BEPf. 17, 18&1.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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beam, recently converted to a yaw). The other, the Cape May 

 cup, is held by Viking, a Wft, yawl oE 17ft;. beam, better known as 

 "Wendur, her name having been changed this season by a new 

 owner. Constellation is a sieel centerboard schoonor, ICSft. Oiti. 

 Lw.l., 24ft. lOia. beam, and 13tt. draft, built in 1889 by Piepgrass 

 from Mr. Burgess's designs. In the hands of Mr. Tbaycr and 

 Captain Watson sbe would carry the flag with credit in any 

 waters. 



PAPOOSE AND MERLE. 



WHEN the Merle >iade good-bye to her Indian sister at Law - 

 ley's yard, in Boston, and sailed away for ljal?e Ontario, in 

 1887, it seemed highly improbable that the ordinary course of 

 events would bring the two boats together again, much less that 

 they should meet in a struggle for supremacy on fresh water. 

 But stranger things thau this have come to pass, and wtien the 

 two boats became the property of Lake Erie yHchtsmen. Merle 

 going to Buffalo and Papoose to Erie, it was a matter of great 

 speculation with local yacbtsmen as to which was the faster 

 boat, and steps were taken to bring the two together as soon as 

 possible. . , . 



The question of superiority of typo entered quite as much into 

 the arguments as that of speed, and as each boat represented the 

 culmination of scientific designing and intelhgent building, com- 

 ing from the same designer and the same builder, the result of 

 their meeting was relied upon to settle the time-worn question of 

 keel vs. compromise, as tar as Lake Erie was concerned. 



Both boats had their friends, and the compromise men were 

 profuse in their reasons why Merle was the better. In the first 

 place she could carry her canvas better and longer, and if it 

 would only blow a howling gale, why Papoose "wasn't in it," 

 then Merle drew 13ft. with her board down and Papoose only 

 drew 8tt., so Papoose couldu't possibly hold up and point to wind- 

 ward like Merle. Of course. Papoose would probably do Merle up 

 going down wind, but when it came to the windward work that 

 was where the centerboard would get its work in. 



The cutter men did not say a great deal, but their faith was un- 

 shaken in their favorite type, and although both boats had an en- 

 viable record. Merle had never wrested victory from such heavy 

 odds as Papoose bad to contend with when racing in the iOtt. 

 class down Bust. 



The Port Dover, On t., regatta, given by the residents of that 

 town, was the occasion of their first meeting. The course was 

 triangular, miles on a side, twice arourjd; but .as the buoys were 

 set "by guess and by jingo" by an old fisherman, the course was 

 not more than 14 miles all told. 



The first leg was a reach, the second a beat, and the third a run 

 with the wind well over the starboard quarter, necessitating the 

 gruying of spinakers well forward. The wind was light, about 8 

 to 10 miles, and the sea nothing to speak of. Papoose allowed 

 Merle 5m. Xi. on the 18 mile course, the race being sailed uudpr 

 the measurement rule of the Buffalo Y. 0., which makes the sail- 

 ing length equal to the square root of the sail area. Under this 

 rule Papoose measures 49ft, flin., and Merle 42ft. Bin., this is an 

 advantage to tiie i^maller boat, as she receives a greater time 

 allowance under this measurement than under any other, which 

 ought to go far toward equ lizing the difference in length, Merle 

 being 31ft. and Papoose 36ft. on waterline. 



Papoose gained 3m, 30=. on the first round, and finished 9m. 6s. 

 ahead on the second, beating Merle by 3ni. lOs. corrected time. 

 Merle had the misfortune to carry away the eyeboit in the gaff, 

 into which the throat halliard block hooks, when near the finish, 

 but did not lose enough time by it to affect the result of the race. 



Some little excitement was occasioned by a belated Class A 

 boat. Cypress, alias Wheelbarrow, alias Gloriana, trying to 

 carry oil on her bowsprit the judges' boat anchored at the finish. 

