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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[March 21, 1896. 
Q.— Several yachts? A.— Yes, sir; I have been master of several 
yachts. 
Q.— Will you 'name some of them? A. — The schooner Comanche 
for one; the sloop Wasp; the Katrina; the R^gina; the Wizard; the 
Mischief. I do not know of any others of importance. 
Q.— Were you in the International races prior to 1895, in any way? 
A.— Yes, sir. 
Q — In a yacht, or commanding a yacht, or sailing, or what? A.— I 
was only an extra hand on the Valkyrie. 
Q.— Were you in the Defender in 1898? A.— I was; yes, sir. 
Q. — Who employed you? A. — Mr. Iselin. 
Q,— To do what ? A.— To go as mate of thf Defender. 
Q.— You were first mate, were you? A.— Yes. sir. 
Q — DM she have more than one mate? A —Yes, sir. 
Q — Who was the other mate? A —George Conant. 
Q —When were you engaeed? A.— I don't exactly remember about 
that. Somewhere along March. I think. 
Q.— Before she began sailing? A.— I was sent on her as soon as she 
was launched. 
Q. — You were on hsr from then until she was finally laid up for the 
winter? A —Yes, sir. 
Q —You were on her at New Rochelle when she was stripped? A.— 
Yes, sir. 
Q —The 4th or 5th of September ? A. —Yes, sir. 
Q — And from that time on until Sunday night following, how much, 
if at all, did you leave her? A.— Possibly half an hour. 
Q —Does that include the times that you went on to the Hattie 
Palmer for your meals? A.— No, sir. 
Q.— That half hour was when and where? A.— On Friday night, when 
we went to put the mainsail ashore at Bay Ridge. 
Q.— Mr. Hyslop? A.— No, sir; we landed the mainsail at Bay 
R idge. 
Mr. Cboate— I thought you said the measurer. 
Capt. Berry— No, sir. 
Q —Why was that put on last? A.— I suppose to give more room on 
the Hattie Palmer to stow her cots aboard in case it rained the next 
day. If, was an extra sail. 
Q —Did you have to do with the stowing of the two tons of lead at 
New Rochelle? A.- 1 did not. 
Q.— Do you know that it was done? A.— I know it was put in; yes, 
sir. 
Q — You came down in her from New Rochelle? A.— Yes, sir. 
Q.— Was anything else put in her at New Rochelle after she was 
stripped, or on the way down, at any stopping place? A.— No, sir. 
Q — DM she stop anywhere on her way down from New Rochelle to 
the Erie Basin? A.— No, sir. 
Q— What time did she get to the Erie Bssin Frfday? A,— In the 
neighborhood of between 1 1 and 12, as near as I can remember. I 
don't remember exactly. 
Q. — Did you see the twenty-one pigs taken on there? A. — I did. 
Q. — Was anything more taken on while she was in the Erie Basin? 
A.— No, sir. 
Q.— They were placed down on the cabia floor? A.— They were. 
Q— What part of the vessel? A.— About amidships. 
Q.— Over where it was to be finally stowed? A.— Directly over where 
it was going to be stowed; yes, sir. 
Q —Will you go on and tell where you went from the Erie Basin, as 
well as you can i emember. and what time you left, and where you 
stopped, and what happened? A.— We went from there to Bay Ridge, 
We left the Erie Basin probably at 4 o'clock, and I suppose artived at 
Bay Ridge probably an hour later. 
Q — In tow of the Flint? A.— Yes, sir. 
Q.— Then the Hattie Palmer came alongside of you, did she not? A. 
—Not direct ly ; no, sir. 
Q —While you were there at Bay Ridge? A.— While we were there at 
Bay Ridge the Hattie Palmer was up at Twenty-sixth street getting 
coal and water. 
Q — But she Boon rejoined you? She came and rejoined you? A.— 
Later; yes, sir. 
