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BEDREST AND STREAM. 
ABB 
Class C — Sloops. 
Thyra, Horace Wood 1 25 56 1 24 27 
Alca, C. P. Clifford .1 25 59 . 1 25 59 
Sweep, VV. O. Knowles 1 ai c;9 130 10 
Class D — Sloops, 
Wanda, F. W. Reynolds Disqualified. 
Lotus, W. Bourne iS'ot timed. 
Class E — Cats. 
Carleton B., T. H, Bradley Started before gun. 
yueen iViab, A. Kobbins Started before gun. 
Sprit Sails. 
Dr. E. B. Whitney. 12 06 28 
George A. York .. ,. 12 09 52 
John B. Rhodes .. ., 12 10 49 
R L Snow 1....; 12 1100 
H. W. Blummer 12 11 14 
R. A. Terry 12 11 30 . 
W. H. Colville 12 12 0.^ 
Wanda was disqualified. Carleton and Queen Mab were 
disqualified for starting before the gun. 
Plymouth Y. C. Qub Race. 
PLYMOUTH — PLYMOUTH HARBOR. 
The Plymouth Y. tt, opened the season with a race in a 
strong and pulfy S.W. wind, the times being: 
18ft. Class. 
Elapsed. 
Milady, F. R. Adams 1 14 
Grace; M. S. Weston 143 10 
Spider, Hunt i i-i 2o 
Cnailenge, E. B. Atwood 1 -H 44 
Dolphin, N. Morton 1 48 23 
Handicap Class. 
Elapsed. Corrected, 
Veritas, Alex Holmes 1 nl 01) 1 28 00 
)<Volic,'J. C. Dawes , ;...l 59 3i) 1 33 36 
Aancy Jlanks. V. Maa;iathHn 139.50 1 .34 .50 
Seconset, H. M. Tones 1 41 ]it 1 37 10 
(ieisha. vV. T. VVmtman 1 SV 2,?. 1 37 23 
Buritan, E. Watson 1.57 47 1 39 47 
The judges were John T. Stoddard. George D. Bart- 
lett and T. N. Eldridge. 
East Gloucester Y, G. Opea Race. t.S^M 
E.\ST GLOUCESTER — GLOUCESTER HAKBOR. 
The East Gloucester Y. C. sailed its first race in a 
fresh S.W. breeze, the times being: 
First Class. ■• . ■ 
Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Rambler S. Boraeroy ...al.or 1 ud Oo 119 53 
Orda, J.' Greenoush 25.00 1 o3 2i; 1 21 54 
Alice and Maud, A. McCurdy 25.00 1 53 00 1 22 06 
Angel, Dr. Cox 23.11 06 19 1 33 02 
Second Class. 
Nymph, O. Ferkins 18.00 ^ 03 21 1 21 46 
Snapshot, Joseph Berry.... 17.06 2 10 5a 1 28 26 
Ida B., J. Mercnant Withdrew. 
Third Class. 
DorcJ^ea, A. W. Fitidley 14.10 1 29 59 1 01 22 
Spider, k. Five 12.08 1 3v 44 1 06 30 
Gracie. G. N6rris 13.00 1 46 50 1 lo 36 
Jubilee Y. C. Handicap Race.' 
BEVERLY — ^BEVERLY HARBOR. 
The Jubilee Y. C. sailed a handicap race, the times 
being: . . , 
btart. Finish. 
Black Cloud, T. GilloU 1^ -? nl 
l^ixie, S. J. Connolly .-U 49 OO 12 d6 04 
Addle, J. Kennison... •■•H!§n?. / * 
Priscilla, D. W. Tavlor 11 i' 00 Withdrew. 
Hudson River Y. C Annual Race. 
JJEW YORK — HUDSON RIVER. 
. Sunday:: June 3. 
The Hudson River Y. C. sailed its twenty-sixth annual 
race on June 3 over a triangular course from off the club 
house at Niriety-second street. North River, around a 
mark off Fort Lee, on the Jersey shore, jand another off 
Guttenberg, 5 miles, naut. The larger yachts sailed three 
rounds, the smaller two. The wind was from the west, 
fresh and fluky. The,^ times were : 
Class A— Sloops Over 30ft. 
