364 
slake boat quick time was made to the judges’ yacht Halcyon, which was 
rounded in the following order:—Eva, Eanchon, Sunbeam, Peri, Surf, 
Ibis, Lady Clara, Curlew, Leslie, Ruby, Water Lily, Hebe, Thetis, Tulip, 
Mom>, Bluebell, Virginia, and Pink. 
The first class boats, in making cheir second round, found even more 
sea than in the firsthand the crews'got pretty well soaked before cross¬ 
ing the home line, which they did as follows:— 
Actual time . Corrected time. 
Yacht. H. M. S. ti M. 8. 
Eva.1 39 20 1 55 02 
Eanchon.1 42 06 1 58 09 
Surf.1 58 00 2 06 17 
Leslie.. .2 05 48 2 14 40 
Sunbeam. Not timed. 
Ariel...Disabled. 
Ruby.*.Not timed. 
SECOND CL AS 
Peri. 
Ibis. 
Yacht. 
Actual 
time. 
Corrected 
■ time. 
II. ti 
8. 
ti 
M. 
8. 
56 
25 
56 
25 
08 
58 
33 
.. 58 
13 
59 
58 
.. 59 
59 
59 
59 
51 
1 
02 
10 
.1 03 
01 
1 
03 
22 
.1 06 
53 
1 
07 
33 
Not timed. 
Lady Clara . 58 
Curlew. 59 
Water Lily.1 01 
Hebe. 1 03 
Thetis.1 06 
Mona . Not timed. 
THIRD CLASS. 
A dual ti me. ■ Co? reded time. 
Yacht. H. ti. S-. ti, M. 8. 
. Tulip........1 .01 01 57 53 
Bluebell.I 05 59 1 02 41 
Virginia.'.1 10 16 59 32 
Pink.1 13 06 1 07 35 
The prizes were a piece of silver plate as first prize, and cup as second 
prize in bach class. A champion pennant was also given in each class 
for the host time over the course, to beheld till the next regular race, and 
at the end of the season to become tbe property of the boat winning it 
the majority of times. 
The winning yachts are the Eva, first prize and pennant: Eanchon, 
second prize. Peri, first prize and pennant; Ibis, second prize. Tulip, 
first prize and pennant: Pink, second prize. 
The noticeable feature of tbe club is that it is a Corinthian club, each 
member sailing his own boat, thirteen successful, regattas having been 
sailed under these rales. Yours truly, 
Blue with a Gold Castle. 
—Arrangements are being ‘made to have a grand regatta 
at Provincetown, Mass., on or about tbe 27tbinst., in which 
all boat owners on the Cape are expected to participate. 
—The yachts of the Dorchester yaclit club will sail on 
their annual cruise under command of Commodore Bangs 
August 22d. It is the intention to be gone a week, and to 
visit Portland during the cruise. 
_The sloop yaclit Startle, Capt. Plummer, of South Bos¬ 
ton, participated in the sailing regatta July 4th at Gardner, 
Maine, carrying off the honors. 
_Tlie judges in the city of Boston sailing regatta, July 
1th last week made the following awards to the third class 
keel yachts:—First, to the Ruby, $70; second, to the Fear¬ 
less, $05; third, to the Gleaner" $25. 
_Five persons were drowned at Atlantic City on the 10th 
instant by the capsizing of the yaclit A. B. Thompson. 
_The cruise of the yacht Startle is unavoidably deferred 
until our next issue. 
_The fourth regatta of the Dorchester yacht club will 
take place next Saturday, at 2:30 P. M., from Commercial 
Point Boston. It will he for third class centre-hoard 
yachts over course No. 2, and the prize will be a solid silver 
cup. 
_Tlie judges of the regatta of July 1, of the Eastern . 
vac ht club, have notilied Captain Boardman thatliis yaclit, 
the Foam, was entitled to the first prize, the owners of the 
Brenda having forfeited it by disregarding the rules Of the 
race. Captain Boardman has tendered the prize to the 
club, to he again sailed for. 
