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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 33, 1886 



the balance is desiroyed, thu boat coiiies bead to wind, and will 

 not payoff. The board may be placed very far forward and a 

 large nifiirisall and small mizzen used, «d thai, sbo b-iilances with 

 hoard :.1,11 down, bid. as soon as it is raised tor slioal water or any 

 other purpose, ihe cerder ot lateral resisianee moves att, the bead 

 pays t>ir, and alio cfinnot be hitforl witlimil a r.iucli l.-irger mi'/.ze.n. 

 in most eiuioes t)ic drafi fore and aft is nearly tiie siime and the 

 enttiug awa:\- ra": tore fool araO ratio of sternposi balance eachotliei', 

 BO the mr.«r of Ifuo-ftl rfsistcmc? is very neiii- ihe center of tlic 

 load lino. If a single board is i sed the proper place tor it is with 

 the iifter end a liltie aft of the cenier oi lateral resistance, al len.st 

 this J8 as near a general rule as can l>e ki' '^n. Kow this vrill bi-ina: 

 the l)oard and cH.se ^\ith the after end Stt. fro]., tli? stern in a left, 

 caune. At Isast iift. '..'in. is roqnircil as sittin;.. i comi for 

 u: pbiced f-i't. i'roiLi i ir itiri-' cud. 

 s nnanwinont I be f: ew is loo 



BO fbe backboaT il . 

 3£t. of tlie stern. By vlil 

 paddle with liesi a'l ;i 

 laust trim tl.ie boa t by rl 

 and there is no room for sleep; n.c 

 times, or to]^ juo\ inix aJjov t easily 

 are very bad. ovrinc t 



or wi tlibi 

 ta,r aft lo 

 tJielioard 



lie cannot reacli the forward dock, 

 I'or carrying an exti-a nian at 

 wliiln the steerage arra nsemonts 

 I rn ( ;s t inaccessible 



•It is evident, then, that this plan, of pla'-ins the board r,.. 



sailing boats, is not applicalde to the canoe, and some other must 

 be adopted. The crow roust oerupj- (.He center of the canoi;, ainl 

 the boaa-d innsr be so placed there as not to lie in Inswav, or it 

 must Ite jiioveil elsev, bej-c. The iirst plan ha.s been e.lfccted'hy i ho 

 use ot loldinu- or ''fan " boards of va.rions Ivinds, Aviuidi ocenp\' 

 mile space above the floor boards, and foe a., eiansing boat tliose 

 answer ^aa-y avcII. Ovic of the oldest of tliese, the Atwood, has 

 been successful I nsed iii canoes and skiffs for half a dozen years. 



aird has prove 

 the tloor-board:-. 

 sonser is qnile , 

 The hoa rd is rai- 

 form n<e\- ni.idf, ' i , .1 

 the aftci' end ox t lie ti 

 j.ViaT; li'iT boavrl of si 

 the Bi-oiisli l-'nll.-/ 

 board has also ; 

 one being a box 

 foldin.g into it. 

 raised and lovcero.., ,; , 

 each leaf, so that a.ll j 

 ioweriu,s. The arm i 



Tta^ trnrtk is about ;hT 

 ^'Uard or ca,rr,\du,£C an extra, pas- 

 n- lioat holds \i'eiIto windward, 

 hi - l ore end, and in an impro\'ed 

 "•■•aid Lj . lt attached by rods and placed at 

 ink witliin eas>' ^-each. 



lilar constiaiction, but ilill'erinp: in derail, is 

 '■ ■'■ ■.-■I made in Gana.nonue, Canada. This 

 live h-aves like a fan, the lowest 

 'lick, and opL-ii iin top, the other tour 

 .1-: on one pivot at Ihe fijre end, but, are 

 aiL i.rm wiiliia ihe case wiukin.tc in a slot in 

 d.ain (lie r ridati\'e positions in raising or 

 operated by a ifetaehed wreneli, wlvieli alsi 



serves lo keep the pin tight on ttie rubber washers and prevent 

 leakage. 



Another form of board was widely advertised a few years si ace, 

 aJi iron plate pt voted under the keel and swrinjt up close to the 

 bottom when in siioal vrater, bur it has ne :er come inio fa\aa-. 

 Bome canoes ha-e I'.ten fitlddwith the J oyner oscilla ting center- 

 board such as was hist used in the Atalantis, but though it is 

 (•laiTOed £i.s very eifcctivc, none have been tried in competition with 

 othea" boards at tJfe meets, and we cannot speak defiuitoly of their 

 merits. 



