FOREST AND STREAM 
977 
Z=J TRIED AND FOUND WANTING. 
W 'tor Forest and Stream 
1' A your last week’s edition you speak of the recent experiments 
t Mr. Froude, whioli demonstrate that the density of water at 
Say twenty feet is nn greater than at say five feet. If this is so, 
'it is certainly an important point in favor of deep-draught, yachts, 
and I should he glad if yon can refer me to any document or hook 
where I can gain any Information on this subject. I have been 
many years engaged in yachtsailing, and having tried catboats 
and centre-board sloop yachts of the prevailing flat-iron type 
I have for some time past oome to the conclusion that such boats, 
are just fit for mill-pond sailing, and nothing else. At any rate 
I am discharged “ cured" from that hospital, and am now having 
built a keel yacht, say 25 feet water-line, 28t over all, and 5 feet 
draft, u cutter rig,” B feet beam. On this question of draft I 
have hod long discussions with my builder, who holds to the opin¬ 
ion that “the deeper the draft the more resistance," and it is 
only by hard work that I have been able to induce him to Increase 
the draft and lessen the beam. Without knowing anything of 
Mr. Froude’s experiments, I had some months ago rejected the 
prevailing opinion on that point, and shall he glad to have them 
corroborated. There remains one point which I have often dis¬ 
cussed, i. »„ iron on Ike keel. I stipulated for 1,500 pounds at least 
on the keel, but influenced by my builder's arguments bave re¬ 
duced the weight to 1,000 pounds, he claiming that while the 
extra 600 pounds would undoubtedly make the boat stiller and 
enable her to carry more Eatl, still that she would not be so oasy, 
would not " lift” so well In rough water. What have you to say 
on this point? Moqadobe. 
As we propose during the winter to cover the whole 
ground of yacht design in a series of popular papers, our 
correspondent’s patience must be taxed a while longer. 
For the present he is informed that, draft of itself is not 
a factor of resistance at all, though it is commonly sup¬ 
posed to be such by popular acclamation, and in conse¬ 
quence of the erroneous teachings of the “ old school ” 
whose creed has been upset by more modem practical 
and theoretical investigations as yet little understood or 
appreciated on this side of the Atlantic. Resistance is 
due to '“wave making”—traceable to form — to “fric¬ 
tion” of wet skin and water and to "eddy resistance,” 
this latter an item of no consequence in yachts with sharp 
cut-waters and chamfered stern-posts. Give your boat, 
therefore, all the draft you want, limit her wet surface 
by cutting away forefoot, and if necessary by raking the 
post; give her plenty of drag, so as to get the most effect 
out of the remaining longitudinal section by taking hold 
of fresh, solid water as the boat moves along; and give 
to the hull such form that no waste of power will take 
place in creating useless waves. 
Concerning weight in keel, it is a bugbear and popular 
delusion to suppose that it interferes with “lifting” if 
you confine the weight as much amidships as possible. 
On the contrary, stretch your ballast fore and aft inside, 
and you do more to prevent “ lifting” than by putting it 
in a solid lump on the keel, for the horizontal leverage 
of the ballast is greater when stowed inside. The five- 
ton cutter Yolanda is as dry a boat as ever floated, and 
she carries four and a half tons of lead on her keel in 
30 per cent, of her length, and not an ounce of ballast in¬ 
side, except 300 pounds nsed for trimming. The “ swing" 
of ballast on keel is not near as hurtful in a seaway as 
the long, horizontal leverage of inside pig. Draw a dia¬ 
gram and prove it to your own satisfaction. You will 
find Froude’s experiments in the “ Transactions Institute 
Naval Architects,” in White’s “ Manual,” and we believe 
in Kemp’s “Yacht Design,” also in several numbers of 
“ Naval Science" — no longer published. Inquire of im¬ 
porters of English books. 
crotchets about cabin fittings, etc. Ten to one they would 
find that the blame, if there be any, rests witli the owner, 
who, with a liberal amount of arrogance, generally as¬ 
sumes to know more than experts, .and in his self-com¬ 
placency orders beams secured without knees or knee- 
plates “because they don’t look nice m the cabin,” and 
compels the builders to model and work in opposition to 
their experience and convictions. More than one failure 
has been laid to the doors of experts which should have 
been charged to the caprices of novices who may not 
know a jib hank from a tar pot. 
