Aran- 20 1882 1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



238 



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BOS I 

 of gentlemen 



match -■ ! : ■ 

 brightly on the i 



little in' 



•il 15.— At Walnut Hill to-day a large company 

 Dated in the Sharpshooter and Creedinoor 

 g was a delightful one, albeitthat thesun shone 

 s, and made bulls a difficult matter to get. A 

 rred at the commencement of the 



shoot, the markers starting a si 

 to work, and everything " was 

 shifted to the east and the weal 

 iiiE are the scores at 300 yards : 



Sharpshooters' Match. 

 W Charles 10 1010 8 7 7 9 9 0-88 



>, hut on an explanation they wc_ . 

 irene. In the afternoon the wind 

 r was not quite so lino. The folio w- 



. 7 8 10 7 10 10 9 7-85 



10 889 10 9H89 7—8-1 



.71) 10 698 10 78 9^88 



7 8 8 9 7 10 7 10 9 7 S3 

 10 86799798 B— 88 



6 9 9 8 9 9 6 9 9 6-80 



8 6 5 10 6 8 10 10 7 10—80 

 .10 8 7 5 9 8 8 8 6 9-77 



8 9 7 5 7—77 



9 7 4 10 8—72 

 9 9 10 5 1-71 

 8 9 10 5 8—70 



3 9-70 



7 5—09 



5 5—67 



6 8—60 



E F Richardson 

 F J Rabbefh 

 OM Jewell.. 

 AV C Gregory 

 J Morrill .... 

 C J Frost... 

 J N Fryo . , . 

 B C Ball T 



C O Coates 10 10 6 10 



B A Good win 5 10 3 6 10 



AV Gardner 7 9 9 4 5 



J Bowen 5 7 7 6 5 



EPHolden 5 7 7 10 9 7 10 3 



CF Scott 9 6 10 7 8 3 8 6 



FSBates 6 8 7 8 6 5 7 10 



NOPorcer 9 8 10 5 15 8 7 



Creedmoor Match. 



W Gardner 4 g 4 4 g 4 4 5 5 5—46 



AL Bllit 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 5—15 



C JFoy. 6 5 4 5 1 J 3 4 1 4—13 



J Warren .455154544 4-44 



EN Yerxa 5 5 5 S 4 3 4 4 4 4—43 



H Tyler (mil.) _. ...4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4-42 



C A Appioton 4 4 4 14 4 4 4 4 5—41 



DF Hoyden , 1 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 5 4-11 



CO Coates 4 5 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4-40 



SP Blake... 4 5 4445444 2—40 



J A Cobb 444 3 4 4444 4—39 



AV Fisher 4354 8 444 B i— 19 



A S Sands 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 1—37 



LYNN, Mass. April 1].— The Lvrm Central Shooting Club held its 

 regular weekly shoot to-day, with a large number of shooters present, 

 picluding delegations from the Lynn. Boston, Sum rville and Ca 

 bridge clubs. The clay pigeon team si 

 of one of the team being sick) until Ti 

 eight sweeps shot -four at clav plgeoi 



The first was at twenty clay pigeons, .._ 

 made: 



Old Sport 19 O'Noil . . 



Webster 17 Blake . 



Frost 17 Sawyer. 14 



McQerllne 16 MeKemiy 14 



Pailbrick 16 Randall 14 



McAlaster 15 Richardson 14 



The next was at twenty glass halls, with the following result: 



AVebster 18 Richardson 13 



Old Sport 17 Mer'arland 13 



Randall 16 McAlaster. la 



Moore 15 Armstead 12 



Blake 13 MeKeuny 1,2 



Sawyer 13 O'Neil . ." 11 



FALL RIVER, Mass.— The Fall River Gun Club held its regular 



badge shoot, and its second match for silver cup, Past Lay, April 6, 



with the following result. Badge match, handicap rise SO balls; 



Yds. 



Sheldon 23 



Orandall 18 



Braley 24 



Valentine 25 



Allen 21 



Hall 24 



Curtis 21 9 



Cup match, 10 balls and 10 clay pigeons: 



Balls. Birds. 