The Kadix hoard has become an established favorite for erui.sing, 

 though now in little favor with raong men, and tor tlic former use 

 has liineh to recommend it. Wltile en.tively within the boat, it is 

 still belo w the iloor, tlie only space reonired fieiiig tor tl:e handle, a 

 hinged hvuht^ rod wovkiag throngh a slniling box. This, to be sure, 

 is sometimes in i be way. but mm'ti less so than in any other folding 

 board, and doesnot necessarily iiitertci-e with a full use of (lie well 

 by one or t.-.ro. All nt Tiiesr' b.oa.i-ds must be made of brass or they 

 are nsf^less in ^alt w.aler., ynd even in fresh it is preferable to iron. 



Three metiiods of using rlie solid plate board are in vogue, lirst 

 a eoniproniise l) which the Ijoard is ]-ilaced as faj- aft as is con- 

 slstenr. with ihe demands for a.ecomrnodation: and the sail plan 

 modified to correspond: second. •, dagger bo.ard so shaped as to 

 throw its center of elfnrt very far aft compa)'ed to the position of 

 the rrnnk, and third the double boards, a large on-? forward so as 

 to leave a clear leie^'i h of 5 or lift, anudsbips, and a small one tar 

 aft to i-estore the balance. The flnst plan was shown in two ways in 

 the Pearl an|j Kantilus. In both of the former the single plates of 

 .T61bs. n-eie so placed as to allow room for the crew abaft them; but 

 the residt was that wliile in neither was a proper balance of sail 

 obtained, the roi/.zen being stowed f retjuently, the room was badly 

 cut ■ 11. ^ '- i-! 'iiig on board' was ijossitile, as tiiere was room for the 

 lee- . ; ■•!''!•■> of the trunk, but the fore compartment was 

 use: . - . : - .-';! -,e and ail ti ' ' ' 



. f lii-rhi 



turtl--: 



I be 



board u a 

 handling 



does nor- seem savtst;!- ■ I tio 



midships but it is \-er> suiui: and in 

 permissible in ernising. 



The old Yentni-e came out in b'^ifl 

 amidsbips and only aborU Itl. long, tl 

 board of wood, shaped like a scimeler 

 -so that its ceiner was well abaft the 

 board being subsf iruljed at times, ~t 



iglits Were necessarily aft, while 

 iian desirable. In one boat the 

 ' fie other, lint while it aided the 

 V.', and on tiie wlmle the jilan 

 I uo Peeowsic the jdate is near 

 i in a position ttiat wotdd not he 



with a trunk about 8in. high 

 roiifjli which slid a "d;: fixer" 

 and slidiii.; :: t' : ■ '1 I'v: i yi:->[ 

 trunk. \'' h.- 



ha 



especially aft Rotli trunks must lie carefully made to prevent 

 leakage, a 11 joints being laid in white lead. One special precaution 

 IS very necessary. The headledges shordd be so thick as to leave 

 tiie stot fully wide enough tor the board, tiien v.dien the trunk is 

 made, pieces as wide as the slot should be placed up and down in- 

 side it and left there until the Ijoat is planked, d<a-ks taid and all 

 the work is completed. If this is not done the garb' larils are apt to 

 close lip the slot, as in the two Pearl canoes', rhc bulkheads iiiid 

 deck beams may aid to do so too, and hnally the board will jam. 



The atlachnient for tie; eente.rboard pe'niijuit or lifting chain 

 sh.ralcl be very strongly made, as it may do serious injury if the 

 boai-d falls (-nmplet idy down. The point of suspension sliould be so 

 far aft as lo be vriihiu ttie ease when the board is fully down, 

 avoifling the drag of ilie i-haia through the watm'. The best chfdn 

 is- a tiat link sash cliain of copper, attached to the ticiard b\ t-^vo 

 flat brass liiiks, with lifting gear and buffer on the upper end.' The 

 ai'terboard may be raised by a cord or a copper wire rope. 



Ki/i/d 



THE DIVISIONS OF THE A. C. A. 



