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which all of the boats were sailed by novices, with the 
following result: 
18ft. Knockabouts. 
Elapsed. 
Miladi II., R. E. Ford 1 4? 45 
Question, T. D. Salomon 1 51 26 
Aspinquid, E. V. Vinal 1 54 25 
Wink, VV. Tracy .....1 57 10 
Osprey, Maxwell 1 58 40 
Domino, H. Clapp 2 03 40 
Kittiwake, A. Holmes... 2 04 40 
Handicap Class. 
Aureolus. H. Kellogg 2 19 00 
Solitaire,' W. R. Amsbury, Jr 2 19 04 
Imp, F. Norwood 2 19 S5 
Alice, Mortimer VValson 2 30 57 
Random, George Cushman 2 22 00 
SEASON PERCENTAGES. 
18-footers. 
Asqinquid II., C. M. Foster 71.1 
Miladi, II., F. R. Adams 69.1 
Kittiwake, II. Jones 59.1 
Domino, C. C. Clapp 57.9 
Question, J. Hunt 55.7 
Wink, L. B. Goodspeed 52.9 
Osprey, A. Train 34.9 
Handicap. 
Challenge, E. B. Atwood 83.0 
As- You- Like-It, Whitman 76.0 
Solitaire, Dr. Amssbury 63.0 
Aureolus, H. Kellogg 62.2 
Rooster, Etherington 51.6 
Bevefly Y» C* 
buzzard's BAYj MASS., 
Saturday, September 12. 
The last Corinthian race of the Beverly Y. C. was 
sailed in Buzzard's Bay on Saturday, September 12, in a 
fluky E. breeze. In the 30-footers Arabian got away first, 
followed by Notos. Soon after the start all the yachts 
were becalmed except Young Miss, which caught a little 
breeze. This gave her a lead which she held to the finish. 
In this class Mashnee is the winner of the season's cham- 
pionship. Terrapin, which won handily in the 21-footers, 
is also the whinner of the championship of her class for 
the season, and gets a silver cup besides. In the fourth 
class cats, Allison II. had the race well in hand until she 
broke down, after which Krieker led to the finish. Alli- 
son XL, however, is the winner of the class champion- 
ship for the season. Spider won in the isft. class, and 
also gets the championship for the season. The women's 
cup in this class was won by Teaser, Mrs. R. W. Em- 
mons. In the special class of 15-footers Dahinda won 
easily. The summary: 
30-Eaoters. 
Elapsed. 
Young Miss, D. L. Whitlemore 2 06 05 
Mashnee, R. W. Emmons .., 2 07 20 
Arabian, Robt. W^insor 2 08 10 
Notos, thas. H. Taylor, Jr 2 09 15 
Evelyn, John Hitchcock 2 10 01 
21-footers. 
Terrapin, L. S. Dabney 1 50 20 
Radiant, Mrs. C. M. Baker 1 53 51 
Jack Rabbit, Joshua Crane, Jr 1 55 14 
Barnacle, VV. E. C. Eustis 1 55 30 
Edith, Clark King Protested. 
Fourth Class Cats. 
Krieker, W. S. Jameson 1 52 55 
Howard, H. O. Miller 2 02 21 
Allison II., S. B. McLeod 2 10 20 
Hod, H. B. Holmes 3 10 30 
15-footers. 
Spider, H. M. Stone 1 19 30 
Fly, Miss Williams 1 21 37 
Ranzo, M. H. Richardson, Tr 1 22 53 
Fiddler, INliss Dabnev 125 16 
Jub Jub, H. Stockton 1 2o 23 
Avalon. F. Ayer, Jr } ol ?I 
Teaser, Mrs. K. \V. Emmons — . 1 f 7 33 
Fiickaniarro, Misses Emmons 128 12 
Special Class— 15-footers. 
Dahirida, C. L. Curtis ..,i...v>. * = 1 27 30 
Chico, G. P. Gardner 1 30 20 
Saturday, September 19. 
A special race of the Beverly Y. C. one-design 30- 
footers was sailed on Saturday, Sept. 19, in which all 
the yachts were sailed by professionals, while owners fol- 
lowed in the steam yacht Genevieve. The breeze was 
light and steady from'the N. E. Notos led until the first 
mark was turned, after which Young Miss took the lead 
and held it to the finish. The summary: 
Elapsed. 
