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Larchmont Y. C. Tall Regatta. 
LARCHMONT— LONG ISLAND SOirND. 
Saturday, Sept. 1. 
The Larchmont Y. C. as usual mustered a good fleet for its annual 
fall regatta, being the only New York club which can call out the 
larger yachts for more than one regatta in a season. The absence 
of Ariel, she being on the ways at Greenport for painting and unable 
to get to Larchmont in time, spoiled the race in her class, as Emerald 
would not start without a competitor. Loyal, in the smaller class, 
was in the same fix, the only schooners starting being Shamrock and 
Elsiemarie. A light air in the morning game way to a moderate S.E. 
breeze at noon, which shifted later to S.W. and settled there, making 
a typical Larchmont race, the regular courses being sailed. The times 
were: 
SCHOONERS— CLASS C— 27 NAUTICAL MILKS. 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Shamrock 12 15 00 5 31 30 5 16 30 5 1 4 42 
Elsiemarie 12 15 00 5 32 45 5 17 45 5 17 45 
CUTTERS —CLASS 5—20 NAUTICAL MILKS. 
Wasp 12 25 48 4 14 49 8 49 01 3 49 01 
Gloriana 12 33 50 4 25 00 3 51 10 3 50 59 
CUTTERS— CLASS 6 — 20 NAUTICAL MILES. 
Minerva 12 30 05 4 44 00 4 18 55 4 13 55 
Banshee 12 27 21 4 57 20 4 29 59 4 26 58 
CUTTEKS— CLASS 7—90 NAUTICAL MILKS. 
Kathleen 12 28 50 5 17 20 4 48 30 4 44 40 
Eurybia 12 29 15 5 29 57 5 00 42 5 00 42 
CUTTERS — CLASS 8—20 NAUTICAL MILKS. 
Marjorie 12 27 49 5 45 00 5 17 11 5 17 11 
Conquiesco 12 30 36 6 07 00 5 36 24 5 28 27 
CUTTERS AND YAWLS — CLASS 9—13 NAUTICAL MILES. 
Louise 12 27 37 3 49 45 3 22 08 3 22 08 
Gavilan 12 31 04 3 35 10 3 04 06 3 04 06 
Madrlne » 12 34 21 3 38 27 3 04 06 2 59 59 
Audax 12 32 02 3 38 08 3 06 06 3 04 12 
Pjxie 12 33 37 3 36 40 3 03 03 2 56 32 
SLOOPS, CLASS 10—13 NAUTICAL MILES. 
Gee Whiz 12 25 55 4 02 20 3 36 25 3 24 50 
Wahneta 12 28 44 3 48 45 3 20 01 3 20 01 
Wave 12 25 28 3 45 33 3 20 05 3 07 06 
Agawam 12 28 33 3 52 01 3 23 28 Not meas 
Moses. 12 30 47 Did not finish. 
CABIN CATS, CLASS 11—13 NAUTICAL MILES. 
Almira 12 34 42 2 28 30 2 53 48 2 53 21 
Onaway 12 34 58 3 33 23 2 58 25 2 54 33 
Mary 12 35 00 Disabled. 
Kepra 12 34 30 3 53 15 3 18 45 Not meas. 
Kittle 12 34 05 3 34 14 3 00 09 2 53 46 
OPEN CATS, CLASS 14—10 NAUTICAL MILES. 
Fairy 12 35 00 2 50 02 2 15 02 2 15 02 
Violet 12 34 43 2 59 30 2 24 47 2 21 58 
Punch 12 34 42 2 51 21 2 16 39 2 13 50 
OPEN CATS, CLASS 15—10 NAUTICAL MILKS 
Kismet 12 35 00 3 00 38 2 25 38 Disabled 
Zelica 12 35 00 3 07 15 2 35 15 2 32 02 
Terrapin 12 35 00 3 08 43 2 33 43 2 31 46 
It 12 35 00 Withdrew. 
