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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[APRIL 15, 1880. 



scores ot ten shots each. The inch ring and Creedmoor targets 

 were used ; distance 200 yards;— 



E. C. H, 



C. 



Tnlals 



V.'i -J-l 

 171-M 



1B5 — OJ 



16t-F8 



ia2-.su 

 110— 



G.F Ellsworth-- 8a 



F. B. Nichols 96 



n.s.ricrc* m 



S. Hildrlth... 80 



J.N. Dodge 80 



Chester Hl»ds .- 84 



William Austin 81 



C. Shumway 43 



Ncu> Bedford, April 8th— The New Bedford Rifle Association had 

 a meet to-day. the attendance being the largest of tbe season. 

 The weather conditions were good, aa far as light and n beautiful 

 day were concerned ; but the wiud was on a perfect rampage, and 

 "old Boreas" beat the best marksmen that assembled at Bay View. 

 Forty-three out of a possible Bfty was the largest score attained, 

 and the magpie and blackbird were often shown, and even the 

 old goose came in for a share of the spoils, as the summary indi- 

 cates. The conditions were 200 yards, off-handed, ten rounds :— 



F. A. Brad ford i , 



T. A. Smith 5 3 



T.E.AUuy 4 4. 



Ge-rge K. Stetson.. 4 4 



' Mi-, i- i'] <:, ., . :; 



George W. Parker 4 4 



D. D. Briggs 4 4 



H. P. Richmond 4 3 



S. Kggera ....4 i 



Charles Bartel 3 4 



R.M.Ashley 4 4 



Clifford Baylies 5 4 



W. K.Cunningham 3 4 



Charles A. Gray 4 4 



A.E.Smith 4 3 



4 4 5 4 13 

 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5-42 

 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4—41 

 6-41 



4 -40 



4-40 



.i-3ii 



:;-:::> 



_ 4-38 



3 3— 3S 



3 5-37 



3 4—37 



3 3-35 



3 3-35 



4 3-30 



4 4 3 5 4 4 4 



5 3 4 4 4 5 4 

 4 5 5 4 4 3 3 



4 8 5 3 4 4 4 



5 4 3 3 4 5 



3 8 4 4 4 4 



4 5 3 4 4 6 

 4 4 3 4 3 3 



4 4 4 3 4 2 



6 4 4 2 3 4 



5 4 3 4 2 3 



3 3 



SprinojUeld, April 8th.- Rod and Gun Rifle Club fifth competition 

 In subscription match to-day scores made— high northwest wind ; 

 200 yards; off-hand; possible 60:— 



L.H.Mayolt 5 5 4545555 4-47 



W. H. Chapin 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 5-46 



S. S. Butnstead 5 54445556 4—16 



Dr. Young 4665644 5 5 4-46 



J.H.Dedeick 4 45445545 5—45 



J. Mathewson 54445545 5 4—45 



J.I.Wilson 4 5 5454546 4—45 



W. Arms 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 4-45 



0. J. Kneil 4 44464455 5-44 



S. H.Barrett 6 44454454 4-43 



J.Lowis... 6 54444454 4-43 



C.Smith 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5-42 



C. Van Vlack 4 44444444 5-41 



Bridgeport Rifle CL0n.-Bruiaf.port, Conn., .April 10th.— The 

 regular semi-monthly shoot of the Bridgeport Rifle Club was 

 held at Seaside Range, Friday, April 9th, heavy 3 o'clock wind 

 blowing all the afternoon. The following scores were made :— 

 e Match, 200 yards ; re-ontrie3 : 



A. C. White 4 544 44 4—29 



F. S. Stevens. ... 5 4 4 4 4 4 4-29 



It. S. Bassett 5 4 5 3 4 4 4—29 



S. H. Hubbard.. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4-21 



John Slatcher.. 4 4 5 4 3 4 4-23 



5 4 5 



4—43 

 4-43 

 3-43 

 4—41 

 —40 

 4-39 

 4-39 

 4—37 

 4-30 



4-42 

 4—41 

 3-38 

 4-31 



D. K. Marsh .... 4 4 5 5 4 4 5-31 

 S. V. Nichols. ... 4 4 4 4 4 5 5-30 

 I). N. Cougar. ..445553 4— <M 



C. E. Beers 4 4 4 4 4 5 3-29 



H. Carstesen ... 4 4 4 4 5 4 4-29 



200 yards ; rifle ; no re-entries :— 



R. 8. Baasott 4 



T). R. Marsh 4 



8. n. Hubbard... 5 _ 



JohnSlateher 5 5 4 



D. N. Congar 4 4 4 



A.C.White 4 4 4 



C.E. Beers 4 4 S 



B.V.Nichols 3 4 i 



F.8.8tevon 4 3 4 



Reoord Matoh, 200 yards, no re-entries :— 



S.V.Nichols .4 4 4 



n.K. Marsh 4 4 4 



D.N. Congar 5 4 i 



J.Slatoher.. 8 0S 



Mrs. John Slatcher then made 10 shots with her husband's rifle 

 —455344554 3-42. 



