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[Oct. i, 1904. 
liable of the lot. She won the third race and the Gold 
Challenge Cup. 
None of the boats are intended for use in rough water, 
and the weather conditions for Saturday were more try- 
ing _even than on the day previous. Macaroni caught fire 
during the race and was badly injured. Mr. Wil- 
liam Wallace, a motor car and boat enthusiast, and Louis 
Stempfer, the machinist, had a narrow escape. 
The boats were sent over the 32-knot course. Going 
up stream the starters had the strong S. wind astern and 
a head tide. Coming back they had a head wind and en- 
countered the first of the flood. 
The preparatory was fired at 2:30. Josephine's 
starting gun was heard 5m. later; she was handicapped 
10s. Marcirene II. was next away; she was only 4s. late. 
The others crossed as named : Flip 9s. ; Shooting Star, 
2s. ; Mercedes VI.-, 6m. 50s. ; Macaroni, 15s. ; Mercedes, 
U. S. A., 12s. ; Speedway, 15s. ; Vingt-et-Un, 12s. ; and 
Challenger, 17s. Of the ten boats to start, only half the 
number finished. 
Just after crossing the starting line, Shooting Star 
broke her clutch and was forced to withdraw. Mercedes 
VI. had trouble with her motor before the start, but 
managed to get away 5^>m. after her gun. The engine 
ran fairly well until she reached a point off One Hundred 
and Fifty-first street, when it gave trouble again. She 
was taken in tow by the launch Miss Swift. Josephine 
and Challenger also got in trouble. They were so late in 
finishing that they were not timed. 
When within a couple of miles of the upstream mark, 
Macaroni took fire. The boat was all ablaze amidships, 
and her two occupants had worked their way well for- 
ward and aft. Fortunately, the 15 gallons of gasolene in 
her tanks did not explode, and Messrs. Wallace and 
Stempfer were taken off the boat before the flames 
reached them. When Mr. Bowden, owner of Mercedes, 
U. S. A., saw Macaroni was afire, he immediately went 
to the rescue ; after lending what assistance he could, he 
went on and finished the race. 
The times at the outer mark follow : Speedway, 
4:13:15; Flip, 4:i5;35; Vingt-et-Un II., 4:16:30; Mar- 
cirene II., 4:17:40, and Mercedes, U. S. A., 4:22:40. 
Vingt-et-Un made" good weather of it on the run back, 
and won out easily. Speedway also did well, and finished 
second. Mercedes, U. S. A., was third. The summary : 
Hdcp. Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Vingt-et-Un II 3 24 00 4 54 24 1 30 24 
Speedway 3 14 57 5 00 34 1 45 37 
Mercedes, U. S. A 3 14 12 5 09 15 1 55 03 
Flip 3 02 00 5 14 26 2 12 26 
Marcirene II 2 37 22 5 34 17 2 56 55 
Josephine : 2 35 00 Did not finish. 
Mercedes VI 3 03 05 Did not finish. 
Shooting Star 3 02 48 Did not finish. 
Macaroni 3 07 22 Did not finish. 
Challenger 3 34 17 Did not finish. 
Vingt-et-Un covered the 32-mile course in ih. 30m. 
24s., averaging 21.25 knots. Speedway went over the 
course in ih. 45m. 37s. 
The standing in points for the three days' racing follows : 
Vingt-et-Un II., 25 ; Speedway, 21 ; Mercedes, U. S. A., 
19; Flip, 18; Marcirene II., 14; Mercedes VI., 10; 
Macaroni, 9; Shooting Star, 5; Josephine, 3, and Chal- 
lenger, o. 
Mercedes VI., Mercedes, U. S. A., and Macaroni have 
been protested on their ratings.. All will be remeasured. 
Macaroni, the boat that caught fire, was designed by 
Messrs. Burgess & Packard for Mr. C. H. Tangeman, 
and built for the purpose of participating in the races for 
the Gold Challenge Cup. She was a mahogany boat, 
31.11ft. on the waterline, and fitted with a F.I.A.T. 
motor. It is said that the boat caught fire through the 
breaking of the feed-pipe. This allowed the gasolene to 
run into the motor of the boat, where it ignited. 
