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[June 18, 1885. 



SPBINGFIELD, Mass.— The day for shooting the match with the 

 Bridgeport team was not first-class for rifle, shooting. The score of 

 A. Barnes was very poor indeed, but due due allowance must be made 

 that he shot a rifle which he had never before used. The regular 

 weekly shoot of the Bod and Gun Bifle Club was poorly attended, 

 only three members showing up. The scores were very poor. The 

 first class was won by A. Locke. His score was: 



A Locke.... 8 10 7 9 10 10 11 9 11 10-95 



Second Class. 



ESField 8 11 11 10 8 11 7 8 8 10—92 



SKHindley 6 8 7 10 10 9 9 9 7 10-86 



The club have voted to challenge the Canton Club of Collinsville, 

 Conn., to shoot a match here July 4, as well as the Brattlebor®, Vt. 



CLUB SCOBES.— Correspondents who fav-r us with scores are 

 requested to send them in as soon as possible, after the matches 

 desrribed. We go lo press Wednesdays; and it is necessa>-y that 

 matter for publication should be in hand by Monday, or r l\iesday 

 at the latest 



THOMASTON, Conn., June 6.— The weather conditions on Bridge- 

 moor Range to-day were a bright light with a strong 10 o'clock wind. 

 Subjoined are the scores: 



G P North U 11 10 12 12 12 9 11 9 11-104 



WHDuubar 10 111112 111111 9 9 11—108 



GCGilbert 8 9 10 11 9 1111 9 1112—101 



GALemmon 9 9 9 10 10 1111 9 1110—90 



FCarr.... 9 10 10 7 9 7 8 8 1110—90 



A Fox 11 8 9 12 7 oil 9 4 12—90 



ILAlMug ...5 9 8 8 10 9 11 9 10 10—84 



CREEDMOOR, June 13.— The third of the series of association 

 matches for National Guardsmen was shot at Creed moor to-day. The 

 day was fine and cool, the wind being changeable iu the morning, 

 butsteadying down to a brisk wind in" the afternoon. The attendance 

 was rather small, owing probably to the nearness of the camping sea- 

 son. The prize winners and their scores were as follows: 



JKKlein 21 23-44 F S Kennedy 21 20—41 



JPMRicbards. 20 23—43 McC Butt 18 22—40 



GF Merchant 20 23-43 J H Lacroix 20 19-39 



B M Kalloek 20 21—41 W A Valentine 18 20—38 



Col. Charles E. Bridge was the executive officer of the day. 



F. W. FREUND, the patentee of a new rifle, is now here with a 

 view to having it manufactured by machinery. He expects soon to 

 have a company formed and to be ready for the demand. In the 

 meantime he is still making his celebrated rifle sights. See adv. in 

 another column. 



THE TRAP. 



Correspondents ivho favor us with club scores are particularly re- 

 quested lo write on one side of the paper only. 



ALLENTOWN, N. Y.. May 30.— East Hill Gun Club's first regular 

 monthly shoot, 10 glass-balls, Card's rotary trap, third notch, 

 screened, 21yds. rise: 



E B Curtin 1010111101—7 E M Strayer 1110101100-6 



L D Strayer 1 000100001—3 F J Weston OOOOOOnooO— 



S H Brown 0011111111—8 Stamm 0110] 01100-5 



W W Curtin 0000000000—0 



Ten balls, same conditions: 



EBCurtin 0111011111—8 Weston 0011000000-2 



L D Strayer 1 000 00000—1 Stamm 110101 1101— 7 



Brown . .'. 1010011111—7 W W Curtin 0010010000-3 



E M. Strayer 0001010110-4 



Five pairs balls. 15vds. rise: 



Brown C1 01 11 10 10-6 E M Strayer 10 00 00 1110—4 



Stamm 00 00 11 10 11—5 W W Curtin 00 10 10 10 10—4 



E B C jrtin 10 11 00 CO 01—4 L D Strayer 00 10 00 10 10—3 



Ten single balls. 21yds.: 



Weston 0000100100-2 Stamm 1100101011—6 



EBCurtin OOOOlw —1 Brown 0101100111—6 



Stamm. 