Young Miss, D. L. Whittemore 2 17 30 
Evelyn, John H tchcock 2 20 19 
Ouakeress, W. H. Harrison 2 21 20 
Notos, C. H. Taylor, Jr.... 2 2122 
I'raxilla, John Parkinson, Jr m^Jt^ii^,,,,.^ 2 21 28 
Mashnee, R. W. Emmom, 2d , 2 2137 
"Forty Years On.'* 
Contest for the America's Cup— 1943. 
6 A. M. (Sandy Hook). — Shamrock XXIII. is preparing 
for the third race, which is over the triangular course to- 
day. Sir Thomas Lipton, despite two defeats, has still 
implicit confidence in his boat. He gives it as his opinion 
iliat the challenger is even a better boat than Shamrock 
XVII., which made such a close fight for the Cup twelve 
years ago. 
7 A. M. (New York). — Wind is now blowing 6.3 knots 
from S. S. E. Sir Thomas says, "This is Shamrock's 
weather." Pressed to say more, he added : "The defender 
IS certainly a wonderful boat, but the Cup is never won 
until the best boat takes three races." 
7:45 A. M. (Sandy Hook). — Shamrock XXIII. was re- 
measured after yesterday's spin, and supporters of the 
British boat will be pleased to learn that by taking six 
inches off the-boom and two feet from the baby jibtopsail, 
her time allowance has been increased by nearly twenty 
minutes, making the total one hour, forty-two minutes. 
This will add greatly to her chance of winning. Sir 
Thomas Lipton is reported to have said, "May the best 
boat win." 
Yesterday Sir Thomas Lipton was preseiited with an- 
other mascot by the President's daughter. It took the 
shape of a handsomely bound album, containing photo- 
graphs of the twenty-two previous Shamrocks. At the 
end of the book was a photograph of the much-coveted 
Cup, with the inscription underneath: 
said, with a catch in his voice, "May the best boat win !" 
10:59 A. M. — The competitors are jockeying for the 
windward berth. 
II A. M. (Sandy Hook) — They're off! — {From our 
Special Correspondent.) 
[Copyright in both Hemispheres.] 
II A. M. (Sandy Hook) — The yachts have started. — 
(Central Neivs.) 
11:01 A. M. — The Defender has secured the windward 
berth for the one hundred and thirty-third successive 
time. 
11:20 A. M. — ^Shamrock XXIII. seems to point higher 
than ever, and is footing it very fast. The Defender re- 
fuses to split tacks, and is eating her way greedily into 
the wind, being pinched for all she is worth. Sharnrock 
is slowly but surely forging astern. — (Anti-Marconi.) 
Later. 11 :40 A. M. — Shamrock is going about. 
11:40^ A. M. — Shamrock has gone about. 
Much Later, i :5o P. M.- — Shamrock has rounded the 
mark and has gone to look for the Defender, which is 
out of sight. Sir Thomas Lipton is confident as ever, 
and has just remarked, "The race is not over yet. How- 
ever, may the best boat win." — (Renter.) 
Later Still. 3 :4i P. M. — Shamrock is nearing home and 
has reduced her disadvantage, as far as one can judge, to 
twelve and a half miles. Her baby jib has given a lot 
of trouble.- — (Central News.) 
4 :io. — Result : Shamrock was beaten by fifty-six min- 
utes, after decducting her time allowance. 
The news created little or no surprise in New York. 
Sir Thomas Lipton, after the race, is reported to have re- 
marked (with a catch in his voice), "The only thing I 
can say is that we did better to-day than we did this time 
ten years ago. Perhaps with more or perhaps_ with less 
wind the result might have been different. It is hard to 
admit it, but 'the best boat won.' I had previously ex- 
pressed a wish to that eft'ect." — (Gur special Corre- 
spondent.) — Punch. 
Lloyd^s Rttles for Yacht Building:. 
The Committee of Lloyd's Register of Shipping have 
now issued their new Rules for the Building and Classi- 
fication of Wood, Steel and Composite Yachts. 
Rules for yachts were first issued by the committee of 
tliis society in the year 1878, when the first yacht register 
was published by the society. Since that time the form 
and construction of yachts, more especially those used for 
racing purposes, have undergone many changes, and in 
consequence it was necessary that the rules for these 
pleasure craft should be so modified and amended as to 
render them more suited for the types of such vessels as 
are now commonly being built. To aid them in revising 
these rules, the committee of Lloyd's Register and their 
staff invited the opinions of the leading yacht builders 
and designers both in the United States of America and 
in Great Britain, and their suggestions were adopted as 
far as considered practicable. 
