FOREST AND STREAM* 
[Am ias 3 1904. 
which were thrown open for their inspection. There 
was a magnificent display of fireworks and a dance at the 
Pequot House on Saturday evening, and on Sunday the 
New York Y. C. fleet dressed ship at noon, and in the 
evening the entire fleet was brilliantly illuminated. In 
the afternoon Commodore Bourne, accompanied by Fleet 
Captain J. D. Jerrold Kelley, paid their respects to Rear- 
Admiral Sands on the Texas, and the Admiral returned 
the visit later in the day. Among the yachts which joined 
the New York Y. C. fleet at New London were John 
Jacob Astor's Nourmahal; H. Clay Pierce's Yacona; P. 
A. B. Widener's Josephine ; H. H. Rogers' Kanawha, and 
Isaac Emerson's Margaret. The fleet left for Newport 
at 9 o'clock on Monday morning. Duncan Curry. 
Upton Cup Races. 
First Race— Saturday, August J 3. 
BY E. G. B. HAYMON. I 
After an exciting and eventful race on Lake Michigan, 
just off the Chicago harbor, twice around a triangular 
course of two miles to the leg, during which all kinds of 
weather were experienced, including squalls of sixty 
miles an hour, Dr. C. P. Pinckard's Sprite lobbed over the 
finishing line winner by only fifteen seconds of last Sat- 
urday's race— the first of a series of three for Sir Thomas 
Lipton's cup for 21ft. cabin sloops. 
The winner is a third season fin-keel boat designed and 
built at South Chicago by A. G. Cuthbert, of the Chi- 
cago Y. C, of which Dr. Pinckard also is a member. 
Cuthbert, formerly a Canadian, also is Sprite's racing 
skipper, and much of the credit for the boat's victory is 
due to his skillful seamanship, ably seconded by a crew 
of thre other Corinthians from the Chicago Y. C, Dr. 
Pinckard, "Teddy" Webber, and Arthur Fletcher, and 
one professional sailor. 
Mendota, a new boat from Lawley's yard in Boston, 
and owned by Commodore E. P. Vilas, of the Milwaukee 
Y. C, was the one that gave Sprite such a hot argument, 
and was beaten by such a small margin after Capt. R. B. 
Brown had sailed a plucky race, in which he had a smart 
Corinthian crew composed of Alex. Mather, O. L. Cur- 
tis, William Sanger, and John Mason, all of the Mil- 
waukee Y. C. 
A fleet of nine boats, representing five of the best 
known yacht clubs of the Middle West, made the race. 
The Chicago Y. C. had two entries, the winner and La 
Rita, the holder of the Lipton cup; the Detroit Y. C. 
had one, and the Milwaukee Y. C, the Country Club of 
Detroit, and the Columbia Y. C, of Chicago, had two 
each. 
It was a spectacular race, hard fought, full of incident 
and work, and the varying wind and sudden squalls 
brought out admirable seamanship. 
From a starting buoy two miles off the harbor en- 
trance, the first leg of the round was a spinnaker run; 
the second a broad reach, two boats, La Rita and Sainte 
Claire, carrying balloon jibs effectively, and the third a 
beat to windward. A whole-sail breeze of from 12 to 16 
miles an hour prevailed the first time around. It was off- 
shore, and there was no sea to speak of. 
Either a mistake had been made in logging the course, 
or else the first buoy drifted. After some delay it was 
agreed the judges' boat should steam ahead and act as 
stake boat for the first turn. The result was somewhat 
unfavorable to the leading yachts. Following this, orders 
for the second leg were megaphoned. Again with rather 
unsatisfactory results. 
At 3 P. M. an excellent start was effected, with little 
advantage for anyone. For some reason few of the 
skippers seemed to have made up their minds to carry 
their light canvas. Ste. Claire was the first to break out 
a spinnaker, but almost half the leg had been sailed be- 
fore all had done so. 
In the run down the first leg there was little to choose 
between them, but Sprite appeared to gain the lead be- 
cause Capt. Cuthbert held the straightest course, his 
rivals veering off a little, probably because of their un- 
certainty as to the first turn. 
