460 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 16, 1911. 
experienced was light, but fairly good time was 
made. The times were as follows: 
Actual. Handicap. Corrected. 
Caprice . 1 57 23 0 05 00 1 52 23 
Monsoon . 1 59 26 0 05 00 1 54 26 
Challenger . 1 56 22 scratch 1 56 22 
Amigo “.. 2 21 23 0 18 00 2 03 23 
Vixen . 2 32 30 0 25 00 2 07 30 
Annie . 2 12 13 0 03 00 2 09 13 
Mary . 2 31 27 0 22 00 2 09 27 
Neva . 2 28 40 0 18 00 2 10 40 
Pronto . 2 47, 20 0 30 00 2 17 20 
Accident . 2 49 25 0 25 00 2 24 25 
White Heather . 2 57 02 0 25 00 2 32 02 
Golden Gate. 
Indian Harbor Y. C. 
Forty-five yachts sailed in the fall regatta of 
the Indian Harbor Y. C. last Saturday. The 
wind was light and from the east. On account 
©f the light weather several yachts were unable 
to reach the starting line. The times: 
Sloops—Class P—Course 15 Miles. 
Corinthian . 3 31 07 Windward . 
Joy ant . 3 31 50 
N.Y.Y.C. 30-footers—Course, 15 Miles. 
Phryne . 3 50 58 Juanita . 
Caprice . 3 44 20 Ibis . 
Rowdy . 3 41 00 Alera . 
Carlita . 3 37 06 Asthore . 
3 34 02 
3 54 57 
3 50 26 
3 48 29 
4 02 38 
Sloops—Class Q—Course, 11 Miles. 
Princess . 3 08 19 Carmita .. 
Essex . 2 56 04 More Joy 
3 08 04 
3 28 20 
Handicap—First Division—Course, 11 Miles. 
Senora . 3 06 47 Sue 
Alert . 2 52 07 Crescent 
3 02 12 
3 12 27 
Handicap—Second Division—Course, 
Amada . 3 18 13 Red \\ ing 
Naiad . 3 21 20 
11 Miles. 
. 3 17 23 
Handicap—Third Division—Course, 11 Miles. 
Rascal III. 3 12 20 Robin Hood II- 3 30 54 
American Raceabouts—Course, 11 Miles. 
Cliphora . 3 05 21 Chinook .Not timed 
Arethusa . 3 11 48 
Festina . 
Hamburg 
Como ... 
Yukan .. 
Interclub Class—Course, 11 Miles. 
. 3 20 32 Wild Thyme . 
II. 3 26 37 Babette . 
.3 18 48 Bella . 
. 3 18 2a 
3 26 15 
3 26 15 
3 35 21 
Sloops—Class R—Course, 8 Miles. 
Hoyden . 2 44 54 Hamburg .Not timed 
Virginia . 3 13 18 
Handicap—Fourth Division—Course, 8 Miles. 
Crace 11.d.n.f. 
Jewel Class—Course, 8 Miles. 
Sapphire . 3 09 36 Brilliant . 3 10 21 
( (pal . 3 09 46 Jade .Not timed 
American Dories—Course, 614 Miles. 
Tautog .Not timed. 
Sloops — Class S—Course, 8 Miles. 
Sea Jay . 3 37 10 
Bensonhurst Y. C. 
The last regatta of the Bensonhurst Y. C. was 
sailed last Saturday in a light wind from the 
southeast. There were four in the Q class and 
on the first round Spider led, but Soya won out 
on the second round. The times: 
Sloops—Class Q—Course, 10.5 Miles. 
Soya . 3 09 16 Spider . 3 12 59 
Grayjacket . 3 09 46 Alice . 3 21 09 
Handicap Class—Course. 10.5 Miles. 
Miana .3 21 21 Careless . 3 37 14 
Joy . 3 25 18 La Cubana . d.n.f. 
Corrected times: Careless, 3.05.01; Miana, 3.08.55; Joy, 
3.21.16. 
Sloops—Class S—Course, 10 Miles. 
Wink . 3 27 05 M. and F. 3 37 41 
Cyric . 3 31 51 
Gravesend Bay Knockabouts—Course, 8 Miles. 
Pike . 2 51 09 Slow Poke . 3 01 26 
Merry Widow . 2 52 12 Mouse . 3 04 55 
Skylark . 2 55 22 Scud . 3 24 44 
Dingies—Course, 4 Miles. 
Nameless .1 20 10 Meteor . d.n.f. 
New York Y. C. 
