436 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



jJuNE S§, 1863. 



by them without iii.' least troubf 

 big iron screws may m. I, have be, 



what makes Stranger and Corsah 



wide" They certainly plow up viilmn 

 to faulty form of their entrance. 

 The morning was overeat, with the 



bough ii is only [oil t,, sav the 



ritenl upon r.i.-intr By He- way, 



■re when the throttle Is 0] I 



meK of water which must belaid 



d bursting- through m, limes, 



from W. N. \\\, while - 

 Ilie quarter from which it blew mis not a promising - 

 ••hough however to satisfy, for lifter the signal the fleet 

 10 the hue on a rush, going over in the following order: 



8. ft. Piatt 



, A_ P Stokes 



• I. 1- EttrtP 



.1. 1'. Prince 



i i well, . 



,Ueo. F. Randolpli 



. a e. t-ee 



\ Rogers 



I.Im, ,1 Phoenix. 



W. V.. Iselin 



.1. K. Busk . . 



, .i. n Smith. . . 



• old 



. E. M. Bron-u . 



- .B\ (*. T,awrei .(r 



..lames Stlllmaii 



. U.S. Horny , 



.C, A. chillis 



L. A. Fish 



Ifl.RO 



wj.ao 



119,00 

 .SI 1.(1 







lytli 

 Oracle . . 

 Faulty 



■i i 



WllUeaway 

 (Irivii ..,.,,, 



Bedoulu 



Intrepid. 

 Rover 



Mischief . . 



Kslelle 



Fauna . 



„..l . 

 Vix- „ 



wcptonah 



FOI'ttinn. 



Hlldegard . 



is Inthahands of Mr, E. A, wihard, her , 



Europe. Ilildegard had Mr. C. A. Childs aboard in tie 



Mr i lelrlchs. and Wenonah was looked utter by Mr. M. Roosevelt 



Schuyler of the Volande cutter, with her designer, Mr, John Harvey, 



likewise on deck, lo witnes- his handiwork «iu her maiden trial with 

 the sloops. The crews of Fortuna and the cutters were a smart, look- 

 ing lot in sengolov toggery. and the natty display they made with the 

 stylish Ihilshand thoroughbred tittihgs of these yachts themselves, 



won for them high favor Among the 8 I fir," said an 



admiring old salt, '-this cutter rig is the Ones! rig in the world:'' and 

 'laments appeared to be generally entertained. Grade's v, heel 



B3.au 



17.80 

 (15. 17 



..SI, SO 



I 







, ts.tio 



i 



04.60 



,: , 



, , 



Stan. 

 1 1 03 01 

 II in 5(1 

 II 01 1-1 



11 01 411 



II ill BO 



It or, il 



ii or, »r. 



ii or, :tti 



ii 



It tm 30 



1 1 oti 30 



It on II 



11 07 05 



ii os SI 



I! IIS, .'.0 

 II OS IS 

 1 1 (HI 58 



I I, 'I 



being 



Mils in tile 11 



trihutedmu, 

 enabled the llee 

 tank was dotal 

 Olytlea IVm 1-:. 

 drous proriorrio 

 topsail, all of th 

 sticks and riggi 



waj til 



balloon '-foresa 

 with huge balk, 



1 per Baker 



lolpl 



.ml his neatherwise 



od full and-by and the ebbtide 



Hat row B .it a rattling rate. Mon. 



main fcluD Bloft and jlblopsail. 

 a inaintopniast staysail of won 

 tented herself with working jib- 

 friim ,,tr Staten Island, putting 

 tram. Fanny and Crusader got 

 Oriva. fo'lowed by Bedouin, with 

 •eather. VI 



e!f: 



id, found the puffs all she had bar- 

 gained tor. with the water boiling up »-n her cabin house. Wenonah 

 got. oil' with the nick and Ilildogard still later, Fortiina bringing ui 

 the rear and < Irayling closing the chapter, and, as the sequel pi 

 fortunately, heavily handicapped with seven minutes. lndU_ ... 

