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FOREST and STREAM. 



[Jan. 26, 1888. 



CORINTHIAN Y. C, OF MARBLEHEAD.— The annual meet- 

 ing of the Corinthian Y. C. was held in Boston on Jan. 18, the first 

 ■business being the dissolution of the club and the election of its 

 members to the newly incorporated club, the name being re- 

 tained. The following officers were then elected: Com., B. W. 

 Crowninshield; Vice-Corn., I. S. Palmer; SecY, Everett Paine; 

 Treas., J. B. Rhodes; Meas., "VVm. Eddy; Regatta Com., George A. 

 Stewart, E. H. Tarbell, C. S. Eaton, F. W. Chandler. J. S. Poyen; 

 Membership Com., Wm. P. Fowle. R. C. Poor, W. W. Keith, O. S. 

 Dennison, W. H. Mills; House Com., F. A. Seamans, E. W. Hodg- 

 kins, H. F. P. Wilkins; Executive Com., the commodore, vice- 

 commodore, treasurer, Messrs. Wm. E. Eaton, Jr., and Frank E. 

 Peabody. The annual dues of the club were raised to $10. The 

 house committee were allowed the sum of $4,000, with which to 

 build and furnish a house. Mr. J. B. Rhodes was elected a dele- 

 gate to the N. E. Y. R. A. and was also voted the thanks of the 

 club for his efforts in securing its incorporation. Lieut. Henn 

 and Mr. Burgess were both elected honorary members. The club 

 has paid off $500 of the land debt and has a balance on hand as 

 well. 



CUTTERS IN BOSTON.— After the taunt from Boston that the 

 Forest and Stream was a cutter paper, it is amusing to look 

 over the list of yachts now building there. The largest of these 

 is a schooner, a centerboard boat, but it is true, nevertheless, that 

 she will draw lift, on 80, or double the draft of American center- 

 board craft of her class. The latest announcement is of a new 

 cutter for Mr. Chas. A. Longfellow, 45ft. l.w.l., 14ft. beam and 8ft. 

 9in. draft, with clipper stem. The name will be Alga, the same as 

 Mr. Longfellow's old cutter. Mr. C. F. Adams's new cutter, the 

 Baboon, will succeed Pappoose, also a cutter; Mr. Fowle will 

 have a 29ft. 6in. cutter, Mr. Eaton another of the same length, Dr. 

 Jameson another small cutter, Mr. C. H. Taylor another, and Mr. 

 C. L. Welch another. Looking along the list the patriotic reader 

 finds at last one centerboard sloop, but there is a little comfort 

 even in this when he finds that she has a lead keel of twelve tons, 

 and all the draft that Larchmont Harbor will easily admit. Truly 

 the Forest and Stream is a cutter paper, and Boston, in spite of 

 the centerboard, is and always will be a cutter city, however 

 much some of her yachtsmen may deny the fact. 



A DINNER TO COM. GERRY. — On Saturday evening a dinner 

 was given to Com. Gerry by the officers of the New \ork Y. C, 

 Seci-etary John H. Bird, Treasurer F. W. J. Hurst, Fleet Surgeon 

 Morris J. Asch, M.D., and Fleet Captain Gouverneur Kortright, 

 Messrs. Stephen Peabody and Alex. Taylor, Jr., of the Regatta 

 Committee. There were present besides, Messrs. George L. Schuy- 

 ler. Vice-Commodore C. C. Haight. W. A. W. Stewart, of the 

 Cythera; E. M. Brown, of the Fedalma; E. C. Benedict, of the 

 Oneida; James W. Hayward, of the Burgess Fund Committee; 

 Frank T. Robinson and George L. Ingraham. 



NEW YORK Y. C— The first regular meeting for 1888 will be 

 held on Feb. 2. The following nominations for officers have been 

 made: Com., Elbridge T. Gerry; Vic-Com., Latham A. Fish; Rear- 

 Corn., Henry Marquand; Sec't'y. John H. Bird; Treas., F. W. J. 

 Hurst; Meas., John Hyslop; Fleet Surgeon, Morris J. Asch. M. D.: 

 Regatta Committee. Gouverneur Kortright, Stephen Peabody and 

 Charles H. Stebbius; House Committee, Edward E. Chase, B. C. 

 Cleemann, E. A. Houghton and Robert S. Bowne; Committee on 

 Admission, Chester Griswold, Joseph P. Earle, George L. In- 

 graham, Frederic Gallatin and Edward M. Brown. 

