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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 21, 1884 



8 9 3 9 

 3 5 Id 4 



6 11 9-77 

 4—71 



1 1 S 8 10 9 

 5 10 5 4 4 6 



9 5-64 

 •-61 



5-5!, 



' 10 6 hi ii 

 7 10 5 10 6 8 

 9 9 10 7 7 



ii 10-83 



6 10—75 



7 8—75 

 3—75 



7 9 5 10 10 10 

 | are the record scores made 

 First ten shots. 200yds., off- 



the shooting. All that was necessary to get a hull was to hold on 



and the white disc was sure to be shown. On Friday next, Feb. 33, 

 there will be shooting all day. and if the conditions are at all favor- 

 able there is sure to be a good crowd. All the current matches will 

 he on, and as there are so many all can be surj of being satisfied. 

 The following are to-day's scores; 



Creedmoor Practice Match . 



D Kirkwood 5556846445-47 J Pa v sou (mil) 5415414544— 13 



C E Berry .-455445545-46 C Reed 4444543544-42 



K A Davidson 5445555544—46 Q Welch 4544464344—41 



LJ A. Allen 4455545454—45 Dr Langniaid 5443445452—40 



3 A Carr 5554544545 45 \ J Look anil 44 144344 14-31) 



T r- Field 5445544454-44 B I Barn urn (mill.. .-6448853344-38 



CFFarr 4544554544-44 S F Bums (mil: 3134333144—34 



OBEdwardS.. . 4545444445—48 



Creedmoor Prize Mateh. 



1 B Thomas 5554545455-47 C F Tarr 4554534455 -44 



Re-entry 54445565*4-46 AJLwk.... 5445444445-43 



H W ithington 4545454554—45 B A happen - .4545444444—12 



H rushing 5545545444—45 F Chauncev (mil.). .4414454444— 11 



K A Davidson 0545544444—44 



Combination Match— Creedmoor Target. 



W Gardner 5654454545—46 C E Berry 5455144545—45 



C B Edwards 4455455544—45 



Combination Match— Decimal Target. 



OF Berry 5 9 m 10 5 10 



B Edwards 8 e 



J P Bates 7 i 



.1 A Cobb 5 f 



A J Look I I 



Victor v Medal. 



J B Fellows .....10 9 



OARand f 



A J Look 8 



.T A Hatrield 



BRATTLEBOKO. Feb. 17,-Followini 

 by ttieBrattleboro Riiie Club Feb. 12. 

 hand, on Massachusetts target: 



Nichols 12 10 12 12 9 12 9 10 1111-109 



Smith 1110 10 12 11 9 1111 9 12-1 or; 



French 10 10 1112 9 9 1112 13 10—106 



Thorn .. ..12 1110 12 111112 9 10 8-1U0 



Cobo 10 12 10 9 11 8 11 II 11 JO-KIM 



Howe 10 111110 1112 9 12 9 8—103 



Knight .. 9 10 12 11 11 8 10 11 10 9-101 



Lamb 10 10 8 1110 10 8 9 10 11—97 



'Pentland 9 10 9 9 12 11 11 9 12 5-97 



Lawrence 10 9 10 9 8 9 10 10 1110—96 



TYPOS AT THE SCORE— Jamestown. N. Y., Feb. 16.- Last even- 

 ing, at Burns's gallery, occurred the third annual Printers' Rifle 

 Match. Three Offices were represented by three men from each 

 office, the other three offices having tailed to comply with the terms 

 of the match. 



Jamestown Journal. Jamestown Standard. Morning Dispatch. 

 PMDean. 44445 21 E A Bracks... 54545— 33 F J Budget... 45444— 21 

 C B Potter.,45444— 21 M E Thomas. .44454—21 S Burn ham. .34354— 1<: 

 J Clary 51444—21 O F Dean 53044—16 C White 04344—15 



63 60 55 



SELECTING CARDS turned edge wise to the shooter is considered 

 one of the most difficult feats in pistol shooting. The mark presented 

 is a hair line, and if the card is placed perfectly true the bullet cuts 

 it into two pieces as cleanly as it the shears had been used, In some 

 instances when the bullet just grazes the card, its path is marked by 

 a lead line. At Conlin's Ritle, Pistol and Record Gallery. Broadway 

 and Thirty-first street, this city, a playing card is exhibited in the 

 record room, which has been grazed by two consecutive shots, show- 

 ing the leaden lines in both ea*es running entirely across the card. 

