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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Aug. 27, 1904. 
on the rest of the fleet, and was well to windward of the 
rest of .her competitors. Then came Virginia, Rainbow, 
Sybarita, Weetamoe, Neola, Aspirant, Irolita, and Queen 
Mab; Katrina came next, leading all of the schooners, 
and then came Corona, Chanticleer, Valmore, Resolute, 
Endymion, Intrepid, Idler, Atlantic, and Vergemere. At 
11:25 Aspirant took the port tack, and Weetamoe fol- 
lowed at 11 -.40, crossing Rainbow's bow. Yankee was 
over 1Y2 miles ahead of the fleet now, while Sybarita, 
which was sailing fast, had moved up into second posi- 
tion, while Virginia was third, Weetamoe fourth, and 
Rainbow fifth. At 12:15 all three of the 70-footers— 
Neola, Weetamoe, and Queen Mab — took a hitch to port 
to try to fetch the lightship, while the rest of the fleet 
were still holding in toward Buzzard's Bay on the star- 
board tack. When the leaders got far enough out they 
took the starboard tack once more, and were timed as 
they passed Vineyard Sound lightship as follows : Yankee, 
12:39:40; Virginia, 12:48:53; Rainbow, 12:51:37; Weeta- 
moe, 12:52:25; Sybarita, 12:52:40; Neola, 1:07:10. From 
here the yachts had a close reach on the starboard tack 
for 19 miles, or within one mile . of the. finish. ' Unfortun- 
ately the wind lightened after the first three boats got in, 
so the rest of the fleet were held; up for an hour Or more 
by a strong easterly tide .and lack of wind. The leaders 
were timed at the finish :as follows.: Yankee, 2 :33 :oi ; 
Sybarita, 2:47:30; Virginia, .2 :5o :oo ; Rainbow, 2 :53:48; 
Weetamoe, 3:03:14; Neola, 3:25:12; Corona, 3:29:38; 
Chanticleer, 3:37:55 5 Queen Mab, 3 :42 :10; Constellation, 
3:45:49; Aspirant, 3:48:01; Resolute, 3:48:10; Katrina, 
3 :5o :49 ; Atlantic, 4 :oi :47 ; Intrepid, 4 -.26 :oo ; Emerald, 
4:34:33. Summary follows : X . ._ 
Sloops— Glass T.. ... ' 
* Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Snasm .9 56 00 . 5 34 40 7 38 40 
Phantom ,3 58-44 • 5 32 59 7 36 15 
St ...............9 55 11 3 48 01 5 52 50 
Irotita ........9 57 00 Did. not finish. 
Sloops— Class I. -,: ■ 
Neo i a .10 01 58 • 3 25 12 5 23 14 
Vv eetam'oe " ■ .lO 'OO 31 3 03 14 5 02 43 
^rfMab:::::::::,...........,..i()02oo, ; 34210 540 10-.- 
Sloops — Class H. 
Yankee .10 00 14 2 33 01 4 32 47 
Rafnbow 10 01 18 2 53 48 4 52 50 
vffiST :::::::::: 100200 25003 4 48 03 
Yawls— Class G. 
Sybarita 10 01 23 2 47 30 4 46 07 
Schooners — Class D. 
Valmore ..10 06 18 5 17 16 ... 7 10.58 
Katrina 10 06 25 3 50 59 5 44 34 
Mnvk •• 10 07 00 Did not finish. 
Cacique' 10 07 00 Did not finish. 
Schooners— Class B. 
Corona 10 12 00 3 29 38 5 17 38 
Emerald .10 12 00 4 34 33 6 22 34 
ChantWeer • ' ! ! .'. ! 10 12 00 3 37 55 5 25 55 
Fndymion - . ^.T.^lOnl^ 5 37 39 7 25 39 
Consolation "'J.:'.''. 10 12 00 3 45 49 5 33 49 
Auxiliaries. . 
T r iip r 10 12 00 Did not finish. 
i«fer:::::: 101200 4 26 00 en 00 
v' Werner- ......10 12 00 Did not finish. 
K lute .10 12 00 3 48 10 5 36 10 
Atfifc e .:::.v::::::::::::.::::... : ioi2oo. - 401 45 54947 
"Wednesday, August 17— Vineyard Haven to Newport, 
37 Miles. 
The New York Y. C. cruise, so far as squadron runs 
was concernced, ended with to-day's return trip from 
Vineyard Haven to Newport, a distance of 37 miles, when 
the fleet raced for two special cups offered by Rear-Com- 
modore Cornelius Vanderbilt. 
