June 13, 1903-] 
FOREST AND STHEAM. 
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The event was scheduled to start Jvme i at 10:15 
A. M._ Fifteen minutes before that time the prepara- 
tory signal was fired from the regatta committee boat, 
the power yacht Agnes, kindly loaned hy Mr. T. C. 
Treadwell. The tide was on the last of the flood, and 
there was about a 7-knot breeze blowing S. E. by S. 
The starting line was between the stake boat and 
Craven Shoal bell buo}^ The six contenders, which 
came to the line, were as follows: 
Net Over All Racing 
Tonnage. Length. Length. 
Thistle, Com. Robert E. Tod 235 150 110 
Endvmion. George Lauder, Tr 11(5 126 100 
Iroquois, L G. N. Whitaker. 86.16 96.3 82.3 
Fleur de Lys. Dr. L. M. Stimson 86.29 lOS 90 
Estelle, L. J. Callanan 59.99 91.2 78.5 
Kiwassa, H. B. Shaen 45.90 79 78.5 
The starting gun at 10:15 sent the craft away. Estelle 
led. On her decks was L. J. Callanan and several 
guests. Fleur de Lys was next over. Miss Stimson 
represented her father, and was the only passenger 
aboard. Iroquois was the next craft over the line. 
Her owner was not present. The party to take the 
long trip consisted of men from the Quaker city, in- 
cluding Prof. Albert H. Smith, Benjamin Hawley, the 
artist, and Howard E. Mj^ers. 
Fourth boat over was Endvmion. George Lauder, 
Jr., was on board and has as his guests Andrew Car- 
negie, Jr., Richard Sheldon, the Yale athlete, and Jas- 
per Rowland. On Kiwassa, the next craft to get away, 
were the owners, H. B. Shaen and H. A. Rusch. E. 
A. Ericson, Thomas L. Arnold and L. S. Baylies. 
Thistle was the last to cross. On board Commodore 
Tod had as guests Frederick Vilmar and Charles E. 
Schuyler of the Regatta Committee. 
In the journey to Swash Channel bell buoy, the 
boats, which had all started close hauled on the port 
tack, made a number of short boards to get the best 
of the tide, which was running with great strength in 
the channel. 
Going about the biw}'', Endymion led. followed by 
Iroquois. Fleur de Lj^s and Estelle .stood further into 
Sand}'' Hook Bay than the rest of the fleet, got out of 
the tide and gained perceptibly thereby, at one time 
being well ahead of Iroquois and very nearly on even 
terms with Endymion. When the boats got straight- 
ened out for the course to Fire Island Lightship, they 
had a fair tide. At this early stage of the contest it 
was noticeable that whenever the breeze lightened 
EndjTnion, Fleur de Lys, Iroquois and Kiwassa would 
draw away from Estelle and Thistle. A freshening 
breeze, however, would enable the flagship to pick up 
materially. 
At a bit after 3 o'clock the breeze hauled into 
the S. W., making cased sheets possible and with 
ballooners set, all stood for the first turning point, some 
20 miles away. . Endymion slowlj'' drew away from the 
other boats. At 4:45 the lightship was made out. When 
within 5 miles of the lightship the wind flattened to 
about 5 knots. The boats were slow in rounding, were 
timed as follows: 
Endymion 5 36 20 Fleur de Lys 5 58 27 
Iroquois 5 45 37 Kiwassa 6 05 28 
Estelle 5 51 .33 Thistle 6 07 00 
For the first 44 miles of the course Endymion had 
averaged a bit over 6 miles an hour. She had gained 
9 min. 42 sec. on Iroquois, 16 min. and 23 sec. on 
Estelle, 22 min. 37 sec. on Fleur de Lys, 27 min. 38 
sec. on Kiwassa, and 27 min. and 23 sec. on Thistle. 
The boats were close hauled on the port tack, standing 
for Northeast End Lightship, 109 miles away. 
