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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[July 25, 1903. 
happened, and how they appeared to us. From this evi- 
dence it seems impossible for anyone not to enjoy a 
cruise, for under these most trying circumstances, can 
safely say that I don't know of a more genial and health- 
full twelve days spent on the water. Of course we had 
poor weather, but (maybe I am too enthusiastic), under 
the worst of circumstanaces I can't imagine a more de- 
lightful way_ of spending one's vacation, and sincerely 
hope that this story may be the means of some one at- 
tempting the best and only way of bringing health and 
happiness to himself and his friends. 
The Canada's Cup Defender* 
Toronto, July t8.— The contest for the great inter- 
national trophy on fresh water is just three weeks away, 
but everybody is guessing just as much as they were 
when the challenge was given. 
The Rochester boat has given some A'ery encouraging 
performances against the cutter Cinderella, but she is as 
yet an unknown quantity to Canadians. The Toronto 
boat has given some very encouraging performances 
against the cutter Merrj'thought, but she is as yet an un- 
known quantity to Americans. Both Cinderella and 
Merrythought are well known flyers on Lake Ontario, but 
it is doubtful if they have ever come together in a race, 
although they have often been in the same port. Cin- 
derella is the larger, and, I believe, the older boat, but 
the two are considered fairly well matched. Some years 
ago, when a race between the Toronto schooner Clorita 
and Cinderella was proposed, Canadians did not jump at 
the oilfer, but they would have been willing to send Merry- 
thought as a substitute for the schooner. The proposed 
race was to be for the Fisher cup. It didn't come ofl. 
The Canadians, however, go into the present Strath- 
cona-Irondequoit contest with no misgivings about not 
having the laest available defender. In 1901 there was 
doubt as to whether Beaver or Invader should be sent 
after the cup, and in 1899 there was doubt as to whether 
Beaver or Minota should defend it. This year there is no 
hesitation about using the defender Strathcona. Of 
course, she is the only boat that will fit the class ; but, 
apart from that, she is showing herself the fastest cutter 
in the Royal Canadian Y. C. fleet. 
Strathcona sailed a splendid race on Saturday, July il. 
It was the first club contest she had entered, and she came 
out with flying colors. 
Every year the larger craft of the Royal Canadian Y. C. 
fleet race for what is known as the Lorne cup, a hand- 
some trophy presented for perpetual competition by the 
Marquis of Lorne. The race on Saturdaj^ was across Lake 
Ontario to Olcott, N. Y., a distance of 39 miles. The 
course is southeast half east from Toronto. There was 
a light breeze, a smooth sea, plenty of sunshine, and a 
good fleet of contestants, the entries being Strathcona, 
Merrythought, Canada, Yama, and Dinah. Strathcona 
was handled by Mr. G. E. Macrae, brother of the owner, 
Mr. Norman Macrae. Commodore Jarvis sailed Merry- 
thought. She was the scratch boat, being the biggest in 
the fleet. 
The wind was light and variable, from, the v^est and 
south, and the yachts had many varieties of sailing with 
started sheets, sometimes even getting spinnakers to draw. 
Merrythought got a lead before they had cleared Toronto 
Bay, and Strathcona found the stern chase the usual long 
one. When the wind would freshen she would pull up, 
and when it dropped Merrythought, with 700 feet more of 
canvas, slipped ahead. Her greatest lead was about three- 
quarters of a mile. 
Merrythought and Strathcona were sailed to windward 
of their course, so as to get the benefit of the land breeze 
off the south shore, but the other boats, by cutting off the 
corner, made nearly as good time. Merrythought was 
first in, with Strathcona two minutes and a half astern, 
and well within her time allowance. The others were well 
strung out, Canada coming in third, Yama fourth, and 
Dinah last. Corrected time gives Strathcona first place 
by 6m. 27s. over Merrythought, with Canada in second 
place and Merrythought third. 
In the return to Toronto on the following Sunday. 
Strathcona did even better. Closehauled on a west and 
southwesterly wind she and Merrythought led the fleet, 
but the windward work was exactly to Strathcona's lik- 
ing, and there was no holding her. She was at her moor- 
ijigs in Toronto fully half an hour before Merrythought. 
This big gain was in part due to the fact that Merry- 
thought sailed around Toronto Island and came in the 
Western Gap, while Strathcona took the shorter passage, 
via the eastern piers. But Mr. Jarvis says that even had 
they covered exactly the same ground Strathcona would 
have beaten Merrythought by from twelve to fifteen min- 
utes. It is, therefore, safe to say that in a whole sail 
breeze and moderate sea Strathcona is twenty seconds 
faster than Merrythought in the mile, exclusive of her 
time allowance. 
