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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[..tans * i*se 



among the big ones, and dropped Fanita and Eclipse, the latter, by 

 the way, sailing in improved form since the rounding off of her fore- 

 foot and the le_d plaster on her keel— another instance showing that 

 lead down below dues not interfere with speed, as the old school 

 loves to tell us. Gracie ami BcHpse, after rounding the Captain's 

 Island mark, worked the Long Island shore and got the better of 

 Fanita, who essayed boards down the northern coast. 



The small classes of open bonks, which, we regret to say, indulged 

 freely in the doubtful expedient of tossing bags, wldch the rules of 

 the club still permit for some occult reason, had a lively time keep- 

 ing right side up with care when they struck the sharp puffs coming 

 off the Long Island beach. They managed to work through with 

 — JCh tight rope performance, and made the home mark after some 



narrow squeezes and "letting out." Tonnage counted, as it always 

 does upon such occasions, and Zoe speedily disposed of her sisters. 

 The finish was mado as under, Oracle and Wave winning among the 

 yachts, and the honors among the machines falling to Cornell, Zoe 

 and Truant: 



Elapsed. Corrected 



4:28:23 4:38:22 



5:16:38 4:55:53 



5:06:20 4:49:27 



4:57:10 



THIRD CLASS. 



Name. Start. Finish. 



Gracie 11:59:00 4::>7:W 



Valuta, 11:54:40 5:11:13 



Eclipse 12:00:00 4:05:20 



-OURTH CLASS. 



Wave 11:56:20 4:52:30 4:57:10 



Isabel ...12:07:30 Withdrawn 



Genla .11:54:15 Withdrawn 



Gael 12:01:31 Withdrawn 



Falcon 11:57:00 Withdrawn 



Helena 11:59:15 'Withdrawn 



Vivien 12:00:15 Withdrawn 



PIUTH CLASS. 



Cornell 11:55:35 4:32:22 4:38:52 4:38:52 



SIXTH GLASS. 



Cruiser ....11:54:40 4:13:45 4:19:05 4:17:19 



Maud Hazel....... 11:53:05 4:10:30 4:17:25 4:13:41 



Zoe,.... 11:56:05 4:07:27 4:11:22 4:11:22 



Gypsy withdrawn. 



SEVENTH CLASS. 



Truant 11:58:00 4:10:18 4:12:18 4:12:18 



At a meeting of the club held in the evening, in the handsome new 

 club house nt Larclunont, the following members were elected: H. 

 W. Perkins, C. A. Minton, S. Van Wyek Jenes, F. W. J. Hurst, W. L. 

 Breeze, Frederick W. Adee, Geo. P. Douglass, Cyrus L.W. Elldlitz, E. 

 Du Vivier, H. C. Sturges, Augustus Brown, Alphonse H. Aiker, J. 

 Woodhull Adams, Harold B, Wallaek, A. H. Baldwin, Charles F. Rob- 

 erts, M. D., Arthur T. Hendricks, W. H. Bogart, Philip Henry Adee, 

 A. Seymour Fitch, David Crocker, H. F. Kerr, H. J. Park, Franols 

 Burritt, Alphonse Montant, F. D. Ives, H.W. Catlin, Rudolph Allen. 



DORCHESTER YACHT CLUB. 



THE matches sailed Decoration Day were an entire success, and this 

 may be said more especially of the one-gun start. All the prog- 

 nostications of the barnacle school came to nought, for the start went 

 off without a hitch though quito a large fleet had to get away. The 

 contestants found no fault but enjoyed the new zest the wide awake 

 bit of seamanship called for. No collisions happened and nobody 

 complaiued. The judges did their business in excellent style and the 

 public for once saw a bit of real match sailing from the smoke of the 

 gun. The start has been received with such favor that the Dorchester 

 Y. C. will adhere to the jjlan of sending the fleet away simultaneously 

 in the future, and other clubs are expected to follow suit. A protest 

 was lodged by Rebio against Thorn for crossing before fire, but was 

 disallowed. Wind strong- from southwest, giving the crews all they 

 •wanted. Tho following is the summarv as taken from the Boston 

 Herald : 



FIRST CLASS. 



Name and owner. Length. Elapsed. Correct'd 



Magic, E. C. Neal 30.03 3:50:20 2:57:55 



Lillie, P. M. Bond 36.08 3:42:31 2:58:05 



Lena, J, H. Ware 3:54:18 withd. 



