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Fixtures. 
SEPTEMBER. 
New York, trial races, America Cap, 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 JRiver. 
2. Wood's Holl, club. 
2- 4. WoUaston, cruise, Wollaston, 
2, Indian Harbor, special, Greenwich, Long Island Sotirtd. 
8- 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 YorV 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 chib, 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 Buy, 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, Sd 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 Rivef. 
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. 
It is most gratifying to be able to chronicle an in- 
ternational yacht race without a dispute or a protest, and 
in which both sides accept the result in a true sporting 
spirit. Both in the negotiations and the final carrying out 
of the races, there was evident the same disposition on the 
part of the two clubs to sail a fair race. The taking of 
the cup to Chicago is certain to help yachting on Lake 
Michigan; and as for Lake Ontario, there is little fear 
that her yachtsmen will rest until the cup is brouglit 
back. In presenting the Canada cup to the Chicago Y. C, 
Com. Plummer pointed out that while the eagle on one 
side was erect and in a fighting attititde, the lion on the 
other lay couchant. He promised that until the cup came 
•back the Hon would be equally alert and active. 
The one unpleasant incident of the contest was the at- 
tempt to cover. Genesee's mistake on the first day by the 
plea that the course was incorrect. Apropos of this, the 
reportof the race in many American papers not only omitted 
all mention of the error, but stated that Genesee withdrew 
because .she would not take the race on a sailover from a 
disabled antagonist. On this point the Boston Globe 
says ; "In deliberately refraining from going around the 
last buoy in the first Canada cup race, that the race might 
be declared off, the skipper of the Genesee showed a 
sample of true American sportsmanship," So far from 
this being the case, Genesee did exactly what the rules 
call for, continuing over the course alone to the best of 
her ability, the judges, of course, making no effort to 
recall her. 
The Canada Cup, 
Chicago Y, C. — Royal Canadian Y. C. 
TORONTO — ^LAKE ONTARIO. 
Aug. 21-24. 
The contest of last week at Toronto between the 
Chicago Y. C. and the Royal Canadian Y. C. for the 
possession of the Canada cup was in every way the great- 
est event in the history of yachting on the Great Lakes. 
Apart from the immediate interest attaching to a match 
between two countries or localities, it was of special im- 
portance as marking the successful advent of a new factor 
in lake yachting. Up to the present time the sport has 
been most strongly and permanently established on On- 
tario, the most easterly of all the lakes, decreasing fron_i 
lake to lake toward the west. While a certain number of 
fast yachts have always been found on Lake Erie, and a 
smaller number on Lake Michigan, the Ontario fleet has 
long been the largest (including clubs from the Canadian 
and American sides alike), the best organized, and with 
its classes better filled. Though long since established at 
Chicago, the sport has labored under various natural 
disadvantages, such as poor harbors and few followers, 
many of the Chicago yachtsmen preferring to follow the 
racing of small open boats on the inland lakes, rather 
than to tempt the rude and boisterous Michigan. 
The challenge of this year for the Canada cup is the 
result of a new attempt to place the sport on a permanent 
and successful footing on Lake Michigan, and as such the 
winning or losing of the cup meant much to the small 
number of yachtsmen concerned in it. 
The loss of the cup in the initial match in 1896, when 
the Chicago yacht V'encedor was defeated by the Toronto 
yacht Canada, left 3'achting on Lake Michigan where it 
had been for some j'cars — struggling for existence, with 
little hope of im_mediate success, no one of the several 
local clubs in Chica,go being strong enough to unite the 
yachting element. In the spring of i8q8 a new attempt 
was made under the leadership of Com. F. W. Morgan, of 
the steam yacht Pathfinder, and a few other Chicago 
yachtsmen, to revive the old Chicago Y. C., a once 
strong organization, which had lain dormant for some 
years. The task of building up the old club on new 
lines has been by no means an easy one, but the work 
has been carried on with enthusiasm and energy. Those 
interested in it were quick to appreciate the facts that 
niccess could oaly come through popular support botli 
in the sympathy of the public and the addition to the 
limited ziumber of active yachtsmen; .and that the surest 
way to secure such support was through the bringing to 
Chicago of the Canada cup, the emblem of yachting su- 
premacy on the Great Lakes. This cup, won in 1896 by 
Canada in the matches with Vencedor off Toledo, became 
the absolute property of the owners of Canada, but in 
1897 it was dedicated by them as a perpetital trophy for 
international racing on the Great Lakes, being first in- 
ti'usted to the Royal Canadian Y. C. as defender. 
