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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Aug. 23, 1902. 
raw. However, as the day wore on and the time foj the 
start -drew near the wind increased in strength, till at 
9:30 o'clock, when Outlook came out of the harbor in 
tow of the club's launch, it was blowing a strong whole- 
sail breeze. Flashlight came over from Marblehead un- 
der whole sail, while Outlook lying at her moorings 
hoisted a two-reef mainsail. At 9 :55, however, the breeze 
.became less strong, and the whole mainsail and No. 4 
jib was hoisted on Outlook, while Flashlight set her club 
topsail. At 10 o'clock the signal for course 7 was hoisted 
on the judges' boat, which meant a reach to a mark off 
Hospital Point, a beat to Gooseberry Ledge and a reach 
back inshore to the finish line, a distance of nine and a 
half miles. At :o:io the preparatory gun was fired, and 
the boats began maneuvering for the start. Flashlight 
took up a position east and to windward of the line, while 
Outlook reached up from the leeward end. The two 
boats approached the judges' boat, Flashlight running 
almost dead before it and Outlook close hauled. Mr. 
Higginson on Outlook called for room, and Mr. Faxon 
luffed Flashlight a bit, but not enough. Had Outlook 
chosen she could have forced Flashlight to windward of 
the judges' boat and the line, but not wishing to make 
the trouble, Mr. Boardman swung Outlook off_ sharply and 
allowed Flashlight to go between him and the judges' boat. 
She thus crossed on Outlook's quarter, a position which 
she had no right to hold. Outlook, however, had a clear 
wind, and inside of a minute she had two lengths to the 
good. The two boats reached off at a fair pace, and 
Flashlight sent two men forward of the mast to set her 
balloon jib. Outlook was satisfied with her working jib, 
and it seemed to do the work as well or better than Flash- 
light's sails, as she drew away steadily from the Quincy 
boat. When off the northern end of Misery Island Mr. 
Faxon took in his balloon jib, and used his working jib 
the rest of the way to the first mark. Off Pride's Rock 
Outlook set her spinnaker to port, and with it eased away 
forward she went very fast. Flashlight did not follow her 
example. At 10:45 Outlook took in her spinnaker and 
htffed around the mark at 10:49:50. Flashlight followed 
at 10:52:00. This showed a gain of two minutes and ten 
seconds on the first leg for Outlook. Once around the 
mark Outlook was held inshore on the port tack for a 
few minutes, and then s^nt about on the starboard hitch 
for a long tack to the easKvard. Flashlight followed suit, 
and taking in her topsail went far better than in any 
of the earlier races; she stood up to her sail and footed 
very fast, although she did not point as high as her Man- 
chester rival, she dropped behind very slowly. As the 
boats got further out, the wind increased very much and 
the sea slapped the flat bilges with great force, sending 
the. water in showers. Both boats staggered under their 
great sail .spread, but both were kept steadily at it, and 
made great speed. After standing on the starboard tack 
for about half an hour, Flashlight was stayed to port 
again and was held far over under the Cat Island shore 
to get smoother water. Outlook followed. Both boats 
received an awful pounding on the way out, and the way 
the lee bow of Outlook came up with each sea that she 
struck Avas appalling. Had it not been for the fact that 
Outlook has a steel truss running from bow to stern, she 
would never have reached the windward mark, and how 
Flashlight did it is beyond the writer's comprehension. 
