AUG. 24, 1901] FOREST AND STREAM. IBl 
The exquisite beauty of the night was deeply impres- 
sive. Already clad in my pajamas, I slipped on my 
canva.s slippers and yachting cap, drew my camp-stool 
out from under my air pillow, procured and lit a cigar, 
and sat down a little way from the canoes to enjoy the 
scene. 
The mysterious, solemn hush of late night was on all 
around, and I seemed entirely alone, and in undisputed 
possession of the whole world. The stately quiet was 
broken only by the silvery rustling of the leaves on the 
trees, just stirred by the soft, balmy night wind, laden 
with the scent of the hay fields and the forest, the drowsy 
hum of insects and the chirping things of the night, and 
the subdued, pervasive drone of the falls above. The 
melodious "hoo-hoo-hoo-ee" of an owl came at intervals 
on the air, alternated by the drowsy barking of an old 
dog up at the farm house above, and the liquid call of a 
whip-poor-will — that mysterious bird of the night and of 
the mountains — across in the woods opposite, was echoed 
by that of his mate, half a mile up the river. 
The tented canoes loomed up in ghostly indistinctness 
under the shadows of the trees, without a sign of life 
about them — their occupants buried deep in sleep. The 
fly stood full in the glare of the moonlight, and its blue 
and white stripes stood out in vivid distinctness, while 
its deep shadow lay on the ground in an irregular, dia- 
mond-shaped black patch, one edge of which cut sharply 
across the mess table, standing beneath the fly, the line 
cutting irregularly across the little heap of tinware piled 
on the table, whose exposed edges and surfaces shone 
like polished silver in the beams of light, while the lan- 
tern, hanging at one end of the fly, gleamed faintly yel- 
low, and with a sickly radiance in the superior effulgence 
which drowned it. 
Long I sat there, drinking in the exquisite beauty of 
the scene, until, finally — my cigar smoked out — I re- 
placed my camp-stool under my pillow, slipped oft' my 
cap and canvas slippers and returned to my blankets, 
where I soon dropped off to sleep, to know nothing more 
until the broad light of day and the impatient calls of the 
others of the party — who were already out — demanding 
to know, with much objurgation, and other remarks de- 
nunciatory and derogatory in character, whether we might 
expect any breakfast that day, roused me from my late 
sleep. - 
Canada Cup Races. 
Chicago, III., Aug. 12. — As reported by wire to the 
Forest and Stream to-night, the Canadian challenger 
Invader turned the tables on Cadillac and won the race 
of to-day almost as decisively as did Cadillac that of last 
Saturday. This places the boats on even footing at the 
sec(.)nd race with three yet to sail. The margin of the 
victor was in each case much the same. Cadillac won its 
race last Saturday by 8m. 453. Invader won to-day by 
6m. 22s. 
It begins to be apparent that these races are races of 
types and of conditions, rather than af two boats evenly 
pitted. Invader won to-day under a wind which never 
.' ■ .! INVADER, 
Yachting Fixtttfes> f90t. 
Secretaries and members of race committees will confer a favor 
by sending notice of errors or omissions in the following list and 
also of changes which may be made in the future. 
AUGUST. 
24, Shinnecock Bay, association regatta, Shinnecock Bay. 
24. Corinthian, sixth club chamljionship, Marblehead, Mass. Ba>. 
24. South Boston, ladies' day, City Point, Boston Harbor. ^ 
24. Winthrop, class handicap, Winthrop, Mass. 
24. Cohasset, knockabout, championship and handicap races, Co- 
hasset, Mass. 
24. Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Mass. 
26. Cape Cod, Provincetown, Mass. 
27. Wellfleet, Wellfleet, Mass. 
29. Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass. " ' • 
30. Kingstown, Kingstown, Mass. ' 
31. Duxbury, Duxbury, Mass. 
3L Beverly,. Corinthian, Monument Beach. 
31 Westhampton C. C, open, j 
31. East Gloucester, club, Gloucester, Mass, 
31, Marine and Field, Gravesend Bay. 
31. Shelter Island, Club, 
81. Cohasset, knockabout, championship and handicap races, Co- 
hasset, Mass. 
SI. HuU-MassachusettSj club, Hull, Mass. 
31. Hartford, annual, Saybrook, Long Island Sound. 
31. Huntington, special, Huntington, Long Island Sound. 
31. Manhasset Bay, club series races for points; open to knock- 
abouts (21 and 18ft.), cabin and open catboats, bay be its, 
Manhasset raceabouts and sailing dories. Port Washing- 
ton, Long Island Sound. 
31. Larchmont, special, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. ' 
American Y. C. 
NEWBURYPORT, MASS. 
Tuesday, Aug. 13. 
