June 16, 1894.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



Larchmont Y. G. Spring Regatta. 



LARCHMONT — LONG ISLAND SOUND. 



Saturday, June 9. 

 The spring regatta of the Larchmont Y. C, sailed on June 9, was a 

 decided success; there were no special attractions or startling features, 

 but the fleet of 27 starters was composed almost entirely of new or 

 well-known yachts, and in every class the entries were sufficiently 

 well matched to make a race worth watcbing. The starters were: 



SCHOONERS— CLASS B — 81 TO 90 FT. 



Name. Owner. Length, 



Emerald J. Rogers Maxwell , 89.50 



Ariel G. H. B. Hill 83.53 



SCHOONERS— CLASS D— 71 TO SOFT. 



Loyal B Frank Sutton 65.98 



Viator W. Gould Brokaw .65.92 



Agnes .T. Norton Winslow 59.44 



SLOOPS AND COTTERS— GLASS 5—49 TO 55FT. 



Wasp Lippett Brothers 54.97 



Gloriana H. F. Gillig 54.67 



SLOOPS AND CUTTERS— CLASS 6-43 TO 49jT. 



Minerva H. W. Bucknell 45.61 



Gossoon L. Vaughan Clark 47.83 



SLOOPS AND CUTTERS — CLASS 7—36 TO 43lT. 



Tigress James Weir, Jr 41.30 



Eurybia Chas. Prior 40 . 03 



Drusilla L. Butherfurd 38.28 



Mary C Stephens C. Baldwin 



SLOOPS AND CUTTERS— CLASS 9—25 TO 30FT. 



Madrine Frank Freeman 



Water Lily 26.2 



Pyxie Oswald Sanderson 



Houri. W. B. Duncan, Jr 20.11 



T AWLS — CLASS SPECIAL. 



Audax H. W. Eaton 30.78 



Evelyn Joseph Allen 27 . 45 



CABIN CATS — CLASS It — OVER 20PT. RACING LENGTH. 



Mary W. C. Ellsworth 29.26 



Almira Wilmer Hanan 26.62 



Oconee C. T. Pierce 26.12 



CABIN CATS— CLASS 12— UNDER S5FT. 



Win or Lose F. M. Randall 23.5 



Battle Hazen Morse 



OPEN CATS— CLASS 14. 



Punch Arthur Clark 20.18 



Violet 20.00 



8PE0IAL SWEEPSTAKE RACE. 



Queen Mab Percy Chubb 



Wasp.. Lippett Bros 54.97 



Gloriana H. F. Gillig.... 



Minerva H. W. Bucknall 45.61 



Drusilla L. Rutherford 



Emerald and Ariel met for the third time this season ; in the next 

 class Loyal, Viator and Agnes were well matched: Wasp and Gloriana 

 and also" Minerva and Gossoon made up two more fighting pairs. The 

 presence of Drusilla. the Herreshoff fin-keel, as yet never fairly tried 

 in racing, Iput a special interest to the class which includes the old 

 35-footers; Tigress, conf essedly the best of this class, being present, 

 with Eurybia, another Ellsworth boat. The new 21ft. class was repre- 

 sented as yet by one boat, Mr. W. Butler Duncan's Herreshoff fin- 

 keel Houri. a very handsome and stylish craft, with full deck and 

 small oval cockpit for her crew of three, carrying maiusail and jib; in 

 default of a competitor she was compelled to seek a race in the larger 

 class, in which were Pyxie, the ex-25-footer Water Lily and the new 

 Webber boat Madrine. The latter is a centerboard boat of 38ft. over 

 all, 23ft, l.w.l., 10ft. 3in. beam and 3f*? draft, with 5,0001bs. of lead in 

 the keel and a sail plan which brings her within 25ft. sailing length. 

 She has up-to-date ends of very good proportion, a full overhang for- 

 ward and a well-shaped counter,with a straighter sheer than usual, the 

 whole appearance being very pleasing except for a rather large cabin 

 house necessary to give the needed accommodation. The two yawls, 

 Audax and Evelyn, made a class together. 



