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Newport Y. R. A. Special Races. 
NEWPORT — OFF BRENTON S RF-EF. 
TiiE fifth race of the Newport Y. R. A. series for the 
7oft one-design class, which was to have been sailed on 
Aug i6 was sailed on Aug. 17. On the first day there 
wa'^ a fresh breeze, but with so much sea as to make it 
daiK^erous for these delicate creations. There was very 
■little wind early in tlie morning, but at 11 -.40. the tune 
of starting the race, a Hght S.W. breeze was blowing. 
The course was a triangular one of 15 miles and repeat. 
Rainbow was the first to cross the hne, 24s. after the 
cnm followed closely by Mineola. On the reach to the 
first mark Yankee gained im. 23s. on Rambow, the times 
at tbe first mark being: 
Turn. 
12 02 00 
12 03 10 
12 04 50 
." 12 05 15 
Elapsed. 
0 21 36 
0 22 46 
0 20 13 
0 22 15 
Rainbow 
Mineola 
Yankee 
Virginia • 
Baby jib topsails were set on all the yachts for the 
beat to the second mark, miles. On this leg^Yankee 
continued to gain, and rounded the mark first, the times 
^^'■"S" Turn. 
Yankee ] ]] f„ 
Mineola i 1 9 21 
Rainbow | n 
Virginia 1 18 14 
The third leg was a run to the lightship, 55/2 miles, 
^pinakcrs were set but were soon taken in. Mmeola 
and Rainbow had a close race of it, Yankee still leading 
as the times were taken. at the third mark: 
Elapsed. 
1 06 50 
1 08 32 
1 10 21 
1 12 59 
Turn. 
.2 03 30 
.2 05 55 
.2 07 00 
.2 10 00 
Elapsed. 
0 51 50 
0 55 13 
0 54 39 
0 51 46 
Yankee 
Mineola • 
Rainbow 
Virginia ' 
On the reach Yankee lost several seconds by carrying 
a babv jib topsail. In a freshening breeze, with lee rails 
awasli, the yachts were timed on the first leg of the second 
round : „ 
Turn. 
Yankee 2 25 50 
Mineola 2 30 10 
Rainbow , jf^l 
Virgiiiia 
The .second leg to windward was sailed in a good 
breeze, Rainbow taking the lead from Yankee, the times 
the mark being: 
Elapsed. 
0 22 20 
0 23 15 
0 23 45 
0 23 10 
Elapsed. 
0 51 40 
0 57 25 
0 55 25 
0 53 15 
°' Turn. 
Rainbow Hq ?| 
Yankee t Hl^ 
Mineola ^ f 1^ 
Virginia 3 iO ^0 
As the run to the finish line was started a squall ap- 
proached from the N.E. Rainbow and Yankee were able 
to finish before the storm broke, but Mineola took m all 
sail and was towed into the harbor. Virginia finished 
under jib and mainsail while the storm was at its height. 
The times at the finish were: 
Start. 
Rainbow iM^o7 
Yankee ^ E 
Virginia till 
Mineola 11 40 28 
Finish. 
4 02 48 
4 04 09 
4 13 21 
Withdrew 
Elapsed. 
4 22 24 
4 21 32 
4 30 21 
On Saturday the start was postponed nearly an hour for 
lack of wind, but at 12:25 the start was given over the 
15-mile triangle, the first leg to windward. Rainbow, 
Mineola and Yankee crossed promptly, but Virginia held 
back until the time was nearly up. Rainbow gained 
in the windward work, the first mark being timed : 
Turn. 
Rainbow 1^1 
Virgifiia 1 2' 30 
Mineola • HHr 
Yankee 1 34 15 
Elapsed. 
0 58 57 
0 57 37 
1 02 38 
1 08 24 
the second 
With spinakers to starboard, they ran off 
leg as follows: 
Turn. Elapsed. 
