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-Miimm. of Brooklyn, is bnilding a 21-i'oot boat, 9 ft. 

 beam, for Dr. Eldridge, of Yarmouth, Cape Ood. The boat 

 is to draw, but fifteen inches of water. 



- -James Smith, foot of Court Street, Brooklyn, is building 

 a catamaran, or double boat, after the model of Mx. Herre- 

 Bhoff 8, which is"to be -15 feet long, for a gentleman of Btaten 

 Island. 



EASTERN YACHTING NOTES. 



[PEOM OTTB OWN COKBBSPOKDEST.] 



Boston, March 27, 1877. , 



A regatta of the Mosquito Fleet, under private super- 

 intendence, is to come off at City Point, South BoBton, Fast- 

 day, April 12i.h, wind and weather permitting. All entries 

 are free and must be made -with. Ex-Commotlore Wright at 

 the Atlantic House. The first-class comprises all centre- 

 board boats Id feet and under: second-class, all keel boats 

 12 feet to 141'eet; tniid-dassi all keel boats under 12 feet. 



Ah the pleasant ceca 4. m >-,< repetition of last year's suc- 

 cessful trial, it is looked forward to with much interest, es- 

 pecially as most of the boats are tenders to the different 

 yachts," and are sailed principally by their owners. In last 

 year's performances Maj. McDonald's Lizzie showed herself 

 remarkably smart, and did credit to her owner and builder. 

 The Marquita's tender (a little boat from New York) took 

 second prize. To an observer it seems almost impossible 

 for so small a craft to carry such large sails. You might 

 take the boat and wrap her up so that nothing would be seen 

 of the hull in the canvass she flies. We wish the adven- 

 turesome ones luck. 



The Violet. Capt. Frank Peabody, has put in an appear- 

 ance this evening, thus eventually opening the yachting 

 m in this part of the country for 1877. 



Frank Weston, Esq., has just bought the schooner Mist. 

 She will be entered on the lists of Boston and Dorchester 

 clubs. The Mist has very fine accommodations, but her 

 speed has never been tested 



The Nahasset Yacht Club, — The annual meeting of this 

 club was held at the Parker House, March 31st. The follow- 

 ing officers were elected for the ensuing year : — Commodore, 

 T. Daland; Vice-Commodore, Arthur Burgess; Secretary and 

 Treasurer, ,T. P. Hawes. Jr. ; Fleet Captain, Henry Bryant; 

 Measurer, Henry G. Hall. Regatta Committee: T. Daland, 

 John Bryant. P." Grant, Jr., W. C. Hasken, J. P. Hawes, Jr. 

 Membership Committee: L. C. Fenno, G. P. Upham, Jr., 

 Arthur Burgess, J. C. Minot, J. C. Sharp, Jr. The club is in 

 a very prosperous condition. 



The schooner-yacht, "Elsie," was launched here this week, 

 as were several sail boats. The yachting fever has begun to 

 ■ pread, and much activity is being seen in yachting circles, 

 'he sloop " Iris," that was run into in Hull Gut by a steamer 

 tw r o or three years ago and has since been laid up, was sold 

 to some parties in South Boston, who have given her a 

 thorough overhauling, and she will go into water this year 

 in better condition than ever before. Her cabin has been 

 raised up and finished in hard wood. Many new timbers 

 have been added to her frame, and she will be staunch and 

 strong. 



It is rumored that the little, sloop "Wanderer " has been 

 sold to parties on Lake Champlain. 



The fishing boats that have been hauled up on the 

 beach all winter are being launched very fast; they will 

 probably all be in the water by the middle of the month. 



Kedge. 



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AMATEUR CRUiyiNG. 



FBOM BOSTON" TO NEWPOBT, 



Editor Forest and Stream. 



A beautiful, still morning the 6th of July found five jolly fellows on 

 board tile little schooner "Josephine," ready for a cruise along the 

 South Shore. At 6 a. m. the moorings were cast off, and with the well 

 wishes of our friends we glided out of Boston Harbor, favored by a 

 gentle laud breeze from the southwest. Our course was laid for Scftu- 

 ate, where we intended adding to our number one more. 



