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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[July 29, 1911. 
Yachting Fixtures. 
JULY. 
29. Indian Harbor Y. C., annual. 
29. Atlantic Y. C., fifth championship, G. B. Y. R. A. 
29. Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., ladies’ day. 
29. Bristol Y. C., ocean race. 
29. Squantum Y. C., Y. R. A. 
31. Edgewood Y. C., interstate knockabout series. 
31. American Y. C., Newburyport, Y. R. A. 
AUGUST. 
1-3. Edgewood Y. C.. interstate knockabout series. 
3. New York Y. C., cruise, Glen Cove. 
3. Fall River Y. C. 
4. New York Y. C., to Morris Cove. 
5. New York Y. C., to New London. 
6 . Horseshoe Harbor Y. C., annual. 
5. Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., 15-footers.- 
5. Corinthian Y. C. of Stamford, annual. 
5. Marine and Field, sixth championship, G.B.Y.R.A. 
5. Edgewood Y. C., open. 
5. Lynn Y. C., Bass Point, Y. R. A. 
5-13. New Rochelle Y. C., cruise. 
6 . New York Y. C., at New London. 
6 . Lynn Y. C., open run to Marblehead. 
6 . New York Y. C., sound cups, Huntington. 
7. New York Y. C., to Fort Pond Bay. 
7. New York Y. C., Pluntington cups. 
7. Eastern Y. C., special open. 
7. Edgewood Y. C., special. 
8 . New York Y. C., to New Bedford. 
8 . New York Y.C.annual and Bennett cups, Huntington. 
8 . Conanicut Y. C., open. 
8 . Boston Y. C., Y. R. A., Marblehead. 
9. New York Y. C. to Newport. 
9. Corinthian Y. C., Marblehead, midsummer series. 
10. New York Y. C., Astor cups, Newport. 
10. Fall River Y. C., open. 
10. Corinthian Y. C., Marblehead, midsummer series. 
11. New York Y. C., King’s cup, Newport. 
11. Rhode Island Y. C., open. 
11. Corinthian Y. C., Marblehead, midsummer series. 
12. New York Y. C., cruise disbands, Newport. 
12. Huguenot Y. C., annual. 
12. Bridgeport Y. C., annual. 
12. Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., 15-footers. 
12. Brooklyn Y. C., seventh championship, G. B. Y. R. A. 
12. Bristol Y. C., open. 
12. Corinthian Y. C., Marblehead, open. 
17. Gloucester Y. C., Y. R. A. 
19. Stamford Y. C., annual. 
19. Atlantic Y. C., eighth championship G. B. Y. R. A. 
19. Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., 15-footers. « 
19. Edgewood Y. C., special. : v ' A 
19. Winthrop Y. C., open. - ! ■ C 
19. Taunton Y. C., special. 
21- 26. Interbay catboats, Hull. 
21 ■ 26. Quincy cup series. 
22- 24. Atlantic Y. C., race week. 
22.-24. Crescent A. C., Lipton cup. 
24. Fall River Y. C., handicap. 
26. New Rochelle Y. C., special. 
26. Northport Y. C., annual. 
26. Bensonhurst Y. C., ninth championship G. B.Y.R.A. 
26. Rhode Island Y. C., ocean race. 
26. Quincy Y. C., Y. R. A. 
28. Hingham Y. C., Y. R. A. 
29. Boston Y. C., midsummer series, Y. R. A. 
30. Boston Y. C., midsummer series, Y. R. A. 
31. Boston Y. C., Hull, catboat championship. 
Some News and a Little Gossip. 
The annual cruise of the New York Y. C. 
will begin next Thursday. The fleet will ren¬ 
dezvous at Glen Cove and on Friday morning 
start to cruise to the east. The runs will be to 
Morris Cove, New London, Fort Pond Bay, Bed¬ 
ford and Newport, off which port the races for 
the Astor and King’s cups will be sailed. On 
Friday, Aug. 11, King cup day, the Atlantic and 
Garima will start on the race for the Brenton’s 
Reef cup, and it is expected that they wiil finish 
some time the next day. 
The most attractive part of the cruise this year 
will be the racing between the schooners E’ena 
and Westward. Westward will he managed by 
former Commodore E. D. Morgan who handled 
Columbia when that yacht defeated Shamrock 
II. Elena was built'this year by Herreshoff 
for Morton F. Plant and is built to fit the Amer¬ 
ican rule of measurement. She draws 17 feet 
and in addition has a centerboard. Westward 
was built for the European rule. She is a keel 
craft drawing 17 feet and has no centerboard. 
