Yachting Fixtures. 
JUNE. 
25. Larchmont Yacht Club, interclub. 
26. Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, annual. 
26. Crescent A. C., second championship. 
25. Huguenot Yacht Club, club. 
26. New York Athletic Club, Block Island races. 
26. King Philip Boat Club, open. 
26. Corinthian Y. C., Marblehead, ocean race. 
26. Cottage Park Y. C., Y. R. A. open, Winthrop. 
26. Bermuda Race, Atlantic Yacht Club. 
26. American Yacht Club, Newburyport, club. 
26. Beverly Yacht Club, third club. 
26. Duxbury Yacht Club. 
26 . Chicago Yacht Club, schooners. 
26. Seaside Yacht Club. 
16. Royal Canadian Yacht Club, cruising race. 
M. Indian Harbor Yacht Club, cruising race. 
Larchmont Y. C. 
The spring regatta of the Larchmont Y. C., 
sailed on June 18, will long be remembered by 
those who took part in it on account of the 
severe squall which made the races the most 
strenuous of the season so far. Commodore 
Leonard Richards placed his flagship Carola IV. 
at the disposal of the regatta committee and 
sixty-two yachts were at the starting line on 
time. The starts were postponed because there 
was not wind, and it was noon when the 65- 
footers were sent away in a light W.S.W. wind. 
The usual triangular courses were selected, the 
first leg being to the east. Aurora was first 
away, followed by Winsome and Istalena, the 
last named being to leeward and heading in to¬ 
ward the north shore where there seemed to be 
a little more wind. On the next signal the order 
was Irondequoit, Shimna, Eleanora, Adventuress 
and Gardenia, and the first drew rapidly away 
from the others. The other classes followed at 
intervals of five minutes. 
While making the first round of the courses, 
the wind was very fluky, and yachts were be¬ 
calmed, while others made headway, and then 
positions were changed. In the, meantime the 
sky to the north was steadily getting blacker, 
and then this blackness extended slowly along 
the New York shore, and as it extended, the 
wind increased slightly, so that the committee 
ordered the second rounds to be sailed. About 
3 o’clock the picture was a grand one. It was 
ugly looking, too, for those who were on sail¬ 
ing craft, and many of the big yachts had their 
club topsails aloft. Big, heavy clouds had bank¬ 
ed up in the sky. The light shone through these, 
sending violet and purple rays down on the 
water. The yachts seemed to stand out from 
this background with remarkable clearness, and 
the flags on the club house on shore whipped and 
snapped most viciously. Then the water was 
ruffled and whitecaps appeared, chasing each 
other with lightning rapidity out into the middle 
of the Sound, and then over to the Long Island 
side. 
Suddenly the lightning flashed, and with a 
boom that might have equalled the guns of the 
big battleship fleet, the thunder crashed and the 
wind released, swept across the Sound at a speed 
said to exceed sixty miles an hour. In an in¬ 
stant the Sound was lashed into a fury. The 
wind whipped the tops off the waves and hurled 
the spindrift high in the air. 
Some yachtsmen had been cautious and had 
taken in their topsails and were ready for the 
squall. The 65-footers could not get their clubs 
down. Aurora and Istalena had turned the sec¬ 
ond mark of the course and were able to run 
before the wind for the mark near Hempstead 
Harbor. Winsome was caught before she reach¬ 
ed the mark, and had to bear away and gave up 
the race. These three yachts were beautifully 
handled and weathered the squall well. Istalena 
succeeded in passing Aurora and won the race 
with 21s. to spare. 
The squall lasted for about an hour. The rain 
was very heavy and it was remarkable that the 
accidents were so trivial. The worst happened 
to Windward. When the squall broke she was 
just finishing the first round and was close haul¬ 
ed. Mr. Monks hauled the yacht well, easing 
her in the worst puffs, and was very close to 
the mark when the starboard spreader broke 
and the mast went by the board. Some smaller 
yachts lost sails and spars, but all got in safely. 
