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FOREST AND STREAM 
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lowed by Muriel and Elmiria in the order named. With 
booms to starboard, the boats reached to the first mark, 
and the boats roimded the stake boat in the same order 
that they started. The times at the first mark were as 
follows: Quisetta, 11:59:11-, Muriel, 12:00:14; Elmina, 
12 :oi :45. It was a run from here to the second mark in 
Hempstead Harbor, and Quisetta set her spinnaker. Elmina 
carried her balloon jib topsail and soon passed Quisetta. 
At the Hempstead mark the times were: Elmina. i •.28:23; 
Muriel, 1:32:18; Quisetta, 1:37:16. From the Hempstead 
mark to the finish it was a beat. Elmina stood on the 
starboard lack to the westward, and the strong tide swept 
her down toward Execution Light. Muriel was pocketed 
in Hempstead Harbor, and could not seem to get out. 
Quisetta, in the meantime, stood to the eastward on the 
port tack, until she was well up toward Matinicock Point, 
when she went about on the starboard tack and was able to 
lay her course for the finish line. The sumjnary: 
Start, 3:15: Fini.s]i, Elapsed. 
Quisetta, IT, F. Lippiii 3 17 15 3 42 15 
Elmina, F. K. Brewster ?, 43 0?. i 08 02 
Muriel, Charles Smithers Witlidrew. 
R«Ics Govefnmgf the America's Cap Races. 
Messrs. S. Nicholson Kane, Chester Griswold and 
Newbury D. Lawton, who compose the Regatta Com- 
mittee of the New York Y. C., issued on Saturday, Sept. 
21, the sailing^ instructions that will govern the inter- 
national Cup races, which begin on Thursday, Sept. 26. 
The instructions are printed on a four-page circular; the 
code flags that will be used in signaling are printed in 
colors around the edge. Mr. E. D. Morgan's private 
signal and the burgee of the New York Y. C. head the 
page, while on another is Sir Thomas Lipton's private 
.signal and the burgee of the Royal Ulster Y. C. A chart 
is also given which slwws the courses over which the 
yachts will .sail. The instructions are as follows: 
^ START— Will be made from Sandy Hook Lightship at as near 
11 A. M. as will be practicable, the preparatory signal being given 
fifteen^ minutes in advance. But always with the understanding 
that should the direction of the wind prevent laying the coui-se 
from the lightship, the starting line will be shifted to the nearest 
available point, and that in this case the preparatory signal will be 
given about half hour later than the time set for starting from 
the lightship. ' • 
COURSES.— N"o. 1 (Letter C).— From the st.irting line to and 
around a mark fifteen miles to windward or leeward and return, 
leaving the mark on the starboard hand. No. 2 (Letter D}.— 
From tjie starting line, ten miles to and around a mark; ten miles 
to and' ground a second mark, and ten miles to the finish line, 
leavingvthc marks on the outside of the triangle, to port or star- 
hoard, according as the vessels are sent around. Starting and 
finishing lines will be between a point on the committee boat in. 
dicated by a white flag and the mainmast of the lightship or other 
slakebqat if the start is shifted from the lightship. These lines will 
be at right angles with the outward and home courses respectively. 
Compass courses (magnetic) will be set before the preparatory 
signal is given. The signals for Course No. 2 must Jse read be- 
ginning forward. 
MARKS — Will be white floats carrying a red ball with horizontal 
white stripe showing the letters N. Y, Y. C. in blue, and sur- 
rounded by a flash cone. The jiosition of each mark will be in- 
dicated by a two-masted tug lying about 100 yards beyond and 
swinging a red ball from the triatic stay. .Should a mark be 
wrecked, its place will be taken by its marking tug, which will 
display a red flag with diagonal white stripe in addition to the 
other indications, and in turning the tug the directions for the 
mark will govern. 
