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had a reach all around the course. Grayjacket 
took the lead at the start and held it all the way. 
Alice was in second place at the end of the 
round, but on the second round Soya, which 
seems to be a much improved boat, passed Alice 
and finished second. Suelew was last, but she 
will do better before the season is over. 
In the S class there were two more new boats, 
Wink, a Herreshoff boat built for D. G. Whit¬ 
lock, and Cyric, a Gardner boat built for Dr. 
C. L. Atkinson. These two sailed against the 
older boats M and F and Gunda, and Cyric won. 
She seems to be a small copy of Grayjacket 
and sailed just as that boat does. Wink looked 
something like the 31-rater Cara Mia, and while 
she did well, she was not able to defeat Cyric. 
These two boats have had more time for tuning 
up than have the Q boats, and made better 
showing. 
The regatta committee, Dr. J. E. DeMund, 
Walter H. Sykes, Jr., and Carlos de Zafra, 
handled the races. Earlier in the afternoon they 
started the sloops Gardenia and Margaret on a 
course to the southwest spit, buoy 5 and return, 
and Gardenia won. La Cubana won the handi¬ 
cap race, although Joy finished first. Scud, 
sailed by R. B. Moore, was the winner in the 
knockabout class. Mr. Moore has won in other 
classes several times and this year he has pur¬ 
chased a knockabout to show what he can do 
with that class. Aries won the dinghy class 
race. The finish times were: 
Sloops—Class M—Course 21 Miles—Start, 1:30. 
Gardenia . 3 58 15 Margaret . 4 12 16 
Sloops—Class Q—Course 12 Miles—Start, 3:05. 
Grayjacket . 5 06 43 Spider .5 11 59 
Soya . 5 08 53 Suelew .5 15 10 
Alice . 5 09 51 
Handicap Class—Course 10% Miles—Start, 3:10. 
Joy .5 IS 55 La Cubana . 5 34 32 
Miana . 5 20 39 
Corrected times: La Cubana, 2.05.30; Miana, 2.0S.08; 
Joy, 2.08.55. 
Sloops—Class S—Course 10% Miles—Start, 3:15. 
Cyric . 5 29 54 M. and F . 5 34 29 
Wink . 5 30 31 Gunda . 5 39 35 
Sloops—Class X —Course 8 Miles—Start, 3:20. 
Scud .5 11 52 Slow Poke . 5 19 16 
Suffragette . 5 16 07 Pike . 5 20 39 
Merry Widow . 5 16 53 Chico . 5 27 Id 
Mouse .6 18 09 
Sloops—Class Y—Course 4 Miles—Start, 3:25. 
Aries . 4 31 30 Skeets . 4 36 32 
Bullfinch . 4 33 52 
Corinthian is all Right. 
Corinthian is a yacht built by Herreshoff 
to try and win the Manhasset Bay challenge 
cup. A syndicate of members of the Seawan- 
haka-Corinthian Y. C. is defraying the cost of 
this yacht and will help to make some fine sport 
this summer. The yacht is to be sailed by C. 
Sherman Hoyt, Clinton H. Crane and Johnston 
de Forest, three of the best amateurs in these 
waters. At the time of the trial of the yacht it 
was stated that she carried a weather helm and 
had to be altered by her designer. The follow¬ 
ing letter tells that this was not so: 
“Editor Forest and Stream: 
“I have noted various comments in the daily 
press and just now in the columns of your last 
issue to the effect that the Corinthian carries an 
abnormal weather helm, and that certain altera¬ 
tions have been made necessary to remedy the 
same. 
“In full justice to Mr. Herreshoff I wish to 
deny this most emphatically. 
“After her first short trial spin a new tiller 
was fitted at my suggestion, as the original one 
was too limber and springy to suit my personal 
taste. No other change in her steering gear, 
trim or set of mast has been made or will be 
until her sails, rigging and gear have had a 
chance to find themselves. 
“The boat at all times handles with the utmost 
ease, although under certain conditions and at 
a certain angle of keel, if sailed rather fine, 
carries perhaps a little too much weather helm. 
Whether it will be advisable to make altera¬ 
tions with the view of remedying this, possibly 
at the expense of a lee helm under other con.- 
ditions, can not be determined until further trial. 
“I might add that aside from a short pre¬ 
liminary trial spin of less than an hour’s dura¬ 
tion her only real test so far was the trip from 
g. cecil whitaker's schooner waterwitch. 
From Yachting World. 
Bristol to Oyster Bay, made a week ago in a 
little under nineteen and a half hours. Ap¬ 
proximately for the first third of the way we 
had stiff to light head winds, and the remainder 
was a close reach with a northwesterly and 
northerly wind which came in very fresh at 
first and later on in the night almost dropped 
out at times. Throughout the run, in view of 
the fact of the newness of everything and our 
unfamiliarity with the boat, her behavior was 
most satisfactory. 