_The America, General Butler’s yaclit, was on a cruise 
to Vineyard Haven last \yeek, having the General and a 
party of his friends aboard, among whom were his son-in- 
law, Governor Ames; Mr. Ames, Sr., Commodore Benjamin 
Dean and Colonel K. G. Usher, 
Rotal Halifax Yacht Club.—O n Wednesday even¬ 
ing July 1st, the Commodore and a number of the mem¬ 
bers assembled at the club house for the purpose of pre¬ 
senting to Alexander W. Scott, Escp, Rear Commodore of 
the club, a testimonial of their appreciation of his valu¬ 
able services while filling tlie office of Secretary for many 
years. Commodore Wood presided and ex-Commodore 
Wylde read an address, which was gracefully responded to 
by Mr. Scott. The testimonial is in the form of a nauti¬ 
cal cup, beautifully wrought in gold and silver. It is sur¬ 
mounted by two dolphins intertwined round a trident. The 
chasings, which are elaborate, arc in gold, and in addition 
the cup is ornamented with drawings of yachts and other 
appropriate designs, including the arms of the club and 
tlie city of Halifax. It was manufactured by Messrs. Ed¬ 
ward Barnard & Sons, Angel street, London, and reflects 
great credit on tlie donors, the manufacturers, and on the 
taste displayed by Charles Cogswell, Esq., M. D., London, 
by whom it was selected. The cup bears tlie following 
inscription:— 
Presented to 
Alexander W. Scott, Esq., 
by the members of the 
Royal Halifax Yacht Club, 
Dominion of Canada, 
In appreciation of the valuable services, rendered by him 
to tlie club while holding the office of secre¬ 
tary for many years. 
1874. 
__ - “ 
Portland, July 13, 1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
A match lias been arranged between two amateur scullers 
of this city for a three-mile turning race for $200, to be 
rowed at 8 P M. on the 27th instant. The contestants are 
Allck Stewart of the Emerald Club, and John O’Donnell, 
. who hails from the Orients House, although not a member 
of that organization. . „ . 
The yacht club had a pleasant and satisfactory ciuise 
last week. The schooner Sparkle did not return with the 
fleet hut kept on to Mount Desert, and Mr. Knowlton s new 
steam yacht starts for the same locality to-day with a small 
party of pleasure-seekers. The sloop Lurlme, Captain 
Fuller, is being altered and i mproved. v rm. 
The Argonautas and Atalantas.—O n Saturday, by 
half past eight o’clock in the morning, the river above the 
Fourth avenue bridge was crowded to witness the.race he- 
tween the tuitl the Ataiffiitas. Com &e * cal 
miles straight away, from some four hundred feet above 
the bridge to Morris’ Dock, above High Bridge. The start 
took place at half past nine, Mr. Frank Bacon, tlie referee, 
giving the send away. Without very fine style, but amaz¬ 
ing propelling powers, the Argonautas got away, while 
their adversaries were models as to precision and neatness 
of stroke.. With a stroke of about forty-one to forty-two 
to tlie minute, the Argonautas took the Westchester side, 
both crews being rather close in shore. At about McComb’s 
dam the Atalantas were fully three quarters of a. length 
astern. Here there was apparently some indecision about 
the course of the Atalantas, as they headed for the middle 
of the channel and quickened their stroke; hut the Argo¬ 
nautas still kept forging ahead. Near High Bridge, de¬ 
spite a pluck}' - effort on the part of the Atalantas, yvldch 
closed up some of the gap, the Argonautas, still a trifle in¬ 
elegant, seemed not to have lost an ounce of pull in them, 
and without any amazing effort came in as winners—time, 
17 min., 57f see,; not quite up to some other performances 
by the winning boat,, but was accounted for by the tide 
just setting against them at the conclusion of the race, and 
somewhat of a breeze. 
Summary .—Argonaut a Rowing Association, Bergen 
Point, N. j., vs. Atalantaboat club, New York; four oared 
race; three miles straight; Argonautas challengers:— 
■ argonatjta crew. 
Edward Smith-, bow. 
Walter Man, 2. 
Benjamin Stephenson, 3.... 
Fred. C. Eldred, stroke. 
atalanta crew. 
