Nov., 2, 1895. 



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and, therefore, takes the blame himself, The original interview, as 

 furnished by Mr. Kemp to the United Press, contained no indication 

 that anything therein was especially the remark of Mr. Kemp. The 

 interview purported to be the result of a talk with Lord Dunraven, 

 written directly after seeing him, and without doubt was a faithful 

 representation of Lord Dunraven's remarks. 



Louis H. Moore, the London manager of the United Press, yester- 

 day sent a letter to the London newspapers concerning the Dunraven 

 interview, which is printed in the Pall Mall Gazette, St. James's Ga- 

 zette and Westminster Gazette, to day. After referring to Lord 

 Dunraven's denial of the accuracy of the interview, Mr. Moore pro- 

 ceeds: 



"I wish to say that I have a copy of the interview in question signed 

 by the yachting editor of the leading sporting newspaper of London, 

 who made the interview at my request. Iam prepa'ted to show this 

 copy to you or Lord Dunraven if desired. The name appended to the 

 interview will be at once accepted as a guarantee of the accuracy of 

 the report." 



We learn that a well-known Western yachtsman is about to offer 

 two prizes for 15ft. yachts built in his locality, in hopes that the best 

 of them may enter the trial races of the Seawanhaka Cor. S C. for 

 its International cup. 



The Boston Globe says: New Yorkers, lookout ! It is whispered 

 here in Boston that the " Adams boys," George and Charles, have the 

 half-rater bee in their bonnets for next season, and are contemplating 

 a 15-footer to compete for the honor of defending the Seawanhaka 

 international cup. Their suecesB in the 20-footer Rooster in these 

 waters last season shows that success in the 40 and 46-footers has not 

 spoiled their skill in small boats, while those who have sailed against 

 them in their many races in New York and Newport waters will not 

 underrate their ability in whatever they may undertake. 



The Inter-Lake Yacht Racing Association. 



The pressure of the two series of international races and of yachting 

 on the coast through the past summer has prevented us from giving 

 that attention which it deserves to yachting throughout the country, 

 and especially on the lakes. On Lake Erie in particular the past season 

 has been a busy one, the new Inter-Lake Yacht Racing Association 

 has been doing good work for yachting on the lakes and with most 

 satisfactory results in spite of light weather this year. We are in- 

 debted to Capt. R. D. Potter, of Toledo, Ohio, for the following report 

 of the regattas at Put in-Bay. 



Our harbor of Put-in-Bay never looked as pretty as on Aug. 5 and we 

 can honestly say no sight could be more grand than to see a fleet of 

 seventy-two yachts, large and small, lying at anchor with flags flying 

 and crews working to get their boats in the pink of condition for the 

 races to-morrow. The captains are visiting the different yachts, 

 leaving their crews hard at work aboard their respective boats, and 

 the "historic bay"never bad the appearance of so much enthusiasm 

 and glorious times in its history. The captains of the various boats 

 meet to night to obtain the sailing instructions for the week, the 

 programme being: 



Monday, Aug. 5, assembling of yachts; meeting of owners and cap- 

 tains at Beebe House at 8 P. M. Tuesday, Aug. 6, naphtha launches, 

 30 and 25-footers, and special race for single and double catboats and 

 fore-and-afters; yachts to sail around the course once, naphtha 

 launches to go around the course twice. Wednesday, Aug. 7, first 

 class: 55, 46, 40 and 35-footers, sailing around the course twice. 

 Thursday, Aug. 8, ladies' day: cruising among the islands; reception 

 and ball in the evening at Webrle's. Friday, Aug. 9, free for all race, 

 with time allowance, to and around stakeboat off Lakeside, O., and 

 return; course, from stakeboat off Gibraltar to northward of Ballast 

 Island, to and around stakeboat off dock at Lakeside, returning to 

 northward of Ballast Island and across starting line; no time limit; 

 banquet and presentation of prizes at Beebe House,!) P. M.; the 

 ladies are cordially invited to be present. Saturday, Aug. 10, "Home, 

 Sweet Home." 



