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Yacht Racing Association of 
Gravesend Bay. 
Saturday, Aug. 2. 
The sixth regatta of the Yacht Racing Association of 
Gravesend Bay was sailed on tlie afternoon of Saturday, 
Aug. 2, under the auspices of the Brooklyn Y. C. Twen- 
ty-seven craft started in the contest, and all but five 
iinished. The winners in the different classes were Bonito, 
Caribou, Cockatoo, Bronco, Quinque and Martha M. 
The day was one of surprises and minor accidents, 
which upset calculations. What promised to be the 
keenest struggle of the regatta, that between the class P 
boats, Cockatoo and Song and Dance, was marred early 
in the contest by an accident to the last-named craft, in 
which she lost her bobstay. 
This deprived Song and Dance of her jib, until a tem- 
porary slay could be arranged, on which was bent a 
smaller head sail. At the time of the accident the boats 
vvere having it nip and tuck, with Cockatoo slightly in 
the lead. The mishap to her rival greatly increased the 
advantage. 
The best Song and Dance could do under the circum- 
stances was to fmish fourth in the class. Before the race 
the two were tied on points for the Association series, 
with 42 each. The standing is now 52 to 46, in favor of 
Cockatoo. 
The star feature of the regatta was the excellent work 
of the class Q boats, Bronco and Wraith, hailing from 
the New York C. C. These 21-footers have been working 
nobly all the season, and in this contest led the Avhole 
fleet of smaller boats at the finish. Bronco was first 
over the line, only thirteen seconds ahead af Wraith. 
During the middle of the contest Cockatoo carried 
away one of her backstays. This accident necessitated 
reefing for the time being, until the southerly breeze had 
lightened somewhat. She did not finish until one minute 
and fifty-three seconds after the class Q boats, which led 
the fleet, and her elapsed time was four minutes and 
fifty-three seconds more than that of Bronco. 
The Regatta Committee of the Brooklyn Y. C. placed 
the little Herreshoff boat, Opossum, in special class Q for 
open boats. She had no competitor, and did not finish. The 
'result of the race evened matters quite a bit in the way 
of points in class Q on the Association series. Trouble 
now leads, with 36 ; Bronco has 34, and Wraith 30, 
The whole of the Marine and Field Club one-design 
class was out, and made most interesting racing. The 
struggle was characterized by two of the tail-enders com- 
ing to the fore and winning first and second positions, 
while the craft which have been monopolizing the honors 
had to be content with less glorious results. 
Quinque won the race, heading Flying Fox at the finish 
by one minute and forty-five seconds. Kelpie and Stinger, 
leaders in the series, finished fourth and fifth respectively. 
These little Wyckoff creations were also sailing the fifth 
race for points on the Snedeker trophy. There is but 
one more struggle for this prize, which occurs on Aug. 
16 in a special race held by the club. The winner of a 
contest in this series scores four points. The second 
boat gets three, while the others secure one^ each. Kelpie 
now leads the series with 16 points, Avhile Stinger is sec- 
end boat with 10. Barring accident, Kelpie should win 
the trophy. 
Martha M. made a show of the other starters m class V 
for catboats. She carried full sail throughout, while the 
other boats were reefed. 
The entry in classes M and N which journey twice out 
to West Bank Light and return, was not gratifying. In 
special class M the old rivals Sunol and Bonito contested, 
and victory this time went to the latter. Kangaroo started 
in the race, but when half way home on the first round 
broke her main sheet, and eventually withdrew. 
Neither Vivian nor Gwendolen, the regular class N 
boats, started. This was disappointing, as the two are 
evenly matched and always sail a fine race. 
In special class N Squaw did not come to the line. This 
left but Caribou and Indian as starters. The former did' 
well on time, and won easily. Indian did not finish the 
race. 
Class R boat. Pickaninny, went over the Ime at the 
starting signal, but as she had no opponent withdrew. 