Columbia Yacht Club. —The annual ball of this club 
takes place Friday evening, Jan. 30th, at Lyric Hall, 
Sixth avenue. We acknowledge receipt of complimen¬ 
tary invitation. 
Union B. C.—The second annual reception of the U. B. 
C. takes place January 13th, at Lexington Avenue Opera 
House, Third aveuue and Fifty-eighth street. A very plea¬ 
sant time is anticipated by the many friends of the organi¬ 
zation. 
Deferred. —Much matter is necessarily deferred this 
eek owing to the publication of our annual List of 
Races. _ 
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AVERAGES FOR 1879. 
COLUMBIA CRICKET CLUB, OF HOBOKEN, N. J. 
This young organization played five games, of which 
one was won and four lost. The following is from the 
official report:— . 
BUMMAKY OF MATCHES. 
First Second 
Date and Place. Sides. Innings. Innings. Total 
Won by 7 wickets. 
June IB, at Prospect ( Columbia. 51 
Park. ! Manhattan (2d)... 72 
Lost by 23 runs. 
July 5, at Staten Island-J sraten'lshmd '(2dVu03 
Lost by 108 runs. 
August 7, at Hoboken. | 88 
Lost by 1 run. 
October 2, at Hoboken, j ^“orle's (2dj! .101 
Lost by 68 runs. 
BATTING AVERAGES. 
3T 
82 
S 8 
John Mlnturn. 3 
James Peyton. 4 
J. F. Gregory . 4 
F. M. ITausllng... . 2 
J. Cuddihy. 4 
M. F. Minturn . 1 
R. J. Davis.... 5 
W. B. Giles.8 
Chas. Sullivan. 5 
•las. Fitzpatrick. 3 
R. Sullivan.2 
Win. Walsh. 4 
J. Moll ale. » 
R. Letts. 1 
J. J. Grcnny. 1 
R. Mooney. 4 
X. Hicks. 1 
•Notout. 
60 *20 28 
if 
i* 
s 
BOWLING AVERAGES. 
Beverly Yacht Club.— Editor Forest and Stream : 
—I must take exceptions to one of “Rouge Croix’s” 
statements in the last Forest and Stream. Under date 
of July 4th, he saya, “four yachts disabled and one cap¬ 
sized, was the record of the Beverly Yacht Club racing." 
The fact is.Sfifteen yachts started, and none capsized. By 
making this correction you will oblige, 
W. Lloyd Jeffries, Com. B, Y. O', 
Boston, Dec. 27 th, 1879. 
The Cape May Race.— Editor Forest and Stream :— 
Permit me to correct a statement in your last issue re¬ 
garding the Blanche in the Cape May race. The Blanche 
was entirely re-sparred, re-rigged, and had a new suit of 
sails, and was only put in the water the day before the 
race. We were not prepared for the extra strain conse¬ 
quent upon a one-third larger rig, and when at a critical 
moment in a heavy sea the bob stay gave way, it was de¬ 
cided to put before the wind and make for home. It 
must be remembered that the Blanche had no chance of 
winning ; that she only entered to make a race, and that 
she was within a mile of the lightship wlisn the accident 
happened. She behaved admirably—reports to the con¬ 
trary notwithstanding—and was dry and comfortable. 
Chas. H. Grundy. 
It is well known that Mr. Grundy entered his Blanche 
to make up the list, and deserves this acknowledgement 
of his sportsmanlike spirit, especially considering the 
odds against him, no time being given by the larger 
vessels. 
The Henriette.— The accident to thi* steam-yacht, 
before noticed, has turned out to be due entirely to one 
of those flaws in the material which it is next to impos¬ 
sible to prevent in a shaft, and which develops only upon 
actual use. The shaft was seven inches diameter, which 
is ample for a vessel of her size. Before would-be critics 
launch out in senseless tirades against builders, in irre¬ 
sponsible sheets, they would do well to find out how 
much the builders and designers are responsible for and 
to what extent the owner interfered with his petty 
305 l'ls 12 25 
Names of Foreign Teams. 