Single or double cats and fore-and-afts, if with bowsprit and carry- 

 ing jib, will be classed as sloops and schooners respectively. The 

 preliminary gun will be fired at 12:30 P. M. sharp, Standard time. 

 The course for all yachts will be from stakeboat between east end of 

 Gibraltar and west end of Middle Bass, to and around stakeboat %\i 

 miles N.N.W., thence to and around stakeboat 3}£ miles S.W. 

 thence 3^ miles E. J^s., across the line between judge's boat and stake- 

 boat. Entrance Fee.— For first class, 55 and 46-footers, will be $3; 40 

 and 85-footers, $8; 30 and 35-footers, $1; for special race of catboats 

 and naphthas, etc., $1, Free-for-all race, $3. 



Tuesday, Aug. 6.— All the morning long the wind was S.W.— a fair 

 sailing breeze, with just enough motion on the water to gladden the 

 heart of every sailor, and the outlook for a great race was good, but 

 as the hour of starting approached the wind died out, leaving just a 

 breath when at 1:26 P. M. the starting gun was fired, with the boats 

 well bunched. Before the first mark was turned a heavy squall from 

 the west playedhavoc with the little fellows and some did not finish, 

 and even some of the larger ones put into the Bay. 



In the 25ft. and 30ft. class were entered two fore-and-aft fish boats: 

 one, Undine, which won in the 30ft. class, defeating the Com. Gardner 

 by 2m. 17s., and Marie M., the winner in the 25ft. class, defeating 

 Elfln by 8m. and 55s. Immediately after the race a protest was 

 entered by the Com. Gardner for a remeasurement of the Undine, 

 claiming her measurement was wrongly taken; but the judges over- 

 ruled the protest, to the great disgust of yachtsmen interested in 

 this just protest which the Com. Gardner had entered and which boat 

 was rightly entitled to first place in the 30ft. class. The point I wish 

 to make here is, that there should be a special class for this kind of 

 boats, which are not and cannot, in my estimation, be termed yachts. 

 There is no doubt but that this classification muse be changed, for it 

 hurts yachting; and next summer, at our meet, I hope to see this 

 matter changed by making another class for these fish boats, as they 

 are called. 



Below is given the start, finish and corrected time in the 25 and 30ft. 

 classes: 



25pt. class. Corrected 

 Start. Finish. time. 



Pearl 1 31 00 5 02 20 3 31 20 



Marie M 1 31 00 4 28 20 2 56 '23 



Sprite 1 31 00 5 10 11 3 37 34 



Jester 1 31 00 4 52 45 3 19 11 



Elfin 1 31 00 4 39 20 3 05 18 



Priscilla Did not start. 



Arab., 1 31 00 5 16 20 3 42 10 



Brownie 1 31 00 4 53 45 3 18 26 



Teal 1 31 00 5 03 22 3 23 28 



Marie M. wins first prize, $25, and champion flag; Elfin second, $10; 

 Brownie third, $5. 



special class. Corrected 

 Start. Finish. time. 



Bonita. , Did not start. 



Alieni , Did not start. 



Clytie. 1 36 00 5 21 25 3 20 25 



Zebra , Did not start. 



Clytie wins first prize, $10, and champion flag. 



naphtha launches. Corrected 

 Start. Finish. time. 



Nellie 1 18 30 5 02 30 3 44 30 



Arlington Did not start. 



Restless 1 19 00 5 07 10 3 04 25 



Hobo 110 15 Did not finish. 



Pearl H Did not start. 



Priscilla 1 20 00 Did not finish. 



Restless wins on time allowance champion flag. 



30ft. class. 



Com. Gardner 1 26 00 4 16 45 2 30 45 



Mischief 1 36 00 Did not finish. 



Lucy 1 26 00 4 33 00 3 06 08 



Henrietta , 1 26 00 4 59 40 3 32 08 



Sammie 1 26 00 Did not finish, 



Suroco , 1 26 00 4 49 08 3 21 02 



Wah-wah-say su...,, , 1 26 00 4 52 20 3 23 25 



Undine 1 26 00 4 15 30 2 28 28 



Undine wins first prize, $25, and champion flag; Com, Gardner, sec- 

 ond. $10; Lucy, third, $5. 



