342 
FOREST AND STREAM 
[Aug. 27, 1910. 
measured and their dimensions and other de¬ 
tails made public as follows: 
Water 
Line, 
Beam, 
Draft, 
Over Displace- Sail 
All, ment. Area, 
Feet. 
Feet. 
Feet. 
Feet. 
Lbs. 
bq.l't. 
20. So 
6.37 
4'.76 
33.00 
5445 
527 
Papoose . 
Mosquito IE. 
21.05 
5.95 
4.93 
34.44 
5315 
53S 
20.50 
0.14 
4.75 
33.77 
5135 
516.5 
19.4S 
7.05 
4.93 
35.80 
4220 
544 
19.97 
7.01 
5.03 
30.37 
4395 
550 
Harpoon .... 
19.39 
7.30 
5.30 
30.00 
40S5 
550 
Chonta, owned and sailed by Luis de Arana; 
crew. Juan de Zabala, Eduardo Astigarraga. 
Papoose, owner Antonio Echeguren; helms¬ 
man, Javier Pena; cew, Francisco Tutton, Mar¬ 
iano Arneedo. 
Mosquito II. owner Victoriano L. Doriga^ 
helmsman, Manuel Corral; crew, Juan J. de la 
Quintana, Victoriano L. Doriga. 
Beaver, owner and helmsman, C. H. W. Fos¬ 
ter; crew, W. Starling Burgess, Reginald Fos¬ 
ter. 
Cima. owner and helmsman, Guy Lowell; 
crew, J. R. Harding, Charles D. Mower. 
Harpoon, owner and helmsman, Charles 
Francis Adams II; crew, T. Nelson Perkins, 
Arthur Adams. 
Chonta was built in 1907. Papoose in 1908 and 
Mosquito II in 1909. The three Americans 
were built this year, Harpoon from designs by 
E. A. Boardman, Cima from designs by Charles 
D. Mower and Beaver from designs by W. 
Starling Burgess. 
They raced for the President Taft Cup, which 
was to go to the yacht first winning three 
races. The Governor Draper Cup was for the 
yacht scoring the most points, but the same 
yacht could not take both cups. 
Harpoon won the series. She finished first 
in four races, but was disqualified in the first 
for fouling a mark. The Spanish boats were 
outsailed. Their boats were well handled, but 
were not suited to the Marblehead conditions. 
The visitors used loose footed jibs, which 
caused some comment, and it was wondered 
how they could do so well turning to windward. 
Their mainsails, too, were much harder than 
the American sails. 
FIRST RACE. 
There was the usual big fleet of small craft 
off Marblehead when the yachts went out to 
Half Way Rock to start in the first race. Rev¬ 
enue cutters kept the course clear. It was a 
day when the visitors were expected to do well, 
as the wind was fresh from N. E. and a nasty 
sea was running. The course was triangular, 
the first leg being to windward. Each leg was 
two miles in length and the triangle was sailed 
twice over. The three American yachts got 
away well, crossing the line on the starboard 
tack well up to the weather end. At that time 
the visitors were to windward of the buoy and 
had to make a wide sweep to clear the home 
yachts. Harpoon was first away, followd by 
Beaver on her weather quarter and Cima to 
weather of Beaver. Chonta, the first of the 
Spanish trio, was 30 seconds late. Papoose was 
next and Mosquito last, 50 seconds after the 
signal. It soon became a fight between the 
American boats, and Beaver succeeded in reach¬ 
ing the weather mark first, followed by Har¬ 
poon and Cima. These three were only sec¬ 
onds apart. Chonta was leading the Spanish 
trio and she was 1 minute 32 seconds astern of 
Cima. The times for the first leg were: Bea¬ 
ver, 26:28: Harpoon, 26:50; Cima, 27:16; Chon¬ 
ta, 28:47; Papoose, 32:15; Mosquito. 33:20. 
Reaching to the next mark Harpoon and 
Cima gained on the Beaver, but the Spaniards 
fell further astern. Harpoon and Beaver had 
a luffing match on the third leg, which allowed 
Cima to take the lead. The elapsed times for 
the first round were: Cima, 58:31: Beaver, 
58:58; Harpoon, 59:05; Chonta. 1:01:51; Pa¬ 
poose, 1:06:13; Mosquito, 1:08:42. It was an¬ 
other close race on the windward leg and Bea¬ 
ver and Harpoon both passed Cima. Reaching 
to the second mark Plarpoon gained on Beaver, 
but in turning the mark she fouled the flag. 
