April 14, 1887.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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ANOTHER RTGr FOR A SMALL BOAT. -The following 

 account will interest manv of our readers who own rowing and 

 sailing crafts, as the details are given with exactness. It is 

 written by Mr J. C. Wilcocks to the Fkffli "As a constantly in- 

 creasing number ofjreaders of The Field of all ages are so much 

 interested in small boats capable of being pulled and sailed, I giv e 

 the following particulars of one just built by Mr. W. Barton, 

 Mouut Batten, Plymouth, for a friend. The dimensions are: 

 Length, 12ft. fan.; beam, 4ft. Gin.; depth amidships, 1ft. 10in.; 

 draft aft, Din.; forward Sin. The boat is carvel-built, for the 

 convenience of being so much more easily kept clean, and the 

 plank is yellow pine, the timbers steamed American elm, lin. wide 

 by Win. thick, with a space of 7in. from center to center of each 

 timber. The fastenings are copper throughout, the nails rooved 

 with from two to five in each timber— the. latter number in a few 

 places where a quick curvature of the bilge requires additional 

 fastening. The gunwales and rowlocks American elm; keel, 

 English elm; thwarts, side seats, stern seat, top strake, and rub- 

 ber moulding, teak. The stern seat, 15in. wide, forms a convenient 

 locker. The Knees are oak, the mast thwart is also oak, and the 

 positions of the various thwarts r,re as follows, measuring from 

 the foreside to the stern: Mast thwart, 1ft. 3ir..; second thwart, 

 3ft. 4iu.; main thwart, 5ft. lOin. The space aft to the stern from 

 this thwart is 6ft. 6in. As these small boats are c onstantly put too 

 much by the head, when two are pulling, this has been provided 

 against by aplay or shifting thwart, quickly shipped or unshipped 

 at pleasure, and which, being placed aft. more aft, keeps the boat 

 in good trim by the weight of the stroke. I found this of great 

 advantage in a 12ft. boat I owned some years since, when pulling a 

 long distance, in a calm, or against a fresh wind and adverse tide. 

 The side or quarter scats have stielves attached to and under them, 

 which arc very convenient for temporary stowage of a gaff, lines, 

 a sandwich box, or other small matters, or the tiller, etc., which 

 are thus out of the way, and not likely to go overboard. The reels 

 of fishing lines can be placed here when the lines are set for work. 

 The idea of these shelves, I took from Guernsey fishing boats. 

 Although this small boat has been built for pulling, she will have 

 two sails for use when the wind is not ahead— namely, a standing 

 lug and a sharp-headed, otherwise known as a shoulder-of -mutton, 

 or Mudian, mizen. Dimensions of standing lug on luff, 5ft. lin.; 

 head, 9ft. 2in.; foot, 7ft. 9in.: leech, 15in.;" mizen on luff, 7ft. 3in.; 

 same on leech; foot, 4ft, 3in. As the owner of this little boat has 

 also a powerful small lead-ballasted cutter, drawing 4ft. water, 

 for which this smaller boat will also do dut y as a dinghy, she will 

 not have a centre-plate, which would certainly be an advantage 

 to an owner who kept no other boat." 



BUILDING NOTES.— The cutter which La wley & Sou will 

 build from Mr. Burgess's designs for the Agassis Brothers, will be 

 52ft. over all, 42ft. L. W. L., 12ft. 6in. beam and 8ft. draft, with 13 

 tons of lead in her keel. The latter will be cast next week. She 



will be fitted for cruising Mr. Morey's steam yacht has been 



named Janira Herreshoff Bros, launched on April 9 the steam 



yacht for Mr. Gluts. Kellogg, of Athens, Pa., owner of the Lucille. 



The name of the new yacht is Clara Thistle, Mr. Ziegler's 



sloon, is being lengthened amidships and a new stern added, by 

 Smith & Terry, of Greenport — The plating is completed on the 

 Titania and part of her deck frame is in — At Mmiim's yard 



Shamrock has her deck laid and outside planed and painted 



Medusa is alloat. again and lying in the basin Vision is having 



a new layer of P4in. yellow pine over her original planking with a 



new- stem Pocahontas has received a new rail, plaiiksheer, 



stanchions and bulwarks . . . The steam yacht for Mr. Aspinwallis 

 in frame and partly planked. 



