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[Aug. 11, 1887. 



came in in the following order, Volunteer having held the lead 

 throughout: 



SCHOONEBS. 



l , Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Sachem 7 00 10 40 54 27 40 51 27 08 18 



Iroquois 7 00 11 34 40 28 54 40 27 49 22 



Magic 7 00 12 33 22 29 33 22 28 45 45 



Troubadour 7 00 2 26 02 31 26 02 30 51 38 



Palmer 7 00 2 19 19 31 19 19 31 11 22 



Eepublic 7 00 2 56 53 31 56 53 31 39 02 



Norseman 7 00 3 23 10 32 33 10 32 23 10 



Mohican 7 00 4 12 20 33 12 20 33 04 17 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS AND CUTTERS. 



Volunteer 7 00 7 42 13 24 42 13 24 42 13 



Mayflower 7 00 10 07 28 27 07 28 27 05 22 



Priscilla 7 00 10 22 18 27 22 18 27 14 42 



Atlantic 7 00 10 *0 45 27 40 45 27 35 35 



Puritan 7 00 Not timed. 



SECOND CLASS SLOOPS AND CUTTERS. 



Bedouin 7 00 10 20 26 27 20 26 27 17 04 



Gracie 7 00 10 28 10 27 28 10 27 23 29 



Clara. 7 00 12 15 45 29 15 45 28 19 07 



Huron 7 00 11 41 28 23 41 21 28 23 03 



Stranger 7 00 11 41 17 28 41 17 28 25 24 



Cuiderella 7 00 12 33 3S 29 33 38 28 41 22 



Fanny 7 00 3 41 09 32 41 09 32 31 41 



Ulidia 7 00 4 28 03 33 28 03 32 30 38 



Pocahontas 7 00 4 08 10 33 08 10 33 01 50 



Thus the schooner Sachem bents the Iroquois 4lm. 4s. The Vol- 

 unteer beats the Mayflower 2h. 23m. 9s. The cutter Bedouin beats 

 the Grade 6m. 25s. 



THE GALATEA IN AMERICA. 



I SUPPOSE you have seen the accounts of our last race with 

 Mayflower. I am now quite satisfied that Mayflower can beat 

 us in any weather, from a light air to a whole sail breeze. After 

 making all allowance for Galatea not being wound up quite as 

 well as she was last year, owing to having a numerically weaker 

 crew, and her bottom being in a somewhat rough condition, the 

 ice last winter having cut away a good deal of the cement with 

 which it is coated, and also for the time which we lost through 

 striking a calm spot while Mayflower had a strong breeze, I am of 

 opinion that Mayflower is ten minutes faster than Galatea over a 

 forty-mile course in such weather as the last race was sailed in; 

 in light weather, if Galatea was canvassed to the extent she can 

 carry since the lead keel was put right, the difference might not 

 he so much. The ballast being wrong the first year undoubtedly 

 misled us as to her sail-carrying capacities; then she could not 

 carry the original sail plan, and we reduced her all round. The 

 second season the original sail plan was restored, and it mieht 

 have been augmented considerably, at all events for sailing in 

 these waters. I have been sailing her this year with two tons of 

 ballast less, and she is still as stiff as a church. The New York 

 races were all more or less fluky, and flukes did not come our 

 way. "When the breeze was true and had weight she did well 

 enough with Atlantic and Priscilla, both of which are supposed to 

 be improved since last year. During the New York Yacht Club 

 race the fleet encountered a smart squall. Priscilla and Atlantic 

 had to douse topsails and lower foresails to it, and then were rail 

 under. We hung on to our jack-yarder, and were just down to 

 the covering board, no more. The squall onlv lasted half an hour, 

 but in that time we improved our position from No. 19 to No. 4 in 

 the race, and the sloop advocates had to allow that the narrow 

 cutter stood up better than Atlantic or Priscilla. Both of these 

 vessels are, I think, faster than Mayflower off the wind, but can- 

 not look at her to windward. On a broad reach they tan pass us 

 as if we were anchored; on a close reach we are slightly better 

 than they are, and we can stick pretty close to them on a dead 

 run, and to windward, if there is any sea, we can beat them. 