.jrge _ — 
1 i s h Professional 
( Eleven. 
1E. Willshar's Eng- 
1 1 i 8 ti Professional 
( Elevon . 
J Gentlemen of Eng- 
1 land. 
Australian Eleven. 
I Richard Daft’s Eng-1 
I ) i s h Professional V 
Eleven. 
i Gentlemen of Ire- 
1 laud. 
Totals.. 
who are interested in athletic sports. A suitable space 
has been secured at Beacon Bark, where ample facilities 
will be afforded for cricket, base ball, foot ball, tennis, 
archery, and lacrosse, with a quarter-mile track for run¬ 
ning and walking, The grounds allotted to each of these 
sports have been prepared after the most approved fash¬ 
ion, and the members are provided with club rooms, 
sleeping, bathing, and dressing rooms, and lockers. The 
plan promises to accomplish very much for the develop¬ 
ment of amateur athletics and is a most happy acquisition 
to the Hub, The President is Mr. Henry D. Russell; the 
Secretary. Mr. Henry W. Lamb, 33 Federal street. 
—The Staten Island Cricket Club have made a skating 
rink of their ground, which reminds us of an old rustic 
epigram : — 
“ ’Tis felony in man or woman, 
To steal a goose from off a common ; 
But what must be that man’s excuse 
Who steals the common from the goose ? ” 
—It is not improbable that the Staten Island Cricket 
Club will make a tour through Canada and the West 
during the coming season. A good week’s cricket could 
be arranged as follows : Leaving New York on Satur¬ 
day, play in Toronto, Monday and Tuesday; Hamilton, 
Wednesday and Thursday; and Detroit, Friday and Sat¬ 
urday. It is about time an Eastern club returned the 
visit of the Western cricketers. The St. Louis, Detroit, 
and Hamilton clubs have been to New York and Phila¬ 
delphia, and as yet no Eastern club has gone West. 
— Mr. C. W. Millward, the energetic Secretary of the 
Onondaga Cricket Club, is corresponding with the sev¬ 
eral clubs in Central New York, with a view to establish¬ 
ing a “Central New York Cricket League.” The League 
to be comprised of the following clubs : Albany, Utica, 
Oswego, Oswego Falls, and Syracuse. Each club to play 
home and home matches, making a total of eight games 
for each club; the winner to hold the silver cup and 
pennant, awarded last season at the' Syracuse Tourna¬ 
ment, for one year. 
—Mr. W. G. Grace’s batting average for last season, 
in first-class matches, was 35.5. It was virtually the 
highest in England, although M. Riley claims 58.1, two 
innings played. Mr. Grace played in eighteen matches, 
including twenty-eight innings, scored 880 runs; top 
score, 133 ; contributed 16G in one match, and carried his 
bat threes time. The next highest were : W. F. Forbes, 
34.1 ; A. N. Hornby, 30.6; Hon, A. Lyttleton, 38.16 ; A. 
G, Steel, 27.13; Scotton, 27.4; Oscroft, 26.27; A. P. 
Lucas, 24.15; I. D. Walker, 23.16 ; Ulyett, 23.15 ; A. J. 
Webbe, 23.3 ; and H. Ross, 23.3, 
J. F. Gregory. 
J. Cuddihy. 
Y Peyton . i 148 76 4 10 i T.6 
W B Giles ... 8 85 32 1 4 8 8.1 
R Mooney... 1 54 25 1 * 2 S.l 
JM'mWm . 3 141 65 4 « 1 13.6 
K Sullivan. 1 78 66 0 4 0 14.0 
The Results of International Matches.—S ix for¬ 
eign teams have visited the United States and Canada ; 
they have played forty-nine matches, of which they have 
won forty, lost but one, and had eight drawn. The 
annexed table tells the story :— 
Watches 
Played . 
Against Side a 
of 22.-*. 
