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THE TRAP: 
* Correspondents who fovor us with club scores'are particularly re - 
quested to write on one side of the paper only. 
AMERICAN SHOTGUN ASSOCIATION. 
die plan of the proposed national association has already been 
printed in these columns. We learn from Mr, J. #, Bloom, that 
the project is meéting approval on all sides, and the New Orleans 
tourmament is likely to see the regular organization perfected, Itis 
proposed to adjourn from New Orléans to a meeting at rhe Cincin- 
nati bench showin May. A large number of clubs and individuals 
have given their indorsement of the undertaking, and haye con- 
sented to take ati active part init. Among them are the following: 
F. L. Chamberlain, Cleveland, 0.; F, M, Gilbert, the funny man of 
the Eyansyille (Ind,) 4irgus: Dr. l.. B. Russell, president Central Ohio 
Shooting Association; J, , Ives, Meriden, Gonn.; ©. M. Stark, Dun- 
barton, N. H.: Wm. G, Cooper, president Chatham Gun ulub, Sayan- 
nah, Ga.; G. PB. Richards, secretary Southern Ul. Sportsmen's As- 
Fociation, Du Quom; A. G. Flewellin, Bellville, Tll.; BE. $8. Holmes, 
resident Michigan State Sportsmen's Association; W. #, Limberg, 
imeinnati; W. W, Parker, Elizabeth, N.J.; BE. G. Torrington, Port- 
land, Me,; T. B. Davis, Portland. Me.; A. Kirkwood, Boston Gun 
Club; A. MeMurchy, Cincinnati, 0. 
Communications relating to membership should be addressed to 
Mr. J. B. Bloom, Cincinnati, 0. 
MAY BHES.—Brooklyn, Jan. 15.—At aimeeting of the Acme Rod 
and Gun Club, the name was change to the May Bee Gun Club, The 
following officers were elected for the ensuing year: M. Buchman. 
President; J. Link, Vice-President; C. Munk, Treasurer; T. Short, 
Secretary. Monthly shoot Jan. 14, at 20 glass balls each, from rotary 
wap, ey H, Knebel, Jr,, 15, T, Short 14, ©. Munk 13, M, Buchman 
,d. Link 11. 
BARRIB, Canada, Jan. 1f.—Pigeon tournament for $200 under the 
auspices of the Barrie Gun Club, The match was shot under Domin- 
ion rules, and at 15 birds each, which were exceptionally good; weather 
yery cold. Following are the full scores: 
Townsend...... 1111117111017110—48 Paseoe......... 4111114111111711—16 
IBTAPR: Welgeester els W11111110101141—13 MIrvine,.... .... 111111119111111--18 
Blong...-... . 111110110111111—15 Bell........ .. 1190111110101 —14 
Cummings,.... 011111110111310—12 Shanacy....... 111110111011111—13 
DL Rogers... .1101111711011110—42 - Grant.......... 141101111311111—14 
_ Pascoe and Irvine divided. Ties for third at 26yds.: Bell 1111—4; 
Grant 100, Ties for fifth: Shanacy, 26yds. 11i01—4, 8lyds. 011—2; 
Townsend, 11110—4, 001. Ties for seventh: Blong, 26yds., 01001; 
3lyds., 111. Blae, 00011; 101.—M. 8. 
WORCKSTER, Mass., Jan. 13.—The first of a series of handicap 
matches took place to-day at the South End range. Hach man shot 
a string of ten balls,.and only the number broken in excess of the 
handicap were counted. The hest. scores were as follows: E.§. Poore, 
handicap 6, score 3 points; ©..S, Day, handicap 6, score points; A. 
L, Gilman, handicap 8, score:2 pomts; W, Ll, Doris, handicap §, score 
2 points; H. W. Webber, handicap 8, score 1 point, 
THE CLAY-PIGHON TOURNAMENT AT NEW ORLEANS.—<Ad- 
flitional enities have been made. The Tekamah (Neb) Club will be 
represented. Two teams are expected from the Chatham (jun Club, 
of Savannah, Ga, Messrs. Wm. Childs (N, Y.) have donated one of 
their folding centerboards as special prize. 
dachting. 
PUT UNDER THE LEE. 
BK. HYSLOP has already taken Mr. Prague in hand for his distor- 
i tions in apreyious communication, and Il regzreted to find an- 
other assault last week from Mr. Prague in your columns, which 
ought not to go uncontradicted, in justice to the person attacked. It 
seems impolitic to waste your space with letters which contain neither 
information nor fact, and exhibit a total lack of familiarity with 
yachting affairs besides, Presumably you publish Mr. Prague’s mis- 
sives to avoid a charge of partiality in refusing him e hearing. When 
Thad the pleasure of steering your columns, letters of light caliber 
and mythicalin their allegations were tossed into the waste basket, 
and Teared nota tinker’s blessing what anybody thought in the mat- 
ter. Ii seems to me you owe the suppression of a letter like Mr. 
