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FOREST t: AND STREAM. 
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26. Burgess, club, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay, 
26. Quincy, club, Quincy, Boston Harbor. 
26. Seawanhaka Cor., Center memorial, Oyster Bay, L, 1. Sound. 
26. Winthrop, club, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 
26. Wollaston, handicap, Wollaston, Mass. 
26. Quannapowitt, club. 
26. Wood's Holl, sprit & cat classes, Wood's Holl, Hadley Harbor. 
26. Norwalk, club, Norwalk, Long Island Sound. 
26. Savin Hill, club handicap, Savin Hill, Boston Harbor. 
26. Atlantic, Ballantine cup, Sea Gate, New York Harbor. 
27. Williamsburgh, ladies' race, Bowery Bay, Lond IslantI Soiand. 
27. Penataquit Cor., knockabouts, Bayshore, Great South Bay. 
28. Cape Cod, open, Provincetown, Cape Cod Bay. 
29. Wellfleet, open, Wellfleet Harbor. 
SEPTEMBER. 
New York, trial races, America Cup, off Sandy Hook. 
2. Larchmont, special races, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
2. Jamaica Bay, dory class, Jamaica Bay. 
2. Beverly, open, Monument Beach, Buzzard's Bay. . 
2-4. Corinthian, cruise, Marblehead. ^ 
2. Philadelphia, cup, Philadelphia, Delaware River. 
2. Wood's Holl, club. 
2-4. Wollaston, cruise, Wollaston. _ 
2. Indian Harbor, special, Greenwich, Long Island Sound. T 
2- 4. East Gloucester, cruise to Hull. ' 
2. Royal Nova Scotia, one-design class, Halifax, N. S. 
3. Penataquit, fall club regatta, Bayshore, Great South Bay. 
4. Larchmont, fall regatta, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
4. Atlantic, Adams cups, Sea Gate, New York Harbor. 
4. Beverly, open. Monument Beach, Buzzard's Bay. 
4. Bunker Hill, annual, Boston Harbor. 
4. Lynn, annual, open, Nahant, Massachusetts Bay. 
4. Newport, club, Newport, Narragansett Bay. 
4. Wood's Holl, sprit & cat classes. Wood's Holl, Hadley Harbor, 
4. Burgess, club, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay^ 
4. .Sacheni's Head, annual, open. Sachem's Head, L. I. Sound. 
4. Pavonia, special club, Communipaw, New York Bay. 
4. Royal Nova Scotia, Prince of Wales cup, Halifax, N. S. 
6. Norwalk, open, Norwalk, Long Island Sound. 
7 to 11. Interlake Y. R. A., meet, Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie. 
9. Royal Nova Scotia, open handicap, Halifax, N. S. 
9. Atlantic, Gould cups. Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
9. Seawanhaka Cor., fall race, Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound. 
9. Larchmont, special, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
9. Hull, Mass., open, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
9. Winthrop, cruise to Hull, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 
9. Wollaston, handicap, Wollaston, Mass. 
9-10. Y. R. A. of Massachusetts, rendezvous and sail, Hull. 
9. Wood's Holl, club. Wood's Holl, Quissett. 
9. Burgess, 3d cham., Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
10. Penataquit Cor., knockabouts. Bayshore, Great South Bay. 
14. Newport, ladies' cruise, Newport, Narragansett Bay. 
16. American, fall regatta, Milton Point, Long Island Sound. 
16, Philadelphia, cup, Philadelphia, Delaware River. 
16. Corinthian, Phila., knockabout, Essington, Delaware River, 
23. Corinthian, Phila., knockabout. Essington, Delaware River. 
23. Riverside, fall regatta, Riverside, Long Island Sound. 
24. Williamsburgh, annual fall regatta. Bowery Bay, L. I. Sound. 
27. Taunton, ladies' day, Taunton, Mass. 
30. Corinthian, knockabout, Essington, Delaware River. 
OCTOBER. 
3- 5-7. New York, America Cup matches, Sandy Hook. 
Colombia and Defender. 
The bent boom of Defender, in two pieces, arrived at 
Bristol on July 10 on Columbia's tender, St. Michaels, and 
was taken into the shops, where the bent plates will be re- 
placed by new ones. Defender left New York on the same 
day under trysail and headsails for Newport, continuing 
on to Bristol, where she arrived on the morning of July 
12. Her topmast was lowered and taken ashore, and a 
new one shipped. Columbia was out for crew practice 
several times during the week. 
On July 14 Columbia left New Rochelle for Bristol in 
tow of her tender. At Bristol her new steel mast will be 
stepped. The following announcement has been made 
officially: 
Newport Yacht Racing Association, 
Newport, J^1ly 16, 1899. 
