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Tecumseh's lead slightly. Both Crusader and Seeress 
made better time down the wind than did Tecumseh and 
Massasoit, but their gain was not sufficient to put them 
in the first place. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Tecumseh 1 00 16 0 55 16 
Massasoit 1 00 20 0 55 20 
?jutmeg 1 10 26 1 05 26 
Crusader 1 02 30 0 57 30 
Seeress 1 02 55 0 57 55 
Frontenac 1 05 59 1 00 59 
Fihbuster 1 18 06 1 13 06 
Monsoon 1 19 11 114 11 
Tecumseh won by 4s. 
' SECOND ROUND. 
The boats were sent off for the second round at i :40, 
and cro.^sed the line in this order, Tecumseh, Seeress. 
Massasoit. Nutmeg, Crusader. Monsoon. Frontenac and 
Filibuster. Seeress began for the first time to show 
some of the speed displayed early in the season. Massa- 
soit worked into the lead, with Seeress second and Tecum- 
seh third. The sloop Diana, owned by a member of the 
Bridgeport Y. C, blanketed or back-winded several of 
the boats all over the course, and the revenue ofiicers 
seemed powerless to keep her off the course. How little 
interest a man has in the sport when he interferes with 
an international affair ! The times at the weather mark 
follow : 
Massasoit 2 10 06 Crusader 2 15 07 
Tecumseh 2 11 26 Nutmeg- v.. .,..„. 2 26 30 
Seeress 2 1122 Filibuster ....2 27 16 
Frontenac 2 13 21 
Spinnakers were set. but could not be carried far, for 
the wind shifted to N.W., making it a beat back. Tecum- 
seh agai'n showed her good windward qualities, and 
passed Seeress, but could not overtake Massasoit. The 
summary of the second round: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Massasoit 2 35 52 0 55.52 
Tecumseh 2 .36 20 0 56 20 
Nutmeg 2 44 40 1 04 40 
Seeress 2 36 52 0 56 52 
Frontenac 2 38 08 0 58 OS 
Crusader 2 38 33 0 58 33 
Filibuster 2 46 52 1 06 52 
Massasoit won by 28s. 
THIRD ROUND. 
At 3 :40 the boats were sent off for the third round. 
The breeze had hauled back to S.W., and was blowing 
fresher. Tecumseh was first to start, closely followed bj' 
Massasoit and Seeress. Massasoit and Tecumseh stood 
in on the north shore oitt of the tide, while the others 
stayed outside and got its full force. Massasoit rounded 
the outer mark 3gs. ahead of Tecumseh. The times at 
this mark were : 
Crusader 4 12 22 
Nutmeg 4 13 44 
Filibuster 4 14 12 
Massasoit 4 08 17 
Tecumseh .........4 08 56 
Seeress 4 12 04 
Frontenac 4 12 19 
On the spinnaker run home Tecumseh caught and 
passed Massasoit and finished a winner. Seeress made 
the best time down the wind. The summary of the last 
round follows : 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Massasoit .4 34 13 0 54 13 
Tecumseh 4 33 43 0 53 4;? 
Nutmeg .4 36 08 0 56 08 
Seeress 4 34 27 0 54 27 
Frontenac 4 34 55 0 54 55 
Crusader 4 34 45 0 54 45 
Filibuster 4 35 47 0 55 47 
Tecumseh won by 30s. 
Fourth Day, Thursday, July 3, 
FIRST ROUND. 
The morning of the fourth day did not hold forth many 
inducements for small-boat racing, as a strong S.W. by 
W. wind was blowing, which kicked up a rather nasty 
sea. In the morning rain squalls made matters more 
imcomfortable. The course was triangular for the first 
round, and the boats were reefed when they came to the 
line. The boats were started at i :io. Frontenac was first 
to cross, the others following in the order named, Massa- 
soit, Crusader, Tecumseh, Filibuster, Monsoon, Nutmeg 
.and Seeress. Monsoon and Filibuster fouled at the start. 
It was a reach to the first mark, and Tecumseh rounded 
ahead. No times wfere taken there by the judges. At the 
•second mark Tecumseh rounded, after some pretty wind- 
ward work at 1:39:53, Crusader at 1:40:10 and Massa- 
soit at r :4i •.23. The wind had let up so much that reefs 
had been shaken out on most all the boats. Tecumseh 
held her lead 6n the third leg and finished a winner. The 
summarj' of the first round : 
Finish. 
