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Reminiscenses of the Block Island Race. 
Tue Block Island race is past, but not for- 
gotten; other weekday races have crowded thick 
and fast to divert one’s attention, but on account 
of its peculiar conditions, that particular race 
will-long be remembered. The funny part. of 
it. is the same boat that startled the long 
distance racers once before gave all hands a 
jar. Okee won the race. 
But for the fog that wrapped up the island 
and took it off the ocean, many boats would 
have shown a difference in their finish time. 
But for that, Page would not have gone cruis- 
ing completely around the spot where Block 
Island used to be and failed to find it. I. O. 
would not have anchored off the south end, 
thinking she was off the north corner. Exit 
would not have lain peacefully at anchor with- 
in a stone’s throw of the entrance all night if 
the buzzer had been working; but, of course, 
just when that fog signal was most needed, it 
Was not working. Yet the Island must have 
been there, for Grace I]. found it, found it as 
hard as sand and gravel general feels under a 
boat’s keel. 


The Block Island Circus. 
FORTUNATELY all the participants in the Block 
Island race were ‘good fellows,” and those who 
lost felt no ill feeling toward those who won. 
They were the kind of yachtsmen who yacht for 
the love of the sailing they get out of it, not 
the number of mugs they won. It stands to 
reason when thirty-one yachts start, pets of 
them must bear disappointment. But the boys 
were made of the stuff that could not poy stand 
the loss of first prize, but there were quite a 
number of them who could also stand ua as 
well. 
One down-easter goes around: town now 
with his hands on his cash pocket; and when- 
ever he meets a man who was in, that race he 

acknowledges right away. “It’s on me.” ‘Don’t 
say a word about it.’ “Come on.” And again 

he hits the bar—a woden one this time—and 
again he loops the island. 
Another craft wandered far away in the 
cotton-like fog, and when land finally hove in 
sight, her skipper got into the dinghy and had 
to row ashore and ask the natives on the beach 
what land it was. “Nantucket? “No!” “Mon- 
tauk?’ “Nol” “Martha's Vineyard?” “No; 
Watch Hill.” 
Well, that’s pretty close to Block Island in 
loneliness anyway, for he was as well off there 
perhaps as anywhere. 
The Block Island race will certainly go down 
in the yachting diary as the head clown per- 
formance in the circus of 1907 yachting. 
Boston Letter. 
THE annual cruises of the Eastern and Boston 
yacht clubs are now elose at hand, and final 
preparations are being made by each club to 
eclipse its previous records. For that of the 
Eastern, which begins at Marblehead July 5, an 
unusual number of trophies have been donated 
in addition to the regular silver prizes -offered 
by the club, These extra prizes consist of a 
$1,000 cup given by Mr. Arthur F. Luke for the 
schooner making the best corrected time on all 
the runs; a $100 cup presented by Com. W. 
Amory Gardner for the schooner making the 
best time on the run from Rockport to Port- 
land; Vice-Com. Clarke’s $600 cup for the sloop 
making the best total time on the whole cruise; 
S. Reed Anthony’s $250 cup for the sloop win- 
ning the run from Rockport to Portland and 
$250 trophy offered by F..W. Ayer, Esq., to the 
sailing yacht making the slowest total time on 
all the club runs 
The Boston Y. C. had not intended to visit 
Portland this year, but to-run from Cape, Por- 
poise to Five Islands. The members 
Portlandsy..G., 
Boston fleet passing them by without a little 
gam” and a little more hilarity. So a stop 
to be made at Portland and a joint regatta 
will be sailed there. 
as already planned, 

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rather an elegant booby prize. 
of the 
refused to hear of the 
has a draft of 2ft. gin. 
however! power twentieth century engine will 
pated. 
forecastle and owner’s quarters. 
hee the fleet will proceed © and stateroom are 
eaching Boothbay Harbor — white enamel. 
Unome and ¢ 
July 19 and nantes: an excursion to Monhegan 
Island the following day. 
The Baker’s Yacht Basin launched the new 
ee cruising launch Unome, oa completed 
Vice-Commodore Lincoln, of the Hingham 
C., this week, and she took up her station at 
cuiser, 

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Hingham June 28. She was designed by 
Swasey, Raymond & Page, is 53ft. length over 
all, 45{t load waterline, 1oft. extreme breadth and 
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drive a 
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finished in mahogany and 
The new boat resembles the first 
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Spokane and Chewink VIII., after being taken 
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