Wednesday, Aug. 7.— The races between boats of the first class, 

 55ft., 46ft., 40 and 35-footers were set for this day. In the morning 

 at 8 o'clock there was every indication of a good, whole sail breeze, 

 but when the starting gun was fired at 1:35 P. M. the wind was very 

 light, but the boats all made fair time on the first round, but nothing 

 exciting happened, and the sail from the start to the first mark on 

 the second round was a drifting match, with Sultana, of Toledo, and 

 Neva, of Cleveland, neck and neck. Finally the above boats rounded 

 the stake with a lead of nearly two miles on the rest of the fleet. The 

 judges at last sent out a tug for the fleet, and nearly all were towed 

 back into the bay, thoroughly disgusted with the second day's racing. 

 We arrived in the bay about 7:30 P. M, hoping that the morning would 

 bring us a gale of wind, for after having two drifting matches we had 

 made up our minds that we wanted a gale of wind to see which was 

 the best boat. 



The same classes sailed again next day, making twice around the 

 course, or 21 miles, in fair time, but not within the time limit, which 

 was 5 hours, 15 minutes; and so this day's racing was inconclusive. 

 Both days the same boats were in the lead of their respective classes, 

 but the race was again postponed until Saturday. In the 55ft. class 

 Nera was all alone, with the exception of the first day, when Avacet, 

 Of Cleveland, entered, just to make a race in that class; but she never 

 turned the first mark on either day. In the 46-footers Sultana was well 

 In the lead of the whole fleet, and in the lead of ber class both days, 



there being entered in that class City of the Straits and Surprise, of 

 Detroit, Mich. In the 40ft. class Puritana demonstrated her sailing 

 qualities by showing a clean pair of heels to her sister ships in making 

 the best corrected time around the course. In this class were entered 

 Scud, Josephine, Lulu B„ Albatross and Puritana. In the 35ft. class 

 the little cutter Alborak, from Windsor, Can., had everything her own 

 way, but the judges said, "Sail this race over again Saturday." To- 

 morrow is the race of the meet, and we pray only for wind; but no 

 time limit is on this race, so wind or no wind, there will be a race. 



After furling canvas, and getting the boats into condition for the 

 eveuing,we all attended to the ball given at Weh'-lp's for the yachtsmen 

 and their friends. Dancing commenced at 8:30 P. M. and continued 

 into the early hours of the morning and it wa8 three o'clock when 

 Mr. Wehrle bade good-bye to the yachtsmen, extending to them the 

 comforts of home whenever they desired. All felt well satisfied with 

 the evening's pleasure, and three cheers were given for Mr. Wehrle, 

 and three for the I. L Y. A. To-morrow comes the free-for-all, with 

 time allowance, and may the best boat win. 



No wind again this morning, but before the race was finished the 

 wind bad reached a velocity of eight miles an hour, and this was 

 the best day's race of the meet. The starting gun was fired at 10:25 

 A. M, with the wind dead aft, being Southwest. After a run of two 

 miles dead to leeward, and after rounding Ballast Island, the wind 

 hauled to Northeast, and in the afternoon went to the Eastward. This 

 course was from Put in-Bay. around Ballast Island, and from there to 

 Marblehead and return, a distance of about 15 miles. The following 

 boats entered and started: Sultana, Nera, Josephine, CyuthU, Mis- 

 chief, Elfin, Brownie, Sprite, Pearl and Clytie. All the boats were 

 bunched going down to Ballast Island, and after rounding Ballast 

 Island tre wind hauled and the larger boats kept steadily increasing 

 their lead. Sultana kept gaining on the Nera and JoBepbine, and 

 when the stake boat off Marblehead was turned Sultana was in the 

 lead by some ISro. and at the finish found her some 18m, ahead of the 

 next boat, which was the Neva. The official times were: 



Start. 



Finish. 



Corrected. 



