Aug. 16, 1888.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



the Eastern race at Marblehead,and in the first of the two the result 

 was inconclusive as to the real merits of the boats, while as to the 

 second the superiority of Volunteer was already established. Not 

 one of the great questions of the season has yet. been answered — 

 which is the fastest, Sachem, Grayling or Sea Fox; Bedouin, 

 Shamrock or Katrina; can I he compromises heat the old flat type 

 in any ordinary weather; and are the latest and deepest, boats 

 better than the more moderate compromises? Not one of these 

 questions has been sett led; the most that has been shown is that 

 Grayling has hcen improved by her alterations, that she has a 

 most formidable rival in Sea Fox, and that Katrina is a decided 

 success and likely to lead her class. 



AS for the snort, there has hardly been any; in all the spring 

 races the entries were for the most part poor, but few classes 

 showing a fair number; added to which the weather was light 

 and fl lines were plcntv. Sachem and her sister, the new Marguer- 

 ite, did less than nothing at New York; the first .-lass sloops did, 

 not start; Katrina found onl\ Fanny as a rival. Bedouin. Sham- 

 rock, Grade and Titan ia being absent; while Cinderella and Clara 

 wore both out of commission. None of the New York boats went 

 East, and the regatta at Marblehead was no better than those at 

 New York. There wore strong hopes for better things on the 

 cruise, especially in the race for the Goeiet cups, but these too 

 have not, been realized thus far, and unless owuers wake up and 

 some racing weather is found for the proposed fall races, the 

 whole history of the season, as far as the large yachts is con- 

 cerned, will he very quickly written. 



The original programme for the cruise included an extra race, 

 that lor toe cans offered by the citizens of Vineyard Haven last 

 year, to he sailed for o IT Oak Bluffs, after which the fleet would 

 disband, hut t his was altered later on, the cruise to bo extended 

 to Marblehead. where the Eastern \. C. had arranged for a re- 

 gatta, the sum of $1 ,500 be'ng appropriated for prizes. The rendez- 

 vous was set as usual for New London, the date being Aug. 8, and 

 liy evening the greater part of the fleet was in the harbor. On the 

 way from New York the steam yachts Corsair and Electra had an 

 exciting brush, in which the Corsair led. At night a meeting of 

 the captains was held, at which it was decided to proceed to New- 

 port as soon as the weather permitted, there being then a dense 

 fog, to sail for the Goeiet cups on the day after arrival, then to 

 proceed to Vineyard Ha ven, laying over one day to race for the 

 Vineyard Haven cups, afterwards sailing to Marblehead. Mr. 

 Geo. L. Schuyler was elected a member of the regatta committee 

 in place of Mr. Alexander Taylor, Jr. Orders were issued that 

 ensigns should be carried at half-mast on Saturday out of respect 

 for General Sheridan. This year, for the first, time, prizes were 

 offered for the yacht in each class which should make the best 

 average on the daily runs from port to port, the first run being 

 from New London to Newport, and in spite of the bad weather, 

 with rain and fog, preparations were made for an early start on 

 Thursday morning. 



Nno London to Newport, Aug. 9. 



