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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Aug. 6, 1910. 
Indian Harbor Y. C. 
The twenty-second annual regatta of the In¬ 
dian Harbor Y. C. was sailed last Saturday 
over triangular courses starting from off Great 
Captains Island. The wind was light from S.S. 
W. early in the day. During the afternoon there 
was a sharp' squall with rain from the N. W. 
and after that there was little wind, so that many 
of the yachts were late finishing. They were 
sent to the east first, which gave windward work 
on the second leg of the course. Winsome, fresh 
from her builders’ yards at Bristol, where she 
has had her mast reduced and some weight aloft 
removed, did well. She took the lead on the 
windward leg and won from Aurora and Ista- 
lena. Shimna won from Avenger. She finished 
in the squall after having lowered her club top¬ 
sail. Avenger did not finish. Eleanor defeated 
Irondequoit, and in the 30-footers Phryne, sailed 
by J. P. Morgan, Jr., was the winner. 
In the race for 31-raters Mavourneen, the 
Boston boat, won. The times follow: 
Sloops—Class K—Course, 20 Miles. 
Aurora . 2 59 36 Winsome . 2 57 57 
Istalena . 3 03 18 
Sloops—Class L—Course, 30 Miles. 
Avenger . d.n.f. Shimna . 3 31 59 
Sloops—Class M—Course, 15 Miles. 
Eleanora . 2 11 21 Irondequoit .2 17 40 
Sloops—Class P—Course, 15 Miles. 
Windward . 2 31 52 MavGurneen . 2 29 40 
Cara Mia . 2 31 06 
N. Y. Y. C. 30ft. Class—Course, 15 Miles. 
Dahinda . 2 39 57 Caprice . 2 35 42 
Rowdy . 2 38 46 Tuanita . 2 40 34 
Phryne . 2 33 13 Nepsi . 2 37 53 
Alera . 2 33 58 
Handicap—First Division—Course, 11 Miles. 
Interim . 2 27 15 More Joy . 2 27 47 
Sally IX. 2 30 00 Wanderer IV.2 41 37 
Corrected times: Interim, 2.20.38; More Joy, 2,21.10; 
Sally IX., 2.23.54; Wanderer IV., 2.36.18. 
Handicap—Second Division—Course, 11 Miles. 
Fearless . 2 36 06 Red Wing . 2 31 20 
Corrected times: Red Wing, 2.29.49; Fearless, 2.34.50. 
Handicap—Third Division—Course, 11 Miles. 
Robin Hood . 4 48 54 Tomboy III.d.n.f. 
Kenosha II.d.n.f. 
Raceabout Class—Course, 11 Miles. 
Rascal III. 2 52 0b Chinook . 3 10 19 
Larchmont Interclub—Course 11 Miles. 
Lewanna . 4 00 57 Salas . 4 11 44 
Hamburg II. 4 09 31 Babette . 4 15 10 
Triton .Not timed Yukon . 4 12 05 
Sloops—Class R—Course, 11 Miles. 
Virginia ., 5 00 IS Hamburg . 4 53 28 
Hoyden . 4 56 23 Alpha . d.n.f. 
Glen Cove Class—Course, S Miles. 
Jade . 4 02 22 
Manhasset Bay Class—Course, 8 Miles. 
Scylla . 3 34 41 Ardette . 3 27 52 
Bug Class—Course, 8 Miles. 
Big Bug . 3 22 15 Skeeter . 3 47 17 
Mayfly . 4 36 IS Incy .Not timed 
Stamford One-Design—Course, 8 Miles. 
Fiddler . 4 07 24 Killie . 
Dart . 3 52 40 
American Dories—Course, 5 Miles. 
Tautog . disq. Alice . d.n.f. 
Faraway . d.n.f. 
Race to Cornfield L. V. 
Nine yachts started in the long distance race 
of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. from a line 
off Lloyd’s Neck to Cornfield Lightship and re¬ 
turn which was sailed last Saturday. The wind 
was light from S.S.W. in the morning and dur¬ 
ing the afternoon _ the yachts sailed through a 
sharp squall. Coming back they had a moderate 
wind from the northwest. The start was made 
at ii: io a. m. and the yachts finished early on 
Sunday morning. J. Peabody’s Janet was the 
first yacht to finish and she had the best cor¬ 
rected time, but because there were professionals 
on board, she was disqualified and won just the 
prize for having made the fastest time. 
