'Arid. 20, iSgclj 
Avis 2 30 50 2 29 50 
Pleasant Point 2 30 56 
First Round. 
First Leg.— 2:30, start; wind S. by E. strong. 2:35, Iota broke 
spar. 2:40, wind S. by E. strong. 2:45, port tack; Pistakee, Avis, 
Gadfly. 2:46, port tack; Pleasant Pojnt. 2:47, starboard tack, 
Pistakee. 2:52, starboard tack, Avis; 2:53, starboard tack; Pleas- 
ant Point. 2:54, in stays; Gadfly. 2:57, port tack; Avis, Pistakee. 
Second Leg. — 3:02:30, Avis jibed. 3:06, broke out spinaker; 
Pleasant Point. 3:07, broke out spinaker, Pistakee. 3:09, wind 
S.W. by S., strong. 
Third Leg.— 3:23, wind S.W. strong. 
Second Round. 
First Leg. — 3:55, wind S. by W. % W., very fresh. 3:45, star- 
board tack; Avis. 3:58, port tack; Gadfly and Pleasant Point. 
4:00, shook out reef; Avis. 4:03. starboard tack; Gadfly and Pleas- 
ant Point. 4:04, port tack; Gadfly and Avis. 4:05, Gadfly out of 
race, disabled. 4:07, starboard tack; Avis. 4:13, port tack;, Pis- 
takee. 4:14, starboard tack; Pistakee. 
Second Leg. — 1:18, broke out spinaker; Avis. 4:22, broke out 
spinaker; Pistakee. 4:26, broke out spinaker; Pleasant Point. 
4:23, light wind, S. by W. % \V. 4:35, very light, S. by W. 4:30, 
Pistakee took in baby iib and put up working jib. 
Third Leg— 4:39, fresh wind, S.S.W. 
Second Day, Aug. 8, Green Lake Cup — Second Heat. 
Avis and Iota met again, Iota having gotten on a 
new mast from Racine, but Iota could not foot it with 
the Oconomowoc wonder, which was sailed by Skipper 
W. G. Thompson in superior fashion. Pleasant Point but 
faintly upheld the Green Lake banner, and Gadfly, rig- 
ged with lofty canvas for the land breezes of Fox Lake, 
proved too top-heavy for the more open and heavy water. 
Iota was thought not to have been sailed for all there 
was in her, and her admirers still insisted that she could 
show the visitor a clean pair of heels if the wind proved 
stiff and there ensued no more hard luck. Pistakee was 
well sailed, but was in too warm company for this year's 
standards in her class. 
The boats got away in the following order; Iota, Avis, 
Pistakee, Pleasant Point, and Gadfly. They were ordered 
to sail the free leg first, beating on the home stretch. 
Iota, therefore, at an early stage of the race sought to 
avail herself of her big spinaker, in order to draw still 
further ahead of her nearest rival, Avis. lota's crew 
had serious trouble with the spinaker, which ballooned 
and swung to leeward, making an ugly hamper, which 
caused delay. Avis passed her, and was never again 
headed by any of the fleet. Running home on the first 
round. Iota lost in the windward work, being now 2m. 
behind Avis. Rounding for the second attempt at the 
free leg, Iota again tried the spinaker, and edged up a bit 
on Avis, which was content with jib. Iota now sought 
to take advantage of a local knowledge of air currents, 
and hunted for a stirrer wind, which was expected off 
the mouth of the river. The wind shifted on her again, 
and the move lost her all hope of the race, and she fin- 
ished last, about. 20m. behind the winner. Pleasant Point 
withdrew at the beginning of the third leg, second round. 
The judges were: Com. Hertz, E. Rosing, W. H. 
Dupee, B. B. Felix, and Capt. L. M. Mann. 
Avis won the Green Lake cup, two straight heats. 
The record follows: 
Official start, 2:32:30. 
Start. Elapsed. 
Iota 2 32 51 2 48 37 
Pistakee 2 33 04 2 33 29 
Avis 2 32 57 2 29 40 
Pleasant Point 2 33 30 
Gadfly 2 33 14 2 43 59 
First Round. 
