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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. 12, 1888. 



Sometimes vour "boat, after treating you in this uncpurteous way, 

 goes flying off on her own hook. The spectacle ot a young man 

 trying to overtake his boat under such distressing circumstances, 

 stiaining every nerve to overtake her, this is amusing enough; 

 chasing your steed over a Minting field is mere child's play. At 

 New Hamburgh some veais ago, it is on record, that, a boat sud- 

 denly started off, crossed the river, turned as though the helms- 

 man' were on board and came flying back safely, but very little 



One boat is credited with having jumped the Poughkeepsie 

 ferry track. I have never seen that done, but jumping a crack is 

 great sport. It is blowing freshly and a lot of us want to go down 

 tue river to Roosevelt's Point. Jump in and away we go. Ihe 

 ice is rather ''hummocky," caused by wind piling up the snow, we 

 shall have many a jounce. As we dash along some distance ahead 

 we sight a bank of snow piled up. "Hold hard, head her for it," 

 a plunge, a rise, a whirl of snow, a thud as we strike that makes 

 things rattle, and over we go. "Hallo, there's a crack all the way 

 across Crom Elbow." We run down, luff, run along and take an 

 observation. "I guess we can get over," sings out one man. 



over us, a mighty jump, the oaken jumper underneath us saves 

 our rudder point and springs us over; we come down with a re- 

 sounding clang that sends us clear up in our cockpit and knocks 

 all the breath out of us, but the next instant we are off like a shot 

 and we round to and watch our friends go through the same per- 

 formance. The danger is in coming down so hard as to smash the 

 runner plank, then dire disaster and ruin surely follow, so when 

 vour runner plank lifts high in air, as it frequently does, you want 

 to let her down gently, not like a trip hammer, then you will not 

 hurt your boat. 



Jump aboard the Snowball with me and see for yourself what 

 ieeboating is. Pull up your overcoat collar, pull down your seal- 

 skin hat; just as well go warm, we don't make many stoppages; 

 stretch yourself out on your side on the starboard side, for 1 steer 

 with my right hand; tuck yourself well on, and hold on to the life 

 rail, a small rail securely fastened to the center timber of the 

 boat; now dismiss all care behind. "Charley, give us a shove." 

 Away we go. It's a mile across from the boat house, and, though 

 we seem to have just started, how soon we flit across. I steady 

 her to the rising wind; the slightest motion of the tiller does that. 

 Apparently we are dashing head on, in full flight toward the 

 river's bank. "Steady! Don't lose your head." No fear of that. 

 Round she comes, "swifter than the swallow's flight," and away 

 we speed in the contrary direction. 



Here comes the stately Jack Frost rushing by, closely followed 

 by St. Nick. Blizzard follows after, and the saucy Bessie. They 

 are too big for us. Ah, no, Snow-flake, not to-day are you going to 

 outstep me. We draw close up to the lower end of Sopus Island. 

 There a fir tree stuck in the ice marks a turning point. Kound 

 flies boat after boat. Round we go, with a dozon more close to us. 



"Hold hard, now," and as we catch the strength of the wind 

 with lightning speed we dash down the river. 



"Hatha! here comes the express train!" We went up to meet 

 her. Loud re-echoes the shrill whistles, up go windows, handker- 

 chiefs flutter in the breeze. Pull your throttle valve, old boy, rake 

 out your asli pan, fireman. No use, we dash down to Hyde Park 

 station, 3 miles in as many minutes, steam against wind and wind 

 ahead, round to and off up the river again. 



G-lance at cur friend beside us; how the blood leaps up through 

 his veins, his face is all aglow with excitement, his eyes are fairly 

 dancing in his head, his voice fairly trembles as he whispers, 

 "Isn't this glorious?" He's right, so it is. Talk of the rush of 

 your canoe through the rapids, of your being foremost in a steeple 



chase, of your facing a rebel battery— well I have tried all these 

 and I say give me ieeboating, first, last and all the time. The 

 very nature of our sport gives it a great element of fascination, 

 you never know when you are going to have a sail or lose one. 

