FOREST AND iTHEAM. 



[Jan. 14, 1886. 



v,**^-'*^''^^^'' ^^ass.. Jan. 6.— At the last meet at the HackQiata-'k 

 {Ra'nge the aifembers of the Gardner Rifle Club had present as jrUes's 

 A- OvWftile, of Worcester, Bias?., and tl, C. Frciieli, of Brattleboro, 

 Vt. l>'Cirine: the meet there was a learn shoot, fiVf^ menouasi<b^: 

 •8»^'h had twenty shots. The results w€Te> t^. F. Ellsworth's side. 

 e52; I. N. L>ocl&e'8 side, 707. The iien' stlindai-d American tara:et was 

 used; two strings were shot, with a possible 100 in each, with the 

 following results: 



GF EUsirorth «7 88-175 IT C French SO -^l-irjl 



I N Dodge .....fa 88-171 Frank Nichols 73 7S— 151 



George Fay , . . . g4 8.0-169 Georiie Warfleld 68 ca - 1 f)7 



Y S SP"'^^'^ ''^ 81—160 CharTes Crabcree 68 Ii3~-128 



AC White 79 79-15S dSTEdfiell 63 54-110 



W C toviclaiid 73 83-155 Charles Powell 60 53-118 



, J*<50t1NG SN OWE. 4LLS. -Rome, 2^. Y.. Jau O.-Jan 1 and 3 

 yv*n A. Parker, of Rome, made quite a eood score at winp rifie .«sUoot- 

 W. He uses a Winchester .-32-20 repeating riHe, and— on this occa- 

 sion—shot at 6 yards rise. He fired 125 shots at snowballs ai* inches 

 in diameter, the exact s-ize of a er'ass ball, aad 1-?0 disaijpen refi a^ the 

 pull of the trigger. Before this his best sCor^' xvas ^4 out of ?5, 

 yards rise. Balis were broken in the aiy* at a distance of abaul :iO or 

 35 feet from tbe shooter. wilhanmoilOO without a rniss. After 

 this was done he shot at (5 leaden discs the exact ^ize of a silver .lr,l 

 iar and hit tbtee of thenu La'er he. "ith (lifferent Hialits. sliot 

 at pieces of brick at 10 and 14 yards, and hit almosv everv shm , (jjice 

 he hit a snowball in tlie air thrown at ]5 yards that' \cas rhrown 

 pearly from hini . When hit it must have been nearly 35 yav.is f i om 

 him. It *«fe the nicest shot I ever saw He has never ni'ide anv 

 'scores with a shotEfim; in tact, he savs; "I never shot a sholfcmi :li 

 ahall 'ikt 'pigeon or any other flying target . With a shotgun it is hot 

 ■•so ftnfe work, although extremely dinicilt to make some shots. 1 

 <CAa hit two brick halves and have the shots as nea r together as any 

 ahotgun man can make a double fi'om a revolving trao." He has 

 broken three blocks tossed in the air witli his rifle in 5 seconds, and 

 five in less than 8 seconds. Hereafier, he savs, he will pay his atten- 

 tion to shooting hails at the longer distances rather than fast shoot- 

 ing— I mean lO to 18 yards.— Vidi. 



NEWARK, . J., Jan. S.— In reeai-d to the oldest organization in 

 this city the statement in vour last issue by me was an error. I have 

 s^ttCe learned that the Es^ex Rille Club was organized .Ian. 20, 1879, 

 this would make them the oldest association, instead of the Freling-- 

 huysens who rank second, and the Warrens third. The officers of 

 gsses as elect'^d at last meeting are: President, Roger Slarshall : Vice- 

 jPresideni, C. H-. Miesel; Secretary and Treasurer, .1. H. Hucgel; Fi- 

 nancial Secretary, John W. Hoch; Sersreant-at-Arms, John Dion; 

 Captain of teams. John Coppersmith: Ritle inspector. Oodfrev Sne]- 

 Hen; Scores-, Albert Lake; Shooting Cominirtee, C. H. j\lieRel, Wilhain 

 Watts* Cnarles Cooper- Regular weekly meetings are held Monday 

 evening at 326 Bank street. Annual meeting and election third Mon- 

 idaO''in January.— A. C. W. 