First Leg.— 2:32, wind N.W. by W., fresh; at start, broke out 
spinakers, Iota, Gadfly and Pistakee. 2:33, broke out spinaker; 
Pleasant Point. 2:45, Avis passes Iota to windward; Iota's spina- 
ker becomes unmanageable; swings to leeward in water and is 
taken in. 2:46, Pistakee takes in spinaker; wind hauled to after 
port quarter; Pleasant Point distanced at first buoy. 2:49, wind 
S.W., fresh. 
Second Leg. — 3:00, wind S.W., fresh. 
Third Leg.— 3:10, wind N.W., fresh. 3:20, N.W. by W. 3:37, 
due W. 3:14, Pistakee port tack. 3:22, Avis starboard. 3:24, 
Avis port. 3:25:30, Iota starboard. 3:28:30, Avis starboard. 
3:29, Gadfly starboard. 3:32, Avis port. 3:35:30, Avis starboard. 
3:36:30, Iota starboard. 3:38, Avis port. 3:40, Iota port. 
Second Round. 
First Leg. — 3:45, wind N.W., fresh. 3:42, broke out spinaker.Iota 
and Pistakee. 3:45, broke out spinaker, Gadfly and Pleasant 
Point. 3:55, took in spinaker, Pistakee and Iota. 
Second Leg.— 4:04, wind N.E. by E. 4:15, W. by N., light. 
4:08, Iota broke spinaker, and 4:15 taken in. 4:11, Pistakee broke 
spirfaker, and 4:17 taken in. 
Third Leg.— 4:35, wind N. by W., fresh. 5:00, N., light. 
4:22:30, Avis on port tack. 4:25, Avis starboard. 4:29, lota star- 
board. 4:30, Pleasant Point gave up. 4:35, Pistakee port. 4:36, 
Iota port; Pistakee starboard. 4:37, Iota port. 4:44:30, Avis 
pert. 4:45, Iota starboard. 4:45, Gadfly port. 4:47:30, Avis star- 
board. 4:48:30, Avis port. 4:50, Avis starboard. 4:50, Pistakee 
port; Iota port. 4:53, Pistakee starboard, 4:46, Avis port. 
5:01:30, Avis starboard. 
Course from home buoy to buoy No. 3, ,E. by N., 
leaving all buoys to starboard. 
Third Day, Aug. % Felker Cup Race. 
The extraordinarily favorable weather continued, and 
as upon the previous day a large crowd attended, so that 
the course was crowded with many large and small pleas- 
ure craft. The local interest in the Felker cup is en- 
thusiastic, and many Oshkosh men hoped against hope 
that the crack local boat, Iota, would justify the con- 
fidence placed in her, and have better luck in her 
handling. Her crew very well fulfilled this hope, and 
brought the boat to the front in form surprising after 
the performance of the preceding day, a fact attributable 
in part to an increased sail area, a larger mainsail hav- 
ing been secured and fitted. As she sailed to-day, Iota 
was apparently a sure winner, having Avis well in hand, 
but again' fatality was against her, and she lost a fatal 
two minutes, disabled, and finished second by the narrow 
margin of 26s. Avis therefore added another and much 
prized trophy to her collection. Tarpon III. was well 
sailed, and kept up interest in her performance to the 
last, the racing having additional interest to the specta- 
tors through the fact that the start was by handicap, so 
that the finish showed the boats in their corrected rela- 
tive positions. 
Eight boats strated: Elk, Skipper H. L. Battis; 
Gleaner, Skipper Jas. Jones; Wasp, Skipper Fred Luhm; 
Iota, Skipper Wm. Love; Tarpon, Owner-Skipper Fred 
Shattuck; Kathleen, Skipper Wm. Davis; Avis, Owner- 
Skipper Wm. Hale Thompson; Pistakee, Skipper Nick 
Morris. The start was by three assembly guns, two pre- 
paratory guns, one gun to start. Iota, Avis and Pista- 
kee were given orders to start on the same handicap, and 
at the gun their bunch crossed the line in the order as 
written, Avis to windward of Iota, which she almost at 
once passed, the crew of Iota taking off their caps as 
Avis drew by. Mr. Thompson followed his earlier tac- 
tics without variation, having learned exactly what his 
boat would best do, and having a plan from which he 
did not depart. He eased off and went freer than any 
boat of the fleet, dropping so far to leeward that many 
openly condemned his seamanship. Iota stood up more 
closely and held on further, showing in the lead at the 
first buoy. Avis reached for this buoy with her starboard 
tack, but to come about with a short kick to round it, 
Iota being first off, with everything drawing, on the 
second leg of the course. Either Avis or Iota turns like 
a wheelbarrow, and Avis wore almost under Iota's stern 
at the buoy. 
