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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 16, 1885, 



THE NATIONAL GUN ASSOCIATION. 



THE National Association is rapidly overcoming the friction ladi- 

 dent to a new undertaking, and notwithstanding the inevitable 

 uMtlCigms and objections that must be expected, refuted and over- 

 come, meets with an extent of hearty co-operation and encourage- 

 ment, much greater than its projectors had any right to expect, 



The Cincinnati Independent Shooting Club have adopted the trap 

 shbpUna rules of this Association. 



Mr, Washington A, Coster, of Fiatbush, L. I., has duly qualified as 

 a director of the Association. 



w * answer numerous inquiries as to the National Gun Association 

 band book, containing history, constitution and by-laws, trap shoot- 

 ing rules, etc, Arrangements have been made to place same on sale 

 through all the news companies, so that a copy can now be ordered 

 through any news dealer. 



As to the arrangements of traps as adopted at New Orleans, note 

 the following owl: 



The arrows— full line-;— indicate the directions toward which the 

 arms of traps point before being set and toward which the birds 

 should tly. 



As to the tournaments to follow the Springfield. O., May 5 to 9 



invitations from clubs to hold the tournaments in their vicinity will 

 he then and there acted upon. 



Arrangements for reduced rates to the Springfield t ournament have 

 been made with thel. B. & W.. O. 0. C, & L, and N. Y M Fenn. & i )hip 

 railways, as follows: Pay full rates going and one cent per mile re- 

 turning, upon presenting a certificate signed by the secretary of the 

 Association, obtained on the grounds. 



On May 30 the secretary of the Association will open a New York 

 office, where he will be joined about June 1 by Capt, A. H. Bogar- 

 dus, with the a.ssi-tance of the New York city members of the Asso- 

 ciation. A Bogardus Gun Club will be there established, suitable- club 

 rooms and shooting grounds secured, etc. It is proposed in the 

 course of time to divide the shooters of the Association geographi- 

 cally into four subdivisions or clubs, as follows: The East, with New 

 York city as a center; the West, with Chicago as a center; the South, 

 with Louisville or Nashville as a center; the Pacific Coast, with San 

 Francisco as a center; in each of which centers a large gun club will 

 be established, which will tend to centralize and promote friendly 

 rivalry iu shooting contests between the most distant shooters. 



NEW YORK. April 11.— A pigeon- shooting match for $500 a side 

 was shot to-day on the Hackensack Meadows between Mr. J. H. Jor- 

 dan, of Indiana, and Mr. F. Schwab of New York city, which Mr. 

 Jordan won somewhat easily. The conditions were to shoot at 200 

 birds each, at 26yds.. from three ground traps, with an ounce and a 

 quarter of shot. Mr. Jordan was a strong favorite, owing to his 

 recent successes at Washington and Philadelphia, wdiere he won with 

 scores of 48 and 47 killed out of 50 to his opponents' 46 and 48. The 

 score to-day was as follows: 



Jordan— 11111, 11011, 11111, 10111.11110.01111, 10111, 10111, Hill, 11111, 

 11111,11111,11111,11111, 11111, lini.lllli; 11001, Hill. 11111, Hill, 11111, 

 11011,11111,11111, 1)010, Hill. 11111,11111,11111,11111,11111.11111,11111, 

 01110,11111,01111, Hill, lllli; 11101. Total. 200; killed, 185: missed, 15. 

 Schwab— 11111, 10101, 01111, 11111,11111, 11111, 11111. 11111, 00111, Hill, 

 11111,11111,11101.01111,11111. 11111.11100, 10011,11110,11111,11111,11111, 

 11111.11111,01111,10111,01101, 11110,11111,11111,11110,11101,11111,01011, 

 11111,11111,01000, lllli, 01HI, 11110. Total, 200; killed, 173: missed, 27. 



Mr. Jordan used a Scott gun weighing 9J4 pounds, with two sets of 

 barrels. Mr. Schwab used a gun by Dougall that weighed 10 pounds. 

