June 26, 1890.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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wavs a racing forty, lias thus far declined to race, her entry 

 added new zest to the sport in the class. 



Not very long ago the 30ft. class was one of the features of the 

 A tlantic Y. C, but when Kathleen made her entry this year none 

 of them were to be found. Under these circumstances, having no 

 competitor, she demanded the right to go up into the next class, 

 in which were entered the sloops Polly, Eurybia, Volusia and 

 Hypatia. Her room was much more desired than her company 

 in this pleasant little quartette, and her right to go up a class was 

 disposed of by means of an entry in the 30ft. class of the little 

 keel cruiser Pelican, once the cat yawl Empress, a 2(5ft. cutter- 

 rigged boat with an iron keel. Although this boat did not start 

 in the race, her entry served to keep Kathleen out of the 35ft. 

 class; but alas for the hest laid plans, the little cutter Shona of 

 33ft. waterline came over from Staten island to have a look in, 

 and finally defeated all the white sloops on even time. In the 

 25ff, class were only Frolic and Mouette, and in the cat class the 

 two very fast boats Bijou and Sirene. 



When the start was given at 10:39 there was a light breeze from 

 southeast, with the flood tide still running off shore. Katriua, 

 carrying a small jibtopsai I, went over on port tack, with Sham- 

 rock close after her. Chispa crossed ahead of Minerva, and Clara 

 ahead ot Anaconda. The large sloops were soon down to the 

 Narrows, Chispa and Anaconda hoth sailing very well in their 

 company. Clara was very slow and sluggish in her movements, 

 hanging back with the small fry during all the early part of the 

 race. When outside Katrina and Shamrock held down the Bay, 

 hut Captain Ellsworth took Anacouda close in nuder the South 

 Beach, Chispa staying by her. Minerva was still astern of Chispa. 

 while Clara was little ahead of Kathleen. Choctaw was sailing 

 in company with Clara below the forts, once when on port tack 

 shaving so close to the cutter that it. was with difficulty that 

 Captain Barr avoided cutting her down. The wind whs light in 

 the middle of the Upper Bay, Shamrock and Katrina tacking 

 down with little to choo-e between them. Chispa stood in close 

 by the Hospital Islands, and she and Minerva came together for 

 the first time in the race, Minerva on port lack standing over to 

 the westward until she was compelled to tack directly under 

 Chispa's lee bow. The two ran along on starboard tack, Chispa 

 Hiking the lead, then, the air being very light, Minerva worked 

 out to her weather quarter, the two making little way for a time. 

 The two big sloops were obliged lo stand up for Buoy 10, but the 

 others held over to the Coney Island side, Minerva working out 

 until she caught a breeze well to the eastward, when she bowled 

 along merrily on port tack, soon leaving Cbispa ard the rest 

 astern. 



At 1P.M. Katrina and Shamrock were by Buoy 10, drifting 

 about, each alternately in the lead. Clara had picked up on An- 

 aconda down tne Bay and stood a fair chance of saviug her time. 

 It was a little before 1 o'clock when Minerva passed out by the 

 Hook, and soon after came Chispa, Anaconda and Clara, the 

 other larger ones, Stella and Nirvana, not being in sight. The 

 first of the smaller classes at the markboat off Buoy 8 was Kath- 

 leen, followed by Hypatia, Eurybia and Shona, tfie little fellow- 

 doing well on the wind. 



Outside the Hook was a light lop, in which Minerva ran rapidly 

 ahead, leading Chispa by nearly 5m, at the lightship, a gain of 

 some 3m. from Buoy 8. The limes at the Scotland were: Minerva 

 1:20:53, Chispa 1:25:20, Anaconda 1:25:45, Clara 1:26:55, Choctaw 

 1:31:58, Shamro.-k 1:4.1:08, Katrina 1:45:85, Hypatia 1:45:05, Eurybia 

 1:40:50, Shona 1:50:08. Minerva had beaten Cbispa and the t wo had 

 left the cent erhoaTd Choctaw. Shamrock had gained a liitle on 

 Katrina, the two being bin ieivd by light airs" inside the Hook. 