 He- procession raced into the lower bay, laying a course for the mark- 

 on the Spit, 



.lust below the Narrow's, the region had to lie crossed now famous 

 for the great American twisters there presumed to disport with irre 

 sistible overturning taei.lties. striking up and don n and all round 

 lb,- compass at the same time. Here the lirsl developments ot inter- 

 est ensued Montuuk and Oracle spun by wllhontadventnre. running 

 out a good lead in a steady and strong wind Then it lightened up 

 for an instant, and grew puffy. Black spots whirled across the 

 waters, marking the paths .,f the suppose, i-tiebe twisters, whistling- 

 down through the bluffs and Staten Island ndges. mo, one of these 

 Fttnny and Bedouin ran in close company, Faunv with 

 jibtopsail and club over the gaff 

 come blasts and down she went, rail ui 

 her skipper »us nimble with lee hcln 

 begging, until nearly in tl« wind's eye 



rents, 



I jibtopS 



hoist* 



• if, I she s 



the stay of 



led, and the halliards, hitch,.'. Ito the canvasand the sail 

 with becoming agility. While this was being done, lue 

 u had the squall aboard as well. -'Now, watch the cut- 

 lie took it. bet as cool as a cucumber, not hail's breadth 

 • from her Course. Dc wn she slowly went to its force, 

 never so low as to take the wet on her decks. Her gold ribbon was 

 still a su-ake or two out. and for ihe moment the cutter came along 



howling will! a big bone in her teeth. That was ail the trouble it gave 

 her-. What was loss t,:i the sloop wigs gain to Hie cutter. The sloop 

 had haled barrels aboard and had to lutf for hei safety ; the cutler w, nl 

 through the whole thing without Hln, long, siiirasthatproverbi.il 

 church steeple. She stood op belter wit' 



sloop with 



no terrors for eutte 



doused her big ill 



but left a c 



and made .' i""' Ii 



Bedouin, of cours 



:„:,p. k 



Ulri broad us that of a 



terpid 



ltsap- 

 un ler, 



he, a 



vrth i 

 o fight, 



Inpelled 1 



' H 



sir 



was the abler and Hie •drier" of the two. While t 

 crept upon the long -I. owe I sloop, but barely held 

 got, very light, and the veil plainly tor the want,, 

 Bedouin what, she call carry and she would make s 



fullest opportunity for comparison. 



There was in the meanwhile trouble in the rw 

 foul of one of those twisters and away went her 

 noise line a gun. Kites and geai came down in gn 

 was obliged to haul out to hand the wreck and I 

 for a new lower stick. Whileaway soon followed 

 over the side, and after clearing alofl 



Itect some distance bef.i re giving up. T .d-d 



]„ came a pinch up Ii 



Mischief i 



.r. Hildegard got 

 masthead with a 



•at confusion. She 

 ow home to a yard 

 suit, but only toji 

 she followed Hie 

 ad back,-,! and it 

 Il ■ OQ , 



1 m 35 Julia. ... 



I 57 in Grayling 



I 58 •<] ■ 



riva 



,2 dtl -It; Hover.,, 



■: io r. 



.2 11 (Mi Forluna 



' 



Bedouin 



Crusader 

 loo 1 1 la 

 Wenonah. 



The rounding generally was goo, I. but Bedouin, with Mr. Rogers at 

 the stick, we betiew, made Hi- ocai, -st, shave of the lot, and planted 

 herself ,m,.\ up to windward of i he leaders. Fanlta and Wenonah 

 likewise were .diilll'ully tooled at this point, the cutter being obliged 



B 22 88 



3 22 S3 



...» an is 



3 'JO IB 



, 3 27 -II 



..8 28 00 



- 30 || 



ll'l C 



Ills- 



. .. Mill 

 knocked oll'ai 

 time looking , 



may be Iruogii 



more the win, 

 Here the great 



Who had bee 



abaci on "i 



leb r 



"V." 



uler to 



Mind, and 



' op 



inn in from the southward, 

 lions occurred. The leaders. 