 Her crew, having lost sight of tiie other boats, went out on the 

 - front piazza, and rolling themselves up in the spiuaker went to 

 sleep, leaving the man at the wheel in full charge. The calamity 

 was averted, however, without doing any further damage than to 

 arouse serious misgivings in the minds of the worthy judges in 

 regard to the safety of themselves and a pail of ice and other 

 things on board at the time. 



The owner of Merle ascribed the defeat of his boat to the break- 

 down and also to the fact that his crew was sbort-handed. All 

 the yachts made the same complaint, which is rather surprising, 

 as the nieht before the regatta moat of the yachtsmen seemed to 

 bave more hands and feet than they knew what to do with. 



Not satisfied with the result of the race. Com. Hower challenged 

 Mr. Galbi-aith for another trial, and an agreement was made to 

 sail a special race at Buffalo on Sept. 5, for a nominal stake. 

 Both yachts went into drydock on the 2d, and had their bottoms 

 scraped, sandpapered, and potleaded, fill they were smooth as 

 glass. The course agreed on was a triangle, 7 miles on a side, 

 which is as large an equilateral triangle as can be laid out in deep 

 water in the Bay of Buffalo. At the last moment the compass on 

 the tug employed to lay out the course refused to triangulate, 

 and insisted on boxing itself from A to Z a dozen times in as 

 many consecutive minutes. The course was accordingly changed 

 tolOjr^ miles to leeward and return, the wind being E. by B., off 

 sbore, and blowing fresh about 8 miles an hour. 



The steam yacht Sprudel with the judges, members of the press 

 and guests ot the club on board; the steam yacht Sloan, Dr. 

 Pierce's steam yacht Nydia, and the steamer Pilgrim, wuth spec- 

 tators, steamed out after the yachts to the starting po'nt, which 

 was off the south end of the Government breakwater. 



The preparatory whistle was blown at 11:10, and 11:15 the start- 

 ing signal was given. Papoose crossed first, going over the line at 

 11:17:33, the Merle following at 11:18:12. Both boats carried clab- 

 topsails, and set baboon jibs to starboard, breaking out their 

 spinakers to pnrt as they crossed the line, the tacks being set well 

 forward to spill the wind into the ballooners. For the lirst five 

 miles Merle persistently blanketed Papoose, so that the latter's 

 gain was imperceptible, but the wind had been increasing in 

 strength, the seas were getting higher as the boats got away from 

 the lee of the Ian-', and the keel boat gained steadily on tier rival 

 till the outer mark was reached. The times at the turning point 

 was as follows: 



Start. Turn, 



Papoose 11 17 33 12 85 38 



Merle 11 18 13 12 38 l}6 



Papoose gaining Im. 49s. on the run out, Merle stock went up 

 ten points on this showing, as it had been figured out that Papoose 

 would have to save her time and a little more on the run out, as 

 the Merle would surely beat her to windward. 



Both boats rounded the mark in fine style, spinakers and bal- 

 looners coming in. and both standing off on port tack for the beat 

 In. When near the outer buoy Papoose had set a working topsail 

 inside her club, and carried both on the first tack. When rhey 

 came about on the starboard tack she took in the club. Merle 

 carried her clubtopsail. and iioiuted a good deal higher than Pa- 

 poose, but the latjter boat was outfooting her hand over hand. 

 Meanwhile the wind had increased to 18 miles an hour, the seas 

 were running high, washing the decks of rhe contestants up to the 

 skylights, and sending showers of spray over the judges' boat, 

 just Merle's weather to a T, everybody said. 



Merles big clubtopsail was doing her more harm than good, 

 shaking badly in the leach, and burying her in the heavy seas, 

 and after a couple of tacks she took it in. Papoose carried her 

 working topsail easily enough, but it wasn't sheeted home hard 

 enough and set badly shaking on the foot and bagging in the 

 tack, till sbe followed suit and took i* in. 



The yachts now parted company. Merle standing over to the 

 north, and Papoose to the south shore till they were almost out of 

 sight of each other. Papoose gained steadily, climbing to wind- 

 ward like a race horse and sending the hopes and calculations of 

 the centerboard men to the "demnition bow-wows." 



