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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 30, 1911. 
Eastern 31-Raters. 
Five yachts sailed in the 31-rater class in 
eastern waters this season. The last race was 
sailed on Sept. 16, and by winning that event 
the Lipton cup this year goes to Italia, owned 
by George Lee This, however, was brought 
about through Amoret being able to defeat Ti- 
mandra for second place. 
During the past three years of racing, to 
qualify for the cup a yacht only has to take 
part in one-half as many races as the yacht mak¬ 
ing the greatest number of starts. This has 
worked to the disadvantage of some of the 
racers and has produced hard feeling in the 
class. Thus probably before next season the 
rule will be changed to two-thirds or three- 
quarters of the races. 
All five of the sloops are from the designs of 
George Owen, and all were built by Hodgdon 
Bros., at East Boothbay, Me. Timandra and 
Wianno in 1909, Amoret in 1910, and Italia this 
year. So little improvement in the speed of 
the boats has been accomplished from year to 
year, that the older boats always have had a 
good chance of winning. This has been the 
salvation of the class, for in no race during the 
season could the winner be picked at the start. 
The standing for the Lipton cup follows: 
Starts. Total Points. Per C’t. 
Italia . IS 13,533 .752 
Timandra . 9 6,483 .720 
Amoret . 17 10,933 .687 
Sayonara . 8 5.050 .561 
Wianno . 12 5,499 .458 
The racing throughout the summer, including 
the open races and the club events of the Cor¬ 
inthian and Boston yacht clubs, the showing is 
almost the same. Every one of the five boats 
with the exception of Timandra, show an im¬ 
provement in their percentages, from .ooi for 
Amoret to .045 for Italia. Timandra on the 
other hand dropped .032. 
The full season’s record is: 
Date. 
Amoret. 
Italia. 
Sayonara. 
Timandra. 
Wianno 
May 30... 
1.000 
.500 
1 une 
3... 
1.000 
.500 
Tune 
10 .. 
. .500 
1.000 
.750 
.250 
Tune 
17.. 
.. .250 
.750 
1.000 
.500 
Tuly 
1 .. 
. .400 
1.000 
.800 
.600 
.200 
lulv 
4.. 
1.000 
lulv 
4.. 
1.000 
lulv 
8 .. 
1.000 
lulv 
15.. 
1.000 
lulv 
2 9 
.666 
1.000 
.333 
July 
29.. 
. .667 
1.000 
.333 
Aug. 
5.. 
. . 1.000 
.750 
.250 
.500 
Aug. 
9.. 
. .800 
1.000 
.600 
.400 
.200 
Aug. 
10 .. 
. .500 
.250 
1.000 
.750 
Aug. 
10 .. 
.. .250 
.500 
.750 
1.000 
Aug. 
11 .. 
. .500 
.750 
.250 
1.000 
Aug. 
11 .. 
. .400 
1.000 
.800 
.600 
.200 
Aug. 
12 .. 
.. 1.000 
.200 
.600 
.800 
.400 
Aug. 
17.. 
1.000 
Aug. 
25.. 
.. I .066 
.667 
.333 
Aug. 
26.. 
. .500 
1.000 
Aug. 
29.. 
.. .333 
.666 
1.000 
Aug. 
30.. 
.. .667 
1.000 
.333 
Sept. 
2 .. 
. .G 66 
1.000 
.333 
Sept. 
16.. 
. .666 
1.000 
.333 
Totals. 
.12.766 
17.533 
5.383 
7.566 
7.749 
Per 
C’t 
.. .638 
.797 
.508 
.688 
.516 
Bristol Y. C. 
The annual meeting of the Bristol Y. C. was 
held Tuesday, Sept. 19. The officers elected 
were: Commodore, William L. McKee; Vice- 
Commodore, Edward F. Ely; Rear-Commodore, 
John F. Palmer, 2d; Secretary-Treasurer, Frank 
A. Ingraham; Measurer, Charles H. Douglas; 
Executive Committee, Dr. W. Fred Williams, 
Henry W. Hayes, J. Winthrop De Wolff; Walter 
S. Almy and the Commodore and Treasurer; 
Regatta Committee, Walter S. Almy, William 
B. M. Miller and Dr. Howard W. Church. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. 
The last series race for the Seawanhaka-Cor- 
inthian 15-footers was sailed last Saturday at 
Oyster Bay in a stiff northeasterly wind. The 
yachts sailed over the inside course, and Hen, 
owned by George Nichols, was the winner, beat¬ 
ing E. Roosevelt’s Grilse by ios. The times: 
Hen, 1.35.50; Grilse. 1.35.36; Thelema, 1.38.55; 
Chipmunk, 1.40.30; Flicker, did not finish. 
Rockland Light Race. 
The New York Motor Boat Club had a race 
last Sunday from off 147th street and Hudson 
River to Rockland Light and return, 40 miles. 
