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FOREST AND STREAM. 
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H. Webb IS to 30ft. time allowance cup, and Pfister cup race 
under auspices of Chicago Y. C, in the forenoon. 
July 4.— Columbia Y. C. Special Hy man-Berg cup race for 21ftv 
cabin class. , 
Aug. 1. — Columbia and Milwaukee j^acht clubs open race, Chi- 
cago to Milwaukee. 
Aug. 7 and S.— Lake Michigan Y. A. annual meet at Milwaukee. 
Aug. 9. — Milwaukee to South Haven. 
Aug. 11 and 12.— Races at South Haven. 
Aug. 14 and 15. — Annual regatta of Macatawa Bay Y. C. 
Aug. 27 to Sept. 1. — Columbia Y. C. second annual series of 21ft. 
cabin class for the Sir Thomas J. Lipton competitive cup. 
Sept. 12.— Columbia Y. C. twelfth annual fall regatta, for the 
Tom Murray time prize cup. 
Sept. 17.— Vencedor-Vanenna match for championship of the 
Great Lakes, under auspices of the Chicago Y. C. 
Sept. 19.— Second race of the foregoing series. 
Sept. 29 and 30.— Three final races of .■series of ten for Thos. H. 
Webb cup, for championship of 21ft. cabin class. 
MtCHIGAN CITY' RACE. 
On June 13 the Columbia Y. C. held tlae real opening 
■of the Iccil yachting season on Lake Michigan with it? 
twelfth annual Michigan City cruising race for cahni 
yachts, a 38-mile course, under the most favorable 
weather conditions since the race was inattgurated, it be- 
ing bright and warm with a brisk fair-wivid at start and 
fiiiish with a slight lull about the middle of the lake. 
Twenty-six. cabin sail yachts made the run, Vencedcr 
making the best time, 4h. 56'n. The winners were: 
Vencedor— Class lA and time prize for A classes. 
Iroquois — Class 2 A. 
Colm-nbia— Class 3A. 
Saint — Class 4A. 
Hoosier — 21ft. Cabin Class. . . . 
Alice— Class i schooners and yawls and time prize for 
p. classes. 
Wizard— Class 2B. 
Vixen — Class 3B. 
Zaraona — Class 4B. 
Some five hundred members of the club and their 
friends followed the race on the big passenger steamer 
Soo City, which the club chartered for the purpose. The 
yachtsmen and their friends made merry in the evening 
at a ball given in their honor by the citizens of Michigan 
City, at which the prizes were presented, and those 
present unanimously pronounced the opening event of the 
season a grand success. 
The next events of importance were the Pfister cup 
race of the Chicago Y. C. and the Thos. H. Webb cups and 
general open regatta of the Columbia Y. C. Independence 
Day forenoon. The day opened up bright with a good 
whole sail S. W. wind, and very warm and pleasant. 
The Pfister cup was offered by Mr. Charles Pfister, of 
Milwaukee as a 21ft. knockabout trophy to be contested 
for annually, and it becomes the property of the yacht 
that wins it three times. Colleen, the Chicago Y. C.'s 
sole representative in the class, had already won two 
legs on it, and it was a case of do or die on the part of 
the Milwaukee Y. C.'s representatives, and they there' 
fore had everv yacht of the class in its fleet on hand to 
'V^ HOOSIER. 
try and wrest the trophy from the Chicago Y. C. In this 
they were successful, as one of its four representatives, 
the new yacht Badger II., handily won by a margm of 
2m. ICS., and the Milwaukeeans went home with their 
trophy in a particularly happy frame of mind. The after- 
noon event planned by the Chicago Y. C. was declared off 
on account of unfavorable weather, a rain squall having 
arrived. , . ., , 
The Columbia Y. C. started over forty cabin sail yachts 
in its open race, and as the weather on the first two legs 
of the course was absolutely perfect, and everyone of the 
fleet carried balloon jibs the first leg and spinnakers as 
well on the second leg, no prettier sight could greet one's 
eye. At the end of the second leg the spectacular features 
of the day began, and excitement on the guest boat ran 
high as the wind suddenly freshened to 35 miles an hour, 
and the leg home being a beat to windward, only twenty- 
two of the starters crossed the finish line, the balance 
quitting to run for the harbor if behind or breaking 
down; one capsized and another missed the harbor and 
ran to Waukegan, the nearest harbor north. The win- 
ners were : 
Vanenna — Class lA. 
Columbia — Class 3A. 
Vision — Class 4A. 
Sprite— 21 ft. Cabin Class. 
Alice — Schooners and Yawls. 
Beatrice— Class 2B. 
Kathleen— Class 3B. 
Halcyon — Class 4B. 
Sprite won a leg on the Thos. H. Webb cup for cabin 
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VISION. 
yachts of iSft. to 30ft. L.W.L. on time allowance. Nymph 
won in iQOi, and LaRita in 1902. As the cup must be 
won by a yacht three years in succession, and a dift'erent 
yacht has won every year, it begins to look like a per- 
perpetual tronhy and the only interest now is to settle 
what club will hold the trophy from year to year. The 
Columbia Y. C. won the first two years and the Chicago 
Y. C. now holds it until next year, this being the oiily 
trophy of prominence for a Columbia Y. C. representative 
competed and lost the past season. 
The Columbia Y. C. afternoon schedule called for a 
race of the 21ft. knockabouts and 21ft. cabin class, the 
knockabouts declined the issue on account of the rain 
and squalls, but the cabin class were ready at gun-fire, 
and LaRita won the Hyman-Berg cup. The forenoon and 
afternoon races of the 21ft. cabin class counted as the 
first and second of the series of ten for the cup offered 
by Mr. Thos. H. Webb for the championship of that 
class this season. A percentage table is used in this 
series. 
