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[Oct. 4, 1902. 
the stake boat she split her mainsail from leach to hoist. 
-As the mainsail was close reefed at tlie time, she was 
totally disabled, and La Rita finished the course alone. 
Up to time Little Haste was disabled, La Rita was carry- 
ing full sail ; after this accident her crew close reefed her 
and took it easy on the beat home. 
This gives each yacht one race, and the deciding race 
will be sailed Monday if the mainsail of Little Haste can 
be repaired in time. If not, the race will be postponed 
Until repairs are completed. The summary, start 2 :oo : 
Finist). 
La Rite. Geo. R. Pearl 4 43 20 
Little Haste, T. K. Lothrop, Jr Disabled. 
The judges were Henry L. Hertz, President of the In- 
land Lakes Yachting Association ; Charles E. Scales, 
Chairman of the Regatta Committee of the Macatawa Bay 
Y. C, and Charles E. Kiemer, of Chicago Y. C. Official 
timer, Joseph Ruff. 
The third race was sailed on Monday, Sept. 29, and 
won by Little Haste by over 14m. 
which boat won by nearly a minute. Joker was second, 
with Kittie third. The summary: 
Swift, O'. J.'Ledyard. 
Penataqttit-Corinthian V, C* 
BAY SHORE, L. I. 
Season of 1902. 
The racing season of 1902 will go down in history as 
one of the best ever experienced by the Penataquit-Cor- 
inthian Y. C. of Bay Shore, L. I. Interest of the year was 
centered in the competition for the Lighthouse cup 
donated in ipoi by J. Campbell Smith for a series of 
special races in class N. 
In accordance with the conditions of the trophy, six 
contests were sailed, in which seven crack yachts en- 
tered. Mr. H. O. Havemeyer's new Herreshoff creation. 
Electra, carried off the honors of the year with a total of 
71 points. Amj' Foster, owned by J. Campbell Smith, 
finished second with 44 points. 
By winning the series of this year, Electra scores a 
leg on the trophy, and the privilege of having her name 
and that of her owner engraved upon it. The cup be- 
comes the personal property of the member who succeeds 
in winning the yearly series three times, not necessarilj' 
consecutive. 
With the advent of the modern boats some of the older 
class N craft in the club were forced out of any chance 
of winning, so the Regatta Committee formed a special 
class X, and offered a silver tankard to be won by the 
yacht scoring the greatest number of points in a series of 
three races. Mr. Josiah Low's Alpheus emerged vic- 
torious, with 36 points ; Mr. C. H. Covell's Treasure was 
second, with 31 points. ^ 
From the start competition for the Lighthouse cup has 
created a great deal of interest in the Bay Shore organiza- 
tion. Amy Foster, belonging to the donor of the trophy, 
carried off the series of 1901. The other craft finished 
in the following order : W anda, Mr. John R. Suydam ; 
Pinkie, Mr. Allan Pinkerton; Gavety, Mr. Richard Hyde; 
Viking, Mr. F. F. Shortland ; Treasure, Mr. C. H. Covell ; 
Grotona, Mr. LI. H. Hollister; Selnada, Mr. J. Fred 
/ickerman. 
Two new craft were built for the races of this year — 
Electra, the winner, and Arrow, belongiijg to Mr. John R. 
Suydam, of New York city. The latter entered only the 
first two contests, but in the second defeated Electra, an 
honor which has come to no other boat in the series. 
Arrow was designed by Mr. Clinton H. Crane, of Messrs. 
Tarns, Lemoine & Crane, and built by Frank Wood, of 
City Island. She is 43ft. 9in. over all and 25! gin. on 
the waterline, 
Electra was launched from the Herreshoff shops early 
ill the season, and, it will be remembered, showed her 
heels to Quakeress II., one of the Buzzard's Bay thirties, 
in an impromptu scrap in Bristol Harbor. Electra is 42ft. 
