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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Apml 24, 1884. 



PROVIBENCE. R, I., April 3.— At the regular weekly shoot or" the 

 Narragansett Gnu Club, for the Stnte Badge, the following scores 

 were made out of a possible 25: W H. Sheldon 22, E W. Tinker.*.', 



E. S. Luther 20, E. H. Roberts 20, C. B. Potter 18, H. D. Mathewsou 

 18; U. W. Gary 18, H. L. Palmer 18, L. M, Edrlr 16. F. O. Weboskey 1G. 

 G. F. Baldwin 15, F. E. Tingley 13. 0. M. Sheldon i;t, C. C. Gray 1:2. (I 



F. Bints 12. Tie between Tinker and Sheldon: Tinker 5. Sheldon 5. 

 Second tie: Tinker!, Sheldon 4. Third tie: Tinker 1. Sheldon 8. W. 

 H. Sheldon wins badge second time. 



Regular shoot of Narragansett Gun Club for state badge, 25 clay- 

 pigeons, 15yds., 5 traps: G. F. Butts 23, W. H. Sheldon 20, W L. Pal- 

 mer 20, E W. Tinker 19. E. H. Roberts 18, C. C. Gray 14, E. S. Luther 

 22. F. E Tingley 22. C. B. Potter 20. H. D. Mathewson 18, G. W. Gary 

 10. G F. Butts wins badge first tuna. Sweepstakes same day: First 

 sweep, W. H. Sheldon first, Luther and Roberts second, E. W. Tinker 

 third and L. M. Eddy fourth. Second sweep, E. W. Tinker first, 

 Palmer second, W. H. Sheldon third and Luther and Roberts fourth. 

 — W. K. Sheldon. 



WALLINGFORD, Conn., April 9.— Match for State club medal, 

 teams of four men, 25 clay-pigeons each, or 100 each team: New 

 Haven (No. 1>, 6&j New Haven (No. 2), 55; Wallingford, 66: Meriden. 

 05; Bridgeport. CO; Milford, 52. Match for individual medal. 50 elay- 



Eigeons each: Goodrich lof "Wallingford) 41. Folsom 39, Baker 30, 

 ongdon 38, Nichols 35. Brogden 35, Ives 34. Spencer 33, Fowler 27, 

 Talbol 27. Gurd 24. Tousey, Armstrong and Smith withdrew. Next 

 shoot for State medal, New Haven, second Wednesday iu May. 



CORNELL UNIVERSITY.— Ithaca. N. Y., April 15. -The" Cornell 

 University Gun Olub is now in a flourishing condition. It was organ- 

 ized in the fall of 1883, an'l has now about twenty members, of whom 

 several arc very good shots. Tne grounds of the club are located on 

 the lake shore, and. we shoot over the water. At a meeting held April 

 10 the following officers were elected: President, F. Q. Scofield, '84; 

 Vice-President, H, 0. Taylor, '86; Secretary and Treasurer, A. C. 

 ( ogswell, '87. At the regular shoot on Saturday following, the gold 

 medal was won by A. S. White, 13 out of 14. We have a strong trap. 

 with frequently a Heavy breeze, but as yet the medal has never been 

 won by a smaller score than 12 out of 15. The gun is becoming popu- 

 lar in other colleges now, and it would be pleasant to have a "few in 

 terccllegiate contests.— A. C. C. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., April 19.— About fifty shooters gathered at 

 the Maiden Gun Club's grounds this afternoon, and participated in 

 the various events of the clay, with the following results: 



Gup match— Adams 7\ Goodnow 7, Sawyer 6, Wcuiy.-.?, 6, Buifum 4, 

 Hookiha 4. 



First event, five birds— Scott first, Brown second. 



Second event, five birds— Brown and Hopkins divided first. Scott 

 and Steele divided second. 



Third event, five birds— Pratt first, Chambers and Goodnow divided 

 second. Sawver and Steele divided third. Sanborn and Browndivided 

 fourth. 



Fourth event, five birds— Goodnow first, Hopkins second, Pratt and 

 Adams divided third, Saunders and Scott divided fourth. 



Fifth event, five birds— Chambers first, Pratt second. Sawyer and 

 Gooduow divided third, Saunders and Harrold divided fourth. 



