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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Mabch 31, 1887. 



REEFING GEARS FOR CATBOATS. 



called to the method of reefing 

 iti in detail a handy system of 

 rill some one answer the follow- 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Now that attention has beei 

 small boats, will some one ex nl 

 reefing, say a 30ft. eat. If no1 , 

 ing questions: 



First— Gaffney and Norwood, of Boston, have a system. Where 

 is it explained? 1 know it is applied with success on the 18ft. 

 eastern sloop Sassacus, reefing and setting the mainsail in about 

 five seconds. 



Second— Thomas Fearoti, of Yonkers, lias another system. His 

 method of reefing jib was explained m tJie Fouest and Stream 

 about two years ago. Will lie kindly explain his patent "reefing 

 boom':" 



Third— According to your Greenwich correspondent, R. B. 

 Forbes has a system patented in 1878. As F. ©. L>. is good at 

 sketching will he he so kind as to illustrate in the columns of the 

 Forest and Stream the system he mentions? 



I need not mention the invention of Mr. GriswoJd, as wc have 

 nothing to do but "step up and pay royalty," to have it on our 

 boats. 



No one but those who have tried are aware of the trouble in 

 reefing a catboat, when alone. I think 3Ir. Kunhardt will agree 

 with me in this. What is wanted is a method, simple, handy and 

 capable of being applied without heavy expense, and the trouble 

 of getting a new sail. Now is the time to consider this before the 

 season opens. Raven. 



MAYFLOWER'S CHALLENGE.— The mily answer that Mr. 

 Burgess has yet received from Mr. Chamberlavne is the following 

 by cable: "London, March :H, 1887.— To Burgess. Boston: J will 

 race the Arrow against the Mayflower under condifious which 

 have been fully written out and forwarded to you by mail.— On am- 

 rerdatne." Until the letter arrives nothing further can be de- 

 termined. It is proposed to rig the Mayflower as a ketch for the 

 ocean voyage, with a large mizzen in addition to the reduced 

 mainsail. The sail plan has been completed by Mr. Burgess, and 

 estimates of the cost have been received, so that the work can go 

 on at once if Mr. Chamherlayno's conditions are acceptable. In 

 regard to Mayflower and the centerboard. the. London Fitiri of 

 March 28 speaks as follows: "So far as the challenge of the May- 

 flower goes, Mr. Chamberlayne has cabled a reply that he accepts, 

 subject to certain conditions, which arc such that we hu\ e no 

 doubt the owner of the Mayflower will accept. The principal 

 difficulty, no doubt, is the centerboard, and as Mr. Chamberlavne 

 enjoins that the match must be sailed inside the Isle of Wight, 

 between the Nab lightship and Hurst Castle, the centerboard of 

 the Mayflower could not very well be fixed down. As an alterna- 

 tive it is proposed that the board shall be stopped so as not to be 

 lifted above the maximum draft of water of the Arrow. As this 

 will only place the Mayflower on terms with the Arrow so far as 

 its capability of working in shoal water goes, it can be taken for 

 granted that no objection will be raised, especially as the May- 

 flower will still have some advantage by the reduction her im- 

 mersed surface can be made to undergo when her board is lifted 

 some three or four feet. This is a matter which also may require 

 adjusting. So far as the chances of the Arrow go there is no dis- 

 guising the fact that she will have to undergo a sort of metamor- 

 phosis under water to get on anytliing like even terms with the 

 formidable Yankee, and as the very considerable, alteration? 

 which will have to be made arc not likely to be put in hand until 

 the conditions are finally agreed to, there is no chance of the races 

 taking place until the end of August. Mr. Chamberlayne. it 

 should be said, has made it a condition that one of the 'yachts 

 must win two races to decide the ownership of the Cup. The 

 work of altering the old ship will, of course, be carried out in Mr. 

 Chamberiayne's own yard at Southampton by John Moore, and it 

 can be taken for granted that Mr. Chamberlayne will spare no 

 expense in carrying out what his judgment tells him should be 

 done. We believe that the general nature of the alterations has 

 already been thought out, so there will be no delay when the news 

 arrives that the conditions are agreed to." 



