1022 
FOREST AND STREAM 
[June 26, 1909. 
Manhasset, Old One-Design—Start, 12:15—Course, 10% 
Miles. 
Arizona . 1 58 51 Avis . 2 09 59 
Chichicoker . 1 58 14 Pixy .Disabled. 
Edith .2 11 04 
Manhasset, New, One-Design—Start, 12:15—Course, 10% 
Miles. 
Scylla . 1 53 18 Ardette . 1 53 27 
Manhaska . 1 52 50 Althea . 1 54 50 
Glen Cove One-Design—Start, 12:20—Course, 10% Miles. 
Emerald . 1 53 57 Ruby . 1 57 40 
Garnet . 1 58 54 Aquamarine . 2 04 25 
Sapphire . 1 59 57 
New Rochelle One-Design—Start, 12:25—Course, 10% 
Miles. 
Virginia . 2 19 47 Echo .2 17 29 
Nereid . 2 18 30 
Catboats, Class S—Start, 12:30—Course, 10% Miles. 
Iney . 2 08 23 
Bug Class—Start, 12:30—Course, 5% Miles. 
Skeeter .1 01 40 Wasp . 1 09 12 
Big Bug . 1 02 35 Red Bug . 1 08 30 
Cricket . 1 09 07 
American V. C. Dories—Start, 12:30—Course, 5% Miles. 
Tautog . 1 10 57 Tiny Tad . 1 14 12 
Faraway .1 14 .18 Midelite .D. N. F. 
New York C. C. 
The annual regatta of the New York Canoe 
Club sailed last Saturday was the first of the 
series for the Gravesend Bay championships. 
A strong wind, west by south, swept across 
Gravesend Bay, whipping the water until it was 
smothered with white caps and the racers had 
hard times. For some of the yachts the wind 
was too strong. The first accident happened 
to J. L. Smith’s Michchief. Soon after the 
start and while beating to the Sea Gate mark 
the lashing on the gaff parted and the mainsail 
was blown out. Careless, owned by Richard 
Rummell, parted a starboard shroud and 
retired; Elfin, a knockabout, owned by F. fl. 
Fales, lost her rudder. 
A special match was sailed between Phantom, 
owned by Charles Lembcke, and Vivian II., 
owned by S. E. Vernon. They raced without 
time allowance and Pliantom won. The sum¬ 
maries follow; 
Special Class—Start, 3:C0—Course, 14 Miles. 
Finish. Finish. 
Phantom . 4 53 34 Vivian II.4 59 45 
Class I’ — Start. 3:00 — Course, 12 Miles. 
Sakana . 5 19 44 I'orant II.D. N. F. 
Peri II.5 21 47 
Sloops, Class O—Start, 3:05—Course, 12 Miles. 
Soya . 5 22 34 Joy .D. N. F. 
Handicap Division—First Division — Start, 3:10 — Course, 
12 Miles. 
Miana . 5 36 52 Careless .Disableti 
La Cubana . 5 44 35 _■ 
Corrected time—Miana, 2.26.52; La Cubana, 2.28.43. 
Handicap Class—.Second Division—Start, 3:10 — Course, 8 
Miles. 
Pappilon . 5 09 42 .Mischief .Disabled. 
Corrected lime — J’appilon, 1.59.42. 
Sloops, Class S—-Start, 3:15 — Course, 8 Miles. 
M. and F. 4 55 24 Gunda . 5 03 10 
Pester . 4 58 27 
Knockabouts — .Start, 3:20—Course, 8 Miles. 
Merry Widow _ 5 02 26 Cherub . 5 16 45 
Slow Poke . 5 06 32 Elfin .Disabled 
Chico . 5 10 44 Masque .D. N. F. 
Mouse . 5 15 33 
Canoe Club Dinghies — Start, 3:20 — Course, 4 Miles. 
Sheets . 4 11 47 Aries . 4 14 28 
*Meteor . 4 13 00 Bull Finch . 4 17 40 
Little Devil . 4 14 06 *Osiris . 4 24 18 
*Meteor and Osiris disqualified for fouling Bensonhurst 
mark. 
Ilys Wins Race from Bermuda. 
