New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-11
EASTERN Y. C.'S RECORD.
Valuable Motor Boat Statistics Col
Iected an Report.

Henry Howard George Atkinson, jr. Stephen
W. Sleeper and Louis N. Clark. as regatta COM
mttee of the Eastern Yacht Club. have just issued
their official annual report Of the races OF the last
season. The schooners sloops and yawls OF the
club sailed\ fourteen races. six on the annual
cruise
There three days of racing for the motor
boats. for which a special committee was appoint
ed. and three special races Of boats for the
cup offered by Frank Gair Macomber. by the
Naughty Girl from the Autowin The course was
% miles. and the winners best time for the dis
tance was 2O2:25, a speed of 1920 nautical miles
hour.
In tn first special open race on July 2 the win
ners were the Wasaka, the Opitsah V. and the Bat.
The Dorel, the Medric and the Bat the win
ners in the second on July T. both being sailed
off Marblehead. The 331-mle ocean race from New
York to Marbehead by the schooner
class Z, and by the sloop Cossack, in class L. The
schooner Underclih won in the special handicap
class The Lasca's time 71:2s:2s
The winners of the annual regatta Of July 10
were the Athene the Hope Leslie and the Heron.
The Athene won the Puritan Cup for the best cor
rected time over the courses hours, 10 minutes %
seconds. for thirty-three and a half miles on the
annual cruise the schooner Corona Of the New
York Yacht Club owned by Arthur F. Luke.
the runs from Gloucester to the Isle Of Shoals from
there to Peaks Island. from there to Seal Harbor
Whitehead. and from Bartlett's Narrows to Bar
Haroor. The schooner Chanticleer. owned by
George W. Weld the runs from Marbehead to
Gloucester. and rom Isiesboro to Bartlett's Mar
rows. The other winners the cruise were: July
16. the Agatha the Wasp and the Dorel: on July It.
the Hope Leslie. the Wasp and the Heron on July
Is. the Agatha, the Athene and the Heron; July
20 the Hope Leslie. the Athene and the Dorel;
on July o. the Hope Leslie and the Dorel. and
July g. the Agatha and the Dorel The Chewink
". the Urchin and the Arrow were the winners
OF the third special race off Marblehead. Au-
gust !; the Wasaka. the Peri II and the Bat won
the fourth special race August Is and the Dorel
the Peri II and the Arrow won in the fifth special
race on the following day. The three cups offered
by Commodore Laurence Afinos, were won by the
Dorel. the Peri II and the Bat
The motor boat committee OF the club Henry
Howard, S w. Sleeper. w. B. Stearns A Apple
ton Packard. and William Wallace. shows an in
terestng series OF ten halftone pictures Of motor
boats taken whilo going various rates OF speed.
Nearly all the boats were going at much greater
relative speeds than are attained by the fastest
ocean steamships. The photographs were selected
TO show the wave formation of boats widely differ
ing In speed and model. Because of the great care
In measuring the course the almost total absence Of
tidal influences in Boston Bay and the accurate
timing Of the boats by six members Of the Chrome
graph Club the data obtained and published by the
committee should serve as the most valuable for
reference OF those taken this season.
The winners the first day July II were the
Autowin. the Elizabeth and the It On July y
the winners were Fiat 7, the Autowin the Eliza
beth. the It the Cornarche Jr.. and W H. Cham.
bsrlaines dory. On July q. the winners were the
Fiat l, the Elizabeth, the Little Egypt and CT.
Whittiers dory. The Autowin the Gay Cup.