 This is a good illustration of the accuracy requisite for cutting the 

 card. The bullet must not deviate either to the right or to the left 

 the thickness of the playing card— but a "line" shot has more 

 honndarv. as a hit at any point counts equally well. Thy following 

 are a few of the records kept at Conlin's gallery: Splitting cards, 

 with nfie— E. E, Tiffany. 7 in 10 shots; George Bird. 7 in 10; Frederick 

 Sands. 5 in 10; Geo. E.Rogers, 5 in 10: Maynard Bixby, 5 in 7; J. B. 

 Blydenburgh, 6 in 10; H. H. Bishop, 4 in 7; \V. B. Yotmg, 2 in 3. With 

 pistol— H. W. Wickham, 5 in 6 shots: W. M. Chase, 4 in 5: E. 5. T. 

 Marsh. 7 in 10; .1. B. Miller, 5 in 10; H. W. Wickham, 3 in 5 shots at 

 the word; Col. J. J. Dunne. 3 in 5: A. L. Caldwel, 2 in 4; Dr. E. T. T. 

 Marsh, one card on second shot at rifle range. Dr. Marsh. 2 cards in 



4 shots i<ith ducking pistol; Mr. Wickkam. 2 in 5. Dr. Marsh and 

 Mr. Wickham both split 3 cards in 5 shots with .32-cal., Smith & 

 Wesson revolver. 



JAMESTOWN. N. Y., Feb. 16— Score of C. S. A. medal match, 

 ( Ireedmoor target. 300yds., possible 50; wind light at 7 o'clock; light, 

 very bright.. S. N. Ayres 45. N. J. Fanner 43, A. F. Ward 43, W. H. 

 Sprague 13, A. F. Warner 42. J. Haycook41. R. H. Burns 41, J. R. 

 Moore 40, O. H. Lilly 40, E. Mayhew 35, C. Salisbury w.— R. H. B. 



A BIG PRIZE— Carlisle, Pa.— The Cumberland Valley Ritle Asso- 

 ciation of this place have decided on a contest in which they will 

 offer as first prize a Steinwav piano. H style 1, "i\i octave, price 8700. 

 Seven additional prizes will be offered amounting to $150, The 

 shooting is to be at 100yds., the date in the near future not yet de- 

 termined. The match v*l be open to all.— W. E. M. 



THE TRAP. 



Correspondents who favor us with, club scores are particularly re- 

 quested to write on one side of the paper only. 



THE CLAY-PIGEON TOURNAMENT. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Any changes in or exceptions to the programme as printed and 

 rules indicated thereon can hereafter only be made by the Executive 

 Committee when they meet in Chicago. In answer to a few specific 

 questions we desire now to explain existing rules as follows: 



First —The traps must all be loaded after each shot. 



Second— To determine which trap shall be pulled the trap judge or 

 assistant will use ttoe ordinary pool balls and bottle, drawing one 

 bail for single and two balls for doubles, which he will show to the 

 puller only, #r a patent automatic pulling apparatus will bemused. In 

 double-bird shooting, therefore, any two of the five traps maybe 

 sprung, 



Third— The direction (horizoi 

 ctnngaa wheneverit is reloaded. 



Fourth- Ties between teams to be shot at 5 singles. 21yds. rise, and 

 2 doubles. lSyds. rise, all from 5 traps. 



Fifth— A sportsman residing in a county in which there is no club, 

 and desiring to shoot in the championship match with a club from 

 some other county of which he is a member, can apply to the Exe- 

 cutive Committee through us for authority to do so. 



Sixth -Note this error in programme: Charge of shot "4}/ a drams' 

 should be "1J4 ounces " The Ligowskv C. P. Co. 



p:-;< fiP( )SLD NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION.— Providence, Feb. 1. 



