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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Aug. 8, 1908. 
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triangle ioj 4 miles in length. The wind was 
again east and moderate, and again it shifted 
to the south, when the yachts neared the finish. 
The first leg was a broad reach to the buoy of? 
Oak Neck. The second a reach to Matinicock 
Point and the third windward work. Seneca 
did well on all points of sailing, and she won 
the race handily. The times at each mark were 
as follows: 
First Round. 
1st Mark. 
2d Mark. 
3d Mark. 
Seneca . 
. 3 13 15 
4 01 29 
4 29 55 
Mimosa III. 
. 3 18 10 
4 05 56 
4 34 OS 
Alera . 
. 3 29 30 
Second Round. 
4 14 50 
4 46 06 
Seneca . 
5 39 46 
6 16 30 
Mimosa III. 
. 5 06 08 
5 44 28 
6 21 10 
Alera .. 
. 5 21 25 
6 56 02 
6 31 46 
Seneca, A. G. 
Finish. 
Elapsed. 
Corrected. 
Hanan. 6 16 30 
4 51 30 
4 47 23 
Mimosa II F, 
S. Wainwright 6 21 10 
4 56 10 
4 56 10 
Alera, A. H. 
& J. W. Alker 6 31 46 
5 06 46 
5 02 39 
Indian Harbor Regatta. 
The annual regatta of the Indian Harbor Y. 
C. was sailed on the Sound, starting from off 
Great Captains Island on Aug. 1 . This regatta 
is usually one of the largest of the season and 
this year seventy-five yachts were entered, but 
a strong wind from the east-northeast made 
things unpleasant for the smaller craft and but 
thirty-one yachts started. The big racers were 
sent to Lloyds Neck, then to Long Neck Point 
and then home, twenty miles. This made it a 
reach to the first mark, a beat to the second and 
a run home. The smaller classes sailed shorter 
courses in about the same general direction. 
The schooners Tammany and Grampus made 
a race. Tammany, soon after the start, parted 
the sheet of her balloon jibtopsail and the sail 
had to be taken in. She, however, won the race. 
Aurora and Istalena sailed a good match. Both 
carried gaff topsails. W. Butler Duncan, Jr., 
handled Aurora and succeeded in gaining the 
weather position at the start. On the wind 
Aurora increased this lead and she finally won 
by 3 m. 8 s. 
In the 30 ft. class there were six starters. Atair 
got away first, but* Nepsi, cleverly handled 
throughout the race, managed to beat Alera home 
by forty-one seconds. In the 22 ft. class Dorothy 
Q, just purchased by F. T. Bedford, finished 
alone. Rascal II. defeated Chinook in the race- 
about class and Jolly Roger won in the handi¬ 
cap raceabout class. Commodore E. C. Benedict 
placed his steamer Oneida at the service of the 
regatta committee and the races were managed 
by Frank Bowne Jones, Charles E. Simms, Rich¬ 
ard A. Monks and George E. Gartland.’ The 
summaries follow: 
Schooners, Class E—Start, 12 :10—Course, 20 Miles 
Tammany .3 16 33 Grampus . 3 41 49 
Sloops, Class K—Start, 12:15—Course, 20 Miles. 
Aurora .2 36 01 Istalena .2 39 09 
New York 30-footers—Start, 12:25—Course, 15 Miles. 
Nepsi .2 28 53 Atair .2 34 09 
Alera .2 29 34 Hera II.2 34 34 
Minx .2 32 20 Dabinda .2 34 35 
Sloops, Class Q—Start, 12:30—Course, 11 Miles. 
Dorothy Q .2 58 19 Okee .D. N. F. 
Princess .D. N. F. 
Handicap Class, First Division A—Start, 12:30—Course, 
11 Miles. 
Alert .3 00 42 Duchess .D. N. F 
Sally IX. D. N. F. 
Handicap Class, First Division B—Start, 12:30—Course, 
11 Miles. 
Bobtail .2 58 27 Tanya .3 11 51 
Fearless .3 00 37 
Corrected times—Fearless, 2.53.29; Tanya, 2.57.35. 
Handicap Class, Second Division—Start, 12:30—Course, 
11 Miles. 
Busy Bee .3 07 39 Jolly Roger .3 10 06 
Corrected times—Jolly Roger, 3.01.06; Busy Bee, 3.04.57. 