SPECIAL 21FT. CLASS— 13 NATUICAL MILKS. 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Vaquero , ...12 42 00 3 29 02 2 47 02 
Hoodoo 12 42 00 3 41 36 2 59 36 
Dorothy ...12 42 00 3 48 00 3 01 09 
Maysie 12 42 00 3 41 45 2 59 45 
Adelaide 12 42 00 3 «3 51 2 47 51 
Celia .12 42 00 3 41 04 2 59 04 
Houri 12 42 00 Disqualified. 
Minnetonka 12 42 00 Disabled. 
Blonde and Brunette 12 42 00 Disqualified. 
Houri took the ground so hard that she only got off throueh the 
friendly offices of a steam launch, thus being disqualified. Minne- 
tonka parted her bobstay and lost her bowsprit after turning Matinni- 
cock, and withdrew. Blonde and Brunette fouled Maysie and was dis- 
qualified. The winners were: Shamrock, Wasp, Minerva, Kathleen 
Marjorie, Pyxie, Wave, Almira, Punch, Terrapin and Vaquero. Mary 
broke the gaff fitting on her mast hoist and withdrew. Kismet was 
disqualified for carrying a professional. On Sept. 15 a special race 
will be sailed between Shamrock and Elsiemarie, and another between 
Queen Mab and Wasp. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
2 06 42 1 35 57 
1 37 30 
1 39 46 
1 43 19 
1 43 50 
1 49 50 
Quincy Y. C. Annual Regatta. 
QUINCY— BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, Aug. $5. 
The annual open race of the Quincy Y. C, sailed on Aug. 25, was 
marked by two incidents, the sinking of the sloop Mudjekeewis through 
striking a rock, and the victory of the new HanJey boat Cleopatra, late 
El Paso, in her first meeting with the Boston boats. The day was 
clear, with a fresh S.W. wind, there was a large fleet of starters and a 
very good race. The times were: 
FIRST CLASS. 
Length 
Beatrice, J. Cavanagh., 26.03 
Moondyne, A. J. Shaw 24.08 2 20 30 1 48 04 
Gretchen, J. A. Tewksbury -, 26.03 2 24 17 1 53 32 
White Fawn, A. E. Jones Withdrew. 
Amorita, W. F. Blake .Withdrew. 
Mudjekeewis, A. J. Davis Withdrew. 
SECOND CLASS. 
Gipsy, H. B. Drinkwater 23.02 2 11 41 
Good Luck, J. B. Farrell ,, ... .21 .08 2 15 51 
Myrtle, H. F-. Burkhardt 21.03 2 19 58 
Sea Bird, C. L. Joy 22.08 2 18 38 
Ida J., C. C. Collins 23.00 2 24 13 
Dorothy, Blanchard& Lanning Withdrew. 
Georgie, A. Rothe Withdrew. 
third class. 
Alpine, C. J. Blethen 16.09 
Diadem, L. M. Hayward 18.02 
Cutty sark Withdrew. 
Cupid Withdrew. 
KNOCKABOUTS. 
Spinster, L. M. Clark 
Nike, T. E. Jacobs 
Hullo, F. J. Robbins 
Santa Maria, J. J. Souther 
FIBTH CLASS. 
Cleopatra, C. C. Hanley 20.04 
Magpie, H. G. Otis 19.08 
Qpechee, W. P. Barker 19,07 
Arab, W. F. Scott .19.01 
Niobe, J. F. Schenkelbern 19.08 
Dorothy, F. F. Crane 19.08 
Smoke, F. B. Rice Withdrew, 
Joker, B. Putnam .Withdrew. 
SIXTH CLASS. 
Duck, C. H. Hodges 17.09 
Primrose, H. M. Faxon 16.05 
Dux, C. F. Colby 16.00 
Cadet, C. L. Smith 16.08 
1 29 17 
0 58 38 
1 29 08 
1 00 14 
1 24 11 
0 58 18 
1 26 22 
1 00 28 
1 26 41 
1 00 48 
1 26 56 
1 01 03 
1 15 00 
0 48 28 
1 23 42 
0 56 29 
1 24 39 
0 57 20 
1 25 14 
0 57 23 
1 29 40 
1 02 27 
1 35 20 
1 08 07 
Imp, L. A. Horton. 
