Sept. 3, iM-j 
POTEST AMD STftEAM. 
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From Photo by N 
On the run Recruit gained but ios., when they turned, 
however. Duchess stopped to tie in her third reef, and 
with but one reef on Recruit she was badly beaten. 
The times were: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Recruit 4 29 00 1 29 00 
Duchess 4 41 54 1 41 54 
On Thursday there was a very light east wind when 
the race was started at 3 P. M. over a triangular course. 
Recruit leading Duchess by 8s. over the line. The race 
was mainly a drift, with the wind shifting to S.W. and 
falling altogether at times. Recruit finished at 6:31:32, 
the time limit expiring at 6:30. Duchess finished at 
6:32:40. 
On Friday there was a fresh westerly breeze. Duchess 
tying in three reefs, and Recruit two. It was agreed 
to sail but one round of the six-mile triangle. The start 
was made at 3 P. M., Recruit leading over the line, and 
gaining im. 30s. on the reach to first mark. This two 
miles was covered in ixrn. ios., and the next two, also 
reaching, in 10m. is., the mark being timed: 
Recruit 3 21 18 Duchess 3 24 42 
Both came hard on the wind, and Recruit was easily 
holding her own, but her mast split below the jaws as 
she went through a lively sea, and finally broke. Duchess 
finished at 4:01:26. The next race, probably the final 
one, will be started at 10:30 on Sept. r. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C 
Last week was a busy one at Oyster Bay, through the 
visit of the five one-design knockabouts of the Corin- 
thian Y. C, of Philadelphia, for the series of interclub 
matches with the Seawanhaka fleet. The racing covered 
the whole week and a day over, from Saturday to 
Saturday, the first and last days being devoted to special 
races, while five days were given to the interclub 
matches. The visiting fleet was at Oyster Bay on Aug. 
19, including Kid, owned by Mrs. Geary, and sailed by 
Barklee Henry; Fly, owned by Charles Brock and Mrs. 
Crozier, and sailed by Mr. Brock; Grilse, owned and 
sailed by Robert Toland; Spider, owned and sailed by 
Parker Freeman, and Fareeda, owned by Com. Alex- 
ander Van Rensselaer and sailed by Charles V. Grant. 
The Seawanhaka representatives were: Gloria, owned 
by J. Rogers Maxwell, Jr.. and sailed by J. Frederick 
Tarns; Stella, owned by John S. Hoyt and sailed by 
J. Sherman Hoyt; Kewaydin, owned by R. C. Wetmore 
and sailed by R. W. Gibson; Dacoit, owned by H. L. 
Maxwell, and Tosto, owned by L. M. Scott, each sailed 
by her owner. 
The race of Aug. 20»was over a course from Oyster 
Bay to Greenwich, where the Indian Harbor Y. C. had 
planned a clambake and other festivities for the vis- 
itors. Com.. Rouse offered the cup won by Mistral in 
the New London race as a prize for this race. The 
start was made at 10 A. M. in a flat calm, and after 
drifting all day the yachts gave up and returned to 
Oyster Bay. only one, Dacoit, making Greenwich at 
dark. 
The first of the interclub races was started on Monday 
morning over a triangular course off Center Island 
Buoy, in the Sound. The yachts raced for points, each 
being credited with the number of boats on the other 
side which she defeated. The races were in charge of 
C. W. Wetmore, of the Seawanhaka race committee, as- 
sisted by Walter T. Owen and Isaac W. Jeanes, of the 
Corinthian Y. C. of Philadelphia. The first race was 
sailed in a fresh westerly wind, the times being: 
C. D. MOWER, 1898. 
L. Stebbins. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Stella, S. C. Y. C 4 38 44 2 19 44 
Dacoit, S. C. Y. C 4 39 08 2 20 08 
Tosto, S. C. Y. C 4 40 34. 2 21 34 
Gloria, S. C. Y. C 4 41 55 2 22 55 
Kid, P. C. Y. C 4 42 54 2 23 54 
Kewaydin, S. C. Y. C 4 43 08 2 24 08 
Farceeda, P. C. Y. C 4 45 17 2 26 17 
Spider, P. C. Y. C 4 45 59 2 26 59 
Fly, P. C. Y. C 4 48 27 2 28 27 
Grilse, P. C. Y. C 4 49 30 2 30 30 
Stella, Dacoit, Tosto and Gloria win 5 points each; 
Kewaydin wins 4 points. Total for Seawanhaka Club, 
24 points. Kid wins 1 point for Philadelphia Club. 
