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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 23, 1911. 
Cape May Race. 
Festina Wins Tournament Prize. 
Wilson Marshall’s three-masted schooner 
Atlantic won the race for the Cape May chal¬ 
lenge cup, defeating Karina, owned by Robert 
E. Todd. The race was a very close and in¬ 
teresting one, and Atlantic won by so slight a 
margin that there is really very little difference 
between the two yachts. The start was made 
on Monday, Sept. 11. from a line between the 
Ambrose Channel Lightship and the flagship 
Diana. The regatta committee was H. de B. 
Parsons, Joseph M. Macdonough and Ernest E. 
Lorillard. The wind then was very light and 
from the west. The starting signal sounded at 
10:10 o’clock, and each yacht had four minutes 
to get across the line. Karina was too soon at 
the line and had to put back, and this error 
proved costly. Atlantic crossed at 10:10:55, and 
Karina, working very slowly, was many minutes 
later. She was officially timed at 10:14:00, but 
her actual time of crossing the line was 10:20:49. 
The two yachts stood on the port tack down 
the coast and moved very slowly. They were 
in sight of the Highlands for several hours, and 
late in the afternoon, finding a freshening wind, 
they stood off shore. 
Atlantic held her lead and drew away from 
Karina until at one time she had a lead of about 
three miles and was well to windward of her 
rival, but early in the evening the wind sudden¬ 
ly changed and changed the positions so that 
Atlantic, instead of being the leader, was astern 
of Karina. They sailed in this way for some 
time, making good progress in the fresher wind, 
and then in a sharp rain squall the wind made 
another sudden shift and again Atlantic was in 
the lead. 
During the night the wind was quite fresh at 
times and then would die out and leave the 
yachts almost becalmed. There was some fog, 
too, and several hard rain squalls. The racers 
lost sight of each other. Atlantic turned the 
Five Fathom Shoal Lightship off Cape May at 
7:11:23 on Tuesday morning, and Karina turned 
at 7:44:14. The wind was then southwest and 
they had a reach up the coast. Toward noon 
the wind freshened considerably and increased 
in strength until at the finish it was quite strong 
and the yachts sailed rails down. 
Atlantic crossed the finishing line at 6:39:24 
and Katrina at 7:06:14. 
The figures of the race as furnished by Mr. 
Parsons show that it was one of the most stub¬ 
bornly contested long distance races ever sailed. 
The summary: 
Five Fathom 
Start. Bank L.S. Finish. 
Atlantic 
Katrina 
Elapsed 
Sept. 11, a.m. Sept. 12, a.m. 
. 10 10 55 7 11 23 
. 10 14 00 7 44 14 
times: Atlantic, 32.28.29; Katrina, 
Sept. 12, p M. 
6 39 24 
7 00 14 
32.52.14. 
These figures show that to the outer mark, 
the Five Fathom Bank Lightship, Atlantic re¬ 
quired 2ih. 28s. and Karina 2ih. 23m. 25s. 
(actual), a difference of 22m. 57s. in favor of 
Atlantic for the leg of 107 miles. 
The figures also show that from the outer 
mark back to the starting line at Ambrose 
Channel Lightship, Atlantic required nh. 28m. 
is. and Karina nh. 22m., a difference of 6m. is. 
in favor of Karina. 
So the elapsed figures of the race credit At¬ 
lantic with 32h. 28m. 29s. to cover the course 
of 214 miles, and credit the Karina with 32IL 
52m. 14s., which gives 23m. 45s. as the official 
winning time of Atlantic. Take from the latter 
figures the 6m. 49s. that Karina lost at the start 
and there remains 16m. 56s. as the actual time 
Karina was beaten. 
Wilson Marshall, the owner of the schooner 
yacht Atlantic, has announced that he will re¬ 
turn the Cape May challenge cup to the New 
York Y. C. and not again defend it. 
This will give the club the opportunity next 
year of making an open race for the cup, and 
the number of starters should be large, as there 
are many schooners on the club’s list whose 
owners would like to test their seaworthy and 
speed qualities over the ocean course of 214 
miles. 
Atlantic won the cup in 1904 from the schoon¬ 
ers Endymion and Vergmere. Nine races have 
now been sailed for the trophy. 
