3 okb 15, 1882. J 



FOREST AND SfftfiAM. 



395 



•]•,('(,,■;.. the ermieal end projecting about S millemetres beyond the 



irw.ee of d,i' bone so far as could be ascertained on careful Inspeo- 



■. iii.> I ill' did not strike a button or any sub- 



■ .■ M i.-. ■:!■.• -1 — \V. ■ '. [If therevolvervves not ri'tod 



bullet, v... ; lla to bereversed as not.] 



ORT. vs. PORT '• '■ MS. ?< si irday the first of what 



romisei i . i. i .■ ■ ' =. In i '.'.■ -i , ■ ■■■.:■■>. ,.-,!■; club an. I h 



mfrbi i tin.' ■ ■ . i ..■'..■; , ■:- wind 



" • ■■ ■■ 1 1 j the si 



ions were n > ". . : '. . ■■.]. m .,' ,, .■,-,, |., i.- a possible total 



5(1. Tbe solder.-, wen- alloc, ,d two point.-; each EOT military .dtles. 

 ■re was: 



, i-L Tenia. 



5 4 5 r> 4 5 5 '1 5 5—47 



"WB Knight i R r, r, tj 4 4 5 4 4-45 



r S Bryer 4 S 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 4-44 



lELaonard 4 4 5 4 4 4 6 4 1 5—43 



Reusoj! . . ,5 4 r> 4 5 :i 4 4 4 4—42 



!S Plummet- 4 4 4144454 4—11 



!■ ' t 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4—44 



Henry i :', !-; 3 4 3 I I 5 3-30 



Total m 



Sort Adams Teste 



errant Riley t 1 4 1 4 4 6 4 5 4—42 



ergeant Cloaveiaud 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4-1 40 



Sergeant Holt 5 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 4-40 



Corporal Temple 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 8 5 3-40 



Sergeant Ci-oats:-,- i l 3 < 5 8 3 4 4 4-38 



Sergeant. Jackson 4 8 4 4 5 4 S 3 2 4-38 



| I -I- 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4-31! 



4 3 •'! 4 3 3 3 4 5 3-85 



310 



Allowance LO 



Total 33G 



CANTON VS. TROY.— Friendly match between the Canton Rifle 

 Club ami the Trov ( Juij. shot .it. tbe range of tbe Canton Club, Thins- 



iiiii. June 8, 1883, aooyarcbj, offhand, common target; 

 Troy Team— Remington Rifles. 



.uuing 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 I— (2 



5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3—12 



I 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 5-38 



4 4 8 4 9 4 4 1 5 4-33 



abl-.vin 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4^0 



OSper 3 3 4 4 4 4. 4 4 4 3-37—237 



Canton Team- Ballard Rifles. 



Pierce 3 5 5 5 4 3 4 4 » 4-40 



Stone 4 5 3 3 4 3 4 3 5 2-3H 



' mi 3 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 4 4-3S 



Millard 5 5 4 1 5 5 8 4 4 2-11 



Burs S 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4-3S 



Bullock 4 5 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 -l 41 384 



CLINTON, Mass., May 34.- Arrangements are in progress to organ- 

 ize a sportsman's club in this town, and twelve names have alt eady 

 Been Becnreil. :■■ .: ■ ■■. of those who have signed indulged iu a 

 felflsR ball shoot to-day, but no record was kept. The Organization of 

 the. ebib woll be effected Si "in. 

 BEDFORD, Mass.. June LlL— The Maiden Gtu 



Urom 

 a doz< 



glass bid 





Wellii 



el, a 



■i !'■ 



Is, the lea.lii 



A. CI. Willi man 1.2. <.'. I. Lewi; 

 Tlie secov ■■■. in I v; ' ruhscr 

 C, Fit 1 ling ac ,'iu ihg Ilt'gi p33il*C 

 event -,,'i. at live uir •■ , .■ ad \ 

 Second- t'b" i'.'in ib ma! •'!. al i 



P. II. Foster second. In em tit 

 Whifra.i-i was first, Noble and 

 third, and F. Loring fourth. 



si i use:''; . I. Lewlt 



T. Nob: a-..-; it Co, : 



The seventh m.-i 



S. W. ii la:, i A. V. Ada „-.-, n 



the bail I p M ! ibl saga u 

 II Cook and Mil dividing see 

 event was .a fire 1 1 il'ds, .1. Mai 



second, C.I. tkii aud A 



match, a', !:i:-ib r -iilo ■ . - di 

 Hill and Whitj ai 

 and lastsubsi ription mi tel . ale 

 F. LormgYii.nl 7'. T. Noljie in tin 

 i v. ; ' i moon, a "miss 



a No. I, aiid I-'. T. Nob! 

