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March 16, 1895. 
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pine-tree and the other on his watch— a*:d every one knows his 
time is sure to be taken correctly. 
It was a veiy pretty sight to see the boats cc me flying home with 
enough wind to fill the sail. We wished that our Northern friends* 
could have been with us to enjoy the race and have their cheeks 
kised by the balmy air, full of salt, from the Gulf of Mexico, even 
the ladies tried to see which would collect the most tan, even if 
they do freckle. 
_ The times were: i J 
First Class. 
Elapsed 
Start. Finish. Time. 
Florida , 11 42 10 1 04 45 1 17 86 
Lucie B 11 48 20 1 06 50 1 18 30 
Second Class. , 
Elapsed 
Start. Finish. Time. 
Topsey 11 52 00 1 13 05 1 21 05 
Pompano 11 53 30 1 08 00 1 14 3J 
Silver King 11 55 10 1 07 20 1 12 20 
Baby 7 11 58 00 1 58 00 2 00 00 
Micanopy 11 58 20 1 25 00 1 26 40 
It will be seen by the summary that the much abused "Boston 
Bean Pot" (Silver King) sailed the course 5 minutes and 2a seconds 
quicker than the first-class boats. How many such object lessons 
will it take to show some people that what they don't know about 
yachts and yachting would fill a book ten feet thick. The season 
is all too quickly drawing to a close, and we shall be packing up 
for our flight to South Boston; so we hope and pray tor good 
weather that we may have our two regattas each week, a race on 
the Bayou every Saturday and on the Gulf of Mexico every 
Wednesday. All of us sail for the Silver Cup at Sea bide this 
weeK. PAY SON. 
The Long Island Sound Clubs. 
The following circular has been sent to the chairman of each of 
the club committees on uniform dates: 
;154 Nassau street. New York, March 7. 
Dear Sir: The special committee appointed at the meeting of 
Chairmen of Regatta Committees of Yacht Clubs on Long Island 
Sound held in New York, Jan. 28, request that on or before April 
10 you will communicate with them with reference to selection qt 
dates for any races of your club during the coming season in adui- 
tion to the events arranged .for at the meeting, a list ot r>j»* is 
given below. - 
Thurs., May 30 (Decoration Day), Harlem Y. C. An. 
Sat., June 8, Knickerbocker Y. C. An." 
Sat., June 15, Larchmont Y. C. Spring. 
Sat., June 22, Douglaston Y. C. An. 
Mon., June 24, Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C. An. 
Tues.,' June 25, Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C. Race to.New London. 
Racing'Circuit. 
Sat., June 29,' New Rochelle Y, C. An, 
Mon., July 1, Indian Harbor Y. C. Special. 
Wed., July 3, Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C. Race to Larchmont. 
Thurs., July 4 (Independence Day), Larchmont Y. C. An. 
Fri., July 5, American Y. C. An. 
Sat., July 6, Riverside Y. C. An. 
Mon., July 8, Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C. Special. 
Tues., July 9, Horseshoe Harbor Club Special. 
Wed., July 10, Huguenot Y. C. Special. 
Thurs., July 11, N. Y. A. C. Special. 
Fri., July 12. Larchmont Y. C. Special 
Sat., July 13, Hempstead Harbor Club An. 
End of Circuit. 
" Sat.", July 20, Sea Cliff Y. C. An. 
Sat., July 27, Indian Harbor Y. C. An. 
Sat., Aug. 3. Larchmont Y. C. Special. 
Sat.. Aug 3. Shelter Island Y. C. An. 
Sat.. Aug. 10, American Y. C. Special. 
Thurs., Aug. 15. Sea Cliff Y. C. Special. 
Sat., Aug. 17, Huguenot Y. C. An. 
Sat., Aug. 17, Roton Point Impt. Co. An. 
Sat., Aug. 24. Horseshoe Harbor Club An. 
Fri., Aug. 30, American Y. C. Special. 
Sat., Aug. 31, Larchmont Y. C. Special. 
Sat., Aug. 31. Huntington Y. C. An. . 
Mon.. Sept. 2 (Labor Day), Larchmont Y. C. Fall. 
Thurs., Sept. 5, Larchmont Y. C. Special. 
