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FOREST ANt) STREAM. 
tJUNE 20, 1003. 
gatta. Estelle had been entered for the race, but did not 
start. The racing yachts had turned the mark off Great 
Captain's Island and were headed for the mark off 
Lloyd's Neck. It was blowing fresh at the time from the 
northeast, and Estelle had working topsails set and a 
jib topsail. An extra heavy puff laid the boat out and her 
Wiain sheet was eased off to relieve her ; the sail got in the 
Xvater, howevier, and the weight rolled her over. All 
Viands were on deck at the time of the accident, and they 
•crawled l\p on the port side as she went over. Mr. Calla- 
'tian, 'hfe guests and the crew were taken off the yacht by 
*a st<?N»m yacht that was in the vicinity. Estelle was towed 
^ito Cold Spring Harbor and moored off Abram's yard. 
She will be raised and refitted. 
Estelle is an old-fashioned craft of a type that was com- 
mon in this country thirty years ago. She was built at 
South Norwalk in 1874 by Mr. J. Richards. She is a 
centerboard boat with a cabin house. The yacht is 91.2ft. 
over all, 78.5ft. waterline, 22.8ft. breadth and 7ft. draft. 
Atlantic Y. C, 
f*^^ Sea gate, new york bay, 
f Tuesday, June 9. 
The thirty-seventh annual regatta of the Atlantic Y. 
C. was scheduled to take place on Tuesday, June 9, 
Over courses in the lower bay. A thick fog made it in- 
advisable \s> send the yachts over the outside courses, 
ijnd re^Jwced the list of .starters from upwards of thirty, 
which had entered, down to ten of all classes. 
Tbte start was scheduled for 11 A. M. Chairman 
H'enry J. Gielow, of the Regatta Committee, waited un- 
til 2 P. M. in hopes that conditions might improve. 
The heavy haze cleared from Gravesend Baj' enough to 
allow the race to be begun, but new courses had to be 
decided upon. 
Yachts of all classes were sent from the start off Sea 
Gate to a stake boat anchored off Fort Hamilton, 
thence to Craven Shoal buoy, and home. This dis- 
tance of approximately 4 miles, was covered three 
times by boats in classes above P and twice by all 
others. 
Mr. W. H. Childs' sloop Umbrina made a good im- 
pression on her initial appearance. She went up a 
class and beat Ondawa and Nymph handily. Umbrina 
led the fleet of larger boats at the finish of the contest. 
Baghecra had no competitor and scored a sailov.er. 
The raceabout Vagabond defeated Corona, and Picka- 
ninny scored a victory over Scalawag (ex-Budget). 
The latter fouled the stake boat at the finish, and was 
disqualified. 
The preparatory signal was sounded at 2 P. M. from 
the Regatta Committee tug. Five minutes later the 
first division was sent away. The others followed at 
5m. intervals. The wind was blowing E. by S. This 
.tave the boats a. run to the mark off Fort Hamilton, a 
close-hauled board to the Craven Shoal buoy and 
another windward leg home. All marks were left to 
port. 
The next event of the Atlantic Y. C. will be held on 
Saturday. June 20. It will be a regatta for classes M 
and below, over the shorter courses. The start will be 
at 3 P. M. Summaries of the annual regatta follow: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Schooners — Class- C — Start 2:05. 
Estelle, L. J. Callanan..... 5 00 45 2 55 45 
Schooners — Class F — Start 2:05. 
Kiwassa, Shaen & Rusch 4 42 55 2 37 55 
Sloops— Class K— Start 2:10. 
T:mbnna, W. H. Childs 4 38 03 2 28 03 
Ondawa, H. T. Roberts 4 43 10 2 3.3 10 
Nymph, W. II. Towen 5 08 50 2 58 50 
Sloops— Class M— Start 2:15. 
Bagheera, Hcndon Chubb 4 07 10 1 52 10 
Sloops— Class P— Start 2:20. 
Vagabond. T. A. Vernon .4 12 28 1 52 28 
Corona, J. E. Beggs 4 15 33 1 55 33 
Sloops— Class R— Start 2:25. 
