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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 30, 1896. 
The Chicago-Toronto Races. 
The final arrangements for the serieB of races between the fln-keel 
yacht Vencedor, owned bv Berriman Bros., of the Lincoln Park Y. 0., 
of Chicago, and the new Fife yacht now building in Canada for mem- 
bers of the Royal Canadian Y. C, were completed at a meeting 1n 
Detroit on May 9, at which were present four of the special committee 
appointed by the two clubs: Messrs. E, P. Warner and Dwight Law- 
rence, of Chicago, and ^milius Jarvis and Vice-Corn. C. A. Brown, of 
the Royal Canadian Y. C. The question of the location of the races 
was fully discusRed, various competing cities submitting sealed offers; 
that of Toledo, which was finally accepted, being a purse of 81,500 in 
addition to the expenses of tugs, stakeboats, etc. In addition a per- 
petual challenge cup costing $500 will be paid for by the loser. A 
special challenge cup of value is offered in addition by a Toledo 
yachtsman. The following conditions were drawn up to govern the 
races: 
1. L. P. Y. C.'s Representative— The Vencedor, representing the 
Lincoln Park Y. C, is to be the boat spoken of in the negotiations for 
the race, and referred to in the recital of conditions as to the size in 
the letter from the R. C Y. C. to the L. P. Y. C, dated Feb. 28, 1896. 
2. R. C. Y. C.'s Representative— The boat which shall be chosen to 
represent the Royal Canadian Y. C. shall be either the yacht Zelma, 
of Hamilton, or a boat of a similar size now under construction, but 
not yet named, the name of the yacht selected to be communicated to 
the L. P. Y. C. at least one week before the race. 
3. 8ize of Vencedor— The Vencedor's length on l.w.l. shall not be 
less than 43Ct., and her connected length— to be ascertained as herein- 
after mentioned— shall not exceed 45ft., but should it be ascertained 
on measurement that this length is exceeded, double time allowance 
shall be given on such excess, but in no event shall such excess exceed 
t^ft. 
4. Size of R. C. Y. C. Representative— The boat which shall be se- 
lected by the R. C. Y. C. and its representative shall if possible not 
exceed 42ft. c. 1 , but in no event shall it exceed 42}.£ft. c. I. 
5. Sailing Rules-^The sailing rules and table of time allowance shall 
be those of the New York Y. C, 1895, except where herein otherwise 
specified. 
6. Place and Date— The races shall be sailed on Lake Erie, off Toledo, 
O., the first race to be sailed on Monday, Aug. 24, 1896. 
7. Number of Races— The match shall be decided by the winning of 
two out of three, or three out of five, races, as may be agreed upon, 
the number of races to be determined before June 1 next. 
8. The races shall take place on succeeding days— Sundays ex- 
cepted. 
9. Courses— First and third races, equilateral triangle. Second, to 
windward or leeward and return. Third, to be either triangular or 
windward, or leeward and return, as shall be detern ined bv the toss 
of a coin, and in the event of only three races being sailed the course 
for the third race shall be determined in the same way, the length of 
the course to be logged in the presence of the scrutineers. 
10. Length of Course— The triangular races shall be twice round a 
12-knot course, making 24 knots, ai,d the windward or leeward races 
shall be 5 knots to windward or leeward and return, twice round, 
making 20 knots. The boats shall be sent round the triangular course 
in such a way as to give one leg to windward. All buoys to be left to 
starboard in the windward and leeward races. 
11. Mode of Starting— All races shall be started at 11 A. M., and the 
start shall be a flying one. At 10:30 A. M. a time gun shall be fired 
and an American ensign hoisted on the committee boat, which shall 
display no other flags than signals to the yachts. At 10:50 A. M. a 
preparatory gun shall be fired and the American ensign lowered. At 
this gun a blue Canadian ensign shall be hoisted in the triangular 
races if all buoys— including the starting buoy— are to be kept on the 
starboard hand, and a red Canadian ensign hoisted if all buoys are to 
be kept to port. In the windward or leeward races the blue Canadian 
ensign shall be hoisted if the first course is to windward, and the red 
Canadian ensign if the first course is to leeward. At the expiration 
of ten minutes exactly the Canadian ensign shall be hauled down and 
a third gun fired as a signal to start, from which gun the time of both 
yachts shall be taken. No time to be allowed for crossing the line. 
