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FORESl 1 AND STREAM. 



[May 26, 1887. 



SEAWANHAKA CORINTHIAN Y. C. 



THE parlors of the new house of the Seawanhaka Y. C. were 

 well filled on Tuesday evening with the members and guests 

 of the club, gathered to celebrate the successful inauguration, of 

 the new scheme which has been in hand since the early winter. 

 The house leased by the club, a large brown stone residence, No. 

 7 East Thirty-second street, next to the Knickerbocker Club, has 

 been completely refitted to adapt it to the uses of the club, the 

 parlors being used for a meeting and reception room, while the 

 dining-room is now converted into a library and reading-room. 

 In the basement is a billiard -room where models and samples of 

 gear and materials of all kinds will be on exhibit ion. 



The upper stories, except a part reserved for committee and 

 toilet rooms, will be leased for bachelor's apartments. The parlor 

 has been handsomely fitted up, the furniture being oak and russet 

 leather. Around the room are horizontal strips attached to the 

 walls, from which the models are hung. The center of the library 

 will be taken up with a large oak table containing drawers for 

 charts and the valuable lines in possession of the club. On the 

 roof is a flagstaff, from which the U, S. Signal Service 'lags will 

 be displayed, by special arrangement with the department at 

 Washington, while the official notices from the Lighthouse De- 

 partment of changes in marks and buoys will be posted in the 

 meeting room. Full sets of the Government charts will be pre- 

 served in the library, being carefully corrected, as errors and 

 changes are reported. 



The June meeting of the club was advanced in date to the open- 

 ing night, and Com. Canfield called the assembly to order at 8:30 

 P. M.^telling in a well-delivered address the work that had been 

 done, the great progress already made, and outlining the principal 

 features of the scheme— the establishment of a fitting headquar- 

 ters and rendezvous for yachtsmen, where books, charts, periodi- 

 cals and the literature of yachting would be accessible to all, the 

 collection and preservation of authentic models and drawings, 

 the instruction of members in all relating to yachting by means of 

 lectures by experts, and the organization of a naval reserve or 

 militia of the sea. After the commodore's address the constitu- 

 tion was read and adopted, and a motion was passed to divide the 

 schooner classes at 75ft. in place of 85, as formerly. It was also 

 decided to offer prizes of $25 in each class for the opening race on 

 Decoration Day. 



The commodore called attention to the need of a more thorough 

 system of classification that should be permanent and of general 

 adoption, and it was resolved that he should appoint a committee 

 to consider the subject and recommend some plan for adoption 

 after the close of the racing season. The trustees reported the 

 election of twenty members, with nearly thirty names now before 

 the club. The secretary reported the membership on Jan. 1 as 208, 

 and now, includiug those proposed, 370 active members. At: the 

 conclusion of the meeting dinner was served in the library. Mr. 

 J. F. Tarns has been appointed fleet captain. The fleet will 

 rendezvous off Stapleton on May 30 at 10 A. M., captains reporting 

 on board the flagship at 10:30 to decide upon the cruise. In the 

 evening a supper will be served at the club house. 



AN OPEN RACE AT BOSTON. 



THE Boston Globe has arranged for an open regatta to be sailed 

 on June 35, following the E. Y. C. regatta, the ra.es to be 

 managed by the Soxith Boston Y. C, but all the expenses being 

 paid by the newspaper. The regatta will be open to all yachts 

 without regard to clubs, but in other respects will be sailed under 

 the N. E. Y. R. A. rules. The conditions are as follows; the courses, 

 etc., will appear later. The boats will be classed thus: Special 

 Class.— All fishing schooners over (50ft. in length: First prize, §75; 

 second, $50; third, §35. There will be no restrictions as to sail or 

 ballast, and no time allowance in the special class. First Class- 

 All yachts measuring 30ft. and less than 10ft.: First prize for keels. 

 $40; second, $20; centerboards, the same. Seeond Class.— All yachts 

 measuring 24ft. and less than 30ft.: First prize for keels, §30; sec- 

 ond, $20; third, $10; centerboards, the same. Third Class.— All 

 yachts measuring 3lft. and less than 24ft.: First prize for keels, 

 $25; second, $15; third, $10; fourth, $5; centerboards, the samei 

 Fourth Class.— All yachts measuring 18ft, and less than 31ft.: First 

 prize for keels, $30: second, $15; third. $10; fourth, $5; center- 

 boards, the same. Fifth Class.— All yachts measuring 15ft. and 

 less than 18ft.: First prize, §20; second, $15; third. $10; fourth, $5. 

 Sixth ClasB.— All yachts under 15ft.: First prize, $10; second, So; 

 third, $3. 



