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Baltimore Yachting Season. 
The yachtsmen of the Corinthian Y. C., of 
Baltimore, had quite a busy and successful sea¬ 
son, and the sport on Chesapeake Bay has- 
grown considerably in popularity of late years. 
The first event of the season was the opening 
of the club and the annual Decoration Day race. 
The entries for the race were: Helen, Edwina, 
Ventura and Minette. The race was won by 
Helen in slow time, the wind being very light. 
On June 12 the first club cruise was held. 
The boats left the club house Saturday after¬ 
noon, led by the commodore in the flagship, and 
made harbor in Stony Creek for the night. The 
next morning was spent in visiting and in the 
afternoon the boats weighed anchor for a run 
down the river and back to the club house. 
Those participating were the flagship Corinthia, 
Helen, Venezia, Yola, Coquet and Ventura. 
On July 4 the annual cruise and the race 
home was sailed. The boats left the club house 
July 3 and the rendezvous was Rock Creek. 
On the Fourth the cruise was resumed to An¬ 
napolis, and the boats had a great brush in a 
strong wind with double reefs tied in. The 
afternoon and evening were spent sightseeing 
at Annapolis. On the following morning at 10 
o’clock the boats were started on the race for 
home. Very light airs prevailed and Zillacoa 
ran away from the fleet. The racers were 
Zillacoa, Helen, Edwina, Ventura and Yola. 
Helen was second and Ventura th'ird. 
July 1, the first canoe cruise was held. The 
canoe owners made a trip up Curtis Creek, tak¬ 
ing in Arundel Cove and Furnace Branch. On 
July 1 the races of the Chesapeake Y. C. were 
held at Oxford. Zillacoa and Helen, flying the 
flag of the Corinthian Y. C., entered the race 
for cruising sloops and won first and second 
places respectively. Other Corinthian Y. C. 
boats present were Chilhowee, Venezia, Mas- 
cotte, Wye and Quo Vadis. 
On Aug. 1 a club cruise was held, the boats 
leaving the club Saturday afternoon, making 
harbor in Rock Creek, spending Sunday morn¬ 
ing there and next day enjoying a run down 
the river and back to the club. 
Labor Day gave the yachtsmen another 
chance. There >vas a cruise from Sept. 4 to 
Sept. 7. The bogts left Stone House Cove and 
with a strong breeze made Bodkin Creek early 
in the evening, where harbor was made for the 
night. There they met boats from the Balti¬ 
more Y. C., and the Maryland Motor Boat 
Club, and a fleet of twenty-five yachts was as¬ 
sembled. Headed for the Chester River the fol¬ 
lowing morning, the yachts made a run to 
Queenstown in a little over three hours. Sail 
was made at noon September 6 and a quick 
trip was made back to port. The boats par¬ 
ticipating were the flagship Corinthia, Helen, 
Venezia, Zillacoa, Ethel B., Coquet, Wye, Yola 
and Ventura. 
On Sept. 12 was held the Defenders’ Day 
race. The entries were Helen, Zillacoa and 
Ventura. With a light wind there was nothing 
to it but Zillacoa. 
Eaglet, of the Baltimore Y. C., having chal¬ 
lenged Zillacoa for the championship of 
Patapsco, they sailed two match races on Sept. 
25 and 26, Zillacoa winning each handily in 18 
minutes and 20^2 minutes respectively. 
This season with the Baltimore Y. C. has 
been one of the most successful and interesting 
in the history of the club from the racing stand¬ 
point. Many of the races were sailed in view 
of the club grounds, and thus attracted many 
members. 
The racing season opened with a three-day 
race in connection with the Decoration Day 
cruise. The first day’s race was from the club¬ 
house to the buoy marking the entrance to the 
Magothy River. It was sailed in almost record 
time, in a stiff northwest breeze. The yachts 
entered were: Eaglet, Spindrift, Chenoden, 
Kathleen and Quo Vadis. So closely was this 
race contested between the Chenoden and 
Spindrift that they raced to a tie. Eaglet was 
third, Kathleen fourth and Quo Vadis fifth. 
The second day’s race was sailed from the 
mouth of the Magothy, around buoy No. 27, 
off Thomas’ Point, to Greensbury Point Light. 
A stiff breeze favored Chenoden, and she won 
handily, Eaglet being second, Spindrift third and 
Kathleen fourth. Quo Vadis did not start. 
On the third day the race was from Annap¬ 
olis to the club, and as there was a very light 
breeze it was rather a tame affair. Eaglet was 
first, Spindrift second and Chenoden third. 
As the races were to be decided on points, 
the results of the three days’ races showed 
Eaglet and Chenoden to be tied for first honors 
and for the handsome cup offered by the club. 
This called for a deciding race between the two 
yachts, which was sailed on the following 
Saturday and resulted in a victory for Eaglet. 
Then there were races between the half-raters, 
Duan and Kitten, and the club dories, which 
events were sailed by the younger and less ex¬ 
perienced yachtsmen. 
During the July 4 cruise there were im¬ 
promptu races. The great event of the year 
and, in fact, the greatest event in the history 
of yachting on the Chesapeake was the inter¬ 
club cruise and races during the week of July 
19, in which the Baltimore Y. C., Hampton 
Rhoads Y. C., Capitol Y. C. and Chesapeake 
Bay Y. C. participated. The cruise, which 
lasted the entire week and which included a 
rendezvous at Oxford during the regatta under 
the auspices of the Chesapeake Bay Club, was 
participated in by more yachts than had ever 
before gathered together in the bay. Four days 
were devoted to racing. Chenoden was the only 
one of the Baltimore Y. C. fleet fortunate 
enough to carry off any of the beautiful cups. 
She captured two. 
