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shower is the perplexing way the wind has of 
blowing now this way and now that, and then 
seemingly from every point of the compass at 
once. It was this waywardness that troubled 
the Captain, the sails being at one moment dis¬ 
tended to their utmost, and in another moment 
flapping wildly as he tried to “catch'’ the new 
direction of the wind. The whaleboat’s compass 
used on the Peggy had to be scanned by a 
lantern held between the Captain’s knees, and 
after gazing for a moment at this bright light it 
was impossible to see a boat’s length ahead in 
the darkness, and the rain, which beat down 
into the face at an angle, made looking out 
ahead an utter failure. Occasionally a bright 
arch would shoot across the heavens for a 
moment, then all would be pitch dark, the air 
and water blended in one color, inky black. 
The red light of a passing vessel became sud¬ 
denly visible within hailing distance, and the 
Captain cried out “Hello! Where’s Conners- 
town?” 
“God knows! - ’ came back.over the water, 
and the red light passed away in the dark¬ 
darkness. 
The little dinghy behind began beating like 
a battering-ram on the stern of the Peggy, and 
the Captain crept back tO' secure it in a different 
way, steering the while with his ankle pressed 
against the tiller. Finally the wind settled in a 
southwest direction, and although it blew a 
hurricane, the little fishing smack stood up to 
it bravely; and the crew, gradually becoming 
accustomed to the state of affairs began to feel 
a sort of pleasure in thus flying along at full 
speed over an unknown course, and even 
essayed to light his pipe in a momentary lull of 
the storm. But the matches were all damp, and 
only spluttered without lighting, so he had to 
content himself with shouting a gay song to the 
accompaniment ot the roaring elements. The 
storm had lasted over an hour, when straight 
ahead there appeared a line of light on the 
water. “Breakers!” shouted the Captain, in¬ 
stantly putting the helm to starboard. But they 
were not breakers, being instead the reflection 
on the water of the summer full moon, which 
has just shown its face at the ragged edge of the 
black thunder cloud. Now the force of the storm 
was nearly spent, and the clouds were fast pass¬ 
ing away; but the wind asserted its right to stay 
awhile longer, and the waves still rolled angrily. 
As the moon shone out with all its brilliancy 
the Captain saw, to his astonishment, that the 
smack was only a short distance from the shore, 
when he had thought her to be far out to sea. 
And did not that hooked point of land and that 
forest of hackmatacks have a sort of familiar 
look? It was. it surely was, the bay at the 
mouth of Cob Creek—the same place from 
which he had started the afternoon before. As 
he became aware of this the Captain gave a 
shout of joy, and running the Peggy' into the 
well-known channel, he soon had a safe anchor¬ 
age, and with everything made snug, was soon 
lying comfortably in the little cabin, sipping a 
hot glass of grog to take the chill off. 
' I t°ld ye,” said the old oysterman, when 
the Captain afterward related to him the ad¬ 
venture. “I told ye that ’ere smack could find 
her way all alone by herself; an’ you needn’t 
tell me she didn’t know what she was doin’ 
when she brought you straight home out o’ that 
gale.” 
Weekly Yacht Review. 
Of course the big yachting event of the 
week has been the cruise of the Larchmont Y. C., 
which merged into that of the New York Y. C., 
making probably the biggest week’s sailing event 
thus far recorded. 
On the first day’s run of the Larchmont 
event, Elena won the Vice-Commodore F. M. 
Wilson cup in the first division, although to the 
finish she was headed by Muriel. 
The second day’s run from Morris Cove to 
New London, Elena once more won, taking the 
rear commodore’s cup for schooners. 
In the second division the Stamford schooner 
Elemah won with Dorello winning the first divis¬ 
ion of sloops and Stranger in the second divis¬ 
ion. Josephine's showing in this leg was not 
good, because of her running into a calm. 
In the schooner F class, George Scott's 
Miladi finished first by 27m. 
Among the Sound schooners, Clarkson 
Cowl’s Moira had 6m. to the good. 
In the M class Dorello II., in the special 
sloop class Hermoine, in the New York Y. C. 
30’s, Caprice were winners. 
The fleet joined the New York Y. C. in New 
London Harbor, being received by Commodore 
Dallas B. Pratt on board the schooner Sea Fox. 
On the arrival at Newport, Elena once more 
showed her speed, leading Irolita 7m., winning 
the schooner cup. 
Among the Sound schooners, Moira once 
more beat Rival, while in the New York Y. C. 
30 class, Phryne won. Other winners were 
Joyant in Class P, which beat Josephine 22m.; 
Class M, Dorello II.; Class L, Avenger; New 
York Y. C. 50’s, Spartan; one-design schooner, 
Hopewell; Class F, Venona beat Miladi im.; 
Class D, Taormina; Class B and C, Endymion. 
