl at the west buoy, Shortly after rounding 

 the buoy, the main halliard of Nautilus parted and let the sail 

 down with a run, but the skipper smartly rigged up a fresh hal- 

 liard with the top piug lilt, and made a fresh start. Half way up 

 the lake, however, his "second string" carried away, and he was 

 unfortunately forced to retire. It had been for some time evident 

 that, bar accidents, Charm must win, and she eventuaUy did so 

 with great ease. The times of the fourth and fifth rounds were 

 as follows : 



4th round. Finish. 4th round. 



Charm 5 09 50 5 31 15 Minnie . ... 5 10 00 I Finished the 



Pearl ..5 17 00 5 43 00 Severn 5 42 00 I course but 



Spray 5 29 00 6 06 00 Atalanta.. 5 45 00 f times not 



Marool 5 47 00 J taken. 



The winner sailed with the conventional Chinese lug and mizen 

 in this race, instead of the three leg of mutton sails with which 

 he raced on the previous Saturday. Too great credit cannot be 

 given Mr. Stewart for the successful manner in which he has 

 lowered the flags of two such formidable opponents as Pearl and 

 Nautilus, and his victory ought to serve as an encouragement to 

 the junior members of the club to persevere in their efforts to be- 

 come masters of the art of canoe sailing and racing. 



MOHICAN C. C— Five miles below Albany the Mohicans have 

 built a lodge on a knoU overlooking the Hudson, with a boat house 

 on the beaeh below, and are rejoicing in their new possession. 

 An ample piazza, luxurious rocking chairs and lounges, a big fire- 

 place and well filled provision kits are good aids to the enjoyment 

 of a lovely bit of river scenery; and last, but not by any means 

 least, the fine fleet of old and new boats, handsomer and swifter 

 than ever before even in Mohican meetings is a source of pleasure 

 inexhaustible. July 2, 3 and 4 are to be gala days, especially the 

 last, and for friends of the Turtle the doors are wide open as ever. 

 The club is not racing much yet, perhaps the flyers are nursing 

 for bigger contests than with one another; perhaps there is so 

 much enjoyment afloat that they have no time to waste in racing. 

 After all the critics have said there is pleasure in canoeing with- 

 out a three-mile course. Yet we have a three-mile course in re- 

 serve too. 



A CANOE CLUB AT OGDENSBURG. — The Oswegatchie Canoe 

 Club has been formed at Ogdensburg, N. Y., with a membership 

 of 25. Joseph M. McNaughton is Com.; James G. Knap^ Vice- 

 Corn., and F. S. Cooley, Sec-Treas. The club are now making ar- 

 rangements to build a $2,500 club house. 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP.— Trenton, N. J., June 27. -Messrs W- 

 L. Wright, H. S. Davidson, of Springfield, Mass.: Chas. M. Baker- 

 D. C. McEwen, of Brooklyn. N. Y.; and Wm. Brandon, of Hali- 

 burton. Can., have applied for membership in the A. C. A— Wm. 

 M. Carter, Secretary. 



NEW YOBK C. C— The calm of Saturday last caused a post- 

 ponement of the regatta of the N. Y. C. C, the fleet starting but 

 coming home under paddle. It will be sailed on July 16. 



tachting. 



FIXTURES. 



1. Miramichi, Annual Cruise, 

 Bay du Vin. 



L Brooklyn Cruise. 



2. New Rochelle Annual, New 

 Rochelle. 



6. Eastern Cruise, Marblehead. 



7. Boston 2d Cham., Boston. 



9. New Jersey Annual, post- 

 poned. 



9. Greenwich, An'l, Greenwi ch. 



2. Nahli — Loma match post- 10. Atlantic, Cruise, 



poned. 11. Empire, Annual, New York. 



2-4. Knickerbocker, Cruise. 12. Monatmuot,Club,Weymouth 



2-4. Quaker City, Cruise, Del. 13. Great Head. 



