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FOREST A1ND STREAM. 



handiness of the yrfwl through practical experience. If we ' nell. The seniors were on the "Westchester sideandthe fiesh- 



now pass to a comparison with the schooner, the racing 

 capacities coupled with cruising merits of the rig under con- 

 sideration wul be even more apparent. In any weather the 

 yawl can show the schooner a clean pair of heels. So much 

 stress is placed upon its superiority that in Europe we find in 

 mixed matches the schooner rated, according to the rules of 

 the Yacht Kacing Association, at only three-fifths her tonnage 

 and the yawl at four-fifths in comparison with the cutler. 

 Just here let us remark that however fair and rational the 

 relative rating of schooner and yawl undoubtedly is, it has 

 always been a matter of wonder, not only to ourselves but to 

 British yachtsmen as well, that the cutter should be so heavily 

 handicapped against her opponents, when in a little stiffis'h 

 breeze the yawl douses her niizzeu and becomes virtually a 

 cutter under single reef. Excepting in the lighest of weather 

 this discrimination between the two rigs does not seem war- 

 ranted. In any other kind of weather, both yawl and cutter 

 should be considered on an equal footing, for" the yawl is en- 

 titled to a higher place among the various styles of canvasing 

 than the Y. R. A. rule would imply. The allowances of this 

 rig to the schooner long experience has fully justified, at least 

 in the degree that any such comparison can he brought down 

 to actual figures. For racing moderate-sized vessels— and the 

 reader should bear in mind that it is mainly to our larger 

 class of sloops that we intend these remarks to be directed— 

 the yawl has the claim of speed over the schooner, which no 

 one will venture to question. It is often advanced in favor of 

 the two-sticker that she is faster off the wind, but to Ibis we 

 are hardly prepared to subscribe, in view of the fact that in 

 going wide a spinnaker can be set to windward and the 

 sail area increased ad lib. in the yawl. For cruising 

 and heavy weather work, the schooner is without doubt more 

 suitable in large craft, and the more the yacht tons beyond a 

 certain limit, the less would the yawl rig be suited for the 

 purposes in view, but up to a certain size of craft it offers all 

 the safely and handiness for cruising with a moderate number 

 in the hammocks forward that can be desired, audits superior 

 merit for racing is such as to induce us to recommend it upon 

 its merits. To be more precise, while such craft as Vision, 

 Grade, Addie V- , and in short anything ranging much over 

 55 ft. waier-line, become exceedingly clumsy, unmanageable 

 and expensive as sloops, yet they are too small to sail under 

 two spars and to admit of racing and cruising alike to art van (age. 

 Such craft can be rigged as yawls greatly subservient to their 

 handiness as cruisers and not a whit inferior to the sloop or 

 cutter, except in the lightest of breezes and on waters which 

 should be the racing grounds of the open boat rather than of 

 the stately sixty. San Francisco having led the vray, New 

 York may follow, though vice-versa would have been, no 

 doubt, more pleasing to the metropolitan's pride. 



Texas Taodtisg. — Under the energetic lead of Com Jno. 

 H. Forshey yachting in Galveston Bay has become very pop- 

 ular, and the number of yachts owned in that city and vicinity 

 reaches probably forty. They are mostly of the jib aud-ma iu- 

 sail type, well suited to their waters. Wolkart is the Pat 

 McQichan of the South, having turned out some very fast 

 boats that are said lo have beaten all the craft imported from 

 the North. Among his fast ones are Adelia, and Comet, boats 

 which spread a very large arei of canvas, and which I i 

 to do fairly well even in rough water. The sport is followed 

 with great avidity, and next season a regular club will be or- 

 ganized and official regattas held instead of scrub race3 as 

 heretofore. 



YACHTING NEWS. 



Foam-Bebkoca Match.— Editor Forest and Stream, : The 

 private match between these two schooners of the E. Y. C. re- 

 ferred to in an article in your issue of October 17, and in which 

 Rebecca receives much more credit than she deserves, was 

 sailed at the same time as the E. Y. C. regatta of September 

 11. In the beat to windward from Swampseott to Halfway 

 Rock Foam beat Rebecca 13m., gaining about If in. on Magic. 

