March 17, 1887.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



tinct memory of the. thump of a steamer's paddle, but was too far 

 gone to notice the. fact that, the boat, being very- low in the water, 

 would have a poor sho w in the swash of a large steamer. 



I woke at davlight with a start and one louk told the story, 

 There lies the Honest John, still riding to the tide, but with every 

 swell rolliug right over her, 



One yell to the cook: "Turn out , we're wrecked in port." We ran 

 to the beach, launched the Jluricon, tripped the sloop's anchor, 

 and soon had her on the beach; but what a show that was, every- 

 thing was afloat, the tin caus of broad were tin cans of pudding, 

 the dried beef was dry no longer, peaches and apples soaked ready 

 for use, the glasses bad washed out from the stem locker and were 

 in the bottom of the boat with the gun and axe, and all nearly 

 covered with sand. 



Our canned goods were all right, however, with the exception of 

 labels; these were all washed oif, and when we wanted some Bos- 

 ton baked beans we frequently opened a can of peaches; but it 

 made a delightful uncertainty as to what we were going to have 

 for dinner, so we did uot miud that. 



Our boat was at last cleaned of water, our effects spread on the 

 beach to dry and, thanks t(J the kindness of Mrs. Moore, many 

 things were saved that a t first seemed to be ruined. Many loose 

 articles were washed out of the boat and came ashore, some, 

 doubtless, went to sea, as we never saw them afterward. 



Altogether we got out of it better than we expected^ and we 

 learned never to anchor a heavily loaded open boat in a tide-way, 

 where there is a prospect of large steamers passing close by. 



We spent the flay tfUite pleasantly Wandering round the island, 

 hunting rattlesnakes, i basing half wild pigs and watching the 

 lighthouse raeu at their tasks. A visit was made to the little 

 cemetery where a number of Uncle Sam's sailors are waiting the 

 boatswain's call. One headboard had the single name ".Tack, aged 

 13 years." It reminded me of the lines: 



"If his mot her were waiting, in that world or this. 

 If ho had to remember a good bye or kiss." 

 A grave is sure to bring sober thoughts anywhere, still more so 

 on a lonely island like this, where the only sounds heard are the 

 ceaseless swash of the surf on the bench and the sough of the 

 wind through the palmcttoes. Our strolling was brought to a close 

 and rather siiddeidy, by the light keeper calling our attention to a 

 large diamond-back rattler which ho had just killed. There are 

 some people who are not afraid of rattlesnakes, but we were, so 

 we quietly meandered to the beach and prepared supper. 



The next morning opened with a strong sou'wester, and after 

 waiting nearly all day for a slant we made sa il and stood for 

 Passage Kev. a small barren islet about a mile south of Egmont. 

 We stood along all right so long as we could keep under a lee, but 

 when we opened out the passage and got the long rollers from the 

 Gulf, we had to start sheets a little. The little craft hung to it 

 bravely, however, but the sea was too heavy for us to make Pass- 

 age Key, so, easing sheets a little more, Ave stood for the mouth of 

 the Manatee River, which we reached after dark. 



When the darkness came, it came like a blanket. And as 

 neither the Skipper or the Cook bad ever been there, it was quite a, 

 question as to the kind of land full we should make, is we en- 

 tered the river the wind chopped, and we worked along carefully 

 with pole and paddle. An hour passes, we sight a dark object on 

 the starboard, and then another. Wba r are they? Clumps of 

 trees, perhaps. At any rate we'll find out. The prows soon grate 

 on the beach. The Cook is ashore, recouuoitering. Soon he bails, 

 "Come ashore. Fish ranch; good shelter." 



The fleet is soon secure. We look about, find a large seine boat 

 in one of the sheds, make our bed on her half deck and are soon 

 asleep. We sleep like tired cruisers, and ouly wake as the sun 

 peeps in at us through the open sides of the shed. 



