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FOREST AND STREAM. 
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On two of the leeward legs Memo showed the greater speed 
off the wind, and she ifiade a gain of almost a minute in the 
last windward leg. In this part of the race, however, while 
Momo was undoubtedly pushed to her utmost to make up 
her lost time. Glencairn had the race safe in hand, with"a 
long lead, and she had only to sail cautiously and easily to 
avoid a possible mishap. The wind and sea were still as 
high at the finish as at the start. After the fleet started for 
Dorval and Lachine the sky cleared and the sun came out 
for a time. In honor of the visitors, the Forest and SM-eam 
Chih. Montreal's big country club, had planned a "Fets de 
NuiV for Tuesday night, a special train being run out to 
Dorval, where the club has a beautiful house and grounds, 
on the point above the yacht club. In consequence of the 
wet weather, the festivities, which were planned to take 
place outdoors, were postponed to Wednesday night. An 
impromptu dance at the yacht club was arranged, however, 
as a partial compensation for those who came out unaware 
of the postponement. 
Fourth Day— Fourth Race. 
Wednesday, Aug. 18. 
TBLANGULAR COUBSB. 
Wednesday morning was clear and sunny, but with a 
fresh westerly breeze, a dozen miles an hour or so, the wind 
and sea had fallen late in the night, and when the wind 
freshened the sea was but moderate. The Dama and the 
Duchess of York were out at the line at 10:30, but few other 
craft were about The two yachts made fast astern of Dama 
and Momo tied in three reefs, while Glencairn tried but two. 
After trying the weather for a short time Momo shook out 
one reef. Mr. Dresser had returned home, and Mr._ Crane 
was again on Momo. The preliminary whistle was given at 
11:10 and the preparatory at 11:20, with the wind about S W. 
The first leg of the trianele, with marks to starboard, was 
almost to windward. When the start was given at 11:25, 
Momo, after sailing around the Dama, came under her stern 
a little too soon, bore away along the line and luffed over with 
the whistle. Glencairn. after a little maneuvering below the 
line, was to leeward of Momo at the start, but at once luffed 
out across Morao's wake. For the first time in four days of 
hard racing the two were in close company, and for a few 
minutes there was a very pretty fight. Momo tried to pull 
away, but Glencairn clung to her weather quarter and then 
worked out on her beam, pointing well and holding better to 
windward. As they went along in this way, Glencairn 
gradually widened out to windward until she was some 
30yds. distant. A little later and she was clear ahead and 
gaining with every foot sailed, until she had a lead of 23^ 
minutes at the end of IX miles. The first mark was timed: 
Timp Elapppd, Gain. Lead. 
Glencairn 11 45 57 0 20.57 0 08 33 0 02 33 
Momo 11 4'i 28 0 23 29 
After passing the mark on port tack booms were eased to 
starboard and balloon jibs set, Momo shaking out her second 
reef. The wind was rather lighter than at the start, and there 
was a moderate sea. They were timed at the second mark: 
Time. Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
filencairn 11 56 08 0 10 11 0 CO 47 0 03 19 
Momo 11 59 37 0 10 58 
On this reach Glencairn had increased her gain, Momo 
losing a little time with her reef. They jibed at the mark, 
and Glencairn then shook out her second reef. There was 
still plenty of wind, but the leech of the mainsail was show- 
ing signs of tearing, and the reef was cast out in order to 
ease the strain at the cringle. She carried her small jib set 
under balloon jib on each round, but Momo had to take in 
her balloon jib in order to set her small jib, thus losing time. 
The round was finished. 
Elapsed. 
Gain. 
Time. 
Glencairn 12 ''o 14 
Momo 13 08 33 
Leg. 
0 OB OR 
0 08 E6 
Round. 
0 40 14 
0 43 2.9 
Leg. 
0 00 10 
Round. 
0 03 09 
Lead . 