Sixth event— Saunders first, Chambers second, Goodnow and 

 Brown divided third. 



Seventh event, five birds — Br»wn first, Hopkins second, Scott third. 



Eighth event, five birds— Goodnow first. Sawyer second, Hopkins 

 third. 



Ninth event, five balls— Sawyer and Hopkins divided first, Hunter 

 and Brown divided second, Pratt and Adams divided third. 



Tenth event, five birds— Adams first. Brown and Goodnow divided 

 second, Saunders third. 



Eleventh event, five birds — Saunders first, Hopkins second. Brow* 

 third. 



Twelfth event, five birds— Sawyer first. Hopkins and Brown second, 

 Hunter third. 



SO¥THBRIDGE, Mass., April 16— The Southbridge Rod and Gun 

 Club have recently held their annual shoot, with the following re- 

 sults: 



Balls. Pigeons. 



Ellis 0111111110—8 1111100111-8 



Campbell 1110001111-7 1110111011—8 



Marble 101101111 1—8 1111010110-7 



Bradford 1101011010-6 1111100111-8 



Pocci... 0010110111—6 1100111101—7 



Phillips 1011110111—8 1010010011—5 



Howe 11 101 01 000— 6 0011101111—7 



Williams . 0111010011-6 1110110001—6 



Harrington 1010110011—6 1011000110— » 



Brown." 1011000011-5 OlOOOllOlO— 4 



Metcalf 0000011101—4 0011001101-5 



The following is the result of the shooting to settle ties: 



Campbell ...1110 0-3 1—1 



Marble " 110 1—3 1 1-2 



Brown : 11-2 1 



•Metcalf 10 10 0-3 



Sweepstakes: First, 7 balls. Marble first. Howe second, Metcalf 

 third, Phillips fourth, f econd. 7 pigeons: Pocci first, Phillips and Ellis 

 divide second, Brown third, Howe fourth. Third, 5 balls: Harring- 

 ton first. Philbps and Bradford secoud, Howe third, Pocci fourth. 

 Fourth. 2-men team, 5 balls per man: Howe and Harrington first, 

 Williams and Phillips second 



WEBSTER, Mass., April 18.-The officers of the Rod and Gun Glub 

 for the ensuing year are: President, Henry J. Bates; Vice-President 

 and Secretary, Alexander Graham: Treasurer, John F. Hinds. The 

 club have a shoot on Memorial Day, arrangements to be completed 

 next week. 



CLAY-PIGEON PATENTS.— We have received from a Tennessee 

 correspondent a communication in reference to the clay-pigeon pat- 

 ents. The writer assumes that the original patent does not cover 

 the manufacture of the pigeon, as it is now made, and gives it as his 

 opinion that an imitation of the. device would not be held by the 

 courts to be an infringement. We judge that the writer's examina- 

 tion of the Ligowsky parents has been incomplete; and a reference 

 to the patents issued since the one he quotes will probably show that 

 all the changes in the pigeon are covered. The numbers are (original 

 patent) No. 231,010, No. 245,401, No. 256,227 (reissue, No. 10,122, No. 

 248,362. and four more are pending. Those. named relate Lo the target. 

 No. 246,161 relates to the process by which the disc is made. This, 

 we believe, the Ligowsky Company consider the most valuable of 

 their patents, for by this process clay-pigeons (and other pottery) 

 can be made cheaper than oy any other method now in use. This 

 i.as been tested by a Canadian firm, who some time ago b j gan the 

 manufacture of clay-pigeons, and found that even with their import 

 duty of 25 p -r cent., they could buy^of the American manufacturers 

 cheaper than 'they could make the article themselves. 



THE CLAY-PIGEON DIAMOND PIN, which is to be given at the 

 Chicago tournament, is uow on exhibition at the manufacturers', 

 Messrs. Tiffany & Co. , this city. 



^mwer£ to (^orrespondmtg. 



J3F"" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



Mjt. E. Housh will oblige us by sending his address to this office. 



P. A. n., Patcrson. N. J.— The open brook trout season in New Jer- 

 sey is March 1-Oct. 1. No law on pickerel. 



J P. H.. St. Martinsville, La.— You may procure a wire scratch 

 brush from any one of the Arms dealing in firearms in this city. 



