sse 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



OIay 25, 1883. 



as our contemporary believes. Beforo again venturing upon a cru- 

 sade againM if< betters, our contemporary should acquire a little 

 knowledge of the subjects it pretends to criticise, just for its own 

 credit. 



It is but natural that the old school of unprogressives whose con- 

 ceptions of tin- grand sport are oircumsorihoil bv the narrow limits 

 of Long Island Sound should not view lb J new start with favor. In- 

 novation of anv sot t Is to them /is a red rag to a bull. But as cutters 

 have boeomo va-ry popular in spite of their opposition, so too will the 

 saili.r's start crowd .-ul old fogies in the end. Forest and Stream 

 was the tirsi to advocate the change, and having taken the one-gun 

 Start under its wing, If we do say it ourselves, is a good half of the 

 battle won. 



THE F1FTEEN-TONNERS OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



MIRANDA killed schooner-racing in British waters; Vanessa pretty 

 nearly frightened away all twenties until Enriqueta and Chal- 

 lenge, precursors of Sayonara, Louise. Freda and Amethea revived 

 the interest in on.' of the most sporliug classes. The little fiver. 

 Freda, performed the same faat among the small fry ; and at the 

 present, time the fifteen-ten class in Great Britain is practically repre- 

 sented by the celebrated Maggie, one of King Dan's most beautiful 

 productions, whose arrival iri our waters is to be one of the events, if 

 noyAaevsnl of the forthcomJ 



no i 



as th 



whose 



rumel 





Maggn 



i., tl 





vachls 



thai 1 





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!; tlatr 



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ell-sailed ra 



forty-f 



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nmig 



..us fifl 







sailed, 



Jill w 





once w 



■llirig 





the [to 



len In 





scored 







crack t 







selves 







Iher 







Queen. 



tldeg 





when 







Surge 1 







edged crack of her tonnage; not one of the 

 ie for themselves before she flaunted her >k\ 

 any good to her. Torch, victor in half a hu'u- 

 lldegonda, her elder sister, which could II v 

 -; I>u. In, another of Hatcher's atidndangcr- 

 ilt to lower .Maggie's colors-one and all caino, 

 cred. Five times did Torch essay h-r powers. 

 !■, and fiv,- limes did the long, graceful hidl of 

 the goal ahead of he,-. The old boats never 



new crnfl ; and when thev saw her tackling 



■quently tan them, tin- fifteens resigned them- 



: part of lights of other days. 



leu-ton class iti those bygone ages, when Torch. 



u. Fairlie mil Satanella hunted each other; 



a three years' succession of victories; when 



;on and quietly retired. And long before that, 

 ev.-n. when \ ,-sp"r designed bv Marett, and a year or two since held 

 up bv /.■• \~urh1 as a good type for Frenchmen to build from -was in 

 (he heyday of her youth and speed, and thought nothing -if entering 

 against Vigilant, one of the slowest forties ever built, and better 

 boats than Vigilant ; when Cinderella, fresh from the yard of "blutr 

 Wull Kite o' Fairlie." skylarked with teus and twelve's, and even cut 

 in at larger-game: when Alexandra and Glide could show respectably 

 at th tinish, and those fast twelves. Buccaneer, Folly and Ripple, 

 audaciously saved their rime from the fifteens and walked olT with 

 manv a goodly prise, 



Fifteens had certain advantages then; they wen: larger, roomier, 

 more powerful vessels than the tens and twelves, and required no 

 larger crew than a man and a boy It was held by many that the 

 class on this account deserved support and encouragement, and as It 

 showed a good deal of sport, it had friends enough to secure its re- 

 cognation by the Yacht Racing Association. Hut the Mersey yachts- 

 men, the "Dicky Sains." turned their attention from fifteens to tons, 

 and erelong bu'i'.r, such splendid little crafts of the latter size, that 

 racing men found it more profitable to go into a class for which 

 numerous prizes were everywhere offered, and in which the compe- 

 tition was .so keen and close as to attract as much attention as the 

 struggles between forties and twenties. In fact, the Liverpool tens— 



rower and rfoep-r. « ffernd eicrv advantage and convenience 



presented by the old fifteen:-, and required no larger crew. The class 

 languished. 'and the advent of .Maggi- completed the work. 



