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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June 22, 1895. 
Larchmont Y. C. Spring Regatta. 
LARCHMONT— LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Saturday, June IS. 
The best racing of the week was that of the Larchmont Y. 0. on 
.'Saturday, there being not only a large fleet of starters, but a number 
•of close matches in various classes, while the whole race was visible 
from start to finish. Unlike the New York and Atlantic clubs, the 
Larchmont is so situated that it can devote itself steadily through the 
season to fcbs promotion of racing, and by availing itself of its excep- 
tional opportunities for some years it has built up a big fleet that may 
be depended on for a race at almost aDy time. Saturday was a special 
occasion, the first trial of the club's new triangular courses, described 
in 'the Forest and Stream of May 11, and yachts and yachtsmen to- 
gether turned out for the sight. The day was perfect— clear, bright 
mS sunny, yet not too hot, with a moderate N. W. wind. The starters 
vw,gre: 
SCHOONERS— CLASS A, ALL OVER 90FT, 
Racing 
Length. 
Ramona, H. M. Gillig .....105.84 
Fleetwing, J. De Lamar 
Constellation, Bnyard Thayer 107.24 
SCHOONERS— CLASS B, 81 TO 90PT., HANDICAP. 
Emerald, J. R Maxwell 80.51 
Sachem, F. T. Adams 90.01 
SCHOONERS— CLASS C, 71 TO 81FT. 
Elsie Marie, J. B. King 75.60 
Shamrock, W. P. Ward 78.18 
SCHOONERS— CLASS D, 60 TO 71FT. 
Loyal, B.F. Sutton 64.96 
SLOOPS AND CUTTERS — CLASS 1, ALL OVER 77PT. , HANDICAP. 
Colonia, C. O. Iselin , 90.02 
Katrine, George "Work 70 . 08 
SLOOPS AND COTTERS— SPECIAL CLASS. 
Queen Mab, Percy Chubb , 
Wasp, H. L. and R. F. Lippett 54.97 
SLOOPS AND CUTTERS— CLASS 6, 43 TO 49FT. 
Gossoon, L. Vaughn Clark , 47.83 
Uvira, F. P. Sands 47.14 
Minerva, H. W. Bucknall 45.61 
SLOOPS AND CUTTERS— CLASS 7, 36 TO 43FT. 
Eidolon, H. F. Crosby 42.00 
Norota, F. M, Hoyt , 
Eurybia, Charles Pryor 40.02 
Sasqua, H. Andruss 39.87 
SLOOPS, CUTTERS AND YAWLS— CLASS 8, 30 TO 3GFT. 
Infanta, J. B. Mills 33.50 
(Gavllan, C. E. Dief en t haler 31.00 
Audax, H.W.Eaton. 28.62 
SLOOPS AND CUTTERS— CLASS 8, 34FT. 
Dragoon, F. M. Freeman 34.00 
SLOOPS AND CUTTERS- CLASS 9, 25 tO 30FT. 
Wildcat, W. H. Fischer , 28.80 
Beatrix, J. S. McDonald 27.59 
SLOOPS AND CUTTERS— CLASS 10, 25FT. AND UNDER. 
"Wave, L. Le Droit Barber 17.45 
CABIN CATS — CLASS 11, OVETR 2oFT. 
Mary, W. E. Els worth £8.76 
Almira, Hanan Bros 28,62 
Exonian, P. H. McGiehan 27.00 
CABIN CATS-CLASS 12, 25Fr. AND UNDER. 
Kittie. Hazen Morse 23.10 
Allegro, F. M. Randall 22.92 
Keora, Corning & Parsons , 
OPEN YACHTS— CLASS 13. OVER 20FT. 
Fairy, F. E. Towle 
Lurline, A. M. Tighe 
Violet, H. J. McKee 
OPEN YACHTS— CLASS 14, 20FT. AND UNDER. 
Terrapin, H. L. Curry 19.97 
SPECIAL CLASS— 21 FOOTERS. 
Houri, E. Burton Hart 21.00 
Leila, C. A. Gould 21.00 
SPECIAL CLASS-HALF-RATERS. 