-Editor Forest and Stream: At a meeting of the Narraganset Gun 

 i Hub it was voted to issue a challenge to any or all gun clubs in New 

 England, to shoot a friendly mateh at clay-pigeons, our object being 

 to create a friendlv rivalry between the shooters of the different 

 States, and if possible to result in the forming of a New England 



Association. We should tie pleased to join with other clubs in procur- 

 ing a medal or trophy emblematic of the New England championship, 

 aud would prefer to shoot for some such prize. The conditions of 

 the present match to be a team shoot, five or ten men on a side, at 

 twenty day-pigeons each man, the birds to be sprung from five traps, 

 placed five yards apart, traps set on fourth notch, and the rise to be 

 either 15 or 18yds., use of one barrel only. We would be pleased to 

 have the first match take place on our grounds, when we shall nold 

 ourselves in readiness to snoot a return mateh, if desired, at as early 

 a date as possible. I hope some of the many clubs in New England 

 will accept the above challenge in the spirit in which it is given, that 

 of increasing the interest of trajl-shooting in the New England States, 

 anfl if we are defeated we shall have accomplished this, equally as 

 well as if victorious. We are nowenlarging our club louse by raising 

 it another Story, making two comfortable rooms 84x12 wit ha balcony 

 lift wide extending the length of the building, so we shall not lack for 

 , modatiou- for our visitors. Our grounds are very pleasantly 

 |o.- ted on Broard street, and the horse cars pass the building every 

 no.innalf hourly in the summer.i it being about a half hours ride 

 from the center of the city. All challenges or acceptances maybe 

 addressed to C. F. Baldwin, Secretary Narraganset Gun Club. No. 2 

 college rtreet, Providence, R. L, or to that best of all mediums for 

 sportsmen, the Forest and Steeam.— W. H. Sheldon. 



A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.— Mr. J. E. Bloomrecently said to a 

 reporter of the Evansville (Inn.; Argus, speaking of the diversity of 

 trap-shooting rules: "This is a subject that has given us great 

 annoyance and labor. We havejio national association iu'this coun- 

 try, to whose standard we might have reference. To-day Illinois 

 shoots under one set ot rules, Sew York another. Massachusetts a 

 third, and so on, It has been our endeavor to establish a set i ; 



which would please all; rather, a majority— for there are always a 

 series of chronic grumblers whom it would be impossible to satisfy 

 under any circumstances. We announced this tournament last Aug- 

 ust, since which time we have been receiving suggestions from num- 

 erous clubs and individuals, many of which have been adopted. It 

 will be our endeaver during the tournament to organize a national 

 sportHnien's association, whose main functions shall be the framing 

 of national sporting rules for each species of shooting, aud the or- 

 ganizing of future annual tournaments. The rule 'that members of 

 a team entered for the, principal champion contest must be residents 

 of the comity from which the team is entered," was adopted at the 

 suggestion of a Cleveland sportsman, and is intended to prevent the 

 combination of thebest shots of aState or section, in one team( which 

 must be composed of five members of at least two mouths' good 

 standing as such). Take the State of Illinois for example; it would 

 be an easy matter to pick out five of her best shots from all parts of 

 the State, and fo'in a team which w^ould be practically 

 iuvmcible. this would deter dozens of teams from coun- 

 try towns or local clubs from participating in the tournament. 

 The rule is adopted to avoid this contingency. We organized this 

 tournament not for the benefit of the few best shots of the several 

 States, hut for the delectation of hundreds of local amateurs through- 

 out the country. We do not wish this to be a tournament for a dozen 

 clubs— but rather for a hundred I am confident that with this rule 

 there will be over one hundred teams entered for this match. We al- 

 ready have entries from Florida, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Wis- 

 consin, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, New York, etc. Let the 

 'kickers' orgauize a chib in their respective counties. How much 

 more pleasure will result to all sportsmen, if local gun clubs were 

 started in every county in the Union. There is a certain boa comrade- 

 ship between devotees of the gun which only needs a feature of this 

 kind, joined to a national organization to fully develop same, and 

 which would result in establishing a 'body of men' scattered through- 

 out the country, with whom thousands would take pride in c« oper- 

 ating for any worthy purpose or emergency which might arise. A 

 number of parties 'have endeavored to infringe upon our patents, 

 but thus far unsuccessfully. By means of our patent process we are 

 selling clay-pigeons cheaper at retail, than ordinary potters could 

 manufacture them at wholesale. True, we sank §20,01X1 in devising 

 this process and we have the same amount on hand with which to 

 fight any parties who might try to infringe our patents. Moreover, 

 we have the good will of the sportsmen of the country w r ho now 

 realize that while working for ourselves we at the same time cater to 

 their sport— that we are doing more to foster tournaments than any 

 set of men have ever done — or would do, were our patents over- 

 thrown." 