 Efforts are being made to arrange a match between Mr. Jordan and 

 Fred Erb, who is now in Indiana. 



STAUNTON GUN CLUB.-Stauntou, Va.— Club shoot. April 8. 10 

 clay-pigeons: A. Ayres 10, B. D. Tarns 10, C. M. Whittle 10. T. Bissell 

 9. E. F. Wayman 8, T. F, West 8, M. M. Allen 7. E. Echols 7, H. B. 

 Brown 7. April 9: J. M, Carroll 7, L. F. Abby 6, C. Bargamiu 6, E. 

 Berkeley 6, M. A. Cushing 6, C. Berkeley 5. C. L. Cooke 5. T. J. 

 Crowder 4, P. A. Baylor 4. 



WELLINGTON. April 11.— The various events shot by the Maiden 

 Gun Club at Wellington to day were won as follows: 1. Five black- 

 birds—Snow first. 2. Five pigeons— Snow and Black first. 3. Three 

 pair pigeons— Martin and Snow first. 4. Five blackbirds— Parker 

 first. 5. E ive blackbirds— Snow and Stanton first. 6. Five pigeons— 

 Black first. 7. Three pair blackbirds— Parker and Loring first. 8. 

 Five blackbirds— Loring first. 9. Five pigeons— Snow and Stanton 

 first. 10. Five blackbirds— Sbumway and Snow first. 11. Five 

 pigeons— Shunrway and Snow first. 12. Seven blackbirds, straight- 

 away—Parker and Snow first. 13. Seven blackbirds— Snow first. 



CLEVELAND, O.— A novel contest for $2,000 in cash prizes has 

 been announced by the Chamberlin Cartridge Co., to commence April 

 10 and continue until Aug. 31. The shooting is to be at 50 single rises 

 and 25 pair doubles. Clay-pigeons are to be nsed and the contest is 

 open to the world, baring only Bogardus and Carver. A peculiar 

 feature of this tournament and one that cannot fail to be especially 

 gratifying to sportsmen is that every club or individual can enter the 

 contest and shoot the score or scores on their own grounds, they can 

 make as many trials for a perfect score as they see fit, and when they 

 have a record that is satisfactory a copy of it can be sent to the 

 Chamberlin Cartridge Co., accompanied by a certificate from two 

 responsible judges and a referee certifying to the correctness of the 

 score, when it will be entered on the score book in competition. When 

 all the competition scores are in, those who have tied for the several 

 prizes, there are six in all, will be notified, the ties will be shot off at 

 Cleveland in October, when all the crack shots will meet each other 

 for the final and decisive contest. 



PHILADELPHIA GUN CLUB.— The Philadelphia Gun Club will 

 hold its spring meeting at Andalusia. Pa., on Thursday and Friday, 

 April 16 and 17. The card of events is as follows: Firt day— Single 

 bird match, at 10:30 A. M., 10 birds, 30yds. rise, 3 missesout; same day 

 at 2 P. M., 5 pairs, 25yds. rise end traps, ties one pair. Second day- 

 Philadelphia Gun Club Cup, teams of four, 20 birds each man, 30yds. 

 rise. All the matches will be shot under the Philadelphia Gun Club 

 rules and open to members of the following clubs: Westminster 

 Kennel Club, South Side Sportsmen's Club. Meadow Brook Hunt. Car- 

 teret Gun Club, Queens County Hunt, Staten Island Gun Club, Orange 

 Gun Club, Rivertbn Gun Club and Philadelphia Gun Club. 



SAN ANTONIO, April 9.— A pigeon-shooting match between Dr. 

 Carver and A H. Penrose, the. San Angelo cowboy, for $500 a side. 

 100 birds, 30yds. rise, came off yesterday and was won by Pen rose by 

 a score of 90 to SI . 



