Canada Cup. 
The Royal Canadian Y. C. has published a 
statement giving the points it raised in the re¬ 
cent argument with the Rochester Y. C. It 
challenged for a race for the Canada’s Cup, 
but the clubs could not agree on conditions and 
the diflerence was the eligibility of Seneca. 
That yacht was not built to conform to the 
scantling rules, and the challengers wanted the 
yacht kept out of the races for the cup. The 
new challenger would have to conform to the 
rules, and to do this would not be in keeping 
with the spirit of the deed of gift. The Can¬ 
adians offered to submit the two points at 
issue to any yachtsmen to settle, but the 
Rochester men declined to do this. The Canada 
Cup was won by members of the Royal Can¬ 
adian Y. C.. Those yachtsmen drew the deed 
of gift and transferred the cup to the club, and 
that club should certainly be better able to in¬ 
terpret the spirit of the deed better than any 
other organization. 
One clause in the deed says, “we are desirous 
that said cup shall be preserved as a perpetual 
international challenge cup for friendly compe¬ 
tition between representatives of 3'’acht clubs of 
the two nations bordering on the Great Lakes, 
and to encourage the building of larger fleets 
by fostering class racing.” 
The Rochester men said they were willing 
that the challenger should not conform with the 
scantling restrictions, but to build a yacht that 
did not conform with the rules of the Yacht 
Racing Union would certainly not be fostering 
class racing, as it would not be eligible to race 
in any class on the Great Lakes. 
The statement sent out by E. Porter, Secre¬ 
tary of the Royal Canadian Y. C., dated 
Toronto. Dec. iS, and addressed to the yachts¬ 
men of the Great Lakes, is as follows: 
“Owing to the publicity given to the contro¬ 
versy between the Rochester Y. C. and the 
Royal Canadian Y. C., and the inaccuracy of 
many of the newspaper reports, the Royal Can¬ 
adian Y. C. feel that some explanation why 
they have withdrawn their challenge is due to 
the yachtsmen of the Great Lakes. 
“There are two points at issue. In the minds 
of the Royal Canadian Y. C., the more im¬ 
portant one is the question of the use of yachts 
in the contest not intended in good faith for 
use on the Great Lakes. They contend that the 
spirit and language of the deed of gift clearly 
indicates that what was in the minds of the 
donors was to provide a cup for international 
racing between the yachts of yacht clubs border¬ 
ing on the Great Lakes, and to provide a cup 
for fresh water similar to the America’s Cup is 
for salt; and that, had it been the intention of 
the donors to throw the contest open to all 
Canada and all the United States, the deed 
would have said that the contest was to be be¬ 
tween yachts owned in Canada and yachts 
owned in the United States. 
“The Rochester Y. C. contends that the deed 
of gift is not clear as to this point, and they 
contend for the right to use and draw their de¬ 
fenders or challengers from the American fleet 
of yachts, no matter where their home port 
may be or their owners may reside, so long as 
they are made members of a Great Lakes’ yacht 
club. This, we hold, is not the spirit of the 
deed, and would be most unequal and unrea¬ 
sonable. 
“The second point, and one less important in 
our eyes, is the eligibility of Seneca to race for 
the Canada’s Cup, owing to her not complying 
with the scantling restrictions now in force in 
the union, whereas our representative would 
have to be built under these restrictions. Thus, 
if it was allowed that Seneca was exempt from 
these restrictions under the reading of the 
union rule on this point, she would obtain an 
advantage, which it is not in the interests of 
sport, or of any amateur contest, should exist; 
as we take it, the fundamental principle of all 
true sport's is competition on absolutely even 
terms. 
“’We further have contended that Seneca, 
having been on salt water and owned by a New 
York yachtsman, her home port being Indian 
Harbor, she being licensed there, at the time of 
the passing of the scantling rule in 1907, was 
not exempt, as would be a fresh-water yacht 
owned in good faith and kept for use on the 
Great Lakes. This latter point, however, to 
our minds, is of lesser importance than the one 
of the eligibility to race for the Canada’s Cup 
of anything but bona fide Great Lakes’ yachts, 
owned in good faith and kept for use on the 
Great Lakes. 