River. 16. Beverly. Sweep, Mon. Beach. 



4. Cor. San Francisco Cruise. 16. Hull. Cham., Hull, 



2. Beverlv, Open, Mon. Beach. 16. Cor. Cham. Marblehead. 



2. Hull. Penn.,Htdl. 18-31. lnterlake, Put-in-Bay 



4. Beverly, Cham., Mon. Beach. 20. HuU, Ladies' Day. 



4. Buffalo, Annual, Open. 23. Beverly, Cham,, Nahant. 



4. Boston. City. 23. Monatiquot, Open, Weymouth 



4. Cape Cod Y. C, Club. 34. Quaker City, Cruise, Del. 



4. Larchmont An'l, Larchmont River. 



5. Great Head, Moonlight Sail. 



7. Shamrock-TitaniaMat.ch,NY 26. Quincy. 2d Championship, 



fi. Monatiquot,Club, Weymouth 26-28. L. Y. R. A., Cruise and 

 9. Hull, Club Cruise. Races, Toronto. 



9. Beverly, Cham., Marblehead. 27. Great Head, 2d Cham. 



9. Great Head, 1st Cham. 30. Beverlv, Cham., Mon. Beach. 



9. Quincy. 1st Championship. 30. Hull, Cham., Hull. 



9. Sandy Bay, Harwood Cup, 30. Cor. Open, Marblehead. 



Rockport. 30. South Boston Club. 

 August. 



1. Sandy Bay, Open. Bockport. 13. Beverly, Cham., Mon. Beach. 



1. L. Y. R. A., Cruise and Race, 13. Hull, Open. Hull. 

 Charlotte, N. Y. 14-29. Quaker City, Cruise.Ches- 



2. Great Head, Moonlight Sail. apeake Bay. 



2. Sandy Bay, Annual. 15. Cor. Ladies' Race, Marble- 



3. New York Cruise. head. 



4. L. Y. R. A., Cruise and Race, 16-17. Halifax Jubilee Regatta. 

 Oswego. 17. Monatiquot, Cham., Wey- 



6. Beverly, Cham.,Swampscott. mouth. 



6. Great Head. 18. Miramichi, Race for Cups. 



6. Monatiquot, 2d cham., Wey- 20. Beverly, Open, Marblehead. 

 mouth. 

 11. Great Head, 3d Cham, 



7-13. Buffalo, Cruise. 

 8. L. Y. B. A., Cruise and Race, 



Kingston, Ont. 

 10. Quinc-v, Review and Ladies' 

 Day. 



25. Great fa; 



25. Bar Harbor Open, Bar Har- 

 bor. 



26. Quincy,3d Championship. 



27. Great Head, 4th Cham. 



27. Beverlv, Open. Mon. Beach. 

 27. South Boston Club. 



11. L. Y. R. A., Cruise and Race, 27. Monatiquot,CTub. Weymouth 



BeUeville. 30. Hull, Cham., Hull. 



11. Eastern, Fall, Marblehead. 30. Cor. Cham., Marblehead. 

 Set*tejiber 



I. Great Head, Moonlight Sail. 17. Buffalo, Club. 



3. LarchmontFall, Larchmont. 17. Cor. Sweep., Marblehead. 



3. Sandy Bay, Pen., Rockport. 37. Monatiq uot,Club, Weymouth. 



3. Monatiquot, Club, Weymouth 24. Great Head. 



8. Quincy, 3d Championship. 24. Monatiquot.Club, Weymouth 



10. Cor. Cham., Marbleneaa, 25. Quaker City, last Cruise, 



10. Beverly, Sweep., Mon. Beach. Del. River. 



10. Great Head. 28. Cooper's Point, Corinthian, 



10. Monatiquot,Club,Wevmouth Cruise up Delaware River. 



II. Quaker City, Review, Phila. 27. America's Cup Match, N. Y. 

 15. Miramichi, Race for Cups. 29. America's Cxip Match, N. Y. 



October, 

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



EASTERN Y. C. REGATTA, JUNE 23. 



