Some News and a Little Gossip. 
It is rumored that Commodore William Ran¬ 
dolph Hearst, of the Brooklyn Y. C., wid pur¬ 
chase the schooner Westward. Commodore 
Hearst has no yacht at present on which to hoist 
his pennant, and with Westward he would not 
only give his club, the Brooklyn, much advertis¬ 
ing, but would furnish some sport pleasing to 
all American yachtsmen. Unless Westward is 
purchased soon she wi.l remain on the ways for 
a season, while other fast yachts are gathering 
in prizes without much opposition. There is a 
new schooner named Water Witch, in British 
waters, built to race against Westward, and on 
this side of the Atlantic, Commodore Morton F. 
Plant has built Elena to try and lower the colors 
of last year’s crack. 
Commodore Hearst has never been a racing 
yachtsman. Some years ago he owned the fast 
steamer Vamoose, which he wished to race 
against Norwood, hut nothing much came of all 
the talk about races. Commodore Hearst is a 
member of the New York Y. C., so that if he 
purchased Westward he could take part in all 
that club’s races and on the cruise in the squad¬ 
ron runs. 
D. G. Whitlock’s Class S sloop Wink is an¬ 
chored in the Lower Bay and has attracted much 
attention. She is a very attractive looking little 
boat, and if she does as well as her appearance 
indicates, she should be very fast. She is being 
tuned up as fast as possible, and by the time the 
season opens will he in good shape for racing. 
The second CIa c s S sloop, building for Dr. C. L. 
Atkinson, will be out next week. 
The following schedule of races for the season 
iQtt is announced by the New Rochelle Y. C.: 
June 17—power boat race; club. 
July 1—Annual regatta; open. 
July 1—Brooklyn Y. C. challenge cup; ocean 
race. 
Ju'y 8—Cornfield Lightship race, sailboats; 
open. 
July 8—Cornfield Lightship power boat -race ; 
open. 
July 29—Stratford Shoal power boat race; 
club. 
Aug. 5-13—Annual cruise. 
Aug. 26—Special regatta; open. 
Sept. 2—Power boat race; open. 
Flag officers and members have already do¬ 
nated many handsome trophies in addition to 
the regu’ar prizes in which regard the c'ub has 
alwavs been one of the most liberal. 
The oneii sailing regatta dates are very ad¬ 
vantageous ones and the power boat races are 
a new feature. On'y two club races for power 
boats are scheduled, but if the first is successful 
many addit'onal contests will be provided for 
Saturday afternoons. The open races for power 
boats on July 8 and Sept. 2 will no doubt be 
very popular because of the limited number of 
these events open to Sound boats. 
The winners for last season of the Handcap 
Yacht Racing Association have just been an¬ 
nounced by the handicapper. T. Granbery. The 
results are comnuted under the Long Island 
Sound yacht racing system of points, boats re¬ 
ceiving one point for each yacht which they beat 
in each race. The results are as follows: 
first division. 
Races. 
Sally IX. 18 
Crescent . Ifi 
Tnter ; m . 21 
Wanderer IV. 12 
Juanita . 19 
SECOND DIVISION. 
Fearless . 15 
Scud . 17 
Red Wing . 17 
Per 
Cent. 
.681 
.648 
.541 
.444 
.644 
.661 
.614 
Kenosha . 
FOURTH DIVISION. 
.. 13 
.745 
Grace 11. 
.. 12 
.451 
Nimbus III. 
FIFTH 
DIVISION. 
.. 14 .822 
Miss Modesty 
.. 14 
. o4o 
Sally IX., 
Fearless, 
Kenosha 
and Nimbus will 
each receive 
a bronze 
shield as 
a championship 
trophy. The handicap class will start the season 
of 1911 with many new boats in the various divis¬ 
ions. Each year the class has made further 
progress and is undoubtedly the most popular 
on Long Island Sound and furnishes more en¬ 
tries at the various regattas than any of the 
regular classes. 
Harry L. Maxwell is to put the schooner Iro- 
lita in commission this year and will race her 
whenever he can find a class. The yacht will 
be renamed Princess. Irolita was originally a 
sioop built by Herreshoff for Commodore E. 
Walter Clarke, of the Philadelphia Corinthian 
Y. C., and when he purchased Queen last fa.l 
from the late J. Rogers Maxwell, he gave Iro¬ 
lita in part payment, stipulating that he should 
retain the name Irolita which is now being ap¬ 
plied to Queen. The old Irolita has done well 
as a racer, and last summer won the Norman 
cup in the race of the Eastern Y. C. from Bar 
Harbor to Marblehead. She a'so won some good 
prizes on the New York Y. C. cruise. 
The Corinthian Y. C., of Marblehead, has an¬ 
nounced the conditions and new course for its 
annual ocean race. For several seasons this race 
was for yachts 21 feet and over on the water¬ 
line, and the course was from Marblehead to 
White Island Whistling Buoy, Isle of Shoals and 
return. Yachtsmen grew tired of this course and 
did not support the race as they did when it was 
started, and so last season the course was 
changed to Cape Elizabeth Lightship off Port¬ 
land, being substituted for the White Island 
Buoy. This course was 150 miles in length. It 
kept the racers well offshore, too far for small 
boats, and consequently did not give satisfaction, 
so that a shorter course was selected to keep the 
racers within Cape Ann and Cape Cod. 