Pickaninny. E. H. Low 4 %H 00 2 00 00 
Scalawag, E. S. Ludlow Disqualified. 
The winners were Kiwassa, Umbrina, Vagabond, 
Pickininny and Bagheera. 
Brooklyn Y. C. 
BENSONHURST, GRAVESEND BAY, 
Saturday, June 13. 
The forty-sixth annual regatta of the Brooklyn Y. C. 
v.-as held on Saturday, June 13, over the regular courses 
«'f the Y. R. A. of Gravesend Bay. Nineteen craft en- 
tered the event, all but three of which finished. A suc- 
cession of thunder and hailstorms cau.sed the start to 
l.c postponed frotn 12 M., the time originally sched- 
uled, to 3:15 in the afternoon. 
A good breeze was blowing at noon time. The 
thunder soon disposed of this, however, and the re- 
gatta was started in a wind of about 4-knot strength, 
which fell to a flat calm when one round of the courses 
I)ad been completed. It returned from a new direction, 
rvA with freshening force after craft had been in the 
doldrums about half an hour. 
The feature of the day was the struggle between the 
30-footers Bagheera and Boptain. Bagheera is the At- 
lantic Y. C. challenger for the Manhasset Bay cup for 
30-footers. Boptail is a Herreshoff creation, and made 
her initial appearance in the Brooklyn Y. C. regatta. 
After a close race Bobtail won by 35s. She is a cen- 
terboard boat, while the Chubb craft has a keel. 
The special class M boats Surprise, Kangaroo and 
Bess thought the race had been called off after the 
first round and withdrew. Bonito was the only one 
of the class to sail the full course. 
The breeze was blowing from the S. E. at the start. 
This gave the smaller craft, which twice covered an in- 
side triangular course of 4 miles, a reach to the mark 
off Fort Hamilton, a long windward leg to a stake boat 
off Coney Island Point, and a broad reach home to the 
start off the Brooklyn Y. C. The starters above class 
P went twice over a triangle of 6 miles. The breeze 
at the start gave them a reach to Craven Shoal buoy, 
a close hauled leg to buoy No. 12 off Coney Island 
Point, and a reach home. All marks were left to port; 
The calm caught most of the racers just after the 
first round had been completed. The new wind came 
pi;{: of soutIiw^5t. This gave the smaller boats a 
reach from Fort Hamilton to Coney Island Point and 
a run home. The larger starters had a reach to buoy 
No. 12 and a run home. 
The Regatta Committee of the Brooklyn Y. C. con- 
sists of Messrs. George E. Reiners, Chairman; Robert 
P. Orr and Arthur T. Wells. Vice-Com. Fontaine 
placed his schooner Sunshine at the disposal of the 
committee as judges' boat. The summary follows: 
Sloops— Class M— Start 3:20. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Bobtail, E. F. Lvtckenbach 5 52 46 2 32 46 
Bagheera, Hendon Chubb 5 23 21 2 33 21 
Class M—Speeial— Start 3:20. 
Bonito, Haviland Bros 6 16 49 2 56 49 
Surprise, L. D. Martens Did not finish. 
Kangaroo, C. H. Humphreys Did not finish. 
Bess, Sydney Grant Did not finish. 
Sloops— Class P— Start 3:25. 
Vagabond, T. A. Vernon 5 23 45 1 B8 45 
Ogeemah. Brophy & Mackay 5 21 41 2 04 41 
Karma, J. C. Erskine 5 29 55 2 04 55 
Cockatoo, W.- A. Barstow 5 30 08 2 05 08 
Sloops— Class R— Start, 3:40. 
Scalawag, E. S. Ludlow 5 32 19 1 52 19 
Pickaninny, E. H. Low... 5 34 53 1 54 53 
Catboats— Class V— Start 3:45. 
Martha M., Richard Moore 5 30 08 1 45 08 
Boozie, C. D. Durkee 5 36 46 1 45 46 
Rascal, D. G. Whitlock 5 31 51 1 46 51 
Delede, A. E. Hotson 5 32 52 1 47 52 
Millie, E. A. Bogert 5 37 51 1 52 51 
Marine and Field Class— Start 3:50. 
