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OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES
CHICAGO YACHT CLUB 1922 OFFICERS COMMODORE
VICE COMMODORE
Sheldon Clark
Samuel Insull
SECRETARY Harold Bradley
REAR COMMODORE Clark C. Wright JUDGE ADVOCATE John L. Shortall FLEET SURGEON Dr. John A. Wolfer
TREASURER
717 N. Michigan Ave.
Richard G. Jones
Phone Superior 9100
MEASURER Clark C. Wright
Harry G. Wilson
LIBRARIAN FLEET CAPTAIN J. E. Roberts
DIRECTORS Dr. W. L. Baum
Laurance Armoui
Leonard J. Lambin Charles R. Francis E. C. Webster
George O. Clinch Ogden T. McClurg
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Bertram M. Winston
COMMITTEES HOUSE COMMITTEE
'Bertram M. Winston, Chairman William C. Moulton $.. Q. Jongs Geo. Hull Porter A. Von Wening
MOORINGS COMMITTEE A. C. KinS, Chairman
B. H. Pistorius
Wm. Geo. D. Orr
REGATTA COMMITTEE
Frank B. Evers, Chairman Frank B.'wever Fr"4 c. Taylor Charles Scates
E. C. Websier
Francis Taylor
James N. Smith
Geo. Dalseg
N. L. Hurd"
ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE Geo. Hull Porter, Chairman Augustus s. Feabody charles w. wrigley E. E. Sheridan James O. Heyw5rtL
ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE
Evan Evans, Chairman pon B. Sebastian . H. P. O'Connell
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Gaar Williams
Byron Wiltis
Wm. D. McJunkin
Bernard J. Mulaney
LINCOLN PARK RELATIONS COMMITTEE Col. Wm, N. Pelouze, Chairman
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Charles R. Francis, Vice-Chairman Geo. F. Harding, Jr.
Fred'k H. Bartlett
AVIATION COMMITTEE J. F. Cornelius, Chairman Philip K. Wrigley W. MitcheU Blair
NEW CLUB HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE
Samuel Inslll, Chairman,_ A. M. Andrews, Laurance Armour, Lester Armour, Fred'k H. Bartlett, Pr._W. L. Eaum, Ralph A. Bond, John F. Corcoran, Joseph M. Cudahy, Samirel Dauchy, Charlej S. Dewey, George W. Dixon, Robert \i[I. Dunn, Charles R. Erwin, Chaiies E. Fox, Chari6s Daniel C. I!. J. Fytre,-George^F._Getz, A,lbe4 Y. Gowe:r, George F. Harding, Jr., Byron S. Harvey, It"V, H91man H. Hettler, James O. Heyworth, Chauncey Keep, Ogden T. McCltirE, Roiert H. McCormick; J. J. Mit-chell, Jf., Qgt. [4. N.-Pe_louze, Eugene R-. PiEe, A. N. Rebori, Walden W. Shaw,
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INTREPID WINS MACKINAC RACE By Albert F. Baenziger (Yachting Editor, Chicago Evening American)
Fighting every foot of the 331 miles
from Chicago to Mackinac Island,
through.storm, fog and calm, Donald F. Prather and his valiant crew sailed their Class P sloop Intrepid to victory in the Chicago Yacht Club's annual race by the biggest margin ever recorded in the history of this fresh water classic. The decisive manner in which the Prather-Farrell entry captured the gruelling contest practically eliminated the.element of chance which so often determines the winner in yacht racing and stamps the accomplishment as a reward entirely merited by a superior boat sailed in a masterful manner by capable sailors. The showing of J. C. Van DYke's Class M Sloop Dorello, entered under the colors of the Milwaukee Yacht Club, which finished second twelve hours astern of Intrepid, illustrates the handicap this former Mackinac winner has suffered by the installation of an engine with the dr4g of its propeller. This was the first big race that the Milwaukee boys, who were formerly inland lake sailors, participated in and the showing they made under unfavorable conditions should give them much encouragement for future cruising events. Probably the biggest surprise of the . race was the victory of E. L. Bloomster's Q boat Spider over Jackson Park II sailed by A. A. Bennett. Spider was the third entry to reach the island. This little mahogany racer suffered a two hour delay at the start when the jaws on its gaff gave way forcing a return to Belmont Harbor for repairs, The game manner in which they stuck .to the finish deserved the victory which they won in their class.
-tuackinrc llme Judg:es awaiting &ntval of the r'trhts a.t lbe ffdshins line. "R@diqg left {o rlghl: t'Judge" Riley, Lieut. Commander }Ienning. U. S. A.. Fred C. Taylor, AI Pelereon ot lntrepid crow: F. I{. Evers, Chairman C. Y. C; Regatta Commlttee; F. B. wover and I. M. Arnbrust.
Probably the presence of Fred Porter on board had something to do with its success. It has been so'me time since this dean of Chicago yachtsman sailed in the Mackinac race and those who remember the yearly cruises of Vixen and Iroquois to Georgian Bay know the capabilities of Porter. The honors oI the, Jackson Park Yacht Club, which captured everything in last yearls race were upheld by Joseph Kyle whose schooner Agawa defeated Commodore Sheldon Clark's fisherman. Rainbow by a margin of six hours. The weather and the selection of a westerly course had much to do with the poor showing made by Albert Pack's new ketch Esperanza which finished first among the yawls and schooners but because of her handicap lost out to George Clinch's steel yawl Arcadia. Everybody
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was anxiously watching the stranger and
Gordon Seagrove's Yawl Vanadis, be-
cause both ciaft were designed and built
by the late William J. Starr, a lapse of aimost twenty years between the construction of tlie yawl and the ketch. Seagrove put in at Charlevoix after a series of dislouraging accidents and breaxdowns.
A strong south westerly breeze blowing thirty miles an hour sent the eleven
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enlries over the starting line at steamboat speed and promised a cracking good contest particularly favorable to the double stickers.
The first detachment of Yawls and schooners went over the line all bunched
together with the flagship leading. Five mi"nutes later Spidei led the Q's and Prather's Intrepid was first to cross in the big sloop class. Rainbow held her lead Past the Chicago light and was sailing alon-g suprisi"Ely fuetl. The strong PotrY wind Pacl('s beaulifllt ke(r'll UsDeranzn-- ac. .8he brought out the weak spots in the spars * ,Ubert'E";;;-rza I ho stat'l nig lille on t llo ra''e io Mackinff ""t ^.'i'r". very irlaJnrst in ttre vtr$l and Fchoon-er at the i;U;i.i. of the racers and rigging --Mavourneen cross lhe tinishing line. but rrla bealeB Dy elass to was the the first to Arcadia oD time allowmce. start. develop trouble and immediate'ly afte.r r'second, about a mile astern, and Gem and oassins the lisht Gaiver was forced tQ hrop frit main-sail and he stood in for Jackson Park were close together.- Agawa Belmont Harbor under a jib. Almost it and Esperarlza were holding to the west the same time Dorello lost her spinnaker and leading the yawls. 1'he wind at this sheet and before the yachts had passed time was light and shifting. By daylight l'resh breeze the Municipal Pier, Spider's gaff gave the weather cleared with awhich finally west from the up springing Mavourneen follow way, forcing her to hauled nlrth, making it appear that the into the harbor for repairs. In the meantime, IntrePid, with her boats which held the westerly course had jumbo spinnaker set, began her triumph- the right dope. This wind increased and finallY was ant march through the fleet. BY 5 o'clock Prather had passed Jackson Park strong enough to put the rail under on II and was abea.m of Gem hitting a mostof the boats. Intrepid was hitting twelve mile an hour clip. Corcoran hung a ten-mile clip and when a fog which set to the big mahoganY P boat until Gem in at.7 o'clock lifted, Prather was in line lost its spinnaker sheet when it was with the car ferries out of Ludington' During the major part of Sunday weather quickly left behind. conditions differed on the various courses 6 little about The wind eased up a o'clock and before' dark Intrepid had which the different entries chose to foltaken the lead away frorn Rainbow Iow. But all reports agreed that those which was the only one of the big fel- who held the true course started to exlows to hold a true course, the others perience heavy weather about 6 o'clock, standing off to the west probably on the which created quite a sea and caused considerable trouble because of the direction strength of the weather forcast. When the sub-chaser 419 under the of the sea as compared with the wind. command of Lieut. Jack Hennini, and It was at this point that Intrepid came with the regatta committee aboard, near losing the iace through a torn mainsteamed thro'ugh the fleet at l0:30 P. M., sail and only heroic work on the pjrrt of the yachts were passing through a num- Albin Peterion, Vern Farrell and Harold ber of light rain squalls. Intrepid con- Manning, prevented the big sail from tinued to increase her lead, Dorello was being ruined. Intrepid's log shows at Page 'l
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ECHOS OF THE BIG RACE We all enjoyed Hughey Fullerton's thrilling encounter with the racing game on Commo-
dore Sheldon Clark's schooner Rainbow in the 1922 Mackinac Cup Race. But the wise ones of sailing had a lot of fun with the ingenuous Hughey's acceptance of many things at face value. One of the best laughs-to yachtsmen-we owe to Charley Burras, the most confirmed jokesmith of the C. Y. C. Hughey noted on the Commodore's yachting
cap three bright gold stars, set around the C, Y. C. emblem and fouled anchors, stars that typify his rank at Coirrmodore. "Why does the Commodore have three stars on his cap?" asked Hughey, of Burras. "Why, don't you know? Each star represents a Mackinac Cup Race sailed. Something like service stripes on a soldier's sleeve," quickly answered Burras. And so it went into the 1og. *>k*
Jim Barr, who also sailed on Rainbow, is said to be responsible for Hughey's constant fear that the masts would go overboard every time a hard puff hit the Rainbow, or the boat was driven across the dangerous shoals of the straits.