5in. over all, 27ft. sin. on the waterline, 12ft. 3in. beam 
and draws 2ft. iij^in. 
Fifty prizes have been awarded by the club during the 
season. Silver mugs were given for firsts and cups of 
pewter for seconds. Every race scheduled was run off 
with a gratifying number of entries. Twelve craft started 
in the spring regatta on June 28, nine in the summer 
event cn July 19, twenty-seven in the open regatta of Aug. 
7 and -twenty-two in the fall race on Labor Day. 
In the system in use at the Penataquit-Corinthian Y. C. 
the first boat in each race receives ten points, the second 
six points, the third three points, and the fourth one point. 
In addition to the above a yacht receives two points each 
time she starts, and an additional three points for com- 
pleting the course. 
The Regatta Committee for 1902 consisted of Harry M. 
Brewster, chairman; Bryce Metcalf, secretary; Samuel T. 
Gushing, Robert W. Haff and Regis H. Post. The records 
of the Lighthouse cup and special class X series follow : 
28 
Electra, H. O. Havemeyer 15 
Amy Foster, J. C. Smith H 
Pinkie, Allan Pinkerton 8 
Don, T. R. Macy 
Arrow, J. R. Suydam 2 
Treasure, C. H. Covell 
Gayety, Richard Hyde 2 
Special Class X 
Alpheus, Josiah O. Low......... 
Treasure, C. H. Covell 
Marie, Aymar Johnson 
Lillian, S. F. Rothschild 
Cla-ss N— Lighthouse Cup. 
June July Aug. 
19 
Sept. Total 
1 6 Points. 
11 
15 
15 
15 
71 
6 
11 
8 
S 
44 
11 
11 
's 
38 
"s 
'2 
15 
2 
11 
38 
15 
17 
'6 
6 
'2 
4 
Silvc-r 
Trophy. 
6 
15 
15 
36 
15 
8 
S 
31 
8 
11 
11 
30 
11 
6 
6 
23 
Kennebec Y* C« 
' : ' BATH, KENNEBEC KIVER, ME. 
Saturday, Sept. 20. 
The second special club race of the Kennebec Y. C. was 
held on Saturday, Sept. 20. The boats covered short 
course No. 4, starting off the club house, thence N. to and 
around lower Winslow's Ledge Buoy, thence S. to and 
laround buoy off Reed's Wharf, and then back to the 
finish line. The wind was fresh from the S.E. and the 
v^eather clear. 
The starting gun was given at 2 :24, and 40s. later Joker 
crossed, followed by Kittie, Aspenet, Agnes, Swift, Hecla 
and Dorinda, in the order named. Dewey broke her 
tiller and withdrew. Joker led at the upper mark, but 
iKittie took the lead on the beat down the river and was 
well ahead at the lower mark. At this point she had 
trOWble with her light sails, jind was passed by Agnes, 
15 to 25ft. 
Start. 
Finish. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
2 25 09 
3 30 15 
1 05 06 
1 04 23 
.2 24 40 
3 31 25 
1 06 45 
1 05 27 
,2 24 49 
8 34 26 
1 09 37 
1 07 34 
.2 27 03 
3 35 45 
1 08 42 
1 08 42 
.2 25 35 
3 37 07 
1 11 32 
1-08 53 
.2 25 00 
3 34 57 
1 09 57 
1 08 54 
2 25 36 
4 02 41 
1 37 05 
1 30 29 
Dewey, Bonney & Farrar..., Disabled. 
Boston Letter. 
