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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. 3, 1896. 
ETHELWYNN. 
THROtrftH the courtesy of the Spalding-St. Lawrence Boat 
Co., builders of the yacht and owners of the design, we 
publish herewith the plans of the lo-footer Ethelwynn, the 
first defender of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C, interna- 
tional challenge cup in the initial series of races with Spruce 
HIT. last year. Ethelwynn was designed by W. P, Stephens, 
Yachting and Canoeing editor of the Forest ajstd Stbeam, 
for competition in the trial races arranged for the selection 
of a defender for the Seawanhaka cup, and was one of the 
first yachts in the new 15ft. class created by the visit of 
Spruce nil, to America. The design was made and th0 
yacht built for C. J. Field, of the Indian Harbor Y. C. The 
order for the design was given on June 26, just two months 
before the date of the first trial race. As the many midsum- 
mer regattas about the Sound were then on, the drawing of 
the lines was not begun until .July 8, the original design being 
enlarged to the full size and shipped in that form on July 13 
to the shops of the Spalding St. Lawrence Co,, then at Clay- 
ton, N. Y., on the St. Lawrence River. The hull was 
shipped from the i^hops on Aug, 3, reaching Greenwich, 
Conn., two days later, where the centerboard, rudder, spars, 
etc, were fitted and the ,'ails bent, the yacht being launched 
on Aug. 8. 
Ethelwynn's first race was on Aug. 10, in the annual re- 
gatta of the American Y. C, sailed in a very light air; she 
heat the new fin-keel 15 footer Trilby, also sailing her first 
race, by 14m,, Question giving up. The first suit of sails 
was very unsatisfactory; the jib, as planned, of 50sq. ft., 
with a club on the foot, could only be used in a very light 
air, being much too large ; "while the mainsail did not fit the 
spars, and after being recut was replaced by a new one. 
The yacht did not race again until the Horseshoe Harbor Y. 
C. regatta of Aug. 24, when, with a strange hand at the 
tiller, she started against Question in a strong wind and a 
rough sea that brought several yachts to grief, a large cat- 
boat losing her mast and another capsizing. Ethelwynn 
capsized while her crew was taking in the balloon jib on a 
reach ; though her hatches were off, no water reached the 
compartments, and she floated high on her bilge until righted. 
Question completed the coirrse in very fast time compared 
with the larger catboats and sloops. 
The trial races began on Aug. 26 at Oyster Bay with 
seven competitors, and continued on Aug, 27-38. On the 
three days the wind was light to moderate, the yachts at 
times drifting without wind; on several occasions there was 
a moderate whole-sail breeze, but at no time was there more 
than the little yachts could easil;y cany. The result of the 
trial races may be briefly summarized as follows: 
The dimensions of Ethelwynn are as follows : 
Length over all 23ft. 4in. 
l.w.l loft. 
Overhang, forward 3ft. lOin. 
aft 4ft. Gin. 
Beam, extreme 6ft, 
l.w.l 4ft. 9|in, 
Draft ^^-^ Sin. 
Freeboard '. llOin. 
Sheer, bow | 7ia, 
stern l^in. 
Displacement, lbs 1,032 
Area midship section, sq. ft 1.92 
C. B. from fore end l.w.l 8.00 
Midship section from end l.w.l 8 25 
These dimensions are all on the basis of 15ft l.w.l., but, as 
we shall show next week, the design for a waterline of about 
14ft. 6in., with 7in. draft and the appropriate sail of 240sq. 
ft. We shall give in the following issue the arrangement 
and construction plan, with offsets and details of construc- 
tion, 
ALL ON A SUMMER DAY. 
What will go down on the records as a most memorable 
race took place over the course of tbe New York C C. for 
half-raters on the afternoon of Sept. 19, 1896. 
Four of this class shot over the starting line just off the 
house at 3:30 P. M , going down the w^ind witn spinakers 
set for the stake mark off the Marine and Field Club grounds. 