Crandall 111111111 1—10 111111111 1—10-20 



Buifluton 1 11111111 1—10 11111110 10— 8—18 



Sheldon.... .1 111101111—9 1110101111— 8—17 



Borden 1 110 11110 1—8 10011111 01—7—15 



Curtis 11111110 0—7 1111010 10 1— 7—14 



Baker 10 111000 0—4 111111111 1—10— 14 



Braley 10 1111111—8 1100110100— 5—13 



Valentine 100111100 0—5 1100011111— 7—12 



.asposponedi on account 

 y, April 18. There were 

 1 four ttt glass balls. 

 1 the following score was 







Yds. 





17 



Buffinton : . . 



....25 



6 out of l()w 



16 



Borden 



....18 



5 out of lOw 



15 



Snow 



....18 



5 out of lOw 



14 



Cornell 



....21 



6 out of 15w 



13 



Lincoln 



....18 



3 out of lOw 



11 



Parkhurst . . 



....18 



2 out of lOw 



Hall . 

 Pownall,... 

 Allen 



Cornell 



A number of male he: 

 1. Crandall lft, Braley 

 Allen 3d. 3. VaJentini 



.0111001100 5 1100100111— 0—11 

 ..010 1000011—4 1010001100—4—8 



..0 1 1 1 1 1 0— 5 w 



..00010 w — 1 



niches were also shot, with the following results: 



iraley 2d. Allen 3d. 2. Buffinton 1st, Crandall 2d, 



Sheldon divide 1st, Bufflnton 2d, Braley 



and Borden divide 3 1. 4. Allen 1st, Sheldon 2d. 5. Valentine 1st 

 Sheldon 2d, Braley 3d. 6. Sheldon 1st, Bralev 2d, Crandall 3d. 7. 

 Valentine and Crandall divided 1st, Sheldon and Allen divided 2d, 

 Braley 3d. 8. Bufflnton and Crandall divided 1st, Sheldon 2d, Bra- 

 ley 3d. 9. Crandall and Baker divided 1st, Buffinton and Sheldon 

 divided 2d, Curtis an d Valentine divided 3d.— T. S. Hall. 



MANCHESTER, N. H., April 10, 1882. -The Manchester Shooting 

 Club opened the season with a shoot on Fast Day. This being the 

 first time they have tried clay pigeons some of the scores are a little 

 low. The conditions were clay pigeons, 12 yards rise. Glass balls, 

 Holden trap, 18 yards rise. 



Clay Pigeons. 



M Wadleigh 1111101111—9 C J Darrah 0011100100—4 



AF Cooper 1110011101—7 E S Whitney 0101011000—4 



A Foster. 0111000111—0 C B French 0101011000— 4 



J .Jenkins .0011010111—6 G E Morrill 0010010110—1 



C E Grove 0011001111—6 H A Clement 0001011010—1 



C P BlaisdeU 1101011000-5 J H Hayes 0010000101—3 



E A Durgin 01110001 10-5 L Holt 0000011000—2 



C Hadley 0010101 101—5 A C Watson 0000000101—2 



H Wheeler 0iuini0ini-5 O Greelev 0001000100—2 



AE Clarke 0100100111^5 C H Barrett OIOOIOOODO— 2 



1 A Moore 



F J Drake 



N A Robinson. 

 HA Clement.. 



A Foster 



E A Durgin .... 

 A B Clarke 



....0111111111—9 C J Darrah 1010111001—6 



. . .1110111 1 11 -9 C B French 1 101101001— 6 



. . . 1111111101—9 C W Jones 1010 1 1 Won— 5 



. . . .0111101111—8 C H Barrett 0001 10101 1—5 



....0111111100-7 CE Mori ill ....1001001101—5 



....1010111101—7 ES Whitney 0101101001—5 



....1100001111—6 AC Watson lOlllOOOlO— 5 



H Wheeler 0110110011— 6 N S Drake 01111 



Glass Balls.— C. E. Gove D, F. .1. Drake 7, E. A. Durgin 7, E. B. AVhit- 

 ney 6, A. C. Watson 0, C. Hadley C. G. E. Morrill 5, C. B. French 5, C. 