 Club's ground will be op 



al., for Hi 



ad J. Hopkins No 



10 i 



id 17, of tbe i 



RAYMOND CLUB.- 

 il at Wollingo hi, M: 

 wind which prevailed j 

 lirst sweep Harold too! 

 ondaudl'irkwo ■■ LOi 

 second aid ' do ! 1- i 

 Harold b i i ■ 1-,, . 'i 

 Thefounhs-.v, , .!■ o.. 

 erell third, tu tue fiftl 

 and Witheroll third. 

 vided Qj St. CI irk to ,1 



flWBI 



ors, J. Hopki 



In the last event of 

 balls. 3. Cook came 

 i. The Maiden Gun 

 iv Juno 15. from 10 A. M. to 5. P. 

 ticipate in the tournament June 

 Ball Association, 

 s enjoyed their regular weekly 

 . .Hal de.-] 4b' ..hestrong westerly 

 delightful afternoon. lit the 

 'lark and Johnson divided sec- 

 ind sweep, Clark first. Harold 

 id sweep Mi-ssrs. Johnson and 

 ood second aud Kendall third, 

 jioney, Clark second and Wtth- 

 u.'l 



third. 



Tbe 



mid di 



even l,h 



•old and Kirkwood di\ided first 



eigtb s.'.'eep Mirkv.e.'i look first, Clark 

 i„ (h ■ eim, ->,,oi et 2il birds, 15 yards, the result 

 Joloe.'iii 17. Harold 15, Clark 14, Kemvorthy 11. 



\' CIA iB.— P,egular semi-monthly match, shot 



1 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 t 1 1 1 1 1 t 1 1 1-19 



1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—18 



1 1111111110 1111110 1—17 



11111411110 10 110 1 4—15 



1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1-17 



1 ! 1 I 1 1 1 1 I I I 1 1 1 o 1 1 1 17 



1 1 1 J 1 I I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—10 



1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—15 



■lie 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1—17 



Ion 10 10 11111110 10 110 11 1-15 



»,,,!,( 1 1 1 1 I. I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—18 



,,n 1111111111111111111 5— SO 



•erase, 17; 1st medal taken by Wilson; 2d, Hill; 3d, Uriswoid. 

 VEE.SIl.iT1 SHOOTING CtATB.-Topsham, Me., May 25.-20 clay 



tooksocund. li 



and Sim lOi ftih 



;i | Ka-kwooi 



Wftherell 10, Go 



ALGONQTJES 



Mav.i5: 



T I ill 



Hanna 



Bauer 



■ ■ 



.CuKsebei't' 



Van Seh aick... 



rds 



M I ' Ha 



. .0 11111110 10 111110 1-14 

 ..1111111111111111111 1-2H 



.11 13 1110 11111110 1 0—15 

 . .0 I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4—17 

 o 10 11 10 1 1 1 1 1—9 

 ..1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 I 1—17 

 .1111111111110 111111 1—19 



c. It Goud 



BBtrout 



it H Hall 



H v Stetson 



FALL BiVER. Mass.. June H.— Tbe Call Biver Gun Club held their 

 i l',,r a-lvereiiri this afternoon, with tbe fallowing result: 

 Balls. Clay Pigeons, Totals. 



i nine 11110 11101— S 01111 11111— n 



ii.di ii in ooiii— s 



Jaelcs'oi, ' ib'll 01010— fl 



Curtis" " W011 bun -7 



Cornell HO00 U01Q 5 



Wood • ■ '■ M1,J1 oiiiio— I 



Allen ' ' ..(')Iid 01101-0 



Buffineton" 0HH0 U101— 6 



Wilbur OiMtit tiXiiiil- 2 



Ties: \ nientine. 101 --' 



Hall c -a 



17 



10111 11111— i) 

 ill il 10111—9 



liooo liili-7 14 



11110 HUH— 8 13 



11101 11011— 8 12 



11 lliil 101D1-6 12 



01101 10 w — 1 10 



10111 40110-7 '.) 



nil -2 4 



nil -g S 



T. S. H. 



; _i -boot, of Riverside Shooting 



Club for ■ ii ' ins aud 5 pairs Card revolving trap. 