About the best of the early fifteens was the Vesper, designed, as I 

 have said, by Philip Marett. and an undeniably good seaboat as well 

 as a fast one. She was built in 1851-62 by Ruble, for Mr. P. Roberts, 

 who raced her on the Thames and on the South Coast till 18B0, when 

 she passed into the hands of Mr. Gf. A. Bevau, of Carnarvon, after 

 which she raced only iu Swansea. Vesper once beat tho celebrated 

 Arrow, iu a .swift race, on the Uth of August, 1854, winning the cup 

 ottered by the vice eo.nmo. lore of the Royal Southern Y. C. She 

 raced against Vampire, but never got the better of that clipper. 



Cinderella, built by rife iu 18(«, raced during her first year on tho 

 Clyde and thd wail: her second season, in Ireland, was a failure; after 

 thatshewei bo tne llasl Coast and soored very creditably in the 

 company of Azalea, Sapphire, Amborwiteb, Alexandra, C.'hlorn an.i 

 ..■•dirl not long remain in the racing tlect. Alexandra, built of 

 steel by tho Mill wall Iron Shipbuilding Co., a year later, arrd which 

 had also raced on the East Coast, removed to the Mersey and Irish 

 « .iters, where she played a minor part, but pretty regularly lost her 

 mast. 



lilide was one of D. Fulton's boats, and fairly fast. She was, like 

 Rinplc which preceded and Quickstep which followed her, on the 

 lignt displacement principle. She made .her appearance in 18(53, head- 

 ing her class that year, and raced till 1878 with vaiying success, her 

 av.erage being lower than that of any of the other noted fifteens. 



The year isOl was a notable one in the annals of the class, as three 

 new vachts made their number, one from the. groat yard at Fairlie, 

 one from Hatchers, and the third from that of Aldous, an East Coast 

 builder, who had already turned out some very creditable vessels. 

 and whose latest . ilia, added much to his reputation. 



Tiie other two were Torch and Dudu, the, latlor the first, of Hatcher's 

 fifteens which was regularly raced during a series of years, i if this 

 trio Torch is undoubtedly the. most celebrated, and to the last, proved 

 herself a staunch clipper. In her very first season sin: headed her 

 class, starting four tameson the Mersey and Clyde, and carrying oil 

 twi ilrstand two second prizes, beating Glide and Ripple. (W hand- 

 somely, and showing well alongside of larger vessels snoii as Kilmcnv, 

 also of i'rfe's build, Coolin and others. But she had greater triumphs 

 iu store, heading her class again iu 186(3 and iu 1807, when she met and 

 defeated Rival, i.ielo. .\le\-andra, Saraband, a Manx boat, and Ven- 

 ture a phenomenal fifteen for those days, having a length of 68Cr, 

 with abeam of 8ft. liu. These were all of her tonnage, but she also 

 sailed against ICittiwake, a smart Welsh twenty, Luna (25), Kllmenj 

 (3h. Amber Witch (Bl), Enid (5U) and Aquiline (55). Curiously enough, 

 sac and Kudu, though their racing careers began simultaneously, did 

 not meet till 1874, and again in 1.S7U and 1877. Torch was all along a 

 very reliable little vessel, and on the average of starts to prises is 

 ahead of both Dudu and Fairlie, the latter an excellent Draft of her 

 inches. She subsequently met not only Fairlie, but lldegomla, Avey- 

 ron and Surge, and finally Maggie, with whom she could do nothing. 

 In later years she entered and sailed, nor always unsuccessfully, with 

 such fast twenties as Vampire, so long the terror of the coast . \ an- 

 essa. who knocked "the Bat" into a cocked hat, and was tier self 

 served the same sauco by longer boats- Fleetwing, Nadejah uud Vic- 

 toria (ex-Madcap). 



