Jan. 27, 1887.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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carried out Ms instructions to the letter. Among tlie many Rood 

 points of tlie cutter, if there is one winch predominates, it is her 

 ability to carry canvas wuen it blows. Mr. Shnmp must have 

 thought it odd, that while the Vera carried a thrce-ieef mainsail 

 touch boiiis the case, inscer.d of two, as ho stated), that she also 

 carried an enormous topsail and double headsail. The \ era being 

 of the Huffalo Y. C. fleet, often surprises, most agreeably, her 

 cousin-; in "the States" with a visit. On the occasion of her lofct 

 visit, about Nov. 10, she was favored with a 85 or 40-milo wind, and 

 coming into the harbor, or rather, in crossing the mouth of tho 

 Nunrara River, the wind being dead aft, she jibed her boom andit 

 broke about 10£t, from tho jaws, and when tho boom was repaired 

 it was found to be too short to carry more than n three-reef raaii.- 

 sail. 



On the morning of Nov. 21, when our friend, Mr. Stamp's cockle- 

 shell performed its wonderful feat, the Vera people said their 

 adieus, and myself and some other members of the club wha were 

 present, took their 11 ics and gave them headway to clear the 

 dock. So light, was the wind, however, that the cutter slowly but 

 surely drifted over to tho lee side of the slip, and was finally 

 warped along the dock to clear water. Meanwhile my friend 

 Shamp was well up to windward, as f-e says. After the Vera had 

 pounded in the sea for about two hours sne put back under file 

 Government break wall lo wait for sufficient wind to go home 

 witb, which came about sundowu, when she went on her course. 

 I should have left the defense of the Vera to Mr. Hall, did 1 not 

 understand him to be absent from his home, and, therefore, not 

 likely sec the article in your late issue. 



I doubt not mv fellow vachtsracn will bo amused at Mr. Shamp's 

 article when they recall the cutter's behavior in ISO-mile pveBzea, 

 for manv of us nave seen her in such weather with all canvas 

 spread, in fact it is Mr. Ball's boasi that the Vera has never had 

 her rail under water, and it is not for the want of trials thai she 

 has kept it above. 1 understand that Mr. Sh.unp's article has 

 roused the ire of several members of the Buffalo C. C, and that it 

 iu quite likely that he will have an opportunity of backing his 

 fresh-water Mayflower against some canoes here of less renown. 



I trust that you will pardon me for having taken so much of 

 your time on a matter of so little consequence. 



Harry D. Witxiams, Commodore B. Y. 0. 



Editor Forest and Stream : 



The remarks of Mr. W. P. Stephens in your last issue express 

 exactly the desires of last year's Regatta Committee when they 

 placed" the unclassified race upon the programme. 



"Mr. Stephens can perhaps set the mat ter right," sars Mr. 

 Clapham. I think he has effectually done so as tar as showing 

 that the Red Jacket or auy other unclassified canoe were not 

 barred from a race of the Association, and I hope we have heard 

 the last of his assertions to that effect. There was a raco provided 

 for which Mr. Clapham's boat was eligible, but for some reason 

 best known to himself he did not choose to make an entry for it. 

 Had he done so he would have had plenty of competitors, as two 

 at leas! of those who competed for the Challenge Trophy expressed 

 themselves to me as being willing to give him a race should he 

 enter. 



I would be sorry to think that Mr. Clapham would intentionally 

 interfere with a racing canoe. However, I can only reiterate what 

 I said before, that complaint was made of his boat for interfering 

 with the racers, and tho extremely lengthy gentleman whom ho 

 so sarcastically refers to as doing a "deal of incomprehensible 

 and unnecessary shouting," did so at the request of the Regatta 

 Committee, and although Mr. Clapham calls it incomprehensible 

 now, he evidently understood it at the time. 



I will not enter into a discussion as to which is the faster, a 

 canoe or a sailing boat, as I do not believe that can be proved on 

 paper, but i cannot allow Mr. Clapham's insinuations that the 

 A, C. A. is not on a lovel with other modern boating fraternities, 

 aud that canoeists hang 50 or GOlbs. centorboarde and stow shot in 

 their cauoes to pass unnoticed. As to the first, 1 woidd like to 

 know where there is an organization for a like purpose tha t com- 

 pares with tho A. C. A. in membership, or with a more liberal or 

 honest sportsmanlike spirit among its members. From the latter 

 any one not knowing better would infer that all canoeists had cen- 

 terboards weighiug 50 and. GOlbs., and in addition, shot to their 

 taste. Such is not by any means the case, for of tho hundred or 

 more canoes at our last meet 1 will venture to say that there were 

 not ten whose ballast aud centerhoards together would weigh "01 bp. 

