JFOI^EST AND STREAM. 



The CiiurerKr Canoe.— No matter of what type, the regular 

 cruising canoe should not weigh more than sixty pounds, and 

 must he capacious enough to be slept in by her captain at 

 night if desired. Anything that weighs over sixty pounds 

 cannot be transported with facility by one man, or taken over 

 1 ', " The cruiser should be alike swift under paddle 

 and sail, ami her rig readily handled. Strength, stiffness, 

 elasticity, durability, and last, but not least, beauty and 

 finish, if possible, the canoe should be unsinkable, through 

 the introduction of water-light compartments. White cedar 

 is by far lie best material for constructing a wooden canoe. 

 It has nearly the strength of oak, and is much lighter, never 

 warps, and can bo obtained in clean lengths. A fourteen-foot 

 canoe, built of oak, will weigh thirty per cent, more than one 

 of cedar. Keel, keelson and timbers must be of oak, however, 

 to retain the fastenings well. Stem and stern posts may be 

 hackmatack or rock elm, deck of Spanish cedar, beams of 

 yellow pine, unci paddle should be flat-bladcd and made of 

 spruce. For sailing use a leeboard, without it so much lee- 

 way is made that it is a drawback to the canoe's efficiency 

 uuder canvas when beating against the wind. The board 

 need on! v be small, and could be made to stow snugly on the 

 bottom inside, or on deck. 



bmbn*b CANoits.-We have examined some open 

 canoes lor sportsmen sent to H. 0. Squires, of Cortlandt 

 street, by Rusbton, of Canton, N. Y. They are of handsome 

 model, very light, yet strong, owing to the proximity of the 

 ribs. The latter lire a marvel of good workmanship, and 

 show the form of the boat to advantage. These canoes, 

 though of light material, can stand a great deal of hard work 

 and knocking about, and it is a wonder that they can be 

 turned out for the low figure they are. 



' i ' i . and partlci 

 and I am impressed no! 

 with Its excellence as a 



but. 



i the 



The metropolis of it all, & 

 open month or the eastern 

 port. The town is known I 

 ot rendezvous lor the varlo 

 New York. They all like it, 

 principles. However, 



GREENPORT YACHTING GOSSIP. 



Gkebnpokt, August 24, 1878. 

 Edttob Fobest and Btheam : 



Business and pleasure of lateliave afforded. mo au opportunity for 

 beeounug pretty extensively acquainted with the whole eastern end of 

 ly with the Vicinity of this beautif «1 vUIage, 

 ily with its beauty as a Bummer resort, but 

 tee for sportsmen, not Just now, of course, 



i far as the northern Jaw, so to speak, of the 

 end of Long Island is concerned, Is Green- 

 o all yachtsmen, if to nobody else, as a point 

 is cluba who aiiuually cruise eastward from 

 or at least all I have talked with, on general 

 brouzed skipper demurred slightly agains 

 the universal expression of admiration. "It would heperfection," he 

 said, "only that it's so far upinland. If you are coming westward from 

 the Vineyard or Newport, why you can sail in very well, but if as gen- 

 erally happens, you have had a fair wind up the Bound, why than you've 

 got a headwind all the way up here from Piuin Gut ; and If yon want to 

 take advantage of a favorable breeze down the sound you must lose a 

 lot of time in slowly beating down to the Gntr" 



As usual, swell yaotas have been In and out all tilong during the sum- 

 mer, and me here now. The New York Yacht Club had a regatta here 

 early in the season and the Brooklyn Club later. Tho Atlantic Yacht 

 tint) only last, week, and next week (Friday, Aug. 30,) the Brooklyn 

 Yachts were to assemble here again, but I believe their programme has 

 been given up, as at the rendezvous at Glen Cove early last week only a 

 few put in au appearance. 



As one walks about the maple-shaded and cottage-bordered Btreets of 

 the unlet, picturesque village, particularly in the evening, the number 

 of naval caps one meets is legion, and each wearer has a dainty bit of 

 womanhood on his arm ; tor the jaunty sailors are favorites with the 

 fair sex, who are many, and the native swains must stand by and 

 accept the situation with the best grace they can, sure that winter will 

 bring its revenges, and when these natty foreigners are gone tile sum- 

 mer of their discontent will be charmed away. 