0 03 09 
Glencairn was well away with her small jib sheeted home, 
while Momo was still coming along under mainsail only, 
while Mr. Crane was shifting headsails. They started off on 
Sort tack, and in a short time Momo started to shake out 
er last reef. Glencairn also shook her last reef out in hopes 
of saving the mainsail, but t'-- e leech had started and a tear 
ranacmss the sail for over 3ft., leaving the two parts flap- 
ping. With her whole mainsail drawing, Momo began to 
pick up the leader, and as the wind was now falling the race 
"became very exciting, the odds being strongly in Memo's 
favor, with her whole mainsail and four reaches to go with 
but one more windward leg. The first mark showed a de- 
cided gain for Momo; 
Time. ElapSed. Gain. Lead. 
Gleweaim,. 12 29 00 0 33 46 0 01 12 
Momo .....1 13 80 13 0 21 49 0 01 57 
Once around the mark, Glencairn set her balloon jib in the 
regular way. Mr. Shearwood went aft and hauled down 
the third reef pendant, which had been rove that morning, 
in order to take the strain from the torn pare below. Momo 
tried a risky, and as it proved, fatal experiment, dropping 
her spinaker boom to port and breaking out her spinaker on 
it, then staying the spar as far forward as possible. The 
boom soon slipped up the mast and made a general ^tangle 
forward, the sail being towed under the bows before it was 
finally taken in and reset properly. At least a minute was 
lost by this maneuver, and instead of passing or catching 
Glencairn Momo lost some very valuable seconds. The sec- 
ond mark was timed: 
Time. Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Glencairn.. .13 39 18 0 10 18 0 01 12 
Momo 13 40.30 0 10 18 
On the last reach to the line. Memo's strongest leg in all 
the races, she gained little or nothing at first, but over the 
last part of this leg she came up very fast. Glencairn low- 
ered her balloon jib and had her working jib drawing with- 
out loss of time, but again Momo had to jog along under 
mainsail alone while the work of lowering balloon jib, pass- 
ing it on and getting out the working jib, hooking on and 
hoisting the latter, went on with a slowness that was exas- 
perating to those of her friends on the different boats. It 
was not that this difiBcult work was done so badly, but on 
Glencairn the jib tack was made fast on the deck and the 
rigging was much better, two jibs being set at the same 
time. On Momo the jib was made fast to a bowsprit, some 
2ft. outboard, and it whs necessary to take in ong sail before 
beginning to take in the other. With all of this drawback 
Momo had made up enough to nut her on the line even with 
Glencairn, and to windward, as they started for the final four 
miles. The times were: 
Elapsed. 
Glencairn , 
Momo 
Time. Leg. 
.13 49 17 0 09 B7 
12 49 31 0 08 51 
Round, 
0 44 03 
0 40 59 
Gain 
Leg, Round. 
0 01 08 0 03 03 
Lead. 
0 GO C4 
With all the odds in her favor, Momo again failed to hold 
Glencairn. The torn edges of the latter's mainsail were flut- 
tering badly. Even in the fairly light wind it was the 
old story, and Glencairn was soon clear of Momo, and fast 
weathering out on her. When Glencairn made her laat long 
tack for the mark, she weathered it easily; Momo was by 
thi9 time some distance astern on the same tack. Watches 
were held anxiously on the pair; but instead of weathering 
the mark, Momo fetched by to leeward after Glencairn had 
rounded, and had to make another tack. 
, The'treatmentof the Canadians, from first to last, through- 
out the races, has Iseen most* courteous aud considerate 
whether Glencairn was winning or losing; but when it was 
seen that Momo failed to weather the mark, an involuntary 
exclamation that sounded almost like a yell of derision broke 
out on the club steamer; the siispense was over, and Glen- 
cairn had, in spite of her accident, won the cup. The times 
at the windwark mark were: 
Time Elapsed. Gain. L°ad. 
Glencairn 1 10 ''2 0 21 ?5 0 03 47 0 03 51 
Momo.,..,,,,;...-,........l 14 33 0 25 12 
The second mark of the last round .showed the usual off- 
the-wind gain for Momo, but it was too late for her to profit 
by it. The time was: 
Time. Elanseil. Gain. Lead. 
