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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[A*bil 8, 1886. 



ZEUGNER VS. PLATSTED.— Georere Plaisted, of the Zettler Rifle 

 Club, of New York, and August Zjugner, of the Green field Rifle 

 Club, shot a match for 8100 a side at Greenfield, Monday, March 

 25. The conditions were 25 shots each. Germau ring target, 200yds., 

 off-hand, any rifle. The match resulted in favor of Zeuguer by a 

 score of 517 to Plaisted's 406. 



THE TRAP. 



Correspondents who favor «s vrith club scores are particularly re- 

 ouested to torite on one side of the paper only. 



Scores for publication should be made out on the printed blanks 

 prepared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished aratis to club 

 secretaries. 



A MAGAZINE TRAP.— The Raub trap would seem to reduce the 

 question of a flying object as a target down to the minimum of 

 trouble and expense. The cut will give an idea what ihe trap is like. 

 Ic consists of a cylinder into which a number of cardboard disks are 

 inserted and fed up to a slit by a spring:. A lever arm sends the num- 

 bered disks whirring up in the air, and when the scora is shot out 

 they are picked up, and those showing shot marks are scored as hits. 

 Mr. Raub claims for his invention that it can be used in shooting 



301-2 

 111—3 



6ii— 2 

 101-2 

 111— 3 

 100—1 

 111-3 

 111—3 

 010-1 



111-3 

 110-2 



110- 2 

 201—2 



111- 3 



ill- 3 



gallery and field with equal success. Can be adjusted to throw 

 either to right, left, or perpendicular, and at any angle required. 

 The height of dying target can be regulated by the simple adjust- 

 ment of the spring. The targets are three Inches In diameter, and 

 weigh Yi ounce. Twenty-flee can be thrown from the trap in 5 sec- 

 onds or as rapidly as required and can be used many times, thereby 

 making the shooting very inexpensive. The trap is arranged to be 

 either bolted to the box in which it is packed, to a stake in the ground, 

 or tc the 'floor when used in shooting galleries. Each trap is com- 

 pactly packed with 500 targets in a well made wooden box. The tar- 

 gets are made of a composition of hard clay and straw hoard, colored 

 light on one side and dark on the other, and can be thrown with 

 either side to shooter. The trap is arranged to hold 25 targets num- 

 bered from 1 to 25 to correspond with score sheet accompanying each 

 trap. The trap throws hut 1 target with each full pull of the cord, 

 andean be operated either by the foot of shooter or by an assistant. 

 The trap, packed in box with 500 targets, scores, cord, etc., complete, 

 weighs but 23 pounds. Hartley & Graham have taken the wholesale 

 agency of these traps, and report a satisfactory sale since their re- 

 cent introduction upon the market. 



DUNELLEN, N J , April 3,— Middlesex Gun Club match at live 

 birds, 5 ground traps, handicap. 80yds. bounds. Long Island rules: 

 1st Sweep. 2d Sweep. 3d Sweep. 



Canon, 26 vds 111—3 



Quimby. 24yds - 111-3 



Richards 22yds 101-2 



Ayers, 24yds 101-2 



Williams 110—2 



Dickens I 1 1 - ? 



Squires 010—1 



Terry .111-8 



Miller 011-2 



Campbell 



Quimby, Terry, Miller and Dickens divided first money in sweep 

 No. 1 and 2, Canon wins second in sweep No. 1 by killing all in 2d 

 sweep. First money divided by Canon, Miller and Squire in 3d sweep, 

 Quimby winning second after Dickens had made him kill 5 birds out 

 of 6 on the shoot off at 30yds.— Duffer. 



WELLINGTON GUN CLUB.— The contest for the vase recently 

 presented to the Wellington Gun Club by the ladies of Wellington, 

 opened April 3. The entries were numerous, the leadiug scores being 

 Schaefer 10, two re entries of 0, Stanton 9, Wilson 8 and Sanborn 8. 