It might be well to note that Vencedor lost to Vanenna 
in the forenoon race on a breakdown, and that the acci- 
dent occurred only a short distance from the finish, and 
that she was well in the lead at the time, and that this 
i,^ the only time a yacht of her class defeated her during 
the season. 
The next big event was the combined open race from 
Chicago to Milwaukee, a distance of 85 miles. This race 
was started in a stiff E. by N. wind with a big sea, which 
gradually increased to a gale and hauled to the S. E., 
the course being about due N., making a close reach at 
the start and a broad reach the last 20 miles. The start 
was made at 2:30 P. M. Saturday, August i, and the 
Vencedor finished in a smother of foam at 10:18 P. M., 
having broken all records for sail yachts between the two 
ports, her elapsed time being 7h. 48m., an average of 
II miles per hour, and this after breaking down just after 
the start, so that they were only able to carry lower can- 
vas all the way. However, this great record was of no 
avail, as the little 21ft. cabin class yacht Hoosier hung 
on like grim death, and won on time allowance over 
Vencedor by ifm., and Illinois, the old Canada cup trial 
yacht, also nosed out Vencedor on time allowance. The 
^ winners in this event were : 
Vencedor — Class lA. 
Illinois— Class 2A and second time prize for A Classes. 
Columbia — Class 3A. 
Hoosier— 21 ft. Cabin Class and first time prize for A 
Classes. - » - , -r. ^, 
Zephyrus— Class 2B and first time prize for B Classes. 
Wizard— Second time prize for B Classes. 
Sixteen cabin yachts competed. 
The Lake Michigan Y. A.'s races were held at Mil- 
waukee under the auspices of the Milwaukee Y. C, and 
that organization deserves great credit for the excellent 
manner the races were conducted, The race on August 
7 was sailed in a light S. W. wind. The winners were : 
Vencedor — Class lA, Columbia Y. .C. 
Milwaukee— Class 2A, Milwaukee Y. C. 
Pats— Class 3A, Columbia Y. C. 
Blackbird— Class 4A, Milwaukee Y. C. 
LaRita— 2ift. Cabin Class, Columbia Y. C. 
Badger 11. — 21ft. Knockabout Class, Milwaukee Y. C. 
Dolphin— Class 2B, Chicago Y. C. 
Vixen — Class 3B, Columbia Y. C. 
The winners of the forenoon races of August 8 were: 
Vencedor — Class lA, Columbia Y. C. 
Illinois— Class 2A, Milwaukee Y. C. 
Pats— Class 3A, Columbia Y. C. 
Phantom— Class 4A, Milwaukee Y. C. 
Pilot — 2Tft. Cabin Class, Milwaukee Y. C. 
Badger II.— 21ft. Knockabout Class, Milwaukee Y. C. 
Dolphin— Class 2B, Chicago Y. C. 
This gave the championship to Vencedor, Pats, 
Badger II., and Dolphin, and left Milwaukee and Illinois 
tied in Class 2A, Phantom and Blackbird in 4A, and 
LaRita and Pilot in the 21ft. Cabin Class, and the ties 
in the 2A and 21ft. Cabin Classes were sailed off that 
afternoon to settle the championship of these classes. 
Milwaukee won from Illinois on a break down, and 
LaRita won from Pilot, after a hair-raising struggle 
froiji start to finish, by 7s. The first two races of the 
2 1 ft. Cabin Class counted as the third and fourth of the 
series of ten for the Thos. H. Webb cup. 
The races were not as well attended as they should 
have been, especially the smaller classes, but there is no 
logical excuse for Siren and Vanenna marring the con- 
test in Class lA by refusing to start and thus practically 
giving Vencedor a walkover, as the big cruiser Neva was 
all that was left to compete with her. 
MILWAUKEE TO SOUTH PIAVEN. 
Promptly at 7 P. M. August 9 the fleet started on a 
g3-mile race from Milwaukee to South Plaven for five 
lime prizes. The wind was dead ahead and_ varied a 
whole sail to a close reef breeze durfng the night, with 
squalls and rain and heavy head sea all the time. The 
winners were : 
Vencedor first, $100. 
LaRita second, $50. 
Sallie third, $30. ' : ' - ' 
America fourth, $20. ' : i 
Widsith fifth, $10. ' ' I 
RACES AT SOUTH HAVEN 
August II in a gale the yachts divided into three classes 
LA RITA. 
started to sail a course to windward and return, but 
before they had gone a mile to windward the wind light- 
ened so that full sail was necessary. LaRita won all the 
honors in this race, defeating Vencedor on time al- 
lowance, although after the race it was announced that 
she was not sailing in the A classes, but in a special 
without a competitor, much to the dissatisfaction of many 
of the yachtsmen of the 21ft. cabin class, as they had been 
informed before the start that they had to race against 
Vencedor, and much to the disgust of the Vencedor 
crew, who had been informed that they were not racing 
against LaRita. The winners of the first race were: 
A CLASSES OVER 30 FEET R.L 
Vencedor first. 
Thor-Bjorn second. 
Widsith third. Michigan broke down. 
A CEASSES UNDER 30 FEET R.L. 
LaRita, walkover. 
B CLASSES AND SCHOONERS. 
Sallie first. 
Snipe second. 
Hattie B. third. 
America fourth. 
Vixen fifth._ 
Mackinac sixth. 
On August 12 the yachts were divided the same as the 
day previous, and raced in a smashing good whole sail 
breeze ; in fact, all they wanted on the wind. In the A 
classes over 30ft. R. L. Vencedor won and captured first 
money, $50; Widsith finished second, and Thor-Bjoro 