Boston, Sept. 28. — When the racing season of 1902 was 
first opened, considerable comment was made upon the 
extreme overhangs which were being produced in the 
restricted classes, especially in the 21ft. class. It was 
pointed out at that time that this feature was orfe which 
the Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts had no 
intention of allowing under its restrictions. Such yachts 
were built, however, and the result is general dissatisfac- 
tion among many of the yachtsmen who have built yachts 
for this class. As a matter of fact the winner of the 
championship owes much of her success to the fact that 
she was simply the largest boat in the class. In order 
to get the extreme overhangs, it was necessary to build a 
fiat boat, and the result was a perfect scow, with great 
beam and sail area, and light displacement. But all this 
iis to be changed, either by the rule of the Yacht Racing 
Association or by the establishment of a proposed new 
2:2ft. cabin yacht class. ' 
Last week a meeting of interested yachtsmen met in the 
•office of Mr. Sumner H. Foster and voted to adopt a set 
■of rules governing this new class, and also to organize an 
association. The Yacht Racing Association will be asked 
to adopt the new class, as it did the class of the Eighteen- 
foot Knockabout Association. What the framers of the 
new class are trying to get is a large boat on a short 
waterline, which will have good speed and will also be a 
comfortable cruising yacht — in short, they are trying to 
get what would be a rational .'25-fopter, so far as dimen- 
sions go, on a 22ft. waterline. There are some features 
about the new boat which are commendable. There are 
others which some of the yachtsmen are not so sure 
about. However, the class has been formed, and it is 
stated that there are several yachtsmen who will build for 
it. Some of these men are on the North Shore and some 
at Duxbury. The organization of the class was rushed, 
as it was thought that any delay wx^ttld be likely to pre- 
Aent new yachts being turned out in time for next season's 
racing. While this would be a very good reason, if there 
were assurance that every detail of the new class is an 
improvement over existing yachts, and that the new 
boats would be permanent fixtures, there are some people 
who think that it would have been well to have studied the 
matter out more carefully before asking yachtsmen to in- 
vest their money in new boats. 
The Executive Committee of the Yacht Racing Asso- 
ciation, realizing that something should be done in the 
matter of rating yachts on tJie lengths they actually use, 
has been at work on different systems for some time. 
The committee has as yet made no announcement, al- 
though it is likely to very soon. The 22ft. Association 
has put a limit on the over-all length of their boats, a 
feature which is not deemed very good by the majority 
of yachtsmen, and it is known that those on the Y. R. A. 
Executive Committee are opposed to a direct limit. There 
is much talk of adopting the measurement rule which 
Herreshoff has proposed for the New York Y. C, which 
would leave the matter of overhangs one that would gov- 
ern itself. If this is done and a rating is made for 21- 
footers, there is likely to be conflict of the new 22ft. class 
with the Association. This is undesirable and will not do 
any good, as there are'at present four 2Tft. classes. 
There will be an informal dinner at the town house of 
the Hull-Massachusetts Y. C. on Saturday evening, at 
which the club championship cups and those offered for 
the mid-summer series will be presented to the winners. 
The racing season of the club was most successful. The 
club has been very generous in offering cups and cash 
prizes, and as a result the races have been very well at- 
tended. Light airs generally prevailed for the club events, 
and as a result the champions, with one exception, are 
different from those of the Y. R. A. of M. In the 25- 
foot'ers, Sally VI. won out by a good margin. In con- 
nection with this class it may be of interest to tell that at 
one t me Che wink II. had control of the championship in 
this class, and, had she stopped racing, she would have 
won it. Mr. Macomber, however, preferred to continue 
racing, and, although he lost the championship by doing 
so, he is deserving of great praise for the sportsmanlike 
.spirit he showed, and has set forth a grand example for 
racing yachtsmen. In the 21-footers Chloris and Rooster 
II. were very close for the chiampionship, so close that 
it was necessary to resail an unfinished race to decide it. 
Rooster was ahead before this race was sailed, and she 
did not show up for a final test with Chloris, which took 
a walkover. This pulled Chloris' percentage up, and she 
got the championship. In the i8ft. knockabouts, Mahl- 
lian won the championship by a good margin. The fol- 
lowing is the table of percentages : 
Class D — 25-footers. 
Starts. Per Cent. 