 The other events: 1. Five blackbirds— Adams and Snow first, Renard 

 and Papanti second. Schaefer third. 2 Five pigeons— Tucker. Adams 

 and Schaefer first. Moore third, Panpanti third. 8 Five blackbirds- 

 Swift first, Sanborn second, Adams and Schaefer third. Tucker 

 fourth 4. Five pigeons— Snow, Swift and Schaefer first, Adams and 

 Moore second, calmer third, Clark and Sanboan fourth. 6. Five 

 blackbirds— Moore first. Sanborn and Schaefer second, Adams third, 

 Snow fourth 6. Five pigeons— Tucker first, Schaefer second, Adams 

 third Snow fourth. 7. Five blackbirds— Sanborn and Schaefer first, 

 Tucker second, Swift third, Palmer and Bradstreet fourth. 8. Five 

 pigeons— Palmer, Moore and Schaefer first, Snow second, henard 

 ana Swift third, Sanborn and Tucker fourth. 9. Five pigeons— Renard 

 and Tucker first, Stanton, Scha fer and Palmer second. Swift third, 

 Papanti fourth. 10. Five blackbirds— Stanton first, Schaefer second, 

 Bradstreet and Clark third. 11. Three pair pigeons— fetinton first, 

 Swift and Adams second, Sanborn third, Papanti fourth. 12. Five 

 blackbirds— Snow first, Stanton second, Schaefer and Short third, 

 Palmer fourth. 13. Five pigeons— Swift, Palmer and Renard first. 

 Stanton, Wilson and Sanborn second, Adams and Schaefer third, 

 Moore fourth. 14. Five blackbirus— Swift first, Sanborn and Schaefer 

 second Moore third, Short fourth. 15. Five pigeons— Snow first, 

 Gage and Adams second, Woodruff and Wilson third, 16. Five 

 pigeons— Adams first, Snow second. 17. Miss and out— Taken by 

 Adams. A contest for a diamond hadge will soon be held on the 

 grounds of the gun club. 



MASSACHUSETTS RIFLE ASSOCIATION.— The Massachusetts 

 Riflt- Association wi'l, in addition to the regular practice and sweep 

 stake matches, offer for competition of members, on the following 

 " — ... Entrance fee, 25 cents each day; score to consist of 7 



tivel v The Association also offer for competition to all non members, 

 on the same days and conditions above-named, one elegant diamond 

 collar button, valued at $20, inscribed M. R. A , 1806, F. Competitors 

 for the members' trophies, making equal scores on the day of com- 

 petition will each be credited one point m the class in which their 

 score is 'made. Competitors for the non-members' trophy making 

 the highest score or s cores on the cay of the competition will each be 

 st-orpd one point. At the close of each day's competition, competitors 

 who have scored in the different classes will shoot off to determine 

 who shall be the holder of the trophy in their class until the follow- 

 ing shoot The winners shall hold and vouch for the trophies until 

 the next competition, when they shall deliver them to the secretary 

 of the Aesociation. At the final competition, competitors who have, 

 during the several competitions, scored an equal number of points in 

 the different classes will shoot off for tuts ownership of the trophies. 

 In the event of any competitor having tied for more than one trophy 

 such competitor must elect, before shooting off. which trophy he will 

 shoot for. Ties in single bird matches to b3 shot off at three angles; 

 double bird matches at one pair. All the above competitions wfll 

 take place at Walnut Hill Range, to open on Wednesday, April (.and 

 succeeding alternate Wednesdays, viz.: April 21, May 5 and 19, June 

 3. 16 and 30. July 14 and 28, Aug. 11 and 25. Sept, 8 and 22, Oct. 6 and 

 20, and will come off at the designated times, regardless of weather. 

 Class shooting in all match* s. Shooting to begin at 11 A. M. .Buds, 

 2t<> cents each to non-members. Dinners set ved and ammunition tor 

 sale at the i ange. The range open for practice to all every weekday, 

 excepting on days devoted to rifle shooting. 