Early last fall it was determined to kssue a challenge 
for this year, and the following was sent to the R. C, 
Y. C: " 
Royal Canadian Y. C, Toronto, Canada: 
Gentlemen— I have the honor to notify you that the 
Chicago Y. C. will challenge for the Canada cup. If 
agreeable to you a committee will meet you in Toronto 
to present formal challenge and to arrange all details 
of the races. 
An early reply, stating when you wish to meet our com- 
mittee, will .greatly oblige, respectfully yours, 
(Signed) Charles H. Thor NTS, 
Sec'y Chicago Y. C. 
Chicago, Oct. 25, 1898. 
The proposed meeting was held at Toronto on Nov. 
TS, the formal challenge being presented by Messrs. 
Thorne, Berryman, Warrington and Crawford, the special 
committee of the Chicago Y C, as follows: 
Chicago, Nov. 14, 1898. — F. J. Ricarde Seaver, Hon. 
Sec'y R. C. Y. C: Sir — ^We have the honor on behalf 
of the Chicago Y. C. to challenge your club to sail a series 
of races for the Canada- cup, subject to the deed of gift 
and other conditions to be agreed upon. As required 
by the deed of gift, we name the 35ft. class as the class 
in which the races shall be sailed, and Aug. 22 as the first 
of the days upon which the races shall be saded. 
(Signed) W. R. Crawford, 
Geo. Warrington, 
J. B. Berryman, 
C. H. Thorne, Sec'y. 
At the meeting the following conditions were agreed to : 
Conditions governing the match for Canada's cup, to be 
sailed between yachts representing the Chicago Y. C. 
and the Royal Canadian Y. C. : 
Rules. — The racing rules shall be those of the Yacht 
Racing Union of the Great Lakes, as existing at this date, 
subject to such additions and variations as are herein pro- 
vided, and in accordance with the deed of gift dated 
Jan. 16, 1897. 
Construction. — The yachts shall be of wooden construc- 
tion, in accordance with the scantling table in the rules 
above mentioned. 
Size of Yacht. — ^The competing yachts shall be in tlie 
.55fL. class. 
Number of Races. — The winner of three out of five 
races shall be declared the winner of the match. 
Dates of Races. — The first race shall be sailed on 
, and the other races on consecutive days 
thereafter until completed, Sundays excepted. 
Courses. — The races shall be sailed on Lake Ontario, 
off Toronto Harbor, on courses to be hereafter agreed 
upon. 
The first course shall be triangular. 
The second course shall be windward or leeward aiid 
return. The tug bearing the buoy shall start at the time 
the preparatory gun is fired. 
The third and fifth shall be similar to the first,. 
The fourth shall be similar to the second. 
The triangular races shall be once around an equilateral 
triangle of twenty-one nautical miles. 
The windward or leeward races shall be nine nautical 
miles to windward or leeward and return. 
The triangular courses shall be so sailed that one side 
of the trangle shall be to windward if possible. 
In windward and leeward races all buoys shall be left 
to starboard, and in triangular races all buoys shall be left 
to starboard, or port, as directed by the judges. 
Time. — All races shall be started at 11 o'clock A. M. 
Any race not sailed in five and three-quarter hours 
by the winning yacht shall be resailed. 
The start may be postponed by the judges: 
First — In case of fog. 
Second — If, in their opinion, the space round the start- 
ing lina is not sufficiently clear at the time appointed 
for starting. 
Third — In case both yachts consent to a postponement* 
Fourth — In case of serious accidents to either yacht, as 
hereafter provided. 
Fifth — Should such a course appear to them desirable. 
