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Marine and Fie'd Class— Start, 3:18. 
Kdpie. W. K. I!rov,n 4 55 17 1 3:17 
Ouinque, L. H. Smith 4 59 55 1 41 55 
Flying Fox. F. D. Anderson 5 02 20 1 44 20 
Ji^-a-Jig, W. A. Ilutcheson 5 05 25 1 47 25 
Stinger, A. P. Clapp ...5 22 30 2 04 33 
Catboats— Class V— Start, 3:24. 
Martha M., Richard Moore », 4 51 48 1 30 48 
Boo2ie, C. D. Durkee 4 55 ."iO 1 31 30 
Ra-scal, D. G. Whitlock 5 01 25 1 37 25 
Points to date on N. Y. R. A. G. B. series : Mariquita, 
5; Sunol, 54; Bonito, 46; Kangaroo, 12; Vivian, 35; 
GwcndoJen, 16; Caribou. 55; Squaw, 24; Indian, 6; 
Cockatoo, 56; Sons; and Dance, 52; Streak, 24; Karma, 
20; Corona, 20; Trouble, 46; Bronco, 40; Wraith, 34; 
Opossum, 32 ; Wink, 13; Flying Fish, 12; Spots, 2; Elsie, 
9; Pickaninny, 5; Kelpje, 58; Stinger, 46; Quinque, 32; 
rlymg Fox, 24; Jig-a-Jig, 12; Vixen, 10; Martha M., 50; 
Rascal, 44; Boozie, 32. 
TRIDENT — SEAWANHAKA CUP DEFENDER. 
Photo by Wm. Notman & Son, Montreal, 
Yacht Racing Association of 
Gravesend Bay. 
Saturday, Aug. 23. 
The seventh regatta of the Yacht Racing Association 
of Gravesend Bay was sailed on the afternoon of Satur- 
day, Aug. 23, under the auspices of the Marine and Field 
Club. Twenty-three craft started and all but one finished 
the contest. The winners in the dififerent classes were 
Sunol, Song and Dance, Trouble, Kelpie and Martha M. 
Vivian and Caribou scored sailovers. 
The season is drawing to a close. There remain but 
two more regattas, one at the New York C. C. on Sept. 6, 
and the other given by the Association itself, for special 
prizes, on Sept. 20, off the Atlantic Y. C. In the Asso- 
ciation race of last year points for the series prize still 
continued. There is a question, however, whether this 
precedent will be followed in the schedule of 1902. 
Opinion in the matter is divided according to the stand- 
ing of the different contestants. Leaders naturally care 
for but one more race in which points for the series prize 
will count. In cases where the margin is a small one, two 
contests might inake "a miaterial difference in the final 
standing. 
The uncertainty of the point system is well illustrated 
by the race on Saturday among class P boats. Before 
the contest, Cockatoo appeared to have a safe lead over 
her worthy rival. Song and Dance. Points stood 52 to 
42 in favor of the former. Yet when the race ended, Song 
and Dance had romped in a winner and Cockatoo finished 
no better than fourth. This unexpected outcome evened 
matters quite a bit in the standing for the series prize. 
Cockatoo still leads with 56 points, but Song and Dance, 
with 52, is only four behind. 
The upset in calculations was caused by the terrific ebb 
tide running off the stake boat at Atlantic Y. C, the 
second mark of the quadrangular course. 
The breeze was blowing northwesterly. This gave 
the boats a fine spinnaker run from the start at the Marine 
and Field Club to the first buoy off the Brooklyn Y. C. 
It was a reach from there to the troublesome turning 
point off the Sea Gate organization. The next long leg to 
the Government buoy off Fort Hamilton afforded the 
finest kind of windward hitches. From the Fort it was a 
reach home, and the whole journey covered twice con- 
stituted the usual Association course. 
Promptly at 3 o'clock the preparatory signal was hoisted, 
and three minutes later class M was sent aawy for the 
journey to West Bank Light and return. Class N fol- 
lowed in three minutes more, and the same interval 
separated signals for the other classes. Sloop class R and 
the larger catboat class did not fill. 
Vagabond, owned by T. Edward Vernon, of the At- 
lantic Y. C, was a newcomer in class P, and with Cocka- 
too soon after the start led the fleet. Song and Dance 
was minutes astern when the three boats had rounded the 
mark off the Atlantic Y. C, and stood in shore to avoid 
the tide. The first two, resembling each other closely, 
were sailing a fine race with Cockatoo leading and a bit 
to windward. In this order they passed the starting line 
at the end of the first round. 
When Cockatoo and Vagabond again turned the mark 
off Atlantic Y, C, with a good lead on Song and Dance 
^ey took tack out im tlie full fprc? of the tide ancj 
thereby lost all chances of winning. Song and Dance re- 
peated her tactics of the first round and won out by two 
minutes and 5 seconds over Elsie, and was six minutes 
and thirteen seconds ahead of Cockatoo. On a long leg 
in shore some time after rounding the Atlantic Y. C. 
mark, Vagabond had an accident to her head stay and 
withdrew. 
