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FOREST AND STREAM. 



IMaech 25, 1880. 



adopt such rules as shall placa seamanship and seaworthy yaohts 

 to the front. All we want to ascertain is the best, and when as- 

 certained, adopt It David Hall Pell. 



Our correspondent is clear and logical on the measurement 

 question. The rule now in force with the Boyal Nova Scotia Y. 

 C. is the only one in America an Intelligent person need not be 

 ashamed of. It Is, in fact, the best rule in existence, doing away 

 with the discrimination offered by the English rule to narrow 

 team and the premium we place upon "pot-bellies" by using 

 length as the criterion. The " throe dimension" rule is fair to all 

 classes, handicaps uo form or model, has no tendenoy to produce 

 vessels of any special form, offers no loop-hole, or back door by 

 which unfair matching could be made, is not open to any of the 

 objections brought against other rulos now in vogue. In short, a 

 multiplication of the three chief dimensions corresponds in 

 every way to tho Ave axioms established in our issue of I'eb. 

 19th. as necessary characteristics of any fair and impartial rule, 

 which shall not in the least interfere with the modeler's pre- 

 ferences in design. To put the rule into shape; T-LxB.vD, 

 In Which T stands for tonnage, or size, or anything it may be 

 wished to call the unit of measurement ; L for tho mean length 

 obtainod by adding say one-third of the overhang at each end 

 to the water-line length ;B for the extreme beam wherever found, 

 and I) for the him a Mb depth, measured from underside of deck 

 to, say, lower edge of rabbet amidships. It has been, the custom 

 to divide by 91 to obtain the number of tons, but oven that may- 

 be omitted for tho purpose of simplication, without in the least 

 interfering m tho relative sizes obtained. We have here simply 

 sketched out the general features of a rule Iwe, in common with 

 every one anxious to substitute something rational and not hurt- 

 ful for the vagaries of the day, hope to see come into general use 

 throughout the country. For that purpose we appeal to the Na- 

 tional Yachting Association, trusting that they will bear in mind 

 that the question of measurement is one of the most important 

 and pressing which will be submitted to them. As long as they 

 keep the principles of the rule outlined in view, it matters com- 

 paratively little about the details. In the meantime we may con- 

 gratulate ourselves in having such able, co-workers in;,behalf of 

 a sound rule as we know many members of the Association to be. 



"off-color." Now let Eastern men abolish measurement by 

 length, and a healthy style of model will soon supplant tho 

 shingle-bottoms and the dough-bags. New York will follow in 

 due time. 



Attn Another.— Moderate beam is gaining ground. Mr. S. W. 

 Burgess, a racing member of tho spuited Beverly Y. C, is having 

 a new yaeht built, something after tbostyle of the '' Irish Fisher- 

 men," we presume with the outter rig. She will be 33ft,. long 

 on w. 1. 



The Undine.— The Hon. Benj. Dean proposes to give his recent 

 acquisition hollow spars and get out of her all she Is worth. 



Poeohkeepsie Canoe Club.— A new canoe club has been or- 

 ganized at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Commodore, W. D. Lintz; Vice- 

 Commodore, D. C. Bloomflold. A club cruise will be undertaken 



ndsi 



THE HERRESHOFF SYSTEM. 



Way's Station, Bryan County, Go,, March 14th. 

 .Editor Forest and Stream :— 



I have read with pleasure in your issue of March 11th, the arti- 

 cle on the steam yacht built by the HcrreshofC M'f 'g Co., of 

 Bristol, H, I., and think it only due to those gentlemen to call 

 your attention to one very important fact that was omitted in the 

 article, viz., the impunity with which their boilers use salt water. 

 I have owned two of these boats since 1875; one was built for me 

 then and a much larger one last year, and though my boats have 

 been used almost always in salt water I have had no trouble, 

 and the inside of the old coil is perfectly free from salt or scale 

 to-day. fwish you would publish this, as It may do some one 

 who wishes a boat a good turn. You know that I have no inter- 

 est in writing this, other than to approve a good thing. 



GEO. Lyman Api'i.eton. 



We publish the above indorsement of the Herreshofl coil with 

 pleasure. It has all along been our desire to see the coil come 

 into more general use as its many advantages will tend to mul- 

 tiply high-speed launches in our waters to an unparelloled extent. 

