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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Aug. 16, 1888« 



FIFTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Athlon 10 44 53 8 05 06 9 20 34 



Bertie 10 45 48 



Cinderella 10 47 35 



SIXTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Crocodile 10 44 28 



Regina 10 46 40 



Nvmph 10 52 20 8 08 58 9 16 38 



Winners * re: Schooners— First class. Alarm: eeoond, Montauk; 

 third, Grayling; fourth, Iroquois; tilth. Harbinger. Sloops- First 

 class, Puritan; third, Bedouin; fourth, Medusa; fifth, Athlon; 

 sixth, Nymph. 



The fleet laid at anchor over Sunday at Vineyard Haven. At a 

 meeting of the captains it was decided to change the original 

 programme and not to go round the Cape. Instead of t 



the citizens of that place, the course to he the same as for Che 

 Goelet cups. 



Monday morning broke with a S.E. wind and heavy sea, but a 

 good part of the fleet were ready in good season for the race, the 

 conditions being as follows: The course to be from a line drawn 

 from horizontal striped buoy off Oak Bluffs wharf to the flagship, 

 anchored about, a quarter of a mile northeast from it, thence 

 around the bell buoy about a half mile south of Nobsque light, 

 leaving it on the port hand, thence around black buoy, No. 25, off 

 Gay Head, leaving it on the port hand and ret urning over the 

 same course to the starting line. The length of the course is 3(5 

 miles. The prizes are: For all keel schooners, $250; all center- 

 board schooners over 80ft., 8350; all eenterboard schooners not 

 over 80ft., §200. For sloops, cutters and yawls- Class 1. all over 

 80ft., 8250; class 2, all over 01ft. and not over 80ft., $200; class 3, all 

 over 58ft. and not over til ft., 8150: class 4, all over 4fift. and not 

 over 53ft., 8100: class 5, all under 46ft., 8100. In case of postpone- 

 ment the race to be sailed on the first favorable day. 



Gen. Paine decided ou Sunday not to enter Volunteer, and she 

 made no preparations to stait. Alert. Mr. Bryant's new schooner, 

 was under way early under lower sails, and Dauntless had one 

 reef in her mainsail, Miranda, Bedouin, Palmer, Mayflower, 

 Katrina, Sachem, Iroquois, Grayling, and even the little 40ft. 

 Baboon with her Corinthian crew were ready in good season. 

 The flagship, with a party of ladies and gentlemen on board, ran 

 out and anchored off the Sea View House about 10 A. M. It was 

 then blowing very heavily with a high sea, and at 10:20 the regatta 

 committee decided to postpone the race- A short time later the 

 rain ceased, the wind fell considerably and the weather was all 

 that could be desired, but the fleet lay at anchor all day. 



The action of the regatta committee gave general dissatisfac- 

 faction to all the yachtsmen in the fleet. The whole season has 

 gone by without a breeze fit for racing in any of the regattas; the 

 cruise from which so much was expected has dwindled down to 

 three drifting matches thus far, and when at last the long looked 

 for day arrived and the sailing contingent were ready at the start, 

 the race was postponed in the interest of the ladies and spectators 

 on shore. The fleet has lost, a number of yachts already— Daunt- 

 less, Gitana. Rlma, Magic, Montauk, Clio, Madeline, and several 

 steam yachts, including Corsair, left after the postponement was 

 announced. During the morning Dauntless lost her jibboom at 

 the Cape, returning under foresail and jib. With one reef in her 

 mainsail and second jib the little Baboon was flying about, mak- 

 ing good weather of it, while the wind was at its worst. The race 

 was postponed to Tuesday if the weather should prove suitable. 



The race for the Cottage City prizes was sailed in a stiff south- 

 wester with a jump of a sea, which put the yachts on their mettle 

 in the windward work. Keels and cutters showed up to great 

 advantage. It was the second time Bedouin met the deep contcr- 

 board Katrina and the cutter again came out ahead. Among the 

 schooners the victory hangs between the imported Miranda and 

 the new keel Alert, the finish beiug so close that remcasurement 

 is necessary to decide. These keel schooners, though in a class by 

 themselves", beat the eenterboard Sea Fox and the famous Gray- 

 ling and came within a. minute of the Sachem, the latter winning 

 in the eenterboard class. Puritan beat Mayflower in the big 

 singlestick class, Hildegarde had a sail over in the third, Bertie 

 beat Athlon in the fourth, and the semi-cutter Hesper probably 

 beats the celebrated sloop Vixen in the fifth. 



