Joiro 8, 18S2.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



375 



had wandered from the hlaok spot. The shooting was strong, and the 

 best scores were as follows: 



Capt. John Dally Match, KOyds. 



HKO'Tyrc.EC .5 55545 5 55 5-49 



GH Charles, B91 8 ...- 5 5 5 5 5 5 55 5 4-hM 



Wm J Hatoiek, Bal S 4 5 G B 5 4 4 5 5 5-47 



James I .Mile -, EC 5 4 o 6 5 5 1 4 5 5-47 



Royal L League Bal, S 5 5 5 3 5 5 454 5— iG 



6 3 Hanford. Bal S ...4 5 4 645543 5-44 



C Whit.?, Bal S 4 5 4 14 5 5 4 4 5-43 



"jiving tbia match a subscription match, at 330yds., was shot 

 with the following result; 



. i i'.KIr", UalS 5 555 4 4555 4—17 



JUBulurn, R'C 4 5 6 5 4 4 5 4 4 5—45 



QHCharlea, BalS... 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5— 18 



5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4—41 



E L League, Bal S 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4-^0 



BRISTON, N. J., May 3J,1883.-The Brooklyn Amateur Rifle Club 

 hold the fourth competition in their "Champions Match," offhand, 

 200 yards. Weather warm and bright, with a very troublesome "fish- 

 tail" wind blowing towards targets. The following were the leading 

 scores : 



TP White 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5—47 



J S Case 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3-47 



GJoiner ,6 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 5—16 



MB Hull 6 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4—11 



AH Anderson 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 — 44 



A trial team of 5 men also shot 18 shots each, at 300 yards, with the 

 foBowing result: 



TP White 5 4544545 4 4545 4 5—07 



JSCase - 4 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 4—67. 



O Joiner 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 6 15 5 5 4 5 5—66 



A H Andersen 4 4445544 4 45555 4—66 



MB Hull 4 4 4 3 14 3 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4—60—326 



» 



FIXTURES. 



June 10— Atlantic Y. C, Ladies' Day. 



Jane 11— Harlem River Challenge Cup, Yachts under Sift. 



June 12— Quaker City Y. C Chester Regatta. 



June 13— Atlantic ST. C, Aumtal Matches, 



June 16-New York Y. C, Annual Matches. 



June 15— New Bedford Y. C, Squadron Review. 



June 15— Jeisey City Y. C, Annual Matches. 



June 17— Dorchester Y. Q>, Aunnal Matches, 



June 17— Boston Y. C, Onion Race,, Dorchester Bay 



Juue 17— Seawauha.-.a Y. . Corinthian Races. 



June 17— Salem Bay Y. C, Spring Matches. 



June 17— Merrimack Y. C Club Match. 



June 13— Harlem River Challenge Cup, Second Race. 



June US Y. C. Harboi Cruise. 



June 19— Hull Y. C, Spring Matches. 



June SI— Eastern Y. C, Spring Matches. 



June 21— New Haven Y. C, Annual Matehea 



June 21— Quiney Y. C, Second Club Match. 



June 24— Hull Y. C, Squadron Review. 



June 24— Chicago Y. C, Squadron Review. 



June 26— East River Y. C, Annual Matches. 



June 27— Southern Y. C, Ameteur Race, Challenge Cup. 



June ZJ— Sew Jersey Y. 0, Annua! Matches. 



July 1— Hull Y. C. Challenge Feunani. 



July 1-4— Quaker City Y. C, Corinthian Cruise to Wilmington. 



July 2— East River Y C, Annual Cruise. 



July ' 4— Larchmont Y. C, Annual Match. 



July 4— Chicago Y. C, Annual Matches. 



July 4— Cleveland Y. C, Annual Open Races. 



July 6— Dorchester Y. C, Open Races. 



July 8— tievoily Y. C, First Championship Hatch, Nahaut. 



July 8— Chicago Y. 0., Annual Regatta. 



July 11— Salem Bay Y. C, First Chaxunionship. 



July 15-Hul! Y. C:, Our Day Cruise. " 



July lo— Merrimack Y. C, Club Match. 



July 18— Buffalo Y. C, Annual Matches. 



July 18— New Bedford Y. O. Annual Cruise, Narragansett Say. 



July 31— Quiney Y. C, Third Clun Match. 



July 22— Eastern Y. C, Cruise Eastward. 



