[Jclt 17. 1884 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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TORONTO C. C— Ar a meeting of the Toronto C. 0. held on the 3d 

 of July it, was decided bo give prizes for two races at the A. C A. 

 Bt— Two prizes given by the Olub lor a six mile sailing race 

 open to all A C, A. canoes, DO limit as to rig or ballast. Second- 



i commodore, for a sailing race before the 

 wind, not less than a mile, open to all canoes, sneakboxes, or similar 

 craft, .No sails to be hoisted until I be start ing signal is given. By 

 this race the commodore hopes to show the superiority of a sail hoisted 

 by a halliard over lateens, etc. It is quite possible the superiority 

 may no1 be shown to any great extent, but at any rate it will be an 

 amusing race, and one that ought to have a large number of entries, 

 In running, length is probably the most important factor, and as 

 canoes do not vary much m that measurement all should have a 

 chance. Now don't Forget your spinnakers when starting for the 

 meet. T*i i se races will probabljrbe the 10th of August, 



uben all likely to participate in races will be present, ItwasalBo 

 considered that the A. C, A should give prizes for recti ng gears, 

 canoe tents, sleeping outfits, cooking kits, etc. Such contes 

 not be open to the objections urged against racing. If the A. C. A. 

 does not move in the matter perhaps clubs might.— Boreas. 



MONTREAL C. C— The officers of this club, elected July 32, are; 

 President Forbes Torrance: Fist Vice-President, Chas. M. Whitelaw; 

 Second Vice-President, lb K. Ross; Treasurer. R. Campbell Nelles; 

 Secretary, E. A. Patterson The Kxcutive Committee is formed of 

 [< men mentioned above. The club is composed of several 

 divisions, each having a commodore and vice-commodore, as follows: 

 st. Anne's, R, M. Esdaile, Commodore; L. Dowker, Vice Commodore; 

 Pointe Clair. ,T. E. Rendell, Commodore: — Campbell, Vice-Commo- 

 dore; Laehine. W. de Blaquierc, Commodore; A. Kobl. Vice Commo- 

 dore: Yaiidreuil, I). W. Allen, Commodore: . Vice-Commodore: 



Valois, J. Paton, Commodore; J. G. Ross. Vice- Commodore; Dorval, 



, Commodore; . Vice-Commodore; Longueuil, A. M'Keand, 



Commodore; ft S, Shaw. Vice-Commodore. These gentlemen with 

 the executive committee, form the general committee of the club. 

 Delegates will be appointed by the executive committee to attend the 

 A. C. A. meet. A constitution and by-laws, club colors and motto 

 will shortly be decided on. Applications for membership should be 

 made to the Secretary, No. 226 McGill street, Montreal. 



NEW YORK 0. O— A sailing race took place on Saturday. Julv 12, 

 at New Brighton, between the Dot, C. B. Vaux, Freak, C. V. R. 

 Schuyler, and Tramp, C. A. Stevens, over a triangular course of 

 about tnrec miles. The tide was running down, with a fresh breeze 

 up, when the boats got away at 4:30, Freak leading. Tramp dropped 

 out on the first leg, Dot led at first mark, a bark anchored off tbe 

 cotton docks, and kept her lead on the run to Buoy 17, but coming in 

 Freak passed her, winning at 5:25 P. M. Mr. King. Clyde C. C, was 

 present, and took several photos. After the race the canoeists sailed 

 up tae Kills and took supper at Marmalade Lodge, spending the night 

 there. Another race will take place next Saturday at 4 P. M. Mr. 

 Newman is away with Dr. Neide at the camp, Mr. Burchard is cruis- 

 ing with Mr. Stoddard, and reported at Proviuoetown on thelltb, Mr. 

 Alden is on his annual cruise down the Richelieu, Messrs. Norton and 

 Van Rensselaer are cruising in the latter's yacht Daisy. 



ROYAL C. ft— On Saturday last a race came off at Teddington 

 under novel conditions, which it was thought would prove attractive 

 to many of those members owning cruising canoes of paddleable- 

 sailing type. Only four entries were received, however, and of these 

 only two were of the class for whose benefit the prizes were offered. 