Some of them took short tacks out to sea. At sun- 
set Endymion was well ahead of Iroquois, which was 
some distance astern and to windward. A half mile to 
leeward and astern was Estelle. Abreast of her was 
Fleur de Lys a quarter mile to leeward. Kiwassa came 
next a,nd then Thistle, all about a quarter of a mile 
apart. Up to this time of the contest all of the compet- 
ing j'achts had been in full view of one another. As 
the sun retired over the starboard in favor of a most 
beautiful moon, the individual contestants lost sight of 
one another, not to see a welcome sail again and learn 
their relative positions until the next day. 
At 9:30 P. M. the breeze went into the W. N. W. and 
headed the six schooners way off^ their course. This 
took the boats directly back in range of Navesink 
Light, which could be distinguished on the horizon 
miles away. 
At midnight the wind again made a shift, this time 
into the west, and finally landed in W. N. W. This 
enabled the boats to retrace their course parallel to the 
Jersey shore, about 4 miles away. They all were about 
to starboard and moving through the water at a good 
clip. 
At quarter after twelve the next morning the haze, 
which had been over the sea most of the day. cleared 
so that all the competitors were in sight and Northeast 
End Lightship could be distinguished some 4 miles 
ahead. 
Endjanion was seen to have rounded and was beating 
the beach for home. Fleur de Lys and Iroquois were 
nearly abreast. Estelle was a quarter of a mile astern, 
separated by about the same distance from Thistle. 
Kiwassa was bowling along finely with ballooner and 
spinnaker set, with some three miles distance to make 
up. Times taken at the second mark were as follows: 
Endymion 11 35 00 Estelle 12 38 42 
Fleur de Lys 12 33 26 Thistle 12 50 05 
Iroquois 12 37 10 Kiwassa 1 2S 48 
In the 109-mile leg, Endymion had gained 13 min. 22 
sec. on Fleur de Lys, 43 niin. 21 sec. on Iroquois, 32 
min. 6 sec. on Estelle, 24 min. 47 sec. on Thistle and 
57 min. 7 sec. on Kiwassa. 
There was some windward work after rounding the 
lightship. At sunset the breeze had increased to a 9- 
knot clip from E. S. E. Endymion could be just dis- 
tinguished some 4 miles ahead. Fleur de Lys and Iro- 
quois were having it out astern. Thistle was leading 
Kiwassa and Estelle by 3 miles. The latter had diffi- 
culty with her centerboard on the way home and was 
rounded into the wind several times in an endeavor to fix 
it. The boats were within 2 miles of Barnegat at 9:30 
o'clock P. M. ^ 
At midnight the wind worked around into the west- 
ward and freshened. This gave the boats a starboard 
reach and the fastest sailing of the race. Again the 
breeze shifted and worked into the W. N. W. Sea 
Girt was abreast at 1:30 A. M. At the same time 
Navesink's flash could be distinguished. Scotland 
Lightship was picked up at 2:30 A. M. The finish was 
when this beacon bore due east, magnetic. Daylight 
came at 3:45. At that time all but Kiwassa and Estelle 
had finished the long journey. 
Endymion was first to end the long race. Then 
came 'iroquois, Fleur de Lys, Thistle, Kiwassa and 
Estelle in the order named. Times taken at the finish 
were as follows: 
Endvmion 1 36 00 Thistle 3 23 30 
Fleur dc Lys 2 54 34 Kiwassa 4 57 27 
Iroquois 3 04 00 Estelle 6 05 00 
Kiwassa had beaten Iroquois on corrected time, 11 
min. 48 sec; Endymion, 15 min. 23 sec; Fleur de Lys, 
46 min. 37 sec; Thistle, 2 hrs. 41 min.; Estelle, 2 hrs. 
59 min. 33 sec. 
The next ocean race of the Atlantic Y. C. will be 
started on Monday, July 27, at the end of the New- 
York Y. C. cruise, when a number of the Sea Gate 
fleet are expected to be at Newport. The course will 
be from Brenton's Reef Lightship to Nantucket Shoal 
Lightship, and thence to Sea Gate, an estimated dis- 
tance of 297 miles. A complete summary of the first 
ocean race follows: 
Atlantic Y. C. Ocean race for Schooners — ^June 1 to 3 — 248 Miles. 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Kiwassa 10 18 35 4 57 27 42 38 52 38 22 52 
Iroquois 10 16 20 3 04 00 40 47 40 38 -34 40 
Endvmion 10 16 45 1 36 00 39 19 15 38 38 15 
Fleur de Lys 10 16 05 2 54 34 40 38 29 39 09 29 
Thistle 10 19 'iS 3 23 30 41 03 52 41 03 52 
Estelle 10 15 35 6 05 00 43 49 25 41 22 25 
Catboats— Class V— Start, 3:30. 
