July 20, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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Eastern Y. C. Cruise. 
For the third successive year the cruise of 
the Eastern Y. C. fleet ended in a tow home, 
for there was no wind in Frenchman’s Bay at 
Bar Harbor, Me., to-day. To-night prizes were 
awarded by Commodore Paine to the yachts 
making the best corrected time in the five di¬ 
visions in the five races of the cruise. Winners 
were:. First division, schooners, Irolita, owned 
and sailed by E. Walter Clark, of Philadelphia: 
second division schooners, Taormina, owned 
and sailed by William S. Eaton, of Boston: 
third division schooners, Vagrant, owned and 
sailed by Harold S. Vanderbilt, of New York. 
First division sloops, Avenger, owned and 
sailed by Harry S. Maxwell, of New York; sec¬ 
ond division sloops, Dorello, owned and sailed 
by W. B. Henry, of Philadelphia, with the fleet 
by invitation. The dispute over a foul between 
Irolita and Elena at the start of Wednesday’s 
race off Swan’s Island was settled, the commit¬ 
tee finding Elena in error and upheld the pro¬ 
test of Irolita. 
Hingham Y. C. 
Hingham, July 13.—In a southwest breeze 
over an 8-mile course, six of the one-design 
15-footers belonging to members of the Hing¬ 
ham Y. C., held a race off Crow Point this 
afternoon. 
It was a struggle for first place between 
Polly Wog and Mischief, with the former win¬ 
ning by 20s. The summary: 
Elapsed. Elapsed. 
Polly Wog . 2 45 00 Pirate . 2 48 10 
Mischief . 2 45 20 Possum . .•. 2 49 00 
Usonia II. 2 47 00 Marwinder . 2 49 30 
Quincy Y. C. 
Quincy, July 13 . —The Quincy Y. C. held a 
race for boats in Class B this afternoon off its 
club house at Hough’s Neck. The summary: 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Yarita . 1 02 28 1 01 3G 
Plaris . 1 06 57 1 05 58 
Alpha .'. 1 09 42 1 08 27 
Pioneer . 1 14 47 1 13 52 
Rutland . 1 19 30 1 18 35 
Duxbury Y. C. 
Duxbury, July 13. — The Duxbury Y. C. 
sailed its weekly race to-day. L. B. Good- 
speed’s Again won very easily. The summary: 
Elapsed. 
Again . 2 17 25 
Croaton . 2 24 14 
Elapsed. 
Aspinquid II. 2 33 52 
Toledo Y. C. 
Last Saturday, Old Sam, Commodore Rich¬ 
ardson’s boat, won the second heat for the Taft 
cup in the fourth annual race over the Maumee 
Bay course. Bones, Commodore Walter F. 
Brown’s yacht, was second, and Ethel, owned 
by Dr. F. A. Aldrich, of the Detroit Y. C., was 
third. 
Stamford Y. C. 
The second round of the tournament race 
for Stamford Y. C. one-design boats was sailed 
last Saturday. Snapper sailed against Kelpie, 
Killie sailed against Curlew and Kelpie and Cur¬ 
lew won. 
Sales and Charters. 
The Hollis Burgess Yacht Agency has sold 
the 35-foot waterline yawl Syren, owned by 
Russell Gardner, of the Cottage Park Y. C., 
Winthrop, Mass., to Judge Stanley M. Bolster, 
of Boston; and the 40-foot motor boat La 
Reine, owned by E. A. Studley, of Portland, 
Me., to Herbert M. Plimpton, of Norwood, 
Mass. 
The same agency has chartered the 55-foot 
motor boat Totem, owned by Capt. Kimball, of 
Boston, to William Cameron Forbes, Governor 
of the Philippine Islands, who will use her at 
Nashawena Island, Buzzard’s Bay, during his 
vacation there this summer. 
Rockland Light Race. 
Ten motor boats finished the fifty-mile race 
of the Hudson River Motor Boat Club to Rock¬ 
land Light and return before sundown last Sun¬ 
day night. The winner of the cabin cruiser class, 
sent away at 10:30 a. m., was S. H. Soeldner’s 
Alfred S., with an allowance of 2I1. 51s. from 
the scratch boat, Mesaba. The elapsed time of 
Alfred S. was sh. 56m., and her corrected time 
3h. 25m. 9s. She defeated the second boat, C. R. 
Butler’s Spindrift, by 53m. 16s. H. B. Free¬ 
man’s Marinette was third and W. Israel’s Sylve- 
mort fourth. Gray Hare, belonging to A. Haas, 
was the winner in the open boat class. She won 
from Annadora by ill. 8m. 32s. The summary: 
Cabin Cruisers—Start, 10:30—Course, 50 Miles. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Alfred S. 3 56 00 5 26 00 
Spindrift . 2 58 06 4 28 06 
Marinette . 3 31 55 5 01 55 
Sylvemort . 4 50 51 6 20 51 
Mesaba . 4 20 22 5 50 22 
Lillian II. 5 06 06 6 36 06 
Twin Kid . 6 12 53 7 42 53 
Corrected times: Alfred S., 3.25.09; Spindrift, 4.18.25; 
Marinette, 4.38.57; Sylvemort, 4.54.46; Mesaba, 5.20.22; 
Lillian II., 6.19.44; Twin Kid, 6.32.14. 
Open Boats—Start, 10:20—Course, 50 Miles 
Gray Hare .. 2 12 13 3 52 13 
Annadora . 3 53 53 3 33 53 
Roxanna . 2 51 23 4 31 23 
Corrected times: Gray Hare, 2.36.36; Annadora, 
3.45.08; Roxana, 4.31.23. 
The Regatta Committee timed the finishes from 
the club house at West 151st street. 
