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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Mat M. 1886. 



BROOKLYN, May IS,— The regular monthly shoot of the Unknown 

 Gun Club to-day, at Dexter'a Park, was graced by a soaking rain 

 storm, and rubber coats were in preat demand. 



H-vde, 25yds 1111111—7 Boyle, 21yds 0111101-5 



Knebel, 26vds 0111111-6 Fneke, 24yds 1110011-5 



Miduier, 23yds 1101111—6 Pbohlman. 25yds 1101110—5 



Pope, 24yds 110H11-6 Mumpf, 25yds 0111001-4 



Harned, 28yds 1130111—6 Van Staden, 28yds... . ,.1010110— 4 



Raulsir, 24vds 1111101—6 Monsees, 24yds 0010111—4 



Blohm, 21vds 1101110—5 Scbwack. 21yds 1001001—8 



Chichester, 26yds 1101101—5 



NORTH SIDE GUN CLUB.— Regular monthly handicap shoot, 

 May 12, live birds. 5 traps. 80yds, boundary, club grounds, Newtown: 



Manning, 27yds 0110001—8 Boh mke, 24yds 1100001-3 



Winbolz. 26v'ds 1001010—8 Terrett, 26yds 1111111—7 



Siems, 26yds 1110101-5 Dr Franz, 26yds 1100010-8 



Wahlen, 26yds 0111100—4 Chevallier, 26yds 1101011—5 



Duryea. 27yds lllllll— 7 Grau, 25yds 1000110-3 



Lyon, 26yds 0110100-3 C Meyer. 27yds 1111111—7 



Primrose, 27vds 1101001—5 Chr Meyer, 27yds ,. .1101110— 5 



Tics on 7: Duryea 8, Terret 8, Meyer 1. Second tie: Duryea 3, Ter- 

 ret 2.— August Eberhakdt. See'y. 



MJERIDEN, Conn.. May 13. -First of a series of three matches be- 

 tween the Spencer Gun Club, of Windsor, and the New Haven Gun 

 Club, at 85 clay-pigeons: 



Spencer Gun Club. 



E A Folsom 28 



C M Spencer 14 



M W Bull 22 



ET Bailey 17 



C H Sterry 21 



New Haven. 



Geo Piatt 21 



E P Clark 20 



GM Saunders 21 



UHBlakeslee 17 



A L Traeger 23 



O W Vibberts. . 18-115 C E Lonaden 17-119 



Id a sweepstakes of 25 clay-pigeons E A. Folsom and A. L. Traeger 

 divided first money, breaking 23; M. W. Bull and L. W. Wind man 

 divided second money, with 22; S. Potter. S. M. Saunders, O. H. 

 Sterry and Wm. Hanson tnird money, with 21 ; and T. P. Clark and T. 

 J. Beers fourth money, with 20 pigeons broken. 



FITCHBURG, May 13.— A few of the members of the Fitchburg 

 Rifle and Gun Club were out to River street range yesterday to prac- 

 tice breaking clay-pigeons out of a possible 30. The following totals 

 were made: G, A. Colony 22. E. N. Cummings 18, G. W. Weymouth 

 17, J. O. Converse 13. In strings of Ave pairs: Cummins 10, Colony 

 9, W. A. Baker 5, Converse 4. 



OTTAWA. May 12.— At the clay-pigeon shoot on the 8th inst. some 

 excellent shooting was done, especially by Mr. W. L. Cameron, who 

 made a clean score out of a possible 21, as follows: 17 single rises and 

 2 doubles, from 4 traps 5yds. apart, 18yds. rise.— P. B. 



WINCHENDON, Mass., May 18.— At the regular meet yesterday of 

 the Winchendon Gun Club, the members sbot glass balls. Out of a 

 possible 10, the totals were as follows: P. S. Devis 8, J. Sutherland, 

 Jr. 7, J. G. Henry 6, A. H. Felch 4, F. F. Hapgood 4, F. E. Mann 4, L. 

