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[Aug. 26, 1911. 
or for sprint racing. Our legs were badly 
cramped, but except for this, we were all right. 
“From the Azores to Gibraltar we had light 
winds and smooth seas and our best day’s run 
was 120 miles. From Gibraltar we went to 
Naples and thence to Rome. We went up the 
Tiber under our own power, making headway 
against a strong current.” 
Gulf Yachting. 
New Orleans, Aug. 18. —Captain Barr, of the 
Southern Y. C., is trying to arrange a novel race 
in open dory sloops, the boats to be managed 
exclusively by women. It is said that the 
Misses Stead, of Biloxi, and Miss Hazel Fair- 
child, of New Orleans, are willing to enter the 
contest which will take place at West End on 
Lake Pontchartrain. It is believed the race 
will attract considerable attention. The young 
ladies mentioned are enthusiastic yachtswomen 
and know a great deal about sailing boats. 
There are those, however, who are doubtful 
about a sufficient number of ladies being secured 
for the manning of two or three boats. The 
Southern Y. C. is making preparations for an 
extended regatta in the next ten days or two 
weeks at West End. 
Pacific Coast. 
San Francisco, Aug. 16.—The fourth annual 
race of the Corinthian Y. C. from San Fran¬ 
cisco to Santa Cruz is now a matter of history, 
and the unqualified success of the event is such 
that this race will no doubt receive even greater 
attention in the future. Sixteen yachts made the 
start from Harbor View on the night of Aug. 6, 
and all but two or three finished the race. T lie 
yacht Moonsoon found the weather too rough 
at the bar and turned back, and Manuwai did 
not start until late, making no pretense of be¬ 
ing in the race. 
The start was made at ten o’clock and a fair 
breeze was experienced all the way down the 
coast, enabling the race to be completed in good 
time. Most of the yachts kept in close to the 
shore, and the skippers who followed this pol¬ 
icy piloted their craft to first places in the race, 
better weather being experienced here than out 
to sea. Under orders from the Navy Depart¬ 
ment the revenue cutter Golden Gate accom¬ 
panied the racers on the run and lent an air 
of safety that was largely responsible for the 
number of yachts entered. The boats were di¬ 
vided into five classes, as follows: Class I 
(sloops 36 feet and over), Fulton G., Yankee 
and Sappho; Class II (sloops 30 to 36 feet), 
Thistle, Albert, Harpoon, Thelma, Meteor and 
Emma: Class III (sloops 25 to 30 feet), Mon¬ 
soon; Class IV (special yawl class); Iola; Class 
V (special schooner class), Lady Ada, Sweet¬ 
heart, Marian and Chispa. The schooner 
Marian, owned by Ed. Van Bergen, made the 
best time for the course and won the cup that 
seemed to be the most prized. Winners in the 
various classes were Yankee, Thistle, lola and 
Lady Ada. Monsoon gave up the race shortly 
after the start. 
Marian presented a pretty picture as she 
crossed the line a winner at 10:12 o'clock and 
just thirteen minutes later Yankee made her ap¬ 
pearance at the finish. This yacht sailed a beau¬ 
tiful race, being the last to leave Harber View 
and passing every craft but one on the way 
down. When the corrected time was figured 
out it was found that this yacht lost to Marian 
by the narrow margin of im. 40s. in a race that 
consumed twelve hours. Emma and Meteor 
did not arrive until afternoon. 
On Monday a 15-mile handicap race was 
sailed on the Bay of Monterey, and first honors 
were annexed in this for the second time by 
Meteor, sailed by Commodore Hogg. A series 
of races and entertainments will be held all 
week at Santa Cruz, and not until these are at 
an end will the visiting yachtsmen sail for home. 
The committee named by the Corinthian Y. 
C. to make the selection of a yacht to defend 
the San Francisco perpetual challenge cup has 
selected the sloop Presto, and that craft is now 
being prepared for the race. The yacht was re¬ 
cently measured under the universal rule and 
her racing length is given as 29 feet. Chal¬ 
lenger, which will represent the San Francisco 
Y. C., measures 27.48 feet. While the matter of 
a date has not yet been decided, it is believed 
that the event will be- held on Aug. 19. 