I think the Americans are still ahead of us in the matter of 

 sails, and I am not sure if the material they use has not something 

 to do with it. 1 have had a look at the Volunteer, and as far as I 

 can judge (for she is not yet down to her load line) she ought to be 

 a very powerful and fast vessel. She is narrower on deck than 

 Mayflower, but of the same beam on waterline; her sides tumble 

 home a trifle more^her sternpost rakes more, her keel is cambered 

 and she has about iO tons of lead run in and loose: spars are much 

 about the same as Mayflower's, boom 2ft. longer (82ft.). She ap- 

 pears to be very lightly built, and the plating is very smooth and 

 fair. She is also deeper than Mayflower and I think will he faster 

 and therefore give the Thistle a good race. 



I don't think I shall race Galatea any more. I only wanted to 

 have a good square race with Mayflower for my own satisfaction 

 and I have had it aud am satisfied. We will wait out and see 

 Thistle through and then up stick and home again some time in 

 October. 



The modern Yankee sloop (?) is to all intents and purposes a 

 beamy cutter Willi a board; the rig, even to the smallest details, 

 is cutter. Housing bowsprits and longer topmasts are coming 

 into fashion, and heavy lead keels are all the rage. There is a 

 little keel sloop (?) lying close to us called Pappoose, Burgess's 

 latest— 38 W.1.X12; 8ft. draft, with 12 tons on the keel. She has 

 only sailed one race as yet. On that occasion she beat the hitherto 

 invincible centerboard sloop Shadow ten minutes. Pappoose is a 

 beamy cutter pure and simple, and a pretty boat too. The days 

 of the old death trap skimming-dish are over in America, and 

 moderate beam and depth have won the day. I hope Thistle will 

 do the trick; she appears to >be a marvel in light weather, but do 

 you think she will be as good a sea boat as Irex and Co., carrying 

 such canvas, and the freight of a timber ship aloft? 



We are now with the Eastern Y. C. Squadron on its annual 

 cruise up the coast of Maine, and we shall probably look into 

 Halifax (Nova Scotia) before we return to New York to see the 

 trial races. These should prove interesting. Mayflower has been 

 sold. I hope her new owner will do her justice, for she is a grand 

 vessel of her type, and Volunteer will be a good one if she can 

 beat her much.— William Henn in London Field, 



SINGLEHAND CUTTERS.— Editor Forest and Stream: Though 

 opposed to the extreme cutter, I cannot refrain from express) fit' 

 my admiration of the sailor-like manner Mr. Will Howell handles 

 his thoroughbred alone and in the tricky weather recently expe- 

 rienced on the Delaware. He has never had occasion to reef his 

 little ship, no ma.Lter how severe the blow. When the Minerva 

 capsized the little cutter was close aboard on the big one's weather, 

 and went about her business as if nothing unusual was the mat- 

 ter. Wlien it becomes necessary to reef our first-class sloops, 

 then it is the "wee un" puts her big sister to shame. An ex-com- 

 modore of the Q. C. Y. C— cutter all over— with a queer smile 

 puckering the port side of his mouth, said, "All right, Cap, you 

 are the strongest cutter advocate I ever met, but you don't want 

 to believe." Has any one noticed that peculiar left-handed smile 

 of Com. B. when on the cutter rampage? Mr. Howell's cutter is 

 26ft. over all, 5ft. beam, 4ft, 4in. draft, with two tons of lead on 

 keel. She was built by James Collins from the owner's design. — 

 R. G. Wilkins (Cooper's Point, Camden). 



SIPPICAN Y. C.-The first open regatta of the Sippican Y. C. 

 was sailed in a good southwest wind off Marion, Mass., on Aug. 6. 

 The times were: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Symigl, C. C. Hanley 25.01 2 36 07 2 28 25 



Climax, E. Stetson 26.01 2 35 55 2 19 47 



Mabel, S. H. Perry 24.00 2 43 25 2 23 52 



Tramp, T. A. Akin 26.06 2 44 06 2 28 36 



Mattie, Howard 25.04 2 49 36 2 32 18 



SECOND CLASS. 