Torch was built in 1804 by Fife, and hor dimensions then were as 

 follows: Lengthb. p., 43ft. llin.: beam. 8ft. llin.; draft aft, 7ft. Bin. ; 

 forward, 4ft. :' mast, dock to hounds, 30ft. ; boom. Soft;.; gaff, 21ft.; 

 bowsprit outboard, 20ft. ; topmast, 23ft. ; ballast, 'J\4 tons, of which 

 she carried 2 tons in lead on her keel, a ions more lead inside, and the 

 balance in iron, east to lit, She and Kilmcnv .3 », built the same year 

 by Fife, were the first yachts, unless I am much mistaken, which 

 carried a lead keel. Torch was Orel owned by Messrs. A. & 1). Friday, 

 who always sailed her themselves with a crew of amateurs. 



Dudu was built by Hatcher in iSOl, for Messrs. Baldock and Rudge, 

 and never raced in Western, Irish or Scotch waters; the Thames, 

 and the East and Soudi coasts being the scene of her many triumphs, 

 which culminated in 1870, when she attained the coveted honor of 

 heading hor class with 12 prizes for 17 starts, and a total of 6370, 1 a 

 her first year she met Vampire. Satanella. (iipsy and FoUy, the latter 

 long a famous Southern twelve, and later on she had to fight Quesn, 

 lldegonda, Avcyron and Surge. In 1870 and 1877 she hail also to 

 contend with the twenties, Vanessa, Fleetwing. Uutccrlly aud the 

 Others of thai flight. 

 Satanella. the la- 1 of I lie trio, was built by Aldous, of Bright linysea, 



for Mr. P. Bennett, and tih the end of 1807 she raced on the Thames 

 and East Coast, hiving Vampire, Dudu, Queen, Dioue and Octoroon 

 as her most frequent rivals. In 1808 she passed iuto the hands of Mr. 

 C. C. Wyllio. who raced her on the Mersey and Clyde, when she had 

 an opportunity of trying her speed alongside of such proved clippers 

 as Torch, Fairlie. Lizzie (20), Kittiwuke and other.-, doing fairly well 

 with I hem. 



The class was now fairly established as a regular sport producing 

 one, and additions to it were speedily made, Hatcher ruining out the 

 Queen for Capt. Whitbread, in 18B5, Fife following with Rival iu 1607, 

 with Fairlie. a right g._...d ship, in l.sns, and Hatcher with lldegonda 

 in 1870. Of these four Hatcher s .-any oil the palm, both Queen and 

 lldegonda having Ihrice headed Heir class, and i-a>h. bi;c rorqh, 

 doing so in their first year, while Fairlie. like Dudu, had to wait Some 

 years before gaining, the bays, not heading her class until 1877. though 

 i„ 1878 She »as within an ace of robbing Dudu of that distinc for 

 record for that y/eas si tnding! Dudu, ii starts, K' prizes, '.:.■'-. l-airlie, 

 l-l starts, 13 prjzus '-'-'H. so that taking the number of starts and 

 prizes Kairbe gained die honors, especially as she won 11 flrsl prizes 

 to Dude's & rairlio was queen of the Western waters that year, 

 while ' JlJ facile prtneeps in the South and on tho East 



Coast. 



Fairlie Rrst belonged to Mr. K. Ferguson, and In her maiden season 

 on the civile won but on, second prize, Satanella talcing the first; but 

 after this she steadily improved, winning more aud more races each 



year. She went to the South, 

 raced in those waters till the i 

 Mersev and Scotch and lii.-!i 

 and better every ycai and mV 

 few of the notable twenties, 

 < I : i < - r ■ i . QuiCltatep, and oihcrs. 



and East Coast in 1870, and 

 in 187-1 she went back to the 

 ;re she again raced better 

 •acks in her class and not a 

 Sfinshine, Playmate, Enid 

 famous tens, Florence and 



sen— which I s 



for three yea 

 rank as the 

 started five limes: 

 pir.e, Octoroon, Ai, 



of Hatcher's flfte 



up beforo Fairlie. as she raced 

 of the latter— 1 am inclined to 

 s, in her very first year she 

 ion every time, beating Dudu, Satanella. Vnm- 

 e. a flue little tan built by Paynefor Mr. F. 