 "WORK ABOUT BOSTON.— Lawley & Son have the new Burden 

 schooner nearly in frame, and are pushing the work on Mr. Eaton's 

 cutter. Mr. C. R. Flint's S9f t. boat is partly in frame, her 12-ton 

 keel being bolted fast. Mr. Fowles's 29ft. cutter also has her keel 

 down. The Burgess cutter for Dr. Wm. M. Jameson will be built 

 by McPhail, in East Boston. Story has completed the planking of 

 the Frjsbie steamer and will launch her on Feb. 22. She will be 

 towed to Philadelphia to receive her machinery. 



THE FIRST ICEYACHT RACE.— The first race of the winter 

 was sailed at Red Bank on Jan. 20 in a fresh W. wind, course 15 

 miles, for the Commodore's pennant. Dreadnaught, Messrs. 

 Sanger & Pierpoint, won in first class, with Kitty in second. 



ANOTHER STEAM YACHT FOR BOSTON.— Mr. G. F. Fabvan, 

 of Bliss, Fabyan & Co., has ordered a new steam vacht to replace 

 the Fidget, his former boat, and Wm. McKie will build her, also 

 furnishing the design. She will be of wood, about 115ft. l.w.l., 19ft. 

 beam, and 9ft. draft, with 15 and 30x18 engine and a horizontal 

 boiler, both to be built by Webb & Watson, of East Boston, where 

 the hull will also be built. The contract calls for a speed of 14 

 knots for six consecutive hours. 



THE SCHOONER CLASS.-Priscilla will be altered this winter 

 into a schooner, while Com. Canfield will build for the same class 

 a 90ft. yacht of his own design. She will be a deep draft center- 

 board boat, with lead keel, and will be built of steel by Harlan & 

 Hollingswortb. The new Burden schooner, to be named Mar- 

 guerite, will also be rigged for racing, and with lift, of draft in 

 addition to the board she will prove a formidable antagonist* 

 though but 80ft. long. 



CORINTHIAN Y. C. FIXTURES.— The races off Marblehead 

 for the season 1888 are announced as follows: June 16, pennant 

 race; June 30, first championship; July 7, club race for cash 

 prizes; July 21, second championship; July 28, Ladies' race; Aug.ll, 

 open regatta; Aug. 18, cup race; Sept. 3, third championship; Sept. 

 8, sail-off and sweepstakes. 



fe ALARM.— The schooner Alarm, built in 1864 for A. C. Kings- 

 land, has been sold to Messrs. Handren & Robins, late owners of 

 the schooner Rena. The Alarm has been out of commission for 

 some years, so that she is almost unknown to many yachtsmen, 

 but she is a keel boat, 112ft. l.w.l., 24ft. beam, and lift. 3in. draft. 



AN INTERNATIONAL RACE ON THE LAKES.— The yachts- 

 men of Cleveland are now busy with a plan for a series of races 

 between the American and Canadian yachts on the great lakes, to 

 take place next summer. A handsome cup will be offered, but the 

 conditions have not yet been determined. 



TILLIE.— This steam yacht, better known as the Polynia, was 

 sold at auction on Jan 18, under a mortgage held by her former 

 owner, W. H. Starbuck, who sold her last summer to H. S. Ives 

 for .$87,000. The yacht was purchased bv Vernon H. Brown for 

 $26,000. 



PURITAN'S BUILDERS.— Mr. Henry Bryant writes to correct 

 the statement lately made in our columns as to his connection 

 with the Puritan syndicate, as neither he nor his brother were 

 financially interested in her. 



CREEDMOOR.— This steam yacht has been sold to the North 

 End Athletic Club, of Boston, which will refit her, giving her a 

 new engine and boiler. The name will be changed to North End 



A CUP FOR MR. BURGESS.— The cup presented to Mr. Burgess 

 by the St. Augustine Y. C. is of silver, 18in. high and about Sin. 

 in diameter. It was made by Tiffany at a cost of about $700. 



YAMPA.— On Jan. 17 the new schooner Yampa left New York 

 for Fernandin a with her owner on board. She will cruise about 

 the Wind ward Islands this winter. 



CYPRUS.— This 5-ton cutter has been sold to J. F. Monck, of 

 Toronto, for $1,100. She was imported from Scotland last year. 



GITANA, schr., Mr. Wm. F. Weld, sailed from Charleston for 

 Nassau on Jan. 20. 