It speaks volumes for the work of W. B. Smith, who 
built her. From Cat Island both boats were sent out to 
sea on the starboard tack again, and held there till they 
could nearly fetch the weather mark, when both were 
tacked to port again. The sea on this tack was the 
worst that the boats encountered during the day, and 
while on this reach Outlook broke two hard pine stringers 
in her starboard bilge forward of the mast, allowing it to 
give badly. She was accordingly eased off a little and this 
cost her some of her lead over Flashlight. At 11:34:00 
she tacked to starboard, and at 11:38:30 she was eased 
off around the mark for the reach home. Flashlight fol- 
lowed at II :42:oo, showing a gain of one minute and ten 
seconds for Outlook on the windward work. With booms 
to port, and with preventer backstays far aft, the two boats 
raced off at a most terrific rate. Flashlight came a shade 
the faster of the two, but Outlook had a long lead, and it 
was too much to cut down. At Pope's Head Buoy the 
two boats were hauled a little more on the wind and the 
speed became terrific. The fast speed launch Helma, act- 
ing as patrol boat, was unable to catch the boats, although 
she was running at over twelve knots an hour. Both 
crews were sitting to leeward to give the boats the de- 
sired list, and both reached aloug with a smother of foam 
under their lee bows. At this rate Outlook raced over 
the line at 11:57:30, with Flashlight at 12:00:11, two 
minutes and forty-one seconds astern. This showed a 
gain of forty-nine seconds for Flashlight on the last leg 
of the course. Outlook was greeted by cannon, whistles 
and cheers as she crossed the line, and Flashlight received 
as warm a reception when she flew across, beaten, but 
having sailed a very game race, by far the best of the 
series. A look at the figures shows that Outlook is faster 
to windward than her rival in any breeze, but that on a 
reach in strong breezes it is a very even thing, with the 
odds rather in favor of Flashlight. After the race Outlook 
was towed up the harbor to be overhauled for the next 
race, while Flashlight was reefed and sent for Marblehead. 
That the rigging and gear on both boats held through 
the race speaks well for the judgment of those in charge, 
but the pounding and straining that the boats received 
from the sea while beating to windward inclines one to 
the view that they are by far too lightly constructed. 
What those on Flashlight felt I cannot say, but I know 
that Outlook's crew breathed a sigh of relief when the 
weather mark was reached. The summary : 
Start. 10:15. 1st. Mark. 2d Mark. Finish. 
Outlook 10 49 50 11 38 .30 11 .57 80 
Flashlight 10 52 00 11 42 00 12 00 11 
^ Third Race, Thursday, Aog. 7. 
The first Quincy cup race was sailed in a light wind: 
the second in a strong whole-sail breeze, and the third in 
a wind that came in heavy puffs off the shore and forced 
both boats to tie in several reefs. Luckily it was an off- 
shore northwest breeze that did not kick up a heavy sea 
as on the flWCeding day, when both boats received such 
hard punisMJent in the southeast slop. At 8 :30 it was al- 
ready commg- in fresh from the northwest, and the little 
white wind clouds, rising fast on the northern horizon, 
gave evidence of more breeze. Outlook was towed out 
pf the harbor at 9:15 with her No. 2 jib on the bowsprit 
and two reefs tied in her mainsail. After looking at the 
v.'eather, however, her manager put two more reefs _ in, 
making four in all, and when Mr. Boardman, who sailed 
her, came aboard at 9:25, he quite agreed in the matter. 
Flashlight had come over under whole sail, but seeing the 
tactics of her rival, Mr. Faxon promptly lowered his 
sail and tied in three reefs. Even then Outlook carried 
the larger sail of the two. At 10 o'clock the judges dis- 
played the signal for course O, a beat to buoy 11 on Little 
Haste, a run back, and repeat, a distance of eleven miles. 
The preparatory gun went at 10:05, and both boats began 
maneuvering for position at the start. As in the previous 
races Mr. Boardman proved himself the best at this game, 
and Outlook crossed the line on the starboard tack eight 
seconds behind the gun, with Flashlight thirty-two seconds 
astern. Shortly after crossing Flashlight was tacked to 
port, and Outlook quickly followed the move, both boats 
working up close under the Manchester shore. Hard 
puffs came off the shore, and at times both took on a 
very great angle of heel. The No. 3 jib on Outlook did 
not draw well, and must have made quite a difference in 
her windward work during the race. She did not go to 
windward as well as usual, and seemed not as fast in 
stays. Flashlight, on the other hand, carried her sail 
well and went to windward far better than in any previous 
race. The race to the first windward mark was as close 
as could be imagined, and it was nip and tuck as to which 
boat would first round it. Just off Misery Island both 
boats came together, Flashlight on the starboard tack; 
Mr. Boardman was not quite quick enough in coming 
about, and had Mr. Faxon chosen he could have fouleS 
Outlook and had her ruled out, as it was clearly her 
fault. Mindful, however, of the courtesy shown him at 
the start on the previous day, Mr. Faxon luffed his boat 
and avoided an accident. His action was appreciated by 
those on Outlook, and when some minutes later Flashlight 
was in a similar position, Outlook was kept off under her 
stern. 
