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JUNE. 
Knickerbocker Yacht Club, annual. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, club. 
Bensonhurst Yacht Club, special. 
Edgewood Yacht Club, open. 
Corinthian Yacht Club, Marblehead, club. 
Quincy Yacht Club, club. 
Seaside Yacht Club. 
Royal Canadian Yacht Club. 
Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, annual. 
Atlantic Yacht Club, special. 
Weetamoe Yacht Club, 18-footers. 
Boston Yacht Club, City Point, club. 
Mosquito Fleet, Y. R. A., open, South Boston. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, club. 
American Yacht Club, Newburyport, club. 
Seaside Yacht Club. 
Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Lome cup. 
New York Yacht Club, Glen Cove. 
Boston Yacht Club, Y. R. A. open, Hull. 
Jubilee Yacht Club, club. 
Beverly Yacht Club, dub. 
Beverly Yacht Club, second club. 
Corinthian Yacht Club, Marblehead, club. 
Larchmont Yacht Club, spring. 
New York Canoe Club, first championship. 
Rhode Island Yacht Club, open. 
Boston Yacht Club, Hull Y. R. A., open 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, club. ’ 
American Yacht Club, Newburyport, cruise. 
Columbia Yacht Club, Chicago, open. 
Seaside Yacht Club. 
•26. Portland Yacht Club Cruise. 
30. Rhode Island Yacht Club, cruise. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, special 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, annual. 
Crescent A. C., second championship 
Huguenot Yacht Club, club. 
New York Athletic Club, Block Island races 
King Philip Boat Club, open. 
Corinthian Y. C., Marblehead, ocean race 
Cottage Park Y. C„ Y. R. A. open, Winthrop. 
Bermuda Race, Atlantic Yacht Club. 
American Yacht Club, Newburvport, club 
Beverly Yacht Club, third club. 
Duxbury Yacht Club. 
Chicago Yacht Club, schooners. 
Seaside Yacht Club. 
Royal Canadian Yacht Club, cruising race. 
Indian Harbor Yacht Club, cruising race. 
Launch of Massachusetts. 
Massachusetts, the yacht built to defend the 
Seawanhaka cup, was launched from Fenton’s 
yard last Saturday. This yacht has been built 
for a syndicate of Manchester yachtsmen from 
designs by E. A. Boardman. Massachusetts was 
christened by Miss Edith Bremer, daughter of 
Commodore S. P. Bremer, of the Manchester 
Y. C.„ and owner of the fast steam yacht 
Velthra. 
Massachusetts was lowered into the water 
without a hitch, and as soon as the mainsail 
could be laced to the mast, it was tried. In the 
light air she moved very fast, wasi surprisingly 
quick in stays and under full control. Designer 
Boardman and members of the syndicate ex¬ 
pressed the belief that the craft is sufficiently 
speedy to keep the trophy in this country. Her 
crew will comprise E. A. Boardman, helmsman; 
Eliot Wadsworth, R. DeB. Boardman and J. L 
Saltonstall. 
In many essentials Massachusetts is a dupli¬ 
cate of Manchester af 1905, now owned in New 
Orleans. The new defender has the same flat 
bottom, straight sheer and light draft as the 
older boat, though the defender is a trifle larger, 
her dimensions being: Over all, 42 feet; water- 
line, 25 feet; beam, 8.6 feet; draft, 5 inches. 
1 he mast is 32 feet above deck, boom 25 feet and 
gaff 17.7 feet, all spars being hollow, the after 
end of the boom just reaching the stern of the 
boat. Two steel bilge boards of 150 pounds each 
and two rather small rudders are distinguishing 
features of Massachusetts which, at 18 "degrees 
of heel, is calculated to sail on a waterline of 
35 feet. 
As a precaution against strain Massachusetts 
is very strongly tied together with trusses and 
knees. Her chain plates are continuous from 
rail to rail, having been worked under a frame 
and fastened with great care. Abreast the mast 
the sheer line has been slightly lifted to prevent 
the hull burying, the effect being that of hogging 
when the machine is view r ed side on. Light con¬ 
struction has been employed, the planking being 
one-half inch white cedar finished bright, laid on 
timbers five-eighths by one inch, spaced six 
inches on centers. The cockpit is roomy, a grat¬ 
ing extending its full length on the timbers. A 
mahogany combing, worked canoe fashion, gives 
the boat a snappy appearance. The sail spread 
is 625 square feet, of which total area 500 square 
feet is in the mainsail. Standing rigging is of 
plow steel and deck fittings are of bronze. 
Races for the Seawanhaka cup will be sailed 
off Manchester during the week of July 24, the 
series to be decided by the boat winning the first 
three out of five. Canadian, designed by William 
Newman, is to be sailed by G. H. Duggan, and 
will reach Manchester by rail about July 16, 
Thorella accompanying the challenger as a trial 
boat. Massachusetts will be thoroughly worked 
out by her regular crew from now on. 
Ocean Race Committee. 
Horace E. Boucher, of the Atlantic Y. C., 
was in Washington last week consulting witli 
Administration officials concerning arrange¬ 
ments for the international ocean race for the 
President Taft gold cup. He made this an¬ 
nouncement: “Through the co-operation of 
some of the Washington officials the club is 
now ready to make pubic the approximate dates 
for the race, the starting point and the names 
of the committee that will have the contest in 
charge. The race will probably start from 
Cherbourg, France. This is the most available 
western point on the continent, and in addition 
will enable the rival yachts to avoid the usually 
prevailing rough weather of the North Sea. The 
finishing point on this side will be the Ambrose 
lightship.” 
