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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June 24, 1911. 
Yachting Fixtures. 
JUNE. 
J4. Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., annual. 
24 . New York A. C., Block Island race. 
*4. Larchmont Y. C., inter-club class. 
24 . Crescent A. C., second championship, G. B. Y.R.A. 
24 . Bristol Y. C., open. 
24 . Corinthian Y. C., Marblehead, ocean race. 
24 . Columbia Y. C., club. 
24. Quincy Y. C., club. 
24. Royal Canadian Y. C., cruising race. 
24. Beverly Y. C., club. 
24. Columbia Y. C., club. 
24. Hingham Y. C., club. Crow Point. 
24. Manchester Y. C., one-design. 
24. Sippican Y. C., sonder, Marion. 
24. Toledo Y. C., Taft cup elimination trials. 
24. Winthrop Y. C., club. 
26. Squantum Y. C., moonlight sail. 
» Indian Harbor Y. C.. race to New London. 
Some News and a Little Gossip. 
Elena has sailed her first race. She at¬ 
tracted much attention in the regatta of the 
Larchmont Y. C. and a large fleet of steamers 
and motor craft followed the racers over the 
course. She looked well and did well under the 
conditions, but she had to beat only Irolita, 
formerly Queen, a yacht now in her fourth year. 
The wind was light and the course twice around 
a triangle IS[4 miles in length, had 12 miles of 
windward work. On this leg the tide was fair. 
Elena was very fast reaching and at the end of 
6 miles, with the wind over her quarter, she 
led Irolita by 7k2tn. On the wind, however, 
Irolita reduced this lead somewhat. On the 
second round Elena did not make such a big 
gain, but Irolita was helped by a freshening 
wind at the finish. Irolita was handicapped 
through having trouble with her board. It 
dropped through the trunk and Mr. Clark feared 
it was lost. It will be very interesting to see 
what the new yacht will do against Westward 
and Queen in a fresh breeze. Elena should, 
however, hold Irolita safe in spite of the time 
she has to allow. 
In the P Class Joyant again defeated Cor¬ 
inthian by im. 2s. in 11 miles. Joyant seems to 
be steadily improving and now has beaten Cor¬ 
inthian three times out of four. All these races 
have been sailed in light winds and yachtsmen 
are anxious to see the yachts tried in a fresh 
wind. In eastern waters Italia has been de¬ 
feated again, this time by Timandra, but this 
race was sailed in light fluky winds. 
In the hard blow of Saturday, June 10, Gray- 
jacket, champion of the Q class last season, and 
Suelew, the new Mower boat, owned by Com¬ 
modore Luckenback, of the Crescent A. C., were 
badly damaged. A coasting schooner dragged 
her anchor and fouled the two yachts, driving 
them on the beach. Suelew had a big hole stove 
in her side, and it took a week to make re¬ 
pairs. Grayjacket had her side stove in, frames 
broken and deck split. She was taken to City 
Island and it is hoped that she will be put back 
in as good condition as she originally was. 
Ocean races are on the program for next 
week. The sixth annual race from Greenwich 
to New London of the Indian Harbor Y. C. will 
be sailed on Thursday, June 29. This race is 
for all classes, including the New York Y. C. 
30-footers over 25 rating enrolled in any recog¬ 
nized yacht club. Suitable trophies are offered 
by the flag officers of the club and others as 
first prizes in each class. There will be second 
prizes in each class in which four yachts start. 
All yachts will sail in cruising trim except that 
club topsails may be carried. The start will be 
made from a line between a stake boat anchored 
one-half mile south of Great Captain Island 
light and a white flag on the committee boat, 
and the finish line will be between the foremast 
of Bartlett Reef light vessel and a white flag 
of the committee boat. Distance, 72 miles. 
On July 1 two races will be started from New 
London. The Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C. 
has arranged a cruising race for yachts of the 
Harvard and Yale yacht clubs which will take 
the yachts to Oyster Bay. There will be quite 
a large fleet of these boats. The Eastern Y. C. 
will start its race from New London to Marble¬ 
head and for fifteen days this club will have 
lots of racing. The most important prize in 
the long race from New London is the $1,000 
gold cup offered by Commodore Clark for first 
division schooners. This is to be won three 
times by one owner, but a silver replica will be 
awarded to each yacht winning a race. The race 
for this valuable cup is an ocean event from 
New London to Marblehead, which will be 
started from the former port Saturday, July 1. 
The race is open to schooners over 55 feet rat¬ 
ing. In addition a cup has been offered by Capt. 
C. C. Rumrill for the second division schooners, 
all not over 65 feet rating; a club cup for 
sloops and yawls, over 46 feet rating, and a cup 
by Capt. L. H. Armour for auxiliary yawls, over 
55 feet rating. Including the above, prizes will 
be awarded in each class thus: A first prize, if 
two or more start in a class; a second if four 
or more start; a third if seven or more start. 
On the same day that the New London- 
Marblehead race is started, the club will hold 
races off Marblehead. 
Independence Day will be celebrated by the 
Eastern Y. C. with the club’s annual open re¬ 
gatta for 1911. For the race among the first 
division schooners, all over 70 feet, the club 
has offered a $500 cup, which, with the ocean 
race around the cape, it is hoped will bring to 
Marblehead the majority of the big racing 
schooners. 
The Puritan cup will be awarded for the year 
to the yacht of the Eastern Y. C. making the 
best corrected time over the course sailed by the 
larger yachts. 
