Aug. 26, 1905.] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
177 
Cara Mia 
Neola II. 
Alera . . . . 
Minx 
.4 41 57 
.Withdrew. 
.5 24 10 
.5 10 11 
6 36 67 
7 19 10 
7 05 11 
The special prizes for this day’s run were cups offered by 
Commodore Bourne. Cara Mia won the sloop cup and Muriel 
won the schooner cup. 
These special cups have caused two protests to be made. 
Charles Lane Poor, of the Mira, protested the 30-footers. He 
maintained that tb.ey were not in cruising trim and did not carry 
boats and consequently could not race against boats that were 
in cruising trim, and which complied with the rules, as far as 
carrying boats was concerned. The 30-footers Dahinda, Minx and 
Cara Mia had captured the special prizes on the three first runs. 
The other protest was against Venona. It was by Mr. W. S. 
Eaton, of. Agatha, who claimed that Venona was launched sub- 
sequent to Jan. 1, 1905, and that she should rate at the top of 
her class. This protest has not j^et been decided, but that against 
the 30-footers the Regatta Committee denied. Prior to the cruise, 
Mr. W. B. Duncan, Jr., on behalf of the owners of the 30-footers 
asked the Regatta Committee if the 30s were considered in 
cruising trim. The committee looked into the matter very care- 
fully and decided that they were cruisers, and that they need 
not carry boats. This decision has not satisfied Mr. Poor, and 
he has written to the Regatta Committee and to Commodore 
Bourne, asking for a reopening of the case. 
Newport, Aug. 15. 
The Astor cups were to have been sailed for on Tuesday, Aug. 
15. The entries were Schooners Corona, Muriel, Valmore; sloops 
and yawls Sybarita, Mineola, Yankee, Weetamoe, Doris, Mira, 
Nautilus, Mimosa III. 
A storm from the N.E. made things generally very unpleasant. 
The yachts started out early with club topsails aloft, but as soon 
as they got outside they returned to the harbor and these big 
sails were lowered. The storm increased in force. The rain fell 
in torrents, and at noon the Regatta Committee called the races off 
for the day. Capt. John Jacob Astor’s steamer Nourmahal, while 
trying to work her way out of Brenton’s Cove, ran on the rocks. 
She was pulled off in the evening and the next day went to New 
York to go in dry dock for repairs. 
Mineola also met with a mishap. She was sailing about off 
Beaver Tail, carrying a small club topsail and with sheets 
pinned in flat. She got a hard knock down and sprung her mast. 
She went to Bristol the next day for a new spar, and Mr. Proctor 
announced that she would be not able to take part in any more 
races of the cruise or in the ocean race of the Eastern Y. C. 
Newport, Aug. 16. 
The N.E. storm lasted all day and kept the yachts in the 
harbor. At noon it was announced that the fleet would not pro- 
ceed, and a meeting of the captains was called for the afternoon. 
At that meeting it was agreed that if conditions were favorable, 
a start should be made at 6 o’clock the next morning for Vine- 
yard Haven, and that, after reaching that port, the fleet should 
continue on over the shoals to Marblehead. 
Run to Vineyard Haven, Aug. 17. 
The plans for an early start were changed, and the harbor signal 
was not made until 8:45 o’clock, and an hour later the Regatta 
' Committee gave the preparatory signal for the start of the racers. 
The starting line was at Brenton’s Reef Lightship and the 
finish was to be off West Chop, at Vineyard Haven, 37 miles 
away. The boats were to leave the Vineyard Sound Lightship on 
the port hand. By the time that signal was made the storm had 
entirely disappeared. A light wind from the N. by E. was 
blowing and the sea was smooth. The first division of sloops 
was sent off. at 9:66, and they crossed the line in this order on 
the port tack: Humma, Mira, Doris, Irolita. Sybarita’s signal 
. was made at 10 o’clock, and the schooners and auxiliaries were 
' started at 10:05, but by that time the wind had died away alto- 
gether and the boats did not have steerage way, but just drifted 
with the tide. All were handicapped. They crossed the line in 
this order: Elmina, Latona, Muriel, Agafha, Cachalot, Sybarita, 
t Cacique, Venona, Katrina, Intrepid, Idler, Lasca, Vencedor and 
I Corona. The last-named did not get away until 10:39:30. As she 
i crossed the line the new Invader, owned by Mr. Roy A. Rainey, 
passed close to the lightship, evidently with an idea of getting 
j a line of the sailing qualities of that boat as compared with 
Corona. All the vessels had light sails and held in toward the 
Newport shore. By noon the leaders had reached West Island. 
