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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 27, 1903. 
Manhasset Bay Y. C. 
PORT WASHINGTON, LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Saturday, May 20. 
The New York Y. C. one-design 30-footers sailed an 
impromptu race under the auspices of the Manhasset 
Bay Y. C. on Saturday, May 20. 
Aside from occasional scraps, this is the first real 
race in which any of these splendid boats have par- 
ticipated. 
Vice-Commidore Clarkson Cowl ofifered two prizes, 
and the Race Committee were on board his steam yacht 
Ardea, ex-Hanniel, which he very kindly placed at their 
disposal. The breeze was fresh from the N. W., and 
the four starters covered a 9-mile triangle. The first 
leg was a beat, the second a broad reach and then a 
run back to the finish. Atair and Alera each carried 
two reefs in the mainsail, while Dahinda and Phryne 
tied down but one. The two former boats apparently 
did not have sail enough with two reefs in, for they 
were both beaten out. 
The new boats look very much better under sail than 
they do at anchor. Even in the heaviest puffs the boats 
carried their sail well, and all concerned were very 
much pleased with their initial performance. 
Dahinda, with the wife of the owner on board, won 
by I2S. ; Phryne was second; Atair next and Alera last. 
The summary follows: 
Start, 3:25: Finish. Elapsed. 
Dahinda, W. Butler Duncan 4 28 36 1 03 36 
Phryne, Harry L. Maxwell 4 28 48 1 03 48 
Atair, Cord Mever 4 29 20 1 04 20 
Alera, A.-H. & j. W. Alker 4 29 23 1 04 23 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. 
Brooklyn Y. C. Ocean Race. — On Wednesday, June 
29, the Brooklyn Y. C.'s ocean challenge cup race will 
be started to Hampton Roads, Va. At the present writ- 
ing eight entries have been received and accepted. Sev- 
eral entries of boats too light for such a trip had to be 
refused. The boats entered are : 
Name. Owner. Club or Clubs. 
Gauntlet.. L. D. Huntington New Rochelle 
Lila D. R. Floyd Newark Bay 
Mopsa F. C. Sullivan Harlem 
Anna C. L. Johnson Chesapeake Bay 
Bonita Haviland Brothers Brooklyn 
Outing W. W. Titcomb Brooklyn 
Pocahontas Blanchard Atkinson Brooklyn 
. ..... ..Frank Maier Brooklyn and N. Y. 
A large party of members and guests are arranging to 
leave New York on the Old Dominion Line on July i to 
witness the finish of the race at Hampton Roads and to 
take part in the regatta of the Hampton Roads yacht 
clubs, which will be held on the Fourth, and is as fol- 
lows : 
Class A, boats over 45ft. racing length. 
Class B, boats over 35ft. racing length. 
Class C, boats over 25 ft. racing length. 
Class D, boats under 25ft. racing length. 
Class E, boats that have participated in Ocean Race. 
Class F, cruising power boats. 
On the evening of the Fourth a banquet will be given 
by the Hampton Roads Y. C. to the visiting yachtmen. 
This will be the first general gathering and regatta ever 
held in any waters south of New York Bay, and the com- 
mittees of both clubs are earnestly working to make the 
event a memorable success. 
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Conditions Governing Race for Heligoland Cup. — ■ 
The race for the Heligoland Cup will be of more than 
usual interest to home yachtsmen this year as a number 
of American vessels will probably participate. The Heli- 
goland Cup is presented by H. I. M. the German Em- 
peror, and the conditions go^verning the race are as fol- 
lows : 
For all cruising yachts belonging to any recognized 
yacht club, of 80 tons (T. M.) and upwards. 
To be sailed for on Saturday, June 17, from Dover to 
Heligoland, to start at 11 A. M. Three to start or no race. 
To be sailed under Y. R. A. rules, but all vessels are 
to carry at least their cutter and dinghy. No paid hands 
to be carried beyond the ordinary crew of the vessel, 
with the exception of a pilot. 
The' owners of yachts competing for the Heligoland 
Cup must at the time of entry hand in a certificate of her 
load waterline and sail area, in accordance with Y. R. A. 
rule. 
