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The Free for all Race at Jamestown. 
Tue free-for-all race, open to yachts of 4oft. 
length over all and under, which was sailed at 
Jamestown on Tuesday, Sept. 17, was not a 
very exciting affair, partly because the wind 
was light and partly because most of the men 
in the several crews were rather tired after the 
work of the previous day. Seven yachts entered 
—Dorothy, Little Rhody, Dorothy Q., and Cap- 
sicum of the class Q fleet, the sloop Usona, 
owned by Capt. Peake, of the Hampton Roads 
Y. C.; the yawl Mattachesset, owned by Capt. 
White, of the same club, and the sloop Mar- 
garet B., owned by Hugh Duffy, of the Capital 
City Y. C., of Washington. 
At the outset the wind was light from a point 
south of west. It fell away almost to nothing 
early in the afternoon and then came out fairly 
fresh from the east. The course promised about 
_three miles of a spinnaker run, something less 
than two miles of reaching, and then about 
three miles of windward work on each round, 
but the change of wind gave the yachts rather 
less than a full leg of windward work coming 
home on the first round and a full leg of wind- 
| ward work going out on the second. The total 
distance was 1534 miles. 
The start was not a very spirited one, al- 
though the boats were fairly close together. 
Little Rhody, which is distinctly a light 
weather boat, took the lead almost at once and 
kept it. She finished the first round nearly 
four minutes ahead of Dorothy Q., five minutes 
ahead of Capsicum, and nine minutes ahead of 
Dorothy. The first of the three old-timers was 
| more than twenty minutes astern, and the other 
two were close on her heels. 
Little Rhody won with 
ease nearly ten 
minutes ahead of Capsicum, which finished sec- 
first round, but Usona and the yawl spunkily 
hung on to the end, although they were nearly 
an hour later than the winner at the finish, and 
their owners now have the satisfaction of hav- 
ing sailed a race in company with four fliers 
from northern waters. 
San Francisco Yachting. 
Tue twelfth annual regatta of the Pacific 
Inter-Club Yacht Association, which takes place 
on California Admission Day, Sept. 9, is engag- 
ing the attention of all the clubs and their mem- 
bers. The list of entries was closed on Sept. 
4, with twenty-six yachts entered. These in- 
clude the Annie, Yankee, Nixie and Speedwell, 
in the 44ft. class; Harpoon, Edith, Alert, Per- 
haps and Presto, in the 36ft. class; Challenger, 
Nautilus, White Heather, U and I and Ethel H., 
in the 30ft. class; Aeolian, Mist, Discovery, 
Neva, Nettie, Ceres and Moonlight, in the 2sft. 
class; Iola, Truant and Mary, in the special yawl 
class; and Ruby and Idler, in the special 2oft. 
class. The race will be sailed over the associa- 
tion’s channel course, starting from Miegg’s 
wharf in San Francisco. Pennants will be 
awarded to the yachts winning the first and 
second places in each class. There will be a 
one gun start, time being taken from the start- 
ing signal. The officials of the races are Allen 
M. Clay, referee; R. R. I’Hommedieu and 
Herbert Hauser, judges, and T. J. Kavanagh 
and Roy Ward, timers. 
Other events of the next few days are: The 
cruise of the Corinthian Y. C. to Dunbarton 
Point to-morrow, and the Farallon race of the 
San Francisco Y. C. on Sept. 14. 
The yacht clubs of San Francisco Bay took 
advantage of the holiday last Monday and made 
three-day cruises to various points about the 
bay. The San Francisco Y. C. and the Cali- 
fornia Y. C. made trips up into the Suisun 
section of the bay, while the Corinthians went 
south to Alviso, where they were the guests 
of the South Bay Y. C. over Sunday. 
The yachts Meteor and Aloha, of the Cor- 
inthian Y. C., have just completed a week’s trip 
into the rivers and sloughs opening into the bay. 
Meteor got hung up on a mud bank for a short 
time and both vessels had to be helped out oc- 
casionally by a launch, but there were no mis- 
haps of importance. At Stockton the crews 
were the guests of the Slough City yachtsmen. 
Colonial Y. C. Night Parade. 
Forty motor boats of the Colonial Y. C.’s 
fleet, gay with electric lights, Japanese lanterns 
-nd other decorations, passed in review of hun- 
dreds along Riverside Drive and at the club 
house in the annual carnival of the club. The 
frst prize, for best appearance, a liquid com- 
mrass, was given to Dixie Crane, owned by W. S. 
Peerier, and the second prize went to Virginia 
II., owned by C. J. McGloin. 
From the club house, at ro8th street, the boats 
naraded past the Columbian Y. C., at Ejighty- 
sixth street, thence to the recreation pier at 125th 
street and the club house. All were brilliantly 
illuminated and the club house was a mass of 
decorations and lights. After the review danc- 
ing and light refreshments were enjoyed. 
EVERYTHING is power boats this week on the 
Hudson River, as it is “race week” for the 
Motor Boat Club of America, whose club house 
at ro8th street is the Mecca for all put! put! 
men. 

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Seawanhaka Fifteen-Footers. 
Ercut of the little one-design boats of the 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. sailed their last 
race starting at 3:15 P. M. on Saturday, Sept. 
21. The Flicker, owned by Mr. E. C. Hender- 
son, was the winner. Fortunately for them, the 
little fellows finished their race before the heavy 
squall that swept across the Sound late in the 
afternoon reached Oyster Bay. The summary: 
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21 15 
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Imp, owned by Mr. H. H. Landon, wins the 
cup offered for this series of races among these 
boats, as she won the most number of points. 
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A Single Hander. 
Tue single-hand cruiser, whose lines are 
given herewith, is one where seaworthiness has 
been the first consideration above everything 
else. A boat of that profile will bite to wind- 
ward remarkably well, is quick on the helm 
and sensitive to the lightest touch on the tiller. 
They will live and keep going in the face of 
downright heavy weather longer than any other 
style of craft. 
One advantage also is the headroom one can 
get under a flush deck. The only disadvantage 
is in the heavy keel required, as this is quite an 
item to a poor man, but it is the life of this 
model, and any one who can stand that ex- 
pense gets a perfect little sea boat. 
Eleanor Wins at Jamestown. 
MANHASSET, after winning the King’s cup, de- 
parted for the north, along with the 27-footer 
Regina and the Q boat Little Rhody. The 
latter is making an outside trip of it, going out 
to sea and coming up with as much assurance 
as a three-masted schooner. Her skipper, Mr. 
C. T. Tillinghast, has proved more than once 
his daring on the open sea in winning ocean 
races. 
The remaining Q boats sailed for the Lipton 
cup, originally offered for classes H, J and K 
that produced no entries, against Sue, she allow- 
ing the smaller boats time, but was never able 
to save it. Dorothy Q won the first race on 
Wednesday, Sept. 18, with Baltimore Dorothy 
second, and Capsicum third. 
Eleanor, owned by Mr. F. W. 
Marblehead, Mass., won the 
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