The rules now published are therefore the result of the 
careful consideration both of the committee of Lloyd's 
Register and of prominent experts in yacht construction. 
A new scantling basis has been adopted for all types of 
yachts, in which the length of the "bilge diagonal" has 
been introduced in order to insure that the finer yachts 
shall have a smaller scantling than those of fuller form. 
Not only has the basis of the yacht rules been modified, 
but considerable additions and extensions have been made 
both in regard to the details of requirements as well as in 
the tables for the various descriptions of scantlings, and 
further the value of the book has been greatly enhanced 
by the addition of numerous illustrations showing the 
various approved modes of construction as commonly 
adopted in wood, steel and composite yachts, and the 
manner in which the rules and tables severally apply to 
them. 
The number of yachts built under the rules of Lloyd's 
Register goes on increasing from year to year, and the 
society now issues two registers devoted exclusively to 
yachts, one in New York, which contains particulars of 
some 2,800 American and Canadian yachts, and_ has 
already in the first year of its publication met with a 
large measure of support from the leading yachtsmen in 
the States, and the other in London, which contains par- 
ticulars of some 8,000 yachts, and has a circulation of 
over 2,000 copies annually. 
For the survey and classification of yachts the society's 
large staff of surveyors is available. These officers num- 
ber over 300, and are stationed at New York, Boston, and 
Philadelphia, as well as other ports in the United States 
and Canada, Great Britain and Ireland and abroad. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
LIFTED BY SHAMROCK NO. 
DATE. 
Sir Thomas was much touched, and is reported to have 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. 
Mr. Hollis Burgess has made the following sales 
through his agency: The 25ft. waterline sloop Onda, 
owned by Mr. John Greenough, of New York, to Mr. F. 
F. Cutler, of Boston, and the 25ft. waterline auxiliary 
yawl Cavalier, owned by Mr. Walter C. Lewis, of Boston, 
to Mr. W. G. Dunham, of New Rochelle. Mr. Burgess's 
business has increased to such an extent that he has found 
it necessary to move into larger and more desirable 
offices. After Monday, September 21, Mr. Burgess will 
be located in the Board of Trade Building, 131 State 
street, Boston, Mass. 
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Shamrock II. has been sold and she will be broken 
up for junk. Captains "Lem" Miller and Charles Barr 
are the purchasers, and it is stated that they paid $7,000 
for the boat. Captain Miller was in charge of Columbia 
this season when she raced against Reliance and Consti- 
tution, and he sailed on Reliance in the races against 
Shamrock III. 
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The easterly gale that swept the coast on September 
16 did great damage to shipping and yachting. A number 
of lives were lost and many yachts were swept ashore all 
along the coast from New Jersey to Massachusetts and 
wrecked or badly inj ured. Most of the damage was done 
to the smaller craft; few of the larger boats that em- 
ployed regular crews met with mishaps. It is impossible 
to estimate! the darnage done, and it is fortunate that the 
gale did not occur in the summer, for then many yachts- 
men would have been deprived of a season's pleasure. 
Then again a large number of boats had already been put 
in their winter quarters, and in this way were saVed from 
possible destruction. 
Mr. George Grouse Cook and Captain Howard Pa'ttef- 
son, naval architects, have received an order from a New 
York yachtsman for a large ocean-going steam yacht. 
The yacht will be built of steel and v/ill be very completely 
fitted throughout. She is to be 206ft. over all, 172ft. 
waterline, 32ft. breadth, and 12ft. draft. The yacht will 
have a speed of twelve knots under natural draft, 
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At the annual meeting of the Manchester Y. C. the 
following officers and committees were elected : Com., 
E- S. Grew ; Vice-Com., S. Parker Bremer ; Rear-Com., 
E. A. Boardman ; Sec'y and Treas., H. B. Pearson ; Ex- 
ecutive Committee, the above officers and A. M. Merriam, 
one year; A. F. Bemis and F. W. Fabyan, two years; 
George Wigglesworth and T. K. Lothrop, three years; 
Regatta Committee, R. DeB. Boardman, chairman; Regi- 
nald Boardman, Norton Wigglesworth, George Lee and 
H. B. Pearson ; Meas., David Fenton. 
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Messrs. Tuthill and Higbee, of Greenport, L. I., are 
building a wooden steam yacht for the Rev. F. L. Hum- 
phreys, of Morristown, N. J. The yacht will be looft. 
over all, i8ft. breadth, and 5ft. draft. The yacht will 
have twin screw.s, and she will be fitted with an Almy 
water tube boiler and compound engines, which are de- 
signed to produce 120 horse-power. 
