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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[t)EC, 9, 1886. 



THE ICE YACHT SEASON. 



AS usual, the ice yachtsmen are readranrl AvaUing only for 

 more cold weather. The Hudson River 1 Y. C. has elected 

 officers for 1886-7, as follows: Commodore, John A. Rooscvel., 

 Vic^-Oommodore, J. O. Baron; Secretary, E. P. Rogers; Treasurer. 

 ArchibaM Rogers; Measurer, C. Van Loan; Wegatta Committee- 

 J AVKooseveri, H. Lh ingston, J. R. Roosevelt, Jf. G.Morse andN. 



'^The'sailtag regulations -svere also altered at the last meeting, the 

 classification now being as follo\\ s; 



First Class-Measurii.i^' ODOsq. ft. ot sad and over. 



Second Class— Measuring oA'er aoOsq. tt. ot sail and less than 600. 



ThirdClass-UndcrSOOsq. ft. of .sail. i .4„,i tw 



The officers of the Poughkecpsie I. Y C. for 1886-7, elected Dec. 



shipped to^nxedo Park a new ice yacht built tor him by Jacob 

 Buckhout. of Poughkeepsie, buihler of .tJie hnest yachts on t]ie 

 Hudson. Her dimensions are: Center timber, over all, .^l ft.; cen- 

 ter of runner plank lo rudder head, Kitt. fiin.; lieam (track between 

 ) unners), 18ft.; length of main boom, ^J.^ft, tnn.; leiigtli (rf jibboom, 

 10ft. Bin.; length of gaff, lift.; length ot spar, 31tt.; hoist, 14ft.; 



O 



..138 ft. 

 ... 18 ft. i in. 

 .... 11 ft. 



... 6 ft. 

 ...135 tons, 

 sq, ft. 



ing rigging is of -K^in. galvanized iron wire rope, sails of >Jo. f< can- 

 vas, by Sawyer, and blocks and cleats of fiistie woud, made by the 

 builde"r. Tlie lateen sail has falUui into disfavor on the Hudson, as 

 it 1« considered dangerous by many; but the SUrewsbury River 

 sailors stiU prefer it on account of the extra speed. The Scud, 

 brouo-ht from the Shrewsbury last winter and still stored at Pough- 

 keepsie, has her big lateen sail on her. The Dread naught has been 

 sold by Capt. Chas. Throckmorton lo Mr. Geo. B. Moffat, of New 

 Y^ork. Her former owner reserves liis sails and racmg runners 

 and will probably build another boat. Is'o dates have bexm set yet 

 for the race for the championship penuaut held by the Pough- 

 keepsie I. Y. O. 



NARWHAL, STEAM YACHT. 



N Nov. 29, at Noank, Conn., Messrs. Robert Palmer & Sons 

 ' launched a new steam yacht for Mr. Chas. H. Osgood, formerly 

 uwaerofthe Sophia. The Narwhal, as she^ was christened, was 

 designed bv ^Vlr. Gustax- HiUman, designer of Notu'mahal, hlectra, 

 Beva and Badbn, and is of the following dimeneioirs. 



Lengtli over all 



Beam 



Hold 



Draft 



Displacement 



Area midship section 



The vacht is of wood, the keel, stem and stern i lost lieing of white 

 oak, deadwoods and keelsons of yelloW pine .md Iramers of wlnte 

 oak hackmatack and chestnut. The keelis sided an. and moulded 

 e to ISin.; frames sided 6in. abreast of engines and 4in. elsewhere. 

 The main keelson is sided Sin. , moulded lOin., wilh boiler keelsons 

 7xl2in. and !50ft. long. The planking is of 2in.wlute oak, treenaiJed 

 and copper-fastened up to 1ft. above the loadlme. The shelf is 

 made up of three pieces 2>ix3in. The clamps ai;e each 2U , 7in., 

 making a total width of I4in. on each side. The bilge strakes are 

 ^•6X9in., all, withtlie lin. ceiling between, being of yellow pme. 

