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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept, 13, 1902, 
Humma got off well in the lead, which she continued to 
increase all through the race, and won by 3m. 26s. The 
summary follows, start 11:27: 
„ ^ , . , Finish. Elapsed. 
Humma, Ralph N. Ellis.,.. 3 01 50 3 34 50 
Altair, Cord Meyer 3 06 25 3 39 25 
Inland Lake Y. A. Regatta, 
Chicago, III, Aug. 26.— In the first race of the Inland 
Lake Y. A. meeting at Pewaukee, Wis., on yesterday, 
Anita, of Neenah, the champion of 1900, finished first in 
A class, having the race entirely at her mercy throughout. 
Crusader, of White Bear, Minn', could not get within hail- 
ing distance at any time of the Winnebago boat, and 
hnished third, Aderyn, of Pine Lake, taking second place, 
although a liberal distance back of Skipper Davis. 
In class B, Jimcrack. of White Bear, retrieved the 
honor of Minnesota sailors, taking matters into her own 
liands throughout and even beating four of the class A 
beats. The judges established the precedent that if any 
boat in either class finished within the time limit, the race 
should stand ; and under this ruling the class B yachts, al- 
though they did not finish within the time limit, Avere 
placed as shown below. 
The wind was from the soutli, hauling to the west, at 
no time of great strength. Davis, who sailed Anita, had 
only five minutes to spare. The order of the start was 
Anita, Emanon, Ruth II., Crusader, Aderyn, Challenge, 
the rest scattered. Nothing decisive occurred under the 
ccindition.s until about twenty minutes after the start, 
when Anita forced Emanon, last year's champion, about, 
and assiuned^the lead, which .she maintained thereafter. 
The boats finished*in the following order : 
Finish. 
Anita, Neenah, S. L. Davis 4 00 08 
Aderyn, Pine Lake, George Brumder 4 14 30 
Crusader, White Bear Lake, Ordway & Clark 4 19 09 
Minnewoc, Oconomowoc Lake, Petit & Bullen 4 23 20 
Emanon, Oconomowoc Lake, Chas. A. Lester 4 23 40 
Caroline, Oshkosh, F. H. Libby 4 31 32 
Aspirant, Nagowicka, Ed. Wollegar 4 ,32 30 
Breta, Cedar Lake, Sprinkerman ...^ 4 33 32 
Comet, Pewaukee, F. Pabst 4 33 40 
Adelaide, Milwaukee, R. Nunnemacher 4 37 57 
Jimcrack, White Bear, Jack Ordway 4 35 4fl 
Nakomis, Lake Geneva, George Braun 4 40 55 
Geronimo, Fox Lake, B. Sullivan 4 41 B9 
Spray, Pewaukee. W. H. Meyer 4 50 22 
Serapis and Challenge did not finish. 
Judges : John Berryman, Chicago ; George M. Conway, 
Pewaukee, and Dr. Archie MacLaren, St. Paul. 
Second Day, Aug. 27. 
There was no race yesterday, the light baffling wind 
not allowing any boat of cither class to finish within the 
three-hour time limit. At the expiration of the time the 
three leading boats in A class were placed as they were 
yesterday — Anita, Aderyn, Crusader. The latter boat was 
well handled at the start and led Challenge, Anita, As- 
pirant, Aderyn and Comet across the line. As the course 
was laid out, it was a beat to windward on the first leg, 
and different skippers had different theories about 
handling the proposition. None of them, however, could 
make up for the lack of breeze. 
In the business meeting Com. Hertz stated that the 
Association had challenged the holders of the Seawanhaka 
cup, and in case of the acceptance of the challenge would 
set a series of trial races to be sailed at Winnebago Lake 
in July. 
Third Day, Aug. 28. 
Aspirant, the WoIIaeger boat from Nagawicka Lake, 
Wis., won in class A in the third race, Wednesday morn- 
ing. Jimcrack made it two in class B. In the afternoon, 
in the special cup race. Aspirant won again for class A 
and Jimcrack for class B, after an exciting race in which 
nearly any boat had her chance. The raCe Avas protested 
by Aspirant, but the judge disallowed the protest. Spray 
was ruled out on the ground that she had a professional in 
her crew. 