CAPE ANN Y. C.-The Cape Ann Y. C. held its annual meet- 

 ing on March 23, and elected the following officers: Frank H- 

 Gaffney, Commodore ; H. P. Denuen, Yice-Commodore ; Geo- 

 Wheeler, Fleet Captain; F. A. Docherty, Secretary; Frank E- 

 Smothers, Treasurer; Thos. Irving, Measurer. Trustees, Chas. 

 Prindall, James C. Richardson, Geo. H. Procter. The club has 

 secured headquarters at Pavilliou Beach, commanding a com- 

 plete view of the harbor and club course. The membership list is 

 now about 200, and increasing rapidly, 38 new names being pre- 

 sented at last meeting. A large number of new yachts will be en- 

 rolled the present season, among the number two handsome 

 cutters now in the hands of Messrs. Higgins & Gifford, the 

 builders of this port. 



CLARA.— This famous cutter is offered for sale in another 

 column, as her owner has returned to England. Her record here 

 is well known, she has never been beaten in the two seasons that 

 she has raced, by any boat of her size. Her outfit for racing and 

 cruising is very complete. 



HURON.— Messrs. Bloodgood & Kelly's cutter was on the screw 

 dock last week, being coppered. Her cabins have been changed 

 somewhat, and she will go into commission early. Her owners 

 will use her largely for cruising, but she will enter some of the 

 races. 



MIRAMICHI Y. C.-J, C. Miller, Com.; J. L. Stewart, Vice- 

 Corn.; Chas. Sargeant, Rear-Corn.; F. Kennedy. Sec.-Treas.; Thos. 

 Crimmen. Measurer; J. C. Miller, Geo. Watt, P. Wheeler and 

 James Miller, Trustees. 



SACHEM.— The report that Sachem was to visit England is con- 

 tradicted by her owners, but they have offered to let, Mr. Burgess 

 take her if she is needed for the defense of the Cup. 



MR. WM. R. TRAVERS, owner of the sloop Fannv, died at 

 Bermuda on March 19. Mr. Geo. L. Jordan, a member of the New 

 York Y. C, died on March 20. 



Imwws to <^ottM$onAmi$. 



Fitzterence O'Donovan Hoole, 

 With a keg of cold powder did fool; 



And tip from the alley 



Fitzterence did sally, " 

 To return when the weather gets cool. — Life. 



A violent cough continued through the winter often brings 

 consumption in the spring. Soothe and tone the irritated and 

 weakened lungs with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, and 

 the cough yields and the danger disappears. Pike's Toothache 

 Drops cure in one minute.— Adv. 



SS?" No Notice Taken of Anonymous CoriespoiKlenfcs. 



W. AY, W.— Yes, Pike county, Pa., is a famous deer country. 

 E. M. T., Saco, Maine.— Hallock's "Gazetteer" will give vou the 

 desired information. 



H. A., Mansfield, O.— Write to Shaeffer of Boston, who makes a 

 specialt y of that sort of business. 



E. S— The guns stand very high and are first-class. The pene- 

 tration will be practically the same. 



J. W. -The New York law is in its annual transition stage; no 

 one knows what it will be -when the Legislature gets through with 



M. S., Fort George Island, Fla.-R. G. Salomon, 105 to 113 Sussex 

 avenue, Newark, N. J., is the largest tanner of alligator skins in 

 this country. 



J. It. C— English snipe are found on the Hackensack meadows, 

 at Barnegat, N. J and on the south shore of Long Island. Prob- 

 ably Barnegat will be the best. 



• J A. L ' 7;~ The trmlt s ? ascn in New York will open April 1, except 

 in the Adirondack*, where the season will begin Ma v 1, unless the 

 law is changed before that date. 



-%, K ;. K - Washington. -The gun first mentioned is nor more 

 liable than others to get shaky. Either one of the makes of the 

 S1U0 grade will last you a lifetime. 



E. L. F., New Mexico— The pattern and penetration of the 

 lb-bore we consider very good both as a performance bv itself and 

 in comparison with what might be expected of other guns. 