Tecttmseh 1 52 25 
Crusader 1 52 21 
Massasoit 1 53 45 
Seeress .1 53 56 
Frontenac 1 54 52 
Filibuster 1 57 .54 
Monsoon 1 59 24 
Nutmeg 2 03 32 
Elapsed. 
0 42 25 
0 42 51 
0 43 45 
0 43 56 
0 44 52 
0 47 54 
0 49 24 
0 53 32 
Tecumseh won bv 26s. 
SECOND ROUND. 
The second round was started at 2:25. The wind was 
much lighter and the sea was quite smooth. The boats 
got away in the following order : Nutmeg, Filibuster. 
Massasoit, Crusader, Seeress, Frontenac, Tecumseh and 
Monsoon. Tecumseh again worked her way through the 
fleet into first place. The times at the first mark were : 
Tecumseh 2 45 06 
Crusader 2 45 29 
Massasoit 2 45 53 
Filibuster 2 46 20 
Seeress 2 46 30 
Nutmeg .2 46 30 
Monsoon 2 47 08 
Frontenac 2 47 30 
After going on the port tack, Tecumseh weathered 
Massasoit, and Crusader moved up on Tecumseh. When 
nearing the second mark the wind comes out of the W. 
and freshens rapid13^ Tecumseh shows a great burst of 
speed, and passes Massasoit, and finished a winner. The 
summary of the second round : 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Tecumseh t.. 3 14 24 0 49 24 
Massasoit 3 15 05 0 50 05 
Nutmeg 3 16 16 0 51 16 
Seeress 3 16 21 0 51 21 
Crusader , 3 16 33 0 SI S3 
Filibuster ....3 16 35 0 51 35 
Frontenac 3 19 34 0 54 34 
Monsoon 3 20 16 0 S5 16 
THIRD ROUND. 
The cornmittee decided to sail the boats the third time 
over a windward and leeward course. Monsoon had 
withdrawn, consequently there were only seven starters. 
All hands had their mainsails reefed, but all carried their 
largest spinnakers down the wind. The start was made 
at 4 o'clock. Massasoit was first across the line but 
Crusader made the best time down the wind. The 
times at the leeward mark: 
Crusader „ ...4 16 ^ Frontenac 4 17 37 
Filibuster 4 17 04 Tecumseh 4 17 46 
Massasoit 4 17 21 Seeress 4 17 55 
Nutmeg 4 17 33 
Tecumseh shook out one of her reefs, but she was too 
far behind to cut down Crusader's substantial lead to 
any noticeable degree. The times for the third round 
follow : 
Finishi 
Crusader 4 45 08 
Frontenac 4 46 45 
Filibuster 4 48 50 
Seeress , 4 49 29 
Tecumseh ^........4 49 32 
Massasoit ,. 4 54 44 
Nutmeg 4 56 55 
Elapsed. 
0 45 08 
0 46 45 
0 48 50 
0 49 29 
0 49 32 
0 54 44 
0 06 55 
Crusader won by 37s. 
FOURTH JROUND. 
At 5 :30 the boats were again sent away to sail over 
the windward and leeward course. At the start Filibuster 
and Tecumseh nearly fouled each other. Mr. Crownin- 
shield was nursing his boat along at the time, as his tiller 
had just broken, and it was only, by very capable handling 
that he avoided a collision. According to the rules of the 
road, he was entirely in the right, but he was disqualified 
by the judges. This looked as if Mr. Crowninshield. who 
is one of the best sportsmen in the country, was being 
discriminated against. The numerous fouls that had hap- 
pened in the other races had been overlooked for some 
reason or other, and Mr. Crowninshield was picked out in 
the last race of the last day to be made an example of. 
This race was Seeress' from the start; she outsailed 
the fleet down the wind, turning the leeward mark first. 
The times at the leeward mark were: 
Seress 5 SS 22 Tecumseh 5 39 19 
Crusader 5 38 52 Frontenac 5 39 31 
Filibuster ...5 39 10 Massasoit 5 39 40 
The two-mile beat to windward was an interesting one. 
Seeress held her lead and finished a winner. Tecumseh, 
after a hard battle, worked ahead of Crusader and fin- 
ished second. The summary follows: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Seeress 6 07 54 0 47 54 
Tecumseh 6 08 21 0 48 21 
Crusader 6 08 31 0 48 31 
Massasoit 6 09 45 0 49 45 
Filibuster 6 11 04 0 51 04 
Frontenac 6 12 28 0 52 28 
Seeress won by 27s. 
