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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Aug. 11, 1892. 



r,^' ^f"' Rockford, III,— I have a iioiuter pup, 6 months old, by 

 Prince Nasn H. ex Lncksie. Can I use Hammond's system of 

 training with success on my dog? Ans. Yea. 



.T.B., IIudson.N.Y,-!. 1 bought a young foxhound of a prominent 

 Breeder last April when it was one year old. The first gun I flred 

 wasm Jane, am the dog ran home. I Sad he will run and hide 

 If you strike a parlor match or a cap on a gua. He was guaran- 

 teed tome to have no suparior in this State or the State he cams 

 trom. is there as:remedy for a dog that is gun shy. 2. Are 

 there any foxhounds bred in the United States that can only be 

 used with nders and not adapted for the use of a guu? Aus. ]. 

 There is no remedy for a gun-shy foxhound. 3. Yea. lots of them. 

 The packs of English hounds used here are never shot over. 



X. Y. Z., Oakland. Cal.-The lat+er part of answer Itfco your 

 fluery was omitted last week. It should read: Give 5grs. of salicy- 

 late of bismuth three times a day. shaken on the tongue, and in 

 addition give the following pill: 



-Ferri redact ^rg xxiv 



Quinine sulph , .' ' igrsixii. " 



fctryohnmesulph grs M 



Arsenious acid era vl 



Mix and make 12 pills; give one twice'a day! 

 M. C. B.— Would like to know what will cure a hound dog from 

 itching; he scratches, and cannot b"i still hardly a minute with- 

 out scratching. His hair also ia coming out. Ans. Rab the fol- 

 lowing dressing all over every other day: Kerosene lOaz., oil of 

 tar 6oz., sulphur lib., sperm oil add one-half a gallon. Treat for 

 worms; then give this mixture: 

 Tr. nucis vom. 

 Ferri pyro-phosph. 



Acid phospliori. dil aa x i 



Aq. add | „: 



Tablespoonful three times a day. 



J. H. B., Gardner, Mass.— 1. What is the matter with mv rabbit 

 dog? At times he wants to pass something and only a few drop^ 

 ■of yellow water will come. Sometimes he looks thin and other 

 times all right. He also drags himself along on his quarters. He 

 is a cross bred foxhound and beagle. 2. What is the best book on 

 dogs and diseases and treatment? Ans. There ma,y be some for- 



gn body lodged in the rectum. It would be advisable to have a 



. S. examine it. Give a tablespoonful of castor oil and ten drops 

 of laudanum. 3. Ashmont's "Dogs, Their Management and Treat- 

 ment in Disease." Price $3. Dr. Mills's "The Dog in Health and 

 Disease." Price $3-75. Also Dalzell's "Diseases of the Dog." Price 

 0 cents. We can supply them. 



An Interested Reader. Chicago, 111.— My pointer dog, 11 

 months old, is affected with the mange and is troubled with a 

 substance resembling matter, which collects on his eyelids and 

 ashes, rendering him almost blind. Will you kindly tell me ot a 

 remedy? Ans. For the mange rub sulphur ointmRnt all over 

 every other day for two weeks. Treat for worms. Then give this 

 mixture: 



Dialyzed iron. , 3 ii 



Tr. nucis vom 3 i 



Tr. gent, co 3 ii 



Syrup |ii 



Water add j vi 



Tablespoonful three times a day. Bathe eyes three or four times 

 a day with the following lotion; 



Boracic acid 3 if 



Zinci sulph 3i 



Water add Svlii 



H. T., Dryden, Mich.— I have an Irish setter dog. now sixteen 

 monihs old, but he keeps so thin 1 am almost ashamed to take 

 him out. He seems to have a good appetite and plenty of life. 

 I feed him house scrap?, oatmeal and milk, bones from butchers, 

 etc, I keep him confiued out of doors in a good clean kennel all 

 the time, but give from one half to an hour's run everyday. 

 What do you think is the matter with him, and can you suggest 

 anything that I can do to put some "flesh" on him. Ans. Treat for 

 worms. Give a little more meat in addition to food you mention, 

 also give twice a day a dessertspoonful of codliver oil and the 

 following mixture three times a day: 



Ferri. pyro. phosph 3 iss. 