 . . . ck Polly. Sho kept to the Thames and South 

 Coast regattas till 1800. when she unfurled her flag in Irish and Scotch 

 waters, having now Mr. W. R. Johnson for owner. She met Vampire, 

 Lizzie. Torch, Venture and Siren, beat the famous Phantom (27), so 

 long the champion light-weight cutter (and which, alas: was broken 

 up a couple of years since at Carnarvon, on the Welsh coast i. In 1H71 

 she had to encounter Quickstep, Leauder. a Clyde twenty'; Rjttiwake, 

 Shadow and Ripple, and her winnings diminished. In 1875 she rolled 

 up her prize-list to something like its former dimensions, doing very 

 well with Fairlie. lldegonda," Vanessa, Sunshine and Hinda, taking 

 eight first prizes for sixteen starts. She raced once in 1876, taking 

 nothing, and once again in 1878, when she received a first prize 

 of €20. 



Rival - , another of Fife's fifteens, was never formidable. She was 

 built two years after Queen, for Mr. R. Tennant, who raced her on 

 her native u atei-s once, in 1S07. on which occasion she took first prize, 

 beating Chile. Torch. Carina, also a Fairlie. fifteen, Wanhill's 18-fon 

 Swallow, and Water Witch: but. the next vear her three starts on the 

 Clyde and iu Dublin Hay brought her fun only, and no prizes. She 

 was again matched with tin- best of her class.' and had to sueemnb. 

 She remained in home waters, with a look hi at the Irish regattas, 

 picking up a few prizes, but. nor. scoring high. 



lldegonda, built in 1870 by King Dan for Mr. E. Langtry, of the Red 

 Gauntlet schooner, distinguished herself greatly, defeating Vampire 

 in her maiden race, then polishing off Torch, the latter, however, in 

 hands which knew not how to get. the pace out of her, and Fairlie 

 also, heading her class that vear, and in 187) and 1872 also. During 

 these three veai\s she met, besides tho two vessels already named. Folly 

 (12), Dudu, Oberon. Quiver aud Lizzie. After this she left the 

 Thames and South Coast for western waters, and although steadily 

 raced, did not again take a high position in the prize lust, Queen, 

 Dudu and Fairlie Hiiioa-sing her greatly. Since. 1877 she has race! 

 but little, and her average of starts to a prizo does not fulfil the 



which 1 have vel bo speak both sailed 



onth Coasts, but their racing Career 



and Surge's three years. Roth came 



It bv Robertson, of Ipswich, for Mr. 



■t Surge, built bv Husk for Mr. R. 1. 



tig, Red Rover, the crack of the 



and some smaller fry. and though 



3r amount of prize monoy, Aveyron 



prizes with fewer starts. In 1874 



ThSrei 

 only ou the 'I 

 was a brief o 



out together, 



E. Packard, J 



Lambert, Dudu, Vampire, Fleet 



Yarmouth Broads, L Brie, Dion 



Surge headed (ii- e| u -s with a la 



had the honors, as .-In- won mo 



aud 1875 sho was undisputed premier fifteen, but fell off in 1870, wl 



Dudu swept the prizes pretty much as she liked. As Surge raced in 



the same waters as Aveyron I need say little of her beyond that she 



performed well while raced and met the same vessels us her rival 



The fifteens, if will be seen, had been doing very well hitherto, al- 

 though the increase in length and power of i hi- twenties and the tens 

 steadily diminished their chances of taking their lime off the latter 

 aud saving it from the. former: races for fifteens alone becoming 

 scarcer and scarcer. A new trouble was brewing for them : Hatcher, 

 hi 1878, launched Maggie which, with all the accommodation of Ehe 

 old twenties had more thau the speed of the .old fifteens anil proved at 

 once vastly thetr superior. The older boats'contended against her in 

 1878, but uselessly: it was plain they had no chance against the. latest 

 crack, and to all intents and purposes, the fifteen-Ion class collapsed, 

 and Maggie, none of her own tonnage venturing against her, flew at 

 higher game, and with singular success. 