FOUNTAIN GEN CLUB.— There was a fair attendance at the Pros- 

 pect Park Fair Grounds. Brooklyn, at the monthly club contest. The 

 birds were tin- strongest fliers we nave had fof a year, and it was 

 quick work to stop them. The weather was fine and the shooting, 

 with a few exceptions, remarkably good. Appended is the score: 



Regular Monthlv Badge. 7 birds. 5 traps, both barrels. 

 Class. 



B— John Rathgeu. 25yds • - .1 1 



A— W T . McLaughlin. 27vds 1 1 



B— 0, R. Weed. 26yds 1 1 



B— C. Fisher. 26yds 1 1 



B—W. Cherry. 26vds . . .1 1 



A— H. Shermans, r/vds 1 



B— T. Livington. 26yds 1 



A— A. Eddy, 30yds 1 1 



1 



O—O. Sarony. 23vds 



B-L. Duryea. 26yds 



A— W. Hughes. 30vds. . . . 

 C— F. DonneHv, 21yds, . . . 

 C— H. Altenbrand. 23yds. 

 C-J. Fried, 21vds 







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when loaded any other way. In our opinions here the clay-pigeons 

 make the best trap-shooting, far surpassing glass or puff balls, 

 and fully as hard to hit as live pigeons, without being open to the 

 objections against live pigeon shooting.— F. S. 



THE NARRAGANSETT GUN CLUB, of Providence. R. I., will 

 raise their club house one story, making a spacious dining hall above, 

 while the lower part of the house will be used as before for the ac- 

 commodation of the shooters. The club intends holding a series of 

 tournaments as soon as it is completed. The treasurer's reportshows 

 a flourishing condition of the club as we are out of all debt, besides 

 having quite a handsome balance in the treasury. There is also 

 much enthusiasm among the members, and the season of 1884 prom- 

 ises to be the liveliest we have had here for a long number of years. 

 The club will be pleased to arrange a friendly match with any New 

 England club, five or ten men on a side, to shoot clay-pigeons. — W. 

 H. S. 



Winners: Class A. Mr. McLaughlin. 7; fe, Mr. J. Rathgen. 7; C.Mr, 

 O. Sarony. 5. 



*Dead out of bounds. 



Sweepstakes, 25yds. rise, 3 birds 



C K Weed 1 



John Rathgen 1 



T Livington 1 



Dithif son 1 



Place 1 



W Cherry 1 



A Eddy 1 



H Beer mans 1 



W Hughes 1 



O Sarony 1 



E Brown 1 



B. McVaughlin, C. Fisher and H. Altenbrand missed first. Dr. 

 Weed and John Rathgen divided; Mr. Ditifson won 3d money. 



Rambler. 



BLACK VS. WHITE.— I must record a great event in the sporting 

 annals of 1884. being no less than a match for the championship of 

 Flatbush and a sister burg— Flat lands N*ek. The former was rep- 

 resented by four white gentlemen, and the latter by four colored 

 gentlemen', the arrangements being to shoot with four men on a side, 

 30 glass balls apiece, 18yds. rise, Bogardus trap, one colored and one 

 white judge, ditto scorers. Stakes— Championship and a keg of 

 lager. Below I give the detailed summary: 

 Flatlands Neck Team. 



T Powers, ML lOlOOlOOlOlOlOllOlOlOOiliOOlOl— 15 



John Powell, BL lllOlOOOlOOllOllilllllOlllllOl— 21 



T Jackson. ML 1O1O1O11O11OOOO0O111U()1O11O1O1-15 



S Anderson, ML 011000110011011001010011111100— 16— 67 



Flatbush Team. 



