Jui«-i'4, 1900.] 
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Payne, F. Nicholson, N. Duggan. Frank Daggett, A. 
Street, L. Belmont, H. Sarchet. W. Schmitt, H. Hyde 
and Alex. Auld. Mr. W. D. Payne, as secretary, was 
the only officer elected for the year 1892, and he filled the 
duties most acceptably. 
The club began with a modest little fleet of five yachts, 
namely, the cabin sloops Sea Shell and Restless, both 
2sft. over all: a partly decked sloop of some length 
named May B.; the skipjack Blade and a smaller sloop. 
Eileen, only i8ft. over all "The need of a club house 
was met by the members themselves turning to and con- 
structing a common looking houseboat, which to this day 
is moored in . the northwest corner of the outer yacht 
harbor. 
The season of 1893 witnessed the inauguration ot the 
cruising race across the south end of the lake, which 
has grown in importance until it has come to be 
regarded as the greatest yachting event on Lake Mich- 
igan, and in which twentj^-five yachts sailed last month. 
In the year of its inauguration the race was. from 
Michigan City, Ind., to Chicago, but ever since, it has 
been sailed from Chicago to Michigan City. The course 
is one and a half points south of east, and the distance 
is. thirty-three and a fraction miles.. 
The annual records in this race have been as follows: 
1893.. Peri ,. 
1894..Hattie B 
1895.-iPhantom .....<.,.r>4. 
1896..Vanenna 
1897..Vanenna ^ 
1898.. Sir en 
1899.. Siren 
1900.. Sir en 
Early in the season of 1899 the Columbian Construc- 
tion Company was organized with a capital of $5,000, the 
stock being subscribed for by members of the Columbia 
Y, C., the object being to insure funds for erecting the 
new club house, upon which work was at once com- 
menced. Architect W. S. Burrous, the ranking officer 
of the year, drew the plans, and exercised a general 
supervision of the work. In August an attempt was made 
by process of injunction, to prevent the club from main- 
taining its home on the lake front site granted by the 
United States Government, and the construction work 
ceased before the season ended. But later on Judge Kav- 
anaugh, of the Superior Court, rendered a decision in the 
club's favor. 
At the first regular meeting of 1900 it was proposed to 
hold on the Fourth of July an open regatta on a scale 
surpassing anything yet attempted in these waters. ' 
Accidents of the Day. 
So large a regatta was not to be run off without a cer- 
tain number of accidents, though happily nothing came 
up of a serious nature, and the mishaps were for the 
most part trivial. Satyr was capsized at the four-mile 
crib, but no one was the worse for the wetting. Red 
Bird also met a similar misfortune, but came in under 
her own sail. Not quite so lucky was Gironda, which 
lost her steering gear, her rudder post breaking off. She 
was towed in with a disappointed crew, who regretted the 
breakdown just when they were doing fine work. Nymph 
carried away her throat halyards block. Peri, while part- 
ing no rigging, had a bit of trouble apparently from a 
fouled block. Neola lost distance by the parting of a 
halyard, as above mentioned, and there were the usual 
number of minor mishaps of unimportant nature. 
Protests. 
Phantom was protested for fouling Josephine. Har- 
riet H. protested Bald Eagle and Bald Eagle protested 
Harriet H. for reasons named above. 
Starts and G>urses. 
Classes 1, 3, 4 and 5 sailed the fifteen-mile course. 
Classes 2, 6, 7. 7J-2, 8, 9 and 10 and the 20's and 17's sailed 
the ten-mile course. Naval Reserve cutters sailed to 
four-mile crib and return. In the afternoon races, 20's 
and ,17's flying starts; no flying starts in the morning 
races. Time limit, three hours. 
The Story of the Racing. 
