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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Aug. 27, 1910. 
Stamford Y. C. 
The twentieth annual regatta of the Stamford 
Y. C. was sailed last Saturday on the Sound. 
There was a fine breeze during the morning 
from E. and many yachtsmen were unable to 
beat up to the starting line in time to start. 
Soon after the start this wind died away and 
it was a drift around the course. Sixty-five 
yachts had entered but only 37 showed up. 
Windward was an absentee and Cara Mia sailed 
against Ramallah and won without trouble. 
Grace II and Nimbus III came together before 
the start and Grace II lost her bowsprit. The 
elapsed times: 
Sloops—Class P—Course. 13V2 Miles—Cara 
Mia. 4.1828: Ramallah, not timed. 
New York 30-footers—Course, 13pi Miles— 
Alcra, 5.54.53; Nepsi. 544 - 05 ; Rowdy, 5.48.38. 
Handicap. First Div.—Course, 13Z2 Miles— 
Wanderer IV. 6.22.03; Juanita, 6.12.49. 
Handicap. Second Div.—Course, iy/ 2 Miles— 
Dixie, 6.19.48: Bedouin, 6.09.12. 
Handicap. Third Div.—Course, 13 Miles— 
Cliphora C.. 442.3S: Rascal III, 4.22.40; Robin 
Hood II, .4.34.08; Chinook, 4.2845. 
Larchmont Imerclub—Course, 1 3% Miles— 
Lewanna, 4.40.40; Yukon, 4.39^52; Salas. 
4.43.10; Triton, 4.41.08; Hamburg II. 4.43.18; 
Dagmar. 4.30.40. 
Larchmont 21-footers—Course, io]/ 2 Miles-- 
Houri, 4.41.25; Iola, 4.51.20. 
Handicap, Fourth Div.—Course, 13H Miles— 
Grace II. not timed: Nimbus III, not timed. 
Sloops—Class S—Course, io l / 2 Miles—Nereid. 
4.52.18; Drena, 5.04.09. 
Bug Class—Course 7H Miles—June Bug, 
4:12:32; Mayfly. 4:00:02; Inez C., 3:51:50. 
Stamford Cat Boats—Course, 7 l / 2 Miles— 
Wasp, not timed: Dooley, withdrew 
Stamford One-Design—Course, 7^2 Miles— 
Kittiwake. _ 4:32:28; Fiddler. 4:26:50; Dart. 
4:32:30: Killie, not timed; Snapper. 4:28:52; 
Scaup, 4.17.55. 
Class B.. Special—Course, 10J/2 Miles—Let- 
Her-Be. 4.29.43; Wacontah, 5.02.51. 
Atlantic Y. C. 
T lie eighth championship race of the Graves¬ 
end Bay Association was sailed under the au¬ 
spices of the Atlantic Y. C last Saturday. The 
wind was light from S. by W. and held steady 
all the afternoon. Spider won again in the Q 
class, defeating Grayjacket by 43 seconds. Blue 
Hill won in Class S. The elapsed times: 
Sloops—Class Q—Course, 9.6 Miles. 
Spider . 1 26 5o Florence . 1 31 18 
Grayjacket . 1 27 38 Soya . 1 34 26 
Handicap—First Division—Course, 9.6 Miles. 
Joy . 1 39 40 Kestral . 1 51 06 
La Cubana . 1 44 54 Peri II . d n f 
Miana . 1 46 55 
Corrected times: La Cubana, 1.38.55; Toy, 1.39.4'0; Kes¬ 
tral, 1.43.08; Miana, 1.43.16. 
Handicap—Second Division—Course, 8 Miles. 
Careless . 1 53 36 Mischief . 2 21 07 
Breeze . 1 55 52 
Corrected times:. Breeze, 1.49.03; Careless, 1.53.26; Mis 
chief. 2.05.13. 
Sloops—Class S—Course, 8 Miles. 
Blue Bill . 1 43 34 Alice . 1 48 54 
Bensonhurst . 1 44 57 M. and F. 1 49 20 
Opal .. 1 47 17 Althea . 1 54 33 
Sloops — Class X — Course, 8 Miles. 
