FOREST AND STREAM, 



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^achting and posting. 



HIGH WATSK FOR THE WEEK. 



Date. 



Boeton. 



New Tork. 



Charleston 



Apr.19 



Apr. 80 



Apr. 21 



Apr.M 



i lii 



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6 IS 

 ? 10 

 8 16 



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 10 a 



57' 



1 55 

 ! 52 



3 54 



4 53 



5 48 



6 ar 



6 S3 

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A t ,r 23 



Apr. 24 



4 in 



Apr .85 



5 5S 



OUR BOSTON LETTER. 



Boston, April 12, 1877. 

 Editor Forest akd Stream. 



The lovers of salt-water met Fast Day at City Point, South 

 Boston, to enjoy lust year's festivity over again." Although the 

 day was not quite so warm or breeze so gentle, the Mosquito 

 race proved a success. Some fourteen tenders put in an 

 appearance, and very good time was mode by the tiny crafts, 

 covered with clouds "of canvas. The wind was north north- 

 west, and the bay (Dorchester) was fleeced with white caps; 

 vrrv iVv. accidents happened, and none of a serious nature. 

 Maj. MeDonough's "Lizzie" tilled with water, and withdrew 

 from the race. The '-Way ward's" tender carried awav her 

 mast, and the Nina's boat broke her boom. The following 

 table gives the number of entries, time of starting of each 

 class, and the return : 



Started. 

 Nataa. h. m. 



Mary 11 56 a. m. 



RmbIjii 11 66 a. M. 



Arrow 11 66 a. m. 



Lizzie 11 50 A. 1£. 



Returned. 

 B. K, 

 ..time not taken. 

 ..12 36 

 -.12 83 

 . .timo not tsken. 



sKcoNU-01 

 Started. Returned, 



Name. H. k. m. s. 



SU"bcam 12 m 12 33 SO 



Cbiquita ,12 m time uut taken. 



Hairpin 12 M 11 U 30 



Started. Returned. 



Name. 11. m. s, m b, 



Maraquita 21 uG 12 34 50 



Young Turk 12 06 time not taken. 



Niagara 12 IK 12 31 40 



Nina started 12 :Gt>, time not taken; Ivy, time not taken; 

 Our Pet, time not taken; Dart, tune not taken; "Wayward, 

 time not taken. The prizes were $10 gold pieces tor first 

 prize in each class, and $5 for second prizes, and were 

 awarded as follows: First-elass — Koslyn, first prize, Capt. 



Boss; Arrow, second prize, . Second-class— Sunbeam, 



first prize, Capt. W. S. Nickerson; Hairpin, second prize, J. 

 TVinniatt, Third-class— Niagara, first prize, Capt. Arthur 



Dean ; Maraquita, t 



The judges were: Ul 

 and Commodore P. E. 

 Chester Club. At thi- 

 very enjoyable, yet s 



id pr 



. P. Dexter. 



»f South Boston Club, 

 eabody and Capt. P. Dexter, of Dor- 

 me of the year a salt-water bath is not 

 e of the participants testified to the 

 wetness of the water by their appearance on reaching the 

 shore. 



The Boston, South Boston, and Dorchester Yacht Clubs 

 deplore the death of one of their most active, members, Capt. 

 S. J. Capen. The flags were placed at half-mast Fast Day 

 in respect to the honored dead. 



The pleasant weather of tie past few days has brought the 

 yaehtmen out from the winter's stagnation. Painting and oar- 

 peutc-riijj jjv-. i il ,vv brisk, arid the boat shops are assum- 

 ing their wonted activity. A Mr. Gleason is building a 

 ■Mtamoran, on a tested model. The model is five feet in 

 length, and easily beat an lS-foot Newport boat, Mr. 

 Gleason expects to get her round to City Point, May 1st, 



At the annual meeting of Dorchester Yacht Club, held 

 this month, the following officers were elected for the 

 ensuing year: 



Commodore, Frank Peabodv; Vice-Commodore, S. P. 

 Freeman; Secretary and Treasurer, Frank W. Weston; Meas- 

 urer, H. Devenport; Fleet Captain, George F. Clarke; 

 Trustees. 0. E. Poison,, YV. H. L. Smith; N. T. Adams. 



