Aug. 27, 1904.] 
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but this year, thanks to a light breeze and a more liberal 
system of time allowances, the sloop prize was won by 
Wilmer H. and Addison G. Hanan's fast little Gardiner 
43-footer Aspirant, which received an allowance of ih. 
19m. 10s. from the big Sybarita, ih. 5m. 46s. from the 
70-footers, and about 49m. from Weetamoe and Neola. 
However, most of these boats were double and treble her 
size, and in any sort of a breeze they would probably 
have lost her, but in the light air Aspirant was almost 
able to hold her own with them in close reaching and 
windward work, but with eased sheets they left her far 
astern, but not far enough to beat her, as she was able to 
finish within 44m. of Yankee, and won rather easily by 
21m. 46s. on corrected time. 
Aspirant is the smallest boat that ever won an Astor 
cup, and her victory was in no small measure due to the 
consummate skill with which the Hanan boys sailed her, 
and they certainly earned the right to be considered the 
cleverest amateurs in the country. 
In the schooner class, Corona had to allow Katrina 
44111. 57s. time allowance, and after a fairly close race she 
managed to capture the prize by 4m. on corrected time. 
There was a light wind from the N.-N.E. when the yachts 
left the harbor for the starting line off Brenton's Reef 
lightship, and Sybarita and Virginia took a tow line from 
friendly steam yachts so that they would be on hand in 
time. The list of starters with their racing lengths and 
allowances follows : 
Sloops and Yawls. 
Racing Length. Allowance. 
Sybarita, W. Gould Brokaw 104.00 Scratch. 
Yankee, J. Rogers Maxwell 84.13 0 13 24 
Virginia, W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr 84.13 0 13 24 
Rainbow, Cornelius Vanderbilt 84.07 0 13 24 
Neola, G. M. Pynchon 66.32 0 38 31 
Weetamoe, H. F. Lippitt 66.16 0 38 41 
Aspirant, Hanan Bros 47.50 1 19 10 
Schooners. 
Corona, A. F. Luke 89.43 Scratch. 
Katrina, J. B. Ford 58.76 0 44 57 
They were attended by a score or more of big steam 
yachts, which included John Jacob Astor's Nourmahal, 
with Miss Alice Roosevelt and the regatta committee 
among the guests on board. Commodore F. G. Bourne's 
Delaware ; Vice-Commodore Henry Walter's Narada ; El- 
bridge T. Gerry's Electra ; H. W. Putnam, Jr.'s Ariadne ; 
H. Clay Pierce's Yacona; E. C. Benedict's Oneida; J. L. 
B. Mott's Candida; Col. Van Rensselaer's May; A. C. 
Bostwick's Vergemere; Wilson Marshall's Atlantic; Nat. 
G. Herreshoff's Roamer; H. A. Chatfield Taylor's Wan- 
derer; A. de Witt Cochrane' s Alvina; Charles Hayden's 
Aria ; H. B. Moore's Zara ; the torpedo boat Morris, and 
several Government tugs. The committee, which was a 
trifle late in coming out, signalled that the 38-mile Block 
Island course would be sailed; that is, the boats would 
sail to the West Island mark first. The course was E. by 
S. Ys S., 6y 2 miles to a mark off at Sakonnet light, then 
18 miles S.W. by W. 94 W. to a mark off Block Island, 
and then i3 l / 2 miles N.E. Y& E. to the finish line at Bren- 
ton's Reef lightship. 
The preparatory signal sounded at 11 o'clock, and 10 
minutes later the sloops Were sent away. Yankee was the 
first away, almost with the gun, with Weetamoe on her 
weather quarter. Then came Virginia, Neola; and Aspir- 
ant, while Sybarita and Rainbow were handicapped a 
minute or more. 
Corona led Katrina over the line at 11:15 when the 
schooners were started, and all hands carried intermediate 
jib topsails, as it was a close fetch to the first mark on the 
port tack. The wind began to back and fill, however, 
and after shifting to the E. hauled to the S.E., so that 
Yankee and Weetamoe, which had been leading, fell back, 
and Sybarita, Rainbow, and Aspirant took command, as 
the shift of the wind made it a close reach on the star- 
board tack, which made them the windward boats. 