...(1)01001(1111 1101 Dw 

 11(11011 lOw 



tiiioibiininii ii n 10 n it -21 



lv " " .iiiniiiiiiini no it 10 11 ii 22 



, ,,| 111)111101110111 1100010101—17 



11 ,,i ... nniiii.1010111 13w 



., , .mioimoiooio 11 11 10 01 10— 17 



J ; . 111111111111111 11 11 10 01 u—23 



si,.,.,,, 1, ",;;; ,;;;' ;.;.. ionno.'ititiino n n m m ,i -is 



Jge wou by c. (bind. The oibeeis of the Riverside Shooting 



■ii-, - c L.'V,„I;. I'iiAIhiii: M. C Hall. Seereiary; A. Q. fiend, 



surer; Chas, Wlnslow and ti. E, Keene, Executive Commltta 



i-j/VMX' Id I heir weekly shoot at Iheir grounds last. 



,, , , , in.. 1 1 shooting, and " 



tbe resuU pfeeon sweeps and three at glass bulls 



See 



s Stroat 



1 ' L i'or 



A Q Goi 



CKeay. 



wet e shot. The following scores were the result of the first twenty 

 mi at: Webster m. Lander 10, Johnson 18, Moore >, 

 Synimcs 18, Sanborn 18, Randall 17, Sawyer 16, Blftke 15. 



m Club had their coin i"-i 

 s. rise, "tame birds," the 



.tune 2.— The Cult City O 

 edal to-dav; 10 birds, 25v 

 .old the medal foi 



lOOlllOOlO— 5 C Prichard. 



Jaa < ' Mush OllonoitU— a A\ S Anderson. . . 



E Carre 1110010110—6 (ieo "W Timstall. 



WH Sheffield OlOlOOIlll— C L Huger 



LCFry 0100110111-11 W B Holt 



FP Davis moonoii—7 Willie Vaaa.. .. 



J Alston 0011 n ion— 7 41 P Vass 



FS Ward..,. llillloil'il-7 , 



MASSACHUSETTS STATE KIASS-BALL ASSOCIATION.- The 

 third anuuul shooting tournanu'tit will be held at Wellington, Mass., 

 (the Maiden Club grounds). June 16 and 17. There wdi be fourteen 

 matches. For circulars, address the secretary, Mr. Prank T. Noble. 



....1110111101- a 

 ....1111110110— H 

 ....1101101111— « 

 ....1101111011— 8 

 . .1111111101— !l 

 .,.,0111111111— 9 

 ...1111111111—10 



70 Milk street, Boston. 



fxchtiity M\d (^anating. 



FIXTURES. 



June 15 -New lork V. ('.. Annual Matches. 

 June 15- N.-v, ll-.lfer.l V. t... Sotiadron Review. 

 June li .1. 11 ev City Y. C., Annual Matches. 

 June 17 -Berchestei- Y. c. Annual Matches. 

 June 17— Boston V. 1'.. Union Race. Dorchester Bay. 

 June 17- Seinv anhal.'.'i V. C, Corinthian Races. 

 Jim" 17 Salem Bay V. (.'..Spring Matches. 

 June 17— Merrimack Y. C. Club Match. 

 June IS— Harlem River Challenge Cup, Second Race. 

 June IS— Quaker City Y. C. Harbor Cruise. 

 June l!i— Hull Y. C. 'Spring Matches. 

 1 i". 1 V..nl;et-i Y. C . Annual Matches. 

 June 2i)— Williate.-biirgh Y. (.'.. Annual Matches. 

 June 81— Eastern Y. C. Spring Matches. 

 June 21— New Haven Y. C, Annual Matches. 

 June 21— Ouincv V. C., Second Club Match. 

 June 24— Hull Y. ('., Si|uadron Review. 

 June 24— Chicago Y. c . Squadi-on Review. 

 June 24 -Atlantic Y. C, Ladies' Day, 

 Jtme 20 East River Y. C. Annual Matches. 

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

 June 2S-N.-W Jersev V. C. Annual Matches. 

 Jitlv 1-Hull Y. C. Citallenge fennaiu. 