Sally VL, L. F. Percival 6 85.56 
C'hewink II., F. G. Macomber, Jr 9 78.14 
Calypso. A; W. Chesterton 8 58.75 
L'Aiglon, E. W. Hodgson 5 43.32 
Early Dawn, T- E. Doherty 3 20.66 
Little Peter, G. B. Doane.... 3 15.34 
Class S — 21-footers. 
Chloris, Cheney & Lanning- ., 7 80.24 
Rooster II., Adams Bros ..,.>,,^...... ,4 77.50 
Mildred II., S. P. Moses 4 60.00 
Little Haste, T. K. Lothrop, Jr,,. . . t . i,. 3 50.00 
Micniac, Richard Hutchinson. .. wJ. 4 30.00 
Class I — 18ft. iKnockabouts. 
Malillian, B. S. Permar 8 87.50 
Biza, Alfred Douglas S 79.77 
Gertrude, H. E. Ly.nch 5 75.00 
Domino, C. C. Clapp 4 59.37 
Ayaya, W. P. Keyes 6 44.86 
Jvethla, Cole & Baoon 8 39.78 
Stroller, L. B. Goodspeed 3 21.87 
John B. Killeen. 
Boston, Mass,— We have had a great many inquiries for yacht 
fittings throug;^! your paper, and, ore pleased with the result of the 
advertisement. " A. S. Morss ^ Co,. 
CoI«mbia*Y.IC* 
CHICAGO, LAKE MICHIGAN. 
Saturday, Sept. 20. 
The eleventh fall annual regatta of the Columbia Y. 
C. was sailed on Saturday, Sept. 20. Nineteen boats 
started. The boats covered the club's ten-mile course. 
Neva did splendid work and beat every boat in the fleet 
over the course. Neva won the George K. Spoor cup as 
time prize. Alice, first among the schooners, won the 
cup put up by Vice-Corn. McGuire, and Vixen, first among 
the class B yachts, won the ship's clock, put up by Rear- 
Com. Vernon C. Seaver. The summary: 
Class B— Start, 2:30. 
Vi.xen 4 41 00 2 11 00 
Martha IL 4 47 05 2 17 05 
Pen 4 46 20 2 16 20 
Mawaja 5 53 33 2 33 33 
America 5 24 06 2 54 06 
Marion H ' 6 00 OO 3 30 00 
Schooners and Yawls — Start, 2:35. 
Alice 4 49 32 2 14 32 
Nomad .....5 20 20 2 45 20 
Glad Tidings 5 42 00 3 07 00 
Tartar ,..5 54 00 3 19 33 
Mercury Withdrew. 
Class A— Start, 2:40. 
Neva 4 21 30 1 41 20 
La Rita 4 40 08 2 00 08 
Colleen 4 48 35 2 08 35 
Arab IV. .4 44 55 2 04 55 
Privateer 4 51 10 2 17 10 
Margaret 5 03 44 2 23 44 
Vision 5 20 10 2 40 10 
Eleanor IL ...... 5 19 50 2 39 50 
The winners were Vixen, Alice and Neva. 
Monday, Sept. 22. 
The eighth race for the Webb cup was sailed on Mon- 
day, Sept. 22. The breeze was very light and fluky and 
the race was a most un.satisfactory one. La Rita was 
ahead at the second mark, with iPrivateer second ; the 
rest of the boats were way astern. The wind dropped, 
leaving the two leading boats becalmed. The rest of the 
boats caught a little wind and finished before it reached 
La Rita and Privateer. The judges were Messrs. E. T. 
Balcom, W. S. Burrows and A. J. Rohan. The summary, 
start 3 :oo : 
Finish. EIap.sed. 
Colleen, Dr. Wm. Baum....... 5 20 18 2 20 IS 
Arab IV., F. D. Porter 5 21 40 2 21 40 
. Margaret, Wm. Cothrol! 5 24 40 2 24 40 
Privateer, Oscar Daniels 5 38 25 2 38 25 
La Rita. Geo. R. Pearl 5 39 10 2 3D 10 
> 
Tuesday, Sept. 23. 