/•Virc.i,-/ nviJ ^Urc'tiii: 

 111 i-elai ion lo the di isiou of the A. G. A., there are men -who pre- 

 fer smne inland place like Grindstone for a meet, but they are 



the same who havegone year after year, while tlie greater ma fm-itv 

 cannot attend, and therefore they have had no '. oice in t h'e 

 management of the Associ.at ion. The di - ision will allow more 

 men to take part in (he Imsines.s as well as in (he pleasure ot tlie 



It is really wonderif il that there are so inanv mpml.'ers. eonsider- 

 ivjg how few ai I end the meets; what will the mernliershii) be when 

 all take iiai-t in the rnanagemenl aud election of oilicers:' not to sa\ 

 anything about the jo\ of atl ending a meet. 



Lei us have a. di ision. or branelies would be a better "word, that 

 will please the great majority. ,Suy Eastern, Middle States, includ- 

 ing Alaryland. Uela\vare and tin- District uf f'oliimliia, Aairthern 

 Western and the Pacific Slope. 



Ttie meets should be arrangcii if pi 

 cannot attend bis own division he can 1 



1 ean maierstand liov.' Western me 

 meet when they would not one at Grindstone and 

 one ^^ ould go to the (^reat La!-:es when he wadi 



i-a?H)eist 



able so that il 

 ' of the others, 

 oiild attend a salt-wafer 

 an Eastern 

 go the St 



Lawrenci' Itiver; indeed it seems to me the division will do niore to 

 em- hie c.enoeists from far different sections to enjoy eacli otliers 

 so(-iel.^', than the late one grand meet we b.ave attended, ortriedto 

 corn nee ourselves ^ve ha\'e. 



Xot one-iifili of Ihe canoeists in the connti'y are members of the 

 A. C. A., and the reason is tliey ha\e been unable to see any a,d- 

 vantage in joining, but now each branch will -work the matt'er up 

 and the A. (\ A. will have over two thousand members lieforc the 

 end of lH>^i. 1/Ami)iii; 

 Paterson, N.J. 



but the trunk is much in the w^n.s' in cruising. The same jil: u, bui 

 with the trunk further forward, lias l)eeri tried in tne Princess 

 canoes iirst built for ex-Oom. Longworth, of Cincinnati, in ISSO. 

 These boards are of ca.st ii'on and quil:-.^ lieavy, anil while tbey are 

 effective when in place and the (riink fairly onl of the wav, they 

 are unhandy to rai.se or lower. TJicre is a suggestion in these 

 boards for some brilliant invcnior— a solid plate board in a case 

 as long .as necessai-y np to say 4ft.., bac wilU Us after end not o-er 

 6ft-. Gin. from rhe stern in :» h)ft. canoe, the board to raise and 

 lowcronapkai .-similar to a ])ai-allel rule, so as to throw aft as it 

 goes down. To be prreUicable it mu.st be stiff eoongh to resist all 

 lateral strain, it must be raised freely on grounfling, and the 

 mechanism me.st be direct, strong and simple. A plan the reverse 

 ov" ibis wjis iilustrat:ed some time since in the liOndon Pi rid, a 

 . .• . lid bMU;-,;d in the deadwoods and run down and forward 

 me i line liv eoriis. 

 e iiie'eiiiiiu.- and pec'L-iiar arrangemeut of the single board 

 wa.i I bail of the new Nautilus. The board was placed forward, the 

 oTcatest draft of hull, about Tin., lieiiig abreast the center of the 

 boai-d. From tlus point rim keel rockcred up rapidly until it cut 

 thi^ sternnost at the waterline. Of course the center of the board 

 was far torward, but the ceiitei- of latei-al resistance wa.s brought 

 near to it bv the depth of forefoot and rounding up aft, while a. 

 large mainsail ;ind smaJt mizzen br'>aght the center of effort over 

 the board, a ^'cry lai-ge aaid powerful rudder hidphig to maintain 

 the balance. (_,'ertairdy the lioat jn-oved ver;-. good t,o wmdwa-i-d 

 and was maneuvered in a most asioiiishing way, turning about 

 and twisting like, as one spectaror remarkeil, a man eutting 

 figures on skates. She proved wanting, however, n runumg and 

 reaching, a fault due iirobablv to her peculiar model, and no doubt 

 too she would have been the bel ter for a small after board in ad- 

 dition to her drop rudder. In the matter of room ilicre was not 

 space between fooiyoke and backboard for a man ot average size 

 to sit and paddle, Avliile the entire arran.gement placed the crew 

 further aft than is desirable. Again, such a placing of the centers 

 necessitates a sail plan dilfei-ent from that which we believe best 

 for such long and narrow boats. For the Thames ttie higli and 

 narrow mainsail a e\ idently the proper thing, but most sailing in 

 Anun-iea, especiallvthe racing, is on fairly wide and open waters; 

