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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 3, 1898. 
Monday's race. The wind was perhaps a little lighter, 
blowing about twelve knots. The special race between 
Akela and Hoodlum started at 10:25. Both boats had 
single reefs in their mainsails, and No. 1 jibs. Hood- 
lum led over the line by about is., and during the first 
knot of the race the two boats, Akela with spmaker 
set and Hoodlum with jib winged, sailed side by side. 
Just before reaching the buoy Akela took in her spm- 
aker. while Hoodlum hung on to her jib 2m. longer 
before swinging it back on to the bowsprit. 
Akela's crew were slow with the spinaker, and the 
combination of circumstances gave Hoodlum a lead of 
6s. at the mark. Both boats reached to Dellwood with 
sheets we^l started; Hoodlum under working sails, Akela 
with her balloon jib set. Hoodlum gained 10s. more, 
both boats jibed round the buoy and started back on 
the reach to Dellwood. 
Akela still stuck to her balloon jib, which seemed 
rather to overpower her. At times she laid over very 
badly. At the center "buoy Hoodlum had gained 3s. 
more. On the run to Wildwood she again winged her 
jib, while Akela came down after her under balloon 
jib' and spinaker. Hoodlum seemed to hold her own 
and at the Wildwood mark was 20s. ahead. 
Knowing Hoodlum's great windward qualities, I ex- 
pected to see her walk away from Akela, as she had 
done the day before; but the boats had hardly made 
one tack when I saw that Akela was getting the best 
of it. She sailed through Hoodlum's lee, came about, 
crossed her bow, tacked again, and walked right away 
from her. Hoodlum pointed higher, but when the 
puffs struck her she seemed dead and loggy. Akela only 
went the faster, the harder it blew. It was a sad sight 
for an Easterner, but Hoodlum was as clearly out- 
classed as Akela had been on the day before. 
Hoodlum fell steadily astern. When the time was 
taken at the end of the first round Akela had a lead 
of 2m. and 47s. The times at the end of the first round 
were: 
Akela 11 21 22 Hoodlum 11 24 13 
Akela set her spinaker, but Hoodlum gained 16s. on 
her run down to the center, which was owing to care- 
lessness in setting Akela's spinaker. 
Akela made the next two reaches without her balloon 
jib, and the difference was very noticeable; she made 
substantial gains on both legs, and on jibing round 
center had a lead of 3m. and 7s. on Hoodlum. Hood- 
lum was a badly beaten boat, and her crew knew it. 
They had one chance — if the wind lightened, they might 
yet beat Akela. So they shook out the reef in her 
mainsail, but it did not lighten, and while Akela was 
coming up to windward in fine style, Hoodlum came 
staggering along, rather overpowered by her big main- 
sail. Akela romped away from her, beating her as 
badly as she had herself been beaten on the previous 
day. Akela crossed the finish line at 12:30:40. The 
people on shore cheered, the people in the boats cheered, 
the whistles blew, and the guns fired. The Westerners 
were so pleased that when Hoodlum came staggering 
across the line at 12:37:03 they cheered her almost as 
loudly as they did their own victorious boat. 
Hoodlum was beautifully handled, for it took a clever 
crew and skipper to bring her up to windward with her 
full sail. Hoodlum had no excuse to offer; she was 
simply outclassed in the heavy weather. The official 
summary: 
Start, 10:25:00: 
1st round. Finish. 
Akela 11 21 22 12 30 40 
Hoodlum 11 24 13 12 37 03 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
2 05 40 2 05 32 
2 12 03 2 12 03 
Hazard 
Mahto . 
lota ... 
The analysis shows that in four miles of reaching 
Akela's average gain was 5s. per mile. In four miles 
ef windward work, im. and 35s. per mile. In running 
the boats were even. 
The starting gun of the 20-footers was fired at 2:15. 
All the boats crossed within 20s., making as pretty a 
start as one often sees. The boats crossed in the fol- 
lowing order: Hazard, Pistakee, Iota, Mahto, Gadfly 
and Monoquet. The boats raced down to center in 
the fresh breeze, all of them with a smother of foam un- 
der their lee bows. The times at center were: 
Hazard 2 23 28 Mahto 2 24 10 
Iota 2 24 00 Monoquet 2 24 2S 
Gadfly 2 24 08 
Rounding the center buoy the boats started close 
hauled for Dellwood, and Mahto gained a little on 
Hazard. Monoquet, with one reef tied down, had passed 
Pistakee. The boats jibed round the mark as follows: 
2 32 06 Gadfly 2 32 16 
2 32 25 Monoquet 2 33 36 
..2 32 50 Pistakee 2 33 38 
The next leg, which was a run to center, was quite 
exciting. Hazard and Mahto, as in the previous races, 
outclassed the fleet, while the others had a good race 
between themselves. Before the turn was made Pista- 
kee had come up into fourth place, jibing close behind 
Iota. The boats set their spinakers on their run to 
Wildwood, and Hazard made a slight gain over Mahto. 
