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New Yof k Y. C 
NEWPORT, R. I. 
Monday, July i. 
Constitution sailed her first race on Monday, July i, 
against Columbia, the successful defender of the America 
Cup in 1899. Columbia was in splendid shape, and her 
crew have had two solid months of constant drilling. 
Capt. Barr and a number of the men served on her two 
years ago. Constitution, on the other hand, is compara- 
tively a green boat with a new crew. The loss of Con- 
stitution's mast caused a delay in the working out of the 
men which is noticeable. Columbia has not been meas- 
ured since 1899. but taking that season's measurements, 
Constitution would have to allow her im. and 22s., thus 
making Columbia a winner by 2m. and 10s. corrected time. 
To those yachtsmen who have seen both of the boats 
and taking everything into consideration, the result of the 
race was not a surprise. 
Steam yachts and sailing craft -were there in plenty. 
The new "Alvina was conspicuous, Narada equally so, 
while Josephine, Eugenie, Kanawha, Taurus and G'.ralda 
were on hand. Then the schooner Endymion, bound 
across the ocean, and Palmer, the "seventy" Virg'nia and 
the cutter Hester were also out. - The steamer Colonia 
carried the Regatta Committee, and the tug Storm King 
the guests of the club, under the charge of Capt. Sands. 
Thomas W. Lawson. of Boston, the owner of Independ- 
ence, watched the races closely from his fine steam yacht 
Dreamer. 
The preparatory signal was given at 11 :y> o'clock. Jib 
topsails were broken out on both boats just before the 
starting signal at 11 -.40. Columbia crossed to windward of 
Constitution. Constitution seemed to foot faster than 
Columb'a. but did not point as high. The wind was light 
at the start, but increased gradually up to the finish. 
Ab<?ut half an hour after the start Constitution was some 
distance off Columbia's lee bow. Constitution came about 
on the port tack, and as she neared Columbia Capt Barr 
brought his ship around also. Constitution was doing 
finelv en this tack, but her chances of winning were spoiled 
by the cr'ngle on the clew of the jib drawing out. Before 
the sail could be secured, brought on board and another 
bent and set in its place, nearly ten minutes had been lost. 
The course was fifteen miles to wind,ward and return. 
Columbia was first around the outside mark. The times 
thare were: 
First Leg. , _ 
Columbia 11 40 34 1 24 55 1 44 21 
Consdtudon W.,... U 40 37 1 26 55 1 46 IS 
Columbia's gain to windward, im. and 57s. 
As Columbia bore around the mark she jibed her boom 
over to port and shortly after set her spinaker to star- 
board. Some three minutes later her ballooner was broken 
out. Constitution lost considerable time after rounding 
the mark by not getting her light sails set in good time. 
On the run home Constitution's extra length and larger 
sail plan stood her in good stead, and she slowly but 
surely pulled up on Columbia. 
The balloon had been doing so little good that it was 
taken in on Constitution. The mark at the fin'sh was then 
close at hand. With only her spinaker and mainsail she 
closed up on the leader very fast, but Columbia shot over 
the line first at 2 -.32 -.38. Constitution followed at 2 :3.3 -.24. 
beaten 48s., in her first race. 
The times on the second leg were as follows : 
Second Leg. . 
Constitution ^'-Uhf 1 ^ !t 
Columbia : 1 24 55 2 32 38 1 07 43 
Constitution's gaiii to leeward, im. and gs. 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Columbia 11 40 34 2 32 38 2 52 04 
Constitution i - ! - U « 37 2 33 29 2 .52 52 
Columbia beats Constitution 48s., elapsed time. 
After the yachts had crossed the finish Ime Columbia 
m^t with a mishap. She jibed, and as the breeze was 
freshening this proved disastrous. The sheet slipped off 
the cleat, and the boom brought up with a jerk against the 
lee runner, and, as is so common with these pecul ar steel 
spars, it collapsed. Capt. Barr at once luffed his sloop up 
and the drooping end of the boom was hauled on board. 
E. D. Morgan manager of Columbia, has telegraphed 
to the Chapman-Merritt Wrecking Company to get the 
yacht's spare boom and bring it here. It is expected to be 
here in time to be shipped so that Columbia can start m 
Wednesday's race. 
Httll-Massachusetts Y, C 
HULL, MASS. 
Saturday, June 29. 
In the regular club race of the Hull-Massachusetts Y. 