Glencairn 1 20 05 0 09 J.S 0 03 02 
Momo.... ......1 23 07 0 08 34 0 00 49 
The last leg was tame enough, Glencairn wa=< warmly 
greeted at the finish and Mom o came in for a generous share 
of salutes and cheers. The final times were: 
Elapsed. 
Gain. 
Finish. 
Glen cairn., 1 99 on 
Momo 1 31 20 
Leg. 
0 08 55 
0 08 19 
Enunri. 
0 39 43 
0 42 05 
Race. 
" 04 no 
2 OS 26 
Le^. 
0 00 36 
KoTind. 
0 03 
Race. 
0 03 2& 
While Glencairn was better handled than Momo through- 
out the race, the great feature of the day was the magnifi- 
cent work of Mr. Duggan in the last two rounds. For more 
than two-thirds of the race there was a certainty of the 
mainsail tearing, with every poFsibility of the boat being 
fatally disabled. With this posoibility hanging over him, 
Mr. Duegan still managed to keep the boat going, and when 
the disaster finally came he never lost heart, or at least his 
handling did not show it. The chances in the last round, 
the two boats starting even, were overwhelmingly in favor 
of Momo; apart from the actual damage to Glencairn's sail, 
and its demoralizing effect, there was no telling at what 
moment the whole sail might be ruined. In spite of all this, 
Glencairn was taken out to windward carefully but boldly, 
beating Momo as badly as when her sail was intact in the 
previous races. The tear, by actual measurement, was 3ft. 
Sin. long, extending from the second reef cringle down and 
acros? to the front reef board, thus leaving two large pieces 
that flapped until they fairly shook the boat. 
The weather in the last three races was not exceptional or 
unduly heavy, nor in any way more than these boats or even 
the 15-footers should be capable of standing, but it was un- 
usual in .summer, and very different from what Mr. Crane 
had anticipated. He had expected quite light weather, and 
had planned accordingly, with a low freeboard, a lofty and 
narrow rig, and a very light centerboard. Whatever virtue 
these features may possess in light weather, they were cer- 
tainly at a discount in a reeflns: breeze and sea beside Glen- 
cairn's deeper and larger hull, hieher side, lower rig and 
weighted centerboard. That Momo was beaten in such 
weather is nothing surprising; but, further than this, we 
have serious doubts whether she could have beaten Glen- 
cairn under whole sail in alight but steady breeze. She had 
an advantage in light weather in a better mainsail than 
Glencairn, but as far as the differences in design go, there is 
no good reason to believe that those features which made 
Glencairn so much superior in heavy weather would have 
told against her in light weather. 
As was the case last year, everything passed off without 
protests or disputes, the only break in the good feeling 
which prevailed on every hand being over the substitution 
of Mr. Dresser for Mr. Crane on Tuesday. It was perfectly 
well understood by the Canadians that Mr. Crane was not 
unable to sail, and that Mr. Dresser, who was not a member 
of the Momo and Al Anka party, but solely present as a 
spectator, was in no way superior to Mr. Crane as captain of 
the boat and in setting sails. The one thing which made 
him eligible was his extra weight of 701bs. in a strong wind, 
and against this was his size and weight for sail setting, and 
his un familiarity with the lead of erear. While there is thus 
far nothing in the letter of rules to prohibit such a change 
of crew during the races, the feeling was very strong on the 
part of the Canadians that such a change of live ballast 
solely to suit the weather was a violation of that spirit of the 
rules which they have observed rigorously in both contests, 
and if passed unnoticed it could not fail to establish a very 
bad precedent. 
As the rules now are, men of medium size and weight are 
practicallv barred from the 20ft. class; it is purely a question 
of live ballast, and the heaviest men who are not actual lub- 
bers in a boat are chosen for the crews. Bad as this is, the 
case will be still worse if the right be recognized to shift 
crews according to the weather. In this case the man who 
would win must have at hand two heavy men and two light 
men, to be shipped according to the weather at the star!-. 