The Club added to its already large list of yachts, Paul 

 Butler's schooner yacht America ; Eben B. Phillip's 

 schooner yacht Fearless; George H. Tupp's schooner yacht 

 Betty; George M. Wiuslow's schooner yacht Humes; John 

 Bryant's sloop yacht Shadow; H. E. Hibbard's sloop yacht 

 -Efiie May; George Lee's sloop yacht Peri. 



Thomas Manning, Esq., of New York, has been elected 

 honorary member of the Quincy Yacht Club, representing the 

 Club in that city. An early regatta of this Club will take 

 place in May. Under its present very able management, a 

 brdliant season is expected. Kedge. 



SALT WATER NOTES. 



Editor Fobest and Stbeaji. 



Boston, April 10. 



In my last letter we lay at anchor in Scitnate harbor. 

 About two o'clock in the morning I was awakened from a 

 pleasant dream of home, by a heavy body fulling on me. It 

 proved to be Charlie. The boat had grounded on the bar 

 a. d he, lying in the port berth, had fallen out as she 

 gradually heeled over, where the tide left her. We had all 

 slept sound, and if this occurrence had not happened we 

 should probably have slept on. I awoke with a loud exclama- 

 tion, thinking some practical joke was being carried out, but 

 when I realized the facts of the case it did not take me long 

 to wake the others, am] appear on deck. Here was a sol 

 The old Baying, ■ -It's always darkest before light, " proved true. 

 We could hardly distinguish objects at any distance The 

 tide was runnings mill-sl ream 'by us. ami tie boat kept 

 heeling more ami fcerleftna. A. alight Borap- 



ing noise, accompanied with a loud splash, sta rtleo at and for 

 a time we thought some of the pari \ bs l fallen .■ [ 



Procuring a lantern, I crawled forward and found that the 

 fore hatch cover and cabin companion-way slides were r r one 

 Perhaps there were no invectives used just then. I should 

 liked to kavehad that fisherman for a few momenta, Em we 

 were in for it. We had retired with .scanty clothing on, and 

 being turned out in such an unceremonious manner we 

 ourselves in our excitement', 'wg 

 thought it about time, however, and went below. V, 



Everything had fallen from the port side down into 



the starboard bunks, and as the boat settled on her beam, 

 the water poured in her Upper streaks. Her upper planks 

 were painted black outside, and of course drew the rays of 

 the sun very hard, and as she had been out of the water for 

 some time before we started on the trip, 1 

 so that it had hardly had time to swell back into position. 



But to make a long story short, we had to lish the things 

 up from the water. Perhaps there was strong language used 

 then ! One or two bags had withstood the dampness, and 

 things came out comparatively dry. But all our outside ap- 

 parel was soaked. We either had got to put it on, wet as it 

 was, or perch round in our flannel shirts. If you could have 

 seen us, dear readers, perched on the weather rail waiting for 

 daylight, you would have seen a funny sight, About 3 p. M. 

 Ned and 1 commenced to bail, he with his carpet-bag, and I 

 the bucket. We thought she would fill before righting, if 

 we did ease her some way. Captain BilUook the rest of the 

 erew and got two anchors off on the port side; then they 

 took the fore and main throat halyards and made fast to the 

 roads, and swayed up on the halyards until every line was 

 taut. In the meantime Ned and'l worked like beavers, and 

 before the tide turned we had the water all sponged out 

 above the cabin floor. If wo could only keep water out until 

 she commenced to lift, the others could help her by taking 

 in the sack line, so we kept wishing for daylight, " The fix 

 was a bad one, but when you have to pan round in the dark 

 you feel cross with everything and everybody. Just as day 

 began to break the tide turned to «ome in, and to work we 

 went. Charlie was added to the bailers, and did good execu- 

 tion with the bread pan, We were too much for the water, and 

 kept her free; the others watched the slack and took it in, 

 took it in too fast, for she fell over on the starboard side be- 

 fore she got afloat, but she was water borne and it caused no 

 new difficulties. As soon as we got her on her legs, I started 

 up the fire, and prepared fi a breakfast, "Say, steward, give us 

 something good after this hunt !" was the universal cry. ' 'Get 

 us up a home-made dish," cried Ned; "Iwish I was there 

 now." 