 July 1— Chicago Y. C. Cruise to Miiwattkee. 

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

 July 2— East River Y. C . Annual Cruise. 

 July 3-Ctucagn V. ('.. Cruise off Milwaukee. 

 Julv 4 Larcliiuonl Y. C. Annual Match. 

 JnlV 4— Salem Bay Y. ('.. Annual Matches. 

 July 4 -National Y. (.'.. Annual Matches. 

 July 4— Bostoji Citv Regatta. 

 July 4 -Cleveland Y. C. Annual Open Races. 

 July C— Dorchester Y. C. Open Races. 

 July 8— Beverly Y. 0., Firs* Championship Match. Nahaut. 

 July 8— Chicago Y. ('.. Annual Regatta. 



Julv II Salem li.av Y. ('.. First Championship. 



Jnlv 15- Hull Y. C. One Dav Cruise. 



July 15- Merrimack Y. C.. Club Match. 



Julv 18— Buffalo Y. C, Annual Matches. 



Jul, >— New Bedford Y". ('.. Annual Cruise. Narraganset.t Bay. 



July 21-Qumey Y. C. Third Club Match. 



Julv 22 Fasb-m Y. ('..Cruise Eastward. 



Julv 88— Hull Y. C. Annual Club Matches. 



Julv 22— Atlantic Y. C. Annual Cruise. 



July 23— Quaker Citv Y". C Harbor Cruise. 



Julv 2.1-Beverly Y. C. Second Championship Match. Swampscott. 



Aug. 2— New York Y. ( '., Annual Cruise. 



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



Aug. .'i-lO-'.n.taker < 'ity Y. ('.. Annual Cruise. 



Aug. 8 -Sal. 'in Bay Y. c Second Cliampionship. 



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



Aug. 12— Hull V. ('., Second Club Matches. 



Aug. 12-Merrimaek Y. C, Club Match. 



Aug. 10-BeveWy Y. ('.. Open Regatta, Marblehead. 



Aug. 10-llu!l Y. C, Open Race-. 



Aug. 28-Quincy Y. C, Fourth Club Match. 



Aug. Southern Y. U., Inter-State Regatta. 



Aug. 20— Hull Y". C, Club Championship Match. 



Aug. 2fl— Salem Bay X. C. Championship Sail-off. 



Aug. 20— Hull Y. C, Club Championship Match. 



Sept. 2-Bevetiv- Y. ('.. Third Cliampionship Match, Marblehead. 



Sept. 4— Fast biver V. (.'.. Fall Matches. 



S";.|. -ll.ill Y. C . Club Cliampionship Sail-off. 



Sept. 4— Duittoy"? C. .Fifth Club Match. 



Sept. 0— Merrimack Y. C. Open to All Match. 



Sept. 10 -Quaker Citv Y. C, Harbor Cruise. 



Sep!. 24 Quaker Citv Y. ('.. Harbor Cruise. 



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



LLOYD'S REGISTER FOR '82. 



Til E most valuable current publication in book form to yachtsmen 

 is Llovd's Register. It is remarkable that so useful a work 

 sbotdd as yet have found so few subscribers in America. The stand- 

 ing of Lloyd's as a gigantic and wealthy corporation of international 

 reach, is so well known the wide world over, that we had expected 

 more liberal support to aa annual volume containing so much prac- 

 tical information, and so replete with data of both English and 

 American yachts. It is within bounds to say that as an art yacht 

 building with us is still in its elementary stages, and the vessels 

 which leave our building yards are most of them crude in their 

 mechanical conception, clumsy in scantling, of inferior material, 

 and especially poor in point of fastening and liftings. Only recently 

 a large schooner was launched with her floors merely spiked to the 



1 , ' ■! 1 1- ■ '-'-"1 in- ■ i ■ 1- 1 ' --ai , i-".-- 1 , '"'. 'in.' ,. .■- r-i - 



nailed, wah onethrough and one blunt bolt at the butts. A good 

 uortion.it the skin ami even most of the dead wood was of yellow- 

 pine from which the -fat" fairly oozed. Yet this schooner, costing 

 a fortune, was heralded in the press as •• first-class build through- 

 i.in. and her owner to this day does not know what a cheap, shoddy 

 job he has got. She was put up by one of the foremost builders 

 n New York. Lavish expenditure upon cabin furniture and par- 

 ticular attention to the diameter of the galley, '■ such an important 

 item on a modern vacht," mav hide structural faults from the un- 

 |- : ■",',"-■ si na eye, but to call suci yachts first-class in build is a slight 

 upon creditable productions, and apt to lower the standard observed 

 by the general run of yacht builders. 