 Tlie deck beams are of white pine with yellowpiue over the engine 

 space, and the deck is of :3iu. square white pine, blmdifi stened -with 

 a3in. oakplanksheer. , , ^ - . xi , 



There are three transverse bulkheads of iron, one m the bow, 

 one forward and one aft of the engine and boilers. Tlie fore part 

 of the boat is given up to the officers and crew, %vith mess room 

 and galley. ..fVtt is a wide companion leading to a passage with a 

 stateroom on each side, and also opening into the uiam saloon, 

 lift, long and finished in mahogany, oak and maple. Between the 

 saloon and the boiler space are two large staterooms on the .star- 

 board side, and two others, with a passageway, to port. The 

 pantry is iust abaft the bulkhead, and has a dumb waiter leading 

 tothedect. Beneath the floor are water-tanks of 2,000 gallons 

 capacity. On deck there will be a pilot-house and smoking-room. 

 The side will be finished with netting in place of a bulwark, in 

 true steamboai style. 



VBSsei will be schooner rigged. 



LIGHTNESS IN CONSTRUCTION. 



Editor For and Stream: , , . x-. ■ 



It was not mv intention in my former letter to create the im- 

 nre=siou that the advantages of light build are only limited to the 

 extreme tvpn of English racing yachts, and I regret that such a 

 construction should be put upon my remarks., . , ^ ^. ■ 



Although tlie speed of the four-beam vessel is not affected detri- 

 mentally to so great a degree by the lack of stability and conse- 

 quent loss of forward impulse as the latest racing cui^t^r, never- 

 theless the statement holds as true m her case as m that; of the 

 racing crack, hence my objection to stability js well founded and 

 does afl'ect the q.uestion. ^ , , . t 



If the reader has followed my former letters he %yiU see that I 

 Jiad no intention of dealing with construction except as it j-elated 

 to the confessedly representative racing types of yacht, to which 

 the four-beam cutter does not as yet belong. \\ hether she will bo 

 classed with the cracks or not in the futiu-e la a matter ol con- 

 jecture, but the fact remains that the possibihties of her dimen- 

 sions have not been intelligently worked up. _ . .ui j i.- <■ 



Handicapped bv the too largo displacement invariably dealt out 

 to her, is it at airsurprising that the four-beam boat is m such 

 disrepute among the cracks ? , . , ^ ■ ^i j- c 



In the cruising boat, pure and simple, to err m the direction of 

 la;rge bulk is permissible, as space is, of course, a sine qua mm m 

 that class of yacht. , ^ . , , 



The axiom that large displacement and beam are incompatible 

 with speed is too often forgotten. Here is a large field for study 

 and comparison; this is where the educated designer possesses an 

 immense advantage over the "rule o' thumb" apostles of yacht 

 modeUtng. Let the eye whittler de\aate from his native style of 

 vacht and the result is a lamentable failure like unto the yacht 

 Atlantic, epitome of aU. that is great and good m Bay Ridge 

 architecture. , . ^, , . •, -tj. i 



Length for length the vessel possessing the most stability and 

 consequent increased sail-carryiug power will be the faster, auii. 

 posing the water alway.s be smooth. (These remarks do not retei 



But these conditions in the natural order of things cannot be; 

 therefore, beam being inimical to speed in troubled water— up to 

 that point when a further decrease would be of no more benefit to 

 performance on account of wasted wind energy-a happy mean m 

 that important element must be sought. This, 1 claim, has been 

 found incorporated in the cardinal dimensions of the 



Ueep Draft Centebboabp. 



THE CLYDE CHALLENGE. 



THE following correspondence has passed between the New 

 York and Clyde Clubs : .-m ■ ^ 



New Yohk. Oct, 28, 1886.— Dear Sir— Your favor of the loth mst. 

 was duly received and read last evening in connection with the 

 other documents heretofore received by me from you. I herewith 

 inclose an authentic cojiy of the letter of gifi, of the Anierica's Cup, 

 as requested by you. lhave further to advise you that the New i ork 

 Yacht Club sinVerelv regrets that it cannot regard your favor of 

 Sect 21 as a sntbcient challenge for the America's Cup. It heartily 

 appreciates the sportsmanlike tone of your club's challenge. It^ 

 however, acts merely as a trustee under the lett-er of gitt. It 

 neithei' builds nor o«ms a yacht or vessel. It has no control what- 

 ever over the Mayflower or any other vessel p\yned by a member 

 of the club, except while sailing under the club's rules. It is re- 

 Bpectfullv suggested that a legal challenge caii emsuato only 

 through a club in favor of a member owning a b-ia i. already built; 