Pounds .; 
.140 
.150 
.154 
.160 
Edward Blake, bow. 
William H. Spear, 2. 
Theo. Van Eaden, 3. 
Dr. R. Withers, stroke.... 
Pounds. 
.140 
.149 
.155 
.158 
Total mounds. 
* Time, 17:57-3-. 
6M 
Total pounds.602 
Time, 18:033- 
—The Triton Rowing Association of Pamrapo, New 
Jersey, enjoyed a very delightful festival and reunion at 
their club house on Saturday evening, July 11th, at which 
tlie ladies participated. We tender our thanks for courte¬ 
sies. 
International Boat Race. —On the 8th of July, at 
Springfield, Massachusetts, was decided the much talked- 
about contest between George Brown, of Halifax, and Wm. 
Scliarff:* of Pittsburg, Penn. Brown, the Halifax cham¬ 
pion, stands 5 feet 9f inches, and when in good training 
will weigh from 158 to 160 pounds. SchariC is Brown’s 
junior by fully ten years, is an inch or so less in size, and 
weighs 145 pounds. Both men are exceedingly quiet and 
gentlemanly, and have shown their skill and pluck on many 
former occasions. At half past five o’clock both men were 
ready, Scliarff using a cedar shell made by Epsy, of Pitts¬ 
burg, and Brown an English boat, made by Jewett. The 
course was from the bridge, two and a half miles, to the 
stake boat and return. At a very few minutes after half 
past three Commodore Brady gave the word “Go.” Both 
men struck the water almost simultaneously, Scharfi lead¬ 
ing. After about one hundred and fifty yards Scharfi: 
buckled to liis work, and challenged Brown, .thelatter mak¬ 
ing forty-one strokes, the former fully one stroke more a 
minute. It looked for the first mile and a half an even 
thing, hut after that either the strength, stamina, or skill 
of Brown put in for the lead. Now Scliarff put on spurt 
after spurt, but with put effect, as Brown seemed able to 
shake off his opponent when he felt like it. After tlie two 
miles were passed Brown led fully two boat lengths, and 
turned the stake boat two and a half lengths ahead of 
Scliarff. Coming home the quick work causedbotli men to 
lower tlie rapidity of strokes; Brown’s w r as now below the 
forties; Scliarff’s certainly very little over the thirties, 
with Brown still increasing his lead. Now the power or 
the reserve strength of Brown was manifest, for though 
Scliarff had pleuty of pull left in him he never let things 
loose to get ahead again but that Brown was better. Brown 
finally came in ahead just one and a half boats length, and 
won the race—time, 36:25, though the Canadians claim a 
few second less. The race was a splendid one, and highly 
creditable to both oarsmen. All hands ivere fortunate in 
having Commodore Brady as referee. It is now possible 
to coffiemplate the chances of a race between Sadler and 
Brown. It is Brown’s ambition, so it was stated to us by 
Mr. Vose, of Halifax, wlio arranged the preliminaries of 
this race, to have a tussle at the oar with the redoubtable 
Sadler. Scliarff may find this consolation, that lie is at the 
age when lie may do even better. He certainly in this race 
worked nobly to win. 
—The Northwestern Amateur Boating Asssociation will 
hold its sixth annual regatta at Toledo on Wednesday and 
Thursday, July 22d and 23d. The programme will include 
races of "six and four oared shells, clouble.apd single sculls, 
barges, etc. Address E. T. Waite, Secretary, at Toledo. 
CANOE CRUISING. 
NUMBER THREE. 
TN my last paper I described the canoe which 1 believe 
i will be found best adapted for cruising in. To show 
that 1 am not singular in my opinion of the Nautilus type 
of canoe as a cruiser, I give an extract from the English 
Field of May 16th;— 
“Northern Branch Royal Canoe Club.— The ‘Nau¬ 
tilus’ has been tried as a cruiser and unanimously con¬ 
demned, and double canoes are very unfavorably regarded 
by the canoeists of the Mersey. The only Ringleader in 
the branch is about to be discarded for a Rob Roy. As 
the members of the Northern Branch have had consider¬ 
able experience of both river and sea work, their opinion 
is fairly entitled to some weight, although it militates 
against tlie views held by such renowned cruisers as Ring¬ 
leader and Banshee.” 
