DSC 13, 1883. 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



396 



THE INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT, -Louisville, Ky., Nov. 

 24. J. E li 'mom. President Ligowsky Clay Pigeon Co., Cincinnati. 

 You:-, of -'Mil hist, to hand and in reply, will say yon are at libe.ty !.. 



,-,.,. i, ■ : ■■ - - i -i - - Ma i n ■- 



iiuno 



trs truly. John M. Barbour, Pr( 



iu this 



-a.listieii 



18 1 was 

 ;. Louis- 



insure /nwii|i! attention, coaanunications should be ad- 

 dressed to the Forest and Stream I'ublishiay Co., and not to 

 iwUr.iftiirilg, in whore, absence from the. office matters of im- 

 portance arc Habit, to delay. 



A SLANDERER REBUKED. 

 rrtHE Warldat Monday, Dec. 3, publishes a column of diatribe 

 -*- yachting. To the article i- -elf I will not r der. The direct charge Is 

 mad.- distinctly and r-pe. icily iu the TTorZd that, a public "advocate" 

 b ia lii-i-n hired and is paid tin- "writing- up" cutters. As I am ih 



....._■ ■ t ■nnvrs before the public, and the only person 



engag-d in publicly writing In their favor, these charges refer to me 

 in person, and to me they v. ill be attributed by the readers of the 

 11'..,-/./. 



I stamp the chat Re, made in the World as a malicious slander, pro- 



... hmg from contemptible motives. I have never received one cent 



nor any reward w hatsoever. directly or indirectly, to influence a 



Single line, or word, or sketch, from my pen. 



I have, to avoid even the shadow of any insinuation, refused the 



personal aequamtu 



oce and dis 



jouniged all advances of a friendly 



nature from gentle 



ii.n Of my ■ 



mi belief and views. 1 have labored 



untiringly, wholly 



disintereste 



liy, moved by no other purpose than 



that of the honest} 



Of my com 



lotions. I may be all wrong in the 



Stand I h:ne taken 



but one thi 



lg shall not happen: The honesty of 



my V, Ol-i: ami the i 



itegrity or'r 



ay character shall not be assailed. 



I ask Ha- i. .. !d 



oput ilssla 



Oder in a form specific enough to ma ke 



it amenable to the 





ountrr. r cannot prevent the World's 



sneaking fmsinuatl 



ins, carcfull 



v guarded to elude responsibility, and 



yef direct and suffl 



cicntly plaii 



to drive to the quick the poisoned 



arrows of tj . 



and viliflcl 



lion. But the World, shall either be 



specific enough to 



ie held uccr 



iiiitablc. or else. In its failure to accept 



the issue, jt shah 1 



e convicted 



of aiding and abetting a common liar. 

 C. V Ktoeabbt, 



CRUISE OF THE ILEEN. 



"■piflscnltci-, with Mr. Arthur Pailelfoid on board, arrived oif thi 

 •*- Delaware Breakwater ill I A. M. Wednesday, Dee. 5. .She left 

 ill.- audio age off Stapletou. B, £., on .Monday. Dee. :i. at 2 P. 31, 

 vei-y light airs from N.W.. which lasted until evening when ilea 

 ..ui S.F., iiii.i veered to S.S.V7. very fresh, kicking up a nasty ses 

 v.-r.\ s-ii ii-i lime. The cutter put in at the Breakwater Wed'nesd 

 i A. M., and laid there until Thursday. 9 A. M., when it was blow 

 nicely from N.E. Toward evening it grew very light, and during i 

 night there was scarcely any wind. The cutter anchored in Norfolk 

 harbor Oil Friday. Dec. '.. at 8 P. M., after a most charming run d, 

 from Ifcnlopen A gentleman on board writes that the cutter did all 

 and more than could be asked of any yacht of her size, and that 

 reverj body is pleased with her performance, in a way no words can 

 ->:pn-ss. The owner made a visit to Baltimore on business matters. 

 but has since rejoined the vessel with some friends, and proposed t, 



"'I •■ for the South coast and the West Indies. During the 



heavy weather the main trysail was found a most convenient sail, 

 the big boom of the regular mainsail being stowed. The same letter 

 winds up with the following: "We all trust, after our experiences in 

 the ileeu. that you will continue your efforts in behalf of the only 

 h»ai to go to sea in, win races with, and be comfortable in." 



lilde 



SHARPIES. 

