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FOREST AND STREAM 
May 31, 1913 
committee consists of Frank G. Davison, Albert 
E. Shipman, Malcolm D. Barrows and Lyman 
M. McDougall. 
At the Boothbay Harbor (Me.) Club the 
members are preparing for a lively season. Com¬ 
modore Scherer will have more boats in com¬ 
mission this summer than ever, and the mem¬ 
bership list is increasing constantly. 
A NEW yacht club, named Nokomis, has just 
been organized at Gardiner, Me. 
Zen-as W. Bliss’s new 55-foot cruiser Lydia 
III. was launched last week. Lydia III. is 55 
feet over all, 50 feet water line, ii feet 6 inches 
beam. She has provision for a mast and will 
be driven by a 40-50 Bearle engine. She was 
designed and built by Frederic S. Nock. 
The city of Fall River will maintain a pub¬ 
lic float at the city wharf for local and visiting 
yachtsmen beginning Memorial Day. Visitors 
may have their mail addressed to the harbor 
master, city of Fall River, and can be assured 
of safe delivery. 
A Boston cup defender, designed by a syn¬ 
dicate of Boston naval architects, backed by 
popular subscription, was the proposition laid 
before members of the Eastern, Corinthian and 
Boston yacht clubs at a recent meeting by Rear- 
Commodore Charles H. W. Foster, of the East¬ 
ern Y. C. The suggestion embodies combined 
designs by George Owen, Bowdoin B. Crownin- 
shield, Edwin A. Boardman, W. Starling Bur¬ 
gess, John G. Alden and Fred Lawley, leading 
New England designers. 
June 7 will be Flag Day. The spring cruise 
of the Philadelphia Y. C. was held on the Chesa¬ 
peake Bay, May 29, with a rendezvous off Ford’s 
Landing, on the Elk River, May 30. 
It is stated word has been received from 
Bristol that “Nat” Herreshoff, designer and 
builder of the successful cup defenders for the 
past twenty years, has declined tentatively to 
enter a competition for the design of the 1914 
defender. Mr. Herreshoff is said to have ex¬ 
pressed his decision to Harold S. Vanderbilt, 
Oliver Iselin, Jr., and Amos Johnston when they 
were at Bristol to take part in the launching of 
• Vagrant IL, Mr. Vanderbilt’s latest schooner. 
Two Well-Known Yachtsmen Pass Away. 
Two prominent yachtsmen have passed away 
during the past week. One is J. Henry Ruwe, 
a former commodore of the Unqua-Corinthian 
Y. C. and Prof. William Hallock, official meas-' 
urer of the New York Y. C., who died in the 
Rhode Island Hospital at Providence, after an 
attack of apoplexy while measuring Harry Payne 
Whitney’s new 50-footer at Bristol recently. 
These two gentlemen will be missed greatly. 
New York Y. C. Fifties. 
The first tryout of the New York Y. C. 
fifties was sailed last Saturday off Glen Cove, 
L. I. Although the wind was almost nil and 
what happened to blow in was fluky, the class 
proved mighty interesting. Nine boats started. 
Iroquois IL, owned by Ralph N. Ellis, won by 
17m., leading from the first leg. 
Finish. 
Elapsed. 
Iroquois 
TI., 
R. N. Ellis. 
... 6 45 47 
3 50 47 
Barbara, 
H. 
P. Whitney. 
... 7 02 51 
4 07 51 
Ventura, 
G. 
F. Baker, Jr. 
... 7 05 46 
4 10 46 
Acushla, 
G. 
M. Heckscher. 
... 7 06 03 
4 11 03 
Spartan, 
E. 
Randolph . 
... 7 06 35 
4 11 35 
Pleione, 
C. C. Rumrill . 
... 7 20 10 
4 25 10 
(jrayling, 
J. 
P. Morgan. 
... 7 25 34 
4 30 34 
Bayside Y. 
c. 
Bayside, L. L, May 24.—In the try-out of 
the new Butterfly class here to-day, Wm. H. 
John’s Diana proved the fastest in a fluky, light 
wind, having 26s. to spare over W. Teller’s 
Ariadne. The summary. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Moth, E. C. Sprague. 5 00 05 0 45 05 
Diana, W. H. Johns. 5 10 53 0 55 53 
Ariadne, W. Teller. 5 11 19 0 56 19 
Papillon, IMat Rock . 5 14 23 0 59 23 
Yehl, C. R. Agnew.5 16 OO 1 01 OO 
V'anessa, J. D. Adams. 5 17 16 1 02 16 
Gabbi, Austin Healy . 5 13 10 1 03 10 
Clio, N. p. Scofield. 5 18 31 1 05 31 
Cabbage, G. T. Hopewell. 5 18 13 1 03 32 
Fluterby, Dr. G. A. Wilson, Jr. 5 H 00 1 06 00 
Philadelphia Corinthian Y. C. 
The opening regatta of the Philadelphia 
Corinthian Y. C. on May 24 showed the follow¬ 
ing results 
Raceabout Class. 
Cyrilla, W. B. Henry. 
Eleanor, A. F. Bancroft . 