 F. Earle L The next meet will be at the new club grounds. 



SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.— There were three clay-pigeon shooting 

 contests for gold medals at the Pacific grounds, Bay View, to-day, 

 and the attendance was large, many ladies being present. The first 

 shoot was entered into by members of the Golden City Gun Club, and 

 was for two gold medals. The match was at 15 clay discs, 18yds. 

 rise, international rules. Appended is the result of the shoot: 

 John Fanning . . 111001101110011—10 T Cavanagb . . . .HlOOOlllOllOlO— 9 



J O'Brien 010011103010111— 9 Jas Fanning. ...110010101101100 - 8 



D Cronin 111110100110111—11 F Taylor lOlOllOllOlOlOO— 8 



J Hamilton 001111100101111—10 



The second event of the day was an open-to-all shoot for three 

 gold medals. The contest was at 10 single birds and 5 pairs of doubles. 

 Ed. Funcke carried off the first medal, Peguillan second, and the 

 Fanning brothers tied for the third. The following scores were 

 made: 



Ed Funcke 1111110101 11 11 11 01 10—16 



Peguillan 1110111001 11 00 11 11 10—14 



John Fanning 1110101010 11 11 01 00 10-12 



James FanniDg 0101110011 11 11 00 00 11—12 



Brown 0011101101 10 00 10 11 01—11 



Hamilton 0110100101 00 00 01 11 11—10 



Smith 1000011101 withdrawn 



Wyman 0011011001 10 11 00 10 10-10 



Jones 0000011111 00 10 11 00 10- 9 



A sweepstake shoot between Ed Funcke, Smith, John Fanning and 

 Wyman was won by Fanning. The most exciting match during the 

 day was a contest between JM Funcke and John Fanning at 20 single 

 discs. Funcke made a very neat record of 15, but ne was defeated by 

 Fanning, who accomplished the feat of breaking 20 straight without 

 a miss. In clay-pigeon shooting a "clean" score of 20 is seldom 

 made. A second sweepstake, shot off by the same contestants, was 

 won oy Funcke, who broke 22 out of his possible 25. Fanning break- 

 only 18. Clay-pigeon shooting is becoming quite a popular Sunday 

 pastime, and many of the young ladies of South San Francisco are so 

 deeply interested in the sport that four of the bravest to-day con- 

 sented to give an exhibition of the skillful manner in which they 

 manipulate a gun. To make the novel contest more Interesting Ed 

 Funcke offered a gold medal to the young lady making the best 

 record. The match was at 5 birds, 18yds. rise, and the following 

 scores were made: 



Miss Lena Jackson 11011—4 Miss Killian 01111-4 



Miss Holland 01110—3 Miss Mamie Jackson 10110—3 



The tie between Miss L. Jackson and Miss Killian was then shot off 

 at two discs. Miss Killian missed one, but her opponent neatly broke 

 them both, and was declared the victor. The ladies will hold another 

 match in the near future, and there is some talk of the permanent 

 organization of a ladies' shooting club. 



The second of the monthly medal shoots of the California Wing 

 Club took place to-day at San Bruno. It did not call out a very large 

 attendance, and from the present aspect of affairs it would seem 

 that tba members of the club have lost much of their former enthu- 

 siasm, as in former years fifteen to twenty men would always come 

 down to the grounds, while to-day there were only five members 

 present, one of them having but lately joined. The cause of this 

 decline of attendance is attributed to the unwillingness of the mem- 

 bers to compete in pool shoots with Crittenden Robinson, whose far- 

 and-away superiority leaves but little chance to others for winning 

 first money. It is also said that no less than ten members have re- 

 signed during the season, and though there is some talk of founding 

 another club, yet no work has been done toward its formation. The 

 shoot to-day was an excellent one. Windy San Bruno seems to be 

 losing its reputation for hurricane and fog, and the day was as pleas- 

 ant as it could possibly be. The shoot was for the first, second and 

 third cluh medals, Crittenden Robinson taking the first with a clean 

 score of 12, in his usual brilliant style. Dl luck seems yet to follow 

 Ed Fay and he lost his three birds, though all were hard hit, De 

 Vaull, a newly joined member, is a yonng and promising shot, and 

 tied with Slade for second place with 10. On the trial shoot of 4 he 

 Becuredthe coveted position, The match was for 12 birds, 30yds. 



