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[EASTERN Y. C. FALL REGATTA, SEPT. 1 0. 



FROM the experience of the Eastern Y. G. last week it seems 

 that racing yachtsmen have not progressed much during the 

 season in the direction of a one gun start, as the last race of the 

 year, or nearly so, was as bad a bungle as the first. In hotli fcase" 

 the present Eastern Y. 0. regatta and the special race of the Sea- 

 wanhaka Ooiintlnan Y. C. in Jua>>, the committee* were men of 

 their word, who meant what they said and stood by it, which i'u.nr 

 the racers did not. realize until it was too late. Although the fleet 

 was a email one, three forty-sixes, one forty aud two thirties, it 

 was very select, and in such weather thrre might have been a 

 grand race had the boats started a,nvwhere near the same time. 

 As it was they did some fine sailing, but to little purpose, so far as 

 any interest to crews or spectators was concerned. 



Wednesday was cold and rainy, with a strong E.N.K. wind and 

 a heavy sea; the course was the smaller triangle of the K. Y. C 

 24 miles, the sea leg. from Marblehoad Rock to a mark boat a 

 reach, being sailed first, then before the wind to the Whist linr 

 Buoy r>fE the Graves, and borne to windward over the inshore leg 

 past Pig Rocks and Tinker's Ledge. Gossoon was entered, but the 

 loss of her bowsprit on Tuesday threw her out, leaving Ventura 

 alone in the 401 1. class, so she joined the forty-sixes. In the 30ft. 

 class were only Shark, aud Mien on, Almira,the new Cape Cat 

 coming dowu too late for even this race. Though the Weather' was 

 far from pleasant, the regatta corn, mi tree. Messrs. YV. S. Baton Jr", 

 Chas. fl. Joy, T. Dennie Boardroan and K. S. £ears, hardened 

 their hearts, donned their oilers and wound their little watch, 

 steaming off ir good season for Marblehead Rock, where they an- 

 chored, and in due course of timo blew the proper signals, the 

 starting whistle being at 10:45, as advertised. 



With the exception of Vtntura, there was nothing in sight, and 

 no evidence of any starters for a good ten minutes. Mr. Poster 

 was only a minute late, going off under lower sails only. By and 

 hy Alga, Milicete and Thelma came along at their leisure, and 

 when they found that the race was well under way made haste to 

 Catch the rapidly vanishing Ventura. Mignon also, though her 

 Start was set for ten nvnutes after the larger yachts, managed to 

 he comfortably late, while Shark, after towing'down from Boston, 

 only came into harbor at Marblehead after the preparatory whislle' 

 with sails down and her racing crew scattered on shore. Captain 

 Waterhouse is not a man to be stopped bv trifles, but gathered tp's 

 men, 'owed out to the line, and began a successful stern chase with 

 a most discouraging handicap of ten minutes, actual time. The 

 starting signals weie given at 10:45 and 10:55 respectfully, the 

 actual times of crossing being: 



Ventura 10 4fi 00 Milicete 10 57 24 



Alga 10 57 47 Mignon 11 05 23 



Tnelma 10 58 01 Shark 1115 21 



The larper boats carried jibheadeis and jibtopsai:s, Milicete 

 wisely setting a baby, the others the'r intermediate. Shark had 

 full lower sails and jibhtader sel, while Mignon had no Topsail 

 and a reefed mainsail, trying a small jintopsau at first. Alga and 

 Thelma first shif ed 10 baby jibtopsails and then took these in. 

 The order was not changed on tne rirst leg, the times being: 

 „ Aetna], Elapsed. 



Ventura 11 45 16 0 59 10 



Milicete 11 51 26 0 5i 02 



Alga 11 52 01 0 54 14 



Thelma 11 54 16 0 56 15 



Mignon 12 12 46 1 07 23 



Shark _ 12 20 16 1 04 55 



The elapsed times show the real work of each boat correctly. 