Sybarita, Yankee, and Virginia all set big jib topsails, 
and soon Yankee worked into second place. The wind was 
very light, and the boats made slow time to the first mark, 
where they were timed as follows : Sybarita, 12 -.40 :o6 ; 
Yankee, 12:42:21; Aspirant, 12 -.44 149 ; Corona, 12:46:16; 
Rainbow, 12:48:02; Weetamoe, 12:48:17; Neola, 
12:48:39; Virginia, 12:49:06; Katrina, 12:57:41. This 
showed that Cybarita led the Yankee 2 : 15, Aspirant 4:43, 
Rainbow 7:56, Weetamoe 8:11, Neola 8:33, and Virginia 
9m., while Corona had a lead of 11m. 25s. on Katrina, 
which boat was left far astern by the shift of wind. As 
the yachts located around the mark the wind freshened a 
bit, and with small jib topsails aloft all were able to lay 
their course for the Block Island mark on the port tack. 
As soon as the wind freshened, Aspirant dropped behind, 
while Yankee, having worked out to windward of 
Sybarita, began to pick up on the Brokaw yawl, and 
finally drew by her windward at 1 :25, when she set a 
smaller jib topsail. 
At 1:30, Yankee led the fleet with Sybarita a few 
lengths astern. Corona, which was now in third 
place, was a quarter of a mile behind, while about the 
same distance astern of her came Virginia, which 
boat had just passed Neola to windward. Then came 
Weetamoe and Rainbow. Aspirant was a mile back of 
them, while Katrina was nearly 3 miles astern of the 
leaders. - 
At 2:15 the wind hauled more to the W., making the 
last 8 or 9 miles a beat to the Block Island mark, and 
immediately Yankee, Weetamoe and Neola went off 
to the S.E. on the starboard tack to head off Virginia, 
which was well to windward of the rest of the fleet. 
Sybarita tossed about the same time, while Virginia, 
Aspirant and Katrina held on to the port tack while 
the others stood off to E. 
At 2:40, Aspirant, Weetamoe and Neola made a long 
starboard hitch, and the two 60-footers easily crossed 
Corona's bow some distance ahead of the Luke 
schooner. Aspirant took the port tack again at 2:50 
and Neola followed, crossing Weetamoe's bow and 
then tacking on her weather. The mark was close at 
hand, when Yankee took the starboard tack again at 
2:55, and about the same time Virginia moved up into 
second place, passing Sybarita to windward. The air 
was too light for the big yawl to do herself justice, 
while it just seemed to suit the seventies and smaller 
sloops. Yankee had a good 5m. lead on Virginia when 
she gybed round the Block Island mark, where the 
yachts were timed as follows: Yankee, 3:02:03; Vir- 
ginia, 3:07:17; Sybarita, 3:08:08; Rainbow, 3:14:06; 
Corona, 3:17:14; Neola, 3:21:11; Weetamoe, 3:23:23; 
Aspirant, 3:31:28; Katrina, 4:00:00. This showed that 
Yankee had gained 5m. 13s. on Virginia; 6m. 5s. 011 
Sybarita; 12m. 3s. on Rainbow; 19m. 8s. on Neola; 21m. 
20s. on Weetamoe, and 29m. 25s. on Aspirant, while 
Corona led Katrina by 42m. 46s. 
Ballooners were broken out and booms eased off to 
port for the run home, as the wind was now about 
S.S.W., and soon spinnakers blossomed out to star- 
board, so that the yachts made fairly fast time to the 
finish, the only change in the order being that Sybarita 
passed Virginia and moved up into second place. 
Yankee, however, increased her lead considerably, and 
the yachts were time as they crossed the finish line: 
Yankee, 4:49:20; Sybarita, 5:01:50; Virginia, 5:63:39; 
Rainbow, 5 :c»9 .-50; Corona, 5 :i3 :52 ; Neola, 5 :2i :o7 ; Wee- 
tamoe, 5:23:34; Aspirant, 5:34:56; Katrina, 6:03:34. 
