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FOREST AND STREAM. 



297 



-, nf the pretonsfonsof a class to a "practical'' under- 

 standing of the very simple-4 rudiments of the subject they swagger- 

 i ;s to be ;iui-1:.tk or. ''in- correspondent bud hotter rea.l 



., i I. i, ■ „, ' :. -i ,de"Vvhi>l Uodonir, T-.o o-s," :o..i - : 



-■It o. ln-1 r. ■• ....: .in-liii-d in holding ii]) t" scorn as an imposi- 



i... in. Dara-toc I :lap-trap palmed ofi upon toe public so long afl 



genuine ' 

 ln'ii.ition i 

 whore 00 

 upon an.v 



■:w 



Ehiyl 



STRAIGHTENED OUT. 



•ntsfo 



n the 



rith 



nf feclui 



people reason onlv a posteriori, after ti 

 facts, and not " /."-oi---. hy induction 

 Inhibited a Spirit SO b. mfsl and fair-min. 

 tecs, tluu ue will underfill.. 

 Seawaidialra races In n summary of 

 in the /IceiWl-w Monday, vermin v en 

 not appear to have been in its possess] 

 have lr.-.-n more decidedly in favor of 

 find no fault with the review, but tin 

 puswim ^. hio'ls to create wrong iinprvs 

 »•.- will now mice up for eoi 



'lie- HeruMsays . '-■-■ I 



Bedouin, and it is likely that in l.ivnkii 

 moo. What Ciiptaiu lingers meant bj 

 from him is one of those things that 

 sweretl. 1 ' 



This is the secret oi t lie second race, 

 evidences of hen,;.- tin- « inning boat, b 

 Iter I lie race. Tnat C( rtamiv in no |) 

 cutter. The first match she won out a 

 bouts, as tin- effect of t&e breakage I 

 been -ready overrated and used to ex] 

 ds. We qt ■ ••■cam from t 



-in -last i ace was over a curse froi 

 Wbistlinc hin.v. Godm-v's channel, the 

 and Once, going over the course lwi.-e. 

 wind being ahead to Whistling huoy, ana on I 

 after leaving the huoy, the lightship could just I.e t,- 

 was short and the title e-hh, giving the yachts that 

 which would show to most disadvantage the weak pi 

 boats. H. did make them bob a good deal, but not ei 

 them m dig the sea up wiih i heir bowsprits, as the ct 

 Compels the remark that, though the cutters hold oi 

 vol. wei, and the water line ou the jib and forcstnj 

 been four feet up from the bowsprit. On the nrst be 

 gained a little. In the windward work on the se 

 Grucic laid the Bedouin out, and the. Fauitn gained 

 Oriva. Before this time the Valkyr had gi 

 that she was not iu her usual form. *' 

 that Valkyr's centerboard was so bo 



s.iti- 



r Hook lightship 



ic first round, 

 ihed. The sea 

 kind of water 



ind i 





up. 



bonl the board. Repairs i 

 it. ami Hie yacht sentinel- 

 sound'.-, and the Orivu. in 

 'eulterV day, too, all llir. 

 ters did the best was b,-f,,i 

 In the lirst place the tlii 



as there wer dv twelve 



The sloops did not it is: th. 

 that those sticks are earrii 

 responsible for the cutter 

 the nobstay and add to th 

 not be confounded with si 

 dry boats may dip their bi 

 sooner than some other In 

 taking a little over the bov 

 Sending aft a blinding spr 

 lav Bedouin out at all. 



windward to I he 



ubi, ic ee of business, und had tilings her 



sail got across her forefoot ai-d 



teen minutes. This, and this onl; 



The race was lo»t by this a 



great lv in the cutter's favor. TI 



way of putting it. Valkyr's h< 



trine 

 , .. being evident 

 iubsequently ascertained 

 ii could net be hauled 

 touched on the rocks and 

 • strain was too much for 

 hand- 



londs. It v 

 , where the 



irk weathered :1m. -.i'ls. 



le short six mil- - to 

 Oracle u revnark- 

 i way until the jiblop- 



ived in that position torn 



the s 



ably would i 

 race. Then 

 boards draw 

 point. 



The tl.rahl further says: 

 I'm -loop Oracie has bee 

 view, bnl it is known that she- 

 She was beaten bv the Fan i 

 year. It may be said that t 



lent deal of humbug in 1 1 

 ater than keels. Valkyr's 



had no trouble in the 

 i claim that center- 

 -i.t is a case in 



i taken as the standard in this brief re- 

 is much behind her form of last year, 

 together this 



ud 



■ take tin 



B fair tea) 



