r 



Aug. 19, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



181 



Viator 12 



Loyal 12 



Gevalia 12 



Neaera 12 



Katrina 12 



Gracie 12 



Bedouin 12 



Huron 12 



Hildegarde 12 



Queen Mab 12 



Ventura 12 



Eclipse .12 



Clara 12 



Waep 12 



Jessica 12 



Mariquita 12 



TJvira 12 



Croccodile 12 



Nymph 12 



Rosalind... 12 



SCHOONERS— CLASS 5. 



25 00 not timed. 



25 00 11 46 08 



25 00 11 04 26 



25 00 10 00 50 



SLOOPS — CLASS 3. 



20 00 11 08 07 



30 00 11 19 45 



18 56 11 36 15 



20 00 10 37 27 



SLOOPS— CLASS 4. 



20 00 11 07 15 

 16 55 11 31 45 

 20 00 not timed. 



SLOOPS— CLASS 5. 



20 00 11 53 57 

 20 00 



SLOOPS— CLASS 6. 



20 00 10 56 47 



18 55 11 47 46 



20 00 11 46 20 



20 00 11 34 45 



SLOOPS— CLASS 7. 



20 00 not timed, 

 20 00 not timed. 

 20 00 not timed. 



11 21 08 ■ 

 10 39 26 

 9 85 51 



10 48 07 



10 59 45 



11 17 19 

 10 17 27 



10 47 15 



11 14 50 



10 36 47 



11 28 51 

 11 26 20 

 11 14 45 



10 35 03 

 9 28 27 



10 48 07 



10 .57 57 



11 14 44 

 10 10 29 



10 47 15 



11 10 26 



10 36 47 



11 21 52 

 11 15 58 

 11 02 41 



Second Squadron Run. 



MORRIS GOVE TO NEW LONDON. 



Wednesday, Aug. 9. 



The flagship was ready in good season, having laid at the finish all 

 night to time the late arrivals, and at 9:40 the preparatory gun was 

 flred. A light S. W. wind called all the kites out of the sail locker, and 

 some spinakers were broken out, but before long the light and fickle 

 breeze had dropped to a calm which lasted for some time, finally 

 coming in more ahead. So far as any close work is concerned the fleet 

 was too widely scattered, some on one shore and some on the other, 

 to make the details of any importance; boats hi the same class were 

 an hour apart at the finish, and the whole story of the nm of forty 

 miles is told in the oSicial table as follows: 



Preparatory, 9:40, sloops; start, Class 1, 9:50; all other sloops, 9:65; 

 schooners, 10 o'clock. 



SCHOONERS— CLASS 1. 







Start. 



Finish. 



Elapsed. 



Corrected. 



10 05 00 



6 12 23 



8 07 23 



8 07 23 



10 05 00 



5 10 45 



7 05 45 



7 03 56 



10 05 00 



4 04 48 



5 .59 48 



5 56 05 



10 02 09 



5 34 35 



7 32 26 



7 28 22 



10 05 00 



6 17 13 



8 12 13 



8 05 01 



SCHO0NER.S— CLASS 2. 







10 05 00 



4 56 12 



6 51 12 



6 40 23 



SCHOONERS— CLASS 3. 







10 05 00 



4 16 40 



6 11 40 



6 11 40 



10 05 00 



5 43 21 



7 38 21 



Not meas. 



10 05 00 



5 31 34 



7 26 34 



7 24 37 



10 05 00 



5 03 28 



6 58 28 



6 55 14 



10 05 00 



5 16 28 



7 11 28 



7 06 50 



SCHOONERS— CI.ASS 4. 







10 05 00 



5 04 22 



6 59 22 



6 59 22 



10 04 12 



5 54 03 



6 49 51 



Not meas. 



.10 05 00 



5 42 45 



7 37 45 



7 29 15 



10 05 00 



5 02 52 



6 57 52 



6 51 19 



SCHOONERS— CL.4.SS 5. 