One of the most interesting classes of the year about New York is 

 the larger cabin cat class, represented in this race by Mary, Almira 

 and Oconee, a fighting trio, Mary having headed the entire class last 

 season, aDd being presumably improved during the winter. After her 

 defeat on Monday in the Brooklyn Y. C. regatta the second meeting 

 with Almira promised to be particularly interesting. The two smaller 

 cabin cats. Kittle and Win or Lose, both good boats, also made a good 

 pair, the latter having won on Monday, but as appeared later, being 

 destined to lose this time. Violet and Punch are old rivals and fairly 

 well matched. Queen Mab had no class competitor, so to make a race 

 for her a special sweepstakes was arranged, including Wasp, Gloriana, 

 Minerva and Drusilla. 



So far as the men on the yachts were concerned, with a good sailing 

 breeze from S.W. they had nothing to complain of, nobody having a 

 clear walkover from the start, but each with hard work before htm 

 before the line was crossed at the end, and but for two circumstances 

 1 he spectators would have enjoyed some very fine racing. The con- 

 figuration of the west end of the Sound makes it necessary to lay out 

 different courses for the various classes, and to make it worse on this 

 occasion the start was slovenly and lubberly in the extreme, yachts in 

 the same classes being four to ten minutes apart in crossing the start- 

 ing line. For the first hour of the race there was a haze over the 

 water, and this, with the diverging courses and straggling start, made 

 it possible to watch closely only one division, that which the tug fol- 

 lowed, and though tills included four good classes, but little could be 

 peen of the larger schooners, the class in which Pyxie and Houri 

 sailed, the cabin cats or the open boats. 



The regular club courses were sailed, from off the harbor, past a 

 markboat in Hempstead Bay. thence for the larger schooners around 

 a mark off Stamford Harbor and back over the same course, 27 miles 

 naut. ; for all above class 9, around Captain's Island mark and back, 20 

 miles; for class 9, regular and special, and for the cabin cats, around 

 Matinnicock Buoy, 13 miles, and for the open cats around Scotch Caps 

 first, then turning the Hempstead mark, and back past Scotch Caps, 

 10 miles. 



The S.W. wind made a reach across the three miles to Hempstead 

 Bay, and when the start was given at 11:35, Loyal was first away with 

 Ariel just under her lee, on starboard tack with sheets well in. Emer- 

 ald crossed eight minutes later, within a few seconds of the handicap 

 gun, Viator and Agnes having made their way over in the meantime. 

 The start for all other classes was made at 11 :55, the little Houri being 

 first away and the rest stringing out over an interval of nearly fifteen 

 minutes, no less than six being handicapped. As there was a nice 

 breeze blowing, and nearly every yacht was under way about the line 

 before the preparatory, the start was poor in the extreme, and the 

 first leg of the course was merely a procession, the boats in each class 

 being so widely separated that a close comparison of their work was 

 impossible. The times of the start were: 



Loyal 11 36 40 Evelyn 12 02 15 



Ariel 11 36 50 Mary C 12 03 34 



Agnes 11 38 45 Minerva 12 03 49 



Viator 11 39 23 Tigress 12 04 10 



Emerald 11 44 32 Kittle 12 01 29 



Houri 11 56 00 Mary 12 04 50 



Drusilla 11 56 25 Handicap time. 



Queen Mab 11 56 53 Oconee 12 05 00 



Wasp 11 57 31 Violet 12 05 00 



Audax 11 58 10 Pyxie 12 05 00 



Gossoon 11 59 31 Almira 12 05 00 



Eurybia 12 00 08 Win or Lose 12 05 00 



Gloriana 12 00 54 Water Lily 12 05 00 



Madrine. , 12 01 18 Punch 12 05 00 



The schooners were well away before the smaller craft turned the 

 Hempstead mark, Ariel and Emerald disappearing in the haze. A jibe 

 was needed on the turn, with spinaker to port, but Queen Mab and 

 Gloriana started on the run with mainbooms to port. Queen Mab 

 soon shifted hers and headed up for Wasp, but Gloriana ran by the 

 lee for a long time, as though bound for Matinnicock instead of Cap- 

 tain's Island, losing time thereby. Wasp and Queen Mab kept very 

 close together on the run; Gossoon had the smaller Drusilla for her 

 nearest competitor, while Minerva was well astern, in company with 

 Tigress and Eurybia, of Drusilla's class. Under these circumstances 

 it was difficult to form any opinion of the relative speeds until the 

 times were taken at Captain's Island, as follows: 