SECOND CLASS (CKNTERBOARDS). 



Rebie, J. P. Phinney 22.07 4:22:35 8:23:43 



Thorn, F. M. Randall 23,05 2:20:35 8:37:25 



SECOND CLASS (_EELs). 



Emily, C. A. McManus ....... 28.05 8:41:42 2:58:53 



Zulu, A. L. Jackson 27.04 3:59:52 8:18:20 



Banneret, F. A. Daniels 24.07 4:06:55 8:84:82 



Kitty, N. N. Thayer 28.08 4:19:10 8:32:09 



THIRD CLASS. 



Amy, E. W. Baxter 21.00 1:49:17 1:17:51 



Joker, G. Coffin 80.08 1:51:39 1:19:13 



Gisela, S. G. King 20.08 1:52:20 1:20:30 



Herald, W. B. Smith 20.02 1:54:30 1:22:04 



Scamp, H, Gray 18.07 1:68:04 1:23:34 



David Crocket, H. Putnam 21.00 1:56:00 1:24:40 



Janet, W. L. Phinney 18.10 2:02:26 1:28:16 



Topsy, C. Barnard 19.00 2:14:20 1:40:21 



Wanderer, J. Colter 19.02 2:14:02 1 ;40:2O 



Flora Lee, S. . J. Freeman ....16.09 1:53:12 1:15:58 



Flirt, J. P. Dullard 16.01 1:56;42 1:1M:23 



Dandeloin, G. C. Adams 17.02 2:00:33 1 :23:58 



Zlp.G.W. Morton, 16.03 2:13:19 1:35:17 



Sylvan, J. Bertram 14.09 8:22:47 1 :42:06 



SPECIAL CLASS. 



Fearless, A. Kidd 21.03 1:53:28 1:22:09 



Charlotte, O. G. Runaway 17.09 2:15:05 1:39:24 



CUTTERS ON THE DELAWARE, 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



More than 100 miles from the sea, our yacht, men have caught tho 

 cutter fever, Mr. WignaU, of Kensington, has finished a small cutter, 

 and has in course of construction a larger one— both modeled by 

 Hlll m an. M.. Samuel M. Fox, of Torasdale, has ordered a cutter 

 from John Driscol, Greenpoint, designed by A. Gary Smith. She will 

 be 40ft. load line; draft, ul't. Now, arn't you, Mr. Editor, just a little 

 ashamed for having set our quiet people crazy on cutter and main 

 keels? I was just looking at a doubie-ender, weighing scarcely 50 lbs. , 

 -with 6iu. dead rise, built by W. Morris Clark, of Cooper's Point; and 

 she is a little beauty. She has a graceful shear, with the ends well 

 up, and is intended, and wUi, live in almost any sea. I have just fin- 

 ished a model for a deep draft "18-footer" for the O. P. Y. 0.,6ft. 6in. 

 beam, with a draft of 3tt. 8in. at the heel. I don't like it but have to 

 submit to the ruling fashion. No matter, I have made her sharp 

 enough to cut up the eel grass, clip off the can docks, and in an 

 emergency plough her way through a mud bank. The Joaie B. 

 Smith, built by Smith, of Long Island, for the Const Wrecking Com- 

 pany, has been purchased by the members of the Gallagher and Me- 

 morial Yacht Clubs, and has been put in first-class order for yacht- 

 ing. She is somewhat on the Clara order, and is very stylish for a 

 light draft boat. R. G. W. 