 "A cuiiple of years ago another large schooner drew out the eye 

 bobs (a which her bowsprit shrouds had been set up, and her builder 

 met 1 he charge of neglect to secure with a nut inside by the Cool 

 declaration that "they never practiced any other way," find they 

 thought an eye bolt simply driven a few inches ought to hold "on a. 

 yacht." A -left, sloop, famous for her speed, and which brought her 

 cond season a couple of thousand dollars more than first cost, has 

 aobette fastenings to her door and garboards than spikes, Itis 

 1 "for a yacht, they are all built that way," remarked 

 s we pointed out tq him his shortcomings. "She will 

 . as long as ;h,-v want her." It never occurred to him 

 ; , a .1 fastened boat has a much longer lease of 

 not depreciate in \ slue so fast as a flimsy construction, 

 -.,i- ,-, vnreihat, should his :x.at take the groi 



good 

 the b 



hold re : -as agi 



. ■ . , .,;■,-.'! -..- ■.: eastern 

 V ■'."'• iatein-. 



nor is tn present ■ iv. 1 ' rare 

 aboard or hang upon a rock, 1 

 ship in short order. Another ge 

 burning of steam yachr 

 popular conceptions— nail him 1 

 pine on a white oak frame as "t 

 yet produced," and. as might T 

 in place of running out Then 

 stereotyped 15 "miles" an hour. 



The superiority of steel. or even iron.mithorth 



imenter are prepared io a dm i. for both still 



when famous Iionald Mackav's old i- : n 



shipped as the acme ef the art. Anothi r puts 



i 1 - p id ii . thick at the rabbet, Uiperi 



noes of faulty construct 



ha 



largo 



1 his 

 ■ntal 



lightest, and strongest construction 

 'Speeded, this ancient contrivance, 

 croft flyers, barely can churn the 



lorthebuilder norths exper- 



still live in the bygone age 



in the big, hard- 

 5 on the bottom! 

 of the many that 



mlnr our m dice. With few exceptions, notably Mr. "Weld's 

 r. now building by Lawlor,of East Boston, even our 

 "1 mterinr hi materials and coiistriielien, Th. 

 aders is low. aaid owners know next to nothing of 

 -. dd& being the bills they have to foot, Lust 



.: el loner was launched from a South Brooklyn establishment 

 V. ith bail bolted up with iron, and during the season she dropped half 

 r.eh seems to have caused astomshmeni 

 ■ sagely remarked that- "cutter prin- 

 , blow' in consequence, when the blunder 

 should have been charged to their own ignorance of elementary phys- 

 ics and a lack of experience in their line. Before the 



Floyd's much similar blundering and "scamping" of work was ram 

 pant among country builders abroad, but since Lloyds have taken the 

 supervision of yacht building in hand, and laid down clear and spe 

 cilic rules for scantling, fastening, male: ials and conditions to be ob- 

 served in construction^ the art has advanced to a high pitch of per- 

 fection ttiiuos' unknown on our short s, 



It is often remarked that our v e his -oe eh. aper than Britisli craft 

 of like tonnage. Partly this ... due to the quo of iron ballast hereto- 

 fore, though lead is now reeoguized an absolute necessity to a racing 

 vessel, bui in tin- main where a difference i ! found iii our favor, it is 

 0. be ascribed to iron nukes instead of yellow metal or copper through 

 boiling, to the use of soft instead of hard woods and to cheap rig and 

 limited outfit. Quality for quality 1 here should be little or no differ- 

 ence in the cost of an Ai vaeht Hi tbe sloop or culter type, and if any- 

 thing there should be a margin in favor of the latter, for her timbers 

 follow a straightor mould, there is iess "snv" to the planking, less 

 decking to lay. and i.pats. are,,.. 1 a, lofty aorsajlarea bo excessive. 

 Lighter scantling is admissible, and workmanship much facilitated. 

