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under the greatest difficulties they managed to get the "boom 

 clear, and rigged a lug sail upon her, which would hang too 

 low, the block banging the wheel, and also unpleasantly 

 whizzing past their heads. We can now imagine their 

 really dangerous position. On consultation it was decided 

 to scud for Barnegat, where they arrived at 2 P. M. and 

 anchored. Here they repaired damages. Wind hauling 

 NNE, they had to get away from that place or go ashore ; 

 they then determined to put for Egg Harbor. This was 

 Tuesday. The Vision's judge on the Meta said he wished 

 to get to New York. Com. Beling told him that ' 'he con- 

 sidered him in the race," and that if he went ashore he 

 abandoned the Vision's interest. He, however, went home. 

 On Wednesday, the 8th October, they left Egg Harbor 

 for New York at 5 P. M., made Barnegat Light, bearing 

 west and south at 9 P. M., going on they encountered in- 

 creasing N. E.|winds and very high sea. I imagine that 

 staunch skipper "Joe" Ellsworth, made some such remark 

 as: '" Well, boys, this is the wors't I ever see !" when he 

 found that the combined forces compelled him to lay to 

 till day-break; and then, when he found that, do his best, 

 he could make no headway, and had to return to Egg 

 Harbor. 



How think you, Joe, some of your old friends, and often 

 competitors, would have stood that trip? say the Addie, 

 Grade, Captain and others? Gone to Davy Jones, eh? Yes, 

 and so'iie of the two-masters, too. 



On Thursday and Friday the wiud continued so high and 

 kicked up such a surf on the bar, they had to stay inside 

 whiling away the time in repairing, perhaps imitating the 

 wind in "blowing off;" perhaps "Johnnie" sang the "Maid 

 from Kent." However, Saturday morning came, and they 

 resolved to put out, leaving at 8 A. M. , and beating up, 

 reached Sandy Hook at 12 that night. Some good sailing 

 on that beat up, you bet. If they had taken many eggs 

 from the Harbor they left, the beating up would have made 

 a respectable nogg by the time they reached Sandy Hook. 

 Now the points the Meta party make to the referee are 

 these:— 1st. They were started by the judges. 2d. There 

 was no limitation of time, nor prohibition against anchor- 

 ing in the articles of agreement. 3d. The Meta sailed over 

 the course fully. (Should think she did.) 



The stakeboat did not furnish a turning point, true— the 

 Meta did not know the causes, and this cannot bar the 

 Meta, even technically, for the reasons that one yacht hav- 

 ing abandoned the race, the principal object of the stake- 

 boat, viz— to form a common turning point for both, was 

 done away with, and further, the Vision having a judge on 

 the Meta, he could see the distance sailed. 



These are the points submitted to the referee, and they 

 are awaiting his decision. But they are points which, in 

 my estimation, entitle her at least to the fullest consider- 

 ation. 



Still, her owner, the worthy Commodore, is confident, 

 plucky, and has the fullest veneration for his Meta, and does 

 not want to win unless he sails for it. I think no one will 

 question the fact that he "sailed for it," and it is due to the 

 "little cherub aloft" that the Ellsworth family have not a 

 cast away "Enoch Arden" from their number, barring the 

 "Annie Lee" part of that beautiful poem. 



I think it may be a fitting "Yachting Reminiscence" if I 

 refer to the launch and christening of the Meta. A goodly 

 company of yachting men were assembled at Pat. Mc- 

 Giehan's ship yard on a certain Saturday afternoon. There 

 lay the Meta on the stocks, the pride of her builder, Mr. 

 McGiehan; the joy of her owner, Com. G. A. Beling. 

 Gracious, how busy! "Ike" McGiehan, a "chip," certain, 

 was putting a touch here and there, greasing the ways, till 

 a fly would slip. All Pamrapo was out. Then with noises and 

 cheers she slid gracefully to the water and Commodore 

 Beling's daughter, Miss Meta, broke the traditional bottle 

 over the bow, and in a gracious and graceful manner gave 

 her own name to the beautiful little ship. A tug-boat im- 

 mediately took her in tow and a line was formed, a nautical 

 procession as it were. The Meta first, in tow of the tug; 

 then by a connecting hawser came the "Addie," Com. W. 

 H. Langley, and then the "Nettie B," Allan C. Bush, each 

 yacht covered with flags and signals. So we steamed up the 

 Kills with music and cannon and songs into Newark Bay. 