Meanwhile Pistakee was standing off stiff as a meeting 
house, far to windward, and a yery pretty battle was go- 
ing on between Tarpon, Gleaner and Kathleen, which 
were going neck and neck under a stiff wind. Elk, 
disabled twice on the first leg, was far behind, and Wasp, 
delayed by a broken bobstay, was out of it. 
With wind abeam, Iota seemed to outfoot the Ocono- 
mowoc boat to the second buoy. Both boats jibed. 
Iota again tried the risky spinaker, this time with greater 
success. Avis contented herself with balloon jib, and at 
one time closed up the gap on Iota when the latter had 
a bit of trouble with the spinaker boom, which did not 
break out fully at the top, though Iota managed to pack 
her canvas and gained down the free leg, her spinaker 
finally drawing full. Kathleen declined to jibe. Tarpon 
was now leading her immediate rivals, Gleaner and 
Kathleen, all three of these boats using spinaker. A 
duel between Kathleen and Gleaner now followed, and 
Glaaner drew ahead decisively. Wasp was now disabled 
and withdrew. Pistakee could not be called anything 
but game, and her heavyweight crew kept her pounding 
on the course. Pistakee bent on a storm jib, far back 
on the home leg, at about the time Iota was taking 
in spinaker to round the home stake. 
At the end of the first round .Iota had gained im. 3s. 
on Avis, and excitement ran high, for she was thought 
now on the way to retrieve some of the local prestige. 
Iota held her own apparently, or, so far as could be 
told from the judges' boat, was still gaining on Avis, 
when she once more met ill luck, and was disabled in the 
course right at the end when she seemed sure to win. 
The lacings of her jib tore out, and she ran up into the 
wind helpless, losing what was variously estimated at 
two to three minutes of time. Skipper Thompson, of 
Avis, upon the other hand, declares that at the time of 
the accident Avis was pulling up on Iota. He further 
adds that on the second leg, with wind abeam, when Iota 
again gained on Avis, he was himself busy bailing, in 
order that he might not go into the home stretch with 
water tumbling down into his bows, which he knew 
would be fatal to his best chances. Being a heavy- 
weight,, his weight to leeward in the boat would pre- 
vent her from footing her best. At any rate, Iota, after 
hasty repairs, began to crawl up again on Avis, and 
her game fight brought out much applause. She gained 
im. 27s. on the second leg, and the boats jibed with 
only im. us. between them at the beginning of the 
run home. Meantime, so distinct was the difference be- 
tween these boats and those of earlier models, the best 
of the others of the fleet were just rounding the sec- 
ond buoy. Tarpon and Kathleen shrewdly tacked to 
starboard, standing out into the open and getting a 
stiffer breeze. Gleaner, well sailed, still led Kathleen. 
Elk now began to show a greater interest in affairs, and 
appeared forging up a bit. 
On the run home Iota again tried the spinaker, and it 
showed a certain gain over the little balloon jib of Avis. 
It was thought that Iota would win, as she walked in 
so rapidly on her rival. Again Avis eased off and ran 
so far to leeward that- her case seemed hopeless, the 
fact being that her skipper could not see the home 
flag, and had miscalculated his course. Amid great 
excitement Iota held on for a close shave of the home 
stake, and cheers greeted her as the foregone winner. 
All at once Avis came sharply over and rushed straight 
for the line, with everything drawing, wind abeam. She 
too laid a course which would bring within touching 
distance of the stake, and as the two boats converged 
on their courses a collision seemed certain. Yet Avis 
crossed just 26s. ahead of Iota. Both boats had been 
admirably handled, and they had given a grand exhibi- 
tion, and both were cheered to the echo. 
At the finish of Avis and Iota, the Ave other boats of 
the fleet showed all rounded into the home reach, and all 
in line, winged, a very beautiful sight. Tarpon was 
well in advance, fairly losing Pistakee, which had at 
first given her concern. Pistakee next, and then Gleaner, 
still leading Kathleen after a near thing for six knots. 
Some distance back came Elk, last, and a bad last, in this 
meeting of the boats of this year, whereas she was a 
cup winner last year. 
