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FOREST AND STREAM 
[July 24, 1909- 
the first time in an affair of this kind a woman 
has made an entry. This is Sumatra, owned by 
Miss Alice Sargent, of Boston, who is a very 
capable yacht sailor. 
The entries are as follows: _ 
Alarm, Max Agassiz; Bandit and Caramba, 
C. H. W. Foster; Bessie, George C. Thomas, 
Jr.; Corinthian, Charles P. Curtis; Croomer, C. 
F Adams, 2d; Eel, Herbert M. Sears; Ellen, 
Charles P. Curtis; Joyette, Commodore William 
H Childs; Lady, Richard DeB. Boardman; 
Manchester. Reginald Boardman; Sally X 
Lawrence F. Percival; Skeezix, Frederick M. 
Hoyt; Spokane III., F. Lewis Clark; Sumatra, 
Alice Sargent; Vim, J. Brooks Nichols; Wag. 
R. L. Agassiz. 
Crescenl-Marblehead Race. 
The race of power boats from Bay Ridge to 
Marblehead proved to be a good one, and Elmo 
II. won by a small margin. Lizzie L. was sec¬ 
ond and Irene II., last year’s winner third. 
A sensation was' furnished by the burning ot 
Kitcinque when off Vineyard Sound Lightship, 
and that none of the crew was drowned is re¬ 
markable. Three of the men were in the water 
for two hours when they were picked up by a 
passing schooner. 
The racers, twelve were sent away by the 
committee of the Crescent Athletic Club at 
10.40 o’clock on Saturday morning. They were 
to go outside to Marblehead, 285 miles away, 
finishing off Marblehead Light when W. D. 
Stearns, of the Eastern Yacht Club, was to take 
the finishing times from the schooner Kirin. 
The twelve racers were measured by R. M. Had¬ 
dock and their owners gathered on the Crescent 
dock while the rating and allowances were read 
to them. Their final instructions pleased all. 
These were started between Sumida and the 
dock and got to Marblehead Light by the short¬ 
est route. The starters, their ratings, owners 
and allowances were: 
Josephine,’ L^ynn^lV.. " * 1R 
Nimrod, J. S. Boyen ....... 
Square Deal, C. J. Smith 
Northerner, C. H. Randall. - 
Sagamora, L. C. Wade .35.11^. 
Lizzie L., C. O. Lailor . m.TOS 
Kittrois, Henry Weismann . 
Irene II., S. W. Granberry .30.618 
Niobe, G. McMmn..... 30.224 
Barbara, William M. Duncan 
Elmo II., F. D. Giles, J 
Rating. 
Allowance. 
.. 52.664 
allows. 
... 41.918 
2 26 25 
... 41.023 
3 51 33 
,.. 40.433 
4 07 08 
... 36.860 
5 53 24 
... 35.112 
6 50 01 
... 33.708 
7 37 25 
.. 31.043 
9 27 37 
... 30.518 
9 50 25 
... 30.224 
10 04 20 
... 29.000 
11 02 46 
... 28.871 
11 07 30 
When the starting gun sounded Kitcinque 
lumped at once into the lead, followed by Irene 
II , and going down the Bay she drew away 
from the others so that at the Ambrose .Chan¬ 
nel buoy she led by ten minutes, and then she 
headed to the east, and when the others were 
off Rockaway Inlet she was hull down. She had 
to go fast to win. Her designer, N. M. Whita¬ 
ker, had figured that with 75 horse power she 
could go fast enough to allow time to all the 
others. On board were F. D. Gheen, her owner, 
Walter M. Bieling. who was captain and navi¬ 
gator. Fred E. Thurber, N. M. Whitaker, R. 
H. Greno, of Buffalo, an engineer, and C F. 
Chapman. The Kitcinque ran well all along 
the south shore of Long Island, passed Montauk 
Point soon after sundown and made Block 
Island about 9 o’clock. About midnight when 
three miles south of Vineyard Sound Lightship 
Bieling was at the wheel. Three of the men 
were sleeping aft, one was at the engine, and 
one on the lookout forward. Gay Head could 
be seen and Bieling was congratulating himself 
that he had picked up the lightship so well. The 
yacht had then gone 155 miles and had aver¬ 
aged 11.7 miles an hour. With 130 more miles 
to go it was figured that she would finish about 
11 o’clock in the morning, and had she done so 
she would have won the race. . 