Harpoon finished first, but later Mr. Adams re¬ 
ported the foul to the committee and on his 
own statement was disqualified. The elapsed 
times were: Harpoon, 2:03:34; Beaver, 2:03:46; 
Cima, 2:03:48; Chonta, 2:11:59; Papoose, 
2:16:27; Mosquito, 2:21:54. 
SECOND RACE. 
The second race was sailed over a windward 
and leeward course, 2 j 4 miles to each leg. ten 
miles in all. The wind was light from S. E. 
and the sea smooth. Chonta had the best po¬ 
sition when they were sent away. Harpoon 
was on her weather quarter and then came Pa¬ 
poose, Beaver, Cima and Mosquito. Papoose 
was on the port tack, the others on starboard. 
For half a mile of the race Chonta held the 
lead and furnished a big surprise to those 
.catching the contest. Then the racers 
separated and when Harpoon and Chonta met 
again Harpoon crossed Chonta. Chonta, by 
making a long tack to south, got the first of 
a freshening wind and when the yachts turned 
the first mark she was second to Harpoon. The 
elapsed times for the first leg were: Harpoon. 
47:04; Chonta, 47:52; Cima, 48:38; Beaver, 
49:05; Papoose, 50:29; Mosquito, 59:12. 
Running down the wind there was not much 
between the first four, but gains were made on 
Harpoon. As they neared the mark Cima suc¬ 
ceeded in blanketing Chonta and then went by 
her in a very few seconds, and before Chonta 
could get going again Beaver, too. had passed 
her. The elapsed times at the home mark 
were: Harpoon, 1:20:07: Cima, 1:20:30: Beaver, 
1:20:37; Chonta, 1:20:44; Papoose, 1:21:41; Mos¬ 
quito, 1:31:38. 
The wind was stronger on the second round. 
Harpoon steadily increased her lead and the 
space between the six racers grew wider. There 
were no changes in the order at the finish and 
the elapsed times for the race were: Harpoon, 
2:25:33; Cima. 2:26:30; Beaver, 2:27:08; Chonta, 
2:28:09; Papoose, 2:35:34; Mosquito, 2:46:09. 
THIRD RACE. 
The third race was sailed in light baffling 
winds. When the yachts left the harbor it came 
S. W. and W. before the first round of the 
triangle had been completed it had worked 
round to N. E. going W., then N. W.. then N. 
and finally N. E. It was a day when local 
knowledge helped a great deal and the visitors 
were at a disadvantage. They did well, how¬ 
ever, and seemed to get their fair share of good 
luck. Mosquito was over the line before the 
gun and was recalled. Chonta had the best po¬ 
sition again and she was followed by Harpoon. 
Papoose, Cima and Beaver. The race soon be¬ 
came ’ a battle again between the three Ameri¬ 
can boats and Beaver led at the first mark, 
followed by Cima, Harpoon, Chonta, Papoose 
and Mosquito in the order named. Just two 
minutes and a half separated the first and last, 
i l arpoon took the lead, reaching to the next 
mark, followed by Cima, Beaver, Papoose and 
Chonta. 
The wind by this time had hauled enough to 
make it windward work to the home mack. The 
boats split in three divisions, Beaver and Chon¬ 
ta heading west, Harpoon and Cima short tack¬ 
ing and Papoose and Mosquito standing east. 
Chonta succeeded in crossing Beaver and then 
catching the first of the N. E. wind Chonta 
drew up on Harpoon so that she was second 
at the home mark. The elapsed times for the 
first round were: Harpoon, 1:44:33; Chonta, 
1:45:50; Cima, 1:46:32; Beaver, 1:46:50; Pa¬ 
poose, 1:52:45; Mosquito, 1:54:14. 
The first leg of the second round was before 
the wind and the tail enders carrying a fresher 
breeze made good gains on the leaders. The* 
next leg was a broad reach and there the length 
of the American boats told well and they were 
able to sail faster than the visiting yachts. 