 One day the ice mav be like the glass in smoothness; the next day 

 a foot of snow will spoil all our fun. However, we will not keep our 

 friend too long in the boat. Up we come to the boat house, run 

 up into the wind, that soon stops our boat, lower away, in jib 

 and out jumps our friend, a convert to ieeboating for the rest of 

 his life. 



The winter of 1886 was marked by some of the wildest ice- 

 boating imaginable. It was made a notable winter by two things 

 —the loss of the famous Jack Frost and the Snowball's winning 

 a prize. It was a pleasant afternoon, and the boat house was 

 thronged by a party of ladies and their friends watching the 

 animated scene on the river. Brightly glistened the Catskills in 

 the distance, Sopus Island in the foreground, and merrily the 

 skaters enjoyed themselves on the ice. The owner of the Jack 

 Frost had left her for a moment awaiting the arrival of a guest 

 for a sail, and had forgotton to pull his tiller athwart ship to hold 

 his boat, when suddenly, just as he was close by her, away she 

 darted out in the river with a dash. Her owner caught the tiller 

 and held on like grim death to it, but all too late. Flying over 

 the ice at high speed, he might as well have been a fly for all the 

 good he could do where he was. Suddenly she turned, and as she 

 did so, away went the helmsman, sliding over the ice, and the 

 boat sped on her way to destruction, dead on toward the shore. 

 We scattered in all directions. . The fated boat dashed by my 

 brothers within 6in., just missed the genial author John Bur- 

 roughs by a hair's breadth, and dashed herself to pieces against 

 Bard's Rock. One universal pang of regret seized us as the 

 beautiful yacht shivered into pieces. Fortunately, no one was 

 hurt, but it was a very close call. 



Then came a family race between the Bessie, Snowflake and 

 Snowball, the course straightaway-, a mile and a half and return, 

 twice over. Wind blowing hard from northwest, close reefing 

 was the order of the day. The Snowball won, going over the 

 course, 6 miles, in 7m. 14s., and winning a silver trophy, described 

 as a magnificent silver box, with repousse ornaments. This was 

 the gift of Mr. P., and it is no disrespect to the genial giver of this 

 prize from Tiffany's that we had a heap of fun over it. Innocent 

 readers might think it was a silver box of large size and great 

 value. It was so described for the benefit of the much enduring 

 public. The truth was it was a match box, and the golden orna- 

 ments represented a cupid in a costume utterly unsuitable for ice- 

 boating— cooking before a cheerful fire what I am not yet 

 quite certain, is a quail or a butterfly. Judge M„ of the Scientific 

 American, on this occasion, it was his first appearance in an ice 

 boat, said, "I have experienced a new sensation. I felt as though 

 I were run away with by a thoroughbred steeple chaser, or a 

 wildcat locomotive, whose engineer had pulled out the throttle 

 and jumped off." A gallant colonel who honored me by coming 

 or. board mv boat, and who, owing to the fortunes of war, was 

 unfortunately fired out of the Snowball when going at the rate of 

 60 miles an hour, said he would not have missed the sensation for 

 any money. Capt. Clayton. 



MOHICAN.— On Jan. 2 the steam yacht Mohican, which had 

 left Hampton Roads on the previous day, grounded on Willoughby 

 Spit Slioals on the Virginia coast, as she was returning to harbor 

 in consequence of bad weather. She was hauled off without 

 serious damage. Mr. William Clark, her owner, and a party of 

 friends were bound for a cruise to Bermuda and Nassau, but re- 

 turned home from Fortress Monroe. 



DINNER OF ORIVA'S CREW— The old Oriva crew, now sail- 

 ing on Cinderella, had their annual dinner at the New York Y. C. 

 on Jan. 4. Besides Messrs. C S. Lee, of Oriva, and W. E. Iselin, 

 of Cinderella, there were present Messrs. W. A. W. Stewart, 

 August Montant, J. M. Woodbury, S. B. Pomeroy, A. Bryan Alley, 

 A. B. Simonds, W. B. Simonds, R. C. Cornell, A. Sanderson, Eid- 

 litz, Cooper and Zerega. 



