800 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec. 7, 189$. 



Royal St. Lawrence Y. C— 1895. 



i Since its incorporation, four years back, though organized in 1888, the 

 Royal St. Lawrence- Y. C, of Montreal, hag become quite an impor-, 

 tant factor in the yachting world. With its club house, storage and 

 building sheds, marine railway, oier, breakwater, basin, tennis courts, 

 etc., etc., it employs quite a staff, and is in a much better position to 

 satisfy the yachtsman's wants than many a club of greater prom- 

 inence.i, It is continually Improving and enlarging its properties, and 

 with the work of iis energetic committees may within the coming 

 year do greater things than even its most ardent members might 

 imagine. The club now musters some 70 sailing and 30 steam yachts, 

 and nearly 500 members, with a regular annual increase. 



If the racing of the past season was not quite as been as it might 

 have been, more especially in the larger classes, it is chiefly due to the 

 hreyailmg light airs attendant or. last summer's racing days. Though 

 fortunately all classes have finished within the time limit, many of 

 the slower boats were disghsted and preferred not to start unless a 

 finish at least looked fairly sure. 



Last spring a committee was elected for the purpose of looking Into 

 the advisability of promoting a smaller two man craft than the exist- 

 ing 18-footers. A less expensive and more easily handled boat, offer- 

 ing about the same accommodation and speed as the club's present 

 smallest craft, was what this committee sought for. The capital rac- 

 ing and service afforded by what the English termed p raters— before 

 their change of measurement came into force— was well known, and 

 the racing of the 15-footers about New York was keenly watched. 

 Consequently the 15ft. class was promptly formed, and next season 

 will see numerous and valuable prizes for this small type of yacht, 

 which at present seems to be all the rage among the most important 

 yachting nations. 



,> It hecomes no yachtsman to say an unbind word of anything that 

 floats, and it is not in a detrimental sense that the following remarks 

 are made. With scarcely a kick that swift and uncomfortable— when 

 over-canvased, as it usually is— toy, the St Lawrence sailing skiff, has 

 as a racer died a natural death. Those left boatless by this disaster, 

 it is hoped, will take up the cause of the 15-footer. They will be trusty 

 little ships, compared to the late and lamented, on the sharp gun- 

 wale of which you may repose, but are not compelled to sit or sink. 



Mr. Duggan's challenge for the Seawanbaka Uorinthian Y. C. inter- 

 national trophy, through the Roy. St. L Y. C, being, accepted, will 

 doubtless give quite an impetus to building and racing during the 

 coming year. At least six 15ft. boats should appear, by what can be 

 learned at present. 



THE SEASON'S RACING. 



,On Saturday, June 1, the racing season of the Royal St. Lawrence 

 Y. C. was opened, when the 18ft. class bad its first contest. It was fine 

 and warm, no wind being detected for more than an hour after the 

 startj then a pleasant southwesterly breeze sprang up. Meanwhile 

 Pirate, followed by Lassie, drifted about three-quarters of a mile up 

 thp lake toward the first mark, Tombola, less fortunate, grounded 

 within a stone's throw of the starting buoy, to which she afterward 

 moored, recommencing on feeling the breeze that her companions 

 were first to enjoy. 



. .The course, a distance of five miles, was twice around a triangle, 

 Rear-Corn. Jackson acting as officer of the day. Pirate showed the 

 way during the first round, but was overhauled by Lassie in the wind- 

 war$ work of the second. Tombola turned first mark over fifteen 

 minutes astern, but gaining six minutes in the remaining four miles, 

 clearly showed her superiority in a true wind. Start, 8:55: 



Elapsed. 



1. Lassie 2 09 47 



2. Pirate 2 i2 88 



Tombola ...2 18 50 



Vixen Did not start. 



Saturday, June 8, brought a cruisinz race, for all classes, to 

 Laloude's Bay, a distance of eight miles, which turned out to be a 

 drifting match to windward in the prevailing light southerly air 

 which at times fell completely. Time allowances were made at the 

 start, Mr. J. C. C. Almon being officer of the day. Dream crossed 

 the line before her gun, and did not return to recross properly, while 

 Rita and Frolic started too late to do as well as they might. Rita'fi 

 modern bow and Frolic's double headeails puzzled some of their '94 

 acquaintances. Xania, the smallest starter, was first away, and led 

 to the finish. Start 3:55: 



j „ Corrected. 



t Xania 3 36 00 



S. Chaperon , , 4 23 



3. Rita '. 4 58 08 



Frolic 5 42 00 



Dream Not timed. 



