July 5, 1913 
FOREST AND STREAM 
17 
This is only the third cruising race made by Mr. 
Naschman, his first being the Block Island race 
last year in which he finished third, after cruis¬ 
ing at least twenty-five miles out of his course. 
This was in the Debut. Last week he finished 
first in the Block Island race. In the Viking 
class, John N. Wallace’s Thistle won, her time 
being 24b. 37m. 32s. This is Mr. Wallace's 
second win for the Sir Thomas Lipton cup. 
Fabian, which seemed to be the favorite in the 
cruising class, broke down near the finish. 
The Flat Rock Motor Boat Club semi-speed 
regatta on the Schuykill was won by W. P. 
Gresh’s boat P. D. Q. first; Vim, second; Eva, 
third. The best actual time—29m. 27s.—was 
made by Raven, owned by John H. Rex. 
For the Legier Cup. 
BY HARRY H. DUNN, STAFF CORRESPONDENT. 
With a start in which there was less than 
twenty-eight seconds difference in the six 
craft in getting across the line, with a well- 
sustained twelve-knot breeze blowing all after¬ 
noon, and with just chop enough to the waters 
of Lake Pontchartrain to make the tacking in¬ 
teresting, the first of the series of three races 
between open sloop racing machines for the John 
Legier cup, and for the championship of the 
South, was sailed over the triangular course of 
the Southern Y. C., West End, New Orleans, 
Saturday, June 14. 
Kathryn I., champion of the Great Lakes, 
owned, entered and sailed by Captain A. M. 
(“Peter”) Cooke, won this first contest, leaving 
Massachusetts supposedly the fastest craft of 
her size and class in the world, a poor fourth. 
Kathryn sailed a consistent race, and while 
Massachusetts was gaining on her during the 
last leg of the race, the latter was too hopelessly 
distanced in the first two-thirds of the contest 
to make up the lead Kathryn had won. 
Weather and water were nearest to ideal 
which the Southern Y. C. has had since the 
opening of the season. Despite the fact that 
this is merely the first third of the contest 
for the Legier cup and the championship, four 
of the fleet of six racing machines now in New 
Orleans waters have won from the others in 
previous races this season. Of course, these 
four victories will not count in deciding the 
Southern championship, but the work of each 
of the boats in the previous contests gives a 
line on what they may be expected reasonably 
to do in these final battles for supremacy. 
Captain Keep’s Target won the first contest 
this season. Stranger, belonging to the Heaslip 
Syndicate, took the second. Massachusetts, also 
the property of the Heaslips, captured the third, 
and as has been hinted in the earlier hours of 
this story, Commodore Cooke’s Kathryn I. came 
off victorious in Saturday’s sailing. Each won 
its race in a different kind of weather. For 
instance, when Target won, the day was just 
fair, with a still sea and moderate breeze. 
Stranger took the lead in a day of no wind and 
less sea. Massachusetts won driving on a gusty, 
rainy, raw afternoon when highballs were much 
more comfortable than sou’westers. Since 
Boreas granted to each contestant a different 
kind of weather, it is possible to get a line on 
which boat performs best in which weather. As 
my old college chum, now catching crabs in the 
Bayou Teche says, “You cain’t tell whut a boat’s 
gwine do tell affer thuh race.” However, not 
even the most expert of the rocking chair fleet 
will venture even an unbacked guess as to which 
machine will win the Legier cup. 
Captain Cooke, giving an exhibition of 
superb seamanship, put Kathryn, smallest of the 
six, from fifth to third place before the stake 
at the end of the first leg had been turned. 
Seawanhaka, with Eddie Montgomery at the 
wheel, moved up from third to second place, 
while Massachusetts was on Seawanhaka’s heels, 
though many commented on the apparent slug¬ 
gishness of the champion. As they rounded the 
westward mark, Target was only 40s. ahead of 
Seawanhaka, which in turn was im. 22s. in the 
lead of Kathryn. Massachusetts lagged unac¬ 
countably im. 47s. behind Target. 
First round: 
Target . 3 41 00 Massachusetts 3 44 06 
Kathryn . 3 41 29 Senorita . 3 53 33 
Seawanhaka . 3 41 29 Stranger .Withdrawn 
On the first leg of the second round, the 
reach over to the westward stake again, Kathryn 
did not do as well as had been expected. She 
was more than two minutes astern of Target 
as they swung around the westward stake, and 
to the surprise of all the experts it seemed that 
Target was not to be headed until she had 
safely annexed the first third of the Legier con¬ 
test. 
Captain '‘‘Peter,” however, had a different 
idea, and as he put Kathryn about the mark 
she picked up the steady breeze and began clos¬ 
ing up the gap between her nose and Target’s 
stern at a rate that sent Target stock down 
speedily. At the eastward mark she had im. 
ns. lead on Target, having gained more than 
3m. ns. on the one leg, according to the racing 
committee watches. Seawanhaka was leading 
Massachusetts by 2m. 37s. 
Again they crowded on sail, romping home 
to the stake like frightened doves on the wing. 
