--' — - 
Manhasset Bay Special Knockabouts — Start, 1:35. 
Peg. A. Roesler 3 22 54 1 47 54 
Manhasset Bay Cabin Catbeats — Start, 1:35. 
Hobo, C. J. & R. M. Lincoln 3 38 45 2 03 45 
Tliisbe, W. D. Reed.....-; ...Withdrew. 
The winners were Marguerite, Hobo (raceabout), 
Dorothy, Knave, Bab, Nora, Peg (sailover), Hobo (cat- 
boat), Emily Shng and Kanawha. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 27, igo^. 
English Letter. 
Colttmbia Y. C» 
^. CHICAGO, LAKE MICHIGAN. 
Tuesday, Sept. 16. 
The third race for the Webb cup was sailed off Chicago 
on Lake Michigan on Tuesda}', Sept. 16. La Rita got 
first place, with Arab IV. second. The wind was fresh 
from the S.W. The judges were: Messrs. A. J. Rohan, 
W. S. burrows and J. R. Brunnick.- The summary fol- 
lows, start. 3.:ro: : , 
. '■ ' Finish. Elapsed. 
La Ritat-iXf^J-wS*^..-^ 4 57 40 1 47-40 
Arab I V. .- 50105 1 51 05 
Margaret 5 13 31 2 03 31 
Colleen 5 08 44 1 58 44 
Privateer ....5 10 05 2 00 05 
Wednesday, Sept. 17. 
On Wednesday, Sept. 17, the fourth race for the Webb 
cup was sailed. The same boats came to the line thafe 
started in Tuesday's race. The wind was moderate from 
the S.W., and La Rita again won out, with Arab IV. in' 
second place. The judges were: Messrs. W. S. Bur- 
rows, W. S. Bnugher and L. G. Benwick. The summary, 
start 3 :io : 
Finish. Elapsed. 
La Rita 4 43 15 1 33 15 
Privateer 4 55 25 1 45 25 
Colleen .5 02 2G 1 52 26 
Arab IV .....V.,.,,.. 4-47 12 1 .37 12 
Margaret 4 58 27 1 48 27 
Thursday, Sept. 18. 
Four boats started in the fifth race for the Webb cup 
that was sailed on Thursday, Sept. 18. The wind was 
from the N.E., blowing thirty-six miles an hour during 
the race, and there was a very heavy sea running. Priva- 
teer did not finish. Colleen beat La Rita and got first 
place. La Rita taking second honors. The judges were: 
Messrs. E. T. Balcom, W. S. Burrows and W. N. Peril. 
The summary: 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Colleen 3 44 00 5 32 30 1 48 30 
La Rita 4 04 00 5 53 00 1 49 00 
Arab IV 3 30 00 6 03 15 2 33 15 
Privateer 4 00 00 Withdrew. 
Friday, Sept. 19. 
Yesterday's gale left a heavy swell from the N.E'., and 
the five boats that sailed in the sixth race for the Webb 
cup on Friday, Sept. 19, had a very uncomfortable trip. 
Ihe wind w^as moderate from the N. La Rita won by 
nearly 3m. Privateer took second place. The judges 
were: Messrs. E. T. Balcom, W. S. Burrows and W. N. 
Peril. The summary, start 3 :oo : 
Finish. Elapsed. 
La Rita ■ 4 58 45 1 58 45 
Privateer S 01 35 2 01 35 
Colleen 5 02 18 2 02 18 
Margaret sosio 20810 
Arab IV . ..5 08 25 2 08 25 
Saturday, Sept. 2a. 
The seventh race for the Webb cup was sailed on Satur- 
day, Sept. 20. The wind was light from the E., and La 
Rita won with ease; Arab IV. finished second. The 
stnnmary, start 2:40: „. . , t-, 1 
Finish. Elapsed. 
La Rita, Geo. R. Peare 4 40 08 2 00 08 
Arab IV.. Oscar Daniels 4 44 55 2 04 55 
Colleen, Wm. Baum 4 48 35 2 08 35 
Privateer, F. D. Porter.. 4 51 10 2 11 10 
Margaret, Wm, Cothroll 5 03 44 2 23 44 
The boats' standing on points up to date of this rage 
follows: La Rita, 675; Arab IV., 4S0; Colleen, 3^1 
Privateer, 280, and Margaret, 160. 
Beverly Y» C. 
DELAWARE RIVER, 
Saturday, Sept. 13. 
Fourteen boats competed in the regatta of the Beverly 
Y. C, held on Saturday, Sept. 13. The wind was from 
the W: and was very light and fluky, which m^de the 
racing "rather unsatisfactory. The summary : 
First Class Catboats— Start, 3:30. . 
r ■; ■ Finish. 