The two boats were not five seconds apart at any time 
during the beat to the buoy, and it was with a lead of 
only five seconds that Outlook was kept off round the 
mark at 10:54:45. With booms to starboard both boats 
were headed for the mark boat off West Manchester. On 
rounding Outlook's spinnaker boom was dropped to port 
and the No. i spinnaker was run up in stops. The stops 
seemed to be too strong, and it was some minutes before 
ii; drew well. During this time Flashlight, which had set 
a balloon jib, had luffed out on the weather quarter of 
Outlook, and it looked for a few minutes as if she might 
get b}'. But as soon as Outlook's spinnaker began to pull 
she drew out from under her rival's lee and began to pull 
slowly but steadily ahead. Flashlight's crew did not set 
a spinnaker, but merely poled out her balloon jib. Out- 
look took in her spinnaker at 11 :i5 :02, and at 11 •.16:26 she 
was gybed around the mark and with flattened sheets sent 
to windward on the starboard tack. Flashlight gybed at 
11:17:32, one minute and six seconds behind the leader. 
Outlook had gained sixty-one seconds in the run down 
from Haste. Once down to windward work again, Out- 
look seemed to travel better than before. The wind had 
become much steadier, though it had increased some- 
wliat in force, and lioth boats made better time. Out- 
look gained but little, and the boats wtre timed as follows 
at the mark : 
Outlook 11 52 12 Flashlight 11 53 55 
As Outlook rounded the mark her spinnaker pole went 
out to port, and her spinnaker was broken out. So' hard 
was it blowing that the sail and boom went high in the 
air, and for a minute it looked as if there was going to 
be trouble. It was finally steadied, however, and one of 
the crew sent out on the main boom, which was far off to 
starboard, to cut out the reefs in the mainsail. When 
he came in all hands went forward of the mast to sway up 
the great 1.400ft. mainsail. When this was up and draw- 
ing Outlook fairly flew through the water. Every one 
except Mr. Boardman was forward of the mast to keep 
the boat down, and she went through a long lane of steam 
yachts and launches, which she passed with seeming ease. 
Half a mile from the finish a new broom was sent up to 
her masthead, and a club burgee hoisted at each of her 
spreaders. Thus attired she crossed the line, and was 
greeted by guns, whistles, and cheers from the assembled 
fleet. Astern, but sailing gamely, came Flashlight. She 
had set no spinnaker for some reason which I cannot un- 
derstand, but she came fast under her whole mainsail 
and balloon jib. She, too, was given a warm reception 
when she crossed the line. The summary: 
Start. 10:10. l.st Mark. 2d Mark. .3d Mark. Finish. 
Outlook 10 54 45 11 16 26 11 52 12 12 11 34 
Flashlight 10 54 50 11 17 32 11 53 53 12 15 58 
So the Quincy cup will stay in Manchester till such 
time as some boat can lower the colors of victorious Out- 
look. The Quincy men went away badly disappointed, but 
fully satisfied that the best boat had won. All credit to 
Mr. W. Starling Burgess for his design and construction 
which stood the strains so well. Credit, too, to Mr. Board- 
n-\an who sailed her in her races, and who proved him- 
self without equal in the steering of big scows. The 
crew should not be omitted, nor yet the builder, David 
Fenton, who, with his head rigger, John Brown, were in 
constant attendance, and worked night and day to make 
Outlook a success. And yet perfection in all this without 
the sails to drive it is useless, and Messrs. Cousens & 
Pratt, of Boston, produced a most perfect jib and main- 
sail. The light sails were made by Messrs. Wilson & 
Silsby. and were all that could be desired. All these 
little things went to make up the perfect whole, and with- 
out them Outlook would not have been such a perfect 
tool with which to weld another link in the chain which 
holds the Quincy cup in Manchester. 