The race was sailed in a nice sailing breeze from the 
W -S W , which developed into a whole sad breeze at the 
finish, giving the yachts a beat of 20 miles to Vineyard 
Sound lightship, and then a close reach of 17 miles to the 
^Sybarita took the lead when near Wood's Hole, and led 
the fleet across the finish line, covering the course m 4h. 
32m. 26s., beating Yankee, which was the second boat to 
finish, by urn. 33s. ■< ■■ , ■■< : . ; _ " . ■ . . ,. 
A.s this made the third time Sybarita finished first, she 
will undoubtedly win the. special cup offered by Vice- 
Commodore Henry Walters for the boat winning the 
most squadron runs on elapsed time, the schooner cup go- 
ing to Corona. These are the only results which can be 
figured with any degree of certainty, as the boats have not 
been measured, bo far as the Vanderbilt cups are con- 
cerned it is thought Weetamoe will win the sloop cup, 
while, the. schooner prize will probably lay between Val- 
more and Corona. ; ' '■ • ■ '. ... 
Among the 70-footers, Yankee won easily, beating Vir- 
ginia by 4111. 41s., and Rainbow: by 5™. 35s. . Incidentally 
Yankee has won four out of five of the squadron runs, 
her Only defeat being in Friday's opening run from Wen- 
Cove to New Haven, when Rainbow beat her by a minute 
under very fluky conditions. In the. 60ft. class Weetamoe 
won easily, beating Queen Mab by 19m. 38s., as. Neola 
withdrew soon after the start on account of the fog. 
Weetamoe has also done very well during the cruise, win- 
ning four out of five of the squadron runs the same as 
Yankee, and, like the Maxwell boat, her only defeat was 
in Friday's fluky race to New Haven. . 
Among the smaller boats, Aspirant won a c ose race 
from Irolita by im., and she also made .1 record of four 
wins out of five starts. . Aspirant would have done much 
better but for the fact that, the gun of the committee boat 
failed to go off, and the Hunan boys, fearing they had 
gone off before the signal, returned and made a second 
start, which cost them their windward berth Spasm and 
Ishkoodah (formally F. M. Plant's Herreshoff-designed 
Nellie) sailed a remarkably close race over the course, 
Spasm finally winning by 3s. ■ ... 
Among the schooners, KaJ,rma, which has been sailing 
remarkably well this year, won easily among the small 
schooners, beating Valmore by 38m. 10s. ; while among 
the class B boats. Corona 'heat Chanticleer 53™. 8s. and 
Fmerald 54m. Ss. Resolute, which has hitherto been 
classed among the auxiliaries, has taken her propeller off, 
and to-day raced against Endymion in class A, beating the 
Crane schooner by 49m. 19$. . Endymion really made, a 
much better showing than the official figures show, as she 
Est 20m. or more by returnig to get a "Departure from 
West Chops after the fog shut m soon after the start 
Among the auxiliaries, Atlantic beat Idler by 50m. S3S-, 
and the big Intrepid by ih. 8m. 40s. 
The officers, of the club and the regatta committee were 
anxious to make an early start to Newport on Wednes- 
day morning, and as there was a head wind and tide, most 
of the boats left the harbor for the starting line off West 
Chop buoy soon after 8 o'clock. There was a nice sailing 
breeze from the W.-S.W., but the air was very thick, and 
it looked as though a fog would shut in, but the regatta 
committee did not wait, and promptly at 9 o'clock the 
preparatory gun sounded. The starting gun for small 
sloops was due at 9:10, but the. gun missed fire, and the 
whistle, which was 8s. late, forced Aspirant over the line 
before the' signal, and while the committee did not recall 
her, she returned and recrossed the line. So they # crossed 
in the following order : Spasm, Irolita, Phantom, Ish- 
koodah, and Aspirant. Then came the big sloops at 9 :15, 
led by Virginia, with Rainbow on her weather quarter. 
