June 26, 1909.] 
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The contest is open to all sloops of fifty feet 
of over-all length and above, and enrolled in any 
recognized yacht club. The navigation and sail¬ 
ing of the yacht is to be in sole charge of a 
Corinthian, without professional assistance or 
advice of any kind. The course will be around 
a stake boat anchored 125 miles off shore. The 
exact location of this expressed in latitude and 
longitude will be handed to the contestants in 
sealed envelopes shortly before the start, and 
must not be opened until after the starting signal 
has been given. It is specified, however, that 
the early part of the race will be to and around 
Southwest Spit buoys, turning them to port. 
The time allowance is to be figured on over-all 
length on the basis of 17 minutes to the foot 
for the full course. Sloops will race at their 
full measurement; schooners and yawls at 95 
per cent, of their measurements, and auxiliaries 
with propellers in place and engines sealed will 
receive an additional allowance of 5 per cent. 
There will be no restrictions as to the number 
and character of the crew, and also sails such 
as are usually carried by a cruising yacht will 
be allowed. There will be no restrictions on 
light sails, but club topsails will be barred. If 
a sufficient number of boats enter, there will be 
two classes, one for craft of 75 feet and above 
and the other over 50 feet and less than 75 feet. 
The start will be at 3 p. m. on July 12 . 
Four prizes will be awarded, one for the best 
record time regardless of class, if three or more 
yachts start with full intention of finishing; a 
prize for first in Class A, if three or more start; 
a prize for Class B, if three or more start, and 
a special prize for the best corrected time to 
be sailed for by yachts flying the Atlantic Y. C. 
flag. The contest should appeal especially to 
amateur mariners, because it will afford them 
a race in which professional assistance will not 
count for anything. Entries will be received by 
H. E. Boucher, chairman of the Atlantic Y. C. 
regatta committee. 
Jewel S Class. 
Eleven yachts of one design have been built 
Iv Robert Jacob for yachtsmen who live in the 
vicinity of Glen Cove, and who are members of 
the North Shore Clubs. Several of these are 
members of the Nassau Country Club, and the 
yachts will be kept near the New York Y. C. 
station at Glen Cove. They will race in the 
Sound regattas and in a series of races that have 
been arranged. Cox & Stevens drew the de¬ 
signs and they are known as the Jewel S class. 
because they rate in the S class and have been 
named for jewels. They are 28 feet ii inches 
over all, 19 feet cn the water line, 6 feet Q 
inches beam and 4 feet 7 inches draft. Their 
names and owners are: Garnet, J. Rogers Max¬ 
well, Jr.; Emerald, tiarry L. Maxwell; Sap¬ 
phire, Howard F. Whitney; Ruby, H; L. Pratt; 
Aquamarine, H. I. Pratt; Topaz, Howard C. 
Smith; Amethyst, F. L. Hine; Brilliant, H. W. 
Bucknell; Moonstone, Parker D. Handy, and 
Jade, Robert Jacob. One boat has not been 
named. It is owned by H. H. Adams. All 
have been launched except the Amethyst, Bril¬ 
liant, Moonstone and the Adams boat, and 
these will be finished this week. 
Pacific Coast Yachting. 
San Francisco, Cal., June 14.—The-pros¬ 
pects of securing an Aquatic Park for the use 
of the people of San Francisco are becoming 
very much brighter now that many organiza¬ 
tions have taken up the work of boosting it, 
and it is now believed that a bond issue for that 
purpose will carry. The Aquatic Improvement 
Association has been sending requests to all 
the local boating and yachting clubs here and 
around the Bay to do all in their power to 
get members interested and several enthusias¬ 
tic meetings have been held to discuss the 
proposition. The Association recently issued 
a circular letter to the clubs which said in 
part: 
“This movement has been set on foot by a 
large and enthusiastic association of men, who 
are impressed with the ever increasing want 
of such public acquisition, and wherein our 
city is so far behind the seaports of America 
and the old world. It is proposed to acquire 
certain waterlots at the foot of Van Ness ave¬ 
nue, to build a pleasure and fishing pier, 
aquarium, bathing pavilion, boat houses and 
landing places for pleasure and commercial 
craft. San Francisco now has no water park 
under its control, no bright spot along its 
nine miles of commerce-grimed frontage, 
where the pleasures which call people to the 
seaside in the summer time can be indulged 
in.” 
The date for the race of the San Francisco 
Challenge Cup has been named, and on June 
19th, in case the weather is favorable, the South 
Coast Yacht Club will make its second attempt 
to secure the trophy which has been held by 
the Corinthian Club since 1904. Two years ago 
the South Coast Club sent the sloop Valkyrie 
to these waters, but that boat was badly out¬ 
classed in the race that followed. The South¬ 
ern sportsmen, however, have profited by the 
experience gained at that time and this year 
will send north a much larger and stauncher 
craft, designed for the stiff winds usually ex¬ 
perienced here in the summer time. The chal¬ 
lenger this year will be the Mah-Pe, a sloop 
measuring about 42-feet racing length, made to 
the order of Joseph T. Pugh, at San Pedro. 
The designs were made by Williarri Gardner, 
of New York, and all of the rigging and fittings 
have been made in the East. The spars are 
hollow and she will carry a sail area of 1,800 
square feet, though this may be cut down when 
she reaches this bay where stronger winds are 
experienced than in Southern waters. She is 
built on the “knife-board” pattern, with a 
water line of 39 feet 6 inches, and an over¬ 
all length of 59 feet 6 inches. 
The Corinthian Club has not selected its rep¬ 
resentative boat yet, but races will be held 
shortly and the boat selected in order that it 
may be fitted up for the meet. In case the 
Corinthian be selected to defend the Club’s 
laurels it is very likely that she will be given 
more ballast and larger sails fitted. The Presto 
has been fitted with new sails and is making 
faster time this season than ever before. The 
Nixie will also compete for the honor of rep¬ 
resenting the Club but is not likely to be se¬ 
lected. 
Fulton C. Berry has taken his last sail in 
the yacht Nixie, and that craft has been sold 
at auction. The yacht was sold to W. L. Ed- 
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