In the morning we found we were camped on Shaw's Point, a 

 sightly place with some half dozen fish sheds, a shell bouse, and 

 two Spaniards in charge. They were surprised to see us, as they 

 had not heard us land the uight, before. They shrugged their 

 shoulders when wc spoke of going on, and said, "Can't do it; too 

 moosh soa in bay." After breakfast we thought the same. The 

 wind rose with the sun, and we soon saw we had better stay where 

 we were. Dividing our forces, the cook went to Palma Sola for 

 stores, while the Skipper tried to improve camp a little. 



A large box was turno! down for a table; two salt tubs answered 

 for seats; a piece of burlap was made to answer for a door, and 

 we were housekeeping. 



Three days arc spent waiting for better weather. The fourth 

 one brings it, and we are off. The wind is in the old quarter, but 

 quite reasonable and we soon beat out of the river and swing oft 

 for Sarasota Bay. We mad'; a very good run, and at 4 P. M. were 

 in sight of Sarasota and the Scotch settlement, a new town on the 

 sand bank order. The last two hours of our«run were quite, excit- 

 ing, wo were dead before it, the sea was very heavy, and the 

 Haricon seemed to want to climb over the stern of the Honest 

 John. The cook did not like that arrangement, so ho laid down 

 across f he ta (frail and acted as a buffer for the canoe; it grew a 

 trifle monotonous, however, and he was ready to camp by the time 

 we made port. 



The Sarasota of to-day is a town of but a year's growth. It was 

 formed by a colony of Scotchmen who were induced to emigrate 

 by the glowing accounts held out by Florida land agents. Those 

 of the colony who could turned back for home as soon as they had 

 seen the country. The remainder, for the lack of funds," wore 

 compelled to remain, and are now trying to make the most of a 

 bad bargain. Old Sarasota will be remembered as the place where 

 the gang of thugs had their headquarters some two years since. 

 It is about two miles south of the Scotch settlement. 



The third day saw us headed for the Mangroves, a narrow, tor- 

 turous passage between the mainland and Sarasota and Chaise's 

 Keys. The water is very shoal, with numerous oyster bars, mud 

 flat s, etc. We worked down some ten miles, when, for lack of 

 water, we were compelled to camp. Our ground was well chosen, 

 in front was a bed of very fair oysters, while just across were fiats 

 where the birds congregated by hundreds. Back of the camp was 

 a trail which led to the outer beach, some two hundred yards 

 away, where were shells by the million. 



Our camp was pitched on a little bluff said to be an old Indian 

 camping place. The heaps of oyster shells surrounding go far to 

 prove it. The cook and skipper both laid themselves out to make 

 a cosy camp. The shelter was stretched just right, material for a 

 camp-fire piled in readiness, oysters gathered for supper and 

 breakfast, and an hour before sundown all was finished. Our sup- 

 per was the crowning success of the camp; each had clone his best, 

 and when the order was given to "fall to" there was nothing lack- 

 ing, not even an appetite. After supper came the usual routine, 

 smoking and story telling. The Cook does not indulge in the 

 luxury of a piDe, but the Skipper could smoke enough for two, so 

 there was nothing lost. The camp-fire that night was a living joy, 

 built of huge logs of the red cedar and chinked with pine knot's, "it 

 gave out the pungent, resinous flavor of the pine, the delicate 

 aroma of the cedar, with the brightness and sparkle of both com- 

 bined. That was a happy evening; everything seemed at peace, 

 the voices of the. night, sometimes harsh and discordant, were now 

 low-toned and musical, the very waves on the beach climbed up 

 the sand with a gurgling laugh, while a great owl resting on an 

 oak near the lire felt so happy he forgot to hoot. But the Ski ope* 

 got tired of;t,elling twisters concerning bis early days and the Cook 

 of relating collage scrapes, so the fire was fixed and each, rolled in 

 his blanket, was soon asleep. 



"An hour passed ou. the Turk awoke." Crash! Bang! Fire! 

 "What's that, who, when," and Skipper and Cook came to their 

 feet with a bound. "What's the matter?" A glance tells the 

 story. One of the cedar logs had burned through, capsized over 

 anotber, throwing a bushel, more or less, of live coals and ashes 

 into the blankets of the sleepers. 



Things were soon got to rights, but all sleepy notions were 

 banished for the time, so down sH the party with another batch of 

 stones which the incident has brought to mind. 