 Asthe worth of constructive points becomes more appreciated ,.80 

 will the demand for rules and supervision by some recognized 

 authority be sought 1 •■ n.bb.-li American control of 



some kind deserving fi confidence— of which there seems ii«.t tO'- 

 faintest probability considering the futile attempts made in our 

 merchant marine— if is far better .that we accept such well estab- 

 lished practice as Lioyds have compiled than COatinue.tO work after 

 the present desultory fashion. 



To advance the art of building from primitive coublashop practice 

 to tbe dignity of an intelligent profession, we refer to Lloyd's Register 

 as a stepping stone toward progression. The most complete rules. 

 crystallized from the best talent and long experienc -, arc set forth in 

 the Yacht itegistor as a guide. So common lias their ohscrvajice be- 

 come in (beat Britain thai lew contracts are drawn up without speci- 

 fying close adherence thereto, and "built under fjloyd's survey' has 

 become a guarantee demanded with the sab' of good vacht property. 

 Of course certain latitudes from the letter of the rules may not only 

 be permissible but often advisable, where differences in model exist 

 and where materials In the market must be substituted for these un- 

 attainable. But. us a basii, to start from, we take it. Lloyd's is a 

 trifle, more to be trusted than the -I reckon"' of an individual who 

 may never have executed a task of the bind imposed, and mav not 

 even have seen anything like what ho is asked to produce. The range 

 of any one man's actual experience mud always be circumscribed 

 and special. No lawyer thinks of building up a Blackstone all by 

 himself. He gets himself a library and studies other men's thoughts. 

 NoM.D. trusts altogether to the few broken bones be has spliced, 

 but he pores over the treasures accumulated in the store-house of 

 knowledge ready to his command. 



The notion that a yacht builder would lose in dignity or public esti- 

 mation by granting an ear to what others have dont! is as untenable 



sit ii 



still vi- 

 myster 

 pensati 



follies 



it i 



otioi 



the wildest theories and most transparent. 

 1 moutli to mouth iu the business with 



on nor joint advance along the 

 groping in tbe dark where an- 

 Thus it mi- that, while "cod's 

 lanished in America, -stub end 



is neither brotherhoi 



line. . Each man to himself, and 



other has long ago let in the lie 



head and mackerel tail" had be 



first" still nourished in England long after. 



Thus it is that -sailing over the water" has been proven by science 

 impossible and by experience without a trace of truth in Great 

 Britain, while the majority of the unread members of the building 

 profession in America still vowed everlasting adherence to skimming 

 dish fallacies clear up to the first day's sailing of the Madge, which 

 fairly stunned the more inquisitive and set. them to thinking, bui 

 which has not even to this day percolated I li rough the provincial 

 mind, and from the import of wnich the dwindling hand of the ever 

 loyal turn their heads, seeking all manner of excuses to flee from 

 the conviction of hard, cold fact. And if the American astronomer 

 does not deny Lu Vomer's researches-, it the American musician 

 seeks Beothoven and Mozart, despised foreigners though they were. 

 if the student of history and literature draws upon England for 

 mental food, why theu should yachting men cry "no trood can come 

 out of Nazareth" and, branding everything from abroad as "blasted 

 British," throw it aside without regard to intrinsic merii - 



Knowledge should be cosmopolitan. Anything else is vulgar, 

 narrow, shallow ignorance, even though wrapped in the thin disguise, 

 of patriotism, we are led to these reflections, knowing well how 

 the mere mention of Llyyd's will send many Into virtuous wrath and 

 call down upon 11s anathemas for "toadying" to foreign ideas. Bui 

 having pulled through much of thai and come out with colors flying, 

 we venture lo believe that wiih the noble love for our country ap- 

 peased with this explanation, we may proceed to matters of fact 

 with the readers tabu attention. Having no rules to build by in 

 America, without any likelihood of having any. anil yacht building 

 being confessedly in a stale of crudity in m a p.v respects, we cast 

 about for something bandy for immediate aprlieation. We turn to 

 Lloyd's and there we find it. and so we counsel the Y/acht Register as a, 

 compass to steer the shortest, course across the wide sea of uncer- 

 tainty and to clear the hidden rocks of development by costly ex;- 

 periment. 



