Aug, 10, tgot.} 
f^OREST ANb STREAM. 
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windward, the wind being, oddly enough, stronger in- 
hhore than out in the lake. 
Illinois, with a baby jib, had been standing up well._ It 
stood on the port tack until 3 :55, and as Cadillac came into 
the starboard tack, it was apparent that Illinois had closed 
up something of the gap. The twO' boats now had prac- 
tically the same fight that the}-^ had on Saturday. Illinois 
was outpointing Cadillac, but the latter was outsailing it? 
I . impetitor. 
At 4:07 Cadillac shook out yet another reef, and at 4:11, 
standing on the starboard tack, passed the Carter Harri- 
son crib to leeward. Illinois showed her windward quality 
by passing the same crib to weather, 
Cadillac now tacked to port inshore at 4:23, and thus 
'Challenged Illinois smartly, crossing the bows of the latter 
boat at 4 :27 with a lead of what seemed to be a quarter 
of a mile. When Cadillac came to starboard at 3 -.46 she 
was 20oyds. to weather of Illinois. The latter boat was 
coming on nicely, and the conditions of Saturday seemed 
apt to be repeated. Had Cadillac been obliged to tack 
once more, Illinois could have challenged her at the line 
and perhaps have nosed her out. Skipper Shaw, how- 
ever, good sailor that he is, this time had timed the thing 
too nicely. He did not have to tack, but laid a straight 
course for the line and luffed across just im. and 5s. ahead 
of Illinois, which also luffed up and went over a very 
good second indeed, after making up 2m. and SOs. on the 
windward leg. The times at the finish were as follows : 
Second Buoy. Finish. Elapsed. 
Tadillnc 3 14 38 4 44 00 1 29 02 
fllinois 3 17 53 4 45 05 1 27 12 
Illinois gained 2m. and 50s. 
Milwaukee was taken to the yards of George B. Car- 
penter & Co., ship chandlers, and will have a new stick 
put in her by to-morrow. 
Unfortunate Complications, 
Immediately aftef the race there Was a meeting of the 
judges, a'nd Cadillac was declared winner of the Chicago 
Y. C. trophy. Illinois taking the dinghy for second place. 
The judges, however, declared that this did not decide a 
cup defender, and that they would order the boats to sail 
further races, two or perhaps three more, during the 
course of the present week. 
Hearing this, the patience of thaP very good sportsman, 
Com. Shaw, seemed for the first time to forsake him. He 
protested that his friend, Mr. Pynchon. would have with- 
drawn his protest on Saturday had the judges allowed him 
to do so. In his temper he declared— what, perhaps, he 
does not mean, ahhough the same thing has been repeated 
all over Chicago this week very frequently— that it looked 
to him as though the proposition were to get Illinois a 
chance to win somewhere and to gain the place of cup 
defender. Com. Shaw declared his boat— as, indeed, near- 
ly every yachtsman in the harbor is satisfied to be the case 
—the best boat in all-round weather, and the most likely 
boat to win against the Canadian challenger. He said that 
the trials of the boats for the past two weeks proved 
this conclusively, and as for himself, he did not intend to 
stay here and sail races until some other boat might, by 
■Occident or otherwise, be able to beat him. He declared his 
intention of leaving for Detroit, and for a time even 
threatened to take Cadillac with him and withdraw it 
from the competitions, then at last he said he would 
Uirn Cadillac over to the committee, washing his hands 
of the whole thing, and let them use his boat if they 
needed it. He said also that he thought it would he 
equity to himself to have Milwaukee and Illinois sail a 
series and then for Cadillac to sail against the wimier. 
The owner of Milwaukee, Mr. Nunnemacher, of Milwau- 
kee, slated modestly that his boat, although it has been 
pretty generally roasted by everybody, had done a bit of 
sailing of her own; that she was dismasted by sheer acci- 
dent just before the start to-day, and that if the conimittee 
pleased he would be glad to have one more try, just to 
show that his boat was not so black as she was painted. 
Qnder these circumstances it might be seen that the 
position of the Chicago Y. C. was anything but an en- 
viable one, and there seemed, it must be m candor ad- 
mitted, some little danger that the cup offered: by the 
local club would seem a little oxidized, to put it mildly, 
and that the victory of the cup defender, as ultimately 
determined, ran danger of being similarly somewhat 
tarnished. 
