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both in the informal trial races and in the formal ones. Out of 
fifteen starts, in which she was pitted against four boats alto- 
gether, she won thirteen first places, and one of h'er two losses 
■was due to an error in -the course, which gave her at least half a 
mile more sailing than the others got. _ _ . 
Zoraya’s performance, especially running and reaching in mod- 
erate winds was such as to indicate that with different handling 
and a more thorough tuning up, she might have given Temeraire 
a very serious argument and the judges a whole lot of food for 
thought. It is not insinuated that Zoraya could ; have been 
handled' better under the circumstances, but Temeraire has had 
the advantage of being in the hands of one man, and that one 
man a thoroughly skilled amateur, every since her launching. 
She has also been sailed by identically the same crew, the mem- 
bers being Messrs. E. K. M. Wedd, skipper; J. Wilton Morse, 
H. F. Darrell, Casey Baldwin, H. Barber, W. H. Parsons and 
Yon Yonson, the latter being the professional aboard. 
Zoraya, on the other hand, has been sailed in her races, official 
and otherwise, by her owner, Mr. James C. Worts, and by H. C. 
McLeod, George H. Gooderham and Janies McMurray. It is 
unfortunate perhaps that the official trial races did not give an 
opportunity of deciding the merits of the boats in a drift, as, 
while this is an unsatisfactory sort of sailing, it may prevail in the 
Canada’s cup race, and while Zoraya has been beaten in a drift 
before, she has also shown considerable speed under such con- 
ditions. It should be remembered, too, that her sails are not in 
nearly as good condition as Temeraire’s, the latter’s day practice 
spins having worked her canvas into, excellent condition. 
Temeraire will use her . English suit, by Thomas Ratsey, in the 
races at Charlotte. These begin Aug. 12. 
C. H. J. Snider. 
Boston Letter. 
New Classes Proposed. — Within the past few weeks 
there has been a movement on foot to establish a class 
of 30-footers or 31-footers, to be rated under the new 
uniform rule. This movement is finding more or less 
favor among the yacht owners in the restricted classes, 
who are looking forward to improvements in next sea- 
son’s racing. The name of . the yachtsman, said tO' be an 
owner in the restricted classes, who has hitherto looked 
upon the uniform rating rule with disfavor, has not been 
publicly announced, but there is every reason to believe 
that Mr. Sumner H. Foster has been seriously consider- 
ing a class of about 30ft. waterline. It is understood that 
a set of scantlings is proposed and also a minimum limit 
on displacement. There are many whO‘ agree that scant- 
ling restrictions are needful additions tO’ the uniform 
rule, but it is doubtful if a limit on displacement will he 
likely to produce a lasting class. It does not seem that 
any minimum limit is necessary to accompany the 
rule, as the system of measurement favors yachts of sub- 
stantial displacement, and this being the case, it would 
probably be better to allow designers all the leeway pos- 
sible in producing varieties of types. Direct limitations 
on measurements and scantlings have proven a good 
thing among the Massachusetts Bay classes, in correct- 
ing evils that existed, but it is quite possible that the 
remedy, when taken as a steady diet, might prove an evil 
in itself. It does seem that in forming a new^ class it 
would be better to build entirely to a rule that is in op- 
eration elsewhere than in Massachusetts waters, so that 
those who lend their aid -by building yachts may have a 
chance to dispose of them at as good a price as possible 
in other "waters. A class of about waterline, that 
would show indications of lasting, would undoubtedly be 
a great thing for Massachusetts Bay yachting. 