 From this point the wind was dead aft to Harding's Ledge, 

 and it freshened so sharply just as Rebecca reached the Rock 

 that she gained considerably on the leading yachts, which 

 held only the moderate breeze which they had had before. In 

 place of Rebecca beating Foam •' with the 20m. allowance,'' 

 Foam won by 4m. 12s., ordinary corrected time according to 

 the club allowance, or 11m. 5Ds. actual time. In a subse- 

 quent private race, of which I annex the account of a partici- 

 pator, Foam fully justified the confidence of her owner in 

 offering Rebecca such odds as he did. Your correspondent is 

 in error when he says Foam was not improved by the altera- 

 tions made on her. Wubfoot. 



Boston, Oct. 22. 



The second trial in the series of three for a set of colors be- 

 tween the schooners Foam and Rebecca, of the Eastern Yacht 

 Club, was sailed on Saturday over the club course from 

 Marblehead Bock. Commodore Boardtnan's Foam, 102 tons, 

 would give Rebecca, 78 tons, Mr. Joy's boat, an allowance of 

 7m. 37s. under the club rules. In this match she allows Re- 

 becca 20m. In the first heat, which was sailed in the last club 

 regatta, Foam led by 4m. 22s. above the club allowance, and 

 lost, the heat by 8m. Is. Br the second heat, which was sailed 

 from Marblehead Bock round Halfway Bock, the Hardings 

 and Egg Bock, Foam led 29im. at the llardings, and 33m. at 

 the Graves. In approaching" Egg Bock the wind hauled from 

 8. W. to N. W., and Foam had to make a tack to fetch by. 

 This change of wind left th? Rebecca four miles dead to lee- 

 ward, and, while she was working up to Egg Bock, Foam was 

 ' reaching away for the home stakeboat, which she passed in 

 5h. 32ra. 40s. actual time. This was making the race at a 

 rate over five m'des an hour, according to the club rules. Mr. 

 Hovey's Edith was the stakeboat, and after waiting the 20m. 

 allowed, finding it was growing calm, she followed Foam 

 into Marblehead, Rebecca not having appeared. 



OAB AND PADDLE. 



Columbia College Bboatta.— The fall regatta of Colum- 

 bia College was held Saturday, October 28, on the Harlem, 

 near Mott Haven. The weather was favorable and the water 

 smooth. Mr. Edmond Kelly acted as referee, Mr. E. E. Sage 

 as judge, and Mr. Bob Cornell as timekeeper. Course, one 

 mile, start from Macomb's Dam and finish opposite the boat- 

 house. First race for single sculls— W. Parsons had 

 over, Philip Thompson failing to appear ; lame, 7m. 58a 

 Becond 



•£3, ;•, lass of '82, freshmen 



Olaik. bow; J. O. Spencer, E. Livingstone, F. V, 

 Sands; stroke, J. Hamilton; coxswain, I 

 Class of '61, s iphomores— K. 'i'. P. Rake, bow; D. C'liuksuu, 

 II. Beei-, 11. Muller, J Mool .ornery ; stuke, George Vail; 

 coxswain, George Taylor. Class of '79, seniors— T. H. Leg- 



menin the centre. The latter got the best of the start, but 

 were soon overhauled by the seniors, who i 

 maintained it throughout tha race, winning in oai. 33s.; 

 freshmen second, two lengths nhead of the soph's. Third 

 race for pair-oars— Entries : H. P. Brown and .0. Eldridge, 

 It. T. P. Fish and H. Bidabock; won by the former in 7m. 

 30s. Last race for four-oared gigs— Entries, College: C. 

 Eldridge, bow; H. Muller, It Livingstone; stroke, W. Far- 

 sons. School of Mines— It. T. P. Fiske, bow -, F. D. Brown- 

 ing, J. D. Newberry; stroke, G. P. Erhard. The S. of M. 

 had the Westchester side and seemed the strongs r crew. The 

 steering of both boats was poor. The College crew, slightly 

 the bener in this respect, took the middle of the river and won 

 by three lengths; time, 0m. 51s. PrizeB in the shape of 

 distributed at the boat-house after the races were 

 over. 