Quakeress HE. E. ,S. Godschalk. 
(Irilse IV., R. Toland . 
Elapsed. 
1 19 55 
1 21 04 
1 22 49 
1 29 02 
Bang-and-Go-Back Race. 
Merlin, Dr. Alex. Glass . 8 16 20 
Shark, S. Collom . 8 17 35 
Nancy, Judge W. Martin. 3 17 40 
Manhasset Bay Y. C. 
The annual regatta of the Manhasset Bay 
Y. C. will be sailed on Saturday, June 7, 1913, 
for all regular classes of sloops, one-design and 
handicap classes. 
The race will be started off the Red and 
Black Buoy to the northward and eastward of 
Execution Light. 
The starting and finishing line will be be¬ 
tween a white flag on the committee steamer and 
a stake boat floating the club burgee, starting 
from west to east, finishing from east to west. 
Course No. i—From the starting line to and 
around red spar buoy 24H off Wolsey’s Reef, 
leaving it to starboard, thence to black spar buoy 
15^2 off Oak Neck Point leaving it to starboard, 
thence to finishing line. Distance, 21)4 miles. 
Course No. 2—From the starting line to 
black and white buoy “A” off Parsonage Point 
leaving it to starboard, thence to black spar 
buoy 1514 off Oak Neck Point, leaving it to star¬ 
board, thence to finishing line. Distance, 15)4 
miles. 
Course No. 3—From the starting line to and 
around red gas buoy off Scotch Caps leaving 
same to starboard, thence to black spar buoy 
“E i” off Week’s Point leaving same to star¬ 
board, thence to finishing line. Distance, 9 miles. 
Course No. 4—From the starting line to and 
around black spar buoy “S i” off Delaney Point 
leaving same to starboard, thence to and around 
bell buoy off Prospect Point leaving same to 
starboard, thence to finishing line. Distance, 6 
miles. 
The starting signals will be given from the 
committee steamer in the order shown below. 
Attention to each signal will be called by gun or 
whistle: 
12:00 noon. Warning; a square white flag. 
12:05 p. M. Preparatory; blue peter. 
Will sail Course No. i: 12:10 p. m. start; 
50-foot one-design class, one red ball. 12:15 
p. M. start; Class K. L and M and Stamford 
schooner, one white ball. 
Will sail Course No. 2 : 12:20 p. m. start; 
Class N, P and Q, one blue ball. 12:25 p. m. 
start; New York Y. C. thirties, two red balls. 
Will sail Course No. 3: 12:30 p. m. start; 
Sound schooners, two white balls. 12:35 p. m. 
start; Classes R and S, two blue balls. 12:40 
p. M. start; American Y. C. raceabouts, first and 
second divisions, handicap classes, one white and 
one red ball. 12:45 p. m. start; Larchmont inter¬ 
club class, one white and one blue ball. 12:50 
p. M. start; third and fourth divisions, handicap 
class, one blue and one red ball. 12155 p. m. 
start; Manhasset Bay twenties; Jewel S class 
and Bayside birds, one red ball under white 
flag. 
Will sail Course No. 4: ip. m. start; Man¬ 
hasset Bay raceabouts, Manhasset Bay bugs, star 
class, one white ball under white flag, i :o5 
p. M. start; Bayside and Port Washington one- 
design classes and American Y. C. dories, o'ne 
blue ball under white flag. 1:10 p. m. start; all 
other small one-design classes, one red and one 
white ball under white flag. 
Each starting signal will be class preparatory 
signal for the next class to start. 
Preparatory signals will be lowered thirty 
seconds before Getting of starting signal. 
Postponement of the start of the race, if 
necessary, will be for fifteen minutes, or a mul¬ 
tiple thereof, and will be signalled by code flag 
“G.” 
If it should be necessary to sail course in 
opposite direction, it will be signalled by code 
flag “B.” Marks will then be turned to port. 
Should a yacht cross the starting line be¬ 
fore her starting signal is given, she will be 
hailed and must return, giving way to other 
yachts crossing the line at the proper time. 
Race-off for the day will be signalled by 
code flag “H.” 
All yachts in regular classes must file 1913 
measurement certificates. 
All one-design and restricted classes must 
comply with Section 2, Rule 7, of the Racing 
Rules of the Yacht Racing Association of Long 
Island Sound. 
(No one-design or restricted class will be 
timed unless class rules are filed with the re¬ 
gatta committee, or the secretary of the Yacht 
Racing Association.) 
No protest of any kind will be considered 
unless made in writing and given to the race 
committee prior to noon of June 9. 
If two or more yachts start in a class, a 
first prize will be awarded. If four or more, a 
second prize, and six or more a third prize will 
be awarded. No sail-over prizes will be given. 
The rules of the Yacht Racing Association 
of Long Island Sound will govern, except where 
otherwise specified. 
Entries must be received by the chairman of 
the race committee at the Forty-second street 
Building, New York city, before 4 p. m., June 6 . 
(Telephone 6347 Murray Hill.) 
No special classes will be arranged on the 
day of the race. If owners of two or more 
yachts not provided for wish to arrange a spe¬ 
cial match, arrangements must be made at least 