Quite a number of members of the Seawanhaka C. Y. C. 
were present during the racps: Vice-Com. S. V. E. Cruger 
and Mrs. Cruger, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. H. 
K. Sturdee, Mr. and Mrs. J. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Dresser, 
Mes.srs. C. A. Sherman, Sherman Hoyt, A. W. Rutherford, 
C. W. Wetmore, and others. Mr. H. C. McLeod, of Halifax, 
formerly of Lake Minnetonka, was also present. Every pos- 
sible courtesy was extended by the Royal St. Lawrence Y. 
C. and by the people of Dorval to the visitors. 
On Wednesday night the Forest and Stream Club gave an 
outdoor festival— a fete de nuit—in honor of the guests, 
which was very largely attended. On Thursday night Com. 
James Ross gave a dinner at the St. James Hotel, in Mon- 
treal, to Mr. Duggan and the visitors. 
Momo has been shipped to a small lake in the Adiron- 
dacks, where Mr. Durkee, one of her owners, will use her. 
Western Yachts. 
AT MIKNETONKA. 
Chicago, 111., Aug. 20.— Times have been lively as usual in 
yachting circles this season on Minnetonka waters, and the 
Minnesota yachtsmen have treated each other to a number 
of surprises. The crack sloop of last year, Tartar of the 
double stern, appears this season rigged as a cat, and was so 
sailed in the competitions for the Interlake regatta, Minne- 
tonka against White Bear. Kossak, a Clapham model, 
originally designed for a sloop, was found to perform better 
as a cat, and has been so sailed, though under that rig she is 
not without sundry vagaries of her own. Supremacy seems 
to lie between Tartar and Katrina. In sloops, Wizard is 
chosen over Breeze to sail in the Interlake regatta. There 
has been some talk of fitting Breeze as a cat, but nothing ap- 
pears to give color to the rumor. 
In the first test races Tartar and Akela exchanged cour- 
tesies the first two days. The actual time for the first day 
was «s follows, over a course of knots: Akela 1:13:45, Tar- 
tar 1:11:56, Aurelia 1:11:30. Tartar and Aurelia get 19 sec- 
onds from Akela, and Tartar beat Akela 3m. 8s., Aurelia 
beat Tartar 26s. , and Aurelia beat Akela 3m 34s. It was a 
surprising result. 
On the second day the time was: 
Start, Einifch. Time. T, A C 
Tartar 3 55 20 5 1 0 12 1 14 52 0 07 
Akela .;H ,'6 50 5 ( 9 30 1 18 25 0 00 
Aurelia! 3 57 11 5 11 30 1 14 09 0 07 
Corrected 
Time. 
1 14 45 
1 13 25 
1 14 02 
On Aug. l" Tartar won everything in the three races sailed, 
the time being as follows: 
FIRST EACE. 
Stare. Finish. Elap.sed. Corrected. 
3 30 14 4 00 31 U 40 j7 0 40 10 
' 3 :i0 18 4 0-^ aa 0 42 14 0 41 41 
4 00 00 , .. .. 
SECOND RACE. 
Tartar , 4 08 1 7 4 48 36 0 40 19 0 40 19 
Katrina........... 4 08 10 4 51 57 0 43 17 0'43 14 
Kossak. ....... 4 08 5" 4 50 37 0 41 39 0141 89 
THIRD RACE. 
Tartar 4 58 14 5 38 04 0 39 50 0 39 43 
Katrina 4 58 15 5 40 09 0 41 54 0 41 81 
Kossak 4 58 30 
On Aug. 14 the entire Minnetonka mixed fleet turned out, 
some fourteen boats being entered. A heavy squall came up 
and put an end to the sport, the judges' boat being obliged 
to put in for shelter, and only two of the fourteen boats fin- 
i.shing — Pyxie, 3:15:55, and Katrina, untimed. Several of the 
boats were knocked down, and the crews of more than one 
were rescued only after perilous experiences. Pyxie was 
magnificently handled. On White Bear Lake, the same day, 
the cup and pennant races were also interfered with by the 
heavy wind. Witch was capsized, and there was much dam- 
age done to rigging in other boats. The winners were; Akela 
in the 33-footers, Aurelia in the cats, and Siren in the sloops 
of 31ft. Summary as below: 
SECOND CLASS SLOOPS. 