 The engine of a train at the drawbridge joining in the gen- 

 eral excitement, screamed away at us; arriving at 5 P. M. 

 at Commodore Beling's beautiful place, on Newark Bay, 

 we all went ashore to find a bounteous repast under the 

 trees, and kegs of lager opening at the word; with this and 

 dancing and champagne in the evening, the day and even- 

 ing was passed. Surely a good and auspicious start. Many 

 were the toasts drunk to the success of the Meta, her owner 

 and her namesake. 



That she has fully come up to the expectations of her 

 friends and well-wishers, I think will be acknowledged; 

 may she do as well in the future as in the past, whether as 

 sloop or schooner. E. M. 



The following criticism from Land and Water is worthy 



of the attention of our University and college crews. It 

 will be seen how the individual exertions of every member 

 of a crew is judged and their faults told of in plain lan- 

 guage:— 



Cambridge.—-' All change here," is an expression one fre- 

 quently hears at railway junctions and termini. I think it 

 might well be applied to 'Varsity trials. Since last week 

 we have had great and important changes in the two boats. 

 Shaf to has been removed from Stroke, and sent three, and 

 Wood (1st Trinity) has taken his place; Goulden has had 

 his dismissal, and Campbell has taken his place; Peabody 

 has come from three to four, and Rhodes has changed 

 boats; so that the boats are now made up as follows:— 



Rlwdes\ 

 Bow, E. A. Saunders, 2d 

 Trinity. 



2, C. Etherington, Sidney. 



3, C. D. Shafto, Jesus. 



4, J. E. Peabody, 1st 



Trinity. 



5, Bayley, Caius. 



6, — Campbell, Trinity 



Hall. 



7, Coode, 3rd Trinity. 

 Str., H. G. Rhodes, Jesus. 



Cox., Wilson, Corpus. 



Wood's. 



Bow, S. T. Briscoe, St. Cath- 

 erine's, 



2, G. F. Armytage, Jesus. 



3, W. Sparling, 1st Trinity. 



4, A. S. Estcourt. 



5, T. S. Turnbull, Trinity 



Hall. 



6, Aylmer, 1st Trinity. 



7, P. H. Hibbert, Lady 



Margeret. 

 Str., Wood, 1st Trinity. 



Cox. , C. F. Hunt, Jesus. 



The rowing in the two boats as a whole, is decidedly 

 worse than it has been for the last three years. The nu- 

 merous changes that have been made have, no doubt, a 

 good deal to do with it. With regard to individual rowing 

 I will first take Rhodes' boat. Bow, Saunders, is rowing 

 well, but is inclined to get late; (2) Etherington is not up 

 to much; he gets very short and keeps bad times, makes no 

 attempt at getting any beginning, and is inclined to pull 

 himself up to his oar; (3) Shafto is improving, and was 

 rowing much better to-day ; he is rather inclined to row 

 out of the boat, however, is frequently out of time, and 

 wants to raise his hands over the stretcher. (4) Peabody is 

 rowing fairly, but should row his hands in higher, as in- 

 deed all the stroke side ought to — his time, too, is rather 

 casual. (5) Bailey is rowing very badly, he weighs 13st 

 91b., gets less beginning than anybody in the boat; his 

 time is not of the best,~nor would his rowing be any the 

 worse if he would learn to swing. (6) Campbell rows 

 hard, but does not seem to know how to get any begin- 

 ning on. (7) Coode, although it can't be said that he is 

 rowing well, still I think that, considering his weight and 

 size, he manages his place very fairly; he wants to be 

 rather more careful about the time and to sit up more 

 and to row his stroke well out. (Stroke) Rhodes is row- 

 ing fairly well, bat he wants to get his shoulders 

 further back, and to hold it well through with them, 

 and also to get his hands out sharper. With regard to 

 the other boat, their general fault, and especially on the 

 stroke side, is bad time. Bow, Briscoe, rows rather well, 

 his chief fault seems to be that he is inclined to get late ; 

 his swing is, as I said last week, perfect. (2) Armytage 

 still has his old faults, viz., bucketing, not getting his hands 

 out, and not marking the beginning, though they are in a 

 somewhat modified form. (3) Sparling is improving; his 

 finish is still awkward, but not quite so bad as it ought to 

 be. (4) Estcourt has also improved slightly, but is still 

 very rough; he buckets very much; gets his shoulders up and 

 feathers under water a good deal, in which peculiarity he 

 is followed by both Sparling and Turnbull. (5) Turnbull 

 wants to row his hands straighter into him, and not to raise 

 his outside one, and screw his outside shoulder up at the 

 finish, which at present he does rather after the manner of 

 some of the "mariners." (6) Aylmer wants to take more 

 pains; one of his great faults is hurrying on stroke. (7) 

 Hibbert is rowing pretty much as he always did ; he is not 

 a pretty oar, but he works hard and honestly, and is in all 

 a good waterman, which is more than can be said of any- 

 body else who is rowing in the Trials, except Rhodes and 

 Saunders. (Stroke) Wood is a very pretty oar, and that is 

 really all that can be said for him 



^Lrt and §£vnm%. 



