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one reef each. While trying to shake out a reef 
Capsicum split her mainsail and retired. On the 
second round Eleanor increased her lead a trifle 
and eventually she won the race and in the 
point score stood 14 to 13 for Achilles and 10 
each for Joy, Princess and Soya. 
Sue and Crescent had a hot fight and Sue 
won. She made her best gain turning to wind¬ 
ward on the second round of the course. The 
times: 
Sloops, Class P—Start, 
Sue . 2 09 03 
Sloops, Class Q-—Start, 
Eleanor . 2 07 29 
Soya . 2 09 40 
Achilles . 2 12 22 
Princess .2 14 00 
Handicap Class—First 
1:15—Course, 12 Miles. 
Crescent . 2 12 32 
1:20—Course, 12 Miles. 
Chaperone .2 14 42 
Spider . 2 16 43 
Joy . 2 20 55 
Capiscum .D. N. F. 
Start, 1:25—Course, 8 
Division- 
Miles. 
Mischief . 2 07 35 Toy . Dis. 
Corrected time—Mischief, 2.01.12. 
Handicap Class—Second Division—Start, 1:25—Course, 8 
Miles. 
Adyta . 2 28 55 Miana . 2 40 18 
Careless . 2 51 45 La Cubana . 2 48 45 
Corrected time—Adyta, 2.28.55; Miana, 2.37.19; La 
Cubana, 2.41.18; Careless, 2.40.20. 
Sloops, Class S—Start, 1:30—Course, 8 Miles. 
M. & F.D. N. F. 
Gravesend Dories—Start, 1:35—Course, 8 Miles. 
Slow Poke . 1 57 38 Merry Widow . 1 58 40 
Gravesend Knockabouts—Start, 1:35—Course, 8 Miles. 
Nancy . 1 58 55 Bobs . 2 09 45 
Mas Que . 2 00 15 Joker .D. N. F. 
Mouse . 2 02 40 
N. Y. C. C. Dinghies—Start, 1:40—Course, 4 Miles. 
Mercury .1 15 10 Meteor . 1 23 25 
North Star . 1 15 45 Orion . 1 20 17 
Friday, Sept. 4. 
At 4:40 o’clock on Thursday afternoon nine 
sailing crafts started to race to and around Fire 
Island going first to the southwest spit. They 
had a fresh north-northwest wind at the start 
and reached down the bay, but outside the wind 
moderated and they carried balloons all through 
the race, and being off shore the wind kept the 
sea down. The leaders reached the Hook early 
on Friday morning and were becalmed there so 
that those astern of them were able to close up, 
and eight of the nine crossed the line within 8m. 
20s. of Gardenia which was the first yacht in. On 
corrected time Sakana won the Thompson cup. 
Mimosa III. took the second prize and the Cap¬ 
tain Brown cup; Maydic won the third prize 
and the Captain Chubb cup. Vigil won the 
Underwood cup for schooners. The summary: 
Fire Island Race—Course, 93 Miles—Start, 4:40 P. M. 
Sept. 3—Finish, Sept. 4, 4 A. M. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Mimosa III., S. Wainwright.11 34 09 18 54 09 
Gardenia, L. S. Herzig .11 24 45 18 44 45 
Maydic, W. H. Childs.11 30 30 18 50 30 
Sakana, Haviland Brothers.12 43 22 20 03 22 
Athlon, J. D. Probst .11 34 29 18 54 29 
Vigil, John Lewis .11 38 50 18 58 50 
Albicore, VV. M. Campbell.11 30 52 18 50 52 
Uncas, G. W. Titcomb.11 33 50 18 53 50 
Tammany, W. C. Towen.11 32 20 18 52 30 
Corrected Time—Sakana, 16.47.09; Mimosa III., 16.48.41; 
Maydic, 17.37.34; Albicore, 17.38.33; Vigil, 18.08.09; Uncas, 
18.15.38; Gardenia, 18.16.01; Tammany 18.35.46; Athlon, 
18.54.29. 
Two power boats over 50ft. long started over 
the Fire Island course at 8:05 in the morning. 
J. H. Hoadley’s Alabama finished at 2:54:30 and 
her elapsed time was 6h. 49m. 30s. The time of 
J. Steiner’s Wanderlust was 8h. 4m. 22s. 
In the afternoon the third of the Thompson 
cup series was sailed and it was won by Eleanor. 
The wind was fresh from the south and the 
yachts sailed to Bensonhurst, Craven shoals, Am¬ 
brose Channel and home. Eleanor had a close 
call and managed to beat Princess by only 12s. 
In the. P class Sue defeated Crescent in a 
most decisive way which must have been more 
through errors in handling rather than the true 
difference between the two yachts. 