Against Odds 
Under S3. ... [ 
Against Sides 
of 11 . | 
n 
a 
5 
5 
0 
0 
5 
0 
0 
6 
6 
0 
0 
6 I 
0 
0 
8 
8 
0 
0 
7 
0 
1 
ft 
8 
Z 
i 
4 
0 
3 
11 
T 
3 
l 
8 
0 
3 
13 
0 
8 
5 
10 
n 
2 
49~ 
29 
13 
7 
40 
8 
* Won by the Philadelphia Elevon. 
Daft’s Eleven, in addition to the above, defeated a 
team of eighteen selected base-hall players. 
A scratch match was also played in 1879 between 
eleven, including seven of Lord Harris’ Australian team 
and an eleven of New York and Philadelphia players, 
which the foreigners won, 
Boston Athletics. —The Athletic Department of the 
Boston Driving and Athletic Association has been organ¬ 
ized by the union of a number of gentlemen of that city 
famens (jfeolMtm. 
REBECCA’S FISH STORY. 
“ If, la a picture, Piso, you should see, 
A handsome woman with a llsh’a tail, 
Or n man’s head upon a horse’s neck, 
Or limbs of beast, of the most different kinds, 
Covered with feathers of all sorts of birds ; 
Would yon not laugh, and think the painter mad?” 
W ERE I in San Francisco, in Bierstadt’s studio, on 
Russian Hill,with tlieinspired artist’s hand to guide 
the brush, I would not portray on canvas the sceno I am 
about to present in verse, as blank as plain prose. 
We will immediately repair to the great fishing grounds 
of North America, Puget Sound, Just at the hour, 
“when the sunbeams smite the water,” the Indian goes 
forth to spear his favorite salmon. You will discern on 
the little bay in front of metropolis Seattle, fifty canoes 
or more, no longer than a respectable baby’s cradle, each 
manned by a dusky figure with a weapon, A little to the 
left, and considerably in the background of these figures, 
is a larger boat manoeuvering, perhaps, rather clumsily ; 
and, until they round the point yonder, you will hardly 
discover its import. Hark ! “ Life on the Ocean Wave ” 
comes rippling in by every breeze; “Rocked in the Cra¬ 
dle of the Deep,” rolls along with the surges on the sand. 
’Tis a mystio moment. Four girls—a small part of the 
paraphernalia of a certain surveying party—and nothing 
more. Women are not always slow to catch an inspira¬ 
tion, so into the current they swing for a peep at the fun. 
At the most unconscious moment, thug! came a spear 
into the side of their boat. A glance revealed the fifty 
savages, with spears aslant, each poised in his boat for an 
attack. “ Great heavens! we are murdered ! ” cried Mary. 
‘ ‘ What shall we do ? ” gasped Anna. ‘ 1 John knew better 
than to leave us. I shall be dead the next time lie sees 
me," whined Belle. “To the oars and away!" said 
noble Kate. “ They don’t like our noise. Don’t you see 
we scare the fisli." One tremendous pull at the oars, and 
our girls are out of danger. Fearing to return home in 
range of the enemy, they must again round the point and 
make for the other port—and it is our business to follow. 
Port Ludlow owns the largest saw-mill in the world, 
and under its ample canopy our heroines thought to seek 
shelter for the night. To Bteer straight for the port would 
hardly do, for fear of encountering another hostile fish¬ 
ing party, consequently they decided to land a mile below 
the mill. It would be safer to feel their way among the 
logs on land than to take any more chances on the water, 
VVith exhausting efforts a landing was gained. Belle 
was the first to discover a cap, which she recognized as 
John's own. “ The boys are here ; they have lunched ou 
this very spot; here’s a cup, a knife, a tin can and Dick's 
great norseshoe magnet. O, girls, they will be in Seattle 
to-night, and we won’t be there. They will think we 
have been stolen. Oh, dear! oh, dear!" “Let’s shout 
halloo with all our might,” said Kate. “ They are not 
far off, perhaps ; they will hear us.” So shout after shout 
went forth into the wild forest from these poor girls. The 
majestic pines looked sorrowfully down on so much mis¬ 
ery and sighed and wailed tiie agony up—up even to tho 
top of Mount Rainier’s old bald head, for ought we know 
—out no beloved John answered. Kate was the first to 
speak. “Hush! I hear a voice,” Very near and in a 
clear, ringing tone came the word, “Kla-ha-yal” which 