That is all there is to it. That Lloyds originated in a miserable 

 little, ancient, pent-up isle which cannot hold a tallow dip to this 

 great and glorious, etc.. has not an iota of bearing on the case. A 

 question of merit pure and simple, and we would like, to know how 

 on such grounds any one can take exception to the logic of our ap- 

 peal. We wish tos... -Lloyl's Ya-iii Register" u: a.- v. i [,Av read u, 

 America, to promote tin- cause of good yacht building. Until we 

 have something better to recommend of American manufacture, it is 

 thebest in the market, and therefore we say buy it. read it, learn by- 

 it, and spikes in floors, bobs that .[raw. lisle: ki- insleed . if anchors, 



a waste of wood hist'-ad of ample fash-iun;-. aid > a o , im-irj follies by 

 the score, will vanish in one-quarter the time and at a lithe of the 

 expense, if we will only keep the eagle caged and profit by the toil 

 of others who have been through the mill 1.0 the extent that circum- 

 stances will admit. 



Lloyd's Yacht Register contains specifications for building iron, 

 wood and composite yachts from fifteen to 500 tuns. Scantlings, fas- 

 tenings, workijj;.nsh;ir, surv -vs. liLling- ; neons b.-.il.-is old a vnsi 

 lot Of g neial information, iiesides this a liJt of till the yachts " f '■<■•■ 

 ord in Great Britain, their tonnage, dimensions, rig. builders etc 

 charts of flags, burgees, oven 500 American yachts, and a v--rv'c.a„- 

 plete.chart of American club p'ennants. ta ■ Register can "be ob- 

 tained through Lloyd's surveyor in New York, Mr. Th0», Congdou, or 

 direct from the secretary Lloyd's Register British and foreign Ship- 

 ping, 2 White Lion Cijtffl. Cornliili. Loudon. Incidentally we may 

 adddhat a study of the Register will shed much light in d'a.-h - , I .■ , ■-,'.. 

 concerning the dimensions of cutters, most of which will lie found to 

 have considerably more beam than the Madge and some less. All 

 cutters are not built on the lines of the Madge. Those who like things 

 a little plumper can find beamy cutters to suit their fancy, aud those 

 who like theirs set up edgewise cau get them chiseled away to sis 

 beams. 



OEM AND A LESSON. 



• advertising coin 



',v ;. , : - 1 aboui -in 



thi ; you -■' . dowi . an 1 ho adei 

 rules well enough to make 1, - n 1 ' bi 

 all, 25ft. Sin. on the line by 10ft. beat 

 Think of that ye faithful of the hgin 

 clipper int.. the bai gain. Five and a 

 line: She ought not ■,.....: , ■-- 

 she does, and that '■;•; ;h: : - 



on, will readily ackiiowi.-.u - : 



tTup by V" ....... ., , ., \ 



us, this famous litMe 

 1 i ,■] is an exeel- 



niilt in the spring of 

 1. a model by R. M. 



ire resistence the for- 

 bad, door in length 



ifac 



of ' 



sibly e 



and light displacement for sp 1 in a sailing craft Ls a comment upon 



the natural perversity of a ci.-iss working in a tut. We can call to 

 mind nothing more absolutely grotesque ami havim:; less foundation 

 in fact than this wild light draft "theory" which has formed the 

 staple in trade of yacht builders in spite of even- dav experience 

 which fairly slaps the. nonsense in the face every time its head is 

 raised. 



Well. R. M. Wood-, .iocs not sniTer from the disorder, and so he 

 gave (4eui the hold of an lei 1 : ,. And he did not, expect 



her owner to go climbing ijiouu tains 111 her or ea ling across Sahara, 

 but expected her to sail in real wet water, am! therefore did not mind 

 giving her the draft to do i" .ended. It is BIT. Gin., just 



lft. more than a narrow beam cutter Of modem racing type, aud a 

 crusherfor those pooi '■ I ifoj a ' ■.■ rtl ■- n bo dins lout 



moldedBin. ;r re' a i'i'lJ -.'-_. -1 i,,'.,, ',, ...;-. ./ . 

 low pine; deck frame of hackmatack, ami deck a urT" 1"-:j.:I ' ^iu. wmia 

 pine. Reel. post, stem and deadwooil of oak. When launched she 

 had the respectable load of t;800 lbs. iron on the keel. They ha.i 



-, New York nel ion d- ballast "making a boat 



lOgy 1 and being of DO account in bean.:, bin,-:, guoh forecastle 

 ' '' , 1 , .,. |g on. lint in Boston they k H \e 



