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FOREST AND STREAM. 



tfuKB 15, 18818 





found out for themselves that Forest and Stream holds the weather 

 g»aga oa keel weights, and they build accordingly, Geni showed 

 fighting Hag .Tuue 17, 1880, in local matches, and though not landing 

 the bauble, had to give in to larger boats only. She next met a lot of 

 her own size in a strong breeze, and the way she footed was a tough 

 nut to the Shoal-draft school, and the way she hugged and screwed 

 out was an eye-opener for the believers in ceulerbon.rds. She beat 

 the lot. 



is.ie sailed six more matches that season and pocketed, three firsts. 

 She (hen na tiled out tor ine winter, and on: sacrilege to the faithful's 

 creed,— 3.0u'j lbs. of cold lead was mercilessly riveted up from below 

 and 3,0OJ lbs. stowed indde, the owners deliberately intending to 

 "iug" this '-load" and tackle boats which had nothing' more than a 

 skin of paiut outside to "lug. 1 ' Such disrespect to "practical" men's 

 teaching* was sure to be visited with the thrnsuing foretold a hundred 

 tnousand times by the orthodox believers in the hideous North River 

 Sloop of ancient Dutch descent transformed into a yacht by a little 

 wiiiiiling, p.iin.. and putty and stretch of courtesy. But Geni was 

 au eye-opener in her v/aters like the Madge in New York. She would 

 not ue turasned to please "practical" men, nut filled her locker with 

 a load of cups to back up Forest and Stream in ttie fight of the ship 

 vs.juetrap. Hisr inagb was lengthened to 40ft. Sue got a new lot 

 ts's 1 amotis loft, and then went In and whipped 



of Lilue, Eldiva would be found the faster of the two. As the matter 

 now stands under the workings of the length rule the victory is really 

 barren of meaning. Llllie outsailed Kldiva, it is true, but that shr 



nuslini 



>m McMan 



Of 



all uer class ou Decoration Day, 1881, and tanned big 39ft. LiluTof 

 tne urst. class by 5m. into the bargain. That wasn't very "logir" for 

 a beginning, an.U strange to say Lillie did not have a pound 6n the 

 keel to "Jug" cither. 



in a gale of wind. June 10, matched ag; 

 a nasty jump of a sea, she made play 

 and witn the crack Hera, 41ft., as well 

 going to Vi,dng, 3:>ft., a flyer on much 1; 

 NexC,„June IT. at Marblehead, Gem just had a picnic 

 boodle. July 4, in tne Boston regatta, Lillie got the. I 

 one, and Hera oeat her by a whole half second, wh 

 been the judge's cock eye or hi* chronometer for al. 

 to tola day. ihen this "lugger" of 8,fi6i) lbs. "useless 

 "ougnttobe" inside, turned up at Hull, walked th 

 and walked off with premier prize two days in succes 

 fair goer from a taught bowline one side clear aroui 

 but uer forte is at twis.iag, and the way she souks oui 

 of others is a most .iisgastmg spectacle to the oppos: 

 dotes upon boards and sailing machines. The Gen. _ 

 off tne Knickerbocker Y. Q. quarters, Port, Morris," havtagT>een 

 brought 1'ouud from Boston by her present owner. 



■.i. yachts 10ft. longer, in 

 WJ1.U 3.lft. Lillie once more, 



, taking second money, first 

 lie same principles as Gem. 

 had a picnic and bagged tne 

 Hie got the. best of tne little 

 second, which might have 

 ly one knows 

 eight" which 

 jgn the fleet 

 n. Gem is a 

 to the other, 

 l the weather 

 school which 

 ir moored 



OUTSIDE BALLAST. 



OW little the average newspaper reporter knows about yachting 



and its history, is well illustrated by a turf contemporary widen 



made the slarding discovery that outside, ballast is "nothing 



new" in New York, hut. chat way back in 1852 Bob fish spiked eight 



H 



has 



all good y 

 is g ' ■ 



tons Of lead on the keel of the Sport. All credit to Bob Msh for' Tils 

 enterprising spirit and tne success of the yacht he tried it on is what 

 en say to this day. But this story about the 

 e threadbare. To our contemporary, so poorly hi- 

 matters pertaining to yachting, it may be quite a 

 : may be almost stupitying to our contemporary's 

 ed reporter to learn chat even in Bob Fish's younger 

 ast was "notaing new" in New York, but that ex- 

 en earned on years before the Sport thrashed old 

 i nay. it wdl be still further enlightening our con- 

 itorm it that outside ballast was essayed in the 

 ry, and that no man ever "invented" me idea anv 

 air. Tne lowest position being the most natural one 

 tile! to contnoute stability, it is almost a dead cer- 

 ide oadasc was common enough before the days of 

 u-ewd mechanics, and not 

 part from tins we know of 

 it revival of outside ballast 



>u of our poorly informed 



dy misplaced, but lets the cat out of the bag 

 ignorance upon a topic which is as fa ni Liar to 



superficial!,: 



days oucsidi 



periments h 



n jokers do . 