Tr. nucis vomica 3 i. 



Liq, arsenicalis pot , aa 



Syrup simplex 5 isa. 



Aqua ad ? Vi. 



Sir. Tablespoonful three times a day. 



FIXTURES. 



, Dorchester, Dorchester. 

 . Monatiquot, 2d Cham., Ft. Pt. 

 . Chelsea. 



. Savin Hill, Second Cup. 

 . Mos. Fleet, Cham., Boston. 

 . Winthrop, Ladies' Day. 

 Cape Cod, Town Cove. 

 Quincy, Invitation Eace, 

 Quincy, Mass. 

 ; . Seawanhaka, Bouse and Wet- 

 more Cups, Oyster Bay. 

 1 .White Bear Lake, Club 

 Trophy, White Bear Lake. 



15. Cor. of N. Y., 46ft. sweeps, 



Newport, 



16. Monatiquot, Ladies' Day. 

 15. Greenville, Greenville, N. J, 



15, Dorchester, .3d Cham., Dor. 



cheater. 



16, Winthrop, Cash, Winthrop. 

 It. Hull, Ladies' Day, Hull. 



17, Sippican, Cham., Marion. 



19. Winthrop, 3d and 4th Classes, 



Winthrop. 



20. E,oy. K.S., Ruth Cup. Halifax. 

 20. Corinthian, Marblehead. 

 30, Beverly, Monument Beach. 

 20. Hull Cor,, 2d Cham., Hull. 



AUGUST. 



20. Cape Cod, Town Cove. 

 20. Miramichi, Triaog., Chatham. 



20. St. Lawrence, Montreal. 



21. Winthrop, Cruise. 

 21, Audubon, Cruise to Fishing 



Banks. 



21. Audubon, Ann. Excursion to 



Pishing Banks. 

 33. Rhode Island, Open. 

 23. Fall River, Open, Fall River. 

 85. Rochester, Club Regatta. 



26, Quincy, Sd Cham., Quincy, 

 Mass. 



27. Hull, Cup Race, Hull. 

 37. Dorchester, Open Cup, Dor- 

 chester. 



27. Larch mont. Oyster Boats, 

 27, Savin Hill, Sail Off. 

 27. Mos. Fleet, Cham,, Boston. 

 27. Wmthrop, 2d Class Cham., 



Winthrop. 

 ST. Commonwealth, Cham., Dor- 

 chester Bay. 

 27. Harlem, Ann., New York. 

 27. BuEfalo, Ladies' Day. 

 37. Sippican, Open, Marion. 

 27. Boy. N S., Lord Alex. Russell 

 Cup, Halifax. 



The cruise which ends on Wednesday or Thursday is one of the 

 most successful in the history of the New York Y. C, and is in one 

 respect a remarkable one. The fleet has carried out a specially long 

 programme without the east delay or postponement, a succession of 

 fast runs carrying the squadron fi'om Glen Cove to Marblehead in 

 six days and a half. The lleet that went around Cape Cod before a 

 fine southwester is nearly as large as that which ordinarily makes the 

 final run of the cruise from New Bedford to New London. Thanks 

 to the spirit of Com. Gerry and Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, the fleet will 

 enjoy two fine races, the one already sailed, for the Morgan cups, 

 being an extraordinary success, over 100 miles of hard flghting, with 

 but minutes between the leaders. Com. Gerry and aU associated 

 with him in the management of the cruise and the races have every 

 reason to be satisfied with the result. 



While the question of absolute speed over a measured course is 

 still undecided, and is likely to be so until some genuine sportsman 

 shall build a yacht to i-ace Vamoose, the latter has during the past 

 ten days given oonclusive proofs botu of her high speed and staying 

 qualities. She has kept ahead of the fleet without effort, and the 

 skillful handling and willing co-operation of Chief Heilbron and Cap- 

 tain Young havelmade it possible for those on board to>ee everything 

 to the best advantage^ 



Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. 