Early in the season A. Bryan Alley offered a 
prize for the Larchmont Inter-Club Class to be 
sailed for in tournament form. The series con¬ 
sisted of races between pairs of boats. The 
first series was sailed at Larchmont June 25, the 
second July 2, the semi-finals on July 16 and the 
final on July 23. Mr. Alley owns the Festina in 
this class. He did not care to compete in a 
tournament for his own prize, but in order to 
make the list of entries as large as possible he 
turned his yachts over to his son John G. Alley. 
As the son had never handled a yacht in a race, 
when the tournament began it was thought that 
lie would be beaten, but the son is evidently “a 
chip of the old block," as Jie won four straight 
races and the cup. The Alleys are a family of 
racing yachtsmen and young Jack has not only 
been successful in this event, but has won other 
prizes with his own boat, Twinkle or the star 
class. 
In the first series Yukan beat Babette, Salas 
won from Cygnet by default, Eleanor II. won 
from Lewana by default and Wild Thyme won 
from Triton by default. Tn the second series 
Festina defeated Dagmar, Salas defeated Yukan, 
Wi'd Thyme defeated Lewana and Hamburg II. 
defeated Como. In the semi-final Festina de¬ 
feated Salas and Hamburg II. defeated Wild 
'I'hyme. In the final Festina defeated Hamburg 
II. and won the prize. 
Winners in Massachusetts Races. 
The season of the Yacht Racing Association 
of Massachusetts Bay ended on Sunday, Sept. 
10 with the review of the yachts at Hull. Secre¬ 
tary A. G. Bliss was then unable to announce 
the winners in the different classes, because some 
protests were not settled. These protests have 
now been all settled and the championship win¬ 
ners are as follows: 
Italia . 
Class P—31 Rating. 
Starts. 
. 9 
Total. 
641.8 
Average. 
71.3 
Amoret . 
. 9 
608.3 
67.5 
Wianno . 
. 6 
349.9 
49.9 
Timandra _ 
. 2 
200.0 
28.5 
Busy Bee .... 
Class D—Cape Catboats. 
. 15 1091.8 
72.7 
Mudjekeewis . 
.14 
925.3 
66.0 
1 lollV 111 . 
. 11 
748.9 
62.4 
Arawak . 
. 11 
710.3 
59.4 
Iris . 
. 14 
804.7 
57.4 
Dartwell . 
. 15 
762.9 
50.8 
Emeline . 
. 15 
536.4 
35.7 
Hush . 
. 5 
164.3 
13.6 
Class I—18ft. Knockabouts. 
Moslem II. . 
. 15 
1240.7 
82.7 
Kittywake V. 
. 13 
828.9 
63.7 
Peina . 
. 17 
977.5 
57.5 
Bonitwo . 
. 16 
909.0 
56.8 
Cheroot . 
. 1 G 
865.6 
54.0 
Dorchen II. 
. 17 
855.8 
50.3 
Arrow . 
. 6 
477.5 
36.7 
Aurora . 
. 8 
455.5 
35.0 
Mirage II. .. 
. S 
403.0 
30.0 
Aspinqnid II. 
. 9 
340.6 
26.2 
Acanthus .... 
. 11 
225.7 
17.3 
Class X—Dories. 
Bessie A. ... 
. 11 
892.2 
81.1 
Parbara . 
. 11 
792.2 
72.0 
Teaser . 
. 13 
851.7 
65.5 
Klizabeth t\ 
. 11 
570.9 
51.9 
Terror II. ... 
. 7 
449.1 
44.9 
Sunny Tim .. 
. 8 
444.2 
44.4 
Naiad . 
. 8 
420.2 
42.0 
Pointer HI. 
2 
97.7 
9.7 
Red Devil ... 
90.9 
9.0 
Pioneer . 
. 4 
79.9 
7.9 
Hattie A. ... 
2 
75.0 
7.5 
Spray . 
. 3 
72.5 
7.2 
Question .... 
. 3 
32.5 
3.2 
Anemone ... 
2 
30.0 
3.0 
Class T—15-footers. 
Teazer 11. ... 
. 5 
420.0 
84.0 
Tabasco, Jr. . 
. 5 
400.0 
80.0 
Nisan II. ... 
. 5 
280.0 
56.0 
Swallow . 
. 3 
180.0 
45.0 
Cigarette _ 
. 4 
160.0 
40.0 
Princess .... 
. 4 
140.0 
35.0 
Class H—Hull One-Design. 
Meave . 
. 17 
1218.0 
71.6 
Nicknack II. 
. 17 
1126.4 
66.2 
Beta . 