Skylark .. . oj u- Merry Widow . 1 58 52 
Mouse . 1 53 25 Pike . 1 59 39 
Chico . 1 54 21 Bobs . 2 00 23 
Suffraarette . 1 54 27 Scud . d.n.f. 
Slow Poke . 1 54 48 
Sloops—Class Y—Course, 4 Miles. 
Aries . 0 57 09 Viva . 1 06 24 
Skeets .. . 1 ijd 19 Metea . d.n.f. 
Boston Y. C. 
The Boston Y. C. closed its season last Sat¬ 
urday with a regatta off Marblehead. Amoret 
defeated Wianno in Class P by 6 minutes 39 
seconds. Sally XI won the race for sonders, 
defeating Wolf 6 seconds and Bonivee 1 min¬ 
ute 45 seconds. Dorchen II and Gringo had 
sail overs and Virginia won the handicap race, 
defeating Nutmeg 11 second and Regina 6 min¬ 
utes 38 seconds. 
Motor 'Boating. 
Motor Boat Fixtures. 
AUGUST. 
27. Dorchester Y. C. 
28. New York Motor B. C. 
SEPTEMBER. 
3. Atlantic Y. C. 
3, 4, i. Taunton Y. C. 
4, 5. Larchmont Y. C. long distance race. 
5. Hudson River Y. R. A., Ossining. 
17. Taunton Y C. at Dighton 
Dixie Wins Motor Boat Race. 
Dixie II, owned by F. E. Burnham and rep¬ 
resenting the Motor Boat Club of America, 
won the race for the British International Tro¬ 
phy on Saturday, August 20. She finished the 
30 miles race 13 minutes 37 seconds ahead of 
the British challenger Pioneer, owned by the 
Duke of Westminster. 
It was more good luck than good manage¬ 
ment that kept the trophy in this country for 
another year and had Pioneer gone through the 
race without a mishap she would have beaten 
Dixie by several minutes. As it was she gave 
an exhibition that will be long remembered by 
those who were present. At the start she 
showed a phenomenal burst of speed and took 
the lead at once. This lead she increased to 
about two miles after she had made eight miles 
of the course. Then she sucked some seaweed 
into her water intake pipe, which choked the 
pump. This caused the engine to become over¬ 
heated and fired the gasolene at the carburator. 
It took twenty minutes to get the motor work¬ 
ing again and by that time Dixie had taken a 
big lead. Pioneer started after the American 
boat and made her second ten miles in 17 min¬ 
utes' 31 seconds, which is at the rate of 33.64 
nautical or 38.68 statute miles an hour, faster 
than any motor boat has ever traveled in these 
waters. It was loo late, however, to overcome 
Dixie’s lead and that yacht won the race, cov¬ 
ering the course in 59 minutes 44 seconds, 
which is at the rate of 30.12 nautical miles an 
hour. 
There was a big gathering of yachtsmen at 
Larchmont for the race. All sorts of craft 
were anchored around the course and the rev¬ 
enue cutters had hard work keeping them in 
the places assigned to them. The race was 
managed jointly by committees representing 
the Automobile Club of America, the Larch¬ 
mont Yacht Club and the Motor Boat Club of 
America, but the last named organization had 
little to say or do in spite of the fact that it 
holds the trophy. 
The British brought over three boats, Pio¬ 
neer, owned by the Duke of Westminster; Zig- 
arella, owned by Daniel Hanbury, and Maple 
Leaf III, owned by E. Mackay Edgar. Maple 
Leaf is a boat of the usual type, while the other 
two were hydroplanes. Unfortunately Maple 
Leaf met with an accident while being tried on 
the Sound the Wednesday before the race. She 
went out in rather a rough sea and her engine 
keelsons were strained. She had similar mis¬ 
hap shortly before being shipped to this coun¬ 
try and Mr. Edgar decided not to start. She 
is 39 feet 6 inches long, 8 feet beam and is 
equipped with motors of 380 horse power. Pio¬ 
neer is 39 feet 11V2 inches long. 7 feet beam 
and has a 400 horse power motor. The motor 
was of Wolseley make and was one used in the 
Ursula, the fastest yacht on the other side, 
but ineligible for the cup race because she is 
50 feet long. Zigarella is 26 feet long and has 
a motor of 100 horse power. 
