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CANADA. Designed bt Will Fife, Jr., 1896. 
was little known publicly. It is stated that his wife and only child' 
an Infant, are visiting in Switzerland. 
The following additional particulars appeared next day: 
A coroner's inquest was held at Eyde to-day on the body of Baron 
Ton Zedtwitz, the owner of the yacht Isolde, who was killed by the 
collision of Meteor with Isolde off Southsea yesterday. The captains 
of the yachts Isolde, Britannia and Meteor were examined and the 
jury returned a verdict that the Baron's death was due to the purely 
accidental collision of the boats. 
The proceedings of the inquest showed that Baron von Zedtwitz was 
struck by the falling rigging of Isolde, and pinned to the deck of the 
yacht by the broken spars. He was not thrown into the water, as 
was reported yesterday. Captain Carter, the commander of Britan- 
nia, In the course of his testimony said that the Meteor ought to have 
passed under the Britannia's lee. Captain Gomes, skipper of Meteor, 
denied that he had violated the sailing rules. There was plenty of 
room for Meteor to pass Isolde, but Saint struck Isolde and slewed the 
bow of that boat toward Meteor. 
Mr. Jameson, representative of the Prince of Wales, who was on 
board Britannia, said that the whole thing was so sudden that he was 
unable to say whether or not there was time for Meteor to go to the 
lee of Britannia after the danger of collision became apparent. 
The Berlin Reichsanzeiger, the oflBcial journal, to-day publishes a 
tribute to the late Baron von Zedtwitz, and testifies to the zeal dis- 
played by him in the official positions he occupied. 
The Queen has telegraphed to the Royal Albert Y. C. expressing 
her regrets because of the death of Baron von Zedtwitz. 
The Emperor has ordered that Meteor discontinue racing, and that 
she shall be laid up at once. 
Yencedor- Canada. 
The only important yachting event of the present week will be the 
meeting of the representatives of the Lincoln Park Y. C, of Chicago, 
and the Eoyal St. Lawrence Y. 0., of Toronto, in the series of three 
matches off Toledo, Lake Erie. This event is the most important that 
has ever taken place on the Lakes, and it will be witnessed by many 
yachtsmen from both fresh and salt water. The large fleet of lake 
yachts, including craft from all the ports between Rochester and 
Chicago, that bas taken part in the recent races on Lake Erie, will be 
in attendance. 
The Chicago representative is a fin-keel cutter, very similar in 
dimensions and model to the 20-rater Niagara, owned by Howard Gould 
and now racing in English waters. Vencedor was designed by Theo- 
dore Poeckel, formerly in the employ of the Herreshofl Mfg. Co., 
and now designer and superintendent of the Racine Boat Co., 
of Racine, Wis. Her measurements have thus far been as carefully 
concealed as in the case of Defender last year. The Canadian 
representative, Canada, was designed by Will Fife, Jr., and the entire 
frame was got out, fitted and set up in the Fife yard at Falrlie, Scot- 
land, being afterward taken apart and shipped to Oakville, near 
Toronto, where the lead keel of 8 tons was cast, the frame set up anew 
and the work completed by Capt. Andrews, a local yacht builder. 
The yacht is smaller than her competitor and by no means so extreme 
in type, as the accompanying plans show; she may be classed as a 
bulb-fin craft, with the usual construction of a wooden yacht, a built 
wood keel in place of a metal plate fin. Her principal dimensions are: 
Length over all 55ft., l.w.l. 86ft, Bin., beam lift , draft 8tt., least free- 
board 2ft. 4in. Although her crew of ten have lived aboard of her 
during the past month while racing and cruising, she can boast of 
but moderate accommodation, the headroom being but 4ft. 6in. under 
the beams. The first race took place on Aug. 24. The judges were 
Oliver E. Cromwell, Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. 0. ; H. L. McLeod, 
MInnetonka Y. C, and E. H. Ambrose, Royal Hamilton Y. C. 
Oconomowoc T. C. Annual Regatta. 
OOONOMOWOC, WIS.— LAKE LA BELLE. 
Saturday, Aug. 15. 
The annual regatta of the Oconomowoc Y. C, after starting in a 
light breeze, was finished in a gale with heavy rain, Ethel and Florence 
capsizing and Yumpln Yaper and Mynone shipping so much water 
that they withdrew. The times were: 
SLOOPS. 
_ ^ „ „ , Elapsed. Corrected. 
Tarpon, Com. F. W. Peck ,..1 49 39 1 49 39 
Naiad, O. L Peck 2 04 13 3 01 13 
Friar, R. Nunnemacher 2 07 20}4 1 59 15 
SINGLE SAIL YACHTS. 
Phyllis, H. Thompson 1 55 06 1 54 28!^ 
Gladys, G. W.Simmons 1 58 13 1 57 813| 
Alert, W. H. Dupee 2 00 36 2 00 02il 
The judges were J. S. Field, Col. J. S. Cooper, of Chicago, and Capt. 
J. A. Scudder, of St. Louis. 
Later in the day the race for the commodore's cup was sailed, the 
tunes being: 
„. T . , Elapsed. Corrected. 
Idle Wave, L. C. Mernck ,1 12 S3 
Argo, D. E Murphy 1 02 48 i 03 14 
Hope, G. D. Vandyke 0 58 31 0 54 36 
Idle Hour. N. P. Hulst 1 33 00 1 27 54 
Hope won easily. Bird and Skedaddle were disabled and withdrew. 
Gladys and Alert were in collision and filed protests which have not 
been decided. 
New Haven Y. C. Annual Regatta. 
NEW HAVEN— LONG ISLAND SOUliD 
Monday, Aug. 17. 
