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[June ii, 1904. 
Southern Y* C 
New Orleans, La., Saturday, June 28. 
The annual regatta of the Southern Y. C. was sailed Saturday, 
May 28. There were eleven classes of sail boats, each of which , 
was well contested, and the amount of the prizes aggregated 
$425. The prizes I'anged downward from a purse of $80, or a 
cup of the same value, in the largest class of cabin sloops down 
to_ a prize of $20 for the smallest catboats. There were over 
thirty starters, and there was a large attendance to witness the 
races, and more general enthusiasm evinced than was ever be- 
fore kno-wn. The only manner in which the club's fifty-fifth 
annual regatta was not a success was in the maimer of 
wind, there being nothing better at any time than a light and 
shifting eight knot breeze. , . 
As is usual with the first event of the season throughout the 
yachting world, the races were nothing conclusive as to the 
matter of real relative speeds. What with the nervousness of 
some of the helmsmen, the lack of tuning up and unpreparedness 
of several new, as well as old craft. 
The imported Boston cabin sloop Calypso led the fleet, but 
she lost her first race in the South to the time-honored champion, 
the Susie B. The latter, with Vice-Commodore A. M. Cooke 
at the tiller, sailed one of the best races of her life, was in fine 
fettle, while Calypso was not in her true form. The new south- 
ern-built production, from a design by Messrs. Btirgess & Packard, 
of Boston, Invader, made a good showing in this class, con- 
sidering it was her first time under sail. This boat, which is 
on the highly developed scow order, should also make an ex- 
cellent showing during the summer. 
The only other class that might as yet be of more than purely 
local interest is that of the racing machines of the Seawanahaka 
cup type, several of which had come South from the Inland 
Lake Y. A. ranks. Three of these boats met for the first of 
the season's events — Gladiola, ex-Galatea, Virgin, ex-Caroline, and 
Kayoshk, the former from Lake Oconomowoc, and the last 
two from Oshkosh, Lake Winnebago. The first is of the vintage 
of 1899, the second of 1900 and the last named of 1903. The 
Virgin won the race, but it was little better than no contest at 
all for these scows, there being barely enough wind to get them 
over to an interesting sailing heel. Virgin made the best time 
by a couple of minutes, and she was well handled throughout 
the race. , L. D. Sampsell. 
Seawanhaka Cof inthian Y. C. 
-Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound, Monday, May 30. 
Four raceabouts and three 15-footers sailed a race at Oyster 
Bay, on Monday, May 30. The contest was sailed over out- 
side courses, and the breeze was from the S.W. The raceabouts 
were sent away at 11 A. M., and Mystery beat Natalie nearly 3 
minutes. In the 15ft. class. Wee Weam won easily; Sabrina was 
second. The summary : 
Raceabouts — Start 11 :00. 
Corrected. 
Mystery, J. De Forest........... 2 07 59 
Natalie, F. G. Stewart........ 2 10 57 
Merry Ring, H. M. Crane 2 11 43 
Galatea, A. F. Stokes 2 50 00 
15- Footers— Start 11:05. 
Wee Weam, R. L. Cuthbert 122 12 
Cayenne, Colgate Hoyt, Jr... 1 36 50 
Sabrina, C. W. Wetmore 1 28 21 
Saturday, June 4. 
Three raceabouts and three 15-footers sailed a race over the 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C.'s inside course on Saturday, June 
4. The wind was from the E. and was light and variable. 
Mystery won in the raceabout class, beating Nathalie by less 
than- a minute. Sabrura won in the 15ft. class. The summary: 
Raceabouts— Start 3:20:10. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Nathalie, F. G. Stewart 5 47 20 2 27 10 " 
Jolly Roger, T. B. Bleecker 5 48 35 2 28 25 
Mystery, J. de Forest - 5 46 52 2 26 42 
15ft. Class— Start 3 :15 :10. 
Sabrira, C. W. Wetmore 5 11 05 1 55 55 
Wee Weam, R. L. Cuthbert 5 14 35 1 59 25 
Cayenne, Colgate Hoyte, Jr 5 19 28 2 04 18 
Indian Hatbot Y. C* 
Greenwich, Long Island Sound, Monday, May 80. 
The annual spring regatta of the Indian Harbor Y. C. was 
sailed on Monday afternoon. May 30. The club went formally 
into commission m the morning. 
At the time of the start there was little wind, but a squall 
broke as the boats finished. Virgette won easily in the handi- 
cap class, and Kenosha was the first to finish in the new one- 
design class. The summary: 
Handicap Class. 
Start. Finish. 
