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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 30, 1908. 
Chicago Y. C. 
Fifth Annual Cruising Race to Mackinac 
Island July 25, 1908. 
The Chicago Y. C. announces its fifth annual 
open cruising race to Mackinac Island, to start 
on Saturday, July 25, 1908, and cordially invites 
entries of yachts. , . 
This will be the third race for the Chicago 
Y. C.’s Mackinac cup, a perpetual challenge 
trophy valued at $1,000, which is offered for 
this event to be awarded to the yacht making 
the best time on time allowance. There will 
also be prizes for the winners in all classes and 
for the yacht which first crosses the finishing 
' U This challenge cup, under the conditions of 
its deed of gift, will remain in the custody ot 
the club represented by the winning yacht until 
July 1, 1909, when it is to be returned to the 
Chicago, Y. C„ the title to the cup remaining 
in this club. A suitable souvenir shield will be 
given to the winner of the cup. 
The conditions of the race are as follows: 
Prizes will be awarded on a time allowance 
basis, and any cabin sailing yacht of five tons 
or over (U. S. custom system of computing 
measurement), enrolled in a bonafide yacht club 
on the Great Lakes, may compete. Yachts must 
be seaworthy and not undermanned, in the 
judgment of the Regatta Committee of the 
Chicago Y. C., and equipped as hereinafter pro¬ 
vided. . , r , . . 
The rules of the Lake Michigan Yachting As¬ 
sociation will govern, except as herein qualified. 
Entry— Entries close July 15, 1908, at 6 P. M., 
at which time a written entry must be in the 
hands of the chairman of the Regatta Commit¬ 
tee, Mr. R. G. Gould, Chicago, \. C., Chicago. 
Start—From the outer harbor, Chicago, Satur¬ 
day, July 25, 1908, at 3 P. M. 
Starting .Line—Between two buoys, placed on 
an east and west line, outside of breakwater, 
opposite club house. Inner buoy about 300 feet 
east of breakwater, outer buoy about 1,000 feet 
due east of inner buoy. Both buoys marked by 
Chicago Y. C. burgee. 
Guns— Warning gun, all classes, 2:30 P. M. 
Preparatory gun, all classes, 2:55 P. M. Start¬ 
ing gun, all classes, 3:00 P. M. 
Course—No restrictions as to course, except 
that Waugoshance light house must be left to 
starboard. 
Finish—Across an imaginary line between 
Round Island light house and a flag-staff on 
Mackinac Island, bearing N. N. W. from the 
light house, which flag-staff will fly a white flag 
by day and three vertical red lights by night. 
Yachts approaching the finish line after night¬ 
fall will burn the Chicago Y. C. white-red-white- 
green Coston signal when two miles from the 
finish line, which signals must be repeated until 
answered by the same signals from the shore. 
These Coston lights will be furnished by the 
Regatta Committee at cost. Yachts not com¬ 
plying with this condition may be disqualified. 
Equipment-—Each yacht must be provided 
with the following: Dinghey,* compass, charts, 
Coston signals, fog-horn, ship’s bell, lead-line, 
international code signals and book, Anchors 
(2), cables, lights. 
Also, at least one life-preserver for each per¬ 
son on board and surgical emergency equip¬ 
ment satisfactory to the fleet surgeon of the 
Chicago Y. C. 
Measurement—It is desired that all yachts 
entered be measured, by or under the direction 
of the official measurer of the Chicago Y. C., 
but if this proves impossible the certificate of 
the measurer of the yacht club from which such 
yacht is entered will be accepted. In any event, 
the right is reserved to the judges to re-measure, 
at Mackinac Island, any two or more yachts that 
finish so close together as, in their opinion, to 
justify a verification of measurements. 
Inspection—Each yacht must be ready for 
‘Dinghey must be capable of carrying at least three per¬ 
sons, U. S. Inspector’s measurement, and so constructed 
as to float when full of water. To gain required meas¬ 
urement, no portion of length greater than three times 
beam shall be taken, nor depth less than one foot. 
inspection at Chicago at 10:00 A. M. of the day 
of the start, and at such time a complete list of 
persons on board, with their addresses, must be 
furnished the committee. 
Engines—All engines must be sealed by the 
committee prior to the start, and such seals 
must be inspected by the judges, upon arrival 
of the yacht at Mackinac. In case a seal on any 
yacht is found broken,. the yacht shall be dis¬ 
qualified. 
Sails—There is no restriction as to sails, or 
the manner of setting or working them. 
Crew—with the exception that each boat of 
35ft. or under shall be limited to two profes¬ 
sional sailors, there is no limit as to the number 
of professionals and no restrictions as to their 
duties. 
Reporting—Each yacht will be giyen a racing 
number and also assigned a code signal, which 
must be displayed when passing within signal¬ 
ling distance of the following points: 
West Shore—Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, 
Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Kewaunee, Sturgeon 
Bay. 
East Shore—St. Joseph, South Haven, Sauga- 
tuck, Macatawa, Grand Haven, Muskegon, 
Ludington, Big Point Sable, Manistee, Frank¬ 
fort, Pt. Betsie, Sleeping Bear, Glen Haven, 
South Manitou, North Manitou, Charlevoix, 
Beaver Island. 
Through the courtesy of the officials of the 
U. S. Weather Bureau the attendants at the 
foregoing stations will report by wire the pass¬ 
age of yachts, so signalling, both to the Chicago 
Y. C. and the judges at Mackinac Island. 
The probable wind direction for the ensuing 
twenty-four hours will be signalled from the 
storm warning station towers in accordance 
with the code adopted in 1907. This applies to 
all stations in the foregoing list except Pt. 
Betsie, Michigan. 