H. U. O., Minnesota.- The rifle will be described in the series of 

 illustrated articles uow in course of publication in our ritle columns. 



W. E. H. Fort A D. Russel, Wy.-l. The, rubber dealers furnish a 

 cement for repairing rubber goods. 2. To glue cloth to metal use 



:;wuteiui. 



F. A. H., Westminster, Vt.— We do not know where the traps are 

 made, but you can procure them by writing to any of the dealers in 

 firearms. 



J. H. B., Boston. — Is there any book or directory published Which 

 gives the names and addresses of all the rifle clubs in the country; 

 also the officers of each club? Aus, No, 



E H. C. New Orleans.— How can I whiten the feathers of pigeons 

 for mounting? Ans. Suspend the skins in a barrel, set bottow up, 

 arid bun ! some brimstone under it. Let them smoke for a day or t wo. 



jdlewild, Newcastle, Del. — 1. We know of no firm making a 

 specialty of sporting pictures, except Currier & Ives, of New York. 

 2. Try the Lyman sight. 3. Apply to the National Kille Association. 

 New 'York. 



B. W. S., Detroit. Mich.— The English setter generally at fives at 

 maturity when about a year and a half old. Some of them develop 

 earlier than this, and some are not full grown until two or two and a 

 half years old. 



Reader.— Please stats where I would be likely to find good bass 

 fishing in New York State. Would I be likely to find good fishing 

 and camping grounds on either Cayuga, or Seneca Lake? Ams The 

 bass fishing on Hemlock Lake is probably as good as any in Western 



New York. You can find good camping grounds there. There are 

 bass in Cayuga, and also other good fishing, but we do not think that 

 Seneca Lake is as good N We should go to Hemlock Honeoye, Cana- 

 dice, or to Canandaigua Lake in preference to Seneca, 



A. M. B.— Ordinary paint, mixed with linseed oil and turpentine, 

 will answer for fresh water. For salt, water there are a h umber of 

 anti-fouling compositions to be had of ship chandlers in all seaport 

 tow ns. They are all applied with an ordinary paint brush. 



J. C. 0., Charlotte Harbor, Fla.— Is there another nime for the 

 poisonous lizard called Heloderma? What is the length and color of 

 the lizard, and where is it found? Ans. TheHeLxierma sn,-;-., 

 Gila monster. Sometimes four or five leet in length. Found m the 

 Southwest. 



W. H. K., Philadelphia.— There are deer and partridge in the Bush- 

 Kill (Pa.) region, with many excellent trout streams, or streams that 

 were formerly good for fishing. The inclosiire. to which you refer is 

 probably that of the Blooming Grove Park, which is some distance 

 from Bushkill. 



Pittictjs.— Where can I goto fi'h near New York and return the 

 same day, and what fish can I catch? Ans Take ferry to Staten 

 Island or go to Gravesend Buy and catch striped bass, weakfish. etc., 

 in season. For fresh water try Lake Ronkonkoma for black bass, or 

 go to Croton Lake. 



Remus, Rochester, N. Y.— 1 forward you a tree toad, which I have 

 caught in this vicinity. Please give me some information about it. 

 Will it develop into any other form? Ans. The specimen is one of the 

 little "peepers" so often heard in early spring m wet places. It has 

 attained its full development and will change no more. Your speci- 

 men appears to bo Chorophilus triseriatus. It belongs to the family 

 Hylidte, or tree frogs. 



W. A. W.. Virginia.— The compilation entitled "Frank Forester's 

 Fugitive Sporting Sketches" contains the following papers: "The 

 Game of North America (Woodcock and Quail)," "Among the Moun- 

 tains," "A Blaze at Barnegat," "The American Bittern," "The Death 

 of the Stag," "The Red Fox," "A Trip to Chateau Reiher, or Snipe 

 Shooting on the St. Lawrence," "Spring Snipe— a Rambling Paper," 

 "Domestication of Game Birds." 



M. H. P.— 1. Where can we find good lines for a cruiting sneakbox 

 for a crew of two? 2, We have a light practice boat which we wish to 

 provide, with seats, rowlocks and oars: where can we obtain correct 

 information as to the relative positions and dimensions of the same? 