temporary 



eig.neeutn > 



more titan t 



tor weigh.* 



taiuty that . 



tue flood. Tne ancients « 



lively to stow ballast at the 



no one whj has maintained 



was anything "new" at. all, 



contemporary 1 



conoernmg lis 



yachtsmen as A, B, C. 



imt experiments with outside ballast having been carried out with 

 great success in years gone by, the astonishing thing is that subse- 



'!' ' ' -raiious snould not have foUowed in the broad footsteps of 



tueirfatncr.-,; in other words, that outside ballast should not only 

 have become neglected entirely, but its use actually derided as the 

 chimera ol tools. An opinion repeatedly expressed by the eontemno 

 rury we are m.w taking to task. " 



R ■.•cogui/.iiu in outsiae ballast one of the "lost arts" in yacht build- 

 ing, Fokest aso STUEA.U took the matter in hand and, we are hapDV 

 to say wit n such good effect, that it has been re-established in favor 

 so firmly that even such dense ignorance of mecnanies as our esti- 

 mable out very poorly mtormed contemporary constantly exhibits, 

 cannot drive back tue -return to common sense." Since Forest 

 and srniiAM constituted itself tne champion of keel weights, iron aud 

 leal outside h. me become universal in the Fast and in ban Francisco, 

 and scrm. is inroads upon the ever faithful of New York have like- 

 wise .ecu iriiulc, judging by the rapid increase in the number of 

 - 1 was it can be got, 



been, tnat even our contemporary, 

 efiil lack of intelligence on the simplest 



So pervading has . 

 a journal exhibiting c 



of r 



as 



as, has had us perversely obtuse comprehension 

 :-ent of allowing outride ballast a benefit to yachts 

 i. a retraction from its former creed, which we take 

 to ourselves. VYn had almost given up our contem- 

 porary as pasi i, lie age ot acquisition and in the years of dotage 



but FoubiTavd stream is much too good a mechanic to jump 

 rashly to conclusions. Long ago we wrote "just to what extent out- 

 side ballast can be applied with advantage to broad and shoal boats 



iecf an open question," and froi 



that we have not 

 1 Eclipse and some 

 in material)}' bene- 

 ill the shoal bodied 

 ight outside will be 



considered proven that iu 



must still be d 



vet recedi 



of the light draft Sau Francissco ya 



fitted in spe.-d and performance, as i 



keel boats of the East, and the infen 



found to the lining of craft of all st 



radical examples before prouounci 



it may be accepted as beyond uucsi 



the "range" ,,t any boat's stability, 



makes a vessel safer. It may, likew 



all but broad and shoal boats outside ballast may mid to "but" seldom 



or never diminishes speed, if the sail area is proportioned to what the 



Outside ballast may be "nothing new," but for its resurrection 

 from a dim recollection to a fashionable reality, which has added 

 speed, safety and ability to more than half the 'American fleet the 

 community will, ye think, bestow the sole credit upon Formt'and 

 i- i liKAM » e have battled alone and unaided for this reform and the 

 widespread recognition which the merits of outside ballast' have at 

 last ojtaiued is a gratifying recognition of the. influence this journal 

 has wielded to the yachtsman's good, 



What all Great Britain has done, what Ml the East has done what 

 aU San Francisco has done, New York wiU learn to do hi the course 

 of time. 



We are proud of < 



r record on this questioi 



HOW LENGTH MEASUREMENT MISLEADS. 



