July io, 1909.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
63 
Tammany Wins Cape May Race. 
Commodore W. C. Towen of the Brooklyn Y. 
C., won the Cape May race, for which the prize 
was a cup offered by Richard Croker with the 
schooner Tammany. The race was started from 
Gravesend Bay on the morning of Saturday, 
I July 3, and the racers finished on the Monday 
following. L. J. Callanan’s schooner Eclipse 
was the first to finish at the South West Spit, 
but Tammany was only 41m. behind, and as she 
had an allowance of ih. 22m. 27s., she won on 
corrected time. 
The race was started in a brisk northwest 
wind, which made a broad reach for the yachts 
to the Scotland Lightship. Eclipse had a lead 
of about 15m. at that mark, while Tammany and 
the sloop Gardenia rounded on even terms at 
12:51 p. m. It was a 40-mile sail from that mark 
to the Fire Island Lightship, which Eclipse, 
still holding the lead, rounded at 4:10 p. m. 
lammany followed at 4:23, having dropped 
Gardenia, which did not round until 4:34. The 
other competitors, the schooner Vigil and sloop 
Ondawa, were then far behind. 
The wind held strong and steady and made 
an easy reach on the starboard tack from the 
Northeast End Lightship, off Cape May, the 
outer mark of the course. After rounding the 
Fire Island mark the yachts plunged into a 
lumpy sea, which sent showers of spray across 
the decks. 
Shortly after rounding Tammany split her 
rballoon jib and later parted her jib halliards. 
Matters were mended, however, without serious 
delay and, after night fell, the binnacle light of 
Eclipse was kept well in sight. The wind held 
strong and the sea spiteful throughout the night, 
but the yachts made good time and at the break 
'of day were close to the Cape May Lightship. 
: Eclipse, still in the lead, gybed round at 4:03 
M. Sunday, while Tammany was just 10m 
■later, haying gained 3m. on the reach down 
■the wind about this time hauled more to the 
southward and spinnakers were set for the run 
oack to Fire Island. Notwithstanding that she 
f’P. 1 spinnaker and had to take it in for re¬ 
pair, Tammany ran by Eclipse and took the 
ead for the first time in the race. At one time 
n . the J-° r - enoon she was several miles ahead but 
ater Eclipse got a better streak up wind’and 
igam went to the front. 
The Fire Island Lightship was rounded on 
he return by Eclipse at 9:3s p. m. Sunday, and 
>y Tammany at 10:40. The wind having hauled 
o the west, made a beat back to the Scotland 
lightship, and on that point of sailing Tam- 
nany gained enough to make her an easy win- 
,e r- Coming up the Lower Bay after the 
msh Tammany touched on Roamer Shoals, but 
ruck a soft spot and worked off without injury 
tter a short delay. 
[ Following is the summary of the race: 
Cape May Race—Start, 11.30 A. M., July 3. 
.chooner Eclipse, L. J. Callanan_ 39 43 S ()0 
chooner Tammany, W. C. Towen. 40 23 30 39 01 03 
oop Gardenia, L. S. Herzig. 45 43 00 43 55 07 
4 ?° p ° n ^ a . w ?> D- E. Austen. 59 29 00 47 44 43 
chooner Vigil, John Lewis . Not timed. 
Victory’s Brooklyn Cup. 
Commodore Harry A. Jackson’s Victory won 
ie Brooklyn challenge cup from the sloop 
Iopsa in the 285-knot race from the Harlem 
■ V~ c by way of Lon S Island Sound, the Vine- 
ard Sound Lightship and the Atlantic Ocean 
1 the Brooklyn Y. C. on Gravesend Bay. 
ictory finished more than 2h. ahead of his only 
impetitor, and as he had less than an hour to 
low, he was an easy winner. 
The race was started at 10 a. m. on Saturday 
. th three competitors in the lists, Victory the 
lallenger; Mopsa, holder of the trophy and 
itrepid, an aspirant from the New Rochelle Y 
■ I here was a strong northwest wind, and the 
wvf w , ent . off , on , a broad reach with booms 
r tb e starboard hand. Victory in the lead 
opsa, a close second and Intrepid a bad third’ 
Victory drew away from Mopsa, but Intrepid 
ept up, and by nightfall, off Cornfield Light 
is on even terms with the leader. Mopsa was 
en out of sight astern. Victory and Intrepid 
passed Cornfield Light a few minutes before 
8 p. m. At 8:10 Intrepid shot up into the wind 
and doused her canvas. 
Later she turned a flare, and Commodore 
Jackson chivalrously struck his balloon jib, 
double reefed his mainsail and beat back to the 
assistance of his antagonist. Mr. Granberry, 
owner of Intrepid, said he had carried away his 
steering gear, but thought he could make New 
London without assistance. 