Should the gun miss fire the lowering of the flag and one lone blow of 
t he whistle shall be the signal to start. 
12. Recall— A yacht crossing the line before the starting signal is 
made will be recalled by five short blasts of the whistle and the hoist- 
ing of her national flag. 
13. Time Limits— Any race not sailed in five and and one-half hours 
by the winning yacht shall be resailed. 
14. Racing Committee— A racing committee of three— none of whom 
shall be interested in either yacht— shall be appointed on or before 
July 10 next, and they shall act as judges and timekeepers and settle 
all disputes. 
15. Protests— Protests shall be made to the racing committee in writ- 
ing within Bix hours after the finish of the race. 
16. Postponements— The racing committee shall have power to post- 
pone any race and may do so whenever in their judgment the demands 
of fair play shall mate it seem right and proper. 
17. In case of an accident to either vessel prior to the preparatory 
signal she shall immediately signal to the racing committee, who shall 
have the power to postpone the race if the accident is in their opinion 
sufficiently serious to warrant such a course, or if an accident occurs 
during a race she shall have sufficient time to make repairs before 
being required to start in the next race. 
18. Scrutineers— A scrutineer shall sail on board each yacht repre- 
senting the other competing yacht, and said scrutineers must be mem- 
bers in good standing of some recognized great lake yacht club and 
must not exceed in weight 1751bs 
Each scrutineer shall make a declaration of the sailing of the yacht 
upon which he is placed within twenty-four hours of the termination 
of a race, which report shall be rendered to the racing committee. 
Scrutineers shall be chosen by the three members of the joint commit- 
tee acting for each of the clubs represented. 
19. Crews— This clause to be completed not later than July 10, 1896. 
20. Measurement— The measurement of the rules for raciug length 
to be made in the manner set forth in the rules of the Lake "Yacht 
Racing Association for 1895-1S96, these measurements to be made not 
more than two days before the race by the scrutineers representing 
the competing yachts, who shall jointly certify to the measurement 
of each yacht: A report of the measurement of each yacht shall be 
made to the racing committee at least twelve hours prior to the sail- 
ing of the first race. 
21. Measurement Protest— If through protest the measurement of 
any yacht be called in question the racing committee shall remeasure 
such yacht and the result as ascertained by it shall be final. 
22. Charts of Course— Charts of the course and instructions shall be 
given to the compe "tfs not later than 7 o'clock on the morning 
of the race. 
23. Sails— The rule of the New York Y. C. as to sails shall not be 
taken to exclude cluptopsails. 
24. Boats— No boat need be carried on decks. 
25. Alteration to Measurements— If any yacht by alteration of trim 
or immersion by dead weight increase her load waterline length or 
in any way increase her spar ^measurements as they were taken she 
must obtain a remeasurement before starting in the next race. 
26. Mutual Agreement— These conditions may be altered or amended 
by mutual agreement at any time. 
Clause 19 is not yet settled, the proposal being to limit the crews to 
ten each, of whom eight shall be Corinthians. 
The Chicago yacht Vencedor was designed by Theodore Poeckel, 
superintendent of the Racine Hardware Co., and will be an extreme 
bulb-fin of the same type and construction as the Gould 20-rater 
Niagara. The Toronto yacht, as yet unnamed, will be owned by a 
syndicate of Toronto yachtsmen, members of the Royal Canadian Y. 
C: .Emilius Jarvis, stock broker, of Toronto; George Gooderham, 
president of the Bank of Toronto, and head of the firm of Gooderham 
& Worts; George H. Gooderham, son of George Gooderham, a mem- 
ber of the firm of Gooderham. & Worts; J. H. Plummer, general man- 
ager of the Bank of Commerce r James Ross, of Montreal; F. J. Phil- 
lips, of the Canadian Manufacturing Co. and the Consolidated Plate 
Glass Co. ; S. F. McKinnon, wholesale merchant, and an ex-president 
of the Toronto Board of Trade. 
