June 14, 1913 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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Southern Y. C.’s 64th Annual Regatta* 
International Champion Machine Sloop Massa¬ 
chusetts Defeated on Lake Pontchartraiii 
Course, New Orleans. 
BY OUR STAFF CORRESPONDENT. 
Sailing in a wind more suited to rowboats 
than to “white wings,” Commodore S. F. Hea- 
slip’s machine sloop Stranger turned all the dope 
topsy-turvey Saturday, May 3 i> defeating the 
international champion Massachusetts by 3m. 363. 
over the triangular course of the Southern Y. C. 
on Lake Pontchartrain, near New Orleans. The 
Southern champion Seawanhaka, Captain Eddie 
^Montgomery, was a poor third, im. 21s. corrected 
time behind Massachusetts, while Captain "Peter” 
Cooke’s Kathryn I. finished almost in the dark, 
4111. 48s. back of Seawanhaka. Senorita, Captain 
Olsen’s racer, did not complete the course with¬ 
in time limit. 
The occasion was the sixty-fourth annual 
regatta of the Southern Y. C., second in point 
of years of all the yachting organizations in 
the New World, the New York Y. C. alone ex¬ 
ceeding it in age. The day marked also the 
formal opening of the yachting season in New 
Orleans waters. Minor races and "tuning ups” 
have been held on previous Saturdays, but this 
was the first official meeting. 
The crowd was large, gayly dressed, and 
finely boated, which is to say that about 100 
boats, filled with spectators, the chivalry and 
leauty of New Orleans, were present. Boats 
of every description, from palatial motor yachts 
to humble catboats and even rowboats, dotted 
the waters alongside and in front of the club 
house on Lake Pontchartrain (West End). The 
United States revenue cutter Winona, stationed 
at Mobile, came up Friday moring and anchored 
off the club house, while a number of Govern¬ 
ment motor launches, manned by marines, buzzed 
about the course, keeping it clear for the grace¬ 
ful racers. Beautiful steam, motor and sailing 
yachts floated majestically on the lake, while 
from their decks vari-colored crowds watched 
the contest. The Conservation Commission’s 
luxurious yacht Daisy, bearing the commissioners 
^I. L. Alexander, Edgar T. Lcche and J. A. 
Dayries, with a party of friends, led the pleasure 
fleet, in which were noted Wendy, Kalolah, Sea¬ 
weed and Glendower, each carrying large parties 
of pleasure seekers. The absence of Semper 
Idem, a palatial motor yacht, once leader of the 
fleet here, but now in Central American waters, 
was remarked by most of the rocking chair 
squadron. Those tried and true dry land sailors 
and highball steerers, however, soon forgot all 
other questions in trying to figure out just how 
Stranger, practically a dark horse in the race, 
got away with first place so handily. 
With the preparatory gun, at 2:30 in the 
afternoon, the wind seemed to die down, and 
even when 5 o’clock came, the usual breeze 
failed to materialize, and only a trifling six-knot 
wind, dying down much of the time to perfect 
calm, helped the racers home. At that some of 
them did not get home at all until after the 
closing gun. 
The prettiest race was reserved for the last 
■—prettiest, that is to say, from the viewpoint of 
the sailor. This was among the dories, where 
only ability at the helm counts. Squab, St. John 
and Sprite broke about even as they swam across 
the line in this event, but Squab soon ups^t the 
beans as did Stranger in the machine sloop event 
and beat St. John, the favorite, handily. The 
race was finely run; in fact, it is difficult to see 
how the little boats could have been handled 
better in the prevailing low wind, and held the 
interest of the crowd even better tlian did the 
races of the larger boats. 
The finishes were straggling. As has been 
said, Senorita failed to finish in Class A and 
was called in. In Class B both Agnes and Alba¬ 
tross failed to finish before dark, and were 
called in, as were also all the boats in Classes 
C and E. Thistle and Alga failed to finish their 
race, and so did Shinner, Rascal and Juanita. 