Q —And the men got their supper there, some of them? A.— The 
captain got his supper while the Palmer was alongside; yes, sir. 
Q.— Where did you get your supper? A.— Aboard the Hattie 
Palmer. 
Q.— While she lay alongside? A.— On the way to Bay Ridge, where 
we landed the mainsail. 
Q.— Did the Hattie Palmer take anything on board when she landed 
the mainsail? A.— No, sir. 
Q —Then you came back, and by-and-by you got down to the Horse- 
shoe? A.— Yes, sir. 
Q — And you were on board all night ? A.— All night. 
Q —Either at Bay Ridge or on the way down to the Horseshoe or at 
the Horseshoe, was anything taken into the vessel, the Defender? A.— 
No, sir. 
Q —Do you remember taking the twenty-one pigs on to the Hattie 
Paimer, and their being cut and brought back? A —I do. 
Q -Did you have anything to do with that? A.— I superintended 
the stowing of them in the hold; yes, sir 
Q— You know just what was there? A— Yes, sir. 
Q —You stowed it on top of what was already there? A.— No, sir. 
Q— Where did you stow it? Further aft or forward? A.— For- 
ward. 
Q.— Further forward? A.— Yes, sir. 
Q - On either side of her middle line, or keel, or what? How did 
you stow it? A.— Right in the center of her keel. It was only 20in 
wide. Something like that. 
Q.— At any time was any lead or other thing of weight brought into 
her? A.— No, sir. 
Q — Kxcept that extra ton ? A.— No, sir. 
Q —Would you have known it if there had been? A.— I think I 
should. 
Q.— What was your arrangement of watches from Friday in the 
Erie Basin until you got back to the Erie Basin on Sunday ? A,— We 
had four quartermasters to stand watch day and night. 
Q — How long a watch? A.— Two hours apiece. 
Q.— Of those four quartermasters three are here, are they not? 
—I think there are four here. 
Q —What time did you turn in Friday night? A.— Probably 
oViock. Between 10 and 11. Not later than 11. 
Q — ffow long were you in your bunk or cabin, or whatever it was? 
A —Until about 5 A. M. 
Q —Before you turned in had the Hattie Palmer left? A.— Yes sir. 
Q —Had she come alongside when you got up in the morning? A — 
No, sir. Not when I first got up. 
Q —Was anything brought on to the Defender from the Hattie 
Palmer that morning? A —No, sir. Well, not in the shape of ballast 
Q.— I mean anything of weight? A.— No, sir. 
Q — What was brought on? Do you remember anything? A— Pos- 
sibly a can of water to drink during the day. A can full of water 
and lunch for the guests there, etc. ' 
Q— In the night where were you? Where did you sleep? A —I 
slept in the sail room; in our main room. 
Q.— Would you have been disturbed and known it if the Hattie 
Paimer had come alongside, or any other vessel had come alongside 
cr anything had been brought into the boat: A.— I think I should- 
yes, sir. 1 
r, Q-~G olD g °«* to the next morning after the race; you came up to 
Bay Ridge and nothing came in contact with the Defender from the 
Ba^Rid st ? ar ^ d °£ the race Saturda y morning until she got back to 
Q —There she was j lined by the Hattie Palmer again ? A —Yes sir 
Q. -From that time on until her remeasurement on Sunday, was anv- 
^ ln |.Put into the Defender? A.— No, sir; nothing to my knowledge; 
oiit'of^er? Id I— Yes e s ^ r nowia ifc that night u an yt m "g bad been taken 
6 —Nothing was taken out? A.— No, sir, 
Q — You have had thiB long experience in sailing. You alwavs 
?£ se £ v ?> Suppose, the wind and weather. How was the water where 
the Defender lay on the morning of Saturday, when Mr. Iselin came 
aboard and when Lord Dunraven brought Mr. Henderson aboard? 
though 7 6 W8S a trifllng m « v ement there. Not much 
Q.— Not perfectly still? A.— No, sir. 