The wind was blowing light and fair from the southward. 
Up in the north were tokens only of a summer squall. 
Gravesend Bay usually affords ample time and warning of 
such blows, so nothing daunted merrily sped the pretty craft 
over the sunlit waters, little fearing or fancying what was in 
store for them. 
Round the stake buoy in quick succession, and with sheets 
close hauled they stood for the outer buoy, a mile away and 
directly opposite the cluh house. When about three-quar- 
ters over this leg the wind fell flat. Out of the north came 
the first gentle puffs of the gathering squaU. One glance 
over toward the Staten Island shore snowed tli.at the blow 
was going to be quick and sharp. The smoke from the fun- 
nel of an incoming steamer, which had been lazily ascending 
in an almost perpendicular line, suddenly bent at a right 
angle from its course and spread over the bay with wide, 
gaping mouth, swooping down toward us. Mainsails were 
quickly stowed, and with only the little handkerchief like 
jibs spread to the coming blast the four tiny raters ran for 
home. 
EtlielwjTin . , , 
Olita 
Question , . , , . 
IrUby 
Trust Me 
F. & R 
L'lndienne . . 
.c. b.... 
,c. b.... 
.c.b.... 
.fln 
.fin 
.c. b.... 
.c. b.... 
Designer. Builder. 
. .W. P. Stephens St. Lawrence Co. 
fmlniSMan. Crew. 
9)1 C. J. Field. 
B. Vaus K, B. Burcbard. 
Owner. 
.,.,0. J. Field 
....H. O. Bouse N. G. Herreshoffi Herresboif Mfg. Co C 
.,..L. B. Hmitington, Jr....Li. P. Huntington, Jr..,,L. P. Huntington, Jr L, B.Huniington PUilip Howard 
....G. Tyson C. Olmstead Wood & Son 0. Oimstead O. J. Pierce. 
....C. 51 CJark N. G. Herreshoff Herreshoff Jlfg. Co C - 
. . . . F. & E. Wycliofl' F. & K. Wyckoff F. & R. ckoff . . , 
...,R. Cutwater T. F. Jewell .....Newell & McAleece 
M.Clark K. Whi injr. 
.F. W.vckoll K. Wyckoff. 
. R. Cutwater F. B. Jones. 
Ethelwynn., ..„i 3 IG 15 
Olita 3 la 09 
Question. ..i.ii.rri-iiii.>..,....i«,i... .3 26 07 
Trilby 3 26 37 
Trust Me ,....3 40 10 
F. &R 3 52 37 
1st Race. 2d Race. 
4 08 03 
4 12 4h 
4 11 25 
4 16 03 
Xot timed. 
Did not start. 
3d Race. 
5 .58 12 
6 03 43 
6 04 33 
6 11 27 
6 19 20 
L'lndienne. Withdrew. Did not start. 
On this showing Ethelwynn was selected by the race com- 
mittee of the club as the defender of the cup. 
On Aug, 39 she started with Question, Trilby and L'ln- 
dienne in a light breeze, the finish being timed : 
Ethelwynn 5 10 28 Trilby 5 39 32 
Question 5 28 30 L'lndienne Withdrew. 
In the Larchmont fall regatta on Sept. 2 Ethelwynn, 
Question, Trilby and Trust Me started in a drifting match. 
Ethelwynn and Trilby gave up, being unable to find the 
turning points, marked by very small flags; Trust Me 
winning. 
The cup races with Spruce IIIl. lasted from Sept. 21 to 
28, five races being sailed, Ethelwynn winning three, while 
on two days the yachts failed to finish within the required 
time. On the first day, Saturday, Sept. 21. both yachts gave 
up after a long battle with the tide in a calm, having failed 
to cover the first round in four hours of drifting. On Mon- 
day there was a light to moderate breeze all day aud a very 
eood race was sailed, Ethelwynn gaining 5m. 48s. on the 
first round and winning by 7m. 4l8. Tuesday was another 
light day. with a fluky wind. Ethelwynn led for the first 
round, but a shift of wind at the buoy gave Spruce a long 
lead; the race was stopped at 6 o'clock with both far from 
the finish and Spiuce ahead. 