IT is very evident that the tendency of American yachting is 

 toward the extinction of that ancient and once popular in- 

 stitution, the regatta, that its day of usefulness has passed, and 

 that it must make way for something better. There was a time 

 when the real regatta, the day specially given up to water sports, 

 with craft of all kinds in competition, served a good purpose in 

 attracting the popular attention to a branch of sport then but little 

 known and appreciated; but this period has fortunately passed 

 away, and now the water sports, at the head of which stands yacht- 

 ing, need no such assistance, their place, in the public, favor as 

 well as among sportsmen being too weU assured. Year by year it 

 is more apparent that if the needs of the racing men are to be 

 first considered, the courses and arrangements must be altered 

 from those of old, so as to suit the modern demands for match 

 sailing rather than the old regattas. The problem is apt to cause 

 much trouble to regatta committees before it is finally settled 

 how to equalize the two conflicting interests. The non-yacht 

 owners, always a large part of each club, look to the regatta in its 

 full sense for a return of a part of their contribution to the club 

 treasury in the shape of a pleasant day's excursion and a good 

 dinner for their families; while, on the other hand, the men who 

 race, generally the hard-working division of the club, look to t heir 

 interests receiving the first consideration at the hands of the 

 regatta committee. As to the financial aspects of the question, 

 the cost of any of the half-dozen great regattas of the year may 

 be placed at about $2,500, of which a little more thau half goes for 

 prizes, tug boat, printing and some minor expenses connected 

 with the racing, while the remainder goes for the hire of a large 

 steamer, for dinner for several hundred members and their 

 families, and for music. To spend the whole amount so that one 

 portion shall not be entirely wasted is a very difficult matter, as 

 long experience shows. Every one familiar with yachting will 

 recall days by the dozen where all was favorable but wind, the 

 club guests had their sail and spectacle, but the money spent for 

 prizes was simply thrown away by the failure to make a close 

 race; while there are almost as many instances where there has 

 been a rattling race which those on the steamer were too sick to 

 see, the "picnic" feature being a complete fizzle. Worse still is 

 the frequent case where, in an effort to do justice to both, two 

 failures result. 



As we have had occasion to remark before, the way of the re- 

 gatta committee is seldom strewn with roses, but that of the East- 

 ern Y. C. this year was more than usually thorny, and the points 

 touched on above were aU brought into more prominence than 

 common. The day set for the annual regatta was-June21, the place 

 being off Marblehead; btit as luck would have it, morning dawned, 

 or tried to do so, through a fog so dense that the fleet in the snug 

 little harbor was invisible, even from the club house en the beach. 

 The judges' tug and the big steamer Twilight had been engaged to 

 come down from Boston, another tug had been sent to lay out two 

 mark buoys, and all the preliminaries for a race had been well 



arranged; but in the fog there was nothing but doubt and uncer- 

 tainty as to what was best. To make matters worse, the fog lifted 

 at intervals and a glimmer of light gave promise of better weather, 

 only to darken again in a few minutes. At noon it was decided to 

 give up for the day, and word was sent to the steamer which was 

 waiting with a crowd of impatient sightseers at a wharf in Boston. 

 Hardly had this been done, however, before a breeze came, driv- 

 ing away the fog and making a very good race possible; but the 

 committee very properly did not feel justified in starting the 

 great regatta ot the year in the absence of the club steamer, so the 

 opportunity was lost. As soon as it was decided not to start, Gala- 

 tea and Stranger dressed ship in honor of Jubilee Day. with flags 

 from the truck to bowsprit and boom end. At night the fog shut 

 in again from the sea and held through next day, with rain at 

 times and a thunderstorm in the evening of Wednesday. 