THE STATEN ISLAND GUN CLUB has disbanded and fourteen, 

 of its most prominent members have applied for admission to the 

 Carteret Gun Club, of Bergen Point, N. J. Several of the Westmin- 

 ster Kennel Club's members have been practicing on the Carteret's 

 ground for the Philadelphia Gun Club's meeting. 



BROOKLYN, April 8.— At the monthly shoot of the Maybee Gun 

 Club to-day at i0 clay-pigerns. the leading scores stood: Mank 15, 

 Knebel, Jr. 12, Short 11, Link 10. 



^AmLL^VS. POL WORTH- Almost the whole of Staten Island 



ion from 

 iw Dorp, 

 -.,. sportsmen and spbrtiug 

 men. Those who understand handling a dog in the field or in the 

 pit. Hard faces who knew what a, main was and keen judges of the 

 merits of the blue pyles and dark reds. Men who could use a split 

 bamboo, handle a trigger or the reins over a trotter with equal 

 accuracy and judgment, There was the goodiooking and genial Col. 

 Endicott (I had liked to have said commissioner, but his modesty 

 forbids) acting again as master of ceremonies. The Colonel is very 

 popular with the boys. He knows all about rods and guns, dogs and 

 birds, and his decisions are always prompt and just to all. The 

 irrepressible Bob Goggin was of course on hand and' added largely to 

 the hilarity of the occasion. Bob is decidedly a character. He is 

 called the "Irish Jew," for he possesses in a large degree the 

 prominent elements of the two characters. The rollicking devil- 

 may-care nature of the "son of the Ordd Sod," with the business 

 shrewdness of the "son of Israel." Always ready for fun and a 

 venture, he will bet on a cock tight, a foot race, trot or pigeon match, 

 and his judgment is rarely at fault. The occasion of all this multi- 

 tude and excitement was the third match at live birds between Capt. P. 

 Polworth of the Aquehouga Club and M. Cahill of the Stapleton Club 

 The match was 50 birds a side, 30yds. rise, 80vds. boundary, both 

 barrels, second barrel anywhere, trap and "handle. J. P. Silva 

 acted as judge for Polworth, J. J. Maher for Cahill. J. J. Von 

 Lengerke, referee, with Elsworth and Erlin. as scorers. The birds 

 were a good lot, especially those furnished by that prince oE 

 caterers, "Old South Pan" (Al Heritage) of the J. C. H. Gun Club. 

 They tarried not to pick grass or even look back, but were off like 

 young streaks of electricity, escaping both barrels without even a 

 feather ruffled, but alas often to be brought down by the merciless 

 pirates and pothunters on the border. At the score'some compara- 

 tively easy shots were missed and some exceedingly good ones made 

 by both parties. The eleventh of Capt. Polworth was magnificent. 

 Cahill was first at the score with a miss followed by a kill, the 

 Captain stopping his two first easily. The bets were in favor of 

 Polwerth with occasional change until about the 20th bird, when 

 the Captain seemed to get nervous aud Maher got his fine, work in 

 in coaching Cahdl, and what Jerry don't know about coaching a 

 man that is at all off or shaky at the traps Tom Davis or Bill 

 Taylor can't tell him. Cahill showed the benefit of following 

 instructions in his 20th, 21st. 22d, 23d aud 24th bird. Five killed 

 straight and the sixth died out of bounds. The bets were then 30 

 to 20 on Cahill and continued so. Over to the left where the sport- 

 ing men congregated, the betting was quite lively, from one to five 

 dollars called on a bird. Money changed hands rapidly ouly to be 

 handed back perhaps at the nest shot. But it was a big day for 

 New Dorp. The following is the official score: 



M Cahill 0j' ■ ; ■.■110312110 02013331 a.ii3ufilon333110«>l— 32 



P Polworth 1100012202100120010200000 20020201101 1 1010012011010-24 



-Iaoobstahf. 



Fine Guns at Auction.— In another column will be found a notice 

 of the sale of R. V. R. Schuyler's entire stock of guns and general 

 sporting goods, which occurs on Tuesday and Wednesday. April 21 

 and 38.:— Adv. 



fachting. 