Sfart. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Siren, Smith 3 15 00 4 .59 38 1 44 38 1 39 Bl, 
Falcon, Van Vleck 3 15 ''O Did not finish. 
SPECIAL CLASS. 
Majove, Sanders ,..8 20 00 Did not finish. 
Croppie, Lyon .3 20 00 Did not finish . 
Crappie, Lyon.. 3 20 00 5 00 56 1 40 56 1 23 15 
CATBOATS. 
Pastime. Smith 3 25 00 Did not finish. 
Alfrida, Ordway 3 25 00 Did not finish. 
AurPlia, Welch 3 25 CO 4 43 11 1 18 11 1 08 34 
Mv Girl, Ramaley 8 25 01 5 04 2! 1 39 23 1 38 43 
FIilST CL\SS SLOOPS. 
Akele, Griggs 8 30 00 4 44 32 1 14 43 1 06 30 
Tartar, Mead.,, 8 30 00 4 51 15 1 21 15 1 12 50 
GREEN LAKE, WIS. 
An interesting interlake trial of boats was sailed at Green 
Lake, Wis , Aug. 7. yachts being entered from Lakes Win- 
nebago, Delavan. Oconomowoc and Green Lake. The course 
was 13 miles, and the regatta was won by Elk, of Oshkosh, 
which will take the cup to Winnebago, where it will fee 
sailed for again next August. 
In the race for the Commodore's cup, Green Lake, Aug. 
14, Tzin, sloop, won after a closely contested race with 
Hypatia and B, & F., the actual time 3.19,04. Tzin needs 
but one more win to own this cup permanently. She lost to 
B. «fe F. in the race of Aug. 9. 
DELAVAN LAKE, WISCONSIN. 
Week after week passed at Delavan Lake this summer 
with a succession of calm Saturdays. On Aug. 14 it was 
possible to get a start, and fonr boats entered, all of Delavan 
Lake ownership, Euliana, Mary Gladys, Circe and Estelle. 
Interest centered between El Capitan, sailed by Com. Jones 
(the same boat which sailed fifth in Green Lake regatta), 
and Mary Gladys, sailed by the boy Ingersoll, a skipper 
youthful but full of nerve. Two races were sailed during 
the same day, Mary Gladys winning the first and Bl Capitan 
the second. Time in the morning race: Mary Gladys 1:21:50. 
Euliana 1:31:40, Circe 1:34:10. In the afternoon race: El 
Capitan 1:31:00, Mary Gladys 1:38:50, Circe 1:28:55. 
FOX LAKE, ILLINOIS. 
At Fox Lake, 111,, Aug. 14, the fifth regatta of the iPox' 
Lake Y. C. was sailed, fourteen entries, four classes, with 
the following results over a course of 7.3 miles; 
CLASS A 
Start, Finish. Elapsed. 
Babe Jane 3 06 50 4 30 18 1 23 38 
Alida 3 0 6 22 4 25 m 1 19 16 
Vencedor, Jr 3 05 20 4 25 25 1 20 05 
Dolly C. 3 C5 10 4 ?4 40 1 29 40 
Veocent 3 05 45 4 32 25 1 26 40 
CLASS B 
Bellevue ,„ 3 16 20 4 45 30 1 29 10 
Far .A wayi ...4 25 30 4 44 20 1 28 50 
Starling... .......... ..,.;;.....,.......3 15 10 4 46 17 1 31 07 
Harriette 3 15 20 4 48 25 1 33 05 
. CLASS C. 