FIKST CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Alert 10 10 44 2 21 32 4 10 48 Not m'd 



Intrepid 10 11 43 2 44 14 4 32 31 4 30 10 



Miranda 10 11 45 2 27 55 4 16 10 4 06 14 



Palmer 10 17 58 Did not finish. 



Ramona 10 10 24 Did not finish. 



SECOND CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Sea Fox 10 11 23 2 20 08 4 09 45 4 08 23 



Grayling 10 11 25 2 20 23 4 15 03 4 10 31 



Sachem 10 11 48 3 17 08 4 06 20 4 04 33 



Montauk 10 13 23 2 29 46 4 16 23 4 16 23 



Troubadour 10 15 00 2 47 20 4 33 20 4 28 47 



THIRD CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Iroquois 10 12 10 3 34 12 4 22 03 4 22 02 



Halcyon 10 14 59 3 10 38 4 55 39 4 54 54 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS. 



Puritan 10 10 16 2 12 58 4 02 43 4 00 07 



Mayflower 10 13 14 2 17 4i 4 04 30 4 04 30 



SECOND CLASS SLOOPS. 



Bedouin 10 11 25 2 37 39 4 26 14 4 24 43 



Katrina 10 14 26 2 '12 37 4 28 It 4 28 11 



THIRD CLASS SLOOPS. 



Hildegarde 10 14 11 3 04 43 4 55 32 4 55 33 



FOURTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Bertie 10 13 41 3 26 42 5 13 01 5 07 59 



Athlon 10 20 00 3 59 45 5 39 45 5 39 45 



FIFTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Vixen 10 16 30 4 01 30 5 55 00 



Hesper 10 16 48 4 03 47 5 46 59 Not m'd 



Thistle 10 16 54 Not timed. 



QUINCY Y. C. OPEN REGATTA, AUG. 11.— On Aug. U the 

 Quincy Y. C. sailed its opeu regatta in a fresh N.E. wind 5 the 

 courses being 8 and 7 miles, the former for first class. The times 

 were: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Length. 



Moondyne, W. H. Shaw 24.08 



White Fawn, W. H. Cherrington. . . .24.08 

 Secret, E. F. Linton. 



Elapsed. Corrected. 



1 34 41 1 OS 53 



1 35 20 1 09 23 



1 38 23 1 10 21 



Posy, R, G. Hunt. . . .'.'.'.7.7. . - - . ...22.02 1 38 47 1 10 26 

 Echo, Burwell and Isham 24.05 1 37 59 1 11 49 



Folly, J. F. Shcppard^... 26 04 



Wraith, C. E. and P. Hodges 22.0b 



Erin, John Cavanagn 26.00 



Seabird, C. L. Joy 22.08 



Halcvon, J. K. Hooper 21.03 



SECOND CLASS. 



Mabel, William Bennett 19.11 1 23 50 58 51 



Perl Frank Uriseoll.... 18.06 1 26 10 57 30 



1 37 45 1 13 13 



1 42 15 1 14 14 



1 39 55 1 15 07 



1 43 48 i 15 58 



1 50 37 1 21 18 



Scamp, Frank Gray 18.04 



Tartar, J. B. Forsyth 19.11 



Eli, W. P. Barker 19.10 



Myrtle, R. C. Poor ...19.00 



Hester, P. R. Blackmur 19.11 



E W D M E. W.Dixon 18.00 



Nereid. C. F. Colby 20 01 



Hebe, H. Edwards. 19.00 



Undine, W. H. Doble 19.06 



SPECIAL CLASSliS. 