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FIXTURES. 



22— Annual Meeting N. E. Y. R. A., Parker Hotwe. Boston, 



25-Pacific Y. ft, Opening Day. 



2 -San Francisco Y. C, Opening Day. 



3— Newark 'E.G., Opening Cruise. 

 25— N. J. Y. C. Match— Catamarans. 

 30— New Haven Y. C. Opeuing Day. 

 30— South Boston Y. ft. Regatta, City Point, 

 30— Knickerbocker Y. C, Regatta. 

 30— Newark Y. O. Regatta. 



30— Dorchester Y. C, Club Race, Dorchester Ba ;. 

 30— Fall River Y. O, Open Regatta. 



9— N. J. Y. O, Annual Regatta, 



9— Atlantic Y. C, Annual Regatta. 

 11— New York Y. O, Regatta. 

 13— Boston Y. C. First Club Race. 

 13— S. C. Y. ft, Annual Regatta, 

 17— Harlem Y. ft, Annual Regatta, Oak Point. 



THE CUP RACES. 



WOJBK is going on very rapidly with the sloops now building. 

 The iron one is in frame and partly plated, and the Boston 

 boat is as far advanced, and there is every prospect that they will be 

 ready in good time. Two more sloops are talked of, one to* be built 

 by Mr. Henry Steers, at John Roach's yard at Chester, and one 

 from a model by Mr. Chas. Elliott, of (ireenpoint, to be built at 

 the Continental works, but neither have yet been commenced. A 

 letter was received last week by Secretary* Mtuton, N. Y. Y. ft, from 

 Mr. J. BeavorWebb, dated March 20, acknowledging the receipt of 

 theN. Y. Y. C.s answer to the challenge, with a promise to lay it 

 before the owners and to answer at once. Genesta is at Henderson's 

 yard in Glasgow, \vhere she was built, fitting out, under Capt. Carter's 

 direction, for her trip across. 



SEAWANHAKA CORINTHIAN Y. C. 



A SPECIAL meeting of the club was held at Delmonico's on Monday. 

 April 13, Rear Commodore Alley presiding. The minuses of the 

 previous meeting were read and accepted. Messrs. E. ft Van Wart 

 and Geo. Gordon King were elected members. The report of the 

 Board of Trustees was read by Mr. Simonds, stating that the present 

 quarters of the club must be vacated by May 1, as the lease cannot 

 be renewed. The yachts now laid up there will be cared for by the 

 club it belonging to members, but those not owned by members "must 

 he removed by their owners, An offer by Mr. Wiman of a site near 

 New Brighton was considered, but it is not practicable to accent it at 

 present; steps are being taken, however, to provide suitable quarters 

 for members and boats. Concerning prizes, the Trustees do not 

 approve of the suggestion to add second prizes, but are considering 

 a scheme for extra races later in the season. It is proposed to make 

 the opening sail on Decoration Day, a race over a definite course in 

 the Bay, prizes to be offered by the club. A collation will be served 

 after the race, probably on board some of the yachts, Nothing has 

 yet been settled concerning a club boat, as the one offered was found 

 to be in bad condition, but a boat of about 50ft. waterline will be 

 chartered and put in commission with two men as crew, to be used by 

 non-owners. The report was accepted, and a motion to refer the 

 matter of a club boat to the Trustees, with power to act was carried ; 

 also a motion to refer the question of responsibility for damage to 

 boat to Law Committee. 



Mr. C. S. Lee reported in behalf of the Committee on Rig Allow- 

 ances, recommending that the sail area of a yawl be obtained by 

 measuring as a base line the distance from bee hole of bowsprit to 

 bee hole of jigger boom, the height to be measured as iu a sloop. 

