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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[July 16, 1910. 
Cruising on Connecticut River. 
Tose who are fortunate enough to own one 
of the boats that characterizes the fleet of the 
Springfield Y. C. should feel happy these hot 
days, says the Springfield Republican. The 
Connecticut River is a joy to look at from the 
shore or bridge, but the pleasure attained cut¬ 
ting through the river water in a yacht or 
motor boat visiting the innumerable pretty 
spots along the river, up or down from Spring- 
field, is something that the landlubber misses, 
and sadly, too. Yacht club men admit that the 
Hudson River is a picture, but they also claim 
that there are bits of scenery on the Connecti¬ 
cut that would stand a stiff comparison with the 
famous New York water road. The scenery of 
our own river is something to enjoy regardless 
of the direction of the traveling boat. There 
are picture places all along the Connecticut and 
the wonder is, and has been for years, that the 
river is not more popular with local boating 
enthusiasts than it is. 
The Springfield Y. C. is making its usual at¬ 
tempt to make boating more appealing than 
ever to its members and the constantly growing 
numbers of new boats in the Qub fleet show 
the direction of the enthusiasm. The club aims 
to teach the members the great amount of 
pleasure that is to be had on the water, and 
events on the program are more for the purpose 
of securing recreation and relief from the sum¬ 
mer heat than for the purpose of running speed 
contests. A day like July 4, a holiday, has 
been set aside for the “sporting blood,” three 
good events being placed on the bill to give the 
members a chance to enjoy the spirit of a con¬ 
test. But contests in the yacht club are few; 
the main point is to get the boats taking the 
members where fun and good times may be had. 
During the summer there will be various runs 
on the river, all of a quiet nature, and the yacht¬ 
ing enthusiasts intend to make the most of 
them. Probably the most important of the 
events on the calendar will be the annual cruise 
down the river to said water, a very enjoyable 
trip. This is anything but a new one, and the 
large numbers who have gone off on the annual 
cruises in past years have returned with superla¬ 
tives to describe their enjoyment. The annual 
cruise will start on Saturday, the 16th. at 8 
o'clock, and it is expected that a'large number 
of yachts will be included. The boats will pro¬ 
ceed south to the mouth of the river and fre¬ 
quent side trips to suit the fancies of the 
owners will follow. The final objective point 
is something for the individual owner to con¬ 
cern himself with. Many will go to the same 
place, but others will make trips to spots they 
have visited before and will return at their own 
convenience. 
The first stop on the way down will be at the 
Hartford Y. C. At Thompsonville, the boats 
will enter the first lock of the canal, which costs 
$1 a boat to go through. The trip in the 
narrow waterway is something like four miles, 
and while not wonderfully picturesque, it is ab¬ 
solutely necessary and many times enjoyable. 
The fleet will pass under the drawbridges at 
Windsor Locks mills and enter the lower locks 
and then emerge into the river again. Then 
the procession to Hartford should be sweet, as 
the Springfield Navigation Company has done 
considerable work in the way of having the 
channel to Hartford dredged. The course to 
Hartford should be much better than in the 
past, owing to the improvements on the chan¬ 
nel. Close formation will be the commodore’s 
order to Hartford. Under the new bridge at 
Hartford the fleet will wend its way. This 
bridge, according to war department measure¬ 
ments, is 40 feet above mean low water mark, 
making it the same height as the south-end 
bridge in Springfield. A stop will be made at 
the Hartford Y. C., where provisions and sup¬ 
plies will be secured. With everybody happy, 
the boats will move on to Middletown and that 
evening the Springfield people will be the guests 
of the Middletown Y. C. 
The next morning, Sunday, at eight bells the 
cruise will continue down the river to the Mid¬ 
dletown straits, the “Hudson River grandeur 
of the Connecticut River.” Needless to say the 
straights will be well looked over, even for the 
seventy-eighth time. The Springfield men al¬ 
ways enjoy the trip with special pleasure from 
Hartford to Middletown and are not in a hurry 
to have it over with. 