 There are thousands of miles of bays and estuaries from New 

 York to Calais, Me., never yet churned by the screw of a steam 

 yacht. With economic and safe builders, fine cruising is to be 

 got out of a 60ft. " tea-kettle," if suitably designed, and that with 

 a combination of very fair seagoing qualities. But to that end 

 we must depart from the prevailing light-draft river boat and 

 adopt a hull you can get " into " and not merely " on to." 



♦ 



"Cohinthian" Answers.— Editor Forest and Stream :— In "A 

 Boply to Corinthian" 1 And my monitor arguing so well my side 

 of the question (making the little beamy center-board Midge de- 

 feat the big long cutter Muriel, and as he also praises the Mad- 

 cap of like type), I find it only requisite to explain that there was 

 no slur made or intended upon tho " owner of a little cutter," as 

 know* the owner designed her. ConiRTniAN. 



YACHTING NEWS. 



Salem Bay Yacht Club— This club has now sixty regular 

 and forty honorary members, thirty applicants for membership, 

 and a fleet of nearly forty yachta-moat of them over twenty 

 tons. 



Dorchester Yacbt CLUB.-They all do it ! Here is Nimtm 

 coming out with an iron keel. This fast and able yacht will fly 

 the Dorchester Yaeht Club flag the coming season, Messrs. King 

 & Clark having recently purchased her of Mr. L. H. Bigiow, of 

 New York The Nimbun is 37ft. in length over ail, 33ft. on water 

 line ; draught, 4ft. 6in., and about Oft. head room in cabin. She 

 wasbuiltbyHerreshoff.is very fast and able, and a frrst-olass 

 yacht in every way. An iron shoe has recently been put on her 

 keel. First regular meeting of the club this season occurs 



Jersey City Yacht CLUB.-Offlcers for the year : Commodore, 

 Hotter M Sherman, of New York; Vice-Commodore, G. L. Winn ; 

 Treasurer J H. Games; Seoretary, G. H. T. Doggett; Measurer, 

 Geo N Weston;' Board of Directors, H. Bennett, William Clark, 

 Charles E. Gardner, C. A. Smith, J. A. Hilton and Dr. Vondy. 



New Beotobd Yacht Club.-TIio New Bedford Yacht Club is 

 Mirmllv in-owing and taking rank among the leaders in all that 

 appS* to thospori. It is one of the four "outsiders" admit- 

 ted to tho Corinthian races of tho Seawanhaka Y.C, and now has 

 a fleet of nearly sixty sail. Its location is exceedingly favorable 

 asahtUf-wav station between the East and the Metropolis, and is 

 ranidlv attaining a position which other clubs near by will not be 

 .We to equal for a long time to come. The officers for the year 

 are : Commodore, J. Hnwes ; Vice-Commodore, Francis Hathaway ; 

 rieet Captain, Ed. S. Brow. , Sectary, Geo.W. Parker ; Treasurer, 

 ■w A Mnekie • Measurer, Edgar B.Hammond. 



THE F^u.;: Tin, well-k-uown sloop, onee of New York, now 

 tbe"ropertyof Mr. Parkman Dexter, of Boston will be altered 

 from a center-board toakeeL It is most gratifying to see how 

 rapidly the ideas advocated In these columns arc bemg accepted 

 ™d acted upon in practice. When the keel question was fast 

 prominently UugU to the surface through this Journa 1, sundry 

 Uttto contemporaries nosed a howl in a feeble way, but. itap- 

 Dears to no elfcct. Many were the doubting Thomases who 

 8 P hook their heads and thought us quite on the wrong tack. But 

 «» ore content to let all have their opinions and oide our time. 

 What we have strenuously sought to effect, is the amelioration of 

 cruisins and seagoing qualities in our yachts and yachtsmen, and 

 iro^ the evidence continually cropping up, success has followed 

 iroiu ""-.-"" " rouidlv than hoped for. In Bostou, the cen 



Yacht For Sale.— We call attention to a tine sloop yacht of- 

 fered for sale in another column. If we mistake not, sho was 

 modeled by Chas. Hillraan, and having inspected her frequently 

 while building, can vouoh for her as an exceedingly well-built 

 vessel and an excellent bargain . A smart man also wants a berth 

 aboard a small sloop. Hero is a chance for some one to secure au 

 active and intelligent skipper. 