"Keep clear of the masts if they go overboard," he would yell at the thrilled Hughey. And Hughey spent most of his time, between sleeps and meals, dodging the masts.
Hughey prides himself as being quite a swimmer and had told many tales of his prowess in the water. Off Waugachance you slip across great boulders that in the clear water of the straits seem just below the surface, though as a matter of fact they are
quite a way down. Jim Barr caught Hughey looking overboard at them as Rainbow slipped over them. "Dangerous waters, Hughey," said Jim Barr
in his basso profondo. "If we hit you'll have to swim. It isn't much more than two miles to the island off there, but it is not inhabited and you may have to swim to the main shore about ten miles away. Do you think you can do it?" "Sure," said Hughey. "That's easy for me. I swim out to the new Lake View crib and back every day, that's eight miles. Antl, do you know. last week when I got out there to the crib I was taken with a cramp in my stomach that doubled my legs up until my knees were hitting my chin. I yelled at the men on the crib but they are so accustomed to kidding with me that they thought I was ioking. And so I had to swim all the way back with my knees hitting my jaw every stroke. Four miles of those blows almost got me. When I got in I went out for keeps. I don't know how long I was unconscious on the beach. But my jaw was sore for days afterwards from those repeated blows of my cramped knees,"
Jim Barr and Charley Burras, who were
Iistening with open mouths to the story of that homeric swim, looked at each other. "I think Hughey belongs in our class," said Jim. And Charley nodded a serious face. Hughey was indignant. "You fellows think because you can lie like sailors that everybody is a liar. . But I can prove it." Then he was astonished because they
laughed. Sailors can always prove the truth of their yarns, >k
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Vanadis limped into Charlevoix at crack of dawn the Wednesday morning following the
start of the Mackinac race. "We claim the championship of Lake Michigan when it comes to hard luck," said George Seagrove, during the banquet at the Inn after the three day regatta. ."Harken to this, you apple knockers. We had a new mainsail for the race. It was delivered Friday morning and we stripped the old one off and bent on the new one. It was only four feet too long on the boom and about six feet too long on the hoist not to mention minor errors. Count one. As we got under way in the harbor before the start vie fouled a sunken mooring, and that thirty mile blow nearly put us out of business. But we got off and under way. Number two. Off Kenilworth in a hard puff our gaff jaws gave way. We had to get the mainsail off, make rivets for repairing the jaws out of old bolts with a file and a blunt cold chisel and rivet the jaws together with a hand ax and a hammer. Number three. Sunday evening, ,when off Pt. Sable the. mainsail split in three places. We had to get it down and stick in three reefs. Then the wind dropped and we drifted in that big sea all night until daylight made it possible to repair the mainsail. Add to the four hours we lost mending the gaff an all night loss of headway and five hours to stitch up and patch the old mainsail. You'Il have an idea why we didn't finish nearer the {ront. The split mainsail was trouble number four. On Monday we carried away a spreader and had to make a new one out of an oar. Trouble number five. Off Grand Traverse we got a squall that started the mainsail ripping again. To save it we put in at Charlevoix. In this we had trouble number six. The ooening day of the Charlevoix regatta on Pine Lake we ran aground off Two-Mile Point and carried away the centerboard tackle. After that we sailed with the centerboard hanging from the pin. Trouble number sevenJ "W'e went into the Boyne City race just to show we were good stickers. In jibing across the startiirg line my brother Gordon at the wheel stepped out of the way of the main sheet tackle and stepped on the improperly adiusted cover of a lazaret lratchwav aloneside the wheel. He fell through and nearly tore himself in two. requiring a surseon's attention at Boyne City and laving himself up for two weeks in be<l when he should have. Page 5
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been enjoying his vacation. T-rouble number anc eight. Can anybody duplicate thls -reco-ro' cai anybody give us an idea of who the Jrnx is '" on our crew?" iiia-yit tt s"v some people have all the
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Talkine about Vanadis. The good old ship and s-chooners *"-.-"*iiaia the cup for yawls in the Pine Lake regatta. George seagrove'
soeaking for Gordon, who was -then on n1s spring Lake, -acc-epted ii;;'i;"';;p"iil" "i that it should -De the cup only on condition next season to be raced for.by ""i "Jteaii at Pine Lake, declarif; ;;*lt';;d-iihoott"t. won. it.jn il; iil-va.riaais i,aa not actuallv coinoetition as none of the other boats ln tne competed in 3ll races' .rt ;i;#;;e;.t"aiv was nicelv done, in a fine spirit of good sports-
ffiiliii;.' ir'.'i tl-tit"d the cup-and passed it around manY times. ***
fact we know he couldn't. There is a--possiboat L'iiiiv"itlt- te will get back into small a new Iontribution to the grow"rifiitu-*itt i"E-*r<+ nEet of Rs on Lake Michigan' The regatta on Pine Lake was not only a the most representative
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reoresented in one regatta. It ls rnterestlng to'note that every sloop in the race was a universal tYPe boat.