 Ans. 1. We will publish the lines later on. Do not know where you 

 can find them. 2. In ordinary rojwboats the thwarts are placed 7Uin 

 below the gunwale, and the rowlocks aliout 9in. from after edge of 

 thwart. The thwarts should be placed so that the boat will trim witn 

 one, two, or more in her, allowing sufficient room between them for 

 the legs when extended. 



fachting. 



May 18.- 

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 May 30.- 

 Mav 30.- 

 May 30,- 

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 June O.- 

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 June 16. 

 June. 19 - 

 June 21.- 

 Juue 83.- 

 June 24. 

 June 2S. 

 June 30.- 

 June 30.- 

 July 4. 

 July 4. 

 July 9. 

 July 12. 

 July 12. 

 July 19, 

 July 26. 

 July 30. 

 Aug. 2. 

 Aug. 2; 

 Aug. 6. 

 Aug. 9, 

 Aug. 16. 

 Aug. 16. 

 Aug. 23. 

 Aug. 23, 

 Aug. 30. 

 Sept. 6 

 Sent. 6. 

 Sept. 13. 



FIXTURES. 



—Eclipse Y. C, Opening Cruise. 



— ©swego Y. O, Opening Cruise. 



—Boston Y. C., Opening Cruise. 



— Knickerbocker Y. C, Spring Matches. 



—Atlantic Y. O, Opening Cruise. 



-Newark Y. C, Spring Match. 



—South Boston Y. O, Spring Match. 



-City Point Mosquito Fleet, 13 and 15ft. boats. 



-New Haven Y. G., Opening Cruise. 



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



-Portland Y. O, Challenge Cup. 



—Atlantic Y. C., Annual Match. 



—Hudson River Y. C., Annual Match. 



-New York Y. C, Annual Matches. 



— Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., Annual Matches. 



-East River Y. C, Annual Matches. 



-Newark Y. C, Open Match. 



—New Jersey Y. C. Annual Match. 



—Hull Y. C, Pennant Match. 



—Newark Y. C. , Open Matches. 



-New Haven Y. O, Spring Match. 



-Boston Y. C. Ladies' Day. 



—Manhattan Y. O, Annual Cruise. 



—Eclipse Y. O. Spring Match. 



-Larchmont Y. 0., Annual ©pen Matches. 



-Hull Y. O. Review and Cruise, five days. 



—Beverly Y. C, Marblehead, First Championship. 



—Boston Y. O. Second Club Match. 



-Hull Y. C, First Club Match. 



—Hull Y. O, Ladies' Day. 



—Beverly Y. O, Nahant, Second Okauipionship. 



-Oswego Y. C, Open Matches. 



—Kingston, Out.. Open Matches. 



-Hull Y. O, First Championship Match. 



—Bay of Quinte Y. O. Gpen Matches. 



—Boston Y. O, Open Matches, all clubs. 



—Hull Y. C, Annual Open Matches. 



—Beverly Y. C., Swampscott, Third Championship. 



■Beverly Y. ('., Marblehead, Open Matches. 



Boston Y. O. Third Club Match. 



Hull Y. O, Second Championship Match. 



Hull Y. O, Third Championship Match. 



Beverly Y. O. Marblehead. Special Matches. 



Boston Y. C, Second Ladies' Day. 



THE HAND OF THE BOURBONS. 



AMOTION was made and promptly sat down upon recently in one 

 of the principal yacht clubs of New York to have the lines of 

 winning yachts taken off and kept on file as club property to further 

 interest and instruction. A similar rule is already enforced in 

 another club, and the parent institution insists upon the deposit of 

 every yacht's model in the club before granting permission to race. 

 The reasons, if they can be dignified as such, why the motion in this 

 particular club failed to pass, are as thoroughly stupid and benighted 

 as other customs for which the Bourbon and retrograde element in 

 yachting affairs is responsible. It was argued that builders spent a 

 life time in perfecting their models, and their success should not be 

 paraded for the profit of others. In other words, the less we know 

 and the less chance we are given to find out, so much the better. 

 Hide your light, little penny dips at that, under a thimble, lest some 

 one might catch a stray ray from toe feeble glim of bungling, blun- 

 dering stumbling upon the truths a yacht club is suppoed to or- 

 ganize to further in accord with the terms of its charter. The ridic- 

 ulous aspect of this opposition from the Bourbons is truly laughable. 