On Wednesday morning the Twilight left Boston in company 

 with several other steamers, as the weather was clear and there 

 was every prospect of a race, but after running a few miles the 

 fog was met and the day r was spent in steaming through it, the 

 disgusted guests being landed at Boston in the afternoon without 

 having seen one yacht. The steamer was given up. after having 

 cost the club nearly $1,000 for her alone, and it was decided to sail 

 the race, as soon as the weather permitted, without any club 

 steamer. 



The experience of the Eastern Y. C. on this occasion is only one 

 of many instances that point to the need of separating the picnic 

 from the match sailing m the large clubs, though how it is best to 

 be done is as yet an open question. At any rate, who tever pro- 

 vision be made for the amusement of the non-racing members, 

 and they certainly deserve some sport of their own, the interests 

 of the racing contingent seem paramount and should be first con- 

 sidered by committees, both in the selection of courses and in start- 

 ing the race, whenever the fleet is ready and there is weather and 

 wind. It may be possible to organize a review of the fleet with 

 some incidental racing in which the interests of the spectators 

 shall be first considered, or to institute a club sail in which the 

 non-owners shall be taken on the yachts, but the first question 

 now is to give the best test of the yachts for the satisfaction of 

 those who put out their time and money freely in preparation. 



As a regatta, that of the Eastern Y. C. must be set down as a 

 decided failure, racing men were worried and disappointed by 

 two days of fog and the spectators saw nothing in the shape of a 

 race; but curiously enough the sequel to all this was a series of 

 brilliant and exciting matches between the leading cracks in 

 several classes, and a race that was as fair a test as any could de- 

 sire. Asset forth on the programme, the "annual regatta" was 

 open to all schooners and sloops of any j T acht club, and the antici- 

 pation was that there would be a large gathering of racers and 

 that each class would be well filled. On the contrary there were 

 few starters and they were such that the regatta resolved itself 

 into several close matches between different pairs of boats. This 

 year New York was not represented, the only yachts from around 

 the Cape being Huron, an Eastern boat until this season, and 

 Iroquois, from New York, but sailing her first race under an East- 

 ern owner. Neither Atlantic, Priscilla, Bedouin, Titania nor 

 Shamrock were present. The entries were: 



FIRST CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Sailing Length. Allowance. 



Mohican 104.50 



Gitana 96.23 3 06 



America 91.44 5 25 



Sachem 88.47 6 55 



Iroquois 81.75 10 34 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS. 



Mayflower 87.99 7 11 



Galatea 86.87 7 43 



Puritan 83. 85 9 23 



SECOND CLASS SLOOPS. 



Stranger 67.25 20 29 



Huron 66.31 2117 



SECOND CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Adrienne 65.72 21 40 



Meta 64.21 23 54 



THIRD CLASS SLOOPS. 



Dream 46.46 41 37 



FOURTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Clytie 36.00 



Shona &5.13 00 40 



Iroquois is the new steel Julia, lately sold by C. W. Chapin to T. 

 T. Coolidge, and re-christened by her new owner. Puritan, Meta, 

 Dream and Clytie did not start and Shadow made a post entry. 

 Pappoose did not enter as her owner was busy with the Harvard 

 examinations. 



The field was not a large one, but as events proved it gave better 

 sport than if each class had filled to the limit. In the schooners 

 Sachem and Iroquois sailed a very rretty race, the first for the 

 steel boat, while Gitana and Mohica n were fighting out a battle of 

 their own astern, America being too far in the rear to trouble any 

 one all day. Puritan declined to start, as her bottom had been 

 badly prepared and the potlead and varnish were in poor shape, 

 so the class was left to Mayflower and her plucky rival of iast sea- 

 son, and at last they had what all have eagerly looked for, a good 

 breeze and clear course. Of course it was a disappointment that 

 Puritan was not in. and with the strong breeze that held she could 

 have entertd as well as not, but it left the course unimpeded for 

 the duel between the two cracks, and the result was more satisfac- 

 tory than if there had been a third boat. In the next class Huron 

 and Stranger made a good fight all day, finishing so closely that a re- 

 measurement is necessary to determine the prize, and in the small 

 class Shadow found revenge for the defeat of last September in 

 the Beverly Y. C. race, by beating Shona badly. 



