June is, 1890.] 



POHEST AND STREAM. 



423 



part of a few boats. 



There may be rare cases, such as a sudden accident f-n n hoat 

 that is at the line, that will justify a litlleTlav ot the start and 

 that none of the entries will object to: but the practice o f wai i n" 

 for the last laggard, a dozen boats being ready is KSiSa 

 tee 0Ul A b S^f 011 f aged by P* 0 'Wess on the part of the com^St- 

 first Lt?f^f^ U ' emen \S{ th f rme wouId be a little hard at 

 n met, , Su J m S0 S s V l'° Uld te ? c]i everj " one that Preparation and 

 SSlTZten 0111 flrS - re aniBitea in yacht racing. It should be 

 » r. J.a P ^ b , 1 L*^ a r 5 c, ?g > achf ' after weeks of preparation for 



ffiJf^^Si"* 1 must be made ™ "a,towtaVen)Vand'w1tha"t S ew 

 races started to the minute, as on Thursday, there would be no 



hour, and the uncertainty and delay are apt to upset even old 

 steersman. A prompt start at the advertised hour, unless tbe 

 ?r e ™ L w' prev f ents : is the fairest for the men who are ready, and 

 m no way unfair to those who ought to be, but are not. 



LARCHMONT Y. C. SPRING REGATTA, JUNE 7. 



S usual the entries for the Larehmont Y. C. Spring Regatta 



L WCTP tint as nnnuMvtno no - : J *%* » * . 



ieit to tue Keel boats, and it is beginning to look as Tf "liTail"thfi 

 smaller classes, the centerboard had retired from raJing In tue 

 Seawanhaka race of Thursday out of seven entries but one had a 

 ™±?° a ^ a ^ d Saturday the keels monopolized all the 

 racing. The three old schooners. Agues, Leona and Elfin, the 

 --. the latter an old keel, 

 though beaten on elapsed 

 i - — "t" " uu, ; v ! ""file aiiuntjrs, am two onen cats were in f-hn 

 smallest class, while Broncho, the centerboard 40-footeT - built by 

 mJEh - u -- Ton J 1 ^ Iast year - wa « alao iu - Thus, out of the com- 

 terb^ard^oMs. 6 tW ° UayS ' tWenty yaCHtS ' there were si * ce ™ 

 This race was the fh-st under the new classification of the club 

 but was m no way a test of the merits of the new scheme to do 



l^vr V °r^l^frf raCe l * D , d a]so so ? e buUdiMl De 

 MvTm^Jhf, we. every fairly grouped, except that Min- 



SfZ 0 ? ™ e a su ' ! n g but 4a.Bl£t. corrected length, came under the 

 *L"? 14 of the other 40s., 47 to 54ft. corrected length, and in order to 

 m^»J^^Ht^m W a class on the^SftS 



he?™ n n C fiS a t i l05e and K ex< L itiDg £ ne ^P 1 start to finisl b there 

 being no flukes, though the boats being in procession were at 



tSSSS^SSP^SL ^qualities of jhe wind. . Liris has 



at 

 has 



+ , „ — r™o Minerva for the second time, which is more 



^n" ?h£»°w£ American forty has done. Mariuuita made a very 

 fft ?l i« g ° n 4 n< ? rea 1 lnn K- being greatly improved in stability 

 since last year Helen, though not able to hold the others, at the 

 tame time made a very good race, and * 



,,.«.-. juuiiiuuuj uuuuceu o.v me crew, nis 

 being equal to an unassisted handspring, even under such stimu- 

 lating conditions. Helen sailed during the afternoon for Boston 

 tii lis, whose bottom is almost innocent of paint, will haul out 

 during the week to prepare for the races of Regatta week 



QUAKER CITY Y. C. ANNUAL, JUNE 9. 



'little craft as can be bunt on Inland 



J a ^n S Jn Cl f S . sk ' ,r f s we , ro for *ae drat two years of the club's 

 >' 9t K the beat racing class it had, but this year but one addi- 



popular type of boat on the St. Lawrence. 



l^om^f^oa^ at 10 the yachts « oin * °vfr 



Juauita. 10 00 22 Venitzia 10 01 42 



loaha 10 00 38 Waania in o' 04 



* atlCD 10 00 i0 Latbltcn 10 OK 62 



Masco tte 10 00 50 Flossie pj 03 10 



l l ^ n M ?2 Water Lily ... W... 10 03 28 



Joanna .10 01. lo Agnes 10 03^2 



He]en 10 01 31 Pfaymate . . . . . . . [^ Z ] jo 04 26 



were^ ^ mai »9heet in jibing;'but still won. The full times 



Helen 



FIRST CLASS— SCHOONERS. 



ml fist E - la - Dsed - 



SECOND CLASS— SCHOONERS. 