Contrary to expectation the morning Mas clear and bright 

 before the hour for starting, with a light S.W. wind and smooth 

 water over all the Sound. The starting line was off the Sea 

 Flower Beacon, and the fleet, to the number of 55 sailing yachts, 

 with the steamers Electra, Corsair, Magnolia, Sagamore, Sap- 

 phire, YYainpanoag, Say When, Sentinel, Vision, Starling, 

 Vedette and Fed alma, were off the beacon by 10:30. Owing to a 

 blunder with the signals Gil ana, Atalauta and Halcyon crossed 

 before the proper time. Iseult, Crocodile and Portia, all small 

 craft, started before the fleet. Grayling, Puritan, Sea Fox and 

 Trouhadour were near the line and went over in good season, but 

 Volunteer, Sachem and some others of the fast ones were in the 

 pack astern and could not work clear for some miles, being hind- 

 ered by their slower neighbors. The preparatory signal was 

 given at 10.47 and the start at 10:57, the interval allowed for start- 

 ing being 20 minutes. The starters were: Gitana, Atalauta, Hal- 

 cyon, Grayling, Troubadour, Sea. Fox, Pocahontas, Puritan, Mar- 

 gueriie.Varuna, Hildegarde, Bedouin, Iroquois, Fanny, Norseman, 

 SachenvLydia, Eluia, Katrina, Palmer, Columbia, Atblon, A zalea, 

 Gaviota, Princess, Lotus, Curlew, Mayflower, Whim, Ambassa- 

 dress. Alarm, Miranda, Volunteer, Magic, Triton, Nymph, 

 Dauntless, Cinderella, Nonpareil, Wanderer, Intrepid, Montauk, 

 Thistle, Medusa, Dare, Huron, Whilcaway, Harbinger, Regina, 

 Portia, Iseult, Crocodile. 



The leaders were Puritan and Sea Fox, the former to wind- 

 ward, with Grayling, Troubadour and Mayflower next. The wind 

 soon freed enough to permit spmakers to starboard, and all the 

 yachts set them. Puritan gained on Sea Fox, and finally passed 

 her when off Ram Island, but Grayling was unable to overtake 

 either of the leaders. Mayflower was doing- very well, while Vol- 

 unteer, now clear of the fleet, was still some distance from the 

 head of the procession, with Katrina close to her. Sachem, too, 

 had worked clear, and was now after Grayling, while Marguerite 

 was doing but little. When off Watch Hill, both Bedouin and 

 Marguerite struck on the rocks, and laid until hauled off by the 

 Cactus, of the Lighthouse Department. Mr. Rogers reports that 

 the rock on which Bedouin struck lies between the beacon on 

 Sugar Reef and the heacon on Watch Hill Reef and has but 12ft. 

 of water at high tide, though Montauk, drawing 12ft., passed 

 safely between it and the Sugar Reef Beacon. When off Watch 

 Hill the fleet passed the big raft, on its way from the Bay of 

 Fundy to New York. Spiuakers were set after Point Judith was 

 passed, and the fleet was soon at anchor off Newport after an 

 uneventful run. The official summary of the times is: 

 first class schooners. 



LengM . iOl.-.i.'sed. Corrected. 



Ambassadress ....130.05 6 27 &5 6 27 35 



Dauntless 112.83 5 33 04 5 33 04 



Norseman 110.12 5 46 10 5 45 31 



Palmer 104.17 5 19 11 5 13 31 



Wanderer 108.03 6 01 10 



Alarm 112.03 5 42 30 



SECOND CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Intrepid 99.30 5 36 43 5 36 43 



Gitana 90.81 5 47 40 5 46 26 



Montauk 94.06 5 19 SO 5 18 40 



Columbia 93.00 5 39 38 



THIliD CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Sea Fox 91.58 5 09 40 5 09 40 



Sachem 88.47 5 09 35 5 07 49 



Troubadour 87.86 5 23 39 5 21 18 



Varuna 87.10 6 08 26 6 05 52 



Miranda 85.79 5 18 13 5 15 33 



Grayling 83.03 5 23 45 5 18 50 



Ataianta 5 48 03 



Elma 5 38 03 



FOURTH CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Marguerite 83.54 6 49 38 6 49 38 



Iroquois 81.74 5 16 45 5 15 36 



Magic 80.23 5 35 54 5 33 44 



Halcyon 81.08 5 42 18 5 40 43 



Princess 6 13 13 



FIFTH CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Harhinger 64.79 6 51 42 



Triton 6 19 47 



Lotus 6 48 14 



Azalea 6 23 14 



Lydia 6 18 19 



Whim 6 36 40 



Curlew - 6 33 37 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS. 



Volunteer 89.35 5 13 38 5 12 38 



Mayflower 87.99 5 10 43 5 09 56 



r ritan 83.85 5 16 33 5 03 14 



THIRD CLASS SLOOPS. 



Katrina 74.08 5 14 13 5 14 13 



Bedouin 72.10 6 30 53 6 29 23 



Fanny 69.70 5 14 57 5 11 38 



Pocahontas 5 45 34 5 34 84 



Nonpar ielle 6 26 58 



Huron 63.31 5 41 08 5 24 04 



FOURTH. CLASS SLOOPS. 



