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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Auc4. 11, 1893. 



just aboTe the cap. but her spinaker and the club burgee were lashed 

 TO the stump, and she came in but a little astern of ber class. Uvira 

 also lost hers. The story of the race is told in the followins table of 

 times: 



FIRST CLASS - SCHOONERS. 



Start. Finish. 



Dauntless 11 41 13 3 03 53 



Constellation 11 41 32 2 55 45 



Ramona ..,.11 44 03 3 12 46 



Fortuna 11 45 15 3 12 84 



THIRD CLASS — SCHOONEKS. 



Elapsed . Corrected . 

 3 19 40 



3 14 33 

 3 24 43 

 3 27 19 



Alesea... ■. 11 43 29 



Merlin 11 48 03 



Lasca 11 44 32 



Alerr 11 42 32 



Phantom 11 44 10 



Atlantic 11 45 15 



Comanche 11 42 54 



2 09 51 



3 08 40 

 3 05 13 

 3 13 40 

 3 33 03 

 3 20 47 

 3 20 51 



FOURTH CLASS — SCHOONERS. 



Marguerite 11 49 30 3 19 18 



Iroquois 11 65 00 3 24 55 



CEnoue 11 46 43 3 35 40 



FIFTH CLASS— SCHOONERS. 



Quickstep ...118L49 3 17 52 



Peerless 11 35 36 3 3r 28 



nevalia 11 3i 17 3 32 54 



Azalea 11 31 38 3 23 53 



THIRD CLASS -SLOOP.<!. 



Katr ina , . ll 43 42 3 21 37 



Gracia 11 45 55 3 41 3i 



3 26 22 ' 

 3 25 87 

 3 30 40 

 3 30 08 

 3 38 !i3 

 3 31 33 

 3 37 .57 



3 S9 48 

 3 34 55 

 3 38 .■57 



3 46 13 



4 01 52 

 4 00 37 

 3 52 15 



3 39 55 

 3 55 37 



3 14 32 

 3 20 si 



Not meas. 



Not meas. 



Nor meas. 

 3 29 01 

 3 34 23 

 3 29 54 

 3 32 54 



3 29 48 

 3 83 57 

 8 36 38 



3 4'l 13 

 3 59 50 



3 39 55 

 8 53 49 



11 47 55 



3 38 .93 



3 59 25 



3 48 30 



FOURTH CLASS— SLOOPS. 







11 48 15 



3 39 13 



3 50 57 



3 50 57 



11 45 20 



4 00 41 



4 15 21 



4 09 20 



11 44 44 



3 49 17 



4 04 33 





11 32 IG 



3 44 09 



4 n 53 



3 59 33 



FIFTH CLASS— SLOOPS. 







11 30 50 



Withdrew. 







11 31 20 



3 47 03 



4 15 43 



4 14 37 



11 30 44 



3 37 09 



4 08 34 





11 SO 34 



3 36 30 



4 05 56 



4 04 50 



11 33 33 



3 59 45 



4 26 12 



4 14 08 



SEVENTH 



CLASS— SLOOPS. 







11 39 07 



Witbdrew. 







- 11 37 18 



4 C6 31 



4 29 13 





Verena 



* Moved up to higher classes. 



Constellation makes the best time in her class, probably the fastest 

 recorded run over the course, but the great event of the race was 

 the performance of Lasca, her elapsed time being but 6m. greater 

 than Constellation. Marguerite beat Iroquois, and the olti Azalea 

 astonisbed eveiy one by a victory over the smart little Quickstep. 

 Katrina won in the 70fc. class, and Wayward, in the 61ft. class, de- 

 feated Ventura and Clara, who were put up with her, although she 

 started with the last, and the j', with Athlon, with the first division. 



