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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 25, 1909. 
British Yachting. 
The British yachting season just closed has 
been a very remarkable one because of the close 
racing between the 23-meter yachts Shamrock 
and White Heather. These two took part in 
forty races and each won twenty of these. From 
accounts of these races these two yachts are 
wonderfully well matched on all points of sail¬ 
ing. The Yachting World in a resume of the 
season’s racing says: 
“The outstanding feature of the past yachting 
season has been the wonderful series of duels 
between the two big cutters Shamrock and 
White Heather. Never before in the history 
of the sport has such close and exciting racing 
been witnessed between vessels of important 
size, and it is open to doubt if they would have 
been better matched had they been built from 
the same design. In 1908 Shamrock was a good 
deal faster than Mr. Kennedy’s yacht in ordi¬ 
nary summer breezes and her record of nine¬ 
teen wins to White Heather’s eight was prob¬ 
ably a fair indication of the relative merits of 
the two cutters. It was only on days of hard 
winds that the older boat could hold her own 
with the green cutter, and as such conditions 
of weather are not often encountered in the 
course of a summer’s racing she naturally fared 
badly. To improve the yacht’s sailing in light 
breezes without undue sacrifice * of her hard 
weather qualities was not an easy problem, but 
the alterations devised by Mr. Fife have proved 
a complete success. During the winter White 
Heather’s garboards were padded out in a simi¬ 
lar manner to that which had proved so effica¬ 
cious in the case of Brynhild, and these modifi¬ 
cations had the effect of considerably reducing 
her “D” measurement, at the same time slightly 
shortening her water line. The margin thus 
secured in her rating was then available for 
an increase in sail area and the cutter was can¬ 
vassed up until she carried rather more sail 
than Shamrock. 
“When the two cutters met in the opening 
matches of the season, the great improvement 
wrought in the form of White Heather was 
soon apparent. The yacht was as stiff as ever 
under her enlarged sail plan, while in light 
breezes she seemed to hold Shamrock comfort¬ 
ably. In the first race sailed in the Thames 
Estuary in dead light weather White Heather 
was certainly the better boat, but she was rob¬ 
bed of victory by being badly placed when the 
course was shortened. The following day, how¬ 
ever, Mr. Kennedy’s cutter fairly hammered 
Shamrock in the match to Harwich, leading her 
home by more than seven minutes. When she 
repeated her victory on the opening day at Har¬ 
wich, the opinion was expressed by many that 
she would easily head the class at the end of 
the season. But a slight alteration to Sham¬ 
rock’s trim brought the green cutter back to 
the top of her form, and thence onward the two 
yachts were engaged in a rare struggle for su¬ 
premacy. So even, indeed, were they as re¬ 
gards speed that they often sailed dead level, as 
if lashed together for miles, and in the majority 
of the matches skillful seamanship was the 
prime factor that made for success. To be left 
in the lurch at the start meant certain failure, 
and keener jockeying between the guns has sel¬ 
dom been seen. This not infrequently led to 
one or other of the cutters having her bowsprit 
over the line at gun fire, and White Heather, 
in the early part of the season, was particularly 
unfortunate in that respect. As a consequent 
result the green cutter had six flags more to her 
credit than White Heather at the commence¬ 
ment of the Solent regattas. Then the luck 
changed and Bevis, handling his charge with 
brilliant success, gradually reduced the number 
until, on Aug. 13, he had the satisfaction of 
making the score ‘all square.’ With the end 
of the season in sight the contest for pride of 
place had reached a very interesting stage, and 
the concluding matches were watched with re¬ 
newed zest. In the final races the honors were 
evenly_ divided and the struggle for the cham¬ 
pionship ended in a tie. The most coveted 
prizes of the vear, however, were won by White 
Heather, which captured the King’s cup at 
Cowes, the Royal Victoria gold cup and the 
Albert cup. As Shamrock was not eligible for 
the King’s cup, it is not included in the fol¬ 
lowing record which comprises only class races: 
White Heather, Mr. Myles B. Kennedy_ 40 20 
Shamrock, Sir Thomas Lipton. 40 20 
“The 15-meter cutters and their predecessors, 
the 52-footers, have long enjoyed the reputation 
of being the most sporting of the classes that 
go round the coast with the touring fleet, but 
this year all previous records have been eclipsed. 
In the course of the season no fewer than ten 
yachts have competed in the class, as many as 
nine having started in a single race. The fact, 
however, only assumed these Gargantuan pro¬ 
portions during the Solent regattas, when the 
class was augmented by the arrival of the 
Spanish contingent, and the brunt of the sea¬ 
son’s racing was borne by Ostara, Vanity, 
Mariska and Ma’oona. The two first mentioned 
were new yachts launched in the spring, Ostara 
having been designed by Mylne and Vanity by 
Fife. Ostara. which carried Mr. W. P. Bur¬ 
ton’s colors in place of the outclassed Brito- 
mart, has shown most consistent form in almost 
every variety of weather and easily heads the 
class. Not a little of her success must, how¬ 
ever, be attributed to Mr. Burton, who has 
handled her faultlessly throughout a long sea¬ 
son. Vanity has also earned a goodly string of 
winning flags and is a very fast yacht in lisrht 
weather. In her early matches the new Fife 
boat was rather crank, but since she shipped 
some additional lead a considerable improvement 
has been noticed in her sailing. Mariska, the 
champion of 1908, fared rather badly in the 
early matches, only scoring twice in the first 
twenty-four races. She did much better, how¬ 
ever, during the latter part of the summer and 
wound up the season with a long string of 
flags to her credit. Ma’oona, one of the first 
15-meter yachts built to the rule, was rather 
outclassed until altered at the beginning of July, 
but subsequently did well in soft winds. 