Side trips will be many, and these may mean 
the parting from the general fleet of many 
boats. One popular trip is to East Haddam, 
where a comfortable hotel adds to the attrac¬ 
tiveness of the quiet town and a general store 
to the desires of many yachtsmen. The trip up 
to East Haddam is about three miles on the 
Salmon River and is particularly fine, winding 
up among tall sea grass, cattails and so on. 
For small boats the trip is ideal, as there is no 
wash from large boats or interference of tugs 
on the river. 
The next day the way will lead to Hamburg 
Cove, a trip similar to that of Salmon River, 
with the exception of headwaters. The town 
of Hamburg is a quaint old-fashioned one, and 
is said to have more oxen than any other New 
England town. Then through the Connecticut 
River the boats will proceed, through the draw¬ 
bridge at Lyme, Conn. Here dinner will be 
taken at the summer home of the Hartford Y. 
C. The rest of the way will be decided by the 
individual owners of the boats. Some will go 
to Gardner’s Bay, some to Shelter Island, to 
Block Island, Fisher’s Island Sound and so on. 
The Sound affords many fine places, of course, 
and the Springfield boatmen are well acquainted 
with the various sources of delight. 
It is expected that ten or twelve boats will 
be included in the cruise, and this means that 
from forty to fifty people will be included in 
the delegation of pleasure-seekers Commo¬ 
dore Fred Hubbard will command the cruise 
from his flagship Larone. 
There will be other club runs, and the first 
one of these will be to Douglass Grove, off 
Thompsonville. Conn., where a basket picnic 
will be held. During August the schedule will 
include other trips up and down the river, and 
one of these will be on the 7th, when a run will 
be made to Holyoke. Two weeks later, the 
members will journey down to Cala Shasta, 
where they will be entertained at L. S. Wood¬ 
ward’s bungalow. 
Yachts Sold. 
The following sales and charters are reported 
by Mr. Stanley M. Seaman, 220 Broadway, New 
York city: 
Steam yacht Kaleda chartered by Messrs. R. 
Brent Keyser and Wm. Keyser, Jr., to Mr. C. 
Morton Whitman, New York Y. C. The yacht 
is now being used by new owner at Bar Harbor. 
Auxiliary yawl Sayona sold by Mr. C. T. 
Grantham, Hamilton, Ont., to Mr. W. S. Van 
Clief. New owner contemplates an extensive 
cruise eastward. 
Gasolene cruiser Queen Mab sold by Mr. 
John R. Buchan, New York Y. C., to Dr. E. C. 
Rivers, of Denver, Colo. Yacht has been fitted 
out and new owner went aboard July 11 for a 
cruise to Nova Scotia. 
Gasolene Cruiser Unome IV. sold by Mr. A. 
L. Lincoln, Boston. Mass., to Mr. B. B. Thayer, 
New Rochelle, N. Y. She has been delivered to 
new owner. 
Gasolene cruiser Hornet sold by Mr. F. E. 
Lewis 2d, Westport. Conn., to Mr. R. S. Porter, 
New York city. She is now cruising in Long 
Island Sound. 
Gasolene cruiser Aldred sold by Mr. C. H. 
Vorhees, Riverside Y. C.. to Mr. A. D. Mead. 
Providence. R. I. Mr. Mead is a member of 
the Fish Commission, and expects to use her 
in connection with his work. Aldred is well 
known in local waters as having finished third 
in the 1907 New York-Marblehead race. 
Sloop Let-her-be sold by W D. May, Jr., of 
Babvlon, L. I., to Mr. W. R. Collins, New 
Rochelle, N. Y. 
Sea-going p-asolene cruiser Wanderer sold by 
Mr. R. W. Allen, Kenosha, Wis., to Mr. E. A. 
Salisbury, Guaymas. Mexico. 
