March 38, 1882.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



158 



Jt—Bow. Mr. John G. "NVatrous 1 liver and white poin' 

 (Uaueer— Pearl) to Mr. Edward Odell's (New Orleans; champion 

 March 10. 



d Odell's (New Orleans) lemon 

 en to owner's Bow, March 14, 

 i ported bull- 



. Qu, , ■ 



and white pomter bil 



Givaey—aero. Mr 



bitch Gtipsey to owae 



, Ma 



ah 17. 



Flirt, Mr. Andrew J. Wa 

 Flirt. CRook— Starlight) who) 

 -by Mr. K B. Ray's Coin (c 



Loo. Mr. C. Sewell's (Tai 

 whelped March 13, soven- 

 Uuess. 



Peg. The Imperial v- a 

 pointer bitcli Pec I d ■ 

 Intel 



WHELPS. 



d'sillostoti, Ma$S,) I /ievvclliu setter bitch 

 >ed Feb. 34, seven— six dOgB and one bitch 

 tampion Leicester— Rose). 

 •ytown, N. Y.i cocker spaniel bitch Loo 

 IVfl dOgg and two bitches— by owner's 



l'a Ki 



r, K. J.) lemon and xvliitr 

 lelped Doe, 29, 18S1, three 



Hefen. Mr. I'*red ff. tOlldon'S ffiock Hill. B, 0. 1 native setter bib-h 

 whelped Feb. 37 live dogs bv Mr. John K. London's Frank. Two have 

 since died. 



Dora. Mi\ Burr Hullis' (Hornellsville, N. Y.) liver and white cocker 

 spaniel bitch Dora whelped Feb. 27, live— four (lies and one bitch- bv 

 Black Vic. ' 



k'irstii. Mr. George Laick's (North Turrvtowu, N. Yd collie bitch 

 Kirsty (imported Duncan— imported Lipuey) whelped Feb. 15. six— 

 four dogs and two bitches— by Mr. Robert Hoe's imported Baidy. 

 SALES. 



Chandoa. Fawn greyhound dog, whelped June 90, 1881 (Baron 

 Walkden-Prairie clirit. hy Mr, L. C.'F. Lotz. Chicago. 111., (o Mr. K. B. 

 Williams. Centra! City, Col. 



Fant. Fawn greyhound bitch, whelped June SO, ISSl (Baron Wall: 

 deu-Praii'ie tfirli, by Mr. L. 0. F. Lotz, Chicago, 11L, to Mr. Wm. W. 

 Lewis. Hyde Park, 111. 



istalia. Fawn Greyhotmd bitch, whelped June 20, 1S81 (Baron 

 Walkdeii Prairie Girl i by Mr. L. D, F. Lotz. Chicago, 111..' to Mr. C. A. 

 Church, Greenville, Mi -li 



Nettie. Brindled greyhromd bitch, whelped Not. 30, ihto (Tip- 

 pecanoe— Prairie Girl), bv Mr. L. C. F. Lota, Chicago, ID., to Mr. J. 0, 

 Drayton, New York. 



Alia tea-Dale. Brindled grevhound dog, whelped Mar 5, ISSl (Spring 

 —Maud 11.), by Mr. L. C. P. Lotz. Chicago, IU., to Mr.' George Drake 

 of sane- city, 



I" r,,('c.r. "Black, white and tan Llewelliu setter dog (Prince Royal— 

 Vic), by ,Mr : F. PI Andrews, Charlotte, S. C, to Mr. A. li. Heyward. 



■ Pug 



?k (from i-mecii VU K 



■reiliiott, New Sorij to. 



I (log pupfe 



ter bitch (Don -Elf), by Br. A. 

 Everall, same place. 

 helped Jan. 17 (Blossom— Mob 

 Int., to Mr. Wells, Tilsouburg, 



is old (champion Lee— Maud i. 

 Cleveland, 0. 

 Id, by Madam 



Marie J. Kemp 



vie/, uy -u-i . r 

 Bock Hill, S. 



