Oct. 14, 1886.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



23S 



LA SALLE, N. Y., Sept; -30— Niagara River Shooting Olubmatcll 

 for s;old medal, 15 Niacjara Falls Wackbirds, ISyfis.! 



Kellogg .'uOOniiOOOOlll- 9 Smith (EH).. :10llli llilllU-l4 



Barker 001110101110111-10 Treat.. UlOlOllllim 



Hopkins 110011101101101-10 Jenue, Jr 011111111111011-13 



Jewett 001101111101111-11 



E. H. Smith wins medal. ^ -u-, ^ , ■ ^ a 



Match for gold badge. 15 Niagara Falls blackbirds, ISyds^ 



KelloKs; IIOOIOOIOIOIIII— 9 Jenae, Jr 110001111101101—10 



BaS . . . .111011011010101-10 Treat 010011011111161-10 



Hopkins. .... ...00010 Smith (E H).,.. 101111111101000- 9 



Jewett 011100111111111-11 



Team shoot, 10 blackbirds: /• 



Jenue, Jx ..1111111111-10 Barker, tflOlllOlll- 6 



Kellogg. llllOlOWl- 6 Smith OOIOIIOIU- 6 



jCT^e^.^ ...nOlOlOlOl-B Howard 0101111100- « 



t3. .. ...... ..lllOOmOl- 7-39 Hopkins 1100111001- 6-^1 



Match for Port Colburn badge. Barker chaUeuged by Jenne, Jr., 



Kkl!-.'° 110101110101110-10 ooioiinooi-i-u 



Jenne, Jr.' 011110111010110-10 llOOOOllOO-l-M 



Ties: .5 each, bats and pigeons: 

 Barker 0110010111— G Jenne OllllOUl — < 



Jenue holds badge till next challenge: 



JERSEY CITY HEI&HTS.-The sixth shoot for the cup of the 

 Jersey City Heights tiun Club took place on the grounds of the 

 elub 'at Mai-ion on Uh. inst., 1 birds, both barrels, second barrel 



Yds-. Yd.. • 



W Hughes. . .37 ^ 1 1 IH 1 1-8 Cntunlina. 11110 1 i-6 

 WSiegler-. 28 1 m 1 1 l-r3i.i Holc<)mb... :S7 ,Vf ^ i''^ 



Dkv -.25 1 1 1 1 6 1-.5 Burdett 1 1 1 ( - , 



Di6kens 26 110^1 Qulnlan i-| 1 1 U 1 ) l-l^.. 



Heritage 26 U IH Wf. l-y^ Baier.. :25 J,^ 1 1 1 0-d>a 



Newbold ....33 y&i u w -1 



On the toss up (first money divided between Cummins and 

 Hughcp) Cummins takina; cup and handicap for next cup .?noor. 

 Siegler and Dickens di second money, Day t aking third aloue. 



After wluch shoot, and before, in fact, a number of swecpatakes 

 were engaged in and rcsulteil. as usual, in the old troopers carrying 

 off the bullion. Al Heritage, the distin.trui.~hed caterer for the .J . 

 C. H. Cr. C, and knoAra throiif^bout tlie shootiutc fi ulernity as "Old 

 South Paw,"has leased the grouuds of the elul) for a grand two days' 

 tournament some time next week or the following week (due notice 

 of which will be given). Al has now nearl>- 700 birils on iiand, and 

 expects to iiave from 1,000 to 1,300 good flyers. A larcre delegation 

 from Bridgeport and New Haven (where live bird .sliooling is not 

 allowed bv law) have sent word that they « ill be on hand and are 

 anxious. " Also shooters from Philadelphia, Mattawan, Long 

 Branch, Long Island, etc., have signilied tlieir desires. It looks 

 (weather permitting) that there might be a large number of t lie 

 old trap shooters gathered together. That there will be a good 

 time and a satisfactory shoot under the auspices of "Old :^outh 

 Paw" and young Al no one wll doubt. — .1 acoustaff. 



