July 31, 1890.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



PENCOYD, Pa., July 29. -The Penncoyd Guu Club held their 

 annual meeting on July 26,and I he following officers were elected 

 to serve £61 one year: Geo. Rich, Prest.; Blman Vandersloot.Yice- 

 Prest.; Joseph Taggart, Captain; Richard Morgan, Sec.-Treas,; 

 Joseph Lindsay, Referee; Joseph Campbell, Director; Odnell Ra- 

 venjahn and Albert Stubbs, Judges. 



SYRACUSE, N. Y.— The opening of the new grounds and club 

 house of the ever-young Onondaga County Club will be marked 

 by a three-days' shoot, Aug. 0-8. The elegant new club house and 

 grounds located at Maple. Bay, on Onondaga Lake, seven miles 

 from the city of Syracuse, are reached by steamboat on the lake 

 or by the Delaware, Lackawana and Western Railroad. 



TORONTO— The McDowall tourney, with 81.100 up in guaran- 

 tees, opens at Stark Athletic grounds ou Aug. 13, and closes on 

 the 15th. giving four days of lively shooting. It is the first at- 

 tempt to get up a big shoot and promises to be a complete suc- 

 cess. 



BEEVILLE, Texas, July 21.— The first annual tournament of 

 the Beeville Gun Club will h e held Sept. 3 and 1 next, and all clubs 

 of southwest Texas are invited to participate. Pall programmes 

 and information can be had by addressing T. J. Skaggs, Sec'y, 

 Beeville, Texas. 



CLASS VS. BREWER.— Frank Class, of Pine Brook, N. J., has 

 agreed to meet Brewer in the $1,000 match at live birds. Fall de- 

 tails have not yet been agreed upon. 



fiiclfting. 



"West India Burriceincs and the Great March Blizzard:' Hi/ 

 Everett Hay den, U. S. Hudrographic Office. Large quart*), with £3 

 lithographic plates. Price $1. Contain* full history of the (treat 

 storm of March, 1888, aotth practical information how to handle a 

 vessel in a cyclone; use of oil at sea, etc. 



FIXTURES. 



16. 

 16. 

 16. 



ja 



18, 



an, 



JULY. 



31. Savin Hill, Moonlight Sail, 31. 

 Savin Hill. 



AUGUST, 



2. Indian Harbor, Regatta. 10. 



3. Corinthian Mosquito Fleet, 



Cruise. 



2. Hamilton, Whitewings Cup. 

 2. Monatiquot,3d Cbam., Wey- 

 mouth. 



2. Royal Can., 21ft. Class, Tor. 

 2. Queen City, 2d Class, Tor. 

 2. Cape Cod, Nobseutt Pier. 



2. Buffalo, Club, Buffalo. 

 2-9. Cor. Navy, Cruise, Long 



Island Sound. 

 2-10. QuakerCity, Annual Cruise 



Long Island Sound. 23. 



3. West Lynn, 2d Cham., Lynn. S3, 

 6. Great Head, 2d Cham., Great 23. 



Head. 



8. Monatiquot. Ladies' Day and 23. 

 Review, Weymouth. 23. 



8. Riverside, Special Classes, 



Riverside. Conn. 23. 



9. Savin Hill, Club, Savin Hill, 23. 

 9. Corinthian, Marblehead, 



Club, under 21ft. 23. 

 9. So. Boston Mus. Fleet, Cup. 

 9. Hamilton, 21 and 25ft. 23. 

 9. Royal Can., Skiff Class, Tor. 

 9. Queen City, Cruise, Toronto. 23. 

 9. Monatiquot, 3d Chain., Wey- 23. 



mouth. 23. 

 9. Tappan Zee, Annual, Grand 



View. 23. 

 9. 11. Hull, Cham., Pt. Allerton. 23. 



12. So. Boston. Mus. Fleet. City 23. 



Point. 27. 

 9, 11, 12. Corinthian, 21 & 25ft. 27. 

 Classes. Marblehead. 28. 