“We have gone to the last extreme in our 
endeavors to persuade the Rochester Y. C. to 
leave the point in dispute to a disinterested 
tribunal, by first accepting their proposal to 
name the council of the union as arbitrators, 
and afterward to the regatta committee of either 
the New York Y. C. or the Eastern Y. C. of 
Boston, or any other American yacht club that 
we could a.gree upon, and to abide by their de¬ 
cision. The Rochester Club, however, have re¬ 
jected our advances, and maintain that they will 
not arbitrate on the first point, but are pre¬ 
pared to leave to the union the question as to 
the eligibility of Seneca to race under the 
union rules, but with respect to the question 
of her scantling only. As this, however, is a 
contest for the Canada’s Cup, our contention 
is that the deed of gift of the Canada’s cup must 
be the instrument to guide those who are to 
decide, as that instrument says, ‘That such 
challenge shall be made and the matches sailed 
in accordance with the terms and provisions of 
this instrument, and that alterations may be 
made that are mutual to both parties, but only 
where they do not alter the sense and spirit of 
this instrument.’ 
“On Saturday, Dec. 12, we sent a committee 
to Rochester to confer with the committee of 
that club, but, as they absolutely^ refused to 
arbitrate the question, we make this statement 
to you, the yachtsmen of the Great Lakes, and 
to explain why the Royal Canadian Y. C. with¬ 
draws from the contests for the Canada’s Cup, 
so long as the Rochester Y. C. maintains this 
position.” 
Indian Harbor Y. C. Nominations. 
Commodore Roy A. Rainey, steam yacht 
Cassandra: 'Vice-Commodore, H. Wilmer 
Hanan, schooner Rosemary; Rear-Commodore, 
Lorenzo D. Armstrong, schooner yacht 
Grampus, of the Indian Harbor Y. C., 
have been renominated and have accepted 
the nominations to serve the club for an¬ 
other season. Morgan Barney has been re¬ 
nominated as measurer of the club. The 
nominees for the positions of Secretary, Treas¬ 
urer and members of the Regatta Committee 
will be announced shortly. 
Schooner Launching. 
The four-masted schooner, Stanley M. Sea¬ 
man, was launched recently from Cobb-Butler 
Shipyard, Rockland, Me. She is of the strictly 
modern t^'pe, double deck—flush main deck. 
Steel rigging: steam engine for handling deck 
gear. "Very lieavily constructed, built to class 
“A-i 15 years.” She will belong: to Donnell & 
McKown’s fleet, Boston, and will trade between 
. 4 tlantic Coast. Gulf and West India ports. 
The launching was witnessed by several_ New 
York Y. C. members, who are interested in the 
new vessel. 
Old Yachts’ New Ratings. 
John R. Brophy, chairman of the regatta com¬ 
mittee of the Atlantic Y. C., has carefully pre¬ 
pared a table which shows just how the 
changes made in the rule of measurement, since 
the load waterline was made a factor, changes 
the ratings of yachts that have raced on Graves¬ 
end Bay. It shows that many of the yachts 
that will race next season have some leeway 
before reaching the tops of their respective 
classes, and as all yachts built since Jan. i, 1905, 
are to rate at the top of their classes, it is 
probable that some changes will be made in 
sail plans to take advantage of this. The ratings 
are as follows: 
Schooners—Class B— 88 ft. Class—Not Over 88 ft. and 
More than 76ft. Rating Measurement. 
L.W.L. New Old 
Feet. K. M. K. M. 
Lasca, R. P. Doremns. 90.00 79.33 76.33 
Lasca’s full rating is 88 . 20 . 
Class B was formerly the 90ft. class, consisting of yachts 
75 to 90ft. rating measurement. 
Schooners—Class C—76ft. Class—Not More than 76ft. and 
More than 65ft. Rating Measurement. 
Shamrock, Frederic Thompson. 70.08 58.32 57.34 
Shamrock’s full rating is 66.54. 
Class C was formerly the 75ft. Class, consisting of 
yachts not more than 75 and more than 64ft. rating. 
Schooners—Class E—55ft. Class—Not More than 55ft. and 
More than 46ft. gating Measurement. 
Andromeda, E. W. Dixon. 62.50 53.87 50.84 
Quickstep, E. B. Havens. 65.10 55.18 53.06 
Andromeda’s full rating is 59.86; Quickstep’s is 61.32. 
Class E was formerly the 55ft. class, consisting of yachts 
not more than 55 and more than 47ft. rating measurement. 