Measurement — Yachts will be classified according to "sailing 

 length," which will be waterline measurement plus one-fifth of 

 after overhang. Time allowance will be figured on the basis of the 

 Herreshoff table of allowances. Schooners will sail at seven- 

 eighths of their actual measurement. The official measurement 

 of any yacht club will be accepted, this club reserving the right to 

 remeasure any yacht, and in case of conflict of measurement to 

 take its own. 



Regatta Committee— Arthur Fuller, ex-officio, chairman; John 

 J. Blight, secretary; A. Henry Hall, Fred G. Cooley, J. W. Sher- 

 man, Jr., Frank T. Christian, James Bertram, W. J. McArdl*, 

 Guilford S. Reed (ex-officio). The judges are Geo. A. Stewart, 

 chairman; William Morris, Thomas Christian, W. H. Godfrey, C. 

 McKenna, J. P. Bullard, G. F. Clark, Hubert Pope, Charles Griffin. 



Entries must be made in writing, giving name, of yacht, owner, 

 rig, centerboard or keel, length over all, on waterline and after 

 overhang, if known, and must be sent to G. F. Clark (Boston Yacht 

 Agency), 43 Milk street, Boston, where numbers can be obtained 

 on or before 13 M., Friday, June 34. Entries for fishing schooners 

 must be made at the same place, giving name of vessel and owner. 

 All entries to close at 13 M., Friday, June 24. 



THE BRITISH RACING SEASON. 



THE presence of Thistle in the early matches in British waters 

 will make them specially interesting to American yachtsmen 

 who wish to gauge ttte powers of the new challenger. She will 

 make her first effort on Saturday over the fifty miles from South 

 End to Harwich, in the match of the New Thames Y. C. This 

 race is open to yachts of any rig or class, over 9 tons, to sail in 

 cruising trim, the prizes being £50, £25 arid £lo. On the following 

 Monday the Royal Harwich Y. C. will hold its annual regatta for 

 yachts of all rigs, the prizes being from £'10 down. On Tuesday 

 the club will sail its Channel match, from Southend to Harwich. 

 On Wednesday, June 1, the Royal Thames Y. C. will sail its first 

 match from the Lower Hope, round the Mouse Lightship, and 

 return to'Gravesend, also a match from Lower Hope, around West 

 Oaze BUoy, and return to Gravesend. On June 4 the same club 

 Bails its Channel match, from the Noro to Dover, open to the New 

 York and Havre Yacht Clubs. On June 14 the ocean race, around 

 the United Kingdom, will start from Southend at noon, the first 

 prize being £1,000, with a gold medal to every yacht which sails, the 

 course. On Aug. 12 the Royal Victoria Y. C. will sail its Jubilee 

 Race, twice around the Isle of Wight, passing outside the. Nomau 

 Fort and Bembridge Buoy, the prize being £500, the race being 

 open to yachts of any recognized yacht club in the world. 



SAVANNAH Y. C. TWELFTH ANNUAL REGATTA, May 10.- 

 Rain, hail squalls and calms conspired to spoil the regatta of the 

 Savannah Y. C. on May 10. but still a close race was sailed by all 

 four classes. In the morning there was a heavy rain, followed by 

 hail, then a flat calm, and later a breeze for the finish. The sum- 

 mary was: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Start. Finish. Actual. Corrected. 



Claude 12 59 30 6 05 45 5 06 15 5 06 15 



Glance 1 01 27 5 58 30 4 47 03 4 49 27 



Vernon 1 02 00 6 00 1 5 4 58 15 4 50 13 



Irene 1 01 30 6 06 40 5 05 10 4 53 53 



Etta Withdrawn. 



THIRD CLASS. 



Zinga 1 09 15 5 59 45 4 50 40 



JennieS 1 10 30 5 59 56 4 49 26 



FOURTH CLASS. 



Gertrude 1 14 05 6 07 05 4 53 00 



Nettle 1 14 00 6 07 10 4 43 10 



FI FTH CLASS. 



Siren 1 15 00 ■ 6 03 10 4 48 10 



Nana 1 15 06 6 09 53 4 54 44 



Seca 1 15 30 6 06 22 4 50 52 



MONTGOMERY SAILING CLUB.— Norristown, Pa., May 23.— 

 The fourth race of the Montgomery Sailing Club took place May 

 22, course, five miles. The wind was light from the south, making 

 it a run to the buoy and a beat home. The Igidious, with three 

 men aboard, capsized without an y apparent cause, about three- 

 quarters of a mile from the finish line. There was but one boat, 

 the Cocktail, ahead of her at the time of the capsize. The race 

 was started at 9 A. M., the finish and corrected time being as 

 follows: 



Length. Finish. 



Cocktail 15.00 10 45 49 



Ino 15.00 10 54 33 



E. C. Potts 15.00 10 53 39 



Gracie 12.00 11 03 20 



Elsie 15.00 11 04 04 



Little Tycoon 16.00 11 03 41 



Igidious 15.00 Cansized. 



