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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June 4, 1898. 
Corinthian Y« C. of Philadelphia* 
ESglNGTON — DELAWARE RIVER. 
Saturday^ May 21. 
The Corinthian Y. C. opened the season on the Dela- 
ware River on May 21 with the first race of its one- 
design fleet, for a cup presented by Com. Van Rensselaer. 
The six yachts of the new class started as follows: 
The Kid. Capt. G. Herbert Millet, W. Barklie Henry 
and a professional; Fareda, Com. Van Rensselaer, Mrs. 
Van Rensselaer, C, H. Grant and a professional; Fly, 
Capt. C. H. Brock, Dr. R, G. Woods, Miss May Fell 
and Alf. Johnson, a professional; Grilse, Capt. Edward 
Toland, Robert Toland and E. W. Clark, Jr.; Menlo, 
Capt. John W. Brock, George Barrie, Jr., and Charles 
Tanger, professional; Spider, Capt. "Parker R, Freeman, 
Henry S. Jeanes and J. I. Inglis. 
The course was from off the club wharf at Essington, 
around the red spar buoy W.S.W. of Chester Island, on 
the port hand; thence to the southward and eastward 
of Chester Island, to red spar buoy S.E. of Chester Isl- 
and on port hand; thence to black and red spar buoy 
W. of Little Tinicum Island, passing on starboard hand; 
to finish, six miles. 
The wind was strong from N,E., the first leg free. Fly 
fouled both markboats, but continued the race. Fareda 
took the lead, under whole sail, and held it to Little Tini- 
cum Island, but on the wind The Kid, with a single reef, 
passed her. The times weix: 
Start, one-gun, 2:50:00: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
The Kid 5 00 32 2 10 32 
iFareda 5 02 23 2 12 23 
.5 03 55 2 13 55 
tGrilse 5 12 41 2 22 41 
Menlo 5 14 46 2 24 46 
rSpider 5 18 03 2 28 03 
Fly was disquaslified. 
Messrs. A. D. F. Bancroft and I. W. Jeannes managed 
'.the race. 
The club's fixtures are as follows: 
Saturday, June ii, annual race for all classes. 
Mondaj', Aug. 22 to Aug. 26, knockabout class match 
with Seawanhalca-Corinthian Y. C. at Oyster Bay, Long 
Island, N. Y. 
Monday, Sept. 5, autumn race for all classes. 
Saturdays, June 4 to Oct. 31, 25ft. class races, 20ft. 
class races, 15ft. class races. 
A yacht whose official measurement has not been filed 
with the Race Committee prior to the start of a race shall 
not be eligible to compete. All yachts in the 30ft. class 
and under must have measurer's certificate for 1898. 
Corinthian Knockal)out Class — Rules, races and 
events. 
The races appointed for the Corinthian knockabout 
class shall be open to yachts built according to the plans 
and specifications prepared by Mr. W. B. Stearns, of 
Marblehead, Mass., and approved by the Race Conimit- 
tee of the club, and shall be sailed under the following: 
Helmsmen shall be amateurs. One member of the 
crew may be a professional. The total number of crew 
shall be "limited to three. One lady may be carried in 
.addition to the crew. 
No doors, bulkheads or other permanent fittings or 
[fixtures shall be removed. 
Ice boxes and galley stoves and fittings shall not be 
.deemed to fall within the inhibition of this rule. 
The start shall be a "one gun" flying start, with a 
preparatory signal, given five minutes before the start- 
ling signal. 
Entries for races in writing shall not be required, but 
.any yacht which shall have crossed the starting line 
•within ten minutes after the starting signal of any race 
^Shall be deemed to have entered in such race. 
The Race Committee may, however, in its discretion, 
by giving notice in advance, extend the period for 
crossing the line within the meaning of the rule. 
The spinaker boom, when used in carrying sail, shall 
not be lashed to the forestay or stemhead. 
The Race Committee may, in its discretion, restrict 
the hauling out of yachts in preparation for races should 
it deem such restriction necessary to the fairness or 
success of the races. 