HOLLOW MASTS AND SPARS— A correspondent asks the 

 following questions about hollow spars, perhaps some of our 

 readers who have tried them ca,u answer him. One method is to 

 bore the spar with a pump log auger, using a smaller bit as the 

 boring advances from the heel to the head. The old Maria had a 

 hollow boom some 90ft. long and 3ft. diameter, built up of stav es 

 and hooped with iron like a barrel, and the rolling booms of the 

 latest catamarans are similarly constructed on a smaller scale. 

 1. Will a mast sawed down the center and hollowed out and then 

 glued together again, answer for a 38ft, l.w.l. cutter 15 tons dis- 

 placement? 2. Please explain the process? 3. Would a hackmatack 

 stick do? 4. What thickness of wood should be left for a mast 

 8}^in. at largest place? 5. Must the stick be dry or would a green 

 one answer? J$. What sort of glue is best for the work? 7. Should 

 the stick be so wed fore and aft or athwartships? 8. What wood 

 is best for the purpose? 9. How many bands round a mast 40ft. 

 long are required? 



AN OPINION AS IS AN OPINION.— How little is required to 

 make a reputation as a yachtsman is shown by the fact that the 

 owner of the Coronet, Biniply on the strength of having put his 

 money into a yacht as a business venture, in the same way that 

 he has put it into a magazine and various other investments, is 

 now appealed to on all questious that arise in regard to yachting. 

 Here is a sample of this expert's testimony: "The less water a 

 yacht draws the faster will bo her progress; for the water near the 

 surface is less dense than that below. A yacht that has a straight 

 keel plows through the water, and it takes more wind power to 

 force her along than a yacht that is of lighter draft and so shaped 

 that she has a continual upward motion and climbs toward the 

 surface of the waves." 



ICE YACHTING IN APRIL.— The season has closed on the 

 Hudson, but further north there is still plenty of ice, and on April 

 6 the Burlington (Vt.) Ice Y. C. sailed its annual regatta on Lake 

 Champlain in a strong northwest wind. The race was for the 

 pennant held by the. Waukeegan, Mr. F. H. Barnes, and the course 

 was triangular, 5 miles, three rounds. The entries were; Brush, 

 Whiting and Rogers; Brownie, Lane and McKillip; Craze, Lyman, 

 Severson and Hendie; U. S., A. Button, and Disease, Grant and 

 Chiott. On the second round Brownie broke her mast and Disease 

 her rudderpost, and both withdrew. Brush won in 33m. Is., with 

 U, S. second. 



THE FITTING OUT SEASON.— The work of the yachtsman 

 changes with the seasons, and now, with the warm April weather, 

 all are busy fitting out. The time for planning changes and alter- 

 ations is past, and ail hands are busy with the scraper, the caulk- 

 ing mallet and the brush. Before you take the cover off your 

 yacht look at "Small Yachts" and refresh your memory on a 

 dozen trifling details that you are likely to overlook and that may 

 give much subsequent trouble if not attended to. They are all 

 laid down in the chapter on Fitting Out, and a few minutes spent 

 in looking them up will be well paid for before the boat is in com- 

 mission. 



ROCHESTER Y. C- The first meeting of the Rochester Y. C 

 was held on April 4, the following committees being appointed 

 Regatta, AY. A. Staee, J. W. Harmon, J. G. Cramer, F. W. Brick- 

 ford, E. P. Olmstead, J. W. Gee; Membership, C. M. Everest, D. 

 D. Sully, W. H. Briggs. Com. Newell, Vice-Com. Cartwright and 

 Secretary Worts were elected as delegates to the meeting of the 

 L. Y. R. A. The anchorage has been secured and the club has a 

 balance in its treasury. A cruise is planned for Decoration Day 

 to BigSodns. The cutter building by Williams, of South Boston, 

 for Messrs. Wallbridge, Briggs and Everest will be ready by the 

 end of May. 



QULNCY Y. C.-Offlcers-Com.. C. F. Adams, 3d; Vice-Corn., 

 H. H. Sheen; Fleet Capt., C. F. Colby; Sec. and Treas., H. M. 

 Faxon; Meas., A. B. Lelois; Regatta Committee, the commodore 

 (ex-officio), E. W. Baxter, H. M. Faxon, G. G. SaviUe, W. F. Page. 

 The measurement has been changed to length plus one-fifth over- 

 hang aft. 