The Final Solution, 
Yet after all it was to be supposed that the spirit of 
fairness which animates all good yachtsmen and all West- 
ern gentlemen would eventually prevail. Com. Shaw 
slated that he had important business engagements which 
would necessitate his going back home and prevent his 
appearing this week to sail his own boat. Capt. Pynchon 
stated that he was content to leave the matter quite in the 
hands of the committee. The latter, to a certain extent, 
reconsidered their first decision and decided that Illinois 
is not safe to pick as a cup defender, and have ordered 
■Cadillac and Milwaukee to sail three more races, Thurs- 
day, Friday and Saturday. Com. Shaw places Cadillac in 
cornmand of William Hale Thompson, of Chicago. He 
says that he does not in the least object to meeting Mil- 
waukee again, and does not want to take any advantage 
of breakdowns on the part of a rival. Milwaukee is at 
this writing readv to sail again after stepping a new 
spar and rerigging' completely. Cadillac went to dry dock 
to-dav- . , T-, 1 J 
Should Cadillac win in the contests with Milwaukee and 
eventually be chosen as the cup defender, it is very likely 
that William Hale Thompson, of Chicago, will sail Cadil- 
lac asainst the Canadian boat. Mr. Thompson, and indeed 
all of the yachtsmen of this port, agree that Cadillac does 
not offer a lead pipe cinch against the boat which the 
Canadians will be sure to send over. In fact, the races 
have been extremely close between several of the boats — 
too close, as has been regretfully pointd out, for the com- 
fort of all concerned. Milwaukee is by no means out of 
the running till these races are over. 
Cadillac Beats Milwaukee, 
Aug. I. — Cadillac beat Milwaukee to-day in very hol- 
low fashion in the first race between these two boats 
[or the determination of a cup defender. The course was 
nine knots to windward and return, and the wind, E. by 
§.E., was about twelve to fifteen miles an hour, the course 
being laid E. by S. Under these conditions Milwaukee 
ought to have been able to give a very good account of 
herself, and perhaps she would have done better had 
she carried' a reef on the windward beat, As it was, 
Cadillac gained 8ni. and 5os. on the run out, and run- 
ning home, where Milwaukee ought to have had every- 
thing quite to her own liking, the latter boat could gain 
only 7s. on Cadillac. 
This victory practically certifies Cadillac as defender 
in the minds of the more experienced yachtsmen of this 
port. Surely Cadillac has been the most consistent per- 
former seen in the races here. She has won nothing 
by a fluke, but, on the contrary, has lost one victory by 
a fluke, or, rather, by a protest, to Illinois, and another 
race to Illinois where every one admits that it was simply 
a chance flaw of wind that brought Illinois in victor. 
As to Milwaukee, it is a boat which deserves some- 
thing better than contumely, and the impression strength- 
ens that it might be handled a little bit more skillfidly 
in the windward work, where it has thus far been too 
heavily canvased in two of her defeats. 
The likelihood is that in the race to-morrow Cadillac 
will be apt to make it two straight, as the hot weather 
has broken and we are having a series of winds from the 
N. and N.W. which promise to continue fairly steady 
and fresh. 
Cadillac was sailed by her new skipper, William Hale 
Thompson, of Chicago. Cadillac carried Detroit's bal- 
loon jib and Yankee's spinnaker. 
The Race. 
Cadillac was first over the line, Milwaukee following 
5s. later. Both went out on the starboard tack, jib and 
mainsail, Cadillac with a single reef. Cadillac took the 
lee berth for 5m. and then began to point a trifle higher. 
The boats stood to starboard 45m., Milwaukee coming 
aboiit first and Cadillac following shortly afterward. 
Cadillac seemed to stand up better than her rival. 
At 2:42 Milwaukee came about again into the star- 
board tack, and 3m. later was seen to pass astern of 
Cadillac. 
At 3:10 both were standing on the port tack, Cadillac 
half a mile in the lead. At 3:16 Cadillac came about into 
the starboard tack and was seen to have half a mile lead 
•over her rival. The times at the turn were as follows: 
^ First Mark. Elapsed. 
'Cadillac 3 36 40 2 06 40 
Milwaukee 3 45 30 2 15 30 
Cadillac gained 8m. and 505. 
On the run home Milwaukee promptly broke out bal- 
loon jib and spinnaker and began to foot it handsomely. 
The breeze was now fresh. At the 4-mile crib Cadillac 
kept her pronounced lead, and it was impossible to tell 
whether or not Milwaukee had made up any distance. 
This leg was a procession, the time being as follows: 
„ Buoy. Finish. Elapsed. 
