Yachting Fixtures for 1908. 
MAY. 
16. Knickerbocker Y. C., for Sea Wren class. 
23. New Rochelle Y. C. 
30. Harlem Y. C., annual. 
30. Indian Harbor Y. C., spring. 
30. Bridgeport Y. C., spring. 
30. Atlantic Y. C. 
JUNE. 
3. Marblehead to Bermuda, sail boats. 
6. Knickerbocker Y. C. 
6. Bensonhurst Y. C. 
6. Motor boat race to Bermuda. 
11. South Coast Y. C., San Pedro to Honolulu. 
13. Manhasset Bay Y. C. 
13. Marine and Field Club. 
20. N. Y. A. C., Block Island race. 
20. N. Y. A. C. motor boat race to Block Island. 
20. Atlantic Y. C. 
20. Larchmont Y. C. 
23. Indian Harbor, cruise to New London. 
25. Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C., special. 
26. Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C., special. 
27. Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C., special. 
27. Brooklyn Y. C. 
27. New Rochelle, annual. 
JULY. 
—. Fall River Y. C., ocean race. 
3. Auxiliary race, Y. R. A. of N. Y. Bay, around L. I. 
3. American Y. C., annual. 
4. Larchmont Y. C., annual. 
4. Hartford Y. C., annual. 
4. Atlantic Y. C. 
4. Brooklyn ocean race. 
6. Motor boat elimination trials. 
11. Riverside Y. C., annual. 
11. Bensonhurst Y. C. 
18. Atlantic Y. C. 
18. Motor boats, Marblehead to New-Rochelle. 
18-26. Larchmont Y. C., race week. 
25. New York Canoe Club. 
'AUGUST. 
1. Indian Harbor Y. C. 
1. Atlantic Y. C. 
1. International motor boat. 
8. Horseshoe Harbor Y. C. 
8. Corinthian of Stamford. 
8. Bensonhurst Y. C. 
8. Huguenot Y. C. auxiliary sail and power to Strat¬ 
ford Shoal. 
10. Crescent Y. C. of Watertown, Hamilton to Chamont. 
165-mile race, boats up to 46 rating. 
15 . Huguenot Y. C. 
15. Bridgeport Y. C. 
15. Hempstead Harbor Y. C. 
15. Atlantic Y. C. 
22. Boston Y. C., ocean race to Shelburne, N. S., for 
motor boats. 
22. Stamford Y. C., annual. 
22. Marine and Field Club. 
22. Motor boats, Boston to Shelburne, N. S. 
22. Binnacle Club. Boston to Shelburne, N. S., motor 
boats. 
29. American Y. C., summer. 
29. Northport Y. C., annual. 
29. Bensonhurst Y. C. 
31. Atlantic Y. C., Thompson challenge trophy. 
SEPTEMBER. 
1. Atlantic Y. C., motor boats, around Fire Island. 
2. Atlantic Y. C., Thompson challenge trophy. 
3. Atlantic Y. C., motor boats, around Fire Island. 
4. Atlantic Y. C., Thompson challenge trophy. 
4 . Seawanhaka Y. C., special. 
6. Seawanhaka Y. C. 
6. Hartford Y. C. 
6. New York Athletic Club. 
6. Brooklyn Y. C. 
7. Larchmont Y. C. 
7. Norwalk Y. C. 
7. Sachem’s Head Y. C. 
7. Atlantic Y. C. 
10. Indian Harbor Y. C., sweepstakes championship. 
12. Indian Harbor Y. C., fall. 
12. Crescent Athletic Club. 
19. Larchmont Y. C. 
19. Manhasset Bay Y. C. 
19. Atlantic Y. C. 
26. Handicap Class, annual. 
26. Bensonhurst Y. C. 
Designer Alpheus A. Packard, who became 
well known in his years of partnership with 
Starling Burgess, in Boston, is now established 
in New London, where he has become a partner 
and manager of a large boat-building plant. He 
is a graduate of Brown University, and was at 
one time superintendent of yacht construction 
at the Herreshoff shops in Bristol. While there 
he “laid down’’ the America’s cup defender 
Reliance. 
Conditions of Block Island Motor 
Boat Race. 
In conjunction with their annual sail boat 
race to Block Island, the New York Athletic 
Club will give this year a race for motor boats 
to the same place, starting from Huckleberry 
Island, for a trophy presented by The Rudder. 
I’he start will be made on June 20, 1908. at 
6 P. M., or such later time as the race commit¬ 
tee may consider best. 
The race is for cruising boats of not less than 
25ft. over all, not exceeding in the greatest 
length 40ft. over all, and with a waterline 
breadth of not less than one-fifth of the water¬ 
line length. A cruising boat is one built and 
used for cruising; must have trunk cabin and 
self-bailing cockpit. Cabin must contain sleep¬ 
ing, cooking and general living accommoda¬ 
tions for crew. 
The propelling power must be an explosive 
engine, or engine operated either by gasolene, 
kerosene or alcohol. To be eligible for this 
race, boats must be provided with solid pro¬ 
pellers, as the use of adjustable or reversing 
propellers will not be allowed. 
The crew, which shall not be changed during 
the race, must consist of not less than four per¬ 
sons, two of whom may be paid hands. 