 otherwise the conditions as to place of oonstructipn, customhouse 

 certificate of measurement, and a statement ot the dimensions, 

 rig. and name of the vessel might be evaded. It is also thought 

 that the acceptance of your challenge in ravor ot a yacht not yet 

 even designed might put the trustee id a talse ;ittituder£ the club 

 were to receive a challenge from the oxx iier ol an already con- 

 struclcd VMoht, who would comply with tl;e letter of gi_ft. Ihe 

 condition as to giving six months' notice, was, no doubt, inserted 

 that tlie club holding the cup mignt build a, boat, should suet 

 action become necessary, after recei\ mg a stLil ement ot the tlimen- 

 sions and rig of the challenging vessel. The club is at pains l< 

 make this statement, because it desires not to be misunderstooct 

 by such a straightforward, courteous adversary. It is needless to 

 add that if a. challenge in compliance with the letter of gntt pe 

 forwarded, the New York Yacht Club will promptly accept the 

 same. Yom's very truly, John H. Bird, 



Glasgow, Nov. 18, 1886.— Dear Sir— lhave to acknowledge your 



courteous letter of the 28th of October (which, I may mention, did 

 not reach me till the 13th inst.) inclosing an authentic copy of the 

 letter of gift. When my cable message and letter of Sept. 31 were 

 dispatched to vou, on behalf of Mr. Bell, we had before us only 

 Mr. Selmvler's'letter of gift as printed in the Field of Sept. 26. 

 That copy did not contain the condition that a statem_ent of the 

 name, rig, dimensions and custom house certificate, of measure- 

 ment should accompany the six months notice, which, from the 

 authentic copy you have now sent, 1 see is a condition to be 

 observed in challenging for the Cup. 1 mention this to show that 

 there wasno intention on Mr. Bell's part to omit the obser\ ance of 

 any of the conditions of the gift. Having made this explanation, 

 Mr. Bell desires me to express his entire concurrence in the views 

 so frankly and clearly seated in your letter of the position of the 

 New York Yacht (, lull as trustee of the Cup, and to say how he 

 appreciates the spirit in which his notice of challenge has been 

 received. I am now al Jc to uifonn you tluit the yacht Thistle, 

 which is to contest for the Cup, is already in hand, and that the 

 progress in her building vrill be such as lo enable me to send you 

 a r-ertiticd statement of bee rig, dimensions, and tonnage from the 

 board of trade certificate, along with, the prescribed six months' 

 notice, in good time for vour next year's racing season, which I 

 see from your rules extends from the third Tuesday in June to the 

 tliird Tuesday in October. I have already sent you documentary 

 evidence of Mr. Bell's authoritv to challenge on behalf of the club, 

 and when I ha ve .sent you the six mouths' notice of the day for the 

 proposed races, accornpanied by the British equivalent to your 

 custom liouse certificate of measurement (\az., a certified ex- 

 tract of the vessel's register stating her rig, dimensions, and ton- 

 i;ige), the formalities of the challenge as stated in the letter of 

 if t will. 1 belie vre, be fully complied with. It anything else is ne- 

 'essary, please advise me of it. Yours truly, Wilucam York. 



THE I)1:ATH of PEGGY.— The pennant of the British cutter 

 Galatea, in winter quarters at South Brooklyn, drooped mournfully 

 at half mast yesterday. Peggy, the pet of the master, mistress, 

 skipper and crew of the wliite-huUed racer, is dead. Peggy was a 

 temple whose species lias been immortalized by Dai'win. Captain 

 Daniel Bradford of the (4alatea says he believed Peggy exe.mplrfled 

 the truth of a theorv opposed to Darwin's, that the monkey de- 

 scended from man. He thinks Peggy descended a few pegs and 

 then hove to. "AU that creature wanted to make her human," 

 said the black-bearded British sailor, "was the English language. 

 She could learn almost anything but that. She had a language of 

 her own that we couldn't understand, which shows how dull we 

 are, but she could imderstand our language although she couldn't 

 talk it." Peggy died .at noon on Tuesday, in the cabin of the cut- 

 ter. She was ill about six hours. Her sickness began ^vith con\'ul- 

 sions. Captain Bradford bathed her in mustard water, and gave 

 her several doses of brandy, which she accepted with great 

 docility. While doctori ng her himself, lie sent for a regular physi- 

 cian, and notified Lieutenant Henn of the monkey'.s sickness. 