The first race between the sloops Columbia and Defender 
off this port, under the auspices of this Association, 
will be held on Friday, July 21. The start will be made 
from Brenton's Reef Lightship at 11 A. M., and the 
course will be a triangttlar one, but where the marks will 
be has not yet been decided upon. The date of the second 
race will be announced later. 
On July 17 it was announced that the other races would 
be sailed on July 25-27. 
The following comments on Columbia are from the 
Boston Globe: 
Columbia is slowly but surely proving her great su- 
periority over Defender. This fact may not be apparent 
on the surface, nor possibly may the official times in the 
races sailed off Sandy Hook and at Larchmont show it, 
but it is the truth nevertheless and is known to those who 
have closely followed Columbia since her first sail in Nar- 
ragansett Bay. It is true that the superiority is not so 
great as was expected from that sail, but it is there just 
the same and is growing. 
On that original sail Columbia drew away from De- 
fender, close hauled in a light air, as if she were in another 
class. The closest reproduction of these conditions in 
subsequent racing was on the last part of the windward 
leg of the triangular race off Sandy Hook a week ago 
last Thursday. Here Columbia, which in a fresh breeze 
had been barely holding Defender, came up hand over 
hand as the wind lightened, and finally weathered the '95 
boat just before the outer mark. 
Proof one, if you please, that observations as to her 
light weather speed in Narragansett Bay were not so far 
wide of the mark after all. ■ 
In the trials off Newport, in a fresh breeze under work- 
ng topsails, Columbia showed a slight, but not decided, 
mperiority over Defender. In the Sandy Hook race, 
with clubtopsails up, the boats sailed about evenly, but 
;he writer then believed it due to Columbia's badly fitting 
;opsail. Saturday, at Larchmont, this belief was justi- 
led, for in a fresh clubtopsail breeze and with a decent 
itting topsail Columbia walked away from Defender in 
■ust as good style as need be asked, and gave her a nice 
ittle beating in both windward work and reaching in what 
ireviously had been Defender's best play. 
Proof two of that coming superiority that shall be many 
ninutes more than at present over a thirty-miles course. 
In spinaker work at Larchmont Columbia showed up 
o better than Defender, but no fair comparison could be 
nade because of the poor work in handling the big sail 
nade by Columbia's crew. The Deer Isle men were badly 
mtclassed by Defender's Norwegians, and showed that it 
akes training and practice to do such work properly. 
Yet Columbia's crew will be as smart as the other crew 
)y the time the official trial races come in September. 
Don't forget that. Defender's crew of Deer Isle men 
were as good as the best before the season of 'gS was over. 
Columbia's crew are of the same material, and will show 
up in the same way. 
And there will be no change of crews frotn one boat to 
the other. 
Shamrock* 
The unexpected docking of Shamrock on July 11 at 
Southampton gave rise to a report that she was leaking. 
Naturally enough, the report was denied by all connected 
with her, the statement being made that the yacht was 
docked for cleaning and polishing. On July 12 she was 
floated again. 
From one of the many special cable reports we learn 
that her topmast is "deflected" and also "unhoused." It 
is not stated whether these maneuvers were intentional 
or accidental. 
The following is another specimen of the current non- 
sense about the yacht, from the Sportsman : 
"It is stated that tlie Shamrock has a hollow keel, in 
which her cable is stowed. Remembering the difficulty 
and unpleasantness which arose regarding the Defender's 
shifting ballast, it will be interesting to know if this 
-Statement is correct and what American yachtsmen will 
have to say about it." 
Any intelligent yachtsman would say that Mr. Fife is a 
fool if he carries a cable at the masthead or even on 
deck; and in a lesser degree if he carries an iron chain in 
any place in the keel where he might carry a solid piece of 
lead. As far as rule and usage go, he is at liberty to 
locate the chain locker wherever he may please. 
On July 1,3, while the yacht was at her moorings off 
Hythe, an official of the Board of Trade went on board 
and the crew signed articles before him. The question of 
winning money is specially covered in the articles, the first 
officer is to receive ^40, the second £30 and the crew 
£28 each. The two skippers have a private agreement 
with the owner. A story is current that Sir Thomas Lip- 
ton has promised a pension of £1 per week for life to 
every member of the crew in the event of Shamrock 
winning the Cup. 
On July 16 Shamrock was under sail on the Solent for a 
few hours. At one time her throat or peak halyards 
parted. Her first race with Britannia was set for July 18. 
The Seawanhaka Cttp, 
The new Crane 20-footcr, Constance, owned by Messrs. 