A bulletin of the progress of the various 
yachts in the race will be kept posted at the 
Chicago Y. C. 
The captains of yachts withdrawing from the 
race tor any cause are requested to wire the 
Chicago Y. C. and the judges at Mackinac 
Island from the first harbor reached, or if 
sheltering, are expected to report by wire, if 
possible. 
Time Limit—after one yacht in a class has 
finished, the remaining yachts in such class will 
be allowed forty-eight hours, plus time allow¬ 
ance, in which to cross the finish line. 
PRIZES. 
Mackinac Cup-—The yacht having the lowest 
corrected time (actual time with allowance de¬ 
ducted) will be awarded the Mackinac cup, and 
the owner of such yacht will receive a bronze 
shield suitably engraved. 
Time Prize—The yacht making the best time 
over the 'course, irrespective of measurement 
rating, will be given a substantial time prize. 
Class Prizes—A suitable prize will be given to 
the winning yacht in each class—sloops, 
schooner, and yawl—with additional prizes in 
each class, based on number of starters. 
These prizes will be awarded by the judges at 
Mackinac Island, but the formal presentation 
will take place at the Mackinac cup dinner to be 
held at the club house of the Chicago Y. C., 
during the month of September, to which all 
club members will be invited, and at which all 
the crews of the yachts finishing in this race 
and the officials, will be the guests of the club. 
This dinner is an annual event. 
As this race is the longest fresh-water cruis¬ 
ing race in the world, and is the most important 
event of its kind on the Great Lakes, we trust 
that we shall be favored with as many entries 
as possible. R. G. Gould, 
Chairman Regatta Committee. 
Yachting Notes. 
Except for the inactivity among the very large 
yachts no one would ever suspect there had 
been any such thing as a money fright this past 
winter. The small to middle sized yachts that 
constitute the bulk of our yachting fleet are all 
going over board as fast as they can be painted. 
At City Island many well known yachts are 
going over and sailing away to their summer 
anchorages. , ; 
Joy and Chaperone, two Mower designed 
boats, had a tryout recently in which the 
latter clearly demonstrated her ability to walk 
away from Joy. Chaperone is owned by Robert 
Jacob who will put her in all available races this 
summer. She has a fine looking suit of Jones 
& Robinson’s sails, hollow spars, and to carry 
it all a hull as near perfection as can be gotten. 
The forward overhang is so long and sharp no 
bowsprit is used, the head stay setting up to a 
brass stem head, knockabout style. She has that 
pretty way of sailing so few boats have.of hold¬ 
ing their heads well up as they crowd into it 
in a puff of wind. Some boats seem to squat 
down in the water and cut down deep into it 
forward. But Chaperone, as her name implies, 
knows how to carry herself perfectly. The long 
slender bow lifts easily and dry over every sea. 
It is not a pitching and scending fore-and-aft, 
but a gliding style of sailing, the stem seemingly 
too buoyant to be buried into it at all. Herres- 
hoff boats all sail the same way. It is just as 
distinct an action as the way some trotting horses 
pick up their feet. 
Chaperone will fly the colors of the Horse 
Shoe Harbor Y. C. and her crew will consist of 
C. D. Mower, R. Jacob and his brother, and Jim¬ 
mie Triggs will put her through every available 
race this summer including the Block Island race 
and the long distance races. She may even go 
around to Marblehead for the Corinthian mid¬ 
summer series. 
The 37-footer Aurora, at the Jacob yard, City 
Island, is afloat and receiving her final coat of 
varnish before swinging out to bend sail. 
The copper is being peeled off the bottom on 
the English built cutter Sybarita. 
The mahogany planked Lipton cup racer, build¬ 
ing from designs by Morgan Barney, shows a 
model very similar to Cherry Circle. She is all 
•planked ready to smooth off. 
The new launch for the Prospect Gun Club, 
built from designs by Henry J. Gielow, is over¬ 
board ready for a trial spin. Her name is P. 
G. C., the club’s initials. 
The handicap class will have four fine new 
entries this summer in the Joker, Gamecock, Red¬ 
wing and Duchess. 
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The new house now being erected by the 
Colonial Y. C. at 140th street and the Hudson 
River is rapidly increasing the membership. At 
the meeting held recently at the winter quarters 
in Colonial Hall, thirty-eight new members were 
elected, and owing to the many new applications 
which are expected upon the opening of the 
house the initiation fee and dues have been in¬ 
creased. 
The spring regatta will be held in the early 
part of June in addition to which a special race 
will be held on July 4 around Staten Island, for 
a valuable silver cup presented by a member of 
the club who desires to be unknown. 
The following boats of the fleet are already 
in commission: Amaranth, owned by Commo¬ 
dore Frank Totten; Virginia II., by Chas. T. 
McGlone; Terrapin, by Louis H. Strouse; Selma, 
by Dick Crow; Mary E., by M. C. Kimball; 
Pauline G., by E. G. Georga; Bay Bird, by John 
T. Canavan; Mary G., by William Murphy; 
River, by C. Irving Washburn; Diana, by Dr. 
Slocum; Senga, by Dr. Bourne; Isis, by Andrew 
Thiel. 
The houseboat Helys, belonging to Mr. W. S. 
Howell, moored immediately in front of the new 
home, is attracting particular attention, owing 
to the great area of sails carried by its two 
masts. 
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The power boat race committee of the Savin 
Hill Y. C. has arranged for racing on eleven 
days this season, with three races each day. 
The first fixture is May 30 and the racing will 
end Sept. 12. 
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The schooner Merlin, owned by Ralph E. 
Forbes, which wintered in Buzzard’s Bay, is at 
Lawley’s. Painters are now at work on her, and 
her foremast has been taken out, waiting for the 
new one to be made. 
