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as a whole and apparently the public as a gen¬ 
eral thing has lost interest in them to a large 
extent. 1 he cup won by Chewink is a standing 
prize and the name of the winner is engraved on 
the chalice each year. 
Yachting Fixtures. 
SEPTEMBER, 
f. Indian Harbor Y. C., fall. 
9. Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., 15-footers. 
9. Bensonhurst Y. C., 11th championship, G. B. Y. R. A. 
9. Quincy Y. C., club. 
9. Royal Canadian Y. C., Prince of Wales cup. 
15. Manhasset Bay, fall. 
16. Larchmont Y. C., interclub class. 
16. Atlantic Y. C., 12th championship, G. B. Y. R. A. 
16. Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., 15-footers. 
23. Indian Harbor Y. C., championship race. 
Marine and Field Club. 
The annual fall regatta of the Marine & Field 
Club was sailed on Gravesend Bay last Satur¬ 
day. There was a fresh southwesterly wind and 
the yachts were fairiy tested. In the Q c ass 
Spider was the winner with Soya second. The 
times of these boats at the end of the first 
round were: Spider, 4.11.20; Alice, 4.11.35; 
Soya, 4.12; Grayj acket, 4.12.22. During the sec¬ 
ond round Soya managed to slip into second 
place and finished 37s. astern of Spider. 
On both actual and corrected time the handi¬ 
cap class was taken by Joy. Gyric had a run¬ 
away match in the S class, due principally to 
the fact that Wink broke the jaw off her gaff 
and was held up for many minutes. Merry 
Widow led among the knockabouts of Graves¬ 
end Bay, and Meteor was the first of the dingeys 
of the New York C. C- across the finish line. 
The times: 
Sloops, Class Q—12.3 Miles. 
Spider . 2 11 25 "Alice - 
Soya . 2 12 02 Grayjacket 
2 12 13 
2 12 48 
Handicap Class—12.3 Miles. 
Joy . 2 23 14 Careless . 2 48 04 
La Cubana . 2 33 03 
Corrected times—Joy, 2.18.56; Ea Cubana, 2.19.32, and 
Careless, 2.29.27; Dushka started, but did not finish. 
Cyric 
Wink 
Sloops, Class S—12 Miles. 
. 2 40 57 M. and F. 2 56 50 
. 2 56 12 
Gravesend Bay Knockabouts—8 Miles. 
Merry Widow .... 1 30 40 Lassie . 
Skylark . 1 34 09 Scud . 
Suffragette . 1 34 45 Chico . 
Slow Poke . 1 35 09 
Canoe Club Dinghies—4 Miles. 
Meteor . 0 49 08 North Star . 
Aries . 0 49 09 
1 37 30 
1 38 29 
1 44 50 
0 50 30 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. 
FRIDAY, SEPT. I. 
Special races were sailed under the auspices 
of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. in light 
wind from the north which shifted to northeast. 
Ten yachts started. Phryne won in the 30-foot 
class and Suelew defeated Princess in what was 
thought to 
be the weather Princess liked. 
The 
times: 
N. 
Phryne ..... 
Caprice .... 
Y. Y. C. 30-foot 
. 3 01 11 
. 3 03 05 
Class—15J4 Miles. 
Juanita . 
3 04 48 
Suelew .... 
Sloops, Class C 
. 3 15 40 
)—lS 1 ^ Miles. 
Princess . 
3 17 48 
Alys . 
Thelema ... 
Flicker .... 
Fifteen-foot Class—5% Miles. 
. 1 50 26 Iris . 
1 52 3? 
1 53 06 
1 54 22 
SATURDAY, SEPT. 2 . 
The fall regatta of the club was sailed last 
Saturday. The wind was fresh from southwest 
and the sport was very interesting. Suelew again 
defeated Princess in the Q class. In the 31-rater 
class Windward was the winner with Cara Mia 
second. Corinthian and Joyant were too soon 
at the line and these errors were costly to those 
boats. 
The 30-footers owned in the club sailed for 
the Alfred Roosevelt Memorial cup, and this 
was won by G. E. Roosevelt's Dahinda for the 
second time. The times : 
Sloops. Class P—1544 Miles. 
