July 25, 1908.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
M 3 
3 18 43 
3 28 04 
3 31 32 
Manhasset Bay One-Design Class—Start, 12:20 Course, 
11 Miles. 
Arizona, G. W. Kear. 3 38 43 
Pixy, L. F. Eggers. 3 4S 04 
Ahoy, Max Tornow. 3 01 3-. 
New Rochelle One Design Class—Start, 12:25— Course, 
11 Miles. , 
Nereid, George W. Fuller. 2 *?8 24 3 33 24 
Madiana, H. H. Smith.-3 58 24 3 o3-4 
Virginia, F. H. Waldorf. 
Rhode Island One-Design Class—Start, 12:55 Course, 11 
Miles. 
T adv G B Randall. 3 41 22 3 16 22 
Nate\a H E. McCormick. 3 28 29 3 03 29 
Mystic, K. O. Major.............. • • • •• • ;j 
Quinsigamond, H. A. Woodward.3 4^ 51 o 17 51 
Manhasset Bay Bug Class-Start, 12:30-Course, 6 % Miles. 
Skeeter, T. M. Smith. 1 56 41 1 26 41 
Big Bug, George Corry.1 ™ 
Scarab, R. hitzgibbons. o m oa 
Cricket, Clarkson Cowl. 2 ul ,.6 
Lady Bug, Fred Gage. 2 "0 4 5 
Rail, Mr. Jennings . mo to 
Riverside Catboats-Start, 12:35-Course, 5V 2 Mdes. 
Doahmi, T. A. Liebler. o 11 28 
Gitty, J. M. Williams... 4 00 58 
“18 and 5,” Verian Baker. 3 55 53 
Nilo, C. M. Starr. •• ■ •• •• 
Indian Harbor Y. C. One-Design Class—Start, l-:3v— 
Course, 5V 2 Miles. „ 
Peewee. L. N. Gillette. 4 11 lo 3 06 13 
Port Washington One-Design Class—Start, 12:20 Course, 
11 Miles. 
Cow Baby, R. E. Dusinberre. 3 54 07 
Finis, E. L. Stannard.....• • • • • • • 4 Co jl 
American Y. C. Dories-Start, 12 :55-Course, 
'l'autog, G. Gardiner Fry. 2 43 -6 
Karawav A B Frv. 2 51 40 
Fa cYas y s S—Catboats—Start, 12:35-Course 5% Miles 
Iney, C. C. Converse. 2 01 03 1 26 03 
1 26 31 
1 30 32 
1 31 20 
1 30 45 
1 35 23 
3 36 28 
3 25 58 
3 20 53 
3 34 07 
3 45 21 
51/2 Miles. 
1 53 26 
1 56 40 
Beverly Y. C. 
The second championship race of the Beverly 
Y. C., which was the 414th regatta of the club, 
was sailed in a strong wholesail breeze from the 
S W., the wind velocity being perhaps about 
15 miles per hour. The 21-footers were sent 
over a 14-mile course to windward, and back, 
and the 15-footers over an 8-mile course, to 
windward and back. In the 21ft. class Mr. 
Paine’s new boat again showed up remarkably 
well, making a very hard race for the old 
Barnacle all the way around the course. In the 
most choppy seas, she fully held her own with 
the old boat, but in smoother water Barnacle 
got away enough to win the race. 1 he judge 
was Charles Whittemore. Wind, S. W. (very 
heavy—full sail wind). The summary: 
21-footers—Course 14—11% Miles. 
Barnacle, W. E. C. Eustis. 
No Name, F. C. Paine. 
Amanita IV., Joshua Crane. 
Illusion, C. M. Baker... 
Merrywing, John Jeffries. 
Radiant, Robert F. Herrick. 
Elapsed 
1 55 30 
1 55 55 
1 58 35 
1 59 05 
2 01 00 
2 04 20 
Fourth Class Cats—Course 18—8% Miles 
Howard, E. Percy Miller. 2 00 50 
15-footers—Course 18—8% Miles. 
Yalu, Miss Margaret Codman. 
Jub Jub, Howard Stockton, Jr. 
Seeps, Miss Katherine Warren. 
Anita, R. T. Crane, 3d. 
Polly, Mrs. John Parkinson, Jr. 
Rebekah, F. W. Hobbs. 
Mongoose, Miss E. B. Emmons. 
Uarda, John Parkinson, Jr. 
Ranzo, M. H. Richardson, Jr. 
Fly, Miss Mary E. Williams. 
Bantam, Miss Hilda W. Williams. 
Vim, F. W. Sargent, Jr. 
Jill, Robert F. Herrick...... 
Jack, Robert F. Herrick, Jr. 
