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Jamestown Races. 
THE first of a series of three races, to be sailed 
off Hampton Roads for the King Edward cup, 
was held on Wednesday, Sept. 11, and was won 
by the new Manhasset, designed by Wm. Gard- 
ner for Mr. Clarence H. Robbins, of New York, 
for the King Edward cup. The race, in which 
six yachts had sailed twice around a triangular 
course of 7% miles, was regarded by all who 
witnessed it as the best contest the class has yet 
engaged in. There were no flukes, but a strong 
and steady breeze from start to finish. Man- 
hasset, after a close contest with Dorothy, of 
Baltimore, won from that yacht by 4m. 43s., Cap- 
sicum, of New York, being the third boat, and 
Eleanor, of Boston, the fourth. 
A prettier start could not be imagined than 
that of the Q class. When the signal was given 
by the regatta committee, Messrs. C. P. Tower, 
Dr. J. E. De Mund and Com. T. E, Ferguson, 
from the United States gunboat Siren, anchored 
about one mile north of Ocean View, the six 
yachts came for the line in a group, with Dorothy 
in the weather berth, Manhasset close on her lee 
quarter and Little Rhody off her lee bow, 
Dorothy Q on her lee beam, Capsicum in the 
atter’s wake, and Eleanor to leeward of them 
all, just able to fetch by the mark boat. All 
crossed on the starboard tack. When they jibed 
at the first mark Capsicum led Manhasset by a 
few seconds. At the end of the first round she 
ed her by only three seconds. Manhasset out- 
ointed both Capsicum and Dorothy in the wind- 
ward work. She sailed the first round of the 
course in 46m. 55s., and the second in 48m. 20s. 
Jorothy, of Baltimore, covered the first round 
in 47m. 12s. and the second in 52m. 46s. 
On the final leg of windward work Dorothy 
forced Capsicum about when near the finish. 
They all carried sail well through quite a heavy 
thunder squall. The leach of Dorothy’s main- 
sail flapped badly in going to windward. All 
finished close hauled on the port tack. 
Manhasset was sailed by George A. Corry, of 
the Manhasset Bay Y. C., of Port Washington, 
N. Y. He had with him Messrs. Lincoln and 
Littlejohn. W. Irving Zerega sailed the Balti- 
more Dorothy, with Dudley Williams and_ J. 
Robertson as crew. Louis M. Clark, of Boston, 
sailed Eleanor, with W. E. Barnard and E. 
Burton Hart as crew. Hollis Burgess sailed 
Dorothy Q, of Boston; C. F. Tillinghast, Little 
Rhody; G. Sherman Hoyt, his Capsicum; F. G 
Stewart, his Regina, and E. F. Luckenbach, his 






Sue. The summary: 
Sloops, Class P,—Start, 12:25—Course, 15 Miles. 
Sue, E,.2 Luckesibach % access ese 1 59 58 1 34 58 
Regina, F. G. Stewart ....... . 2 01 34 1 36 34 
Sloops, Class Q—Start, 12:35—Course, 15 Miles 
Manhasset, Clarence H. Robins..... 210 15 1 35 15 
Dorothy, Hi. P: Gilpin} et “alicia. 2 14 58 1 39 58 
Capsictm; Ce oie Eloyt. oem eriena tee 2 15 07 1 40 07 
Eleanor, F. W. Fabyan ......2.2.00- 2 15 08 1 40 08 
Little Rhody, C. F. Tillinghast ... 2 15 58 1 40 58 
Dorothy Q., Gay & Burgess........ 2 15 58 1 40 58 
The winners were Sue and Manhasset. 
DesIGNER C. D. Mower is working on two sets 
of plans for one-design classes at Patchogue, L. 
I. The one-design class, which Mr. Childs is 
organizing for Gravesend Bay, promises to be a 
success. Designer Mower has turned out a plan 
about 25ft. over all, 16ft. waterline, 7ft. beam 
and 4ft. draft. Mr. Childs has generously of- 
fered to pay the winner in this class the contract 
price of his boat, which is to be $s500,:so that 
is some inducement to help along the good work. 