 When the Lieutenant and the doctor boarded the cutter, after a 

 hurried drive from the Victoria Hotel, Peggy was dead. Captam 

 Bradford wi-apped the body in the Union Jack, and made rirei/ar- 

 ations for a Christian burial. lie got four skippers of yachts lying 

 in the basin to act as pall bearers. They carried the body to the 

 head of the pier, whore a grave hnd been made. Peggy was low- 

 ered into the grave, and the captain ])nt over it a little slab of pure 

 white marble. Peggy was bom in Malta, about three and a halt 

 years ago. She was purchased from one of the natives of Mai ta liy 

 the mate of the schooner yacht Shamrock, and thus ad Irish 

 blood in her veins. The mate of the Shamrock took her to 

 Southampton, where Captain Bradford, at Mrs. Henn's req'iest. 

 bought her a.nd took her to the Galatea. Peggy could pull on a 

 halliard like a trained sailor, and she alwa.vs helped the crew to 

 make and lower saU. She manifested a great interest m the cut- 

 ter's races. Wixen the Galatea slipped ahead of her rivals, Peggy 

 would run out on the bowsprit and jump up and down and cliai ter 

 as if slie had gone mad. Capcain Bradford said there \vould be 



Lourning in England when the (ialatca's crew over tliere heard 



lat Peggy was dead.— JS'c*/; Yorl; Sun, Dec. 



COOPER'S POINT CORINTHIAN Y. C. -The prize winners in 

 this cl-ab for 18B6 are as follows: First Class— Humes, 13 starts, 

 .5 firsts, 4 seconds; Noi-cross, 13 starts, 6 firsts, 5 seconds; Fitch, 9 

 -starts, 1 iirst. .3 seconds. Second Class— Yt> ilkuis, 15 starts, 10 

 fir'^ts (2 fii-sts over the fleet), 4 seconds; Almond, 15 starts, 4 firsts, 

 6 seconds. Third Class— Anderson, 16 starts, 1 first, 3 seconds; 

 Touxen. 2 starts, 1 first, 1 second; Waif, 3 starts, 1 first. First Class 

 Tucicups— D. McOarty, 2 starts, 1 fir.st. Second Class— Clara H., 

 starts, ^ firsts. Third Class— Sharp, 3 starts, 2 firsts; Little Boy, 2 

 Ktarts. 1 first. Tri-weekly races took place through tlie season 

 without a .single postponement on acixumt of heavy winds or 

 stormy weether; commencing Ist of May and ending m iNovember. 

 Two second" and two third class boats are in course of construction 

 for the club. The fleet will make their first cruise m salt water 

 some time in May next. Twenty-se^•en members joined the club 

 during the year. The officers now arc: Commodore, \ \ . G. Coolc; 

 Secretary, Charles Anderson; Treasurer Theodore Jones. Eight 

 captains'passed a successful examinntion during the year. Tins 

 club has been perpetuated (being the Jirst on the Delaware) pirrely 

 for the benefit of amateurs. And it is certainly wonderful how 

 rapidly thev learn, especially the youngsters. The strictest dis- 

 cipline is observed. The season has been a very prosperous one, 

 and the races have been sailed \vithout any disputes. The men are 

 improving rapidly in seamanship, the sailing rules are rigidly ob- 

 served and the members are Corinthia,ns in the true sense of the 

 word. 



THE CONSTRUCTION OF CENTERROARDS.-The sloop 

 yacht Norah of Belleville, Ontario, has sailed this season with a 

 centerboard constructed on Capt. Moody's plan, described m the 

 FOEEST AND STREAM oC July 2.J, IS.s.^, and it has proved very suc- 

 cessfuh The owner of Nornh writes as follows concerning it: 

 "The centerboard as built is aliout 19ft. long and about df t. deep. 

 The bottom bar which turns up at each end of the board is made 

 from a bar of iron 2.^in. square, planed to an erlge m V-shape. 

