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TOREST AND STREAM, 



[Deoxhbbs 15, 1881' 



NEW 7 nonpareil.— Mr. Clapham IB to send a 80 fil, nonpareil boat 

 to England, probably I or experimental purposes. 



OKACIK— Is to have more leal. At last tne so-called practical 

 .mc, n.; is giving in adhesion to ihe value or weigh;— RouicLiiliie; ihey 

 ; h, :i I have understood long ago. The light displacement fallacy Is 



li ii. I. yacht club — Has nowlBO members and Bs yachts, and last 



me'., - ■ . n :i,"ln-;i. i | ,| nl.l.ic.- -.n'rj hi , .;:,}■ | .vf.-i ■:-:. \ !i'"'A 



club hoii-w is to he erected unless consolidation with the norelieslcr 



Y. c Ja effected, which at present does not seem likely. Corinthian 



sol.p . i ... :.., ..nil to Mr. Morris Ketchara, Jr., and 



will hen- ,.,-,. . ■ -, i-,.,l-:M Ijuriree. Rumor lias It, that Hill. 



Elswi ii Ui 1= chipping out a block for a new schooner for Mr, Prague ; 

 .1 i veil, or the Atlantic Y. c. 



MANNING'S.— ,\ new circular has been Issued by this well-known 

 and popular jaclit asronc.v, giving a. long list of yachts of all kinds 



1 1 ■ . ■-.-■ nil ■::•• ii iille ii m id to please any one who cannot nnd 



In the Usi. just wnai suits his lancy and his pocket. Send to him for 



; ,"..: _The battle or type has got, aerossto "France, and it has even 



elude 1 ntreboard from races altogether. The 



■ .. -,. Irani, in Imitation ot our American boats, have 

 been so roundly beaten by British cutters that French ardor In favor 



II.— The membership Is growing fast ; the 

 mes. The club promises ere long to become 

 s cl lbbouso at Mai Vileliead has proven a 

 siivio. steamer Adellta, sloops Viking and 

 olante have been added to the licet since 



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the lai 

 groat sat._ 



Smi i i Star ana c 

 publication of the 1 

 Ei ii. US.— Thlsls 

 fitting out loot, of v 

 Ills brother. Mr. V 

 tin i irons, undhlsn 

 think another toot. 

 ,,i alged in. The 





to the Labi' ■ ■ 

 Port." Tiie Nol-oniis is 

 in. beam, B ft. hold and b 



schooner, now 

 ;is irom a mo iel by 

 olteu informed us that he does not fancy 

 shows more depth Than usual , still we 

 ana a reduction In b'-am could have been 

 i ; ■ : , . i i all. 7s fr. on the line, 22 ft. 4 



ir DrSam, Of Boston, win come out as a 



mrposcsall plans have been ferwarded by 

 .cut is ej.s water line, n; ft. beam and 6 ft. 



"ill, ,i ■ mi [t; topmast, SM.fl ft ; boom, 



,,: ■nit'i.ir.l.Sfi (t.; topsail yard, S7 ft! 



loiiceable, and, in our opinion, a great ad- 



i i ari sails copied lroincbeaply- 



W. A. W. Stewart. 8 Y. C, will hoist his 



ehooner Nonomis, Which be lias purchased 



it's ownership She was a topsail 



■ to the southward last season. Formerly, 



wonh did some extensive cruising In her 

 iold his story lu his book " Starboard and 

 iw no it. all over, so It. on the line, 22 ft. 8 

 water, as she Is a keel boat. 



NEW SCHOONER.— Alonzo Smith Is under way with a fine schooner 

 for Col. Joslah Porter, of New York. She is St ft. on deck, 21 ft. beam 



I'd i ml.: i :• I i : 'V. , :■.,!■,■,■ , unit ,;,, n I 



best yachts, and I lie BUdegarde Is one of his notably fast ones. His 

 boats are characterized by more depth and body than customary, 

 which we consider a good point Yachts from his yard are well put 

 together anfl built In a stronger fashion than about i, be city water- 

 front, where the art of both modeling and building was never at a 

 lower ebb than now. 



ALL THE GO.— The board Is nearly dearL The Boston yachts 

 Bosetta and Tltanla will I m Ins nnd come out with deep back- 

 bones and low weights. Webber will do the Job. Flo>sie and Herald 

 are to receive long overhangs by Smith, of south Boston, schooner 

 Llllle Thorn is to have the benefit of an iron keel, and win masthead 

 llie yellow and black diagonal cross of the Hull Y. ('. next season 

 having become the property of Mr. Thr-o. Philips. Commodore Mans- 

 field, Washington Village i. C, Is to have a new 22 it. cat, with a 

 keel, of course. 



