June 6, 1903.] 
r^'OREST AND STREAM 
The shift in the wind had headed the boats off a little, 
and they had a beat back to the finish line. Baby jib top- 
sails were set on all the boats. 
Reliance had rather the best of it on the beat home, 
although Constitution would pick up in the puffs. Co- 
lumbia made a splendid showing,^on this leg, and cut 
down Constitution's lead noticeably. The times at the 
finish follow : k 
Reliance 312 11 Columbia 3 28 02 
Constitution 3 15 02 « 
On this leg Reliance had beaten Columbia 50 seconds, 
and Constitution im. 39s. 
On the first time around Reliance had beaten Con- 
stitution 2m. i6s. and Columbia 15m. 8s. 
On the second time around Reliance had beaten Consti- 
tution 5s. and Columbia 43s. 
The summary follows: 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Reliance 12 15 00 3 12 11 2 57 U 
Constitution 12 15 30 3 15 02 2 59 .32 
Columbia 12 15 00 3 28 02 3 13 02 
Reliance beats Constitution 2m. 21s. and Columbia iSm. 
SIS. on elapsed time. 
Thursday, May 28. 
The race sailed by the big boats on Thursday, May 
28, bid fair to be a very exciting one at the start, but 
it was robbed of its interest while the boats were on 
the first leg of the course by an accident that happened 
to Constitution. After Constitution withdrew from 
the contest it became a procession with Reliance well 
in the lead. Constitution was pushing Reliance hard 
for first place, and both boats were within a mile of the 
first mark when Constitution's starboard topmast 
spreader broke and her topmast went over the side. 
Thursday broke dull and overcast, and in the morn- 
ing there was a little rain. The sky gave promise of 
thunder squalls, but none developed during the day. 
The crews of Reliance and Constitution showed by 
their smart work that they had derived considerable 
benefit from the three previous races, and the boats 
were handled with more snap and vim. 
At the start the wind was S. by W., and had a 
strength of about seven knots, but it breezed up as the 
race progressed. Shortly before twelve o'clock the 
Regatta Committee signalled from the steam yacht 
Privateer that the boats would sail over course R. 
The starting line was off Matinicock Point, thence 
eleven miles E. by N. J4 N., to and around a mark 
off Eaton's Neck, thence three miles N. N. W. to and 
around a mark off Green's Ledge Light, thence eleven 
rniles S. W. by W. W. to the starting line. Total 
distance twenty-five miles. 
The preparatory signal was made at noon and the 
boats started fifteen minutes later. All three boats had 
their biggest club topsails set. There was some pretty 
work seen between Reliance and Constitution when 
Captains Barr and Rhodes were jockeying for the 
start. Columbia stayed well away from these two 
boats, and took no part in the maneuvering. A reach- 
ing jib topsail was set in stops on Reliance, while a 
ballooner was set on Constitution. This looked like 
an error in judgment at the start, but it proved to be 
the proper sail, as the wind was well abaft of the beam. 
Captain Norman Terry, who looks after Constitution's 
sails, is one of the best in the country at this work 
and seldom makes mistakes. 
Columbia crossed the line at 12:15:21 and broke out 
her reaching jib topsail. Reliance broke out her jib 
topsail just as the starting signal was heard, and as 
soon as this sail was broken out Constitution was 
luffed sharply and soon had a berth on the new boat's 
weather quarter. This done her balloon jib was 
broken out. Reliance crossed at 12:16:43 and Con- 
stitution at 12:17:00 It was a reach on the starboard 
tack to the first mark. Even though Constitution had 
the weather berth, she could not get by Reliance, and 
the latter boat got away from Constitution a little. For 
some reason or other Columbia had been kept off 
shore into a strong flood tide and was soon left behind. 
When off Oyster Bay the boats got a much fresher 
breeze, and Constitution began to close up on the new 
boat. When off Lloj'd's Point the boats were abreast 
of one another. After passing Lloyd's Point the boats 
got the benefit of a much stronger breeze that drew out 
of Huntington Bay. One particularly wicked puff hit 
Constitution and laid her out and her starboard top- 
mast spreader broke and her topmast went over the 
side, together with the club and balloon jib topsails. 
