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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 25, 1909. 
Bayside One-Design—Start, 12:55—10% Miles. 
Edna . 3 11 31 Kiddo . 3 12 14 
Glen Cove One-Design—Start, 12:55—10% Miles. 
Com. Baby . 3 11 33 No. 10 .3 16 35 
Trix ......3 11 34 No. 1 .3 19 28 
Viva . 3 15 54 
Narragansett Bay Association. 
The racing on Naragansett Bay this year 
has been the best in the history of the sport of 
yachting, and up to the last the competitions 
for the championships were very keen. There 
were contests in three classes, and Hugi won 
in the i8-foot class, May Queen in the 31-foot 
class and Isuelo in the 25-foot class. 
The last yachting race of the season to count 
in the championship was sailed at Edgewood 
on Labor Day, and while it did not alter the 
results in any of the classes, it was impossible 
to sum up the final standing until that race 
had been sailed. Shortly after the end of race 
week it was shown that May Queen could not 
be beaten in class P, and that Hugi had only 
to secure 150 points to hold her lead in the 18- 
foot class. The latter craft did especially well 
in these last two races, carrying off first each 
time she started, while Harvey Flint’s Bat se¬ 
cured second. The final figures in class P, 18- 
foot class and class Q show May Queen, Hugi 
and Isuelo respectively to have won the titles. 
The fight in class Q was very close, and only 
four in the percentage columns separates the 
winner from Sheerwater, the second craft. 
Both May Queen and Hugi have big leads, 
and both showed undeniable superiority in their 
classes. May Queen is the fastest craft on 
Narragansett Bay, and during the season won 
the championship of Buzzard’s Bay in her class 
as well. To May Queen goes the champion¬ 
ship of the class prize, the Weybosset cup and 
the Newport cup, while Hugi gets the class 
championship trophy and the Tilden-Thurber 
trophy. 
May Queen, a Herreshoff boat, built ten 
years ago, was purchased by J. C. McCoy, of 
Nayatt, a newcomer to the game, and captained 
by F. B. Thurber, of Little Haste fame. 
Rating near the top of the class, she proved 
wonderfully fast in all conditions and ex¬ 
ceeded the fondest hopes of her admirers. In 
championship races she secured the gun in 
every race in which she started, being beaten on 
alowance once by Medric II., and once by 
Priscilla. 
She proved fast in all kinds of going, but to 
windward in a moderate breeze is a wonder. 
She captured the Weybosset cup for the sea¬ 
son’s championship, the race week prize, the 
McKee cup and the long-distance race prize. 
Not satisfied with her showing locally she 
was taken back to Buzzard’s Bay for the annual 
Van Rensselaer championship race and secured 
the first prize for the sixth consecutive year 
against the combined fleet of Buzzard’s Bay 
craft, including several that were built for the 
one purpose of going after this trophy. 
At the latter end of the season she was 
taken to New York for the week of racing. 
Although penalized more than two feet by the 
quarter-beam proviso in the uniform rule, on 
account of her full ends, she raced against 
Mimosa III. and broke even with her, each 
securing a first and second. Unfortunately an 
accident prevented the sail-off, which was to 
have been held on a day when May Queen 
could hardly have failed to win. 
Medric II. was raced with excellent success, 
considering the proposition she was obliged .to 
face. She secured the Newport cup for second 
place for the season, was placed first in the R. 
1 . Y. C. Brenton Reef series and secured five 
firsts in championship events. 
The success of May Queen has stimulated 
interest in the P class to a considerable extent 
and already plans have matured for the build¬ 
ing of two boats of about the same dimensions 
to beat her if possible, while it seems practi¬ 
cally assured that both Rooks and Flint will 
be back in the big class another year. 
Hugi’s record, is remarkable. She came to 
these waters with but an indifferent record, 
having never been in the fast division of the 
Massachusetts Bay craft. Both Bat and Tema 
far outranked her and no one but Goodwin, her 
helmsman, looked for her to make more than 
a fair showing. In the eighteen championship 
races in which she started, she captured nine 
first prizes, two seconds and five thirds,' being 
unplaced but twice in the entire season. To 
windward she proved almost unbeatable in any 
weather conditions, and ran fully as fast as 
any of the others. Her. poorest work was 
reaching in light airs, and yet she managed to 
pull out two of her first prizes in these exact 
conditions. 
