Jan. 27, 1912.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Ticks from the Ship’s Clock. 
The sloop yacht Effort, owned formerly by 
Frank M. Smith, N. Y. Y. C., is being dis¬ 
mantled at the Riverside Shipyard at New Lon¬ 
don and broken up for junk. She was pur¬ 
chased recently by the New England Iron & 
Metal Company. There are about thirty tons of 
lead in Effort’s keel. This sloop has been hauled 
out alongside the schooner yacht Hildegrade 
at Riverside for several months. She has not 
been in commission for years. 
Effort was built for Mr. Smith in 1906, at 
City Island, from designs by H. J. Gielow, of 
New York. She became famous by winning the 
first race sailed for the King’s Cup. It was a 
great battle, and the schooners Queen, now 
Irolita, also built in 1906; Elmina, Corona, 
Amorita and Muriel; the sloops Yankee and 
Rainbow, and the yawl Vigilant were the start¬ 
ers. Amorita was owned by the late Richard 
Mansfield at the time. Queen was the first boat 
to cross the finish line, but on corrected time 
Effort defeated her by nine seconds. 
Her hull was of bronze with steel frames. 
She was gj feet 3 inches over all, 65 feet on the 
waterline, 16 feet 6 inches beam, 9 feet 9 inches 
depth of hold, and 10 feet ii inches draft. 
J. F. McGuire, of Columbia Y. C., Chicago, 
does not believe in taking any chances on the 
new Commodore Richardson cup getting out of 
the maw of Chicago yachtsmen, for, although 
W. Hale Thompson and his club are already to 
build a $10,000 boat from plans in hand by 
William Gardner, of New York, Mr. McGuire is 
raising a fund to build another cup defender. 
He says it will take som.e boat to beat Patricia 
which will represent Royal Canadian Y. C. She 
easily trimmed Seneca on Lake Ontario for the 
Fisher cup last year, although Seneca was the 
successful defender of the Canadian cup in 1907. 
We observe that plans for the new cup de¬ 
fender for Chicago Y. C. have been ordered 
iroiTi William Gardner, of New York. It seems 
rather unfortunate that these designs could not 
have been made by an architect on the Great 
Lakes. The original argument on which the 
peace of mind of Rochester Y. C. was wrecked 
came about through their insistence that they be 
aUowed to have the defender built in any place 
they cared to. _ The question of architects was 
not involved in the imbroglio, but what a 
father it would be in the grummeted hat of 
Chicago Y._ C. in particular, and Great Lakes 
pchtsmen m general, to win the cup with an 
inland-designed, Great-Lakes-built yacht. We 
hope It may occur to Mr. McGuire, should he 
succeed in raising funds necessarv for the build¬ 
ing of another defender, to have the boat a 
Lreat Laker from designer to skipper. Inci- 
dent^ly, should Chicago Y. C. retain the cup 
and Royal Canadian Y. C. challenge again next 
year, the challenger would have to be built in 
Canada, as the conditions governing the Rich¬ 
ardson trophy state that “the yacht must be built 
which the challenge is 
made. the Royal Canadian yacht Patricia was 
Bcsfo^n*^ tiy Owen and built by Lawley, of 
Karina Going Abroad. 
three-masted schooner yacht Karina 
owned by ex-Commodore Todd, leaves early ii 
racing abroad, and inci 
dentally to try for a trans-Atlantic record. 
Kanna made herself famous in her first seasor 
by winning the Brenton’s Reef cup in a race o 
2 t )4 miles, against the holder of the ocean race 
winner Atlantic. In the contest for the Cape 
May challenge cup she was defeated, but onlj 
of 214 miles. 
bhe has been supplied with a new suit o: 
Ratsey sails, so that it goes without saying that 
she intends to race against time across the At¬ 
lantic. Such a big, able vessel as Karina will 
stand a lot of driving, and it would be no sur¬ 
prise if she should break all records from Sandy 
Hook to the Needles. 