The Cook gives out first, and the Skipper, who is telling a storv 

 of a fire at sea, is reminded by a little snore from the aforesaid 

 Cook, that his eloquence is thrown away, so he breaks off short, 

 looks pityingly at the sleeping youngster a ad thoughtful Iv tills Ids 

 pipei 



Finishing his smoke, the, Skipper arranges his bed anew and 

 starts again for toe land of dreams. But it was not to be. Just as 

 he began to lose all memory of times, places and people, there was 

 another aid , 'm. ■. i j ■■ r:s ru ,. .r.hee ■<-,■:, v 



setting fire to some dry brush, vines, etc., and" in five minutes there 

 was a conflagration, in five more the fire bad completely flanked 

 the camp and there was a, right smart chance of being burned out 

 of house and home, dut perseverance and a wet bush will do 

 wonders, and in half an hour we were safe. 



"Skipper." says the Cook, "didn't you say this was an old Indian 

 camping place?" "So I've been told," says Skipper. "Well," re- 

 joined the Cook, "I believe it, and I believe we've roused the 

 Demon of theSeminoles." "Maybe so," says Skipper, "but it's si 

 near daylight now he can't give us any more trouble." In fact i 

 was getting gray in the east, the fire was cuddled into shape to 

 roast, oysters, water boiled for coffee, and soon we were following 

 the narrow frail which led to the beach. 



THE A. C. A. REGATTA PROGRAMME. 



Editor ForeM and Stream : 



Some points in Mr. McKcndrick's letter addressed to me in the 

 Forest and Stream seem to require answers. 



First— We are apparently agreed that the single blade paddle is 

 getting into disuse in A. C. A. races. Any experiment aiming at 

 keeping the legitimate and natural propeller of the open canoe in 

 its proper place deserves consideration. There are difficulties — 

 perhaps the sailing canoes must be raced separately. A do not go 

 back on my declaration, that to handicap a fast rival is a weak 

 act. The open canoes were admitted to the same paddling races 

 with sailing canoes, when they universally carried single blades, 

 armed with doubles they are quite out of place, there. Now, they 

 should either retain the handicapping conditions or have separate 

 races. This is not a question of privileges to be argued by lawyers 

 on each side. The fast, light open canoe is not a rival of the sailing 

 canoe under paddle because the latter simply declines to race 

 against the former; it would be absurd. Nor have 1 nor any other 

 sailing men, sought to handicap them as rivals; they are not rivals; 

 tliey are suedi different tilings that, I use one. of each kind. Per- 

 haps they Should he separated entirely. Let the regatta, committee 

 decide. 



Second- The 75ft. limit was originated to remedy the obvious in- 

 justice suffered by cruising men who earned only one rig for all 

 uses and who had not a fair chance against the racing rig men. 

 The obvious injustice lias not disappeared; the remedy is so effect- 

 ive that it is not Celt so much; but there is just as much need now 

 as ever there was for a limited sail race, it was not against the 

 lead mines that this rule was aimed, but to defend cruisers in at 

 least one race, against, big rigs designed for racing. 



Third- Peeowsic is Htft.xStin., very nearly lull Class B. Mr. 

 McKendrick must overlook this when he insists in calling her a 

 small boat and demanding bigger craft after having disavowed 

 big boats. We entirely agree in the. need of thoughtful attention 

 to the rising racing types, but one season of experience, will do 

 more good than a whole code of rules in discouraging undesirable 

 craft. R. W. GIBSON. 



VESPER BOAT CLUB. 



THE Vesper Boat Club of Lowell, Mass., held its annual meet- 

 ing on March SI, with President Paul Butler in the chair. The 

 treasurer and secretary each read their reports, showing a pros- 

 perous condition of the club. The latter report is of special inter, 

 est as showing the extent of the change which has been going on 

 in the (dub, originally a boating organization, since the introduc- 

 tion of canoes, some half a dozen years since. The report reads 

 as fellows: "Looking at the general life of the club, one 

 acquainted with its history canuot fail to note its changing char- 

 acter; not that its interest in aquatic sports isevanesceni; but that 

 its interest is constantly seeking new forms of expression. The. 

