Januaby 26, 1882.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



517 



THE NEW CLUB. 



s past week to be 

 his It Is proposed 

 ill attend the call 



poorgaulm Thareeeemano doubt thai aw 

 ot Commodore Franklin Beams, aud that 

 an effeotlve plan of operations win have i 

 summer. The objects of the ne.volub ha\ 

 published throe weeks ago m the-... coiuw 

 ,-,]vj. i :..,mm;,-'l- jj.iii mem if-'i'. I'Uiy. '. '" 



10 \;rii: : •■,,;■ ,aM Yae'ie, ji :ve oeeu 



i - in :•: w York. This Is all the ru trestrange sine i - 



shelter";! '.v ,ters a no urtama, including the Sammj. .'.on,.; ■ 

 offer a premium upon small -n.ps for ue army el lai-laii. U we uudi-r- 

 - ■ "". ':■" L '"■-■• ■■-•:■■■■': ' ' -" ' ■'■ 



tenl ■<''.■■ I i08 o] liarboi - in me] rop< i l J 

 water:), and iiii'lwi'm'i'.i are exposed. There are no pretty little nooks 

 uuder the leo ol protecting bluffs, with ft Dirfar a toreatavater, as 

 may be tonud away from the eliy. Still tuotuh this l^ often cited as 

 i Mini.- i in; cause, really lies I eper. Soma few small 

 tooutilv. season .if 'i .ueaali ;' 



i*ge. The yao.ht must indeed be a 

 e worst gale New York Bay or tile 

 ovldlng her moorings or ground 



ly so tar as the yearly accession 

 y large extent In the hands or the 

 knowledge of the sport aud love of 

 • Sean the lists ot our principal 

 me owners of big schooners or 50- 

 ure lu such oroperty. But few m- 

 i have graduated from the "school 



II' ' li' -.I'T ' "-.'-'I: ' 



the Corinthian order, in whleh long voyages and dashing passages 

 have been made with only self, friend aud a hand or 3eli' and 1'rlend 

 alone. Fashion has ruled In tonnage as much as In the out of a Coat 

 or the color ol a turn out for '-the Avenue, ' and fashtou, mixed often 

 with a good deal or that love of ostentatious display characterltic of 



ilar trouble or c 



yachts we nave, and they 



wllhno parti. 



poor "ii" whii 

 Hudson havo 

 tackle be welj 



weal 

 tries 

 clubs 

 ton a 

 deed 

 of the sallo] 



•!,y I 



the 



lloat. Not 

 neat the recora i 

 which si/.f and 

 community and 

 inenu ot toe owt 

 "How big is his j 

 does he know abi 

 tor admission. ' 



dictated the biggest thing your money could 

 past, It was the aim amoii.' newcomers 10 

 ge, r»sulllng lu an era of extravagance in 

 is appointments were the standard of the 

 : worth of model or the nautical requlru- 

 swamped lu the efforts to achieve notoriety. 

 was the question. Instead of "How much 

 hg?" whin a candidate presented himself 

 —3 the acme to be attained,- worth received 

 but Utile consideration. The era culminated in the clumsy effort of 

 a inr'l"!ler overreaching others with a Hut-bottom racing machine 

 of huge proportions, extraordinary rig and princely Ututigs. The 

 era closed when that machine ignominious'.;, capsized in smooth 

 water and weut to the bottom, aaortaolng valuable human lives to 

 the dark Ignorance concerning naval design then prevalnlug to the 

 impractical, Illogical theorizing of untrained men who sought speed 

 lu skimming "over the waii.-r,''as they deluded themselves in (o believ- 

 ing they could, Instead ot going through U, as every ship must. At 

 that time, to oe a yachtsman worthy the name, your vessel must 

 needs have ranked two sticks to her length, for the Individual !: 

 cunld boast of nothing more than a sloop was doomed but a hanger- 

 on, a denizen of the outskirts who obtained his light ov r 

 Irom ids greater associates. The owner of the sloop was little more 

 than an outcast, and it hlssloop happened to be small In tonnage, he 

 only had " a utile boat - ' which the schooner men pretended to dis- 

 dain, though the "little boat'' olten represented vastly pel 



and hlgu'T Intelligence, skill and venturesome daring than a score ot 

 Big schooners and their owners could show upon closer Inspection. 

