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Scamasaxe. 
A French Skow. 
The thing here illustrated, by cotirtesy a yacht, is one 
of the new boats of the year, designed and built for the 
defense of the one-ton cup of the Cercle de la Voile de 
Paris. She was not successful in the trial races, the 
winner being a less extreme type of Skow, somewhat like 
Glencaim III., with a very full bow, but still retaining the 
semblance of a boat. 
Scamasaxe was designed by Albert Michelet, one of the 
crew of Bolouga in the successful defense of the same cup 
against Vectis last season. She was built by Seyler, at 
Courbevoie. Her dimensions are : Over all, 26ft. 3in. ; 
l.w.l., l8ft. ; breadth, 6ft. ; depth of hull, 3in. She nas 
two cockpits, one forward and one aft, and two rudders 
joined by a single thwartship tiller, after the fashion of 
the Herreshoff catamarans. There is but one centerboard, 
located on the middle line, the plate being of steel. She 
is rigged with a triangular mainsail, a sliding gunter of 
420 sq. ft, and a jib of 118 sq. ft. Scamasaxe has re- 
cently competed in the races of the Exposition, winning 
second place in one race. 
Bridgeport Y. C. Annual Regatta. 
BLACK ROCK — ^LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Saturday, July 14. 
The Bridgeport Y. C. sailed its second annual regatta 
on July 14 in a strong N.W. wind, which discouraged or 
disabled a number of the starters. The times were : 
Special Class— Over 43ft.— Start, 12:30. 
Length. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Nymph A. Burr 51.00 2 25 53 1 55 53 1 55 53 
Whitby, A. McNeil 51.00 Withdrew. 
43 to 36ft. Sloops and Yawls— Start, 12:35. 
Spindrift, E. S. Griffing 30.2 3 07 19 2 37 19 2 37 19 
Titania, W. H. Childs 33.66 Withdrew. 
30ft. Sloops and Catboats— Start, 12:40. 
Kit, T. H- Macdonald .30.00 3 45 21 3 05 21 3 05 21 
Kestral, H. S. Bishop 29.4 Withdrew. 
Departure, C. B. Seeley 30.00 Withdrew. 
Marguerite, T. F. Dingee 30.00 Withdrew. 
Alerion, A. "Walker ,.29.7 Withdrew. 
30ft. Cat Class— Start, 12:45. 
Dot, C. T. Pierce 30.00 2 54 18 2 09 18 2 09 18 
Vagabond, F. H. & B 25.00 3 02 03 2 17 03 2 09 32 
25ft. and 21ft. Sloops and Catboats— Start, 12:50. 
Sis, F. T. Bedford 21.00 2 46 19 1 56 19 1 56 19 
Persimmon, D. H. Warner. .. .21.00 2 49 46 1 59 46 1 59 46 
Ghoorka, J. T. Elton 21.00 Withdrew. 
Lurene, R. C. Mitchel ..21.00 3 14 15 2 24 15 2 24 15 
Idea, H. A. Budlong 21.00 3 31 10 2 41 10 2 41 10 
ISft. Sloops and Catboats— Start, 12:55. 
Fox, G. Hill 18.00 3 47 57 2 52 57 2 52 57 
Monsoon, H. Fish 18.00 Withdrew. 
Bob White, W. Wilmot 18.00 Withdrew. 
Dora, G. Catlin 18.00 3 58 48 3 03 48 3 03 48 
Norma, E. P. Rowland 18.00 Withdrew. 
Nymph and Dot turned the wrong mark ; Fox was dis- 
qualified for failing to show a racing number. 
Westhampton Country Club. 
WESTHAMPTON — GREAT SOUTH BAY. 
Saturday, July 21. 
The Westhampton Country Club sailed its first race on 
July 21 in a fresh southerly breeze, the times being: 
First Class— Start, 2:15. 
Finish. Corrected. 
Orange Boven 3 42 27 1 27 27 
Idlewild 3 29 26 1 29 26 
Thetis 3 29 42 1 29 42 
Third Class— Start, 2:20. 