VAN ETTENVTLLE, N. T., June 10.— The Gun Club went to Danby 

 yesterday to shoot a team match at twenty glass balls with the Dauby 

 Club. 



Danby Club. 



Patchin... 11111111011111011111—18 



Mix 10000000100111101001— 8 



Boney 01000010000011000111— 7 



Lambkin 11101101101011101101—14 



D Norton, of Ithaca llUHimilllllllll— .20 



Beardsley 01101111010111111111-16—83 



Union Club. 



Goldsmith 00110010111111111110—14 



Burlingame 11011111010111011110—15 



Fisher 11011110101101111111—16 



Hixson 111101011101 1 1 111000—14 



Rogers 11111111111111 111601-18 



Gee 11011111111101111111-18-95 



The team match was followed by several individual sweepstakes at 

 5 balls each: First, Hixson 4, White 4, Norton 5. Goldsmith 4. Gee 4, 

 Lambkin 2, Rumsey 4. Beardsley shot out White, Goldsmith, Gee 

 andRumsey; Patchin snot out Beardsley and Fisher; Lamkin shot 

 out Roney. 



Second, same conditions, D. Norton accepting a handicap of 3yds.: 

 Rumsey 3, Norton 4, White 3, Patchin 5, Lainkoi 4, Roney 4. Beardsley 

 2, Hixson 4. Gee 5, Rogers 5, Fisher 5. Gee and Fisher shot out 

 Patchin and Rogers and divided, Hixson shot out Norton, Lamkin 

 and Boney, Rumsey and white divided. 



Third, same conditions, Rumsey 4, White 3, Norton 5, Fisher 5, 

 Patchin 2, Gee 5, Hixson 3. Nort jn shot out Fisher and Gee, and Hix- 

 son shot out White. 



After the shoot the visitors were very pleasantly entertained and 

 given a fine surper at the town hall hy the ladies of Danby, which 

 was much enjoyed. On the way home, Dr. Gee, not having enough 

 shooting, made a score of 3 woodchueks with 21 shots from a rifle. — K. 



FALL RIVER, Mass.— The second shoot of the Fall River Gun 

 Club took place June 2, and both prizes were won forthe second time 

 by T. S. Hall by the following scores: 



Glass Balls. 



Hall... 1111101111111111111111111-24 



Bufflnton 00101001H 1 J 1101100011111— 16 



Mangam 1 111011111010101100101010—16 



Wood OOlllllllOlOOOiw. 



Clay-Pigeons. 



Hall 0111111110111111111011111-22 



Mangam 0100101101110101110111111—17 



Bufflnton OiOlOOlOOOOl 001 11 1 1111 100—13 



Braley lOOlOOllllllOllOlllOw. 



Wood 01111 lOOllllllOw. 



Lewis 111101101101010 w. 



Pierce lllllOOllOlllllw. 



The first of a series of matches between the New Bedford and Fall 

 River Gun Clubs was shot here to-day, and after a very close and 

 exciting struggle was won by the home club by the following score, 

 25 clay-pigeons per man, four men on a team: 

 Fall River. 



Hall 1111111111011111111011011—22 



Braley OlllOOllllllllllllllOllOl— 20 



Mangam 1101111111000111111100111—19 



Bufflnton lllOOlOllOlllllOlOOOOlOOl -14—75 



New Bedford. 



Smith .10111101 1101 Hi 1011011110— 19 



Stone 01110)0111001111111101011—18 



Slocum 101011011111 1001011111110—18 



Pierce 000111111 UlOllOOlOOlOlll— 16— 71 



Individual match, 25 clay-pigeons: 



Braley 11111 11110 11011 11101 11110—21 



Hall 10011 11110 11111 11010 11110-19 



Mangam 01111 10101 11101 11111 01101—19 



Slocum 11110 11011 11110 11111 01010—19 



Smith 11111 11110 10110 lino 00111-19 



Bufflnton 11111 10111 OHIO 10110 11010-18 



Pierce , 11110 01001 101 11 1 1010 11110-17 



Stone 11010 10001 00111 11111 11000-15 



Brayley wins for the first time. A number of sweeps were shot. 