 I think it has been proved that canoes like the Red Jacket do 

 their safest aud speediestsatling when light. J. B. McMunniCH, 



Oswego, N. Y., Jan. 17. Chairmau Regatta Committee, 18S6. 



Editor Forest a7id Stream: 



In reply to "Perch's" remarks on my former letter, I never con- 

 sidered my boat a marvel; would willingly undertake to build ono 

 that would beat her. Iho "sloop-rigged clinker," not ca cheat, 

 was not tho Arrow, but a lapstreak boat, sharp at both ends, of 

 about the proportions mentioned. I do not confide r the skiffs let 

 at the boat houses worth sailing against. I have never sailed on 

 the river, prefering the lake; have heard of some fast boats on 

 the river, uotably the Snake. I presume Perch owns one of these 

 fast boats; if so, I will sail him a series of races— one on the lake 

 over a triangular course; one on the river over a course lie may 

 select, aud the third, if necessary, to be decided on later; open to 

 any sniff, one man to each boat, the loser to furnish a pennaut to 

 be held by the winner until won from him by some other skiff. I 

 did not intend to depreciate the Vera, but to snow what a small 

 boat could do. 1 agree with him that, the cutter could drown out, 

 not the majority, but any of the yachts here. Would say to Mr. 

 Leopold that I may try the weather grip next season: my objec- 

 tions were its extending so far outside of the boat, 3ft. on each 

 side, making with the boat's beam nearly 10£b., so that it would 

 have to be unshipped in narrow places, and the room it would 

 occupy wheu unshippsd. D. O. S. 



Buffalo, N. Y. 



AN ENGLISH SUMMARY OF THE PAST SEASON— "Re- 

 viewing the status of canoeing now at the close of 13S6, there can- 

 not be a question but that the deck sitting and steering position 

 must considerably influence the design of cauoes in tho coming 

 season and thereafter; and. if extreme types be guarded against, 

 tlie allpowerful deck positiou will be found to supply the sailing 

 counterbalance hitherto obtained by lead. Stability before the 

 wind (when the deck position is non-effective), and in the absence 

 of lead, must bo gained by a flat floor and moderate sail area, and 

 that raciug speed can be attained uuder such conditions Has hecn 

 amply proved in the American matches. How craft according with 

 these conditions will perform in English blowing weather with 

 sharp, relentless squalls, is a blank page to be filled up during the 

 next season. Ono groat result, however, may be looked for "with 

 coufldeuce; that is, a diminution all around of dze ar.d weight, 

 aud consequently an increase of popularity for canoe sailing."— 

 W. Baden-rowdl in liic Field. 



A LESSON FOR NOVICES. 



THE new member was holding forth after the usual manner of 

 no\ ice::. Said bp! "There's nothing like it. If it's calm, you 

 paddle; if there's a wind, you sail; i f it blows too fresh, you reef. 

 Then at night, no nuntingfor a. sleeping place, no bad supper at a 

 worse hotel, You fuhtbend your rent over the cockpit aud turn 

 in." Delightfully kt&t and full of zeal was the new member. This 

 and more like it was said by the enthusiast to a group of C'anoelots 

 toasting their sinus at the radiator. Most of tliem wore knowin 



old t 

 of tlx 

 other 

 none 

 ing. 



euthi 

 and ^ 

 "Ca 



.1, and bin 

 On this o 

 asfio begii 

 h a brain 

 Handling," n< 

 Badeli-l'owell. 



