Yachting Fixtures. 
AUGUST. 
20. Stamford Yacht Club, annual. 
20. Harlem Yacht Club, long distance race. 
20. Atlantic Yacht Club, eighth championship. 
20. Conanicut Yacht Club, open and interbay, catboats. 
20. Quincy Yacht Club, club. 
20. Jubilee Yacht Club, club. 
20. Seaside Yacht Club. 
20. Boston Yacht Club, Marblehead, club. 
20. Gloucester Yacht Club. 
20. Bristol Yacht Club, open and interbay catboats. 
20. Huguenot Yacht Club, club. 
20. Fall River Yacht Club, vice-commodore cup. 
20. Beverly Yacht Club, fifth club. 
20. Duxbury Yacht Club. 
20. Royal Canadian Yacht Club. 
23. Manchester Yacht Club, Crowhurst cup. 
25. Gloucester Yacht Club, Y. R. A. open. 
25. Duxbury Yacht Club. 
25-27. Westhampton C. C., association regatta. 
25-27. Chicago Yacht Club, Nutting cup races. 
2(5. Annisquam Yacht Club, Y. R. A. open. 
27. Northport Yacht Club, annual. 
27. New Rochelle Yacht Club, annual. 
27. Marine and Field Club, ninth championship. 
27. Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, club. 
27. Beverly Yacht Club, sixth race. 
27. Duxbury Yacht Club. 
27. Rhode Island Yacht Club, club. 
27. Fall River Yacht Club, rear-commodore cup. 
27. American Yacht Club, Newburyport, cruise. 
27. Seaside Yacht Club. 
31. Atlantic Yacht Club, race week. 
New York Y. C. Cruise. 
The cruise of the New York Y. C. came to 
an end last Saturday. At a meeting held on the 
flagship Aloha, the squadron was formally dis¬ 
banded after Commodore James had been 
thanked for the very efficient way he had led 
the squadron. It was the best cruise the club 
has had for several years, and the racing was 
very 1 keen and interesting. Unfortunately the 
racing for the Astor and King’s cups, which 
were sailed after the yachts returned to New¬ 
port, were disappointments. This was largely 
due to the weather, and each day the wind was 
not just what was wanted. In the race for the 
King’s cup the wind was from S. W. This gave 
the yachts a turn to windward on the first leg. 
and Winsome did some fine sailing, so that she 
had a lead of 5m. all but 2s. when she started 
the second leg. Then the wind was fluky, and 
Winsome found a soft spot, while Aurora stead¬ 
ily overhauled her. It was so on the third leg, 
and Aurora won a race through being well 
favored by the wind. It was hard luck to be 
beaten as Winsome was, particularly after she 
had won so well in the most important part of 
the race. 
In the race for the Astor cups, the committee 
selected a course not at all suited to, the con¬ 
ditions. It enabled the yachts to reach for 33 
miles, and to sail before the wind for 4^2 miles. 
There was much grumbling afterward, not so 
much because the yachtsmen had lost the cup. 
but because they had not had a good race and 
had been unable to show what their yachts 
could do. The committee was on board Col. 
Astor’s steam yacht Noma. It was late in leav¬ 
ing the harbor, and a signal postponing the 
start was shown on Noma as she left the 
harbor. Inside the harbor the wind was west 
of north, but outside it was east of north. In¬ 
stead of postponing the race for another 15 
minutes and getting the direction of the wind 
accurately, the committee concluded that it was 
west of north outside and chose a course which, 
in its opinion, would give 17 miles of windward,, 
work. This course was to the Hen and Chicken 
lightship, then to the Vineyard Sound light- 
/ ship, and then to Brenton’s Reef. Had it been 
sailed the other way round, it would have given 
four miles dead to windward. Polaris sailed 
well in this race, and on corrected time had 
won the cup for sloops and yawls, but. un¬ 
fortunately. she had gone inside the buoy off 
Sakonnet Point instead of outside, according 
to instructions, and was protested by Ad¬ 
venturess. The committee consulted with L. 
R. Alberger, the owner of Polaris, who admitted 
the error, and the yacht was disqualified. This 
gave the cup to Aurora, so she won the two 
best prizes of the cruise on flukes. 
The courses for the King’s cup races have 
always been triangular, and many yachtsmen 
think it hardly fair to send sloops against 
schooners over a course peculiarly suited to the 
schooner. The race is really the most im¬ 
portant of the year, and these yachtsmen think 
' the course should be windward or leeward and 
return. Naturally the schooner men would not 
take kindly to such a change. In order to 
please all a compromise has been suggested. 
