Nov. 28, 1908.] 
is the pet rule of the Kaiser, who has sustained 
it in spite of the adoption of a new “universal” 
measurement rule for all other European 
classes. The Spaniards took it up in emulation 
of the Germans, and have done well with boats 
built under it. 
The terms of the match are to be framed as 
in the case of the German match, to insure 
strictly national representation on both sides. 
The crews must be native-born citizens of the 
country which they represent, and the boats 
must be built and outfitted in their own country, 
of materials manufactured there, even to the 
canvas of which their sails are made. 
_ 
Massachusetts Percentages. 
Secretary Bliss, of the Yacht Racing Asso¬ 
ciation of Massachusetts has issued the official 
percentages of the yachts that took part in the 
last season’s racing. A preliminary set of per¬ 
centages were sent out in September, but since 
then several protests have been settled which 
have made some changes. The standing of the 
yachts is as follows: 
Class Q—22-Raters. 
Starts. Total. Av’ge. 
Eleanor, F. W. Fabyan and T. W. 
McKee . 7 550.0 78.6 
Little Rhody II., C. F. Tillinghast.. 7 450.0 64.3 
1 Achilles, Caleb Loring . 9 566.3 62.9 
Class D—Cape Cats. 
Busy Bee, Walter J. Coombs. 13 1152.3 88.6 
Iris, Frank F. Crane. 13 1053.5 S1.0 
Aravvak, Flenry C. Nickerson. 13 975.8 75.6 
Almira. Ira M. Whittemore. 15 950.1 63.3 
Strideaway, W. A. Tillotson. 11 633.1 57.5 
Hustler, Robert J. Carpenter. S 438.5 43.8 
Emeline, Herbert W. Robbins. 14 509.5 36.3 
C. C., George H. Cary. 8 308.6 30.8 
Josephine, Tupper & Hardwick_ 7 209.8 20.9 
"Mudjekeewis, E. W. Emery. 4 150.8 15.0 
Saltair, C. C. Collins. 4 128.6 12.08 
Dartwell, Dr. IT. A. Jones. 2 100.0 10.0 
Dolly II., W. W. Arnold. 4 93.6 9.3 
Gleamer, Dr. H. A. Jones. 4 56.3 5.6 
CTlciss X 
: Dorchen, A. W. Finlay...‘..'.... 11 1042.S 94.8 
Aurora, Pigeon Bros. 11 776.3 70.5 
i Aspinquid II., R. C. Crocker. 11 672.0 61.0 
Kittywake V., A. E. Whittemore... 15 847.3 56.4 
Vanken, William Stephens. 0 508.3 50.8 
Mirage II., J. W. Olmstead. 9 4S2.1 48.2 
Acanthus, Bloomfield Bros. 12 541.7 45.1 
Yankee, Roach & Rosenthal. 12 304.8 25.4 
Reina, John A. McKee. 4 103.2 10.2 
Class X—Dories. 
Barbara, J. J. Blaney. 10 733.1 93.3 
Teaser, Vaux & Knight. 10 817.3 81.7 
Elizabeth F., Brown & Dudley. 12 731.5 60.9 
Bessie A., J. Samuel Hodge. 10 534.6 53.4 
Fleetwing, C. E. Phillips. 9 319.7 35.5 
, Baggylug, S. H. Brown. 3 247.7 30.9 
' Sunny Jim, Sidney Doane. 5 231.4 28.9 
Spider, A. G. Besse. 8 227.8 28.4 
j Joan, Ralph E. Winslow. 6 213.0 26.6 
1 Tyrant, F. H. Graham..•. 7 183.9 22.9 
1 Nisan, D. W. Woodbury. 2 183.3 22.9 
Blanche, B., E. F. Conner. 3 167.3 20.9 
Pointer III., E. P. Warner. 2 136.0 17.0 
1 Elihu, E. P. Warner. 2 100.0 12.5 
'Question, Podolskey & Crawford... 5 89.3 11.1 
! Weownher, A. W. Nickerson. 5 87.9 10.9 
Class T—15-Footers. 
> Swallow, J. H. Hammond, Jr. 5 415.0 83.0 
i Teaser II., R. R. Smith. 5 405.0 81.0 
Princess, James P. Prince. 5 250.0 50.0 
I Tabasco, Jr., Harry H. Wiggin. 5 220.0 44.0 
Cigarette, John M. Whittemore. 4 100.0 25.0 
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Seawanhaka Cup Challenge. 