On Tuesday there was a reefing breeze, and the inside 
course, starting and finishing off the club house, was 
chosen, the start being made at 2:05: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Stella, S. C. Y. C ^3 55 00 1 50 00 
Dacoit, S. C. Y. C 3 57 15 1 52 15 
Tosto, S. C. Y. C : 3 57 45 1 52 45 
Kid, P. C. Y. C 4 00 56 1 55 56 
Gloria, S. C. Y. C 4 01 20 1 56 20 
Grilse, P. C. Y. C 4 01 55 1 56 51 
Kewaydin, S. C. Y. C 4 02 27 1 57 27 
Spider, P. C. Y. C 4 02 28 1 57 28 
Fareeda, P. C. Y. C 4 02 33 1 58 33 
Fly, P. C. Y. C 4 02 45 1 58 45 
Stella, Dacoit and Tosto win 5 points each; Gloria 
wins 4 points, and Kewaydin 3 points for the Sea- 
wanhaka Club; total, 21 points. Kid wins 2 points and 
Grilse 1 point for the Philadelphia Club; total, 3 points. 
Grand total to date, Seawanhaka Club 46 points, and 
Philadelphia Club 4 points. 
On Wednesday there was a reefing breeze from S.W., 
and the course was laid out N.N.E., three miles, out- 
side the harbor. Fly lost her rudder at the outer mark 
on the second round, and was steered home with an 
oar. The times were: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Gloria, S. C. Y. C ■ 5 16 44 2 4t> 44 
Stella, S. C. Y. C 5 21 17 2 51 17 
Kid, P. C. Y. C 5 22 28 2 52 28 
Dacoit, S. C. Y. C 5 25 55 2 52 55 
Fareeda, P. C. Y. C 5 25 01 2 55 01 
Kewaydin, S. C. Y. C Disqualified. 
Tosto, S. C. Y. C 5 28 19 2 58 19 
Spider, P. C. Y. C 5 28 50 2 58 50 
Grilse, P. C. Y. C 5 31 51 3 01 51 
Fly, P. C. Y. C 5 54 43 3 24 43 
Gloria and Stella won 5 points each, Dacoit won 4, and 
Tosto won 3 for the Seawanhaka Club. Total for the 
day, 17 points. Kid won 3 for the Philadelphians, 
Fareeda 2, and Spider, Grilse and Fly won 1 each. 
Total for Philadelphia for the, day, 8 points. The total 
number of points to date won by the Seawanhaka Club 
in the three days' racing is 63, against a total of 12 
for the Philadelphia Club. 
On Thursday there was a fresh S.W. wind for the 
triangular course, the times being: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Stella, S. C. Y. C. 5 36 23 3 06 23 
Kewavdin, S. C.-Y.'C 5 37 08 3 07 08 
Kid, P. C. Y. G. :'. 5 39 21 3 09 21 
Fareeda, P. C. Y. G 5 41 11 3 11 11 
Dacoit, S. C. Y. O, 5 42 30 3 12 30 
Tosto 'S C'Y.G,*-: 5 43 18 3 13 IS 
Snider, P. C. Y. C 5 4o 11 8 15 11 
Gdlse? P. C Y, C , 5 45 38 3 15 38 
Stella and Kewaydin won 4 points each, and^Dacoit 
and Tosto 2 each for the Seawanhaka Club. Kid and 
Fareeda won 2 points each for Philadelphia. Total 
points for the day, Seawanhaka, 12; Philadelphia, 4. 
Grand total to date. Seawanhaka, 75; Philadelphia, 16. 
As Fly was unable to sail, the winning boat of Wed- 
nesday, Gloria, was dropped by the Seawanhaka side, 
making four each. . 
The last race was sailed on Friday m a light norther- 
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ly breeze, Fly being repaired and Gloria Starting. The 
times were: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Kid, P. C. Y. C 5 I I 10 2 51 10 
Stella, S. C. Y. C 5 15 15 2 56 15 
Spider P. C. Y. C 5 23 22 3 03 22 
Dacoit S. C. Y. C 5 29 28 3 09 28 
Grilse, P. C. Y. C 5 33 32 3 13 32 
Tosto S. C. Y. C 5 34 50 3 14 50 
Flv, P. C. Y C 5 42 32 3 22 32 
Fareeda, P. C. Y. C 5 43 43 3 23 43 
Kewaydin, S. C. Y. C 5 44 45 £ 20 45 
Gloria, S. C. Y. C 5 45 07 -3 25 07 
Kid wins 5 points for the Philadelphia Club; Spider 
wins 4, Grilse 3, and Fly and Fareeda 2 each. Total 
points for the day for the Philadelphia Club, 16. 
Stella wins 4 points for Seawanhaka, Dacoit 3, and 
Tosto 2, a total for the day for the Seawanhaka Club of 
9 points. 
The grand total for the entire series, which closed with 
this race, stands: Seawanhaka, 85, and Philadelphia, 31 
points. Of these Stella, leading boat of the Seawan- 
haka fleet, has won 23 points, and Kid, leading boat of 
the Philadelphia Club, won 14 points during the series. 