THE MOSQUITO FLEET.-Therc was a brisk N.W, breeze and 

 cold weather tor the skippers of the Mosquito lleet to face on 

 April 7, but a good race was sailed. The winners were: First 

 class— First prize, $10, Lady May, Mr. J. W. Tiller; second prize, 

 S5, Rabv, Mr. Charles Borden; third prize, a pennant, Sport, Mr. 

 W. Smith. Second class -First prize, $M\ Hunty, Mr. M. VV. Ran- 

 som; second prize, §5, Bessie, Mr. W. P. Cherrington; third prize, 

 $3, Clyde, Mr. B. Walbriclge. 



FROM HALCYON TO MAYFLOWER.— Once upon a time 

 New York sold to Boston a yacht that had never done anything 

 specially remarkable in the way of speed, and it was a great sur- 

 prise to many to find that t his slow boat had developed, in the 

 hands of her new owner, into a very fast craft. Now, when New 

 York is in a very bad predicament, it is to this same gentleman 

 that she turns first, for aid, and moreover she gets it very 

 promptly. Boston is not at present buying any second hand 

 yachts from New York. 



A;. GRATEFUL WHIFF OF THE BRINE.— Lead ville, Colorado. 

 —I. still read the yachting columns of your paper with great in- 

 terest, although it is six years since I have seen blue wafer, and 

 round the walls of my mountain cabin are hung many a yacht 's 

 lines and plans, cut from your paper— an interesting collection.— 

 C. A. J. 



FIFTY YEARS OF YACHT BUILDING.— At the annual meet- 

 ing of the Institute of Naval Architects last month, Mr. Dixon 

 Kemp read a paper with the above title, in which the development 

 of the modern yacht from the old revenue cutters and the influ- 

 ence of measurement rules, was fully traced out. 



BURLINGTON BAY.— The cutter Whistlewing is having %¥z 

 tons of ballast remov ed from Inside to the keel. A cutter is also 

 building for Mr. Webster, to be 31ft. on deck, 23ft. Gin. l.w.l., 5ft. 

 beam and 4.38 tons (short) displacement. Her mainsail will have. 

 356ft., staysail 78ft., jib 119ft., topsail Stiff., a total of 633ft. 



INTERNATIONAL RACES AT BOURNEMOUTH. -The dates 

 set for the International Regatta at Bournemouth, Eng., are Aug. 

 9 and 10. The sum of £400 will be given in prizes, the largest being 

 125 guineas for the cruising yachts. 



SOUTH BOSTON Y.C.-Offlcers-Com., Arthur Fuller; V ice-Coin., 

 G. S. Reed; Fleet Capt., C. F. Morrill; Sec, John C. Merry; Treas., 

 Thomas Christian; Meas., James Bertram: Trustees, C. McKenna, 

 Charles Griffin and A. H. Hall. 



The Travbt.krs paid an average of 60 accident claims a day in 

 1884.— Adv. , 



No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



H. S. L, New York.— There is no such list. 



Teja, Washington, D. C— The rifle you name will answer the 

 purpose. 



F. M. H.— Monument Beach is near Beverly, but there is another 

 on Cape Cod. 



A. L., Metamora, Mich.— "Gibson's Complete American Trap- 

 per" is the right book. 



L. \V. M.. Dillingersville, Pa.— The rust spots can be removed 

 without injury to the choke. 



~J. T. R., Stratford, Conn.— We have never published the lines of 

 any of the boats you mention. 



A. A. G., Brainerd, Minn.— Write to B. Greenwood, corner Bar- 

 clay and Church streets, New York. 



T. A. R., New York.— See the late numbers of the Forest and 

 Stream tor information about birch, canoes, 



H. O. B.— The best thing on the gun-shy dog subject is Ham- 

 mond's treatment of it in "Training vs. Breaking." 



J. D. E. — 1. For alligator hide quotations write to R. G. Salo- 

 mon, Newark, N. J. 2. We have never heard of the use. of alli- 

 gator oil. 



J. E. R„ Wellsbridge, N. Y.— There is nothing published on the 

 building of paper canoes. Canvas canoe building is described in 

 "Canoe and Boat r ?uilding." 



L. E. — 1. Sheepshead Bay, Coney Island Creek, Fort Hamilton, 

 etc., are favorite, fishing resorts. 2. The gun is a safe one and has 

 been used with satisfaction. 