SPRINGFIELD, Mass.. ,Ian. 5.-The weekly shoot for The montldy 

 badges of the Rod and Gun Club this afternoon was fairly atteuded 

 and some fine scores were made. The new standard tartret designed 

 by C. W. Hinman was used for the first *iine and gave mii di satis- 

 faction. The scores are out of a poss-ible 100. nnd are as loUows: 



G Browning 10 7 7 10 9 7 G 9 in 7 - H'i 



ET Stephens 10 10 10 7 7 9 10 T t; il-sy 



J Allen 7 9 6 6 9 .5 5 6 l<i ]ri_73 



SKHindley 10 9 9 6 4 8 6 6 6 .5-69 



LHMayoit 66566 7 89 6 9-6S 



JTowne S 2 5 S 8 .3 4 3 9 4-54 



H McDonald* 844656 5 49 3-51 



J Stirling* 5 5 6 4:3 4 3 6 5 9—50 



*Used State military rifles. 



WALNUT HILL RANGE.-Jan. 9. -The severe storm kept the rifle- 

 imen at home to-day. Buifew scores were finished; 



J Francis, D 8 7 4 lu H 7 7 8 iO 9-78 



<0 B Edwards. 9 9 8 10 6 6 8 7 9 R— 77 



JMissam 10 5 7 8 10 7 6 7 9 7—7G 



A Duffer, D 7 8 7 9 7 fi 8 7 7 8—74 



JBFeUows, M 885999388 6-7:> 



ZETTLER RIFLE CLUB.— Jan. 5 — Rpgular Club shoot, ring tfir' 

 ;get., possible 120, gallery 100ft. lous; M. Dorrler 118. D. Miller IIG- 

 M. B. Engel 114, A. Lober 11?!, B. Wahlter 9:2, G. Zimmermann 113. 

 C. G. Zettlpr 113, B. Zettler 11.5, T. C. Noone 104, L. FIachl05 C W. 

 Karcher HO, M. L. Riggs 113, J. W. Plaisted 106. 



THE TRAP, 



Oorreaponclents who favor 11s with club score.1 are particularly re- 

 quested to write on one side of the paper only. 



WELLINGTON. Jan. 6.— A large assembly of shooters came to- 

 gether yesterday for the purpose of carrying out the programme put 

 forth by the Boston Gun Club. Clay pigeons. KnoxvUle' blacKbirds 

 and Macomber metal birds received an ample share of patrooase. A. 

 northwest wind prevailed above theright hand quarters, with a speed 

 requiring the greatest skill, but shooters cotild not have been selected 

 who would have handled the birds better. Worcester.'E.xeter. Brock- 

 ton, Falmouth, Portsmouth. Clinton, Chelsea, sent their best shooters 

 to content for the different badges and sweepstakf»s. Appended is 

 the result of the competition: 1. Seven single Knoxvilhi targets 18 

 yds. rise— W. Allen. H. W. Webber. E. Shumway and C. M. Stark 

 2. Three pair Knoxville targets— Allen, first. 3. Seven single Mac- 

 omber metal bu-ds— Bartlett flr^t. 4. Three pair blackbirds, 15yds 

 rise -R. F. Schaefer, Stark and Dickey first. S. Seven single blackbirds 

 —J. Nichols flr.s't. 6. Individual champion match of the Massachu- 

 setts State Glass Ball Association, Knoxville blackbirds beino- sub- 

 stituted for glass balls. Stark of the Boston Gun Club was ihe 

 bolder, bemg challenged by Perry of the Worcester. Dickey of the 

 Massachusetts Ritie Association, Aldoes of the Brockton club, R 

 Schaefer of the Wellington Gun Clul). Stark heM the badge, Pei-rv 

 second, Schaefer thu-d and Aldees foi-tb. An independent S'veep was 

 held with this match, which was at 50 birds, Eager taking first. Ward- 

 well and Perry taking secoud. 7 Sevn Macomber targefcs—Bartlett 

 first. 8. Three pair clay pigeons— E W. Law and Wardwell first. 9. 

 Five clay pigeons— Curtis and Schaefer first. 10. Five straightwavs, 

 —Wardwell, Schaefer and Swift Hr.st. 11. Seven single clay pl?pons 

 — T. S. Stanton and W. Simpson first. 13. Five straightaways, hlaek- 

 birds— Stark first. 13. Seven blackbirds— Law an ' Swift flr t ]l. 