UTICA, N. Y., Oct. 9.— At Riverside Park yestei day afternoon 

 the members of the Oneida County Sportsmen's Club had their 

 monthly shoot for the Booth-Clark prizes. Following was tlte 



Eliott 1111111110-9 11 10 10 10 11-7—16 



Howe 0111010010-.5 11 01 11 11 00-7-12 



Scott 1001011110-6 00 10 01 n 10-.5— 11 



Dexter 1101001011-6 10 00 01 10 00-3- 9 



Wheeler 1111010110-7 11 00 00 00 00-2— 9 



Harris 1010000011-4 01 00 11 11 00 -.5- 9 



Gates 0101101101-6 00 01 01 01 00-3- 9 



Beckwith 1011011001-6 11 10 11 00 lO-C-13 



Fisher 1111000001-5 U 00 00 GO 10-3- 8 



Fox 1111110101-8 10 00 01 00 00-2-10 



Uoth 1000100010-3 00 00 00 00 03-0- 3 



EUiott won first place, and in shooting ofE the tie for second place 

 Howe won over Beckwith.— Portsa. 



BOSTON, Oct. 6.— Trap shooters assembled in large numbers at 

 the range at Walnut Hill to-day, and several events were shot. In 

 the diamond match. Smith, Lawson, Wardwell and Nichols won 



badge of 1880, and it ha^^ng been won once each by the above 

 mentioned clubs, caused quite a flutter of excitement among then- 

 respective friends. The shooting grounds \verc admirably selected 

 at Point Plea Rant, close upon the bank of the Mississippi River, just 

 infrcintof a grove of towering cottonwood trees. Itwas estimated 

 that thfti-e were not less than 3U0 persons present. It was well 

 understood tlirou!jhout the parish that the St. Gabriel and Fabian 

 clubs were well matched. lu the contest to-day the St. (iabriels 

 were led by Capt. Fred Swoop, and the Fabians by their Pi-esulent, 

 Capt. James A.- Ware, The sdor'e at tlte close stood as follows: 

 St. Gabriel— Dr. Rrowue 11, Hebert. 7, Le Blanc 9. Mire V., Stmgle 



14. Swoop 16, Pritchard 13. Grassin 17; total 99- Fabian— Dr. Owen 

 12 Williams 10, Feltus 1-5, Muri'e.l 13, Jumel 16, Tuttle 17, Randolph 



15, Ware 14; total 113. 



AVELLINGTON, Mass.. Oct. 9.— The weekly shoot of the Wel- 

 linsfton Gun Club was held this afternoon. The first prize win- 

 ners in the several events were as follows: Six clay-pigeous— 

 Wardwell. Six bluerocks— Shura waj' and Stanton. Six clay- 

 pigeons— Sanborn. Tliree pairs blackbirds— Shnraway. Six clav- 

 pigeons— Stanton. Six bluerocks— Adams and Stanton. Sis bluc- 

 rocks, straightaway— Stanton. Six bats-Shumway and Stanton. 

 Six bats— Shunnvay and Wardwell. Six bluerocks— Stanton. 

 Three pair clay-pigeons— Snow. 



MR. J. E. BLOOM, well kimwn in connection with the Ligowsky 

 Clay-Pigeon Company, of which lie is vice-president and general 

 manager, was on Oct. 8 admil I ed to the bar of Ohio. 



Diamond IMateh. 



Swift 1111111-7 11 10 1(1-4-11 



Lawson lOUUl-O 10 11 01-4-10 



Wardwell 1111101—6 01 00 11-3— 9 



Snow ' OllUOl-.i 1110 10-4-9 



Stanton 1111111-7 10 10 00-3- 9 



Nichols UOUIO— 5 10 10 10-3- 8 



Visitors' Match. 



