July i, 1911.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Crescent A. C. 
The annual regatta of the Crescent Athletic 
Club sailed last Saturday on the Lower Bay at¬ 
tracted twenty-seven yachts. It was the second 
regatta of the championship of the series for 
all classes except the Q class, and as the first 
race for that class was called off because ot 
damage done to Grayjacket and Suelew, it was 
the first for those yachts. The wind was light 
from S. by E. It held true all the afternoon, 
and the tide was flooding. The start was made 
from off the Atlantic Y. C. dock at Sea Gate. 
The committee selected courses that took the 
yachts first to Bensonlmrst and Fort Hamilton. 
The larger yachts then went to Buoy No. 24 and 
the sipaller ones to Sea Gate. They had broad 
reaches to Fort Hamilton and then windward 
work. In the Q class Soya did remarkably well 
and showed that she has been much improved 
by the addition of about 1,000 pounds of lead, 
which steadied her in the seaway. She took the 
lead at the start, and although hard pressed by 
Suelew, won the race by a safe margin. Alice 
was third. In the handicap class there was a 
new yacht, Clare, formerly Soya, and owned by 
W. C. Van Blief. The race was between Joy 
and Clare, and Joy won. As the wind was very 
light, this class finished at the end of the first 
round. Wink had an easy time in the S class. 
M. and F. led for a time, but was passed when 
on the wind by Wink, and on the second round 
by Cyric. 1 he race for the knockabouts was 
won by R. B. Moore's Scud with Skylark sec¬ 
ond, and the dinghy race was won by Aries. 
The times: 
Sloops, Class Q—12.3 Miles. 
Soya . 2 42 08 Alice . 2 53 16 
Suelew . 2 45 47 Spider . 2 53 50 
Sloops, Handicap Class—Course, 6.15 Miles. 
Joy . 1 30 45 La Cubana . 1 49 50 
Clare . 1 32 32 Careless . 1 51 01 
Miana . 1 45 50 Wakham II. 2 03 23 
Corrected times: Joy, 1.29.51; Clare, 1.32.32; Careless, 
1.39.40; La Cubana, 1.40.45; Miana, 1.42.39; Wahkan II., 
1.51.39. 
Sloops, Class S—8 Miles. 
Wink . 2 02 55 M. and F. 2 07 10 
Cyric . 2 05 52 Gunda . 2 09 46 
Sloops, Class Z—8 Miles. 
Scud . 2 12 58 Merfy Widow . 2 22 32 
Skylark . 2 17 44 Pike . 2 30 23 
Suffragette . 2 19 01 Lassie . 2 46 34 
Slow Poke . 2 19 30 Chico . d.n.f. 
Mouse . 2 21 22 
. . Sailing Dinghies—4 Miles. 
Anes . 1 15 47 Viva . 1 35 06 
North Star . 1 26 36 Meteor . 1 42 11 
Bristol Y. C. 
Wanderer VI., the Flint Brothers’ new 18- 
footer, won in her class in the regatta of the 
Bristol Y. C. last Saturday. She defeated 
Dorothy im. 34s. over a 14-mile course. The 
wind was fresh from the southwest. Grayling 
was dismasted early in the race. Little Rhody 
won in the Q class and Mblem was winner in 
the catboat class. The times: 
Class Q—Little Rhody, 2.42.49; Iseulo, 2.50.15; 
Molly, 3.11.43; Gazelle, 2.55.19. 
Division B, Class I, 18-Footers. — Wanderer, 
2.23.21; Bat, 2.27.33; Dorothy, 2.24.55; Mouse, 
2.29.50; Arrow, 2.28.04; Answer, 2.27.25. 
Class I-C—Scud, 1.29.24; Alma, 1.33.08; Imp, 
I - 37 - 2 5 ; Hobo, withdrew. 
Class D, Cats.—Mblem, 2.55.41; Clara, 2.58.42; 
Marguerite, 3.06.00. 
Class Z—Bud, 2.45.05 
Class E, Cats.-—Gilt Edge, 2.30.27; Bother, 
2.36.48; Trinket, did not finish. 
Sippican Y. C. 
1 he first of the races for sonders arranged 
by the Sippican Y. C. was sailed on Buzzard’s 
Bay last Saturday in a light wind at the start, 
but which freshened to an ideal southwester be¬ 
fore the first mark was reached. 
Sally VIII. lost on the first run by going too 
close to shore, but by skillful handling finished 
a winner. I he course to Abials Ledge Buoy and 
return gave a good run on the home stretch. 
Picotee withdrew near the last turn, being a bad 
third. 
Joyette, former champion, led to the outer 
mark, but was passed by Sally going to wind¬ 
ward, and the race to the finish was close. The 
times: Sally VIII., 1.54.10; Joyette, 1.54.20; 
Picotte, withdrew. 