For convenience' sake, in establishing a comparison between the 

 various fifteens I have referred to, I give below a tabular view of the 

 result of their raciug career, showing the number of limes they 

 started, number of prizes won, average uumbe.r of starts to each 

 prize, and average vabro of .prizes taken. I have prefaced this with 

 aunt her showing the. dimensions, year of building and builder of each 

 vessel. The prize record is as nearly correct as it is possible to 

 make it. any errors or omission-, whieh mav have crept iu— and 1 have 

 been particularly careful iu nrv revision- -would not, 1 am confident, 

 appreciably alter tho averages', and the tables will at least servo the 

 purpose of informing my readers of the deeds of British fifteen-ton 

 yachts during the past twenty years and more. 



Yacht. Length. Breadth. Year Built. Builder, 



ft. in. ft. in. 



(cWesper 41.2U 10. 1 1851 Ruble. 



Cinderella ... 1852 Fife. 



Alexandra .... 1803 Milhvall 



IroiiW'ks. 



Glide .... 1803 Fulton. 



((flBudu 38. BU 0.8 180-1 Haicher. 



(f/,iTorch 43.0 9 1804 Fife. 



Satanella -10 10 1804 Aldous. 



(MQueen 3U.7UJ 9.8>ij 1805 Hatcher. 



(oiUival 48.8 ' 9.1 18B7 Fife. 



(oiFairlie 41.0 8.11 1608 Fife. 



(rt'llldegonda 33.10 9.5 1870 Hatcher. 



(M.-Vvovron -J3.. r A.$ SLOW 1878 Robertson, 



Surge . .. 1878 Husk. 



[a '.-Maggie -Ill 8.10 1878 Haicher. 



(</) Length on load water lino and breadth, as measured by Y. R. A. 

 measurer. 



Dudu, between perpendiculars, 3Mt.5^in.: Fairlie, '12ft. lOin. ; llde- 

 gonda, 40ft. Sin. ; Maggie 45ft. 



(o> Length, between perpendiculars and breadth, as measured by Y. 

 R. A. measurer in 1878. 



|e. Length, between perpendiculars, breadth, and depth, from Lloyd's 



(I) Length on load water line. 



I add a few more particulars of some of the above, taken from the 

 last edition of Kemp's "Yacht and Boat Sailing:" Extreme draught 

 Udegonda, 7ft, Oin.; Dudu, Oft. llin. ; Torch, 7ft. Spat s: 



Dudu. 



ft. in. 

 28.2 

 33.0 



Mainmast, dock to hounds. . . 



Mainhoom 



iMaingaff .. 21 



To]. mast, lid to sheave 25.0 



Bowspi it outboard 20 



Area lower sails in sq. ft 1 ,530 



Torch. 

 ft. iu. 

 28.0 

 31.0 

 23.5 

 21 J 

 20.8 

 1,53) 



27 

 25 



TABLE OP rERFORMANCE3. 



l8t;t--,8 

 1864-81 

 1884-81 



Yacht. St 



y>-w-<- 



Cinderella 



.Alexandra 



.Glide 



.Dudu (a) 109 



~ ch(6i. 



I. Prizes. 1st. 2d. 



20.7 

 1.550 



Av. 

 starts 

 Value, to a 

 prize. 





01 

 40 

 72 



10 

 60 

 45 



ai 



13 



55 



3 ^ 

 13 



10 



7 



405 

 200 



727 

 112 

 970 

 079 



1.8 

 1.7 

 2.8 

 3.3 

 1.8 

 1.8 

 1.8 

 1.7 

 3.0 



21 

 1,580 



Av. 

 ami. 

 £ S. 

 21 C 

 20 



13 17 



le It 



14 12 



15 7 



II 11 

 17 6 

 It 4 



III 3 



in Did not race in 1800, '07, '70, '79 and '80, 



.In From 1870 to 1S73 owned in Cluinnel Islands, and raced only once 



i year. 

 (c) Did not t 

 (rf) Did not t 



73, and 1875-79. 

 '79 and '§0, and only once in 1876 and '78. 



wheel 

 loft. ( 

 the tli 



oka 



ch do a sailor's heart goo.! to see Plenty of light sail ro 

 oy zephyr and down with the tophampev m a hard thrash. 

 We would like to see Aeolus try a forcstaysail. The big jib must bo 

 a pretty hard pull to flatten. 