13. Hull, Ladies' Day. 

 13. Pleon, Club, Marblehead. 

 13. Hamilton, L.Y.R.A. Regatta 



13. L. Y. R. A., Hamilton. 



14. Massachusetts, 30 and 40ft., 



Dorchester. 



15. L. Y. R. A., Royal Can., Tor. 



16. Sippican. Club, Marion. 

 16. Beverly, 3d Cham., Marble- 

 head. 



So. Boston, Moonlight Sail. 



Queen City, 1st, Class and 

 "World" Cup, Toronto. 



L. Y. R. A., Queen City, Tor. 



.Newark, Annual, Bayonne. 



Beverly, 2d Cham.. Marble- 

 head. 



American, Open, Newburv- 

 port. 



19. 20. Corinthian, Marble- 

 head. midsummer series 

 for 30 and 40-footers. 



L. V. R. A., Kingston. 



Quiney. Club, Quincv. 



Pleon, 3d Cham., Marbleh'd. 



Hull, Cham., Hull. 



Larehmont, Oyster Boats, 

 Larchmont. 



West Lynn, 3d Cham., Lvnn. 



Beverly, 2d Sweep, Mon. 

 Beach. 



Savin Hill, Cham..Savin Hill 

 Great Head, Sail-off, Great 

 Head. 



American, 2d Cham., New- 

 buryport. 



Cor. Navy, Regatta, West 

 Long Island Sound Squad. 



So. Boston Mus. Flpet, Cup. 



Queen City, Skiff Class, Tor. 



Riverside,Ladies'Dav, River- 

 side, Conn. 



L. Y. R. A., Oswego. 



Buffalo, Cruise, Lake Erie. 



Lynn, Lynn. 



Rhode Island, Open Regatta. 

 L. Y. R. A., Rochester. 

 Miramicbi, Black Brook to 



Oak Point and return. 

 Savin Hill, Moonlight Sail, 



Savin Hill. 

 Beverly, 3d Cup, Marblehead 

 Sippican, Sweep, Marion. 

 Savin Hill, Cruise. 

 Queen City, 2d Class, Tor. 

 Monatiquot, Sail-off Cham., 



Weymouth. 



YACHT RACING IN JAPAN. 



THE Yokohama Sailing Club, composed of British and Ameri- 

 can residents of Yokohama, .lapau, is an active and energetic 

 little organization that iB doing good work for the advancement 

 of yacht racing under somewhat disadvantageous surroundings 

 The club numbers 88 members with a fleet of 18 yachts and boats, 

 but this small fleet is made up of so many sizes and types that it 

 has proved a difficult matter to class them properly and to keep 

 up a constant interest in the racing. At the same time the club 

 is fortunate in the possession of a committee that, from its re- 

 ports, is evidently of more than average ability, and that has 

 undertaken the work of classifying and building up the fleet in a 

 thorough and systematic manner. The report of the last season's 

 work shows a total of 13 matches sailed between May 11 and 

 October 12, in which 58 prizes were given. The average' number 

 of entries in each race was 12, and of starters 10. The fleet is 

 made up of the following boats: Maid Marion, designed by Mr. 

 Burgess, a compromise. 31ft. l.w.l., lift, beam; Molly Bawn, 22ft' 

 l.w.l.,6ft. Oin. beam, designed by an amateur, a shoal bodied boat 

 with a deep lead fin; Lady Louise, 25ft. l.w.l.. 4ft. 9in. beam a 

 cutter from the Clyde, well cut away and of rather light displace- 

 ment; Princess Maude. 22ft. l.w.l., 4ft. beam, a cutter; Exchange 

 28ft. l.w.l., a ship's boat lifted up with a wooden keel and shifting 

 ballast; Daimyo, 25ft. l.w.l., 7ft. 6in. beam, a cutter of amateur- 

 design. The canoes are 16 x 32, small yachts in model, with SOOlbs. 

 of lead on keel, and more than a match for La Belle in light 

 weather, she being a catboat loft, long and 6ft. beam. Maid 

 Marion is too large and too good for the rest of her class and, as 

 a matter of course, won practically all the races. The report says: 

 "In the A Class the Maid Marion had everything her own waw 

 being altogether too fast for the others in her class, and rating 

 too high to allow of her being fairly placed in. competition with 

 any of the boats in the other classes. The Aborigine, which was 

 so successful until the appearance of the Maid Marion, made sev- 

 eral starts against her, but finding it useless eventually dropped 

 out of the racing. Toward the end of the season an accession 

 was made to this class by the arrival of the Avon (formerly known 

 here as the Tantivy) from Kobe. She started in several races, but 

 not being in racing trim, and with old sails, she was not in it. 