 Nine yachts out of every ten to be seen off Bay Ridge are more or 

 less hideous, misshapen boxes and traps no knowing man would deign 

 to look at twice, and the single exception in the ten is scarce equal to 

 mediocrity in most cases. The builders and owners of those yachts 

 could not reproduce the same vessels themselves if they tried 

 They are clumsily set up from rough, unfair whittled chunks 

 not within many inches of the boats supposed to be 

 copies of the elegant kindling wood furnished the owners to 

 play with, and upon which are based the sapient opinions 

 of people who have never been off soundings, who would not bet 

 heavily upon the tack they are sailing, and to whom a grommet or an 

 Irish splice are conundrums un fat-honied, aad accurate knowledge of 

 the principles of construction in theory or practice as much of a mys- 

 tery as the proper keyhole to a belated citizen among a row of tene- 

 ment houses. To thro'w safeguards around the brains the majority of 

 yachts represent, lest some deluded subject try to steal their horrible 

 forms and execrable sail plans, is carrying the selfishness of "pro- 

 tection" to a preposterous exaggeration. The plans of the famous 

 schooner America have been published broadcast the world over, 

 How many copies of the America have been attempted in this coun- 

 try or in Europe during the quarter century those plans have been 

 accessible to the public? And the same can be said of the Sappho, 

 the Mi-chief, and countless other vessels. If these, with their inter- 

 national reputations, have never been filched or even approximated 

 in a single case, what are the chances of any one's stealing the trav- 

 esties and dugouts which concentrate about Bay Ridge? The mere 

 vanity of the supposition is grotesque. Is there a man living who 

 would copy the Grayling, the Comet, the Gracie, or such an arch trap 

 as the Crocodile, needing only a breeze and .inadvertence at the wheel 

 to tumble over, fast as such boats have shown themselves to be in 

 smooth water? Was not the notable Columbia radically altered upon 

 recent rebuilding in spile of her record? Are we not all learning 

 every day, that any one should care to perpetuate the mistakes andfol- 

 Ijesof the past? Does anyone think of duplicating the &leam, with 

 near one hundred and fifty per cent, of ber loadline squared iu sail? 

 Has the owner of the Crocodile, who built several yachts in succes- 

 sion, all fast in mo lerate weather, stuck to the same set of lines all 

 through ? Was any one knowo to build an exact reproduction of any 

 yacht? Least of all, any of the great mass of tubs and machines which 

 were once so highly adored and are uow not quite so highly adored 

 any longer? Protect the builders indeed .: One would think mostof 

 those' interested scarce displayed enough, talent to go round in the 

 shape of a little free advertising. The squelching of this motion is a" 

 measure of the Bourbons and little bits of suburban minds which run 



t^«,vi^ H y the s core "> a peanut shell. Does a club which refuses 

 <o thi? D ,l prom -'? te knowledge in the matter of yacht building live up 

 i& ™ rnnrftl w charter - or & ft not a fit concern for the repeal of 

 mSS^ W I A p , ()lioy of suppression in these days is sure 

 with the of i ,„? th ? ute ™ al dry rot m the future. It is on a par 

 rVent M%»1 n «v f n ? "H 01 '," '" measurement nil* for fear the Zn- 

 £^.y£5S£^E^ rtntowfl0, * to t»e new. It is a repetition 

 ° T„" u, fnl fi con "?On sense which proclaims two feet of 



overhang, useful only as a mainsheet outrigg- \ Qe a Httie 



aiSX^'S&S to ^ , ^ I ®^STSrg 



GREAT BATTLES PROSPECTIVE. 



THE coming seasongivespromi.se of being the hottest on record 

 Innumerable cups are waiting to be captured and ocean races 

 will form the feature in the many events announced. More than ever 

 before will popular interest be riveted upon the great fight between 

 cutter and sloop, for preparations are being made for contests which 

 are destined to have a vast influence upon the course of the sport and 

 yacht construction in the future. The stately Bedouin, who van- 

 quished the redoubtable Gracie last fall, has been hauled out at New- 

 burgh and has had her lead keel rounded down in the latest fashion. 