Question, W. H. Clark 15.00 
Trust Me, C. McL Clark 15.00 
Emerald allowed Sachem 8m. handicap, Colonia allowed Katrina 
26m. handicap, and Queen Mab allowed Wasp 4m. 26s. 
The greater number of classes had at least two competitors, but 
Loyal was obliged to sail alone, her promised antagonist, Cavalier, 
not starting. The 34-focter Vorant JI was entered, but failed tn face 
Dragoon, leaving her to sail alone. Two courses were chosen, No. 5, 
the Parsonage Point and Red Springs marks, and No. 9, the short 
Scotch Caps Course. Classes A, B, C and class 1 sailed three rounds 
of No. 5, 32Vg miles. The oi hers down to and including class 9 sailed 
two rounds, 21L£ miles, and the smaller boats sailed twice around No. 
9, 10% miles. 
The first division was started at 11:85, with three minutes to cross, 
being timed: 
Wasp 11 35 35 Shamrock 11 37 C6 
Ramona 11 35 51 Constellation 11 37 39 
Queen Mab 11 36 00 Lojal 11 38 00 
Fleetwing 11 3H 28 Sachem 11 ?8 00 
Elsie Marie 11 36 44 Oolonid 11 3S 00 
Emerald 11 E6 54 Katrina 11 38 00 
The second division was start eri at 11 :43, teing timed: 
Norota 11 43 30 Minerva 11 44 40 
Eidolon 11 43 44 Dragoon 11 41 51 
Eurybia 11 43 47 Gaviian 11 44 5b 
Gossoon 11 44 10 Uvira 11 45 49 
Audax 11 44 18 Sasqua 11 45 56 
Infanta 11 44 81 
The last division was started at 11:43, being timed: 
"Wave 11 51 26 Keora 11 53 14. 
Beatrix 11 51 48 Question 11 53 16 
Wildcat 115148 Terrap.n 11 B4 37 
Trust Me... 11 52 05 Mary ; 11 55 51 
Kittie 11 52 27 Violet 11 56 00 
Fairy 11 52 29 Lurline 11 56 00 
Caper , 11 52 52 Exonian 11 56 00 
Allegro 11 52 57 Houri..,. 12 01 00 
Almira 1153 13 Celia 12 0100 
Emerald and Elsie Marie crossed the line together, the latter to 
windward and just a little astern. Her bowsprit fouled the port 
shrouds of Elsie Marie, but the two cleared without serious damage. 
As the wind was, there could be no windward work; the first leg was 
a reach, the second a run with spinakers to port, and the third a reach 
again. The first round was timed: 
Colonia 12 55 37 Shamrock 1 10 26 
Queen Mab 1 00 35 Sachem 1 41 21 
Emerald 1 01 13 Uvira 1 15 53 
Constellation 1 01 40 Gossoon 1 17 56 
Elsie Marie 1 06 11 Minerva 1 21 20 
Wasp 1 07 13 Eidolon 1 21 45 
Loyal 1 07 16 Norota 1 21 58 
Ramona 1 09 58 Fleetwing 1 24 15 
Katrina bad lost her topmast after the start, and withdrawn. 
The second round was timed: 
Colonia 2 11 30 Ramona 2 31 48 
Constellation 2 19 22 Shamrock 2 34 09 
Emerald 2 20 34 Sachem 2 39 32 
E^sie Marie 2 29 54 Fleetwing 2 51 03 
The smaller boats finished on this round, as follows: 
Queen Mab 2 25 17 Eidolon 2 59 45 
Wasp 2 32 06 Sasqua 3 09 20 
Loyal 2 34 03 Infanta 3 09 20 
Uvira ,. 2 54 18 Dragoon 8 10 00 
Gossoon 2 55 41 Girtlan 3 21 16 
Minerva.-. 2 56 12 Audax 3 31 16 
Norota 2 59 32 
The third round was t'med: 
Colonia 3 22 14 Shamrock 4 10 58 
Constellation 3 41 12 Ramona. ' 4 11 r 5 
Emerald 3 43 22 Sachem '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'."".4 19 21 
Elsie Marie 4 03 15 
The little lellows were only timed on the final round- 
Almira 1 59 40 Lurline 2 14 51 
Mary 2 00 04 Beatrix 2 15 52 
Kittie 2 00 PO Violet 2 23 54 
Allegro 2 05 29 Wave ."2 23 58 
Fairy 2 00 59 Trust Me '2 28 17 
Houri. 2 06 59 Question , . , 2 28 25 
Keora 2 12 34 Wild Cat ""**.3 42 06 
Celia 2 13 44 
Oconee, cat, came up too late to start, but was sailing over the 
course when she lost her mast. 
