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FOREST AND STREAM, 
[Sept. 22, igoa 
home station in the Bay of Quinte. In the following sum- 
mer it was challenged for by Norah, of Belleville, and 
taken by default, and for eight years it was securely locked 
up in the Bay of Quinte. The Royal Canadian Y. C. 
made several efforts to get a match for it, notably with 
Zelma in 1891. but could never obtain satisfactory terms 
from the owner of Norah. In 1891 the Bay of Quinte 
Y. C. revised the conditions on which the cup was held, 
Mr. Fisher declining to take any action in the matter. In 
1892 the old sloop Onward, built at Islip,' L. L, by Lon 
Smith in 1875. and long known as Lesbia about New 
York, then owned in Rochester, challenged for the cup 
and was beaten by Norah in July, but in a second race in 
September she won and took the cup to Rochester. In 
1893 the late Norman B. Dick, of the Royal Canadian 
Y. C, owner of the cutter Zelma, built in 1891, challenged 
for the cup. Mr. Dick had been unable to get a race with 
Norah while she held the cup, but he was rather more 
fortunate in this case, as fhe match was made and a date 
set. Before the time, however. Onward went off on a 
cruise, and the Rochester Y. C. left without a defender, 
offered the cup to Mr. Dick on default. This he refused, 
and the cup was left in Rochester. It has since been held 
by the Rochester Y. C, to w-hom it was intrusted under 
.new conditions a few years ago by the owners of Onward. 
Genesee has been in commission this year, but has not 
raced. She has been unchanged from last season, when, 
after the races, she was purchased by Mr. Chas. Van 
Voorhis, of the Rochester Y. C, one of her original crew. 
As a matter of course. Mr. C. G. Davis, of Boston, was 
asked to sail her again. Beaver and Minota have re- 
mained unchanged except that this summer Minota's lead 
keel and deadwoods have been remodeled under the d'rec- 
tion of Mr. H. C. McLeod, her designer. By referring 
to the lines in the Forest and Stream of Feb. 10, 1900, it 
will be seen that the fore end of the lead is rounded up 
■quickly, somewhat as in the second Valkyrie. On trial 
last year some extra lead was added, being inserted in 
the deadwood just above the lead keel, and some was 
placed inside. These two portions of lead have been re- 
moved and neatly moulded on to the fore end of the lead 
keel, the deadwoods being somewhat extended, so as to 
sharpen the fore end of the bulb, lower the center of 
gravity of the ballast and increase the area of lateral plane 
on the fore end. The work was done by Mr. Andrews 
in a very superior manner, the joining of the lead being 
invisible. After a series of trial races last month, a num- 
ber of short races being sailed, in which the two boats 
were handled by Messrs. McLeod and ^milius Jarvis, 
Minota was selected as the fastest boat in light weather, 
the weather records for a series of years showing that 
light winds were to be looked for off Charlotte early in 
September. Mr. McLeod positively declined to sail the 
3-acht in an international match, and Mr. .-Emilius Jarvis 
was selected as the best man, though his experience with 
Minota was limited to a few trials when she and Beaver 
had changed crews in the trials. 
Mr. Davis came to Charlotte a couple of w-eeks before 
the races and put Genesee in trim, everything about the 
boat being carefully gone over. His crew included Messrs. 
C. Van Voorhis, W. M. McDuff, W. B. Miller, A. McDon- 
nell and a paid hand, John Morris. Minota sailed from 
Toronto on Sept. 5. being towed most of the way by the 
steam yacht Wapiti, kindly loaned to the club by Mr. 
Barbour. She arrived the next morning at Charlotte, 
where she Avas joined by Merry Thought, Vreda, Petrel, 
Aggie, Clytie, Clorita, Gloria and Oriole. Her crew in- 
cluded Messrs. Fred A. Turner, James McMurray. Vin- 
cent Hughes, Charles Lowndes and a paid hand, James 
Young. 
The conditions of the match were given last week. The 
challenging club was represented by Frank M. Gray, the 
defending club by T. B. Pritcliard, and J. F. Monck, of 
the Royal Hamilton -Y. C, was chofeen by the two as the 
third member of the race committee. The scrutineer on 
Gene.see was Ernest McRae, of the Roj'al Canadian Y. C, 
and on Minota Wilson IT. Cross, of the Rochester Y. C. 
