The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-01
TRIALS OF SMALL YACHTS
RACES TO SELECT SEAWANHAKA CUP CHALLENGER.
The Tecumseh, Owned by the Bridge- port Yacpt Club, and Built in Wis
 consin, Took One of the Three con- tests Yesterday, While the Massasoit
 Designed by Crowninshieid,o of Bostou.
 Captured tn e Other Two.

Bridgeport, June 30.-In the first of the trials of the Bridgeport Yacht club to-day to select challenger for the
 Seawanhaka cup, now held in Canada,
 the Tecumseh won the first race and the Massasoit won the other two. The first race was sailed in a very light
 breeze. In the second race the breeze
 increased, and at the finish of the third race there was good whole-sail breeze blowing. On the whole, the day could
 be classed as fiuky. When the races were started the wind was about east southeast. It kept gradually hauling until the last race was sailed in south west breeze and it became necessary to
 send the boats over the reverse of the triangle.
 The Tecumseh, which won the first
 race, was designed and built by Jones
 & Laborde, of Oshkosh, Wis. She is owned by syndicate of the Bridgeport Yacht club headed by Commodore Thomas H. Mcdonald She was sailed to-day by her designer, J. H. Jones, and he had for crew F. o. Came at the lld1H SHb6l, w IillS T ulIdlll ~ lAiC Jib sheet and Thomas Hardenberg. The Massasoit was designed by B.B. Crown- inshield, of Boaton, and built by Smith, of Quincy, for the same syndicate She was sailed by W. H. Jennings and he had for crew Edgar Sherwood on the
 main sheet, Leroy Gates on the jib sheet and Frank Gates.
 When the weather was lightest it was most favorable to the Tecumseh, and when it breezed up the Massasoit found her element In the chop that was kick ed up on the last lace the Tecumseh seemed to lose her go, while the Massa- soft took to it kindly.
 i The weather was so unpromising that | it was 1.30 before the first race was started. The boats were we'll punched
 at the start and by the official list they went over in the following order: Mon- soon, Nutmeg, Seeress, Filibuster,, Cru- sader Frontenac, Tecumseh and Mas sasoit. In this fleet the Monsoon took I the windward position at the line, and all of the boats which came over clear of the leader hugged the windward end. They went over the line on the port l tack. and the Seeress was first to tack | to port crossing the Monsoon's bow. Then they all split, but the Monsoon,
 Nutmeg and Crusader hung to the port tack. The Tecumseh commenced to es- tablish lead when about half of the windward leg had been covered. She then tackled ahead of the Nutmeg and | to weather of the Massasoit. From l this time on she gradually pulled away
 and rounded the first mark nearly a
 minute to the good. @-.. @ s-e*- On the next leg, which was reach,
 nearly all of the boats set spinnakers
 and let the pole go forward of the bow
 spirit to get the advantage of increased
 sail area. The Tecumseh kept pulling
 ahead all the time, and at the second
 mark she was about five minutes to the
 good. On the run in the Nutmeg gain
 ed somewhat, but the Tecumseh finished
 with room to spare.
 ] On the second race, which was start Led at 3.05, the Filibuster got the best
 of the start on getting over the line. but
 the Crusader had the windward posi- ton. The breeze had been hauling to l the southward and had increased slight
 ly in strength This was much to the liking of the Massasoit, which gradual
 1y walked up from fifth position at the start to the lead.
 The order at the first mark was: Mas sasoit, Frontenac, Crusader, Tecumseh Seeress Nutmeg, Monsoon and Filibus- l ter.
 1 They all went fast on the second leg
 which was turned from a reach to a
 slight beat by the hauling of the wind
 The Massasoit kept her lead and grad
 ually increased it, although slightly She turned the second mark ahead and
 was followed by the Tecumseh, Crusad-
 er Frontenac, Seeress, Nutmeg, Mon-
 soon and Filibuster.
 ! Ofr inc last Iees.t her Ma asnftr rincrea s-