486 



FOREST ANf> STREAM. 



[July 6, 1886. 



Corrected. 

 1 34 13 



1 22 30 

 1 19 53 

 1 19 00 

 1 21 17 ' 



1 16 53 

 1 23 16 



1 43 21 



1 31 31 

 1 15 47 



1 13 31 

 1 21 04 



1 18 33 



1 09 21 



1 23 04 



51 12 



1 59 29 



Finish. 

 6 31 33 

 6 44 14 

 6 30 07 

 6 3 4 45 



6 45 05 

 6 42 10 

 6 48 05 



Corrected. 



49 30 



1 03 24 

 53 32 



1 03 49 

 1 01 45 

 1 07 33 



SOUTH BOSTON Y. C.-The second championship race of the 

 Soutb Boston Y. ft. was sailed on June 26 in a N. W. wind that 

 brought several of the small craft to grief. The courses were 11. 8 

 and 6 miles of first, second, third and fourth classes, as on May 31. 

 The start wa* made on time, the first class going over at 3:30, second 

 3:35, third 3:40 and fourth 3:45. The times were: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Elapsed. 



Violet, H.J. McKee 2 00 18 



SECOND CLASS— KEELS. 



Dorcas, L,. W. H. Lyman 1 45 36 



Breeze, O Paget 1 41 05 



Raven. Danforih & Harvey. 1 43 36 



Cygnet, M. J. Sheedy 1 45 57 



White Wing, jr. Williams. withdrew. 



SECOND CLASS — CENTREBOARDS. 



Lizzie Warner, Thomas Lutted 1 41 41 



Hector. M. J. Driscoll 1 47 16 



THIRD CLASS— KEELS. 



Monarch. C. H. Taylor, Jr Not timed. 



Fearless. F. G. Oooley Withdrew. 



Cooper. Thomas Scannell .1 51 30 



Vera, J G. Farrell Not timed. 



Nydia, James Galvin Withdrew. 



Volante, J MIflOt Hall 1 5!) 00 



Venture, Win. C. Cherrington 1 41 25 



Wanda, George W. Griffls Withdrew. 



Violetta, E. B. Hitchcock Not timed. 



THIRD CLASS— CENTERBOARDS. 



Em-Ell-Eve. P. M. Bond 1 45 03 



Tike, John Bertram 1 51 30 



(ieorgie, O. A. Drinkwater Withdrew. 



Myth, P. X. Keating 1 48 15 



Good Luck, J. B. Farrell Withdrew. 



Nereus, W. C. Nichols Not timed. 



FOURTH CLASS— KEELS. 



Mischief, Frank Christian Not timed. 



Charlotte, Thomas Cross Not timed. 



Vidette, P. F. Burke 1 32 55 



FOURTH CLASS — CENTERBOARDS. 



Lady May, W. J. Tilly 1 41 27 



Flora Lee, D. H. Lincoln 1 17 07 



Victor, C. A. Borden 1 25 18 



GREAT HEAD Y. C— The first pennant race of the Great Head Y. 

 C, off Winthrop, was not finished on June 12, but was postponed to 

 June 2G, the date set for the first championship, so both were sailed 

 at the same time. The course was from judges' boat to spar buoy on 

 the northwest corner of Apple Island, leaving it on port, to buoy No. 

 6 in Lower Middle, leaving that on port, and return to judges' boat. 

 A reefing breeze from S. W. was waiting for the yachts at 5:30 P. M. 

 and the third class did not venture out. The times were: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Start. 



Fancy, sloop, P. Flagg 5 36 18 



Freya, sloop, N. E. Turner 5 37 22 



Frolic, sloop, L. K. Billings 5 3fi 35 



Nellie D., cat, E. Dixon 5 36 13 



SECOND CLASS. 



Dora, cat, E. Nevins 5 40 30 



Cadet, cat, H. Belcher 5 40 25 



Fury. cat. J. E. Putnam 5 40 30 



Annie, J. H. Mitchell 5 40 30 



Ariel, yawl, C. B. Belcher 5 40 36 



Fai.cy and Cadet; take each a pennant and a leg for the champion- 

 ship. 



TORONTO RACES, JUNE 26.— The sealed handicap for yachts of 

 the Toronto and Royal Canadian clubs was sailed in a geod N. W. 

 breeze, with the following starters: Yolande, schooner, R. C. Y. C ; 

 Verve, cutter, R. C. Y. O, ; Mollie, sloop, T. Y. C; Cygnet, sloop, T. 

