36 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[JuiT 10, 1897. 
Punch, M. H. Clark 20,50 2 36 53 2 31 28 
Colleen, J H. Jackson 23.18 2 80 21 2 28 18 
Presto, H. R. Hatfield 23.30 2 35 43 2 35 43 
Yankee Girl. D. F. Budgie 2 48 16 
Harrietta III.. R. Jacobs 21.90 2 33 13 2 30 48 
Ada, F, M Warner ....31.67 3 22 £4 3 19 53 
OPBN CATS— 2(^T. CLASS. 
Minnetonka, A. B. Alley 19.75 2 36 48 2 36 48 
Dorothy, J. B. Sanborn 19.57 
lone, 0. Bird 19.68 2 50 15 2 50 05 
Starling, F. F. Delevante 19.60 2 43 28 2 42 03 
The winners are Vigilant, Colonia, Sachem, Sayonara, 
Syce, Norota, Acushla, Sakana, Vaquero III., Skimmang, 
Houri, Skate, Kit or Dorothy, Ethel and Minnetonka. 
The racing of Vigilant and Navahoe under reduced rigs 
and without clubtopsails, was not wildly exciting to those 
who have seen the big yachts in the Cup and trial races, nor 
was it in any way conclusive. At the same time they added 
much to the race as a whole. Colonia defeated Emerald 
very fairly. Acushla sailed a good race with Surprise, win- 
ning by Im. Vaquero III. again took first place, with Hera 
second. Houri paid off Vaquero I. for Saturday's race by a 
win of nearly 2m. Skate won easily in the 80ft. class, but 
both Momo and Montauk were badly handicapped at the 
start. The other Crane boat, Al Anka, was third. 
There was a hot fight in Volsung's class, Dorothy win- 
ning, but subject to a protest from Kit for fouling her at a 
mark. The race was handled by Messrs. Lovejoy, Wintring- 
ham and Coates. The usual festivities, ashore and afloat, 
attracted a very large number of the club. 
Royal St. Lawrence Y. C— Ross Cup. 
DORVAL— LAKE ST. LOUIS. 
Saturday, June S6. 
The fifth race for the Ross series for 20-footers was sailed 
on June 36 over the usual course. 
There was a hard, squally N.W. wind and all the boats 
carried from two to three reefs. The sea was particularly 
heavy and the fleet got a blowing such as it had not had this 
season. 
Millie got away with a lead, followed by Islander, Maida, 
Avoca, Glenowen and Rogue, in the order named. Avoca 
began to go to the front from the start, and was clear of the 
fleet on the second tack. Millie broke her steering gear, ran 
back to the club pier and repaired the damages and then 
went on. Glenowen went up into second place, Islander 
took third, with Rogue fifth on the windward work. After 
passing the first buoy of the first triangle no one set light 
canvas, as the boats had all they wanted under one or two 
reefs. Maida broke her boom and withdrew before the com- 
pletion of the first round. The first buoy was rounded as 
follows: 
Place. Time. 
Avoca 1 4 19 45 
Glenowen 2 4 21 15 
Islander , 3 4 34 25 
Rogue 4 4 28 50 
Millie 5 4 35 40 
On the second round Rogue passed Islander, and this was 
about the only change in the position of the fieet. Millie 
was standing up somewhat better than the last time she was 
tried in a good blow, but was not footing it with the others; 
in fact, she was not holding her own with the 15-footers of 
last year, which started five minutes afterward. She with- 
drew after the second round. The second round was com- 
pleted as follows: 
Place. Time 
Avoca 1 5 00 25 
Glenowen.,., .....i 2 5 01 15 
Rogue , 3 5 08 20 
Islander 4 5 10 35 • 
Millie 5 5 30 40 
On the third round it blew even harder (^han it had before, 
and there were some particularly heavy puffs, in one of 
which Rogue lost her spar and her place. Counting by 
points the result was as follows: 
Total 
Place. Time. Points. Points. 
Avoca 1 5 38 05 24 lOl 
Glenowen 2 5 41 50 21 77 
Islander 3 5 55 20 17 68 
Rogue ..... 11 73 
Millie 8 36 
Maida..., .. 4i 
Viola .. 9 
SIR DONALD smith's CHALLENGE CUP. 
Tliursday, July 1. 
The Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. celebrated Dominion Day 
by annual races for the magnificent cup presented to the 
club some years ago by Sir Donald A. Smith, and although 
Sir Donald is now Lord Glencoe, it is still, and probably 
always will be, the "Sir Donald Smith Challenge Cup." The 
cup can be sailed for by boats of the A 35ft. and 25ft. classes, 
and some of the most exciting and interesting races in the 
history of the club have been those for it The cup, by the 
way, is now a part of the Canadian exhibition of the exhibi- 
tion of naval architecture, etc., now going on in London. 
When the boats were started at 10:57 there was a light but 
fairly steady breeze from the westward. The lake was 
smooth, the sky cloudless and it was an ideal day. Unfor- 
tunately the 20-footers have monopolized the interests of the 
racing men of the club to such an extent that some of the 
best of the larger boats were not entered. Zania, the holder 
of the cup for two years in succession, was not in the race, 
and Chaperone, last year's winner, was not started, as a 
crew could not be obtained for her, the sailing men prefer- 
ring to reserve their energies for the 20ft. and 15ft. race in the 
afternoon. The starting boats were; 
Racing length. 
Rita, 0. O. Clark g8.75 
Valda, Robert Lindsay 24.10 
Goodluck, — . Hersey 29.40 
Waterwitcb, J. Paton 
Butternut, W. D. M. Marler... J2.00 
All the boats carried all the sail they could get on them. 
Rita and Goodluck drew away together, Rita in advance, 
and Valda and Waterwitch fought it out with each other 
all around the course. The finish was as follows: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Rita.. 1 06 35 2 24 35 
Goodluck 1 10 11 2 28 11 
Valda 1 24 33 2 44 33 
Waterwitch 1 25 28 1 25 28 
There has been no corrected time declared for the race, the 
first and second boats not having been measured this year, 
but the cup has been undoubtedly won by Rita. 
The 20ft. and 15ft. class races were started at 3 o'clock in 
the afternoon. The breeze was still light and true, but it 
was falling. The first rouad was a most capital race. Glen- 
owen went away with a lead over Avoca, and they sailed a 
neck to neck race around the course. Avoca got to wind- 
ward just before the finish buoy was reached, blanketed 
Glenowen and took the buoy from her, thus finishing the 
first round in the lead. 
On the second round the wind began to fall steadily and 
Avoca gradually began to open out a big lead on Glenowen 
and the fieet. On the reach from the Valois buoy to the 
outer buoy the wind fell so light that first Avoca and then 
Glenowen and then the rest of the boats in turn had to go 
about and stem the current to avoid being carried far below 
the buoy. The race was stopped after the completion of the 
second round, there being practically no wind for the latter 
part of the course. 
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The boats finished in the following order: 
Place. Points. 
Avoca 1 15 
Glenowen , 2 14 
Millie .............. 8 12 
Rogue 4 10 
Islander 5 8 
Three of the 15-footers were started ten minutes after the 
others. The three boats were Anita, Titania and Viva, and 
a good race was won by Viva, with a 4m. lead on Anita. 
Royal Canadian Y. C. 
TORONTO- LAKE ONTARIO. 
Saturday, June S6. 
LAKE Y. B A rules 
The Royal Canadian Y. C. sailed a race on June 26 for the 
27ft., 23ft. and skiff classes in a strong N.W. wind. The 
times were: 
pKiFF class. 
S'art2:50: Elapsed. Corrected. 
O Archbald 1 11 45 
Hayter&Co 1 44 25 
E. Wedd 1 iO 00 
Francis & Co 1 2a 45 
Morse & Co 1 26 35 
E. Apted 1 to 00 
W. H Parson's boat capsized. 
27-rooTERS. 
Start, 3:00: 
Mirage 1 32 10 1 33 08 
Silvie V 1 37 05 1 86 44 
Wona 1 ;-9 10 1 39 10 
Wa Wa 1 42 25 1 4i 38 
22- FOOTERS. 
Starr, 3:10: 
Frou-Frou 1 35 39 1 35 39 
Kittilou 1 37 38 1 36 37 
Lady Adeline carried away mast at start. Waif capsized. 
Hicks, of the Indiana Yachting and Boating Club. Mary, as 
she is named, arrived this week at the Gas Engine and Power 
Co.'s works, hj rail, her owner and one of his crew. Dr. G. E. 