The racing rules of the club, so far as mconsistent 
with these special rules, are hereby suspended, but 
otherwise shall govern. 
All the races in the knockabout class, except mterclub 
matches and the annual race, unless otherwise agreed by 
the contestants themselves, shall start and finish off the 
club house at Essington, and shall be sailed over Course 
No 4— from the starting line around the red star buoy 
No 38 west southwest of Chester Island, passmg it on 
" the port hand; thence keeping to the southward and east- 
ward of Chester Island, to red spar buoy southeast of 
Chester Island, passing on the port hand; thence to black 
and red spar buoy west of Little Tinicum Island, passmg 
on the starboard hand; thence to finish line. 
There will be three series of races, to be known as 
the First Saturday Series, the Second Saturday Series 
and Third Saturday Series. First, second and third 
prizes shall be awarded at the conclusion of each such 
series 
A first and whenever there are more than two con- 
testants, a second prize shall also be awarded in each race 
^V^rs? Saturday Series-Saturdays, June 4, ?8, 25; July 
2, 9, .16, 23. Preparatory signal at 2:30 o clock P. M. 
s'tar'tine signal, 2:35 o'clock P. M. . ^ 
^ SeSnd Saturday Series-Saturdays, July 30; Aug. 6 
13; Sept. 3, 10, 17. Preparatory signal at 2:30 o clock 
P.M. Startingsignal, 2:35 o clock P. M. 
Third Saturday Series— Saturdays, Sept. 24, Oct. i, 
8 IS 22 29. Preparatory signal at 2:30 o clock P. M. 
^ S'beride-d V'-fte aggregate number o, 
taiSing the highest number of points shall receive the 
first pnze- the yacht obtaining the second highest num- 
ber the second'prize, and the yacht obtammg the third 
hiVhest number the third prize. A yacht shaU be credited 
whh as many points in each race as the number of yachts 
The defeSs, l&a one point added as a premium for entry. 
A vacht which fails to finish shall receive no. credit for 
her entry but she shall be counted in assigning points 
to her competitors. Each yacht carrying a lady in excess 
of the number of the crew allowed shall be allowed one 
second per mile of the course sailed, to be deducted from 
her actual time. 
A special prize shall be awarded to the yacht winning 
the greatest number of races during the season. 
Unless otherwise agreed between the contesting clubs, 
these matches shall be sailed by an equal number of 
boats i^epresenting each club, and shall be decided by 
the aggregate of the points won. Points shall be cal- 
culated as provided for the series races, except that there 
shall be no credit for entry and that eacli yacht shall be 
credited only with a number of points equal to the num- 
ber of yachts of the opposing club which she maj^ have 
beaten. 
If it should be desired by j^acht owners, the Race 
Committee will arrange, toward the end of the season, a 
series of races with helmsmen, changed from the boats 
to which they have been accustomed, and also a handi- 
cap series based on performance during the previous 
races. 
The Race Committee will also be glad at any time to 
manage sweepstake races at the request of two or more 
owners desiring to sail such races. 
The Waikaki^s Ctuise. 
The naphtha yacht Waikaki, H. C. Roome, New York 
Y. C, of New York, has reached Chicago with her own- 
er and his wife on board, after a remarkably interesting 
cruise, of which the following details are given by the 
Chicago Inter-Ocean: 
Waikaki left New York Nov. i, 1897; taking the inland 
water route to Beaufort, N. C., calling at Philadelphia, 
Baltimore and Norfolk, and passing through the various 
sounds on the coast of North Carolina. From Beaufort 
she ventured out on the stormy Atlantic and coasted 
along as far as Savannah, taking in Charleston on her 
way. At Savannah she again sought the peaceful waters 
of sounds along the coast of Georgia and Northern 
Florida. On reaching Jacksonville, Fla., she again dart- 
ed out on the broad Atlantic, touching on her south- 
ward course at St. Augustine. Then came again tide- 
water ways, the Halifax River, Mosquito Lagoon, the In- 
dian River, and so on through Lake Worth and Bis- 
cayne Bay, with their connecting canals, calling on the 
way at all the famous East Coast winter resorts, New 
Smyrna, Daytona, Rockledge, Palm Beach and Miami. 