Regular shoots of the olub are on the first and third Fridays of 

 each month. The annual election of ofilcers was held April 2d at 

 the office of Judge A. B. BeerB, with the following result — 



President, Philo M. Beers; Vice President, F. S. Stevens; 

 Secretary and Treasurer, R. S. Bassett. Executive Committee : 

 Geo. E. Botsford, Daniel E. Marsh, Harry Nichols, John Slatcher 

 and S. G Kingman. Shooting Master, John Slatcher. We shall 

 probably have some mid and long range shooting at our next 

 meeting. R. S. B. 



CoMnsvtttc, April 1th,— Canton Rod and Gun Club ; practice 

 meeting at 200 yards ; off hand ; 3 pound pull. Heavy north wind : 



Maw. Creed. 

 J. Laubenstein . ... 9 12 8 12 10 12 10 9 11 11-104 45 



O.B.Hull 12 11 8 8 10 10 11 11 9 9—99 44 



J.Ptister 10 9 7 7 8 6 7 C 7— 73 37 



Creedmoor, .April 3d. — The opening day at Creedmoor was a 

 dull and dismal one enough. The marksmen went down with 

 a Btorm impending, and before the opening shot had been Bred at 

 100 yards by Mr. D. Banks, with its answering bull's-eye disk, the 

 rain was pouring down. The match was carried through, how- 

 ever, the wind and rain conspiring to make the shooting more and 

 irwdiffieult as the men fell back to the longer off-hand ranges- 

 The series stood :— 



200 Yards. 



4 5 5 5 5—24 



5 4 5 5 4—23 

 5 4 4 4 5—22 



4 5 4 4 5-22 



5 4 4 5 5-23 

 4 4 4 5 4-21 



4 4 4 5 4—21 



5 5 4 5 4—23 



4 4 4 5 5—22 



5 4 3 4 5—20 

 4 4 5 3 5-21 



100 rnrds. 



C.J. Faleo 5 4 6 5 5-24 



W. M. Farrow... 5 5 5 5 5-25 



T.Fitz. 4 4 5 5 5—23 



H. Fisher 5 5 4 5 4-23 



A.H.Cobb 5 4 45 4-22 



J. H. Brown. ...4 5 4 4 4—21 



D. Banks 5 5 4 4 4-23 



J.W.Todd 445 3 4-20 



D. F. Davids... 5 5 4 5 5-24 



R. Simpson 5 4 54 4-33 



F.H.Holton. ..45 455-23 



F. Alder —24 



F. J. Donaldson. —24 



J.C. Mallory... -«9 



300 Fords. 

 5 4 4 4 3-20 



2 4 4 4 4—18 

 4 4 4 3 5—20 

 4 3 3 4 4—18 



3 2 5 3 5-18 



3 4 5 5 3-20 



4 3 4 4 4-19 



5 3 4 3 4—19 

 4 5 3 4-16 

 4 4 3 5 3—19 

 3 4 4 3 2-16 



—15 

 -11 

 —13 



T»tnl 



59 

 56 

 55 

 G. J. Seabury, 23. 17, 17-50; T. J. Dolan. 20, 18,15-53: C.E. 



Tayntor, 22, 19, 14-55; J. L. Paulding, 25, 17, 13-55 ; L. Cass. 18, 13, 



14-45; T.G.Williamson, 22,12,14-16; A. M. Miller. 22, 18,4-44. 



Donaldson, Mallery, Dolan, Cass and Miller were allowed three 



points each lorusing nii/itary rifles. 



April 7th..— Two matches were shot at Creedmoor to-day, but 

 owing to the cold and the westerly gale they failed to develop any 

 great interest, either through the number of competitoi-s or 

 merit of the soores. The first was the Ballard Rifle Match, at 100 

 and 200 yards, for a rifle worth $60. It was won by Mr. D. Banks, 

 with a total of 63 out of the possible 70 points. The Remington 

 Rifle Match, at 201 yards, for a Remington Creedmoor rifle, was 

 won by Mr. J. H. Brown, with 42 out of the possible 50 points. 