While Miana was running to the finishing line, 
carrying a spinnaker, the fishing boat Angler 
tried to cross her bow and Miana struck the 
steamer on the port side. The yacht began to 
leak at once and Harry Leggett, who was on 
board, was knocked into the water and picked 
up by a sloop. Another yachtsman jumped on 
to. the steamer and was carried to the city. 
Miana finished and took second prize. T. J. 
O’Neill was very indignant at the action of the 
captain of the Angler and l said he would call 
the steamboat inspectors’ attention to it. Cap¬ 
tains of steamers running up and down the har¬ 
bor take too many chances with sailing craft. 
Angler could just as easily have gone astern of 
Miana. The Gravesend Bay Association will 
also take the matter up, and this time will in¬ 
sist that the captain is in some way punished 
for this action. 
The final score in the Thompson cup series 
was Eleanor, 22; Princess, 17; Achilles, 17; 
Soya., 15; Chaperone, 12; Joy, 10; Spider, 7; 
Capsicum, 0. The summaries: 
Sloops, Class P—Start, 1:15—Course, 12.5 Miles. 
Sue . 2 24 20 Crescent . 2 32 35 
Sloops, Class 0—Start, 1:20—Course, 12.5 Miles. 
Eleanor . 2 18 50 Soya . 2 22 20 
Princess . 2 19 02 Achilles .2 25 25 
Chaperone . 2 19 56 Joy .D. N. F. 
Plandicap Class—Second Division—Start, 1.25—Course, 12.5 
Miles. 
La Cubana . 2 36 10 Careless .D. N. F. 
Miana . 2 42 10 Adyta . Dis. 
Corrected time—La Cubana, 2.29.55; Miana, 2.39 03. 
Handicap Class, First Division—Start, 1:25—Course 8 
Miles. 
Toy . 1 49 17 Madiana . 2 13 40 
Mischief . 1 58 04 
Corrected time—Toy, 1.49.19; Mischief, 1.54.47; Madiana, 
2.10.23. 
Sloops, Class S—Start, 1:30—Course, 8 Miles. 
M. & F.1 41 10 
Gravesend Dories—Start, 1:35— Course, 8 Miles. 
Merry Widow .1 43 42 Slow Poke . 1 52 20 
Gravesend Knockabouts—Start, 1:35—Course, 8 Miles. 
Mouse . 1 58 00 Bobs . 2 03 30 
Mas Que . 1 58 10 Joker .D. N F, 
Cherub . 2 04 30 Nancy .D. N. F. 
N. Y. C. C. Dinghies—Start, 1:40—Course, 4 Miles. 
Mercury . 1 00 30 - Meteor . 1 08 42 
North Star . 1 02 40 Orion .D. N. F. 
Saturday, Sept. 5. 
Power boat races, gig and dinghy races and 
water sports furnished the entertainment on 
Saturday. 1 he gig of Carola, coxwained by 
Commodore Leonard Richards, raced against the 
cutter of Lasca, coxwained by Commodore R. 
P. Doremus and Carola won. The dinghy race 
was won by Athlon with Lasca second and Kate 
third. 
The water was too rough for the power boats, 
but five started. All had more or less trouble 
and some were unable to finish. Elco filled with 
water and retired at the end of the first round 
of the 1V/2 mile course. Marion, owned by A. 
J. Bushman, won in the race for Classes R and 
S, going the 2 3 miles in ih. 47m. 13s. Protege, 
owned by H. A. Smyth Martin, broke her steer¬ 
ing gear at the end of the first round, but after 
making repairs finished the race; her time was 
3h. 46m. 15s. 
In Class Q, course 3414 miles, H. N. Baruch’s 
Skedaddle won. Her time was 2h. 43m. irs. 
She, too, had trouble, but pluckily kept on to 
the finish.. J. Siegel’s XPDNC withdrew. 
Swimming races and fun on a greasy pole by 
boys who reside at Sea Gate, and canoe sports 
by members of the New York Canoe Club, at¬ 
tracted well in the afternoon. A. M. Pool won 
the tail end race and C. F. Speidel and H. F. 
Maurel won the tilting contest. 
Monday, Sept. 6. 
Race week ended with a regatta for all classes. 
It was the forty-second annual event of the club 
and thirty-five yachts crossed the starting line. 
The start was in Gravesend Bay. Three schoon¬ 
ers were sent away, first Tammany, Uncas and 
Vigil, crossing in the order named. The wind 
was northwest, a fair sailing breeze, and their 
course was to the Southwest Spit, then to the 
Scotland Lightship and back. They carried spin¬ 
nakers to the Southwest Spit, reached to the 
point of the Hook and then ran again to the 
lightship still keeping the same order. Then it 
was a beat home, but the wind failed them and 
they were unable to reach the finish before the 
time limit had expired. 
The larger sloops and yawls went to the South¬ 
west Spit and then to the Bell Buoy off the 
point of the Hook. The racing in each class 
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