Virgette, A. G. and W. H. Hanan 3 15 00 6 04 07 
Robin Hood, George Gartland 3 15 00 6 10 15 
Nellie, J. R. Buske 3 21 00 Withdrew. 
Indian Harbor One-Design Raceabout Class. 
Kenosho, Clifford Mallory 3 05 00 6 14 50 
Owatauna, George Lauder, Jr..... 3 05 00 6 18 06 
i"nwn, T E Mr-ntpils 5 J05 00 6 24 37 
Anananda, E. C. Ray ; "§ (35 00 6 28 40 
Saturday, June 4. 
Four of the Indian Harbor one-design class sailed one* over a 
live-mile triangular course on Saturday, June 4. The breeze was 
very light from the S.E. Anawanda, sailed by Mr. Addison 
Hanan, won. The summary: 
Start. "Finish 
Anawanda, E. C. Ray 3 05 00 5 46 37 
Wawa, J. E. Montells : 3 05 00 5 46 55 
Kenosha, Clifford Mallory 3 05 00 5 47 05 
Ovratauna, George Lander, Jr 3 05 00 5 52 37 
Washington Park B. A. 
The Washington Park Boating Association also held a small 
regatta Memorial Day, two classes, for 16ft. knockabouts and 
for sailing skiffs, taking part. The course was four and one-half 
nautical miles, and there were eleven entries. The summary: 
Knockabouts — Start 2:30. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Grace, E. Baker 3 49 00 1 19 00 
Martha, W. S. Baxter 3 52 00 1 22 00 
Scout, F. Browning.... 4 06 00 1 36 00 
Spray, J. Peirce Did not finish. 
Ready Bits, Jackson and Gladding Disabled. 
Sailing Skiffs— Start 2:34. 
Idono, C. Guy 4 11 00 1 37 00 
Hesperus, A. Potter 4 13 00 _ 1 39 00 
Skunk, C. Williams 4 16 00 1 42 00 
Kid, H. U. Shaw 4 38 00 2 04 00 
Chub, A. D. BHss 4 44 00 2 10 00 
Zeta, J. C. Ardern........ Withdrew. 
Winthtop Y* C 
Winthrop, Mass., Saturday, June 4. 
The first handicap club race of the Winthrop Y. C. was held 
Saturday, June 4, in a pioderate E. fereeze. The summary: 
,. 25ft. Cla^s. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Helen, C. A. Young .......1 04 03 0 51 03 
21ft. Class. 
Scamper, Tewksbury and Byram 1 02 12 0 57 12 
Cleopatra, J. R. Hodder.... 0 59 50 0 59 50 
18ft. Clas. 
Sioux, G. J. Buchanan 1 07 54 0 55 54 
Fannie N., G. A. Nash 1 03 00 0 59 00 
Guide, J. W. Etherihgton 1 05 02 0 59 02 
Marion, C. A. Newmarch 1 07 56 1 01 56 
Red Bank Y. C. 
five boats started. The wind was light and westerly. Annie, 
owned by Mr. C. R. James, won with Papoose, owned by Mr. 
John G. Gillig, second. In the afternoon the one-design class 
of raceabouts sailed over the regular ten-mile course. Soon 
after the start a thunderstorm caused Caprice, Tut Tut and 
Whim to reef, but Eagle and Scandal carried full sail. Scandal 
won, with Eagle second. The summary : 
Start. Finish. 
Scandal, Jacob Siegel 2 40 00 5 05 00 
Eagle, George J. Gallig 2 40 00 5 05 05 
Caprice, Otto Wagener 2 40 00 5 05 82 
Tut Tut, John Haskins 2 40 00 not timed 
Whim, Adolph Hupfel 2 40 00 not timed 
Quincy Y* C* 
Ouincy, Mass., Saturday, June 4. 
The first club race of the Quincy Y. C. was held off the club 
house at Hough's Neck, Saturday, June 4, in a moderate E. 
breeze, with the following summary: 
Class I. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Marvel, I. N. Wittemore 2 27 00 1 46 23 
Hustler, H. W. Robbins 2 31 30 1 49 54 
Moondyne, W. H. Shaw Withdrew. 
Canacum, J. C. Morse Withdrew. 
Class II. 
Zhelma, F. O. Chanery '. 4 55 30 Not nieas. 
Wiji, M. M. Cannon 5 00 00 Not meas. 
Special 21ft. Class. 
Aiona, A. L. Lincoln 2 32 00 2 22 00 
Enigma, S. W. Sargent W ithdrawn 
Marine and Field CI«b. 
Bath Beach, Gravesend Bay, Monday, May 30. 