Ten races were sailed in all, and the points made by 
the boats each day were as follows : 
First Second Third 
day. day. day. Totals. 
Tecumseh 19 22 25 66 ' 
Massasoit 21 21 19 61 
Crusader 18 14 23 55 
Seeress 10 16 21 47 
Frontenac 13 12 14 39 
Nutmeg 12 7 8 27 
Filibuster 8 6 11 25 
Monsoon 9 1 3 13 
After the races the boats were made ready for their 
return to home ports, whether by water or rail. 
Crusader and Seeress have been shipped to White Bear 
Lake, where they will be raced. 
Frontenac will be raced on Great South Bay. 
Nutmeg and Monsoon will be taken to New Rochelle 
and laid up. 
Filibuster will be used for day sailing around Marble- 
head. 
Cotmthian Y. G 
MARBLEHEAD, MASS. 
Friday, July 4. 
Out of 37 starters in the special invitation race of the 
Corinthian Y. C, sailed off Marblehead Friday, July 4, 
there were only 7 which finished. The breeze was fluky 
from the start, ind in the classes that did finish there 
was considerable distance between the boats. The sum- 
mary: 
Class D— Y. R. A. 25-footers. 
Elapsed. 
Sally VI.. L. F. Percival 2 44 08 
Chewink II., F. G. Macomber, Jr 2 50 11 
Seeboomook, Smith 3 08 43 
Class B — Handicap. 
Ruth, Wheelock 1 42 30 
Aspinet, E. W. Remick 1 47 18 
Class K— Raceabouts. 
Sintram, W. P. Fowle 3 24 03 
Baggera, R. C. Robbins 3 35 00 
An attempt was made to resail the unfinished races on 
Saturday, but it had to be given up on account of lack of 
wind. 
f pcwmseh won by 4i§, 
Newport Special Thifties. 
NEWPORT, NARRAGANSETT BAY. 
Friday, July 4. 
Three of the Newport special 30-footers sailed an in- 
teresting race on Friday, July 4. The wind was fresh 
from the S.W. The course was from Brenton's Cove 
to and around Dyer's Island. Barbara finished the win- 
ner. The summary : 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Barbara, Winthrop Rutherfurd 5 42 19 2 20 19 
Esperanza, H. O. Havemeyer, Jr 5 44 16 2 22 16 
Caroline, Pembroke Jones . .5 47 49 2 25 49 
Saturday, July 5. 
On Saturday, July 5, the 30-footers attempted to race 
over a triangular course in a Hght N.E. breeze. The 
race was won by Esperanza, and the boats sailed only 
once over the course, the wind being so light. The SVIW' 
mary follows : 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Esperanza, H. O. Havemeyer, Jr 5 06 02 1 21 02 
Carolina, Pembroke Jones ..,,.,.5 09 44 1 g4 44 
parbars, Winthrop Jtutherfurd,,.,..,,,,.,.,,.. Withdrew, 
Ch CAGo/m., Jnne 23.— When the sijull band of yacht 
owners undertook the reorganization of the Chicago Y. C. 
in 1897, they found the proud organization, founded more 
than twenty years before, to have little to boast of in the 
way of fleet or membership, and nothing in the way of a 
home. . 
After an interval of indecision, the club house of the 
Argonauts was obtained as a home, and for five years, 
from its little south verandah, the members (numbering 
sixty in 1898) gazed upon the long stretch of park break- 
water, which even in those days was looked upon as the 
site of the future home of the club. The first steps to- 
ward the realization of this hope were taken in 1899, when 
the trustees obtained from the United States Government 
a permit to erect a building in the harbor adjacent to the 
breakwater. The permission of the South Park Board, 
and finally of the city, was obtained, and in the fall of 
1900 — after an interval of anxiety over the building plans, 
ways and means — the contract for the foundation was let. 
Before the work could be started, winter closed the harbor 
in her icy grasp — and another period of waiting was be- 
fore the club. With the advent of open weather the work 
was started and pushed to final completion. 
The work upon the superstructure, though started in 
April, was delayed during most of the summer by in- 
junction proceedings, and the middle of October was 
reached before the work was again allowed to proceed. 