On Tuesday, Sept. 23, the ninth race for the Webb 
cup was sailed. A brisk northerly wind held true through- 
out the contest. The racing between Colleen, La Rita 
and Arab was very close and interesting. Colleen won by 
30s. La Rita took second honors. The judges were 
Messrs. E. T. Balcom, W. S. Burrows and W. W. Peril. 
The summary, start 3 :oo : 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Colleen, Dr. Wm. Baum,..., 4 36 05 1 36 05 
La Rita, Geo. R. Pearl , 4 36 35 1 .36 35 
Arab IV., F. D. Porter 4 37 15 1 37 15 
Margaret, Wm. Cothroll ' 4 49 40 .1 49 40 
Privateer, Oscar Daniels Broke down, 
Wednesday, Sept. 24. 
The tenth and last race for the Webb cup was held on 
Wednesday, Sept. 27. La Rita did not start, as she was 
being put in shape for her races with Little Hlaste. The 
wind was fresh from the S.W., and Arab IV. won, with 
Colleen second. The judges were Messrs, W. S. Burrows, 
W. W. Peril and A. G. Wainwright. The summary, 
start 2:30: 
. . „ „ „ Finish. Elapsed. 
Arab 1V„ F. D. Porter 4 07 20 1 37 20 
Colleen, Dr. Wm. Baum 4 08 05 1 38 05 
Privateer, Oscar Daniels 4 25 25 .1 55 25 
This was the last of the Webb ctip series. La Rita win- 
ning the trophy and 21ft. cabin class championship of the 
AVest. Arab IV. and Colleen were practically tied for 
second place, and the tenth race was necessary to decide 
v.'inners of second and third places. Privateer and Mar- 
garet had a hard battle through entire series for fourth 
prize. Probably the club will offer a consolation prize for 
the only yacht sailing in the series that failed to witi one 
of the four prizes. 
La Rita, first, Columbia Y. C °775^' 
Arab IV., second. Columbia Y. C... !!..!!!!690 
Colleen, third, Chicago Y. C..,,.i. 646.7 
Privateer, fourth. Columbia Y. C ...35Z.^i 
Margaret, fifth. Columbia Y, C '■'.'.2&)' 
Spraj', sixth, Columbia Y. C. ., ', 60 
.Sprite, seventh, Chicago Y. C 
Sprite and Spray were only in one race, and Sprite 
broke down and Spray finished third in that race. 
Beverly Y* C. 
EIVERTON, DELAWARE RIVER. ' 
Saturday, Sept. 20. 
The Beverly Y. C. held its last regatta of thi- c-ison 
on Saturday, Sept. 20. Eight boats started in t!ie ca boat 
class. Katherine took the lead soon after the start -and 
was ahead, when she met with an accident that pu; her 
behind ; but she made up the loss later and- passed Peer- 
less. Peerless hung close to her heels. and when the wind 
lightened crawled up on her rival and beat her across 
the line by 35s. Priscilla finished only 5s. behind 
Katherine, and with her time allowance took second 
place. The summary: 
First Class Catboats— Start, 3:35. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Peerless, Craythorne 5 58 20 2 IS 10 
Priscilla, Clarkson B 69t)0 2 18 50 
Katherine, Reese 6 58 55 2 22 50 
Titania, Haines 6 05 67 2 30 50 
Frona, J. Perkins ..Withdrew. 
Vampire. Crispin Withdrew. 
Gertrude, Hollo way Withdrew. 
Leila, Ferguson Withdrew. 
Lartvs— Start, 3:40 
No. 2, Taylor 5 27 25 
Cortright 5 33 18 
Hall 5 38 00 
Bonfield Withdrew. 
Petit ................................ Withdrew. 