10 05 00 



5 51 47 



7 46 47 



7 46 47 



,10 05 00 



5 30 40 



7 25 40 



7 21 32 



SLOOPS- 



-CLASS 3. 







, 9 69 55 



5 35 32 



7 35 37 



7 35 37 



10 00 00 



7 01 53 



9 01 53 



9 00 02 



0 .57 53 



5 54 58 



7 57 05 



7 54 26 



, 9 58 31 



5 49 08 



7 50 37 



7 43 28 



SLOOPS- 



-CLASS 4. 







9 59 13 



6 37 01 



8 37 48 



8 37 48 



10 00 00 



Not timed. 







SLOOPS— CLASS 5. 





9 11 14 



10 00 00 



7 19 20 



9 19 20 



SLOOPS - 



-CLASS 6. 





6 54 46 



9 57 56 



4 33 42 



6 i54 46 



9 58 09 



6 57 41 



8 59 32 



8 48 57 



SLOOPS - 



■CLASS 7. 







9 59 45 



Not timed. 







10 00 00 



Not timed. 







The winners are: Constellation, Fortuna C2d). Lasca, Emerald C2d;, 

 Ariel, Dagmar (2d), Neaera, Katrina, Huron C2d)i Queen Mab, Wasp. 



There was little expextation of a meetkig of the big cutters short of 

 Newport, .as Coloma was not seen after starting on Tuesday mornmg, 

 Vigilant was at City Island with much to do to make her ready for 

 racing, and neither of the Boston fins was looked for at New London. 

 There was both surprise and disappointment throughout tbe fleet 

 when the tall spars and double masthead spreaders of a Cup defender 

 were visible at the moutli of the Thames, and many saw for the first 

 time the fourth Paine boat, .Jubilee. While all were glad to see her 

 with the fleet, there was general regret that all the others were absent 

 when they might well have been there. In the harbor were many 

 waiting yachts, among them the curious fin-keel Carmita. 



There may have been a time when the yachtsman's hop at the 

 Pequot, over which so much ink is annually expended, was more thau 

 a tradition, but of late years it has dropped to a display of Chinese 

 lanterns abotit the veranda and three or four pieces of music in the 

 parlors, with a mixed throng of people from the town, the cottages 

 and partly from the yachts. As a distinctive yachting function the 

 night at New London has lost all its old character, and would hardly 

 be missed if it was omitted entirely. 



Third Squadron Run. 



NEW LONDON TO NEWPORT. 



Tliursday, Aug. 10. 

 The fh-st look over the big fleet on Thursday morning showed a 

 second big single spar outside where the larger yachts were lying, and 

 she was quickly identified by her queer looking consort, the morfydite 

 steam vessel before mentioned. Vigilant had completed her repairs 

 by Wednesday and hurried on to rejoin the fleet. The cause of her 

 mishap is laid to ber bowsprit shrewd, of ^^in. diameter wire rope, 

 which had already been condemned by some as too light; but it is 

 furthex stated that the real cause of the mishap of Monday was the 

 strippmgof the thread on a turnbuckle, and not the strandmg of the 



^The prospect of a race between Vigilant and Jubilee excited more 

 interest through the fleet than that of Monday bet ween the former 

 and Colonia, as it renewed the old rivalry between Boston and New 

 York. 



Like the three preceding days, Thursday was fair and bright, with 

 smooth water and blue skies, but unlike Tuesday and Wednesday, 

 there was enough breeze to get the fleet under way. Not a few made 

 an early start by way of Fisher's Island Sound, but the fleet was so 

 large tliat there was still left a large racing contingent. The start 

 was made at 10:10, the two big cutters working cautiously about the 

 hne in a hght southerly wind, alert to make the most of a '-one gun" 

