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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Aug. s, 1899. 
HOSTESS. 
The Qttincy Challenge Cup* 
The second annual series of races for the Quincy chal- 
leiige cup began on Monday, July 24. The final race was 
sailed on Thursday, July 27, the defender, Mr. H. M. 
Faxon's Hostess, winning three races and thus retaining' 
possession of the cup for another year, at l^ast. The 
cup was offered in the winter of '97 by the Quincy Y. C. 
for the 2ift. l.w.l. class of the Y. R. A. of Massachusetts. 
Hostess won the trophy in the first series of races sailed 
in Quincy Bay last year. 
The conditions call for a series of three out of five 
races. The entries were : H. M. Faxon's Hostess, de- 
fender of the cup, and C. D. Mower's Heiress, F. L. 
Pigeon's Thelma, Walter Abbott's Oogrook and W. K. 
C. Eustis' Pompano, challengers. 
The weather conditions on Monday were good for a 
race. A steady E.N.E. breeze blew up the bay, and the 
boats went to the mark reefed. Heiress was disabled and 
withdrew. The times were : 
Hostess, H. M. Faxon 1 29 18 
Oogrook, Walter Abbott 1 37 32 
Pompano, W. E. C. Eustis 1 38 50 
Thelma, F. L. Pigeon 1 43 19 
Heiress, C. D. Mower , Disabled. 
Hostess won again on Tuesday in as exciting and close 
a race as one would care to see, for Heiress pushed her 
hard to the line, and was second by the narrow margin of 
rain storm, with some wind, but the rain turned into a 
heavy fog and the wind died down to almost nothing. 
Hostess and Pompano crossed the starting line too soon 
and lost two mimttes fifty-four seconds and three minutes 
thirty-eight seconds respectively, because the judges 
obliged them to make two trials before the start was al- 
lowed. The race between Hostess and Heiress was ex- 
citing throughout. Hostess beating her riA^al by a slight 
margin. Hostess was twice protested by Mr. Mower, 
owner of Heiress, on alleged fouls, but the protests were 
not allowed. The times were : 
Thelma i 30 56 Heiress 4 35 .38 
Poiripano 4 ,34 39 Oogrook 4 41 58 
Hostess 4 35 39 ~ 
The fourth, and what proved to h6 the fifial; facg -was 
sailed on Thursday in a fine .S.W. breeze, with the boats 
sailing under double reef. Hostess won this race, her 
third victory in this series, and retains possession of the 
cup for another year. The time of the winner, one hour 
fifty-three minutes thirty-five seconds, for a twelve-knot 
course, one-third of which was to windward, was a 
truly remarkable performance. She took the lead at the 
start and held it throughout, winning by one minute fifty- 
two seconds. Thelma and Pompano had an exciting 
race for fourth place, which was finally won by Thelma, 
Pompano having gotten into difficulty with a yacht at 
anchor near the finish line. The times were : 
Hostess ...1 53 33 Thelma 2 11 24 
Heiress 1 55 25 Pompano 2 12 06 
Oogrook 2 04 25 
THELMA. 
twenty-nine seconds. The morning was not propotitious 
for a race, a heavy fog hanging over the bay and a raw 
rain falling until almost noon. The fog then lifted and 
the rain ceased. The wind was N.E., and the boats carried 
full sail. Mr. Mower, owner of Heiress, protested Hostess 
on measurement aftier the race, but withdrew the protest. 
The times were : 
Hostess 2 17 53 Oogrook 2 28 04 
Heiress 2 IS 22 Pompano 2 30 27 
Thelma 2 25 27 
Wednesday's race was a drifting match, but interesting 
nevertheless, for the boats were so close together just 
before the finish that anyone of them might have won' 
the race. Thelma drifted over the line first, four seconds 
ahead of Pompano. The race was started in a heavy 
Seawanhaka International Chal- 
lenge Cup. 
The fifth series of races for the international challenge 
cup established by the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. in 
189s on the occasion of the visit of the English half-rater 
Spruce IV., was begun last week at Dorval, Lake St. 
