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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May I, igog. 
tlie soiith’ard and Scotland Lightship, to and 
around Fire Island Lightship, leaving it on the 
starboard hand; then to and around the North¬ 
east End Light Vessel, off Cape May, N. J., 
leaving it on the port hand, and returning oyer 
the same course, leaving buoys and lightships 
on the reverse hand, and finishing off South 
West Spit and a mark-boat anchored to the 
southward and westward. 
Entries.—Entries must be received by the 
committee not later than noon of June 25, and 
must be accompanied by a measurement cer¬ 
tificate. 
Class.—All yachts will sail in one class, with 
regular allowance for the difference in rigs. 
Prizes.—In addition to the cup presented by 
Hon. Richard Croker, the Brooklyn Y. C. will 
offer handsome prizes for second, third and 
fourth boat, providing ten or more start. 
Protests.—Concerning non-eligibility of a 
yacht must be in writing and be made not less 
than twenty-four hours before the time fixed 
for starting. 
The committee reserves the right to reject 
any entry, if in their judgment the boat is un¬ 
seaworthy or not suitable for long distance 
racing, or is inefficient in rig, power, stores or 
crew. 
Cornfield Lightship Race. 
The Stratford Shoal race of the Manhasset 
Bay Y. C. has in former years proved a popular 
one but some yachtsmen have maintained that 
the course is too short, so this year it will be 
substituted by a race to Cornfield Lightship, for 
which Howard Gould has offered a handsome 
cup. This race is for cabin or watertight cockpit 
yachts of 38 feet rating or under, enrolled in 
any recognized yacht club. 
This race will be started on Saturday, June 26, 
and realizing that yachtsmen are now carefully 
making their arrangements for the season, the 
regatta committee—James W. Alker (Chair¬ 
man), Henry J. Gielow and Clarkson Cowl— 
have issued particulars about this contest, which 
are as follows; 
Starting and Einishing Line.^—The race will 
he started off the club house. Port Washington, 
L. I. The line will be between two stakeboats 
(not between the nearest stakeboat and com¬ 
mittee boat) flying the club burgee anchored in 
the middle of the bay. Yachts will finish in the 
opposite directions from the start. 
Time of Start.—Warning at 8:30 A. m. Square 
white flag. Preparatory at 8:35 a. m. Blue 
l)eter. Start at 8:40 A. m. Red ball. 
Course.—From the starting line in Manhasset 
Bay to and around Cornfield Light Vessel, leav¬ 
ing it on the starboard hand, thence to finish 
line. Distance. 142 nautical miles. Buoys may 
be disregarded. 
Rounding Cornfield Light.—On rounding the 
lightship yachts must take their own time and 
report same to committee on finishing. No 
yacht will be entitled to a prize unless this rule 
is complied with. 
Time Allowance and Rating.—Time allowance 
will be given according to the rule of the Yacht 
Racing Association of Long Island Sound, 
based on the actual rating of each yacht. 
Rules.—Unless where otherwise stated, the 
rules of the Yacht Racing Association of Long 
Island Sound will govern. Sec. 4, Rule 8, will 
not apply. Spinnaker sheets may be carried 
around head stay. Crew certificates must be 
filed. 
Trim.-—Yachts maybe in racing trim. 
Crew.—No restriction as to number of crew. 
The helmsman must be an amateur. 
Prizes.—bloward Gould has presented a prize 
to be awarded to the winner. Second, third 
and fourth prizes have been presented by Com¬ 
modore Floyt. Prizes will be awarded at the 
club house directly after the race. 
Protesting in Writing.—Protests, if any, must 
be made within one hour after finishing. 
Entries.—Each yacht must give on its entry 
its racing length under the igog rule, its racing 
number, rig, owners’ name and club. No entry 
will be received later than 24 hours previous to 
the start. The time of no yacht will be taken 
unless the above is complied with. 
Measurement Certificates.—Winners must file 
with the committee, within ten days after finish 
of race, certificates of measurement signed by a 
measurer of a recognized yacht club. 
Committee Boat.—The committee boat will fly 
the race committee flag by day and two blue 
lights hoisted at masthead by night. 
Racing Numbers.—All yachts shall carry their 
racing numbers in their proper place. 
Dixie’s Engines Failed. 
In the race for the Prix de Monte Carlo, 
when Dixie 11 . was so badly beaten by Wolseley 
Siddeley, Dixie’s engines were not firing prop¬ 
erly, and she was out of the contest early, being 
lapped at the end of the second round. This 
was the race in which Wolseley Siddeley beat 
Panhard Levassor 14 4-5 seconds. The Yacht¬ 
ing World, in commenting on the races and the 
racers, says pertinently: “It is a great mistake 
to imagine that the Mediterranean is a lake 
but it takes time to ram this fact home to some 
builders of high powered craft with a light con¬ 
struction standard. The second of the Ameri¬ 
can string could not start. She may be all right 
on Oyster Bay, but in these waters if run at 
high speed on her present lines, she would be 
an absolute death trap. A false keel has been 
fitted to her, but her stability has not been 
greatly increased thereby; the men are now at 
work broadening her beam, so as to enable her 
to take part in the next big international race, 
without turning turtle. 
“This year a new 15-meter launch was built 
to the order of the Duke of Westminster to 
compete in the unlimited power class. The hull 
was built by Saunders, of Cowes, on the 
Saunders patent system of construction, with a 
slight modification of the original patent. She 
has been constructed on the three-skin principle, 
the chief departure being that the skins are 
riveted through the timbers as well as sewn to¬ 
gether with copper wire. As regards design, 
the extra length of the hull, fifteen meters over 
all, as against 12 meters in last year’s boat, 
roughly speaking an additional 10 feet, has 
permitted finer lines throughout, the water lines 
forward being practically straight for a distance 
of 17 feet aft of tlie stem. The delivery lines 
are easy and the underbody of the hull aft is 
considerably flatter than was the case in the 
igo8 vessel. 