10 22 19 



Withdrew 





10 22 23 



Withdrew 





10 22 45 



3 34 44 



4 49 22 



10 26 10 



Not timed 





10 26 24 



3 30 28 



4 53 33 



10 58 03 



3 03 23 



4 27 30 



10 28 23 



4 21 20 



5 23 15 



10 28 37 



3 37 36 



4 47 16 



10 29 50 



Withdrew. 





10 30 38 



8 16 04 



4 45 56 



Sultana wins first, prize, $40, by 18m. and 20s.; Neva, second, I 

 Mischief, third, $10; Cynthia, fourth, $5. 



The postponed races of Wednesday and Thursday were called for 

 Saturday A. M , 8 o'clock, in case no wind the first around to make a 

 race, The wind was S.W. ahout 5 miles an hour, but dropped com- 

 pletely before the first mark was turned. The big cutter Neva, of 

 Cleveland, was in the lead, Sultana second and the rest pretty well 

 bunched. After turning the first mark Neva and Sultana put about 

 for the second, while the rest of the fleet stood further to the west- 

 ward, and by so doing gained considerable on the two leaders, for at 

 the second mark boats were all bunched. The Shamrock, whose 

 record is known to all yachtsmen on the lakes, withdrew from the 

 contest about half way down to the second mark and headed for 

 home. Nearly all the fleet turned the second mark far in the lead of 

 Toledo's pride, Sultana. From this mark to the finish it waB decidedly 

 a drifting match, with Neva far in the lead. The wind had changed 

 to N.E., very light and at last dying out altogether. After rounding 

 the second mark the boats, with the exception of Sultana and Cynthia, 

 stood off toward the northward, while the pair stood off to the east- 

 ward. About half way to the finish the wind hauled north and with 

 balloon sails set they glided for the finish, while the boats to leeward 

 had neaily a dead beat to windward, finishing about an hour after the 

 leading boats. Take it all in all the week's racing was very unsatis- 

 factory, and more than one heart was broken on water as well as on 

 land for lack of wind. 



Below is given the official figures of the race: 



55-F0OTERS. 



Start. Finish. Corrected. 



Nera 8 55 06 1 12 12 4 36 16 



Avacet did not start; went to Detroit Wednesday. 



46-FOOTERS. 





8 55 00 



2 25 09 



5 45 57 





8 86 12 



2 03 10 



5 36 58 











40-FOOTBRS. 









8 37 21 



1 38 02 



4 54 50 





8 85 13 



1 57 33 



5 22 21 

















35-FOOTERS. 









8 35 54 



1 44 23 



4 59 59 





8 36 58 



2 33 05 



5 48 52 





8 36 28 



3 43 20 



5 58 04 





8 37 21 



2 49 00 



6 03 37 











8 35 26 



Did not finish. 



Prize winners: 55-footers— Nera first prize, $50, champion flag and 

 time prize for the best corrected time, 46-footers— City of the Straits 

 first prize, $50, and champion flag; Sultana second, $25. 40-footers— 

 Puritana first, prize, champion flag and $40; Josephine second, $30. 

 35-footers— Alborak first prize, $40 and champion flag; Miriam second, 

 $20; Cynthia third, $5. 



On Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning the yachts and yachts- 

 men left for their home ports with a friendly feeling to all who at- 

 tended the meet, and all hoping to meet again next year in Detroit; 

 and with flags flying and cannons barking we bade good-by to old Put- 

 In-Bay, beloved by all the yachtsmen of Lake Erie. 



International Yacht Racing. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I shall feel obliged if you will allow me, through your columns, to 

 suggest a plan for a fair, square and impartial international^ yacht 

 race. 



My proposition is, that a sum of, say, £500, be subscribed by both 

 the Americans and English, with which a handsome gold trophy of 

 £1000 value bR purchased, to be sailed for by either one or more yachts 

 of each Nation (if more than one, in equal numbers). 



That the yachts shall meet and start from some neutral port in the 

 Atlantic to some other port and back— say from Halifax, N. S., to 

 Bermuda, or from Antigua to Port Royal, Jamaica, and back, the dis- 

 tance in both cases being about 900 miles from port to pore. In either 

 case there would be a dead heat and a run over the greatest part of 

 the course, the prevailing winds in the first-named course being 

 southerly, and in the latter the easterly trade winds. 