The official limes were: 
SCHOONERS— CLASS A. 
Start. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Ramona , 11 35 51 4 36 04 4 35 20 
Constellation 11 37 39 4 03 33 4 03 33 
Fleetwing 11 36 28 Withdrew. 
CLASS B. 
Emerald.. . . , 11 36 54 4 06 28 4 C6 28 
Sachem 11 38 00 4 41 21 4 33 21 
CLASS C. 
Elsie Marie 11 36 44 4 26 31 4 26 31 
Shamrock... 11 37 C6 4 33 52 4 31 53 
CLASS D. 
Loyal , 11 38 00 2 56 08 2 56 03 
SLOOPS— SPECIAL MATCH. 
Colonia , 11 38 00 8 44 14 3 44 14 
Katrina 11 38 00 Disabled. 
SPECIAL MATCH. 
Queen Mab 11 36 00 2 49 17 2 49 17 
"Wasp 11 S5 35 2 56 31 2 52 05 
CLASS 6. 
Gossoon 4 11 44 10 3 11 31 3 11 31 
Uvira 11 45 49 3 08 29 3 07 39 
Minerva 11 44 40 3 11 32 3 08 53 
class 7. 
Eidolon 11 43 47 3 15 58 2 15 58 
Norota 11 43 30 3 16 02 Not meas. 
Eurybia 11 43 44 "Withdrew. 
Sasqua 11 45 56 3 23 24 3 19 29 
CLASS 8. 
iDfanta 11 44 31 3 24 49 3 24 49. 
Gavilan 11 44 56 3 36 20 3 31 27 
Audax 11 44 18 3 47 28 3 38 52 
CLASS 8-84-RATERS. 
Dragoon 11 44 51 3 15 09 3 15 09 
CLASS 9, 
Wildcat... 11 51 48 3 50 18 3 50 18 
Beairix 11 51 48 2 24 04 2 22 36 
CLASS 10. 
Wave 11 51 26 2 32 32 2 32 32 
CLASS 11. 
Mary 11 55 51 2 04 13 2 04 13 
Almira 11 53 13 2 06 36 2 06 22 
Exonian 11 56 00 Withdrew. 
class 12 
Kittie 11 52 27 2 08 23 2 08 23 
Allegro 11 52 57 2 12 24 2 12 04 
Caper 11 al 5! Withdrew. 
Keora 11 53 14 2 19 20 2 19 20 
CLASS 13. 
Fairy 11 52 29 2 14 30 Not meas. 
Lurline 11 56 00 2 18 51 Not meas. 
Violet 11 £6 00 2 27 54 Not meas. 
CLASS 14. 
Terrapin ...11 54 37 Withdrew. 
21-fo'oters. 
Houri 12 01 00 2 05 59 2 05 59 
Celia 12 01 00 2 12 44 2 12 44 
15-FOOTERS. 
Question 11 53 16 2 35 09 2 35 09 
Trust Me 11 52 05 2 36 12 2 36 12 
The winners were: Schooners— Class A, Constellation; Class B 
(Handicap), Emerald; Class C, Elsie Marie; Class D, Loyal (walk-over). 
Sloops and Cutters— Class 1 (Handicap), Colonia; Class 3 (Special), 
Queen Mab; Class 6, Uvira; Class 7, Norota (subject to measure- 
ment); Class 8, Infanta; Class 8 (Special), Dragoon (walk-over); 
Class 9, Beatrix; Class 10, Wave (walk-over). 
Cabin Catboats— Class 11, Mary; Class 12, Kittie. 