Rainbow 2 21 45 0 55 25 
AlbTeola .....2 24 30 0 56 15 
Virginia . . . ..v. . v, v..,..*> 2 25 00 0 57 30 
Y^ankee 2 30 55 0 56 40 
They then jibed and ran to the line, the round ending: 
Turn. Elapsed. 
Rainbow : 2 45 00 0 28 15 
Mineola 2 48 30 0 24 15 
Virginia 2 49 15 0 24 15 
Yankee 2 55 40 0 24 45 
On the wind again, Yankee broke tacks with the others 
and lost badly, the time at the first mark being: 
Turn. Elapsed, 
Rainbow 3 35 30 0 50 30 
Mineola 3 38 05 0 49 35 
Virginia 3 40 00 0 50 45 
Yankee , 3 50 .30 0 54 50 
Spinakers were again set to starboard and they ran over 
the second leg in almost the same time as before, except 
that Yankee brought up a breeze with her : 
Turn. Elapsed. 
Rainbow 4 32 45 0 57 15 
Mineola 4 34 .50 0 56 45 
Virginia 4 .37 40 0 57 40 
Yankee 4 42 40 0 52 10 
The race finished: 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Rainbow 12 25 23 4 56 23 4 31 01 
Virginia 12 29 53 5 02 26 4 32 33 
Mineola 12 25 37 4 58 32 4 32 55 
Yankee 12 25 51 5 09 54 4 44 03 
The eighth race was sailed on Aug. 20 in a very light 
and variable wind, but one round of the triangle being 
.sailed. There was no wind at 11:30, and a postponement 
was ordered, but at 11:55 the boats were sent away with 
a light breeze on a reach for the first mark. Rainbow 
went over first, with Yankee close under her lee and 
Virginia just astern of Yankee, Mineola being the last, 
with 5s. handicap. A little while after the start a shift of 
wind to S.E. gave Mineola the best position, and the 
first mark was timed: 
Mineola 12 27 00 Yankee 12 31 00 
Rainbow 12 27 35 Virginia ] .12 43 00 
The wind was on end, but very light on the second 
leg, and the race was slow. Virginia tried the inshore 
tack and was badly left. The second mark was timed : 
Yankee 1 44 51 Mineola 1 49 02 
Rainbow 1 45 20 Virginia !2 26 01 
Rainbow and Yankee turned close together, the former 
taking the better position. As they ran down wind 
she managed to make a clear lead on Yankee, and finished 
just ahead. The last leg was run under spinakers until 
near the line, when the wind headed the j'achts and they 
came in on a reach. The times were: 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Rainbow. Cornelius Vanderhilt... 11 59 .32 2 40 34 2 41 02 
Yankee. ' IT. P. Duryea & H. P. 
Whitney 11 59 42 2 4 0 58 2 41 16 
Mineola, 'August 15elniont 12 00 00 2 42 U 2 42 11 
Virginia, W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr...n 59 06 3 03 42 3 03 46 
The score now .stands: Yankee. 9 points; Mineola, 8; 
Rainbow, 6 : Virginia, i. The ninth race will be sailed on 
Aug. 22. The owners of the 30-footers have offered a 
cup for a special series of heat races for the 70-footej's, 
the yachts starting" in pairs. 
3o-Footets at Newport. 
The 30-footers sailed a race on Aug. 11 in a strong 
S. breeze over the Dyer's Island course, the times being: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Doroth\-, H Y Dolan 5 .33 01 2 11 01 
Esperanza, W^ B. Duncan 5 .33 52 2 11 52 
Wa Wa, R. Brooks ..5 34 45 2 12 45 
Vaquero HI., W. Rutherford ..5 35 29 2 13 29 
PoUywog, A. H. Paget 5 37 14 2 15 14 
Asahi, W. S. Miller 5 38 11 2 16 11 
On Aug. 14 a race was sailed over a 12-mile course in 
a N. breeze, which later shifted to S., the times being: 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Wa Wa 3 38 00 5 33 12 1 55 12 
Hera 3 38 00 5 33 34 1 55 34 
Vaquero III 3 38 00 5 33 44 1 55 44 
Dorothy 3 38 00 5 34 57 1 56 57 
Asahi 3 38 00 5 36 40 1 58 40 
Pollywog 3 38 00 5 38 03 2 00 03 
On Aug. 16 a race was sailed in a good N.E. breeze. 
