Yachting Fixtures. 
AUGUST. 
28. Northport Y. C., annual. 
28. New Rochelle Y. C., summer. 
28. Manhasset Bay Y. C., one-design. 
28. Brooklyn Y. C., Gravesend Bay. 
28. Rhode Island Y. C., open. 
28. Annisquam Y. C., open. 
28. Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., 15-footers. 
28. Duxbury Y. C. 
28. Beverly Y. C., sixth Corinthian. 
28. Boston Y. C., one-design, Hull. 
28. Columbia Y. C., commodore’s cups, City Point. 
28. Portland Y. C., club. 
28. Quincy Y. C., cats. 
28. Bellport Y. C., club. 
28. Savin Hill Y. C., power. 
29. Manhasset Bay Y. C., one-design. 
30. Eastern Y. C., sonder races. 
30. Nutting cup, Chicago. 
SEPTEMBER. 
1. Atlantic Y. C., race to Nantucket Shoals. 
1. Atlantic Y. C., schooner race to Nantucket Shoals 
Lightship and return. 
1. Portland Y. C., club. 
2. Eastern Y. C.. sonder races. 
2. Atlantic Y. C., Thompson cup. 
2. Portland Y. C., cruise. 
3. Eastern Y. C., sonder races. 
3. Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., special. 
3. Atlantic Y. C., Thompson cup. 
3. Scippican Y. C , open, Marion. 
4. Duxbury Y. C 
4. Seawanhaka Corinthian, fall. 
4. Hartford Y. C. special. 
4. Manhasset Bay one-design. 
4. Atlantic Y. C., Thompson cup and open. 
4. Bristol Y. C., fall. 
4. Quincy Y. C., open. 
4. American Y. C., Newburyport, cruise. 
4. Annisquam Y. C., club. 
4. Beverly Y. C., open, Mattapoisett. 
4. Boston Y. C., one-design, Hull. 
4. Hingham Y. C., Relay race. 
4. Quincy Y. C., Interclub, Open. 
4. Savin Hill Y. C., power. 
4. Babylon Y. C., open. 
4. Larchmont Y. C., power. 
4. South Boston Y. C., cruise to Nahant. 
4. Swampscott Dory Club, dories. 
4. Wollaston Y. C., cruise. 
4-6. Taunton Y. C., cruise. 
5. Manhasset Bay Y. C., one-design. 
6. Duxbury Y. C. 
6. Larchmont Y. C., fall. 
6. Norwalk Y. C„ fall. 
6. Sachem’s Head Y. C. annual. 
6. Atlantic Y. C. annual. 
6. Fall River Y. C., motor boats. 
6. Edgewood Y. C.. fall and third race for Possner cup. 
6. Corinthian Y. C., handicap. 
6. Lynn Y. C., open. 
6. Eastern Y. C., sonder races. 
7. Eastern Y. C., sonder races. 
6. American Y. C., Newburyport, cruise. 
6. Annisquam Y. C., club. 
6. Beverly Y. C., power, morning; sailing, open, after¬ 
noon. 
6. Boston Y. C., one-design, Hull. 
6. Fall River Y. C., power. 
6. Hingham Y. C., club, Crow Point. 
6. Jubilee Y. C., Vittum cup, power; sailing. 
6. Quincy Y. C., power. 
6. Savin Hill Y. C., power. 
6. Taunton Y. C., club run. 
6 . Wollaston Y. C., cruise, and third championship. 
8. Lakewood Y. C., Sumner H. Foster cup, lS-footers, 
Cleveland. 
11. Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., 15-footers. 
11. Duxbury Y. C. 
11. Indian Harbor Y. C., fall. 
11. Manhasset Bay Y. C., one-design. 
11. Bensonhurst Y. C., fall. 
11. Taunton Y. C., open. 
11. Boston Y. C. club. 
11. Beverly Y. C., seventh Corinthian. 
11. Rhode Island Y. C., Brenton’s Reef cup. 
15. Crescent A. C., Wilson cup. 
17. Manhasset Bay Y. C., club championship. 
18. Manhasset Bay Y. C. fall. 
18. Atlantic Y. C., fall. 
18. Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., 15-footers. 
