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FOREST AND STREAM 
Aug. 30, 1913. 
New York Y. C. 
AUTUMN CUPS—THURSDAY, SEPT. 4, I913. 
Entries.—Entries should be filed with the 
committee before 4 p. m., Sept. 3, but entries may 
be received until the “warning signal.” 
Time Limit.—A class race in which one yacht 
has not finished before one-half hour after sun¬ 
set will be declared off. 
Courses.—The courses are indicated and de¬ 
scribed on the Glen Cove racing chart, and are 
distinguished by numbers and by letters indicat¬ 
ing marks. If a different course from those de¬ 
scribed on the chart is selected, the committee 
will signal the course by setting code signals 
designating the marks in the order of rounding. 
Course Signals.—The courses for the fleet 
divisions will be shown before the preparatory 
signal is made by displaying each division letter 
and the course number (or code signals indicat¬ 
ing the course). 
If a course is to be sailed twice around, the 
course number (or code signals) will be set 
above figure 2. 
Division A—Classes B, C, D, E, L, New 
York fifties and M. 
Division B—Classes F. 40-foot schooners, N, 
P, New York Y. C. thirties and Sound schooners. 
Starting Signals.—Attention will be called to 
each signal by a gun or whistle. 
A starting signal will be the preparatory 
signal for the next class to start. 
Warning, 12 M., one white ball. 
Preparatory, 12105 p. m., blue peter ball. 
Start for Classes B, C, D and E, 12:10 p. m., 
one red ball. 
Start for Class New York Y. C. fifties, 12:15 
p. m., two red balls. 
Start for Classes F, L, M, N and 40-foot 
schooners, 12 :20 p. m., three red balls. 
Start for Classes P and New York Y. C. 
thirties, 12:25 p. m., four red balls. 
Start for Sound schooners, 12:30 p. m„ five 
red balls. 
All starts will be “one-gun starts.” 
Recall Signal.—White ball with red band. 
The committee will hail the yacht, but failure 
to set the ball will not relieve the penalty for 
having crossed the starting line before the proper 
signal. 
Special Signals.—G, race postponed until 
later in the day at fifteen minute intervals; H, 
race postponed for the day; J, race declared off; 
M, race will finish at this mark. 
When at the finish the committee boat will 
hoist a red ball, and in fog will, “at intervals 
of not more than one minute, ring the bell 
rapidly for about five seconds,” and at intervals of 
two minutes will sound three short whistle blasts. 
Prizes.—There will be a prize for first, if 
two or more start; a prize for second, if four 
or more start; and a prize for third, if eight or 
more start in any class. 
New York Y. C. fifties, thirties, 40-foot 
schooners and Sound schooners will sail as one- 
design classes and under their respective class 
rules. 
Extra copies of these sailing directions, or 
charts of the course, can be obtained from the 
regatta committee at the club house. 
Regatta Committee—H. deB. Parsons, Chair¬ 
man ; J. M. Macdonough, C. Sherman Hoyt. 
National Archery Tournament. 
The National Archery Association of the 
L’nited States held its thirty-fifth annual tourna¬ 
ment on Aug. 19, 20, 21 and 22, 1913, on Soldiers’ 
Field, Boston, Mass. 
The weather the first day was cool with a 
high gusty northeast wind, reaching forty miles 
an hour; weather was cool and sunny. On the 
second and third days these conditions continued 
with the wind varying and most puzzling. 
The general arrangement of the program 
was the same as the previous, except that the 
DR. J. W. DOUGHTY, 
\\ inner, National Archery Association Tournament, 1913. 
second American and second York rounds were 
counted as both regular and handicap. 
J he quality of the shooting was badly af¬ 
fected by the baffling and violent gusts of wind. 
Only one record was broken, that of the ladies’ 
flight shot. The striking event of the tourna¬ 
ment was the winning of the York round cham¬ 
pionship by Dr. J. W. Doughty, of Tacoma, 
Washington, a new archer who had only shot 
a bow for four months and a half, and who won 
the championship with five points, beating the 
last champion on the point system. On both the 
York and Columbia rounds the leading score was 
beaten by a less score on account of the point 
system. In the case of the York round one hit 
one at 100 yards would have changed the result 
or two hits two at any range. In the latter case 
it would have changed the result to eight points 
for Mr. Bryant’s score and one point for Dr. 
Doughty’s score. 
Dr. Doughty is the second man in the asso¬ 
ciation within recent years to win his first tour¬ 
nament. George Phillips Bryant won in St. 
Louis in 1904 with 192-820, and like Dr. Doughty 
he had begun shooting only the spring of that 
year. Dr. Doughty is a pupil of Will H. Thomp¬ 
son and draws low, like his teacher, but not so 
low as that great archer. 
It was a great pleasure to meet Mr. Thomp¬ 
son again after his enforced two years’ absence. 
Despite the injury to his left arm, he shoots in 
his old grand form, but there is a weakness in 
the arm which does not permit long sustained 
steadiness. Another archer whose presence was 
most welcome was Prof. M. Bross Thomas, of 
Lake Forest, Ill. It was his first tournament in 
a number of years. The absence of Dr. E. B. 
Weston, of Chicago, and W. A. Clark, of Cin¬ 
cinnati, was deeply regretted by all. 
The annual dinner in the Hotel Bellevue, 
where the association made their headquarters, 
was held Friday evening and was followed by 
the annual business meeting. The manager of 
the Bellevue made his hostelry a most pleasant 
home for the visiting archers, and the dinner 
was greatly enjoyed. After the distribution of 
prizes, President Gray announced that the se¬ 
lection of the next meeting place was in order. 
Dr. Elmer, of Wayne, Pa., extended a cordial 
invitation to Wayne on behalf of the Marion 
Cricket Club, of Haverford, and he was heartily 
seconded by some of the archers who attended 
the Wayne July 4 shoot. H. S. Taylor extended 
Chicago’s invitation, but so much was said in 
favor of Wayne that it won in a walk, with only 
a perfunctory opposition. 
Dr. Elmer was then elected president and 
Dr. O. L. Hertig, of Pittsburgh, secretary and 
treasurer. 
A discussion of the point system was known 
to be scheduled, and it then started. The up¬ 
shot was that the system of determining the 
American and Columbia round championships 
was changed to gross score, and in case of tie, 
gross hits to determine. A motion to make the 
same change with reference to the York and 
National rounds was killed. 
A motion was carried unanimously to re¬ 
enact the resolution of 1910, acknowledging and 
declaring the winners of the York and National 
rounds the champions of the association, and the 
secretary was instructed to see that the resolu¬ 
tion is incorporated in the minutes of the meet¬ 
ing. Inasmuch as all these matters involve con¬ 
stitutional changes, the votes on them are really 
of no effect. 
A motion was unanimously carried, making 
Dr. E. B. Weston and W. A. Clark life mem¬ 
bers of the association, with all dues remitted. 
(Yachting Notes continued on page 287.) 