 Perhaps, as she has the advantage of several feet in length over 

 the Maid Marion, when she has a thorough overhaul and a new 

 suit of canvas she may yet be an interested party when prizes are 

 distributed." 



The wind in the 13 races is given as once fresh, once strong, and 

 twice moderate, the other days being light. The report gives the 

 following interesting comparison of speeds: 



"The total distance sailed was about 152 knots by the chart, and 

 the average speed made by the Record Prize winners in each class, 

 over the distances given, was as follows: 



Class. Knots, Speed per hour 



. •-, ™ • in knots. 



A. .Maid Marion .-. 142 375 



B. . Molly Bawn 152 3 ]3 



B.. La Belle 44 2.18 



D. .Exchange 76 3.32 



"Owing to the courses Failed not being the same in each case 

 the above figures are of but little value for purposes of compari- 

 son, but those who take an interest in such matters may like to 

 know that the above represent for the Maid Marion 54 per cent., 

 Molly Bawn 53 per cent., La Belle 43 per cent, and Exchange 

 52 per cent, of the-' theoretical highest speeds usually attributed to 

 boats of their respective lengths, and when the average amount 

 of wind experienced during the season's racing is taken into ac- 

 count, perhaps the speed attained maybe considered not alto- 

 gether unsatisfactory." 



Up to the end of last season the club had a classification by 

 waterline length, with a length and sail area rule, the formula, 



devised by Prof. West, of Toklo University, being ^ l+S A 

 the sail area being measured by the Y. R, A. rule. TJie working 

 of this system was not satisfactory, and last year we had some 

 correspondence with members q£ ibe club oyer the difficulties 



they had met and t he advisability of a heavier tax on sail, or of a 

 cliange of classification, which latter course we recommended. 

 On this sub.iecc. the report continues: 



'Owing to the above and other important reasons, which were 

 in ly discussed at an extraordinary general meeting which was 

 held on Oct. 28, it was decided to alter the classification of the 

 boats from a classification by waterline length alone to one by 

 length and sail area rating, and in place of the classes A, B, C 

 and D, we now have 39, 32, 20, 21 and 17-ratcrs. At the same time 

 it was settled to adopt the method of measuring the sail area 

 Which is in use m England. 



"It is to be hoped this change will lead to the building of new 

 racers, and to renewed interest among the old boats. With the 

 classes as now constituted the proverbial 'expense of yachting' 

 will hardly he sufficient to deter anyone wishing to take part in 

 this exhilarating pastime. Already signs may be seen of sharp 

 and exciting competition during (ho corning season among the 26 

 and 17-raters, and we have reason to believe that a wholesome 

 little, boat, which would have a good chance in the latter class, 

 may actually be built and fitted out for about §50. it has always 

 been t he policy of the club to keep in view the object for which it 

 was formed, v iz., 'the promotion of sailing and sailing races only ' 

 and tins opportunity may serve to point out that while great at- 

 tention is no doubt secured by a large craft capable of leading the 

 lleet, still tastes differ as to the most desirable, size of boat* and 

 those who do not care for or are not able to afford the larger 

 craft, but still seek the excitement of a tussle [with the elements 

 and the keen competition ami friendly rivalry of racing, may find 

 it in the smallest craft, and receive equal recount! ion and encour- 

 agement from this club. In dividing the club's general fund of 

 prize money it has been the practice of your committee to appor- 

 tion it as nearly as possi'-le in proportion to the number of entries 

 and competitors in each class. Th is seems th<a. fairest method as 

 by so doing the class having the greatest number of entries and 

 the keenest competition will receive the largest share of prize 

 money, no matter what the size of the boats may be, and your 

 committee wish to call the attention of each owner, whether of 

 small or large craft, to the desirability of securing all possible en- 

 tries in bis class, as the importance of the class, and to a very 

 great extent the amount of interest taken in the sport of yachting 

 is decided by the number of entries aud the keenness and ciose- 

 nesR of competition aside from the size of the craft." 