Stinger, A. P. Clapp 5 36 32 1 46 32 
Kelpie, W. K. Brown 5 37 06 1 47 06 
The winners were: Bobtail, Bonito, Vagabond, 
Scalawag, Martha M. and Stinger. 
Larchmont Y« C. 
LARCHMONT, LONG ISLAND SOUND, 
Saturday, June 13. 
The spring regatta of the Larchmont Y. C. was 
sailed on Saturday, June 13. The large boats were con- 
spicuous by their absence. There were no schooners 
on hand, and the three English cutters in class I were 
the biggest boats in the race. A nice breeze that held 
all day made the contests most interesting. At the 
start the wind was S. W., but when the boats were on 
the second round it worked around to S. by E. All the 
boats sailed twice over- triangular courses, with the first 
mark due E. from the starting line. This made the 
first leg a broad reach, the second leg a close fetch 
and the third leg a run. 
The Regatta Committee, which consisted of Messrs. 
Charles P. Tower, Chairman; Frank Hardy and How- 
ell C. Perrin, were on the towboat Unique. The prepa- 
ratory signal was given at 11:30, and the boats in class 
I started five minutes after. Eelin was first away 
well in the lead with Isolde second and Hester last. 
All three carried club topsails, and Eelin set her balloon 
jib topsail, while Isolde and Hester stuck to reach- 
ing jib topsails, and balloon staysails. On the first leg 
Isolde and Hester got in a luffing match, and Eelin 
secured a good lead, while this was going on. Hester 
got a little the best of the luffing match. At the end 
of the first round the boats Avere timed as follows: 
Eeelin 1:41:12; Hester 1:41:35; Isolde 1:44:20. Hes- 
ter crossed the line first, but Eelin gets the race on 
time allowance and Isolde comes in for second place. 
The 43-footers were the next boats to start. Effort 
and Challenge being regularly entered in this class, 
but the Canada's Cup challenger Irondequoit also 
sailed over the course with them. Effort was splen- 
didly sailed by Messrs. Addison and Wilmer Hanan, 
and she won handily, beating Irondequoit about 7m. 
Effort got the best start, and from that time on kept 
increasing her lead. Challenge met with a slight ac- 
cident before the start, and she withdrew on the sec- 
ond leg of the second round. 
Leda got away in lead in her class. She was sailed 
by her owner, Mr. Stephen H. Mason, Jr., and she 
gave Spasm a bad beating. Anoatok was so far behind 
at the end of the first round that she withdrew. 
In the yawl class Tern was first away and had mat- 
ters her own way all through the race. Although she 
allowed her competitors, Escape and Sakana, quite a 
little time, she won the race easily. 
The three boats in the 30ft. class put up a pretty race. 
Alert, smartly sailed by Mr. James Alker, won by over 
4m. For Alert to beat Oiseau by such a wide margin 
caused considerable surprise, for it was generally be- 
lieved the racing between these two boats w'ould be very 
close, and the difference would be a matter of seconds 
rather than minutes. 
Hope and Haze, the one-design 25-footers designed 
by Mr. C. F. Herreshoff, met in their first race. Hope 
won and Haze withdrew. 
There were three starters in class P, Snapper winning 
by over 2m. froin Firefly, after a good race. 
Five raceabouts started, and Jolly Tar won by_ is. — 
a very close decision — Jolly Tar protested Mavis for 
fouling her near the finish line. 
There was another close race in the Larchmont 21ft. 
class, Adelaide winning by 3Ss. 
Four of the New Rochelle one-design boats started, 
and Mr. Philip Howard's Caper won out with Ace sec- 
ond. In the Manhasset Bay one-design class, Lamb- 
kin beat the other three boats badly. 
Gosling had no competitor in class W. Skidoo beat 
Gloria in the Lark class by over 5m. Gazabo took a 
walkover in class Q. 
Sloops— Class 1—60 to 70 Feet Racing Length— Course 30 Miles- 
Start 11:35. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Hester. Cleveland H. Dodge 3 23 11 3 48 11 
Eelin F. L. Rodewald 3 24 58 3 49 58 
Isolde, F. M. Hoyt 3 27 16 3 52 16 
Corrected time: Isolde, 3.46.19; Eelin, not measured. 