Commodore Jarvis took charge of Strathcona this week, 
and the first official trial was sailed on the afternoon of 
Tuesday, July 14. Mr. J. Wilton Morse was placed in 
charge of Merrythought. He is a skilled amateur skip- 
per and designer, and sailed Toronto, a Duggan designed 
centerboarder, in the trial races for the selection of a 
Canada's cup defender in 1899. Mr. Jarvis took charge 
of Strathcona with a good crew. They may not all sail 
in the actual cup contest, but they were all good men 
and are ready for the job. The official trial was sailed 
around Toronto Island, from the town club of the R. C. 
Y. C, in a fitful but fairly strong north^breeze. The two 
contestants went over the line together, but the advantage 
was with Merrythought. Skipper Jarvis came down 
about a second too soon, and had to luff Strathcona to 
keep her from going over the line ahead of time. Conse- 
quently, although he crossed practically on gun-fire, he 
was at a disadvantage compared with Skipper Morse, 
who brought Merrythought over the lee end of the line 
under full way. The diiference was at once apparent, for 
Merrythought was a couple of lengths ahead before the 
yachts were a hundred yards from the starting point, and 
although she was to leeward she was far enough away to 
escape a blanket. Strathcona carried an enormous jib 
topsail, reaching from truck to bowsprit end, and cut 
comparatively low in the clew. Merrythought's topsail 
was much smaller, her owner never having been partial 
to big kites of this variety. In other respects the boats 
were canvassed equally, No. 2 club topsails being carried 
aloft on account of the puffs. 
Notwithstanding her extra head canvas, Strathcona 
could not gain anything on Merrythought in the run to 
the eastern gap. With the wind over the quarter the 
older boat's greater total sail area was sure to count. Go- 
ing out the eastern piers Merrythought had a lead of 
fifty-five seconds. 
The yachts had the wmd abeam in the long stretch 
up the south shore of the island, and Strathcona did 
somewhat better, cutting down her opponent's lead by 
fifteen seconds in two miles. Once they turned the can 
buoy at the southwest point of the island, however, the 
new boat shot ahead. The thresh into the western gap 
was decidedly to her liking. She rapidly worked ahead 
of Merrythought and had a lead of a minute by the time 
they had gone a mile. 
Once the piers were entered and the yachts were head- 
ing back for the finish buoy with started .sheets, it was 
expected that Merrythought would retrieve some of her 
loss, but Strathcona appeared to benefit by all the puffs, 
and came tearing over the line with a lead of a minute 
and a half. The official time was : 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Strathcona 4 10 00 5 1.3 45 1 03 45 
Merrythought 4 10 00 5 15 15 1 05 15 
The course is about seven miles around. Adding two 
minutes' time allowance (unofficial),- Strathcona won by 
^m. 30S. 
Commodore Jarvis has his crew out 'every day drilling, 
and as they are all good sailors they will know their work 
thoroughly by the time of the races. 
Charles H. Snider. 
Winthfop Y. C 
WINTHROP, MASS., 
Saturday, July 18. 
The Y. R. A. open race of the Winthrop Y. C. was 
sailed off Winthrop on Saturday, July 18, in a whole sail 
southerly breeze. In the 25ft. class were the old cham- 
pion Calypso and the new Burgess designed Early Dawn 
III. Both yachts went over the starting line together, 
with Early Dawn III. in the weather berth. Calypso, 
however, soon pulled out ahead on the windward leg and 
kept her lead to the finish. Early Dawn III. made some 
gains on the reaches, but she was in no condition to race, 
having been rigged only the day before, and was also 
leaking. She withdrew on the first leg of the second 
round. In the 22-footers, Medric had the best of the 
start, and was leading in a hot contest on the windward 
lc§, when her bobstay parted and she withdrew, leaving 
Opitsah V. to finish it out alone. In the i8-footers the 
boats went over the starting line in a bunch. Miss 
Modesty to leeward, going over in the lead. Domino 
worked out into the lead on the windward leg and was 
never headed. In the first handicap class Eclipse led the 
class over the finish line and drew a dead heat with 
Noturus on corrected time. In the second handicap 
Zetes II. led by a big margin in, but lost to Louise on 
corrected time. The summary: 
Class D— 25ft. Cabin Yachts. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Calyoso, A. W. Chesterton .....1 32 44 
Early Dawn III., J. E. Doherty Withdrew. 
Class E— 22ft. Cabin Yachts. j 
Opitsah v., S. H. & H. L. Foster , 1 42 ST ..... 
Medrick, Herbert White Disabled. 
Class I. — ^18ft. Knockabouts. 
Domino, C. C. Clapp 1 50 48 . „ .. 
Gertrude, H. E. Lvnch 1 51 12 
Mirage, j. B. Olmstead 1 51 48 
Miss Modesty, B. S. Permar 1 52 55 
Patrice, A. W. Finlay 1 55 03 
Question, J. H. Hunt 1 57 13 
Humbug, Cole & Bacon 1 57 33 
Yo San, R. J. Randolph, Jr 2 02 22 
Crow, Lauriat & Hooper Withdrew. 