Shimna and Avenger both lowered their club 
topsails and Shimna showed that she is a won¬ 
derfully smart yacht and more than a match for 
Avenger. She ghosted along in the light airs 
and stood up well in the strong wind. 
Adventuress had a big lead at the end of the 
first round in her class, but in the storm Ironde¬ 
quoit cut this down so that with her time allow¬ 
ance Irondequoit beat Adventuress. 
Nepsi won the race for New York 30-footers. 
She was last at the start, having to recross the 
line, but in the storm she did remarkably well 
and overhauled the others. Phryne, too, was 
well sailed by J. P. Morgan, Jr., and finished 
second. The elapsed times follow: 
Sloops Class K—Course 304£m. 
Istalena . 4 08 23 Winsome . d.n.f. 
Aurora . 4 08 44 
Sloops, Class L—Course, 23m. 
Shimna . 3 58 40 Avenger . 4 08 59 
Corrected time—Avenger, 4.06.02. 
Sloops, Class M—Course, 23m. 
Adventuress . 4 44 11 Eleanora . 4 58 28 
Irondequoit ... 4 45 55 Gardenia . d.n.f. 
Corrected times—Irondequoit, 4.38.51; Adventuress, 
4.44.11; Eleanora, 4.56.00. 
New York 30-footers—Course, 1514m. 
Nepsi .... 
. 3 46 00 
Caprice . 
.. 3 55 25 
Phryne .. 
. 3 48 17 
Alera . 
.. 4 03 10 
Rowdy 
. 3 51 41 
Ibis . 
Sloops, Class 
P—Course 11m. 
Caramia . 
. 5 11 06 
Mimosa III. 
.. d.n.f. 
W indward 
Larchmont 21-footers—Course, 11m. 
Iola . 
. 3 50 44 
Houri . 
.. 3 54 12 
American Y. C. Raceabouts—Course, 11m. 
Maryola . 
Rascal . 
... 3 48 20 
... 3 56 47 
Howdy . 
Handicap 
Class. 1st 
Division—Course, 
11 m. 
Interim . 
... 3 35 00 
Wanderer IV. 
.... 3 53 22 
Juanita . 
... 3 49 59 
Essex . 
. 4 32 11 
More Joy and Sally IX. did not finish. 
Corrected times—Interim, 3.23.10; Wanderer IV., 
3.42.41; Essex, 4.19.17. 
Handicap Class. 2d Division—Course, 11m. 
Scud .. 3 35 41 Fearless . 4 05 24 
Red Wing and Waialau did not finish. 
Corrected times—Scud, 3.29.13; Fearless, 4.03.15. 
Handicap Class. 3d Division—Course Urn. 
Chinook . 4 27 07 Psammiad . d.n.f. 
Handicap Class, 4th Division—Course, 11m. 
Kenosha .4 10 33 
Ramea, Sybilla and Grace II. did not finish. 
Larchmont Inter-Club Class—Course, 11m. 
Festina . 3 38 59 Dagmar . 4 05 57 
Lewanna . 3 39 51 
Wild Thyme, Hamburg II., Yukan, Como and Triton 
did not finish. 
Manhasset Bay One-Design—Course, 11m. 
Scylla and Kit did not finish. 
Sloops, Class R—Course, 11m. 
Hoyden . 4 02 02 Nereid . d.n.f. 
Sonder Class—Course, 11m. 
Joyette . 3 21 12 Helen . d.n.f. 
Bug Class—Course, 54£m. 
Iney .. 2 23 54 May Fly .4 36 31 
Big Bug . 3 15 45 Red Bug . d.n.f. 
Dragon Fly . 3 39 05 
Yachts Change Hands. 