.16.01 
Mirage, C. Schindler 17.05 
Gwendolin, C. P. Woodbury 17.07 
Sunbeam, H. B. Faxon..,,,.,.., 16.09 
Mab, J. W. Sanborn ....15.11 
SPECIAL CLASS. 
Gleaner, F. O. Wellington 22.03 
Eulalie, R. G. Hunt 21.09 
Vanessa, H. Bigelow Withdrew. 
The winners were: First class, Beatrice $15, Moondyne $10; second 
class, Gipsy $15. Good Luck $10; third class, Alpine $15, Diadem $10- 
fourth class, Spinster $15, Nike $10; fourth class. Spinster $15, Nike 
10; fifth class, Cleopatra $15, Magpie $10; sixth class, Duck $15, Prim- 
rose $10. 
1 22 21 
0 52 57 
1 26 59 
0 55 54 
1 30 58 
0 59 18 
1 33 04 
1 02 19 
1 36 05 
1 04 18 
1 34 10 
1 04 22 
1 39 29 
1 09 54 
Withdrew. 
Withdrew. 
2 08 39 
1 43 55 
2 14 51 
1 49 40 
Bay Head Y. C. Third Club Race. 
BAY HEAD— BARNEGAT BAY. 
Saturday, Aug. 25. 
The third and last club race of the Bay Head Y. C. was sailed on 
Aug. 25 over a 15-mile course in a strong south wind, ^he club has 
had: a most successful season. The times were; 
, „ ^. Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Lilia, J. M. Dickinson 21.06 2 58 45 2 04 27 
Vixen, W. Ernst 22.03 3 00 51 2 07 51 
Gertie, F H. Booth 20.10 3 06 56 2 11 06 
Playmate, C. D. Cooke 20.09 Did not finish. 
Iris, Henry Cape. 20.08 Scratched. 
Olympia, H. Binney 22.10 2 59 11 2 07 19 
Judges— Jas. F. Dale and E. F. Wilmerding. Regatta Committee— 
J, M. Dickinson, J. C. Egbert and W, M. McCawley, chairman. 
Vigilant and Satanita. 
The withdrawal of Britannia in consequence of the loss of her mate 
and steward by drowning, left only Satanita to meet Vigilant in the 
final matches of the season, the Royal Dart Y. C, on Aug. 31 and the 
Start Bay regatta, on Sept 1, both sailed off Dartmouth. The course 
for the former was a triangle of 10 miles, four rounds to be sailed; all 
open water. The day was not and hazy, with a very light easterly 
wind at the start, 10:30. Satanita crossed first, but with Vigilant to 
windward, the latter soon running ahead and having a lead of 2m, 3s. 
when she turned the first mark at 11 :04. 
The next leg was to windward, against the tide, and though the 
speed was slow, Vigilant still gained, the times at the Eastern Mark 
being: 
Vigilant..- 12 00 04 Satanita 12 11 55 
They headed for the. line with a light breeze over the starboard 
quarter, and were timed at the end of the first round: 
Vigilant 12 28 40 Satanita. 12 43 40 
On the reach to the Skerries. Vigilant still gained, the times being : 
Vigilant 12 55 00 Satanita 1 11 40 
Thus far they had made about 5 miles per hour, but now the wind 
fell even lighter, the two drifting for hours in the attempt to cover 
3 miles to the next mark, Vigilant finally turning it at 5:55. The 
match for the 40-rating class was ended by the sailing committee at 
the end of the second round, but the race for the two large vachts 
was declared off, not having been finished within a time limit of 
8 hours. No notice of this was sent to either yacht by the committee, 
and it was not until Vigilant's steam tender Pelican hunted her up 
at 8 P. M. that the decision was known. The Pelican was sent from 
Vigilant to notify Satanita, and finally towed both yachts in. 
From all reports, the action of the sailing committee of the Royal 
Dart Y. C, in declaring the race off under a time limit clause is most 
unfair; this restriction, if it exists at all, being a dead letter; and the 
committee, in the case of the 40-raters, having exercised its privilege 
of ending the race at the conclusion of the round. The action has 
been generally condemned by the English papers, the Pall Mall 
Gazette saying: "The Dartmouth Sailing Committee treated Mr. 