The fleet, under command of Rear-Corn. Jackson, aboard Dream 



was joined by other yachts, and early the following morning 

 started, in a light breeze, for Beauharnois. All reported at the club 

 that evening, feeling lucky at reaching home in the scarcely per- 

 ceptible air. 



Saturday, June 15, brought out the 18-footers for their second race 

 Vice-Corn. Smith being in charge. 



The flighty quartet was sent three times around the triangle, 7U, 

 miles, in a moderate, flawy northeasterly breezer; it being clear ami 

 warm, many witnessed a remarkably .prettv contest 



Vixen, a new boat by Cuthbert, of Toronto, and the Clapham 

 yearling Tombola went at it hammer and tongs around the entire 

 course, never getting beyond "secret-telling" distance of each other 

 Vixen's best point, down the wind, was quite equaled by Tombola's 

 windward and reaching, which kept 1 he smaller boat well within her 

 time allowance. 



It was disappointing, however, to see the gritty little newcomer 

 cheated out of a sure second place by being needlessly made to bear 

 down and foul Tombola while on the port tack. 



Lassie found Pirate pretty hard game, but at the end of second 

 round established a lead which was gradually lengthened to the finish. 

 Start 3:35: 



I Tombola J®*$ 



1 Lassie 1 64 Stt 



3 - Pira t* 1 57 37 



Vixen (allows Tombola 42s. (1:51:45) Disqualified 



Saturday, June 22, was cloudy and not exactly a day to test the 

 relative speeds of the different starters on account, of the fickle S E 

 wind, which freshening veered to the east for the home run 



The A, 30 and 25ft. classes, were to sail.the regular club 10-mile 

 course; the Valois Bay triangular 5-mile course being left to the 21- 

 footers. Mr. David A. Poe, officer of the day, started all at 8:80 



Valda, the only 25-footer entered, would not take a sailover while 

 the measuring of Ellida after the race spoiled the fun for both- with 

 her new canvas the latter easily went into the 25ft. class. Ellida was 

 awarded a prize, however, for making so good a showing winning 

 handily from Folly (a modern Cuthbert boat) and giving' Elsie a 

 Jl^'l 111 ^ R roba Wy Dot having forgotten the turnabout contests of 

 1892 she had with the latter. 



CLASS A. 



, Corrected. 

 1. Chaperon 2 46 50 



Coquette 2 50 15 



oOft. class. 



*■ £* nia a 30 48 



Rlta 2 40 00 



21ft. CLASS. 



Ellida (measured over Si ft.) 2 °3 15 



1- Folly I".",'. 2 27 27 



2 ftate '.2 33 47 



Jubilant. T) ia not gtal . t> 



Saturday, J nne 29, th6 fairest racing day of the season, was clear 

 and warm, the steady westerly breeze with a "bone in it" had made 

 the lake a bit lumpy. 



Mr. Robt. Fitz-Gibbon, the officer of the day, sent the small fry twice 

 around the triangle, 5 miles. 



This race was an object lesson, and added much weight to the fact 

 that an over-canvased yacht affords no better results than an over- 

 charged gun. 



1 ? ir £ tf L a - nd Las . sie struggled and labored along under full sail, prob- 

 . £ „dmg thelr own runnin ff- but making wretched windward work 

 of it. The latter, however, capped the climax by capsizing when 

 trying to carry a spinaker on a beam reach. Vixen with a reef down 

 made but a poor showing her headsail was too large for the short- 

 ened mainsail. Tombola led over the line, never looking back havina- 

 oue tuck turned in and No. 3 jib. She seemed to leave her classmate! 

 on every leg. Besides being well trimmed she wag well sail.-d. and 

 with the exception of Aug. 17, when under full sail. Tombola^ was 

 this day the fastest time around the course. Start 3- 45' 



L Tombola..... ' 



3. vixen::::::::::::::::;;::;::;;:;;;;:;;;;:;;;;v;;;;;;;;;;;;;-j ^ g 



La98,e .'..Capsized, 



Monday, July 1 our national holiday (Dominion Day), had every 

 promise of a thunderstorm or nothing. The morning called for the 

 fourth annual contest for Honorary Commodore "f ir Donald A 

 Smith's challenge cup, classes A, 30 and 25 footers being eligible A 

 threatening sky, a southerly patchy air at the start, then from all 

 quarters, steadying down for an hour's stiff southwesterly wind 

 seasoned up with an ugly rain squall from a directly opposite duarter' 

 necessitated a beat home. Rear-Coni. Jackson got the fleet oft' 

 at U A. M, over the lO-uiUe club couree. \Aoia, the smallest finisher 



cleverly handled throughout, easily repeated her performance of '94 

 and so retains the cup for another year. 