WORKING WITHIN SEVEN POINTS.— Not long since the 

 Boston correspondent of the New York Sun, in giving an account 

 of the new Burgess fisherman in rough weather, ventilates the 

 time-honored yarn of turning to windward in seven points of the 

 compass — of course implying honest work in a seaway. Now, I 

 am a very ancient yachtsman and have stood at the helm and 

 squinted at the compass of many a wind-jammer, but somehow 

 they all required more than seven points to do their best. The 

 correspondent was further informed by "the man at the wheel" 

 that 8 he made N.W. b. W. on one tack and N.W . on the other; 

 wind steady at N.W. y 3 W., presumably. Nice work that. Mean- 

 time the Cup is safe if the N. Y. Y. C. will only keep the run of 

 the Burgess fisherman and— "the man at the wheel."— Full and 

 By. 



COOPER'S POINT CORINTHIAN Y. C— This club sailed 

 seventeen regular races and seven match races during the year 

 1887, commencing in April and ending in November. Dr. Long, of 

 Philadelphia, purchased the yacht Truxon from a member of the 

 club, and after a protracted cruise in the Chesapeake Bay sold 

 her to a gentleman in Baltimore, where she has made, a good 

 record. 



KNICKERBOCKER Y. C.— Officers for 188i<: Com., F. E. 

 Barnes, yacht Zena; Vice-Corn., R. Oelsner, Dora; Sec'y, Alfred 

 Varian; Treas., C. W. Lamb: Meas., Charles Coughtry; Steward, 

 Augustus Wagner; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. E. Ringer; Board of 

 Directors, G. C. Barnette, J. W. Harrison, W. H. Erskine, W. A. 

 Stewart and W. D. Reed. 



SHEERWATER.— Mr. John M. Forbes has offered the use of 

 his steam yacht Sheer water to the U. S. Government for the pur- 

 pose of testing the Belleville boiler, and the offer has been ac- 

 cepted. 



G1TANA.— On Jan. 4 Com. Weld's schooner Gitana left Boston 

 for Charleston, S. C, where her owner will join her for a cruise 

 in the West Indies. 



VOLUNTEER.— It is now definitely stated that Volunteer will 

 not cross the Atlantic next season. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



P. L. W., Brampton, Ont. — The publication is still running. 



H. S. W,— 1. Use 3drs. powder, 2J4oz. shot. <!. See rifle columns. 

 3. It is largely a matter of individual fancy; say 8oz. and Oft. 4. 

 The reel is not considered superior by anglers. 



Gordon Setter, Dedham, Mass.— Moll III. was by Wood's 

 Duke (Sultan— Moll), and out of Richardson's Leah (Sancho— 

 Moll I.). Belle was by Rifle and out of Noll. 



Eric, Brooklyn.— The Broooklyn Canoe Club is located in the 

 basin of the Atlantic Yacht Club, at Bay Ridge, the dues are 

 about ?pl2 per year. New York is in the new Atlantic Division. 



G. P. M., New Boston, 111.— Can you tell me where I can get a 

 book giving full instructions how to make and fish pound and 

 purse nets ? Which book would be the best for me on boat build- 

 ing on skiffs and boats of light draft? I am able to work from 

 any plan. Ans. 1. There is no book which treats of nets alone, 

 except a curious one entitled "Notes on Nets," by Chas. Bathurst, 

 L.L.D., London, 1837, which is full in describing how to knit differ- 

 ent nets, and is also stu ffed with irrelevant matter. The reports 

 of the U. S. Fish Commission contain the best information on this 

 subject, but the early- volumes can only be obtained from second 

 hand book stores. You will find what you want in the following 

 reports: "Nets Movable and Fixed," "List of Patent Pound Nets," 

 etc.. Rep. 1871-73. "Pound Nets" (with plate.*), 1873-73. "Nets for 

 Herring, Mackerel, Porpoises," etc., L873-74-75. "Purse Nets for 

 Menhaden," 1877. "Patents on Nets and Seines; Purse Seines and 

 Pound Nets," 1878. "Preservation of Nets," 1884. Where two or more 

 years are connected with a hyphen the reports for those years are 

 in one volume. 2. Probably Kunhardt's "Small Yachts," included 

 or if you wish to build smaller boats Stephens's "Canoe and Boat 

 Building." 



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