A. Henry Higginson. 
Capt. Newman and his son Edward, who left New 
York on July 9 on the kerosene launch Abiel Abbot Low, 
arrived at Falmouth, England, on Thursday, Aug. 14. In 
the voyage of 3,103 miles, they were only spoken twice. 
The launch made most of the trip under power, .sail being 
only occasionally used. Bad weather and heavy gales 
were experienced, and Capt. Newman and his son suffered 
considerably from exposure. 
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Scawanhaka-Cofinthian Y. C* vs. Bevcfly Y* C. 
A MATCH was recently made between the Seawanhalja- 
Corinthian Y. C. and the Beverly Y. C. for a cup su5- 
scribed for by both clubs and to be sailed for by yachts 
of the 2ift. restricted class or raceabquts. The terms 
of the match are briefly : Each club is to be represented by 
three yachts. There shall be three races in each of three 
successive years, the club winning two out of three races; 
of any year to be the winner of that series and hofd the 
cup till the next year, and the club winning two out of 
the three series of races to hold the cup permanently. 
The winner of each race is to be determined by the system 
of scoring and tables in use by the Beverly Y. C. in its 
championship races, the races to be sailed under the 
rules of the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C, the first and" 
third races of each year or series to be to windward and 
leeward, the second triangular, and with one gun starts. 
The first series was sailed at Newport Aug. 4, 5 and 
6, and won by the Beverly Y. C, and the subsequent 
series are to be sailed in the home waters of the club 
winning the next preceding series. 
First Series, 1902. 
The Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C. was represented by 
the Jolly Roger, Indian and Whistle Wing, all open keel 
yachts, and the Beverly Y. C. by the Quakeress, Terra- 
pin and Sylvia, the last a keel, the other two center- 
boards and all three having cabins and houses, as re- 
quired by the rules of the club. Jolly Roger and Indian 
were designed by Crowninshield, Whistle Wing by Crane, 
Quakeress and Terrapin by Herreshoff, and Sylvia 
by Purdon. 
First Race, Monday, Aug. 4. 
The weather was fine with a moderate southwesterly 
breeze. The course was From the compass buoys to the 
buoy off Dyer's Island and return, twice round, about 
II miles. A good start was made before the wind. The 
run was very even and all rounded the first mark within 
thirty-two seconds of each other. In the windward work 
Sylvia secured a good lead, which she held till halfway 
home on the .second round, when her bobstay parted and 
she lost her bowsprit. After clearing away the wreck- 
age she lashed a storm jib to her stem and worked her 
way to the finish line. The summary, start 2:10 P. M: 
1st Mark. 2d Mark. 3d Mark. Finish; Elapsed. 
VVhistlewing 2 38 38 3 26 17 3 53 56 4 39 09 2 29 09 
Quakeress 2 38 46 3 27 09 ."^ .53 58 4 36 .50 2 26 50 
Terrapin 2 39 10 3 27 00 3 54 02 4 40 1 3 2 30 13 
Indian 2 .39 02 3 29 49 3 56 26 4 40 58 2 30 58 
Tolly Roger 2 38 42 3 26 29 3 53 33 4 41 00 2 31 00 
Sylvia 2 38 50 3 24 50 3 52 55 4 ,58 48 2 48 48 
Points.— Seawanhaka C. Y. C— Whistlewing .833, Indian .500, 
Jolly Roger .333; total 1.666. Beverly Y. C— Quakeress 1.000, 
Terrapin .667, Sylvia .167; total 1.834. Won by theTJeverly Y, C. 
Second Race, Tuesday, Aug. 5. 