 & Barrett 3, H. A. Clement 3. 



, A. C. AVatson 4, E. A. Durgin 4, F. J. 



-iga 5, A. F. Cooper 5, C. P. BlaisdeU 5, p. B, 

 . B. A Durgin 5, ( .' J. Darrah 4. ,). II. Hayes 

 irrier 3, L. J. Holt 3, C. E. Sove 8, C. Hadley 

 . A. Robinson 1. First, divided be- 

 i, Morrill and Haves; third, Gove 



Glass Balls.— C. B, Et 



Drake 3, 11. A. Clement 



First Sweep. -M.AVai 

 French 5. O. J. Jenkins 

 4, G. E. Morrill 1. O. S. Cl 

 3, C. AV. . Lines 3, 11. A. Cl 

 tween Cooper and Wadle: 

 and Holt; fourth, Jones. 



Second Sweep.— O. J. Jenkins 5, C. P. BlaisdeU 5. J. II. Hayes 5, C. 

 B. French 5, A. If. Cooper 5, M. Wadleigh 3. L. J. Holt 2, E. A. Durgin 



2, G. E. Morrill 2, O. S. Currier 2. C. J. Darrah 1. First, BlaisdeU and 

 Jenkins; second, Cooper; third, Wadleigh; fourth, Morrill. 



Third Sweep.- C. P. BlaisdeU 5. A. F. Cooper 5, L.J. Holt 5, E. A. 

 Durgin 4, C. J. Darrah 3, O. J. Jenkins, 3, O. S. Currier 3, J. H. Hayes 



3. C. B. French 3, G. E. Morrill 3, J. E. Dolber 3. First, BlaisdeU and 

 Cooper; second, Durgin; third, Jenkins. 



RIVERSIDE SHOOTING CLUB.— The annual meeting of the River- 



side Shooting Club of Beverl 

 Fast day. The following 

 Kilham; Secretary and Ti 

 mittee. ('apt. IT. R. Wffiian 

 commenced at 10 A. M. i 

 disagreeable f or the parties] 



ted. The first rnati 

 .1 G. Laud and G. F. Hin 

 Bogardus, rotary and double 

 tiling the question as to the o- 

 between the same gemleme 

 suited in favor of Air. Hinkl 

 m the many othei scores 



MUCh iniere.st wag 

 Cloving at this time causet 

 that made it difficult I Jr I u 

 Adoring that not one of the p 

 good score was made: 

 D 1'. Waters 

 C. C. Bufflnn 

 J. C. Kilhat 



. , Mass., was held at their club house _ 

 Ulcers were re-elected: President. J. ('. 

 Br, J. AV. Carter; Executive Coni- 

 1. B. Bray, .1. W. Carter. Shooting 

 ong wind from the east made it very 

 -. and a fair score was all that could 

 as lor the champion badges between 

 . held by th, latter, 30 hulls; pleach, 

 , Q-. Land, -2:,; O. F. Hinkley, 20. Set- 

 ■ship of the wooden spoon came nest 

 r jis was a match of 25 balls, and re- 

 he score being— Land 17, Ilinkiey 18. 

 itner scores oiaae we will-only mention that of clay 

 iniere.st was felt in this the first trial, The high wind 

 I time caused toe pigeons to dip and dive in a manner 

 i ,i; i • the shooters to hold on them; however, con- 

 t one of the participants ever shot them before, a very 

 made: 

 .1111111011- 9 Ca.pt. TJ. R. WlUiams. .. .1111110110- 8 



.1001011110-6 J. W. Carter 11*11111110- 9 



_... lithium- 9 O. F. Hinkley 1110110111- 8 



P. S. Chase.... 1111111111—10 Rev. E. C. Butler lllimill— 10 



C.Jonss 0111111111—9 F. W.Nichol 0001000011—3 



Farms, 



CINCINNATI, April 13. -The Cincinnati Independent Shooting 

 Club had their usual shooting, won by Mr. Louis Eey breaking 26 out 

 of 30 clay pigeons. The weather was line and 26 shooters entered 



.tent. 