; Start. Elapsed. Corrected. 
iSparetime. H. B. Reed ^5 OM?,' 9 n!^ of- 
Idle Hour, J. J. Ryan 12 05 20 . i 2 Ob 3b 1 o* 55 
Class B— Sloops Under 30ft. „ 
Eureka, Geo. Steifeleder .^^12 05 5* 2 26 50 2 26 50 
Happy Hours, T. H. Hall 12 Oo 00 2 12 IS 2 09 ..S 
Flla W. VVillse....... 12 06 00 -Withdrew. 
dlass C— Open Sloops Under 25ft ^ 
^^::^^r^^'\iki^.^"!^^::::::::iioii 411 l^i 
SybiUa. T: Kurstener 12 08 00 Withdrew. 
Class D— Cabin Catboats— 25ft. 
Clara S.; E. E. Vc^lmy 12 05 15 2 09 17 2 09 L 
Prpsto E Y Nel<^un 12 03 00 1 5/ .10 1 S4 
-Fafcon A Vogel . . 12 06 20 Withdrew. 
xlnen E Devli 12 09 20 -Withdrew. ■ 
fohn E: Br?w P.' H: Voegli 12 07 00 Withdrew. _ ^, 
r-iacc E— Open Catboat.s— Over 20ft. _ 
lames T. Corle£''c Rothi^el . . .12 09 W •. 2 05 M , 2 
•Mat>- McDonald, VVm. Kentzel.... 12 Oo o5 Z 02 1 o9 3o 
\Y.: H. Gill. J. J. McCarthy 12 07 oO 2 0- 1. 2 01 2. 
>-_Onen Catboats— Under 20ft. 
Marguerite, A.^' Simpson. ! 12 06 00 1 36 30 1 16 0 
C. T. W-ill.s^ M. Nicholaus 12 Ob 80 1'27 3( 1 2b 
Paul W., faul Wetzel, 1| Oo 10 1 37 50 1 ..5 45 
Loval, E. Ryder...... 12 Oa 00 129 08 J6 
Class G — Launches. 
K V. p T rih^nn ..12 26 00 1 00 30 1 00 30 
Acadia. J^. J. Giljson... io or on i m ^(n n fi7 20 
The winners were Sparetime, Happy Hours, Nettie 
Thorpe Presto, Mag McDonald, Loyal and Janette, sub- 
iect to the decision of various protests. Sparetime is pro- 
tested for fouling a mark and also for fouling Happy 
Hours; Loyal for fouling a mark, and Mag McDonald tor 
carrying eleven men in her crew. The judges were: 
Sheridan Plusch. Louis Maurier and Dr. A. Steubenrauch. 
Catboats on Jamaica Bay. 
A GOOD fleet of i6ft. ' catboats sailed a hard, race on 
Jamaica Bay on June 3. the course being an 8-mile tri- 
ingle, starting off Van Siclen's. Beach. With a fresh 
N W. wind and double reefs m. it was wet work for the 
little fellows, but eight finished out of eleven starters. 
'■'Tlie times were: p^.^^ Elapsed. 
Estelle, R. Singer •---^o 1 gg. 00 
■.Rip, Barker Brothers • ■-—-iM^ o'sg 50 
Spray, H. J. Fisher 9 04 01 1 14 01 
Dione. A. VWsott ;;;.-;V ''^''■"■q no niV 'lOgOO 
Yankee,.Boy, Henr^V^ W»9Wefl...„.......J_M. OJ .. ..1^ 00 
. Oueenie, V. H. V. Miner ■.,•!•.•-••..•« or;-aa -s?, 09 
Manhattan, F. Koller V^m'' -"T^ 10 
Storm King, J. Salzmann 3 41 10 1 id w 
Knickerbocker Y, C Annual Race. 
COLLEGE POINT — LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Saturday, June 2. 
The Knickerbocker Y. C. sailed its annual race on June 
2 over a new course, the club being for the time the guest 
of the JNew Rocneile Y. L., ana starting ort Lcho x5ay. 
this change gave an open course on the bound instead 
of the. narrower waters near Loliege Point. 1 he course 
was a i2-mile triangle around the -viatmnicock Pomt and 
Prospect Foinc buoys, sailed in a fresh W.S.W. wmd. 