Prague’s last effort to the rest of your réaders and to those persons 
in particular who are made the target of his wild assertions, Some 
years ago I published in yourcolumns an account of Mr, Hyslop’s 
experiments and the wave-area theory he had formulated therefrom, 
ante-dating Mr, Colin Archer’s deductions, which were given pub- 
licity through the London #FY¥eld, It now suits Mr. Prague to accuse 
Mr, Hyslop of stealing bis thunder from Mr, Archer, 
The truth is this: Mr. Hyslop had given Scott Russell’s wave-line 
theory considerable study, and in 18/0 began a series of well-con- 
ducted experiments upon models, with a yiew to putting wave hne 
design into practical application, Aft that time he owned an 18ft. 
boat ealled Zephyr. By dropping her garboard and some padding 
she was brought to conform nearly to wave-area mould, and was 
found to be much improved. Thereupon Mr. Hyslop cut and built 
many models for his own use, and for members of the New York 
Model Y. C. upon wave-area principles. His own model was very 
successful, and he wears to-day a charm on his watch chain won in a 
match sailed in October, 1875. In 1876 he built the Petrel, closely 
following out the waye-area system he had deduced from the afore- 
said experiments. The Petrel has turned ont a boat of exceptional 
speed and ease, In 1874 Mr. Hyslop was asked by Mr. Cushing, then 
publisher of the Aquatic Monthly Magazine, to write up an article 
embodying his discoveries, but want of time prevented its consumma- 
tion. Jn 1878 and 1879 Mr, Hyslop did write an imierestine series of 
compositions on the topic for Mr. Tileston, editor of the Country. To 
all this witnesses can be had by the hundred, So far Mr, Hyslop had 
no knowledge of the existence of Colin Archer, In 1878 the latter ap- 
peared with a number of excellent papers in the London Field, m 
which he related precisely the same results as those previously 
arrived at by Mr. Hyslop, results which were obtamed partly from 
models almost identical with those brought into play here, but with- 
out knowledge of Mr. Hyslop’s previous success in the same direction. 
It has beéu shown that Mo. Prague is careless with the facts in 
atkerissies, In regard to the accusation that Mr. Hyslop stole from 
Mr. Archer he is equally wide of thetruth. He has likewise been found 
exactly wrong in his estimate, on record in your columns, as to what 
cutters could accomplish, Wrong on every point and in every, 
detail. And yet when 4 person convicted so flatly of incapacity 
anuduness that the strictures of the undersigned upon the build of 
American yachts are of no value whatever, boisterous hilarity wells 
forth ab Mr. Prague's pompous assumption, Tis much like the dusky 
artist who whitewashes a fence, passing judgement on Meissonier’s 
brush. Mr. Pragueis now seeking tu ailvertise himsell’ as a savior 
ot his country at about $25 a save for fairine up Phil, Hisworth's 
models, which is the milk in the cocoanut, I regret to ses such a 
genius as Hisworth playing ‘me too” at the coat tails of one who is 
not yet a master of arithmetic. C, P.K, 
SMALL YACHTS, 
* reply toa great) number of inquiries concerning the plans of 
Small yachts, we may say that a book treating of the subject is in 
preparation and will appear in about one month fromnow. This 
volume will contain over seventy plates superior in detail and finish 
to anything yet published, and covering the whole range of type in 
small yachts by numerous examples. ‘hese include many famous 
and well known baats by the jeading builders here and abroad. 
A NOTABLE CRAFT.—M?r. Goodwin is an honored member of the 
Hull ¥. C., of Boston, and the experiences of his yacht have been 
yery numerous. Tne vessel is named the Sinker, and it is justly con- 
sidered the most remarkable craft on the Atlantic coast. Whenever 
Mr. Goodwin seis sail in if his Beston friends buy pools on the 
chances of its never returning again. Tt is worthy of note that the 
ehances of never reinrning are invariably the fayorite in the pools. 
Mir. Gootwin tells us,and we are inclined to belieye him, that his 
np cal is the only sailing vessel in American waters that can jump a 
ence. He says Uhat whenever he leaves the Boston wharf and heads 
the Sinker for the mighty expanse of brine due east, every tug in the 
harbor gets up stsamiand gives chase, it seeming to be a triendly 
rivalry among the tugs to see who will earn the $10 and the honor of 
conveying the Sinker back into port when it staves a hole in its hold, 
or splitsits mizzenmast, or loosens its boom, or disables its rudder, 
or Deets with any one of the misfortunes which appear to be inevit- 
able when Mr, Goodwin isin practical command. “When I have my 
new yacht built,” says Mx. Goodwin, “I shall have it constructed on 
ingenious plans which are the result of a long and eventful experi- 
enee, It will be so deyised and built as to be capable of shutting up 
like an accordeon whenever it strikes a yacht or asandbar. In this 
way ail disaster will be averted, and I will be spared the humilitation 
and expense of liquidating the damages which now attend every 
cruise of the Sjnker..’—Chicago Herald. 