STANTON,Va., April 2.— Match between Bargamin and Summerson, 

 of the Stanton Gun Club, and Cord and McClenan, of the Hagerstown 

 (Md.) Gun Club, 50 clays, 18yds., 2 angles: 



Bargamin.. .11100111100101111111111111111111111111111-111111011— 44 I sfi 

 Summerson 10011111111101111110111011111011011111110111111011— 42 f 

 McClenan.. ..1000001010101111101110111011110111001001011100000— 25 / ni 

 Cord 1001101030110100010011110010011011110001010001111— 26 f ~ 01 



Second match at 25 clays: 



Bargamin 1111111111111111110011111—23 I 



Summerson 1111111111111111111111011-2-1 f - 



McClenan lllOlllllOlllOiOHOOlllll— 19 I w 



Cord 0000101011100010101010011—11 j"~ ,)u 



Whittle 0-11111111111111111111011-22 —22 



Whittle shot independently ot the others. 



SPRINGFIELD GUN CLUB.-Regular shoot at club grounds, Mas- 

 peth, L. I., March 31: 



Major Aerv 1110011111-7 M Enelert 0010000101-3 



Al Davis. 0:00011010-3 M Bairich .01010*0101—4 



DrMlilins 1111110100-6 A Strohmenger lOOOloOOOl— 3 



HEnglert 1010001110—5 F Ernst 1101000000-3 



The low average was caused by a bottle of wine breaking over the 

 cartridges, in consequence of which they failed to reach. 



FITCH BURG. Mass.. April 1. -Members of the Fitchburg Ride an.) 

 Gun Club were out to the River street range yesterday shooting clay- 

 pigeons. Out of a possible 30 the totals of each were as follows: E. 

 N. Cummings 22, G. W. Weymouth 21, A W. Baker, Jr., 19, F. H. 

 Sperrin 15, W. I. Fox 14. H. I. Wallace It, George A. Colony 14, U. L. 

 Gotham 10, Walter Simonds 7, J. E. Kellogg 5.— E. 



THE FOREST CI IY GUN CLUB of Savannah has elected the fol- 

 lowing officers for the ensuing year: President, E J. KJeffer: Vice- 

 President, John Riedeman; Secretary and Treasurer, J. D. Helmken; 

 Directors, John Booker, P. J. Ott, P. O. Kessler, J. Rocker, F. G. 

 Jaugstetter, Geo. Ebberwein. 



JAMAICA. L. I.— There- are few clubs on Long Island where as 

 much intellect, wealth and sociability exist as in the Rod and Ride 

 Association of Jamaica. This fact is made only the more interesting 

 when it is Known that every member is a resident of ihe village in 

 which the headquarters are situated. The name is indicative of the 

 intentions of the original members, but these intentions have almost 

 been forgotten. The rod has given way to whist and the rifle is only 

 spoken of as an ornament to the walls of the club-room. When first 

 organized this association had an elegant rifle range in the rear of 

 ex Judge Busteed's home in the eas'ern part of the village, and 

 some very creditable shooting has been done by the members. The 

 range now is a thing of the past, but the love for the rifle still exists 

 among a few of the mem rsers, who take advantage of every oppor 1 

 tunity to indulge in one of their favorite pastimes. While nearly 

 every member swears by either rod or gun, they find more pleasure 

 in hunting or fishing in couples, than the trying conclusions with 

 teams from similar organizations throughout the State, at the tar- 

 gets. The club rooms are situated on Fulton street. The building is 

 of brick, wi h brown stone trimmings, and is one of a row of four 

 belonging to the Herriman estate. Inside it is handsomely fitted up, 

 and on every side is evidence of the taste of the men who "spend their 

 evenings in the rooms. Deer antlers, buffalo heads, canvas-back 

 ducks, storks and in fact all species of birds and game that have 

 been hunted by the gentlemanly sportsmen adorn the walls, occupy 

 brackets in the corners and crop out in every direction the visitor 

 looks. Cards, chess, dominoes, checkers and billiards are among the 

 attractions for those who prefer them to reading or discussing the 

 politi'-al chances of some candidate, probably one who is a member 

 of the club. 



Join the National Gun Association.— Send 10 cents, for handbook 

 grviEg aB information, to the Secretary. Matt R. Freeman, General 

 Manager. F. C. Ethepidge, Secretary and Treasurer, Macon, Ga. 

 Board of Directors: Dr. L. E. Russell, Springfield, O. ; C.M.Stark, 

 Winchester, Mass.; J. Von Lengerke, New York city; Washington A. 