Moreis-Plaisteb Race.— The race between these two men 

 was rowed over the Hulton course, on the Alleghany, near 

 Pittsburgh, Oct. 18. Distance, two miles with turn. Mor- 

 ris was the favorite, as he might well be, for his success was 

 a foregone conclusion. There seldom has been a sculler more 

 Overrated than Fred Flaisted. Mr. Robert Cook, formerly of 

 Yale, acted as referee. At the word "Go" Flaisted took a 

 slight lead, but Morris closed ou him, and In spite of a mo- 

 mentary stop, when the oars of both touched slightly, rounded 

 the mark with a long lead. This he spun out to five lengths, 

 and finally crossed the line in 13m. 45m. three lengths ahead. 

 Hakvakd University Club.— The sum of 610,000 has 

 been offered to send the Harvard crew to England, but nothing 

 definite has as yet been arranged. The challenge from Yale 

 will in the meantime remain in abeyance, but Yale was chal- 

 lenged to a single-scull race for next spring. 



Syracuse Bowing Association.— This is thenameof a new 

 organization recently organized in Syracuse, N. Y. The fol- 

 lowing officers were elected -. President, Samuel A. Steele; 

 Vice-Presidents, Win. P. Kersey, E.W. Hinsdale; Secretary, 

 Geo. L, Whitmore ; Treasurer, A. W. Whitmore j Financial 

 Secretary, H. N. Letts. 



Codnbll FNivEKsriT B eg aita.— Tuesday, Oct. 15, the day 

 to which the University regatta had been postponed, turned 

 out very favorable, the water being smooth all day. First 

 race for single sculls: G. M. Wells, of '79, and E. L. Pres- 

 ton, of '78. The latter took the lead with a stroke of 32 

 against Wells' 28 and won in 10m. 22s. Second race, for 

 class crews, proved close up to the mile inarit, when class '81 

 took the lead and won in 12m. 20s.; crew of '80, 13m. 37s., 

 and crew of '79 in 12m. 40s. Names of the winning crew as 

 follows : J. N. D. Shiukel, E. H. Cole, B. D. Jayne, J. G. 

 Allen, G. E. Beed, H. T. Waterbury and O. L. Taylor, cox- 

 swain. Third race for gigs : Sprague Boat Club against Tom 

 Hughes Bout. Club. Won by the latter in l'Jtu. 7s., in spile 

 of the stroke oar slipping his seat. Names of winning crew : 

 T. Penuock. D. W. Hutchinson, W. M. Taylor, H. B. 

 Nichols, F. Leary, J. O. Wait and S. Mott, coxswain. 



Yale <cs. Harvard.— Harvard University Boat Club has 

 accepted Yale's challenge, and the eight-oared four-niile race 

 will probably be rowed ut New London. 



of Lake Superior, ponring its surplus waters down the rapids, 

 which foamed and boiled in a thousand convolutions among the 

 everlasting rocks of the bed of tho Kt. Mary. 



The village la a small trading post of forty or fifty houses, in- 

 habited principally by voyageuTS and engages of the American Fur 

 Company. When the contemplated canal i3 finished tho upper 

 country will bo opened to commerce, which, with the fisheries, 

 been monopolized by this company. There are also ores of 

 iron and copper on the shores of Lake Superior, which will here- 

 after be worked to advantage. 



Just beyond Fort Brady I recognized the tent of my companions, 

 and soon learned with satisfaction Ihat everything was ready for 

 oar final start from the abodes of men. Oar bark canoe, 

 purchased for twelve dollars, waj about 28ft. long, and 4fr. wide, 

 and capable of containing six men with their baggage, and 2,000 

 lbs. of provisions ; all of which would not sink tho boat six 

 inches. When thus loaded tho would ride over the waves like 

 a life-boat. They will out-live any other craft in a heavy sea, 

 and the only difficult; in travelling is tho necessity of unloading 

 them in deep water, for tho least pressure cm a rook would break 

 them instantly. Our crew consists of three half-breeds, one of 

 whom will serve as cook. 