'i^n^^mmil-^ De Vaull.. 131011111011-30 



Fay 101111010111-9 Slade 101110111111-10 



Bice 110100011100- 6 



Ties-De Vaull, 1111—4. Slade, 1101-3. 



A shoot was then opened for 12 birds, $5 entrance fee, all the mem- 

 bers standing at 30yds. with the exception of De Vaull, who stood at 

 28yds The money was divided between Fay and Slade, with 11 birds 

 apiece. The following is the record : 



Robinson 111101101111-10 Fay 111111110111-11 



De Vaull HOlOlOwdn Slade llllllllllOl-ll 



Another match was made, $5 entrance fee, between Fay and Rob- 

 inson which ran even till the tenth bird, when the hammer of Rob- 

 inson's gun broke, which left Fay a technical winner. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., May 15.— There was a good attendance at 

 the grounds of the Wellington Gun Club to-day. Following are the 

 winners of the several events: 1, six clay pigeons-Stanton, Warren 

 and Shaefer first, Palmer, Sanborn and Shumway second, Williams 

 third. 2, five blackbirds— Swift, Adams and Sanborn first, Bradstreet 

 and Sanborn second, Warren third. 3, six bats— Stanton and Adams 

 first Shumway second, Swift and Warren third. 4, five blackbirds— 

 Schaefer and Shumway first. Swift second, Stanton third. 5, five 

 clay birds— Swift, Stanton and Shumway first, Palmer, Williams and 

 Schaefer second, Bradstreet and Wairen third, Moore fourth. 6, six 

 bats— Swift first, Schaefer and Snow second, Stanton third. 7, six 

 clay pigeons— Adams and Warren first, Robinson and Williams second, 

 Shumway third, Swift fourth. 8, three pairs clay pigeons— Schaefer 

 and moore first, Williams and Palmer second, Snow third, Adams 

 and Warren f oiuth. 9, five clay pigeons— Schaefer first, Bradstreet, 

 Swift and Warren second, Snow third. 10, six bats— Stanton first. 

 Palmer second, Williams third. 11, five clay birds, straightaway— 

 Stanton first, Schaefer second, Williams third. 12, three pairs clay 

 pigeons— Palmer and Williams first, Snow second, Swift third. 13, six 

 clay pigeons-Moore first, Shumway and Swift second, Williams and 

 Stanton third. 14, five clay pigeons— Swift first, Snow and Williams 

 second, Schaefer and Palmer third. 15, five clay pigeons— Shumway 

 first. Snow second, Bradstreet third, Moore fourth. 16, six bats— 

 Stanton, Williams and Moore first, Stanton second, Snow third. 



OHIO TOURNAMENT.— The following is the pregramme of the 

 tournament of the Central Ohio Shooting Association for the season 

 of 1886; Columbus, May 18 and 19; Lima. June 15 and 16; Dayton. 

 July 20 and 21; Springfield, Aug. 17 and 18; Greenville, Sept. 14 and 

 16; Belief ontaioe, Oct. 19 and 20, 



HARTFORD, Conn., May 15.— Regular shoot of the Colt Hammer- 

 less Gun Club, 15 clay-pigeons, 18yds. rise: 