 Seven clay pigeons— Houghton first. 15 Si^venclay pie. ou-s - Hout^h- 

 tonand Stark first. 16. Seven clay pigeons— Swifi first. 17. Seven 

 clay pigeons; entries fcr Boston Gun Club prizes— Wari well Ihst. 

 18. Miss and out -Swift first, and also took tlie Dot. 19. Miss and out 

 —StarK scooped the purse. Darkness alone took the shooters into 

 camp and flniished one of the red letter davs af tlie Bo=toa sliooters. 



Jan. 9. — Noth withstanding thti wind whistled across the Weliina trm 

 Range to-day, and the snow diiven by the wind nearly hid tbe clay- 

 birds, about thirty lovers of the shotgun stood at the ti'aps, and lor 

 about five houi-s blazed away at the birds as they rose in the ;iir. The 

 result of the sport: 1. Five pigeons— Sauborn and Wilson first. 2. 

 Five blackbirds— Sanborn'and Schaefer first. 3. Five blackbirds— 

 Wardwell firs'. 4. Five blackbirds— Snow first. 5. Five pigeons — 

 Schaefer first. 6. Five blackbirds-Wan-en and S A-ift first. 7. Five 

 pigeons— Schaefer first. 8. Five blackbirds— Wardwell first. 9. Five 

 pigeons— Frank Schaefer and Perry first. 10. Five blackbirds— -Lor- 

 ing and Warren first. 11. Five blaclcbird.?— Perry, L-^Ting andAVar- 

 ren first. 12. Five pigeons— Snow and Loring first! 13. l>'n c pigeons, 

 straightaway —Snow and Loring first. 14. Fiye blackbirds— Sranton 

 and Perry first. 15. Five pigeons, straightaway— Sno iv first. Ki. 

 Five pigeons — Ward well first. 



"GRA-HAM" IN AMERICA.— Win. Giles, shooting under the name 

 of Graham and known on ail the English grounds, is now in this 

 country and is, he says, ve -y anxious to arrange a match with Cap- 

 tain Carver. He issues a challenge open to anybody to sbooL under 

 these conditions: One hundred birds. :il yards' rise'," traps, Ml onn- 

 ces of shot, no restrictions as to wei-^ht of g'la or size at' oore. Or 

 Graham will stand at 26 yards and use one hand only whjle his op- 

 ponent stands at 32 yards and uses both hands. Either m^itch to be 

 for $500 or $2,000 a side. Graham uses a very light hanimerle.sa gun 

 Several years asro Captain Carver visited England and succeeded in 

 beating the English champion, William Graham, by but two glass 

 balls in one thousand. In the next match Cirver vi-as defeu ted. The 

 coming of Giles has roused Capt. A. H. Bogardus wlio says tliat w hen 

 he went to England in 1875 and 1878 he shotall coiiers under English 

 rules. He now challenges Mr. Giles to shoot him three matche.s ot 

 one hundred birds each, as follows: —Mr. Giles to name the rules to 

 govern one match, Captain Bogardus to name tbe rules to govern 

 one match, while in the third match half the birds shall be governed 

 by the rules of each contestant. Captain Bogardus says be will 

 shoot in. any city and for any amount for the championship of the 

 world. Dr. Carver, the wing shot, passed through Kansas Cny a 

 few days a,go. on his way to Chicago. He said he intended to dupli- 

 cate his New Haven record by breaking 60,000 glass balls in sis days. 

 He had selected Kansas City as the place for the shooting, and y, ouM 

 have men, instead of traps, to throw the balls. Regarding competi- 

 tion with other sportsmen, he said he had been challenged by a num- 

 ber of men who claim to be wing and rirte snots, but, as their chal- 

 lenges have never been accompanied by money, he has ignored 

 them. "I am willing and ready,'' said the doctor, "to delend my 

 title as champion wing and riUe shot of the world agaiasc all coai- 

 ersi" 