July 22— Hui . •_ ". C .- - Slab Matches. 



July 22— ai emtio Y. C. Annual Cruise. 



•.:j— Quaker City Y. C. Harbor Clause. 

 July 83— Beverly Y. 0., Second Championship Match, Swampscott 

 Aug. 5— Hull Y. G.i Bwaepstakes Race. 

 Aug. 5-lO-Qu ikor City Y. C, Annual Cruise. 

 Aug. 8— Salem Bay Y. C, Second Championship. 

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

 Aug. 12-Hidl Y. 0„ Second Club Matches. 

 Aug. 12— Merrimack Y. 0., Club Match. 

 Aug. 19— Beyetly Y. C., Open Regatta, Marblehead. 

 Aug. 19— Hull Y! C-., Open Races. 

 Aug. 23— Qjiucy Y. C, Fourth Club Match. 



Aug. Southern Y. C. Inter-State Regatta. 



Aug. ai-ilult Y. C, Clue Championship Match. 



in;;. 89— Salem Bay Y. c. Championship Sail-off. 



Aug. 29— Hull Y. C, Club Championship Matfch. 



Sept. 2-Bovorly Y. C, Third C.iampionship Match, Marblehead. 



Sept. 4— East River Y. C, Fall Matches. 



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



Sept. 4— Quiney Y. C, Fifth Club Match. 

 8ept. 9— Merrimack Y. O, Open to All Match. 

 Sept. 10— Quaker City Y. C, Harbor Cruise. 

 Sept. 24 — .Quaker City Y. C, Harbor Cruise. 

 Oct 1— Quaker City Y. C, Closing Cruise. 



SMALL YACHTS. 



WHY don't you take to yachting? Well, you see, small boats a 

 such dangerous affairs, and large ones cost so much. This ... 

 the opinion prevailing among niue hundred and ninety-nine out of 

 every thousand persons you meet, and this is the main reason why, 

 With thousands of miles of coast to our land, yachting is still confined 

 to the few. Many are the towns, innumerable are the residences 

 snuggled ashore close to beautiful little coves affording splendid an- 

 :i is to be seen, but where fleets Bhomdbe 

 found. C . ■ . mod el s and riff In vogue the nine hundred 



. !• not very far from right. Yachting in shoal saud- 

 . .Iced; a sort of tight rope pore 

 bi Indulged in only by me most expert or by the reckless. Hard 

 . ... satisfactio ana no solid comfort, or enjoyment 

 can result, if i lie public can only be made to understand that safety 

 der ends upon model and not upon size ; if they can be brought to fol- 

 low wise counsels in tne selection of type, and not permit stale preju- 

 dice to dictate a Capsizing, over-rigged trap; whoa toss money and a 

 little more brainscon bring forth something worthy of contKl 

 and recommendation in all respects; when the public can be induced 

 to comprehend that even phase of the Bporl la tc had out of mod- 

 dost man. " •. ■■'!..] ■ i. extent, then oiuj can t& 

 thorougld 'i ■:....■■■ - long string of 

 drownings Mtd so-called ''accidents)" recurring ai short intervals, are 

 due to tne inoomp (enc edinthe mo needs of 

 small tioats, and not, R3 geuoraUy supposed, to dangers naturally in- 

 cidental to sailin tiort oi a full det ked schooner. 



There is no reason why a tiny two or three ton yacht, costing but a 

 tew hundred to build and less than a hundred to keep, should not be 



us sol'ii i ■ - ■ .-.•.-■_.._ On she 



contrary, with a greater range iu the materials used, with a less num- 

 ber of piec ..-ture as a whole, with neater work, fitting 

 : oughout, tne small yacht should be vastly much 

 bigg . By a proper disposition of :\ eights 

 i.i it she may Be made equally as safe, and, 

 in proportion to uer size, a faster sailer and more ongl 

 water. It ..as been said that, being only for harbor use, small boats 

 . nor even modeled to suit the 

 condition! it is liable to meet in her long voyages. From 

 this we must decidedly dissent, for experience bus Caught us the re- 

 laller the boat the more seaworthy should 

 ii. good reason that bad weather and lumpy water are 

 more often met with on limited tonnage than in large vessels of more 

 power. What is to the latter only a good working wind is a young 

 . , ■ . lUL-r may overcome almost 



without ut Let the two cruise 



in company a while, no matter in what waters, ai ;-.ioail fellow 



will have to come down to reefs, and will find a troublesome sea a 



te occasion of the- kind aboard the big ship. 



