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The most important yachting 
event of the week, of course, will be 
the launching of the Manchester 
Yacht club’s Seawanhaka Cup de- 
fender at the David Fenton Co.’s 
vard Saturday afternoon. Thirty or 
forty Boston yachtsmen will come 
out for the launching and many of 
the ecottagers will motor over to the 
wharf to witness the launching of 
the boat which will gain internation- 
al fame this summer. The launching 
will take place at 3.15, and as the 
boat starts on its way to the water 
she will be christened ‘‘Massachu- 
setts’? by Edith, the little daughter 
of Commodore 8S. Parker Brewer of 
the elub. The ceremony will be 
quite an interesting affair. The boat 
was designed by Edwin A. Board- 
man, who has kept in constant touch 
with its construction this spring. 
She was brought out of the house 
this week and has been rigged, 
ready for a sail as’ soon as she 
strikes the water. Great things are 
to be expected of the defender, and 
here’s luck for her success! 
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The Kastern Yacht club has an- 
nounced September 3 as the date for 
opening its trial race of American 
sonder class boats for the selection 
of a team of three to be sent to Ger- 
many in the spring of 1911, where 
an international match is to be sailed 
against three German boats in Kiel 
week, which falls in June. The 
trials will be sailed in Buzzard’s bay. 
This departure from precedent—the 
trials for the other international 
sonder class matches have been 
sailed off Marblehead—was due to 
the belief that in Buzzard’s bay con- 
ditions would be found more nearly 
to approximate those at Kiel. 
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There is little doubt that George 
H. Duggan, the best amateur in 
Canada, will sail the ehallenger for 
the Seawanhaka cup in the races, 
which will begin off Manchester on 
July 23. With Mr. Duggan will be 
Fred Sherwood, who has had much 
experience in sailing small boats and 
particularly in races for this trophy. 
The challenger is to be tried out 
against Thorella and Alexandra in 
home waters, and one of these will 
be shipped to Marblehead for use as 
a trial boat in the waters where the 
international race will be sailed. 
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Patton-Ayer Nuptials. 
The marriage at Beverly Farms 
Thursday afternoon of Miss Beatrice 
Banning Ayer, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Frederick Ayer, and Lieut. 
George S. Patton, jr., 15th U. S. 
Cavalry, son of Mr. and -Mrs. 
George 8S. Patton of San Gabriel, Cal., 
was the first social event of any im- 
portance on the North Shore this 
season. The ceremony was _ per- 
formed by the Rev. George A. Gor- 
don of the Old South church, Boston, 
who was assisted by Rev. E. J. V. 
Tuiginn, rector of St. Peter’s church, 
Beverly. The ceremony took place 
at St. John’s Episcopal church, Bev- 
erly Farms. <A reception was held 
afterward at ‘‘Avalon,’’ the Ayer 
summer home at Pride’s Crossing. 
The ceremony was witnessed by 
relatives and friends from Califor- 
nia, St. Paul, Virginia, New York, - 
Washington and Boston, a special 
train conveying the party from Bos- 
ton to Beverly Farms and returning 
after the reception. 
Miss Ayer was a charming bride. 
ler gown was the one worn by her 
mother at the latter’s marriage, 25 
years ago. ‘It was of heavy cream 
embroidered satin, with court train, 
and was worn in the same style, 
originally designed. The bridal veil 
of tulle was fastened with orange 
blossoms. She carried a prayerbook. 
The maid of honor was Miss 
Katherine Ayer, a sister of the 
bride. The bridesmaids were Annie 
KH. Patton, sister of the bridegroom, 
Miss Ruth Banning of Los Angeles, 
-a cousin of the bride, Miss Rosalind 
Wood and Miss Helen Longyear of 
Boston. They were gowned alike, in 
ecru lingerie frocks, richly trimmed 
with lace and insertion and worn 
over satin. They wore hats of nea- 
politan lace, trimmed with blue 
satin ‘ribbon and small wreaths of 
moss roses and forget-me-nots. They 
carried lilies of the valley. 
The bridegroom, in military uni- 
form, was attended by Frederick 
Ayer, jr., brother of the bride, as 
best man. The ushers were Lieut. 
George Patton Brown, U. S. N,., 
eousin of the bridegroom; Lieut. 
Philip 8. Gage, -U. S. A.; Lieut. Paul 
H. Herman, U. §.:A.; Lieut. Francis 
G. Delano, U. S. A. and Lieut. James 
A. Brice, U.S. A. They also wore mili- 
tary uniforms, and as the bride and 
bridegroom left the altar, after the 
ceremony, drew their sabers and 
formed an areh under which the 
bridal couple passed. It was an im- 
pressive and picturesque feature. 
Lieut. and Mrs, Patton sail from 
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Among the arrivals of the week at 
Manchester are the B. A. Beals, Mrs. 
J. R. Bremer, Herbert, Warren Ma- 
son, the E. L. Woods and Mrs. 8. PR. 
Blake. 
Mrs. H. S. Grew has opened her 
cottage at Old Neck, Manchester. 
M. C. McGill and family have 
moved into one of the Kimball cot- 
tages off Masconomo street, Man- 
chester. 
Mrs. John C. Howe has opened her _ 
cottage at West Manchester. 
The Merrill homestead, on Smith’s 
Point, Manchester, rented early in 
the season to Mrs. Lea of Philadel- 
phia, but which had to be given up 
because of Mrs. Lea’s illness, has 
been rented again through the 
Boardman agency, but the name of 
the tenant 1s withheld for the pres- 
ent. 
The President’s son, Robert <Al- 
shonso Taft, will continue his educa- 
tion at the Harvard Law school next 
October, so states a report from New 
Ilaven. 
Yachting Fixtures for the Week. 
SATURDAY, MAY 28. 
American Y. C.—Newburyport, cruise to 
Annisquam, 
Atlantic Y. C.—Spring regatta. 
New Rochelle Y. C.—Special regatta. 
Quiney Y. C.—Club. 
Wollaston Y. C.—First championship. 
Yale Corinthian Y. C.—Cruise to Thim- 
ble island. 
MONDAY, MAY 30. 
Bangor Y. C.—Cruise, to Bucksport. 
Bridgeport Y. C.—Spring regatta. 
Brooklyn Y. C.—Open. 
Fall River Y.-C.—N. B. Y. BR. A. race. 
Harlem Y. C.—Annual regatta. 
Jubilee Y. C.—Power, Beverly. 
South Boston Y. C.—Y. BR. A. and inter- 
club open, City Point. | 
SATURDAY; JUNE 4. 
Bensonhurst Y. C.—Open. 
Columbia Y. C.—Officers’ 
Point. 
Corinthian Y. C.—Club. 
Edgewood Y. C.—Opening regatta, Flint 
and Possner cups. 
Fall River Y. C.—Open, power boats, 
Tiverton. 
Knickerbocker Y. C.—Annual regatta. 
Quincy Y. C.—Club. 
Royal Thames Y. C.—Nore to Deal race, 
‘Savin and Dorchester yacht elubs—Dor- 
chester day, open. 
~ SUNDAY, JUNE 5. 
Winthrop Y. C.—Handicap run. 
Wollaston Y. C.—Club, dories: 
City 
cups, 
New York, Saturday, for a month’s 
trip abroad. They will make their 
home at Fort Sheridan, Ill., where 
Lieut. Patton is stationed. 
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