On Wednesday there was more wind, but very light and 
fluky; Ethelwynn finished the first round with a lead of 3m. 
589., but lost it all in a calm spot near the Center Island 
Buoy, as on the"^ preceding day, being but lOs. ahead of 
Spruce at the next mark ; they sailed the round out in a 
variable and fluky wind,^ Bpruce winning by 23s. 
On Thursday, for the 'first time, there was a good whole- 
sail breeze, with quite a sea on the Bound, Spiuce started 
with one reef in her mainsail, while Ethelwynn had two. 
She was sailed very badly from the start, as it afterward ap- 
peared, through the unwillingness of her crew to race, in 
spite of the protests of her helmsman; at the end of the first 
round she was 9m. astern of Spruce, having been in irons at 
the lee mark, where she shook out one reef to go to wind- 
ward, after carrying a double-reefed mainsail down wind. 
When the round was finished her owner refused to continue 
the race, and sailed into the harbor, 
Friday was another blowy day, with a good breeze and a 
hvely sea; the two started out with a new forward hand 
aboard Ethelwynn, she carrying her whole mainsail , while 
Spruce was reefed. This time the yacht was sailed well 
from the start, and after a fine race came in with a lead of 
Im. lOs. The final race was sailed on Saturday, Sept, 28, 
in a moderate breeze and a light sea. Sailed by the 
same crew as on Friday, Ethelwynn again beat Spruce hy 
10m. 41s., and scored the three races necessary to the hold- 
ing of the cup. 
Ethelwynn cost to build about $600, and shortly after the 
races she was sold to Messrs. Crosby and Fox Leonard for 
$550. Under their ownership she was at once stored at Man- 
ning's Basin in South Brooklyn, where she remained until a 
few weeks ago, when she was fitted out and anchored off 
Bath Beach. In the squall of Sept. 19 she capsized at her 
moorings in Gravesend Bay, but was not damaged. During 
her brief career she has twice been in the hands of the U. S. 
Marshal, being advertised for sale last spring on account of 
a claim made by an associate of Messrs. Leonard; within 
the past month she has been libeled for storage charges and 
will be sold at marshal's sale this week. 
Down came the rain in huge drops, dotting the smooth sea 
with countless globes of crystal and instantly soaking us all 
to the skin. Then began the blow. Ye gods, how it blew! 
In less than five minutes from the first puffs the waters were 
lashed into wicked, white-capped billows, and the darkness 
of utter night shut down upon the scene. Away scudded 
the frail boats under bare poles, for the tin}^ jibs had either 
blown out like ribbons or wrapped themselves in a furl 
around the jib stays Over one sea, down into another, on 
top again, we flew, and the gale increasing every second. 
Now came the hail — pelting hailstones, the size of 
walnuts — and with them came the rush and roar of a tem- 
pest. Up into the air went our bows; down, down into the 
hollow they dove under, and the brutal gale striking the 
exposed surface astern sent three of us over like a flash. 
Fortunately the hurricane was blowing in the direction of 
home; more lucky still, the boats were unballasted and 
floated, giving us a chance to cling for our lives and keep 
heads above water. 
When the force of this phenomenal blow had spent itself 
(and it was all over in half an hour) there we were, nearly 
over our moorings in front of the club house, where had 
gathered an anxious band of friends and members on the 
lookout for us. Boats were soon manned and we all were 
safely landed. No great damage was done the \ raters. 
Had that small blizzard come out offshore there would 
have been a different story to tell by other pen than mine. 
A word of praise and admiration for these little boats. 
