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[Mat 5, 1887. 



NOTES FROM THE DEL AWARE.— Editor Forest and Stream : 

 Another week will see the Delaware in full bloom so far as 

 yachts can be said to blossom— their crews noses will blossom 

 the week after. The Minerva has been on the railway and is now 

 bending sails. Carrie Z. will try to swing her big spread of canvas 

 again this year, she bas been refastened and completely over- 

 hauled. Maggie has had a log waist put on and is ready for the 

 water. Susie is on the railway and will be slightly overhauled, 

 she has changed hands and her new owner is a young addition to 

 yachting. Monarch has not yet started, she is offered for sale. 

 Sunbeam is at Norfolk, Va„ but will be back for the races. "Ven- 

 itza is overhauling at Market St. Helen has just returned from 

 Florida and is dismantled for overhauling. Avalon, with Valet te 

 and Ellis on board, in now in New York waters to return for the 

 races. Igidious, formerly ShacXamaxon, has been rebuilt and 

 will show what is in her next week. Thomas has had a new well 

 and a general overhauling. Lillie has changed hands and is now 

 in the water. Kate has also changed hands. Olga is in the water 

 in her usual g_ood shape, and Dr. Howell's yawl Sea Gull will go off 

 soon, while his son's uew cutter has shipped her spars and is ready 

 to show her mettle. Flyaway has had all her work and rigging 

 overhauled and is almost ready to go over. Gretehen was the 

 first yacht over and has been laughing at the slow ones for eight- 

 weeks, she has shipped her racing rig and goes on the railway 

 for a lead keel. The Minerva of Trenton has just come off with a 

 new iron keel.— Chas. L. Work. 



AN IMPROVED YACHT'S ANCHOR. — A modificatian of the 

 stoekless anchor has been introduced in England. It consists in 

 constructing the. auchor in only two pieces, the arms and cross- 

 head being in one and the shank pivoted through same, the whole 

 forming a very compact and serviceable anchor with an entire 

 immunity from fouling. These anchors have been adopted in 

 every class of pleasure boat, ranging from the tiny canoe to Mr. 

 Vanderbilt's leviathan, the Alva, of 1,300 tons. Several steam 

 achts have recently been fitted to stow these anchors up the 

 awse pipes, a simple method which entirely dispenses with all 

 catting and fishing gear, and a system which the leading shipping 

 companies are adopting everywhere for their new vessels. 



QUEBEC Y. C— A yacht race under the management of the 

 Quebec Y. C. will take place during the Queen's Jubilee celebra- 

 tion on May 2i and 25, open to all the Dominion of Canada. There 

 will be two classes of yachts and two prizes in each class. The 

 yachts will start above Quebec, at Vv r olfe Cove, and will go round 

 Beaumont Buoy, finishing at the Custom House wharf. All en- 

 tries, with names of yachts and residence, must be made by May 

 15. The race will be governed by a committee of members of the 

 Quebec Y. C. This club is the only one in America which prohib- 

 its centerboard yachts, by compelling them to seal their boards. 



GEN. PAINE'S NEW YACHT.— The spars for the new vacht 

 have been roughed out, the mast being 86ft. heel to cap, 19m. at 

 partners, 19>£ in jaws of gaff, and 18 at hounds. The boom is 82ft. 

 long, 14in. at middle and 13% in slings. The gaff is 50ft, The bow- 

 sprit is 53ft, over all and 15in. diameter. The topmast is 48ft. heel 

 to hounds. The keel, which is now ready, is a trough of %in. 

 steel. It runs well forward and aft of trunk, and the stem and 

 sternpost are scarfed to it. The former is 6 x l^in. 

 DOMINO, sloop, is having a ton of lead belted on her keel. 



CRUISING CUTTER FOR SALE.— One of the most interesting 

 yachts described in "Small Yachts" is the cutter Surf, advertised 

 in another column. Built solely for cruising she has been all 

 about the coast between Mount Desert and New York for four 

 seasons, besides which she has won several races. Her two owners 

 now wish to sell her, as business does not allow both to use her 

 together. Those who wish to know more of her will find a full 

 description in "Small Yachts." She has a good cabin, ladies' 

 cabin aft and full Oft, headroom. 



A NEW BOOK FOR YACHTSMEN. -The Forest and Stream 

 Publishing Company will publish next week a new book for 

 yachtsmen and canoeists, under the title of "Yachts, Boats and 

 Canoes," by C. Stansfield-Hicks. The book covers a wide range, 

 including small yachts and single-handers, canoes large and 

 small, and model yachts, with practical instructions for building 

 and rigging them. It is very fully illustrated with woodcuts and 

 large plates. The book makes an octavo volume of 380 pages, the 

 price being $3.50. 



