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class vessels are concerned, has not been in¬ 
sisted upon. The match between Shamrock and 
Nyria was simple sailing all round the course. 
The green boat got away with the lead and con¬ 
tinued to work it out until she was 14m. 58s. 
ahead. Deducting Nvria’s allowance as an old 
boat. Shamrock won by 10m. 18s. At the Clyde 
Corinthian regatta, which followed that of the 
Mudhook, the"result was the same, while at the 
Royal Largs fixture Shamrock on a shortened 
course of one round finished winner, 54s. ahead. 
It will be remembered that on the first day of 
the Royal Ulster regatta Brynhild protested 
against Nyria for fouling her on the line. As 
a result, Nyria has since been disqualified and 
the second prize which she won consequently 
goes to White Heather. This is the second 
time that a vessel has been disqualified in the 
class since the commencement of the season, 
Shamrock being the offender on one occasion. 
Shamrock has now got a commanding lead 
in the season’s racing. There is, however, a 
good deal of interest in the problem as to 
whether Brynhild or White Heather will prove 
the runner up to the green boat when the sea¬ 
son’s records are finally compiled. As will be 
seen -by the following table of results up till the 
close of the sixteenth race of the class, there 
is little to choose between them: 
Firsts. Seconds. Total. 
Shamrock ..'. 10 2 12 
White Heather . 3 4 t 
Brynhild ... 3 3 
Nyria . 3 3 
And now with regard to the particulars of the 
Cary-Smith schooner Ceylon’s experiences in 
the Dover to Heligoland race for the German 
j Emperor’s cup. The Ceylon, I may say, was 
purchased by Captain R. V. Webster in America 
about a year ago and was sailed from New 
York to Southampton exactly twelve months 
ago. Her owner’s account of the race is as 
follows: “Last Friday, June 19. at 11:30 A. M., 
sails were up and the Ceylon lay at anchor in 
Dover harbor for the great contest which was 
to start at 12:15 P. M. I told Sir Thomas 
Lipton and his friends that we did not mind 
anything but a strong headwind with a choppy 
sea. as the yacht was not adapted to beat against 
such. At 11:55 A. M. the German yacht Ham¬ 
burg left Dover LI arbor, and with the light 
wind was carried by the strong tide some 
distance down the coast, which accounted for 
ber bad start. The Ceylon and other remain¬ 
ing yachts took warning and remained inside 
•the harbor till 12:15 P. M. When the Ceylon 
was the last to leave outside the harbor, the 
yachts had all they could do to beat against the 
tide to cross the line. Once away, the two 
British-owned yachts and the German-owned 
yawl Komet made away for the East Coast, the 
remaining four German-owned yachts working 
up the English coast. On Friday afternoon 
, and night the breeze was very light, but early 
on Saturday it freshened up. and by noon the 
'Cicely, Comet and Ceylon were working hard 
[ against a strong wind and sea. This did not 
•suit the Ceylon, and she was soon left behind. 
.At 3 P. M.. a strong squall struck the Ceylon 
and carried away both topsails and jib and 
washed three sailors off the deck, who, with 
the greatest difficulty, saved themselves in the 
rigging. To get the jib in, it was necessary to 
run the Ceylon before the wind for some 
distance, and so I saw we had no possible 
chance for the cup, but decided to keep on 
under reefed mainsail, foresail and staysail. 
On Sunday morning the Komet was sighted 
making off from the coast and all that day she 
and the Ceylon had an interesting race passing 
and repassing each other several times as they 
forced their way against the strong seas and 
headwind till at last the Ceylon forged ahead 
and left the Komet out of sight. On Monday 
the wind and seas continued if anything worse 
than ever. At 11:30 P. M. the Heligoland light 
was sighted and at 3:30 A. M. on Tuesday the 
German man-o’-war, which made the finishing 
line, was rounded. As the weather continued 
j, rough and it was impossible to land, I decided 
to return to England and at 5 A. M. the Ceylon 
had the full benefit of the strong following 
breeze and anchored off Southend at 2 P. M. 
Wednesday. On the return journey the Ceylon 
passed Komet, making for Heligoland at 10 
A. M. on Tuesday. 
Next week I will give some details concern¬ 
ing the Wolseley-Siddeley challenger for the 
British International cup, the first race for 
which will take place on the Hudson on Aug. 1. 
R. R. 
Lurline Wins Pacific Ocean Race. 
Another winning flag has been added to her 
already long string by Lurline’s victory in the 
race started on July 4 from San Pedro, Cal., to 
Honolulu. Hawaii. Lurline, of the South Coast 
Y. C., of Southern California, arrived at 9:34 A. 
M., July 18, and the three other yachts arrived 
July 19, within six hours of each other. The 
corrected time of the yachts was as follows: 
Lurline—13 days 21 hours 31 minutes 43L2 
seconds. 
Gwendolyn II. (Seattle Y. C.)—14 days 4 
hours 7 minutes 8J4 seconds. 
Lady Maud (San Diego Y. C.)—14 days 16 
hours 57 minutes 9 2-5 seconds. 
Hawaii (Hawaiian Y. C.)—14 days 18 hours 
46 minutes. 
Shamrock Wins Lipton Cup. 
As a result of the remeasurement of the 
schooner yacht Shamrock, made by Professor 
Hallock, measurer of the New York Y. C., to 
settle the protest lodged by Stuyvesant Wain- 
wright, owner of the Mimosa III., Shamrock 
was found to be well within the rating given 
her by measurer John Brophy, and is therefore 
declared the winner of the Lipton cup, put up 
as a trophy by the Brooklyn Y. C. for the Cape 
May race started on July 4. 
Motor ’’Boating at Detroit. 
The recent motor boat races in the Detroit 
River, off Belle Isle, are of notable interest in 
the time made by one of the contestants. The 
General, owned and sailed by Mr. E. R. Walker, 
of Detroit, covered the 18 miles of the course 
in 39m. and 41s., an average speed per mile of 
2m. and 18s. This is believed to be the motor 
boat record for the Detroit River. Unfortu¬ 
nately the General was so heavily handicapped 
that the race was won by a competitor. 
Jay Beebe. 
Canoeing. 
Atlantic Division Camp. 
The Atlantic Division of the A. C. A. held a 
meet and camp at Plum Point, near Cornwall, 
on the Hudson River, July n-19. inclusive. 
About fifty members were present part or all of 
the time. A number of those who were on va¬ 
cation at the time cruised to Plum Point from 
their respectice club houses. The weather con¬ 
ditions were ideal for this, and although 
they felt the heat, they were far more com¬ 
fortable than their less fortunate brethren, who 
were compelled to return to business each 
Monday. These latter went to Newburg each 
Saturday on the Central Hudson steamboats, 
which also carried their canoes and outfits, the 
camps being left in charge of those remaining 
in camp during the week. 
A. C. A. Transportation. 
Members who intend going to Sugar Island 
on or about Aug. 1 will please communicate 
with the undersigned, so that if a sufficient num¬ 
ber warrant it, "a special baggage car can be 
engaged to carry canoes, baggage, etc., to 
Clayton. 
J. K. Hand, Chairman, 
Transportation Committee, 
68 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Centra! Division Camp. 
The Central Division of the A. C. A. held a 
meet at Sheldon Hall, Chautauqua Lake, N. Y., 
July 17-19, inclusive. 
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