Queen Mab 1 15 30 Agnes 1 26 12 



Wasp 1 15 38 Drusilla 1 27 45 



Viator 1 18 30 Minerva 1 28 28 



Loyal 1 20 25 Tigress 1 34 38 



Gloriana 1 23 58 Eurybia 1 86 00 



Oossoon 1 24 55 



The actual times of the runs were: 



Queen Mab 0 57 40 Minerva 1 00 28 



Wasp 0 55 38 Eurybia 1 07 42 



Drusilla. 1 04 05- Tigress 1 03 38 



Gloriana...... 0 59 08 Gossoon 0 59 48 



Luffing round the markboat and standing for a snort bitch on star- 

 board tack, Wasp and Queen Mab came about for a long tack across to 

 the Long Island shore, fetching just below Matinnicock. While Wasp 

 footed faster, she did not hold quite as high as the centerboard boat, 

 and when they finally came about at 1:50, Queen Mab had a good lift 

 out to windward. Minerva turned the mark with the clew of her 

 working topsail torn, and as soon as she was on the wind the whole 

 foot of the sail went adrift; but long before this was done she was 

 down to leeward of Drusilla, both in the wake of Wasp, while Gossoon 

 chose to work the north shore on port tack before crossing the tide 



Gloriana had followed Wasp, but at a hopeless distance, which in- 

 creased every moment on the wind Viator on the run out had caught 

 and passed Loyal, but on the wind the other was too much for her, and 

 soon led the class. 



After their first tack offshore, Queen Mab, though already close in, 

 left Wasp and made a hitch inshore, which was necessarily short, a 

 blunder which cost her heavily. When she came about she was on 

 port tack, while Wasp, having stood on the first off shore tack all along, 

 now swung about on the winding tack in season to meet Mab and put 

 her about. Queen Mab was carrying a bad working topsail, an old one 

 with a small club at the head, over a fine suit of new sails, including 

 an angulated Lapthorne jib. The topsail was sheeted on the starboard 

 side, and on this tack did fairly good work, as was shown by the way 

 she walked clear of Wasp's lee, the latter, by the way, having her top- 

 sail sheeted on the port side. They stood on inshore tack, Mab con- 

 tinuing to gain, until Wasp, for a change, went on port tack, Mab' 

 swinging about at once, broad abeam on her weather side. To the sur- 

 prise of all, the performance of a few minutes before was now re- 

 versed, Wasp walking out from under Mab's lee, and going clear for a 

 long tack offshore before making the last leg for the Hempstead 

 mark. As before, Wasp footed faster, while Mab held a higher course; 

 and when, after several hitches, they finally came together at the 

 mark, Mab was enough in the lead to force Wasp to bear away to clear 

 her. She crossed Wasp's bows, but stood in just a moment too long 

 before tacking, and Wasp escaped the worst of the blanket and 

 slipped around the mark in the lead. The only times taken at the 

 Hempstead mark were: 



Wasp 2 32 05 Gloriana 2 47 30 



Queen Mab 2 32 11 Loyal 3 03 15 



The elapsed times for the windward mark were: 



Queen Mab 1 06 41 Gloriana 1 23 32 



Wasp 1 06 27 Loyal 1 42 50 



The last reach was made with balloon jibtopsails set, a pretty sight 

 as the two raced along close together. Queen Mab finished a few 

 seconds in the lead- The smaller classes had been timed from the 

 markboat long before the tug came up and the large schooners were 

 not yet visible, nor were they timed until 4 o'clock, Ariel coming in 

 just 10m. ahead, or with a gain of over 2m. in actual time over the 

 course, which her allowance increased to 6m. The full times were: 



SCHOONERS, CLASS B— 27 MILES. 



Start. Finish, Elapsed, 



Emerald 11 44 32 4 10 45 4 26 13 



Ariel 11 36 50 4 00 45 4 23.55 



SCHOONERS, CLASS D— 20 MILES, 



Loyal 11 36 40 3 26 57 3 50 17 



Viator 11 39 23 3 35 12 3 55 49 



11 38 45 3 42 05 4 03 20 



SLOOPS, CLASS 5—20 MILES, 



11 57 31 2 54 37 



Gloriana 12 00 54 3 12 09 



SLOOPS. CLASS 6—20 MILES, 



Minerva 12 06 49 3 34 56 3 31 07 



Gossoon 11 59 31 3 26 03 3 26 32 



SLOOPS, CLASS 7—20 MILES. 