Q — As the water then was. in your judgment, could anybody com- 
ing up alongside tell by eyesight whether she was immersed 3 or 4in 
more or less, than she had been the day before in the Erie Basin? A* 
—No, sir; not unless they had some special mark 
By Mr. Rives: 
9 — Wa 5, th at morning cloudy ? A. — Rather; yes, sir. 
By Mr. Choate: ' - 
Q.-Where did the Hattie Palmer lay that night while you were 
down at the Horseshoe, if you know? A.-I do not know 
Q— Did she lay within 100yds.? A.— No, sir. 
Q— Or anywhere near you? A.— No, sir; she did not. 
Q - She sailed away ? A.— She steamed away. 
Q —Did she lay alongside in the Erie Basin the next night— or at fiav 
Rioge. the next night? A.— No, sir. suk-orniBay 
Q.-What time did the Defender go from Bay Ridge into the Basin? 
Saturday night or Sunday morning? A.-Suoday morning aaalal 
Q.-You had become by this time pretty familiar with the Defender, 
haa you not? A.— With the upper part of her; yes, sir. From the 
deck, I mf&n. 
Q —Inside? A.— And interior. 
Q — 1 ask you from your knowledge of her whether there was anv- 
hing in her on this race except the three tons of lead and the peoole 
hat were on board of her that you know of? A. — There was not 
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Q,— And do you think you would have known it if there had been? 
A.— I think I should. 
Q — Does your experience and your knowledge of the Defender 
enable you to say whether she had ten tons more than you thought 
she had ? A.— I think I could have noticed that. 
Q. —How could you tell that? A.— By the unsteadiness of the boat, 
or too much wavering. 
Q —You had observed how she behaved during the trial races? A.— 
Yw, sir. 
q _if you had been her owner or builder, either on Friday night or 
Saturday morning, would you have deemed it desirable to have more 
ballast in ber than you supposed she had, the three tons of loose bal- 
laBt? A —I would not. 
Q —Will you tell why not ? A.— Because she had enough in her ; be- 
cause I thought she had enough in her already. 
Q —That is, that more would have been to her detriment? A.— Yes, 
sir. 
9 —Would have injured her chance of winning the race? A.— I 
tbiDk so. 
Q —Can you tell by going up to the side of a vessel whether she has 
a iist of one or two degrees? A — No, sir, 
Q. -Do you think anybody can ? A,— No, sir. 
Q —How do you discover a slight list, of odo, two or three degrees? 
A.— Possibly by getting ou— by being either directly af C or forward, 
and judging by the mast, etc., with the eye, and the incline of the 
deck. 
Q.— But from the side you could not do it? A.— No, sir; not such a 
small degree as that, unless you had a special mark on the side that 
you could see in smooth water. 
By Mr. Apkwith: 
Q.— Are you experienced enough to notice a list of a degree, sup- 
posing you go to the stern of a boat, outside, on the sea? A.— It is 
rather doubtful. 
Q —Or two degrees? A.— Well, I could not say exactly how much. 
Q.— If you saw a boat one afternoon, and you saw it the next day, 
and the boat was some 3in. deeper in the water, could you tell? A.— 
Positively, not. 
Q.— What? A.-No, sir. 
Q.— How long have you been sailing master? A.— Ten or twelve 
years, off and on; not steadily. 
Q —What time did you get up in the morning on Saturday? A.— 
About 5 o'clock. 
Q.— Hnw late had you been up the night before, over this lead? 
(Japt. Berry— Friday night? 
Mr. Askwith— Yes. 
A.— Not later than 11 o'clock. 
Q —Was all the lead packed by 11 o'clock? A.— Yes, sir. 
Q— It had been taken on to the Hattie Palmer after the Defender 
had been measured? A — Yes, sir. 
Q — Some of it had been cut and Home of it had been sawed. A.— 
Yes, sir. 