Then came the races between Ojigwan, of 
the Chesapeake Bay Y. C., and Eagiet, of the 
local club. Eaglet only won one race. 
The last series of races was sailed Sept. 25 
and 26 between illacoa, of the Corinthian Y. 
C., and Eaglet, of the Baltimore Y. C., for the 
championship of the two clubs. Again Eaglet 
was defeated. 
The Small Yacht. 
The Small Yacht. Its management and 
handling for racing and sailing, with chapters 
on construction. By Edwan A. Boardman. 
Bound in cloth, 189 pages. Illustrated from 
photographs and drawings. Boston, Little 
Brown & Co. 
Edwin A. Boardman has had considerable ex¬ 
perience in designing and sailing small yachts, 
and is well able to give valuable instruction to 
others. The book he has written tells in plain 
language how to tune a yacht for a race, and 
he has done so well. Mr. Boardman designed 
the yacht Manchester that brought the Sea- 
wanhaka cup back to these waters after a long 
sojourn in Canada, and he has designed many 
of the best Sonder class yachts, as well as 
other winners. He divides his book into two 
parts. The first is devoted to the general make¬ 
up of a racing yacht, with explanations of de¬ 
sign, set of sails, rigging, hauling out, painting, 
etc. In the second part he tells how to handle 
a yacht, lay courses, start, and many other 
matters that are of value to the racing yachts¬ 
man. He concludes with accounts of the Sonder 
class races between Germany and America. 
Winchester Almost Lost. 
^ The steam yacht Winchester, built on the 
Clyde for P. W. Rouss was almost lost at sea 
while being towed to this port. She left Glas¬ 
gow in tow of the steamer Baron Minto on 
Oct. 1. On Oct. 4, while in a very heavy 
swell, the steel hawser parted, and it was nine 
hours before the connection between the two 
vessels could be made again. The weather was 
very bad, and the captain says it blew a whole 
gale from southwest, and that there was a 
terrific sea in which Winchester labored badly, 
so that on Oct. 5 she was leaking. Her forward 
compartment filled, and it was impossible to 
pump, and the water was bailed out. She was 
towed back to Queenstown, arriving there on 
Oct. 6. She will be docked there for repairs 
and will start to cross the Atlantic later. 
Power Boa! for Florida Waters. 
A cruising power boat has been building at 
the Electric Launch Company’s works at Bay¬ 
onne, which will be ready for delivery on Nov- 
15. This craft is for J. K. Stewart, of Chicago, 
who will send the yacht South at once and put 
her in commission in Florida waters. She will 
cruise there during the winter and next spring 
will be taken to the lakes. This yacht is 78 feet 
over all, 69 feet on the waterline, 14 feet beam 
and 3 feet 6 inches draft. She is to be fitted 
with two 6-cylinder Standard motors of 40- 
horsepower each, which will drive her 12 miles 
an hour. 
The owner’s quarters are aft and consist of a 
stateroom on the starboard side and bathroom 
on the opposite side of the yacht and large 
cabin fitted with extension transoms. These 
are finished in mahogany. There are three bulk 
heads in the yacht, which is well constructed, 
and the motors store electricity for illuminating 
purposes. 
Motor Boats in the South. 
New Orleans, Oct. 5 .—Editor Forest and 
Stream: The Southern Y. C. has arranged a 
motor boat regatta to take place at West End 
on Sunday, Oct. 31, in honor of the Waterways 
Convention, which will be in session here on 
that date; President Taft, Vice-President Sher¬ 
man, Speaker Joe Cannon and other dis¬ 
tinguished men will attend this convention, but 
it is not probable any of those referred to will 
go out to witness the regatta on account of the 
violence which would be done to the scruples 
of many in regard to the observance of the 
Sabbath. Another reason is that the pro¬ 
gramme is crowded now with sacred concerts, 
auto rides and general sightseeing. 
F. G. G. 
Chicago Motor Boat Show. 
The motor boat show at Chicago will be held 
the week of March 26 to April 2. Chester I. 
Campbell, who managed the Boston show, is to 
have charge of the Chicago show, which will 
be held in the First Regiment Armory. 
The Yarn of the Early Bird. 
I am quite a young man, a junior member of 
the yacht club, and an enthusiast in sailing. 
Some of my friends use another term, calling 
me a boat crank, and worse, but I noticed they 
are glad to come for a sail when invited; and 
sometimes without invitation, as on the oc- 1 
casion of the last cup race—but this story has 
nothing to do with cup races. If ever you have 
sailed on Lake Ontario, you will remember 
that the best sailing is in the spring, when it 
has the charm of novelty, after the winter sea¬ 
son, and the evenings are growing longer instead 
of shorter. And one of the advantages of a 
small yacht is, that you can get into commis¬ 
sion early, without adding much to the cost of 
the season’s work. There is the vice-commo¬ 
dore, for example, who never omits a cruise on 
Easter Sunday; he says it saves the price of a 
new silk hat, and that the open lake is less 
crowded than the churches. 
When I owned an open boat, I always used 
to fit out in April, not doing much cruising 
until the weather became warm and settled. 
Last year I bought the cabin yacht Early Bird, 
rather too late for the spring cruising, and I 
was too busy to use her after September. Why 
not break the record, and begin the next season 
with a cruise in March? 
Clearly, the first essential was to lay the yacht 
up where she could be easily launched in the 
spring, without waiting for others. None of 
the small ports near Toronto were very attrac¬ 
tive, but upon looking around for a suitable 
berth, I discovered that old Jack Rawlings had 
secured the use of a vacant water-lot, the prop¬ 
erty of the C. P. R., and was prepared to haul 
out small craft for the winter. Now Jack was 
said to be peculiar, and a hard man to do any 
business with, according to some stories. So 