Gould very badly in view of the leniencv with which offences against 
the rules of the Royal Yachting Association have been treated 
throughout the season. It is a great pity, and Mr. Gould now has a 
real and tangible grievance. We do not remember any previous 
occasion upon which the clause has been enforced that unless com- 
pleted within eight hours a race shall be void," 
Harry Horn cables to the Boston Herald: '"No such conduct has 
ever been known on this side, and it is the most maladroit piece of 
work yet done in the Kingdom. It certainly puts the club in an unen- 
viable position. The weak-kneed action of the committee is con- 
demned by every one. The result is sure to affect the future regattas 
of this club, especially as the prizes were allowed to the 40-rators, 
Carina and Corsair, which sailed over the same course and under the 
same conditions. The Royal Dartmouth Club some years ago was 
guilty of left-handed conduct to the Prince of Wales when he sailed 
the Formosa there. The committee are always getting into some 
muddle. The decision is very unjust, for the Vigilant was honestly 
entitled to the prize." 
The Start Bay regatta, on Saturday, was sailed under similar 
weather conditions in all respects, but the course was different, the 
triangle being 14 miles round, sailed three times or 42 miles naut. 
They started at 10:30 in a very light air from north of east, Vigilant 
being 2m. ahead at the end of the first leg, 5 miles. For a time they 
were lost in a haze, being invisible at the second mark; but the round 
ended: 
Satanita 12 35 08 Vigilant 12 35 49 
They started the second round nearly even, hut at the mark 
Vigilant again led: 
Vigilant l 17 23 Satanita 1 20 27 
Again they disappeared in the haze, and when once more in sight, 
over an hour later, Vigilant had rounded the mark, but Satanita was 
making her way in, having given up. Vigilant ran up until near the 
line and was then becalmed and unable to finish. The sailing com- 
mittee obligingly shifted the line, and finally Vigilant managed to 
work across, being declared the winner at the end of the second 
round. 
Lieut. William Henn, R. N. 
A cable message from London on Sept. 1, brought the news of the 
sudden death of Lieut. Henn, the best known and most popular 
British yachtsman who has ever visited America. As usual, he and 
Mrs. Henn have spent the summer aboard of Galatea on the South 
coast, and he was lately taken ill at Dartmouth. He was taken to his 
Irish home, at Kildysart, where he died shortly after his arrival. Lieut 
Henn and his cutter Galatea were the subjects of the two supplement 
plates of the Yachting World of Aug. 17, accompanied by the folio w- 
•ine account of his life: 
"Lieut William Henn ,R.N., was the eldest son of Mr. T. Rice Henn 
D. L., and Recorder of Galway, of Paradise Hill, on the estuary of the 
Shannon. Born in 1847, he entered the navy in 1860 as a naval cadet 
in Trafalgar. The crack steam frigate Galatea had him as a midship- 
man from 1862 until 1866 on the North American and West India 
station, and during the American civil war. He was present at the 
bombardment and capture of the forts at Cape Haytien, and at 
Jamaica during the negrojnsurrection in 1865. He afterward served 
in various ships in the East Indies and on the coasts of Africa, Arabia 
and Madagascar, taking part in the Abyssinian war. Lieut. Henn 
acted as transport pilot in the Red Sea, and while cruising in command 
of ships' boats, captured and destroyed many Arab slave dhows for 
which service he was especially mentioned in despatches. In 1872 he 
was selected from many volunteers, and went to Africa as second in 
command of an expedition organized by the Royal Geographical 
Society for the search and relief of Dr. Livingstone. 
"In 1870 he built his first yacht, an open lugger-rigged whalehoat 
which he sailed from Plymouth to the Shannon (round Cape Clear) 
and in her made several voyages round the coast of Ireland. In 1874 
he was by his own request placed on the retired list of his rank in the 
navy, and that year purchased the 31-ton cutter Minnie, built by Rat- 
sey. For two years and a half this little vessel was his home; in her 
he sailed nearly 15,000 miles, including a winter voyage to the Mediter- 
ranean, where in 1877 she won for him the Grand Prix at the Interna- 
tional Regatta, Cannes (the forerunner of the French Mediterranean 
regattas). 