 Clara, was a minute astern of Anaconda, neither doing as well as 

 the fort ies, while Shona had held her elas^ well. 



With ballfioujibtopsai) set and spinaker to port Minerva showed 

 the way in, while the four large boats eased off for the reach of 

 3K< mites to the Sandy Hook Lightship. The four were timed- 

 Anacouda 1:47:04, Clara 1:47:51, Shamrock 2:03:15, Katrina 2:04:80. 



The run in was made without incident, save that Minerva, with 

 the race well in hand and sure of a victory on elapsed time, very 

 »• upidly ran inside of Buoy 13, on the West Bank, a mark that is 

 barred iu all races, and was consequently disqualified. Chispa 

 had gahied on the run iu, but. the times over the course show that 

 Minerva outsailed her by 3m. 2s. actual, and 4m. 48s. con ected. 

 Minerva gained nothing in time or distance by going inside- of the 

 buoy; whi h she rounded Buoy 10 she had the whole ba y before her, 

 arid could have laid her course far outside it without loss. The 

 defeat was due in uo way to the boat, which disposed of Chispa 

 as efft etually, if not quite as easily, as she lias most of the other 

 forties, Choctaw, sailed by a strange hand, was out of it, being 

 boa i en 8m. by Minerva 



Hlittuivoek led Katrina all the way home, beating by less than a 

 minute even time, beside an allowance. The two had sailed very 

 evenly after they left the calm streaks about the Southwest Spit 

 on Hiewavout.at no time being much over one minute apart. 

 For once Anacouda, thanks to Captain Ellsworth's skill, led Clara 

 home; but her big sail plan gave the cup to i he smaller boat on 

 corrected time. The first boat home in the 35ft. class was Hypa- 

 tia, but close at htr counter was little Shona, the winner by a 

 large margin on corrected time and by lm. 20s. elapsed time. Next 

 ea me Volusia, with Eurybia just astern, t he latter passing between 

 the judges' boat and the markboat, so that her lime was not 

 taken. Kathleen, going the shorter course, was home long before, 

 the judges' boat reached the markboat. The full times were: 

 CLASS n. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Shamrock 10 39 23 3 57 31 5 17 08 Not rneas 



Kfttrina 10 39 43 3 57 24 5 17 41 5 17 41 



CLASS IV. 



Clara 10 42 02 3 42 00 4 59 58 4 54 35 



Anaconda 10 42 33 3 40 32 4 57 59 4 57 59 



CLASS V. 



Nepenthe 10 41 05 4 18 00 



Stella 10 45 00 Not timed. 



5 30 55 



*Minervo. . 



Chispa 



Choctaw . . . 



Shona 



Volusia — 

 Hypatin. 



Polly 



Aglaia 



Eurybia ... 



CLASS VI. 

 ...10 42 36 3 13 03 

 . . 10 41 42 3 15 11 

 ..10 44 35 3 22 35 



..10 44 04 

 10 44 24 

 ...10 42 28 

 ..10 43 23 

 ...111 45 00 

 .40 40 41 



OLAS 



CLASS VII. 



3 30 43 

 3 42 10 

 3 35 4S 

 3 37 14 

 3 57 34 

 Not timed. 

 VIII. 



2 23 10 



4 30 27 

 4 33 29 

 4 38 00 



4 52 00 

 •1 57 4B 



4 53 20 

 1 53 51 



5 12 34 



5 30 55 



■ 4 28 41 



4 33 29 

 4 37 40 



Not meas. 

 4 53 44 

 4 53 53 



4 53 51 



5 10 27 



4 05 50 

 4 25 50 



3 53 12 



4 01 10 



4 05 50 

 4 18 Q? 



Kathleen 10 43 30 



CLASS IX. 