1 



lould be p spared to meet conditions she 



finds So much of tener than mom pretensions in size. 



.. and with it the enjoyment 



of Owners - mailer tne yacht the tn ire | a It I 



' : - ..f the spoi t 



■the full. When the public learns to 

 nap and the ship, and the builder develop? intelligence 

 enough to meet the daaana s oi lsgituaats, whoi«8uus yachting, 



then the pastime will become widely popular, and every household 

 near the water will have Its cruiser within Bight at its moorings, an 

 appendage to the family establishment quite as much as the clock on 

 tne mantel, the piano in the parlor or the nag in the stable. 



In place of shi inking from the water as something to be dreaded 

 and avoided, paterfamilias will pack off his progeny for a cruise 

 whenever opportunity offers, teach them the ropes, and by dint of 

 actft 3 Iff i, the foresight and nimble wits cultivated and bardBhips 

 imposed, further in them the aspirations of men, and develop tne 

 nobler side of their character. Yacht clubs have done next to noth- 

 ag i a 3 et to lift i.-it'i prominence a commendable type of small boat, 

 but In permitting ballast to be shifted and racing under length rules, 

 are to oe held responsible for the perpetuation of the dangerous flat 

 iron machines, and the failure tq attract tnousands- who might have 



been on their lists had club policy been governed by pu 



reason, instead of pandering to the vested interests of a few. The 

 efforts of Forest ano Stream have steadily been directed to the in- 

 troduction of a style of boat suitable to 'the masses; safe, roomy, 

 cheap, handy, able, weatherly and sightly. To that end we have 

 recommended moderate beam, huge Displacement, good depth and 

 draft, keels with outside hailaist and the yaw! rig. Toe rapid multi- 

 plication of new boats more or less closely approaching to the lines 

 herein laid down, bid fair to spread comprehension of tne possibilh.es 

 offered by Small yachts, and bring to tne Sailing community many 

 who have heretofore deemed the capsizable trap the only thing at- 

 tjiualie without resort to great tonnage. Anent this subject we 

 quotKi from an article by J. T. Eothrook, entitled "Sailing for Health, " 

 which appeared with illustrations in Our Continent for May Si: 



"Divorce yachting from the earlier disreputable associations which 

 haunted it, and you maice it a moral agent; furnish faculties for the 

 enjoyment of aequalic exercises and you become a public benefactor; 

 make a row or a sail as popular as <jm aimless scroll on Chestnut 

 street and you will invigorate a generation. 



In "sailiag for health" I do not include ''lending a hand" in the 

 summer regattas. Though these are not of necessity demoralizing, 

 they are apt to lead to extravagances which wotdd effectually pre- 

 cl tide from any part or lot in a yacht many who really ne ' 

 would enjoy the water. The tendency is ' 

 direction of quiet cruising rather thanrac 

 lead to a certain manly hardiness which 

 forming strong character. If the individt 

 same time set his face resolutely against g, 



. md d 



g; though the tatter does 

 is not without its 

 1 can afford it, and at the 

 ibling in any snape on 



the result, there is no reason why ne should not join in the "race 'if he 

 desire to; though one may he a thorough yachtsman and never see 

 a regatta. 



W uat are the special advantages of sailing from a sanitary point of 

 view? 



First— It is a complete change in mode of life. 



Second— it thererore brings rest in directions where mind and body 

 were preii-,us',y chiefly taxed. 



Tlrira— ff pr<*psr<^ conducted it enforces simple living, muscular 

 exercise, early rising and in emergencies prompt decision and speedy 

 action, thus bringing increase of physical vigor. 



Fourth— It is cheaper than an ordinary seaside resort, having be- 

 side all of the hygienic advantages with hut few of the peculiar dis- 

 advantages. 



Fifth— It gives rest to the eyes which continuous work at near dis. 

 tances has taxed, injured and often almost ruined. 



These are not advantages deduced from physiological reading, or 

 from general principles, but are matured convictions which nave 

 grown out of se . oral years' vacation cruising, alone or in company of 

 health-seeking friends. And in no single instance did any one of us 

 fail to receive the advantages specified above; this too is no doubtful 

 or equivocal measure. 