At the start Aspirant went over just at gun fire. Her 
close neighbors were Mavis and Crusader, which were in 
the stated order sailing to free the first mark and in beat- , 
irfg to the second mark. On the reach home Anita showed 
for a time. On the second round of the triangle, Aspirant 
made good her lead, being well handled in the beat to 
windward. The finish was as below: 
Aspirant, Nagawicka 1 45 45 
Anita, Neenah 146 19 
Breta, Cedar Lake 1 46 30 
Aderin, Pine Lake 1 47 07 
Mavis, Pistakee 1 50 07 
Cornet, Pewaukee 1 50 02 
Crusader, White Bear '. ..; ...1 50 03 
Challenge , .1 51 20 
Minnewoc, Oconomowoc 1 53 27 
Caroline, Oshkosh 1 54 22 
Ruth II., Delavan 1 55 03 
Class B. 
Jim Crack, White Bear 1 56 27 
Nokomis, Geneva 2 00 58 
Geronimo ..2 06 30 
Spray, Oconomowoc Yacht 2 10 14 
Serapis, Pine Lake 2 14 02 
Special Cup Race. 
Aspirant, Louis WoIIaeger 5 06 07 
Crusader, Ordway & Clark... 5 06 35 
Class B. 
Jim Crack. Jack Ordway 5 23 04 
Spray, Capt. Jack Kohl 5 24 54 
Fourth Day, Aug. 29. 
The Inland Lake regatta at Pewaukee, Wis., assumed 
a sportier look yesterday afternoon, when a good breeze 
sprang up and permitted tlic running off of two races. 
The winnings were distributed once more, Breta, of Cedar 
Lake, taking first in class A in the first race; Mavis, of 
Pistakee, winning first in class A in the second race. In 
cJas.s B Nokomis. of Geneva, was first in one event, the 
White Bear boat Jim Crack proving the consistence of its 
performance by adding one more fir.st to its record in the 
class B races, which it seems to have at its mercy. 
Yesterday's races were the best which have vet been 
sailed in the regatta, and the cour.sc, twice about the tri- 
angle, offering a reach, a free run and a hard beat to 
windward, brought out all there was in the boats. In the 
first race the start was admirable, the whole fleet going 
away bunched. Breta at the end of the first leg had estab- 
lished a good lead, with Comet her nearest competitor, 
in the windward beat Breta bettered her lead and had it 
pretty much her own way. The start in the second race 
wa^ slsp wpll t'med by the \yliiole fleet, Aspirant, the 
earlier winner, finished badly handicapped by an accident. 
Crusader, of White Bear, made a hard fight for the 
first, but had to take second place. Aderyn, of Pine Lake, 
lapped in a neck and neck finish with Crusader. 
The finishes in the two races were as follows : 
No. 1— Class A— Start, 1:30. 
Breta, Cedar Lake 2^48^51 
Minnewoca, Oconomowoc Lake '..2 51 08 
Aderyn, Pine Lake 2 §2 38 
Aspirant, Nagowicka .,.,.„,.,J5.,<.., 2 56 14 
Crusader, White Bear . ^ .'.'.'.".2 57 06 
Emanon, Oconomowoc Yacht ,...,..2 57 34 
Anita, Neenah ',.2 58 35 
Mavis, Pistakee 2 58 49 
Caroline, Oshkosh .'.'".S 00 01 
Comet, Pewaukee . . , . , i , , , . 1 ..... . 3 00 15 
Challenge, Spring Lake , 3 00 35 
Class B— Start, 1:40. 
Nokomis, Geneva 2 59 45 
Jimcrack, White Bear ..3 0119 
Serapas, Pine Lake 3 oi 42 
Geronimo, Fox Lake 3 01 53 
Spray, Oconomowoc 3 03 35 
Dora, Pewaukee 3 04 05 
No. 2 -Class A— Start, 3:45. 
