Yachting Fixtures for 1908. 
JUNE. 
5. Knickerbocker Y. C. 
6. Bensonhurst Y. C. 
6. New Rochelle, club race. 
6. Motor boat race, New York to Bermuda. 
6. Chicago Y. C., motor boats. 
6. Bayside Y. C., one-design. 
6. Motor boat race to Bermuda. 
11. South Coast Y. C., San Pedro to Honolulu. 
11. N. Y. Y. C., Glen Cove. 
13. New Haven Y. C. 
13. Manhasset Bay Y. C. 
13. Marine and Field Club. 
13. Bayside Y. C., handicap. 
18. N. Y. Y. C., Glen Cove. 
20. New Haven Y. C. 
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. 
20. Columbia Y. C., Chicago' to Michigan City, motor 
boats. 
23. Indian Harbor, cruise to New London. 
26. Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C., special. 
26. Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C., special. 
26. Bayside Y. C., one-design. 
27. Bayside Y. C., handicap. 
27. New Haven Y. C. 
27. Seawanhaka, annual. 
27. New Rochelle annual. 
27. Belle Harbor Y. C., ocean race. 
27. Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C., special. 
27. Brooklyn Y. C. 
27. New Rochelle, annual. 
27. Belle Harbor Y. C., around lightship. 
28. Erie Basin Y. C.. 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. 
4. New Haven Y. C. 
4. N. Y. Bay Y. R. A., power boats to Poughkeepsie. 
6. Motor boat elimination trials. 
10-11. Elimination trials for boats entered in International 
trophy race. 
11. New Haven Y. C. 
11. N. Y. Y. C. Glen Cove. 
11. New Rochelle, Stratford Shoal, club race. 
11. Riverside Y. C., annual. 
11. Bensonhurst Y. C. 
18. Columbia Y. C., relay race to Sturgeon Bay. 
18. New Haven Y. C. 
18. Atlantic Y. C. 
18. Motor boats, Marblehead to New Rochelle. 
18. Bayside-Port Washington, race at Bayside. 
18-25. Larchmont Y. C., race week. 
26. New York Canoe Club. 
26. New Rochelle, club race. 
27. New Haven Y. C. 
AUGUST. 
1. New Haven Y. C. 
1. Indian Harbor Y. C. 
I. Atlantic Y. C. 
1. International motor boat. 
3-8. Motor Boat Club of America, race week. 
8. New Haven Y. C. 
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. 
tO. R. C. Y. C., Hamilton, Can., to Chaumont, N. Y. 
II. A. P. B. A. cruise, New York to Thousand Islands. 
15. New Haven Y. C. 
15. American Power Boat Association, cruise. 
15. Huguenot Y. C. 
15. Bridgeport Y. C. 
15. Hempstead Harbor Y. C. 
16. Atlantic Y. C. 
17. Columbia Y. C., Lipton cup, Chicago. 
20-22. Geld challenge cup race, Chippewa Bay, N. Y. 
21. Columbia Y. C., off Chicago. 
22. Boston Y. C., ocean race to Shelburne, N. S., for 
motor boats. 
22. Bayside-Port Washington race at Port Washington. 
22. Stamford Y. C., annual. 
22. Marine and Field Club. 
22. Binnacle Club. Boston to Shelburne, N. S., motor 
boats. 
27. Belle Harbor Y. C., around lightship. 
29. New Haven Y. C. 
29. American Y. C., summer. 
29. Northport Y. C., annual. 
29. Bensonhurst Y. C. 
31. Atlantic Y. C., Thompson challenge trophy. 
31. Atlantic Y. C. 
SEPTEMBER. 
1. Seawanhaka, long distance, Class Q boats to Marble- 
head. 
1. Atlantic Y. C., motor boats, around Fire Island. 
1-5. Atlantic Y. C. 
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. 
5. Seawanhaka Y. C. 
5. New Haven Y. C. 
6. Hartford Y. C. 
6. New York Athletic Club. 
6. Brooklyn Y. C. 
5. Seawanhaka Y. C., annual. 
5. Atlantic Y. C. 
7. Bayside-Port Washington race, neutral waters. 
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. Belle Harbor Y. C, around lightship. 
12. Indian Harbor Y. C., fall. 
12. Crescent Athletic Club. 
15. Harlem Y. C., to Stratford Shoal. 
17. N. Y. Y. C., Glen Cove. 
19. Larchmont Y. C. 
19. Manhasset Bay Y. C. 
19. Atlantic Y. C. 
26. Handicap Class, annual. 
26. Bensonhurst Y. C. 
A Boisterous Decoration Day Afloat. 
Decoration Day is generally conceded as the 
opening day of the yachting season about New 
York, but this year it was anything but a fit day 
to go yachting. Thick fog accompanied by a 
downpour of rain and a stiff southeast wind 
prevented hundreds from getting their yachts 
under way. Those who did had a wild, wet 
and wooly sail of it. 