Elmina was leading about half a mile ahead of Muriel. A quarter 
! of a mile astern of that , boat was Humma. I hen came Vigilant, 
Sybarita, Doris and Mira. Two miles further back was Agatha 
and Venona, and further off shore Vencedor, Katrina, Corona, 
Idler, Intrepid and Lasca. 
The wind had come from the S.E., but it was chiefly the tide 
that helped the boats. At 1:30 o’clock a S.W. wind struck in. 
Elmina was still the le.ader at that time, being about 2 miles E. 
^ of West Island, but she was far in toward the shore and she did 
not get the benefit of the change until long after those boats 
that had kept further out. It was a day of flukes and luck. 
Humma was the luckiest of the fleet. She soon picked up a nice 
breeze and, sailing along, took the lead and passed the Vine- 
yard Sound Lightship at 3:33:05. Sybarita was next at 3:48:21. 
Then came Doris at 3:52:33; Muriel, 3:53:33; Corona, 3:57:11; 
Invader, 4:00:35; Mira, 4:05:15; Elmina, 4:07:40, and Lasca at the 
same time, but to windward of Elmina. Jib topsails were changed 
for balloons for the reach through Vineyard Sound, and the 
prospects of the yachts finishing then were exceedingly good. 
They had a tide to buck though, and later, when the leaders 
' were off Tarpaulin Cove, the wind died out again. The Regatta 
Committee remained out long after sunset to take the time of the 
boats, but at 8:30 o’clock declared the race off, as no boat had 
finished. . The racers drifted into the harbor later on and 
anchored. 
Vineyard Haven to Marblehead, Aug. 18. 
The run over the shoals to Marblehead was an informal one. 
Commodore Bourne, on Colonia, and Vice-Commodore Walters, 
on Narada, got under way early in the morning in order to be 
in Marblehead Harbor in time to salute the Eastern Y. C. flag. 
I Colonia made the trip in 7h. Some of the sailing craft, in- 
' eluding Mira,. Corona, Katrina, Elmina, Muriel, Doris, Shark, 
Agatha, Crusader II. and Mimosa III., started out under sail 
! in a light E.N.E. wind. They had a fair tide over the shoals, but 
later the wind died out and several of them took tows. The 
' steamers and auxiliaries reached Marblehead Harbor in the after- 
V noon and evening and the sailing craft did not arrive until mid- 
night or after. The next day all hands were too tired to race, and 
■ most of the boats remained at anchor. 
i Marblehead, Saturday, Aug. 19. 
' There was a meeting of the fleet captains on board the flagship 
1 Colonia in the afternoon, and after the usual votes thanking 
I Commodore Bourne and the flag officers, the fleet disbanded. 
I The Astor cup races were declared off. These cups were given 
1 by Capt. Astor to be raced for during the cruise, but no day for 
; the races could be arranged. Capt. Astor, with the consent of 
i Commodore Bourne, has given the cups to the Regatta Committee 
f to arrange for races under new conditions. The committee an- 
nounced that they would be offered for races to be sailed off 
Newport sometime in September, at a date following the races 
off Glen Cove for the Autumn cups, which will be sailed for on 
Sept. 9. The Astor cups will be sailed for on Sept. 12 or 13, and 
will be for boats in racing trim. Following these races will be 
j contests for cups offered by Vice-Commodore Henry Walters, 
which were offered for the run from Newport to Vineyard Haven 
1 which was not finished. They will also be for yachts in cruising 
' trim. 