Frolic 10 45 00 2 50 50 



Mouette 10 45 00 3 10 50 



Cr.ASS X 



Bijou 10 41 53 ;>. 35 05 



Sirene 10 43 00 3 44 10 



* Disqualified. Shamrock heats Katrina, Clara beats Anaconda 

 hy 3m, 24-., Nepenthe has a walkover, Minerva beats Chispa 4m. 

 48s., but is disqualified by passing to the westward of Buoy 13 on 

 the West Bank, Shona beats Volusia 5m. Ills., Kathleen has a walk- 

 over, Frolic beats Mantle 2m. 57s., and the catboat. Bijou beats 

 Sirene 7m. 58s. actual time. 



The steamer Cygnus carried the guests over the course. The 

 regatta committee included Messrs. O. T. Pierce, H. T. Howell 

 and G. F. Barlow. The judges were Messrs. H. J. GKelow and N 

 MeNulty. 



MASSACHUSETTS Y. 0. ANNUAL, JUNE 17. 



The Dorchester race has been for a long time the special event 

 of June 17, the anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill, in Bos- 

 ton, and with the growth and expansion of the old club into the 

 Massachusetts Y. C, it is but fitting that, the racing should im- 

 prove as well. The first attempt of the new club was certainly a 

 success, a very fine lot of representative boars being brought to- 

 gether, and in a good breeze over a fair course. The start was 

 made off Nahant, the courses being: For the first, second, third 

 and fourth classes, from line between judges' boat and fla'gbout 

 leaving Halfway Rock on starboard, Craves Whistling Buoy on " 

 starboard, to and across starting lint ; 20 miles; limit of time, 6 

 hours. For the fifth clogs, from starting point, leaving YVinchrop 

 Bar Buoy on port. Graves Whistling Buoy on port, to and across 

 starting line; 10 miles; limit of timp, B 1 /* hours. 



The largest yacht entered was the Burgess 45, Mill 

 next class were the two forties, the now Vi 

 gess on board, and Helen; while in the 30f 

 Hawk, Shark, Almira, and Harbinger, the t 

 new Cape Ann boats, Chieftain au:l Kulinda 

 a single gun for each class. The wind was fi 

 favoring all the fleet alike through the da- 

 poor start, but finally won from Saladin. Hel 

 lesson in New York, was again half au hour late. In this ease 

 committee, more fortunate than that of the Seawanhaka C Y 

 escaped the wrath of Helen's designer by waiting half an hour for 

 her to turn up. Helen made a very fair showing but lost her top- 

 mast during the race, being beaten by Ventura. Harbinger and 

 her sister, Almira, did not repeat their performance of last year, 

 being beaten hy the cutters. The times at each mark, and the 

 summary are as follows: 



ntura, with 

 . class wer 

 M Cape cat 



The start, 

 ish from s 



Hawk hi 



eutet in the 

 ' Mr. Bur- 

 Salad in, 

 , and the 

 vas from 

 nthwest, 



the 



The time of rounding Half-way Rock: 



Milicente 12 48 00 Kulinda 1 03 00 



Ventura 12 48 25 White Fawn 1 02 20 



Shadow 12 51 55 Harbinger 1 02 2S 



Nomad 12 55 12 Erin 1 03 10 



Helen 12 55 15 Elf 1 04 25 



Chieftain 1 58 25 Shark 1 00 45 



Saladin 1 58 29 Evelyn 1 00 55 



Gracie G 1 59 05 Hawk 1 07 20 



At the Craves Whistling Buov it was: 



Milicente. 3 05 05 Nomad 3 32 15 



Ventura 3 10 35 Hawk 3 37 05 



Helen 3 15 30 Saladin 3 37 15 



Shadow 3 23 35 



Others not taken. 



■FIRST CLASS -40FT. AND LESS THAN 45 FT. 



Elapsed. Corrected. 



Milicente, H. B. Turner 3 44 19 3 44 19 



[Had no competitor, but will be presented with a prize.] 