Shelton a 

 Jfcessiou by a member. 

 Kessler, breaking 26 o, 



for f 



it Thurs- 

 rxiliary rifle 

 It was won 



it of 30. Eu- 



...,2 2 2—6 

 ....8 9 5-22 

 ....5 5 4—14 

 ....7 7 8—22 



...5 6 6—17 

 ....7 8 5—20 

 ....4 7 4—15 

 ....4 4 6—14 

 ....3 2 3-8 



...5 4 4-13 

 3 6 4—13 



their names "and hurnt powder to th 

 day, April 80, the members will Shi 

 barrel, to be WOrt three times in sue.! 

 as the first time, April 6, by Mi 

 closed is score for i.o-d;j v 



JohnBauer .'.4 2 7—13 JPHeister 



Robinson 5 9 6—30 Chas. Eckert. . . 



J E Miller 5 6 11 A Kleinrueyer 



HAllard 7 6 8-21 W E Lirnberg ... 



J.I Kdvekamp 2 7 4—13 w HSchrader. ... 



.1 ( lleichowsky 6 9 8-23 P Kessler 



N Weaning 8 8 7-23 V Wohlman 



F Hoeltge 6 6 9- -21 Dr B Mosenmoier 



H Godleman 6 6 7—19 Dr AVeruer. . . . 



Louis Fey 9 710—26 Louis Hoffman 



J Atoerlein 6 8 7-21 J Walter. 



J Deck 3 5 5—18 Chas Phares 7 7 7—21 



T WTrcdway 7 3 8-18 



Referee, Capt Glolchowsky. Judges W H Schrader and John Bauer. 

 Double bird shooting. 



Robinson. ...0 1 1 1 1 1 l 1—7 Fey 1 1 1 1 1 1-45 



Pharos 110 10 1111 0—7 Godleman. .0 1110 110 1—6 



Kessler 10 1 1 1 1 1— 6 Tredway ... .1 (I 1 1 1 1 1 1 l—S 



Hoeltge .110 10 1110 1—7 Bauer 10 10 11110 0—6 



Eckert 1 1 1 l 1 l 0—0 Hovekamp..O 111110 1—6 



Moerlein 001000 10 0—2 AUard 01010101 0—4 



Schrader ....0 01111110 1—7 Wohlman . .10 10 1 1—4 

 Deck 110 11110 0—6 



WEBSTER, Mass., April 13.— The Rod and Gun Club of this town 

 re-organized for the current year with thirty -sis members. The fol- 

 lowing officers wire, chosen for the year: President, T. F. Bigelow; 

 Vice-President, Cyrus Powers: Treasurer. A. E. Oebart; Secretary. 

 J. Gerber, Jr. At the tirst shoot of the club, on April 0. at Union 

 Point, the following scores were made atclai pigeons, 15yds rise 10 

 birds: 





1st Round. 



2d Round. 





2d Round. 



II Bates. 



10 





5 



M Davis i 



3 



E Smith. 



9 





10 



G Graham 2 





C Powers . 



7 





7 



E Emerson — 



8 



R Todd. 



....- 7 





3 



J Stone. .. ... — 



7 



H Foster. 



7 





8 



T Bigelow......— 



2 



A Graham 



6 





8 



G Hayman — 







DNuttal.. 



5 





5 







Which gi\ 



es a total 



av 



irage of 5 6 



7 hits out of 10 shots.— C 



.G. 



MICHIGAN.— Grand Rapids. April 14.— A dozen members of the -Kent 

 County Sportsmen's Club enjoyed a medal shoot at glass balls on the 

 Island yesterday afternoon and did some very line shooting, as they 

 made a score of 274 out of a possible 800; they wonder whether any 

 other club in the Slate can show an average of almost 23 per mem- 

 ber. The individual scores in a possible 25 were: While 23. Could 

 21, Calkins 25, !• religh :>1, Holmes 24, Norris 20, FoUett 24, Gorton 21, 

 Widdicoinb 24, Richmond 25, Boars 21, Breiinan 22. The tie between 

 Calkins and Richmond was shot off, Calki us scoring 10 and Richmond 



9. We think this score hard to beat.— A t olley Crry. 



SOUTH WEYMOUTH, Mass., April 10.— The Highland Gun Club of 

 South Weymouth met Fast Day for practice the first time this season, 

 with small attendance. Conditions, 20 balls, Card rotary trap. The 

 scores are as follows: 



