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FOREST AND STREAM^ 
[Sept. 21, igot. 
Cadillac—Detroit Race Called Off. 
Sept. s.— Mr. Mark W. Allen, chairman of the regatta 
committee of the Detroit Y. C, announces that the 
sweepstakes of that club will be sailed Sept. 9. "The 
special race between Cadillac and Detroit has been 
called off, since both have sent in their entries for the 
free-for-all. The committee have increased the prizes 
from four to six, raising the amovmt of cash to $560, 
which will be awarded as follows: First, $200; second, 
Si 10: third, $100; fourth. $75; fifth. $50; sixth. $25. 
E. Hough. 
Hartford Building, Chicago, III. 
Our Boston Letter, 
Boston, Sept. 6.— On account of the death of President 
McKinley. all of the yacht races that were scheduled to 
be sailed in Massachusetts Bay on Saturday, Sept. 14, 
were cancelled. Odin B. Roberts, Secretary of the East- 
ern Y. C. Regatta Committee, sent out the following 
notice: "In recognition of the death of President Mc- 
Kinley. the Regatta Committee of the Eastern Y. C. can- 
celled the races set for Saturday, Sept. 14, and cancels the 
races scheduled for Sept. 28. On account of the approach- 
ing end of the racing season, these races will not be post- 
poned, but are finally declared off." 
This is but an example of similar notices that were 
issued by the regatta committees of "the Hull-Massachu- 
setts, the Corinthian, the South Boston and many other 
yacht clubs. Such actions might have been expected, but 
coming as they did, as official announcements of profound 
legislation by' those in power in the different clubs, the 
sptrit shown has been all the more touching, and is one of 
the many traits which makes New England proud of her 
yachtsmen. 
There is only one scheduled event in yachtmg in Massa- 
chusetts that will not be cancelled or postponed, and that 
is the breaking up of Independence. From the time the 
announcement was made that the yacht would be broken 
up. there have been many who have doubted whether her 
owner would stick to his original decision, the thoughts 
that he would not no doubt being kept alive .by a desire to see 
the boat remain whole ; but there is now not the slightest 
doubt that the yacht which might have been shown the 
fastest 90-footer in the world will be consigned to the 
junk heap. 
Her owner must have some particular use for the metal 
of which she is constructed, for he has given orders that 
everv scrap must be saved. It is said that with a portion 
of her plating a massive tablet will be cast, which will be 
a monument to her memory. But Mr. Lawson must have 
some particular use for the metal, or he woidd not be so 
careful to have it saved. 
Since the Fishermen's race for cups donated by Thomas 
W. Law^son, when Independence went out for her last 
spin, so that the people of Massachusetts might have one 
more chance to see her under sail, she has been lying at 
the Commonwealth dock. Here, her running and standing 
rigging were taken off and later her mast was taken out. 
On°Friday morning she was towed to Lawley's basin and 
the work of breaking her up was started in earnest. Work 
was begun below decks, and her hatches and 
combings taken off. Part of her metal deck fittings have 
been removed, and the rest will follow in a few days. 
It is the programme to strip everything from her, even 
to the aluminum and steel deck, leaving nothing but the 
outer skin and its framework of steel. She will then be 
hailed up in the yard and the rest of the destruction car- 
ried on with top mauls. The crew was discharged Fri- 
day night, each man receiving a bright $20 gold piece for 
conduct money that was promised early in the season. 
Since Independence has been at Lawley's basin the 
wharf has been crowded with sightseers, who have come 
to take a last look at her while she still resembles a 
yacht. All day Sunday there was a steady stream of 
visitors. It is expected that this will be kept up during 
the rest of the week, as it is not thought that she will be 
ready to be hauled ashore until the first of next week. 
There was something almost pathetic in the sight of this 
racer lying just inside the basin on Sunday, with every- 
thing stripped from her, even to hatch combings, awaiting 
the final scene in Avhich she will be broken up. Just out- 
side the dock was her tender, the barge Penokee. Where 
the Penokee has been alive all summer with flitting sailors 
in white or blue suits, she was deserted, save for her cap- 
ta'n and steward. The companionway forward and the 
hatch aft through which the sailors passed below decks, 
were locked, and all that remained to make the scene 
most realistic was perhaps a sign "To let." Independ- 
ence's big steel spar is lying on the dock near the Penokee. 
It has been given a new coat of paint, and will undoubted- 
ly be preserved, as will the other spars which have been 
stowed in the yard. 
Thus, in a few weeks what was Independence will be 
nothing else, practically, except a heap of junk. It is a 
sad ending of a model which many still believe to be the 
fastest of any of the 90-footers. Many have regretted that 
she should come to such an end, but there is now no other 
way out of it. Her owner is determined that she shall 
exist no longer, and if he desires that she should be 
destroyed, it is his privilege to have those orders carried 
out John B. Killeen. 
