June 27, 1889.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



479 



This is no more than might hare been expected, looking to the 

 fact that the men who arc responsible for the condemned 'new 

 deed' are practically those who govern the New York Y. O. at the 

 present time, and, as a sequence, have the management of the 

 challenges for the America Cup. What amuses us in connection 

 with this matter is the fact that when the much-paraded 'surviv- 

 ing donor' came forward in ItfiO, in the full possession of his 

 faculties, and interpieted the original deed that 'match 1 meant 

 boat against boat, he was laughed to scorn by the then managing 

 committee of the New York Y. C, and told they could only in- 

 terpret the deed by the letter, and that he had no power to in- 

 terpret in a way which the other five donors might not lntvc ac- 

 cepted as their real meaning. And now we have a committee of 

 the club getting this complacent, but really shrewd 'surviving 

 donor 1 to alter the most precise aud specific terms of the original 

 deed in a manner which sets us wondering if the sense of fair- 

 ness among American sportsmen is not confined to a very small 

 number. 



'"It is perhaps necessary to repeat thai Englishmen regard I his 

 so-called new deed as inimical to sport, because it so handicaps 

 the Challenging yacht that her chance of winning is a remote one. 

 Secondly, the chances are that in the impending races the Val- 

 kyrie will be defeated, and that the Cup will be confirmed in the 

 possession of the New York Y. C. forever. There might be no 

 objection to this, except for the fact that there will always be 

 men rash enough to challenge for the Cup, and by so doing give 

 the holders of it an opportunity of securing an easy victory, and 

 the consequent boast o£ superiority. We contend that this is a 

 mean, unsportsmanlike and contemptible position for the holders 

 of the Cup to occupy. We should, indeed, exceedingly regret, if 

 the Valkyrie were fortunate enough to win the Cup, that it came 

 to England to be held under such terms as are stipulated for in 

 the 'new deed of gift'." 



HINDSIGHT VS. FORESIGHT. 



THE warnings against too much power, too large sails and too 

 great beam which we have preached to deaf ears for a very 

 long time, are apt to be generally heeded before many more races 

 are sailed this year. A look at Tomahawk and Mara quit a, to say 

 nothing of the moderately sparred Nymph at times, in (lie late 

 races, is enough to convince any one that our boats are grossly 

 overdone in the matter of sail, without waiting for the additional 

 evidence of Liris and Gorilla when they are in shape. We wel- 

 come the first convert to our views, the designer of the new 

 Helen, Alice and Chrystal, and only wish for his sake that he had 

 learned the lesson earlier, and in' season to profit by it. In the 

 Boston Herald of June 38 Mr. McVey says: 



"Coming to the forties, the lesson already learned is that all 

 the American forties of litis year are oversparred and have too 

 much sailspread. They are simply overpowered, else why should 

 fairly beamed boats, with deep draught for their length, and 

 heavily weighted lead keels, careen and put rails under in a 

 whole sail breeze? The boats with large beam, like the Mara- 

 quita, cannot carry their sail, and the Helen, with weights lower 

 than on any other 40, is not. able to stand up and carry her present 

 canvas as she should, and her designer fi ankly admits it. 



'As against our hard-bilged, wide-beamed boats and large sail 

 plans is the Scotch cutter Minerva, with practically no bilge, and 

 very little initial stability. She sails faster than any of the for- 

 ties which have met her, is strffer, and carries a jrbheaded top- 

 sail and lower sails in a breeze better than the Maraquita does 

 her lower sails alone. At first glance it would seem that the 

 Minerva was a stiffer boat than any of our forties, but, the 

 fact is that she has a smaller sail plan — one just suited to 

 her. Were the spar and sail plan of the Maraquita, Helen or 

 Tomahawk put on the Minerva she would heel to an extreme 

 angle, and would not be able to lug the big sail spreads of our 

 boats. In comparing these forties 'science' gets a black eye, and 

 the designers have simply been reaching in the dark. 



"If science actually controlled, the mistake of oversparrlng and 

 disproportionate sail spreads would not have been made. 