E AFolsom... .101011133331111— 18 W Johnson 10110101101 1100— 9 



J Melrose 111130311011110—19 A McMullen. ... 110110301000331- 9 



A C Collins 1011111111010U— 18 J Cook 101111000111010— 9 



M Cook 101113101111010—11 H G Howe 010101010010011— 7 



FFWatkins... .001133333101110-11 S T Colt 010010000100111- 6 



E C Howe 031033100303.311—10 A Jones 010001000010011— 5 



HM Jacobs 100311110010110— 9 



POUGHKEEPSIE, May 15.— At the shooting match of the Pough- 

 keepsie Gun Cluh, May 18, in spite of the rainy and disagreeable 

 weather, a number of the best shots of Dutchess and UlRter counties 

 were present. The principal event, the hardware dealers' match, re- 

 sulted in another victory for Max Condit, one of our best clay -pigeon 

 shots. The conditions were 7 clay-pigeons, 5 directions. 18yds. rise, 

 1 barrel only. Condit and Kunkel tied for first, and Condit won In the 

 shoot off, and Kunkel took second and L. Beigel third. Score: M. 

 Condit 6, J. A. Kunkel 6, L. Beigel 4, Z. Du Bois 4, J. M. Godinez 3, A. 

 C. Galup 3, O. Thorne 8, G. A. Talmage 2, Roberts 2, Clear 2, 1. Lind- 

 leyl. Sweeps were won as, follows: Clay quail, J. M. Godinez first, 

 J. A. Kunkel second ; clay-pigeons", M. Condit broke 4 out of 5 and 

 took first. Single rotary glass balls, 18yds., Godinez and Thorne each 

 broke 5 straight and divided, Double rotary glass balls, 18yds., Godi- 

 nez first, 7 out of 10. We have tried the composition hats and like 

 them very much, as they are very inexpensive and are sure to break 

 when hit. We would use them more but for the fact that they have 

 not so much belly or depth as the clay-pigeon and do not soar off 

 like it, but scale like a piece of slate which they much resemble when 

 in the air. With this improvement they would be perfection as a 

 target, 



LEAVENWORTH, Kansas. -The second annual tournament of the 

 Leavenworth Gun Club, Kansas, will be held June 1, 2 and 8. National 

 rules to govern. There will be organized during the tournament a 

 Kansas State sportsmen's association and a Missouri Valley sports- 

 men's association, composed of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska 

 sportsmen. W. C. Hlnman, Manager; Thomas Moonlight, Secretary. 



LEOMINSTER, Mass., May 15. -The Leominster Gun Club will be- 

 gin at once to huild a club house on their grounds. The membership 

 of the club is thirty, and the interest in breaking clay -pigeons is on 

 the Increase. 



STAUNTON, Va., May 10.— At a meeting of the Staunton Gun Club 

 on the 7th, we reorganized with the following officers: C. McN. Whittle, 

 President; W. F. Summerson .Vice-President; C. Bargamin, Secretary 

 and Treasurer and twelve others. As there are many clubs organiz- 

 ing in the State we are in hopes of forming a State association. 

 There will be a big prize match at our fair next fall and we hope to 

 have every city in the State represented. We will shoot our next 

 match on the 20th of this month with our new traps.— C. 



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

 giving all information, to the Secretary, Matt R. Freeman, General 

 Manager. F. O. Ethefidge, 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. I.; Wm. G. Cooper, Savannah, Ga.; E. A. Craw- 

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

 Etheridge, Macon, Ga.— Adv. 



§zchting. 



IN AND ABOUT BOSTON. 



ANEW YORK yachtsman with more wit than wisdom, once 

 made the remark that all of Boston yachts were bought at 

 second-hand of New York. With Halcyon, Rebecca, Phantom, Magic, 

 Vesta, Meta, Wanderer, Vindex, AddieV., Windward, Active, Iin- 

 pefia, Volante and Silvie making the bulk of the Boston fleet, there 

 was certainly some color for the statement; hut still it would have 

 been much wiser to have left it unsaid, as New York may some day 

 repent it. Though for a long time the yachtsmen of the East were 

 willing to buy New York boats and copy a good deal that was bad in 

 New York, it is to them that the present reaction is largely due; 

 they were the first to put to actual test in this country some very 

 important principles, and of late they have come forward with some 

 very successful boats. The lead keel, as a factor in naval design, 

 was widely known in this country for some time before its adoption, 

 and it was Boston that first saw the value of it and put it to practical 

 use ; while the reforms in rig are partly due to the same source. 



