July 1899.] 
I^OREST AlSft) STREAM. 
Columbia and Defender. 
As noted last week, the first trial of Columbia under 
sail was made on June 25, when she got under way from 
Bristol at about 9 A. M., with Messrs. Iselin and N. G. 
Herreshoff on board, and sailed down to Newport, 
escorted by Corsair, with Com. Morgan on board and a 
tug well loaded with newspaper men. Off Newport she 
met Defender, but at this time her crew were busy setting 
up tht braces from the stenihead to the bowsprit fid, the 
inner gammon iron having shown signs of weakness. As 
soon as this work was completed, about 11 :30, the two 
came together and sailed in company for about a quarter 
of an hour. The wind was still light — about eight miles 
an hour — and both were under the three lower sails only. 
The short trial on the wind, without any tiining, was 
considered by all who saw it as decidedly in favor of the 
new boat, as with Defender on her weather quarter at 
the start, Columbia soon worked out clear ahead. At 
noon Columbia anchored outside Rose Island, but as the 
weather was unpleasant in the afternoon she did not try 
Defender again, but sailed back to Bristol. Workmen 
were busy all day Tuesday on various work about the 
yacht, the bowsprit fastenings in particular being 
strengthened. In the afternoon she was formally turned 
over hy the builders to Mr. Iselin, and was placed in 
'jomniission, after which the tender St. Michaels towed her 
to Newport. 
On Tuesday two informal races were sailed with De- 
fender, outside Newport Harbor, the result of each being 
in favor of Columbia, but by a small margin. There Avas 
plenty of wind for both trials, a whole-sail breeze from 
S.W., with smooth water. The two started from the 
harbor about 10 o'clock, and Avorked out to Brenton's Reef 
Lightship. Columbia, under lower sails, passed to lee- 
ward of the Lightship in advance of Defender, with 
working topsail set, the latter weathering the Lightship. 
No times were taken, and no attempt was made at a 
formal start. Columbia set her working topsail after some 
delay, and worked out a little lead. After several tacks 
toward Point Judith, both set baby jibtopsails at noon and 
stood on for a short distance further. The gain through- 
out was on the side of Columbia, but it was very small. 
On the reach in the two did not start evenly, and while 
Columbia ran in to the harbor so that her crew might get 
dinner on board the tender. Defender lay to off Narragan- 
sett Pier, and the crew had dinner on board. 
Columbia was not under way again until 4 P. M., by 
which time Defender was coming up the bay in search of 
her. At 4:30 they started again off Beaver Tail, Defender 
just on the weather beam of Columbia, both under work- 
ing topsails and in a breeze of about fifteen knots. When 
■ they stopped at about 5 o'clock, Columbia's topsail sheet 
having pulled out the clew 'of the sail, she had gained 
on Defender, but very little. 
On Wednesday the two sailed from Newport' to New 
London, a distance of thirty-eight miles, no times being 
taken, biit the start being made as evenly as possible. 
The day was storm}^ with a heavy rain and a strong S.W. 
wind kicking up a lively sea off Point Judith. The whole 
i;ourse was covered under the three lower sails on each 
boat. Navahoe started early in the morning alone, but it 
was after ir o'clock when Columbia weighed anchor, De- 
fender being already under way. They passed Brenton's 
Reef Lightship, under mainsails and jibs, about noon, 
Columbia ahead but well to leeward of Defender. Short- 
ly after the3' set forestaysails. In the beat out to Point 
Judith, Columbia gained steadily, and she had a clear lead 
before the buoy was passed. The rain stopped and the 
sky lightened a little, but the wind held strong. The long 
leg from Point Judith to Race Rock Light, nearly tw-enty- 
nine miles, was a close reach. There was a little more 
rain on the way, and the wind fell for a short time, but 
the water was rough for the entire distance. The new 
boat behaved well in the sea, being very easy and buoyant. 
She anchored in New London Harbor at 4:30, about eight 
minutes ahead of Defender, or nearly ten minutes' gain, 
allowing for the difference at the start. 
Both yachts laid OA^er at New London for the university 
boat races, and started on Friday for Ncav Rochelle, De- 
fender under sail and Columbia in tow of her tender. 
Columbia arrived early in the morning, and in the after- 
noon she was under way for a sail in a fresh northerly 
breeze. On Saturday she was under Avay again, this time 
setting her large club topsail. Defender Avas painted on 
Saturday, at her anchorage off Ncav Rochelle. 