The new course will be from Marblehead to 
Cape Ann Whistling Buoy, then across the bay 
to Wood End Bell Buoy Ai, and back to Mar¬ 
blehead. P'rom Marblehead to the whist'er is 
fourteen miles, across the bay to Wood End 
thirty-nine and three-quarter miles, and from 
Wood End to Marblehead forty-one and one- 
quarter miles, a total distance of ninety-five 
miles. 
The turning mark at Wood End is a new bell 
buoy, recently placed by the Government half a 
mile off the beach, directly off Wood End Light. 
There is p'enty of water near the buoy, so that 
even the larger yachts could use it for a turning 
mark. 
The race will be started Saturday, June 24, 
and the yachts will he sent away probably just 
after 5 o’clock. This will give the racers Satur¬ 
day night and Sunday for the contest, which 
should allow for the finish under ordinary con¬ 
ditions of all the starters. 
By starting the race late in the afternoon it is 
expected that the contending yachts will reach 
Wood End mark early Sunday morning, but not 
before daylight. Although local yachtsmen are 
familiar with Cape Ann waters, it is another 
story with the majority in regard to the hook 
of Cape Cod. Therefore, it is the committee’s 
intention to start the yachts late enough Satur¬ 
day afternoon so that the Wood End bell buoy 
will be reached in daylight. 
This annual ocean race of the Corinthian Y. C. 
is the only open contest of its kind sailed east 
of Cape Cod, and the new course should bring 
to Marblehead for the event all the best cruis¬ 
ing yachts of Massachusetts Bay. 
The annual meeting of the Royal Canadian 
Y. C. was held recently at Toronto. Commo¬ 
dore C. G. Marlatt briefly reviewed last year’s 
successful season and outlined the program for 
the coming season, which promises' to be the 
biggest in the history of the club. 
In addition to the regular program the Lake 
Yacht Racing Association meet is to be held 
in Toronto under the auspices of the c’ub. Rac¬ 
ing will take place off the exhibition grounds, 
where probably the best course on fresh water 
can be laid. During fair time will also be sailed 
the races for the George and Fisher cups. 
Dr. J. D. Thoburn has presented to the club 
a cup, which will be known as the Marlatt cup 
to be raced for by whatever class Mr. - Marlatt 
sha’l name. 
The officers for the coming year are as fol¬ 
lows: zEmilius Jarvis, Commodore; E. M. Gray, 
Vice-Commodore; W. C. Brent, Rear-Commo¬ 
dore; Louis MacMurray, Honorary Treasurer. 
The following executive committee was elected; 
Messrs. D. G. Bremner, C. A. B. Brown, G. B. 
Brush, R. H. Easson, J. M. Lvle, Dr. A. A. Mc¬ 
Donald, C. G Marlatt. A. W. S. Roberts, A. 
W. Smith and E. K. Wedd. 
Sonders to Leave Next Week. 
The three Sonder boats to represent this 
country in a series of races with Germany are 
to be shipped to Kiel from this city next week. 
Bibelot has been tuning up off Herreshoffs, and 
it is said is in better shape than last year. She 
will be sent here from Bristol; Beaver and Cirna 
will be shipped from Marblehead. The races 
at Kiel will begin on June 19. The boats will 
go on the steamship America, sailing on May 
11, so that the yachtsmen will have lots of time 
to tune them up before the International races. 
The first prize in the Kiel races is a cup donated 
by the German Emperor and the second a cup 
offered by Prince Henry of Prussia. 
Bibelot is a Herreshoff-built boat owned by 
Robert W. Emmons 2d and Harry Payne 
Whitney. Mr. Whitney is much interested in 
polo this year and will be unable to go to Kiel. 
The crew of Bibelot will be R. deB. Boardman 
and John Parkinson. Beaver is a Starling Bur¬ 
gess boat and her crew will be A. H. Eustace, 
George Dabney and George Nicholas. Cima 
was designed by Charles D. Mower and her crew 
will be Guy Lowell, J. Robertson Harding and 
Arthur Adams. 
Henry Howard, who originated the Sonder 
racing, sailed for Europe last month. He will 
be one of the umpires and the representative 
of the Eastern Y. C. 
The American boats have won two matches 
sailed in home w T aters in 1906 and 1909, and the 
Germans won at home in 1907. 
There is some talk of changing the type of 
boat for these International matches and the 
6-meter class is favored in Germany and class R 
on this side. There is very little difference in 
the size of these two classes, and if the change 
is made, class R, which has never been very 
strong, will become a popular one. It might 
be a good arrangement for Americans to build 
to the 6-meter class when racing abroad and 
foreigners to build to the R class when the rac¬ 
ing is here. 
Frothingham Cup for Class A. 
Lieutenant- Governor Frothtngham, of 
Massachusetts, has presented to the Columbia 
Y. C. a handsome silver cup, which is to be 
raced for this vear by class A of the inter-club 
association. This is one of the best racing 
classes on Massachusetts Bay. and the new 
trophy has created more interest, so that the 
racing will be keener than ever. 