The Bouse and Wetmore series, third race, and the handicap race 

 for the Breese cup will be sailed simultaneously, and with the same 

 entries, on Saturday, Aug, 13 They are open to all B. C^ Y. C. yachts 

 UQder 83ft. waterline, sailing in one class. The Rouse and Wetmore 

 race will be sailed imder the usual regulations for this series, except 

 that time allowance for keel yachts shall be determined upon theu- 

 racing length. A cup valued at $35 is offered by Miss E. L. Breese to 

 the yacht winning this race, under such handicap allowances as may 

 be determined hy the race committee. The winner of the Bouse and 

 Wetmore cup in this race shall not be eligible to compete for the 

 Breese handicap cup. The race will be started as soon after 11 

 o'clock A. M. as possible. 



Walter C. Kkhr, Chairman, 17 Cortiaudt street. 



NEW YORK Y. C. CRUISE, 1892. 



While there is much to regret in that decline of the regattas and 

 general races which has been so marked within half a dozen years, 

 tnere are at the same time two results of the change which go far 

 toward balancing its disadvantages. In the first place the with- 

 -iP-^ thelarger classes has been fohowed by a marked increase 

 ot building and raomg m the smaller; id the creation of special 

 racing classes such as the 40ft. in 1889-90 and the 21ft. class this year, 

 in winch the racing is keener and the opportunity for improvement 

 far greater than m the former classes, each with a few large yachts 

 of various ages and of unequal quality. It is safe to say that more 

 may be learned this year from the new 21ft. class than 'is shown in 

 any five years of the history of racing in the old 70ft class. 



In the second place, the dechne of general racing through the sea- 

 son or rather in June and again in September, has resulted in a vast 

 improvement both in amount and quality, in the racing of the great 

 annual cruise, that of the New York Y. C >= 



Not only do the two fleets of New York and the East that still enter 

 IS- 1 ^'^Sattas join forces on the cruise, butmany owners who never 

 tbmk ot entering an ordinary club race are tempted into taking part 

 "ii^? ''^.^"1* ^'^ing a racing fleet of fifty to sixty 



yachts, trom 120ft. down to 40fC. j j 



This year the racing occupies its usual important place in the pro- 

 gramme of the cruise, one which will probably include some six or 

 seven separate events. Tbe general arrangements of the races are 

 much tlie same as usual; the Goelet cups, the ninth annual series, are 

 MoiwJ^ *° .^^ supplemented probably by a race at 



Marblehead, while the usual prizes are given for the .squadron runs. 

 Ifiese latter are made under the regular racing rules, in cruisiog 

 trim, anchors on bows and boals carried, no ciubtopsails, and no wa- 

 ter to be taken mto tanks after 8 a. M. each day. A first prize is 

 given m each class for every rase, with two starters, a second if 

 more than three start. ix 

 The racing division of the fleet includes about 40 yachts, all told, 

 though the starters m each squadron rim will average about 30 The 

 largest schooner class is showing up well this year, in spite of the 

 absence of the btately old Palmer, the handsomest by far of the his- 

 toric old racing schooners. The new Constellation not only looks 

 well, but is sailing fast under her new ownership of Mr. Bayard 

 Thayer, and with Gapt, Watson handling the wheel as tbough he had 

 never heard ot anything so small as little Pappoose with her bucket 

 steenng well. The old Dauntless looks and is a different boat with 

 her masts plumbed, the old historic rake having been taken out last 

 winter, Thi,s year she has fairly broken her record, sailing ^^•ith the 

 fleet for a whole week without breaking a spar. Ramona, the old 

 KejOlute, is around to make a picturesque background to the fleet of 

 small fry, reminding one of the old days when she and Palmer In- 

 trepid, tleetMung, Sappho and their mates were the queens of the 

 racing fleet; when 40 and 46-footers were never dreamed of. Coronet 

 too, IS with the fleet this year, big and ungainly in hull and rig, with 

 neither the finish of the newer yachts nor the yachty style of the 

 very old schooners. j j 



The two old rivals, Fortuna and Montauk, are together again in the 

 squadron runs, though standing aside when t.'ie Goelet cup is men- 

 tioned, their day for such racing being over. 



