FOREST AND STREAM. 
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July 18, 1908.] 
New Rochelle Y. C. Race <0 
Stratford Shoal. 
At three o’clock on Saturday, July 11, ten 
small yachts suddenly seemed to assemble out 
of the ever-moving fleet of yachts oft' New 
Rochelle, and like swarming bees congregated 
about the Ailsa Craig that had dropped her 
anchor a hundred yards south of the red spar 
buoy off Premium Point. 
For three years this contest had been going 
on all for an immense silver shield, known as 
the “Dewar Shield,” that gracefully reposes in 
the club house behind a palm tree. Grace, a 
small twenty some odd feet catboat, won the 
first race, and had her name engraved on one 
little silver tablet, of which there are ten or 
twelve, then last year Tanya won it and got her 
name engraved on a tablet. To own it, one had 
to win it twice in succession, and win it with a 
cruising boat. There were no restrictions as 
to sails or manner of setting same, so George 
Granbery, Tanya’s owner, borrowed a collection 
of odd-shaped pieces of sails, some of which her 
crew were busy lashing up as a topsail, when 
the starting horn’s toot! sent the fleet on their 
way. Tanya was right on the line and swung 
off first boat, with Dr, Black’s Sally IX. (a 
cruising boat that did not have time to have 
her cabin put on, so had raced in the crack Q 
class in Boston until this year). Unavailing 
protests had been entered against her, but the 
regatta committee had allowed her to compete. 
The rest of the fleet were fair, honest cruisers, 
and as they strung out in Indian file behind 
Tanya, one could see who they were. Fearless, 
a duplicate almost in looks of Tanya, was off 
that boat’s port quarter, with B. R. Stoddard 
tat her wheel. Then came Kenosha, with Page 
handling her; Kenosha II., with Sullivan at the 
helm, and her owner, Charlie Voltz, watching 
her through glasses in the Zurah; Juanita, I. O , 
Grace I., Grace II. and Clara. 
All set balloon jibs, as the wind was well to 
the southward, about abeam. Some set small 
topsails, some carried spinnakers, some had 
their spinnakers boomed away out ahead like 
balloon jibs. Tanya even boomed out to wind- 
wart a small dinghy sail, nicknamed by her 
crew the “pretzel jib.” Sally IX. was expected 
to run everything hull down, but Tanya did the 
trick for her and was half a mile in the lead 
off Oak Neck, when she ran into a calm. All 
ahead there were boats drifting about in all 
positions, and it looked bad for racing. Sally 
• IX. and Fearless seeing Tanya’s predicament, 
hauled in close to the beach and carried a new 
shore wind close in along the shore, going 
decks to with balloons on, while two hundred 
«feet away lay three or four yachts without even 
! steerageway on. Sally IX.. Fearless, Juanita, 
Kenosha I. and Kenosha II. all passed Tanya 
before she got the new wind, and then she pro¬ 
ceeded to eat them alive. Sally IX. was a mile 
.ahead off Oyster Bay, but between Lloyds Point 
and Eaton’s Neck, Tanya passed all again, ex¬ 
cept Sally IX., which boat laid a comoass 
( course E. by N. for Stratford Shoal, and so 
was a long ways north of the others. Tanya 
f sailed about E. or E. Jd S.. while Fearless 
hauled away up into Smithtown Bay with 
Juanita not so far to the southward ahead of 
her, having had a remarkable close race all the 
way with Kenosha II. and only succeeded in 
1 beating her by taking in the spinnaker instead 
! of trying to carry it way up against the jib stay. 
Far astern in the loom of a big red sunset 
' the sails could be seen of the little cutter I. O , 
the yawl Grace II., the cat Grace, the Kenosha 
I. and Clara. 
As the sun’s light died out. a big silver moon 
made reading possible by its br^fjht light, which 
for racing was bad, as it let others see every 
move you made. As the light grew nearer the 
boats set spinnakers, and as the Sound steamers 
came by one by one, they turned their search- 
’ lights on the yachts. In last year’s race the 
( start was made exactly at the same time, 3:10. 
and Tanya had rounded the light at 9:10; this 
year she rounded it at 9:07. with Sally IX. 
ahead of her 7m. A strong ebb tide was run¬ 
ning, so flattening down, both boats started for 
SHAMROCK, WINNER OF CAPE MAY RACE. 
home, lee-bowing the tide with a nice brisk 
wind. Half way back to Eaton’s the wind 
hauled so far to the west, Tanya made a long- 
board in to the Long Island shore, in around 
the fish net stakes, inshore of a schooner lying 
at anchor. The moon was all overcast by thick, 
fast-moving scud, and with a nice breeze, she 
legged it along Long Island shore out of the 
tide. The rest of the fleet reaching the shoal 
later, found the breeze lighter and did not do 
so well. 
Tanva hugged Long Island all night, and at 
daylight made out the Sally IX. outside of bel¬ 
aud astern. Quite a fog shut out all landmarks 
and even hid one boat from the other less than 
a mile apart. Coming west the wind headed, so 
both boats fetched only Scotch Caps, and 
Sally’s skipper not liking his position made a 
long tack back to Long Island, while Tanya 
stood in among the yachts off Larchmont, mak¬ 
ing a short hitch out again and crossing the 
finishing line between Com. Doscher’s schooner 
yacht Zurah and the buoy at 7:10 A. M., Sun¬ 
day morning, receiving the first gun and con¬ 
gratulations of her friends on the Zurah. 