The new one-design 15-footers met for the first time in a race, 
sailed on Monday, May 30. There were four starters, and Beta 
finished 2 seconds ahead of Delta, the second boat. A nice south- 
erly breeze held throughout the race. The start was made off the 
club house, thence to a mark off Fort Hamilton, thence to a mark 
off the Atlantic Y. C, and back to the starting line. These boats 
will compete in Class R. R. in all open races. The summary. 
Start 3:22: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Beta, Snedeker and Camp 4 06 04 0 44 04 
Delta, J. J. Mahoney..... 4 06 06 0 44 06 
Gamma, E. C. Piatt 4 06 40 0 44 40 
Alpha, C. Halcombe 4 07 25 0 45 25 
Southern Letter, 
New Orleans, June 3. — With the great boom now no- 
ticeable in local yachting there has been a plethora of 
yachting news here, nearly every week chronicling the 
purchase by a New Orleans yachtsman of a noted craft 
of the North, there being so much of this kind of news 
that the boats building in this vicinity have been to some 
extent neglected by the press of the city. As about all 
the fine Northern racers have been cornered and .are 
either here or on the road, an effort will now be made to 
describe some of the home productions. 
Among the finest yachts ever built in the South, the 
four boats of the Southern Gulf Coast Y. A. one-design 
Red Bank, Shrewsbury River, Monday, May 30. 
The opening regatta of the Red Bank Y. C, ¥/as held on Mon- 
4ay, |4:ay,8p. in tlie mowing thp Jp|oe)t»l)oi»|g 1^4 f r^ce |ua4' 
SINNER. 
Southern Y. C. One-Design Knockabout. 
cabin knockabout class deservedly take front rank. The 
originators of the one-design class idea here was the 
coterie of young yachtsmen known all along this coast 
as the "Scamp Crew," they having built and raced very 
successfully the crack sloop of that name year before 
hst. Last year they built and raced the open sloop 
Trouble, and for this season they wanted to go up a peg 
or two higher, and have a genuine cruising vessel. For 
the one-design scheme they selected the best Northern 
design they could get for a small cabin yacht that would 
be fast, safe and comfortable, and one that could be 
easily built by amateurs and handled under sail in bad 
weather by two men, but which would safely carry four 
to six persons for a cruise of several weeks. The design 
selected was made by Mr. Charles D. Mower. The yachts- 
men who decided to build up this nice class of handy little 
cruisers were Messrs. H. P. Johnson, D. S. Wuescher, 
J. W. Luther and M. D. Wuescher. They started their 
boat, building it themselves, and invited their brother' 
yachtsmen to watch the method of construction, desiring- 
that others follow their example. Their boat ■syas named 
Sinner. 
Juanita was built by the Johnson Iron Works Com.- 
pany, of Algiers, La., for Messrs. Carroll, Prochaska and 
W. H. Gottman. This boat was the first to be tried. She', 
made a most favorable impression, combining staunch- 
ness, ease of handling, and good appearance to a marked 
degree. 
The third boat is now nearing completion here in the 
yard of one of her amateur builders and owners, her 
name being Rascal, and the syndicate being composed of 
Messrs. E. G. Jordy, Adloe Orr, H. E. Wheeler, and 
M. M. Orr. 
The fourth boat of the one-design class is called Siren, 
an4 sfif has jtf§t 'been f|nislae4 at th? JoJ^is'op Shipyard' 
at Biloxi, Miss., the owners being Messrs. J. M. Gore, 
Jr. ; H. B. Emmett, T. L. Pollock, and Stewart Maunsell. 
These one-design yachts are 32ft. over all, 20ft. water- 
line, loft. breadth, and ift. gin. draft. The cabin has 
4ft. 6in, headroom, and it is 10 ft. long. The sail area" 
is 615 sq. ft. There is 1,000 pounds of ballast inside. The 
cockpit is self-bailing. The keel of the fifth boat of the 
class is laid, and several others are in contemplation. 
With four boats to start with, the class should put up 
some very interesting racing during the summer. 
There is probably no place in the country that is mak- 
ing so much of a spurt for the upbuilding of yachting 
as New Orleans, the number of fine Northern yachts 
which have been here recorded as being purchased, by 
Southern Y. C. members being conclusive evidence that 
the Southerners are waking up. 
Four of the finest Northern cabin sloops have lately 
been enrolled in the club, and negotiations have been 
reopened for several others. As mentioned in this paper 
recently, the bringing of Northern boats here had re- 
ceived quite a setback owing to the difficulty to get trans- 
portation by either steamer or railroad. Yachtsmen here 
v/ere made happy a day or so since to learn that the New 
York steamship companies had changed their minds, and 
would bid for freighting boats up to 50ft. over all length. 