THAT CUTTER.— Tn the words of the immortal hero, whose name 

 Just at this Juncture I fall to recall, '• Wo have met the enemy and 

 we are hls'n." The blarsted B IHahers have sent one of their non- 

 sensical lead-mines over to New '1 ork— and beaten us. Their sending 

 the cutter Madge over was bad enough, but their beating lis was ad- 

 ding insult to injury. I am metaphorically clad In sackcloth, and 

 dlamonri-diisted with ashes; bin, like Beau la.rintosli, who consoled 

 himself with the relied ton that his wife had at least paid him the 

 compliment in deserting him to do so for the hands; mest man in 

 Loudon, so r console myself with the thought that they sent us over 

 the best they had, at any rate.— Correspondence Han Francisco Olym- 

 pian. 



OBITUARY.— In the death of Col. H. G. Stebblns, which took place 

 Dec. 10, the 3 achtlng comrrj - - one of its loremost men, and 



wean old family friend. Col. Stebblns was born In 1811, and after 

 launching Into business for himself at an eajly age, assumed a lead- 

 ing position aim mc; New York's b-st citizens. Horn IstiG to ISTOhe 

 was Commodore of the New Y'ork Y. C, an office which he filled with 



■refill to Miami. 11 nnd ihe club. Atrer experience in a number of 

 small craft, he hoisted his II ag aboard George Steer's famous Sylvia, 

 and rigged her as a. schooner, after her return from British waters, 

 where she had been badly beaten by Knglish cutlera while yet rigged 

 as a sloop. In 1 sua lie t.ranstenad his colors to the new schooner 

 Phantom, one of Joe Van Uonseti e. best, and in her won a number Of 

 prominent races. In later years he retired from active sailing, but 

 maintained a lively Interest in the sport. 



NEW YACHTS.— They are not slow in San Francisco to apprecla'e 

 good depth, deaoriso and an easy bilge. Successive vaehts laid down 



by i.'alliornlj. bonders ;J ie injiiro, ,m,.m_ns eqvm ttv-ir predecessors 

 In 1 his respect. Geo. Farmer, of Oakland, has a nobby 10 rr» schooner 



1'! o.H rj. l.m 1 1| :■ ii. -. Ii.'ii ■-.' IV ..;■ : n I ,;., ; n nni. r.-lfi hi en i lie 



Pacific coast than in New York. This new schooner hasabentoak 

 frame and plenty of through fastening, making the hull ll^htand 



em' i.e. -In in, none, I ;■., i ■ .■ :; .iin.m. ,,i,o ,i ,■,,.., ,'f h Will InSUre 



good rough water qualities. Wm. stone, " Ogdcn's favorite builder, >> 



has also a nice little two-sticker of 42 ft. length well along. She is 

 built ''on spec," but Is pretty ela-laln I o find a purchaser." San Fran- 

 cisco Is ton mm re In being loo far away to purchase discarded New 

 York rattletraps for the sake ot the low figures at which they are 

 offered. Commodore Harrison proposes to keep his yawl Frolic In 

 commission all the year round. 



CANOE PHOTOS.— Mr. S. B. Stoddard, of Glens Falls, N. Y., sends 

 us a fine collection of canoe photos. They are noteworthy as hand- 

 some specimens of the art ana as conserving some Important events 



In canoeing history. Oneoi He- , in rum broadside view of the 



"real original Shadow," with her oile.lmi.lor. Commodore W. L. Afden 

 il.n nn lue; toe her side. The Shadow is now the most popular model In 

 America, and in a tew short years lias been spread ail over the coun- 

 try, strictly on her merits, commodore a Men win receive the grati- 

 tude or future generations lor the fortunate way in which the most 

 desirable points wanted In a canoe for general service have been in- 

 corporalcd 1n the now universal Shadow pattern. There. Is also an 

 i mi photo of the veneer canoe Kittywake, showing her hauled 

 out on the beach, tent erected, and her owner, to!. Norton, snugly 

 reclining irm, Of, Inditing a pleasant canoeing letter to Forest and 

 Stkkam. Another photb of the camp and shore, with innumerable 

 canoes of all styles and sorts, some with their ngs ready for a 

 bree-.'p, gives an excellent, idea to si rangers of the great meet on Lake 

 Blast year, and the free and easy fun the canoeist may partake 

 10 the benefit of mind and body. 