At the finish Papoose crossed the line, leaving the buoy to star- 

 board, but as the judge's instructions for the triangular course 

 had been to leave all buoys to port, and were not changed when 

 the course was changed, she went back and rounded the buoy to 

 port, losing 3m, 35s, by the operation. The full times were as fol- 

 lows; 



Start. I'urn. Finish, Elapsed. Corrected. 



Papoose..!! 17 33 12 35 38 2 51 35 S U 02, 3 34 03 

 Merle. ...11 18 12 13 38 06 3 07 25 3 49 13 3 43 17 



Papoose gained 16m. 578 on the windward work, countmg the 

 time lost in rounding the buoy twice at the finish; and to say that 

 this was a surprise party to the centerboard enthusiasts would be 

 drawing it very mild. The judges were Com. Gardner, of the 

 Cleveland Y. C, and J. S. Thompson and H. L. Campbell, of the 

 Buffalo Y.O. Pappoose was sailed by Geo. Wild, formerly skip- 

 per of the Alice Enright, and Merle was sailed by Tom Crowley, 

 who has been on the Merle since her advent in fresh water. 



Merle's crew was composed of her owner, rive professional yacht 

 sailors, three of them being from the crew ot the victorious Yama, 

 and three Buffalo Y. C. Corintnian yachtsmen. 



Pappoosb's crew was composed of her owner, two professional 

 yacht sailors, three Corinthian yacht sailors, two from the B. Y. 

 C„ and one from Erie, and Ihe steward. 



OAK POINT Y. C— A club with this name has just been organ- 

 ized at Oak Point, opposite the North Brother Islands, at tbe 

 Jjeft4 of the Sound, 



THE FUTURE OF YACHT RACING. 



""PHE racing of large yachts has never, at any time, been a 

 X general fashion, and certainly the men whn indulged in the 

 practice never numbered a tenth part of the number of those who 

 now delight in and practice smnll yacht sailing; and, so far us we 

 can judge, if the latter practice were put down to-morrow, there 

 would not be a .single aoditdnii nuule to tlu; list uf (iwiierw ot lai-ge 

 racing yachts. The latter, for ii vuriety of st asoriw, will ktow 

 fewer in numbers year by year, and, if the Y.fi.A. divestH itselt of 

 the small yacht owners, its occupation in a very short spMce of 

 time will have gone. As the racing of large > achts is u doou)ed 

 practice, and will sooner or later cease to esist— no matter whether 

 a Y.R. A. or any other institution is cnaaged in fostering it— we 

 think it is a great matt er for congratulation to find that the art 

 of designing, building, and sailing small yachts is extending in 

 every direction; and we feel very strongly that the Y.R. A, should 

 not without rhyme or reason abandon the control of this highly 

 fascinating development of the art. If by doing so men could be 

 compelled to build large yachts, such a grand idea could be sup- 

 ported; but by suppressing the owner of the small yacht the taste 

 tor sailing at all would bo extinguished, and tlie fate of the largo 

 yacht would reacli its crisis at a very early date, na in almost all 

 cases it is the small bnut failer with racing insiiiicts who blonsoms 

 into the thoroiiu'b vaclitsoian. it shrnild he cJoa.ily iiii'lfiintood 

 that the Y.K.A. exists for yaniit sailing, and not yacht sailing for 

 the Y.R.A- and tae lafl(u- cannot therefore create a fashion or 

 extinguish it. It can, however, perfsu'm its proper function— t;hat 

 is, control the fashion; and we think tliere are many matters con- 

 nected with yacht racing which just now require revision, al- 

 though we do not see that anv very revolutionary act of annihila- 

 tion is necessary."— 27ie MtM. 



BRITISH COMPETITION IN YACHT BUILDING. 



THE Marine Journal, which is activelv supporting every effort 

 of Commissioner 13ate8 to exclude British-built yachts from 

 American waters, indulges in the following buncombe over a re- 

 mark of Mr. Bilmont, owner of Mineola, to the effect that "Jes- 

 .sica cost $5,0GO, and as a result of her coming here 8128,000 has 

 been expended for American boats of her class. In this way 

 Fife, the great Scotch builder, has been of vast service to this 

 conntrv." 