Lad*/ Macbeth. Liver and wdiite pi 

 McCollom, New York, to Mr. George 



ikffvn. Black and tan setter dbg, 

 lie), by Mr. Edward Tinsley, llamiltoi 

 Oat, ' 



Searcher. Beagle dog, twenty mm 

 by Mr, W.H, TothJ j -,i 



Diclc— Little Pel wheix 

 GcLstinger's imported I). 

 Little Pet, by Mr. E. P. M 

 of same plane, for 8450. 



Count Trail. Red Irish sett 

 George S. Tucker, Peterboro, 

 ton, Mass. 



Belle's Pride. Blue belton English setter bitch, fifteen months old 

 (Paris— Belle), by Dr. Allen Pi. Clayton, Chatham. Om., to Mr. 11. 

 Bailey Harrison." Tilsouburg, Out. 



PRESENTATIONS. 



Dummy— Nell whelp. Mr. Mac Dickson, Newburg City, N. Y".. has 

 presented to Mr. E. A. Spoouer, New York, an orai.Ere and white na- 

 tive setter bitch puppy by his Dummy out of his Nell. 



Don Royal— TaWu <»lielp, Mr. Washington A. Costar, Flatbush, L. 

 l.,has presented to Mr. Theodore A. GUI, West Park, N. Y.. a liver 

 and white ticked pointer bitch, whelped Sept. 6, 1HSJ, bvhis Don Ilea! 

 out of Parker's Tabbv. 



Blossom— MoUte whelm. Mr. E. Tinsley, Hamilton, Ont.. has pre- 

 sented to Mr. T. W. SmaUman, London, Out., a black and tan setter 

 bitch, whelped Jan. 17, by Dr. J. S. Niven's Blossom out of owner's 

 Mollie, 



Blasts. Mr. E. Tinsley. Hamilton, Unt... has presented to Dr. MeCol- 

 linn the black and tan setter dog llloss, whelped Jan. 17 (Blossom— 

 Mollie). 



DEATHS. 



Beauty; Mr. Charles Bills' (Springfield, Mass.) black and white fox- 

 hound Beauty, tlu'ce years old, Feb. IS. 



Bead, Mr, Jacob 'Stiner's (Brooklyn. N. A'.) English setter bitch 

 BeUe. 



Belle. Mr. J. O. Donner's (New York) grange and white I 

 setter Belle, three years old (Hanger 11— Mallard's Belle), March 9, of 

 pneumonia. 



Sipsey. Mr. W. F. Duerr, Orange, N. J., has lost his black and 

 white pointer hitch by Cal out of Psyche, Jan. 1. 



fachtinq m\d (j^mwdng. 