 The next match will take place in New Bedford in July,— T. S. H. 



CHICAGO, June 10,— Captain Bogardus and Andrew Meaders, of 

 Nashville, Tenn., shot at live pigeons this afternoon at the Driving 

 Park. Many sportsmen were on hand to witness the match. The 

 officers were: Referee, J. B. Stice; judge for Meaders, T. R. Hasdell; 

 judge for Bogardus, H. F. Orvis: scorer, L. B. Crooker. There was 

 a light wind blowing, and the pigeons were rather tame and did not 

 rise quickly. The first contest was at fifty birds each, single, rise of 

 25yds. and use of one barrel. Bogardus missea only 2 biros, making 

 a score of 48, and Meaders missed 9, making a score of 41 killed. The 

 other half of the match was at pairs, two traps, 25yds. rise and fifty 

 birds for each man. Bogardtis killed 39 out of 50 and Meaders killed 

 41. Bogardus won the match, the score being Bogardus 87, Meaders 

 82. 



TEXAS. —The eighth annual tournament of the Texas State Sports- 

 men's Association will be held at Denison, Texas, June 23-27, under 

 the auspices of the Denison Gun Club. J. T. Munson, Denison, secre- 

 tary. 



OTTAWA.— On the 25th and 26th of June a clay-pigeon shooting 

 tournament will be held at Lansdowne Park, Ottawa. The affair wifl 

 be managed by the St. Hubert Club. Six regular matches, besides 

 an extra series, are upon the programme. 



THE GLYNN GUN CLUB, of Brunswick, Ga.. has elected Mr. J. 

 Crovett president and Mr. S. C. Littlefleld secretary. 



JAMESTOWN, June 10. -In closed find score of Jamestown Shooting 

 Club made yesterday at 20 Peoria blackbirds each, 18yds. rise, use of 

 one barrel, heavy wind from 9 oclock: 



Carnahan. 1011 101101011011011 1-14 Walker. ..OllOOOlOOOOOOllllOll- 9 

 ^ennoofeW110W]filOl^ipm-l8 F PennockOOOlOOOllolOlOloOOOO- 6 



l^&t::SSKlffi=:g Jones >««^°- » 



PArmsti-ong mom0iioioooiiiiiiiim_i8 



M /r ™ cC,ull g -.1001111011110101 101110011—17 



oSif 2 CUtn " 1100101100110111111100101-16 



^£Do\V 0110011001101101111011110-16 



9 £ 5 ebbard • ■ '• 10001 100100111 11101011110-15 



J M Boss -. 0110010100111010111001101-14 



^i oodlury 000111 Ioni0loooojllll0101-13 



M OFrenrdl U0101100100U01O00110011— 13 



Wm Jenkins 0101000101 1 1 10 10(101101010—13 



J, a 3''es 11010011011011 If 000101000— 12 



£ H Post 01001000001011 II 001101111-12 



HWashatn OOIK 31100110-18 



F HMcClung 1100110011100011100000100-11 



G Woods... 00101' i (SXIIOIIO-II 



Dr Deadenck 110101 lOOOOOllOlOlOlOOOOO-lO 



MEidndge ono; iiOOHO-10 



FN Hodge 11 l(XX>00inriOl1 01 010000001- 9 



Townsend llOOOlOOOiOOlCOlOOOOlOlOO— 8 



M Nicholson 0100001100001 111 100w — 8 



JBKelly OOOOlOOOOlOlOOOllOOOOCOlO— 6 



Clay-pigeon match, 1,8yds., 1 trap, 15 birds: 