Victory then put back on her course under 
short canvas, as Mopsa was supposed to be dis¬ 
tanced. However, the Commodore’s weather 
eye was almost put out of focus early the fol¬ 
lowing morning, when he encountered Mopsa 
in. the race. From there to the Vineyard Sound 
Lightship it was hot work. 
Victory turned the mark at 7 a. m. Sunday 
and Mopsa followed at 7:29. After rounding, 
the yachts were close hauled on the starboard 
tack and headed for Block Island 
fetched about five miles 
and meanwhile dropped Mopsa out of sight. 
Several short hitches brought her almost off 
Montauk Point, where a favoring wind was 
tound that gave an easy reach to Fire Island. 
hire Island light was abeam at 4 a. m. Sun- 
day but the wind came out ahead and made a 
eat to Sea Gate. Rough seas were encountered 
between Vineyard Sound and Montauk Point 
and a lull grown whale westward of Fire Island 
Commodore Jackson had with him on Victory 
nnh r 7 i Q i rtlS B Horatio Pa gC C. F. Tillinghast 
and Charles Renterman. The summary: 
Start, Saturday, 10 A. M. 
Victory, IT A. Jackson... 2 58 45’ 52 E 3S S 45 
Im?e S Did S r T r ros T • * • • l 43 40 54 43 40 
intrepid, G. P. Granberry Disabled. 
Di a7, s c?”i.**-“ m 2 “;|-„ 
Corrected time-Mist, 2.09.09; Grace II., 2 . 09.’ 47. lb 14 
Prineecc SIoo P s , Class Q-Start, 1:15-12 Miles. 
S V.. 1 58 43 Quest .Disabled 
Joyette .. . S °” d 7. 1:16-12 Miles ' 
O g eemah S !??. PS .’.. C ! a r 2 3 R 30 Start ' 1:20-12 Mi,es ' 
W^utah ar . b . 0 . r ... 0n . e 2 D 3 e i Si f 5 n Class - Start . 1=26-12 Miles. 
Hoyder h . a . ka .. O ”?' D 2 e 05 g 5 1 0 CIaSS_Start ’ 1:25 ~ 12 MUes - 
Big Bug ... BU . g ..D a N7F. art ’ 1-5-4 MUeS - 
Tauto^ menCan Y r C ' . D k ri es^Start, 1:25—4 Miles. 
Faraway ’ Il P n7f 1 Tln ^ Tad . D.N.F. 
Victory 
south of that headland 
Larchmont Y. C. 
Eighty-six yachts 
Annual. 
Corrected. 
52 38 45 
53 44 48 
American Y. C. 
The 
•1 1 an j} u ^l regatta of the American Y C 
sailed on July 3 furnished the best racing seen 
his season. Thirty-six yachts sailed over the 
nortlf ll a ! C0 T l ! rses ln a strong wind from the 
northwest. It was so strong that lower sail 
only were carried on the larger yachts Fast 
time was made. The y ' Past 
length and of this 
in 3 hours 34 sailed 
course was 33 miles in 
, T 7 miles was windward work, 
and Istalena made the distance ’ 
minutes 8 seconds. 
The start was a very pretty one. They crossed 
the line with booms eased to starboard. Win¬ 
some was leading, Aurora less than a length 
astern and Istalena in the wake of Aurora. On 
the first leg, a reach of 7^ miles, Istalena drew 
ahead They all gybed at the mark off Wool- 
sey s Reef and had another reach to Matini- 
cock Point and at that mark Istalena led by 
777 .' 55 sec. and Aurora was 5 seconds ahead 
of Winsome. It was windward work across the 
bound home and the times at the home mark 
were: Istalena, 2.34.00; Aurora, 2.34.29; Win- 
some 2.34.43 The racing was almost as close 
on the second round but near the finish Win¬ 
some got in irons and lost considerably so that 
Is.alena won the race by 41 seconds from Au- 
rora and 7 minutes 4 seconds from Winsome 
Dorello was without a competitor. She sailed 
once around the long course and made good 
time. Phryne won the race for the 30-footers. 