SECOND CLASS — 35 FT. AND UNDER 40FT. 



Ventura, C. W. H. Poster 3 5] 16 



Helen, Cordon Prince 3 57 13 



THIRD CLASS — 30 FT. AND LESS THAN 35FT. 



Shadow, Dr. John Bryant 4 04 33 3 53 21 



Nomad, W. O, Gay 4 10 33 4 05 36 



Gracie, G. Sughrue Withdrew. 



FOURTH CLASS— 35FT. AND LESS THAN 30KT. 



Hawk, Gordon Dexter 5 14 15 3 57 07 



Saladin, W. P. Fowle 4 10 23 3 58 30 



Erin, John Cavanagh 4 24 35 



Almira, T. J. Young 4 32 25 4 05 39 



Shark, W. E. Water house 4 20 43 4 08 59 



Harbinger, J. R. Hooper 4 33 51 4 11 19 



Kuliuda, G. J. Mar sh 4 38 53 4 14 03 



Elf, H. Howard 4 48 56 4 37 53 



White Fawn, H. A. Joues 4 50 23 4 33 14 



Chieftain, Medjekewiss, Evelyn, Optic, not taken. 



FIFTH CLASS KEELS, 20 AND LESS THAN 25 FT. LOAD WATERLINE. 



Echo, Bur well & Isham 2 07 25 2 0 < 47 



Judith, W. P. Pigeon 2 09 00 2 05 00 



Thelga, Hall & Johnson ,. 2 15 22 2 09 50 



Wanda, C. E. Main 2 17 47 2 12 08 



Emma L., S. L. Sanders ... .2 15 31 2 13 19 



Elsie, Geo. Collins 2 30 58 3 17 11 



FIFTH CLASS CGNTEKHOABDS. 



Good Luck. J. R. Farrell 2 05 45 2 00 06 



Tom Cat, M. IT. Randall 2 09 59 2 01 42 



Ideal, F. Williams 2 07 io 2 01 55 



Montezuma, G. E. Curry 2 04 09 3 03 36 



Posy, F. J. Hunt 2 09 18 3 13 53 



Moondyne, Sbaw Bros 2 08 18 2 05 52 



Nellie F., E. C. Smith 2 13 36 2 06 30 



Sea Bird, C. L. Joy 2 11 33 2 06 35 



Bobolink, Tufts 2 19 14 2 13 22 



Helen, W.Shaw 2 17 12 2 14 31 



Vent ura won in her class; Shadow in her class; and Hawk wins 

 two prizes — the special aud regular club prize. — in her class; Erin 

 took second prize in fourth class; Echo and Judith won first and 

 second prizes in their class; Good Luck and Tom Cat won the .same 

 prizes in the centerboard boats of the fifth class. 



CORINTHIAN Y. C, JUNE 18. 



The annual regatta of the Corinthian Y. C, of New York, was 

 sailed on Wednesday, under I he following conditions: 



All boats will be classed by their sailing ratings (corrected 

 measurement) as computed by the system adopted by the club. 



Prizes will be pewter mugs, suitably inscribed, and besides a 

 mug to the winning boat in each class, a mug will be given to each 

 amateur member- of each winning crew. 



All yachts will be classed according to their sailing rating as 

 follows: First class measuring oyer 50ft. aud not over 601't,. cor- 

 rected length; second class, over 40ft. and not. over 50ft.; third 

 class, over 30ft. and not over 40ft.; fourth class, over 25ft. and not 

 over 30ft.: fifth class, over 20ft. and not, over 25ft.; sixth class, 

 under 20ft. 



Course No. 1, for first class.— 33 nautical miles. Starting from 

 between the stakeboat and Buoy 15, ro Buoy 10 on the Southwest 

 Spit, keeping it on port, thence around Buoy 8^, keeping it on 

 port, thence around Sandy Hook Lightship, keeping it on star- 

 board, and return over the same course to Buoy 15, keeping to r lie 

 eastward of Buoys '•>, 11 and 13, on West Bank, and outside of Buoy 

 5 on the point of Sandy Hook, goiug and returning. 