She was designed by Will Fife, Jr., and the frame was got out and 
set up in the Fife yard at Fab-lie and then shipped to Canada by way 
of New York, where it arrived on May 13. The construction will be 
in the hands of Andrews, of Oakville, a small place on Lake Ontario, 
about 20 miles from Toronto. The lead keel was cast some time since, 
as soon as the plans were received from Mr. Fife; the planking, deck- 
ing, spars, etc., have been prepared in advance, and the yacht will be 
completed in a short time. Her sails are by Lapthorne & Ratsey 
She whl sail in the regular races on the Lake by way of trial. 
Harlem Y. C. 
The thirteenth annual regatta of the Harlem Y. C. will be sailed on 
May 30 over the club courses, starting and finishing off Belden's Dock, 
near the new station on City Island. The regatta will be under the 
rules of the Yacht Racing Union of Long Island Sound, and open to 
all clubs in the Union, the following clubs being also invited- New- 
York, Larchmont, Brooklyn; Williamsburgh, Pavonia, Yonkers 
Corinthian and Jersey City. The steamer Cygnus will follow the 
race. Full details of courses, signals, etc., are given in the race 
circular, which may be had of the secretary of the regatta com- 
mittee. The committee includes Messrs. F. A. Wendel, W. A. Towner 
T. C. Allen, R. H. Wvlie and F, W. Oeegan, Secretary, 519 East 
giffPii New York, v ' * 1 " 7 X - ; " ,R 
Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C. 
The last mess dinner in town of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C- 
took place at the Arena on May 20. about forty members being pres" 
ent. In the absence of the flag officers, Fleet Captain Satterlee pre- 
sided: during the evening a telegram was received from Com. Rouse, 
from Fort Smith, Arkansas. After dinner Mr. Walter C. Kerr, of the 
race committee, was called on for some remarks on "Tides," and he 
responded with a very interesting talk on the theory of tidal evolution, 
or tides astronomically considered; afterward devoting a little time 
to the special subject of New York Bay and its tides. Mr. Zerega was 
called on for an account of the winter cruise of the Yampa, which also 
proved very interesting. After remarks by other members and a few 
good stories, the meeting broke up about 11 o'clock. In the course 
of his remarks, Mr. Zerega, who will have charge of the transporta- 
tion between Seawanhaka Harbor and Oyster Bay, reported that the 
new canal and basin is now complete and ready_ for service, thus re- 
moving one serious difficulty that has existed since the establishment 
of the station on Center Island. The canal enda beside the railway 
track at Oyster Bay directly opposite the railway station, and the club 
steamer Dunderberg as well as other launches and boats will be able 
to land there at all stages of the tide. The house and grounds have 
been put In order and all will be in readiness for the opening on Satur- 
day next. Trains leave foot of Thirty-fourth street. New York, at 
8:50 and 10:50 A. M., leaving Oyster Bay to return at 3:50, 6:10 and 
10:03 P. M. Lunch will be served at 1 P. M. The principal event of 
the day will be the race of the 15ft. class. The race committee has 
issued the following complete programme for the season: 
May 30— Race for special classes. June 22, 23 and 24— Trial races to 
select the defender of the international challenge cup for small yachts. 
June 27 — Annual race. July 15 and succeeding days until decided- 
International challenge cup races. July 18— Race for the Alfred 
Roosevelt memorial cup. Aug. 29— Race for special classes. Begin- 
ning May 30— Saturday races. 
Decoration Day Special Race, Saturday, May 30— In addition to the 
usual opening (Decoration) day race for the club catboats, the race 
committee announce a special race on that day in the most popular 
racing of the season, viz.: the 15ft, class of sloops (half-raters). The 
race for 15-footers is open to entries f rqm the Atlantic, Beverly, 
Brooklyn, Cnrlnthian of Marblehead, Corinthian of New York, Cor- 
inthian Mosquito Fleet, Eastern, Harlem, Knickerbocker, Larchmont, 
Massachusetts, Marine and Field, New Haven, New York, New York 
Athletic, Pavonia and Shelter Island yacht clubs, the yacht clubs of 
the Yacht Racing Union of Long Island Sound and the New York and 
Brooklyn canoe clubs. A prize in silver will be awarded to the win- 
ning yacht in the 15ft. class, and a prize will be awarded to the helms- 
man of the winning club catboat. 