The Jmmnal savs: "To this misstatement of a millionaire there 

 is this answer: But for the light money tax and the provision 

 that uone but American-built yachts are entitled to registry or 

 to fly the national ensign, Fife woitld have built every one of the 

 yachts, whose cost amounted to $128,000, and many others be- 

 sides. A law and a tax that prevented this does not injure, but 

 prevents the injury of our yachting interests. This law and this 

 tax is what Mr. Belmont would pour out his money like water to 

 repeal and put an end to. His success would be the ruin of Amer- 

 ican interests and the downfall of true American pride in yacht- 

 ing. But his success would build up the yacht-building industry 

 of Great Britain. All our small millionaires, all our unpatriotic 

 sea-sporting men would then flaunt our flag over vessels that, it 

 would be said, we could not build. If the rich men can buy abroad 

 and nationalize pleasure vessels, why should men of moderate 

 means, making their livelihood in rhe carrying trade, be obliged 

 to buy home-built vessels ? Somebody must patronize American 

 shipbuilders or there will be none to patronize. That is clear. 

 Wno better than our millionaires, who have made their money 

 out of American labor, should patronize it? We say it here and 

 now if the millionaires or shipbuilders must go, lei the country 

 stand by the men who can build ship^." 



The attack on Mr. Belmmt is particularly unjust, as he is one 

 of the many Americans who would rather own a slow American 

 5 acht than a fast British-built craft, and just now is the fortunate 

 possessor of two of the former. After being beaten out of sight in 

 Mariquita by iVIinerva in 18S9, Mr. Belmont deliberately went to 

 work to re-build at great expense his Burgess boat, with smnll 

 chances of success in the following year, when he might have 

 ordered an improved Minerva from Fife that in all probability 

 would have swept the class. Last year when the 4Bft. class was 

 talked of. he was the first to place an order with Mr. Burgess, 

 although it is certain now that he would have had not only a 

 faster i' it a tar stronger vessel for the same monay had he placed 

 nis order with Mr Fife. 



Apart from the injustice of the JoimiaVs criticism, the state- 

 ments are no nearer the truth than those usually made on the 

 same side of the question. The two obstacles mentioned by the 

 Journal have had no influence on the orders from the other side, 

 but they are controlled by entirely different considerations. As 

 for the light money tax, it has been heard of for the first time 

 onlv since the 46ft. fleet was built, and could have had no ett'ect 

 last winter. The matter of the registry has also up to this sum- 

 mer amounted to nothing; with Clara and Minerva racing freely 

 in American waters there was notning to deter yachtsmen from 

 bringing other craft from the Clyde. 



There are two reasons why, up to this time, but one yacht has 

 been built in Great Britain for an American owner. The first 

 lies in the fact that a great many yachtsmen are like Mr. Bel- 

 mont, and prefer an American-built vessel, even though she may 

 be slower and weaker, as in the case of Mariquita compared with 

 Minerva; as well, so far as the races thus far go, of Baroara and 

 Mineola. The other reason is that the cost of importation, exclu- 

 sive of duties, acts as a sufficient protection, at least so far as 

 sailing yachts are concerned. In tne case of a yacht of 40ft. or 

 under, such as would be imported by steamer, the expense would 

 be $400 to S500, including freight, hoisting on and off the steamer 

 and cradling carefully on the deck for the voyage. In the case 

 of larger yachts the expense of sailing across would be from $600 

 to $800, and though men can be found who will agree to bring a 

 boat out for the smaller sum the total expenses would amount up 

 to nearly $1,000 by the time the yacht was safely on this side. 



The figure quoted by Mr. Belmont for Jessica is too low, M inerva, 

 built dui-ing a dull season, 1888, cost just that sum, and she was 

 but 40ft. waterline; to-day sue would cost at least .S6,000 on the 

 Clyde, When the 40 footer Barbara was building last winter in 

 Boston from Mr. Fiff's specifications, both the Herald and OlnJjc 

 ot Boston, in discussing the question of her cost, reached the con- 

 clusion that it would be but little more than if she bad beea built 

 at Pairlie and sailed across, the difference being fully compen- 

 sated for by the f^ct that she uad an American registry, while 

 the imported boat, though allowed to sail by courtesy as has 

 always been the case, was not formally recognized as an Ameri- 

 can vessel. 



