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FOREST AND STREAM. 



L-Jult 16, 1885. 



that the rule of measurement laid down in paragragh 3 of the Yacht 

 ^Racing Association rules i« fairer and in e^ery way prefprable. As 

 you justly observe in your letter of the 27th of April, a discussion on 

 the relative merits of the two systems would be out of place. We bad 

 only to deal with the difference as it exists. I suggested the usual 

 course followed in this country when two parties cannot agree, 

 namely, to "split the difference;" but as your committee felt them- 

 selves unable to accept that course, the only alternative was to call in 

 the aid of the umpire, Mr. Schuyler, and I was glad to receive your 

 telegram of the a6th of May assenting to that course. With regard 

 to your remark that time allowance was not strictly one of the ques- 

 tions referable to the umpire, I may mention that, so far as we were 

 concerned, it was intended that the umpire should settle every differ- 

 ence that might arise. No limitation was placed by aDy of our letters 

 on his powers, and in the mutual agreement clause, paragraph 8 of 

 tie Deed of Gift, time allowance is specifically mentioned as well as 

 •ail other conditions" of the race. Moreover, it was the distinct in- 

 tention in naming Mr. Schuyler, in whose impartiality and ability we 

 all have confidence, as umpire, to prevent any risk of the failure of 

 mutual arrangement, because a single race under paragraph 9 might 

 be no test of the relative speed of the yachts, and therefore Unsatis- 

 factory to all concerned. I telegraphed a reply to your letter of the 

 25th day of May, adhering to our desire to refer the question of time 

 allowance to Mr. Schuyler, in case there should have been any doubt 

 on i he point, and shall hope to hear his decision in the course of a few 

 days. As all the arrangements, so far as the committee and chal- 

 lengers are concerned, are now satisfactorily completed, Genesta will 

 shortly sail for America. In conclusion, Sir R. Sutton and Lieut. 

 Henn wish me to express their appreciation of he sou esy and con- 

 sideration with which all their suggestions have been received, I re- 

 main, dear sir, yours faithfully, J. Beavor-Webb. 



To which the following reply was made: New York, June 29, 18S5. 

 —J. Beavor-Webb, Esq., 18 Cranley Gardens, London, S. W.: Dear 

 Sir — 1 have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your favor under 

 date of June 9. The correspondence between yourself and the com- 

 mittee having reached a satisfactory and agreeable conclusion, it 

 only remains for me to extend, upon the part of my colleagues and 

 the club, a warm welcome to Sir Richard Sutton. Lieut. Henn and 

 yourself, in anticipation of your arrival in this country. Yours truly, 

 C. A. Minton, Secretary of Committee. 



OIL ON WAVES.— Editor Forest and Stream: In your issue of 

 June 10 last, there is a letter from B. B. Forbes as to oil on water at 

 sea I have written him by this same mail and wish to call your 

 attention to these facts below. The late Capfc. Jas. Fowler, a former 

 well-kuown pilot here and at San Francisco, designed and exhibited 

 a surface anchor or drag with perforated canvas bags filled with oil 

 attached. This invention was designed to be thrown over the side of 

 any craft in bad weather when laying to, attached to a light line, and 

 the resulting lam- of oil on the waves to windward would protect the 

 craft. This drag resembled a strong canvas umbrella, the oil bags 

 being pendeut from the part of the handle nearest the canvas, the 

 line being fast to the further end of the handle The editors of 

 Science appointed a day for the captain to visit their office at Cam- 

 bridge, Ma;s.. to examine into his invention at my solicitation 

 shortly after their publication of all the known results of oil on the 

 sea waves to that date, but on that day he died; no patent has been 

 taken for this, and since it may be of some use in the cause of saving 

 life, I forward this brief letter.— Sawbones. 