the two new si-tooiers., laussar li. and Altair, were en- 
tered, but the sudden death ol Mr. Cord Meyer's brother 
necessitated the withdrawal of the latter boat, and Hussar 
IL, with a new mast m place of that carried away two 
weeks ago, had to sail alone. The cutter Mira had no 
competitor, so the keel sloop O Shima San went up into 
her class. Esperanza was in collision with the steam 
yacht Barraconta in entering the harbor, so Hera had no 
competitor and did not start. . The. race was under the 
rules of the Sound Y. R. A., the Race Committee being 
0. H. Chellborg, Harry Stephenson, Rodman Sands, C. 
VV. Schlesinger,' H. A. tjuackenbush and J. O. Smkmson. 
The Alcedo cup was ottered for yachts of the Knicker- 
bocker Y,.C of the 43ft. class. The times were: 
. Cutters and Sioops— .51ft. Class— Racing Trim— Start, 12:15. 
Racing Length. Finish. Elapsert. Corrected. 
Hussar II.. James Baird 5ii0j 2 01 00 1 46 00 
L utters and Sloops— 4:ilt. Class Special— Start, 12:20. 
Alira Cn.us. L: Poor •iS.OO j.2 1 02 45 1 52 45 
Ij Siuraa .San, j. D. Pratt 4,i.b0 2 27 24 2 07 2i 2 07 24 
Cutters and Sloops— 43tt. Class— Cruising Trim— Start, i:J:20. 
Eifryhia, Onarles Pryer ■■ki'Vi 2 35 35 2 18 35 2 13 58 
Jr'aiuie, j>eam ilrotlicrs Stt.Li.; ti 2 to i:0 a za ZO 
W'hite Wiusr, W.- E. Hail SS.ob 3 48 10 2 4:d Si 
Nautilus. ..I^nn J. McCue 36.78 2 51 04 2 31 04 2 23 27 
301t. Class — Start, 12:35. 
Oiseau, 1. R. Maxwell, Jr 30.00 2 i2 09 2 07 09 2 07 09 
.\itrion. -\. H. AlKer ,3U.OO 2 16 42 Z 11 IZ i! 09 21 
Crony, ti. B. VVeicn... 3U.UU Did not finisn. 
Uuananit.ie, R. Sands.'...' :30.00 3 13 10 2 38 10 2 38 10 
i'orgie, lunn U. Honey 3U.00 :! i:6 54 2 51 54 2 til 54 
i-^u, t. 'ji. jVlcDonaid ao.uu 2 46 44 ' 2 11 44 2 11 44 
.lessica, t.. D. Mower 30.00 2 03 23 2 27 23 2 27 23 
30ft. Class— Start, 12:35. 
Rochclle. Edward Kelly 30.00 2 47 46 " 2 12 46 
25ft. Clas.s— Start, 12:45. 
Edwina III., J. N. Gould 25.00 Did not finish 
Yawls— 36tt. Class— Start, 12:25. 
Freya, C. I. Bradish 2 4V OO 2 22 00 2 22 00 
IiaKana. ... H. .ucv^rcery 2 43 17 2 IS Iv 2 IS 1( 
Escape, (_.corge ^Viatthews 2 56 11 2 31 11 2 54 50 
211t. Raceabout.s— Start, 1.2:40. 
Scamp, 1. De Forest 2i.u0 3 ij2 27 2 22 27 
Loiieen.'t.. R. Aioerger 21.00 3 UU 02 a 20 02 
.snappei, 11. L. ivta.xweli 21.UU Did not finish. 
Raiaer, xl. M. Crane 21. OD 3 OS 5(. 2 28 57 
Spindnn, Piria ilrothers :il.00 3 09 54 2 29 54 
Ivittie, llazen Morse.,... 21.00 3 15 52 2 35 52 
Catboats— :Wft. Class— Start, 12:35. 
Dot C. T. Pierce. 30.00 2 56 14 - 2 21 14 2 21 14 
1. ei&ure, F. B. Jlynck ^27. 96 3 25 59 2 60 59 2 48 13 
Catboats— 25ft. Class— Start, 12:45. 
Kite R. M. Goddard 24. (9 Did not finish. 
Frolic F L. ivraemer.. 24.20 3 36 09 2 51 09 2 40 44 
Osage'. A. C. iNick^rson 23.50 Did not fimsli. , 
vMn ur Lose, J. S. Appieby. .23.b0 3 39 14 2 M 14 2 47 43 
Thesbe, VV. D. Reed 2 52 51 2 52 51 
Open Sloops— 21ft. Clas.s— Start, 12:fl0. 