>f type? Bin 

 of. The Gn 



best, or one of the best, sloops in the country, iu perfect 

 trim, an 

 match h 

 pt-ohabl 



iiedouih is a cruiser, deliberate] 



rigcul down lui't. from racing dimen-ious. s,ii],]i,.m. i ,racie nau souea 

 with a reef down, wlml would the lleruld have had lo say about HI 

 Vet that is precisely the relative condition the cutter Bedouin was iu, 

 with Lei- cruising rig lo nun eh the sloop's big racing canvas. As for 

 the r'nuny. she v.-idd ha>- been, out of the hunt in thftseaof the 

 first an. i third days. There certainly are faster cutters than Bedouin 

 in England. We should say Vanduara or Sntiinonn or their likes, on 

 the seal;! of Bedouin's tonnage, would show ten minutes faster over 

 a forty-mile coarse. The speed of those narrow racing nutters Is 

 We!! known compared to beamv boats, and any person In England 

 woulu as Boon thin!, of hying as of matching a four to four and a 

 halt' beam cruiser with a five l« five and a half beam racer. Hence 

 we may snt'oly conclude that a racing cutter by Harvey could beat 

 his own cruising yachts easily cuough. It took nothing but a raw 

 cruiser like Bedouin, only half in trim and condition, to take the 

 starch out of one of our fastest sloops What, then, would a really 

 fast racing cutter do with (trader That is the fair wav of putting it. 



I be Herald proceeds as follows-. 



-'rinse race;, were gotten up Lo decide the question of sloops versus 

 cullers: but Hie result is not satisfactory and th 

 ali< nis problem is as far off as ever. Ynchtsmei 

 ~iv t doep boats w * 



that dead to windward tbe.v cm 

 them, (jra'oie beat Bedouin ov< 

 h...- i. .-. .and l-anita gained 90 

 six fed longer on the water lint 

 open sea. Had the wind beeu l 

 been forced to reef, the cutters 

 their rig is heller for thai sortO 



t\ am is the best typed boal £gj 

 the American yachting season.' 



of the vex- 



had been told that 



id they .had been told 



•tiling I hat came against 



utes to windward 



i Orii 



l boat 



und tiiis dead lo 

 uch stronger, so thai the yachts hod 

 loublless would have wou, because 



•.voile. Itnt what the each ling public 

 tiie weather that is usually had in 



as a solution of tl 



Woidd the Hei 



were beaten by s 



anything? Whnl 



ost likely w 



nd, . 



cry II 



o th 



i-lloriK. the Heml.r* review maybe read with In- 

 ire. In well-meant fairness ii is much above the 

 r composition, though colored by local prejudices. 



WHAT BEDOUIN TEACHES. 



ri">HE Senwnnhaka Corinthian matches have established that, what- 



fnct cannot he disputed .' Practically the cutter Bedouin, despite the 

 heavy odds sin- was sailing under as a new and untried vessel with a 

 ciniscr's rig. her relative speed compared lo culb-rsef standard repu- 

 tatiou abroad still coinpletelv in doubt . must he conceded at least as 

 fast and weatherly as tne very pick among our fleet of sloops. This 

 leads to the following chapter, completely exposing, the fallacies so 

 long current among yacht builders and owners in this country: 



That fast boats must sail over the water, because the deeper you go 

 down the more resistance you find, lint Bedouin goes down "lljitl. 

 against the Oft. of her opponent. 



That the centerboard is a speedier and more weatherly eontrivauee 

 than the keel. But Bedouin had n very d.-ep keel and was as fast 

 and us weatherly as t he centerboard Oracle. 



That outside ballast is a iiiuderance and makes boats "logy " But 

 Bedouin had thirty-five tons of load on her keel and she was as lively 

 as her opponent without an ounce below the gnrboards. 



That light displacement can be more reudilv moved through the 

 water than a heavy weight, and that displacement is therefore the 

 chief factor of resistance. But Bedouin, displacing nearly one hun- 

 dred tons, was driven as fast a.; the Oracle, oispbicing sixty, and this 

 was accomplished with much less ar-nof sail. 



leeward less than the sloop. 



That two jibs are less affective than "nil the sail in one." But even 

 Clracie, owned and sailed by Americans as a representative American 

 sloop, knew better than to fall back upon her single jib even in the 

 light weather of the second and third-day's racing, nor would any- 

 one be rash enough to counsel betiding one big jib to the cutter. 



That narrow- boats were wetter than beamv sloops. But Bedouin 

 was as dry as a deacon iu the worst sea sin- "met, the most any critic 

 has brought against her being an occasional dipping of the bowsprit. 

 ahartmless diversion due to the manner in which that spar is shipped 

 in a cutter without the steeve to be found in the sloop. 



That cutters were 'gyrtUer*" in n sen and the sloop was steady, 

 yet the sloops in these races wont through more antics than the cut- 

 middle, prepared for lighi weather. By a spreading fore and aft 

 But Oiiva's own, i- having got her light weather trim to a pound did 



k-i v 



■ •Is 



S fill 



itters rolled sailing tree: iliose who saw Bedouin down wind 

 now know better. 



That thin keels are faster than witle keels. But Bedouin has a 

 keel so wide that it is to all intents and purposes a pari of the hull 

 and hardly to be viewed as an exterior appendage in relation to 

 shape, aud that wide keel did not prevent Bedouin from displaying 

 speed of ihc voi v higiiesl order. 



That lofty, narrow sails made up a more efficient sail plan than 

 sails of low noistand long head. ButtheBeaoufn differed iu this respect 

 from the Gracie, und no one has ventured to criticise the cut of nor 

 sails as wanting in light or in heavy w Indfi. 