The 90ft. class lacks only the presence of Volunteer and Sea Fox to 

 make it complete, mustering more yachts than in half a dozen vears 

 before. To the old boats, Merlin, Mayflower. Phantom, Comanche 

 Atlantic and Alert, are added two new ones, Lasoa, designed by Mr' 

 A. Gary Smith, and Alcsa, designed by Mr. William Gardner! 

 Since last flying a racing flag Atlantic has been rebuilt and is now in 

 new- bands, being owned by two keen young yachtsmen, Messrs 

 beeley & Marshall. Comanche, though an old yacht, is new as a 

 racer, being the schooner ..Eolus, rebuilt last year. 



Lasca, the new centerboard schooner, is a handsome yacht a fit- 

 ting mate to Iroquois and Yampa. with a good sheer and a handsome 

 rig. Ugly as the "Gloi-iana bow" is in detail and on close inspection 

 It is not specially noticeable when the yacht is under way, and does 

 not detract from her appearance, which has attracted only favorable 

 comment throughout the fleet, Her topsides are black from the 

 waterhne up with a heavy teak rail, the usual gold ornamentation 

 showing well on the black paint. She has not been out long enouffh 

 to stretch her sails, but her clever skipper, Captain RhodesTis doing 

 much to push her ahead in spite of this handicap 

 ■ ^caea, the Gardner boat, is a keel craft, the most ambitious step 

 m this direction yet made by an American designer, all the other 

 racers of her class, deep as some of them are, having centerboard« 

 Unfortunately, by dint of one even coat of white paint and the ab-^ 

 sence of all ornamentation, she does tot show what a handsome boat 

 she really IS. Her figurehead, trail boards and other trimmings are 

 to be very elaborate, but as they are not yet completed, she is sailing 

 about with the rough end of her stemhead as the sole ornament 

 Her rig, patterned like Volunteer after that of Mkan da. the "two- 

 masted cutter," is very rakish, and under way there is no fault to be 

 found with her appearance. Like Lasca. she has the fashionable 

 snout, but of handsomer form, and her plating being all flush and 

 particularly well laid, the bow has a cleaner look than in Lasca.whose 

 m and out nlating gives her a fullness in the bow. Alctea has been 

 under way long enough to stretch her canvas, and is ahead of Lasca 

 m this respect. 



The soft, class is sharing the prosperity of the 90ft. this year with 

 Marguerite, Iroquois and the new Shamrock. Since last season Mar- 

 guerite has been entirely remodeled in sail plau and ballast plan by 

 Mr. George A. Stewart in connection with her skipper. Captain Sher- 

 lock. The lead keel has been removed and recast m new shape and 

 important changes have been made in the sail plan. Though built in 

 1887 and rebuilt in 1890, Shamrock is ne<v to the schooner class her 

 rig having been altered this spring. Her place is naturally at the 

 head of the 70ft. class, but Mr. iWaxwell has elected to lengthen her 

 enough to sail with Marguerite, Iroquois and CEaone, the former two 

 being 10ft. longer 



Quickstep has sailed for several seasons without a rival in her own 

 class, but this year she has found one in the old Azalea, a boat that 

 under her new owner, Mr. J. Chnch Smith, has been sailing very fast 

 m the early regattas. With them is Gevalia, another old" boat and 

 also Peerless. ' " 



The larger single-stickers are all well known, Gracie, Fannv Eat- 

 rma (with a new owner, Mr. George Work), and Huron. Tbe "■61 and 

 53ft. classes together include Wayward, Athlon, Clara and the Bronx 

 River craft Ventura, the boats being classed from day to day accord- 

 ing to entries. 



The two Herreshoff boats in the 46ft. class, Wasp and Gloriana, are 

 now well known, but the other leader, Harpoon, is comparatively un 

 known this season. As a matter of fact she was one of the most 

 noted of the 46fc. class last year, but at the same time Harpoon of 

 189»is a very different boat trom Beatrix of 1891; so much so that the 

 question that was mvolved at tbe end of last season, of the superioi ity 

 of bloriana or Beatrix, must remain without an answer. The change 

 of name is hardly greater than the other changes which have been 

 made in Beatrix under the direction of Mr. Burgess's successor Mr 

 Stewart. " ' 