It ic a pleasing ata- 

 man to forget that lu 

 perioneed to clip the \ 

 inexperienced are Hut 

 illustration oi some oft 



ulted the pin-feathers that were the plumage 

 r. One of them had the rheumatism and an- 

 and even the best of them had, at times when 

 vere within hearing, inveighed against canoe- 

 utsider come within range, how quick the tune 



ioft winds and quiet waters became tho 

 sion there was no outsider, but there was an 

 r, full to the lips with tlie poetry of canoeing, 

 ill stocked with "Canoeing in Kanukia," aud 

 lot to mention the classics of "Hob Koy" and 



buto of human nature that causes an old 

 was a boy once, and which impels the ex- 

 'iiifjs of fancy and fervency with which tho 

 ei ing. The season did not admit of a bodily 

 unpleasant features of the sport; but in 

 after Hi ' 



duty hound one of the sad sea dugs, after lighting 

 him bv the new member, proceeded to administer a mental cap- 

 size. "I've noticed, 1 ' said he, "when paddling lias to be done, it's 

 always under a broiling sun, and when the breeze comes it does 

 not always blow in the way you wi h It; in fact, as a rule, itnever 



"That's what Vaux says," interrupted tho new member. 



"Confound your interruptions and quotations," says (he old 1 un, 

 "you'll now and again Imd theio arc some things, outside the 

 books. Now here's a hit of a yarn, and the Colonel there, or tho 

 Commcdoro or George Washington, will stand sureties for the 

 truth of it. 



"A couple of years ago " 



"Three," interposed tho Colonel. 



"Yes, you're right. Three years ago the party I have cited as 

 witnesses concluded to take a little cruise up to Nine-Mile Point, 

 to look after the black bass which rumor reported were waiting to 

 be hooked. G. Washington and myself started from the bay about 

 noon Saturday, and the rest of the fleet were to come on that 

 night. Standing on the pier at Charlotte and looking eastward, 

 tne long, linger-like projection called Nine-Mile Point, doosu't 

 look very fur Ui, and it isn't when one has the brisk west wind G. 

 W. and 1 Lad. AVe didn't notice how lively the wind and sea 

 We re uuttl we made a kg for the shore. Then we felttho wind, and 

 the waves that had helped us along so nicely when we were going 

 their way, did not look so pleating when we had to cross them. 



"Half way in, the clutch on George's boom blew off, and while 

 he was fishing for it 1 made the shore. I suppose I d.d it in ship- 

 shape manner, any way, I did it quickly and didn't get much wet. 

 After slicking up a nd hanging out the wet things, we walked up 

 and ran foul of a family picnic, <J. W. knew one of the party aud 

 accepted an invita ion to supper. We went back into the country 

 a milo or so, we had a tip-top meal, and after it I was treated by 

 the farmer to some of bis birch bark reminiscences w hen he was 

 lumbering in Canada, while G. W. talked with his daughter, a 

 deucedly pretty girl." 



"That's it," put in the new member, "everybody treats canoeists 

 well, and all the pretty girls " 



"Wait till i have finished. The tune will change shortly. Well, 

 we got back to the boats aud fixed up for the night. The wind let 

 up at sundown, and about midnight the Commodore and Colonel, 

 together with B. and A., whom they baa picked up at the Ray, 

 put in an appearance. The Commcdore and the Colonel came 

 tandem, and B. and A. sailed that romantic old craft theRowena. 

 Sundry bulkheads aud a liberal supply of lake water made her un- 

 tenable, and the Sofronia only had cabin room for her skipper, so 

 the Colonel and B. and A. cam\ ed out under one blanket, no very 

 great hardship t for the night was warm, the sand soft, and there 

 were no mosquitres." 



"When dees the tune change?" inquired the new member. 



"It changes now. About 5 o'clock in tho morning tho wind 

 chopped around into the east and the weather turned cold. By 

 8 o'clock the wind Had hauled into the northeast and a lively ram 

 began. Lake Onto no hasn't much patience with a northeast wind 

 and by 10 o'clock the rollers were booming on the shore. No get- 

 ting away that day. We made a pilgrimage across country to a 

 village— I won't impose on your credulity by stating how many 

 miles it was— hunted up a telegraph operator and wired to the 

 city. Ycu see we didn't desire to have tlie community alarmed 

 aud we knew of several business men who might view an unac- 

 counted for absence in an unpleasant light. In the afternoon tho 

 clouds broke away and the sun came out, but the wind increased 

 to a gale aud had shifted to the northwest. We dug out of the 

 saud and braced up for a wind break, a ceuterboard from some 

 wrecked schoonei, and built a driftwood fire behind it. 



