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lot. She did not carry a pound of ballast outside. She 
was designed and built by Hanley for J. T. Humphrey and 
C. E. Lauriat, Jr., of the Hull-Massachusetts Y. C, She 
is 30ft. 3in. over all, 7ft. beam and 2ft. gin. draft. Like 
the general Hanley model, she is very flat floored with 
fairly hard bilges. She was a bit too stiff for light airs, 
but in a very heavy breeze she always showed up well. 
At the first winter meeting of the Yacht Racing Asso- 
ciation several amendments to the racing rules were 
brought up, some of which found favor ; others were held 
over for deeper consideration, and others were lost alto- 
gether. It was decided that the distinguishing racing flags 
can only be carried during a race, and it was also voted to 
increase the size of the flag to i8xi8in. An amendment 
was brought up by which a yacht entering in a class would 
be obliged to race in that class during the entire season. 
It is possible at present to enter a yacht which has been 
built for the restricted classes in the open classes, and 
the majority thought that this privilege should be main- 
tained. 
An amendment was brought up by which the much- 
discussed trusses would be eliminated entirely, but the 
delegates would not have it. This question will again 
be brought up at a special meeting, to be held Thursday 
evening, as will also an amendment by which the height 
of the cabin in restricted classes will be definitely de- 
termined. A number of amendments were brought up 
regarding restrictions on sails, but the subject, as pre- 
sented, was rather complicated, and will be heard from 
again at the special meeting. The percentage system 
was brought forward, but was considered too weighty to 
be enacted upon without further deliberation, and it will 
be another feature of the special meeting. It was decided 
that a yacht which has not been measured and which wins 
a prize in a race shall be measured within seven days 
from the day of the race or forfeit the prize. 
John B. Killeen. 
The America's Cup Record. 
The history of the America's Cup is told in the inscrip- 
tions upon it' which read as follows : _ 
ICQ Guinea Cup, won Aug. 22, 1851, at Cowes, h.ng- 
land, by vacht America, at the Royal Yacht Squadron 
Reo-atta, "''open to all nations." beating cutters, Volante, 
48 tons; Arrow, 84 tons: Alarm, 193 tons; Mona, 82 tons; 
Bacchante, 80 tons; Freak. 60 tons; Eclipse, 50 tons. 
Schooners, Beatrice, 161 tons: Wyvern, 205 tons; lone, 
75 tons; Constance, 218 tons; Gipsey Queen, 160 tons; 
Brilliant, 392 tons. t t, n 
Schooner America. 170 tons; Commodore, John L-. 
Stevens; built bv George Steers, of New York, 1851. , 
Presented to the N. Y. Y. C. as a challenge cup open 
to all foreign clubs, bv the owners, John C. Stevens, 
Hamilton Wilkes, Geo. L. Schuyler, J. Beekman Fin- 
lay, Edwin A. Stevens. 
1870. 
Challenged to be sailed for over N. Y. Y. C. course, 
\n<y 8 1870 by Mr. James Ashburv, with schooner yacht 
Cambria, representing R. T. Y. C. Cambria, beaten m 
the following order by schooner yachts: Magic, Idler, 
Silvie, America, Dauntless, Madgie, Phantom, Alice, 
Halcyon. 
1871. 
Oct 16. 1871.— Schooner Livonia, James Ashbury, 
Esq-., owner, vs. schooner Columbia, Franklin Osgood, 
Esq.' owner. Columbia winner by 27m., 4s. ; N. Y. Y. C. 
course. . . , „ , 
Oct. 18, 1871.-— Schooner Livonia vs. schooner Colum- 
bia Columbia, winner, by lom., .33s.; outside course. 
Oct 19 187 1. —Schooner Livonia vs. schooner Colum- 
bia. Livonia, winner by 15m., los.; N. Y. Y. C. course. 
Oct 21, 1871.— Schooner Livonia vs. schooner Sappho ; 
Wm. P. Douglas, Esq., owner. Sappho, winner by 3oni., 
21S.; outside course. 
Oct 23 1871. — Schooner Livonia vs. .schooner Sappho; 
Sappho, winner by 25m., 27s.; N. Y. Y. C. course. 
1876. 
Au<^ II, 1876.— Schooner Countess of Dufferin, Chas. 
Gift'ord. E'sq., owner, vs. Madeleine, John S. Dickerson, 
Esq., owner: 'Madeleine, winner by lom., S9s.; N. \ . \. 
C. course. ^ r -r^ a • 
Auo- 12. 1876.— Schooner Countess of Dufferin vs. 
schooner Madeleine; Madeleine, winner by 27m., 14s.; 
outside course. 