In a hard breeze Hugi was unbeatable, and in 
the entire season carried a reef in only one 
race, and then only to favor her mast, for which 
her skipper had fears. 
In addition to the championship events Hugi 
started in every long distance race of the sea¬ 
son and secured a prize in every one against 
the combined fleet, large and small of the entire 
bay. In the two R. I. Y. C. Brenton’s Reef 
races she secured the first prize for the 18- 
foot class and second in the series. In the 
Bishop’s Rock contest, the most memorable 
race of the season, by reason of the severe 
weather conditions, she secured not only her 
class prize, but first in the race, defeating May 
Queen, Nutmeg, Medric, Setsu, Chewink and 
a number of smaller craft. In the Bristol Y. 
C. McKee cup contest she secured the third 
prize, and in the Streeter cup race captured the 
Beilin cup for second place. Race week went 
to Bat by the narrowest possible margin, 
through a protest at the Bristol regatta which 
moved Bat up without affecting Hugi. She 
also secured the handsome trophy given by 
Henry Ford, of Detroit, for the first 18-footer 
in the association day race around Prudence 
Island. 
Of the other boats in the class, Bat, whose 
previous reputation places her as probably the 
fastest 18-footer afloat, secured the second 
honors in the season’s work and also the Mc¬ 
Coy race week trophy. Bat did not get the gun 
a single time during a whole season of racing, 
although she was placed first in one race 
through disqualification of Tema. She proved, 
however, a remarkably consistent winner of 
second prize, having landed that position nine 
times out of fifteen starts. 
Tema secured third place in the figuring and 
also captured the Streeter race for small boats. 
This boat, formerly the Question, showed re¬ 
markable ability reaching and running in 
moderate airs, but she could not hold either 
of the leaders in strong winds close -hauled. 
Her percentage was reduced considerably by 
these disqualifications for fouling, one collision 
which put both herself and the other boat out 
of the race and one withdrawal. Without these 
five blanks in her record she would have pushed 
Bat for second honors, having secured five first 
prizes, two seconds and three thirds. 
Mustang was but a few points behind Tema, 
and surprised all who thought her outclassed 
by securing two firsts. Bonito and Grayling 
were both good average performers, the first 
at her best in light airs, and the latter in strong 
breezes. Grayling secured one first and Coyote 
the remaining first of the nineteen races. 
Raduga, another new boat, was not raced con¬ 
sistently enough to show her real worth. 
The Q class for sloops developed a close 
contest between Isuelo and Sheerwater. Un¬ 
fortunately, while there were sufficient boats to 
have made this one of the best classes on the 
bay, they were raced very irregularly, and the 
two mentioned and the yawl Brownie were the 
only boats starting enough times to qualify for 
the championship. 
18ft. Class Championship and Tilden-Thurber Trophy. 
Hugi, Porter Fearey... 
Bat, H. J. Flint. 
Tema, W. C. Wood.... 
Mustang, Franklin, Jr. 750.5 
Bonito, B. C. Hirst, Jr. 604.8 
Grayling . 493.1 
Nada, A. L. M. Smith. 
Mystery, R. C. Martin. 
Raduga, Dr. A. C. Mair.151.2 
Coyote, R. A. McLoud. 133.3 
Betty, P. Robinson. 
required five races. 
Points. Firsts. 
Starts. 
P.C. 
.1530.3 
9 
18 
85.0 
.1132.2 
1 
15 
75.5 
.1068.7 
5 
18 
59.3 
. 750.5 
2 
13 
57.7 
. 604.8 
0 
11 
50.4 
. 493.1 
1 
9 
41.1 
. 402.1 
0 
11 
33.5 
. 204.1 
0 
7 
17.0 
. 151.2 
0 
5 
12.6 
. 133.3 
1 
6 
11.1 
. 66.6 
0 
6 
5.5 
1, Pinafore, 
did 
not start in 
Class P—Championship and Weybosset Jewelry anc 
Newport Cups. 