Size in a yacht is no criterion whatever of comfort or of safet' 

 large, costly vessel may be (nay, often is) more uncomfortable and 

 dangerous than a small one. Even extended cruises may be under- 

 taken by experienced men iu ridioously small yachts. \\ ithout going 

 back to the time when the sea-kings terrorized the English coast, it 

 may serve a useful purpose to remember that the larger vessel " 



with these 

 the face of wind and 

 which will for ever 

 I igure 3 shows tli 

 Stream), an iron cu 

 and a boy, cruised 



rent, from England into the Arctic strait, 

 jiumemorate his exploit. 



Elvira (taken by permission from Forest and 



ex only 18ft. long, srhich, with a crew of a man 



coast from New York to the Culf of Mexico and 



back again. Such a trip in such a craft may appear reckless in the 

 extreme; it show T s, however, that size and safety are not synonymous 

 terms, for on one occasion tnis tiny vessel was blown froin the C 

 Una const clear "off soundings" into the open ocean, and yet retui 

 with an absolutely dry cabin. But adventures of this kind are not for 



. I ir, nor are they to be advised by us. Their only value 

 show how much safety and comfort may be found in a very small 

 and cheap yacht, and so to open the way for men of limited* hea 

 and means, who need and crave such recreation, to find it. 



This naturally enough leads to a consideration of the model to 

 cheap yacht. It is a much vexed question ; but if modern instruction 



Ls worth anything we may faiii 

 so common on our waters, i.- 

 which hull and sail can be u 

 respects: while for speed ax 

 to be managed by one man i 

 is the best. Certainly so fai 

 English waters teaches us 

 cutter is for single-handed i 

 and safety is desired, a still 



however, not so like! toj h 



recreation is fast toning tn< 



tept aspr 

 The "sloop rig 



that 



cat-boat," 

 ous form into 

 better in these 

 boats small anosgt 

 n of sail shown by Figure :. 

 axperience derived from the 

 teaches this. Good as the 

 Hon of speed 



s found in the "yawl r 



It i: 



But as cruising" for health and 

 he regatta, the yawl is becom- 

 ing proportionately more popular. In the single-handed cruisers of 

 England it is especially popular. 



In tois country it is most frequently met with in Boston and in Sun 

 Francisco, the cities most given to deep sea cruising— a fact which, 

 by the. way, might be regarded as teaching something of the value of 

 "the rig" from the standpoint of safety. Thus far Vhiladeiphia has, 

 I believe, but one yawl in her fleet. So deeply have I been impressed 

 with the special meiits oi the yawl, knowing now popular it is among 

 the English gentlemen who taite to the water for recreation, and also 

 how very little is known of it here, that I have requested Mr. W\ P. 

 Stephens, of Staten island, to furnish Figure 4. representing his little 

 cruiser, 31ft. long and 7ft. wide on water line. The heavy iron keel 

 precludes all danger of a capsize, and her cabin is large enough for 

 two boon companions, or even for a third, w ith reasonable comfort 

 on a short oruise. 



Looking at tnis question purely from the standpoint of a medical 

 man, I am satisfied that if one person or two of the class who are 

 "only a little ailing," but who fear consequences, who have made up 

 fcheir minds to lie off a year and build up, were to invest hi such a 

 little ship, learn to manage her and do their own work on board, tb E v 

 would derive more beueritfrom such a year of cruising at less cost 

 than by seeking the ordinary health resorts, where they would live in 

 an invalid atmosphere and be deprived of the necessity for muscular 

 labor. Enduring health, especially to those whose minds have been 

 overtaxed, comes most certainly, as Tyudall found it, in "hours of 

 exercise." be they taken in the Alps or on the ocean or sea shore." 



DECORATION DAY. 



AS customary the fleets of the Atlantic and Seawanhalca Corinthian 

 Yacht Clubs had then opening sail down the bay in a good, 

 wholesail southeast wind, and a brilliant muster was the consequence. 