Martha M., Richard Moore 5 11 46 1 41 46 
Rascal. D, G. Whitlock 5 13 55 1 43 55 
Boozie, C. D. Durkee Disqualified. 
Marine and Field Class — Start, 3:33. 
Kelpie, W. K. Brown 5 21 20 1 48 20 
Jig-a-Jig. Fergu.son & Hutcheson 5 23 30 1 50 30 
Stinger A. P. Clapp 5 25 42 1 52 42 
Esperance, T. A. Hamilton 5 28 47 1 55 47 
Vixen, J. T. Mahonev 5 32 45 1 59 45 
Ouinque, W. J. Spence Disqualified. 
The winners were Bonito, Ogeemah, Trouble, 
Martha M. and Kelpie. 
• Marine ard Field Qub* 
Y. R A. OF GRAVESEND BAY^ 
Saturday, June 6. 
The third season of the Yacht Racing Association 
of Gravesend Bay was opened on the afternoon of 
Saturday, June 6, with a regatta under the auspices of 
the Marine and Field Club. The event was greatly 
marred by a heavy fog, which hung over the lower bay 
all day. 
Despite the unfavorable conditions, nineteen boats 
of all classes came to the line, all but three of which 
finished. Two were disqualified. It was the first race 
held since the withdrawal of the Atlantic Y. C. front 
the Association, and the showing of nearly a score of 
boats for the initial regatta of this season against an 
entry of twenty-five in 1902 for the opening event, is 
most encouraging to the clubs that now make up the 
organization. 
The start of the race was scheduled for three o'clock. 
A postponement of 15 minutes, however, was taken 
in hopes the fog would lift. Three minutes after the 
preparatory gun at 3:15 classes M and N were sent 
away. The other classes were started on 3-minute in- 
tervals. 
The course for classes above P has been slightly 
changed this year. Instead of going from the starting 
line to West Bank Light and return, the boats now sail 
a four-sided course, going, when covered in regular 
order, first to the red can buoys off Coney Island Point, 
thun to Craven Shoal buoy, from there to a stake boat 
off Fort Hamilton, and home to the starting line. 
The breeze at the start of the race was S. S. E., blow- 
ing at about a 7-knot clip. This gave the larger craft 
a long, close-hauled board out with booms to star- 
board. A few windward hitches were necessary to 
make the can buoy. From there it was a reach and 
then a run to the mark of! Fort Hamilton and a close- 
hauled leg home. 
Bonito and the j^awl lonta were the only boats to 
cover the longer course twice, which constituted the 
prescribed distance. The others did not care to risk 
the fog outside and withdrew. 
Boats in classes P or under went from the starting 
line to a mark off Ulmer Park, thence to a stake boat 
oft' Sea Gate, from there to the Fort Hamilton mark 
and home. The first leg was to windward, the next 
close hauled, the third a spinnaker run and the last a 
close-hauled board home. 
From the beginning all had difficulty in locating the 
marks. W. H. Child's class Q boat Trouble, was well 
sailed, and led the fleet home on the first round by a 
good margin. Times taken at this stage of the race 
follow: 
Trouble 4 10 55 Boozie 4 22 50 
Spots 4 13 50 Kelpie 4 28 10 
Streak 4 15 10 Jig-a jig 4 30 10 
Ogeemah 4 15 35 "Esperance 4 31 05 
Flving Fish 4 19 00 Stinger 4 31 12 
Ouinque 4 21 30 Vixen 4 33 05 
Martha M 4 21 45 Bonito 4 53 00 
Rascal 4 22 10 lonta : 5 2145 
There was little change in positions during the second 
round. Boozie was disqualified for fouling the mark 
oft' Fort Hamilton, although she led her class horned 
Quinque was also disqualified for not covering the 
proper course. Ogeemah passed Streak, while Stinger 
passed both Esperance and Vixen. 