And in case of postponement the judges shall determine 
the time for starting, hut in no case shall a race be started 
later than r P. M.' 
A yacht crossing the line before the starting stgilal 
is given shall be recalled by five short blasts of the 
whistle, and the hoisting of her national flag, 
Unfinished Races. — An unfinished race shall be fe- 
sailed until completed. 
Accidents. — fn case of accident to either yacht prior to 
the preparatory signal, notice thereof shall immedi- 
ately be signaled to the judges, who shall have power to 
postpone the race if the accident in their opinion is suffi- 
ciently serious to warrant such a course; or, if an acci- 
dent occurs during a race, the yacht to which the acci- 
dent has happened shall have sufficient time to make re 
pairs before being required to start in the next race, 
Scrutineers. — Each yacht shall have on board during the 
races a representative najned by her competitor, whose 
weight shall not exceed isolbs. 
The names of the scrutineers shall be given to the 
judges not less than twenty-four hours before the first 
race, and the scrutineers shall report to the judges withlB 
six hours after the termmation of each race. 
Management. — The races shall be sailed under the 
management of three judges, none of whom shall be inter- 
ested in either yacht. One shall be appointed by each 
club, and the two so appointed shall select a third on or 
before the first day of July, 1899, and they shall act as 
judges and time-keepers, and settle all disputes. The 
decision of a majority shall be final in all matters. 
The judges shall be the regatta committee referred to 
in the rules of the Yacht Racing Union of the Great 
Lakes. 
Measurements. — The yachts shall be measured by the 
judges or by a disinterested person appointed by them, 
and each yacht shall be entitled to have a representative 
present when measurements are taken. 
The yachts shall be measured not less than two days be- 
fore the first race. 
Crews.— The crews shall be limited to six men, whose 
total weight shall not exced i,o5olbs. 
Instructions. — Charts of the course and instructions 
shall be furnished to the competing yachts not later than 
7 o'clock on the morning of the race. 
yViterations. — These conditions may be altered or 
amended by mutual agreement at any time. 
The date was left open, but later on Aug. 21 was 
selected. 
The challengers set to work at once and a fleet of 
yachts was finally constructed— Vera, Josephine. Prairie. 
Genesee, Briar and Bald Eagle. The trial races, as al- 
ready reported, were held on July 4 and the following 
days at Chicago, resulting in an overwhelming victory 
for Genesee. • • ' 
The defending club has through its two syndicates 
built three boats — Seaver, Minota and Toronto, while 
Hamilton contributed three more — ^Myrtle, Weir and 
Hamilton. The trial races at Toronto two weeks since 
showed Beaver and Minota to be far ahead of the others, 
leaving a small margin of choice between the two, the 
former being finally chosen as the defender of the cup. 
The challenging yacht, Genesee, was built by a large 
syndicate of the Rochester Y. C, of which the leading 
spirit is Mr. J. E. Burroughs, secretary of the Y. R. U, 
of the Great Lakes, a yachtsman well and favorably 
known on the Canadian as well as the American side, and 
an old hand on Lake Ontario. Genesee was designed by 
her builder, C. C. Hanley, formerly of Cape Cod, and 
now of Quincy, Mass. Mr. Hanley won his reputation 
long ago in the Cape cat class, with Harbinger and 
other fast boats, and he has added to it of late years with 
such sloops as Meemer, Ashumet, Privateer and Acushla. 
His work has been confined exclusively to the shoal or 
moderately deep centerboard types in the classes below 
50ft. As a class the Hanley boats have been among the 
best of the centerboards, many of them fairly deep, able 
and seaworthy. The Hanley boats have been noted for 
their strength with but moderate weight of construction 
and for the good surface of the planking. Most of them 
have been built under some form of length rule, with 
no Hmit to sail, but Harbinger, Acushla, Almira and 
many others have either been built to or have succeeded 
under the old Seawanhaka rule of length ^ncj s'^\l j^rea. 
VIEW ACROSS THE ISLAND FROM GROUNDS OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN Y. C. LAKE ONTARIO IN THE BACKGROUND. 
From Photo by Bruce,' Toronto. 