Gloriana and Harpoon had a close race, the former winning by 

 seconds. Uriva saved her time from Sayonara in spite of a broken 

 topmast, 



For once the fleet was in harbor early, many of the yachtsmen 

 finding their way over to Cottage City. Sunday, a clear bright sum- 

 mer day, with a fine bracing breeze off the sea, was spent as usual, 

 the fleet dressing ship at noon, and the wise ones I urning in early to 

 prepare for a 5 oclock start for the race from W^est Obop to Marble- 

 head Rock, 130 nautical miles, for the two Morgan cups. 



Vineyard Haven to Marblehead. 



FIFTH RXIN— AUG. 8. 



Long distance races are spldom a success, owing to the uncertain- 

 ties of weather, which decide the ownership of the prizes, or chance 

 rather I ban merit. The last race around Cape Cod. on the cruise of 

 1887, for cups offered as now by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, was a 

 marked failure, a drifting match of two days, the whole fleet lying 

 becalmed off Chatham all night, and reaching Marblehead 36 hours 

 after tue start. The present race started under far more favorable 

 canditions, and with every prospect of a good run, there being ani.;e 

 S.W. breeze over the starboard quarter, with four hours of ebb tide 

 to help the yachts well over Nantucket Shoals. 



The yachtsmen have been favored with exceptionally fine weather 

 at Cottage City, the atmosphere being remarkably clear on Saturday 

 and bunday nights, every line angle of the building-s in the town 

 being sharply outlined against a cloudless sky of deep blue, with the 

 full moon hung out alofc just over Cape Poge Light. Monday morn- 

 ing brought the same clear weather and cloudless sky, so tbat the 

 turning out shortly after sunrise was a treat rather than a hardship. 

 Sails were set on about 50 yachts, some going on with the fleet and 

 others returning to the westward, 



Vamoose is certainly an ideal boat for the work she is now 

 doing, and though on the present cruise her possibilities have 

 not been properly brought out, it is plain that only from 

 .such a craft and under proper management can the races of 

 the cruise be seen witb such accurraey as is necessary to insure a 

 truthful report. The programme arranged for this race was to start 

 several hours after the yachts, pickhig up the rear of the fleet and 

 steaming slowly through it, reaching Marblehead in the afternoon. 

 Tni^ involves the seeing of the race stern first, and by way of a 

 change the story may be more interesting if told in the same 

 direction. 



In order to see the start it was necessary to turn out at 4 A. M., an 

 ea<;y walk of a mile or more carrying one to East Chop Lighthouse. 

 From here the view well repaid tbe slight trouble involved, the rising 

 sun lighting up the sea and showing the first of the fleet, Huron, 

 Peerless and (iloriana standing out of the harbor, toward the line. 

 Ituna being anchored off the black buoy under East Chop. 



Huron set a jibtopsail and laid her course for Cross Rip, but Peer- 

 less and Gloriana stood back, the latter soon falling in with Wasp, 

 who had shipped a new topmast at Newport, and rejoined the fleet, 

 being towed from Newport by the steam yacht Tranquilo. The main 

 fleet was slowly working out fer the line, the prej^aratory gun being 

 held until all were near it at 5:80. At the starting gun, 10m. later. 

 Gloriana went over the line on Wasp's weather, the two timed to- 

 gether. Once over the line, Wasp walked ahead and was soon clear 

 of Gloriana. Mr. Nat Herreshoffi was with Mr. Rogers on board of 

 Wasp. 



Azalea made a good start, just after the two, Sayonara, with no 

 number and a boat in tow, going over the line, America also crossing, 

 though of com-se not in the race. She had met the fleet at Newport, 

 being out to see the Goeiet cups sailed for, and on Saturday she had 

 sailed with the fleet, making a very fast run in spite of a foifl bottom. 

 To day she started two minutes abead of the gun, intending to try 

 her speed against the newer boats. 



Mariquita bad shipped a new topmast and hurried over from New- 

 port, crossing the line just under Quickstep's lee. With her was 

 Gossoon, not in the club, tiut sailing a private match with Mariquita. 