Sally IX. finished second at 7:32; Fearless 
loomed up next in the haze, finishing at 8:23:35; 
Juanita, 9:56:15; Kenosha I., 10:15.40; Kenosha 
II., 10:28:05. The others came in quite a bit 
later, as the tide turned against them and the 
wind lightened considerably. 
This race gives Tanya the Dewar Shield, and 
with it the congratulations of all who have 
watched this contest. A handsome solid silver 
MIMOSA III., SECOND DOAT IN CAPE MAY RACE. 
pitcher also becomes the property of Mr 
Granbery, and filling it with champagne, he 
passed it around and every one present drank 
to his health from it. 
N. Y. Y. C. Cruise. 
During the cruise of the New York Y. C. 
squadron, the following prizes will be raced for 
as named: 
Rear Commodore’s Cups.—Squadron run 
from New London to Newport. Two cups for 
schooners and two cups for sloops and yawls. 
Vice-Commodore’s Cups.—Squadron run from 
Newport to Vineyard Haven. Two cups for 
schooners and two cups for sloops and yawls. 
Tim Hauoli Cups.—Presented by Cantain F 
M. Smith. Squadron run from Vineyard 
Haven to Provincetown. One cup for 
schooners and one cup for sloops and yawls. 
Navy Challenge Cups.—Squadron run from 
Provincetown to Marblehead. One cup for 
sloops and yawls. 
Alumni Association of United States Navy 
Challenge Cups.—Squadron runs from New 
London to Marblehead for the shortest aggre¬ 
gate corrected time for the four runs. One 
cup for schooners and one cup for sloops and 
yawls. 
The Astor Cups—Newport, Aug. 8. 
The King’s Cup.—Newport, Aug. 10. 
The Commodore’s Cups.—Marblehead Aug 
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Club Prizes.—In each class a prize for first 
if two or more start; a prize for second if four 
or more start, and a prize for third if eight or 
more start. 
When sailing for the vice-commodore’s and 
the rear-commodore’s cups the fleet will be 
divided into the following diivsions: 
Schooners, first division, classes A, B and C. 
Schooners, second division, classes D, E, DD 
and EE. 
Sloops and yawls, first division classes F, 
G, H, J and K. 
Sloops and yawls, second division, classes L, 
M, N, P and N. Y. Y. C. thirties. 
Riverside Y. C. Ra.ce. 
The fact that Seneca is a remarkably fast 
craft, whether racing on Lake Michigan or 
Long Island Sound, ivas demonstrated Satur¬ 
day, July 12, by the way she left everything in 
the race. In a light southeast breeze that fresh- 
end up nicely near the finish, Seneca sailed the 
18-mile course in 3:30:30. Starting off the gas 
buoy, the course was a beat to Lloyds Point, 
then on account of the wind shifting, it was a 
beat to Matinnicock Point and a run home. 
The summary: 
Class Q—Sloops—Start, 1:00—Cour=e, IS Miles. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Princess, F. G Stewart. 6 02 38 5 02 38 
Wanata, David Duncan. 6 09 31 5 09 31 
Seneca, Hanan Brothers. 4 30 30 3 30 30 
Raceabouts—Start, 1:00—Course, 14% Miles. 
Chinook. Robert Mallory. 4 55 10 3 5S 1 0 
Sally VIII., William H. Truesdale... 6 29 42 5 2f 1! 
Handicap Class—First Division—Start, 1:05—Course 18 
Miles. 
Marguerite. W. F. Clark. 7 05 08 6 00 rs 
Alert, E. A. Sierck. 7 02 47 5 57 47 
Wanderer TV., R. R. Budd. 7 40 46 6 46 46 
Little Haste . Did not finish. 
Larchmont Y. C. 31ft. C'ass— Start, 1:00—Course, 14V> 
Miles. 
Dorothy. L. C. Spence. 6 12 08 5 07 08 
Houri, D. E. Dealy. 6 04 05 4 59 05 
Handicap Class—Second D’v'sion—Start, 1:10—Course, 
141/2 Miles. 
Psammiad, L. IT. Dyer. Did not finish. 
lolly Roger. H. I. North. Did not finish. 
Busy Bee, R. 1.. Cuthbert. Did not finish. 
Special Race--Sloops —Star'. 1:15 Course, HV 2 Mil s. 
Ukee. T. A. & J. F. Mahlstedt. 6 54 30 5 39 30 
De Dc, W. E. Douglas . 7 00 12 5 45 12 
Riverside Y. C. One-Des ; °n Catboats- Start, 1:25—Course, 
5 Mi’es. 
Getty, J. M. Williams. 3 00 15 1 35 15 
'Real, C. T. Pierce.3 06 45 1 41 45 
TFhem’, T. A. L’ebler. 3 05 45 1 40 45 
Nilo, A. R. Starr. 3 06 30 1 41 30 
18 x 25, Verian Baker. 2 58 00 1 33 00 
Dooley, John G. Porter. 3 10 45 1 45 45 
Dories—Start, 1:25. 
Faraway, A. B. Fry. 3 14 00 1 49 00 