Nearly every yacht club throughout the coun¬ 
try had a race scheduled for this day, but in 
nearly every instance the race was declared off. 
A BERMUDA RACE TROPHY. 
Off New Rochelle an attempt was made to start 
the Harlem Y. C. race off the northeast buoy 
of Execution Light, but the weather proved too 
boisterous. 
Tanya, one of the New Rochelle fleet, owned 
by George Granberry, came to grief and lost 
her mast, it snapping off close to the deck, and 
she was towed in a wreck into Echo Bay by 
Ailsa Craig that went to her assistance. 
At Sea Gate, and in fact all the local clubs, 
races were reluctantly declared off, as it was no 
pleasure to be afloat under such conditions. 
The owner of Mao II. has decided not to 
make the trip to Bermuda this year, as. there is 
little or no chance of her winning against such 
a boat as Ailsa Craig. This leaves but three 
possible entries, Ailsa Craig, Alabama and Irene 
II., but this latter craft will have so little time 
between her launch and the start it would not 
be at all surprising if she did not start, though 
her owner is striving to do so. Such a race is 
not one to be rushed into unprepared, but should 
be carefully planned with plenty of time to try 
out and perfect anything found defective. 
New York to Poughkeepsie Race. 
There will be fireworks both ashore and afloat 
on the coming July 4. Such a fleet as never 
before sailed up the Hudson River will on that 
memorable day race to Poughkeepsie. The fleet 
will be graded in sizes into six. classes. 
Any boat with an explosive engine run by gaso¬ 
lene, kerosene or alcohol and enrolled in the 
Yacht Racing Association of New York Bay is 
eligible. There are no restrictions as to the 
number in a crew, and the boats may carry an 
optional amount of fuel. Each boat, however, 
must carry anchors, side and other lights re¬ 
quired by the Federal regulations, and a life pre¬ 
server for each member of the crew. 
A cup will be awarded to the winning boat in 
each class, and where three or more boats start 
in a class a second prize will be given. The 
boats will be rated in accordance with the Ameri¬ 
can Power Boat Association rules of last year. 
The start will be at 9 A. M. on July 4, from 
a line opposite the Motor Boat Club of America’s 
station at 112th street and the Hudson River. 
The finish will be opposite the Poughkeepsie Y. 
C., making the course approximately sixty miles. 
Provision will be made for the boats finishing 
at night, a stake boat being anchored at Pough¬ 
keepsie with a red and white light placed per¬ 
pendicularly on it. 
The racers may stop at any time or anywhere 
they please, but if they do stop they must start 
again under their own power and their captain 
must keep a log of all such incidents. The boats 
may carry sails, but every stitch of canvas will 
be sealed before the start.. 
One reason for expecting the large number 
of entries is that the entry fee is only one dollar. 
Hunting cabin, open launches, standing cabin, 
glass cabin, and in fact most everything from 
,30ft. to 50ft. rating measurement that floats and 
chugs will have a chance to show what it can do. 
Auxiliary Race Around Long Island. 
Eight auxiliary yachts have so far signified 
their intentions of sailing around Long Island, 
starting on July 3 in the race given by the Y. 
R. A. of New York Bay. They are the sloop 
Atlanta, owned by David Woodruff, of the 
Pavonia Y. C.; the sloop Gretchen, owned by 
William Bruns, of the Pavonia Club; the sloop 
Ilikato, owned by E. G. Utz, of the Pavonia 
Club; the sloop Myrtelle, owned by Vice-Com¬ 
modore John H. Mahnken, of the Erie Basin 
Y. C.;. the sloop Rover, owned by William Brand, 
of the Erie Basin Club; the yawl Lillie and May, 
owned by Charles Detlefsen. of the Erie Basin 
Club; the yawl Hattie, owned by Emil Busse, of 
the Erie Basin Club, and the yawl George, Jr., 
owned by George Humphreys, of the Erie. Basin 
Club. Several more entries are being considered, 
and it is expected that at least twelve boats will 
start in the race. 
Irene II. 
The new Irene II., built by Mr. Alexander 
Macdonald, from designs of Edson B. Shock, for 
Mr. S. W. Granbery, was successfully launched 
at Webber’s Yard, New Rochelle, on Monday, 
June 1, at high water. This boat, though much 
smaller, is to be Ailsa Craig’s opponent in the 
race to Bermuda that starts from Gravesend 
Bay on Saturday, June 6. 
Mr. Thomas Fleming Day will navigate Irene 
II. and her crew will be made up of S. W. Gran¬ 
bery, her owner; F. B. Thurber, of Providence; 
John Sillen and W. M. Bieling. Both boats will 
fit out at Bayonne, N. J. 