 The schooner Mantle, the yacht o( Vice-Commodore Hall, of the 



:. club, left tor Greenwich, Conn., some time ago, to 

 lay, and then go across to Glen Cove, whore the Club 

 ins. The schooner Comet, owned by Mr. Langley, of 

 lies opposite the Manhansett House, Shelter Island. 

 prey, oi the Seawauhaka Yacht club, is anchored near 

 far away lies John C Cooke's trim shooner I'rospero— 

 ig, but I can't And her among the rest this afternoon. 



sent moment, mention ought to be oadc 

 a Witch, owned by commodore Stolt, m 

 inal interest, since she alone, of all the 

 ie winter here. Commodore Stott has a 

 t of the bay south ot the railroad station, 



Brooklyn Ya 

 remain over a d 

 was to rend- zvd 



ie ■ i i, 



Tae schooner o» 

 the Comet. Not : 

 or did this morni 

 she Hies the nag 



Although not here at the pi 

 of the Brooklyn Club yacht i 

 wnich Greenport feels a per 

 Hitting snuimer (lee . api !"'- : 

 tine summer place on the shot 

 and bis neat white yacht, with Hb natty crew, may always be seen 

 anchored just in front of his door, except when away on a cruise. 

 Sometimes he lUnminates her; Bometimea llres voiieysof salutes on 

 verj dark nights ft [ ie pit >, league effect of the fire leaping into the 

 blackness from the miniature cannon's mouth, while the echoes resound 

 along tho far shores, and are answered by courtesies from the guns of 

 pleasnre-boats across the bay; sometimes he sends a band of music 

 aboard of her. Thus she contributes to the amusement of his friends 

 when in port as well as while playfully cutting the blue offlag. 



Then there are several sloop yachts here. On one of them— the KaU 

 —I paid a half-hour's visit t his morning it the invitation of her genial 

 owner and commander, Ytee-Commodoie ltanilolph, of tne Brooklyn 

 Yacht Club. Her breadth ot beam, in proportion to her length, is 

 very great ; consequently, she can 

 dipping her rail. She shows a heel 

 the ThiaUe the other day handsome 

 nnsrpr in a race from which the K 

 particularly pleased with tier imer 





. Dr. ii. 



make ex-eedanj. 



ly fast i into without, 



to most pi lien 



owpctitors, beating 



Ij a.ter.aenut 



[ ii, r oomeoJToon- 





uinodorc V; 



i:i ij, taste i _■ 1 1 



ul great- practical 



Bh of space wa 



s utdized, with the 



greatly. 





belong in';,- i 



re to be seen tn the 





flies the Hag of the 





rge Post, of Green- 





, of Eiverhead, was 



a last evening. 



Mr. Winan's sloop, 



HARD- WEATHER YACHTS. 



EDITOB FOBEST AOT STREAM : ^"^ ^^ 2 "' ** 



Permit tne, as one taking a profound Interest in tho development of 

 yachting on this continent, to thank you for your abloadvocacy of hard- 

 ins. I am glad to sec the movement In favor of giving the 

 English style or craft a lair trial in American waters, convinced, as I 

 am, that before long it is not one, but a score of Muriels that, we shall 

 have showing our tleetB » the way out." Harbor sailing Is ull very well 

 in its wuy. and racing In smooth water is glorious fnn ; yon can bring 

 out the highest speed of a model, sacrlUeing every other quality to i hat, 

 and landing yourself at u»x In the catamaran. Not that 1 mean to im- 

 ply that the catamaran is not a perfectly legitimate craft ; on the con- 

 trary, I very much admire the ingenuity of its-construction and the 

 marvellous speed oHaiued, but I contend that the AmaryUis, Hie Tar- 

 anlclla, the John Bibpin, et hoc gtmits mttne, are not yachts in the true 

 sense of the term. The fact la, we have, on this side of the water, got 

 into the habit of calling everything that flonts a yacht. I have known 

 an open boat, rigged with sprltmainsall and jib, entered in a regular 

 yacht race. In England that would not have been tolerated, and the 

 craft would very properly have been relegated to It s own class of "op»n 

 sailing boats." But I am not anxious at present to enter npon the dlffl- 

 cult task of drawing the lineof demarkatlon between yachts and sailing 

 boats; my object, tn addressing you is to contribute what I can to the 

 arguments in support of the deep model for cruising and racing in 

 rough water. 