 whai, is evidentlv required then is a good distribution ot sail fore 

 aud aft, with as long booms as prudence will admit, and a corres- 

 ponding reduction of height, thus lowering the center of effort, 

 lessoning size and hoiahr. of spars materially, and giving afore 

 and aft disfrdnition of sail that will make the boat hand>' ujnler 

 .^nv '■e'- b nLoof oi' tfiis lie neeiled the reader is referred to the 

 ler ric-, a ear'eful stud.\' of which will repay him. 

 plan for a single board can be devised than those 

 - only resort is to the double board, a plan that has 



,j, ;ful for some years in blugland, though of late the 



single board lias been ( ried again in racing boats, as we have 

 noticed above. . 



Hertainly the double board lias not shovvni np "/ell m very quick 

 turning, bid. this is purtlv due to the crew, and some of our sailors 

 base vet somethinu' to learn in tlie art of handling two boards. 

 One canoe had a i-edal ai-ranged so tba.t the after ooani could be 

 raised by the foot while sitting on deck, dropping by us oy, a weiglu., 

 tlius lea.',dng the hands free, 

 quick turning the ad antage 

 pensate fully, while the cam 

 such sail as may be desirab 

 able -ail l.!f-;n 



an^" rhUiilv" a 'K>cl \T>rth crnisiderinK by tJiosc who are inclined 

 to go fiack to one boa,riJ after a short tiial. (.'ertaud; 

 taare of an unencum hi-red steeping sp.a.ee 

 aftei-hoa rd when oil Hie \-i'Lnd, a re more tfinn -n 

 The forward board, whether light or be; . 

 ward as practicable, It-a ing room tor m 

 atterboard shca.ild be well aft, in tact- 1 1 e - i 

 "dthintin. of the sterepost if desired, k a ^ 

 ml ot it. fioth rrimt 



CAMP WHAT. 



IN the lab ter part of Augu.st we started off on our much talked 

 of camping bout. There ^vere four of us, all jolly fellows: 

 •lack, a young fellow wdm had graduated from college; Paid, 

 a great big good-natured fellow, and Bonv (an al>bre\-iation for 

 Bonaparte), a fellow forever fishing and fore'ver lucky; lastlv ,Jo, a 

 brotliei- of Bony, a fellow who, quite unlike h-.s piscatorial I'e'hitive. 

 did not caj-e mu(di for flsiiinu' but took great ideasrre in the clia.se. 



Leaving Idillou Island, a pretty little isle about four miles from 

 Kingston, we rowed to the place destined lo be our camping 

 ground, situated at the head of ibn.ve Island about eight miles 

 down the rix'er. 



Lauding about () o'cloe]^ in the e\ e]nng at one Of the prettiest 

 little camping grounds (liat could be found anj'vvher'.- near, and 

 ihi-owing onr diHlle 011 the bank Ave proceeded to make things snug 

 for tlie night, .lack and .!o wenl for bi-owse-. Pnid fixed a landing 

 for the boats, while Bony began to get sepiier ready, for l lie jjangs 

 of hunger were gnan ing at our ita.ls. Srp]jf.j- finished, a large 

 camp-tire wfs built, and v. '- did thoronjfhly enjoy Iving on the 

 bank in the eool evening air, ■vatcliing the lire as it sii.-i.pped and 

 craekle<b and lislcniug to (he wafer plash plashing against the 

 rocks. 



Next morning being Sunday it was decided not to get up very 

 early, bid lie abed— that is all save Jack, who was to be cook on 

 tlif. t ':lay. AVe awoke to find that .Jack was si ill in bed, but Bud had 

 been up for some time collecting driftwood for the lire, .lack said 

 tha t for some iina-ccoantablc reason be could not .get his elids to 

 stay up, so he was forgiven. Sitting down v/e ate heartih', still 

 we felt like tlie fellow who, Ino.-ing eaten a long while, said he was 

 full up t il Ids neck, but that his luontb w as hungry. 



"Say fellows,'' said -JO, "we musl liave a name for the eamp; 

 '.vedl name it camp Avharv" "Ya-as." firawled .Itick from the tent, 

 - i-i good name." .lack w.-is .driven to lieinn funnv at times. 