Zoe.C.E.McField 18.01 



Eureka, E. B. Rogers 20.00 



Flora Lee, E. B. Glover 16.08 



Diadem, L. Hay ward 18.01 



Snarleyow, W. M. Maybury 17.10 



THIRD CLASS. 



Mirage, John Dearborn 17.05 



Rocket, Secretary Faxon 16.03 



Wildfire. H. A. Keith 17.02 



Guenn, Perry Lawton L.07 



Mabel S., John Shaw 17.09 



MONTGOMERY SAILING C.-Twelfth weekly regatta, Aug. 

 12.— Course, Norristown to Indian Creek and return, distance five 

 miles. Weather cloudy, with light rain at the start. Wind fresh 



easterly. Length. Start. Finish. Corrected. 



Gracie. skiff 12.00 1 30 40 3 03 30 1 23 30 



S H. Querner, tuck u p. . .15.00 J 40 00 3 07 00 I 27 00 



Sadie, canoe 16.00 134 40 Withdrew. 



It, was a run to the buoy, and a beat, home, nearly dead to wind- 

 ward. The canoe Sadie led at the outer mark, being lm. 80s. 

 ahead of Gracie, but was beaten in the windward work. Judge, 

 Alfred Rochell. 



VISION AND FEDALMA.— These steam yachts had a race on 

 Long Island Sound last week while on the New York cruise, the 

 stakes being $100 per side. Fedalma won. 



1 28 29 59 46 



1 26 49 59 50 



1 27 27 1 00 25 



1 29 11 1 01 14 



1 30 02 1 03 05 



1 32 31 1 <>> •:•-> 



1 30 30 1 03 42 



1 33 41 1 05 44 



1 35 40 1 08 15 



1 24 41 . 55 41 



1 23 24 56 31 



1 29 40 58 49 



1 28 48 59 48 



1 32 48 1 03 31 



1 28 15 58 26 



1 81 37 1 00 18 



1 33 33 1 02 25 



1 37 30 1 07 55 



1 38 31 1 09 57 



CAPE COD Y. C.-The final race of the Cape Cod Y. C. for 1888 

 was sailed on Aug. 11, resulting as follows: 



FIHStB CLASS. 



„, , _ , Elapsed. Corrected. 



Madge, Gumming & Howe 1 43 23 1 21 21 



Percy Allen, Frank S. Allen 1 46 20 1 22 37 



No Name, A. Lake 1 57 54 1 32 07 



Fawn, James Smith 2 08 01 1 46 55 



„ , „ _ SECOND CLASS- 



Leola, E. E. Nickerson 1 58 00 1 29 20 



Carrie L, George Clark 2 08 15 1 30 46 



Mystery, George Dinnel 1 56 13 1 27 20 



Pemigewassett, W. M. Crosby 2 11 17 1 30 34 



„ THIRD CLASS. 



Mischief, E. Snow 1 46 17 1 29 00 



Sachem, A. O. Hurd 1 41 42 1 18 55 



Una, George Paxtou Withdrew. 



Rob Roy, H. He wins 3 09 49 1 43 20 



Tempest, E. Smith 2 11 39 1 46 40 



Princie, P. Doane 1 54 38 1 33 59 



Susan, J. Ryder 2 15 53 1 43 59 



The winners for first prizes in the classes for the season are: 

 First class, Madge; second class will race off Aug. 18; third class, 

 Mischief. This regatta closes the races for the season, excepting 

 tor second class boats. The judges were Capt. S. K. Kingman 

 and Albert Smith. 



SANDY HILL Y. C. AUG. 6-7— The annual regatta of the 

 Sandy Hill Y. C. off Rockport was postponed from Aug. 6 to 7 on 

 account of the lack of wind, being finally sailed in a good N.E. 

 breeze and heavy sea. The course was six miles. Out of fourteen 

 starters only eight finished, as follows: 



FIRST CLASS. 



„, Length. Elapsed, Corrected. 



Black Cloud, A. Brown 24.00 2 35 00 2 27 50 



Trudette, L. M. Haskins 25.05 2 48 00 2 43 09 



Sivea, Rev. Mr. Ward 25.11 2 48 00 2 43 21 



SECOND CLASS. 