 C Woodbury ..111101111111011-13 M O French. .. .010111101000111- 9 



S B Dow 111111111110101-12 O C Hebbard . . .111011001 1 10100 - 9 



F Armstrong... 110111101111011 -12 G W Woods... .OlOlOOllliOlOOl— 8 



HWasnam 111111110100001— i0 FNHo.lge . . ..lOlOlllllOOOlOO- 8 



J W Slocum... .01110110111 1100— 10 J M Ross 100011000010111—7 



T C Eldridge... 1101111001 10110—10 J B Kelly 000001111011001- 7 



Dr Deaderick. 101011110100111-10 Townsend OlOOOllOOlOllOO- 6 



MG McClung..l0001l00ll0llll- 9 Wm Jenkins.. .101011010000001— 8 



NEW JERSEY,— The Union shoots every Saturday afternoon at 

 Marion, N. J., under the auspices of the ' Jersey City Heights Gun 

 Club are rapidly pro wing in favor, and nearly thirty shooters faced 

 the I raps last Saturday, So 'far only one set of traps has been run 

 at a time, but it will be necessary to divide the grounds and arrange 

 two different scores to keep all shooters busy. The following are the 

 scores, National Gun Club rules: 



Eight Knoxville blackbirds, one trap, fifty cents entrance. 



Lindsley 01111111— 7 Tousey .• IlOlllOO— 5 



Tomkins OliHOli—6 Terry lOOlooii— 4 



Cromwell 00101010-8 Robertson 11011011-6 



Still OlllHOt-6 Hughes 01101111-6 



Holcomb .11000111—5 Craft 11101101—6 



Lever 0] 1111 00-5 J von Lengerke 1U10U0-6 



Van Brunt 00011111-5 



Lindsley first. Tomkins and Von Lengerke tied on five out of six 

 and divided second, Holcomb third. 



Eight American clay-birds, 5 traps, 50 cents entrance,' 



Tomkins 11111011—7 Lang 00101010-3 



Lever 10101111—6 Van Brunt 01010010-3 



Burdette 00000100—1 Crart OOllllli— 6 



Fisher 00000100-1 Brown 10000001-2 



Lindsley 10000110-3 Cody 01100000-2 



Holcomb 10110101—5 Terry 11000111—5 



Tousey 11001111—6 Bird 1 0000000— 1 



Robertson ltnlllOl-6 Cromwell 10101011—5 



Hughes 00010101—3 



Carrington 00000000- 



Bockfeller 01000110-3 



Hill 00000110-2 



Smith 01010000-2 



Johnson 00001000— 1 



Laure OOliOOlOO— 1 



Tomkins first. Craft won second on shoot off, and Holcomb third. 



Match No. 3, 8 clay-pigeons, 5 traps, 50 cents entrance: 



Robertson 11100111—6 Tousey 11100111—6 



Bird 10110001-3 Edey 00111100-4 



Lindsey 01100011—4 Clements 00111101-5 



Toaikins 10011111—6 Cromwell 01100101—4 



Lever 10110111 - 6 Smith 10100100—3 



Still 00110011-4 Lang 01110011-5 



Cody 00111001—4 Reynolds 10101000-3 



Hughes 10110100-4 Terry 00111110—5 



Heritage 11010001—4 Holcomb 0101 11 11—6 



Craft 10110101—4 J Von Lengerke 11011011—6 



Burdette 01101111—6 La Rue 00100001—2 



Burdette and Holcomb divided first after shoot off, Clements and 

 Terry second, Heritage and Craft third. 



GEDDES. N. Y.. June 11.— Monthly shoot of the Geddes Shooting 

 and Fishing Club for club gold medal. 



Pratt 101111101111011—12 Westphal OlCOOOOiOIOOlOl— 5 



Case 110111111111011—13 Cummings 01111101U00100— 9 



Scanlou 000000001001000— 2 Steves 01111011110011 1— 11 



Trowbridge.... 111110111110010— 11 Bronson 010101111011111—11 



After the medal shoot a sweepstake was shot, with the following 

 result: Trowbridge 5, Bronson 5. Steves 5, Armstrong 4, Scanlon 4, 

 Pratt 3, Case 3, Fonda 4, Cummins 3. In shooting off ties Steves took 

 first money, Fonda second and Cummins third. The next shoot of 

 the club will be held at Lakeside Park, July 4, at 2 P. M.— G. F. G, 



TRENTON, N. J., June 11.— Trenton Gun Club shoot at 20 clay- 

 pigeons from three traps, 18yds. rise: 



Allen, C. .01110111011111111111— 17 Barwis, W.0000110010101100'010— 8 

 Allen, J. ...11001101111011111011—15 Barwis, C.001011100OO0OO010011— 7 



Dumont... 11101011011011101101— 14 Fox lOliOlOOllOioiOOOHO-10 



Loveless . . .01110101111001111100-13 Lawson . . .01 lOlOlOOlOOOOioioiO- - 8 



Crisp 01101111001101010001-11 Wilson... 011110000001 w. 