: -uir'said .fo, "Uiat's whal e-e'll call it. Camp Wlwit." ''Ves." 

 Bony, "('amp \\'hat on Itiiw(e) Island, just the thing." And 

 so it was agreed upon. We passed tlie rest of the day sleeping and 

 reacting, the Ecuie.st jV^ro Sti!e.\.m being in greatdemand, as we had 

 j-is( procured the latest number before starting. 



Tluis Snntlay slijiped awav' and Monday mornin.g came bright 

 and beautif;d. Fi\ e o'clock found the cook hard at work getting 

 breakfast. Then the fishermen started out to coax the gamy bass, 

 but the gamy bass respectfully but firmly declined to be c'aught. 

 After fishing half a day without .great success, it was iliought ad- 

 visable to give it up imtil evenine. But when e\-ening came luek 

 was not much better. We did not- srive it up yet, however, that is 

 Bony didn't, but decided to try in ^tie morning. 



in the evening, while Jo was cooking supper, our ears were 

 greeted by a sound somethim.'- like the song of a dying hen. This 

 noise seemed in issue from a small lilai-k spot on Ihe water, t-i-nul- 

 ually it grew nearer and nearer until we disco\ iM-ed that (he sound 

 proceeded from an aceordiim manipulated b^- a udlkmaid, one 

 whom wo bad accused Bud of making lo 'e to because it took him 

 such an .astonisliing long time to get the niilk when sent for it. 

 The fair damsel saded majestically by in hei' dug-out, squeezing 

 out of her m ' ' ' ' 

 "Sw-anee Hi\r 

 We considere. 

 moke us hiie 



In the nigle, 

 camp-fire buil 



like a duel;, frusl.rated (his d 

 'Inesday morninji 

 nnewhat better, s 



Pi- 



gi 



pro, 



"'\Miile iuferiin- lo rhe single board in 

 ;ii'e so great when running as lo com- 

 ean be much better balaneed under 

 . V\Tth a good rocker to keel, a suit- 

 l a rudder of suillcient size it only requires a 

 . brine' e.. double centerbo;-rd boat ;ibout quickl 



st and stc 

 top an'l til 



bt 



boards so In 



, (lie ad 



i (ift. or more, and ot the 

 n-nmagb to compensate. 

 - bi !'i be as far for- 

 I.-, . . e.r it, while tiie 

 1 . ■ b, lie carried I o 

 oiini for mizzen 

 aioidd be open on 

 . if ballast mnsi. 

 -!0 re- rnihs. in 

 .i-eaible- 

 -i^'thin 

 aifer- 



As the boats wei-e shoved out from the bank Bud proposed thi'ee 

 cheers for our camp, and three hearty cheers rang out ^vith a -^viU. 

 Hurrah! hurrah! hurrahl for Camp ANTiat. Wiio 



SHATTEMUC 0. C— Sine Sing, Sept. 13.— At a regular meeting 

 of the Shattomuc C. C. of Sing Sing, held .Tnly .^O, Col. FrankUn 



Br.aiidreth was elected Commodore to succeed Ro". N. K. Evert .s, 

 resigned (i\lr. Bra ndreth has just returned from an e.-- 1 ended trip 

 and has now accepted the position), Mr. Brandrei li has olfered 

 three handsome trophies to be contested for by members of the 

 'dub in two sailing matches over a tria.ngalar course off the boat 

 house. Each trophy to be v,-on pwice a.nd then to lieeorne the pi'operty 

 of the winner. The first and second are of gold and silver, hand- 

 soniel\' engra 'ed and ornamented, beai'ing the club signal; the 

 tliiid is of silver v^ith a canoe under full sail engra 'red "upon its 

 face. The lii-st race for these trophies was held on the bSth over a 

 triangular course, three times around count ing three miles. The 

 next on (Jet. X'd and ri-^th and so on. The fad regatta of the> club 

 's\il] take tilaee on Oct. ;;a, wdien a prou-ramme sluiwing paddling 

 classes tvvo and four o-.-er half-mile straigh t course, sailing over 

 triangular one mile course, xandem over same course as singles, 

 also li-opby race, Mdil be carried out. Pennants and other prizes 

 wdl bo contested for. All races exeepiiug trojibv race will be 

 open to mendiers of otlnn- clnbs,— J. H. ('AUpnNTEti. Purser. 