The ridiculously low price of labor makes the cost of native- 

 built boats very low, and such a craft a3 the Mersey centerhoard 

 boat Zinnia, described in Kemp's "Yacht and Boat " Sailing," can 

 be built for $75 Mexican. This boat is 18ft. over ail, 17ft. 9in. l.w L 

 6ft. beam, and but lft. draft without board, carrying some 200ft 

 in a lug mainsail and a jib. These boats will come in the 17 rating 

 class, and some six or eight were expected to be ready for this 

 season. This fleet Avill make good racing and should be of im- 

 mense benefit to the club in encouraging a general interest that 

 will increase its membership and lead in time to more of the 

 larger craft. 



As we have pointed out before, the merits of a corrected length 

 classification cannot be determined by a single season's racing 

 and two or three new boats; but for a thorough test several sea- 

 sons of racing, and a fleet that shall include a fair number of 

 yachts in one or more classes built especially for the rule are neces- 

 sary. At the same time, the experiment of the Yokohama Sailing 

 Club in the use of this system of classification as the foundation 

 on which to build up its fleet, is a most interesting one, and if the 

 report for the present season is as thorough and sensible as the one 

 from which we have quoted above, it should throw some valuable 

 light on the subject. 



NEW YORK Y. C. CRUISE. 



ON Wednesday morning the flagship Electra, with Com. Gerry 

 and his staff on board, left the anchorage at Twenty-sixth 

 -street, New York, for New London, where the fleet was in waitino-. 

 The programme for the cruise, which was to be made up at a 

 meeting of captains ou board the flagship on Wednesday night 

 will probably include a race to Newport on Thursday, wherethe 

 Goelet cup will be sailed for on the following daw and after this 

 the regular runs to Manila's Vineyard and New' Bedford, return- 

 ing to Newport, where the fleet will disband. Vessels desirin" to 

 do so may enter for the races on each run. the rest of the fleet 

 making the passages at their will. The following general regula- 

 tions will govern the cruise: 



Directions for the following "runs." should they be made, are- 

 From New London to Newport, 40 nautical miles; start off Sarah's 

 Ledge and finish off the Dumplings. 



From Newport to Vineyard Haven, 37 nautical miles; start off 

 Brenton's Reef Lightship and finish at Red Buoy No. 2, off West 

 Chop, Vineyard Sound Lightship to be left on the port hand. 



From Vineyard Haven to New Bedford, 34 nautical miles: start 

 off Bluffs, in front of the Sea View House, and finish off Clark's 

 Point Light, leaving Sow and Pigs Reef Buoy on the starboard 

 hand. 



From New Bedford to Newport, 27 nautical miles; start off 

 Clark's Point Light and finish at Brenton's Reef Lightship, leav- 

 ing Hen and Chickens Lightship on the starboard hand. 



For other runs that may be made sailing directions will be 

 given. 



The start and finish will be made over imaginary lines dra wn 

 from the Electra to. the points or objects mentioned. 



Special prizes will be offered during the cruise, the dates of 

 which will be. announced by the Commodore, as stated in General 

 Order No. 2. 



Rear-Gommodore Iselin has offered a $260 cup, date and condi- 

 tions to be given at the rendezvous. 



The Gamecock colors will be for four-oared gigs pulling sweeps. 



The Owl colors for cutters pulling two sweeps or two pairs of 

 sculls. 



For other boat races entries $2 an oar, made by yacht owners 

 and boats will be classified according to the number of bars they 

 pull. 



Coxwains must be carried in all boats but dinghies. 



There will be a race for steam and naphtha launches, details to 

 be announced at New London. 



For winning boats, the committee will add $5 for each man car- 

 ried; for launches, $20 to winners, with S10 for second, if four or 

 more start. 



The date of these events will be determined during the cruise. 