Raceabouts—Start, 12:35—Course, 11 Miles. 
Rascal III.2 03 22 Chinook .2 05 24 
Larchmont 21-footers—Start, 12:35—Course. 11 Miles. 
Dorothy .2 14 18 Houri .D. N. F. 
Sloops, Class R—Start, 12:40—Course, 8 Miles. 
Hoyden .2 05 15 
Catboats, Class R—Start, 12:40—Course, 8 Miles. 
Frances .D. N. F. 
Indian Harbor'One-Design Class—Start, 12:50—Course, 8 
Miles. 
Ace .2 25 33 
American Y. C. Dories—Start, 12:50— Course 5 Miles. 
Faraway .2 12 41 Teddy .!.2 25 37 
Manhasset Bay Bugs-Start, Jg Course, 5 Miles, 
Skeeter N. F. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian 15-Footers. 
Each Saturday afternoon during the season 
the 15-footers, owned by members of the Sea¬ 
wanhaka Corinthian Y. C., have taken part m 
a race off the club house, and besides furnishing 
sport for those who own the yachts they have 
given entertainments to the members. These 
boats are good ones for afternoon sport and are 
so evenly matched that all have won races. Each 
season Rear Commodore Hastings offers prizes 
for a ladies’ race, and this year the wives and 
daughters of the members sailed the 15-footers. 
Unfortunately the weather last Saturday after¬ 
noon was not of the kind to attract the fair sex 
on the water. It blew quite hard from the north- 
east, and instead of eight or ten starters but four 
went to the line. Mrs. C. Mackenzie sailed her 
husband’s Thelema, Miss Nicholls sailed Hen, 
Miss Dorothy Tiffany sailed Flicker and Miss 
Julia Tiffany sailed Water Baby. The elapsed 
times were: 
Thelema .1 11 40 Flicker . 1 12 45 
Hen . 1 12 32 Water Baby . 1 14 01 
Fast Motor Boats on the St. Lawrence. 
1 he annual regatta of the Thousand Islands 
\. C. was held Aug. 1 and some fast time was 
made. The J. A. N., owned by , George Has- 
brouck, of New York, won the free-for-all. She 
made the twenty-one miles in 46m. 15s. which 
is at the rate of 27.7 miles an hour. Stranger, 
owned by Commodore Frederick G. Bourne, was 
beaten by 22s. J. P. Gillespie’s Pawnee was third 
and C. N. Peacock’s Pirate fourth. 
Japansky, owned by E. Sperot, won the handi¬ 
cap race. She was allowed 15m. 57s. and did the 
twenty-one miles in ih. 7m. 15s. Mrs. George 
C. Boldt’s Governor was second, beaten by 2s. 
The scratch boat Katy was third and P. D. Q. 
fourth, but she had been disqualified for start¬ 
ing too soon. Damphino, owned by Grant Pea¬ 
cock, broke down. 
The club has challenged for the American 
Power Association challenge cup, which is held 
by the Chippewa Bay Y. C. The races for this 
trophy will be held on Aug. 20, 21 and 22, and 
for the defence of the cup Chip III. has been 
built. This boat is not yet ready. She is driven 
by two 2-cycle Leighton engines, and recently 
with one engine running made 27 miles an hour 
It is possible that Dixie II., Elco Craig and some 
others will take part in these races. 
Sonder Racing Next Year. 
1 he Eastern Y. C. has for some time been 
negotiating with the Kaiserlicher Y. C. for a 
1 etui n race to be sailed off IMarblehead. Twice 
the German and American yachtsmen have 
met in a series of races for small boats. In 
1906 the Germans visited Marblehead, bringing 
with them three boats of what they called the 
Sonderklasse. These were met by three boats 
of similar design, built in this country, and the 
American boats won. The Vim, owned by the 
late Commodore Trenor L. Park, built from 
designs by William Gardner, captured the chief 
prize known as the Roosevelt cup. Last year 
another series of races was arranged, and 
American yachtsmen went with their boats to 
Kiel and there the Germans were victorious. 
Later the Americans visited San Sebastien and 
met the Spaniards and lost again. 