Edwards 1111111-7 10 10 11—1-11 



Wilson^ 0110101-4 110111-5-9 



SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 30.— A large number assefiibled at 

 Blanken's Six ilile House, on the San Bruno road, to-day, to wit- 

 ness the pigeon shooting match foi' SlUO a side betwen G. Scnul tz 

 and A. Lawson, both of this city. Tlie conditions were 13 single 

 birds, oOyds. rise and lOilyds. boundary. Ten-bore gtms were used, 

 and the match was shot under Huiiingham rules. The pigeons 

 were sprung from plunge traps, and it was noticeable that a 

 majoritv of the birds were of a w^hite color. This fact should have 

 insured'far better scoring than \vas made, but the low death rate 

 may no doubt be attributed to nervousness and anxiety ou the part 

 of each of tlie contestants to carry off the honors. Schultz having 

 won the toss selected to shoot first, and opened the hall with a 

 miss, the bird— a \vhite one- flying against the wind and escaping 

 both barrels. Lawson dropped his first bird \vith the second bar- 

 rel, and Schultz missed his second bu-d, making Lawson's chances 

 look good. Indifferent shooting on bothes sides left the men ties 

 on six when they started on the eleventh bird. Neither of them 

 knied till the end of the 12-bird match, so that the tie still re- 

 mained. The following are the scores. The figure 2 denotes sec- 



Schutl" 1101200111100—6 Lawson 331011010000-6 



It had been provided that in the event of a tie three double birds 

 were to be shot at. Tliis latter match was under similar condi- 

 tions, v\ith the exception that the rise was ISyds. Schultz kttled 

 one bird each in his three doubles, and his opponent only killed 

 one in his last pair, upon -^vhich Mr. Blanken declared Schultz the 

 winner. The scores made in shooting at doubles were as follows: 

 Schultz 01 10 10-3 Lawson 00 00 01—1 



Lawson immediately challenged the victor to a $10 match, 6 

 single birds, at 30yds. Schultz acquiesced and again came out 

 victorious, killing 5 out of the 6, while Lawson only secured 3. 



The birds, taken all through, were good strong flyers, and 

 although scouts ^vere numerous and kept np a perfect fusilade on 

 those who managed to get out of bounds, the majority of the 

 feathered fugitives managed to get home to their barns. 



The stock of live birds having become exhausted, a sweepstakes 

 match at clay birds was inaugurated. Four shooters contested, 

 and the aU-co'nquering Schultz again Avon fli-st money, $30. 



Mr. Blanken acted as judge in the events of the day and sup- 

 plied the birds. 



OCEAN GROVE, N. J., Oct. 6.— Match at 30 live pigeons each, 

 between .Tos. L. Oliver, of Ocean Grove, and Robt. J. Gravatt, of 

 Asburv Park, shot at Chadwnck, Oct. -5, for §50. Mr. Oliver shoot- 

 ing a Lefever hammerless 6Mlbs., and Mr. Gravatt a Colt hammer 

 eun SWlbs., 31yds. rise, 80vds. boundary; use of both barrels: 

 &ravatt . .11 1101111101110*10011-16 CRver 11011111001111111111-17 



*Dead out of bounds. Mr. G-ravatt used second barrel 10 times. 

 Mr. Cli^-er used second barrel 3 times. Mr. Oliver lost his ninth 

 bird by failing to shoot, not having released the triggers of his 

 gun.— B. 