 former keen interest in rowing competitions has been partially 

 Superseded by the use of canoes— a change which has really 

 strengthened the individual interest in aquatic sports. Recreation 

 rather than at hletic exercises per se, seems to be sought for, and 

 for this the canoe seems best adapted. The engagement book 

 shows an undiminished use of the club boats, and a constant use 

 of the club canoes. The registered engagement of boats and 

 canoes last season, show a use of the facilities of the club by SO 

 per cent, of its membership; in 1885 it was 40 per cent.; in neither 

 year, however, were names always registered when a club boat 

 was used. An observation of this, sufficiently close, for the pnr- 

 porso, warrants the addition of at least 15 per cent, for this class; 

 add also a, similar percentage for boat owners who do not use- 

 club boats at all, and also ftr members who use the facilities of 

 the club in company with others, and there is a total of something 

 over 90 per cent, of the membership actually using its facilities. 

 This shows that there is not much dead wood in the Vesper Boat 

 (Tub. The record book also shows a constantly lengthening boat- 

 ing season. In 1885 the first engagement was recorded May 16; the 

 last Oct. 1— a period ot 140 days. In 1880 the first engagement was 

 May 1 and the last Oct. 20, or 173 days, a gain of 24 days over the 

 preceding year, while it. is certain that a large proportion of the 

 canoes were in use from the time the ice left the river, about the 

 middle of April, up to its closing by frost in November, a period 

 something over seven months. Other books would undoubtedly 

 show corroborative facts in this respect, and it will be seen that 

 the introduction of cauoes has greatly increased the length of the 

 boating season, and enormously enlarged the benefits which the 

 individual member derives from his connection with the club. 

 For the present year the club may look forward to a good regatta 

 this spring. The new life introduced in the club in the last two 

 years, with that which may naturally be expected to come in this 

 spring, warrant this expectation. 



This is a most gratifying showing for canoeing where it has come 

 into direct rivalry in a club famous for its rowing, but the same 

 fact is noted elsewhere. Rowing clubs, as a rule, must depend for 

 that general interest necessary to a prosperous growth on shell 

 rowing and racing, and without these and the strong competition 

 they engender there are few clubsthat can succeed. For this work 

 it is necessary that the club shall have a, number of men with time 

 and disposition to train steadily for a large part of the year, and 

 to do a great deal of hard work. Besides the. rowing men there 

 must always be a large number of members who, while not racing 

 themselves, take an active interest in the success of their crew, 

 and are willing to aid toward the heavy expenses of new boats, 

 traveling, etc. Under these conditions shell rowing has declined 

 greatly in late years, as may be seen in many localities. On the 

 Kill von Kull, once made famous by the Nassaus and Argonautas, 

 it is dead; and though there are several rowing clubs still on these 

 waters, their old time glory has departed, and they have no promi- 

 nence in the racing world. On the Harlem too rowing has declined, 

 and the same is true in many other places. The men who rowed 

 in 1875 or even before, have retired from racing, and no new ones 

 till their places. In all of these clubs canoes arc found in 

 increasing numbers, and canoeing, as a rule, is gaining in favor 

 as rowing loses. One strong reason for this is that the 

 attractions of canoeing are so different from rowing. There 

 is very little, pleasure in merely rowing in a shell, when the excite- 

 ment of a race is lacking, and the necessary practice, is but a hard 

 grind and not a pleasure. There are times when a sharp spin does 

 a man good and gives him healthful exercise, but no one will 

 claim that a daily pull in all weathers, under some martinet of a 

 coach, is anything but the hardest of work; but this is necessary 

 to success in rowing. The canoe, on the other hand, has the great 

 charm of personal ownership and command, the canoeist has the 

 sole responsibility for the proper management of his boat, while 

 the latter is adaptable to racing as keen and exciting as any shell 

 rower knows, and at the same time to a great variety of pleasure 

 uses, such as camping, cruising, pleasure paddling and sailing of 

 afternoons, and to taking a companion along. In short, the dif- 

 ference is that most rowing alone or with a crew is purely mechan- 

 ical work, as much so as gymnasium practice, while iii canoeing 

 the individual resources of the canoeist are continually called on 

 in one way or anot her. The Vesper Boat Club have found the 

 benefits of canoeing in a far greater interest among all members 

 in water sport and in the club's welfare, and they have now under 

 consideration an increase of the membership limit from lOOto 1:10. 