Mavis, F. E. Smothers 30.10 2 18 03 2 36 03 



Good Luck, J. B. Farroll 20.00 2 57 15 2 47 09 



TEIIRD CLASS. 



Alpine, W. P. Tarr 10.02 2 53 03 2 31 51 



Madcap, Wheeler 18.06 2 58 35 3 38 01 



Climax, Saunders 18.06 3 02 43 3 46 29 



Osceola capsized at the start. 



NEWARK BAY Y. C— The sweepsta,kes regatta of the Newark 

 Bay 5 . C. was sailed in a very strong blow on Aug. 13, the course 

 being on Newark Ray, two rounds, making 10 miles. Only 7 out 

 of 24 entries started, the times being: 



CLASS D— CATROATS 18FT. AND OVER. 



Length. Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Ada B 22.06 3 10 30 4 56 00 1 39 30 1 37 50 



Smuggler.... 24.02 3 15 20 Withdrew. 



Lizzie V 21.03 3 19 04 4 57 30 1 38 36 1 37 31 



CLASS E — CAT BO ATS UNDER 18FT. 



Annie C 17.10 3 18 00 5 03 20 1 45 20 1 45 20 



Gala Water..l6.03 3 17 00 5 08 02 1 51 02 1 51 07 



Daisy 15.08 3 17 08 5 07 48 1 50 40 1 48 36 



Juliette 16.04L5 3 15 00 Withdrew. 



The judges were: Philip Lumbreyer, Edwaid E. Van Buskirk 

 and Garret L. Post. Regatta committee: Andrew Van Buskirk, 

 L. G. Seavey and Charles H. Mayhew. 



LAKE MAHOPAC DEAN HOUSE CUP.- -The second race for 

 the Dean House cup took place on Aug. 11. The usual course 

 marked by buoys was sailed over twice, making ten miles in all. 

 The boats entered were Mist, Capt. Stuart; Mischief, Capt. Pom- 

 vert; Flora, Capt. Fabian; Trifler, Capt. Dusenbury; Mattie, Capt. 

 Saportas, and Dart, Capt. Engler. The wind— when there was 

 any— was from the south. The yachts started about 3 o'clock 

 and crossed the lino in the order named. The run to the first 

 buoy was made with the wind a little aft of the beam and Flora's 

 attempt to set a spinaker was not altogether a success. Trifler 

 was blanketed by Mischief for a considerable distance and the 

 boats rounded the first buoy in the following order: Flora, Mist, 

 Trifler, Mischief. Mattie, Dart. It wasa beat to windward to the 

 next buoy, and Trifler passed Mist and rapidly overhauled Flora, 

 rounding the second buoy only a few seconds astern. Mischief 

 and Mattie rounded shortly afterward close together. Mist and 

 Dart dropped out of the race. The next leg was about one-quarter 

 mile to leeward, and Trifler passed Flora. The two boats then 

 lay for several minutes in a complete calm, and Flora catching 

 the wind first ran away from Trifler and finished the first round 

 with a good lead, which she maintained and increased to the 

 finish, Trifler only gaining on her in the short beat of a mile to 

 windward. The boats crossed the finishing line as follows: Flora, 

 Trifler, Mischief, Mattie. Flora was sailed by a professional crew 

 of four men and was the only boat using a spinaker. She beat 

 Trifler 4m. 15s. corrected time. This gives Flora and Trifler one 

 race each for the Dean House cup. The cup must be won twice. 

 The third race is set down for Aug. 18. 