Alga was the only ono that cared to risk a spinaker at first, set- 

 ting hprs immediately after the j be and sending ud ammerme- 

 diate jintopsail. Ventura kept on under lower canvas, but. Thelma 

 and Milicete followed Alaa's example, though the work was done 

 ven badly, both having to lose time iu breaking the stoos aud 

 clearing the sails. Shark had borrowed a silk spinaker from Sal- 

 adin, which she set at once on turning, M'gnoa also sending up 

 hers and a <ops»il as well. With no spinaker set, Ventura IdSD 

 ground to the bigger boats, and was passed by Alga and Milicete 

 on this leg. The times at the Graves were: 



Actual. Elaps'd. 



Alga 12 53 37 1 01 36 



Milicete 12 54 02 1 02 30 



Ventura 12 55 00 1 10 34 



Thelma 13 57 13 1 02 i>7 



Mignnn 1 U 49 1 13 03 



Shark 1 28 45 1 03 29 



Going home there was plenty of wind and a heavy sea, Shark 

 housing her topmast, and Mignon kcep'ng one reef in hi r main- 

 sail, though with topmast set. When doing well on the first, part 

 of the beat, Milicete came to grief through some trouble with her 

 topsail, the hooks getting loose, so that the sail had to be t aken in, 

 costing her much time. Alga and Th°lma passed Pig Rocks Bucy 

 on oue tack, and Thelma also made Tinker's Ledge. Alga tacking. 

 Ventura managed to win by virtu- of her long lead and her time 

 allowance, toough the following elapsed times from the actual 

 start give a truer idea of the merits of the race. Tne official 

 times were: 



40FT. CT.ASS. 

 Start. Jfinish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Ventura 10 ^ 00 2 13 5 1 3 28 59 3 23 44 



Alga 10 45 00 3 10 48 3 35 48 3 25 15 



Thelma 10 45 00 2 13 52 3 27 52 3 25 52 



Milicete 10 45 00 2 14 23 3 29 26 3 29 26 



30ft. class. 



Shark 10 55 00 3 la 03 4 20 03 4 20 03 



JVPeuon 10 55 00 3 19 07 4 21 07 4 22 17 



Tne actual times are: 



Algi 3 13 01 Ventura 3 27 53 



Tnelma 3 14 51 Slur It 3 59 42 



Milicete 3 17 02 Mignon 4 13 44 



VOLUNTEER AND CONSTELLATION.— Two rather sensa- 

 tional rumors have been flying about this week, both concerning 

 the large singlestickers. The more astounding of the two is that 

 Piepgrass is now proparing to convert the new Morgan schooner 

 Constellation, oi 106L. l.w.l., into a single.-ticker, making the 

 largest yacht of tha f rig ever built since Maria's day. The other 

 report, is that Gen. Paine has sold Volunteer to Mr. Camille Wei- 

 denfeld, a member of the New York Y. C, who will send her 

 across after the Cape May and Breuton's Reef cups. 



MINERVA AND LIRIS, SEPT. 9, IO, 11. 



THHE series of matches made last spring between Minerva and 

 last ^II?* e , r L S u ai1 ^ °° Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurlday of 

 last week on the Sound, the result being a victory for Miners as 



uinfi rjiokj her tiller and gave up, while a third was a drift that 

 was not, finished On both of the latter obS^MIhe?va was 

 ril«? \ u' mg the r V lJ '- Tbe flrst race was """ted from Captains 

 ™«t U J 1, ^H e H 0U . r8 ? hc,n * ft a stakeboat off Hempstead Harhor" § 

 m ' tW ° rOUT \ ds or 2i miios < the fir** and third legs to 

 vv ndwatd. Minerva went over the line in a light 8. W. breeze at 

 & m*£*lt ; V if f sottie ankihg Minerva turned 



a J- ~:1-4:10, with Liris becalmed a long way astern. 

 Minerva flushed the first round at 6:21:00, the pair drikin- for 

 several hours m the dark and then giving Up. lor 



1 he second race was sailed on Wednesday, in a strong lower- 

 I l S^Srl'S ' °J'°/; lhe regular Captain's Island course of 

 the Larchmont Y. c. Both were reefed, Liris having oue and 

 Minerva two tacks 111. The start was t'med: Minerva 11:56:45, 

 i 1 .0i , the two reaching across very evenly to the Hemp- 

 s tead mark. On tne beat to Captain's Island there was little to 

 choose between them, but as Liris jibed around the mark her 

 tiller snapped off. Head sheets were cast off and she luffed up, 

 being taken by the tug into Larchmont. Minerva sailed the 

 course out, her times being: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected 



Mmerva 11 56 35 2 45 00 2 48 25 2 45 28 



11 57 07 Disabled . 