"There are many things te he found out by practical experience, 

 and the only way to develop a boat's best points is to Keep experi- 

 menting with her after she is fitted out. The only big, powerful 

 boat thus far which has been successful is the 30-footer Kathleen, 

 designed by Mr. William Gardner, and she seems to be able to 

 get along fairly well. Designers and owners have learned much 

 thus far, and possibly, excepting the case of Mr. Burgess, all have 

 found out that the forties will do better with less sail area and 

 lighter spars. The Nymph and Verena ha ve less sail area than 

 the other Burgess forties of this year, aud. as for that matter, of 

 any of the Burgess forties except Baboon and .Kara, and they go 

 faster. As previously stated in these columns, the performances 

 of the 40-footers will settle the question of sail area, and the time 

 is not far distant when the knife of the sailmaker will be put into 

 the sails of some of the forties, and the clubs will be spared the 

 trouble of making rules to govern the big sail spreads. When the 

 spars and sails are reduced on the American forties, so that they 

 can go along and carry their canvas, their speed will be increased, 

 and then the Minerva may not win her races so easily." 



It is rather hard to blame "science" for the fact that American 

 yachtsmen have persisted in building big boats, and relying 

 mainly on brute force and huge sails rather than perfection of 

 form to win races. Perhaps Mr. Fife's "science" is of a different 

 kind from theirs. No doubt Minerva would heel as badly as the 

 rest were she overloaded with 500 or 600ft. of sail, but on the other 

 hand, what would Maraquita or Tomahawk do with 2,700ft, in 

 place of 8,400. Both are likely to be improved by a moderate re- 

 duction, but it is not likely that either could be driven by Min- 

 erva's sail plan. 



After her victories over the crack Boston boats it is drawing it 

 rather mildly to say that Kathleen "seems to be able to get along 

 fairly well." The impression here is that she has about wiped up 

 the 30ft. class, even allowing a margin for the lack of local knowl- 

 edge on the part of Saracen and Elf. Tom Boy, a later Burgess 

 boat, certainly suffered nothing in this respect with Mr. Burgess 

 and Capt. Pettick aboard, but she was very badly beaten. 



A BAD WEEK FOR RULE O' THUMB. 



ONE side result of the late races which has not attracted much 

 attention in the midst of more important events is the defeat 

 of Anaconda by Clara. After Clara and Cinderella made the 

 53ft. class famous in 1886-7, Anaconda, modeled by Mr. Philip 

 Ellsworth in connection with Mr. John Prague, was built for the 

 latter, to beat both the narrow cutter and the wide compromise. 

 She was of the old type made famous by Panita, Crocodile, Gleam, 

 Elephant and Kangaroo, with beam, light draft, sloop rig and 

 inside ballast. Her two meetings with Cinderella at Larchmont 

 are still fresh in the memory, she being outsailed in light weather 

 and giving up the race in a stiff blow, her opponent going over 

 the conrse with Mr. C. S. Lee at the wheel, the last race he ever 

 sailed. Anaconda and Clara have never met until this seascu. 

 the first occasion being in the opening sail of the Atlantic Y. C. 

 on May 30. Clara beat Anaconda very neatly then, but as no 

 prizeffwere given and it was not a record race it did not attract 

 much attention. Anaconda failed to show at the line in the Cor- 

 inthian race, but she was on hand on Friday in the Atlantic Y. C, 

 and Clara was ready to meet her. In a fair race of 16 knots to the 

 Scotland from Bay Ridge, Clara, narrow and deep, with 31 long 

 tons of lead on keel, beat Anaconda, wide and shoal, With all bal- 

 last inside, by 3min. 4sec. This was surely bad enough, but at the 

 same time the little Fife 40, Minerva, 13ft. shorter than Anaconda, 

 beat her by Imin. elapsed time in the same distance. The two 

 were not timed at the Sandy Hook mark, but at the finish Clara 

 led by 7mm. 49sec, so that Anaconda had barely hold her off the 

 wind'. The allowance under Atlantic Y. C. rules is 30sec. in favor 

 of the wide boat, the waterline lengths being the same, so Clara 

 wins by over 7mm. corrected time. An amusing instance of the 

 defeat of the old boats by the new is found in the case of Kathleen 

 and Kangaroo, the latter, with her sister Arab, being very badly 

 beaten by the new Gardner clipper. The day after the first Sea- 

 wanhaka race Kangaroo was nailed by a passing boat, "Getting 

 ready for to-morrow r" The answer came back quickly, "No, 

 getting over yesterday." 