THE STEAM YACHT FALCON. 
THE CRUISE OF THE FALCON AMONG THE] decks. There was not much seasickness about, though some of us 
“BLUE NOSES.” 
THINE it was along in June when I got the following note; “Dear 
Croftut—The FPaleou will start on her summer’s cruise, July 3, 
and you are wanted to hold down one of the beds and keep the cook 
busy. You will make the eighth member of the party. We shall be 
gone three weeks or so. 1b willtone youup. You will, will you? R, 
T. Bush, 202 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn,” I jumped for joy. In 
five minutes I telegraphed in reply: “Yes, assuredly yes. Assign to 
an ack and grub. Yes, 1 willbe among you, Haven't strength to 
ecline,* 
Where toy friend's yacht was headed was a matter of slight con- 
sequence tome. She would skirt the cool sea somewhere, and that 
was enough for any mere guest to know, 
The afternoon of July 3 was pleasant, and I found the Falcon per- 
spiring and pufiing uneasily at a pier in Brooklyn near the Wall 
Street Perry, waiting for live freight. Captain Crosby was on ceck 
with his weather eye up the East River, and his crew of ten were 
swarming above and below, fore and aft, coiling rope and fetching 
wicker baskets of dry Monopole aboard, and fixing and fussing and 
pretending to be busy. Presently Mr, Bush, owner and commander, 
came driving down from his aerie on Columbia Heights with his 
family. and in half an honr we were all aboard. The ‘Commodore, 
as we have dubbed him for euphony's sake, fired a salute of P. P. C. 
to the friends we left behind, and the Falcon broke away from her 
moorings and started up the river, her satisfaction ab gétting away 
expressing itself in every Auitering flag. 
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THuw FALCON In THE BAy oF FUNDY. 
The Falcon is a steam yachr of 120 tons burden, 106ft, long and 16ft, 
beam, drawing 7{b. of water. ‘She is five years old, having been built 
for President Garfield when le was a candidate for the Presidency, 
and having been owned in part by bim and used by him in excursions 
on the Potomac just before his assassination, All the room for 
oueae is above deck, ina spacious house fibished off like a Mann 
oudoir ear, a luxuriously-furnished cabin forward, then a dining- 
room spanning the hoat. then galley or kitchen, engine room, ice 
locker, and five double staterooms, a bath room and two clossts. The 
floors are of tesselated marble, and the bulwarks are finished in ma 
hogany and walnut with panels of Hungarian ash. large beyeled 
mirrors multiply the spaces fore and aft. The cabins and all the 
staterobms look out over the water through square windows, 4b. x2, 
and a party seated at dinner can see all the crath passing on either 
side, The main gangway of marble steps leads to the upper deck, 
which extends almost over the entire vessel, und furnishes an ample 
promenade and lounging place at all times. ; 
There were in the party Mr. Bush and his family and three others, 
including ladies, who were good singers, Instead of being off three 
weeks, ib was nine weeks or more before we rounded to again af the 
dock on Brooklyn's water front. 
Where did we cruise? Let me name some of the points we touched: 
New Haven, Shelter Island, Newport, Providence, Fall River, Block 
Island, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Provincetown, Mavblehead, 
Boston, Portland, Bath, Bar Harbor, Grand Meuan, St. John, N. &., 
Windsor, Nova, Scotia, at the head of the Bay of Fundy. 
The Falcon behaved beautifully allsummer, Considermeg that she 
was constructed mainly for comforh and lisurty, she proved herself 
eminently staunch and steady inroush water, Several times we were 
out of sight of land, and more than once were caught by unexpected 
winds that flung the white caps high and tossed thent over our uppe 
were not “good sailors;” for when we felt a coming qualm wae flooded 
and flushed it with Dry Monopole, which we yoted, one and all, a per- 
fect panned against the terrors of an unsteady sea. At night we 
usually sought the seclusion which a harbor grants, or let the Falcom 
stick her nose up a conyenient river till the dawn. And this, we all 
voted, is the supreme adyantage of a steam yacht; the owner can go 
where and when he pleases without waiting for capricious winds and 
tides. And for coasting, I think it gives a steam yacht preference 
over any sailing yachtinthe world, | 
The marked incidents of the cruise were a social contab which we 
had with two enormous rightwkales (at least eighty feet loug each, 
the captain thought) at sea, off the Isle of Shoals, in which we re- 
peatedly got near enough to them to throw # biscuit upon their backs 
—near enough lo harpoon them it we had any way to capture them; 
the sight of & threshér in the Bay of Fundy, and the voquetry of the 
yacht with the sixty-foot tides. The thresher sprang outof the water 
repeatedly its entire length—some forty or fifty feet—straight up into 
the air, so that we mores see the horizon under the flukes of his tail, 
each time dropping back into the water with a great splash. This is 
the fellow that fights whales in partmership with a swordfish, falling 
upon the bulky monster above and preventing his breathing, while 
the smaller soldier plies his stiletto beneath. 