I have opportunities of famfflariztng myself with both the shallow 

 and moderately deep types. Of the extremely deep types, anch as tho 

 latest English racing craft are, I cannot apeak from pen'otuil expert- 

 rience; nor do I fancy that anything like the Christine aaong the 

 forties, or the Alomtte among the lives, would suit us. There is ahappy 

 medium which win yet be struck by us if we are only wise enough to 

 profit oy the experience of our English brethren. 



There are two or three points of belief in the yachting creed of this 

 side tho Atlantic which bar the way to genuine salt-water yachting, 

 One is that, the centreboard la the equal of the keel for all kinds of 

 work; another, that speed la the main object to be attained ; a third, 

 that the longer mast and bcom are, the more huge the jib, the more 

 vast the maiusaU, the better. We are very apt to put as much canvas 

 into onr working, or lower, sails as we can manage, and as a necessary 

 consequence, the moment it blows a single reef breeze onr cranky 

 yachts are in difficulties, and it takes a good hand at the tiller, and 

 another at, the malnsheet, to pull the vessel through in safety. Sailing, 

 under these conditions, becomeB a series of jerks of excitement, and 

 you are constantly wondering whether the next pun* will or will uot 

 capsize yon. For the veriest tyro soon learns by practice the " lengih 

 of the righting lever" of his boat; he may not give 11 that scientific 

 name, but he knows that when the swash is np to the first deck strake, 

 or, It may be, half way to the cockpit coamings, It is high time to luff 

 sharp up if he does not want to turn turtle. 



M.v own yacht Is fairly entitled to the appellation of " deep," seeing 

 she draws six feet aft, while she is only thirty feet long. She is, com- 

 pared with the shallower models which compose our racing neet, slow 

 in smooth water; but there is not one of these clippers which, ir caught 

 outside in a sea and wind, snch as it was my fortune to bo in a few 

 weeks ago, but wonld half, If not altogether, drown her crew, and not 

 one which could stand the amount of hard weather my ten-tonner will 

 take comfortably. In this summer's cruise my two friends and I owed 

 our lives, under God, to tho fact that onr yacht was deep, and carried 

 her ballast so low that, with quick watching, she could be kept upright 

 In a horribly bad sea that would have tripped and rolled over a 

 shallower yacht depending wholly on beam for* her stabUlty. I have 

 learned by hard experience the difference between outside and inside 

 work, and the value of having under one's feet a deep-draught yacht 

 that has a good " holt" of the water, can cut her way through a heavy 

 head sea, and Is snugly sparred and snugly canvased. 



When fitting out, this spring I was strongly advised by several yachts- 

 men, for whose opinions I entertain much respect, to give the craft a 

 longer bowsprit and Ave or six feet more of mamboom ; in other words, 

 to Increase her total area of sail by about a third. " She can carry it 

 all, and more," was ihe end of all such recommendations; and no 

 doubt she could— in smooth water, but 1 happen to caro infinitely more 

 (or outside cruising than for harbor sailing, and my impression was 

 that for the former purpose she had as much sail as she wanted. As it 

 turned out she had too much for rough weather, and quite enough for 

 fair winds, as 1 think will be admitted when I say we ran ten knots an 

 hour before a freshening breeze under mainsail, gaff, topsail and spin- 

 naker; this in a rough «ea is good work for a yacht thirty feet long on 

 the water line. Now for the rough weather : We went out one morn- 

 ing, at the beginning of our cruise, under plain lower sail— mainsail 

 and jib—a tremendous sea heaving m from the southward, and a cross 

 lop bringing up with the northerly wind, Begular outside sailing; 

 nothing between us and the coast of Europe, so that we had the full 

 benefit o I the Atlantic surge. The wind piped up with fierce squalls 

 that laid us right down till tho cabln-iop was swashed. " Heef down" 

 was the order, and both reefs of the mainsail were hardened m, ditto 

 the jib, and we spanked nlong, only to And after another hour had 

 passed, that under close reefs she was over-pressed. We tied the jib 

 down, showing only a few feet of the head, and even tins rag of head- 

 sail had to come in when we turned to for a whacking loug thrash to 

 windward, with the pleasing prospect, if the gale got much worse, to 

 extemporize a drag, and ride to It. Fortunately, matters did not get as 

 bad as tint, and the good little ship clawed right up under the lee of 

 the land, and got into the smoother water of Ship Harbor, when we 

 were able, though it still blew in violent squalls, to give her whole 

 mainsail and jib. We rigged np a storm trysail lu the next harbor we 

 made, lor we knew now that the snuggest of canvas may be unexpect- 

 edly required. 