FOUNTAIN GUN CLUB.— There was a good attendance at the 

 half-mile track, Parkville, L. I., on the 6th, to see the pigeon match 

 between L. Duiyea and C. Kendall, but it did not come oil, owing 

 to the illness of the latter. The spectators, however, did not lose 

 anything, as some remarkable shooting was done in tlie Fountain 

 Gun Club shoot. In Class A, Dr. Wynn, 80yds., and A. Eddy, 

 27yds., tied for the prize. In the shoot off, each killed 30 birds 

 straight. Then the Doctor missed his next two and Eddy kUled 

 his second and won, making a total of 37 out of 39 to the Doctor's 

 26 out of 39, each having missed one in the first shoot. In Class B, 

 Dr. Leveridge, 27yds.. killed 6 out of T and w-on, and Jsat. Cooke, 

 Slvds., won in Class C, also killing 6 out of 7- Out of the 123 birds 

 shot at, but 22 got away, some of tliese f allinti- dead just out of 

 bounds. The referee was the ^\'ell-kuo^vn "double rise" pigeon 

 shot, Ben AVest. Long Island rules go\'erned the contest. 



BAYOU GOULA, La., Oct. 5.— The final and most iutercsting 

 tournament in clay-bird shooting for the championship badge of 

 this (Iberville) parish took place to-day a few miles abo\ e Bayou 

 Go ula between the St. Gabriel and Fabian gun clubs. Two other 

 clubs, the Sunshine and Anandale, were invited, but deeltned to 

 participate. This being the last tournament for the champion 



CLOSED AND GIVEN TO THE JURY. 



A VERY PINE YE.\H FOR CUTTERS. 



Clam, hy Fife. 



Six beam cutter, waterline 53ft„ beam 9ft., draft 9ft., displace- 

 ment 38 tons. 



May 30.-Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. Opeuiug race, cruising 

 trim. . Clara won as she liked from a fleet, wind light, course 20 

 miles. . , ., . , , 



June 1.— Larcbmont Y ' 3S nautical miles, wind light 



to moderau' from S.W •<■ Clara beat Cinderella Im., 



Atblonl3m. 1.5s. and Tl,.;.- /^ht. , ^, „ 



June 15.— Atlantic Y. C. Cuur-c 35 miles, wind moderate N.E., 

 sea smooth. Clara did \vonders, beat Cinderella no less Lb an l.jm. 

 31s. Poamer 12m. 33s., Atltlon Um. 15s., Tliisl le 5()m. 5Us., Vivid Ih. 

 30,11. 14s. Ask Thistle and Vivid bow- much Clara is "fundament- 

 ally wronu" and abimt how "right" Tliist le and Vivid arc in com- 

 parison! Clara also beat I he 70ft. sloop Gracie by about a quarter 

 1" an hour, (iraeie being in "lie class above. ■ 



June .—Sweepstakes otT Larchmoiit. Clara beat Cinderella. 



.June 17.— New York Y. C. Course 3.S miles, wind light and vari- 

 able, sea smooth. Clara beat ( 'inderella 18m. 37s., Daphne 81m. .3s. 

 Atlilon 33m. S:^-... Wliileaway out of sight. Vivid out of siglit, (ra^i- 

 ota out of siiilit, Bertie out of si.i^ht. Kegina out of sight, Espirito 

 out of siirht. But I heu Clara is "fundamentally wrong," so much 

 so that on .53ft. loatUiuc she beat the 70ft. Gracie by 14m., without 

 time allowanccl „ „ ., . ^ 



June 19.— Seawanhaka^orinthian C. Course 37 miles, Avind 



..-■ong , . - , — — , 



could be improved by being made a little more wrong." 



July 5.— Larchmon t Y. C. Course 38 nautical miles, wmdmoder- 

 ate from S. W. Clara lieat Cinderella 31m. 3s. 



Aug. 7.-Ne-w York Y. C. Goelet Cup Match. Clara won^svveep- 

 stakes in srrons E. ^vinA with some sea. beating Cinderella 3m. :jos.. 