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made The Milwaukee Y. C. representativesjiorello
ano a fine impression. The crews oI V.ii"t" ire splenditlly representative cha.ps,
see more ot thls all of them. We want togood sailing game' n". t""e of manhood**'rin the
Harbor Sprinss has a bully. class of R boats and they iail them hard. The crews -are rno-rttv- v"u"gsters, but they sure hustle their smart little craft about the courses' (Jur old fo"i.-n"i"fow, ex-flagship of the -C. Y'-C',.is Steadman of St. Louts' now- owfled by Mr. call ii sailed by *Tiny" Barnett' They men ""a him "Tinv" 'cause he ain't. For river tl.=. bovs get a lot of speed out of the f-rmous old R'boat. They carried off the Boyne cup. And theY ***earned it. ;i;;r;; of tunning the regatta and the enter- City visitors. r Two crews in the Mackinac race never tainrient of the *** missed a meal. They were the crews of RainapIf Charlevoix only had a good aharbor bow and Arcadia, Hot meals, three times a oroach and entrance it woultl be buuy ter- dav. and as manv times at night. Jim Barr ilii"". toitte long cruising- race' BrL the coiria haralv squieze his portly bulk through frrrbot is a hard one to make, especially- at the companionway of Rainbow after the race. ;ig[i,- it a tot sailin-g vachts. The. harbor Gosh, tiis sailing game is full of hardships enlrance is narrow, the estuary,ot-the lakes and privations. a mean *** i" "tiro*. and tortuous. It would be you get frriUor to make in a blow. But when Frank Wever played us a low-down trick at there -*** vou'll have a bullY time. the Charlevoix 6anquet. He pleatletl fatigue, after loafing around the fnn for th,ree da.ys, Manaser Creamer of the Inn tlid a lot to eating four-square meals a day, and co-rking tEi"et pleasant for the boys. We have off tielve horirs at night. So they wished a -r[i onlv one iomplaint to make about Creamer' soeech on us. We had to reply to the address WJ nia managed to work about. ten- pounds of welcome by the P'resident of the Chamber off- our girth ind displacement in the .race' of Commerce. And Frank, who prides himih.;;"-risisterid af the rnn and put it all self on his speeches. sat by in ghoulish glee on again and listened io us flounder around trying- to -*x* in three days. tell the Charlevoizans (is that right) what a Milwaukee We wept with Emil Gerich of corking good time we were all having. Volante *frin tre UiA Uis beautiful schoonerlovers **+ to It was like divorcing bve. to his masthoistetl Prather Don yachtsman "ood the genial Milwaukee perfectly head after sweeping uo aallbroom separate prizes in sisht. the f;; hi. wondJrful ship. No more waters He was entitled [o it. Don has certainly iooointetl vacht has ever sailed these resolutely to make the Inideal of worked hard and ft tf,i" Voiu"t". She is the absolute And is a success that no one trepid a winner. she what a gentleman's yacht should, be. en-vies him. For Don is the salt of the seas' was keot uD bv Mr. Gerich, and his good crcw (He's the salt of the earth, but you can't with the devotion that iay of down eist-sailors, that about a sailor, can You?) teat jove of a'good boat. Duties and *** """it" absorbin- so much of his time iisoonsibilities Hughey Fullerton's Loq me that tell They to injgstice it an he felt that attention and hit that it was syndik"eo ott owning Volante caused Mr. Gerich to '' of hainbow made such a all over the countrv' newspapers to 500 cated lawyer, Detrcit is a buYer fortunate sell. The said he would I always Huehev-. B"ttv tot and sailor, *t o is also a tlyed-in-tfie-wool -who dav' There some novelist s-ellir" makl a "first atand care the boat 6xquisite will eive this with such a fiction of field in the men ,.ti t.* while hope that We tentiin it should-have. of pure flcw fluent pen, or a such facile he given Volante up has Co-modore Gerich imagination. In in sailing. give intErest up all wiil not
Charlevoix certainly made a mighty-fine efgood f";T;- ;;;- visitine vachtsmen a- bullv immenselv ii*".'-airt sovt e City contributed-thebanqueting . to the occasion, -vls1t1ng ir-""fr-tt-." ana gi.iing them a delightful motor other-polnts to and Lake Walloon around [rip spot' oT'i"t"-t"ti and beauty in that favor-ed Much, of the credit for the success ot the reii tlue to the Shaws, father and sons, "-rtii it. ttr*iltotts, Sam and son, who took iiJi"
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GOSSOON IS LIPTON CUP WINNER lst
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100 80 60 20 40
80 100 60
280 260 180 80 100
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Railton and Kimball's smart little R boat Gossoon, won the 1922 renewal of the Lipton
Cup series, scoring two firsts and a second. Yank won one first and two seconds. Sari which likes heavier going, was a consistent third and Colleen and Rainbow fought it out for the right to keep out of last place. The series of three races, sailed August 17th, 18th and 19th, was marked by close competition between the three Marconi rigged boats, the two gaff-rigged boats showing at a distinct
disadvantage. This would seem to prove very
conclusively here, as it has proved elsewhere,
that this glorified leg-o-mutton rig is a marked advance over the older style of rig, especiall/
for small boats.
ft has been a question with many yachtsmen here whether the Marconi rig was as fast running and reaching as the gaff rig. But the experience of this series would indicate that it is
not only much faster on windward work, but that it is quite as fast in the reaching and running legs of a race. The first race was twice around a small triangle off Belmont Harbor. Only at the very first was there any doubt when Rainbow
gave the Marconi rigs a scare by leading almost
to the first buoy. But a clever bit of work
in the last few yards of the leg brought Yank around the mark first and after that there was no longer any doubt. The race was sailed in
a fluky breeze and now one, then the other of the leading trio had the best of it, but Gossoon had good handling and won with 39 seconds to spare from Yank, with Sari 55 seconds behind Yank, and Rainbow nearly'ten minutes astern of the Dauchy boat. Colleen was nearly a minute and a half behind Rainbow. The second race, over a windward and leeward course, was a Gossoon race all the way and she outfooted Yank surprisingly. Kimball had her going like an express train and she
finished the race with over three minutes to s.pare. It was the only race of the series which was not closely fought out. After a flat calm
inshore the boats picked up a lively breeze outside and laid down to their work in great
style. As they finished, the breeze dropped again, the rear boats picking up a little on Gossoon, but she managed to hold a bic lead and
finished "by herself" in good shape. Yank was again second. Rainbow, seeking wind, got off the course and finished behind Colleen. The final race was sailed around a quadrilateral course, This was the chance the gaff'
Yank which gave Gossobn a clmo ffght for victory in the Liptor Cup Serio, finislring socond in the lirst a[d socond tscea md wlnniug the la8t raco in a clos€
brush..
rigged boats had been looking for. A fresh breeze and a bit of a lump of sea seemed to offer them a good chance. But the iace developed into a close duel between Gossoon and Yank. The latter well sailed, managed to finish in front, nineteen seconds ahead of Gossoon. Sari was third, almost three minutes behind Gossoon, and Colleen beat Rainbow by over five minutes in a softening breeze. Around the first mark Gossoon was a boat length in front of Yank, and the spinnaker run to the third mark did not show any change. The Marconis swung around it seconds apart with Gossoon still leading by inches. On the close hauled run back from the Chicago Avenue crib, Yank managed to overhaul Gossoon and beat her to the finishing line. ft was a beautiful race to watch and was in doubt to the last few hundred yards when it became apparent that Yank had the advantage and would hold it. pr3c I
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bousht Uo.1, usually second hand, and " good sport, good fun, good they-developed seamanship. In those d-ays the entrance fee for mem1.,.- f
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THE SEASON IS NEARLY OVER We are nearing the end of the season. Another month of good summery sailing, then a month of blustery days that the real "salty" sailors love, and then the anchorages will be deserted. ThJ Chicago Yacht Club now has a membershiP of 1700. splendid Co,rnpared to the size of this membership our'fleet is small-too small to be representative. The question is how to bring new boats
to Chicago. The problem is worrth seriotr,s ^ consideration because a fleet is essential to a yacht club. In the old days when the Chicago Yacht Club was Young we had a fleei that we were Proud of. NearlY
every member owned a boat or.had an interest in a boat. There were men in the sport who loved it for its joys, its rewards of health and pleasure, its thrills, its freedom. Pelc I
bership was merelY nominal. Young chaps could afford to belong' ttday with a membership fee of . $2.50
the youirgsters find themselves practically barred out from joining. We seem to face twP Problems therefore. The first is how to' get the older
members who can afford boats to buY them. The second is how to develoP voung sailors. ' Thf club has a junior membership. But the junior members, who get in - for a nominal fee, lo'se their memberships on becoming of age and at present they have to take turns with regular applicants for membership before they can get in. Even without this handicap it is doubtful if many youngsters could afford the full inifiation fees, taxes and dues. A possible solution was offered at an informal discussion held at the club recently. It will be brought up at the next quarterly meeting, and subjected to discussion. For this reason the suggestion will not be presented here. But it seems to offer a way out. The important question, even more important than the developing of young iailors, is the developing of the fleet. Yachting is a sport that most people approach *ittr timiaity. The joys of sailing come from experience'. Flughey Fullerton, whose amusing log of the Rainbow in the Chicago Tribune has been one of the most interesting contributions to yachting literature we have read for many moons, told the editor of the Chicago Tribune after returning from Mackinac, that he had been in sports ever since' he came out of kilts, has known them all from horse racing to baseball, polo to golf, tennis to football, and there is no sport with such a thrill, such joys, such rewards as yachting. When Fullerton sailed on Rainbow he was as innocent of yachting as any new ' member who has never trod the'deck of a sailing yacht. Today he is the keenest enthusiast we have seen for ages.