July 28.— Mr. Schoolerof t fitted na out with boat and men, who 

 took us to the Canada shore, and we commenced fishing for trout, 

 which abound in these places. By wading tha rapids I got to a 

 spot at the foot of a little fall, where I found them of good size, 

 all that I took being over half a pound, and the largest of two 

 pounds weight. These were taken with a By, to which they rose 

 readily ; and I found theBe, my first Western trout, to exaotly re- 

 semble those of New England in appearance and flavor. 



July 29.— We find our stock of provisions for six men for three 

 months so heavy that we conclude to eonda part up to Lapoiute 

 by the brig John J. Astor, a vessel belonging to the Ami 

 Company, the first vessel on the Lake, which was fur years tho 

 wonder of the gens du JVord. 



Ono must also carry birch hark, gum and watiap (Ihe flexible 

 roote of the oedar), for repairing tha canoe, a process often 

 necessary on those rocky shores. S. C. C. 



CANOEING ON LAKE SUPERIOR. 



Extracts rriou a Journal op a Canoe Votaoe on Lake 



Sbpbbiob and the Upper Mississippi in 1810-Made bj 



W. H. 0., op Chicago. ,..«_*% , Q ,„ 



Macisao, July 26, 1810. 



Editor Forkst and Stheam : 



Arrived here to-day in the Steamer Illinois, Captain Blake, from 

 Chicago, whioh wo left on the 24th. Many pleasant people od 

 board, among them Mr. and Mia. F. W., of Peoria, III., with 

 whom I passed a delightful week lust winter, spending the days 

 with the hunting club in the exciting sport of hunting deer on 

 horseback with long spears, and careering over the prairies like 

 ancient knights with lance in rest, but charging the foe with 

 scarlet coats instead of steel armor. Many were the deer that fell 

 Dy our lancea, and many were the flasks of generous wine which 

 fell before our prowess, " at evening, around tho board sitting." 

 My companions on the proposed tour, Major H. and Mr. F., 

 have preceded me, and are on their way to Sautt 8le. Mario in 

 B canoe, which they purchased here. I shall join them by the 

 first boat which goes up from this island. 



Macinao needs nothing but a largo and well kept hotel to become 

 a great resort for summer travellers. At present one is accom- 

 modated in a simple but comfortable manner at the house of old 

 Mr. Lesley, whose wife understands cooking wkiteneh better than 

 any one on the island. As every person of taste who comes here 

 lives principally on this delightful fish, this is on important con- 

 sideration. ' 



The scenery of this island has been of tener described by abler 

 pens than mine-those of Mr. Jameson and Mies Martiueau, for 

 instance. Home of the old residents amused me by the oddity of 

 their characters, and alsogavo me muoh valuable information as 

 to the early history of the place, and the condition and resources 

 of the Lake Superior country. I find General Seottand staff here, 

 withColonel Bankkoad and a largo party from Detroit, all of whom 

 l ihe Saolt in the Fairport, a small and duty steamer, 

 in these waters, and which I must also take. Among 

 the crowd I found Mr. J. L. Schoolcraft, a naturalist and sports- 

 Bo showed me a fine collection of butterflies and moths ; 

 , a specimen of the spotted grouse, which occurs in tire 

 Northern renineula. Mr. & is also an angler, and told mo that 

 he had taken in the Sault rapids a brook trout which weighed live 

 pounds. Anglers in New England breams, where my trout fishing 

 has hitherto bBen done, would hardly behove tbis-we used to 

 think a pound trout a monster. 



The scenery along the St. Mary Bivor is fine. As you approach 

 Uio mouth there are a thousand little islets in sight, some of them 

 barely huge enough to afford a resting place for two or three 

 tress. At Point St. Joseph, on Drummond'a Island, we Bee the 

 ruiosof an old fort, which the British bad there form 

 nothing but a pile of stone. Next come- Daks George, a nae sheet 

 „i Water on the northern side of which appears a chain uf moun- 

 tains Which are said to divide the waters of the lake 

 of Hudson's Bay. Atterwinding through a narrow 

 turned a point and came in eight , I ' 

 rhe adiitary band which was m board 

 approached the fort, the Indiana yelled, and the cannon 

 salute, which echoed far away 



Newberry; stroke, W. B. Parsons; cores wain, Bobert Cor- 1 Canada shore. Huiagrmwwtuuu 



j|^ nnd i$iv£i[ fishing. 