 Stranger Im. 31s., I'annie Im. 55s., Hildegarde out of sight, Athlon 

 out of sisj-ht, (Ta\uota out of sight. Clara is 5oft. waterline. It 

 can easilvbe seen how "fundamentaUy wrong" she must be, for 

 she beat the 65ft. Strauger and the sloop Fanny of 66ft. This m a 

 strong wind is a lit tie sjtort of marvelous, _ 



Oct. 3.— Larehntont Y. C. Cottrse nautical miles, wmd strong 

 N. W., Clara beat C'inderolla Im. 30s. 



1 believe Clara also sailed and won a s-weepstakes m spring 

 against Cinderella and Athlon, but can find no details, hence do 

 not include the race. When Clara appeared in .iVmcrican waters 

 last fall she sailed and won four matches in succession. Total to 

 date, fourteen starts and fourteen firsts. This record has never 

 been equaled by any yacht of any kind in America. 



Beiiouuty hi/ Harvcu- 

 Pour-and-a-half-beam-cutter, loadlinc 70ft., beam 15ft. 6iu., draft 

 lift. 6in., displacement 105 tons. 

 June 17.— New York Y. C. Course 38 miles, w ind light and vari- 

 able, sea smooth. Bedouin beat Gracie 4Sm. 50s., Fanny 37m. 40s., 

 Tltetis 36m. 45s. How is that for a boat which is "fundamentally 

 wrong?" YTiat does the defeat of the Galatea amount to along- 

 side of the stvle in which Bedouin wiped out her class? Bedouin 

 did much more. She beat all the big sloops of the 80ft. class with- 

 out time aUowance, excepting the Priscilla, and beat Pi-isciUa aU 

 hollow Avith allowance applied. There was, however, a good deal 

 of fluking in the race bv which Bedouin profited mos.t. 



June 19.— Seawanhaka A". C. ( 'ourse 37 miles, wind variable, sea 

 smooth. Bedouin beat Gracie 18m. 44s. 



June 39.— Eastern Y. C. Course 30 miles, strong wind, N. W., 

 smooth sea. Bedouin beat Thetis 9m. .53s. 



Aug. 7.— New York Y. C. Goelet Cup match. Bedouin won 

 sweepstakes, beating Gracie 8m. 33s., Fanny 11m. 3-3s. 



Ulidia, hy Fife. 



Six-beam cutter, loadline 43ft., beam 7ft. 3in., draft 8ft., displace- 

 ment 19 tons. 



July 7.— New^ Rochelle Y. C. L^lidia had a sail-over in her class, 

 but beat the San tapogue, 39ft., by SOm. 04s. This race does not 

 figure in the summary, though from a technical point of view it is 

 entitled to full consideration. 



Aug. 7.— New- York Y. C. Goelet Cup matches. Ulidia won 

 sweepstakes, beating her class out of sight. Strong A\-iud and quite 

 a sea for her size. Carried a lady over the course. Ulidia has also 

 had scrub brushes with Crocodile and others of the kind and 

 beaten them with great ease. There is no yacht of Ulidia's load- 

 line in American waters which cau ai)proach her. 



Oct. 5.— New Haven Y. C— Ulidia beat a whole fleet of fp.st cen- 

 terboards out of sight. Course 20 miles, moderate northerly wind, 

 smooth water. 



Shrma, hy Watfon. 

 Six-beam cutter, loadline 33ft. 9in.. beam 5ft. Sin., draft 6ft., 

 displaeement 7W tons. 



June 29.— Eastern Y. C, Stiona sailed over, no Eastern sloop ven- 

 turintf to tackle such a tough morsel in a slashing bi-eeze and sea. 



