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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Aug. 17, 1901. 
BARBARA. 
Designed by William Fife, Jr. 
Photo by Jacksoiij Marblehead. 
Canada Cup Races. 
The First Race. 
Chicago, 111., Aug. 10. — The racing conditions to-day 
were superb — the sk3'- bright and clear, the wind fresh and 
steady, at no time dangerous, and all the time a good 
saiHng breeze. At the start the wind was about ten miles 
an hour, but it freshened steadily, being perhaps twelve 
miles at the first turn, fifteen or more at the, second turn 
and twenty miles an hour toward the finish. The course 
A¥as Is.N.E., with the wind at first frpm a little W. to N., 
then du? N. Then it began to haul to the eastward. This 
made the first leg of the race one long reach, not involving 
any actual windward work until just at the turn. The 
homeward leg was a broader reach. 
At the starting gun, Invader, very nicely handled, went 
across the line 15s. ahead of Cadillac, and at once took the 
windward berth. It was at this time that Invader made 
her best showing, and it is to be confessed that the hearts 
of the Chicago contingent sank throughout the first 
quarter hour of the I'ace. Invader ran close up into the 
wind. The skipper of Cadillac did not apparently attempt 
to point up. He eased Cadillac ofi: a little and allowed her 
to foot it. which she did handsomely. It was anybody's 
race for the first ,30m. Then Cadillac showed clear ahead, 
and it was a toss up which would make the turn first. 
Cadillac had laid a fairly good course for the mark, but 
was well to leeward of Invader when she came in line with 
the mark. Cadillac came about into the starboard tack 
and crossed the bows of Invader by a good two lengths— 
possibly more. Invader still stood on her original port 
tack some distance before coming about, Cadillac standing 
on the starboard tack until well beyond the mark. Cadil- 
lac now came around on port tack and turned the buoy 
well in advance of Invader, which made a smart tack and 
came around the mark with a sufficiently narrow margin. 
The Second Leg — Free Run. 
On the second leg both boats broke out spinnakers, and 
presently balloon jibs also. Cadillac showed the greater 
spread of head sails, and her canvas drew far better. 
There was much 'improvement possible in the spinnaker of 
Invader, which drew very ill. and which ought to have 
better set before the next race, for it is in the free work 
Invader seems to have a chance. Invader was not able to 
close in on Cadillac, but held its own on this leg very 
nicely, Cadillac gaining only i8s. on the nine-knot leg of 
the free run. 
This leg. as, indeed, the first one also, was not eventful. 
Cadillac had not yet shaken off the challenger, and al- 
though she carried the hopes of the local yachtsmen, she 
had done nothing as yet decisive. 
The Third Leg— Broad Reach. 
From the way m which the wind had shifted around 
into the eastward, the hom,eward leg was practically a 
repetition of the conditions of the first leg. with the excep- 
tion that it was more of a broad reach. Both, boats made 
it in one reach. Invader at first set out to run well up 
into the wind, following her original tactics. She seemed 
later to case off a bit, and dropped in astern of Cadillac. 
The boats held on this course all down the home leg, and 
Cadillac increased her lead, until it was simply a walk- 
^yf^Y for the defender. 
Cadillac's greater freeboard stood 'her in good stead, ap- 
parentl_v, for in this lumpy sea Invader was all awash. 
Cadillac seemed to have a way of pushing through and 
riding over the seas without checking, and she kept on 
climbing. Invader, on the other hand, leaves the impres- 
sion that she checks a bit in a sea and docs not hold her 
way as .steadily. 
Cadillac gained all sorts of distance on the last leg, and 
won by more than a mile, gaining ym. 22s., and winning 
the race in fast time and by a margin of 8m. 35s. 
At the close of the race everybody was willing to de- 
clare that the cup would remain where it is. As to this 
latter conclusion, it is not yet time for it. Invader is a 
good boat, and if the fin-keel model will do at 3Sft., then 
Invader is not yet to be counted out of the dangerous 
class. The way in which it eats into the wind leacls one to 
believe that it will give Cadillac all it can do imder con- 
ditions where there is more windward work. Running 
free, with head sails properly set. Invader may beat Cadil- 
lac the next race. There seems no reason to believe that 
in stiff wind and on a reach Invader can hold its own 
with the defender. 
The race oi¥ered no special features, and, indeed, was 
iminteresting in its last phases. It is earnestly to be hoped 
that Invader will make it closer in the next race of the 
series, which will be brought off next Monday. 
Measorements Not Yet Made. 
It seems to be one of the peculiar features of these trial 
and cup races that the boats cannot be measured and their 
measurements be made known before- the sailing of the 
race. The measurements of the hulls of the boats were 
completed in dry dock on last Friday, and the sail tri- 
angles were taken yesterday. By agreement it was im- 
dcrstood that to-day's race will count as one of the races 
of the series. It is altogether likely that both boats will 
ifualify in the 3Sft. class, though both have been built so 
close to the limit that it will be a near enough thing. 
Cadillac had 3J^in. taken from the end of its main boom 
last night: As actual measurements of Invader's boom 
and gaff do not tally exactly with the figures of the 
builder, it canot be said that the owner of either boat is 
exactly sure of where he is going to come out in the meas- 
ttrcments. The judges will announce their conclusions 
probably not later than Monday, or possibly late this after- 
noon. It is said that Monday's race will be sailed strictly 
within the rules, as, indeed, to-day's race should have 
been. 
The judges sailed on the steam yacht Thistle to-day, the 
.steamer Indiana serving as guest boat. 
The crew of Cadillac were William Hale Thompson, 
captain ; A. Pettie, Frank Scenter, Ralph Hoagland, 
Harry Higinbotham, Sidney Russel. Invader: yEmilius 
Jarvis, captain; J. S. McMurray, V. J. Hughes, C. V. 
Lowndes, F. A. Turner. W. Fisher. Scrutineers: Ernest 
McRac on board Cadillac, Wm. Cothroll on board In- 
vader. Judges : E. P. Warner, Chicago Y. C. ; E. H. 
Ambrose, Royal Canadian Y. C. ; Oliver Cromwell, New 
York Y. C. 
Detailed Story of the Race. 
The boats started under two reefs. Smartly handled by 
her able skipper, Jarvis, Invader was better placed at the 
gun, and crossed the line about iSs. ahead of Cadillac, 
taking the windward berth. 
A few minutes beyond the line Invader slips along Hke a 
fairy. She gains. Invader catches some puffs of wind and 
heels well over. She is not so stiff as Cadillac. 
GREY FRIAR. 
Photo by W. Notman & SoUj Montres^L 