 The formulas for rig allowance of schooners and yawls recommended 

 at the last meeting, the cube root of 3-5 of the cube of the length for 

 the former and the cube root of 1-5 of the cube of the length for the 

 latter, have been put in a simpler form, in which the cubes and cube 

 roots do not enter. The same results are obtained by multiplying 

 the length by the constants, .85 for schooners and .91 for yawls! The 

 results in the cases of Montauk, 93.8ft. corrected length, and For- 

 tuna, 93.33ft., would be 79.7ft. and 78.5ft. respectively, being the 

 lengths on which time would be allowed them when competing with 

 sloops and cutters. The report of the committee was accepted with 

 thanks. The following motions were then presented, all being passed 

 except the one relating to Rule XXXII., which was voted down. 



By Mr. J, F. Tarns: 1. The addition of anew chapter to the By- 

 Laws to be entitled "Annual Cruise" to read as follows: "There shall 

 be an annual squadron cruise, the date for which shall be fixed at the 

 regular meeting of the club held in May." 



2. The addition of a second paragraph to Rule I. of the Sailing Reg- 

 ulations to read as follows: "Yachts entered for a race shall be amen- 

 able to these Regulations from the time the preparatory Signal is 

 given." 



3. To strike out in Rule II. of the Sailing Regulations entitled 

 "Classification" the words "corrected length" wherever they occur, 

 and substituting therefore "load waterline length." 



4. To strike out as inoperative Rule XXXII. of the Sailing Regula- 

 tions reading as follows: 



TTM1S (If NAKiau KACEB, 



Jj 1. In case a race is not completed within the time prescribed by 

 the Sailing Committee, it will be considered as "no race," and shall 

 he repeated on due notice from the committee until it conforms to 

 this rule. 



§ II. If any yacht shall make the race in the time prescribed lor her 

 class, it shall be deemed a race for that class. 



§ IH. This rule shall not apply to the regular Corinthian Race, 



By the Secretary: To adopt in Rule IV. of the rules for hoisting 

 colors, etc., the flag known as the ■•blue absence pennant" in order 

 to secure uniformity with the New York. Eastern and Atlantic yacht 



> approved 1 

 duly certified." 



Mr. Geo. H. Warren, of Boston, was proposed for membership by 

 the secretary, seconded by Mr. M. Roosevelt Schuyler The prize 

 Sl n ^/„ 0r,va /S ri ,? memorable Saturday in June last when she led 

 Oiacie around the lightship, was on exhibition in the meeting room. 

 The trophy was m the form of a clock, the case being an 8-inch block 

 ™,l ,gn „T *' wl , th s leav f' strap and asterhooks q£ solid si , ver . 

 The works were placed m the sheave, which was hollow, the side of 

 li^fll , ' wh "* was the face, being prnamented with silver hands 

 and figures The block is suspended by the hooks from a silver eve- 

 bolt in a plank of polished oak about 2 ft, long and 1 ft. wide, "on 

 which are carved the names of the owner, crew and yacht with that 

 of the club and the date of the race. The design is most elegant and 

 appropriate, and a fitting memento of a famous race, 



ELECTIONS. 



Cleveland Y. A.— Commodore, George W. Gardiner; Vice-Commo- 

 dore, R. R. Rhodes: Rear Commodore. Percy W. Rice; Secretary J 

 George Davis; Treasurer, W. P. Francis; Measurer, PI. Qerlach: Sur- 

 veyors- C. ft Goodwin and Frank W. Brewster. 



Carolina Y. C, Charleston. S. C.-E. C. Williams, Commodore; H 

 M. Tucker, Vice.. Commodore; W. D. Porcher, Secretary, and h m 

 Tucker, Jr., Treasurer. 



Neptune Y. C, Mw Jersey. -George Chase, Commodore; Jabez 

 Harris, Vice-Commodore; John W. Jacobus. Rear Commodore; Geo. 

 B. Deane, Jr.. Secretary; Alexander H. McGarren. Treasurer, and 

 Wm. Fnsbie, Measurer. 