Sept. 4.— Beverly Y. C. open match.- Wind strong E. and choppy 

 sea. Shoua beat 35ft. "in. Vlkiu.e 47tu. 33s., 34ft. Percy 46m. 38s., 

 Lydia gave up. These figures show how wretchedly the Eastern 

 keel sloops compare with the keel cutter. Some of these sloops 

 were nearly tlu-ee times as wide as Shona, drew more water, and 

 had more displacement, with 30 to 50 per ceut. more rig. There is 

 not a keel sloop in America of Shona's ^vaterlino w-hich can come 

 within a quarter of an hour of that cutter. In this same race 

 Sbona beat the 34ft. centorboard sloop Shadow , hi therto considered 

 iuvincible, bv 3m, 16s., 30ft. centerboard Magic by 10m., 33ft. Sin. 

 centerboard Violet by 33m., 33it. 6in. centerboard jMaggie by 33m., 

 34ft. Sin. centerboard Gracie bv 51m., 83ft. 6in. centerboard Mabel 

 by .5.3m. But then Shona is "ftindauientally wrong" and the cen- 

 terboards and keels above giA en are -'scientifically correct. 



Galatea, hy Wclih. 

 Six-beam cutter, loadline 87ft., beam 15ft., draft 13ft. 6in., dis- 

 placement 157 tons. 



Sept. 9.— America Cup, New York Y. C. course, 38 miles. May- 

 flower beat Galatea 13m. 3s., liKht and fluk:/.wmd, smooth sea, 

 much interference bv excursion steamers. 



Sept. 11.— America Cup, twenty miles to leewai-d and return 

 outside Sandy Hook, w'ind fluky with calms. Mayflower beat 

 Gala tea ;39m. 9s., Galatea lay becalmed SOm. 



Summarv. Twenty-three races and twenty-one victories for the 

 cutters against two for the sloops. The twenty-one ^^ctories were 

 cousecutrve. To w-in twenty-one out of twenty-two is something. 



To win twenty-one races consccutirebj is a great deal more than 

 the figures convey. 



Tliere must have been times ^\•ben the number of opponents, 

 luck or conditions were hQa\uly against the cutters. 



But they captured I v, en t j -one straight and at the tail end of the 

 season lost tv. ol 



There were other races besides those given above. In these the 

 cutters and sloops took it pretty much turn about, with the record 

 somewhat in favor of the cutters. 



But these lesser e-.-ents luive nij bearings ou the issue, for the 

 contestants Ns-ere not first-class flyers on either side. 



It is conceded that a t'jlerably good sloop can spoil some kind of a 



plug, and tliat dubbing the plug a cutter won't mend matters abit 



It \Till also be conceded that, if a tolerable sort of cutter runs 

 amuck among a fleet of local ceiiterboards of inferior breed, it is 

 hkplv to lie ah off da s- for the sloops. Such races go for naught la 

 tlte question. 1 iiavc for that reason confined the foregoing list to 

 tlie reeoenii-ed cracks in their classes. 



"vS^icre, then, do Stranger and Thetis come iti? The answer is 

 tlu't neither has a record as a crack, and that no welT-tlefrned class 

 exists which takes in their sizes. They are usually luunied witlt 

 larger or smaller divisions. Ttieir true gauge is, therefore, not 

 easily discerned. So far as tliese yachts have made a record, I da 

 not iiitend to shirk the result, but add below a comparative ta-Dte 

 from which the two can be judged, apart from their doings with, 

 the odds of size against them. 



It Is natural that the lay ijress should draw its conclusions ex-- 

 clasively from the great internation.al races. The lay writer 

 knows nothing else, and to him llie record above will be a revela- 



' I?is natui-al that "the people," whose knowledge is derived from 

 the lav press, should accept without reservation the erroneous in- 

 ferences promulgated by the uninformed pens of many an editorial 

 desk. , , „ . , 



But the opinions of the lay press and "the people" are ciphers m 

 the world of yachting. The 'insiders" estfihlish the tashion and 

 to these specialists mv words are addressed with the confidence 

 that a summarv of facts is sufficient to counteract what little e\-ii 

 the recent aval.^nche of editorial reviews from questionable sources 

 may have effected, . 



It is tacit] V assumed iu nianv quarters that every conceivable! 

 kind of a tub which happens to pass current as a cutter must beat 

 every crack sloop in American waters to establish the claims made 

 in behalf of the cutter, and that a single failure on the part of 

 some tub to brinK about such uuiuterrupted slaughter is enougli 

 to imueach the worth of the type as a whole to which the tub may 

 have more or less distant relation. , , , ...... 