Hildegarde 64.50 5 23 09 5 33 09 



Dare 59.33 6 04 55 6 00 09 



Medusa 55.92 6 10 31 6 02 22 



Whileawav 57.50 5 29 17 5 33 52 



Thistle 6 03 00 



'FIFTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Athlon 56.11 5 36 17 5 36 17 



Cinderella 55.48 5 44 20 5 43 36 



Gaviota 55.15 5 38 35 6 37 28 



Bertie 53.08 5 45 49 



Concord 51.23 6 40 17 6 34 17 



SIXTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Regina 50.13 6 01 30 



Nymph 6 16 51 



Crocodile. Not timed. 



Iseult Not timed. 



Portia. Not timed. 



The measurements were not complete, but the winners in the 

 various classes were Palmer. Sachem, Iroquois, Lydia, Puritan, 

 Fanny, Hildegarde, Bertie and Regina. In the harbor were a 

 number of yachts waiting to join the fleet. It was decided to sail 

 on Friday lor the Goeiet cups, oyer one of the usual courses, 



around the huoy off Block Island and a mark off West Island, or 

 around the Sow and Pigs and Hen and Chickens Lightships. 

 Gortet, Cups, Newport, Aug. 10. 

 The New York Y. C. certainly owes much to the liberality of 

 Mr. Ogden Goeiet in nroviding the prizes which bear his name, 

 and which have come to be looked forward to as the principal 

 ones of the year. For seven successive seasons the prizes, in each 

 case a cup valued at 31,000 for schooners, and one valued at $500 

 for singlestiekers, ha ve been given by him, the conditions being 

 that the yachts entering, from the New York and Eastern clubs, 

 shall not have hauled out to clean bottom after the commence- 

 ment of the cruise. As the courses are among the best in the 

 country, and Car better than the New York course as regards 

 wind and tides, the race has been looked forward to hy all to de- 

 cide the question of the leading schooner, and it was no small dia- 

 a opoint meat tha f the results should he without value through the 

 fickle weather. In looking at these results, such as they are, it is 

 necessary to throw out; entirely the first half of the course, some 

 IS miles.' Up to this point there was nothing but flukes and the 

 Chances of light winds from different quarters, favoring one 

 yacht or the other. From the first mark, the Sow and Pigs Light- 

 ship, to the second, Hen and Chickens, the wind was about the 

 same to all, quite light and well aft, while on the heat of about It 

 miles home, it was stronger, hut greatly in favor of the leaders, 

 who were running into the wind as it freshened from the west. 

 Allowing for this fact the times from Hen and Chicken show 

 fairly well the work of each yacht, but unfortunately only the 

 leaders were timed at the finish. The day was clear and warm, 

 the water perfectly smooth, and the wind in the morning about 

 N N.E and tight. The fleet ran out ahout 10 A. M. and found the 

 signals flying for the Sow and Pigs course. The start was given 

 at 10:30, the following yachts going over: 



SCHOONERS. 



Klmn 85 3 R. L. Belknap. 



Dauntless IK % C H Onlt 



(ivavlitig 83 8 L. A. Fish. 



vratric 80 6 T.N.Motley. 



MiP-f hi 8C 4 G H h Hill 



Montauk »4 10J^ J. E. Brooks. 



Iroquois - 80 00 T. J. Coohdge, Jr. 



Intrepid 100 8 L. Pkemx. 



Calmer 104 4 R. Stuyvesant. 



Ramona 110 n C. A. Postley. 



Troubadour 03 00 L. H. Smith. 



Sea Fox 89 5 .A. Cass Can held. 



Sachem 86 8 Metcalf & Owen. 



SLOOPS. 



Volunteer 85 11 C. J. Paine. 



Mavflower 85 6!^ E.D.Morgan. 



Puritan . 81 11 J. Mai col m Forbes. 



Katrina 69 6 Auchincloss Bros. 



