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FOREST AND STREAM. 



huhting mid ^oating. 



Boat and Yacht Building — Errata. — First paper, first 

 column, 24th line, for "level," read "bevel r 26th line, read 

 "Next saw the side-boards to the length determined on for 

 boat." 52d line, for "sawbenders," "sawbenckes." Com- 

 mencing at the middle of the 16th line from the bottom, 

 read, "Cut a strip one inch deep, and sufficiently long to 

 allow for the width of platform out of the top edge of side- 

 boards of boat." 



Second paper, first column, 18th line, for " level " read 

 "bevel." Place a period alter the word bevel, and read : "At 

 the bow, the sideboards can lie sawed to the same bevel, or, 

 the stem can be loft straight." On lines 28, 32, 38, 35, 36, 

 45, 48, 51, 55, and 61, for "stern," read "stem." 61st line, 

 for "in," read "on." On the 5th line from bottom, alter I he 

 word "desired," read, "At whatever width you want it, til a, 

 board crosswise the boat, 4 or 5 iuches below the gunwale. 1 



On the 9th line from top of second column, for "stem," 

 read "stem." This last error is the fuuuiest imaginable; a 

 "double sterned"boal being the "sternest" joke of the season. 

 Indeed, the whole of the second paper abounds in " stern- 

 ness," and I hasten to correct, for fear it may give some one 

 the brain fever in trying to comprehend it. Natttious. 



New Rowing Association.— The election of Detroit as the 

 point for holding the National Rowing Association Regatta, 

 this year, has determined the withdrawal from that Associa- 

 tion of a large number of Eastern clubs. It is proposed to or- 

 ganize a new association comprising not less than fifty well- 

 known clubs, among which are those of the Hudson, Harlem, 

 Kills, Passaic and other streams, and probably the Schuylkill 

 Navy of Philadelphia. A meeting of representatives from the 

 different aquatic associations is to be held this evening at the 

 Fifth Avenue Hotel, for organization. It is proposed to hold 

 an annual regatta on the waters in the vicinity of New York. 

 Such a project is eminently worthy of support, and will doubt- 

 less meet with very general satisfaction. We bespeak for the 

 new association all success. 



Fast Time Through a Flume. — A correspondent of the 

 Philadelphia Herald sends an account of the iperilous jour- 

 ney down the mountains of two Nevada miners, who made 

 the trip in a miuing-flume. The flume is owned by Messrs. 

 Mackey & Fair, and is located iu the mountains, near Carson 

 City. It is about fifteen miles in length, leading from 

 a lofty elevation down to the plain, and crossing in its 

 course deep ravines, skirting terrible precipices and 

 chasms, and presenting many sharp curves. It is fed 

 with water from Lade Tahoe, and empties into a creek near 

 Carson City. This flume, said to lie the longest in the world, 

 is used to carry down timber which is cut on the mountains. 

 There are several places in its course where the incline is 

 slight, and visitors are occasionally treated to a short trip over 

 these inclines in a boat constructed for that purpose. The two 

 men who took the trip were workmen, who some months ago 

 conceived the notion of shooting down the entire length of the 

 flume. To carry out this foolhardy adventure, they construct- 

 ed a strong boat, sharp at the bow and square at the stern, and 

 fitting the flume closely enough to keep it steady. The men 

 describe the trip as something terrific. The heavy boat got a 

 fearful headway, and the men had no means of stopping it. 

 In shooting round the curves they thought it would jump the 

 flume and 'precipitate, them into the chasm that yawned be 

 neath. Down the steeper inclines the boat sped with more 

 than express-train velocity. The fifteen miles were passed in 

 less than eleven minutes! From the foot of the mountain to 

 where the Hume empties the incline is gentle, and here the 

 boat gradually lost its terrific headway, and at length glided 

 smoothly into the creek. Unharmed, but scared almost out 

 of their senses, the men stepped ashore, and one of them was 

 heard to remark that he would not make that trip again for all 

 the silver and gold in Nevada. 