Summary: 
Schooners — $1,000 Cup. 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Corona ...11 16 15 5 13 52 5 57 37 5 57 37 
Katrina 11 17 00 6 03 34 6 46 34 6 01 37 
Sloops and Yawls — $500 Cup. 
Sybarita 11 12 00 5 01 50 5 49 50 5 49 50 
Yankee 11 10 10 4 49 20 5 39 10 5 25 46 
Virginia 11 10 49 4 03 39 5 52 50 5 39 26 
Rainbow 11 12 00 5 09 50 5 57 50 5 44 26 
Neola 11 11 31 5 21 07 6 09 36 5 31 05 
Weetamoe ...11 10 13 5 23 34 6 13 21 5 34 40 
Aspirant 11 11 46 5 34 56 6 23 10 5 04 00 
Corona beat Katrina in elapsed time 48m. 57s. and 
in corrected time by only 4111. Sybarita beat Aspirant, 
the winner of the sloop cup, in elapsed time by 33m. 
20s., and lost the prize by 45m. 50s. corrected time. 
Yankee beat Aspirant in elapsed time by 44m. and lost 
the prize by 21m. 46s. corrected time. 
Saturday, Aug. 20 — Newport. 
The programme for Saturday called for an ocean 
race of 264 miles from Brenton's Reef Lightship to 
Sandy Hook Lightship and return, for the Brenton's 
Reef cup, and a special race for the 70 and 60-footers 
was spoiled by a terrific 40- knot gale from the S.E., 
which kicked up such a big sea off Brenton's Reef that 
the committee tug could not get out to the starting line. 
The entries included George Lauder, Jr.'s schooner, 
Endymion ; Wilson Marshal's big three-masted schooner 
rigged auxiliary, Atlantic, and J. H. Measury's Reso- 
lute, which has had her propeller taken out and is now 
a full fledged schooner. 
It was blowing so hard that Narragansett Bay was a 
sea of foam, and the waves were so big that tne Gen- 
eral, a stout boat that makes connection with the Wick- 
ford trains, had all she could do to make the passage; 
while outside the Atlantic rollers 10 or 15ft. high came 
tumbling in on Brenton's Point with a force that al- 
most made rock-ribbed Newport tremble. In spite of 
the conditions of wind and wave, Mr. Lauder, the 
owner of the Endymion, would not consent to call the 
race off, and the committee tug, Unique, the press 
boat, Eugene F. Moran, and the Resolute and Endy- 
mion left for the starting line soon after 10" "o'clock, 
while Atlantic, which had left her anchorage under 
steam, started to hoist her sails outside of Goat Island. 
Resolute and Endymion, after reaching down the har- 
bor at a 12-knot gait under lower canvas, caught a 
breath of the force of the gale off Castle Head and one 
puff seemed to be enough, as they rolled over until 
their lee rails were buried in foam and then turned tail 
and ran for the harbor with the committee boat close 
at their heels. 
All thoughts of racing was abandoned, and the start 
was postponed until Monday. While there is no ques- 
tion that all three of the boats could have made the 
trip in safety, the weather was so thick that their 
skippers were afraid that they might reach Sandy Hook 
just as the outgoing and incoming Atlantic liners were 
converging, and that in a fog there might be a collision 
accompanied by fatal results. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. 
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has been formed in Boston for the purpose of dealing in 
ship stores, chandlery, provisions, and maritime supplies 
of all kinds. 
The name of this new company is "The Maritime 
Stores Company," and the managers are Captain H. J. 
Howes, James Otis Porter, and Hollis Burgess. Captain 
Howes has been master of many . vessels, including the 
Sea Witch, the noted ship that ran the English blockade 
at Delagoa Bay in the Boer war, Annie M. Smull, Mary 
Whittredge, and many other well-known vessels. Cap- 
tain Howes has visited about every large seaport in the 
world; has been around the globe four times, and has a 
wide acquaintance with mariners of every land. Mr. 
Porter was a Volunteer Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy dur- 
ing the war with Spain, and served in command of the 
U. S. S. Catskill. He recently severed his connection 
with Mr. B. B. Crowninshield, the naval architect. Mr. 
Burgess was in the yacht brokerage and marine business 
for some time, and has a wide acquaintance among the 
yacht owners and seafaring men. 