At the finish Trouble led Spots by 5 min. 45 sec. 
Fhang Fish, by ix min. 40 sec. Ogeemah beat Streak 
by I min. 30 sec. Martha beat Rascal by 2min. 9 sec. 
Kelpie led Jig-a-Jig by 2 min. 10 sec. Stinger by 4 min. 
22 sec, Esperance by 7 min. and 27 sec, and "Vixen 
by II min. and 35 sec. 
The next regatta of the Y. C. A. of Gravesend Bay 
will be held on Saturday, June 20, under the auspices 
of the Brooklyn Y. C. The summaries follow: 
Sloops — Class M — Special — Start, 3:18. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Bonito, Haviland Bros 6 23 10 3 05 10 
Kangaroo, C. H. Humphreys Withdrew. 
Sloops — Class N — Start, 3:18. 
Squaw, H. J. Heath Withdrew. 
Indian, Menton Bros Withdrew. 
Auxiliary Yawls — Class N — Special — Start, 3:18. 
lonta, M. W. Torrey Not timed. 
Sloops— Class P— Start, 3:21. 
Ogeemah. Brophv & Mackav 5 03 30 1 42 30 
Streak, Speidel Brothers 5 05 00 1 44 00 
Sloops— Cla.ss Q— Start, 3:24. 
Trouble, W. H. Childs 4 56 00 1 32 00 
Spots, D. D. Allerton 5 01 45 1 37 45 
Flying Fish, L. M. Dean 5 07 40 1 43 40 
Knickerbocker Y* C* 
COLLEGE POIKT, LONG ISLAND SOUND, 
Saturday, Jtine 6. 
The annual regatta of the Knickerbocker Y. C. was 
sailed on Saturday, June 6. The event was marked by 
a good list of entries, but the racing was unsatisfactory 
owing to the lack of breeze. The regatta committee of 
the club sent the towboit Glen Cove to Larchmont, 
New Rochelle, Manhasset Bay and City Island to tow 
any yachts that wanted to race down to the starting 
line. 
The larger boats started off the clubhouse at College 
Point and sailed around Gangway Buo}', then back to 
the starting line, a distance of 14^ miles. The small 
boats also started off the clubhouse and rounded Big 
Tom Buoy, off Belden's Point, City Island, then back 
to the starting line, a distance of 10J/2 miles. 
The steamer Favorite, with the members and their 
friends on board, followed the boats over the course. 
The start was scheduled for twelve o'clock, but there 
was no wind at that time, so it was postponed an hour. 
Just before one o'clock a little E. N. E. breeze sprung 
up, and the preparatory was given at that hour. 
Effort had no competitor in the 43ft. class, so Mr. 
William Gardner, who designed the Canada's Cttp chal- 
lenger Irondequoit, very kindlj' entered that boat in 
order to give Effort a race. It was not expected that 
Irondequoit would beat Eft'ort, as she was designed 
under an entirely different rule, and is a big power- 
ful boat, and Effort carried an enormous club topsail, 
which was of great benefit to her, as nearly all the 
breeze was aloft. 
Effort and Irondequoit were sent away at 1:05. Ef- 
fort being sailed by Mr. Addison Hanan, and the 
Rochester boat by her skipper, James Barr.. Ironde- 
quoit crossed at the windward end of the line on the 
starboard tack, with Effort well to leeward. The two 
boats held together pretty well until off Clausen's 
Point, when Irondequoit ran out of the wind and Effort 
was able to hold a favorable puff that put her well 
ahead. Effort being the leading boat, caught all of 
the puffs first and got a good lead on Irondequoit. 
^ t Gangway Buoy she was over five minutes ahead. 
It was a spinnaker run home, and Irondequoit seemed 
to pick up a little on the Herreshoff boat. When off 
Cit}' Island the wind dropped out, and Irondequoit 
withdrew and ran back to her anchorage in Manhasset 
Bay. 
Next to the 43ft. class, the most interesting racing 
was in the 30ft. class. Alert, sailed by Mr. Edward 
M. MacLellan, had things her own way, and beat 
Flosshide by over 7 min. 