 Coster, Flatbush, L. L; Wm. G. Cooper, Savannah, Ga.; E. A. Craw- 

 ford, Tallahassee, Fla. ; M. R Freeman, W. W. Parker and F. C. 

 Elheridge, Macon, Ga.— Adv. 



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FIXTURES. 



May. 



Yorkville, Open, East River. 

 Sandy Bay, Cup, Rockport. 

 Knickerbocker, Spring Reg., 



Port Morris. 

 Onondaga, Opening.On. Lake. 

 S.C.Y.C.. Opening, N. Y. Bay. 

 New Haven, Opening Sail, 



New Haven. 

 Toledo, Pennant, Toledo. 

 Brooklyn, Opening. N.Y. Bay. 

 June 



Great Head. Open, Sweep- 

 stake, Winthrop. 



Hudson River. Union, Open, 

 Hudson River. 



Portland, Annual, Portland. 



Frisbie— Em Ell Eye. Private 

 Match, City Point. 



Sandy Bay. Cup, Rockport. 



Brooklyn, Annual, N. Y. Bay. 



Great Head. Pen., Winthrop. 



Buffalo, Annual. Lake Erie. 



Poriland,Chal)enge, Portland. 



Atlantic. Annual, N Y. Bay. 



New York, Annual, N, Y, Bay. 



Dorchester, Open, Nahant. 



Sandy Bay. Cup, Squam. 



Hull. Cor. Pennant, Hull. 



Hull, Pennant. Hull. 



Boston. Cup, City Point. 



Sandy Bay. Cup,Final,Squam. 



Corinthian. Cup, Marblehead. 



Great Heart, cliam., Winthrop. 

 July. 



Knickerbocker Cruise, L. I. 



Sound. 

 Oswego Cruise, Charlotte 

 Hull, Olub, Hull. 

 Buffalo, Annual, Lake Erie. 

 Boston, Opei, City Point. 

 Sandy Bay. Open, Squam. 

 Beverly, Open, Sweepstake, 

 Mon. Beach. 

 . Toledo. Pen., Toledo, 

 to 6 luterlake Y. R. A. Rendez- 

 vous and Race, Detroit, 

 to 11, Interlake Y. U. A. Cruise 



to Put In Bay. 

 . Great Head, Club, Winthrop. 

 . Great Head, Club, Winthrop. 

 . Hull, Novelty, Hull. 



Corinthian, Club, Marblehead 

 Sandy Bay, Pen., Rockport. 

 Beverly, Cham., Marblehead. 

 Great Head, Ladies', Winthrop 

 Hull. Cham., Hull. 

 Sandy Bay, Cor., Rockport. 

 to 25. Knickerbocker, Cruise. 

 Hull, Ladies', Hull. 

 Boston. Cup, City Point. 

 Dorchester, Club, Harrison. 

 Beverly, Club, Mon. Beach. 

 Corinthian, Ladies', Marble- 

 head. 



Sandy Bay, Pen. Gloucester. 



Great Head, Chan:., Winthrop. 



Great Head, Club, Winthrop. 



Beverly, Cham., Swampscott. 



Hull. Cruise, Eastward. 



Sandy Bay, Ladies', Rockport. 

 August. 



Sandy Bay. Open, Rockport. 



t orinthian, Open, Marblehead 



Beverly, Club. Mon. Beach. 



Great Head, Club. Winthrop. 



Great Head, Ladies.Winthrop. 



8andy Bay, Clib, Squam. 



Hull, Open, Hull. 



Beverly, Cham , Nahant. 



Beverly, Open, Marblehead. 



Great Head, Cham , Winthrop. 



Hull, Ladies'. Huh. 



Corinthian, Club. Marblehead. 



Hull. Cham.. Hull. 



Sandy Bay, Open, Squam. 

 September, 



Boston, Cup, City Point. 



Dorchester, Club, Harrison. 



Beverly, Open, Mon. Beach. 



Corinthian, Cham., Marblehead 



Sandy Bay, Pen., Rockport. 



Great Head, Club, Winthrop. 



Hull, Cham., HuK 



Corinthian, Sweepstake, Mar- 

 blehead. 



