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FOREST t AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 24, 1904. 
Boston Letter. 
Boston, Sept. 19. — The yachting season in Massachu- 
setts Bay has now practically closed, and those yachtsmen 
who delight in racing during the greater part of the sum- 
mer months are sorry that it is so, for it has been one of 
the best seasons in many. As usual, the majority of open 
races were sailed under the rules of the Y. R. A. of 
Massachusetts. Although one of the classes of this or- 
agnization did not fill, and there was no racing in an- 
other, the Y. R. A. season was very successful. The Y. 
R. A. champions, as announced by Secretary A. T. Bliss, 
are Chewink IV. in the 30ft. class, Clotho in the 22ft. 
class, Hayseed in the 18ft. knockabout class, and Vera II. 
in the 15ft. class. It is rather remarkable that in three 
out of four of these classes the champions were designed 
by Messrs. Small Bros. The 30-footer, Chewink IV., was 
designed by Herreshoff. 
Two classes failed to get records in the Association 
lists. One of these was the once popular 25ft. class, and 
the other the new 21ft. class adopted last winter. There 
were two 25-footers ready to race, but the clubs did not 
seem to be disposed to take care of them. The whole 
trouble is that which caused much conflict during the two 
seasons previous to this one, and much adverse comment 
in other sections, where class legislation in Massachusetts 
Bay has been looked upon as emulative; simply the pro- 
duction of extreme racing machines, embodying more or 
less freak ideas, in a class from which such types were in- 
tended to be barred from the start. The other class, the 
21 ft. class, was unsuccessful because only one yacht was 
built for it, and this was because, under the rules govern- . 
ing the class, yachts would be produced that were slower 
than yachts of 2.1 ft. waterline already in existence. The 
medium between these two obstacles is what must be 
Class 30ft. Cabin Yachts: 
Starts. Firsts. 
Chewink IV., F. G. Macomber, Jr. ...10 8 
Wasaka, S. Reed Anthony 5 .. 
Sauquoit, T. K. Lothrop, Jr S 2 
Class E— 22ft. Cabin Yachts. 
Clotho, Cheney & Lanning 17 6 
Peri II., George Lee 20 9 
Opitsah V., S. H. & H. I. Foster 8 2 
Medric, Herbert H. White 21 1 
Warrior, S. C. Winsor ..18 1 
Tayac, Wm. H. Joyce 6 
Urchin, John Greenough ; 6 
Setsu, Lewis & Talbot. 2 ' 
Class T — 15ft. Cabin Yachts. 
Vera H., Hjalmar Lundberg 11 7 
TaDasco. Jr., Hsrrv H. Wiggiri 10 4 
Vcntus II., C. Keith Jevcar 7 2 
Nibelung, E. G. Loring 2 1 
Little Misery, A. P. Loring, Jr 2 
Cigarette, Dr. Morton Prince 2 
Class I — 18ft. Knockabouts. 
Hayseed, Herbert L. Bovvden IS 7 
Bat, Chas. F. Adams, 2d 11 6 
Arrow, E. A. Boardman , 10 1 
Arbeka II., F. P. Bowden 22 1 
Miladi II., F. R. Adams 1G 1 
Kitty wake V., H. M. Jones 11 1 
Hugi, Alfred E. Chase , 11 2 
Again, L. B. Goodspeed ,..13 1 
Moslem II., B. D. Barker 10 
Mirage II., J. W. Olmstead 19 2. 
Menace, J. H. Hunt 14 1 
Dorchen, A. W. Finlay 11, 
Bonito, Geo. H. Wightman 9 " 
Napier, D. S. Permar 15 ' .. 
Boo Hoo, Reginald Boardman 7 
Privateer, Alden & Carlton 12 
Humbug, Chas. W. Cole 7 ... 
Alladin, G. P. & A. Keith 8 
Aspinquid TL, Chas. M. Foster 7 
Fritter, Caleb Loring 7 
Moslem I., J. Tracey Eustis 8 
Gertrude, Hector E. Lynch 5 
Otter, A. D. Irving 2 1 
Kittiwake IV., E. H. Ellison...' 3 
Domino, Chas. C. Clapp 3 
Yankee, Frank W. Atwood 4 
Nicknack, Edwin B. Holmes 5 
Biza, Alfred Douglass 2 
Osprey, A. R. Train 3 
Myrmidon, John Noble, Jr..... 1 
reached in order to reorganize successful classes of 25- 
footers and 21-footers. 