Wo turned in early, B. and A. and the Colonel bunking between 

 the tire and tha centerboard. Under the canoe tents it was cosy 

 enough, but during tho night the wiud got around to its old quar- 

 ters and the two out-lyers woke up half perished. Their nosing 

 arouud after a bottle of strong water which tlie Commodore had, 

 wakened the entire party, and rebuilding the fire we watched the 

 day dawn over a waste of troubled waters, The gale held all that 

 day, and it required an effort of imagination to believe it was 

 July, for thougn the sun shone brightly, the wind wa3 particu- 

 larly frigid. Do what we could the hours were very long aud 

 most of the day was passed in trying to solve the problem why, no 

 matter which way toe wind blew, the smoke would always blow 

 ipto oue's eyes. Finally night came, and moving our quarters 

 back from the shore and into a barn we turned iu. 



About nine o'clock the Commodore awakened us with the in- 

 telligence that the wind had dropped and the sea was going dowu. 

 An hour later we were ready to shove off. There was a nasty 

 swell on and the gatting away was sharp work. While we were at 

 work little puffs of wind began to pat in from the northeast, and 

 during one of them, the Commodore and tlie Colonel put off and 

 went Hying up the lake. G. W. came next, then I started. When 

 B. and A. tried it a big roller drove his stern into the sand aud 

 unshipped his rudder. In trying to aid him I got a big wave in the 

 chest, and finally he had to go overboard. At last he got off. I 

 was wet, and tho wind being particularly cold, I feared the inac- 

 tion of sailing would give me a chill, so I buckled down to the 

 paddle. Paddling out to gain an offing I found G. W. endeavoring 

 to toggle up his boom clutch which had parted. Chancing to look 

 back, i/here stood my lantern on the shore. It looked so desolate 

 and lonely that I put back after it. After I had rescued the lan- 

 tern acd put off for the third tinia, 1 caught a passing glim nee of 

 the Kowena's sail standing, appareutly, out to sea. Then it dis- 

 appeared and I was left alone. The shore lino was dim and indis- 

 tinct and the wind, which was growing fresher, was beginning to 

 put white caps on the waves, l could hear them hissing after me, 

 and now and then a big fellow would catch the canoe and hurl it 

 forward. It was too dark to see the waves coming and the navi- 



gating had to be done by hearing and feeling. The worst feature 

 was that of utter loneliness, aud at times it grew into quite a 

 panic. 1 sang at the top of my lungs and shouted to keep up my 

 courage. Gradually the wind was drifting me on shore, and 

 knowing that there was a point ahead with several bad rooks 

 lyingofT it, I tried to make a little more offing. A short trial con- 

 vinced me that it was too much for my strength, and that the 

 best thing to do would be to run the gauntlet of tho surf and 

 beach my cralt. 



Along the shore at various spots, little creeks came into the 

 lake, and at the mouth of each grew clumps of trees. Fixing on 

 one of these spots as a likely place to land, 1 put on steam and 

 headed lor It. It didn't, lake loug to run in, and the nearer I 

 approached the higher the lino of breakers seemed to grow, and 

 tne roaring they made was anything but assuring. It was too late 

 to hack out, so holding her bow straight on to a bunch of stunted 

 trees that marked tho delta of I he lift le run, I worked the paddle 

 with all my energy. An unusually big roller gave me an unex- 

 pected lift aud threw canoe and crew together on a pile of drift 

 wood and tangled roots. I don't know tnat I followed ail the 

 directions the books give for beaching a canoe in a gale of wind, 

 or whether I performed the details in their regular order. At any 

 rate, I found myself on shore, with some remarkably uncomfort- 

 able roots jabbing me in the ribs, and with the cauoe on top of me. 

 Hauling her high and dry, I made the canoe fast to a tree, to show 

 she was not a derelict, put on the hatches, and. lantern m hand, 

 struck out for the railroad track that skirts the lake shore. Carp- 

 ing critics and pin hole investigators havo wasted a deal of 

 valuable time in debating what Bobby Burns really meant by 

 "comin' thro' tho rye." I settled that question to my own satis- 

 faction by floundcr'iig through an interminable field of rye. and 

 know that Jenny could have "draigl't a' her petticoatie" in that 

 lield of malt-weed as completely as if she had walked in a river. 

 Getting out of the rye, I stumbled through a patch of woods, then 

 wallowed over a bit of swamp, and finally got into a pasture lot 

 full of cows. They must have taken mo for the milkman, for 

 they all followed me, and when about half way across began to 

 exhibit a humorous tendency. I never did appreciate cow fun, 

 and iu my haste to get to a fence failed to take the proverbial look 

 before I leaped, and fell in a ditch. 