Perhaps I bad better pipe "belay." This yarn has spun itself out, 

 and knowing aomethiug of the mysteries of crowded " galleys" and In- 

 oxpanslve " tonus," I suspect my communication may be condemned 

 o the waste-paper basket on the ground of undue length if on noother. 

 But it it escapes that fate, and is thought worthy of being placed before 

 die yachtsmen-readers of Fokest ash Stream, 1 shall ask you, sir, to 

 •' grant me of your grace" auother chance to fill up a column or two on 

 this subject of yachts for work as well »a play. Boooe-Okoix. 



' inn, and the Wyona, owi 



port. The Fannie, sailed by the E 



here yesterday, but sailed westwat 



Arrow, has just been laid up on account of tile recent death of the 



father of its owner. 



So much for yachting news in this neighborhood. Every day the \ 

 slender «pars ami snowy canvas of some new pleasure craft may be 

 seen lying like a fair picture on the blue, calm surface of the bay, or ' 

 scudding before a brisk breeze, while oLhcrs disappear. Besides this, 

 there are Innumerable small sail-boats, some of them very trim and 

 speedy, which are cruising about, so there la no lack of this element of . 

 beauty in a seaside picture, and endless opportunity of a day's or horn's 

 sailing, at a moderate price, for those who enjoy it— and who does not? 



John CAmtu'Jsx. [ 



Rossjiorb House.— This popular house, situated at Speonk, 

 near Moriches, L. L, can be readily readied twice a day from 

 New York. This season the Kossmorc House has been re- 

 markably well patronized, which fact is due to its pleasant 

 situation, its excellent management, and the bathing facili- 

 ties. Being located ou Great South Bay, fishing and gunning 

 can always be had. Address for rooms and terms Mr. S. P. 

 Conklin, Rossmore House. 



Take Solid Comfort.— You will find it in the easy chair 

 made by F. A. Sinclair, Mottville, N. Y., and advertised in 

 our columns. 



■ST Forest and Stream will be sent for fractions of a year 

 as follows : Six months, $2 ; three months, $1. To clubs of 

 two or more, $3 per annum 



<§mw §ag and §un. 



GAME IN SEASON FOR SEPTEMBER. 



Moose, Atctn viiilchis. BlacMiellled plover, ox-eye, .SVyun- 



i artbon, TartMlW) rbngt i tarotii he.!.i:rtwn. 



Elk or wapiti, L\rrii*cina<tri.Mr.. Ring nlovc", JE-rialitU semi palma- 



l-.ed or Va. deer, C. finthwtnnx. tun. 



t-qntrrels, red, black and gray. Stilt, or long-shanks, Mimantofm 



Ilarci. brown and gray. nigricollis 



K-ecdor rice bird. Doiklwivir omz- w i ,,'",.(,•, ,,-i , n :;„h,;„ ;„.!,<•„■ 



Ked-breaated snipe, or dowitcher, 



idplpcr, or ox-bird, 



ilfacr 



chick- Ked-li 



: ' pause or pheasant, Bom 



umbeUutt. 

 Quad or partridge, Ortyxvinjfni 



or marlln, 

 rujf«*. 



"Bay birds" generally, Including various species of plover, sand- 

 piper. sni|ic, curlew, nvBiiT-cittoher, surf birds, plialaropcs, avocets! 

 etc., coming under the group Lvmaaala; or Shore Birds. 



OahatjA— QriwfriltMrtt, Aug. 20.— The prospects for deer 

 hunting this fall are very good A number of bears have 

 been seen around the neighborhood this last month, and a few 

 have been shot. J. S. 



MABSAoartsETTs—i Worcester, Aug, 29. — Mr. Jerome Marble, 

 with a party of about fifteen, start' I' rem hero Monday night, 

 Sept. 2, for Minnesota and Dakota Territory, on a two months' 

 bunting. The gentlemen of the, parly are' accompanied with 

 their wives and families. They leave here in the excursion 

 car, "City of Worcester," recently described in the I^obest 

 and Stueaju, which w.ill be their home during their absence. 

 They take with them the porter who has charge of the car, 

 also the regular cook attached to the car. 