Lady Margaret 3 56 40 1 32 32 
Esperanza 3 55 42 1 33 34 
Iris 3 54 15 1 33 47 
Pauline 3 56 50 1 36 50 
Oolah 4 01 40 1 44 32 
Fourth Class— Start, 2:25. 
Defender 4 00 41 1 45 25 
Hallcyn 4 01 24 1 46 08 
Wj-vern 4 GO 00 1 46 10 
Canarsic Y. C. 
CANARSIE — JAMAICA BAY. 
Saturday, July 21. 
The open championship race of the Canarsie Y. C. post- 
poned from July 7 was sailed on July 21, the starters being 
those boats originally entered. There was a reefing breeze 
from S.W. at the start, and Irene, under full sail, lost 
her mast just after crossing the line. The times were: 
First 
Class. 
Start. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Corrected. 
3 38 05 
Dismasted. 
3 39 30 
6 40 00 3 00 30 
S 00 30 
Second 
Class. 
W^ithdrew. 
3 42 38 
6 00 30 2 17 52 
2 17 52 
Third 
Class. 
6 36 02 2 48 59 
2 48 59 
3 47 07 
6 32 00 2 44 53 
2 42 38 
Marine and Field Club. 
bath beach GRAVESEND BAY. 
Saturday, July 21. 
The Marine and Field Club has arranged a series of 
races for its one-design class, the first being sailed on 
Jtily 28 in a fresh S.E. wind. The course was a three-mile 
triangle, sailed three times. Vixen lo.st a man over- 
board and withdrew. The times were, start 3 :4t :oo : 
Finish. Elaosed. 
Ouinque. Smith & Hilliard 5 13 34 1 32 34 
Kelpie, W.. K. Brown 5 14 54 1 33 54 
Flymg Fox. Buckman & Cone 5 28 20 1 47 20 
Vixen, Baylor & Mahoney Withdrew, 
Royal Canadian Y. C. Lansdowne Cup. 
TORONTO — ^LAXCE ONTARIO. 
Saturday, Jtily 14. 
The Royal Canadian Y. C. sailed a race for different 
classes on July 14, the larger yachts competing for the 
Lansdowne cup. The times were: 
Start, 3:00. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Merrythought, allows 6 27 45 3 27 45 
Vreda, 43s. 6 37 05 3 37 05 
Vivia, 'i.5s 6 54 53 3 54 55 
35ft. Class— Start, 2:45. 
Beaver 6 42 00 
Mineta ..6 44 00 
Sylvia and Wona started in the 30ft. class, and Hustler, 
Yara Yara, Cake Walk and Dodo in the i6ft. class, but 
all failed to finish owing to a calm. 
Hamilton to Oafcville. 
On July 14 the combined fleets of the Royal Hamilton 
and the Victoria yacht clubs sailed a cruising race from 
Hamilton to Oakville, the times being : 
First Class— Start, 2:30. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Clytie , ......4 54 20 2 24 20 
35ft, Class— Start, 2:35. 
Hamilton r 4 39 00 2 04 00 
Myrtle > 4 43 00 2 08 00 
30-25ft. Class— 811I. 2Is. Allowed the 25-footers— Start, 2:40. 
Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Hiawatha .4 58 50 2 18 50 2 IS 60 
Getaway 5 13 00 2 33 00 2 24 33 
Koko 5 13 25 2 33 25 2 25 04 
Mona 5 05 10 2 25 10 2 25 10 
Hazard 5 11 00 2 31 00 2 31 00 
Happy Thought 5 13 20 2 33 20 2 33 20 
Seawanbaka Cor. Y. C. 
oyster BAY — LONG ISLAND SOUND, 
Saturday, July 21. 
The Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. sailed the fourth 
race of the Center Island cup series on July 21, the times 
being : 
Finish. Points. 