The southerly wind blowing gave the smaller boats 
which sail the inside courses a run to the Marine and 
Field Club buoy, a reach to the mark off Fort Hamilton, 
windward work to the Atlantic Y. C. stage boat, and a 
run home. Classes M and N, which journeyed out to 
West Bank Light, had a beat out and a run home. 
For the next two weeks there will be a lull in Associa- 
tion regattas. The next does not occur until Aug. 33, un- 
der the auspices of the Marine and Field Club. The 
summaries of the race and the points to date follow ; 
Chss M— Speeisl—Stprt, 3:33, 
Bonito, HaYilanrJ Jiros .7 W 00 3 ?8 00 
Sunol, John Abbey , , • • - , 7 §6 45 3 53 45 
K^ngfiroo, C H- Humphreys,,., Withdrew, 
Chss N— Speci^l^Stwt, 3:36. 
Cariboy, T. E. Nicholson,....' 7 19 40 3 43 40 
Indian, Menton Brothers Withdrew. 
Sloops— Class P— Start, 3:39. 
Cockatoo, Hendon Chubb 5 09 50 1 30 50 
Corona, J. E. Beggs.. 5 1^ la 1 33 15 
Streak, Speidel Brothers ^ 25 1 |o ro 
Song and Dance, E. F. Luckenbach 5 17 52 1 38 52 
Class Q— Cabin— Start, 3:42. 
Bronco F. C, Moore 5 07 57 1 25 57 
Wraith, Calvin Tomkins .5 08 10 1 26 M 
Flying Fish, I. M. Dean ,.,......5 12 50 1 3.0 50 
Trouble. W.' H, Childs .5 14 00 1 32 flO 
Wink, W. A. Barstow.. .5 15 38 +^3^^ 
j^lsie, C. P. Jioseinon, ^ 22 2^ 1 40 26 
Class O— Onen— Stiirf, 3:4?. 
Opossum, |l. p. Boremus..,.,..,,,,,,,,,...... Withdrew. 
Sloops— Class R— Start, 3:45. 
Pick?ni«ny, ^. R. Comiett..... .Withdrew, 
Marine and Fipld Class— Start, 3:4§, 
Quinque, L. H. Smith...'. ••••5 24 30 ^ f f 
Fl'ving Fox, Cone & Buckman... .5 Ih } 4» ig 
Vixen^ Mahoney ^ Chandler. .5 27 50 1 39 ^ 
Kelpie, W. K. Brown .vv • 5 27 54 1 39 54 
Stiriger, A. P: aa8B....,.,...,,...,..,.,,,,M,.|f 58 . 1 42 5,0 
Jig-a-Jig, W. A. liViteheson. -5 31 30 ^ 43 30 
Cat>^oats-=Class V— Start, 3:48. 
Martha M., Richard ' Moore ..5 21 45 1 27 45 
Boczie. C. D. Durkee. .5 29 50 1 35 |0 
Rascal D. G. Whitlock. ....... , .........5 35 ^ 14129 
Jean, P, Nickerson .Withdrew, 
Points to 4^te on Y, R. A. Q. B, seFies-^Maric^uita, 5; 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Aug. g, 1902, 
Sunol, 44; Bonito, 38; Kangaroo, 12; Vivian, 30; Gwen- 
dolen, 16; Caribou, 50; Squaw, 24; Indian, 6; Cockatoo, 
52 ; Song and Dance, 46 ; Streak, 22 ; Karma, 20 ; Carona, 
14; Trouble, 36 Bronco, 34; Wraith, 30; Opossum, 24; 
Wmk, 13; Flying Fish, 10; Spots, 2; Elsie, i; Pickaninny, 
5; Kelpie, 52; Stinger, 42; Quinque. 24; Flying Fox, 18; 
Vixen, 10; Jig-a-Jig, 7; Martha M., 40; Rascal, 38; 
Boozie, 24. 