The race originally set for July i AA^as postponed to 
Monday, July 3, and again postponed on account of the 
many who wished to witness it, but who were going out 
of town for the three holidays. The ncAV date is Thurs- 
day, July 6. The race will be over a thirty-mile course, 
..starting from Sandy Hook or Scotland Lightship, for a 
$250 cup, offered by the New York Y, C. The yachts will 
sail either to windward or leeward and return, or a 
triangular course. The sailing directions are as folloAvs : 
Start. — The start will be off Sandy Hook or Scotland 
Lightship, as will be signaled. The preparatory signal 
will be made at 11 ;30 A. M. 
Courses. — No. i (Letter B). From the starting line 
to and around a mark fifteen miles to the Avindward, or to 
leeward, and return, leaving the mark on the starboard 
hand. 
No. 2 (Letter T). From the starting line, ten miles to 
and around a mark ; thence ten miles to and around an- 
other mark, and thence ten miles to finish line, turning 
the marks on the outside of the triangle, to port or star- 
board, according as the yachts are sent around. 
Starting and finishing lines, which will be between a 
point on the flagship Corsair, indicated by a white flag, 
and the mainmast of the lightship, Avill be at right angles 
with the outward and home courses, respectively. 
_ Compass courses Avill be set before the preparatory 
signal is made, and Avill be kept flying until after the 
start. The signals for Course No. 2 must be i-ead be- 
ginning forward. 
Marks Avill be floats displaying a red flag Avith white 
stripe. . 
■ Preparatory Signal.— A gun will be fired and a red ball 
hoisted. 
Signal for the Start. — Ten minutes later a second gun 
will be fired and another red ball hoisted. 
Handicap Time. — Two minutes later a third gun Avill be 
fired and both balls will drop. 1 
Shonld a signal gun miss fire, a prolonged blast 6f the 
whistle will be given. 
The Iron Steamboat Cepheus has been chartered for the 
members and guests, and Avill leave Pier I, North River, 
at 9 :30 A. M., and on the return will stop at that pier and 
at the foot of West TAventy-second street. She will be in 
charge of Secretary Oddie. 
There is a prospect of the two meeting again in a short 
time over a course on Loud Island Sound, and on July 20 
the pair will meet in a series of three out of five races, to 
be .sailed off Newport, for a prize offered by the New- 
port Yacht Racing Association. 
Lloyds' Yacht Register* 
With the new volume just issued, Lloyds' Yacht 
f-Jegister comes very close to celebrating its majority, as 
it was established, as an auxiliary branch of the great ship- 
ping register, in 1878. The ncAV volume lists in all a total 
of 8,098 yachts, of Avhich 6,581 are measured and regularly 
classified by the Society's rule, the remainder being 
American yachts not thus measured. Out of the 6,581 
yachts, 5,161 are sailing and 1,420 are steam vessels. Of 
the sailing yachts 4,920 are built of Avood; 169 are com- 
posite, and but 59 are of .steel and 13 of iron. Of the steam 
yachts 791 are of AVOod, 54 of composite build, 382 of 
steel and 193 of iron. Great Britain alone, withoiU her 
colonies, has built 4,491 of these yachts, and owns 4,007 
of them, with a gross tonnage of 156,368 tons out of a 
total of 271,880 tons. This latter total is divided between 
sail and steam in the ratio of 91,134 to 180,746. While 
many of the principal American yachts are classed at 
Lloyds' and the names of inost of the prominent Amer- 
AVILLXAM FIFEj JK. 
Designer of Shawirock, Minerva, Oara, Yama, Zelma, Uirfra 
and Kestrel. 
From a photo by Davis & Sandford, New York. 
ican yachtsmen appear on the list of some 1,700 subscribers 
to the Yacht Register, the figures are not sufficiently com- 
plete to afford a comparison of the number and tonnage 
of the American and British fleets. 
During the past year there have been built in Great 
Britain 39 sailing yachts of 10 tons and over, with a gross 
tonnage of 1,793 tons; and 35 steam yachts, with a tonnage 
of 8,172 tons. 
Two of the largest steam yachts now building are for 
Americans, Messrs. James Gordon Bennett and A. J, 
Drexel, Both of these are designed by Mr. Watson. The 
Bennett yacht reaches the enormous tonnage of 2,054 tons, 
with a length of 284ft. betAveen perpendiculars, a beam of 
39ft. 6in. and a depth of 25ft. She is building by W. 
Denny & Bros., Dumbarton-on-the-Clyde. The Drexel 
yacht is of 1,710 tons, 282ft. long, 36ft. 2in. beam and 27ft. 
depth, and is building by Scott & Co., Greenock. Her en- 
gines will have 8 cylinders, two 22in., two 36in. and four 
4oin. by 27in. 