The race will start on or about Aug. 1. This 
date is fixed so as not to interfere with the 
Kiel regatta, which is the big yachting event of 
Europe. 
The honorary committee appointed by the 
Atlantic Y. C. includes the following men, 
prominent in national life and in yachting 
affairs: Secretary of the Navy George von L. 
Meyer, Commodore George J. Gould, Commo¬ 
dore F. T. Adams, Brig.-Gen. William Crozier, 
U. S. A.; Rear-Admiral E. H. C. Leutze, U. 
S. N.; Collector of Customs William Loeb. Jr.; 
Judge Henry J. Gildersleeve, ex-Secretary of the 
Navy Newberry; Commodore Charles Sweeney, 
Atlantic Y. C.; Commodore W H. Childs, Ben¬ 
sonhurst Y. C.: Commodore J. B. Berryman, 
Chicago Y. C.; Fred D. Underwood, R. C. Veit, 
Rear-Commodore Hendon Chubb. Atlantic Y’ 
C.; Commodore W. L. Baum. Chicago Y. C.. 
and Commodore F. Lewis Clark, Eastern Y. C. 
Commodore Leonard Richards, of the Larch¬ 
mont Y. C. is the chairman of the active com¬ 
mittee, with the following members: Vice-Com¬ 
modore G. W. Titcomb, Atlantic Y. C.; G. H. 
Runk and Commodore Francis M. Wilson, 
Crescent A. C.. 
Mr. Boucher had a talk with Secretary Meyer 
regarding certain details of the race. Mr. 
Meyer has promised to see that the formal in¬ 
vitations to the race shall be forwarded through 
the diplomatic channels of the government. 
These invitations will go out from the White 
House and will be taken charge of by the State 
department. 
“The proposed race,” said Mr. Boucher, “is 
creating much interest in Europe. We believe 
there will be many contestants. After the de¬ 
tails concerning the date, starting point and 
other features become known and the invita¬ 
tions have been extended there will doubtless 
be many developments on the old side.” 
As the President Taft gold cup is given in 
the nature of a return for the Kaiser’s cup of 
1905. it is thought that the Kaiserlicher Y. C., 
of which Emperor William is the head, will be 
asked to co-operate with the Atlantic Y C in 
arranging the start. The last trans-Atlantic 
race attracted a dozen entries, and those in 
charge of the coming contest expected fully 
this number if not more. 
Races for 30-Footers. 
The owners of the New York 30-footers have 
arranged to sail two series of races during this 
season. _ This will be the sixth season for these 
one-design yachts which were built by Herreshoff 
in 1905. There were nineteen built and there 
will be ten that will take part in this season’s 
racing on Long Island Sound. A committee of 
the owners, Johnston de Forest, Edward P. 
Alker and George Emlen Roosevelt drew up 
1 ules to govern the races to which all the owners 
agreed. These rules are similar to those which 
have governed the class since it was organized 
and relate to outfit, crew, hauling out, sails and 
prize money for the professionals. 
Each owner has subscribed $20 which is to 
be divided equally between the winners of the 
two series. The races are to be sailed under 
the rules that governed the championship series 
of last year except that to qualify a yacht must 
start in at least two-thirds of the races scheduled 
for each series. 
The schedules are as follows: 
Series No. 1.—May 30, Seawanhaka Corin¬ 
thian Y. C.; June 4, Knickerbocker Y. C. • June 
11, Manhasset Bay Y. C.; June 18. Larchmont 
Y. C.; June 25, Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C.; 
July 2, American Y. C.; July 4, Larchmont Y. 
C.; July 9, Riverside Y. C. 
Series No. 2.—July 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, Larch- 
month Y. C. (race week) ; Julv 30, Indian Har¬ 
bor Y. G: Aug. 27, New Rochelle Y. C.; Sept. 
3, Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C.; Sept. 5, Larch¬ 
mont Y. C.; Sept. 10, Indian Harbor Y. C.; Sept. 
17. Manhasset Bay Y. C. 
In addition to the sweepstakes races the 30- 
footers will sail for championship prizes. The 
schedule will be the same as for the two sweep- 
stake series taking in the races of both series! 
The prizes will be $200, $100 and $50, respec¬ 
tively, for first, second and third, and to qualify 
a yacht must start in at least 75 per cent, of the 
races scheduled. 
British Yachting. 
With Westward visiting European waters 
this summer and the three 23-metre class 
yachts, Shamrock, White Heather and Bryn- 
hild, altered and improved, the prospects for 
a brilliant yacht season at Kiel and in the 
British regattas is very good indeed. Francis 
B. Cooke, a writer for the Pall Mall Gazette, 
has written interestingly on the prospects for 
the yachting season. He says: 
“Since the rules of the various countries in 
Europe that foster yachting were consolidated 
into one code common to all, there has been 
a _ steady growth in international racing, and 
with several countries competing with one an¬ 
other to attract the pick of the fleet, there was 
considerable risk of sport being marred by an 
undue clashing of interests. 
“In order _ to save the situation, our yacht 
racing association has come to an agreement 
with Germany and France for the promotion 
of a series of big international regattas, the 
first to take place this year in British waters; 
the second, in 1911, at Havre; and the third, 
in 1912, at Kiel. The first of these great yacht¬ 
ing festivals will be held at Ryde. commencing 
on Aug. 8, and extending over a week, and the 
King has graciously consented to act as patron. 
“Prospects of sport for the coming summer 
are excellent. The big cutter class, which last 
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