After a trial by Mr. Stewart of a heavy centerboard in the 30ft 

 Hawk, Messrs. Adams. Beatrix's new owners, determined to risk the 

 same experiment m Harpoon, the change involving a material altera- 

 tion ot her ballast plan. The old keel was removed and replaced a 

 weight of 4J^ tons being taken from it, the space on top the lead 

 being filled in with wood. The vew board is made of steel plate, filled 

 with lead, and weighs 314 tons, special hoisting mechanism being 

 necessary to handle it. The sail plan was changed by the use of a 

 longer gaff with less peaking up. and a very large clubtopsail to- 

 gether with minor alterations of the rigging by which tne peak is 

 held up. The result of tbe changes of ballast was a reduction of lU 

 tons in the displacement, giving a shorter waterline, while the sailing 

 length was not increased over last year. The stabihty has been in'' 

 creased by the weighted board, the yacht carrying her sail better 



The 40ft. class has brought out a few of the old flyers on the runs' 

 but with no close or continuous racing; the mutablJity of yacht rac- 

 ing was never better shown than as the fleet was running across from 

 Newport to Vineyard Haven. The last boat, far in the rear was a 

 little black cutter, plodding along as though she had never been 

 within hearing of a starting gun. Coming up from the eastward was 

 a white cutter of about the same size, driving carelessly along with a 

 boat in tow. The two met and passed with no more ceremony than a 

 pair of coal-laden coasters, almost on the spot where two years before 

 the whits one was within her time allowance in the Goelet Cup race 

 and the whole yachting world was watching this pair. One -wak Gos- 

 soon and the other Minerva, 



Glen Cove to Morris Cove, Aug. 2. 



BB^fDEZ^'0US AND FIRST RUN. 



Opinion was divided last year as to the advisability of abandoning 

 the accustomed rendezvous at New London and returning to the 

 former one at Glen Cove, Hempstead Bay, at the west end of Long 

 Island Sound, and even after a practical trial the question was still 

 an open one. The fact th^t Glea Cove was again selected this year 

 may be taken as proof that the change was an acceptable one to the 

 yachtsmen, and after this second trial the experiment may be set 

 down as a success. The long and severe race of last year from Hunt- 

 ington to New London was not quite what yachtsmen were looking 

 for, but no one was hurt by it: and this year the distance from 

 Glen Cove to New London has been covered very easily and com- 

 fortably. 



The main objection to a Glen Cove rendezvous has not been real- 

 ized, so far from the traditional calms of Long Island Sound, some of 



the strongest winds of the cruises of both years have been met on 

 the first and second day, west of Nrw London. Ttje weather on 

 Tuesday for tbe first run was similar to that of the Huntington New 

 London run of la.st year, though less severe. 



In order to enable the non-owners and their friends to take part in 

 the opening ot the cruise, the steamer Myndert Starin was engaged, 

 starting from New York early in the morning and accompanying the 

 lleet until late m the afternoon, A tug was also provided to carry 

 the captains from New York to their yachts at the rendezvous. Tde 

 flagship Electra, wita Com. Gerry on board, anchored off Glen Cove 

 at 11 A. M, with a fleet of some 80 yachts in attendance. A meeting 

 of captains was held at once, the decision being to sail at 1 P. M for 

 Morns Cove, New Haven Harbor, the run not being timed 



The morning hnd been cloudy and quite cool, with an easterly 

 wind, and when the signal for a start was made a light rain was fall- 

 ing. The wind wa,s theu E. by S. moderate, with a foul tide and a 

 Intle sea m the middle of the Sound. The yachts were anchored at 

 random, some outside and some well up the harbor, and as thpy got 

 under way as they pleased the start was a very uneven one. Viator 

 took the lead, with Wasp and Gracie, Lasca and Aietea were close 

 together and got under way at the same time. Fortuna was in com- 

 pany with them. The most of the yachts started on starboard tack 

 across the Sound, a few working the Long Island shore. Constella- 

 tion and Merlin were st the head of tho schooners out in the Sound 

 Lasca and Alcjea chose the latter course after a short time, Lasca 

 being to windward and doing the better work, while Fortuna was 

 astern of the two, but to windward of Alcaa. 



o .Ta^?.,^'^^'^^'"''' Wasp, Gracie and Viator, passed Oyster Bay about 

 (jtoriaua being then over a mile astern of Wasp. Fanny" Clara. 