 Schooner Sunshine, usually so well handled by Commodore Peet and 

 bis son, hung across a ■working schooner's bow it the star t t and had 

 her hoat stove and other damage done, obliging her to return to niO( >r- 

 ings. The rest gOt away in straggling order to one gun. But for the 

 fact that no regular race was on the programme a live! y- and interest- 

 ing scramble for the line would have been witnessed, giving a fan- il- 

 lustration of how much superior a single gun start realty is to the usual 

 stoverdj custom. The Atlantic fleet included a choice lot. Among 

 the scnooners we note: Atalanta, 110ft. 4in., Com. W. K. Vermilye; 

 Crusader, 87ft. Tin., J. R. Maxwell; Triton, Gift. 4in.. Geo. A. Thayer- 

 Agnes, 57ft. 5th., Latham fish; Tioga. 5,11., II. W. Perkins, and Sun- 

 shine. iSfc. Win. Feet. The sloops and cutters comprised: Gracie 

 isf;. Jja Messrs. Flint and Earle; Ragitfi, 66ft. Sin., H. C. 'Ward'- 

 JU. bin., E. A. Y\ illardi Annie, 49ft. 1 hi., G. S. Boioe: Dol- 

 ■_.. lin., J. W. Cooper; Volante, -int., A. O. Hodges; Viola 

 lift. 3in., C. N. Way lanoj Stella, 45ft. 2in„H. H. Hogins: Corsair' 

 46ft, Sin., A. H. Baldwin; Pirate, 4ott. -Jin.. Viee-Com. Howell; Lizzie 

 L.. 43ft. Sin.. J. G. Johnson: Dream, 48ft. Bin- J. E. (Jibb: Ustl be 

 42lt., H. TV. Coilender; Kaiser, 41ft. 3m., .. -. Lmella, 40ft] 



ii Louies; Emma T., 87ft. luiu., .!. G. Snyiiam; Elephanl 

 35ft. Bin., It'm. Fatten: Caprice, 3-ift. Tin., David T\ilhnms: angler' 

 S7ft. , Rear Com. Morgan ; Luiline. aift. 8iu., Chas. Hazard; Tourist 

 24ft., T. L. Arnold, and others. 



The Seawa.nh a .ka Corinthian Y. 0. likewise turned out m force, the 

 fleet inclue. ... rose, Sokamis, Clytie, the .flutters 



Oriya, Valkyr, Muriel and Comfort; sad the sloops i-anita, Wave, 



- hemer, Vivid, Poohna, Gael, Vivian and others, 



After a rapid beat dowu to tin. spit with a long and short leg, the 

 fleets eased sheets and got out spinakers for the run hom 

 brushes were had, but without proper classifications and without 

 anything official in the way of time allowance, the sailing can 

 light of racing, owing to the divergence in 

 sue and ii.. . pesselstook things easy and were satis- 



fied to quietly get the gauge of each other after the * niter's altera- 

 tions. The Seawanhauag wound up with a dinner at the Pavilion 

 Hotel as Sttten Island, 



The Jersey City Y. C. was also out in force for a run to Corey 



Island Point and return. 



The Knickerbocker Y. C. sailed their spring regatta over a course 

 from Port Morris Club House to Stepping Stones Litrht and return for 

 first class, the smaller boats turning College Point buoy, thence 

 around stake boat In Flushing Bay and home; to be sailed over twice. 

 Twenty-one started; wind fresh from southwest; tide ebb. Lilian 

 wins in first class, Corinne in second, Thetis in third, Bon Ton in 

 fourth and Nettie in fifth. little Dean was disqualified, not being 

 sailed by a club member. Times as below: 



TIJRST CLASS— CABIN YACHTS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Sara... 11:27:13 3i03t3o 2:38:23 856:28 



Lilian. 11:28:10 2:03:40 2:3o;39 2:32:48 



Superior, 11:21:50 2.14:33 2:49:40 2:44:40 



SECOND CLASS— OPEN SLOOPS. 



Whisper 11:33:00 1:33:13 2:03:12 2:C8:12 



Alice 11:82:21 1:41:10 2:08:49 2:04:54 



NellieW 11:35:00 2:01:11 2:26:11 2:20:11 



( Jorinne K.... 11:31:13 1:38:30 2:07:17 2:21:53 



fctUSJdora 11:33:34 1:58:00 2:24:20 2:15;3tf 



TH1HD 0LA3S— OATBOATS OVER 20 FEET. 



■ Edge 11:38:44 2:12:35 2:33:51 2:33:51 



UCfilahia U:37:13 2:03:33 2:25:21 2:22.-29 



Sharpie 11:38:24 2:00:00 2:21:86 808181 



Thetis 11:37;25 1:58:32 2:21:07 2:17:10 



rOB-RTH CLASS— OATBOATS PROM IB TO 20 FEET. 