GDoble 1 llllllllllllllllll 1—20 



G Conant 1 111111110111101111 1—48 



JADeaue 1 111011110111111111 1—18 



J Hutchins 1111 1011 11 1 111119 11 1—18 



HLorell llllllllltw 10 



Ties shot off, miss and out, at 35yds.; Deane, 1110—3; Conant, 

 111 1—4; Hutchins, 11111— 5. Hutehins was declared best man. 



PHILADELPHIA.— A match was shot on the grounds of the River- 

 ton Gun Club, April 12; match $2,0 -l.OOXu, between Mr. C. Macales- 



ter, of Philadelphia, and Mr. Donald Swan, of Baltimore: to -hoot a- 

 200 birds each, 30yds. rise, with lj^oz. of shot, 80yds. boundary 

 Riverton Gun Club rules. Maea.lcsl.er scored 146; Swan 113. There 

 were said to have been $25, Out' in bets on the match. There was a 

 very large attendance from Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. 



AVEST MEDFORD SHOOTING CLUB. -The annual shoot of the 

 Club took place on Fast Day, April II. The following scores were 

 made. Conditions— 20 uiass balls from rotary trap: C. M. Barrett 19 

 F. O. Brown, 18. E. G. Morse, 18, J. A. Rockwood, 18, W. T. Morse, 18, 

 A. A. Whittemore. 17. J. E. Obor, 10, C. H. Sawyer, 10, W. S. Sargent 

 15, C. H, Parker, 13. E. F. Kakas, 12. After the annua! shoot, clay 

 pigeons were the order of the day. and considering that the shoot was 

 entirely new to the members, some very good scores we.e made. In 

 three sweepstakes at 19 pigeons per man, the following was the score: 

 E.G. Morse, 17, AV. T. .Morse, 17, C. M. Barrett. 16. C. F. Morrill, 16, 

 J. E. Ober, 16, A. A. Whittemore. 16. F. O. Brown. 15, J. A. Rockwood; 

 14, A. H. Binden, 14, C. H. Parker, 12, E. F. Kakas, 10, N. Lil tlefield 



10, R. C. Sargent, 7^ 



1&chting m\d (j^nnoemg. 



FIXTURES. 



mal Races, 

 nal Races, 

 ib, Spring Races. 



g -Hatches. 



May 23- -Southern Y. I 



May 25— Southern Y. ( 



May 27— Knickerbock. 



May 30— Atlantic Y. C 



May 3 i -Knickerbocker _ . 



May 3')— Seawanhaka A*. C, Opening Cruise. 



May 31— New Haven Y. C, Opening Cruise. 



Alay 3d— Dorchester Ad C, Union Regatta. 



June 4-East River Y. C, Opening Cruise. 



'.. Annual Regatta. 

 ies' Day. 

 ual Matches. 

 Y. C, Annual Matches. 

 ■ Y. C, Annual Matches. 

 C, Union Race, Dorchester Bay. 

 ca Y. C, Corinthian Races. 

 Spring Matches, 

 naven Y. C, Annual Matches. 

 June 22 -New Jersey Y. C, Annual Matches. 

 June 24— Hull A". C, Squadron Review. 



"' rY. C. Annual Matches. 



Y. C. Ameteur Race, Challenge Cup. 

 . Challenge Pennant. 

 A'. C. Annual Cruise. 



t Y. C, Annual Match. 



July 8— Beverly Y. C, First Championship Match, Nahant. 

 July 15- Hull A". C. One Day Cruise. 

 July 22— Hull Y. C, Annual Club Matches. 



July 29— Beverly Y. O, Second Championship Match, Swampscott. 

 Aug. 5— Hull Y. C. Sweepstakes Race. 

 Aug. 10— Southern Y. C, Annual Sweepstakes. 