The annual regatta of the New Haven Y. C. brought out but few 
starters on Monday of last week, the only notable feature of the race 
bemg the sailing of the new catboat Scat, owned by F. M Randall 
In a strong N.W. wind she led the fleet of larger yachts and beat 
everything over her course, both larger and smaller. The times 
were: 
CABIN SLOOPS— CLASS 7. 
„ v. 1, Tx . Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Seabelle, H. A. Seymour 35.35 3 16 02 3 16 03 
Titania, M. W. Burwell 35.00 3 17 18 3 15 49 
CABIN CATS — 30ft. class. 
Oconee, C. T. Pierce 26.32 3 31 33 3 27 00 
Castanea, J. M. Coxeter 28.03 3 54 15 3 54 15 
CABIN CATS— 25pT. class. 
Monsoon, M. E. Durham 23.34 3 12 03 3 12 OS 
Scat, P. M. RandaU 23.00 2 46 03 2 42 23 
Donta, J. Craige 3 52 29 
^ OPEN SLOOPS— CLASS 18. 
Nit, John Champion .23.93 3 05 40 3 05 40 
Defender, J. Smith..,,,...,,,.,... 3 58 15 f 
Minnetonka Y. C. Championship Regatta. 
LAKE MINNETONKA. 
Saturday, Aug. IS. 
The Minnetonka Y. C. sailed its seventh championship regatta on 
Aug. 15 in a moderate and flaky wind, the times being: 
CLASS A— BIG SLOOPS. 
Start. Finish. Corrected. 
Tartar 3 03 07 5 08 52 2 04 33 
Charlotte 3 03 48 5 09 30 2 06 00 
Marie 3 01 45 5 12 51 3 10 17 
Satrina 3 00 45 5 14 04 3 12 07 
Kite 3 01 29 5 15 42 2 13 16 
Alpha 3 00 23 5 17 19 3 16 08 
Demon. 2 0-i 45 5 31 50 2 17 34 
Swift 3 01 00 Withdrew. 
CLASS B - MEDIUM SLOOPS. 
Bird 2 50 27 5 20 24 3 36 15 
Sleipner 2 52 is 5 24 40 2 31 06 
Tomahawk 2 51 50 5 25 36 3 33 46 
Beatrice 2 50 41 5 30 56 3 40 06 
Answer 2 51 03 Not timed. 
CLASS O— CATBOATS. 
yaruna 3 51 00 5 19 29 2 28 39 
Shard 3 50 48 Withdrew. 
SPECIALS— SMALL SLOOPS. 
Doris 2 40 42 5 14 07 2 33 25 
Hurrah 2 44 01 5 14 29 2 31 28 
Magic Slipper 2 41 42 5 19 36 2 35 29 
Papoose 2 48 17 5 20 42 2 85 18 
Both Xania and Valda were designed by Mr. G. H. Dugean, designer 
of Glencairn, the former being now owned and saUed by him. 
Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. 
DORVAL— LAKE ST, LOUIS. 
Saturday, Aug. 15. 
The Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. sailed a race for the A, 30ft. and 25ft- 
classes on Aug. 15 in a moderate S.E wind, the times being- 
Preparatory gun, 4:15; start, 4:20. Course A. 
Chatauquay 
^ . Start. buoy. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Xania 4 20 00 4 59 50 6 10 38 1 50 38 1 48 37 
Chaperon.. 4 20 00 5 01 50 6 18 47 1 58 47 1 58 47 
"Valda 4 20 00 5 04 10 6 24 58 2 04 53 1 58 48 
25ft. class. 
Start. Finish. E apsed. Corrected. 
Valda.. 4 20 00 6 24 53 2 04 53 2 03 46 
Marjone 4 20 00 6 .S3 45 2 18 45 5 21 55 
Waterwitch 4 20 00 6 3 r 43 2 17 43 
Undine 4 20 00 6 39 19 2 19 19 2 19 ig 
Fox Lake Y. C. 
FOX LAKE, ILL. 
Saturday, Aug. 15. 
The Fox Lake Y. C. sailed a ladies' race on Aug. 15 In a rain storm 
and strong breeze, the times being: 
Happy Days— Miss Florence Brophy, captain; Misses Jeanie and 
Hattie Brophy. 
Lorna Doone— Miss Enola Cregier, captain; Mrs. C. J.Patterson, 
Mrs. Montgomery and Mrs. Mcpherson. 
Grimalkin— Miss Marion Tooker, captain; Mrs. W. H. Lyford, Mrs. 
Eric Winters and Miss Irvin. 
Sans Souci— Miss Johnson, captain. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Happy Days 0 49 08 0 48 54 
Lorna Doone 0 51 22 0 50 25 
Grimalkin 0 61 18 0 51 13 
Sans Soucl Withdrew. 
Racing at Newport. 
On Aug. 18 the 80 footers sailed a race for the Duryea cups over the 
Dyer's Island course in a strong S.W. wind. Rosemary, after having 
her fin shifted a foot aft, did much better, finishing in the middle of 
the fleet after leading over a good part of the run. The times were, 
start 2:35: ' 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Asahl, Bayard Thayer 4 41 00 2 06 00 
Vaquero, H. B. Duryea 4 42 20 2 07 20 
Hera, R Nellis 4 42 50 2 07 50 
Puck, E. D. Morgan 4 43 32 2 08 32 
Rosemary, G. Paget 4 44 20 2 09 20 
Esperanza, A. Van Winkle 4 45 18 2 10 18 
Wa Wa, J. A. Stlllman 4 45 32 2 10 32 
Musme, J. McDonough 4 46 10 2 11 10 
Dorothy, H. P. Whitney Did not finish. 
Asahi wins the first prize, Vaquero second and Hera third. 
The Forest and Stream is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
atest by Monday, and as much earlier as practicable. 
C5ANAPA.— SAIL PLAN, 