A ROBBERY AT fbVMP GlilNDSTONE.-During the week fol- 

 lowing the meet, while Dr. e:eide was still in camp, ihe store was 

 broken open and some articles. amon« tliem his trunk, were stolen. 

 Regarding the tlieft he -svril es: ■'.'•'i nrnvcRrfviLLE, N. Y., Sept. it.— 

 Editvi- Fori'-:l and Htrmin: i find that on erroneous impression has 

 gone abr-'-ad relai ive to the tlief t of my trunk at Crindstonc Island. 

 The trunk '■outaiiied nothing but my personal effects, clothing^ 

 etc., together with some \aliiable papers,* but none of the .Associa- 

 tion books or papers were in it except some notes taken at the 

 meetings of the executive committee relating (otbe changes in the 

 constitution and by-lau's, and tliesi' 1 can get from a member of 

 the A. C. A. ^vho has dnph'eates of tliern. The prize dag awarded 

 to .Dr. A. K. Heighway ami intrusted to my care for him was in the 

 st olen trunk.— CITA5?. A. Nmnk. See'y-Treas. A. (J. A." 



BIRCH B.\RK CANOES.— Wall ham. Mass., Sept. IS.-EdHor 

 Firnst aiid St nam: Your eorresponiient who desires a birch, may 

 obtain one from the- Indians at Olrtlown, Me. We ha-e a fleet of 

 aliout thirty ou the Charles, here, belonging to the W'althani C. O. 

 They are about ISft. in length, ."itJlbs. weight, will carry three 

 or four persons, aud cost |a5 each in Oldtown. He may obtain 

 furtlier particulars of William Wallace, Oldtown, Me.— L. K. 



CtUKDY. 



CANOEING AT WASHlNttTON.-The Washington C. C. are 

 holdnig a series of races, llie lirst of wliich was sailed on Aug. 38 

 OAcr a, ;!-mile eoui'se from i be elubbonsc around Imoy 7 and return. 

 .Se\'en canoes started, beatini.; doAvu and turning as foHows: 

 Wbistlewing 4:il:5U, tola f :5:i:00. Meteor 5:01 :r,u, Petrel S:05:0r,, Water-- 

 witch, Mermaid and Belle not timed, f.iermaid Unished tlie course 

 in -tOrn. ."'Os., Petrel ."ifim. .')(.ls., and VVaterwitcb Ih. Ira. The canoes 

 are rated by Tred iven's table. 



OFF FOR EN(i^LAND.-On Sept. 16 Messrs. W. Baden-Powell 

 and AYalter Siewai-t, E. C. C, With Vice-Corn. R. W. tJibson, 

 sailed tor Bivcrpool in the Celtic. At the wharf to see them off 

 were jNlessrs. \ nux, Wilkin and Stephens. Mr. Gibson will be 

 home by Nov. 1.5, and Messrs Powell and Stewart will return next 

 season with new boats. 



The Ii\yrest ami Stream Fables arc for saU by tiH ncwHUahri'. 



FIXTURES. 



SEPTEMDlSn. 



25. Bu ffalo, Club, Lake Erie. 38. Beverly, Club, Nahant. 



YACHT RACE EXTRA. 



'T^HIE yacht race extra published by tlie Forest and Stiusam 

 is on sale at all ncwstands, or may be ordered direct from this 

 office. It is a lO-page rw iewv of international yacht racing up to 

 the last races. Has man.', illustrations, the hues of Galafcoa, etc. 

 Handsomely printed on fine quality paper.- Price 10 cents. 



RACES FOR THE NEWPORT CITIZENS' CUPS. 



"VfEWPGET certainly owes a debt to the yachtsmen, whose 

 j.^ presence each year iloes so much to increase her attractions, 

 and this season at ieast she has made a very appropriate return. 

 Last month an cdfer was made to 1 be New ^birk V. C. on belialf of 

 the citizens of 1 ewporl, of handsome iirizes for ;i race to be sailed 



finished, w hich ofl'erAvas 

 to, attend 10 the details 

 .riimine.m. among ^vhom 

 •i:y 8. Sherman. Frank G. 

 lediatelv to waiii-k ami the 

 ft wiiH derided to offer 

 One for schooners and one 



olt Newport altiU' lb 



linaliy aeeepted e-- . ' > - - ; -! 



ot (be racing. 

 were Messrs. , lob : 



Harris and Major 'i'. i-.- .i-e-. v.,eni mi 

 sum of ti-.dTiO was snbseribed for prize 

 four t'U' vachts dividcal as follow 



board .should be aa light as possible, not over >»iii. iniei-., ana ooui 

 should be very omootth with kmfc edges where sitbroer.?ed, 



in.strumcnt 'Tlome, Sweet Koiue," and then 

 .c upon the other in rapid succession, 

 i .e. She was evidently trying to 

 re unmoved. 