The times taken at the Cornfield Lightship 
were: Janet, 10:50 o’clock, Saturday night; Red 
Rover, 10:56; Crescent, 11:18; Merry Wing, 
11:25; Essex, 11:28; Newasi, 11:35, and Victory, 
11:57. Pagan and Nereid, the two smallest in 
the fleet, were not timed. Janet finished first at 
8:33:08 o’clock Sunday morning. A. G. Hill’s 
Crescent was next in at 8:47:04; then came Red 
Rover at 9:12:20, Essex at 9:59:38, Merry Wing 
at 10:02:15, Victory at 10:30:50 and Newasi at 
10:45:38. The others were not timed. 
Cornfield Lightship Race — Start, July 30. 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Janet, J. Peabody . 21 23 08 Disqualified 
Victory, H. A. Tackson, Jr. 23 20 50 21 27 54 
Red Rover, T. B. Bleecker. 21 37 04 21 31 31 
Essex, P. V. Gillen. 22 49 38 21 46 56 
Merry Wing, II. M. Crane. 22 '52 15 21 48 04 
Crescent, A. G. Hill. 22 02 20 22 02 20 
Newasi, O. W. Jones. 23 35 38 22 38 53 
Pagan, W. H. Judson. Not timed. 
Nereid, J. Shethard . Not timed. 
The special prize for the yachts of the handi¬ 
cap class was won by Victory. She had an al¬ 
lowance of 12 per cent., Crescent got an allow¬ 
ance of 4/ per cent, and Essex 5 per cent. 
Squantum Y. C. 
Fifty-two yachts started in the regatta of 
the Squantum Y. C. last Saturday afternoon. 
The wind was fresh from start to finish, and 
while the yachts were on the windward leg a 
vigorous northwest squall made things look 
serious for a while, but the yachts all weathered 
it without mishap. The times:' 
Class X, Dories—Barbara, 1.16.08; Elizabeth 
F., 1.16.15; Bessie A., 1.16.45; Hattie A., 1.19.29; 
Fleetwing, 1.19.53; Terror, 1.20.51; Oaxaca, 
1.22.02; Anemone, 1.22.19. 
Class I, 18-Foot Knockabouts—Aurora, 1.04.22; 
Kittiewake V., 1.05.09; Answer, 1.05.12; Reina, 
1.05.37; Dorchen II., 1.06.12; Mouse, 1.06.41; 
Aspinquid. 1.08.06. 
Class D, Cabin Cats-—Dolly III., 1.03 55; Busy 
Bee, 1.08.15; Dartwell, 1.04.56; Emoline, 1.09.31; 
Iris, 1.07.04; Josephine, 1.13.38. 
Vlass C, Topmast Sloops—Violet, 1.06.17; 
Thialfi, 1.11.50. 
Class S—Wawenock, 1.08.00; Zoe, 1.11.52; I. 
X. L., 1.22.50; Ruggy, 1.26.33; Toss, 1.24.47; 
Topsy, 1.31.04. 
Class A—Marie, 1.01.36, won on corrected 
time; Flirt. 1.01.00; Marion HI.. 1.02.55; Marie 
L., 1.02.30; Novice, 1.02.02; Virginia, i.ot.35; 
Eleanor, 1.03.35; Kit, 1.03.37; Sinbad, 1.06.10; 
Thordis, 1.08.35; Beryle, withdrew. 
Class B—Idol, 1.01.00; Anna C., 1.01.20; 
Winona, 1.02.30; Louise, 1.08.37; Bajou, 1.14.28. 
Brenton’s Reef Race. 
J. E. Fletcher, Jr’s sloop Dutchess won the 
Brenton’s Reef cup race of the Rhode Island Y. 
C. last Saturday. Six yachts started at 9:20 A.M. 
and sailed in winds that at times blew hard. 
Then there were calms and rain storms. Five 
of the six started finished before sundown. The 
corrected times were: Dutchess, J. E. Fletcher, 
Jr., 7.44.28; Priscilla. Wood Bros., 8.12.15; Kil- 
dee, Francis Herreshoff, 8.34.04; Frederic II., 
W. F. Frost, 8.50.05; Emblem, C. O. Latham, 
8.52.48; Anore, Q. Borden, did not finish. 
Dutchess’s elapsed time was 7.44.28. The others 
finished in the order named except that Frederic 
II. was ahead of Kildee, but lost third place on 
corrected time. 
Southern Y. C. 
New Orleans, July 30.—An effort is being- 
made to arrange a race between Cricket, owned 
by a Mobile syndicate and Seawanhaka, owned 
by Captain Keep. These are two of the fastest 
sailing craft in the South, and a match between 
them will draw a big crowd and attract attention 
all over the country. The contest may take place 
directly after July 30, the last regatta day of the 
Southern Y. C. at West End. It is said also 
that the celebrated Kibosh and Seawanhaka will 
take part in the Southern Y. C. regatta July 30. 