New Yoek Yacht Club.— The following boats of this club 

 started on the annual cruise last Thursday : Schooners Rest- 

 less, Wanderer, Drcadnaught, Columbia, Rambler, Estelle, 

 Tidal Wave, Madeleine, Nettie, Idler, Clio, Tempest anu 

 Nereid, Vesta and Clytie; and the sloops Vision, Vixen, 

 Windward, Volante and Active. 



Massachusetts — SwampscoU, Aug. 11. — The Union Re- 

 gatta under the auspices of the Beverley Yacht Club, which 

 had been long postponed, was sailed under most favorable cir- 

 cumstances, as above, at noon. The race was open to all 

 yachts under forty feet ; the competing boats being elivided as 

 follows : The first-class included those yacbts measuring ill 

 feet water line and over ; those measuring over 21 feet and 

 under 29 formed the second-class ; those measuring over 17 

 feet and not over 21 formed the third-class, and those not 

 measuring over 17 feet formed the fourth-class. The course, for 

 Nos. 1 and 2 was 14 miles; for Nos. 3 and 4 about 7 miles. 

 The first prizes were : First-class, bronze clock; second class, 

 silver cake dish; third-class, silver goblet ; fourth-class silver 

 flask. The second prize in first-class was a silver vase; in 

 second class, pair of napkin rings ; third-class, silver pepper 

 box; fourth-class, silver bell. The prizes for the special class 

 have not yet been selected, but will consist of solid silver. 

 The following is a summary: 



MUST CLASS. 



Name. Actual ('or. Name. Actual Oor 



tune. Owe. lime. time. 



H. M. s. H. M. a. Q. i,. s. n. m. s. 



Magic. ii 3(1 13 I r>4 10 Ataine Sot taken. 



Lliiie ,.83004 107 51 K. A. West 



.-rnOO\'KKS-Sl>F.CIAL CLASS. 



Bonner „ 3 09 42 



Not taken. Loiterer v m w . i 



Hello 



flattie 



Georgictta.. 



. . 3 IW 27 2 25 Si 



taken. 



cat ran. 



Secret Not taken. Kngenla So! fcateetl 



WttBD CiASS— SLOOPS. 



Alga 100 49 5157 StiSie 106 29 59 00 



Helen 104 50 50 01 JSympll Nut taken. 



cat Ete. 



Ibis 1 02 18 



Mystery 1 02 4S 



Peri 50 u 



Water Lllv 1 OS IB 



Ida 1 00 n 



Nellie M Not taken. 



Maud Not taken. 



Lizzie 1 02 is 



Mazeppa... 1 u 15 



48 35 'I'll. 



1 li 38 l 



Kuluida l 18 40 l 



l ot oi Psyehe 1 17 25 1 



Hornet i is 34 l 



Ttasa Not taken. 



56 28 Adele 1 01 49 



1 00 OS Esmeralda 1 03 53 



50 02 



59 59 



111 04 



06 !T 



US 02 



05 12 



55 00 



FOTriWH CLASS— CAT K1G. 



Red Lion 1 12 24 1 01 54 Virginia 1 05 "4 



Bessie.. 



Brenda 



Edith 



Druid 



Nora 



Bluebell. , 



Not taken. 

 1 24 1.) 1 14 

 1 21 4 



55 03 



Midget 1 17 30 1 oi 20 



Avis 1 Ofi 08 55 55 



Imp 1 00 22 55 51 



1 no no lvu.le.ou Not taken. 



W 17 frolic 1 12 Oil 1 02 04 



OS 43 Maud l 18 13 1 o7 10 



1 02 30 Joker Not taken. 



1 12 ( 



Rose 1 18 55 



— The nice lief ween llosmer and Driscoll, on the. Charles 

 River, was awarded by the referee to Hosiner; Driscoll broke 

 an oat at the seventh stroke. 