The start was made at 4:08, and the times Avere: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Hera 5 34 32 1 26 32 
Asahi 5 38 01 1 30 01 
Pollywog 5 39 58 1 31 58 
Wa Wa 5 44 12 1 36 12 
Vaquero HI 5 45 07 1 37 07 
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The Hefreshoff 5J -Footers. 
The following is from the Providence Bulletin of Aug. 
15; it is corroborated by similar reports from other 
sources : 
Tlie two new yachts of the 51-foot racing class, Altair, 
owned by Cord Meyer, of New York, and Shark, owned 
by Lothrop Ames, of Boston, arrived at Bristol from 
Newport yesterday afternoon in bad condition from the 
rough seas they experienced in the Astor cup races of 
Monday. They are, if anything, in a worse condition 
than were the 70-footers after the last race in the series 
sailed for the Newport cup. Both had their bows twisted 
very badly and lifted upward to a greater angle at the 
forefoot than were the 70-footers. Cocked up in the air 
as are their forebodies, from a point below the waterline, 
the stems from a point just abaft of where the forestay 
leads to the deck bend downward, making the twist some- 
what suggestive of the form of the letter S. 
Shark was hauled out on the marine railway last even- 
ing to be repaired and have extra bracing. The frames 
were twisted and there were indications of the rudder 
post having started, one of the planks was broken, and the 
underbody showed indications of the planks working 
violently as the white wood of the edges of the planks 
c^iild be seen. Oakum hung out of the seams forward 
also. 
Altair was hauled out on the Walker's Cove marine 
railwaj' this morning, and was probably a trifle worse 
ofi: than Shark in her underbody. Shark having had metal 
braces on each side of her forefoot two weeks ago, which 
probably made her a trifle stiffer. Altair had her stem 
scarf started by the strain forward so much that there 
was a seam open nearl}^ its whole length a quarter of an 
inch in width above the scarf. The oakum hung out in 
strings under the forefoot, while water trickled out of the 
seams down toward the bottom of the lead. The ab- 
sence of metal keelsons in the construction of the boats 
naturally makes them weak when in a seaway, working 
the frames out of shape and making the planks see-saw 
with each other when carrying sail. 
Mineola, Mr. Belmont's 70-footer, arrived this morn- 
ing for a new boom. 
The Fisher Cup. 
Ox Aug. 18 Mr. Frank M. Gray, of the Royal Canadian 
Y. C, went to Charlotte, N. Y., as the representative of 
the club, bearing a formal challenge for the Fisher cup, 
now held by the Rochester Y. C. The cup will be de- 
fended by Genesee, now owned by C. M. Van Voorhis, of 
the Rochester Y. C, and the challenger will be repre- 
sented by either Beaver or Minota. These two yachts were 
sold after the Canada cup races of last year, Beaver to 
Dr. Garratt and others, and Minota to Mr. Beaumont 
Jarvis, all of the R. C. Y. C. Within the past two 
weeks Minota has been hauled out at her builder's 
yard, Oakville, and the lead added last year, on top of 
her original lead keel, with some inside ballast, has 
been transferred to the fore end of the keel, deeping 
it there, thus increasing the stability and adding to the 
lateral plane. Beaver has been unchanged since last 
year, and carries the same .sail plan. Trial races between 
the two will be sailed this week, Mr. .iEmilius Jarvis 
handling Beaver and Mr. H. _C. McLeod Alinota. The 
cup races will probably be sailed off Charlotte on Sept. 
8, 10 and 11. 