: a tened to drown us out, but a large 

 beds while the tent .shed the water 



---Sign. 



W e \\'ere u)! betimes and out fishing, luck was 

 rat fine bass ma,de things lively for a sliort 

 time. Conseipiently Bony brightened v.p. 



"Bud," said .Tack, "which w^a.y is the AAdnd?" "North," replied 

 Bud. "Hmnph! bad for fish.'' "Well, I would not be surprised if 

 it came around into the S. W.," rejo ned Bud. thinking to comfort 

 .Tack. "Would you be .surprised if it earne from the N.E.'.-" growled 

 Jack. "No.'' "From the West'/" "No.'' "South'/" "No." "Well." 

 said Jack, "you .are an ctarnally queer feller: we caji't surprise you 

 anyhow." 



This short dialogue amused the rest of us a great deal, since we 

 knew (bat Bud was usually siu-prised at everything, at least he 



said he veas.. 



"Dinner sm- edl" came from the other side of the bay in the 

 weU-known oiee of .To. "Come on. boys, gel some din nei% and fish 

 this afternoon." This suiamons was obeyed with alacrity. Jo 

 was found on T.hc bank in .a doleful sort of a mood. ""^"71iat"s the 

 111: tter'?" said PiOn,\. "Gh, nothing, only that confomided cotfee 

 ain't clear." "How's that"?" "Well, just you come and look at it. 

 1 iiut in a whole egg to make it clear, and it don't seem to w'ork." 

 Bony went to the coffee pot. lifted the lid, and broke out into a 

 loud gufl'aw. "What (he diel:ens you iathn at'/" said lo, waxing 

 wroth. "Come here, boys," Bony shouted between his 16 ad haw- 

 haws, "the durned old fool has put the egg n wlioh' .-nid it's float- 

 ing poached on toi) of the coffee." -Jo did not say nmch, but ate 

 his dinner in silence, n irsing his wrath against himself. 



Fisb'iig again in the afternoon— cry yood luck— and then once 

 more the sh.-ides of esening l)egan to i-ause Ihe shores of the little 

 bay" fo disappear a nd I'o bring fiuf agaitist (be elear, starlit sky the 

 largfMrees In bb-iek outline ; and ihi ' '-.-i- c- eids chirj-)ed 1.0 one an- 

 o, Ijer as the ua-ba-hoo of the loi. ' h.iing from the water. 



Supper over, ag^in we surronie h- . -■ . . :e |i-rtre, stori(-s began to 

 fly thick and fast. .Jo and Bony .-a- .... in. 1. "e talking so long thtit 

 Bud and .laci-.: were compelled to go i" :^li..ep in self-defense. 



There is a saying. "SVhat is heme without a- mother'/" We 

 might put wiiluthis, ^^■hat is eamp without a caiup-lire? I really 

 think find, more solid comfcu't l an be tcotfen out ot a camp-fire 

 than can be extracted from a pine, and that is saying a great deal. 



On Wednesday we made a trip to the foot of tfrindsione Island 

 to view file canoe meet . Going and coming, and the time we spent 

 there, made the day fly. aud glad we were to tumble into our beds 

 on 1 eachiii'.;- e.imi-i. 



As there is an end ot e\'erything, so there must be an end of our 

 ph-wisnre camp on the St. Lawrence. Thursday morning was the 

 lime set w hen we sho. id strike crimp. ()f course, iiobiodyr wanted 

 logo, but it v.^as useless io resist, fo)- time and tide wiiit for no 

 man, so if ive expect to keep f-s-:-!' - .h ; h jfcm we must be up and 

 floing. 'Ihnrsday, t! ii'clocK b_ - -•ervdiiing packed and 



read .\' for a move. AHboiigh e .up we bad noi Oeea 



eminently successful as Isaac ., ■ - imroda. neverth-.;dess 



we had secured wliat wo were s-.jjjk_ng- auiet rest and enjoyment 

 of camp life— and we felt that we had acoomiJlished our pnvposfe. 



for cutters and sh'ops of Tift, waterline a nd over, •"i.'jft. and 

 und o- Tift., .'ind all under .l.'jtt. As yet ha rdly any racing yachts 

 have .^one iiui of commission, and it might have been expected 

 that the oiler of hamdsome- i-aps aud (he [irospeets of a good .race 

 would bring them all to the line, lui ( cou.^idering the number of 

 yaclds in the New York Y. C. the entries were rather meagre. 