National Yachting Association.— We can send copies of the 

 constitution to applicants. Next meeting, April 14th, in New 

 York. 



Seawanhaka Yacht Club.— Bule V. of the sailing regulations 

 has been amended to read : " Yachts In Corinthian racos must bo 

 manned by amateurs exclusively. The sailing master, cook and 

 steward, if carried, shall remain below, and not appear on deck ; 

 and none of them shall in any way direct, or assist in the manage- 

 ment or workihg of the yacht. Any infringement of this rule 

 will forfeit all claim to the prize." And the following addition 

 has also been made to the rules upon motion of Mr. Robert Cen- 

 ter: " Every yacht sailing in any match, or regatta, shall have 

 onboard, during a race, a member of this club." 



New Yachts.— Decker, of South Brooklyn, will soon launch a 

 new schooner for Ex-Com. Munsoll, A. Y. C. " Dick " Wollin has 

 built a number of small boats, including a yawl-rigged eraft for 

 J. B. Henry, of Stonington, Conn. 



New Steam Yachts.— Mr. lorillard's new steam yacht, which 

 Sam Pine is building in Greenpoint, L. I., is 98-ft. long and Kilt, 

 tin. beam. She will receive a tine compound engine from Messrs. 

 Ward, Stanton & Co., of Newburgh, N. Y. 



Haverhell Yacht Club.— Officers for the year : Commodore, 

 F. Harris, sloop Abhie. M.; Vice-Commodore, G. A. Tuxbury 

 Emma L.; Fleet-Captain, J. E. Heath, flattie; Secretary, Charles 

 H. Stacy; Treasurer, W. M. Dresser; Measurer, H. J. Doane. 

 Regatta Committee: Fairfleld Harris, E. F. Brown, P. 0. Hunt- 

 ington. Mr. E. F. Brown, who has served a number of terms, de- 

 clined a re-election as Commodore, but remains on the Regatta 

 Committee. The club is prospering and adding members and 

 yachts to its rolls. 



Yachtinc on tut- Laicks. -The Bell ■v!U .■_• ; liU'l, . : '(« ,,,.',-, I 1 1 >. ,'.- 

 cent date, says : " Captain Cuthbert has entered into an agree- 

 ment with Mr. George D. Niehol, of Toronto, to build a standing 

 keel yacht for that gentleman at his yard at Trenton, Out. This 

 craft will be eutter-rigged, and especially fitted for cruising pur- 

 poses ; work wUl be commenced at onee, and the yaeht is to be 

 finished by the 15th of May. The dimensions of hull will be as 

 follows: Length over all, 2!H't. Oin.; length of keel, 21ft.; breadth 

 of beam, Sft. Gin.; draught of water, Hit.; tonnage, Y. it. A. meas- 

 urement (same as B. Q. Y. C.) tons ; ballast all iron, lj tons on 

 keel, i ton keelson, and the remainder to fit garboards. There 

 wiU be about 51 feet in height under skylight. She will be strongly 

 built, and will be in all respects a safe and com fortable craft . The 

 model and specifications were furnished by Mr. 0. P. Kunhardt, 

 the able yachting editor of Forest and Stream, Now York." 



A Club-house in Florida— An excellent idea has been ad- 

 vanced by a gentleman now in Florida, for the construction of a 

 tine yaeht club-house on tho old property, " Dungeness," on 

 Cumberland Island, at the mouth of St. Mary's Elver. As Florida 

 waters are attracting a greater number of yachts to the warm 

 latitudes every year, the erection of a house at a centrally located 

 rallying point would do much to increase the annual exodus 

 of the cruisers southward. Who will take hold of the project? 

 Mount Desert for the summer, Hampton Hoads for early spring 

 and fall, and Florida for the winter. The most enthusiastic 

 cruiser could ask for no more. 