A special prize of the value* of $50 Is offered by a member of the club 
to thb helmsman (who must be a member of the club) who shall sail 
in at least three of the regular Saturday races for the club catboats 
beginning May 30, and who shall obtain the highest percentage of wins 
during the season of 1896. The course for both classes will be inside 
the bay and in view from the club house. 
For Class I.— Starting from west to east across a line between the 
club float and a stake boat anchored southeast of the float, thence to 
and around a mark bearing a red flag or ball, anchored northeast of 
Plumb Point and distant therefrom about one mile, leaving it on the 
starboard hand, thence to and around a mark bearing a red flag or 
ball, anchored southeast of Moses Point buoy, leaving it on the star- 
board band, thence to and across the starting line, twice around, 
thence, after finishing the second round, to and around Black Channel 
buoy off Plumb Point, leaving it on the starboard hand, thence to and 
around the mark off Moses Point buoy, leaving it on the starboard 
hand, thence to a finish across the starting line. In the first two 
rounds yachts will pass on the channel side of the Black Channel 
buoy. 
For Class II.— Three times around the short triangle. 
The start will be a one-gun start with a preparatory signal, and will 
be made at 12:30 P. M. First 8ignal— Preparatory: A gun will be fired 
and the blue peter hoisted at tbe yard-arm of the club flagstaff. 
(There will be an interval of five minutes between each signal and the 
succeeding signal.) Second Signal— Start for Class I.: A gun will be 
fired, the blue peter lowered, and a red ball hoisted. Third Signal- 
Start for Class II.: A gun will be fired, the red ball lowered, and a 
white ball hoisted. Fourth Signal— Will denote conclusion of the 
race, which may be terminated in the direction of the race committee 
at the conclusion of any round. A gun will be fired and the club bur- 
gee lowered from the head of the flagstaff. 
The race will be governed by the racing ruleB of the Yacht Racing 
Union of Long Island Sound, and will be under the direction of the 
race committee of the S. C. Y. C. Copies of the racing rules and 
entry blanks will be furnished upon application to the secretary of 
the race committee. 
In the 15ft. class the helmsman must be an amateur, but the forward 
hand may be a paid hand. 
Entries must oe made in writing and filed with the secretary of tbe 
race committee by 12 o'clock noon on May 28, accompanied by the Y. 
R. U. measurement of the yacht certified to by her owner or by the 
measurer of the club from which she is entered. 
Race Committee: Oliver E. Cromwell, chairman; Charles W. Wet- 
more, Walter C. Kerr, D. Le Roy Dresser; Charles A. Sherman, secre- 
tary, 64 Leonard street; New York. 
Model Yachting. 
The first challenge race for the Outing trophy was sailed on May 17 
over the course of the Wave Crest M. Y. C, off Fifty-sixth street. Bay 
Ridge. The trophy was given int > the care of the American M. Y. C. 
last fall, to be sailed for in a race open to all model yachts, the winner 
to be the first holder and defender. Dolphin, of the A. M. Y. C„ was 
the winner out of fo ir starters; since then her owner has left the 
club. She was the defender of the trophy, the challenger being Wave, 
of the Wave Crest M. Y. C. Dolphin is 40.3 l.w.l. and 15in beam, 
while Wave is 43in. l.w.l. and 14in. beam. The beam of Dolphin should 
have debarred her under the conditions of the trophy, but as she was 
allowed to sail in the first race last year no objection was made by 
Wave in the present case. The course was one-quarter of a mile to 
windward and return, the winner of two heats to take the trophy. 
The wind was very light from the south. In the first heat Wave 
crossed outside of the flag marking the finish line, and in the second 
Dolphin did the same. In the third a boat collided with the skiff of 
Wave's owner, and the boat was beaten by Dolphin, a protest being 
made and the heat resailed. This time Wave fouled Dolphin, and the 
latter was interfered with by an outside rowboat, so the heat was 
called off, to be sailed on May 24. The times were: 
FIRST HEAT. 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Wave .3 16 30 Finished outside flag. 