To the schooner class Dauntless allows Ramona lm. lis.; 

 Palmer, 3m. 23s.: Intrepid, 6m. 35s.; Montauk, 0ro. 33s.: Sea Fox, 

 11m. 3s.; Sachem, 13m.; Troubadour. 13m. 40*.: Miranda, 14m. 47s.; 

 Grayling, 10m. 32s.; Iroquois, 17m. 38s., and Magic, 18m. 16s. 



In the slooo class Volunteer allows Mayflower 53s.; Puritan, 

 3m. 41s., and Ka.lrin't, 11m. 13s. 



Marguerite did not, start, Bedouin was out, but not in the race, 

 white the absence of Shamrock, who was not on the cruise, was a 

 subject of general regret amors the many who wished to see her 

 and Katrina, together. Mr, Burrress steered Sachem himself, 

 while Mr. Smith was on hoard of Katrina. Elma made her first 

 appearand' in a race since the change of rig, but under very un- 

 favorable conditions, her owner, who had been air en t for some 

 time, onlv joined late op the mornineoft.be start, so that she was 

 late in getting into position, and she lacked the practice with 

 racing canvas which the other yachts have ha.d during the 

 snrine, besides being very heavily ballasted for such light weather. 

 The times at the start were: 



Volunteer 10 30 57 Troubadour 10 33 52 



Mavflower 10 31 51 Katrina 10 33 17 



Miranda 10 31 52 Tutrenid 10 33 32 



Sea Fox 10 31 58 Gravling 10 33 40 



Sachem 10 .32 09 Magic 10 33 49 



Palmer 10 33 25 Dauntless 10 34 35 



Montauk 10 32 25 Elma 10 36 00 



Puritan 10 32 40 Iroquois 10 36 36 



Ramona came last with a handicap of 3m. 9s. 



All went over on port tack, with cluhtonsails and jibtopsail set, 

 hut. the wiufl was so light that the nace was slow. The fleet strung 

 out, with Volunteer first, and Mayflower. Puritan. Sea Fox. 

 Palmer and Miranda in the first division, while some of the larger 

 schooners brought up the rear. For the first hour and a half the 

 vachts made some progress, though it, could hardly he called rac- 

 ing, and then, before West Island was reached, the wind fell com- 

 pletelv and left them to drift. About noon there were eatspaws 

 from the sou^h, but with no weight in them, one boat, or another 

 beine favored in turn for a few minutes. For a time the fleet had 

 a little wind and then at 3 P. M. it died down, leaving the leaders 

 still at a distance from the first mark. For another hour there 

 was nothing to do but drift with the ebb tide and make the most, 

 of such flukes as fell in the wav. Several set spinake.rs, which 

 helped them a little. Saehem, after being in the middle of the 

 fleet, managed to come out, ahead at the mark, and turned with a 

 lead of ten minutes on Volunteer. Just bow it was done was not 

 evident, but it is certain that on] v a bald fluke set her so far ahead 

 of the fleet after her place in the early part of the race. The times 

 at Sow and Pigs were: 



Sachem 3 27 33 Troubadour 3 83 23 



Volunteer. 3 37 33 Mayflower 3 53 33 



Sea Fox 3 13 15 Dauntless 3 55 46 



Puritan 3 45 58 Montauk 3 56 36 



Miranda 3 48 26 Magic 3 59 00 



Gravling ...3 49 07 Ramona 3 59 30 



Katrina 3 49 51 Elma 4 01 00 



Pcquois 3 50 42 intrepid 4 1100 



Palmer 3 51 27 



Katrina was in verv hard luck at the Lightship, the wind left 

 her so near to it, that it seemed as though she would go by on the 

 wrong side and she lav idle for some time before getting around. 