Magic... 11:48:15 2:12:11 2:2.8:66 2:28:66 



Rex 11:42:03 2:00:56 2:27:63 2:27:50 



Bop Don 11:42:18 2:00:08 2:20:50 2:25:00 



Susie H 11:43:08 2:13:15 2:3J:12 2:28:02 



Li tie Dean .Il:42i39 2:03:34 2:25:55 2:z8;56 



Alert ..11:43:00 2:10:00 2:83:00 8:80:13 



Yaddio 11:42:411 2:15:53 3:83:18 2:30:00 



FIFTH CLASS— OATBOATS UNDER 16 FEET. 



Nettie 11:46:35 3:24:25 2:37:50 2:37:37 



Tonello 11:16:33 8:80:07 2:43:84 2:42:10 



THE "GRAPHIC" ON TRAPS. 



4 ''"pHE pleasure boat capsizing and drowning season commences' 

 J. with unusual vivacity This year. On salt and fresh water dur- 

 ing the last ten days nearly a score of lives have thus been lost. 

 There is no recreation more perilous than that of boat sailing by in- 

 experienced hands. It is an art requiring years of experience, and 

 in character is very much like that of successfully wahdog a tight 

 rope. In these small boatB, with any increase of wind, vigilant 

 watchfulness is required to preserve a certain balance between the 

 wind pressure on the sail and the "hold" the boat has on the water. 

 Is there any necessity that a boat should capsize so easily, if at all? 

 Were the same amount of study bestowed in making boats safe 

 against this, risk that there is in making them fast, there would be 

 fewer casualties. Cannot something of this insane desire for speed 

 be sacrificed? May not boats be built which cannot capsize? It is 

 better to go a little slower than to drown. Why not leave this mari- 

 time tight-rope balancing to the yachtsmen, though we build boats 

 even in tub or raft fashion?" 



The above remarks quoted from the Graphic are most pertinent. 

 Its querry, moreover, admits of ready answer. The frequent "acci- 

 dents" to small sailboats arise principally from a peculiar halluci- 

 nation still dominant among yacht builders, that fast boats must be 

 wide and shoal. Even the thrashings received at the hands of such 

 a deep boat as the Madge and countless demonstrations of every day 

 occurrence all go for nought with a class of individuals who seem to 

 be the least progressive and the least open to logic or reason of all 

 American mechanics. To the absurd theories about sailing "over 

 the water" instead of through it, nine-tenths of the fatal accidents 

 every year may be ascribed. 



Small yachts or boats can be made perfectly safe, non-capsizable 

 and non-siukable, if, as the Graphic exclaims, "the same amount of 

 study were devoted to make them safe as well as fast." Even the 

 majority of our large yachts from the biggest schooner down are 

 open to the censure so justly vented upon the crude superficialties to 

 w-hieh. they owe then- model. A better state of things is now in pros- 

 pect amoug large yachts at least, for thanks to the ceaseless 

 exposure of the light draft vagaries in Forest and Stream greater 

 depth and lower ballast has received a fair share of recognition 

 among the more intelligent builders, and now owners no longer per- 

 mit shoal draft romancing to usurp common sense and the laws of 

 nature. But what can the Graphic expect of small boats when even 

 the leading clubs permit shifl ring baUast, thereby encouraging the 

 perpetuation of machines which thrive on sand bags, but which 

 would quickly disappear from the rivers were the clubs but to set 

 down their foot firmly upon the pernicious custom? This has teen 

 done in England with vast benefit to small boats, and there the sail- 

 ing machine does not flourish, her place being supplied with deep, 

 roomy, cheap little boats of the ltchen and Southampton type 

 instead. . 