 Harpoon was in no hurry to get away, wisely leaving Wasp and 

 Gloriana to do the luffl ag, while she sailed a cour.se of her own. 

 Mineola crossed wii;h number up and boat in tow, returning in a little 

 while and not starting. 



The start of the schooners and the larger cutters was slow and un- 

 interesting, they got over the line, which is about all that can be 

 said. A line start with a ten minute interval is a safe and convenient 

 affair, and the risk of collision which attends a one-gun start is 

 largely avoided. Such a slow but sure proceeding, however, is not 

 racing, and robs the race of much of its interest. Alert. Speranza and 

 Fortutia were all handicapped. With the racers started Electra, 

 icima. Corsair, Oneida, Clermont, Columbia and Conqueror. Lasea 

 did not wait for tue race, but started on Sunday, Some of the yachts 

 spread their ballooners, but a number were content with large jib- 

 lopsailsand maintopmaststaysaits. Once well clear of the head- 

 lands, tne fleet struck a good pace and hurried off for Cross Rip 

 Lightship. The start was timed: 



Eirstgun 5.35 00 Katrina 5 48 00 



Gloriana 5 35 41 Constellation 5 4S 39 



Wasp 5 35 42 Atlantic 5 49 52 



^2alea .3 36 01 Dauntless 5 50 23 



Qaicic ' " . 5 27 CEnone. ...5 51 41 



Mariquita 5 37 31 Alcaa 5 52 43 



Harpoon 5 38 09 Ramona 5 53 37 



Second gun 5 45 00 Miranda 5 53 5i 



Peerless 5 43 11 Mayflower 5 54 25 



Iroquois 5 44 42 Marguerite 5 34 5;J 



Merlin 5 46 43 Handicap gun...- 5 55 00 



Qlara 5 47 25 Speraza . . 5 55 00 



Wayward 5 47 47 Alert 5 t5 00 



Phantom 5 47 57 Eorluna.... 5 55 00 



The leaders not only carried a good ebb tide to Pollock Rip, but 

 caught the tide to hold them along the shore of Cape Cod. At the 

 Handkerchief spinakers were set to starboard, being shifted to porD 

 after the jibe. AC Pollock's Rip Mayflower lost her f oretopmast after 

 passing Shovelful lightship. 



It was 8:08 A. M. when Vamoose left the wharf m front of the Sea 

 View House, at Cottage City ; the fleet, with a start of over two 

 hours being out of sight. Tne sea was smooth, the yacht running 

 easily' and hardly rolling, the entire motion, including the vibration, 

 being so slight as to pertnit of writing a fairly' legible hand with little 

 difficulty. At 8:45 a small cutter was passed, cruising to the east- 

 ward, not one of the fleet. At 8 :56 Capt. Young put the boat cleverly 



under the stern of the Cross Rip Lightship, and Mr. Heilbron, the 

 engineer who has charge of the boat, threw a bundle of papers 

 aboard. On the way to Handkerchief a .slight roll was met: the Ught- 

 ship was passed at 9.37, the hundle of papers just striking the raO 

 and dropping into the se^, the first of manv bundles thrown bv Mr. 

 Heilbron smce the cruise began which has failed to go aboard. ' 



At 10:05 Vamoose slid by the side of the red lightship on Pollock's 

 Rip, and five minutes later she was beside the wreck of the Alva, 

 near which was anchored a small wrecking schooner. The three 

 masts are stfll standing, showing a heavy list to starboard, the 

 bow lower than the stem. The foretopniast is broken short off 

 above the cap, and the main and mizzenbooms are afloat, the ends 

 showing on the surface of the water. The sight is a sad one, pspe- 

 cially when contrasted with Electra, Corsair and Ituna. or even the 

 jolly little Vamoose; enough to send a shiver through the stoutest of 

 steel frames. 



.Just before Pollock Rip was reached the whole fleet hove in sight 

 ahead, running with spinakers to port, and at 10:25 the schr. Fenefla 

 was passed, cruising along in the rear of tbe racers. 