This is to have a triangular course one year 
and windward or leeward the next. Although a 
triangular course is more favorable to the 
schooner, sloops have won three out of the five 
races sailed for the cup, and these races have 
been over triangular courses. 
One particularly pleasing feature of the cruise 
was that so many of the racing yachts were 
sailed by their owners. All the 30-footers, the 
31, 38, 46, 55 and 65-foot sloops and yawls had 
amateur helmsmen, and many amateurs in their 
crews. In the schooner classes, too. the owners 
of several preferred to handle their yachts 
themselves rather than sit still and allow a pro¬ 
fessional sailing master to take charge. Mr. Lloyd 
Phoenix always handled his auxiliary Intrepid 
and Commodore James handled his yacht when 
she was under sail. 
NEWPORT TO VINEYARD HAVEN, 
The run to Vineyard Haven from Newport 
was a turn to windward for nearly the whole 
distance, 37 miles. The wind was light, and it 
was late when the yachts reached the finish, but 
all were delighted that there had been a change 
and reaching and running were not in order. 
Toward the end the wind was light and rather 
fluky, but it hardly changed the result in the 
different classes. The Rear-Commodore’s cups 
were the chief attraction, and the auxiliaries 
raced for prizes offered by Mrs. Arthur Curtiss 
James! Thirty-seven yachts started. The wind 
was E. S. E., and the course took the yachts 
17 miles to the Vineyard Sound lightship and 
then 20 miles through the Vineyard Sound, 
passing north of Lucas Shoal and the Middle 
Ground, finishing off West Chop. The yachts 
crossed on the starboard tack, and nearly all 
stood off to sea. Istalena, Winsome, Hester, 
Alera and Dahinda held the starboard tack in 
toward the shore and worked along the beach. 
These found a head tide, but their owners 
figured that the wind would draw off the land 
and help them. Polaris, Katrina, Eleanora and 
Sea Fox held far to the south, so as to fetch 
close by Gay Head on the next tack. Aurora, 
Shimna, Elmina, Irolita. Phryne and Nepsi kept 
between the two. and these yachts proved to 
be the winners of the races. At the Vineyard 
Sound lightship the order was: Aurora, 
Shimna. Winsome. Istalena, Elmina, Adven¬ 
turess, Hester, Dorell.o, Taormina, Mimosa II., 
Seneca. Cara Mia. Idler. Alert. Iris, Phryne, 
Irondequoit and Dervish. They were well 
strung out. but it was still anybody’s race, be¬ 
cause the wind was shifty. The leaders reached 
through the Sound toward Tarpaulin Cove, and 
then ran into a soft spot, but the calm extended 
back so that the rear boats did not gain any 
advantage. It was slow work getting to the 
finish, as the tide was running west, but later 
a light air helped the yachts and enabled Aurora 
to finish first at 6:07:18. After that the yachts 
straggled in. the last to finish being timed at 
8:48:25. This was Dahinda. 
Aurora had won in her class and had taken 
the Rear-Commodore’s cup. She had admin¬ 
istered the first defeat to Shimna. Cara Mia 
won the cup for the second division. Elmina 
won the cup for the first division of schooners 
and Irolita took the cup for the second division. 
Mrs. James’ cups were won by Intyepid and 
Seneca. The summaries: 
Motor Auxiliaries—Distance 37 Miles—Start, 10:10. 
Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Iris . 6 56 50 8 46 50 8 10 27 
Seneca . 7 01 12 8 51 12 S 14 15 
Yencedor . 7 30 07 0 20 07 8 40 29 
Idler . Did not finish. 
Class P—Start. 10:10. 
Cara Mia .j. 6 59 15 8 49 15 7 03 11 
Windward .7 13 23 9 03 23 7 17 19 
Class L—Start. 10:20. 
Shimna . 6 2S 56 S 08 56 7 22 31 
Mimosa II. Crossed line before signal. 
‘ Class 1C—Start, 10:25. 
Aurora . 6 07 IS 7 42 18 7 10 01 
Winsome . 6 18 55 7 53 55 7 21 54 
Istalena . 6 30 10 8 05 10 7 33 09 
Hester . 7 30 00 9 05 00 8 30 22 
65ft. Class One-Design — Start, 10:25. 
Aurora .. 6 07 IS 7 42 IS . 
Winsome . 6 18 55 7 53 55 . 