 start. Such a start is unusual in the New York Y. C, but as it is to 

 be used in the Cup races it is fikely to be tried in some of the earher 

 meetings of the boats. At the wheel of Jubilee, with General Paine 

 near b\\ was the stalwart figure of Captain John Barr, and with his 

 old-time skill he took tbe start and the weather berth from his rival, 

 leading over the hne by 58s, The two had only 5m. start of the smaller 

 cutters and sloops, and lOm. of the schooners, but they had soon spun 

 this slight handicap out to a good lead and were by Race Rock without 

 a tacif. Jubilee gained slightly all the while, whatever advantage 

 there was in the ligljt wind. As they bore off for the new course 

 Jubilee had a good lead of Vigilant. The rest of the fleet were not so 

 lucky, as the wind headed them a little and several tacks were needed 

 to get by. 



Alter Race Rock was passed sheets were trimmed for a long reach 

 to Point Judith, and the fleet strung out in one long line, at the head 

 being Jubilee and Vigilant, Lasca, Ariel and Wasp. The t« o big fel- 

 lows were close together. Jubilee holding her lead, but the other 

 classes were so broken up that there was no close work, eaeli merely 

 trying to reach the finish as soon as possible, with httle regard to 

 class competitors. 



Tbe wind held light, dropping at tunes and then comuig m strong 

 enough for a httle while to raise hopes of a quick run hi to the fiuish 

 off Dumplings. Jubilee and Vigilant were giving and talking, the fin 

 boat still with a clear lead. They rounded Point , Judith in ttds posi- 

 tion, both with spinakers in stops aloft to ntarb(jarcl. Jubilee ran 

 dose in and broke hers out, but Vigilant was sharp eiiougli to keej^ ofl' 

 shore and come upon Jubilee s weatijev. not ^eUin.iT lier spinaker 

 until about five minutes later, liy wliich time slie ei'vefej tbe 



other boat. They ran very evenly for ses^eral miles, bur \ igilant 

 finally drew ahead and crossed the line with a lead of less than a min- 

 ute. The performance all day showed little more than that the two 

 ■were very closely matched in a light wind. The windward work at the 

 start was too short to Kive any true gauge of the superiority of either 

 boat, ond in both running and reaching they held very close logethf r. 



As the rest of the fleet came in by Karragansett Ker another big 

 stnglesticker came out and stood ofl' to the eastwai-d and was recog- 

 nized as tbe other fin-keel. Pilgrim. She had made Newport at 5 P.M. 

 on Wednesday, after a quick run around the Cape. 



SCHOONERS— CLASS 1. 





Start. 



Finish. 



JijiapseQ 



10 25 00 



4 12 27 



5 47 27 



10 i;5 00 



3 47 54 



5 22 54 



10 25 00 



4 19 44 



5 34 41 



10 25 00 



4 05 31 



5 40 31 



10 25 00 



4 43 50 



6 18 .50 



10 25 00 



4 10 12 



5 51 12 



10 25 00 



4 40 08 



6 15 08 



SCHOONERS — CLASS 2. 





10 25 00 



4 10 34 



5 45 34 



10 21 00 



3 34 11 



5 13 11 



10 25 00 



4 25 23 



6 10 23 



10 22 40 



3 51 43 



- 5 29 03 



10 23 02 



4 10 58 





10 2.') 00 



4 25 40 



6 00 40 



10 24 52 



4 21 01 





10 21 35 



3 45 56 





10 23 37 



4 20 25 



6 02 25 



10 S5 00 



4 20 18 



6 OO 18 



SCHOONERS — CLASS 5. 





10 25 00 



4 53 58 



6 33 56 



10 25 00 



4 57 58 



6 32 58 



10 24 21 



4 50 15 



6 25 54 



SLOOPS- 



-CLASS 1. 





10 10 00 



3 12 52 



5 02 52 



10 10 00 



3 11 41 



5 01 41 



SLOOPS— CLASS 3. 