In the second division of the 20-footers Gadfly passed 
Monoquet, otherwise the order remained unchanged. 
The boats were timed round Wildwood as follows: 
2 46 38 Pistakee 2 50 27 
2 47 23 Gadfly 2 51 18 
2 49 08 Monoquet 2 51 21 
From Wildwood there was a two-mile beat back to 
the starting line at Clarke street. In the stiff breeze it 
was wet work for the little boats, and Capt. Ordway, of 
the Mahto, drove his boat up to windward in a relent- 
less manner. Capt. Pillsbury, on the Hazard, did his 
best, but it wasn't good enough; Mahto passed him and 
pulled out a little lead into the bargain, while Mono- 
quet came fast enough to put herself in third place. 
The times at the end of the first round were: 
Mahto 3 18 56 Pistakee 3 25 22 
Hazard 3 19 1*8 Iota 3 25 26 
Monoquet 3 25 21 Gadfly 3 33 35 
Once off the wind again, Hazard began to gain; foot 
by foot she pulled up on the White Bear competitor, but 
she couldn't get by her, and when tne boats turned 
center Mahto still led by 2SV, which she increased to 
32 when the Dellwood mark was reached. Eight min- 
utes astern Pistakee, Iota and Monoquet rounded with- 
in 32s, of each other, while Gadfly labored far behind, 
Hazard 
Mahto 
Iota 
Mahto continued to gain, and when the time was 
taken at Wildwood she was tin, and 9s. ahead of 
Hazard — a lead which she increased 2m. and 33s. at 
the finish. The official summary}. 
Start, 2:15:00: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Mahto 4 28 00 2 13 00 
Hazard 4 30 33 2 15 33 
Monoquet 4 38 53 2 23 53 
Iota 4 39 03 2 24 03 
Pistakee 4 41 28 2 26 28 
Gadfly 4 55 00 2 40 00 
The result of this race was that Mahto was awarded 
the championship cup of the 20ft. class. She deserved 
her victory, and was handled in a most skilful manner 
by Mr. L. P. Ordway, who had as his crew W. J. 
Murray, I. E. Ramaley and C. A. Reed. 
Hazard, sailed by Mr. Alfred F. Pillsbury, who had 
as his crew W. D. Morse, Daniel Raymond and A. Wil- 
cox, was awarded the pennant for the second best boat. 
The starting gun for the 17-footers was fired at 2:20, 
all crossing within 10s. of each other, Xenia in the lead. 
We're Here undertook to pass Xenia on the run down 
to center, and Xenia's skipper claimed that a foul oc- 
curred, and protested accordingly, but the protest was 
not allowed. Shortly after this Xenia's spinaker broke 
and she was handicapped during the rest of the race by 
the loss of that sail. Times at center were: 
We're Here 2 29 15 Xenia 2 29 46 
El Comancho 2 29 33 
We're Here continued to run away from her com- 
petitors on the reach to Dellwood, and Xenia passed 
El Comancho. Times at Dellwood were: 
We're Here 2 37 49 El Comancho 2 39 45 
Xenia 2 38 36 
We're Here continued to gain; Xenia ran away from 
Monoquet. who was entirely overpowered by the heavy 
breeze. 
After this it was a procession all the way round the 
course. Xenia went better to windward than her com- 
petitor, but her mast was badly sprung, and her skipper 
was unable to do her justice on that account. The times 
at the finish were, for the 17ft. class: 
Start, 2:20:00: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
We're Here 4 48 54 2 28 54 
Xenia 4 50 26 2 30 26 
El Comancho h 5 01 41 2 51 41 
The same officials presided over this race as on the 
previous days. % 
Fourth Day, Thursday, Aug. 25. 
The conditions on this fourth and last of fhe races 
were about the same as on the third. The wind was not 
blowing quite so hard, but both the 23-footers had single 
reefs in their mainsails, though the 17-footers sailed un- 
der full sail. 