0 09 59 



ue leDgth, in- 



--- "-viiuc, uu.Y lanes in jums of 49.89ft. cor- 

 ed length and the others of her class, save PamJoose and 

 nerva. Such class limits as these will not stand over one £fa 

 , as they would give an opportunity to build a boat^ext winter 

 race against Lins and Tomahawk but of 45fr. l.w.l.and 4 onoft 

 sail. When the corrected length classification is final ly adopted 

 he leading clubs, the regulation of the class limits muThe 

 3 in accordance with two principles; first, the new corrected 

 th classes must each be based on the majority ot ^ pxist'w 

 s in he Present waterline length classes, taking in afrna^f 

 aastble of the old boats; and, secondly, such old boats p Tn^i 

 iBf n nove or below the new limits, as Liris or Mi ^^1^ 

 om.tted to the new class on their regular allowance^ B, 

 this means good and permanent classes for building may be es 

 i^£^«lS 0 „i n i^ oe ^ be done to vested ii teres te? In 



the ra< 

 }iP 

 but 

 Th 



t^SM^A'iffiSBSg* 801116 of her all0 ^ ance - 



mi was timed: ' ~~ ° "** the leeward end of tlle "ne! The 



JM 12 05 07 Agnes 12 m is 



15 05 15 Broncho ... . 



puiiiita 12 00 30 Leona J mm 



i? erva 1? (T 25 Giggle jo 



Flossie 10 30 10 4 44 30 



Arethusa 10 05 t'O 4 27 10 



Water Lily 10 03 2d 4 48 35 



„ ... . BTRST CLASS— SLOOPS. 



Venitzia 10 01 42 3 31 32 



Nan on 10 00 50 3 37 23 



Mascotte 10 00 50 4 36 26 



, T 1U1 SECOND CLASS— SLOOPS. 



^atbleen 10 02 52 4 17 00 



Thalia 10 00 39 4 10 06 



T THIRD CLASS— SLOOPS. 



Juan.ta 10 10 22 4 18 00 



Nannie 10 02 04 1 27 55 



Carina 10 01 15 4 10 40 



, r i. FOURTH CLASS— SLOOPS. 



Mermaid 10 05 00 4 38 38 6 33 38 



Agues 10 06 52 4 39 58 6 33 00 



, . OPiUN YACHTS. 



Mohican ,. .10 01 00 4 02 50 6 01 50 



Playmate 10 04 26 



Mermaid and Agnes are subject to measurement. 



6 41 20 

 6 22 10 

 6 45 07 



5 29 40 



5 36 33 

 0 25 30 



6 14 08 

 6 00 28 



6 17 38 

 6 25 51 

 6 09 25 



Corrected. 

 6 09 59 



6 41 20 

 6 16 23 

 6 36 02 



5 29 40 



s si m 



6 10 14 



6 14 08 

 6 07 00 



6 17 38 

 0 21 47 

 6 04 34 



TTn 1 ^ 08 ^ RI 3 r £ R Y - °-' JUNE 9 -- Tb -e spring regatta of the 

 Hudson River \. C. was sailed on Monday in a fine §.W breeze 

 ana retu^Kfl 0 ^ ^ty-thjrd street/New YorMo YonS 

 wh \U tbe T ' f pIh A yalon lost her topmast and withdrew, 

 elsily. tb The Times wem ' 1 "^ b6r ^^at halliards, but still won 



CLASS A. 



, , . Start. Finish. Elansed. 



Dolphin 11 18 50 3 33 31 4 44 41 



Avalon n 44 22 



Corrected. 

 4 44 41 



CLASS B. 



Alexander P 11 45 14 4 39 48 



gena u 47 27 5 m 15 



Nan 11 48 04 . .. .. 



J. T.Corlett 11 ft 50° LASS 4 24 18 



Cameron 11 55 50 4 43 04 



L'zzie P 11 54 35 5 04 40 



„ . CLASS D. 



^•11% 11 49 38 4 41 09 



ClaraS 11 51 59 4 53 50 



Frank Oliver 11 47 52 CTiASS 4 E 4» 54 



Hilma 11 50 49 . .. .. 



T rtJ CLASS p." 



Lone Star ll 46 35 4 40 03 



Amy 11 42 28 



n , CLASS G. 