C. on Saturday, June 29, only one class lined up for the 
start— the 21ft, handicap class. The 25-footers were rac- 
ing at Marblehead and the i8ft. knockabouts at City Point, 
in this class the starters were the knockabouts Holly II. 
and Dabster. They made a very pretty start, Dabster 
going over the line half a length ahead, and Holly II. on 
her weather. It was blowing fresh from the S.W., and 
both laid out pretty well under the breeze. It was Holly's 
breeze, however, and she commenced to go away from 
Dabster after she had crossed the starting line. On the 
first round Dabster's mainsail was torn at the leach and 
she withdrew, leaving Holly II. to finish it out alone. 
The summary: 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Holly IL. W. M. Ware IJ^ . ^ ''^ ^ 
Dabster, G. P. Keith Disabled. 
Boston Y, C* 
SOUTH BOSTON, MASS. 
Saturday, June 29. 
AY R. A. race was given by the Boston Y. C. on 
Saturday. June 29, for restricted 2S-footers, restricted 21- 
footers and i8ft. knockabouts. There was a strong S.W. 
breeze blowing, and the racing was good in all classes. 
Interest was somewhat lost in the 25-footers through the 
absence of Calypso, Flirt and Chewink, but the race be- 
tween Early Dawn and Marion was so close that it greatly 
made up for the absence of the other cracks. Early Dawn 
won by 42s., but she had to fight every inch of the course. 
There was a good race in the restricted 21ft, class. Zaza 
added another victory to her list, but Tabasco II. gave 
her a hard chase. Tabasco II. is a new boat, designed by 
Fred D. Lawley for H. H. Wiggin. She had just come 
from the shop, and, for her maiden race, made a verv 
good showing. The yawl Coquette finished a good third, 
heating out the new boats Opitsah III. and Eaglet. 
In the i8ft. knockabouts Bacchante took her first prize 
for the first time this season, beating out Bonita by less 
than a mmute. It seems that Bacchante has at last found 
out what her weather is, and. from the record of previous 
races, it appears to be in a stiff breeze. She is an out-and- 
out centerboard without a pound of outside ballast. The 
summary: 
25-footers. 
Early Dawn, J. E. Doherty ^ta^'oo' 
Manon, W. P. Gahal » 1 37 42 
Little Peter, F. P.. Doane Withdrew- 
„ „ 21-footers. 
Zaza, VV. P. Shute 1 gj^ 10 
Tabasco III,, H. H. Wiggin ; .....1 39 39 
Coquette. B. D. Amsden...,, 1 39 46 
Eaglet, W. S. Burgess ; 1 41 Ifi 
Opitsah IIL, S. H. Foster 1 43 26 
.Jkpachc , 1 .46 24 
„ , 18-footers. 
Bscchante,, Humphrey & Lauriat 1 43 07 
Tionita, G. H. Wightman. . . .■ 1 44 04 
Aspinquid W. A. Comev 1 46 30 
Ayaya, W. P. Keyes 1 50 31 
Mahllian, G. M. Permar , 1 51 31 
Oriana, Alfred Douglas .../.„ 1 53 4? 
, Cohasset Y* C 
- COHASSET, MASS. 
Saturday, June ig. 
The third race of the Cohasset Y, C. was sailed over 
the regular club course on Saturday, June 29. Two classes 
of knockabouts started. In the first of these Monsoon won 
her maiden race, and in the special class Fancv withdrew, 
leaving the field to Fly. The summary; 
Knockabout Class. 
AT T t.- T Elapsed. 
Monsoon, J. Knowles , 1 03 00 
Delta', K. B. Williams .1 11 41 
Harelda. A. Bigelovv, Jr 1 13 26 
Eleanor, Moor Brothers .......11600 
Special Class for Knockabouts. 
Fly, .C. W. Barron 1 13 00 
Fancy, C. Barron Withdrew. 
Newport Special Thirties. 
NEWPORT, R. I. 
Saturday, June 29. 
The jscries of races to be held for the 30-footers opened 
on Saturday, June 29. In a stiff S.W. breeze the boats 
sailed from Brenton's Cove to Dyer's Island and back. 
The start was at 2:33. The summaries: 
Start, 2:33. Finish. Elapsed. 
Wawa, Reginald Brooks 5 38 58 2 05 58 
Esperanza, H. O. Havemeyer, Jr ...5 42 09 3 Q9 09 
The Canada Cup Challengers. 