THERE is among Americans a great deal of common-sense, sound 

 "horse sense, '' and no observer of the times will doubt that the 

 cutter is in consequence destined to constitute a very large fj actum of 

 our yachting tleet. It is not to be supposed that sensl >le men will 



prefer to go sailing in dangerous " slabs" rather than in safe ships, 

 unless the slabs offer some er-peeial advantage not to be obtained in 

 the safe boat, especially if the latter may claim, in addition, greater 

 accommodations, coder cabins, snugger air I better arranged sails. It 

 has hitherto been supposed that light draft and the great beam in- 

 duced by it were indispensable to .-peel, and that deep boats, what- 

 ever their other claims might be, were of necessity slow. Hence, the 

 slab has long been popular m spile of all her dangerous tricks, 

 cramped headroom, encumbering deck-houses, and towering spars 

 and Pig sails. Pokf.st aj.u Stkk.ui has Ions: been preaching lessons 

 against this belief, but in view of conservative prejudices for the ex- 

 isting order of things and patriotic aversion to learning from other 

 nations, little headway had been made among the masses. No* that 

 the Madge, has shown the light -draft faith to be theon unsupported 

 by facts, the common-sense of Americans will not be slow to draw 

 proper inferences. With the question of speed in deep boats decided 

 in their favor, the main objection to adopting safe, able, rooiny, 

 CQOl, handy models and rigs has disappeared. We, at least, give 

 Americans credit for common-sense enough to drop the old love Shorn 

 of its attractions, and to consort, with the new, shown to be the mure 

 deserving of the two. The transfer of popular favor from the K0- 

 rhawks, Sophias, Evas, and their whole lot to bouts if more credit- 

 able design can be deemed unly a question of time. That the flat-iron 

 will continue to eke out a piecarious existence is likely enough under 

 special conditions. For siioal waters, like those of the (treat Sonlh 

 Bay. Albemarle Sound, and duck-puddles generally, it is idle to talkof 

 commissioning vessels drawing several feet more water than there is 

 to float them: but the demands of such environments are pmvh local 

 and can never be supposed to set the fashion for cruising generally. 

 Where there is water enough, and there is in ninety-nine cases out of 

 a hundred, the deep boat is destined to drive out the slab without any 

 doubt. As to rig, every one will prefer what is snug and under con- 

 trol. Here too the impression that a cutter's double head-rig, long 

 gaff and big topsail, were less efficient, in our mind-. .:■_. ; .■:':. ■ 

 "lighter," as exemplified in the sloop, has been dissipated by the do- 

 ings of the Madge and numerous home bom-.. ■ ma, :. , .-:■ gina. (h-ncic 



ud Fc 



East 



ist 



We arc indebted to the New York Herald for the following particu- 



— "'Mng by piep 



imeneed th 

 f Franklin 



.. .. ... ^. ....... .,,-.., i-, mr. ., un iui (v -ijev oet iui Lire loiiov. ine, p; 



Jars 01 the two largest now buBding by Piepgras at Oreenpoint 



Mr Henry Piepgras has commenced the construction of a large 



it, Greeupoint. L. I., 



■utter yacht at h 

 for Mr. Aid 

 uished by M 



far Mr. Archibald Rogers, of the Seawanbaka Club, from lines fur- 

 iiished by Messrs. Harvey A Pryor, of London. She will he built and 

 equipped iu the best possible maimer, the stern to be elliptical and 

 the huh to be sheathed with copper. Her dimensions will be. as fol- 



low 



Length 

 Length 



- LI . 



Depth i 



I! lino 



Feet, Inches. 

 ... 71 1% 



.70 



. 15 8 



IH 



hroat. of floor to underside of upper 



c^ofwa^^::;:::::::::;::;;:;:;;:;:-;?:;::;:::^ 



tonnage (old measurement i, 79 tons. 



)hto white oak and the stem of the same, material, 

 llin. and moulded HV,m. at the head and tapered 

 foot it w m be moulded loin. The apron will be of 

 e'.aiu. at the head and tapered to siding of the dead- 

 DOSt, i white oak. will be sided isin. at the head 

 1 dimensions will be Bin. at the 



the latter 

 while at tl 

 white oak. 



and D 



head f 



id li 



etuil P K 



ed to 



'"PI"" 



futtoeks v, ii 

 stepped into 



aft, while fch 



plates and b 



ai:df:i '-.'■. 1 

 supported b 



l^hi. ; first futto 



th ga 



Lunized iron bolls. The frame in tin 





frame, half frame and bent timber 



befeii 



e and 4ft. abaft the lead keel, will be 



n nor 



rs not less than 8ft. Bin, long on each 



pering to 5 



inches at the tore ena, wu 



wdiite pine, % of an inch ii 



and white oak below, allfi 



sheer will be of Oh: 



hollo 







the beam, i 



eek^ul'-'bm 



and 



deck fran 

 accordant.- 



hull will be i 



i U 



vo thickne- 



ie inner skin 



vill 



be of light 



% of an inch 



rfiic 



f, aud tret 



The outer pi 



ml; 



ug will be- \ 



he inner skin 

 i width, and to 



it 1 



?ast 3 inch 

 tot less thai 



farming a litis 







'hick and the gu 



rbo 



ard strake t 



plank will com 



1st 





A sister keelson 







ehes at the afti 







efflfa 



••■lie. 



letal. 