Then came Sybarita to leeward of both, followed by 
Neola,. Yankee, Weetamoe, and Queen Mab. The small' 
schooners came next at 9 120, led by Katrina, with Val- 
more and Loyal in close attendance. When the big two- 
stickers started at 9:25, a thick fog rolled in from Vine- 
yard Sound, making it difficult to distinguish the boats 
a hundred yards away. Emerald was the first away, and 
then came Corona, Chanticleer, Idler, Resolute, Verge- 
mere, Atlantic, and Endymion. Neola, which had smashed 
her compass early in the cruise, was the first to return, 
apparently fearing to face the dangers of Vineyard Sound 
in a : fog, and soon Loyal, Vergemere, Casique, and En- 
dymion followed her example, while the others kept on. 
' The chart course was W. two miles from West Chop to 
Nobska, then 11^ miles . W.-S.W, from Nobska light to 
Nashawena Island : then W. 7 miles', to Vineyard Sound 
lightship, and then W.-N.W. 17^4 miles from Vineyard 
Sound lightship to the finish line off Brenton's Reef lights- 
ship. 
AH of the yachts stood over toward.- the Naushon 
Island shore on the port tack, and. then worked along the 
shore in short hitches to keep out of the strong head tide. 
The fog lifted soon after 10 o'clock, and by 10:30 the 
sun had burned away what was left of it. 
At 10:10 Sybarita was leading the fleet off Tarpaulin 
Gove, .-with Yankee in second place. Then came Virginia, 
Rainbow, Weetamoe, Aspirant, Queen Mab, Irolita, 
Spasm, Ishkoodah, Corona, Phantom, Valmore, Katrina, 
Emerald, Chanticleer, Resolute, Idler, Atlantic, Volunteer, 
Intrepid, Loyal, Endymion, Casique, and Neola. Here 
Sybarita and the 70-footers took a long starboard leg 
over to the Martha's Vineyard shore, which they worked 
in short hitches until 11 o'clock, when they were off 
Menemsha Bight. Here they took the port tack again, 
and were able to lay their course to Vineyard Sound 
lightship, where the leaders were timed as follows : 
Sybarita, 12:11:14; Yankee, 12:15:34; Virginia, 12:19:43; 
Rainbow, 12:21:13 ; Weetamoe, 12:47:00. It was a close 
reach from here to the finish with small jib topsails, and 
as the wind and sea increased, Sybarita drew rapidly away 
from the 70-footers, finishing at 1 -.48 :oo. The rest of the 
leaders were timed as follows: Yankee, 1:59:19; Vir- 
ginia, 2:03:55; Rainbow, 2:05:34; Corona, 2:28:21; 
Weetamoe, 2:35:42; Queen Mab, 2:55:46; Atlantic, 
3:08:56; Katrina, 3:17:05; Chanticleer, 3:21:54; Emerald' 
3:22:32; Aspirant, 3:24:52; Irolita, 3:27:16; Resolute, 
3:37:33; Idler, 3:59:00; Spasm, 4:09:57; Ishkoodah, 
4:10:40; Intrepid, 4:17:33; Endymion, 4:26:52. 
Sloops — Class L. 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Spasnl 9 10 27 4 09 57 6 59 30 
Phantom 9 10 43 Did not finish. 
Ishkoodah 9 11 10 4 10 43 6 59 33 
Sloops — Class K. 
Asoirant 9 10 35 3 24 52 6 14 17 
Irolita 9 12 00 3 27 16 6 15 17 
Sloops — Class I. 
Weetamoe 9 1*5 12 2 35 42 5 19 30 
Neola , 9 16 18 Withdrew. 
Queen ' Mab 9 16 38 2 55 46 5 39 08 
Sloops — Class H. 
Yankee 9 15 20 1 59 19 4 43 59 
vtginia 9 15 15 2 03 55 4 48 40 
Rainbow 9 16 00 2 05 34 4 49 34 
Yawls — Class G. 
Sybarita 9 15 34 1 48 00 4 32 26 
Schooners — Class D. 
Katrina .9 21 02 3 17 05 5 56 03 
Valmore 9 21 49 3 56 02 6 34 13 
Casiciue 9 25 20 Did not finish. 
L oy al 9 22 00 Did not finish. 
Schooners — Class B. 
Corona 9 25 43 2 28 21 5 02 38 
Emerald 9 25 46 3 22 32 5 56 46 
CbSeer 9 26 13 3 21 54 5 55 41 
Schooners — Class A. 
Endvmion 9 27 00 4 26 52 6 59 52 
Resolute 9 27 00 3 37 33 6 10 33 
Auxiliaries. 