SOME OTHER MAN.— The London Daily, Telegraph of June 7 

 contains the following interesting item of news: "Among the 

 passengers by the Germanic, which arrived at Queenstown from 

 .New York yesterday, was Mr. George Shepherd Page, commo- 

 dore of the New York Y. C. Mr. Page hopes to complete arrange- 

 ments with Lord Dunraven connected with the race for the 

 America Cup." There are traditions of individual members of 

 the New York Y. C. who have promoted themselves to the rank 

 of commodore in European hotel registers before now, but the 

 above is probably a blunder on the part of the Telegraph. Mr. 

 George Shepard Page is a well-known Wall street man, and goes 

 as Commissioner from New Jersey to the Paris Exhibition. Com- 

 modore Gerry still reigns supreme, and disclaims any kno wledge 

 of Mr. Page and his mission. 



CAPSIZE ON LAKE MINNETONKA.— On June 31 a center- 

 board sloop capsized on Lake Minnetonka, near Minneapolis, 

 and nearly drowned a party of four ladies, as well as their escorts 

 all hands being in the water for an hour. 



TITANIA-KATRINA, JUNE 21, 22, 



IN consequence of the mishap to Katrina's boom on Tuesday the 

 race of Thursday was put oil for another day, a now boom 

 being made in the meanwhile from a spare one of Mayflower's, a 

 dry aud tough stick of white pine. All was ready by Friday- 

 morning, and at 11 A. M. the g"un was Bred from the flagship 

 Electra, anchored off Buoy 10, the two yachts being near the line. 

 The course was the new outside one of the New York Y. C, from 

 Buoy 10 around Buoy 5 and the Sandy Hook Lightship, thence 

 around a mark boat off the Snrewsbury Rocks, and home, over the 

 sa mo course to Buoy 10. The wind was fresh from S.S.E., making 

 a beat out to too Lightship, a close reach to the Shrewsbury Rocks, 

 a reach in to the Lightship and run in with the wind on the port 

 qUatter to Buoy 5. The distance was thirty-two knots, the allow- 

 ance being 19s. iu favor of Katrina. When the start was given at 

 11:10 both yachts had elulitopsails and baby jibtopsails aloft, and 

 were lying above the line, neither anxious to start. The interval, 

 5m., was wasted, the pair watching each other; but when the 

 handicap gun fired Titania made a rush for the line on port tack, 

 going over with 13s. handicap, while Katrina, followed with 53s. 

 against her. Titan ia thus gaining 39s. at the start. 



The pair stood in close under the point of the Hook, then went 

 on starboard tack, Titania all the time gaining to windward. 

 When Buoy 5 was readied she was close aboard it, but Katrina 

 had fallen off some distance. Beating out to tho Sandy Hook 

 Lightship Titania, continued to gain rapidly, until at the turn she 

 was 6m. ahtad, the times being: 



Titania 1 08 35 Katrina 1 14 26 



The next leg was a close reach of 6 miles, Titania carrying the 

 same canvas, but Kalrina shifted to a larger jibtopsail, which 

 she would have been better without, the wind meanwhile fresh- 

 ening and holding well ahead. The times at the mark were: 

 Titania 1 49 47 Katrina 1 57 27 



Thus Titania had gained tm. 49s. in the 6-mile reach. 



Going back the wind was a little freer and Titania carried a 

 larger jibtopsail. Katrina set a balloon jiblopsail and managed 

 to hold her, the times at the Lightship heing: 

 Titania 3 31 15" Katrina 2 39 01 



Grayling, in the Atlantic Y. C. race, had turned the Sandy 

 Hook Lightship just ahead of Titania, and the pair ran in together. 

 Katrina had carried her balloon jibtopsail in from the outer 

 mark, but Tit mi a only set hers at the Lightship, carrying it 

 about half way in to the Hook aud then setting an intermediate 

 one. She and Grayling held very close company up to buov 5. 

