March 27, 1909-] 
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Aug. 24—Manchester Y. C., Crowhurst cup, 
open, Manchester. 
Aug. 26 —Gloucester Y. C., open, Gloucester. 
Aug. 28—Annisquam Y. C., open, Annisquam. 
Sept. 4—Quincy Y. C., open, Quincy, inter¬ 
club classes only. 
Sept. 6—Corinthian Y. C., handicap, Marble¬ 
head. 
Sept. 6—Lynn Y. C., open, Bass Point. 
Sept. II —Boston Y. C., club, Hull. 
Sept. 12—Y. R. A. of M., rendezvous. 
Long Island Sound Schedule. 
The annual meeting of the Yacht Racing As¬ 
sociation of Long Island Sound was held on 
Friday, March 19, and officers were elected 
and a schedule arranged. The officers of the 
association are: W. Butler Duncan, Jr., was 
re-elected President; Charles P. Tower, Sec¬ 
retary, and Victor I. Cumnock, Treasurer. The 
new members of the 'Executive Committee are: 
Stuyvesant Wainwright, Harry A. Jackson, Jr., 
H. F. Parmelee and F. C. Sullivan. 
The schedule of races is as follows: 
May 22—New Rochelle Y. C., spring. 
May 29—Knickerbocker Y. C., annual. 
May 31—Harlem Y. C., annual; Indian Har¬ 
bor Y. C., special; Bridgeport Y. C., spring. 
June 5—Manhasset Bay Y. C., annual. 
June 12—New Rochelle Y. C., annual. 
June 19—Larchmont Y. C., spring; New York 
A. C., Block Island race. 
June 24-—Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. 
special. 
June 25—Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. 
special. 
June 26—Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., an¬ 
nual. 
July 3—American Y. C., annual. 
July 5—Larchmont Y. C., annual; Hartford 
Y. C., annual. 
July 10—Indian Harbor Y. C., annual. 
July 17-24—Larchmont Y. C., race week. 
July 31—Riverside Y. C., annual. 
Aug. 7—Horse Shoe Harbor Y. C., annual; 
Corinthian Y. C.. of Stamford, annual. 
Aug. 14—-Huguenot Y. C., annual; Bridge¬ 
port Y. C., annual; Hempstead Harbor Y. C., 
annual. 
Aug. 24—Stamford Y. C., annual. 
Aug. 28—Newport Y. C., annual: New Ro¬ 
chelle Y. C., special. 
Sept. 2 and 3—Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., 
specials. 
Sept. 4—Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., fall: 
Hartford Y C.. special. 
Sept. 6—Larchmont Y. C., fall; Norwalk Y. 
C.. annual; Sachem’s Head Y. C., annual. 
Sept. II —Indian Harbor Y. C., fall. 
Sept. 18—Manhasset Bay Y. C., fall. 
Handicap Class Meeting. 
The annual meeting of the Handicap Yacht 
Racing Class will be held at the Hotel Astor 
on Monday evening, March 29, at 8 o’clock. 
The Executive Committee has revised the rules 
and amendments will be submitted to the mem¬ 
bers at the meeting. They are: 
(1) Rule to cover breakdowns and holding 
back; strike out “In all races where a boat has 
been beaten in excess of 12 per cent., that figure 
will be used in computing her handicap,” and 
substitute, “When a yacht is beaten by more 
that 4 per cent, in excess of her handicap, her 
handicap for succeeding races shall be figured 
as though she had been beaten in that race by 
her handicap, plus 4 per cent.” 
(2) Amend above, so that it applies to boats 
only after they have won a first prize. 
(3) Insert “area” after “sails” in “No yacht 
shall make any change in hull or sails after be¬ 
ing handicapped without notice to committee.” 
(4) In arbitrary handicaps, if an error be 
shown, it may be rectified at discretion of ex¬ 
ecutive committee before third race in which 
the boat competes. 
_ (.S) If • a boat has no competitor in her 
division, she may with the consent of the re¬ 
gatta committee comoete in another division. 
The election of officers will be held and the 
nominating committee, Messrs. Monks, Lamb- 
den and North, have nominated the following: 
President, G. P. Cranberry; Secretary, H. A. 
Jackson, Jr.; Treasurer, B. R. Stoddard. 
Fast Turbine Steam Yacht. 
Cox & Stevehs, naval architects, of this 
city, have just placed an order through their 
London representatives, Cox & King, with 
Yarrow & Co., of England, for a turbine steam 
yacht that will be faster than any vessel of her 
type yet built, and will attract much attention 
on her arrival in these waters this summer. 