Points to date on Snedeker trophy — Kelpie, 16; Stinger, 
10; Quinque, 7; Vixen, S; Jig-a-Jig, 4; Flying Fox, 4. 
English Letter. 
The International races for the French i-ton cup have 
been won by Scotia 11. She was designed by Linton 
Hope for Mr. Lome C. Currie, and is a very fine ex- 
ample of good construction and building. L'August 
was the French challenger — ^not nearly so taking a craft 
—and she is fast in light winds. The first race was sailed 
in a fresh breeze, and while it served both equally, Scotia 
romped away, particularly on the wind. She led the 
other by eleven minutes on the first round. The other 
two races were close, but Scotia had the wininng cards 
all the time. The course was- off Seaview in the Isle of 
Wight. 
The Clyde regattas had rather dismal weather, though 
on the south coast we were favored with brilliant sum- 
mer at the time. They produced nothing very startling, 
the chief items of interest being the improved sailing 
of Camellia in the S2ft. class and the marked success of 
Barabel against the Fife 36-footers. She is the crack 
boat of the class now. This will, in all probability, lead 
to a strong class next season, and it seems possible that 
the Clyde will produce more boats of this size than the 
Solent. If so, we shall soon see whether a long lean 
type will be of use. It would be possible to build a 36- 
footer of good sail area, with a loadline of 38ft. and 8ft. 
beam with fair draught, too. I cannot sae how such a 
boat could fail to pick up many prizes against the pres- 
ent boats of about 9ft. beam aiid 34ft. L. W. L. Cer- 
tainly it would be worth the trial. 
Kariad has been deserted again by Sybarita, which 
made a brief appearance on the Clyde, with no success, 
however. S3'^barita may not be going as well as she 
ought to, but I have never seen any reason to con- 
sider her even a moderately good boat. She was able 
to beat Meteor II. (as a yawl) in very light airs, but the 
older boat was by far the faster in anything like a breeze, 
Kariad, on the other hand, is obviously a very speedy 
craft and should shape well for many years to come. 
These big boats are not easily outbuilt, and a good sail- 
ing master means a long lease of life to them — Charlie 
Barr and Columbia supply an excellent instance of this. 
CameUia has also deserted Lucida, leaving her to sail 
over the Irish courses alone. It is possible that she is 
having some trifles attended to before the Cowes week, 
where last year's crack Magdalen will meet the two new 
boats for the first time. I am not sure that I was right 
in guessing that Camellia had a slight alteration before 
the Clyde races, though her form seems to indicate it, 
and her garboards were certainly removed. Harley 
Mead has just launched a 30ft. L, R. boat designed and 
built by him last winter at his yard in Cowes. She is an 
extremely pretty boat, and he deserves all success for 
his pluck. He built the boat on the chance of getting 
a purchaser, and, unfortunately, such persons have been 
peculiarly scarce for the last year or two. I believe he 
means to race the boat himself now. He has done this 
once or twice before and his boats have been very suc- 
cessful, but it seems rather hard lines that in the pro- 
fession of yacht designing one should have to supply 
one's own patronage. It would be different in the case 
of a duft'er, of course, but Mead has show real talent. 
We are all now trembling with excitement over the an- 
ticipated delights of the Cowes week. Many of your 
readers who have never been to Cowes must think it is 
quite a magnificent place. These may be surprised to 
hear that in the High Street (the only important thor- 
oughfare) there is not room enough for two vehicles to 
pass! When two have the bad luck to meet, one must 
back down to some distant widening before the other 
gets a fair wind. And the anchorage is awful. The tides 
run very hard through it, so that getting under way 
when it is crowded is extremely difficult. But it is a 
pretty Uttle place, and having been pitched upon as the 
original yachting center of England, it can very well 
hold its own. The open classes will have a fair share of 
races in the Weehi, but the chief racing will be handi- 
caps, including those of the Squadron's, King's Cup and 
German Emperor's Cup. The conditions of the latter, 
by the way, exclude Navahoe, for it is open only to 
yachts built in Eitrope. 