 At the buoy Titania, took in her jibtopsail, but Katrina carried 

 her ballooner in to the finish. From the Lightship in the pair 

 were about, even. Titania, finished ahead by 7m., the full times 

 being. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Titania U 15 00 3 21 45 4 06 45 4 06 45 



Katrina 11 15 00 3 29 03 4 14 03 i 13 44 



Titania beats Katrina 6m. 59s. after allowing her 19s. 



Off the wind the two had sailed very evenly, but in the real lest 

 to windward, with the same wind and water, Titania had shown 

 a marked superiority to her black rival. Considerable money 

 changed hands on the result, and Katrina's c nances were gener- 

 ally considered hopeless for the third and final race. 



The last race was sailed on Saturday, the weather being fair 

 and warm, with a clear sky, a perfect day for a trip over the old 

 New York V. C. course, the sea being perfectly smooth. This 

 time, however, the wind had shifted, being N.W., of moderate 

 strength. Both yachts carried jibheaders, the clubs being lashed 

 on deck all day, though they could easily have been carried. 

 When the gun fired at il A. M. bot h yachts were in the Narrows, 

 Titania standing across on starboard tack, with Katrina a little 

 to the north on port tnck. Katrina tacked to windward of Titania, 

 but the latter paid off aud came for the line, luffing up as she 

 neared, and then breaking out a large jibtopsail and balloon fore- 

 sail as she bore away across it at 11:01:03, with Katrina only some 

 400ft. astern, timed at 11:04:34. Ou the reach to Buoy 10— some six 

 Knots— Kai rina held her rival very closely, the gain or loss being 

 a matter of seconds. The official times at. Buoy 10 were: 

 Titania 11 40 19 Katrina 11 40 46 



Both turned with spinaker bc.oms ready lowered to port, 

 Titania having an extension boom. Katrina" sheeted her jibtop- 

 sail quickly as soon as it jibed, but Titania had hers foul of the 

 stay fi r some lit tle lime. Now followed the most amusing piece 

 of work that has been seen this season, or in fact for many sea- 

 sons: Titania, instead of holding her course about E. by S. for 

 Buoy 5, lulled sharp up aud stoo l to N.E., out over the Southwest 

 Spit and direct for the Bonier Beacon. Kitrina followed in (lie 

 absurd game, and soou the tsvo were heading directly north for 

 the Narrows with Buoy 5 astern. Titania gained on Katrina, but 

 this of course only made the latter the nearer of the two to the 

 true course. The jibtopsail sheets were flowed on both, the sails 

 threatening. each moment to pull the topmasts out, but still the 

 luffing continued. Katrina ended it after about 13m, by bearing 

 sharply off and starting slice;, setting spinaker to port, Titania at 

 once following. Some time had been wasted by this foolish 

 maneuver, but Katrina had gained a little on her rival and was 

 now nearer the next mark, the Scotland Lightship. They ran 

 out very evenly with a good breeze and smooth water, Katrina 

 holding her own off the wind. At 12:50,'' when the. flagship was 

 off the mirk, bothspinakers came in, jibtopsails having previously 

 been stowed, and at, l2:5o:52 Katrina, Having jibed just above the 

 mark, luffed round and stood for the Highlands on starboard 

 tack. The times were: Katrina 11:53-53, Titania 13:54:09. Katrina 

 was about 200 ft. or a little more ahead of Titania as they rounded. 



Afier a lu If and a tug at the sheets on each boat thev settled 

 down for a hard bout on the wind, heading down for the High- 

 lands on starboard tack, the shore being about 6 knots distant. 

 The wind was steady, no more than enough for jibheaders, and 

 the performance of the boats could he carefully noted. Katrina 

 had the advantage of position, hut as they went on Titania con- 

 tinued to crawl out to windward of her wake, and then to out- 

 foot her as well, until, after half an hour, Katrina was both astern 

 and to leeward of Titania. The la Iter's gain had been steady and 

 regular all the time, Katrina failing to hold on with her. Capt. 

 Haff was following his usual policy of screwing bis boat out to 

 windward at every puff, cat boat fashion, her sheets being a trifle 

 freer than Katrina's. When Katrina tacked at 1:27 and went 

 under the Titantia's stern there was not a man among all the 

 spectators or on either boat who would have backed her chances 

 at any odds. 