Q —How many pigs were there? 
Cipt. Berry— la the whole ton? 
Mr. Askwith— How many pigs were cut and sawed at that time? 
A — I could not tell you. I don't know. 
Q— You did not count them? A.— I didn't count them, and had 
nothing to do with cutting them. 
Q —Did you take any on board the Defender? A.— No, sir, I didn't 
handle any of them. 
Q — Did you see the men doing it? A.— I did. 
Q.— Did they take them on board after they had been all cut, or as 
they were cut? A.— They weie passed on board as fast aB they were 
cut, I presume. 
Q,— Handed from hand to hand, or by men taking them in their 
hands? A — That I don't know. 
By Mr. Rives: 
Q —You were down below in the hold, I understood? A.— I was in 
the hold. 
Q.— Superintending the stowing? A.— Yes, sir. 
By Mr. Askwith; 
Q.— Did the men hand them in from hand to hand, standing in a line, 
or did each man bring them direct from the Hattie Palmer? A.— I 
could not see, if I was below, how they brought them from the Hat- 
tie Palmer. I know (hat the man at the hatchway handed them 
down. 
Q.— Did different men bring you the same pieces of lead, or did the 
same rr an hand you the pieces of lead as they were passed to him? 
A.— There were several men on deck passing the lead down to the 
man in the hold, 
Q.— Who was down in the hold with you? A.— I think a man by the 
name of Stephen Sellers stowed the lead in the lower hold. 
Q —He was with you in the hold? A. — Yes, sir, 
Q — Do you know whether the sam^ man kept on passing to him 
from above or different men? A.- I don't know about that. There 
were two or three men standing around. 
Q — Did you see tbem? A.— I saw men passing there. 
q _w.-re they different men? A. — Yes, sir; they were. 
Q.— What position were you in at the time of the measurement on 
Friday, on the boat? A.— I think I stood on her bow, if I remember 
right. 
Mr. Whitney— You mean the measurement on Friday. 
Mr. Askwith— Friday morning. 
Capt. Berry— Yes, I think I stood on her bows. 
Q.— And from her bows you would not have been able to see the 
pipe amidships? A.— No. 
MR. iseijn's evidence. 
C. Oliver Iselin recalled and further interrogated by Mr. Cboate. 
Q.— Mr. Iselin, is there any objection to your stating how muchlead 
the Defender had in her? A.— No; I thinii not. 
Mr. Whitney— Do you mean in her fin; in her casting? 
Mr. Ch jate— In what they call the shoe. 
Q.— Will you please state about how much? A.— In the neighborhood 
of s5 tons. 
Q.— And what was the weight of the boom and spars that have Been 
talKed about? A. — We had four different booms and they were of 
different weights; but the one used in the Cup races was a steel boom 
that I had made at the last moment; and it was about l,0001bs. 
lighter than the wooden boom which she had used in the trial races. 
There was also a steel gaff which was a saving of some 2001bs. 
By Mr. Askwith: 
Q —When was the steel boom put into her? A.— It was put into her 
the day after the final trial race. 
Q — f hat would be about the beginning of August or end of August? 
A — About the end of August; yes. It wa9 the same day on which we 
came in the Erie Basin. We found Valkyrie in there and she was 
changing her steel boom. I think it was Aug. 31. 
Q —What was the object of putting in the steel boom after the suc- 
cess of the Defender in the trial races? A.— To lighten her top 
weights. 
Q —Were you seeking to lighten the vessel generally? No, not gen- 
erally. I was seeking to lighten her top weights, taking off the upper 
weights and lowering her weight as much as possible. 
Q —Had you found it was an advantage then to have her weight 
more at the keel? A.— No; not more weight at the keel 
Q.— Weight mTe at the keel by the fact of making the top weight 
lighter and keeping the keel the same? A.— I kept the keel the same, 
but I lessened tne displacement of tbe boat. 