 Paddling and sailing race; sail down wind and paddle back; three 

 times round— Zoedone. Mr. A B. Digram; Windrush, Mr. 0. Penrose; 

 Mignon, Mr. F. T. Miles; Foam, Mr. H. Church. Windrush did not 

 start. They started paddling down stream. Ingram soon showing to 

 the front, followed by Church. Miles was in a heavy canoe, and 

 failed to keep up with* the others. Ingram maintained his lead until 

 sailing up for the last time, when Church got a breeze and closed up 

 considerably. Ingram was similarly favored shortly afterward, and 

 won a good race by over 50yds. — London Field, June 28. 



OSHKOSH C. C. -Editor Forest and Stream: The Oshkosh C. 0. 

 held their first race on July 4, around a triangle. 1 mile on each side, 

 for three prizes. The entries, with time, were as follows: 



Start. Finish. 



Alice -.. .. ..Otto Schloub 3 17 00 3 57 00 



Sis F. H. Grav .3 17 00 3 57 30 



Reme Win. Session 3 17 00 3 58 20 



DollieR Wm. A. Radford 3 17 00 Nottaken 



Aloha - . ...Win. J. McKay 3 17 00 Nottaken 



P. D. Q Frank Rellard 3 17 00 Not taken 



Gus Tiuitue . 3 17 00 Not taken 



"Wind light from the west. Judge, D. H. Montgomery. The club 

 will have have a race July lfj for the championship.— F. H. G. 



PETERRORO BOATING CLUB.— A. parade of canoes by moon- 

 light took place on Little Lake, Peterboro, on July 4. nearly fifty 

 canoes of the t- 1 . B. O, taking part. Each canoe carried one or two 

 lady passengers and was decorated with several Chinese lanterns, 

 Tue procession formed in line across the lake at 8 P. M., under com- 

 mand of the president of the club and CoLH. C. Rogers, rear-com- 

 modore of the A. C. A., after which they paddled down, performing 

 a number of maneuvers, finally returning to the starting point, 

 after which all the canoes gathered together and songs were sung. 

 the meeting breaking up at 10 P. M. Thursday evening of eaeh week 

 will be set apart for similar squadron drills and parades, in prepara- 

 tion for the A. C. A. meet. 



AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY.— It is probable that a number of 

 canoeists who will attend tne meet next month will take their cameras 

 with them. Would it not be a good time for an exchange of experi- 

 ences on the subject of amateur photography? If such an expert as 

 Mr. L. W. Seavcy, of New York, is present, he would no doubt give 

 a most interesting discourse on the subject, and such amateurs as 

 Messrs. Pullen , Fraser, Taylor and others could give beginners the 

 benefit of their experience. Views of camps, canoes, etc., might be 

 exchanged. Let us hear from all canoe and camera men. —Boreas. 



A. C, A. MEET.— Dr. Neide is now in camp at Grindstone Island, 

 and his address until Aug. 15 will be "A, C. A. Camp, Clayton, N. T." 

 "We note in another phce a moonlight parade of canoes m Peterboro. 

 Why would not a similar display be possible at the meet? In view of 

 such an event each canoeist should provide a few Chinese lanterns 

 and caudles as a part of his equipment. 



AMSTERDAM C C— This club enjoyed a run down the Hudson on 

 the night of July 3. camping out and spending the following day 

 sailing, there being a flue breeze all day. 



Jxchting. 



FIXTURES. 



Secretaries of yacht clubs will please send early notice of pro- 

 posed matches and meetings. 

 July 19.— Hull Y. C, Ladies' Day. 

 July 24.— Eastern Y. C, Annual Cruise. 



July 26.— Beverly Y T . C, Nahant. Second Championship Match. 

 July 30. - Lake Y. R. A.. First Matches, Oswego. N. Y. 

 July 30, — Oswego Y. O, Annual Matches. 

 July 30.— Quincy Y. C Third Match. 

 Aug. 2.— Hull Y. ft, First Championship, 

 Aug. 4.— Quaker City Y. O. Review and Harbor Cruise. 

 Aug. 9.— Boston Y. G, Annual Matches. 

 Aug. 11-25.— Quaker City Y. O., Annual Cruise in Chesapeake and 



Delaware Bays. 

 Aug. 16— Salem Bay Y. C. Open Matches. 

 Aug. lO.-Hull Y. C, Open Matches. 

 Aug. 23.- Boston Y. C, Third Club Match. 

 Aug. 23.— Beverly Y. C, Open Match. 

 Aug. 26.— Beverly Y. C, Special. Marblehead. 