 The most wretched specimens of naval de.dgn and build in anj 

 In the world are the large schooners launched during the ago we are 

 now speaking of, and If men who were supposed to he ex;. ■ i 

 their line could produce nothing belter than what Is now laughed to 

 scorn, little could be expected from the novices recruited from the 

 hanking house aud up-town parlors to be planted upon a quarter 

 deck before thoy could Indicate one tack lrom another, distinguish 

 TiiMween right and left handed rope or tell a lead line from a cloi 6es 

 line, 



li was tills greed aftei ' u: verted attention from 



small cranio the big, and which for a time established a :,;. ■ , 

 standard welch t.ai.l; Ltid.li er.pen.ihure to mean warm-hearted sup- 

 port of suillng ■*""' 



Off! 



had Ijl' 

 ot t.hel 

 might 

 day, hi 

 very f< 

 unless - 

 with pallid 



i adoration of a sailor's dte by men who never 



uudlngs b:.-f'..re, and who. ap ■ :. ■ I m ,, possession 

 li Hi i.ariiiii-, ur-.i-i oner ijli i i a. a., li nil :ii , n , 

 --, ie iiii.i beaded Ave years on a run. Even to 

 uen have been outside In their costly big ships, how 

 hall a dozen, have ever been out sight of land, 

 •pool steamship, leanlre." uver I lie rail absorbed. 

 •>"> men, and, to some extent, 



I- , i i .,i: m M... '.a-, 7, 



such. 



stilTaretiie men ., no set the yachting fashions In New 7 York." "lias! 

 after nil, not much or a woncier it the fleet we own to-day dure nut 

 tace a blow, and shirks a run at. night, test an unseen puff tern: 

 worthless ahorllon ot some " practical " genius to the bottom in a 

 se.'on.l ami all hands to a watery grave. But what a shame, what; a 

 ml -'-ft. Ion upon our national anil. iea '..a- la.a ■<■ I . i ■ ..■ ;j utiaih. ,-, 

 flei Ise an.] introduce to popular tavor in new York a yacht at once 

 as safe as ^he shall be able and last, a yacht which will not keep 

 the family at home in a harrowing state of suspense from day to 

 day while 9ome memoer is off for a cruise aboard one or those 

 ( nvii'iie.oiB traps which have brought many face to tare with lo-ae 

 livd'-jih long bifoie the natural course of life had been ran. in 

 Hew York yachting began at the top and Is now slowly percolating 



in other ports, notably the East, all hands begin at the bottom and 

 work their way to the top. Hence we have numerous sail of large 

 tonnage in New York, while small craft have been neglected for 

 •want of proper status In the public's eyes. In Boston we llud just 

 the I'ouiiarj; everybody starts in at the bottom and builds larger 

 aud larger as ills bank account develops, though many having 

 ' 'tsalllug their boats theiuaelve.-,. never ran be 

 ihlogtoa hiti-d automaton. Wnlle New York 

 accept the clumsily whittled chunks so-called 

 rivet large boats being too costly for 



le wlih or advise about, Boston has: trained up a 

 l expeita lu tne owners ol her small yachts, and 



LI !.''" I'lU.Tl l.'l.l r I ,; ,." ;, | M, ,,, .,., 



ge vessels when the right time shall come and to 

 aeiii hi sea. 

 oi furthering a school encouraging the arts of 



ir... i ■..■: rue ,o,: L -ca new club established in 

 especial object oi gmneilng under u -, ri lL _ .j 

 Important part small boats should occupy In the 

 It Is vastly liiiii a better that one Ave ton sloop 



with but a line or two notice In the dally prints, 



than i.u iliui lla ■ i mhiiiiuiiu y euehlne over the launch or a ailu ton 

 screamer, her ingrain carpels, damasks and velvets, silks and s-ailns, 



hull I, le" alio I'UIMraieii,-, ii.r , .- ■ i. , li r,r, I , u n , 1,1 i ,| : e,! : ,a; ,. ,,,,,,,; ,, 



at the pleasure and optlou of third Ignoramus with the foreign 

 iMOino still on his tongue, and who, unable to get a third mate's 

 mllet in a collier brig, hauls no trouble in palming himself off upon a 



l.i, a l i.hc -,v,..-eis 



brought ■'-■ .''-.Un, 



has bSe ' is eei 



"praciic e a 



new ham i-i '," ue.-i 



school ot lnielUjc 



they are as i corn- 



ing type In their i 



take L'Oailai.u.l Ol 



ttle. Willi the 111 



sailing aud bulldl 

 New York v.-ltutt 



,, 1... a, .Ml," l,e . 



public estimation. 



hhoul'l a" 1,1'i'ica 



"onfldlug riohard as a salty skipper of woudrous attainments and In* 

 fallbllity. 