 . 12-HullY. O. Second Club .Matches. 



June 5— Huds< 

 June 10- Atlantic V. 

 June 13— Atlantic Y. 

 June 15— New Y r c 

 June 17— Dorchet 

 June 17— Boston 

 June 17— Seawan 

 June 19— Hull Y. 

 I 21 -New 



June 26 -East R. 

 June 87— Souths 

 July 1— Hull Y 

 July 2- EastR 

 July 4— La- ' 



. igatta, Marblehead. 



' O., Interstate Regatta. 

 Club Championship Match. 

 Club Championship Match. 



C. Third Championship Match. Marblehead. 

 Y. C. Fall Regatta. 



Aug. 19-Beverly Y. 

 Aug. 19— Hull A* C 



Aug. Southern 



Aug. 20-Hull Y. C 

 Aug. 2!)— Hull Y. C 

 Sept. 2— Bevel Iv A 



Sept. 4— East Rive 



Sept. Hull Y. C, Club Championship Sail-off. 



OUTSIDE BALLAST. 



UNLESS it be the actual introduction of cutters and the adoption 

 of the double head rig, Forest and Stream can point to nothing 

 with more pride than the rapidity with which outside ballast is being 

 introduced up and down the coast, and now even in New York 

 waters, the acknowledged stronghold of the old school of lighl d:s- 



piuooi 



r a.U fin 



id Forest 

 •espeet. 1 



■.in hailing 

 ridi- 

 nti'd 



utside let 



id shoal d 



■thad ballast 

 culed for the ideas it. adva 

 at with the finger "f scorn 

 often nothing but lead. A 

 lion thereof on the keel. 



abon of the forecastle ti 



finally driven b I e realn 

 then conceded thai outs 



cutters and aarrov boi ts. 

 patriot would not listen, 

 imposed task to bring abo 



can now ehror.iele results niuen to our saiisiucuon. .loom a a. 

 yachts of the usual "sloop'' type have essayed the change io their 

 benefit, and heads which thought themselves wise and beyond 

 instruction from Forest and Stream have been obliged to return to 

 the common sense methods they themselves often practiced as school 

 boys sailing their little toys on a. pond. BaUast outside as low down 

 as you can get it is the new order of things, and the only wonder is 

 that intelligent owners permitted the crudities of ill-informed persons 



of one-sided experience to overrule what must have appeared to 



them the very simplest of problems to decide. 

 The mythical advantage hitherto ascribed to weight which is 

 side'' over that which is "outside" has faded int-i thin vapor 



before the lighl of experiei..,. 

 journal. As though natnr.- km 

 and '-outside" at all 1 The objec 

 her lines aud drag down ! I . e ■ -. • \ 1 1 

 The lower you get that center the 

 low as you know how. ei 

 never hurt speed. About the tim< 

 of the current superstition aga; 

 Gael, then the property of Ml 

 appeared in the East with Iron > 

 record she could not have don 

 driving metal. Boston and the 

 are proud to say, no more tirst-cl: 



vapor 



hi the well-deserved cuffs from this 

 ws any difference between "inside" 



of ballast is to bring the vessel to 

 r of gravity of the entire structure, 

 abler and safer the boat. Get it as 

 : with other qualities, and it can 



we first took up the pen In rebuttal 

 list outside weight, the little sloop 

 . Lovejoy and Capt, McCormick, 

 m the keel and made for herself a 

 i without such a disposition of the 



East quickly took the hint, and we 

 ?hts are built around the Cod 



was a good thing perhaps 

 leamy sloops, go to! The wortl 

 st ano Stream kept at Itsse 

 sion from myth to fact, and \ 



uud a t;r 



Side 



if he 



r keel. 