1. Xania 2 57 00 



Chaperon 3 12 30 



Coquette 3 14 18 



Rita 8 15 Iff 



Frolic Did not. complete course. 



Valda. Did not complete course. 



At 3:45 Mr. Kobert Fitz : Gibbon got the little ones out for their fourth 

 attempt to down each other; one was indeed downed and for a repeti- 

 tion of an error eo plainly demonstrated on June 29. The noon squall 

 had failed to clear the air to any marked extent. Twice around the tri- 

 angle, 5 miles, was f he order of the day, a nice start being made in a 

 full sail southerly breeze. Lassie led Pirate and Tolombola over the 

 line, Vixen bringing up the rear. In the windward work Tombola 

 went up head. All, well bunched, arrived at Mark No. 2 the same 

 time as a rain squall and steamer, but not a hair was turned, only the 

 buoy. Away they went before the now stiff wind, Tombola, with poor 

 execution of a good idea, reefing, down the wind, to be ready on the 

 turn to windward, was so long at it that Lassie, who was bravely 

 staggering against, some hard purls, got too far ahead to have her 

 claim for first placa harmed. All sail was used for the finish, the 

 wind softening considerably. Vixen's shortening canvas on a turn to 

 windward cost lier dearly, and' Pirate threw away a sure place by not 

 leaving well alone 



Elapsed. 



1. Lassie ...... 1 22 05 



2. Tombola 1 82 40 



Vixen Did not finish: 



Pirate Capsized. 



Saturday, July 6, witnessed the first annual race for Com. Hamilton's 



Cup— open to yachts measuring over 21ft, It was cloudy and warm, 

 and in alight variable southeasterly air, the starters, well bunched, 

 crossed the line; finishing in a puffy easterly breeze. Xania won 

 easily, and even had Chapsron not grounded within a gunshot of the 

 finish, Rita would ha'O'e been second on time allowance; Valda. how- 

 ever, crept up to third position, on account of Mr. Clouston's blnck 

 cutter hugging the well-known shoal too-elosely. 



Mr. David A Poe was officer of the day and at 3:30 sent the starters 

 oif around the 10-mile club course. 



Corrected. 



Xania ; 2 44 37 



Rita , g 06 00 



Valda 3 18 40 



Chaperon 3 21 60 



Coquette 3 26 00 



Saturday, July 13, the second cruising race for all classes took place, 

 time allowances being made at the start. The course to Laloude's 

 Bay, a distance of about eight miles, in the fresh northwesterly wind 

 was a close reach, Mr. J. C. C. Almon gave the first signal at 3.30 and 

 before the smoke had disappeared the smallest starter, Tombola, was 

 over the line and away. Vixen did not start and Elaie was late in 

 getting off. Rita easily drew away from Coquette and gradually over- 

 hauled Valda, but the speedy 18-footer could not be caught and won 

 handily— carrying full mainsail and small jib, setting the large jib for 

 the last mile to finish in style suitable to a winner. Off Valois Bay, 

 Rita and Valda catching some hot puffs struck their topsails, resetting 

 them however on nearing Lynch's Island. Coquette becoming dis- 

 abled and returning home robbed the fleet of its commanding officer; 

 the yachts accordingly separated; Valda and Rita remaining away over 

 night, while Elsie followed Tombola home.J 



This was a most enjoyable race, the hard squalls lending life to the 

 cool and gray afternoon. 



, 4 .' . Corrected. 



1, Tombola 1 29 00 



% Rita 1 31 15 



3. Valda 1 33 57 



Elste 1 4a 15 



Coquette Disabled. 



Vixen . , , , Did not start. 



Saturday, July 20, turned out fine ana warm, out very disappointing 

 as a race day. Rear -Commodore Jackson delaying the start, trusting 

 a breeze might spring up, at 4 o'clock, in a patchy S.W. air, sent all 

 hands around the 10-mile club course; the 21-footers covering but 8 

 miles by omitting one leg. 