 Officers: President, Paul Butler; Vice-Presidents, Andrew G. 

 Swapp, David S. Goddard; Treasurer, Ralph F, Brazer; Secretary. 

 Rodney F. Homenway; Executive Committee, Henrv W. Salmon, 

 J. Arthur Gage, Joseph P. Battles. 



A.C.A. DUES AND YEAR BOOK.-Brooklyn, N. Y., March 4. 

 To the members of the American Canoe Association: The fol- 

 lowing has been mailed to each member of the Association: Dear 

 Sir: You are hereby notified that at a meeting of the Executive 

 Committee of the American Canoe Association, held Feb. 13, 1887, 

 at New York City, Mr. William M. Carter, of Trenton, New 

 Jersey, was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Association, vice 

 Dr. C. A. Neide, retired. The inclosed memorandum, which is 

 made up from the books of the Association, is believed to be the 

 present condition of your account. Will yon remit the same 

 to the Secretary -Treasurer at your earliest convenience, bo 

 that the Year Book may be issued correctly at an early 

 day. Delay has occurred in issuing the above, but with the 

 co-operation of members the Year Kook can be issued at 

 its proper time. It is particularly urged that, each mem- 

 ber will send to Secretary Carter his address, as he wishes 

 it to appear in the Year Book, and also that he will inform all 

 the members in his locality. The addresses of a number of 

 members, especially in cities, are so vaguely given that, they can- 

 not he reached by mail. We do not wish to drop any of these, and 

 therefore hope that the above suggestion will be followed. Ac- 

 companying the circular is a statement of the condition of each 

 member's accou nt as shown by the Secretary-Treasurer's books, 

 which have been carefully examined by Mr. Carter and myself. 

 In conclusion, 1 think it proper for me to call attention to a sug- 

 gestion made by Mr. Carter, which is that the Secretary-Treas- 

 urer of the Association be made a bonded officer. This subject 

 will be referred to the Committee on Revision of Constitution- 

 Very truly yours, Robert .1. Wilkin, Commodore. 



THE HUDSON SPRING MEET, — Editor Forrs-t and Stream; The 

 cordial invitation of the Shattemuc C. C. to their brother canoe- 

 ists to take "pot luck " with them on Decoration Day, seems to 

 me i to be about the right tiling. The custom of a "little meet" 

 along the river on that day was successfully started three years 

 ago. Why give it up? Personally it meets my views to a frac- 

 tion, and, without speaking officially. I think all of our members 

 that can get, away will spend a "short, term" at Sing Sing on that 

 occasion. The distance is so short, from New York and trans- 

 portation so easy that. I trust the southern delegation will be a 

 large one— good it always is. Brooklyn, New York and Knicker- 

 bocker should show up well. The mosquito fleet from Jersey 

 should also be on hand— now is their chance to get to a near-by 

 meet. Yonkers can easily" cruise up. All unattached canoeists 

 will certainly find welcome, and who knows how many thereafter 

 may think it about the right thing to send their little dollar to 

 Trenton and invest in an A. O. A. certificate. It is too early in the 

 season to speak of those Indians up at the frozen North, but 

 nevertheless I hope to sec the Mohicans out in force, and Rondout 

 by that time, will have given up ice-boating and should be teady 

 to join in the " love feast," at the Shattemuc beach— the "corn 

 dance" will come later up on Champlain. That there may be a 

 "mighty gathering" at each place to warm their toes at the big 

 camp-fire and help "roll the main down," is the toast of a— DOCK 



R AT. 



WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION.— A circular containing 

 the. following notice has been sent out by the W. C. A. to all its 

 its members: "On the second page of this sheet will be found a 

 copy of the resolutions recently received from the American 

 Canoe Association. The executive committee has not yet taken 

 any action regarding them. They arc of (lie opinion that a vote 

 should be taken on the chief question, that of becoming the West- 

 ern Division of the A. C. A. at once. Please let me know your 

 opinion by answering yes or no with your views on the question. 

