July 4, 1896. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
IB 
Elapsed. 
Kl Heine 2 48 50 0 22 07 
Riverside 8 48 17 0 24 ?5 
Paprika 2 49 40 0 26 19 
Hope 2 50 50 0 25 27 
Trilby 2 64 23 0 26 00 
Vesper 
As Paprika rounded and tier boom jibed Mr. Hoyt went forward to 
talje in the balloon jib, but slipped and went into the drink; he was 
hardly in before he was out again, helped by a timely pull from the 
helmsman, and at work forward without waiting to shake himself. 
El Heirle trimmed sheets for a reach across, but tlie others astern set 
apinakers and carried them well over this leg, the wind being light. 
The times at the second mark were; 
Elapsed. 
ElHeirie , 8 14 10 0 30 20 
Riverside .......3 16 55 0 38 S8 
Paprika ^i.^i.,.,;....^... 8 20 07 0 .30 27 
Hope 3 21 02 0 30 12 
Trilby 3 25 53 0 81 81 
Vesper.,,. 
The last leg turned out but a close reach and El Heirie pulled out a 
long lead, the finish being timed: 
Elspaed, 
Elapsed, Whole 
Start, Finish. Last Leg. Course. 
El Heirie 12 35 00 3 49 23 0 35 18 3 14 23 
Riverside... 12 85 00 3 53 13 0 3(5 18 3 18 13 
Paprika...., 12 35 00 3 ,"^6 56 0 36 49 3 21 {6 
Hope ,,...12 85 00 3 57 30 0 36 28 8 22.30 
Trilby 12 35 00 4 03 00 0 37 37 3 28 (10 
Vesper 12 35 00 4 12 57 3 37 57 
DieHexe 13 35 00 Withdrew. 
Ideal 12 35 00 Withdrew. 
Wlllada 12 85 00 Withdrew. 
Tola 13 86 00 Withdrew. 
Cyclone 12 85 00 Withdrew. 
In It 12 35 00 Withdrew. 
Saghaya.... 12 35 00 Withdrew. 
Tornado 12 35 00 Withdrew. 
T«rrapin 12 35 00 Withdrew. 
Question 12 g5 00 Withdrew. 
Though the selection was narrowed down to but three or four boats, 
the committee was still at sea as to a final decision. Ideal had won 
fairly on the first day and had shown up very fast under spinaker, but 
she had made a most disappointing performance under conditions 
that her sister ship Ethelwynn had found most favorable, to windward 
in a strong breeze; Riverside had done remarkablv good work in the 
three races in lighter weather, especially showing excellent all-round 
perf orrr ance, while EI Heirie, evidently a fast boat in light wpather 
and on all courses, was remarkable in stronger winds and especially in 
reaching. Under the circumstances the committee, after a meeting, 
decided to call a special trial race on Friday to which the three win- 
ners. Ideal, Riverside and El Heirie, should be eligible, together with 
Vesper and Paprika; added to which was the open race of the class in 
the annual regatta of Saturday. 
FOURTH KACE. 
Friday, June 26. 
Thursday turned out cold and rainy, and Friday morning was but 
little better, with a S.W. wind and threatening clouds. However, 
they broke as the day advanced, and welcome signs of the sun were 
visible about noon. The five yachts selected for the final trial were 
all ready at the line just after noon, the course was given, 2 mU-'s to 
leeward, N.E., and ihe club launch ran out with the float and ball. 
The preparatory signal was given at 18:80 and the start at 12:35, 
Paprika, Riverside and El Heirie going over abreast almost together, 
with Vesper and Ideal just astern. The wind was dead aft, and while 
three of the boats set spinakers to port, two. Vesper and Riverside, 
tried them to starboard, both jibing very soon after passing the line. 
The wind was very light and they merely traveled with the ebb tide, 
soon falling to a dead drift. Twenty minutes after the start they 
were strung out in line, perhaps 75yds. apart, the order being: 
Paprika first, El Heirie, Ideal, Riverside and Vesper. It was ding 
dong to the lee mark, with catspaws and drifting; spinakers were 
taken in and reset. Vesper steered a more southerly cQurse of her 
own; the others were very closely bunched, with Paprika now astern. 
The order at the mark was; 
Elapsed. 