The hull is bein.g built of special high ten¬ 
sion steel, the motive power .will consist of 
three Parsons turbines supplied with steam by 
two Yarrow boilers, using oil fuel; this will be 
the first yacht to have the combination of tur¬ 
bines and oil fuel, although many modern tor¬ 
pedo boats are equipped in this manner and 
most satisfactory results have been obtained. 
Better than 30 statute miles an hour is antici¬ 
pated, and there will be interesting trials of 
speed between this craft and the new boat be¬ 
ing built in this country for M. C. D. Borden. 
The length will be about 170 feet, beam 17 
feet, and she will have unusually good accommo¬ 
dations, the owner having three double state¬ 
rooms, two bathrooms and a large and attrac¬ 
tive saloon aft; while in the deck house forward 
will be a dining room capable of seating twelve 
guests comfortably. 
As she will have to cross the ocean under 
her own power, and as the designers wished to 
produce a good serviceable craft, she has been 
given good freeboard and as powerful a form 
as possible under the circumstances; the deck 
line forward is quite full, and is associated with 
sharply flarin.g sections that will tend to keep 
spray from coming aboard. 
The details of the design and the superin¬ 
tendence of the vessel, while under construction, 
will be in the hands of Messrs. Cox & King, of 
London, with which firm Messrs. Cox & 
Stevens have combined their interests as far as 
concerns buying, building or chartering vessels 
abroad. This business arrangement will be 
beneficial to both firms and to their clients, 
and will greatly simply any further transactions 
of this character, as all details can be attended 
to equally well either from the New York or 
London office as may be most convenient in 
each instance. 
The appearance of this craft will be striking, 
as she will be painted black, her house and sky¬ 
lights will be teak, the awnings khaki, and with 
the two large stacks and good freeboard will 
suggest power and speed in every line. 
Motor Boats on Lake Worth. 
The fifth annual motor boat carnival, held 
under the auspices of the Palm Beach Power 
Boat Association, was begun on Lake Worth, 
Florida, on Tuesday, March 16. 
While Dixie, Simplex and Swallow, which 
have made great speed in previous tournaments, 
were missing, Buffalo Courier, owned by W. J. 
Conners, of Buffalo; Bruiser and Trente-Sept, 
both entered by George Gingras, of the 
Eugallie Y. C., and Kitty Sparks IL, entered by 
Charles Furthman, of Hew York, showed that 
they are possessed of high speed. 
The class A 9-mile handicap was won by 
Kitty Sparks II. Kitty Sparks IL was fifth to 
be sent away. Trente-Sept came in second, an 
eighth of a mile behind Kitty Sparks IL, with 
Buffalo Courier, the highest horsepower boat 
in the contest, third. The last named craft was 
fast, overtaking the leaders at the finish. The 
morning events consisted of speed trials, and 
in these Buffalo Courier made the best time, 
averaging 26 statute miles an hour. Trente-Sept 
came next with 23.69. and Bruiser third with 
22.01. 
The summary; 
Class A—Handicap—Course 9 Miles. 
Handicap. Start. Finish. 
Kitty Sparks II., C. Furthman.26 3 39 29 4 13 33 
Trente-Sept, Geo. Gingras.43 3 46 36 4 14 05 
Buffalo Courier, W. J. Conners_95 3 50 30 4 15 24 
Bruiser, Geo. Gingras .39 3 48 12 4 18 26 
Flying Fish, H. L. Willoughby... .23 3 36 00 4 18 27 
Dennison III., C. Gallagher.23 3 40 36 
Nebo, G. M. Marshall. 3 38 34 
Messenger, Capt. G. E. Andrews..32 3 35 20 
Possum, Lieut. H. L. Willoughby. .74 3 38 09 
Winifred, Louis S. Clark.18 3 30 00 
4 21 15 
4 22 33 
4 29 06 
4 35 49 
4 37 44 
iVz-MUe Scratch Race for Florida Boats. 
Elapsed. 
Trente-Sept . 0 27 13 
Dennison III. 0 40 30 
Possum . 0 47 36 
Buffalo Courier and Bruiser met in a 9-mile 
race on the second day. 
From almost the crack of the gun, which 
set Buffalo off last in the contest, it began to 
overtake the other boats, and just after making 
the second turn, half the distance of the race, 
which was nine miles, it passed Trente-Sept 
and then soon began to pass its other op¬ 
ponents. The official figures showed that the 
time made by Buffalo Courier exceeded her 
handicap. 54 seconds, while Bruiser exceeded 
her handicap by one second, making the boats 
a tie. The race will be run over between them 
to-morrow. 