1 30 35 
1 30 45 
1 31 20 
1 32 35 
1 33 30 
1 35 40 
1 36 00 
1 37 20 
1 38 10 
1 39 55 
1 40 24 
1 41 05 
1 49 40 
Disabled 
Macatawa Bay Y. C. 
The Macatawa Bay Y. C. opened its season 
for 1908 on July 4. with races for raceabouts 
and Class A scows. The Class B scows and the 
18-footers were not in commission. 
The raceabouts sailed an 8^4-mile triangular 
course in Lake Michigan, at 10 A. M. The 
wind was very light, about S. S. W., shifting 
to S. W. at the finish. The first leg was a 
balloon run. Sand-Dab and Colleen got away 
in the lead, but Raven III. beat them to the 
northwest mark, leading Colleen about half a 
minute and Sand-Dab a minute, with Hobo a 
bad fourth. On the dead beat to the southwest 
buoy Raven III. held her lead, while Colleen 
was apparently pinched too much and fell back 
badly, Hobo still trailing behind. On the run 
home Raven III. tried to use her balloon in¬ 
stead of her spinnaker, and Sand-Dab passed 
her and increased her lead to the finish line. 
The judges’ boat broke down, and there was 
no one at the line to take the finishes, but they 
were approximately as follows: 
Raceabouts—Start, 10:50. 
Finish. 
Sand-Dab (ex-Nora), R. W. Irwin- 1 05 00 
Raven III (ex Tartan), Chas. Scates. 1 08 00 
Colleen, A. Baxter. 1 13 00 
Hobo, Marc. B. Hall. 1 16 00 
Elapsed, 
2 15 OO 
2 18 00 
2 23 00 
2 26 00 
The Class A scows sailed a 6-mile course in 
the bay in the afternoon with a wholesail breeze 
from the S. W. On the run down, Problem led, 
but broke her throat halliard and had to with¬ 
draw, Macatawa taking the lead which she held 
to the finish. Defiance also got into trouble 
and did not finish. The summary: 
Class A—Scows—Start, 
Macatawa, Robert Bowman. 
Intruder, Louis J. Kraus. 
Raven, Lewis PI. Conger. 
Problem, Marcus A. FLirschl. 
Definance, Frank K. Griffiths. 
2:55. 
Finish. Elapsed 
. 4 28 22 2 13 22 
. 4 29 53 2 14 53 
. 4 33 04 2 18' 00 
Did not finish. 
Did not finish. 
Irene II. Wins Marblehead—New 
Rochelle Race. 
Irene II., owned by S. W. Granbery, won 
the race for which she was purposely designed— 
the long distance motor boat race from Marble¬ 
head to New Rochelle—by a margin of more 
than one hour. 
Thirteen boats crossed the starting line at 
Marblehead, and ten of them finished, the last 
one, Pollywog, wiggling in on Monday morning, 
Irene II., the first boat, having finished about 
6 P. M. on Sunday. 
The boats had generally fair weather the 
whole way, with the exception of a thunder 
squall as they were coming down the back of 
the cape; but being of! shore, the water was 
smooth. As they rounded the cape they had a 
fairly rough sea and head wind and more or 
less fog and haze all the way to the race. But 
once inside the Sound, the going was easy. 
Elad put into Provincetown with her tank 
adrift. Chud burned out a bearing and anchored 
until Dandy Ii. took her in tow. 
' It was a good race, and was exceptionally well 
handled by^ Mr. W. B. Stearns at Marblehead. 
The start was made without a hitch, every boat 
being measured and notified before they sailed 
just how they rated and what they had to 
allow the others. 
Irene II. wins two prizes, the fastest time 
prize and the regular prize, a handsome silver 
cup. Eronel wins second prize and Picaroon 
gets third place. The contestants this year 
were as follows: . 
Rating. 
Kittrois, F. D. Glieen, N. Y. M. B. C... 30.11 
Irene II., S. W. Granbery, Colonial Y. C.... 30.06 
Picaroon, T. B. Baylies, New Bedford Y. C. 31.bU 
Lesbia, J. Donnelly, Morrisania Y. C.....29.30 
Fortuna II., V. M. Beolchi, Cor. of Yonkers. 34.65 
Eronel, S. Cochrane, Bensonhurst Y. C.23.40 
Chud, J. E. Peabody, Eastern Y. C. 39.75 
Alsoran, R. Hutchinson, Cor. of Marblehead. 32.95 
Barbara, W. M. Duncan, Staten Island Y. C. 31.65 
Iloilo, P. E. Fansler, New Rochelle Y. C. 24.23 
Elad, W. L. Dale, Morrisania Y. C........... 27.78 
Dandy II., W. H. Rowe, Jamaica Bay Y. C . 32.95 
Polywog, N. S. Mason, Bayside Y. C. 3/.9U 
With the Thirties. 