Skidinore, ML OlllOOOOOOf 011l011U1111100ollO-15 



HCook BL 011100100111110110110111110010—20 



DRumph, BL 000111000111101011010101001100—15 



Hagaman, ML OOlOOlOlOUlOlOlOUlOlOOOllOlO— 15— 65 



The best of feeling prevailed even after the announcement of the 

 result, and the outcome of this good-fellowship is a return match at 

 an early day. Will report. -Seawanhaka. 



KNOXYILLE GUN CLUB, Feb. 15.— The first regular match for 

 the Ligowskv Champion Medal this season, resulted as follows. There 

 was a strong wind and the birds flew with unusual velocity from the 

 fourth notch at 18yds. rise: 



CHebbard 110101111111101—12 A E Mead 011000101001110—7 



T Armstrong. . 111110100111010—10 31 O French. . . 001100011000111— 7 



J C Duncan 611101111101010- 10 J W Slocum. .. 001 1001 11 100001— 7 



T C Eldridge ..IIIIIIOOUOIOIO— 10 ODeaderick. ..101111000000001— 6 



S B Dow 011111010101001- 9 C Woodbury . ..000000100010101- 4 



W Jenkins 110111110100010- 9 M McClung. . . .110000100000000- 3 



H Worsham... 010100001111110— S 



EAST PROVIDENCE, R. 1.. Feb. 12.— There was a very large at- 

 tendence at the meeting of the Watehemoket Gun Club, many being 

 present from Providence. Pawnticket and other places. The follow- 

 ing was the score for the clay-pigeon cup, best out of a possible 20. 

 from five traps: 



ES Luther UlOOUlOl 10 10 10 II 01—13 



EW Tinker 1111111111 10 11 11 10 11—18 



C Payne lllllllHO 11 10 11 10 00—15 



George Barney 1101111000 10 10 00 00 11— 18 



MrSaulsbury 1101110100 10 in 10 10 10—11 



Isaiah Barney .0111110001 10 01 11 11 10—13 



TW Penney." - ...1001000100 withdrawn. 



The cup goes to Mr. Tinker for the first time. 



This cup has been won by Mr. Luther four times in succession, and 

 as it is almost impossible tor any one member to win it five times in 

 succession, it, ia thought advisable at the next regular meeting of 

 the club to have it shot for in the same manner as the Ligowsky 

 State badge, now held by the Narragansett Gun Club of Providence. 



For the glass-ball cup the following was the score, best out of a 

 possible 20: 



ES Luther 1 01 ollliOllOOOlOOOO l-io 



Georee Barney l l l l l l l l 1 l 1 1 1 l o 1—15 



Isaiah Barney 11110101011100011 0-11 



T W Penney 10111000111 11 11 1 1 1 1—15 



E W Tinker 01111 withdrawn. 



C Payne 1 1 1 1 withdrawn. 



This bung for resident members only, it was awarded t» George 

 Barney, forthe first time. 



There was then a sweepstakes shoot, five clay-pigeons helng used 

 by each contestant. S. E. Smith took first money, E. W. Tinker sec- 

 ond and George Barney third. Except for the fog, the day was very 

 favorahle for the practice.— O. J. R. 



Y< INKERS, N. Y.— Following are the officers of the Terrace City 

 Sportsman's Club: Jolni E. Rockwell, President; John Hien. Vice- 

 President; John L. O'Brien, Secretary; Simon Deitzel, Treasurer. 

 Executive Committee— John Dearman, William Gonnley, James 

 Thompson 



SHOT FOR CLAY-PIGEONS —Buffalo, O., Jan. 26. -In this week's 

 issue you invite your readers to send their opinions as to the best 

 size shot to use in clay-pigeon shooting. I have shot at them con- 

 siderably, and I should say that good results can be obtained by 

 using either 6s, 7s, or Bs. It depends something as to when they are 

 shot at, too, The shooter who catches them quick can safely shoot 

 smaller shot than he who lets them get further off before shooting. 

 My experience with my gun tan 8jjj chokeborej ia that with 4 drams 

 good powder and an ewpoe of No. 6 shot, I make better scores than 



fachting. 