“Eor her whole length of 50 feet she is built 
without a butt; and altogether is a magnificent 
example of British boat construction. The to¬ 
tal weight of the hull, complete with all its in¬ 
ternal woodwork, including engine bearers, is 
less than 19 hundredweight. In regard to the 
machinery the Wolseley company has adhered 
to the twin screw arrangement which it has al¬ 
ways advocated for high power racing launches. 
The two units are mounted side by side, with 
the valves on the inner side of each motor, the 
exhaust from both motors being discharged into 
a center pipe running down the middle of the 
boat. The motors are each of twelve cylinders, 
as compared with two eight-cylinder motors in 
last year’s installation, and are individually 
credited with being capable of developing 350 
horsepower. The distribution gears are 
mounted in the center of the engine, having six 
cylinders fore and aft of them. The helmsman’s 
seat is placed forward of the engine. 
“Of the two American entrants the most not¬ 
able is Dixie 11 . She is 10 feet shorter than the 
British boat, and is driven by a single eight- 
cylinder Dixie engine. The hull is new, but the 
engine is the same as used in the race for the 
British international trophy in American waters 
last July, when Dixie 11 . beat last year’s 
Wolseley boat, then owned by the Duke of 
Westminster. Whether she will be able to stand 
up to tbe additional horsepower and extra 
length, of the British boat remains to be seen, 
but her owner is quietly confident. At any rate 
she is, like her chief rival, a perfect picture of 
a boat both in her lines and general excellence 
of workmanship. 
“Of the other representative from across the 
Atlantic one can speak with greater confidence. 
A more ungainly craft it would be hard to 
imagine than Standard. She is fitted with the 
Standard double-acting type of engines as sup¬ 
plied to the Austrian torpedo boats with open 
crank pit. There are six cylinders, equivalent 
to an ordinary type motor with twelve cylinders, 
as an explosion takes place on each side of the 
piston. The displacement of the Standard boat 
when running trim is said to be a little over 
seven tons. Tbe horsepower of the engine is 
put at 400 at goo revolutions. The defect of 
double-acting motor in a racing boat (that is to 
say, the high center of gravity) is very apparent 
in this instance, as the tops of the cylinders are, 
roughly speaking, six feet above the center line 
of the shaft. The result is that the vessel is 
very cranky and distinctly unsafe to make a 
sharp turn at high speed. So much so was this 
the case that in a trial spin in smooth water the 
other day Standard nearly capsized when taking 
a mark sharply, and the harbor master reported 
her as unsafe to race. With the idea of remedy¬ 
ing this defect a fin keel 6 feet long and 18 
inches deep has been bolted on to her.” 
Dixie 11 . arrived home last week. Capt. 
Pearce and her engineers came with her. Capt. 
Pearce said the Dixie was beaten by a much 
better boat. “As to the course,” Capt. Pearce 
said, “it is just like racing Dixie off Sandy 
Hook. I was misinformed as to the water at 
Monaco, for if I had known what I did the 
moment I arrived and saw the course, I would 
never have left this side. Racing Dixie 11 . 
against Wolseley-Siddeley 11 . is like a child 
trying-to compete with a man. That is the 
smartest boat in the world in any waters, rough 
or smooth. If we ever send a boat abroad to 
win that trophy, it will have to be of different 
model than any boat now in existence. I have 
an idea of the kind of boat 'and would like to 
try it. It was some solace to be beating the 
6so-horsepower Panhard-Levassor in the inter¬ 
national race, and I believe that we should have 
done well had not our pump broken down in 
the twelfth round.” 
Machigonne Launched. 
The new steam yacht Machigonne, designed 
by Charles L. Seabury, and built by the Gas 
Engine & Power Company, at Morris Fleights, 
for the Hon. William L. Douglas, ex-Governor 
of Massachusetts, was successfully launched last 
week. The vessel is constructed of steel, is 140 
feet over all, 118 feet waterline, 18 feet beam, 
7)/2 feet draft, and will have a speed of 16 miles 
per hour. The yacht has a clipper bow, over¬ 
hanging stern, flush deck and is schooner 
rigged, with pole masts. In the forward deck 
house, the dining saloon is located, with the 
butler’s pantry at the after end. This pantry 
is well appointed with ice-box, dresser, dish 
rack, glass closet, etc., and is connected by 
dumb waiter to the galley below. In the after 
deck house is a social hall, with staircase 
arranged to the owner’s quarters below. The 
general finish of the outside of the deck houses, 
skylights, rails, etc., is in teak wood, while the 
inside finish is in mahogany. In the owner’s 
quarters there are four extra large staterooms, 
two bath rooms and a lounging room. The 
crews’ quarters, officer’s staterooms and galley 
are located in the forward part of the vessel. 
The question of light and ventilation through¬ 
out the craft have been carefully planned out. 
The yacht will be luxuriously furnished, and will 
be equipped with all of the modern appoint¬ 
ments and conveniences. She is lighted 
throughout with electricity, and heated with 
steam. The machinery consists of a Seabury 
triple expansion engine and watertube boiler of 
the latest design. There is a large bridge on 
top of the forward deck house, from which the 
steering will be done. This is the second 
Seabury yacht that Mr. Douglas has owned. It 
will be commanded by Capt. Sparks, wJiile the 
engine room will be in charge of Chief Engineer 
Trafton. Machigonne is about completed, and 
will leave Alorris Heights for Boston in about 
a week. 
