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at the time to fire the preparatory gun, it was evident 
that Toledo, Quien Sabe, Mendota and New Illinois 
could not reach the starting "line in time to start unless 
under tow. It was decided not to wait for them, and 
the preparatory gun was fired. None of the boats 
dropped their tows in accordance to the yacht racing 
rules, and Toledo was towed into a good berth near 
the line by her convoy Edith, while Quien Sabe let 
go her tow when almost at the line. Mendota and New 
Illinois were still half a mile or more away. When the 
starting gun fired, Raven was first across the line, with 
Cherry Circle lapping her to windward, and overhauling 
her before in the light easterly breeze she could get 
clear across the line. Blanketed on every side, the 
Canuck dropped back and was passed by Quien Sabe 
and Milwaukee. Toledo, Billposter and Yo San crept 
up on her and robbed her of the early advantage. The 
first leg was supposed to be a beat to windward, but 
according to the instructions of the judges, the leg was 
sailed S.E., making it a close haul. In the light breeze 
Cherry Circle soon opened up a gap and showed that 
she was the best boat in that kind of going. New 
Illinois and Mendota were over a quarter of an hour 
late in crossing the line, thus forfeiting any chance they 
might have had for the race. 
Raven worked out nicely in the beat to windward, and 
soon crawled through the fleet, but could not overhaul 
Cherry, and at the mark Cherry Circle led around by a 
comfortable margin. 
The second leg was a reach with started sheets and 
reaching headsails. Cherry Circle gained consistently 
and increased her lead of lm. and 30s. to nearly 2m. 
Raven held second place and Milwaukee and Toledo 
hung together pretty well. The third leg was a spin¬ 
naker run, and the way Peare’s crew broke out their big 
spinnaker was a joy to behold. 
Running down the wind like a great bird, the ma¬ 
hogany boat fairly flew to the home buoy. In this run 
Toledo surprised the critics by crawling down on Mil¬ 
waukee and Raven and passing them both on the way to 
the home mark. Cherry Circle crossed at 3:15:27; Toledo 
slipped over at 3:19:48, with Milwaukee third, nearly a 
minute later, and Raven fourth, 17s. later. Quien Sabe 
was next over, and then Yo San, followed by Billposter, 
Mendota and New Illinois in the order named. New 
Illinois was ISm. 30s. behind Cherry Circle, which showed 
that Cherry Circle had actually gained only lm. 12s. on 
the Thompson-Dupee boat. 
Peare straightened Cherry Circle out for the beat on 
the second round of the triangle, and set her down for 
good, hard work. He held her up well and she footed 
fast. Raven was first to split tacks, and was followed 
soon after by Milwaukee, Toledo and Quien Sabe. 
Peare held until some of the people on the judges’ boat 
thought he had overshot his mark, but when he came 
down to the buoy on the port tack it was seen that he 
still needed a little hitch to weather the mark, and he 
was first around, about 5m. ahead of Toledo. Breaking 
out his balloon the minute he swung into the second leg, 
Peare pushed his boat hard for the next mark, and again 
made a slight gain. He rounded the northerly buoy 
over 6m. to the good, and breaking out spinnaker and 
balloon with perfect precision, fairly flew down the last 
leg of the race with the largest fleet that ever followed 
a yacht race trying to keep up with him and be in at 
the finish. He crossed the finishing line at 4:31:50, hav¬ 
ing sailed the 12-mile course in the actual elapsed time 
of 2:31:41, which, considering the conditions of the wind, 
was remarkable time. 
Toledo made a slight gain on the last lap, and finished 
second at 4:38:00, or 6m. 4s. behind the leader. 
Milwaukee finished third at 4:40:44; Raven at 4:44:37, 
followed by Quien Sabe; Billposter, which passed Yo 
San on the second round; then Yo San, Mendota and 
New Illinois. 
The officials of the race were: Dr. Wadsworth Warren, 
Captain L. M. Mann and Robert B. Power, judges; 
Charles Zeller, official timekeeper. 
