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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 2, 1905. 
Yachting Fixtttires for J905. 
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: 
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Duxbury, M. Y. R. A., open. 
Beveiiy, open. 
Duxfam‘ 3 ', M. Y. R. A., open. 
Eastern, power boat races. 
Larchmon't, club. 
Edgewood, open. 
Knickerbocker, cruise. 
Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 
Rhode Island, cruising race. 
Seaside Park, championship. 
Royal Canadian, cruising race. 
New Rochelle, cruise. 
Wollaston, cruise. 
Chicago, cruise. 
West Hampton C. C., open. 
Sippican, open. 
Beverly, club. 
Corinthian, club. 
Corinthian of San Francisco, cruise. . 
Nova Scotia, Wenonah cup. 
San Francisco, cruise. 
Lakewood (Cleveland), club. 
Detroit, Country Club series. 
Lynn, M. Y. R. A., open. 
Jamaica Bay Y. R. A., open. 
Seaside Park, open. 
■6. National Power Boat Carnival. 
Chicago, club. 
Cobweb, open. 
Ponoquoque C. C., association race. 
Beverly, open. 
Corinthian, handicap. 
Norwalk, annual. 
Sachem’s Head, annual. 
Wollaston, club. 
San Francisco, cruise. 
Lakewood (Cleveland), club. 
Sachem’s Head, annual. 
Larchmont, fall regatta. 
Country Club (Detroit), cruise. 
Chicago, club. 
Country Club (Detroit), club. 
Chicago, club. 
Country Club (Detroit), club. 
Sea Side, power boat races. 
National Power Boat Carnival. 
Knickerbocker, one-design power boats. 
Bristol, open. 
New York, autumn cups, Glen Cove. 
Royal Canadian, Prince of Wales Cup. 
Chicago, club. 
Sea Side, club. 
Beverly, club. 
Corinthian, club. 
Boston, club, Hull. 
San Francisco, interclub. 
Larchmont, club. 
Corinthian of San Francisco, interclub. 
Rendezvous, M. Y. R. A., Hull. 
Bristol, open. 
Middletown, power boat races. 
Detroit, sweepstakes. 
Knickerbocker, power boat races. 
Royal Canadian, club. 
. Chicago, cruise. 
;. San Francisco, cruise. 
. .Lakewood (Cleveland), club, 
:. Morrisania,_ open. 
San Francisco, cruise. 
POWER BOAT LEGISLATION. 
The American Association of Masters and Pilots of 
Steam Vessels is endeavoring- to secure the co-operation 
of the Departm.crt of Commerce and Labor in asking 
Congress to pasL iaws which bring all power craft under 
the regulation of the Government Steamboat Inspection 
Service. Boats under fifteen tons are now exempt from 
Federal jurisdiction. One of the claims made is that 
many small craft are handled by unlicensed pilots in 
such a m'anner as to be a menace to navigation, showing 
no side lights at night and in other ways violating the 
ordinary rules observed by boats of all classes. It is 
to be regretted that the latter charge is not without 
foundation. With the development of the easily 
operated marine motor the number, of power boats has 
grown rapidly within the last few years. Too often 
have owners fallen into the mistake of thinking that the 
handling of the wheel and the operation of the engine 
is all the knowledge required to fit one for successful 
motor boating. The possessor of a power cieation, 
however small, should make it a duty to learn at least 
the ordinary rules by which water traffic is regulated. 
Few people would think of driving through a crowded 
street without conforming to the rules which time and 
custom have laid down for horse drawn vehicles. No 
less a reason exists for a thorough knowledge among 
power boat men of the regulations governing traffic at 
sea. 
Chica o Letter. 
Seawanhaka Conditions, 
A MISTAKEN IMPRESSION. 
THE.kaleidescopic season of racing which the present 
year has brought forth has blinded many yachtsmen to 
conditions as they really exist. _ Unwarranted decrease 
in interest and a pessimistic attitude toward the futuie 
have resulted. There has never been a time when the 
agents which go to make vitality in the sport have been 
more actively at work. The general adoption of a uni- 
form rule of rating by the leading clubs of the East has 
placed yachting in our waters on a firmer footing than 
has ever been the case before in this or any^ other 
country. An increase in the- number of long distance 
events for boats of cruising type has developed some- 
thing more than a knowledge of mere harbor sailing^ 
American genius and seamanship have been tested and 
not found wanting in three international events— the 
.struggles for the Canada and Seawanhaka cups and the 
transatlantic journey for the trophy offered by the 
Emperor of Germany. These achievements will go 
down in history and be read long after the victories and 
defeats of this year are forgotten. There is every rea- 
son to believe that the signs of health are not merely 
of momentary nature. The racing and building of this 
year have demonstrated that no mistake was made in 
adopting the new rule. Friends now stand where 
enemies were once intrenched, until to-day the owners 
of boats, heavily taxed by the new formula, are about 
the only interested ones who do not regard the advent 
of the new regulations as a boon to yachting. Buildmg 
should be greatly on: the increase during the coming 
winter. The uncertainty existing when almost every 
organization had its pet method of. measurement has 
been effectively removed- Now a yachtsman can place 
an order for a craft 'knowing that he will be able To 
sail at ’any of the prorninent clubs with the same rating 
and a good chance of meeting class cornpetitors. Such 
conditions not only tend to encourage the building of 
new boats, but assure the disposal of such craft at any 
rime at- a fair price. With only a few weeks more be- 
fore hauling out time the horizon is clear and the bright- 
est prospects FTd held out for the season of T^. 