 Under the new arrangement the annual expenses will be one dol- 

 lar, a smaU part of which will be given to the A. C. A. and the 

 balance retained by the Division. There will be no further dues 

 nor assessments of any kind. Of course all new members join- 

 ing after the Division is formed will pay an initiation fee of one 

 dollar to the A. O. A. as usual. Yours truly, JAMJiS O. Shi ras, 

 Secretary and Treasurer." 



SQUARE STERNS VS. COUNTERS.-Kdftor Forest and Stream: 

 As to the merits of counter stern vs. sharp stern boats, I can say 

 from a limited experience on Seneca Lake, that I think a follow- 

 ing sea does not get "the heave and scend" on a sharp stern that 

 it gets on a counter stern boat; and while the lines might, per- 

 haps, be made so fine as to leave the water as easily, a counter 

 stern before a wind would steer harder, especially if a light draft, 

 and would be more apt to broach to. A neighbor of mine recently 

 received a letter from his brother, an officer on the U. S. Steamer 

 Y antic, in which he states that on their late cruise from Colon to 

 Key West, when near the latter place about fifty miles at sea, the 

 coal in the bunker was discovered to be on fire. After fruitless 

 attempts with the pumps to extinguish the combustion, some hand 

 fire grenades were thrown into the coal and the flames were at 

 once extinguished.— S. 



RONDOUT C. C. OFFICERS.-Commodore, C. V. A. Decker; 

 Vice-Commodore, J. S. Paynter; Secretary, F. B. Hibbard: Treas- 

 urer, Guilford Hasbrouck; House Committee, W. A. Stephens, H. 

 B. Snyder and II. S. Crisped; Auditing Committee. C.V. A.Decker, 

 F. B. Hibbard, J. S. Paynter and G. Hasbrouck. 



ST. LAWRENCE C. C. OFFICERS.-Commodore, J. S. Ells- 

 worth; Vice-Commodore, J. L. Jackson; Secretary and Treasurer, 

 W. F. Kip. 



A DINNER TO MIL BARNEY.— On March 10 the Springfield 

 C. C. gave a dinner at the Massasoit House to Mr. E. H. Barney, 

 whose successful efforts have done so much for the reputation of 

 the club during the past, year, 



BATTENS AND REEFING GEAR.— Cold Spring, N. Y., March 

 5.— Editor Forest and Stream: The use of battens in sails, both for 

 purposes of flattening and reefing the canvas, has been known to 

 the Chinese for hundreds, if not thousands, of rears. The writer 

 saw at Shanghai in 1872, in a race of the yacht club there, some 

 eight or nine of the European and the American owned boats 

 rigged in Chinese fashion, the sails being made bv an American 

 sail-maker named Cooke, a resident of Shanghai*. These boats 

 were in mode) like our catboats, but much larger in general. In a 

 race also of cutters belonging to men-of-war, one of the cutters of 

 the U. S. ship Monocacy and several of the boats of the English 

 ship Cadmus were also rigged in this manner. The writer 

 adopted the rig also for a small boat of his own, and found the 

 sail superior to any boat sail ever seen by him in any part of the 

 world before or since. Reefing becomes, with such a sail as 

 spoken of, simply a matter of slacking away the halliards, of 

 which there is only one set to a sail. The mast in the boats of the 

 Shanghai club was stepped almost in the midship station, the 

 sail projecting a fraction forward of the mast, and being secured 

 thereto by parrels on each batten. The manner of rigging the 

 sheet was peculiar and singularly effective. The writer would be 

 glad to see it given a trial on our catboats, but has for 14 rears 

 nearly tried in vain to induce some one to adopf.it. For sailing 

 close-hauled in small boats the Chinese rig is unequaled in the 

 opinion of — Aucyon. 



HAR RISBURG H C. C.-On March 3 the Harrisburgh C. C. 

 helo its annual meeting and dinner at the residence of Col. Mc- 

 Farland. The officers elected are: Commodore, Geo. McFarland; 

 Vice-Commodore, M. Fager; Lieutenant, H. L. Shole; Secretary, 

 H. Martin; Corresponding Secretary, W, Frank Whitman; Treas- 

 urer, Jacob Hoak. 