COST OF YACHTING. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



It may interest many of your readers to know just what living on 

 board a yacht costs. Some people think anyone owning a boat, bo 

 she ever so small, is an extravagant, worthless fellow, rapidly going 

 to perdition. But a more economical method of living has never yet 

 been proposed. I refer now more particularly to small yachts, which 

 are my hobby above all others. Of course you can spend any 

 amount of money afloat just as you can ashore, but a reasonable Uf e 

 on a yacht is much more economical than the same thing at a hotel, 

 boarding house, or in family or bachelor's quarters, Let me give 

 you my menu during a three days' cruise, so that your readers can 

 see for themselves, JI my spread seems limited and modest, it 

 should be remembered that after a hard day beating up against a 

 heavy wind and »ea, a ravenous appetite lends sauce to the most 

 frugal meal which 1 would not exchange for a roval banquet at Del- 

 monico's and dyspepsia thrown in. For breakfast, hot meat pies, 

 furnished cold by a down-town caterer, "chips" or fried potatoes 

 wanned up, bread fresh or toasted, coffee and spices ad lib., Borden's 

 condensed mil',:, butter, salad and fruit. This was varied with boiled 

 eggs and bacon. For lunch, sandwiches, coffee or beer, salad and 

 fruit. Supper or late dinner, after coming to, similar to breakfast, 

 with Sundry variations. Upon turning in, after a last glance out in 

 the cold at the cable, and a final poke to the riding light, a nightcap 

 of medicinal cone >otion, consisting; of hot water, lemon, sugar and 

 such additional fluid ingredient aa your particular vanity may 

 dictate. Some people may turn up Their nose at suah fare, but just 

 Jer. me catch tiiein out for a hard day's sail, and I warrant they will 

 "fall to" with a desperate energy they never knew while at the 

 festive board ashore with a menu half a mile long and four hours' 

 affliction bolt upright in a chair staring them m the face. How 

 much did it cost usV Well, you will see wo mado it a point to live on 

 "fresh grub" all through, so as not to draw upon our canned goods 

 and regular ship's stores. 



Tho bill footed up just three dollar's and sixty cents for a crew of 

 ♦wo during three days, oil, wick, pipes and fluid vanities thrown in. 

 That is at the rate of sixy cents a day, or four dollars and twenty 

 cents a week per hand. Temperance tars might easily reduce the 

 figure to three dolla ante, and those satisfied with plainer 



staples, and many yachtsmen are. can live for three dollars a week 

 _d grow fat, lusty and brown. Let me draw some further conclu- 

 #Iy_s_»s frera figures, Call it four _.U_r» per we-»k_ T_at nicies 



$808 a year. Allow for clothing $100, for books, papers, incidentals, 

 etc., $100 more, then ninety -eight dollars for toe keep nf the boat, re- 

 newals and sundries, and tho telly for the year nicks just @500. On 

 top of this spend what you ehoose'for visiting ashore and inland va- 

 cations, and you have the coat of living a life the gods might envy. 

 Tho yacht, it built and rigged as recommended in your columns, 

 should be perfectly safe and sound, easily bandied as a yawl, and 

 "oapableof going anywhere," with comfort limited only by the cir- 

 cumscribed dlmonra . . , al to any small boat. A vaeht of the 

 kind from two to three tons, or 23 to 26ft. long, decked with cast bal- 

 last, rigged, fully fitted and supplied, ready for sea, will cost about 

 500 to |650. With a little judicious selection in tho model, and a few 

 hints from some experienced friends, yachting in smull craft becomes 

 the cheapest and by far the moat "soul-filling" of all sports. You 

 are at it twenty-four hours every day, for an outlay less than half 

 of what similiar living would stand you in ashore, aud all the mental 

 pleasures and physical advantages of the sport thrown in, 



, -*■" 0u > Uand. 



YACHT STOVES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Having just returned from a cruise, during which I was shipmates 

 with a stove unknown to most, let me give you some facts concern- 

 ing it. With all other owners of small boats, I had Ions:' been looking 

 for something really satisfactory, aud I flatter myself it has been 

 found at last. The, yacht we cruised in is 25ft. deck and has a com- 

 fortable cabin for two. Our stove is known to the trade as a No. 2 

 Dietz Hot Blast. It measures about 8 inches across the ciroular base, 

 and Is about a foot high. Mado of light cast iron throughout, with 

 the bottom reservoir closed. Burns "Pratt's astral oil," gives ample 

 flame and bolls and cooks as nicely as can be wished". The objection 

 to oil, on account of its amell, I found without reason. Although 

 cooking two meals a day and boiling coffee for the third and filling 

 the stove several times, not a trace of smell could we detect. There 

 was not even smoke or smell of any kind, while the wicks were lit, 

 excepting at the very start, when the varnish or polish on the iron got 

 hot. That lasted only a day. Whether an oven can be used oil top 

 of the stove 1 cannot say, not having made tho attempt, but I see no 

 reason why it should not. The stove has two casings, through 

 which the air rises to the flame, so that wind will not blow it out. 

 Having been more than pleased both with the results and the make 

 of the stove, I think it ought to be recommended to yachtsmen 

 through your paper. The stove cost, I think, 33.50. Mine was ob- 

 tained from a dealer on the south side of Beekman street, two doors 

 abovePearl street, though presumably all stores keep them in stock. 