A FATAL CAPSIZE ON THE DELAWARE.— On August 8 the 

 eenterboard sloop Flora B., of Pennsville, Del., capsized in a 

 squall on the Delaware River about two miles off that place, 

 drowning four women and a little girl, who were in t h e cabin. The 

 party, consisting of the owner of the boat. Capt. Elijah Wheaton, 

 with his wife, Mrs. Thomas Finnegan, Mrs. Sadie Wheaton and 

 her daughter, Jonathan Turner and his wife, and Clayton Balton, 

 started in the morning for Penn's Grove, ten miles up the river, 

 to attend a picnic. At night the weather was threatening, but at 

 6 P. M. the yacht was under way. When about two miles from 

 home, at 7 P. M., a heavy squall struck and threw the yacht on 

 her beam ends. She had almost righted when a second squall 

 struck her, capsizing her completely. All of the ladies were in 

 the cabin, as it was raining heavily, and they were unable to get 

 out. John Turner seized one by the arm, hut was obliged to release 

 her. The three men were thrown into the water, but finally 

 reached the yawl, towing astern, but they could do nothing to aid 

 those on the yacht. The tug E. L. Cain, Capt. Harris, was bound 

 out with a schooner in tow when she saw the capsize, and casting 

 off her line she maile for the sloop, picking up the three men and 

 towing the boat to the beach a short distance above Pennsville. 

 Next morning the bodies were removed from the cabin of the 

 vessel, several of them being badly bruised. The mishap is like 

 hundreds of others which we are called on to chronicle. A shoal 

 and a poorlv ballasted boat of great beam and heavy rig, reefing 

 is deferred, as in the case of the Sarah J. Craig, until it is too 

 late, when a final puff of wind settles the matter by capsizing her 

 entirely. 



ARRIVAL OF STRANGER— Mr. Warren's cutter, which left 

 Boston on July 20, has arrived safely at Liverpool. 



THE LAST OF RULE 8.— A special general meeting of the 

 Yacht Racing Association was held in London on Aug. 1. at which 

 a resoluion was passed expunging Rule 8, to take effect after the 

 close of the present season. Notice was given by the Council 

 that at the meeting in February next the following clause would 

 be proposed for insertion in the rules: "No steam, hydraulic, 

 electric or any motor other than manual power be used for 

 working the lifting or lowering gear of a eenterboard or plate." 

 Rule 8, which has been on the books of the Y. R. A. since its or- 

 ganization In 1875, reads as follows: "Sliding Keels.— No'yachts 

 which are fitted to shift keels, or to otherwise alter their form, 

 shall be permitted to enter." 



THE LAKE FLEET. — Buffalo will make an addition to her fleet 

 with a new cutter, to be built in September from design No. 23, 

 furnished by C. P. Kunhardt. The plans call for a deck length of 

 28ft.; waterline, 21ft.; beam, 6ft.; draft, 4ft. bin.; least freeboard, 

 21in. The clipper stem rakes 2ft. forward on rabbet and the coun- 

 ter overhangs 5ft. aft, running out to a feather edge. The iron 

 keel weighs 3,6001bs., and lower sail area is 530sq. ft. This yacht 

 has a flush deck with companion slide and skylight in one length 

 and a small cockpit aft. There is 4ft. 9in. headroom in cabin over 

 a floor 22in. wide. The keel is 12x6in., frames 2^x254 at heel. 

 Planking lin., decks 2xlM- 



A CAPSIZE AT BOOTH BAY. — On Aug. 13, Messrs. Erank E. 

 Upham, of Dorchester, and his cousin, Frank J. Thrasher, of Bos- 

 ton, were out in a eenterboard boat near Pumpkin Island, off 

 Booth Bay, Me., when the craft capsized. Thrasher, who was a 

 good swimmer, helped Upham, who could not swim, on to the 

 boat's bottom, and turned her into the breakers near Pumpkin 

 Island. After great difficulty Thrasher succeeded in carrying 

 his companion through the surf only to find that he was dead. 

 Thrasher remained on the barren island over night, and then 

 swam to Heron Island, where he found help. 



DISASTERS ON LAKE ONTARIO.-On Aug. 13 a very severe 

 storm passed over Lake Ontario, doing much damage to shipping. 

 The sloop Katie Gray, of Oswego, went ashore at Sodus Point, 

 her crew getting off safely; the damage to the yacht is not re- 

 ported. The fleet of the Rochester Y. C. was very severely 

 handled, a number of yachts being driven from their moorings 

 and capsized or beached. Two yachts under sail capsized in the 

 harbor, a young man being drowned in the cabin of one, being 

 sick at the time and lying below. His two companions on deck 

 were saved. 