Crew of Avis was as follows: Wm. Hale Thompson, 
owner and skipper; Percival Thompson, sheet; Gale 
Thompson, jib; Walter H. Dupee, stays. The record 
follows: 
Felker challenge cup race. One heat. 
Cup may be competed for by all yachts owned by 
organized yacht clubs in the United States, or by any 
person a citizen of the United States who shall be a 
member in good standing in any such club. 
Yacht eligible must come within the classification of 
the rules of the Oshkosh Y. C, known and denominated 
under such rules as yachts of the first class. 
Rules of the Oshkosh Y. C. to govern. 
First class shall consist of all the yachts not under 
22ft. and not over 26ft. racing length. 
Measurement formula: L.W.L., plus one-third over- 
hang, plus square root of sail area divided by two, 
equals racing length. 
Time allowance shall be determined according to the 
Herreshoff table. 
Official start. Actual start. Elapsed. 
Elk, 14 2 35 57 2 35 18 2 11 12 
Gleaner, 0 2 36 04 2 35 12 2 05 48 
Wasp, 9 2 35 37 2 40 27 . .. .. 
Iota, 12 2 31 00 2 31 18 *1 55 10 
Tarpon, 7 2 35 57 2 35 35 1 59 23 
Kathleen, 22 2 35 18. 2 35 42 2 07 27 
Avis, 10 2 31 00 2 31 22 1 54 4+ 
Pistakee, 3 2 31 00 2 31 24 2 09 56 
* Subtract 2m. 15s, from «lapsed time of Iota on account of 
mistake in measurement. 
First Round. 
First Leg,— 2:36, Elk disabled; started 2:38:30. 2:40, Elk dis- 
abled; started 2:41. 2:50, Avis on starboard tack. 2:51, Iota on 
starboard tack. 2:53, Pistakee on starboard tack. 2:54, Avis port 
tack. 2:56:30, Pistakee port tack. 2:58, Kathleen starboard tack. 
2:59, Gleaner and Tarpon starboard tack. 3:03, Elk starboard 
tack; wind E.S.E. strong. 
Second Leg. — Wind E. by S. strong, 
Third Leg. — 3:12, spinaker on Avis. 3:18, spinaker Iota. 3:20, 
spinakers 011 Gleaner, Tarpon and Kathleen. 3:25, Iota took in 
spinaker. 3:27, Pistakee bent on storm jib. 3:28, Wasp disabled 
and out of race. Wind S.E. by E., strong. 
L. M. Mann, E. H. Van Ostrand and Com. Hertz acted as 
judges. 
Second Round. 
First Leg. — Wind S.E. by E., strong. 3:44, Tarpon on star- 
board tack. 3:44:45, lota disabled. 3:46:30, Avis on starboard 
tack. 3:49, Iota on starboard tack. 4:00, Tarpon on starboard 
tack. 4:03, Kathleen on starboard tack. 4:03, Elk on starboard 
tack;. 
Second Leg. — Wind S.E. by E., strong. 
Third Leg. — Wind S.E. by £., strong. 4:10, Iota set spinaker. 
4:15, Avis set spinaker. 
Judges, L. M. Mann, chairman. 
Fourth Day, Aug. 10, the Oshkosh Trophy Cup. 
There still remained, as a local sailorman put it, one 
more cup tor Avis to win. The Oshkosh trophy cup 
contest was the last race of the regatta week tor Osh- 
kosh. The weather for the first time turned unfavorable. 
Rain fell in the morning, and the air was still. Afternoon 
the prospect was stilt lowering, but the wind grew 
fresh, then strong, kicking up plenty ot sea. All the 
boats that had entered in the Pelkei- cup appeared to 
sail for the Oshkosh trophy, with the addition of Cut- 
tysark, of Milwaukee, oy^ned by Mr. McGregor, of 
Milwaukee Y. C. This boat is a past number, as things 
go now, being three years old. Commodore Coleman, of 
Milwaukee Y. C, resurrected her and brought her over 
with the sportsmanlike purpose of helping on the fun. 