May 24.- 

 May 30.- 

 May 31.- 

 June 10.- 

 June 12.- 

 June 14.- 

 June 28.- 

 July 12.- 

 July 12.- 

 Aug. 9.- 

 Aug. 9.- 

 Aug. 83.- 

 Sept. 13 - 

 Sept. 18.- 



FIXTURES. 



-Boston Y. C. Opening Cruise. 

 -Knickerbocker Y. C, Spring Matches. 

 -Boston Y.C., First Match. Connor and Commodore's cups. 

 Atlantic Y. C, Annual Match. 

 -New York A. (',, Annual Matches. 

 -Hull Y.C.. Chi I. 

 -Boston Y. c. Ladies' I 

 -Hull Y. C, Club Meet. 

 Boston Y. C. Second (Huh Match. 

 -HullY. C, Club Meet. 

 -Boston Y C, Upen Matches, all clubs. 

 -Boston Y. C. Third Club Match. 

 -Hull Y. C. Club Meet. 

 Boston Y. C, Second Ladies' Day. 



SHARPIE RUDDERS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



It seems to me plain why sharpies carrj their peculiar rudders. A 

 shoal boat, not being able to have its rudder go deep down in the 

 water, in order to get a grip, must have it reach out aft. Now any 

 one who has handled a shoal skiff boat, with a big wide rudder, and 

 has afterward bandied the tiller to a balance rudder, can testify to 

 the ease with which the latter works in comparison. The strain on 

 the rudder stock and tiller head is also less, and consequently allows 

 a smaller and neater rudder stock. Many also claim that a boat 

 works quicker with a balance rudder ; in giving a cant to a boat which 

 has sternway on it is very effective, and it also will almost instantly 

 stop a boat when shooting up to a wharf or buoy, with toomuch head- 

 way on. On one boat at least, that 1 know of, the dropping the rudder 

 down lower, as allowed by pins through the. stock, helps greatly in a 

 light breeze. I think these qualities explain why "sharpies have 

 always" used them. It is not the absence of a skag, for I know 

 three sharpies which have skags and stili use the balance rudder 

 hecause of its good points, and with a skag there is no hitting 

 bottom, catching snags, etc. L. 



NEW ENGLAND YACHTING ASSOCIATION. 



AT a preliminary general meeting, Feb. 7. Parker House, Boston. 

 organization was effected as follows: Clubs represented— Bunker 

 Hill, Beverly, Bo-ton. Dorchester, Eastern, Jeffries. Hull. Lynn, 

 Portland. Salem Bay, South Boston ;.n : West Lynn. Mr. Charles F. 

 Loring, Boston Y. C. was elected chairman and Mr. Peleg Aborn, Hull 

 Y. C. secretary. The committee on plans reported as under: First. The 

 name shall be the New England Yachting Association. Second. 

 That the association be governed by suitable by-laws providing for 

 its permanent officers and their election. Third. That a. system of 

 uniform measurements and time allowances for yachts belonging to 

 the several clubs represented in the association shall be adopted, 

 such rules to apply only to union regattas. Fourth. Recommending 

 a uniform code of signals for the use ot the yachts of the clubs be- 

 longing to the association. Fifth. Providing for the continued mem- 

 bership of clubs in the association and the admission of new clubs to 

 membership therein. 



which the* chairman. C. F. Loring, B. Y. C, was added ex-officio. 

 Another committee to recommend sailing rules and time allowance 

 was selected by the chairman, to report at next meeting, Feb. 21, at 

 same place. This committee is composed of: D. H. Rice, S. B. Y. C. ; 

 P M. Bond, B. H. Y. C; Sidnev Burgess. E. Y. C; Thomas Dean 

 B Y C. ; E. C. Neal, L. Y. C; C. F. Loring, B. Y. C, ex-offioio. 