Atlantic holds the record for that course, 
made in the race for the German Emperor’s 
cup, in 1^5, when she covered the distance— 
3,158 nautical miles—in thirteen days, ten hours 
and fifteen minutes, at an average speed of 9.80 
knots. Her best day’s run was 341 miles. 
Karina is 15 feet longer on the waterline and 
has 4 feet 3 inches more beam. 
Comrnodore Todd expects to return from 
abroad in time to take part in the cruise of the 
New York Y. C., in August. Karina’s dimen¬ 
sions are 198 feet 7 inches over all, 150 feet 
waterline, 33 feet g inches beam and 17 feet 
draft. She was designed by Theodore D. Wells, 
and built by the Staten Island Shipbuilding 
Company in 1911. 
Corinthian Y. C. 
The Corinthian Y. C., of Boston, held its 
annual meeting at the Boston A. C. rooms Jan. 
10, when the following officers were elected: 
Commodore, Charles B. Hallock; Vice-Commo¬ 
dore, John B. Fallon; Rear-Commodore, 
Lawrence F. Percival; Secretary, Herbert S. 
Goodwin; Treasurer, Fred W. Moore; Meas¬ 
urer, Samuel H. Brown, Jr.; Executive Com¬ 
mittee—John M. Ward, Andrew Raeburn; 
Membership Committee—Percival W. Pope 
Samuel W. Lewis, Merrill Hunt, Harold 
Peters; Regatta Committee—William L. Carl¬ 
ton, George H. Mayo, George Upton, G. E. 
Chapin, John G. Alden; House Committee, 
three years, Arthur P. Tarbell. 
The most important matters taken up of gen¬ 
eral interest to yachtsmen was the amendment 
to the constitution that hereafter the measurer, 
instead of being elected by the club, shall be 
appointed by the Regatta Committee. It is 
hoped that similar action will be taken by the 
other Massachusetts Bay clubs and the Yacht 
Racing Association of Massachusetts, with the 
idea in view that the leading clubs at least agree 
on one well-equipped man, who shall not in 
any way be interested in the success of any of 
the boats, and whose decisions shall carry with 
them the authority of a scientific expert. 
The Corinthian Club raced small boats in New 
York waters and a return match was held last 
year. 
The new projected is-foot, one-design class, 
from plans by J. G.^ Alden, has become an as- 
sured fact. The building of six boats will be 
constructed to race continuously. 
The winners of 1911, as reported by W. L. 
Carleton, chairman of the regatta committee, 
are: 
Championships.—Class P, Italia; Class Q, 
Gringo; Bonder Class, Ellen. 
Midsummer Series Winners.—First special, 
Altair; Class^ M, Marie; Class N, Odysseus; 
Class P, Italia; Class Q, Gringo; Sonder Class, 
Ellen; 18-foot knockabouts, Moslem II.; Cape 
cats, Dolly III.; Class A, interclub. Nutmeg; 
Class B. interclub, Barracouta: Class C,' inter¬ 
club, Linosey; Class S, interclub. Wavvenock; 
Class V, Tabasco, Jr.: Class X. Barbara; Class 
R, Sumaki; Class S, Tedesco; Manchester one- 
design, Asteria; Class H (Hull), Vera; Hing- 
ham one-design, Usona; Alpha dories. Flirt; 
Beach combers dories, Shadow: Handicap class, 
Meddler; Nahant bug class. Humbug; Pleon 
Y. C., Periodic; speed power boats. Gee Whiz; 
open power boats, Anabel. 
^ Cape Cod Ocean Race Winners.—Schooners, 
Wnona; Class A, Sayonara; Class BB, Grin.go.' 
Grand Handicap, Commodore’s Race Win¬ 
ners.—Class A, Wianno; Class B, Porcupine. 
Winner of povver boat race, Marblehead to 
New York, Classic. 
W’inner of series of special Sonder class 
races. Harpoon. 