I Recent Sales. — The following sales are reported 
[ through the office of Mr. Stanley M. Seaman: Sloop 
i 3'acht Rosalie, Mr. George C. Carson, Philadelphia Cor- 
; inthian Y. C., to Mr. Henry F. Parmelee, New York Y. 
i C. Rosalie was designed by Mr. William Gardner and 
built in 1903 by the Holmes Shipbuilding Co. She is 
: 65ft. over all, 43ft. waterline, 14ft beam, 8ft draft. Auxil- 
iary yawl Dawn - II. for Dr. E. N. Brandt, Larchmont 
Y. C., to Mr. William Hanson Hodges, of Baltimore 
Y. C. Dawn II. was designed and built in 1903 by 
Messrs. Read Brothers, of Fall River, and is 60ft. over 
all, 40ft. w'aterline, 14ft. sin. beam and 5ft. sin. draft. She 
is equipped with a 20 horsepower Standard motor, and 
will be used for cruising on Chesapeake Bay and vicinity. 
Knockabout Cicada for Mr. A. B. O’Neil, of New York 
city, to Mr. A. Almquist. Knockabout Elise for Mr. A. 
F. Bowen, Newport News, tg Mr. C, W, Qrairdy, of 
' Norfolk, Va, 
Lipton Cap Races. 
Mr. Franki.yn H. Walker’s fine little boat Ste. Claire, of the 
Detroit Country Club, carried off the Lipton cup again this sea- 
son in impressive fashion. Not a single race went to any other 
boat, three straight being the record of the Detroit sailors. ^ 
The series were a tremendous disappointment to the Chicago 
and Milwaukee sailors who had hoped to make a better showing. 
The defeat was particularly humiliating because it was able to 
trace its cause direct to the lack of those qualities which should 
be most prized by yachtsmen. 
The management of the Price-Lorimer-Mills-Osborn syndicate 
boat. . Quien Sabe, has been harshly criticised. Commodore 
Price, the managing owner, was more interested in his big new 
yawl, Juanita, than he was in Quien Sabe and failed to make the 
most of the new Tams, Lemoine & Crane _21-fo6tcr. That the 
boat is able is beyond question. Her hull is finer drawn than 
Ste. Claire’s, also designed by Crane, and she is to all purposes 
the better boat, but badly fitting canvas and lack of interest in 
her welfare caused her defeat. Up to the day before the race her 
crew had not been selected, and the men who sailed her, -while 
they did what they could, had not that jierfect team, work which 
is so essential in handling light canvas on a boat of this- type. 
Quien Sabe was not out of the harbor for weeks before the 
race, and laying at anchor she soaked up so much water that 
when the measurers put the tape on her she was found to be 
so close to the danger line that one of her crew had to be left 
off to keep her from going out of the class. 
Mendota, the Milwaukee boat, was no better handled, and her 
old canvas had been more or less pulled out of shape in the 
many hard blows she had been , sailed in. 
In contrast to the slovenly handling the Lake Michigan .boats 
were given the work of Ste. Claire was a joy. Her new mainsail 
was the admiration of every sailor on the lake, and her light 
canvas, by Messrs. Wilson & Silsbee, elicited much admiration. 
Her crew, which Commodore Walker appointed early in the 
season, had worked day and night in preparation for the event, 
and the way they handled the boat was a revelation to the easy- 
going Chicago men. ,,,,,, . 
Mr. Alpheus Jennings, who had the stick on \v alker boat, 
sailed three capital races and seemed to get all thtre was in the 
handsome little cruiser. 
First Race — Monday, Aug. 14. 
After the fiasco of Saturday, Aug. 12, the first race was -post- 
poned until Monday, Aug. 14. The course was an equilateral 
triangle of 2 miles to the leg to be sailed over twice. When the 
boats reached the starting line, 2 miles off the Van Buren street 
gap in the Government breakwater, they found a fresh N-L. 
breeze blowing at the rate of about 14 miles an hour. A mishap 
aboard the judge’s tug caused the starting gun to go off prema- 
turely, and the boats had to be notified of the mistake. When 
they finally got the signal' to go ahead, Ste. Claire was hovering 
on the line and shot across in the smoke of the discharge. Men- 
dota was second, 10s. behind, and Quien Sabe had to go about 
on the line, being headed the wrong way when the gun went off. 
Hoosier, the fourth entry was last across. Ste. Claire and 
Mendota stood off on the starboard tack, but soon after crossing 
the line Hoosier split tacks with the leaders and Quien Sabe 
followed suit. The thrash to windward showed Ste. Claire at her 
best, and she gradually drew away from the rest of the fleet. 