£, el 't-- 11 41 46 4 45 20 



May Bee 11 42 55 



Flirt " 11 43 08 



4 54 30 



5 17 48 



4 29 28 



4 48 04 



5 10 05 



4 51 31 



5 01 51 



5 02 02 



4 54 30 



4 28 54 

 4 48 04 



4 50 26 



5 01 51 



H. Holmes, Frank Oliver and J. Reisenweber. ' 



sssssr a:?*-* ^ - d an 



Posey, R. G. Hunt 



Erin, John Cavanaugh 



White Fawn, A. E. Jones 



Moondyne, Shaw Bros. . . . 



croft, Newkirk, N. Wentz and 

 Mr. McDaniel" 



orace L. Williamson, were' on 



a %ffiS2?JS? - st ? am yacht Dione. The large river steamer John 

 A. V\ arner camea a party of club members" and gnest« over the 

 course, giving them a very fine view of the race? 



YACHTING ON THE ST. LAWRENCE. 



T H Ts«f t- „^ aw ^ en . c6 Y v c -. was only organized in the spring of 

 X 1888, and it has attained such a measure of success vm<W 

 such adverse and exceptional conditions as to make it a ^ decided ?v 

 interesting organization. Although Montreal is a 4a nor it i^ 

 so because it stands on the banks of a river and no matter I nw 

 great a river is, the facilities which i Taffords ft n^lSretT 

 fncii as to make the development of the sport posaibfe nnon a 

 grand scale, or even easy upon any scale. Practica h the vSs 

 men of Montreal are restricted for home eruSng and mrifaS to 

 the waters of Lake St. Louis, and although there ntent- of 



K IZf u^ mile T Ur f on this sbeet of water?" is B%£. 

 ately so thinly spread out over certain shoals and shallov" 

 the hinitof draft for boats intended for general ule uno 

 between 30 and 40in . This, of course, pre vents the general 

 boats as large as those which make up the smaller S da 



&d82S£82J$g? n * 0£ course re9tricts SfSe^W 



«t. 



ooner. 

 uiles 

 jifis 



Jariquita 



Lgnes 



IRftrya 



leleu 



^^y^ttt- ^ ^^ita23m.l4s.. Minerva 

 ; After a jibe the lour settled down for a reach of nearly 7 knots 

 n which the order was unchanged and the positi< n^ but mtle 

 Itered. The times at the outer mark were- tJUSlll0Tls DUt JHtte 



. .12 28 52 Leona. . 



..IP 44 Finn 



.12 30 44 Broncho... 



..12 30 45 Kathleen.. 

 .12*2 21 



12 32 43 



12 3 4 00 



12 35 30 



12 40 27 



the limit of draft i^^s i^eafoi g^^^ UD 

 between 30 and 40in. This, of course, prevent the general use of 

 boats as large as those which make up the smaller S ar classes 

 on the coast and the lakes, and of course r ~~~= A- ?, ula ^ classes 

 lent or the sport greatlv. 



lessons, a good sound beating from a foreigner An ntv^r h?^ 



JJeqmte as und.t tte general conditions ifiaSSUaSawctS 

 on were such as to make development impossible There - 



PIKST CLASS. 



Length. 



22.02 



26.02 



25.00 



24.03 



To . _ „ S15COND CLASS, 



Tartar, Geo. Russell 19 ]j 



Mabel, H 1 Eifie 19 j 



Hester, P R BJ-ickm.in 



t>„ 1 , „ „ „ THIRD CLASS. ' 



Rocket, II. M. Faxon ig <r>. 



Princess, F. C. Estes " ' 15 02 



Freak, S. F. Maybury le'oo 



Flora Lee, O. Bowkers, Jr 16.10 



. . T . TT JIB AND 3IAINSATL. 



Diadem, L. A. Hayward 18 03 



Jvereid, C. F. Colby '00 10 



The prizes in each ' 

 ing them in fi 



Elapsed. 

 2 44 40 

 % 1) ,<; 



2 47 45 



2 48 12 



3 43 20 

 2 57 55 



Corrected. 



2 16 20 



3 21 15 

 2 22 06 

 2 22 16 



Withdrawn. 



2 16 22 

 2 30 57 



:■' 51 35 



3 53 20 

 2 55 3S 



2 54 35 



3 48 49 

 2 56 05 



2 19 59 

 2 20 28 

 2 23 58 

 2 24 03 



3 19 m 



30 02 



MTh!?/^ 



FIRST CLASS. 



Pilgrim, E. W. Dixon ^Ott^ 



Owl, J. 8. Gushing i!! '.25.(10 



ff „ lirlo T . ,„ „ . L 8ECOND CLASS. 



Eclipse, D. W. Belcher 90 01 



Nellie, Harry Hutchinson 33 oO 



lT^l T rr. tt • THIRD CLASS. 



Evelyn, L. T. Harrington 18 03 



Fancy, George H. Cahe 30 03 



Marion, A. W. Chesterton .'.20.03 



Scud, L. 8. Meston. 



Elapsed. Corrected. 

 2 23 13 1 57 04 

 Not timed. 



FOURTH CXASS. 