Titania was quickly about on her weather beam with a good 

 lift out to windward, but to the great surprise of all Katrina at 

 once started ahead from undtr the other's lee. The wind was 

 fresher under the Hook, Katrina. heeling more, than the white 

 boat, but at the same time she seemed to go faster (ban in any of 

 the previous tacks. Titania held close in to the beach, nipping 

 out all the time to make sure of a good berth when Buoy 5 was 

 reached, while Katrina was kept off more. As they went up the 

 False Honk Channel with a good flood tide hurrying them on 

 Katrina continued to gain, though it seemed that she must fall 

 to leeward when the buoy was made, but when she made the 

 starboard tack at 1:55. having stood on well to the eastward of 

 Buoy 5 and into tho Swash Channel, she was considerably to 

 windward of Titania, as well as ahead. Titania tacked immedi 

 ately after her, the pair standing in toward the Hook until 2:13, 

 when both tacked for Buoy 10, giving Buoy 8^ a wide berth. 

 From here into the finish at Buoy 15 the situation changed but 

 little. Some heavy puffs were met as they neared Staten Island, 

 Titania heeling very far at times The finish was timed: 

 Katrina 2 53 46 Titania 2 54 17 



The times were: 



Elapsed. Corrected. 



Katrina ...3 49 22 3 49 03 



Titania 3 50 15 3 50 15 



The elapsed time is very fast over the new course, especially 

 when the loss of at least 10m. in the luffing match on the way out 

 is considered. 



After the decided superiority which Titania showed in the 

 windward work of Friday, as well as on the first tack in the race, 

 it is hard to account for Katrina's gain from the Highlands in to 

 the finish. There was no difference in the wind, the two were too 

 close together, and the tide, though possibly favoring Katrina a 

 little, would not account for the rapid change of position from 

 the time she went under Titania's stern, having lost a good lead, 

 until she was again clear ahead of the latter. As nothing was 

 changed on either boat the most reasonable supposition is that 

 the stronger wind off the beach just fitted Katrina, and at the 

 decided angle of heel which, she held all the way in slie can hold 

 or beat Titania. It may be possible to improve Katrina still 

 more, but thus far Titania, has shown herself the better boat in 

 almost all breezes on the wind. Off the wind there is little to 

 choose between them. Katrina's defeat in the first race was a 

 great disappointment, as it still leaves some doubt as to just 

 where her proper place beside Titania is in hard weather. 

 Titania's performance that day stands on its merits as a fine bit 

 of work, she sailed very fast and went through the seas easily, 

 but a part at least of Katrina's poor performance is due to a mis- 

 take in canvasing, and it would be very interesting to know just 

 how much. It is so seldom that the occasion arises for sailing 

 under such small canvas that when a time like this comes it is a 

 matter of guess what sail should be carried. Titania came down 

 to two reef6 and a No. 3 jib, under which she worked admirably. 



but Katrina ventured on three reefs and a No. 3 jib, which gave 

 so little after sail that the helm was across the boat. Under I his 

 rig she lost steadily from the start, and was a long way astern 

 when her boom wont, in the a ttempt to shake out a reef, but it 

 would have bceu in every way more satisfactory to have seen her 

 light it out over the course under the same canvas as Titania. 

 The two are not likely to meet again until the New York Y. 0. 

 cruise in August. " 



CORINTHIAN Y. C. OF NEW YORK, JUNE 19. 



THE second annual regatta, of the Corinthian Y. C. of Now 

 York was sailed on June 19 over the courses and under tho 

 conditions published in the Foijpst and Stream of June 13, the 

 principal changes from established practice being a one-gun start 

 aud the classification by corrected instead of waterline length, 

 the measurement and allowance being by Seawanhaka rule. 

 The entries were smaller than they should have been, most, of the 

 forties failing to start, while Clara had a sail over, her only rival. 

 Anaconda, not turning op. though sin had entered, and a special 

 agreement to sail under jibheaders had been made between her 

 and Clara. The starters and their helmsmen were: 



50 TO 60j?T. CORRECTED LEXOTTI. 



L.VY.L. Corrected. 



Clara. Dr. J. C. Barron. . 