Sandy Bay, Sweepstake, Glou- 

 cester. 



Toledo, Pen., Toledo. 



Sandy Bay, Club, Rockport. 



Great Head, Club, Winthrop. 



Buffalo, Club, Lake Erie. 



Beverly, Club, Nahant. 



CRUISE OF THE COOT. 



The Cruise of the Coot will be continued in our next issue. 



A CLASS FOR THE LARGE SINGLE-STICKERS -If there was 

 any doubt as to whether the older boats would save their time over 

 the new and larger class, it was dispelled very early in the first trial 

 race, when Puritan and Priscilla paired off, leaving Bedouin and 

 Grade together astern. Since then it has been perfectly evident that, 

 the present time scale left the 70ft. boats out of the race, and to 

 remedy this matter the Eastern Y. C. bave this winter created a 

 separate class for the large yachts over 70ft. The New York Y. O. 

 propose to follow their example at the meeting this week and to 

 establish a similar class of over 70ft.. making the second class to 

 include Gracie, Bedouin and Mischief with others of their size. The 

 question was mooted last year as to the probable fate of the large 

 yachts theu buiiding. and it was generally considered that they were 

 too expensive to be kept up, and would be converted into scboonerr. 

 Now two more are building and the fatherless Priscilla has at last 

 found a real owner, and it looks as if the class had come to stay, even 

 after the cup race of this year is concluded. The outlook for the 70tt. 

 class is much less promising, and it will muster only two boats m 

 New York and'probably three in Boston. Tnesmallf r class, under o5ft., 

 is filling up in away that is suggestive, and it promises to take the 

 place in popular interest so long filled by Gracie and h*T sisters. 

 OSWEGO Y. C— This club -will cruise to Charlotte on July 3. 



LAKE ONTARIO YACHTING. 



Editor Forest, and Stream: 



While there will be no boom in yachting on Lake Ontario and its 

 great inlet, the Bay of Quinte, in 1886, there is yet every indication of 

 the sharpest contest that has yet taken place for the championship 

 of the Lake Yacht Racing Association— in the first and second classes 

 at least. Belleville has kept ahead heretofore, in the first class with 

 the Norah in 1884 and the Atalanta in 1885, and in the second class 

 with the Iolanthe in both years. This year, in the usual order, we 

 will have the Commodore, but the other honors are to he disputed, 

 and by no mean antagonist. Mr. Gooderham's large schooner, of 

 which you have had particulars, will no doubt dispute the highest 

 honors in the first class with our champion sloop Atalanta, and in 

 the second class a new and formidable competitor to our peerless 

 Iolanthe will make her debut. This craft, which has been named 

 the Vision was built at Cobourg, by Cuthbert, to the order of a gentle- 

 man whose name has not been made public. She is described by 

 those who have seen her as of beautiful model and well and strongly 

 built of first-class material. Herkeeland centerooard box aremade in 

 the same manner as thcs3 of the Atlantic, now building at Bay Ridge 

 and the dimensions of hull and spars are given as follows: Keel, 

 29ft. : length over all, 34ft. ; beam 12ft. ; mast, 36ft., topmast, 17ft. ; gaff, 

 17ft. : boom, 32ft.; bowsprit, outboard, 1 8ft. Her keel, timbers, gar- 

 board streak, bottom as far as waterline, wales and all deadwood are 

 of white oak; the planking above waterline and deck of the best vel- 

 low pine. The Laura, of Kingston, has been cut in two and lengthened 

 two or three feet. Laura was a good boat last season and won sev- 

 eral honors in her class. She fluked into first place at Oswego, hunted 

 the champion closely at Kingston and was badly beaten here, getting 

 second honor by a lucky streak. She will be a formidable opponent 

 if any improvement is made in her. 



The Iolanthe has not been altered, but she has been smoothed 

 down finely and will be in perfect trim. If handled as ably as usual 

 she will take a lot of beating. 



The big sloop Atalanta has been, I have been informed, chartered 

 by the members of the B. Q Y. C, and will make the circuit which 

 will probably he commenced here. Port Tack. 



Belleville, Ont. 