Titania, J. Hamer.. ..- 5 32 40 
Leila, B,- Ferguson. ; | 2X 
Priscilla, T. Bonfield...,. - 5 |4 50 
Peerless, Clarkson •• coin? 
Froud, J. Perkins 5 24 03 
Second Class Catboats-Start, 3,: 25. 
Doris, F. Perkins.. old US 
Vampire, Crispin •. •- i) 
Jib and Mainsair Boats— Start. 3:35. 
Kaloola, E. Waters ifavt 
Feather, Lavinne,.... ' • » 
Larks-Start, 3:30. 
PL Taylor ••■ litm 
Cartright ■ • , ^ 15 08 
W. Hall ■ 5 16 12 
W. Pettit • I f„ 
T. Bonfield ■ ■ o 20 14 
The winners were Titania, Doris, Kalodla and H. Tay- 
lor's lark. ^ 
Seawanhaka-Cofinthian Y. C* 
OYSTER BAY, LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Saturday, Sept. 20. 
The annual ladies' race of the Seawanhaka Corinthian 
Y. C. was sailed on Saturday, Sept. 20. The wind was 
from the S., and the boats covered knockabout course No. 
3. Lucille got the start, but was beaten out by two boats. 
On the last leg Bobs got into the weather berth and won 
out by over a mmute. Wynfje was disqualified for foul- 
ing a mark boat. The summary, start 3 :40 : 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Bobs, Mrs. W. A. W. Stewart 5 34 33 2 04 33 
Gowan, Mrs. F. G. Stewart .....5 35 38 2 05 38 
Lucille. Miss Landon 5 36 39 2 06 39 
Wyntje, Miss Willis.... .Disaualified. 
Bobs was the winner, and Gowan second. 
The racing season with us is now over, the last regattas 
having laken place at Plymouth, where a King's cup was 
sailed for at the regatta of the Royal Western Y. C. A 
channel match was sailed down the day before from 
Dartmouth, a la«-ge fleet taking part in it. The wind 
:vvas very light, but there was a long swell from a breeze 
Xd _ the day before. Bona came in first, but the first 
prize went to Gw^'neth, a boat built last year, and hither- 
to rather unsuccessful. Bona won the King's cttp on 
the following day. She seems to be sailing better now 
than on the Clyde. The new 52-footers did not race 
again after Dartmouth regatta (which was a very poor 
afi:'air this year)- Magdalen, Baron de Forest's crack 
in the class last year, came to Dartmouth, but did not 
race. She 'fitted out before the Covves week, and lay in 
the Roads until the eve of the regattas, when she sailed 
for France, and has remained ever since. Much com- 
ment has been excited by her apparently studied avoid- 
ance of the class this year. Of the two boats this year 
Lucida is undoubtedly the faster, though there is gen- 
erally 90 very little between the two that it is re- 
markable that the prizes have not been more evenly di- 
vided. It is a case in which the one wins only by being 
a little more weatherly than the other — just enough to 
turn the scale in almost every race, allowing no room 
at any time for mistakes. 
Of the Clyde 36-footers, Alfred Mylne's design, Bar- 
abel, has come out champion in her class; Ensay, one of 
the Fife boats, showing a good string of flags also. The 
class will probably grow stronger on the Clyde, though 
the boats are not quite the type that the Northern yachts- 
men admire. They have all got very long snouts, and 
this makes them uncomfortable in a sea. That they find 
any admirers at all seems to me only to be a strong 
condemnation of the last two rules, which Worked them- 
selves to death up North. 
Down South— which means the Solent — there is con- 
siderable discussion over Lord Albemarle's proposed 
new one-designi class. The boats are, I hear, of no better 
type than the 36-footers (only larger), and it is no 
secret that they are intended solely as a refuge for own- 
ers who want to race what they call smart boats, but 
'do not care to build a new boat every year — small blame 
to them! Last year four new 36-footers were built for 
the Solent, and the owner of one, which did not turn 
out well, had another built before the season was half 
over. This seems to have paralyzed the class, for 
no new boat has been built since. The curious thmg 
is that these small Y. R. A. classes on the Solent are. 