Tigress 12 04 10 3 51 58 3 47 48 



Eurybia 12 00 08 4 09 22. 4 09 14 



Drusilla 11 56 25 3 38 40 3 42 15 



Mary C 12 03 34 4 44 00 4 40 26 



SLOOPS, CLASS 9—13 MILES. 



Madrine 12 01 18 2 30 58 



Water Lilly 12 05 00 2 45 00 



Pyxie.... 12 05 00 2 31 35 



Houri 11 56 00 2 27 36 



YAWLS, SPECIAL CLASS 9—13 MILES. 



Audax 11 58 10 2 25 31 2 27 21 



Evelyn 12 02 15 2 49 58 2 48 43 



CABOT OATS, CLASS 11—13 MILES. 



Mary 12 04 50 2 32 05 2 27 15 



Almira 12 05 00 2 ?0 40 2 25 40 



Oconee 13 05 00 2 37 45 2 32 45 



CABIN CATS, CLASS 12 — 13 MILES. 



Win or Lose 12 05 00 2 48 18 2 43 18 



Klttie 12 04 29 2 37 55 2 33 26 



OPEN CATS, CLASS 14 — 10 MILES. 



Punch 12 05 00 2 08 21 2 03 21 



Violet 12 05 00 2 06 50 2 01 50 



SPECIAL SWEEPSTAKES RACE— 20 MILES 



Queen Mab 11 56 53 2 54 12 2 57 19 



Wasp 11 57 31 2 54 37 2 57 06 



Gloriana 12 00 54 2 12 09 3 11 15 



Minerva 12 08 49 3 34 56 3 31 07 



Drusilla 11 56 25 8 38 40 . 3 42 05 



The result as between Ariel and Emerald, and Wasp and Gloriana. 

 was merely a confirmation of Thursday's race; Loyal, however, did 

 much better than on that occasion. The distance of the two boats 

 from each other all day and the loss of Minerva's topsail made the 

 race between her and Gossoon anything but conclusive, and they are 

 likely to meet in future races with almost as much uncertainty as to 

 the result as in Gossoon's first year. Her new owner, Mr. L. Vaughn 

 Clark, of Alcasa, will race her in all the Sound races. Drusilla upheld 

 the reputation of the fins by doing about what was expected against 

 a fast modern centerboard boat of her class, beating Tigress 5m. 

 actual time and 10m. corrected time. She is of course rigged with a 

 pole mast and only the three lower sails, Tigress carrying a topmast 

 and working topsail as well as a much larger spinaker. Owing to 

 none of the boats being measured the result in Class 9 is not yet 

 known. In the yawl class, Audax gave Evelyn a hollow beating of a 

 quarter of an hour. Almira again beat Mary, and Kittie paid off Win 

 or Lose for Monday's race. The race was as usual well managed by 

 the committee, Messrs. J. F. Lovejoy, Otto Sarony and G. M. Barreto. 



2 57 06 



3 11 15 



2 29 40 

 2 39 50 

 2 26 35 

 2 31 36 



Corrected. 

 4 26 13 

 4 20 17 



3 50 17 

 3 55 49 

 3 54 38 



2 57 06 



3 10 59 



3 28 39 

 3 26 32 



3 47 48 



4 07 26 



3 37 57 



4 34 16 



Not meas. 

 Not meas. 

 Not meas. 

 Not meas. 



2 27 21 

 2 42 49 



2 27 15 

 2 24 37 

 2 27 37 



Not meas. 

 Not meas. 



Not meas. 

 Not meas. 



2 57 19 



2 50 18 



3 04 11 

 3 14 47 

 3 15 39 



New York Y. C. Annual Regatta. 



- NEW YORK — NEW YORK HARBOR. 



Thursday, June 7. 