It Is duo Invariable experience that clubs getting no limits to ton- 

 nage upwards quickly outgrow their useful relations toy* 

 modest cost until the latter are unceremoniously lumped t ■ • with 

 open ho.'its, cat uiiMinns and u...i,e. ■'.- ah de.-a." via ,' u a race or two 



the incomeui iticb il inc.- .-a. : 



becomes obnoxious to many. It Is alwajs "betl 



tilgate wiih a li-ilnuc orient: 

 Let-it be understood that 

 bantdng of our own under th 

 Is a sportsman's wish ; erna 

 seek ro bring about tie.' ends 

 has consented simply to acts 

 convenience to r.ho 

 possible by favorably Counts 

 vantageous step > et taken fc 

 York. We deslie, in common 

 sport upon sound principles, 

 mate ;. acht of small tonnage 

 which Is her due aud thefeoj 

 willing to invest much nine < 

 we look for the devtlopme 

 types and rantles, can be int 

 under varying condition's ran 

 lug will become som-thln-- in 

 belwccn the same. Bye - d i I 

 and error would be ellmlimtet 

 ducllons can be made 10 the , 

 lug property. 



who goes t'j 



a small 



ivemont dow under way Is no 



•lion Of thU lOiirnal. Inn. thai II 

 from mauy yacht owners who 

 ndicatod. porest anh Stream 

 names sent in us a manor of 



win aid . 



t u 



A CAUTIONARY SIGNAL. 



has studiously refrained from dressing down a voluablc 



Highly reporter contrlbuling to the columns or a highly esteemed 

 contemporary, kuown bettei as an authority on tun mati'-r- i |,„n on 

 yachting affairs. Charity on our parr has b.-en mliconsirued by the 

 report-r-Bvaulty Into establishing some value to iu^ case, encoura"- 

 Ing him in bis course of lucubilous literary and technical pranks 

 Living, as ho dot'3, upon the ICavlncs of this journal, it is nut surpris- 

 ing he sliould be found embroiled in th-' measurement question, 

 lloundcrlng about like a cow In a pasty pasture 



We take ihe following at random from some of that person's effu- 

 sions, which are disgraceful to a journal aspiring to teoivnlcal profi- 

 ciency. One week wo and i he rep jrter delivering Id.-, muddled heed 

 in this wise : 



"Conclusive reasons for penalizing outside ballast The New 



York rule (bulk) 13 the best or all three, since all three quatftiea {the 

 reporter meaut dimensions, but to one or his slump mere is no differ- 

 ence lu' the terms.— &(, /■'. amt s.) give speed ... - ijio Atlantic plan of 

 using length alone is well enough so long as ihe yachts are substan- 

 tially of the same model, but while tills system (length i Is adherid to 

 the cuiter model, It 13 clear, will not be enrolled in this club, as it 

 would be placed at a serl >us disadvantage: for the effect ot len-'lh 

 measurement has been to Induce this club to bun i wide boats ana to 

 itlve them as mile overhang as possible, li is clear iheu that a rule 

 which shuts out one type and restricts freedom ol model Is faulry 

 and It Is safe to say thai ihe progressive Atlinnlcs u 111 soon be obliged 

 to change iheir length rule." 