IS. Duxbury Y. C. 
18. Larchmont Y. C., schooner cup. 
19. Manhasset Bay Y. C., one-design. 
26. Manhasset Bay Y. C., one-design. 
25. Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., 15-footers. 
25. Manhasset Bay Y. C., one-design. 
The Sonder Class Races. 
The only international yacht race of this 
season will begin off Marblehead on Monday 
morning, when three Sonder class yachts from 
Germany will begin a series of races against 
three similar boats representing this country. 
The match will be an interesting one in many 
ways. It is the third meeting of German and 
American Sonders. In 1906 a match was sailed 
off Marblehead and the incentive was the Presi¬ 
dent Roosevelt cup. That series was won by 
the late Commodore Trenor L. Park’s Vim. 
The Germans won one race of the series. Last 
year American boats went to Kiel and were 
soundly beaten by the Germans, and this year 
each side having learned many lessons, the 
match will be stubbornly fought. The German 
boats arrived at Marblehead two weeks ago, 
and their crews last week watched the eliminat¬ 
ing races held for the purpose of selecting the 
three American yachts. In type the German 
boats are similar to the Americans, and the 
two types have grown together in the three 
years of international racing. They appear to 
be an improvement on Vim, with certain 
wholesome features suggested by their 
designers. They have not as much freeboard 
as. Vim, and are finer and easier in form. They 
are just as pretty as the boats that came here 
three years ago, and are much more sub¬ 
stantially built than the majority of the Amer¬ 
ican. craft. 
The race is managed by a joint committee 
of the Kaiserlicher and Eastern Y. C., of which 
His Excellency Admiral Barondon is chair¬ 
man. The Admiral arrived here last week, and 
at once consulted with Henry Howard, of the 
Eastern Y. C., and the terms of the match, 
which had not been, covered in the general 
agreement, were arranged. 
There will be five races, and the prizes for 
which the yachtsmen will compete are the 
President Taft cup and the Governor Draper 
cup. 
The Eastern Y. C. committee had a week of 
hard work selecting the American representa¬ 
tives. Nineteen yachts went to the starting 
line for the first of these trials on August 16. 
Of these twelve were built this season, and the 
others were older boats, and these included 
Vim, the winner three years ago; Ellen, a boat 
that was a failure when she was tried in 1906, 
and some of the last season, cracks. Thirteen 
races were sailed, beginning with weather that 
was strong and ending in light drifting airs, 
so that the trials were very thorough and the 
committee were able to select three boats that 
are good under all conditions. 
First Ellen was selected. This boat has 
shown that she is a wonderful craft in light 
.airs and smooth seas, and it was not ex¬ 
pected that she would do much when the sea 
was rough, but Mr. Curtis had changes made 
in the craft that enabled her to sail in any 
kind of going, and she did remarkably well 
when the wind was fresh. About three feet 
was cut off her stern because that dragged too 
much, her mast was stepped further aft, and 
she had a new sail plan. The second boat 
selected was Joyette, a new craft built for 
Commodore William H. Childs, of the Ben¬ 
sonhurst Y. C., from designs by C. D. Mower. 
Joyette was .a splendid boat in strong winds 
and rough sea, and she also showed up well 
in every race sailed. She was handled by W. 
W. Swan, helmsman; Butler Whiting, jib, and 
C. D. Mower, main sheet. It took a long time 
to select the third, opinion being divided be¬ 
tween Crooner, owned by Charles Francis 
Adams 2d and Caleb Loring. Crooner showed 
well, but was not consistent. Wolf was good 
in a good sailing breeze and well up with the 
bunch in any going. In the last three races 
sailed Manchester III. and Crooner sailed 
against Wolf. The first two were built from 
designs by E. A. Boardman, and he sailed 
Manchester III. and seemed intent on stopping 
Wolf, rather than getting the best he could out 
of Manchester III. These tactics enabled 
Crooner to get a good lead in each race. The 
committee had asked the yachtsmen to keep 
as clear from each other as possible, in order 
that the racers might be judged for their speed 
on all points of sailing. Mr. Boardman had 
designed six of this year’s boats, ,and to have 
none in the international races was not to his 
liking, but his tactics seemed to have proved 
a boomerang. He played a similar game in the 
races of 1906. 