Open Yachts— Class 13, Fairy; 21ft. class, Houri; 15ft. class, Ques- 
tion. 
The race was managed by Messrs. Lovejoy, Sarony and Marshall. 
Everything went off satisfactorily, and the first trial of the new course 
was a great success. 
The end of the first round found Ail3a 10 minutes ahead, and she had 
lost but little at the Lepe Buoy: Ailsa. 3:31:30; Britannia, 3:41-00. After 
the two passed Cowes the wind freshened from S.W., and Britannia 
began to overhaul her larger rival, finishing just enough astern to win 
on allowance. 
In the 20-rating class Luna W at the start, with Niagara second, 
but on the beat to Calshot Spit Niagara took the lead. The fleet was 
then becalmed for a time, Audrey catching the first of the breeze aDd 
leading to the Lepe Buoy, where they were timed: Audrey 11-1415 
Luna 12:15:18, Inyoni H>:15:S0, Niagara 12:16:18, Stephanie 12-17-50 ' 
There was more drifting, but the race finally finished: Niagara 
5.5.42, Inyoni 5.6.41, Audrey 5.7 1, Stephanie 5.8 20, Luna 5.13 3. 
It is reported that Ailsa will at once be altered, her mainsail being 
reduced and her topmast and topsail enlarged, to correct her weather 
helm, while new changes will be made in her ballasting, the lead added 
to the keel prior to the Thames races heiog removed. The next 
racing is on the Mersey, at Liverpool, on June 20-21, after which the 
fleet goes to the Clyde. 
Knickerbocker Y. C. Annual Regatta. 
COLLEGE POINT— LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Saturday, June 8. 
The Knickerbocker Y. C. sailed its annual regatta on June 8, with 
fair weather and a moderate wind from the eastward to help. The 
courses were from off College Point, classes F, G, H, J and L sailing 
a 17-mile course around the Gangway Buoy, while the other classes 
sailed a 20-mile course around the buoy off Execution Rock. The 
fleet included several new boats, the 34-footer Dragoon, designed and 
built by Thomas Webber; the 15-footer Question and the cabin eat 
Exonian. The fleet was started from the gun in two divisions, the 
first at 11 :10 and the second at 11 :20. The times were: 
CLASS A— SCHOONERS. 
Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Vanitas, W. H. Bates 33,66 Withdrew. 
Gabrielle, J. G. Honey 32,46 6 14 45 
CLASS B— SLOOPS OVER 43FT. RACING LENGTH. 
Penguin, George E. Brlghtsou 47.00 4 07 28 4 07 28 
CLASS C — SLOOPS OVER 36FT. AND NOT OVER 43FT RACING LENGTH. 
Gipsv, L. H. and S. ShanKs 40.98 5 16 39 5 16 39 
Eurybia, Charles Pryer 40.02 4 41 49 4 40 39 
CLASS D— SLOOPS OVER 30FT. AND NOT OVER 36FT RACING LENGTH. 
Aliris. J. A. Constant 35.25 Withdrew. 
J. S. M., Charles T. Smith 34.57 5 30 25 5 30 25 
Edith, George H. Cooper 33,50 5 14 21 5 12 41 
Nita, J. D. Billard, Jr 33.30 5 15 14 5 15 01 
Coya, James-Grace 4 53 25 
Tolande, A. E. and W. H. Kuper 31.33 5 35 24 5 30 10 
CLASS E- SPECIAL 34FT. CLASS. , 
Dragoon, F. M. Freeman. 34.00 4 36 29 4 36 29 
CLASS F— SLOOPS UN D It R 25FT. RACING LENGTH. 
Sigrid, A. W. Nilsson 24.00 Withdrew. 
Nanita, Henry Stephenson 21.33 5 05 34 
CLASS G— SPECIAL 2SFT. CLASS. 
Celia, Charles A. Gould 21.00 4 18 36 4 18 £6 
Houri, E B. Hart, Jr 21 00 4 10 5y 4 10 58 • 
CLASS H— OPEN SLOOPS. 