STARTING SIGNALS— Preparatory.— A gun will be fired, the 
club signal lowered and the blue peter set at the fore. Warning — 
'J'en minutes later a second gun will be fired and a red ball 
hoisted. The Start^ — Five minutes later a third gun will be fired, 
the blue peter lowered and a second red ball hoisted. Handicap 
Time — Two minutes later a fourth gun will be fired and both balls 
will drop. Should a signal gun miss fire, a prolonged blast of 
the whistle will be given. At the finish, a short blast will be 
given as each vessel crosses the line. 
SPECIAL SIGNALS.— C— Assent. D— Negative. P— Prepara- 
tory. ♦Recall — Three .short v.'histle blasts and the display of pri- 
vate signal. (1— Do you assent to postponing race until later in the 
days? H— Do you assent to calling race oil for the day? J — Race 
postponed for the day. K — Race postponed until later in the day. 
N — There will be a race to-morrow. K — Race is off. .S — The start 
will be shifted from the lightship. T — Accident. 
NIGPIT.— After dark at the finish line the committee boat (and 
the stakeboat if the start has been shifted from the lightship) will 
show four red lights horizontally; the guide vessel will show four 
white lights in a similar manner — and the second mark on the 
triangular course will hang two white lights vertically. 
FOG. — At three-minute intervals the marking tugs will give five 
short whistle blasts, with two-second intervals between the second 
and third, and the fourth and fifth; and if the start has been 
shifted from the lightship, at the finish line the committee boat 
will strike five strokes upon the bell. _ 
Best three out of five races, each thirty nautical miles in length, 
over ocean courses, outside of headlands, and with a time limit of 
five and one-half hours; the first, third and fifth races being fifteen 
miles to windward or to leeward and return, and the second and 
fourth around a triangle ten miles to a leg. In every case the 
outward course shall be laid to windward, if possible, from Sandy 
Hook Lightship. The races shall be sailed on Thursdays, Satur- 
days and Tuesdays, commencing on Thursday, Sept. 2G. An un- 
finished, race of one kind shall be repeated until decided. The 
starting line and compass bearings shall be announced as early as 
loracticable. and the vessel laying the course shall be started ten 
minutes prior to the preparatory signal. In case of serious acci- 
dent to either vessel prior to the preparatory signal, she shall 
have sufficient time to effect repairs before being required to start, 
or if such accident occurs duruig a race, before the next race is 
started. Each vessel shall stand by the consequences of any acci- 
dent happening to her after the preparatory signal, and upon the 
occurrence of any such accident disabling either vessel, the other 
shall sail out the race. The committee may postpone the start in 
case of accident, as stated; if the course cannot be laid from the 
lightship; if in their opinion the space around the starting line 
is not sufiiciently clear; in case of fog; and if both vessels agree 
to a postponement, in which case the committee shall determine 
the time of start. But no race shall be started after 1 P. M. — 
From the Mutual Agreement. 
The committee boat, the Navigator, will 'displa}' the committee 
Hag, and at the finish she will also display a red ball. The courses 
will be laid by the Edward Luckenbach. The Buccaneer will be 
the guide vessel, and in running the courses she will display two 
red balls hung horizontally at the fore. The Unique will serve 
as an emergency vessel, and should the start be shifted from the 
lishtship, she will serve as stakeboat and, like the committee boat, 
wVll display a red ball. 
Instructions with regard to the maneuvering area and the 
methods adopted for preventing interference with the competing 
vessels, will be announced later. 
A special chart for the America s Cup races, on a working scale, 
with the magnetic courses laid down and prepared from data 
furnished bv the United States Coast and Geodetic §urvey, has 
been published by the club, and can be obtained at the club 
house, 37 West Forty-fourth street, at $2 each. . 
The' club steamer, the Chester W, Chapin, will leave Pier 19, 
Fall River Line, foot of Warren street and Hudson River, at 
9 '15 A M., and will land there on returning. Details as to tickets, 
etc can be obtained from the steamer committee at the club 
house. Duplicates of this circular can be obtained from the Te^ 
gatta committee at same address. ' 
Newport Special Thitties, 
NEWPORT, R. I. 
Friday, Sept. 20. 