D 



UUING the recent "regatta" of the Hudson Elver Y. C , when 

 the breeze freshened on the run home, the sloop Lillie romped 

 - —1th plenty to spare. She is 

 perf 



turougi 



a very beamy boat, and in an attempt to expla 



reporter points with apparent joy to her great be 

 A,longaseveu some of the leading clubs pronou 

 length rule, it would be uncharitable to find fault ^ 

 reporter lacking the schooling necessary to dist 

 cause and eifect in mechanical questions. For the e 



standing it she 

 the Kid 

 that rac 

 soon as 

 from an 

 it is the 

 race on 



furmauce 

 been, of 

 only, but 

 the Lil 

 necessari 

 son that t 

 himself I. 

 sloop as s 

 sizn into i 

 Mr. In 

 had in 

 ought 

 lowaui 

 tor* be 



ild be pointed c 



only competitt 



I that, "be 



gh that Lillie should i 



a solution. 

 ee iu favor of a 

 ith an ordinary 

 "iguish between 

 ice of an under- 

 larger boat than 

 g in the trio 

 to the fore as 

 aierely, apart 

 ves anything, 

 n boat to 

 or if the 

 ashioned 

 ly yvould 

 Htpl) per- 

 t to have 

 sumption 



alf 



onning her rival. 



She non for the sa 

 yacht in the barb. 



id 



US tile 



Inn 



lite 



nd bio 



,-s stn 

 I thi: 



ha 



ghtoVi 

 desi 



Ie tin 



; for he took th. _ 

 Had Lillie been taxed fur her e 

 lity to have been, and had she won al 

 i to her smaller competitor, then, ind 

 _„.ibed to tne superiority of her model. ^ 

 had turned the tables ana passed the prize to Fldiva, the interpreta- 

 tion of the result would have been that: reducing the model of LUlie 

 to the suae ol Eldiva, or Is creasing the model of the latter to the sine 



finds 

 brick 



ig their superior 

 to detract from 

 imply as omers 

 ss of size, as she 

 applying the al- 

 , could her vio- 

 lf the allowance 



did so upon the worth of her form is just 

 as it was before tne race was started. Ti 

 how false standards are set up by length 

 truth is smothered. The average peroou, w 

 tion to think the matter over, will, like the 

 tne greater beam of Lithe, and feel incline 

 tern, forgetting that the same size puc into 

 tan Lillie time matches out: of ten. The 



fully attributed to i 



length. 



much an open question 

 match aptly demonstrates 

 easnremeut, and how the 

 •ithout the time or incliua- 

 reporler, attribute ail to 

 d to take her as his pat- 

 a moderate shape would 

 of bulk are wrong- 



lodel, aud this is the. great sin of measuring by 



THE QUAKER CITY YACHT CLUB, JUNE 5. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The seventh annual regatta was certainly the finest race ever got- 

 ten up on tue Delaware, affording an opportuuity to try the skill of 

 the sailing masters, as we 1 as tne weacueriy qualities of tne yacnts. 

 The exciting part of the. race was from Gloucester down, tnrougn 

 tne heavy sea and wind, dead on end. In this work, you may ue 

 glad to know that the Minerva of Trenton (the only boat witu an iron 

 on keel), outsailed tne fleet, except the lane caoiti boats Minerva and 

 Vim. And 1 believe her old sailing master could nave taken her first 

 around the buoy. The big Minerva wins the champion flag and 

 Austin challenge cup for turee successive regattas, niaKing her pos- 

 session a Hxed fact. She was hard pushed by tne Vim, wuo passed 

 her twice, and had a pleasant lead, when the tide reversed tne sea 

 went dowu, and cue. wind lightened. Then the Minerva, got her work 

 in. It was first class sailing throughout. The Morgan and Tilly, the 

 Adelpna, Hasse, and iiianca were conspicuous and held their class 

 reputations. The Esther of Bristol was uead boat at the Horse buoe 

 on down trip, when she carried sometning away, and withdrew. 

 Time at home stake-boat: 



First class— Minerva, 3:01%, champion flag and Austin challenge 

 cup. 



Fiist class— Vim, 3:13%, swinging pitcher. 



Third class— Minerva (r ), 3:*", cuampion flag. 



Second class, — morgan, 3:45% champion flag. 



Third class— Adelpna, 3:4", sdver piccner. 



Second class— Lilly, 3:jB, marine glasses. 



I I'llVi e.ia. i 1 a - I Ui.v-.e, ■:'■ : > i e.i ah/pi "hi; 



Third class (Bj— biauea 3:;".]%. silver pitcner. 



Third class— (A) Pratt, 3;u3^. anchor tight. R, G. W. 