Hunt, preceding her. She is a centerboard boat, about 29ft. 
over all and 8ft. beam, with gaff mainsail. 
Burgess T. C. First Championship Race. 
MARBLEHBAD— MASSACHUSETTS BAY. 
Saturday, June S6 
The first championship regatta of the Burgess Y. C. was 
sailed off Marblehead on June 26 in a fresh N.W. wind, the 
times being: 
CLASS A 
Start. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Sassacus 3 50 00 0 51 02 0 51 02 
Bubble 3 50 00 0 55 42 0 54 40 
Pointer ..3 50 00 0 56 47 
KNOCKABOUTS 
Sally m.. . ; 3 65 00 0 43 21 0 42 21 
HANDICAP CLASS 
Swordflsh 4 00 00 0 53 30 0 45 36 
Ben-My-Cbree 4 00 03 0 50 19 0 50 19 
Lucile 4 00 00 0 53 66 0 53 56 
CLASS C. 
Dove 4 05 00 0 34 43 
Canary 4 05 00 0 34 48 
Oriole 4 05 00 0 38 40 
Cohassett V. C. Third Championship Race. 
COHASSETT, MASS., COHASSETT HARBOR. 
Saturday, June S6. - 
The Cohassett 15ft. class sailed a good race on June 26, the 
wind being fresh N.W. The times were: 
Start 3:20:00. Finish. Elapsed. 
Delta, R. B. Williams 5 03 31 1 42 31 
Mungo, L. D. Willcut 5 03 44 1 43 44 
Jap, Bouve & Pegram 5 04 £4 1 44 34 
Swallow, J. Richardson 5 05 54 1 45 54 
Hoodoo, Gammons & Wheelwright 5 05 56 1 45 56 
Mermaid, W. R. Sears 5 12 02 1 52 02 
Sea Gull, F. Higginson 5 13 42 1 53 42 
The Seawanhaka Trial Races. 
The trial races of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. for the 
selection of a yacht to represent the club in the races for the 
possession of its international cup. now held by the Royal 
St. Lawrence Y. C, of Montreal, will be held next week, be- 
ginning on July 12 and continuing on succeeding days until 
such a test has been made as will enable the race committee 
to select the best boat. Among the competitors will be a 20- 
footer from Lake Wawasee, designed by her owner, Dr. H. S. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Helvetia, steam yacht, C. O'D. Iselin, was struck by the 
tug Theresa Verdon in the East River on the afternoon of 
July 3. The yacht was bound up the East River, carrying 
her owner and some friends from business to his home at 
New Rochelle. The tug was bound down, the two being in 
close neighborhood to two carfloats and other passing craft. 
It is claimed that the tug left her course and sheered across 
the yacht's bows, the latter striking her head-on. The tug 
was uninjured, but the entire bow of Helvetia was stove in. 
Her collision ljulkhead was uninjured and she was able to 
run to Bay Ridge. The resjjonsibility for the disaster will 
be determined by the oflicial inquiry. 
Vergana, steam yacht, E. H. Benedict, designed by Gard- 
ner & Cox, was launched at Marvel's yard, Newburgh, on 
July 3. Her owner was present, on his old yacht Vision, 
and his father, E. C. Benedict, also came up on the Oneida 
with a party. The yacht was christened by Mrs. Benedict. 
A protest has been made against the winner in the Michi- 
gan City race of the Columbia Y. C, of Chicago, by Vice- 
Corn. Ramsdell, sloop Blade. While Blade was under sail 
prior to the {preparatory gun, Vananna and other yachts 
towed to the line and cast off just before the start, as it is 
claimed, going over, with the headway derived from the tow. 
The protest is made for the sake of enforcing the universal 
rule on this point. 
Llewellyn, steam yacht, Alfred Carr, ran aground off 
Davenport's Neck, New Rochelle, on the evening of July 1, 
and was badly damaged. She was bound from New York to 
Oyster Bay, with Mr. Carr and friends onjboard, and ran too 
close inshore. Mr. Adrian Iselin's launch was near by and 
took off the owner and guests. The yacht was lifted by a 
wrecking derrick and taken to the Seabury Works at Morris 
Dock. She was running near her top speed at the time. 
