Yachting Fixtures for 1908. 
JULY. 
18. Columbia Y. C., relay race to Sturgeon Bay. 
18. New Haven Y. C. 
18. R. C. Y. C. Lake Erie Cruise. 
18. Atlantic Y. C. 
IS. Motor boats, Marblehead to New Rochelle. 
IS. Bayside-Port Washington, race at Bayside. 
IS-25. Larchmont Y. C.. race week. 
19-25. Annual meet of Interlake Y. A. 
25. R. C. Y. C. Lake Erie cruise. 
•'5. New York Canoe Club. 
25. New Rochelle, club race. 
27. New Haven Y. C. 
Shamrock Wins the Lipton Cup. 
There must be something superior about 
American soil, as the American Shamrock 
found no difficulty in winning, which is more 
than any of the three Lipton clovers have yet 
managed to do. 
Shamrock saved her time on all her com¬ 
petitors and won the handsome silver trophy 
presented by Sir Thomas Lipton in the race to 
Cape May and back from Gravesend Bay on 
July 4 and 5. It was unquestionably the race 
of the year,' and the waters of the bay on the 
Fourth of July were in keeping with the spirit 
of the day. Nineteen yachts, sloops, yawls and 
schooners maneuvered for advantages about the 
starting line, and at 10:30 A. M., when the start¬ 
ing signal was given by the judges on the 
steamer Genera! Putnam, that made fast to a 
dredge and there established the leeward end 
of the starting line, they dashed across all on 
the port tack on a close reach across New 
York’s lower bay to the southwest spit bupy. 
For the variety and number of boats crossing, 
it was a remarkably spectacular start, requiring 
only 4m. and 12s. for all to cross. The first lot 
that crossed all close together at the weather 
end of the line were Mimosa III., Little Hope, 
Butterfly, Gardenia and Shamrock, the latter, 
skillfully handled by Capt. Charlie Barr, stuck 
her nose pole in between two of the little fel¬ 
lows and got every advantage possible by an 
overlap so established as to blanketing some of 
the little fellows; but all’s fair in love or war, 
they say. The second lot consisted of Tam¬ 
many, Vigil, Zinita, Sakana, Uncas, Ondawa, 
Zurah, Mopsa, Marchioness, Tamerlane and 
Eclipse. Then came Hyperion, Lila and Keego, 
nineteen all told. 
Overhead it was cloudy and gave prospect of 
more wind to come; a rain squall was darken¬ 
ing the sky down by the spit buoy, and it looked 
gray out ’to sea. Gardenia assumed .the lead, 
with the little Butterfly holding on well to her 
and the Shamrock chasing the two. Zurah set 
a main topmast staysail, but it set her way off 
to leeward. 
One squall of rain passed over the fleet, send¬ 
ing all hands diving into yellow and brown 
oilers. Then it cleared up, but looked dubious 
out to sea. 
As the fleet went out past Sandy Hook, 
Gardenia still maintained her position as leader, 
with Shamrock second and Mimosa III. third. 
The rest kept changing positions as their 
weatherly qualities became tested in the close 
windward work out to the Scotland Lightship. 
From there it was a broad reach to Fire Island 
Lightship, and then a dead beat to the North¬ 
east F.nd Lightship off Cape May. 
Shamrock overhauled Gardenia when it came 
to reaching and assumed the lead, but the real 
test came in the end on the thrash to windward 
down the Jersey beach. Here Shamrock did 
great work with Capt. Charlie Barr and Lem 
Miller sailing her. She rounded the Northeast 
End Lightship at 3:48 on Sunday morning, July 
5, with the schooner Tammany second and the 
sloop Marchioness third. 
Several of the smaller fellows had given up 
when it came to bucking to windward in the 
heavy seas that were running. The yawl 
Sakana. schooner Vigil and sloops Mopsa, 
Zinita and Keego II. all gave up. In most 
cases it was because diving into head seas dis¬ 
abled the headsails, carrying them away when 
they filled up with water in the plunges. 
Mopsa’s topsides were so dried out, that when 
it came to a long hard drive for hours on one 
tack, she leaked badly, and the pump becoming 
choked, the only way to get the water out was 
to take up the floor and scoop up the water 
with a shallow dish-pan into a bucket, pass the 
bucketful up to a man on deck, This was such 
slow work and the water came in so fast, her 
crew decided to give up and run home. 
Butterfly came to grief by running ashore on 
Brigantine shoal in a fog, where she stayed till 
the^ life savers came to their assistance and 
helned them warp off. 
Shamrock was leading on the run home, but 
at Fire Island Mimosa III. was a dangerous 
second. Mimosa had carried on full sail all the 
way, had lugged it and nursed it through the 
hard squalls just as if it were only an afternoon 
race. 
After rounding the Scotland Lightship on the 
way home, Shamrock carried a wind up to 
Gravesend, where she finished at 5:27:30 on the 
afternoon of July 6. Shamrock wins the first 
prize, the handsome Lipton cup.. Mimosa III. 
won second place, and will receive a B. Y. C. 
prize for her fine performance. Tammany is 
placed as third. 
The summary: 
Shamrock 
Mimosa III. 
Tammany .. 
Marchioness. 
lTrr-as . 
Eclipse . 
Littie Hope 
Zuhrah - 
Gardenia ... 
Hyperion 
Lila . 
Finish. 
.(July 6) 5 27 30 p.m. 
.. (July 7) 4 05 15 a.m. 
..(July 6) 10 31 15 p.m. 
..(July 7) 2 58 00 a.m. 
..(July 7) 5 59 10 a.m. 
.. (July 7) 3 07 05 a.m. 
. .(July 7) 11 19 25 a.m. 
. .(July 7) 11 05 20 a.m. 
..(July 7) 11 56 20 a.m. 
..(July 7) 2 52 00 p.m. 
.. (July 7) 6 44 00 p.m. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
54 57 30 51 04 25 
65 35 15 53 21 11 
60 01 15 54 07 10 
64 28 00 Not m’s’d. 
67 29 10 60 20 03 
64 37 05 60 54 34 
72 49 25 Not m’s’d. 
73 25 30 Not m’s’d. 
73 26 20 63 44 34 
76 22 00 Not m’s’d. 
Passed Sandy Hook. 
Ondawa, Zinita, Sakana, Vigil, and Tamerlane were 
disabled and withdrew. Butterfly did not finish; on Brig¬ 
antine Shoals. Mopsa sprung a leak and withdrew. 
Keego II. lost rudder and withdrew. 
Women Skippers on Gravesend Bay. 
Three yachts sailed by women took part 
Wednesday, July 8, in the first of a series of 
four races, given by the Atlantic Y. C., in 
which women are to skipper the yacht's. Spider, 
sailed by Mrs. Hendon Chubb, was the winner, 
beating Soya im. and 52s. over an 8-knot 
course. Soya was sailed by Mrs. W. A. 
Barstow, and’ the Joy, handled by Mrs. Currie, 
came in third, having been 12m. late in starting. 
There was a fresh breeze from the north, mak¬ 
ing the first leg of the course a reach to a mark 
off Bensonhurst, then a beat to the Fort 
Hamilton mark, a run with spinnakers to a Sea 
Gate mark, where they jibed and reached in to 
the finish. 
START OF THE CAPE MAY RACE ON JULY 4 FROM GRAVESEND BAY, NEW YORK. 