"We will take all the wet bed clothes and toilet articles 

 ashore, while you get things ready, say Cap." After they had 

 been gone some time I looked out the fore hatch, and you 

 would have thought there was to be an auction of old clothes 

 by the display on the rocks and grass ashore. Every sunny 

 spot was decorated with either blanket or towel, shirts, pants", 

 stockings, etc; while the rest of the wet things (animated) 

 was sprawled out in the genial sunshine. At seven A. m. I 

 sounded the fog horn to call them to grub, and we sat down 

 to broiled steak, fried potatoes, hot johnny cake (the home- 

 made article). It did not take long to clear the table and get 

 things in place after order was restored. Part of us looked 

 up a boat builder, while the rest went to the stage office to 

 see if the sixth had arrived. After making inquiries we made 

 the acquaintance of Messrs. Geo. Lawlev A- Son, boat builders, 

 who kindly waived other jobs and tended to our necessities. 

 The rest of the boys were unsuccessful in finding our ab- 

 sentee, 



Scituate is a country place about twenty-five miles from 

 Boston, on the line of the Old Colony E. E. There is a very 

 homelike hotel in the place, and the people generally are 

 very hospitable. The post-office is combined with a variety 

 shop. The inhabitants depend on fishing and mossing: the 

 latter business is carried on extensively by the lower classes. 

 To a stranger it is interesting to seethe changes of color this 

 sea moss has to go through before it is fit for use. At early 

 morn you will see the fishers gliding out of the harbor (when 

 the tide permits) in their small open boats. The boats that 

 are used for mossing are either dorrs or sixteen-feet sprit 

 sail boats, such as are used in trawling lobsters. The rake, 

 with long teeth, is the implement used for pulling the moss 

 from the rocks at low water. After it is brought ashore the 

 moss is spread out like hay to dry and bleach in the sun. 

 When it is first pulled the color is a dark purple, and it 

 bleaches out to the color you get it from the druggist or gro- 

 cer. Much care is used in the process. If the" dew falls 

 heavy-, or should there be a likelihood of a shower and the 

 moss should get wet, it is spoiled. Every night it must be 

 cocked up and covered with canvas until" it is ready to pack 

 into barrels for market. We made the acquaintance of the 

 Dixon brothers, who gave us good ideas of the hard work 

 necessary to produce a good article. We. also received a 

 package for use on the trip. I was going to take about a 

 bucketfull, and was surprised when they told me half a 

 handful would make all the blanc-mange "and ice-cream we. 

 could eat at once. They rolled us up about as much as you 

 could stuff into a quart measure, and from that quantity" we 

 used all we wanted, and I took the rest home and it lasted 

 almost a year. I found a butcher's stand before I got back, 

 and for a change got some steak (he had nothing else). Milk 

 w-as plenty and cheap, and while w^e staid we enjoyed many 

 a quaff of the lacteal fluid, fresh from the oow. 



Our instructions were to proceed to Provincetown if we 

 did not meet our friends in Scituate. The wind had in- 

 oreasedto a gale from the southwest, and the scud was 

 blowing thick and smoky. The hugh rollers were thunder- 

 ing on the beach. Far as the eye could reach, the angry- 

 billows tossed their heads, capped with white foam, and the. 

 atmosphere looked murky. How long this would last we 

 could not tell. Dinner-time came round, and was got 

 through with, still no signs of mild weather. The wind 

 hauled into the southard and kept increasing. About 1 p. 

 M., despite the advice of the fishermen, we determined on 

 trying to get to Provincetown. We battered everything 

 down; put two reefs in the mainsail, took the bonnet out of 

 the jib, hauled up the mud-hook and ran out of the harbor. 

 If the sea had not been so rough we could have made a lay 

 for Eace Point, but tons of water would strike her on the 

 bluff of the bow and. force her to lee'ard, which her small 

 mainsail could not make up. Ned and I were for'ard slow- 

 ing cable and anchor, and when we struck out clear of the 

 headland, and got the full force of the wind, it would almost 

 take your breath away. Quite a crowd had collected on the 

 wharves to see us off, and many shook their heads, saying 

 we would be back before long. The boat was no more than 

 an egg-shell in such water, and after she had pitched twice 

 in the same hole and put Ned and 1 waist deep, Captain Bill 

 thought it time to turn tail. We were not long in starting 

 the mamsheet, but before she got fairly agoing free of the 

 wind, she put two honks of her jib under, and the sea came 

 across the house out over the taf-rail. One moment we 

 would be up on mountainous waves, the next buried in a 

 watery valley. We were not long getting back, and snugly 

 anchored in the harbor again. Kedge? 