Suddenly fire started, and all hands tried to 
smother the flames. Then the gasoline, blew 
right through the carburetor and in an instant 
the yacht was ablaze all over. Bieling, Thurber 
and Whitaker jumped overboard, and the three 
others jumped into the small boat which they 
had launched. It was only big enough to hold 
three. They, had a jug of water and a compass 
but had no time to get their clothes or valuables 
which were below. They had hardly left the 
Kitcinque when the gasoline tank exploded. The 
burning vessel made the scene as bright as day 
and two steamers, whose captains must have 
seen the burning craft, went on. without at¬ 
tempting any rescue. The men in the water 
swam and those in the boat paddled with them 
to help them when needed. 
Half an hour after being in.the water Bieling 
had a cramp and a line was hitched around him 
to keep him afloat. For two hours these three 
men were in the water and Thurber was almost 
done for when the lights of the schooner D. J. 
Sawyer, bound from Porto Rico to Boston, were 
seen. All shouted at once to attract the atten¬ 
tion of those on the schooner and fortunately 
their shouts were heard. The schooner bore 
down on them, lowered a boat and picked the 
three men out of the water. Thurber was re¬ 
stored after about two hours’ work. Bieling 
was so cold that his jaws were locked tightly 
and it was some time before he could open them. 
The Sawyer landed all hands at Vineyard Haven 
and from there they proceeded to their homes. 
Kitcinque was a 40~^c>ot boat built in Steinway. 
She was equipped with a 75-horse power motor. 
The other yachts got through safely al¬ 
though they experienced a severe electrical 
storm while off Cape Cod, and then had fog, so 
that they were late in reaching the finishing 
lin fosephine was first in but she had to allow lots 
of time to others. She crossed the line at 
6:36:45. Next was Nimrod, at 7:04:30, and 
then came Lizzie L. at 8:07:30. The committee 
waited and timed the others, and at 11 :oi :2 5 
Elmo II., the smallest of the fleet, arrived. Had 
she been 30 minutes 10 seconds later, the Lizzie 
L. would have won. 
The summaries: 
Bav Ridge to Marblehead, 285 Miles—Start, 10:40 a. m. 
July 17—Finish July 18 p. m. 
Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Elmo II . 11 01 25 36 21 25 25 19 55 
Tizz?e L. 8 07 30 34 27 30 25 50 05 
Irene II. 10 54 25 36 14 25 26 24 00 
Saeamora ' ' . 8 06 50 33 26 50 26 36 49 
Kittrois r.. 11 09 20 36 29 20 27 01 43 
Toseohine. 6 36 45 31 56 45 28 30 20 
‘Sod j X 7 04 30 32 24 30 28 37 57 
Square Deal .U 09 20 36 29 20 32 22 13 
jvfjobe . Not timed. 
Barbara . Not timed.. 
Northerner . Withdrew in Gravesend Bay. 
kitcinque . Burned. 
The prizes are a handsome silver cup given 
by Commodore Francis M. Wilson for first, an¬ 
other cup given by Fleet Captain Walter Sykes 
for second, and a cup for third. 
Yacht Sales and Charters. 
The following sales and charters have been 
made through the office of Stanley M. Seaman, 
220 Broadway, New York: 
Gasolene seagoing cruiser Daisy has been 
chartered by Col. Robert Galloway, Memphis, 
Tenn.. to Mr. Geo. J. Whalen, President United 
C. S. Co., New York. 
Cruising launch Columbine, chartered by Mr. 
C. M. Gould, New York city, to Mr. Robert 
Winsor, Boston, Mass., for use in Buzzard’s 
Cruising launch Ida Belle, chartered by Mr. 
David Kahnweiler to Mr. J. M. Gallatin, New¬ 
port, R. I. 
Hunting cabin launch sold by Mr. I. E. Ray¬ 
mond. New York city, to Messrs. G. O. Thomas 
and Alan Gibson. 
Launch Tambour sold by Mr. F. P. Sheehv, 
New York, to Mr. I. J. Rhodes, Waterford, 
N. Y. , 
The Hollis Burgess Yacht Agency has char¬ 
tered the powerful steam launch Ox to the 
Boston Y. C.. to be used as tow boat and 
despatch boat bv the club on its annual cruise 
from Marblehead, Mass., to Camden, Me. 
The same agency has also chartered the 25- 
foot auxiliary sloop Rembha. owned by Thomas 
M. Vinson, of Boston, to John P. Hart, of Bos¬ 
ton and the fast 18-foot knockabout Owl to 
Harry H. Thorndike, of Beverly Farms. Mass. 