With a fresh breeze and beautiful sky the first start was 
msde at 10 A. M. In a moment the whole lake expanse 
off the Breakwater Gap was full of canvas. There was, 
to be sure, a certain amount of confusion incident to so 
heavy an entry, and only those at the piers or close up 
with a launch could get a just idea of the sailing. There 
was nothing close in the questions of fouls at the first 
turn, though Triton and Nomad jockeyed so close to- 
gether here that from a litfle distance astern it surely 
seemed Nomad had fouled Triton. Such, however, was 
not the case. As the boats rounded into the second leg 
the big fellows strun.g out and left the lesser craft far 
behind. Sallie and Hawthorne began to show hull down 
on their way to the Lake View crib. Prairie pressed far 
up with the leaders, and the new boat May B., built by 
Cuthbert, this spring, began to show an amazing clean 
pair of heels. May B. had been fitted with a new spar 
and with 200 feet of canvas extra the night previous, her 
owners' men working all night to get this done. This 
put her up one peg in the classification, but her time 
table tells the story of her merit compared \yith other 
boats above and below her. She was handled well. . So 
too was Peri, winner in Class 6. Spray, winner in Class 
made a fine showing, both in seamanship and in 
actual sailing time. Prairie and Josephine were handled 
handsomely, and Prairie showed that she could do a thing 
or two in the fresh breeze which prevailed. The finish 
of the fleet was close enough to afford interest to the 
spectators and to keep the judges busy calling time, as 
the boats came over close bunched in several , instances. 
Tlie finish in Class i attracted great attention. Much 
to the surprise of every one, the magnificent lead estab- 
lished by Sallie in the first portion of the race was seen 
to be cut down and indeed lost in the last mile of the 
course. It could not be said that Sallie was sailed as 
cleverly as she should have been in the close-hauled wo"l:. 
She" fell far. out to leeward, and w^hen she began to haul 
up on to her course it was seen that Hawthorne had 
gained the weather berth of her. Hawthorne now was! 
handled beatifully and maintained her lead, crossing the 
line first by a Hbferal margin, much to surprise of iSilU 
who thought the. old boat would not be m it with her 
smarter rival. Sallie won^ by a narrow thing, on .her 
time allowance, over the course of fifteen nautical miles. 
This victorv carried with it the Hiram Walker cup. 
Meantime Siren had pleased a great many by her smart 
work in her walkover alone around the course. The win 
of Mvrene. in Class 2, was bv fluke alone, as earlier ex- 
plained. ' The other starters of the morning did not turn 
up anything of so great interest in' the way of a nautical 
duel as thai; betwe(?n Sallie and Hawthorne. Indeed, it 
was reserved for the afternoon- to show the most exciting 
contests of the day, when the Httle fellows got out to- 
gether. There were present sorrie fine specimens of the 
latest little, craft, such as Tritpn, Neola, Peeps II., etc.. 
and these put up a fight of the greatest interest. ' 
The Aflerfibon, 
The small boats of the afternoon regatta were given 
flying starts, and at about 2:30 o'clock the 20-footers and 
17-footers got the gun for their start. As the 20-footers 
were to race for the Boyce cup, to which a great deal of 
interest attaches, the pier was lined with spectators and 
all the big excursion steamers, the private launches, etc., 
were packed with eager and excited spectators. At the 
gun Bald Eagle went over the line first, but just behind 
her came Harriet H.. the fast boat from Fox Lake, en- 
tered by Mr. Hertz, At once Harriet H; began to close 
on Bald Eagle, and rapidly passed her to leeward, as 
though sailing feet to her inches. It was a pretty thing 
between these two all the way out to the first crib, though 
at that time it looked easy for Harriet H., she having a 
minute to the good there. Query, the third entry, a 
clever little craft three years ago, but hardly up to the 
latest spoonbills, came pounding along in the rear, but 
was hopelessly distanced. It looked all Harriett H. until 
they came to the close-hauled leg, and here in the wind- 
ward work began the most exciting duel of the whole 
day. Harriet had gained a full minute on the first leg 
but only a half minute in the second, though this lead 
would have seemed to be decisive under ordinary sail- 
ing conditions. Bald Eagle, however, was splendidly 
handled, her crew being Henry Davies, helmsman; E. T. 