I he final race was one of the events of the reason, though few 

 were present to enjoy it. The wind and sea had increased greatly 

 by Thursday morning, but a course of 10 miles d»ad to windward, 

 from off Larchmont to a mark near Sbippan's Point, was laid out, 

 and at 11:45 the start, was given from the tug Dalzell, which carried 

 Messrs. i rank Scott, T. C. Zerega, and Thornton 11. Smith, the 

 judges Mmerva, with throe reefs in her mainsail, one in the 

 foresail, No. 3jib, went over promptly, but Liris, with two reefs 

 m the mam, a whole foresail and No. 2 jib, was over a minute 

 astern, the times being: Minerva 11:45:44, Liris 11:40:58. 



the first long tack across the Sound occupied over half an hour, 

 but after they reached somewhat smoother water they did not 

 stay there; Liris started off again for the other shore, through 

 seas that were really formidable, and Minerva kept close to ber. 

 Minerva had gained from the start and when the mark was 

 n™Hy reached she had a lead of 7m.. the times being: Minerva 

 l:4t>:00, Liris 1:63:00. Mmerva jibed, shook out one reef and set her 

 spinaker. Liris set a jibtcpsad on tier housed topmast and a jury 

 spinaker. The seas were very heavy as the little craft ran m, 

 nothing but a portion of the sails being visible at times. Liris 

 gained a little on the run, hut was beaten on elapsedand corrected 

 time, as follows: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Minerva 11 45 44 3 08 23 4 22 39 4 19 42 



L, r na vy- 1146 58 3 13 31 4 26 36 4 26 36 



Liris allows Minerva 2m. 57s., so the latter wins by 6m. 54s , cor- 

 rBctfCl time 



CORINTHIAN NAVY.— Long Island Sound Squadron.-Green- 

 wich, Sept. 13.— Course, triangular, rouud Captaiu's Islands; 

 distance, 6 knots; weather, stormy; wind, S. W., very heavy; tide 

 ebb. 



FIRST CLASS— CABIN SLOOPS AND CUTTERS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Merope, W. S. Gilmore 1 18 31 



Argo, Cbas. Bouch Did not finish. 



Swan, Henry Colleuge Did not finish. 



FIRST CLASS — OFEN C VTBOATS. 



G-rtrude, W. J. Selleck 21.10 1 26 30 1 25 87 



Zelda, F. Williams 20.01 1 42 33 1 40 13 



SECOND CLASS— OPEN CATBOATS. 



Jubilee, E. D. Hudbtit, Jr 18.04 1 38 01 1 34 02 



•'Kittiwake, R. B. Pott 17.08 1 38 23 1 33 31 



*Ruied out for fouling mark. The race was in charge of F. B. 

 Jones. Fleet Captain Corinthian Navy. Out of twenty-one entries 

 only seven braved the storm and crossed the line. The open cats 

 showed their seaworthiness and able handling in finishing the 

 race without beine swrraped. Regatta Committee: F. W. Law- 

 ton. T. T. Tabor, E. B. Hart, Jr. Judges: G. G. Tyson, J. E. Peck 

 and Prank Lockwood, Riverside Y. C. 



ROYAL CANADIAN Y. C, SEPT. 6.-The race of the R. C. Y. 

 C. for tho Prince of Wales cup was sailed on Sept. 6 over a course 

 from between the Exhibition wharf and a flag buoy to the south, 

 to the bell buoy; thence to a buoy moored 6 mPes to windwaro; 

 thence back to oell buoy, the circuit to be covered twice and finish 

 at t be flag buoy sou'h of the Exhioition wharf, 30 miles. The 

 wind was light, but wiih some sea on the Lake. Oriole and Vreda 

 soon had such leads that the others gave up, the times being: 



Finish. Elapsed. Ccm cted. 