Newport Special Thirties* 
NEWPORT, R. I. 
Monday, Sept. 9. 
Wawa won the cup offered by M-r. William Payne 
Thompson, which was -sailed for on Monday, Sept. 9. 
The wind was strong from the S.W., and the boats went 
around Brenton's Reef Lightship and back. The start 
was made at 3 :3.5 o'clock. The summary : 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Wa Wa, R. Brooks 4 54 31 1 19 31 
Caroline, P. Tones 4 55 57 1 30 57 
Hera. R. N. Ellis 4 57 29 J 22 04 
Esperanza, H. O. Havemeyer, Jr -. 4 o7 29 1 22 29 
Pollywog, ^ 
Barbara, W. Rutberfurd Withdrew. 
Tuesday, Sept. lo. 
Barbara won the cup offered by Mr. Cornelius Van- 
derbilt for the 30-footers, on Tuesday, Sept. lo. 
The boats sailed over a triangular course, and after a 
close race Barbara won by the narrow margin of i8s. 
Caroline finished second. The start was at 3:25. The 
times follow: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Barbara, W. Rutherfurd 4 30 21 1 05 21 
Carolina, Pembroke Jones 4 30 39 1 05 39 
Hera, R. K. Ellis 4 32 27 1 07 27 
Wa Wa, Reginald Brooks 4 32 32 1 07 32 • 
Esperanza, H. O. Havemeyer, Jr 4 35 12 1 10 12 
Raccoon, J. R. Drexel Withdrew. 
Wednesday, Sept. 11. 
Mr. Winthrop Rutherfurd offered a cup for the 30- 
footers, which was won by Carolina on Wednesday, Sept. 
11. The course was from Brenton's Cove to and around 
the lightship and back. The wind blew strong from the 
S.W. The start was at 3:20. The time follows: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Caroline, P. Jones '. 4 55 20 1-35 20 
Wa Wa, R. Brooks 4 56 20 1 36 20 
Esperanza H. O. Havemeyer, Jr 4 58 08 1'38 09 
Barbara, W. Rutherfurd 4 58 55 1 38 55 
Hera, R. N. Ellis 5 02 30 1 42 30 
Raccoon, J. R. Drexel 5 02 32 1 42 32 
Thursday, Sept. 12. 
The 30-footers sailed a prettv race on Thursday, Sept. 
12. for a cup offered by Mr. John R. Drexel. The course 
was to Dyer's Island and return, and the breeze was 
from the S.W. The race Avas one of the most interesting 
of the season, and Hera won by 2s. 
' The start was at 3:16. The summary follows: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Hera, R. N. Ellis 5 35 31 2 19 31 
Barbara, W. Rutherfurd 5 35 33 2 19 33 
Carolina, P. Jones 5 .35 50 2 19 50 
Esperanza, 11. O. Havemeyer, Jr 5 .37 34 2 21 34 
Raccoon, J. R. Drexel 5 38 28 2 2 2 28 
Wa Wa, Reginald Brooks Withdrew. 
There was also a special race between Nishe and 
5igma. Sigma, Mr. Goelet's boat, is British-built, and 
was brought over on the steam yacht Nahma. It is very 
fast for a boat of its size, and only met its match to- 
day in a much longer craft of the knockabout class. The 
course was over a triangle of eight miles. The start was 
at 3:26. The summary follows: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Sigma, G. Lorillard 4 46 44 1 a) 44 
Nishe, R. W. Goelet 4 47 58 1 21 58 
The 15-footers also started at 3:26 and raced over a 
triangle. The summary follows: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Eaglet, W. Grosvenor. Jr 4 45 43 1 19 43 
Hawk, W. Gammell. Jr 4 46 21 . 1 20 21 
Breeze, W. G. Roelker, Jr 4 46 37 1 20 37 
Friday, Sept. 13. 
Carolina won a Newport Y. R. A. cup on Friday, Sept. 
13. The wind was S.W. and the course was to Dyer's 
Island and return. The start was at 3 125 o'clock. The 
summary follows : 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Carolina, P Jones 6 19 28 2 54 28 
Wa Wa, R. Brooks 6 21 40 2 56 40 
Barbara, W. Rutherfurd 6 23 02 .2 58 02 
Esperanza, H. O. Havemeyer, Jr Withdrew. 
Hera, R. N. Ellis Withdrew. 
Raccoon, J. R. Drexel .Withdrew. 
and 3:15 o'clock each afternoon. The stages from Fifty- 
eighth street and Third avenue, Brooklyn, to the yacht 
station at Bay Ridge will be run on the days set for the 
races^ at intervals of twenty minutes during the morning 
and in the afternoon return trips will be made after 3 
o'clock. 
