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FOREST AND STREAM 
June 8, 1912 
Eastern Y. C. 
The first race of the Eastern Y. C. one- 
design 17-footers was sailed from Neponset to 
Marblehead. Nine of the twenty-three boats 
made the trip in a fair sailing breeze. 
That eight of the nine swung over the finish 
line within 10 minutes of each other in a race 
of 20 miles shows how evenly built they were 
and how evenly skilled are the crack Corinthian 
skippers of the Eastern Y. C. 
The winning boat was Constance, owned by 
C. L. Dane, finishing one minute ahead of At¬ 
lanta, owned by Robert E. Stone, donor of the 
special cup for which the boats were racing. J. 
L. Saltonstall’s Daddy B.. E. H. Pentecost’s 
Dick, H. M. Sears’ Daffydil, C. H. W. Foster’s 
Lolita, J. S. Lawrence’s Squaw and George At¬ 
kinson’s Viva finished in the order named. J. 
J. Storrow’s Jay Jay came in nine minutes later. 
It was a beautiful start in Dorchester Bay, 
Daddy B., Constance, Lolita, Dick and Viva 
going over at the whistle with so little dif¬ 
ference it could hardly be noticed. E. H. Pente¬ 
cost’s Dick had the weather, however, almost 
shaving red spar buoy. From the start to 
Deer Island was close. 
All the way to Tinker’s Island the boats 
hung closely together. No. 13 slowly losing on 
the bunch. When nearing Tinker’s Island the 
fleet split up, Constance, Atlanta, Daddy B. and 
Dick electing to take a chance by going inside. 
They increased their slight lead on the other 
boats by so doing. 
The northwest wind made it possible to sail 
the entire race, with the exception of the last 
quarter mile—coming into Marblehead Harbor 
—without a tack. 
So great was the interest of yachtsmen at 
large in the 17-footers that special classes for 
them have been arranged by the Corinthian and 
Boston yacht clubs, as well as the Eastern Y. C. 
The summary, times unofficial: 
Elapsed. 
Constance, C. L. Dane. 2 53 00 
.■\tlanta, K' E. Stone. 2 54 00 
Daddy B.. J. L. Saltonstall. 2 54 20 
Dick, E. H. Pentecost . 2 57 58 
Daffydil, , H. M. Sears.3 01 05 
Lolita, C. H. \V. Foster. 3 01 50 
Squaw, J. S. Lawrence. 3 01 50 
\'iva, George Atkinson, ,Tr. 3 02 35 
Jay Jay, J. J. Storrow. 3 10 20 
Atlantic Regatta. 
Once more one of the freak boats built for 
speed, with no regard for safety, a cockle shell 
built of the flimsiest material, has come to grief 
through running into a shingle or some other ob¬ 
struction during a race. This time it was the 
Baby Reliance, built by the Reliance Boat Com¬ 
pany, and owned and steered by Commodore J. 
Stewart Blackton, of Atlantic Y. C. The acci¬ 
dent occurred during the Decoration Day re¬ 
gatta of the Atlantic Y. C. at Sea Gate. The 
event was the class in which were entered A. 
E. Smith’s Bug, Baby Reliance and Mrs. J. 
Stewart Blackton’s Vita Junior. Owing to mis¬ 
understandings, fog and other unforeseen cir¬ 
cumstances, only Vita and Baby Reliance were 
on hand at the start. Commodore lost his 
bearings in the fog, got off his course, and 
after striking the obstruction, his boat went to 
the bottom in mid-channel, leaving the Commo¬ 
dore and his sailing partner, Wallace Van 
Nostrand, floundering in the water. They were 
provided, however, with cork jackets, and after 
floating about for ten or fifteen minutes, were 
picked up by a Coney Island boat. Baby Re¬ 
liance was a 20-foot hydroplane driven by a 120- 
horsepower motor. She is alleged to have made 
45 miles an hour, but this is more or less esti¬ 
mated time, as she has not been tried over a 
measured course, nor in competition. Vita 
Junior turned turtle, but it seems that through 
some oversight an air-tight compartment must 
have been left in her, after the delicate opera¬ 
tion of building was completed, as she floated 
bottom up and was towed to the club house. 
Fortunately, Mrs. Blackton was wise enough to 
stay on shore and let the representatives of the 
Reliance Boat Company take their chances of a 
swim to shore. The remainder of the regatta 
was hodgepodge, as Tiny Tad lost her pro¬ 
peller, and the other two entrants turned the 
wrong mark, so there was no race. The club 
went into commission at noon without acci¬ 
dent, signal being given from Commodore 
Blackton’s flagship Paula. 
White Bear Y. C. 
After being out of the racing game for 
two years, Stuart Markoe’s Butterfly sprung a 
surprise at the annual Memorial Day races of 
the White Bear Y. C., St. Paul, Minn., by win¬ 
ning over all the “B” boats, both old and new, 
by im. and 35s. 
All the “B” class boats started at 3:20 and 
all crossed the starting line within a second of 
each other. Oriole had the windward position 
and Gunon easily took the lead, but was unable 
to keep it long, being handicapped by having to 
use a small jib. Yaconia, sailed by Maurice 
Taylor, broke her jib just after the start and 
the delay in fixing it probably lost the race for 
him. 