W. C. K., Columbus, Ala.— A study of Dr. Henshall's "Book of 

 the Black Bass ' w ill gi c yo'j much help, and it has instructions 

 as to proper bass flies and tackle, and the art of fly-fishing for (Ms 

 species. 



J. A. T., Bangor, Me.— The arm is safe. It compared weU with 

 others in the trajectory test. The choice between a .38 and M 

 caliber depends upon what you want to use it for : the latter is 

 the heavier arm. 



J. B., Webster, Mass.— 1. Henshall's "Book of the Black Bass" is 

 the best thing in that field. 2. The Massachusetts fish commis- 

 sioners are E. A. Brackett, Winchendon: E, H. Lathrop, Snring- 

 field; F. W. Put nam, Cambridge. 



W, R. R., Toronto, Canada.— The deer season in Michigan will 

 open for Lower Peninsula (Jet. 1, and for Upper Peninsula Aug. 

 15; in Minnesota, Dec. 1; in Wisconsin, Oct. 1. The la ws vou ask 

 for will be given in these columns. 



A. M.— You might take off three inches of the muzzle, provided 

 it is not a choke. If the gunmaker who repaired it warranted it, 

 you have only to go back to him and have him repair the damage. 

 There are a number of reliable gunsmiths in this town. 



J. C. H.— A and B shoot a match; A breaks the most birds. After I 

 the match is over B finds that A is using IJjSoz. shot heaping 

 measure. Which wins the match? Ans. There is nothing in vour 

 statement to show it. You do not give the conditions of' the 

 match. 



G. C. H., Syracuse, N. Y.— 1. Trout law is off for New York on 

 April 1, except in Adirondacks, where it is May 1. 2. Deer hunt- 

 ing, according to present law, Aug. 15 to Nov. 1. 3. There are 

 twenty-six numbers in a volume of Forest and Stream. 4. 

 Seneca's cook-book is in cloth binding. 



W. J. P. Stanton, Mich.— Will you please state in your answers 

 to correspondents whether the articles on travels in Boon-Gah- 

 Arrah-biggee are. fact or fiction ? Is there such a country ? If so, 

 where is it ? Ans. You are referred to the prefatory note by the 

 editor of Mr. Goater's manuscript. See first installment of the 

 Boon Gah series. 



F. L. M., Whitby, Conn.— Please distinguish coot and mudhen? 

 Ans. The terms coot and mudhen are both commonly used in 

 speaking of the American coot (Fulica americana). Three species 

 of sea ducks (Oidcm ia) are also called coots along the New England 

 coast. Various species of rail (Rallnlrr) are ('ailed mudhens in 

 certain localities. 



Bullet.— i. Rifle barrels are of regular accepted lengths. 2. 

 The company that makes the best repeating rifle will be found 

 advertised in our advertising pages. 3. Probably the most beaver 

 are found In Canada, f. There are men who live entirely bv hunt- 

 ing and fishing, but we would not advise you to adopt that mode 

 of earning a livelihood. 



Jorbish, Idaho.— Can you please tell me of any elementary 

 book on the aneroid barometer, how to adjust it to different J alti- 

 tudes, and all information with regard to its uses, and also the 

 altitude scale with which pocket aneroids are provided? Ans. 

 We can supply a work entitled, "The Aneroid Barometer ; its 

 Construction and Use." Price, 50 cents. 



A. O.— A will have it that sea gulls nest in trees, and that the 

 trees in consequence die. B contends that a sea gull will 

 never nest on any tree. Please to decide the matter. Ans. Sea 

 gulls nest on the ground, with exception of the herring gull, 

 which in Newfoundland nests in pine trees. We do not know 

 why the trees should die in consequence. 



E. F. S., Byrdville, Va. -I have two wild geese, one supposed to 

 be a gander and the other a goose. One mated last vear with a 

 white gander, and raised hybrid goslings; the other neither mated 

 nor laid. Both are of the same age and much alike. What is the 

 difference in markings and shape of wild goose and gander? How 

 can one be distinguished from the other? Ans. There are no dis- 

 tinctions that will enable you to determine the sexes. 