The 30-footers saile"d an interesting race on Friday, 
Sept. 20, for money prizes offered by the owners of the 
boats. The crews and helmsmen were made up entirely 
of professionals, no amateurs being allowed on the boats. 
The course was laid from Brenton's Cove to Dyer's Island 
and return, a distance of sixteen miles. A stiff N.E. wind 
prevailed throughout the race, making it a heat out and a 
run back. The boats were well bunched at the start, and 
Esperanza got away in the lead. She held first place till 
the weather mark was nearly reached, when she was over- 
taken and passed by several of the boats. Wawa rounded 
the outer mark ahead, and she gradually drew away 
frotn the rest of the boats and finished a winner by a good 
margin. The time was the fastest ever made by these 
boats over the course — rh. 47m. 20s. The start was 9:46. 
The summary follows: 
ixr ... ^ Finish. Elapsed. 
Wa Wa, Gapt. Knutzen 11 43 02 1 47 02 
Hera, Cant. Peterson 11 45 44 1 49 44 
Carolina, Capt. Sam Seaman 11 46 06 1 50 OS 
Raccoon, Capt. E. Carter 11 46 14 1 50 14 
Esperanza, Capt. Tames Wilkie 11 46 53 1 .50 .53 
Vaquero, Capt. Nic Peterson 11 48 27 1 52 27 
Barbara, Capt. Morton Withdrew. 
The racing between the Newport special thirties closed 
for the season of 1901 on Saturday, Sept. 21. There never 
has been a class of one-design boats that has given the 
general satisfaction from any .standpoint that these boats 
have, and the racing in the class has been very keen ever 
since the boats were launched. The boats were well built 
in the first place, and have stood the racking which con- 
tinuous racing gives a boat in fine shape, and they are fast 
and able. During this season the boats started sixty times 
in races ; four times they were forced to give tip on ac- 
count of lack of wind. Then there were two races that 
were not included in the season's average — once when the 
boats were sailed by mixed crews and once by profes- 
sionals. This leaves fifty-four races finished, against 
fifty-eight of last season. 
Although Carolina won the Paget cup for points, Wawa 
is entitled to first place for the season's work. She has 
thirty-four winning pennants to her credit, against Caro- 
lina's thirty-three, and she .started in several more races 
than Carolina. The greatest number of starts was made 
by Barbara and Esperanza, both fifty. 
During the season three boats have changed hands. 
Dorothy was sold by H, Yale Dolan to Mr. Rutherfurd, 
who renamed her Barbara. Mr. Rutherfurd had pre- 
viously purchased Pollywog from Mr. Paget, but late in 
the season he sold her to William G. Roelker, Jr., who 
changed her name to Breeze, and will race her in the 
class next season. The record of the boats for the year is 
as follows: 
Starts. Ists. 2ds. 3ds. Total. 
Wa Wa, R. Brooks 46 11 13 10 34 
Carolina, P. Jones ..40 21 9 3 33 
Esperanza, H. O. Ilavemeyer, Jr.. 50 4 12 11 27 
Hera, R. N. Ellis 44 7 10 10 27 
Barbara, W. Rutherfurd 50 4 7 8 19 
Vaquero III., 11. B. Duryea 10 6 0 1 7 
Raccoon, J. R. Drexel 27 1 2 3 6 
Pollywog, W. Rutherfurd 9 0 2 1 3 
Dorothy II., H. Y. Dolan 6 0 12 3 
The cups were won by the boats as follows: 
Carolina — The Walters, Griswold, Havemeyer, two New 
York Y. C, three Newport Y. R. A., Duryea, Ruther- 
furd, Brooks and Paget cups. 
Hera— The Rhode Island Y. C, three New York Y. C., 
Mrs. Jones and Drexel cups. 
Wawa — The Ellis, Mrs. Duryea, Thompson and Tour- 
nament cups. 
Barbara— The New York Y. C, Mrs. Drexel, Vander- 
bilt and Dolan cixps. 
Esperanza — The Norrie cup. 
Vaquero III. — The Jones cup. 
England's Yacht Sailots. 