Extricatiug myself from the mud and casting about for seme 

 landmark to steer by. I discovered a telegraph pole on the hill 

 above mo, and in a short time I was counting ties towatd home. 

 Reaching the bridge over the outlet of the bay, I saw a strange 

 nondescript figure prancing about on the abutment. It was Gcorj e 

 Washington, who had tied his waterproof apron about his hips to 

 keep the cold wind off his legs, aud was dancing to restore circula- 

 tion. With great judgment (he claimed), 1 call il luck, he had hit 

 the outlet and ruu in safely. For upward of an hour we tramped 

 around, but. no light, either up or do vu fie lake, gave token of the 

 other members of the party. We could do them no good by wait- 

 ing, so we packed into (George's canoe and lay a straight course for 

 the club house. Words are too weak to describe the comfort of 

 the blankets we crawled under or the beneficent effect of the 

 "medicine" we forced ourselves to take. 



Two hours later we were awakened by a call from B. & A. Be- 

 lated by tho waves and miscalculating the distance and range of 

 the Charlotte light he had gone off his true course so far that it 

 took a three mile beat dead to windwa rd to get back to the outlet. 

 Cold, cramped and exhausted he could hardly get out of his canee. 

 Wc dosed him and put him to bed and turned in ourselveB. It 

 must have, been half past eleven tho next morning when we heard 

 the hail of Huff on the bay, and we scrambled out to see the Com- 

 modore land from a rowboat. They had missed the outlet and 

 gone ashore a mile or so below, aud after a miserable night over n 

 smoky fire, had discovered at daybreak that they were camped in 

 front of and not two rods from the summer cottage of a friend. B 

 & A. was laid up a week, G. Washington dates his neuralgia from 

 that cruise, the Commodore had a cold that hung to him and 

 spoiled his singing at tho meet that year, I had the rheumatism, 

 and the Colonel, well he's a seasoned old fish, and he escaped. 



And the new member was idiot enough to say: "I wish I had been 

 with you." Koulez-Boclez. 



InzwevH to (^omsyondmt$. 



I^p" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



Forrest,— The address asked for last week is Forrest & Son, 

 Kelso, Scotland. 



R. O'S., St. John.— 1. Tlie kennel has soms well-bred stock. 2. 

 The wood can ba had of J. Capaitt & Sju, 4 J J Washington street; 

 J. H. Monteath, 151 Centre street, or Daniels & Co., 202 Centre 

 street, New York. 



G., Mt. Vernon, N. Y.— Meteor was by Garnet (Pilkington's Tory 

 — Pilkington's Jessie) and out of Pilkingtou's Jilt (Viscount 

 Downe's Mars— Lord Set ton's Jilt). Tory by Garth's Drake (Rap 

 —Doll) and out of Moore's M!nb, pure edge olood. Jessie by Lord 



Seftou's Monarch (Manton ) and out of Lord Saf ton's Juno 



(Sam— Duchess). Mars by chamoion Drase (Rip— Doll) aud out 

 of Viscount Downe's Mite (boid Derby's Dake— Lord Derby's 

 Daisy), Dord Softon's 3 (It by his Mat (Lord Sef ton's Bsau-^Legh's 

 Merry) aud out of Peg (Major— DrabJ. 



Mabie, Whitby, Canada.— 1. Please state distinction between 

 Wilson, Jack, English aud Grey snipe. 3. We have a speckled 

 trout here weighing over 31bs. Is this a br^ok trout? If not, what 

 is it aud how are we to distinguish them from brook trout? 



aen was regarded as identical with it. 2. There are bat 

 two red-spotted trouts on the eastern coast of America. One of 

 these is the common trout and the other is the blueback trout 

 unless the new fish found in New Hampshire proves to be distinct 

 from the latter, it is safe to say that your fish is the brook trout 

 (Salvelinus fontinalis) which grows to lOibs. weight in Maine. 



Extract from letter received by the U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, 

 Mass., from Mr. Frank Hart, of J. Heart & Co., bankers, Doyles- 

 towu, Pa., dated Jan. 21, 1887: "I have about come to the conclu- 

 sion that your .22 short rim-fire cartridges are the most reliable 

 in the market, and they are beginning to be appreciated by those 

 who know where a bullet ought to go when they pull the trigger." 

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