Sprite made the run in twenty minutes, one minute 
ahead of Ste. Claire. Spray and La Rita rounded the 
official boat next a minute later. They were having a 
hot fight for third place. Another minute elapsed, and 
Hoosier, Yo San, and Mendota finished the run almost 
abeam. Ventura was a minute behind this trio, and as 
much ahead of the last boat, Pilot. 
As soon as Capt. George R. Peare had laid La Rita 
on the course for the second leg, he broke out his balloon 
jib, and the holder of the cup showed them how to reach. 
Spray was shaken off and the two leaders were over- 
hauled steadily. Sidney Russell, skipper of the Detroit 
boat, lost no time in sending up his balloon in stops, but 
it did not break out quite readily. When the big sail 
bellied to the breeze it lifted Ste. Claire splendidly, and 
the pursuit of the leader, Sprite, by Ste. Claire and La 
Rita was the prettiest bit of sailing on this leg. La Rita 
bowled along at a rare clip, and pretty soon Capt. Peare 
was looking over his shoulder at Capt. Russell and get- 
ting within hailing distance of Capt. Cuthbert. How- 
ever, it is only fair to the latter and his boat to say that 
being in the lead was a distinct disadvantage on this 
leg, owing to the uncertainty as to the location of the 
buoy, which was a wretched little affair of bamboo stick 
with a bit of rag on it Ste. Claire also sailed over more 
water on this leg than was necessary. Spray was out- 
reached on this leg, which it barely finished ahead of 
Hoosier, Yo San, and Mendota. It still was a pretty 
struggle between these three, but Hoosier reached the 
fastest, making the leg in 13 =48, and rounding the buoy 
nearly a quarter of a minute ahead of Yo San and Men- 
dota. La Rita's time for this reach was 14:01. 
The third leg brought the real test — a beat almost dead 
in the eye of the wind, which had freshened a little — and 
now Mendota's fine sailing qualities were revealed. At 
that, the Milwaukee boat could not outpoint and_ outfoot 
Sprite, which covered the two miles to weather in 13:24 
to Mendota's 13:59. These two beat the fleet decisively 
at windward work in Saturday's race. The next best 
times for the weather leg on the first round were Ste. 
Claire's 15:12 and Yo San's 15:24. 
La Rita, which had finished the reach on the second leg 
only 24s. astern gi Sprite, did not sail nearly so weir on 
the wind, the cup-holder's time for the two-mile beat be- 
ing 16 :oo. Hoosier was another that lost all the advant- 
age gained by fast reaching on the second leg. When 
close-hauled this boat could not foot with the leaders, 
and its time for the leg was 18:22. On the second tack 
its bows were crossed by Mendota, which had shaken off 
Yo San. Mendota soon worked up to weather of Spray, 
and gained fourth place. 
Meanwhile Ste. Claire, by outpointing La Rita, had 
moved up to second place, but neither was footing with 
the high-pointing Sprite. 
It was not long before Mendota had La Rita down to 
weather and plaintly was creeping up on Ste. Claire. As 
they came together nearing the buoy, Mendota had the 
best of the struggle, and finished the leg and round with 
a lead of 24s. from the Detroit yacht, which was 36s, 
ahead of La Rita. The centerboarder, Yo San, was a 
close fifth. 
Sprite finished the round with a clear lead of 2m. and 
looked a sure winner, barring accidents. Having beaten 
Mendota 3m. on the spinnaker run the first time around, 
Sprite was expected by the critics to draw away again. 
But yachts are as "kittle" as anything ashore or afloat. 
Mendota and Ste. Claire developed amazing speed before 
the wind, and with every strip of canvas and silk drawing 
perfectly, they ran fast enough to gain considerably on 
the leader, which finished this leg — the fourth — with only 
a minute's lead. Mendota and Ste. Claire were but a 
few seconds apart. A minute behind these two came Yo 
San, having beaten La Rita 49s. on the run. 
The fifth leg, which should have been a reach again, 
brought shifts of wind and all kinds of dirty weather. 