"In 1877 he bought the 80-ton yawl Gertrude, built by Alfred Payne 
His wife is as much a sailor as himself, and for seven years they lived 
on board, being continuously in commission except when the yacht 
was undergoing repairs. In that time they covered upwards of 40 000 
miles, always wintering up the 'Straits, 1 and sojourning in borne 
waters during the summer. 
"At the first Nice international regatta in 1879 Gertrude secured the 
'Grand Prix,' and the following day the Prince of Monaco's cup 
Subsequently she again carried off the 'Grand Prix' at Nice and 'Prix 
de Monte Carlo,' besides others at Cannes, Mentone, Genoa, Ajaccio 
Oran, and several ocean matches at home and abroad. 
■'For years he had wished to test the English type of racing yacht 
against the American, and in 1884 decided to challenge for America's 
Cup. He gave an order to Mr. Beavor Webb to design a 90-ton rac- 
ing cutter expressly for that purpose, and the challenge was sent to 
the New York Yacht Club before the yacht Galatea was launched. 
Sir Richard Sutton, at the same time determined to challenge with 
Genesta, and the joint challenge was promptly accepted by the New 
York Yacht Club, and for Galatea they agreed to waive the six 
months' notice required by the deed of gift. Galatea was constructed 
throughout of Siemens-Martin steel by Messrs. Reid of Port Glasgow 
and was the last of the big cutters built under the 1730 rule. Her 
principal dimensions were: Length, L. W. L., 87ft., length over all 
102 ft. 7ul, beam 15ft., draught, 14ft., ballast (lead keel), 81 tons; sail 
area, Y. R. A., 8,230 sq. ft. 
"Owing to defective casting of lead keel she did not stand up to her 
canvas as well as was anticipated. She was also very unlucky, exper- 
iencing many accidents including breaking ber mast in three pieces 
during the Royal Ulster regatta. These mishaps prevented her from 
crossing the ocean with Genesta; but the following year, having been 
altered and improved, she sailed for America with her owner and his 
wife on board, making a summer passage (under her ordinary trysail) 
of thirty days to Marblehead, touching en route at the Azores. She 
was beaten for the cup by the Mayflower, an 86ft , Burgess sloop, an 
enlarged Puritan, but the contests took place in light weather, which 
did not admit of either vessel attaining a high speed. 
"Soon after Galatea arrived in New York, before racing for Amer- 
ica's cup, Lieut. Henn issued a challenge to any single-masted Amer- 
ican yacht to sail a match against Galatea from Sandy Hook lightship 
to and around the islands of Bermuda and back, about 1500 miles. 
He left the challenge open for a month, but it was not accepted. She 
sailed home the end of October, 1887, under her ordinary storm sails, 
and, in spite of a week's head winds and a heavy easterly gale which 
compelled her to heave to for 19 hours, made the passage from Sandy 
Hook to Roche's Point in 17 days, 17 hours. Her best day's run was 
257 miles. She also stopped for some hours fishing on the banks of 
Newfoundland. Mrs. Henn, who is an excellent navigator, accompan- 
ied her husband in both trips across the ocean, and ii the first lady 
that crossed the Atlantic in a racing yacht. She also made a cruise of 
1,000 miles with him round the reefs and keys of Florida and the Gulf 
of Mexico in a 28ft, center-board skip jack, when the party narrowly 
escaped with their lives at Jupiter Inlet. 
"Lieut. Henn was on the Council of the Y. R. A., and was a member 
Of the following yacht clubs: Royal Cork, Royal Northern, Royal 
Alfred, Royal Clyde, Mudhook, Royal Thames, Royal Torbay, Star 
Bay, and Nice; and honorary member of the New York Yacht Club, 
Eastern of America, Corinthian of New York, Corinthian of Marble- 
head, Biscayne Bay (Fla ), and Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron. 
"Lieut, and Mrs Henn used Galatea for a homo, and kept her afloat 
all the year round. The Lieutenant always navigated and command- 
ed his own ship, was a J. P for Clare, and in 1886 refused the office of 
High Sheriff for that county." 