mainly kept up by wealth}'^ owners, and these have now 
entered this emphatic protest, which shows very un- 
mistakably that open racing will not go on for ever if it 
is conducted regardless of the owner's pocket. Now, 
hftherto this has been the case in England, and it is a 
startling thing to find a nobleman of Lord Albemarle's 
standing in yachting, as well as social circles, taking the 
lead in such a revolt. Nobody can say a word against 
the desirability of the class on the score of sound sport, 
and it is certain to be strong, but one-design classes are 
only good for sound sport, and it is possible to obtain 
as much of that in other ways, without entirely closing 
the door against the yacht designer. A handicap class 
would answer all purposes provided there was a maxi- 
mum time allowance, say, of only five minutes. Given 
restrictions to insure a decent type of boat, so small a 
maximum of allowance would be certain to produce hot 
eompetition, and no real duffer could stay in the class, 
it would necessitate the employment of the best designers, 
while it would avoid the possibility of a Camellia playing 
second fiddle to a Lucida all through the season, simply 
because she might be a minute slower in three hours' 
sailing. 
Mr. Willie Jameson's new motor schooner. Scarlet 
Rambler, is not yet ready for sea. In her last trial she 
burst her silencing drum and is waiting for a new one. 
The engine is 75 horse-power, and as this is quite a 
novelty to British marine motor makers, delays are 
unavoidable in the pioneer vessel. She will eventually 
give great satisfaction, I have no doubt, but it is a pity 
she was not ordered sooner. The weather this year has 
been disgusting for yachting generally, and the marine 
motor has not had a fair chance. All the same, there is 
no doubt that business is going to be very brisk in this 
line during the winter. 
Sir Thomas Lipton will say nothing as to a challenge 
for the America's Cup, but it is pretty certain he means 
business. He visited Fairlie last week and had a long 
conference with Mr. Fife. I see by our telegrams that 
a rumor prevails in America that he will build a 
schooner. That is not very likely, because in that case 
the two Shamrocks would be of little use as trial horses. 
With the facilities now at his disposal in having a good 
trial Tjoat both here and in New York, I think that Mr. 
Fife will do the trick this time, and you will have to hand 
over the cup gracefully, and, I am certain, very thank- 
fully. 
It has been stated that the King has ordered a new 
first-class racing cutter for next season. No confirma- 
tion of this report is forthcoming, but His Majesty is 
generally believed to have had such a vessel designed 
for him just before the fatal illness of Queen Victoria, 
and it is quite possible that the work may now be pro- 
ceeding. If this is the case, the maintenance of secrecy 
is to be deplored, for if it were known that the King had 
such an intention, it would would probably lead to orders 
for other first-class yachts. E. H. Hamilton. 
The Steam Vacht Atfow. 
The remarkable speed made by Arrow, the steam yacht 
owned iDy Mr. C. R. Flint, on her test made on the Hud- 
son River of? Ardsley, a short time ago, has caused con- 
siderable comment. Arrow covered a nautical mile in 
im. 323., or at the rate of 39.13 knots an hour. 
The yacht was designed by Mr. Charles D. Mosher last 
year. Mr. Mosher's name has been associated with fast 
steam craft for some years past. Ellide, one of his older 
boats, covered the same course as Arrow did at the rate 
cf 34.73 knots per hour. 
Arrow is a twin screw yacht built of steel. She is 130ft. 
4in. over all, 12ft. 6in. breadth, and 3ft. 6in. draft. Her 
tiisplacement is 66 tons, and has engines of 4,000 horse- 
power, 
The yacht Avas designed for a 40-knot boat, and had 
her steam not been alloAved to run down at the latter part 
of her recent test, 3he very likely might have reached that 
remarkable speed. 
YACHT CLUB NOTES. 
At the annual meeting of the Ocean City (N. J.) Y. 
C, the following officers were elected: Commodore, 
Dr. Charles E. Edwards; Vice-Commodore, C. W. Mas- 
land; Secretary, Charles L. Hofmann; Treasurer, L. M. 
Cresse; Trustees, R. R. May, G. D. Adams, W. S. 
Graham; Executive Committee, C. F. Wall, John M. 
Zurn. W. K. Williamson, C. Floward Schermerhorn, L. 
M. Cresse, T. B. Hammer, J. Wesley Masland. 
^ ^ ^ 
The annual meeting of the Riverton (N. J.) Y. C. 
was held a short time ago and the following officers 
were elected: Commodore, William R. Ellison; Vice- 
Commodore, E. R. Showell; Treasurer, Charles M. 
Biddle, Jr.; Secretary, T. Harry Walnut; Measurer, 
J. H. Reese; Finance and Elective Committee; John 
C. S. Davis (Chairman), Charles C. Rianhard, LI. J. 
Mitchell, Charles W. Davis, S. C. Woolnian; Regatta 
Committee, A. G. Cook, W. K. Woolman, John H. 
Reese. 