 Alliihed round and started on port tack for Hen and Chickens, 

 nearly five miles awav. Sachem, now well ahead, set a spinaker 

 to some advantage, but. those who tried it further astern gained 

 nothing, as the wind was too light to fill it. Sachem was nearly an 

 hour and a quarter in covering a, distance of less than five miles, 

 so the strength of the wind can be easily rated. The times at the 

 Hen and Chickens Lightship were: 



Sachem 4 40 03 Trouhadour 5 00 45 



Volunteer 4 44 49 Palmer 5 01 00 



Sea Fox 4 48 36 Montauk 5 03 00 



Puritan 4 51 00 Ramona 5 07 15 



Gravling 4 52 ni Magic 5 07 15 



Katrina 4 53 38 Elma ...5 08 00 



Miranda 4 58 21 Dauntless 5 10 00 



Mayflower 4 58 53 Intrepid Not timed. 



Iroquois 4 59 33 



Thus far the race had been absolutely devoid of interest, but the 

 S.W. breeze now promised to freshen and make a fair fight over 

 the remaining fifteen miles to the finish. All stood off on the port 

 tack after rounding. Sachem and Volunteer far ahead and gain- 

 ing every minute as they ran into the increasing breeze. Sea Fox 

 had a good lead on Grayling at the mark, as much as 3}^m., and 

 for a time held it well, going on starboard tack at 5:35, two min- 

 utes after Grayling had tacked astern and to leeward of her. 

 Katrina had turned the mark close aboard of Grayling, and made 

 an ambitious attempt to hold on to her, but the slippery schooner 

 soon shook her off. Sachem held the lead for a time, but Volun- 

 teer finally headed her and held first place to the finish. Grayling 

 steadily crawled up on Sea Fox and after 45 minutes placed her- 

 self to leeward, where the black boat tried in vain to shake her 

 off. She had her maintopmaststaysail set, while. Sea Fox bad 

 none, both carrying clubtopsails. From 6 P. M. to the finish the 

 fight was kept up, with a final victory for Grayling. With the 

 fresher breeze Elma began to wake up, and for an hour after pass- 

 ing the Hen and Chickens she sailed very fast, working her way 

 up past Magic, Ramona, Montauk, Palmer and Troubadour, and 

 sailing ahout even with Miranda for a time. When on the star- 

 board tack she lost part of her advantage, being delayed for a time 

 by a long tow of coal barges, and finally finished after Miranda, 

 Montauk and Palmer, none of them timed. Sea Fox, Grayling, 

 Puritan and Katrina sailed for a time in company, Katrina hold- 

 in g well on to the larger ones, and ahead of them finally. The full 

 times were: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Volunteer 10 30 57 6 52 32 8 21 35 8 31 35 



Katrina 10 83 17 7 19 49 8 46 33 8 35 19 



Puritan 10 33 47 7 15 35 8 43 58 8 39 07 



Gravling 10 33 40 7 19 34 8 45 54 8 39 23 



Sachem ..10 32 09 7 13 57 8 40 48 8 27 48 



Sea Fox 10 31 58 7 23 34 8 51 26 8 40 33 



Mavflower 10 31 51 7 33 05 9 01 14 9 00 21 



Miranda 10 31 53 Not timed. 



Pal mer 10 32 35 Not timed. 



Montauk 10 32 43 Not, timed. 



Troubadour 40 33 53 Not timed, 



Intrepid 10 88 32 Not timed. 



Magic 10 33 49 Not timed. 



Dauntless 10 34 25 Not timed. 



Elma 10 36 00 Not timed. 



Iroquois 10 36 39 Not timed. 



Ramona 10 40 00 Not timed. 



In the sloop class Volunteer heats Puritan 17m. 31s.; Katrina 

 13m. 4s. and Mayflower 38m. 46s. on corrected time. Katrina 

 beats Puritan 3m. 48s. 



In the schooner class Sachem beats Grayling 1m. 36s. and Sea 

 Fox 13m . 37s. on corrected time. 



As before stated, these times amount to nothing, the only fair 

 comparison must be based on the work from Hen a.ud Chickens. 