Atlantic 9 27 00 3 08 56 5 41 56 
\ rroemere 9 27 00 Withdrew. 
Intrepid " ' 9 26 57 4 17 33 6 50 36 
idler . ..::...::.. .9 26 u 3 59 00 e 32 49 
Thursday, August 18-«-At Ntwport. 
While the fleet did not race on Thursday, the yachts- 
men were by no means idle, as between power boat and 
small boat racing, rowing races for the Owl and Game- 
cock colors, and preparing for the Astor cup races, the 
members of the club put in a pretty lively twenty-four 
hours. . - 
The sailing yachts remained at anchor all day, but 
their owners came ashore early to see what was doing 
around the club station, and, to the surprise of all, it was 
found that not a single entry had been received for the 
steam yacht race for the Hauoli cups offered by F. M. 
Smith, Of the steam yacht Hauoli. It certainly seemed 
rather strange that out of a fleet of over fifty steam 
yachts in the harbor, that not a single owner had sport- 
ing blood enough to enter his boat for the race, despite 
the fact that the cups were worth over $5,000, and are 
probably the most beautiful trophies ever offered for 
competition. . .. , , , 
After the committee had made a fruitless search lor 
entries, they gave out the following statement :. "Owing 
to the 'importance of the -Hauoli cups offered by Captain 
F. M. Smith, N. Y. Y. C. and having in view the in- 
sufficiency of the entries/ the committee, with the approval 
of Captain Smith, has decided'to postpone the event until 
next year. . 
"It is believed that the lack of entries is largely due to 
the fact that the table of time allowances as announced 
has not been fully understood ; the prevailing opinion be- 
ing that the fast yachts would be certain winners, while 
as a matter of fact, the allowances favor the moderate 
power cruising steamers. It is believed that this will be 
better understood next season, and a large entry received." 
Finding that the Fteam yacht race was off, the yachts- 
men turned their attention to, the power boats, and they 
were rewarded by seeing the best and fastest race ever 
held by this type of craft. 
There were three starters in the race, and they included 
Nat. G. Herreshoff's steam-driven Swiftsure, a 51ft. boat 
of 90 horse-power, which he steered himself; Vingt-et-un, 
a 75 horse-power 40-footer, owned by W. L. Brooks, and 
steered by C. M. Hamilton ; and Mercedes, a 32ft. _6o 
horse-power boat, owned by Herbert L. Bowden, which 
was designed and steered by Starling Burgess, which boat 
was credited with a trial trip speed of 27 miles per hour. 
There was a strong NW. breeze blowing, and quite a 
little sea on in Narragansett Bay when the preparatory 
signal sounded at noon. These boats are little better than 
floating coffins, and their crews went out prepared for a 
ducking. . 
The Mercedes people were evidently prepared for the 
worst, as they were clad in bathing suits under their oil- 
skins, while around their necks they wore rubber life 
buoys, so if their craft sank they would be able to keep 
afloat. 
These boats were sent twice around an 8-mile triangle, 
or 16 miles 'in all. The first leg took them over to James- 
town, and then they went up the bay and back to the 
starting line. Mercedes got the best of the start, as she 
w r as sent away with a good headway. Nat Herreshoff in 
Swiftsure, who hugged the line closely, was next away 
from a standing start, but quickly j umped into full speed, 
and last of all came Vingt-et-un, moving very fast; Swift- 
sure quickly flew into the lead, as Mercedes took in water 
so fast that her crew had to pump for their lives, and at 
the first mark she half filled with water and dropped 
rapidly astern. Vingt-et-un moved quickly up int9 second 
place, and began to pick up on Swiftsure. She made the 
turn better than the Herreshoff boat, which had to slow 
down, so at the end of the first round she Was only 8s. 
astern of ..the leader. .The boats were timed as they 
.'rounded as follows v Swiftsure, 12 =31 :34 ;< Vingt-et-un, 
12 :3i :42 ; Mercedes, 12 :34 =32. On the first 8 knots of the 
course Swiftsure had beaten Vinght-et-un 8s., and Mer- 
cedes 2m. 58s. Swiftsure averaged 21.55 knots on the 
first round, and Vingt-et-un about the same. 