Balcom, Sidnev Davies and Thomas Smith. Ably sailed 
Bald Eagle edged up on Harriet and to the surprise of 
all showed. up in the weather berth less than a mile from 
the finish. Harriet H. seemed to realize that she had a 
fight on her hands now, and she went about in a gallant 
effort to cross Bald Eagle's bow. The latter, however, 
was too much for her, and for the first time in the course 
Harriet was headed, being forced to luff and fall back. 
There were many cheers from the admirers of Bald Eagle 
at this point. The fight, however, was not over, and 
although Harriet H. had lost considerable way, she stood 
on in a long reach and began to show her good sailing 
qualities. She stood to the weather of Bald Eagle, and 
shortly after the latter boat attempted the same maneuver 
in which Harriet had failed. Bald Eagle was able to 
make good her effort, and crossed Harriet's bows with 
something to spare. Harriet stood on, and catching a 
good flaw of wind footed it handsomely. Bald Eagle 
now went about and set out after her, but seemed not to 
have the best in this part of the work. Bald Eagle again 
came in on the port tack and challenged Harriet once 
more for the lead, which the latter seemed to have gained, 
this zigzag down to the finish being a most exciting thing. 
Harriet had the right of waj' and she was pluckily sailed 
straight into the apex of the impending angle. With bull 
dog tenacity Bald Eagle stood on and on, in a desperate 
fight to cross her bows. It was a toss up which would 
win, but the Fox Lake craft was now going a good clip 
and Bald Eagle could not get way enough to head her. 
This attempt, plucky as it was on the part of Bald Eagle, 
.was fatal to her chances. Bald Eagle tore away the stay 
on Harriet and also ripped a big hole through her jib. 
At a distance this accident could not be seen, for the 
boats swung apart and resumed their duel. They were 
fighting now on down into the mouth of the gap and one 
more reach would settle it. Harriet was the better placed, 
for it was doubtful if Bald Eagle could make the gap 
without going about. All at once the men on the press 
boat were horrified to see Harriet's sails flutter as she 
came up into irons. In a horse race this kind of a finish 
would have been fit subject for a lynching, and the great- 
est indignation was expressed at the ruin of a hot finish 
b}' such an unseamanlike performance. A little further 
back Harriet had been accused of a slight case of the 
rattles, and now it was supposed that her crew had en- 
tirely lost their heads. It was not known at that time 
that there had been a foul. The whole matter was ex- 
plained when Harriet came in with her ripped jib to take 
the race under a foul, a most disappointing finish to one 
of the prettiest boat races we have ever had in this port. 
Sailing time is not given on these boats on account of the 
protest. The latter is a double protest, for Mr. Balcom 
has protested Harriet in turn on the ground that her 
measurement exceeds 20ft. and that she has violated the 
rule of the Inland Lakes Yaching Association regarding 
air-tight bulkheads. This protest is not decided at this 
writing. 
Duel in the I7-Footcrs. 
While the first leg of the course was being sailed in the 
above event there came into view another little nautical 
encounter, -vv'hich was still closer at that stages than the 
fight between Harriet and Bald Eagle! Neola and Tri- 
ton were seen saiHng as though tied together for nearly 
two nautical miles, neither seeming to get much advan- 
ta.ge of the other. They came down to the first crib in 
this s.aine fashion, and at this point they picked up Query, 
which was a humorous third in the 20ft. class, Harriet 
and Bald Eagle being by this time well out on the second 
leg. AH three of these lesser boats rounded to in a bunch 
at the four-mile crib, Neola having a shade the advantage 
at this^ point. They all cut the crib very closely, much 
crowded, Neola being in between Triton and Query. As 
they showed beyond the pier of the crib Triton was in 
advance with half a length of clear water between her 
and Neola. Then came on as pretty a piece of jockeying 
as was seen in the whole regatta; Neola. briskly handled, 
was put up into the wind and blanketed Triton. The 
■ latter thought that two could. play at this, and as soon 
^ as Neola stood clear she in turn laid into the weather 
berth and blanketed Neola. Neola once more tried it. 
but Triton shook out a pace or two and went off with 
Neola trailing. At the second crib Triton had a lead of 
a quarter of a minute. Then began the windward work 
and ther6 bade fair to be a warm finish here also. Too 
bad for the sport. Neola carried away her jib halyard. 