May Queen, J. C. McCoy.... 941.7 8 10 '9' 
Medric II., Frost . 951.7 6 13 7i 
Priscilla, Wood Bros. 428.3 2 10 4; 
Setsu, Wanderer V., Jewel, Marie, Senta, Eleanor a 
Hyerus did not start in required five races. Medric 1 
wins Newport trophy; May Queen, Weybosset cup. 
Class Q—Championship Series. 
Isuelo, E. L. Arnold. 933.3 8 11 
Sheerwater, Davis . 800.0 5 10 8( 
Brownie, I. A. King. 466.6 1 9 6] 
Peggy, Paloma, Folly, Little Rhody, Thelma ai 
Beauchess did not start in required five races. 
A special prize was offered by Commodo 
Bliss of the Edgewood races to the class 
sloop making the highest percentage in Edg 
wood Y. C. races. This went to May Quec 
with 100 per cent. The famous Possner ci 
was sailed for during May Queen’s New Y01 
trip and the leg was won by Medric II., fro 
Setsu. As W. J. Rooks holds the leg for la 
season, he and Frost each have one leg on tl 
cup, and should either win it next season, 
will become his property. 
Inter-Club Racing. 
The Inter-Club Racing Association of Mass 
chusetts has finished an interesting season, at 
the championships have been decided ar 
pennants presented to the owners of the su 
cessful yachts. This season power boa 
figured in the races for the first time. Thirt 
three yachts took part in the races in s: 
classes, one of which was for power boats. I 
class A, A. F. Leary won with Alpha. The: 
were seven boats in this class. In class 1 
Lobster, owned by T. J. Murphy, won fro 
Sintram and Winona. In class C, Dr. V 
Soule’s Thialfi defeated Emma C. F. F. Crai 
won the competition for class D catboats wi: 
Iris from seven other yachts. T. Stuart’s Zej 
won in class S, in which there were seve 
starters, and J. F. Burke’s Torment won in tl : 
power boat class. The points scored in eac 
class follow: 
Class A. 
Alpha, A. F. Leary. 
Thordis, Dr. F. E. Dawes. 
Kit, C. L. Joy. 
Marion III., R. C. Goudy. 
Mistral, George Carroll .. 
Imp, Dr. F. X. Crawford. 
Monsoon, J. P. Holbrook. 
Class B. 
Lobster 
Sintram, O. L. Brambach .Jfe ! 
Winona, Murphy Bros... ! 
G Ipce G 
Thialfi, Dr. W. Soule..'. 
Emma, C. F. D. Perkins. 
Class D—Catboats. 
Iris, F. F. Crane.. 
Emeline, H. W. Robbins. 
Hustler, R. J. Carpenter. 
Busy Bee, W. Coombs. 
Almira, I. M. Whittemore. 
Josephine, Tupper & Hardwick. 
Arawak, H. C. Nickerson. 
Strideaway, W. A. Tillottson. 
Class S. 
Zoe, F. Stuart . 
Peter Pan, Walter Kelly. 
Winniahdin, J. Spratt . 
I X L, J. McClure...... 
Whisper, H. F. Hendrickson. 
Shoofly, R. E. Winslow.. 
Guide, H. Hinckley . 
Power Boats. 
Torment, J. F. Burke. 
Beachcomber, W. J. Shepheard. 
Gertrude, J. J. Tobin. 
What Say II., D. P. Hickey. 
Leila, T. F. Simpson. 
Dan P., M. Hamelburg. 
New York Y. C. 
The New York Y. C. closed its season 0 
Thursday, Sept. 16, with a regatta sailed on tr 
Sound, in which eleven yachts took part. To 
start was made off Glen Cove, and the cour: 
took the yachts to Parsonage 1 Point, then t 
Lloyds Neck and then home, a total distanc 
of 21 1-8 miles. At the start the wind wa 
from N. E. by E., but after it was very hgl 
and fluky, and some of the yachts were unabl 
to reach the finishing line. The three 65-footei 
started at 12:40, with Istalena leading and 1 
the weather position. They had a close reac 
across the Sound with booms to port, an 
then it was windward work to Lloyds Ned 