The store and offices of the company are at the head of 
Lewis Wharf, No. 38 Atlantic avenue, Boston, Mass., 
where they have a private landing and launches for the 
convenience of customers. They intend to supply all 
classes of vessels, including steamers, sailing ships, fish- 
ing vessels, yachts, etc., with all kinds of supplies. 
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Royal Canadian Y. C. Country House Burned.— 
The building of the Royal Canadian Y. C, located on 
Center Island, near Toronto, was totally destroyed by fire 
on the night of August 5. A number of trophies were 
said to have been lost, and the damage will be in the 
neighborhood of $10,000. 
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Two Steam Yachts Sold.— Speedy II., formerly 
owned by Mr. C. G. Conn, of Elkhart, Indiana, has been 
sold to the Canadian Government. The steam yacht Buc- 
caneer, formerly the property of Mr. Lucius G. Fisher, of 
Chicago alS ° beCn S ° ld t0 Ml "* J ' Rosenbaum > of 
k y. k 
Record Voyage in a Ketch.-Ih the course of the 
month, two young men from Brighton will start on an 
adventurous voyage m a 14-ton ketch. Their destination 
is Western Australia, where they mean to engage 111 the 
Broome pearl fisheries. They are 'not able to pay their 
passage out, and therefore they are sailing the wiiole way 
in their own boat. They hope, with good luck, to reacn 
their destination m four or five months, and are provi- 
sioning their boat for a. voyage until Christmas. It they 
are successful, their voyage will be the longest ever 
undertaken m a craft of this size. The voyage between 
this country and America has been- several times made in 
small boats, and on one occasion a boat only thirty feet 
.long was successfully navigated from London to Cape- 
town.— St. James's Gazette. 
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Ingomar Returning to the States —Mr. Morton F 
Plant s schooner Ingomar is being put 111 shape for the 
return voyage at Southampton, England, to tne btates 
She will leave some time the latter part of September: 
She has won while racing m foreign waters this season 
twelve firsts, four seconds, one third, and two extra prizes 
out of twenty-two starts. F 
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Regatta PosTPONED.-The annual regatta of the North- 
port Y. C. was scheduled for Saturday, August 20, but 
on account of the severe storm, did not take place. 
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Aletes II. Sold -The launch Aletes II., owned by Mr. 
Robert C. Fisher, N. Y. Y. C, has been sold to Mr. Amos 
i™f rn M' gachem's Head Y C, through the agency of 
Stanley M. Seaman, New York. She is 47ft. over all and 
built in 1903. ' 
Bensonhurst Y. C 
Bensonhurst, L. I.— Aug. IS and 19. 
Alfred Mackay's Class Q sloop Ogeemah, of the Bensonhurst 
Y. C successfully defended the new perpetual challenge troShv 
recently offered by Commodore Arthur C. Bellows, in the first 
races held for the same on Thursday and Friday, Aug 18 and 19 
The challenging orgamzation was the New York C C which wis 
represented by Miss Judy, owned by D. D. Alteton. bTher clubs 
Y C "defended t r'T F 'l — % ^ b ° atS " The Brooklyn 
x. C. defended on J. C. Erskme's Karma, and the Atlantic Y C 
sent over Mary owned .by Max Grundner. The trophy f s open 
A. VflSSFtig™ conditions, from any club if, the^ 
First Race— Aug. 18. 
^cl em f h i^° n l he fi rst . contest, over a leeward and windward 
course of 10 nautical miles, defeating Miss Judy on corrected 
time by 4m. and 40s. Karma ana Mary were badfy beaten The 
boats sailed from the start, off Fort Hamilton, down the Eav to 
and around Romer Shoal Light and return, and was a reach down 
and windward work home. Throughout the event the contendhiS 
craft were paired, Ogeemah and Miss Judy fighting it out forfir* 
honors, the other two boats seeing which one would be forced 
to bring up the rear. Mass Judy was the first craft to finish 
but was not far enough m the lead to overcome the allowance 
conceded to Ogeemah. The summary follows: allowance 
Sloops— Class Q— Start,' 3:20. 
Oo-eemah ^"^fe, ' Ela Psed. Corrected. 