They stood the brunt bravely. The only wonder was, not 
that they finally capsized, but that they kept right side up 
as long as they did. As a matter of record, one of the four 
came through the blow without a capsize. To be sure, 
she was much further inshore than the rest of us when the 
squall struck, and was lucky enough to run alongside of and 
hold on to a stake until her anchor vtas thrown out. Still 
tbe fact remains, she kept on even keel, no doubt largely 
due to skillful management. Many larger vessels were over- 
turned while riding at their anchors. 
The writer has experienced a few blows in his twenty 
years as an amateur sailor, but never encountered one which 
in a brief space of time kicked up such an ugly, wicked sea, 
or blew such great guns with large hailstone accompani- 
ment, as that of Sept. 19, 1896, in Gravesend Bay, 
F. S. G., N. Y. C. C. 
Squantum IT. C> 
QUINOY— BOSTON HARBOH. 
Saturday, Sept. 25. 
On Sept. 86 the Squantum Y. C. sailed the third race of the second 
series for the Barkhardt cupa, the wind being fresh S.W. The times 
were: 
FIRST CLASS. 
Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Payomet, H. Flood 21.04 1 31 43 1 06 09 
Magnolia, E.Hardy 20.03 1 33 80 1 06 43 
Clara Lou, W. J. Coombs 21 . 00 Disabled. 
BBCOND CLASS. 
Burgess, F. Burgess 19.05 1 86 20 1 08 50 
Locla, E. A. Merrill 18.05 Didnot finish. 
Payomet, Magnolia and Clara Lou have each one leg in first class, 
and Burgess, Locia and Velma in second class. 
Beverly Y. C, 
The 245th race, championship sail o£E in fourth class sloops, was 
sailed off the club house, Saturday, Sept. 13, In a double reef south- 
wester; course 8}4 miles. , 
As was to be expected in a strong breeze and with a three men limit, 
Grilse was not in it and Heiress won. Championships are sailed with- 
out allowance. Times were: 
Heiress, Geo. G. Amory.. . .1 67 05 Grilse, W. E. C. Eustis 3 04 06 
Judge— F. L. Dabney. 
The 999-Raccoon protest in the race of Sept. 6 has been decided in 
favor of 999, who takes first prize, Waskite tafeing second, 
El Heirie. 
The crack 15-footer El Heirie has reached her new borne in Mobile, 
not New Orleans, as at first reported, and has met with a most enthu- 
siastic welcome from Southern yachtsmen. Her purchase will do much 
toward building up the new class about New Orleans and Mobile. The 
following account of her arrival at New Orleans is from the Times- 
Democrat of Sept. 13: 
The Cromwell Line steamer Hudson arrived at her wharf on time 
early Saturday morning from New York, having aboard the champion 
American half-rater yacht El Heirie, the boat selected from twenty- 
seven contestants to defend the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. 0. interna- 
tional challenge cup against the Canadian challenger. Glencairn. 
The half-rater races are not yet two months old, and this celebrated 
little vessel, the embodiment of the very highest design and develop- 
ment in yacht construction, is here. It is a fortunate thing for the 
sport of yacht racing in this section, m the yachtsmen here are about 
to establish a class, and the boats will necessarily have to be first class 
to cope with this Northern importation. 
El Heirie was purchased by Mr. T. Y. Bush, a young cotton factor 
of Mobile, a member of the Mobile Y. C, which club has the honor of 
enrolling in its fleet the first half -rater in the South. The boat was 
carried from the Hudson by six negroes at about 8 o^clock yesterday 
morning, and placed on a flat car for transportation to Mobile in the 
attei noon. The boat was not covered, and was merely resting on her 
bottom, with three small mattresses beneath her. 
Her construction and finish were at once seen to be of the very 
finest type of the joiner's art, fully equal to the most costly racing 
shell; in fact she was a revelation to yachtsmen here, who have never 
seen a yacht built on the modern light-construction plan. No expense 
was spared on this craft, as her mahogany construction. To bin bronze 
centerboard and rudder, aluminum blocks, hollow spars and silk sails 
well show. 