As the drf ary sand wastes of iVIonomoy gave place to the green- 

 topped bluffs, covered with snug old farmhouses and picturesque 

 modern cottages nestling about tbe twin lights, which bore abeam 

 from Vamoose at 10:38. the head of the fleet was picked up. the 

 schooner Speranza holding that enviable position : always remember- 

 ing that this yarn is running at half speed asterii. In shore of her 

 and 100yds. ahead was Clara. Closer in to the beach and a httle 

 ahead was Peerless, spreading a large balloouer between her top- 

 masts, and ahead of her were Mariquita and Gossoon. Cavalier and 

 Nonparitlle were not racing, though the yawl was cari-ying a mizen- 

 staj sail. Sayonara and Fleur de Lys were not racing. 



This ended the first part of the fleet, there being over a mile of 

 clear water between Fleur de Lys and Phantom, while half a mile 

 further along were CEnone and Azalea. Before Nansett was reached 

 spinakers came in. Another half mile of water and Alert was passed 

 carrying balloon topmas^tstaysafl and balloon jibtopsail. Wayward 

 being close inshore of her and Miranda. 



Another piece of open water with one little sloop pegging along 

 inshore, and a fleet of nine yachts was met, Hamona being first, then 

 Gloriana, inshore. Quickstep and Atlantic being immediately ahead 

 of her. Harpoon was ahead of Atlantic, with Alctea on her lee bow. 

 Wasp was next, while Mayflower. Blarguerite and Kortuna completed 

 the group. When Vamoose passed NansettLights at 11:26, Mayrtower 

 inshore was just ahead. Marguerite a quarter of a mile astern, and 

 Fortuna a short distance from the latter. 



Ituna was off to seaward of Vamoose, with jib, fore and mainsail 

 set. and ahead of her was Republic, in trouble, witb headsails down. 

 Wasp, Harpoon and Gloriana were spaced about a half-mile apart in 

 single file. 



When a couple of miles north of Nansett. Katrina lost her top- 

 mast, letting the three schooners run up on her. At the time she was 

 a mile and a half ahead of Mayflower. Save a steam yacht in shore 

 and Baboon alone outside of all the fleet, there were no yachts 

 within three miles of Katrina. Marguerite and Fortuna took in jib- 

 topsails, setting smaher ones. Katrina, after her mishap, ran for 

 some time under two sails before setting her jib, but later she rigged 

 a jm-y topmast and ,set a jibtopsail. 



Below the Highlands the tug Sylvester Ward, carrying the two 

 photographers, Messrs. Stebbius and Peabody, was passed. 



The cutters Thelma, Huron and Iroquois were just off the Life- 

 Saving Station at the Highlands, only the latter in the race, but she 

 and Huron were both travehng fast, with booms well over the star- 

 board quarter. 



It was 12:20 when Vamoose passed the Highland Lights, and came 

 upon the first bit of close work in the race. Thus far it had been a 

 procession, but here were two yachts. Merlin and Dauntless, close 

 together and flghting hard for the lead, having luffed each other all 

 the way up the beach. Merlin going clear in this, the last of several 

 spiritea luffing matches. The breeze was now quite fresh. Merlin 

 carrying working topsails and second jibtopiails, heeling to her 

 scuppers. . 



The leaders, clear of the land, wei-e heeling to a strong and steadv 

 breez«, but those still under the shore caught it in puff.s, one strik- 

 ing Ak sea, with both big ballooners set, and heeling her weU down. 

 Both she and Iroquois picked up fast between Nansett and the 

 Highlands, and improved their positions considerably. Con.'-.tella- 

 tiou was visible a long distance ahead, astern of her being America 

 and Columbia. Both had started from East Chop, Columbia about 

 half an hour ahead of start of the racers. America, was carrying a 

 heavy naphtha launch swung out on the leeside, and when she met 

 the sea and wind in the Bay it was necessary to stop for a time and 

 swing in the launch. For a time she held side by side with Oneida, 

 the i^atter under both steam and sail. 