 Y. C; Rivet, cutter, T. Y. C; Aileen. cutter, R.C. Y.;<J. ; Escape, cut- 

 ter, T. Y". C. The course was from T. Y. C. club house across the 

 bay to a buoy moored to the east of the R C. Y. C. club house, 

 thence out of the western channel to bell buoy, thence easterly three 

 miles, southwesterly three miles, thence northwesterly to bell buoy, 

 and through western channel to finish off T. Y. C. club bouse, 15 

 miles. The handicap, made up by the committee, Messrs. Arnoldi, 

 Jones, Duggan and Armstrong, was sealed up at 1 P. M. When 

 opened it was as follow-: Aileen allows Cygnet 7 minutes, Verve 15, 

 Rivet 20, Escape 45, Yolande 50. and Mollie 70 minutes. At 1:30 the 

 preparatory gun was fired, at 1 :55 the starting gun, and at 2 P. M. the 

 handicap. The boats went over well in the order above. At the first 

 turn the times were: Verve. 2:10:00; Cygnet. 2:10:40: Yolande, 2:10:55; 

 Aileen. 2:11:00, Rivet. 2:11 :05: Mollie, 2:12:50; Escape, 2:13:30. Beat- 

 ing up the next leg Aileen pulled up to first place, all being timed 

 thus: Aileen, 2:50:15; Verve, 2:58:30; Cygnet, 2:59:00; Rivet, 2:59:45; 

 Escape, 3:02:00. On the next leg, a. reach, Cygnet made up a good 

 distance, the times being: Aileen, 3:14:00; Cygnet, 3:17:00; Verve, 

 3:19:50; Rivet, 3:81:00; Escape, 3:31:40. The times at the last two 

 buoys were not taken. The times were: 



Finish. 



Aileen 5 12 00 



Ovgnet 5 17 30 



Verve 5 24 30 



Rivet 5 39 li 



Escape 5 50 20 



Yolande 6 15 40 



Mollie 7 U 30 



Mr. Dickson was starter and timekeeper. 



KEELS IN LONG ISLAND SOUND —That the cutters should win 

 over open courses is bad enough, but now they have the audacity to 

 go even further and to carry the war into Africa; actually invading 

 the sacred shtet of water whose shoal harbors and light summer 

 breezes have stood for so long as the chief raison d'etre for the old 

 sloop. The hallowed depths were stirred up on Monday by the deep 

 keel of Clara in a way that probably astonished their denizens, while 

 Ulidia was not far behind. The performance of the latter is evec 

 more wonderful than Clara's. Arriving from Boston at the start 

 after the fleet were well away, she sailed over the course, overhaul- 

 ing the leaders, and being timed at Captain's Island as tenth boat, 

 only lOmin. astern of Cinderella, 5min. astern of Daphne and less 

 than 2min. after Crocodile and Athlon. In the Knickerbocker Y. C. 

 cruise, about the same time and place, the keel sloop Gil Bias, built 

 hy Kirby, astonished the flat-footed ones by running away from them 

 m light weather, while near her was the little 'Windward" model, 

 Ninecta, cruising boat or 18ft. and over 5ft. draft, that finished among 

 the leaders. Truly it was a bad day for '"our boats," "our weather" 

 and "our water." 



SANDY BAY Y. C. REGATTA, JULY 5 — The winners in the Sandy 

 Bav Y. C. regatta were: Special class— Lottie, 2:33:44; first, Petrel, 

 2:30:38; second. Lochiel, 2:3fc:34; fourth, Owl, sail over. 



SOUTHERN Y. C— A race was sailed on June 22 at New Orleans, 

 between the Edith and Yolande, the former winning in 56rain., with 

 Yolande 3 min. astern. 



Elapsed. 

 3 12 00 

 3 17 30 

 3 24 30 

 8 39 15 



3 50 20 



4 15 40 



5 11 30 



Corrected. 