Gem, C. L. Strohmenger, Jr 20,50 5 52 CO 5 52 00 
Question, Montgomery Ulark 15.00 5 07 11 
CLASS I -CABIN CATBOATS OVER 25FT. RACING LENGTH. 
Leisure, F B. Myrick 28.96 5 27 43 5 27 43 
Mary, William Elsworth 28 76 4 40 10 4 :-9 51 
Truant, W. H. Titus 28. 9* 4 50 53 4 50 43 
Exonian, W. R Flemming 28. C8 4 44 28 4 42 22 
CLASS J— CABIN CATBOATS 25FT. And UNDER RACING LENGTH. 
Nan, E. G. Davis 23.96 5 05 52 5 05 52 
Kittie, Hazen Morse 23 00 4 19 38 4 19 25 
Marion, Rodman Sands 21.08 Did not finish. 
Torino, J. Fournier 5 06 29 
Ethel, F. N. Randall 20.00 4 29 25 4 21 28 
CLASS K-OPEN CATBOATS OVER 24FT. RACING LENGTH, 
J. L M., I J. Merrltt, Jr 4 51 59 
Lurline, George J. Bradish 5 00 13 
CLASS L-OPKN CATBOATS 24FT RACING LENGTH AND UNDER*. 
Violet, G. A. S. Wieners 4 38 05 4 38 05 
The winners were: Class A, Gabrielle; Class B. Penguin; Class C, 
Eurybia; Class D, Coya; Class E, Dragoon; Class F, Nanita; Class G, 
Houri; Class H, Question; Class I, Mary; Class J, Kittie; Class K, 
J. I. M. ; Class L, Violet. 
Britannia, Ailsa and Niagara. 
Last week the racing fleet reached the Solent, where three races 
weie sailed on June 13, 14 and 15, the first under the flag of the Royal 
Southampton, and the second and third under that of the Royal 
Southern Y. C. On Thur.- day only the big boats started, Britannia 
and Ailsa, the course being from off Netley, down the Solent and out 
to the Warner, then to a mark off Lymington and home, 44 miles. 
Ailsa led by 4s, over the line, both carrying club topsails, and they 
reached for about 6 miles with a fresh wind forward of the port beam, 
after which the wind shifted to N.W., and the remaining 6 miles to the 
Warner were run off under spinakers. Britannia turned with a lead 
of 22s. Another shift of wind to the S.W. made a beat to the Lyming- 
ton mark, the wind coming harder with heavy rain. Britannia held 
her lead, but after Cowes was passed Ailsa split her jib and withdrew. 
Britannia sailed the 44 miles in 5h. 7m. 56s. 
On Friday only the 20-raters started, Niagara, Audrey, Inyoni and 
Luna. The day was rainy with a moderate southerly wind which only 
lasted over the first leg, the race ending in a long drift. The course 
was from off Calshot Castle around Calshot Spit Lightship, then 
around the Lepe Buoy and home, sailed twice. Inyoni had weather 
berth at the line, with Audrey a little ahead and Niagara last. Audrey 
soon led and Niagara worked up to second place. The second leg of 4 
miles to the Lepe Buoy took two hours, there being little wind and a 
foul tide. iDyoni took the lead and Luna withdrew. The race was 
called at the end of the first round, the times being: Inyoni, 3 20 38' 
Audrey, 4.11.50; Niagara, 4.35.—. 
The course on Saturday for the larger boats was from Calshot Cas- 
tle to the Spit Lightship, thence down the Solent to Lepe Buoy, to 
Sturbridge, to the Bramble Buoy off Gosport, and back to Calshot 
Castle; twice around. The 20-raters sailed the same course as on Fri- 
day; two rounds. Ailsa led at the line and held first place on the short 
baat to Calshot Lightship, then Britannia took the ground on Calshot 
Spit and hung for a couple of minutes, Ailsa meanwhile leaving her. 
Ailsa sailed fast on the way to the Lepe Buoy, with a fresh breeze 
abaft the port beam, the two being timed off Cowes: Ailsa, 11:05:50; 
Britannia, 11:13:30. They were timed at the Lepe Buoy: Ailsa, 12:03:55 : 
Britannia. 12:10:40. 