Squall followed squall, the wind shifted this way and 
that, a choppy sea was kicked up for the moment, and 
rain fell in torrents. It was a busy time for the crews, 
but Capt. Brown and his men held on in hot pursuit of 
Sprite, and they succeeded in gaining another half min- 
ute on this leg. Both boats were exceptionally well 
handled through the squalls. 
The final beat home began in half a gale of wind and 
ended in a gentle zephyr — so gentle that Sprite almost 
lost steerage-way in a calm pocket, and thereby nearly 
was caught at the line by Mendota, which was more 
favored by the breeze at the finish after Sprite had again 
had a little the better of the windward work. 
The official times for the race were: 
- ...1st .... 2d 1st 4th 5th 
turn. turn. round, round, round. Finish. P'nts. 
Sprite 3 20 00 3 35 36 4 09 00 4 24 30 4 40 50 5 14 00 100.0 
Mendota ....3 23 04 3 37 01 4 11 00 4 25 30 4 41 20 5 14 15 88.9 
Yo San 3 23 02 3 37 00 4 12 24 4 26 33 4 44 05 5 17 15 77.8 
Ste. Claire .3 21 01 3 36 12 4 11 24 4 25 35 4 42 26 5 19 15 66.7 
La Rita 3 22 01 3 36 00 4 12 00 4 26 58 4 46 30 5 31 30 55.6 
Ventura ... .3 24 00 3 37 00 4 14 52 5 39 00 44.4 
Sprav 3 22 CO 3 36 36 4 13 12 4 47 30 5 43 10 33.3 
Hoosier ....3 23 00 3 36 48 4 15 10 5 52 10 22.2 
Pilot 3 25 00 3 39 00 Withdrew at finish of first round. 
The judges were Thomas Fleming Day, of New York; 
Frederick Pabst, of Milwaukee; and Dr. C. G. Jennings, 
of Detroit. The timekeeper was Charles J. Zeller, of the 
Columbia Y. C. The regatta committee of the Columbia 
Y. C. in charge of the races is composed of Vice-Com- 
modore C. E. Soule, Jr. ; E. S. Osborn, H. J. Furber, Jr., 
A. V. Konsberg, and H. Boyd-Brydon. 
The entries for the race, together with the racing 
numbers and their crews, are as follows : 
No. i — Ste. Claire, County Club, Detroit — Commodore 
F. H. Walker, owner ; Sydney Russell, skipper ; Mason 
Rumney ; Clarence Davock, Henry Moran; Arthur Pettie, 
professional. 
No. 2 — Mendota, Milwaukee Y. C. — Commodore E. P. 
Vilas, owner; R. B. Brown, skipper; Alex. Mather, Wil- 
liam Sanger, O. L. Curtis, John Mason. 
No. 3 — Pilot, Milwaukee Y. C. — John R. Ball, owner 
and skipper; John M. Julien, E. Haase, Dr. C. E. Enos; 
Sanford Rugee, professional. 
No. 4 — Ventura, Detroit Y. C — John H. Smedley, Jr., 
and Northam Warren, owners ; John H. Smedley, Jr., 
skipper; Northam Warren, Alfred Bennett, Dr. Aldrich; 
Ed. Rooney professional. 
No. 5 — Spray, Country Club, Detroit — H. F. Schmidt, 
owner and skipper; Joe Pingree, John Barth, Ed. Green- 
ing; Frank Senter, professional. 
No. 6 — La Rita, Columbia Y. C. — George R. Peare, 
owner and skipper; W. L. Shepard, D. A. N. Dickin- 
son; Frank Keogh, professional. 
No. 7 — Hoosier, Columbia Y. C. — J. F. McGuire, 
owner; G. B. McCullough, skipper; W. D. G. Wilcox, 
L. W. Cowen ; Steve, professional. 
No. 8— Sprite, Chicago Y. C. — Dr. C. P. Pinckard, 
owner; A. G. Cuthbert, skipper; C. P. Pinckard, Teddy 
Webber, Arthur Fletcher, and a professional. 
No. 9 — Yo San, Columbia Y. C. — Fred A. Price, 
owner; William Avery, skipper; Fred A. Price, Nat 
Cook, William Cothroll; Abe Burrell,- professional. 