 3 12 00 

 3 10 20 

 3 09 30 

 3 IS 15 

 3 05 20 



3 25 40 



4 01 30 



A CAPTATN IN SKIRTS,— A little woman walked into the office of 

 the steamboat inspectors the other day and astonished those "grave 

 and reverend signors" by remarking that she wanted a license to 

 command a steamboat. It seems that James Coons, who lives in 

 Harlem, owns a little steam launch called the Elizabeth, in which he 

 is accustomed to cruise about the w r aters of the Bay and the East 

 River. He is always accompanied by his wife, Mary E. Coons, who 

 applied for the license. He is an engineer and attends to the me- 

 chanical part of the outfit, while his wife, who is experienced in 

 yachting, steers the craft. The law says that each steam pleasure 

 boat shall have a licensed master and engineer. As Mr. Coons was 

 already chief engineer Mrs. Coons considered that she ought to be 

 captain. So she applied to the inspectors for a license. When the 

 Inspectors had recovered from their surprise they consulted the law 

 and found that there was nothing to prevent a license being issued to 

 a woman. Besides the same thing had been done in the case of a 

 woman who now commands a Missi-sippi steamboat. Having arrived 

 at the conclusion that Mrs. Coons was eligible they proceeded to put 

 her through the regulation nautical catechism. "Could she box the 

 compass?" She could and did. "Did she know the rules of the road J" 

 She gave the rules of the road. As she only wanted a special license 

 to command a steam launch on the waters of New York Bay and the 

 East River the rest of the examination was not severe. Then, as she 

 promised not to swear at the crew and to deal gently with the chief 

 engineer, the license was made out and Mrs. Coons became the second 

 licensed captain of the female persuasion in the world. Mrs. Coons 

 assumed command of her ship immediately and was received with 

 due honors as she came over the side. She will doubtless be a strict 

 disciplinarian, and any attempt at mutiny on the part of the chief 

 eneiueer will be promptly and severely punished.— N. Y. Tribune, 

 May 20. 



A LITTLE TOO PREVIOUS.— Since its mistake over a year since 

 in dubbins the Puritan a brick sloop, the New York Herald has ad- 

 hered persistently to the same tone in regard to matters Bostonian, 

 only stopping to throw up its hat and join the general hurrah for 

 Puritan when popular opinion made it necessary last fall. With two 

 New York boats m the field this year it has kept up the old song, and 

 after Priscillas victory in the New York race it sang a little louder 

 than ever. The past two weeks, however, have put a different face 

 on affairs, and the stroag winds of last Tuesday have compelled this 

 fair and impartial journal to reduce sail and take a new course, 

 which it does in the following graceful manner, If it were only a 

 slip on the part of a member of the staff it would be all very well, 

 but remembering the whole tenor of the paper for a year or more, it 

 seems a little hard to make a scapegoat of a comparatively innocent 

 person. The article we refer to is entitled "Boston Yachtsmen Have 

 a Right to be Proud," and reads as follows: 'In an editorial com- 

 ment on the yacht race of June 17, written with more zeal than dis- 

 cretion or good taste, the writer remarked : 'What Priscilla did yes- 

 terday she can do again to-morrow. Let us hear no more idle Boston 

 chatter about her being a failure.' We should be sorry if these words, 

 which, by inadvertence,were allowed to slip into our columns, should 

 be taken to reflect the true sentiments of the Herald or of New York 

 yachtsmen. It would undoubtedly be agreeable to us, as New York- 

 ers, to have a New York boat selected to defend the America Cup; 

 and it is equally natural and proper that the Bostonians should show 

 a pride in the fine performances of their Boston phantom. As for 

 the 'idle chatter,' we are not aware that the Eastern yachtsmen have 

 chattered; in fact, we think a good many wise rule-of-thumb philos- 

 ophers hereabouts have been doing most of the chattering." 



THE SAILING OF GALATEA.— On June 27 Galatea left Ports- 

 mouth on her voyage to America, Lieut. Henn and bis wife both 

 being on board. She will proceed direct to Boston and Marblehead, 

 and remain there for some time. In her last race* Galatea discarded 

 her new laced mainsad and carried the sail and heavier boom used 

 last year. She will come over with racing mast on end, easy canvas, 

 her topmast, boom and racing sails coming by steamer. At this time 

 of year the passage should be a pleasant one, and we may see her 

 here iDside of a month. Whits not yet up to the standard of Irex, 

 she has proved to be a very fast boat, and there is no reason to sup- 

 pose that even if beaten her friends in America need be ashamed of 

 her. Mr. Webb will be here soon by steamer, and wdl probably take 

 up his residence permanently in New York. 



METEOR AND LOANDO.— Mr. A. E. Bateman. of New York, has 

 sold the Loando, late Promise, to Mr. Thonas Watt, and has pur- 

 chased the steamer Meteor, designed and built by Mr. Bhven to 

 demonstrate the possibility of a five-day Atlantic steamer. It will be 

 remembered that she proved an utter failure and was taken to Bos- 

 ton, new engines being put in by Goss & Sawyer, of Bath, Me. Mr. 