Montreal, Que., Aug. 21. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
The writer, with others, was much surprised at the tone 
of the leader in your issue of 19th inst. in reference to 
the Seawanhaka international race. In arguing for a 
change in the rules governing these races for the chal- 
lenge cup you refer to the type of yacht developed in the 
past as being altogether undesirable, and suggest that 
such yachts as the Gravesend Bay 22-footers or the 
Herreshoff 30-footers should rather be encouraged. As 
the Canada Cup provides races for yachts as small as me 
30-footers, most yachtsmen, I feel sure, would like -mis 
cup to continue to be for the encouragement of day 
boats, which will always differ materially from cabin 
yachts. If this is so, the question is whether the boats 
developed heretofore for these races have proved to be 
suitable and desirable day boats. 
The writer has had the good fortune to have had some 
experience of the yachting all over the English speaking 
• world, including Australia and New Zealand and many 
years on the Clyde, but after becoming acquainted with 
these Seawanhaka yachts I have no hesitation in deciding 
in their favor, .and for the following reasons : 
1. Safety. — A keel boat which is not wholly and care- 
fully decked in may prove a veritable death trap, found- 
cring in a Quite rnoderate sea or going down after being 
struck by a squall. The_ Seawanhaka boats have ample 
buoyancy when filled with water, and have enoimous 
initial stability. . 
2. Roominess. — It is possible to comfortably carry 
more people in one of these yachts than in any other 
yacht of similar size. . ■ m 
3. Cost. — These yachts are much less expensive than 
ballasted yachts of similar- size, and as the future of 
yachting depends largely upon the opportunity afforded 
the younger (and usually less affluent) members of our 
dubs, this question should be carefully considered 
4. Speed. — -There is no doubt that in this quality the 
Seawanhaka yachts have no rivals afloat. The ability to 
“get there” is to-day more than ever necessary m our 
yachting. This small class lends itself much better to the 
development of speed than does any other. 
Even if these claims of superiority were wholly unwar- 
ranted it seems to me that Uncle Sam should hesitate to 
make any change in the conditions governing the Sea- 
wanhaka Cup racing until he introduces a more desirable 
type in the America’s Cup contests, the rules m these 
races being so localized that yachtsmen abroad have now 
definitely refused to submit themselves to them. 
I hesitate to refer to one other point but will only just 
mention it 'bhis cup has become famous through the 
contests waged over it in the present type of yacht. If the 
tvpe is radically altered the cup at once loses all value as 
an international trophy, as that value is wholly due to 
its history in connection with_ the Royal St. Lawrence 
Y. C. The suggestion of shutting out that club from all 
future contests is altogether unworthy of a sportsman. 
Scotsman. 
[The possibility of the Royal St_. Lawrence Y. C. being 
forced from further competition is by far the strongest 
argument put forth by_ “Scotsman” for a retention of 
the present Cup conditions. In the editorial to which 
exception is taken the “suggestion of shutting out that 
dub from future contests” was not m.ade. The exact 
■ words were : 
Ahv move which might bar from further competition the sports- 
men ^whChave so .gdlantly defended the trophy for nearly a 
decade would be regretted; nevertheless, pen if such a result be 
unavoidable,, the genera! welfare of yachting is to be taken into 
consideration 
If through the introduction of the keel beat members 
of the- Montreal club, because of purely local conditions, 
should find it impracticable to again race for the cup, 
there would be no remedy for such a result, although it 
would be regretted the world over. Scotsman fails to 
grasp the breadth of treatment necessary when consider- 
hig tljP gdieral good of all yachting. Ep,] 
The sensation of the past week in Chicago yachting 
circles has been the announcement that Mr. Fred A. 
Price, commodore of the Columbia Y. C., stung by the 
criticisms brought about by his neglect of the chances 
of his organization in the Lipton Cup series of races re- 
cently contested here and won by the Detroit Country 
Club 2i-fcoter Ste. Claire, has decided to- quit the_ racing 
game for good. It was also rumored that Mr. Price had 
decided to resign from the commodoreship of _the_ Colum- 
bia Y. C., but this rumor is unfounded. While it is ex- 
tremely doubtful whether he would be a candidate for 
the office again, even if it should be offered him, he_ is 
not likely to throw down the burden of his responsibili- 
ties at the present time. 