Leigh 00000011101111101010— 10 Jersey. 



NEW ORLEANS. June 7.— To-day the Louisiana Gun Club indulged 

 in a number of lively and interesting matches, during which the 

 friendly spirit of rivalry increased with each shoot until it reached 

 red heat. The first match was a clay-pigeon pool shoot, which re- 

 sulted as follows: Mayronne 8, Cousin 10, Chaudet 7, Reneicke7, 

 De Fuentes 5, Feibeger 5, Jung 3. Scooler 7, Landry 2, Commagere 5, 

 Poursine 4, Leveque 2, Cucullu 4, Carriere 1. Third divided between 

 Scooler, Chaudet and Reneicke. 



Thes' cond match was a double bat-pool shoot as follows: May- 

 ronne 6, E. Drouet 3, Tabary 8. A. Drouet 8. Scooler 8, Landry 8. Com- 

 magere 6. Jung 5, Cucullu 5, Carriere 4. Lanaux 5. Feibeger 6, Cousin 

 6, Chaudet 7, Poursine 4, Leveque 7, Reneicke 7. De Fuentes 4. First 

 divided between Scooler, Landry and A. Drouet on tie. Second won 

 by Chaudet, by shooting off tie. Third. Feiberger on tie. 



At the conclusion of the above contests, the long looked for a inner 

 shoot between the two rival teams took place. The shoot was at 

 double bats. 24yds. rise, Louisiana Gun Club rules, and resulted as 

 follows: Cousin's team— Mayronne 9, Tabary 6, Scooler 9, Commagere 

 6, Cucullu 5, Leveque 5, Lanaux 5, Cousin 7, total 52. Chaude.t's team— 



E. Drouet 4, A Drouet 7, E. Landry 9, Jung 4, Poursine 2, Carriere 3, 

 Feibeger 6, Chaudet 8, total 43. 



Not satisfied with the result of this shoot, the Chaudet team chal- 

 lenged the Cousin team on the grounds for a team pool match shoot, 

 which was accordingly shot with the following result: Cousin's Team 

 —Mayronne 7, Tabary 8, Scooler 9, Commagere 6. Cucullu 4, Leveque 

 6, Lanaux 7, Cousin 10; total, 57. Chaudet's Team- E. Drouet 8, A. 

 Drouet 4. E. Landry 10, Jung 6, Poursine 8, Carriere 6. Feiberger 6, 

 Chaudet '8; total, 56. 



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FIXTURES, 



18-New Haven % C, Annual Regatta-. 



20-8t>uHi Boston Y. C, Annual B.egattd. 



20 -Boston Y. C-, Second Club Race. 



90-Hull Y. C. Pennant Matches. 



21 -Quaker City Y. O, Review and Harbor Cruise. 



25- Jersey City Y. O, Annual Regatta. 



25— Oswego Y. C. Ladies' Day. 



27— Brooklyn Y. O, Opening Regatta. 



27 -Toronto Sailing Club Race. 



30— Eastern Y. O, Annual Regatta. 



3, 4 and 5— Quaker City Y. C., Corinthian Cruiseand Regatta. 



3— Knickerbocker Y. C, Annual Cruise. 



3— Quincy Y. C, First Championship Race. 



3 13— Newark Y. C, Annual Cruise. 



3— S. C. Y. C. Squadron Cruise. 



4— Carolina Y. O, Regatta. 



4— Larchmont Y. O, Annual Regatta. 



4— Toronto Sailing Club Race. 



4-Toledo Y. O, Second Club Regatta. 



4-11— Pentucket Y. C, Annual Cruise. 



8— Beverly Y. C, Naliant, First Championship Regatta. 