Sec'y J. V. S. Oddie read a letter from Evelyn P. 
Baldwin, commanding the expedition to the North' Pole, 
thanking the club for being allowed to carry the club 
burgee. A letter was also read from Lieut.-Col. Bur- 
bank, of the United States Artillery Corps at Fort Han- 
cock, tendering to the club members the use of the tele- 
graph and telephone stations at Sandy Hook. 
Yacht Qttb Notes. 
On Monday, Sept. 2, the annual meeting of the 
Sachem's Head Y. C. was held, and the following officers 
were elected to scrve for the season of 1902: Com., John 
Elton Wayland, New York; Vice-Com., Robert C. 
Mitchell, New York; Secy, and Treas., Robert P. Sew- 
ard, New York; Flag Capt, Charles R. Clark, Plainville, 
Conn. The secretary and treasurer reported a most suc- 
cessful season. New additions have been added to the 
club house on Chimney Corner, affording sleeping ac- 
commodations and enlarged restaurant facihties. The 
club membership has materially increased, over 50 per 
cent, of the members being yacht owners. 
At a meeting of the Governors of the Newport Y. R. 
A., held on Sept. 7, the following officers were elected 
for the ensuing year: Pres., George L. Rives; Vice- 
Pres., Herman B. Duryea; Secy., Arthur T. Kemp; 
Treas., Frederick P. Sands; Racing Committee — Her- 
man B. Duryea. A. Cass Canfield, Royal Phelps Carroll 
Reginald Brooks, Winthrop Rutherfurd, Woodbury 
Kane and Harry O. - Havemeyer, Jr. Next season the 
Association will probably hold a week of racing for all 
classes, continuing its policy of this year to make New- 
port a yachting center. 
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An adjourned meeting of the fourth general meeting . 
of the New York Y. C. was held at Delmonico's, Beaver 
street, on Thursday, Sept. 12, with a large attendance of 
members. The special purpose of the meeting was the 
election of forty-five members who desired to avail them- 
selves of the provision made by the club to view the 
races for the Am.erica's Cup. The new members are as 
follows: Lieut. James E. Walker, U. S. N.; Paymaster 
Samuel McGowan, U. S. N.'; W. H. Bennett, Edward 
Shearson, Arthur B. Claflin, Frank M. Dick, W. L. 
Ward. Ralph Emerson Forbes, Robert M. Riddle, Chas. 
J. S. Miller, Robert S. Towne, Robert W. Stuart, Lieut. 
Stuart, Farron Smith, U. S. N.; Capt. J. B. Coghlan, 
U. S. N.; August Roesler, Ernest Carter, Lieut. Francis 
Winslow, U. S. N.; Ensign Herbert G, Sparrow, U. S. 
N.; Assistant Paymaster T, W. Lentze, U. S. N.; Will- 
iam A. Dick, Edward Lowber Welsh, Frederick- H, 
Stevens, John Smithers, EdAvard L. Tailer, -Richard 
Charles Velt, Clinton Gilbert, Horatio R. Harper, Lieut. 
J. M. Poyer, U. S. N.; E. B. Alvord, Walter Dixon Elhs, 
Lieut. Edward McCauley, U. S. N,; Willard P. Mack, 
Herbert Barber, Robert B, Seward, Arthur Gibb. Chas. 
H. Dale, Edward L. Fuller, Mortimer B. Fuller, William 
H. Jackson, Seneca D. Brown, Richard A. Bachia, Horace 
Hatch, William H. Hull, John D., Archbold and Lieut. 
R. de L. Hasbrouck, U. S. N. It was announced that 
the steam yacht Why Not would convey yacht owners 
and guests during the Cup races from Pier i, North 
River, to the club station at Bay Ridge each race day, 
leaving at 8:30 o'clock. Those who wish to see the 
Columbia in the dry dock on Sept. 16, 17 and 18 can go 
by the Why Not, which will leave the same pier at 1:15 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Wallin & ilJorman have recently completed a large 
power laurich at their shop on Gravesend Bay for a 
Port Washington yachtsman, who will use her on Long 
Island Sound. The boat measures 3Sft. over all, 8ft. 6in. 
beam, and has a draft of 3ft. The forward part of the 
boat is fitted with a cabin trunk 12ft. long and 6ft. wide, 
and has 6ft. head room. Aft there is a big cockpit loft. 
long. The cabin is finished in hardwood and will ac- 
commodate six people. In construction the frarhes, 
stern and sternposts are of oalc, with yellow pine plank- 
ing. The engine will be of ten horse-power, and is ex- 
pected to develop nine miles an hour speed. 