All yachts to be handicapped after the manner of yachts 
for the King's Cup at the R. Y. S. Regatta at Cowes. 
A sub-committee has been appointed for the purpose of 
handicapping the yachts, which is empowered to decide 
which vessels come under the category of cruising yachts, 
and against whose decision there shall be no appeal. 
Tugs will be at hand on arriving at Heligoland to tow 
the yachts through the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal to Kiel. 
The Heligoland Cup has been designed by H. I. M. the 
German Emperor, K. G., and will be given by His Im- 
perial Majesty personally to the owner of the winning 
yacht. 
His Imperial Majesty will give additional prizes on 
the basis of, for every three starters, one prize. 
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Large Power Yacht Sold. — Mr. James Hartness, of 
Springfield, Vt., has sold his motor yacht Laurena to Mr. 
D. N. Armstrongg, of Bridgeport, Conn., through the 
agency of Mr. Stanley M. Seaman. 
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Designers of Winners.— Jt is seldom that yachts from 
the same designing board will win championships in three 
distinct classes racing on the same circuit, but this is a 
feat accomplished by yachts designed by Messrs. Small 
Brothers, of Boston. Three boats of their design, Clotho, 
Hayseed and Vera II. won the championships in the Y. 
R. A. of Massachusetts in the 22, 18 and 15ft. classes 
respectively last season.- Messrs. Small Brothers are 
very clever in turning out racing boats, having had long 
experience in this line, and both have the advantage of 
being expert racing skippers. They are equally skillful 
on cruising craft and have the faculty of getting as much 
accommodation as possible in a given space, without giv- 
ing the appearance of crowding. 
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Sally Growler Launched. — The Gas Engine & Power 
Co. and Charles L. Seabury & Co., Cons., of Morris 
Heights, have launched at least one large yacht a week 
from their big shops since early spring. The last boat 
to go overboard was the twin-screw cruising launch Sally 
Growler. This clean-lined, splendidly built boat is for 
Mr. Herbert L. Terrell. She is 50ft. over all, 12ft. 
breadth and 2ft. 3111. draft. She is fitted with two Speed- 
way engines which will drive her at a speed of 12 miles 
an hour. The interior arrangements are roomy and fitted 
in good taste. Forward is a pilot house with guest quar- 
ters just aft. Next comes the owner's room and the 
toilet. Then the engine room, galley and crew's quar- 
ters. A large cockpit aft affords a comfortable and pro- 
tected place for those on deck. The boat is for use at 
.Seabright, N. J. 
The same finn has put overboard the handsome high 
speed launch Colonia. She was built for Commodore 
Frederick G. Bourne, New York Y. C, and will be car- 
ried on the flagship's davits. The launch will be entered 
in some of the season's races and also in the events ar- 
ranged for on the New York Y. C. cruise. - 
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HiNGHAM Y. C. Incorporated.— The Hingham Y. C, 
which has lain dormant for two or three years, has 
taken on a new lease of life by a large increase in 
membership, and it has just been incorporated under 
the laws of the State of Massachusetts. The meeting, 
which voted to incorporate, elected the following of- 
ficers: Com., Charles B. Barnes, Jr.; Vice-Com., Alfred 
L. Lincoln; Sec'y, J. Sumner Fowler; Treas., Charles 
M. Scudder. The club house is shortly to be erected 
and leased to the club and a runway and float will be 
put in position, so that the latter may be reached at all 
stages of the tide. 
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Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. Gen. Orders No. 3.— 
General- Orders No. 3 of the Seawanhaka Corinthian 
Y. C, issued by the Fleet Captain Clinton H. Crane for 
Commodore William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., are as follows: 
I. — The squadron will rendezvous at Seawanhaka Har- 
bor, Oyster Bay, on Saturday, May 27, in order to take 
part in the opening exercises at the club house. 
II. — On signal from the flagship at 3 P. M. (Satur- 
day), the club burgee will be mast-headed on the club 
flagstaff, and all vessels in harbor will dress ship sim- 
ultaneously. 
III. — On Sunday, May 28, Divine services will be 
read on board the flagship at 11 A. M., by Rear-Com- 
modore Frank S. Hastings. 
