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FOREST AND STREAM. 
12. Royal, Nova Scotia, one-design class, Halifax, N. S. 
12. Norwalk, club, Norwalk, Long Island Sound. 
12. yuannapowitt, club. 
12. Squantum, handicap. Squantum, Mass. 
12. Jamaica Bay, annual cruise, rendezvous. 
12-13. Winthrop, cruise to Marblehead, Winthrop. 
12. Savin Hill, club handicap. Savin Hill, Boston Harbor. 
13. Penataquit Cor., 15ft. class, Bayshore, Great South Bay. 
13. VVilliamsburgh, sloop classes. Bowery Bay, L. 1. sound. 
14-15-16-17. Lake Y. R. A. meet, Toronto, Lake Ontano. 
14 to 19. Oshkosh, 1. L. Y. A. week, Oshkosh, Wis. 
14-15-16. Erie, open, Erie, Pa,, Lake Erie. 
14. American, open, Newburyport. 
16. Annisquam, open, Annisquam. 
17. Nevi-port, ladies' day, Newport, Narragansett Bay. 
17. East Gloucester, open, Gloucester, Mass. 
17. Taunton, ladies' day, Taunton, Mass. 
19. Corinthian, Marblehead, 5th cham., Marblehead, Mass. Bay. 
19. Beverly, club Cor., Monument Beach, Blizzards Bay. 
19. Burgess, club, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
19. Tubilee, annual, open, Salem Bay. t ■ j c7 j 
19. Huguenot, annual, open. New Rochelle, Long Island Sound. 
19. Morris, special club Port Morris, Long Island Sound. 
19. New JersevKnickerbocker, Cor. cup, Hayonne, Newark I5ay. 
19. Royal Hamilton, open,, Hamilton, Lake Ontario. 
19. Royal Nova Scotia, all classes, Halifax, N. S. 
19. Ouannapowitt, club. 
19. Philadelphia, cup, Philadelphia, Delaware River. 
20. Penataquit Cor., snipe class, Bayshore, Great South Bay. 
21. Roval Canadian, Canada cup, Toronto, Lake Ontario. 
21-22-23-24-25. Seawanhaka Cor., Cor. of Philadelphia, knockabout 
match, Ovster Bay, Long Island Sound. 
21. American, moolight sail, Newburyport, Ma.ss. 
24. Plymouth, open, Plymouth, Mass. 
25. Kingston, open, Duxbury Bay. 
26. Royal Nova Scotia, club Halifax, N. S. 
26. lamaica Bay, dory class, Jamaica Bay. 
26. Huntington, annual, open, Huntington Bay. , , „ , 
26. M.nnhasset, special. Port Washington, Long Island Sound. 
26. Beverly, open, Monument Beach, Buzzard's Bay. 
26. Corinthian, Marblehead, 6tb cham., Marblehead, Mass. Bay. 
26. Duxlniry,. open Dnxlnirv Biiy. 
26. Burgess, club, ISTarblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
26. Ouincv. club. Quincy, Boston Harhor. 
26. Seawanhaka Cor.. Center memorial, Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
26. Winthrop, club. Winlbrnp. Boston Harbor. 
26. \\'n1la=iton, handicap, Wollaston, Masil. 
26. Ouannapowitt, club. 
26. Wood's TIoU, sprit (S: cat classes. Wood's TToll. Hadley Harbor. 
26. Norwalk, club. Norwalk, Long Island Souni^. 
26. '^avin II ill '•liih handicap. Savin Ii;il. Bnstnn Harbor 
26. Atlantic. Ballantine cup. Sea Gate. New York Harbor. 
27. Williamsbureh, ladies' race, Bnwerv 1*9y, Lond T.=land Sound. 
27. Penataquit Cor., knockabouts, Bayshore. Great South Bay. 
28. Cape Cod, open, Provincetown, Cape Cod Bay. 
29. Wellflect, open, Wellfleet Harbor. 
SEPTEMBER. 
New York, trial races, America Cup, of? .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 Kiver. 
2. Wood's Holl, club. 
2-4. Wollaston, cruise, Wollaston. 
2. Indian Harbor, special, Greenwich, Long Island Sound. 
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. 
i, 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, Bos*on 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. Sachem's Head, annual, open. Sachem's Head, L. I. Sound. 
4. Pavonia. special club, Coramunipaw, New York Bay. 
4. Royal Nova Scotia, Prince of Wales cup, Halifax, N. S. 
6. Tlorwalk, open, Norwalk, Long Island Sound. 
7 ton. 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, Mas.s. 
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, Pbila., knockabout, Essmgton, 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. 1. Sound. 
27. Taunton, ladies' day, Taunton, Mass. 
30. Corinthian, knockabout, Essington, Delaware Fiver. 
OCTOBER. 