Before proceeding further, it might be well to give a description of 

 our little floating home. I will also say, in explanation, that if any 

 readers of this article profit from our experience, much will have been 

 gained in writing it. Our idea in getting the boat (the way I Bball here- 

 after describe) was to savo as much expense as possible, and we made a 

 decided hit; but wo also made a great mistake. After many inquiries 

 and much trouble, we found that we could buy this schooner for $175, 

 and have something to show tor our money after the trip was over; 

 otherwise, we would have to hire a boat and skipper, and pay enough 

 to buy a boat. To make a long story short, we paid the money down 

 and owned the craft. Our first mistake commenced in not getting 

 some one to do the chores. It is seldom you can get five or six good 

 follows together to labor and pay expenses for any length of time. At 

 rirstit was fun; alter that it became work. "Anewbrooni swoepa 

 clean/' and it is only when the new is worn off that you experience the 

 result. I am going to give this plain and unvarnished, hoping others 

 will get rid of very unpleasant times by our experience. We made a 

 mistake in not having a skipper to look after the boat, and also in not 

 hiring a man to cook and cleanup. But! will also say, that when you 

 do get chums together that are willing each to do their snare you will 

 have a very pleasant time. Instead of employing some one to do our 

 work, we determined to utilize the talent in our midst. 



The boat (nautically speaking) was a tub. She was built by the gov- 

 ernment for a harbor police boat, and was, one of those ugly conun- 

 drums " dat no mens vinds out." She was; planked outside like any 

 ordinary boat, but was cross planked inside— for what purpose I could 

 never tell, unless to furnish a contractor with funds, or else use up 

 superfluous government lumber. Her dimensions were— length ovor 

 all, 29 feet; beam, 10 feet, with a draft of water aft of 6 feet. Her cabin 

 waB plaiu aud commodious, and she had a'nice cook-room or forecastle. 

 Sha was like a family horse — slow, but ure. 



Our mess consisted of Mr. H., who aspired to be ' captain ; for short 



wo call htm Bill (heuce Captain Bill). The next was Mr. W. K. N., an 



artist, who bad earned bis title of "Knight .of the Brush." TVs will call 



him Sed, and give him position as mate (hence mess-mate). Third on 



the list, Mr. M. M. stauds for music, and a jolly fat roll of music he 



was, of over 200 pounds weight. I have seen him play tho piano with 



ter at the same time. The fourth po- 



■ flic B. We will call him Charlie. He was partly an 



i , Ml quaint humor. The fifth place was 



Mi I I ■■•■■■. i I I say filled? I correct myself. It 



would take ttv i ■ i ■ ■■ j i [lis m i to nil t'lu position as cook for such a 

 crowd— always eating, always hungry. But as thers was no one to do 

 the cooking, and no one in our party but myself that knew anything 

 about such artistic life, I of course bad to volunteer, and dat's vera I 

 made me mlshdake. I ought to have played ignorance. "Wlieu ig- 

 norance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise." Every one seemed to think; that 



if you did the oooking, of course you rnuBt wash the dishes; and if 

 there is one thing I hate above all others it. Is washing dishes. 



But all this time I have been explaining for your benefit, dear reader, 

 wo bavo been drifting out to sea on an obb tide. The geu tie zephyr .vo 

 had had on tho start had died away, aud to mate our position as com- 

 fortable as possible, tho sun burst through the smoke and haze and 

 rnado tho water glassy and tiresome to look at, only relieved by the oc- 

 casional flitting of a swallow or Mother Carey's chicken. From the 

 warnings of the inner man I wont below to find a lunch, After rumag- 

 ing ovor Bundry packages, 1 brought to light some crackers, cheese, 

 and sardines, which, with a cool lemonade, made a good quieter of ap- 

 petite. Our party was strictly temperate, only one ever using tobacoo. 

 I don't believe one of us would have looked cross-eyed at a glass of 

 whiskey or milk-punch, for the chance given to Mr. Morton, Jr., hot! 

 as tho day was! Aftor washing down our feed with copiouB drafts of 

 lemon-juice we took observations. 



In our hurry of getting underway many things were neglected. We 

 divided the mess— one part took the cabin, the other the decks, and in 

 half an hour you would have thought we were old salts from the order 

 and neatness. 