Jubilant, nicely timed, led the fleet across the line, but was soon 

 p9ssed by Elsie and Flatiron. At the first mark the tail enders were 

 favored with a nice breeze which enabled them to accompany some of 

 the leaders around Buoy No. 2. After this the wind petered out and 

 only Rita with her sky-scraping topsail, and Flatiron with soma secret 

 power, managed to move onward. The manner in which ttie latter 

 craft, hung on to her larger mate was truly remarkable. Waterwiteh 

 and Elsie followed them around the third mark, where the balance of 

 the fleet hovered about for over an hour whistling for: the favoring 

 puff that would lift them around the buoy. 



Three gave up and drifted home. The time limit being 4b. 30m., 

 Waterwiteh saved her class from resailing the race by !5s. 



A AND 30FT. CLASS C011B1NED 



t Rita 3 53 10 



Coquette 5 01 01 



25PT. CLASS. 



1. Waterwiteh 4 29 45 



2. Okieha '.['.'.,]$ 31 00 



Valda Did not finiBh. 



Ellida Did not finish. 



Marjorie Did not finish. 



2lFT. CLASS. 



i- S a . tiron 2 * 6 J 5 



2. Elsie 4 02 22 



3. Folly \' A 17 52 



Jubilant 4 ig OS 



Soubrette 4 23 32 



Saturday, Aug. 17, the 21 and 18-footers donned' their war paint and 



feathers to settle which would hold the Hamilton challenge trophy 

 through the coming winter. Flatiron and her smaller companion, 

 Tombola (respectively the most likely boats of the above classes), had 

 not yet met, and all believed barring accidents one of these two would 

 win. In spite of the small amount of windward work Tombola 

 started a hot favorite. 



Mr. Robert Fitz-Gibbon started them off at 3:35, three times around 

 the triangular course, 7^ miles. 



A dull, threatening sky with a moderate east wind, gradually blow- 

 ing up to half a gale from the south at the finish, were the prevailing 

 weather conditions. 



Flatiron led Tombola in the reach to first mark, but was overhauled 

 in the windward work. They would have arrived at Buoy No. 2 to- 

 gether, but unfortunately the 21-footer passed the mark and had to 

 return to round it. Tombola, with a lead of fully a minute on the 

 first round, seemed to gain on every leg of the course from this out. 

 Vixen made a plucky fight, but could hot hold the older boats. Pirate 

 did well, but was witbin an ace of being caught by Jubilant, who, 

 starting some three minutes late, put Elsie back one place. The latter 

 two had quite a tussle, but whether or not Elsie's jovial owner pre- 

 ferred taking the leather medal to letting the donor of the cup, who 

 wa6 at Jubilant's helm, capture it, will never be known; suffice it to 

 say Elsie's jib got in trouble at the most exciting moment. 

 1. Tombola 1 37 44 



Flatiron , '"1 40 55 



Vixen I 4 \"wl 46 15 



? Ira 7 e -: 1 M 55 



Jubilant 1 50 l§ 



Elsie ; .*.'.'. !!.'.'!'.*.'."2 0s 40 



Wideawake Did not start. 



I 011 ?--,- Did not star 



Soubrette Did not finis 



The first annual race for the Judge Girouard Cup, open, the club 25- 

 footers, was sailed the same day, around the club 10-mile course. 

 This class having rtone practically no racing, it was hard to pick the 

 winner, but many looked to Valda for first place, and had she been 

 driven down the home stretch, as in days of yore, perhaps the good 

 little sloop would have saved her time on Undine. Okiaha was well 

 sailed and deserved the prize, which the club's largest cat would have 

 won had she not wasted so much time by making her first trial at set- 

 ting a spmaker. Waterwitch's behavior was odd, and, as in the fury 

 of the breeze she crossed the line with mainsail on deck, no one won- 

 dered at her being last. 



< , „ . l Corrected, 



1. Okieha , , 2 00 21 



Upline | 3 00 45 



Va'da 2 03 32 



2 °9 29 



Waterwiteh 3 le 05 



Marjorie D.d not start. 



The club anchorage; presented a lively scene— the competitors in 

 both races arriving just as the gale was at its jolliest, soa;e in a more 

 or less confused state. Happily ad was made snug and r- ,i?,rnaee sus- 

 tained. . u * 6 



Saturday, Sept. 14.— A race for cat-rigged yachts wa'u coiled twice 

 around the triangular course, 5 miles. 



Mr. Fred P. Shearwood, acting ai offlcsr of the day, started the 

 yachts at 3:47 in rather a fluky westerly breeze. 