Cadillac 3 36 40 4 53 00 1 16 20 
Milwaukee 3 45 30 5 01 43 1 16 13 
Milwaukee gained 7s, 
Time for the course: 
Start, 1:30. Finish. Elapsed. 
Cadillac 4 53 00 3 23 00 
Milwaukee 5 01 43 3 31 43 
The Canadian Challenger Arrives. 
Aug. 2.— Invader, the handsome Canadian boat which 
visits Chicago with the purpose of taking home the 
Canada cup, reached South Chicago yesterday in perfect 
condition. Barring a little dust accumulated on the 
journey, she shows nothing the worse for her trip by 
rail. She was stowed on a flat car very carefully, and so 
far as can be told has reached Chicago without the 
slightest perceptible injury. 
Invader, on a hurried first look, makes a good impres- 
sion upon the Chicago talent, and if truth be told the 
local feeling is rather to the effect that Invader will 
prove dangerous. The recent good showings made by 
the fill keel Illinois have rather overcome the depression 
of stock in that model. Upon the other hand, there are 
many who bring up the Invader-Beaver-Minota compari- 
sons. Minota was able to do something with 
Beaver. Beaver, in the preliminary trials, seemed able to 
take care of Invader. Minota has been nowhere in com- 
petitions with Cadillac, Milwaukee, or even Illinois. This 
comparison causes hope to spring in the breasts of the 
Chicago yachtsmen. 
There is no doubt whatever that Invader will do better 
here after being tuned up than she did in her trials with 
Beaver at home. An unprejudiced outlook would seem 
to place the betting odds about even at this stage between 
Invader and Cadillac. Given conditions such as have 
prevailed here for the last month, light airs and shifting 
winds, the center board type should prove rather a favor- 
ite in spite of the opinion of the Canadians in regard to 
that model as shown in the selection of Invader. On 
the other hand, should we have what is possible here on 
Lake Michigan any day of the year, and much more likely 
in the latter part of August than it is in midsummer — 
stiff' winds, with perhaps squalls — then the fin keel ought 
to show its superiority . as a big water boat. We have 
been having, in fact, in these trial races here, big water 
boats sailing under inland lake conditions. This sort of 
thing will not last. It is probable tliat in the luck of 
the conditions will rest the victory for the one type or 
the other, or' the one boat or the other, in the final cup 
races. 
Invader will go into the water to-day, and will be 
accorded a royal welcome when she sails to her anchorage 
in the Chicago harbor. 
Yachting has attained a prominence in this city during 
the present season which could never before have been 
accorded it. Meantime there are continuous regattas 
among the fleets all over our inland lakes of Wisconsin, 
Michigan and Minnesota. The sport seems surely a 
growing one in the Western region. 
Cadillac Chosen as Defender. 
Aug. 2.— Cadillac made it two straight over Milwaukee 
to-day and was elected cup defender, leaving her rivals 
bearing a strong facial resemblance to thirty cents. 
Invader, the beautiful new Canadian boat which has 
come over to lift the Canada cup, if possible, sailed up 
from South Chicago during the afternoon and was sighted 
from the judges' boat before the conclusion of the race 
between Cadillac and Milwaukee. The visiting boat was 
received with all manner of salutes from the craft in the 
harbor, the steam whistles giving the customary greet- 
ing, while the crews at the club house and on the dif- 
ferent boats joined in lusty cheers.' Invader was under 
working canvas, carrying a lot of extra spars, etc. It 
will soon go out to get acquainted with the local condi- 
tions. This boat has before been fully described in 
Forest and Stream, and all that remains to be said 
regarding it is the story of its performances later in the 
following days. 
Cadillac's Victory Decisive. 
Milwaukee had made some changes in center board 
and ballast preparatory to this race, putting in a wooden 
Doard and laying aboard 1,400 pounds of ballast. As a 
ma ter of fact, Milwaukee sailed the triangular course 
ot twenty-one miles in faster time than she has made in 
iT7K° f '^^'"'y tl^e same course, beating 
Lrt , ''^u°''5 '4m- The weather condit ons had 
much to cio with this, the wind being stiff; from twenty 
f " Cadilllc sailed the course 
noi ■ sT' W i^'i* defeated IIll: 
nois She defeated Milwaukee to-day by iim. and i^s 
which periormance would certainly seem to gi;e Cad ilac 
the premier rank among all the boats which W bee.i 
gathered for the competition. This race, in a good fresh 
wind taken m conjunction with the race iLf Surdav 
sailed also under good, stiff breeze, would slem to p^i 
a damper on the hopes of the shovel-nose model as an 
1 d inT"^ admittedly faster runiSg free 
and n spue of all that has been said regarding the wind- 
ward qualities of this model, it does not seen? to ddiver 
the goods under the actual test of windward work Thill 
wou d seem to be no doubt that the selection of CadilSc 
for the cup defender is the wisest possible choice wS 
could have been made by the committee. The H™y 
tier" " ^^"derfully consistent all-around per"^ 
i lZ J ? show running tree is remarkably good for 
a boat which can beat so well, and the impression to dav 
a ter seeing the decisive victory over Milwaukee 
strengthens the growing belief among the experts tlS 
the cup is going to stay where it is this year. 