ONONDAGA Y. C— This club, organized last November, now has a 

 membership of °3; it was incorporated Feb. 6, the incorporators be- 

 ing Philip A. Barker, Dr. Victor. M. Smith, Win. Weseott, Charles D. 

 Dibble, Charles N. Brown and Frank L. Stevens. The fleet now num- 

 bers seven sailing and four steam yachts, and there are about thirty 

 sailing skilTs, canoes and rowboats owned by members of the club. 

 It is expected that the number of yachts will be increased dutingthe 

 coming <-eason, several members having expressed the intention 

 of buying yachts. The club is building for the use of its members a 

 sectional boat house. 60 x 20ft. It is being built in sections so it can 

 be removed in the fall to the club's winter quarters, the low, marshy 

 shores of Onondaga Lake being submerged in the fall and spring two 

 feet at least, and a permanent structure would be crushed in the ice 

 in the spring. The club had an offer of a tract of land by the present 

 owner of the Geddes Pier, on the westerly side of the lake, free of 

 charge, on which to erect its club and boat house, but as at least two- 

 thirds of the members of the club live on the easterly side, it was de- 

 cided that on account of the inconvenience the kind offer could not 

 be accepted. The management of the Salina Pier offered the club a 

 tract of land also, but demanded a yearly rent of $100, which the 

 members tinanimously refused to pay as they deem the price too ex- 

 orbitant. The matter has been settled by the club securing a tract of 

 land southwesterly of the Salina Pier on both banks of the old chan- 

 nel of Onondaga Creek, which forms a natural harbor and has ample 

 depth of water at all times to accommodate the fleet. The unlooked 

 for opposition of the matager of Salina Pier is a subject of general 

 comment both by members and outside parties, and their unfavor- 

 able action toward the club is condemned on all sides. Every obstacle 

 has so far been overcome, and every member is working for the suc- 

 cess of the club. The opening day and first regatta will take place 

 May 31. Our fixtures will be forwarded to you soon. 



HAMILTON, Ontario.— The yachts are all getting ready for the 

 coming season, which, no doubt, will be an early one. The Cruiser, 

 Molly, and Whistlewing are all having more ballast put on outside. 

 The Coquette has been replanked and newly decked, and will have a 

 new suit of sails throughout. The Cruiser has been lengthened 4ft. 

 in the bows, and has had her counter pulled out about 2ft. She will 

 also appear in a new suit of sails and rig. She has had a ton of iron 

 put on her keel outside, and will be the first sloop which has taken 

 step in this direction iu these waters. The cutter Whistlewing has 

 been token to Port Dalhousie, where Messrs. A. Muir & Bro. have 

 her on the dry dock placing two tons more ballast on her keel, and 

 lowering her old ballast 4in,, so tnat this season she will sail with 

 little or no inside ballast. Her owner expects by lowering her 

 weight in this way to be able to discard one ton of lead and still re- 

 tain'her stiffness. She is also having her counter lengthened and 

 some other work done on her. The yawl Molly is having her ballast 

 arranged in a like manner to the Whistlewing. and will now carry 

 five tons outside. She is to have a new sail plan on a larger scale. 

 The Brunette, Cacique. Thetis, Flirt, and Neptune have had nothing 

 done to them yet. Mr. J. Weir has built a 6-tonner for a Toionto 

 gentlemen. She is a little deeper than his other productions, the 

 Flirt and Neptune, and will no doubt be an able little craft. 



A MODERN ENGLISH CRUISER.— The Mary, the new cruising 

 cutter for Mr. Cosmo Romilly, was lowered down into the water on 

 Wednesday. Her leading dimensions are: Length on the load water- 

 line, 50ft. 8ui.; length over all, 65ft. 6in.; beam, 1 Ift. 3in.; draft of 

 water, 8ft. ; tons, 28 (yacht measurement). She has 10 tons of lead on 

 her keel, and iron ba'last inside. The yacht possesses good accom- 

 modation for a vessel of her size, having a main cabin, with owner's 

 cabin on one side and a w. c. and wardrobe on the other, while in the 

 steerage is the ladies' cabin. She has a roomy forecastle, with w. c. , 

 and there is 6ft. 2in. of head room under the beams, The fittings in 

 the main cabin are of teak and birch polished, and in the ladies' cabin 

 pine and teak, with teak moulding. The deck work is of teas. The 

 Mary is only partially coppered, and it is probable she will be hauled 

 up again shortly to have this completed.— The Field. 