Mollie, J. Hill 23.07 2 37 36 2 18 05 



Superior, W. W. Phinney 23.09 2 38 15 2 18 15 



Crawl. J. H. Hiller 23.01 2 40 49 2 19 39 



Mist, F. W. Sargent 33.00 2 43 00 2 19 40 



Wild Cat, S. P. Hill 22.07 2 42 03 2 19 57 



Hazel, H. Crosby 23.10 2 49 03 2 29 03 



Lestris, W. S. Crane 21.08 2 54 25 2 30 23 



Eleanor, J. Parkinson 21 .05 Time not taken. 



THIRD CLASS. 



Trump, Gasper Whiting 18.09 1 43 14 1 25 05 



Marjorie, Lindley Loring 19.00 1 43 12 1 25 25 



Zay, Frank L. Luce 17.04 1 57 45 1 37 27 



Alice, A. T. Mervel 19.03 1 55 53 1 38 26 



Ripple, H. 0. Bouer 18.03 2 08 14 1 49 20 



FOURTH CLASS. 



Wide Awake, Jack Pegrani 14.03 1 37 53 1 11 57 



Lynx, Walter Austin 14.09 1 40 32 1 15 36 



Nymph, James Clark 1 41 51 1 16 45 



Juanita, Wm. Davis 14.01 1 45 20 1 19 11 



I-tell-ye, T. Hemenway 14.10 1 49 28 1 23 42 



Jennie, Irving Chapman 12.10 1 56 20 1 27 14 



Skip Jack, V. Knudson Time not given. 



June Bug, Dr. Foster 11.11 Withdrawn. 



WEST LYNN Y. C— The second race of the special series was 

 sailed off the club house on Aug. 6. The prize in each class is a 

 silver cup to he won twice. The times were: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Lark, Sproule and Olin 22.04 2 17 08 2 13 36 



Blanche, Martin Nies 23. 05 2 22 53 2 13 21 



8ECOND CLASS. 



Flying Yankee. Sawyer and Rich. . .18.06 1 14 31 1 10 26 



Hornet, F. Stoddard 19.02 1 19 32 1 15 34 



Alice L., P. Lynch 17.02 1 36 59 1 32 40 



THIRD CLASS. 



Wildcat, Charles Alley 16.06 48 57 44 31 



Florence, John White 16.10 54 10 49 47 



Lark and Wildcat each had won a leg, so they retain the cup. 

 Hornet and Flying Yankee have each won a leg in second class. 

 A race for keel boats will be sailed on Aug. 13. 



MINERVA.— Editor Forest and Stream: The Minerva Y. C. have 

 owned the fastest and most reliable yachts in "these waters," from 

 the Slaven (changed to the Minerva) up to the grand 36ft. cabin 

 yacht of the same name. The present Minerva is not of that 

 family and should not be quoted as such. Capt. Thomson is an 

 amateur sailor of the finest type, and has handled the "big" Min- 

 erva successfully through many tight nips, and was not unmind- 

 ful of her bad behavior. While it is patent that the old beamy 

 centerboard boat — death-traps so-called — are no longer safe, use- 

 ful or ornamental, a modern compromise centerboard is. Please 

 send one along.— R. G. Wilkins (Cooper's Point). 



CORINTHIAN Y. C— In the open regatta of the Corinthian 

 Y. C. the allowance on the yacht White Wings was figured on a 

 basis of 23ft, 3in., instead of 20ft, Sin., her true sailing length. 

 The revised calculation makes her corrected time 50m. 18s., in- 

 stead of 52m. 41s., and gives her second prize instead of the Zoe, 

 whose corrected time was 51m. 21s. The Zae is thus entitled to 

 third prize. 



HULL Y. C. CHAMPIONSHIP.-The second championship 

 race of the Hull Y. C. on Aug. 6 was a drift throughout. Posy 

 won in second class centerboards, Banneret in second class keels, 

 and Em Ell Eye sailed over in third class, fourth class not making 

 a race. 



