Sept. 22, 1906.] 
463 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
Boston Letter. 
Now that the Roosevelt cup races are con¬ 
cluded, and the Y. R. A. season finished, one 
has a chance to take a breath, to glance around 
and see what has been going' on in those quiet 
places where the sport flourishes and yachtsmen 
grow in knowledge and exeperience, albeit they 
are not within the lime light of newspaper pub¬ 
licity. The daily press is apt to measure the 
importance of yachting events by the size or cost 
of the competing boats, and to bestow or with¬ 
hold its space accordingly. I do not attack such 
a system, for the press is not a philanthropic in¬ 
stitution, but as we yachtsmen, as a class, are in¬ 
terested in the sport, without regard to ' its 
material side, we find interest in any class of 
boats, any local racing field, any molecular, group 
of our fellow yachtsmen, where competition has 
been keen, where a generous spirit of sportsman¬ 
ship has prevailed and where skill and experience 
have developed. 
Hingham, Mass., is a little place with a beauti¬ 
ful, but tidal harbor. It is only one' of fifty 
similar places on our New England coast, its 
yachtsmen and its' yachts are not strikingly dis¬ 
similar from iheir fellows, but even at that, it 
deserves a word and may, perhaps, contribute a 
little to the general fund of knowledge. The 
local yacht club, while realizing its local limita¬ 
tions, was determined to foster the sport and 
bring more men into the game. A one-design 
class of unballasted 15-foot centerboard boats was 
organized and orders placed for fourteen. The 
contract price vias $175 each, but individual ideas 
on rigging details, bottom paints, etc., brought the 
average cost close to $200. Even at that figure 
almost any one could afford to join the ranks, 
and the result was of course to bring into the 
sport several men -who would, otherwise, have 
been left ashore. I will not describe the boats 
as the design was published in Forest and 
Stream last spring. 
The class sailed twenty races for its champion¬ 
ship series, the courses being laid out in Hingham 
Harbor when the tide permitted, and when it did 
not, off Crow Point in Hingham Bay or Bay- 
side at the N.E. end of Hull Bay, the club having 
members resident at both these places, and these 
men offered cups for each local series in addition 
to the championship cup proper. 
The first few races were sailed in very strong 
winds (and Hingham Harbor is notorious for 
puffs that delight to turn things inside out) and 
during this w'eather the Puzzle seemed unbeat¬ 
able, scoring five wins in the first six races. After 
that the weather was more moderate and she 
only once thereafter scored a win. But when¬ 
ever there was a breeze her 575-pound crew, and 
very clever skipper, made her dangerous. The 
Too Whoo after sailing six races changed 
owners and was then badly handicapped by carry¬ 
ing away her rudder and being unable to finish 
one race. Mr. Coleman sailed her to five wins 
in fourteen starts, but won the Crow Point and 
Bayside cups and the championship by never 
finishing worse than third in a field of thirteen. 
Pollywog started poorly, capsizing in her maiden 
race and not securing a first until her seventh 
race (July 4), but then scored five consecutive 
wins and added two others later in the season. 
She was at her best inside Hingham Harbor 
where local knowledge was at a premium, and 
won the cup for the home series. 
The class never started less than eight boats, 
several times mustered its full strength, averag¬ 
ing for the summer eleven starters to a race, 
which shows the interests aroused, as does the 
willingness of the owners to transfer races from 
home waters to Wollaston and Hull when they 
were generously invited to do by the Wollaston 
and Boston yacht clubs. 
It is generally the experience of one-design 
classes that they breed suspicion, envy and 
jealousy, for the results of each race are brought 
home so directly to skipper and crew that if 
there is any weakness in sporting instinct it soon 
becomes manifest. At Hingham there occurred 
during the season every known kind of foul, and 
a few absolutely new varieties. They were 
variously caused by carelessness, ignorance, stress 
of weather, and once in a while may have been 
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THE NEW YORK A. C. BLOCK ISLAND RACE, 1906. 
Committee boat Dreamer, Mr. Chas. W. See. 
Photo by M. C. Erismann. 
deliberate. The action of the judges in conduct¬ 
ing the races did not always please all hands 
(impossible as that sounds), but in the whole 
summer of racing, from May 30 to September 8 , 
not one protest was filed with the judges. So 
that it may fairly be said that the class has been 
in every way a great success. 
Too VVlioo, F. Coleman. 
Puzzle, W. H. Canterbury.. 
Polly Wog, W. P. Karshick. 
Uscna II, A. L Lincoln... 
Mischief, S. P. Moses. 
Tenderfoot, R. L. Summers. 
Ratskin, C. R. Rice. 
"23,” E. .1. Bliss.... 
Ruth C. 
■ntages 
follow 
Starts. 
Total. 
Average. 
...20 
1691.2 
84.6 
...19 
1474.2 
77.6 
...19 
1474.2 
77.6 
811.6 
62.4 
...13 
728.3 
56.0 
...20 
1107.3 
55.4 
...18 
967.8 
53.8 
...15 
722.2 
48.2 
...16 
722.0 
45.1 
.. .16 
643.7 
40.2 
...18 
574.4 
31.9 
Dn .13 
378.1 
29.1 
...16 
409.9 
25.6 
... 4 
135.2 
13.5 
While the interest in the Sonder class nearly 
gave the final death blow to the 18ft. knock¬ 
abouts, the class managed to fill for the season. 
The boats sailed nine races for the champion¬ 
ship of the Corinthian Y. C., and a sail-off of 
the August 18th race, held Friday, between 
Cheroot, Dr. Morton Prince, and Moslem II., 
Mr. B. D. Barker, being won bands down by the 
former, gave her the club championship. The 
figures for the season, as announced by the Re¬ 
gatta Committee are: 
Starts. Total. Average. 