 Bateman will fit her up as a yacht. She has been taken to City 

 Island for alterations. 



OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE —When here on 

 Qenesta Mr. Beavor- Webb was sorely annoyed by mosquitoes, sludge 

 acid and reporters, which he classed pretty much in the same cate- 

 gory of nuisances, and these he proposes to avoid by going to Mar- 

 olehead. He may dodge the first two, but when the Boston scribes 

 bear down on him in tugs with transparencies and flying banners, 

 iaud loaded with carrier pigeons, be will sigh for the retiring modesty 

 and blushing humility which distinguishes the craft in New York. 



CLUB CRUISES.— The Eastern Y. C. will rendezvous at Marble- 

 head on J uly 9, for a cruise to the eastward. On July 3, the Knick- 

 erbocker, Jersey City, Newark and Oswego started on short cruises. 



A NEW STEEL SCHOONER.— Mr. A. Cary Smith has designed a 

 steel schooner, which is now being built by Harlan & Holiings worth. 

 She is 80ft. below waterline, 21ft. beam and draws 7ft. She is build 

 ing under Mr. Smith's supervision, and will be completed by fall. 



NEW ROCHELLE Y. C— An entertainment in aid of the Now 

 Rochelle Y. C. was given at ;New Rochelle on June 30. Messrs. J. H. 

 Ryley, J. E. Nash, Chas. Stevenson, Miss Madeline Lucette and otners 

 known both as singers and sailors, taking part. 



SAILING RACES AT SCITUATE.— Seventeen boats entered the 

 sailing race of Monday at Scituate, sailing in a very light E. wind. An 

 unnamed boat, sailed by Dennis Quinn, won, with Champion second. 

 John MacDonald won a rowing race in dories. 



YOSEMITE — Mr. W. E. Connor, former owner of the Utowana, 

 now Oneida, has leased the Yosemite of the assignees of John Roach, 

 for the season. She will race in the A. Y. C. regatta this month. 



INTERLAKE Y. R. A.— The round of the Interlake Y. R. A. began 

 on Monday at Lake St. Clair with the regatta of the Michigan Y. C. 

 The wind was so light that no race was made. 



CORONET.— Last week the large schooner Coronet, lately com- 

 pleted for Mr. bush, sailed for England with the owner and his wife 

 and a party of friends on board. 



HARLEM Y. C— The race of this club was postponed on account 

 of the weather to July 7. 



HILDEGARD.— Mr. Oelrichs has sold his sloop Hildegard, formerly 

 Niantic, to Mr. Bergen, of Brooklyn. 



^mwtr£ to $am8$mtdmt$. 



IS" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



C. S W., Victoria, Tex.— Such a change would leave you a good 

 shooting weapon, though as a rule aDy arm is at its best as originally 

 made. 



F. L. W., Calicoon— 1. You will perhaps . find Farrow's "Howl 

 Became a Crack Shot" suited to your purpose, as well as anything 

 on the subject. 2. Boats are launchec stern first. 



C, Washington. — I. What is the open season for moose in Quebec? 

 2. Any license fee for non resident? 3. What is the open season for 

 moose in Ontario? 4. Any license fee for non-resident? Ans For 

 open seasons see lists in Game, Bag and Gun Department. There is a 

 license fee in Quebec, but not in Ontario 



B. W. McL., Chillicotbe, O.— I desire to spend the last week of 

 August and the month of September with my wife (who is hardly re- 

 covered from a severe attack of pneumonia) at some pleasant and 

 healthful resort, where good fishing or bunting (or both) may be had 

 during that period. Ans. We had the name of such a place in West 

 Virginia, which, however, has been mislaid. Perhaps some reader 

 of the Forest and Stream can supply the information sought. 



G. K. C, Rochester.— Can you give me a receipt for making a 

 cement for an aquarium, something that will adhere to glass? Ans. 

 One part by measure litharge, one part plaster of Paris, one part flue 

 beach sand, one-third part fine powdered rosin. Mix well all to- 

 gether. This may be kept for years while dry in a well corked bottle, 

 when used make into a putty with boiled linseed oil; a little patent 

 dryer may be used. It will stand water at once, either salt or fresh. 