Akela had on a larger mainsail than on the previous 
day, and in consequence her sail area was about the 
same as Hoodlum's. The big match was started at 
10:25, and Hoodlum led over the line by about 20s., 
breaking out her spinaker as she crossed. Akela got 
into a good deal of trouble with her spinaker, but in 
spite of this gained 14s. on Hoodlum, and jibed round 
the center buoy close behind her. 
Both boats started on the reach to Dellwood, and 
Akela ran up rapidly, attempting to force a passage 
to leeward of Hoodlum, and thus get the inside track 
at the mark, which was to be left to starboard. 
But she wasn't quite fast enough to do this; Mr. 
Griggs evidently thought his best chance was to go 
by Hoodlum to windward, and attempted to do so. It 
was quite evident that Mr. Burton could have stopped 
him from doing this, had he wished to, for he didn't 
even luff with Akela. 
The boats were now nearing the buoy. Hoodlum, as 
Mr. Burton had calculated, had about a half length of 
overlap on Akela at the mark. Of course, Akela should 
have given her room, but she didn't, and Hoodlum, in 
trying to keep clear of her, not only struck the mark, 
but also ran her bowsprit 4in. into Akela's side, just 
aft of the mast. The boats were coming very fast, and 
the collision was a hard one. Hoodlum got clear, hold- 
ing her sheets, and sailed on, while Akela, instead of 
following her, paid off and went ashore to repair her 
damage. Hoodlum sailed the course alone, crossing the 
finish line at 12:39:10. She broke her tiller square off 
one mile from the finish, and had to be sailed to wind- 
ward by her jib. . 
When the boats came ashore, Mr. Griggs was asked 
for his statement of the facts. Pie said: "If Hoodlum had 
jibed sooner, it would not have happened. When I 
jibed my boat she came back very fast. I shall not 
file any protest. I am done sailing. Burton did not 
intend to hit me, I am sure of that, and both he and 
Higginson are all right, but I wish their main sheet 
man had jibed sooner." In answer to this statement, 
Mr. Burton said: "We had the inside course for the 
buoy at DeHwood. Akela had the windward position, 
coming to the buoy. When the boats jibed Hoodlum 
was to windward, and had an overlap. Akela should 
have given us room to get around the mark. That she 
did not do. We jibed as quickly as we could, but struck 
her, and trying to keep clear of her, we fouled the 
mark." 
Such was the accident which marred the last day's 
racing. Hoodlum was in the lead when it occurred, 
though it is doubtful whether she could have kept it. 
The 17-footers sailed a final race this morning, Xenia 
winning over We're Here and El Comancho. The start 
ing gun was fired at 10:30 A. M. All the boats crossed 
the line at about the same time, with El Comancho 
slightly in the lead. Just after crossing the line We're 
Here broke her spinaker pole. Both El Comancho and 
Xenia passed her. The times at the center buoy were: 
El Comancho '. 10 39 25 We're Here 10 40 05 
Xenia 10 39 43 * 
When the boats rounded center for the second time 
and started for the run to Wildwood, Xenia was leading 
the Minnetonka boat by im. 31s., while We're Here was 
in her turn as far ahead of El Comancho. Just after 
rounding WUdwood, We're Here broke her jib halyard 
and lost a minute and a half. On windward work 
Xenia. outsailed We're Here badly, and at the Clarke 
street buoy had a lead of 6m. and 13s. On the runs 
and reaches which followed We're Here made good 
gains on Xenia, but she lost again badly in the beat to 
windward, and at the finish she was 6m. and 20s. behind 
the White Bear boat. 
The official summary: 
Start, 10:30:00: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Xenia 1 01 00 2 31 00 
We're Here 1 07 20 2 37 20 
El Comancho 1 11 42 2 41 42 
This makes two races to Xenia's credit. A third race 
was to be sailed this afternoon after the writer left. 
Xenia was sailed in her races by Com. H. T. Drake, 
who had as his crew F. R. Bigelow and Charles Powers. 
There has been a strong feeling prevalent among the 
yachtsmen that next year's races will be held at Lake 
Winnebago. The races this year have been on the 
whole quite satisfactory, and Minnesota yachtsmen may 
well feel proud of their boats, for they carried off first 
and second honors in all the classes but one, and in 
that one the defeated boat Akela made an admirable 
showing. 
' A. Henry Higginson. 
The Quincy Challenge Cttp. 
The first series of races for the handsome perpetual 
challenge cup established last winter by the Quincy Y. 