According to the agreement, neither boat was measured 
anew, being unchanged from last year, when thej' just 
measured into the 35ft. class. The principal dimensions 
are as follows: 
Length — 
Genesee. Minota. 
Over all 44.63ft. 40.S5ft. 
L.W.L 27.69ft. 30.00ft. 
Overhang — 
Bow 8.18ft. 4.33ft- 
Counter 8.76ft. 6.17ft. 
Breadth— . 
Extreme 11.63ft. 8.92ft. 
L.W.L 8.08ft. 
Draft — Hull i.qoft. 6.00ft. 
Girth- 
Hull 11.76ft. 16.48ft. 
.\dded for centerboard. . . 2.82ft. 
Added for draft forward. . 0.34ft. 
Total 14.92ft. ...... 
Sail Area — 
Mainsail 1,101 sq. ft. ggg sq. ft. 
Head triangle 357 sq. ft. 383 sq. ft. 
Total 1,458 sq. ft. 1,382 sq. ft. 
Boom 37,52ft. 38.00ft. 
Gaff 2S.4oft. 22.2Sft. 
Hoist 29.45ft. 22,7sft. 
Leech 59.80ft. 53.00 ft. 
Linear rating 34-78ft. 35.00ft. 
Genesee's measurements are official, as taken at Toronto 
for the Canada cup races in 1899. Those of Minota are 
taken from the design, and are not her official measure- 
ments. 
First Day, Saturday, Sept. S. 
Triangular Course. 
Except for a lively blow on Thursday night, the weather 
had uten clear during the week, and Saturday was a sum- 
mer day, wi h a clear sky and warm sun the breeze being 
light from N.E. with just a roll of sea heaving in frorn 
the disturbance of Thursday. Genesee had been out of 
water for several days and was launched in the rhornine ; 
Minota liad been docked and painted at Toronto.- The 
breeze, such as it was. held throughout the race, but was 
very variable and puffy in both force and direction, and 
though there were no bad flukes, each boat in turn suffered 
through the vagaries of the wind. The start was made 
at II A. M., the line being between the western pier head 
of Charlotte Harbor and a mark boat anchored off there, 
all buoys being left on starboard hand. During the pre- 
liminary ten minutes the two boats seesawed about the 
line some distance apart, and there was no close maneuver- 
ing. Just before gun Genesee stood for the line, a little 
too soon, and Minota came about on her weather and 
crossed between her and the mark boat, well timed and 
with good way on. The friends of Genesee were naturally 
in the majority on the various yachts and steamers about 
the start, and the advantage of Minota was a disappoint- 
ment, but there was a loud cheer as Genesee started ahead 
and ran out clear from under the other's lee. The ap- 
parent gain, which gladdened the hearts of the landsmen 
amounted to nothing, as in the light breeze Minota was 
pointing well and holding on, while Genesee was steadily 
sliding to leeward and losing ground in spite of her speed 
through the water. Starting on the srtarboard tack, they 
liad the sea on the beam. They held this course for over 
twenty minutes, Minota doing much the better windward 
work and throwing Genesee squarely into her wake when 
they came on port tack and headed into the sea. Minota 
had gained steadily from the start, and at the end of fortjr 
minutes she had a lead of nearly three minutes. The 
ence on this one leg as compared with all the others, and 
it is probable that Genesee's big gain of nearly six minutes 
in a little over three miles was largely due to some small 
advantage in the wind. The second mark was timed; 
Turn. Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Genesee 2 24 43 0 31 08 0 05 48 0 07 28 
Minota 2 32 U 0 36 56 
They reached in to the finish with booms on the other 
side, and the times showed a few seconds' gain for Minota. 
On both rounds Genesee made her largest gain on the 
broader of the two races. The final times were: 
i-eg. 
Turn. Elapsed. 
Genesee 2 52 15 0 27 32 
Minota 2 59 41 0 27 30 
Round. 
Elapsed. 
Genesee 1 53 55 
Minota 1 59 38 
Gain. 
6 66 02 
Gain. 
0 05 43 
Lead. 
0 07 26 
Lead. 
0 07 26 
Genesee 3 5) 
Elapsed. 
psea. 