 Katnna, Quickstep, Shamrock and Liris were following along the 

 shore. Lasca at this time was standmgin for Lloyd's Neck, consider- 

 ably ahead of Alcaa. crossing her bows by a good clear space on the 

 tact!, oa: shore. Alcaja came about and the two stood on together, 

 but Lasca was evideutly pointing higher and holding on better, while 

 she showed less angle of heel under the same sails. Shamrock, Quick- 

 step and Fanny left the others off Lloyd's Neck and stood far across 

 Fanny working ahead very well. 



About 8 P. M. the sky cleared, the wind still holding fresh. Mar- 

 guerite, Merlin and Iroquois for a long time had been over on the 

 Connecticut side, the former being ahead. 



Shortly after 4 o'clock the Long Island division was in Smithtown 

 Bay, Wasp leading Gracie in a very pretty race, the next boat, Con- 

 stellation, being over a mUe astern, Katrina, Viator and Gloriana 

 had just passed Eaton's Neck. Over on the other .shore, near the 

 Norwalk Islands, was Fanny followed by Marguerite and Merlin the 

 two schooners fighting for the lead. Lasca and Alca5a were still 

 together, inshore, but the former still ahead, though Alcasa was 

 doing better work than in the first part of the run 



Thus far Marguerite and Merlin'had held together, the advantage 

 being on the side of the former, but after passing Norwalk Inlands 

 and making a long tack off shore, Marguerite stood in, while Merlin 

 held her tack, the two parting company. 



At 5 o'clock Fanny was still leading her division with Marguerite 

 near her and Merlin well out in the sound. Shamrock had Quickstep 

 ^l",,^'' il^*" insbore, while Lagca and Ateea, the next pair, weie 

 still m the same relative positions, save that the former bad increased 

 her lead Little Liris was hunting Clara close inshore under Alcsea's 

 ee, while astern were Pocahontas, Fortuna, Iroquois, Miranda Ath- 

 lon, bayonara, and most of the tail of the fleet. 



The real leaders were the boats which held to the Long Island 

 shore, the order still being Wasp, Gracie, Constellation, followed by 

 Gloriana, ^atnna and Viator. With a head tide and a lighter breeze 

 It was 8 P. M. before Constellation anchored in Morris Cove, soon 

 followed by Gracie and Wasp Marguerite was the second schooner 

 and Lasca led Alcaja m. The others came in one by one until all 

 were accounted for, save some who put in to Black Rock over night 

 Fleetwing lost her foretopmast off Eaton's x>feck and kept on for 



Morris Cove to New London, Aug. 3. 



.SKCONn RUN. 



Wednesday morning was cool and cloudy, after a brisk shower 

 during the night, the wind being light from northwest The orders 

 were for a start at 10:30 A. M„ and before that hour Ituna look her 

 position outside New Haven harbor, sending out a dinghy to mark 

 the lee end of the starling line. The race for the day was to New 

 London, passing outside of Bartlett's Reef, 89 nautical miles The 

 preparatory gun was flred at 10:17, the start for the 70ft- scbioners 

 and all si ogle- stickers being at 10:28, all o hers starting at 10-37 



The wind by this time was N.N.W., but still light, and a number of 

 westward ^^'1^'^ ^° ^a^^e Morris Cove were coming up fi-om the 

 Gloriana and AVasp were first for the line, the former crossing lust 

 fter the gun, setting balloon jihtopsail after crossing. Wasp how- 

 ever, bore away, setting her ballooner and crossing with good wav 

 on, Gevaha was third, followed by Athlon, then Quickstep and 

 bayonara. jlzalea was just too late for the handicap gun. at 10 '87 

 the signal for the remainder of the fleet. Lasca was first of "ihe 

 large schooners, the fleet being timed; 



