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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. 24, 1908. 
the beat to the second mark, but lost on the 
spinnaker run home, owing to the better head- 
sail work of Sand-Dab. The finish was taken 
only approximately, owing to an accident to 
the judges’ boat. The summary: 
Sand-Dab, R. W. Irwin. 
Raven III., Chas. Scates 
Colleen F. L. Baxter- 
Hobo, Marcus B. Hall.... 
2 15 00 
2 IS 00 
2 23 00 
2 26 00 
The next race on July 31 was the first one 
of the L. M. Y. A. regatta and outside boats 
contended, but the records of the Macatawa 
Bay raceabouts were figured separately by 
agreement. The wind was fully 25 miles an 
hour from the northwest with a big jump of a sea. 
Four or five boats in other classes were dis¬ 
abled, but the raceabouts, though carrying full 
sail, all managed to finish. Sand-Dab led on 
the broad reach to the first mark, but shortly 
afterwards broke her throat halliard block and 
Raven took the lead on the windward work to 
the second buoy, where her gaff lacing gave 
way, allowing Colleen to pass her and win by 
20s. The summary: 
Cnlleeu .1 27 35 Hobo . 1 36 10 
Raven IIi. . 1 27 55 Sand-Dab . 1 56 20 
The second regatta race on Aug. i was sailed 
in a light, dying wind and a left-over sea, and 
Colleen showed her remarkable all-around 
ability by taking the lead at the start and in¬ 
creasing it to the finish. The summary: 
Colleen . 2 10 29 Raven III.2 21 15 
Sand-Dab . 2 15 03 Hobo . 2 21 45 
The first Miller cup race, on Aug. 28, was in 
a strong southerly wind and a big chop sea. 
On the balloon jib run to the first mark Colleen 
rounded first, followed by Sand-Dab, Raven 
III. and Hobo, and on the beat to the south 
Sand-Dab went after Colleen on the star¬ 
board tack, and Hobo followed Raven on the 
port tack. Sand-Dab and Raven pulled away 
from the others, but both overstood the next 
mark badly, and the order there was the same 
as at the 'first. The spinnaker run home was 
remarkably close and exciting, Raven III. 
finally nosing out Colleen and Sand-Dab at 
the mark, the three ■ finishing within 20s. The 
summary: 
Raven III.1 44 15 Sand-Dab . 1 44 35 
Colleen . 1 44 25 Hobo . 1 45 45 
The weather during the second race for the 
Miller cup on Aug. 29, to windward and re¬ 
turn, just suited the light weather boats, Hobo 
and Colleen, it being very light with a choppy 
sea. Hobo took the lead soon after the start 
and never was in danger, and the only real 
contest was between Sand-Dab and Raven for 
third place. Sand-Dab did the best windward 
work on the first leg, but Raven took the lead 
on the run home, held it on the second beat, 
and after a nip and tuck spinnaker run home 
won by 22s. The summary: 
Hobo . 2 18 10 Raven III. 2 30 15 
Colleen . 2 23 15 Sand-Dab . 2 30 37 
This race tied Colleen and Raven III. for the 
Miller cup and the final race was sailed Aug. 
31 in the morning in a southerly wind, varying 
from a light to a good wholesail breeze at 
times. Hobo fouled the starting buoy and was 
disqualified. After rounding the first mark in 
third place Raven took the lead on the wind¬ 
ward work and never was headed. Colleen beat 
Sand-Dab to the second mark, but was outrun 
on the last leg. The summary: 
Raven III. 2 06 52 Colleen . 2 10 18 
Sand-Dab . 2 07 42 Hobo .Disqual 
This race gave Raven III. the Miller cup 
and tied her with Colleen for the season’s cham¬ 
pionship. The seventh championship race was 
sailed in the afternoon in a much better wind. 
Hobo did not race. Sand-Dab got away first 
and never was pressed until near the finish on 
the run home when Raven III. pulled up even 
but finally lost out by 24s. Colleen overstood 
the second mark and finished a bad third. The 
summary: 
Sand-Dab . 1 54 06 Colleen .'. 2 00 02 
Raven III. 1 54 30 
With one more race to be sailed, Raven 
leading Colleen by one point and Sand-Dab by 
three, and a big norther coming up fast, the 
championship looked like a pretty sure thing 
for the former boat on the morning of Sep¬ 
tember 6. But. lo! behold what a day will bring 
forth! The sea and wind were increasing every 
minute on the balloon jib run to the first mark, 
which Raven rounded first, followed by Colleen, 
Sand-Dab and Hobo in a bunch. On the beat 
to windward the wind had piped up to near 30 
miles an hour and tremendous seas were rolling 
ONDA 11. 