Undine had the race well in hand after the first round, but VVate - 

 witch, by working along shore in a better breeze, came right upon its 

 larger companion, finishing but Is. after it. The small number of en- 

 tries for this race is accounted for by the fact of other yacht owners 

 a tteading the steamboat parade outsjde Sandy Hook, 



1 m ^ ... , Corrected. 



1. Waterwiteh..... 1 28 40 - 



2. Undine 1 #9 25 



Mariorie Did not finish. 



Wideawake Did not start. 



Saturday, Sept. 28, the last of the club's 1895 racing days, proved to 

 be Cool and bright, with a moderate northeasterly breeze. The Rear- 

 Commodore, after trying in vain to have an 18ft. sweepstake race, 

 arranged a match between his Vixen and the club's wee champion. 



Mr. David A. Poe held the ribbons, and on account of the late start 

 ordered the yachts once around the triangle (3 miles). 



Whether or not the powder was wet will never be known, but to 

 this day the starting eun has not been heard. The respective own- 

 ers, rowing up to mike the westerly mark, have yet to make their 

 first protest. They thought nothing of a " little thing like that." 



Tombola nicely tirred, with her larger chum close up (thinking it 

 too soon), turned back to reapproach the line; Vixen, perceiving an 

 agitated state of affairs on the pier end, grasped the situation, broke 

 out her spinaker, and made for Buoy No. 1, 153. in the lead. 



On the run Tombola lost nothing, though she set no spinaker, and 1 

 picked up 10s. on the reach to the skiff, in which were comfortably 

 seated Messrs. Jackson and Hamilton. 



There was little to choose between them at this point; the one-mile 

 heat back, however, settled the race, Mr. Hamilton's boat romping 

 home in a canter, not requiring her time allowance, which on this 

 special occasion had been withdrawn. 



, _ , , Elapsed. 



1 Tombola 33 05 



2. Vixen 34 25 



If the racing fever strikes in next season the club can turn out 

 half a dozen yachts in each of the two larger classes and some ten in 

 each of the 25, 21 and lS-f t. classes, any of which could' give a fair 

 account of herself by the fall. 



Both Xania and Tombola are probably a little too strongfor some of 

 the less modern boats: nevertheless, if handled and tuned up as well 

 as these two were, if results were not exactly reversed, the finishes 

 might be much closer. 



The most interest was undoubtedly taken in the contests of the 

 smaller yachts, and without hurting the larger classes it should be 

 greater next season. 



RECAPITULATION OF THE SEASON'S RACING. 

 CLASS A. 



Starts. Firsts. Seconds. Thirds. 

 Dream, sip., H. M. Molson & 



Hon. A. W. Morris 1 .. .. Started too soon. 



Coquette, cut,, C >m. Hamilton 5 



Chaperon, cut., E. S Clouston. 4 1 1 



SOFT. CLASS. 



Rita, sip., C. O. Clark 6 1 11 1 



Frolic, cut , E. K. Green & W. 



A. C. Hamilton 2 



Xania, sip , G. H. Duggan 4 4 



25ft. class. 



Undine, cat, Geo. R. Marler . . . 2 . . 1 



Valda, sip., A. F, Riddell 5 . . . . "i 



Waterwiteh, cat, Jas. Paton . . 3 2 



Ellida, sip., F. Jamieson 3 1 sailover. 



Marjorie, cat sip , W. G. Ross. 3 

 Okieha, cut., C. E. Archbald. . 2 1 1 



21ft. class, 



Flsie, sip,, Win, Davidson. , ..4 .. 2 



Soubrette, sip . J. Eeator 1 



Folly, sip., A. E. Abbott 2 1 .. 1 



Flatiron, sip., A. & H. Drum- 

 mond ,.2 1 



Jubilant, sip., Hamilton Bros. 2 



18ft. class. 



Vixen, sip., Rear-Corn. Jack- 

 son 5 .. .. I 



*Pirate, sip., C. H. Routh .... 2 . . 2 1 



i Tombola, sip, W. A. C. Ham- 

 ilton 7 5 I 



JLassie, sip , H. M. Molson ... 4 2 l 



*Pirate, one capsize. I Tombola, one aground. tLassie, one cap- 

 size. 



The Dunraven Charges. 



Though the special committee of the New York Y. C. began its 

 work immediately after its appointment, nothing has yet been made 

 public. It is surmised that a letter has been sent by the committee to 

 the Royal Yacht Squadron, but even this is not definitely known. 

 Following the editorial which we reprinted last week, the Yachtsman 

 speaks as follows in its issue of Nov. 21. 



