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point and just when it would reach the buoy. Cadillac 
now had the long side of the triangle to sail instead of 
the short side, which reached to the turn. Naturally, un- 
der these circumstances. Invader footed directly up into 
the wind and passed Cadillac without a great deal of 
trouble, the boats again changing positions and Invader 
once more taking the windward berth and resuming her 
old job of sailing into the wind. 
The boat Milwaukee, earlier mentioned as accompany- 
ing the racers ©n or near the course, now showed near 
the course and direct! ahead of the racers; not, however, 
causing any trouble. 
At 1:5s Invader was leading unmistakably, the first 
time for nearly 2h. As the wind was baffling and light, 
and as Invader was known to be dangerous running free 
before a light wind, the hopes of the Chicago contingent 
now" received a sudden dampening. They could not un- 
derstand why it was that Cadillac, which had been for so 
long in the lead, could now so suddenly, almost in the 
twinkling of an eye, drop back into Invader's wash. The 
reason is simple enough. Thompson had simply gone 
farther beyond the mark than he needed to go and had 
allowed his opponent to reach that mark by sailing over 
less water than himself. 
At 1:50:30 Invader filled on the port tack, having the 
buoy safCj. At 1:57:30 Invader was to windward of the 
buoy. 
At 1:57:35 Invader gibed abcUt the buoy. 
Cadillac had filled for the port tack at 1:59:10. At 
1:59:30 Cadillac came windward of the buoy and turned 
at 1:59:3s, exactly 2m. back of the Canadian boat. It was 
now seen that everything was over and that Invader 
had the cup safe; for if she could gain 2m. in a mile and a 
half, what might it not do at her own game with 9 miles 
to sail? 
The Run Home. 
In just los. after the turn Invader had out both balloon 
and spinnaker. The foot of Invader's balloon at first did 
not set as well as it should. This sail never sets well 
when the boat is running nearly free, but when reaching 
fairly broad it seems to draw much better. Both skip- 
pers tried to use spinnaker and balloon jib for the home 
run,' and did not drop spinnakers for some minutes, when 
both found that the wind had hauled round into the N. 
a little better, at that time being N.E. It was directly 
after the turn that Cadillac got into trouble with her 
spinnaker, which hung in stops and would not break out 
full for quite a while. She was doing fairljf well at 2:00:40, 
at which time Invader was far down the home stretch 
and bowling along in good shape. 
At 2:03:30 Invader had enough of tlie spinnaker game, 
being able to shift it to neither side in such fashion that 
it would draw, so Jarvis stowed this sail. He was now 
leading Cadillac by more than 200yds., the latter boat 
going along still under spinnaker and balloon jib. 
It was 2:06:40 when Cadillac took down its spinnaker. 
At 2:10 both boat were going along on a balloon 
reach, close hauled, wind well abeam and from tlie N.E., 
perhaps 5 or 6 miles strong. They were now footing it 
faster than at any time yet during to-day's race. Ten 
m.inutes later the wind freshened, probably reaching 7 
miles an hour. 
At 2:30 Invader was in advance, apparently by a mile, 
having made wonderful gains on Cadillac on this part 
of the course, although the big balloon jib of Cadillac 
was now drawing handsomely. At this stage the yachts 
before named, Milwaukee, Nymph, Illinois and others, 
resumed their friendly attentions to the racers. They 
came in front of the course and must have left the specta- 
tors along shore very much confused to know which boat 
was the challenger and which the cup defender. 
The situation was now such that the wind was fresher 
out in the lake and dropping a bit inshore, and although 
the finish line was now more than a mile offshore the 
boat closest to it would be getting the faintest winds, 
whereas the one farther back in the lake would have the 
fresher airs. This was perhaps the reason that Cadillac 
gained so distinctly in the last two miles of the race. 
At 3:05, although Invader was seen to have the cup 
safe, Cadillac had picked up over, a quarter of a mile. 
The leading boat was then not more than looyds. away 
from the line, and, indeed, was squaring for the finish. 
The Chicago talent was praying for five more miles of 
sailing, for three, two, or even one mile, in which case, 
at this same gain, Cadillac would perhaps have closed 
with the Canadian; since- — on this whole 9 miles of the 
balloon reach — Invader had gained only 19s., including 
the bungle Cadillac made with its head sails at the turn, 
and including, also, the fact that Invader at one time 
was fully a mile ahead of Cadillac on this leg. 