Atlantic Y. C 
Sea Gate, L. I. — Friday, Sept. 23. 
Seven boats started in the fifth race for the Havens 
challenger cup, which was held over courses in Graves- 
end Bay on the afternoon of Sept. 23. The winner on 
corrected time was Lizana, smallest boat of the fleet. 
She sailed a grand race and succeeded in defeating 
Vivian II. 3m. 29s. for the 11-mile course. The Havens 
cup was offered this year by the rear-commodore of the 
Atlantic Y. C. It is open to boats in Classes M and N 
belonging to' the Sea Gate organization, and must be 
won three times for permanent ownership. In the races 
held to date, Bobtail has two victories to her credit 
and Red Wing, Era and Lizana one each. J. B. 
O'Donohue, owner of Red Wing, has challenged for 
the trophy. It has not be decided whether the race 
will be held this season or not. 
The boats in the last struggle for the trophy went 
three times over a triangular course, leaving all marks 
to port. The first leg from Sea Gate to a mark boat 
off Ulmer Park was a broad reach, and in the fine S. 
breeze blowing, ballooners were carried to port. Gyb- 
ing at the mark the same sails were employed for an- 
other reach to the second mark off Fort Hamilton. The 
journey home was dead to windward. Era withdrew 
on the first round and Bobtail and Bagheera on the 
second, all of them being too far behind to stand any 
chance of victory. 
Just before the finish of the race, which was a spec- 
tacular one, Red Wing lost her jib, as did Vivian II., 
a little later in similar manner. Vivian II. crossed the 
finish line 7s. ahead of Maydic and 13s. ahead of Red 
Wing. Lizana was the last of the survivors to end the 
race, but with a liberal allowance won out in handy 
manner. In competitions for the Havens cup all the 
starters race in one class on time allowance according 
to the new rule of rating adopted by the Sea Gate 
Club. The summary follows: 
Sloops — Classes M and Under— Start, 3:00. 
Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Lizana, D. T. Wylie 4 58 08 1 58 08 1 42 45 
Vivian II., S. C. Vernon 4 46 13 1 46 13 1 44 14 
Red Wing, T. B. O'Donohue 4 46 26 1 46 26 1 44 18 
Maydic, W. H. Childs 4 46 20 1 46 20 1 46 20 
Bagheera, Hendon Chubb.. Did not finish. 
Bobtail, E. F. Luckenbach... Did not finish. 
Era, E. H. M. Rodir .Did not finish. 
Saturday, Sept. 24. : 
The fall regatta of the club, the last regular scheduled 
event of the season of 1904, occurred on- Saturday, 
Sept. 24. Outside courses were sailed. Of the sixteen 
yachts to start all finished. The winners on corrected 
time were Red Wing, Bobtail, Lizana, Ogeemah and 
Beta. Trouble won the cup offered by Mr. Hendon 
Chubb for the first Atlantic Y. C. boat to finish in Class 
Q. Again Lizana distinguished herself by excellent 
work. Crossing the starting line 4m. 20s. after the gun 
for her class, she sailed through the entire fleet of 
smaller boats, beating out to Old Orchard Shoal Light 
and was the first to gybe around the mark for the 
spinnaker run home. She finished 5m. 46s. ahead of 
Ogeemah, second craft to end the journey. 
Classes M and N went once out to the Southwest 
Spit buoy and return, a distance of 14 miles. It was a 
beat out and a run home. Red Wing and Vivian II. 
made a fine race of it, the fresh W. breeze being much 
to her liking. Bobtail led Bagheera by a good distance 
during the greater part of the race. The other starters 
went to Old Orchard Shoal Light and back, a distance 
of miles. 
The boats which worked up along the Staten Island 
shore by a series of short tacks had much the better 
of the argument. Bonito, Naiad and Smoke stood out 
into the bay more and made a poor showing in conse- 
quence. Trouble and Spots did better than usual, 
closely following Ogeemah at the finish of Class Q. 
Beta and Gamma, two of the Marine and Field Club 
new Class RR craft, sailed a plucky race in fresh con- 
ditions, the former winning out at the end by 2m. 23s. 
The Regatta Committee, which consisted of Messrs. 