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Lake Michigan Yachting Newt
SPLENDID SPORTING SPIRIT BY ST. LOUIS YACHTSMEN It is fine to record a splendidly sporting spirit developed in yachting. So it is- a real pleasure to be able to tell of the appearance of Rainbow in the Lipton Cup Races. When Commodore Clark sold his R boat Rainbow she went to Mr. Steadman of St. Louis who has a summer home on little Traverse Bay. When the Chicago fleet visited Charlevoix for the regatta on I{ne Lake they were delighted to see three R boats there for the races, the Alpha, Tiger and Rainbow. Alpha is owned by young Simmons, also of St.
Louis. The Rs were prominent in every race on Pine Lake and Rainbow won the race to Boyne City on the second day of the regatta. During the fanning bees on shore, Frank -Wgver, of the Chicago Yacht Club regatta committee, who was in charge of the racing, urged Mr. Steadman, and his skipper, "Tiny" Barnett, to enter Rainbow in the Lipton races.
The day before the Lipton races started, Bainbow came into port ieady for the fray. Owner Steadman, Barnett and Kelly of tlie Rainbow crew secured the services bf Hank Rubinkam, who sailed Rainbow for Sheldon Clark last year, to act as skipper and they went into every race and showed that fine sporting spirit which is the soul of yachting, The R boats are not designed for cruising,
They are too small for comfort. But these game chaps from the Mound City made the trip all the way in their little boat, sailing when they had a breeze, hiring fish tugs to tow them when there was no wind, and ariiving in time to go to the starting linei. It is this spirit that makes yachting what it is, the peer of all sports. No one who has not made a 300 mile trip on a boat as small as Rainbow can guess at the hardships and the discomforts of such a trip. And that Rainbow was here for the Lipton races and sailed every one of them, in spite of being handicapped by
Omer_ Stoadma.n of the B boa,t R&inbow, ..Tiny', _ Bar4ett ho-r sldpDer and crew of the fomer 'flagslrip of lhe Chicago Y. C., I)lrolograr)hcd al Bbl.ne Citi after winning lho Bo.t ne Cil-v errp for time- orize irr llro rsce from Ch&rlevoir lo llolho Cilr',
a gaff rig, which experience has proved is inferior to the Marconi fig on these boats, is a fine thing well done. Chicago yachtsmen like Mr. Steadman, Mr.
Barnett and Mr. Kelly and they hope to see them here often. W'e hope to see them win next time, even if we have to lose to see them wrn.
The little Traverse Yacht Club is planning big things for next summer, and -Chicago yachtsmen will show their appreciation of the fine sporting spirit of these St. Louis sailors
by making a big turn-out for the regatta they are planning.
GEORGE HULL PORTER EXPRESSES GRATITUDE
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TO THE EDITOR, LAKE MICHIGAN YACHTING NEWS: May I beg the privilege of using a small space in the Chicago Yacht CluU mag-azine to assure my f-ellow members of my grateful and sinceie appreciatiorll of the honor they have done me in presenting my humble self with a iife membership in the Chicago Yacht Club. . It is only through contact with our fellow creature that we come to appreciate and value his worth and work, but this honor bestowed upon me by faf irutstrips what little I may have done for the Club in the recent membership drive, and I want to take occasion at this time to say to my "COMMITTEE OF THIRTY-NINE" that it was they who made this recent drive a success, aird without them the early completion .of our membership roster, together with the large waiting list that we now have, would have been impossible. Time can never dull the thought in my mind nor cool the warmth in my heart for my dear friends and members of the Chicago Yacht Club to whom I am indebted for this great honor. cordiallY Yours' GEo. H,LL P.RTER.
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THE STORY OF THE MACKINAC RACE AND CH 1VilS
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The flacshiD B.ainborv jrrst aft'er
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[D CHARLEVOIX REGATTA TOLD IN PICTURES Yan Dyke of
Tho halltly crerv of, Intre;ltid, u'inner of the Mackimc Ra{e by the l&r'cett margin in th-e histow- of tit'o race. nmdihg. from left to filght: Ben CarDenter, Jr., Vernon Farrrll" l.eonai'd I(urcher, Allrin Pelersbn' Don !lrather, Hareld nlanoing:. George Klarnsleiner'
At riShl. the lluck.v crerr. of strider, Rea.ling l rom lrorr : Ijdgbr_Blmlmter., Ilobaxt OIs€n, Sam Olsen. .Fred l,orter, Ererelt lllNmster lnd Chester S. Booth. f
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PAGEANT OF PROGRESS REGATTA
to be content with the Miss America, Gar Wood's Detroit- hydro- Miss chicago had Edgewater Beach hotel i;-it.'n"il $+OO--pri^r-e atid.th" olane. achieved its finai;i;;h viinnins its heats three [l?';f iiJ""i,".,iaiiiril;;;'[;lt irr connection i..pr,i iii.* -il.., uv-from
Fore and Miss i,'iit tirJ'iti'.""t.r-p'ogiJ.;:-'h;G1-i;il[ 4tI. in succession i."iti "."ii which. preiented further record Dubonnet' speeder.retains breaking, the Detrort .ril!["ii"r""r--il""rr_ia-iti tt. Stritaon Clark svndicat-e of the single engined boats' iirit"'ijtti-.E*pio""'-t'-ii*"T-[t'"-bi""i r-tttt her championship $;"i.fi- 6;thy ;A'id; . iori"g orty or," 6eat to Baby Sure Cure which -'ilil.'-ml'i;;-, iriitl.;-a mfle a minute Fait afterivardi came to grief .tg w-a^s- sunk. F. W. Schramm's Peggy won the 1300-cubrcover the five niile course, held Commodore and the 7,0-iubic-inch championship' 5t iia." Clark's single engined speedst-er, Miss ii.h ,"". -hi.ugo, safe by forty-two seconds, and proved V"" -pvt" III captured the 32O-cubic-inch P. D. a.- rv ihe zts-cubic-inch ."."t if,,"ru*t'li"X'#:3119.11:"':3:?S':-:T rri took the lsl-cubic-inch lii"tguttt ;ht;: contenders' Dubonnet never were ierious "i"'"'J'ia-tvti" crass' rhe summaries:
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SPIDER WINS LAURELS Soider. onlv one of the Q boats that finished
R CLASS
race, added Sari .... in ihe recent Chicago-Mackinac leading .!ht g Colleen i;."hi";;;i.-tJ its iecord bv boats in the All class race ot seven mrles. or Yank .t"r from Belmo-nt harbor Gossoon iriJtmi"i. *iittt i.-ttJ-Ci""t Flrk clubhouse' -Spider shows ln tne
3:15 5:0322? 3:15 5:06:48 3 :15 5 :07 :56 3:15 5:08152
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Q CLASS 1 l:44:02 2 Viici"ia ......3:20 5:13:39 1:46:05 3 si;;; . .......3:20 5:16:07 Soider .......3:20 5:07:48 lt37:34
the hishest average of all the Q boats season's "-3;;i racing to date
i.a-ir,i'n uoats, and its corrected time
tnat was lowest of all the eighteen yachts constiited. outfooting Colleen, ttre tour -nearest mlnutes' tender among the R's, by nearly Summary of results:
YAWLS AND SCHOONERS
35 FOOT CLASS
. .3:25 5:13:35 1:43"07- I Seboomook :.......3,25 th9-c!l itii".i. ---6rria.sistt class race5:11:55 Naiad, 2:13:02' won by --B9a!