The largest class to be raced under Y. R. A. rules was- 
the 30ft. class, which was adopted by the Association last 
spring. Three yachts were built for this class — Chewink 
IV. and Wasaka by Herreshoff, and Sauquoit by Messrs. 
Burgess & Packard. Out of ten starts, Chewink IV. took 
eight firsts and then stopped racing, as she could not be 
beaten for the championship. Whether or not new yachts 
will be built for the class another season is problematical, 
as the class has not received anything like unanimous 
indorsement from the racing men, or cruising men, either. 
In the 22ft. class, four yachts — Clotho, Peri II., Medric, 
and Warrior — attended nearly all of the Y. R. A. races 
that were given. Clotho, which as a centerboard boat 
last year, could not be measured into the class, was made 
a keel boat last spring, and managed to measure in at the 
first of the season. She and Peri II. were very close on 
percentage throughout the racing. Clotho seems to be 
able to win in light to moderate breezes, while Peri II. 
gets the gun in heavy weather. In very light airs Opitsah 
V. and Medric have it out. Warrior, the. only centerboard 
boat in the class, won her first race on Memorial Day, 
and did not succeed in getting another. 
Yacht owners in this class, and in every other Y. R. A. 
class, are loud of their praises of Mr. Herbert H. White, 
who owns Medric. Mr. White is a very consistent racing 
man, and keeps at it just as hard when he is behind as 
when he is ahead. He is also the owner of the steam 
yacht Wild Goose, which accompanies Medric on all 
racing circuits. In calm weather Mr. White not only 
takes Medric in tow, but also takes a line from any of the 
other yachts, which are generally. very glad to avail them- 
selves of his offer for assistance. On one occasion, when 
it- was dead calm at Manchester after the close of a race, 
and there was a race at Marblehead on the following day, 
Wild Goose had eleven yachts in tow. When the fleet 
started from Wellfleet for Provincetown on August 31, 
there was not a breath of air. Mr. White told all hands 
to hook on to Wild Goose, and towed them the whole 
distance, about twenty-two miles. Two of the yachts- 
Early Dawn and Warrior — started out early, and trusted 
to getting a breeze. They had still miles to go when the 
rest of the fleet was anchored at Provincetown. As there 
was no prospect of any breeze, Mr. White got Wild Goose 
under way again and went after them, towing them to the 
harbor,. Mr. White may not have won the championship 
Total 
Average 
Per C't. 
Per C't. 
883.3 
88.3 
250.1 
50.0 
383.3 
43.7 
1381.7 
76.7 
1442.5 
72.1 
602.0 
57.3 
1201.6 
57.1 
771.7 
42.8 
264.4 
24.2 
259.3 
24.1 
12.5 
1.2 
875.0 
79.5 
750.0 
75.0 
450.0 
64.3 
150.0 
27.3 
100.0 
18.2 
-50.0 
9.1 
1569.5 
87.2 
929.2 
84.4 
881.6 
80.1 
1478.3 
67.2 
1058.7 
66.2 
708.5 
64.4 
599.0 
54.4 
685.3 
52.8 
562.0. 
51.1 
927.5 
48.4 
677.7 
48.3 
471.6 
42.8 
468.2 
42.5 
632.8 
42.1 
434.4 
39.4 
343.6 
28.6 
309.4 
28.1 
283.9 
25.8 
218.3 
19.8 
195.0 
17.7 
177.8 
16.1 
150.7 
13.7 
150.0 
13.6 
127.2 
11.5 
111.9 
10.2 
94.7 
8.6 
53.2 
4.8 
43.7 
3.9 
18.1 
1.6 
11.1 
1.1 
in his class, but he has won something else which is of 
far more value. 
The most popular class of all was again the 18ft. knock- 
about class, in which the records of thirty boats are given 
in the Y. R. A. returns. There have been as many as 
"twenty-three of these boats at the starting line of more 
than one race, and they make things hum when they are 
striving for vantage. Bat, one of the Boardman one- 
design boats, started off at the first of The season at a 
gait that made it look as if it were all off with the rest of 
the boats. After a few races, however, the others corn- 
Class C — 30ft. Cabin Yachts. 