From the last named place the tiny cruiser again 
valiantly braved old ocean's mighty waves and sailed 
along the crescent chain of tropic keys that sweep 
around the tail of the United States; then dashed over 
to Cape Sable and along the Gulf coast of Florida with its 
myriad of Lilliputian islands, and so on to Pensacola and 
New Orleans. Then came the long course of the Missis- 
sippi to the Illinois River, then the passage of the latter 
to La Salle, the transfer at that place to the canal, and 
the trip down the canal to Chicago. Here she will 
stay till May 26, when the voyage will pass down the 
Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence through its maze of 
islands and out into the Gulf of St. Lawrence and past 
steepled Montreal and hoary Quebec, and so on along 
to the rockbound coast of Labrador and the shores of 
Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. Then 
she will turn south across the Bay of Fundy, with its 
mighty tide, and come back to the familiar shores of 
Maine and so on home to New York, making a trip of 
about nine months' duration. 
These modern argonauts have already come some 4,300 
miles on their trip and have still 5,Soo miles of water- 
ways to traverse before New York is reached. The ob- 
ject of the trip, aside from the pleasure, is a most worthy 
one, and decidedly patriotic, for that object is to show 
the owners of yachts of light draft what can be done and 
how much of enjoyment may be had in cruising along 
the shores and through the inland waters of their own 
country. As will be seen by what has been said of this 
trip of the Waikaki so far, such cruises can be so ar- 
ranged as to bring the voyager in the winter season into 
the semi-tropic lands of Florida and the Gulf coast. As 
winter fades into spring the voyager is again approach- 
ing the Northern States, and when the dog days are 
reached he is coasting along the shores of Labrador. 
The Waikaki is s4t. long, has 9ft. beam, and draws 3it. 
Sin. She is provided with a Globe multiple cylinder 
gasoline engine of twenty-eight actual horse power, and 
has a speed of ten knots. She can carry a month's sup- 
ply of provisions and water, and gasoline for a 6oo-mile 
trip. The Waikaki passed through the Mackinaw Straits 
on May 30. , 
Eheba. 
The steel steam yacht designed by J. F. Tams, of 
Tarns & Lemoine, and built by Lewis Nixon, was suc- 
cessfully launched at the Crescent shipyard, EUzabeth, 
N. J., on May 25. The yacht, whose ownership has been 
very successfully concealed, is intended for cruising, and 
has been designed for that end, with the expectation that 
she will make about 12 knots in regular service under 
natural draft. From her appearance in launching trim 
she promises to make a very shipshape craft, with good 
freeboard and handsome shear. She is isoft. over all 
r25ft l.w.L, 2ift. 6in. beam, lift. 9in. depth, and 8ft. 6in. 
draft The engines, built by J. W. Sullivan, are of the 
four-cylinder triple expansion type, 12, 18 and two 20in. 
by iSin. Two Almy boilers are used. The hull has been 
built under special inspection and survey for the highest 
classification in the American Lloyds, the scanthng is 
ample, and the builders have done excellent work. 
The owner's and guests' quarters are aft; the owner s 
room, 13ft. long, extending half way across the ship 
just abaft the engine space, with dressing-room and 
bathroom adjoining, and a smaller stateroom 8ft. 
long. There are five other staterooms and an after- 
cabin or library, abaft which is another toilet room. The 
officers and crew are berthed forward, and special care 
has been taken to provide ample room and ventilation 
in this part of the ship. 
In the forward deck house are the dining room, pantry 
and galley; the deck of this house is carried out to the 
rail making a large sun deck, and the bridge is raised 
so as to permit an unobstructed view from it. The after 
deck house is arranged as a sitting room, with piano. 
The yacht is schooner rigged. As she left the ways she 
was christened Elreba by Miss Violet Cruger, step- 
daughter of the designer. 
Harlem Y. C. Annual Regatta. 
CITY ISLAND — LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Monday, May 30. 
The first of the annual regattas, that of the Harlem Y. 