It is true that the matter of keels and draft have been in a manner 

 overdone in the East; carried away with the idea of power, many 

 have neglected form altogether, and the result has been a fleet of 

 boats of great draft and beam, heavy keels, limited headroom and 

 accommodation, requiring an excessive rig, and only fast under cer- 

 tain conditions. This type, many members of which have found their 

 way of late to New York, is certainly a very undesirable one.especially 

 in the sizes under 40ft. ; as first cost, draft and running expenses are at 

 a maximum, while the accommodation is small. It is to be noticed, 

 however, that few such boats are building, but that now, when the 

 first aimless hunt after power is over, and yachtsmen have become 

 more familiar with the principles of naval design, much more atten- 

 tion is given to form, proportion and a proper balance of all parts. 



Two or three points are noticeable on a cruise among the yachts 

 now on the beach or just launched, about Boston and vicinity; the 

 great number of small yachts, the large proportion which the keels 

 bear to the centerboard, the number of metal keels, and the sturdy, 

 wholesome looks of a great many of the yachts. During the nasi 

 winter we have recorded a large number of cases both in New York 

 and Boston in which the centerboard has been discarded for a keel, 

 and a still larger number in which lead or iron keels have been fitted 

 in place of inside ballast, but we cannot recall a single instance in 

 which a change the other way has been made, a centerboard being 

 inserted or a keel removed and stowed inside. Keel boats abound 

 everywhere about Boston, and in spite of the objections urged 

 against them thev still find favor and increase in number. 



As is natural, the changes that have been made in New York and 

 Boston have not affected them alone, but have extended east and 

 west over the shores of Long Island Sound, where keel boats and 

 metal keels are each year growing in favor. Newport boasts a num- 

 ber of small keel boats hailing from points about Narragansett Bay, 

 and Fall River is paying more attention to yachting than ever before. 

 This year two interesting yachts will be added to the fleet there, both 

 from designs by Mr. J. Borden, Jr., of the firm of Borden & Wood, 

 yacht designers, who have their headquarters in Fall River. The 

 larger of these is the centerboard boat Mabel F. Swift, whose launch 

 on May 5 we noticed last week. She was built by Read Bros, for Mr, 

 C. W. Anthony, former owner of the sloop Alice, and is of the mod- 

 ern centerboard type, with plumb stem, overhanging stern, and iron 

 keel of 8,290 pounds. Her full dimensions are: 



Length over all 43ft. 



Length, waterline 38ft. 



Beam, extreme 14ft. flin. 



Beam, waterline 14ft. 



Draft , 5ft. 8in. 



Centerboard 12ft. x 6ft. 



Displacement 18.25 long tons. 



Area load water plane 334.78 sq. ft. 



Area lateral plane 202.45 S q. ft. 



Area midship section 30, 01 sq. ft. 



Center of buoyancy abaft stem 21,20ft. 



Center of load water plane abaft stem ..... 21.32ft. 



Center of lateral plane abaft stem 21.58ft. 



Mast, deck to hounds 88ft. 



Boom 39ft. 



Gaff 28t't- 



Bowsprit, outboard 18ft. 6in, 



Topmast, fid to sheave 26ft. 



Spinnaker boom 85ft. 



Topsail yards 32 and 29ft. 



Mainsail area 1110 sq. ft. 



Jib 561 sq. ft. 



Working topsail 274 sq.ft. 



Clubtopsail. 499 sq. ft. 



Jibtopsafl 560,25 sq. ft. 



Spinnaker 1200 sq. ft. 



Ratio of lower sails to square of load line. . . 1.15 

 This yacht, the largest yet built from Mr. Borden's designs, is 

 strongly put together and very well finished, with a good amount of 

 room below. Her owner intends her for cruising, but will race her 

 when opportunity offers. 