.2 15 
Elapsed. 
Minota 3 59 41 
i After the race Minota was hauled out at the yacht 
[club and her bottom and topsides carefully rubbed down. 
PISHER CUP. 
breeze freshened for a time and Genesee picked up per- 
ceptibly, holding on better as she heeled down. She made 
up much of her loss in a short time, and then about held 
Minota for the rest of the beat to the first mark, where 
they were timed; 
Turn. Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Minota 11 ,''%8 00 0 58 00 0 01 45 0 01 45 
Genesee 11 59 45 0 59 45 
Minota had rove off a new balloon jSb halyard, and the 
rope kinked very badly, so that it was necessary to low-er 
the sail after it was partly up and then to send a man 
aloft to clear the turns. This cost valuable time, and 
Genesee, with her balloon jib set smartly, was fast over- 
taking her. They held some distance apart, Minota head- 
ing to windward of the second mark and Genesee straight 
for it. When a couple of miles had been run, Genesee 
was about on Minota's beam, and a hundred yards to 
leeward, and they held the same relati\-e positions until 
wi.thin a couple of minutes of the mark, when a favoring 
puff caught Genesee and put her in the lead, the times 
being : 
Turn. Elapsed. Gain. Lead. 
Genesee 12 32 00 0 32 15 0 02 13 0 00 38 
.Minota 12 32 28 0 34 28 ..... 
After a jibe at the mark they reached for home with 
sheets a little harder than on the second leg, Genesee still 
gaining. The end of the round was timed : 
Leg. 
Turn. Elapsed. Gain. 
Genesee ,. .12 58 20 0 26 20 0 01 15 
Minota 1 00 03 0 27 35 ..... 
Round. 
Elapsed. Gain. 
Genesee 1 58 20 0 01 43 
Minota 2 00 03 ..... 
Genesee stood oft' on port tack after passing the home 
buov, but Minota went by on starboard tack and held 
it Genesee soon coming about. It was soon apparent that, 
a= in the first round, Genesee was sliding to leeward and 
l^''-'nota was doing the better work, but after a short time 
t1ic breeze freshened and Genesee began to increase her 
lead. They broke tacks and at times were some little dis- 
tance apart in a very uneven wind, which vvas freshening 
from the w^estward. Frequently after tacking one or the 
other was at once headed off. to her temporary disadvan- 
tage. As long as the wind held Genesee continued to 
gain. They were broken" off by the sea. and b^th were 
compelled to make several tacks near the mark. The times 
were : 
Turn. Elansed. Gain. Lead. 
Genesee 1 53 35 0 55 15 0 Ql 40 
Minota 1 55 15 0 55 12 0 00 03 
As the result of nearlv an hour's sailing to windward, 
Minota had gained just three seconds. 
Startinrr ^yith a good lead and on her best point of 
"-nilin.g. Gene.'^ee reached very fast and ran aivay from 
Minota. There was no visible reason for the great differ- 
Lcad. 
0 01 43 
Lead. 
0 01 43 
i Sunday was another clear day, with a light breeze on 
the lake, which tempted some of the boats out. Over on 
the east bank of the Genesee River, just above its entry 
into the lake, in a marsh of sedge and willows, lies all that 
is left of the yacht which stands next to the schooner 
II I America in international yachting, the Watson lo-tonner 
S.|tMadge. Built at Govan, Scotland, in 1879, and winner of 
ykH '^^^s.s for two seasons, in 1881 she was sent out to New 
I York by her owner, in the care of his captain, James 
"Duncan, and consigned to a friend, Mr. W. Lindsay 
Blatch, then living in New York. The idea of Mc. Coats 
was to test the narrow cutter against the best of the center- 
|board sloops, and several series of races were arranged 
by Mr. Blatch with the owners of Wave, Schemer, Mis- 
tral and Shadow, the best sloops .of the day in New York 
,|and Boston waters. In the seven races thus sailed, Madge 
^^won six times, being once beaten off Newport by Shadow. 