All the prominent yachtsmen of the city were at the dock to inspect 
the boat, among them Com. Larry O'Donnell and Sec'y L. D. Sampsell, 
of the Southern Y. C. ; Com. George Moorman, of the Mandeville Y. 
C; Com. Tom Richardson, of the Bay-Waveland Y. C, and Capt. E. 
L. Cope, N. E. Baumgarden, Billy Boone, Holmes Harrison, Harry 
Lanphier, W. A. Brunet, Prank Claussen, Jack Campbell, Garrett 
Brown and many others. The boafs beauty and her extreme light- 
ness, her weight being about 2501bS., were the chief subjects of remark. 
Two gentlemen, Messrs. Sampsell and Harrison, one at the bow and the 
other at the stern, lifted her clear without much trouble. Her patent 
aluminum skeleton blocks are the first of the kind seen in the South, 
and they claimed the enthusiast's eye at once. The largest, her main 
sheet block, only weighs 4oz., much less than an ordinary watch. Her 
standing rigging is of very fine phosphor bronze wire, and the run- 
ning rigging, sheets and halyards of braided canoe cord, a size smaller 
in diameter than window sash cord. 
El Heirie was designed by Clinton H. Crane, an amateur, and was 
built by the celebrated firm of Lawley & Son, of South Boston, the 
same people who built the sloop Nepenthe, of this city. The boat was 
built last June. 
Mr. Bush had never seen El Heirie until she was unloaded, and he, 
as well as all the yachtsmen who saw her, was well pleased with the 
looks of the boat. Mr. Bush says there is a great deal of interest being 
taken in the half -rater class at Mobile, and that there will be a fleet of 
half a dozen of them built. There will be a fine cup put up and many 
other prizes given to the class, and he hopes that boats from this city 
will be onhand to contest for them. He was assured the craze for the 
half -raters or 15ft. sailing length class had taken a firm hold on New 
Orleans yachtsmen, and it was expected that fifteen or twenty of 
them would be built, so there would be many chances for interclub 
racing before long. In the opinion of many yachtsmen this will be 
the means of building up the sport in the South. 
The Southern and the Mobile yacht clubs will offer special prizes for 
the class next year, and in the event of the Seawanhaka C. Y. 0. chal- 
lenge being made in this class an effort will be made to send a fast 
boat to the trial races at Oyster Bay. Mr. L. D. Sampsell, one of the 
most active of New Orleans yachtsmen, has lately formed a partner- 
Ship with Holmes Harrison in the new Southern 'Xacht Building 
Works, in New Orleans; they will design and build yachts, making a 
specialty of the smaller craft. 
New York Yacht Racing Association. 
The final results of the annual Labor Day regatta of the New York 
Y. R. A. are announced officially by the secretary of the regatta com- 
mittee, E. Langerfleld: 
Gael, Class F, reported as not finished, finished at 1:30 A. M., and 
was awarded pennant for Class F. 
The corrected time of Baby was reported 2 48 09 on judges' report. 
This was an error of one hour in figuring. Her corrected time is 
1.48.09, making her winner in Class 9. 
The finish of Maggie P. was erroneously recorded as 3:38:43. It was 
8:33:43, making her corrected time 1.48.58, instead of 1.53.58, as pre- 
viously reported, and making her winner in Class 10. 
Classes 3 and 3 were reported together under heading of Class 3. 
The following is correct separation: 
CLASS 2— 37bt. and over 83ft. 
Henry Dauer 13 34 08 4 55 38 4 21 30 3 12 58 
W. H. GiU -. .12 35 48 5 00 43 4 24 54 3 14 22 
Viola.... 12 36 44 Did not finish. 
CLASS 3— 23ft. and under. 