Riverside 1 21 46 0 46 46 
ElHeirie 1 22 11 0 47 11 
Vesper 1 22 27 0 47 27 
Ideal 1 22 35 0 47 85 
Paprika 1 28 24 0 48 24 
They jibed and started in on the starboard tack. Vesper had fallen 
into third place just ahead of Ideal as they rounded, and the latter 
made a short leg on port tack to clear her wind and then stood after 
the three leaders. She soon passed Vesper and began to overhaul the 
other two, doing excellent work on the wind, but after about 10 min- 
utes the block of her jib gave out, the wooden shell'splitting and the 
sheave flying off, letting up the luff of the jib. There was no chance 
to make repairs while on the wind, and she sailed the leg out with lib 
all slack. The fight for first place was a sight to see, the two leaders 
Riverside and El Heirie, beiner very closely matched under the existing 
conditions of a moderate breeze and smooth water to windward. El 
Heirie tried to reach off through Riverside's lee, but stuck under her 
beam and failed to get by. When Riverside tacked at 1:58, followed by 
El Heirie, she was about 300yds. ahead, while Ideal was about the same 
distance from El Heirie when the latter crossed her bows. Vesper and 
Paprika were far astern. All worked well under Lloyd's Neck and 
then started across the tide for the line. Riverside fetched the mark 
on her last long tack and went off gaily with spinaker to port. When 
El Heirie came up she had to make a short leg to round. The times 
were: 
„ ., Elapsed. 
Riverside,... 2 18 51 0 57 05 
ElHeirie 2 23 03 0 59 52 
Ideal 2 32 25 1 09 50 
Paprika , 2 43 35 1 20 10 
Vesper. . . , 3 44 25 1 21 00 
In the beat of two miles in a light and variable wind Riverside had 
gained 2m. 478. on El Heirie, and 12m. 453. on Ideal. El Heirie was 
slow with her light sails, setting balloon jib first and then the spinaker 
The run down wind was made with a steadier breeze than before, but 
still with no weight to it. The times were: 
T,- „ Elapsed. 
Riverside 2 49 11 0 30 20 
ElHeirie...... , 3 53 26 0 31 23 
Weal 3 00 31 0 28 06 
Vesper , , 8 13 25 0 29 00 
Paprika 3 13 50 0 80 15 
Ideal beat the leaders by two to three minutes, while Vesper showed 
up almost as well down wind. El Heirie now luffed well out beyond 
Riverside's wake as they stood inshore, the wind heading both. There 
was a nice little sailing breeze blowing, enough to give a lively motion 
to the boats and to carry them to windward against the tide, but it 
was by no means enough for any of them. On the run Ideal's crew 
had lashed a new tack block and the jib was tacked down with a 
marked improvement, though she was hopelessly astern. They all 
stood well inshore and then across the mouth of the harbor, being 
timed at the end of the second round: 
. , Elapsed. 
Riverside 8 45 20 0 56 09 
El Hehrie .3 48 55 0 55 29 
Ideal,,,. , i. .4 00 45 1 00 14 
Paprika... Not timed, 
Vesper Not timed. 
This time El Heirie had beaten Riverside by 40s., while Ideal 
though still third, had lost but 4m. to Riverside Instead of nearly 
13 on the previous beat. They ran down with spinakers to star- 
board, the wind being more to the south, and were timed at the lee 
mark: 
Elapsed. 
Riverside 4 13 55 0 27 35 
ElHeirie , „ 4 IS 16 0 26 31 
Ideal , . . . , , . 4 26 19 0 25 84 
Paprika 4 41 89 . . 
Vesper 4 48 33 
Ideal had beaten Riverside by 2m and El Heirie by Im. on the rim 
The elapsed times of Paprika and Vesper could not be calculated. 
The leaders headed in for Lloyd's Neck again on starboard tack 
with a httle more breeze from west of south and settled down for a 
hard battle. The dozen or so of yachtsmen on the Dunderberg, in- 
cluding the committee, soon lost all sense of size and cost and were 
watching the flght with as deep an interest as though the two were of 
90ft. waterline and cost £1,000 per foot. So close were they to the 
steamer that every detaU, almost the handling of the helm, was vis- 
ible to the eye without a glass. El Heirie slowly but steadily over- 
hauled Riverside, holding well a-weather of her, and after a time 
planted herself on the other's quarter. Findmg that there was noth- 
to be gained there she soon dropped to the lee quarter and started to 
ramp off through the other's lee Both were well in to the beach by 
this time, but could have stood on further without touching. El 
Heirie drew clear ahead of Riverside's lee ijow and the latter tacked 
CHAHT OF COURSE FOR SEAWANHAKA TRIAL AND CUP RACES, OFF OYSTER BAY, LONG ISLAND. 
at 4:34, El Heirie immediately coming about on her weather and thus 
winning the race. They stood for the mark with a freshening breeze 
and were timsd: 
Elapsed, whole 
Elapsed. course. 