RnyRme 

Tue Larchmont Y. C. is considering the build- 
ing of a class of one-design boats from Gard- 
ner’s design. They will be 26ft. waterline, 3oft. 
6in. over all and show a clean-lined hull, almost 
flush deck with jib and mainsail rig. 
Capsicum Ties with Manhasset. 
Two Class P boats raced for the Roosevelt cup 
on Friday, Sept. 13, off Jamestown, and six 
Class Q boats raced for the King Edward cup. 
Capsicum, since she put on a new suit of sails, 
has done surprisingly well, and in this race in 
a light breeze she led the fleet of Q boats, even- 
ing up her score on points with Manhasset that 
won on Wednesday. 
The record now stands Capsicum 10, Man- 
hasset 10, Dorothy 7, Little Rhody 7, Eleanor 6 
and Dorothy Q. 2. 
Sue, having won two straight races out of 
three to be sailed, cannot lose, so she is the win- 
ner of the Roosevelt cup. 
The course Friday was the reverse of the one 
on Wednesday, owing to the direction of the 
wind, but it was so that, as on Wednesday, the 
windward leg was the short one, greatly to the 
disadvantage of some of the boats, while to the 
advantage of others, for it is agreed that some 
are better to windward than they are on other 
points of sailing. 
The class was started at 12:05 o’clock to wind- 
ward, and they crossed close together. Dorothy 
stood on the starboard tack, while the others 
stood off to port. In a few minutes Capsicum 
joined Dorothy and the two had a pretty scrim- 
mage. Then Little Rhody joined in, followed 
by the others, and the fight to the can buoy that 
marked the turn was an interesting one. The 
little boats were evenly matched and it was tack 
and tack in rapid succession, but, fighting inch 
by inch for the advantage, Capsicum turned it 
several seconds in the lead and stretched away 
on a broad reach. Nearing the next mark Little 
Rhody left the fleet and got a bit of lead on the 
others, but Dorothy stuck to her and the pair 
rownded close together. 
The next leg was a close reach, and on this 
leg there was another change in the positions. 
Capsicum still held her lead, Little Rhody sec- 
ond, but Manhasset and Eleanor had _ passed 
Dorothy, and in this formation the boats finished 
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beat, though somewhat astern, but she worked 
out so well that when the mark was rounded 
she was in the third. position, with Capsicum | 
leading and Little Rhody second. 
The second leg was a broad reach, as before, 
during which Manhasset and Eleanor overhauled 
Dorothy, but Dorothy remained in the last posi- 
tion. 
Rounding the mark and close hauled on the 
home leg the boats finished in the following 
order: Capsicum, Little Rhody, Manhasset, 
Eleanor, Derothy and Dorothy Q. 
Manhasset Wins King’s Cup. 
THOUGH neither Capsicum nor Manhasset won 
first place in the last race off Jamestown for the 
King’s cup, Manhasset wins the cup by finish- 
ing second with Eleanor first, as the decision 
was made by the point system. The standing 
of the various boats is as follows: 
Manhasset 47... o esc een 15 points. 
Capsicum. nee ene ree ‘ 
EléeangrP naar eee ate 12 =m 
Dorothy: See en ae II "4 
Little; Khody ce a. ace 8 hs 
Dorothy“Oy noses. eee 4 ie 
Monday’s race was a most stubbornly con- 
tested one on the first round. Eleanor was the 
first boat around the windward mark with 
Dorothy close at her heels, then came a close 
reach to the second buoy and _ here is where 
Manhasset’s length told in her favor. She 
caught and passed Dorothy before the second 
mark was reached. The last leg was a run with 
spinnakers to starboard, but the boats’ positions 
remained practically the same to the finish once 
again around the triangle. 
“Jimmie” Sparkman is now trying flat life 
afloat in the Mower floating flat Hostess, at 
Echo Bay. 
em eR 
BENSONHURST wins the handsome Lipton cup 
for 15-footers in Gravesend Bay. 
SCHOONER UNDER SAIL. 