So far from any injury under hitherto existing conditions to 

 American builders, the growth of yacht building in this country 

 has been cotemporary with the increase of iuternational compe- 

 tition and the Importation of British cutters. In 1880 there was 

 not a yard in the country with the plant or men for any thing save 

 the cheapest and flimsiest, sort of soft wood and iron spike build; 

 New York depended on Poillon's old yard, on Ivirbv's at Rye, and 

 on Smith's at Islip, with the small yard of John Mumm at 

 trowanus, and the shipyards of the Connecticut shore. In Boston 

 no large yachts were bn lit. La wley's, Pierce's, Woods's and the 

 rest being nardly more than boat shops. The best work of these 

 yards, even where it was good of its kind, was of a very poor kind, 

 as all have since learned, and entirely unfitted for the modern 

 type of yachts. Iron building was confined to one or two ship- 

 yards, where little was known of the refinements of yacht con- 

 struction. 



To-day New York has the very complete steel and wood plant of 

 Piepgrass, at City Island, where such yachts as Titania, Constel- 

 lation and Quickstep were launched; Poillon's new yard at 

 Court street, Brooklyn, has turned out a class of work never 

 attempted at the old yard, while Mumm's little yard has grown 

 into Wintrmgham's, wUere Yama and Nautilus bave lately been 

 built. The best equipped of these three, Piepgrass's, was estab- 

 lished solely to build tne first cutters of Briiish design, and its 

 reputation was made on the quality of the workmanship in Bed- 

 ouin, Wenonah, Oriva and the steel Wanda. In Boston the little 

 shop of Law ley's has grown into a large yard with railways, basin, 

 and a complete plant for steel and wooden construction; while 

 the Atlantic works, across the bay, is also fitted for steel building, 

 having turned out several fine steam yachts. 



The life and soul of this astonishing development has beea the 

 necessity of beating the comparatively few British yachts which 

 have come here, or others which have promised to come; without 

 this international competition, yacht building would have made 

 little more progress between 1880 and 18B0 than it did in the pre- 

 vious 20 5"ears, during which it stood stiU or even declined. The 

 best thing which could happen to American builders to-day 

 would be the certain promise that a new British cutter would 

 come over next season for either a foreign or American owner, 

 the bigger and more costly the yacht the better it would be. A 

 new 5S-footer from Fife's yard, or a new 70 from Watson's designs 

 would mean work for scores of American workmen who are now 

 likely to have little to do through the winter. 



The presence of Miranda gave a boom to the schooners just 

 when it was most needed, two 53ft. yachts have been built spe- 

 cially to beat the old Clara, a dozen 40-footers were built to beat 

 Minerva, with as many more added to the class on account of its 

 popularity. The first of ibe new 46ft. class was the imported 

 Jessica, her few races here last fall leading to the construction of 

 BJne Anierloftn yaohts for this eeason's racing. 



lu the face of all this, the effort is being made by a few narrow- 

 minded partisans and blind theorists to drive all foreign-built 

 craft out of the country and to prevent the introduction of any 

 new ones, and this thev claim to do in the name of the veiy work- 

 men whose bread depends on international racing. Against their 

 abstract theories are placed the hard facts ot the great increase 

 in yncht building which has gonehand in tiand with international 

 racing, both under foreign and Ameriran ownership, and the 

 (■onclnsion is inevitable that if one is stopped the other must suf- 

 fer. There is too much at stake, both for yachtsmen and for 

 yaclit tmildia-a to niTinit aur.h a radical change in the course of 

 yachi racing in order to force the facta to conform to the theories 

 "of politicians. 



EASTERN Y. C. FALL REGATTA, SEPT. S. 