10 16 42 



3 51 51 



5 35 09 



10 19 10 



4 33 13 



6 14 03 



10 17 27 



4 19 21 



^ ^1 ^ 



10 16 35 



4 02 46 



5 46 08 



SLOOPS- 



-CLASS 4, 





10 10 00 



4 44 21 



6 24 21 



10 16 24 



4 17 13 



6 00 49 



10 18 54 



4 23 24 



6 04 30 



SLOOPS — CLASS 5. 





10 20 00 



5 01 56 



6 41 56 



10 20 00 



5 04 44 



6 44 44 



SLOOPS- 



-CLASS G. 





10 18 00 



3 63 19 



3 25 19 



10 18 49 



4 46 57 



6 28 02 



10 20 00 



4 44 31 



6 24 21 



10 16 08 



4 31 14 



6 15 06 



SLOOPS— CLASS 7. 





10 18 40 



4 40 08 



6 21 28 



10 18 34 







10 20 10 







10 18 54 



4 57 44 



6 38 .50 



The finish off the Dumphngs was much like that of last year, all 

 with spinakers to starboard and a large attendant fleet of yachts and 

 small craft. The offlcial times were: 



Signals, preparatory, 10:00: first class sloops, 10:10; other sloops, 

 10:15; schooners, 10:20. 



SCHOONERS— CLASS 1. 



Correcte* 

 5 47 37 

 5 20 54 

 5 52 18 



5 37 45 



6 13 09 

 5 51 12 i 



5 11 48 



5 2.5 37 

 5 43 09 

 5 .54 85 

 5 56 09 

 5 24 18 

 5 55 35 



5 52 22 



6 83 56 



5 35 09 



6 12 06 

 5 59 06 



5 38 36 



6 24 21 

 6 00 35 



5 59 31 



6 41 56 

 6 44 35 



5 35 1 9 



6 20 29 



The winners were: Constellation, Ramona (Sd); Fortuna; Lasca, 



Mayflower C2dV, Ariel, Emerald (2d}; Neaera: ?; Katrina, Huron 



(2d): Queen Mab; EcUpse; Wasp, Uvira (2d); Mariquita, Nymph (2d). 

 As Vigilant and Jubilee are not measured it is not known which wins. 

 The new fin-keel Carmita sailed first race, making but a poor showing 

 and being beaten by Uvira and Jessica, 



The generaUy fiuky character of the race is shown in the wide differ- 

 ences at the finish in most classes. 



There was a very large fieet in Newport harbor, and many of the 

 larger yachts laid in Brenton's Cove, or even outside Goat Island. 

 Colonia was resting at her anchor about the island, awaiting the fleet; 

 the two days having been passed in alterations. Her mainsail had 

 been cut down on the head, and her bowsprit shrouds, of %ixi. steel 

 wire, were replaced by new ones of Hn. wire. Pilgrim anchored off the 

 middle of Goat Island, while Jubilee and Vigilant went into Brenton's 

 Cove with the big steam yachts, Thursday evening brought a thick 

 fog from the sea, penetrating the town and harbor. Com. Morgan's 

 residence at Brenton Point was illuminated, and a reception was given 

 to the riiembers and their guests. , 



Goelet Cup Race. 



OFF NEWPORT. 



Friday, Aug. 11. 



The first real meeting between New York and Boston in the 

 contest for supremacy in yachting was in the Goelet cup race of 1885, 

 on a day still remembered with pleasure for the strong breeze and fine 

 race, in which Puritan and Prlscilla sailed over the Sow and Pigs 

 course, and the former scored a complete victory. In the following 

 vears important races were sailed earlier in the season, off Marblehead 

 and New York, but the yachts were never in their best form before 

 the cruise, and the Goelet cup race has been eagerly awaited as giving 

 the first thorough test of the season's new boats. This year, with a 

 new fleet of Cup defenders afloat, the interest in this race has been 

 intensified by the fact that it is the first meeting of the four, and the 

 speed of each is an unknown quantity, the uncertainty being in no 

 wav decreased by the two races of Monday and Thursday. 