Sloops— Class 1^36 to 43 Feet Racing Length— Course 22 Miles- 
Start 11:40. 
Effort, F. M. Smith 2 35 57 2 55 57 
Challenge, W. T. Foote Disabled. 
Irondequoit, Thomas B. Pritchard Time not taken. 
Sloopsr-Class M— 30 to 36 Feet Racing Length— Course 22 Miles- 
Start 11:45. 
Spasm, E. D. King 3 16 41 3 31 41 
Leda, S. H. Mason 3 01 55 3 16 55 
Anoatok, W. G. Brokaw Did not finish. 
Yawls— Class M— 30 to 36 Feet Racing Length— Course 23 Miles- 
Start 11:45. 
I"^, John Hyslop ,,.3 18 40 3 33 4Q 
Escape, George Matthews 3 41 36 3 56 38 
Sakana, A. H. McCreefy 3 38 31 3 83 31 
Corrected time: Escape 3.46.B1; Sakana, 3.46.14, 
Sloops— Class N— 26 to 30 Feet Raelng Length— Course 22 Miles=- 
Start ilM. 
Alert, A. H. Alker 3 11 15 3 21 IS 
Oiseau, H. L. Maxwell 3 IS St 3 26 57 
Flosshilde, W. D. HertrteH 3 38 28 3 48 28 
25- Foot One-Design Class— Course 22 Miles— Start 11:50. 
Hope, Adrian Iselin 3 46 60 , 3 56 50 
HaiB, Anderson t)ana Did Hot finish. 
Sloops— Class P— 21 to 25 Ffefet Racing Length— Coufse 11 Milfes— 
Start 11:55. 
Lucille, P. Williams 2 06 30 2 11 30 
Snapper, A. B. Alley 2 02 15 2 Ot 19 
Firefly, S. P. Granbeffy 2 04 00 2 09 80 
Raceabouts- 21-foot Class— CoUtse 11 Mit'es— Start 11:53. „ 
Rogue, A. B. AUfey ;.; ;....2p3 4§ 2 08 49 
Mavis. G. L. Pifie 26160 2 06 Oft 
Jolly Tar, S. ttowiartd. .2 OO 59 2 05 59 
Rascal, S. C. Hopkins...... 20l81 2 06 01 
Grassh&pper, H. Pryor.. .......... 2 03 55 2 08 59 
Larchmont 21-{oot Class— CoUfse 11 Miles— Start 11:65. 
Adelaide, L J. Dwyer 2 06 09 2 ll 09 
Dorothy, L. G. Spence 2 06 44 2 11 44 
New Rochelle 18-footers— Course 11 Miles— Start, 12:00. 
Caper, P. L. Howard 2 22 11 2 22 11 
Knave, R. N. Bavier 2 24 2S 2 24 25 
Ace, A. Bavier ....2 24 19 2 24 19 
Alga, A. Mefslre 2 29 39 2 29 39 
Manhasset Bay 18-footets— Course 11 Mllfes- Staft 12:00, ., 
Bab. T. R. Hoyt 2 30 Ifl I 3p I8 
Falcon, F. B. Cole. 2 30 59 2 30 59 
Arizona, G. A. Coffy 2 28 49 2 28 49 
Lambkin, S. W. Roach 2 22 27 2 22 27 
Catboats— Class W— 18 Feet Racing Length— Course 11 Miles- 
Start, 12:05. 
Gosling, M. Pratt Did not finish. 
Lark Class-Course 5% Miles— Start, 12:05. 
Gloria 1 42 39 1 37 39 
Skidoo 1 37 19 1 32 19 
Yellow Jacket 1 45 19 ■ 1 40 19 
Class O— Sloops— 18 to 21 Feet— Course 11 Miles— Start 12:00. 
Gazabo, H, T. Vulte 2 41 37 2 41 37 
The winners were: Eelin, Effort, Leda, Tern^ Alert, 
Hope, Snapper, Jolly Tar, Adelaide, Caper, Lambkin, 
Skidoo and Gazabo. 