RACING ON THE LAKES.— Editor Forest and Stream: An 

 extraordinary statement in the Belleville Ontario has been started 

 on the rounds of the press. That paper gives out that the Hamil- 

 ton cutter Psyche was beaten one hour by the Merle at Toronto, 

 July 31. No such race ever took place, the Ontario having mis- 

 taken some other boat for the Psyche. The ouly meeting between 

 the latter and the Merle was at Hamilton, July 29, of which an 

 account has appeared in your last issue. — A. C. 



METEOR.— On the night of Aug. 3, when off Penfleld Reef 

 Light, Com. Bateman's steam yacht Meteor was in coUision with 

 the coasting schooner Ada Ames, the yacht losing her foremast 

 at the deck and mainmast at the cap, while both stacks were in- 

 jured and the port side badly scraped. The schooner struck her 

 about 15ft. abaft, the port bow. The schooner also lost her bow- 

 sprit and head gear. Meteor was towed to South Brooklyn for 

 repairs. 



NEW ROCHELLE Y. C, PRYER CUP, AUG. 11. -The race 

 for the cup presented by Com. Pryer for yachts of 35ft. l.w.l. was 

 sailed on Aug H over a 17 mile course, from the club house around 

 the buoy on Execution Reef, buoy at Matinnicock and return. 

 Only three boats started: Waeondah, Henry Doescher; Phantom, 

 Dr. Henry Schweig and D. W. Kohn, and Curlew. Charles H. 

 Noxon. Waeondah won by lm. 10s., Curlew not finishing. 



SAPPHIRE AND STARLING -Mr. John Stetson has chal- 

 lenged Mr. E. A. Seccomb to race Starling against Sapphire, for 

 81,000 per side, the course to be 50 miles. Mr. Seccomb has also a 

 match with Mr. Brown for a race with Fedalma. 



MACKINAC REGATTA.— A number of yachts are at Detroit 

 in readiness for the regatta. Oriole of Torouto and Verve of 

 Chicago are present. White Wings of Hamilton has never en- 

 tered and her owner had no intention of being present. 



PLEON Y. C. — The ninth regatta was sailed on Aug. 8, the win- 

 ners being: First class keels, Mary Robert Bridge: first class 

 centerboards, Anna L.; second class centerboards, Perhaps; keels, 

 Estelle. Estelle wins the championship flag. 



CAPE ANN Y. C— The decision of the executive committee 

 of the N. E. Y. R. A. in regard to the Tappan cup race is that it 

 shall be resailed, barring out the yacht which fouled the stake- 

 boat. 



BEVERLY Y. C— The open sweepstakes race of the Beverly 

 Y. C, 135th regatta, will be sailed on Sept. 1 off Monument Beach, 

 starting at 1 P. M. 



BANSHEE AND PAPPOOSE.— A match has been arranged 

 between these boats to be sailed off Sandy Hook in September. 



CORINTHIAN Y. C, MARBLE HE AD —The Ladies' Day was 

 postponed for the second time from Aug. 11 to 15. 



(^dttorittg. 



FIXTURES. 



ACGDST. 



10-24. A.C.A. Meet, Lake George. — . Springfield.Cup.Lake George 

 September. 



3. Ne w York Trial Races, 10:30 8. Brooklyn C. C. Regatta. 



A. M., 3 P. M. 13. Mohican. Oliver Cup, Albany 



3. New Jersey A. C, Bergen 15. lanthe, Newark, Annual. 



Point, Paddlin? Races. 15. Springfield, Cup,Calla Shasta 

 6. Mohican, Gibson Cup, Albany 20. Mohican,Gibson Badge,Alb'y 



October. 

 6. Springfield, Cup,Calla Shasta. 



16X29 RACING CANOE VAGABOND. 



THE visit of the English canoeists in 1886 settled finally the 

 question of heavy vs. moderate displacement in racing canoes, 

 but at the same time there were several other points which were 

 by no means clearly decided. The principal one of these, moder- 

 ate ballast or no ballast at all, has hardly been settled finally yet, 



16x29 RACING CANOE "VAGABOND. 



