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FOREST AND STREAM 
Vagrant Wins Bermuda Race. 
Harold S. Vanderbilt’s schooner yacht 
Vagrant won the race to Bermuda from Sea 
Gate, beating Demarest Lloyd’s Shiyessa by 
48m. corrected time. 
The yachts started from off the Atlantic Y. 
C. house on July 9 and finished on July 13. The 
finish of Vagrant was 10:52 a. m., and of 
Shiyessa 1:10 p. m., Bermuda time. 
Vagrant took her departure from Ambrose 
Channel light vessel, entrance harbor of New 
York, on Saturday, July 9, at 7:00 p. m. The 
wind was S. W., the prevailing wind of the trip. 
The only exception to the light S. W. breezes 
was on Monday evening, when there was a 
moderate gale for a time, but the wind soon 
dropped and the light airs continued. 
The distance made by Vagrant to noon of 
Monday, July 11, was 152 knots. Up to Tuesday 
noon, for the twenty-four hours, she made 245 
knots. 
On Tuesday the forestaysail sheet of the 
Vagrant parted, but repairs were soon made. 
The yacht had two hours of fog that afternoon. 
Mr. Vanderbilt acted as navigator during the 
passage. 
The guests of Vanderbilt on the Vagrant were 
Clarence L. Hay, Aymar Johnson, Oliver Iselin, 
Jr., and J. K. Hollins. 
Shiyessa made Gibbs’ Hill Light at 7:12, 
Greenwich time. Demarest Lloyd, her owner, 
believed that his yacht was the winner until the 
last moment. 
Shiyessa had Sandy Hook beacon abeam on 
Saturday at 6:20 p. m., and Scotland Light 
vessel abeam at 7:00 that evening. On Sunday 
night while reaching the schooner’s jib was 
badly ripped, and there was time lost and 
trouble experienced in setting another. 
Vagrant was sighted abeam at 4:00 a. m. 
Wednesday, bearing S. E. by E. J / 2 E. hull down. 
Mr. Lloyd says that Vagrant at that time was 
away to leeward of Shiyessa, 
The steamer Bermudian was spoken 76 miles 
from the end of the race and the steamer’s 
captain, hailing Shiyessa, said: “You are 
ahead.” 
The distance made by Shiyessa from the start 
off Sea Gate on Saturday to Sunday noon was 
137 knots; from Sunday noon to Monday noon, 
219 knots; from Monday noon to Tuesday 
noon, 202 knots, and from the latter time to 
arrival at the stakeboat off St. David’s Head, 
101 knots, and had been four miles off her 
course. 
The guests of Mr. Lloyd were John B. Cole, 
professor of Harvard University, and the navi¬ 
gator of the ship; John G. Alden, Carroll 
Perkins, John Kelley and C. Cowles. 
The summary of the race follows: 
Sail craft race, New York to Bermuda. First prize, the 
Bliss cup; course, 670 nautical miles; start, Saturday, 
July 9, 4:50 P.M., off Sea Gate. 
July 13, A.M. 
Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Vagrant, H. S. Vanderbilt. .11 32 00 90 42 00 90 42 00 
Shiyessa, D. Lloyd. 1 50 00 93 00 00 91 30 00 
The finish is New York time. 
Crescent A. C. 
The regatta of the Crescent A. C. last Satur¬ 
day was for cups offered by Vice-Commodore 
E. F. Luckenback. Twenty-seven yachts started 
and raced in a light wind from S. W. until to¬ 
ward the close of the regatta, when a squall 
from N. by E. made things a little lively. It 
was a fair light weather test over a course that 
took the yachts to Ambrose Channel Buoy No. 
24. Craven Shoals, Bensonhurst and home. 
This gave windward work from Bensonhurst 
to Buoy No. 24, and a good test, too, as the 
tide was flooding. The smaller classes went to 
the Sea Gate mark, Fort Hamilton, Benson¬ 
hurst and home. 
The Q Class was the first sent away. The 
start was pretty. Spider was first across the 
line, with Florence next just a little to weather 
and Soya last to windward of the other two. 
Spider was sailed full and headed out into the 
bay, trying to get the benefit of the tide. 
Florence and Soya made a fine fight, keeping on 
their course. Spider did not get the advantage 
expected and Florence was able to weather 
Soya and was first to turn the mark. She in¬ 
creased her lead steadily. At the end of the 
first round the times were: blorence, 4:26:44; 
Spider, 4:27:38; Soya, 4:28:02. 