In the raceabout class Jolly Tar won with Grass- 
hopper second. 
During the latter part of the afternoon a little breeze 
came, otit of the S. W., which enabled the boats to 
finish. 
The Regatta Committee was made tip of O. H. Chell- 
borg. Chairman: Llarrj' Stephenson, C. W. Schlesinger, 
L. C. Berrian. F. H. Stillman, J. O. Sinkinson. 
The summary follows: 
Sloops — 43ft. Class — Start, 1:05. 
Effort, F. M. Smith 4 31 55 3 26 55 
Irondequoit, Thomas B. Pritchard Withdrew. 
Sloops — 43ft. Class — Cruising Trim — Start, 1:00. 
White Wine. Louis C. Berrian 6 02 57 4 52 57 
Nautilus, J. ;. McCue 5 48 45 4 38 45 
Sloops, 36ft. Class — Start, 1:50. 
Leda, S. H. Mason, Jr • 5 21 38 4 06 38 
Sloops— 30ft. Class— Start, 1:25. 
Alert, T. W. Alker 5 20 42 3 48 42 
Flosshi'lde. W. D. Hennen 5 20 50 3 55 50 
Little Peter, F. M. Weeks 5 25 05 4 00 05 
Curlew, H. Ashmore Withdrew 
Raceabouts — Start, 1 :30. 
Rogue, A. B. Allev 5 29 17 3 59 17 
Mavis. G. L. Pirie.'. 5 29 45 3 59 45 
Tully Tar. Slocum H6wl5nd 5 26 07 3 56 07 
'Grasshopper, H. C. Pryer 5 28 10 3 58 10 
Sloops— 25ft. Class— Start, 1:35. 
Fireflv, D. P. Gran berry 5 35 07 4 00 07 
Snapper, A. B. Allev 5 32 45 3 57 35 
Lucille, C. L. Weya'nd 5 43 40 4 08 40 
Bonita, W. H. Peer \\^ithdrew. 
Yawls— Start, 1:15. 
Irene. Daniels & xMIen 6 04 12 4 49 12 
Cabin Catboats— 25ft. Class— Start, 1:35. 
Ripple, Kraemer & Miller 6 10 27 4 35 27 
Annie C, Jas. Custance 5 26 40 3 51 40 
Open Sloops— 21ft. Class— Start, 1:40. 
Teebi, A. D. R. Brown 4 40 53 3 00 53 
Gazabo, H. T. Yulte Withdrew. 
Phidias, C. Kirchhof Withdrew. 
New Rochelle One-Design Class — Start, 1:40. 
Caper, P. L. Howard 4 43 16 3 03 IS 
Knave, R. N. Bavier 4 45 30 3 05 30 
Ace, Miss A. Bavier 4 45 47 3 05 47 
Alga, A. Mestre 4 54 36 3 14 35 
Manhasset Bay One-Design Class — Start, 1:40. 
Lambkin. W. W. Swan 4 47 52 3 07 52 
Fa'con, Stevens & Cole 4 55 35 3 15 35 
Arizona, G. A. Corry 4 49 14 3 09 14 
One-DesiErn Catboats — Start, 1:45. 
Shovonne, George J. Stelz 5 11 55 ' 4 26 55 
Co])perhead, R. Brandt Withdrew. 
'i'he winners weue Effort, Nautilus, Leda, Alert, Grass- 
hopper. Snapper, Irene, Ripple, Jeebi, Caper, Lambkin and 
Shovonne. 
The following sales have been made by Mr. Stanley 
M. Seaman: 41-footer launch Ted, for Mr. Charles Long- 
streth, of Philadelphia, to Mr. F. B. Van Doom, of New 
York city; 47ft. launch hull for the Marine Construction 
& Dry bock Co., to Mr. Robert C. Fisher, of Larch- 
mont ; sloop Oriole for Mr. C. E. Pinckney, of New 
Rochele to Mr. Geo. C. Pease, of New York city, and the 
sloop Nan for Prof. H. E. Northtip to Mr. R". M. Mc- 
Bride,^ of New York city. 