The starters in these trials, their owners, 
designers and date of building, follow: 
Yacht. Owner. Designer. Built. 
Alarm.Max Agassiz.Herreshoff . 1909 
Bandit.C. H. W. Foster.Boardman . 1908 
Bessie.George C. Thomas, Jr.Mower . 1909 
Caramba.C. II. W. Foster.Boardman . 1906 
Corinthian.G. P. Curtis.Lawley . 1908 
Crooner.C. F. Adams, 2d.Boardman . 1909 
Demon.F. B. Crowninshield.Boardman . 1909 
Eel.Herbert M. Sears.Boardman . 1909 
Ellen.C. P. Curtis, Jr..Boardman. 1906 
Joyette.W. H. Childs.Mower . 1909 
Lady.R. de B. Boardman.Boardman . 1909 
Manchester III.Manchester Y. C.Boardman . 1909 
Sally .\.L. F. Percival.Crowninshield . 1909 
Skeezix.F. M. Hoyt.Gardner . 1909 
Spokane 111.F. Lewis Clark.Boardman . 1909 
Sumatra.Miss Alice Sargeant.Crowninshield . 1906 
Vim.J. Brooks Nichols.Gardner . 1906 
Wag.R. L. Agassiz.Gardner . 1909 
Wolf.Caleb Loring .Burgess . 1909 
The dimensions of the racers taken officially by the measurer of the Eastern Y. C. are shown 
in the following: 
Water¬ 
line, 
Feet. 
Alarm . 19.94 
Bandit . 19.23 
Bessie . 19.72 
Caramba ... 
Corinthian . 18.92 
Crooner . 19.20 
Demon . 
Eel . 18.81 
Ellen . 18.88 
Joyette . 19.94 
Lady . 19.27 
Manchester III. 19.30 
Sally X. 19.62 
Skeezix . 19.87 
Spokane III. 19.30 
Sumatra . 20.08 
Vim . 20.12 
Wag . 20.23 
Wolf . 19.02 
Dis- 
Beam, 
Draft, 
placem’nt. 
Over all 
Feet. 
Feet. 
pounds. 
Feet. 
7.03 
4.94 
4250 
32.15 
6.86 
5.87 
4265 
32.38 
G.89 
5.06 
4095 
35.62 
7.20 
5.50 
35.04 
6.64 
5.05 
36.35 
7.12 
5.40 
4055 
33.80 
7.35 
4095 
34.93 
7.23 
5.40 
4035 
35.10 
7.35 
5.40 
4140 
35.78 
7.07 
4.91 
4096 
37.40 
7.20 
5.28 
4125 
34.90 
6.83 
5.36 
4215 
35.11 
7.02 
5.27 
4135 
35.31 
6.79 
4.82 
• 4396 
35.56 
7.29 
5.18 
4160 
33.59 
6.76 
5.15 
4125 . 
33.70 
6.69 
5.00 
4560 
35.50 
6.78 
4.89 
4476 
35.53 
7.30 
5.47 
4080 
33.60 
Forward 
After 
Over¬ 
(Iver- 
Main. 
hang, 
bang, 
Jib, 
sail, 
Area, 
Feet. 
Feet. 
sq.ft. 
sq.ft. 
sq.ft. 
7.42 
4.79 
124 
415 
539 
7.93 
5.22 
111 
424 
535 
8.80 
7.10 
109 
425 
531 
loloi 
L34 
123 
8.70 
5.90 
125 
42i 
546 
123 
427 
550 
9.‘30 
6.97 
124 
426 
550 
9.90 
7.00 
126 
421 
547 
9.46 
8.00 
117 
430 
547 
8.84 
6.79 
128 
418 
546 
8.91 
6.90 
123 
427 
550 
9.20 
6.48 
133 
411 
544 
8.89 
6.80 
131 
413 
544 
8.20 
6.10 
125 
425 
550 
7.13 
6.40 
124 
424 
548 
9.01 
6.37 
129 
303 
531 
8.53 
6.77 
130 
418 
54S 
8.10 
6.48 
130 
414 
544 