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

 Aug. 30.— Hull Y. C, Second Championship Match. 

 Sept. 3.— Hull x~. C, Third Championship Match. 

 Sept. 4— Salem Bay Y. C. Second Championship Match. 

 Sept. 6.— Beverly Y. C, Marblehead, Special Match. 

 Sept. 6— Hull Y, ft, Third Championship Match. 

 Sept. It.— Quincy Y. C, Last Race. 

 Sept. J.I.— Hrenton's Reef Challenge Cup. 

 Sept. 13.— Boston Y. C, Ladies' Day. 

 Sept. 13, — Boston Y. C, Fall Matches. 

 Sept. 14,— Quaker City Y. C, Review and Cup Race. 

 Sept. 28,— Quaker City Y. C , Review and Harbor Cruise. 

 Oct. 5,— Quaker City Y. C. Closing Review and Cruise. 



P-THE BIG JIB MUST GO.— The fact is some yachtsmeu, or those 

 in charge of yachts, have been working so long in one rut there is no 

 possibility of their leaving it. With many yachtsmen racing simply 

 means hoisting sails, and then if the wind blows hard enough so that 

 the big jib cannot be carried, why— they go borne. This has been the 

 time-honored custom, but it cannot be so much louger. The yachts- 

 man who has the en teiprise to rig bis boat with chain halliards, so 

 as to be ready for all kinds of weather, will be the yachtsman who 

 will win cups when the water is rough.— N. Y. Herald. July 12. 



FROM PORT MORRIS TO LAKE GEORGE. 



A FRIEND of mine, being anxious to take a sailboat to Lake George' 

 we determined to sail it up ourselves. The trip presented many 

 amusing incidents, which I now will endeavor to jotuown. 



We started from Port Morris, near Harlem, three of u«, in the 

 Breeze, which we had converted from a sloop into a catboat. She is 

 about 85ft. long, loft. beam, stiff as a bouse, and quite fast. It was 

 Sunday morning, which day we had chosen because fewer ferry and 

 other boats run on that day. We passed Hell Gate In fine Style, a 

 strong wind blowing at the time; down tbe East River we proceeded, 

 the wind beginning to die out. There was so little little left when we 

 reached the bridge that we merely drifted under it, and kept on drift- 

 ing, too, until, to all intents and purposes, we seemed bent on a trip 

 to Europe. 



By and by a little breeze sprang up, and we wire enabled to go up 

 the North River and managed to reach Yonkers that evening. Here 

 we anchored for the night and took our last meals on shore for quite 

 a while. 



Next morning before we sailed away, the little oil' stove was put 

 into requisition, hot coffee, bread, corned beef, hot com, sweet peas, 

 and a can of peaches furnished that morning's entertainment, which 

 the cook for the day, an honor evenly divided between us, called 

 "just a light breakfast," which we. innocently took as such. As we 

 had a heavier lunch and a still more weighty dinner, followed by a 

 mild supper, I shall not refer to food again, therefore, let at once 

 the alarmed reader know that starvation was no part and parcel of 

 the programme. 



The next day's sail was very pleasant up the broad Hudson, with 

 its beautiful lofty banks, here and there dotted with pretty, cool 

 summer residences. Reaching the Tappau Zee. a good wind blew 

 over the broad expanse of water, and pleasant indeed was the sail- 

 ing then, after the hot days in New York. That evening we reached 

 Havorstraw, and anchored near some brick works in a very pretty 

 little bay. Next day we started somewhat late, and with little wind 

 and a great deal of drifting, we. reached West Point, where we stopped 

 all night near the railway track, and tbe thundering of trains and the 

 big swells from the night steamers kept the others awake, but not 

 the writer, who sleepeth tne sleep of the just at all times, an. 1 hath 

 even, but caluuiniously, been accused of snoring, albeit the Hood 

 gates of heaven and the peals of thunder have poured forth the vials 

 of their wrath on the thin and only blanket which hath at such time 

 been bis sole covering under such aforesaid heaven. 



The next day was uneventful, we only reached Poughkeepsie, and 

 anchored near there: saw none of the maidens that dwell within the 

 caves of Vassar, but we allowed ourselves to dream of them at 

 leisure — lots of leisure. Next morning we mildly drifted up with the 

 tide for one or two miles, when just before noon the wind began to 

 blow great guns ! and we. before dark, covered the fifty-odd miles up 

 to Catskill, making a splendid run. the wind right behind and blow- 

 ing so as to make us feel glad the Breeze had a good solid mast. 