Hobo, which finished first in the contest for 
boats under 32 feet, was disqualified for cross¬ 
ing the line ahead of time, first prize, there¬ 
fore, going to Trente-Sept. The latter boat 
was again fortunate in getting first in the race 
for all lengths by Bruiser exceeding her handi¬ 
cap, 25 seconds, putting her back to second 
place. The summaries: 
Boats Under 12-Mile Speed—Course 4% Miles. 
Start. Finish. 
Winifred, Louis S. Clark. 19 40 00 11 11 57 
Carita, James K. Clarke. 10 47 17 11 13 26 
Boats Under 32ft.—Course 4% Miles. 
Trente-Sept, George Gingras. 11 10 13 11 23 46 
Flying Fish, H. L. Willoughby, Jr. 11 03 03 11 23 54 
Messenger, Capt. Geo. E. Andrews. 11 00 00 11 23 59% 
Kitty Sparks II.. C. Furthmann_ 11 06 35 11 24 14 
Possum, Lieut. H. L. Willoughby.. 11 03 12 11 25 53 
Dennison III., Chris. Gallagher_ 11 03 50 11 20 04 
*Nebo.^ G. M. Marshall. 11 02 04 11 23 59V2 
*Finished first, but disqualified for crossing line ahead 
of time. 
Boats of All Lengths—Course. 4% Miles. 
*Bruiser, George Gingras. 11 38 40 11 53 23 
Trente-Sept, George Gingras . 11 40 13 11 53 43 
Messenger, Capt. Geo.. E. Andrews. 11 30 00 11 54 03 
Flying Fish, H. L. Willoughby. 11 33.03 11 54 14 
Buffalo Courier, W. J. Conners. 11 41 31 11 54 37 
*Exceeded handicap 25 seconds. 
Boats of All Lengths—Course 9 Miles. 
*Bu!Talo Courier, W. J. Conners_ 3 23 OO 3 46 22 
fBruiser, Geor.ge Gingras. 3 18 08 3 47 16 
Flving Fish, H. L. Willoughby.... 3 06 06 3 47 25 
Trente-Sept, George Gingras . 3 20 38 3 48 04 
Kitty Sparks III., C. Furthmann_ 3 13 10 3 48 43 
Messenger, Capt. G. E Andrews_ 3 24 39 3 48 59 
^Exceeded handicap 51 seconds. 
fExceeded handicap. 1 second. 
Buffalo Courier beat Bruiser in a nine- 
mile race in a run off of yesterday’s tie be¬ 
tween the boats by the close margin of 6 sec¬ 
onds in the fast time of 2^ minutes and 55 sec¬ 
onds. Bu.fi’alo gave Bruiser a handicap of 4 
minutes and 8 seconds. The race was sensa¬ 
tional to the onlookers. For the last quarter 
mile of the event the boats were neck and 
neck, but about 300 yards from the finish, 
Buffalo forged ahead and won by three open 
lengths. 
The blowing out of a carbureter head in the 
9-mile race for boats of over 17 miles speed 
ruined Mr. Conners’ boat from getting first 
place. This happened a short distance from 
the finish, when Buffalo Courier was about to 
pass Trente-Sept, owned by Mr. Ging-ras. The 
accident gave first honors to the latter craft. 
The longest race so far in the tournament 
was the 131/2-mile contest for boats of over 12 
miles speed. This was won by Possum in a 
close finish. Courier finishing third. 
Trente-Sept won its second victory of to-day 
in the 9-mile race for all boats over 12 miles 
for the Moore cup. Winifred, owned by T.ouis 
S. Clarke, won in the 4F2-mile race for boats 
under 12 miles. The summary: 
Boats Under 12 Miles Speed—Course. 4% Miles. 
Start. Finish 
Winifred, Louis S. Clarke. 10 30 00 11 01 39 
Carita, James K. Clarke. 10 35 50 11 02 03 
Boats Under 17 Miles Speed—Course, 4% Miles. 
Nobo, G. M. Marshall. 11 02 19 *11 23 27 
Flying Fi.sh, Hugh L. Willoughby, Jr. 11 03 16 11 23 44 
Possum. Lieut. H. L. Willoughby.... 11 03 12 11 23 31 
Dennison III., Christopher Gallagher. 11 03 50 fU 23 18 
Messenger. Capt. Geo. E. Andrews... 11 OO 00 11 24 34 
Kitty Sparks II., Charles Furthmann. 11 06 35 11 24 38 
*Corrected 9 seconds. fCorrected 50 seconds. 
Boats Over 12 Miles Speed—Course 9 Miles. 
Trente-Sept. George Gingras. 11 50 35 16 16 
Denniston III., Christ. Gallagher. 11 37 37 *12 16 21 