Henry J. Gielow, Fred Vilmar and Bartow S. Weeks, 
was on board the tug Union. The starting line was to 
N.E. of Coney Island Point. The summaries follow: 
Sloops— Class M— Start, 11:15. 
Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Red Wing, J. B. O'Donohue 1 49 05 2 34 05 2 33 54 
Vivian II., S. E. Vernon 1 50 33 2 35 33 2 35 33 
Sloops — Class N — Start, 11:15. 
Bobtail, E. F. Luckenbach 1 57 17 2 42 17 2 42 17 
Bagheera, Hendon Chubb 2 00 17 2 45 17 2 44 18 
Sloops— Class P— Start, 11:20. 
Lizana, D. S. Wylie 1 58 29 2 38 29 2 32 53 
Benito, Haviland Bros 2 OS 23 2 48 23 2 45 15 
Naiad, Dr. T. B. Palmer ....2 06 56 2 46 56 2 45 32 
Smoke, L. H. Dyer 2 11 54 2 51 54 2 51 54 
Sloops— Class O— Start, 11:20. 
Ogeemah, Alfred Mackay '..2 03 15 2 43 15 2 33 47 
Spots, R. C. Veit 2 04 36 2 44 36 2 42 20 
Trouble, W. A. Barstow 2 03 32 2 43 32 2 43 32 
Karma, J. C Erskine 2 19 12 2 59 12 2 51 23 
Careless. F. J. Havens 2 20 51 3 00 51 2 59 46 
Miss Judy, D. D. Allerton 2 21 58 3 01 58 3 01 30 
Sloops— Class RR— Start, 11:25. 
Beta, Snedeker & Camp 2 37 11 3 12 11 
Gamma, A. H. Piatt 2 39 34 3 14 34 
New York Y. C. 
Glen Cove, Long Island Sound — Tuesday, Sept. 20. 
The Regatta Committee of the New York Y. C. 
arranged a special race for the three 70-footers, Yankee, 
Rainbow and Virginia, on Tuesday, Sept. 20. A class 
was also provided for the three 36-footers, Spasm, 
Anoatok and Mimosa III. Unfortunately, the wind 
was light from the N.E. all day. 
Mr. William Gardner and Mr. Paul E. Stevenson 
assisted Mr. S. Nicholson Kane in the handling of the 
race. The Race Committee were on board Mr. R. A. 
C. Smith's steam yacht Privateer. 
The start was made off Station No. 10, N. Y. Y. C, 
at Glen Cove. The course was 10 miles N.E. to a mark 
off Shippan Point, then 7J4 miles W.S.W. to another 
mark, and then S. ^ W. 4 miles to the finish line. 
The starting signal was given at 1:25. Rainbow was 
first away, on the starboard tack; Yankee crossed second, 
on the port tack, and Virginia was last, on the star- 
board tack. 
The yachts were unable to finish within half an hour 
after sunset, so the race was called off. At this time 
Rainbow was considerably over a mile in the lead. The 
owners of the 30-footers withdrew on the first leg, as 
they saw it would be out of the question to cover the 
course within the time limit. 
Friday, Sept. 23. 
The six boats that were unable to finish the race 
sailed on Tuesday started in another contest on Friday. 
A class was also provided for raceabouts, and five of 
these craft came to the line. The winners were Rain- 
bow, Mimosa III. and The Kid. 
None of the regular Race Committee were on hand, 
so Captain Fred. M. Hoyt very kindly consented to act. 
The race was splendidly managed in every particular. 
The start was again made off Station No. 10, N. Y. 
Y. C, at Glen Cove. The wind was fresh from the 
S.W. The 70-footers were sent over a 21-mile triangle. 
The first leg was a spinnaker run of 4 miles to Parson- 
age Point, the second a broad reach of 7^2 miles to 
Shippan Point, and the third a beat of 10 miles, to the 
finish line off Mott's Point. 
The preparatory was given at 2 o'clock. Mr. Harry 
Maxwell put Yankee over the line first. Virginia was 
next, with Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt at the wheel and, al- 
though Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt was the last over with 
Rainbow, his boat, wac berthed better than the other 
two. On the spinnaker run to the first mark Rainbow 
slipped into first place, and Virginia passed Yankee. 