SMALL YACHTS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I read with great interest your advice to single-handed yachtsmen, 

 and will give you the figures of a 2:4ft. catboat 1 now sail, and which 

 has proved in" three years' actual experience to be what I consider 

 the kind of a craft needed for comfort aud safety. She is 3ft. 6in. 

 deep and draws 3ft. 3in. without centerb'oard, will work well in a 

 heavy sea without board. 1 use it only in racing. The box makes 

 the table, leaves to turn up when used as such. Cabin is 8ft. long, 

 ijft wide, 4ft. 3 in. high. Transoms 7>;2ft. ; lockers for stores and 

 dunnage; cockpit, 6 > 5ft., tight and with scuppers. Doors to cabin 

 made to shut watertight. House is 14in. high and 6ft. wide, leaving 

 2ft gangway each side. One thousand pounds lead are fitted to the 

 skinand 3,000 trim on top, all being well below water line. Spars for 

 cruising are mast 22ft. deck to hounds, 15ft. gaff and 26fi. hoom. 

 Head of sail peaks to an angle of 75 degrees. For reefing the tack 

 earing reeves through a sheave on the goose neck of the boom and 

 leads to a cleat. The clue pennant reeves through the cringle on 

 leach and down again through cheek sheave on boom, so that the 

 sail can be hauled down to first or second reef while the boat is in 

 stays. Her floor is quite sharp, which makes her easy in a seaway. 

 At anchor an awning is stretched over the boom and stopped tent 

 fashion to sides of cockpit, making a space for berthing tw* in mod- 

 erate weather. She is much the same style of boat I commenced my 

 yachting with some fifty years ago, and although 1 have built many 

 large yachts during that time I am now more than ever satisfied that 

 there is more pleasure and sport in being actual master of a small 

 boat than being under the guardianship of a professional skipper 

 and steward. I would recommend all young persons who wish to en- 

 iov a week's cruise on their own hook to build a staunch, deep-draft 

 and 'well-ballasted boat with snug rig and lake, comfort. The danger 

 of driving vour boom under water in a cat can he obviated by mak- 

 ing the topping lift fast to the outer end of boom, reeving it through 

 a block at masthead and leading it through a sheave on deck to cock 

 pit You then can set taut without trouble and lift the boom as ile- 

 Ji re( l. Bal&ast. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



My idea of a single-hand yacht is a cabin large enough to eat, sleep, 

 eook and dress in comfortably, in a hull whieli will combine the 

 greatest possible speed and safety. The question is, What is the best 

 form of hull? Is this small yacht of the future to be a cutter or a 

 catamaran or what modification of these exirencs farpec Sera*; 



I We know of no boat which meets the wa nts of the single baud tor 

 best average work and regular yachting purposes batter than the 

 small cutter or yawl of 18, 20 or 22ft. loadline. with about lift. beam, 

 with nearly all the ballast on the keel. Such boats combine the most 

 room, safety and greatest ability on a small draft from 4 to 5ft. At- 

 tempts are frequently made to save some of the draft and displace- 

 ment. All such attempts only roll the boat of just what you seek, 

 and it is not good policy to save a few dollars at the Bpiggot and lose. 

 at the bung what is most worth having in a small boat, power and 

 ability with permanent habitation on board. AVe have published a, 

 number of suitable designs, not to be followed strictly, but to afford 

 a cue to the chief points which should be given prominence in such 

 boats. Catamarans on a small scale are of no account, being thrown 

 out of trim and lacking in power, as v, ell as without accommodation!. 



VNNA.— This Baltic cutter, hading from Kiel, designed by Con- 

 structor Saefkow, of the German navy, has already been noticed in 

 this journal. Her lines appear in the London Field for Eeb^. She 

 is ahamlsome, fair yacht all through, and although but 7.48ft. beam 

 on 41ft. loadline, is describe* ' .ml, able and dry 



of superb seagoing qualities. Displacepieni is., tons, of which 

 is represented by 11.5 tons of lead -ballast, 10 tons thereof being on 

 1 he keel. Draft 6.2ft. Lower sail area 1.330ft., which is considered 

 rather snug. Center of gravity of boat and equipment 1. ifjtt, below 

 center of buoyancy, and meta-center 1.1 above C.B. Statical stability 

 at 35 degrees is 80.8 foot-tons. Maximum stability at loo degrees 

 Ballafit on keel is lSiu. thick, 2Sin.deep and 14ft long, or say one- 

 third loadline, ' this concentration accounts for her extreme dry- 

 ness in a sea. Least freeboard to pianksheer is 2ft. Dm. 