Ilys, owned by J. G. Naefie Whitaker, won 
the race for power boats from Bermuda to Bay 
Ridge. Site beat Heather, owned by Richmond 
Levering of Cincinnati, i hr. 22 min. 44 sec., 
and Insep, owned by W. C. Proctor of Cincin¬ 
nati, by 21 hr. 33 min. 55 sec. The race was for 
a cup offered by the Crescent Athletic Club of 
Brooklyn. The race to Bermuda in which these 
three and Nereides II. took part, was an unsat¬ 
isfactory one. Ilys broke the connecting rod 
on_ her engine and lost many hours making re¬ 
pairs. But for this accident she would in all 
probability have won as she was allowed 4 
hours and 45 minutes by Heather. When the 
offer of a cup was made,' Mr. Levering, owner 
of Heather, cabled that he would race provided 
the allowance was thrown off and the yachts 
went on even terms. This was satisfactory to 
Mr, Whitaker, who thought his yacht a good 
one and he wanted a race and would not quib¬ 
ble about conditions. The action of Mr. Lev¬ 
ering, however, caused some unfavorable com¬ 
ment. He had won when allowing time but de¬ 
clined another race unless he had the better of 
the arrangements. 
The three yachts started from off St. 
Georges at 10.09 on Monday morning, June 14. 
All Bermuda turned out to see the racers off. 
I he weather was fine and sea smooth and Ilys 
at once took the lead. By noon the Ilys had 
gone 16 miles. She was then leading with 
Insep on her port quarter and Heather about 
a mile astern. There was a light southwest 
wind all the afternoon and at 8 p. m, the Insep 
was lost sight of astern. Tuesday opened clear 
with a southwest wind. Fleather was still 
a.slern about a mile and during the morning 
Ilys drew away from her. She had made 210 in 
the twenty-four hours ending, noon on the 15th. 
'I'he Heather was last seen at 4 o'clock in the 
afternoon. There was rain Tuesday evening 
and during the night a heavy thunder squall. 
Ilys entered the Gulf Stream at 8 A. M. on June 
16, and Capt. Thomas Fleming Day said it was 
the smootl’.est passage across the stream he 
had ever made. At noon the yacht had made 
211J/2 miles for the day’s run. The yacht kept 
on at a 9 knot clip and kept that rate up all 
night. It was clear again on Wednesday morn¬ 
ing and at 8 o'clock sights taken showed that 
they were east of the course. Soundings 
showed 30 fathoms and sounding made at 10 
o’clock showed 26 fathoms. At noon Ilys was 
in latitude 40°i4'; longitude 73 °i 5 '. At 3 o’clock 
in the afternoon vessels on the fishing banks 
were sighted, and landfall was made off Long 
Beach. This was disappointing to those on 
board as it was feared it would cost them the 
race. They headed west, passed into the har¬ 
bor through the Coney Island channel, and 
finished at 5:22:50 on Thursday afternoon, 
June 17 . 
A crowd had gathered at the Crescents’ house 
and during the day Commodore 'Wilson had 
gone outside in his yacht Sumida to meet the 
racers. 
Heather came in at 6:55:54. Capt. F. J. 
Mauerhoff reported weather similar to that ex¬ 
perienced by Ilys. The daily runs of Heather 
were 211, 197, and 203 miles. She made the 
Highlands and went through the Swash chan¬ 
nel. Insep did not finish until 3:08:45 Friday 
afternoon. She had had trouble with her en¬ 
gine, got water in her gasoline and experienced 
hard weather Thursday and Friday. 
The visiting yachtsmen were entertained at 
dinner at the Crescent House by Commodore 
Wilson. Mr. WBiitaker was congratulated, and 
he said the Bermuda race was going to be the 
biggest racing event in the sport, and he hoped 
that many would take part in the coming races. 
The summary,- 
Crescent A. C. Cup — Course, Bermuda to Bay Ridge, 670 
Miles — Start, 10:09 A. M,, June 5. 
June 17, P. M. 
Finish. Elapsel. Corrected. 
Ilys, G. N. Whittaker.5 32 50 79 23 50 78 43 50 
Heather, R. Levering 6 55 34 80 46 34 80 06 34 
June 18, P. M. 
Insep, \V. C. Proctor .... 3 08 45 100 59 45 100 19 45 
The corrected time is simply allowing for the 
difference in time. The Ilys beat the Heather 
I hour 22 minutes 44 seconds in the 670 mile 
race, which is remarkably close. She beat the 
Insep 21 hours 35 minutes 55 seconds. The Ilys 
averaged 8.41 nautical miles for the entire vay- 
age and the Heather's average speed was only 
a trifle slower. 
Cedarhurst Y. C. 
The one design yachts sailed their weekly 
race last Saturday, June 19, in a fresh westerly 
wind. Wayward, owned by Thomas Denny, 
got a hard knockdown and filled with water. 
She was towed in safely. Reverie led at the end 
of the first round of the course, but was beaten 
on the second weather leg by Titine. The 
start was made at 3.30, and the yachts sailed 
over a course 7 miles in length. The elapsed 
times were: Titine, 1.45.52; Reverie, 1.46.00; 
Moustique, i.44.12; Teal, 1.47.32; Albatross, 
I- 55 - 25 ; Cygnet, 1 . 56 . 25 ; Wayward, withdrew. 