Corinthian . 2 28 34 Cara Mia . 2 25 40 
Toyant . 2 26 08 Windward . 2 25 30 
Thirty-foot Class—1514 Miles. 
Alera ... 
.'2 37 58 
Carlita .. 
.. 2 38 16 
. 2 36 10 
.. 2 35 29 
Tuanita . 
. 2 38 01 
Phryne . 
.. 2 37 09 
Dahinda 
. 2 34 25 
Caprice . 
.. 2 37 28 
Sloops, Class 
0—13 Miles. 
Suelew . 
. 2 40 45 
Princess . 
.. 2 44 12 
Handicap—First Division—13 Miles. 
Alert ... 
. 2 36 05 
Dorinda . 
.. 2 34 36 
Handicap, Second Division—13 Miles. 
Red Wing . 2 39 43 Naiad . 2 45 03 
Amada . 2 29 19 
Handicap—Third Division, 6% Miles. 
Chinook . 1 21 02 Jolly Roger . 1 26 30 
Handicap—Fourth Division—13 Miles. 
Grace II.2 49 52 Robin Hood .2 49 10 
Sloops, Class R—Course, 6% Miles. 
Ogeemah . 1 29 50 Virginia . 1 42 17 
Dede II. 1 30 49 Nereid . 1 31 50 
Manhasset Bay one-Design—6% Miles. 
Matraska . 1 28 24 Mile. Boss . 1 33 41 
Ardette . 1 24 22 Scylla .1 28 12 
Glen Cove—6% Miles. 
Turquoise . 1 26 32 Jade . 1 2S 33 
Catseye . 1 28 57 Topaz . 1 33 05 
S. C. Y. C., 15-foot Class—Course, 6% Miles. 
lien . 
. 1 31 00 
Iris . 
... 1 37 01 
Flicker . 
. 1 33 40 
Grilse . 
... 1 36 30 
Alys . 
. 1 37 01 
Thelema . 
Imp . 
. 1 39 48 
Bat . 
... 1 36 07 
Star Class- 
-6V 2 Miles. 
Geminii . 
. 1 41 40 
No Name . 
... 1 42 OS 
Chesapeake Canoe—6% Miles. 
Dorothy . 1 43 58 
New Class of Small Yachts. 
A new class of small racers is being formed. 
John R. Brophy is promoting it and Henry J. 
Gielow has drawn the plans. The boats are to 
be something between the knockabouts and the 
S class and will cost $500 each. Several of the 
lower bay and Sound yachtsmen are going to 
build in this class and next season interclub races 
will be arranged. The boats are very handsome 
and able craft. They are 25 feet over-all, 18 
feet 5 inches on the waterline, 6 feet beam and 
3 feet 6 inches draft. They will have a cock¬ 
pit 8 feet long with a small cuddy at the for¬ 
ward end and there will be watertight compart¬ 
ments forward and aft so that they will be prac¬ 
tically non-sinkable. They will carry 360 square 
feet of canvas in mainsail and jib and cost about 
$500 each. 
Commodore William H. Childs has already of¬ 
fered as a first prize in a series of races one 
of these boats. Among those likely to build are 
members of the New York Canoe Club, the 
Marine and Field Club, the Atlantic Y. C., the 
Crescent Athletic Club and the Indian Harbor 
Y. C. As special classes are named for stars, 
jewels, etc., and are so easily distinguished, it 
might be well to call this the seashell class, 
which will give the owners lots of fancy names, 
or perhaps the sea bird class, where there are 
such names as Merlin, Curlew, Brant, Albatross, 
Auk, Sea Mew, Cormorant, Petrel, Goney, Sea 
Swallow, Tern, Loon, Gull, Mother Carey 
Chicken, Penguin and Mollymuck. What better 
lot of names could be had ? 
Chewink Wins at New Orleans. 
New Orleans, La, Aug. 29.—Chewink III., 
sailed by A. Landry, won the gold challenge cup 
and $50 offered by the Southern Y. C., Saturday, 
Aug. 10. The time was 2:34:10 for twelve miles. 