ElHeirie 5 04 18 0 49 02 4 29 18 
Riverside ,.,..5 10 19 0 57 24 4.35 19 
Ideal , 5 17 06 0 50 47 4 42 06 
Paprika Not timed. 
Vesper ..v... Not timed. 
Paprika and Vesper were obstinately fighting for fourth place, but 
they were far astern, and as the newspaper men were anxious to get 
to the train the committee did not wait to time them, so they with- 
drew. On the last windward leg Ideal showed up much better, her 
elapsed time being within 2m. of El Heirie and much better than 
Riverside. The race was by no m ans a satisfactory test; the best 
that can be said of it is that the conditions were normal— such wind 
and water as is too often found in the Sound in summer. The only 
drifting was on the first run; after that the boats at all times had 
enough breeze to keep good way on against the tide, and at times 
were even rail-to. The difference between El Heirie and Riverside on 
the last leg is hard to understand, as the conditions were not materi- 
ally changed from those on the preceding rounds. 
The decision of the committee was reserved until Saturday night 
when it announced El Heirie as the defender and Mr. Olmstead, 
helmsman of Riverside, as the winner of the helmsman's prize, a 
spirit compass presented by Mr. T. C. Zerega, for the best work in the 
starts. 
The races were sailed entirely in light to moderate weather and 
smooth water, at no time was a yacht reefed, and even the t^nderest 
of the fleet were able to carry full sail without difficulty. While the 
same weather is likely to prevail in the cup races two weeks from now, 
there mav be quite different conditions, as in the final Ethelwynn - 
Spruce races of last year. There is no doubt, however, that in heavy 
weather El Heirie will acquit herself well. She has shown every evi- 
dence of good hard-weather performance, such as her relationship to 
the Question type would lead one to expect; at the same time she is 
far and away ahead of the other boats of the scow family in light 
weather. Apart from the performance of Paprika in a flat drift, and 
that is coupled with a very large sail plan, none of these boats— (Jaes- 
tion, Hope, Paprika or WiHada— have done well in the light weather 
that most Sound races are sailed in. In the fresh breeze of Wednes- 
day both Paprika and Hope did well, especially the former; but even 
then there was not enough wind for her. 
The class has sailed six races within the week, practically, as the 
Larchmont race of June 20 served as a prehminary to the actual trial 
races, the whole series ending with the Ssawanhaka annual race on 
JuneS7. Out of the fleet of twenty-seven competitors the possible 
winners have narrowed down to three. El Heirie, Riverside and Ideal . 
All of these are new and untried and capable of much further improve- 
ment before their true places can be determined with sufficient accu- 
racy to furnish a basis of argument as to the merits of the three dis- 
tinct types, the refined scow, the moderate bulb-fin and the moderate 
centerboard type. While we are hardly in a position to discuss the 
question without some prejudice, we believe that the representative of 
the latter type. Ideal, has been at a more serious disadvantage in the 
present races than either of the others, and that the boat herself is 
capable of a much better showing, espacially to windward. O iving to 
late completion, she was compelled to go into the races with a rough 
bottom and poor paint, and with much less sail than she was intended 
to carry. Riverside has not been measured, but we understand that 
she has rather more length than the other two and a small sail plan. 
El Heirie and Ideal went under the measurer's tape together after the 
last race in very poor trim for measuring, having been in the rain for 
some hours, and with hulls and sdils thoroughly soaked after a week's 
immersion in exceptionally damp weather for June. The result was: 
Racing Additional 
^, „ ■ ■ L.W L. Sail. Length, sail allowed. 
El Heine 14.39ft. 240.00sq. ft. • 14.93ft. 7sq. ft. 
Meal 14.68ft. 208.60sq. ft. 14.46ft. 20iq. f t. 
By good luck, as it is largely a matter of the stretch of sails, El 
Heine was safely inside the limit of the class and no more; while 
Ideal, with sails of the same material and from the same loft, sewed 
on the same machines, was under-canvased to the extent of SOf t., a 
serious matter In a drifting match or a mere drain of air, as in most 
of the races. Further than this, the waterline can readily be brought 
down by several inches, allowing 30 to 40 more feet if the boat will 
carry it. The only moral of this is the vital importance of early 
preparation and thorough tooling up of such small craft so as to bring 
them fully up to the measurement under a well balanced sail plan. 
It may be said of the entire fleet, with very few exceptions, that the 
yacWs were hastily flaiahed and far Irorn iheic best, ra<5ing form. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian IT. C. 