1881. 
Nov 9 1881 —Sloop Mischief beat sloop Atalanta; 
Bay of Quinte Y. C. (Canada).; 28m., 3934s.; N. Y. \ . 
C. course. . , , , u 
Nov 10 i88i.-— Sixteen miles to leeward from buoy 5. 
Sandy" Hook and return, sloop Mischief beat Atalanta 
''^"^•'"'^ 1885. 
Sept 14 1885 — N. Y. Y. C. course, sloop Puritan beat 
cutter Genesta,' Royal Yacht Squadron of England, i6m., 
^^Sept x6 188=;.— Twentv miles to leeward of Sandy 
Hook Light Ship and return, sloop Puritan beat cutter 
Genesta im., 38s. 
1886. 
Sept 9 1886 —N. Y. Y. C. course, sloop Mayflower 
beat cutter Galatea, Royal Northern Y. C. of Scotland, 
"Se'pt" II 1886.— Twenty miles to leeward of Sandy 
Hook Light Ship and return, Mayflower beat cutter Gala- 
tea 28m., 59s. 00 
1887. 
^eot ->? 1887.— N: Y. 7. C. course, sloop Volunteer 
beat cutter Thistle, of Rc-'al Clyde Y'. C. of Scotland, 
^^Seot'"^^^ T887 —Twenty miles to windward from Scot- 
land Light Ship and return, sloop Volunteer beat cutter 
Thistle inn., 4^Va^. 
1893. 
Oct. 7, 1893.-SI00P Vigilant N. Y. Y C vs. cutter 
Valkyrie, R. Y. S.; 15 miles to leeward and return; Vigi- 
lant won by 5m.. 48s. . 
Oct. 9, 1893.— A triangle 10 miles to a leg; Vigilant 
won by lom., 35s. 
Oct. 13, 1S93. — Fifteen miles to windward and return; 
Vigilant won bv 40s. 
189s. 
Sept. 7, 1895.— Defender, N. Y. Y. C, vs. Valkyrie IIL, 
R. Y. S.; 15 miles to windward; Defender won by 8m., 
4<)S. 
Sept. 10, 1895.— Triangle, 30 miles, Valkyrie III. dis-. 
qualified. 
Sept. 12. 1895 — Fifteen miles to windward; Defender 
won; Valkyrie TIL withdrew. Time of race 4h., 43m., 43s. 
1899. 
I —Columbia, N. Y. Y. C, vs. Shamrock, Royal 
Ulster Y. C. 
First r.ace, Oct. 16, 15 miles to windward and return; 
Columbia won bv lom., 8s. Time of race 4h.. S3m., 53s. 
Second race, Oct. 17, triangle. 30 miles, 10 miles to 
a leg; Columbia won; Shamrock disabled, lost topsail. 
Time of race, ,3h., 37m. 
Third race, Oct. 20, i'^ miles to leeward and return; 
Columbia won by 6m., 34s. Time of race, 3h., ^Bm., 9s. 
1901. 
igoi.— Columbia, N. Y. Y. C, vs. Shamrock IL, Royal 
Ulster Y. C. 
First race, Sept. 28, 15 miles to windward and return. 
Columbia won by im.. 20s. 
Second race, Oct. 3. triangle, 30 miles, 10 miles to a 
leg; Columbia won by 3m., 3Ss. 
Third race, Oct. 4, 15 miles to leeward and return; 
Columbia won by 41s. 
Gravesend Bay Y. R. A. Percentages 
The first season of the Gravesend Bay Y. R. A. is now 
at an end, and the results of the fifteen regattas held 
under the auspices of that organization have been far 
more encouraging than the most sanguine members had 
expected. The Association has done much to revive in- 
terest in racing, and, although there were comparatively 
few new boats built this year, still, the owners of the 
old ones, finding that the racing was going to be good took 
more interest and kept their boats in better shape than 
ever before. Even though the season is just over, new 
boats are already being talked of, and the classes will, un- 
doubtedly, be better filled and the racing keener iiext sea- 
son than' it has ever been on Gravesend Bay. Aside from 
the better racing that has prevailed under the Association 
rule, it has done much toward bringing the different 
club's and their members more closely in touch with one 
another, and a very friendly feeling now exists between 
ihe several clubs on the bay. 