Ah Look, Hartford City, Ind.— A duck skin which I would like to 

 have identified. None of my sportsmen friends can tell me the 

 species. I found it in the spring of 1885, one niorniag when the snow 

 was a foot deep. It was apparently chilled, as it allowed me to pick 

 it up. It lived two days, but it would not eat anything and had noth- 

 ing in its crop when I skinned it. Ans. The duck is a male specimen 

 of the Harelda glacialis, long-tailed duck, old-wite, south-south- 

 erly, or old squaw. It is common on the coast, and is found on the 

 Great Lakes and other inland waters. Your other query will be an- 

 swered later. 



The Manitoba Emigrant.— Mr. J. A. Carman, of Winnepeg, Mani- 

 toba, has sent us the first number of a neatly printed journal or 

 magazine called the Emigrant, whioh is well filled with statistical 

 matter and current notes of much service to intending settlers and 

 of special interest to persons who have not been already informed of 

 the remarkable progress and present condition of that valuable 

 section of the Canadian Dominion. Mr. Carman intends to devota 

 a department of his paper to the natural history of the country, and 

 the information which he will he able to collect will doubtless be of 

 value to science and the interests of sport. The Emigrant is a 16 page 

 quarto with very neat typographical appearance. Price, $1 per year. 



L. G. C, Columbus, O.— At our last badge contest a decision was 

 rendered by our captain which has caused some controversy arnonc 

 our members, and we will esteem it a favor if you will give us your 

 judgment as to the proper thing to have been done under the cir- 

 cumstances, which were briefly as follows: Theshootiug was stopped 

 by rain during the last round of 5, or after all the contestants had 

 shot at 15 birds, and all but 8 had completed their full score of 20, but 

 among those who had not yet finished it was possible for one man to 

 tie for the badge in Class A, and for one man to win the one in Clas3 

 B. Our special badge rules say that each contestant shall shoot at 

 20 birds, making no provision for the shoot being necessarily stopped 

 at anv time during its progress. Our captain declared "no contest, 

 and that the present holders of the badges shall hold them till the 

 next regular shoot." Exceptions have heen taken to this ruling, 

 seme claiming that the badges should have been awarded from the 

 highest scores at the end of even innings, which in this case would 

 have been at the end of the 15, others that they should have been 

 taken into the hands of the captain there to remain till some one had 

 won them under the rules. If there is any general rule among 

 sportsmen which would cover this point will you kindly refer us to it. 

 Ans. The ruling of the captain was correct; it was no shoot. 



Evert pair of Allen's bow facing oars warranted. Send for little 

 catalogue free. Fred A. Allen, Monmouth^ HI.— Adv. 



The "gentleman" (?) who has so kindly undertaken to board 

 my pointer dog (Don) gratis will, 1 fear, gain nothing by his 

 kindness, but will be prosecuted with the full power of the 

 law if discovered — Advertisement in the Fort Worth (Texas) 

 Gazette. 



A boy down at San Juan gained an enviable religious repu- 

 tation by committing to memory 1,000 verses of the Biole, and 

 was rewarded by the present of a shotgun. His reputation 

 was somewhat smirched, however, when four days after he 

 shot bis grandmother in the right leg.— Kan Francisco Alta. 



A wild goose exhibited so much curiosity about Watchman 

 Hendrickson's lantern at Asbury Park one night last week 

 that he determined to try to kill it. Setting his lantern down 

 near the edge of the water, he produced a stick and watched 

 for developments. The goose waddled up to the lantern and 

 was so intent on watching the flame that Hendrickson crept 

 up and killed it with the stick. At least such is the story re- 

 lated by the Asbury Park Journal, 



In front of a dwelling house on West 5th street yesterday 

 afternoon an elderly woman stood talking excitedly with a 

 neighbor and ringing her hands distractedly. Both appeared 

 very much agitated, apparently over the presence of a robin 

 perched on the street fence. Presently one of them made 

 alarming demonstrations at the bird as if to frighten it away, 

 but the redbreast gave a hop, skip, and jump along the fence, 

 tilted its head sidewise in derision or deliance, and refused to 

 go. Then the woman gesticulated more energetically, point- 

 ing from the bird to the house, and curious passers-by lingered 

 to learn the meaning of then- singular behavior. This is what 

 troubled them: The robin, doubtless for some good reason of 

 his own which he could not explain if he would, had been 

 trying for an hour or more to gain admittance through a win- 

 dow to the upper story of the house. The mere fact of a robin 

 trying to break and enter a two-story dwelling was not 

 alarming, but the fact that a woman was lying dangerously 

 ill in that house gave the incident appalling significance. The 

 woman was fixed in the conviction that the robin's action was 

 a harbinger of death; hence the woe.— Erie (Pa.) Dispatch. 



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