Mendota was Im. 15s. behind at the end of the 2-niile beat, while 
Quien Sabe was -nearly 8m. to the bad. The second leg was a 
spinnaker run, and Mendota picked up a few seconds on the run. 
Ste. Claire’s spinnaker fouled in the spreaders, and while it was 
being hauled down and the mess cleared away, the Milwaukee 
boat picked up a little. _ ^ ^ 1 u ,-1 
The second leg was a balloon jib run, and the_ boats held_ tlieir 
relative positions pretty steadily without any gains in particular. 
The beat out on the second round of the triangle enabled Ste. 
Claire to open up a big gap. Splendidly handled she drew away 
from Mendota, and the race developed into a procession, i rice, 
who had been steering Quien Sabe, disgusted at his poor -work, 
turned the stick over to Mr'. U. J. Hermann, a member of his 
crew but the change was not enough to enable the syndicate 
boat to make up any of the lost ground, and she was hopel^essly 
beaten, although Mendota’s mistake in holding on the starboard 
tack long brought her back to Quien Sabe. Here is the time 
for the tw'o rounds: 
First Round. 
1st Buoy... 2d Buoy. 
Ste. Claire ft Ia " ny 
Qufen%he ..2 52 0'3 3 09 29 
Hoosier 2 54 34 3 11 55 
Second Round. 
Ste. Claire 4 07 07 4 25 42 
Mendota 1 nS I' ic 
Ouien Sabe f oe 10 t ta i a 
Hoosier 4 26 12 4 45 10 
3d Buoy. 
3 19 60 
3 20 50 
3 57 37 
3 38 08 
4 43 52 
4 48 42 
5 01 61 
6 05 44 
Second Race— Tuesday, Aug. 15. 
The second race was sailed over a windward and leewaid course 
of 3 miles to the leg, course to be sailed over twice. As on the 
day before the wind was fresh from the N.E. with a heavy lump 
of sea running. Supporters of the Milwaukee boat saw 'tt it a 
great chance for the Cream City boat to win, but again Ste. Glaire 
demonstrated her superiority by going out from the start and 
op.eniiig up a gap in the first thrash to windward. Quien -5abe 
held on better under the handling of “'Sport” Hermann, but cotfld 
not quite hold the slippery Detroit boat. Brown used the best 
judgment on the beat, and was first to go from the port to Lie 
starboard tack. He gained quite a bit by it, as when Ste. Claire, 
after overstanding the mark quite a bit, came down to the htst 
buoy, the Miwaukee boat had made up much lost ground. Ste. 
Claire was first over, with Quien Sabe second, over 3in. behind 
and Mendota third. The Hoosier was hopelessly out of it. On 
the run down the wind Ste. Claire increased her lead and the 
others held their relative positions. On the second thrash to 
windward Ste. Claire opened up a still larger gap, and at the 
end she was leading by nearly 7m. Quien Sabe held on to second 
place evening up the percentage with Mendota. . Hoosier’s boom 
was split and she retired from the race. The sensation of the 
day was the wonderful showing of^ La Rita, which has two 
wins on the Lipton cup to its credit. While it was generally 
thought that La Rita was out of the struggle and no longer 
able to compete for the trophy, and had not been entered, 
Peare sailed over the course after the contestants. Starting 2J^m. 
behind the four racers, he was first around the outer mark, beat 
Ste. Claire on the run down the wind, and after waiting for her 
at the finish line, again beat her to the outer mark and sailed 
home, reaching the finishing line nearly 3m. ahead ot the Detroit 
boat. . , . . . , 
That evening at the banquet given to the visiting yachtsmen 
Peare issued a challenge to race the Detroit boats Ste. Claire 
and Spray. As La Rita has lengthened out on the waterline, so 
as to be no longer eligible to the class, the Detroit yachtsmen 
did not accept the challenge, but told Peare that if he could get 
his boat back into the class again there were two fine trophies in 
Detroit which he could sail for, the Walker cup and the Country 
Club cup. As it will be impossible to bring the old boat back 
into the class, it is futile to discuss the possibilities of a match 
race. Here is the official time record of the race: 
1st Mark. 2d Mark. 3d Mark. Finish. 