The recent iutiu-national m.-itches can be taken in illustration. 



1 have in a previous issue of Forest ajvD Stream re\'iewed the 

 Galatea's defeat, and traced her failure to the unnecessary defici- 

 ency in canvas. But in this arsument I can afford to accept the 

 opposite version and grant that she w-as out-topped on her general 

 merits as a racer. . . .l 



G-alatea's defeat is interpreted as proof positive that cutters as s, 

 class must be fundamentally wrong and the construction of our 

 sloops clearly right. , , . mu 



It is to this summary style of verdict I strenuously object. The 

 conclusion is wholly nmvarranted. .„ „ , 



No person open to the logic of events wiU confess to such snap 

 judgment. . , , i 



Facts are dead against a sweeping verdict derived from general- 

 izing from a single instance, utterly oblivious to the mass of testi- 

 mony in rebuttal supplied by the record compiled above. 



it is incompreheusible to me how any person able to reason and 

 weigh evidence can so far delude his o^vn sense as to invest two 

 races witli more weight than t^yenty-oue others entitled to equal 

 attention. , ^, 



If Galatea is fundamentally wrong, how can the success, the 

 extraordinary success of like principles in Bedouin, Clara, Undia 

 and Shona be reconciled to such belief? 



If a hundred times to come the cutters are defeated, the success 

 of f'linr still remains an indelible truth. 



If upon uir mi fib occasion in a fair, square race, one cutter, only- 

 one, manages to "win an honest victory from a first-class sloop 

 fiyer, that one occasion is suflicient to show what can be done ou 

 the lines of a cutter. 



Now, what lias been done can be done again. ~ . 



A single -s-ictorv for one cutter, fairly gained, ought therefore to 

 be enough to place the possihilities of the type beyond the realm of 

 controversy. ^ . ^ , ^ 



Instead of one lone triumph, I pomt to a record of twenty-one. 

 comecutiue demonstrations of what the cutter is capable as a prime; 

 racing craft. ^ , , . 



Why then ignore the above record and permit a couple of counts 

 asainst the Galatea to drive from mind aU just citations in con- 

 tradiction? 



Is such a process logical? , . 



If I tried my level best to accept the -widespread illusion that 

 cutters are fundamentally \vrong, my supply of horse sense -n'ould 

 rise in revolt w-ith the statistics of the season before me. 



I do not complain because tlie lay press overlooks the perform- 

 ances tabulated above. Nothing more thorough is to be expected 

 from such a superficial source. But to the specialist it should be 

 unnecessary to point out that the ionnase of tlte racers, the 

 glamor surroxinding a well-advertised Cup, and the focusing of 

 international attention upon one es ent, do not in the least warrant 

 greater weight to the result of Galatea's bold but tll-advised fight 

 than should be accorded to comparatively obscure contests m 

 which the same issues are fought out under the same conditions. 



If Galatea was beaten by Mayflower, and cutters are "therefore" 

 all -\vrong, then, because Shona beat Shadow, sloops are at least 

 equally all w-rong." 



So, what are you going to make of it? . 



Your position is untenable iu the face of such fiat contradictions. 



Mv position is not. , , j.. - 



Time and again 1 have given to the public that "declaration of 

 faith" under which the contradictory achievements of cutter and 

 sloop can alone be reconciled in a rational manner. I have main- 

 tained and supported by facts that "type" cannot be considered as 

 entering the competition at all. That the defeat of a (ralatea can 

 be sufiflcieutlv e.xpla5ned hy inferior fashioning or equipment with- 

 out the need "of impeaching the cardinal dimensions answerable 

 for her type. That, on the other hand, the defeat of a Shadow 

 sloop is no better evidence that the sloop type is "fundaineutally 

 ysTong," but that the victory of a Shona cutter is logically to be 

 ascribed to better mould or rig on her dimensions than a Shadow 

 has upon her own iiarticular beam and depth iu turn. 