AprS 10th.— Thefirst long range matoh of theseason was opened 

 at Creedmoor to-day with the Remington Shot Gun Match at 8''0, 

 900 and 1,000 yards. F. H. Holton, with a total score of 192, was 

 the winner. The Off-hand Individual contest at the short ranges 

 —100, 200 and 300 yards— attracted attention. A. H. Cobb (75 points) 

 was the leader in the score. 



New York Amateur Rlitle OLtin.— Tbe eighih annual meet 

 ing was held at the Seventh Regiment Armory, April 0th, Presi- 

 dent R. H. Keene in the chair. The following officers were chosen 

 for the new year :— President, 11. H. Keene Secretary, Joseph 

 Holland; Treasurer, A. Alford; Executive Committee, G. L. 



Morse, John n. Bird, ,T. P. Waters, Gen. <!. W. Wingate and C. W. 

 Minor. Notice was given of the invitation rrom the Irish Rifle 

 Association, and Major Fulton was authorized to represent the 

 club In the N. R. A. meetings to forward the match Tbe finan- 

 cial affairs of the club are in excellent condition, while the roll cf 

 membership is on the Increase. A programme of elubmatcnes 

 will be fpsued for the present season within the next few days. 



Stockton Range- Camden, N, J- April 10th.— The opening 

 matches at the Stockton Rifle Range took place to-day. The in- 

 ter-State military contest, loiims of ten men, distance 200 and 500 

 yards, was won by the Seventh Regiment, N. J. 8. M., with a score 

 of 385 against 371 mado by the Sixth Regiment, same State. W 

 Stevens won the Sharps Match, for military rifles, 200 yards dis- 

 tance, and Geoige Fox was the winner of the cartridge prize, dis- 

 tance 200 yards. The following are the newly elected officers of 

 the association :— President, Gen. E. Burd Grubb ; Vice-President, 

 T. P. Baldwin; Secretary, John S. Lee; Treasurer, Major Wm. 

 M. Palmer; Ex-Ofnclo Officers, Gen. Gersham Mott, Gen. Lewis 

 Perrine, Gen. William S. Strykerand Gen. William H. Sterling; 

 Directors, Gen. E. B. Grubb. T. B. Baldwin, Col. D. B. Murphy. 

 Col. Daniel Lodor, Gen. William. J. Scwell, Major William M- 

 Palmer, Capt, E. D. French, Capt. George Wood, Capt. Joseph 

 Burroughs, John S. Lee. John. W. Hoffman, Alexander M. Van 

 Rensselaer, George Polls and C. F. Arnold. 



Washington, D. C. April 10th,— The Columbia Rifle Association 

 inaugurated a series o2 five weekly long range matches to-day. 

 Fivemen faced the butts, all thoroughly rusty from theirwinter's 

 rest, as practice has been completely stopped by the savage 

 weather of the past three months, during which time only one 

 match was shot, in mid February, with poor results. The opening 

 day was un-spring-lilce, and worthy the windiest Ides of March. 

 The air was full of driving dust clouds from the neighboring 

 fields of sand and stubble, and Benning's Race Course lent more 

 than Its share to the sand storm. A reasonably constant gale 

 blew acros- the range with a force of from six to ten points of 

 windage, and the sky was clear until the firing was begun at the 

 last stage. The match was called at 3 o'clock with only five 

 entries, the contestants being Co). Burnslde, Dr. Scott, Mr. Laird, 

 Mr. Lauritzen and Lieut. Hubbard, of the Artillery, the lnst a new 

 man. Three of these, somewhat to their surprise, in view of tbe 

 unpromising day, got above 200. In detail the shooting was marked 



Ith the vicissitudes natural to bull's eye hunting in a dust 

 storm. At 800 yards the leading shots pulled well together, 

 quitting the bull's optle only six times among them. Dr. Scott's 

 tally was the. best at this range, with eleven conseeutivo bulls at 

 the el*se, footing up 73. Col. Burnslde tied htm on the 

 total, while Mr. Laird came up smiling with 72 to his credit, but 

 with an unlucky magpie at the end of the string. Nine hundred 

 yards saw a falling off for all but the Colonel, who rolled up 71. 