Q —Would that have the effect of making her appear to sail lighter 
upon the water? A.— Certainly, if I lightened her boom. 
Q — It would? A.— Yes. 
Q (By the Chairman)— When did you say this was put in; what 
date? A. — The steel boom ? 
Q.— Yes. A.— We tried it the day after the last trial race, and if I 
am not mistaken it was Aug. 31. 
Q. (By Mr. Aswith) - Would it make her sail lighter on the water; 
higher up? A.— Certainly, to take l.OOOibs. out of the boom would 
raise her up just as much as l,000lbs. of lead taken out of the bilge. 
Q — It would make her sail higher out of the water? • A.— Certainly ; 
just the same effect as l,0001bs. out of the bilge. 
Q —Would it make her sail a greater height out of the water and 
therefore alter her load waterline more than ,40ft ? A.— No. 
Q.— Can you give me the figures? A.— I can give you the figures as 
they have been given to me. 
Q. (By Mr. Choate)— By Mr.' t Herreshoff ? A.— By Mr. Herreshoff, yes. 
I never have verified them. 
Q. (By Mr. Askwith)— They have been forwarded to you or you have 
them in your note book from Mr. Herreshoff? A.— I have had them 
in my note book, yes. Now what would you like to know? 
Mr. Whitney— That is, how much a certain weight changes the im- 
mersion; is that it? Difference in weight, how much it changes the 
amount of immersion. 
Mr. Iselin— For instance, three and a half tons would immerse the 
boat lin, 
Q. (By Mr. Rives)— That is 7,0001 bs. ? A,— Yes, and increase her water- 
line Sin., so that half of that, 3,500lbs , would immerse her i^in. and 
increase her load waterline 4in Half of that again, which is'l,750Ibs., 
would immerse her in., or increase her waterline 2in., according to 
Mr. Herreshoff '8 figures. 
Q (By Mr. Askwith)— Those are Mr. Herreshoff's figures, not 
worked out yourself, but supplied by him to you? A.— Supplied by 
him to me. 
Q —Was it upon Mr. Herreshoff's suggestion that this 'alteration 
from a wooden to a steel boom was made? A.— No. 
Q — Who suggested it? A.— I did. 
Q.— And did he fall in with it as a valuable suggestion? A.— No; he 
d not at first. 
Q.— Previously was it of wood? A.— Yes. 
Q — You suggested it to him ? A.— I did. 
Q — The boom was not purchased or fixed in the boat without con- 
sultation with Mr. Herreshoff, I presume? A —No. 
Q — And did you subsequently convince him of the value of putting 
in a stpel boom in preference to a wooden boom? A.— Yea, I d'd. 
Q.— Did you have anv figures worked out to show the alteration 
in the load waterline of the boat that this would cause? A.— No; 
none. 
Q — You did it as an experiment ? A.— I did it as an experiment. 
Q.— Did you sail any race with thi3 experiment between the last race 
between the Vigilant and Defender and the first race between the Val- 
kyrie and Defender? A.— None 
Q— Did you give her many trials on the sea? A.— Only one on the 
open sea. The trial sail I gave her was the day after the last trial 
race, which was Saturday, Aug, 31. We came in the Erie Basin at 
once afterward and hauled out in the dry dock that night, but I won't 
be sure whether it was Aug. 31; I think it was. It was Saturday 
night 
Q —You were not present yourself during the sail that Mr. Leeds 
spoke of on the Thursday prior to the race, were you? A.— I was. 
Mr. Rives— Mr. Askwith Is not very familiar with the locality. N«w 
Rochelle is not on the open sea. It is on Long Island Sound. 
Mr. Askwith— I gathered from Mr. Leeds that he called it a sail from 
New Rochelle. 
Mr. Rives— Mr. Iselin says there was but one sail off Sandy Hook in 
the open sea. 