Here is the result of the race according to Mr. Zeller’s 
figures: 
Start 1st Round Finish 
Cherry Circle .2 00 15 3 15 27 4 31 56 
Toledo .2 00 42 3 19 48 4 38 00 
Milwaukee .2 00 40 3 20 37 4 40 44 
Raven .2 00 06 3 20 54 4 44 37 
Quien Sabe ..2 00 20 3 23 25 4 46 00 
Billposter . 2 00 56 3 26 55 4 47 22 
Yo San .2 00 50 3 25 59 4 48 38 
Mendota .2 14 27 3 32 02 4 51 48 
New Illinois .2 17 35 3 24 09 4 55 11 
After the race a protest was filed against Toledo, 
Quien Sabe, Mendota and New Illinois for towing after 
the preparatory gun. The judges, under the rules, were 
compelled to rule out the boats, but this started such a 
terrific row and promised to still further wreck the 
chances of the race, that after several lengthy confabs 
which went over into Sunday, it was agreed by the 
yachtsmen that the protest should be withdrawn and all 
the boats be given an even standing with Billposter 
and allowed a percentage of 66.7 for the race. This 
result, while it pacified the belligerants and undoubtedly 
saved the race, was a weak-kneed compromise that has 
not helped the sport here. 
The second race was sailed Monday over a windward 
and leeward course, and this time there was no delay 
at the starting line. Every boat was on hand an hour 
before the start, and the jockeying for position proved 
interesting. When the gun fired, Skipper Fearnside again 
showed his skill on the starting line by getting his boat 
over first, closely followed by Yo San, Quien Sabe, 
Toledo and Billposter. The whole fleet went across in 
32s., which shows how closely thew were bunched. The 
wind from the S.W: made the first run a spinnaker run, 
and Raven and Yo San showed their big light canvas 
ahead of all the others. The run down the wind, a light 
air of about 5 or 6 miles weight brought the two center- 
boarders out in front before they Ijad gone a mile of the 
three. It was New Illinois’ chance, and she improved. 
Billposter was right on top of her, however, and the {fair 
ran like fishing mates to the N.E. mark so close to¬ 
gether that they could not be separated until they swung 
around, with New Illinois closest to the mark, and round¬ 
ing inside, took Billposter way off her course. Raven 
and Toledo 'worked in close, and swinging inside New 
Illinois and Billposter, began working out to windward 
on the beat to the home buoy. Most of the boats 
stood out on the north tack and indulged in short tacks, 
beating down to the line by this method, but Skipper 
Brunnick took Quien Sabe from a rear position and, hold¬ 
ing out to the south on one long tack, almost fetched 
the mark, when the wind shifted to the southerly, leav¬ 
ing him in commanding position. At the turning stake 
Raven improved her chances so well that she led around 
by nearly 2m., while Cherry Circle, which had not done 
very well on the run down the wind, had worked her 
way through the fleet on the windward leg and was in 
position for second place at the turn. Billposter rounded 
third, and Quien Sabe fourth, due to the long tack 
toward the freshening wind from the S.W. 
As the yachts ran down to the north mark the wind 
kept hauling until the boats carrying their spinnakers 
to port were compelled to gybe them over, and the last 
half mile was finished under balloon jibs and the wind 
on the beam. 
It looked pretty hopeless for Cherry Circle and mighty 
bright for Raven, when the Canadian boat rounded for 
the thrash home 2m. to the good on the last leg. The 
wind was too fresh for Cherry Circle to do her best 
apparently, and the blow just suited the Canadian boys. 
They started off jubilantly with lee rails awash and 
hopes flying high; but before they had gone very far 
the breeze began to soften a bit, and the thrilling part 
of the race began. 
Cherry Circle, working easier under the lesser pressure, 
began to pick up on Raven. It was a long lead Peare 
had to overcome, and it looked pretty hopeless for a 
while, but by close, clever work Peare steadily worked 
up until he was within striking distance and then found 
himself under Fearnside’s lee. The Canadian could 
have kept Peare there at will, but for some reason or 
other let him get away from him, and the next time 
they came about Peare had him. The Cherry Circle 
had him on the starboard tack, and Raven had to give 
way. 