The Ocean Race Around Long Island 
The ocean race around Long Island, which i:, 
to be run under the flags of the Atlantic and tin 
New Rochelle yacht clubs, is attracting mam 
boats and promises to be one of the mos 
popular ocean races of the season. Alreac; 
seventeen entries have been received, some from 
Massachusetts Bay and Narragansett Bay am 
the list includes some of the best known boat 
of Long Island Sound, Massachusetts arm 
Gravesend Bay. . 
The race is for boats 50-feet in over-all lengtl 
and under, sailing in one class, and the measure 
ment is by over all length only, which is cus 
tomary in ocean races. The race will be starte* 
by the Atlantic Y. C. at 10 a. m. Saturday 
July 31. and the course will be down the ba 
to the Southwest Spit buoys, thence to am 
around Montauk Point and through Lorn 
Island Sound to a stake boat off the Ne\ 
Rochelle Y. C., anchored off Echo Bay, Net 
Rochelle, a distance of 210 nautical miles. Ther 
will be four prizes. 
Long Island Sound is particularly well repre 
sented in the race, a great many of the hand 
cap class having entered. The following boat 
have already been entered by their owners: 
L.O.r 
ft. ii 
Victory. Harry Jackson, Jr., New York A. C..... 38. 
Intrepid, Geo. P. Granberry, New Rochelle Y.C... 40. 
Surprise. M. S. Kattenhorn, New Rochelle Y. L... 31 .1 
Ramallah. E. H. Tucker, New Rochelle Y. C.45.f 
Tillicum II.. C. S. King, New Rochelle Y. C.39. 1 , 
Gertrude, E. J. Cram. Jamaica Bay Y C. 25J 
Snug, Daniel Bacon, New Rochelle Y. C.30. 
Sakana, Haviland Bros., Brooklyn Y. C... 46.' 
Redwing. M. B. Pendas, New York A. C. 43. 
Altair, H. L. Stone, New Rochelle Y. C.......33. 
Fearless, B. R. Stoddard. New Rochelle Y. C.41. 
Nutmeg. A. C. Jones, Rhode Island Y. C.......38. 
Marie, Hollis Burgess, Marblehead Cor. Y. C.38. 
Alarm, Walter Burgess. Marblehead Cor. Y. C.25. 
Crescent, A. G. Hill, Staten Island Y C.41. 
Peri II., Jas. S. Bradley, Brooklyn Y. C.38. 
Cutter New York Naval Reserve, Lieut. De Kay.. 30. 
This is the first time that the Naval ReseH 
has entered a boat in any of these races, ai. 
the rules were amended to admit her. She w 
be sailed by Lieutenant De Kay and a crew 
four men. 
Of the other boats. Victory has just won tl; 
race for the Brooklyn challenge cup fro' 
Mopsa, of the Harlem Y. C , over an oce;: 
course of 285 miles, which took her outside 
Long Island. Nutmeg is a Boston boat ai 
won the Block Island race this year H 
owner is one of the best known long distan 
racing men on this coast. . Marie is a Bosti 
22-footer, owned by Hollis Burgess. Her nar 
war formerly Chief, under which name she h. 
a very successful season on the New Englai, 
coast last year. Intrepid is one of the be' 
known racers in the handicap class from L01 
Island Sound. 
The committee reserved the right to reje 
any entry which, in their opinion, is not suital. 
to go over the course. It is expected that t 
race will take about two days, and that t 
boats ought to finish some time on Mond; 
Aug. 2. 
Gulf Yachting. 
New Orleans, July 12.—The following we: 
the winners of the regatta held at Mobile, AI. 
Saturday, July 10, the first named being t; 
victors: 
Class A, corrected time: Chewink, 2.55-G 
Marian, 3.05.48. 
Class B: Seawanhaka, 2.28.01; Kibosh. 2 25 - 
Class F: Lois, 2.13.13. 
Class T: Schemer. 2.02.38. 
Class K: Siren. 2.09.07; Sinner. 2.0851. 
Class T: Eddie B„ 2.05.23; Flirt. 2.3404; S,i 
Toy, 2.38.49; Sophia A., 2 33.07. 
The race was four times around a triangui 
course of four miles. The time was poor, 1 
account of the absence of breeze. The great 1 
interest centered in the contest between Sy 
Wanhaka and Kibosh, old-time rivals. _ T 
next regatta will take place at Pass Christ 
Saturday, July 17. 