On the second round Florence maintained her 
lead, but while standing across from Craven 
Shoals to Bensonhurst the wind came west and 
spinnakers were carried. Soya passed Spider 
after a short tussle with that yacht and seemed 
to be gaining fast on Florence. At the Benson¬ 
hurst mark a small squall from the northeast 
made the last leg a reach, and Florence gained 
again, so that she won the race by im. 45s., and 
3111. 58s. from Spider. 
In the first division of the handicap class Joy 
was the only one timed at the finish. Miana 
fouled the first mark and withdrew. In the 
second division Careless was the winner, and 
Beta took second place from Breeze. 
In Class S, Blue Bill seemed to have every¬ 
thing her own way early in the race. The times 
at the home mark were: Blue Bill, 4:19:18; 
Alice, 4:22:51; M and F, 4:25:45. On the sec¬ 
ond round, the yachts sailing the shorter course, 
ran into a calm spot between Fort Hamilton 
and Bensonhurst. Then they got a fresh wind 
and Alice overhauled Blue Bill, so that just be¬ 
fore reaching the stake boat at the finish she 
had an overlap and called for room. This Blue 
Bill, according to those on the Alice, would not 
give. Alice fouled the stake, but she managed 
to pull by Blue Bill and to finish two seconds 
in the lead. The owners of Alice have filed a 
protest. ' 
In the knockabout class Skylark was almost 
to the line when Slow Poke established an over¬ 
lap and she too fouled the mark. Skylark 
finished four seconds in the lead, but she has 
been protested. Bobs finished third. I11 this 
class eight yachts finished within a minute and 
a half after sailing eight miles. 
Bullfinch was the first of the dinghies to 
finish, beating Aries 19s., and Skeets was 17s. 
further astern. Viva fouled Skeets- during the 
race and her owner disqualified himself. 
The elapsed times were: 
Sloops, Class Q—Course, 12 Miles. 
Florence . 2 44 40 Spider II. 2 48 38 
Soya II. 2 46 25 
Handicap, 1st Division—Course, 12 Miles. 
Joy . 2 46 28 La Cubana .Not timed 
Kestrel .Not timed Miana .Disqualified 
Handicap, 2d Division—Course, 8 Miles. 
Careless . 1 58 46 Beta . 2 39 38 
Breeze . 2 37 57 
Corrected times—Careless, 1.58.46; Beta, 2.31.10; Breeze, 
2.36.46. 
Sloops, Class S- 
-Course, 8 Miles. 
Alice .... 
. 2 30 23 
M and F . 
.. 2 31 56 
Blue Bill 
. 2 30 25 
Sloops, C 1 p c s \- 
-Course, 8 Miles. 
Skylark .. 
. 2 25 42 
Merry Widow ... 
.. 2 26 27 
Slow Poke 
. 2 25 46 
Bike . 
.. 2 26 46 
Bobs . 
. 2 26 04 
Doris . 
.. 2 27 12 
Suffragette 
. 2 26 06 
Iris . 
. d. n. f. 
Mouse ... 
. 2 26 21 
Sailing Dinghies- 
-Course, 4 Miles. 
Bullfinch 
. 1 08 50 
Viva . 
.. 1 11 07 
Aries .... 
. 1 09 09 
Meteor . 
.. 1 16 49 
Skeets ... 
. 1 09 26 
Corinthian Y. C. 
Rain spoiled the regatta of the Corinthian Y. 
C. off Marblehead last , Saturday, and only three 
yachts finished. The wind had been fresh, but 
this was killed, and of the ten yachts that 
started, Wianno, Amoreta and Demon were the 
only ones to get home. Wianno beat Amoreta 
3m. 37s. over a course io-^ miles long. The 
Demon sailed the course in 3.32.36, and the 
yachts that started and withdrew were Sally 
XT., Beaver, Ellen, Wolf, Cima and Lady. 
St. Lawrence at Manchester. 
The Canadian challenger for the Seawanhaka- 
Corinthian challenge cup is at Manchester. She 
arrived there last Saturday and on Monday was 
put in the water, and the work of tuning her up 
began. The match race will be sailed next 
week. 
[July 23, 1910. 
Quincy Y. C. 
All kinds of weather and conditions of 
weather attended the Inter-Club Y. R. A., re¬ 
gatta sailed under the auspices of the Quincy 
Y. C. last Saturday. At the start there was a 
wholesail breeze from the northeast, which gave 
promise of a fast race, but by the time the boats 
were once over the triangular course the wind 
had hauled to the eastward and had flattened 
out, so that it became almost a drifting match 
for the boats. 