 The elapsed times over this leg were: 



Volunteer 3 02 44 Sachem 2 33 54 



Puritan 2 34 35 Mavflower 2 34 12 



Katrina 3 37 11 Sea Fox 2 34 48 



Grayling. 3 27 33 



The corrected time for 16 miles would only change one of the 

 boats, making Katrina second to Volunteer. Sachem wins the 

 Goeiet Cup, but as far as the honors go she has yet to pay Gray- 

 ling for the defeat at New York this spring. Puritan did good 

 work compared with the schooners, but failed to beat Katrina, 

 the little steel boat doing decidedly the best, work of the day, save 

 Volunteer, lu the beat of 15 mUes in a moderate breeze she out- 

 sailed on even time the three fastest schooners in the country, all 

 longer by 13 to 30ft., to say nothing of Mayflower, with her 15ft. 

 extra length. The latter made a poor showing all day, being at 

 no time in a good place. It was late when the fleet anchored in 

 Newport again, but the orders were for an early start for Vine- 

 yard Haven. 



One noticeable feature of the year is the prevalence of white 

 yachts, in fact one often has to rub the eyes for a minute to make 

 sure of some old and well-known craft, completely changed by 

 her new outside. All the Burgess boats are now white, and of 

 the old craft America and Gitana have come out this year, t he 

 latter especially looking quite different. Troubadour cha.nged 

 her color last year and Grayling so early in the season that men 

 are now used to it; but at a glance both Gitana and America are 

 apt to puzzle the observer. Whether or no the change is an im- 

 provement in appearance is a matter of taste, but no perceptible 

 increase of sliced has yet been evident in either. 



Among the new Burgess boats not, the least noticeable was the 

 schooner Viator, the eye being attracted by her freeboard and 

 size rather than by anything specially taking in her appearance. 

 Though of the same general style as Sachem 'and Marguerite she 

 is much heavier and boxier in appearance and by no means a 

 handsome vessel. Being only a cruiser and of small size, 65ft. 

 l.w.l., sho is somewhat fuller in model than the larger boats, hut 

 at the same time she is lacking in grace and lightness on the 

 water. 



Three of the new boats lay close together and offered a fair 

 chance for comparison, Baboon, Nymph and Pappoose. The dif- 

 ference in appearance between the first two strikes one at once, 

 Nymph is certainly not a handsome boat according to modern 

 ideas. Sho is heavy in appearance, with a high rail, the lines of 

 rail and planksheer not harmonizing, especially aft, where the 

 bulwark shows very wide. Baboon, on the contrary, though with 

 the same overhang and general sheer plan, is fa r and away hand- 

 somer, sitting lightly and easily on the water. Her counter is 

 cleaner and her rail is quite low, the planksheer, or more properly 

 the gold stripe, curving in harmony with it. The freeboard of 

 the two is probably the same, but the difference to the eye is very 

 great. Among the new boats in Newport Harbor was Herreshoff's 

 latest yawl, similar in model to the Constielo, built by them, but 

 with two batten sails, hoth boom and gaff; a large cat mainsail 

 and a mizen. Mr. Bryant's new schooner, Alert, joined the fleet 

 at Newport with her owner on board; a handsome and bold-look- 

 ing cruiser, in every way a credit to her amateur designer. The 

 arrangements and fitting up below are excellent, while the deck 

 has a very trim and ship-shape finish. The new schooner (Enone 

 was expected at Newport, but did not arrive. 



Ne%vport to Vineyard Haven, Aug. 11. 



The morning was clear and cool, with a moderate breeze from 

 the east, and in answer to the signals to sail at 10:30 for Vineyard 

 Haven the greater part of the fleet worked out of the harbor 

 early and made for the start off Brenton's Reef Lightship. The 

 course was to windward and the yachts went over on the port tack, 

 rounding the stern of the Electra. As Palmer came round she 

 scraped along Hildegarde's side, carrying away the latter's port 

 boat, but doing no further damage. Regina had just crossed the 

 line when Grayling came up wit h Mayflower directly astern of her. 

 The latter overtook the Grayling and ran her bowsprit squarely 

 against the schooner's mainboom, causing it to buckle, but the 

 stick held, and in answer to the great pressure from leeward paid 

 the yacht's head off. Regina was so close to Grayling that the 

 latter's boom struck her mast, carrying awav topmast and head- 

 gear, smashing a boat, and heeling the sloop badly. Three of the 

 guests on Regina leaped overboard and swam until the end of 

 Grayling's main sheet was thrown to them, when they seized it 

 and were towed until picked up by boats from some of the yachts. 