“Of the Spanish contingent. King Alfonso’s 
Fife-designed Hispania proved the most suc¬ 
cessful. and splendidly sailed by Barbrook, of 
Brynhdd fame, was a formidable rival to the 
English yachts. Tuiga, which was a'so designed 
by Mr. Fife, failed to secure premier honors, 
but sailed consistently well, winning several 
second and third prizes. Slec, better known 
under her old name of Shimna, is now out¬ 
classed in such company, and being, moreover, 
indifferently sailed, failed to win a prize. The 
French boat Anenome II. met Ostara, Mariska 
and Vanity at Havre, but was no match for 
them, although she rather luckily secured a sec¬ 
ond prize. Britomart. which has now passed 
into the ownership of Lord Brassey and Gaunt¬ 
let, also sailed in the class, but met with no 
success. 
“The contest for the valuable international 
cup. instituted last year by H. H. Bartlett, com¬ 
modore of the Royal London Y. C., proved a 
very interesting one. eight yachts competing, of 
which five were English and three Spanish. The 
first match was won by Ostara and the second 
by Mariska. and these yachts sailed a third race 
to decide the destination of the trophy. As 
Ostara proved successful in the sail-off, Mr. 
Burton retains for another year the cup that 
he won with Britomart in 1008. Owing to there 
being only two yachts in the 23-meter division, 
the T5-meter class was allotted two King’s cups. 
Of these one was won by Vanity at Oueenstown 
and the other by Ostara at Plymouth. Vanity 
also took a cup presented by the Prince of 
Wales, while a trophy given by the Czar of 
Russia was captured bv Ma’oona. The follow¬ 
ing is the record of the class for the season: 
Starts. 
1st. 
2d. 
Total 
3d. Prizes 
Ostara, Mr. W. P. Burton _ 
50 
22 
13 
35 
Vanity, Messrs. Payne, Benn & 
Watson . 
47 
12 
10 
2 24 
Mariska, Mr. A. K. Stobert... 
48 
10 
13 
2 25 
Ma’oona, Mr. Almeric Paget... 
46 
5 
9 
14 
Hispania, the King of Spain.. 
8 
3 
3 6 
Tuiga, the Duke de Medinaceli. 
8 
3 
1 4 
Anenome II.. M. P. de Vilmorin 
2 
1 
1 
Slee, Senor E. Lopez . 
9 
Britomart, Lord Brassev . 
3 
Gauntlet, Messrs. F. and C. H. 
Last . 
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Canoeing. 
A. C. A. 
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 14. —Editor Forest and 
Stream: The annual meeting of the executive 
committee of the American Canoe Association 
will be held at Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 16 and 17, 
at Statler Hotel; first session Oct. 16, 10 a. m.; 
second session, 2:30 p. m. At 5 o’clock mem¬ 
bers will take train for Point Abino, via Grand 
Trunk Railway and will be the guests of the 
Buffalo Canoe Club at its club house until 
Sunday afternoon. A full attendance is hoped 
for. Chas. P. Forbush, 
Commodore-Elect. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division.—Fred W. Molnar, 308 E. 
91st street, New York city, and Thomas Zuk, 
17 E. 107th street. New York City, both by Jos. 
E. Zdankiewicz; H. Jorgensen, 350 Warburton 
avenue, Yonkers, N. Y., by U. M. VanVarick; 
Edgar J. Williams, 19 Beekman street, New 
York city, by Robt. J. Wilkin; William 
Schendele, 2380 Eighth avenue, New York city, 
by V. Dexheimer. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Atlantic Division.—5912 Thomas C. Atwood, 
207 Woodworth avenue, Yonkers, N. Y. 
Western Division.—5915, Louis Stoerk, Clif¬ 
ton avenue, Chicago, Ill. 
Traps hooting. 
If you want your shoot to be announced hen 
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Fixtures. 
Oct. 9.—Wellington, Mass.—Paleface merchandise shoot. 
H. C. Kirkwood, Mgr. 
Oct. 12 (Columbus Day).—Bergen Beach G. C. third 
annual Cosmopolitan championship. L. H. Schorte- 
meier, Sec’y. 
Oct. 14.—Sistersville, W. Va.—West Virginia G. C. Ed. 
O. Bower, Sec’y. 
Nov. 9.—Bergen Beach (L. I.) G. C. L. H. Schorte- 
meier, Sec’y. 
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meier, Sec’y. 
1910. 
Jan. 1.—Bergen Beach (L. I.) G. C. merchandise handi-' 
cap. L. H. Schortemeier, Sec’y. 
REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS. 
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Sept. 25.—Chicopee Falls, Mass.—Stevens Rod and Gur 
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Sept. 25-26.—Bellairs Grove, Mo.—Peerless G. C. Ben 
ton D. Tice, Sec’y. 
Sept. 26.—Dayton, Ky.—Northern Kentucky G. C. Dr. I 
P. Gould, Sec’y. 
Sept. 27.—Cockeysville (Md.) G. C. G. H. Gent, Mgr. 
Sept. 27-28.—Douglas, Wyo.—Wyoming State tournament 
under the auspices of the Wyoming G. C. H. C 
Saul, Sec’y. 
Sept. 28.—Collinsville (Con) R. and G. C. H. L. San 
born, Sec’y 
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Sec’y. 
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Sec’y. 
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White, Sec’y. 
Sept. 29-30.—Decatur, Ill.—Central Illinois Trapshooters 
League tournament, under the auspices of the Decatu 
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Oct. 1-2.—St. Joseph, Mo.—Metropolitan G. C. A. A 
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Oct. 3.—Atchison, Kans.—Forest Park G. C. Josepl 
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Louis Ebert, Sec’y. 
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