Sloops—Class L—55ft. Class—Not More than 55ft. and 
More than 46ft. Rating Measurement. 
Athlon, J. D. Probst. 53.83 51.76 44.00 
Class L was formerly the 48ft. class, consisting of 
yachts not more than 48ft. and more than 40ft. rating. 
Sloops—Class M—46ft. Class—Not More than 46ft. and 
More than 33ft. Rating Measurement. 
Gardenia, L. S. Herzig. 41.00 43.20 39.84 
Class M was formerly the 40ft. class, consisting of 
yachts not more than 40ft. and more than 33ft. rating. 
Sloops and Yawls—Class N—38ft. Class—Not More than 
38ft. and More than 31ft. Rating Measurement. 
Phantom, yawl, C. Lembcke. 38.09 37.66 26.52 
Mavdic, W. H. Childs. 35.70 35.69 34.78 
Phantom’s full rating is 40.50. 
Class N was formerly the 40ft. class, consisting of yachts 
not more than 40ft. and more than 33ft. rating. 
Sloops and Yawls—Class P—31ft. Class—Not more than 
31fr. and More than 25ft. Rating Measurement. 
Sakana, yawl, Haviland Bros. 32.25 
Sue, E. Euckenback. 
Crescent, J. B. O’Donohue_ 
Seneca, A. G. Hanan. 
Tobasco . 31.00 
Sakana’s full rating is 27.75. 
Class P was formerly the 27ft. class, consisting of yachts 
not more than 27 and more than 22ft. rating. 
Sloops—Class Q—25ft. Class—Not More than 25ft. and 
More than 20ft. Rating Measurement. 
32.25 
25.78 
24.91 
30.04 
30.00 
26.95 
30.12 
80.40 
26.97 
32.20 
30.03 
26.88 
31.00 
29.10 
26.68 
24.14 
23.66 
24.80 
23.65 
24.69 
24.80 
24.55 
24.58 
24.62 
24.32 
24.01 
22.98 
20.62 
20.66 
20.09 
21.39 
21.93 
21.84 
21.81 
21.49 
21.97 
22.13 
22.20 
21.97 
21.60 
21.83 
21.59 
23.50 
21.74 
21.95 
21.04 
24.53 
Soya, W. A. Barstow. 25.62 
Spider, Hendon Chubb. 25.30 
'Vingt Trois, R. A. Brown. 25.25 
Saetta, G. H. Church. 25.50 
Joy, W. H. Childs. 25.35 
Manhasset, C. A. Robbins. 27.82 
Princess, F. G. Stewart. 26.69 
Dorothy Q., F. T. Bedford. 25.90 
Capsicum, C. S. Hoyt. 27.50 
Chaperone. R. Jacob. 26.00 
Ojigwan. G. E. Reiners. 22.20 
Miana, W. J. O’Neill. 21.25 
Careless, R. Rummell. 19.50 
Ondas, A. J. Menton. 19.08 
Spots, W. W. W. Roberts. 18.67 
Miss Judy, \V. C. Waldron. 21.00 
Class Q was formerly the 22ft. class, consisting of yaciits 
not more than 22 ft. and more than 18ft. rating measure¬ 
ment. 
Sloops—Class R—20ft. Class—Not More than 20 and more 
than 17ft. Rating Measurement. 
Ogeemah, A. B. Clement. 20.25 19.04 18.01 
Hoyden, D. B. Abbott. 22.50 19.90 17.90 
' Class R was formerly the ISft. class for yachts not more 
than 18ft. and more than 15ft. rating measurement. 
Sloop Class S—17ft. Class—-Ml Yachts Not More than 
17ft. Rating Measurement. 
Af. and F., C. M. Camp. 
Gunda, F. S. Noble. 
Blue Bill, D. A. Allerton. 
Nereid. W. D. Walker. 18.95 
New Moon, A. F. Aldridge. 17.75 
Pester, R. S. Childs.. 
Gobb'n. Speidel Bros. 
Class S was formerly the 15ft. class, consisting of yachts 
not more than 15ft. rating measurement. 
.. 19.00 
16.84 
14.99 
.. 18.77 
16.82 
14.88 
.. 18.58 
16.82 
14.88 
.. 18.95 
16.93 
14.93 
.. 17.75 
16.70 
14.83 
.. 17.91 
15.82 
14.96 
.. 17.17 
15.81 
14.88 