■ebitplng 



The rat 



. The ni 



.-ill 



flaw 



ships, workea in It 

 main piece of the i 

 the knuckle, audi; 

 and braces, aud to 

 will be made to ste> 

 There will be thii 

 keel. Because of 



trol, will itnish this cutter t 

 rangemerits will be of a ve. 

 wiU be determined upon in 

 Within a few days Mr. Pit 

 It is for Mr. James Stillman 

 wanhaka, Larchmont and 

 has owned the cutter Muri 



rossing at the 

 ing will be of 

 • with Lloyd's 



jes and both 

 Soft Georgia 

 nailed to the 

 rought so as 

 ■s where the 

 1% inches in 

 lire plank of 

 i be 3)4 inches 

 md vvell-sea- 

 ^ inches, ta- 

 lches by 5J4 

 'is to be of 

 e first futfork head strake, 

 anized nails. The plank- 

 _„ thick, aud chased with a 

 bbon. All the up and down fastenings to be of 

 ■h by 5 inches, driven through and plugged with 

 the in and out bolts to be 0-1 ij of an inch in diam- 

 e of clear-colored Ohio white oak, and free from 

 •k will be of white pine. 2J^ by %Yi inches amid- 

 .: lengths and free from Imots or shakes. The 

 ider will be of Ohio white oak, « by ft inches at 



if angle iron 4 by i by ^ 



tne same overlapping each 

 Idle length of the lead keel, 

 Is of the lead keel not less 

 hesat the after end. The 

 •ain of the wood keel at an 



:>ver which he has no con- 

 of July. The internal ar- 

 character, and her spars 



; ill ■: 



4 tin: 



nilarged hi 



- N 



Slli.ee 



uldloft i 



keel of another cutter. 

 iw York, Eastern, Sea- 

 t clubs. Mr. Stillman 

 ■rer and other sailing 

 ine. Mr. Piepgras en- 

 185 feet square, so that 

 ,els at th 



id i 



ale 



ny other 

 :e of the 



past three years. The hues of Mr. Stillmau's cutter were also fur- 

 nished bv Messrs. Harvey & Prver. of London, and, like that building 

 for Mr. Honors, will have eat elliptical stern and be sheathed with 

 copper. The very best materials will be used in her construction and 

 the workmanship is to be of the most thorough character. The di- 

 mensions of the yacht will be as follows: 



Feet. Inches. 



Length on deck .. 61 9 



Length on load water line 00 



Extreme breadth 11 



Depth from top of throat of floor to under side of upper 



deck, amidships 10 11^ 



Draught of water 10 



Tom i .:■ (old measurement), 5] i -04 tons. 



The keel wull be of English or American elm, sided and moulded, 

 and bo be fastened with copper boils, driven through and clenched on 

 rings of the same metal. The. stem will be of American oak, 8J4 

 inches, sided and M inches moulded at the head and tapered, while at 

 the forefoot it will be moulded icU in. dies. The apron is to be of 

 American oak, sided ''. :t 4 inches at the head aud tapered to the siding 

 of the dead wood. The stem post will lie of American oak, sided 11 

 inches at the head and P ^ inches at I he held; moulded at the head SJ4 

 inches, at the bee! 12VS inches and seamed to the keel with gun metal 

 dovetail plates and bolted through with copper bolts. The "deadwood 

 is to be of American oak, excepting the lowerpiece aft. which is to 

 be of elm and of sufficient siding to form the outside planking for ,1 



be 



nlded or 



rs .died in opposition to 1 



It' 1 lower !_■ ■ ' . ; ' '.- el [I t •■;■ . ,-,- l , y 



around her ttq 



hear from those wdio ha -■ 





ingS. The sea 



praise of the cutter s canvas for 

 in cruising. It is conceded by a 



speed quite as much as for bandines. 



sided J'., inchi 



11 e ■: :nc.e coo:..: t; pr,judi:^ an I 



thi be. -. . 