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No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



C. E. L., Fort Worth, Tex.— We are not familiar with the arm 

 you name. 



J. A. S. -Either one of the arms you name would do excellently 

 for deer. 



F. H. T.— Tho last edition of Coues's "Key" is the best thing for 

 your purpose. 



G. R. I., New York.— Read Bogardus's "Wing, Cover and Trap- 

 Shooting" and Van Dyke's "Still Hunter." 



H. G.— 1. Use chilled shot for the purpose. 2. The crimping 

 mackines will give better results than crimping by hand. 



S. W. M., Brooklyn, N. Y— A single-shot .32cal. rifle, of any 

 make whose mechanism you prefer. See answer to G. L. B., Jr. 



F. C. W., Philadelphia.— We believe the law went into operation 

 last season for the first time. It will be given in an early num- 

 ber. 



G. A. S. Beaver, Pa. — 1. Sighting shots in target shooting are 

 preliminary shots to get the range. We should be glad to have 

 the account. 



M. H. B.— The rules are given in Von Lengerke & Detmold's cat- 

 alogue, which you can obtain on application. We can supply the 

 Hurlingham rules, price 25 cents. 



T. D., Lisbon, Dak.— Will you give the address of parties who 

 are breeding buffalo? Ans. Charles Goodnight, Paloduro, Texas; 

 Mr. Bedson, Stony Mountain, Manitoba. 



M. E. W., Grafton, Dak.— You can find sale in New York for the 

 heads, by writing to some of the dealers in sportsmen's goods 

 whose addresses are given in our advertising columns. 



S. H. B., Saratoga.— Are there any martens, fishers or otters in 

 the Adirondacks, and in what part are they most abundant ? Ans. 

 There are a few, but not many in any locality we know of. 



L. H. J., Rockland, Me.— Can you give me the name of some 

 book on the rifle that will give a tenderfoot some points on shoot- 

 ing? Will shells carefully reloaded by hand give as good results 

 as factory ammunition? Ans. 1. Read Van Dyke's "Still Hunter." 

 2. It depends upon how "carefully" they are loaded. 



R. O'S., St. John, N. B.— 1. What is the best book on fly-dressing 

 and dying feathers? 2. Will the Chinese pheasants (Oregon) do 

 for fly dressing? Ans. 1. "Fishing Tackle, its Materials and 

 Manufacture," by J. H. Keene, price $1.50. We can furjiish it. 2. 

 If the birds are either the silver or golden pheasants their feathers 

 are valuable for some flies. 



S. A.j New York.— Will you please inform me if the liver of our 

 Virginia deer is good to eat ? The Adirondack guides never eat 

 it and say that it is injurious to one's health. Ans. Old hunters 

 as a rule do not eat it. The deer's liver is very apt to contain 

 nematoid worms, like those which cause liver rot in sheep ; this 

 no doubt partly accounts for the prejudice. 



H. C. H., Leavenworth, Kan.— 1. What effect has lengthening 

 the barrel of a rifle on its shooting ? 2. Will a 26in. barrel shoot 

 any better than a 24in. ? 3. What is the twist of the rifling in the 

 Winchester .22 long repeater ? Ans. 1. It puts the sights further 

 apart and in that way makes the shooting more accurate. 2. It 

 should if it can be held as steady. 3. Uniform .twist, one turn in 

 20in. 



W. H. G., Chicago.— I have an English setter dog of the very 

 best strain, less than a year old, who has been pronounced gun- 

 shy by an experienced trainer, to whom I had sent him for an 

 education. Will you kindly advise me whether there is any cure 

 for gun fright in a dog and the best method for effecting it. Ans. 

 The method described in Hammond's "Training vs. Breaking" 

 has been successful in numerous instances coming under our 

 own notice and it would probably prove effective in the present 

 case. 



J. N. W., Barton, Vt— The Buffalo Courier reports Capt. Jack 

 Crawford as saying of rifle shooting at flying objects, that the 

 shots who give exhibitions of this sort have cartridges filled with 

 shot and having a papier-mac lie protuberance at the end to look 

 like a bullet. Is it true that all experts use this cheat, or do some 

 of them use real bullets? Ans. Such cartridges as described are 

 made and may be used in some exhibitions. Not a few of the 

 snap-shooting tests are made with single bullets, and the use of 

 these imitation shot-bullets is not at all universal. 



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