Chewink V., Wasaka. Sauquoit. 
1904 F. G. Macomber, Jr. S. R. Anthony. T. K. Lothrop, Jr. 
May 30 100 * 50 
June 17 33.3 67.7 100 
July 27 100 .... 50 
July 28 100 66.7 ■ 0 
fitly 29 ...100 '50 
"Tuly 30 100 66.7 0 
Aug. 2.. 50 .... 100 
Aug. 11. .....100 
Aug. 12 100 .... 0 
Aug. 13 100 .... 50 
Totals ............ 883.3 250.1 350 
Averages , 88.3 50 ' 43.7 
menced to come up, and at the end of the season Bat took 
second place, while Hayseed, from the board of Small 
Bros., captured the championship. Hayseed won five 
straight races in the Cape Cod Bay series that put her in 
first place. Had more boats gone "to the South shore, it 
would undoubtedly have been a question whether or not 
Hayseed would have come out ahead; but she stuck to the 
racing and deserves her championship. Arbeka II., which 
finished fourth in this class, was the only boat in any Y. 
R. A. class which sailed all of the races scheduled. 
Half a dozen boats were out for the racing in the 15ft. 
class, which was tried out this season for the first time. 
Vera II. sailed more races than any other boat in the class, 
and she also took more first prizes in proportion to the 
Class E— 22ft. Cabin Yachts. 
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May 30 , 50.0 100.0 
June 17... 100.0 87.5 37.5 25.0 62.5 50.0 75.0 12.5 
18... 100.0 25.0 75.0 .... 50.0 
July 16... 57.1 100.0 85.7 71.4 .... 28.6 42.9 
27... 100.0 75.0 .... 50.0 25.0 
28... 75.0 100.0 .... 25.0 50.0 
29... 75.0 100.0 .... 25.0 50.0 
30... 100.0 83.3 66.7 33.3 50.0 16.7 
Aug.. 2... 80.0 40.0 100.0 60.0 20.0 .... 
' 11... 42.9 100.0 57.1 28.6 14.3 85.7 71.4 
12... 100.0 0.0 .... 83.3 0.0 66.7 0.0 
13. ..100.0 66.7 .... 83.3 33.3 16.7 50.0 
25 100.0 .... 66.7 33.3 < 
26... .... 100.0 .... 66.7 33.3 
27... 25.0 50.0 .... 100.0 ' 75.0 
29... 75.0 25.0 .... 100.0 50.0 
30... 75.0 50.0 .... 100.0 25.0 
Sept. 1... 75.0 100.O .... 25.0 50.0 
2... 75.0 100.0 .... 25.0 50.0 
3... 60.0 40.0 80.0 100.0 20.0 
5... 66.7 .... 100.0 33.3 
8,.. 100.0 .... 50.0 .... ..... 
Total ....1381.7 1442.5 602.0 1201.6 771.7 264.4 259.3 12.5 
Average.. 76.7 .72.1 57.3 57.1 42.8 24.2 24.1 1.2 
number of starts. She is a very fast little boat, and ap- 
pears to be good under almost any conditions. It is be- 
lieved that this class will become quite popular. A num- 
ber of orders have already been placed for new boats for 
next season. 
The accompanying record of the Y. R. A. yachts are 
from tables issued by Secretary A. T. Bliss. It is quite 
likely that some changes will be necessary on account of 
pending protests and other things, but it is unlikely that 
there will be any changes in the relative positions of the 
yachts. John B. Killeen. 
Challenge for Canada's Cup. 
Tut; clrdk'ngc,' for the Canada's Cup sent by the Royal 
Canadian V. C, of Toronto, to the Rochester Y. C, of 
Charlotte, N. Y, lias been accepted. The following cor- 
respondence passed between the two organizations :- - 
Toronto, Sept. 10, 1904.— To the Rochester Yacht Club, Charlotte, 
N. Y.: ^ '[be Koyal . Canadian Yacht Club hereby challenges for the 
Canada's cup, to be sailed for during the coining year. 
Yours, truly, Stephen Haas, Com. 
On behalf of tlie Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto, Canada. 
Rhode Island Letter. 