Bee, H. C. B. Jacquelin & D. Le Roy Dresser 5 03 07 6 
Bobs, W. A. W. Stewart 5 03 55 5 
Wyntje, F. S. Hasting 5 04 10 4 
Minstrel, E. I. Low ...5 07 30 3 
Center, Daniel Baron 5 08 15 2 
Heron, Frederic R. Coudert, Jr 1 
Bee wins first prize and six points, and Bobs second, 
prize for the day. 
Explosion of a Naphtha Launch. 
On July 23 at about S P. M. the naphtha launch Sasco 
exploded just out Echo Bay, New Rochelle. The owner 
of the yacht, Alfred E. Crow, a wealthy resident of New 
Rochelle, was at the wheel, his wife and their son, Harold, 
thirteen years old, being the only other persons on board. 
The launch was practically blown to pieces by one violent 
explosion, Mrs. Crow and her son being instantly killed, 
while Mr. Crow was dangerously injured. The frag- 
ments of the boat were scattered in all' directions the 
bodies were thrown into the water, and the surface of the 
water was covered with burning naphtha. Intrepid, steam 
yacht, was close at hand, with many launches and yachts 
returning from the Larchmont regatta. Mr. Phcenix was 
one of the first to the rescue, in his steam launch, picking 
up the body of the boy, which was laid in the launch and 
covered with the launch's ensign. Mr. Crow was picked 
up clinging to a partly burned cushion, by the steam 
yacht Dixie, J. M. Daggett, and carried in to the New 
Rochelle Rowing Club house. Southern Star, a launch 
owned by Robert Cameron, picked up the burned and 
mangled body of Mrs. Crow. Mr. Crow was restored to 
consciousness and taken to his home, his right thigh being 
broken, while he was bruised and also suffering from 
shock. After a time he became unconscious, and his 
recovery i^ doubtful. An older son. Clinton Crow, had 
been one of the party, but left the yacht at Larchmont and 
was awaiting her on the club float at New Rochelle. where 
he witnessed the explosion. He states that a leak Avas 
discovered in the naphtha tank early in the morning and 
his father made some temporafy repairs to it,.as it was but 
small, 
George Caspar Adams< 
Among the younger generation of American yachts- 
taen, few are more widely and favorably known than the 
"Adams Brothers," Messrs. George Caspar Adams and 
Charles F. Adams, 3d, of Quincy, Mass. For the past 
twenty years, from early boyhood, they have been actively 
interested in yacht i-acmg, and they have owned some of 
the noted yachts of the day— the keel Papoose, Baboon, 
Gossoon and the centerboard Harpoon, with a whole fleet 
of .small catboats. George Caspar Adams, who had been 
ill for some time with Bright's disease, died at his home 
in Quincy on July 13 at the age of thirty-seven years. 
Mr. Adams began his racing late in the seventies on 
Quincy Bay, then the home of many fast catboats, and 
he made a record at the time in the little cat Dandelion. 
After racing and cruising in many small yachts, he, with 
his brother, in 1887, ordered of Mr. Burgess the keel 
cutter Papoose, of 36ft. l.w.l., but the first yacht of the 
famous 40ft. class. When the class took definite form 
in the following year, they sold Papoose and built Bab- 
oon, also from Mr. Burgess' designs. In 1889 they spent 
the yachting season abroad, racing in English and Scotch 
waters, and in the following year they built Gossoora. 
When the 46ft. class succeeded the 40ft., they bought the 
new Burgess centerboard cutter Beatrix, built in 1891, and 
renamed her Harpoon, to correspond with the series, raia- 
king a number of alterations in her and in particular 
testing a weighted centerboard. Harpoon made the besl 
record of all the outside boats against the then invincible 
Glonana. In 1893 both the brothers were associated with 
the syndicate which built the 90ft. fin-keel Pilgrim, and 
they took an active part, with the late George A. Stewart, 
m handling her in the trial races. Mr. Adams was a 
Harvard graduate, and in addition to his love of yacht- 
ing he was interested in all outdoor sports in general. 