That long galls swung off more than short gaffs. But the set of 

 Bedouiu's mainsail throughout these races proves just the contrary. 



That mainsails loose on the foot could not be stretched as dnt .'is 

 those laced to a boom. But Bedouin had not as much BS & stop 

 around the boom and the flatness of mainsail was in no wis-- no. i un- 

 to Ihat of the Oracle. 



ThatcottOT canvas was very much better material than hemp. 

 But Bedouin's canvas satisfied all hands without a thread of cotton 



That square-headed topsails, and big square-headed topsails at 

 that, could not tin carried as close to Che wind as our cringle-head- 

 ers. But since JIadge turned uwa.i from our sloops with her whack- 

 ing big square header we have learned to know our mistake, and 

 Bedouin need not be cited. 



That long topmast to house was a senseless English complication. 

 But we all now sport syktielclers and drop them as occasion oilers. 

 Bedouin enforces the value of such an arrangement and gives the 

 quietus to broomsticks spiked up aloft. 



That cutters are not lit for family f 

 ladies ou board during her races, and tn 

 much relish as any of the crew, and not a drop of salt wi 

 dresses, when the sloops were being drenched fore, and af 

 of spray. 



gleaned from experience. Consider the foregoing, keep in mind the 

 recent races, and who will dispute the inexorable logic of the 

 evidence adduced through the cutler's performance in the Seawau- 



That is what the Bedouin teaches. 



$mwcr$ to (^orreayonthntS. 



Osolio, Sew York. -A letter for you at this office. 

 .1. 8.. Mott Haven. N. T.— See answer to "Cooker*" 

 J. T. M. Sutton, Mtiss.-See answer to C. A P. this week. 



Titntions to the eye 



sulphur soap will not fade the coat. I. Your dog should not be used 

 for stock purposes until IJ4 to !l years old. 5. "The Management 

 and Diseases of the Dog," by vt-oodrofre Hill. We can furnish it; 

 price 32. 



A. B., Ogdensburg. N. Y.-A cocker spaniel, three months old. 

 (01 sun- reason, cannot k.-ep her Mod down. 1 feed her ou nothing 

 but bread and oat meal and milk, with occasionally some mashed 



safely treat her again i 

 other reason ? She is lri 

 health and cats with rel 

 sour milk, even if starve 

 tity of milk to which ha 

 the latter until the food 

 nut, which will be neccs 

 Should she pass any mo 

 can find tho head, as un 



i in perfect 

 not touch 

 mall quan- 

 increasing 



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A Biisios l-Vuo. A I the anglers' tournament in New York, recent- 

 ly, it was shown that Mr. t'ri. hard can cast a fly farther than any 

 young man in America. If Mr. I'richard will agree to e.isi all re 

 ilies into the middle of the Atlantic, he can heai something to his ad- 

 vantage by calling around at the beginning of dog-days next suiu- 

 nfer.— Boston Tm a.vc-r/pf . 



lie: 



ng 



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ide 



ce of the 

 K\. TftOOBEs. Those Suffering fi 

 ?uses, Coughs and Colds, should t 



ii so richly 



WN'8 BeON- 



1 Bronchial 



lltNTiNd IK France. — Hunting is just now (ho great 

 fashion in France, and the costume of those tvlio follow the 

 hounds varies according to Ibe particular hum. Tims, the 

 colors of the Due d'Aumttle being blue and gold, the gentle- 

 men who follow the C'hanlilly hounds wear a bine clolh 

 coat with gold Imltons. and collar and lapels Of lilnc velvet; 

 the waistcoat und cap are also blue, aud the breeches white. 

 At Bonnelles, where the Duchess of Uzcs reigns supreme, 

 the uuif'orm is a red cottt with light blue lapels, eoverc-d 

 with gold and silver braid, which is also to be seen on the 

 blue breeches and waistcoat. The black cap is ornamented 

 with the same gold and silver braid. 



But Bedouin had 

 njoyed the sport with as 



Game in Scotland. — The season in the deer forests of 

 Scotland is in.u pri-ity well over. Mr. Witians of Baltimore 

 baa slaughtered nearly two hundred fltags in the vast tract 

 of combined forests lor which he pays nearly $70,000 a year. 

 Tin- deer have been m much better condition than for the 

 last two seasons, but then- has been no improvement in the 

 grouse, and on many moors the bag has been contemptible. 

 On one shooting, for which a rent of many hundreds was 

 paid, each bird that was killed cost Ihe tenant something 

 over thirty shillings sterling. 



... -Well 1)111- American vachl Heel has been buill . arc humbug .iml 

 iuane twaddle without an iota of truth or common sense ill their com- 

 position, but diiimclrienlly opposed to facts and the truths to be 



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 him until last week, a skeleton, supposed to be that ol the 

 missing man, was discovered with both hands caught in a 

 bear trap. He had evidently in some way got his hands 

 caught in the jaws of lite I rap, and being unable lo remove 

 them, and no assistance being near, died of starvation. 



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