B. S. H., Albany.— Correspond with any one of the dealers whose 

 addresses are to be found in our advertising columns. You will 

 get the double-barreled gun for $35 and the single for $15. 



J. G. B., Kootenai Lakes, Alberta.— We presume that the eagle 

 cla w trap, if st ill in the market, can be procured from any of the 

 dealers in sportmen's goods. It is a villainous contraption. 



C. P., Brooklyn, N. Y.— 1. Inquire of the secretary. 2. The 

 Canoeist publishes a list of canoe clubs and secretaries. 3. A can- 

 vas canoe is the easiest for a beginner and will make a very ser- 

 viceable boat. 



A. S., Medford, Onf..— 1. We will endeavor to get the plans of 

 sharpie. 2. There is none in New York, Boston or Philadelphia. 

 3. A pleasure vessel cruising in United States waters would pay 

 no duty or dues. 



A. A. Burlington, Vt. — There are several makes of copper paint 

 for bottoms, which are intended to prevent fouling and the growth 

 of weeds and barnacles. They can be had of dealers in paint in 

 New York or Boston. 



O. A. M., Toronto, Can.— The preparation of bottom paints is a 

 specialty with the large manufacturers and their receipts are kept 

 secret. It will pay you better to import some good make than to 

 try to mix a paint yourself. 



J. W. C., New York.— Will you kindly inform me of some first 

 class places for black bass fishing and oblige? Ans. Go to Back 

 Bay, Lake Champlain, or to Lake. Erie at Kelly's, or Pelee Islands; 

 or to Brant Lake, N. Y.; or to Lake Hopatcong, N. J. 



J. II. S., East Oakland, Cal.— We repeat information already 

 given: Sleeping bags are usually oval and oblong and the ordinary 

 size is Six and seven feet in length by three or four wide. The 

 bag should be doubled, the inner one being of the skin selected, 

 and the outer of canvas, duck or drilling. The two should be 

 sewed together around the top aud at the corners at the feet. A 

 stout string — tape or cotton cord— should run round the opening 

 of the bag so t hat if he desires to do so, the occupant can tie the 

 bag tight about his throat. The choice of a skin for the inner bag 

 may present some difficulties. Blanket is sometimes used, but it 

 is not nearly so comfortable nor so warm as fur. The skin should 

 be light and dressed very soft, and should at the same time be 

 well furred. Buffalo is too heavy, caribou skin is highly recom- 

 mended and would be admirable we imagine in very bitter 

 weather. Lynx is lightland well furred. One of the best of the 

 bags that we have seen was made from a number of small skins, 

 apparently of dog. We think that woodchuck skins in good fur 

 would make a capital bag. It would be well in making a bag for 

 use in an open camp where one may have to sleep close to the Are, 

 to have the canvas or duck which forms the outer envelope, 



dressed with some preparation which would make it fireproof. 

 Most of those who have camped in this way will remember how 

 often they have had their blankets burned by sparks which snap 

 from the lire during the night, and as canvas might catch from a 

 spark and smoulder a long time, the bag might easily be ruined 

 —the outer covering being burned and the skins scorched. 



Dakota— A dictionary of the Dakota language, by Riggs, was 

 published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1852. It has long been 

 out of print, and can be secured only at second-hand book stores. 

 The Bureau of Ethnology (Washington) is preparing a revised 

 edition for the press, but. If will not be. published for a year yet. 



R. H., Syracuse, N. Y, — Last fall I shot an uncommonly large 

 gray squirrel, and noticed a bunch atthe base of the jaw about the 

 size of a hickory nut, with a very small opening in it. The hair 

 around the hunch was worn away as if the animal had tried to 

 get rid of the disagreeable bunch. Upon opening it with my 

 knife and pressing on it, out came the inclosed, which was about 

 as largo again, but has dried up. Aus. The grub is an oratrns, not 

 infrequently found in squirrels; allied species infest deer, rabbits 

 and cattle. 



Orion Guw Club, Orion, HI.— Is there more penetration with 

 more recoil? Ans. The force of the recoil will vary with the 

 charge; a heavier load will give greater recoil. Penetration also 

 depends i pon size of charge; the best penetration will be secured 

 with the largest powder charge that the gun will burn. The 

 more powder (np to this limit) the more penetration aud the 

 more recoil, other things being equal. On the other hand an in- 

 crease of snot, without an increase of powder, would add to 

 recoil, but not give better penetration. 