The sight of four great singlestickers with clubtopsatls aloft carries 

 one back halt a dozen years to the time of the last race for the Cup in 

 1887, and to the many changes which have taken place in that short 

 time. General Paine is still the central figure among the defenders of 

 the Cup, and around h im on the deck of the new boat are seen some 

 famihar faces. Messrs. Richards, Bryant and Fay are still with him, 

 but the kindly, pleasant face and slight, stooping figure of the designer 

 of Puritan, Mayflower and Volunteer is missed and mourned by all 

 The designer rf the new boat is aboard, however, a bright, active 

 young fellow, whom no one would suspect of such a task, the son of 

 the Greneral, Mr. John B. Paine. One of General Paine's old heuten- 

 ants is missing from his side this year, Mr. E. A, WiUai-d, of New York, 

 who had shipped aboard of Vigilant at a time when there was no 

 thought of a fourth Paine boat, and whose skill and energy is now 

 directed entirely to the success of the '-bronze-bottom." Another 

 famfiiar face that is missing from the Paine boat is that of Capt. 

 •'Hank" Half, all his life a strong centerboard man, winning his repu- 

 tation in the flat old Fanny, and now using his utmost efforts to prove 

 that the keel Colonia is faster than her centerboai-d sister and the fin- 

 keels as well. Perhaps the strangest freak of all that time has played 

 on the fleet is that which placed Capt. John Earr on the deck of a 

 Paine Cup defender, the skipper of Thistle and Clara; the tall, sturdy 

 flgm-e which swung the long tiller to and fro, now standing gravely 

 beside the wheel of Jubilee, 



In 18.37 Mr, George Stewart was reporting the races for the Boston 

 Globe, now he is the principal in a Cup defender designed by himself 

 and his associate. Mr. Binney, another young man and unknown at 

 that time. In the same year the Burgess 70-footer Titania was just 

 begitining a remarkable record, now she is completely lost in the 

 schooner Dagmar, with a grotesque modern snout. At that day 

 w^hite was ultra-fashionable, and a -clipper stem," as on Sachem and 

 Volunteer, a novelty; now a black boat is the e.Nception and a shovel 

 snout a mark of distinction. In ]S87 Cythera made her last cruise 

 with the fleet, Capt. Cbas. Barr was in command of the diminutive 

 Shoua, Pappooise was considered a wonder, the 40ft, class was not 

 even suggested, the Herreshoffs were buUding steam yacht«, appar- 

 ently without anv thou^rhl of sailing craft. Grayling, with her plumb 

 stem, was the leading schooner, old Capt. Coffin was teUing and writ- 

 ing yarns that all were t;lad to listen to or read, the fln-keel was not 

 even a suggestion, and Neils Olsen wore a waistcoat several sizes 

 smaller than in the present day of grace. Taken all together, the 

 changes have been many and important, and opinions may easily differ 

 as lolhe degree of advancement made by yachting in six years. 



The cups presented by Mr. Ogden Goelet this year are the same in 

 value as in the past, $1,000 for schooners and ,8500 for cutters and 

 sloops, to be sailed for without time limit over one of tbe two usual 

 courses from Brenton's Reef Lightsh-p, the Block Island or the .Sow 

 and Pigs, each a triangle of about 38 mdes, 



Friday morning was cloudy and sultry, with a hght breeze shifting 

 between north and east. Clubtopsatls were set on the racing yachts, 

 and everythuig about Newport that could sail or steam headed out for 

 the start ofl the hghtship. The yachts carried gay parties of guests 

 and several large steamers were crowded with people from Boston 

 and even New York, who came just for the day. The steamer Gay 

 Head carried the members of the New York Y C, 



About the line at 11 o'clock were tlie four Cup defenders. Jubilee, 

 Colonia, Vigilant and Pilgrim, the latter nominally owned by Mr. 