First Handicap Class. 
Eclipse, F. Jenkins •. 14125 13125 
Noturus, C. O. Whitney 1 48 25 1 31 25 
Thordis, C. A. Heney 1 38 45 1 32 45 
L'Aiglon, C. W. Hodgdon 1 38 55 1 32 55 
Thetis, Bert Freeman 1 46 04 1 35 04 
Harriet Bird. Byron & Tewksbury. 1 45 30 1 36 30 
Helen, C. A. Young 1 54 58 1 36 58 
Alert, J. R. Holder 1 55 32 1 43 32 
Tdalia, T. D. Lester Disabled. 
Kit, H.' B. Whittler Disabled. 
Ehubena, J. J. Wilde Withdrew. 
Second Handicap Class. 
Louise 0 47 15 0 33 15 
Sioux, G. J. Buchanan o 48 38 0 35 38 
Flash, W. H. Mirich 0 48 45 0 36 12 
Marion, A. W. Newmarch 0 44 56 0 36 56 
Helen, W. E. Traiser 0 47 38 0 37 38 
Rosalie, J. B. Whittemore 0 47 45 0 37 45 
Henrietta. J. McCluskey 0 53 28 0 39 28 
Eva, H. B. Flvnn 0 51 42 0 39 42 
Mentor, Cobb '& Braiiiard 0 43 47 0 39 47 
Ellie M., D. F. Murphy 0 44 05 0 40 05 
Martha, H. N. Jenkins ' 0 50 40 0 40 40 
Omeme : 0 51 12 0 41 12 
Louise, W. D. Allan 0 43 27 0 41 27 
. , Bloomfield 0 55 04 0 51 04 
Zetes IL, J. A. McKee 0 43 07 0 43 07 
Smith 0 56 34 0 46 34 
Stroller, C. C. Elirman Did not finish. 
Cohasset Y, C. 
COHASSET, MASS., 
Saturday, July 18. 
The first of the second series of races of the Cohasset 
Y. C. was sailed in a stiff southwest wind. The race in 
the 2 1 ft. class was close, Remora winning by less than a 
minute. Result won easily, in the i8ft. knockabouts. In 
the special class were two of Mr. C. W. Barron's knock- 
abouts. Fly beating Fancy. Selma finished first in the 
handicap class, but lost on allowance. The summary: 
21ft. Knockabouts. 
Elapsed. 
Remora, Courtney Crocker 1 32 56 
Harelda, Alanson Bigelow, Jr , ^ 
Eleanor, Moore Brothers 1 34 31 
Delta, Ralph B. Williams.. 1 34 50 
ISft. Knockabouts. 
Result, A. H. Knowles 1 44 30 
Sabrina III,, H. W. Hyde...;.... 1 49 01 
Special Class Knockabouts. 
Fly, C. W. Barron 1 31 10 
Fancy, C. W- Barron 1 32 55 
Handicap Class. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Undine, Gilbert S. Tower • 0 48 51 0 45 51 
Selma, Harold B. Cousens ,0 48 38 0 48 34- 
Bevefly Y. C, 
buzzard's bay, MASS. 
Saturday, July 18. 
A race of the Beverly Y. C. was sailed in Buzzard's 
Bay on Saturday, July 18, in a whole sail southwest breeze. 
The 30-footers were well bunched on the beat to wind- 
ward, but on the run home Pontiac and Mashnee opened 
out. These two sailed a hot race, Pontiac winning by 
21S. The closest race of the season was sailed in the 2ift. 
class, Radiant and Edith sailing a dead heat. Allison 11. 
won in the fourth class. Fiddler won in the 15-footers, 
and Darhinger in the special class. The summary: 
30-footers. 
Elapsed. 
Pontiac, Philip Beebe ,1 58 50 
Mashnee, R. W. Emmons, 2d ...159 11 
Young Miss, D. L. Whittemore....,....,,....-... 2 00 09 
Evelyn, John Hitchcock 2 00 42 
Arabian, Alfred Winsor 2 00 26 
Ouakeress. W. F. Harrison 2 04 49 
Zingara, E. N. Fnrnsworth 2 06 30 
Gamecock, Louis Bacon 2 06 30 
21-footers. 
Radiant, "Mrs. C. M. Baker 2 12 29 
Edith. Charles King 2 12 29 
Barnacle. W, E. C. Fustic ....2 12-39 
Tack Ra:T3bit, Toshua Crane, Jr 2 12 42 
Terrapin, L. S. Dabney 2 23 20 
Fourth Class Cats. 
