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of the most modern designs, the racing could not fail of being excit- 

 ing and interesting, and from the first this class claimed the entire 

 attention of yachtsmen and tbe public. 



Tbe fir;-t race, in spite of tbe long preparation and the early build- 

 ing, found but four boats at the line. Glonana. Mmeola, Nautilii" and 

 Jessica. Tbe occasion was the annnal regatta of tne Atlar.tie Y. C , 

 the course on New York Bay, from the Narrows around the two light- 

 ships, the day, June 16. clear and hot. «ith smooth water and light 

 wind. Gloru-.na led the enthv fleet, including Shamrock, Clara. Mar- 

 guerite ana Anaconda, ail much larger, and covered the course far 

 in the lead of her class, the elapsed times being: 



Glonana 4 21 10 Nautilus 4 39 51 



Mineola 4 29 27 Jessica ...4 35 43 



Gloriana covered the course by a rtach out and in, there being no 

 windward work or running. 



Two days la<er, iG the New York Y C. rega f ta, tbe weather was 

 very different, a cold rainy day with a strong N.E. wind and a lumpy 

 sea as far up as the Narrows, with quite a jump over the bar. The 

 course baing again out around Sandy Hook Lightship. Tne same 

 quartette star'ed, Glonana cairying her small eluhtopsail, the others 

 setting jibheaders. Gloriana's work in the rougher water was even 

 better than in smooth, and she had beaten her class long before the 

 rougher water was reached. Here she left them still more rapidly, 

 carrying her clubtopsail and riding the seas easily and lightly. 

 Mineola sprung her mast outside the Hook aad was towed home, the 

 final times being: 



Glo-iana 3 13 03 Nautilus 3 32 21 



Two days' later the 'same trio started in the annual regatta of the 

 Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C . over the same course, but with clear 

 weather, smooth water and a light breeze. The times were: 



Gloriana 5 25 30 Jessica 5 43 29 



Nautilus 5 31 40 



On June 22 the regatta of the Corinthian Y. C, of New York, was 

 sailed over the same course and in light weather. Again only three 

 of the class started, but Sayonara was in the place of Nautilus. The 

 times were: 



Glonana 3 30 49 Jessica 3 44 46 



Sayonara 3 42 50 



Next day was sailed the special race of the Atlantic Y. C, for the 



MIDSHIP SECTION. 



cup offered by Vice-Oom. Banks; the weather being warm and clear, 

 with smooth wafer and light and fluky winds. This time a fleet of 

 five started, the times being: 



Gloriana 5 04 17 Nautilus 5 19 35 



Sayonara 5 10 35 Jessica 5 22 43 



Mineola 5 16 06 



Immediately after this race GloriaDa returned to Newport and was 

 sten in no more races until the Goelet Cup race of Aug 7, She was 

 sailed a great deal and kept in perfrct conditon, her main=ail being- 

 improved by the addition of the longer battens already met. tioned. 

 She did not join the fleet of tbe New York Y,. C- on tbe cruise which 

 begun at Glen Cove on Aug 3. but was at hand off Brenton's Reef 

 Lightship on the morning of Ang. 7, in company with tbe 70ft. Qracie 

 and Barbara, Sayonara and Owepne of her own class. On tbe wiud- 

 wark leg of the Block Island course, in a moderate breeze and smooth 

 water, she left the fleet, iucluding Gracie, as easily as she had done 

 in the spring races, finally winning easily Gracie was disabled in 

 the unfortunate foul with Volunteer, and Barbara and Oweene both 

 broke down, the latter withdraw ing. The elapsed times were: 



Gloriana 5 44 02 Sayonara 6 07 55 



Barbara 5 58 16 



Glonana took no part in the ocher races of the cruise, but when the 

 fleet returned to Newport a week later, she started in the special 

 race given by the New York Y. C. for the 46ft. class The day was 

 fair, with smooth water and a fluky and va-iable bre' ze. On the run 

 out Sayonara and Mineola were both ahead of Gloriana in time, and 

 the race home was very close and <<x<-iting. Sayorara and Mineola 

 having a private bet of $500 on the match, fought each other hard, 

 but evec with this Glonana had all she could do to win from Sayon- 

 ara, there being finally but 28s. corrected time between them. The 

 elapsed times were: 