iHer victories over the New York sloops Wave, Schemer 
|and Mistral were convincing, they being very badly beaten, 
jand in some cases abandoning the course and making for 
"home disabled. After the races, as Mr. Coats had no 
fm-ther u.se for her, she w-as offered as a gift to the Sea- 
wanhaka Corinthian Y. C, but was not accepted, and she 
was used for a time by Mr. E. S. Auchincloss, and later 
^'sold to Mr. E. W. Sheldon. Later on in her career she 
fell into the hands of a novice, who attempted to make 
^ a cruising yacht of her, fitting up the interior elaborately 
%with walnut furniture with marble tops after the atrocious 
§ fashion of the day. A bulwark of solid plank 2:n. thick 
jWand I2in. high was built around her. the light forged iron 
cleats were replaced by heavy cast ones of steamboat 
|ij|5 pattern, the bowsprit and bitts were blocked up from the 
i?^'^ deck to match the new rail, and everything possible was 
(pi done to_ disfigure and damage the pretty little ship, 
f 'i^ W^e first made her acquaintance on an August day in 
• i88r, when, hurrying from the train which had carried 
us home from the second meet of the A. C. A. at Lake 
George, we boarded the Anchor liner Devonia at the 
foot of T)ey street and found Madge securely chocked up 
on the main deck aft on the starboard side. A short time 
after we boarded her from a canoe oft' Torapk'nsville and 
made the acquaintance of her clever skipper and his active 
Scotch crew, as it proved in the subsequent races a most 
capable outfit. Madge was then as pretty a ship as ever 
floated, with her smart plumb stem, straight sheer, high 
freeboard and fair swept deck line and deck planking. 
There was no bulwark, merely a light rail, the copper was 
carried well above the waterline, especially on the bows, 
and the smooth black topsides were relieved by a gold 
stripe and scroll ; kept in perfect coirdition, with a fine 
suit of Lapthorne & Ratsey sails, the whole appearance 
was in marked contrast to the centerboard sloops of the 
da3^ The construction was very heavy about the keel, but 
very light above the waterline, the topsides being of 
Spanish cedar and the deck very light, with beams widely 
spaced. Some six years later we sighted Madge at anchor 
oft' Whitestone after the improvements already mentioned. 
She was almost unrecognizable, as her original hull was 
sunk deep in the water through the added weights below 
and on deck, while her sheer was destroyed by the high 
bulwarks, and to complete the evil work, she was painted 
white from rail to waterline, even over her copper. If 
we are not mistaken, the sail area had also been in- 
creased. She had. of course, done with racing, and little 
more was heard of her, though her victories were still 
working wonderful results in the regeneration of Amer- 
ican yachting. 
Some years later we met her again, On fresh water, with 
the racing fleet of the Lake Y. R. A. ; in 1888 she was 
purchased in New Yoi-k by a party of cutter cranks from 
Rochester, Mr. G. P. Goulding and several associates, 
and taken through the Hudson and the canals to the lake, 
pontoons being used in the shoaler of the canals. Some of 
the rubbish has been removed from the interior and the 
bulwark was cut down to a height of about 3in., including 
the rail, but she W'as still badly overweighted and below 
her lines. It was a matter of principle with her owners to 
carrj-^ the enormous club topsail at all times, regardless 
of wind and weather, and it was a familiar sight in the 
lake races to see her skating around with spreaders barelj/ 
clear of the water. The effect of this work was to tear the 
light deck and topsides apart, and a goodly weight of 
forged iron straps was added about the chainplates and 
runner plates. Some six years ago Madge was condemned 
by her owners, hauled out where she now lies, and her lead 
was removed and sold. For some reason the planking was 
all stripped off except the wales, but the deck was left. 
She is now a melancholy wreck. Her great elm keel, nearly 
3ft. wide, with a heavy keelson about 8in. square of green- 
heart, are sound to-day, as are many of the futtocks and 
sawn frames, the scantling looking immense to eyes ac- 
customed to modern construction. Though only eight 
miles from a wideawake American city, there is still a 
length of lead pipe plainly exposed inside the hull, the 
underwater discharge of the pump ; while on the sternpost 
and on the rudder, wh'ch lies rot'ing in the marsh, are 
three pairi of bronze pintles and l^aces. The spars, 
rigging, deck hatches and interior fittings wpre stored 
ashore at the yacht club, and on his arrival Mr. Jarvis 
looked up the owner and made an offer for the entire 
lot,' which was accepted. It is his intention to set up the 