1 he only accident was m the dory class. Tau- 
tog, owned by George Gardiner Fry, capsized 
and the crew of the small yacht were thrown 
into the water. They were rescued by A B 
bry m 4he faraway and C. Perrin in the 
tad. the times made were: 
o-atm nf ti, " T , started in the annual re- 
0 atta of the Larchmont Y. C. last Monday 
which is a new record for an annual event hi 
these waters there were 108 entries. Unfort¬ 
unately the fresh northwest wind which had 
Mown for three days got tired and it was a 
fluky, unsatisfactory day and the 65-foot class 
was particularly affected by the wind. At the 
wards It Came m n0r - th " n0rth u WeSt but soon after ^ 
wards it was blowing southwest on the Long Is- 
and side and the big yachts ran into a soft 
spot , between these two winds near the eastern 
tuinmg mark. _ Istalena got through first and 
made a big gam so that she was at Hempstead 
bef °, Pe Aft° ra tb a f d - Winsome had left the first 
mark. After that it was a procession and Ista- 
ena won easily. Aurora was too soon at the 
line and had to put back, losing 1 minute 54 sec- 
onds She overhauled Winsome and thal 
yacht 57 seconds. Winsome has not done at 
all well so far this season. Her sails are mainly 
responsible for her poor record. The club top 7 
iTshould 33 ^^ 3n( ^ thS P b does not tbe work 
Naulah'ka sailed in the 31-foot class against 
Red Rover, Mimosa III. and Dolly. This vacht 
has not done what was expected of her and she 
just managed to win out. beating Mimosa ITI 
2m. 18s. Eleanor a 25-foot yacht, sailed the 
same course as Naulahka and beat that yacht 
5 minutes .17 seconds. Joyette, a Sonder boat. 
against the 25-footers and made a very 
creditable showing. Under certain conditions 
Joyette is very fast. In a strong wind and 
reaching she sails wonderfully well but does not 
show to advantage when on the wind or in 
light weather. 
There were the usual races in the smaller 
classes and the summaries tell their stories. 
Schooners—Start 11:40—15% Miles. 
Miladi . E 4 30 e 43 Elapsed. 
Tst a Te„„ Sl0 ° PS ’ CIass , Sr7? tart ;J! :45 —30% Miles. 
Aurora .V””::! j! j 5 l? M WmS ° me . 5 18 34 
Dorello S, ?°. P !’.. aa . S 3 Miles. 
Yawls 
Memory . 4 47 15 
Tiny 
Sloops, Chss K—Start, 12:45—33 Miles. 
Istalena . 3 “ 308 Aurora . 
Winsome . 3 41 12 J"’ 8 
12:55—16% Mil e 
1:00—16% Miles. 
lr . 2 27 30 
Sloops, Class N—Start, 
Dorello .2 13 05 
N. Y. Y. C. 30-footers—Start, 
Phryne . 2 26 10 Ata 
Alera . 2 27 47 
Handicap Class—First Div.—Start. 1:05—16% Miles 
Marguerite . 2 36 53 Sally IX “ 3 38 45 
Dutchess . 2 43 12 Bobtail .'..]]]] 2 36 34 
Juanita . 3 01 13 Tomboy II. 2 07 01 
Corrected time—Marguerite, 2.34.33; Sally IX.. 2.34.50. 
Handicap Class Third Div.—Start. 1-10—12 Miles 
Busy Bee . 2 14 56 Chinook 2 02 20 
Rascal TTT. 2 07 49 Maryola 2 17 13 
Corrected time—Chinook, 1.58.03; Rascal III], 2.07.49. 
3 11 11 
Zaloma II. 4*2^39 Mf,es ' 
Alera N ’ Y ’ Y ’ C 30 i 0 ^- 8 ^- 11 ■’5^-15% Miles. 
Nensj . 3 24 \\ Ph D n( j . 3 33 08 
A& 11 Io 4 fbt mda ..:. 3 « « 
N,u,,b l , s !;“h. c !nvV ,, Vd 2: Ki M " es ' , „ „ 
Mimosa III. 3 04 19 Dolly 7 .. ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] \ 20 33 
Larchmont 21-footers—Start, 12:00—11 Miles 
Sloops, Class Q—Start, 12:05—11 Miles 
Eleanor . 2 56 28 Edme ..’ 3 05 46 
Princess . 3 02 46 Quest .].] 3 10 17 
Sonder Class—Start, 12:05—11 Miles 
Joyette . 3 08 42 
American Y. C. 21-footers—Start, 12:05—11 Miles 
P !P ll U a . 3 53 43 Howdy . 3 14 14 
■Toby Bar . 3 11 44 Maryola . 3 14 25 
Rascal . 3 13 02 
Handicap Class, First Div.—Start, 12:10—11 Miles. 
Bobtail . 2 57 45 Tomboy .. 3 02 35 
ln ‘ re P ,d . 3 31 « Sally IX.] 3 08 03 
Intel 1 m . 3 04 03 Juanita . 3 12 47 
Corrected times: Bobtail, 2.55.45; Intrepid, 25813- 
Tomboy TT., 3.02.35; Juanita, 3.03.00; Sally IX 3 03 26 : 
Interim, 3.04.03. ’ ’ 
Handicap Class, Third Div.—Start, 12:10—11 Miles 
Psammiad . 3 06 15 Chinook . 8 17 08 
.. 3 09 02 Rascal III. 4 02 09 
Jolly Roger .-3 10 53 Busy Bee .Not timed. 
r i rre 57 n d oP m ^tY Psamm ' ad - 3.01.16; Jolly Roger, 3.07.33; 
Joker, 3.09.22; Chinook, 3.13.48; Rascal III., 4 02.09. 
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