Current Criticism. 
The withdrawal of the Britannia and the cancellation of all her en- 
gagements by the Prince of Wales indicates one of two things— either 
he has had enough of such close racing as the Vigilant has given him 
or he fpels that in the drowning of Mate Simons the Britannia has lost 
her mascot. Sailors, not excepting princes, are superstitious to the 
verge of fatalism. The Prince knows as well as Captk Carter how far 
the genius of such an accomplished yachtsman as Mate Simons 
weighed in all the tricks and devices that have been so prodigally em- 
ployed on board the Britannia this season. It is hardly probably that 
the Prince would needlessly inflict so keen a disappointment upon the 
public, did there not exist some very good reason for his imperative 
action. That there is something mor» in it than sympathy for his 
drowned sailors needs not the saying. It is to be doubted even if the * 
Prince will sail the Britannia for the Cape May cup. He will, in all 
probability, adhere to his determination of absolute withdrawal, and 
allow Mr. Gould to sail the Vigilant over the course alone and take 
the cup home. There will be no unpleasant onus of defeat in such a 
course, and after bis numerous victories the Prince can well afford to 
be generous.— Mail and Express. 
The Prince of Wales has withdrawn his yacht Britannia from all the 
races yet to be sailed this season, and the boat is to be laid up for the 
winter. 
No other boat can be substituted for the Britannia as the defender 
of the Cup without the consent of the New York Y. C, and it is not 
likely that will be given in the absence of any good reason for Britan- 
nia's default. It is said the Prince's determination to withdraw from 
the regattas is due to the accident on Saturday last, by which the 
chief officer and steward of Britannia lost their lives. But this is 
scarcely a satisfactory reason for the cancelling of the Cape May cup 
There are those who believe that Albert Edward is unwilling to risk 
the loss of the honors he has already won, and is afraid of Vigilant in 
the challenge race. But Mr. Gould declares his intention to insist on 
the contest, and claims that if Britannia does not sail against Vigilant 
she must give up the cup. 
Mr. Gould will bring his yacht home with a fairly good record \' ; 
aXL.—New York World. 
The American press has been verv wrath about the jockeying it is 
alleged the Vigilant has undergone over here at the hands of Britan- 
nia. The New York Forest and Stream has very kindly phono- 
Kraphed all the wild shrieks of the alarmed American Eagle, but as 
far as we can understand them, nothing more than fair play is re- 
quired for Vigilant, which means that she must not be covered in 
running down the wind, she must not be luffed if she is trying for a 
passage to windward, and she must not be weather bowed. All these 
practices are said to be the meanest kind of jockeying, and what the 
Americans want is to see a sailing match rendered as uninteresting 
and purposeless as a steam yacht race, mainly because under such 
conditions, Vigilant may of tener sail home to the winning line ahead 
of England's champion, Britannia. It should, however, he noted that 
Vigilant herself has made several feeble attempts at this contemned 
jockeying, and no one has complained about it on this side of the water 
The only way to meet the wishes of the Americans would be to sail a 
match something like the experimental squadron sailed half a century 
ago, each going off on opposite tacks of an hour duration, for half a 
dozen hours or so— but even then, if there should be a run home 
there might be some blanketing. We do not think anyone one this 
side of the water connected with Vigilant has complained of the "jock- 
eying," and we think her friends at home have made a demand on our 
politeness, in giving Vigilant at all times the right of way, which can- 
not be conceded. — The Meld. 