lacking in experience, that doui 





atthroat - , 



than a single jib, most lively bee 



tuse two sails sit duller than one and 





can be trimmed to better advan 



.age. whde the angle of the f in Sail 





on the stay is more beneficial th: 



n the bag of a whole jib Hying off to 





leeward and lifting more than it 



drives ahead, 



"j' . Inches, aie 



With the issue we have so loug 



kept prominently before the public 



inches. The c 



decided ., i .,- ■ i, ■ ■ that the 



culler is at all events as fast as lic- 



knuckle. Spj in 



sloop rigged slab, the ■horse > 



ense" of American yachtsmen will 



be sided 5 inch 



lead them to select that type o 



vessel \vhieh shall be safe 



will be sided 1 



il in the bargain. Nor c 



an tlie igt„. ;,::,..■ pr-wdeut among 



inches at the h 



builders or the prejudice- ' - • 

 may be the highest conceivable t 



rbous stem the rising tide The Eva 



inch m di unci 



o some, but the majority willgradti- 

 hertypeof abortions u ■ should feel 





ally learn to hud, upon boats of 



i, e , ,. 



heartily ashamed of sui pon Inj 



md will turn fneirthoughts to yachts 



ships and 3J4 



a sal] •,..,.. ipathj 





ShipS, while til 



tittst vear four cutters were In 



ill in Boston and one in New York. 



keelson to be c 



Bvi a -.so far under \ 



ay to Boston, four in Xew York and 



ships and tape 



".n-onto, with several nit 



re in contemplation, which mayor 



eriy shitted w 



mav not come to anything this 



season, but whose projectors are in 



through at e 



_„ of the timbei. .._ 

 from the keel to the 

 u-s will be full moulded 

 Sd. Extra timbers will 

 plates, and also knees 

 required for the fasten- 

 ows; Floors, of wood. 



uldcd at the heel, 



ml fi- 

 ll be 



3 her 



inch in 

 of Eng- 

 Is auiid- 

 1s amid- 



tft The 



vill 1. 



be proTi- 



e bolted 



earnest. For the ten new cutters this year, we look forward with 

 confidence to thirty in the year to come, for these, grand ships with 

 the hold of a frigate will not fail to appeal to the "horse sense" of the 

 American public. 



; hi reel and mast. The EJB 



v.-i v Hoot with metal bolts lfs-itiin. in diameter and 



clinched on rings of lie- ,anie metal The beams and deck framing, 



the half-beams and eai m - J: ,.... deed; and beams and pillars will be 



similar to those of the cutter building for Mr. Rogers. 



The planking will be put on in two thicknesses, both worked fore 



and aft, the inner skin to be. of red cedar or teak, throughout lin. 

 thick, and tree-nailed to the frames and bent timbers. The outer 

 plank will overlap the seams of the inner skin at least 3in.. aud will be 

 l-fcjin. thick when finished, forming a Hush wake, the centre plank of 

 which will be Stain, thick and the garboard strake 3'iin. thick in the 

 centre. The outside plank to consist of American elm from the keel 

 to 8ft. 21n, below the load water line; American oak. teak or red cedar 

 to height of sheathing; American oak or teak at top amidships and in 

 wake of channels and tackle plates, and red cedar for fore and aft 

 hoods, all to be well secured to the frames: bent timbers aud inner 

 slan, with patent dump boats for the frames and copper bolts driveu 

 through and clinched on rings for the bent timbers and inner skin. 

 The dump bolts will be 7-lb'in. in diameter, the through bolts in the 

 bent timbers (i-Kiin., and those in the openings 5-lUin. in diameter. 

 The fastenings iu the spaces from one frame timber to the other will 

 be ten in number, where the planking does not exceed Bin. in. width 

 (while the number will be increased where the planks are widen. 

 averaging a distance apart of about 3,':,m. iu a vertical line; all butts 

 to have a bolt in the next frame timber, fore and aft, of 7-ltiin. in 

 diameter, driven through and clinched on rings of the same metal. 