For the runs from port to port the committee will submit the 

 following proposition: The Electra will establish start and finish 

 lines for each run, and give the corrected time of all yachts cross- 

 ing with their private signals at the peak and their "racing num- 

 bers displayed. 



A prize will be given in each class where two or or more start; 

 with a second prize if four or more start. 



In cruising trim will mean anchors on the bow and cables 

 stowed; cruising complement of boat carried, and cruising deck, 

 cabin and galley fittings in place; topsails extending above the 

 truck or beyond the end of gaff are barred 



Water can be taken into the .tanks until the preparatory signal 

 is made. 



With these exceptions racing rules are to govern. 



These conditions are subject to alteration in any class, or others 



numbers. They will be at liberty to get under way and proceed 

 to the squadron's destination with the gun annonncing the harbor 

 start. 



There is little likelihood that the fleet will go round the Cape, 

 though Eastern yachtsmen have been desirous that it should visit 

 Marblehead The number of yachts will probably be as great as 

 last season, but the prospects are rather poor for the racing. 

 Neither Grayling nor Titania will race, and as Shamrock is likelv 

 to he absent, it reduces the 70ft. class to Katrina and Gracie. 

 Volunteer will have a sail over, in all probability, for the Goelet 

 cup. In the schooner class will be Sea Fox, Merlin, Mayflower, 

 Marguerite, OSnone and Quickstep, which lot should give some 

 very good racing. The forties will, as usual, be a leading attrac- 

 tion, and the races between Minerva and Gossoon are likely to be 

 the most interesting of the cruise. After the fleet disbands some 

 special races for the 40 and 30ft classes will be sailed off Newport, 

 including the Corinthian sweepstakes. 



THE MARBLEHEAD RACES.— The clubs about Marblehead 

 are arranging for some excellent racing in the smaller classes 

 immediately after the New York Y. C. cruise, and some of the 

 best racing of the year is likely to be seen there. The Beverly 

 Y. C. will hold an open race off Marblehead, on Aue. 16, if possi- 

 ble, with, prizes for the 40, 30 and 21ft. boats. The 40ft. prize will 

 be a $160 cup, given on condition that Minerva shall be one of the 

 starters. A $100 cup is offered in the SOt't. class, and ^wo of $50 

 each, for keels and centerboards, in the 21ft. class. The course 

 for thirties and forties will be 10 miles to windward and return; 

 for the other 5 miles. This race and others to take place soon 

 after are likely to attract most of the New York forties to pro- 

 long their cruise around Cape Cod, and Kathleen and Tom Bov 

 are also expected at Marblehead. 



BEVERLY Y. C. 



362d regatta, 2d Buzzabd's bay championship, mokctment 

 beach, jult 20. 



THE race was one of the hardest and best that the club has 

 ever sailed; all day Friday it blew a close-reef sou'wester 

 and Saturday it was piping from S.S.W., increasing during the 

 morning. First and second classes were sent to Scraggy Neck 

 Bond Island, and return. In first class Mattie had a" walkover' 

 starting with three, reefs. In second class Gymnote and Lestris 

 carried three reefs, Widgeon and Anonyma four reefs. The start, 

 was a beauty, all crossing line together within 10 seconds of the 

 gun, Anonyma to wiudward. 



Just before the start the wind lightened a little, and boats with 

 four reefs had not enough sail. Mist took first place, thon Anon- 

 yma and Widgeon close together, followed by Gymnote and Les- 

 tris, the latter sailing very well. 



Under Wing's Neck, Anonyma shook out one reef and at once 

 began to leave Widgeon, who was close to her, and pick up on 

 Mist. At Pines Buoy Gymnote almost caught Widgeon, who then 

 shook out a reef and left her, while Lestris was coming up fust 



About this time Mist shook out a reef and Anonyma caught her 

 and forced her round, but Mist got a trifle ahead oh the next tack 

 By this time boats were off the Neck and for the rest of the wind- 

 ward work had very rough water, a pouring rain and all the wind 

 they could stand. Here Widgeon did verv well, picking up on the 

 leaflets considerably and doing excellent work, though under very 

 disadvantageous circumstances. 