 i ham-; been Intending to give ■■■■ fuller a, mi of the 



'•'■ul'.b.'rinKeHing' out' a new edition of my S 



that I hav. tiol had the time till now. As to the i 



Mean— us- i would pr-mis- -ha: I bi.ili b-: ■■■ 



discission '■! l.-r in-ri:- and demerits has drifted in tl 

 1 made h-r one f..,,l wider and iwo feet s)iorl-r tha 

 approved. She is oHxlhft. instead of being ii".\ll. a- h- 

 Ihl- linprovemcni in her model I am willing to take all 'lie 

 In- wi-hi-. No boat can be comfortable which i- less than ISI't. beam 

 to g-v. room to sit in an arm chair at table. We do not sit on thi 

 berths all daylong till they are as hard as boards, but they are en 

 iir.lv under the deck, and so pleasant that when Mr. Seth Green it 

 with me h-- utterly d.-ehiies to stay at iffy bouse so long as there it 

 anything to -at Oil board the Heartsease. 



.rst point of 

 a good deal 

 impromptu 



11 pe 



in-, and nol sunposingc ! at 



pi... 



. At the same time I had 





much by our extra speed as 





:.n a mile ahead of her, but 





e one or two stretches, but 





slan 1. and as we had to re- 





dout that the yawl beat the 





er s worst point of sailmg. 





■ f to ..it. I clo not consider 





th. and T afterward caught 





ointorsootf the wind, and 





i gazed at me with surprise 



and back. 



SAFETY. 



1 never was tripped by a sea and 1 do not wish to be. There £ 

 enough other things to trip a man up iu this lite v. ithout the oce 

 inking a Land in. but 1 kn..w that suc.i accidents happen and pro! 

 bly a sharpie is peculiarly liable to ft en the sea, could 

 hol.l by catching under the sharp edge of th.- bilge but I have heel 

 her down till the water cm;- .c -,.i n deck and did nol u 



■ ■over -Ie least i celiac of i.e. • -- .'.".': a niv opiiiion an ord 

 ary capsize could only be urongbt about by a very suu lea and sev 

 sj.iall or great ciirclcs-.ie..:. it caught in a gale at sea and uual Ie 

 claw off tin I . ' . . 1 could bench her, but tl..-.. .,- i , 



prefer to run for harbor before the gale got under ceadway u 

 tleari-ease would run a long distance before she ■•>■ -■" '•■ «■■*■* " 

 will ulwaya be people drowned, provided ourci 



SAIL PLAN S1NCLEHAND YAWL. 



and I doubt if there is any one e 

 would as lief be m Heartsease o 

 twice her size as she would li 

 trouble sooner, I know, but thet 

 let, any one else he there in my pli 



■aft 



fills she will float, and the: . .. 

 is better than nothing by alar 

 improv: 

 Roslyn yawl rig does 



g to improve it. much. Indeed, I 

 ie ocean in a gale as in a cutter of 

 onger I think, and get out of the 



liberal am I that I would rather 

 W on such an occasion. If Hearts- 



a good deal of comfort in that : a 

 re majority 



enough to justify its esdstet 



to have 

 little more ti 

 a week, but 

 winch ; so w 



straps 



othe 



. . . So great is the strain 

 rood quickly, besides the 

 g-of- mutton sail, or a si 



•ked the Heartsease alon 



to present advantage 



othe 



tha 



No 



uildel 



THE NEW SINGLEHANDER. 



TTjT'E produce in this issue the sail plan for the sing 

 V> whose lines appeared iu last week s issue. The rig i: 

 but owing to the exTreoie kamli-ioss of the vawl. a libe 

 supplied to enable the boat to work w-ll as a 'cat with jil 

 stowed or under those two sails only, without casting ad 

 sail, or upon levering the latter to a squall. We should 

 displacement, a. 4 tons, is given in long tons of 2.2-10 poui 

 the accommodations and deck plan will be published ne 



.Mast, deck to hounds 2" 



Masthead and pole t 



Diameter in partners , ( 



Diameter at hounds 



Mainboom . 21 



Diameter in slings &ii 



Maingaff I! 



a be 



id.. 



ity. and I shall have to find o 

 down to where 1 started. Heartsease was nol built for si.e.-d. but if 

 any one wants a comfortable, safe, good, able vessel for siioal work 

 he willget more in the sharpie build, tha: inani -iii.-.-- , -. i mm 

 As I seem to have spoken rather against Mr. Claphara's inventions, 

 let me say that I believe he will I ml 1 i i ,,., , i npie that can 

 be built and do honest work. Heartsease has never wrung or twisted in 

 the least, and the stateroom doors will open and shut, just, as well when 

 sheds heeled away down as when she is o» uneven keel: and if he 

 keeps on trying hemay get the exact improvement which is wanted, 

 but which does not seem yet to have been obtained. In reference to 

 ■ s-e;.'-' : the Chesapeake I never could find out anything 

 more about them, although I wrote to the man to whom I was re- 

 ferred. In cruising it is very probable that a sharpie would make as 

 good time as any yacht of her size, and as for accommodations, a 

 sixty-foot boat will give you two staterooms and four berths in the 

 cabin, besides the forecastle for crew and cooking. 