In a shop near by Mr, Borden is building himself the little cruiser 

 Mermaid, lately illustruted in the Forest and Steeam, the design 

 and also the plan of construction being entirely his own. The frame 

 is of white oak, with a handsome knee for stem and forefoot, and a 

 keel sprung to shape by being bolted down to the iron keel of over 

 4 000 pounds. The method of construction is peculiar. The moulds 

 are made and set up, and five ribbands, each about lx3in. of yellow 

 pine, are let into them, flush with their outer surface. The timbers 

 are of steamed oak, each l*4x%in„ and are double, but not placed 

 in the usual way. One Win. timber is token from the steam box and 

 clamped to the ribbands, then another is bent outside of it and the 

 two nailed fast to keel and ribbands, making one frame ljspn. square 



The ribbands, being inside instead of outside, are not removed, but 

 form a part of the ceiling. After the frames are in the yacht is 

 planked and ceiled io the usual manner. She will be used for Claus- 

 ing about the Rhode Island coast. Mr. Borden has also designed a 

 steam yacht named Baypoint that is just completed for Mr. Swift, of 

 Fall River. She is 52ft. over all, 48ft. waterline, 20ft. over guards, 

 10ft. diameter of wheels, 8ft. feathering paddles and of 18U tons dis- 

 placement. 



South Boston is beginning to assume its wonted nautical appear- 

 ance, and the fleet, large and small, is anchored off the point, while 

 the yards are busy. Williams has the little Pilgrim hauled up. and 

 she is well worth a careful study. Her good qualities commend them- 

 selves to the eye and are fully vouched for by the cruise she made 

 last season along the Maine coast, which appeared in the Forest and 

 Stream early this year. She has all the essentials of a staunch, 

 sturdy little cruiser, safe and able in any waters, but the fullest 

 development of the type has not yet been reached in her, and there is 

 room for increased accommodations and a more finished appearance. 

 The cabin floor is high, considering her draft, and might be lowered 

 by altering the design a little, while her triangular counter, though 

 excellent from a sailing standpoint, might easily be handsomer to 

 the eye. Williams is busy now with a keel catboat of similar design, 

 but with a large cockpit and snug little cabin. 



At Smith's yard Huron has received nearly 6 tons of lead on her 

 keel, increasing her draft 8iu., so that she was launched with great 

 difficulty. Barrels were lasbed under her to float her, and two tugs 

 were required to tow her off. Thetis has also had some repairs made 

 at Smith's, and the deck rail or cockpit of Puritan was made there. 

 The 19ft. cat, mentioned last week, has been launched, and the second 

 one is well advanced. Hera is also hauled up at Smith's and is scrap- 

 ing and painting. 



Lawley's old yard is being emptied rapidly, a number of boats going 

 off last week. Hutchius & Prior are busy with some open boats, of 

 which they make a specialty, overhauling and fitting them out. 

 Dinsmore launched on May 13, Mr. Broome's new cutter, and Mr. 

 Armstrong's sloop at Cambridge, but he and Willis have not yet 

 taken possession of their new place, formerly Pierce's. 



Over in East Boston McKie has sent away the Hanniel. Mr. Ford's 

 steam yacht, and Wood Bros, have finished the Aurora, Mr. Pickman's 

 steam yacht, and she has left for Fiske's wharf to receive her engines 

 and boilers. The Adelaide. Mr. Underbill's sloop, is completed and 

 has just sailed for New York in charge of Captain Wood. The same 

 firm will commence work at once on a steamer 70ft. over all, 60ft. 

 waterline, lift, beam and 5ft. draft. Lawlor and Story, in adjoining 

 yards, are about to commence the two rival fishermen, the former 

 from Mr. Lawlor's designs, the latter from Mr. Burgess's. Gitana has 

 been out at Simpson's dry dock, and has her racing sticks up; she 

 will soon be in commission. Ambassadress has fitted out at Mystic 

 wharf, Charlestown, and has also been out at Simpson's. Actea, 

 Marion Wentworth and Active are still at Mystic wbarf. Ibis, steam 

 yacht, has returned from Florida and is at the Atlantic works for 

 repairs. Edith, steam yacht, Mr. R, H. White, is at Burnhara's 

 wharf for scraping and painting bottom. Frolic, schooner, and Im- 

 peria, sloop, are at Chelsea Bridge, fitting out. 