The King has been at Cowes on board his new yacht, 
Victoria and Albert, during the last ten days. The sea 
air has hastened his recovery in a remarkable way. This 
may be said to be the first appearance of the yacht in 
public, and after all has been said, she is a grand vessel. 
I was told by one oi the men who was in her when she 
was sent purposely to look for bad weather in the Bay 
of Biscay that a finer seaboat never floated. Her speed 
is over 22 knots, and she is a handsome ship. She can- 
not be compared to private yachts in appearance, for 
she is quite unlike any, and that is as it ought to be. 
The only fault I can fancy to exist is that her masts 
are just a little short, and the mainmast is a little too 
far aft. 
Navahoe appears to be little injured by her change to 
yawl rig. Her skipper managed a very complete smash- 
up of the old Irex at the start of the channel match 
from DoA^er to Ostend last week, by trying to force a 
passage in complete defiance of rules. The old cutter 
had her bulwarks smashed and her rnainsail split, and 
Creole was within an ace of being rammed. There was 
a fresh breeze during the day, giving a reach to Ostend 
(70 miles), and Cicely scored a remarkable wm. She 
finished ten minutes ahead of Navahoe, over 23 minutes 
ahead of Clara, over 45 minutes ahead of Brynhild, cov- 
ering the course at an average of over twelve knots. 
Cicely oontinues tQ de well, but in light winds, with a 
fair a?nount of beating, she cannot quite hold Navahoe 
and does not show up so well with Bona and Brynhild. 
This is only natural, mi 'm a schooner class it would 
take a very slippery ves.^el to beat her in any weather. 
One would expect that at this season of the year the 
motor makers would be dull, but over here the reverse 
is the case. There is a decided boom in motors, and evi- 
dently the_ yachts and launches fitted last winter have 
proved satisfactory object lessons. Next winter will see 
many auxiliary yachts on the stocks — of that there is no 
doubt. Our makers stick to the 4-cycle engine, and for 
what photographers call "serious work." I am strongly 
inclined to think them right. I have seen some pathetic 
efforts being made to coax 2-cycle engines out of the 
sulks. These incidents only seem to endear them to the 
owners, however. Our deep type of small cruising yachts 
permit the motors to be installed in a very compact 
way, interfering little or not at all with the accommoda- 
tion. E. H. H.alMii*on. 
Shelter Island Y* C 
SHELTER ISLAND HEIGHTS, L. I. 
Saturday, Aug. 2. 
One of the best regattas seen off Shelter Island in 
many a day was sailed on the afternoon of Saturday, Aug. 
2. There was a stiff breeze blowing from the southwest 
at about a twelve-knot velocity. 
The best racing of the day was in the competition for 
class R sloops. After a close race, Harp, belonging to 
J. W. Limning, crossed the line about looft. ahead of M'. 
Edson's San Toy. Psi, Andrew Bancker, was third, while 
John Webster's Snook and Howard KeiriT's Arrow 
brought up the rear in the order named. 
Four of the star boats competed in class N. Flosshilde, 
belonging to Oscar Webber, won the contest. George 
TroAvbridge Hollister's new Gardner & Cox boat, Kalmia, 
Avas second, and Helen, belonging to Mortimer Fuller, 
Avas third. 
Senta, another Gardner & Cox creation, belonging to 
Otto E. Lorke, met with an accident, Avhich put her out 
of the rtinning. One of her spreaders gave way, which 
alloAved the mast to go by the board about 15ft. from the 
deck. Quick work saved the yacht from further damage 
and she Avas towed into anchorage by the steam yacht 
Magnet, belonging to Hamilton Fish. 
Eelskin, Guy Hutchison, owner, carried off the honors 
in the class for small sloops. .Second place was taken by 
Winnewish, belonging to H. N. Shickel, Avhich beat out 
Kard Pickard's Duchess by a slight margin. 