Twenty boats started, and Louisa D., owned by 
H. Van Ness, was the winner. She covered 
the course in 5I1. 16m. 55s. 
Each boat’s handicap was based on her actual 
performance in previous races during the sea¬ 
son just closing. The boats were sent away 
from the club float at their allotted intervals 
from a standing start. When the signal was 
given by the committee. C. F. Chapman, W. E. 
Little, j. P. Ackerman and C. A. Leonard—-the 
boat's engine was “dead’’ and the time consumed 
in starting it was deducted from the running 
time. H. Dill’s Wayward, starting at 9:30, led 
the fleet in the up-river contest. H. J. Leek’s 
Ariel got away at 12:51:20. The boats had a fair 
tide both going and returning. The first boat to 
round the Rockland Light was Wayward at 
2 : 42 : 20 . The summary: 
Start. Finish. 
Louisa D.. H. Van Ness. 10 28 50 3 44 55 
Anna V., W. B. Young. 11 29 20 3 57 12 
Rex, H. S. Allen... 10 00 00 3 58 26 
Genevieve A.. \Y. D. Adams. 10 12 00 4 00 35 
Crescent. H. L. Kessler.;. 10 22 00 4 02 06 
Twin Kid, P. A. Vallance. 10 52 00 4 04 43 
Ariel, H. J. Leek. 12 51 20 4 05 37 
Respite, V. C. Pedersen. 11 32 40 4 10 56 
Royal Arc, Robert Haire. 11 10 40 4 12 16 
Alma, R. Swase . 10 28 40 4 13 35 
C'orinne, C. B. Wilkes. 10 36 40 4 22 14 
Peggy, W. B. Selden. 11 22 00 4 23 21 
Monreve, E. G. Barnev. 11 36 00 4 24 46 
Non Plasir. W. M. Latimer. 11 13 20 4 28 40 
Arlington II., T. Klipner. 11 10 00 4 34 21 
Eastern Star, E. R. Finch. 11 16 40 4 35 35 
Pilot, C. Scherer. 11 06 40 4 36 14 
Rita, William Perry . 11 09 20 4 36 48 
Consort. C. F. Chapman. 11 00 00 4 39 15 
Wayward, H. Dill . 9 03 20 4 40 10 
Mabel F., John S. Flynn. Not timed. 
These times were taken at Rockland Light 
when the boats rounded the lighthouse: Way¬ 
ward, 12:42:20; Rex, 12:54:50; Genevieve A., 
1:06:35; Crescent. 1:16:25; Louisa D., 1:10:02; 
Alma, 1:27:41; Corinne, 1:38:70; Twin Kid, 
1:37:25. and Consort, 2:02:30. 
Chelwood Wins Trophy. 
The motor boat Chelwood. owned by R. 
Lennig, won the 63-mile race from the Wil¬ 
mington Y. C. to Ship John Light, on the Dela¬ 
ware, and return, Friday, Sept. 22. Chelwood 
and Pickaninny made the last 30 miles of the 
course in close company and Chelwood won by 
ten seconds. The trophy won will be held by 
the Yachtsmen's Club of "Philadelphia for a year. 
The race, which was held under the auspices 
of the Wilmington Y. C., and the first sanctioned 
by the new Delaware River Yacht Racing Asso¬ 
ciation, a branch of the American Power Boat 
Association, successfully launched this new body 
which will control the sport of motor boat rac¬ 
ing in this section of the country. 
Owing to the tide the race was not started 
until noon, which caused a late finish, and the 
beauty of the contest between Chelwood and 
Pickaninny was lost in the darkness, much to 
the disappointment of the spectators. 
Little Araba, of Woodbury, was the first boat 
sent away, two minutes after 12 o’clock, and it 
was almost a half hour before Eugenia, a new 
boat, started. As all the boats started on the ; r 
handicaps they were gotten away in excellent 
shape. The starting of the field of nineteen 
ranged from noon until eight minutes after 2 
o’clock, when Rainbow, the scratch boat, was 
sent away. 
Although they were two hours getting off, the 
finish brought them back hunched within an 
hour with the exception of Budd and Phantom 
IT. The latter, with Dick Young at the helm, 
broke down a few miles from Ship John Light 
and will probably lay there until morning. 
Four of the starters were disqualified and 
three of the original entries failed to start. 
Tihie A., from Wissinoming, could not compete 
for the prizes because she was not entered from 
an American power boat club, but she went over 
the course and finished fourth. 
Rosalie, a glass cabin boat, was not eligible 
because she has neither a self-bailing cockpit nor 
a flush deck. Elk and Vixen were disqualified 
because their beam at the load waterline is not 
1-5 of the load waterline length. 
Mariada, Mary C. and Spit Fire were the boats 
which failed to start. 