Ugeemah 5 40 50 2 20 50 2 13 30 
^ 1SS J" d y 5 38 10 2 18 10 2 18 10 
Mary 5 58 40 2 38 40 2 38 17 
Second Race— Aug. 19. 
The second and what proved the deciding struggle for the chal- 
lenge cup was as closely contested as the first Ogeemah won 
from Miss Judy by 2m 13s. corrected time, after a most stub" 
bornly fought battle Karma was defeated by 3m. 29s., and Mary 
by 8m 51s corrected time. The boats sailed from the start off 
rh 0 f nV Ha , mll i 0n r the h H b r? at the entance t0 Swa^ Channel 
thence to the Craven Shoal buoys and return, a distance of 9 
nautica miles It took a number of windward hitches to reach 
& Jf U bu °y- . th e first mark The leg from there to the Craven 
Shoal was a spinnaker run, and a reach brought the starters home 
The wind was W by S. with the tide on the ebb. Under The 
declaration of trust, a craft getting two victories receives posses- 
sion of the trophy until won by some other boat under the given 
conditions. Ihe summary follows: given 
Sloops— Class Q— Start, 3:45. 
^ u Finish. Elapsed. Corrected 
0/ cem T ah , 5 37 18 1 52 18 1 45 42 
Miss Judy 5 32 55 1 47 55 1 47 55 
K &rma 5 S9 35 1 54 35 1 49 11 
Mar y 5 39 53 1 54 53 1 54 33 
Edgewood Y. C 
Annual Cruise— Aug. 16-21. 
The Edgewood Y. C. held its annual cruise coincident with the 
week of open racing of the N. B. Y. R. A., the itinerary being 
the same, and on the whole the week provided a most enjoyable 
time for the fleet, which numbered about twenty-five boats al- 
though the bad weather interfered with the programme for 'Sat- 
urday. ■ 
The fleet left the club anchorage on Tuesday, the 16th, and 
under Commodore H. G. Possner, proceeded to Bristol, the scene 
of the second Association race. The winners on the run were 
the sloop Romp and the cats Tartar and Onaway. Handsome 
souvenirs of silver were awarded the winners on all the runs by 
the commodore. On the second , day's run to Fall River the win- 
ners were the sloops Ch'.quola and Romp and the cats Ina Mae 
Hope, Wanderer III., Onawav, and Elizabeth. 
Wednesday night the fleet proceeded to Newport, going across 
to Jamestown for the Association racing Thursday afternoon and 
returning to Newport Harbor in the evening. Friday many of the 
boats went outside to witness the Astor cup races. The storm 
held up the arrangements for Saturday, and the fleet remained at 
anchor m Newport Harbor, making the run on Sunday morning 
to Potter's Cove, where a club clam bake was enjoyed, many of 
the other craft of the club coming down from the city for this 
event. The cruise ended in the afternoon, with the return of the 
fleet to the club anchorage. 
Eric Y* C 
F. H. Young. 
Erie, Pa., Aug. 6.— The .final race for the championship was 
sailed to-day in what is called a gale here, although it would not 
be considered much of a gale on the coast; but then we do not 
often have any 40-mile an hour gales here. This one, however 
was high enough to keep some of the boats at their anchorage' 
they did not go out. Quite a crowd took in this race from the 
bluffs above the water-works, where the whole course could be 
seen. The course was 3 miles, sailed over twice. 
In the 18ft. class Flora had to sail alone, as she had no com- 
petitor. Una also went it alone in her class for the same reason 
A new boat came out in the 21ft. class, Wasp. She has lately 
been brought here from Canada by Capt. Bens, to replace the 
one he had burned last June.. She took first place in this rac=- 
Turtle came m second,, and ex-Sheriff Capt. Evans, with his 
Mingo, came in third. Turtle, owned by the Lynch brothers, 
will have to.be satisned with second place hereafter: this new 
beat, Wasp, is too fast for them. 
Marvel. and Iriquois brought up the rear in this day's race. 
Ihe winning boats have their flags now. Flora. Turtle,, and 
Una got them, haying made the most points in the different races 
sailed in the past two months. Cabia Blanco 