 So little is expected of an annual regatta of late years that yachts- 

 men are apt to be contented with anything short of a complete failure; 

 and what with a perfect day, a brisk breeze, and some pretty bits of 

 sailing thrown in, after the failure of Tuesday, the regatta of the New 

 York Y. C. on Thursday passed for quite a thrilling event. The first 

 meetings of Ariel and the lengthened Emerald have been looked for 

 with considerable interest, while the renewal of the struggle between 

 Wasp and Gloriana was also in its way important, and though they 

 had met on Tuesday, the result was just enough uncertain to make 

 another trial in good weather worth seeing. The starters were few, 

 but twelve in all, as follows: 



SCHOONERS— CLASSES 3 AND 4. 



Name. Owner. Allowance. 



Emerald ... J. R. Maxwell allows 



Ariel G. H. B. Hill 3 32 



SCHOONERS — CLASS 5. 



Elsie Marie J. B. King allows 



Loyal B. F. Sutton 7 36 



Agnes J. N. Winslow 14 44 



SCHOONERS— CLASS 5— CRUISING TRIM. 



Viator W. G. Brokaw allows 



Neaera H. K. McHarg 6 12 



SLOOPS— CLASS 6. 



Wasp R. L. & H. F. Lippitt allows 



Gloriana H. F. Gillig 0 18 



MIXED RIG— CLASS 8— CRUISING TRIM. 



Sachem.. , , F. T. Adams allows 



Queen Mab Percy Chubb 12 42 



Eclipse L. T.Callahan 19 11 



The new rule of the club was used for the first time in the classing 

 of Queen Mab, Sachem and Eclipse together; rather an incongruous 

 grouping, but giving a chance to each for a race. The usual courses 

 were sailed, starting and finishing off Buoy 11, just outside the Nar- 

 rows, going in and out by way of the Southwest Spit, and the larger 

 yachts turning the Sandy Hook Lightship, while Wasp and Gloriana 

 turned the Scotland; 31 and 27 miles, naut., respectively. The day 

 was clear, quite cool in the morning, with a fresh N.W. breeze which 

 held all day, though lighter later on, particularly outside the Hook. 

 The flagship May is not yet in commission, being at the Erie Basin 

 Drydocks, preparing for a voyage to England, so Com. Morgan flew 

 his flag from the steamer Shearwater, Vice-Corn. Brown, on board of 

 which were the regatta committee, S. Nicholson Kane, Chester Gris- 

 wold and Irving Grinnell. The Iron steamer Taurus, with Lander's 

 orchestra on board, carried the club members. 



The start was called for 11 :10 for the singlestickers and mixed class, 

 and 11:20 for the schooners, the former having five minutes to crosa 

 in and the latter ten. The tide was just turning ebb and there was a 

 fresh N.W. breeze, giving the skippers a chance to berth their boats as 

 they pleased for the start, and the entire fleet was about the line when 

 the preparatory gun was fired at 11. with ten minutes before the start. 

 Almost at the gun Gloriana, setting her clubtopsail, stood off up the 

 Bay toward Bedloe's Island as though she had forgotten something up 

 in that direction and gone off after it. Wasp thought necessary to 

 follow her, and the schooners also appeared to have pressing business 

 about Bay Ridge, though a few minutes before they had been working 

 about the Narrows. 



The little Eclipse and the schooner Sachem, of the mixed class, were 

 wide awake, and made creditable starts within the time, but Wasp, 

 Gloriana and Queen Mab were handicapped, as were most of the 



schooners, Emerald and Ariel only going over some 8 minutes after 

 the starting gun for their class. In one or two cases there may have 

 been some excuse for waiting to start even with a late classmate; but 

 the start as a whole was discreditable to the fleet, and offers another 

 reason, if one be needed, for some action on the part of committee 

 looking to sharper and quicker work at the line. Apart from the fact 

 that all interest in a race disappears when one boat starts 10 minutes 

 ahead of another, perhaps in a different wind: such slipshod methods 

 are alike discreditable to the yachts and the clubs which permit them. 



The start was timed: 



Eclipse 11 13 52 Ariel 11 24 38 



Sachem 11 14 15 Elsie Marie 11 24 54 



Gloriana. , 11 15 37 Loyal.. Handicapped. 