Mr. Seaman has just returned from Chicago, 
having arranged for shinment of Wanderer to 
Seattle. New owner contemplates a cruise to 
Alaska this summer and take her to home port, 
near Gulf of California, in the fall. 
Gasolene cruiser Trump sold for Mr. R. S. 
Porter, New York city, to a local yachtsman. 
Conanicut Y. C. 
There were races in three classes on Narra- 
gansett Bay last Saturday. The regatta was 
managed by the Conanicut Y. C. Arrow, in 
the 18-foot knockabout class, easily defeated 
her rivals. The wind was strong from S. W. 
In the catboat class Ina defeated Trouble, and 
Bother and Sachem won the special races. The 
elapsed times: 
18-Foot Knockabouts—Arrow, 3.15.52; Co¬ 
lumbia, 3.22.41; Bat, 3.23.45: Question, 3.24.29; 
Hugi, 3.24.49; Anore, 325.56. 
Catboats—Ina, 2.07.11; Trouble, 2.15.50; 
Bother, 2.17.09. 
Conanicut Y. C. Special—Sachem, 1.21.02; 
Little Duck, 1.24.28; No Name, 1.32.03; Majoze 
II., 1.3314- 
Miss Fabyan a Winner. 
In the fifth race of the Manchester Y. C. for 
the one-design class, sailed on July 9, there 
were twelve ’starters. Miss Edith Fabyan 
sailed Lamb and Miss Bessie Lee sailed Soli¬ 
taire, and these two had the race practically to 
themselves. Lamb won, beating Solitaire 5m. 
The others were strung out. The wind was 
light and fluky. The elapsed times: Lamb. 
2.19.50; Solitaire, 2.24.50; Alien, 2.38.50; Ater- 
gatis, 2.40.06; Whippet, 2.41.55; Gnat. 2.42.00; 
Blue Grass, 2.46.05; Asteria, 2.46.20; Terrapin, 
2.48.03; Minx, 2.51.53; Quak, 2.52.08; Vosetta, 
2.52.30. 
Helen Wins on Buzzards Bay. 
Helen, the Sonder boat owned by Dwight F. 
Davis and built from designs by Charles D. 
Mower, won her first race in the regatta of the 
Sippican Y. C. on Buzzard’s Bay last Saturday. 
The wind was steady from W. S. W. The 
course was 11 miles. Helen and Peg led at the 
start and kept in front all over the course. The 
elapsed times: Helen, 2.05.54; Peg. 2.07.53; 
Sally VIII., 2.07.59; Sea Coon. 2.08.46; Tobog¬ 
gan, 2.09.12; Picotee. 2.10.42; Bessie II., 2.13.23: 
Maria, 2.13.53; Bandit, 2.14.11; Juanita, 2.14.49; 
New Orleans, 2.17.36. 
Larchmont Race Week. 
The race week of the Larchmont Y. C. begins 
to-day and lasts until next Saturday. Three 
open regattas for all classes and series races 
will be sailed for the best racing classes. The 
Eastern 31-raters are expected, and after the 
week Mavourneen will sail a match for the 
Manhasset Bay cup against Windward and Cara 
Mia. 
Nahant Dory Club. 
The Nahant Dory Club had two races last 
Saturday, which were sailed in a good breeze 
over courses 10 miles long. The elapsed times: 
Class A—Elf II., 1.13.30; Hoodoo, 1.17.20; 
Blue Streak. 1.20.28. 
Class B—Spray. 1.21.30; Frolic, 1.21.57; New 
Girl, 1.22.03; Scud, 1.22.30. 
Wind Fails Corinthian Yachts. 
The regatta of the Corinthian Y. C., sailed 
off Marblehead last Saturday, was declared off. 
because no yacht could complete the course 
within the time limit. Three class P yachts, 
seven Sonders and one class Q yacht started. 
No Wind at Riverside. 
Seventy-eight yachts entered for the annual 
regatta of the Riverside Y. C., but there was a 
flat calm on the Sound last Saturday, and the 
regatta was postponed until Aug. 17. 