It was the first victory of the season for Flosshilde 
and for Harp. ^ 
Penataqtjit-Cofinthian Y» C» 
BAY SHORE, L. I. 
Saturday, Aug. 2. 
The annual regatta of the Penataquit-Corinthian Y. C. 
Avas sailed on Aug. 2. Ten classes filled, and the races 
Avere the equal of any in South Bay yachting history. 
Honors of the day went to Com. Regis H. Post's sloop 
Constance, which Avon the Queen of the Bay cup from 
Charles De Hart Brower's Winnabust. This trophy goes 
lo the yacht making the best elapsed time over the longer 
coiirses. The Post boat covered the distance in 1:19:58, 
while Winnabust did it in 1:30:21. 
The class N sloops which are competing this season 
for the Lighthouse cup presented by J. Campbell Smith, 
had a lively contest, although the race did not count on 
the series. 
John R. Suydam's ncAV Crane boat, Arrow, won, finish- 
ing nearly tAVO minutes ahead of H. O. Havemeyer's 
Herreshoff production, Electra. T. R. Macy's Don was 
third. Gayety, Richard Hyde, owner; Pinkie, belonging 
to Allan Pinkerton, and Amy Foster, the property of J. 
Campbell Smith, Avinner of the Lighthouse cup series of 
1901, also started. Amy Foster did not finish. 
The Avinners in the other classes were: Class H, 2Sft. 
sloops, Frontenac ; Westhampton Country Club one-design 
class, Charon; Moriches Bay catboats, Merry Jest; class 
W W, Scud; catboats, class W, Grace; catboats, class 4, 
Toddie; class M, special, Wildojna; catboats, class P, 
Jupiter, sailover. 
American Y. C. 
MILTON POINT, LONG ISLAND SOUND. ^ 
Saturday, Aug. 2. 
The American Y. C.'s 21 and i8ft. one-design classes 
sailed a race off Milton Point on Saturday, Aug. 2. The 
boats sailed over a small triangular course in a very light 
southwest breeze. In the 21ft. class Jolly Tar and Rascal 
tied for second place. Cricket won in the 21ft. class, while 
Rattler Avon in the i8ft. class. The summary: 
21ft. Class— Start, 3:10. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Cricket, H. Willetts 4 17 14 1 07 14 
Jolly Tar. S. Howland 4 17 26 1 07 26 
Rascal, S. C. Hopkins..., 4 17 26 1 07 26 
Howdy, S. Wainwright 4 18 30 ' 1 08 30 
Ping Pong. W. H, Browning 4 19 14 1 09 14 
The Kid, O. Harriman, Jr 4 20 09 1 10 09 
18ft. Class— Start. 3:lfl. 
Rattler, J. D. Bowles ...4 4fi 03 1 36 03 
Hustler, John R. Downing 4 43 22 1 33 22 
Mongoose II., Simeon Ford.... 4 46 34 1 36 34 
Zuleika III., H. H. Sherman 4 49 51 1 39 51 
Seawanhafca Cap Defender* 
At a meeting of the Regatta Committee of th- Royal 
St. Lawrence Y. C, held on Satttrday, Aug. 2. it Avas 
decided that Trident Avas the boat best suited to defend 
the Seawanhaka cup against Tecumseh, the Bridgeport 
Y. C.'s challenger. 
Challenger for Fisher Cttp. 
The Regatta Committee of the Royal St. Lawrence Y. 
C. has been authorized by ex-Com. George H. Gooderham 
to send a challenge to the Rochester Y. C. for the Fisher 
cup. Invader is named as the challenging boat. 
Western Canoes* 
Chicago, 111., Aug. 2. — Mr. A. W. Friese, of Milwau- 
kee, just back from Ballast Island, reports that he be- 
lieves there is at least some chance for a, general A. 
A. meet at Ballast Island in the near futuiev E'. H. 