On the second round Vinght-et-un caught Swiftsure 
just after they turned the first mark, and for some 
moments they raced along like one boat. Finally the gas- 
propelled boat took the lead, but the steam-driven craft 
had the power and stuck very close to her. With the 
spray flying in clouds from their bows and a yeasty wake 
marking their path through the water, they crossed the 
finish line almost side by side, Vingt-et-un winning by 
iust 3s., with Mercedes over a mile astern. The elapsed . 
time of the last 8 knots were Vingt-et-un, 21m. 16s. ; 
Swiftsure, 21m. 27s.; Mercedes, 24m. 56s. Vingt-et-un 
and Swiftsure both averaged 22.30 knots, or 25.64 statute 
miles, for the 16 knots, but judging by the previous work 
of the boats, there is just a suspicion that the course was 
short. 
Among the smaller power boats which raced over an 
8-knot course, the little 4^2 horse-power Neon, owned by 
N. G. Herreshoff, Jr., beat the Wayfarer, owned by John 
Hays Hammond, Jr., by 15m. 45s. on time allowance. 
There was also a sailing race for small boats for the New- 
port cups, which brought out a fleet of five 30-footers 
and five of the Newport 15ft. class. 
The 30-footers sailed a course to Wickford and back, 
which gave them a beat on the first leg and a run home. 
The boats had a fair tide with them both going and com- 
ing. Carolina, owned and steered by Pembroke Jones, 
was the first away, with Breeze on her weather quarter, 
and the pair made a great race of it over the course, 
Carolina finally winning by 40s. 
The feature of the small boat race which raced over the 
course was due to the fact that no less than three of the 
boats were sailed by women. Eaglet was sailed by Miss 
Caroline Grosvenor, Echo and Whisper by the Misses 
Morgan, daughters of E. D. Morgan, a former Commo- 
dore of the New York Y. C, who had charge of Columbia 
last season. They were sent away at noon, and Miss 
Grosvenor managed to get across first with Eaglet. Eaglet 
kept the lead to the weather mark, but on the run home 
H. F. Lippitt's Minnow passed her, and finished ahead, 
beating Eaglet by 36s. , 
During the sailing events, there were rowing races for 
the Owl and Gamecock colors, which resulted in walk- 
overs for the Katrina's four and the Isolde's pair oared 
crews. The dinghy race was won by the Cara II. 's man, 
with the Katrina's representative second. The summaries 
of the power and small boat races follow : 
Power Boats— Class I— Start, 12:10. 
First Round. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Mercedes 12 34 32 12 59 2S 0 49 28 0 46 22 
Vingetun'''.: 12 31 42 12 52 58 0 42 58 0 41 22 
Swift Sur e ::: 12 31 34 12 53 01 0 43 01 0 43 01 
Ving-et-un beat Swift Sure by lm. 39s. and Mercedes 5m. cor- 
rected time. 
Power 
Boats— Class 2— Start, 12:10. 
Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
^ pn „ 1 04 10 0 50 10 0 34 39 
Wayfarer' •':::::.' 1 00 14 0 50 14 0 50 14 
Sailing: Race-30-footers-Start, 11:50 
Carolina, P. Jones i -'Wif 9 2 26 26 
Breeze, W. G. Roelker, Jr 2 17 12 2 27 12 
Eleanor, G. W. Widener Wrong course. 
Hera, J. W. Callard Did not finish. 
Raccoon, J. R. Drexel Did not finish, 
Newport 15-footers— Start, 12:00. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Minnow, H. F. Lippitt 12 54 21 0 54 21 
Eaglet. J. B. M. Grosvenor 12 54 57 0 54 57 
Wenonah, II. Wetherell 11 55 19 0 55 19 
Echo, E. D. Morgan 12 56 20 0 56 20 
Whisper, E. D. Morgan, Jr • 12 59 12 0 59 12 
Fiiday, Aug. 19, Astor Cup Race, Block Island Course, 
38 Miles. 
Friday saw the races for the Astor cups, which, next to 
the famous America's Cup,- are the most highly, thought 
of yachting trophies of the club. Each season Captain 
John Jacob Astor, of the steam yacht Nourmahal, offers 
a $1,000 cup for schooners and a $500 cup for sloops. 
These trophies, which have taken the place of the Goelet 
cups are eagerly sought after, and to win one is con- 
sidered quite a feat, as all the single-stickers and all of 
the schooners each race in one class, subject to the regu- 
lar club allowances. , m 
Heretofore large yachts have invariably won the cups, 