 She is to come out with four feet more hoist and tackle her adver- 

 saries for once without the. handicap of being under-rigged She 

 proved herself good company for the best last year. 'Who will say 

 that, with a rig she can easily carry, her share of the mugs will not 

 be lif ted this summer from the light displacements of old ? Wenouah, 

 the most; precious pearl of naval construction in America to-day, has 

 had ten tons more lead bolted up below, so she can swing her big rig 

 to best advantage, and as she is already known as a fiver of the first 

 water, with four firsts out of five matches sailed last season, we look 

 for a goodly string of winning flags from her masthead by the time 

 the ice again drives her into winter quarters. These two clippers, 

 with the new Been thrown in as a dark horsee. will make up a trio 

 destined to "create revolutions" in our yacht-building history. It will 

 be a queer clay, indeed, when one of them does not do the piloting for 

 the. fleet. 



Then there are great hopes for Oriva. in the hands of an adept 

 Corinthian, after the splendid manner in which she settled Vixen, in 

 the Seawanhaka match last fall. Maggie, the nobby Utile fighting 

 c»ck of the East, has also been receiving attention in the way of more 

 lead on the keel, and we learn is like.w ise to bend a bigger fit of 

 dimity. This cutter is a notable pincher on a turn up, and "was good 

 enough for all hands last year, excepting the sloop Vixen. If the 

 improvements turn out as well as hoped, she may vet be able to score 

 from the fastest sloop ever launohed or likely to* be launched this 

 side of the Atlantic. She failed to loot with Vixen, but with more 

 rig she is certain to do better. How much of course remains to We 

 seen. Then we have another dark horse in Isis, Mr. Canfleld's new 

 cutter, and we learn that two ten-toa clippers are to be shipped to 

 this country from England in the spring. Recent letters from abroad 

 likewise have it that common rumor about Liverpool has picked out 

 a forty-ton cutter to pay us a visit of a friendly character, to try on 

 our skimming dishes, such as are left of that dying tribe of smooth- 

 water drifters. Add to this the debut of the numerous small fleet of 

 new cutters, the Merlin, the Rajah, the Rondina, the imported Daisy, 

 and lots of smaller shavers, and it can easily be seen that the history 

 of the. season will pivot upon the performance of the cutters. That 

 in view of the past, now that they will get something like a fair 

 show, the records will wind up with the cutters well up to the top 

 of the tree, we venture in prognostication of the fighting soon to be 

 started, and that the winter ahead will see further additions to the 

 ever growing family of cutters in our waters, we also consider as 

 good as a foregone conclusion. ■ 



AN OLD HAND ON DECK. 



Editor Forest (fid Stream: 



It is with great reluctance I write you upon the subject of yachts 

 and yachting in this great country of ours. While I am to the manor 

 born, an American, yet I cannot help but see some good in my fellow 

 men in other parts of the world, I, for one at least, feel as if there 

 was something yet to learn from them. I have had some experience, 

 both as a close observer of the building as well as modeling of yachts, 

 for a number of years, dating back to the tin e when Commodore 

 Stevens proudly walked the deck of the then wonder of New York, 

 the old sloop Maria, with ber great hollow boom, and was also ac- 

 quainted with that genius Steers, who first carried war into the Brit- 

 ish Lion's kingdon with the grand old America, Scarcely has there 

 been a yacht of any note, but I have seen started from keel up until 

 proudly floated upon the bosom of the waters, the admiration and hope 

 of thousands. I have sat down in the ship yards and chatted both 

 with builders, modellers and owners, and last but not least, have 

 read with' creat interest the criticisms of our daily journals, until I 

 arrive at this late day and for the first time in the history of yachting, 

 find oue^ournal which has the manliness to frankly tell us that we 

 were going to sleep while the wagon wheel ran hi the same old rut. 

 All hail to Forest and Stream, which first gave us some hints that 

 we were behind the age. Until it sprang intolife, we never saw a cut 

 or drawing like those so well portrayed in your entertaining journal. 