1101.0 
64.7 
Eagle . 17 915.4 53.8 
Kid . 17 895.4 52.fi 
Fanchon . 11 707.5 50.5 
Bonifor . 16 782.0 48.8 
Wa Wa . 16 605.5 37.8 
Toogles . 7 140.2 10.0 
Hull One Design Winners. 
The fifth annual dinner of the Hull one- 
design class association was held at the Boston 
Y. C. house at Hull on Sept. 9, and the prizes 
won during the season were presented. E. W. 
Dutton, secretary-treasurer of the organization, 
acted as toastmaster. Speeches praising the 
seaworthiness and general sailing merits of the 
class were made by E. W. Dutton. J. J. Souther, 
known as the “father of the class,” Walter P. 
Keyes, G. I. Edgerton, Francis B. Holmes, 
Adrian Wilson and John Killeen. 
The winner in the seventeen races of the 
Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts was 
Meave, owned by E. W. Dutton, which also 
won the FI. O. D. Association championship 
twelve races. 
The championship of the Boston Y. C.’s five 
races was won by Nicknack, owned by F. B. 
Holmes, while the winners in the July 4 races 
were: Meave. owned by E. W. Dutton; Eagle, 
owned by G. H. Brazier, second, and Kid, owned 
by L. A. Mayberry, third. 
E. W. Dutton, who for the past three 'years 
has acted as secretary-treasurer, handed in his 
resignation, but it was not accepted. He pro¬ 
tested that he had served long enough, but it 
was argued that his services were absolutely 
indispensable and he was finally obliged to agree 
to continue in the double office. 
The percentages of the boats in the H. O. D. 
Association are: Meave 72.8, Beta 70.2, Nick- 
nack II. 62.6. Eagle 57.3, Kid 53.4, Ronifor 48.2, 
Wa Wa, 40.8, Fanchon 37.5, and Toogles 10.7. 
For the Boston Y. C. championship: Nicknack 
II. 75, Meave 68.6. Bonifor 60.3. Fanchon 60, 
Beta 51.7, Kid 50.8, Eagle 45.6, Wa Wa 31.4, 
Toogles 4.4. 
Bermuda Cup a Challenge Trophy. 
Hollis Burgess, who on Labor Day won the 
cup offered by the City of Boston for the race 
to Bermuda, has presented that trophy to the 
Quincy Y. C. Under the new deed of gift the 
Quincy Club is to be the trustee of the cup 
until next Labor Day, when that club is to hold 
an open race for the cup under the auspices of 
the Inter-Club Association. The club in which 
the winner next year is enrolled will hold it as 
trustee for the succeeding year, and so on con¬ 
tinually. 
The cup races are to be of cabin boats of the 
association over 18 feet and not exceeding 45 
feet in length. It is to be known as the city of 
Boston Bermuda cup and each trustee shall 
have it and hold it. Each trustee shall, within 
a reasonable time of the race, transfer it to the 
succeeding trustee. 
The cup shall never be held by a non-interclub 
organization, and in case of the dissolution of 
the Inter-Club Association or in case the num¬ 
ber of clubs in the association becomes less 
than four, or in case of any violation of the 
forms of this trust by any trustee, said cup shall 
revert to and become the property of Hollis 
Burgess and legal representatives thereof, and 
the deed of gift shall be wholly void. 
South Shore Y. C. Officers. 
The South Shore Y. C. has elected the follow¬ 
ing officers: Charles IF. Southard. Commodore; 
D. S. Mackay, Vice-Commodore; Thomas 
Forbes. Rear-Commodore; Louis J. Hall, re¬ 
cording secretary; James Dean, Treasurer; 
Clarence E. Jones, Financial-Secretary; A. 
Sidney Malcomson. Measurer. Board of Gov¬ 
ernors—Nicholas Cunningham, R. A. Mansfield 
Idobbs, J. H. Canalizo, H. L. Maxson, George 
B. Paterson, E. C. Southard, William Schu¬ 
macher, C. J. Betzig, Dr. F. A. Myrick and 
William P. Miller. 
The Hollis Burgess Yacht Agency has sold 
the 25-footer Chewink II., owned by Lester W. 
Millman, of Pawtuckett, R. I., to Wm. H. 
Frizzell, of East Boston, and the fast 33-foot 
motor boat Peggy, owned by E. E. Eaton, of 
Boston, to Francis B. Crownitishield, of Peach’s 
Point, Marblehead, Mass. 
