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June 13, 1008.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
START OF CATBOAT CLASS, DETROIT Y. C. 
Bensonhurst Y. C. Race. 
With a good steady wholesail breeze from 
the southeast, twelve yachts sailed a fine race 
on Saturday, June 6, in Gravesend Bay. 
The handicap system of racing in vogue on 
Long Island Sound for the past three years was 
given a trial and had the most number of en¬ 
tries. Careless won handily in that class. Joy 
in the Q class just managed to beat Soya by 
eleven seconds. 
The bay was full of boats to see the start of 
the motor boats for Bermuda, and the racing 
yachts at times had to give and take a little to 
get around the fleet. The summary: 
Sloops, Class P—Start, 3:15—Course. 10.5 Miles. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Crescent, J. R. O’Donohue. 5 13 06 1 58 06 
Sloops. Class Q—Start, 3:20—Course, 10.5 Miles. 
Joy, W. H. Childs . 5 21 35 2 04 35 
Soya, W. A. Barstow . 5 24 46 2 04 46 
Spider, Hendon Chubb. 5 26 10 2 06 10 
Handicap Class—Start, 2:25—Course, S Miles. 
Careless, R. Rummell . 5 14 46 1 49 46 
Adyta, R. Von Feregger . 5 15 58 1 50 58 
Ondus, A. J. Menton . 5 20 26 1 55 26 
Squaw, E. K. Valentine .5 19 17 1 54 17 
Toy, T. A. Hamilton . 5 33 04 2 08 04 
Corrected time—Careless, 1.36.36; Adyta, 1.50.58; Toy, 
1.50.36; Ondus, 1.42.16; Squaw, 1.54.17. 
Sloops—Start, 3:30—Course. S Miles. 
Maud, C. M. Camp. 5 22 16 1 52 16 
Petty, R. S. Childs. 5 23 01 1 53 01 
Coblin, Spindel Brothers. 5 26 56 1 56 56 
Peter C. Kingston, the ship blacksmith, who 
has made the iron work for more yachts than 
any other man about New York, has moved 
from his small shop near Hamilton Ferry into 
a new and larger shop at 4120 Second Avenue, 
Brooklyn. 
With two forges and electric trip hammers 
“Pete’’ will turn out all the iron work needed. 
Alva. 
We publish herewith a picture of Mr. J. W. 
Overton’s Alva, of Bellport, L. I., a new Great 
South Bay Class P sloop, designed by Mr. John 
A. Connolly, Jr., of Brooklyn, N. Y., and built 
by “Ben” Smith, of Bellport, L. I. 
Alva was built especially to lower the colors 
of the famous Elvira, a Gil Smith Class P 
sloop, the undisputed champion of Great South 
Bay for ’’several years back. 
Alva’s dimensions are as follows: Length on 
deck, 40ft. 2^2in.; beam, lift., and draft, 2ft. 
6in. She will carry about 880 square feet of 
sail. 
Alva was successfully launched on Thursday 
morning, May 28, being christened by Alva Wat¬ 
kins, the fourteen-year-old daughter of Henry 
V. Watkins, of Bellport, the well-known builder 
of the famous “scooters” of Great South Bay. 
On her trials she has proven to be very 
speedy, handles perfectly, is good on all points 
of sailing and will be fast in all kinds of 
weather. 
Motor Boat Race to Bermuda. 
Gravesend Bay was a perfect kaleidoscope of 
marine views on the afternoon of Saturday, 
June 6. Every conceivable rig and shaped hull 
was in evidence. White-sailed yachts were 
skimming about sailing a race, and as the day 
progressed, motor boats increased in numbers 
perceptibly until about 4 o’clock, when the 
waters were covered with them. 
The big tug boat C. P. Raymond, with the 
regatta committee of the Motor Boat Club of 
America, and crowded with guests, anchored 
near Norton’s Point, with Com. Hoadley’s 
Nushka (formerly known as the Helvita) 
anchored a few hundred yards off, to form the 
starting line. The two racers, the Ailsa Craig 
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