Drift.— Mr. Dudley Hall, of Boston, has become the owner Of 

 theZTTetWde Lis, Mr. Waller, of the Dauntless, having parted with 

 her. . Mr. Fox, of Boston, has hired the Sunbeam, sloop, tor the 

 season; she is to be raced. ..The schooner Alice, 81ft. long, has 

 been bought by Mr. W. L.Loekhart, and is now being overhauled 

 inEast Bostou ..The well-known sloop Undine was knocked down 

 at auction to Mr. Benjamin Dean, of the Boston Y. C, for 

 $3,505 after some spirited bidding, in which New York parties were 

 represented. . . .Schooner Madcap has been sold by Mr. J. It. Dock- 

 ray.of Boston, to Mr. Prank D.Shaw — Sloop Winamnc, formerly 

 belonging to Bear- Commodore Norton A. Y. C, has been pur- 

 chased by Mr. F. W. Hinman, of New Haven, Conn .... Smith & 

 Terry, of Greenport, are rebuilding t he schooner Vikina for Mr. F. 

 Stott....N.G.Herreshoff, of Bristol, has builtaSoft. catamaran for 

 Boston owners.... Mr. O. W.Peabody, of Bostou, has brought a 

 50ft. schooner from Long Island waters — Schooner Romance, K. 

 Y. C, Is being spun out aft. ...Wm. Gray, Jr., has entered the 

 sloop Fioria in the Dorchester Y.C; she will receive a thorough 



overhauling The Rebecca, E. Y. C, once belonging to Mr. J. G. 



Bennett, of New York, as a sloop, is being lengthened and deep- 

 ened to improve her rough water qualities in accord with modern 

 ideas. .. .Woods Bros., of East Boston, have the, schooner WMU 

 Ctottd In liand for new decks. .. .Com. Stone, East Boston Y. C, 

 will again hoist his flag aboard the smart Hector, sloop.... Low, 

 keel sloop, Boston, is reeeivingahousfug topmast: good for Lena, 

 The rapidity with which keels, lead and handy rigs, are displacing 

 the sloop, surpasses our most sanguine expectations, and Forest 

 and Stream has had no little to do with influencing these 



changes mitebins&Pryur, South Boston, arc building a steam 



yacht, 36 x x tft., for Capt. Gott.of Mount Desert The South 



Boston Y. C. had better drop " machine politics" and sand bags 

 as well. 



ill mean Hop Bitters mure pointedly than if the name 

 had been mentioned without dodging. 



There is no use fighting agaitistThe fates. Hop Bitters 

 has got the iield against the world this year, and every 

 reference or hint to rowing matches or regattas, will 

 mean Hop Bitters as plainly as words can express it. and 

 the paper that tries to dodge it, will help advertise them 

 all the more, which will make the public laugh and 

 please the proprietors. For our part we propose to say 

 Hop Bitters every time, and rather think, on the whole, 

 we should, as it is a good thing all round, medicine and 

 all.— Sunday Herald.— [Adv, 



[Froni a well-known citizen of Chicago.] 



Chicago, III.. Jan. 1st;, 1880.. 

 H. C. Warner & Co., Rochester, N. V.: 



Gentlemen: I have used Warner's Safe Kidney and 

 liver Cure with the .greatest satisfaction. It iB the only 

 tedv I have ever used that 1 can recommend to my 

 friends, as it has cured me of Bright's Disease of long 

 standing, after having visited the White Sulphur Springs 

 of Virginia, and trying innumerable so-called ''remedies" 

 of the day. Having resided here for forty-seven years, 

 my friends will be glad to see this statement. The dis- 

 coverer, is indeed a public benefactor. 



William H. Patterson. 

 1,491 Wabash ave., near Twenty-ninth St.— \Adv. 



ftnmns Qj/olamn, 



PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 



So Smart— Some newspapers have been so smart in 

 trying to avoid mentioning the name of Hop Bitters in 

 connection with their great and liberal prizes for boating 

 matches, for fear of giving them free advertising, have 

 used so often instead the word " Donors," "Medicine 

 Man," Rochester "Manufacturers," "Boat Race,;' 

 "Hanlan," "Courtney." "A. T, Soule," "Regatta," 

 "§6,000 Prize," etc., etc., that each and all of these 

 Brines, words and figures have become known to refer to 



MAX'S REPLY TO "M." 



Many thanks, dearest M., for tho letter, 

 Ton wrote me a few week weeks ugo. 