THE INCREASE OF SLOOPS AND CUTTERS —An argument 

 against the cutter was advanced some time since in the following 

 shape: 'Tleen was built in 1883, no large cutters have been built h re 

 since, consequently large cutters are going out of fashion." While it 

 is true that no large cutters have been built here since Ileen, we note 

 this week the arrival of the Stranger, a first-class racer: the Bayadere 

 is now in commission, and Clara is on her way across. All of these 

 are extreme cutters, and are built, equipped and rigged in a manner 

 almost unknown in our home-built sloops. What additions has the 

 sloop fleet to show beside them? Mischief was built in 1879. Except 

 two vessels built to meet a special emergency, one of which will ulti- 

 mately be converted into a schooner, no large sloops have been built 

 in the United States for six years. Have we abandoned the center- 

 board sloop? 



LU'MLE.— Mr. Cbas. Kellogg's steam yacht Lucile left her anchor- 

 age July 10 for a cruise in the St. Lawrence and lakes. She will go 

 to Albany, and after lowering masts, etc, procaed, via Erie Canal 

 and Lake Cayuga, to Ithaca, where she will take owner's family on 

 board. Thence to Oswego and the lake to the Thousand Islands for 

 an extended cruise. 



A SHOAL DRAFT SCHOONER.— A schooner for use in Florida is 

 now in frame at Poillon's, from designs by Mr. A. Cary Srniih. She 

 is 55ft. waterline, lOft. beam, and will draw but 2ft, 8in. The boat is 

 very high-sided, and has a trunk cabin, yivinghead room. She will 

 have a jib and staysail. 



THE NEW YORK SLOOP WINONA.— Mr. J. Bloodgood, Jr., and 

 two friends returning from a cruise to Put-in-Bay, etc., came into 

 Erie Harbor, July 2. remained until the 7th, w hen she left for Port 

 Colborne, bound for Lake Ontario, via Wetland Canal. 



TOLEDO Y. C. REGATTA,-On July 4 the Toledo Y. C. sailed a 

 second i ace for the champion Mag over a triangular course. The 

 starters were: Second class— Scud, Oberon, Osprey, Stella, Kate 

 Graham. Third class— Blazeppa and Petrel. The start was made at 

 12:58 in a good east wind, making a beat of the first leg. The order 

 of crossing was. Oberon, Stella, Scud, Graham, Osprey. Th<- Kate 

 Graham soon took the lead, with the Scud second, sailing (lie entire 

 course in that order. The full times were: 



SECOND CLASS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Scud 12 58 40 4 00 35 3 36 20 3 36 20 



Oberon 12 58 00 5 06 25 4 08 25 4 07 43 



Osprey 100 30 4 58 40 3 53 10 3 57 28 



Kate Graham 1 00 22 4 32 21 3 31 50 3 28 29 



Stella 12 59 08 



THIRD CLASS. 



Mazeppa 100 20 5 20 45 4 20 25 4 20 25 



Petrel 12 59 25 5 14 30 4 15 05 4 13 12 



The Kate Graham, Osprey, Scud and Oberon were to have sailed 

 for Cleveland on July 12, on their way to Ballast Island. The Toledo 

 > , C. will hold au open regatta on July 28. 



ANNISQUAM RACES.— On July 11 nearly fifty yachts were ready 

 at Gloucester for the race appointed for 11 A. M. over a course from 

 the mouth of Annisquam River, between the buoys around the stake- 

 boat near Essex outer black buoy, thence to stakeboat off Plum Cove, 

 back to Squam Buoy and repeat, 16 miles in all. The time limit was 

 3)4 hours or no race. The following started in a light wind: First 

 Class— Banneret, Atalanta. Black Cloud, J. S. Poyen, Jr., Muriel, 

 Evelyn, Avilla, Expert. Venus, Soutte. Falinitza," Frank Leslie, 

 Adelle. Rolan and L. J. Henry; Second Class— Thrasher, Carrie May, 

 Jumbo, Crusader, Kittiwake, Lilian. Flora Lee, Tarquin. Riverside, 

 Hestia, Helen, Spark, Sassacus. Ripple, Petrel, Planchette. Class 2 

 started at 11:05 and Class 1 at 11:20. Petrel led her class, with Kitti 

 wake second, and Atalanta aud Black Cloud were first and second in 

 the larger class. The wind died out entirely during a part of the race, 

 and finally delayed the finish beyond thelimit. Atalanta finished the 

 course in 3:30:30, %m. too late, and Flora Lee's time was 3:52:35. The 

 race will be resailed on July 20. Before the yacht race a dory race 

 was rowed, E. J. McEinmons winning. 



