of a $500 cup to the winner irrespective of Sir 
Thomas’s gift. This places the odds in favor of 
the Easterners, but that should not interfere with 
bringing off a contest among boats that are fur¬ 
nishing some of the finest racing. 
The plans of Cockatoo show a very neat and 
well turned hull and one closely resembling in 
general form the famous Sound 21-footer Tartan 
that for so long has held her own. The fore 
body in the new Soya and Spider differ from 
Cockatoo, but the after body is the same. In.a 
sea. Cockatoo has tendency to pound, which in 
rough waters certainly impedes somewhat her 
progress. The deck is laid out very much in 
the fashion popular in this size of boat. The 
construction is very simple, but amply strong to 
prevent leaking in the vicinity of the heel of the 
mast. The boat is very easy on her helm and 
handles well under all conditions. The scant¬ 
lings called for single planking of cedar % fin¬ 
ished over frames, lin. by lin. at the head by 
iin. by ij/^in. at the heels, spaced about gin. cc. 
The keel is of live oak in order to help out the 
displacement on a limited weight of ballast of 
about 4,800 pounds. Cockatoo, and in fact, Soya 
and Spider are well adapted to their purpose and 
well turned boats, and can accommodate two or 
three men in the cabin for short cruises. The 
application of the new measurement rule pro¬ 
duces a good small boat as exemplified in Mary, 
and one whose internal space may be adapted to 
such accommodations as the length of the boat 
will permit. 
Mackinac Yacht Race. 
Chicago, Ill., July 21. —The third annual race 
of the Chicago Y. C., from this harbor to 
Mackinac Island, and the first for the magnifi¬ 
cent new $1,500 challenge cup offered as a per¬ 
manent trophy for this, the sportiest event of 
the western yachting calendar, was won by the 
yawl Vanadis, owned by Rear-Corn. George R. 
Steere, of the Chicago Y. C., and was sailed 
by his son L. R. Steere. 
The race proved one of the most remark¬ 
able long distance events ever brought off in 
these waters, eight contestants out of the twelve 
that finished crossing the line within the space 
of less than one hour, while the smallest boat in 
the fleet, the yawl Naiad, finished within 4m. 
and 37s. of the time allowance. In other words, 
if she had finished 4m. 38s. sooner, she would 
have won the race on time allowance by a 
margin of is. Her time allowance for the 331 
miles of the course allowed her by Vanadis, the 
winner, being 5:57:10. 
The schooner class was won by Alice, on time 
allowance, Hawthorne, which made the actual 
fastest sailing time of any boat in the race, 
finishing ahead of her. Vencedor won the prize 
for sloops, which would have gone to Vanenna, 
together with the Mackinac cup, but for the 
hard luck that piled the big Cameron fin keel 
on Skilligalee reef when victory was well in 
hand. 
Cameron has had the champion record of hard 
luck in this race. He had the first race won 
by miles, when, in jibing her. carried away his 
topmast, and the speedy Vencedor. his rival 
in the 52ft. class, passed him with all kites set 
in a hard southwester and won by 4m. This 
year he had a lead of 10 miles on the next boat, 
when he piled up on a reef in the same channel 
where he lost his topmast. 
Dwight Lawrence’s beautiful schooner Mistral, 
winner of last year’s race, was in a commanding 
position to win when, in jibing to avoid run- 
n’ng down Hawthorne in the narrow channel.of 
Waubaschang Light, she carried away her spin¬ 
naker pole and wrecked all her running gear 
aloft. In spite of all this, she sailed the most 
exciting race with the Toledo yawl. Hussar II., 
owned by Commodore Affleck, of Toledo. 