Don't apologize, dear, for your rhyming, 

 As in this case it's quite enmme (t taut. 



And I trust you won't think me conceited. 



If poetry I, too, affect, 

 For doggerel from a doggie, I take It, 



Is surely what one might expect 



I am glad you were pleased with my plctur 

 But I know you won't mind if I say 



That at least half a dozen young ladies 

 Have praised it in Just the same way. 



They speak of me as "Such a darling'." 



They say I look "ever so wise," 

 And they rave of the depth of "expression" 



To bo seen in my lovely soft eyes. 



But I feel that not one of tho many 

 Sweet words they repeat is more true 



Than those that were written at Marshlands. 

 And sent to your Maxie by you. 



Accept, then my very best thanks, dear, 

 Fin- all the kind things that you say, 



And believe in ui> heart I shall cherish 

 Your memory forever and aye. 



I am growing, I fear, rather tedious, 

 So nu longer your patience I'll tax, 



But, with love and best wishes, say Fatowull, 

 Yours ever, most faithfully, 

 St. John, N- B„ March mil, 1880, Max. 



A BATCH OF RECIPES. 



Baked Cop or Haddock.— Take a cod or haddock of 

 five or six pounds ; keep the head on the fish ; do not 

 have it opened too deep : make a stuffing of half a pound 

 of bread crumbs, a leaspoonful of very finely divided 

 parsley, a leaspoonful of salt, a Baltspocmful of ground 

 pepper a half teaspoon I'ul of dried mixed thyme and 

 marjoram ; take two eggs, beat them all up together, add 

 a teaspoonful of melted butter, mis all thoroughly, and 

 fill the iish with it : wind the fish with a strip of cloth 

 half an inch in width, and of sufficient length to hold 

 it in the pan, but not so tight as to spoil its shape ; bake 

 in a moderate oven one hour and thirty minutes. — Def- 

 orest, 



Milk SatIGE for Fish.— One and a half pints of milk, 

 two tablespoonsful of flour, one half of butter, one half 

 of a small onion, two sprigs of parsley, one heaping tea- 

 spoonful of salt, a speck of pepper. Put a pint of milk 

 on to boil with the onion and parsley : mix the onion to 

 a smooth paste with part of the half pint of milk. Then 

 add the rest to make it thin, and when tho milk boils 

 stir this into it. Let it boil ten niinutss longer, then add 

 butter anS salt, and strain, —Manual of Cookery, 



Roast DUCK. — Select the finest pair of ducks from the 

 game hag; dispose of tho feathers as suits your conve- 

 nience or inclination ; put the ducks for a few minutes 

 into boiling water to loosen the skin, which must be 

 peeled entirely oil' in order to be tender. Wash them 

 thoroughly inside, and wipe the outside with a dry cloth. 

 Now put an onion and apiece of salt butter, equal to it 

 in bulk, inside each bird ; tie a piece of buttered paper 

 or a slice of bacon over it last half an hour, 



basting frequently with melted butter. Ten minutes 

 before thev are done, remove the paper or bacon and 

 sprinkle the fowl freely with salt. Garnish with thin 

 Slices of broiled bacon, rolled up. 



Bread Sauce for Game,— Two cups of milk, one cup 

 of dried bread-crumbs, one quarter of an onion, two 

 tablespoonsful of butter, salt and pepper. Dry the bread 

 in a warm oven, and then roll out into coarse crumbs. 

 Now sift them and the fine crumbs which come through 

 the sieve, and which make one third of a cupful. Put 

 on to boil with the milk and onion ; boil ten minutes, 

 then add one tablespoonful of butter and seasoning. 

 Skim put the onion. Fry the coarse crumbs a light, crisp 

 brown in one tablespoonful of butter, which must be 

 very hot before the crumbs are added. Stir over a hot 

 fixe for; two Ig careful not to burn. Cover 



the breasts of the roasted fowl, and serve with it. — Mau- 

 no! of Cookery. 



goodness. 

 The honor of a house is hospitality. 1 he ornament of a 

 house is cleanliness. The happiness of a house is con- 

 tentment." In remembrance of these, keep your houso 

 and do' not let your house keep Rkbecca, 