Starting from Marblehead Friday morning, 
July 7, with the first run to Portland lightship, 
the fleet of the Eastern Y. C. will continue along 
the Maine coast on the annual cruise until 
July 15- 
The cruise will disband at Bar Harbor, Satur¬ 
day, July 15, where the annual dinner will be 
held that evening. On the following Monday 
morning the yachts will race back from Bar 
Harbor to Marblehead for the Norman cups. 
In order to make the passage of the Eastern 
31-raters interesting when they come around 
the Cape to try and capture the Manhasset Bay 
challenge cup, a race has 'been suggested. 
These boats, Amoret, Italia, Sayonara and Ti¬ 
mandra are, to come here to race on July 10. 
They will meet Cara Mia, Joyant, Corinthian 
and Windward. The cup is now held by the 
American Y. C., and seven clubs will endeavor 
to win it away. The Manhasset Bay Y. C. has 
offered a cup for a race between the Eastern 
boats from Marblehead to Manhasset Bay, 
which is to be under the joint management of 
the Corinthian and Manhasset Bay clubs. It is 
stipulated that there shall be three or more 
starters. This prize will be an incentive to the 
yachtsmen to do their best on the long voyage. 
It is not at all unlikely that when the New 
York boats go to Marblehead for the inter¬ 
city match in August another cup will be offered 
for a race from Newport. 
The model committee of the New York Y. C. 
has recently added to the club’s collection a 
full rigged model of the famous Scotch cutter 
Madge, which came to this country more than 
thirty years ago and raced so successfully 
against American yachts. She was built from 
designs by the late George L. Watson and 
sailed by the late Capt. John Barr. James D. 
Sparkman is chairman of the model committee 
and he has helped mluch to add to the famous 
models in the club. The model of the Madge 
was made by G. L. Watson & Co., and is made 
on a scale of three-eights of an inch to the foot. 
The model was presented to the club by James 
B. Ford, owner of the schooner Katrina, who 
previously presented models of the Genesta and 
Galatea, two cup challengers. 
The race for sailing yachts from Boston to 
Bermuda has been declared off. H. S. Vander¬ 
bilt was ready with his schooner Vagrant, but 
Sunshine, the other schooner entered, could not 
be got ready and was withdrawn. This left only 
the sloop Arab to race against Vagrant and Mr. 
Vanderbilt declined to start with only two 
yachts in the race. The city of Boston had ap¬ 
propriated $500 for first prize for this race and 
a cup has been made. Boston now has a piece 
of useless silverware on its hands. 
The motor boat race, which was to have 
been started last Saturday from New York, has 
been postponed until the fall. The new boats, 
it was announced, are not ready and the com¬ 
mittee hopes to be able to start the racers early 
in September. 
Long distance racing over ocean courses is 
not popular with yachtsmen this year, or per¬ 
haps it is because those who are responsible 
for the races arranged have not selected popu¬ 
lar courses. 
Yachtsmen seem to have tired of visiting Ber¬ 
muda early each year. It takes too much of 
their time to take part in the race. First there 
is the time and cost of fitting the yachts for a 
long ocean journey, then comes the race itself. 
There is usually a week spent at Hamilton and 
then there is the journey home. This means in 
all at least four weeks taken out of the yacht¬ 
ing season, and it is not every one who can 
spare so much time. 
If these ocean races are to be continued it 
would be better if different courses were 
selected each year, so that those yachtsmen who 
favor these races may have some variety. There 
are many places that will make the end of a 
good course, and if Halifax, Old Point Comfort, 
Portland, Jamaica for a long distance race, or 
some other place was chosen the races might 
still be as popular as they ever were. What 
seems to please yachtsmen best is a race over a 
course that will not take more than two or 
three days to sail. The Block Island race is 
popular because it is only 100 miles in length 
and it does not take much time to take part in 
it. For the same reason the Marblehead and 
Albany races of the power boat men have be¬ 
come popular, and this year they will in all 
probability attract more entries than ever before. 
Beverly Y. C. 
The Beverly Y. C. opened its season on Buz¬ 
zard’s Bay last Saturday with a club race off 
Wing’s Neck. The yachts had wholesail breeze. 
The old racing crafts that sailed in the re¬ 
gattas last year showed up well, and some of 
them give promise of repeating their good work 
of last season. In the 21-foot class “Dave” 
Whittemore’s new racer, Foraminifer, showed 
her heels to the rest of the fleet with ease. 
Scallop, which is suited for the kind of rough 
weather the boats had to-day, was just 50s. be¬ 
hind the Whittemore boat. Saracen, sailed by 
Robert Winsor, Jr., made a good showing, com¬ 
ing in third. The 21-footers and the Sonder 
class were sent over a njkt-rmle course. 
In the Sonder class Seacoon, one of the fast 
boats last year, carried off the honors to-day. 
Picotte, in this class, met with mishap down the 
bay and had to pull out of the race. 
21-Foot Class—Foraminifer. 2.05.09; Scallop, 
2.05.59; Saracen, 2.06.59; Terrapin, 2 . 08 . 22 ; 
Makabaro, 2.08.41; Lethe, 2.14.55; Phantom, 
2.18.01; Polliwog, 2.28.40. 
Sonder Class—Seaccton, 2.11.41; Sally VIII., 
2.14.07; Joyette, 2.15.07; Picotte, disabled. 
15-Foot Class—Rebekah. 1.3845: Yalu. 141.07: 
Bantam, 1.42.50; Pronto, 1.42.51; Pheasant, 
1.43.45; Polly, 1.43.46; Endeavor, 1.46.02. 