The sailmakers have been busv this winter. McManus, besides the 

 mainsail and topsail for the Mayflower, has overhauled Puritan's 

 sails and made a new laced mainsail for Stranger, of No, 2 Woodbury 

 duck; aisonew suits for Windward, Volante, Frolic and America. 

 Wilson, beside Mayflower's headsails, has been quite busy with new 

 and old work. Beside her new sails, it is seriously proposed to put a 

 lead keel on America, under Mr. Burgess's direction. The new 

 schooner, Hope Leslie, has arrived from Bath, Me., and is at anchor 

 off South Boston, and the Vega, lately home from the West Indies, is 

 at Constitution Wharf. 



The favorite berth for laying up is at Beverley where, in the space 

 of a hundred yards width between the roadway and railway bridges, 

 is a piece of quiet water that is undisturbed by storms and rarely 

 freezes over. According to a yacht captain who has wintered there 

 for the past fifteen years, only once has there been heavy ice in this 

 space, though it freezes solid above and below. Puritan, Fortuna, 

 Clara and a number of others laid here last winter, but now only 

 Whitecap, yawl, Rebecca and another schooner, and Beetle are left. 

 Of these, Whitecap and Beetle, the latter a trim little cutter 27x7 on 

 waterline, are for sale: their owners, Mr. David Hall Rice and Augus- 

 tus Hemenway being abroad. By the way, there are still some good 

 boats about Boston awaiting purchasers. Medusa, a fine cutter 54x 

 12ft. 4in. on waterline, and 9ft. Bin. draft, a large, able cruiRer, de- 

 signed by Mr. Beavor-Webh, and built by Lawley & Son. is for sale, 

 as her owner has retired from yachting. Sue can be had very rea- 

 sonably. Bayadere is also for sale since Mr. Forbes has bought 

 Puritan, and Melusina will probably be sold, as her owner is too ill 

 to use her. All of these yachts are new and of excellent construc- 

 tion, notably the Bayadere, which is expensively finished and fitted 

 out. 



At Beverley the big Fortuna has fitted out and is about ready, and 

 lying beside her, at Foster's wharf, is a sight to make glad the heart 

 of the cutter man, after the cold winds of last season. Bright as 

 paint and varnish can make her, with clean taper spars and white 

 deck, is Clara, Mr. Chas. Sweet's handsome twenty. Last year she 

 arrived here too late for much racing, but still showed what she could 

 do in the cruise of the E. Y. C, and notably la the Bennett and 

 Douglas cup race. This year she is in the same hands, with Captain 

 John Barr, who handled Neptune so well in her contests with Verve 

 some years since, in command. He will sail her in all the races of the 

 season, which promise, by the way, to be among the most interesting 

 contests known for years in our waters, and we look to her and him 

 to make a good score for the cutters in 1886, though they will have to 

 work for all they get. In this class the new Cinderella stands a good 

 chance, to judge from her looks, and will make a big bid for prizes, 

 representing the new type, with outside lead keel shaped to hull, and 

 centerboard. With her will be Athlou, now with 4J^ tons of lead out- 

 side, Daphne with 3 tons, Gaviota, minus her board, left ashore as 

 useless, also Vixen. Regina. Rover and Enterprise are also elegible 

 for this class. Oriva will possibly be in, and Fanita has her old laurels 

 to look to, so it behoves her to enter in defense of them. There are 

 still two boats we should like to see entered, the Bayadere, mentioned 

 above, and Isis, now for sale, as her owner has bought Priscilla, The 

 latter is well and favorably known in her class through the efforts of 

 her owner and designer, and would make a good fight for first. 