It was too late, however, for speculations or possibili- 
ties. Amid the customary din of whistles and the hearty 
cheers of men who like to see a good sportsman and a 
good boat win, the successful Canadian cup challenger 
Invader crossecl the line a winner at 3:07:30. Cadillac 
finished at 3:09:49. 
As the happy Canadians eased off and swept around 
to enter the gap at the harbor, the w-dter was able to hail 
Skipper Jarvis as he passed close under the bows of the 
tug. Asked if he had anything to say. Com. Jarvis 
grinned amiably and shook his head in the negative. He . 
declared later, as the boats drew apart, that he was en- 
tirely happy and quite satisfied in every way. 
So is every one else satisfied. And if the Canadians 
want to hold their cup next year, the best thing they 
can do is to get Jarvis to handle the stick. 
Challenges for Next Year. 
The moment the gun fire had announced the winner, 
Com. George H. Gooderham, of the Royal Canadian 
Y. C, found himself the object of manifold attentions. 
On board the Pathfinder, at the wharf of the Chicago 
Y. C, in person, by mail and by telegraph, came chal- 
lenges for another race next year. The clubs challenging 
in this wajr were Rochester, Detroit and Milwaukee 
yacht clubs out of town, and both Chicago and Columbia 
yacht clubs of Chicago. It is thought that the Chicago 
Y. C. won in the race iox the challengers, although it is 
not yet known which will be the- first filled by the Royal 
Canadian Y. C. The terms of the Columbia Y. C. chal- 
lenge, as stated by Mr. Edward Balcom, chairman of the 
regatta committee of that club, are for new boats to be 
built on both sides next season. There is talk of uniting 
on a 45ft. class for next year, and should this be agreed 
upon by both the Royal Canadian Y. C. and the club 
successful in having its challenge accepted, Ave may expect 
races even more interesting than those just closed, 
These Measurements Not Correct. 
Mr. Cothroll, official measurer for the Chicago Y. C, 
when asked whether the measurements which had been 
given out were correct, seemed disposed to evade the 
qustion, and stated that they were "practically correct 
as printed in the daily press." These measurements were 
given as below, but they are known to be not in accord- 
ance with the measurements made by the judges in dry 
dock. They are given, therefore, not for what they are 
Avorth, but for what they are not worth. They were an- 
nounced the second day after the first race of the series 
had been sailed: 
Cadillac. Invader. 
Load waterline 28.00 28.20 
Beam 11.40 D.Ofi 
<^ii-tli 11.34 ISM 
i)0 per cent, of square root of sail area 19.17 19.23 
Total , 70-00 70.00 
Divided by 2, gives racing length 35.00 35.00 
Cadillac's sail area is 1,471 square feet, and Invader's 
is 1,481 square feet. 
Record of CadiUac. 
The record of the trial races off Chicago which re- 
sulted in the selection of Cadillac as a cup defender is as 
follows, and it shows that there was no mistake made in 
electing Cadillac as the cup defender. It is believed even 
to-day to be the best all-around boat which appeared in 
this port this season. 
July 20 — Milwaukee first by im. 27s. over 21-knot tri- 
angular course, in light, puffy wind; Cadillac second. 
July 22 — Cadillac first by 12m. i8s., over i8-knot course, 
sailed to windward and return, in 20-knot breeze, choppy 
sea ; Detroit second ; Milwaukee lost her rudder ]/2 mile 
from start and did not finish. 
July 23 — Milwaukee won, beating Cadillac 5m. 42,5., 
over triangular course, in fair wind; Detroit second; 
Cadillac third. 
July 25 — Cadillac first by 6m. los., over i8-knot course, 
to windward and return; Milwaukee second; light wind. 
July 26 — Illinois first, beating Milwaukee, the third 
boat, by 4m. 33s., over triangular course of 21 knots in 
wind which was strong at the start, but light and fluky 
at the finish: Cadillac was fourth, im. 24s. behind the 
Milwaukee. 
July 27 — Cadillac first by los., Illinois second and Mil- 
waukee third by iim. 45s. Cadillac fouled Illinois just 
before the finish and Illinois was given the race. Twenty- 
five mile breeze at start, dying out after buoy was 
reached. 
July 29 — Cadillac won by im. 5s., Illinois being the only 
other boat in the race at the finish. Sailed over triangu- 
lar course. Milwaukee broke her mast 30s. before start- 
ing gun Avas fired. Twenty-knot breeze. 
Aug. I — Cadillac first by 8m. 43s., over fS-knot course, 
to windAvard and return, Milwaukee being the only other 
boat starting. Good wind. 
