Aug. 13, 18&1.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



TIME TO KEEP COOL. 



17 VEN the present tirrid weather is no jastiflcation for the 

 hot and intemperate language which is used by some in dis- 

 cuRslne: the foul between Volunteer and Gracie. One Boston 

 paper goes so far as to characterize the possible diS(iualificat.iou of 

 Volunteer by the regatta committef^ as "bare-faced robbery," 

 while the usual ' prominent yachtsman, etc.," has threatened 

 that in such an event Gen. Paine will withdraw forever trom the 

 races of the New York Y. C. Although lliese idle vtiporings carry 

 little weight of themselves, they are indications of The, very 

 BtrouK feeling which has arisen over the matter, and ttiey show 

 the necessity for calm and deliberate action on the part of all 

 concerned. In spite of the unwarranted insult of the Boston 

 Post tbe regatta committee of the Kew York Y. C. is heyonrt all 

 suspicion of unfairness or partiality, and whatever its decision 

 may bs, there is no doubt that it will be a perfectly Liouest one. 

 In such a case as this the principals are hut poor judges of the 

 true merits of tbe case. Each is strongly interested, and natu- 

 rally sees hut his own side, while in the hurry and excitement of 

 such a moment the coolest man is likely to bti mistaken . There 

 is plenty of evidence from impartial spectators, wliile Mr. Steh- 

 hin', the photographer, has sent to the committee a series of four 

 views of tbe wbnle affair. Tbeae should he the basis for a fair 

 and imparda! decision, in wbich both parties should agree, how- 

 ever much one may be disappointed. 



IROQUOIS, though well known for some years, has just excited 

 much favornDle comment on the New York Y. C. cruise. The 

 steel schooner Ircqiois was designed by Mr. A. Cary Smith, and is 

 now owned hy Vice-Cora. Ellis, of the Seavvanhaka C. Y. C. Her 

 reputation as an ideal deep water cruiser was made long ago by 

 her experiences in the great blizzird, which she mde out off the 

 coast, and hy her work m southern waters under her original as 

 well as her present owner. That she was hy no means a slow boat 

 has been known to many, but this season, with a new suit of can. 

 vas and in tlie best popsible condition, she has taken a place at 

 the head of her < lass, all the more credit being due to her owner 

 from the fact tliat he liandles the wheel himself. A boat which 

 is admitted to be one of the easiest sea boats in the fleet, in which 

 the owner spends the winter in comfort among the West India 

 Islands and on the Florida coast, and in which, as has this year 

 been proved, he can not only make a most creditable showing in 

 a good class, but comes within 20 seconds of taking the Goelet cup 

 from Volunteer, must bs considered as very near perfection in 

 these days of special racing machines. 



THE EVOLUTION OF THE BATTEN.-The use of several 

 flexible battens extending entirely across the sail is an old thing 

 in canoeing, but uo to this time the batten as used by yachtsmen 

 has been mer' ly of an elementary form, a short stick run into the 

 leach of a sail to correct some local fault. For several years Mr. 

 HerreshoU has used the full batten on his ca,t yawls, and within 

 the past month he has applied it to Gloriana's mainsail in much 

 the same way. The sail now has three battens extending from 

 the leach nearly half way to the luff, these being very thin and 

 flexible on the forward end but stitfer near the leach. The per- 

 fect sail no douot should have a correct draft without other spars 

 than the boom and gaff, hut as this degree of perfection is seldom 

 attained, the batten has proved in many cases a useful makeshift, 

 even in its usual torm. The longer ones in Gloriana's maiusail 

 are still better in all probability, but it is doubtful whether the 

 process of lengthening will continue still further, until the entire 

 bread! h of the sail is covered, as in a canoe. To do this requires 

 a material not yet obtainable, something very strong and flexible 

 but of light weight. 