It is a great pity that Fife's little beauty, a cutter of moderate width 

 (4W beams) should lie idle at Naushon, with ali this fun going on. 

 There should be plenty of ambitious young Corinthians who covet 

 such reputations as Messrs. Rogers, Lee, Canfield, Burgess, Forbes, 

 Welch and others have won as bold sailor men, who are able and 

 willing to race these boats. It will be seen that all extremes, except 

 perhaps the shoal centerboard sloop, will be represented in this class, 

 but we venture to predict a long string of flags for the narrowest of 

 the lot, Clara. , , . . . 



In the next berth to her at Beverley lies a new arrival, one of the 

 same family but still differing from the larger cousin. Shona is a 

 five tonner, designed by Watson and built by McQuistan at Largs, 

 in 1884. She is of the most modern type, about 31ft. waterline and 

 5ft. Sin. beam, with six tons of lead, all her ballast, outside. After 

 some successful racing abroad she has come to Boston under the 

 ownership of Mr. Chas. H. Tweed, who will race her about Beverley, 

 her skipper being Chas. Barr, brother of Captain Barr of Clara. Shona 

 is the first of the clipper stems yet seen in this country and in beauty 

 of outline is ahead of any boat of her proportions we have yet had 

 here. Not that the clipper stem adds in the least to her looks, it is 

 far less handsome than the plumb stem, but its practical advantages 

 are obvious, especially in so small a boat. The beauty of Shona s form 

 lies in her fairly rounded side, not showing the marked flat that we 

 are accustomed to in others of her class. 



The waterline is full, it even looks a little convex at the bows, but 

 the entire side to the rail has the same easy, graceful flow, ending 

 aft in a light and narrow counter, without a suggestion of flat in the 

 side. The deck hasja high crown, but the freeboard is low like Madge. 

 Below is a snug cabin and forecastle and aft is a large oval sail hatch, 

 making a cockpit for the steersman. The most curious point about 

 her is the position of the main sheet kevele, bolted to the timbers on 

 each side of the cabin, just above the lockers. The ends of the sheet 

 lead in through holes in the after side of the sail hatch, and m a jibe 

 the crew get in the sheet from the cabin, out of the way of the swing- 

 ing boom and avoiding any disturbance on deck. Shona will find 

 plenty of smart keels and centerboards to race with about Beverly 

 and Marblehead and her performance should throw much hght on 

 the question of wide and narrow beam in small yachts. 



At Salem Medusa is hauled up, and Stranger is fitting out with mast 

 and boom reduced 2ft. from last year's leugtbs, and sails recut ac- 

 cordingly by Lapthorne. She will also have a laGed cotton mainsail 

 by McManus. Col. Hugh Cochrane's schooner Tioga is at Salem, 

 where her bow has been rebuilt, making her 3ft. longer over all, and 

 1ft. on waterline. Her keel will he increased to SOin. . and 10 tons of 

 lead will replace the present iron. _ a 



At Marblehead, Mr. Eddy, who has bought out Mr. Keating, has 

 finished an able looking catboat, and is busy with repairs and fitting 

 out on a number of boats. Mr. Eddy has on hand a very good model 

 of a keel boat, somewhat similar to the well known Witch, hullt by 

 him The new boat Is larger, 25x10ft. on waterline, about 30ft, over 

 all and 5ft. draft, and is one of the best models of the type we have 

 yet seen about Boston. At Marblehead Mr. Blllnw Is also building a 

 small keel cutter of about 21ft. waterline for J. B. Rhodes, owner of 

 the keel cat Caprice, illustrated in the Forest and Stream some 

 time since. On the beach are Witch, Caprice, Carmelita and a num- 

 ber of other boats, while some are already afloat.|and under the man- 

 agement of the new Corinthian Y. C, the season promises to he a 

 very lively one. 