Lit would be interesting to many of our readers if the skipper of the 

 Trenton Minerva Mould publish experiences witn his boat and her 

 iron shoe to help settle the question to what type outside ballast 

 may be applied with advantage. Tne matter is of tne greatest impor- 

 tance. Hit can be shown tnat shoal aud beamy boats lose none of 

 their speed by keel and low weights, the days of the "traps" and 

 sand bags are numbered, whieh would be a great boon to tne com- 

 munity and bankruptcy to sundry undertakers and coroners who 

 have thriven and grown sleek on yacatiug "accidents, "j 



OUTSIDE BALLAST A SUCCESS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The yacht Nepenthe, recently lengthened aft, above the load line, 

 and fitted witn iron on the keel outside, has just returned from 

 Atlantic City. C'apt. Williams reports her greatly improved and now 

 entirely safe at sea. Judging from the press of canvas he was suc- 

 cessful carrying yesterday as he passed us, bomid to Philadelphia 

 assures me tnat ue has not exaggerated the weatherly qualities ol this 

 modernized vacht. K, O \V 



[Nepenthe, is &tt. load line, 15ft. beam, and .1ft. deep. The success- 

 ful application of outside ballast to this sloop of shoal hold will en- 

 courage nddiuonal experiments with light drafts which may be the 

 means of making Shfe Ooats out of the large fleet of traps still in ex- 

 istence] 



OBITUARY.— In the recentdemise of Scott Russell the shipbuilding 

 world loses one of its greatest lights. Mr. Russell, best Known in 

 America as the builder of tne Great Eastern, and the autnor of a 

 mammoth work on naval architecture, of great value and erudition 

 was the pioneer in tne reform movement hi shipbuilding which has 

 ended by displacing the tnumb rule carpenter oy the educated en- 

 gineer. Brought up while tue flgnt between wood and iron ve. sels 

 cod s head ana hollow bows were gathering flame, he foresaw clearly 

 the necessities of tne future, and early In tne contests ranged himself 

 on the side ot the modern ideas in favor of iron, the screw and length 

 in steamers. In his days of activity as a shipbuilder he possessed a 

 wider range of experience and a profounder msignt into the engineer- 

 ing aspect that, the art was rapidly assuming than his contemporaries 

 His experiments and researches in pursuit of. his well known "wave 

 Hue" tueory, led to many valuuble observations concerning waves 

 I heir formai ion ami el maci.-r, an i ,;•. dn.y Scotl ttUSSI 1 1 : .1.111 ranks the 

 highest authority on the subject, His wave line theory, as applied 

 to practical naval architecture, has not itself been found more tnan a 

 theory of little direct application, as lie was fond of explaining it 

 But his investigation so tied good seed, for it prepared the way for his 

 successors aud forms the basis of the investigations of Froude and 

 others, and enabled Mr. Cohin Archer to construct his wave area for- 

 mulas, which have of late become a recognized standard guide in 

 yacht design. Scott Russell built several sailing yachts, among them 

 the Titania, who raced the Amer.ca during her memorable visit in 

 1851. But in Titania, strange to say, the builder ignored his own 

 theory, for that schooner was a very wide departure from a wave 

 line form. Scott Russell was more at home in steamships and gun- 

 boats, of which he built a large number. He was the first to apply 

 the longitudinal system of framing to iron vessels, the Great Eastern 

 being a grand example of bold engineering iu that direction. Of late 

 "ir I'm ,-,. ii mid :.,i ,, i. ..[merlon to benevolent schemes He was 

 for many years a member of the Inst. Naval Architects His name 

 will live as a leading light in the engineering profestion as 'long as 

 vessels continue to be launched and steam engines bui.t. 



THE LONDON SHIPWRIGHTS' EXHIBITION.-We are pleased 

 to hear that Mr. G. L. Watson, of Glasgow, has been awarded 

 two gold medals for his exhibits al the Shipwrights 1 Exhibi- 

 tion, held in Fishmongers' Hall in London. Mr. Watson's exhibits 

 are models of a sere.i steam yacht and a schooner vacht, and 

 each has gained the highest award in its respective class. As a 

 correspondent had the pleasure of a look at them in Mr Wat- 

 son's office before they were sent awav to Loudon, a few words 

 about them may be interesting. The former, which has not yet hern 

 built, is a model of a full powered steam yacht of 715 tons B M 

 Between the perpendiculars she is 1970ft.. her extreme breadth" is 

 27-3, and her moulded depth 19U She v. ill have u driving power to 

 send her along at the fine speed of 14 knots. In appearance she is a 

 powerful, beautiful, most complete looking vessel fit for the ocean 

 home ol a pri ice. The other exhibit is officially- described as a sail- 

 ing schooner of 113 tons; and is, in fact, none other than the fine 

 steel ye sel which is being built for Mr. Goo. Smith at Belfast. The 

 principal dimensions of this vessel are— Length on 1. w 1 89-3ft - 

 hat this model shows a family 

 no more, for whatever is like 

 mplrtely equjpppd, aud made 

 ' ;iiest credit on all that 

 scales of J4in. and % re- 



extreme breadth, 17'3i... 