(HiTTKRS.— The Olympian belloves In progress, and it is really glad 



lo see that, the New York skimmers have been beaten by a deeper 

 type of boat. The New York skimmer Is utterly worthless in any 



place where there are rugged seas and sironc ii-cco s. The.vhiive 



!!'■'. IT h' Oil !-,l.ee: -■ : I , e in 0, n r .■ ; : „n p; ,'. Fen e o J,,,,.,. ( 



build deeper and abler boats. On every occasion where the lights 



I mo i '- s been pitted against a California built 

 boat, ina bm:e, the New Y'ork type ha--, gone 10 the wall, Wehere 

 do not believe in the New York type. We need all seaworthy boats. 

 All of our boats are given some considerable deadrlse and good 



Iran rut. Boats are nor, wanted here which have to douse everything 

 and let go the pot hook when a 25 mile breefcfe Comes on. We have to 

 stand worse winds than that eight days out ot fen in summer in the 

 channel. We are glad to sec our worth v and e-femed contemporary, 

 Forest ami Stream, come out plainly and admit ihat Madge is not 

 a. type which should be built here. Forest and Stream has made a 



I I on liunt for cutter rig and model, and when this extreme proved 

 Its assertions, which were doubted by Its contemporaries It has seen 

 at reason to " roiO'Ce wit h exceeding sr"al: iov." Manv ot Its yacht- 

 ing readers no doubt thought the yachting editor " slopped over," to 

 mm- an expressive phrase, but now he h s confessed the Madge an un- 

 desirable type, we are disposed to forgive extravagant expressions 

 and attribute them to excess ot zeal. For we know said edlto-to 

 have practical knowledge of the subjects on which he writes, whloh 

 Is more than can be said of all who have given their views on tbe 

 subject We think, moreover, thai he Is laboring simply to improve 

 a tvpe of boat which all builders or people of experience thick should 

 be Improved, ne Is working to raise the standard of both yachrsand 

 v a el 1 1 .men to something more worth v of the gteat upon. We cannot 

 fall to admire his persistency ami hope his efforts toward " hont st 

 boats" will bear fruit.— Son Francisco Olympian. 



TKt.EGiiA.PH Poles and Wild Animals.— 

 Some interesting facta are brought out in a 

 paper by M. C. Nielsen, of Chnstiarji3, 011 

 the imprcssiou produced upon animals by the 

 resonance of the vibration of telegraph 

 wires. It is found that the black and green 

 woodpeckers, for example, which hunt for 

 insects in the bark and in the heart of de- 

 caying irees, often peck inside, the circular 

 hole made transversely through telegraph 

 posts, gemrally near the top. The phe- 

 nomenon is attributed to the resonance pro- 

 duced in the post by the vibration of the wire, 

 which the bird mistakes as the result of the 

 operations of worms and insects in the in- 

 terior of the post. Every one knows the 

 fondness of bears for honey. It has been 

 noticed that in mountainous districts they 

 seem to mistake the vibratory sound of the 

 telegraph wires for the grateful humming of 

 bees, and, rushing to the post, look about for 

 the hive. Not finding it on the post, they 

 scatter the stones at its base which htlp to 

 support it, and, disappointed in their search, 

 give the post a parting pal with their paw, 

 thus showing their determination at least to 

 kill any bees that might be about it. Indis- 

 putable traces of bearg about prostrate posts 

 and scattered stones prove that this really 

 happens. With regard to wolves, again, 

 M. Nielsen states that when a vote was asked 

 at the time for the first great telegraph lines, 

 a member of Ihe Storlhingsaid that although 

 his district had no direct interest in the 

 line proposed, he would give his vote in 

 lis favor, because he knew the lines would 

 drive the wolves front the districts through 

 which they passed. It is well known that 

 to keep off tne ravages of hungry wolves in 

 winter the farmers in Norway set up poles 

 connected together by a line or rope, under 

 which the wolves would not dare to pass. 

 "Audit is a fact," M. Nielsen states, "that 

 when, twenty or more years ago, telegraph 

 lines were carried over the mountains and 

 along the valleys, the wolves totally disap- 

 peared, and a specimen is now a rarity." 

 Whether the two circumstances are casually 

 connected, M. Nielsen does not venture to 

 say. — Nature. 



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