Mattie rounded windward buoy first, then Mist and Anomyma 

 close, together, then Widgeon some 3 min. astern, hut much nearer 

 than she had been; Lestris and Gymnote some wav astern. 



In the meantime the third class had started all together over 

 the short course, twice around Pines Buoy and back. Parole 

 ■carried three reefs while the others had come out Vith every reef 

 turned m, but Cayuse and Puzzle shook out one just before start. 

 Eina kept hers in and it lost her any chance of a place. At t he 

 end of first round they had shaken out a reef all round, Oayuse 

 led by 30sec, then Puzzle, then Parole with the same intervals 

 between them, Eina far astern. On second round Parole sailed 

 very fast, as wind breezed up, and passed Cayuse; Puzzle held 

 further out into the bay and took first place. On the run home it 

 blew very hard indeed, giving them all they could swing to. They 

 finished: Puzzle, Parole, Cayuse, Eina. 



In fourth class Rip started witti four reefs. Kitten with two 

 reefs in her small sail. It was Rip's race from the start in any 

 event, though Kitten would have gained by shaking out reefs 

 earlier than she did. 



In the meantime the large boats were getting it hot in the run 

 to Bird Island. They jibed round buoy, Mattie first, then Mist 

 and Anonyma almost together, then Widgeon, who had held her 

 own, Lestris and Gymnote far astern. 



The run home was made in a pelting rain and the hardest blow 

 the club has had for years, the water being feather white, and 

 straimon tillers so great it took two or three men to steer the boats 

 Mattie, of course, increased her lead. Widgeon shook out her 

 third reef all but the pennant and hoisted up the throat, gamin" 

 a good deal on Mist and Anonyma: had latter done the same she 

 would have got the prize, as it was she passed Mist a mile short of 

 the finish, taking pennant and losing prize by half a second only. 



Just as Widgeon, a minute and a quarter astern of Mist, reached' 

 line a very severe squall struck in, the wind blowing a full gale 

 and the rain being blinding; sails were doused all round and 

 boats had a lively time catching their moorings. Mist bei no- 

 blown ashore. The judge's boat was jumping half^her length out 

 of water, and it was more than an hour before she could run into 

 the beach under six reefs. Gymnote gave up the race. Lestris 

 crossed line during squall, way astern, but was not made out by 

 judges till after she had crossed. Summary as follows: 



PIRST CLASS. 



. „ i , . Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 

 Mattie, Howard Stockton 28.10 1 58 05 1 50 00 



SECOND CLASS. 



Anonyma, F. L. Dabney 26.10 1 54 50 1 44 vq 



Mist, G. H. Lyman, Jr. 26.08 1 55 00 1 44 ]9t4 



Widgeon, M. Williams, Jr 26.10 1 56 18 1 45 43 



Lestris, J. Crane, Jr 24.02 Not timed. 



Gymnote, W. E. C. Eustis 26.10 Withdrawn. 



THIBD CLASS. 



Puzzle, Wm. Amory, 2d 22.09 1 13 45 1 06 29 



Parole, W. H. Davis "22.08 1 14 15 1 06 66 



Oayuse, F. W. Sargent 22.09 1 15 30 1 OS 14 



Eina, John Parkinson 22.10 1 17 18 1 10 05 



POTJBTH CLASS. 



R1p, C. B. Jefferson 19.01 41 07 36 13 



Kitten, Geo. H. Richards, et als 20.00 42 35 38 01 



Winner first prize: Class 1, Mattie; Class 2, Mist; Class 3, 

 Puzzle; Class 4, Rip. Winner second prize: Class 2, Anonyma, 

 Class 3. Parole. First Class champion pennant won and held by 

 Mattie. Third Class champion pennant won and held by Puzzle. 

 Second Class champion pennant won by Anonyma, tieing Mist. 

 Third Class champion pennant) won bv Rip, tieing Edith. Judsre' 

 T. S. Edmunds. 



Owing to the fact that the Goelet Cup race wiU take place Aug. 

 1 or 2, and at the request of several yacht owners, the second 

 championship race at Marblehead will be postponed to Aug. 16. 