 The wood consists of bard maple plank, bin. w;de and 3Man. 

 thick. Beginning at the bottom between the first and second 

 plank there is a bar of iron 2J4in. wide and 5b thick the whole 

 length of the board, bet ween the second and third the same sized 

 bar: and so on to the middle of the board. abo\-e svluoh the ironbars 

 are V6in. thick. The builder would not undertake to put bolts 

 throiieh from top to bottom as suggested in the diagram you sent;, 

 but itVas put together with loni,-, hea vy doAvels, and plenty ot 

 them, so that it is as stiff as possible. The result was, the yacht s 

 performance here at tlie Lake Association regatta last July, and 

 the further result that we can raise and lower the board when she 

 is at full speed with her sail on her without shifting her course. 

 The Norah is now having a new stern put on her, and we are, under 

 Cuthbert's direction, having her lead put along but on top ot her 

 keel, extending through her deadwood to the sternpost. It 

 would not do to put the lead outside m our waters on the Lay ot 

 Quinte." 



AN EH(3rLISH CENTERBOARD YACHT.— Mr. "W. J. Hodge 

 wUl this week lay the keel of a cutter yacht of IS tons B.M., to be 

 built to the order of Dr. W. Chalmers, Oharmouth, Dorset. This 

 vessel (desigued by Captain H. E. Bayly) will lie somewhat of a. 



A CRUISE AROLTSTD THE WORLD.— Captain F. A. Cloud- 

 man, an old sailnr, has iust started on a long cruise alone in the 

 little keel sloop Outing. His boat was launched at Savannah, 

 whence he wHl sail for the isthmus, the boat being carried across 

 by rail. Coasting up the Pacific caast, the Ontmg will work her 

 w"av across by Behring Straits, thence down the Asian coast by 

 Tnd'ia to Suez, up the French and English coasts to Iceland, Green- 

 land and across to Labrador, following tlv: coast down to New 

 York. It is expected that the \'oyage will take two years. The 

 yacht is fully fitted out for a long and trying voyage, and her 

 commander, a seaman of long experience, expects to make the 

 trip a success. 



WINTER CRUISES.-Wizard, sloop, Mr. C. H. Colt, is fitting 

 out at Tebo's Pier, for a southern cruise. Hossie Wright, steam 

 vaiiit, ot Pi'rtli Amboy, was at Beaufort. N. C, on Nov. 28, on her 

 wa\- to Brunswick, Ga. Her screw was broken in the Chesapeake 

 Canal. The Fannie, sloop. Twilight and Talismnn, steam yachts, 

 were also at Beaufort last week. Ladoga, steam yacht, has left 

 Newport for Baltimore. Reva, steam yacht, was at Norfolk on 

 Nov, 30, bound south. 



No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspon dents. 



novelty as being intended to cruise principally from Lyme Regis 

 (the harbor of which dries allow ^vater, and is snb.iected at times 

 to a heavy run). The keel is to be of iron iitt. wide at the bottoni 

 in the center, tapeiing toNvard the ends, its weight ^vlU lie upward 

 of 'l¥> tons. Although necessarily ot light dratt (4tt. tun.), and 

 having a centerplate; the yacht vnll be of comparatively large dis- 

 placement, to give as much accommodation as possible. Ihe 

 owner intending to live on board almost entirely during the sum- 

 mer months, there «dU be an after cabin with two sleeping oeiihs, 

 and the sofas in the main cabin will have folding bncks, wlucti. it 

 required, \viU turn down and form beds, thus giving comfortable 

 sleeping bunks for four persons. The torecastle will have nearly 



S. M., Brooklyn, wants good shooting in Missouri. 



C. D. C, Hartford.— The puppies of a bitch which is in whelp 

 wlien imported should bo regislcrod as imported. 



MtJZZt-ELOADER.— Tell us what kind of arm you want, whether 

 to shoot conical and round bullets, price, etc., and we will direct 

 you. 



J. W. J.— We have heard Georgeto-^vn, on Winyaw Sound, spoken 

 of as a desirable locality; or, try Beaufort and its surrounding 

 waters. 



A. A. A., Rhineheck, N. Y.—l. Stoddard's Guide to the Adiron- 

 dacks is the one. 2. We cannot teU you of a good locality for 

 trapping mink and beaver. 



S. H. E.-l. The bitch Temptation (A, K. R. 1590) is by Fogg's 

 Don, out of Alden's Maud S. 3. The use of ferrets for rabbit hunt- 

 ing is forbidden in Massachusetts. 