Robert B. Roosevelt. 



ILEEN A GRAND SEA BOAT. 



"II7E have collected such evidence as could lie got. t, 



VV thep, i.,i ...... ..tileeii. That we are not invest 



hoods to which currency has been giver: w ith any undue 

 appears from the following letter we. have received from 

 deeply interested in the question: 



'•rve been in to sec you about six times to congratulate 

 great succes- is i - n The trip South busted in . I -■-.-.-; i 

 unmanageable and a dead failure every way. Her own 

 td go to sea in her again." 



i In- - mi' .:, ■ nn,,., ,' : i _■.-, r i , . ■ ■ ■, ' ■ . 



up gossiping in the New- York Y. C. rooms and on "the street. 



We have no personal reference to him when we indict the state- 

 ments in the f. - -■ -i ' ■ j r ...n : , - 1 , ,-. as lies each and every one. of tbem. 

 Li--- -.-. ithout the faintest trace of truth as their foundation. 



The Been was never within thi ll n ■ niles of Hatteras. She 



was engaged it cruii .. ofl ml on outside the Hook to test her gear 

 -■ : "' -fal - thii ■ -"",,.,1 i. .,...'_■ ■ , . igfors southerly voyage. During 

 those tests she struck into the ugly weather and sea. the disastrous 

 effects of which tilled the columns of the daily papers at tne time. 

 W r e now- offer evidence of how the Ileeu performed from sources 



hich certainly cannot be accuse,.! ../ partiality for cutters. Capt. 

 well known to New York sailing circles, writes as 



-",i ■',.'--'-[' -ail !T"n ..".'.'. . 



Sail area per square foot wet surl'ao 



Ratio to sqi.cn e oi'loadline 



Center of effort forward of C. T.. R. 



•epi,.-k 



Lewis 



ndei 



"We hav 

 about fiftv 



Ilei 



tried the Ileen for the Iastfourdays iu pretty bad weather 

 uiles S.E. of Sandy Hook, aud she worked' to my entire 

 on. ,S7ie is a jKrferi daisy; sh? uilt do miythingbuttalk: 

 dry aud easy as an old shoe aud ah the pilots who saw the 

 :ompany with their boats at sea, are perfectly in love with 

 ' , that when building again, thev propose In hare a 



boat like he. . 



The Heen retu-ned from the experimental trials, adjusted compos 

 and after waiting till Monday P. M. to enable Mr. Padelford 

 brother to join, the lleen put to sea bound on a cruise to Bermuda 

 and the West Indies. Mr. Arthur Padelford, the owner, cannot find 

 words of praise enough for the behavior of this vessel. He is as 

 proud of the Ileen as a dog with two tails. He will stick to his ship 

 throughout. Upon Ileen 's return, it is propopsed to sail her across to 

 England and tackle the crowd of forties in the liveliest bouts and 

 grandest yachting mat hes the world ever sees. Not. h»wever, until 

 she has given the flat- fooled tribe a twist in home waters. With 

 these disposed of, bigger game is to be hunted. 



We are promised the log of the Ileen as her cruise proceeds. 



THE COMING PILOT BOAT. 



THE superb seagoing qualities of the new cutter Ileen are the talk 

 among the pilots along the Staten Island shore. "Win-, sir, she 

 was as dry as a bone, and going along stiff aud comfortable, when we 

 were plunging uboutand scarcely could keep the schooner to her 

 •ottrse. And the way that cutter worked up to the windward in a 

 heavy sea. wlij , sir, we stared at her iu amazement." The Ileeu has 

 become the pilot's ideal of a powerful, dry and weatberlv -ea boat. 

 and so much is her speed to wind ward admired, that in th- compete 

 Hon for the faste.sl boat suitable Cm- their needs, some pilots arc 

 seriously contemplating the building of a cotter .Mark our words. 

