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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Aug. 26, 1898. 



Hobbs Hole T. C. Annual Regatta. 



PLYMOUTH — MASS. 



Tuesday, Aug. Ih. 

 This Hobbs Hole T. C, of Plymouth, sailed its annual regatta on 

 Aug. 15 over a 6-mile course inside the harbor in a light N. E. -wind. 

 The elapsed times were: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Sigrid, Watson & Lootse 1 51 51 



Future, William F. Whitman .....1 51 56 



Amie E., Hartford 1 54 54 



SECOND CLASS.. 



Sachem, Frothingham 1 45 48 



Old Honesty, Melbourne McDowell 1 50 22 



Puritan, 0. D. Craig 1 51 17 



Gypsy Girl, W. Steele 1 52 26 



Mystery, T. S. Dimon ..1 55 18 



Maj. D., S. Drew 1 55 08 



Spray, C. F. Bradford 1 59 09 



Alice, Horace Drew 2 02 54 



Hozer, Besse 3 05 27 



THIRD CLASS. 



Aggie, Frank Eogers 2 01 51 



Jessie, I. Morton 2 07 51 



Pilgrim, A. Bartlett 2 09 32 



Grace Weston, Henry Jordan 2 09 -35 



S. B., S. B. Holmes 2 13 18 



aytie, A. B. Rogers 2 19 80 



Cock Robin, S. L. Thurston 2 20 02 



Hustler, Nathan Burgess 2 22 10 



Vigilant, Charles Rogers 2 22 54 



FOURTH CLASS. 



Aphrodite, A. G. Fay ■ 1 50 55 



Two Stars, Henry Jones 2 00 23 



Mignon, Damon Bros 2 01 36 



Gertrude, I. S. Brewster withdrew. 



Mobile Y. C. 



MOBILE! BAY. 



Saturday, July ». 

 The Mobile Y. C. sailed a race over a 15 knot triangular course, with 

 fair weather, S. E. wind and flood tide. The times were: 



FIRST CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Length. Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Native 2 08 24 5 30 42 3 22 18 



Mexican Gulf, W. Mickle 2 07 43 5 .58 50 3 57 01 



Sam Jones, T. Mitchell 2 11 20 6 11 03 3 59 43 



Gertie 2 09 21 Withdrew. 



SECOND CaASS CABIN SLOOPS. 



Agnes, A. Mehle 30.07 2 09 11 



Zephine. W. B. Curran. .. .27.10 2 07 09 5 19 93 3 10 12 



Ocean, Jno. Wallack 36.06 2 15 20 5 37 55 3 30 46 



Siren, H. L. Pettus 31.00 2 11 50 5 40 20 3 25 00 



Nellie, G. H. Fonde 30.00 2 11 45 5 44 35 3 32 45 



Maud, C. B. Vincent 33.00 2 05 23 5 46 10 3 40 42 



THIRD CLASS OPEN SLOOPS. 



Maggie P 18.00 2 08 30 5 35 00 



Clara D 16 06 2 12 52 5 43 05 



Sissie 17.03 2 09 21 5 45 30 



Teaser 15.03 2 09 00 5 49 11 



Frank L 19.00 Withdrew. 



FOURTH CLASS CATS. 



Phantom 22.00 2 16 00 5 47 03 3 31 03 



Falcon 18.00 2 11 05 6 02 30 3 51 25 



Winona 17.06 2 08 45 6 09 15 4 00 30 



Winners— Class one: First, Native; second, Mexican Gulf. Class 

 two: First, Agnes; second, Zephine. Class three: First, Maggie P.; 

 second. Teaser. Class four: First, Phantom; second, Winona. Re- 



fatta committee: Ted Hodgson, C. A. Hall and Thos. Blltchell. 

 udges, Ghas. O. Fulton, W. A. Gates. • 



Oriole Y. C. Annual Regatta. 



CANARSIE— JAMAICA BAY. 



Saturday, Aug. IS. 

 The Oriole Y. C, of Canarsie, sailed its annual regatta 

 in a fresh northeast breeze, the times being: 



CLASS A— CATBOATS OVER 20PT. 



Elapsed. 



Oalla 1 09 50 



Maggie 1 10 45 



Farewell 1 09 50 



Lottie Tudie 1 09 10 



Aggie M 1 10 05 



Hebe 1 10 30 



Hurry 1 10 25 



PeU 1 09 55 



Sea Gull 1 lO 10 



Quack 1 10 50 



CLASS B— CATBOATS UNDER 20FT. 



Catac 1 19 30 



Duck 1 23 50 



Fly ..1 28 20 



Bee 1 28 20 



1 28 10 



on Aug. 12 



Corrected. 

 1 10 50 

 1 10 55 

 1 10 00 

 1 09 00 

 1 11 20 

 1 11 10 

 1 11 05 

 1 11 05 

 1 11 10 

 1 11 30 



1 20 30 

 1 22 50 

 1 28 00 

 1 29 00 

 1 28 10 



Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. 



OYSTER BAY. 



Saturday, Aug, 19. 