In class Q the Boston-built boat. Trouble, well 
handled by Mr. C. D. Mower, covered herself with 
honor. Beside winning in the class, she made 
the best elapsed time of any boat sailing the inside 
courses. The former class R craft, Opossum, finished 
second in excellent time. She was protested by Bronco, 
the third boat, on the starboard tack ground. In figuring 
points, however, this protest until settled, is disregarded. 
Trouble now leads for the series prize with 46 points. 
Bronco has 40. Should the protest against Opossum be 
allowed, Bronco would be given second position for the 
race, with an additional 2 points. Trouble beat Opossum 
two minutes and headed Bronco by thirty-two seconds 
more. 
Before the race, in the struggle for the series prize 
among the Marine and Field one-design class, Kelpie and 
Stinger were separated by only 4 points, the former in 
the lead. Stinger was another victim of the never-stop- 
ping tide of Sea Gate. Kelpie won, beating Quinque four 
minutes and thirty-six seconds. She also scored a leg on 
the Dauchy cup, for which the one-design boats were 
contesting. Stinger finished a bad last. The points now 
stand. Kelpie, 58 ; Stinger, 46. 
Martha M. led the open catboats at the finish. She 
v.'as forty-two seconds ahead of the East Bay creation, 
Boozie. sailed by her btiilder. Gill Smith, of Patchogue, 
Long Island. 
The wind grew so light toward the latter part of the 
contest that the Regatta Committee decided to call off 
the race in classes Mi and N. after the end of the first 
round. The iHerreshoff boat, Vivian, led the fleet in from 
West Bank Light, and with Caribou scored a sailover. 
Sunol beat BonitO by thirty-one seconds. The boats 
had a reach out and some windward work home. 
A j'acht in order to be eligible for an Association series 
prize must have entered a majority of the races given 
for her class, and have defeated a competitor. Barring 
i-nusual accidents and judging from the work thus far, it 
looks as if the winners of the series prizes of the year in 
the different classes would be: Sunol, Vivian, Caribou, 
Cockatoo, Trouble, Kelpie and Martha M. The sum- 
maries of the race of Aug. 23 follow : 
Class M— Special— Start, 3:03. 
„ , T , At,u Finished. Elapsed. 
Sunol, John Abbey 4 54 33 1 51 33 
Bonito, Haviland Bros 4 55 01 1 52 04 
Sloops— Class I^- Start, 3:06. 
Vivian, S. E. Vernon 4 48 45 1 42 45 
Class N— Special— Start, 3:06. 
Caribou, J. E. Nicholson 5 00 20 1 54 20 
Sloops— Class P— Start, 3:09. 
Song and Danf-e, E. F. Luckenbach 4 35 10 1 26 10 
Elsie, C. P. Rosemon 4 .37 15 1 28 15 
Corona. J, E. Beggs .. 4 3s 20 1 29 20 
Cockatoo, Hendon Chubb 4 41 23 1 32 2'' 
Streak, Speidel Bros ....4 56 50 1 47 50 
Vagabond, T. Edward Vernon ...Did not finish. 
Sloops— Class Q— Start, 3:12. 
Trouble, W. H. Childs 4 37 fg 1 25 '^5 
Opossum, R. P Doremus 4 39 25 1 27 25 
Bpnfo. F. C, Moore ,4 39 57 1 2?57 
Wraith, Calvin lomkms 4 42 04 1 30 04 
H«gf«enot Y. C* 
NEW ROCHELLEj LONG ISLAND SOUND. -'■ 
Saturday, Aug. 23, 
The eighth annual regatta of the Huguenot Y. C. was 
sailed on Saturday, Aug. 23. The event was marked by 
splendid weather and a good list of starters, some forty- 
seven boats entering. 
The 30ft. class of sloops sailed twice over a triangular 
course, making a total distance of fifteen miles. "The 
25ft. and 2ift. sloops and raceabouts sailed three times 
over a triangular course, in all a distance of eleven and 
one-quarter miles. The first leg of the course was a 
spinnaker run, the second leg a beat and the third leg a 
close reach. The preparatory signal was given at 12:30, 
and five ininutes later boats in the 30ft. class were sent 
away. There were four starters in this class, the old 
champion Alerion, Zaza, Mab III. and the Newport 30- 
footer Hera. Zaza withdrew and Alerion, well sailed by 
Mr. Edward M. MacLellan, won out, beating Hera, the 
second boat, by nearly two minutes. Five of the race- 
abouts started. All were on the line just at gunfire, ex- 
cept Snapper, which boat crossed too socn and had to 
return and recross. Whistlewing was pushed hard for 
first place during the early part of the race, but after a 
trnie she drew away from her competitors and established 
a comfortable lead and won by nearly three minutes. Ade- 
laide and Houri had a close race in the Larchmont 21ft. 
class, the latter winning by thirty seconds. 