Xi:w YACHT.— Driscoll, of Greonpoint, has laid th,- keel for a new I 

 sloop designed by A. Cary Smith. Length over all. 47ft; on the line. 

 40ft.; beam. 13ft. Sin., and 0ft. deep with ,">fl. Oin. draft; eerier), ..aid. 

 10ft. long. Like all modern yachts, s'm- i.-. to have l,5001hs. lead out- 

 side, and about 5 tons more inside-, in type she is a compromise, 

 being an easy bodied deep model of fair beam and considerable depth. 

 In hull and rig she is h.ill way between sloop and cutter, 



KKT'CDIATED.-The Bay of Quinlo V. C. has drawn up a series of 

 resolutions repudiating the tunny America Cup Challenge 



is to consider tho cup an International trophy. Only two 



receipt, i'.ven common i testy seems to be denied to this strangely 



unsportsmanlike challenge by the foreign yacht clubs. 



CAN"K SAILS.-Tuc ,teo, ,„. ; , :, .,,..-,.J object* to OUT faking 100 

 square feet as a good area for ordinary canoes, aud intimates that, 

 the quotation we made of iis Columns was intended as an example of 

 the extraordinary. Usually 70ft. is a tag sail. 50 quite enough, aud 

 less than that for cruisiug. 



STRAWS. "Olson's List " enumerate- tSynohtfcaJ present, building. 

 Of these 6 are cutters, 3 ai- I one solitary centerboard ' 



sloop to represent the waning faith Nine keels Out of tea, sjs cut- 

 ters out of ten. Figures never lie. 



MORE STRAWS.- -In tabulating the single stickers of America, 

 "Olsen's List" heads the p-igo. -Sloop-i. entt.:< and yawls." The 

 times demand it, aud thp author has recognized the fact, 



STILL MORE STRAWS. In "Olsen s l.i-i ' for is;:> there are nine 

 cutters and yawls enumerated in America. In '-Olson's List" for 

 1882 there are fifty-four. An increase of five hundred per cent, in 



er of Newport at 81,300 

 hat will be done with tho 



i Boston, v. ill alter his 

 iWBpril and running jibs 



MADGE has been appraised by tic 



for ' ' 

 tiny 



nil. 



who 



■1" 



THE TIMES. -Mr. (he h 

 Jhoonertoa full fledged em 

 leluded. McManiis.tSon u 

 NEW CUTTER. -We learn 



Island yacht, now i ir wat 



keel of a large cutter. The y 



HEEDLESS.— Mr. Warren 



She will be launched from Di 



> Inydow 



^mwer§ to (^orresyondmti. 



Will Parson O'Gatu please send his address to this office? 

 W. B. W., Coaldalo, Pa.— Wc do not know where you can get tha.- 

 birds. 

 W, M. E., Renovo, l'a.-He is with a circus. We do not know the 



W. C. B.— Tho article entitled "Loading for Game" was published 

 in our issue of March 9, 1882. 



J. D. P., Patterson, Canada. — 1. The address is Rochester, N. Y. 8. 

 ii would BOl hurl your trout pond to sow vice iu il. 



Elk, Brooklyn.— The make of guns mentioned has a good repute" 

 tion, and we believe the dealer to be reliable. We have found hfm so 

 in our business relations with him. 



Scnscinui.ii. Monson. Mass.— Which makes the best trout rod for 

 bail, greenheart or b " 

 would suit, you best f o: 



A. II.. Cuero, Texas.— I hen 

 caught on an owl which I UUei 

 Yes, or a very nearly ellii ■! spe 



Mo., Eagle Rock, Pa.— l. Is I 

 good color for English setters! 