GOSSIP OF THE WEEK. 



BY T. B. THORPE. 



THE Union Square Theatre is reaping a rich harvest 

 from its play of "Led Astray." The universal judg- 

 ment appears to be that it is very attractive and very unex- 

 ceptionable in its moral tendency. The consequence was, 

 that on Saturday night there was announced on a large 

 poster "nothing but standing room." Miss Ettynge, for 

 the first time since she has been at the Union Square, has 

 a character that entirely suits her, and consequently her 

 triumphs are complete. 



— At Wallack's we have genteel comedy in its best estate. 

 On Monday "She Stoops to Conquer" was played to» a de- 

 lighted audience, and on Tuesday "Ours." The patrons of 

 this unvaryingly popular establishment include the best 

 and most cultivated classes of our permanent population. 



— The Fifth Avenue is vibrating between one attraction 

 and then another, evidently not yet settled in a "favorite 

 rut." The failure of "Fortune" has thrown some unoccu- 

 pied time on the manager's hands,, which he fills up with 

 specialties. A new play, adopted from the French by Mr. 

 Daly, was announced for Wednesday. The stringency in 

 the money market makes it difficult to establish a settled 

 patronage for a newly erected place of amusement. The 

 popularity of the original Fifth Avenue was owing a great 

 deal to its location. "Just around the corner" from the 

 most fashionable and crowded thoroughfare in the city, and 

 yet almost as isolated as if in the suburbs, it was especially 

 favorable for ladies and families. This happy location was 

 most pleasantly observable on matinee afternoons, when 

 the ladies, after the performance, gathered unmolested in 

 groups on the sidewalks and talked pleasant gossip, and 

 then took up their carriages or their pedal conveyances at 

 their leisure and went home. This made the theatre soci- 

 able, which desirable quality added to charming nothings 

 in the way of plays and novelties, and the T?ifth Avenue 

 was a success. But the reasons of this popularity, intel- 

 lectually, do not now exist, and the atmosphere and asso- 

 ciations that made the name so cherished cannot be trans- 

 ferred to other places. The fire whehconsumed the first Fifth 

 Avenue Theatre, consumed the scenery, the good will, and 

 the pleasant associations. Mr. Daly's new theatre has yet 

 to make its reputation, and the adoption of a favorite name 

 for it is a misnomer, and unfortunate for suggesting odious 

 comparisons. 



— Salvini has added new lustre to his reputation by start- 

 ling his audiences with novelties. His genius is as varied 

 as possible. No living tragedian approaches him in this or 



in an Oiii^r respect. If he could present himself in the 

 vernacular of our country, there would be no precedence 

 for his popularity. On Friday Signora Piamonti has a ben- 

 efit. On this occasion she will assume the ro/« made S',i 

 popular by Ristori, of Elizabeth, Queen of England; Sal- 

 vini as Essex. We bespeak for the fair beneficiaire what 

 she deserves, an enthusiastic welcome and a crowded house. 



— Mr. Fechter, who was once pronounced by a "leadihg 

 theatrical critic" of this city to be far superior to Garrick, 

 a man, indeed, who made Garrick an absurd tradition by 

 comparisons, is performing at the Lyceum, supported by 

 an extemporized company, the inembers of which are en- 

 deavoring to eke out a support these hard times. In recall- 

 ing our reminiscences of the "immortal David," we do not 

 remember that he ever fell on such evil times. One of the 

 wonderful things in this world that we cannot understand 

 is the theatrical popularity of Mr. Fechter. 



— Mr. Gilmore's musical and promenade concerts are 

 crowded on each night of performance with the represent- 

 ative families of the city. We are encouraged with the 

 prospect that Mr. Gilmore will complete arrangements for 

 opening a large and complete concert hall for popular mu- 

 sic in the central part of the city. 



THE LOTOS CLUB. 



— OmSaturday evening the members of the Lotos Club 

 gave one of their informal but charming receptions to Pro- 

 fessor R. A. Proctor, the celebrated English astronomer. 

 The occasion brought out a large attendance of the mem- 

 bers of the club, and a number of distinguished guests. 