J. T. W.— I have a cocker bitch in whelp, will it interfere with 

 her young by running up and down stairs? She's been accus- 

 tomed to the stairs from a pup. 2. A cocker bitch, one year old, 

 is getting too fat, what can I do to reduce her flesh. I have a 

 small leather bag like the "Nessmuk" ditty bag, and wish it 

 to shed water; what can I use? Ans. 1. No, 2. Diet, exercise and 

 Epsom salts. 3. There are water-proofing preparations. 



W. A. S., Delaware, Ont.— I omitted the size of the bird, the 

 description of which appears in last issue of your paper. The 

 weight of it is, I should judge, about 12ibs., and it is not much 

 larger than a crow. Several parties, to whom I have shown it 

 and who have shot turkey buzzards on the prairies, say this is not 

 one. Ans. We presume the bird to be a turkey buzzard, but can- 

 not tell with certainty from your description". Better get some 

 naturalist to look at the bird, or if it dies send on the skin for 

 identification. 



MAN AND OTHER ANIMALS. 



A hill has heen introduced into the Texas Legislature to 

 prevent pooling— by railroads. Somebody ought to supple- 

 ment it with a bill to prevent fooling— bv didn't-know-it- 

 was-loaded idiots. 



Why is a watcb-dog larger at night than he is in the morn- 

 ing? Because he is let out at night and taken in in the 

 morning.— Texas SifUngs. [Thin joke was translated from 

 Greek to Latin two thousand years ago. — Ed. F. &. S.] 



Wra. Felisx, while chopping iu the woods near North 

 Bradley, on the F. & P. M. railway, captured three cubs, two 

 of which are now in the possession ot Wm. Richter, of this 

 city, who will raise them as pets. The dog started a big 

 black bear out of the root of a fallen tree, and it was so close 

 to Felisx that he struck it in the shoulder with his ax, 

 causing a deep wound, from which bruin bled profusely. 

 The bear, however, got away, and although it was traced for 

 two days by the trail of blood, it was not captured. The 

 dog returned to the root, and began to bark again, when 

 Felisx began a search and found the three cubs, which are 

 jet black, with a pure white spot on the breast, something 

 very unusual.— East Saginaw (Mich.) Herald, 



Formerly the salmon in the spawning season ascended the 

 Fraaer Kiver by the million, and they could be scooped out 

 of the water by the barrelful with any kind of vessel large 

 enough. But since the Canadian Pacific trains have begun 

 running regularly along the banks of the Fraser, the fish 

 have begun to desert the stream, and it is feared that in a 

 year or so there will be very few of these fish where in 

 former years they were present in countless numbers. The 

 noise of the engine and the vibration imparted to the water 

 by the trains running along the banks are supposed to have 

 scared t hem, and therefore caused their departure.— Toronto 

 Globe. [Very good; but what about the salmon which have 

 come into the Hudson River since the operation of railroads 

 on either side of the stream ?] 