One large schooner in the middle of the fleet, not one of the racers, 

 called forth many objurgations, especially from the smaller yachts, 

 by her disregard of the rights of others, to .say nothing of the cour- 

 tesies always accorded by outside boats to those which are racing. 



At 1 o'clock Vamoose passed Columbia, picking up America half 

 an hour later. Conqueror and Oneida, both under canvas, being 

 abeam but to seaward of America. Both America and Constellation 

 were carrying spinaker booms dropped to windward. As the leaders 

 left tne lee or the land off the Highlands and hauled up for Marble- 

 head, they found a freshening breeze, still S.W., and a lively roll to 

 tbe sea out in Massachusetts Bay. Vamoose had a chance to show 

 some of her good qualities, among which is not an entire freedom 

 from rolling. 



At 2 P. M. the afternoon was as fine as the morning had been, 

 light, fleecy clouds on the horizon and a blue sky above; not only an 

 ideal yachting day, but an ideal schooner day, with a good quarter- 

 ing breeze over nearly all of the 102 miles. At 2:20 Vamoose passed 

 to the leeward of Constellation, far in the lead of the fleet and driv- 

 ing along with mauitopmaststaysail and jibtopsail set, and at 3:14 

 the little steamer was off the lighthouse at Marblehead, where the 

 flagship was already waiting to Ume the yachts. 



Vamoose left Cottage City at 8:05, making the run of 102 miles in 

 7:0i, or as timed by some on board, 6:5i. No effort was made to test 

 htr speed, the object being to obtain a good view of tne entire race 

 from start to finish, which was satisfactorily accomplished, there 

 being half an hour in which to reach Castle Rock, on the end of 

 Marblehead Neck, before OonsteUation crossed the finish line at 

 3:45:10. Not very long alter came America and Columbia, the for- 

 mer well ahead. 



Ear out to the S.W. was a long string of white sails, Dauntless and 

 Mtrlin rising fast, big Ramona easily distinguishable, and close by 

 her the little 80rt. Iroquois. Next came the new linen sails of Alcroa, 

 then two white schooners and a black one, beyond them a succession 

 of white dots, all that was distinguishable being that the smaller 

 boats were heeling to a sharp angle under the strong breeze in the 

 middle of the bay. 



Along the rocks were many excited spectators, attracted by the 

 coming of the fleet, eagerly scanni"g the water with glasses and 

 speculating as to the identity of each distant white dot. The inter- 

 est of the race was centered on Harpoon as against Wasp and Glori- 

 ana, Boston against Bristol, and every white boat which appeared in 

 the lead of a black one was triumphantly hailed as Harpoon, with 

 Wasp second and Gloriana out of sight. 



The finish was more exciting by far than the start. Dauntless 

 crossed at 4 :16::j8, leading Merlin (4:32:13) by nearly 8m. Iroquois 

 and Ramona made a fine finish, the little clipper luffing out anfl run- 

 ning abead within the last mile, crossing at 4:39:48 to Ramona's 

 4:10:19. Alter Aloaja there was a long gap to the next group, the 

 three pasted long before in company off Chatham, Fortuna, Marguer- 

 ite ana Mayflower. They were separated by about a quarter of a 

 mile each, Mayflower, in spite of tne loss of her f oretopmast, having 

 held the other two all dav. Tney were timed at 4:51:38, 4.53:57, and 

 ■1:56:28 in order. 



On they came, Alert at 5:01. Atlantic at 5:03:33, and Miranda, also 

 without a foretopmasc, at 5:05:36. When Katrina approacheti she was 

 carrying a small jibtopsail set on a jury topmast, a tepsail yard 

 lashed to the masthead. She was timed at 5:14:55. Tne golden 

 serpent on Phantom's bow was visible a long distance off. She 

 crossed at 5:2l::30, with Quickstep at 5:24:09. Huron followed Katrina 

 in, she not being in the race. Fleur de Lys, astern of Quickstep, also 

 was not racing. CEnone crossed alone at 5:32:43. 