Zetes 12 32 16 3 51 10 3 18 54 2 38 51 
Sybilla 13 33 15 3 56 06 3 23 51 3 31 33 
Iroquois... 13 33 50 3 51 19 3 17 89 8 39 21 
Cincinnati Rifle Association. 
CiNOiNNATJ, O., Sept. 20.— The following scores 
members of the Cincinnati Rifie Association, 
off-hand, standard target, 7-ring black: 
Gindele. 
9 9 10 8-89 8 9 8 10 
7 8 6 9-83 7 7 9 10 
were made to-day by 
Conditions: 300yds., 
10 10 7 10 10 6 
10 10 9 8 8 8 
8- 89 
9- 83 7 
Payne. 
10 9 8 8 10 6 8 10 10 8 -87 7 
10 7 6 8 7 8 7 10 5 ~ " 
8 10 7 
6 10 6 
10 
5 
8 
6 
10 3 10 10 7 7 
5 5 7 8 6 10 
6 6 8 9 10 9 10 
7 6 8 6 5 10 6 
8—76 6 
Trounstein. 
9 5 5 5 6 9—72 9 6 5 8 
8 8 5 8 7 3-63 8 6 4 3 
Lux. 
4 6 6 7 7 7—65 5 10 9 10 
0 7 7 3 4 7—63 5 8 6 9 
Topf. 
4 8 6 7-73 7 5 9 7 
6 6 10 6-68 4 6 5 8 
Strickman. 
7 8 6-79 9 6 8 
7 5 9-69 6 9 6 
8 9 8 8 8 8—84 
8 9 9 9 7 6-81 
8 7 10 8 10 7—82 
8 6 8 7 6 10—73 
8 8 7 7 9 4—71 
10 6 6 10 4 3-60 
6 6 4 5 6 6—65 
4 7 4 8 3 6-60 
7 9 9 8 5 5—71 
7 4 7 9 8 5-63 
10 5 10 6 9 7—78 
5 7 8 5 10 8-63 
Calumet Hei^chts Rifle Club. 
Chicago, 111., Sept. 19.— The members of Class A and Class B shot 
their scores to-day. Dr. Davis won the medal in Class A, Miss Ervln 
winning on the shoot-off in Class B. The scores were: 
Class A, for gentlemen, 200yds., off-hand, standard target: 
Dr Davis 4544433335-37 Spalding 3443233204—37 
Harlan 3345334454—37 Patty 5024003003—15 
Dr Shaw .3443333343-33 
Class B, for ladies, 100yds., reduced Creedmoor target, .33-cal. rifle. 
Miss Ervin 4444444444—40 Miss Harlan 8444333333—39 
Mrs Lamphere 4444544443-40 Mrs Carson 4443550004—29 
Mrs Chamberlin 3334354444—37 Mrs R B Carson 0300033000— 7 
An invitation will be issued to all members of clubs in the vicinity of 
Chicago that shoot a rifle, to be the guests of this club on the day of 
Halloween eve, and to participate in an aU-day rifle contest. Pattt, 
Revolver Shooting in England. 
London, England, Sept. 10.— The result of the recent revolver club 
contests are given below; 
At the North London Rifle Club on Sept. 9 the following scores 
were made at the 50yds. stationary target: Holmes 34, T. Knapp 33. 
Capt. T. W. Heath 30, Joslin 26, Lieut. Clemence 26, Andrews 26, 
Brading 25, Britton 35. Capt, W. Evans 25, Lieut. Richardson 25, 
Denyer 23, C. S. Webb 31, Chicken 23, J. Eley 15. 
South London Rifle Club, Sept. 8. 
20yds,, stationary 50yds., stationary 
target. target. 
Walter Winans 777767-41 766747—37 
Capt. TW Heath 777767 -41 766775 -38 
EHowe ......776776—40 575755—34 
G Knapp 676664-85 577457-35 
0 Malschinger 354756-30 446375-29 