There has also been more or less talk of a number of 
yachtsmen building for class Q. If this movement pro- 
gresses to any extent it is quite probable that those who 
have heretofore been interested in the i8ft. knockabout 
class will build for the new_ class. From what has been 
shown so far this season it looks as though the i8ft. 
knockabout class in Massachusetts Bay has but a short 
time longer to exist. The number of boats that have 
been built this season has been very small, and owners 
of the older boats who might have built new ones have 
not found read}^ markets. This is undoubtedly due to^ 
the adoption of the new uniform rule by clubs along 
Long Island Sound, in which the Massachusetts 18-foot- 
ers have heretofore been disposed. The Massachusetts 
i8ft. class is an awfully good one — one of the best in the 
country — but no matter how good it is, yachtsmen are 
not going to build for it and keep in the game unless 
they see a way to get rid of one boat before building 
another. Yachtsmen have feelings in their pocketbooks, 
just the same as other people, even if the builders are not 
'disposed to think so-. Class Q should apoeal to the small 
boat men, as they get considerable of a boat on the rat- 
ing, and one that is. far more comfortable to cruise in 
than the present 18-footers. How much of a fever will 
be developed over the Q class is yet to be seen, as 
nothing more has been done at present other than gen- 
Cl'cll ^ 3 . 1 k 
Two New Ones by Small Brothers.— Messrs. Small 
Brothers have completed the lines of a 70ft. waterline 
cruising steam yacht for Mr. Harry M. Ruby, of Macon, 
Mo. This yacht is intended to be much o.f a houseboat, 
and is to be given moderate power. She will _have_ a 
compound engine of about 50 horsepower. She is quite 
bulky but the lines have been so cleverly drawn that a 
sheer viev,? shows quite a sleek looking craft. She is 
75ft. over all, 70ft. waterline, 15ft. breadth and 3ft- 5 tn- 
draft. She is much of the type of Monaloa, or Velthra, 
and has good accommodations under a low cabin trunk. 
In the forward p^rt of "the boat there are accommoda- 
tions for five men, the crew’s quarters running under the 
pilot house, which is’ sunk below the deck level. The 
pilot house is for use as a little library by the ownei, and 
off it is the owner’s bedroom, extending the full beam of 
the boat. Passing aft there are closets on the port side 
and a bathroom on the starboard side. Abaft these is 
another bedroom extending the full beam of the sh^. 
Then comes the engine and boiler space, while m the 
after part of the boat is the main saloon, with galley ad- 
joining. There is a bridge abaft the break of the deck 
house, and the boat may be steered from either place. 
Another design just completed by the same designers 
is an 18-footer for Mr. W. Rogers, of Rochester. This 
boat is 35ft. over all, i8ft. waterline, 7ft. 6in. breadth and 
5ft 6in. draft. She will carry 500 sq. ft. of sail and is 
intended to measure into the 20ft. class under the old 
system of measurement— waterline plus the square root 
of the sail area, divided b}^ 
From MaebleheA-D. — Messrs. Stearns & McKay, at the 
Marblehead Yacht Yards are building a 28ft. hunting 
cabin launch for Mr. F. H. Billard, of Meriden, Conn. 
It is expected that .she will be ready for delivery about 
the middle of August. She . will be fitted with twin 
'screws and will be fully equipped for cruising. The twin- 
screw 30ft. open launch that was built for Mr. Herbert 
Fltimphrey has been in commission for some time at 
Marblehead and has attracted much favorable comment. 
Messrs. Stearns & McKay report the sale of the 25-footer 
Christina to Mr. George Payson, of Chicago; the 25- 
footer Chewink II. to Mr. David Bamber, of Boston, and 
a 2ift. knockabout to Mr. Alexander Galt, of St. Louis. 
New Yard Progressing. — Work has been progressing 
on the new yard for Messrs. Burgess & Packard at 
Marblehead. The shop has been completed and the 
marine railway is about ready. Delay was caused on this 
on_ account of striking a ledge. A 28ft. po-wer boat is 
building for Mr. Crane. John B. Killeen. 
R'.cde Island Notes. 