The Register contains the usual complete lists of 
yachts, yacht clubs, racing flags, the Y. R. A. rules and al- 
lowance tables, list £>i signal letters, builders and yacht 
owners. Among the list of yacht owners who have ob- 
tained certificates as masters is an American, Mr. Allison 
V. Armour, owner of Utowana, steam yacht. 
A very interesting list is found in the last pages of the 
book, of yachts removed from the Register during the 
past year. The various causes run "No longer a yacht," 
"Broken up," "Foundered," "Wrecked," "Noav a fishing 
vessel," "Now a houseboat," "Now a traduig vessel," 
"Now a pilot vessel" and "Condemned." Quite a story 
might be written from this list. . 
The principal representative of the Society in the United 
States is Mr. Thomas Congdon, Principal SurvcA'or for 
the United States, and Surveyor for the Port of New 
York. The first Supplement for 1899 accompanies the 
book; the Ruleg are now published in a separate vol- 
ume, owing^to tite size of the Register proper. 
New Rochelle Y. C. Annual Regatta. 
new' RQCHBLLE— LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Saturday, July i. 
The New Rochelle Y. C. sailed its annual regatta on 
the usual date, the Saturdav preceding the Fourth of 
July. In spite of a tedious calm in the morning, there was 
a good S.W. Avind when the start was given at i P. M, 
for the larger classes. The new Kestrel was classed Avith 
the ten-year-old Liris aud AAva, so she was given a sail- 
over prize, and the other two were classed separately in 
the cruising division. The course for the knockabouts, 
3faAA'ls and all larger yachts was from off New Rochelle 
Harbor, past the Gangway Buoy and the Old Hen Black 
Buoy, seven and one-third miles, sailed twice. The 
short course, a triangle marked by the Plen and Chickens 
buoys and the Middle Ground Buoy, was sailed three 
times by the cabin cats, tAvice by the small sloops and open 
cats, and once by the dories. The times were: 
Cutters and Sloops— 52ft. Class— Start, 1:00, 
Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Kestrel, J. B. Mills 49.46, 3 29 55 3 29 55 
Cutters and Sloops— 52ft. Cruising Class — Start, 1:00. 
Awa, T. L. Arnold 50.. SR 3 53 05 3 53 05 
Liris. T. J. McCahill, jr 48.00 3 49 IS 3 46 33 
Sloops— 43ft. Class— Start, 1:10. 
Eurybia. Charles Pryer 40.02 2 58 16 2 57 T,Z 
Wancln, j. L. Fallert...,' 40.38 2 55 42 2 55 42 
Sloops— 36ft. Class— Start, 1:10. 
Anontok, O. Sanderson 34.00 2 42 53 2 38 27 
Possum, J. R. Maxwell 37.06 2 39 41 2 39 41 
Acuslila, C. T. Wells 34.00 2 49 55 2 45 19 
Sloops— 30ft. Class— Start, 1:10. 
Haydee, C. T. Smith 26.06 3 .33 34 3 32 26 
Water Lily, T. JT. McLaughlin 27.02 3 24 49 3 24 49 
Yawls— Start, 1:15. 
Sultan, C. S. Somerville..., .37.93 2 45 14 2 45 14 
Possum, W. N. Bavier 33.00 2 55 56 2 49 5B 
Ola, E. T. Birdsall 24.00 Did not finish. 
Sloops— Special— 30ft. Class— Start, 1:05. 
Hera, R. N. Ellis 30.00 2 36 40 
Esperanza, H. O. Havemeyer, Jr 30.00 2 35 26 
21it. Knockabouts— Start, 1:40. 
Kenosha, C. T. Voltz ...21.00 2 53 17 
Spindrift, S. C. Pirie 21.00 2 42 37 
Cero, C. D. Mallory 21.00 2 55 15 
Mongoose, Simeon Ford Did not finish. 
Racing Knockabouts — Start, 1:10. 
Midge, .F. W. Boj'er 21.00 2 SR 59 
Thelga, A. P. Thayer 21.00 2 55 58 
Sloops— 18ft. Class— Start, 1:20. 
Edwina, J. N. Gould 16.01 1 42 17 1 40 13 
Fidget, T. H. Burch, Jc 16.09 1 47 14 1 47 14 
Hope, A. Iselin, Jr...... 15.00 1 40 36 1 36 02 
Cabin Catb oats— 30ft. Class— Start, 1:25. 