C, was sailed on May 30. The weather was better than 
on most of the preceding days of the month, as it did not 
rain, and in the afternoon the sun came out brightly. 
The courses were from off Belden's Point, City Island. 
For the larger sloops and catboats, around Matinicock 
Point Buoy and red spar buoy off Parsonage Point, 
twenty nautical miles. Twenty-five foot classes, Matini- 
cock Point and black spar buoy off Delancey Point; dis- 
tance, eighteen nautical miles. Other classes, around Old 
Hen buoy and Delancey Point, thirteen miles. 
At the start the wind was light from the S., but it 
finally settled down to a fresh westerly breeze. The 
fleet was started in divisions, under the Y. R. A. rules, 
the start being timed: 
Mystic 1 06 15 
Falka 1 06 30 
Lizzie V 1 06 33 
Jessie 1 07 15 
Delphine 1 08 40 
Reliance 1 12 16 
Water Lily 1 12 40 
Pontiac 1 13 10 
Eleanor 1 13 16 
Mary B 1 14 09 
Lady Emma 1 14 50 
Petrel 1 15 00 
Nimrod 1 15 00 
Albatross 1 15 00 
Ruth , 1 15 00 
Regina 1 15 52 
Lark 1 16 14 
Gull 1 16 50 
Laura Lee 1 17 45 
Mistral 1 18 10 
Americus 1 01 10 
Winona 1 01 12 
Tennie C 1 01 20 
Norman 1 01 30 
Oriole 1 01 32 
Cognette 1 01 35 
Zetes 1 01 45 
Allegro 1 01 45 
Just Right 1 01 54 
Lauretta 1 02 00 
Naiad 1 02 16 
Gracie 1 02 18 
Mohican 1 02 35 
Mary S 1 02 37 
Lotta 1 02 45 
E. Z Sloat 1 03 30 
Shippan 1 04 22 
Swastika 1 04 44 
Win or Lose 1 05 32 
Ann 1 06 04 
Petrel, Nimrod, Albatross, Ruth and Mistral handi- 
capped. 
The finish was timed: 
Regina 4 50 30 
Pontiac 4 52 20 
Delphine 4 57 00 
Zetes 5 00 20 
E Z Sloat 5 00 35 
Lizzie V 5 03 45 
Reliance 5 04 40 
Americus 5 06 58 
Gull 5 10 00 
Tennie C 5 12 00 
Win or Lose 5 12 10 
Shippan .....5 12 50 
Mystic 5 14 42 
Allegro 5 17 25 
The official times were: 
Lark 5 18 05 
Laura Lee 5 23 25 
Nimrod 5 26 45 
Norman 5 29 20 
Swastika 5 31 34 
Jessie 5 33 50 
Mohican 5 38 50 
Oriole 5 39 00 
Just Right 5 39 01 
Falka 5 39 30 
Lauretta 5 44 58 
Mary S : 5 47 10 
Water Lily 6 04 30 
Ruth 6 08 15 
3 52 24 
Did not 
4 51 50 
4 53 15 
Did not 
Did not 
Did not 
Did not 
Did not 
Did not 
08 27 
26 35 
Cabin Sloops, 43ft. Class. 
Length. Elapsed. 
Lady Emma, H. L. Buhler 43.00 Did not 
Mistral, R. Evans 41.20 Did not 
Pontiac, H. Hanlein, Jr 40.70 3 39 10 
Mary B., J. K. Getty 38.20 3 54 43 
Nimrod, E. G. & G. R. Bird 37.30 4 11 45 
Cabin Sloops, 36ft. Class. 
Reliance, W. P. Schultz .34.70 
Eleanor, H. E. Wigand 32.60 
Cabin Sloops, 30ft. Class 
Water Li]y\ T. Kiernan, Jr 29.09 
Ruth, C. Lesser 29.00 
Albatross, J. H. Symoners 27.70 
Petrel, O. C. Rigl 28.80 
Cabin Sloops, 25ft. Class 
Gracie, F. Schavoir 25.00 
Naiad. C. Christianson 24.60 
Coquette, F. C. & W. S. Sullivan. . .23.90 
Lotta, M. Dewey 23.30 
Open Cats, 30ft. Class. 