She spliced it twice, but this lost her her place in the 
■race and deprived her of at least a fighting finish, in 
which anybody's boat might have been the winner. These 
little fellows certainly showed the merriest kind of work 
and they were sailed with a skill and dash jvhich brought 
out the encomiums of every one. 
. The Record. 
The sailitig time as reported by the committee at date 
is given below. It was stated that owing to the crowd 
of work consequent upon the late arrival of some of the 
boats the measurements were not completed until after 
the sailing, this being by consent. 
Class 1. 
Schooners Over BOft. 
Start. Finish. Elapsed, Corrected. 
.Sallie 9 41 30 12 02 50 2 21 20 2 16 53 
Hawthorne ......... 9 42 18 12 00 ii6 2 18 38 2 18 38 
Class 2. 
Schooners — 50ft. Class. 
Myrene 9 58 45 12 23 05 2 24 20 2 10 45 
Nomad 9 51 65 12 33 20 2 41 25 2 40 53 
Tartar 9 53 .35 1 05 13 3 11 88 3 11 38 
Glad Tidings 9 58 '45 32 23 05 3 08 11 3 04 54 
Class 3. 
Cutters Over 45ft. — Racing Trim. 
Siren 10 09 45 12 U 55 2 02 10 
Class 4. 
Cutters Over 45ft.— Cruising Trim. 
Charlotte " R 9 42 19 12 08 31 2 26 12 2 26 12 
Phantom ■ 9 43 05 12 15 01 2 31 56 2 26 16 
Class 5. 
Cutters — 45ft. Class — Racing Trim. 
Prairie 9 44 18 12 02 00 2 17 42 2 15 24 
Joseehine 9 44 24 12 07 05 2 22 41 2 16 31 
Valiant 9 40 32 12 25 55 2 45 23 2 45 23 
Beatrice 9 43 50 12 52 27 3 08 37 ..... 
Class 6. 
Cutters— 45ft. Class— Cruising Trim. 
Peri 9 51 50 U 43 55 1 52 05 1 51 11 
Pinta 9 54 55 11 57 26 2 02 21 2 01 10 
Hattie B 9 53 35 11 56 61 2 03 16 2 03 16 
Wizard ...9 56 00 12 10 44 2 14 44 2 11 57 
Class 7. 
Sloops— 31ft. Class— Racing Trim. 
May B .. 9 52 10 11 42 27 1 50 17 1 43 24 
Widsith 9 55 00 11 46 09 1 51 09 1 49 52 
Nymph 9 51 40 11 44 48 1 53 03 1 52 07 
Zephyrus 9 51 58 12 08 05 2 16 07 2 16 07 
Class 7%. 
Sloops — 25ft. Class — Racing Trim. 
Spray .-..10 00 26 11 50 19 1 49 53 1 49 53 
Old Abe .10 01 08 11 54 55 1 53 47 1 50 36 
Ethel mi 10 02 20 12 01 45 1 59 25 1 58 13 
Mona 10 02 26 12 23 47 2 21 21 2 19 28 
Class 8. 
Sloops— 31ft. Class— Cruising Trim. 
Niobe 10 06 28 12 15 10 . 2 08 42 2 04 16 
Vixen 10 09 08 12 15 12 2 06 04 2 06 04 
Arrow 10 02 10 12 15 00 2 12 50 2 08 09 
Imp 10 10 00 12 26 50 2 16 50 2 11 11 
Florence 10 02 25 12 30 07 2 27 42 2 20 18 
Martha 10 03 35 12 34 20 2 30 45 2 23 31 
-Mca 10 10 00 12 55 06 2 45 06 2 36 35 
No Number 10 03 05 1 16 30 3 13 25 ..... 