Dolphin 3 16 32 3 26 20 0 09 48 0 10 01 
SECOND HEAT. 
Wave 3 34 50 0 03 45 0 10 10 0 10 10 
Dolphin , 3 33 10 Finished outside. 
THIRD HEAT. 
Wave 3 50 11 Not timed. 
Dolphin 3 51 00 0 04 25 0 34 00 0 34 23 
FOURTH HEAT. 
Wave 5 24 00 0 05 37 0 13 00 0 13 00 
Dolphin 5 23 10 5 37 02 0 13 52 0 14 45 
Dolphin protested last heat. 
The Summer Carnival at Halifax. 
Haligonians are leaving no stone unturned to make the grand sum- 
mer carnival at Halifax, July 28-31, a gigantic success. There has 
been some talk of the British flying squadron visiting Halifax this 
year, and in case that should become a fact the committee is making 
every effort to have them in Halifax by the Carnival meet. It is also 
expected that some American war ships will be present, and as the 
British North American squadron is certain to be there, the cutter 
races between the crews will become of an international character. A 
feature of the Carnival is to be the harbor illumination, when the war 
ships will be electrically illuminated, and there will also be a grand 
search-light display from the ships and forts along the water front. 
There are to be yacht races for 22 and 30-f ooters. and the Wenonah's 
cup, worth $1,000, open to all yachts, will be sailed for. The four- 
oared professional race between representative erews of the United 
States, England, Canada and the maritime provinces promise to be 
the greatest event of the kind which has taken place since the regatta 
at Philadelphia in 1876. R. T. Macllreitn, Secretary, P. O. box 303 
Halifax, U. 8., will cheerfully supply any Information. 
A Race for 15-Footers. 
The Ogdensburg Y. 0., Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence county, N. Y.. 
has arranged to hold a regatta on the St. Lawrence River for 15-footfera 
on July 28. The Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. rules will govern. It 
is expecttd that many of the best boats lrom New York, Montreal, 
Toronto and Boston wiU be present. A valuable silver presentation 
cup of special design will be given as first prize. The Ogdensburg Y. 
O. will spare no pains nor expense to make this one of the principal 
events of the season. Arrangements will be made with the railroad 
and express companies whereby owners of 15-footers can obtain spe- 
cially low transportation rates for themselves and boats from Ne t 
York and return. Full particulars can be obtained from Sec'y A 
R ( Porte, Ogdensburg Y, Ogdensburg, fl. Y, 
The New Linear Bating 1 Rule. 
The Field of May 9 comments on the new linear rating rule as fol- 
lows: 
The fees for measuring under the new rating rule are pretty 
stiff, and many owners who do not already belong to the Y. R. A. 
are coming up for election, as members get let off with much lighter 
fees. Thus a non-member has to pay £5 8s. for measuring a yacht 
exceeding 52ft. rating, while a member's fee anly amounts to 
£3. 13s. 6d., and there may be traveling expenses to pay as well. 
The subscription to the Y. R. A. Is £2. 2s.. which could be paid out of 
one measurement. The lowest fee is £2. 8a. 6d. for non-members 
for yachts of 24ft. rating and under, while for members it Is £1. 16s. 
only. These fees appear to be very high, but we suppose they are 
consequent upon the measurer's requiring larger fees for measuring 
girth, and beam, and because they will almost invariably have to pay 
two visits to a yacht to complete the measurements — one when she is 
ashore and another when afloat. The yacht designers in their report 
recommended that this certificate of girth should be taken the same 
as sailmakers' diagrams are. But the latter are always checked by 
spar measurements, and sometimes by measuring the sails. Ulti- 
mately, to avoid any mistakes, it was resolved that the girth, trouble- 
some as it is, should be measured the same as the length, beam and 
spars. After all, the measuring fee forms a very infinitesimal portion 
of the expenses of yacht racing. 