Another incident occurred of a very personal nature. I volunteered 
to instructour party in canoeing and I didit. They will all say so. 
Il never was in a eanoe before, but I managed it with great dexterity, 
sitting down, sitting up, kneeling, lying down, standing, and all con- 
celyable attitudes; and [ paddled it endways, sideways and flatways, 
right side up and bottom up. Iwas repeatedly cheered, especially 
when I skilfully disappeared for a minute or two under the buoyant 
craft. The most picturesque attitude, perhaps, was that attamed 
when Iciimbed up on the fractious creature after it turned summerset 
with me, It isn’t everybody that can paddle a tanos. In my pocket 
I thoughtfully carried my Higin “Raymond” watch that had varied 
only four seconds a month for twelve years; half an hourafter the 
exhibition I found it full of water but still going, This shows the 
force of habit, and it demonstrates the superiority of water to any 
other sort of liquor for the laboring classes. . A 
The Fundy tides were a source of never-ending surprise asd inter- 
est. When water drops beneath your keel at the rate of two inches 
a minute for six hours, you naturally feel some curiosity as to where 
the craft is to find a resting place, Windsor, where we moored the 
Falcon, is up the small river Avon, through which the tide rushes 
like a torrent four timesa day. As the tidal wave hurries from =pain 
and Norway at daybreak and dances into the broad mouth of Fundy 
with a. bubbling sound, it seems as if the promise given to Noah had 
been temporarily suspended; and when it dances down the Avon 
ad leaves it oné yast basinof yellow mud, it seems asif the earth 
were running dry, You ean't have mueh of a river without some 
water. 
At high tide the Falcon swung at the top of the green wharf, and 
half the population of the town surged around her, for this was the 
first yacht of any kind ever at the head of the Bay of Fundy: at low 
fide ghe had sunk to the foot of the wharf, and settled into a bed of 
oozy mud, and*eyery drop of water has run off down the slimy hill 0 
far that there was not enough to float her within six or eight miles! 
One of the passengers wrote a yachting song, and often we all as- 
sembled around the piano and madeé the cabin ring with the air of 
“Lauriger Horatius’’: 
Falcon fair, of pinion free, 
Bird of flight undaunted, 
By the surging of the sea. 
Be her praises chanted, 
Corvus; As the pleasant breezes fling 
Foamy fountains from her, 
We, beneath her drowsy wing, 
Dream away the summer. 
Drifting on from day to day 
Past the purple highlands, 
Through the shadow-haunted bay, 
Round the shining islands, 
Onorus: As the pleasant breezes, ete- 
Far away from eager crowds 
And the land’s commotion, 
Dancing with the dancing clouds 
Over the azure ocean. 
Corus: As the pleasant breezes fling 
Foamy fountains from her, 
We, beneath her drowsy wing, 
Dream away the summer, 
'W, A, CRorrur, 
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SNEAKBOXES. 
W page 474 isa very interesting article by ‘‘Skipper.”’ He pos— 
O sesses the faculty of communicating useful information m a 
very clear and pleasant manner. In reading his article J have 
learned more about the sneakbox than Leverknew before. Itseems 
to me that with some alterations in rig, it would make nearly a per- 
feet boat for the angler on riverand lake. Ihkeit much betterthan 
boats [T have had built after my own designs, and which I think very 
convenient. 4 . 
For the anfler the sneakbox should haye some kind of a lug:sail, 
with a short movable mast that could be easily stowed. T would have 
ortable thwarts that could be placed on the coamings while fishing, 
ee going down to examine one of ‘these boats, and shall then be 
better able to say what changes I think would be desirable. In the 
tean time, why will not some of the readers of Worst AND Sree Am 
who have used a sneakbox for fishing, tell us something about it? 
and why will not Fortsr AyD StREAM give usa design for one fitted 
for angling with some light and easy rig? The rig given on page lk 
is not the right thing for an angler’s boat. Perhaps “Skipper’’ or 
Captain Bosert can tellus something more about the sneakbox as 
adapted for fishing. Prerpa. 
Mamaronncr, N, ¥. ne 
[A small standing lug oy lateen sail would be handier for some pur- 
poses than the lanes balancelug. Boxes are sometimes carried lor 
lise a8 seats, as well as for stowagel. J 
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