Algonquin 10 10 00 Withdrew. 
Class 9 
Query 10 11 35 12 15 30 2 03 55 1 56 U 
Albatross.. ...10 12 28 12 28 43 2 16 15 1 56 24 
Blackbird. 10 10 30 12 15 09 2 04 39 2 01 06 
W'illit ..........10 13 45 12 42 29 2 28 44 2 11 15 
Loon ..10 12 15 12 34 50 2 26 35 2 11 58 
Warren Heart ......10 20 10 12 42 10 2 22 00 
Red Bird ; 10 11 58 12 53 17 2 41 19 
Satyr ...10 1155 Withdrew. 
Gironda .10 15 40 Disabled. 
Class 10. 
Peeps ir 10 10 31 12 30 23 2 19 52 2 12 23 
Syndicate ..10 17 14 12 37 05 2 19 51 2 13 34 
Atlantic 10 11 06 12 29 02 2 17 56 2 16 24 
Dauntless .10 10 00 12 40 30 2 30 30 2 23 34 
Dot 10 11 05 12 50 15 2 39 10 2 24 31 
Mate 10 10 00 12 40 11 2 30 U 2 30 11 
Alva 10 11 21 12 59 03 2 47 42 2 42 12 
Sappho ...10 04 15 1 01 58 2 57 43 2 47 14 
Oolite .10 12 40 Withdrew. 
Class 13 
No. 110 2 32 50 4 36 35 2 03 45 
No. 103 2 31 45 4 04 25 1 32 40 * " " 
No. 104 2 35 63 4 20.55 1 55 52 
Whaleboat 2 31 22 4 09 38 1 38 16 
On July 6 the judges of the Columbia Y. C. brought in 
their decisions in regard to the protests, measurements, 
etc., which were pending at the close of the regatta July 
4. The handsome Boyce cup, the most coveted trophy of 
the entire regatta, which was the subject of the hot fight 
m the 2oft. class between Harriet H. and Bald Eagle, was 
awarded most justly to Harriet H.. the Fox Lake 
boat, owned by Henry L. Hertz. Bald Eagle was dis- 
qualified for fouling Harriet H. The counter protest laid 
by Bald Eagle against the Fox Lake boat was disallowed. 
The protest aaginst Phantom for fouling Josephine, 
which protest was filed by Fred Price, owner of Char- 
lotte R., was disallowed on the ground that the foul caused 
no difference in the relative positions of boats in Class 4. 
Phantom was awarded second prize. 
The figuring of corrected time was completed and 
brought out some surprises. Spray was found to have 
won in Class 7 j^. She sailed the course of eight and one- 
half nautical miles in 1:59:53, thus beating May B., the 
Class 7 winner, by the close margin of twenty-four sec- 
onds. It thus appears that Mr. Avery's boat, Spray, out- 
sailed the entire fleet, over the short course. The big 
boat Siren was the fastest over the fifteen-mile Course. 
Blackbird, of Milwaukee, was thought at first to have 
won the first prize in Class 9, but it is discovered that 
blackbird only wins third prize. In the 20ft. class the 
one which produced the most sensational features of the 
day, the three-year-old boat Query, which was so far out 
of the competition with Harriet H. and Bald Eagle, took 
second prize through the disqualification of Bald Eagle. 
The same boat wins in Class g. 
Saturday Races. 
To-day, July 7, there will be sailed a warm race in this 
harbor for a number of our larger boats, including 
Josephine, Prairie, Blade and Valiant. Alice, which 
arrived too late to start last Wednesday, will also sail in 
the schooner race. Hawthorne will probably not start. 
There will be an affair of honor to-day between Bald 
Eagle and Harriet H., the 20-footers which figured last 
Wednesday. Triton and Neola, 17-footers, will come 
together again to-day, and they will be joined by Sakita, 
which was pujt out of it by the breaking of her stick in 
the start last Wednesday, 