Post and Thomas, has been officially named as the repre- 
sentative of the Seawanhaka C. Y. C. in the coming races 
for the Seawanhaka Cup. The trial races of the Royal 
St. Lawrence Y. C. have not yet been sailed, but they 
will be less interesting than in previous years, as but two 
boats are likely to start. The following is from the Ham- 
ilton Herald: 
Montreal, July 14.— The new boat from Mr. Duggan's 
design will be out for a trial spin on Lake St. Louis, and 
"as there are no entries for the Seawanhaka cup trial races 
the new boat will defend the cup without them. There 
appears to be a falling off in the interest connected with 
the Seawanhaka challenge cup, and this morning Arthur 
Hamilton said he wished a crew could be found to sail 
Speculator for a series of trial races, so as to ascertain 
really what the new boat can do in the speed line. As it 
is, the boat will go into races for the cup without trials, 
which is a most unusual thing. 
It was stated this morning that the crew to sail the 
new boat in the approaching series of races will comprise 
Herrick Duggan, W. A. C. Hamilton, Mr. Sherwood 
and Major Hamilton. This is the same crew that sailed 
Dominioin to a successful finish. 
Beverly Y. C 
wing's neck — ^buzzard's bay. 
Saturday, July 15. 
The race of the Beverly Y. C. on July 15 was started 
in a light N.E. wind, which shifted to S.W. just as the 
boats turned the outer mark, making run each way. The 
times were : 
. 25ft. Knockabouts. 
Blazmg St«r, C. M. Baker 2 18 07 
May Queen, D. W. Whittemore 2 18 42 
Nokomis, Alfred Winsor 2 21 58 
Ululu, W. H. Winship r.'. 2 28 44 
_ ., 21ft. Knockabouts. , 
Cynlla, R. W. Emmons 2 26 41 
Quakeress, W. F. Harrison "2 28 06 
Amanita, Joshua Crane ;;2 35 03 
iiditn, b. K. Dow 2 35 40 
Kalama,' Dana Rice .2 36 54 
18ft. Class. 
Poltoos, L. Bacon , 2 17 32 
Esther, E. N. Farnsworth !!2 21 24 
Fourth Class, Cats. 
Daisy, Howard Stockton 2 21 04 
Howard, H. O. Miller , ],2 23 55 
Heiress, Sidney Burgess .'.".'.'2 24 47 
15ft. Restricted Class. 
Next, Paul Jones 1 54 50 
Gobye, S. G. King .*.'.'.'.' .1 55 19 
Peacock, Robert Winsor % gg 24 
Fuzzy, N. F. Emmons. 1 56 42 
Varda J Parkinson Jr ! il 57 04 
Vim, F. W. Sargent •..^-v.. 1 58 47 
Dtfxbwry Y. C. 
DUXBURY, MASS. 
Saturday, July 15. 
The Duxbury Y. C. sailed a handicap race on July 15 
one of a series, open also to the Plymouth and Kingstoii 
yacht clubs. Lobster led, but sailed the wrong course, ow- 
ing to a change having been made, Bobolink being the 
winner. The times were: 
■D I, v 1 J J Elapsed. Corrected. 
Bobolmk, Goodspeed 1 38 20 1 35 20 
-Halcyon, S. C. Wmsor 1 38 05 1 <!(? nsc 
Lobster,' C. C. Clapp 1 36 21 llVi 
Dolphm, N. Morton ..1 56 56 1 45 56 
Veritas Alex. Holmes. .1 57 25 1 47 25 
If, B. F. Norwood ♦ 1 57 43 1 40 40 
Fedora, C. F. Hunt ........1 52 20 1 49 20 
Kandon. G, B. Cushman 1 59 45 1 49 45 
|."fP' A. B. Holmes Did not finish. 
Kittawake, H. M. Jones ,.. Did not finish. 
Savin Hill Y. C 
,^ SAVIN HILL — BOSVON HARBOR. ^ ^ j 
Saturday, July 15. 
The Savin Hill Y. C. has arranged a series of three 
championship handicap races for the club championship, 
which goes to the yacht having the best average. The 
first was sailed on July 15 in a light east wind, the times 
being : 
„ _ . _ Corrected. 
Romance, Lormg Sears 1 07 5^, 
Kalitan, W. Patten .....1 09 49 
Spray, A. L. Kidd 1 ]b 2.3 
Siko, J. D. McBeth 1 ]i 21 
Astrea, H. Packard | 12 22 ' 
Sheerwater, L. T. Howard 1 i:j 04 
Phcenix W. T. Leach ) 13 n 
Ethel, Damrell . 1 13 3] 
Primrose, J. F Stark.... :. .^„..'..V.'J.'.'.l ^ U 
Widgeon, L. A. Horton 114 13 
Annie Maud, F. O. Vegalhan !l 14 50 
Hermes, C. D. Silsbee ..j 15 or 
Terror, C. H. Conant , !!!ll7 31 
Restless, Howland 1 3^7 
Joque, W. Keely '.'.'"'.1 32 22 
Lou'se Withdrew. 