Class P Yachts Records. 
The best racing of the season has been in 
Class P. Both in New York and Eastern 
waters this class has been a most attractive one, 
and in the meeting of the boats from these two 
sections the New Yorkers have won. Up to 
date the racing of the Eastern yachts has been 
very close, and according to the Boston Globe 
the records to date are as follows: 
Class P, the 31-raters, have had up to date a 
very interesting racing season with none of the 
five boats showing any decided superiority over 
the others. In light airs it is true that it has 
been very hard for Italia, Amoret, Sayonara 
and Wianno to beat Timandra, yet such has 
been accomplished. 
On all the races sailed up to date, Italia has 
best average, but the various championships 
that these boats take part in the leadership at 
present is divided among Amoret, Italia and 
Timandra. 
Timandra, a 1909 boat, has a lead of 84.17 
over Italia in the Lipton cup contest. As there 
are to be sailed six more races that count to¬ 
ward this championship, Italia, Amoret and 
Sayonara all stand a show of winning. These 
races are as follows: Boston Y. C., at Hull, 
Friday, Aug. 25; Quincy Y. C., Saturday, Aug. 
26; Boston Y. C., at Hull, Tuesday and Wed¬ 
nesday, Aug. 23 and 30, and the open races of 
one Corinthian Y. C., Sept. 2 and 9. The 
standing for the Lipton cup follows: 
Race. 
Start¬ 
ers. 
Amoret. 
Italia. 
Sayonara. 
Timan¬ 
dra. 
Wianno. 
May 30. 
? 
1000 
500 
June 3. 
*> 
1000 
500 
June 17, 
..4 
250 
750 
1000 
500 
July 1.. 
. 5 
400 
1000 
sdo 
600 
400 
Tuly 4.. 
2 
1000 
500 
Aug. 5. 
. 4 
1000 
750 
250 
500 
Aug. 9., 
, 5 
800 
1000 
600 
400 
200 
Aug. 10.. 
, 4 
250 
500 
750 
1000 
Aug. 10.. 
. 4 
500 
250 
1000 
750 
Aug. 11.. 
. 4 
500 
750 
250 
1000 
Aug. 11.. 
. 5 
400 
1000 
800 
600 
200 
Aug. 12.. 
5 
1000 
200 
600 
800 
400 
Totals 
. .7100 
S200 
5050 
6150 
2700 
Percentages 
: Timandra. 767. 
5; Italia, 
683.33; 
Amoret, 
645 45; Sayonara, 631.25; 
Wianno, 357.15. 
In the race for the Y. R. A. of M. champion¬ 
ship pennant, C. B. and H. S. Wheelock’s 
Amoret, the champion of last season, has a 
clear lead, and again George Lee’s Italia is in 
second place. Up to date only five races have 
been sailed for this championship, leaving the 
four races on Hingham Bay to complete the 
season’s record. The standing of the boats for 
this championship is: 
Starts. T’l Points. Perc'tage 
Amoret . 5 3583 71G.6 
Italia . 5 3083 616.6 
Timandra . 2 2000 500.0 
Wianno . 2 833 208.25 
The championship trophy of the Corinthian 
Y. C. for this class has been won by Italia by 
a large margin. The season’s racing on regular 
scheduled events that count for the champion¬ 
ships having ended with the open race that fin¬ 
ished at Marblehead midsummer week. 
In the racing at Marblehead, George Lee’s 
Italia, one of the new boats this year, has made 
her best showing, as she won eight of the dozen 
events sailed off that port. In races won the 
Italia also is far ahead of all the others with 
eight wins. Amoret has taken four races, Ti¬ 
mandra three, Wianno two, and Sayonara one. 