relationship to Vanduara we ue 



her can sail. The, models are n 



and finished in a manner that reflects the iii 



had to do with them. The models i 



spectively. 



CHICAGO YACHT CLUB.— New club rooms have been taken 189 



Michigan avenue overlooking the anchorage. The building is a two- 

 story brick, handsomely decorated, and commands a tine view of a 

 portion of the lake, At the last meeting a large number of names 

 ■ proposed, the membership footing over a hundred already. 

 regatta enuihmu-e reported July t, for the annua! regatta. The 

 -ie from hue between Government piers to and around "the 

 thence S. E. to stakeboat four and a half miles oul from 

 "* thence home. Small classes sail for stakeboat 



lengesayear. 

 find easii for s 

 class. The Oh 

 i.m- boats, on 

 Martin has be 

 for Rear Conn 

 Fisher and U. 

 Milwaukee, Ju 

 gatta, Jul}' 8. 



'. A. J. Fisher has off e. 

 ?on three times to hold 

 club prizes consist of 

 class, 870 and $40 for 

 also offer !© 



ile worthy of imitation 



id a $j00 cup to Urst. and 

 Open only to two chal- 

 a §7uil cup for schooners, 

 third and $50 for fourth 

 >r a match open to work- 

 '■;." la-.rern clubs. R. D. 

 •eretnry and ffm, Borden 

 1. -I, Mason Loomis, A. J. 

 >ws: Squadron cruise to 

 mkee, July 3; annual re- 



A FAIR SAMFLE.-The incompetence of an ordinary reporter, with- 

 oiH either meehamenlexp.-rieuce or teaching, to decide upon the nice 

 questuonsol yimiii d-sign ,s aptiy shmwi by the slap da*h conclusionsoi 

 one Of the guild who delivers himself in a contemporary in the radical 

 H?„- IS 'i i 7'; V"' ;rs Hearing that Mr. Maxwell has 

 ma i. nened lus lead keel ot a tew tons which the Crusader schooner 

 dropped m part from the fastenings last year, he boldly asserts "what 



no a Ivtnt ^ t' Ui!lt "W* baU T St °" ° be;lm >' ^at could be of 

 no advantage. The successful examples in the San Francisco fleet 

 of schooners, all very beamy bOa.cs. «M numerous instances in our 

 oan waters, the universal custom in the East, combining a thousand 

 fold the expenonce with the Crusader, these all go for noutrht with 

 such a superficial genius. "Where angels fear to tread, eto." The 

 faot« pf the cue are these; 0ru»aderT»d ft small amount of lead 



bolted up with iron fastenings last season. The fastenings, as miA 



have been expected, corroded and two tons went to the bottom 2 

 the sea. To the credit of Mr. Maxwell be it stud, he discovered a ka 

 of stability in his 120 ton schooner, while his sailing master did no! 

 Upon hauling out the cause became apparent and fur fear of i-lmilJ 

 loss, the lead was shifted inside. That trusader sailed no faster* 

 not much of a wonder. Three or four tons just below the garbojffl 

 of a 120 ton centerboard schooner is a trifle iudeetl, and but litS 

 lower than inside on the skin, aud moreover the canvas was 3 

 bicreased to correspond. Greater speed would have been little el? 

 than a miracle under the circumstances. And upon this little by-pfa 

 a side show without any bearing upon the case, an unsophisticj 

 reporter heralds it forth that (in his opinion) outside ballast ou i.e 

 boats is a failure, "be always said so.'' And suppose Crusader* 

 tried twenty-live tons three feet lower down, and increased hois 

 gaffs to correspond, is the effect of such a change in anyway I 

 bytheti-im. . ...e"of last year? Our contemporary iSi! 



pecially unfortunate in the bungling attempts of its reporter to obi 

 a hand in the fray. 