 11-Hull Y. C, Cruise. 

 10— Boston Y. O, Third Club Race. 

 16— Cleveland Y. R. A.. Annual Regatta. 

 16-17-18— American Y. C , Cruise and Races. 

 17— Cleveland Y. R. A„ Cruise to Ballast Island. 

 18-28— Camp at Ballast Island. 

 18-Hull Y. C, Club Race. 

 25-ttullY. C, Ladies' Day. 

 25—Pentucket Y. C. Club Race. 



25— Beverly Y.C., Marblehead, Second Championship Regatta. 

 28— Toledo Y. C , Annual Regatta. 

 30- " 



0— L. Y. R. A,, Cruise to Niagara. 

 1— Quincy Y. O. Second Club Race, 

 1 -Hul I Y. 0,,ClubRaee. 



1— Lynn Y. C, Annual Regatta, 



2-Quaker City Y. C., hiver and Harbor Cruise, 



3— South Boston Y C.t Regatta. 



8— Newark Y. O, Open Regatta, 



4— L. Y. R. A.-, Cruise to OtuvegO. 



5-Pentucket Y. Du Clittrupionship Race. 



7— L. Y-. R. A.-, Cruise to Kiosstoh 



8— Beverly Y. C+. Marblehead, Open Regalta. 



8 -New Haven Y. C-, Annual Cruises 

 12— L. Y\ R. A-, Cruise to Belleville. 

 14— Quincy Y. O, Second Championship Race. 

 15-30-Quaker City Y. C, Annual Crake, Delaware aud Ches- 

 apeake Bavs. 

 15-HullY. C.; Open Race 

 20— Toledo Y. 0.. Third Club Regatta. . 

 24 and 25— Michigan Y. C, Regatta at Lake St. Clair. 

 25- Michigan Y. C, (pen Inter-Lake Regatta. 

 25— Pentucket Y. C . Club Race. 

 29-Qumey Y. 0'., Third Club Race. 

 29— Beverly Y. C, Swampscott. Thirl Championship Begatta. 



5— Hull Y. C, Champion Race. 



5— LarcLmont Y. O, Fall Pennant Regatta. 



9— Beverly Y. O. Naham, Fall Regatta. 

 12— Quincy Y. O, Third Championship Race. 

 12— Boston Y. O, Fourth Club Race. 

 19— Hull Y. O, Chammon Race. 

 19-Pentucket Y. C, Union Regatta. 

 28— Pentucket Y. O, Championship Regatta. 



NEW YORK Y. C.-JUNE 11. 



IF the schooner fleet is ever again to regain its old-time popularity 

 and numbers, it is f ull time that some indications of a revival 

 were evident, as the interest in yachting generally is lively this sea- 

 son, consequent on the coming races for the America Cup, while In' 

 the New York Y. C. regalta the inducements to the two stickers were 

 greater than usual. Besides the class prizes, an extra one for keel 

 boats was offered, and the Bennett Cup, reverting to the club by the 

 sale of Montauk, was to be won again. An extra prme was also 

 offered by Mr. W. W. Russell for ihe first schooner over the line, 

 making five in all. Out of the list of schooners still on the club's 

 book it might have been expected that, all the classes would have 

 been well filled, and that some of the famous names would be heard 

 again, but the total entries were only eight, none in Class I.j aud the 

 boats themselves were mostly Second rate. Of all the old time craft 

 only Rambler went bo far as to enter in the keel class, and she did 

 not start. Montauk was on hand with new crew and owner, Grayling 

 was in fine form for racing, and for the rest there was C.itana, well 

 known as a cruiser, with her short foremast and big squareheaded 

 maiutopsail; Varuna with a racing record yet to be blade, Speranza, 

 a new cruiser that has never raced, all in me keel class, with Clytie 

 and Nirvana, once the sloop Julia, in the third class. Outside of the 

 two boats in the second class-, the prospects for a really good race 

 were hardly first class, and taken with tue turnout ot two-stickers in 

 the other two l-aces of Regatta Week, there is little to indicate a re- 

 turn of the old-time glory to the schooner fleet about New York. 