LowEB Jbmsig, New Bruns^vick.— 1. For registry of your horse 

 apply to J. H. AVallace, No. 341 Broadway, New York. 2. It will 

 be necessary to register sire of dam. 



A Constant ReauK'I.— The two makes are about equal, an in- 

 di-^idual arm of one make may excel an individual arm of the 

 other, but which is lietter can be told only by actual test. 



E. N. B.— Gibson's "f'omplotc American Trapper" will give in- 

 formation about the fox skin, and Manton's Taxidermy -.vill he the 

 thing for the bi rd stuffing. See list of books elsewhere. 



S. D., Hastings-on-Hudson.— We know of no way of ridding your 

 vines of English sparrows witliout at the same time destroying or 

 frightening away the other birds. One successful device is to 

 filter a liberal dose of red pepper down through the vines. 



Haines, Massachusetts.— 1. We think the firm still supply the 

 goods : write to some of the New York dealei-s. 3. The rttte stands 

 well for accuracy aud reliability. The track we judge from 

 the drawing to be that of a deer; it may possibly have been that ot 

 a caribou calf. The "barren doe" track notion is erroneous. 



t^ H.P.. Centre Harbor, N. H.— Will you kindly give me thi-ough 

 tlie l olumns of your paper the address of some good, reliable fur 

 dealer where I can send my fur, as 1 have quite a collection, and 

 oblige a constant reader of your paperY Ans. Send to VS'm. Mac- 

 naughton's Sous, 79 Spring street, New Y^ork. 



E. B. B., Hartford, Conn. -Can you give me a receipt for a dog 

 food that will keep sweet for one or two weeks? 1 wish to avoid 

 this eveiiastiag food manul'aetvi-.ng. The patent foods do not go 

 down" with mv animal. Ans. We know of no food that can be 

 liome-mauufactured to equal the regular article supplied by the 

 trade. 



C. E. W.— Different breeds vary ; the time is from 10 months on . 

 Age for breeding depends on breed ; sim'tller breeds maybe bred 

 earlier than large ones, which arc fit at the second period of 

 coming in season. Dogs should only be used in the stud sparingly 

 until 18 months old. 



Am vteur.— Should a rifle buUot, when pushed into the breech 

 fit tight enough to fill grooves or is the bullet large enough when 

 it fits snuglv to the rifling, but allows space between bullet and 

 bottom ot groove'/ Ans. Bullet is right when it fits snugly as de- 

 scribed. AVhen it is fired the pressure expands the lead so that it 

 then takes the grooves. 



Nkd, Fair Plavcn, Vt.— 1. AAHiat varities of lish do the Govern- 

 ment distribute for stocking waters ? 3. Will landlocked salmon 

 or lake trout thi-ive in same water as lai'ge-mouth black bass? 

 Ans. 1. Carp, salmon, kike trout, whiteflsh, landlocked salmon, 

 etc. 2. It depends on the size, depth and temperature of the water. 

 You do not give particulars enough to base a reply on. 



Novice. Boston.— 1. Is it not inconsistent with the best results 

 m shooring to have the hammer of the ride "bob up serenely" into 

 the line of sight in pulling on the tiring pin, as is t lie case in many 

 makes of riflesV 2. SVh.\ will Nimrrods, in descriiiing their adven- 

 tures in your columns, persist i n using the redundant phrase fore- 

 shoulder"? Has any animal a hindshoulder? Ans. 1. No. 3. No. 



W B. W., Danburv, Conn.— L It will probably not injure your 

 30in. barrel to shorteii it to 28in., on the contrary v.-e have known 

 several guns to be improved in theu- shooting by such modifacation. 

 It \«11 destroy the choke of your gun. A skilled machinist can dp 

 it for vou; or "if you wish to send it to a regular gunsmith, send it 

 to the American agent of the gun. 2. The cartridge lielt is largely 

 used and is liked. 



G W W Fit cliburg, Mass.— For trap shooting use an 8 or 10- 

 bore; for field shooting a 10 or 13-bore. The gun you name is as 

 t^ood a'; any make. We ilo not extiress an opinion as to the best 

 °un made in America, because there are several which are, for 

 same money, so nciarly equal in merit that there is no difforonce 

 among them worth considering, just as there are many makes ol 

 carriages equally good. 