KINGSTON VS. TRENTON.-ICingston. N. J. Jan. 7. -Return match 

 between the Kingston Gun Club and Trenton Gun Club. The day 

 was very cold and windy, the cold pierced throuerhaman before he 

 cotila shoot five clay pigeons; ic was a bad day for shooting, a day 

 to test any man's skill with a gun at the trap. Ligo wsky clay piffeons, 

 5 traps, fourth notch, 18yds : ^ ^ j c 1 fe , 



Kingston Gun Club, 



Q Snooks OOlOlinOOOIOIOOllOO- 8 



C McDonald , .001 IOQOIOQOO1OII lOOl- 7 



^'«';'<:"'ell , ^ lOOOOlllOOllOllOl lOO-^lO 



^- (<ultck , OolOlOOOOOOllOllltm— 7 



^ o.''-'/ rooooii I lOOOlOlllplU-IO 



E Tichemr idlinilMlOOlOlOini-li 



■/ • 101001 o5oooi()ioooiii- 7 



IPuUer.... OHHOOOOOlOllOllOll-11-73 



, Trenton <iun Club. 



.<ames M Allen 11011011011111011011—14 



H Loveless .101XlOlllll0101000()lO— 9 



M Barwis .iJOiOOl 1 1 lOOJljOlOJO-li 



J Sir -Idling 11011 0(WoiQl0110niO-l-2 



C A Neaie (llOnOOlOUOllOHllll— 11 



C H Allen i ; iO 100001 10111 1011111—14 



J Dumpnt.. ....... .-.I.... ;.. 11100111110001111110-14 



A b Lelt:h..............i..-.. 000001 1 0000100010001- 5-90 



BOsTfiN, .Jab. 7.— The Suffolk Sportsmen's Club of Chelsea, its 

 nienibers cotliprisin? many of the business and professional men of 

 Chelsea, -^Vas oryauized in 1880. Its range is located at the easterly 

 sif.e oi! Powder Horn hill. The club has leased and elegantly fitted up 

 I'lty rooms, where rhcy have a large cabinet of stuffed rare birds, a 

 collection of over lOii. In tbe main hall is a large eagle which was 

 shot by one of the inerobers in North Carolina. The annual meoring 

 of the club was held this evening. It was largely aifcended. Thfi 

 foUowing oflioers were elected for 188B; President, J. E, Simpson; 

 vice-presidents. Benjamin T. Martin and Kimball Easterbrook: sec- 

 retary, Capt. Wilham R. Swan; treasurer, Noah Blaiichard; e.vecu- 

 live committee. H. N. Blanchard, F. M. Whiting, P. F. McDonald and 

 W. E. Perry. Shortly before 10 o'clock the members and invited 

 Kuesis ithe Wellington Gun Club being represented \ sat down to a 

 banquet at the City Hotel, the tables being loaded with good ihingsj 

 including rare birds. 



BROOKLYN, L. I.— At the annual meeting of the Unknown Gun 

 Club, Jan. 7, 1886. the following officers were' elected for the eilsding 

 year: Henry Knebel, President; john Akhnrst, ■Vitje-Pi^esideaQt; 

 Henry van Staden, Trea-urer; Ellis Laytoh. Seeretaty. The club 

 havina: e.rlended the hmitatlon clah'e In regard to membership from 

 50 to 75 took in 3 new members. The new prize shooting arpange- 

 ineut for the year is to be a shoot On the seboild ThuT.sday of each 

 morth. 3 ca.sh prizes tor Bach Shotit, to be taken out of the club funds 

 and to be competed for oil the classified plan, in addition to 4 extra 

 prisses of f lO in cash, a donatioa by friends of the club to be competed 

 for during the 12 monthl.^ shoot-*, the 4 members making the best in- 

 dividual scores in 6 out of 12 shoots co take the prizes, but a member 

 must compete no less than six times to have a claim.— H. K. 



THE LEAVENWORTH (KAN.) GCN CLUB held its regular an- 

 nunl meciiug Jan. 4. and the following officers were elected: Presi- 

 dent, coL Thomas 31oonlight; Vice-President, A. C. Girard; Secre- 

 tary, W. C. Hinman; Treasurer, Gforge GolT; Board of Managers, 

 lleury Lanit^, George Biringer and West Gordon. The club is in 

 good stanamg and has a surplus of funds on hand for a three-days' 

 tonrn-ament in the early spring at live birds, and several fiyina-iraps 

 now in use.- W. C. H. 