Jfantwket, Aug. 18.— There has been a large flight of cur- 

 lew the past week ; the largest bags were 30, 25, 18, 12. 



New YoiiK—Marbletown, Aug. 80.— Game is rmite plentiful 

 here. B. A. M. 



Lono Island— Jatwdca Bay, Aug. 27. -Oil Sunday morn- 

 ing, duriug the storm, several large flocks of curlew passed 

 over, going south. One small lot" got detached from a flock, 

 wheeled round, came down and made for the water and the 

 east, end of the bay, and being so tame that they flew close 

 to a boat Witha crabbing party in, that they fired their baskets 

 (not their guns), expecting to capture the whole lot. Did not 

 hear how many they killed with that shot. A few small 

 bunches of shell drakes have made their appearance. They 

 do not stop more than a day or so. Coots are seen almost 

 daily off Rockaway Beach. 



Michigan— Bay City, Aug. 28.— I put in a couple of hours 

 stunmer woodcock shooting near the city yesterday by way of a 

 change from grayling fishing on the Au Sable, where I had been 

 camping the week before. Drove out four miles in company with 

 Bid. A. Van Dusen, proprietor of the Fraser House here, and 

 beat three small cornfields near the bank of the Kawkawlin 

 River. Took an hour before dinner and an hour or so after ; 

 the Hpund dried by the noonday sun and tho worms deep in 

 the moist earth below. Took no dog ; flushed our own birds ; 

 walked up fourteen and bagged eleven as they rose the tassels 

 of the com. The heat was not great, the birds -were strong 

 flyers, and all young ones save two, which were begin oing to 

 moult. I never enjoyed summer shooting more. Had we 

 taken the early morning we should have made a bag of twenty 

 brace, as the field was well bored where the woodcock had 

 worked. We beat up and down the rows, eight rows apart 

 and abreast, pulling trigger when we sighted feather, for the 

 corn was ten feet high in places. We shot 7-pouud, 12- 

 bore guns, with 2^ drachms powder and an ounce of Wo. 13 

 shot. The long-bills came to bag in fine condition, and no 

 lead in the invoice. 



I am disposed to bar the dog in cover of this sort where 

 the birds always lie close ; but the sportsman_must be a good 

 marker to gather all he drops. Where two shoot together 

 they can assist each other greatly by lining the quarry from 

 the point of firing. 



'The Fraser House is one of the best in Michigan, and enjoys 

 a large patronage. It has just been altered and greatly im- 

 proved. The dining hall is twenty feet high and of propor- 

 tionate floor dimensions. Mr. Van Dusen, the proprietor, is one 

 of the best still hunters and wing shots in the State, and the 

 string of woodcock which we brought in was pronounced an 

 unusually good one for this locality. We recommend corn as 

 good woodcock cover, and advise sportsmen to examine fields 

 more thoroughly than they are in the habit of doiug. 



Halloce. 



Bay Oity, Aug. 27.— On Monday, the 26th, Chas. Hnllock 

 and S. A. Van Deusen, in four hours, flushed twenty-two 

 woodcock, killing sixteen of same. How is that, for bigh ? 



GWTNNE, 



Musxksota — HutcMns, Aug. 27. — In McLeod County and 

 the two adjoining counties — Meeker and Renville — pinnated 

 grouse were never as scarce as they are this season. This is 

 the more remarkable from the fact that the number of old 

 birds on the prairies this spring were unusually numerous. I 

 attribute "the failure of the crop " to the May freeze, which. 

 I think, must have injured the eggs. Yesterday 1 went out 

 and bagged only nine birds, seven of which .were old ones, 

 while iu former years, in a shorter tramp, my count would be 

 forty-five to fifty-five. The experience of all my friends cor- 

 responds with my owb. AY*. O. E. B. 



Rochester, Aug. 26.— Prairie chickens, I am told, are 



generally very plentiful throughout Western Minnesota, 

 owing partially to the fact that the prairies were burnt off last 

 fall to destroy grasshoppers, so there were no spring fires to 

 burn the eggs. Brit little attention is paid to game protection 

 in the western part of the State, and shooting began this year 

 before the birds were able to fly one hundred "yards. The 

 quail crop in the eastern portions of the State is a good one, 

 and in Western Wisconsin there are more squirrels lhan for 

 years. Vbkd Mont. 