That is, as regards the Riugleader canoe, this is the opin¬ 
ion of tlie members of the Northern Branch of tlie Royal 
canoe club. As they appear to have only one Ringleader 
in the. club, however, their experience of them cannot be 
said to be very extensive. They recommend “an improved 
Rob Roy canoe, with about six inches sheer! ! and plenty 
of comber.” 1 believe, however, that a canoe such as I 
described, which closely approximates the Ringleader type, 
will be found a better canoe all round—faster under paddle 
and sail, with tlie wind free, a better sea boat, and of 
greater carrying capacity. 
I may here observe that I had a hatch, such as 1 de¬ 
scribed" in my last paper (Forest and Stream May 7th), 
fitted to my boat this season, and find it to answer admir¬ 
ably. It is"quite water tight, easily shipped and unshipped, 
and cannot incommode the canoeist in the event of an up¬ 
set, as it is not made fait to the canoe In any way. The 
size of the sail will vary with tbe taste of the canoeist and 
his skill in managing his sail under it. Too much sail 
should be avoided, especially by a beginner. To “o*et on 
swimmingly” is not a desirable tiling on a canoe cruise. I 
give the dimensions of my lateen sail as a guide. Head 
6 feet 9inches; foot, hfeet 4; after leach, 6 feet; fore leach’ 
9 inches. The yard is slung exactly in the middle, and the 
foot is hooked to an eye screwed into tlie side of the mast 
18 inches from the fore leach. This sail is too small for 
my canoe, and might with advantage be a foot higher 
The gear should be as simple as possible. For tlie lateen 
sail two strings only are required, halliard and sheet; the 
halliard passes through a slireave hole at the top of the mast 
and is led aft through a small brass pulley at the side near 
the deck; the sheet is made fast to tlie boom at tlie foot of 
the sail, where it will least interfere with the paddlcr, and 
hitched to a cleat on the deck close to the paddler’s seat. 
No rudder is required; the paddle is the best and safest 
steering apparatus, it is advisable to have a small q shaped 
rowlock fitted to the gunwale abaft the paddler’s seat, in 
which to rest the paddle when steering. 
The “sliding spreet” rig has been recently described in 
Forest and Stream. I believe it has been quite discarded 
in England, and it is far too complicated for a small craft 
like a'canoe. A Ringleader rigged witli a long lateen sail, 
such as I mentioned, would leave a Nautilus out of sight 
with her three sails, going with the wind abaft the beam. 
Tlie outfit I generally carry with me when going on a 
cruise of any length, is the following:—1st. An oblong water¬ 
proof bag, about 3-J feet long and 14 inches wide; into this 
I put a change of clothes, blanket, etc., and it serves as a 
cu liion to sit upon. 2d. A Copper locker, about nine 
inches square, which holds a supply of tea, cocoa, sugar, 
biscuits, and similar things that would be spoilt by wet; 
this fits into an opening in the deck behind the cockpit, so 
as to be capable of being removed and carried separately 
when a portage is necessary. 3d. A small tent, like a tent 
d’abris, which weighs only 31- pounds, waterproof sheet, 
also very light, a fisherman" waterproof coat and trowsers, 
small hatcliet and fishing basket; these can be packed into 
and strapped on to tlie fishing basket, and stowed under¬ 
neath the deck in front of tlie stretcher. A fishing rod 
and landing net stick are made fast to tlie bottom of the 
canoe, close to the flooring boards, and a small kettle, tin 
plate, and frying pan are" stowed in behind the locker and 
made fast to the kelson by'a strap. When a portage is 
necessary, the heavy gear, a"s waterproof hag, locker, etQ., 
is taken out of the canoe, strapped together, and carried 
across at one trip, then the canoe is taken on my back and 
carried over. 