Aug. 2 — Cadillac Avinner by iim. 13s., OA'er 21-knot 
course, triangular, in two-reef wind^ Milwaukee was the 
only other starter. 
Sufficient Record of Invader. 
Won the Canada cup, Chicago, U. S. A., Aug. 14, 1901. 
And good luck to her. 
Return of itie Cup "Winner. 
Aug. 16 — Invader was sailed to South Chicago yester- 
day and stOAved in her cradle on the flat car which will 
take her home. The victorious skipper and crcAV left for 
home yesterday, and one may imagine they will receive 
a royal Avelconie when they reach Toronto. Cadillac Avill 
go. to Detroit on the deck of a steamer \'ia the Straits. 
The races are noAv over, and there is the usual reaction 
after the season of excitement. 
One feature of this reaction is such as to invite unfa- 
vorable criticism. There are some grumblers in Chicago, 
one regrets to say, who begin to talk again about the 
unfortunate foul betAveen Cadillac and Invader in Tues- 
day's race. They say that "Capt. JarAds ought not to 
ha\'^c taken advantage of his position and forced Cadillac 
into a foul, Avhen it was knoAvn before the races that 
Invader was not in the 3Sft. class." Noav, can any one 
imagine more unspeakable foolishness than this? Before 
the r^ces both boats agreed to sail under the measure- 
ments as given, and that settled it. The fact that Jarvis 
knejiv his boat -Avas outside of the 35ft. class Avould not 
have militated against his sportsmanlike qualities even 
had he forced Invader down upon Cadillac in the mix-up, 
Avhich Avas by no means obviously the case. He simply 
held his course and was entitled to it. All such criticism 
leaves a very bad impression regarding the Chicago end 
of this series. One would think it had been a juvenile 
game of marbles instead of a yacht race among men, and 
it is to be hoped that the Canadians will not take this talk 
as indicative of the sentiment of the real sportsmen of 
Chicago, er of the yacht clubs of that city. 
Comet Wins at Pewaufcee. 
The Mikvaukee boat Comet Avon in light winds at 
Pewaukee over the four-mile course, Aug. 11, taking the 
eighth Waukesha beach handicap race. Argo Avas first to 
cross the starting line, Comet and Dora los. afterAvard. 
The first leg Avas a beat dead to- AvindAvard in light Avinds, 
Argo leading at the turn, Dora second. Argo had a good 
lead tor a good portion of the course Avhen Dora and 
Comet overhauled it. Comet and Argo finally draAving 
away from the alomitium boat. Comet outfooted Argo 
and finished 45s. in the lead. The times: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Comet, F. Pabst. Jr 6 ,33 12 1 33 12 
Argo, R. Giljoahn 6 33 57 1 33 57 
Dora, W. N. Meyer 6 34 09 1 34 09 
At a meeting of the yacht club held to-night it was 
decided to enter Aspirant in the Lake Winnebago races, 
Aug. 20 to 34, and in the Green Lake races Sept. 2 to 7, 
Partial Measurements of Invader. 
Aug. 17. — As stated earlier, the actual measurements of 
ItiA'ader and Cadillac Avere ncA^er made public. The fol- 
lowing m-^asurements were actually made by the judges, 
assisted by William- Cothroll, on Friday noon, Aug. 9, 
when Invader v/as in dry dock. The judges found two 
of the actual measurements to be, beam 9.26ft., girth 
18.19ft. 
The rest of the measurements, as made by the judges, 
are not knoAvn, and these actual measurements Avere not 
made public intentionally. The measurements of the 
builder of Invader, James AndrcAA's, Avere, beam 9.16, 
girth 17.87ft. 
It was part of the articles of agreement between the 
two boats that *:he measurements of the yachts should be 
made at lea,st two days before the sailing of the first race. 
The computations were not completed until the second day 
after the first race had been sailed. The above meager 
but authentic information Avill, perhaps, show some of 
the reasons for the nature of the information given out. 
Invader AA'as a little over the 35ft. class, and this Avas 
admitted. It is stated, not Avith equally authentic confirm- 
ation, that Cadillac was also shghtly over the limit. 
Invader at Home. 