THE FOREST AND STREAM'S EXPEDITION. 



[From the Philadelphia Times, April 7.] 



THE Times prints to-day by special arrangement with the 

 New York Fokest and Stream, the first of [its | letters, 

 giving the only description ever presented of a winter jour- 

 ney through the wonderful National Park of the Yellow- 

 stone region. Few of even the more intelligent citizens of 

 this country have any conception of the grandeur and 

 romance of the Yellowstone. If it could be. found in Italy 

 or Russia, it would have been immortalized in song and 

 story by American writers long ago; but it is here in our 

 own green land, accessible by railway, and American tour- 

 ists are content to be whirled through it behind the iron 

 horse in summer, and leave it to" forgetfulness in winter. 

 Scores of every nationality have braved the perils of the 

 Matterhorn, and many have given their lives as the price of 

 adventure; but until now no man has ever explored the 

 romance of the Yellowstone in winter, and the story [of the 

 Forest and Stream's Commissioner!, confined to unvar- 

 nished truth, makes romance pale before it. 



In addition to the general interest that must be awakened 

 by [the Commissioner's] winter exploration of theYellowstone 

 the public will be quickened in interest in the subject by 

 the fact that the National Government has set apart the 

 Yellowstone region, by special act of Congress, as a National 

 Park. It is to stand alone in all its virgin grandeur, while 

 the march of civilization will speedily efface much of the 

 natural beauties of the other portions of the great moun- 

 tains of the West. In no' part of the continent is there such 

 varied and matchless natural splendor asps to be found on the 

 Yellowstone. There is not a wild freak of nature that is not 

 there presented in inconceivable beauty, and half a century 

 hence, when the new Empires of the West shall have. their 

 tens of millions of people, the Yellowstone Park will be 

 the objective point of the tourist, the adventurer, the inva- 

 lid and the scientist. It is the patrimony of the whole 

 American people, and the one spot between the Eastern and 

 Western seas that will be preserved in all its natural mag- 

 nificence. 



Much has been written about the romance of the Yel low- 

 stone, but little of it has been other than fragmentary and 

 traditional. Its summer beauties have been described and 

 illustrated many times; but its winter solitude and grandeur 

 have never before been thoroughly explored or presented to 

 the world. It has until now been an unknown land from 

 .January until spring time, and expeditions under the protec- 

 tion of 'Government troops aud the guidance of Indian 

 scouts have hitherto failed to make a winter exploration of 

 the Yellowstone; but [the Forest AND Stream's Commis- 

 sioner] has finally accomplished it, and his story is as truth- 

 ful as it is thrilling and romantic. We need not offer 

 apology for the space the first of the letters occupies, as it 

 will be universally read and with uncommon interest. The 

 whole story will be told in three, additional chapters. 



[From the New York Herald, April 8.] 



But exploration is feasible here, as has been shown since 

 the" fakers" fled eastward. A few weeks ago a party equip- 

 ped by the Forest and Stream came all the way from New 

 York to explore the park in the winter, and they came here 

 without any "blowing," went through and have got back 

 again with some real information. Their purpose was not to 

 post advertisements on the rocks or to measure big icicles or 

 fathom deep snow drifts. They came largely to learn 

 whether the great National Park was fulfilling one of the 

 chief purposes for which this reservation was originally set 

 apart— namely, whether the park is becomiug in fact a 

 refuge and breeding ground for the great game animals and 

 birds of the forests and plains of Montana, Wyoming and 

 the Rocky Mountain slopes. For a quarter of a century the 

 tide of settlement has passed the game backward into 

 smaller confines, and the ruthless slaughter of both animals 

 and birds, practically unchecked by any legislation, had 

 diminished the. herds and flocks until there was great danger 

 of the extinction of the various species. It was then argued 

 that the Yellowstone Park region, being actually useless 

 for purposes of settlement, might if properly protected be- 

 come the refuge and home of the hunted denizens of the 

 wilds, and that instinct would soon lead them to seek its 

 seclusion when they found that there alone, amid all the 

 surrounding wilderness, they .were unmolested. 



Difficulty of breathing, a short, dry cough, a quick pulse and 

 pain in the left side are symptoms of approaching consumption. 

 Relieve the chest and cure the cough with Hale's Honey of Bore- 

 hound aud Tar. Sold by all druggists. Pike's Toothache 

 Drops cure in one minute.— Adv. 



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