Toronto, June 29.— The first week in July should end 
the uncertainty as to which 35-footer will try to wrest the 
Canada cup from the Chicago Y. C. The trial races for 
the selection of a challenger begin on July 3, and will be 
held on triangular and windward and leeward courses 
alternately. The issue is still much in doubt. Between 
Beaver and Invader, the Toronto boats, there is not very 
much difference; whatever there is favors the latter. In- 
vader is the smarter running and in light winds ; Beaver 
has beaten her in windward work in a breeze, but that 
was when her mainsail was not setting properly. How the 
Toronto yachts will compare with Canadian, the Hamilton 
craft, is still a matter of conjecture at this date, although 
it should not remain so long, as the three yachts are 
scheduled to come together a? Hamilton in the race for 
the Queen's cup on Dominion Day, 
There have been some changes in the committee of 
judges for the trial races at Toronto. The judges at 
present are: Messrs. A. G. Peuchen. F. A. Turner, F. J. 
Campbell, George E. Macrae and Owain Martin, all of 
Toronto. The Hamilton gentlemen invited were unable 
to accept. 
The tun'ng-up process has been going on steadilj- in 
Invader. Little has been done to Beaver, for after two 
seasons of careful management, she is in excellent trim, 
and about all that will have to be done to her before the 
trial races will be to replace the battens in the mainsail, 
clear out any superfluous weight aboard and blacklead her 
bottom. If selected as the cup challenger, which is just 
possible, she will probably have a new suit of sails. Her 
present canvas is in excellent condition, but if she receives 
a new suit it will probably be a larger one, ballast being 
removed from the lead bulb in order to even up the meas- 
urement. Such, at least, is current gossip, although her 
owners have not made any announcement on the subject. 
Invader is now very close to the best racing trim. 
After an immense amount of trouble her mainsail is set- 
ting fairly well. A piece had to be cut off the leach at the 
upper peak before the sag could be taken out of it. 
Canadian-made sails are all very well, but it takes a long 
time to get them into shape. Toronto yachtsmen are 
commencing to think that after all it is wiser to import 
sails from the old land. 
Invader was again drydocked on Thursday. Her bottom 
was not very foul, but the lines of her butts and seams 
shawied up very plainly — far more plainly than those of 
Beaver, after two seasons' racing. The new boat's long 
floors and little deadrise make her hard on herself in a 
choppy sea, unless there is wind enough to make her sail 
on the lee bilge. The deadwood of her fin is so far aft 
that there is a comparativelj' shallow body when the mast 
step comes. To overcome the effect of the straining at this 
point two large brass p'ates were screwed on, one on 
either side of the keel. They were blackleaded over. In- 
vader's whole bottom was carefully scraped, sandpapered 
and blackleaded to the waterfine. Pier topsides were given 
another coat of black enatnel. They are relieved by a 
gilt ribbon, with scroll work on the bows. 
Com. Gooderham has evolved a scheme for saving meas- 
urement in his headsail triangle. In measuring this it is 
usual to take the distance from the mast to the bowsprit 
end as the base, and from the deck to the highest sheave 
hole as the perpendicular, this latter being practically the 
height of the mast, for in these yth and mainsail sloops the 
forestay goes from the truck to the bowsprit end, and the 
jib halyard block is strapped right under the eye of it at 
the masthead. Invader's jib halyard block is arranged 
differently. The forestay and strut stay are connected 
with a wooden spur, about 4ft. above the strut and 
spreaders. At the junction of the spur and forestay one 
block is made fa^ on the under side. At the junction of 
the spur and strut stay another is made fast. The jib 
halyards run up through the first block, then aft to the 
second and then down to the deck. 
This arrangement keeps the jib a trifle further forward, 
the pull of the halyards being in a direct line with the 
forestay, and it effects a saving in the measurement of the 
headsail triangle of about 60 sq. ft. It has its disadvantages, 
however. Invader's jib hoists quite high enough, but her 
Italloon canvas cannot go up to the truck, as is usual. Of 
course the head of the spinaker or balloon j-b could easily 
be mastheaded, but the penalty would be the loss of thie 
saving in measurement. Invader set her spinaker for the 
first time on June 25. It is disappo'ntingly small, the 
boom being only slightly over 20ft. in length, and the 
hoist being limited, as shown alx)ve. She only carried it 
for a few minutes on this occasion, and did not develop 
as much speed as the onlookers expected under the cir- 
cumstances. Her balloon jib is also comparatively small. 