We have been called (o account by divers correspondents for hav- 

 ing ventured to express an opinion last week in disparagement of 

 Lord Dunraven's action of publishing his now famous Cup fiasco 

 pamphlet. However, while fully appreciating the fact that all our 

 readers are entitled to cherish their own sentiments on such interna- 

 tional matters, we must take leave to say that the man at the Yachts- 

 man's wheel has always made a point of saying what he thinks, and 

 not what he thinks other people think. In this case of the accusation 

 of foul play brought by Lord Dunraven against the crew of the De- 

 fender, we feel as yet unconvinced that the Valkyrie manifesto will 

 serve to do aught but lower the prestige of British yachting in the 

 eyes of impartial readers— and these are to b a found on both sides of 

 the Atlantic in large numbers, while Continental nations areobvlously 

 dispassionate in this instance. 



Leaving aside, as we well may, the first outbreak of natural indigna- 

 tion and indecorous language which found its way into the New York 

 press when the gist of Lord Dunraven's pamphlet became known, we 

 would ask our readers to carefully peruse the Times telegram, which 

 we publish elsewhere. Mr. Iselin's letter to the abnormally large gen- 

 eral meeting of the N. Y. Y. O, held on Monday last, puts the case, 

 from the Yankee point of view, with great clearness, and we confess 

 that Mr. Iselin has only accentuated our own views regarding this 

 most unfortunate lapse of dignity on the part of Lord Dunraven. 



We must not, however, be understood to think that this pamphlet 

 has in any way whitewashed the Cup committee of the N. Y. Y. C. 

 Lord Dunraven's complaints are not confined to snipping and unship- 

 ping ballast aboard Defender; though that, indeed, is by far the 

 gravest accusation, inasmuch as Mr. Iselin is directly responsible for 

 such cheating, if it occurred. We fancy that it was a pretty well ac- 

 cepted belief among British yachtsmen before the publication of Lord 

 Dunraven's pamphlet that Valkyrie had not received the fair and 

 square treatment that her owners would expect in British waters. 

 But does that fact in the slightest degree justify the publication of 

 Lord Dunraven's pamphlet the week before last ? Surely no men in 

 England knew better than the head of the Valkyrie syndicate and Mr. 

 G. L. Watson what conditions and treatment would probably have to 

 be faced in the Cup races. 



In the number of the Yacht sm an which appeared on Sept. 5— two 

 days before the first match— we clearly pointed out the annoyance of 

 what we have since been pleased to call the New York "floating rab- 

 ble," and yet we have never had the delight of witnessing an America 

 Cup race. It therefore seems to us that Lord Dunraven's complaint 

 on this score, though fully justified by facts, is rather feeble. How- 

 ever, Lord Dunraven's enthusiasm has more than once led him to 

 abandon demands which his experience should have taught him were 

 essential, and leaving aside the great personal influence which he 

 exerted to get the Royal Yacht Squadron to accept the new deed as 

 a valid document, he was content to forego hiB request that the 

 matches should be sailed off Marblehead. 



We are glad to see that the New York Yacht Club intends to 

 thoroughly investigate the grave charge brought against Defender's 

 crew, and the impeachment of its own conduct contained in this 

 pamphle., jud that Lord Dunraven himself has signified his willingness 

 to face the storm that he has too tardily created by going to New York 

 and fori.. alating his accusations in propria persona. This, perhaps, 

 is the oii' ■ course open to him now, and the fact that he feels called 

 upon to 'low it is surely sufficient proof that the Cup pamphlet 

 should: .iave been published; and, indeed, by the same cablegram 

 to Mr. I id Kersey, Lord Dunraven is reported to have expressed 

 the opinion that it is now too late for an investigation. 



This 1 should be settled, we emphatically say, by the Royal 



Yacht Squadron— through Lord Dunraven, perhaps— and the New 

 York Yacht Club. The honor of the one club is now no less at stake 

 than that svf the other, and the Royal Yacht Squadron, having made 

 one faux pus at the start, should see to it that it disclaims any share 

 in the needless and. we may say, childish stirring of muddy water 

 which Lord Dunraven has found consistent with his dignity. 



liffc ^dnge mid %nlhtQ. 



School of Instruction for New York Patrolmen. 



The patmlmeu of New York city are to be taught how to handle the 

 revolvers with which they are armed, so that those weapons of de- 

 fense and offense may be used with more safety to their owners and 

 the general publie, and with increased danger to evildoers. 



Fopkst anu Stream has long advocated aome sucb. "school of in 