B. B. Crowninshield, naval architect and 
yacht broker, Boston, Mass., reports the follow¬ 
ing yacht sales: Thirty-foot auxiliary sloop 
Cornelia, to E. C. Myrick, of New York city; 
36-foot yawl Albicore, to E. E. Conway, of Bos¬ 
ton ; 28-foot keel schooner Jean, to W. D. Wes¬ 
ton, of Boston; 21-foot raceabout Miscreant, to 
E. C. Schmidt, of Springfield, Ill.; 22-foot knock¬ 
about Mariposa, to Samuel E. Morrison, of Bos¬ 
ton ; 15-foot knockabout Wani, to Winsor Weld, 
of Boston; 15-foot knockabout Nibelung, to H. 
H. Wiggin, of Boston, and chartered 21-foot 
knockabout Plover, to C. P. Deming, of Boston. 
New York Y. C. 
The races of the New York Y. C. for the 
Spring Club sailed off Glen Cove on June 14 
were marred by rains, fog and light shifting 
winds, fl he entry list was a good one and 
with a fair wind the racing would have been 
most interesting as Shimna, the new 55-foot 
sloop built by Herreshoff for Morton F. Plant, 
was on hand to sail against Avenger. Shimna 
is a good-looking craft, bigger than Avenger, 
and she has to allow about three minutes over 
a thirty-mile course. She was beaten the first 
day but it was through ill luck. When she 
has a steady wind, light or heavy, she will win 
more often than she is beaten. 
When the committee, H. de B. Parsons, 
Ernest E. Lorillard and Grenville Kane, 
reached Glen Cove it was very thick and had 
been raining. The tug circled about the har¬ 
bor and the yachtsmen were notified that the 
race would be started and a short course se¬ 
lected. The committee made the signal on 
time and sent the yachts to Woolsey’s Point, 
then to Parsonage Point, and then home. The 
wind was east. Only the 4°~footers were ready 
to start on time and they went off with Phryne 
and Caprice in the lead. When the 65-footers 
were started Istalena succeeded irf forcing Au¬ 
rora and Winsome across the line before the 
gun. They returned and Winsome was handi¬ 
capped 1 min. 40 sec., and Aurora nearly 5 
minutes. 
Avenger was first away in her class but 
Shimna had more way on and she soon pulled 
by the black boat, and when they disappeared 
in the fog Shimna had a fair lead. Then all 
sorts of things happened. The yachtsmen could 
not find the mark and Shimna was outlucked. 
The wind came south and she lost again, and 
the race was a most unsatisfactory one. Istalena 
won in the K class, with Aurora second. 
Avenger won from Shimna. Adventuress de¬ 
feated Irondequoit, Cara Mia defeated Wind¬ 
ward and Alera won in the 30-footers class. 
The elapsed times follow: 
Sloops, Class K—Course, 1944m. 
Istalena . 2 42 35 Winsome . 2 53 18 
Aurora . 2 46 27 
Sloops, Class L—Course, 1944m. 
Avenger . 2 39 46 Shimna . 2 46 15 
Sloops, Class M—Course, 1944m. 
Adventuress . 3 08 47 Irondequoit . 4 00 38 
Sloops, Class P—Course, 1944m. 
Cara Mia . 3 59 00 Windward . 4 02 09 
New York Y. C. 30-footers—Course, 1944m. 
Alera . 3 47 30 Nepsi . 4 09 23 
Caprice . 4 06 08 Phryne . 4 18 37 
Schooners, Class F—Course, 1944m. 
Cygnet ..4 48 46 
Miladi did not start. 
18-Footers at Marblehead. 
A series of races has been arranged for 18- 
foot knockabouts which will be sailed off Mar¬ 
blehead Aug. 6 to 13. These races will be be¬ 
tween yachts representing the Massachusetts 18- 
foot knockabout association and the Narragan- 
sett Bay Association. The 18-foot class on Nar- 
ragansett Bay has been very much strengthened 
since last season and these series of races will 
be interesting and will do much to help the sport. 
Dories at Charleston. 
The Carolina Y. C., at Charleston, S. C., is 
one of the latest clubs to patronize the dory for 
afternoon sailing. A series of seven races has 
been arranged and nine boats have been entered 
in the series. The first prize in this series is a 
cup presented by E. Gerry Emmons, of Swamp- 
scott, the builder of the dories. 