Naturally, with the advent of two single-stick vessels in a short 

 lime to compete for the America Cup, the main feature of this sea- 

 son's yachting will be the racing of the large sloops and cutters, and 

 this week has been looked for as an index, to a certain extent, to the 

 trial races of next month. Of course the two principal vessels. Pris- 

 ciila and Puritan, were not ready; but, as the trial races ate open to 

 all single-stick vessels of 60ft. waterlme and over, it was expected 

 that aU the old boats would have a try with their larger rivals, and 

 that they would enter first in this week's races. The turnout, how- 

 ever, has been rather disappointing. Gracie has been in for one. 

 racing three times, but with poor success: Mischief has entered twice 

 and captured three mugs; Bedouin has entered twice with little profit, 

 and Thetis has failed to astonish all New York yachtsmen and has 

 been twice beaten. 



The first class boats that are racing this season are but few ; Bedouin 

 and Heen representing xhe cutters, and Mischief and Gracie the 

 sioops; and of these, Been is not yet in commission. Wenonah will 

 not fit out this year, as her owner has taken a liking to steam. Heen 

 will be raced "by Diaper and an English crew, but has just heen 

 launched after a winter ashore, and Onva, who, though in a smaller 

 class, is always ready to tackle the big ones, is laid up during the 

 absence of her owner abroad. Of the sloops, Hildegarde seems to 

 have lost her taste for racing, and Fanny, though in commission, is 

 by no means anxious to try conclusions with Bedouin, and will not 

 enter even the trial races. Boston has sent one yacht to try for 

 honors before the big Puritan comes round, the Thetis, a compromise 

 sloop of great depth. 



Looking over the week's record with a view to the coming races we 

 may put down Bedouin as f ully up to last year's form, and ready for 

 a seeond string of flags, aud likely to push the big ones in the trial 

 races, especially if it blows. Mischief is at least us good aslastseason, 

 and good as the best in such weather as Thursday's.over the club course, 

 but needing every chance in her favor to make ber time off of boats 

 24tt. longer. Gracie is not yet her old sel f, and looks to be good for no 

 better than second place with Bedouin and Mischief, blow high, blow 

 low. Thetis, from what she has thus far shown, is little to be feared. 

 On Tuesday she had her weather to a fraction, a lively topsail breeze 

 and smooth water, and yet she failed to beat Mischief, though the 

 latter blundered at the Lightship, and on Thursday in a light wind she 

 was nowhere in particular. Boston has another card to play besides 

 Puritan and Thetis in Huron. practically a new boat, as she was entirely 

 rebuilt and lengthened this winter, but though a Keel boat with outside 

 lead, she has too much beam and too little depth to trouble Bedouin. 



As noted, Wenonah will not be out this year, but Keen will have a 

 Chance in new hands to retrieve last year's reputation, ana to justify 

 the faith that her friends still have in her. That she is a fast ooat if 

 properly handled is just as certain as it is that she has never yet been 

 given a fair chance to show what was in her. Her first captain, iu 

 spite of his reputation, was a failure in every way, and her second, 

 though no doubt a good sailor in small craft, was not the man to 

 handle the crew of a facing 10, and to get the last inch out of his boat. 

 Her new master comes to her with a well-earned reputation abroad, 

 to which he has a chance to add a no less enviable oue among Ameri- 

 can yachtsmen. He has a fine boat under him, and the fact that she. 

 is unpopular, both from her extreme proportions and poor perform- 

 ances thus far, should only prove an incentive to put her where she 

 belongs, with Bedouin and Oriva, as the fastest single-stickers in our 

 waters. No other yacht of equal excellence has ever had so 

 hard a task to make a place for herselt as Oriva. Launched 

 at a time when cutters were specially in disfaver, she at 

 once proceeded to justify by her performances a good many 

 of the severe comments showered on her, and nothing but the 

 pluck and yjerseveranee of her owner has brought out her many goort 

 qualities and shown her the best and fastest boat of her class. Capt- 

 tain Diaper has in Heen the same task that Mr. Lee bad three years 

 since in Oriva, and we shall look this season to see similar results 