MONATIQUOT Y. C— The 2d championship regatta of the 

 Monatiquot Y, C, of Weymouth, Mass. (postponed from Aug. 6), 

 will be sailed over the Fort Point course Saturday, Aug. 10, at 

 1P.M. 



ATLANTICVILLE, L. I., Aug. 8.— The Shinnecock Bay race 

 was postponed on account of the wind and rain until Aug. 20. 



STEAM YACHTING. 



AN AMERICAN STEAM LAUNCH FOR INDIA.- Among the 

 several steam launches Bowdish & Co. of Skaneateles, N. Y., are 

 building, is one for an officer of the British Army in India. This 

 boat will be built in the best manner, of selected white cedar, oak 

 and butternut, copper fastened throughout, and all metal parts of 

 the hull of bronze. She will be 22ft, over all, 19ft, on l.w.l., 4ft. 6in. 

 beam, and will draw 24in. aft. She will be propelled by a V-/± horse 

 power, oil-burning engine. The boat is to have air tanks of suf- 

 ficient capacity to float her machinery, etc. She will be shipped 

 via Liverpool, Eng., to Calcutta, 



]nnwtn to ^ams^ancknt^ 



No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



J. A. L.— The New Hampshire hare season will open Sept. 1. 

 F. E. C, Simcoe, Ont.— Write to Percy C. Ohl, 44 Broadway, New 

 York. 



B. D. N., Baltimore, Md.— The ears will probably come all right 

 with age. 



Subscriber is advised that there are a number of makers of re- 

 liable shot. 



C. E. M„ Springfield, Mass.— The Vermont grouse season will 

 open Sept. 1. 



H. C. W., New York.— Write to H. F. Schellhass, Brevoort 

 place, Brooklyn, Y. N. 



B., Richmond, Va.— It is impossible to foretell what the litter 

 will he. Write us the result. 



F. C, Omaba.— There is no regular standard. We always give 

 the particulars when they are furnished to us. 



Hertford.— The description of a greyhound, "A grehounde 

 shold be heeded lyke a snake," etc., was originally printed in 

 Dame Juliana Berner's Book of Saint Albans, in 1486. 



t F. M. L., Lima, O.— Write to Mark Norris, Esq., secretary Mich- 

 igan Sportsmen's Association, Lansing, Mich. 



Breechloader, New York.— Your puppy will probably come 

 out all right with plenty of exercise and nourishing food. 

 ~A. J. T., Avon, N. Y.— In your answer to W. Y. P., of Tuscarora, 

 N. Y., in your issue of July 28, you say it is not forbidden to use 

 nets unless the lake is inhabited by brook trout. Now if I under- 

 stand Section 23, Chapter 543, of the laws of 1879, it is illegal to 

 fish in Silver Lake in any other way than that of angling with 

 hook and line, that lake not being excepted in that act, Ans. The 

 prohibition of nets reads as follows in the section alluded to: "No 

 person shall kill or catch, or attempt to kill or catch any fish, 

 except minnows, bullheads, eels, suckers and catfish, in any of 

 the fresh waters, or in any of the canals of this State or in the 

 American waters of the St. Lawrence River, in anv way or man- 

 ner, or by any device whatever, except that of angling, save only 

 in the followmg waters, etc." 



A soft, velvet texture is imparted to the skin by the use of 

 Glenn's Sulphur Soap. For skin diseases it should be used freely. 

 Never take a bath without it. It is also especially useful as a 

 means of bleaching and purifying woolens, cotton, etc. Hill's 

 Hair and Whisker Dye— Black and Brown, 50 cents.— Adu. 



HOT WEATHER POT LUCK. 



I have always been extremely susceptible to the poison of 

 poison ivy and oak so as to give me great annoyance, unless 

 it is immediately checked on its first appearance. This com- 

 mon washing soda accomplishes for nae, if properly applied. 