 The oil I keep In a cockpit, locker and All stove and lamps on deck 

 A little care, keeping the oil from spilling and off one's hands, and 

 wiping the lamps with paper or a swab, is all that Is required to keep 

 smell out of the cabin. Cruiser. 



THE AMERICA CUP. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



One of our city papers has copied, apparently from Wilke's Spirit 

 of the Time*, the letter I had the pleasure, as i?eoretary of the Royal 

 Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, to address to the Secretary of the New 

 York Yacht Club, in acknowledgement of the very courteous invita- 

 tion of that club to our organisation to compete for the American 

 Cup under the new conditions. It has also appended the following 

 note: 



"Wilkes' Spirit, in referring to the letter, says: 'It will be observed 

 that there is not a word of complaiut as to the terms of the new 

 deed of gift, or any insinuation that there is anything abeut it which 

 is unsportsmanlike.' " 



There is a reason fortius— and I write now, not officially as secre- 

 tary, but in my private character as a yachtsman— and this is it. when 

 I received and read the terms I at onoo felt that an almost insuper- 

 able bar to a challenge was raised in the proviso that the club holding 

 tho cup should name its representative yacht on the morning of the 

 race. I say "almost insuperable" because I want to allow for the 

 possibility of an extreme enthusiast actually foolish enough to chal- 

 lenge under such a condition, coupled with the otherwise fair obliga- 

 tion to sail himself a sea-going yacht. The same objection was at 

 once mado by several members whau the letter was read, and "Ash- 

 bury and the Livonia" was forthwith quoted. But as the circular 

 letter of the N. Y. Y. C. did not invite the opinion of the clubs ad- 

 dressed on the fairness or unfairness of the terms of the match, 

 simply hi vitlng competition in the handsomest and most hospitable 

 manner, and promising the utmost fair play Consistent with the ob- 

 jectionable and defeat-insuring condition, it was decided to acknowl- 

 edge receipt of the invitation without making any uncalled-for com- 

 ments. I think this was tho wisest course to pursue, as it would have 

 been idle to suppose that any further change would be made in the 

 terms. But that a challenge will issue from any British yacht club 

 as long as that proviso is in force, is, I greatly fear, an idle dream. 



Halifax, N. 8. F. C. Sumichrast. 



[We have received something like twenty letters, most of them from 

 England, of the same tenor as the above. One and all agree to the 

 impossibility of an English yachtsman accepting the onerous and 

 unfair terms offered by the New York Y. C. through its apparent lack 

 of familiarity with the fundamental principles of equit/ governing all 

 challenges. Most of these letters, one of them from a yacht owner 

 who contemplated paying us a visit this summer, use very much 

 stronger language than Mr. Sumichrast in characterizing the chal- 

 lenge circular as unworthy the serious attention of sportsmen. The 

 American Cup is without the pale of sporting circles abroad. As the 

 London Field puts it: a yachtsman challenging under the conditions 

 imposed must be "soft" indeed. The circular issued by the New York 

 Y. C. has a parallel in the youngster who wants to oat his cako and 

 keep it too. All the world is grandiloquently invited and all the 

 world is shut out by the terms. The cup will remain without recog- 

 nition from abroad, which is perhaps well for the vanity of those who 

 Btill think a second rate boat like tho Gracie could turn Buccessfully 

 withaMay, an Annasona or a Vandura. But it is neither creditabla 

 to those responsible for the peculiar document nor likely to promote 

 international racing as originally intended.! 



Valkyr in her present condition, and next 

 lot or boats after the boafd has been rem! 