Lakeman Boat Cli B -Boston, Aug. 2. — The annual re- 

 gatta of this club was rowed over a course from Commercial 

 wharf around Buoy II ami return The prize, a set of stiver 

 goblets, was won by the ilennessy crew. 



— A single scull race for |»100 aside, between Geo. llosmer, 

 of Boston, and J. E. Brown, of vVorcester, was rowed on Lake 

 Qirinsigambnd, .Worcester, Mass., Augusts. Won by Hos- 

 mer by about twelve lengths. Distance, three miles, with u 

 turn ; time about 22m. I Is. 



Nauasset Yacht (hau;. The sec< aid regatta, of this club 

 was sailed off Nahant, Mass., Saturday, Aug. 4. The courses 

 were : Second and third classes, seven miles each ; fourth 

 class, three miles. The prizes were : First class, silver bowl; 

 second class, silver goblet ; third class, silver punch ladle ; 

 fourth class, silver cheese knife. A second prize of a silver 

 cup given classes where more than two yachts started. Fol- 

 lowing is the result : 



SECOND CLASS. 



Name. 



Cor. Time. Name. Cor. Tbue 



' 143 40 IMS I 51 2| 



Water Lily 1 52 12 



THIHD CLASS. 



BOSBie , 1 3S 47 Nova 2 us %; 



Rose 151 42 ourlew NottaitOfl 



Avis 1 58 (14 Edith " 



Lily 2 OS 33 



FOURTH CLASS. 



Splash 50 42 Echo Not! iken, 



Oracle 1 SO 21 



.Newport Yacht t'l.tn — fifewpoH, Aug. S. — Handicap 

 race: Distance, 17 miles, silver prize; presented try S. !«'. 

 Pratt, of Boston : 

 The following is the time of the start and arrival : 



Started Arrival. 



Name. h m. s. h. m. s. 



Lillian 11 is uO :■. i r, mi 



Dove 11 id 30 2 5125 



Bart 11 28 00 a -is oi 



Eidget 1130 33 2 III 01 



The Dart therefore won by a minute, although the Fidget 

 went over the course in lm. 38s. less than she did. 



Va. — Norfolk. — On the 4th inst. we had an extremely inter- 

 esting cat-boat race in Hampton lioads, for possession of a 

 handsome cup presented by H. Phoebus, proprietor of the' 

 Hygeia Hotel, at Old Point Comfort. 1 hand herewith the 

 official record of the event, showing twelve entries. The 

 course was from Old Point wharf to a point five miles dead to 

 the leeward and return, the stake-boat being placed about a 

 mile above Sewell's Point: 



Actual Corr. Actual Corr. 



Time. lime. Time. Time. 



H M. s. n. M, s. u. ,vi. s. :i . ., 



NetlieR 2 12 22 2 10 32 Eldorado 2 12 29 2 18 29 



LiUleFraud 2 35 13 2 24 58 Alme 2 26 07 2 10 27 



Mist 2 40 09 2 3i 09 uaii-y 2 3(100 2 17 00 



Grace 2 23 13 2 12 43 Com 2 31 4S 2 2151 



Ghent 2 88,57 2 28' SB Widgeon — — 



Wanderer 2 40 22 2 SO ul Vision 2 2100 2 20 18 



It is more than probable that a series of matches will be 

 saded by the Little Fraud and other boats. Bkeakwatek. 



— Gen. B. F. Butler, with his famous yacht America, is 

 cruising on the Canadian waters. 



—David Card, of City Island, is building for Mr. William 

 Astor a schooner yacht, which is to cost $350,000. 



— One of the Indian canoes at Mt. Desert, Me., this summer, 

 has been puzzling the guests try the mystic legend inscribed 

 on its prow, " Fan de lieu Bhonegue nous.'.' The plain Eng- 

 lish of this is " Paddle your own canoe. " 



— The second single-scull handicap race of the Palisade Boat 

 Club, Yonkcrs, IN. Y., was rowed Aug. 0. The entries wen 

 S. J. Lee, 105, R. G. Jackson and A. Moffat, scratch. Won 

 by Lee in 10m. 25s. 