An impression appears to have been created that Vigilant was run 
on to the outlying portion of the Needles Chalk Rocks to avoid a 
match with Britannia over a dead to windward course. Coloring was 
given to these surmises by the rather hasty withdrawal of the cup and 
its subsequent presentation to the Royal Dorset Yacht Club; then 
there was the fact that the owner of the Vigilant at first declined a 
,dead to windward match, and at last only reluctantly agreed to sail 
it. Beyond this, Vigilant started to sail to the rendezvous in a rather 
dilatory fashion sometime after Britannia had started in tow, and the 
owner's yacht Atalanta steamed away for Southampton Water. It 
was undoubtedly unreasonable to conclude from these incidents that 
the Vigilant was purposely sailed over the rocks, and Mr. Gould has 
been made the victim of an unforunate combination of circumstances 
Atalanta had merely gone up to Netley to take aboard some officers 
of the American warship Chicago, and it was pre-arranged that she 
should take Vigilant .in tow on her return. She caught her up off 
Lymington, but, as there was then a grand sailing breeze, it was 
thought time would be saved by Vigilant proceeding under sail, 
instead of losing minutes getting the towing line on board. The 
reported loss of the centre plate, and subsequent finding it jammed in 
the case, was made a great deal of , and no doubt it was somewhat 
stupid not to have known at once what had happened to the plate. 
It would he useless to attempt to disguise the fact that the manner 
Vigilant has been managed in this country has created, 
rightly or wrongly, an unfavorable impression. There was great 
delay in getting her officially measured, although her spars and bal- 
lasting were continually being altered, and there were all sorts of 
rumors as to the object of her steam tender going alongside every 
morning before a race. Of course a great deal of the talk was mere 
gossip, yet it cannot be denied that the gossips had some grounds for 
then- circumstantial stories — .The Field. 
The Jockeying of Vigilant. 
The Glasgow correspondent of the Boston Globe has show so 
strongly his partiality for Vigilant in her British races that his st^ry 
of the much discussed "jockeying" by Britannia must be accepted as 
at least perfectly fair to the American boat. According to the follow- 
ing account it was the luffing of Vigilant which gave Satanita the 
prize, the object of the American yacht being to prevent Britannia 
from winning: 
"The three cutters crossed the line together, with Vigilant sand- 
wiched between Britannia and Satanita. It will interest your readers 
to know that it is confessed the crew of Vigilant, after their drilling 
by Britannia, started Vigilant alongside Britannia 
"The match had no sooner started than Vigilant, under the lee of 
Britannia, luffed her up, and being under her lee bow, that cutter was 
in the position of overtaking yacht. This meant, by the Racing Asso- 
ciation rules, that if Britannia touched a loose ropeyarn aboard Vigil- 
ant, Britannia was out of the race. 
"Capt. Carter being in the overtaking vessel took care not to touch 
any flying ropeyarns, and while doing so found himself across the 
Solent at Southsea instead of on his way to the lee mark. This suited 
the Southampton cutter, Satanita. perfectly, and with spinaker set 
she ran off with a lead which landed her the prize. Satanita near the 
finish had the other two closing up. but not enough to be dangerous 
"Britannia finding Vigilant beyond the reach of a weather bower" 
and on the verge of doing what she has done hefore, sailing round 
Britannia, as soon as her bowsprit was clear of Vigilant's stern, bore 
up, and with Bpmaker set ran for the mark, to find Vigilant iust one 
minute astern." J 
Canarsie Y. C. Corinthian Regatta. 
The Corinthian regatta of the Canarsie, after being once postponed 
was sailed on Aug. 25, the course being 10 miles. The times were: ' 
CLASS A. 
m Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Welfare 2 51 30 5 02 45 2 11 15 2 11 15 
Bona 2 50 35 5 05 25 2 09 50 2 07 29 
Defiance 2 50 30 5 19 27 2 28 57 2 22 13 
Iona 2 50 00 Withdrew. 
CLASS B. 
Caddie 2 47 58 4 49 20 2 01 22 1 58 
Janet 2 45 30 4 48 05 2 02 35 2 01 
Siren 2 48 00 4 55 30 2 07 30 2 04 
Canarsie 2 52 33 4 54 59 2 02 26 2 
class c. 
Meteor 2 55 50 Withdrew. 
Flirt 2 56 20 Withdrew. 
Ideal 2 56 30 4 55 55 1 59 25 1 59 25 
CLASS D. 
Ripple 2 55 34 Withdrew. 
Pepita a 55 52 Withdrew. 
Strike 2 55 30 Withdrew. 
Anita 2 £6 18 5 13 40 2 17 22 2 15 01 
Meteor broke the jaws of her gaff, and Pepita capsized as she was 
making the last turn. 
