AMD st:^E:AM. 
ttiJ-ned. frotil Hamilton, and. OllWard, of Rochester, and 
yachts from other Ontario ports came m. 
The gathering was a notable one, including yachtsmen 
from all the lake ports. The Chicago party included Com. 
and Mrs. Morgan, Mi", and Mrs. Thorne, Mr. and Mrs. 
Warrington, Messrs. Warner, Crawford, J. B. Berryman, 
Peare and others. From Cleveland came the veteran Com. 
Gardner, with his son Harrj^, E. W. Radder, Percy Rice 
and others. Detroit was represented by the Walkers and 
Pres. W. C. Jupp, of the Detroit Boat Club. The steel 
cutter Sultana came from Toledo with her owner, "Kid" 
Wild. Rochester sent a large and enthusiastic delega- 
tion, some in their own yachts and more coming by, 
steamer. The Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. was represented 
by the steam yacht Alcyone, with her owner, Mr. H. M. 
Molson, and Mr. E. Kirk Greene. The only visitor from 
New York was Mr. N. D. Lawton, Atlantic Y. C. ; while 
the only Boston j^achtsmen were Messrs. Clark and 
Bockus, Hull-Massachusetts Y. C. 
The town club house was full of visitors, American 
and Canadian, all eagerly discussing the prospects of 
weather and the merits of the respective champions. Both 
of the yachts were under way, but late in the afternoon 
Beaver was hauled out, as the paint on her bottom was 
scaling, having been still wet when she was launched on . 
Saturday. 
On the evening preceding the first race the two skippers 
met, with the judges, and discussed different points in con- 
nection with the racing rules, so that there should be a 
thorough understanding betw'een all parties, 
The week preceding the races was marked by light 
weather. Friday was hot and Saturday was still hotter, 
with no wind, the record day of the summer. On Sunday 
there was a light breeze, from S.W., holding through the 
night, but very light in the early morning, though by lO 
o'clock it was blowing moderately with a light roll of sea. 
Genesee turned in three reefs before leaving the dock 
at the town house, while Beaver came out under full sail. 
ImjTiediately on her return, Beaver was hauled out and 
the bottom again rubbed down and polishedj while a. new 
pendant and spreader were fitted. 
Tuesday was cool and cloudy, with a moderate wind 
from the west. The fleet started from the bay about lo 
o'clock, working out by the Eastern Gap; steam yachts, 
stearriboats, yachts, small and large, and even open boats. 
The judges went out in Pathfinder, while the tug Augusta 
was at liand to lend assistance if needed. AVhen they 
reached the line Genesee was knocking- about with one 
reef in her mainsail, while Beaver swung whole sail. 
The conditions call for an interval of twenty minutes 
between the first and the preparatoi-y signal, and another 
of ten minutes to the start. This makes a full half-hour 
after everything is ready before the yachts can cross the 
line, a wait that is not only unnecessary but most trying 
to the crews. The first gun was fired at ii A. M. and the 
.second at ii :20, the blue signal indicating all marks to 
starboard being set at the same time. The wind was then 
W. by N., or almost down the western leg of the triangle; 
a broad reach to fir.st mark out in the lake, a beat to the 
second, and another reach home along the island shore. 
Five minutes before the start Beaver set her little sprit 
topsail. The two kept wide apart, inshore of the line, and 
made no attempt to bother each otlier. They jibed over 
just before the gun, still at some distance from the line, 
Beaver having her spinaker boom ready to starboard. She 
crossed the line next to the buoy at 47s. after the gun, 
Genesee being iis. later. Genesee set her spinaker and 
within three minutes shook out her single reef. Beaver 
went ahead and soon put clear water between them. 
Genesee took in her spinaker and set her balloon jib, start- 
ing to luff, but abandoning this and trying for a passage to 
leeward, which she failed to make. She then Avent at 
Beaver's weather again and worked up astern. Beaver 
had her headsails down to give a fair chance to her spin- 
aker, now braced well forward, and she w'as in no shape 
for a luffing match. As the wind was, Genesee proved the 
Heither m.ade any mistakes, Genesee's crew showed the 
better j udgment in choice of canyas- itl the early part of the 
race. 
Thyre was next to no wind early on Wednesday morn- 
ing, a very light northerly breeze, and by 10 A. M. there 
was a flat calm about the starting line, with the smoke 
blowing slowly in different directions on shore and out in 
the lake. The preliminary gun was fired at 11 :30, but 
there was no wind, and the yachts were notified by mega- 
phone to stand by for orders, for the ten-minute prepara- 
cory gun. By noon the wind seemed to have settled about 
S.W., and at 12:11 the preparatory signal was given and 
the tug sent away to log off nine miles S. by W.^W. 