Corrected
Start Finish Time, Place Yacht Farn;--........3:05 5:03:15 l:47:.55 1 25 AND 30 FOOT CLASS L*7 |la Seminole . .. 3:10 5:09:11
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Wenonah II Vandal . .. ., Vega
Springtime
Invader .. Rival
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3:10 5ll2:.30 3:10 5:13t42 3:10 5:18:00 RACEABOUT 3:15 5202l.25 3:15 5:03:55 3:15 5:18:17
MISS PISTORIUS WINS Miss Pistorius, of a family of sailors, thoye{ her ability as a skipper by wrnnl{g the Laores' Race. Sunday. Aug. 20, salllng Nalad to v1ctory in a rough sea' Miss Folger was seconcl
;tt'h'i'ic;;;'iIi-i"a
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Mrs. colbv w-as third'
The ladies don't seem to mind -a goocl wettlng and slammed the little boats through the Dlg waves with sPlendid grit,
Mi.ss Chi.cago leading Miss America in one ol the hot battles betaeeo thlr" two fastest hgdroplanes in the Pageant ol Progress Regatta. Miss America won.
Star_t_of the Free-For-All Single Engine Championship race in the Pageant
of Progress -the Regatta.
Miss Chicago dgail irooed her sufremaoy. as .the lastest single.engineil boat in beallng a field of speedy contenders.
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Lake Michigan Yachting News
IS NEARLY OVER THE SEASON (Continued from Page 8) Mr. Albert Pack, a comparatively new what gave him his enthusiasm? It member, has bro-ught a magnificent new the sport. was a taste of _ the EJperanza. We greeted yacht here, Now we can,t give;i the new members jov' She is the type of g with co*it ir-t -want r"". of the club a fvf "cmi"chere. with all "", "*p"ti"t and n-eed l;;;t;; but we can give th;;;;6;;;;";i ,Early this season the NEWS su,ggested should be a score oJ-Pi-g yachts^of the Esperanza, of volante, of Ranger, that owners of yactris should tafJ non- tyn-e__gf fo.io*.tt for Jails. This has not been of Windamine here''
able little schooner to chicago' It is the suggestion of this publicltion didly is an honest-to-goodness ltre Rainbow that Sunday, septemier--io,'"rra srrr- little ship' giving to devoted a"V, S"pt"*1"r tTitr be We hive the nucleus here' of several y"Et't if, sailing parties or, good classes' ,But they need new blood' "r,Iiy:'I"ilG the harbor. There are tlvo good P boats' boats' Mr. Yacht Owner. You are intere'ste'd iew Mavourneen; but there andIntrelqid in seeing the fleet irr".."""a. You are inj should be half a dozen of these fine big terestd in getting ,or-Uouio*ners inter- racers' We have a nice little fleet of Qs' ested in buying boats. You want to s"" It is the most representative class we a b.ig fleet here. V." *""t goo'd comfour R boats' But none perrtron rn raclng. You want to see 1 13".?^-Y: *J: rs trEw' or rnelrr [r""Ia.:"it fleei start in the nexf Then we have a" nondescript collect -nnr]eccrint collection Mackinac Cup race. You want to creati
of Seawanhaka boats of many classificaa market for boats right here. Perhaps tions and types'. yoi boat you have your eye on -yL"a better Our big -boat feet is confined to rJf-tf* d""t would like to o*" if Vanadis, Arcadia among the """ Esperanza, saifig. y;;;;;; Agawa and Nokomis Rainbow' y'fult' This "sailing Party" will do a lot among the schoo'ners' towards this purpose. YouhavehadthreebullymonthsofAndthisinacityofclosetothreemil; club numbering 1700 sport. Your lriends !1ve nia m.ny-nni liP".,p"o,p--l:l-*it men in the representative most of t6e sails on your boat. i{.; J; yacht club and anfinest the with city, ""-titr,i"g fior the sport. t"f."^ p-*pi.- ;;;:--et"Z ch6iage facilities right in our front yard' them a fine sail out on the blue *at"rs ol Racing is n-ot the only.sporting feature this wonderful lake. Tellthemallaboutyourexperiences.ofsailing.Itiscruisingandsailing and evenings. Half the pleaGive the.m information about sailing' afternoons a bo'at is being able to owning of sure about the cost of boats, about expense take jolly parties out for a day on the -good guests yoof upkeep. Inform the ,,sailing fellowship, the fun, the ""r,i lake. T[e partiesl on [hese two sunday on the water' with out a-day of health about the things they will want to kl9g.i'i"i" ir," g.*E ff,""J""ill li:.r,,#."ffu x,n""Ti?"*'"fn: ""d-i,;-L_ Recently we.1verg in Charlevoix. Ther_e ;;;;;"*i;; Lr".r". All we heard with deep resret' ihat ylf i;"""i ;; rr," l""r"'farrorirrg oi vr.r,ii"g. iiri"g_ i'. grorious after a 3i.i"HJ::"1'Si,'L?T::r*V,*H',tn?: didn't want to ,"";ht p';ieci stip r6a"" W"ri" SiTi';, Y":X;"1"'ffi?"fi[:fi Lake Michigan. She belonged here; i: St' Joe' Saugatuck' South Haven' City' Chicago, if Mr. Gerich wanled tq seu-her' a vacation nothing can beat a But no one here *"t- *rltti"g to buy.' And for Bay, to Charlevoix, to the Green, Voi""l" is probably the hindsomelt run to to Mackinac, or if you have the Beavers, sailed irtat ever schooner, inside of Georgian wilderness the into ""a-;"t, up *ouii have made an' time, on the 1ake. srr" gay, waters cruising stupendotrs most th-e id","f y".t t for some oi oo, ,r"* members. grri rirt is gone. ' Pn earth'
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INTREPID WINS PINE LAKE REGATTA Don Prather and Vernon Farrell's Mackinac Cup winner Intrepid carried off the honors of the three day regatta on Pine Lake given by the Charlevoix Yacht Club and the Charlevoix Chamber of Commerce. The regatta was a tremendous success in
every way. It afiorded good sport for the yachtsmen and good entertainment for the cottagers and resorters. The first raie was sailed around a triangular course off Charlevoix. Don Prather had his bis mahogany P boat going like a racing train and won off by himself. A big fleet started. The second day's race was a run to Boyne
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City at the other end of the lake. It was a spinnaker run of nearly 13 miles and again Intrepid was first to finish, but Rainbow won on corrected time, getting a larqe allowance {rom the big sloops.. At Boyne City the visiting yachtsmen were given a banquet at the local hotel and then were entertained with a motor car ride through the beautiful countryside, as far as Walloon Lake, a masnificent sheet of water.
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The third race was again sailed around the triangular course. Intrepid and Dorello again hooked up in a tieht duel, Dorello leading the way around the first mark, but on the windward work Intreoid beat the Milwaukee boat handily and estahlished her supremacy over all sloops on Lake Michigan this season. Prizes were presented at a banquet given at the Inn by the entertainment committee.
Following are the sumrnaries of the three
races:
YACHT
Intrerrid
l.ItrsT }l.tc rl l'l a psctl ....1:l,l:18 .... I::a:l::lo I :23:52
Poirrts
I :I8:.il
'2
1 :84:03
1 : I 8:'10
1 r30:57
1:3r1:39
slrcoNt) It.lcn ..... t::J;:lI ..... l;3?:{u . . . .. t:.ll:3i Tiger
Alpha
('olter'l etl l['i nr e
'l'i nr e
I :Oi iI8
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6
5 4
I ::13:iJ8
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4
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SPECIAL CLASS_OPDN BOATS
6
Elapsed a'ime
YACIIT Cyntlaia
.Alert "
Corrected
'l'imo
Pointg
2t0lt47
2:03:30
,
Rainhow (Won)
l:46:,12 1:56:40
\'flnadis ......
.T'IIIR.D R,ACII Elarrsed Corrocted
YACI{T Tiine Intrepid (won).. 1:00:36 ilackson Pa.k II "......1:05:14 .......1:05:23 .......1:U:51 ....... 1;12:40 (znd). . I ;14:27 Yanadis ....... 1:39:01
Time
'fotal
Points Points
0 :53:35
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Start ot I he BoJne Cit.y Race on Pine Lako. InIrepid leadins, with the R, boa.t Rainbow. the O boat Spider and lhe .lawl vanadis in order named.