Conditions governing the runs of the N. Y. 
Y. C. 30-footers from Port Washington, L. I., 
to New Haven, and thence to New London, 
under the auspices of the Manhasset Bay Y. C. 
have been agreed upon. The runs have been 
arranged that this favorite racing class may 
have two interesting contests before joining the 
N. Y. Y. C. squardon at New London, on Aug. 
6. The conditions are as follows: 
Manhasset Bay Y. C. cruise for New York 
Y. C. thirties, Tuesday, Aug. 4.—From Port 
Washington to New Haven. 
Start off club house, between dory flying club 
flag and committee boat. 
Finish between committee boat and east end 
of breakwater at New Haven. 
Wednesday, Aug. 5— From New Haven to 
New London. , 
Start between committee boat and east end 
of breakwater. 
Finish between west buoy on Sarah s Ledge 
and committee boat. 
Signals for each day.—Warning, white flag, 
9 o’clock A. M.; preparatory, blue peter, 9:05 
oclock A. M., and start, red flag, 9:10 o’clock 
A. M. 
All yachts must be in complete cruising trim. 
Mr. H. L. Maxwell has presented a prize for 
each run, which will be awarded the winner at 
the conclusion of each race. The club will 
present second prizes. 
Protests must be made immediately after each 
race. Government buoys must be passed on 
proper side. At night committee boat will show 
two white lights at masthead. Except where 
otherwise specified, rules of the Y. R. A. of 
Long Island Sound will govern. J. W. Alker, 
H. J. Gielow, Clarkson Cowl, Race Committee. 
English Letter. 
An announcement was made last week by 
The Field that Sir Thomas Lipton had definitely 
decided to issue another challenge for the 
America’s Cup upon certain conditions. I am 
rather surprised that a yachting paper of the 
standing of The Field should give publicity to 
the statement in the form that it did. For all 
the world the paragraph read as if this were a 
new decision on the part of Sir Thomas, and it 
was copied extensively into all the daily and 
weekly papers. As a matter of fact, the position 
regarding the future of the cup remains exactly 
the same as it did when the New York Y. C. 
refused the last challenge in September last 
year. Sir Thomas will only race with a modern 
boat designed under the universal American 
rule or the new International European rule, 
and the New York Y. C. do not see their way 
clear to accept such a proposal. A year ago 
Sir Thomas’s idea was to race with a 70-footer, 
and he was prepared to build a couple such 
boats, one by Fife and the other by either 
Mylne, Nicholson or young Arthur Payne. 
These he intended to race against each other in 
a series of exhaustive trials on both sides of 
the Atlantic, selecting the challenger at the 
latest possible moment, and if necessary, he was 
quite prepared to build a third boat for the 
actual cup races. The only change of plans on 
the part of the owner of the Shamrocks is that 
he is now prepared to accept the New York 
Y. C.’s stipulation that the races must be for 
90-footers. So far as the rating rule is con¬ 
cerned, however, Sir Thomas is firm, and if 
there is to be another contest for the cup, the 
New York Y. C. will have to meet him on this 
point. I know as a matter of fact that Sir 
Thomas is practically helpless in this matter, 
as Fife has positively refused to design another 
boat under the old conditions, and in this he 
has the full approval of the British yachting 
public. 
In my last letter I told of the opening of the 
racing of the Clyde “Fortnight.” Since then 
the new Shamrock has been having a good time, 
and there is now no doubt but that her string 
of winning flags will be a long one at the end 
of the season. The Clyde men have been none 
too fortunate in the matter of sailing breezes 
for their great carnival, as on most days there 
has been very little wind, and on several oc¬ 
casions the racing has had to be stopped when 
only half the course has been covered. In the 
light breezes which have prevailed Shamrock 
has developed a wonderful turn of speed, and 
none of the fleet can approach her, so far as 
ghosting along in a calm is concerned. 
And now to details. The first of the big 
fixtures was that of the Royal Clyde Y. C.. 
which extended over a couple of dates at 
Hunter’s Quay. On the first day the breeze 
proved very light and uncertain and Shamrock, 
assisted by an American jib, which they have 
christened a bowsprit spinnaker on the Clyde, 
opened away a lead in weather which was as 
near a calm as it is possible to get. When a 
light and fairly steady air did come along, the 
new boat beat all the class in going to wind¬ 
ward, though she proved less successful on the 
run. Brynhild, however, by sailing a different 
course from both White Heather and Sham¬ 
rock, led by 35s. at the end of the first round. 
Coming on the wind again, Sir Thomas s flier 