Three boats started in the 25ft. sloop class. Ojibway 
sailed a good race and finished first, but Pristis gets the 
race on corrected time. In the Manhasset Bay one-design 
aass there were five boats to start. The race was won 
by Bab, which boat is showing up to very much better ad- 
vantage than she did in the early part of the season. 
iM ?T° ^^^^ Rochelle one-design boats started, and 
IhU Howard's Caper won by forty-five seconds. 
Cero and Microbe had no competitors in their respec- 
tive classes, and they went over the course, takino- sail- 
over prizes. 
Nine of the Pelham Country Club larks started. Echo 
one of the boats in this class, capsized on the second leg 
ot the course, and was towed into the harbor. In the dorv 
class Ketch II. capsized just before reaching the starting 
hne. ° 
The day was an ideal one for small boat racing The 
weather was bright and clear, and a fresh wind from 
the N. by W. blew throughout the race. This is an off- 
shore breeze, and m consequence the water was quite 
smooth and the boats made good time over the course^ 
Messrs. H. C. Ward, L. C. Ketchum and G. C. Allen 
made up the Regatta Committee. The summary follows : 
Sloops-Class N-25 to 30ft. Racing Length-Start, 12:35-Course 
15 Miles. ' 
Alpi-Inn A T-T A 11 „ Finished, Elapsed. 
zltrdA Gra'Xerrv-::::;;:::::: ^^^^^n^ f^ni'J' 
Hera"R••^^"r'' & Littlefield . . . .[^-[[[^ilT ''"f 36 46 
nera, K. N. duinness , 3 Qg 09 2 33 09 
Tnll p^=^<^eabout Class-21ft. Racing Length-S^art, 12:40. 
\fjj T Bleecker 2 36 18 1 56 18 
Snapper,'' A. ' B. Alley ' i i ] ! i f 1 37 1 1 ^7 
Whistlevving, H. M. Crane :::::::2 33 20 1 ^3 20 
Sloops— Larchmont 2lft. Class— Start, 12:45 
JJorothy, J. G. Spence 2 12 =;i 1 07 ki 
Adelaide J J D wy er ! . i ; [ \ wi f^ \ | 
Hour,, J. H. Esser 2 09 54 1 24 54 
Sloops-Class P— 25ft. Racing Length— Start, 12:50. 
Instis, Isehn & Lane 3 04 38 91490 
0„bway, D. P. Moore i::::;::! 03 40 ilsfo 
Sloops-Class Q-18 to 21ft. Racing Length-Start, 12:.50 
(jazabo, N. P. Vulte ,. 3 07 IS 9171s 
Montauk, J. .S. Appleby . . . ! . . . 1 i i ! i ! i j 56 io 2 06 lo 
Sloops-Class R-_under 18ft. Racing Length-Start, 12:50. 
\Teol/ t"'r -^""''^ Did not finish. 
Aeola, J. R. Johnson, Jr 3 05 08 2 15 08 
Pandora, H. B. Tovvle 3 09 56 2 19 5fi 
T u, ■ ^l^"'?,^,-"set Bay One-design Class-Start, 12:55. 
Lainbkm S. W. Roach 2 31 3? 1 Q9 
Mi^'t l^r''"^ :.:::::::::yd not finish''^ 
Arizona. G. A,° Co^^y' I 34 13 \ 
New Rochelle Yacht Club One-design ciass-Start 12 55 ' 
Caper, P L PImvard ...2 32 02 ] 37 02 
Knave W. ^ Bav.er 2 24 32 1 29 32 
Ace, L. D. Huntington 2 32 47 1 37 47 
Indian Harbor Sailabouts— Start, 12:55. 
Cero, 1\. Alallory, Jr 2 4q 07 1 at 
^Sloops-18ft. Class-Start, 1" P. M. ^ °' 
Microbe, M. Mitchell 3 15 15 9 11 1' 
'^''^^P.ft^-^^t. Class-Start, 1 P. M. " 
Arrow, Thomas Miller, Jr 2 37 90 1 97 on 
Ripple, Bloom and Downing 2 40 19 1 iJn iq 
Catboats-18ft. Class-Start, 1 P M ^ • 
Bantam, Francis Page 94011 1 ,q 1-, 
Scud, Donald Abbott ""2 4113 ] 41 1 q 
Pelham Lark Class-Start, l:05-Com-se 3% Miles 
Streak E. Cunningham 1 59 ^4 q ^ 
Halo, W. B. Short 1 57 qfi a w 
Echo, T A Weatherby ! ! ! i . Capsifed. " 
Gloria, G. B. Mott jxA tim^rl 
Flirt. David Carri ^f""^- „ , , 
?aK' iSirt^k •};.;:: : :: ■• ■ gl s L° I 
Pri.e H°H'v!rp''^ Class-Start, V.^-Comse Z% Miles. 
1 nze H H Van Rensselaer 2 12 58 1 07 58 
Ketch II Edmond Devme Capsized. 
Marguerite, W. T. Johnson 2 19 33 1 14 33 
The winners were Alerion. Whistlewing. Llouri Pris 
tis, Montauk, Bab, Knave, Cero (sailover), Microbe (sail 
QY?r). Arrow, S?ttd, Sneaker, Halo ^nd Prize, ' " 