Course No. 2, for second class. -20 nautical miles. From same 

 starting line to Buoy 10 on Southwest Spit, keeping it on port 

 thence around Buoy keeping it on port, thence around Scdt- 

 iand Lightship, keeping it on starboard, and return over same 

 course to Buoy 15, keeping to the eastward of Buoys 9, 11 and 13. 

 ou the West Bank, and outside of Buoy 5, on the Point of Sandy 

 Hook, going and returning. 



Course No. 3, tor third class.— 19 nautical miles. From same 

 starting hue to Buoy 10, keeping it on starboard, thence around 

 Buoy 1, off Point Comfort, keeping if on starboard, thence to 

 finish line. Buoy lor, keeping to eastward of Buoys 9, 11 and 13, on 

 the West. Bank, going aud returning. 



If a stakeboat is anchored off Buoy 1, it is to he rounded instead 

 of the buov. 



Course -No. 4, smaller classes.— 15 nautical miles. From same 

 starting line, around Buoy 16 on East Bank, keeping it on star- 

 board, thence around Buoy 10, keeping it on the starboard, thence 

 to finish line, Buoy 15, keeping to eastward of Buov s 9, 11 and 13, 

 going and returning. 



" There will be no restrictions in regard to sails, or the manner of 

 setting or working them. 



Crews are limited to one man for each 5ft. bf length on deck or 

 fractional part, exclusive of helmsman. In the first, second aud 

 third classes, one man for each 10ft. of waterline length, or frac- 

 tion greater than one-half thereof may be a professional; all 

 others must be amateurs, and an amateur must steer. In' the 

 fourth and smaller classes no professional hand will be allowed. 



The club has sailed all of its races under a corrected length 

 classification, and in the notice of the race it discussed the ques- 

 tion of class limits very sensibly as follows: 



Classification by corrected length was first urged and adopted 

 by the C. Y. C. some three years since. It was advocated last 

 year by the committees of the New York and Seawanhaka yacht 

 clubs, but not adopted or put in operation. This year it was 

 adopted by the Larchmont Club, and it was hoped that the result 

 of their races on dune 7 would tend to demonstrate the advisabil- 

 ity of the new rule. Unfortunately, however, the club in adopt- 

 ing the principle omit ted to consider its practical application to 

 existing boats, with the result that the same figures which had 

 formerly applied to their division of boats into classes, and which 

 represented simply waterline length, were made to apply to cor- 

 rected length tor the same purpose, to wit, division into classes 

 the result being that the class supposed to correspond to the forty 

 footers, to wit, their former waterline length class of 47ft. to 54ft 

 was found in actual application in its higher limit, nr. necessarily 

 large to take in the forties, and in its low limit too high to let 

 them all in. It is apparent, therefor* , that a boat could readily be 

 built to come within nlft. corrected feugth, with which none of 

 the present forties would have a chance. In other words, all the 

 existing boats would be rendered useless in their owners' hands 

 for racing purposes. Vested interest would be sufficiently strong 

 to defeat any rule, of which this was a necessary element there 

 can be but little doubt. 



Tne race of the C. Y. C. is under the classification by corrected 

 length, but the limits of fie Classes were adjusted with careful 

 reference to existing boats: for the forties, for instauce, the class 

 is 4o to 50ft. (c. 1.) with the result of taking in the largest of the 

 present forties, excluding none of them, and also taking in the 

 English 10- raters. The next highest class, 50 to 60ft. fe. 1.) tak »s in 

 the English 20-raters. 



The limit set by the club for the 40ft. class is undoubtedly too 

 high, as nearly all the forties measure no more than 48ft, cor- 

 rected length, but it was made to admit Lids, the same beta" the 

 case with Kathleen aud the 30ft. class, these I wo boats measuring 

 much more than their classmates. At the sane- time the classes 

 are much better than those of the Larchmout Y. C. 