Allison IL, S. B. McLeod 1 32 56 
Kucker. W. S. Jameson. 1 34 21 
Howard, H. O. Miller 1 36 39 
Hod, H. B. Holmes 1 41 52 
15-footers. 
Fiddler, Miss Dabney 1 14 51 
Teaser. Mrs. R. W. Emmons, 2d 1 17 02 
Catspaw. S. D. Warren 118 05 
Spider, IT, M. Stone ,119 10 
Avalon. F. Aver 1 19 44 
Vim, F. W: "Sargent 1 20 00 
Ranzo, M. H. Richardson, Sr 1 20 32 
Flickamano, E. B. Emmons 1 20 50 
Special Class. 
Darhinger, Mr. Curtis 1 20 51 
No. 7, Mr. G.irdner 1 23 36 
No. 11, Dr. Monks 1 29 40 
Quincy Y* C. 
QUINCY, MASS., 
Saturday, July 18. 
A club race of the Quincy Y. C. was sailed at Quincy 
on Saturday, July 18, in a light southwest breeze. In 
the first class Marvel took the start and led the class all 
over the course. In the second class Gaycap won handily, 
but the feature of this race was the work of Clover. 
Just before the start she carried away her headstay. This 
was patched up, but soon after the start her mast cracked. 
She continued the race and finished second. In the special 
class Omeme won easil3\ and in the one-design class 
Betty B. finished alone. The summary: 
First Class. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Marvel, A. A. Lincoln 2 01 37 1 20 57 
Hustler, Whittemore & Robbins 2 06 29 1 24 43 
Nesona, A. L. Lincoln 2 03 05 1 24 55 
Argester, G. H. VVilkins 2 03 54 1 25 38 
Alma, Mr. Pond Not measured. 
Strideawav, Mr. Snow Not measured. 
Stay King, Mr. Laird Not measured. 
Second Class. 
Gaycap, F. White ; 1 24 41 0 56 27 
CloverV John Woods 1 33 25 1 01 16 
Dabchick, H. B. Brayer 1 54 13 1 22 32 
Special Class. 
Omeme. W. P. Barker J 2^ 
Cleopatra, F. F. Crane 1 20 03 
Enigma, W. Sargeant 1 23 25 
Special One-Design Class. 
Betty B., R. B. Bowler 0 49 10 
Marjory, Bennett C. Adams Withdrew. 
Ethel S., George Swift Withdrew. 
Cofinthian Y. €♦ 
MARBLEHEAD, MASS., 
Saturday, July 18. 
The third championship race of the Corinthian Y. C. 
was sailed of¥ Marblehead on Saturday, July 18, in a light 
to strong southwest breeze. In the second class Chewink 
III. got the start and led all over the course. In the 
handicap class Dabster won easily. Arrow got the start 
in the i8ft. knockabouts and was never headed. The 
summary : 
Second Class. 
Elapsed. 
Chewink III., F. G. Macomber, Jr 2 08 58 
Great Haste, T. K. Lothrop, Jr , 2 11 50 
Class B — Handicap. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Dabster, F. Skinner, Tr 1 31 25 1 31 25 
Ruth, IT. S. Wheeler 1 35 18 1 33 28 
18ft Knockabouts. 
Elapsed. 
Arrow, E. A. Boardman 1 2! 09 
Chance, R. Boardman 1 30 13 
Myrmidon, A. P. Loring 1 30 40 
Rattler, L. D. Irving } ^8 
Malilian IL, F. L. Woods 132 19 
Moslem, P.. D. Barker J ?1 
Scrapper, A. P. Loring 1 48 40 
The judges were W. W. Keith, G. H. Mayo and H. S. 
Goodwin. 
Coltfmbia Y. C 
SOUTH BOSTON, MASS., 
Saturdaj', July 18. 
The third race of the Columbia Y. C. was sailed in 
Dorchester Bay on Saturday, July 18, in a stiff southerly 
breeze. In the first class Wapiti won easily on both 
elapsed and corrected times. In the second class Acme 
finished first, but lost to Guide on allowance. In the third 
class Osceola won easily. The summary: 
First Class. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Wapiti, E. J. Powers 1 48 21 1 36 21 
Nelka,' George Coye 1 52 38 1 42 38 
Unome, • 1 56 o7 1 44 57 
Second Class. 
Guide, John Hunt 1 49 43 1 40 43 
Acme, H. Patterson 1 46 08 1 44 08 
No Name, Charles Stream ; 1 53 25 1 53 25 
Werl, William LePetrie Withdrew. 
Third Class. 
Osceola, E. Garron 1 19 23 1 18 53 
T A G., T. E. Shepard 1 22 55 1 20 55 
Superio, M. Hanna 1 25 00 1 24 30 
Magnet, R. Graham 1 28 20 1 28 20 
Hinkee Dee, George Cobb ...Withdrew, 