— Ike Passaic Eiver Bowing Association have decided to 

 1 " ■ < 1 in June 19th, the number of races 



11 ;.- 1 'ed .-hell, and 



-"- ■■■■■- ' .edrac as to be one and a 



half unles and return, the others one and a half miles 



straightaway. All the Passaic Clubs give promise of making 



lay on the river this coming season than on anv 



preceding one. 



Newbueqh Yacht Cia-b. — This Club will hold its fourth 

 annual regai La August i -v. There will be four el; 

 trance free, as follows:— First, open boats over twenty-six 

 feet in length: second, open boats over went] two feet" and 

 not exceeding twenty-six feet long; third, open boats twenty- 

 two feet long and under; fourth, cabin yachts and all yachts 

 with working sails. Two prizes will be given in each" class, 

 except the fourth, in which one prize only is offered. The 

 Newburgh Club also offers a prize of $250 in gold, to be 

 sailed for on the day following the regatta. The ovent will 

 be open to all open yachts under thirty-five feet in length. 

 The entrance fee is fixed at 8100, and the whole amount thus 

 obtained will be divided and distributed as prizes according 

 to the number of entries, the club's S250, gold, being added 

 to the first prize. The race will be sailed over the usual 

 course in Newburgh Bay. Entries to the regatta will close on 

 July 31st, and to the sweepstakes race on July 28th. 



—The following are the officers of the Halifax, Novn Scotia, 

 Bowing Association : President. C. J. McDonald: Vice- 

 President, Geo. II. Davis; Treasurer, W. E. Weir; Secretary, 

 J. E. Townsend; Committee, M. Power, Thos. Spelman, 

 Wm. Boss, Alex. McDonald, John Eoue. 



Rational §a§timea. 



BASE BALI.. 



— The College nines are looming up as powerful rivals of 

 the leading professional teams of the League and Internaiional 

 Associations. On fast day the Harvard College in ue visited 

 Lyno, and there defealed "Cummings' Live Oak, profession- 

 als, by 11 to 3. On Saturday, April 14, the Princeton Col- 

 lege nine took a trip to Philadelphia, and there thev polished 

 off the professional Athletics to the tune of 24 to 11. The 

 same day the Yale nine met the Hartfords, of Brooklyn, at 

 New Haven, and it was not uutil the twelfth iuuiugs that the 

 professionals could win, and then only by a score of 7 to G. 

 On the same day, at Boston, the Harvards met the strong 

 nine of the Bostons of 1877, and the latter won only by 5 to 

 3 in a full game. 



—The Chelseas opened play at the Capitoliue grounds on 

 April 14th, anddeteateda field nine by 21 to 2. Thev play 

 the Hartfords on the Union grounds on Thursday, April 1!». 



—The Nameless Club defeated a field nine by 10 to 3 at 

 Prospect Park on April 14th. Dunne, of the Chelseas, haB 

 made his debut as a curved line pitcher. 



— The St Louis Club won all of their four games in Mem- 

 phis, played on April il, 10, 11, and 13. The seores were 

 2 to 0, 5 to 4, 7 to 3, and 2 to 0. - 



— The Louisvilles defeated the Eclipse nine by 22 to 1 on 

 April 13. Only one base, hit was made off Devlin's pitching 



—The schedule of games to be played in the League 

 championship arena this season has been made out, and 'the 

 record for May is as follows : 





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Clubs. 



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May 



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May 



Mav 



May 





Boston J. 





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12 





22 



B 





1 





19 



IB 





a 



10 





Cincinnati V 





26 



211 







12 

 15 

 31 



"22" 



3 



Chicago 







6 



Hartford "j 





22 



8 





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12 







24 

 3 

 5 



10 



— 



19 



15 



8 



Louisville , j 











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8 



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 19 





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St. Louia ■! 





31 





26 



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6 



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29 



| 





Total.... 







10 



6 



6 



10 



6 1 





The first games will be those between the Louisville and 

 Cincinnati clubs, to to be played at Cincinnati May 3, 5 and 

 8. None are arranged for Boston or Brooklyn. 



Tiffany & Co., Silversmiths, Jewelers, ani 

 Importers, have always a large stock 01 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, Nev? Y^rk 

 Adv. 