Sleeping in tlie canoe is to be avoided, if possible; it is 
very uncomfortable for one thing, and strains the craft and 
causes her to leak for another. A much better plan is to 
carry a small cotton tent, and make a camp in tbe regular 
way, cutting spruce boughs to sleep on. la this country 
there is no difficulty in getting fire wood, so the necessity 
of carrying an elaborate “cuddy,” with spirit lamp, etc., 
is done away with. I subjoin a description of a cape tent 
invented by"Professor Parkes, of the Army Medical School, 
Netley, England, which, I believe, will be found very use¬ 
ful for canoeists and travellers. This consists of a quad¬ 
rangular piece of clotli or canvas, waterproofed, which is 
7 feet 4 inches long, and 2 feet 2 inches broad; on one of 
tlie long sides is a row of tapes or buttons, and on the 
other side are two triangular pieces - slightly rounded, and 
each measuring 3 feet 8 inches at tlie base, and having a 
height of 3 feet; along the inner edge of each is a row of 
buttons. When used as a cape the triangles fall in front, and 
are buttoned; tlie quadrangular piece covers the shoulders, 
and the two ends being brought together behind and but¬ 
toned a cape is formed which completely shelters a man of 
usual height from the neck to the middle of the leg. To 
make a tent, two of these capes are joined together and 
stretched over two stakes, connected by a ridge pole, or 
cord; tlie mast, paddle and yards of tlie canoe might be 
made to serve for these. The tent is thus composed of a 
quadrangle, 4 feet to a side, and of two triangles, each 4 
feet across, and 2 feet from base to apex. The total length 
is therefore 8 feet, but only 7 feet are available. The 
weight of each cape would be about 2 % pounds. 
Note. —Since witing the foregoing 1 have seen in Forest 
and Stream of May 7th a letter signed “K. Newman,” 
questioning my criticisms of the Nautilus type of canoe. 
The craft of this type that I am acquainted with are built 
of English oak, and I estimated their weight, by handling, 
etc., at 100 pounds at least. Those that he refers to are 
probably built of pine or cedar, and so weigh much less. 
The oak canoes also draw more water; but even 6 inches is 
too much for a canoe to draw. Tlie “Passenger Bird,” 
with a full cargo, does not draw more Ilian 4. As for the 
rig, unless I am greatly mistaken, Mr. Newman would find 
his’ canoe sail better with a fair or leading wind if lie had 
all liis canvas combined in one piece, as in a lateen or lug 
sail, than divided into three sails, and it would certainly 
be much more liandy to set, shorten, or take in. As to the 
sailing powers of tlie Nautilus, would Mr. Newman sail a 
match with his canoe against a 12 foot, centre board boat, 
cat rigged, round a course, with a fair amount of beating 
to windward? I should like to see a match of this kind 
tried, and the respective positions of the canoe and boat at 
the finish. C. M. D. 
Halifax .’, Jsota Scotia , June 6, 1874. 
Philadelphia, July 6th, 1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
The F jiirth has come and gone, and instead of the record of races that 
will come from so many localities we have only to regret that you could 
not have been numbered among the many crews who breakfasted at 
“Strawberry Mansion.” “The Falls,” or “Wissahickon.” 
Eights, sixes, fours and singles carried up goodly parties, and the coa- 
sumptioiTof waffles, catfish and coffee was immense. As an appetizer, 
rowing has no equal. By-the-bye, September will be an eventful month 
here, for. in addition to the Navy Regatta of the 26th, several single 
scull races are on. It is rumored that the redoubtable man Schmidt wi 
puli against Little Joseph, of the Quaker City (though in justice to 
Mars the challenge comes, or will come, from Leibert), and it is more 
than rumored that Schmidt and Lareris will try it about the same time. 
It is to be hopr-M the parties will get together and put an end to the an 
cussion as to who can make a boat travel best. 
The Undine’s Club Regatta seems to hang fire, ancl will not come off 
before September, perhaps not then. This is to be regretted, as they 
have no lack either of boats or men. It is to be hoped that some one 
wil represent us at Troy in the National, for there is no reason why t ■ 
Quakers, Pennsylvauias and Vespers sliould’nt send their fours. 
Commodore Ferguson goes to Europe on the 16th, and will bring hack 
gome boating ideas for us from beyond ffie seas. s ‘Sops**’ 