The older boats appear to work into the new rating rule very well 
indeed; in fact, some of them, such as Thalia, Creole, Dragon, etc., 
came out considerably under their class rating. Isolde, on the other 
hand, exceeds it, but will, under the rule, be allowed to compete in 
her class by allowing time. The difficulty of obtaining the girth is 
not so great as was at first expected, and after a while no doubt the 
working of tbe new rating rule will be regarded as quite a simple mat- 
ter. A good way of trying the girth is with a thin elm batten about 
the width of the steel tape and about a i 8 in. thick. Of course this bat- 
ten cannot be got round a "bulb," for which purpose a length of cop- 
per wire is used. In some cases the batten referred to is laid on over 
the tape, but it is better for the tape to mark the batten and measure 
it afterward, 
The measurements of some of the new yachts by the rule are also 
given, as follows: Kismet is the very successful new 18-footer designed 
and built by Linton Hope. She and the other new boats of the 18ft. 
l.r. class, Virus and Brunette, are about 15ft. 6in. l.w.l., 5ft. 8in. beam 
and the square root of the sail area is from 15 to 16ft., so that they 
would be rather large for the Seawanhaka 15ft. class. It is unfor- 
tunate that in adopting the new rule and arranging tbe new classes, 
the limits of the two smallest, 24 and 18ft. linear rating, were not made 
still smaller so as to conform more closely to the old 1 and 0.5-rating 
classes. Under the old rule a Jg-rater, such as Spruce, on coming out 
to this country, was able to increase her sail plan and yet be within 
the American class, 15ft. racing length— exactly what the difference 
of weather required. Now the 18-footer will be compelled to reduce 
her sail in order to get into the 15ft. racing length class. 
Y. R. A. CERTIFICATES 
OP RATIING, 1896. 
0.75 
L.W.L Beam. Girth. 05_ 
Yacht. Rig. ft. ft. ft. ^S a. 
Athara Lug 16.20 5.50 6.75 7 61 
Brunette Lug, C. B. . 15.69 5 60 7 52 7.21 
Carina Cutter. ... 60 38 15 94 22.93 31 41 
Eve Lug 22 43 6.70 8 51 10 35 
Game Hen.... Lug 16 60 5.37 5 90 8 09 
Kismet, C. B. . Lug 15.27 5.66 7 38 7.69 
Lora Lug 26.95 7.39 12.18 13.50 
Vulpa Lug 24.05 6 07 8 06 9 59 
Turquoise.... Lug 16 55 5.36 5.73 8.10 
Virus Lug, C.B .15.55 5 70 6 21 8.52 
Westra Lug 3143 9.84 14 07 16.66 
Whisper Lug 22.68 6.15 9 03 10 14 
Eileen Lug 30.50 9.22 13.80 17.25 
Isolde Cutter 59 56 17.05 23.20 31.64 
Rating, 
ft. 
18.03 
18 01 
65 35 
K3,99 
17.98 
18 00 
30.01 
23 88 
17.b7 
17.99 
36,00 
24.00 
35.38 
65,72 
Date. 
April 20 
April 25 
May 1 
Jan. 10 
March 23 
March 12 
April 20 
April 25 
March 83 
April 25 
April 21 
April 10 
April 17 
May 2 
Huguenot Y. C. Open Race. 
NEW ROCHELLE— LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Saturday, May 16. 
Owing to the lack of a steamer and the difficulty of obtaining any 
information, but little was known of tbe race of May 16 up to the time 
we went to press. The course was not visible from the shore and 
there was no means of going afloat. The course was a triangular, 
sailed twice, making 6% miles. The wind was fresh and puffy, but 
falling very light at times. It was a "soldier's wind" over the whole 
course, the first leg free, the second a close reach and the third a 
broad reach. In the 15ft. class there were eight entries, the old 
Herreshoff boat Olita, with a new one, Gnome, very similar in model, 
all the overhang forward and cut off short aft, but rigged with a 
canoe sail, a hoisting yard with two battens, mast well forward and a 
small jib Besides the old Question, Mr. Huntington had two new 
boats, to all appearances of the same model— Hope, owned by Adrian 
Iselin, Jr., and Willada, owned by W. G. Newman. Hope was painted 
a dingy black and Willada a drab. Both had the same small openings 
as Question, about big enough to put one's feet in. They were rigged 
with boom and gaff mainsail and jib. Mr. Thomas Clapham had a new 
aspirant for the class, a big boat of the Bouncer type, long over ail 
and quite wide, with a great deal of fore overhang, the bow running 
out^ong and low over the water, the after end having a rather short 
but good-looking counter. The sail plan was not only high but big, to 
the eye decidedly larger than tbe other boats, in fact the whole boat 
looked very large. Imp, as she is named, is owned by J. M. Hamilton, 
of the Red Dragon O C. One of the new Rigby boats, the New York 
C. 0. special class, Guilia, was present, a very nice looking skipjack, 
with both ends well carried out and showing up very well for a low- 
priced boat of simple construction. Two Step, the duplica f e of Ethel- 
wjnn shown at the Sportsmen's Exhibition, was also entered, her 
finish and model showing well among tbe fleet, but with a particularly 
bad mainsail, too small for tbe spars and fitting badly in addition. 
