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. 
SEPTEMBER. 
13, Seawanhaka Corinthian, fall regatta. 
13-15. Atlantic, series for special schooner and sloop 
classes, Sandy Hook. 
15. Atlantic, championship. 
15. Seawanhaka. 
16. Knickerbocker, ladies’ race, power boats. 
15. Middletown, power boats. 
15. Eastern, Roosevelt cup. 
16. Lynn, club run. 
19. Atlantic, open, 3 P. M. 
20, 21, 22. Atlantic, Class Q match. 
22. American. 
22. Atlantic, open, fall regatta, 11 A. M. 
22. Lynn, club race. 
22. Kennebec, Bath, open sweepstakes. 
22. Winthrop, handicap. 
23. Williamsburg. 
29. Bensonhurst, open. 
29. Winthrop, 18-footers. 
—. Brenton’s Reef cup. 
—. Cape May cup. 
—. Haouli cup. 
—. Niagara cup. 
OCTOBER. 
20. Knickerbocker, club closing. 
ROOSEVELT CUP. 
The fifth race in the series for the Roosevelt 
Cup. in the Sonder Class, was the third victory 
for Vim, the only entry from New York out of 
seventeen aspirants. Vim was designed by Mr. 
William Gardner, and is owned by Mr. Trenor 
L. Park, of the American Y. C. 
The winning of the cup by Vim is most 
popular, as it has shown that a good looking and 
altogether reasonable boat can win out in such 
a crowd of boats—some freaks, and some but 
little better. 
The sportsmanship displayed by those in com¬ 
mand of the boats has been of such a high order, 
as never before to have been known in the his¬ 
tory of yachting; and its effect on future con¬ 
tests will tend to bring out the real meaning 
of what yachting stands for. 
•Our German opponents have been good men 
and true, and it is a matter of regret that their 
boats were not more powerful—they certainly 
were handicapped in the matter of sails. They 
will take home with them much experience that 
will have the effect of broadening their views on 
this type of boat. 
The committee’s work—in charge of the races 
and in carrying out of the multitudinous detail 
attendant on bringing to a satisfactory con¬ 
clusion such events'—deserves the highest praise, 
and Capt. Hebbinghaus, of the Kaiserlicher Y. 
C., and Mr. Henry Howard, of the Eastern Y. 
C., and his fellow committeemen may well feel 
proud of the good work they have done during 
the races, trial races, and during the long, 
arduous and patient negotiations necessary in 
such matches. 
That the best boat has won is conceded on all 
sides. The favor for this type of boat, which 
at one time did not seem to receive much en¬ 
couragement, has now changed to a better 
prospect. One of the ends of yachting, is to 
bring out the man, and the more there are that 
may be induced to take up a sport, whose initial 
outlay is not great—in a class as the Sonder 
or special class—the better it will be to pro¬ 
mote a desire for outdoor life and a love of fair 
play and rivalry that are all-important in the 
proper development of any race. The races 
for the Roosevelt Cup—a cup presented by 
the Eastern Y. C., and for which the German 
Emperor and President Roosevelt stood as 
sponsors—marks one of the brightest pages in 
yachting history; and is significant as the first 
yachting competition between a country of Con¬ 
tinental Europe and the United States. 
THE CLASS Q MATCH. 
The contest between the champion of the 
Massachusetts Bay Q Class and the champion 
of Gravesend Bay is assured, and the races will 
THE ROOSEVELT CUP—WON BY VIM. 
Designed by W. Gardner. Owned by T. L. Park, A.Y.C. 
be run off on the 20th, 21st and 22d of this month. 
That such a satisfactory achievement will take 
place is due to the efforts of Theo. D. Wells, 
chairman of the Atlantic Y. C., who took the 
matter up promptly and decisively. 
Orestes was designed by W. Starling Burgess, 
a son of Edward Burgess, whose name is so 
intimately linked with that of Puritan, May¬ 
flower and Volunteer. The Orestes was built 
by Messrs. Burgess & Packard for Cabeb 
Loring.. 
Orestes in her races on the Lower Bay will 
be sailed by Chas. Francis Adams 2d, owner 
and helmsman of Auk, who figured in the finals 
of the Sonder Class races at Marblehead. 
Mr. Adams is well known about Massachusetts 
Bay as a very clever sailor and a man possessing 
the absolute qualities of a true sportsman. 
Commodore Ried, of the Atlantic Y. C., has 
presented a five hundred dollar cup for the best 
two out of three races, and the idea is to en¬ 
courage the building and racing of small boats,in 
the Q Class between the champions of Massa¬ 
chusetts Bay and New York. This plan was 
first mooted in the columns of Forest and 
Stream, and bids fair to have a happy culmina¬ 
tion. 
The Corinthian small boat sailor is the one 
who is the ijiainstay of the sport; and yachting 
is the field in which the man’s ability and his 
claims to being a sportsman can well be shown. 
It is not in the contention for or against rules 
that the spirit of sportsmanship may be shown. 
It is by sailing and sailing for sport’s sake, 
winning and losing, taking victory or defeat 
calmly and gracefully. 
And when the Q Class races are over, we shall 
see what we shall see; but at all events, the op- 
poruniiy is here and now to foster those 
amicable relations and that spirit of sportsman¬ 
ship which are finding expression in the owning 
and sailing of small boats. 
Boston Letter. 
German-American Races. 
After a series of five races, in which every 
desirable set of weather conditions was offered, 
the contestants, and especially so in view of those 
with which our German friends are most familiar, 
the Gardner-designed, Lawley-built, Vim has won 
the cup offered by the Eastern Y. C. and for 
which President Roosevelt stood sponsor. This 
is ail the more pleasurable to lovers of good 
boats since Vim is the most sane in design of 
any of our representatives. She is a sweetly 
turned boat, clean lined, perfectly portioned, 
beautifully rigged and canvassed. That she is a 
New York boat does not in any way detract 
from the admiration which her performances have 
evoked among Marblehead yachtsmen. We 
would have preferred to see our own clever de¬ 
signer and skipper, Mr. Boardman, triumph, but 
we all heartily acclaim the successes of Vim. 
The contestants were: 
Auk, C. F. Adams 2d, owner; C. F. Adams 2d, skipper; 
Eastern Y. C. Caramba, C. H. W. Foster, owner; E. A. 
Broadman, skipper; Eastern Y. C. Gluckatif IV., G. 
Stinnes, owner; Harry Wustrau, skipper; Imperial Y. C. 
of Kiel. Tilly VI., Krogman & Dollman,’ owners; E. T. 
Weitzmann, skipper; North German R. U. Vim, Trenor 
L. Park, owner; Clifford Bucknam, skipper; American 
Y. C. Wannsee, Wannsee Sailing Club, owner; Otto 
Protzen, skipper; Wannsee S. C. 
The first race was sailed on Monday, Labor 
Day, Sept. 3, in a very creditable reproduction 
of “Kiel weather.” The S.W. wind increased 
steadily from a velocity of twelve miles at the 
start to one of twenty miles on the second leg 
to windward, and in many of the slamming puffs 
the breeze ran up too close on thirty miles ve¬ 
locity. The sea was short, hilly and punished the 
boats severely, especially on the second round 
when it was under shot by the ebb tide. The 
course was triangular, 2j4 miles to a leg, twice 
around, the first leg to windward. All started 
with whole sail which Vim and Caramba main¬ 
tained to the end. Auk tied in one reef just 
before the second windward leg and shook it 