Joke, 
I note with some interest and not a little concern the 
protest printed in the Forest and Stream of Aug. lo over 
the signature of Theo. Bering, Jr. The latter seems to 
think that I have much damaged the State of Texas by 
referring to it as a land of "famine and pestilence." and 
goes on to give statistics showing the size and dignity 
of his native land. What I wrote regarding this com- 
monwealth was not primarily intended to cause the State 
to stop doing business. I called it, playfully, with a bit of 
Chicago pei-siflage, a land of "famine and pistolettce." 
Pistol. P-i-s-t-o-1. I reckon Mr. Bering knows whei-e 
the expression "famine and pestilence" came from, aiid 
perhaps he may remember the former reputation Texas 
bore as the land of the pistol. I ought to have, labeled 
that joke. Indeed, perhaps the proofreader killed it by 
correction, I don't know, I am sure. The main thing is 
to assure Mr. Bering that I have eaten many square 
meals in Texas, and hope to eat some more, and that I 
have a greater affection for no State and no people than 
for this same. If the wheels of her commerce have been 
temporarily clogged by this unlabeled joke, I trust she 
may now begin to do business again. Privately, I am of 
the opinion that the above joke might have been better, 
but it was as good as I could afford for the money I 
am getting. I savvy all that deep water improvement, 
etc., for I have been there. This was a deep water joke. 
E. Hough. 
A. C A. Membership. 
Western Division — R. H. Henkle. 
Columbia Pistol and Rifle Clofa. 
San Francisco, Aug. 5.— At the Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club 
on July 15 few were in attendance, the majority being out camp- 
ing and shooting game. Scores, Columbia target: 
Back scores, riHe class medal: N. Robinson 199, Dr. H. C. 
Trask 150. 
All comers' rifle medal, 200yds. : 
A B Dorrell (Pope .32-40) 553356 17 24 6—56 
2 10 10 1 3 6 6 10 8 8-64 
Rifle record: 
Dr J F Twist(.22-15 Winchester) 99 115 120 124 
.22 and .25 rifle medals, 50yds. : 
A B Dorrell 20 26 29 29 31 
Dr J F Twist 23 24 27 28 39 41 43 
Mrs C F Waltham 30 36 38 41 
G H Taubles 37 
Pistol record scores: Dr. J. F. Twist 75, N. Robinson 63. 
Twist ^revolver medal: Dr. J. F. Twist, 99, 99. 
Aug. 5. — Many of the members have returned. Dorrell is on the 
sick list; Washburn, Daiss and Dr. Twist came to the range, but 
previous exertions at camp had destroyed their shooting equi- 
librium at targets. They rested. Dr. Twist invited us to feast upon 
his first iDuck, and such a banquet seldom falls to our lot! He held 
it at his bachelor quarters, and only one married man (O, 
Feudner) got in. Drs. Trask and Hunsaker are in the wilderness 
hunting bear and deer. If they are as successful as Dr. Twist 
and as generous we shall have venison enough for this 
"season. This luck has followed us. We, with Hoadley and 
Becker, spent two weeks at Mr. M. W. Fairbanks', 27 miles out 
of Cloverdale, and we sat down to venison at his table the first 
night out. He is one of the old-time hunters, sixty-two years 
old, and a fine shot now. He killed a spike-buck from his house 
while we were there with his .22-15 Maynard. The Maynard is his 
favorite. Little hunting was done by us, we preferring to talk 
and shoot with Mr. Fairbanks, who gave us much of his ex- 
perience in the past. He ha§ a houseful of firearms, ancient and 
modern. Becker and Hoadley were greatly taken up with them, 
and he very generously presented them each with an old-fashioned 
Colts powder and ball revolver. The .45 which Becker got was 
similar to one which, Mr. Failbanks said, was the only weapon 
he carried while tending his 20 miles of bear traps. He said he 
had shot as high as three deer a day with it, and kept a dairy • 
farm of 250 head supplied during the season with venison. 