Ox R. N. BavieV; 1 10 i2 3 20 42 3 20 42 
Riot, R. M. Sayre Did not finish. 
:^lft. Open Cats— Start, 12:EjO. 
Mongoose II., Simeon Ford. -3 16 37 2 26 37 2 26 37 
The winners were: liussar II. (sail over), Mira, 
Eurybia, Oiseau, Alerion (second prize), Rochelle (sail 
over), Sakana, Colleen and Scamp, second prize; Dot, 
Win' or Lose and FroHc, second prize ; Ox and Mon- 
ijoose (sail over)-. — 
Hull — Masschusetts Opening Race. 
HULL — BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, June 2. 
ThV. opening race of the Hull-Massachusetts Y. C. on 
June 2 had but few starters. There was a fresh S.W. 
wind, and the yachts were reefed. The times were: 
¥• R. A. 25ft. Class. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Flirt, Fabyan & McKee.'. 158 19 
H. O. 25ft. Class. 
Al Kyris, J. F. Brown 2 05 22 
Handicap Class. 
Broncho. F. N. Tandy 1 38 53 1 24 do 
(.•aterpi:lar, W". P. Keyes 1 42 12 1 26 12 
The iudges were: Wm, A. Cary. Y. M. Clark, Law- 
rence B. Flint and John L. Amorv Al Kyris will not 
count the race as a percentage record. 
Winthrop Y. C Handicap Race. 
WINTHROP — ^BOSTON H.\RB0R. 
Saturday, June 2. 
The Winthrop Y. C. sailed a handicap race on June 2 
in a strong S.E. wind, the times being : 
:f ,^ - . - ^ Finish. Handicap. Corrected. 
Cvirnet T R Hodder 4 30 u.i 0 01 00 0 49 05 
.kieT fiin McConneli: ! ! . ! 4 31 21 0 05 00 0 49 21 
§;e;c?ee'Mir'x;.Chapman::::::.4 39 IG 0 06 00 0 53 1| 
Virginia, Will iam Traiser * 1^ 42 01^^. ifali 
Hector. ' A. W. Hubbard .4 47 30 0 11 30 0 56 3b 
Gwendolin, Mr. Field 4 48 57 0 12 00 0 o6 37 
New Factors in Measurement. 
In the folloAving letter to the Field, still another formula 
is propo.sed : ; t 
Edito'r the Field: There can be no doubt that there is a 
o-ood deal of dissatisfaction with the working of the 
present rating rule, and as this question must shortly be 
reconsi dered.. it will not. I think, be out of place to bring 
forward a new proposal. 
Would not the following formula meet the difficulty.'' 
L + B + *^S~A — C '^M Constant = Linear Eating. 
M being the area of greatest immersed transverse sec- 
tion and C a constant of any given positive value, depend- 
ing upon the amount of premium that it may be consi dered 
advisable to put on displacement. The terms B and S A 
could also 'be varied without affectihg the formula. 
It might be necessary to fix an extreme limit of draft, 
proportional to length, but this is very doubtful. 
This formula prafcticaiiy embodies two rules suggested 
in 1894 by Thalassa and rnyself, respectively, each 01 which 
was a modification of the Seawanhaka rule. 
The object that I have kept m view in framing this rule 
is the encouragement of a type of vessel that would be 
fast and weatherly in relation to her cost-causmg dimen- 
sibns, while at the same time a concession has been made 
to the popular demand for accommodation. 
M, Heckst ALL- Smith. 
Greenock, May 16. 
In this formula the area of the midship section is used 
instead of displacement, being reduced to correspond with 
the other factors, all linear measurements, by taking the 
square root. It does not appear that there is to-day any 
need of a direct tax on breadth as here proposed, and the 
factor B is simply taken because it is found in the present 
linear rating rule. Unless some good reasons can be 
advanced for thus taxing the breadth, it may well be 
dropped from the formula as unnecessary and positively 
harmful; at least in this country. While the proposed 
formula is better than those involving the direct use of 
displacement, its effect is the same; to place a positive 
premium upon large displacement. As we have repeatedly 
demonstrated, this is by no means the sole end, nor even 
a desirable end, of measurement legislation ; what is really 
needed is to secure a proper and harmonious proportion 
between dimensions and displacement. Neither the narrow 
cutter of great displacement nor the unwieldy Skow of 
great dimensions and small displacement is the right boat 
for the times, but a middle type of moderate proportions 
of breadth and draft coupled Avith reasonable displace- 
nent for the general model. 