Now came the singlestickers, rising quickly, the second boat was 

 unquestionably Wasp, and there were few on all Marblehead Neck 

 who doubted tbat the white Burgess boat a quarter of a mile ahead 

 of her was Harpoon. A lubber on the rocks who timidly suggested 

 that the white boat was very large for a 46-footer, and' that Way- 

 ward was not yet heard from, was completely withered by the scorn- 

 ful glances of those who heard him, and was glad to sneali off under 

 the pretext that he could see the race better from behind a sheltering 

 cjmer of the rock. 



As the pair neared the excitement increased, untQ it culminated 

 in a marked calm as the mainsafl of the leader swung a little, dis- 

 closing the racing number, 94. Wayward crossed at 5:54:30, Wasp 

 lollowmg at 5:55:58, Speranza between them at 5:55:07. 



Again the buzz of excited conjecture was heard along the rocks, 

 bill, this time it was shortlived, there was no mistaking the familiar 

 shovel-nose of the leader of the two white boats now within easy 

 sight. Gloriana was leading Harpoon, having passed her when the 

 piir struck the sea, and was now a minute ahead, the times at the 

 line being 6:07:09 and 6:08:03. As Gossoon has not been measured, 

 the corrected time is not known, but with her late start she leads 

 Gloriana by Im. 32s. 



Azalea had passed almost unnoticed at 6:02;24, and the last boats 

 now came up, Peerless 6:09;44, Claxa 6;44;58, and Mariquita at 7:09:14, 



winning her match with Gossoon by Im. 20s., a close fit for a distance 

 of 102 miles. 



As the flagship passed into Marblehead Harbor she was greeted by 

 the guns of the fleet, and the most successful long-distance race ever 

 sailed in America, if not in the wprld, was over. Twenty-five yachts 

 started, the longest of 116ft. waterlin-. the smallest of 40ft. The 

 best time was just under 10 hour, or rather better than an average of 

 10 knots, while tbe 46-footers averased 8 knots and the 40-footej-s 

 just under 7j^ knots. The full times' were: 



The times for the squadron run cups and for the regatta commit- 

 tee prize for keel schooners were: 



FIRST CLASS SCHOONERS. 



start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Constellation 5 43 03 3 45 10 9 56 .31 



Fortuna 5 55 00 4 51 38 10 56 38 



THIRD CLASS SCHOONERS, 90fT. 



MerUn 5 4<5 43 4 22 13 10 35 30 



Alcaaa 5 .52 43 4 42 .57 10 50 14 



Mayflower 5 54 25 4 56 28 11 02 03 



Pnantom... 5 47 57 5 21 30 11 33 33 



Atlantic 5 49 ,57 5 03 33 11 13 41 



FOURTH CLASS SCHOONERS, 80fT. 



Iroquois 5 46 42 4 39 48 10 5 ^ 06 



Marguerite.... , 5 54 52 4 53 57 10 69 05 



CEnone 5 51 41 5 32 42 11 41 Oi 



FIFTH CLASS SCHOONERS, 70FT. 



Quickstep 5 87 27 5 24 09 11 46 42 



Peerless.' 5 42 11 6 29 44 13 27 33 



Azalea 5 36 01 6 03 34 12 20 aS 



THIRD CLASS SLOOPS, 70fT 



Katrina 5 45 05 5 48 05 U 26 50 



Wayward 5 47 47 5 54 56 12 06 49 



FIFTH CLASS SLOOPS, 53fT. 



Clara 5 47 .35 6 44 58 13 57 33 



Corrected. 

 9 66 31 

 10 81 15 



10 35 30 

 Not meaii. 