 Dr. Scott began badly with a blaok cross and five red birds, but 

 nine bulls at the finish gave him a good 68. Mr. Laird had a miss, 

 doe to a completely ruptured shell, the fragments of which stuck 

 In the chamber of his rifle and threatened to throw him out of the 

 match, but he only dropped one point on his last ten shots. At 

 1,000 yards the magpie's ominous feathers fluttered frequently 

 across the face of the targets, but with the increasing wind the 

 leading men were lucky not to see the black bird even once. Col. 

 Burnslde won the match and the subscription entries with a 

 handsome 211, a happy aggregate for a blustering day ;— 

 I 800-5 556554 5 5455 5 6 5—73) 

 Col. Burnslde^ 900-4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 5-71 V 211 

 (loro-a 5 3555354 5 5554 5-671 

 i 800—5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5-73 1 



Dr.Bcott < 900-3 444445655 5 555 6-68J-206 



llOOO— 4 35454 5 34 3 55 5 5 5-65 \ 

 800-5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 3-72 

 Mr. Laird.... ■< 900—4 5 a 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 S-65^201 

 U000-4 5463555333554 5-04 \ 



O Bio— Cincinnati, March 20th.— Score made by the Cincinnat 

 Shooting and Fishing Club, in the eleventh competition for the 

 Baker medal; distance 200 yards; position off-hand; 15 shots at 

 Massaohusetts-Creeomoor targets:— 



Mom. Creed. 

 J. R. Weston.... 6 10 10 11 8 12 10 10 10 12 13 11 10 10 7-149 61 



Bennett R 10 10 9 11 6 1)10 1111 8 7 9 12—142 64 



O. Topp 12 11 6 10 9 8 9 1110 10 10)0 8 9 8—141 02 



G. Hensen 9 10 10 10 11 It 10 H 7 6 1111 9 9 6-141 63 



Doughman ....10 9 10 10 7 10 8 10 1111 8 10 9 8 9-140 62 



L. Fender 11 10 T 8 8 6 10 10)3)110 5 9 8 9—139 63 



M. Glndelin 9 1113 12 8 11 3 1" G 8 1112 6 11-133 63 



A. Koehler 10 10 8 7 9 9 7)110 10 10 8 (1 7 11—136 62 



W.Hall S 11 10 89747 )1 88799 5— )2l 60 



A. C. Toeppert.. 2 4 6 9 6 10 9 11 10 8 9 10 8 7 9-118 66 



Cincinnati, April 3d.— The following is the score in the twelfth 

 competition for the Baker medal. Mr. Weston, tho holder of the 

 medal, struggled hard to retain it, but Glndelin carried it. off by 

 placing to his credit the fine score of 160 points Massachusetts, or 

 71 out of a possible 75 Creedmoor. Additional interest centered 

 in the fact that Weston had to win it but once more to retain it ; 

 distance, ;200 yards ; position, off-hand ; 15 shots :— 



Mase. Creed. 

 M. Gindelin.... 11 10 13 9 11 9 1112 11)1111113 7 13 Kill 71 

 J. K. Weston... 12 13 6 11 )0 in 10 12 in 10 10 9 10 10 1 >— isa 63 

 M. Doughman. 9 11 9 111112 10 ft 10 S 8 10 1(11110—150 65 

 R. Hensor, ...,10 8 7 9 12 9 8 110110 9 10 1112 12—148 95 

 W. Caldwell... 10 10 ] I 9 10 10 10 8 10 11 9 10 8 10 11-147 63 



Jos. Dann 8 8 9)1)0 8)1 9)0 9 )) )0 11 )1 8-144 65 



L. Fender 12 8 9 8 10 11 9 10 1) ]0 )0 9 8 9—143 63 



O. Topf. )) 12 12 9 6 9 10 3)0 11 9 5 3 10 9-131 61 



Bennett 10 8 10 8 8 8 1111111111 6 8 8-129 60 



II. Stickles 9 4 9 8 7 11 7 12 10 6 9 10 8 13 7-]29 61 



W.Hall 10 9 12 8680 11 7 11 987 7 11-124 59 



PUBLISHERS DEPARTMENT. 