“C. Sherman Hoyt.’’ 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. 
Com. F. S. Hastings, on the steamer Oneida, 
signalled . for the burgee to be mastheaded on 
the staff in front of the Seawanhaka-Corinthian 
Y. C. at Oyster Bay at noon last Saturday, and 
the club went in commission with the usual 
ceremonies. The yachts in the fleet dressed 
ship, and in the evening there was music and 
dancing in the club house. It was expected 
that Joyant, Commodore Childs’ new 32-rater 
would be on hand to race against Corinthian, 
but Joyant did not race. Corinthian sailed over 
the course with the New York 30-footers in the 
afternoon and did well. She beat Nepsi, the 
best of the 30-footers, 16m. 5s. in 15 miles. 
Seven 30-footers raced and Nepsi won, de¬ 
feating Caprice 2m. 18s. In the race for the 
15-footers over a course of 7 miles Imp won 
easily with Tamale second. The finish times: 
Class P—Course 15 Miles—Start, 1:45. 
Corinthian . 3 44 19 
New York 30-footers—Start. 1:50—Course 15 Miles. 
Nepsi . 4 05 24 Juanita . 4 18 23 
Caprice . 4 07 42 Dahinda . 4 20 56 
Alera . 4 09 01 Phryne . d.n.f. 
Rowdy . 4 10 45 
Seawanhaka 15-footers—Course 7 Miles—Start, 1:55. 
Imp . 3 40 34 Thelema . 3 55 13 
Tamale . 3 46 41 Water Baby . 3 57 02 
Sabrina . 3 50 23 
Southern Yachting. 
New Orleans, May 26. —The regatta com¬ 
mittee of the Southern Y. C. met during the 
week and adopted the rules and regulations of 
the American Power Boat Association in ref¬ 
erence to motor boat races which open here at 
West End on Lake Pontchatrain Saturday, May 
27. Thirty boat owners were present at the 
meeting and signified a willingness to partici¬ 
pate in the various regattas to be held here this 
summer. The regatta committee is composed 
of C. A. Sporl, T. T. Barr and William Garrie. 
E. L. Jahncke and Charles Farwell, owners 
of Bluewing II., the champion motor racing 
boat of the South, have announced this craft 
for sale. Bluewing II. has a speed of about 27 
miles an hour. 
The St. John Rowing Club opened its series 
of races here Saturday afternoon, May 20, and 
a number of young men from the various locai 
clubs took part. There will be a number of 
regattas during the summer and much interest 
is being taken in them by the local amateurs. 
A conference was held during the week be¬ 
tween Mayor Behrman, City Engineer Hardee 
and a committee representing the Southern Y. 
C. in reference to extending the seawall, which 
is now in the course of construction to and 
around the club building. This work will cost 
$40,000, and the city will bear half of the cost, 
while the club must raise $20,000. The com¬ 
mittee decided to take the subject under ad¬ 
visement and decide whether the club is willing 
to incur this expense. It is proposed that the 
club raise the money by floating bonds. If the 
proposed plan is carried out it will greatly 
beautify the club’s property at West End and 
give additional park ground to the public. 
A prominent member of the yacht club here, 
who did not care for his name to be published, 
said,. in speaking of regattas: “I believe the 
public and the yachtsmen themselves have be¬ 
come tired of mediocre races between sailing 
craft. . At any rate, the interest in the sailing 
craft in New Orleans and the waters near here 
is not nearly so great as it was about ten or 
twelve years ago. The sailing craft as a sport 
has been largely supplanted by the advent of 
the automobile and the popularity of the motor 
boat. This seems to be a fast age and the 
present young people do not seem to want slow 
going boats, however skillfully they may be 
managed, any more so than that they would de¬ 
sire to see a return to the old mule street car. 
Of course this observation does not apply to 
the International contests for America’s Cup. 
where the pride of two nations is centered in 
the result and where hundreds of thousands of 
dollars are spent. The young people of to-day 
want to see flying machines, autos racing at 80 
miles an hour, and they want to ride on the 
lightning-speed vestibuled trains. In view of 
these condition, no one need be surprised to see 
small crowds at the regattas when the aver¬ 
age sail boats take part. The public simply 
will not remain several hours to see the end of 
a race, unless the event is extraordinary or In¬ 
ternational, or the craft have phenomenal 
records. Personally,. I am very fond of the 
sailing craft and enjoy the contests between 
them a great deal more than the motor boats, 
but the public does not.” 
The Hollis Burgess Yacht Agency has sold 
the Sonder boat Bandit, owned by John C. Ed¬ 
wards, of Boston, to Francis A. Seamans of 
Salem, who will use her in Boston waters. 
The same agency has also sold the knock¬ 
about Comet, owned by John H. Storer. of Bos¬ 
ton, to P. A. Horton, of Dorchester, Mass. 