There was a cheer from the crowd watching the pretty 
struggle. Once Peare got him under his lee, he held 
him there relentlessly. Three times Raven tried to 
work out of the dangerous position and each time Peare 
went about on top of him and had him at his mercy. 
Then Raven bore away, running down off his course 
to get freer air, but Cherry Circle followed him and 
was there. 
The fight was prettier and prettier until finally Peare, 
seeing that Billposter was working up into a contending 
position, quit chasing the Canuck and set his boat down 
to hard sailing and won with plenty to spare. She was 
given a round of rousing cheers. 
Raven managed to hold second place, and George 
Peare and his crew stood by and gave the Canucks a 
rousing three cheers and a tiger. Billposter was third 
and Milwaukee fourth. Quien Sabe managed to get in 
fifth and Mendota and Toledo had a close finish for 
sixth place, the Milwaukee boat just managing to squeeze 
in ahead. Here is the official time: 
Start 1st Round 2d Round Elapsed 
Cherry Circle.2 00 21 3 24 19 4 45 35 2 45 35 
Raven .2 00 07 3 22 45 4 46 39 2 46 39 
Billposter .2 00 15 3 24 33 4 47 15 2 47 15 
Milwaukee .2 00 32 3 25 48 4 49 25 2 49 25 
Ouien Sabe .2 00 09 3 25 21 4 50 44 2 50 44 
Mendota .2 00 22 3 26 29 4 52 25 2 57 25 
Toledo .2 00 11 3 27 35 4 52 30 2 52 30 
New Illinois .2 00 25 3 27 49 5 02 57 3 02 57 
Yo San .2 00 08 3 38 40 Did not finish. 
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The third and last race was sailed Tuesday, Aug. 21, 
over a quadrilateral course of 3 miles to the leg. When 
the boats went to the starting line a fresh reefing breeze 
was scattering the white caps over the lake, and gusts 
of rain and wind, mingled with thunder and forked light¬ 
ning on the southeastern horizon. 
The race was mementous, as on the percentage plan 
under which the cup is decided there was plenty of 
chance to rob Cherry Circle of the fruit of her two 
victories should she be badly beaten. With this chance 
in view. Billposter, Raven and Milwaukee made a 
desperate fight to win, while George Peare, twice a 
winner of this trophy in the past with his crack little 
La Rita, was equally decided that it should not slip away 
from him. The conditions all favored Billposter and 
Mendota, known to be good heavy weather boats, while 
Raven was also given a great chance at the cup. Mil¬ 
waukee, too, was at her best in stiff going, so that there 
was plenty of betting that Cherry Circle would not finish 
within the first five boats, thereby forfeiting the cup to 
one of the other contestants. 
When the gun fired for the start, Billposter crossed the 
line with the puff of the barker, so closely was she 
timed by Skipper “Sport Hermann. After that there was 
no question of doubt at any time as to who the winner 
would be. Chery Circle would not, that there could be 
no argument about, and it became a question as to 
whether she would finish fourth or worse. A fourth 
would give her the cup, while a fifth would tie her 
with Billposter, and if she finished worse than fifth, there 
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the yachts all scurrying to the windward berth, but as 
the first mark was neared it swung around until the 
first leg developed into a reach and balloon jibs were 
set. Billposter had nearly 2m. on Toledo when they 
swung around the first mark and Milwaukee close after. 
Cherry Circle did not seem to do well, and Peare changed 
her trim three times on the way out. The second leg 
developed into another close haul and Billposter kept 
on increasing her lead. Mendota worked through the 
fleet nicely here, and showed up in second position when 
they turned the second mark. It seemed as though the 
wind dispenser was bound to try out the windward 
qualities of the yachts, for as they swung around to run 
to the third mark again the wind hauled, and it was then 
a hard thrash dead to the wind’s eye that the boats had 
to face. Billposter was pretty well on her way to the 
third mark when the shift came, so gained most by it, 
as the boats behind had none of the favoring breeze that 
the Hermann yacht had on the early part of the leg. 
Here Peare tried hard with Cherry Circle, but try as 
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