IV. — In observance of Decoration Day, Tuesday, May 
30, all ensigns will be half-masted, and the fleet will 
dress ship at eight bells. 
V. — At 10 A. M., all yachts will be inspected by the 
commodore. 
VI. — At 4 P. M., a reception will be held on board 
Virginia to which all captains, members and their 
guests are cordially invited. 
Captains are earnestly requested to have their yachts 
in harbor during the ceremonies. 
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Passage from Stage Harbor, Chatham, now Com- 
pletely Closed. — Cruisers of the small yacht fleet having 
occasion to round Cape Cod this season will learn with 
regret that the winter's storms have caused unfavorable 
changes in the already forbidding entrance to Chatham 
North Harbor. The north point has been washing 
away, and the sand has been making on the south point, 
until quite a new form of channeWif channel it can be 
called — has been formed to the old harbor. Boats 
crossing the bar now work close up the shore by the 
hotel in entering the old harbor. The south point, 
the back entrance from Stage Harbor, that formerly 
constituted a channel for small boats by which the long 
and sometimes rough trip around Monomoy could be 
avoided, has now been closed by a high and wide 
sandbar, across which one may pass dryshod from in 
front of the hotel clear to the outer beach. This 
channel has been gradually filling up for some years, 
though up to comparatively recently boats could go 
through at high water. One of the last large boats to 
go through was the yawl Clairette, in making the 
passage from Baltimore to Boston, in charge of Walter 
Burgess, some five years ago. Illustrating the uncer- 
tainties of the sea, -old ocean has broken through the 
outer beach below the lights at Chatham, forming a 
passage through which sand is being poured into Stage 
Harbor at a rate that must, if continued, fill it. An 
effort in town meeting to take measures to stop this 
cut was defeated.— Boston Globe. 
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Atlantic Y. C. General Orders No. 2. — Fleet Cap- 
tain B. M. Whitlock has sent out for Commodore 
Daniel G. Reid, General Orders No. 2, which are as 
follows: 
The fleet will rendezvous at the club anchorage at or 
before 10 o'clock A. M., Tuesday, May 30. 
At II o'clock A. M., the fleet will dress ship and. the 
flag at the club house will be mast-headed. At 11:02 
o'clock A. M., the flagship, followed by the fleet, will 
salute the club flag by firing one gun. 
Official calls should be made between the hours of 
11:30 o'clock A. M., and i o'clock P. M. 
The commanding officer will be pleased to receive 
members of the club and their friends on board the 
flagship between the hours of 3:30 and 5 o'clock P. M. 
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Zeta Violates Quarantine Regulations. — Mr. E. W. 
Deming's gasolene launch Zeta has been held up at 
Sagua la Grande, Cuba, for three weeks because of an 
unintentional violation of quarantine regulations. The 
facts in the (Jase developed when Mr. Deming appealed 
to Minister Squires to see if something could not be 
done to expedite the case. 
The story told by Mr^ Df^niing is that when he sailed 
from New Orleans he inquired if it was necessary for 
him to take out a health certificate to sail for gulf ports, 
and he was informed that there was no need. He then 
sailed around the coast of the United States, finally 
touching at St. Petersburg, Fla., from which place he 
cleared for Cuba. He sailed around part of the coast 
and then touched at Sagua la Grande, to be surprised 
with the detention by the authorities for having entered 
the port without a health certificate. 
For three weeks the case of Mr. Deming has been 
held up, and there seemed no more prospect of getting 
it settled than when he was first detained, and he finally 
appealed to Mr. Squires, to see what could be done. 
Mr. Squires, on investigating, found that the Cuban 
authorities had acted according to a law which was 
made by military order during the American interven- 
tion, which fixed a maximum penalty of $5i000 for any 
ship violating the order. 
Mr. Deming, realizing that he has violated the law, 
although it was absolutely unintentionai, wishes to pay 
the fine which the government wishes to impose so that 
he can leave, and Minister Squires will use his good 
offices in trying to see if the case cannot be expedited. 
— Havana Post. 
Across Nova Scotia in Canoes. 
iConiinued Jrom j>age id'i .) 