Motor Boat off for Europe. 
The 35-foot motor boat Detroit, owned by 
Commodore W. E. Scripps, of Detroit Y. C., 
and commanded by Captain Thomas Fleming 
Day, started at noon last Sunday from New 
Rochelle Harbor on the second leg of her pass¬ 
age from Detroit to St. Petersburg. 
Her next port will be Vineyard Haven, 
where, after a final supply of water is taken on 
board, the boat will go direct to Queenstown, 
thence up the English Channel, and through the 
North and Baltic seas to St. Petersburg. 
Charles C. Earle, Jr., of Boston, will assist 
Captain Day in the navigation of the boat. The 
engineers are Walter Moreton and W. New- 
stead. Detroit is equipped with a two-cylinder 
engine of 16 horsepower, that drives her seven 
knots an hour. 
She carries 1,200 gallons of gasolene in 
sven steel tanks, and provisions for ninety days. 
Each man will stand a watch of four hours, and 
no smoking will be allowed on board. A stout 
dinghy, that will carry five men and provisions, 
has been provided and all other legal marine 
requirements have been complied with. 
Detroit is modeled like a lifeboat, with 
double ends and bilge keels. She has a beam 
of ten feet, and she draws five feet of water on 
a displacement of fourteen tons. The trip to 
Queenstown will take about twenty days. 
The Chicago Power Boat Races. 
Formal entries for twenty hydroplanes and 
five displacement boats have been received to 
date, July 11, by the Associated Yacht and 
Power Boat Clubs of America, the organization 
under whose auspices the American champion¬ 
ship power boat races will be held in Chicago, 
Aug. 10-17. As the entry list does not close 
until a few days before the race it is expected 
this number will be nearly doubled, thus mak¬ 
ing the Chicago event the largest ever held in 
the history of the power boat game. 
The races in Chicago will be the most im¬ 
portant from the standpoint of prizes given, 
boats entered and features in connection with 
water sports ever held. Not only will the week 
be a great one for the powerboat men, but it 
will be one of the greatest importance for the 
windjammer, as the International yacht races 
between Canada and the United States will be 
held at the same time. 
A third big feature will be the Lipton cup 
yacht races, while other big numbers on the 
program will be the exhibitions by the naval 
reserve fleet which will be the first ever held on 
fresh water. According to present plans, this 
fleet of eight warships and six other Govern¬ 
ment boats will arrive off Chicago Thursday 
afternoon, Aug. 15. The fleet will anchor inside 
the outer breakwater, and a fleet of hydroplanes 
will be sent out to see whether it is possible 
for the speediest craft afloat to get close 
enough to warships to damage them with 
torpedoes. This will be the first test ever given 
the hydroplane from the naval standpoint and 
upon the showing made by the speedy little 
craft will depend whether the Government will 
become interested in this type of speed boat. 
There are so many big aquatic features in 
connection with the naval pageant and water 
carnival that they can only be mentioned. From 
two o’clock Saturday afternoon, Aug. 10, when 
the first race for the yachting supremacy of the 
Great Lakes begins, until Saturday night, Aug. 
17, when the last rocket of the big fireworks 
exhibition is sent hissing into the air, the week 
will be so full of events there will not be a dull 
moment in the whole program. 
At least two thousand motor boats from 
the various rivers of the Great North American 
central plain will wind up their annual cruises 
in Chicago. Especial preparations are being 
made to entertain the visiting yacht and power 
boatmen in the way of securing accommoda¬ 
tions for them and giving them all the little 
courtesies possible in return for their attend¬ 
ance on th magnificent carnival. 
The actual entries so far received are as 
follows: Disturber II. (re-named Chicago, Dis¬ 
turber III., Disturber IV., Baby Reliance III., 
Spitzbub. Leading Lady II., Peter Pan V., 
Baby VI. (the English hydroplane), Ankle 
Deep, Restless II., Minnow, Saracen, Tuttle, 
Wildcat I., Loew Victor II., Gretchen, In¬ 
truder II. Eph, Pee Vee Ho, and the Courier. 
These are all hydroplanes. Displacement boats 
entered so far are the Running Water and 
Audaciter. Other entries which have been 
promised are the Wigwam II. from Astoria, 
Ore.; Sea Rabbit, from the Cambridge Y. C., 
Cambridge, Md., and a German entry, which 
has not as yet been named. 
The United States Government, Governor 
Deneen, of the State of Illinois, and Mayor 
Harrison, of Chicago, as well as the Associa¬ 
tion of Commerce, of Chicago, and many other 
civic bodies have given the pageant their en- 
dorsation and are doing everything in their 
power to help the cause of the yachting and 
power boating game. 
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Eastern Division Meet. 
The annual meet of the Eastern Division, 
A. C. A., was held at Camp De Costa, Long 
Pond, Lakeville, Mass., June 15, 16 and 17. 
The campsite was located on the western shore 
of the pond on a wooded ridge overlooking the 
course for the races. The first day of camp, 
Saturday, was given over to pitching of camps 
and greeting of old friends of former meets. 
Saturday night all gathered in the big tent for 
a Dutch supper followed by a camp-fire with 
speeches by members of all clubs present and a 
general good time. 
Sunday, although cool and the water rough, 
many crews were out. 
On Monday the big event, the war canoe 
race, had five entries, which is more than any 
previous A. C. A. race has had. Crescent C. C., 
Lawrence C. C., Cocheco C. C., Medford B. C. 
and Dedham B. C. were represented. The re¬ 
sults follow: 
War Canoe—First, Dedham B. C.; second. 
Crescent C. C.; third, Cocheco C. C.; fourth, 
Lawrence C. C.; fifth, Medford B. C. 
Double Blade, Single—First, Riess, Swas- 
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