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Messrs. Cary Smith & Barbey, who recently received 
an order for a schooner yacht for the Emperor of Ger- 
many, have awarded the contract to the Townsend & 
Downey Shipbuilding Company, of Shooter's Island, 
Staten Island. She is to be completed in time for next 
year's racing season. The new craft will be x6oft. over 
all, I20ft. on the water line, 27ft. beam and 15ft. draft, and 
built of steel. The contract was signed on behalf of the 
Emperor by the Naval Attache of the German Embassy 
at Washington, and the craft will cost in the vicinity of 
$150,000. The keel will be laid within a few days. 
J^T 8^ 
Mr. Oswald Garrison Vilfard's sloop yacht Hilgarda, 
with the owner and a crew of three men aboard, was 
struck by a squall inside Sandy Hook on the morning 
of Sept. 8. and her mast was carried away. She was two 
miles northwest of the Spermaceti Cove life-saving sta- 
tion at the time. The life-saving crew went to the 
Hilgarda's assistance and towed her in to the mouth of 
the Shrewsbury River. 
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Mr. Warren Shepard, the marine artist, is about to.have 
a large cruising ketch built, in which he proposes 
to cruise through European waters. Mr. Shepard has 
made several trips on sailing vessels to various parts 
of the world in search of subjects for his pictures, but 
has been unable to go to just the places he wanted to, 
and to this end has designed a yacht which will com- 
bine safety, comfort and speed. The ketch will measure 
53ft. over all, 14ft. beam, 7ft. 6in. deep, and have a draft 
of 6ft. 6in. She will be a keel craft, with outside ballast 
and sheathed with copper. The yacht will have a spoon 
bow and short counter, with a slight tumble home to 
her topsides. As the yacht is to be purely a sea- 
going craft there will he but three openings in her 
deck. A hatch will lead to her forecastle forward 
and an immovable skylight built in the top of her cabin 
trunk, and a companionway from the cockpit to the 
cabin. The cockpit is to be self-baling. The cabin trunk 
is to be i6ft. long. Below them are four bunks in the 
saloon, and forward two, and a toilet room. The pole 
mainmast will be 50ft. from step to truck. The order to 
build the yacht will be given to Rigby, at Canarsie. 
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Mr. A. IJomer Skinner, of Fall River, who recently 
disposed of his auxiliaryschoonef Penelope, intends build- 
ing during the coming winter an auxiliary cruising 
yawl. She will be a centerboard boat 58ft. long over all, 
14ft. beam, and will draw 5ft. 6in. with her board up. 
The auxiliary power consists of a 16 horse-power gaso- 
line motor made by Murray & Tregurtha, of South 
•Boston, Mass. 
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The following sales have been made through Messrs. 
Huntington & Seaman's j^acht agency: Sloop Alys, 
W. Barklie Henry, Philadelphia, Pa., to Daniel Bacon, 
this city; pole mast sloop Marguerite, Chas. G. Lincoln, 
Hartford, Conn., to Mr. Geo. G. Bell, this city. Sea- 
wanhaka knockabout Karma, W. H. Grossman, this city, 
to Mr. W. Barklie Henry, Philadelphia, Pa.; knock- 
about Frances, Geo. G. Milne, of New Y''ork City, to C. 
G. Lincoln, Hartford, Conn.; sloop Kittywake, Cleveland 
H. Dodge, this citv, to W. H. Grossman, of New York 
City. 
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The Earl of Crawford has bought the auxiliary steam 
yacht Valhalla, owned by the Comte and Comtesse 
.Boni de Castellane. Valhalla is a three-masted, full- 
rigged steel ship, the only yacht afloat rigged in that 
way, and has auxiliary steam engines. She is steel 
armored, and is 239.6ft. over all, 37.2ft. beam and 20.7ft. 
in depth. Her mizzenmast is 125ft. long, and her main- 
mast 141ft. Valhalla was built in 1892, and has more 
the appearance of a war vessel than a pleasure craft. 
Valhalla originally belonged to Mr. Jos. F. Laycock, an 
English banker, who used her to train boys for the royal 
navy. It was chartered from him by the Comte and 
Comtesse de Castellane in July, 1897, for a cruise to 
Norway and Sweden which proved so pleasant to them 
and their large party of guests that negotiations were 
opened for its purchase which were concluded soon 
after. 
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The owners of the 30-footers have completed th^ New- 
port season's racing for the cup offered by Mr. A'lmeric 
Hugh Paget, and the honors rest with Mr. Pembroke 
Jones' Carolina. The Paget cup must be won by the same 
boat two seasons in succession. It was offered in 1899, and 