 up underneath. Should the job be prope 

 short of this year's performance, then ind 

 'something like just grounds for an opt 



rials with the same 

 Id more lead bolted 

 Tie, and Valkyr fall 

 raid tho Tl&rald have 

 _ For the present the 

 owner of V alkyr is probably congratulating himself upou tho aoui- 

 sition of a coneiontiously designed flyer, whose sailing on Decoration 

 Day redounds to his credit as well to tho architect responsible for 

 her stylish form. _ 



ANTIQUATED.— An ancient turf contemporary, having vented a 

 column of badly -entangled wrath upon the Dorchester Y, 0. for a 

 kind of start never proposed, has received the following pithy rebuke 

 from the secretary, Mr. Louis M. Clark: "Dear Sir— The method of 

 starting races adopted by this club may not be now, but it is evidently 

 so far in advance of your yachting experieiioa that I send you a copr 

 of the rule to show you what it really „ See if you can find any- 

 thing about starting from ail anchor with all sails down and then try- 

 again." Mr. Clark, who, by the way, knows mure about yachting in 

 flveminutes than our self-contradicting and Inexperienced contempor- 

 ary has acquired during a long life time, should havo mado due 

 allowances for a sad mixture, written by a most estimable scribe 

 with an eye to filling space in the laudable effort to eopa with his 

 betters. Any one who deems cat-boats sate and thinks they will drive 

 canoes out of existence is a subject for compassion, unci perfectly 

 harmless. Our would-be imitator wisely says: "Make your aat-boata 

 deep," and that will cover a multitude of sins. But only fancy run- 

 ning the headwaters of the Susquehanna, the Kennebec or Connecti- 

 cut rivers with a cat-boat I Ha ! ha : 



HUDSON RIVER YACHT CLUB. -The spring matches were sailed 

 last Monday over the Centennial course in the upper and lower bay 

 We are glad to find small yachts giving up river work and coining- to 

 something more like business. It will do the boats good. In the two 

 cabin classes Lillie, 32ft., John Drew and Clara S., ,24ft. lln., J. 8tel- 

 ger, were the winners. AmoDg the open boats Sophia Emma, 21ft 

 5in., A. Kemp, Jr., and Uussie, 17ft. lOin,, A. Bauer, carried off the 

 prizes. The Goodwin, 19ft. Bin., had a sail over, but did not _• the 

 course. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. -The original draft of the 

 new constitution, as published in this journal, was sent to all mem- 

 bers of the committee, and as now presented to each member, con- 

 tains modifications or explanations which recognize all the criiiciiins 

 and suggestions offered. Members of the A, 0. A are requested to 

 record their votes on the postal cards forwarded them by the secre- 

 tary, so that a final result may be announced. 



MAGGIE'S SPEED.— An inquirer wishes to know whether Maggie 

 really could average 13>_ miles under the most favorable circumstan- 

 ces, as cited in a communication by "Rouge Croix," recently printed 

 . in these columns. The speed certainly seems high, being a little over 

 11 knots, and though the time aud course are official allowance of 

 some sort for tide may havo to be made. Possibly our correspondent 

 "Rouge Croix" has the particulars. ^ 



HEEDLESS.— Mr. Edward Warren's stylish little 7-ton cutter has 

 been successfully launched from Drisooll s yard, Greenpoint Length 

 over ah, 35ft, ; load line, 30ft. ; bourn, 9ft. Bin. ; depth, 5ft. din. ; draft 

 6ft.; two tons lead on keel; mast, 33ft.; topmast, •Hit to house 1 

 boom, 30ft. ; gaff, 2_ft. ; bowsprit beyond stem, 18ft. 



CAPSIZED.— After the fleet of the Jersey C „y Yacht Club had re- 

 turned from the Decoration Day cruise, C ommodora Roon and oartr 

 started for the Idle Hour in the yacht Torpedo. She was struck by a 

 puff and capsized, the gallant commodore and friends being fished 

 out by boats from shore, and sent home to dry. 



ROYAL CANADIAN YACHT CLUB.-OfHcora for the year: Com- 

 modore, A. R. Borwellj Vice-Commodore, John Leys: Hear Commo- 

 dore, Lieut. -Col. Alien Gilmour; Hon. Secretary, H. J. Grassett. The 

 club has been presented with handsome pictures of the Cambria aud 

 Livonia by Mr. Jas. Ashbury. 



CUTTERS.— Lawlor, of Chelsea, is finishing two small cutters, and 

 Lawley & Son, of City Point, have planked the new 7-ton cutter Lap- 

 wing, buildmg for Mr. Malcomb Forbes and others. Her spars and 

 soils arrived from London recently. The cutter and yowl fleet is 

 growing apaoe in Boston. 



MAGGIE.— This 15-ton cutter arrived on board the steamship 

 Kansas, at Boston, June 4, and will be launched and fitted for sea at 

 °^??; . e , r owller ' Jo '-' a not propose to race her professionally, but 

 will jom the Hull Y. C. and may sail in local regattas. 