DutuNG the suinmer and autumn many of the villages 
and towns around the Essex coast are entirely without 
able-bodied men, save, of course, for the presence of such 
indispensable personages as the clergyman, doctor, and 
one or two shopkeepers. A typical example is the village 
of Tollesbury. 
Although Tollesbury boasts a population of consider- 
ably over a thousand inhabitants, the nearest railway sta- 
tions, Kelvedon and Maldon, arc nearly ten miles away, 
and from May until toward the end of September, it is 
simply a village of women and children. This is owing 
to the fact that all the men, and most of the boys over 
sixteen years of age, earn their living as yacht hands, and 
when the summer commences they start every year for a 
cruise of several months' duration, rarely seeing their 
homes again until late in the autumn. 
I3y the end of this month the mud flats which lie be- 
tween Tollesbury and the deep sea will be a forest of 
masts of pleasure yachts which He up here for the winter, 
when the hands are paid off and the men return to their 
village. During the winter the staple industries of the 
place are fishing in smacks, oyster dredging and dredging 
for starfish, which latter are of considerable value for 
manuring purposes. 
Men of Tollesbury were among the crew that Sir 
Thomas Lipton look across the Atlantic to sail Shamrock 
L, and several of them will take part in the forthcoming 
contest. — London Daily Mail. 
The steam yacht Varuna, Mr. Eugene Higgins, N. Y. 
Y. C., arrived at Newport, R. I., from Southampton, Eng- 
land, on Sept. 18. The yacht encountered bad weather 
throughout the passage. Ten days and fourteen hours was 
tiie time it took the yacht to make the trip. 
Colonel Astor*s New Steam Yacht* 
The already large fleet of American sea-going yachts is 
to be strengthened by the addition of a new vessel. 
Messrs. Gardner & Cox, of New York city, whose steam 
yachts compare most favorably, both in beauty and utility, 
with the English-desigited boats, have been commissioned 
by Colonel John Jacob Astor to design and superintend 
the construction of a steel, twin-screw steam yacht that 
will take the place of Nourmahal, his present boat. The 
boat is to be delivered complete to her owner in the 
spring of 1903, and, when finished, will be one of the 
finest steam yachts in the .world. 
The superficial dimensions of Nourmahal, for it is the 
intention of Colonel Astor to retain the name by which his 
old boat was known, are as follows : 227ft. on the water- 
line, 32ft. beam and will draw about 13ft. of water. Th^ 
yacht will be built at some yard in the vicinity of New 
York city, as Colonel Astor, who has considerable knowl- 
edge of mechanics, wishes to watch the construction of the 
hull and machinery of the vessel as the work progresses, so 
that he may make suggestions and changes if he thinks 
advisable. 
Nourmahal will have two steel decks, and on the main 
deck there will be a continuous steel house, covered with 
mahogany. In this deck house, amidships, will be the 
owner's quarters, which will consist of a stateroom 20ft. 
square, a large dressing room, private sitting and bath 
rooins. The dining and breakfast rooms, together with 
the galley and pantries, will be located in the forward end 
of the deck house. Aft of these is to be located a music 
room, the owner's study — a passage will connect these 
apartments with his living quarters. There will also be on 
this deck a drawing room, library and three staterooms, 
with connecting bath rooms. 
In the after end of the main deck house, and directly 
below, will be eight staterooms, all having connecting 
bathrooms. The after end of the berth deck will be given 
up to owner's and guests' maids and valets. The officers' 
and crew's quarters are to be located in the fore and aft 
ends of the yacht, while the space through the middle is 
reserved for the owner's and guests' rooms. 
The yacht will be equipped with two sets of four-cylin- 
der, triple-expansion engines of 4,000 horse-power, and 
steam will be supplied by four Scott boilers. 
Elaborate electric lighting, drving and refrigerating 
plants will be supplied— in fact, she will be complete in 
every detail when furnished. 
Keystone Y. C. 
WOODMERE — WOODSBURG BAY. 
Saturday, Sept. 14. 