The latter sail went into the water and the boat was 
headed up into Huntington Bay and allowed to jog 
along while the wreckage was cleared awaj'. Fortu- 
nately, none of the spars fell to the deck, the rigging 
preventing this, otherwise some one might have been 
injured. After the spars were gotten on deck and 
the gear cleaned up the boat ran back to City Island 
under mainsail, jib and staysail. 
Reliance had a walkover after Constitution broke 
down, and the race was quite without interest. A 
smaller jib topsail was set on Reliance in place of the 
larger one after Constitution's accident. The boats 
were timed as follows at the first mark: 
Reliance 1 10 55 Columbia 1 14 28 
Reliance had gained 4m. 55s. on this leg. 
The boats now had a three-mile reach on the port 
tack to the second mark. As the boats drew over to- 
ward the Connecticut shore the breeze was a little 
lighter. The times taken as the boats luffed around 
this mark were: 
Reliance 1 27 45 Columbia 1 31 43 
On this leg Reliance gained 25s. 
Baby jib topsails were broken out on both boats 
as they were hauled on the wind. They could just 
lay their course for the finish line. Columbia parted 
the tack of her jib topsail and it went up the stay. 
It took some time to get this sail on deck and make 
repairs and reset it. Columbia appeared to point 
higher than Reliance. The times at the finish were: 
Reliance 2 26 21 Columbia ....2 33 2U 
Qa this leg Reliance had gained 3m. 7s. 
The summary: 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Reliance 12 16 43 2 26 21 2 0§ 38 
Columbia 12 51 21 2 33 26 2 18 05 
Constitution 12 17 00 Disabled. 
Reliance beat Columbia 8m. 27s. elapsed time over 
the 25-mile course. 
Saturday, May 30. 
The fifth and last of the Glen Cove series races for 
the 90-footers was sailed on Saturday, May 30, and 
Reliance was an easy winner. 
The tide was running in and there was a good sail- 
ing breeze from the E. by N. when the preparatory 
signal was given at twelve o'clock. The course sig- 
naled was a twenty-five mile triangle, the same as was 
sailed by the boats in Thursday's race. The first leg 
was E. by N. % N. eleven miles to a mark off Eaton's 
Point, the second leg was W. N. W. three miles to a 
mark off Green's Ledge Light, and the third leg was 
S. W. by W. J/^ W. eleven miles back to the start- 
ing line off Matinicock Point. This gave the boats a 
beat on the first leg, and although Reliance made con- 
siderable more fuss than Coustitution and Columbia 
in the swell that rolled in from the eastward, it did not 
seem to check her headway any. 
Up to 12:15 the time the starting signal was made, 
there was some pretty jockeying going on between 
Captains Barr and Rhodes. Constitution had perhaps 
the best of it, and as the boats came for the line, Con- 
stitution was nicely berthed on Reliance's weather. 
Owing to a mistake in time on Constitution, she 
crossed the line a few seconds before the gun, and 
when the recall signal was given from the committee 
boat she was swung around and recrossed the line on 
the port tack. At this time Columbia was crossing the 
line on the starboard tack, and although she had the 
right of way, she was forced about by Constitution. 
As the two boats crossed Columbia had a poor berth 
under Constitution's lee. In the meantime Reliance 
had secured a nice lead, and it wasn't long before Con- 
stitution pulled away from Columbia, and the old boat 
was left astern. All three boats had their big club 
topsails set and baby jib topsails as well, although 
the one on Reliance was quite a little smaller than 
those on the other two boats. The boats were timed 
at the start as follows: 
Reliance 12 15 06 Columbia 12 16 31 
Constitution ...12 16 20 
All three boats held on the part tack over toward the 
Long Island shore, but Reliance stood in further than 
the other two. Columbia was the first to take the star- 
board tack. Constitution followed her and finally Re- 
liance came about. They did not hold the starboard 
tack long, and after Columbia was again put on the 
port tack the others followed. The wind had been 
dropping little by little, and was now pretty light. 
Reliance again showed her wonderful light weather 
qualities, and footed faster and pointed higher than 
the older boats. Constitution also left Columbia well 
astern in the light air. 
The boats made short hitches along under the Long 
Island shore, as the breeze appeared better close in on 
the beach. The wind became fluky after the boats had 
worked around Lloyd's Point into the mouth of Hunt- 
ington Bay, and Reliance was able to lay her course for 
the mark. Constitution was headed off and had to 
make another tack to make the mark. The boats were 
timed at the first mark as follows: 
Reliance 1 .56 58 Columbia 2 09 10 
Constitution 2 02 24 
On this leg Reliance had beaten Constitution 4m. 6s. 
and Columbia lom. 47s. 
