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little in the way of vested interests to interfere ; in the single- 
stick division the field is practically clear, there are none but 
old boats in the racing; in the schoonet division are Oolonia, 
Amorita and Quissetta, all of which may be rated by some 
arbitrary arrangement against any new yachts built to the 
lessened limit. 
At best the limitation of draft is a very inadequate attempt 
at the solution of the present difficulty, and the good which 
it can do is limited to two details. In the first place, with 
the limits as now set, it can prevent the building of anything 
more extreme than Amorita and Quissetta, but these two are 
so far beyond what is good an^ desirable that it makes little 
difference whether the next 'new boat is worse or only as 
bad. 
In the second place, if the limit of draft be made small 
enough in each class, it will discriminate to a certain extent 
against the fin type and tend to promote a better and roomier 
type ; the lever being shortened to an appreciable extent as 
compared with the extreme fin, the designer must take more 
weight, in the form of displacement, in order to carry an effec- 
tive sail plan, unless, indeed, he chooses to take more length 
and less sail with an easier form. It will be seen, then, that 
the good results of the proposed change are but doubtful at 
best and of limited extent, while the possibilities for evil, in 
the placing of a direct premium upon the bulb-fin type with 
centerboard added, are almost unlimited. 
The new idea of allotting a designating number to each 
class, based on the Commercial Code, is an excellent one ; 
but as it is proposed to apply it the objection arises which, 
we have so often made in the past against the prevailing sys- 
tem of class nomenclature. The proper designation for a 
racing class is not an abitrary symbol of any kind, but the 
figure denoting the upper limit of the class, as the "40ft.," 
"10 ton," ' 20-rating," etc. This is exact, definite and self- 
explanatory, and it is not necessary to commit to memory a 
list of twenty or more classes. The practice in the past has 
been as bad as it could be; a yacht might be in Class IV. in 
one club, in Class F in another, in Class 7 in another, and so 
through the list, a few clubs, as the 8f awanhaka, using the 
proper designation, 40ft. class. The case is not quite as bad 
under the proposed system; there being but one set of arbi- 
trary designations instead of a dozen, yachtsmen will be able 
to commit them to memory more readily; but it would be 
better in every way if each class were known by the figure 
of its upper limit. 
The arrangement of the classes, with graduated intervals, 
is now very satisfactory, far better than has before existed, 
and one or two useless classes have been dropped. It is still 
the case, however, that there are two many classes on paper; 
and now is the time to remedy the matter before the same 
trouble is materialized in wood and steel. The matter is a 
very easy one to deal with ; all that is necessary is an an- 
nouncement on the part of the clubs that they will give 
prizes only in certain classes, to which men who would race 
must build. In the smaller sizes there is a need for numer- 
ous classes, and the very large number of yachtsmen of lim- 
ited means can support these classes. In the larger sizes, 
however, there is every necessity to concentrate the building 
on a small number of classes, as better prizes can be given 
and there will be more entries in a given class. Looking at 
the question with a view to actual figures, all of the smaller 
classes, 15ft., 20ft., 25ft. and 30ft., should stand as at pres- 
ent, as they will find ample support among the numerous 
smaller clubs. The 36ft. class (the old 30ft. l.w.l. class) 
might be retained; then the next, 43ft., might be allowed 
to lapse; the proposed new boats of the 51ft. class (a modifi- 
cation of the old 40ft.) will establish it; and the next, 60ft., 
may well be dropped, tending to revive and strengthen the 
70ft., a far more desirable class. 
Similarly, in the schooner division there is no need what- 
ever for-the creation of the proposed 65ft. class, in which no 
boats BOW exist; the 75ft. class has already tw o new yachts, 
Amorita and Quissetta, and of course will stand; the 85ft. 
class may well be dropped, leaving the 95ft. as the largest 
regular schooner class. A look at the list of yachts 
which raced this past season will show that this change 
will affect unfavorably but very few, these few being 
liable to outbuilding in any • event by new boats in 
their classes. So far as new yachts are concerned, there 
can be no objection to such action on the part of the 
clubs; given, lor instance, the three sizes, 36ft., 51ft. and 
70ft , a yachtsman intendiDg to build for racing should wel- 
come an arrangement which tended to strengthen both in 
entries and prizes these classes, rather than the old system of 
innumerable classes, inadequate prizes and few entries. 
TZIN. 
Racing One-Rater. 
The present development of yachting in the middle West 
is marked by two interesting features. The sport is growing 
strongly and rapidly on the numerous small fresh-water lakes 
in the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota, being supported 
by many wealthy residents of Chicago, Minneapolis and 
other Western cities who make their summer homes about 
these lakes. Competition is very keen, not only on each 
lake, but between the clubs of different lakes, the leading 
cracks being sent by wagon or rail to other localities for 
match races. On these lakes are found racing craft by all 
the leading designers — Herreshcff, Linton Hope, and others 
equally well known— while in competition with them, and 
otten defeating them, are boats by local designers. 
This large fleet was originally almost entirely of the sand- 
bag type, imported from Long Island Sound and Boston, 
first the noted New York boats being purchased, and later 
orders being sent East for new boats by the same designers 
to beat them. Within the past season a marked change has 
taken place in the partial abandonment of the old type, with 
shifting ballast, and large if not unlimited crews, in favor 
of yachts of 15 to 20ft. racing length, much the same as the 
old English one-iaters and half-raters, and sailed with fixed 
ballast and crews of three or four at most. While different 
rules for the new class have been made by the various clubs, 
the boats are approximately of 15ft. and 20ft. measurement 
by the Seawanhaka rule. 
The design here illustrated, for which we are indebted to 
the designer, F. W. Martin, superintendent of the Kacine 
Yacht and Boat Works, was made for the new class of the 
Green Lake Y. C. of Dartford, Wis.; being owned by W. 
E Haseltine, secretary-treasurer of the club. She is one of 
a number of 2l)-footers and 15 footers built by the R. Y. & 
B. W. last winter at their works at Racine Junction, Wis. • 
the others, with one exception, Pleasatit T>nir> heiin'- 