Mystic, C. Lockwood 30.00 
Jessie, P. Kirsch ; 26.40 
Cabin Cats, 30ft. Class. 
Lizzie v., W. P. Vreeland 30.00 
Mary S., D. Shea 25.40 
Ann, S. Jacobs 27.00 
Open Jib and Mainsail, 36ft. 
Delphine, W. Christie 30.60 
Cabin Cats, 25ft. Class 
Shippan, A. M. Bradlev 25.00 
Lauretta, W^ P. Shearer 25.00 
Mohican, J. Roelson 24.50 
Falka, E. L. Felleman 23.80 
Oriole, M. P. Lee 23.60 
Winona, R. Tudor 23.20 
Allegro, F. Taylor 22.80 
Win or Lose, J. S. Appleby 23.30 
Open Cats, 25ft. Class. 
E Z Sloat. Hoyt & Parks 23.40 
Norman, G. Hanson 23.10 
Jennie C, G. H. Cadugan 22.60 
Open Jib and Mainsail, 25ft. 
Americus, A. Z. Schavoir 24.90 
Zetes, J. A. Kipp 24.40 
Just Right, P. Miller 23.80 
Cabin Cats, 20ft. Class. 
Swastika, W. F. Buggie 20.00 
Open Cats, 20ft. Class. 
Gull, J. F. Proctor 20.00 
Regina, W. Scardefield 19.30 
Open Cats, 15ft. Class. 
Lark, C. G. Davis 12.50 
Laura Lee, 12.50 
3 57 12 
4 42 10 
Did not 
Class. 
3 48 20 
08 28 
42 58 
36 15 
34 30 
37 28 
Did not 
4 15 40 
4 07 10 
3 57 05 
4 27 50 
4 10 40 
Class. 
Corrected, 
finish, 
finish. 
3 36 07 
3 48 02 
4 03 40 
3 52 24 
finish. 
4 51 50 
4 53 15 
finish, 
finish. 
finish, 
finish, 
finish, 
finish. 
4 08 27 
4 17 55 
3 57 12 
4 30 45 
finish. 
3 48 20 
4 08 2S 
4 42 ^ 
4 35 06 
4 31 16 
4 33 41 
finish. 
4 09 34 
4 02 30 
3 57 05 
4 26 38 
4 08 19 
05 48 
58 35 
37 07 
05 48 
57 16 
24 10 
4 26 50 
53 10 
34 38 
01 51 
05 40 
4 26 50 
3 53 10 
3 32 53 
01 50 
05 40 
The winners were Pontiac, Reliance, Water Lily, Mys- 
tic, Lizzie V., Delphine, Win or Lose, E. Z. Sloat, Zetes, 
Swastika, Regina and Lark. 
The steamer Glen Island carried a large ntmiber of 
members and guests over the course without danger 
from mines or torpedoes. 
Oceanic Y. C Annual Regatta* 
COMMUNIPAW — NEW YORK BAY. 
Monday May, 30. 
The Oceanic Y. C. sailed its twenty-ninth annual re- 
gatta on May 30 over courses on New York Bay off 
Comraunipaw, the times being: 
Open Jib and Mainsail. 
Length. Corrected. 
Pauline, L Ellis 20.06 2 30 05 
Jack, W. S. Bishop -r-^^-"" ^^^^^ 
Open Cat-rigged, over 20ft. 
Eureka, Capt. Dunham , 22.00 _. 2 45 00 
Aurora, R. Hawthorne 22.06 Did not fin. 
Open Cat-rigged, under 20ft. 
Chic T Watson 16.10 1 28 05 
Bel, R-igmaiden & Pray • - 15.(W 2 13 00 
Sailing Skiffs. 
Mary E., Rigmaiden & Pray 15.06 2 08 35 
Neme v.. F^Van Winkle 15.06 2 09 25 
Just Look, R. Peterson ..................16.00 2 10 45 
Willie B.. M. Bradley 16.00 2 11 55 