 Next morning the wind kept up and we finished the distance up to 

 Albany in about five hours — some thirty and a few miles. 



Here we had our mast unshipped and were compelled to say good 

 bye to one. of our party who was obliged to return to New Y r ork, so 

 that my friend, the owner of the Breeze, and myself, with Jim. an 

 Irish setter, were left to go on with the journey. 



From here we were towed up to Troy, and thence to West Troy, 

 where we arrived in the afternoon; we then went to Waterford, 

 where the Northern Canal to Whitehall begins. 



Here we happily fell in with an exceedingly intoxicated but withall 

 friendly gentleman, who many times consigned himself, his eyes and 

 his soul to everlasting perdition in endeavoring betterto prove his 

 high regard for my friend and myself, and who gave us much infor- 

 mation as to canals in general and his own disinterestedness in par- 

 ticular. The result was that we got a clearance that evening and en- 

 gaged a native to tow us to Whitehall. 



We lay ourselves down to sleep in the boat near the canal, after 

 carelessly exhibiting several firearms, and assuring the trusring 

 aborigines that Jim the setter has been found guilty of manslaughter 

 on several occasions. Poor Jim! Thou oft calumniated canine, I 

 must doubt whether thou ever hast tried to bite aught but a flea, and 

 even then hast thou probably not succeeded, 



Next morning, after passing through locks innumerable until our 

 heads felt dizzy, two unfortunate Columbuses might have been pre- 

 ceived seeking new- worlds to conquer in a canal, meandering through 

 the. complicated curves of said canal. 



Our painter was hitched onto the back of the craziest buggy I have 

 ever seen, in fact quite a new thing in the way of buggies, resembling 

 a daddy longlegs after a stampede. The driver was peacefully nod- 

 ding away the stilly hours, sealed with great daring on that very 

 buggy, and drawn by a quudruped whose back might have shed the 

 rain beautifully on account of its sloping Gothic shape, and whose 

 head in profile resembled that of a goat, and in full face that cf a 

 bald eagle. 



Ou this canal new tinners were revealed unto me, the. fact is, I really 

 had never heard any swearing beiore. Many times in the gorgeous 

 Maine woods had I heard a guide deliver an oration so interlarded 

 with profanity that the cold shivers ran down my back. On many 

 other occasions, as a wanderer over the face of the earth, had Iheard 

 a thing or two in that line: notwithstanding all this, I was really 

 innocent as a child unboru in blasphemous literature until I came 

 across these sturdy champions. I nave recently read of a man who 

 described a certain variety of pie, manufactured by bis fond maiernal 

 parent, as being almost religion ; this was not religion, but it decidedly 

 belonged to the book of revelations. We often could see a set of 

 canal mules trudging toward us a quarter of a mile aw-av, the sweet 

 strains of blood-thirsty endearments v ould reach our "ears, louder 

 and louder would they grow, the canal boat would pass us. our driver 

 and their driver would cheerfully salute each other with sundry 

 absolutely ferocious insults : our hair stood on end. With an extra kick 

 at and from the mules they passed on, and the sweet music would 

 last until they were lost in the distance. 



Two days were thus wmiled away, and one afternoon we reached 

 Whitehall. We had been informed that we could that day take the 

 Canada tow, which conveys many large canal boats to Canada, and 

 was to start at 4 o'clock. We arrived at the locks and managed to 

 get through them at about five minutes past four, in excellent time 

 to see the tow puffing away in the distance. We tried to row the big 

 catboat up and reach the tow, and our efforts were proving unavail- 

 ing, when tw^o kind gentlemen who were enjoying a row- offered us a 

 help, and taking our painter they pulled us up manfully, and we suc- 

 ceeded in reaching the tow. We hitched on to one of tbe boats and 

 enjoyed a good rest. 



The boatman informed us that we would reach Ticonderoga at or 

 about one in the morning, a cheerful prospect, and then asked if we 

 had any whiskey on board. We had to acknowledge the soft impeach- 

 ment and pull out about half a quart that was left of a solitary bottle 

 (upon ay word) which we had laid hi in New York, for possible medi- 

 cal use. There were four men on the canal boat, and I have carefully 

 since computed that their stomachs can stand a pressure of about 

 seventeen atmosphers. for in a few seconds the bottle was empty and 

 the whole gone, not to join the angels. 