• The First Leg. 
The course on the first leg was E. N.E. and was run 
as a broad reach, with wind abeam. Milwaukee went 
be"h ''c 'iifl.?- ''''V' ^^^''^^ '^'^ tl?e weaT 
berth. Cadillac was close reefed, Milwaukee carrying 
two reefs in its mainsail. For the first 6m. Milwaukef 
seemed to gam. Cadillac then set a balloon jib Mil- 
waukee following at once with its balloon jib. Milwaukee 
HTtA° n'/""^ u^'^* ^^53 Cadillac shook cmt a 
reel and presently yet another. She now seemed to foot 
better and hold her own with the shovel-nose. At i S 
Milwaukee broke out spinnaker, the wind by this time 
having droppe^d, as is nearly always found to be the cSe 
tTM^' Y^"? f P"^?- it was seen 
that Milwaukee had not much better than held its own 
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2 13 46 0 43 46 
Milwaukee gained 2m. 26s. 
Second Leg. 
Both boats broke out spinnaker and balloon jib after 
the turn, carrying headsails wing and wing. Milwaukee 
now let go a reef, but in spite of this Cadillac liked this 
point of the weather and began to crawl up slowly the 
wind being now light and from the N.W„ and Cadillac 
holding the weather berth. For 20m. the boats held as 
they were. At 2:30 Milwaukee crosses the bows of 
Cadillac, but the latter seems to be closing slowly Mil- 
waukee catches fresher breeze at 2:55. It spurts awav 
from Cadillac. 
At 3:04 both boats take in spinnakers. Cadillac's can- 
vas seems to set nicely. Two minutes back of the second 
turn Milwaukee sets a storm jib. and before the turn 
drops the balloon jib. The times at the turn are: 
, First Mark. Second Mark. Elapsed, 
Milvvaukee 2 11 20 3 14 40 - 1 03 20 
Cadillac 2 13 46 3 16 47 1 03 01 
Cadillac gained 19s. 
The "Windward Finish. 
Soon after the turn into the last leg Milwaukee got 
into trouble, catching a quick slant of wind which sent 
her far over, so that her main boom dipped deeply, while 
center board and rudder both showed nearly clear. 
Finally the boat righted, and Skipper Davis got it in 
hand again, avoiding what looked like a capsize. It is 
possible the new ballasting of Milwaukee left her crew 
less acquainted with the boat. The old center board car- 
ried by Milwaukee had 800 pounds of lead, but this was 
replaced by another board and by ballast. 
Meantime Cadillac had taken the windward berth, but 
did not hold it, and though footing faster at the end of 
14m., had dropped to leeWard of Milwaukee. The wind 
was N. by N.W. and growing fresh at this time. 
At 3:55 Milwaukee drops its jib. Cadillac passes Mil- 
waukee and takes the weather berth. At 3:40 Milwaukee 
puts out a baby jib. Cadillac is now leading steadily. 
At 4:10 the boats split tacks, and at 4:17 they repeat 
this maneuver. 
At 4:22 Cadillac, with all kinds of a lead, comes about 
and lays course for the line, crossing shortly later a victo;' 
in any kind of fashion, Milwaukee finishing nearly a 
quarter of an hour later. The times : 
Second Mark. Finish. Elapsed. 
Cadillac 3 16 47 4 24 55 1 08 08 
Milwaukee •. 3 14 40 4 36 OS 12128 
Cadillac gained 13m. 20s. 
- Cadillac was announced as cup defender by the- judges 
at the Chicago Y. C. club house immediately following 
the close of the race. 
In concluding the running comments which have been 
made upon the Hanley boat from time, to time, it is 
enough to say that every yachtsman of Chicago is satis- 
fied that she is a better boat than any which sailed against' 
her in these competitions. She is a most desirable com- 