His genial and kindly nature endeared him to all who 
were fortunate enough to enjoy his personal acquaintance 
and many others who never knew him other than by name 
will learn with regret of the loss to American yachting. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
A regular meeting of the New York Y. C. was held ore 
July 19 at Delmonico's in Beaver street, the following new 
members being elected : E. P. Morse, Richard C. Fessen- 
den, F. W. Wurster, Lieut.-Com. W. .B. Bayley, U. S. N. ; 
Charles Robinson Smith, Thomas G. Field, Robert J. W, 
Koons, Richard H. Morgan, Edward Sears Gellatly, Dur- 
bm Home, Joseph H. Hoadley, James P. Scott, August 
R. Meyer, C. Fabyan Monroe, Lieut.-Com. George M 
Stoney, U. S. N. ; Robert M. Thompson and Lieut. F. W, 
Kellogg, U .S. N. 
The amendments of the racing rules passed at the third 
general meeting were approved. These are the changes in 
Classes G and H of single-masted vessels and yawls, ma- 
king the former for vessels over Soft, racing length, and 
the latter not over Soft, and over 70ft. racing length. 
Also for the making of Class I not over 70ft. and over 
6oft. racing length. The other changes were regarding the 
limit of draft and the number of men permitted on these 
yachts during a race. 
The following amendment to Rule No. 19 of the racing 
rtiles was passed, but must be approved at the next 
meeting : 
"A yacht which shall be disqualified twice in one sea- 
son may be debarred from sailing in club races for the 
remainder of the season." 
The programme for the cruise was announced as fol- 
lows : The squadron will rendezvous off Glen Cove, L. I., 
on Monday, Aug. 6, sailing for the Commodore's cups for 
schooners and cutters over a triangular course, anchoring 
m Huntington Harbor. Tuesday, Aug. 7, squadron run 
to Morris Cove. Wednesday, Aug. 8, squadron run to 
New London. Thursday. Aug. 9, to Newport. On Fri- 
day, Aug. 10, the squadron will proceed to Vineyard 
Haven. The return to Newport will take place on Satur- 
day, Aug. II. In all these squadron runs class races will 
take place. The squadron will remain at anchor in New- 
port harbor on Sunday. Aug. 12, and on Monday, Aug. 
, 13, the Astor cups will be sailed for, after which the ' 
squadron Avill disband. 
Baroness Julia de Rothschild's steam yacht Gitana IL 
was elected a flag member. 
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Hebe, the new Crowninshield 36-footer, owned by J. R 
Maxwell, has been fitted with a topmast in place of her 
pole-masted rig at Woods' Yard, City Island. 
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The Atlantic Y. C. proposes to build a fast passenger 
steamer for service between the Battery and its station 
at Sea Gate, to replace the slow boat now in use. 
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R. Floyd Clarke's schooner yacht Vif, one of the best 
known of the older cruising yachts, was sunk in the East 
River, off Ward's Island, on the night of July 16. as the 
resuk of a collision with the excursion steamer Crystal 
Stream, 
Only four persons were aboard Vif at the time of the 
collision, and all were rescued. The yacht, however went 
down m nearly looft. of water, and is a total loss.' Mr. 
Clarke will make no attempt to have her raised. 
yif, with Capt. S. T. Beckwith, the steward, one • 
sailor and Mrs. Beckwith, aboard, was headed north in 
the eastern channel past Ward's Island, at dusk Monday 
when the Meyers Excursion Company's steamer Crystal 
Stream, headed south, with a barge in tow on either ■ 
side, attempted to cross the yacht's bows. The tide swept 
the yacht ahead, and she was unable to luff out of the 
course of the steamer, which was not gotten under con--- 
trol until too late to avoid the collision. 
The bow of one of the barges caught Vif on her star- 
board quarter, crushing the yacht's gig and plowing 
through the hull into her cabin. Water began to pour 
through the large hole at once, and Mrs. Beckwith was 
sent aboard the barge. 
' Capt. Beckwith and the other two men, however re- 
mained aboard, and the yacht began to drift through Hell 
Gate, gradually filling. 
In five minutes it became aooarent that she would sink 
and the three men put the dinghy overboard and were' 
given a tow Ime by the tug Municipal, which had come 