CAPTIVE PIGEONS.— A coiTespondent of the Toronto Mail has 

 discovered a club of inarlremen who shoot at pigeons from a;trap, but 

 each bird when flown has a string tied to its leg. If k>lled, aU right; 

 but if missed, the striua: insures the return of the bird tor further 

 practice. We can hardly believe that such an unsportsmanlike prac- 

 tice exists. 



EMERALD GUN OLUR.—The fourth annual invitation ball of the 

 Emerald Gun Club on Monday evening, Jan. 25, 1866, at Walhalla 

 Hall, 4S-52 Orchard street. Invitations wfil be gladly extended to 

 members of other Glub.-, and may be had upon applicalion to Gfeorge 

 V. Hudson, M.D. Pres., 55 Henry street, New York. 



Nationai. Gtjn Association Tournaments.— Special Notice.— Mem- 

 bers desirous of organizing tournaments inthenr vicinity, under the 

 auspices of the Association, are requested to notify the under.-igned. 

 All the expenses of the same will be paid by us. Make your arrange- 

 ments for 1886. We propose to establish a circuit of tournaments 

 annually. Claim your dates now. General office and headquarters, 

 Macon, Ga.— 3Utt R. Freeman, Vice-President and General Manager; 

 F. C. Ethfidgb, Secretary, Macon, Ga. Send 10 cents for hand book 

 containing rules, constitution, et.c. "Fairly started and its future 

 depends enth-ely upon the manner in which the sportsmen throughout 

 the country respond."- C. M. Stark, April 18, 1885.— ^du. 



ptMing. 



Address all cominunicatioTis to the Forest and Stream PtMish- 

 ing Co. 



CRUISE OF THB GOOT. 



VIII. 



SUNDAY before Thanksgiving had been set for the day of depart- 

 lire. Oil can and breaker had been replenished, as also the stock 

 of fresh meat and potatoes. Saturday had come, blit wind came not 

 with it. There had been an ominous calm for three days, with a 

 moisture in the atmosijhere denoting an approaching blow from cll 

 the Atlantic. When I pulled alongside fc-aturday evening the river 

 was glassy smooth, and nature reposed in tranquil mood, though 

 there was s.^rnethinK sullen in the aspect not reassuring. As the 

 Orange Blossom, the cognomen bestowed uijou the skiff, shot up 

 under the quarter and 1 stepped aboard the yacht, an ominous whistle 

 suddenly swept through the gear and as quickly subsided. Not a 

 ripple did it create upon the water, but it ctiue along sharp and de- 

 cisive, which boded more to follow. A second and a third puff, chilly 

 and damp, initiated the ball, and in ten minutes more the river had 

 been serrated into lines of rushing ripplets, 'iriven befijre tlie first 

 impulse of an oncoming gale. In an hour it was down upon us with 

 great strength, and ic c intinued to wax more furious throughout the 

 niaht. At first the full import of the warnlns signs had hardly been 

 read, though precautions had been taken, the second anchor being 

 hove over the bow 10 a short scope. 1 turned in and slept soundly, 

 as I always do aboard ship. Once in the night, canting over for a 

 fresh launch iutottie land of dreams, I heard a i-attling of gear and 

 whistling of wind, and feit the little Coot rise and fall and pull at her 

 line. But with both anchors out this gave me no concern, and, be- 

 sides, I had other business on hand just then. 



When morning brought sleep to an end an uncomfortable state of 

 all li IS met ray gaze out of the cabin doors. Heavy clouds of tiois- 

 teruLis mien had enveloped the heavens, 'rne shores were draped in 

 g-ray di iz.^liug inist, and rain began sprinkling. The wind had in- 

 creased to a furious gale from the northeast, High seas were run- 

 ning, the Coot plunging restlessly about and rolling scuppers under 

 with a lee shore close aboard — not a smooth beach upon which she 

 might have grounded her heel and helped out the anchor, but a 

 menacing line of pile work encircling the Statea Island shore iq an 

 endless trestle for the new Rapid Transit railroad. The knotty un- 

 hewn trees raised their rough heads six feet above water and were 

 capped b}' heavy balks, biace-1 and counterbraced, witn Dolt heads 

 Slicking out here and there, srim and inhospitable, holding out 

 nothing but immediate destruction to anything: dashed within reach. 