HEEDLESS.— Mr. Warren's new seven'ton cutter was down the fl 

 last Sunday. She is a most stylish beauty, and sports one of t 

 Jauntiest fits of muslin ever stretched to spars, it this little si 

 fails to warm the hearts of even the most inveterate lover of theo 

 order of machines, set us down a poor judge of tne yachtsman's 

 ture. In Heedless we recognize a representative of the coming tyj 

 of small yachts. Safe as a rock, roomy as a 71, stiff as adeact 

 shirt collar, handy, shipshape, a racer and cruiser all iu oue; an 

 for style, en I icing to the eye, and incomparable, 'though Mr. \ 

 run arrived at bis conclusions of his own accord, his ship is t 

 ougbly to our own fancy, and a Forest and Stueam design In 

 flesh. Sufficiently beamy tor conifer, and room, deep, loim-legget 

 the heel, low weights on the keel, bold side, straightis sheer and tl 

 full-Hedged rig of the gods. All that the Hi-n Hess is, and of such S 

 the teachings of Forest and Stream. 



THE DECLINE OF THE CENTERBOARD.-There are fof-ty-fnm 

 schooners in the fleet of the Eastern Yacut Club. Of this uumt.eroo 

 less than thirty-one are keels, and only tuirteen have centerboartfe 

 This exhibit is astonishing, it snows how rapid has been t« 

 change of sentiment.; how fast the sentimental romancing about Uj 

 superior efficiency of the board has been swept away before the ligfl 

 of experience, hammered home till it told by Forest and sitkeam. iff 

 tne centerboa.rds all are comparatively old,' remnants of a 

 faith. Only one centerboard schooner, the Loiterer, a small vesiw 

 of 33ft., has been added to the roll since 1873. For large yachts tin 

 centerboard is obsolete in the East, Another point gamed I 



SEA CRUISING,— Schooner Vega, cruising iu the West India 

 recently put into St. Thomas. Schooner Wanderer is now in tiS 

 Solent, also the Intrepid. It wotdd be interesttiie to bear of a roatoi 

 between these and the British two-stickers. Wanderer would bejt 

 hard one to catch on a reach, tuouttu to windward any secoud-raft 

 foreigner could show her a iee rail. Intrepid, however, is the bu» 

 schooner to windward we can muster in America, and she mlgiS 

 give our cousins a deal of tiouble at twisting. 



LONG GAFFS, SHORT BOOMS.— Schooner Albatross has had hX 

 gaff lengthened and boom docked. She now has a mainsaU of cutfe"? 

 shape, ihe days of the lofty, naiTow-heade.d sads, copied from fl 

 smack, are numbered, and Forest and Stream maybe thanKed Uw 

 tnis innovation, with many another. Step by step the Bailing publiS 

 is reaching the hard pan this journal has built upon from the scarif 

 Mr. J. F. Tarns is to oe credited with tne improvements AlbatroH 

 shows this season. 



ATLANTIC YACHT CLUB.-Especial attention is called by tb» 

 club in the regatta circular to the rule demanding the deposit of u 

 winning yacht's "lines" with the club before being entitled to the 

 "■ 'This Is r — 



prize. 



clubs in these w 

 tne S. C. Y. O, 

 instructive data 



most excellent provision. There are now thrae 

 fcers insisting on tue same provision— tne N. Y. Y C„ 

 id the A. Y. C Inasfioit time very valuable aajL 

 vill be gathered in this way. 

 VEDETTE BOATS.— The trials of the Vedette boats built by the 

 Herreshofls for the French naval service, has termiuated very SU04. 

 cessfully. The trials were witnessed by a board of American officerS 

 composed of Chief Engineer Isherwood, Captain T. O. Selfridgac 

 Engineer Allen, and Lieutenant McLean. The Frencn were reprijfi 

 sented by officers from the ram Cnasseur, in Bristol Harbor. 



LARCHMONT YACHT CLUB.-The new book for '8i> has been 

 issued. It shows a Beet of 18 schooners, S8 cloop , cutters an* 

 yawls, 14 jib and mainsail boats. 17 catboats aud 1 steamer, a total? 

 of 89 sail. There are 185 members on the list, snowing tne higal 

 average of one yacht, to every two members, entii ling the club to ue 

 considered pre-eminently n sading club. 