After the line was crossed, the wind freshened 
again, and then the rain came down in torrents, 
shutting the boats from view of the spectators 
at the club house. After the rain came another 
calm streak and then more rain; so the sailor- 
men had all kinds of chances. 
There was great interest in the Class D boats, 
owing to the fact that Iris and Dolly III. were 
picked a few nights ago to represent the Massa¬ 
chusetts catboats at the interbay races in Narra- 
gansett Bay next month. Neither of these 
boats, though, were able to get near the lead, 
Dartwell finishing first by a good margin. Erne- 
line was first across the starting line in this class, 
but Dartwell was in the lead at the first turning 
buoy and kept the lead till the end. 
In Glass A four of the seven boats were with¬ 
drawn and Eleanor won handily. 
In Class B there were only two entries, and 
Anna C. was easily the winner. The old-time 
Violet was the winner in Class C., and Wawee- 
nock had a walkover in Class S. Beachcomber 
won in the cabin power boat class. 
The course was one of 10 3-5 knots, from the 
starting line to Peddock’s Island to Hingham 
Channel Buoy and back to the line, twice 
around. The times were: 
Class D.—Dartwell, 2.27.55; Hustler, 2.34.58; 
Iris, 2.36.27; Emeline, 2.38.24; Dolly III., 
2.38.36; Mudjekewiss, 2.43.06; Busy Bee, 2.46.07; 
Josephine, 2.47.00. 
Class A.—Eleanor, 2.35.51; Thordis, 2.39.01; 
Marie, 2.39.04; Marion III., Kit, Sinbad and 
Idalia withdrew. 
Class B.—Anna C., 2.31.33; Winona, 2.37.32. 
Class C.—Violet, 2.41.53; Tourist, 2.48.29; 
Rival, withdrew. 
Class S.—Waweenock, 2.30.50; Winniahden, 
2.43.26; Zoe, 2.47.44; Ruggy, 2.56.26; IXL, 
2.58.01; Guide, 3.12.07; Maritza and Toss with¬ 
drew 
Cabin Power Boats.—Beachcomber, 1.09.52; 
Torment, 1.11.38; Autogo, 1.11.54; Barbara, 
1.14.54; Woggie, 1.20.02; Susan W., 1.29.35. 
Beverly Y. C. 
The Corinthian regatta of the Beverly Y. C. 
sailed off Wing’s Neck last Saturday was one 
of the most successful of the season. The wind 
was N. E. and strong enough to make nearly 
all the yachts reef. It held steady throughout 
the race. Helen again showed that she is a 
fast yacht by winning the race for Sonders, and 
Toboggan finished second. The times follow: 
Twenty-one Foot Class.—Barnacle, 2.09.15; 
Terrapin, 2.11.46; Macabar, 2.12.52; Gypsy, 
2.13.43; Phantom, 2.15.16; Lethe, 2.16.15; 
Scallop, 2.18.52; Merrywing, 2.23.21. 
Fifteen-foot Class.—Rebekah, 1.50.29; Yalu, 
1 - 52 . 35 ; Varda, 1.54.11; Jack, 1.55.11; Polly, 
1.55.42; Jill, 1.55.54; Mecho, 1.58.45; Endeavor, 
2.00.01; Vim, 2.00.46; Fly, 2.06.43; Bantam, 
2.07.06. 
Dory Class.—Chipmunk, 1.22.47; Gnome, 
1.32.32; Cypher, 1.42.06; Bonita, 1.50.25. 
Sonder Class.—Helen. 2.05.34; Toboggan, 
2.11.45; Seacoon, 2.12.48; Bessie II., 2.14.13; Peg, 
2.14.48; Picotie, 2.16.20; Maria, 2.17.21; Sallie 
VIII., 2.19.42; Bandit, 2.24.12. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. 
The usual weekly series race for Seawanhaka- 
Corinthian 15-footers was sailed at Oyster Bay 
last Saturday and won by Tamale. The wind 
was N. E. and the race a good one. The elapsed 
times: Tamale, 1.56.15; Sabrina, 2.01.40; Hen, 
2.05.10; Flicker, 2.05.50; Bat, 2.06.25; Imp, 
2.07.00; Alys, 2.08.25; Cicada did not finish. 