Both sails would work admirably in a fifteen or twenty 
mile breeze, buf it seems a pity to starve the boat on bal- 
loon canvas when she seems to be at her best in running 
and in light winds. 
Invader is, however, quite capable of taking care of- 
herself in a blow. The puffs in the northwester of Sun- 
day, June 23, traveled at the rate of twenty-five miles an 
hour occasionally, but the prospective cup challenger car- 
ried her whole mainsail. She was well heeled over, but 
her stability increases as she submerges her long lee side. 
She was not sailed for all she was worth, the sails being 
kept lifting in order not to stretch the new canvas out of 
.shape. It was her first sail in a blow, and she did well. 
She carries more of a weather helm in a breeze, however, 
than is satisfactory-. 
There is considerable satisfaction expressed at the action 
of the Yacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes in seeking 
to postpone the ooeration of the amendment to the 
scantling rule providing that the keel, stem, sternpost and 
frames should be of oak. The Lake Yacht Racing Asso- 
ciation clubs were not notified, and if the rule were en- 
forced Invader, having a pitch pine keelson, might be 
debarred. All but three of the United States boats would 
be similarly affected. The postponement of the amend- 
ment has been left to a mail vote. 
Beaver and Invader sailed for Hamilton on Saturday 
to take part in the Queen's cup race. 
Charles H. Snider. 
The Cttp Challengfer. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
When Shamrock II. was in dock at Southampton 
she was open to public inspection from the dock side, but 
nobody was allowed into the dock itself, as when Nava- 
hoe was docked. Nevertheless one could, by careful 
bearing, obtain a very fair idea of her principal length 
dimensions, and in the evening I made the rough sketch 
from memory which I now send you. You should have 
received it long ago, but I did not like to send it before 
discovering Mr. Watson's wishes on the subject. He 
now writes me offering no objection, so if you will you 
can publish the rough sketch for what it is worth. 
The stern is perhaps a little finer in vertical profile 
The draft is taken at 20ft.. the freeboard at 6ft. amid- 
ships, and it may be even less. It is only a guess from 
sailing round her when at moorings. She has very little 
sheer. 
You may perhaps have noticed my description of the 
accident which occurred when the King was on board. 
I was sailing about watching her at a distance of about 
300 yards. I am convinced that the accident occurred 
from the eye fore-pin of bobstay shackle pulling out 
and breaking across the pin-hole. This eye was built 
into the hull of the boat, and certainly ought not to have 
given way. 
Depend upon it the telescopic system of main and top- 
masts is a great mistake, and I wonder that any men 
can be found to volunteer for masthead work in a boat 
so fitted. If any part of the topmast gear gives way 
the heel strains the head of mainmast and away goes 
the whole sail plan. 
The ancient plan of carrying the topmast in caps 
strains the masthead also, but the masthead, and, in- 
deed, the entire length of the mainmast, can then be 
trussed internally and even made sectionally waterproof 
b}' suitable diaphragms at frequent intervals; so that, 
should a yacht be dismasted, the mast would float. 
These cup challengers and cup defenders are becoming 
almost as thoroughly engineering problems as are great 
bridges or steamers. The designing of the hulls, the 
spars, the rigging, and the very sails themselves is, in 
these huge cutters, becoming more a question of strength 
of materials than of sailoring efficiency. 
Is it not time that in the America Cup comi)etition 
some limit should be placed on the sail area tor the 
cutter rig — say, 10,000 sq. ft. — and let the designers put 
the fastest ships they can under it? Ship-shape hulls, 
not freaks, a simple rating by sail area, would not be at 
all desirable for ordinary yacht racing, but for the cup 
races it seems preferable to the present regulations and 
rating which drive us into such huge sail plans and 
enormous spars. Yours faithfully, Thalassa. 
We regret that it was impossible to reproduce the sketch 
that accompanied the above article. — Edit. 
Clarence W. Dola« is having a house-boat built, which 
he will use on shooting trips in Chesapeake Bay. The 
new boat is in process of construction at Nyack. N. Y., 
from designs by Tams, Lemoine & Crane. The specifica- 
tions call for every appointment which will add to the 
comfort of the owner. The principal dimensions ox the 
boat are: Length, 115ft.; beam, 17ft. 6in., and draft of 
water, 2ft. 6:'n. The extreme lightness of draft will en- 
able Mr. Dolan to navigate safely any of the shallow 
waters of the hunting grounds. Power will be supplied 
by two 75 horse-power motors. 