 ,\ard the beach, ,-, • 

 qimi-ed for the Hook, as the 



the Light-hip the southerly nrecze had reached 

 Starling for home with a, nice sailing wiud on nor 

 however, had gone a, few lengths to the southwt 

 ami for some minutes lay without steerage way I 

 off. 

 As the two divisions closed m approaching the I 



d.ai ni mted to a scrub start, with Gn 



i i half and a quarter of a mile respeetiv 

 with M.a, lank clo-e aboard, the rest well t.ocethe 

 The wiri.l I'r, I tied 

 and the ire . 

 something lik- a rue 

 wind and vigorous! \ 



wake up wiih ii,.- on 



hi i o i, 

 through regardless • 



and never .-de'.- d 

 after Fanny and Civ 

 of running speed Hi, 

 some leu feel sliorle 

 often vouchsafed to 

 the shift and was w, 

 nothing- more. As t 

 out agi ' 



.v. spinnakers ■ 



lert) sight f 



.yliug had profited gri 



n stoit 



-. putting 





the 



a:]. Mill 



Intrepid 



Fortuna 

 Montauk 

 Grayling,. 

 I. rrisndcr 

 Estelle.. 

 Clytic 



Urucie 

 Bedouin 



, 



Rover.. 



. 1 1 05 02 



.11 OS -is 



H ud ol 



. 11 in 00 



.11 04 50 



. il or, -ii 



..II 03 59 



Elapsed. Corrected. 



■, Crusader, Wenouuh and Vixen being win 



sohoo tress. 



Start. Finish. 



1 51 41 

 -i M 33 

 1 1 1 OS 

 I 44 41 



5 45 L 



5 45 45 

 41 57 



5 34 44 



53a it; 



r, 15 ;s. 



r. -hi ■•;, 



r. m is 



5 27 IS 



f. 211 05 



5 .13 40 5 33 SO 



. 11 04 



..11 05 

 .11 07 

 .11 04 

 .11 IK1 



14 



. 1 1 05 2 



..11 07 2 



,11 OS 2 



11 ut> 3 



J 35 211 5 31 12 



I -12 5i fi a;- id 



4 III 30 5 42 US 



4 30 09 5 31 20 



' 88 5 311 05 

 Dismasted. 



I 12 ,i7 5 34 87 

 Lost topmaat. 



is SLOOPS. 



4 51 27 5 111 02 



4 51 3li 5 -It 15 



4 51 41 5 43 20 



4 54 11 5 47 41 



5 31 1 



5 311 



5 10 3 



5 27 5 



5 32 3 



PORTLAND V.C-Theauni 

 unlay, .lune Mi in fresh sonthei 

 sloop Id. or failed to turn up 

 loailllne.W. 14. Martin, and set 



'. i ■ contestants, Second 



3ft.. E.'W. Paul, of l.ewistou ■ 

 first away at 12.-12: III, but the r 

 a third guu was given, ami Bon 

 and Vim at 12:21:29. Allowu 

 I,.. In slo 



-,:l:cn. Cup- goo 



were sailed Sal- 

 ad entered, but 

 Sparkle, 39.Sft. 

 . A. Clark, were 

 with Millie, 31.- 



ulo 



ed hei 





y Hue 

 •and Vixen and Rover I 

 Course. The lai-geselio, 

 leeward, reaching the Sp 



tuukput in - ten lit! 



exceedingly lalialde in I 

 resolving itself into a, lit 



In sums and --t i. ilt" ■:■: in .king suH.issheroiiuded 



,,„:' ,.';, , -i fol the poiht ol tie- lb ,o|. , S W eepillg Well ill SllOl'C fljl' 