10 55 43 



11 21 02 

 11 00 47 



10 50 25 



10 59 05 



11 .34 34 



11 48 42 



12 21 S4 

 12 07 S4 



11 26 SO 

 11 39 31 



SIXTH CLASS SLOOPS, 46fT. 



Wasp 5 H-j 42 5 55 58 



Gloriana 5 35 41 6 07 09 



Harpoon 5 38 09 6 08 04 



Mariquita 5 37 31 7 19 14 



KEFL SCHOONERS. 



4 16 33 



4 40 19 



5 01 00 

 5 05 36 

 Not limed. 

 5 55 07 



Dauntless .5 50 28 



Ramona ....5 53 37 



Alert..... ft 58 00 



Miranda o 53 53 



Fleur de Lys 5 41 00 



Spranza 5 55 00 



The times for the Morgan cups wert : 



SCHOONERS. 



Start, Finish. 



ConsteUaiion 5 48 39 3 45 10 



Dauntless 5 50 23 4 l6 88 



Merlin 5 46 43 4 22 13 



Ramona 5 .53 37 4 40 10 



Fortuna 5 55 00 4 51 .38 



Mayflower 5 54 25 4 56 28 



Alcasa 5 52 43 4 43 57 



Alert 5 55 00 5 01 CO 



Kleur deLys 5 41 00 .... 



Pha.ntom ..5 47 57 5 21 .80 



Speranza 5 55 00 5 .55 07 



.•Atlantic 5 49 52 5 03 .32 



Miranda 5 63 52 5 05 36 



Marguerite 5 53 52 4 53 .57 



Iroquois 5 46 42 4 39 .38 



CEnone 5 51 41 5 3i 43 



Quickstep 5 37 27 5 24 09 



Peerless 5 42 11 6 09 44 



Azalea 5 36 01 6 02 34 



SLOOPS. 



Wasp 5 35 43 5 5.5 58 



Gloriana 5 ;15 41 6 07 i.9 



Harpoon 5 .38 09 6 OS 03 



Katrina 5 48 05 5 14 55 



Wayward 5 47 47 5 54 36 



Clara 5 47 25 6 44 58 



MariQuita . . .5 37 31 7 19 14 



13 20 16 

 12 31 28 

 12 29 54 

 18 41 43 



10 20 15 



10 46 42 



11 O i 00 

 11 H 44 



12 20 16 



13 28 25 



11 06 00 

 11 01 12 



Elapsed. Corrected. 



9 56 31 9 56 31 

 10 26 15 



10 35 30 10 14 OB 

 10 40 32 .. 



10 56 38 10 87 15 



11 02 03 11 34 19 



10 50 14 



11 06 00 10 41 as 



11 .33 .33 10 59 38 



12 00 07 



11 13 41 10 33 23 



11 11 44 10 36 40 



10 59 05 10 10 15 



10 .53 06 10 10 36 



11 41 02 10 54 44 



11 46 42 10 35 55 



12 27 33 11 11 07 



13 26 23 10 56 37 



12 20 16 11 17 49 



13 31 28 11 25 68 

 IS' 29 54 



11 36 50 11 26 50 



12 06 49 11 39 .31 



12 58 33 11 55 29 



13 41 4;H 12 10 23 



Constellation wins the $1,000 Morgan cup and Wasp the $500 one, 

 Mr. Rogers winning a similar cup in Bedouiti in 1887. 



The programme for the final days of the cruise was announced on 

 Monday nightin the following general orders: 



Aboard Flagship Electra, | 

 Harbor of JVIabblehead, Aug. 8, 1893, )' 



General Order No. 5. 



1. On Tuesday, Aug. 9, at noon, a gun will be fired from the flag- 

 ship, both flags hauled down, the New Tork Yacht Club signal sent 

 to the main and the Eastern Yacht Club signal sent to the fore. 



Two guns will then be fU'ed from the flagship as a salute. 

 Each yacht will then fire one gun as a salute to the Eastern Yacht 

 Club. 