RAGING VS. CRUISING TRIM.— The idea is generally preva. 

 lent among racing men that every ounce of weight sent ashore in 

 a race is a gain to the boat; but so far from this being an invari, 

 able rule, the exceptions are numerous, several being noted on 

 the cruise. Liris, so far as can bo judged, is sailing better this 

 year on the cruise, and especial ly in the New York Y. C. regatta, 

 with no end of furniture and fittings aboard, than in many of the 

 races when Designer Gardner had all the match safes emptied 

 and made the crew leave their pocket handkerchiefs ashore. 

 Mayflower has been sailing up to her old reputation, for the first 

 time since the change of rig, on the runs of the cruise in cruising 

 trim. In the Goelet cup race she was completely stripped and 

 made the worst showing of the cruise. Whether or not a yacht 

 should be stTipped, and with what weight she will do her best 

 sailing, is not a matter of rule, but must be learned by each skip- 

 per before he can hops to win races. 



"DRAWING LINES."— A most amusing commentary on the 

 practice "drawing lines" from the performances of certain boats 

 to determine the merits of other craft, an amttsement very popu- 

 lar in Boston of late, is found in the result of the late Goelet cup 

 race, in which a boat that has not been counted at all turned up 

 second to Gloriana. Although she was beaten badly herself, she 

 in turn left the rest of the fleet astern to the same tune. All the 

 elaboi ate calculations of the comparative speeds of Oweeneand 

 Gloriana which were based on tne performances of Sayonara fell 

 to pieces before the fact that Barbara beat both Oweene and Say- 

 onara very fairly to windward, and finally came in second to Glo- 

 riana. 



"DEAD FOR A DUG AT."-The work of Gloriana in the Goelet 

 cup race gave the event very much the appearance of the funeral 

 of the class, and though there is a chance that Beatrft may prove 

 able to make a race for the Herreshoff flyer, it is evident that the 

 others, Oweene, Sayonara, Barbara, Nautilus, Mineola and 

 Alborak have no use at all for her. and can only win prizes when 

 she is not present. While the coming race.s off Newport and Mar- 

 hlehead are certain to prove both exciting and interesting, there 

 is little prospect that they will do more than settle the question 

 of second, third and the poorer places, leaving Gloriana any- 

 where from 5 to lOm. ahead of the fleet. In this event, the class 

 wiU be as dead as the 40ft., and after even a shorter existence. 



GUNS VS. WHISTLES.- The guns on the Electra are manned 

 and handled as well as any in the fleet, and far better than the 

 usual starti'ig gun on any chaoce yacht. or tugboat, but they are 

 not free from the infirmities of their kind, and have twice missed 

 fire on the cruise in giving the starting signal. The old reliable 

 steam whistle is seldom known to miss fire in competent hands, 

 and the wonder is why regatta committees still adhere to the 

 tricky and treacherous gun at the risk ot spoiling the start in 

 every instance. 



A BABY GLORIANA,— In the new edition of "Yacht and f?oat 

 Sailing," published a month since in London, and just paFsed 

 throusQ the Custom House here, there is a design for a i^^-rater 

 by ]\Ir. Dixon Kemp, wbicn in some respects shows a remalkahie 



Skenoas tp Gloriana, the outline of steuj beiog the Bartne, thciigh 

 19 bo w liflfi not tbe esoessi v« f lUlnees of the BrletoJ boRt. 



From Newport to Vineyard Haven, 37 miles. Start oft Bren- 

 m's Reef L'gUtship and finish at red buoy No. 2 oil VVest Chop. 



NEW YORK Y. C. CRUISE, 1S91. 



APART from the iS't. cIbsb, the racing up to the ^nd of July 

 has been of the most unsatisfactory sort; the scVooners and 

 larger single-stickers have done tittle or noihing, the handicap 

 and cruiser races have failed to fill the entry list.s, aad i I.e s.ile 

 intertsthas been in the aunll classns. trom 46ft, down tn 2.'i. It is 

 then a matter for rongra,' illation that the cruise racirig has shown 

 a most iiecided improvement ov^^r the club regattas, a.H well as 

 over last season. The racing among the sctiooners on the cruise 

 has been specially good, avcry fair fleet of starters showing up 

 for each ru i as well as the Goelet cup and Vineyard Haven races, 

 and while nothing specially startling In the way of speed or of ex- 

 citing fluibhes has been seen, there have been some very pret ty 

 cHiitests between Mayflower, Marguerite, Iroquois, Quickstep and 

 OSnone in pwticular, while Volunteer, Oou»tellation and For- 

 tuna of the larger classes have taken part in most of the races. 