The members of the Royal St. Lawrence Y. 
: C., of Montreal, have not yet sent a formal 
challenge to the Manchester Y. C. for a race 
for the Seawanhaka cup. But the members of 
; that club are making their plans and expect to 
be able to notify the holders of the trophy that 
1 they want to race next summer. Things are 
looking up in Canadian financial circles, and it 
is expected that a syndicate of yachting men in 
Montreal or representing the St. Lawrence Y. 
1 C. will be formed, and the formal challenge sent 
j very soon. Two boats will be designed, either 
by George H. Duggan, or Fred P. Sherwood,, 
both of whom have been very successful in 
former contests for this trophy. Their boats 
successfully defended the cup from 1896 until 
. 1905, and then, the club having lost to the 
Manchester Y. C., the Royal St. Lawrence 
I people thought it was up to some other organi¬ 
zation to get busy for the trophy. The club 
1 waited three years, but none other entered the 
[ field, and so it has decided to try and win it 
back again. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
Lipton Cup for 27-Foolers. 
Massachusetts yachtsmen have started in to 
boom the 27-foot class in eastern waters for 
next season’s racing. For some years the 22- 
footers have had the call there, and this class 
was boomed through the challenge cup that was 
offered by Sir Thomas Lipton, and won out¬ 
right this year by Francis W. Fabyan, with 
Elinote. The eastern yachtsmen have wanted 
another class, and there has been talk for some 
time of 18-, 27-, and 33-footers, and the 27-foot 
class has been finally selected as the one to be 
boomed. 
Sir Thomas Lipton has offered, through the 
Corinthian Y. C. of Marblehead, a thousand- 
dollar silver cup, to be held as a championship 
trophy for the 27-foot class. This cup is to be 
governed by conditions very similar to those 
that governed the racing in the 22-foot class. 
It is to be sailed for annually until one yachts¬ 
man has won it three times, when it becomes 
his property. The quality of the sport in the 
22-foot class pleased Sir Thomas very much, 
and he cabled to his correspondent in Boston, 
stating that he would be delighted to offer a 
cup and leaving it to him to select the club 
through which that trophy should be offered. 
The class is to start with five boats, accord¬ 
ing to the conditions that have been framed. 
These boats are to be built to conform to the 
scantling and cabin restrictions of the Yacht 
Racing Association of Massachusetts. It is for 
sloops of the 27-rating class, or whatever class 
may represent it, should the classification be 
changed in the future. The boats must be 
sailed by amateur helmsmen and compete each 
year in the scheduled championship event, the 
winner of the championship three times taking 
the cup. The races that count for the cham¬ 
pionships are those of the Eastern Y. C., the 
Corinthian Y. C. of Marblehead and the clubs 
enrolled in the Yacht Racing Association of 
Massachusetts. 
Several eastern yachtsmen have talked this 
fall of building in this class or some other 
about that size, and now that a championship 
trophy has been definitely offered, there is 
little doubt that the five boats necesary to make 
the class will be built. 
Cost Limit of Sonder Boats. 
Boston, Nov. 23 . —The German-American 
match committee of the Eastern Y. C. has 
issued a statement giving information to those 
who are contemplating for the Sonder class re¬ 
garding the limit of cost of the American boats. 
Trial races to elect three American boats are 
to be held off Marblehead next August. The 
statement is as follows: 
There appears to be some misapprehension 
regarding the cost of boats for the Sonder 
class. In the agreement for the German- 
American match the cost of the American boats 
is limited to 10,000 marks ($ 2 , 400 ) with two 
suits of sails. A good many people think that 
the limit of cost of the boat is the same for 
both countries and that America is thus placed 
at a disadvantage, owing to the greater cost of 
boats in this country. 
This is not the case, as the limit of cost on 
the German boats is but 6,000 marks, or $ 1 , 440 . 
The Germans showed good sportsmanship in 
dealing with the question of cost of the boats, 
as they have in all matters that have come up 
in connection with arrangements for the match. 
They fully realize that the cost of a boat was 
more here than in their own country, and they 
asked us. of their own initiative, to set our 
price at $ 2 , 400 , in order that it might be suf¬ 
ficiently high to cover every contingency. In 
view of the fact that some of the fastest Amer¬ 
ican boats in the Sonder class have not cost 
over $ 1 , 600 , including two suits of sails, it is 
easy to see the liberal spirit in which the Ger¬ 
mans have acted. 
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