While Mr. Price’s methods and personality have not 
endeared him to a majoritv of club fellows, he has many 
stanch friends who recognize that he has done more for 
the yachting game in Chicago than any other individual 
member of any club here, and they_ regret tO' see him 
step down and out of active competition. His warring 
spirit has been for competition and aggressive develop- 
ment. He has led the Columbia Y. C. through some 
narrow and arduous paths to a degree of success, and has 
brought into- the sport many men_ of money and influ- 
ence. He has been liberal in building and buying yachts 
to uphold the glories of the organiption which honored 
him by repeatedly electing him to its highest office, and 
he has lavished his time in promoting the interests of the 
club. He owns now two of the best boats on the lake 
the famous old sloop Vencedor, for years queen of these 
waters, and the handsome new _ auxiliary yawl Juanita, 
one of the bigeest and finest cruisers on fresh water. _ 
That Mr. Price is a bad loser he himself admits. It is 
his main fault and it is this trait that caused him to lose 
interest in the new Lipton Cup defender, -Quien Sabe, 
when she did not show up as well as he hoped for her. 
“I am out of racing,’’ Mr. Price says. “I shall not give 
up the game, for I enjoy it too well. I will confine my- 
self to cruises in Juanita when I can spare the time from 
my business, which is growing to such proportions that 
I really cannot take as active an interest in yachting as I 
did formerly.” j v t.,. 
Quien Sabe was sold at auction on Aug. 21 and bought 
in by Mr. Allan H. Pirie, a Chicagoan who is better 
known in yachting circles on the Sound than he is in 
these waters. Mr. Pirie had hopes -to get the beautiful 
little 21-footer into condition to take her to Detroit to 
race for the Walker and Country Club cups, both of 
which are open to this class. He found that the altera- 
tions necessary to put her in winning shape -would not 
be completed in time for the event, so he gave up the 
idea and will try out the boat so as to get her in shape 
for the next Lipton Cup races. Chicago will be repre- 
sented in Detroit by Yo San, formerly oi 4 ?ned by Com- 
modore Price and now the property of Mr. David Ham- 
mond. „ , ,, 
Yo San has been in Mackinac all summer where Mr. 
Hammond has been residing and is now on the way to 
Detroit. The boat is faster than ever before and Colum- 
bia sailors hope she may win some of the honors from 
the Michigan sailors. . j 1 j 
She will be well sailed as Mr. Hammond has developed 
a crack crew with “Billy” Avery as skipper, hirr^eli, 
Frank Kehoe, Sam Avery and Ray Thorne as crew. This 
crew is remarkable in that it is composed of five of the 
fastest and best swimmers in Chicago, all of thern being 
members of the famous C. A. A. swimming and water 
polo team, which has an unbroken string of western vic- 
tories to its credit, only the New York A. C. ever having 
lowered its colors. . , , c 4-. 
The fourth leg in the series for the National Sports- 
man’s Cup was sailed on Aug. 26, five 30-footers of the 
Columbia Y. C. being sent away on the short-end course 
at 2:30 o’clock. Columbia finished first, but lost_ out on 
time allowance to Privateer. Gloria finished _ third, in 
the cruising class but two yachts accepted the issue, Jean- 
nettie leading Charlotte R. to the finish line by 
The yachts were started from the club house in a hem, 
puffy wind that changed frequently _ from E to N.E. 
Privateer crossed the line first, Gloria, Nymph, Colum- 
bia and Smuggler following in order. At the last minute 
the judges decided to change the course of the race from 
the regular (Columbia run around the two crips to a lee- 
ward and windward race around the four-rnile crib and 
return. The first leg was a beat to the crib, Privateer 
leading more than half the way to the maA before the 
•Columbia, pointing higher, could overtake her. 
Rounding the crib the Columbia led by 4m., Md from 
that point she always held the others safe. _ Privateer 
was second. On the run to the gap, the finishing line,; 
Privateer picked up 3m. of the time she had lost on the, 
first leg and came within an ace of winning from Golum-i 
bia without time allowance. p 
Columbia crossed the line at 4 : 43 ‘ 25 , hut lost first- 
place to Privateer, which made up all but 20s. pf the 3m. 
lead Columbia had gained on the first leg. Privateer fin-, 
ished at 4:43:47 and Gloria was third at 4:49:11. bhe 
only beat Smuggler in b- 4s. 
The Chelsea clock seems in a fair way to become tht 
property of Jeannettie, which has won two legs in the, 
series' for the trophy. Charlotte R. was the only other 
starter in this class. Thev took the same course as the 
30- footers, Jeannettie finishing at 5:04:10 and Charlotte 
R. at 5:18:25. Following is the standing of the competi-j 
tors for the Sportsman’s Cup; 
Former Ne-w 
Points. Points. 
Columbia 
Nymph . . 
Privateer 
Smuggler 
Gloria • • ■ 
. ... .12 
10 
6 
8 
0 
4 
1 
6 
2 
3 
Total 
16 1 
11 I 
11 
10 
3 
J, 1)J. Hanpl?;y, - 