 Grayling has not been with the fleet, and though Montauk was 

 present she raced but little. 



The racing in the single-stick fleet has been of unusual interest 

 in the 16tt. class, the onlv one wuich is at all alive and up to daie. 

 Of Che "Id classes, the 70ft. has not come up to expectai inns this 

 year. Katrina is so far ahead of the old ooais. Bedouin, Gracie 

 and Fanui' , as to leave them little chance <it heaimg her. On 

 the hard beat of the first day sUe did the best work of the fleet, 

 but she failed to start in the Goelet cup race, and there is good 

 reason to doubt whether she would have Deen able to give Glo- 

 riana some 25min. had she done so. Shamrock was with the fleet 

 but did no raciog. and fJ-racie was left benind at Newporr, in a 

 crippled condition after making a very spirited attempt to repre- 

 sent tbe class in the Goelet rnce. 



In the other classes, however, a number of the old boats started 

 and made very fair racing among themselves, though, of course, 

 not in the game with sucn crate as Oweene and Gloriana. It ts 

 good lo see the familiar names of Hildegarde, Mischief, Cinderella, 

 Clara, Huron, Tuetis and their tellows. It is to the owners ot 

 these ooatsi and the schooners that the ch-ef credit is due tor the 

 success of the cruisn. The 'lOf c. class made but a poor showing. 

 Gossoon being out of several races through her accident. Liris 

 has sailed well with the fl et, but Ventura, the only other racer, 

 has done but little, andttte racing of the ela.ss has been very tame. 



While racing is by no means the sole end and object of the 

 annual cruise, and the complaint is frequently made tnat too 

 much tuvs the men and shortens the programme, it is a plain fact 

 that without racing tue cruise is a failure for all, even the cruis- 

 ing craft. How t" obtain jvist the proper amount of racing to give 

 lire and excitement to all, without at the same time making the 

 cruise one big regatta with a daily round of hwrd work and uo 

 chance for rest or social intercourse, is a very difficult probh m; 

 but the danger lies rather with too little racing i.han loo much. 

 This year tour of the five runs were races for all who wished to 

 enter, tne conditions being as follows: 



SQtTADItON RUNS. 



From Huntington Bay to New London, 63 miles. Start off 

 Eaton's Point Buoy and finish off ligathouse. New London. 



From New Loudon to Newport, 40 miles. Start off Sarah's Ledge 

 and finish off the L/umplings. 



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Vineyard Sound Ligutsnip must be left on the port. 



From Vinejard Haven to New Bedtord, 3+ mites. Start off the 

 bluffs in from, of the Sea Vievv Huuse and fin.sh off Clark's Point 

 Light, leaving Sow and Pigs Reef tmoy on the starboard. 



From New l^edford to Newport, 87 miles. Start off Clark's Point 

 Light and flni&n off Brenton'.^ Keet Ligntship, leaving Hen and 

 Chickens Lightship on thei starboard. 



Tue Electra will escab.ish start and finish lines for each run 

 and give the corrected time of all yachts crossing with iheir 

 private signals at the peak and their racing numbers displayed 

 (Sec. 8. H. R. X.) and m cruising trim, anchors on the bow and 

 cables bent, cruising complement of boats carried, cruising deck, 

 cahm and galley fittings and fixtures in place; topsails extending 

 above the truck or beyond tne end of the gaff, barred. 



A squadron run prize will oe given In eacn class where two or 

 more start, with a second prize if four or more start. 



Any yacht alone in her ciass can sail in the class above. 