ir cl 



ang 



■s. and 



We 



leai 



■n that 



1 her 



tin 



ipped 



p. Revel 



ie has 



Utelligel 



ilii, 1 



Bhad 



ithout their weights in the proper place. New York for a long time 

 refused to follow suit. She would not learn from Inr sister station, 

 and before giving in adhesion to Forest and Stream had to see her- 

 self beaten by a foreign cutter with every pound hung just where It 

 ought to hang, aud, strange to say, that cutter was not a bit "logy" 

 either. California, wide awake and free from stale cant of a by -gone 

 age, has long recognized the justice of our position, and most of her 

 recent flyers have big loads down low, whde the rest, to bo up with 

 the times, are hauling out one after another and following good ex- 

 ample. ' 'hispa schooner is the latest convert, and comes off this 

 year with 5,0001bs. of the. bes " 

 Nearer home we have from 

 we now have to add yet am: 

 Reverie, Mr. Rathborne, Kni 

 out, a keel built down, and 

 been tried and the change fo 



But the experience of even i'obei 

 are prepared to admit that the lates 

 ever contemplated. We hear that no less an experience 

 Commodore DUiworth, of the famous Dare Dewl jib-and-malnsail 

 racer, has become convinced the principle is right .-\Vij to the extent 

 of linlcing his boat to the deep-heeled fleet by the application of baUast 

 underneath. And that such things can come to pass so soon even in 

 Gotham! Where Forest and Stream has feared to tread, the gallant 

 Commodore has rushed in! And he has our heartiest wishes for suc- 

 cess in consequence. The yachtsman who takes the wind from 

 Forest and Stream in the. race for reform in yacht design, is sure to 

 command our respect, Teat he lived we have doubted, but in the 

 commodore of the New Jersey we acknowledge to have met our match. 

 We confess we have no opinion to offer, and" the experiment we will 

 watch with interest. If it prove worthy of imitation, the N. J. Y. C. 

 should mark the day in the calendar with red and hang the commo- 

 dore's likeness m the snug Utile club-house on the Hudson shore as 

 the first on record to lead a jib-aud-mamsail underneath, and as the. 

 tirst to n eather on Forest a:nd Stream. For cruising and for racing 

 with. .fixed. "ballast Dare Devil will be much improved, but how she 

 will compare with the bag tossers, with their mountains of sand up to 

 windward— ah, that is the question I 



Right here let us again revert to a practice the New Jersey Y\ C. has 

 found most acceptable. Shifting ballast, even in their open boats, is 

 Strictly prohibited. The club is an example to more pretentious or- 

 ganizations iu this respect. 



In general, then, it may be taken as wi 

 yachts may add much to their safety an 

 dropping their ballast to the lowest po 

 lions are to be made to this rule, the rea 

 we stiU deem open to further experic 

 judged, all yachts are better off witn so 

 be hoped that the yarns about be 



II established that even shoal 

 1 better their performance by 

 nt possibe. Whether exeep- 

 sons therefor and the extent, 

 nee. As far as ean now be 

 ne weight outside, and it is to 

 "logy" or slow 



deemed by owners at least very much opeii to question. 



wiU be 



THE YAWL TRIED. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I fully and heartily agree with any words you have written in praise 

 of the yawl rig and think it will eventually come into use wherever 

 there is length of deck enough to give it a fair chance. I don't think 

 our short, beamy sloops can ver\ well be altered into that rig, as they 

 require such an enormous spread of saU to supply sufficient motive 

 power. But give a boat a reasonable length to beam, say. 4 or 5 to 1, 

 so as to get the great central propeUing sail (m.dnsaili of' good length 

 on the boom, and I don't think the schooners v ill want to try conclu- 

 sions with her, and at times neither the sloops nor cutters will tiud in 

 her an easy conquest. It seems to me that f, ,r vessels not exceeding 

 70 feet in length the yawl has all the advantages of the schooner with" 

 outher slowness and spoiled cabin, as you so clearly show. But all 

 this you have so well expressed that I can only add', bv way of con- 



firmation, that after extended 

 about between Watch Hill aud Montauk all 

 . ith tide three-quarters ebb and sot 

 cality, 1 am so enamored of the rig that m 

 be a yawl. My ideal would be a slightly 

 deck, 14ft. beam, 8ft. depth; flush deck. 