HEART'S EASE.— This new sharpie schooner has been delivered 

 by Mr. Clapham to her owner, Hou. Kobt. B. Roosevelt, who reports 

 himself wed pleased with her, and that on her first trip to Great South 

 Bay she beat "everything" that was met. 



NEW YAWL.— Another cabin yawl has made her appearance in 

 New/iork Bay, concerning whom several inquiries Lave reached us. 

 Possibly the owner might feel inclinod to unpart his experiences 

 with this rig to his brethren. 



FIXTURES.— Our list of fixtures is by far the most oomplete pub- 

 lished. Contemporaries would do well to copy, so that they may 

 help as far as their circulation permits, to ovoid the clashing of dates 

 selected by the clubs. 



TORONTO YACHT CLUB,-Out of fifteen cabin yachts in the clue 

 only five are sloops, there being five cutters and five yawls besides. 



TOO HASTY. 



THE Herald reviews the Decoration Day'3 sail, and says: "One 

 day's sail has dashed fond delusions to the ground," and all be- 

 cause the few keel boats in a large fleet of crack yachts did not lead 

 all through the day. The Herald is a trifle too hasty in its verdict. 

 It is hardly a wonder to find the Montauk beat the Norseman. It 

 was to have been expected. The Norseman does not rank as a very 

 fast ship, and Montauk is one of Elsworth's productions, and mighty 

 few there are in this world who can hope to cope with his clean cut 

 models. Norseman was beaten not because Bhe is a keel, nor did 

 Montauk win because she has a board, any more than because the 

 former is black and the latter white. It was boat against boat, and 

 skipper against skipper, and the man must be rash who would back 

 Townaend's whittling againBt Elsworth's artist eye. Put a keel on 

 Montauk and a board in Norseman, and ths chauces are the latter 

 would have been beaten even worse, certainly to the extent she woe. 

 For the rest we find Valkyr Blipping by Oriva, as was to lie expected. 

 Valkyr, it is true, has a board, but it is a nominal appendage merely, 

 and we think with six inches more lead underneath instead, the 

 showing would have been just the same. Li point of principle, Val- 

 kyr is a cutter. She has the depth, draft, moderate beam and rig of 

 a cutter, and if not a close copy of the modern English racing craft, 

 She is, in point of dimensions, form and sail much nearer the cutter 

 than the orthodox sloop. What she did should go to the score of the 

 modem Idea and not to the credit of the genuine American dish. 

 Oriva is a cruising cutter, and a good one at that, but whatever she 

 may do in heavy weather, she has never been set down as a light 

 Wind flyer. And Muriel, surely she could not be expected a matehfor 

 the best in the fleet twice and thrieo her size, 



No, the Herald is much nearer the mark when it savs: "the perfect 

 keel boat has not yet been reached.'' Undoubtedly such is tho case, 

 and to argue against the keel because inferior keels got the worst in 

 a trial with the fastest boards ever produced, is not as logical a.s it 

 might be. Just what a keel can do the Madge showed us last year; 

 and can her six days' winnings be offset by a" casual scrub meet such 

 aa we saw on Decoration Day* Can all the experience of our friends 

 in the East be swept away by the thrashing of a collier keel by an 

 Elsworth crack or a comfortable all round cruising cutter by a 

 Valkyr so closely allied to the keel breed that she has been repudi- 

 ated by the other crowd? If any lessons can be; drown at all from 

 6uch a mixed day's sailing, it is that boats of moderate beam and 

 good depth, with a cutter rig, are as fast as any of the extremes, and 

 that keel and board are of little moment aa affecting speed in smooth 

 -ater. Forest _hi> Stream has continually held that in medio tutis- 

 Imaest, that the good points of both extremes can be grafted in a 

 boat of medium proportions, and Valkyr comes pretty near to those 

 ideas. 

 Whether you slit her through for a little board, just enough to 

 wear by, or whether you take it out in a few inches more keel, is a 

 matter of no moment for speed in smooth water, though for a dash 



in tho open and for accommodations below, tne keel is certain to 

 supersede the fin, if it has not already practically done so The 

 Montauk is the only large yacht recently built with a board, qulie *n 

 exception to the rule, and pilots have not vet lost their heads, nor do 

 they seem likely to forego their long grip in the sea for a bob-about 

 jumps and leewardly chopping which are invariable accompaniments 

 to ceuterboards In rough water. What we should like to see, and what 

 might be wmethlng like conclusive, is a year's active racing with 



$nswer$ to $orre$pottdm& 



J. B. W.— Brentano, Union Square, New York. 



P. F. F., Newark.— See notice at head of this column. 



8. 8. — The open season for woodcock on Long Island begins Aug 1 



W. O, Georgetown, D. C— We presume the gentleman to be a 

 resident of Washington. 