Each vessel should, of course, berth her own crew, which should be 

 limited to sufficient hands to sail the vessel in watches, but to be 

 allowed to take a navigating captain in addition to her sailing master. 

 They should also be obliged to carry all their own spars, spare sails 

 and gear, no tender or friendly yacht being allowed to assist in any 

 way. The details and arrangements for the match to be carried 

 out by a committee composed of an equal number of Americans and 

 Englishmen, with power to elect an umpire in case ot any failure to 

 agree among themselves. 



It is evident that if this plan be carried out the vessels will be placed 

 on an equality, which can never happen In matches sailed In either 

 England or America, as one vessel must cross the Atlantic while the 

 other remains at home, getting her trim and exercising her crew, be- 

 sides being built much lighter "than her competitor. 



A trophy of this kind and won in this way would be something for 

 a yachtsman to be proud of indeed. W. 8. Kelly. 



Plymouth, Eng., Oct. 16. 



Another " One-Design Class." 



The Solent yachtsmen have for some time considered the idea, first 

 suggested, if we remember, by Lt. Col. Bucknill, of a one-design 

 cutter of moderate type as compared to the later racing machines. 

 The matter has lately been taken up actively, and we learn from the 

 Field that in accordance with the wishes of those w r ho were present at 

 the Cowes meeting, Col. Bucknill has obtained from Mr Soper a design 

 for a boat, the cost of which as estimated by Fay and Co. will not ex- 

 ceed £175 (including the designer's fee), provided an order is given 

 for six. 



The drawings indicate that the boat will undoubtedly be a fast one, 

 though speed is not the sole object of the promoters of this class, who 

 will be satisfied with two or, at the most, three days' racing a week. 



The following are the main features of the design : Displacement, 

 about 5 tons; 1. w. 1., 25ft. ; length over all, 35ft. 6tn.; beam, 7ft. 9in.; 

 draught, 5ft. ; S. A , 680 sq. ft. The boat will be built of red pine on 

 oak frames and copper fastened. The ballast, about 27 tons, will be 

 all on the keel, which Is a fairly long one, and admits of the boat being 

 easily laid ashore, 



There is a pole mast, and the rig suggested is a cutter's. The cabin 

 is of a convenient size, as is also the forecastle, which has a hatch of 

 its own. The decks are canvas covered. 



Several clubs have already intimated their intention of giving races 

 for this class should it be successfully formed. 



Such a boat will be most serviceable for general use in many places, 

 &nd yet will give good racing in its class. 



The New Y. R. A. Rule. 



Now that the 1-raters and raters have become popular in this 

 country, the question of the future of these boats abroad becomes an 

 Interesting one in view of possible international races for the Seawan- 

 haka cup. The possibilities and probabilities under the new rule are 

 discussed as follows by the Field: 



lb seems now pretty certain that the designs under the new rating 

 rule will be a greater departure from the existing type than was at 

 first supposed to be the case. Already a 1-rater is in hand, 23ft. on 

 the water-line, and with a sail area of 4503q, ft, This is 150sq. ft. 

 more sail than a 20ft. 1-rater of the present pattern can be given, and, 

 of course, the beam will have to be considerably reduced, and there 

 need be some decrease in the draft of water; also, the mid-section 

 would be more or less of the V type. Take the Wolfhound as one of 

 the extreme existing 1-raters. Her 1. w. 1. is 19.2ft., beam 7.3ft. .girth 

 16.Cft., square root of sail area (313sq. ft.) 17.7. Of the girth only .75 

 is used in the formula and 5 of square root of sail area. Wolfhound's 

 linear rating will therefore be: 



19.2+7.3+12.44+8.85^^ 



the class linear rating being 24ft. 