Cheroot . 9 681.7 75.7 
Moslem II. 6 405.0 67.5 
Hugi ... i. 7 421.7 60.2 
Bonitwo . 3 280.0 56.0 
Fritter . 9 406.6 45.2 
Cuyamel . 4 95.0 19.0 
Moslem . 1 60.0 12.0 
Bat . 1 50.0 10.0 
William Lambert Barnard. 
Beverly Y. C. 
390th Regatta—Sixth Corinthian Race—Aug. 25. 
Wind, N.E., W.S.E. Judge: L. S. Dabney. 
21-footers—Course 14, 11% Miles. 
Elapsed. 
Amanita III., Joshua Crane .2 20 58 
Terrapin, L. S. Dabney .....2 25 50 
Illusion, C. M. Baker .2 25 30 
Owl, F. C. Paine . 2 26 31 
Quakeress, W. F. Harrison .2 28 07 
Radiant, Mrs. C. M. Baker . 2 28 35 
Rosamond, Miles W. Weeks.2 39 55 
Barnacle, W. E. C. Eustis .2 40 46 
18-footers—Course 18, 8% Miles. 
Wizard, F. W. Sargent .1 47 35 
Jap, G. P. Gardner, Jr.1 51 09 
Wanderer, A. S. Whiting.1 51 39 
Jub Jub, Howard Stockton .2 04 05 
Seeps, S. D. Warren .2 05 29 
Peacock, Robert Winsor .2 08 12 
Tinker, Mrs. R. W. Emmons, 2d.2 09 33 
Panzo, M. H. Richardson, Jr.2 10 17 
Fly, Mrs. Joseph Warren...2 11 16 
Fiddler, Miss C. M. Dabney.2 12 02 
Yalu, Miss Margaret Codman .2 12 32 
Bantam, Miss Hilda W. Williams.2 12 55 
Mongoose, Miss Eleanor Emmons.2 13 43 
Flickamaroo, C. E. Hellier.2 14 32 
Whitecap, Wm. M. Minot, Vredenburgh & 
Sedgwick .2 15 00 
Jack, R. F. Herrick .2 19 49 
392d Regatta—Labor Day Open Race—Sept. 3. 
Wind, S.W.W. Judge: F. E. Cabot. 
Elapsed. 
21-footers—Course 18, 8% Miles. 
Barnacle, W. E. C. Eustis .1 23 48 
Radiant, Mrs. C. M. Baker.1 25 35 
Rosamond, Miles W. Weeks.1 26 32 
Arethusa, D. L. Whittemore.1 29 06 
Owl, F. C. Paine.Disabled. 
18-footers—Course 18, 8% Miles. 
Wanderer, A. S. Whiting .1 40 06 
Wizard, F. W. Sargent.1 40 50 
15-footers—Course 19, O 1 /^ Miles. 
Mongoose, Eleanor Emmons .1 29 23 
Yalu, Miss Margaret Codman..1 30 02 
Uarda, John Parkinson, Jr.1 30 40 
*Peacock, Robert Winsor .1 30 28 
*Flickamaroo, C. E. Hellier . 1 .1 32 40 
* Seeps, S. D. Warren .1 33 03 
*Ranzo, Miss Richardson .1 35 06 
^Tinker, Mrs. R. W. Emmons, 2d.1 35 43 
*Vim, E. W. Sargent, Jr.1 39 45 
Jub Jub, Howard Stockton .Withdrew. 
*Boats in 15ft. class marked (*) started before. 
Sept. 8—393d Regatta. 
Judges: Chas. Whittemore and F. E. Cabot. Wind, 
N.E., fair breeze. 
21-footers—Course 14—11% Miles. 
Terrapin, L. S. Dabney... 2 29 58 
Illusion, C. M. Baker. 2 31 04 
Amanita III., Joshua Crane. 2 32 01 
Radiant, Mrs. C. M. Baker. 2 32 23 
Arethusa, D. L. Whittemore. 2 34 15 
Barnacle, W. E. C. Eustis. 2 34 35 
Owl, F. C. Paine. 2 40 06 
Rosamond, Miles W. Weeks...2 41 16 
18-footers—Course 17—8% Miles. 
Wizard, F. W. Sargent. 2 01 00 
Wanderer, A. S. Whiting. 2 04 49 
15-footers—Course 18—8% Miles. 
Mongoose, Miss Eleanor Emmons. 1 53 02 
Flickamaroo, C. E. Hellier. 1 55 21 
Fiddler, Miss C. M. Dabnev. 1 55 46 
Tinker, Mrs. R. W. Emmons, 2d. 1 56 12 
Fly, Mrs. Joseph Warren. 1 56 58 
Yalu, Miss Margaret Codman. 1 58 29 
Seeps, Miss Warren . 1 59 46 
Jub Jub, Howard Stockton. 2 03 01 
Tobey, Mrs. Jackson. 2 03 42 
Vim, F. W. Sargent, Tr. 2 04 30 
Jack, R. F. Herrick, Jr. 2 08 20 
*Uarda, John Parkinson, Jr. 1 51 40 
*Not sailed by club member. 
The steam yacht Diana lias been sold by Mr. 
Percy Chubb. N. Y. Y. C., to Mr. C. Ledyard 
Blair, N. Y. Y. C., through the agency of Messrs. 
Tams, Lemoine & Crane, of this city. Mr. Blair 
has had Diana under charter during the season. 
Next spring Diana will be refitted and will sail 
to the Mediterranean on an extended cruise. 
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