 HANDICAP Race. — The course: Starting from south to north of line 

 between two marks south of Moses Point, thence to Gold Spring Light, 

 keeping it on the port hand, thence to Center Island Buoy, keeping it 

 on the starboard hand, thence to Lloyd's Point Buoy, keeping it on 

 the starboard hand, thence to Cold Spring Light, keeping it on the 

 starboard hand, thence to finish, crossing line from north ^to south, 



keeping to north of Black Buoy at mouth of haxbor going and coming. 

 Start at 11:.35: 



Finished. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Trinket, T. S. Young, Jr 2 31 45 2 56 45 2 45 45 



Folly, Geo. Bullock 2 26 42 2 51 42 2 51 42 



Meteor, Wm. Trotter 2 32 20 2 57 20 2 52 20 



Dodo, E. M. Townsend, Jr 2 .33 24 2 58 24 2 51 24 



Nameless, C. W. Wetmore did not finish. 



Nadjy, A. P. Montaut did not finish. 



Scarecrow, C. J. Stevens 2 42 50 3 07 50 2 54 50 



Pilgrim, E. M. Townsend 2 24 50 2 49 .50 2 43 50 



First prize, Pilgrim; second prize, Trinket. Judge, W. Emlein 



Roosevelt. 



Patchogue Annual. 



Patchogue, , Aug. 19.— The first annual regatta of the Patchogue 

 Y. C. was sailed this afternoon. Twelve of the fastest boats in the 

 club started, and much interest centered in the sailing qualities of the 

 lately built narrow-waisted boats as compared with the old broad- 

 beamers. In the sloop class the Charles F. Dayton, an oldtimer, and 

 nearly as broad as she is long, was the favorite. She led to the turn, 

 but was afterward compelled to draw out on account of an accident 

 to her topsail. The Rose Silsbee then took the lead, and won by five 

 minutes over the Twin Brothers. In the second class for sloops, the 

 little Southern yacht Alice M. Newton ought to have won, but she 

 fouled the stake boat, and the race was awarded to the OdeU. 



In the class for first-class catboats the Carola won easily. She was 

 sailed by her owner's son, Fred Thurber, who is under 20 years old. 

 The Dolphin, winner of many races in New York harbor, was easily 

 beaten by the Beulah, a new narrow boat. The course was a twenty- 

 mile angular one. The Patchogue boats ran nearly to the stakeboat 

 of the Sayville Club, whose regatta was sailing at the same time, and 

 they gave a long line of canvas as pleasing as it was unusual. 



Meteor-Thistle. 



Wassersport, the enterprising and wide awake yachting journal 

 of Germany, has placed yachtsmen under great obligations by the 

 publication in the issue of July 27 of the last competitor for the 

 America cup, which we here reproduce. Whatever defects Thistle, 



now Meteor, may have possessed, there is much about her to admire 

 in beauty of form and harmony of design. We are not able at present 

 to discuss at length the points of the design, but it is clearly evident 

 that Thistle is in model a centerboard boat, and that only with the aid 

 of a centerboard could she compare to windward with the American 

 centerboard craft. 



Sayville Y, C. Annual. 



The second annual regatta of the Sayville Y. 0. took place in Great 

 South Bay, Long Island, Aug. 19, with a fresh S.E. breeze'.' The special 

 race between the sloops Bonnie Doon and Berkley occasioned a great 

 deal of interest on account of the Berkley having been queen of the 

 bay until the Bonnie Doon defeated her in a recent race at Bayshore. 

 Bonnie Doon won easily, her time being 3.02.35. Berkley was" nearly 

 10m. behind. The Sayville Club has bought a club house, and the 

 future of the organization is bright. The races to-day were timed as 

 follows: 



Special class, sloops: Bonnie Doon Arthur Gibb, 3:03:35. 



Class 1: Berkley, Alden S. Swan, 3:13:21; Annie Florence, E. Tuttle, 

 did not finish; Louisa, Edmund Terry, did not finish; Flyaway, Bert 

 Rogers, 3:21:55; Triton, S. V. Rogers, 3:17:17; Edna B., Daniel Bishop, 

 8:21:09; Willard Hall, Charles Rogers, did not finish; 3Iargie Brown, 

 George Anderson, did not finish. 



Catboats, Class 1: Dom Pedro, E. Ketcham. did not finish; Loretta, 

 Otto Kahler, 2:12:58; Edward Preston, Syms Baker, 2:17:28; Lottie 

 Throckmorton, Percy Co lUns, 2:21:41; Reliance, Westlake Brothers, 

 2:15:03. 



Catboats, Class 2: Undula, John L. Lawrence, 2:34:.34; Lisa, John 

 R. Suydam, 2:27:05; Edith, W. K. Post, 2:.37:24; Mennie, Edward E. 

 Winters, 2:40:42; Emelie Isabel, Elmer Murdock, 2:;38:03; Sparks, F. G. 

 Bourne, 2:85:46; Columbia, John Cassidy, 2:47:25; Whiff, Arthur K. 

 Bourne, did not finish. 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



The special race of the Atlantic Y. C. for the Banks cup, for yachts 

 built this year to defend the America''s Cup. will be sailed on Aug. 31, 

 starting off Sandy Hook. The tug Mutual will follow the race. 



The Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. has offered prizes to the amount 

 of $250 for a race of oyster boats on Labor Day. The course will be a 

 triangle of eleven miles, off Oyster Bay. There will be two classes, 

 over 28ft. and not over 28ft. 



The nmeteenth open regatta of the South Boston Y. C. will be held 

 off club house. Marine Park, City Point, South Boston, Saturday, Sept. 

 9, 1893. Classes, 28 to 85ft., 34 to 28ft., 21 to 24ft., 15 to 18ft., and under 

 15ft. saihng length. Special class under 23ft. waterline. Cash prizes 

 approximate $200. A cordial invitation to all. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signal, et«.. of their 

 clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and report of 

 the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are requested to 

 forward to Forest and Stream their addresses, with logs of cruises, 

 maps, and information concerning their local waters, drawings or 

 descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items relating to the sport. 



FIXTURES. 



AUGUST. 



U-26. A. C. A. Meet, St. Lawrence River. 



SEPTEMBER. 



2. Orange An., Arlington, N. J. 16. Red Dragon, Delaware River. 

 4. lanthe. An., Passaic River. 16. Toronto. International Paddling 

 4. Holyoke, Fall, Holyoke, Mass. Trophy Race. 



Glenwood— "Electra." 



Canoeing has always been regarded as a particularly clean sport, 

 free not only from all taint of professionalism and mercenary con- 

 siderations, but in particular from all unfair and dishonest practices. 

 It is then with great regret that we are obliged to borrow from the 

 vocabulary of the turf a fitting term to describe a recent occiu'rence, 

 which has already been alluded to in our columns. In racing parlance 

 a "ringer" is a horse of known reputation, which for dishonest pur- 

 poses is disguised in some way and entered under a false name, 

 usually in a distant locality where he is little likely to be recognized^ 

 The canoe Glenwood is one of the best known of American canoes and 

 is unquestionably one of the fastest racing canoes ever built. She was 

 built last year to the special order of Mr. T. S. Oxholm, of the Yonkers 

 C. C, her designer and builder being Capt. George W. Ruggles, of 

 Rochester, N. Y. Glenwood was sailed through the entire season by 

 Mr. Oxholm, and with great success, winning many prizes. At the 

 end of the season, Mr. Oxholm being about to give up racing, she 

 was advertised for sale, and during the winter she was sold, one of the 

 conditions of the sale being that the name of the purchaser should not 

 be made public, and to this Mr. Oxholm agreed, as such a stipulation 

 is in no way unusual. 



Our readers may remember during the spring several communica- 

 tions from a special Western correspondent in regard to the Mahn-a- 

 wauk C. C, in each of which a new canoe, to be named Electra^ 

 was mentioned as building by the Davis Boat and Oar Company for 

 Mr. A. W. Friese, of that club, and also a member of the Western 

 Canoe Association. The canoe was present at the recent W. C. A- 

 meet, as reported in the Forest and Stream, and sailed very fast. 

 Since the report was published the rumor reached us that the so-called 

 Electra, built by the Davis Boat and Oar Co., of which firm, by the 

 way, Mr. Friese is the Milwaukee agent, was no other than the Glen- 

 wood, having^been shipped to Milwaukee and the name plates re- 

 moved and a new name painted. 



We have been at some trouble to verify this report, and find that it 

 is unquestionably correct. At the same time we find that the entire 

 matter was from the first fully known to the special correspondent 

 who sent us the different reports from SUlwaukee already mentioned, 

 and who has imposed both upon us and our readers. In justice to our 

 Chicago correspondent, Mr. E. Hough, we may say that though pres- 

 ent for a short time at the W. C. A. meet, he was imposed on by the 

 perfectly plausible reports there circulated concerning the origin of 

 the canoe, and further, in his absence a portion of the report was 

 written by the special correspondent before referred to. These are 

 the facts. Further comments are unnecessary, as all gentlemen 

 sportsmen will draw their own conclusions from them. 



The racing of the new yachts has monopolized so much of our space 

 during the past two weeks that we have been able to give no atten. 

 tionto the A. C. A. meet, which is progressing very successfully at 

 Long Island Park. Next week, however, we hope to give very full 

 reports of the camp and the racing. 



We must ask the indulgence of our correspondents just now, as ab- 

 sence from New York with the yachts and canoes has prevented the 

 acknowledgment of a number of communications and the answering 

 of various inquiries. 



The Original "Kelpie." 



Camp of the King:pishers (in a rain), Platte Lake, Mich., Aug. 16. — 

 Editor Fm-est and Stream: My attention has been called to a state- 

 ment by Mr. George B. Ellard, made at a meeting of the W. 0. A. and 

 published in your issue of Aug. 5, in which that gentlemen claims 

 originality in the use of the word "Kelpie" as a norn de plume. He 

 seems to attach a good deal of importance to this, and as I had heard 

 something of the sort before through friends of his (from whom I got 

 the impression that he had given up his idea of original proprietor- 

 ship), I think that it can do no harm if I state the following facts. 



In the simimer of 1859 my friend Mr. S. C. Hatheway, a lawyer long 