 Mayflower continued past Grayling and the latter ran her howsprit 

 through the mainsail of a catboat with a pleasure party of ladies 

 on hoard,but fortunately did no lurther damage. Regina and Gray- 

 ling were separated, the former returning to Newport a partial 

 wreck, the latter continuing the race with the loss of her topmast 

 stay. The order of the leading boats at the line was: Puritan, 

 Lydia, Clio, Montauk, Volunteer, Pocahontas, Katrina, Iroquois, 

 Crocodile, Sea Fox, Gitana, Huron, Athlon, Sachem, Halcyon, 

 Miranda, WTiileaway, Harbinger, Columbia, Norseman, Regina, 

 Palmer, Cinderella, Vision, Grayling, Bedoum, Mayflower. 



As far as the Sow and Pigs the wind held ahead aad Volunteer 

 steamed away in advance of the fleet, easily taking the lead. 

 Puritan was second and Sachem third, with Sea Fox next. About 

 1:30 the wind went round to S.E., and Volunteer was able to lay 

 her course through Vineyard Sound, going inside the Middle 

 Ground. After a couple of hours the wind died out and left the 

 fleet at the mercy of the flood tide, which was runnine very 

 strongly against them. It had been intended to finish off the Sea 

 View House, and a large crowd was gathered to see the end of the 

 race, but as it was evident that the yachts could not reach there 

 before very late at night, the times wore taken as they passed the 

 West Chop Light, the leaders coming in with the ebb tide and 

 about 7:30. The official times are as follows, hut some revision 

 may be necessary, as the table was made out at a late hour: 



FIRST CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Norseman 10 16 06 7 58 00 9 12 54 



Palmer 10 47 07 7 59 45 8 13 88 



Alarm 10 47 35 8 13 50 9 26 15 



Dauntless i0 49 25 8 16 20 9 26 55 



Wanderer 10 51 00 8 41 00 9 50 00 



Ambassadress 10 51 35 



Ramona 11 00 00 8 51 15 9 51 15 



SECOND CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Montauk 10 41 58 7 55 80 9 13 40 



Gitana 10 44 00 



Columbia 10 46 17 8 02 58 9 16 41 



Intrepid 10 47 35 



THIRD CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Troubadour 10 43 80 8 34 30 9 51 00 



Sea Fox 10 43 47 7 31 17 8 37 30 



Sachem 10 44 33 7 23 45 8 39 03 



Miranda 10 45 35 7 31 23 8 46 08 



Gravling 10 48 08 7 21 17 8 33 09 



Varuna 10 51 00 



Elma 10 58 55 7 53 40 8 54 45 



FOURTH CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Iroquois 10 43 16 7 30 43 8 47 37 



Halcyon 10 45 CO 8 06 35 9 31 35 



Marguerite 10 47 35 8 37 CO 9 49 25 



Hi H 7 53 06 9 03 50 



Clytie 10 51 00 



FIFTH CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Lydia 10 41 15 8 36 15 9 55 00 



Clio 10 11 41 8 35 00 9 53 19 



Harbinger 10 45 48 8 H 11 9 25 33 



Lotus 10 57 00 



Whim 11 00 00 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS. 



Puritan 10 40 53 7 14 35 8 33 32 



Volunteer 10 41 58 7 32 35 8 40 47 



Mayflower 10 48 08 7 49 33 9 01 14 



THIRD CLASS SLOOPS. 



Pocahontas 10 43 40 8 13 35 9 39 55 



Katrina 10 43 40 7 52 23 9 09 43 



Huron 10 44 28 



Bedouin 10 43 08 7 36 53 8 38 44 



Fanny 10 50 37 



Vision 10 54 23 8 34 80 9 40 08 



Nonoareil 10 55 49 8 44 25 9 48 36 



FOURTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Whileaway 10 45 48 



Hildegarde... 10 47 55 



Thistle 10 48 08 8 36 00 9 37 53 



i ,,.-,10 4.9 35 8 40 OQ 9 30 33 