In Class M, for sloops 30 to 36ft., Akista, owned by 
Mr. George Hill, the winner in this class, was far and 
away ahead of Bonito. the boat that Avas second. Squaw, 
owned by Mr. N. J. Heath, was placed first in Class N, 
sloops 25 to 30ft., beating Vivian by only one point. In 
Class P. sloops 21 to 25ft., Mr. E. F. Luckenbach's Song 
and Dance won out. Cockatoo, owned by Mr. Hendon 
Chubb, being second. Wraith, owned by Mr. Calvin 
Tompkins, had an easy time of it in Class Q, sloops 18 to 
2ift., winning by 70 points. In Class R, sloops 15 to i8ft.. 
Pebble, owned by Mr. R. W. Speir, won handily, as did 
Mr. W. K. Brown's Kelpie, in the Marine and Field Club's 
one-design class. , , 
The following table clearly shows the different boats 
standing after the season's racing: 
Sloops— Class M, 30 to 36£t. 
Points. 
....71 
.. 29 
. . 2S 
... 8 
41 
40 
14 
10 
Akista, George Hill 
Bonito, Haviland Brothers 
A"N-i'pt-, S p" V'^''*''^'*! 
Titania, W. H. Childs 
Sloops— Class N— 25 to 30ft 
Squaw, ir. J. Heath 
Vivian, S. E. Vernon 
Bonito, Haviland Brothers 
Susie, C. Ferguson •-■ 
Narika, F. T. Cornell » 
Gvendolin 
S'oops— Cla^^ P— 21 to 25ft. 
Song and Dance, E. F. Luckenbach 109 
C(.v.^aiuo, ti-tnaon V:-lmDD 
Corona ' 5 
Wraith, Calvin Tomkins «> 
Sloops— Class Q— 18 to 21ft. 
Wraith, Calvin Tomkins 120 
Broncho, F. C. Moore ^ 
Spots, D. D. Allerton ob 
Wink, W. A. Barstow 
Ccrodo, A. Peters » 
Elsie, C. P. Rosemon 0 
Sloops— Class R— IS to 18ft. 
Pebble, R. W. Speir 116 
Budget, Henry Anthony 
Peanut, Calvert Brewer 4^ 
Pickaninny, L. R. Connet 10 
Marine and Field Special Class. 
Kelpie. W. K. Brown 91 
Jig-a-Jig, W. A. Hutcheson 69 
Ouinque, L. H. Smith o6 
Vixen, Baylor & Mahoney . . . . .• W 
Stinger, A. P. Clapp ^ 
Flying Fox, Cone & Buckman 
Catboats— Class T— 21 to 25ft. 
Elsie, C. P. Rosemon *15 
Catboats— Class V— 18 to 21ft. 
Martha M., Richard Moore *15 
* Sailover. 
Western Yachts. 
enthusiasts regret that there was nothing doing in their 
line at this time of the year, but they told Sir Thoma; 
all about how Invader lifted the Canada cup. At this Sir 
Thomas looked some thoughtful. 
Inland Lake Yachting Association. 
A special meeting of the Inland Lakes Y. A. was held 
to-day at Milwaukee, Wis., to consider proposed amend- 
ments to the constitution. The meeting was held at 
Hotel Pfister, and every club in the Association, exc 
Minnetonka and Wauwassee Lake, of Indiana, had rep 
sentation. The following amendments were passed; 
That the Executive Committee shall select the measur<;r 
for the annual regatta; that no yacht shall be sailed b\ 
any bu**bona fide members of the club it represents, ex- 
cept in cas'e of sickness, when the Executive Committee 
may permit one person to be substituted ; that a yacht 
be jockeyed or luffed as long as she is in the lead, tra 
must stand on her course when overlapped. A resoluti^ 
was passed providing for certain unimportant changes ij 
centerboards. A long discussion ensued over the questio 
of Corinthianism, and an amendment was proposed whid 
makes it impossible for a fisherman, boat builder or ajg 
one engaged in manual nautical labor to take part in 
regattas. This discussion was going on at last repo^ 
from the meeting. E. HoUGi 
Hartford Building, Chicago, HI. 
Commitnications* 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
We arrived here Oct. 6 at 7 P. M., making the trip fro:^ 
New York in just eleven days, and Com. Munfoe says wt 
have made a record. We left Southport Oct. 3 at if 
A. M. with a N.W. gale after us ; intended to run as fa 
as Jacksonville, Fla., if it would take us that far; if noi 
there were plenty of harbors along the coast to run to. Wl; 
passed Charleston Lightship at 2 o'clock next morning 
Distance run by log, 120 miles. On the evening of tin 
4th, at 10 P. M'., we hove to off Jacksonville, Fla., ant' 
waited imtil daylight, with the intention of going in to thi 
harbor, because it looked like we would get the wind f ron; 
the S.E., and the weather looked bad. 