Western Yachts. 
Chicago, 111., June 2. — This bids fair to be an unusu- 
ally busy season in yachting circles in this portion of the 
country. The seven different clubs of the Lake Michigan 
Association are making plans for a .general summer cam- 
paign ; the Jackson Park Club is getting out a great many 
boats, Chicago Y. C. is putting in commission a good 
number of fine big ones, and Columbia Y. C. will be 
extraordinarily busy. The season will practically be 
opened next Saturday, June 9, when Columbia Y. C. will 
sail the Michigan City race. The following are the entries 
at this date: 
Class A 9. — Query, Griffith and Baker; Loon, C. Web- 
ster; Albatross, William Bruce; Sidewalk, George C. 
Fargher, and WilHt, Com. F. D. Porter. 
Class B 10. — Atlantic, William H. Reeves; Shepherdess, 
Harry Byrnes; The Fox, Charles C. Fox, and Jeanette, 
W. S. Rait. . 
Fox Lake yachts will go generally into commission 
this coming week, and there will be more of the little fel- 
lows than was ever known on those waters. Commo- 
dore Hertz will be busy in the month of June. It is 
stated that Com. Llertz was one of the losers, with others 
of our Chicago yachtsm'en, by the unfortunate fire which 
recently destroyed the sail lofts of Messrs. Geo. B. Car- 
penter & Co. Several of our yachtsmen had suits of 
sails in progress of manufacture which were destro5^ed 
in this fire, and this will perhaps slightly delay the com- 
missioning of one or two of the smaller boats. 
Besides the new Maybe, recently turned out, there is 
another tidy one building, for J. B. Keogh. of this city. 
The mode! of this boat remains a secret. E. H. 
The Sentinel^ Mission Yacht. 
Down at Manning's Basin, in South Brooklyn, there 
lies a little craft whose name has not appeared in lists of 
yachts now fitting out for summer cruises. She is the 
Sentinel, missionary yacht. 
The Sentinel is a 30ft. naphtha launch, and is owned 
by the International Tract Societj', which distributes to 
seamen all kinds of desirable reading matter, secular as 
well as religious. 
Capt. J. L. Johnson, for twenty-three years a sailor 
on the Great Lakes, commands the little vessel, and his 
wife is associated with him in his work. Together they 
make their home on board from early spring until winter 
renders the waters of the harbor too dangerous. Capt. 
Johnson and his wife are just now engaged in fitting out 
the Sentinel for a long trip. "On ]\ionda}' next/' said 
the Captain to a reporter, "we will start by way of the 
.canal for Philadelphia. With us will go Mr. Nichola, 
secretary of the tract society, his wife and I'onr children. 
The Sentinel being much too small to furnish sleeping 
accommodations for so many, we have provided a camp- 
ing outfit, and every night we will pitch our tents along 
the bank. We are taking with us a full cargo of Bibles. 
Testaments, tracts and other rcadin,g matter, which we 
intend to distribute along the way. At Philadelphia we 
shall stay ten days, attending the annual camp meeting 
of the sect of the Seventh Day Adventists. 
"On June 17 we shall leave Philadelphia and proceed 
by easy stages to Baltimore, where there will be another 
great relegious gathering." — New York Evening Post, 
June 2. •• 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
At the shops of the Racine Boat Manufacturing Co. 
there has just been turned out what is perhaps the most 
curious racing yacht afloat. It is an aluminum hull boat 
that at first sight resembles a covered bathtub. It was 
built to fit no class now provided for, and is without a 
name save that of "Freak," with which it was christened 
by the men employed in its construction. . 
The "Freak" was built for William H. Meyefs, of Mil- 
waukee. The hull, rivets, clamps and beams 1 are -all of 
aluminum, and wood is used only in the cockpit combing 
and deck floor. The.ilength over all is .32ft. 4in.,;.wjth 8ft. 
4in. beam. Its shape is difficult to describe, as it icari be 
assigned to no class.' When W. E. Collier! the- designer, 
was asked to build a racing machine he was given no 
specific direction, and worked out a design different from 
any he had ever seen. 
The aluminum dish will carrj- a centerboard, but its 
sailing angle has not been ascertained, as it will be fitted 
with a freak rig made from a design by Mr. Meyers. The 