FAST TORPEDO LAUNCHES.— The search for high speed is still 

 going on in England with satisfactory results, judging by some re- 

 cent craft. A torpedo boat, lately built by Messrs. White, of Cowes, 

 and purchased by the British Ad niralty, has made 21 knots on trial, 

 and is said to turn within her own length at full speed. She is 125ft. 

 long. Another "torpedo catcher," the Grasshopper, has lately been 

 commenced at Sheerness, to be 200ft. long, 23ft. beam, 8ft. draft, and 

 2,700 indicated H. P.. her estimated speed being 19 knots. Her arma- 

 ment includes 5 guns, 4 Nordenfeldt machine guns, and 4 torpedo 

 tubes. Still another has been completed by Messrs. Yarrow, for 

 Austria, 135ft. long, 13ft. 9iu. beam, 88 tons displacement, with three 

 cylinder compound condensing engines, and a two-bladed wheel of 

 solid steel. On ber trial trip she made an average of 22.3 knots, and 

 a maximum of 25.5 knots when light. 



EMPIRE Y r . C —The officers lately elected are: John S. Macduff, 

 Commodore; Daniel O'Brien, Vice-Commodore; Lewis McGowen, 

 Rear Commodore; Richard Cullen, President; James Mulligan, Treas- 

 urer- Charles Raub, Secretary ; Chas. F. Friend, Assistant Secretary; 



Hichard Cullen, A. J. Brush. Daniel O'Brien, Patrick My nan, Patrick 

 J O'Brien, John A- McManus, William Kinsey. George Brush, Robert 

 Laog John Fennell; Regatta Committee— Patrick Myhan, John 

 O'Brien. John Fennell, John A. McManus, John J. Clifford. 



OIL STOVES FOR YACHTS.— Editor Forest and Stream: The 

 cuts representing two oil stoves in a box. published, in your issue of 

 ti,K -yd ult are not exactly correct, and a word of explanation may 

 save trouble. The stoves should be placed together and fitted snugly 

 in the box to avoid sbiftiug, and the tops of the stoves should be 

 about 2iu below the lop of the box in order to get a good effect from 

 the radiated heat. The cut showing the end of the. box gives the im- 

 pression of hinges and a lid. A cover to lift entirely off will be found 

 more convenient and less in the way.— Wm, H. Dilworth. 



THE SALE OF THE PRISCILLA.-Com. Canfleld. S. C. Y. C.has 

 purchased the Priscilla from Messrs. Benoetf and Douglas, and will 

 sad her in the coming races. Important alterations will be made at 

 once under the direction of Mr. A. Gary Smith. Her forefoot will be 

 rounded off. beginning at a point about 20ft. abaft the stem, the 

 greatest reduction bein=r loiu. The sternpost will be raked 3ft. and 

 the mast will be shifted 2ft. aft, the channels beiwg removed en- 

 tirely The boom will be lengthened, and also the gaff and bowsprit, 

 wbilethe mast will be cut down, preserving about the same sail area, 



BROOKLYN Y. C— A meeting of this club was held last week, at 

 which the date of the annual regatta was fixed for June 12. The 

 committee on the location of a club house recommended a site on 

 what is known as the Widow's Hole. Though the anchorage is in 

 deep water, it can only be reached by passing over a bar tbat would 

 exclude the larger boats of the club and admit only the shoal ones. 

 The selection of s».cb a site as this is not likely to help the club to 

 regain its old position. 



SOUTHERN Y. C. - At the aDnual meeting on April 1, the following 

 officers were elected: Emile J. O'Brien, Commodore; Alexander 

 Brewster, Vice-Commodore; Joe Marencovicb, Esq., Rear Commo- 

 dore; J, B. McConnell. Esq,, Treasurer; H. B. Hopkins. Secretary. 

 House Committee: Frank M. Hall. Chairman; M S. Bnngier, Win. 

 Walsh, Blaine Jamison, P. 13. Canfield. 