 The club will offer cups for an outside race about Aug. 22— exact 

 date not yet decided on. Race to be open to the 30- foot, 21-foot, 

 and probably to the 40-foot classes of any recognized yacht club! 

 Courses to be to windward or leeward and back from Marblehead 

 Rock, ten miles and return for larger classes, five miles for 21-foot 

 class. 



THE AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION MEET. 



THE annual meet of the American Canoe Association has be- 

 come one of the important events of the aquatic world, rank- 

 ing second only to such great yachting features as the New York- 

 Yacht Club cruise and the Goelet Cup race. Attended by men 

 from every section of the country; witti races which brine- o'ut the 

 crack sailors of the United States and Canada, and in^boatsno 

 whit inferior in excellence of model and equipment to the finest 

 yachts; free from any taint of professionalism; and with its many 

 unique features of camp life, camp fires, amateur circus or im- 

 promptu ball; the meet exceeds by far in variety and attractive- 

 ness the rowing regattas and similar events of sister sports. The 

 ten meets thus far held have been in localities in a measure iso- 

 lated, and the races have been witnessed mainly by the canoeists 

 themselves. This year, however, the meet for the first time has 

 come to the coast, and to the very heart of the yachting world. 

 No place on the coast is better known or more popular than the 

 east end of Long Island, and the A. C. A. burgee will be hoisred in 

 the center of its broad waters, on the peninsula between Gardi- 

 ner's and Peconic Bays. During the races, which will be held 

 on August 18 to 21, and on other special occasions during the two 

 weeks, the camp will be open to visitors; and among these none 

 will be more welcome than yachtsmen. Those who wish to see 

 what canoeing and canoe racing really is will find a hearty 

 welcome from their brother skippers of the diminutive craft; and 

 thougli the races can be seen from start to finish without a glass, 

 and tne spinaker of a 40-footer would be big enough to gather up 

 the whole fleet in, the racing is as keen, and the display of sea- 

 manship as good as in the largest class of yachts. 



CORINTHIAN Y. C. MIDSUMMER SERIES. — The Corinthian 

 Y. C, of Marblehead, has issued its circulars for the midsum- 

 mer series for 40 and 30-footers. The dates have been changed to 

 Aug. 18, 19 and 20, to suit the dates of the New York Y. C. cruise. 

 The cup tor the 40-footers is of the value of 8300, and that for 30- 

 footers $125, two wins being necessary to take the cup. Starts 

 will be made at 10 o'clock. The courses are as follows: The line 

 for start and finish will be between Marblehead Rock and judges' 

 steamer. Course 1— From starting line, S miles S.E. three-rourths 

 S., leaving sailboat flying the Corinthian Y. C. flag on starboard, 

 then 8 miles W. one-halt S., leaving the Whistling Buoy off the 

 Graves on starboard, thence 8 miles N.N.E. to the finish line; 21 

 nautical miles. Course 2— The reverse of course 1. Course 3— 10 

 miles to windward (or leeward), leaving sailboa t flying the Corin- 

 thian Y. C. flag on starboard, and return; 20 nautical miles. 

 Yachts on any course must not pass to the westward of Tom 

 Moore's Rocks, Tinker's Island, Can Buoy on the outer breaker 

 off Pig Rocks, or the buoy on the southeast breakers off the 

 Gooseberry Islands. The judges are: Daniel Appleton, Chair- 

 man; W. S. Eaton, Jr., F. L. Rhodes. The regatta committee is 



Aue. 9, Hand 12. The prizes are as follows: Corinthian Y. C. 

 cup for 25ft. class; value 8100; Corinthian Y. C. cup for 21ft. cat- 

 boat class; value $75. Corinthian Y. C. cup for 21ft. keel class, 

 value $100. Offered hy a member of the club. Second prizes of 

 $10 will be awarded in each race to yachts winning second place. 

 The tournament will consist of two races and a sailoff . A yacht 

 winning twice shall own the cup offered for her class. Starts in 

 the tournament will be made at 2;30 o'clock, and the regular club 

 courses will be sailed. 