New 35 KT. Cruiser. — At the shop of the Chase Yacht 
& Ell gine Company in Providence there has just been 
completed for' a Providence yachtsman a 35 ft. cruising 
launch from designs by Mr. William H. Hand, of New 
Bedford, Mass. The design shows the modern type with 
the sides carried up above the sheer line to the full 
height of the cabin, this treatment extending to the ex- 
treme bow and thus eliminating the usual cabin trunk 
and giving practically a flush deck boat forward. The 
cabin affords ample cruising accommodations, with 5l4ft. 
head room, exclusive of the skylights, and there is a 
large water-tight cockpit. The frame and keel are oak 
and the planking is of hard pine, while the topsides 
above the normal sheer line are planked with mahogany 
and all the finish is of the same wood. The new boat is 
35ft. over all, 33ft. 6in. waterline, 8ft. 8in. breadth and 
2ft, 6in. draft, with a displacement of 9,680 pounds. The 
engine is a two-cylinder, four-cycle Chase motor of 15 
horsepower, capable of an estimated speed of about 10 
miles an hour. 
Rhode Island Y. C. Cruise. — The itinerary of the an- 
nual cruise of the Rhode Island Y. C., as announced by 
Commodore Rogers, will make the rendezvous of the 
fleet at Newport, Saturday, Aug. 12. Sunday morning 
the run will he to New London. Monday to Thimble 
Islands, where the club will be the guests of the Sachem’s 
Head Y. C. Tuesday morning there will he races for 
trophies offered by the Sachem’s Head Y. C., and in the 
afternoon entertainment will be offered in the form of a 
big barbecue, while in the evening there will be a recep- 
tion and dance at the Sachem’s Head club house. The 
fleet will return to- New . London Wednesday and that 
evening there will be the annual mess dinner at the Fort 
Griswold House, followed by a dance. Thursday, run to 
Block Island, where the fleet will remain until Saturday 
morning, then proceeding to- Newport, where the fleet 
will be entertained at a theater party by Commodore 
Rogers that evening. Sunday morning, proceed to Pru- 
dence Island, where a clambake will celebrate the con- 
clusion of the cruise. 
Edgewood Y. C. Cruise. — The Edgewood Y. C. and 
Washington Park Y. C. will hold a joint cruise this year, 
starting Monday, Aug. 7, and continuing one week. The 
cruise will be confined to the waters of Narragansett Bay, 
and the yachts will race from port to port as usual in 
such events. Commodore George R. Babbitt, of the 
Edgewood Y. C., has announced the following itinerary : 
Monday, Aug. 7, run to East Greenwich; Tuesday, run 
to- Kickemnit ; Wednesday, run to- Chuck’s Cove; Thurs- 
day, run to Newport; Friday, run to Wickford; Satur- 
day, run to Bristol, dinner at the DeWolf Inn, afterward 
proceeding to Potter’s Cove, where the fleet will disband 
Sunday. F. H. Young. 
The Canada C«p Boats. 
Three boats were built this year for the defense of the 
Canada Cup now held by the Rochester Y. C. The cup 
was won last year by Irondequoit, which boat challenged 
from the Rochester Y. C. As Irondequoit was designed 
by Mr. William Gardner it is only natural that the syndi- 
cate that owned her should look to the same designer 
when they decided to build another boat. 
The races this year are for boats of 30ft. waterline, and 
the Gardner creation is 53ft. over all, loft. 7in. breadth and 
7ft. draft. She is known as Rochester and she has a sail 
area of 1,550 sq. ft. Her forward overhang is 12ft. and 
lift. aft. She was built by Mr. William Miller, of Char- 
lotte, N. Y., at which place the Rochester Y. C. is located. 
Rochester is owned by a syndicate headed by Mr. Thomas 
F. Pritchard. 
Iroquois is the second boat. She was built by the 
George Lawley & Son Corp., of South Boston, from de- 
signs made by Mr. C. F. Herreshoff. Mr. Frank T. 
Christie heads the syndicate that owns Iroquois. She is 
52ft. over all, 30ft. waterline, loft. 6in. breadth and 7ft. 
draft. Other measurements of the boat follow ; Forward 
overhang, loft. ; after overhang, 12ft, ; extreme beam, loft. 