OYSTER BAY— LOKG ISLAND SOUND. 
Saturday, June 27. 
The twenty-sixth annual regatta of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. 
0. was sailed on June 27 over the club courses on Long Island Sound. 
The regatta was open to yachts of all the regular and special classes, 
and was sailed under the rules of the Y. R. U. The following prizes 
were offered: 
Class prizes: A prize in silver for the winning yacht in each class, 
excepting to the winner of the vice-commodore's cup. In any class 
in which there are more than three starters a second prize will be 
awarded. 
The cup presented by Vice-Commodore Cruger (value $250) for the 
schooner making the best corrected time over the course. 
The "Leland Corinthian Challenge Cup," opsn for competition to 
members of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. only, for the winner in 
the 30ft. special class of sloops. The winner of this cup in the annual 
Corinthian race and in each subsequent contest to receive a prize re- 
cording the names of the competitors. 
Individual prizes to the Corinthian members of crews on winning 
yachts, whenever all or all except one of the crew are amateurs. 
Single entries which do not elect to go into the next larger class 
may all be included in a mixed class race, prizes for which will be 
awarded as for the regular classes. 
The courses were: (1) For schooners and class 1, 80, 70. 60, 50 and 43ft. 
classes of cutters and sloops: The Sound triangular course— From the 
starting Une N. W. by N. 5 miles to and around a mark about 1 mile S. by 
W. from Greenwich Point, keeping it on the starboard hand; thence' 
E. 14 N. 5 miles to and around a mark about 1% miles off Long Neck 
Pome, keeping it on the starboard hand; thence 8.S. W. 5 miles to and 
around the slakeboat, keeping it on the starboard hand; course to be 
sailed over twice, 30 nautical miles. 
(2) For 36 and 30ft. classes and 34 and 30ft. special classes: The 
Shippan triangular course— From the starting line due north 5 miles 
to and around Cow's Buoy, keeping it on the starboard hand; thence 
E. 1^ S. 2 miles to and around a mark about 1% miles off Long Neck 
Point, keeping it on the starboard hand; thence S.S.W. 5 miles to and 
around the stakeboat, keeping it on the starboard band; course to be 
sailed over twice, 24 nautical miles. 
(%) For 25ft. class and 21ft. special class, once over Sound triangu- 
lar course. 
(4) For 20 and 15ft. classes, once over Shippan triangular course. 
On Friday afternoon and during the night a large number of yachts, 
both sail aud steam, made their way into the harbor and anchored off 
the club house. Saturday morning was calm enough, with a light 
S.W, wind. The fleet made its way easily to the starting hne off the 
mouth of the harbor, the racing cruf t being: 
SOHOONKBS-95Fr. CLASS 
^ , . „ . „ , Length. Start. 
Colonia, C. A Postley...... 93.32 
Emerald, J. R Maxwell ,,90 47 
Amorila, W. G. Brokaw. , 74.82 .'. . ', 
SCHOONERS— 85ft, CLASS 
Iroquois, H. C. Rouse Not meas. 
Blsemarie, J. B. King Not meas. 
SPECIAL CLASS. 
Mirth II., J. W. Beekman 
Eidolon, C. E. Diefenchaler ','.','.*.". 
Wasp, H. L, Lippilt '. . ' " 
Norota, F. M. Hoyt " " 
Drusilla, Col. A. 0. Tyler ' . " 
Uvira, E, N, Lockwood 
CDTTEKS— 48ft. CLASS. 
Eidolon, C. E, Diefenthaler Not timed 
Norota, F M. Hoyt Not tlmle! 
Drusilla, Col. A. 0. Tyler 13 40 00 
MirthlL, J. W. Beekman 12 40 00 
34pt special class. 
Dragoon, F. M. Freeman 34 00 
Vorant 11 , G. G. Tyson , 34. 00 
Acushia, Hanan Bros ,... 34.00 .. .', 
80ft. special class. 
Wawa, James Stillman 30 00 
Esperanza, A. S. Van Wickle 3o"oo 
Musine, Jos. M. MacDonough , , go' 00 
Caroline, Pembroke Jones ao.'oo 
Mai, O. H. Jennings , •'^0 00 
Hero, Ralph N. Ellis, j^o'oo 
Asahi, Bayard Thayer 30 00 
Vaquero IH,, Herman Duryea 30.00 
, CDTTBBS AND SLOOPS, 30PT, CLASS. 
Feydeh, E, D. Cowman ..,.,.,.......29.50 .. .. ... 
