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made, it was seen that, barring accidents. Mis¬ 
chief II. would be an easy winner, and more 
attention was paid to the struggle between Wasp 
and Venus. The race between these two boats 
was particularly exciting, and as they neared 
: the finishing line with Wasp leading, every one 
on the fleet of yachts gathered to witness the 
race knew that it would be a matter of seconds 
that would decide the winners. Wasp fairly 
flew across the line at 4:53:29 and Venus crossed 
at 4:56:23. As Wasp allowes Venus 2m. 16s. 
time allowance, the new racer won by 35s. 
Southern Inland Waterways. 
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 13.—Work on the in¬ 
land waterways to connect Chesapeake Bay 
and the bays to the northward of it with 
the port of Beaufort, N. C., by way of the great 
North Carolina Sounds and intermediate 
streams will begin actively Sept. 15, a Baltimore 
firm having the contract. United States 
Marshal Dockery and Capt. Earl Brown, of the 
U. S. Engineer Corps, are now making a tour 
of all the lower division of the route, with them 
being commissioners who are condemning 
right-of-way. Only seven persons made any 
contests as to right-of-way, and it is with these 
the commissioners are now dealing. 
It is found that the line will save about 150 
miles of distance around Cape Hatteras. It is 
i also found that the cuts through the necks of 
i land can be easily made, the soil offering no 
particular obstacle. The writer has looked over 
several miles of the route. The right-of-way 
. has been cleared and runs as straight as an 
arrow for several miles, the longest cut being 
4B4 miles. Special advantage has been taken 
of the bodies of water along the general line. 
The route will effect a very considerable sav¬ 
ing in distance compared with the one which 
is now in use in the Sounds, and of which so 
many yachtsmen have been availing themselves 
in their trips north and south. It will also be 
much safer than the route now in use, which 
[ traverses the wide Sounds and which at certain 
points goes very near the ocean, though of 
course it is separated from the latter by the 
long line of sandbanks, locally known as “the 
banks.” The immediate appropriation available 
1 for the lower division of the inland water way 
' is a little over half a million dollars, and it is 
estimated that it will take about two and a 
half millions more to complete it, this covering 
the cost of dredging the channel through the 
| sounds and also of putting the Albemarle and 
Chesapeake Canal in proper shape. It is the 
rough estimate that the whole work can be done 
in from two and a half to three years. 
Atlantic Club’s Race Week. 
The Atlantic Y. C. has arranged for a week 
of racing off its club house at Sea Gate, begin¬ 
ning Sept. 2 and lasting until Labor Day. Prizes 
| worth $2,500 have been offered for this week of 
: sport and several owners have already signified 
j their intention of competing for these trophies. 
; One of the features will be the first series for 
! the Thompson cup for 22-footers, which will be 
! sailed on. Sept. 2, 3 and 4. Little Rhody and 
' Achilles are coming from Massachusetts; 
Dorothy Q, Capsicum, Chaperone and Princess 
! from the Sound, and these will meet Joy, Soya, 
; Spider and Saetta of Gravesend Bay. 
Another race that is attracting attention will 
: be the one to Fire Island Lightship and back for 
i a cup offered by F. D. Underwood. This race 
is for schooners. 
Three power boat races for prizes offered by 
Frederick Thompson, Robert A. Brown and 
Hendon Chubb have been arranged, and there 
' will also be races for the New York 30-footers, 
! Class S sloops, the handicap classes and the 
j Gravesend Bay dories and knockabouts. On 
| Labor Day the annual regatta of the club will 
| be sailed. 
I The prizes for which the yachts will compete 
f are a handsome lot, and have been photo- 
! graphed. In the center of the photograph is 
! the Thompson cup, presented by Captain 
l Frederic Thompson for a series of races in the 
PRIZE CUPS FOR ATLANTIC YACHT CLUB RACE WEEK. 
Q Class. This cup is to be raced for in three 
successive years. On the extreme right of the 
photograph is the Underwood cup, presented 
by Captain F. D. Underwood for schooners 
competing in the Fire Island race of Sept. 4. 
Other cups in this picture are for the regular 
series races of the race week and for the Graves¬ 
end Bay championships. In addition to the 
cups here shown, there will be offered in the 
race week valuable trophies for the yachts of all 
classes in the Fire Island race, for the power 
boats contesting and for all classes of yachts 
racing in the annual regatta on Labor Day. 
Lipton Cup Won by Chicago. 
The races for the Lipton cup for 21-footers 
were just as hotly contested this year as ever, 
and nine yachts took part in the series which 
were sailed on Lake Michigan. This cup is 
sailed for each season, and in each race points 
are scored on the percentage system, and the 
club whose representative scores the largest 
percentage takes the cup and holds it for a year 
until the next series is sailed. Three races 
were sailed this year, and twice the yachts tried 
but failed to make a race. In one of these at¬ 
tempts the leaders reached the line just ten 
minutes after time had expired. A different 
yacht won each race. Cleveland won the first, 
Columbia the second and I. A. C., of the Illinois 
A. C., the third; but neither of these yachts 
took the cup, which went to Chicago, of the 
Chicago Y. C., which was second in the first 
race, fourth in the second and second in the 
third. The conditions governing this series of 
races would seem to require revising when a 
yacht can win the cup without winning a race. 