Rochester Still Ahead— A First Prize Taken at the 

 World's Fair by a Rochester Firm — The World's Fair 

 of 1879 was held at Sydney, New South Wales, the prin- 

 cipal city of Australia. Exhibits were there frorn all 

 parts of the world, Including those from the largest and 

 best known cigarette and tobacco manufacturers. Not- 

 withstanding the many varieties of German, Russian, 

 French, English and American cigarettes and tobaocos on 

 exibition, the display of cigarettes. Vanity Fair tobacco, 

 etc., made by W, S. Kimball & Co., of this city, was 

 awarded the first prize by the commissioners. A cable- 

 gram from Sydney yesterday announced this fact. This 

 is a triumph for Rochester and its manufacturing indus- 

 tries. Six first prizes have heretofore been won by 

 Kimball & Co., at great exhibitions, this making the sev- 

 enth. — Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. — [Adv. 

 » 



— See Messrs. Gibbs & Howard's advertisement of 

 Anti-Rust. It is claimed to be a sure preventive of 

 rust on all metal surfaces. Give it a trial.— [Adv, 



Washtngtox. D. C, 409 M street, Jan. 16*ft, 1880. 



H. H. Warner & Co,— Dear Sir ;— 1 write to say that 

 after having taken your Safe Pillis, and finding them all 

 that is claimed for them in your circular, I cheerfully 

 recommend them as the best pills in the market. 



—Adv. Joseph Psather, 



Jachting and f^iWoritifl, 



YACHTING NEWS. 



The Hebrkshoff System.— By invitation of the builder?, we 

 recently had the pleasure of a trip on board tho steam yacht 

 Leila, belonging to Mr. Graham, of Baltimore. The Leila, a cut 

 of which appeared in our columns a short time ago, 1s 100ft. long, 

 15(ft. beam and 5ft. 9in. hold. Her model is something to look at j 

 for beauty, knife-like entrance and run, we have never seen any- 

 thing like it. She has the Herreshoff stamp all over, not. only in 

 the incomparable fashioning of hull, but in everything, down to 

 the very fittings, anchors and chains. In all there is evident an 

 independence of thought and an intuitive genius of the most 

 striking kind. The n*rreshcffs do not stop half-way; they do 

 not seek simply to improve some ancient arrangement, but toss 

 it aside and begin de nova for themselves and with commendable 

 results, which, wo must confess, justify what in most others 

 ■ould be assumption and Bure to end in failure. The engines and 

 bollerof the Leila are similar to those Illustrated in this journal, 

 and are a marvel of lightness and elegance. To such an extent 

 has useless metal teen shaved away, that tho eye, accustomed to 

 the ord.nary run of machinery, seems at first sight to detect a 

 decided deficiency of material in their structure, yet practical ex- 

 perience with the engines is answer enough that something more 

 than mere saving was kept in viaw, and that the metal has been 

 so well proportioned to tbe strains it has to bear that tbey per- 

 form as well as any other, and are thoroughly reliable for I he 

 work intended. Although compound and supplied with inde- 

 pendent cut-offs, they are simple In their working parts, and we 

 question whether there Is a better vertical engine in the market 

 to-day. It may be of interest to note what the owner has to say 

 of his experience with them :— " The Leila was in constant use 

 from Oct. 5th to Dec. 5th, making trips down the Chesapeake of 

 ten days at a time; during this period everything worked well, 

 and we estimate that she Is safe and reliable and H a good sea 

 boat. This is the third boat the Ilerreshoffs have li tit fur mo, 

 each larger than the preceding one." But we will noi weary the 

 reader with indorsements and testimonials we have I eforo us 

 concerning the Herreshoff coil and engine. Our object is to pre- 

 senttothopublicanAmorioau invention upon its merits, n Inven- 

 tion which, to America's shame be it said, is to-day bettc appre- 

 ciated abroad, even in far off Russia and Turkey, than it i in the 

 and of Its birth. 



New York Yacht Club.— The annual dinner of the club toot 

 place April 8th, at Oelmonico's.and was well attended, 150 covers 

 being laid. After the banquet, which was an elegant affair, 

 speeohes were In order, and a brilliant season predicted. Com. 

 Kane expressed the hope that fifty yachts would meet Cor the 

 annual cruise lu AugitBt. 



Royal Canadian Yacht Ci.on.-The annual ball of this club 

 came off March 31st at the Grand Opera House, Toronto, and was 

 a complete success, over 250 couples being present. The supper- 

 room was thrown open at midnight, and ample justice was done 

 to the good things set out by tbe club. 