Chicago, Aug. 15 — [Special to Forest and Stream] — 
Saint Claire won second race sailed on Monday by 2 I /im. 
from Spray, which boat beat Mendota i^m. Sprite was 
3m. late at start on account of an official error, and she 
finished a close fourth. Yo San was fifth. La Rita was 
delayed twelve minutes at the start by the committee, 
but she sailed a splendid race and finished sixth. Then 
Pilot, Ventura, and Hoosier finished in the order named. 
Written protests were filed and allowed. Both Saturday 
and Monday races were decided void. Decision was re- 
considered, and both races were finally declared official. 
E. G. B. Haymond. 
Chicago Y. C. 
Chicago — Mackinac Cruising Race. 
August 3 and 4. 
Imagine two sloops always within sight of each other 
for 240 miles carrying spinnakers all but ten miles of the 
course, crossing the line 4m. and 40s. apart, and covering 
the distance in less than thirty-eight hours, and you have 
siirne idea of the exciting features of the Chicago Y. C.'s 
cruising race from Chicago to Mackinac, which was 
salied August 3 and 4. The boats left at 5 o'clock on the 
afternoon of the former date, the starters being : Sloops 
— Vericedor, Vanenna, and Siren. Schooners — Haw- 
thorne, Alice, and Mistral. Yawls—Naiad, Nahma, and 
T.mnis. 
The sloop Neva was in dry dock, a,n4 by #5jJMJ 999- 
sent of the owners of the other sloops wes permitted to 
start three hours later, her time being taken from the 
time she crossed the line. The wind being fair, the boats 
were able to sail on the regular steamer course from 
Chicago to Point Betsy, and all the craft lost no time 
in breaking out balloon jibs soon after passing the Chi- 
cago lighthouse. 
The principal interest centered in the duel between the 
rivals, Vanenna, owned by Mr. William F. Cameron, and 
Vencedor, owned by Mr. F. A. Price. Vanenna measures 
64ft. over all, 45ft. waterline, 13ft. beam, and 9ft. 5in. 
draft. The boat's were both built in Racine, Wisconsin, 
in 1896, but Vencedor, having a slightly less waterline 
than her rival, was allowed 28m. on the race from Chi- 
cago to Mackinac. Vanenna led at the start, but was 
overhauled by Vencedor about 18 miles on the course, 
and kept a lead throughout the night. At 10 o'clock, the 
wind hauling more to the southward, both boats broke 
out spinnakers and carried them throughout the night. 
Alice, owned by Mr. Ogden McClurg, had shown a 
clean pair of heels to the other schooners, and when 
dawn broke on August 4, she was leading the fleet, but 
well in sight, Vencedor following, Vanenna two miles 
astern, and, as far as could be judged, Mistral three miles 
to the south, the rest of th« boats not being in sight. 
The skipper of Hawthorne had elected to follow the 
coast, evidently anticipating the wind would haul around 
to the S.W. and give him an advantage, but abreast of 
Waukegan he changed his mind and stood on the course 
to Point Betsy, and while abreast Ludington, possibly 
22 miles from that port, his steering gear became dis- 
abled and he ran into Ludington for repairs, which de- 
layed his boat seven hours. 
In the meantime, Vencedor and Vanenna (on which 
boat it was my privilege to be one of the crew) kept up 
the fight for first place, and 10 o'clock Alice and Vanen- 
na were abreast, Vencedor still in the lead. 
The wind was blowing all of 40 miles an hour, and 
the strain on the afterguy of the spinnaker was terrific. 
Twice did Vencedor carry away her spinnaker, owing to 
some damage to their sheets or halliards, but they very 
promptly made repairs and held the lead. The distance 
between the two boats was gradually being lessened, and 
at noon, off Big Point Sable, Vanenna passed her rival, 
and at last took the lead. Forty miles further on, while 
off Frankfort, Mich., leading her rival by 5 miles, 
Vanenna had the misfortune to lose her topmast_ during 
a gybe. Every precaution had been taken, but in cast- 
ing off the topmast runner the .sheet did not render 
freely, and the lowered gaff whipped over instantly, 
struck the backstay, and the mast let go. This deprived 
us of the use of our balloon jib. and full spinnaker, but 
by rigging the block at our masthead and tying about 
fifteen feet of the head of our spinnaker in a bunt, we 
were able to hoist what we had left and still make good 
time. 