 Let us look at the past and then at the present, and see whether any 

 great improvement has been made. It has long been asserted that the 

 American yacht was a dish bottom. Now I hold to the contrary. There 

 are men, and the writer was one of them, who have for the last 

 thirty years argued in their private oapachy aguinst the shoal 

 flat boat as a seagoing pleasure craft, and contended that beam with- 

 out depth was faulty, and likewise depth without form. At this day 

 I still so contend. The great trouble is, I think, first, that we are 

 really infants in the business as yet: second, that nine out of ten who 

 either buy or build know nothing at all. and do not realize the pur- 

 pose they intend their vacht. for. The first word to the builder is, "I 

 want a yacht to go, and the next, "I do not want her to cost too 

 much." And what is the natural result? A lot of slip-shod built 

 craft, with a board fence for bulwarks and many other parts of the 

 mechanical work in keeping. We want a vessel huilt. We first con- 

 sult some of the so-called naval architects, and they make a lot of 

 pretty lines upon paper, beaut. fully showing great qualities and ample 

 room". Now for a builder, or more properly, contractor. He lumps 

 the job for so much. Of course he mutt have his profits, and he has 

 taken the work so low that he must sublet the getting out of the frame. 

 The planking is also let out, as well as the ceiling and joiner work, 

 and the fastening, boring, and tree-nailing, which are all sublet. Now 

 how are you going to get a first-class joo under such circumstances? 

 Last, but not least, is the caulking. It is done by the job. Not that 

 all builders do this, hut the greater part, and it can be proven. There- 

 suit is, as some of our wealthy yacht owners can testify, in one year 

 the yacht must be hauled out in the winter, and we read in the papers 

 that Mr. Jenkins has his yacht on Mr. Pinkey's ways undergoing ex- 

 tensive repairs for the next season— another bill of $5,000 or more; 

 and so if goes, until Mr. Ignoramus is sick, and sells out and goes out 

 of yachring. As the Frenchman would say, it is "one pig humbug." 

 We look with pride upon our yachts upon a calm June regatta day 

 as a sight to be proud of, yet how many do you find outside of those 

 entered for the great cups who dare poke their nose outside of the 

 Hook if it should happen to blow a single reef breeze? Look at the 

 record of the regatta of '62. when the Montauk made her maiden and 

 successful race. A nice full-sail breeze and only one schooner yacht 

 at the lightship to see them turn, and large steam yachts making, 

 one dive to see how deep it was, and then turn back for the sheltered 

 waters of the Horseshoe and call it yachting. Some of the large 

 schooners had great trouble to get there with foresail stowed, and 

 diving out of sight. Now, what is the trouble? There must be 

 faulty construction and oversparring. Think of it. ye bold yachts- 

 men, a little 40ft. clam sloop, coming up the beach in the month of 

 March, decks to. with perfect safety, »nd not a yacht of her size dare 

 poke her nose outside for Hampton Roads. Yet we read and see con- 

 tinually of our cousins across the water cruising up the 31editerranean 

 or up liie const of Norway in a boat of similar size. 1 am not going 

 to condemn our yachts by any means as being all wrong- We have 

 some good boats which it will be hard to beat, inside or out, but you 

 can almost count them on your fingers' ends. Ho on with your good 

 work is my advice to Foeest asd Stream. What we need are safe, 

 able and comfortable boats, which, if it comes on to blow, can stay 

 there, and not have to run for the first, harbor that is close by. 



As to model, at another time I will intrude upon your space, and 

 have something to say. Ezekiel. 



OPINIONS AGAINST FACTS. 



ADVICES from England inform us that during hi' recent visit to 

 Liverpool Mr. Busk, owner of the Mischief, "ridiculed the idea 

 of cutters ever becoming popular in America." There are in New 

 YorK and Boston just three large racing sloop:- representing the ex- 

 tent to which such boats have become popular during the develop- 

 ment of yachling since the war which closed twenty years ago. Dur- 

 ing the past three years only a like number of large cutters have been 

 built, so that at this day they enjoy at least equal recognition from 

 the public. When Mr. Busk sails Fast next season and looksaboatat 

 ffny general meeting of the fleet lie will discover cutters in every 

 Nifr-etion, more than he will be ahle to count. If Mr. Busk had read 

 the papers he would also have.lmown that over twenty cutters have 

 been constructed this winter. If he were as well situated as we are 

 to judge of the public pulse be would Vnnw that hundreds of peopte 