The start was given at 12 :2i, Beaver going over first in the 
weather berth after a little maneuvering, both, of course, 
under whole sail. Going over with a little better way 
on, Genesee at once walked through Beaver's lee, amid 
cheers from the surrounding yachts. After getting her 
wind clear she footed ahead, while Beaver made up by 
better pointing and holding on. For a time Genesee's 
gain, though apparent, was very slight, both moving 
slowly; then sbc gained on Beaver as the wind grew still 
lighter, and again near the middle of the long nine-mile 
leg Beaver came up very close to her. The wind fell again 
and Genesee drew away as they neared the windward 
mark, where they were timed: 
Time. Elapsed. Gain. J^ead. 
Genesee .8 15 19 2 54 19 0 01 19 0 01 19 
Beaver 3 16 38 2 55 38 
It had taken nearly three hours to cover the nine 
miles, and in this time the boats were never much further 
iipart than at the turn. 
Genesee was slow with her spinaker, and it was set no 
sooner than Beaver's, which went up just as she turned the 
mark. There was a turn in the head of Beaver's, however, 
and it came in for a moment, being at once reset. As they 
ran very slowly with booms to starboard. Beaver began fo 
creep up, and after about twenty minutes she was on 
PATHFINDER, COM:.. F. W. MORGAN, CHICAGO Y. C. TORONTO. 
l''rom i'liotos by JJruce, 'roroni:b. 
The assembly signal was given at 11 A. M., with an in- 
terval of twenty minutes to the preparatory and ten rnin- 
utes more for the start. There was no sharp maneuvering, 
but just before the starting gun Genesee came for the 
middle of the line under a three-reefed mainsail, crossing 
soon after the gun, close hauled on starboard tack, the 
orders being for the course to be sailed with all marks to 
port. Beaver was but a few seconds astern, in a good 
berth on Genesee's weather quarter, under whole sail and 
moving much faster. As she hardened her sheets on the 
line there Avas a sudden snap aloft, and her throat dropped 
a little; she luffed up and a hand Avent aloft, then she 
lowered her mainsail and started home under her jib. 
The Avire rope pendant of the throat halyard block had 
parted and the halyard block struck the starboard spreader 
and doubled it up. The damage to the throat might have 
been repaired, but the spreader was ruined. 
Genesee kept on, holding the starboard tack for a long 
time, finally shaking out the reef, then going on port tack. 
The judges' tug ran out to the S.W. mark and aAvaited 
her, but she did not appear, and two hours after the start 
the tug started in, meeting Genesee as both neared the 
line. 
After crossing tile line Genesee reported that she had 
rounded the first mark, but after sailing more than scA^en 
miles to the ea.stward she had failed to find the second 
mark and had not rounded it. To the surprise of all on 
board, thej' were informed that the judges' boat had gone 
straight to the first mark and laid by it for two hours. 
The blunder was due in part to Genesee's compass being 
out and in part to the fact that Pathfinder, Thistle and 
other steam yachts ran out from the start to the second 
mark instead of the first. On sighting them, Genesee as- 
sumed that they were at the first mark and steered east, 
instead of west, where the judges' tug was waiting. 
There was a noisy gathering at the town house as yacht 
after yacht came into the bay and the men rowed ashore. 
The Canadians were jubilant over the bad blunder by 
which their opponents had thrown away one leg after it 
had given been to them, and the Americans were looking 
for something to cover the plain facts of the case. Be- 
fore long the rumor ran around that the marks had been 
wrongly placed, in spite of the fact that the course was 
laid out under the personal direction of the Chicago 
judge and that the first mark was known to be correctly 
located. This rumor Avent so far that the three judges 
finally took the tug and ran over the third leg once more, 
finding the second mark in its proper place, 
better canvased, and she steadily drew ahead until near 
the middle of the leg she had a clear lead. 
It was now a procession to the first mark, Genesee 
slowly increasing her lead. The wind Avas. quite as heavy 
as Genesee wanted, for her Avhole mainsail, but too light 
for Beaver's small sail plan. There was no sea inshore 
to bother the boats. The first mark was timed : 
Time. El.ipsed. Gain. Lead. 
Genesee 12 24 35 0 54 35 0 01 28 0 01 28 
Beaver 12 26 03 0 56 03 
Genesee luffed around the mark and started on port 
tack, blanketing Beaver for a moment as she passed close 
to windward. Beaver trimined in and stood by on star- 
board tack, taking in her little topsail. 