Nutmeg Wins Block Island Race, 
Nutmeg, owned by A. C. Jones, of the Boston 
Y. C., won the sixth annual Block Island race 
of the New York A. C. The race was a record 
breaker in three ways. There were fifty-seven 
entries, forty-one started and the time was the 
fastest on record, so the members of the New 
York A. C. and Commodore Harry A. Jackson, 
Jr., and his associates are to be congratulated 
on the success of their hard work. 
The race was started last Saturday morning 
from a line off Whortleberry Island and the 
finish was in the West Harbor of Block Island. 
They were sent away by Commodore A. B. Fry 
and the racers were so bunched going over the 
line that it was impossible to catch more than 
the leaders. R. L. Cuthbert’s Busy Bee was the 
first to start and she was followed closely by 
Daniel Bacon's Snug, R. A. Brown’s "Vingtrois, 
B. R. Stoddard’s Fearless, M. S. Kattenhorn’s 
Surprise II., J. B. Palmer’s Dutchess, W. R. 
Berth’s Kenosha I., H. A. Jackson, Jr.’s Mist 
and R. W. Rathbone’s Saladin. 
There was a good sailing breeze from west- 
northwest and the racers reached through the 
sound and in about an hour were lost beyond 
Lloyds Neck. Later in the afternoon the wind 
backed to the southwest and blew strong. For 
a few it was too strong and they put into near 
harbors for shelter. The race was the roughest 
these yachts have experienced on this course, 
but thirty-four finished and some of these had 
lost spars and rigging. Joker, owned by R. N. 
Bavier, went ashore inside the Breakwater at 
Block Island, but she floated off later uninjured. 
Commodore J. B. Palmer’s sloop Dutchess, 
the largest yacht in the fleet that started, was 
the first to finish. She sailed very fast through 
the Sound and crossed the line about midnight 
Saturday and so won the prize for the fastest 
time over the course. 
A. C. Jones’ sloop Nutmeg, from the Boston 
Y. C., which came around the cape specially for 
this race, won first prize on corrected time. She 
was the first yacht to finish last year, but was 
not far enough ahead to save the time she had 
to allow to others in the race. She finished at 
12:34:30, having made the igo nautical miles in 
T3h. 34m. 30s. Dutchess and Notos had to allow 
her ill. 42m., so that the corrected time for 
Nutmeg was iih. 52m. 30s. 
E. Dominick’s Coot, from the Seawanhaka- 
Corinthian Y. C.. a boat only 27 feet over all, 
won the second prize. She finished at 4.05.51, 
and her allowance of 3h. 54m. made her cor¬ 
rected time I2h. iim. 51s. The American Y. C. 
one-design boat Maryola, owned by P. V. Griffin, 
of the Huguenot Y. C., 33 feet over all length, 
won the third prize. She finished at 2:54:00, 
and her allowance of 2h. 42m. made her cor¬ 
rected time i2h. 22m. R. A. Brown’s Class Q 
yacht 'Vingt-trois, 37 feet over all, won the 
fourth prize. This yacht usually races on 
Gravesend Bay. Pier finishing time was 1:21:18 
and her allowance of ih. 54m. made her cor¬ 
rected time I2h, 27m. 28s. 
A special prize was offered for the yachts of 
the handicap racing class. The winner of this 
race has not yet been figured. The summaries 
of the prize winners follow: 
N. Y. A. C. Race to Block Island, lOO Miles — Start, 11:00 
A. M,, June 19 — Finish, A. M., June 20 
Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Nutmeg, A. C. Jones. 12 34 30 13 34 30 11 52 30 
Coot, E. Dominick . 4 05 51 16 05 51 12 11 51 
Maryola, P. V. Griffen... 2 54 00 15 04 00 12 22 00 
\ ingt-trois, R. A. Brown. 1 21 28 14 21 28 12 27 28 
Isle of Shoals Race. 
Fourteen yachts started in the sixth annual 
race of the Corinthian Y. C., of Marblehead, to 
the Isle of Shoals and return. They started at 
7:15 o’clock on Saturday, June 19, in a fair 
breeze so that they were able to carry spin¬ 
nakers. In the large class were the new 31- 
raters Timandra and Wianno, the Bar Harbor 
31-footers Kuwana and the schooner Cachalot. 
The race was won by Timandra. Her elapsed 
time was iih. 28m. 50s. and the distance sailed 
was seventy nautical miles. Kuwana, 'Wianno 
and Cachalot followed Timandra in the order 
named. 