Louis, the station of the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. This 
club won the cup in 7896, Mr. G. PL Duggan's ig-footer 
Glencairn I. defeating Mr. C. H. Crane's El Heirie. The 
contest " has been since kept up between the same de- 
signers, Glencairn II. defeating Momo 1. in 1897, and 
Dominion defeating Challenger in 1898. 
In 1897 the isft. class was abandoned in favor of the 
2oft., in which the races have since been held. 
The conditions this year are unchanged from 1897-8, ex- 
cept that two new limitations were adopted by both parties 
last winter. The overall length, previously unlimited, was 
limited to 32ft. 6in. ; and a minimum angle of 70 degrees 
for the bows, or of 35 degrees with the fore and aft center- 
line, was adopted. Whether or no these limitations will 
effect the intended end of barring all other kinds of freaks 
except those in the class prior to last year, and in particu- 
lar the double-bilge freak, is a question which no one has 
tried to solve this year. Only four yachts have been built 
on both sides of the line, and of these none are more ex- 
treine freaks than Al Anka and Skate of 1897. 
The challenger and defender of this year are both of 
the general type introduced by Mr. Duggan in Glencairn 
I. in i8q6. and further developed by him in Glencairn IT. 
in llie following year. They have the same waterline, 
aliout 17ft. 6in.. the same beam of about 8ft., a very wide 
flat floor carried well mto the ends, and flaring sides. The 
after ends of the two are verv similar. The great differ- 
ence is in the fore bodies. The official measurements of 
the two are as follows : 
Constance. Glencairn III. 
.... 30ft. lo^^in. 32ft. 4l4^n. 
.... 17ft. 9 in. 17ft. 3 in. 
Sft. %m. gft. 3?-^in. 
.t^ft. T->^in. 5ft. g§^m, 
.... 25ft. 6 in. 2Sft. 
.... 23ft. 2lft. 8 in. 
Length- 
Over all. 
L.W.L. . 
Overhang — 
Bow .... 
Stenj . . . 
Mast 
Boom 
m 
HEIRESS. 
Gaff 13ft. 6 in. 14ft. 8 in. 
Spinaker boom isft. 5 in. 20ft. 
Mainsail area 386ft. 370ft. 
Head triangle 98ft. 128ft. 
Spinaker ig6ft. 256ft. 
Total area 484ft. 498ft. 
Racing measurement. . . r9,87sft. 19,785ft. 
As the above measurements show, Mr. Crane has taken 
less than the allowed over all length by j2oin., and the bow 
is comparatively a fine one. Seen alone, it looks quite 
hard and full, showing the hump at the forward termina- 
tion of each bilge, which is one marked characteristic of 
the modern freak 20-footer. The general comment about 
Dorval, and it is correct, is that Constance is more like 
Glencairn II. than any other 20-footer. When seen side by 
side to Glencairn III., however, the bow looks very fine 
and easy. 
The new boat i.s the most extreme scow that Mr, Dug- 
gan has yet designed. He has gone nearly to the limit 
over all length, and with this he has snubbed in the 
bow until the fore end for a distance of a couple of feet 
would almost fit the V prescribed by the limitations. The 
deck line is very full and not fair, but shows a break 
where the V joins the cirrve of the side. With this full 
wide deck is a very full bow, showing a big hump at the 
end of each bilge. When sailed at the effective angle, there 
is a great lengthening of the waterline. Seen side by 
side, Constance looks smaller and more shapely than she 
OOGROOK 
really is in contrast to the big scow deck and full bows 
of Glencairn III. 
Constance was built by the Spalding St. Lawrence Boat 
Company, builders of Momo, Challenger and Seawanhaka, 
and is a handsome piece of work. Mr. Crane has aban- 
doned the composite construction of last year's boats, with 
metal angles and elaborate bracing of bicycle tubing, and 
has gone back ta the ordinary wooden bracing of the 
Duggan boats. The scantling is much heavier than that 
of last year, and the boat is apparently capable of racing 
for several seasons. The frames are much heavier than 
in Challenger, and the planking is almost double the thick- 
ness. The planking and decking of British Columbia 
cedar are each ship lap, but the seams of the planking are 
strengthened by small pieces of batten fastened inside 
between each pair of frames. The deck is smoothj and 