It was a close reach to the second mark. Reliance 
stuck to her baby jib topsail and carried it all the way 
to the mark. Constitution tried a larger one when 
about half the leg had been covered, and Columbia 
set her balloon jib topsail when near the mark. All 
this experimenting with sails availed nothing, and Re- 
liance continued to draw away from the other two 
boats. At the second mark the following times were 
taken: 
Reliance 2 18 36 Columbia 2 49 28 
Constitution 2 27 13 
On the second leg Reliance beat Constitution 3m. lis. 
and Columbia i8m. 40s. 
Balloon jib topsails were set on all the boats after 
gybing around the mark. The small ballooner on Re- 
liance did good work, while the large ones on the 
other two boats did not serve so well. The wind had 
shifted around well to the south of east. Reaching 
jib topsails were substituted for the ballooners on Con- 
stitution and Columbia, while a staysail was set on 
Reliance. The race was quite without interest, for 
Reliance held the breeze and finished while the others 
were becalmed. Constitution and Columbia finally got 
enough breeze to buck the tide and cross the finish 
line. The times at the finish were: 
Reliance 3 50 17 Columbia 6 00 00 
Constitiition 4 16 03 
On this leg Reliance beat Constitution 17m. 9s. and 
Columbia ih. 38m. 5 is. 
The summary follows: 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Reliance 12 15 06 3 50 17 3 35 11 
Constitution 12 16 26 4 16 03 3 59 37 
Columbia 12 16 31 6 00 00 5 43 29 
Reliance beats Constitution 24m. 26s. and Columbia 
2h. lom. 48s. 
Haflem Y. C. 
CITY ISLAND^ LONG ISLAND SOUND, 
Saturday, May 30. 
SoMK thirty boats started in the twenty-first annual 
regatta of the Harlem Y. C. that was given on Saturday, 
May 30. but owing to the lack of wind none was able to 
finish. The starting line was off Belden's Point, City 
Island, and the preparatory signal was given at 12:30. 
There was a good breeze "from the E. at the start, but 
before the boats had reached the first mark it was almost 
a dead calm. The boats drifted ground until 7:30, when 
the race was calJe^ off. 
Atlantic C 
SEA GATE, LONG ISLAND, 
Saturday, May 30. 
The Gravesend Bay racing season was opened on 
Decoration Day with a regatta given by the Atlantic 
Y. C. for classes J and below. Seventeen boats entered 
the event, all but two of which finished. One was dis- 
qualified for leaving the outer mark at the finish on the 
port instead of starboard hand. 
Members of the Sea Gate organization were much 
gratified at the number of starters in the initial race 
of 1903, and had the wind held, the contest would have 
been a good one. As it was, the six-knot N. E. breeze 
blowing at the*start, flattened to almost a dead calm 
shortly after the boats had been sent away. When the 
zephyr returned it sprang from the S. W. and just en- 
abled the fleet to finish one round of the courses. At 
this stage of the contest Chairman Henry J. Gielow, 
of the Regatta Committee, ended the race. 
The white spar buoys usually set by the Government 
off Fort Hamilton and Ulmer Park, for the Atlantic 
Y. C, were not in place. This necessitated a change 
of the usual courses. 
Classes M and above were sent from the starting 
line off the landing pier at Sea Gate, to and around 
West Bank Light, leaving the same on starboard 
hand; thence to a stake boat anchored off the Govern- 
ment dock at Fort Hamilton and home. This Sj^-mile 
triangle was to have been covered twice. 
Boats under Class M sailed a triangular journey o£ 
414 miles, which took them from the starting line out 
of the bay across the ship's channel to Craven Shoal 
buoy; thence to the mark off Fort Hamilton and home. 
This course was to have been covered three times. 
The smaller craft sailing the latter course were left 
by the failing wind in the channel at the mercy of a 
strong ebb tide. 
The change of wind from the N. E. to S. W. gave 
the boats going to West Bank Light a run out and a 
run back, with a close hauled leg home from Fort 
Hamilton. The little fellows started with a reach. 