SPECIAL CLASS_OPDN BOATS C.\nthil ($on).... Jane (2rrd)........ (;JId). ll'histlolr'iIg
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I :38:4? 1:36:00
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LIPTON DINNER A GREAT SUCCESS Saturday night, August 19th, at the conclusion of the Lipton Cup Races, the annual Lipton dinner was held at the Chicago Yacht Club House at the foot of Monroe Street. Over 100 yachtsmen were present and a good dinner, with plenty of vocal fireworks, was concludetl by showing a series of remarkable yachting pictures taken by Pathe. These
included views of the start of the Mackinac Cup Races, a showing of pictures of the Lipton series iust ended, including pictures of the
last race which the yachtsmen had been watching only a few hours before. It was a remarkable exhibition of enterprise on the part of the
Pathe Company. Pictures of a regatta off
Larchmont were also shown.
Besidesshowing the yachting pictures an in-
terestin-g_fi1m, never shown befole in Chicago,
was exhibited. This was a seven reel pictuni
of life in Labrador, It showed how the esouimaux hunt, fish, live and travel. It sho;ed
pictures of the capture of arctic fox, walrus and sex_I, with a lively fight with both a gigantic walrus and a seal. The esquimaux were shown buildins isloos. a good way to beat the rent hos. and hl#thev cook, sleep, eat and travel. The picture is ont
of the most interesting "humari documents,' yet shown on the silver screen'
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MACKINAC RACE INTREPID WINS (Continued from Page 4')
8.20 P. M., the reef cringllcarried
away
main was ["t it " bolt roPe held' The conboat the while irr.t--io*"ted and battled crew jib, the h.; ;ffi"d-;;a;; needle in tne heavy seas *ittr pat* and rePaired lh" that were runnlng and minutes' a"i."g" i" one troui and twentywith two raised then was it "-il"i".uil drove IntrePid under r;;.';J-P;"ther
Mackinac cup, and while-light frel$w-i.1{s mlo-
Intrepid finishing untll ".""""t"a ;i;hi.---D"tello met with the same sltua-
ii"?';";";o"ia ""t decrease Prather's lead. '"1i'n",
been a long time since the -Chiiace has received the ""^s;'?;"i,-t-ct,ru't public press it, did
Iti*.i""'1to*-1n"other races may have tt it ,""t and while a weather stand;H"';;;;po1"i i'o* shortened canvas. As the seas lncrease'o' ;il:'i;;;.:*;d be the general oPinion to if any rea-l-p.rogii-Lut"*. apparent that tucks who participated that thls years wo,uld have ii the made, as one of the most ;;t;;,o6i "ri and ;;"; *il gt dow:n done was This out' shaken to be :;;:'J;iii1n" historv of this classic ol *rt"i itttt.pid passed Point Betsie' .the vacht was recelvrng the worst punisnilent' that Prather had ever inflicteclofupon the turn il;. Thi" *as ttre critical Inthat here was ,"'"", ft-"*a""t,-"tta it garn' best her made trepid the "
the Great Lakes THE SUMMARIES Elapsed
Sloops
Time
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Corrected
Time
:00 53 :31 :46 IntrePid, C 68:48:58 68:48:58 Dorello, M. H;;h;;;;"a *i"a eised uP during out Spider, C. Y. C. t i"frt.-- Wtr"t the sub-chaser came it Park II, J. P. Y. C. Did not Jackson morning.where tt.*t ;i"ii;;"ilf*i-tt " finish. iot the fleet' it -Passed Gem, not finish. ;;; ill; *.ii Manitouls not J .P.Y.C. Did did and / ;;;;b or irr" Did not finish C. Y. C. ;;;;'i";piJ- untit some time later off Mavoutneen, Yawls 91 :56:59 Skilligalee. --tft8 t.t"tive positions of these two Arcadia, C. Y. C. ' .95:03: 16 92 t59:LS 54 Esperanza' C. Y. C.89:48 .r""]rtl t"*"i""a practically It finish' not Did C. Y. -unchanged Vanadis. C. was.s-een Lntit tfre finish of the race' accident Ii- tfti" ii-" that only a serious realrztng from Prather prevent Don could .i-"*'uiirt" held for years to capture the
Schooners
Aga wa, C. Y. C. Rainbow,,C.Y,C
56 :35
90:36:48 90:40:37 98:42.05 96:.21:.25
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DETROIT YACHTSMAN BUYS VOLANTE
Emil-Gerich of Henrv Grebe has sold foro of s o mre s ch l*;;'k. ilf:Trttili E. Bodman Mr. HenrY"-ih;hind Mi
'#li*1,,,Y;'1:n,':lll':Jl:u-"",i'.,li,l; <
It is a smatt compensation for the loss lakes. '"1 1;i" iiriitaid vi"t't thit Mr' Bodman is one in Detroit' ^r +La m^et enthusrastic sailors he -has qYned,' tt. itita schooner tl"rl"i"'it-.;f ,1",::^;;" mistaken. He first brought out
NEW YACHTS FOR CHICAGO new- yachts
The air is full of rumors about at least two new schooners +.i "l#^."i"o"' -ai.""t*a. Two new- P boats are li. 'i"i"*
y*g- jtu;::"'l,Hi1i;.i1fl ,,l'J."'i'"'fr.u'li'3
important events now i;; t";o-lete for-the is on -tbe 63rket Intrepid class. thiJ ;;; 6 Farrell h-ave th:jr ;ff'b;"" i*t["i""4 newVernon contender for this bully weather eye on a ac-tive mar;ffi;:'- H;"k Grebe reDorts a verv an-d a large dei:1""i..^;;;a i.ititt* vachts, mand foi able cruising motor boars'
RACINE Y. C. REGATTA i
are gettine [++*till]ritr,,l]+*"f-{*-* As we go to press the yacht: the climax' to. hls t*t'lPl for.the Raiine to run the ,rnii, *uv-for tfris lively voune member ot of ieeatta H"gt*ll :ft1'.-,"1 [ ?"'*"",J,Tt L'ffi'fui.i'rir" *a.tli"g Asiociation'. Aj ihis intere to the Yachtingiff qgod scl
tne
d..u i n ann ou! ci n t,lll'",il' i' #::'ft'#. 3.i; ", has been Mr, Bodman l-titit" for some time and it is believetl that
i'i'[riv-ti;sthi."rt'.tlu.,X?i.'lJ,;',1:.'ii:,il: tr will be seen among cruising race. We hoPe so' Page 16
sized. fleet as though a ;;tft;li G;ked run to the Wiscon-sin-town' *""id'-"t" the and the run bac-k'-will iilIi"i'ii-ro n"ci"t, ilih';; ti'.." u"a in addition there will be a
r.g.tt, off Racine on SundaY'
Lake Michigan Yachting News
STEAMBOATING TO CHARLEVOIX
Li.eut. Commaniler Henni.ng towetl Intrepiil antl Spider to Charleooix lrom Machinac Island, behinil the subchaser, In tlte tricture at the left, tahen aboard Intrepid, the subchaser is shoan ahead, yankint Intrepid ahead at 11 hnots an hour, The haffy groa, d! the right is the crew of Intrefi.d ,'tahing it easy" after the hard work ol the race. Note the big boto w,toe aan'ied by Intrefiitl. Astern is Sltider haoing a haril time to heeQ lrom being sw;amleil. In the Intrepid creo shown are Prother, l-mrell, lllanlling, Carfenter,' Karcher, Peterson and Larsen. As these tao sliofs wire stiambootin! to ,Char-lez,oix th_ey passed Rainbow, Arcadia and, AgawZ fighting it out in the straits on the lust run to the finishinilinei.