 I make the application by saturating a slice of loaf bread with 

 water, then cover one surface with soda, and apply to the 

 eruption, the soda next the flesh. When the bread is dried by 

 the animal heat, I drop water on the outer side so as to keep 

 it thoroughly moistened, and dissolve the soda crystals in 

 contact with the skin. This, you will perceive, is merely a 

 bread poultice; the bread being a vehicle through whose 

 moisture the soda reaches the humor. I find that the wash- 

 ing or bathing with soda water, even continuously, will not 

 suffice with me. My skin requires the heat and moisture of 

 the bread in order for the soda to act on and neutralize the 

 poison. I rarely have need to retain this soda poultice for 

 more than 30 minutes on any affected part. No pain ensues. 

 Formerly I suffered often for weeks, as the poison would 

 spread all over my body. Now 30 minutes measure the dur- 

 ation of its exhibition.— Popular Science News. 



A young man at Fort Popham the other day caught a cod 

 "which weighed probably 30 pounds, and which he placed in 

 a large hogshead and so kept alive. When the party went 

 into the water the young man harnessed up the cod with 

 stout twine and placed him in the water. He had a great 

 deal of sport, and finally, after considerable persuasion, al- 

 lowed a young lady to try his sea horse. A life preserver 

 was procured and fastened on her, and she grasped the reins 

 holding the large cod. The fish struck out for deep water 

 at a rapid pace. The young lady, becoming uneasy, dropped 

 the reins, but they caught m her feet, and if a party had not 

 gone to her rescue in a sailboat the result would have been 

 disastrous.— Portland Argus. 



The other day, from a top-story back window in the Lewis 

 Block, a gentleman was observed on a neighboring roof dili- 

 gently casting a trout fly into the waterless waste around 

 him. "What on earth ails the man ?" said one: "he can't 

 imagine he's down the river." "Maybe he's gone fish crazy," 

 suggested another. "Or asleep," ventured a third. Then 

 the office boy came to have a look. "Huh , that's it, isn't it ?" 

 said he; "why, he's only practicing. He's going up in the 

 Canadian woods in a week or two, and he's getting into 

 shape." The gentleman continued to cast and recover until 

 his shadow stretched eastward over the housetops 50 feet, 

 when he disappeared down the scuttle. — Buffalo Courier. 



On Saturday evening at seven o'clock Messrs. Scott, Bond 

 Talmadge and Beal left town for the Lake Basin for a duck 

 hunt. They returned yesterday afternoon, and report lots of 

 game and a glorious time. They brought back seventeen 

 large ducks and nine or ten snipe as evidence of their marks- 

 manship, which were duly appreciated by those fortunate 

 enough to partake of them. On their return they presented 

 Dr. Hersey with a large, fine duck (?) which was on exhibi- 

 tion at the drug store last evening, to a host of inquiring 

 friends, as it was a great curiosity, having four legs instead 

 of the usual two, another proof of the unusual fertility of 

 Montana's soil.— Billings (Mont.) Gazette, 



If it is worth the World's while to pay cable tolls on this 

 dog story, it is worth the Forest AND Stream's while to copy 

 it and commend the World's enterprise: "London, Aug. 2. — 

 Mr. McDonald, the Secretary of the King's Cross Hospital, 

 in a letter to the Times to-day, relates a remarkable case of a 

 wounded collie being recently brought to the hospital by two 

 white-and-black terriers. The latter barked until the doors 

 were opened, and then went off, leaving the wounded dog in 

 the hands of the surgeon, who dressed its injuries." 



A gentleman on Cotton avenue says that Flint River is so 

 low the catfish have left the water aud invaded the woods 

 and fields. They have nearly devastated a field of corn for 

 Lttcius Hudson, living several miles from the river. It is 

 said that the noise they make in pulling the corn would be 

 equal to a hundred head of hungry cattle. The gentleman 

 is a very reliable grocer, and no doubt he is correct, as he and 

 Hudson had a talk over it. — Sumter (Ga.) Republican. 



A young gentleman and lady from the Sixth Ward were 

 rowing on the river on Saturday evening, when a black bass 

 weighing about a pound leaped from the water, striking the 

 young lady's wrist and greatly frightening her, and alighted 

 in the bottom of the boat, where it was made a prisoner. 

 Sunday morning it was served as the young lady's break- 

 fast.— Elmira Advertiser. 



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