.Five of the finest speed boats in this section 
entered the contest, which was four times over 
a three-knot course, thus keeping the boats con¬ 
stantly in view of the spectators. The starters 
in this race were: Zip III., owned by Thomas 
Hutchinson, Camden; Elmaja, James H. Glenn, 
Holly Beach; Cyram, Senator J. J. Coyie, Sea 
Isle City Y. C.; Carolina II., E. J. Dumee, Ocean 
City Y. C., and Alfred II., Colonel A. L. Ains- 
cow, Wi mington. 
At the end of the first lap Zip III had opened 
up a gap of 37s. on Cyram with Elmaja third, 
Alfred II. fourth and Carolina last, but running 
in grand style. 
On the second lap Elmaja developed carbu¬ 
retor trouble and was forced to stop twice on 
this lap. Alfred had engine trouble and was 
also forced to lay to. At the end of the second 
lap Zip was im. 20s. ahead of Cyram, with Caro¬ 
lina in third place. 
Zip increased her lead to 2.45 on the third lap 
and though she finished nearly four minutes 
ahead of Cyram and almost seven in front of 
Carolina, she was set back to third after the 
time allowance was deducted. This gave first 
prize to Carolina II. with Cyram third. Caro¬ 
lina made 20.05 miles in this race. The sum¬ 
mary : 
Cruiser Race—63 Miles. 
Chelwood, R. Lennig... 
Rating. 
Start. 
Finish. 
12 57 06 
8 10 00 
Pickaninny, 1. Y. Bell.. 
. 39.51 
12 41 26 
8 10 10 
Ben Rilev, G. Bilyou_ 
. 39.06 
12 37 06 
8 17 IS 
Arab, A. S. Smith. 
. 40.68 
12 02 07 
877 22 
Eugenia, 1 )r. Swain _ 
. 38.34 
12 30 00 
8 48 19 
Adois, C. Isenberg. 
. 40.00 
12 46 07 
8 39 OS 
Rosalie, W. IT. Ewing.. 
. 41.85 
1 02 39 
8 27 24 
Clare II.. T. Drexler_ 
. 43.74 
1 18 11 
8 33 28 
lbbie Jane, B. Y. Cutshall... 44.64 
1 25 05 
S 56 00 
Casino, VVm. Erb. 
. 44.64 
1 25 05 
8 35 12 
Haji, II. T. Dulley. 
. 45.00 
1 27 47 
8 25 20 
Budd, T. P. Nelson. 
. 4S.96 
1 54 45 
57, J. S. Sheppard. 
. 49.22 
1 56 21 
8 45 55 
Yixen, 1 1 C. King. 
. 52.06 
2 15 53 
8 52 37 
Elk. E. Moore, Jr. 
. 45.90 
1 34 19 
9 20 02 
Isabella, B. Hav. 
. 50.04 
2.03.31 
8 58 30 
Phantom, F. Biddle_ 
. 42.31 
1 06 31 
Rainbow, G. A. Latta.... 
. 51.30 
2.08.43 
9 12 00 
Speed 
Boat Race. 
Handicap. Elapsed. Corrected 
Carolina II. 
.... 20.13 
0 35 15 
0 15 01 
Cyram .. 
.... 11.38 
0.32.06 
0.20.05 
Zipp 111. 
.... 1.58 
0.28.43 
0.26.45 
Elmaja T1. 
.... 3.21 
0 36 5iy 2 
0 33 3oy 2 
Alfred IT. 
Rosalie, Vixen and Elk 
were disqualified. 
New Motor Boats. 
Two cruising motor boats are now nearly 
completed at the yards of the Gas Engine & 
Power Company and will be used by their own¬ 
ers for cruises in Florida waters this winter. 
They are for Carl G. Fisher and Stoughton A. 
Fletcher, both of Indianapolis. The two boats 
are identical in size and model and are 55 feet 
over all, 54 feet 6 inches on the waterline. 10 
feet 6 inches beam and 3 feet draft. The keel 
and frames are of oak, the planking of cedar, 
copper fastened and riveted, and all the joiner 
work is of hardwood. The crew’s quarters are 
forward, and aft of these in each boat is the 
engine space. Then there is a good sized galley, 
cabin with extension berths, bath and toilet 
room and the owner’s stateroom. There is an 
observation seat aft of the steering wheel. A 
raised house provides a sun deck, and there is 
ample deck room aft. 
The machinery consists of a six-cylinder, 
6x6 inches, Speedway motor of 50 to 60 horse¬ 
power, which will drive the yacht 12 miles an 
hour. The tanks will carry 300 gallons of fuel. 
The yachts will be lighted by electricity. 
This firm is also building a 46-foot boat for 
A. H. Morris, which will be fitted with a motor 
of the same dimensions and power as the two 
Florida cruisers. This boat is for day service 
on the Sound. 