SONGS OF THE LAKES By Bud Handley
lbillagalee points white to the squall; The straits rush mad to the fray; Old Shants stands out thornJii<e alone, Tis a night when sailors pay. Tis a night when sailors pay And many a brave heartis weak. $_rouqd the Beavers comes the gale
Howling and jeering in glee;
And crashes down on close-reefed ships
And cries the rocks aJee.
And cries the rocks a-lee And many a brave heart's weak. Then's the time when stout hearts rise. And firm hands grasp the wheel. And shove her nose to the freshining seas And show the shores her heel.
And show the shores her heel, Though many a brave heart's weak.
Then's when sailor men alike Wrinkle their eyes and grin" And shove her into the drenching seas And laugh at the gales fierce din.And laugh at the gale's fierce din Though many a brave heart's weak.
PICTURE (Hughey) FULLERTON PICTURING THIS Calm absolute. A glowing lake of cobalt glass. The O!i/L'S white sails limo in the motionless air. Saugatuck three miles astern with a film of mist half hiding the hunchbacked sand hills. A lonely sel gull slowly beating its way across the sEy. "Bone-crusher" -Jensen mixins uo a pink .OWL (you know-how it is). lskipper Ben
idly strumming his lop-sided-banio ind lazitv singing "The Bootlegger's Daughter.,, _ A heat-stunned crew sprawled about the burning deck. Lafayette grinnine as phil Spies reads Hughey Ftllerton's hot ituff about the Rainbow and its perilous trip to Mackinac. Sunday at high noon. The tinttine of i;; in dented tin cups. Calm absolute. RUDY SAMPSON.
A BOON IN HOT WEATHER
. During the torrid days of August the yacht club was a boon to members who flocked in
ever-growing numbers to enjoy a lunch or dinner in the only place in town where it is always cool. A plunge in the lake befori Iunch or dinner helped many to endure the heat and it was noticeable that not a few ladies took advantage of the opportunitv for a swim. Formerly the dininq robh was ample to accommodate the membership at dinier
time. -Now every foot of veranda-'ip;a;-l; utilized for tables on warrn evenings. -
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Lake Michigan Yachting News
YACHT NEWS PARK JACKSON By Edward Buker
ord Hank P"3'11*,:'i1s-f '{il,: 3: j;:i?"fit
3,11".,1i"i",n?:l'fi+i': * Mackinac Racers' Bears for ounishmeltsi f,
IJarco is now tack in the
harbor
i:t6ffi if:'ilf;l'f Warner.
'f"',15;1'$'ltT?i:'"'Fii'of,''*"ord)ror
",f one ham at MusWhat will You bid for o{ the prizes'
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r,:-*lii't'-Hffi tn i,fl,T;:lri":ltj$ All efforts to tawhurt' No one
big handsome'
hawsers.
What did ,oo =t1"'* Joo *itt' thev
a Anvway, the G-host won Ct-at Musk'eB^on' v' c' i' at cup' 6eautiful fine
all bust uP? Shame ol
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..What will you have boys" and "On.Ihat combinetl Ginnlr Shore;-t'iig tv the
Gin. Gin'
;::,1' m:: gettingthere.
'on lh" Ask Wabbie about- the service luncn; for 9T-"'o' cocktails
\ ffJ ilf;;;-breakfait; nas li$;,1? pllf,.'""',"odore
fatt*ri:l HarrY
would
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Princess' ;':*"-;d tt. Gt'" and ***
dancer.
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":".'.t' ,,Did you have a. good time. last night? G'riari ho*e and go to-bed'"-Chick'
ilitl.5"LxT;Tf,1,:"'#:'u;"ii,"i5ir,"i.s.*. us might have to so to work'
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ruiii"'J'oZi-riit"i"t or Geo' E'
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cruiser *;,:Tfu
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is now swinging in J. P. Harbor' Page 18
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Lake Michigan Yachting liews
RICHARDSON TROPHY RACE AT CLEVELAND Lake Michigan "R" boats will not be reDre_ sented in the first renewal since the war oi the
Inter-national yacht races for the niifraraso" 'I'roptry, technically known as the yacht Rac_ t$B Union wtich take place in Cleveland, -Cyp, Sept. 7th, 8th and 9th. It- had been hoped that the Lake Michiean __ Yachting Association would select a boaito represegt this association in this series of races. ft was found, however, that noni of the boat-owlers could get away to race their craft at_L:leveland, and there being no fund to pro_ vrde tor_sending one of the..R', boats toihis Legatta, Lake Michigan will not be represent-d
thls year. The Richardson Trophy was a gift of Com_ modore S. O. Richardsirn, 1r., ot f"otCao. to ie_ place, as an internationai irophy, tti. la*o""
old Canada Cup. original-Canada Cup was a trophy for ^-The sloops, owned on 3-lfoo-t the G...i-i'"Ets-in
clubs_belonging to the yachting associations
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of the United States and Canada. I-n !f-re_ first race at Chicago, Jarvis in ,,In_ yqderi beat Mayor Thomps"on "i" .;CaaiUar,, t he Roctlester ' Yacht Club then challeneed and,the Canadians won again with-aBeivEr-.,' Rochester .next year *.rri ba.k-lna -got'-tii. then came over again an"d beat :*p. Jarvis --seneca" two heats. The Rochester boys. in a pqnic, rushed Hanan out from-ihl -.-J"i --t._ tween race_s, and he won the ,r.*i- it i." str.arght. Protests followed with reference either to S_eneca being a Uo"i_na. Gr.Jiiiii" boat, _or Hanan being a Great Lakes skioner 3,nd lhe c-gp went in._to innocuous dd;;i,IJ;' the Canadians refusing to chaltenee -il;lh; {or it, and-it now rest! in the-ioi-k?r.-"i'ifr'" Rochester Yacht Club. - To revive inter-association racing, Commo_ dore S-. O. Richardson, Jr., oi-ioida.. Cjr,il one_ of the best kno#ri ind mosi i.;;L; yachtsmen, and patron of yachting'i;i-tf,i west, donated to the Yacht Racing Union for rnternatlonal competition the trophv com_ mo-nly known as the Richardson - Cup. but technically called the, yacht Raiing--U"io" Lup, l he cup was oltered for the new Uni_ versal- rating "P" boats. .._Only.one race was held in Chicago between "Patri.cia," sailed by Gooaerhim, Tna ..Mi.il_ 9eC9i' a syndicate boat, sailed two davs bv dav by eiicir.- ih;".;; _Y.9lyrg*and.one 'went to I oronto. Old .timers will recall readily that in 1914 -!-red Price, with '.Valiant,,, and a crew con_ llsturlg of such seasoned timber as ,,Soort', Il-errmann, Lee Ibold r"a Cioiei w..i;ith Abe_Euiire1i and another profeJsionai.-;;'i; the Welland Canal on the'way to-f;;.;t. ;; tle-ardeavor to brinq the cup b.;k t.-i;k; Michigan,,when the Rov"l CiiaaL; ii"b ;: aounced that on account of the war ih;-;; was off. _ Th.y -offered to forfeit the cup, but Fred Price refused to accept it, sayi;g ili;t il'*;;jd preter to win it in the future. *1 intervened, gradually of the .,Jhg r Doats were sold to easternmost yachtsmen,
racing interest dropped in that class, and for slx or seven- years there was no race for the
tloply whrch remained in the possession of
the Royal Canadian Club. _ In l92L the cup was surrendered by the -'y"crr;
Canadian Yachf ailL- il-;h. Boyal Racing Union in an endeavoi i. fritp irr" *..". and with the consent of Commodoie ni.ir-ia-j son the deed of gift was amended. ot"ii"" ti* cup itr the ',R', class of boats beionsin? to associations comprising the Victrt -ni?ine urrron, a-nd providing that races be held noI
o.ttener than every alternate year. except with the consent of all the associations.