C. for the 21ft. l.w.l. class of the Y. R. A. of Massachu- 
setts was begun last week, the result of five days' sail- 
ing being that each side won two races, and the defender 
was dismasted, the final race being set for Sept. 1. The 
challenger, Duchess, representing the Lynn Y. C, is 
a new boat, designed and partly built by C. D. Mower, 
head draftsman for Arthur Binney, the designer, and is 
very similar to the succesful Vitesse, designed, built 
and raced last year in the 15ft. class by Mr. Mower. 
Duchess was designed for the 18ft. class, regardless of 
the Quincy cup, but it was decided to challenge with 
her; though she was certain to be outmatched to the 
extent of some 3ft. of length, with no time allowance. 
As she practically went up into the 21ft. class, she was 
allowed to carry five instead of four men, and as trimmed 
for these .races she measured 18ft. 4in. She is owned 
by Charles Hayden. Recruit was designed by J. R. 
Purdon, and built by the Lawley & Son Corporation 
for F. B. Rice, commodore of the Quincy Y. C, special- 
ly for the defense of the cup; she is of very light con- 
struction, and fully up to the 21ft. limit, in fact she 
has needed alterations to get her safely on the right 
side of the line. 
The conditions call for a series of three out of five 
races. It was expected that several other boats would 
enter with Duchess as challengers, but none appeared. 
The Quincy Y. C. was represented by Secretary J. S. 
Whiting; the Lynn Y. C. by W. A. Estes, these two 
choosing a third judge, A. G. McVey. The steam yacht 
Athlete, A. C. Norcross, was used as the committee 
boat. 
On Monday morning the wind was S.W. and 
puffy, with force enough to induce the crew of Duchess 
to tie in three reefs, while Recruit had two, both 
carrying small jibs. The course was to leeward and 
return, two and a half miles out, around the red dolphin 
at Hull, two rounds making nine miles. On board the 
challenger were Arthur H. Parker, John A. Blanchard, 
Charles Hayden, E. M. Horton and C. D. Mower. 
Recruit was sailed by Henry M. Faxon, Arthur Heith, 
Harold B. Faxon, Frank Crane and J. L. Whiton. 
The start was made from the gun at 2:05 P. M., Re- 
cruit leading over the line. Duchess, just astern, was 
quicker with her spinaker. She held close on Recruit's 
weather quarter over the greater part of the leg. finally 
turning within 25s. of Recruit. On the wind Recruit 
began to gain, and showed a lead of over a minute 
when the first round ended: 
Recruit 2 58 50 Duchess 2 59 53 
Spinakers were set for the run out. Duchess gained, 
and was very close at the turn. As the wind fell a little 
on the beat home, Duchess shook out her third reef. 
Recruit followed by shaking out her second reef, but in 
the hurry one reef point was left tied, and the sail was 
badly torn. Soon after Duchess shook out her second 
reef, also tearing her sail, but not badly. Recruit did 
very poor work with her damaged mainsail, and was 
badly beaten. 
Finish. . Elapsed. 
D, , c hess 4 00 25 1 55 25 
Recruit "7 30 2 12 30 
After the race the torn' mainsails were sent to Wilson 
& Silsby's loft, being repaired there for the next morn- 
ing. , ... « 
The course for the second race was a triangle of six 
miles, sailed twice. The race was started to windward 
in an easterly breeze, but by the shifting of the wind 
to S. and S.W. the three legs were to windward. The 
start was made at 2 P. M., Recruit going over on time, 
while Duchess was not near the line, and lost half a 
minute in the light air. The first leg was a matter of 
calms and flukes, each going in turn. Duchess having a 
lead of but 7s. at the first mark. Recruit went ahead and 
had a lead of im. 22s. at the second mark. The wind 
was now settled at S.W. and steady, just right for a 
fair trial to windward. Recruit managed to add im. 
10s.. the first round being timed: 
Recruit , 3 15 51 Duchess 3 18 23 
The second round showed a steady gain for Recruit, 
the final times being: 
Iinish. Elapsed. 
Recruit 4 11 06 2 11 06 
Duchess V.".':".' * 21 38 2 21 38 
The course for the third race was windward and lee- 
ward, two rounds, making nine miles, with a fresh S.W. 
breeze. Each boat had two reefs in. but the second reef 
came out before the start, at 3 P. M. After some quick 
work Duchess went over just ahead of Recruit, breaking 
out her spinaker smartly, while Recruit was slow with 
hers. At the first mark Recruit had a lead of 26s. 
Recruit carried her large working jib to windward 
while Duchess showed a small jib, both being reefed. 
The first round was timed: 
Recruit ,,,, , ,3 43 27 Duchess 46 23 