 It is not considered ae gOod-dS 



ft, II. 1>.. Wane,, [on, \'a. I '1 

 place with a stone. Ans. The 

 tanus). The other two specimt 

 nttidUlu, 'the orange and bl. 

 warbler LDenrlreen cismlcaeeiu) 



imali insect, which T 

 e partridge fly? Ans. - 



i fer> and breast, a 



ibird, killed near this 



a r.dl. ' RollitB ririnn- 



I . xetuphagUr 



. Wack-throated" blue 



D. C. S. Di'.M)KE.-The bird which you describe is probably a coot 

 (P,dica «i*mh) a wading bird which belongs to tne family of the 

 rails, it is nwre or less common throughout the United S 

 cannot be positive, as ydrii description is so meagre, but thinj thai 

 this is the bird. It will perhaps eat oats or seed and will pluck grass, 



L. E. R., Louisville.— Can I get good trout Ashing to Western Pennsyl . 

 vania, say places accessible from th -.- York. Pennsyl- 



vania and Ohio Railroad, - leinlviile, Pa., and a. ones. 

 town.N. V.r Ans. No. There is no good ti ii > hing in thai re- 

 gion. You may lind some further east, say iu Central Pennsylvania. 



W, W.E., Meridian Hill, Washington, D, c- The bird seat is a 



the bird better iu its fall plumage, which is like that of^ the f emaleafi 



all seaso] 3 Us scientific name is /.„(, . ,.,. and it 



and blackbirds. 



M. A. K.. Texas.— Will cat fish and buffaloes take the. fly or any bait?. 

 If so, what? Ans. Jn rare instances catfish have taken the Uy, but 

 you might fish for years without taking one. They will take -worms, 

 Ash, meat, etc. For buffalo fish use a bail of dough worked Into 'i 

 ton to make It hang together on the liook. Take cotton and wet It, 

 and work dour into it. 



J. B., East. Bloomfield. N. Y.— Will you please tell me how to pre- 

 serve my birds' eggs from insects, or give me the address of somo 

 one who owns a large collection? Ans. Rod cedar shavings as a bed 

 for the eggs is one method of preserving them; another way is to£ 



zinc. "Write to II. Ii. Bailey, 51 South street, \i-w York city! 

 (.'. W. W., Cermantown - -What, is_i.hr nearest good placeto 1'iiil.i 



delphia fo; 



There has 

 Norristowi 

 ai home, B 

 Delaware 



Will get bo 



B. H. R., 

 thousands 



jumping a 

 lor ne- i di 



id i 



111 



..I 



pla 



•I splashing about. Ilo 



1 !' 



y.i|ii;i! 

 then 



Iher: 



known in America, an 



over the tish and capl 



T. M. (.'.. Lock Have 



standing guide* for In 



user a:;u Si 

 lias iu regard to rings 

 :-rs should 

 standing g 

 \ oi 1 1.- other dealer; 

 things made for we ] 

 rods, for there is a pi 

 makes' them, but no d 

 W. W.— 1 want infoi 

 Lake. Is tho law oft 

 think of going there ti 



V.. at twilight, 



d corners, whieh are lashed | 



iest tiling would I 



the world Tins net is not .one 



great deal of skill lo throw 



on tell me where ran be had 11: 

 ur correspondent "Rhodv" mei 



id i.-e 



rin 



iiiuiitive love for blue water is developed among our yach 

 the long list given above shows how rapid that instinct is spreading, 

 tor a few years ago it w.is t sceptional for a yacht lo ven:nro outside 

 of harbor for more thau a day at a time. 

 AEOLUS.— Mr. R. K. McMm ray put his wholesome sloop into corn- 



Is, although not on fina 

 We do not know who 

 isers have them. 

 5 fishing in Grew 



Now Jerseyr I 

 i. ■: ■ ,....,, 

 :m!s. aud giva 

 i engage room, 

 . 

 . ■■■ the kind of 



name and address of proprietor thai 1 can write a 

 boatman, bait, etc : also the probable charge for hoi 

 road fare, and give time and route from N 

 bait required, whether flies or oiherw is. ,and If "oth_. 



obtainable to (1 eeilainti "h the spot. Ans. Tie- law or New 5c\_. 

 prohibits taking black bass before June I . Nov j. 

 Von cannot legally fish there on Decoration Day. Write to Encamp 

 in- i.t Hotel, Warwick Woodlands, Greenwood Lake, Orange r.o. 

 N. Y.. for all information. Take New V ..vood Dak 



Railroad foot of Chambers er Twenty-third btret-ts, North River. 