 Bayard Thaver and entered in tbe dub under his name. The schoon- 

 ers were Ariel, Lasca. Emerald, Constellation, Dagmar, Loyal, Mar- 

 guerite, Mavtlower and Alca?a, The 46 footer Ilderim was entered, 

 this being her first race, though she was built in 1891, Large as they 

 looked in their day, the old fleet of singlestickers of 1885-87 would have 

 been dwarfed beside the new quartette, the smaUest of the latter hav- 

 ing a larger rig than Volunteer, 



Just before the start an accident happened to Pilgrim, the wire top- 

 saU halliard chafed through and the yard fell, breaking ihe jaekyard. 

 There was no wind at the time, but a long, easy roll, which was noth- 

 ing to stop the boats, but was hard on the gear at such immense 

 heights. The sail was quickly lowered and a jibheader set m its 

 place. 



With the lightest of airs from S E, the four were sent away at 1 1 ::35, 

 the flagship lying north of the Bi'enton's Reef Lightship. All were 

 slow in- crassing. Pilgrim coming first to the line in good time, but 

 Bearing and going back for a late start. Jubilee came first for the 

 line on starboard tack from the south end, near the lightship, with 

 Ilderim astern. Vigilant crossed on the port tack from the north end, 



crossing Jubilee's wake, and Colonia foUowed Ilderim and Jubilee 

 HUgrim was at the line almost becalmed when the handicap gun fli-ed. 

 With all eyes on the cutters, the schooner start received little atten- 

 tion, Lasca. Ariel and Volunteer came over the line on starboard 2i.^m. 

 after the gun. Emerald, Loyal and Dagmar following them later, 

 while Marguerite, Mayflow^er. and Alcaea crossed from the north. 

 Several were handicapped. Constellation being the last. 



Baby jibtopsails were set on the cutters. Jubilee held on starboard 

 tack with Colonia and Pilgrim in her wake, the latter moving very 

 slowlv with her working topsaU in place of a club and with her way 

 killed" on the line. Vigilant stood on for a tune on the port or offshore 

 tack and then w-ent about. JubUee crossing her bows. Vigilant tacked 

 to wmdwwd of Jubilee's wake and about on Colonia's beam. Volun- 

 teer was the leading schooner from the start, being more than a 

 quarter mile to leeward of Jubilee, whUe Emerald and Ariel were 

 beam on to each other astern of Volunteer, _ 



Pflgrim was still doing very poorly, the others dropping her though 

 they were moving slowly enough. She finally made a tack to the north 

 and left the fleet to hunt for flukes. 



The two leaders were saUlng very closely toKether, Vigdant a httle 

 too far from Jubilee's weather quarter to hold her back any, but what 

 slight difference existed was in Jubilee's favor. For nearly two hours 

 they held the port tack in a very hght air, Jubilee pointing a httle 

 higher and opening the distance, though the gam and loss m all this 

 time was very small. At times the whole fleet was lost in a belt of 

 fog, which would Uft as suddenly as it had shut in. 



Colonia failed to hold the other two, and after dropping half a mUe 

 astern left them and stood to the south for more wind. Volunteer, 

 when seen through the fog, was^far ahead of the schooners, with Ariel 

 second and Lasca third. , , „ 



At 2:15 P, M,, when withui sight of the vineyard Sound or Sow and 

 Pigs Lightship, seventeen miles from the start, the fog shut in very 

 thick and nothing was visible for a quarter of an hour, when two 

 ghostlv topsails appeared over the fog bank, showing that Jubilee was 

 still ahead and within a quarter of a mile of Vigilant, A httle later 

 and a third safl appeared weU to the south; Colonia, with a good lift 

 up on the leaders and within dangerous distance as all came for the 



A couple of short tacks were made, Jubilee sending down her bahy 

 and setting the ballooner in stops, and then she broke it out as she 

 passed the Lightship at 3:57:00, VigUant went by at 4:00:35 and 

 Colonia at 4:05:45. , , .. 



The wind had picked up for a time, but as they neared the mark it 

 fell very light. Jubilee had a turn in the head of her balloon jibtop- 

 sail and she hurried to set a spinaker before attempting to clear it, 

 but the safl would hardly draw. 