The times at the first mark were: Rainbow, 2:45:04; 
Virginia, 2:45:14; Yankee, 2:45:17. Balloon jib topsails 
were broken out for the reach to the second mark. 
Rainbow continued to draw away from the other two 
boats. Yankee arid Virginia indulged in a luffing match, 
in which Virginia came off second best, and Yankee 
again / took second place. At the second mark the 
times were: Rainbow, 3:26:10; Yankee, 3:27:15; Vir- 
ginia; 3:28:30. Rainbow and Yankee stuck together on 
the beat home, while Virginia went off on her own 
hook. The race between Rainbow and Yankee was a 
very pretty one, and although the Maxwell craft was 
well handled, she was beaten im. 24s. by Rainbow. 
The 36-footers and raceabouts covered an 11^-mile 
course. From the starting line they went to the Par- 
sonage Point mark, thence to another mark anchored 
between Matinicock and Oak Points. This gave them 
a run, a reach and a beat. 
The 36-footers started as named, Spasm, Mimosa III. 
and Anoatok. The Brokaw craft took the lead on the 
run to the first mark and showed her two rivals the way 
around until the windward work proved too much for 
her and Firn'of-a ITI. was enabled to take first place. 
Mimora J I f. won by a comfortable margin, and Spasm 
was second. ;|''>- t|. V ;: -f^ ' 
In li c raccabout class The Kid won and Cricket was 
second. A protest was filed by Cricket against The 
Kid for forcing the former about where she had the 
right of way. The summary: 
Class H — 70ft. Sloops— Course 2iy 2 Knots. 
Yankee, L Rogers Maxwell 2 11 28 4 43 34 2 32 06 
Virgin ; a, W. K. Vanderbilt. Tr 2 11 59 4 47 48 • 2 35 49 
Rainbow, Cornelius Vanderbilt. .. .2 12 00 4 42 42_ 2 30 42 
Class M— 36ft. Sloops— Start, 2:15— Course 11% Knots. 
Spasm, E. D. King 4 12 19 1 57 19 
Mimosa III., Trenor L. Park 4 10 12 1 55 12 
Anoatok,. W. G. Brokaw 4 15 03 2 00 03 
Class O— Raceabouts— Start, 2:20— Course, liy 2 Knots. 
Cricket. Howard Willetts 4 29 54 2 09 54 
Rana, J. Macy Willetts 4 30 18 2 10 18 
Hobo, Trenor L. Park 4 33 17 2 13 17 
Busy Bee. R. T. Wainwright 4 33 25 2 13 25 
The Kid, Oliver Harriman 4 29 29 2 09 29 
Monday, Sept. 26. 
The race, arranged for the 70-footers by the New 
York Y. C, on Monday, Sept. 26, brought out all 
three of the boats in commission. The contest was 
sailed in a light breeze, but a wind and rain squall 
that broke as the boats were finishing made matters 
lively for a time. 
The Regatta Committee was on board the tow boat 
Unique, and the start was made off N. Y. Y. C. Station 
No. 10, at Glen Cove. The first mark was off Shippan 
Point, 10 miles from the starting line, thence 7^2 miles 
to a mark off Parsonage Point and back to the finish 
line. 
The preparatory signal was given at 1:30, and the 
boats were started at 1 :40. Yankee led over the line 
in the best berth. Virginia was next and Rainbow ^ 
last. When the boats started the wind was S., and they 
carried balloon jib topsail. The breeze freed a little, 
going to the W., and the boats set spinnakers. The 
times at the first mark were: Yankee, 2:46:47; Vir- 
ginia, 2:48:46; Rainbow, 2:49:12. 
It was a close fetch to the next mark, but a very 
slight shift of wind made a couple of hitches necessary. 
Yankee increased her lead over Virginia, and this boat 
pulled away from Rainbow. At the second mark the 
following times were taken: Yankee, 4:05:49; Vir- 
ginia, 4:11:20; Rainbow, 4:18:15. 
It was a beat to the finish line, and at this work both 
Virginia and Rainbow cut down Yankee's lead ma- 
terially. Yankee finished a winner, beating Virginia 
3m. is. and Rainbow 7m. 4s. 