New York Y» C» 1 
NEW YORK LOWER BAV, «' 
Thursday, June ii. 
The three 90-footers — Columbia, Constitution and Re- 
liance — ^were able to get a race on Thursday, June n, 
after three postponements. The wind was light and the 
sea was very smooth except for a gentle swell. The 
course was fifteen miles to windward and return. 
The start was scheduled for 11 :30, and the steam yacht 
Privateer, with the Regatta Committee on board, was en 
hand at that hour. Postponement signals were hoisted on 
the committee boat and the start was set for 12 o'clock. 
Promptly at noon the preparatory signal was made. All 
the yachts carried the same canvas — club topsails set over 
mainsails and baby jib topsails over the headsails. Con- 
stitution's club topsail was much smaller than the ones 
carried on the other two boats, and she would, in all 
probability, have done better with a larger sail. In the 
maneuvering for the start, Rhodes and Barr stuck to- 
gether as in the earlier races, while Columbia kept away 
and was well out of the trouble. The start was a fine one. 
all three of the boats crossing within half a minute. Con- 
stitution crossed in the weather berth, but not far enough 
in the lead to cut Reliance's wind. Columbia crossed to 
leeward of both the other boats. The boats were timed 
as follows at the start: Constitution, 12:16:01; Reliance, 
12:16:18, and Columbia, 12:16:32. 
Columbia was giving Reliance her back wind, and Re- 
liance was in turn doing the same to Constitution, and as 
a result Columbia drew ahead a little. Constitution was 
put on the port tack first, in order to get away from 
Reliance, but the new boat also took the port tack and a 
few seconds later Columbia followed them. After hold 
ing the port tack for some twenty minutes, Columbia was 
again put on the starboard tack. Columbia had not been 
able to point with Reliance, and that boat had in the 
meantime worked out ahead and to windward of Constitu- 
tion, as she was pointing better and footing faster. Re- 
liance and Constitution held the port tack and held a 
southerly course while Columbia on the starboard tack 
stood to the east. 
When Reliance and Constitution did take the starboard 
tack they were favored by having the wind shift a bit to 
the south. This shift placed Columbia at a disadvantage, 
and she had to make a longer hitch to make the mark. 
Reliance gained on Constitution steadily, and she had a 
big jump on her when they were nearing the mark. Re- 
liance doused her baby jib topsail and set her ballooner as 
she came up to the mark. The boats were timed at the 
mark as follows: Reliance, 2:26:07; Constitution, 
2:31 :oi ; Columbia, 2:37:05. On the is-mile beat to wind- 
ward. Reliance had beaten Constitution 5m. lis., and Co- 
lumbia lom. 44s. 
After rounding, spinnakers were set and guyed well for- 
ward, but the boats had to keep well to the north of their 
true course in order to keep them drawing, as the wind 
had gone to S. S. E. Reliance's big spinnaker was taken 
in when about one-third the way to the finish line and set 
a smaller one in place of it. When Reliance was about 
half way to the finish line she took in her spinnaker and 
headed for the lightship. Constitution took in her spin- 
naker also, and soon after Columbia did the same thing. 
While spinnakers were being carried. Reliance seemed 
to get away from Constitution a little, but as soon as they 
were taken in Constitution came up on the new boat 
again. The tiines taken as the boats finished were: Re- 
liance, 4:06:01; Constitution, 4:11:36; Columbia, 
4:19:09. On the 15-mile run Reliance had beaten Con- 
stitution 41s. and Columbia 2m. los. 
The summary follows : 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Reliance 12 16 18 4 06 01 3 49 43 
Constitution 12 16 01 4 11 36 3 55 35 
Columbia 12 16 32 4 19 09 4 02 37 
Reliance beat Constitution Sm. S2s. and Columbia 12m. 
S4S. 
CIEN COVE, LONG ISLAND SOUND, 
Monday, June 15. 
There were only six starters in the Glen Cove races 
of the New York Y- G. that were sailed on Monday, June 
15. Not many boats were enteredj ^or the race, and the 
had w^th^r kept sofn^ \vho were 'presept; frop;i, starting. 