When all the yachts have saluted the Commodore of tbe Eastern 

 Yacht Club will return the salute in behalf of his club with two 

 guns. 



One gun will then be flred from the flagship, the colors hauled down 

 and the former colors reset. 



Immediately after, a gun will be fired from the flagship, when all 

 yachts will dress ship and remain dressed untU sunset. 



2. The boat races will take place on Tuesday, pursuant to general 

 order No. 6. 



3. On Tuesday evening at 9:30 P.M. the commodore and members 

 of the Eastern Y. C. have invited the captains of the New York Y. 

 C. and their guests to a reception at their club house in Marblehead. 



Yachts in the squadron will illuminate with fireworks during the 

 evening. 



4. The race for the commodore's cups will be sailed on Wednesday, 

 under tbe direction of the regatta committee. 



5. On Wednesday evening, Aug. 10, at 9:30 P.M., a reception will be 

 given by the commodore on the flagship to the officers and members 

 of the Eastern Y. C. and the captains of the New York Y. C. and 

 th eir guests. 



6. The attention of the captains of the squadron is called to a cir- 

 cular Issued by the house committee of the Eastern Yacht Club, re- 

 questing the names of the guests in the squadron, and also contain- 

 ing valuable information; a copy of which is sent herewith. 



7. A meeting of the captains will be held aboard the flagship on 

 AVednesday evening at 9:15 P. M., in the event of the race having been 

 sailed, for the purpose of disbanding tbe squadron. 



By order of the commodore. Stephen Peabody, Fleet Captain. 



Flagship Elsctra, Aug. 8, 1892. 



General Order No. 6. 



squadron cruise boat races. 



Owl and Game Cock colors— The Game Cock colore will be tor 

 four-oared gigs pulling sweeps. The owl for cutters pulling two 

 sweeps or two pairs of sculls. 



For other boat races— Entries will be $2 an oar, made by the owners 

 of yachts, and boats will be classified according to the number of oars 

 they pull. 



Coxswains must be carried in all boats except dinghies. 



The commodore offers as additional prizes $25 to the winners of 

 the Game Cock and |10 to the winners of tbe Owl colors, and f25 to 

 the winning launch. 



The start will be made alongside the flagship, and entries will Ije 

 received and details as to course be given on board. 



Letter B (club code) displayed at the fore will signify "the boat 

 races will take place to-day at — and the hour will be indicated at 

 the main. 



By Older of the commodore. 



Stephen Veabody, Fleet Captain. 



In the evening the harbor was filled with boats and the rocks were 

 covered with people, all eager to see the yachts. The chief point of 

 interest in the fleet was Vamoose, the little flyer being new" to East- 

 ern waters. It was ladies' night at the Corinthian Y, C , a band 

 playing on the lawn, while the piazzas were crowded. The steam 

 yacht Sultana has attracted general attention in every port by a 

 handsome display of green electric lights from bowsprit end up over 

 her three masts and down to boom end. 



On Tuesday the programme of salutation and boat races was car- 

 ried out, the results of the races being as foUows: 



Gamecock colors, 4-oared gigs, Dauntless 1, Speranza 2, Constella- 

 tion 3. Owl colors, pair-oared uutter.s. 7 starters, Nonpariel 1, Alert3. 



Single scull race, seven starters, Merlin I.Barbara 2. The steam 

 and naphtha launch race was won by Electra'a launch, steered by 

 the mate, Mr. Fish, with Columbia's launch second, beating Daunt- 

 less, Fortuna, Fleur de Lys, Atlantic and Sultana. 



During the afternoon the shore of the Neck was lined with hand- 

 some turnouts from Beverly, Salem and the surrounding country. 

 A band played in front of the Eastern Y. O. houie, and the day wias 

 a general holiday for all Marblehead. The programme for Wednes- 

 day called for a race for the two cups offered by Com Gerry, with a 

 possibility of another race for cups offered by the Eastern Y. C. on 

 Thui-sday, the fleet disbanding Wednesday night. 