Tho wind sprang up again from the old quarter, but we had gone so 

 far to leeward in the tide, wc could hardly lay our course. Ctiving her 

 a good bull, we lot her bile for over an hour. As we passed by 

 Minot's light, we could see tho huge, rollers break on the black ledge 

 off Cohaaset. Tacking in shore, we laid for the "Glades" (a wilderness 

 of wild rocks south of Cohassetj. On rearing shore the wind came in spite- 

 ful puffs, hotas air from an oven.audcompelledus to takein our stay- 

 Bail. At times we could only have half a turn on the jib-sheet. Being very 

 round on bottom and fall, she made almost as much noise as a snip. 

 The tide was now on the flood aud the water began to be choppy, oc- 

 casionally we would get the spray by the bucketful audit was cool aud 

 refreshing. About A p. ?i. we anchored in the mouth of Scituate Har- 

 bor, waiting for a tide to go over the bur. The bar runs from the old 

 light to a bluff almost south, and is dry at low water. As wo had some 

 time to wait, we fished for "cunners," or perch, and caught anumber of 

 largo ones. A riBherman told ns the direction to go in, "Keep the barn 

 on tho hill in sight until you opeu the spindle on the land, then run in 

 where you Eee the large boats lay." We followed his advice, but after 

 getting our mud-hooks down, we felt uueasy about our position. A 

 small boy, rowiog by iu a dory, gave ns the pleasant information, we 

 would be aground at low-water, but an obliging native of more mature 

 years said we were ail right. I have often wished I could make, his ac- 

 quaintance nnder similar circumstances. Hungry as sharks, we 

 dined on fried perch, potatoes, broiled steak with stewed tomatoes, hot 

 corn cake, and capped off with two heaping plates of griddles. Being 

 very tired, we slept sound, only to be rudely awakened. Kedoe. 



A Beautiful Canoe. — Mr. J. H. Bushton, of Canton, St. 

 Lawrence County, New York, well-known as the builder of 

 thirty-five pound cedar boats for Adirondack servioe, has sent 

 us the photographs and specifications of a Bob Boy canoe 

 just finished by him, which we give below. Two or three of 

 our readers have lately inquired after canoes of this pattern, 

 and they cannot do better than to purchase this one. The 

 strength of Mr. Bushton's reputation alone is guaranty suffi- 

 cient: 



Dimensions. — Length, 14 feet; beam, 26 inches; depth, 8} 

 inches; rise of deck, 2 inches; bulkheads, 3 feet from each" 

 end; coek-pit, 3 feet 4 inches by 18 inohes; combing, 2 

 inches high; mast, If inches diameter at deck; siding and 

 decks, J inch thick; ribbed between bulkheads — ribs 1J- 

 inches apart. 



Matebial. — Keel and stems, oak; ribs, elm; siding, decks, 

 deck-timbers, back-boards, stretcher, and combing, cedar; 

 gunwales, mast, and spars, spruce; paddle, spruce or ash. 



Weight Complete. — (This one) 56 pounds; might be built 

 down to 50 pounds safely. Price, from $75 to $100. 



That our readers may compare the Bob Boy canoe with 

 the Nautilus, we append diagrams of the latter herewith : 



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—The regulations for playing upon the parade ground at 

 Prospect Park, Brooklyn, have been revised, and Mr. Charles 

 Hunt, the efficient superintendent, has been directed to strictly 

 enforce the following; ••rtVivatur no person shall be per- 

 mitted to play except regularly formed clubs, nor allowed to 

 occupy the grounds, wi bout first having secured a permit — 

 either" from Chief Engineer John Y. Culver or from Police 

 Headquarters. 



—The weather last week prevented b tlljplfiying up to Satur- 

 day, rain andsnow presenting barriers to field practice, greatly 

 to the disgust of the hundreds ready to take the field. 



^ntional Jl<t$Ume&, 



BOLT Mi SKATING. 