3- 5-7. New York, America Cup matches, Sandy Hook. 
The unfortunate termination of the contest for the 
Seawanhaka cup has given rise to new discussion and to 
criticism of the defending club. The follownig extracts 
from the New York Times and the New York Evening 
Telegram are fair samples of the tone of this criticism : 
"The outcome of the international races at Lake St. 
Louis for the Seawanhaka cup was the cause of much dis- 
gust among yachtsmen yesterday. They did not hesitate 
to express themselves in plain terms on the conduct_ of 
Duggan in sailing Glencairn over the course alone after 
Constance had taken ground and failed to start. Tech- 
nically the decision of the committee was admitted to be 
right, but that the defender of the cup should have taken 
a sail over when the merits of the two boats, each of 
which had won two races, seemed so nearly equal and 
every reasonable consideration demanded a final decisive 
contest, was regarded as anything but sportsmanlike." 
' 
"The Clip this year is lost on a pure technicality, the 
Gomraittee deciding, so far as the news reports affirm, that 
Constance could not protest the race so long as she did 
not start in it. The only trouble with our Canadian 
friends appears to be that they stand on too many techni- 
calities and forget the more liberal side of racing which 
provides invariably for a contest on the merits of the 
^contestants." 
Although both of these journals assume to deal witli 
yachting as experts and from a strictl}^ technical stand- 
point, their view of the case is the popular one, based 
entirely on sentiment and an ignorance of the rules of 
yacht racing. The case is a very simple one, the only 
point open to discussion being the negotiations between 
the Seawanhaka representative and the race committee 
prior to the preparatory signal. Of these we cannot speak 
from personal knowledge, but they seem to. be covered by 
the direct statements of botli parties, quoted in our ac- 
count of the race. 
While the basis of yachting, as in all sports, is that 
sentiment of fair play which revolts from even the ap- 
pearance of a mean advantage, the practical management 
0f J'?|cht F3cing is |0veTne4 gtrj^t mi rigid rwleg >s'hiph 
in many cases cannot be departed from. In the present 
case, which is very similar to that of the famous Valkyrie- 
Defender foul, a few plain rules and principles govern. 
In tlie first place, a race begins when the preparatory 
signal is given. After that each yacht is amenable to all 
the racing rules and must stand by its own accidents. 
There is no provision in the racing rules, here or abroad, 
by which a race committee is empowered to stop a race or 
recall a yacht after the preparatory signal— of course, ex- 
cepting the recall of a yacht which crosses the line before 
the starting gun, The race committee has no discretion 
whatever after giving the preparatory signal; this starts 
the machinery of the race, and it cannot be stopped. 
To take an extreme case, if after the preparatory signal 
is given in an international race one contestant should 
be sunk by the interference of an outside boat, it is ques- 
tionable whether the committee would have any course 
but to allow the uninjured boat to sail over aiid to award 
her the race. In the present case the race committee 
would have been greatly to blame had it sent word to 
Glencairn that the race was off. 
On the part of the skipper of Glencairn, he was for the 
time the representative of the defending club, charged 
with the care of its interests under the rules. He had no 
right to constitute himself tlie judge of an accident of 
which he could have no definite knowledge, and to aban- 
don the race under circumstances Avhich might possiblj' 
mean his ultimate disqualification and the loss of the 
race to his club. It would, of course, be a very pretty 
piece of sentiment had he given up, but it would have 
been very bad sport and a breach of faith on his part to- 
ward the club which selected him as its representative. 
The real point in the case lies with the negotiations 
between Mr. Post and the committee prior to the prepara- 
tory signal, As we understand it, the circumstances were 
such as have never before arisen in .some twelve similar 
races over the same water, and the race committee made 
every possible effort to meet the wishes of Mr. Post, alter- 
ing the course several times and taking him on the boat 
winch placed and shifted the marks. Mr. Post apparently 
accepted the course finally laid out, and made no objection 
to rhe preparatory signal being given. If this is the case, 
the only question is whether in accepting the course after 
both parties had employed every possible opportunity of 
determining its availability he thus waived the right of 
protesting in the event of its subsequently proving un- 
suitable. There is no question that the course was equally 
fair to both boats, as they are of the same dimensions and 
type, drawing the same water, and the obstruction was 
either sand or a rock which shifts every winter with the 
movement of the ice. It may be conceded that Mr. Post 
fairly reserved the right of protest and that he was justi- 
fied in exercising it after his yacht was grounded. 
After this comes the question of the fairness of the 
committee's decision that the protest was not well 
grounded. The facts as reported seem to show that 
after the preparatory signal was given with the acquies- 
cence of the Seawanhaka representative the committee 
had no power but to ahow Glencairn to continue, and Mr, 
Duggan could do nothing but to sail the race to a finish. 