:, oi ,. o, i. , fail her. The rest, bringing a hgiil 



. . ., ■ hem dosed up and recovered much of the lead Oracle s 



good fortumie had sent, her. of course racing was out of the ques- 

 tion it was nothing more than a toss up whose turn as a recipient 

 of favors from alofl was lo collie next. The rear guard not t>t 

 turn and all bands began to bunch as they drift,- along from 10 to the 

 Spindle, the timiug at buoy 1(1 being as under: 



yfotttauk 12 05 20 Fanita 12 88 12 



Oracle . ..IS 07 09 Kortuna 



liedouiu 12 13 14 Grayling 12 22 59 



Clytte 12 111 10 Julia. 12 23 12 



Funny 12 in J7 Wenonah 12 W Bj 



Misch'ief ....12 17 40 Vixen 12 25 80 



Crusader 12 17 52 Rover 12 27 5K 



Intrepid 13 30 38 Estelle... 12 80 08 



ihlva..,, .- I'-i 22 08 



lu rounding Oriva and Vixen were seriously blanketed by Portuna 

 ami other scboou.-i s v. Inch could not he helped, but gave Fanita the 

 elco,, e to drift ' hi la ,t . -i i j, ,-i \, rook them all 



,...' rol '' "..■ ' »i \ jut 'e'li'.ogh' to spill sails and 



airs' could be found'' to edge away to the southward, while Bedouin 

 chose middle course, which proved to be the belt of calms all day. 



,,„l .,1 her chane-s of catcliing Mr. Karle in his sloop. After 



Oracle had shown how to do it, others played the same cards and 

 what with spinnakers and jib to., -ail-, with jibing anil patience, and 

 mild slants from the northwest, all bauds wafted out lo the Lightship 



with frequent changes in position. Aa the mark was ni ■ 



linkers came in, lor there was , - !. at, home with long and 

 round the Ship. 



QITLNCY V. C— First championship club match was sailed June 



12 off Mear's Head, in a stiff westerly breeze, over courses seven and 



.lodge-., e II I'oiter. George A Crdway, P. H. Gavin 



and N. B. Turnald. Cash prize for second yacht. Xiobe and liaude- 



Uon taking the pennants. Sumruury : 



6KCONI1 0" 



i . Brown.... 

 Bet, J. W. McFnrland 

 Herald, W. B, Sinltli... 

 Meuidle, H. ll.Sbccu . 

 Spray, 11. U. Faxon ., 



Ft, in. 



m a 



..20 I 



.20 II 



I'i II 



..111 I 



Actual. 



Corrected 



1 20 57 



as il; 



1 32 09 



1 0-1 115 



1 35 II 



1 07 ii 



1 41 32 



1 Hi 01 



1 15 00 



1 Hi Ot, 



a cuass. 



llaiidehou. C. F. Adams. 3d If 5 129 05 103 32 



Flora Lc,-. U. II. Lincoln 17 3 129 53 IM III 



Zip.O. W. Morton 10 9 117 07 10(157 



Kimble, P. B. Turner...- - 17 8 137.20 11143 



HEW KAVIW 'i . c Spring match was sailed June 30 in light 

 ....nil, ,-, mm! nl start, making it a beat out to harbor. Following 



slarler.- ,-aine lo the line: Class C Wild Unci,- 15ft., A. Lute: Mar- 



I'lii-n".' 88ft., Peel I Is dfi 



Thought: 3;i't . c. M. 



-, O'l: Zephyr 31tl., Fleet i 



,lr ; Vixen :. 



Loiiue :.'M"I . T. II. Im.l -'i. - 

 L, Sargent; 1'oruax 22ft,, C. \\ 

 were expected to race bill did I 

 ward qualities. Itepl the lead i 

 went into hrst and mm In das 

 » in class Din 5:13: n -on ■ 



HOI' 



THRBE-TONNEB'E 



and N 



sda.lg-1 



inple 



o,,,,' all beau 



be i ""I - 



eru proporl ions. It 

 ar occurrences ahoul I Ii 



"" ' "■■ clival is twentl -i, feet, load line .' 



two inches beam Says the London Field. -'The title was inn, 

 coming hot out of the Lough, and it took the yachts a long- 

 time I., gel up I,, tie- anchorage oh Rostrevor, which, howevi r. 



