Aug. 18, 1906.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Yachting Fixtures for 1906. 
Members of Race Committees and Secretaries will con¬ 
fer a favor by sending notice of errors or omissions in 
the following list, and also changes which may be made 
in the future. 
AUGUST. 
17. Westhampton, women’s race. 
18. Pan-(Juogue, Association race. 
18. Stamford-Hartford, Manhasset Bay, cruising race. 
18. Indian Harbor, handicap. 
18. Royal Canadian, L. Y. R. A. 
18. VVianno, club. 
18. Hingham, O. D. C., Bay Side. 
18. Beverly, club. Buzzard’s Bay. 
18. Cape May, power boats. 
18. Corinthian, Stamford power boats. 
18. Boston, Marblehead. 
18. Columbia, Chicago, Lipton cup. 
18. Cohasset, club. 
19. Corinthian Union, union regatta. 
19. Columbia, Mass., ladies’ day. 
19. Lynn, club run. 
19. Columbia, Chicago, Lipton cup. 
19. Newport. 
20. Atlantic, open. 
21. Columbia, Chicago, Lipton cup. 
22. Moriches, women’s race. 
21-22-23. Gold challenge cup power boat races, Chippewa 
Bay. 
23. Plymouth, Y. R. A., Plymouth. 
24. Quantuck, club. 
24-25. Duxbury, Y. R. A., Duxbury. 
25. Moriches, Association race. 
25. Brooklyn, championship race. 
25. Royal Canadian. 
25. Corinthian, Marblehead. 
25. Keystone, special. 
25. Huguenot, club. 
25. American, Northport, Y. R. A. 
THE KING’S CUP. 
For many years the Astor cup races have been 
the distinctive event of the American yachting 
season, and they are more closely interwoven 
with our yachting development than the irregu¬ 
lar races for the America’s Cup. 
In this year’s races for the Astor cup the 
weather failed utterly, and therefore the results 
are not a criterion of the real speed of the 
competing yachts. It was disappointing that no 
harder fight was possible in the fluky weather. 
The King’s cup is a challenge trbphy pre¬ 
sented by King Edward of Great Britain, to 
the New York Y. C. The cup is one of rare 
beauty, and there can be no doubt of the feel¬ 
ings of kindliness, friendship and sympathy that 
the royal donor meant to have it convey to us. 
The conditions governing the cup are simple. 
The New York Y. C., as custodian, is required 
to give yearly open races in which vessels of 
any recognized yacht club in the United States 
are eligible, provided they conform to the re¬ 
quirements of length and rig. 
The victory of the sloop Effort by the small 
margin of 9s., corrected time, over Queen, a 
schooner built especially to win this cup, re¬ 
flects great credit on the designer of the sloop, 
which is 30ft. shorter than Queen. The designer of 
Effort has for many years been identified with 
the application of power to vessels for various 
purposes of trade or pleasure, and it is but re¬ 
cently that he has seriously taken up sailing 
yachts. Last spring, when it was known that the 
carte blanche order had been placed with him, 
which has resulted in Effort, yachting circles 
were agog. 
There is then a new personality to be reckoned 
with in the very limited field of activity which 
concerns itself with the designing of large 
yachts. 
With the new designer has come another, a 
skipper, who, although up to this time aboard 
of charges of no great prominence, has, never¬ 
theless, now proved by his handling of his boat 
that he has mastered his profession. 
The first race for the King’s cup was an 
affair as brilliant as had been hoped for, and the 
final decision, in which the favorite lost by 
such a small margin, brought disappointment to 
some and pleasant surprise to others. 
The uncertainties of yacht racing are well 
known, and the race for the King’s cup has 
given two men the opportunity to win reputa¬ 
tion. This cup already stands for a prize which 
bids fair to become the most coveted yachting 
honor in the United States. 
king’s cup. 