Glonana 3 43 93 - T essica . 3 51 06 



Sayonara 3 43 51 Uvira 3 53 44 



Mineola 3 46 45 



Tne measurements of Gloriana. Sayonara and Mineola are practi- 

 cally the same. 54ft. sailing length, while Jessica measures 50ft. and 

 Uvira 47ft., their allowances from the larger three being 3m. 49s. and 

 7m. 5s. respectively. 



The final race which Gloriana sailed was the most interesting of 

 the season, from the number of the competitors, the care with which 

 all had been prepared and the equal conditions which prevailed over 

 each of the 8% mile legs of the triangular course. The race was the 

 annual swpepstakes of the Corinthian Y. C, sailed over the usual 

 course off Newport on Aug. 17, the day being clear and bright, with 

 smooth water and a light to moderate southwest wind, making a 

 beat, a run and a reach. The elapsed time over each of these legs 

 were as follows: 



Beat. Run. Keach. Corrected. 



Gloriana 2 C3 33 1 04 05 1 00 37 4 08 15 4 0^ 18 



Oweene 2 03 52 1 (3 46 1 01 28 4 (9 06 4 06 39 



Beatrix 2 07 49 1 03 52 1 01 19 4 13 00 4 10 31 



Barbara 2 10 17 1 04 39 1 01 42 4 09 06 4 06 39 



ayonara 2 12 02 1 04 36 1 01 14 4 21 49 4 18 54 



Mineola 2 16 37 1 03 58 1 01 58 4 16 24 4 13 02 



Jessica 2 15 54 1 06 47 1 02 23 4 25 50 4 18 22 



Both Sayonara and Oweene made a very close fioish with Glori- 

 ana, while the cent erboard Beatrix, so confidently looked upon bv 

 some_Eastern yachtsmen as superior t<> tbe Herreshnff boat, made a 

 very indifferent showing. This race finished Gloriana's career for 

 the' season, but she was in commission until qui'e late in the fall fail- 

 ing about Newport, finally laying up afloat ai Mr. Morgan's Newport 

 home. 



Tnougb Gloriana is the first sailing yacht of any note built by the 

 Serreshcffs in many years, they have long b en recognized as 

 ->uilder« of fast craft of all kinds. In the ten years between 1865 and 

 '75 they turned out many fast yachts, mainly sloops and catboats; 

 the old Sadie, the famous Shadow, the sctiooner Triton, and many 

 smalkdraft. About 1875 they startled New York yachtsmen with the 

 peculiar form of catamaran devised and patented by them, a refine- 

 ment of the savage craft of the same name. The speed of these odd 

 "raft sion brouaht them into prominence on both side* of the Atlan- 

 tic, and they enjoyed a wide popularity for a tim», though now seldom 

 •°een.- The construction was most ingenious and the speed exceeded 

 that of all known sailing craft. 



With the invention of the coil boiler bearing their name, in 1875, 

 they turned to steam yachts, producing the Leila, Gleam, Stiletto, 

 Now Then, the torpedo boat Gushing and many very fast launches, 

 with a large fleet of cruising steam yachts. A system of composite 

 construction was worked out and their shops and plant were gradually 

 improved until at the present time they have ample facilities for wood, 

 corr>r>o=ite and steel construction as well as tor engine, boiler and 

 machine work. 



-/I'm- works are located at Bristol, once a flourishing seaport and 

 whalirg headquarters, but now a quiet town on Narragansett Bay, 

 between Providence and Fall River and some 12 miles from Newport. 

 On the water side are the building shops, two large building-* side by 

 side, the south one being sbown in our illustration Down tbe center 

 of each shop is an inclined slipway, on which the yachts are launched 