The race for the Astor cup was unsatisfac¬ 
tory, because of the light fluky winds. However, 
Elena won the event, being sailed by Captain 
William Dennis, by whom this cup has now been 
won nine times, twice with Elrnina, four times 
with Elrnina II., twice with Elena. 
It is the third time that Morton F. Plant 
has won the trophy, the other win being with 
Ingomar. 
In Class P in the sweepstake event Josephine 
won by nearly 6m. 
The King’s cup was won by Edmund Ran¬ 
dolph’s Spartan, one of the New York Y. C. 
50’s. The yacht was sailed by that king of 
amateur yachtsmen, W. Butler Duncan. Mr. 
Duncan won the King’s cup in 1910 in Aurora. 
On the run from Newport to Vineyard 
Haven, Irolita won her first race during the 
cruise, that being the vice-commodore’s cup. It 
may be noted, however, that Elena was absent, 
owing to the death of Mrs. Morton F. Plant. 
It was a fine sight to see the old schooners, 
Constellation, Ariel, Sea Fox, Corona, Endymion 
and Irolita vieing with each other in this event. 
Other winners were Phryne in the New York 
Y. C. 30’s, Joyant in Class P, Avenger in L and 
M class, Iroquois II. in the New York Y. C. 
50’s, Whileaway in the 40-foot one-design 
schooner class, Taormina in Class D, Ariel in 
the special class, Sea Fox in A and B class. 
In the race around the Cape, Corona, owned 
by Cleveland H. Dodge, captured the Robert E. 
Todd cup. This race was for schooners built 
previous to 1900. Some of the boats had con¬ 
siderable difficulty in weathering the Cape, and 
only two, Corona and Sea Fox, finished within 
the time limit. 
The next event of importance was the 
Horseshoe regatta last Saturday, which had a 
small entry due to the cruise. 
The winners were Oriole in the New York 
Y. C. 3o's, Hamburg II. in the Larchmont in¬ 
terclub class, Alert in the handicap first division, 
Alerion in the second division, Amanita in the 
third division, White Cap in the fourth division, 
Rascal in the American raceabout class, Petrel 
in Class R. 
Scylla, in the Manhasset Bay one-design; 
Torquoise, Glen Cove jewel class; Pixy, Man¬ 
hasset Bay raceabout; Star Faraway, in the star 
class; Kazaza, special class; Verge, mixed class; 
Tautog, American dory class. 
At the Bensonhurst Y. C. in a spanking 
breeze the winners were Spider in Class Q, 
Triton, handicap class first division; M. & F., 
handicap second division; M. & F. II., Class S.; 
Eaglet, Gravesend Bay birds; Skylark, Graves¬ 
end Bay knockabouts. 
In the weekly regatta the Seawanhaka-Corin- 
thian Y. C., with only three entries, Iris was the 
winner. 
The annual cruise of the Knickerbocker Y. 
C. started last Saturday with a reception on 
board the flagship Yankee II. Forty boats en¬ 
joyed the sail in the first leg to Norwalk, the 
itinerary being from Norwalk to Thimble Island 
on Monday, Thimble to Shelter Island on Tues¬ 
day, where the boats stayed until Thursday, when 
they disbanded. 
Among those present for the early part of 
the cruise were C. M. Prankard’s Kelpie II. and 
W. F. Blaisdell’s Flora Delmar, of the Port 
Washington Y. C. 
The cruise of the New Rochelle Y. C. started 
from New Rochelle on Saturday. In the run to 
Huntington, Hyperion was first and Olwyne 
second. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division.—Raymond D. Hill, 206 
McDonough street, Brooklyn, N. Y., by John E. 
Plummer. 
Central Division.—Edward A. Kimman, 639 
Catherine street, Syracuse, N. Y., by A. F. 
Saunders. 
Northern Division.—William Irvine, 41 St. 
Famille street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, by R. 
B. Britton. 
Western Division.—Edward Bergholtz, 438 
New York street, Aurora, Ill., by John N. 
Deneau. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Central Division.—6747, Sheffield Brown, 
Chamber of Commerce, Buffalo, N. Y.; 6748, 
Franklin P. Cragin, 718 Mutual Life Bldg., Buf¬ 
falo, N. Y.; 6749, E. Granger Wilson, 45 Broad¬ 
way, Buffalo, N. Y.; 6750, Alfred H. Sharpe, 650 
Division street, Buffalo, N. Y.; 6751, Alex. F. 
Osborn, 117 Tonawanda street, Buffalo, N. Y.; 
6752, Raymond F. Fox, 491 Ashland avenue, 
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