Butterfly passed Oriole half way to center 
and kept the lead. Oriole stayed second. 
Clarkson’s Blue Hen held the third position 
throughout the race. 
There being no other “A” class boat on 
hand, Harold Spink’s new boat. Handy Andy 
II. had to go it alone. Spink started five 
minutes after the “B” class boats and gained 
one minute and 40 seconds on the other boats. 
The summary follows: 
Class A. 
Handy Andy II., Harold Spink. 1 IG 00 
Class B. 
Butterfly, Stuart Markoe. 1 17 45 
()riole, Stuart Lemon .1 19 20 
Blue lien, Worrell Clarkson, Jr.1 21 00 
Vaconia, .\larris Taylor . 1 24 40 
Course No. 5—Home to center, to Wild¬ 
wood, to center, to home, to center, to Clark 
avenue, to center, to finish. Trophy, pennant. 
Winning crew—Stuart Markoe, Joe Goodwillie, 
Roger Tawney, William Markoe and Robert 
Gall. 
Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C. 
Four of the one-design 15-footers of the 
Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C. sailed the first 
race of the first series of the season off Center 
Island on June i. The contest was decided in a 
west breeze. S. L. Landon’s Imp was the 
winner. The summary: 
Sloops—Class S—Inside Course—Start. 3:10. 
Imp, .S. L. Landon . 4 45 45 1 35 45 
Iris, E. Tuckerman . 4 46 15 1 36 15 
Hen, G. Nichols . 4 46 50 1 36 50 
'J'helema, C. Mackenzie. 4 50 20 1 40 20 
Indian Harbor Y. C. 
Four of the new 41-foot schooners of the 
Long Island Sound sailed their first race under 
the auspices of the Indian Harbor Y. C. on 
Decoration Day. Vandalia, owned by W. 
Butler Duncan, Jr., won from Clarkson Cowl’s 
Moira. Medora, a new M boat, which belongs 
to H. G. S. Noble, also was under sail. Having 
no class competitor, the craft sailed in the wake 
of the K boats and did well against the larger 
craft. It also was the first appearance this year 
of the big sloops. 
South Shore Y. C. 
Three races were decided at Freeport on 
Decoration Day. In the open boat class the 
winner was Don Mackay’s All Wool. The 
cabin class was taken by Wesley Miller’s Old 
Fashion. In the race for speed boats, several 
of the craft broke down. The event was taken 
by Marie II., which belongs to W. Smith, of 
Babylon. 
New York-Albany Record. 
On Decoration Day a letter from Mayor 
Gaynor, of New York city, was delivered to 
Acting Governor Thomas F. Conway, at Al¬ 
bany, by a motor boat in the best time ever 
made between New York and Albany, a dis¬ 
tance of 140 miles, the time being 8 hours and 
28 minutes. This was in the speed contest given 
under the auspices of the New York Motor 
Boat Club. L. C. Tienken’s Question took the 
message, while Commodore Seldon’s Merlin ac¬ 
companied her. 
New Orleans Regatta. 
The interest in the sixty-third regatta, held 
under the auspices of the Southern Y. C. on 
Lake Pontchartrain at West End, New Orleans, 
during the week, was not very enthusiastic, 
d'he entries were not so numerous as during 
the past few years. There were very few new 
sailing craft entered, and many of the old boats 
were not in the best of condition. The public 
at large has apparently become apathetic toward 
regattas here, and it seems almost impossible 
to arouse a very great deal of enthusiasm. The 
people, as a rule, seem to prefer autoing and 
land sports to aquatic diversions. There was a 
time not very long ago when the announcement 
of a regatta at West End excited the greatest 
interest and pleasure and thousands went out 
to witness the contests; but that day seems to 
have passed not to return soon. The public 
does not express much interest even in motor 
craft, although they are more popular than sail¬ 
ing boats here. Many who in times past took 
part in regattas are now giving their spare 
moments to automobiling or to fishing or land 
games or diversions. 
Bensonhurst Y. C. 
The Bensonhurst Y. C.’s program for the 
season follows: 
July 4, annual regatta, classes M and under; 
Aug. 24, championship races of Gravesend Bay, 
classes M and under; June 19, cruise to South¬ 
west Spit and return; June 30, cruise to Sandy 
Hook; July 21, Bensonhurst to Larchmont 
cruise for Gravesend Bay knockabouts; Aug. 
II, cruise around Ambrose and Scotland light¬ 
ships; Aug. 25 and Sept. 8, special cruises. 
The Regatta Committee is: H. D. Scribner, 
Chairman; W. V. Collins, R. W. Rummell, Jr., 
F. P. Currier and W. T. Davis. 
Yachting in California. 
The pronounced success of the annual race 
from San Francisco to Santa Cruz has led the 
yachtsmen of Southern California to consider 
the proposition of holding a race each year 
from Long Beach to the northern pleasure 
ground. It is believed that arrangements can 
be made for a race this year and plans are also 
being discussed for a race home to be partici¬ 
pated in by some of the San Francisco yachts. 
The Southern California yacht clubs are to hold 
a meeting at Santa Cruz from July 22 to July 27, 
this being the week during which the annua! 
race from San Francisco is held, and the north¬ 
ern and southern yachtsmen will be brought in 
close contact. 
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