The one thing possible on the part of the defending club 
was to submit the entire question to a full meeting of 
the club and to decide to offer to call the race off and sail 
another. This could not be done, under the rules of rac- 
ing, by either the committee or the club representative. 
There is no question that all good sportsmen will view 
with regret an occurrence of this kind. Whichever side 
they may favor, they would prefer to see the decision 
made on a cleanly sailed race ; but there are many 
eventualities in yachting in which nothing is possible but 
a strictly technical observance of the letter of the rule. 
LENDER her ketch rig Shamrock sailed from Faii'lie on 
Aug. 3, but after going a short distance returned to repair 
a small defect about the bowsprit, starting again the same 
evening. Capt. Hogarth and Capt. Wringe were on 
board, with Capt, Hamilton of the Allan Line as navigator. 
The yacht Avill take a southerly course, which should 
bring her to New York about Sept. i. The steam yacht 
Erin sailed, soon after Shamrock, Sir Thomas Lipton not 
being on board. Shamrock is insured at Lloyds for ^40,- 
000 at 5 per cent. 
The efforts of the Newport Y. R. A. to sail a series of 
races between Columbia and Defender have been unsuc- 
cessful through the delay in stepping the new steel mast 
and the accident to it. The two yachts will meet fre- 
quently on the New York Y. C. cruise, Columbia sailing 
with her original pine mast, the steel mast being mean- 
while repaired. After it is shipped there will be further 
trials. ^ ^^^^ 
The New York Y. C. Cruise. 
The annual cruise of the New York Y. C. began on 
Aug. 7 with a rendezvous at New London, a very large 
fleet being present. The olhcial programme of the cruise 
is as follows : 
In conformity with General Orders No. 3, the regatta 
committee announce the following details with regard to 
the racing events and other incidents of the cruise: 
General Directions. — By invitation of the commodore 
the committee will make the cruise on the flagship. 
Yachts entered for any racing event will display their 
pri^ ate signals and numbers as directed by Rule IX, Sec- 
tion 3. They will show no other colors. Club rules will 
govern all events unless otherwise directed. The course 
will be signaled before the preparatory signal is made. 
Shot-Id a ?ignal gun miss fire, a prolonged blast of the 
whistle will be given. At the finish of each race the flag- 
ship will display a large club signal at the fore and show a 
red ball, by day; atid after dark she will show four white 
lights, htnig vertically, and will bum club signals at ten- 
minute intervals. Duplicates of this circular, and de- 
tailed sailing directions for the Astor and other cups, can 
be obtained at the club house and at the Newport Station 
(No, 6). 
Cruising Trim, — "Anchors on the how and at lea,st one 
cable bent ; cruising complement of boats carried 
(launches optional) : cruising deck, cabin and galley fit- 
tings and fixtures in place; topsails extending above the 
Iriick and beyond the end of the gaff, barred. Water can 
be taken into the tanks up to 8 A. M." 
.A seagoing tii^ will a9coinpany squa^fQn as ^ gen- 
[AtJG. 12, J899. 
eral utility boat. When she takes the place of the flag- 
ship she will be distinguished by the signals already 
mentioned, and by day will also fly the committee flag at 
the main. Members wishing to proceed on her from port 
to port will notify the superintendent of the club, who will 
be on board. 
Squadron Runs. — There will be the customary runs 
from port to port, in cruising trim. Entries — Crossing the 
line will be regarded as an entry unless otherwise directed. 
Club Prizes. — In each class there will be a prize for 
first, if two or more start, and a prize for second, if four 
or more start. (A yacht alone in her class will sail in the 
class next above. R. W., Section 5 — Yachts alone in their 
respective classes, with the class next above not filled, will 
be bunched in a mixed class. R. II.) The day before the 
squadron disbands, the club will offer "wind-up" cups, to 
be sailed for over a triangular course, starting from 
Brenton's Reef L. S., and finishing off Castle Hill Light, 
open to yachts that have made any of the runs. In each 
class a prize for first, if two or more start. Cruising trim, 
except that the Columbia and Defender will sail in racing 
trim. 
Special Prizes. — The vice-commodore offers a cup for 
the schooner winning the greatest number of runs, all 
sailing in one class. The rear-commodore offers a cup 
for single-masted vessels and 3'awls, upon similar terms. 
The commodore will oft'er a cup for 30-footers OAvned by 
members of the club, to be sailed for on the day of the 
"wind-up" cups. 
Starting Signals— No. i. Preparatory. — ^A gun will be 
fired and the blue peter set. No. 2. Start for single- 
masted vessels and yawls— Ten minutes later a second gun 
will be fired, the blue peter lowered and a red ball hoisted. 