Wasp 11 16 24 Agnes 11 25 00 



Queen Mab 11 17 23 Neaera 11 25 00 



Emerald 11 22 30 Viator 11 25 00 



Once away, the yachts moved fast, running off with maintopmast 

 staysails and balloonforesails set, the race to Southwest Spit being 

 enlivened by a luffing match between Elsie Marie and Loyal. The sail- 

 ing between Wasp, Gloriana and Qneen Mab, carrying a poor working 

 topsail, being in "cruising trim," was very even thus far, the times at 

 the Spit being: 



Sachem 11 54 10 Wasp 12 02 15 



Emerald 12 00 00 Ariel 12 02 20 



Queen Mab. 12 01 30 Eclipse 12 03 45 



Gloriana 12 01 30 



Coming for the jibe at the Spit Gloriana was still clear ahead of 

 Wasp, while Queen Mab was close on Wasp's weather quarter, Emer- 

 ald nearing the three. She passed them quickly and then Queen Mab 

 ran ahead of the two singlestickers, Wasp dropping astern. Ariel 

 had been coming up fast, and inside the Hook tried to pass on Queen 

 Mab's weather, bringing on a luffing match, Ariel finally passing to 

 windward of Mab and also of Gloriana. When off the point of the 

 Hook there was mor? fun, a sharp bout between Wasp and Gloriana, 

 the latter holding her luff until Wasp finally bore away after both 

 were headed up the bay instead of down. Spinakers were set to port 

 for the final run to Sardy Hook Lightship, Wasp and Gloriana keep- 

 ing off for Scotland Lightship, the former now in the lead and gaining 

 fast. The outer mark was timed: 



Sandy Hook Lightship: 



Sachem 12 54 45 Elsie Marie 1 11 40 



Emerald 1 00 00 Loyal 1 15 10 



Ariel 1 03 25 Neaera 1 18 50 



Queen Mab 1 04 55 Viator 1 19 20 



Eclipse 1 08 40 Agnes 1 21 18 



Scotland Lightship: 

 Wasp 12 45 20 Gloriana 12 49 50 



All jibed around the marks and hauled sheets for a beat in to the 

 point of the Hook. Wasp and Gloriana, turning closer inshore, stood- 

 in under the beach, the ebb now running with full force around the 

 Hook. They were glad to lower clubtopsails and set jibheaders as 

 they struck a fresher breeze under the beach; Wasp continually gain- 

 ing on her older sister. The two schooners, Ariel and Emerald, were 

 now on the wind under favorable conditions, and the fight promised to 

 be interesting; but the getting inside of Sandy Hook against a strong 

 ebb tide and a head wind depends almost as much on chance as on 

 skill in working the tides: and as the two were far apart at tames, 

 there was no means of gauging their exact performance. As she 

 passed in by the Hook, still in the lead she had held all day, Emerald 

 appeared to have gained materially on Ariel since they had left the 

 Lightsh'p ; but after she had made several short tacks inside in the 

 effort to reach the Spit, it was evident that Ariel was as close as ever 

 to her. Wasp went up the bay at a great pace, ahead of the fleet, 

 Gloriana being sadl" left astern. The new schooner, Elsiemarie, de- 

 signed by Mr. Cary Smith last year, disposed of her antagonists easily 

 when once on the wind. 



The finish was very pretty, the yachts coming up one at a time, but 

 unfortnnately so far apart that there was only the stirring picture of 

 foaming bow and swelling sail; all the excitement of a close finish was 

 missing. The official times were: 



)NEHS. 



Corrected. 

 4 28 48 

 4 25 09 



4 59 30 



5 11 56 



SCHOONERS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Emerald 11 22 30 3 51 18 4 28 48 



Ariel 11 24 38 3 53 19 4 28 41 



Elsiemarie 11 25 00 4 24 80 4 59 30 



Loyal 11 24 54 4 44 26 5 19 32 



Agnes 11 25 00 Not timed. 



CRUISING TRIM. 



Viator 11 25 00 4 37 50 5 12 50 



Neaera 11 25 00 4 48 43 5 23 43 



SLOOPS. 



Wasp 11 15 00 3 29 36 4 14 26 



Gloriana 11 15 00 3 53 20 4 38 20 



MIXED RIG— CRUISING TRIM. 



Sachem .- 11 14 15 4 01 28 4 47 13 



Queen Mab 11 15 00 4 03 27 4 48 27 



Eclipse 11 13 53 Not timed. 