They got a fair wind on the change and had a close 
hauled board home from the fort. 
Mr. Hendon Chubb's newly purchased 30-footer Bag- 
heera (ex-Astrild), which will race for the Manhasset 
Bay Challenge Cup, showed up well and was the first 
of the larger craft to finish the long course. The fluky 
conditions, however, made the elapsed times absolute- 
ly worthless for purposes of comparison. Among other 
newcomers besides Bagheera were Mr. W. C. Towen's 
Class K boat, Nymph, and Mr. L. D. Marten's Sur- 
prise. 
There are a number of additions to the Atlantic Y. 
C. fleet this year. One of the latest in the Herreshoff 
30-footer, Onward, bought by Mr. S. E. Vernon, owner 
of Vivian. The craft will be brought round from Bris- 
tol in time for the annual spring regatta, which takes 
place over courses in the lower bay on Tuesday, June 
9. The summary of the Decoration Day race follows: 
Sloops— Class K— Start, 2:30. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Nymph, W. C. To wen 5 34 55 3 04 55 
Ondawa, H. J. Robert 5 35 50 3 05 50 
Sloops— Class M— Start, 2:35. 
Bagheera, Hendon Chubb 5 16 20 2 41 20 
Vivian. S. E. Vefnon 5 38 45 3 03 45 
Narika, C. H. Eagle Disqualified. 
Surprise, L. D. Martens Did not finish. 
Sloops— Class P— Start, 2:40. 
Cockatoo, W. A. Barstow 5 37 40 2 57 40 
Vagabond, T. A. Vernon 5 46 22 3 06 22 
Corona, J. E. Beggs 5 50 42 3 10 42 
Kate (yawl), J. E. Negus 5 55 52 3 15 52 
Sloops — Class Q — Start, 2:45. 
Trouble. W. H. Childs 5 04 53 2 19 52 
Spots, D. D. Allerton 5 36 34 2 15 34 
Sloops — Class R— Start, 2:45. 
Pickaninnv. E. H. Low 5 57 20 3 12 20 
Scalawag, E. S. Ludlow 5 58 28 3 13 28 
Catboats— Class V— Start, 2:50. 
Eascal, D. G. Whitlock 4 55 43 2 05 43 
Martha M., Richard Moore 4 57 03 2 07 03 
Boozie, C. D. Durkee Did not finish. 
The winners were Nymph, Bagheera, Cockatoo, 
Trouble, Pickaninny and Rascal. 
Noddle Island Miniattifc Y. C. 
EAST BOSTON, MASS., 
Saturday, May 30. 
The first race of the season of the Noddle Island Minia- 
ture Y. C. was sailed at Breed's Island Pond, East Bos- 
ton, Saturday, May 30. The light air suited the little boats 
better than it did the real yachts, and they made a very 
good race. The summary : 
21-inch class — Now Then, J. P. McLarne, owner, first; 
Fern, J. H. Young, second. 
36-inch class — Eudora, E. Simmons, first; Growler, H, 
Hanson, second. 
40-inch class— Crescent, B. E. Tedford, first; Post Boy, 
J. E. Wetmore, second. 
24-inch waterline— Dalraida, J. B. McLarne, first; Con- 
cordia, H. W. Marrs, second. 
30-inch waterline— Lark, J. H. Young, first; Bostonia, 
J. Black, Jr., second. 
Keystone Y, G. 
WOODMERE, LONG ISLAND,, 
Saturday, May 30. 
The Keystone Y. C. held its first open regatta on 
Decoration Day. Eight boats started in the race, and 
although the wind was light there was considerable inter- 
est in the races. The summary : 
Class A. 
r. ■ -KT ^- T T J Elapsed. Corrected. 
Carrie Nation, J. J. Wood 1 10 24 1 OS 34 
Stroller, H. Hoerner 1 13 14 1 10 29 
Jupiter, R Brower 1 06 03 1 06 03 
Anita, D. Hewlett 1 2I 50 1 21 50 
Viva, Dr. E. C. Smith 1 08 21 1 04 14 
Class B. 
Ape'; B ^lott 1 17 46 1 37 4,j 
Ripple, C. R. Price 1 09 45 1 09 45 
Grace, J. Colhns 1 u gl 1 09 0| 
T|ie winners were Viva and Ripple, ^ _ 