B H,, Davis, Mich.— We understand that the action of the gun 

 will be changed, but are not informed as to the probable lime. 



S. D.W., St. Catharines, Out. -The address of Secretary of Kitty 

 Hawk Bay Club is John B. Lawrence, 173 Pearl street, New York. 



Nkd, Amherst, Mass.— 1. Bend to Brentano, Union Square, New 

 York. 2. No builders of canvas canoes. They have gone out of use. 



Elk Horns.— Where can I purchase a very line pair of elk horns? 

 I want an extra fine pair. Ans. We do not know where to refer you. 

 Fine elk horns are scarce. 



H. W. H„ Thomasvllle, Ga.— Please identify the bird whoso wing, 

 tail, foot and head I send. Ana. The bird is a king rail or fresh- 

 water marsh hen, Eallus elegani. 



R. B. M, Boston, Mass.— The eyelids of one of my foxhotmds curb* 

 under and iritates the eyes, ton you tell me the cause and if It can 

 be cured* He has been troubled in this way about eight months 

 Ans. Consult an oculist. 



F. P.— Can you tell me if there is auy perch fishing in Croton Lake, 

 and if there are any guides who have boata and bait, and if a rod or 

 drop line la needed and what kind of bait is necessary [ Ans. There 

 are perch in the lake. Go to Flewellin's farm house and you will find 

 boats there. A rod is best. Use worms, shrimps or small minnows. 



Glass Balls, Fishkill-on-the-Hudson.— In a glass ball match, if the 

 two highest contestants are tie, do not they have to about off for first 

 prize, and the one gets beaten loose his claim for any priM » Ans. If 

 there was only one prize, yes. If two prizes, and you were shooting 

 "class shooting," the second prize would go to the second score or 

 olass of scores. 



"Your Subscriber," San FranciBco.— Is a race of dogs called after 

 tho well-known _erit__ Chancellor)- If so, why should the name be 

 spoiled Bizmark and not Bismarck in accordance with said Chancel- 

 lor's writing his own name* Ans. We do not know whom the dog is 

 named after, but his owner named him Bi-z-mark, which is a good 

 enough reason for calling him by that name. 



Veteron, Oswego, N. i\— At our last shoot Ave men shot. The 

 money was to be divided as follows: 50 per cent, to the first; 30 to the 

 second, and 20 to the third. Two men tied on lire!, and three on 

 second, leaving no one to claim third. What should be done in that 

 case? Ans. In this case, one-fifth of the third money Ehould be re- 

 turned to each of the five contestants. Or, by agreement of all con- 

 cerned, it may be disposed of in any other way you elect. 



J. E. M., Rocky Spring, Md,— 1. Can a bull-terrier dog with aa 

 undershot jaw bo classed as a thoroughbred? 2. Does tho fact of a 

 dog of that kind being undershot disqualify him for exhibition at a 

 bench show J 3. What effecLif any, has the fact of being undershot 

 on his fighting capacity" 4, Would the progeny of such a dog out of 

 a biteh whose teeth antagonize properly be likely to inherit the 

 undershot jaw of the sire? Ans. 1. A thoroughbred dbg might be 

 undershot, but (2) it is a blemish. 3. We don't know, are not author- 

 ities on the fighting qualities of dogs. 4, More so than if the ■ire's 

 jaw were properly hung. 



Sarah Nake.— When, or in what month is (ho helgramite to boused 

 for black baas, and is it to be used rioatinf:. or must It bo kept in 

 motion under water* Ans. Use them all through the black base 

 season. 'The helgramite is the larva of a large fly, and it exieU for 

 more than one year hi the larva state. It can also be used in the popa 

 : >und neai the streams, under logs, ihe larva being always 

 m the water, under stones. Keep the bait iu motion from six Inches 

 to two feet from the bottom, if the water is not more than six feet 

 deep. U deeper, you eon fish higher. If left om the »»v-._, tke •_!« 

 wfil crawl uuder a eteae a»_ hiue there. 