 A sister keelson, 5 by r.d.p'u., tapering to t by learn, at the after end 

 and i\% by 4Jain, at the fore end. will be of American oak or teak, in 

 one length, extending lift, before the mast and 6ft. abaft the tackle 

 plates, and worked to a height to suit the midship section and the 

 lower deck beams, ami continued through and aft with red cedar or 

 red pine of the same Mumling as the oak or teak, tapering to ■'je-jm. at 

 the fore end and 3% by 344iu. in the after end. the pine or cedar 

 running past the hutt end ol the oak for af leasi twoset^ol frames. 

 The floor heads, first futtock head and second futtock head strakes 

 will he of American oak amidships and for .M,.,ft. ahead of i be mast 

 and 3>£ft. abaft the tackle plates, fee fastenings in the sister keelson 

 aud those strakes are to be driven through and clinched, one bolt in 

 every frame and first futtock S-lOiu. in diameter, and one bolt in each 

 strake of every frame, first or second futtock and every bent frame 



The ceiling will be of red cedar or red pine, worked to form air 

 spaces between the clamps at about every two feel, ceiling to be 

 ?kin. thick to lirst futtock head and of American oak i.elmv where 

 it is usual in yachts of double planking construct ion. a.i fastened with 



dim 



etei 



. ]ii 



rem knots "l. nakes. The 

 nn oak, 7J.A by 7Wins, at the 

 jel. It will be huug and 

 togers. Two tillers will be 

 : usual iron work and deck 



twees the stanchions. The rail wi 

 by Si^ins. The upper deck will be I 

 Ships, worked in long lengths ant 

 main piece of the rudder will be of 

 knuckle and tapered to f^ins. at 

 worked as described in the cutter c 

 supplied fitted wdth iron tenons, 

 fittings to be complete and substantial. 



The fittings on the cabin deck will be of a convenient character, as 

 Lhey will be iu the space above and below the deck. The woodwork 

 of the deck will be of clean and dry white pine, polished and varnished,- 

 except the outside work of saloon and that part of the outside from 

 the saloon to the starboard fore berth and the after retiring rooms, 

 which will be veneered with selected hardwood veneers of good grain, 

 all to be properly laid. The steerage and staircase between the 

 saloon and after cabin to be of red cedar. Front of lockers, wash- 

 stands or presses to be of oak or red cedar. The saloon and ah the 

 sleeping rooms will be veneered. The saloon will be fitted with sofas, 

 bookshelves, bookcases and panels for the reception of pictures. 

 Two tables will be. furnished for the saloon, both to be huug so as to 

 swiug athwart ships and to be arranged so as to be firmly secured 

 when necessary. All the rooms wdJl be fitted with pneumatic connec- 

 tions aud an indicator and gong will be in the steward's pantry. 

 There will also be connections from the companion deck and deck 

 houses to the steward's indicator. The spars will be determined upon 

 when the boat is entirely ballasted with lead. The standing rigging 

 will be of galvanized iron and the running gear of hemp or manila. 

 The ballast will be moulded into shape to fit, and will be fastened with 

 copper bolts through large plates at either end and screw-nutted where 

 necessary. Mr. Piepgras says that Si tons of lead will be placed out- 

 side on the wood keel and the remainder, the inside ballast, lo consist 

 of lead cut to fit the limbers. It was Intended that there should be 

 14-K tons of inside ballast, but this amount may be changed. There 

 will be three working boats furnished the yacht -a gig, 31 feet long; 

 cutter, 16 feet, aud a dingy, 12 feet 6 inches. The gig will be of white 

 pine, with mahogany or cedar fittings, Mr. Piepgras hopes to launch 

 this yacht about the'same time that Mr. Rogers' boat will be put over- 

 board. 