Q, (By Mr. Askwith)— That was not really a trial on Thursday pre- 
paratory to the race; it was merely a sail? A.— It was to try the 
sails. 
Q— It was to stretch the sails, wasn't it? A.— No, not to stretch 
them; it was to decide which mainsail we would carry. 
Q.— And was it in similar kind of water to that Bhe would have to go 
through in the race with the Valkyrie? A.— That would be impossible 
for me to say. 
Q —I am asking in my ignorancB of the locality? A.— No; It Is apt 
to oe smooth thwe. Ic is only about five miles from shore to shore, 
Q — In tbe sail on Thursday do you remember whether there were 
two tons or three tons of lead that had been purchased by you In New 
York put aboard of her ? A.— Yes, I remember that distinctly, 
Q —Which, two or three tons? A. — Two. 
Q.— The other ton had not then been put in? A.— No. 
Q —Did you find any fault with the way in which the boat sailed 
upon Thursday, that you decided to put this extra ton in? A,— No; 
that bad been decided before. 
Q.— Did she appear to y ou to sail too light upon Thursday ? A.— I 
was not judging at that time whether she was light or heavy. I was 
simply trying the mainsail. It was. a question between the ramie 
mainsail and the cotton mainsail, 
Q —And your attention was chiefly directed to the sail? A.— En- 
tirely to the mainsail. 
Q— It had been decided before that sail Thursday that the extra ton 
should be put in? A.— Thursday was the day it was decided. 
Q — After the sail or before the sail? A —I couldn't say; we simply 
decided that after we found out how much weight we had taken out 
of her. 
Q —After the weighing of the furniture and the tanks? A.— Yes, 
after the weighing of tbe furniture and tanks. 
Q — What time of day were those weighed, do you remember? A.— 
I couldn't tell you; it took a good part of the day; a whole day. 
Q —Before or after the sail? A — I really couldn't say, but I think it 
was going on at the time of the sail. 
Q,— They were doing it during the time of the sail. Then you found 
when you came back what the weight was? A.— I won't be positive 
about that. I wasn't paying any attention to the weight at that 
moment. 
Q — Who was paying attention to the weight? A.— No one was pay- 
ing much attention to the weight at that time. 
Q (By Mr. Askwitb)— As I understand, Mr. Iselin, your decision was 
to oring her back to the stability that you had had during the summer, 
when you had sailed the trial races? A. — Yes. 
Q — On your direct evidence I think you have testified that you 
jujged that 6,0001 bs —three tons— put down lower in the hold, would 
give the boat the same amount of stability that the 7,0001b3. wouldhave 
given her that you had taken out? A.— Yes. 
Q —Isn't it pretty difficult, Mr. Iselin, to get a boat to lie still on her 
load waterline? A —That depends. 
Q —You need smooth water? A. — You need very smooth water. I 
have often tried to get, at it off my placv, so has Mr. Herreshoff, hut 
we never could come very near it even iu the evening after the wind 
had died out. We made rough guesses at the waterline length, but we 
cou'dn'r tell positively. 
Q — With these long boats the water is very rarely still enough, so 
that there is considerable motion fore and aft, isn't there? A,— Yes; 
tbo least ripple will make a difference of 4, 5, or 6in. In fact, it is very 
diffic'ilt to see both ends at once. 
Q iBy Mr. Askwith)— You don't wish to alter this piece of evidence 
of yours, "I know the boat was put on a perfectly even keel when she 
was measured"? A —No; as far as I could tell to the best of my abil- 
ity, I had her put on about an even keel. 
Q —You "xamined the telltale the moment before she was measured, 
before going to your place on the deck? A.— I couldn't say exactly, 
but it was before going tn my placB on the deck. 
Q.— The telltale then showed she was on an even keel? A.— Yes, as 
I remember it the telltale did show she was on an even keel. 
Q — Then you went back to yjur proper position on deck? A. — To 
mv proper position on deck. 