Both sailors and amateurs got a good wetting when 
the squall broke, and after crossing club topsails were 
gotten down on deck with difficulty. The summary: 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Yankee, J. Rogers Maxwell 1 40 30 4 55 42 3 15 12 
Virginia, W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr....l 40 53 4 59 06 3 18 13 
Rainbow, Cornelius Vanderbilt. .. .1 41 19 5 03 35 3 22 16 
Riverside Y. C. 
Greenwich, Long Island Sound — Saturdav, Sept. 24. 
The fall regatta of the Riverside Y. C, " held on 
Saturday, Sept. 24, marks the close of the racing in 
the Long Island Sound organizations for the season 
of 1904. 
The lateness accounted for the small number of 
starters, but the thirteen craft that put in an appear- 
ance enjoyed some lively sport. The winners were 
Spasm, Tartan and Vergeth. 
The Regatta Committee, made up of Messrs, Charles 
P. Tower, George T. Higgins and Charles F. Kirby, 
were on board the auxiliary yawl Alga, owned by Rear- 
Commodore A. R. Starr, Riverside Y. C. The com- 
mittee boat took up her position near the gas buoy 
off Great Captain's Island. The preparatory was 
sounded at 1:30, and the three 36-footers were sent 
away at 1 :35. These boats covered an 18-mile course 
from the starting line to Matinicock buoy to Lloyds 
Neck and back to the finish line. The wind was strong 
from the S.W., and the puffs that swept off the Long 
Island shore at frequent intervals laid the boats well 
out. Spasm had no trouble in getting away with 
Anoatok, which boat found the wind a little brisk for 
her to do her best. Mimosa III. met with a slight mis- 
hap and withdrew. 
The raceabouts and Class P boats went over a 14J/2- 
mile triangle. From the starting line to Matinicock 
Point Buoy, thence to Centre Island buoy and back to 
the finish line. 
Of the four starters in the raceabout class only two 
finished. Tartan sailed a capital race and beat The 
Kid 12m. 7s. Busy Bee and Howdy withdrew. 
In Class P Vergeth finished a winner by 5m. 25s. 
Maryola was second, and Firefly was a close third. 
Heron did not finish. The summary: 
Sloops — 36ft. Class— Start, 1:35 — Course, 18 Miles. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Anoatok, W. G. Brokaw 4 36 21 3 01 21 
Spasm, E. D. King 4 28 33 2 53 33 
Mimosa III., Trenor L. Park Did not finish. 
Raceabouts— Start, 1:45— Course lP/ 2 Miles. 
Tartan, A. H. Pirie 4 32 18 2 47 18 
Busy Bee, R. T. Wainwright Did not finish. 
The Kid, Oliver Harriman. 4 44 25 2 50 25 
Howdy, George Mercer Did not finish. 
Sloops— Class P— Start, 1:50— Course, 14% Miles. 
Maryola, C. W. Allen.. 4 49 04 2 59 04 
Snapper, Francis H. Page 4 55 56 3 05 56 
Firefly, G. P. Cranberry ..1 4 49 19 2 59 19 
Vergeth, Addison Hanan 4 43 39 2 53 39 
Heron, P. -Le Boutillier ... Did not finish. 
Pampero, R. T. Bailey 5 01 11 3 11 11 
Recent Sales. — Mr. Stanley M. Seaman has made the 
following sales through his agency : The hunting launch 
Shack, owned by Mr. Jacob I. Bergen, of this city, to 
Mr. Gain. Robinson, Springfield, Mass.; the racing cat- 
boat Trilobite, for Mr. James D. Sparkman, N. Y. Y. C, 
to Mr. Z. Mayhew, Jr., Brooklyn, N.Y. ;'the 40ft. cruis- 
ing "yawl Genevieve, by Mr. Conrad Stein to Dr. Alfred 
R. Starr, Riverside, Conn. Mr. Phillip L. Howard, New 
Rochelle Y. C, has sold his knockabout Caper, of the 
New Rochelle one-design class, to Mr. Daniel K. Hanna, 
Cleveland, 0- The boat has been shipped to Tupper 