40 to mm, 





54.90 



.43.50 



44.154 





46.43 





46.07 



.33.25 



37. '56 



,29.90 



29. 50 



34.91 



29.00 



33.00 



33.00 







.30.00 



29.75 





27. IK) 



Banshee, A. B. Alley 



Minerva, Johu F. Lovejov 



30 to 40 ft. 



cats, 25 to 30m.'. 



Gunhilde, W. Gordon Dedreickson 



Aura, W. II. Simonson 



CATS UNDElt 25ft. 



Dorothy ....... ... . 



Tomahawk, Maraquita, Playmate and Anaconda did not turn 

 up, nor was Kat hi ecu on hand when the start was given at 11:25 

 from the judges' tug, Dalzell, anchored off Buoy 18. The wind 

 was light N. E. with u haze over the water when t he fleet went 

 over, Minerva leading with Ulidia aud Banshee after her. Spin- 

 alcers were set to port for the run to Buoy 10, t he fleet moving 

 slowly With the light air and flood fide. After all had crossed a 

 large cutter was visible ia the Narrow s, looniiug up t hrough the 

 mist, and she was made out as a 40, Tomahawk or Maraquita, but 

 when she reached the line it proved to be the 30, Kathleen, with 

 Vice-Corn. Center at the stick. She crossed jttst 8m. 30s, after the 

 guu for her class, and started in chase of Tom Boy, her most for- 

 midable rival. 



When the fleet, had reached Buoy 13, at noon, Minerva led Ban- 

 shee by 100yds. or so, with Clara to the west of Banshee and Ulidia 

 to the east and astern, Tom Boy was fourth and Delvyn uext, 

 Kathleen being well astern. From this time tho wind fell until 

 the race became a mere drift, the fleet not 

 3;Ss>, when Minerva was timed, leading Bai 

 astern, and Clara and Ulidia i 



y 10 until 

 me 10 minutes 

 nd had shifted 



to S. E., still blowing very light, and the large craft beat out to 

 Buoy 5, the thirties setting spmaker.s and lunuingup intoRaritan 

 Bay for the buoy off Point, Comfort, The cats had run from the 

 start to Buoy 16, off Coney Islaud Point, and were now bound 

 across for Buov 10. After waiting until 3 o'clock at Buoy 5 the 

 regatta committee, Messrs. Eben 13. Clark and W. H. Plummer, 

 very wisely determined to shorten the course, sending all home 

 from Buoy 5, and as each yacht came up the v\as notified of the 

 change. The times at Buoy 5 were: 



Minerva 3 13 30 Clara 3 26 30 



Banshee 3 24 00 Ulida 3 2" 30 



Minerva set her spinaker to starboard and headed direct for 

 Buoy 8U, while Bansnee set spinaker to port and worked in under 

 the point of the Hook, close to the. beach. The wind now came 

 out a little more to the south, so teal Minerva's spinaker had to 

 come in, and she jibed over, setting I alloon jiblopsail and balloon 

 foresail, while. Banshee held to her spinaker, having it on the 

 right side. The latter had woiked the beach further up toward 

 the Shrewsbury, and now was standing aero; sfor Buoy 10, reaching 

 it just ahead of Minerva, having picked up 10m. on the latter 

 in a couple of miles. Minerva cut in between Banshee and Buoy 

 10, running ahead rapidly, there now being a light but steady 

 breeze, arid soon had the race in hand. She set spinaker when 

 near 9 and held it to the finish, Banshee carrying only a balloon 

 jibtopsail, owing to some trouble with her spinaker gooseneck. 

 The thirties were now made out coming up for Buoy 9, where 

 they turned into the main channel, Kathleen having a long lead. ' 

 The end of the race was very flat, as Minerva and Kathleen were 

 so far ahead of their classes. Tho elapsed times were: 



FIRST CLASS— SLOOPS AND CUTTEKS BETWEEN 50 AND 60FT. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. 

 Clara 11 25 00 5 39 25 6 14 25 



SRCOND CLASS— SLOOPS AND ( 'CITRUS BF.T W RUN 4(1 AM D 60 FT. 



Minerva 11 25 00 5 23 04 5 58 04 



Banshee.... 11 25 Oil 5 36 30 6 11 SO 



Ulidia U 25 00 4 48 50 6 23 50 



THIRD CLASS— SLOOPS AND CDTTRRS BETWEEN 30 AND 40FT. 