So tar the reporter of our contemporary was perfectly sound, be- 

 cause he stole his Ideas and even language from ihe columns of the 

 JTOKKST AND STREAK, wlllcli uunot be said of the following, in Whl-'l 

 the repoiter forgot himself far enough tordraw upon his own wits: 

 "Lead keeLs (otiiplile ballasi) sliould pay ihe highest penally be- 

 cause, while giving power, li does not in and or itself (a wonderful 

 exprcsaloiL— lid. Kaiut >: j dcrract from npeed as beam does .. Out- 

 side ballast should be taken imo account in any system ot measure- 

 ment A great deal of power can be pui into a lead keel of a very 

 Insignificant amount or bulk." ('the reporter IB evidently Ignorant 

 that weight can only he had at the expense or u definite Increase in 

 the bulk of a, yacht's displacement ■ -/•:.(. /■•. „,i,( .s.) 



So far we have quoted ihe lucubrations in our contemporary on one 

 side. We now luru 10 another number and fliei ns reporter guilty of 

 the following: 



. " The author of the paper (our exjione or the fallacy of taxlugoutsldo 

 ballast lu a recent Issue or l-'.muM' anu mtkkjU) begin.-, wlih a lai.-e 

 statement. lie (uouest and Sthbasi) says it is a-Mimed that lu out- 

 side ballast rests some virtue not possessed by ballast which happens 

 isumpilon has been made. The proposition 

 whether inside or out." 

 Jet decide for himself who has been guilty 

 r anu si'kkam tir the Ignorant Old nun who 

 upon the measurement 



-beeililc thus belli ties 

 ; ahould be 

 porter's lllghnui- .,-., or 

 ne sentence, he writes 

 flow of Incoherent sen- 



to be Inside 

 was simply to tu 



Now we wlB let the reader d( 

 of false statement, t'oassr am: 

 contradicts hlmsdf every tlm 

 question or any quesilon at all. 



Again, aim ist lu the same breaih, our wo 

 himself: "There Is an added reason why 

 taxed." Was ihls simply a display of the 

 washlssober mind afiecicd waen.lnthii 

 himself down a flatulent humbug, mista.klu„ .. „ 

 tences as Ideas deserving 10 be put into cold type* 



Here Is more ot the .. 

 porter's wit and his stock 1. . . 

 out his (rn'o) weight ouislde.'' in our art 

 how all outside ballast can readily l 

 when wanted, a fact which our sllpsh 

 convenient sb well :i3 necessary to 

 misrepresentation for ihn sake of scorli 



We tow reach the sublime, and cauI 

 loud, wltn the drst quot.it lous from 

 mind: "To put boats of radically dill, 

 he obtained equally well by slmplj 

 allowing both lieam und weight, whl 

 (The construction Is the reporter's ( 

 found to work- equally well either tor 

 or narrow ones"— (yaehls, no doubl). 



Well, first It will -then It won't. You pay 

 yourcholco. The reporter, judging otliti'nby 

 exclaims: "Nothing will still the cuttali alvp, 

 he refers to.—Kd. /•'. mui .« ) which .-dial! i.ivor 



And above the same reooner tells his hu 

 lengtu la unfair lo the cut'tcr and bulk ,• ju 

 different shapes! So much tor the- braving ,,: 

 the music from the same sour.e sol.- 

 to limited Inielilgr-uce that lunn-r and bTi 

 adoption of a rule fair alike to all rypes wiihnt 

 sloop or cutler, but a rule uuder which all 

 fancies wBhoui let or hludrance. We have ai 



" A cuiiah (the extent, or the re- 

 ■ want of oralns) can't soli witti- 

 l-llcle on this lUOjcct ue showed 

 b i converted into Inside ballast: 

 thod would-be Imitator Hods ll 

 i overlook, thereby resottlng to 

 ■lug a point, as he thlm.s. 



laugh too 



/•'•'. 



ud lako 

 >w mind, 

 ult- (bulk 



on the ground of Its Intrinsic equity and because the application ot 



i: -a, aa '.■ ,v,,,. ri ,. ... ,,,..,,,..,,1 , ■ '" ■ -. ,.-.'.. - 



JusiliicaUoiiOf uiirc.-r 

 hi ag of lu affording s 

 dash graualloqtiency 



larly informs us that •• beam crea 

 weekly budget of fun and laughi 

 ested regard ror our coulemporar 



It is an unjustifiable slur upon 

 community that ahy editorial aut 

 dash as quoted quite good eiioug 

 or student looking lolil- lourn.i 

 IddoTBed as aulhoritailvc by the 

 other respects. 