One of the men assured us that he would let us know when we 

 reached Ticonderoga; he said we could not mistake it anyhow, and 

 described it lucidly, saying that there was a point and thi n a bay, 

 and old rums on top of the point; that was very clear, of course, as 

 points and bays were as tniek as peas, and the darkness of Egypt 

 prevailed. We suddenly, at about 1 o'clock, thought that we must 

 be about there. We could see a bay and a point, of course, as we 

 could have done anywhere, our friends wei e all asleep, so trusting 

 to luck we cast off our line; my friend had seen Ticonderoga in the 

 day time a few years before, and thought this might be it. 



We pulled the hoat toward shore and anchored for the night, after 

 having had our blood half curdled in our veins by a set of the most 

 demoniacal yells i have ever beard, but which probably really con- 

 sisted of the dilettante efforts of some amateur bullfrog. 



At dawn of light next morning, we found that we really were righ t 

 near Ticonderoga, so we puUed the boat a few hundred yards up the 

 river, and majestically anchored in two feet of water on a tenacious 

 mud bottom. 



That day we could proceed no further, but we made arrangements 

 with a teamster to take us into Lake George, for the boat had to be 

 taken out of the water, placed on a wagon and taken to the lake, a 

 distance of a bout a mile and a half. We arranged to have everything 

 done the next morning, and for the first time since we left New York 

 we went and partook of most excellent hotel fare. During tbe night 

 it poured hard, and we took refuge in the hotel. We had arranged 

 to be at work next, morning at 7 o'clock, but seeing that it was pour- 

 ing nard at about half-past 6, we turned on our pillows and slumbered 

 on, persuaded that no one was anxious to get drowned. 



The first thing we knew our teamster friend made a violent irrup- 

 tion into my room, a cloud of vapor arisiug from his garments, and 

 with the peculiar husky voice which so generally results from much 

 water "extra" and much whisky 'intra," informed me that he'd be 

 considerably perditionized if he was going to wait any longer. I put 

 on my rubber coat, rubber hip boots and" rubber hat, mv friend did 

 about the same, and w-e sallied forth. When we reached the river we 

 found a large wagon, on which two large timbers had been bolted to 

 hold the keel. The wagon was backed into the river by our man, who 

 was at that time at the happy stage of intoxication, and who was 

 backing Lis horses into the river in an aimless wav, with great danger 

 of drowning himself and his horses. At last it'was far enough out, 

 and the boat was floated onto and made fast to the wagon. Then, 

 with perfect happiness, we found out that neither two nor four 

 horses could draw it out, the wheels being a foot deep in the mud. 



At last we managed to procure a set of blocks, and making every- 

 thing fast, with a team of horses on the fall we got her out. 



The teamster meanwhile bad mostly looked on. sworn at th 

 slanders, and taken frequent swies at a pint, bottle of fluid lightning, 

 and had become half maudl'n and half uproarious, as he wanted to 

 boss the whole busines, and did everything wrong, This was a big 

 nuisance, and we planned several ways of getting rid of him, 1 pro- 

 posed knocking him over several times, and then laying him in tbe 

 hoat, but we thought the remedy w-as slightly harsh. Then we 

 thought of giving him more lightning, hut ire remembered 

 that Ticonderoga was but a small town and probably did not Si 

 enough of it to soak thoroughly su-h a sponge. Finally we managed 

 to get on, as he became affectionate and only wanted to kiss us. We 

 promised we would let him if he behaved, and finally reached Lake 

 George, where the wagon was again backed in the water, and the 

 Breeze afloat once more, 



Next day the mast was shipped, the sail bent, and ballast put in, as 

 we had removed what we had in before taking the boat across. In 

 the afternoon we sailed, but as the wind died out we only reached 

 Rogers Rock, and we stopped all night, at the hotel there. 



Next morning we sailed off once more, but the wind blew so hard 

 that we bad to take in a reef, for tbe first time duriug the voyage. 