The annual regatta of the New York Y. C. 
was sailed Thursday, Sept. 7, off Glen Cove. A 
fresh wind from east-northeast made the yachts 
sail fast. The course was from Mott’s Point 
to Parsonage Point, then to Woolsey’s Reef and 
back to the starting line. This gave them a 
reach across the Sound, then windward work 
and a run with spinnakers to port home. The 
wind hauled just a little at 2:40 o’clock and spin¬ 
nakers had to be taken in. Vagrant and Miladi 
started in the schooner c’ass and Miladi mistook 
the course. She headed for Woolsey’s Reef and 
was far on her way before the error was dis¬ 
covered and then she withdrew. Vagrant and 
Adventuress made a close race on the wind, and 
Adventuress turned the mark just ahead of the 
schooner. In the 30-foot class Caprice was first 
at the weather mark, but Phryne outran her 
going home and won by 53s. 
Vagrant won the Bennett cup for schooners 
and Phryne won the cup for sloops. The times: 
Schooners—Class E—Course, 1914 Miles. 
Vagrant 
. 2 44 40 
Miladi . 
d.n.f. 
Special Class—Course, 19^4 Miles. 
Adventuress . 2 41 03 Miladi . 
d.n.f. 
Phryne 
Caprice 
Ibis .... 
N.Y.Y.C. 30-footers- 
. 3 06 04 
. 3 06 57 
. 3 10 08 
—Course, 19% Miles. 
Tuanita . 
Alera . 
. 3 08 41 
. 3 11 43 
Vagrant 
Bennett Cup—Schooners. 
. 2 11 47 
Phryne 
Caprice 
Ibis .... 
Bennett Cup—Sloops. 
. 2 06 14 Alera . 
2 06 47 
. 2 07 50 
. 2 09 49 
Atlantic Y. C. 
The forty-fifth annual regatta of the Atlantic 
Y. C. was sailed on Sept. 4 in a whole sail 
breeze from southeast. The Q boats went to 
Southwest Spit and Old Orchard and the other 
classes sailed shorter courses. The times: 
Sloops—Class O—Course, 15% Miles. 
Grayjacket . 2 14 05 Spider . 2 15 30 
Alice . 2 14 25 Soya . 2 16 17 
Handicap Class—Course, 15% Miles. 
La Cubana . 2 21 48 Miana . 2 28 36 
Clare . 2 22 38 Careless . 2 34 40 
Joy . 2 24 34 
Corrected times: La Cubana, 2.07.37; Careless, 2.14.49; 
Clare, 2.18.23; Miana, 2.18.40; Joy, 2.21.01. 
Sloops—Class S—Course, 12 Miles. 
Wink . 
... 1 59 53 
M. and F. 
... 2 04 38 
Cyric . 
... 2 00 36 
Knockabouts— 
Course, 12 Miles. 
Merry Widow .. 
... 1 57 31 
Scud . 
... 2 08 45 
Skylark . 
... 2 04 14 
Mouse . 
... 2 10 39 
Suffragette . 
... 2 05 04 
Lassie . 
... 2 11 55 
Pike . 
... 2 08 28 
Chico . 
... 2 20 10 
Slow Poke . 
... 2 08 43 
©fcor 
Motor Boating Fixtures. 
SEPTEMBER. 
17. New York Motor Boat Club, economy race. 
23. Farragut Sportsmen’s Association. 
23. Crescent A. C. 
24. New York Motor Boat Club, Rockland Light race. 
British International Cup. 
Dixie IV., owned by Commodore H. H. Mel¬ 
ville, August Heckscher and Vice-Commodore 
F. K. Burnham, won the British international 
cup for motor boat in two races. She defeated 
Pioneer, Maple Leaf III. and Tyreless III. rep¬ 
resenting the English challengers, and the Amer¬ 
ican boats, Viva and Disturber II. The first 
race was held on Huntington Harbor on Sept. 
2, and the second the next day. The races were 
well managed and everyone was pleased with 
the work of the committee. That committee, 
consisting of H. R. Sutphen, Victor I. Cumnock 
and R. O. Sonnard, worked hard to arrange 
everything properly, and their work was appre¬ 
ciated. 
The trials were most unsatisfactory, and it 
was not until a few hours before the start of the 
first race that Rear Commodore J. Stuart Black- 
ton’s Viva, driven by four ioo horsepower 
Emerson motors, and J. A. Pugh’s Disturber II., 
driven by two 130 horsepower Sterling motors, 
were selected with Dixie IV. as the American 
trio to defend the trophy. These boats had 
shown that they had some speed and were re¬ 
liable even if they were not as fast as the Dixie. 