Preparatory 10 20 00 Dauntless 10 47 37 



Start 10 30 00 Ventura ' " ".10 47 50 



Marguerite 10 48 05 



Comanche 10 48 20 



^c8P.a 10 48 26 



-- -~ CEnone... 10 48 flo 



Sayonara 10 3S 33 Atlantic " " 10 48 4fi 



Worrlinar. Sfo.. p,^j,j,y V.V ",'. '" . 10 49 S6 



Handicap !, 10 50 00 



'^Shamrock 10 60 00 



*Iroquois 10 60 00 



^Constellation lo 50 00 



*Oi"acie 10 50 00 



„ *Coronet 1 0 50 00 



Fortuna. 10 46 25 *Ramona 10 50 00 



MeS.:-,..::::;;::;::::jr4?i .•.•.■105000 



♦Handicapped, 



W^ith a ten-minute interval to cross in the yachts struggled over 

 one at a time, making the start devoid of aU interest 



Nearly all carried balloon jibtopsails,the schooners carrying balloon 

 mamtopmast staysails. The course brought the wind about abeam 

 the fleet moving briskly on the last quarter of the ebb Just after 

 the handicap gun at i0;47 a number of yachts reached the start from 

 the northward, among them Gracie and Phantom 



As the leaders reached the Thimble Islands they struck a calm 

 patch, the result being a most remarkable lining up of the whole 

 fleet. Gloriana stopped first, Wasp soon running up and stoppine 

 3 ust abeam of her. as the others ran up each in turn stopped as she 



f in line as though 



forged ahead, but AlcEea, Lasca,' For tunaT and^t he'*' larger'boL^^wer^ 

 m a bunch, almost moaonless. 



As the first division drifted ahead the wind left them as well and 

 soon the leaders were drifting without steerage way. Wasp Liris 

 Gracie, Fanny and Gevalia came together, the latter three bling in 

 collision, but touching so hghtly that no harm resulud. 



When the leaders were near Falkner's Island, at 12:80. a breeze 

 from S.W. wandered along, picking up a yacht here and there at 

 random, bayonara, the first boat, had her bonm to port while Wasp 

 ?u ^^J'^t/'t'* ^®^"'-' ^° starboard. While most of the fleet were holding 

 t^f .N'.W- breeze a number of scattered yachts caught the new wind 

 all iibmg over by 1 o'clock. c ucw v^iuu, 



With a very light air and a foul tide, the fleet moved slowl v while 

 It was so strung out that all semblance of a race was lost. Sayonara 

 and Wasp were fighiing for first place, the old boat holding tiie new 

 one; Gloriana had been left in the toss for places some distance 

 astern, and was now chasmg Fanny for third place. Lasca was first 

 of the schooners, with Marguerite and Shamrock further offshore 

 followed by Atlantic. 



When Cornfield Lightship wes passed, Wasp was timed Im, 30s 

 ahead of Sayonara, the order of the leaders beinirWasp, Sayonara" 

 Fanny Lasca, Gloriana. Marsuerite, Shamrock, 'h oquois, Atlantic' 

 Dauntless, Quickstep, Consteflation, Merlin, Phantom/Alert. Katrma 

 Alcasa, with the rest scattered astern. From Wasp to the last boat 

 was a distance of three or four miles. 



The remainder of the way was made still more slowly. Ituna and 

 plectra ran m to New London about 5 o'clock, and Wasp crossed the 

 finish ime between Ituna and New London Ligh- at 5-i2 with Lasca 

 6 minutes astern, Fanny 6 minutes later. For tw-o hours the others 

 came stragghng m, the wind having died out at sunset. Dauntless 

 won m her class, Lasca was nearly an hour ahead of hers Mar- 

 guerite won m hers by half an hour, Qmckstep in hers. Fanny came 

 up to her old reputation as a light weather boat; Clara beat Athlon 

 m spite of a heavy handicap at the start, and Wasp was far ahead of 

 Gloriana. The full times were: 



10 



20 



00 





30 



00 



10 



30 



39 



10 



33 



20 



10 



32 



86 





35 



12 



10 



3.S 



33 





40 



00 



10 



40 



00 



10 



40 



00 



10 



40 



00 



10 



40 



00 





-43 



38 



10 



45 



■25 



10 



46 



25 



10 



48 



31 



10 



47 



25 



FIRST-CLASS SOHOONBHS. 



^ , Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Dauntless 10 47 37 6 47 45 8 00 08 



Constellation 10 50 00 6 53 38 8 03 28 



Bamona 10 50 00 7 08 07 8 16 07 



Coronet 10 50 00 Withdrew. 



*Portuna 10 45 35 7 30 .36 8 45 01 



Corrected. 



8 37 04 