Interstate races with New York Class P boats 
at Marblehead, won by New York boats WinT 
ward and Joyant. 
Y. R. A. of Gravesend. 
i r T> • ulc vjiavesena nay 
\acht Racing Association, namely, Atlantic 
Bensonhurst and National Marine and Field’ 
New York Canoe and Crescent A. C, held a 
convention Jan. 15 for general discussion and 
minouncement of winners during the past season. 
I he place of W. L. Inslee, secretary, resigned, 
was filled by Louis Tiemann. 
The records of the yachts to qualify in these 
classes follow: 
Class Q—Soya, 12 starts, 38 points out of a 
possible 48, percentage, 79; Grayjacket, 23 points 
out of a possible 32, percentage, 72; Alice, 26 
points out of a possible 48, percentage, 54; 
Spider, 23 points out of a possible 44 percent- 
•age, 52. 
Class—Joy, 33 points out of a pos¬ 
sible 48, percentage, 69; Careless, 27 points out 
of a possible 48, percentage, 56; La Cubana, 
25 points out of a possible 48, percentage, 52; 
Miana, 19 points out of a possible 40 percent¬ 
age, 47^. 
Class S Wink, 27 points out of a possible 36 
percentage, 75; Cyric, 22 points out of a pos¬ 
sible 36, percentage, 61; M. and F., 16 points 
out of a possible 36, percentage, 44. 
Class X—Skylark, 74 points oiit of a possible 
96, per centage, 77; Suffragette, 58 points out of 
a possible 80, percentage, 72^^; Slow Poke, 58 
points out of a possible 88, percentage, 66; 
Merry Widow, 56 points out of a possible 88, 
percentage, 64; Scud, 57 points out of a possible 
96, percentage 59; Mouse, 30 points out of a 
possible 72, percentage, 41; Lassie, 24 points 
out of a possible 64, percentage, 37; Chico, 12 
points out of a possible 72, percentage, 17. 
Class Y—The Aries was the only yacht to 
qualify. 
Attention was called to the difficulties in con¬ 
nection with the Bensonhurst turning mark, 
and then the courses were discussed. It was 
agreed that they did not give general satisfac¬ 
tion and so a committee consisting of Peter 
Bentley, Jr., John R. Brophy and W. A. Bar- 
stow was appointed to review the courses and 
to arrange for new ones if possible. It was also 
decided that a change should be made in the 
starting signals, and in future classes M, N, P 
and Q will be sent away each Saturday' after¬ 
noon at 3 o clock and the other divisions put 
five minutes ahead. There have been no yachts 
racing in classes M, N and P for two years, 
and if any should appear this year a special 
time will be set for them. 
The annual meeting will be held this year at 
the Crescent Athletic Club house on Tuesday, 
Feb. 27. The election of officers will then be 
held and the schedule arranged. 
Unqua Corinthian Dinner. 
Commodore Fred B. D.alzell presided at the 
eighth annual dinner of the Unqua Corinthian 
\. C., held at the Waldorf-Astor the 19th inst. 
Yachtsmen from clubs on Long Island, the 
Lower Bay, and Great South Bay were guests 
of the club. They included Rear-Commodore 
F. M. Wilson and Horace Boucher, of the 
Larchmont Y. C.: Commodore J. Stuart Black- 
ton, of the Atlantic Y. C.; William H. Moffit. 
Commodore of the Great South Bay Motor 
Boat Club, and Commodore Frank Guthridge. 
The speakers included Commodore Fred'’ B. 
Dalzell and Justice Frederick E. Crane. Others 
present were: Vice-Commodore Edward P. 
Foster, Rear-Commodore W. T. Louden. Sec¬ 
retary Clark B. Davis, Treasurer Marshall H 
Woodman, Francis A. Williams, George P 
Thomson, Charles A. Duryea. Erastus E. Haff, 
Rufus J Ireland, Senator Burr and Geor<^e 
Schaud. Jr. ^eor^e 