Sea Wolf finished under pressure, making 
the twelve miles of its course in ih. 30m. 54s. 
Mohawk and Schemer, open sloops of Class F, 
failed to finish within time and were called in. 
In the little catboat race all entries finished ex¬ 
cept Mildred, which withdrew after the first 
round. 
In the cabin sloops Chewink withdrew, leav¬ 
ing the race a walkover for Cadillac. The sum¬ 
mary : 
1st 2d 3d 
Start. Round. Round. Round. 
Senorita . 2 I.S 5'-' 4 02 00 6 09 45 *. 
Massachusetts .... 2 4(5 00 3 53 18 5 13 45 7 22 51 
Stranger . 2 4i) 05 3 59 29 5 32 13 7 20 47 
Seawanhaka 2 40, 10 3 57 09 5 18 20 7 25 15 
Kathryn 1. 2 40 22 4 17 55 5 34 50 7 30 03 
Cabin Sloops. 
Agnes . 2 51 50 4 17 55 6 51 50 *. 
Albatross . 2 51 50 5 31 10 *. 
Chewink . 2 58 16 4 10 99 Withdrew. 
Cadillac . 2 59 41 4 01 19 5 21 43 7 22 55 
Thistle .'. 2 58 16 4 49 39 *. 
Alga . 2 59 31 4 57 11 *. 
Knockabouts. 
Sinner . 3 00 35 4 38 45 *. 
Rascal . 3 00 37 4 38 45 *. 
Juanita . 3 02 47 4 53 57 *. 
Catboats Over 21.5 Feet. 
Sea Wolf . 3 05 51 3 48 32 4 36 45 . 
Open Sloop. 
Mohawk . 3 07 07 5 00 21 * . 
Schemer. 3 07 29 5 19 45 *. 
Catboats Under 21.5 Feet. 
Eros . 3 05 2 3 59 50 3 12 32 . 
Demon . 3 05 35 3 47 30 4 31 15 . 
Seminole . 3 06 05 4 02 30 5 27 47 . 
Chiquita . 3 06 25 4 09 30 5 45 15 . 
Gwawis . 3 06 07 3 53 18 4 45 36 . 
Mildred . 3 06 42 4 27 31 Withdrew. 
Lida May . 3 06 12 3 49 57 4 40 28 . 
Scamp. 3 14 21 4 12 48 5 43 09 . 
Dories. 
Squab . 3 10 22 3 54 17 4 52 00 . 
St. John . 3 10 29 3 55 20 4 54 26 . 
Sprite . 3 11 59 3 59 09 5 03 06 . 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Massachusetts . 4 46 51 4 37 51 
Stranger . 4 34 42 4 34 15 
Seawanhaka . 4 39 10 4 39 12 
Kathrvn 1. 4 45 41 4 43 56 
Cadillac . 4 23 00 4 32 51 
Sea V\ olf . 1 30 54 . 
Eros . 2 07 10 2 12 32 
Demon . 1 25 45 1 25 14 
Seminole . 2 21 45 2 21 09 
(iwawis . 1 39 24 1 44 11 
Lida May . 1 34 16 1 37 54 
Chiquita ... 2 38 50 2 37 37 
Scamp . 2 28 48 2 37 31 
.Squad . 1 41 38 . 
■St. John . 1 43 57 . 
It was generally agreed that Captain James 
Rainey, who sailed Stranger, is a sailorman who 
has come into much honor in his own country, 
for any other handling than that which he gave 
the “India rubber boat” would have resulted in 
a decisive defeat for her. As it stands, no one 
understands how the champion Massachusetts 
came to be beaten, the more especially as Law¬ 
rence Heaslip, some noted as a skipper in this 
neck o’ the woods, was steering her. 
*Called off. 
CROSSING STARTING LINE. 
Senorita leading, Massachusetts second. Stranger (winner) third. 