Oriole 6 32 00 7 32 00 7 32 00 



Vreda 6 48 30 7 48 20 7 35 18 



Verve No. 1, Verve No. 2, Condor, Merle and Pysche did not 

 finish. 



A skiff class race, over the usual triangular course in the bay, 

 distance about 10 miles, was also sailed, the times being: 



Start. Finish. Corrected. 



Uneasy 3 00 00 4 44 40 1 44 40 



Algeria 3 00 00 4 47 10 1 47 10 



Hippie 3 00 00 4 49 15 1 49 15 



Chute 3 00 00 Did not finish. 



Nouna 3 00 00 Did not finish. 



The judges were Vice-Corn. McGaw and Mr. J. E. Robertson. 



JE^Sl^A AND LIRIS, SEPT. 12.— On Friday last a private 

 match was sailed between the new Fife 20-rater Jessica, 46ft. 

 l.w.l., and the Gardner 40-footer, the course being from Larch- 

 mont. Harbor around the Hempstead mark, and then around 

 Stamford Light mark, 37 miles. There was a fresh S.W. wind and 

 much less sea than on the previous day. The start was made at 

 11:50. the two going over together. The course, mainly reaching 

 and running, with a good breeze, favored Jessica, her extra length 

 of 6ft., with a small sail plan, being both at a premium for this 

 work. At the turn she led by 8min.. increasing this on the return 

 until she had a lead of 14min. 38sec. at the finish, winning by 

 ISmin. 33s.ee. 



DEATH OF MR. R. T. BUSH.-On Monday morning Mr. Rufus 

 T. Bush, the original owner of the Coronet, died at his residence 

 in Brooklyn trom a dose of aconite, taken by mistake. Mr. Bush 

 had jtjst returned trom a trip to Europe, and being unwell, took 

 the medicine from a small medicine chest, mistaking the aconite 

 tor paregoric As the dose was; disguised in whisky the mistake 

 was not discovered until the symptoms of aconite poison became 

 apparent, by which rime medical aid was unavailing. Mr. Bush 

 who was fifty years of age, was a successful manufacturer of 

 1 U animating oils. He at one time owned the steam yacht Falcon, 

 afterward building Coronet, owning ber at the time of her race 

 With Dauntless. He was a member of the New York Y. C. 

 tt N c A Z y BOATS.— The current number of the Proceedings of the 

 U % S. Naval institute has a valuable and interesting article on 

 'Navy Boats," hy Ensign Albert A. Ackerman, U. S. N. Several 

 excellent illustrations of surf boats accompany the article. 



NEW YORK C. C.-The postponed regatta of the New York 

 C. O. will be sailed on Oct. 4, off the club house, Stapleton, Staten 

 Island, starting at 2 P. M. A new feature will be a race over the 

 regular course with crews standing on deck. 



NO MORE RACING.-Liris is now at City Island, where she 

 Wil] ship her winter rig. Minerva leaves this week for Beverlv, 

 where she will winter. Both she and Mariquita are for sale. ' 



CORONET.-On Sept. 11 the schooner Corenet, Mr. A. E. Bate- 

 mto, sailed trom Havre for Cowes. She has been cruising in 

 European waters during the season. 



q£?^ NTHIA f N ^ A , L °? F ' MARBLEHEAD.-The race set for 

 Sept. 13 was not sailed, owing to the heavv weather. 



VENTUR A AND TOMAH AWK.-A match is talked of between 

 these two forties, to be sailed on Sept. 25 



No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



T. F. H., Lancaster.— Opinions are divided as to the comparative 

 effects on the barrels. Its use is not advised in rifles. 



H. T., Seattle, Washineton.— Would yon he kind enough to in- 

 lorm me if there is a publication on game fishing in Pueet Sound 

 Ans. We know of none. 



C. C. B., West Npwton, Pa.— To clean your brass shells "by 

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J. H. D.,Poughkeepsie.— Plea=e state the meaning of the 



that almost always ar companies the illustrations of fishes, vide, 

 the Black Bass number of Forest and Stream, Fish Commis- 

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J. W. R., Troy, N. Y.-l Is Indian River iu Jefferson county a 

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 the small-mouthed and large-mouthed bas'; there will probably 

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