The last regatta of the season of the Keystone Y. C. 
was held on Saturday, Sept. 14. The course was to wind- 
ward and return, each leg being five miles in length. There 
was but a very light wind all day. The start was made at 
3 :i7, and the race was finished by 6:00. The summary: 
First Class — -Sloops. 
,,. Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Do>I"^ 3 27 28 6 03 22 2 35 54 2 31 29 
I'-l'en 3 27 20 5 58 23 2 :il 03 2 27 48 
Jupiter 3 .30 .30 3 56 40 2 26 10 2 26 10 
Second Class — Sloops. 
iiipple 3 38 40 6 11 08 2 32 38 2 32 28 
t"-ace 3 37 56 6 10 06 2 32 10 2 30 25 
The winners were: Jupiter and Grace. 
Yacht a«b Notes. 
At the regular yearly meeting of the Island Heights Y. 
C, held Saturday evening, Sept. 14, the following officers 
were elected unanimously to serve the ensuing year: 
Com.. J. Harvey Gillingham; Vice-Corn., Edward J. 
Schoettle; Sec'y, Herbert M. Harlan; Treas., Alexander 
Rennick; Executive Committee, Robert Shoemaker, Jr., 
Arthur Letchworth and Charles J. Beck; Trustees, Dr. 
H. H. Davis, Francis F. Milne, Charles J. Beck, S. Ed- 
win Megargce and M. F. Middleton, Jr, 
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The annual meeting of the St. Regis Y. C. was held at 
Paul Smith's, in the Adirondacks, on Saturday, Sept. 14. 
Officers elected: Com., Anson Phelps Stokes; Vice-Corn., 
Dr. E. L. Trudeau; Sec'y, L. Bayard Smith; Treas., S. J. 
Drake; Meas.. Samuel V. Hoffman; Directors, Dr. 
Thomas R. French, Edward Penfold and Archibald 
Rogers. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
The steam yacht Aphrodite, Col. Oliver H. Payne, N. Y. 
Y. C, anchored off the New York Y. C. station, foot of 
East Twenty-third street, New York city, on the after- 
noon of Sept. 14. Very bad weather was encountered on 
the passage from Southampton and Fayal. Aphrodite left 
New York some two months ago, and has spent most of 
the time cruising in the Baltic Sea. On Aug. 30 she left 
Southampton and stopped at Fayal, which port she left 
ori Sept. 6. Gales shifting from S.Eu to S.W. were met 
with, and on Sept. 8 a hurricane was encountered, which 
lasted twelve hours. The heavy sea that was runnig 
frequently broke over the yacht. The chief engineer was 
knocked down and injured, and two seamen narrowly 
escaped being washed overboard. The seas flooded the 
cabins and part of the port rail w^as smashed. 
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The schooner yacht Hildegard, owned by Mr. Geo. W. 
Weld, has been sold to Mr. Edward R. Coleman, through 
the agency of Messrs. Gardner &'Cox. 
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Those who go to see the America Cup races, when al- 
most every notable steam yacht afloat in American waters 
will be about, will have the opportunity to become ac- 
quainted with one of the rarest flags that has ever en- 
tered New York Harbor. The flag flies over the taffrail 
of Sir Thomas' steam yacht Erin, and it is a very striking 
one, being that of the British Naval Reserve, with the 
"Bloody Hand of Ulster," the emblem of the Royal Ulster 
Y. C, sewed into it. The flag is dark blue. In one 
corner is the British Union Jack, and in the field, lower 
down, is the "Bloody Hand,"' on a small field of white. 
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Mr. Frederick vS. Nock, of West Mystic, Conn., has sold 
for Mr. Robert E. Smith, of Providence, R. I., the race- 
about Namquit to Mr. L. K. Merrill, of New York city. 
Mr. Nock has recently completed designs for a 35ft, open 
launch for Mr. D. N. Perry, of Wyandotte, Mich., and a 
50ft. cabin launch for Mr. E. A. Russell, of New York 
city. Both these boats will be built during the coming 
winter. The 21ft. hunting launch that Mr. Nock designed 
for his brother, Mr. Leo. F.- Nock, which was buUt by 