Hoadley 's relic was a sinall Colts powder and ball revolver, ivory 
handle, gold-plated cylinders, and remainder silver-plated and 
highly^ engraved with an eagle in relief on the handle. Becker 
and Young took their revolvers, and used them largely during 
their trip. Becker used King's No. 1 Smokeless powder, both 
Becker and Young doing very satisfactory work. Young's last four 
shots were four kills — two squirreds and two bluejays — one squirrel 
being over 50yds. and the jays about 40yds. Becker killed a rabbit 
at 76yds. Af 20yds, with King's Smokeless and his Colts service, he 
welded four consecutive bullets together in an oak tree. They 
penetrated 3%in. 
Young placed four consecutive with King's Smokeless and hi.s 
bullet (which weighs about 218grs.) in the 1-ring at 2f)yds. These 
welded, but did not penetrate over 2!n., being softer. Becker 
shot the regular bullet ('.44 Russian), but hardened to about 1 to 
20. This seems ^ necessary to get the best results with nitro 
powders. There is more joy in hitting small game with a revolver 
or pistol than in killing large game with rifles. Young laments 
the loss of his pistol and revolver, which were cracked and ruined 
by nitro powder. 
Now for our home scores, which were made under trying 
weather conditions Class medals, one entry, members only, rifle, 
200yds., off-hand shooting. Experts: ' 
A H Pape 11 49135964 7—59 
Back score 9 3 5 4 3 1 5 8 2 14—55 
Sharpshooters: 
G Bariey (.2o-'M Winchester repeater). 5 9 7 2 4 11 9 14 8 10—79 
Marksmen: Mrs. C. F. Waltham 122. 
Pistol, class medals, 50yds. Experts: F. O. Young '57, G. M. 
Barley 64. 
Marksmen: Mrs. G. Mannel 78, Mrs. C. F. Waltham 84, G. 
Mannel 86, O. Feudner 113. 
Back scores shot with revolver: 
O Feudner 119 107 S5 104 78 101 
Feudner likes this weapon and will excel with it undoubtedly 
if he persists with it as he has the shotgun. 
All comers' re-entry matches, 50yds. Pistol medals: 
Ed Hovey 44444631 8 4—12 
873572E43 3-48 
35 6 11 73761 3-52 
Other scores were: F. O. Young, 55, 59; P. Becker, 58: Mrs. 
Mannel 85. 
Twist revolver medal: 
P Seeker 60 67 80 81 
F O Young 62 62 62 
O Feudner 125 
.22 and .25 rifle medal : ' 
Capt F Kuhnle 20 18 23 23 26 28 31 
G Mannel 31 
0 Feudner 32 32 33 38 39 
Mrs Waltham 32 40 
Rifle, 200yds.: 
F O Young 525484347 1—43 
9 2 6 2 11 3 6 12 6 4—61 
Other scores were: A. H. Pape 69, G. Mannel 74, 86. 
Military and repeating, Creedmoor count: P. Becker (.30-30 
carbine), 46, 4.5, 44. consecutive. 
Record scores, 50 yds. Pistol: Mr. Prichard 49 61 64- G 
Mannel 72; Mrs. Mannel 72. .. ' 
F. O. Young, Sec'y- 
Elite Schuetzcn Corps. 
Brooklvs.— At the regular semi-monthly .shoot of the Elite 
Schuetzen Corps on Aug. 4 at Cypress Hills Park the following 
scores were made: 
P Andrassy , 22 15 23 22 18 23 22 23 22 25—215 
22 18 23 25 20 23 16 21 23 22—213 
22 22 24 21 16 25 16 17 23 20—206 
1 Martin « 21 21 16 22 21 23 20 20 20 19—207 
19 19 22 21 17 16 22 23 23 23-205 
17 19 20 22 20 21 23 18 19 21—200 
J Kaufmann 19 16 23 22 22 23 19 23 18 20—205 
19 15 25 19 23 17 22 19 21 16-196 
21 20 15 15 21 22' 17 21 20 20-192 
F A Schlitz, M.D.... 20 21 18 18 12 21 20.23 18 19-190 
• 19 16 14 23 17 19 23 17 14 18—180 
20 15 14 19 18 19 20 18 19 17—173 