Winner of Puritan Cup in Eastern Y. C. Regatta. She defeated Dorello, Floriana, Doris, Avenger, Taormina, 
Venona, Humma, and Dervish. 
in, and with the boats all carrying full sail they 
made very hard weather of it. Colleen and 
Hobo soon ducked for shore on the port tack, 
looking for less wind and sea, which they evi¬ 
dently found. Raven and Sand-Dab kept out 
in the lake and when they neared the second 
mark were surprised to see Colleen turning 
ahead of them and Hobo close up. Just before 
reaching the mark Raven went through Sand- 
Dab’s lea and up on her weather, but in at¬ 
tempting to make a short hitch to the mark 
on the starboard tack and being solicitous about 
giving Sand-Dab room enough to clear, got in 
irons in a big sea, thus giving Sand-Dab the 
lead, and then broke her spinnaker pole on the 
home stretch, and could never recover second 
place. After the finish Raven was protested by 
Sand-Dab for a wholly unintentional foul in 
causing the latter to give way before the start, 
and was disqualified, it having been tacitly 
understood among the skippers at the beginning 
of the season that the rules should be very 
strictly enforced. This race gave Colleen the 
championship and tied Sand-Dab and Raven for 
second place. The summary: 
Colleen . 1 23 00 Raven . 1 28 40 
Sand-Dab. 1 26 00 Hobo . 1 30 00 
The tie for second place was sailed off on 
Sept. 7 in a very light wind. Sand-Dab drifted 
over the line first, caught the wind that sprang 
up suddenly dead ahead and increased her lead 
slowly to the finish. The summary: 
Sana-Dab .2 17 28 Raven III.2 21 30 
The points won by each boat in the regular 
series are: Colleen, 23: Raven III., 20; Sand- 
Dab, 20, Hobo, 11. 
Upon reviewing the races it may be said that 
while it must be conceded that the wind and 
sea (particularly the latter) rather favored the 
deep-bodied, light weather boats, Colleen and 
Hobo, yet too much credit cannot be given Mr. 
Fred L. Baxter for his masterly handling of 
Colleen. In two of the races where she finished 
third she was sailed by some other person. 
Mr. Irwin has always been considered an 
unusually lucky skipper, which, we take it, 
doesn’t really mean anything more than he is 
always “good and ready” when the time comes; 
but he certainly was unlucky at critical times in 
this series. 
Mr. Scates’ mishaps, which probably lost him 
the championship, were no doubt due, to a cer¬ 
tain extent at least, to the fact that his boat 
was entirely new to him this season and of a 
different type from that which he has been ac¬ 
customed to sail for the last ten years. 
Brooklyn Y. C. 
The work of building the new home for the 
Brooklyn Y. C. will be rushed as fast as pos¬ 
sible, and it is hoped by those who are interested 
in the success of the new undertaking that the 
new house will be ready for occupancy by the 
beginning of the new year. 
The club has for some years occupied houses 
fronting on Gravesend Bay, but these houses 
have been rented and the members naturally 
want their own home, and so have purchased 
the West property. The present house on that 
property will be moved over nearer the water 
and additions will be built, and with these ad¬ 
ditions there will be reception, dining and 
sleeping rooms, bowling alleys and billiard 
room and a boat house, with lockers and 
shower baths, connected with the club house by 
a handsome pavilion. In the rear will be a 
garage and carriage sheds. 
This club is one of the oldest in the country. 
It was organized in 1857 and incorporated in 
1864. It was organized some years after the 
New York Y. C., but, strange to say, the date 
of its incorporation is a year earlier than that 
club. The present officers of the club are: Com¬ 
modore William C. Towen, owning the schooner 
Tammany; Vice-Commodore, David E. Austen, 
owning the sloop Ondawa; Rear-Commodore, 
Leo S. Herzig, owning the sloop Gardenia; 
Treasurer, Willard Graham; Secretary, John 
G. Faist. 