The Y. R. A. race of the American Y. C. was sailed 
off Newburyport Tuesday, Aug. 13, in a light easterly 
breeze. There were only two Y. R, A. yachts to start, the 
25-footer Early Dawn and the 21-footer Circe II. They 
sailed walkovers. The racing was in the special class and 
in the dory class. In the special class Thordis finished 
first, but lost to Toss on corrected time. Ragtime won 
easily in the dories. The summary: 
exceeded 6 or S. miles an hour. Under these conditions 
her showing is- such that nearly all expert observers agree 
she has the best, show under any winds likely to obtain 
during the present week. Light breezes have prevailed, 
and are predicted. 
The Start. 
The course was laid E. S.E., sailed 9 miles to wind- 
ward and return-pCadillac's hoodoo. She has lost every 
one of these windward and return races. 
The wind was E. by S., and near the starting line was 
very faint, not more than two miles an hour. The boats 
lay idly just back of the line, scarcely perceptibly drift- 
At 12:00 the wind freshens to perhaps 3 miles an hour, 
and both boats are in little wrinkles of air. Invader still 
eats into the wind. It loots a trifle better now, and 
seems more skillfully sailed than Cadillac. They are now 
2 miles on their way to the turn. 
At 12:15 both boats are outside the foar-mile crib, and 
they a''e .getting fresher winds. 
At 12:20 Invader is 3^ of a mile to windward, and on 
this basis has the race won. The wind freshens now to 
6 miles an hour. 
At 12:35 Cadillac stows her men on the lec rail, to give 
her a better list. Invader is not so stiff as Cadillac. In- 
vader leads by mile. 
At 12:45 the wind becomes still fresher, and it is now 
coming nearly from the E. Cadillac, under these condi- 
tions, begins to make her first gains. Both boats are 
now running nicely. 
Instead of this proving a beat to windward it is now 
seen to he really a close reach, for the wind has again 
shifted. At this Cadillac should naturally do well. The 
course, as laid out, is E. by SE., and the wind now nearly 
due E. 
At 12:58 the Canadian shows well down the first leg 
of the 9-miIc course, and is getting ready for the gibe 
about the buoy. She has a man on the horn getting 
ready with his head sails. 
At 12:58:35 Invader gibes about the buoy. In 5s. her 
balloon jib is out. Again it seems to set rather badly at 
the foot. 
At 1:03:02 Cadillac gybes about the buoy. In 2s. her 
balloon jib goes out nicely, even better handled than 
Invader's. 
This changed direction of the wind gives the boats a 
broader reach home, and both start sheets and begin tq 
foot it. Invader has just what she wants, not too muck 
wind, but plenty for her purposes. 
At 1:13:30 Cadillac takes in her big balloon jib and 
sets a smaller balloon. She foots faster now and picks 
up a little distance on Invader, but not enough to amount 
to much. 
At 1:40 Invader is running away from Cadillac. 
At 1:45:30 Invader is opposite the four-mile crib. 
At 1:46 Cadillac takes down her smaller jib and again 
breaks out the big one. Cadillac is evidently guessing, 
and these maneuvers hardly show championship sailing. 
The wind is now N.E. and about 5 miles an hour. 
Invader's balloon jib is drawing well and she is footing 
nicely. 
At 2:07 Invader squares for the fine. 
At 2:08 Invader crosses the line. 
At 2:14:22 Cadillac crosses the line. 
Start, 11:00. Windward Buoy. Finish. 
Invader 12 58 35 2 00 00 
Cadillac 1 03 02 2 14 22 
Invader wins by 6m. 22s. 
Direction of course E. by SE. 
Courses of wind E. by SE.; E.; thence N.E. Never 
over 6 miles an hour. * 
In this light air Invader footed it like a witch, making 
no fuss at all. She was trimmed within an inch of her 
hfe and handled to the Queen's taste. Cadillac seemed 
to have her crew pretty far aft and sailed in a heavy and 
loggy fashion, which latter, however, was really due to 
the fact that she did not have wind enough for her sort 
of going. 
Invader gained on the first leg a reach, 4m. 27s. On 
the run home, also practically a balloon reach, she gained 
im. 55s. 
Invader, with her long, fine lines, her low freeboard 
and big sail spread, is as good a light-weather boat as 
we have ever seen in this port. 
The Measurements. 
There were some so-called official measurements handed 
out to the press under which both boats were stated to 
come in under the 3Sft. class. The judges then stated 
that Cadillac was a trifle under the limit. Invader a little 
over. The truth is, as known by those who saw the 
measurements before they were posted for public notice, 
that both boats are just over the 35ft. limit. They sailed 
practically by agreement and not strictly under the rules 
or strictly inside their class. The difference, however, 
was a very trifling one. and both skippers seemed entirely 
contented to accept the conditions offered. 
Invader Wins Third Race on a Fool. 