Tantrum , , Withdrew. 
Kiowa Withdrew. 
Romance, Kalitan and Spray each wins a cup, Siko and 
Astrea each wins a pennant. The other races will be 
sailed on Aug. 12 and 26. 
Beverly Y. C. 
wing's neck — buzzard's bay. 
Tuesday, July 4. 
The Beverly Y. C. sailed a race on July 4 in a strong 
S.W. wind and sea, the times being: 
25ft. Class. 
Nokomis, A. Winsor "I'nj^'lf' 
uluia, w. H. winshi^p ,,...::::::::v.2 ol le 
May Queen, D. L. Whittemore i..,^;*... 2 08 10 
21ft. Class. 
Amanita. J. Crane, Jr 2 05 10 
Quakeress, W. H. Harrison 2 08 43 
Cyrilla, R. W. Emmons '"2 10 23 
Edith, R. S. Dow 2 12 21 
Kalama, David Rice \'.'.\[\\11V.'.\]2 13 21 
Gossip, S. R. Warren .......2 16 34 
„ . Fourth Class— Cats. 
Heiress G. G- A.mpry 2 03 10 
Daisy. Howard Stockton 2 05 54 
Hope, J. H. Elhs Disabled. 
Pedro, Howard Miller Disabled. 
„ , , 15ft. One-Design Class. 
Next, Paul Jones 1 19 44 
Varada, J. Parkinson, Jr !..120 19 
Peacock, Robert Winsor, Jr.... 1 22 00 
No Name, Robert Bacon. .,.4,;.. '.'.'.'.'.'.\ 25 01 
Vim, F. W. Sargent ...^ . 1 26 45 
Flickamorro, N. F. Emmons 1 28 14 
Shelter Island Y. C 
GREENPORT — SHELTER ISLAND SOUND. 
Saturday, July 15. 
The Shelter Island Y. C. sailed its Ladies' Day race on 
July 15 in a fresh west wind, the times being: 
Class D — Sloops. 
. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Marion 2 34 47 4 35 45 2 05 08 1 59 31 
Martha 2 34 11 2 38 37 2 04 26 2 04 26 
Asthore 2 34 57 Disqualified 
_ , Catboats. 
Edna 2 06 05 4 31 31 2 25 26 2 25 26 
Yokee 2 05 30 Did not finish. 
Junita 2 05 31 4 37 40 2 32 15 2 28 12 
Allegro 2 05 40 Did not finish. 
Edna 2 06 20 4 58 OO 2 51 40 
J/ancis 2 05 28 Did not finish. 
Merula 2 05 30 2 55 35 Disqualified. 
Spook .....2 10 00 Did not finish. 
Leader 2 06 24 4 34 20 2 27 54 2 22 39 
Single gig race, for boats from yachts belonging to 
Shelter Island Y. C— Com. J. B. Edson's steam yacht 
Claymore, first prize, $10; sloop yacht Pigeon, William 
Westlake, of Brooklyn, second prize, $5. 
Windward Y. C 
BROOKLYN — NEW YORK HARBOR. 
Sunday, July 9. 
The Windward Y. C. sailed a fine race on July g in a 
.strong west wind and rough water. In It carried away 
her halyards and Chip broke her tiller, but both finished. 
The times were : 
Class A— Cabin Sloops Over 25ft. 
, Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Miranda 11 15 00 1 25 30 2 10 30 2 10 30 
Curlew 11 15 05 1 50 00 2 33 45 2 35 30 
Class B — Cabin Sloops Under 25ft 
In It 11 20 00 1 39 33 2 19 '33 2 22 33 
Bpnita ....11 21 00 1 46 20 2 25 20 2 28 20 
Chip 11 22 00 1 56 00 2 34 00 2 34 00 
.r, , Class C— Open Catboats. 
Rush 11 20 00 Walkover. 
Jamaica Bay Y. C. 
ROCKAWAY BEACH— JAMAICA BAY. ' ~ 
Saturday, July 15. 
The Jamaica Bay Y. C. sailed its fourth race for the 
dory class on July 15 in a fresh south wind, the times 
being : 
Start 3:10 pinish. Elapsed. 
B, Dr. C. J. Pflug 4 14 35 1 04 35 
The standing by points to date is : F. S. Lafond 20 Dr 
C. J. Pflug 6, W. W. Scheffier s, E. P. Allyn 3, W g" 
Gallagher i, R. M. Kimball i. A smoker followed in the 
evening. 
J. Beavor Webb, fleet captain of the New York Y. C . 
has issued the following general orders by order of 
Com. J. Pierpont Morgan: "The squadron will 
rendezvous at New London on Aug. 7. The cruise will 
not be extended to the eastward further than Vineyard 
Haven. Details of the squadron runs, prizes, etc., will 
be furnished later." 