Water can be taken into the tanks until 8 A. M. tae morning of 

 the tun with this excepuon, racing rules to govern. 



These conditions subject to alteration in any class on the re- 

 quest of a majority of its contestants on any run. 



Vessels that do not wish to be timed will not cross the line, nor 

 cairy their private signals at tne peak. They will be at liberty 

 to get under way and proceed to the squadron's destination witn 

 the gun announcing tbe harbor start. 



STABTINt> SIGNALS. 



The Electra wiU fly the Unitea States ensign at the fore until 

 the preparatory signal is made. Preparatory signal.— One gun 

 will be fired, and at the same time the U. S. ensign will be lowered 

 and the blue peter set in its place. 1st start.— Ten minutes later 

 a second gun will be fired, the blue peter lowered and tbe club 

 signal set m its place; wiien the time of yachts in Clfiases V of 

 schooners, and V., VI. and VII., of sloops, cutters and yawls \vill 

 be taken as they cross the line. Five minutes later the club signae 

 will oe lo 'jered and tne handicap gun for the classes atiove men- 

 tioned will be fired. 3a start.— Ten minutes later a fourth gun 

 will be fired and the ciuo signal again noisted; when the time of 

 vacnts in Classes I., II., III. and iV., of scnooners, and I., II m 

 and IV., of sloops, cuttei s and yawls, will be taken as they cross' 

 Ten minutes later the handicap gun tor yachts in Classes I II " 

 HI., and IV. (all types included) will ho fired. ' " 



With a racing fleet of some40yacnts as a nucleus, the entire 

 fleet has aggregated about as many more sailing jacbts and some 

 50 steam yachts, a number of cjurse oeing witn the fleet tor but 

 a few days at a time, as at New London, Glen Cove or Newport 

 When under way, however, as in leaving c^ew London or New- 

 port, the regular fleet of some 60 to 80 yachts made a spectacle 

 that the New YorK Y. C. may well be proud of. The flagship 

 Electra was as usual at the service of the regatta commitiee and 

 also carried the reptesentaiives of tne New York and Boston 

 papers. Com. Gerry finding bis chief pleasure in making every 

 one at home. It is needless to say that under the direction of 

 the fl^et captain, Mr. Stephen PeaOody, ana the regatta commit- 

 iee, Messrs. 8. Nicholson liane, Irving Grinneli and Chester 

 Griswold, all arrangements for the handling of the fleet m tbe 

 runs and races were well carried out. Tne new feattire of a 

 special sieamer for members at tne start of the cruise and again 

 for tbe Goelet cup race, was very generally appreciated by the 

 large non-owning contingent of tbe club. 



FIRST Rtnsr, HUNTINGTOK BAT TO NEW LONDON, AUG. 4. 



The first racing run of the cruise, a brief account of which 

 was given last week, was something out of the regular line 

 of cruising passages. The wind and sea were nothing particu- 

 larly bid, but tne distance, 63 miles, was just twice the length of 

 tne usual run, and with a strong head w md all tne way, the race 

 was teaious and trying and not a little wet. Tne sailing fleet in- 

 cluded some 50 yachts, from the big schooners Constellation 

 Dauntless and Palmer oown to tbe forties Gossoon, Lirjg Choc- 

 taw and Ventura. Of these nearly 30 crossed tne starting hne 

 with numbers and private signals set, only 30 finally crossing the 

 finish line at New London. The racing was clobe and the contest 

 exciting in several classes, but after the first half dozen miles it 

 was impossible to follow the contestants at all closely, as they 

 were widely scattereQ. Breakdowns and minor casualties were 

 numerous, but the details were not generally known until the 

 entire fleet was assembled in harbor a couple of days later. 