Windora, W. L. Ward 30.00 1 57 45 1 57 45 
Rajah, C. T. Bedford 30.00 1 59 14 1 59 14 
Cabin Catboats— 25ft. Class— Start. 1:25. 
Win or Lose, J. S. Appleby 23.50 2 14 34 2 H 52 
Qui Vive, G. A. Freeth 24.93 2 07 13 2 07 13 
Open Catboats— 25ft, Class— Start, 1:30. 
Florence, A. H. Alker 22.05 1 42 26 1 39 40 
Elftwa, A: Roe.sch; Jr. 24. 00 1 41 12 1 41 12 
Elsie. W. F. Gillespie; 23. ,52 1 38 18 1 37 38 
Open Catboats— 21ft. Class— Start, 1:30. 
Ox, R. N. Bavier 19.14 1 4140 1 38 26 
SpurtTc, C. E. Silkworth 21.00 1 34 22 1 34 22 
Vera. A. M. Bradley 20.07 1 35 23 1 33 54 
Open Catboats— 18ft. Class— Start, 1:30. 
Ka-za-za, T. J. McCahill 17.02 1 28 50 1 28 50 
Diana, A. lioesch, Jr 16.00 1 48 25 1 46 OS 
Caijt., A. Gattinger 16.58 1 46 48 1 45 55 
Snapper, G. W. Fuller 15.00 • 1 59 12 1 54 24 
Dories — Start, 1:45. 
Dud. G. A. Cory..., 1 09 40 
Periwinkle, James Francis....... 116 32 
Fun, J. W. Alker 1 19 13 
Tom Cod, P. A. Johnson.......:.... 1 11 32 
Kudder, T. F. Day Disabled. 
Zena, F. E. Barnes , Did not finish. 
Llera led Esperanza easily over the first round, but on 
the second the steam yacht Calypso forced her off her 
course and gave the lead to Esperanza . 
The winners Avere : Kestrel, Liris, Esperanza, Wahnfcta, 
Anoatok, Water Lily, Sultan, Hope, Windora, Qui Vive, 
Elsie, Vera, Ka-za-za, Spindrift, Thelga and Dud. 
Columbia Y. C. 
CHICAGO — ^LAKE MICHIGAN. 
Saturday, June 24. 
The Columbia Y. C, of Chicago, sailed a race from 
that city to Michigan City, on June 24, a distance of forty* 
miles. The times Avere: 
52ft. Class. 
Start. Finish. Corrected. 
Siren 12 31 19 4 48 30 4 16 30 
42ft. Class. 
Peri 12 32 02 5 45 30 5 12 42 
Valiant 12 30 50 6 04 04 G 32 54 
Pinta 12 34 00 6 33 40 5 59 40 
Nomad ■ 12 32 05 5 47 30 i 5 15 25 
Wizard 12 34 07 Withdrew. 
Hattie B 12 34 55 Withdrew. 
35ft. Class. 
Vixen ; 12 32 02 Withdrew. 
Nymph 12 30 40 6 28 05 5 32 54. 
sort. Class. 
Tartar 12 31 25 Withdrew. 
25ft. Class. 
Vanity 12 30 50 Withdrew. 
Peri wins the Anonson cup for the best corrected time 
of a cruising yacht. Siren, Peri and Nymph each Avins 
in her class. 
Sqttantum Y. C. 
The Squantum Y. C. sailed a race on July i for the 
Burkhardt cup, the times being: 
First Class. 
Corrected. 
Wild Duck, Burkhardt Bros 0 51 32 
Ornyx, Hamilton Flood 0 55 20 
Alberta, Fraftk EEeemao...,-.-,..,... 1 08-59 
Second Class. 
Tuanita, E. Sawin ..1 02 04 
Mar>' G., C. Johnson........... 1 04 07 
Maud, Dr. Locke. 1 05 08 
Mischief, sloop, the famous old "iron pot" designed by 
A. Gary Smith in 1879 for the late J. R. Busk, the de- 
fender of the America Cup against Atalanta in 1881, has 
just been sold at auction in Boston for .$1,050, Her 
original cost was ahout $16,000. 
Mosquito Fleet Y. C 
The Mosquito. Fleet Y. C, of South Boston, sailed an 
open race on Jtme 28,-the times being : ; v . : 
25ft. Class. . 
Hermes, A. W. Chesterton 2 51 10 
Eleanor, D. B. Clapp...,. 2 53 46 
Jeannette, Walter Burgess.'. 3 08 13 
21ft. Class. 
Arab IV., W. F. Scott .....Withdrew. 
Privateep, A. H. Doble — ...Withdrew. 