FISH IN SEASON~°~FOR NOVEMBER. 



FRESH WATER. 



Block Bass, MicropUrvs ealmoUlm; like o 



Muikalongo, JSsoz nabilior. 



SALT WATKH. 



Sfa Bas«, Seteiup* oeellatu*. Cero, Cybhim rrtialc. 



Striped Bass, Rocqvh Hwneattu. Bomto, surtla pctami/a 



Wcakiisn, Ctynearfon regatta. Kingfloti, McnlLirrv* nclmloiu*. 

 Blueflsli, Pmiuitomws saltatrix. 



Fish in Market.— Bluefish, 8 oents ; bass, 1.5 to IS ; salmon, 25 

 mackerel, 18; weakfisb, 10 ; halibut, 15 ; kingflsh, 25 ; codfish, 7 ; 

 hlackfiah, 10 ; flounders, S ; lobsters, 10 ; sheeuphead, 18 ; scallops, 

 SI per gallon ; soft clams 30 to T5 cents per 100 ; whitefiab, 15 ; 

 salmon trout, 15 ; hard crabs, 63.50 pr-r 100 ; smelts, 18; terra- 

 pins, per dozen, ©15; frostfiah, 8 ; haddock, 7 ; eea bass, 18 ; eels, 

 15 ; pickerel, 15 ; snntish, 6 ; yellow perch, 8 ; pike, 8 ; muscalonge, 

 18 • prawns, per gallon, $1.60 ; frogs, per ponnd, 30. 



Live codfish and muscalonge are the new features of the 

 market this week. Bluefish have turned their heads south- 

 ward, and will be found on the Norih Carolina coast. The 

 fishing for striped bass in the vicinity of JNew Y r ork is remark- 

 ably good, and much sport is afforded. 



New Route to Rangeley Lakes.— The Portland and Ox- 

 ford Central Railroad, which has been defunct for some years, 

 has passed into new bands, and will in future be known as the 

 Ruuiford Falls and Buckfield EB. It baa been thoroughly 

 rebuilt and equipped with new and elegant rolling stock, and 

 with such officers as J. Washburn, Jr,, for President; S. C. 

 Andrews, Treasurer, and S. T. Oorser (so long the efficient 

 Superintendent of the G. T. 11.) for Superintendent, the 

 public may feel assured that nothing will be spared to make 

 this a first-class road in every respect. This road leaves the 

 Grand Trunk Railway at Mechanic Falls, rhirty-six miles from 

 Portland, and Ha present terminus is Canton, twenty-seven 

 miles from McFalls, Here passengers take a Concord coach 

 for Byron, thirty miles distant, and it is safe to say that, no 

 piece of road better than this exists in New Eogland. The 

 road follows the Androscoggin and Swift rivers, and with the 

 beautiful mountain scenery, and the wonderful bear stories 

 that stage drivers always tell thi El ne drive i s e n. 



chanting. From Byron to the shore of Lake Mboseluorrja," 

 n untie is only seven miles, and here you are right outhe shore 

 of the greatest of the great lakes. It is on the shorts of this 

 lake that Allerton's Lodge is situated, and at ihe bead is the 

 property of the Oqoossoc Angling Association. Middle Dam 

 Upper Dam, and the camps of the Boston clubs can all be 

 reached from here, and all " carries," ihe curse of the tourist 

 and especially the ladies who visit Ihe Lakes, are avoided, and 

 you have saved forty-six miles, as this route is that, much 

 shorter than by the way of Farraington and Phillips. Bum j. 



* Axglisg Oilkbrities.— To the long list of distinguished 

 men who have made angling their relaxation and amusement, 

 we must add Charles Kingsley, the preacher and poet ; J. A. 

 Froude, the historian ; and Tom Taylor and Tom Hughes, 

 BUtboM of distinction. In the late "Life and Letters of 

 Kineslev" edited by his wife, we have many elimpses of 

 these men taking th i ,: '^ *® river, to 



W » Vd Tom JToaJies -Tb\^enc\ usiain will put the fish nil 

 right in aw 'isewheie, 



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