5 12 50 

 5 17 31 



4 14 26 

 4 38 02 



4 47 13 

 4 35 45 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



Willa Walla, a new steam yacht designed and built by Dr. C. D. 

 Miller at Poughkeepsie for Messrs. Frank, was launched on June 5. 

 She is 45ft. over all, 39ft. l.w.l., 8ft. beam and 4ft. depth, with an Almy 

 water tube boiler. 



Margarita, late Semiramis, is now in command of Capt. Dudley 

 Brand, late of Wanda, with Capt. Sanford Miller as first officer. Her 

 British crew, including Capt. Paige, have been discharged, and she 

 will henceforth be manned by only Swedes, Norwegians and Amer- 

 icans. 



On June 5 Sheriff Wells, of Sayville, L. I., captured a supposed 

 pirate craft under the following circumstances: On Monday night the 

 yacht Annie, which was tied up to the pier there, was robbed. The 

 robbery was discovered soon after the robbers had departed. There 

 was no trace on which to work except that a strange sloop had sailed 

 into the harbor in the afternoon and anchored near the Annie. She 

 was missing when the robbery was discovered. Sheriff Wells started 

 after her. He overhauled her at Fire Island Tuesday, and obliged her 

 to he to until he boarded her. He found on board the articles stolen 

 from the Annie. The commander of the sloop was August Seaman, 

 of Eastport. His companion was a sailor whose name has not been 

 obtained. The two men were arrested and taken back to Sayville in 

 the sheriff's boat. Their boat was towed back. The men were held 

 for examination before a justice. 



The Lake Michigan Yachting Association, which was formed at 

 Chicago, is arranging to give a number of regattas during the season 

 at different ports along the lake to be participated in by the yachts of 

 the various clubs belonging to the association. Delegates from the 

 clubs met at Hotel Racine, and discussed plans for the season. Vice- 

 Commodore Berriman. of the Lincoln Park Y. C. of Chicago, was 

 elected Chairman and Commodore J. D. Sarles, of the Racine Y. C, 

 Secretary and Treasurer. The membership fee was fixed at $10. The 

 Secretary was authorized to correspond with the clubs on Lake 

 Michigan, soliciting their membership. Commodore Sarles, of Racine, 

 J. D. Follett, of Green Bay and Commodore Williams, of the Mil- 

 waukee Y. C. were appointed a Committee on Permanent Organi- 

 zation and to revise the constitution and rules of the Lake Y. R. A., 

 of Ontario, for the new association. The next meeting is to be held at 

 Milwaukee, July 4. Nearly all the Lake Michigan yacht clubs were 

 represented at the meeting, although the heavy bead winds delayed 

 many delegates who sailed here in their yachts. The Milwaukee Y. 

 C, , has issued Invitations for a big regatta to be held there July 4. An 

 attempt will be made to hold one at Racine, July 2, and after the Mil- 

 waukee event the boats will sail north to Green Bay, Macknaw and 

 other places. 



Months ago, when the only serious competitor to the Italian yachts' 

 the Valkyrie and the Oretta in the Mediterranian was the Britannia, 

 there appeared among the small raters a little yacht, the Nike II. She 

 showed her heels to boats much above her tonnage and proved herself 

 a regular little "flyer," winning consecutively two of the international 

 races, besides many other events. The Herald then brought up the 

 very pregnant question. "Why, if the French can build such an ex- 

 cellent small rater, should they not be able to build proportionately 

 just as good a larger rater to sail against v the crack yachts for the 

 more valuable prizes?" In a brief but very important item to all good 

 yachtsmen, published in another column, we are able to give the wel- 

 come news that Baron Robert P. Oppenheim has taken the initiative 

 in making such an experiment, and that he proposes having a first 

 class racing cutter, of a class mpeting all comers, built from a French 

 model by a French yacht builder. Baron Robert P. Oppenheim must 

 be congratulated on the fine sportsmanlike spirit which has inspired 

 him, and doubtless many French sportsmen will follow his example, 

 for they must be tired of seeing Italian and English boats carrying off 

 principal prizes in French waters. — New York Herald, European 

 Edition. 



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 to $30. A copy will be sent free, postpaid, to any address, on receipt 

 of two 2-cent stamps, by George H. Daniels, Geueral Passenger Agent. 

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