After two days of fog it was a relief to see the shores of Beverly 

 and the vessels out at sea on Thursday morning, even though it 

 was through a steady drizzle. There were whitecaps to be seen 

 from the rocks on the Neck, and a strong and steady S.W. wind 

 had come in place of the sluggish east wind that had brought and 

 held the fog. It was clear that there would be a race and a good 

 one. though the prospect was for less wind as the day advanced. 

 The committee were on hand, the tugs were in the harbor, there 

 was no steamer to be waited for until the breeze had gone, and at 

 10 o'clock Galatea broke out her jib, turned on her heel like a 

 weather cock, and under jib alone picked her way out of the 

 crowded harbor and through the fleet. Puritan, with topmast 

 housed, also came out, but shaped her course for Boston instead 

 of for the starting line. After Galatea came the rest, Gitana stop- 

 ping by the way to pull the topmast out of a little sloop, the Car- 

 men. The club this year had two experiments on trial besides t hat 

 of an open race; the yachts were all numbered, and the course 

 was laid further out than usual, being from off Half- Way Rock, a 

 triangle of 36 miles, 12 mile sides. 



The course was around an equilateral triangle, t he start ing stake- 

 boat at the north angle, about a third of a mile from Half Way 

 Rock, thence twelve miles to a mark buoy, consisting of a small 

 raft, having a mast with a red ball and red flag above which was 

 anchored about half a mile east of the Harding Bell Buoy, 

 thence to a similar mark or raft at the eastern angle, bearing . 

 twelve miles east, from Harding's and twelve miles southeast by 

 south from Half Way Rock with a steam tug lying near. The 

 bearings of the legs were respectively, S.S.W., E. and N.W. by N. 



The smallest singlestickers sailed only to first mark and back. 

 The wind was S.S.W., holding there pretty steadily during the 

 race, and as the first leg sailed wasfrom Half Way Rock to Hard- 

 ing's Ledge, it was a dead hammer to windward. The start was 

 set for 11:30 and by 11 A. M. the fleet was off Half Way Rock, to 

 the east of which a schooner was anchored, marking the starting 

 line. Mayflower was under three lower sails with topmast housed 

 in readiness for bad weather. Galatea carried working topsail 

 and No. 2 jib, with a reef in the foresail. In towing from New- 

 York the hawser got under her bows at one time and the lower 

 link of the bobstav was so badly bent that in the effort to straigh- 

 ten it, it broke, disclosing a flaw in the center of the bar. An 

 anchor shackle was shipped in place of the broken part and the 

 bowsprit was sent in to first reef with No. 2 jib. Iroquois carried 

 main gafftopsail at the start, but Sachem had housed her fore- 

 topmast. Shona and Shadow had topmasts down and reefs in 

 mainsails. When the whistle blew Mayflower was at the west 

 end <<t the line, near Half Way Reck and she went over on Star- 

 board tack at 11:32:35. Galatea was at the other end of the line, 

 coming up for a sharp turn as the whistle blew, but the committee 

 boat lay just beyond the markboat and directly in her way, so 

 that some time was lost before the tug ran astern and gave way 

 for her. She was timed at 11:33:20 as she reached along the line 

 for a little way and then went over on port tack, heading in shore. 

 Next came Iroquois, saving her t ime, but the rest of the class were 

 handicapped. The actual times of crossing were: Handicap 



Mayflower 11 32 35 



Galatea 11 33 20 



Iroquois 11 34 35 



Gitania U 36 35 1 35 



Mohican 11 39 04 4 04 



America U 41 16 6 16 



Sachem 11 38 41 3 41 



Stranger 11 41 16 



Huron H 42 17 



Shadow H 4b 03 



Adrienne -U 4<? 09 6 09 



Shona , 11 46 40 