was accomplished by all hefore eh-,.,, o'clocl, , cine 



a lovely day. Ihey showed up-Niohe, Hypalia. Norma, Fh - 

 tag Scud. Coral, Pilgrim, Scorpion, and Rival, the hi iter, i three ten- 

 ner of the new type, in which the honorary treasurer and a triced 

 with o,,e hand had made as good nia sage as: umhn.h - 

 Irish Sea, and lo, l c, I :■-. ;.:.,„:,,,,, ,, , 



„,,;,-- 



:'.-Th 



regular 



iok si,,. 



ud 



ahill. Oft.; 4 bunks, (i 2ft.; width of waterways. 2ft.; lenglll 



lonrd case, 10ft.; length of centerhoat'd, Bfl ; foremast, 



lck, 39ft.; foremast , deck i,, hounds, 21'a'l Sin,; naiiiitoast . 

 lck, 40ft : mninmost. deck to hounds. 20ft. sin,: foi-ebooni. 

 I'll . od'- ol foresail, 24ft.: mainsail, Berumdan : 

 ui boom. 21ft.: hoist, of mainsail, 30ft. 

 LIK L More writes as follows in Lc Yuri, I: '"J he OUl I »i I 

 ass IS a n.'A cutter Of US lo,,--. the Mnrjorie, 81 in " 



in 





HAVRE INTERNATIONAL, nhll be soiled Monday. July 83, 



Time allowance on bulk n icasui-eiueiu Classes for over 7(1 tons, 10 



t..„s. 15 tons. Two piizes oi each class, and special for French 



,-e thirty mih-s at —a. A Is,, matches for yachts from 



a to 15 tons. 3 prizes Dauntless and Norseman schooners are ex- 



T: -d' d, v , |, I,- Win. B, Connor, of New York, owner of the 

 nvv. steamer. L'tuwana, building in Chester, has olTet'ed the Boston 

 Y, C. a challenge cup. Commodore Bfaff, schooner Adrieiine, has 

 also presented the club a handsome cup to be sailed for at same time. 

 A series of August race- i- in pro-pect lor these valuable prizes. 



CRUISING ABROAT.I. -Dauntless, schooner. C. H. Coll, N. Y\ Y . 



C. and Norseman Bcho. " ■;!'■ a. ...elet, N. V. Y. C, arc both 



overhauling at Cowes, England, and Magic schooner, B. R Weld. 

 Eastern Y. C. was at St. John, N. it.. June 23. and was to leave tor 

 Liverpool, N. S., as soon as clear weather set in. 



CUTTERS CAN'T SAIL. -Says the Herald: Wenonah surprised 

 everybody by he,- speed. Says the II',, w,// ii »■». -I, ■.■.,,, .■,.,,, I 



that the cutter- BedoUtn and Wenonah are extreioeli oel 



especially down the wind. They both of them gained on the Fanny 



ad j 



TliT 



k-eilihi'ii huilt on - '■ ;■ 

 -l,:-ml:ag.- of lea,! '.vl'cr, ,:■ , 

 londline length of 115ft. 



HAVERHILL Y. C— Ha. 

 C. has 75 members and 27 y, 

 yachts, Quincy V. (.'.has 75 mem 

 V. C. has 100 members and 25 yacl 

 hers and 23 yachts. 



BOUND FOR BOSTON.— New Yi 



.ilh the new cutter at 

 ' i oosl and wood 



Splitting the WOOd b.t 



- will have :■■-' , beams I 



Lynn Y, C. has 110 Members and 87 



lbers and 43 vachts. Broviiicclow 

 inker Hill Y. C. has 53 mem 



-tery and Curlew. Prizes, $10,P and SI, 



n match was sailed June 23 off 



•' ,,, live to „-in. I : 



Only Lizzie. Hit. Ota., and Judith, 22ft. 



.,;. owned by S. Porter, Jr., was the wiu- 



e, Judith's, mi lied by E. I\ Pigeon, time 



,, (or June 30, at 3 P. fl. 