Ste Claire 2 51 40 3 16 59 4 09 45 4 32 59 
Ouien Sabe 2 54 56 3 20 54 4 16 05 4 39 19 
Mendota 2 55 48 3 20 55 4 23 00 4 48 20 
*Hoosier 3 04 54 Did not finish. 
*Broke down. 
Third Race — Wednesday, Aug. 16. 
The deciding race was sailed Wednesday afternoon over a 
quadrilateral course, of 3 miles to the leg. As in the previous 
races, Ste. Claire demonstrated her superiority. Herman got 
the best of the start, shooting the Price boat over the line in the 
weather berth, with Ste. Claire half a boat length ahead of him, 
but under his lee, and Hoosier third. The wind was fresh from 
the -N.E. with a good-sized sea running, and the first leg was 
a .broad reach. Ste. Claire and Mendota broke out balloon jibs, 
but as the boats got further out in the lake, the wind hauled 
a bit to the E. and _ made it a close reach, so that Quien Sabe 
with a working jib did better work. She worked out to windward 
and assumed a nice lead. Half way down the leg the other two 
followed suit and took off the light canvas and then Mendota 
picked ■ up astonishingly. She ^ forged ahead and crossed the 
turning buoy 16s. ahead of Quien Sabe, while the Walker boat 
was 20s. behind. The Chicago 21-footer, Hoosier, started 12m. 
late. Commodore McGuire sending her to the starting line for 
the sake of keeping the percentage table unchanged. 
The second leg was a thrash to windward, and Ste. Claire’s . 
superior ability in going to windward was again demonstrated. 
She took the lead from Mendota before the journey was half 
done and rounded the second mark Im. 15s. to the good. Mendota 
had held her lead over Quien Sabe and increased it a good bit, 
the Price boat showing poor form in windward work owing to the 
fit of her mainsail. The run to the third_ mark was a reach, and 
the positions were not chang;ed. Ste. Claire rounded with o.yex ^ 
minute’s time to spare, and setting balloon jib and spinnaker, 
finished the race in a smother of foam and canvas, a glorious 
sight to the spectators at the finish line. Mendota was second, 
with Quien Sabe third. Hoosier finding herself badly out of it, 
cut the course and finished with Quien Sabe. Following is the 
official time for the race: 
1st Mark. 2d Mark. 3d Mark. 
Ste. Claire 2 29 06 3 21 40 3 51 00 
Mendota 2 28 31 3 22 55 3 52 23 
Quien Sabe 2 28 46 3 26 28 3 66 10 
Hoosier Did not finish- 
Finish. 
4 21 40 
4 23 02 
4 27 27 
Percentage on series: Ste. Claire, .300; Mendota, .200; Quien 
Sabb, .175; Hoosier, .75. 
The race was highly successful in every particular. The arrange- 
ments wer perfect, and Chairman Quinland of the Regatta Com- 
mittee was the recipient of many congratulations. For the first 
time in the history of the Lipton cup there was not a single 
protest filed on any race, the work judges deserving special com- 
mendation. These officials were Dr. Wadsworth Warren, of De- 
troit Country Club; ex-Commodore Rollin B. Mallory, of the 
Milwaukee Y. C., and W. L. Shepard, of the Columbia Y. C. 
Wednesday night an informal hop was held at the Columbia 
club, and Commodore Price presented the Lipton trophy to the 
Detroit yachtsmen, together with the handsome gold emblem 
and the souvenir fobs for the crew of the winner. 
Quien Sabe is to be sold at auction. The syndicate which built 
her has announced that the boat is for sale; and as she is a 
fine little craft, she will undoubtedly fetch a good price. 
Dr. Warren Wadsworth, one of the judges, is the owner of 
Dustye Sydes, the Detroit motorboat which finished first in the 
race to Mackinac for the Day cup. He has protested the award 
of the trophy to Erin, on the grounds that the handicap allowed 
her is • too great and not in keeping with the horsepower the 
boat has developed. The protest has been taken up / by the 
power boat club and will be duly acted on. 
J. M. Handley. 
Yachting Fixtares for i905* 
Members of Race Committees and Secretaries will confer a favor 
by sending notice of errors or omissions in the following list, and 
also changes which may be made in the future: 
AUGUST. 