 To more thoroughly embay the Coot taere was a pier jutting out 

 several hundred feet, and a number of smail boats at anchor in the 

 angle. Down npou these the Coot was likely to drive and carry 

 havoc among others besides breaking her own bones, should she 

 drag her anchors m the soft bottpm. For a time everything went 

 well and confidence was not shaken. By midday it was howling a 

 titirricaue as ugly as ever I had seen, and beyond what the imatrina- 

 liou can depict. Worst of all, the bottom was proving ireaehijrous. 



The Kill von Knll once a tine reacn of clear, flo whig tides, giving 

 life to countless fish and oysters and boasting many a fine 3'acht 

 anchorage, has been polluted to a filthy sewer by the oil refining 

 mouopofies established on the Jersey shore. Tons upon tons of sludge 

 acid are clandestinely poured into the river every day with an utter 

 contempt for law and common decency, until the once limpid waters 

 of the Kfil flow like sluggish slime, contaminating everyttiing that 

 floats upon its bosom and kiUing the natural wealth of food supply, 

 robbing many a poor fellow of his former means of livelihood. Once 

 in a great while a few Statea Islanders rouse from their Rip Van 

 Winkle sleep to draw up a set of mild -resolutions which are safely 

 pigeonholed in the deepest recesses of the legislative tialls in Albany. 

 A .shore inspector flourishes and grows fat upon a big salary and 

 accomplishes absolutely nothing, if iie makes any earnest attempt at 

 all to abate the crying nuisance.' The wealthier aad more influential 



'"it- caring 

 -e:i i>y 

 ■vants, 

 loat. 



the corporation, the more reckless disregard d.ic-= 

 not a fig for the rights of t he pubhc, so a petty 

 snapping its fingers at the law and the peont 

 Matters have gone from bad to worse, till it is , - 

 swim or fish in a great watery hlghwa.f upon winch i.ije relentless 

 tentacles of gl-aspihg, eohscienfelbss corpOratioils have fastened; td 

 the destruction of its legitimate purposes. As every means has litjeii 

 exhausted to fesC'Ue the Staten Island rivel fldnllhe balefultiliitch 

 of the oil refining uionopohsts-, the Jjeople, ds tisual. passively submit 

 to an intanlous iluisauce which woiild not be tolerated for iwentr- 

 f our hours hi any other ootin tl-y bilt our d wri. 



Thei-e i& no bott<iiM, hi the ti iic sense, to the Kills. Drop your 

 anchor and it sinks into filth. Bring a striilu on the cable ahd tlie 

 anchor hauls h6me as throutch so much rpolasses, Ttie ordinary 

 twenty five pbund anchor held as well as could be expected, thotigh 

 the Coot, slowly biit surely was settling m shore. la 9ft. of water I 

 could not veer to more than 6 fathoms scope for lack of room astern 

 so the tjanger of breaking away was thereby greatly mcreased. It 

 was impossible to get underway and work across for a smooth under 

 the opposite shore. I was alone, and to set the Cor.t under control 

 with nothing but a close reefed raainfiail in a steep jump called for 

 two or three hundred feet of sea room for a safe venture, whereas 

 only a hundred feet could be commanded. It may be sai.i alee shore 

 should have been forseen, tmt the yacht had to be anchored mside of 

 the fairway, which compelled a beith close in. There was no choice 

 but to ride It out as things were and trust to the little ChoiUbWho 

 keeps an ey e on luckless fellows in a scrape. Ho attended to buainctsS 

 as the se((uel will prove, but helped the Coot out only in the very last 

 nick of time. I .=hould prefel* a little more mal'isln tW safetv hi the 

 next case. Sunday wdre. oil tht-odgh auAiety which jint nerves Id 

 severest tension. , The wind screeched and ho-«v!f^.l. the day wa-i dark- 

 and dfeai'y, the sky temJldstuoUs. Shower upon t.lio\i er ot'raiu wouid 

 deluge the decks and pour Into the cockjiit with every passing .^quali. 