^ ^ ^, 
At the annual meeting of the Island Heights Y. C, 
held at the club house at Island Heights, N. J., the fol- 
lowing officers were elected to serve during the coming 
year: Commodore, J. Harvey Gillingham; Vice-Com- 
modore, Frederick Downs; Treasurer, Alexander Ben- 
nick; Secretary, Herbert M. Harlan; Executive Com- 
mittee, Robert Sh oemaker, Arthur Litchwarth and 
Charles J. Beck; Trustees, S. Edwin Megargee, Charles 
Beck and M. F. Middleton, Jr.; Fleet Captain, C. S. 
Street, and Fleet Surgeon, H. N. Davis, M. D. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Irving Lovett, present owner of the yacht Hermes, for- 
merly owned by A, W. Chesterton, of the Winthrop Y. C., 
and present owner of Calypso, has sailed from Halifax, 
N. S., bearing the much coveted Prince of Wales cup 
Avhich was presented to him by the Royal Nova Scotia 
Yacht Squadron. Last year this beautiful trophy was won 
from Hermes by the freak Cibo, owned by a Sydney, 
N. S., syndicate. 
Mr. Lovett sailed for Yarmouth under $1,000 bonds to 
secure the safety of the cup, which is raced for every 
year, and which is the prize for which one of the most 
interesting races of the year is sailed. 
In this year's race for the cup Hermes came in 23m. 
ahead of the nearest boat in the second race. The first 
of the series was won by a lead of 20m. at the finish. 
The yacht was built in 1898 and was designed by C. C. 
Hanley, at Quincy, Mass. She is a 25-footer, sloop 
rigged, and never was beaten in the 25ft. class in Massa- 
chusetts. 
In 1901 she won three straight out of five races in the 
contest for the Yarmouth, N. S., cup, defeating in every 
point of sailing Sabot, Savitar and Tapon. The same 
year she won the Chester Club cup and the club cup at 
Yarmouth. 
This year her showing has fully equalled all the expec- 
tations of her owner. She won the first two races in the 
series of three for the Yarmouth cup, and the third will 
be sailed later. Following these races, Hermes was taken 
to Shelburne, N. S., where she won the Coronation cup, 
defeating Marion in the third heat by lOm. over a twelve- 
mile course. 
In the race later sailed to defend the Chelsea Club cup, 
Hermes finished fii^st, but lost the race on time allowance. 
Again, in sailing for the Vice-Commodore's cup, she 
finished far in the lead, but lost on time allowance to 
Maple Leaf. 
Mr. Lovett will defend the Prince of Wales cup against 
all comers, and he thinks that he can successfully do so 
for some time to come with the little Massachusetts boat 
which has sailed so well this year.— Boston Post. 
The Lozier Launch Co. has acquired a piece of prop- 
erty at College Point, L. I., which adjoins the Knicker- 
bocker Y. C. This firm will erect buildings on the land 
and will build and equip launches. 
^ ^ ^ 
The yawl Egret that was launched on Sept. 4 at Shoot- 
ers' Island, from the yard of the Townsend & Downey 
Shipbuilding Co., has been completed and is now in 
commission. Egret was designed by Messrs. Gary Smith 
& Barbey, for Mr. Lenox Stnith. She is S3ft. over all, 
33ft. Avaterline. 12ft. 2in. breadth and 7ft. draft. 
4^ 4^ 
Mr. W. J. Pirrie, of Belfast, Ireland, has chartered, 
through the agency of Messrs. Gary Smith & Barbey, 
the schooner Ramona. The yacht is owned by Gen. B. 
M. Whltlock. 
4^ 4^ 
Mr. J. Roger Maxwell's 70-footer Yankee has been 
laid up at Jacob's yard, City Island. 
Clndnnati Rifle Association. 
Cincinnati, O. — At the regular meeting of this Association on 
Sept. 14, the 'following scores were made, giving the annua! 100- 
shot' competition race of several of the members. Conditions, 
200yds., at the German ring target; 
Hasenzahl 231 223 210 214 196 205 212 218 201 226 
Pavne 228 206 218 212 210 201 209 208 195 219 
Strickmeier .-227 217 202 213 211 198 197 219 210 213 
Westler 223 204 203 195 205 198 216 218 195 205 
Gindele 222 212 219 212 206 ... ... 
Odell ...217 1S9 204 185 186 198 202 196 213 193 
Hofman ...215 201 201 198 204 ... ... 
Roberts 213 161 185 193 174 194 205 204 203 192 
Bruns 213 206 192 185 184 
T 212 205 202 206 211 197 187 204 205 185 
Ho'fer 209 195 182 176 208 -,. 