They rounded the finish of the second round of 
the triangular course in the following order: 
Second round: 
Kathryn . 4 21 50 Massachusetts 4 27 47 
Target . 4 22 43 Senorita . 4 45 45 
Seawanhaka . 4 23 33 
The wind fell off a trifle as the yachts 
scudded for the westward stake, at the begin¬ 
ning of the last round, and when they turned 
this mark, Target was 14s. ahead of Kathryn 
again. Target proved herself a speedy boat in 
low wind and broad reaches, only to be beaten 
when they went to tacking to the eastward 
stake. There Kathryn easily overhauled Target, 
setting the big crowd wild with excitement, as 
they leaped to their feet at the nip-and-tuck con¬ 
test. Every spectator was on tiptoe with uncer¬ 
tainty. Target had on the other rounds of the 
course overhauled Kathryn on this leg. Could 
she do it again? She could not and she did not. 
though she gained on the Cooke boat slightly 
on that last swift homeward run. 
Massachusetts was hopelessly astern of Sea¬ 
wanhaka, which was almost a minute behind 
Target, while Senorita was out of the running. 
The finish was like this: 
Kathryn 1. 5 02 31 Massachusetts . 5 09 33 
Target . 5 04 00 Senorita . 5 37 26 
Seawanhaka . 5 04 59 
Elapsed and corrected time shows that the 
winner made the course three times around and 
won the race in 2.01.12 corrected and 2.02.31 
elapsed time. Target was credited with 2.04.00 
elapsed and 2.03.23 corrected time. Seawan¬ 
haka’s elapsed time was 2.04.59; corrected, 
2.03.40; while the mystery of Massachusetts’ de¬ 
feat was recorded at 2.09.33 elapsed and 2.09.33 
corrected. Senorita got credit for 2.37.26 elapsed 
and 2.35.58 corrected times. Stranger, which 
many believed would have given Kathryn the 
best fight of any of the sloops, unfortunately 
was forced to withdraw. She will be in the next 
contest with all sails set, however, but has a 
hard job to beat Target and Kathryn, now that 
their skippers have been over the course so many 
times. 
The cup fought for by machine sloops in 
this three section race is awarded by John 
Legier, a New Orleans enthusiast, who has done 
a great deal to promote yachting in this part of 
the New World. It is of solid silver and stands 
two feet in height. It must be won three years 
in succession to become the permanent property 
of any one sloop. Seawanhaka, then champion 
of the South, took it last year, but with the 
addition of three boats to the local flotilla, mak¬ 
ing this the finest fleet of machine sloops in the 
world, competition has been very keen. 
SECOND ROUND FOR THE JOHN LEGIER CUP. 
The second round of the three races being 
run at West End, New Orleans, for the John 
Legier trophy, and the machine sloop champion¬ 
ship of the South, was sailed June 21, and re¬ 
sulted in an upsetting of the beans in such a 
decided manner that Target is now leader in 
points, having 94 out of a possible 189. This is 
the highest score made by any of the Southern 
Y. C. fleet at a similar point in the race since 
the contest was inaugurated by John Legier. 
This race is the biggest annual event in- 
Southern yachting circles, and as usual drew a 
large, finely dressed and enthusiastic crowd to 
the verandahs, pier and boats of the Southern 
Y. C. 
Kathryn I., which won the first third of the 
race on June 14, was third, being beaten both 
by Target and by Massachusetts, the interna¬ 
tional champion. The latter was handicapped in 
the race, however, by being the only scratch 
boat, but Target’s corrected time is 46s. better 
than that of the Heaslip Syndicate’s entry at 
that. The score of points at the end of the 
second third of the big contest is as follows: 
Target . 94 Seawanhaka . 22 
Kathryn 1. 78 Stranger . 7 
Massachusetts . 38 Senorita . 6 
Stranger and Senorita evidently are out of 
their class in trying to compete with the Keep, 
Cooke and Heaslip entries. Seawanhaka has 
had bad luck and is also practically out of the 
going, while should Massachusetts win the last 
third of the race, thereby adding sixty-three 
points to her score, she would have only ioi. If 
Target or Kathryn I. takes even second place 
from next Saturday’s contest, she will be far 
ahead of Massachusetts. Therefore, the inter¬ 
national champion seems likewise eliminated. 
Target’s victory Saturday was entirely unex¬ 
pected, even by her most ardent supporters, and 
Captain Eddie 
Keep’s 
sailing 
of his 
boat was 
something worth going 
miles 
to see. 
Elapsed 
and corrected 
time: 
Elapsed. 
Corrected. 
1 arget . 
. 2 03 19 
2 03 06 
Massachusetts ... 
. 2 03 52 
2 03 52 
Kathryn I. 
. 2 05 29 
2 04 1 0 
vSeawanhaka . 
. 2 08 26 
2 07 15 
Stranger . 
. 2 11 19 
2 08 47 
Senorita . 
. 2 23 42 
2 20 16 
Massachusetts’ showing was a marked im~ 