The wind was light from the north northeast. Course 
triangular, from the compass buoys to the buoy off 
Dyer's Island, thence to a mark boat half a mile east of 
North Point Light, thence to the compass buoys, once 
round, a little over 8 miles. It was windwork to the first 
mark, a run with spinnakers to the second and a reach 
home. In taking it in at the second mark, Sylvia's 
spinnaker caught in one of the snaphooks of the jib, and 
in the confusion resulting she fouled the mark boat. 
No protest was made, and as it made no difference in the 
result of the race, the judges took no notice of it. The 
Seawanhaka yachts showed their superiority in light 
airs. The summary, start 2:30 P. M: 
1st Mark. 2d Mark. Finish. Elapsed. 
lolly Roger 3 11 36 3 42 09 4 13 43 1 43 43 
"Quakeress 3 12 11 3 43 03 4 14 31 1 44 31 
Indian 3 14 31 3 44 26 4 15 58 1 45 58 
Terrapin 3 13 28 3 44 52 4 16 07 1 46 07 
VVhistlewing 3 16 29 3 45 28 4 16 28 1 46 28 
Sylvia 3 15 02 3 45 03 4 24 34 1 54 34 
Points.— Seawanhaka C. Y. C— Jolly Roger 1.000, Indian .667, 
Whistlewing .333; total 2.000. Beverly Y. C— Quakeress .833, Ter- 
rapin ..500, Sylvia .167; total 1.500. Won by the Seawanhaka C. 
Y. C. 
Third Race, Wednesday, Aug. 6. 
There was rain in the morning and a fierce southeast 
wind, but before the time for the race the weather cleared 
and a strong southwesterly wind gave assurance of "a 
good race. The course was from the buoy off Dyer's 
Island to the compass -buoys and return, twice around. 
Most of the yachts had tied in reefs, but nearly aU shook 
them out before the stqrt. As in the other races, all 
crossed the starting line within a very few seconds of 
each other. Sylvia was again unfortunate and parted 
her jib sheets four times in the race. Quakeress ob- 
tained a long lead in the windward work and fairly out- 
classed all the others. Her performance throughout the 
series proved her easily the best of the competing yachts. 
The summary, start 3:10 P. M: 
1st Mark. 2d Mark. 3d Mark. Fitilsh. Elapsed. 
Ouakeress .3 48 36 4 12 03 4 52 46 5 17.34 2 07 34 
Tolly Roger.. .,3 52 20 4 16 42 4 55 44 5 20 51 2 10 51 
Indian 3 53 30 4 17 22 4 56 15 5 21 02 2 11 02 
Terrapin 3 52 27 4 17 08 4 55 .51 5 21 10 2 11 10 
Sylvia 3 50 50 4 15 00 4 57 38 5 22 51 2 12 51 
Whistlewing 3 52 00 " 4 15 41 4 59 03 5 24 06 2 14 06 
Points.— Seawanhaka C. Y. C— Jolly Roger .833, Indian .667, 
Whistlewing .167; total 1.667. Beverly Y. C— Quakeress 1.000, 
Terrapin .500, Sylvia, .333; total 1.S33. Won by the Beverly Y. C. 
G. H. RiCHABtDS. 
Moriches Y. C. 
MORICHES, LONG ISLAND. 
Saturday, Aug. 16. 
Melody continued her successful season and won 
handily in the one-class cat regatta of the Moriches Y. C, 
Aug. 16. Wind was northeast and northwest, shifting 
continually during the race. Melody took the lead soon 
after the start and finished one minute and fifty-three sec- 
onds ahead of Dodo. The summary: 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Renelche, Dr. Carr 2 07 50 2 07 50 
Esther, C. T. Keily 2 00 50 1 52 43 
Dodo. John McAleenem 2 00 .32 1 52 15 
Melody, Harry Growtage 1 59 1<1 1 50 22 
Julia, T. B. Sayre Withdrew. 
Lady Margaret, C. M. Marvin,. Jr Withdrew.,. . 
Starboard Light,.E..N. Evanhoe 2 05 30 1 54 53 