 The wind being dead against as we had to tack about a great deal, 

 and. though going very fast, we did not get on very rapidly toward 

 Oltr destination. During the afternoon we were struck by two or 

 three very violent squalls, in which ibe Breeze behaved nobly, 



Tovard evening the wind died out and wc were doing nothing for 

 quite a While. Toward our left on sliore n e could preeeive the Iloii- 

 00n Pavilion, and we tried to reach that. 1 got out in the skiff, tied 

 the Breeze's painter to the seat of the skiff, as 1 had no ring behind, 

 and began tugging toward there. It had become pitch dark then, 

 but we could see a faint light toward the pavilion. The water was 

 smooth and glassy tbe sky cloudy and dark. 



Suddenly, like a lightning dash, the water became one white sheet 

 about a quarter mile north of us, and in one moment the squall 

 struck our sail that had been flapping idly before. Fortunately our 

 main sneel was loose, hut the shock was so sudden that the bow- 

 swung round, dragging my skiff and myself sideways. I shipped 

 almost half the skiff "full of water, but' managed to save myself 

 from upsetting and reached the Breeze. I made the skiff fast and 

 rushed forward, My friend had already let down the peak, and I 

 let down the throat, and we got tbe sail down on deck, for we could 

 not think of sailing in such a squall, in absolute darkness, among 

 hundreds of rocky islands. We drifted slightly toward shore, where 

 we could still see 'the light burning, and made ready soon to cast the 

 anchor, when suddenly the light went out, leaving us in the darkness 

 of Egypt. We guessed at how near we were to shore, and shortly 

 after cast our anchor. About sixty feet of chain rolled out and it 

 stopped : we let out about thirty feet more and waited anxiously. 

 It was holding. 



The wind was whistling furiously through the rigging, huge waves 

 were tossing us about, but, worst of all was the darkness. At 11:30 

 we began dragging, let out more chain, dragging still, all We had, 

 dragging again; we suddenly stopped a moment, a big wave lifted us 

 up, we felt a shock and the big anchor and a hundred feet of chain 

 were gone. Now we began drifting; it was about 1 o'clock; we made 

 a drag with our pail, but it did not help us much. In that way we 

 drifted, how long I hardly know, through a maze of islands which 

 made me shiver "next morning when looking- at them. We suddenly 

 were stopped, in the dark, and we knew we had stranded somewhere. 

 Regardless of the boat or anything else, we hopped into the water, 

 nearly to our waists, and made for shore, a few yards distant, where 

 we froze all night on a luxurious granite couch. 



When morning came we saw we were in the only place where the 

 Breeze could have stranded for miles without hurting herself, and, 

 curiously enough, hardly two hundred yards from the Hundred 

 Island House, which was our destination. The Breeze was safe and 

 so were we. Thus ended a pleasant trip, and thus ends, 1 am afraid, 

 a long and perhaps tedious narrative. Gr. V S. 



"KITES AGAINST SAILS." 



THE following accotmt, as promised in my last letter to Forest and 

 Stream, of one of tbe races in which a kite-drawn boat was en- 

 gaged, is copied from an English magazine of 1880: 



'•It, was on a fine August morning, forty years ago, when we made 

 our way to Rownham Ferry to try what we could do with the Laura 

 against the Gipsy yacht, whose owner, proud in her achievements, 

 had laughed to scorn our willingness to match our kite-sailed boat 

 against her from Rownham to Old Passage and back. 



"Our party was a numerous one, mustering upward of a dozen, and 

 very merry were we, but anxious witnal, as the Gipsy was well-known 

 for her fast sailing qualities, and the wmd was of just that nature 

 that best suited our opponents. 



"The kites and apparatus we had sent on before, and when we 

 arrived at the Ferry we found the Lauiaall ready for us and the 

 Gipsy just getting out into the stream. After a little delay we started 

 about 10 o'clock, but in the meantime the wind had dropped and 

 shifted so that our expectations were somewhat more cheeiful than 

 they had been as we journeyed to the river. It uid not take long to 

 get off, the pilot kite ran up in rare style, and the main followed with- 

 out trouble, and was soon brought into work. Away we went, but 

 not so the Gipsy, for the wind had fallen so that she scarcely moved, 

 and after we had gone as far as the Hotwells it became obvious that 

 if there was to be any race at all it must begin lower down, 

 and so we threw the main kite on the wind, and stood by 

 to allow the yacht to slowly overtake us. Wben sbe did so 

 her owner confessed that we had the better of him in the 

 narrow gorge, as his sails could get no wind, and ours, right 

 away above the crest of the downs, were as full as we wished, but he 

 was convinced we should have no chance further on. and so we sailed 

 for Pill, and waited till the Gipsy, by sailing and tugging and the aid 

 cf the stream, floated down to us. At Pill The race really began, 

 and the yacht had decidedly the best of the stait. the breeze had 

 freshened, and away both boats bowled past Broad Pill and the Gib- 

 bet Pole into the Channel. 