If a l-rater's length on load line be increased to 23ft. and her sail 

 area to 450sq. ft., this would bring her linear rating to 26 7ft., or 2ft. 

 in excess of the rating allowed. Twic« 2.7tt. is 5, 4ft., and 5.4ft. would 

 therefore have to be taken off the total by means of reducing beam 

 and girth. This could he done by reducing the beam to 5.4ft, draft of 

 water to 5ft., and the girth to 12ft., three-quarters of which is 9ft„ 

 and halt the square root of sail area 10.6ft. The quantities, summed 

 as before, would be: 



23+5 4 + 9 + 10.6 = 24ft 



The displacement would probably be increased to from Zy 2 tons to 4 

 tons, and the freeboard could alao be increased, as it is not taxed, girth 

 being taken from load line to load line under water. 



In light and moderate winds this craft ought to succeed against any 

 of the existing broad and shallow-bodied craft. 



But it must be remembered that the narrow-beamed 21ft. Tottie 

 (21ft. on the load line, with 500sq ft. of canvas) was beaten without 

 time allowance by the modern 1-raters, 20ft. long, with SOOsq. ft. of 

 canvas. 



It would seem from the possibilities under the new rating rule that 

 24ft. was rather too high a number to fix upon for the class to repre- 

 sent the present 1-raters, and that 18ft. also was too high a number to 

 represent the 5-rating class. 



In connection with this matter it should be remembered that at a 

 recent meeting of owners interested in small yacht racing about the 

 Thames and east coast, a resolution was passed that the Y. R A. 

 should allow four hands for the new 24ft. linear rating class and three 

 for the 18ft. class. We do not think there is any doubt that it will be 

 found necessary to increase the crews as proposed at the meeting re- 

 ferred to, as the boats will be very considerably larger, and have 50 per 

 cent, at leaBt more sail area. 



We just now said that the new 18ft. class will be composed of much 

 larger boats than the present 0. 5-rating class, and the question is 

 whether a 15ft. class should not be formed at once to more nearly 

 represent the existing 0.5-ratersin length of load waterline and sail 

 area — craft which can be comfortably "worked with two hands as at 

 present, and with a first cost about the same, for there is no doubt 

 that all the class boats under the new rule will cost considerably 

 more to produce than the old raters from 0.5 up to 10-rating did. 



So al«o will the 20-rating class, represented by 52 linear rating, be 

 much more costly to produce, and this can readily be realized from 

 the fact that a 52ft. linear rating class can easily be 53ft. on the water- 

 line with a sail spread of 3,000sq. ft.— much the same as Clara had in 

 1885. 



The limits of 20ft. and 15ft. by Seawanhaka rule just fitted the old 

 1-rating and ^-rating classes, allowing, as in such a 1-rater as Wolf- 

 hound, a margin for that increase of sail area which would be neces- 

 sary in racing in America; while the crew limits were the same, three 

 and two men respectively, in both countries. If the above specula- 

 tion of the Field is correct, as it seems to be, a bar will be raised 

 against international racing in these classes just as it has begun with 

 so much promise. 



The Seawanhaka Fifteen-Footers. 



New Orleans Times-Democrat. 



The Southern Y. C. now has a chance to enter the lists of interna- 

 tional yacht racing, which, if carried to a successful issue, would 

 cover the club with glory and, at the same time, greatly stimulate 

 yachting in the South, and place it on the same patriotic and advanced 

 plane that the sport enjoys in the North. 



The opportunity for the home club to make itself felt in the yacht- 

 ing world is afforded by the international enp offered for ^-raters by 

 the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. O, of New York. The J^-raters are 