The other competitors were Cadillac, Hiawatha 
and Mettawee, but only Hiawatha and Chewink 
sailed in the race, the other contestants being 
disabled. The race was a tame affair and wit¬ 
nessed onlv by a very few people. The wind 
was very high at the start and amounted to a 
squall, but it died down to a calm and a rain 
toward the last of the contest. Th ; s will prob¬ 
ably be the last regatta held this summer. The 
regattas this year have not been very successful 
Yachting on San Francisco Bay. 
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 24 .—Editor Forest 
and Stream: The great yachting event of the 
season on San Francisco Bay, an event that is 
now classed as being an annual one, the race 
for the San Francisco Perpetual Challenge Cup, 
was held on Aug. 19 and was a highly success¬ 
ful one from every point of view. The race 
held this year was the fourteenth one for this 
trophy, which was presented to the yachtsmen 
of the bay in 1895, and which has most of the 
time since been in the possession of the Corin¬ 
thian Y. C. In the races sailed for the cup this 
club has been represented in twelve and has been 
defeated but twice, in 1899, when Truant lost to 
Gadder, of the San Francisco Y. C., and three 
years later when Harpoon lost to Challenger, 
the boat which this year represented the latter 
club. I he .‘Eolian Y. C., of Alameda, once at¬ 
tempted to lift the cup without success and twice 
the South Coast Y. C., of Los Angeles, has sent 
a yacht to these waters to compete for the cup, 
but to no avail. 
I he event this year was of more than ordinary 
interest, for it was the first time that the race 
had been sailed with yachts measured and handi¬ 
capped under the universal rule. When the San 
Francisco Y. C. issued its challenge for the race 
and stipulated that the universal rule be adopted, 
the Corinthians were afraid that they could put 
up no available craft to meet Challenger, and at 
first were almost ready to concede defeat. How¬ 
ever, when some of the yachts were measured 
it was found that Presto was well within the 10 
per cent, limit, and preparations were made at 
once to prepare her for the race. 
Challenger was built in 1902 by a syndicate of 
members of the San Francisco Y. C. for the ex¬ 
press purpose of lifting the cup, and in this she 
was successful, defeating Harpoon. Later the 
yacht was sold to William G. Morrow, her pres¬ 
ent owner, who sailed her in this first race. 
Since then she has sailed in many races and is 
regarded as being one of the fastest yachts on 
the bay. 
Presto is owned by Frank Stone and he tells 
an amusing story of how she was given this- 
name. It seems that the yacht was built at Ti- 
buron, and that when completed was left on a 
wharf to wait a rising tide for the launching 
and christening. When the builder arrived to 
officiate at the launching he found that a stiff 
breeze had caused his boat to slip over the block¬ 
ing and that she was already in the water. 
Presto has several times successfully defended 
the perpetual challenge cup, once in igoi when 
she nosed out Helen of the Vallejo Y. C. by the 
margin of 30s., and in 1909 when she won a 
signal victory over the Mah-Pe, of the South 
Coast Y. C. When first built she was in the 30- 
foot class, but was later lengthened and has 
been classed as a 34-foot boat of late years. 
However, measured under the universal rules, 
she is placed in the 29-foot class. 
When the yachts were measured for this year’s 
race,' it was found that Presto would have to 
give Challenger a time allowance of 2m. 14s., but 
at the last moment a new set of sails was bent 
in, and Challenger was given an allowance of 
3111. 30s. The race was held over the regular 
channel course of 12.27 nautical miles, a course 
that allows plenty of variety in wind and tide 
conditions. Ideal weather was experienced for 
the race which was sailed in 2h. 13m. 48s., the 
race being won by Presto by im. 24s., corrected 
time. The race sailed by Frank Stone was a 
perfect one. and his good judgment at one or 
two critical points undoubtedly resulted in vic¬ 
tory for Presto. Challenger lost some time in 
rounding Presidio buoy on the first run to wind¬ 
ward. being forced to make an extra tack, but 
when the vachts rounded the Goat Island buoy 
there was but im. 35s. between them. When the 
buoy off ARatraz was rounded, the lead of 
Presto was cut down to im., but she made a fast 