VICTORIOUS PRISCILLA.-Mr. Franklyn Bassford, the marine 

 artist, has lately painted a picture in black- and white of the new iron 

 sloop Prisciha, leading the Boston sloop Puritan around the lightship 

 in one of the trial races. Pnscilla is standing across on the port tack, 

 showing her lee side and deck, wh.le Puritan is seen under her stern, 

 on the starboard tack. About the lightship is a group of steam yachts 

 and other vessels, with the judges' tug, and the scene is lifelike in the 

 extreme. To be sure Puritan has not yet come on from Boston and 

 Prisciha has not been outside the point of Sandy Hook, but Mr. Bass- 

 ford's artistic soul soars above any such petty tramnffels. The pic- 

 ture will be lithographed and will be ready bv the time that Priscilla 

 beats Puritan. 



PHOTOGRAPHS OF ENGLISH YACHTS.-The coming of two Eng- 

 lish racing yachts to our waters this season has awakened a general 

 interest in these boats and their fellows among American yachtsmen, 

 who watch carefully the movements and races of Irex, Wendur and 

 the others of the English racing fleet. Messrs. Norie & Wilson, 156 

 Minories, London, have issued a full catalogue of photographs of 

 these yachts which they mail to all inquirers. Besides the ordinary 

 photos, they make up several styles of albums and also publish en- 

 larged views, both of which are particularly adapted for club house 

 ornaments or for club prizes. 



<^mwer$ to (^omspandmt^ 



E3P™ No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



The Sportsman's Handbook.— By Col. Horace Park. Columbus, O., 

 1885. 



The Hunters' Handbook.— By "An Old Hunter." Boston: Lee & 

 Shepard, 18y5, 



Mushrooms op America.— By Julius A. Palmer, Jr. Boston: L. 

 Prang & Co., 1885. 



The Reading Club.— Edited by Geo. M. Baker, No. 14. Boston: 

 Lee & Shepard. 1885. 



Ferrets: The Management, Training and Treatment in Disease, 

 from a practical poiut of view.— By Wolf Pocklington, Shooting 

 Times office. London, 1885. 



PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



To those of our readers who use guns, we recommend Mr. J. P. 

 Dannel'elser, No. 9 Chambers street. N. Y., when repairs of any kind 

 are wanted. He has for some years made a specialty of repairing 

 guns and pistols, aud guarantees all work. See advertisement in 

 another column. — Adv. 



Our readers should not fail to take with them on their fishing ex- 

 cursions into the woods some sort of ointment to repel the attacks 

 of flies, midges, mosquitoes, etc. Harlow's Anglers' Comfort has 

 been tried by many with great success, adding one-half to the pleas- 

 ure of atrip. See advertisement of N. S. Harlow, Bangor, Me., in 

 another column.— Adv. 



C. H. S., Hartford, Conn. — Paint is better than varnish for a canvas 

 canoe. 



Subscriber, Ontario.— A two-line ad. in the Forest and Stream will 

 sell the pups. 



. J. H. O, Wilmington, Del.— See advertisement of L. W. Ferdinand 

 in our columns. 



,o^'?' 9r Bridgehampton— See the Forest and Stream Dec. 13, 

 1882, for Connecticut River. 



A. B. D.— We have no description of the Audubin folding 

 and cannot ascertain that it is still manufactured. 



W. P. B. P., Lynn. Mass.— The construction of catamarans is 

 described in Kemp's 'Yacht and Boat Sailing," for sale at this office. 



G. H. T., Philadelphia.— Can you inform me where I can Hud good 

 chicken shooting near Omaha? Ans. Try the vicinity of Central 

 City, Neb. 