 Besides the four schooners only nine single-stick yachts entered, 

 and of these only one was a sloop. Four were thorough ciftters. 



ntei 



lleil : 



four moi _ 

 fairU entitled lo in 



This has been an acdvi 

 point broaght 01; i ne.i--- - 

 record is the dii-iM ; 

 Gracie has enlei e. - 

 has sailed hui one ii-;-, ■ 

 chissc-s liave done ev.'e a 

 of 3:") or .lOft. >-achl-:men I 

 promise cousins 10 d-, 1 



d-keel compromises, aud (mly one was 

 loop. 



asou in American yachting, taut the 



r.ingly than any other by the season's 

 f the American sloop, the real type. 

 : iiies v. itli \ '-'r v poor success. I'anny 

 - I'ldy one in two years, and the sinaller 

 w SI. that for all ^port above the length 

 I e had only tlie cutters and tlieir com- 



^ ^ id ou. In view of Ibis state of things, 



too potent to be disputed, is i,. not time in all fairness to drop the 

 word sloop and let it dis.-ipi'ca i' with the essels of a by-gone time, 

 to which alone it properly tielouued, a ud to mark the grea t advance 

 in our \ aelitingb.v some appropriate term'r ti need not of necessity 

 be Emilisb any more than Chinese, hut for the sake of truth, 

 fairness and technical accuracy it should not be sloop. Another 

 though'!' occurs here in this conncctiou, the need of a special term 

 for single-stick y.achts or perhaps in place id' the (-umbersome 

 "eattcrs, sloops, and vawls" in common use, the latter being 

 classed witli the single-stickers commonly. The term scliooner 

 has a general meaning in yachtin.g as a two-nuisted yessel, irre- 

 spective of detaUs oi rig, hut ther.i is no similar term applied to 

 aU one-masted yachts, I hoagh one is much needed. 



then were asfollo\vs: 

 SOHOONKKS. 



The entries for ( he ra 



SOHOONKKS. 



(^itana, E 06. a3 allows 



Montauk, C. B UM> 110 



Sachem, k-C.B - 88.47 4 It- 

 Miranda, K 85.7-9 6 31 



ETBST CaC-ASS SIjOOPS ANtI CDTTEBS. 



Mayflower, K-C. B , , 87 . 99 allows 



Galatea, K 86.87 44 



Puritan. K-C. B B3.a5 2 4tJ 



SECOND CLASS SLOOPS AJfD ODTTEIIS. 



Bedouin, K .72.16 allows 



Stranger, K .....67.30 4 31 



Thetis, K-C. B 06,09 5 07 



THIBD CLASS SLOOPS AND CCrrEHS. 



Cinderella, K-C. B 53.48 aUows 



Clara, K 54.28 1 36 



Bertie, C-B 52.08 4 40 



No better lot could have been brought together for a battle of 

 type, exccid that as we lutve noted, the sloop champions as usual, 

 of late, had let their side go by dera-Ult. Iwontauk, ihe faste-d of 

 her class of centerboard, inside ballast schooners; Gitana, an 

 American keel schooner wdth some outside lead; Ivlirauda, an Eng- 

 lish keel sciiooner ot narrou' lieam, and Sachem, of the new type, 

 w-itli beam, dejith, lead keel and board. In the other three classes, 

 Pe^-i;! : i.f f,..,r -narrow cutters were the four new boats, all with 

 tr-i '- their boards, and cutter rigged, while Bertie rep- 



re as once so stiirdily maintained at Bay Ridge, 



-viii. ...jd to enter the schooner class, but unfortunately the 



oiler .jiili included Now York Y. C. boats, so her entry could not 

 be aerepled. The course and conditions were as follows: 

 Tne cups offered by the citizens of Ne\epoi't, open to schooners 

 , and sloops of the New York Y. C. and the cutter Galatea, will be 

 I one for scho'onfefs; cfne for eloopa and putters of 71ft. and ovef, load 