At the start the weather was cloudy witn a light rain, the wind 

 being from the eastward, a worklogtopsail breeze and the water 

 a little rough. As the day advanced tne rain ceased, save a few 

 showers, the sky cleared and the wind held steady until after- 

 noon, oroppiog toward evening, and fading enurely by sunset In 

 the middle of the bound tnere was some tolerably rough water 

 the crews of the smaller boats being well soaked. On the lait 

 third ot the run the sea was much smoother. When the leaders 

 reached tbe finish the weather was clear and fine, the evening 

 being perfect. The start was made between the Electra and a 

 buoy off Eaton's Neck, the tide being about half flood. The 

 finish was made off the lighthouse at the mouth of New London 

 Harbor. 



I u .several classes the boats were so matched as to make good 

 racing, Mineohi, Sayonara. Oweene and Nautilus in the 46ff.; 

 Llris and tioESoon in the 40ft.; the modern Katrina aerainst the 

 old-time cracks Graeie, B-doum and Huron in the70fi.; while 

 Iroquois, Marguerite and OSaone made a good class ot the smaller 

 schooners. Constellation, Palmer, Norsocuan and Intrepid made 

 uo the largest cla'-s. Cinderella and Clara were ready for a long 

 (3uel, this being their first meeting this season, and ihoagh > aen 

 was in poor form as to sails or crew, a close fight was expected 

 Cinderella was steered hy Clara's old skipper. Capt. .John Barr 

 while Clara was sailed by an amateur. Mr. Walter Thompson, 

 h-r crew including a lady, the wife of Mr. Osborne, her owner 

 Unfortunately Clara broke a chainplate just before the start,' 

 and did not cross the Hoe but fell in with the non- racers to lee- 



and beating her into New London by a good lead, though neither 

 was officially timed. 



When the time for the smaller boats was nearly up, Capt. Chas. 

 Barr rook Oweene along the line, with t^ayonara ar.ci Mineola fol- 

 lowing him. Even the Kl-»citra'_^ tiuns, which are usnnlly prompt 

 and reliable pieces cf ordnance, at times prove .'•tiiiject to the 

 same weaknesres as of her.-? of their kind; and 'his liuip, the gun 

 missed fire, leaving the boats liangirm al the line for a short 

 interval until the v^hiaile W£i.s Idown i rr place of the gun. The 

 three were obliged to rcsch along lo the leeward end of the line. 

 While Nautilus and GoEsnon, who had been lying to windward of 

 the flagship, dashed promptly across on tbe whistle with a. good 

 start to windward. Although the starting explanations were very 

 explicit, beit.g the same for all tbe races of the cruise, thev were 

 n«L understood by three of (he larger schooners, Columbia, Daunt- 

 less and Mon tank, all crossing with the smaU boats, well ahead 

 of their proper classes, and thus not being timed. The official 

 times were: 



Nautilus 6 20 56 Katrina 6 37 00 



S,i,yonara 6 21 18 Hildegard 6 37 07 



Gossoon 6 21 31 Sslph 6 37 15 



t^uickstep 6 2131 Huron 6 37.50 



Cinderella ....6 21 45 Bedouin f; 38 13 



Oweene .-6 22 07 Const e]lat:ion 6 38 30 



Liris 6 22 o7 Mayflower C 88 43 



Mineola 6 23 48 Gracie 6 39 29 



Clio 6 24 02 Gevalia 6 39 40 



Mischief 6 24 44 Whll^away fi 40 25 



Kleanor 6 25 00 Forget Me Not 6 41 35 



Iroquois 6 36 16 Pbunfom 6 42 51 



Marguerite 6 86 23 Palmer 6 44 03 



Norseman, Fleur de Lys, Intrepid and Eleanor were handi- 

 CHpped. 



Not a few. both of the racers and in the cruising division, were 

 more than satisfied with the first 20 mUes of beating, and a num- 

 ber put into New Hsiven and other ports. Among these were 

 Mischief, Fleur de Lys, Clio, Sylph, with a broken board, G-^valia, 

 lUeanor, Whitny, CEnone, Fanny, Poi abon'as, Phantom, While- 

 awav and Forget Me Not, the old sloop Bertie with a nevv nsme. 