MISCHIEF.— The iron sloop Mischief has just been sold by J. R. 

 Busk to Messrs. Auchincloss, of New York, at one time owners of 

 cutter Madge. The sale lias given rise to the report that the new 

 steel schooner that A. Cary Smith is at work on is for Mr. Busk, 

 as he had in contemplation for some time the construction of such 

 a yacht. 



VERA.— This little cutter, advertised in another column, is 

 well-known about Marblehead and Beverly, where she has raced 

 for several seasons. She was built by D. J. Lawlor, and is 22ft. 

 2in. over all, 19ft. 2in. l.w.l., 6ft. 4in. beam, and 3ft. 2in. draft. 



POCAHONTAS is afloat again, and has shipped some handsome 

 mahogany skylights. Her bowsprit has been converted into a 

 round stick, and her spars have been scraped. 



CINDERELLA came to anchor off Staten Island on Saturday 

 fresh in a coat of white paint. Mr. C. S. Lee and Oriva's old crew 

 will sail her in all races this season. 



ATLANTIC— The P. of B. R. was hauled out at Mumm's on 

 Monday for more lead. Her rail has been shaved down a little 

 aft, and she is now painted white. 



MAUD A.— The latest addition to the Rochester Y. C. will be 

 launched this week. She is 20ft. over all and 5ft. beam. 



CORONET.— The cable reports that Coronet passed the Lizard 

 on April 30, bound for New York. 



REGINA, sloop, Mr. Ralph W. Ellis, was at Newberu, N. C, on 

 May 1, bound for New York. 



INDIAN RIVER Y. C— The annual regatta of this club was set 

 for May 3. 



FORMOSA, the famous old cutter, is being converted into a 

 yawl. 



SHONA, cutter, will have a new suit of sail9 from Lapthorne. 



The Travelers of Hartford advertises what it has do:n"e, not 

 what it is going to do ; it has paid over $11,200,000 to Policy- 

 holders in settlement of claims.— Adv. 



mwtvn to ^amspandmi^ 



No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



W. B. R.— We do not know dates of publication nor cost of ser- 

 vice. 



H. W. T.— Laverack setters are a strain of English setters and 

 are exhibited under that class at bench shows. 



B. D. N.— The hairs are not necessarily a sign of poor stock; 

 probably they will disappear. We do not know any breeder to 

 refer you to. 



C. L. S.— There is a variety of small targets for rest shooting at 

 short distances. The large targets are used for both rest and off 

 hand shooting. 



G. W.— 1. The book might be picked up at some of the second 

 hand stores. 2. For coursing see " Stonehenge on the Grey- 

 hound," which we can supply. 



W. L. C— The gun can probably be so repaired by a gunsmith as 

 to make it all right again. Take it to a competent repairer. It is 

 difficult to pass an opinion on it without examination. 



G. W., Concord, N. H. — 1. Canoes are allowed to cross the bound- 

 ary as a matter of courtesy to visit the A. C. A. meets. They are 

 dutiable, however, and must pay duty if brought into the United 

 States permanently. 2, Take the single shooter. 3. The recoil is 

 not excessive. 4. No. 4 Exchange place, Boston. 



H, E. M., Hazelton, Iowa,— What is this bird, a stranger to us? 

 Full length 7in., bill Min. long and %m. broad and thick at base, 

 and of a light canary color; strip of bright canary-colored feath- 

 ers Miu. wide extending across front of head and back over eyes; 

 top of head black, neck dark, brown gradually fading to canary 

 on body; tail black, 'Zy^in long.. Ans. Apparently an evening gros- 

 beak (Hrsperiphona vespertina). 



MAN AND OTHER ANIMALS. 



Col. White's experiments on the resistance offered by a 

 bank of snow to a rifle bullet ? which were made recently at 

 Ottawa, were most interesting. It was found that the 

 Martini bullets fired into a bank of well packed snow were 

 completely spent after traversing a distance of not more than 

 four feet. Snider bullets, in hard-packed snow mixed with 

 ice, but not hard enough to prevent digging into it with a 

 sheet-iron shovel, did not penetrate more than about four 

 feet; in perfectly dry snow, packed by natural drift, but capa- 

 ble of being easily crushed in the hand, a bullet penetrated 

 about four feet, and in loose drifted dry snow less than seven 

 feet, though fired from points only 20 or 30 yards distant,— 

 Montreal Witness. 



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