On the way to the East Sturbridge Buoy, off Ryde. Ailsa continued 
to gain, the times at that mark being: Ailsa, 1:44:40; Britannia, 1:55:20 
The Cup Defender. 
The building of a thoroughly up-to-date racing machine for the 
adequate defense of the America's Cup is proving a much greater 
task than first estimated; while the yacht, if built after the ordinary 
steel construction of Colonia and Navahoe, might have been under 
sail before this, it is now a question whether she will be ready to race 
by July 10, on which date the New York Y. C. proposes to give a pre- 
liminary trial race for the 90ft. class off Sandy Hook. All idea of 
her racing at Larchmont oa July 4 has been abandoned and it will 
require bard work to get her into shape even by July 10. The present 
state of the work is told as follows by the Boston Globe of June 16- 
The launching of the defender is now surely two weeks off, uniess 
she is put overboard half finished. Although everything possible is 
being done for an early launch, there is still a large amount of work 
to be done both on the exterior and interior of this coatly Cup 
defender by the riveters and platers, and by the carpenters. 
Good judges of the time it will take to finish the boat so that she may 
be launched say that it will be the first week in July before she makes 
her maiden dip into the blue waters of Bristol harbor. 
Not until Wednesday of this week has the work of the platers pro- 
gressed so far as to allow the carpenters an opportunity to do any 
work whatever on the yacht, and on that day the first of the deck 
planking was laid. The stock for this work has been out of the saw 
and planing mill several days, waiting for an opportunity to Jay It 
but the aluminum diagonal deck braces and other work had to be 
finished before this could be done. 
Since the carpenters began work their progress has been very marked 
and to-day nearly one-third of the deck is laid By next Saturday 
night there will be little of the deck but what will be covered 
The wood of which the deck is construct* d is Michigan pine, selected 
because of its superiority over the common white pine used on decks 
of boats in regard to lightness and strength This pine was obtained 
in part from Carpenter's yard at Providence, and part from a New 
York firm. The consignment from the Boston firm, which was to 
have been used, is still at the works, and will be used on boats built 
in the future at the shops. 
The planking is in various lengths, and is 2^i a . in thickness and 2% 
in. wide. The work of laying wa3 begnn amiaships, and four gangs of 
men are working forward with it. As each successive plank is laid 
galvanized steel nails are driven into the files of the planka at short 
intervals, thus holding them firmly together and preventing bulging 
when wet. At every aluminum and steel deck beam, long galvanized 
steel screws are placed and run up into the planking from underneath 
holding it securely to the deck beam?. At the top of each plank, at the 
edge, the wood is shaved off slightly, so that when two of the planks 
are laid together they leave a V-shaped space in the deck. This space 
will be caulked as the work progresses, and later will be filled with Jef- 
fries marine glue. Every man that is a wood worker and can possibly 
be spared from other work is at work on the defender. 
On the interior of the yacht is another large force of men engaged in 
laying the floor. This floor is laid in vpIIow pine timbers of small di- 
mensions. The flooring is of spruce. %in. thick, and is fastened to the 
beams with screws. Below the flooriag all the braces and other work 
cf the riveters and platers has been completed. This work has also 
been rushed during the week. 
The distance between the flooring and the deck at the s ; des of the 
boat is about 6ft. 3in , while in the center it is about 3in. higher, due 
to the "crown" of the deck. The flooring will be all laid the coming 
week. 
A force of steel workers are busy on the interior of the defender, 
placing aluminum braces from the frames to th« deck beams. These 
braces are short, about 2ft in length, and have wider flattened ends, 
which set on the frame at cl beam, the brace running obliquely from 
the frame to the beam. These braces are put in along the midship 
section of the boat, and will greatly si iff en that section where it is 
needed. 
Above the flooring line there Is a quantity of work to be done by the 
riveters, there beiDgmuch of the plating that is not yet riveted. All 
over the boat, where the shores and props were in place, the riveters 
find work to do These shores at e removed one by one, and when the 
riveting is finished they are put in place again. 