 : light with circular screw- lights, so 



deep as she chooses, and yet wet not! 



motive power enough in so' short a length I 

 per cent, aft from cutwater, and so get 



with 



uea.de 



1, knocking 



mie nasty 



in that lo- 



aynext yacht certainly will 



Americanized" yaw) of 5uft. 



to cockpit, narrow solid top 



I to let her bury her deck as 



g and do no harm. To get 



' ould step mast only 25 



length of main boom, 



of boom. To get a 

 foot to look well, 

 1 of billet-head or 



give her a gaff, well peaked up, of nearly lengtl 



lorestaysail, or properly a foresail, big enough 



I should carry the stay out some feet — say. it 



carved figure-head, giving it a short butpo 



and perhaps bobstay, to avoid loss of bot 



jib outboard; mast to be nearly as taU as 



topmast. Tbemizzen I would "have an on 



on the boom, to agree in appearance with 



rigged lazy jacks "to keep the sail onto 



a!,', avs go too shorthanded to keep a 



if taken in on deck, English fashion. 



as I only keep one man, and I and 



hands." I would have iron inside an 



only sheer enough forward to give _. 



high freeboard amidships. AVith this yawl I shou Id go to Halifax 



Bermuda, or anywhere, in summer, and from the Targe but easily 



shortened saU I think I would generally be not far behind in speed 



and much ahead on comfort and ease. Isa. 



-rful pa 



■nt of the water until furled. I 

 mizzen clean and in good order 

 a- to properly set and handle it, 

 my son have to make up "all 

 1 out for baUast. I would have 

 iprit a chance, and a good 



BUFFALO NOTES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Capt. Ordnc-r's sloop yacht Clara is coining out under double head- 

 sail instead of big clumsy single jib. Her topmast is being fitted to 

 house, aud she is going to have the latest stealing gear instead of 



nt tiller. Her crew wUl be her owner as captain, with Master 



and C. M. CordeU to formNher « 

 F. Doyle, is going to be overhauled, n 

 cabin. Schooner Alarm is coming > 

 minor improvements. Sloop Curlew ii 

 with exception of a coat or two of pai 

 Lilly will not be changed from last sea 

 What we want in the club here is s 

 and until vro have them our club wi] 

 great trouble is the river, which takes 

 and vou well know how little wind wil 

 Erie. Our steam yachtsmen pike dowi 



■w. Schooner l'eti el. Captain H. 

 'w topmasts and new house on 

 ut under double headsail and 

 to remain same as last season, 

 it, etc. Sloops Arrow, Turk and 



mie moneyed progressive men. 



iranl 



What wi 

 tld be more 



pound each oth 

 ith sailing under v 

 it Ida WOUld seem 

 ■pingat the pump 



but 



till' 



npik 

 few deep 

 outside 

 OW thesu 

 e of ours; 

 e too nit 



We ha 



,rX'; 



eeting 



k. handling sand bags, a 

 eh lubbers, say most of 

 month, and our old commotio. 



John Provoost, will probably be elected, ami with T. Frank for vice,' 

 it will make as good a pair as we can wish to have. Madge. 



DEADR1SE IN CANOES. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



I have read with interest Ihe descriptii 

 loo which appeared in your columns si 



very singular to me that afte ' 



koii in An 

 nd build a 



hi of the English canoe La- 

 itne time ago. It appears 

 '■nd had been designed and 

 Shed canoeisl m England 

 ubles the Diamond closely 

 cept slight tumble home 

 aft of midship section on 

 i are very near the same, 

 sheer of deck is about the 

 > canoes do not compare in 



:,' 1., 



her be; 



sat tin 



ids. bn 





:.-h i 



Oi I 



ne for I3in. from her keelson 

 rising 5iu., her peculiar shape prevents her from dodging or wobbling 

 under paddle without any keel, and leaves her lines very line when iu 

 paddling trim, only breaking from 30 Io iin. water. At this time in 

 the Diamond wo are 5iu. above keelson and -'sin. beam. Now build 

 on 3in.. making Kin. above kecLon and 30in. beam; then build on 

 SVajui. more, making in all IHSin. from keelson to gunwale, and 

 tumbling home three-quarters of an inch on each side, leaving the 

 deck SSjjjia. width amidsbps, opposite aft, end of well, go that when 