Q (By Mr. Whitney)— Where was the crew stationed when this 
measurement took placb? A.— Amidships; they are put in position by 
the measurer. 
Q — They are put amidships? A. — Yes; just as near as we can get 
so many men. Of course a crew of fifty men cannot all be exactly 
amidships, but as near as possible. 
Q (By Mr. choate)— Were their places fixed on port and starboard 
side? A.— Yes; they were supposed to be equally divided. 
The Yacht Racing Union. 
The Yacht Racing Union, of Long Island Sound, held a special gen- 
eral meeting on March 9 at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Mr. Cromwell 
being in the chair and the following delegates present: Norwalk Y. C , 
P. G Sanford; Corinthian Fleet, J. D. Sparkman and R. F. Clark; 
Harlem Y. C, F. W, Creegan and T. C. Allen; Seawanhaka Corinthian 
Y. 0., O. E. Cromwell, W. C. Kerr and C A Sherman; Indian Harbor 
Y. 0., G. E. Garland and F. B. Jones; Knickerbocker Y. C, O. H, 
Chellborg; Horseshoe Harbor Y. 0., F. E. Towle; Hempstead Harbor 
Y. O , W. Dixon; Huntington Y. C, H. H Jordan; Huguenot Y. C, T. 
F. Day and E. B. Hart, Jr.; Riverside Y. C, C. T. Pierce, W. A. Huf- 
flngton and O. E. Diefenthaler; Douglaston Y. C, F. E. Barnes; New 
Rochelle Y. O, C. P. Tower; Stamford Y. 0„ H. O. Smith; New York 
Y. C, M. W. Bronson. 
The proposed new rules were submitted by ihe council with the fol- 
lowing preface: 
"In submitting the following set of racing rules for the considera- 
tion of t'te Union, the council expresses tbe hope that if the rules are 
approved the i-Iubs will, if practicable, adopt the new rules in full, or 
will so amend their pxisting rules that they will be made to conform 
in the main to the Union rules. 
"The rules to be submitted contain but little original matter, the 
phraseology of the rules in use by the more prominent clubs being 
used as far as was possible. No radical changes are recommended, it 
being considered inadvisable to introduce any innovations. The ad- 
vantages to the sport in the application of uniform rules Is obvlou3, 
and it is to be hoped that the present year will be found opportune 
time to effect the adoption of uniform sailing regulations." 
The rules were adopted with some amendments. We shall publish 
them in full shortly. The following suggestion was also made: 
The council v. ishes to suggest to regatta committees that in issuing 
notices of races the circulars give the following information : 
First— Date of race. 
Second— Time of start. 
Third— Under what rules race is to be sailed. 
Fourth— Whether race is for all classes or a limited number of 
classes. 
Fifth— Instructions as to the start. 
Sixth— Time and place of closing of entries. 
Seventh — Directions as to courses to be sailed. 
Eighth— Whether race is open to all clubs or certain clubs, 
If a chart Of the courses is to be provided it should be reproduced 
on a circular or be mailed to an owner on receipt of entry. Entry 
blanks should call for the name of yacht, rig, racing length, racing 
number, whether yacht is cabin or open, club yacht is enrolled in, and 
name and address of owner. 
If these suggestions are followed, it is believed that there will be 
greater conformity in the management of races, that the labors of 
regatta committees will be lessened, and, with the adoption of the per- 
manent number plan, it will be unnecessary for a yacht to report at 
the club house previous to the start of a race, and the printing of 
entry lists can be dispensed with. 
One of the most important as well as difficult tasks which the Asso- 
ciation has had to deal with is the satisfactory assignment of non-con- 
flicting dates for the many clubs of the Union. This year the calendar 
is short just one Saturday during the racing season, making the work 
still more difficult. The result of the council's work in this direction 
is as follows: 
In submitting the following schedule of racing events on Long 
Island Sound for the coming season for the approval of the olubs of 
