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SPRUCE IV, WITH OWNER AND CREW. 



The Seawanhaka Corinthian Cup. 



SPRUCE — KTHKLW STNN RACES. 



Those yachtsmen who go to Oyster Bay next Saturday to witness 

 an international race may well imagine that they are looking through 

 the wrong end of their glasses, as the competitors will be but 15ft. 

 waterline instead of 90, and with but 200ft. of sail in place of 13,000. 

 The contests, however, promise to be hardly less interesting, as the 

 British challenger, Spruce IV., owned by Mr. J. Arthur Brand, and 

 representing the Minima Y. C, has sailed a number of successful 

 races in the prater class in England; while the representative of the 

 Seawanhaka C. Y. C, Ethelwynn, won the three trial races of the 

 club and has been successful in several other races in the month that 

 she has been afloat. 



Mr. Brand arrived in New York, or rather Hoboken, on the steamer 

 Fulda, late on Sept. 9, being accompanied by his secretary, Mr. D. G. 

 Lee, and by his crew, Thomas Wade. The boat was also on board the 

 Fulda, having been shipped at Southampton. At the pier Mr. Brand 

 was met by his friend Mr. H. K. Sturdee, now at Saugerties, N. Y., 

 and by Sec'y Chas. A. Sherman, of the Seawanhaka race committee; 

 they went to the Marlborough and in the evening Mr. Brand and the 

 race committee were entertained at dinner at the Metropolitan Club by 

 Mr. C. W. Wetmore, of the committee. On Tuesday and Thursday 

 Messrs. Brand and Sturdee with Tom Wade were the guests of the 

 club on the steamer Quyandotte at the Cup races— Mr. W. W. How- 

 ard, who has just returned from Europe, being also aboard. 



Mr. Brand is a tall and active young Englishman, an architect by 

 profession, a graduate of Oxford University, and for the past ten 

 years prominent in small boat racing. As it was not possible to bring 

 out an amateur friend to sail with him here, he asked that a profes- 

 sional hand be allowed, and on the club acceding to this request last 

 spring he has brought out one of the hands of his 20-ton cutter Tiua, 

 a bright and alert young sailorman, Thomas Wade, of Wivenhoe, who 

 has sailed in the various Spruces in most of the races for four years, 

 paid hands being generally allowed in the English races. 



Spruce IV. is of the same general type as her American rival, a cen- 

 terboard boat, 15ft. 9in. waterline, 3£t. lin. fore overhang, 4ft. 5in. 

 after overhang, making 23ft. 3in. over all, 5ft. 9in. beam, and about 

 2ft. depth and 9in. draft. She was designed and built by H. O. Smith, 

 of Oxford, of ribband-carvel construction, much like a racing shell, 

 the frames being bent about %X% and spaced 6in., jogged into rib- 

 bands about ^Xlin. on which tne plank edges meet. The deck is of 

 mahogany, as is the planking, %in. single thickness. The midship 

 section is rather rounder than Ethelwynn, some 3in. less beam and 

 more depth, and more like the Scarecrow, a rounder section. The 

 bow lines are full, especially above water, and the counter is also 

 fuller than Ethelwynn, the width across the transom being 30in,, or 

 just double. The deck has considerable crown and the well is only 

 about 2ft. wide. There is a bulkhead just abaft the well, but the for- 

 ward bulkhead is well forward. The Doat was originally fitted with a 

 lifting bulb keel of the Nautilus type, described some time since in the 

 Forest and Stream, but this has lately been discarded in favor of a 

 centerboard of 3 I6 in. steel, of the Linton Hope pattern, but loaded with 

 501bs. of lead disposed in two saucer-shaped lumps, one on each side, 

 at the lowest point; by this arrangement the centerboard can never 

 be housed, about lOln. projecting from the trunk when the board 

 is raised. The centerboard is covered with a black varnish. 

 Forward of the mast and right in the bow is a second and much 

 smaller centerboard, about 18in. long. There is an outside keel about 

 8ft. long, 2in. wide and lin. deep. The large centerboard raises by a 

 wire rope pendant and tackle beneath the deck. The rig included a 

 lug mainsail of 189sq. ft. and a jib of 42sq. ft., the latter being a roller 

 jib that can be reduced to any size required, and also can be swung 

 out instantly so as to act as a spinaker. This jib will not be used in 

 America, the usual jib on a stay, with separate spinaker, being fitted. 

 The boom is 15ft. 6in. long and the yard 15ft., all the spars being of 

 bamboo. The mast is of male bamboo carefully served, and is fitted 

 into a square piece of wood at the heel, being stepped in a tabernacle, 

 by whicb it can be lowered for passing under bridges. Some changes 

 will be made in the rig which are permissible under the Seawanhaka 

 measurement. The hull is rather larger and fuller than that of Ethel- 

 wynn, but is of heavier build, apparently, and with fuller lines. The 

 boat was taken to Abrams'8 shipyard at Cold Spring Harbor and rigged 

 there. She has a handsome appearance on the water, being finished 

 with two mahogany beads about 5in. apart, one at the gunwale and 

 one below, with a gilt stripe. 