The fog had now cleared and showed Pilgrim far astern after a 

 fruitless hunt for flukes. Volunteer was coming for the mark, with 

 Ariel under her lee and Lasca a long way further to leeward, Ilderim 

 being with the schooners. 



The run of four miles to the Hen and Chickens Lightship was very 

 slow and could hardly be called racing. Jubilee turned at 5:01:15 and 

 Vigflant at 5:03:15, the two being very close together, while Coloiiia, 

 but a short distance astern, lay completely becalmed. The wind 

 came in very lifrht from the north and then died completely, a wan- 

 dering puff "in Vigilant's big ballooner setting her ahead of Jubflee. 

 The three lay idle until evening, the attendant fleet leaving them 

 about 6 o'clock to get in out of the fog. Both Vigilant and Jubilee 

 anchored, but Colonia held her way as best she could. After return- 

 ing to Newport May ran out and anchored off Brenton's Reef to 

 await the finish. Colonia pa«sed by the hghtship at 1:28:00, not see- 

 ing the flagship and taking their own time. Just 10m. later VigUant 

 passed tbe May and her crew- cheered in honor of their victory, the 

 sound brineing Colonia to the spot to report that she had already 

 finished. The official times of the race are as follows, the yachts not 

 named having given up: 



SCHOONERS, 



Friday A,M. Saturday A.M. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Volunteer 11 42 32 5 14 22 17 31 .50 17 25 10 



Lasca 11 42 .38 5 20 29 17 37 .51 17 29 23 



Alcasa 11 45 00 6 40 45 18 55 45 Notmeas. 



CUTTERS. 



Colonia 11 38 11 1 28 00 13 49 49 Notmeaa. 



Vigilant' ...11 37 29 1 38 00 14 00 31 Notmeas. 



Jubilee 11 36 49 1 18 35 14 41 46 Not meas. 



Pile-rim .,11 40 00 Withdrew. 



Volunteer wins a Goelet Cup for the fifth time, three times as a cut- 

 ter and twice as a schooner, and Colonia wins the singlestick cup, but 

 as a test of sailing the race was a failure and a disappointment to all 

 concernfed, „ 



In following the stated programme of the cruise a postponement 

 always causes trouble, but if the Goelet cups are to retain their values 

 as tlie chief prizes of the season either a time limit or an agreemen t 

 for shortening the course is necessary. 



The programme, as in previous years, caUed for a run to Vineyard 

 Haven on Saturday, Sunday at Cottage City, and a run to New Bed- 

 ford on Monday, and had the fleet started with favorable weather, it 

 is probable that the four big boats would have made a race. As it 

 happened, however, Saturday opened with little wind and a dense fog, 

 the sky being clear over Newport and the harbor, but everything out- 

 side being hidden. Many yachts were under way running out to the 

 Dumplings, but tew cared to venture further, and after running out 

 once or twice the May returned to Brenton's CoVe, and at 3 P.M. 

 signalled that tbe fleet would remain at anchor. The schooner Mar- 

 guerite was out at the line for an early start, but in working in she 

 took the ground on Kettlebottom Rock, being hauled off as the tide . 

 rose by the tug Sylvester Ward, the amount of damage being un- 

 known. During the afternoon the yachts that had ventured out re- 

 turned and anchored, and before sunset the fog cleared before a 

 northwest wind. Through the night the wind blew hard and a light 

 rain feU, but the morning was dehghtf ully bright and clear, with the 

 same strong N. W. wind. 



Vigilant Leads to Vineyard Haven. 