Sat., Sept. 7, Larchmont Y. C. Special. 
Thurs., Sept. 12, Sea Cliff Y. C. Special. 
Sat., Sept. 14, Larchmont Y. C. Special. ' , , „ 
On May 1, the committee intend to issue a .printed schedule of 
all races of the different clubs for the season, and it is desired to 
make this schedule complete. - • 
You attention is called to the following resolution, adopted ac 
"Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that the various 
yacht clubs situated on Long Island Sound should co-operate to 
promote the interests of vacht racing, and to that end that the 
question be submitted, to the various clubs at their next meetings 
of considering what measures shall be adopted to further this 
purpose." ■ i , _j „ „ 
At the next meeting, to be held at the Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C. 
house, 7 East Thirtv-second street, on Monday evening, April 15, 
it will be necessary to have reports from the different chairmen ot 
what action has been taken by ^^^^f^fej. 
FRANK BOWNE JONES. 
Special Committee 
Biscayne Bay Y- C. Ninth Annual Regatta- 
Biscayne Bay, Fla., Friday, Feb. 22. 
Tn one direction at least our little club of the far South is achiev- 
ing a distinction that has heretofore been granted almost exclu- 
sivelv to its great contemporary organization of New York City. 
The Biscayne Bay Y. C. has become an important factor m influ- 
encing the weather of this section, and can command a cessation 
of all breezes by simply appointing a regatta day. Also, as soon 
as its boats have ended their fruitless drifting matches, a most 
elegant sailing breeze will set in from the most desirable quarter 
and continue to blow without interruption for many days. Ac- 
cording to this inevitable rule, our ninth annual regatta, held on 
Washington's Birthday, was attempted on placid waters rippled 
by occasional cat's-paws of wind, beneath a cloudless sky and m 
the full glory of tropic sunshine. A six hour limit was set for an 
18 mile course, but only three boats out of ten starters succeeded m 
drifting past the home mark within the stipulated time, and cups 
were only awarded in two classes. 
With a breeze we would have had some exciting contests, as 
among the entries were the new sloop Monomoy designed and own- 
ed by those well-known racing men, John and Samuel Small, ot 
Boston; Fred Hughes' speedy slooo Jupiter, formerly of Yonkers 
and champion in her class of the Hudson River; Commodore Mun- 
roe's new Utilis, which in a breeze can eat the very eyes out of 
the wind; two famous home boats, Mary Macdonald and Widow, 
both thus far unbeaten in their respective classes, and the Great 
South Bay cat, Daphne, brought down here two years ago to up- 
hold the championship pennant of her class— a feat that she has 
thus far easily accomplished. But the wind gods were unpropi- 
tious, and what might have been races degenerated into drifting 
matches, of which the tabulated record is as follows: 
Class C -Cabin 'Sloops. 
Start. Finish. Elapsed.Corrected. 
Jupiter, F Hughes. 12 25 20 5 42 15 5 16 55 5 16 55 
Monomoy, Small Bros 12 23 40 withdrew. 
Mary Macdonald, G Mac- 6m 
donald 12 27 30 5 33 10 5 05 40 5 02 45 
Class C— Open Sloops. 
Widow, Alfred Peacock. . .12 26 £5 withdrew. 
Struggle, Alfred Kemp. .. .12 23 20 withdrew. 
Class E -Cats. 
Daphne. Wm Buckell, Jr. .12 24 25 6 00 30 5 36 Oo 5 36 05 
Florence W., R Carney 12 45 35 withdrew. 
Class C— Schooners. 
Utilis, R M Munroe 12 26 20 m withdrew. 
Allapatta, Kirk Munroe. . .12 23 45 withdrew. 
Mischief, Geo Roberts 13 24 00 withdrew. 
As a partial compensation for this disappointment,' we were 
treated, two days, later, to a rattling match race over the club 
course, 5 miles to windward and return, between Widow, open 
sloop champion of Biscayne Bay, and Aura, open sloop champion 
of Key West A fleet of club boats accompanied the racers over 
the course, and their crews were not only treated to a sight of the 
prettiest and most hotly contested race of the season, but were 
hugely gratified to have the home boat finish a winner by 3m.^s. 