These two schooners with the exception of 
F.lena having a centerboard are a’most the same 
in model. Elena is somewhat lighter in con¬ 
struction. They spread about the same amount 
of canvas so the real test will be to see if in 
boats of this size the centerboard is of any 
material advantage. They will be watched most 
carefully on all points of sailing and the times 
scanned to see where one has an advantage 
over the other. 
The scenes at Larchmont last week were most 
pleasing. The fleet of pleasure craft gathered 
in that harbor was larger than has been seen 
in many a year. In addition to the racing boats 
there were as many more good big cruising 
craft and commodores were so numerous that 
it was always better to use a title when in doubt. 
It was ideal summer weather, just the kind that 
helps to make pretty pictures, but not the kind 
for yacht racing when a blow and a sea help 
to make things lively. From the committee 
boats the scene was always most attractive. At 
the start the big fleet would circle about the 
mark boat waiting for signals, and then when 
the signals were made they would start off one 
class after another. It always took more than 
an hour to send the yachts away, and by the 
time the last had crossed the line, the first were 
getting home on the first round. And so it 
would go on. Usually for about four hours 
there was one constant procession of yachts 
sailing by the committee. 
It has been suggested that these big regattas 
are getting unwieldy. So many yachts on the 
course hurt good racing. The big boats bother 
the little ones, and it is only the skill of the 
sailors that keep many from being run down. 
It might be better now for the committee to 
consider the advisability of racing certain classes 
one day and others the next. By this means all 
would have plenty of racing, but the waters 
would not be so crowded and the racers would 
have better opportunities of sailing at their best. 
No decision has yet been made oil the meas¬ 
urement of the 31-raters that sailed for the Man- 
hasset Bay challenge cup. The suggestion has 
been made that the matter be referred to the 
executive committee of the Long Island Sound 
Association. It would be hardly fair to dis¬ 
qualify a boat or boats for errors which have 
been made ever since the new rule of measure¬ 
ment was adopted and which have been increas¬ 
ing each year. The committees have been at 
fault for not calling a halt earlier. All admit 
that the reverse curves enable a designer to 
take an advantage which the rule intended shou'd 
not be taken, and the general opinion in that a 
meeting of tbe Atlantic Coast Conference should 
he called next winter, and the rule reframed so 
that these big yachts that really belong to larger 
classes should be eliminated. 
Perhaps if over-all length was made a factor 
in the rule, it would work well, and if a larger 
tax were put on sail area, it would help to keep 
the racing yachts within normal bounds. The 
action of the committee is awaited with much 
interest. 
New York Canoe Club. 
As several of the Gravesend Bay yachts were 
racing on the Sound last week there were only 
ten entries in the regatta of the New York C. 
C. The wind was fresh from N. W. Soya made 
a poor start. She got away too soon and was 
late in getting away again. Grayjacket, too. 
was too soon, but she quickly returned and 
crossed again. Spider won the race by im. and 
Gravjacket was second. The times: 
Sloops, Class Q—12 Miles. 
Spider.1 50 00 Alice .. 1 51 -7 
Grayjacket . 1 51 00 Soya .. 1 59 30 
Gravesend Bay Knockabouts, 8 Miles. 
Suffragette . 1 29 20 Banshee.1 44 13 
New York C. C. Dinghies—4 Miles. 
North Star .1 04 12 Skeets . ... 1 08 35 
Viva . 1 03 20 Aries .Disqualified 
Larchmont Y. C. 
The race week of the Larchmont Y. C., which 
closed last Saturday, was the most successful in 
the history of that club. During the week six 
regattas were he.d, and in those regattas the 
total number of starters was 744. The largest 
number on one day was 136 on Wednesday, and 
during the week 166 different yachts took part 
in the races. This is a iarger fleet than ever 
took part in one series of races arranged by any 
club in this country. At Marblehead three years 
ago the Corinthian Y. C. started 144 yachts in 
one day. Their yachts, however, are mostly small 
ones, and the majority of them are old and have 
seen their best days. At Larchmont there were 
three schooners, five sloops over 31 feet rating, 
six of the P class, three of the Q class, thirteen' 
of the 30-footers, twenty-seven of the handicap 
classes exceeding twenty feet in length, and sev¬ 
eral different classes of yachts each rating about 
twenty. I here were omy a few dories and bugs, 
so that the average size was a fair one. 