 The President, in some pleasant and appropriate remarks, 

 introduced Professor Proctor, who in turn made an inter- 

 esting reply. He paid a just tribute to the industry and 

 correctness of American astronomers, incidentally alluding 

 in complimentary terms to Miss Mitchell. The novelty of 

 our country, as exhibited in its enterprise and indifference 

 to established forms and precedence, seemed to strike him 

 with force and with pleasure. These club receptions to lit- 

 erary and scientific gentlemen from abroad are pleasant ad- 

 ditions to our metropolitan society, and they have been so 

 well and sensibly managed by the Lotos Club that its mem- 

 bers naturally stand high abroad, and naturally the fact of 

 such membership, especially in London, commands recog- 

 nition in the most distinguished quarters. 



♦ 



The Bbooklyn Art Exhibition. — The Art exhibition 

 now open at the elegant rooms of the Brooklyn Art Asso- 

 ciation in Montague street, comprises nearly four hundred 

 pictures from foreign and native artists. Of the former, one 

 most noticeable is "Ophelia," by J. Bertrand, a broad, strik- 

 ing example of French art. The gaze centres upon the 

 face of the drowned girl as she floats in the water among 

 the reeds clasping the wild flowers to her breast, far too 

 real. A fine transparent piece of color, cattle and figures 

 by Bridgeman. A winter scene by J. C. Thorn, and among 

 the gems rank foremost the Winetaster by Grutzner, a most 

 charming effect of expression, contented and benign, upon 

 the face of the rotund personage, "Dinner is ready," by 

 Piltz, a most artistic effect of light and shade, a masterly 

 work. A fresh sparkling piece, a girl reaching for some 

 flowers in the sunshine," by Adam. A cabinet of an old 

 man mending a quill, by Siecert. A madonna and child, 

 by Ittenbach exquisitely finished. An old lady with a 

 devout look in her upturned wrinkled face by Miss Conant. 

 While amongst the local artists are prominent examples by 

 Leutze, of Washington at Monmouth; the effect of drawing 

 and grouping, expression and massing is a fine example of 

 that lamented artist. A most masterly head by Hunting- 

 don, painted evidently in his palmiest days, grand and 

 speaking. One of a child by Geo. A. Baker, in his inima- 

 table style, fresh and pure, pearly grays and liquid carna- 

 tions. A most beautiful marine by Bricher, "Manchester 

 Cliffs," full of sparkling play of brilliant colors; also "one 

 of Sylva's best marines, showing much improvement, paint- 

 ed in his broad effective manner; also two by Arthur 

 Parton with all his bright transparent color so rich and 

 yet harmonizing so well in that silver sheen-like atmos- 

 phere, peculiar to him. An interior, with figures, by J. 

 Beaufain Irving, most exquisitely worked up, rival- 

 ing Messonier in the minuteness of detail and finish, 

 it shows what can be done in New York as well 

 as in Paris. A couple of figures— a girl with a child 

 in her arms, crossing a brook on the stones; treated 

 in that bright sunny manner by New York's well known 

 artist, J. G. Brown. A grand example by another New 

 York artist, unrivalled in his glowing delineations, golden 

 and dreamy, S. R. Gifford. A charming effect of color is 

 a snow scene by T. W. Marshall, most artistiVn^r seated. 

 The snow clumps upon the trees, the russet of the branches, 

 the attitude of the plodding figure, all are well rendered. 

 C. C. Markham, whose pictures are well known in Brook- 

 lyn, sends an interior "HoWxold!" A boy warming him- 

 self at a stove, the attitude is natural, the colori ng har ma- 



nious, and the accessions well delineated- a pleasing, pop- 

 ular style of picture. Also a portrait of a child, delicately 

 finished, with a blue French cap, whose silk and lace is 

 most exquisitelv rendered, and a camp scene upon the 

 Little Tupper Lake, with the hounds, deer, and the lug- 

 gage and utensils of the camp. J. S. Palmer sends three 

 pictures, one of them a well painted winter scene in the 

 woods; a fine effect. A cool, sylvan retreat, green, and 

 brilliant, by Bolton Jones, invites attention, while a most 

 beautiful landscape by KensetUand Casalier, attracts the 



eye of the lover of these much noted artist's work. A little 

 gem by Wyant, resembling Kensett in its cool gray tones. 

 A finely rendered interior, by Toussiant, a foreign artist, 

 with an old woman and child, beautifully drawn and mod- 

 delled, and a picture by Hovender — The Reverie— most 

 poetic' in feeling and treatment. But space forbids further 



mention of the hosts of other pictures. 