 Of those wbicn kept on, a num'ier came to grief in one way or 

 another; Constellation tore her jib and lost some time in setting 

 a smaller one, Nautitus carried away the jaws of her gaff, 

 Oweene crushed the sheaves out of her throat halliard block and 

 also lost the tack of her tnpsail, Mayflower tore her jib, Sayonara 

 lost her topsail sheet, taKing in the sail and housing her topmast 

 for a, time, and Gossoon parted her main shrouds at the mastheati 

 when but a few miles pa t Port Jefferson, immediately giving up 

 and running for City Island under lower canvas. The honors of 

 the run went to Katrina, Iroquois and Oweene, the former lead- 

 ing the fleet nearly all day and flnishing 20m. nhead of second 

 boat, the big schooner Constellation. Iroquois, the 80ft. schooner, 

 like Katrina, designed by Mr. A. Gary Smith, saved her time easily 

 on the scDooner classes, beiner fourth boat in. Sue tieat her class 

 rival Marguerite by 30 u. and was about even with Mav flower on 

 elapsed time. Bedntim did good work wiih'her mates, beating 

 Gracie and Huron badly, though herself out=ialled by the newer 

 Katrina. Oweene held a good placp all day, sailing well lo the 

 f'ont with the big boats for a long time and finally leading her 

 class by a quarter of an hour. L*ris did well, having about 

 caught Gossoon when the latter was compelled to withdraw. Tbe 

 ' fflcial times of those which finisued are as follows, the corrected 

 times not being computed owing to incomplete measurements, 

 and to the fact that they were not needed, the winners being cor- 

 rectly placed by the elapsed times: 



FIRST CLASS SCHOONERS. 



^ „ . Start. Finish. Elapsed, 



Constellation 6 38 30 5 34 37 10 .55 57 



l^almer a 41 03 5 53 05 n 09 02 



Norseman 6 45 00 7 38 30 li! 53 20 



Intrepid 6 45 00 7 47 56 13 02 .56 



.SECOND CLASS SCHDONERS. 



Foi-tuna 6 40 25 6 43 31 11 33 56 



THIRD CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Mayflower 6 38 13 5 49 24 11 10 41 



FOURTH CLASS SCHOONERS, 



Iroquois 6 36 16 5 47 54 11 11 38 



Marguerite 6 36 ~^3 6 20 39 11 44 16 



FIFTH CLASS SCHOONEE5S. 



Quickstep 6 21 81 7 12 43 12 .51 18 



THIRD CLASS— SLOOPS. 



Katrina 6 37 OO 5 15 21 10 38 21 



Bedouin 6 38 13 5 43 37 11 01 25 



Gracie 6 39 29 6 63 39 12 14 10 



Huron 6 37 .50 7 06 06 13 28 16 



FOUBTH CLASS-SLOOPS. 



Hildegard 6 .37 07 7 03 08 12 25 01 



SIXTH CLASS - SLOOPS. 



Oweene.. 6 22 07 6 24 26 13 03 19 



Sayonara 6 21 18 6 38 57 12 17 39 



Mineola 6 2-<, 48 6 40 05 12 16 17 



Nautilus 6 20 56 8 h7 40 14 36 44 



SEVENTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Liris - 6 23 57 8 04-55 13 41 58 



The Electra anchored off the lighthouse at 5 P. M.. Iving ihere 

 to time tne yachts until after 9 o'clock. After dark her search 

 lierht flashed out in all directions as a guide to the belated cratt. 

 The haf bor of New London presented a very different appearance ' 

 on her arrival from tnat ot last year or 1889, there being compara- 

 tively few yachts awaiting her. Jessica was lying at her usual 

 anchorage, near by her Puritan loomed up as familiar as an old 

 friend, and the Eastern boats— Merlin, Alga, Wayward, Baboon, 

 Millcete— were with her. Of the New York boats awaiting' the 

 fleet were Concord. Uvira, Lydia and a number of steamers. Just 

 before dark the fleet of the Philadelphia Y. C, also cruising, 

 sailed into the harbor after the flig hip Noma As the yachts 

 anchored the men drifted ashore in small groups until the piazzas 

 of the l^equot House were crowded with yachtsmen discussing the 

 events of the day. 