. These two series of races have resulted in a 
victory for each side, and early in the year the 
committee of the Eastern Y. C. considered the 
advisability of inviting the Germans to visit 
here next year. For a time it was thought that 
it would add to the sport if the Spaniards were 
invited to come here at the same time, but after 
considerable discussion, it was agreed that the 
Germans should be invited for next season and 
the Spaniards for the season of 1910. Henry 
Howaid, who was the first to plan for these 
contests, and who has worked hard to make 
them the successes they have been, went abroad 
and consulted with Admiral Barondon, of the 
Kaiserlicher Y. C., and the two have arranged 
the conditions to govern the nest series of 
races, and after these arrangements have been 
ratified by the two clubs interested, preparations 
will be made for the contest. 
This Sonderklasse is a very popular one at 
Kiel and other German yachting centres. It is 
a purely amateur class, and the boats being 
small, the sport is within the reach of men of 
moderate means. Consequently many of these 
boats are built each season and the racing in 
the class is very keen. The rule under which 
they are built is length on the waterline, plus 
extreme beam, plus draft; length must not exceed 
32ft. The boats carry 550 sq. ft. of sail in a jib and 
mainsail. When the first series of races was 
arranged nineteen yachts took part in the 
eliminating trials, and the yachts were raced for 
a week off Marblehead. It was one of the best 
week's sport ever witnessed in these waters. 
Three boats—Vim, Auk and Caramba—were 
selected, and they later met Tillie, Wansee and 
Gluckauf and won. The Germans learned a lot 
during that visit. They were not used to the 
light dry winds of Marblehead, and their sails 
were made too flat. 
Commodore Park, after the races, presented 
each visitor with a set of drawings of Vim and 
also gave one of the Germans a mainsail of 
Vim, with the result that when the American 
yachtsmen visited Kiel last summer they found 
that they could do nothing in those waters, and 
that the improved German boats .under their 
local conditions were more than a match for 
the American craft. 
Each club is to issue invitations to yachts¬ 
men to build boats to take part in the eliminat¬ 
ing^ trials. The rules to govern these races will 
be issued as soon as possible, so that designers 
can get to work. 
The outlook for building is just now very 
good indeed, and it is very probable that there 
will be as many boats in the trials next sum¬ 
mer as there were when the first series was 
arranged. 
Races like these do much more for yachting 
than races for the America’s Cup. When there 
is a big cup race syndicates are formed to de¬ 
fray the cost of running the defenders. Men. 
who own steam yachts follow the defenders in 
their racing and very little attention is paid to 
the smaller and regular classes, but with a 
match for boats like those chosen by the Ger¬ 
man and Eastern yacht clubs many yachtsmen 
who are looking for a good season’s sport will 
build, and the cost will be no more than if they 
had built in one of the regular small classes. 
N. Y. Y. C. Cruise. 
August is the month for cruising, and the 
event of interest to most yachtsmen will be the 
annual cruise of the New York Y. C. By order 
of Commodore Vanderbilt the fleet will ren¬ 
dezvous at New London on Thursday, Aug. 6. 
There will be the usual formalities there, and on 
Friday the squadron will race to Newport, start¬ 
ing from Sarah’s Ledge Buoy and finishing at 
Brenton’s Reef Lightship. On Saturday the 
racing yachts will compete for the Astor cups. 
As usual, there are two of these—one for single- 
masted vessels and yawls, and one for 
schooners. Sunday will be a day of rest. On 
Monday the racing craft will sail for the King’s 
cup, all yachts being in one class with the 
regular time allowance. 
Tuesday, Aug. 11, the run will be to Vineyard 
Haven, Wednesday to Provincetown and 
Thursday to Marblehead, where the yachtsmen 
will visit the Eastern Y. C. After a day of rest 
the cruise will end with a regatta off Marble¬ 
head for all classes for prizes offered by Com¬ 
modore Vanderbilt. The members of the East¬ 
ern Y. C. are invited to take part in this 
regatta. 
J. Rogers Maxwell has put Queen in com¬ 
mission for the cruise, and she will meet in the 
squadron runs Elmina, owned by Rear-Com¬ 
modore F. F. Brewster. In the sloop classes 
Aurora, Istalena, Weetamoe, Dorwina, Dorello, 
Mimosa III., Seneca and the 30-footers will 
race in their respective classes, and together 
in the Astor cuo race, 