Every good interest lies in favor of such boats in preference to the 

 machines, and nothing but an inexplicable cringing to prejudice still 

 permits the death-traps to flourish in our midst, and encourages their 

 propagation by offering prize money for a class of things which are 

 viewed with derision by all who comprehend what a grand, manly, 

 instructive and popular sport sailing in small boats might become tn 

 our waters but for the malign influences of the ballast shifters and 

 their sponsors, who by the frequently recurring drownings out of the 

 traps keep thousands away from the water under the impression that 

 yachting must needs be attended by exceeding great danger. As a 

 matter of truth sailing iu 16ft. boats can be made absolutely safe so 

 far as capsizingor sinking is concerned; but to bring about the re- 

 form, shifting ballast must first be universally abolished Once 

 accomplished rigs will again come down within reason, proportioned 

 to what the boat can really carry, and fixed ballast will speedily add 

 to the depth of boats, affording greater accommodations and cruising 

 capacities on much less money, and free from the danger of capsiz- 

 ing or tilling if properly decked and fitted. Such boats swarm by the 

 hundreds in British waters. They constitute the nursery for seamen; 

 they axe the very life of the sport, in America, especially in New 

 \ork, a score could hardly be mustered, where there should be a 

 thousand. 



LARCHMONT YACHT CLUB. 



THE first club pennant matches were sailed Saturday last, and 

 brought out a good list of cracks. The only thing to spoil the 

 racing was the fickle nature of the wind, something likely to bother 

 the club throughout the year, as we have known it to blow stiff from 

 one quarter on the Long Islaud shore with a calm in lhe channel and 

 dukes from ah quarters along the New York and Connecticut side 

 For this the club cannot be held accountable. Nor ofln we iind fault 

 witli the classification which compels the 47ft. Fanita to race with 

 the 75ft. Gracie, or tho 27ft. Vivien with the 39ft. Genia. Of course 

 maiching such widely different sizes can hardly bo considered a 

 very satisfactory way of competition. In strong winds the big ones 

 would have it all to themselves, and in light airs the little Fellows 

 would receive an undue advantage. But the club is not to bhtma. 

 since it would hardly be policy to malce further divisions. Tho only 

 hope out of the difficulty is that sooner or later some concerted 

 action shall be taken by tne leading clubs for classiheation, so that 

 we may learn to build up to class and bring yachts nearer the same 

 tonnage to the mark in the same lot. That involves a consideration 

 of what the standard of measurement shall be. and as tho pi inciple 

 clubs aro still at loggerheads on this point, the day for uniform 

 classification, "by authority," seems yet very far off. With this and 

 .1 wind the race lost nearly all of its interest, and nearly all 

 of the fourta class, finding Wave run away from them hand over fist 

 with a streak of luck, while they lay almost becalmed, gave up in 

 disgust and did not finish. Starters and courses as under: 



Third Class— Cabin Sloops.— Gracie, 74ft. llin.; Eclipse, 51ft., and 

 Fanita, 40ft. Sin. 



Fourth Class -Cabin Sloops.— Isabel, 33ft, ; Genla. 39ft. 6in.; Gael, 

 88ft. Bin.! Falcon, 2afs. 6m. ; Helena. 36ft. 3in., and Vivien, 26ft. Sin. 



I ii'th Class— Open Sloops.— Yacht Cornell, 27ft. 



Sixth Class— open Sloops.— Zoe, 22ft. 4in.; Cruiser, 20ft. 101n.: 

 Maud Htrzel, 20ft.. and Gypsy, 17ft. 4in. 



Seventh Class— Cat-rigged'Yacht.— Truant, 21ft. Sin. 



Courses for the largest class: From stakeboat off Pagoda Point 

 around west buoy on Execution Reef; thence around Center Island 

 buoy; thence to a stakeboat off Captain's Island; thence to Execu- 

 Kon Reef buoy and home. 28 miles. For other cabin yachts- Around 

 Execution Reef buoy; thence around lo Matlnecock Point buoy: 

 thence to Captain's Island stakeboat, then to Execution Reef buoy 

 and home, Hi miles. The other classes went over fie same course, 

 except that after passing Matlnecock buoy they mined the buoy off 

 Constable Point. ' * 



Judges— Messrs. Flint, Norman McLean and M. V.Davis. Wind 

 light from southwest, and last of the flood. It was a long and abort 

 to first mark, with Fanita in the load and'. d second, 



ice with booms squared and spinakcrs for the Center island buoy. 

 Hempstead Harbor the wind left them. Gracie and Genia luiied 

 Dr a streak and got it, carrying them off at a lively rate, fetching 

 Matlnecock buoyahead of i anita. Alter He fourth class 

 had turned that mark Wave drew away from the rucfc, which v. as no 

 company for the crack who came near beating the iiadge last year 

 off Newport, and with a favoring breeze spun out such a lead that 

 the rest gave up in disgust. Meanwhile Qraele had mad* h« size t«4i 