-,r ■ -r,- , Finish. 
-VI avis, Pistakee 4 57 3i[ 
Cru.sader, White Bear . . . . . . . A 58 31 
Aderyn, Pine Lake 4 .^g 32 
Minnewoca, Oconomowoc Lake '.'..'.4 58 50 
Breta, Cedar Lake 5 OO 25 
Adelaide, Milwatikee . . . .5 00 57 
Comet, Pewaukee .5 01 16 
Emanon Oconomowoc Yacht '. '.'.'.'. '.'.5 (ll 27 
Caroline, Oshkosh .....i.i.i. .......5 02 37 
Anita, Neenah , , , 5 02 44 
Aspirant, Nagowicka ......:!..'.'.","r!-i-!-i^IIJ!,"5 05 26 
Class B— Start, 3--S5. 
.Timcrack, White Bear ,.„-.^ 51254 
Nokomis, Geneva 5 13 55 
Geronimo. Fox Lake ...'.^ 5 15 49 
Serapas Pine Lake '.'.""!!.' .'5 16 30 
Dora, Pewaukee 5 jg 27 
Spray, Oconomowoc . .5 22 li 
H. 
Newport Special Thirties. 
NEWPORT^ R. I. - 
Thursday, Sept. 4. 
The "thirties" sailed a race on Thursday for a cup 
offered by Mr. W. Starr Miller. The boats sailed over 
the Dyer's Island course. The wind was southwest at 
the start, makmg it a run out and a beat back. Wliile 
the boats were on the second leg the wind hauled to 
northwest, making a reach to the finish line. Carolina 
got the best start and led throughout the race, although 
Esperanza pushed her hard for first place. The sum- 
trary, start 3 -.42 : 
r- T. u 1 T Finish. Elapsed. 
Carolina, Pembroke Jones 6 22 31 2 40 31 
Esperanza, Harry O. Ilavemeycr, Jr 6 25 58 2 43 58 
Breeze, William G. Roclker, Jr 6 27 06 2 45 06 
Barbara, Winthrop Ru{herfurd 6 28 44 2 46 44 
Veda, William L. Stow ..6 30 34 2 48 34 
Wawa, Reginald Brooks 6 30 42 2 48 42 
Asahi, Lloyd Warren and W. Starr Miller. .. .6 30 53 2 48 59 
Friday, Sept. 5. 
In a fresh northwest wind the thirty-looters sailed a 
sweepstake race over a six-mile to windward and return 
course. Carolina was first over the starting line, but at 
the weather mark Wawa had a good lead, which she 
held up to the finish. The summary, start 3:18: 
... T> ■ n T. , Finish. Elapsed. 
Wawa, Reginald Brook.s 5 13 14 1 55 14 
Breeze, William G. Roelkcr, fr 5 j7 49 1 59 49 
Barbara, Winthrop Ruthcrfurd ..5 22 18 2 04 18 
Asahi, Lloyd Warren and W. .S.tarr Miller. .. .5 23 26 2 05 26 
< arolina, Pembroke Jon_es 5 23 37 2 05 37 
JCsperanza, Harry O. Ilavemeyir, Jr !.!.5 23 49 2 05 49 
Saturday, Sept. 6. 
The sweepstake race sailed on Saturday by ihc 30- 
footers was won by Wawa. Carolina got the start but 
she got in a luffing match with Esperanza, which prob- 
ably lost her the race. The summary, start 3:15: 
,,, T. ■ , , , Finish. Elapsed. 
Wawa, Reginald Brooks 4 58 16 1 28 16 
Barbara, Winthrop Rutherfurd 4 58 22 I 28 22 
Carolina, Pembroke Jones 4 58 39 1 28 39 
Esperanza, H. O. Havemeyer, Jr 4 59 30 1 29 36 
Veda, William L. Stow 5 01 09 1 31 09 
Breeze, William G. Roelker, Jr 5 03 03 I S'\ 03 
A.sahi, Lloyd Warren and W. Starr Miller. . .Withdrew 
South Haven Regatta and Watei* CarnivaL 
Chicago, 111., Aug. 26,— In the race froin this port to 
South Haven, Mich., Glad Tidings won the $50 prize in 
the schooner class, reaching South Haven at 5 A. M. 
yesterday morning, and joining the others of the Chicago 
fleet now at South Haven. 