Providence, R. I., Sept. 17. — Mr. Frank Croker, of New 
York city, is having a fast automobile boat built by the 
Herreshoffs at Bristol. It is the first attempt of this firm 
to construct an out-and-out auto boat. Their Swiftsure, 
though shaped on these lines, is operated by steam. The 
Croker boat is now all planked in and is a flush-seamed 
craft, differing from Swiftsure in this respect. She is 
now being equipped with a Mercedes engine of go horse- 
power, and a speed of 24 miles an hour is expected. She 
is more like Standard than Swiftsure in lines, having ends 
on something of a similar model, with an extremely flat 
underbody and a very light draft. She is planked with 
mahogany, finished bright. 
Talk of the probability of a new challenger for the 
America's Cup still takes up much attention in Bristol. 
The Herreshoffs are all ready to discuss plans if the syn- 
dicate for a defender broach the project of building a new 
boat. There is little doubt expressed about the Herre- 
shoffs being able to design a new model that would beat 
Reliance 5m. in a 30-mile race. It is understood that 
some experiments have been made in the boat shop with 
a view to ascertaining to a minute degree the bending 
resistance required in steel plating shaped to cover the 
angles of the hull of a scow type of boat. 
The probability is strong that there will be a revival of 
interest in the local 30ft. cat class next season. For 
various reasons a decline in interest was noticeable this 
year, but if plans now talked of materialize there will be 
plenty, of sport in this class another season. At least a 
half dozen yachtsmen, including one in Bristol, one in 
Fall River, and several in Providence, are earnestly con- 
side'ring the advisability of building boats for this class 
during the coming winter. Several of them are owners 
of boats in smaller classes and have for a long time been 
enthusiastic racing men. Probably at least three of those 
who are now considering the matter will conclude to build 
for the class, and there may be more. At all events, it 
seems a practical certainty that at least a half dozen of 
the 30-footers will be in the field next season. 
t, H. Young. 
Rochester, Sept. 12, 1904.— To the Royal Canadian Yacht Club: 
The Rochester ^acht Club hereby accepts your challenge for the 
Canada's cup. Yours truly, Wm. H. Briggs, Vice-Corn. 
On behalf of the Rochester Yacht Club, Rochester, N. Y. 
The conditions governing the match for the Canada's 
Cup to be sailed between yachts representing the Roches- 
ter Y. C. and the Royal Canadian Y. C, are as follows: 
Rules.— The racing rules shall be those ; of the Yacht Racing 
Union of the Great Lakes as existing at this date, subject to 
such additions and variations as are herein provided, and in ac- 
cordance with the Deed of Gift, dated Jan. 16, 1897. 
Construction.— The yachts shall be of wooden construction, in 
accordance with the scantling tables in the rules above mentioned. 
Size of Yacht.— The competing yachts shall be in , the 30ft. 
L.W.L. class. 
Number of Races. — The winner of three put of five races shall 
be declared the winner of the match. 
Date of Races.— The first shall be sailed on Saturday, Aug. 12, 
1905, and the other races on consecutive days thereafter until 
completed, Sundays excepted. ' 
Courses. — The races shall be sailed on Lake Ontario off Char- 
lotte Harbor on courses to be hereafter agreed upon. 
The first shall be a triangular course. 
The second shall be windward or leeward and return. 
The tug bearing the buoy shall start at the time the preparatory 
gun is fired. 
The third and fifth shall be similar to the first. 
The fourth shall be similar to the second. 
The triangular races shall be twice around an equilateral tri- 
angle of 9 nautical miles. 
The windward or leeward races shall be four nautical miles to 
windward or leeward and return. Twice around. 
The triangular courses shall be so sailed that one side of the 
triangle shall be laid to windward (first if possible). 
In windward and leeward races all buoys shall be left to 
starboard, and in triangular races all buoys shall be left to star- 
board or port, as directed by the judges. 
Time. — All races shall be started at 11 o'clock A. M. 
Any race not sailed in 5% hours by the winning yacht shall be 
resailed. 
The start may be postponed by the judges: 
1. In case of fog. 
2. If, in their opinion, the space around the starting line is 
not sufficiently clear at the time appointed for starting. 
3. In case both yachts consent to a postponement. , 
4. In case of serious accidents to either yacht, as hereinaftei 
provided. 