WEIGHED AND FOUND WANTING. 



can length" and in favor of 

 >. core, has recently found a 

 iver Yacht Club. Their rule 

 n length. Recently a cabin 

 of the 



THAT all we have written against • 

 measurement by see is sound to 

 most perl ine o Illustration in the East River Yacht Club. '1 

 has hithi.rto been to measure by mean length. Recentlj 

 yacht with a square stern, similar to the Henry Ward Beech 

 ATlaniii. Y. C' - n-ade ie r appearance in lie E. K fleet. The 

 werenpt slow in discovering the faUaoy of mean length, for though 

 the square sterned .yacht had no greater "mean length" than another 

 several feet shorter on the load line, but supplied with an overhang, 

 the members failed to see the equity in sailing her against the counter 

 stern without an allowance. Xow, wh' rein lay the point of their ob- 

 jection? 



In the fact that, though of the same "mean length," the square 

 sterned yacht was a laryer boat than the rest. Almost wituout know- 

 ing or intending it, a confession of the fallacy of the mean length non- 

 sense was drawn unanimously from the club'by a single practical illus- 

 tration with which they were brought: face to face. The club denied 

 their former faith in a twinkling. They saw at a glance that as soon 

 as nieun length fails to gauge size with sufficient approximation to 

 truth for practical purposes, the bottom dropped out of the whole 

 business. 



So, to include the real size of yachts more nearly, they resolved 

 upon adoptiug load line length for the future, "because it more cor- 

 rectly estimated the size of the boats." This is a \ irtual admission of 

 all we have charged in these columns against measuring by length, 

 that, though fair euomth in boat, of Mrieily the same type aud style, 

 the rule possesses do equity where applied to boats of different types 

 or styles, and inasmuch as it discriminates against all but one "typie 

 without any show of reason or justice, ordinary intelligence seems do 

 demand setting aside what has been weighed and been found want- 



Larchi 



11 the el 



' beslow 



simple, 



id 



ut t 



Y. C. in adopting the report of their committee 

 censure of ordiuury facts like the above. Though 



-d the evil somewhat by red ueiug half the overhang 



ir rule, the same rotten core is found underneath. 



rubers with only common intelligence, they will not 

 by the committee's failure lo grasp a matter so 



lay expect to see square sterned cabin yachts sooti 



ad Uu 



ud say left, bei 



15ft. deptli 

 id stern, will have to contend on equal 

 terms with some new square-ended boat, lift. tin. in water line and 

 15ft. IDWin. beam, and 5ft. SL.iii. dee]), both beam and depth being in- 

 creased m this example in tne same proportion as the load line, the 

 imptiou being that, the same mudcl has been preserved, only shorn 



of I 



•erha 



"J boats 



upare in size about a- S.oou and 3.G0O. That 

 is to say, it we can one yacht 80 tons, the square stem yacht of same 

 length under the rule will be 36 tons. Pronally no one in his senses 

 wall" deem it equity to sail these two on even terms. The models being 

 alike, bar overhang, the larger boat will beat, the smaller our twelve 

 limes out of every dozen race-,-: Yet such an incongruous state of 

 affairs is exactly what the Larchmont Y. < '. directly invites. Ii is no 

 use pointing to nothing but eouuteisterns in the fleet. For, keep the 

 rule alive loug enough, and what we have pointed out is certain tp 



That some contemporaries currying favor with prominent yachts- 

 men, have beslobbered the Larchmont committee's report with lick- 

 spittle encomiums will, we hope, not render the .dud blind to the 

 fact that the committee has completely failed to fathom the question 

 to its depth, aud thai in place of sound logic, it has permitted the 

 prejudices of its leading member, the only one with any positive 

 i iews on the subject, to force upon the club a rule which, if not quite 

 so ridiculous ir. its results as "mean length," is none the less open lo 

 the .same serious and as yet uncoutroverted charges. 



Measurement hi the Larchmout V. 0. is by no means settled, nor 

 could it well be by an investigation of gentlemen who. though mean- 

 ing well enough, have shown themselves inadequate to the task in not 

 even following their recommendations a single step in their workings, 

 Had they done so, the conviction of the absolute necessity of gang- 