The other day as Sam Ltisk and another man were driving 

 the Nevada City and Dovvnieville Stage Company's train of 

 pack horses over the trail between Camptonville and 

 Dowuieville, a big buck came dashing toward them The 

 snow was so high on both sides of the track that it could 

 not turn aside and thus pass, and it dared not go back 

 because some men were coming iust behind it from the op- 

 posite direction. Luck's companion grabbed it bv a horn as 

 it came toward him full tilt. The horn broke off and the 

 animal struck him a terrible blow with one of its hoofs cut- 

 ting the flesh on his right hand to the bone. He grabbed it 

 by the remaining horn before it could back off for another 

 charge. Then ensued a desperate struggle which Lusk 

 ended by coming to his friend's rescue, and with a jackknif e 

 cutting the deer's throat.— Nevada City (Cal.) Chrrmicle, 



It may not be generally known away from the seaside that 

 a vessel's old sheathing, which has been once covered with 

 yellow metal or copper, at the expiration of a long voyage 

 makes a most beautiful flame of different colors when 

 burned in an open fire-place or grate. The variegated flame 

 is caused by the sheathing coming in contact with copper 

 nails and other composition with which the sheathing is 

 covered. Years ago this wood was considered worthless and 

 was usually given away to poor people for fuel, but of late 

 years it has been used quite extensively in this city and vicin- 

 ity, being placed upon other wood or coal, when the flames 

 from the burning of the old sheathing present a beautiful 

 sight, producing different colors, which shoot forth from the 

 copper nail holes. Parties who visited this city and saw the 

 beautiful effects produced by burning this wood, carried 

 some to tneir homes, and now the demand for old sheathing 

 is greater than the supply. Several gentlemen in this city 

 act as agents for parties in the central part of this State and 

 Rhode island, and msoine instances it has been sent to peo- 

 ple residing m New Jersey. Yesterday we saw half a dozen 

 flour barrels finely packed with this wood for parties in 

 Providence.— Kciv Bedford Standard. 



Sportsmen in this part of Nevada are lamenting the great 

 slaughter of quails made by pot-hunters on the Carson 

 and m other places where the birds sought shelter during 

 the late big storm. Such slaughter is to be deplored but it 

 may be that we shall have a new stock of quail sent 'us A 

 few years ago we had iu this city a most remarkable shower 

 of quail. It occurred about 4 o'clock in the evening in the 

 fall of the year. Where the quail came from no one could 

 imagine, as they were of the large mountain variety, and 

 perfect beauties. The fall of birds extended from about Sut- 

 ton avenue out north of the Union shaft, reaching over 

 three-quarters of a mile of ground. When they fell thev 

 seem ed to be completely exhausted. People caught them bv 

 putting their hats over them, or by simply picking them up 

 Everybody had quail. About a hundred 'were cau°ht alive 

 and kept m cages and pens iu various parts of the town A 

 curious thing was that these seemed perfectly tame and at 

 home at once. There were at the time many conflicting 

 opinions about this great flight of quails. The most probable 

 solution of the phenomenon was that the birds had collected 

 at some points in the Sierras for the purpose of migrating: 

 to the southward, but had either mistaken their course or 

 had been blown out of it, and so flew on and on until they 

 were obliged to come to the ground through exhaustion. 

 Night coming on soon after the birds fell, hundreds roosted 

 about the town, and next day boys were catching and killing 

 them up to 11 or 12 o'clock. By that time nearly all thesbe- 

 wildered wanderers had scattered away into the hills 

 There they doubtless remained to breed and stock the coun- 

 try, as it is not known that they ever got together again to 

 try another flight.— Virginia City (Nev.) Enterprise, 



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 For tforses, Cattle, Sheep, 

 Dogs, Hogs, P oultry, 



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 Chart on Boilers, and Book Sent Tree. 

 cukes— Fevers, Congestions, Inflammation, 



A. A.— Spinal Meningitis. Milk Fever. 



B. B.— Strains, Lameness, Bheuinatism. 



C. C— Distemper, Nasal Discharges. 



D. D.— Bots or Grubs, Worms. 



B. E.— Coughs, Heaves, Pneumonia. 



F. F.— Colic or Gripes, Bellyache. 



G. G.— Miscarriage, Hemorrages. 



H. H.— Urinary and Kidney Diseases. 



I. I.— Eruptive Diseases, Mange. 

 J. K..— Diseases of Digestion. 



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 Stable Cage, ■with. Manual, (500 pages with 

 chart) lObofctles Specifics, bottle of "Witch. 

 Hazel Oil and Medicatoij $8.00 

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 For sale by the Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 



TRADE „ 



Among the Many Novelties 



Introduced by us last spring were the 



Dead Finish, Waterproof, Braided Silk Fly Lines, 



FOR SALMON, TROUT AND BLACK BASS. 



These lines hare given perfect satisfaction and stood the most severe tests. They do not crack, chip or become 

 sticky and stiff, bub remain soft and pliable. These lines are waterproofed through and through, not merely 

 on the surface. They will not become tender in use or by age. 



Also a new style LAKDINU KET, made of waterproof braided linen line, which prevents the hooks from catching in the meshes. 

 The prices of these nets are only a little in advance of the old style made from twisted thread. 



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