After a minute she came on port, Genesee tacking at the 
same time. They worked on together, never very far 
apart, and never near enough to bother each other, for the 
next two hours. The wind was light and there was a roll 
to the sea, which bothered the tAVO at times. The fight 
was exciting, as there Avas evidently very little to spare, 
and a slight error or a little change in the wind might 
dietermine the race. At first Genesee held her own. but 
gained nothing ; she footed faster, but did not point as 
high or hold on quite as Avell as Beaver. In the middle of 
the leg BeaA^er, with a freshening of the breeze, did Tier 
best Avork, and by a steady gain to windward was at least 
even or a little ahead. As they neared the second mark 
the Avind fell a little and Genesee took the first place, turn- 
ing Avith a lead of 523., or a loss of 36s. in two hours of 
fair sailing. The titnes Avere : 
Time. lilapsed. Gain. LiCHil 
Genesee 2 27 35 2 03 00 0 00 52 
Beaver 2 28 27 2 02 24 0 00 36 
The race was now over, as it was plain that Genesee 
could outreach Beaver in a whole-sail breeze — for her — and 
nearly smooth Avater. It was a hard fight, hoAvever, atul a 
close finish, but im. 22s. apart in four hours' sailing. 
BeaA'er set her topsail for the reach home. The final 
times were ; 
Time. Elapsed. Gain. Elapsed. l^ead. 
Genesee ..,.3 25 10 0 57 35 0 00 30 3 55 lU 
Beaver 3 26 32 0 58 05 3 56 32 0 01 22 
Before the fleet reached the Eastern Gap a strong breeze 
was blowing ; Genesee beat ill with ji| stowed and all her 
reefs tied down. _ 
The race was a most exciting and interesting one, 
especially when it is considered that there was no jockey- 
ing or close maneuA^ering, but plain, straight sailing on 
the part of each boat. Botli were well handled, and 
Genesee's port or inshore beam and then out clear ahead. 
Genesee did not like this, as Beaver was quite as good or 
a little the better dead before the wind, and she took in 
her spinaker and began to luff. Beaver meeting her. They 
luffed out into Humber Bay, and finally Genesee squared 
away and took the lead, on the outside. As they neared 
tlic island the Avind Avas nearly dead aft and shifting so 
that the booms were liable to come over at any time. 
There was another litffing match, with jibing and 'shifting 
of spinakers, in which Genesee gained a further adA^antage 
by clever handling, and they came for the line with 
booms on opposite sides and she in the lead. The finish 
was close enough to be exciting, there being but 39s. be- 
tween them. 
Leg. Course 
Time. Elapsed. Gain. Elapsed. Lead. 
Genesee ....5 0G57 1 51 3S 4 45 57 0 00 39 
Beaver ' 5 07 36 1 50 58 0 00 40 4 46 36 
As .011 the previous day, the breeze freshetied materially 
before the fleet reached the Eastern Gap. 
On Thursday the triangle was again in order, and Avith 
no more Avind than on the previous day, the little that 
there was being about S.E., with perfectly smooth water 
and a .sunny sky. The start was made at 11:14, with aU 
marks to starboard, BeaA'er, with her little topsail set, 
again going over first and to Avindward of Genesee. With 
her crew to leeward, however, the centerboard boat soon 
footed from imder Beaver's lee, the latter not haAdng 
enough wind to giA'e her a list. It AA^as the same story as 
in the previous races, but in even a lighter wind, as 
Genesee footed away. Beaver made a determined but 
fruitless effort to hold her by better windAvard work. 
.\bout four miles from the start the Avind shifted a little' 
to the south, allowing Genesee to lay her course for the 
mark. BeaA'er Avas not far away, but she lost the wind' 
entirely for a time. She set her balloon jib and carried it 
nearly to the mark, but oir a reach and with a streak of 
wind to help her. Genesee gained nearly ten minutes iti 
three miles. As she neared the mark the Avind headed her 
so that a couple of short hitches were necessary, but she 
finally rounded Avith the greatest lead she had had thus 
far, 11m. IIS. As thcA' sailed over the first half of this 
leg, under equal conditions she Avould have beaten Beaver 
to the mark by three or four minutes, the greater part of 
her gain being due to chance. The times were : 
Time. Elansed. Gain. Lead 
Genesee 1 05 39 1 50 39 0 11 11 0 11 U 
Beaver 1 16 50 2 01 50 
The second seven miles was a free Teach. Genesee car= 