The English trio were Pioneer, owned by the 
Duke of Westminster, and hand’ed by Noel 
Robbins. She is just under 40 feet in length 
and is driven by twelve cylinder Wolseley motor 
of 340 horsepower. Maple Leaf III. is owned 
by E. Mackay Edgar and was handled by M. E. 
Astell. She is 39 feet n inches long, 9 feet 1 
inch beam and has two Astell motors of 350 
horsepower each and each has twelve cylinders. 
She has a small motor to start the large ones. 
Tyreless III. is owned and was handled by F. 
Gordon Pratt and she is driven by two Brooke 
motors of 120 horsepower each. Pioneer is a 
Fauber hydroplane, Maple Leaf a Thorneycroft 
hydroplane and Tyreless a displacement boat. 
The international committee to watch the races 
were C. Sherman Hoyt, representing the donor 
of the trophy; W. L. Marshall, representing the 
Royal Motor Y. C., and Henry R. Sutphen, rep¬ 
resenting the Motor B. C. of America. 
It was a holiday and this, together with the 
interest always taken in an international con¬ 
test, attracted many to Huntington. The harbor 
was filled with yachts of all sorts and sizes. The 
large vessel had been assigned positions inside 
the triangle by the committee, and the smaller 
ones were allowed to anchor between the large 
ones. At noon many of these had scattered all 
over the course, but the Revenue officers got to 
work and soon had a beautifully clear course. 
From the markoff, the Chateau des Beaux Arts 
to the eastern turn, 2% miles, the yachts were 
anchored five deep, and on the western leg there 
were almost as many more. Excursion steamers 
and vessels with crowds of spectators on board 
were in this fleet. On the shore there were many 
more spectators. Automobiles occupied positions 
everywhere and the terraces of the Chateau 
were crowded. 
All the morning a pleasant breeze had been 
blowing, just the kind of weather for a sailing 
yacht race, but not good for motor boats. This 
wind kicked up quite a sea outside and the inter¬ 
national committee went out to inspect the 
course. They decided that it would be well to 
postpone the start for an hour, as the wind was 
falling, and in that time the tide would change 
so the postpone signal was hoisted and every¬ 
one was well satisfied. Captain Astell, in com¬ 
menting on the postponement, said: "It’s a good 
thing. You would not run the Derby over the 
Grand National course.” 
He also made some comments on the peculiar 
exhausts of the American boats. Those on Dixie 
he likened to pompons; those of Viva to Gat¬ 
ling guns, and those of Disturber to long toms. 
And they are about as noisy. These exhausts 
and the American boats being unmuffled was the 
only unpleasant feature of the races. The Eng¬ 
lish boats were absolutely silenced and ran very 
smoothly. The American boats were so noisy 
that it was impossible to hear anything else but 
the explosions when one was passing. 
Shortly before 3 o’clock the committee agreed 
that the conditions were favorable and prepara¬ 
tions were made to start. At 2:45 o’clock the 
warning signal sounded and one after another 
the boats cast off their painters. The crews who 
had been enjoying smokes on the committee 
boats climbed on board. Life preservers were 
buckled on and they headed up the harbor to 
have lots of room in which to gather speed. 
Pioneer was first away and she was followed by 
Maple Leaf and Tyreless. Then the roaring of 
the engines told that the American boats were 
under way. At 2155 o’clock the preparatory 
signal sounded, and the six racers were! still 
circling about off the Chateau, but soon one 
after another they straightened out and headed 
for the line. 
At 3 o’clock a gun signalled the start and 
with a bound Pioneer rushed across the line 
in the lead. Dixie was next and Disturber third, 
two lengths astern. Then came Maple Leaf 24s. 
behind the gun, Tyreless 32s. late and Disturber 
70s. late. Dixie was opened wide and shot by 
Pioneer and took the lead, and the English boat 
tailed on closely astern. Running down to the 
first mark, Maple Leaf made a good gain, but 
she could not make the turn as easily as the 
others and lost considerably. When straightened 
out on the second leg she went up again, but 
again lost at the turn. Dixie held her lead and 
Pioneer planing beautifully, fo'lowed closely. 
On each leg Maple Leaf gained, but she lost on 
the turn. Dixie finished the first round in 12m. 
46s. and Pioneer was 24s. behind. Maple Leaf 
was 24s. astern of Pioneer and Disturber, Viva 
and Tyreless finished in the order named. 
Dixie made her second round in 12m. 44s. It 