PERSONAL.— Mr. John Harvey, of the well-known firm of Harvey- 

 & Prior, London, is sojourning with us for a few weeks, partly on- 

 business in connection witu the construction of cutters and 

 pratly for the benefit of his health. We are pleased to find the latf*r 

 much improved and Mr. Harvey rejuvenated many years since his 

 last visit. 



FOAM.— Mr. F. Gordon Dexter's schooner Foam, Eastern Y. oJ 

 has received a thorough overhauling at Noauk, Her spars now aro! 

 Mainmast, 71ft. ; foremast, 69ft. J topmasts, 3Jft.; bowsprit outboard}! 

 32ft. 0. F. Reynolds, of Mystic, wul do the skippering. 



W T ENONAH.— The spars for Mr. StiUman's new (10-ton cutter are aaS 

 fodows: Mast, deck to hounds. iSft.; masthead, 9ft.; topmast. 37ft.« 

 mast, deck to truck, 9l)ft. ; niaiuboom, 51ft. ; gaff, 3ift. ; topsail Bpriel 

 3tift.; bowsprit outboard. 47ft. 



ATLANTIC YACHT CLUB.-The annual regatta was sailed Tueal 

 day, June 13. On account of going to press Wednesday morning, a 

 detailed account is deferred to nen week. 



EASTERN YACHT OtiTJB— Has now 44 schooners. 29 sloops, 8 cut] 

 tera, I yawl and 9 steamers; total. 9l sail Members, 157 and 11 hon.* 

 orary; total, 4G8. 



BEDOUIN.— Mr. A. Gary Smith is superintending the construction 

 of this 7iM»n cutter, building by Piepgrass, for Mr. Archibald Koger3 



BELLE GROVE PLANTATION. -Will the correspondent who sent 

 the plans of a yawl forward full address to this officer 



lnmer$ to (gjsomspondmt*!. 



Piscator, Brooklyn.— The "yawing" of your yacht is due to hflBT 



great beam and roundish form promoting rapid rotation about her 

 centerboard. For a remedy, add 3iu. keel for whole length, and keep 

 it straight along the bottom. Tue keel need not interfere with beach- 

 ing or lying on the sand, if made of oak and "alligator' shape.. 

 Round up at forward end. To modify her helm, if required only tiM 

 a small extent, alter the boat's trim. If you want more weather 

 helm, bring her by the head ii or 1 inch. For less helm, let her go 

 more by the. stem. We would be glad to publish your experiences 

 with the yawl rig. 



J. M. A., Lexington, Ky.— While fishing in Green River, of \M 

 State, a few weeks ago, 1 caught several "green bass," as th 

 called by the natives. Not knowing more of the different species cf 



ijoy the sport ot 



the bass than the merest tyi 

 catching them as well as th 

 so-called "green bass" was 

 rropterusi or of the roek ba 

 the fish is not din el ant f 

 there is a blending of the i 

 auce of the green. If 1 rer 



ir; 1 v 



a the 

 the striped ba 

 ask for inforn 

 swe. to my qi 



leafed anglei . 



ie two species of black bass GlliS 

 W,'te.,i,- The general form ot 

 black bass, but 

 li B prrpondor- 

 et biack stripe* 



is l A'. 



.alien 



after l 

 . aiyself 

 black, and the black bass is 

 dark to deep olive, but i 

 Mcropt6pi$, The R, lm 

 It could not be that fish. 



I the 



.. i... 



'er black. We 

 lias is a silven 



ibe the fish, bo 

 , or rook bass, Is red 

 shades, from medhwu 

 ie to think the fish a 

 pith six to ten stripes. 



PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



a, Pa, J 



ISSi'.-ft/ito, Forest and 

 os. C. Grubb & Co 



;ks), in winch 



observations in 



and batching o 

 Bottled Jcn 

 Sbetj City (N. i 

 company for the purpos 



per water, which is 



civ. 



which ha 

 I arret 



been 



His 



testing 



Water. — W 



ued 



medicinal' quajiti _ _ 



company snould be —, 



know some of those interested, and belie 



-latter. 



_. mted the 

 sly.-W. M. H. 



erve in the columns of the EU»-« 

 .7 uniieuneeri-ieiit of the formation of A 

 l bottling and charging with gits the junl- 

 sections of the South for its 



If all that, is told of these properties h true ths 

 ssfulfrom a financial point of view. We 

 '*-- that they will push the . 



Attention is Called to advertisement of a gentlemen who wishes 

 hunting companfon for the YellOwBcone. 