 Famous as our pilot schooners may be, the day is not far -1 stunt 

 when a colter will he off our coast with a big Black number in her 

 main ail as a w.-lcoine signal to the fresh instalments of aldermen 

 policemen, an' 1 voters pouring in upon these shores. 



SHAMELESS FALSEHOODS BRANDED. 



THE New York World of Dec. 3 published the following- 

 "The new cutter yacht Ileeei. owned bv 3ir 1- ,'■■, i -■ ,, 

 ford, of Philadelphia, put, into the Sfanle;:,, m 'basin Vesl-r.ia v --..-ne 

 what the worse for boisterous weather at sea. vt.r. Padeftoril in- 

 linden spending a season in Southern waters, but a very heavr gale 

 oh Cape hatteras (axed the mainmast l,.„, much, ami caused the re- 

 turn of (lie yacht to this harbor, where it is thought she will i email, 



There is no truth iu the foregoing. The Ileen never was anywhere 



m tin- vicinity of Hatteras. She did not strike in a very heavv gab- 

 She did not return from .ir.-, of weather Sue did' ,,i ti - lie 

 mainmast. She was none the worse for her trip. Mr. Paaeh'or.i has 

 li'.: given mi les contemplated cruising. The Ileen will nol 

 here all winter. The only semblance of: truth iu th- ttv,, -:,,'', ,, r 



e'r'e-. 1 ; - ' ..:."", „ i „f Ueen's return to port, and upon 



this he '.niscrupalimsre,-,,,.-!..-.').' mings a ring tale ---'■ 

 lleen's performance at sea, utilizing the occasion 

 ous fling at the expense of his honesty. But i 

 swindle was surpassed by a comic miscarriage 

 -lays later, when the following bit of news was p,- 

 as real information: 



"The cutter Ileen. S.Y.C.. Mr. Arthur Padelford, is lying off Staple- 

 ton. S. I. She returned to port on Mondav. and ii 'is said thai her 

 , " - - ' " ' ■ ' i •- ■ , i "| 



This was announced in the Herald of Thursday last, iust three 

 days after the Ileen had left Stapleton and put. to sea again upon 

 adjusiing her compass. While i .he li, n,bi led the public to think 

 Ileen lay off the Islaud a sort of helpless hulk, with all idei " 

 to sea in the cutter abandoned, she was aetuallvnierrilv 

 dowTi the coast hundreds of miles awav! 



The hidden animus and the absurdity of the World's falsifications 

 were easily enough detected, and the blunder of the Herald was 

 equally as patent. No one but a lunatic would think of steering a 

 brand new vessel of any kind slam bang into wintrv gales without 



civ.,,:: !:..■■■ .1 , , ivl a, :h ' . , , ' d --.- . -, , , " '■'..., 



'"'.' ..nil -a "'ti a i " -.'.'. n ■ .-porters and 



the gossips hangfngabout the club rooms might know no better but 

 a trained EugUsh skipper, or a shipper of an v uationalit -.-. is not the 

 green ass the ti , .■■■■■ -. .-, t I imply. The very . stupidity of the reports 



concerning Ileen ought to have branded them a , 



set. But in the anxiety to trui i c up some |nd of a case against the 

 cutter, sense was unseated from its throne, and prejudice gave wild 

 scope to lurid imaginations, until falsehood heaped noon falsehood 

 piled up a mountain of desperate and ,.i against the 



ilten, enough to sink such yachts out of sight ,-vcr after, but for tbe 

 exposure of those si i less libe sas ■ ist what thev 



are worth through these columns. 



The facts concerning lleen are these: She left harbor for a few 

 days' trial at sea pieparatory to undertaking a cruieof son.- length 

 to Hampton Koads and Bermuda. She returned from her trial spin 

 SuLday, Dec. 2, and adjusted her compass. After taking in soma 

 fresh provisions she got her anchor and put to sea again hound for 

 Hampton Roads on a roving commissi,.!. Hi 



yacht, is highly plea-.-,! -„ iic hei Di rformance, and the crew sneak 

 well of the vessel in -ven respect, in the nasty war 



o the detriment of 

 o get in an insidu- 



eu this Mi ,.■:■- 

 i the Herald three 

 adea with dignify 



irting 



: always intended to return to 

 ie appearance of the Iieeu'i 

 eized upon by the newspaper - 

 : against a thoroughly good 



pori befon caking ttual 



pretty white sides in the 

 uttiiies ia their eageraess 

 raeael, and to blacten her 