Fokkst anu Stukah has been ti 



example for superficially lnformi 

 day and eld the next. 



wiui HiIm ue iiintntss the report 

 lion to Interfere with his wor.dl.v 

 liiiposlug upon an unsuspecung n: 

 lug public following his sluUltylni 



i'O'.iried'froiii men conlpeteni to i 

 sailed by any untutored old round 

 coiiimoiiosi pilticlples of ailthme 

 lug to our patience, 65] 

 permitted to escape a' 



Inrdn la prool of an assertion 



I will cou.i. .re \> itli tie.' dCS- 

 iniiliiig troiu Hi" reporter of 

 u we have no desire to lnsii- 



.a iliai 



BIS WOrth and 



: iniiriiai of charaoier we 

 lied with emau itlons tiofn an iuca- 

 nseof au ignoramus uiio oracu- 

 les riicllon," might deprlv,' us oi a 

 er unsurpassed by Puck, disinter- 

 i promiils this hint. 



ihe Intelligence of tho yachting 

 I'Hty snouid deem >.nch balder- 

 i to supply ihe wants or the reader 



fill' Information and lu.-.tntction 

 good standing of the journal lu 



;..-n to task ror calling a spade a 



eln 



10 



our contemporary attempting m- 

 t .'a Hi.- c.i..Die ot a j.mr.iu! much, 

 s ami iip.-wei 'v.ng ..iiachmeui to 

 nay pride Itself upon allordlng an 

 •u uc.u net cocks blowing not oue 



er In question, having no inellua- 

 prosp.-rlt.v even thou.-ii caln-.t by 

 n-ister aud the fraction of the .t acht- 



isliy. 



I.AKCHV.oNT YACHT CLUB.— At a special meeting held at Del- 



'I be 



nib i 



.'.litcnell, J. M. Woodbury, if. 1)., CdwaiHJ A. v\ Ida 



iSaliford A. I'u.ii' . i- c. , I-Mwaid Wales, i'.. Ie .Mi 

 Wanderer and cutler .Muriel'. .John K. .-uy.i.ui.. 

 Lester Wallack (schooner Columbia). Arlhur Wa 

 ui-uige l. .Ionian, Alexander Oominiok, I.. U. KuH 

 Worn, Morris Kelch.im (sloop Panlca), William 

 uell). J. Norion Winsiow („oop K. lple). John Kell 

 worth, Leonard Jacob. Jr., Oswald >.ii.o. rsoii, ( li 

 W. Frank Brown, J. i. ■ . -eimoner en 



I'lsh (schooner Agnes). Herman Oelrichs (sloop I 

 K. Flint and .lam - I'. l'lai.c ;.-.lnop Ctaci-). ll. w. 1-: 

 and Theodore P. Jenkins. 



Answers to Qonehgmi dents, 



w. c. O. S., Uosion, Mass.— A\ ihe to Mr. c. n. (ioodman,ot Sorlng- 

 il-id. Mass., tor Ualller. 



J. t .McC., vtcksburg, Miss— My setter has a running Bine In his 

 tar. it causes him great p. in when ihe ear is pressed or when ho 

 shakes his lead. The sore seems tft he just Inside or the ear; lam 

 at a losB'to know what to do ror Ir, und therefore sk your advice. 



Aiis. Your description is not delink- ■• ighjfor ua to determine the 



cbaraelei or me sore. \\ e presuine that he is suti'e.lug from canker 

 in the e.ir, in whi. h . .ise youjshould gently sytlng- out the ear with 

 tepid water, men tili P .villi the following: liamio I'l.ionillum and 

 laudanum, equal parts, mixed with Six times their bulk ot water; 



i it, Bristol, i: i.-wuai snail 1 feed my settee dog In order to 



ie.it Hi = l, on lilmv He Is In good health und spit Its. but is as thin as 

 arall; snnwsne.ii: hi- Dody. .My practice Is to boll 



a piece ot beef, then chop It raiher tine, put back u, u„- v 



L-lve bliii milk on his meal, but he don t.seoin ro relish aiiyiidiiL' but 

 meat; win go mi day irequeirtlyeatlng nothing; has exercise dally. 

 aus. Olve him a tablespoonful of cod-liver oil twice a day. Write us 

 again In four weeks. 



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