The start was made at 1:32:00, tbe official times being as given last 
week: 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Dnp 1 32 00 2 50 11 1 18 11 
Olita 1 33 00 2 50 49 1 18 49 
Hope 1 32 00 2 51 00 1 19 00 
Two Step 1 32 00 2 51 12 1 19 12 
Gnome 1 32 00 2 54 39 1 22 39 
Willada 1 32 00 2 56 40 1 24 40 
Guilia 1 32 00 Did not finish. 
After the finish both Imp and Hope were disqualified, their helms- 
men, Thomas Clapham and L. B. Huntington, being barred under the 
new rule of the Y. R. U. as professionals, both being actively engaged 
in boat building. In addition to this, Imp was protested on measure- 
ment, and a measurement was made on the spot, the result being at 
once announced as 14.94ft. In correcting the figures later and plot- 
ting tbe sail plan the measurer discovered an error in these figures, 
the true measurement being 15.38ft., or 0.38 over the class. The water- 
line is 14.3 and sail area 270sq. ft., or some 20ft. more than allowed for 
the waterline. The official order is Olita first. Two Step second, 
Gnome third, and Willada fourth. Guilia was disabled and withdrew. 
The race amounted to nothing as a test of the boats. Imp sailed very 
fast, but with so much more sail it would be unfair to compare her 
with the others. 
The 30ft. Class Opening Race. 
One of the interesting events of next Saturday will be the first race 
of the new 30ft. class, a special race arranged by the Indian Harbor Y. 
C. under the following conditions: 
To be sailed on Saturday t May 80. Open to yachts enrolled in any 
recognized club, the committee reserving the right to reject any entry. 
Classes— Special 30ft. class for cabin sloops built to the rules restrict- 
ing this class. Starting signals— First, preparatory. A blue peter 
hoisted on the forward flagstaff of the regatta committee's steamer. 
Second, start. One-gun start five minutes later. A red ball substi- 
tuted for the blue peter. This time will be taken as the starting time 
of all contestants. The start will be at 11 A, M. or as soon after as 
practicable. Attention will be called to the signals by whistle or gun 
from the committee's boat. 
• Course.— Club course No. 4 will be sailed, viz, : Starting across a 
line between a station markboat and black spar buoy off tbe eastern end 
of Utile Captain's Island to the black spar buoy (S. 17) off Matinicock 
Point, L. I., 5 6 16 nautical miles S.S.W. 14 W., turning same on port 
hand; thence to the black spar buoy (S. lb) off Centre Island Point, L. 
I.,4J& nautical miles E. i|N., turning same on port hand; thence 
acrobs starting line 4 ia , 6 nautical miles N.N.W. y± W. Length of 
course, 15 nautical miles. 
Rules.— The r»ce will be sailed under the rules of the Yacht Racing 
Union of Long Island 8ound as adopted March 9, 1896. Tide— High 
tide at Greenwich day of race, 1:36 P. M. Prizes— Com. Charles T. 
Wills has offered a cup to the winner, and, provided three yachts 
complete the course, the club will give a prize to second boat. Entries 
will close with chairman on Thursday, May 28, at 12 o'clock mid- 
night. George E. Gartland, chairman, 11 Wall street, New York; D, 
W. Merrltt, Charles E. McManus, regatta committee, 