During the evening the fleet was startled by two fires. Just as 

 Clara was about to anchor, Mrs. Osborne, who was below, gave 

 the alarm of fire, and the after cabin was found in flames. As the 

 yawl was turned over on top of the skylight, and the boom was 

 nearly on top of it, there w«s some difficulty in reaching the 

 flames; but the skylight was brosen after the boat had been 

 cleared away and the* cabin well drenched with water. The dam- 

 age was confined to the paint and hangings, the hull being unin- 

 jured. A li'ile later the Golden Rod, a naphtha launch of some 

 40fr., with a cabin, owned by Mr. Botu-ne, caught fire when near 

 the Fort Griswold House, as sue was returning from a trip outside 

 the harbor. According to the best accounts, one of the crew 

 attempted to light the cabin lamp, when tbe flames bur=t out and 

 spread ver> rapidly. The owner and his wife were on board, but 

 tne yacht was promptly beached, so that no one was lost, a boat's 

 crew from the U. H. ship Constellation lending valuable aid. The 

 boat burned down to the water, being entirely ruined. Beyond. 

 the.=e two accidents the evening passed very quietly ashore and 

 on the yachts, all hands turning in early after a hard day. 



• NEW LONDON, AUG. 5. 



After Tuesday's run a day in port was a matter of necessity, as 

 few would have been willing to continue to Newport, and many 

 bad small repairs to make; while it was also necessary to wait in 

 order to re-unite the scattered fleet. Early on Tuesday morning 

 the auxiliary yacht Golden Fleece came in, making a fine ap- 

 pearance under her square rig, all canvas set, having made the 

 entire heat under sail. One by one yachts straggled in from the 

 westward and eastward until the harbor was well filled. A bright 

 sunny day with a light air put all hands in a gond numor, as no 

 sailing was on the programme. A match has lately been made 

 between the owners of Miutola and Jessica for S250 a side, and it 

 as expected that it would be sailed on this day under tbe man- 

 agement of the committee, but Mr. B-lmont declined to start on 

 the ground that his crew needed the rest before starting again on 

 the crui-e. and the race was postponed to a date not named, 

 when a race, 10 miles to wmd.vard and leeward, will be 

 sailed. It was announced during the day ti-'at tbe unsuccessful 

 race of the Cherry Diamond Y. C, on July 25. had been declared 

 off, and that the rac^ will be re-.^^aded on Aug. IS, off Newport the 

 other two races of the series possibly being sailed immediately 

 after. 



At 11 A. M. a meeting of captains wa^ held on board the 

 Electra, at which it was decided to continue the cruise next day 

 to NewDort, sailing for the tioelet cups on Fridtv. and making 

 the third run, to Vineyard Haven, on Sa^urdav. Com. Gerry has 

 announced that it is the policy of the club in the futniv i.o accept 

 no cups from psrties outside the club, but that where certain 

 races are desirable, the club will furnish the prizes; In the after- 

 noon the rowing races for the Owl and tramecock colors, and also 

 the race of naphtha launches, was held; creating but little interest 

 outside of the contestants, as is usually tbe case. The first race 

 was for the Gamecock colors, open to four-oared gigs pulling 

 sweeps, course about two miles, with five crews fr >m the schooners 

 Daun less, Iroquois, Fortuna, Fleur de Lys and Columbia, the 

 finish being in this order. The race for naphtha launches, under 

 the handicap .arranged by Fleet Captain Peabody. came next with 



ward. Shemudeagoodrace, however, yvertaking Cinderella In eix starters: Columbia, Sapphire, Iroquois, Electra, Holcynij. 

 the iTpret ot m wa, wljen more ttmn h»u the oouif? was opvep^d, fleur as h¥9, tbe piees bejn? «30 ior Oolumbia ^,M jlo for Saf 