They arrived here on Monday, August 15, but 
because no efforts had been made to get them 
through the Custom House quickly they had to 
wait until the next day before they were re¬ 
leased. Then they were taken to Larchmont. 
While these boats were waiting at Larch¬ 
mont efforts were being made at Huntington 
to hold some eliminating trials. The challenge 
for the cup was received last October, four 
months earlier than was necessary, yet only 
Dixie was ready, and she was ready because 
she was two years old. There had been lots 
of talk of several fast boats being built and 
ready to compete in the trials. There were the 
Restless, Nameless, Question. Skinner, Hurry 
and some unnamed, but the first day Restless 
was the only one on hand. She went around 
the course making about 24 nautical miles an 
hour. There was no race the second day. The 
third Dixie raced against Restless and won 
easily. Then two days of doing nothing fol¬ 
lowed and on Eriday, the night before the inter¬ 
national race, the committee announced that it 
had selected Dixie and Nameless and the third 
boat would be chosen on Saturday. Nameless 
is a boat with four propellers and four motors 
of 125 horse power each. She had engine 
trouble before the eliminating trials began and 
her ability was only hearsay. 
No other boats showed up on Saturday and 
the committee selected Restless as its third 
representative. It certainly did not look as if 
the cup would remain on this side of the At¬ 
lantic. Dixie was really the only boat on 
which any dependence could be placed, and she 
was not in the best possible condition, little 
having been done to her all the season. 
International races are good not only for 
the sport, but to create good feeling and make 
friendships, but an international race is a hard 
one to manage. Attention must be paid to 
little things and every arrangement carried out 
thoroughly and with careful detail. It takes 
very little in an international race to cause 
trouble and ill feeling and a mismanaged race 
of this kind can cause much harm. 
Fortunately the visitors were all good sports¬ 
men or they might have gone home with hard 
feelings against the motor boat men of this 
country. Remembering the unfortunate delay 
two years ago, N. B. Robins, who steered Pio¬ 
neer, and F. R. S. Birscham, who steered Zig¬ 
arella, had the matter of postponement referred 
to the international committee. Two years ago 
the committee postponed the race just before 
the time announced for the start and Mr. Rob¬ 
ins made a strong protest. He pointed out 
that running about the starting line was burn¬ 
ing up gasolene and that motor boats did not 
carry more than was necessary for a race. It 
was agreed that the start should be at 2:30 
o’clock and only some serious accident should 
cause a dela,y. If for any cause deemed suffi¬ 
cient the start was to be postponed, the post¬ 
ponement should be for an hour, which would 
give time to take on more fuel. The prepara¬ 
tory signal was to have been made at 2:25, and 
at that hour both British boats were on the 
line and ready and Dixie was speeding about 
also ready. No other American boat was in 
sight. The committee had been delayed in get¬ 
ting out from the club house and reaching the 
tug boat just when the signal should have been 
made, signalled a postponement. This caused 
a very strong protest from the British and the 
two helmsmen announced that they would re¬ 
turn to their moorings and get more “petrol.” 
Capt. J. E. Price, who represented the Duke of 
Westminster, and Lord Northcliffe, the donor 
of the trophy, succeeded in smoothing over the 
trouble and it was arranged that the start 
should be made at 3:30 o’clock. By that time 
Nameless had arrived. 
The signal sounded at 3:30 and Zigarella led 
across the line. She lifted her forefoot well 
out of the water and threw spray wide on each 
side. The Dixie was next and then came Pio¬ 
neer. but the British boat was moving so fast 
that she went by Dixie almost as if that boat 
had been anchored, and in a very few seconds 
she was leading and increasing her lead every 
second. She traveled very smoothly, lifting 
somewhat and throwing some water, but she 
moved very fast and many thought the race 
practically over. 
At the first turn. 2 1-16 miles away. Pioneer 
was leading by nearly two minutes. She made 
the turn well and then went off on the 4 9-32 
mile stretch to the second mark. At that point 
she had a lead of about two miles. Dixie was 
the second boat, moving along very steadily. 
Zigarella had been stopped because of her feed 
pipe becoming choked and Nameless did not 
reach the first mark. It was said afterwards 