The Pass Christian, Bay St. Louis and Wave- 
land and Gulfport regatta may not be held this 
summer. It seems likely all the yachtsmen will 
hold themselves for the West End regatta which 
will virtually close the season. A large number 
of the yachting fraternity have gone, or are go¬ 
ing soon on their summer vacations. 
The Forest and stream may dc obtained from any 
newsdealer on order. Ask your dealer to supply you 
regularly. 
Hollis Burgess. 
Boston Bay breeds more clever racing skip¬ 
pers than any other section of this country, ac¬ 
cording to the Boston Herald. Boston boats are 
famous for speed and honest construction. Hunt 
the world over, and the chances are you will be 
unable to find more slippery bits of wood than 
the creations of yards within rifle shot of Bea¬ 
con Hill. 
Skilled skippers are graduated each year from 
boats in every class of the Yacht Racing Asso¬ 
ciation of Massachusetts and the Interclub As¬ 
sociation, which represent yacht clubs scattered 
along the coast. So fast as men step reluctantly 
out of boats after years of hiking to windward 
or coaxing some thoroughbred of a yacht with 
a tiller or mainsheet, others are ready to receive 
the toga. The supply of skippers appears in¬ 
exhaustible. Each season finds some new man 
coming to the fore, springing out of some ordi¬ 
nary sort of craft into prominence as helmsman 
on a crack. Good boat sailers cannot be fash¬ 
ioned out of fellows who enter the game late 
in life. Too much stiffness of muscle it may 
be, and too great possibility of “cold feet’’ when 
in close proximity to some steel-nerved jockey 
at start or finish when seconds count. 
Many of New England’s best skippers began 
paddling about on a raft in kindergarten days, 
or if a raft could not be knocked together, they 
flooded the household bathtub and sailed chips 
in its swirling tide. Boys with a love for boat 
racing do not forsake the game, as a rule, till 
rheumatism or some other ill forces them to 
remain ashore. Year by year they become more 
adept, get places in larger boats as shifting bal¬ 
last or sheet tenders or, perhaps, skippers. There 
is Hollis Burgess, for illustration. Mr. Burgess 
began to sail a boat when but eleven years old, 
kept it up through college days and is keen to¬ 
day, though he was graduated from Harvard 
eight years ago, and his time afloat has been 
lopped at both ends since he engaged in busi¬ 
ness and leisure became less each season. 
Since 1891 Mr. Burgess has owned or sailed 
for other owners no less than fifty boats, all of 
which possessed fair turn of speed, while several 
headed classes. Nephew of the famous Ed¬ 
ward Burgess, that wizard of Puritan and May¬ 
flower days in def.ence of the America’s cup, 
Mr. Burgess comes by his love for boats as a 
heritage. His family is identified with yacht¬ 
ing; all of them hark to the call of the sea. 
When twelve years old, little Burgess was sail¬ 
ing Beth and Hope, owned by his father. Four 
years later he was in Elsa, Buzzard’s Bay cham¬ 
pion. He was then subsequently identified with 
the catboat Molly, the knockabout Molly, Pea¬ 
cock, Sally, Laurel, Weazel, Eaglet—the latter 
before he was twenty-one years old. Next on 
the list were Monsoon, Tayac, Warrior, Cuya- 
mel, Fritter, Pontiac and Princess. 
In 1906 Mr. Burgess “discovered” Sintram, a 
21-foot raceabout that had occupied a berth sev¬ 
eral years in a Marblehead shed, apparently for¬ 
gotten and with her record obscured by events 
which, with adoption of rules and new classes, 
come quick in yachting. She was put into the 
Q class for the Lipton cup, but along came the 
new Orestus with things all her way, and Sin- 
tram, slick, speedy and graceful, went up into 
Class P. Under Burgess’ fine handling the boat 
landed the championship in her class in the 
Corinthian Y. C. with 902 per cent, out of a 
possible 1,000 per cent., which carried with it a 
handsome trophy. He also won the splendid 
trophy offered by the same club in Class P in 
the mid-summer series, won all manner of other 
prizes and captured the championship in her 
class in the Boston Y. C. While Sintram was 
being sailed by this wizard among amateur rac¬ 
ing skippers, she was. a comfortable boat in 
which to cruise. Designed by Herreshoff, Sin¬ 
tram was regarded as one of the fastest boats 
ever built in Bristol. 
A “gentlemen’s agreement” among owners re¬ 
sulted in a new racing class in Massachusetts 
Bay, Class Q. and into it went Mr. Burgess. 
With F. L. Gay, owner of the schooner yacht 
Sunshine, he placed an order for a boat to con¬ 
form to the restrictions, and Dorothy Q. was 