Columbia Y. C— Commodore, R. P, H. Abell; Vice -Commodore, 

 Chas. Dietz; Secretary, (J. M. Armstrong; Treasurer. Jos. A. Weaver: 

 Measurer E. A. Holbert; Steward, C. H. Koubel; Regatta Committee 

 TZ. V \.F- i ^ tone > A - H - VBrley, W. J. Greacen. Charles Dietz and <;. W, 

 Pm eh beck. 



.Savannah iGa.) V. C— Commodore, Wm. Hone; A 7 ice-Commodore 

 I.N.Johnson; Rear Commodore, Thos. P. Bond; Secretary. Frank 

 White; Treasurer, M. A. Cohen: Regatta Committee -M. G. Hender- 

 son, L. Hartsuorne and S. P. Goodwin. 



SMALL STEAM LAUNCHES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I have read with pleasure your article on small steam launches 

 with letter from Mr. E. E. Roberts. It has frequently occurred to 

 me that something of the kind would be quite an institution The 

 distance from civilization and even habitation of our best hunting 

 and sporting grounds, and the cost of transportation of a camp outfit 

 of any size prevents many from enjoying this manly and healthy 

 lea -are. A small launch, therefore, properly fitted up and with 

 simple machinery so as to be easily transported must certainly be- 

 come popular. 



I send you with this a rough sketch of ideas I have for such a boat, 

 with the bote of bringing out better ideas from otheis. I would use 

 a hull with high washboard and wide waterways, in order to make 

 plenty of locker room for stores and supplies. The dot ed lines show 

 the lockers. For the machinery I would advise the use of the methods 

 proposed by Mr. Roberts. For a roof I wood use wagon bows for 

 supports, fitted in sockets in the decks Over this canvas might be 

 stretched and rigged so that it could be rolled up as shown m'the 

 sketch, or run down ind fastened to the deck with snap hooks at night 

 or during foul weather. I would also suggest the use of two skids or 

 runners as shown, equi-distant from the keel, on which the boat may 

 be l oiled or even dragged over ground or ice in the winter. 



1 am much pleased that you have brought this matter before your 

 readers, and have no doubt but that so enterprising and energetic a 

 man as Mr. Roberts will make a success of it. L, O. B, 



New York. 



THE HERRESHOFF WORKS AT BRISTOL. 



WHATEVER place the torpedo may occupy iu the naval wars of 

 the future, whether its place be first or last in the modern trio 

 of ironclad, heavy gun and torpedo that have become the main 

 factors in warfare on the water, it must be in any case the most im- 

 portant one for America when hsr present condition as well as chat 

 of the near f uture, as far as ships and guns are considered. On them 

 our defense, for a time at least, must depend, and one of our first 

 needs, in the event of a war, would be a fleet of swift torpedo boats. 

 Such being the case it is an important question what facilities we 

 have for the creation at short notice of such a fleet. The fastest 

 vessels of this class yet produced have been from the shops of the 

 nerreshoff Manufacturing Company, at Bristol, R. 1., equally well 

 known for their steam pleasure yachts and their sailing craft,* 



Beginning in a small way many years ago, the firm at first became 

 famous for their centerboard yachts, of which they have built a 

 number, the best known being the sloop Shadow. Besides her, the 

 list includes the Triton schooner, Kelpie, Violet, Ariel, Sadie, Qui 

 Vive, Nimbus, Faustine schooner, Orion, and many others. Of late 

 years they have turned their attention to steam and have giveu to 

 the engineering world the Herreshoff engine and coil boiler. The list 

 of steam yachts is a long one, including some of the fastest afloat, 

 Leila, Aida, Permelia, Ossabaw, (No. 100), Gleam, Marina, Orieuta, 

 Nereid, Magnolia, Camilla, Dolphin, Xantho, Juliet, Sinbad. An- 

 other branch of their business is that of catamarans, in which they 

 have also attained a high degree of sueceas. 