This relieves the situation, and it is probable that the 
Boston 25-footers, Calypso and Chewink III., will soon 
have other formidable rivals from the North. It is 
rumored that a number of light draft boats like Monsoon, 
Alert, Bobtail and Marion, have attracted the attention 
of New Orleans yachtsmen, and it is the intention to 
try to build up a class of yachts of from 25ft. to 30ft. 
v/aterline and under 50ft. deck measurement. The 
Southerners must be content to buy the most of their 
yachts second-hand for some time, as there are few up- 
to-date designers and builders in the section. With the 
general boom in yachting this and other evils will soon 
be remedied. L. D. Sampsell. 
Rhode Island Notes* 
Providence, R. I., June 4. — The steam yacht Little 
Sovereign, built by the Herreshoffs for Mr. M. C. D. 
Borden, of New York, was launched at Bristol this week. 
Her design is similar to that of Mr. August Belmont's 
Scout, but she is much faster than that boat. She is a 
little more than looft. in length, and has a breadth of 
about left., and her estimated speed is 28 miles. It fs be- 
lieved that she will beat Mr. H. H. Rogers' Kanawha, the 
first winner of the Lysistrata cup. Little Sovereign will 
have her trial spin over the measured mile course in lower 
Narragansett Bay. 
Mr. William Schedley, of the Rhode Island Y. C. and 
Fdgewood Y. C, has a new 42ft. Murray & Tregurtha 
launch. She is called Tuscora, and is a full cabin cruising 
boat, 42ft. over all, Qj^aft. breadth, and 3^ft. draft, with a 
13 horse-power, four-cycle engine, capable of about 10 
miles an hour. She has a canoe stern, and has a 
mahogany, house, with interior finish throughout in the 
same wood. The main cabin is about 15ft. in length, 
with sleeping accommodations for four, and has complete 
cruising facilities. On her trip around the Cape from 
Boston, Tuscora made the run from Provincetown to 
Newport in 15 hours. 
R'Ir. Jesse Brown has bought the 40ft. cabin launch 
jNellie B. from Boston parties, and the boat is enrolled 
in the Edgewood Y. C. She has 16 horse-power Globe 
engines, and is handsomely finished in mahogany through- 
out. The Edgewood fleet also has a new sloop yawl of 
handsome design, owned and built by Messrs. Frank B. 
and O. H. Hathaway, Jr., of Central Falls. She is named 
Eufaula, and is 32ft. over all, 26ft. waterline, 12ft. 
breadth, and 2ft. pin. draft. She has a pole mast rising 
45ft. above deck, and carries a club topsail. There is 
full headroom in the cabin, which is finished in oak and 
cypress, and she has sleeping room for eight. 
Vice-Commodore Pott's new launch, of the Washing- 
ton Park B. A., has been launched from the shop of 
Davis Bros., South Providence. She is 35ft. over all, 
29ft. waterline, 9ft. 4in. breadth, and 2ft. Sin. draft. The 
motive equipment is a 15 horse-power four-cycle Jaeger 
engine. She has a commodious cabin with wide transoms 
and folding berths. F. H. Young. 
The schooner yacht Ingomar will not have an oppor- 
tunity to race for the Cape May cup in British waters this 
season. The conditions governing the Cape May cup state 
that should the yacht holding the trophy change owner- 
ship, the cup must be returned to the New York Y. C, 
unless "the cup will become the bonafide property of 
any yacht holding it successfully through three consecu- 
tive contests," as is stated in the donor's letter. 
After winning the cup the British cutter Britannia, 
owned by King Edward, then Prince of Wales, defended 
it successfully against Navahoe. When Britannia was 
sold the cup should have been returned to the New York 
Y. C, as she had not held it "through three consecutive 
contests." 
Through an oversight on the part of those in authority 
in the Royal Yacht Squadron, the cup was not returned, 
and when that organization was approached in regard to 
a challenge for the cup, it was evident the trophy was no 
longer its property, and must be returned to the original 
custodian. It is understood that steps are being taken 
to secure the cup from King Edward, in whose safe keep- 
ing it now is, and that it will be forwarded to the Ameri- 
can club promptly. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. 
Margaret Chartered. — The auxiliary Margaret, owned 
by Isaac E. Emerson, has been chartered through the 
agency of Mr. Frank Bowne Jones to Mr. William Ross 
Proctor for the season. 
J^l 4^ 
Samuel H. Pine Dies. — Samuel H. Pine, the well- 
known yacht and shipbuilder, died in Brooklyn on June 
3. He was seventy-seven years of age. The best known, 
yacht turned put of Mr. Pine's yard was the Q}d sch'oon^r 
Enchantress. ' ■ 