Towards the finish of the race the wind died 
away almost to a flat calm and the visitors suf¬ 
fered badly by this. The elapsed times were: 
Harpoon, 2:59:37: Beaver, 3:03:22; Cima, 
3:04:13; Chonta, 3:08:43; Mosquito, 3:21:02; 
Papoose, 3:26:11. 
FOURTH RACE. 
The fourth race sailed on Saturday. August 
20. was over a windward and leeward course. 
The wind was moderate from N. by E. The 
sea was smooth. The race was really the best 
test of the merits of the yachts that had been 
sailed and Harpoon showed her superiority 
over the others 'almost from 1 the start. Har¬ 
poon took the lead on the first leg and although 
the others closed up on her before the wind 
she still kept in front and won the race from 
Beaver with 2 minutes and 7 seconds to spare. 
The elapsed times for the course of ten miles 
were: Harpoon, 2:14:30; Beaver, 2:16:37; 
Cima, 2:18:19; Chonta, 2:36:47; Papoose, 
2:38:26; Mosquito LI, 2:41:14. 
This race gave the President Taft Cup to 
Harpoon and Mr. Adams and his crew waited 
about the line after finishing until the Chonta 
finished and then the Harpoon crew gave three 
rousing cheers for the visitors. 
FIFTH RACE. 
Beaver won the fifth race and took the Gov¬ 
ernor Draper Cup. She beat Cima 13 seconds 
and Chonta and Papoose were far astern. 
The course was triangular with the first leg a 
beat to windward. There was a light S. W. 
wind. Chonta won the honors in crossing the 
line, with Cima on her weather quarter and the 
Papoose right astern, while Beaver was in a 
bad place to the leeward of the three other 
boats. 
The race soon developed into a contest be¬ 
tween the two American boats. Beaver out- 
winded Cima on the beat to the first mark and 
turned twenty-one seconds in the lead. Half 
way down to the second mark Cima passed 
Beaver and was sixteen seconds ahead at the 
turn. At the end of the first round of the race 
Cima was forty-five seconds in the ^ead. 
The wind freshened, as the yachts started on 
the second round of the course and Beaver, 
gradually overhauling Cima, went into the lead 
and captured the cup by the smallest sort of a 
margin. 
Westward’s Successful Season. 
Alexander S. Cochran’s schooner Westward 
has won almost everything on the other side 
and has shown that she is really the fastest 
yacht in European waters. The British are 
loud in their praise of the yacht and most glow¬ 
ing accounts have been published in their 
yachting papers. The London Field, in its col¬ 
umn headed, “Round the Coast,” says: 
“There were 55 yachts entered lor the re¬ 
gattas of the Royal Yacht Squadron and the 
Royal London Y. C. at Cowes this year. Of 
these 42 belonged to the international classes, 
and only thirteen were of the erstwhile popu¬ 
lar type known as ‘handicap racers.’ This shows 
the change that has come over yacht racing in 
the last few years. In 1904 a great proportion 
of the number were either 'handicap racers’ or 
one designs, and class racing seemed almost 
dead. 
“There is hardly to be found the owner of a 
racing yacht who would not agree that the 
change has greatly improved the state of the 
sport. Indeed, if it had not been for the re¬ 
vival of pure class racing we should never have 
seen Mr. Cochran's wonderful schooner West¬ 
ward in Cowes Roads, and for this reason, if 
for no other, British sport would have been the 
poorer if the yoke of handicap racing had not 
been removed. Class racing or racing on a 
time scale pro rating may be hard upon inferior 
vessels, but yacht racing could never flourish 
under the old rule-of-thumb handicap, which al¬ 
lowed a vessel increased time because she was 
an inferior boat, or was badly kept, unscrubbed, 
had old canvas and an incompetent skipper and 
crew. The German system of giving the best 
prizes and the majority of races to the class 
racers and giving all vessels an occasional han¬ 
dicap race for a bit of fun or for the spectacu¬ 
lar effect is one which certainlv encourages 
high-class sport. However, both the Royal 
Yacht Squadron and Royal London Club must 
be congratulated this year upon catering very 
well for the class racers, and particularly for 
the 15 metres and 12 metres, and on the whole 
arranging their programmes in a way likely to 
give the best sport all round. The critics turned 
out in force to look at the Yankee schooner 
Westward, and comment was entirely favorable. 
So far as we can see there is no reason to sup- 