The_I-ak-e -Michigan yachting Association was ottered the first series, but declined :t;;ht- it on
th.e. ground that the Chicago
al;l;:
whlc-f-I. was apparently the only club capable of
handllng a meet of that character p-roperlv. did not have its new club house ..aay'a"d-pi6l ferred to wait another year or ,". - ffr. hiit race was then awarded to Cleveland
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A GEORGE ADE STORY In the famous Mackin{c Cup race of I91l ^ Gegrge Ade and John T. M;6"i;h;.;';;;; salhng guests aboard the famous old yawl I'otarts.- If you have followed this maeizine you will remember that this ,u.. *uJ lriiii in a gale that
drove big steamers to sJif.-sfret-tered. shores while the gale blew itsetf out. P.olaris t,ook shelter unde-r the lee .i-it. ti"f, hills back of Holy Cross vi[age, b"i--6"i;?; she took-refuge the big boat-had a bit of
rough going. - When Polaris arrived at Mackinac Georse 4de.was one of the first t. ;;;;h;r;.--H; 'didn't even wait for his suitcaie. ih;;; ;;; g"it: ? big crowd on the landing ao"t *t
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th-e fot:arts tender pulled alongside and a couple
of husky Swede sailors hoisted the humor'ist to the dock. Mills rushed up to George and shook ,.Ted nls llmD hand,
"Well, George, how did you eniov the trio?,, asked Mills with a smile. "Wonderful, Ted, wonderful.,' weaklv re-
plied Ade. "f discovered thal I a-
errery
inch a sailor-except about si" i"ci,ei i-ia'ships. I hear they have iust broueht mr, .i_ mains ashore. Did you see them inywhere?,, *ir*
Which reminds us of another story of that adventurous race. Our old friend fohn Er;e;then writing yachting for the Chicigo trit""6] was a guest on the ill-fated Vencedor which we.nt on Fisherman's Island Reef, off Charle-
voix, and was lost.
Somecne rushed up to Brady, eager for news, when Brady and the crew arrived at Mackinac on the steamer. everybody get off safely?', asked a ^ ."Did trlend. ::rtYep, nine fellows got dff after me.,' Page 19
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MILWAUKEE NOTES By James Barr (South Shore Yacht Club)
Thinss were rather quiet at South Shore
unail Sindav, August the 13th, when a -Water Carnival wis staged that kept a crowd'- estlmated at 10,000 people, who throng,ed-soutn Shore Park, interested from two o'clock untrl The sports it-ort six 6'clock in the evening' started ofi with a watermelon race pgtlcrpated iri t" ifrt entire fleet. The Regtata Committee *aitid until the boats were in a bunch and then it word that the winner would be deter"""i, t" " tti first boat bringing back o,ne of il".d the wateirmelons which they had dumped at. a desienated point about a mile to the south."=i] ft..,i was wild confusion at the,,start,
ex["i-6" ititttot handling the boats graduallv iricatid themselves; and a beautiful race devel;;;e-i; iii" riit to' windward between-LaRita, and PgJphin' iil.t,-b;q;eior, South Shore, fol-lowed i;iil.-;;"= tr,. dttt to spv a melon, and almost immediately by South Shore, -wtt-h back to the Judge's iiri"ii.tiii ihev 'iced winner being prizes, LaRita !Liia-*it[ their bv about a minute' -'trrir by tilting contests, scull-"i followed dinghy races, swlmmlng races' ine contests, an"d a tug-of-war between dinqlrY crews' Followine the water sports, !'red Schramm's and 'p.""":; *iich was the-winner of the 705 fSoo-'.ijs"es in the Speed Boat Co:rtest at- -the of ler il"*.i"f ot-progress,'ga'oe an exhibition-throngspJed to the delight of the thousands
iii
ing the shore. ---ti.-ai,
wound up with a Venetian night
celebratioh and the whole event was pronluncetl a big success by everybody' **i<
Club racing has been going o,1 with ,the oreatest inter-est centering in the 30-foot class
on Labor Day, and any boat which happens to t" l" irrir niigtruortto.id will find a class waitins-*** for it. .Shore A bie disappointment to South is-tliJ fact that for the first time in in """itJtt'.t itr*.-"iii"-the Club was not represented only "R" boat of tne ih" Liptot tr.es. The fleet. South Shore, got back from her.crulse this-impo-ri;;'irtti; be put iricondition for fast.rn ll.ght
iant series. S6uth Shore is very
airs and smooth water, such as-prevalled.ourine this series. and would.undoubtedly have
the
-oi'e favorable showing under -iaJ-itii conditions than she made in the heavy -gorng r--viii-.go. Next year the Club will be on E"ir.-rgii" *ith on6 or more boats and. will be a serious contender.
w SISTER SHIPS FOR RAINBOW Commodore Sheldon Clark's experiment in
B:iif.;"#i:'ix',.liiu,',1',I;:f$iJH:'+?"J:i Lake Michigan yachtrng are the old timers in
of this tvpe' ;;id-i; be figuring on b,oats nilrrbo* is not a raier in the strict acceptance splendid sailing ;itilteim, but she showed breeze and with an iiitiw i" any kind of a we understand Com;;i;;l"A sail-plan, -Ctitt i; which considering, she ;foul.d *.al"ihandle well even in light breezes. She .rs greatlv under canvassed. Jim Barr says she yachts he ever i. ;; oi the sweetest sailinghas known them J"fea a stick on. And Jim bf -atty kinds and sizes.
;ith LaRita, Pilot, and Cherry as the contend'
SWIMMERS THRILL YACHTSMEN
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Monroe Stieet club house Tuesday, - August isirr- tor an exhibition of paddling. The great Tohnnv Weismuller. Norman Ross, Stubby kr"i"'"t of Honoluiu, Miss Bauer, the backstrokE champion, and many otler--stars of the I. A. C. swimming team, gave bfllltant exnlDlveranda. After the swimtions to a packed ^was the usual Tuesday night dinth"t.
ers. The best race of the series was salleg-,on a"!".t Ott ' It was won by LaRita, with Pilot sec6nd. and Cherry third; a matter of seconds only separating the three boats. Several of the boats have been cruising in waters. South Shore spent two-wee-ks
"oiit"t" Bay antl reports a velv delightful ;;-c";;; and iii". ptr"a'with Cori'rmodore Heederik ;i"''B"; Scouts aboard, is taking a cruise tbat *iff ".i,tiftv extend to Mackinic Island' He *iti ieturn in time for the Annual Regatta on Labor DaY. -***
The next event of importance on th-e prosram is the race to Racine Saturday, August
that practicallv Ioitl it is hoped and expected everv Milwaukee boat will get to Ractne tor itre 'Resatta on the 27th' This will be the the Milwaukee and i..."a'.pp.riunity for c*"r"o ia.ht"-.ti to get together and a big time iI lo-oked for in Racine on Saturday-nigttt' Racine S""tt-Sto.. yachtsmen have been toand lqe i" lti p."t an-d ktto* what to expect; aie willins to say beforehand that our chrcago f.i.nai wiil ttavi a treat in store for them at Racine.
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Followine the Racine Regatta, South Shore Yacht Club'will hold its Annual Open Regatta PaCe 20
Bill Bachrach brought his water dogs to the
-irrg ner dance.
MANY PARTIES AT CLUB HOUSE
Mr. Albert reports that entertaining at the Monroe Street Yacht CIub has growfl enormously in vogue this summer. There is hardly a day plsses without its social func-
tions. Lunihebns. teas, card parties, dinners d"t..s share iith sailing parties in mak"rrd ins the club house lively and lovelv with pretty *6men and flanneled sailors. There is no place to entertain your friends. "t.rii"t.t arrangeYo, .ar cail Mt. Albert and make more to ments and you will have nothing-worrv about-it. He will attend to all arrangementi. Just tell him Your needs.
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Our Marine Dinin$ Room overlooking b"roiifrl Lake Miehigan is the most delightful place in Chicalo to lunch or dine. A relular Luneheon is served daily from 12 to 3 p, m. Members wives $ivin$ afternoon bridge parties, should take advantale of the Club for these occasions, Phone Mr. Albert, Randolph 6810 for special menus.
The new Station'Walon now ready for service, leavin$ the east side of Michigan Avenue at Monroe Street every few minutes.
6he refreshment stand at the Catrier provides light refreshments, sandwiches, coffee, ieed drinks,
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