— John Atorrissey has offered a purse of $ 500 for a scull 

 race to take place on Saratoga Lake, Aug. 28. The condi- 

 tions are: Distance, three miles, with a trim; open to all; 

 entrance fee, $100, to be added to stake, and all to go Ei 

 winner. Naiional Association rules to govern. This will 

 doubtless bring Courtney and Riley together again, and also 

 offers opportunity for a score of scullers, whose relative merits 

 the public would be pleased to have tested. 



Palisade Boat OrcjB.— The second handicap single-scull 



race of the series for the gold medal, came off at lonkj 

 August 0. Distance, one and three-quarters miles. TJ 

 tries weie S. S. Lee, ten seconds j B. Q. Jackson ami A. Mi f- 

 fat, scratch. Lee won in 10m. 21s. 



—The annual regalia, of the Palisade ! ■■ 

 to-morrow afternoon. 



Ha ur ax, N, 8,, Aug. 7,— The scull 

 pioasnip of Halifax Harboi 

 only opponent being John 



jg&tioml jftJiirJimes. 



CRICKET. 

 Columbia th. Manhattan Proqieot Park, Brooklyn, Aug. 



10. The scores were as follows: 



COLUMBIA. 



ftemrid Inning. 

 ■ ■■■ o b Love 



.... :: liJup, b Love 



run out , 



.. ..20 li I.ove 



2 bS-'Hll ' " 



Brown, c Stevens, b Low: 4 canrtb Love 



Minium, b Love a b Tucker 



foDOUgall, b Si ti| I. 4 run nut 



1 "" - v-' r out i 1, Gove 



'''-el- e and b SeotI 



Momiey. b scott II not out .'""',' 



lives. ] o ; leg-bye, 1 11 Byes, 6 ; legr) '.yes, 5 ; wides, 3 . . 



First T-nminu. 

 CuddMy, b Tucker...... 



Met iioskey, h Tucker 



Sri i i.i .;, 1 1 Tucker 



O'Sullivau, e <t l> Love.... 

 Atkinson, b Love 



Total 52 Total u 



MANHATTAN. 

 FirSt. tuning. Tnnina. 



Love, b Oregory r, i, MoCJosky 



Scott?, b Gregory a c Carey, b O'Toole. 



.Jones, run out is b McGloskey 



Jejcoand b Gregory c Brown, b b'Tooic 



11. Tucker, e O'Suliivan, ' 



ory 4 iiotriut . 



MrJiougall,oCuddiiI'». bO'Toole.lT <■ Me< <i,,s|,. v i, O'Toole 



TMeKewin, bO'Tooie.; bovonic ' ~ 



"■i.u b lli'Clusti.y.. . 



Cuinhiell. b O'Toole T b Met loske'j ... 



1 i ■ , it. c McOloskey, b 



5 b MeOloskey 



Smith, not out I 



bye;,. :; ; leg-bye, i ; wides, i- uo 



8 



Total - 



as Toial., 



Staten Island ts. St, (jfB'uiGK's— Mobokm Ann. 11 - 

 Summary: 



81. i;m; (1 



r' irs ' hm '"H- , Secrmd Tnning. 



(1 (tiles, <:,] 1; Moore, b llrewster c VVIn-l lia.ni, I, Brewster i 



S K Hosiord, e Wlietiiani, b liar- ' ' 



vi'.V •' VVIu4li;,ni, ;, llfirvey , 



J I! Oaslnuan, b Harvey u b Evre ' 



a Marsh, not oni ...u c H e"sler, V EyVe 



F Franklin, run out 2 bllarvi'v. 



Ell Moeran, b Harvey 



\V O JteDouald, b Harvey. . 



,1 1 Cjr.:ver, b 'Brew:.! er % e .larvis, b Brewster 



A Rendell, b Harvev 1 notout.... 