Along the top strake the riveters are still busy and are hammering 
away, smoothing up the rivets. There is much work to be done yet at 
the stern, and this p§rtof the boat, which resembles in lines tbesterns 
of Isolde and Niagara, the 20-raters, has not had the stern piece made 
for it yet, the men being at present wo.-kiDg on it. 
The mast riDg at the partners was placed in position the first of the 
week and is of steel, galvanized. The step ring for the mast was also 
set before the men began the work of laying the flooring, and is of 
steel, painted. The distance from the step to the partners, as meas- 
ured yesterday, is exactly 9ft. Gin. The mast 13 stepped between 
frames numbered 25 and 26. 
The bul #arks of the defender, which are of aluminum, will rise from 
the deck but-4in., and will be flush with the plating on th« outside, 
with a bulb on the inside. Portions of the rudder have arrived from 
the Providence brass foundry during the week, but it is said that some 
of the pieces were imperfect, and are to be cast, again, 
With all that is to be done on the yacht, how it i9 possible to launch 
her inside of two weeks cannot be seen. After the riveting is finished 
and the rudder is hung, there still remains a big job of burnishing the 
manganese bronze plating, if it is to be as bright as was the' bottom 
of Vigilant when she went overboard in '93. 
Six riggers from the well-known firm of Billmans of Boston are at 
work on the rigging of the defender at the shops, having arrived the 
first of the week. The spars are nearly ready, and have had the steel 
work fitted, and with the sails completed it wi 1 take but a few days to 
give her a ti ial trip after she is launched. 
The defender has been looked over during *he week by several offi- 
cers from the torpedo station at Newport, who came by invitation of 
the Herresboffs. 
The sailmakers are at work on the sails for Vigilant. 
Valkyrie. 
The above photo shows very plainly the boat that will, in all proba- 
bility, represent the ninth challenge for the America's cup. The 
exact dimensions are as yet unverified, but may be set down as about 
130ft. over all, 26ft. beam and 18ft. draft. While different from the 
second Valkyrie, the boat shows the handiwork of her designer, even 
in spite of a greater beam than he has before taken. The freeboard 
and sheer are moderate, the bow is similar to the other Watson boats, 
of but moderate length and handsomely proportioned, and the after- 
body, though wide, is car'ied out in the same characteristic fashion. 
The most important point about the boat, though not fully shown in 
this photo, is that the side has considerable flare. As is shown, the 
rail is set in from the sheerstrake something less than a foot to all 
appearances. The yacht is essentially a shoal, and comparatively 
wide hull with a fixed fin; the shape of the fin differs from the former 
Valkyrie in being more nearly rectangular. The lead only is coppered 
the bottom planking thus far being bare, though it win probaoly be 
coppered before the races on this side. The yacht is now at Gourock, 
and it was intended to try her under sail on Saturday last, using a 
mainsail of the old Valkyrie enlarged. The adjusting of the com- 
passes took until 2 P. M„ so the trial trip was postponed until Monday. 
The yacht will not go to the Mersey, and will not race before June 29, if 
then. The photo showed in the background the stocks on which the 
yacht was built, with the sliding ways by which she wa* moved 
broadside into a marine railway, on which she was run down into the 
water. Up to 1 P. M. on Tuesday the yacht had not started on her 
trial trip. 
The steam yacht Ginita, Mr. Geo. B, Sloan, of Oswego, N. Y., left 
that port on June 6 for the Thousand Islands, having on board Capt. 
John Blackburn, Engineer John Sprague and a young boy, John Dou- 
nelly, employed in Mr. Sloan's office. A severe storm swept over Lake 
Ontario the same day, and as nothing has been heard from the yacht, 
it is certain that she is lost. A thorough search has been made of the 
shores of the lake and the St. Lawrence River, and the yacht's yawl 
has been found in the possession of the lighthouse keeper at Tibbett's 
Point. A strange story is told by the finders, Mr. Geo. B. Sloao, Jr., 
James Donnelly and K. G. and Wm. Blackburn, of finding the yawl 
and oars hidden in a barn, the keeper having failed to report that he 
had found them. Two caps, one having belonged to Capt. Blackburn 
have be,.n found on the shore just east of Tiooett's Point. 