A meeting of the owners of the two yachts with the committee was 

 held on the return from Thursday's Oup race, and all arrangements 



made. The first race will be sailed on Saturday, Sept. 21, starting off 

 the mouth of Oyster Bay Harbor at noon, the course biing windward 

 and leeward, 12 miles. The second race will be on Monday and the 

 third on Tuesday, sailing each day until one boat has won three races . 

 The first race will be to windward or leeward and return, the second 

 triangular. The steamer Aurora will leave Battery Pier at 8:45 A. M., 

 and Pier 31 East Paver at 9:14 A. M. on Saturday, calling at the Sea- 

 wanhaka Club house before the start. If there are enough passen- 

 gers, she will follow the races on the other days also. 



The crew of Spruce has a decided advantage over the crew of Ethel- 

 wynn; the owner, Mr. C. J. Field, has sailed a Scarecrow last season 

 and this year has had his boat only since Aug. 10. The helmsman, 

 Mr. B. C. Ball, has done a good deal of sandbag sailing, but none in a 

 boat of this type previous to last month, and neither of them have 

 had the opportunity in the short interval since the trial races to do 

 much sailing. What makes the contest more equal than usual so far 

 as the challenger is concerned is that neither of tne crew of Ethelwynn 

 has sailed off Oyster Bay save in the three trial races, so that there is 

 little advantage on their part in purely local knowledge. 



Dominion Off-Hand Rifle Association. 



Parry Sound, Ont , Sept. 6.— The following scores were shot to-day 

 by tbe various clubs forming the Dominion Off-Hand Rifle Associa- 

 tion: 



King City Club. 

 100yds. 200yds. 



JWCrossley 10 10 7 9 10 -46 10 10 10 8 8— 4(5 Q i 



W J Ross 9 10 9 9 9-41 8 9 9 8 10-41-90 



GeoCarley 10 9 9 10 8 -46 7 7 10 10 10-44-9' 



A Carley 10 7 10 10 10 -47 7 3 10 8 2-30-77 



I)r Norman 10 10 7 9 2-38 10 7 8 7 5-37-75 4U 



Parry Sound Club. 



RO Stokes 10 10 10 8 10-4 'i 7 9 8 9 8-41 -F9 



W Stafford 10 10 10 9 9 -41 8 10 8 9 8-43-fll 



,T Morrish 10 10 8 10 9-47 7 9 10 10 -36 83 



J McClelland 8 10 10 7 7 41 6 9 3 9 10—37—79 



W F Thomson 7 5 7 10 6-35 10 7 9 10 5-41—76-418 



Wau^aukasene Club. 



RIClarkson 9 6 !1 10 10— 44 10 3 6 6 8—32-76 



F Laurie 7 10 6 8 5 -36 7 10 8 10—35-71 



JRLeggatt 10 6 9 10 8-43 3 7 10 5-25-08 



T White 6G879 36 77 10 5 6-35-71 



Geo White 8 9 10 9 8-44 8 3 3 9 5-28-72-358 



Carnduff Club. 



J A. Thompson 4 8 7 6 8-33 4 10 6 7 10-37-70 



E J Huxley 2 6 7 1 9-25 7 6 10 9 2—34 -59 



J B Cornell 7 9 8 7 7-3S 6 5 10—21-59 



WGilliland 8898 7- 40 0006 9-15-55 



TE Gordon 7 3 5 9 6-80 10 1 9 0—20-50—293 



Bradford Club. 



DNeilly 9 10 9 10 9-47 10 10 10 10 fi— 49-96 



John G Neilly 10 7 10 8 10-45 8 7 8 10 7-40-85 



John Neilly 10 9 4 7 8-38 7 8 7 9 8—39-77 



J Doolittie 10 7 8 8 7—40 5 9 8 8 10—40-80 



P Cappell 9 5 8 6 9-37 10 9 7 10 4-40—77-415 



D. F Macdonald, Sec'y. 



Pacific Slope Rifle Scores. 



San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 8.— The scores made at the semi-monthly 

 shootof the Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club held at Shell Mound to day 

 were as follows: 



Rifle— Medal and cash prizes, open tn the world, 200yds.. re-entry: 

 Target rifle, Kuhnle medal: F. O. Young 86, D. W. McLaughlin 85, 

 Dr. Rodgers 84, A. Gehret 84. 



For members only, no re-entry; Champion class— F. O. Young 8-3, D. 

 W. McLaughlin 82, Dr. Rodgers 78, L. Barrere 67. 

 First class— A. Darrell 71, P. Bohr 72, A. Gehret 81. 

 Pistol: 50yds., medals for members only, no re-entry: 

 Champion class: C. M. Daiss 92, S. Carr 87, F. O. Young 85, L. Bar- 

 rere 76. 



First class: Dr. Rodgers 90, A. Darrell 90, F. Poulter 78. 

 Second class: F. Dennis 73, A. H. Kennedy 66, W Unfred 55. 

 Open to all comers, re-entry : 



Blanding medal: Dr. L. O. Rodgers 94, F. O. Young 91, S. Carr 91, J. 

 E. Gorman 90, L. Barrere 81. Roekl. 



Zettler Rifle Club's Annual Festival. 