First Day, Aug. 27. 
Vixen, of Columbia Y. C, won good honors in thq 
Grand Haven regatta yesterday, Aug;. 26, in spite of an 
accident which bid fair to disable her for a time, the throat 
halliards parting and making considerable trouble. The 
crew of Vixen was: Skipper, D. Porter, D. M. Lindsay, 
Robert Graves, B. Brighton, Irving Orr and R. C. Lind- 
say. Sally, of Spring Lake, was Vixen's special rival, 
bc;^aten out after a hard fight by only im. 19s. The course 
was twice about a triangle, two miles to the leg, the wind 
being light and growing even lighter for the finish. Vixen 
was sailed against Sally in a match for time, and this 
furnished the most exciting event of the day's racng, 
whicli otherwise might have been a bit featureless. 
Vencedor was the only class A boat to finish inside the 
time limit. Vencedor beat Illinois in a drifting match 
during the_ afternoon, being the only boat to finish inside 
the time limit out of the six starters, the others being 
Illinois, Michigan, Widsith, La Rita and Columbia. The 
scoring of the regatta is done on the point systerii, and at 
this writing stands as follows: Vencedor, 100; Vixen, 
100; Peri, 100; Tartar, 100; Sally, 50; Mawaja. 50; Amer- 
ica, 66; Imp, 33. The skipper of Imp. M. P. Rumney, of 
Kalamazoo, Mich., had the misfortune to fall overboard, 
which put Imp out of the running. The times recorded 
were as .follows : 
Sclioouers— Start, 9:45. 
, ,,. Finish. 
Sallie _ 11 21 32 
Tartar ...12 13 38 
Class B— Over 32ft. 
Peri , 12 08 59 
Mawaia 1218 32 
Class B— Under 32ft. 
yixen 1120 1S( 
America 12 15 4j! 
Imp 12 310;! 
Second Day, Aug. 28. 
In the South Haven water carnival yesterday Vencedof 
was able to outfoot her persistent rival Illinois after a 
closely sailed race twice around the six-mile triangle in ai 
stiff and steady breeze. The conditions were much better 
than on the day previous, and the regatta showed some 
sportmg features. At one time Illinois was thought to 
have won, but revised figuring of the time allowance 
showed that Vencedor was first. The times were as 
below : 
Schooners— Start, 9 :45. 
„ „. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected.' 
^^allio 11 28 18 1 43 18 1 43 18 
Tartar U 54 05 2 09 05 2 02 48 
Class B— Over 32ft.— Start, 9:45. 
Mavyaja 11 37 00 1 52 00 1 48 35 
Pen .- 11 43 35 1 58 35 1 52 23 
Class B— Under 32ft.— Start, 9:45. 
^'xen 11 44 12 1 59 12 1 49 43 
America 11 59 51 2 14 51 2 06 .39 
Imp 11 57 01 2 12 01 1 58 SO 
Class A— Over 40ft.— Start, 9:55. 
"Vencedor 11 15 31 1 20.31 1 20 30 
Class A— 27 to 40ft.— Start, 9:55. 
Illinois 11 25 06 1 30 06 1 22 53 
Michigan 11 42 51 1 47 51 1 42 43 
Widsith 11 59 46 2 04 46 1 54 42 
Class A— Under 27ft.— Start, 9:55. 
La Rita 11 35 07 1 40 07 1 28 19 
Columbia U 41 32 1 46 32 1 35 33 
H. 