 These came PiSt and furious. They tairly hit the Coot as tij^-y 

 .swooped down upon her wilhoul mercy. I could feel tlu-ra sink.- tli'd 

 cabin bouse and shuddered in .^pite of all rc-olutinn; .'Mnments si eniM,! 

 to stretch into hours; the hour mtt^ at-'e.s. The sea was nmnint' .-o hW'-h 

 and the air wfts. sd ccild; that tjtJniuiniilcaUoii wl'h the shei e was 

 nipi-acticable. Nijt a bemg df any kind was to he seen. The/al- 

 off houses .-irere bathed in i of rents: the bare tl-ees bent and cjulvel-ed 

 to the terrible scoiiriim.a-. The streets were ankle deep and chokeii 

 With thUddy debris, washed in riotous currents which forced a <re:it 

 through Idts and gar lens with great ferment as they niiubled totrf 

 tht! sfeethirig bteakers of tiie stream. No voice coiild have beeii 

 raised abdvcj the airlpalliug din. Sio-ns or signals would not have 

 been seeil throhgh the blinding storm, nor could help have been 

 tendered that would have improved the state the Coot was in Once 

 a man did essay to walk across the railroari trestle, which formed a 

 barrier between myself and the shore. With chin drawn down and 

 coat above his ears, leaning forward, he pressed against the blast, 

 but soon ga^e up the attempt and was quickly sy.-ept out of sisht to 

 seek shelter behind a shanty. A buoy a long way ahead was the 

 only possible opening. I measured the distance with my eye and 

 found it twice as long as my cable. Another buoy was some disi auce 

 astern. This hell out some hope, should the Coot drag still further. 

 Tbe rough sea and cold temperature left it an open question 

 whether a line could be taken out, and that remained to be seen, 

 For the present the anchor was holding, as the water had shoaled' 

 somewhat. But at each big sea it was certain that the anchor waa 

 being lifted, and at any moment it might break out altogether. In 

 the mean time the cable was unbent from the folding anchor, which 

 had been taken aboard and kept ready for use. 



Once, late in the afternoon, there was a lull, and hope I'oss afresh 

 that the blow had been broken. It was only a short-lived respite to 

 the agony. WhiZz! Down came the squalls anew with additional 

 vigor. The caps of the waves were sivent rdl and dew in sho^vers 

 aeainst the Coot's cabin. She tugged heavily at her cable. She 

 plunged and staggei'ed. Rain froze into haii "so cUttmg that I cOUld 

 not show head out of the doors and was driven lielow decks, a pris- 

 oner. The seas washed along the sides wtth hissing venom. The 

 boat groaned under the infliction, The riidder mnurnfidh- inoanHd 

 in its casing. The boom snapped and jerlcod in the crotch. ' The iioac 

 pounded a doleful dead march astern. The gear slatted a raitliug 

 accompaniment like musketry in battle. The timbers wrenched and 

 the beams squeaked iu complaint. The crockery clinked, the stores 

 rolled about, the campchair tipped from leg to leg, the larnpa swung 

 violently in circles. The oil in the stove slopped over. The decks 

 drippfd D-orn underneath. The board in the casine got uneasy- 

 Little thines fell out of racks and baskets. The matches slid out of 

 the box and scattered over the fioor. Pools of dirty wafer collected 

 upon the oUcloth. The thermometer tried to break its precious netk. 

 Water in the bilge sloshed romid in ugly suggestion. Hail and gale 

 raised an unearthly din, and the skipper— he sat coolly smokiug. 

 Let come what will, there was no help for it. Then iu all the tur- 

 moil and war he broke out some plebeian sausage, peeled afew pota- 

 toes, boiled coffee, smoked, cogitated and turned in. 



Daylifjhtt Can it be possible! Have I slept? Slept through the 

 whole of the night, through the violence and noise raging all about? 

 But the gale? BlowinK at its height, blowing with a terrific force 

 which was sickenmg. During the afternoon, forty hours after the 

 storm had begun, temporary relief came in occasioual lulls. These 

 grew longer, and again I foresaw the brealiup uf the e^uIc. Stre.iks 

 of light opened across the sky to wiudwanl. I'lie r.-iin ceased. The 

 sea quieted down. So did I. When darkness settled upon tlie world 

 it was inky black. The storm burst upon the poor Coot with renewed 

 spite, accompanied by a terrific onslaught of hail. All uigid die 

 howling tempest hurled itself upon the Coot. All night the anchor 

 held. All night I slept. The gale was getting monotonous. Whoop I 

 What was that? Another. How easy the Coot seems all of a sudden. 