The wins of Wianno were boat sailovers in 
Corinthian Y. C. races, when the other boats 
were away. The season's racing follows: 
Italia. Timandra. Amoret. Sayonara. Wianno 
Starts . 16 10 14 ’9 10 
Firsts . 8 3 4 1 2 
Seconds . 5 3 4 3 1 
Thirds . 1 2 3 3 2 
Fourths . 1 2 3 2 2 
Fifths . 1 0 0 0 3 
Totals for - - - - 
percentage 12,200 7233 8933 5383 4750 
Per cent.... 762.5 723.3 638.07 598.11 475.0 
Motor Boating Fixtures. 
AUGUST. 
26. Cape May Yacht Club. 
SEPTEMBER. 
2-4. City Island Y. CT cruise. 
2. New York Motor Boat Club, club. 
2. Fall River Yacht Club. 
2. New Rochelle Yacht Club. 
4. Hudson River Y. R. A., Yonkers 
4-9. Motor Boat carnival, Huntington. 
9. Camden M. B. C., speed boats, open. 
17. New York Motor Boat Club, economy race. 
23. Farragut Sportsmen’s Association. 
24. New York Motor Boat Club, Rockland Light race. 
British International Trophy. 
The labor trouble in England has seriously 
interfered with the racing for the British Inter¬ 
national trophy for motor boats. The owners 
of those boats have been unable to ship them, 
and the race has been postponed. It is an ill 
wind that blows no good, however, and it has 
been a piece of good luck for those yachtsmen 
who are building defenders. Labor trouble here 
prevented some of these boats being finished 
on time, and now that the trial races have been 
postponed until Aug. 30, more of these boats 
will be ready than if the races had been last 
week. 
Commodore Melville received a cable from 
the British Motor Y. C. and the Royal Motor 
Y, C. last week requesting a postponement of 
the races on account of labor troubles. 
The messages stated that Maple Leaf III., 
owned by E. Mackay Edgar; Pioneer, the prop¬ 
erty of the Duke of Westminster, and Tyreless, 
could not be shipped last week to New York as 
had been expected. All three challengers re¬ 
mained on the dock at London for five days 
ready to be placed on board the Baltic, but 
when it came to placing them on board the 
steamship the dock laborers refused to touch 
the boats. Maple Leaf III., however, was 
stored on the Baltic after a great deal of trouble, 
but several of her parts were left behind. 
The labor situation at London was so serious 
that the owners of the boats shipped them to 
Liverpool, hoping that the dock laborers there 
would be more considerate, but to no avail. 
Commodore Melville was informed that Pio¬ 
neer and Tyreless probably would be shipped on 
board the Celtic, of the White Star Line. There 
was no assurance that such could be done pend¬ 
ing the strike troubles, and rather than have 
the challengers reach New York too late to 
start in the races the English clubs decided it 
would be better to ask for a postponement. 
At a special meeting of the Board of Gover¬ 
nors of the Motor B. C. of America, held last 
week, it was decided to postpone the British 
International trophy races until Sept. 4, 5 and 6. 
The elimination trials for the purpose of select¬ 
ing three defenders will take place Aug. 30, 31 
and Sept. 1. The National Motor Boat Carni¬ 
val will be held as previously announced from 
Sept. 4 to 9 inclusive, at Huntington, but the 
program will be changed slightly to make room 
for two and possibly three races for the British 
International trophy. 
Every event originally arranged for in the 
program will be run off during the week, the 
only change in distance of conditions being that 
the 50-mile race for speed boats under 33 feet 
will be 60 miles, and will be decided on Friday, 
Sept. 8. 
The entries assured for the elemination trials 
are: Dixie IV., owned by Messrs. Melville, 
Heckscher and Burnham: Restless II., owned 
by T. F. Chesebrough, R. G. E., owned by 
Harris Hammond; Sand Burr II., owned by 
A. K. & C. D. White; Nameless II., owned by 
Melville & Heckscher; Viva, a 32-footer, and 
Vita II., a 36-footer, both owned by J. Stuart 
Blackton, and an unnamed boat entered by 
Thomas B. White, from the Port Washington 
Y. C. It is very possible that as the time has 