In the evening a dinner was served, at which many 
members and the visitors were present. 
The principal event of Saturday was a private match 
between Norota, D. B. Burnham, and Hussar. J. D. 
Baird, for a cup costing $100 and a stake of $500 per 
side. The wind was fresh N.E., and the course was 
five miles to windward, from Center Island Buoy to a 
buoy off Shippan Point and return, two rounds, making 
twenty miles. Norota was steered by D. Leroy Dres- 
ser, and Hussar by C. G; Davis. Hussar led over the 
course, the times being: 
R.M. Elapsed. Corrected. 
ITussar, J. D. Baird 39.05 3 26 00 3 22 14 
Norota, D. B. Burnham 41.84 3 29 40 3 29 40 
In the afternoon one of the regular knockabout races 
was sailed, with thirteen starters, including the five 
Philadelphia boats. Stella won. 
The Lipton Challenge. 
The personal representative of Sir Thomas Lipton, 
Mr. Charles Russell, arrived at Quebec on Aug. 19, and 
at New York on Aug. 23, being met by two of Sir 
Thomas Lipton's business representatives, who escorted 
him to the Fifth Avenue Hotel. During the day he 
was called on by Secretary Oddie and Treasurer Hurst, 
of the New York Y. C, and later in the day he visited 
the club house on Madison Avenue. On the afternoon 
of Thursday of last week he met at the private office of 
Com. Morgan those members of the special Cup com- 
mittee who were in town, Com. Morgan, Secretary 
Oddie, Treasurer Hurst, and Messrs. E. M. Brown and 
H. B. Duryea. Gen. Paine, who was appointed, de- 
clined to serve. The details of the meeting were not 
made public, but Mr. Russell brought no formal chal- 
lenge, merely stating to the committee the general views 
of his principal. 
On Aug. 24 the special committee of the Royal Ulster 
Y. C, Vice-Corn. R. G. Sharman-Crawford, Hon. Secre- 
tary-Treasurer Hugh C. Kelly, and Hugh M. McGil- 
downey, accompanied by Mr. Will Fife, Jr., sailed for 
New York on the Britannic. They will bring the formal 
challenge, and it is expected that all arrangements will 
be made for the match. 
For some time past Mr. C. Oliver Iselin has been in 
conference with the Herreshoffs over a new defender, 
and though the same secrecy surrounds everything as 
in 1893-5, it is settled that all arrangements have been 
made to begin work at once on a new boat, to be 
managed by Mr. Iselin; Com. J. Pierpont Morgan be- 
ing named as the largest if not the sole owner. Messrs. 
H. P. Duryea and H. P. Whitney were also in consul- 
tation with the Herreshoffs in regard to a second boat, 
but they have given up the idea, as it is understood that 
the firm wishes to build but one boat. This boat, which 
will naturally be an improved Defender, is estimated at 
costing $120,000, but. of course, anything like official 
figures are not accessible. It is also arranged that De- 
fender shall be rebuilt, the estimated cost being $25,000, 
for use in the trial races. 
It is reported from the Clyde that Valkyrie III. will 
be refitted and raced against Shamrock, Sir Thomas 
Lipton's new boat; and also that the Duke d'Abruzzi, 
owner of Bona, has placed an order with Mr. Watson 
for a cutter of the length agreed on. 
The popular assumption is that the match will be 
made between yachts of 90ft. l.w.l., and this will prob- 
ably be the case in spite of the obvious fact that cpiite 
as good sport can be had, with a larger fleet in the 
trial races and a far lower cost, in yachts of 60 to 70ft. 
I. w.l. 
The Flying- Proa. 
Hamilton. Ont, Aug. 22. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
I have been much interested in the articles from your 
correspondents relating to the flying proa, but think 
there must be a mistake in one of them, where it as- 
serts that the flat side of the hull is on the windward 
side. Now, as I understand it, the flat side answers 
the purpose of a center-board, and could only work as 
such on the lee side — the outrigger acting as a large 
hiking board on the weather. Your first correspondent 
on the subject thinks that the wave action caused by 
two rounded hulls placed parallel would retard the speed 
of the craft, but judging by the late Seawanhaka races, 
the catamaran (for the Dominion was nothing else) 
did not seem to suffer from this cause. 
I think it has been clearly proved that the wave mo- 
tion is produced, not by the shape of the two hulls, but 
by the fact that they are generally fixed rigidly together. 
Mr. Herreshoff, working on this theory, has designed 
some catamarans with a ball-and-socket joint holding 
the two hulls together, so that each hull is entirely in- 
dependent of the other as to the angle at which it is 
with the surface of the water, allowing each hull to 
adapt itself to the surface of the wave passing under 
it, and. of course, holding them always parallel. The 
result of this is that he has produced a craft for which 
he claims the high speed of twenty-one miles an hour. 
My idea is that if two canoes were joined together in 