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Commodore Weaver of the Seaside Park Y. C, has 
selected the following committees to serve for the ensu- 
ing year: 
House Committee — Charles J. Rainear, chairman; 
Henry P. Orlemann, Thomas Nelson, Joseph R. Wilson, 
Ormond Rambo. 
Regatta Committee — George S. Gandy, chairman; R. 
Herbert Crowell, Dr. Geo. H. Thacher, Nelson Gaskill, 
Herman Mullei", A. Lynn Sailer, John D. Johnson, Jr. 
Membership Committee — Harvey T. Weber, chairman; 
Henry P. Orlemann, Sidney W. Prince, Alfred R. Gandy, 
Calvin F. Crowell, Dr. Charles Harker. 
Entertainment Committee — B. B. Lister, chairman; 
Frank Thacher, Thomas Nelson, Jr. ; Norris E. Hender- 
son, Edwin C. Nevin. 
Press Committee — Joseph R. Wilson, chairman; Sid- 
ney W. Prince, H. A. Rubins, Herman Muller, Thomas 
H. Cameron. 
Prizes for Canoeists* 
In order to encourage canoeists and small boat sailors, who do 
their knocking about on inland waters, to keep a record of their 
trips and experiences, the publishers of Forest and Stream 
offer cash prices for the best accounts of cruises taken during the 
season of 1903. As few restrictions as possible will be imposed, 
and those given are made only with the view of securing some 
uniformity among the competitors' stories, so that the judges will 
be able to make a fair award. 
The prizes will be as follows: 
Eirst prize, $50.00. 
Second prize, $25.00. 
Third prize, $15.00. 
Fourth and fifth, $10.00 each. 
Sixth to eighth, $5.00 each. 
I. The cruise must be actually taken between May 1 and 
November 1, 1903. 
II. The cruise must be made on the (fresh water) inland 
streams and lakes of the United States or Canada. 
III. The canoe or boat in which the cruise is made must not 
be more than 18ft. long over all. 
IV. An accurate log of the trip must be kept, and all incidents 
and information that would be of value to other canoeists covering 
the same route should be carefully recorded. 
V. A description of the boat in which the cruise is made 
should preface the story, and a list of outfit and supplies. 
VI. Photographs of the boat and of the country passed through, 
not smaller than 4x5, should, if possible, accompany each story, 
and they will be considered in making the awards. 
VII. Stories should contain not less than five thousand words, 
•written on one side of the paper only. 
VIII. An outline chart of the trip drawn on white paper in 
black ink (no coloring pigment to be used) should also be 
sent in. 
IX. Competitors should avoid the use of slang or incorrect 
nautical expressions in their stories, as it will count against them 
in awarding the prizes. 
Each manuscript to which a prize is awarded shall become the 
property of the Forest and Stream Publishing Company. All 
manuscript should reach the ofiice of the Forest and Stream Pub- 
lishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York., on or before De- 
cember 1, 1903. 
New York C. C, 
BENSONHURST, L. I., 
Saturday, September X^j 
The New York Canoe Club held a handicap regatta on 
the afternoon of Saturday, September 19, over courses in 
Gravesend Bay. The event was for open sailing canoes, 
a large fleet of which flies the burgee, of the well-known 
organization. The course was triangular ij^ miles in ex- 
tent. Handicaps were arranged according to the showing 
made in the annual fall regatta on Saturday, September 
12. A. M. Poole was the winner. The summary : 
Open Canoes — Start, 4:22. 
Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
A. M. Poole 5 56 45 0 34 45 0 32 45 
A. Wilmarth 4 58 10 0 36 10 0 33 10 
W. Carmalt 4 57 15 0 35 15 0 33 15 
E T. Wright ^ 4 57 20 0 35 20 0 33 50 
R. "S. Foster 4 57 OO 0 35 00 0 35 00 
W. Yelland, Jr .5 01 10 0 39 10 0 35 10 
L. B. Jennings .5 10 50 0 48 50 0 46 60 
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