"It soon became obvious that we could do as we liked with the 

 Gipsy, who only led for a few hundred yards at the beginning, and 

 as we got off Chittemng Wharf, we were leading so far that we ran 

 across the bows of the yacht, and allowed her to pass to port of us. 

 No sooner bad she gone by than we crossed back into our o» n course 

 and came up to her hand over hand. In vain she maneuvered, in 

 vain her captain endeavored to shake us off. We slipped past her 

 as if she were standing still, and off Aust Cliff, which was the end of 

 our outward journey, we were half a mile ahead. 



■We turnea and waited till the yacht came up, and when she went 

 about w-e follow ed her, and commenced her return. But if the kites 

 had beaten the sails easdy on the journey up the Channel they fairly 

 made an exhibition of them on the run home, for the wind had backed 

 and we could sail much nearer it than the Gipsy could, so after a 



food deal of 'chaffing' and sailing around her once again, we bid 

 er crew good-bye, and giving an extra pull at our braces to bring the 

 kites into full action, literally jumped off from her, and sped away 

 to Rownham to order the dinner at tbe expen.se of her owner, which, 

 by the terms of the match, the loser baa to stand." 



I will sometime or other copy out from the same magazine a 

 description of the kites used on this and similar boats, and perhaps 

 some small yacht may put one on at the bow and go "kiting" to vic- 

 tory "Hoiks." Elliot. 



HULL Y. C. ANNUAL MATCHES. 



THIS club held their forty second matches on Saturday, July 12, 

 over their course off the club house at Hull. The race was open 

 to yachts of the club only, which were classified as follows: first 

 class, sloops and cutters of over 30ft,., $25; second class, sloops, 25ft. 

 and under 30ft., prizes, $20 and §15; third class, sloops, 2ift. and 

 under 25ft,, prizes, $15 and $10; fourth class, cats, 20ft. and under 

 86lt„ prizes, $15, $10, $5; fifth class, cats, 18ft. and under 20ff., prizes, 

 $15, $10, $5; sixth class, cats, under 18ft., prizes, $10, $5. 



Each yacht was allowed one man per lit. of length. In third class, 

 sloop;- were allowed only mainsail, jib and gafftopsail, catboats being 

 allowed but one sail. 



The course for first, and second classes was : From judges' line to 

 Black Brush buoy. No. 1, half a mile south, leaving it on starboard, 

 to yellow barrel marked H.Y.C., off Pettick's Island, leaving it on 

 the starboard, through Hull Gut to buoy on Wmslow's Rock off 

 Kainsford Island, Paving it on starboard; thence leaving Hunt's 

 Ledge and Point All :rton buoys on starboard to bell hoat ou Hard- 

 ing Ledge, leaving same to port; returning, leaving Point Allerton 

 and Hunt's Ledge buoys on port, to judges' boat, passing between it 

 and flagboat; distance eleven miles. Course for third class— From 

 judges' line to West Gut, leaving Pettick's Island onstarboard; tience 

 northeast by north three-quarters of a mile to black buoy on Wilson's 

 Rock, leaving it on starboard : thence to striped buoy on Hunt's 

 Ledge, leaving it on the starboard, through Hull Gut. to the judges' 

 boat, passing between it and the red flag— seven nautical miles. 

 Course for fourth, fifth and sixth classes— From judges' line to steam 

 boat barrel off Seal Bocks, leaving it on staYhoard, to buoy off 

 Prince's Head, leaving it on port, to No. I Brush buoy i'V£ mile s'outh 

 of starting point), leaving it ro starboard, to yellow barrel buoy 

 marked H.Y.C.. off Strawberry Hill, leaving lt on p or j^ lo steamboat 

 barrel off Seal Rocks, leaving it on port, to buoy on Prince's Head, 

 leaviug it on starboard, to barrel buoy off Pettick's. leaving it on 

 starboard, to judges' boat, passing between it and flagboat. 



The Regatta Committee were Messrs, M. J, Kiley. chairman; J, A, 