We waited until 6 o'clock on the morning of the 5th ai)( 
went close to the bar to 'see if we could go in, but 3 
was impossible to do so. It was then blowing a gale frQff 
the N.E., so there was only one thing left to do, and tiii|| 
was to proceed on to Miami. We were all pretty 
tired out, but made the best of it, and arrived in Mi 
in just thirty-six hours from, Jacksonville, it being ti 
record run between that place and Miami. Distance 
by log, 320 miles ; by rail it is 365 miles. 
During the night of the 5th we ran a distance of _ 
miles in twelve hours, making an average of eleven mi 
an hour, that distance being taken between two lights 
the coast. Savalo sailed that night as far as she will e 
sail under any conditions, and she stood up to :t as ' 
as any boat could possibly do, and she is certainly a 
markable or exceptionally strong biiilt boat, and 
surely built of good stuff. 
Not many boats of her size and rig would have sti 
what she stood, and we arrived here in as good condil 
as when we left New York, without losing or carry: 
away one single thing, and there are very few ships 
this kind made without something carrying away, eS] 
cially in a gale like we had. Now I did not expect 
try to make a record or to make very long runs, there o 
being three of us on deck. I did not get the extra 
to go with us. I was compelled to carry on sail whi 
was blowing hard, especially coming from Jacksoi 
down, the wind being from E.N.E. to E, by N. mo 
the way, and that wind is right on the shore, so J 
were only two things to do — to carry on sail and drivj 
take in sail and drift, and then we would drift on' 
beach. Well, from the hard sailing she had those 
days, she never made a drop of water, so that shows sli 
tight and well put together. Hoping to hear from | 
concerning your future plans 'for Savalo, yours truly, . 
J. C. J.A.KOBSE- 
Chicago, III, Oct. 19.— Sir Thomas Lipton has im- 
pressed Chicago as he did New^ York with the fact that 
he is a very good sort of fellow. Sir Thomas has been 
entertained as best this city could arrange, has been 
banqueted by the Athletic Club, taken out to view the 
sanguinary attractions of the Stock Yards, and has re- 
ceived others of those attentions peculiar to this village. 
He expresses himself as much pleased, and declares his 
intention of returning here next summer. 
An accident came near ending the career of the famous 
Cup challenger during his visit at Chicago. To-day, after 
his visit to the Columbia Y. C. club house, he went aboard 
the Dorothea, the naval reserve training ship. A little 
excursion was made into the lake under a rather stiff 
wind. An accident to the machinery of the Dorothea came 
near causing a collision with the stone a'butments of the 
Government pier. The Dorothea went aground, and Sir 
Thomas was taken ashore on the tender Ruth. Yachting 
Editor Forest and Stream: i 
I will be obliged if you will inform several readers | 
your valuable paper in the coming issue as to the co 
dition of Independence— that is, if she is only laid up i 
the season, or is she being broken up or only having sor; 
rusty bolts replaced? Inquirer. 
[Independence is really being broken uo,_ and all t|| 
material which was used in her construction is being cat 
fully preserved by direction of the owner. — Ed.] 
Capt. Hall His Own Crew. 
Something new and daring in seamanship is being t: 
just now on the New England coast, says the New _Yi^. 
Sun, and all the sailors from Quoddy Head to Kitl< 
Point are waiting to see what comes of it. 
Capt. Parker Hall is owner and master of the 88-t< 
49-year-old schooner Angler, and he ought, by gr 
rights and the customs of coasting, to have at least t 
men to help him sail her. 
But Cap'n Hall is a little queer and very spunky, 
lately when, being ready to sail from Quincy, Mass., 
Calais, Me., to get a cargo of lumber, he found him' 
unable to get anv sailors, he said: 
"Well, let 'em su iu' I'll sail this hooker down 
myself." 
He then ordered himself to get up the mainsail, wh 
he did ; then the foresail, and after that he hove the and 
short, put the wheel in a becket while he got the jib 
her, and away she went, with Cap'n Hall at the wheel ; 
the'coffee pot a-boiling in the stove down below. 
When the Angler put in at various places along 
coast of Maine and people saw that she had only 1 
man, there was much talk, and the general opinion ^} 
that the schooner's, skipper was a little off his reckonr 
But the Angler got down to Calais all right, and after ^ 
had taken 77.000ft. of lumber, it occurred to Cap'n Is 
that he might as well ship a couple of men, so thaf 
could get some sleep on the passage to Bo.ston. 
did, after a long hunt, scare up two green hands, but t! 
deserted the same night, and he made up his mind to* 
it alone once more. 
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