 little sloops 15ft. long on the waterline aud about 23ft. over all, and 

 must be sailed by a crew of two. These little racers give more sport 

 than the large racing boats, and may be said to be just as good models 

 with which to carry on the evolution of speed and yacht designing, 

 and will do it sooner, owing to the greater number built, while they 

 have the great advantage of being cheap, easily handled and com- 

 paratively inexpensive to run. This size of boat is very popular in the 

 North, many yachtsmen who have fine, large yachts, preferring to 

 carry the little sloops for racing purposes, as in racing them the small 

 crew — perhaps the owner and a friemi— are right on their own re- 

 sources, which is a keen pleasure to the thorough yachtsman, and not 

 to be enjoyed on a large craft full of paid hands. The Seawanhaka 

 Club put up the $500 cup, and after they had received an English chal- 

 lenge for it for this year the club arranged for a series of trial 

 races to select a defender, and invited all the other American clubs to 

 enter candidates. The trial races, which were won by the Ethelwynn, 

 of the Indian Harbor Y. C. (she was designed by W. P. Stephens, 

 yachting editor of Forest and Stream), and the international races, 

 the Ethelwynn successfully defending the cup from the English boat, 

 Spruce IV., all took place this summer. The club now has a challenge 

 for early next year from Canada, and J, Arthur Brand, owner of the 

 Spruce, has expressed his intentions of building and coming here 

 again later in the year if the Canadians are not successful in winning 

 the cup. Now, our home club could not float an international racer 

 like the peerless Defender, owing to the local shallow waters, but we 

 can build and race small, light-draft boats. In fact, we have had to 

 develop this class from very necessity, the club having some of the 

 fastest jib and mainsail boats and their sailors in the world. We have 

 but few as small as 15-footers, but from long experience in the 20ft. 

 "sand-baggers" we could turn out a fleet of smaller fixed-ballast 

 boats that would be as good as any in the country. The Southern Y. 



C. should immediately foster the prater class; the regatta committee 

 should draw up a set of rules and offer a fine cup to encourage build- 

 ing. The class would be the life of the sport next spring, and many 

 a man who can now only afford to look on at the expensive racing of 

 larger boats would be steering his own little pet. After the class was 

 well established here the pick of the lot could be sent North and 

 might prove fast enough to have the honor of being selected to defend 

 the Seawanhaka c up. ■ 



Society of Naval Architects and Marine 

 Engineers. 



The third general meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and 

 Marine Engineers will take place in New York city at 10 A M„ Thurs- 

 day, Nov. 7, 1895. Through the courtesy of the president and man- 

 agers of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, t he meetings 

 will be held in the auditorium of 12 West Thirty-first, street, the ses- 

 sions continuing through Thursday and Friday, Nov. 7 and 8.' 



There will be a banquet at the Hotel Brunswick, at 7 P. M. Friday, 

 Nov. 8, to which members and their guests are cordially invited. 



In order that suitable arrangements may be made, the executive 

 committee requests that members will notify the secretary as early 

 as practicable of their intentions as to the hanqttet, and also as to the 

 probability of their attending the meetings of the society. 



Member's intending to propose candidates for membership are re- 

 quested to notify the secretary in order that the necessary blank 

 forms of application may be forwarded and properly rilled out. 



The following papers will be read Thursday, Nov. 7:-l. American 

 Maritime Department— By Captain Henry O. Taylor, U. S. N., Presi- 

 dent Naval War College. 2. Performance of the Twin-Screw Steamer 

 City of Lowell— By Professor Jas, E. Dantnn, Stevens Institute of 

 Technology. 3. Rudder Experiments — U. S. S. Monterey — By 

 Elliot Snow, Assistant Naval Constructor, U S. Navy. 4. Aluminum, 

 —its alloys and their use in ship construction— By J. C. McGuire, 

 Esq., C. E. 5. Methods and Forms for Certain Ship Calculations— By 



D. W. Taylrvr, Naval Constructor, U. S. Navy. 6 The Number of 

 Longitudinal Intervals in Ship Computation, as affecting the Accu- 

 racy of Integration for Displacement, and Note on the Relation 

 between Reduced and True Wetted Surface— By Professor W. F. 

 Durand, Cornell University. 



Friday, Nov. 8.-7. Recent Designs of Vessels for the U. S. Navy— By 

 Philip Hichborn, Chief Constructor, U. S. Navy. 8. Tactical Con- 

 siderations Involved in War Ship Design— By Albert P. Niblack, 

 Lieutenant, U. S. Navy. 9. The Centerboard— its influence on design, 

 its value and its proper use— By Wm. P. Stephens, E^q. 10. Engineer- 

 ing Research in the Navy— Bv Professor Wm. S. Aldrich, University 

 of West Virginia. 11. The Ventilation of Ships— By F. B. Dowst 

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