V. O, Kosse, Texas.— No rubber or paper folding boats are made 

 m this country. A rubber inflatable boat was formerly made in 

 England. 



C. S. B.. Philadelphia.— There are many good camping places 

 between Philadelphia and Trenton on either bank. We cannot tell 

 about Rancocas Creek. 



_ R. G B., Quincy, 111,— Oars are made out of 2in. spruce plank, kept 

 m stock by all lumher dealers about New York and tiie East. You 

 can probably find them in Chicago. 



C. F., Revere, Mass.— We have no record of the weight of three- 

 months-old puppies. Perhaps some of the owners of the breed can 

 give you the information you wish. 



J. K, Cincinnati.— For perch and catfish use minnows or angle 

 worms. For the buffalo fish roll wet cottou iu dour until a stiff 

 dough is made that will remain on the hook. 



G. W. S., Montreal. Canada.— The book on "Small Yachts." by C. f . 

 Kunliardt, is in the printer's hands and will shortly be published: the 

 date will be announced in the Forest and Stream'. 



Subscriber, Canada.— 1. What makes the best lubricator for bul- 

 lets? 2. Is lubrication any benefit, if so. what? 3. What benefit is 

 there in putting thin wad between bullet and powder in cartridges 

 for sporting purposes? Ans. 1. A mixture of wax and suet. 3. Yes, 

 in moistening the residuum in barrel. 3. To compress the powder 

 uniformly. 



N. L , Paterson, N. J.— 1. What do angling authors mean when they 

 say that a rod ought to be properly balanced? 3. 1 wish to purchase 

 a reel that can be used both for fly and bait fishing. Would a Malle- 

 son Perfection Reel answer for the above? Ans. 1. They mean that 

 the rod should not be topheavy nor too htavy anywhtrt. 2. The 

 reel will answer your purpose. 



W. A. N — We do not know where you can procure dobsons. They 

 do not bear confinement long and will eat each other, therefore we 

 doubt your ability to procure them from a distance and keep them. 

 They are plenty about Greenwood Lake, where they retail for two 

 cents each, and are found along the Mohawk River and other places, 

 but no one makes a business of supplying them, except to local 

 custom. 



C. L. H.. Eaton, N.Y.—l. I inclose crude drawing of bass head, 

 which is causing discussion among our local anglers. Is it the head 

 of a large-mouth or small-mouth bass? 2. Is there a .glue made that 

 will mend broken gun stocks and stand damp any length of time? 

 Ans. 1. Your drawing shows that the maxillary bone extends beyond 

 the orbit, therefore the fish was a big-mouth, " 2. Use best quality of 

 cabinetmakers' glue. 



G., New York.— Please tell me of some preparation that will enable 

 me to bring home a couple of large trout from Lake Superior in good 

 condition for mounting by taxidermist. They will have to be kept at 

 least two weeks before they reach the taxidermist. Ans We know of 

 nothing better than 90 per cent, alcohol and water in equal propor- 

 tions. Make incisions in the abdomen to let the fluid inside, or remove 

 the intestines entirely. A tight five gallon keg will answer. Take 

 two gallons of alcohol in it. 



L. T. R.. New York.— Will you please advise me how to construct a 

 minnow box and place in lake waters so that the minnows will keep 

 alive? I recently made the experiment with a box having openings 

 on two sides, covered with wire. Sometimes the minnows would keep 

 well and at other times, especially in rough weather, they would die. 

 the rise and fall of the water caused by the waves coming in seemed 

 to dash the minnows against the side elf the box and kill them. How 

 would a double box, the outside box having openings on different 

 si iles from those of ilie inside box do? Should the box be submerged, 

 and should the minnows be fed? Ans. The trouble was no doubt 

 caused by rough water. Your plan may work well. We would not 

 submerge the box, but give the fish access to ah 1 . If you keep min- 

 now s long they should be fed or they will eat each other. Some 

 specimens keep better than others. 



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