24. Cape Cod, M. Y. R. A., open. 
24. Seaside Park, ladies’ race. 
25. Cape Cod, M. Y. R. A., open. 
25. West Hampton C. C., ladies’ race. 
25. Sea Side, club. 1 
25. lievtrly, sweepstake. 
26. C^pe Cod, M. Y. R. A., open. 
26. Eastern, power boat races. 
26. New Rochelle, club. 
26. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 
26. Hampton Roads, cruise. 
26. Rhode Island, annual. _ 
26. Country Club of Detroit, club. 
26. Seaside Park, club. 
26. Roval Canadian, club. 
26. bite Lake, open. 
26. Moriches, association. 
26. San Francisco, cruise. 
26. Corinthian, club.. 
26. Atlantic, Havens cup. ' ' L ' 1 
26. Hempstead Harbor, annual. 
26. Nova Scotia, Prince of Wales cup. 
26. Sunnyside, Toronto, Commodore’s cup. 
27. Larchmont, club. 
27. San Francisco, club. 
28. Wellfleet, M. Y. R. A., open. 
28. Jamaica Bay, open. 
28. Chicago, club. 
28. Sachem’s Head, club. 
29. Wellfleet, M. Y. R. A., open. 
29. East Gloucester, club. 
31. Plymouth, M. Y. R. A., open. 
31. New Bedford, open. 
31. Beverly, club. ' Q I' : 
SEPTEMBER. 
I. DuxL-ury, M. Y. R. A., open. 
1. Beverly, open. 
2. Duxburj', M. Y. R. A., open. 
2. Eastern, power boat races. 
2. Larchmont, club. 
2. Edgewood, open. ' , » 
2. Knickerbocker, cruise. 
2. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 
2. Rhode Island, cruising race. 
2 Seaside Park, championship. 
2. Royal Canadian, cruising race. , -I 
2. New Rochelle, cruise. , 7 
2. Wollaston, cruise. 
2. Chicago, cruise. 
2. West Hampton C. C., open. 
2. Sippican, open. ■ 
2 Beverly, club. 
2. Corinthian, club. 
2. Corinthian of San Francisco, cruise. 
2. Nova Scotia, Wenonah cup. 
3. San Francisco, cruise. 
3. Lakewood (Cleveland), club. 
3. Detroit, Country Club series. 
4. Lynn, M. Y. R. A., open. 1 
4. Jamaica Bay Y. R. A., open. 
4. Seaside Park, open. 
4-6. National Power Boat Carnival. 
4. Chicago, club. 
4. Cobweb, open. 
4. Ponoquoque C. C., association race. 
4. Beverly, open. 
4. Corinthian, handicap. 
4. Norwalk, annual. 
4. Sachem’s Head, annual. 
4. Wollaston, club. 
4. San Francisco, cruise. 
4. Lakewood (Cleveland), club. 
4. Sachem’s Head, annual. 
4. Larchmont, fall regatta. 
5. Country Club (Detroit), cruise. 
5. Chicago, club. 
6. Country Club (Detroit), club. 
6. Chicago, club. 
7. Country Club (Detroit), club. 
8. Sea Side, power boat races. 
9. National Power Boat Carnival. 
9. Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 
9. Bristol, open. 
9. New York, autumn cups, Glen Cove. 
9. Royal Canadian, Prince of Wales Cup. 
9. Chicago, club. 
9. Sea Side, club. 
9. Beyerly, club. 
9. Corinthian, club. 
9. Boston, club, Hull. 
9. San Francisco, interclub. 
9. Larchmont, club. 
9. Corinthian of San Francisco, interclub. 
10. Rendezvous, M. Y. R. A., Hull. 
10. Bristol, open. 
10. Middletown, power boat races. 
II. Detroit, sweepstakes. 
16. Knickerbocker, power boat races. ' 
16. Royal Canadian, club. 
16. Chicago, cruise. 
16. San Francisco, cruis". 
17. Lakewood (Cleveland), club. . - . 
24. Morrisania, open. 1 ' 
24. San Francisco, cruise. 
Madge — Did Charlie propose to you out in the auto? 
Dolly— I thought he was going to, but he didn’t. ' When he 
got down on his knees it was only to crawl under the old ma- 
chine. — Puck. 
THE M4-NY-USE OIL 
Prevents pitting, and keeps bore bright and clean 44v, 