The date of the race, sandwiched between the Atlantic and Now 

 Y r ork clubs, was not the best, but still the entry list was fairly 

 good, 13 yachts making the course. Clara sailed with no compe- 

 titor; Tomahawk dually got so far as to start, this time with Mr 

 Burge=s aboard, while Maraquita, steered by Mr. Belmont, and 

 Choctaw, steered oy Mr. Edmund Fish, were all there to "stop the 

 Minerva." Kathleen had in her class Shona, Broncho and 

 Alexander Forsyt h, the latter two being centerboard sloops. The 

 two Cape cats, Gunhilde and Lakshmi, were in the class with the 

 cutter Petrel and the sloop Christine; tne open boat Playmate 

 sailing alone. 



The wind was light from S.W. at the start, but at the gun 

 Minerva, very cleverly handled by Mr. Royal Phelps Carroll, of 

 God la, went over on the second, Choctaw and Clara following, 

 while lomahawk and Mariquita were a Utile late. Shona made a 

 fine start iu her class. The "one gun" start in this case was a 

 success. Minerva at once began to fan out, but had gone no more 

 than a few hundred yards when her bobstav parted. All efforts 

 to repair it were in vain, and she reluctantly withdrew. The 



Elapsed. Corrected. 

 4 53 20 4 53 30 



5 08 17 

 5 12 47 



3 57 09 

 3 56 20 

 3 59 42 

 3 47 15 

 3 47 30 



3 46 55 



5 08 17 

 5 12 03 



not nieas. 



4 33 00 

 4 35 31 



3 57 0 7 

 not meas. 

 not. meas . 

 not meas. 

 not meas. 



3 46 55 



4 52 33 

 4 29 47 

 4 31 45 

 4 51 52 



| broken piece was a shackle made in Boston, said to he of phosphor 

 bronze. This left the only feature of the race a family instead of 

 au international affair, robbing it of most of the interest. Clara 



| jogged along with the forties, having no competitor. The wind 

 was very light at times and the race proportionately slow. The 

 yachts were timed at Buov 10 as follows: 



Clara 12 37 1.0 Tomahawk 12 43 00 



Choctaw 12 38 15 Kathleen 12 52 05 



Mariquita 12 39 47 Shona 12 56 20 



The reach out to Scotland Lightship aud back to Buoy 5 showed 

 little change, the times at the turn being: 



Clara ... 1 28 03 Mariquita 1 32 15 



Choctaw 1 30 19 Tomahawk 1 34 18 



Coming iu from the ship Tomahawk held along the Sandy 

 Hook shore, the other two being further out, and when inside the 

 Hook she still hugged the shore, while Choctaw, evidently with 

 her experience of the June 5 race in mind, steered straight for 

 Buoy 10, Mariquita following her. Somehow the weather was not 

 "fittin' nor suitin' " for this maneuver, and instead of coming 

 out ahead of Tomahawk, the tables were reversed, the times 

 being: 



Clara 3 18 43 Choctaw 3 30 15 



Tomahawk 3 27 56 Mariquita 3 31 43 



(Jhoctaw sailed well on the last long reach, finishing but a few 

 seconds astern of Tomahawk, thus winning on allowance. The 

 smaller class had already finished, Kathleen easily beating Shona, 

 Broncho was far astern, finishing just ahead of Mariquita, and 

 Forsyth did not finish at all. The full times were as follows, the 

 boats not being all measured: 



class 1. 

 Start. Finish. 

 Clara 11 32 OJ 4 25 20 



CLASS 2. 



Tomahawk 11 32 00 4 4,0 17 



Mariquita 11 32 00 5 13 47 



Minerva.. 11 32 00 Did not finish. 



Choctaw 11 33 00 5 08 30 5 08 30 



Broncho 11 33 00 Did not finish. 



class 3. 