Aug. 13. — To the regret of all, the pleasure of 
to-day's race, and, indeed, the success of the en- 
tire series, was' marred by one of those unfortunate cir- 
cumstances which occasionally come up to rob sport of 
its keenest, zest and a victory of its sweetest flavor — a 
foul. Barely over the starting line, Cadillac fouled In- 
vader, and the Canadian yacht a few minutes later was 
awarded the victory, the judges megaphoning Cadillac to 
withdraw from the course. Thompson, skipper of Cadil- 
lac, complied in part with the request to withdraw, com- 
ing about and dropping down to leeward about a mile 
from Invader, which continued its way about the course. 
After sailing in this way, paralleling the winning boat 
for three or four miles, Cadillac was chased off the 
course by the revenue cutter Morrill. Skipper Thompson 
at the close of the race filed a protest and did some talk- 
ing which, perhaps, a more sober reflection would have 
induced him to cut out under similar circumstances. 
He accused Skipper Jarvis of fouling him intentionally, 
and one or two of Cadillac's crew also made statements, 
which add nothing to the sportsmanlike quality of Cadil- 
lac or to the general sweetness of the occasion. 
Of course the decision of the judges was final, and the 
best thing to do was to take one's medicine and be quiet. 
No testimony was heard in the matter, and the judges 
made up their decision and announced it within a few 
moments after the incident itself, and at a time when the 
contestants were not more than a mile or so beyond the 
starting line. 
Naturally, this matter is to be very much regretted, for 
popular interest in these races has never been equaled in 
any similar contest at this point, and every one wishd to 
see the races sailed out on the merits of the two boats. 
The incident of to-day added to the weight of criticism 
w'hich has been brought to bear upon Skipper William 
Hale Thompson, who agreed to sail Cadillac for Com. 
Shaw during these races. Mr. Thompson has piloted 
Class D. 
_ . _ _. • Elapsed. 
Early Dawn, J. E. Doherty 2 25 23 
Class L. 
Circe II., F. L. Pigeon 1 26 17 
First Special Class — Schooners. 
White Cloud, Shaw & Shelmire 2 46 37.. 
Second Special Class. 
Toss, F. E. Hilton 2 OS 24 
Thordis, W. U. Foster 1 57 40 
Alberta, H. T, Moody 2 05 34 
Walrus, F. E, Granger 2 10 12 
Clara, James Lee ...2 35 18 
Susie, T. Huse ........^....,.....2 12 00 
Witch, D. Smith 2 14 14 
Marvel, Lincoln & Reed 2 11 56 
yEoIus, R. Jacoby ,_. 2 12 16 
Spurt, A. E. Emmons 2 22 50 
Trooper, Nason Bros .-. 2 22 46 
Emanon , Withdrew. 
Third Special Class — ^Doiies. 
Ragtime, E. F. Noyes 1 33 45 
Trilby, F. W. Marsden 1 36 44 
Isa. G. H. Storey 1 41 18 
Indiana, A. B. Brown 1 42 25 
Idyllia, C. F. Stone .Disabled. 
Corrected. 
29 23 
30 38 
39 28 
43 10 
44 40 
44 58 
44 50 
45 22 
46 10 
51 36 
56 31 
Mr. Fred S. Nock, of West Mystic, Conn., has made 
the following sales through his agency: The sloop yacht 
Ramallah, for R. H. I. Goddard, of Providence R. I., to 
H. F. Maynard, of Utica, N. Y. ; the knockabout Vanessa 
for I. B. Merriman, of Providence, R. I., to Dr. F. E'. 
De Wolfe, of New York city; the schooner yacht Elfin 
for W. W. Whipple, of Providence, R. I., to P. R. Bon- 
ner, of New York city; the sloop yacht Amie for W. H. 
Morgan, of Providence, R. I., to Wilbur C. Fisk, of New 
York city. 
CADILLAC, 
ing in the hght breeze and waiting for the gun. Both, 
however, were obliged to go about just before the gun. 
Jarvis, the canny Canadian skipper, as usual, gets a shade 
the best of the jockeying, and takes the windward berth. 
Cadillac, however, gets under way first. She has to 
sqiiare off a bit to clear the bows of the judges' boat. 
Thistle. At this time the water is glassy and unrippled, 
excepting that at a distance beyond the starting line 
there are little cats' paws of wind working, into which 
both boats are doing their best to stand. 
At 11:10 both boats are close hauled and on the star- 
board tack. Invader blankets Cadillac and draws ahead. 
At ii;i8 Invader is 4 lengths ahead of Cadillac. 
At 11:20 Cadillac is standing on the port tack, followed 
by Invader at 11:22. It is easily observable that Invader 
can outpoint the centerboard as it likes. It stands close 
up into the wind, handled beautifully by Jarvis. 
One mile off the four-mile crib. Invader shows up a 
quarter of a mile to the windward of Cadillac, and it has 
at this station estabUshed a lead of at least lom. should 
the boats be forced to a test at this stage. 