Vineyard Haven, Mass., Aug. 4.— In the runup here there was no 

 windward work, simply running and reaching. The cup defenders 

 Vi..ilant, Jubilee and Colonia, Pilgrim being absent, made an interest- 

 i»g race in which Vigilant proved superior with Jubilee second. In 

 the schooner classes Constollation, Lasca and Shamrock are the win- 

 ners Kati ina and Queen Mab are also winners and Harpoon heat 

 Wa'p hi tLe fifth class. Summary : 



SCHOONERS— FIRST CLASS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Dauntless 10 21 40 4 46 35 6 24 55 6 24 55 



nonstellation 10 22 :36 4 08 26 5 45 50 5 43 59 



Yampa 10 23 35 4 59 33 6 35 58 6 33 46 



RamonA' 10 21 30 4 15 50 5 54 30 5 51 46 



Palmer 10 22 08 Did not finish. 



SECOND CLASS, 



Volunteer 10 21 21 4 20 19 0 04 58 6 04 58 



Alcffia 10 30 57 4 14 34 5 53 37 6 53 00 



Lasca " 10 21 03 3 54 55 5 53 58 5 83 36 



Mayflower 10 24 45 4 44 47 C 20 02 6 16 52 



Miranda 10 25 00 Did not finish. 



THIRD Ot>ABS. 



Ariel 10 20 18 4.35 47 6 15 29 6 15 29 



Shamrock...' 10 24 10 4 47 21 6 32 11 6 14 55 



SLOOPS— FIRST cr^ss. 



Vigilant 10 35 00 4 05 52 5 30 53 Not meas. 



Jubilee " " 10 35 00 4 16 31 5 41 34 Not meas. 



Colonia..'.*.'.',.' 10 35 00 4 16 45 5 41 45 Not meas, 



THIRD CLASS, 



Katrina 10 16 29 4 15 20 5 58 51 5 58 51 



Bedouin 10 10 21 4 50 28 6 34 07 6 31 33 



Huron 10 10 10 4 38 53 6 22 43 6 15 45 



FOtTRTH CLASS, 



Wayward 10 19 05 4 46 03 6 26 58 6 26 58 



Hildegarde 10 15 43 4 47 10 6 31 27 6 31 14 



Queen Mab 10 16 32 4 41 50 6 35 28 6 30 51 



FIFTH CL.ASS, 



Wasp 10 10 13 4 .3>i 47 6 23 34 6 23 34 



Harpoon 10 18 :33 4 36 53 6 18 SO 6 18 12 



Jessica 30 20 00 4 59 45 6 :39 45 6 32 46 



Carmita 10 16 35 Did not finish. 



CLASS 8- YACHTS RACING ALO.NE IN THEIR CLASS. 



Edipse, sloop 10 17 03 5 13 33 6 .56 31 6 .56 .31 



Neaera schooner 10 23 05 4 58 27 6 ;15 23 6 28 35 



New York Y. R. A. Regatta. 



The regatta committee of th^ New York Y. R, A, has is,?ued the 

 programme for the fifth annual regatta, to be sailed on Labor Day, 

 Mondav, Sept. 4. and open to the 85 clubs comprising the Association: 

 Audubon, Bavonne, Bayswa'er. Brooklyn, Canarsie, Columbia, Green- 

 ville, Harlem" Hudson River. Indian Harbor. Jersey City, Kill von 

 Kull. Newark, Newark Bay. New Jersey, North Shrewsbury, Oceanic, 

 Pavonia, Sbi ewsbury, Sing SiuK. Staten Island, Athletic, Tappan Zee, 

 Tower RidEre. M'iliiaiusburtrh and Yonkers Corinthian, The classes 

 are: Sdiooners, 40ft. and "over, cabin sloops and cutters, not over 

 63ft., not O'.'er 53ft,. not over 45l^t., not over 38ft,, not over 32ft., not 

 over 27ft. Yawls in a separate class. Open jib and mainsails not 

 over 32ft., not over :i7ft., not over S3ft. Cabin cats, over 23ft., not 

 over 23ft. Open cats, not over ;i2ft,, not over 37ft., not over 23ft., 

 not over 20ft.. not over 17ft. 



The start will be made at 11 A. M. off Oyster Island, and the time 