To-day's dispatches say that the Royal Canadian Y. C. 
gave Invader and crew a grand welcoming parade on their 
return with the cup yesterday. Com. Jarvis is quoted as 
saying, in a speech: 
"The Chicago yachtsmen wefe awfully fair. At the 
time of the foul there wasn't a murmur, except from the 
man Avho did it. It Avas only a bluff. He knew his mis- 
take and wanted to let himself doAvn easy. He should 
have gone round our stern or in our lee and taken his 
blanketing. It's the first rule we learn. He had plenty 
of room to get out of the road. Invader is all right, and 
Thompson knows his business. The fotil Avas just a 
bluff." E. Hough, 
Hartfokd BuiiDiNG, Chicago, 111. 
Views of the Victory. 
Toronto, Aug. 17. — Canadians owe A'ery little to De- 
signer Sibbick, of the Isle of Wight, for the regaining of 
the Canada cup, and very much to Skipper j^lmilius Jar- 
vis, Avho handled the challenger. Had Cadillac been sailed 
by Mr. Jarvis she Avould, of course, have Avon the first 
race of the series : she might have lost the second, but 
this is very doubtful ; she Avould certainly not have lost 
the third race on a foul, and she Avould have Avon the 
fourth on a narrow margin. Boat for boat, the Hanley 
craft is the better of the tAVO. Invader defeated her, part- 
ly because the majority of the races Avere sailed under 
conditions favorable to her, but principally because, she 
had the better skipper. 
And never Avas a good skipper backed up by a better 
creAv than Messrs. F. A. Turner. V. J. Hughes, Charles 
LoAvndes, James McMurray and Wm. Fisher, the profes- 
sional. The Canadians Avere marvels of speed in every- 
thing from canvas-stowing tip and doAvn, but their piece 
de resistance Avas spinnaker handling. The balloon can- 
vas Avould be billoAving out and dragging the sloop on to 
A-ictory by the time the mainsail had taken up the slack 
of the started sheet. 
With five challenges on their hands, the Royal Can- 
adian Y. C. is in a quandary. There is a feeling that 
Chicago, having lost the cup, should have the first oppor- 
tunity to regain it. There is also the feeling that, as the 
recent contest Avas as much with Detroit as Avith Chicago, 
the former city's yachtsmen should have a show. Then, 
again, Toronto yachtsmen have not forgotten Com. 
Charles Van Voorhis, of Rochester, and his tars, who 
carried off the cup in 1899, and Avould Avelcome another 
battle Avith so good a sailor. So that it is hard to say 
which challenge Avill be selected. 
There has been much harsh criticism of Alderman Will- 
iam Hale Thompson, of Chicago, skipper of Cadillac, and 
some of it Avas deserved, possibly, but it is to be remem- 
bered that he had an undrilled creAV, and that his sailing 
experience on Lake Michigan has been limited. The 
skipper of the defender is more at home on the smooth 
Avaters of the inland lakes, where the sidewalk craft 
abound. 
All said and done, it Avas a battle of skippers rather 
than of boats, and the invasion of Chicago proved suc- 
cessful. The reversal of the ordinary was seen, the cen- 
terboard.boat being abler in big seas and stiff breezes, 
and the semi-fin-keel excelling in light Avinds and smooth 
Avaters. 
The Avinning of the trophy and the necessity of defend- 
ing it almost immediately Avill give a great boom to yacht- 
ing on Lake Ontario. Kingston Avill probably furnish at 
least one cup defender; Hamilton may furnish two or 
three, and there Avill at least be tAvo furnished by Toronto. 
It is to be hoped that the 35ft. class Avill again be chosen, 
because, if you go in for a racing machine you get one 
Avith at least some room in the 35-footer, and if she is 
imsuccessful, she is at least less of a Avhite elephant than 
a 40-footer; while, if you get a "boat," you have one that 
is as conv^enient for an afternoon's pleasttre as a sailing 
skiff, and has at the same time considerable accommoda- 
tion. 
An attempt Avill be made to bring Canadian designing 
talent to the fore. There is no reason why such a man 
as Capt. James AndrcAVS, Avhose creations in larger classes 
outsail those of both Fife and W^atson, should not have a 
chance at designing as well as building an all-Canadian 
35-footer. That designs from the "old land" Avill be 
sought and built from goes without saying. There will 
be a large fleet of prospective defenders, with Invader to 
test them, and possibly Beaver, for the negotiations for 
the sale of the fast, heavy-weather Payne sloop to Buffalo 
have not yet been completed. 
There is a chance of Invader going doAvn to Charlotte 
after the -famous Fisher cup, the oldest fresh-water 
trophy, Avhich Genesee successfully defended last Sep- 
tember. Charles H. Snider. 
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