Quincy Y. C. 
In the regatta of the Quincy Y. C. last Satur¬ 
day the catboat Mudjekeewis won handily. The 
boats were sent over a course of eight miles. 
The wind was light and ranged from east to 
southeast, with a constant fluctuation, which gave 
the boats a reach, beat and run on the first leg 
and a reach, beat and reach on the second run. 
Mudjekeewis finished first with a lead of 
nearly two and a half minutes ahead of Arawak, 
but time allowance reduced this lead to 56 sec¬ 
onds, while Arawak, the second boat to finish, 
dropped to third place on the time allowance 
figuring. The boats of Class B had the same 
course as the Cape catboats, but went only once 
around. Anemone won handily with a lead of 
nearly 10 minutes. The times: 
Class D — Mudjekeewis, 1.32.13; Busy Bee, 
1-33-09; Arawak, 1.33.44; Dartwell, 1 - 35 - 3 - 2 ; Doily 
III., 1.36.18; Hush, 1.36.40; Iris, 1 37-29; Emeline, 
i - 3 8 -S 5 - 
Class B—Anemone, 0.59.39; Alpha, 1.09.09; 
Niji, 1.10.40; Rutland, 1.13.11; Yarita, 1.22.01; 
Polaris, not measured. 
Canarsie Y. C. 
The first race of the Carnasie Y. C. was sailed 
last Saturday on Jamaica Bay in a light wind 
from S. W. The feature of the racing was the 
excellent time made by the open catboat Boozie 
that covered the course in faster time than did 
any other yacht in the regatta. Boozie won in 
her class. 
Ida had a sailover in the cabin sloop division 
and Zephyr won among the cabin catboats. 
Tuscarora was the first of the cabin cruisers to 
be timed and Myra led home the cabin launches. 
Grace had a sailover in the open launch class. 
Martin Plague managed the regatta. The sum¬ 
mary: 
Cabin Catboats—Ida, 135.38; Zephyr, 1 . 17 - 35 ; 
Sinbad, 1.29.38: Kate and Clara May withdrew. 
Open Catboats—Boozie, 1.13.40; Nono, 
1.21.38. 
Cruising Power Boats—Tuscarora, 0.36.30. 
Cabin Launches—Myra, 0.44.44; Elizabeth, 
0.4900. 
Open Launches—Grace D., 0.43.50. 
The Schooner Waterwitch. 
British yachtsmen should be very glad that 
Mr. Cecil Whitaker has built Waterwitch, says 
the London Field in a recent issue. We are 
sure if she is successful, German sportsmen will 
not grudge her victory. For many years German- 
owned or German-built schooners have carried 
all before them at Cowes. Only in the season 
of Ingomar’s visit, 1904. and Westward’s of 1910 
has the supremacy of the German vessels been 
challenged, and we should have to go back to 
the seasons of 1902 or 1903, when Cecil Quentin 
had Cicely, to find any record of marked success 
of a British schooner at Kiel. Indeed, Germany 
for a new yachting nation has accomplished great 
things in schooner racing. Turn to the records 
of the King’s cup, and the annals of the trophy, 
as we have said, mark the history of yacht rac¬ 
ing. King Edward gave twenty-one cups in the 
course of his reign; only two were won by 
schooners. Both were won by that most keen 
supporter of yacht racing, the German Emperor, 
with an American-built schooner, Meteor, in 1903 
and 1907. 
No British schooner has had her name in¬ 
scribed on the rolls of the King’s cup or the 
Queen’s cup winners for twenty years, the last 
being Lord Iveagh's old 157 ton schooner 
Cetonia, which won the Queen’s cup in 1891. 
Last year Cicely competed for the King’s cup 
at Cowes. If the race had been on the No. 5 
scale of the International Lfnion, Cicely would 
have allowed Lord Dunraven's ketch yacht 
Cariad 14m. 6s. It was a handicap and thus 
Cicely was penalized to allow the ketch 29m. 46s. 
After a hard day’s reaching and a jumpy turn 
to windward down the West Channel, Cicelv was 
only 11m. 51s. ahead of Lord Dunraven’s ketch, 
so the latter won the cup and the full honor of 
the day’s sport. As the ketch Cariad was built 
in 1903 and the schooner Cicely in 1902, this does 
not look as if the schooner was a flier in a strong 
breeze, although in her day it is well known she 
was very fast in light winds. Indeed, generally 
British schooners of recent years have not ac¬ 
complished the feats which were attributed to 
Egeria, Australia, Guinevere, Gwendoline, Panto¬ 
mime, Sea Belle and Miranda in the seasons of 
thirty to forty years ago, and yachtsmen hope 
that the new Waterwitch will restore the prestige 
of British schooners. 
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