She was sailed by Cyrus Williams, Commodore Coleman 
second in immediate command. Cuttysark was not a 
very dangerous quantity at any time, but her crew were 
popular men at the regatta. 
it was a reefing breeze at 1 P. M., and white caps 
were rolling. Cuttysark reefed, Wasp reefed, Tarpon 
reefed. Avis refused to take tn anything, lota bent on a 
storm jib. They were sent oft with flying start to- 
day, and crossed the line in the following order: Glean- 
er, Avis, Kathleen, Tarpon, Pistakee, Wasp, Cuttysark, 
lota and Elk. 
In the run to the first buoy Avis early showed ahead, 
following her old game ot running well eased and drop- 
ping far to leeward of all the others. Tarpon made good 
weather of it, and led the procession back of Avis, and 
was thought to be sure to round the first buoy ahead of 
the Oconomowoc boat. Mr. Thompson stood calmly 
on. Tarpon made a good push for the place at this turn, 
the situation between Tarpon and Avis here being the 
same as that between Avis and Iota at the finish in 
tfie Felker cup. Avis used identical tactics, jumping 
into starboard tack and seeming fair to run Tarpon 
down as they converged. Avis crossed the bows of the 
judges' boat near by and made a fine spectacle, the crew 
all out and lying like spiders along the rail. Her speed 
carried her by Tarpon's bows with a wider gap than at 
hist seemed likely, and with a short port tack she drew 
ahead of Tarpon and rounded ahead, with 31s. to spare, 
Tarpon next, Iota third. Meantime Pistakee had at 
once after the start gone on starboard tack to get 
clear of the crowd, but now . showed well up with the 
rest, Wasp and Cuttysark far behind, the little Cuttysark 
making very bad weather of it. 
On the second leg Avis increased her lead, and a duel 
between Tarpon and Iota attracted attention. Iota drew 
up and passed Tarpon to windward, outfooting her 
thence on. Gleaner now drew on and challenged Elk. 
Pistakee showed rough weather, but her crew had orders 
to sail her or sink her. At the third buoy Iota and 
Avis both jibed. Iota and Tarpon broke out spinakers, 
Avis holding on with mainsail and jib as first set. Tar- 
pon challenged Iota gamely, and both with their big 
canvas and the stiff wind drew up on Avis. Next came 
Kathleen, Elk, Gleaner, Pistakee. Kathleen and Gleaner 
both broke out spinakers, the great canvas of the latter 
boat making a grand show as she started down the free 
leg. Pistakee also used spinaker, and Elk, trying also to 
use this trying sail, fell into evil ways and ran up into 
the wind disabled for a few moments. Gleaner now 
decided she could carry more mainsail, and sent out a 
man to shake out her reef. At this moment her great 
spinaker got the wind under it and bellied up and over to 
windward, her boom going under and her two men, who 
were busy with the reels, being swept off into the 
water. The men had a lively scramble, but were hauled 
aboard, one having to swim a short distance. Gleaner 
did not entirely lose way, and did not come up into the 
wind at all, but rescued her crew and held her course, 
which cool and able seamanship brought a hearty cheer 
from everybody within sight, as she got her big spinaker 
again under control and pluckily held her own. Kath- 
leen here drew past Gleaner. 
At the home buoy, first round, Avis and Iota had 
another of their struggles, and again Avis rounded 
ahead, though by only 18s. Tarpon, Gleaner, Pistakee 
and Elk made a close group at the home buoy, but the 
weather now looked black and squally, and Elk had 
enough of it, so left the course and sailed to harbor. 
Cuttysark, with her gallant commodore and plucky 
crew, was well awash by this time, and the boat proved 
too wet for comfort. She followed Elk, cutting the last 
buoy and going home. Wasp also cut the course and 
retired. Rain fell and matters looked ugly, but the gusts 
of wind were not so bad as was expected, and the 
others of the boats held to their work. 
On the first leg of the second round Avis still showed 
her heels to Iota, which, however, hung on grimly, Tar- 
pon also insisting on recognition. Kathleen, Gleaner 
and Pistakee rounded in above order. Down the second 
leg this order of the boats was not changed, the leading 
ones being still Avis, Iota, Tarpon. 
On the run home the three leaders employed the 
same tactics of the earlier stage of the race. Avis held 
on under jib and mainsail. Iota and Tarpon breaking 
out spinakers. Again Avis fell far off to leeward, and 
again Iota seemed sure to collar her at the stake, as she 
was picking up distance under the big spinaker. Again 
the skipper of Avis held on till it seemed he was lost at 
sea, then suddenly jibed and once more threatened to 