The building was completed during the winter, and in 
May, 1902, the club moved into the new quarters. 
The foundation consists of 105 white oak piles, 4Sft. 
long, driven in water varying in. depth from 10. to 20ft, 
These were capped with I2xi2i'n. white oak timbers, car- 
ried in both directions, with lighted joists between, the 
whole being covered with a 2in. plank platform laid 
diagonally. The unusual strength is required on account 
of the location of the opening in the protecting break- 
water, which exposes the building to heavy seas from 
the southeast, which had to be met by substantial con- 
struction, if swaying was to be avoided. This is illus- 
trated in the case of the group of piles, under the south 
chimney, which, 25ft. above the point where they enter 
the ground, are called upon to support a load considerably 
more than 100 tons. 
The club house is a three-story structure, 66x138ft. 
outside dimensions, the main floor being the second above 
the water level. A bridge from the park breakwater 
communicates directly with the main floor. On the left, 
as you enter the hallway, is the office and main stair- 
way, with doorwajr communicating with the rear stairs, 
from which access is had to the kitchen and service por- 
tion of the house. Opposite the office is the ladies' dress- 
ing room and. main cloak rooms. The entrance hall 
opens into the reception hall (a room 27x33), which ex- 
tends to the front edge of the porch, the east side being 
inclosed with glass doors on eithef side communicating 
with the north and south verandahs. 
To the south of the reception room is the living room 
('35x40ft.), with large double doors communicating with 
porches isft. wide on the east and south exposures. Theje 
doors are sufficient in number to make the porches and 
living room one large apartment when thrown open for 
dancing. 
To the north of the reception room is the dining room 
(24x40ft.), with porches and communicating doors identi- 
cal in arrangement with that provided in the south wing, 
except that in this case they are screened in, and in 
pleasant weather the porch tables are the most popular 
feature of the club house. 
To the west of the dining room is the kitchen and 
pantry, with servants' stairway communicating with the 
store rooms and servants' dining room on the lower floor, 
and with the servants' bedrooms above. 
North of the kitchen, communicating with the dining 
room and verandah, is the buffet -(loxioft), equipped 
with small serving bar, refrigerator, sinks, etc., with 
storage room reached by private stairway just beneath. 
The main stairway communicates with a billiard room 
(27x27ft.) on the upper floor, which opens on to a small 
verandah (15x27ft.), facing the east. 
To the south and north of the billiard room are cham- 
bers (twelve in number) for the u^e of members. These 
chambers average 11x15ft., and each suite is provided 
with toilet and bathrooms. 
On the west of the billiard room is the dicectors' room, 
four servants' rooms, with toilet and bathrooms, occupy- 
ing the northwest wing. 
On the lower floor, the toilet room (10x20ft.), locker 
room (17x32ft) and shower baths ^re,located at the foot 
of the main entrance stairway. 
The servants' dining room, storerooms and sleeping 
quarters for the dockmen, occupy the northwest corner, 
the balance of this floor being taken up with sail lockers, 
one 3x4.6x8ft. being provided for each yacht in the fleet; 
storage room for shells, with ample space remaining for 
canoes, dinghys, spars and so forth. 
The lower floor has an i8ft. verandah, extending around 
its south, east and north sides. Along the entire east front 
is a 12ft. dock, while along the west front is a 4ft. land- 
ing stage for the use of the small boats. 
The interior finish of the building is particularly at- 
tractive. The woodwork of the living room is weathered 
oak, and its beamed ceiling, expanse of bookcases, broad 
fireplace, and leather-upholstered furniture of oak of the 
same finish as the surrounding woodwork, makes it par- 
ticularly pleasing. 
The entrance hall and reception room are finished in 
weathered oak and furnished with grass furniture. 
The dining room is finished in birch, furnished in ma- 
hoganj' and has a broad fireplace corresponding to that 
in the living room. 
The entire main story is floored with quartered oak, 
stained and polished. 
Porches are furnished with chairs, tables and settles of 
rustic hickory. 
The woodwork of the chamber floor is finished in white 
enamel, and in the basement yellow pine, natural finish, is 
vised. 
Throughout the house the decoration and draperies are 
elaborate and in harrhony with the woodwork. The 
house is lighted by electricity, and the water supply is 
pumped by the same agency. 
" idea of the gener9',4§ nature of the accommo(|^ti9n^ 