— This American exercise has recently been revived in the 

 Metropolis under cinumstances which will result in its 

 establishment, as a permanent recreative institution of the 

 oountry, as it should be, for it has everything to commend 

 it, alike in a sanitary as in a moral point of view, and its social 

 attractions are such as specially to give it favor with the best 

 class of society. There seems to be an impression prevailing 

 in one quarter that it is a French amusement, judging from 

 the Character of the announcements made of special enter- 

 tainments at the Brooklyn Bink. But the exercise is one 

 which was first introduced here and then exported to 

 Europe, where every skate, used in the rinks of England and 

 France, are of American manufacture, the Plimpton patent 

 skate being the only article now in use, either in Europe or 

 America. 



The sport has recently found great favor in Brooklyn, and 

 as we are soon to have a fashionable skating rink established 

 in Madison Avenue in this city, it will soon be equaUy 

 popular here with the wealthy class of metropolitan society. 

 In Brooklyn, besides the Bink in Clermont Avenue, there is 

 now the large ball-room at Gallatin Hall, on Fulton Avenue, 

 and Burnham's Gymnasium Hall, on Smith and Sehermer- 

 horn Street, devoted to roller skating; and the large build- 

 ing, Apollo Hall, in the Eastern District, is being transformed 

 into a roller-skating resort. The square known as Leffert's 

 Park, which has been the. source of annoyance to the resi- 

 dents of the vicinity, owing to its having been the resort of 

 rowdy pic-nic clubs, has been leased for a series of years, to 

 be changed into a large garden and roller-skating resort for 

 out-door use in the summer months. 



— At the annual meeting of the National Asso iation of Am- 

 ateur Base-ball players, March loth, the following officers were 

 elected for the ensuing year: President, J. G. H. Myers, Fly- 

 away Club; Vice-President, J. L. Brooks, Mutual Club ; Sec- 

 retary, J. M. Tracy, Jasper Club, of Manhattan College ; 

 Treasurer, M. J. Dillon, NewBochelle Club; Judge Advocate, 

 J. C. Shea, Monticello Club. 



— Among the most important acts of the League Base-ball 

 Convention recently was the adoption of a formal agreement, 

 signed by the clubs, the main feature being that each club 

 should use a self-registering apparatus connected with a 

 turnstile, to indicate exactly how many persons go into each 

 ground for each game. For every person who enters the 

 ground, except players, policemen in uniform, and ten other 

 persons, the visiting club shall receive fifteen cents. 



-The Hartfords had a closely contested practice game on the 

 Capitaline Grounds on March 31st. The attendance of specta- 

 tors was not large, as the weather was chilly. The fielding 

 was poor and the pitching wild. The score was as follows : 



The Hartfords were short the services of Allison and Start, 

 Knowdell catching for Larkin, and he did his work well. 



— The Live Oaks, of Lynn, Mass., are to inaugurate a new de- 

 parture this year by admitting ladies free, and having the 

 grand stand covered for their comfort. The uniform of the 

 team will be the same as last year . The club will play with 

 the Tecumsehs, in Canada, May 24th, and the latter club will 

 return the game in' Lyun, Decoration Day, May 30th. 



—On March 29th the West End Club played a game with the 

 St. Louis Browns, ending with the following score. 



Umpire, Dehlman; earned rnns, none. The new Chicago 

 man, Finley, is only a gate man, and not a player of any note. 

 It was one of Spalding's jokes on the newspaper people. 



— The annual meeting of the New Jersey Amateur Base-ball 

 Association for 1877, will be held in New Brunswick on the 

 18th of April. Clubs desirous of joining should address the 

 president, James C. Shea, 139 Monticello Avenue, or Thomas 

 Oummings, Treasurer, 614 Communipaw Avenue, Jersey City. 



Tiffany & Co., Silversmiths, Jewelers, and 

 Importers, have always a large stock ot sil- 

 ver articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, 

 racing and other sports, and on request they 

 prepare special designs for similar purposes. 

 Their timing watches are guaranteed for ac- 

 curacy, and are now very generally used for 

 sporting and scientific requirements. Tiffany 

 & Co., are also the agents in America for 

 Messrs. Patek, Philippe & Co., of Geneva, of 

 whose celebrated watches they have a full 



line, Their stock of Diamonds and other Pre- 

 cious Stones, General Jewelry, Bronzes and 

 Artistic Pottery is th*» largest in the world, 

 and the public are invited to visit their estab- 

 lishment without feeling the slightest obliga- 



tion to purchase. Union Square, New Yorls 



Adv. 