The score of points were: 
Chicago, Chicago Y. C. 
La Rita II., Illinois A.C... 
Spray, Chicago A. A. 
Cleveland, Cleveland Y. C 
I. A. C., Illinois A. C. 
Ouien Sabe, Chicago Y. C. 
Jackson Park, J. P. Y. C.. 
Columbia. Columbia Y. C. 
Cherry Circle, Chicago A. 
1st 
2d 
3d 
Race. 
Race. 
Race. 
Total. 
.. 88.9 
66.7 
88.9 
244.5 
.. 66.7 
88.9 
77.8 
233.4 
77.8 
66.7 
200.1 
..100.0 
44.4 
55.6 
200.0 
.. 77.8 
22.2 
100.0 
200.0 
.. 22.2 
11.1 
33.3 
66.6 
.. 33.3 
55.6 
11.1 
100.0 
.. 44.4 
100.0 
44.4 
188.8 
A. 44.4 
22.2 
6t) .6 
The first race was sailed in a strong breeze on 
Saturday, Aug. 15. There were eight starters— 
Cleveland, owned by the Cleveland Y. C., sailed 
by John Barth; Chicago, owned by Chicago Y. 
C., sailed by A. G. Cuthbert; I. A. C., owned 
by the New Illinois Y. C., sailed by C. T. 
Bailey; La Rita II., owned and sailed by George 
Peare; Spray, owned and sailed by Fred Price; 
Columbia, owned by the Columbia Y. C., sailed 
by U. J. Herrmann; Jackson Park, owned by 
Simonton. Kraft and Greigs, sailed by Kraft; 
Cherry Circle, owned by Chicago Athletic As¬ 
sociation. sailed by William Avery, and Quien 
Sabe, owned by Chicago Athletic Association 
and sailed by B. Avery. New Illinois was dis¬ 
qualified before the race because she exceeded 
the 21ft. measuremnt. 
The course was triangular, two miles to a leg, 
making 12 miles in all. Cleveland led at the end 
of the first round by 2m. 9s., with Chicago sec¬ 
ond and I. A. C. third. On the second round 
Chicago closed up somewhat, but could not 
catch Cleveland. The elapsed times were: 
Cleveland . 1 54 05 Columbia . 1 57 15 
Chicago . 1 55 15 Jackson Park . 1 59 45 
I. A. C. 1 55 20 Ouien Sabe . 2 09 09 
La Rita II........ 1 55 40 Cherry Circle. 2 04 09 
Spray . 1 57 13 
Quien Sabe was over the 21 ft. length, and she 
was sailed by a crew of three instead of five. 
The second race was sailed on Monday, Aug. 
I". The course was windward and return, 12 
miles in all, and again the wind was strong. 
The elapsed times this day were: 
Columbia .. 1 47 35 Jacksoti Park . 1 54 OS 
La Rita II. 1 48 58 Cleveland . 1 56 14 
Spray . 1 49 35 Cherry Circle . 2 04 45 
Chicago . 1 51 46 I. A. C. 2 05 13 
The third race over the triangular course was 
sailed on Thursday, Aug. 20. The race was 
won by I. A. C., Chicago was second, La Rita 
II. third, Spray fourth, and then in order came 
Cleveland, Columbia, Quien Sabe and Jackson 
Park. 
Alera Leads the 30-Footers. 
J. W. Alker, of the Manhasset Bay Y. C. 
Regatta Committee, has issued a statement 
showing the standing of the New York Y. C. 
30-footers in their competition for the point 
prize for the season. This is as follows: 
Starts. 
lsts. 
2ds. 
3ds. 
Pnts. 
Alera, A. H. & J. W. Alker... 
21 
6 
6 
3 
15 
Nepsi, Tohnston de Forest ... 
20 
5 
4 
4 
13 
Phryne, T. F. O’Rourke. 
20 
4 
5 
1 
10 
Atair, G. C. & J. E. Meyer.. 
22 
1 
2 
6 
9 
Minx, Howard Willets . 
IS 
3 
2 
3 
8 
Hera II.', Ralph N. Ellis . 
13 
1 
2 
3 
6 
Dahinda, G. E. Roosevelt. 
18 
1 
0 
1 
2 
Ibis, T. P. Morgan, Tr. 
13 
0 
i 
0 
1 
Caprice, Mrs. E. F. Vanderbilt 
5 
1 
0 
0 
1 
Figuring on the highest possible number of 
points that could be scored, Alera has 78.80 per 
cent., Nepsi 74.60 and Phryne 70. 
This table is up to Saturday, Aug. 15. 
Flicker Wins Leland Cup. 
The Seawanhaka 15-footer Flicker, owned by 
E. C. Henderson, sailed a race with Hen, owned 
by George Nichols, at Oyster Bay last Satur¬ 
day morning. These two had tied in the race 
for the Leland Corinthian challenge cup. Flicker 
won by 2tn. 28s. The times were: Flicker, 
T.12 40: Hen, 1.1508. 
There was not enough wind in the afternoon 
for the usual weekly race for these yachts. 