No. 3, Start for schooners (handicap time for single- 
masted vessels, etc.) — Five minutes later a third gun will 
be fired and a second red ball hoisted. No. 4. Handicap 
time for schooners — Five minutes later a fifth gun will be 
fired and both balls will drop. No. 5. Start for Columbia 
and Defender — Fifteen minutes later a sixth gun will be 
fired and a red ball hoisted. Two minutes later the dis- 
charge of a gun and the dropping of the ball will mark 
their handicap time. 
Courses. — When the commodore has ordered the 
squadron under way the committee will establish the start 
line.s, which, like the finish lines, will be between a white 
flag on the committee boat and the points indicated below. 
New London to Gardiner's Bay— No. r, letter B, from a 
mark east of Sarah's Ledge Buoy to and around a mark 
3^ miles S. by W. W. from Watch Hill Light, leaving 
it to starboard; to a mark 3J/2 miles S.S.W. from Plum Is- 
land Light; 30 miles. No. 2, letter C, from a mark east 
of Sarah's Ledge Buoy to and around a mark 3^ miles 
N. j4 W. from Montauk Point, leaving it to starboard, to 
the finish mark, placed as for course No. i ; 30 miles. On 
each course Race Rock must be left to port. The marks 
will display a large club signal. The commodore will 
state at the New London meeting that after the run has 
been made the squadron will anchor at will and that the 
flagship and yachts wishing to accompany her will pro- 
ceed to anchorages off Shelter Island and Greenport. 
Gardiner's Bay to Newport — From a mark 4 miles S.S.W. 
from Plum Island Light to Brenton's Reef L. S., leaving 
Point Judith Whistle Buoy to port; 43 miles. Newport 
to Vineyard Haven — From Brenton's Reef L. S. to West 
Chop Buoy (red No. 2), leaving Vineyard Sound L. S. 
on port hand ; 37 miles. Vineyard Haven to Newport — 
From West Chop Buoy to Brenton's Reef L. S., leaving 
Vinej'ard Sound L. S. on starboard hand; 37 miles. 
Owl and gamecock colors will be rowed for at such port 
as the commodore shall decide, under the management of 
the fleet captain. Entries: Gamecock. $10; owl, $5; 
dinghies, $2; launches, $10. The club will add $5 an oar, 
and $10 for launches. 
J The Astor Cups. — Newport, Aug. 14. A $1,000 cup for 
schooners and a $500 cup for single-masted vessels and 
yawls, offered by Capt. John Jacob Astor, N. Y. Y. C., 
and open to yachts belonging to the club that have not 
hauled out to clean since the commencement of the cruise. 
The course will be either club course No. 4 or No. 5. The 
start will be off Brenton's Reef L. S, at 10:30 A. M. En- 
tries, which must be in writing, will be received at club 
house, New York, up to 12 M., Aug. 12, and at Newport 
station (No. 6), up to 8 A. M., Aug. 14. Capt. Astor re- 
serves tlie privilege of inviting foreign yachts that may 
be in American waters to enter the race. 
Club Boat for the Astor Cups. — Newport, Aug. 14. The 
sidewheel steamboat Warwick, formerly Day Star, Provi- 
dence and Fall River Transportation Company, has been 
chartered for this occasion. She will leave Commercial 
Wharf at 9:45 A. M. Members can obtain tickets, $3 
each, including lunch, but exclusive of wine, etc., and also 
extra ticket for their friends, at the same price, at the 
club house, 67 Madison avenue. New York, up to Aug. 11. 
and from Capt, F. P. Sands, N. Y. Y. C, at the Newport 
station on or before the morning of the race. 
Wood's Holl Y. C 
wood's holl, mass. 
Saturday, Aug. 5. 
The Wood's Holl Y. C. sailed its thirty-fifth regatta on 
Aug. 5 in a g(3od S.W. wind. The times were: 
Catboats. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Maud S., Robert Veeder 1'48 4,'5 1 48 45 
Mary E, A F. Crowell 2 10 55 2 04 H 
Frolic, R. N. Veeder Withdrew. 
Spritsails. 
Emma. A. M. Ferris 1 20 35' 1 20 35 
K, T., William Ferris .1 21 48 1 21 36 
Eel, F. R. Gifford .1 26 10 1 26 10 
E. Z.. H. M. Howes...., Withdrew. 
Mag, I) S: Wilson .Withdrew. 
Dude. H. E. Hibbard Not timed. 
Hard A. Lee, G. G, Bacon Not timed. 
Loiania. Miss Lee Not limed. 
South Boston Y. C Dinghy Races. 
The South Boston Y. C. sailed the fourth of a series 
of dinghy faces on Jtily 29, the times being : 
French 0 3S 25 Lee , 0 47 24 
Stickney ' . 0 40 OS Borden , 0,-4?.20 
Polbesife ,,,,0 13 §2 