Sleepy Tom 3 20 50 4 46 02 1 25 13 
Francis M .8 20 43 4 51 00 1 30 18 
CLASS D 
Loma Doone... 3 25 20 4 57 49 1 <!2 30 
Nelhe G 3 26 05 a 03 00 1 35 25 
Nevpr Know Me Now. . . , , , , .... .3 25 42 4 ! 3 40 1 26 .57 
Three additional races will be sailed on three successive 
Saturdays— commencing next Saturday — for three pennants, 
open to all sloops whose owners are members of the F. L. Y. 
C. 
In Class B the tie between Bellevue and Far Away will be 
sailed off at 11 A. M. next Saturday from the East Side 
Hotel. This closes the regatta season as far as Class D is 
concerned. Never Know Me Now claims the cup until next 
year. E. Hough. 
13C6 BoYCE Building, Chicago. 
Tartar 
Katrina 
friltf.t 
Beverly Y. C. 
Boston, Aug. 17.— The 353d regatta of the Beverly Y. C, 
the fourth Corinthian, was sailed off club house Aug. 14. 
Course for cruising and second classes, miles; fourth 
class 8>^, fifth class 5}4. 
Judges: F. Elliot Cabot and David Rice. "Wind, a single 
reef sou'wester. 
Robin Hood won in cruising class; Edith second by only 
233. 
Thordis won in second class, as usual. 
Elsa and Howard in fourth class cats sailed a close race, 
Elsa scoring one for the pennant, and Howard winniiig first 
prize by Im. 5s. on allowance. 
In fourth sloops, Mr. Eustis at last got Capelin to the line 
in good racing shape, and won handsomely. 
Imp beat Hebe as usual in the small class. 
cruising class. 
Length. Elapsed. Corrected, 
RobinHood, A. H. Hardy.. ...... ......21.1 4 209 40 2 10 10 
Edith, C. M. Baker ..^.v,,. 21.00 2 10 :J2 2 10 32 
Mariposa, R. W Downer , 21.00 3 13 32 2 13 .32 
Kaniaka, A Winsor 81.00 2 15:^8 3 15 38 
Koyal Blue, C. S. Dennison 21.00 2 1 7 OJ 2 17 02 
Micaboo, J. R and C. L Har'Mng .. .31.00 Broke down. 
6EC0KD CLASS. 
Thordis, T. B. Wales 26.00 2 ( 9 06 1 f6 .55 
Anonyma, Vice-Com Dabney,,,. 24.09 2 IB 18 2 02.36 
May King, D. L. Whittemore 25.09 2 10 35 1 £7 56 
Kalama, David Rice Wi hdrew. 
FOURTH CLASS— CATS. 
Elsa. C. 8. Sargent 19.(0 2 01 19 1 41 31 
Howard, H O. MUler. ,..,„,. 18.00 2 01 3S 1 43 26 
Cinch, H. Parker „. 18.01 2 05 55 1 47 51 
Hope, J. H. Ellis .....IK. 00 Broke down. 
Playmate, H. Sargent ..Broke down. 
FOURTH CLASS— SLOOPS. 
Capelin, W. E. C. Eustis 19.03 1 47 17 1 30 47 
Opossum, R W. Emmons ....19.00 1 49 55 1 33 07 
Heiress, G. G. Amory 19.00 1 52 5r 1 35 09 
Blue Fish, J. Crane and A. S. Hardy.. 19. 01 2 02 07 1 45 19 
Grilse, W. E C. Eustis 10. tO . 'Withdrew. 
fifth class— OAT.S. 
Imp, G. B Dabney.., H.05 1 23 13 1 00 36 
Hebe, J. Parkinson.,;."... 15.00 1 25 47 1 10 51 
TIMES OF THIRD CLASS BOATS, AUG. 3. 
I recently discovered that I had made two stupid mistakes 
in t-guring time of third class boats, Aug. 3. Arab won the 
race; she went over course in 1.35.41 actual, and 1.13.29 cor- 
rected time. 
Ben My Chree made actual time 1 31.43; corrected 1.17.20. 
Arab won fixst, Perhaps second, Ben My Chree third. 
W. Ll.OyD.JBFFKEES, 