6in. ; beam on waterline, loft. ; ballast, 5 tons; sail area, 
1,550 sq. ft. ; mainsail hoist, 29ft. 6in. ; boom, 37ft. 6in. ; 
bowsprit, outboard, 7ft. 4in. ; gaff, 24ft.. 6in. ; spinnaker 
boom, 23ft. 6in. ; jib halliard block above deck, 43ft. 
Kee Lox II. is the third boat and she was designed and 
built by Messrs. C. J.. & W. P. Pembroke, two brothers 
who- are both amateurs. Kee Lox II. is 55ft. over all, 
,30ft. waterline, loft. breadth and .7ft. draft. 
Last week the Rochester Y. C. held an exhaustive series 
of races in order to determine which of the trio was the 
best all-around boat. Kee Lox II. was outclassed and the 
choice lay between Iroquois and Rochester. These two 
beats seemed to be very closely matched, and the Regatta 
Committee were confronted with a serious problem. 
In order to further satisfy , themselves in regard to- the 
merits of the two boats they ordered another series of 
races to be sailed on Saturday, July 29. After Saturday’s 
races the committee formally selected Iroquois to defend 
the cup, and they also picked Mr. Lorenzo G. Mabbett, 
Fleet Captain of the Rochester Y. C., to act as skipper 
in the races. 
[Atjg. 5, igos 
■ Mr. Maiibelt is ruled as a very able boatman, and in 
the trial r-mes he shifted from Iroquois to Rochester and 
he Vvould invariably bring the boat he was handling home 
a winner. This would seem that the boats were remark- 
ably evenly matched and that it was more a matter o-f 
handling than of speed. 
In the trial races Iroquois won five and Rochester seven 
of . the matches, but the judges were of the opinion that 
Iroquois was the better all-around boat and they selected 
her as being the most consistent performer in light and 
heavy weather. 
Sybilla Disqualified. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
At a meeting of the Regatta Committee of the Island 
Pleights Y. C., the yacht Sybilla was disqualified for 
rounding wrong buoy and the , race awarded to the 
yacht Yankee. 
■V\hll you kindly correct your notice in your issue of 
July 29 for the ocean race. Your time and notice is 
correct with this exception. 
R. M. 'Vanderherchen, 
Member of Regatta Committee. 
PHII.ADELPmA, July 3! . 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. 
Addition to Plymouth Y. C. Fleet. — The new boats 
added to the Plymouth Y. C. fleet this year are as fol- 
lows: Capt. John R. Dawes has a new hunting cabin 
launch, built by Shiverick, of Kingston, 28ft. over all, 
with 7 horsepower Jager engine. Herbert Nash has a 
new 2oft. open launch with 3 l 4 horsepower Knox engine. 
Horace B. Maglathlin has a new hunting cabin launch, 
32ft. over all, with 16 horsepower M-urray & Tregurtha 
engine. Arthur R. Latham has a new i8ft. Emmons 
power dory. C. L. Willoughy has sold his launch and 
bought a raceabout, 36ft. over all, 2Sft. waterline, 4ft. 
draft, centerboard, and has a power tender. 
J. L. Bachelder has installed a 7 horsepower two- 
cylinder Knox engine in his launch Ensign, replacing a 
single cylinder engine of older make. 
There will be a regatta here Aug. 31, given by the club 
as a member of Mass. Y. R. A. This regatta will be 
one of the matches of the south shore circuit, and will 
be followed' by a similar race at Duxbury. 
Taunton Y. C. Matters. — The Taunton Y. C. had its 
first run to Tiverton, R. L, this season, and all enjoyed 
the sail more than ever. There were five power boats 
and four racing dories at the line on Saturday, July 22, 
at 2 130 P. M., when the run staited. As soon as open 
water was reached upon Mt. Llope Bay the dories were 
started for a race to Tiverton in a dead beat to- wind- 
ward Messrs. B. Andro and Max Bowne sent the fleet 
off. The start was a very pretty one, as all the boats 
crossed the line within thirty seconds of each other, and 
so was the race a very interesting one, as the boats 
shifted positions quite often. Pauline, owned by Rollin 
Babbitt, finally carried off the trophy of the day, winning 
by over 4m. over the rest of the fleet. Arriving in Tiver- 
ton the fleet was royally entertained by Rear Commodore 
Daniel Brownell at his new residence, the Star Cottage, 
fo-rmerlly “The Lookout,” one of the handsomest resi- 
dences upon the water front. All the boats stayed over 
night and returned late on Sunday to- their moorings at 
the Taunton Y. C. at Dighton, and everybody wishes 
soon to be ready for another run. 