Newport Casjno Company.— The followers offic-is have been 

 elected for the year:— President, August Belmont; Vice-Presi- 

 dent, William R. Travers ; Treasurer, John N. A.Gri wold, Gov- 

 ernors, August Belmont, Wm. R. Travers, John N. A. OriMvold, 

 Royal Phelps, Levi P. Morton, C C. Baldwin, Henry S. Fearing, 

 TJavld King, Jr., Pierre r.orlllard, James Gordon Bennett, Houry 

 Ledyard, T. F. dishing, Hollia Hunneweil, Fairman Rogers, F. 

 W. Stevens and George R. Fearing. 



Knickerbocker Yacht Club.— Tho annual election of officers 

 of the Knickerbocker Yacht Club, for IffO, was hold April 0th 

 The following gentlemen were elected:— Commodore, Wm. 

 Carter; Vice-Commodore, W. A. Stewart; Secretary, Alfred 

 Varian; Treasurer, Wm. Potter, Jr.; Measurer, Chas. Baker; 

 Steward, Geo. Dennerleln ; Board of Directors :-A. Is. Miller, D. 

 F. Caughlan, F. Fitzpatriuk, J. I.. Wells and W. loner. Jr. Tho 

 club will open the j-aehting sea-on with a regatta on Haj 3ist, 

 starting from the club house at the foot of One Hundred and 

 Thirty-second 6treet, Best River, Port Morris. We have fifty 

 members, and own three cabin yachts, one catamaran and n,ne 

 open yachts. Knickerbocker. 



Osttkosh Yacht CLUB.— Editor Fdrbet and Stream :— the an- 

 nual meeting for the election of officers of tbe Oshkosh Yacht 

 Club was held April 5th. and resulted in tbe election of Hon. Geo, 

 W. Bushnell for Commodore; Vice- Commodore, Geo. F. Stroud ; 

 Secretary, Goo. M. Hasbrouck; Treasurer, Frank Hcilig ; Meas- 

 urer, S. P. Gary ; Fleet Captain, Capt. John Dlckeriuun, Regatta 

 Committee, Robert Brand, G. M. Hasbrouck and Adolph Yon 

 Kaas. By a unanimous vote of tbe club, we adopted the consti- 

 tution of the National Yachting Association, and the Secretary 

 was instructed to remit dues to said Association. The annual 

 cruise question came up, but was passed for future considera- 

 tion. A resolution was passed to cooperate with the othei clubs 

 of the Lake in getting up a scries of regattas lasting three days 

 and offering prizes sufficiently large to Interest outside competi- 

 tion. 



A number of yachts are expected here from Chicago, cruising, 

 including Com. Mucger's sloop Cora. 



A very enthusiastic spirit pervaded the meeting, and a goodly 

 balance in the treasury puts the olub in a very flourishing condi- 

 tion. C. C. M. 



Washington Village Yacht Clcb.— Officers elected for I he 

 year: Commodore. J. W. Mansfield; Vice-Commodore, F. A 

 Daniels; Fleet Captain, E. Lanning; Secretary and Treasurer, J. 

 Grose, Jr.; Regatta Committee, J. R. Lanning, F. H. Lincoln, J' 

 R. Murray and J. G. Stewart. Regattas will be held June SSih" 

 Sept. 11th, Aug. Hth, und Oct. 9th. 



Another Venture.— The repeated failures of steam cata. 

 marans do not seem to have deterred others from falling victims 

 to the enticement of high speed, if we are to believe the press 

 dispatches of late, which report Com. Voorhis a3 expecting great 

 speed from the iron catamaran ho Is now building at. Nyaek- on- 

 the-Hudson. This novel affair will be 200ft. long, and consists of 

 two oigar-shaped hulls, eaoh 5}f t. diameter and spread 9ft. opart. ] 

 The midship portion is of No. 8 iron, weighing Tibs, per square 

 foot, and the ends of lighter sheets ojlbs. per square foot. ffiU$ 

 huU will have four bulkheads as stiffeners. She is to be decked 

 over for 125ft., and saloons are to be built on top. The wheel is 

 8ft. diameter, located about twenty feet abaft midships ; dip of 

 blades, 2tt. Bin., and It is Intended to make 525 turns per minute! 

 That is, the mechanics of tile daily press info: in us to that, extent. 

 Buckets of 2ft. Sin. dip and 335 turns reads very much like a faiiy 

 talc. HerresboQ's are furnishing the boiler, but are in no wise re- 

 sponsible for the undertaking, and small blame to Ujem 

 I efuse to shoulder the results, which are n foregone Oi 

 I Iheboiler is of Uieeo.l type, 102in. diameter, same height, 750ft. 