THE last race of the Eastern Y. C. was sailed on Tuesday of 

 last week, a ver y fluky and unsatisfactory affair. The day 

 was clear and the water smooth, but the wind was variable and 

 fluky in the extrenic, oiak ing the results of little value, thongh in 

 the 4tift. class in particular ihe winner did some very fast sailing, 

 in addition to the advantage of ttic wind. The entries were few 

 and confined l.o two elasf es, the schooners and the 46ft. class, 

 Volunteer, Mayflower and (Enone, and Beatrix. Barbara. Oweene 

 Bayonara and Aiborak. The course wasfrora off H.alf Way Rock 

 past a buoy off Nahaut, around a mark off Minot's Ledge and 

 home over the same course, 35 nautical miles. The start was 

 made at 11:15, the wind being VV.N.W.. light. The fleet was timed: 

 Mayflower 11:15:40. CEnone 11:15:.50. Volunteer H;17:.50, Oweene 

 11:26:1X1, Barbara 11:27:35, Aiborak 11:27;45, Sfayonara 11:28:13, Beat- 

 trix 11:29:22. Handicap time 11:28. 



Mayflower led on the beat over first leg, while Oweene was first 

 of her class, \vorking in shore with Sayonara and Beatrix, Ai- 

 borak and Barbara standing off shore and being completely left 

 by the wind until they were an. hour astern", aa^the following 

 times at Nahant mark show: 



Elapsed. 



Mayflower 12 43 05 1 26 25 



CEiione 12 .57 21 1 41 31 



Votnnteer 12 43 45 1 25 54 



Oweene *.12 46 43 1 20 43 



Sayonara 13 49 37 1 2! 25 



Barbara ! 50 00 3 23 35 



Aiborak 1 50 00 3 22 15 



Beatrix 13 58 49 1 29 27 



Kites were broken out as the course freed on the next long leg, 

 Volunteer sending up her balloon maintopmaststaysail in stops 

 and then breaking it, Avhile the singlesticker set balloon jibtop- 

 sails. The wind fell, however, until the race was robbed of all 

 interest. The fleet was timed at the Graves whistling buoy: 



Elapsed. 



CEnone 1 18 35 21 14 



Volunteer 1 11 11 37 26 



Mayflower 1 11 34 29 39 



Beatrix 1 23 47 24 .58 



Oweene 1 13 03 25 20 



Sayonara 1 15 06 35 39 



Volunteer had passed Mayflower after a luffing match, while 

 Beatrix was still far astern of the two keel boats in her class. She 

 headed for the mark, while the others, includinK the schooners, 

 went in by Point AUerton, hunting for wind. Beatrix caueht it 

 first, and was around while the rest had to set spinakers and run 

 down, the times being: 



Elapsf d. 



Volunteer 2 55 55 1 44 44 



Mayflosver 2 .58 19 1 46 45 



CEnone 3 06 04 1 47 29 



Beatrix 3 50 SO 1 26 43 



Oweene 3 56 .51 1 44 49 



Sayonara 2 57 20 1 43 14 



Aiborak 3 34 45 1 14 42 



Aiborak was far astern and Barbara had withdrawn. The 

 bear up to the Nahant mark, with a northerly wind, was very 

 fiuiiy, all first working the shore, CEuone and Sayonara finally 

 standing oft and making a gain. The times at Nahant were: 



Elapsed. 



Volunteer 6 03 47 3 07 52 



CEnone 5 06 19 2 00 L5 



Mayflower 5 13 53 3 14 33 



Beatrix 5 03 59 2 13 29 



Oweene 5 11 43 2 14 51 



Sayonara 5 13 41 3 16 31 



Aiborak had given up, being long since out of the race through 

 the fluke on the first leg. The times over the last leg were: 



Elapsed. 



Volunteer 5 46 06 4 02 18 



CEnone 5 ,52 30 4 06 01 



Mayflower 5 .57 07 4 04 15 



Beatrix 5 54 44 5 01 45 



Oweene 6 03 28 5 01 46 



Sayonara . 6 06 31 5 02 40 



The full times were: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



CEnone 11 15 .54 5 53 35 6 36 31 



Volunteer 11 17 54 5 46 11 6 28 17 



Mayflower 11 15 45 5 57 1 2 6 41 27 



Beatrix .11 28 fX) S .55 49 6 27 49 



Oweene 11 26 Oi 6 03 34 6 37 80 



Sayonara 11 28 00 6 06 26 6 38 26 



Aiborak Withdrawn. 