P Jt. VVestfeldt, b Harvey 1, Brewster. . 



(1 K Hitchcock, absent c Wliethara. b Brewster' 



Leg-byes,l; wideB,2, 3 Byes, a ; leg-byes i 



it), b Brewtter. '.'.'.. ".'...', ' 



. M 



A Harvey, e franklin, 



.1 li Wh.etlia.ui, b Mar.sti 



I' VV Kessler. b Moeran 



\V M Donald, b Marsh 



W Brewster, b Marsh 



C TJarvis, runout 



II Eyre, run out 



MO Eyre, b Moeran 



.1 apragtte, not out 



Byes, fi ; leg-byes, 4 ; wides, a... 



Total 



S2 Tolal 



STA'l'EN ISLAND. 

 First Innina. 



Oasliman -■■■^ ...... ... 



Galt vs. Hatsvillk andBkrlin— Gait, Canada Aur/ 3 — 

 Won by Gait, by 1 inning and 22 runs. 



Paris vs. Beavep.— iVwwA, Out., Aug. 0.— The game fl 

 suited in a tie. 



Scottish-American Athletic Spijuts— IS'v.m York, Am 

 11.— The second series of handicap games, held at club 

 grounds. Prizes, silver medals. Summary; 



Fotu'-lnmdred-and-forty-yards run m heats— First, heat woi 

 by E. C. Smith in 58s., with 50 yds. handicap ; second bji 

 won by T. H. Smith in (ils., with BO yds. handicap- (JrtJ 

 heat won by H. B. Wilson in 58s., with 85 yds. handieaoj 

 final heat won by Smith — won in 59s, 



Vaulting with" pole— J. B. 11 anna won on 7 ft. 10 in witif 

 handicap of 18 in. 



Three-milk walk— Seven entries; won by J. V. Woolcott in 

 20m. lis., with 40s. handicap. " COttl | 



Boston Aug. 7.-A foot race of 150 yards, between ,b,m« 

 Dwyer, OI Boston, and Uharles Drape, of North boro for $'i||(i 

 resumed in a victory for Dwyer, who won by about 'ihree'ieet' 

 Time, 15k. 



A Little Girl's Bio Swim.— Bibliie Grant, a little gir 

 eight years old, swam, on Aug. 2, from Ward's Island clqj 

 across the Harlem Hiver to the bath bouse at the foot of liH.t. 

 street, N. Y. City., a distance, making allowance for the coursi 

 taken, of ^.hpiit three-quarters of a mile. The first was si 

 complished in just fifteen minules, and Bibbie clambered 9 

 into the boat, house amid the plaudits of several hundred men; 

 women and children. 



GliiSa Bail TEAFS.— In your last issue! notice sev--, 

 glasa Uall uUoota througliout the Qonntry. and am pleased to Bee w™ 



the KeimbHc and Attn:, Clubs, at Attica. O., made, good score, shoulint 

 frommj b breaking 15 jicr cent, of tlie balls slioi at. Thh- 



No. i shooting. Also a match at i'tteabirrg, Maus,; one M 

 broke ten balls stralglit at tuirty yards. It could not havi 

 my traps and with my rules. I (and I th.uk the. rest ot sourreadeS 



uiien a match is shot to Inow what trays were used and ue 

 cording to oreing fratenritj , 



. 1 attended a match at Now 1! 

 on the litn mscand quite a number of local shots pa: 



i iiy Ot Whom had been iwaeliciug from Marsliairs & Purdfl 

 traps, breaking 4S to 4» out ot 50. In the L, , 



Irom Hin e traps, according to rule, flfteei 

 ontol 4S,one man who had loacticed from my trap;, ,. 



n chines, live bulls each, one trap, oi.e-haif brokoji, 

 All psities were satisfltd Oiey vyeW getting good practici 



Shooting, arid pun n.. ,, . ,,i ,,,, . ,.,_„ 



. 

 l pat. glass ball t; 



warded, if not 



A. H. 1 