5. Should such a course appear to them desirable. 
And in case of postponement the judges shall determine the 
time for starting, but in no case shall a race be started later than 
1 P. M. 
A yacht crossing the line before the starting signal is given 
shall be recalled by five short blasts of the whistle and the hoist- 
ing of her national flag, and shall also be recalled by megaphone. 
Unfinished Races. — An unfinished race shall be resailed until 
completed. 
Accidents. — In case of accident to either yacht prior to the 
preparatory signal, notice thereof shall immediately be signalled 
to the judges, who shall have power to postpone the race, if the 
accident, in their opinion, is sufficienty serious to warrant such a 
course; or if an' accident occurs during the race, the yacht to 
which the accident has happened shall have sufficient time to make 
repairs before being required to start in the next race. 
Scrutineers. — Each. yacht shall have on board during the races a 
representative named by her competitor. 
The names of the scrutineers shall be given to the judges not 
less than twenty-four hours before the first race, and the scru- 
tineers shall report to the judges within six hours after the termi- 
nation of each race. 
Management. — The races shall be sailed under the management 
of three judges, none of whom shall be interested in either yacht. 
One shall be appointed by each club, and the two so appointed 
shall select a third on or before the first day of July, 1905, and 
they shall act as judges and time-keepers and settle all disputes. 
The decision of a majority shall be final in all matters. 
The judges shall be the Regatta Committee referred to in the 
rules of the Yacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes. 
Referee on Construction. — A referee on construction shall be 
appointed not later than Dec. 1, 1904, to whom all construction 
plans may be submitted and all questions on construction referred, 
and his interpretations of the scantling tables shall be final. 
Measurements. — The yachts shall be measured by the judges, or 
by disinterested persons appointed by them,, and each yacht shall 
be entitled to have a representative present when measurements 
are taken. 
The yachts shall be measured not less than four days before the 
first race. 
Instructions. — Charts of the course and instructions shall be 
furnished to the competing yachts not later than 7 o'clock . on the 
morning of the race. 
Alterations. — These conditions may be altered or amended by 
mutual agreement at any time. 
Construction. — Mr. W. P. Stephens, of Bayonne, N. J., is hereby 
appointed referee on construction. 
Old Boats. — No boat built prior, to the amendments of 1902 to 
the Y. R. U. rules shal be eligible to compete. 
Wm. H. Briggs, Vice-Corn. 
On behalf of the Rochester Y. C, Rochester, N. Y. 
Witnessed by 
Chas. Van Vporhis. 
Stephen Haas, Com. 
On behalf of the Royal Canadian Y, C, Toronto, Can. 
Geo. H. Gooderham as to Stephen Haas. 
Ltpton Cup Presented* 
Prizes won in the ocean race from Gravesend Bay to 
Marblehead, Mass., held in July last under the auspices of 
the Brooklyn Y. C, were presented to the respective win- 
ners at the house of the conducting organization on the 
evening of Saturday, September 17. Mr. D. G. Whitlock, 
chairman of the Regatta Committee in charge of the race, 
acted as master of ceremonies. 
Mr. Charles F. Tillinghast, owner of the sloop Little 
Rhody, which carried the colors of the Bristol Y. C. to 
victory, received the 500 guinea cup offered by Sir 
Thomas Lipton to the winner of the 330-mile event. To 
Ray II., owned by Mr. Gilbert Ray Hawes, went a beauti- 
ful marine painting as second prize. Ray II. was third 
boat to finish the race, but received second prize through 
the disqualification of Newasi. 
The yawl Fanshawe, owned by Mr. Frank Maier, of the 
New Rochelle Y. C, got the third prize, a ship's clock 
of large dimensions. Fanshawe also received the special 
Agassiz prize going to the best boat in the race suited 
for all-around cruising. The Brooklyn Y. C. gave silver 
loving cups to the sloop Mignon, owned by Dr. Jos. 
Fournier, of the Indian Harbor Y. C, and to the yawl 
Sea Bird, the property of Mr. Thomas Fleming Day, 
originator of the race, for having completed the course. 
In quite a lengthy speech, in which Were reviewed the 
different features of the outside event, Mr. Day intimated 
that next year a similar race would be held, with the 
course possibly from New York to Norfolk, Virginia. It 
is said that a trophy even more valuable than that offered 
by Sir Thomas will be up for competition. 