Barbara ..Withdrawn. 



(33none takes first prize, 8400; Beatrix wins first prize, $500; and 

 t^weene second, $350. 



CORINTHIAN Y. C, 52D REGATTA. SEPT. 7. 



THE last race of the Corinthian Y. C. of Mar blehead, its 53d 

 regatta, was sailed on Labor Day under conditions which 

 made a good contest between the few boats which started, rain 

 and fog adding to the discomfort of the sailor men. The fleet in 

 th« 30ft. class was a fine one, the four keels, Mildred, Saladin, 

 Mienon and Fancy, with the c. b. Plawk. all modern boats and hot 

 rivals. A special class for cruising forties was also made for this 

 race under handicap, but only two yachts. Baboon and Toma- 

 hawk, started. In second class the centerboards. lone and Susie 

 made a good race, while Mosca had a sailover in the third class 

 keel. 



The coursp was from off the club house in Marblehead Harbor, 

 around Pig Rocks, Half -Way Rock, andhome,10 miles. The special 

 class started long after the others and sailed the same course the 

 reverse way, the wind having shifted. For the regular classes, it 

 was a short beat out by the point, a run under spinakers to the 

 Outer Breaker, a long and short leg to Half- Way Rock, and a 

 reach in. 



The start was not made until 2 P. M. instead of 11. All started 

 with club topsails set. Fancy lost her topmast backstay out of 

 the hook on the spreader before the start, and was handicapped 2}4 

 minutes in consequence. The order at the line was Hawk. Mig- 

 non, Mildred, Saladin and Fancy. Hawk and Mildred weathered 

 the point, but Mignon could not, and put Saladin about in tack- 

 ing by. Spinakers were set, but all of the boats were compelled 

 to jibe. Hawk's mainsail coming over on top of her spinaker. cost- 

 ing her some time and leaving iter in fourtli place. The order at 

 the Outer Breaker was Mildred, Mienon, Hawk, Saladin, Fancy. 



On the wind all but Mildred lowered clubtopsails, but she car- 

 ried hers to the finish, taking a long lead on the windward leg. 

 Hawk withdrew after passing the first mark, and at the second. 

 Half- Way Rock, the order was Mildred, Mignon, Saladin. Fancy. 

 The same positions were held on the last leg, the times being: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Start. Finish. Elan=ed. Corrected. 



Alildred 3 05 00 3 36 55 1 31 55 ! 31 46 



Mignon. 3 05 00 3 41 13 1 36 13 1 35 20 



Saladin 2 05 00 3 43 03 1 37 03 1 37 03 



Fancy 3 05 00 3 45 04 1 40 04 notmeas. 



Hawk 3 05 00 Withdrawn. 



SECOND CLASS. 



Susie 3 10 00 4 21 jO 3 11 40 not meas. 



lone 3 10 00 4 18 41 3 08 41 2 08 40 



RPKCIAL CLASS. 



Mosca 3 30 00 3 45 00 1 25 00 1 25 00 



FIRST SPECIAL GLASS. 



Tomahawk 3 34 30 5 00 40 1 36 10 1 36 10 



Baboon 3 24 80 5 01 29 1 86 59 1 34 11 



The 40ft, class was not starl;ed until 3:30, owing to the late arri- 

 val of Tomahawk. She sailed with topmast housed, while Baboon 

 carried a sprit topsail. Tomahawk led by tSsec. at the finish, or 

 3sec. within her regular allowance, but B.iboon had a handicap of 

 2mi 48s. in her favor, making her the winner. Mr. Daniel Apple- 

 ton acted as j udge of the race. 



LYNN Y. C— The open regatta of the Lynn Y. 0, on Labor Day 

 was postponed, thougn 33 starters were ready, the fog being so 

 dense as to obscure the course, It will be sailed at Bome future 

 date this fall. 