Saturday, Jone J 8, 
After the usual morning ablutions, Arthur and Louis 
got to work on the big canoe, and patched it up with 
pitch. We then struck camp and left this attractive 
little spot very regretfully. We ran down through the 
rough water, and in the hard work and excitement 
incident on getting through, did not learn the names 
of any but one or two of the rapids. One beautiful spot, 
where the river tumbled over a series of steep, rocky 
slopes, was known as "Pescav\'es Ledges." Another 
rapid was known as "Lake Falls," and just a short 
distance below this* point, we came across an old log 
wing dam, stretching about half way across the stream, 
diagonally; to turii the current into the main channel 
around an island. ■ The river was quite broad at this 
point, and full of great rocks projecting above the 
surface everywhere. We had magnificent sport all 
morning working the boats through these rapids, 
under constant risk of smashing them on the obstruc- 
tions. A tremendous wind was blowing, although it 
was perfectly clear, and fly-casting was strenuous sport. 
Carl and H. N. T. perched themselves on high rocks 
and proceeded to cast some hundred feet down stream 
in the gale. The rapids were a roaring stretch of white 
water, and the branches of the evergreens tossed and 
bent with . the force of the wind. The fresh, clear 
air and the bewildering motion and tumult all about 
made one feel like living, and we were a pretty en- 
thusiastic crowd, faces tanned by the sun, muscles 
hardened by the constant work, and nerves braced by 
the excitement and the wholesome, outdoor sport. We 
stopped for lunch a little after noon on the left-hand 
bank of the river, at a spot that had little to commend 
it in the way of scenery, compared with the magnificent 
country we were passing through. While the others 
were preparing lunch, the anglers fished above and 
below the camp, catching a few trout, and Louis amused 
the party with anecdotes of his previous employers, 
some of them lady sportsmen. Charles afforded some 
merriment by slipping off the edge of the steep bank 
into the water, and floundering out again up the slip- 
pery muddy slope. While we were eating lunch, a. huge 
raven serenaded us from a clump of trees a short dis- 
tance up stream, making very weird, discordant sounds. 
This camp was named after our faithful guide, as he 
was particularly talkative here, and kept the party well 
amused by his droll sayings and stories. 
Not very long after leaving this camp, we had our 
first serious accident of the cruise. Charles O. and 
Carl were traveling in the smaller boat, and Arthur, 
the writer, and Louis in the large one. We were 
ahead of the others; and at a rough stretch of rapids, 
just above Hemlock Point, we had several close calls 
getting through, as the stream was badly obstructed 
by sunken rocks. We managed to get through all 
right about looyds. ahead of the others, and as we 
were pushing ahead down stream, Louis turned around 
suddenly to see whether they were safely through. We 
heard him give a quick exclamation, and upon glancing 
back, we saw that they had jammed on a rock in the 
current, and were both out of the boat, struggling in 
the water. We turned immediately for the shore, 
beached our boat as quickly as possible, and seizing the 
paddles and poles, dashed up the river bank to the 
rescue. This was pretty slow work, as we had to 
clamber over high rocks and underneath overhanging 
trees, but^ we made quick time of the short distance, 
and, arriving upon the scene breathless, we found that 
the canoe was jammed broadside against a rock in the 
swiftest part of the current and sunk almost out of 
sight under the water. Carl was standing waist-deep 
in the current a short distance out from the bank and 
Charles was passing the pack bags, tent, etc., to him, to 
be thrown ashore. We helped them with the last of 
these, and managed to get Carl's rod free, although 
it was bent double and tangled in among the thwarts. 
Fortunately, the boat was not far from the shore, 
and the water not more than waist-deep, although the 
bottom was rocky and irregular, giving a very in- 
secure foothold. The force of the water was gradually 
bending the boat around the rock, and we tried our 
best to swing one' end around so as to get the boat 
free, which was impossible. We then tried to lift the 
boat over the rock, but it was wedged too tightly, and 
the current was too strong. We found that the com- 
bined efforts of all five of us were not sufficient to get 
the boat free, and it was slowly being crushed around 
the rock, so Louis and the Scribe dashed ashore after 
poles, while the others braced the ends of the boat with 
their knees to keep it from breaking further. We 
quickly secured long poles from the woods, and with 