FIXTURES. 



May. 



28. Oswego Cruise. 28-31. Portland, Cruise. 



June. 



9. N. Y„ Annual, N. Y. 25, Cor. Club, Marblehead. 



10. Portland, Annual. 25. Oswego, Ladies' Dar. 



18. Hull Peun., Hull. 



July. 



2. Beverly, Open, Mon. Beach. 16. Cor. Cham. Marblehead. 



2. Hull, Penn.,Hull. 18-31. Interlake, Put-in-Bav. 



4. Beverly, Cham., Mon. Beach. 20. Hull, Ladies' Dav. 



9. Hull, Club Cruise. 23. Beverly, Cham,," Nahant. 



9. Beverly, Cham., Marblehead. 30. Beverlv. Cham., Mon. Beach. 

 16. Beverly, Sweep, Mon. Beach. SO, Hull, Cham., Hull. 

 16. Hull. Cham., Hull. 30. Cor. Open, Marblehead. 



August. 



2. Sandy Bay, Annual. 20. Beverly, Open, Marblehead. 



6. Beverly, Cham.,Swampscott. 27. Beverlv, Onen, Mon. Beach. 

 13. Beverly, Cham., Mon. Beach. 30. Hull, Cham.. Hull. 

 13. Hull, Open, Hull. 30. Cor. Cham., Marblehead. 



15. Cor. Ladies' Race, Marble- 

 head. 



10. Beverly, Sweep., Mon. Beach. 17. Cor. Sweep., Marblehead. 

 10. Cor. Cham,, Marblehead, 



THE START FOR THE OCEAN RACE. 



AT last, after many delays, the start for the ocean race has 

 been made, and the two yachts are now well on their course 

 across the Atlantic. On Saturday morning the Dauntless and 

 Coronot were both underway and flying about the upper Bay with 

 a fine N. W. wind, cold and piercing in spite of the warm sun> 

 light, hut just what was desired to insure the most favorable 

 start. The Coronet had been off Tompkinsville since Tuesday, 

 but the Dauntless had lain at the foot of Twenty-fourth street, 

 out of the way of the ice, until Saturday morning, when she 

 towed down, easting off from the tug below Governor's Island, 

 By noon there were on hand at the starting point, off Buoy 18, a 

 number of tugs and steamers, besides the steam yachts Meteor 

 and Loretta, and the revenue cutter Grant. The tug Luckenbacb 

 was, of course, on hand, with Messrs. Taylor and Peahody of the 

 regatta committee in charge, and at 1 P. M. she blew the first 

 whistle, the Coronet, and Dauntless being both up the Bay under 

 lower sails only. At 1:10 P. M. the starting signal was given and 

 both came for the line, the Coronet being some distance ahead. 

 In spite of the strong wind and the swift-running ebb tide it was 

 1:12:17 before the Coronet crossed, with square sail set and the 

 topsails being sheeted borne as she went over. Meanwhile the 

 Dauntless had set her squaresail further up the Bay and came 

 down under it, crossing at 1:16:4ft, the topsails going on her at 

 once. Everything was iu their favor and both were soon clear of 

 the Narrows, and no w the kites came out of the lockers. Main- 

 topmast staysails and jibtopsails were tried for a time, until 

 weU down the Bay, when they and the squarcsails came in and 

 the ra cers settled down t o the hard and continuous work that will 

 last for the next two or three weeks. One by one the boats dropped 

 out of the attendant, fleet until only the Luekenbaeh and a few 

 others were left, and these were astern of the vachts. At last, 

 even these saluted and turned back, and the two were left to con- 

 tinue their long voyage alone, the Coronet, when last seen, being 

 still well in advance. The two were sighted about 10 P. M. by an 

 inbound steamer, the Dauntless being ahead apparently, and the 

 pilot boat David Carll reported the two off Fire Island at 5 P. M. 

 with Dauntless \% miles ahead. When last seen they were both 

 reefed down. 