Unfortunately the weather was not of the best. 
The winds were mostly light and did not hold 
true. Sound weather this season has been very 
poor, and yachtsmen have had few opportunities 
to test their yachts thoroughly. What is most 
pleasing about Larchmont is that with the ex¬ 
ception of the schooners the yachts are sailed 
by amateurs, and there were probably about 700 
young men in the fleet all enthusiastic. There 
were many young girls, too, and they showed 
considerable skill sailing their small boats. 
The races were well managed by the commit¬ 
tee, Horace E. Boucher, Butler Whiting and A. 
Rutledge Schmidt. After the races were over 
there were entertainments in the club house. 
One day, Tuesday, was given up to water 
sports and a Venetian fete, when the annual ball 
was heid. 
O. \ J. V I\L/C\ I 
J ^ ^ 1 1U. 
One hundred and sixteen yachts started in 
the opening regatta of Larchmont race week 
last Saturday. They sailed triangular courses 
m a light S. W. wind, which strengthened dur¬ 
ing the afternoon. The times : 
Schooners, Classes E and F—19% Miles. 
Miladi . 2 59 07 Simitar . 3 10 36 
Eclipse . 3 16 14 
Corrected times: Miladi, 2.51.22; Simitar, 3.01.36; 
Eclipse, 3.16.14. 
Sloops, Classes L and M—19% Miles. 
Avenger . 3 34 58 Gardenia . 2 53 13 
Corrected times: Avenger, 2.34.58; Gardenia. 2.40.36. 
Sloops, Class P—19% Miles. 
Joyant . 2 56 24 Windward . 3 OS 00 
Corinthian . 3 08 30 Sayonara . 3 02 02 
30-Footers—19% Miles. 
Caprice . 3 11 22 
Rowdy . 3 09 59 
Asthore . 3 20 12 
Nautilus . 3 18 00 
Nepsi . 3 12 26 
Phryne . 3 14 30 
Sloops, Class 
Princess . 1 46 21 
More Toy . 1 49 11 
Handicap, First Division- 
Interim . 1 45 04 Sally 
Alert . 1 46 46 
Corrected times: Interim, 1.43.29 
IX., 1.46.32. 
Alera . 3 10 20 
Juanita . 3 13 01 
Ibis . 3 11 00 
Carmelita . 3 20 50 
Dahinda . 3 21 32 
Carmelita . 3 13 OS 
G—19% Miles. 
Sueiew . 1 49 19 
■ 10 % Miles. 
IX . 1 51 36 
Alert. 1.46.26; Sally 
Handicap Class, Second Division—10% Miles. 
Scud . 1 51 27 Quest . 1 50 59 
Fearless . 1 54 07 Naiad . 1 56 52 
Mist . 1 54 22 Red Wing . 1 53 00 
Corrected times: Scud, 1.48.41; Mist, 1.50.30; Quest, 
1.50.59; Red Wing, 1.51.53; Naiad, 1.53.32; Fearless, 1.55.34. 
Gravesend Bay Handicap Class—10% Miles. 
Miana . 1 59 56 Joy . 1 55 46 
Essex . 2 07 24 La Cubana . 2 03 OS 
Clare . 1 54 48 
Corrected times: La Cubana, 1.52.00; Miana, 1.56.03; 
Joy. 1.54.19; Clare. 1.54.28; Essex, 1.51.22. 
Handicap Class, Third Division—10% Miles. 
Chinook . 1 58 29 Natoma . 2 04 32 
Rascal TII. 1 56 08 Amanita IV . 2 00 13 
Busy Bee . 1 55 29 Jolly Roger ..2 00 55 
Corrected times: Busy Bee, 1.52.01; Amanita, 1.53.14; 
Rascal III.. 1.56.08; Chinook, 1.56.45; Jolly Roger, 1.57.27; 
Natoma, 2.00.29. 
Handicap Class, Fourth Division — 10% Miles. 
Grace IT. 2 17 43 Kenosha . 2 02 24 
Robin Hood . 0 16 06 
Corrected times: Kenosha, 2.00,34; Robin Hood, 2.09.59; 
Grace II., 2.09.36. 
Interclub Class—10% Miles. 
Wild Thyme . 1 56 59 Como - 
Salas . 1 55 46 Le Cygne 
Festina . 1 54 12 Lewanna . 
Babette . 1 58 43 Hamburg 
Yukan . 1 59 19 
II 
1 57 
05 06 
04 OS 
02 41 
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