In the event of the owner not being on board 
during the race, he must be represented by a 
member of a recognized club. No paid navi¬ 
gators or pilots will be allowed. Boats may 
carry an optional amount of fuel, all of which 
must be in fixed tank or tanks, permanently 
piped and connected. Each boat must carry on 
deck or tow a tender at least ten feet long, must 
carry two anchors and ropes, side and other 
lights required by Federal regulations, a life 
preserver for each member of crew, compass, 
chart, lead line, buckets and at least two fire 
extinguishers. 
The rating and allowance will be calculated 
under the 1905 rules of the American Power 
Boat Association, except that time allowance 
will be figured at sixty per cent of the tables, 
and the constant used in figuring the horsepower 
of two-stroke engines shall be 850 instead of 750. 
The measurements must be made by the meas¬ 
urer of some recognized yacht club or reputable 
naval architect and be in the hands of the 
committee not later than June 17, 1908. 
The course, which will be figured at 115 
statute miles, will be from a line between two 
stake boats flying the club flag anchored to the 
eastward of Pluckleberry Island, off New 
Rochelle, N. Y., to a stakeboat anchored in 
Salt Pond, known as West Harbor, at Block 
Island". Racers may enter port and anchor if 
necessary through stress of weather, but must 
enter and leave under their own power. 
Any racer accepting a tow will be disqualified. 
Any boat using kerosene, will be allowed two 
gallons of gasolene, in cans, for use in starting 
the engine, and shall be allowed five gallons of 
gasolene in a sealed can for use in an 
emergency, but seal and can must be intact at 
finish, or boat will be disqualified. Energine, 
picric acid, ether, or any other ingredient to in¬ 
crease the power of the fuel will not be allowed; 
and no gasolene lighter than commercial 76 de¬ 
grees Beaume stove gasolene will be allowed. 
Protests must be made in writing within forty- 
eight hours after first boat finishes. 
All boats must be measured and rated before 
starting. No unrated boat will be allowed to 
start, and entries must be made in writing be¬ 
fore noon, June 15, 1908. A full description of 
the boat should be sent with the entry. All 
entries will be accepted subject to inspection by 
the committee. The committee reserve the right 
to reject any entry, if, in their judgment, the 
boat is not a bona fide, seaworthy cruising craft. 
Applications for entry blanks and information 
should be made to the committee—Harry A. 
Jackson, Jr.; Commander A. B. Fry, U. S. N.; 
Walter M. Bieling, 9 Murray street, New York. 
Marblehead—Bermuda Race of 1908. 
One more entry has been received for the 
Bermuda race; this time in class C. Mr. Charles 
T. Burgess has notified the committee that lie 
wished to enter the cutter Alga, as a representa¬ 
tive of the Boston Y. C. Alga is cutter rigged, 
46ft. waterline, 58ft. over all, and is one of the 
old Burgess 46-footers. 
The prizes for the Bermuda race will be 
somewhat different from any given before. The 
first prize in the different classes will all be 
made from the same design and will vary only 
in size, thus any one of these cups, no matter 
what its size, will be typical of the Marble- 
head-Bermuda race of 1908. After the race the 
club flag and private signal in enamel, with the 
name of each yacht sailing in a class, will be 
placed upon the cup. The ordinary inscription 
will tell which yacht wins in a class, and by 
these means the cup will show not only the 
winner, as has been the custom, but also show 
how many yachts were in the class and what 
they were. It is probable that the times which 
the yachts make in the race will also be en¬ 
graved on the cup. 
The design for these prizes was made by the 
Society of Arts and Crafts of Boston, and the 
society is now at work making the cups them¬ 
selves. 
Motor Boat Racing Rules. 
The Motor Boat Club of America has con¬ 
cluded to discard the racing rules it used last 
year and to adopt those of The American Power 
Boat Association in so far as the rating of boats 
and engines is concerned, while it may ’retain' 
a classification based on over all length, rather 
than upon rating. The motor boat club rules 
of last year were those adopted by the Motor 
Boat Committee of the Jamestown Exposition 
and were originally framed largely to avoid 
certain apparent inconsistencies in the Amer¬ 
ican Power Boat Association’s rules. 
The American Power Boat Association has 
already incorporated in its rating rule one 01 
two points of that of the Motor Boat Club ir 
so far as ascertaining engine power is con¬ 
cerned, and the Motor Boat Club believes then 
is no longer any reason for maintaining a sep 
arate code of rules. All the important motoi 
boat races in the country for the coming seasor 
will, therefore, be run under the America! 
Power Boat Association rules, and one meas 
urement will qualify a boat for racing in almos 
any waters. 
Wolseley-Siddeley’s New Owner. 
During the Monaco meeting various notabh 
people—among whom was the Duke of West 
minster—were taken for a run on Wolseley 
Siddeley, and greatly enjoyed the novel experi 
ence of skimming over the water at a 30-kno 
speed—and in silence. But the Duke of West 
minster, in particular, was so delighted witl 
her speed and performance generally that h<: 
went on to Palermo and steered her to victor; 
in the long race for the Pearl of the Mediter 
ranean, after which he bought her. _ Conse 
quently, she will be raced in his name in all th< 
important Solent fixtures this season (includin! 
such events on the Olympic Games’ programnr 
as she is eligible for), as well as in the race fo 
the B. I. Cup on the Hudson. Not only so, bu 
it seems that he intends to steer her himself.-j 
Yachting World. 