Istalena . 6 30 10 8 05 10 . 
Class E Special 
Dervish . 
Vagrant . 
Class D 
Irolita . 6 34 19 
Katrina . 6 38 45 
Taormina . 
Special Class- 
Ariel . 6 51 04 
Sea Fox . 
Class 
Elmina . 6 28 
Sea Fox . 
N. Y. Y. C. 80s—Start, 
Alera . 
Phryne . 
Class N- 
. 6 51 OS 
8 36 08 
7 32 59 
. 7 53 26 
9 38 26 
8 35 14 
Start, 10:30. 
. 6 34 19 
8 04 19 
7 24 24 
. 6 38 45 
8 08 45 
7 32 14 
. 7 32 33 
9 02 33 
8 20 32 
s—Start. 
10:30. 
. 6 51 04 
8 21 04 
7 57 52 
. 6 47 16 
8 17 16 
7 57 58 
Start, 10:30. 
. 6 28 08 
7 58 08 
7 44 46 
. 6 47 16 
8 17 16 
7 57 58 
10:10. 
Polaris . 
Adventuress 
Hermes II. 
Eleanora ... 
Vagrant - 
Intrepid 
Class 
Steam 
Start: Intrepid. 10:1 
10:33:57. 
Schooners—First Division. 
. 7 51 50 
9 41 50 
. 8 OS 17 
9 58 17 
. 8 20 19 
10 10 19 
. 8 24 26 
10 14 26 
. 8 25 51 
10 15 51 
. 8 48 25 
10 38 25 
-Start, 10:20. 
. 7 47 59 
9 27 59 
8 04 31 
. 8 20 17 
10 00 17 
8 32 42 
-Start, 10:20. 
. 7 04 35 
8 44 35 
7 30 00 
. 7 20 56 
9 00 56 
7 56 OO 
. 7 30 25 
9 10 25 
8 07 13 
. 8 12 17 
9 52 17 
8 38 13 
. 7 24 00 
9 04 00 
7 57 04 
-Start. 10:15. 
. 7 53 26 
9 38 26 
8 35 14 
. 8 05 52 
9 50 52 
8 38 46 
. Time not taken. 
Auxiliaries 
. 7 34 16 
9 21 14 
9 IS 25 
. 8 44 52 
10 26 22 
10 13 26 
.. 'time not taken. 
; Ariadne, 
10:18:30; 
Atlantic, 
Corrected. 
Elmina _'.. 7 44 46 
Ariel . 7 57 52 
Sea Fox . 7 57 58 
Intrepid . 9 21 27 
Schooners—Second Division. 
Corrected. 
Ariadne .10 11 56 
Atlantic 
Idler 
t.n.t. 
d.n.f. 
Trolita . 
.. 7 24 24 
Vagrant . 
. 8 35 01 
.. 7 32 14 
Miladi . 
. 8 38 46 
.. 7 32 59 
. 8 40 29 
Seneca . 
.. 8 14 15 
Cvgnet . 
. t.n.t. 
Taormina . 
.. S 20 32 
Iris . 
. 8 10 27 
Sloops 
and Yawls- 
—First Division. 
Aurora . 
.. 710 01 
Istalena . 
. 7 33 09 
Shimna . 
.. 7 21 51 
Hester . 
. 8 30 22 
Winsome . 
.. 7 21 54 
Sloops 
and Yawls— 
-Second Division. 
Cara Mia . 
.. 7 01 15 
Adventuress . 
. S 08 01 
Windward . 
.. 7 16 10 
Tuanita . 
. S 11 20 
Irondequoit . 
.. 7 30 00 
Nepsi . 
. 8 15 54 
Alera . 
.. 7 42 51 
Banzai . 
. 8 16 52 
.. 7 56 00 
. 8 32 42 
Eleanora . 
.. 7 57 04 
Hermes II. 
. 8 38 13 
Phryne . 
.. 7 59 IS 
Dahilnda . 
. S 39 26 
Dorello; . 
.. 8 04 31 
VINEYARD 
HAVEN TO NEW BEDFORD. 
Before leaving Vineyard Haven, the races 
for the Owl and Gamecock colors were rowed, 
and this delayed the start until 10 o’clock, and 
it enabled the summer residents , on Martha's 
Vineyard to inspect the fleet. Hundreds of cat- 
boats and other small craft sailed about the 
Haven, and then went to the starting line to 
watch the racing craft leave. The wind was 