English Letter, 
The racing season with us is now practically over, 
and the best of it ended with Cowes week. The Ryde 
regatta (Royal Victoria Y. C.) was cut down to three 
days, and during those the wind was almost non-exist- 
ent. The postponed review of the fleet at Spithead 
rendered racing over the usual courses impossible and 
caused some racing to be abandoned altogether. The' 
review itself would have be6n an imposing scene had the 
weather been favorable, but on Monday, when the ships 
had to get underway and pass by the King, it rained in- 
cessantly and blew half a gale from the sou'west, so that 
the chief feature of the review was abandoned — a royal 
salute while performing an evolution. After the fleet 
had been dismissed, the race arranged for auxiliary steam 
yachts, was started in the presence of the King. It was 
awful weather to start out on a 340-mile channel race, 
but there were no absentees. The course was from the 
Nab lightship to Cherbourg— a dead noser as the wind 
was blowing. After that they had to go round the 
Eddystone Lighthouse, opposite Plymouth, and home 
round the east side of the Isle of Wight, finishing oppo- 
site the Squadron Castle, at Cowes. Lord Crawford, who 
gave the prize, started in his own great ship, Valhalla, 
but she was out of it in the long peg to windward. The 
race was easily won by Mr. Armour's handsome vessel, 
Utowana, which, being the only fore-and-after in the 
race, worked out a huge lead in the long beat across the 
channel. The race is of interest because such matches 
are very uncommon over here. Indeed, our season is 
marked by a very wearisome monotony that must seri- 
oitsly mar the interest taken in racing, and anything of 
this nature that is out of the common is for the best. 
But I cannot help thinking that a couple of seasons will 
-see the steam auxiliary as dead as the Dodo, in face of 
the competition of the oil engine. What chance, for in- 
stance, would Utowana have in such a race with a 
schooner like Meteor fitted with oil engines? The mo- 
tor boom is growing here, and the number of yachts 
carrying these launches is conspicuously large this year, 
which may be regarded as only the first in which the 
motor has made a regixlar appearance. I hear of one 
large yawl that frequently figures in the handicap racing 
bemg fitted with an oi! engine. She is almost a new 
vessel, and others will certainly be so equipped. The 
difficulty is that oiir regular marine motor makers do 
not make engines of sufficient power for very large 
yachts. However, that is a mere matter of time. 
The collapse of the open classes with us this year 
seems to have led to an opinion that more attention 
should be devoted by the Yacht Racing Association to 
this class of racing. That the collapse is complete is 
shown by the fact that there are only three 36-footers on 
the Solent, where lavish expenditure has until now been 
showered on the open classes of small size, thereby com- 
pletely keeping out the man of moderate means. How- 
ever, on the top of a wretched season comes the estab- 
lishment of a new 20-ton one-design class. The Earl 
of Albemarle is the originator of the class which will 
certainly supersede the 36-footer Y. R. A. class. The 
proposed boats will be about 35ft. waterline with 9ft. 
6in. beam and long overhangs. The sail area will be 
about 1,800 sq. ft. Already eight or nine owners have 
come forward — not a bad start for a new class. This 
must be regarded as the most serious blow yet aimed at 
open racing, for the class may well affect the 52ft. class 
in time. The reasons given for its estaWishment by Lord 
Albemarle are significant. The principal one is that 
men will not readily be found willing to build a new 36- 
footer every year. If that is the case in the wealthiest 
center of British yachting, it is no wonder that open 
racing has indeed collapsed. The new class is to carry . 
four paid hands per boat. So far as I know the de- 
signer has not been chosen, but it will no doubt be Mr. 
Payne, the class being a southern one. Although, to 
my mind one-design racing is by far the finest form of 
yachting for real enjoyment, I cannot help thinking it a 
pity that it should so supersede open racing. The 
cause, of course, is the extravagent cost and uselessness 
of racing machines, and yet when the scantling rule was 
before the Y. R. A., it was successfully opposed by many 
designers. 
The regattas on the Solent^ being over, tho.se along 
the western part of the south coast are in full swing. 
They are always enjoyable, but the big guns of the racing 
fleet leave them alone, which is a pity, for the courses 
are all in open water, which ma}' at times give a sea 
that will quite upset preconceived ideas as to speed. The 
Torquay and Dartmouth regattas are curious affair.s. 