Kathleen , . . .11 30 00 5 23 48 5 53 48 



Tom Boy. 11 30 00 5 31 41 6 01 41 



Delvyn 11 30 00 Did not finish. 



Forsvth 11 30 B-t) 5 45 It 15 11 



Beatrice 11 30 00 5 87 55 6 07 55 



FOURTH CLASS — CAT HO AT S BETWEEN 2* AND SOFT. 



Gunhilde 11 30 00 4 59 20 5 29 20 



Aura 11 30 00 5 31 08 6 01 OS 



FIFTH CLASS— CAT BOATS UNDER 25 FT. 



Dorothy 11 30 00 5 38 58 6 08 58 



Neither Ulidia nor Delvyn were well sailed, being in now hands. 

 The winners were Clara, Minerva, Kathleen, Gunhilde and 

 Dorothy. Gunhilde and Aura, are large and powerful Cape Cod 

 catboats, very excellent craft, for sailing and cruising. 



COMING RACES. 



THE racing thus far this s«aM.m has surpassed anything in the 

 entire history of American yachting, and further it, promises 

 to keep on without interruption until very late in the fall. The 

 programme of the Seawanhaka, C. Y. C, given elsew here, con- 

 tains several r ices for 40-footers, probably one on July 3 from 

 Oyster Bay across the Sound, finishing at Larehmc nr. The Larch- 

 mont Y. C. holds its annual regatta on July 4, with a special race 

 for the forties on July 6, Mr. Bayard Thayer, owner of Pappoose, 

 offering a 8250 cup for the two races, in addition to the regular 

 prizes, the cup to be held by the boat winning it twice, and a 

 match between Pappoose and Banshee is also proposed. The 

 Gould cup of the Larchmont Y. O. is to be raced for in the 40ft. 

 class, with the Connor cup in the 70ft. A cup has also been 

 offered for the forties by the American V. C, to be raced for off 

 their club house at Milton Point r u July 8. Both forties and 

 thirties will be provided for in the city regatta of July 4 at Boston. 

 On July 13 the Hovey cup, for for ties, will be raced for off Marble- 

 head, and on the 15th the annual regatta of the Eastern Y. C. will 

 be sailed there. The Weld cup, too, is In the hands of the Corin- 

 thian Y. C. of Marblehead, while the cup offered by Mr. Canfield, 

 and one offered by Mr. Carroll, will be raced for on the S. 0. 

 Y. C. cruise. Altogether there is promised an amount of racing 

 such as has never" been seen here, arid in the largest and best 

 matched class ever built; and it will be very strange if the close 

 observer is not able to come to a more definite conclusion as to the 

 merits of the various types than has ever been pcssible in the past. 



SOUTHERN Y. O. BREWSTRR. CHALLENGE CUP.— The race 

 for the Brewster challenge cup of (Jie Southern Y. C. sailed on 

 June 13, brought out but three starters, one of them, the Edith, 

 losing her topmast early in the race. There was a strong wind at 

 times, varied by calms, which lessened the interest in the race. 

 The times were: 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Zoe, R. S. Day 31.00 4 34 40 4 30 07 



Stella, John Bistis 36.04 4 33 03 4 S3 03 



Edith L., Alex. Brewster 33.00 Withdrew. 



Judges: A. K. Miller, Richard Francis, A. P. Williams. Timers: 

 A. M. Aucoin, C. R. Van Wickle, John Hawkins. 



LYNN Y. C. ANNUAL REGATTA.-The annual regatta of the 

 Lynn Y. C. was sailed on Juue 15, the times being: 



SECOND CLASS— C'ENTERBOARDS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Mayflower, Arthur Johnson . 21.04 o 5n 20 37 18 



Edith B„ Charles Blithen .20.02J6 f>H 58 37 21 



Bobolink, Tufts and Putnam 23.00 59 53 42 45 



S FECIAL CLASS —KEELS. 



Elsie, Chase aud Collins 22.11 1 07 29 50 05 



Velm'a, H. L. Parker 17.18 1 14 39 53 35 



Judge, H. E. Parker. 