 What can it mean? Dragging! Yes, dragging, sure, and only a few 

 lengths away from the nuugry ogre ready to crunch ihe yacht into 

 matchwood! Again she brought up and held nil through Tuesday 

 afternoon. She was but two lengths away from the ti-estle, over 

 which Ihe seas were breaking heavily. On Tuesday evening the gale 

 broke. The Coot was safe. 



THE CHALLENGE FROM THE ARROW. 



"VTEARLYiwo months ago we published a letter frornJD'. Tankervilla 

 i.^ Chamberlavne, owner of the famous Arrow, inviiing a challenge 

 from an American yacht tor the Queen's Cup, won li.y the Arrow in 

 1852. in which race she beat the America. No answers to this chal- 

 lenge have yet come from American yaohtsmon, and in order to 

 draw their attention to this matter Mr. Charabcrluyue has sent us for 

 publication the following letter. The manly and sports nvtBlike lone 

 of ivir. Chamberlayne's challenge must cammer d lc to our yachtsmen, 

 and we hope, induce some of them to accept it. Accord'in[r to Ihu 

 claims that has e been made for the seagoing powers of American 

 yaclus, the voyage is easily within their ability, and the advent of an 

 American ceulerboard sloop iu English waters nest year, especially 

 if she made a good showing in the races, would of itself be a sitf- 

 ficient refutation of the charges made against them from across 

 the water. True, we have few large single-stick vessels, but it would 

 be an easy matter to alter a schooner as was proposed last year. 

 The Gra.yl.ns, one of the fastest, is just about the required size*, and 

 the passaice of such a boar, acros-; aad back, whether she won or lost, 

 would of itself be a grand vindication of the shoal draft tbeories held 

 by many, and it would be, what the Puritan's victo'ry was not, a 

 triumph of distinctively American idesis. In the interests of inter- 

 national sport, we hope that Mr. Chamberlayne's offer will nieot 

 with a prompt response from this side of tbe Atlantic and that n«xt 

 season will see two international contests, one for a genuine Queen's 

 Cup. As some alterations would be made in the Arrow in the event 

 of a race it is necessary that a challenge should be sent soon In order 

 to allow full time for preparation. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



WUl you kiufUy allow me^o call the attention of American ycichts- 

 men co' a proposal I lately made in the columns of the Loudon Held? 

 1 have reason t-obeheve m.y letter was copied into several of .your 

 new.tpaper.^, but I should like to add a few words. The cup t ofTered 

 to make a "challenge" prize was the gift of her Majesty the Quaen to 

 the Royal Victoria 1 C., and it was won by my cutler Arrow, then 

 the property of my lati- faiher, the vice-commodore of the said club. 

 The America was "one of the competitors, and it is worth remarking 

 that the Arrow was considered the tascest English racing yacht of 

 that flay, and that she was not beaten by tho former vessel in tbe 

 previous year, haymsc been disabled by an accident and put out of 

 the race' Thus tbe two vessels may be said to have met onl.yonue, 

 and with the result above stated. 



The other point of difference is that the cup won by tbe Arrow was 

 the gift of tbe Queen, that won by the America was the gift of the 

 Royal Yacht -Squadron. I proposed, and now repeat the offer, to 

 hold Che Queen s Cup until some American cutter or sloop takes it 

 from rae. The best out of three matches in the Solent to decide the 

 contest. I believe one of our crack vessels is hkely to cross the Atlan- 

 tic and try conclusions with you again next season, and if so no doubt 

 your best yacht would have ro remain at home and meet her; but the 

 "old Arrow'" (as she is called here) cannot claim, under the present 

 system of handicapping, to be quite in the first flight, and there must 

 be sf-veral sloops in your waters able to make a bold bid for my cup. 

 Anyhow I hope I may hear from some genlleman amomr your yacht 

 owners on the subject, and I will then lose no tune in sivme bim all 

 particulars. I ougnt to add that unless a contest is arranged before 

 the 1st of April, 1886, 1 shah be obUged to withdraw my challenge tiU 

 the foHoiving year, TANKEB'VTiiE Chambbrlatkb. 



Cranbuhy Pake, Winchester, Dec. ;i8, 1885. 