Kathleen 11 37 00 4 09 00 4 32 00 



Shona 11 37 00 4 17 38 4 40 38 



Emsyth 11 37 00 Did not finish. 



CLASS 4. 



Gunhilde 11 37 00 3 34 09 



Nadine 11 37 00 3 33 20 



Lakshmi 11 37 00 3 36 40 



Petrel 11 37 00 3 34 15 



Christine 11 37 00 3 24 30 



CLASS 5. 



Playmate 11 37 00 3 23 55 



The prizes were, the usual pewter mugs. The regatta committee 

 included Messrs. Eben C. Clarke. William II. Plummer, W. Gard- 

 ner aud John Wilson. The race was on the whole a success, and 

 compares well with the other regattas of the week. 



COLUMBIA Y. C. ANNUAL, JUNE 18. 



The Columbia Y. C, of 86th street, New York, sailed its annual 

 regatta, on Wednesday, in a puffy north wester, flic courses being: 

 For the two larger classes, from a stakeboat oft" the club house, up 

 the Hudson 10 miles to a stakeboat off the Yonkers C. Y. C. house 

 and return, 20 miles. For small yachts, from the club house to 

 129ch street, thence to a stakeboat ou the west side of the river, 

 opposite the club house, lo the club house stakeboat, back to the 

 west side of the river, thence down to 79th street and to the rlub 

 house, and then repeat the eutiro course, about 10 miles. The 

 summary is as foil >ws: 



CLASS A, CABIN SLOOPS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Agnes S., Charles Schwanke 34.HOW 



Mergus. Com. W. H. Rowe 33.08 



Emma & Alice, David McGlynn 33 06 



Gracie T., L. M. Little 30.09 



CLASS B, CABIN SLOOPS. 



Brunhilde, Chas. T. Willis 28.03 5 38 43 



Venture, Dr. H. Griswold 28.00 5 31 10 



Jonah, J. P. Hitchcock 28.02 5 31 59 



Lurline, V. C. Rosemond 24.11 5 37 47 



CLASS B, JIB AKD MAINSAIL OPEN YACHTS. 



Thorn, Wm. E. Kinsey 24.05 



Augusta M., Jerome Riley 21.06 



CLASS F, OPEN YACHTS. 



Mystic, T. C Si ration 20.02 



Nora, 1). G. Robinson 20.00 



Henry Fisher, M. Nicholas 19.04 



Dolphin, H, C. Schwatz 19.06 



CLASS G, OPEN YACHTS. 



Novice, J. A. Weaver, Jr 18.06 



Miriam, Bertram Barnetf 18,01 



Leonora, Stone & Mayer . 16.00 



Thorn wins the special pennant, given by ex-Coni. Wills, for 

 the best corrected time over the short course. 



NEW YORK Y. C. ANNUAL. JUNE 19. 



It is no fault of the New York Y. C. that Thursday's race was 

 but a melancholy fizzle; the club had provided prizes in plenty, 

 its regattas arc as a rule well managed, the Commodore was on 

 hand with the flagship Electra, the perfection of a committee 

 boat, with electric firing apparatus for the guns, fast launches at 

 the davits, a full code of signals ready for any emergency, and an 

 electric search light, in case of fog or a late finish ; all that the 

 club could do through its officers was done to insure a race, and 

 the blame for the failure must be laid on the owners who had not 

 the spirit to enter their yachts. The starters were but ten in 

 number, of these four practically sailing over, so that the regatta 

 may be summed up as a sail over for Minerva with a little brush 

 between Katrina and Shamrock as an accompaniment. 



The race was remarkable for two incidents, the absence of the 

 schooners and the presence of a second-class sloop. Though there 

 is a tradition that the club once really had a first class of sloops 

 in fact that one or two still exist, there are few that know of the 

 existence of a second class sloop, between 70 and 80ft. water line. 