Babchlam).— A commonly accepted theory is that, other things 

 being equal, a 32in, barrel will shoot stronger than a bthn. barrel, 

 because it will consume a heavier charge of powder. Pratrtically, 

 however, it has been proved that the shorter barrel is as ctreetive 

 as the longer one: in fact, some barrels have done better work after 

 being shortened from 32in. to 30in. or 28in. This holds good with 

 both 10s and 12s, choked and cylinder. 



E 

 whi 

 affec 



Au^ '"l ''NoTit'^wouM" noTboTd^dsa'ble. "T." Itdepends onthe 

 remedy. Giving a teaspoonful of powdered areca nut, and rol- 

 lo\vin- this with a castor oil purge would be the best treatment. 

 3. If you want them to catch the game. 



G. B., San Francisco.— Can you kindly inform me whethej- 

 chiiled shot (say in sizes from Nos. •'! 

 gun barrels? There seems to be cons 

 upon the subject among gunsmiths c 

 refer me to any book or treatise 

 chilled and soft sliot are considered? 

 know of no work wliere the subject is 



be ready for sea by the 20th May next. Should she prove a succes^ 

 she maybe onlv the first of others of a like type which would 

 appear to be well adapted to yachtsmen restricted to dry or bar 

 harbors.— fi.rfttir (Enn.) F(«t. 



ions to fine shot- 

 ; 1 l encc of opinion 

 ere. Could you 

 . I l ilive merits of 

 i; 1- not injurious. We 

 ussed; there has been 



mucli about it in former numbers of tfic Fohest a>jt) Strea.m. 



built 



and purcnaseu irom LJ-Lc lain:!. ljic oivyujj v.^^w.^. _ j":n^ir>,o 



rules of the A. Y. C, a longer steni is permissible and ^/ibe 

 added, to the extent ot 3ft.,, and her afterbody above water " ■! he 

 altered, giving an easier form. The mamsail will be shoi tened 

 2f c. on luff, with the same peak and gafl and masthead loweied 

 3ft., vith a housing topmast and big topsail. The Gleam has been 

 noted as a fa.st botft in light weather, and these alterimons should 

 impro\ e her considerably, as she has always earned too much 



^^p£lhAM"y. C— At a late meeting this club voted to di3t)a^A 

 and on Dec. 4 thev met again and reorganized with the following 

 '"cers: Wm. E, Wilmcrding, Commodore; t-eo. 0. Fester, Vice- 

 ^ ■ Rear-Commodore; F. H. Ballard^,_Sec- 



Commodore; F. D. Pelton, Rear-Commodore; F. H. Ballard, sec- 

 retary; Phibp Cross, Treasurer, and Thomas E. browm, .Jr., Meas- 

 urer.' It is proposed to unite wth the New Rochelle \. O.an(i 

 plans for the union are under consideration. The two OIUDS, ii 

 joined, will number 245 members. 



of ^fleas get'^'thenT in a'd'ay'r'rTwo after, p^erhaps you will find on 

 examination that their kennels need thoroueti cleamng, orif tlMre 

 are i-at= about the latter will ser\ e as a constant source of flea 

 snppl>'. A Long Island dog owner recently solved the problem by 

 killing all the cats on the place. 



Key West Fla.— 1 would like to know what kind of ammunition 

 was used in the revolver shooting of which score was given Nov. 

 3.'i With the fixed ammunition sold for S. & W. .32-cal. revolvers 

 one cannot do close shooting, even if the pistol is screwed m a 

 -N i^e. Something else must have been used. Ans. The ammuni- 

 tion used was .5grs. powder with regular bullet; the shell is 19-]&m. 

 in length. The regul;u charge is I7grs. 'J^^^ I'ednced charge of 

 .^gr«. W3S used to reduce noise and smokemtbe gallery. Capt. Ira 

 A. Paine has used tlie same weapon at Walnut Hill range, at 

 .50vds., on the American Standard target, and only missed the slx 

 riiigtwicc in 100 shots, shooting the pistol strictlj; off-hand, ing 

 scores we published are duplicated almost every night m Conlm's 

 gallery. 



The only Great Accident Compant in Arperiea, and the 

 largest in the world-The Travelers Life and Accident Hisurance 

 Company, of Hartford, Conn. Paid policy-noldera over $U^,000. 

 Agents everywhere.— -arfr. 