« •? IS 
Mr. Percy Chubb’s Steam Yacht Diana. — Commo- 
dore F. G. Bourne’s steam yacht Delaware, which boat 
was damaged by fire last winter, has been entirely refitted 
and is now the property of Mr. Percy Chubb, who- has 
changed her name to Diana. After the fire Commodore 
Bourne turned the vessel over to the insurance under- 
writers, who commissioned Messrs, Tams, Lemoine & 
Crane to place her in first class condition. The work was 
carried out by the Harlan & Hollingsworth Co., of Wil- 
mington, Del., under the supervision of the architects. 
H 
Ilderim Sold for Junk. — The old Burgess 46-footer 
Ilderim, formerly the property of Mr. Cornelius Van- 
derbilt, is being broken up at the Newport shipyard. Her 
last owner was Mr. J. Edward Addicks. While at her 
moorings last year she was attached, and a short time 
ago she was sold at Mr. A. W. S. Marshall’s sale to Mr. 
Nils C. Peterson. Ilderim was built by Lawley in 1891 
from designs by the late Edward Burgess. She was 45ft. 
Sin. waterline, 6oft. 5in. over all, 12ft. 6in. breadth and 
loft. 5in. draft. 
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K. Y. C.’s Long Distance Power Boat Race. — Five 
boats finished in the Knickerbocker Y. C.’s long distance 
power boat race from College Point, L. L, to- Marble- 
head, Mass. 
Talisman, owned by Mr. William Saville, of Boston, 
v/on. She was designed and built by the Murray & Tre- 
gurtha Co., of South Boston, Mass., and is fitted with 
an engine made by the designers and builders. Talis- 
man is 32ft. Sin. over all, 29ft. 9in. waterline, 8ft. 7 l 4 in. 
breadth and 2ft. loin. draft. 
The winner of the second prize was Glissando, owned 
by Mr, Frank L. Andrews, of Fall River, Mass. She 
was designed and built by Messrs. Read Brothers, of 
Fall River, and is equipped with a 15 horsepower 
Standard engine. Glissando is 39ft. over all, 35ft. gin. 
waterline, 9ft. breadth and 3ft. 6in. draft. 
The other three boats to finish were : Blink, Aquila 
and Woodpile. The latter boat finished about 10:30 
Monday morning, and receives a souvenir prize for cov- 
ering the course. 
Blink was designed by Messrs. Swasey, Raymond & 
Page and built by Mr. T. L. White. Her engine is a 
DEFENDERS. 
Name, 
Owner. 
Designer. 
Builder 
O.A; 
L.W.L. 
Breadth 
Dratt, 
Kee Lox II . . . 
, . . C. J. & W. P. Pembroke. 
. C. T. & W. P. Pembroke.. 
.C. J. &,W. P. 
Pembroke. . . 
55 
30 
10 
7 
Iroouois 
. C. F- PTerre.shoff 
. George - r awdey 
Corooration. 
52 
30 
10.5 
7 
Rochester 
... Thomas P. Pritchard... 
. William Gardner William Miller 
CHALLENGERS. 
54 
30 
10.7 
7 
Naniwa 
... T. H. Fearnside 
. William Johnson 
.William Johnso 
n 
, 47 
30 
•. . 
7 
Zoraya 
...James 'Worts 
• Alfred Mylne 
• Andre-ws ....... 
30 
9.9 
7 
Temeraire .... 
...Frederick Nichols 
. Wm. Fife, Jr 
• Andre-ws 
50 
30 . 
10.1 
7 
