Quincy.YjC; Challenge Cup Races. 
In the issiie of Aug. 9 Forest and SxREAit had an 
account of the two boats built by the members of the 
Mancliester Y. C. to defend the Quincy cup and of the 
scries of races between the two before the Burgess de- 
signed Outlook was chosen to meet Flashlight, the chal- 
Itnger from Quincy. It is now meet that they should take 
u glance at the tAVo latter boats, and to go into a detailed 
comparison of ihem. 
Outlook has been already pretty well described in these 
columns, and I sliall not describe her more fully than to 
^ay that beside her rival she seems a ship. And yet 
:nothing is unnecessarily heavy, for the strains on a boat 
carry:"ng nearly 2,000ft. of sail are very great, and when 
one stops to consider that Outlook carries nearly as much 
sail as a 46-footer, and that her spars are as large, it is 
net odd that much "gear is needed to handle them. 
Flashlight is also of the scow type, but very different 
iin many wavs from her rival. She was designed by 
Arthur Keith and built by Smith, of Quincy. Unlike 
Outlook, she is not covered with canvas, but is double 
i/lanked with two layers of wood, laid at right angles. 
The inner planking is run across the boat, while the outer 
layer is nm fore and aft. This construction makes a 
very strong bit of work, and one that holds its shape very 
A^-elk Her rig is very light as compared to that of Out- 
look, and yet it seems to h'-ld. and her crew seems to be 
-nble to handle her sails. She has a .sa'1 area of 1,500 sq. 
fl., or 3CO .^q. ft. less than the Manchester .scow. 'She is 
45ft. 'ovrr nil. has iiin. draft, with sin. of dead rise, and a 
i^eam of 15ft. Her bilges arc absolutely square, and show 
no flare at all, so that her extreme beam is the same as her 
hiam -r<t the waterline. Except for her bow she looks 
ncre V.Ui a square-sided punt than anything, as her sides 
l-'ave almi: t m svv'eeo. But the bow is very odd, and it is 
Jiard to describe; she has three bows in reality, for on 
icach side there is a hollow between the bilge and the 
center of thc section. This queer conformaticn runs back 
Mbout 2o't.. gradually growing less and less evident, till 
at ihc w.ntrrline, or just aft of it. the hollow disappears 
■crttirely. rnd the section again becomes square. Tlie idea 
;''f tly's ho'low on each .=ide I do not quite under tand, un- 
Ics it i^ to give her an easy entrance. Of course the lack 
•of swee-1 cn Flashlieht gives her a very long side to reach 
■on, arid hc-r square b'Iges make it easy to heel her over, so 
that in l-Trht^airs ='he is very fast. Out'ook 'n a very 
nowerful boat, nujch more .so than. Flashlight, and she 
hiH a gzrd deal less sail for her power. Her f'-rm is noi 
quite ^o'cT v to drVe p.nd her wetted s'lrface when heel - l 
over is r--,ch greater. hu_t to counteract all this she has a 
.f;3od d':;!l more sail to drive her. 
Ncif r-i-.tent with an o'-dinary board and rudder, Flash- 
I'ght hp-; two of each. JTcr two b-^ards are of the da'^ger 
f 'vie. ar'l are placed one in each bi'ge. Her two rudders, 
r'aced ciirectly in line w'th the boards, are connected with 
r[ Jong <-ross rod. which mns on deck from two short 
li'lpr-. v.'iiich are arranged iu the usual way. 
Her smoort i-^ whoHv of wof^d. and no truss is evident 
above C^ck as m Outlook.. Flashlight is comparatively 
tipeakiirj an open boat—that is to say. she has two large 
cockpits. whiV Outlook is com.nletely decked over, having 
only tv. o small hatches used to .get into her to bail out 
whatever small amoun*: of water she m?v make'. 
Flasiil cht was sailed in her- races by Henry M. Faxon, 
with Arthur Keith, Frank Crane, H. B. Faxon and FT. 
Morrisrn as crew. Outlook was sailed bv Reginald 
Boardm.an, with A. H. Fligginson. Frank Burgess, James 
.Tackson and .A.lec Jansen as crew. Both -skippers and 
crews are old hands at the game, and used to each other, 
thev be'ng almost th^ Fame crews that handled Hostess 
and Lookout in the Quincy cup races of 1900, when the 
c-To wa.s first won by the Manchester boat Look-out. With 
such skipners and crews both boats Ave re done full justice 
to, and there was very little to choose betAveen their 
handling. 
On Thursday July 3h Flashlight came down from 
Quincy to Marblehead, where she remained til] the mprn- 
jng of the first race, The judges for these raf^ were 
three in number— ex-Com. Fred B. Rice, of the Quincy 
Y. C. ; Richard De B. Boardman, of the Manchester Y. 
C, and Geo. W. Mansfield, of the Corinthian Y. C. These 
gentlemen had as judges' boat the steam yacht Velthra. 
The Quincy Cup Committee, composed of Edward S. 
Grew, H. M. Masott, Horace B. Pearson, Reginald iSpard- 
man and A , Henry Higginson, had as a committee boat 
a steam yacht, Messrs. Boardman, and Higginson being, of 
course, on Outlook-. 
A small fleet of Quincy boats were in Manchester Har- 
bor, and members of the club followed the races in the 
steam yacht Josephine, while the Eleanor, another 
Steamer, was packed with the backers of the Manchester 
boat. A large fleet of yachts propelled by sail and sleara 
followed the Yaces, arid altogether the event as,;umc> J 
almost the importance of ah international race. 
Fitst R xe, Molidayj Aug* 4. 
Monday morning dawned fair, with a light sou:hcrIy 
breeze coming in. -At 8:15 A. M. Outlook came down 
from Fenton's yard, up the Manchester River, in tow ( f 
her tender, which Avas managed by her designer W. 
Starting Burgess. In the tender Avas also Mr. C. 11. 
Cousens, senior partner of the firm of Cousens & PraU, , 
whose suit of ■ sails Outlook used. Outlook \a as pot- 
leaded to her rail only, her stem transom showing the \ 
priming coat of dark green, with a strip of faded canvas 
bearing her name Outlook, it having been cut from the 1 