 Tliis solitary craft is the sloop Florida, built at New Haven in 

 1886. Of her speed, model or appearance it is not necessary to 

 speak, it is sufficient that her owner had the spirit to start her 

 while so many newer and faster boats were glad to find an excuse 

 for not entering. Two schooners were promised ; hut one, Mar- 

 guerite, is still in the hands of the sail makers and ship carpen- 

 ters, having been materially altered for her new owner, Mr. R. S 

 Palmer, by Mr. Gardner. The other made an attempt to start 

 her owner being unwilling to see the regatta sailed without a 

 single schooner, but the fates were against his plucky venture 

 and brought the. yacht to grief on the West Bank. Gracie was 

 entered and hauled out at Wintringbam's to prepare, early in the 

 week, but in launching her the railway ran off the track.' Every 

 effort was made on Wednesday aud through the night to haul 

 the carriage down by means of a large tug, but all failed, and she 

 was high and dry Thursday morning. This left only Shamrock 

 and Katrina in the cla=s, Clara, Whileawav and Nirvana each 

 sailed alone. In the 40ft. class Minerva was ready, steared by 

 Captain Barr, Tomahawk and Choctaw were also in, while Mr 

 Burgess himself looked after Maraiquita. 



At 11 A.M. the Electra was anchored off Buoy 15 with a dis- 

 tinguished party on board, including Mayor Grant, Lieut -Gov- 

 Jones, Commissioners Porter, Simmons, Post and Cram, Judge 

 Andrews of the Supreme Court, Rev. W. H. Benjamin, Distiict- 

 At torney Fellows, Thomas Newbold, H. Cram, Ridgeway Moore, 

 J- E- Tarns. Leon d'Oremeuijx, L. S. Greenleaf, F.'B. Wiuthrop 

 h . O. de Luze, Capt. C. C. Drury, of the Bell- rophon, R. N.; Capt.' 

 Lester A. Bcardsley, U. S. N.; Capt. Gilbert C. Wiltse, U S N ■ 

 Lieut.-Commander E. C. Houston, Lieut. T. Stevens, Lieut. Na'zro" 

 Lieut. Frank Turnbull, Commander Jewell of the Torpedo station' 

 and Capt. Joseph Congdon of the revenue marine. There were 

 also on board Fleet Captain Stephen Peabody, Fleet Surgeon 

 Morris J. Asch, Nicholson Kane, John Bird, Commodore New- 

 bury Lawton of the Atlantic Y. C, John De Ruy'tor, J. Clifton 

 Edgar, H. Clay, B. A. Cruikshank, Frank T. Robinson. Oliver 



4 52 33 

 4 29 02 

 4 28 30 



4 45 17 



5 38 42 

 5 30 40 

 5 31 2? 

 5 31 07 



3 21 04 3 21 04 

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3 43 30 



4 16 (6 4 16 OS 

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W ith Mr. S, Nicholson Kane, ot the regatta committee, were 

 leet Capt. Peabody and Mr. Kortright, acting in place of tbe 

 wo absent, members of the committee. When the gun was fired 

 H:oO there, was hardly a breath uudor the Staten Island hills 

 e tide running a strong ebb. Azalea had come to the line a 

 w minutes too soon and drifted over with the tide, being below 

 when the gun fired. In attempting to keep out of the way she 

 touched on the Vv est Bank, the tide cutting her on until she was 

 ■soon hopelessly fast, staying until the flood released her in the 

 afternoon. Choctaw threw away nearly three minutes hy cross- 

 ing the lino that much ahead of the handicap gun, Clara being 

 near her. _ Minerva was wiser, crossing with a few seconds' hand- 

 icap, and in a little while drifting up to Choctaw. 



The start was slow aud devoid of interest, as was the long drift 

 that rojlowed, nearly three hours between Buov 15 and Buov 10 

 bV 3 Knots, the only incident was the "fluke" which set Minerva 

 a long way ahead of the fleet, a fluke of the same sort that won 

 her the prize m her first race last year over the same course 

 again at Marblehead last July, and that set her ahead in the race' 