Outside ijifluences being assumed equal. 



For it is possible to build a very slow Galatea. She would cer- 

 tainly be beaten by a smart Mayflower. 



It is also possible to btuld a fearfully slow Mayflower. She would 

 equaUv certainly be beaten by a smart Galatea. 



The smarter boat ^vill beat the duller boat every time. Once it 

 will be the cutter which gets the home gun first. Then again it 

 ■\vill he the sloop. 



Indiviclual merit of design, without reference to typo or dimen- 

 sions within the ruling limits yet experimented upon, decides the 

 contest. 



Such has always been my position. 

 Such is the lesson of the above record. 



Only upon such a position can current racing events be truly 

 reconciled. 



I have ne .-er pretended that the cutter possessed innate or funda- 

 mental superiority to the sloop under normal conditions of wind 

 and water. My whole course since 1879 has been to establish the 

 cutters claim to equal recognition w-lth the sloop as a racer and to 

 combr'it prevailing prejudice to the contrary, in the hope that at 

 least those very modifications in mould, ballasting, rig and equip- 

 ment which the orthodox American death trap has undergone in 

 late years, might be hastened ■\\ ;th all possible speed for the sake 

 of the best interests of the sport. 



Individually I and others may prefer the cutter on other grounds 

 than her speed, but this review is confined to the possibilities in- 

 herent in the types for the production of racers. 



For seven years past I have met every phase of this question of 

 type and all "opposition whiclt came to the surface. The volumes 

 of Forest ajcd Stream from 1S79 furnish a \-eritable encyclope- 

 dia of information upon naval design and a history of the cutter 

 in America from an inflnitessimal beginning to this day, whicli 

 finds her a permanent factor and the pivot of interest in American 

 yachting. 



I beg to be excused from further tiresome repetition of a topic 

 which has been thrashed out several times over, and leave the 

 slu-ods for other people's picking. 



In the \vords of Cooper's red chieftain, ''I have spoken." 



C. P. KUNHARDT. 



P. S— Record of Thetis: 



June 15.— Atlantic Y. C. Thetis beat Gracie Im. 42s. 



June 17.— New- York Y. C. Bedouin beat Thetis 36m. 4.5s. 



June 39.— Eastern Y. C. Stranger beat Thetis 6m. 56s. 



Sept. 20.— Newport to Marblehead. Thetis beat Stranger 41i. lOm., 

 distance 150 miles. 



Oct. 1.— Marblehead. Thetis beat Stranger 2m. 23s. 



Oct. 3.— Marblehead. Thetis beat Stranser 6ni. 23s. 



Oct. 5.— Marblehead. Stranger Ivat Thetis half an hour. 



Oct. 11.— Marblehead. Strauger beat Thetis 10m. 



Summary: Thetis sailed S races and won 4 firsts. 

 Record (it Stravcur: 



June 17.— Dorchester Y. C. Stranger beat Huron 3m. 57s. 



June 39.— Eastern Y. C. Stranger beat Thetis 6m. 56s. 



July 5.— Boston City. Strauger beat Siren 46m. 8s. 



Sept. 20.— Ne-svport to Marblehead. Thetis beat Stranger 4h. 10m. 

 Distance 1.50 miles. 



Oct. 1.— Marblehead. Thetis beat Stranger 2m. 32s. 



Oct. 3.— Marblehead. Thetis beat Stranger 6m. 2.3s. 



Oct. ,5.~Marblehead. Stranger beat Thetis about half an hour. 



Oct. 11.— Marblehead. Stranger beat Thetis 10m. 



Summary: Stranger sailed 8 races and won 5 firsts. By dint of 

 suppressing information concerning Stranger and making a great 