.irouii-es to be nell repi • ■. 



in Eastern Y. C. match on Sal unlay. Sloop Vi\i'n, and cutters 

 ledi.niiu, Wenonah and Oriva are making the [-assage round with a 



■ R'M Cl'ILE -Mr .lohnO Prague has challenged for champion 



.,',,'' .:,.-,.' n- 35 to I. Ill . Atlantic Y. C, Accepted 



■, .:..,[, d, ",". "i, J i . .:, ion. Club course arouinl Scolland light 



R1\'AL. -This steam vaeht has been pureha-.d In Tins. L. \\';M. 

 he was built, liv Sam* Bine, of Grcenpomt, 1H7H. ( Her nil, tisft. ; 

 earn. Illft.tin.; draft, 5ft. Coiiipnund engines. I2and '.'Oin. cylinders. 

 Din. stroke. 

 HULL Y. C— The new club book sho.ss llj.:, met, d. , , ,,, 

 i-s. tw-enlv-lhree schooner-, liftv-eighi sloops, and lift.v -eight cars. At 

 ecetit meeting thirteen : > w members were added, with three more 

 yachts. 



LIFE-SAVING CUSHION. -Ex-Cm. Iiexter li. Folht, of I bBc 

 ton Y. C-, is Introducing a new life-saving cushio, „ , ; . 

 bed and hair mattress. It. is capable of lion' 



PETREL. -Com. John I 

 llnkeinSeawanhakaCori 

 Lawtou foraresail sja.il. 

 COROX1L1.A. ThiStal 

 of Boston, built, bv Hat 

 beam 15i-,ft., depth tift., n 

 ATLANTIC Y. C.-Tldi 



is capable of lloalin- many persons. 

 \-h,p, not sal isfied with (lleiun's will by 

 ilhiaii match, has issued n challenge to Ml'. 



„■ name of Mr, Chns. E, Moody's scboener 

 •iiiglou. of Bath, Maine. Over oil 5llft.. 

 id 7ft. draft. 



ran, in class F. not having sailed full 

 ,tuh, June 19, was ruled out by tin- judges 

 and Daisy declared winner. 

 SOUTH BOSTON V. 0.— The judges have revised llguresniul award 



second prize in special keel class to Vespei, of Lynn, in pi n... 



lotte, as first announced 

 SALEM B A"? V c. First ehampionsliip inatch failed for want of 

 s ml and third mutch tlxed for 



July 18, 

 HERA 



nil All, 



. ■•, Ib-ia, hits been altered to cutler 

 made between her and Lillie for Sl.aOOsomt- 

 im e in Scpteullier. 



YTALAM'A -This Belleville sloop of International racing fame is 

 icing her bottom smoothed, and will be put In commission for the 



. I jo 



LABCHMONT \\ 0.— New books shows "steamers, IS -i 



;2 cabin sloops, 5 cutters, 3 yawls, 20 jib and mainsails, and 22 cuts. 



4.TALANTA.— Mr Jav Gould's new steamer Alalauta arrived at 

 his port last Sunday from the builder's lard in Philadelphia. 



NEWARK Y. O- Will start Saturday, June 30, on a week's cruise 

 o Now Haven. Thimble Islands. ,V,-w Loudon, and Newport, 



WASHINGTON VILLAGE Y. {.:. -Hag a licet of twelve vttOli 

 s strong financially. A live racing season is anticipated. 



ATLANTIC V, ('.—The club book tor Ihe year has hsli i .: ' 





. 10 



ml :: 



n.luic IS 



The 



"No, I didn't have, lo wait a 

 I could scarcely credit my s 



h. I was relieved i" " ' ' ■ "' 

 for I had suffered from kidney 

 disease far twenty years," Thus tes.lfie.s Mr. S. T. Hancock, a well- 

 knowu citizen of 'Richmond, Ya. "I am now sound as a hale of India 

 rubber. Benson's Cupcine Borons Plasters actually ciiir.,1 me. 

 Quick, strong, clean. Bi ice 25 cents.— Ago, 