The establishment of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company is on 

 the shores of Bristol Harbor, and in the suburbs of the pretty little 

 village of Bristol. Along the waterside are the boiler bouse, planing 

 mill, bending room, ship house or building shed, wharf, crane aud 

 coal sheds; while on the other side of the road, oh ground that rises 

 rapidly, and from which a beautiful view of the harbor audits shores 

 with Prudence Island opposite may be had, are the offices, drafting 

 and model room, machine shop, boiler shop, patternand joiner shops, 

 all in one large building, A short distance inland is the new and 

 handsome residence of Mr. B. John Herreshoff, while on the beach just 

 below the works is that of Mr. Nathaniel G. Herreshoff. Everywhere 

 about the grounds and shops is conspicuous the order, system and 

 care that have aided in ma king the Herreshoff boats famous wherever 

 high speed is called for, either under sail or steam. 



Neatly kept lawns and walks, clean floors, bright machinery, all 

 testify to a thorough supervision of the smallest details, the results 

 of which are seen in the excellence of all the work that hails from 

 Bristol, The most interesting point of all to the yachtsman is the 

 ship house in which all yachts are built, the like of which certainly 

 is not to be found in America. The building itself is 140ft. long. 36ft. 

 wide, and equal to three stories in height. The floor is of wood, the 

 middle portion being made in small sections. When these are all re- 

 moved a pit is disclosed, running down the center and outside into 

 the water. This pit is lined with cement. and fitted with an iron rail- 

 way for haiding up and launching, the water end of the house being 

 composed of large doors opening to the roof. A second floor is laid 

 at the height of the eaves, on which are stored the wooden moulds on 

 which all the vessels are built. Long windows running up almost to 

 the roof give ample light; six steam radiators keep the building 

 warm in all seasons, and everything is fitted to give every conveni- 

 ence for rauid, economical and thorough work. 



Overhead, running on railways on the plates of the walls, are two 

 traveling cranes, each lilting up to seven tons. On the main floor 

 are work benches along the walls, and on each side is a gallery, giv- 

 ing additional room for woodwork or for getting out rigging. Out- 

 side of the ship house are two wharfs, one fitted with a powerful 

 steam crane by which a yacht may be lifted bodily on to the dock . 



On the north side is a large one-story budding, used for bending the 

 frames and for boatbuilding; while to the north is a sawing and plan- 

 ing mill, fitted with the latest machinery, adjoining which is the. brick 

 boiler house, with a coil boiler of the well-known Herreshoff type. 



The- main building on the hill is 150 x120ft., three stories high. Down 

 stairs are the offices, in the rear of them being the machine shops, 

 fitted with improved tools. Here are stored several new engines, 

 ready to swing into boats, some of them being in stock. We have de- 

 scribed before in detail the engines and boilers of the Herreshoff 

 boats, so need not repeat the description here. The visitor to the 

 room next to the machine shop is inclined to doubt the fact tnat it 

 is a boiler shop, owing to the absence of the usual noise and also of 

 anything resembling the conventional steam boiler. The heavy rivet 

 ingof most boiler shops is en ttrely dispensed with, the sheet iron 

 shells being the only portions tnat are riveted. The boilers, as is well 

 known, consist of square coils of pipe m a square casing of sheet iron. 

 making them very light and of compact form. Up stairs is the pattern 

 and joiner shop, fitted with improved wood-working machinery, and 

 over' the office is the drafting room. Every room is clean, warm and 

 well lighted. The tools are driven by a compound engine, built in the 

 Shops. 



The methods of building followed by this firm are in some respecls 

 di-t'erent from ordinary practice. The keel is of oak in all eases and 

 of ample dimensions for the proposed boat. Moulds are made from 

 the floor for every frame, the spacing being about lft, Each mould 

 is made of two thicknesses of lin. pme, making a total thickness of 

 3in., and is made solid. When all are made they are taken to the 

 bending room, and the two pieces which constitute the frame, usually 