The twenty-second annual shooting festival of the Zettler Rifle 

 Club, of New York city, will be held on Sept. 29 and 30, at Charles C. 

 Wissel's Cypress Hill Park, L. I. The park is easily reached from the 

 city, the following being the official description of the route to the 

 park: "Take Union Elevated direct from New York and Brooklyn 

 Bridge, or Fulton, Grand or Twenty-third street ferries to Ridgewjod, 

 and Cypress Hill dummy line from Ridgewood to the park." 



The programme is a good one, and the list of prizes is very large, 

 the actual cash to be distributed footing up to a big amount. 



The following are the conditions for the Ring target: Distance 

 200yds., %in. (25) German ring target; any rifle; open to all comers; 

 first ticket $2, each following gl; two best tickets to count for the 

 first five prizes; the best single ticket to count for the following 

 prizes; tickets unlimited; only one prize obtainable by any shooter. 

 There are twenty-one prizes, ranging from $1 to $50. The premiums 

 offered are: Best five tickets on ring target, $10; second, $8; third, 

 $4; fourth, $2. 



The Bullseye target is open to all comers, 10 shots for $1, the best 

 bullseye to count by measurement. In this class again there are 

 eighteen prizes, ranging from $1 to $20, while the list of premiums is 

 also a goodly one. 



The Honor target is open to members only, three shots per man. 

 The contest will be for prizes presented by the judges and members 

 of the club, and for $150 donated by the club. 



Zettler Bros, present a fine trophy for special competition on a 25- 

 ring target. This competition is open to everybody, three shots free; 

 only one ticket allowed to each shooter. 



Two gold lockets presented by the club will be competed for by the 

 judges only, who will be privileged to fire three shots each. 



The ladies are not forgotten. For them there is a target of Honor, 

 on which the ladies of club members will be entitled to compete for 

 prizes presented by the club. 



The various committees are: Ladies' Committee, C. J. Watson, J. 

 Gunther and W. S8U. Shooting Committee, Geb. Krause, Chairman; 

 H. D. Muller, M. B. Engel, R. Busse, C. G. Zettler; B. Zettler, Shooting 

 Master, and Gus. Nowak, Secretary. Shooting commences at 9 A. M. 

 each day and closes at 6:30 P. M. 



Cincinnati Riflemen. 



Cincinnati, O., Sept. 8.— The scores given below were made by mem- 

 bers of the Cincinnati Rifle Association at their range to-day. Condi- 

 tions, 200yds., strictly off-hand, 3lb. trigger pull, rifles under lOlbs. 

 weight, at the standard target, 7 ring black. The small attendance 

 to-day was due to members of this Association attending a prize shoot 

 given by the Losantiville Shooting Association at Dayton, Ky. 



During the course of the day's shoot word was received announcing 

 the death of one of our oldest and most respected members, Mr. 

 Louis Stegner. It is with the most sincere regret that we make this 

 announcement, and this association loses one of its bast and ablest 

 members: 



Gindele 9 8 9 9 9 6 8 9 6 8-81 



9 10 9999978 8-87 

 679 10 5 10 989 9-82 



7 10 6899 10 87 10-83 

 ♦Payne 8 9 5 6 9 10 9 10 9 8—83 



87879 10 6 10 9 7-81 

 88887786 10 9—79 



8 9 10 9 10 10 10 8 8 8-90 

 Drube 6 477888 10 6 8-72 



54878865 10 6-67 



9 6 6 4 10 7 7 6 7 6-68 

 553 9 59 10 66 10-63 



Topi' 7 7 6 4 4 8 4 10 9 3—62 



5 7 5 5 8 8 8 7 5 6-61 

 86 10 445875 6-63 

 665368769 8-64 



Hake 7 5 7 10 6 8 5 7 4 6-65 



577754896 4-62 

 96 10 579648 6-70 

 9 65757748 4-62 

 *Payne had the satisfaction of making his first clean score to-day, 



also his second 90, having scored his first 90 at Dayton, Ky., on Sept. 



1 , just one week ago. 



J. ARTHUR BRAND. 

 Minima Yacht Club, 



Shooting. 



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FIXTURES. 



Sept. 24.— Willard Park, N. J. — Live bird handicap, 50 birds, $85 

 entrance, birds included. Four high guns, handicap 26 to 32yds.; en- 

 tries close Sept. 20, limited to 15 entries. 



Sept. 24-26— Rochester, N. Y.— Fourth annual tournament of the 

 Rochester Rod and Gun Club; $500 added money; H. M. Stewart, Sec'y. 



Sept. 26.— Newark, N. J.— Live bird handicap of the Newark Gun 

 Club, at Erb's grounds; 25 live birds, $10 entrance, birds extra at 25 

 cents; handicaps 26 to 32yds. ; four moneys. 



Sept. 26-27. — Leavenworth, Kansas.— Second annual tournament of 

 the Leavenworth Gun Club; $300 added money. 



Sept. 27, 28.— Harris burg, Pa.— Fall tournament of the Harrisburg 

 Shooting Association ; first day, targ< ts; second day, live birds. H. b. 

 Snoop, Sec'y. 