.17.02 



Mtc< hie* E.lwin Belcher IP nv 



Bertha, S. H. Cann ."".'.'.' .'l 7 .06 



Wasp . 



2 03 01 



1 03 00 



2 08 33 



3 08 13 

 2 11 50 



1 26 15 

 1 29 40 

 1 38 45 

 Not timed. 

 Not timed. 



1 34 21 

 1 36 16 



1 87 40 

 1 39 41 

 1 43 18 



1 04 44 

 1 07 37 

 1 17 28 



red the forties on the reach a"c rost Ag'ne^slndine'im a tl 

 mamtopmast staysail on Liris's weather and hindering the" 





CLASS E— 



-SCHOONERS. 





Start. 



Finish. 





12 09 36 



3 45 30 





12 10 10 



3 13 06 





12 09 23 



3 14 53 





CLASS 4. 





13 05 15 



3 24 05 





CLASS 5. 







3 35 22 





13 07 25 



2 40 54 



quita 



12 06 30 



2 39 30 





13 08 57 



2 43 46 





CL 



12 13 00 



ASS 6. 

 3 14 32 





13 09 55 



3 13 51 





CLi 



1SS 16. 





12 10 30 



3 04 50 





12 13 14 



3 09 2* 



Elapsed. 

 3 35 54 

 3 03 56 

 3 05 30 



3 18 50 



3 36 15 

 3 33 29 

 2 33 00 



2 34 49 



S 01 32 



3 03 50 



3 54 20 

 3 56 08 



Corrected. 

 2 35 54 

 2 54 35 

 2 58 18 



2 18 50 



2 30 15 

 2 30 54 



2 31 4-1 



3 32 10 



Not meas. 

 3 03 56 



Not meas. 

 3 56 08 



?eak- 

 tions 



So=S Sm^^e^er^elk 4 



times were: 

 „ 7 Start. 



Wona 3 00 00 



Kelpie 3 00 00 



Escape 3 00 00 



|, m ette 3 00 00 



Molly 3 00 00 



^aiad 3 00 00 



Finish. 

 4 30 15 

 4 34 56 

 4 38 30 

 4 41 45 

 4 55 15 

 4 58 00 



Elapsed. 

 1 30 15 

 1 34 53 

 1 38 20 

 1 41 45 

 1 53 15 

 1 58 00 



Corrected. 

 1 2S 22 

 1 31 23 

 1 38 30 

 1*37 33 

 1 21 02 

 1 56 06 

 ■ae. 



as to uniform as to' be unable to To any th TnV Vise Fou? 

 sweepstake races were sailed yearly on Lake St Louis un 

 few P1 ruf P 0£ h „VT al boat cluba < hul «^ere was no c assfflc. 

 ^o^A^JfL^^^^M' . Siting ballad 



During its active existence of onlv two «easnn« ih» r„ m 



/ tneiengtii over all or mean length rule of New York -Ra r 

 iofi uesec °aa ct ass, the rest were out of it. In the third el«« § 



The race for 21ft class was sailed on June 7. over the club course 

 hne 8 te, a ? 1 d P^.breeze Ellida finished in Ih. 59m collected 

 time, hei rivals, Mollie and the canoe Spendthrift giving up 



„o?^ V £^i L f Y - ^-T The ^ ret race of the season, the 157th re 

 su4enstekes1or a n f d br° n , Jlm . e 17 offMonumen/Beach,anopen 

 will fin. TP,-,,.,*. „ iv ...P_ ats not ;,. ovei, . £i0lt - waterline. The classes 



; second, 

 and not 



class will include^ooBsT " T he club book Msflis a^erytea? 

 I -i volume, m the conventional canve * ■ 



fittfies,TaEdL»o^ 



^^e^a^n^^rP 6 ?? 1 '^ ^t^will be sailed on June 

 U. LOG start and finish of the race will be off the club house at 

 Gravesend Bay and the regatta committee have chartered the 

 saloon steamer Crystal Stream for the members of the club and 

 invited guests. Under the new revised raciag rales the club fleet 

 Mw. eill ; e r C - laSS ! ie ?„ and ^ e raees in »« eltth regattas will b« |S 

 overTfft M . alnsa, .t-Plass A,16ft. to and including ISft.Vni-™ vf 

 ing 30ft . ' 

 Class F, 



■smmmmm 



mustlie made in ^tiuTa^d "^^^r^rfflT 

 of Tuue S 14 Wffi f °-f , city ' p rior to 9 o'clock in° he morning 

 /ra^ill t S" 1 ' 1 ^ the re # Iar one of the club, and 

 tions ^of the club? ae ^rdmg to the restrictions and regula- 



ar^viS5?ft5 ITE l schr -' lf i lely Purchased by Mr. Palmer, is now 