At sundown the wind moderated, which enabled 
Vencedor to pick up on us, and she passed us in the 
Manitou Passage during the night. Owing to the close 
proximity of the two boats, the watch below both nights 
had an acute and prolonged attack of insomnia. We 
overtook her, however, abreast of the Fox Islands, and 
kept the lead as far as the Waugashance Light, and 
abreast of that light, at 4:15 in the morning, we were 
side by side within talking distance, with 21 miles to go, 
and both boats still carrying spinnakers. The wind, 
which had hauled around as we changed our course to 
pass the island, again swung around to the E. as we 
rounded the light, so that spinnakers were still in order 
and drawing well. Unfortunately for us, the wind, which 
promised to be as fresh as the day before, lessened, giv- 
ing Vencedor, able as she was to carry all her light 
canvas, the advantage over us. She gradually drew away, 
and crossed the line at six minutes past seven in the 
morning, 4m. 40s. ahead of her crippled rival. 
The actual course covered we estimate to be 340 miles, 
and the actual time for Vencedor was 37I1. 46m., and for 
Vanenna, 37h. 50m. 40s., which, we think, will stand as 
a record for many years to come for a cruising race of 
this character. All the boats arrived at different times 
during the day (as will be seen from the official result 
below), with the exception of Tannis, a yawl 40ft. over 
all, which had the misfortune to lose her mainmast off 
the Beaver Islands in a sudden squall. She arrived at 
Mackinac Island at seven Saturday morning. Nahma re- 
ported the breaking of her spinnaker boom. 
The success of the race has led the Chicago Y. C. to 
make this an annual feature. The Mackinac Island Y. 
C. will put up prizes for a local regatta, and will invite 
the Detroit clubs to have a similar cruising race from 
Port Huron to Mackinac simultaneously with the one 
from Chicago. The official figures are as follows : 
Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Vencedor, sloop 7 06 00 a. m. 37 46 00 37 46 00 
Vanenna, sloop 7 10 40 a. m. 37 50 40 38-18 58 
Naiad, yawl 2 42 00 p. m. 45 42^0 38 59 04 
Alice, schooner 8 42 00 a. m. 39 32 00 39 44 12 
Mistral, schooner 10 41 30 a. m. 41 31 30 41 43 37 
Siren, sloop ...11 04 00 a. m. 41 45 00 42 04 37 
Neva, sloop 1 15 30 p. m. 41 05 00 42 44 00 
Nahma, yawl 2 09 20 p. m. 45 09 20 41 08 18 
Hawthorne, schooner 3 13 30 p. m. 46 03 30 46 15 37 
Tannis, yawl 7 00 00 a. m. 62 00 00 54 15 00 
G. H. Atkin. 
Rhode Lland Letter. 
Providence, R. I., Aug. 13. — The Herreshoff shops at 
Bristol, which have been closed several weeks, are to be 
started up again in full operation next Monday, and it 
is learned that orders for a number of new boats of small 
size are to be filled. A full set of drawings for a new 
schooner yacht on the model of Ingomar were forwarded 
to the German Emperor several weeks ago for his inspec- 
tion and approval. 
The fast sloop, Little Rhody, winner of the Lipton cup 
in the Brooklyn Y. C. ocean race from New York to 
Marblehead, has been out on the ways at Bristol the past 
week for cleaning and painting, preparatory for the N. B. 
Y. R. A. face week. 
The steam launch Swiftsure, owned by Designer Her- 
reshoff, has had her machinery overhauled at Bristol, and 
tests of speed have been given the craft with a view of 
improving her pace for other races of the season. Mr. 
Herreshoff started from Bristol last Wednesday in his 
steam yacht Roamer to join the New York Y. C. fleet 
for the annual cruise, and Mr. Joseph E. Fletcher, of 