The captain of the Igidious has sailed the winning boat in two 

 of the four races. The Liittle Tycoon is the possessor of a 40ft. 

 jib. She attempted to carry this sail in the first race, but drifted 

 on the comb of the dam below the starting line. She sailodan the 

 second race without the jib and came in last. In the third race 

 she carried the jib and distanced the remainder of the fleet. She 

 did not carry the jib in the fourth race and was placed last. — 

 E. A. L. 



FLORIDA Y. O. ANNUAL REGATTA,. MAY 12.— The annual 

 regatta of the Florida Y. C. was sailed on May 12 over a 30-mile 

 course, in light wind, part of the time accompanied by heavy rain. 

 The preparatory signal was given at 11:05 A. M., the start at 11:15, 

 the yachts crossing and finishing as follows: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Start, 



Mikado, Stephens H 18 26 



Estelle, Merry 11 18 43 



Chemaun, David Kemp 11 19 01 



Arrow, Canova Jl 19 19 



SECOND CLASS. 



Arthur B.. Napoleon Broward 11 18 00 



TSToHo "R Williamo 11 IS A.-?." 



4 50 40 

 4 47 33 



4 53 00 

 4 39 55 



4 48 10 

 4 53 59 

 4 44 07 



Corrected. 

 1 44 16 

 1 51 08 

 1 51 53 



1 53 44 



2 00 39 

 2 03 41 



Finish. 



2 49 09 

 2 43 42 



2 05 19 

 2 02 13 



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Katie B., Williams 11 18 42 



Tempest, Dempsey 1119 01 



Hero, Charles Fozzard 11 19 19 2 01 35 



Elly, John Green 11 19 19 



Chemaun, aboat once well known around New York, took first 

 prize, and Estelle second. In second class the first prize went to 

 Hero, second to Katie B. A canoe race in the afternoon, reported 

 in another column, finished the day's sport. 



LAKE CHAMPLAIN Y. C— This club was formally organized 

 at Burlington, Vt., on May 16, with the following officers: Pres., 

 Ex-Gov. J. Gregory Smith; Fir^t Vice-Pres., Dr. W. S. Webb, of 

 New York: Second Vice-Pres., Hon. Henry Ballard; Treas., Hora- 

 tio Hickok; Sec, Joseph Auld; Ass. Sec, T. A. Taft; Executive 

 Committee— U. A. Woodbury, W. H. H. Murray, A. C. Tuttle, F. 

 W. Smith, D. N. Robinson, Rev. C. F. Carter, Prof. N. F. Merrill, 

 Elias Lyman, R. G. Seversou, Horatio Hickok, Joseph Auld, A. C. 

 Whiting, H. M. Phelps, C. A. Murray, of Burhngtou; F. E. Smith, 

 of Montpelier; E. C. Smith and S. W. Cummings, of St. Albans; J. 

 G. Hinds, of Vergonnes; Building Committee— W. A. Crombie, 

 Elias Lyman, R. G. Severson, George R. Holt, U. A. Woodbury. 

 A constitution was adopted and a club house will be built at once. 



THISTLE.— Prior to her start for the Thames on May 18 Thistle 

 has had several trials under canvas, reports of which have been 

 received here by cable, but which amount to nothiug. She has 

 beaten Vanduara and Cruiser, but one is an old racer with foul 

 bottom and old canvas, and the other a little cruising cutter of 40ft, 

 Ho we ver.the accounts agree that she is going fast in light winds and 

 carrying her sail well. On May 22 she arrived at Cowes after a 

 rough passage, on which she lost her bowsprit and bulwark and 

 fourth jib. She also picked up three men m a lifeboat from the 

 steamer Harkaway which had foundered, so the gale must have 

 been very severe. On Saturday she makes her first trial at racing. 



LLOYD'S Y r ACHTREGISTER. — With each succeeding year this 

 valuable work increases in size and accuracy, the present volume 

 being larger than its predecessors and containing a fuller list, over 

 4.000 yachts being included. A new feature this year is the addi- 

 tion of colored plates of racing flags of the leading racers. But 

 few American yachts are represented in these plates, but the pub- 

 lishers desire to add them next season, and will be glad to have 

 sketches of flags and names of racing yachts from American own- 

 ers. The book contains the full rules and specifications for the 

 construction of wood, iron and composite yachts. 



LARCHMONT Y. C. SPRING PENNANT H E G ATT A . — The 

 spring pennant regatta of the Larchmont Y. C. will be sailed on 

 June 4, the start being made at 10:45 A. M., a pennant being 

 awarded to the winner in each class, to be held for the rest of the 

 season unless challenged for. If only one yacht starts she will 

 receive a pennant, but second and third prizes will he given for 

 three and five starters. The regatta committee includes H. B. 

 Willard, F. C. Griffiths and Geo. L. B'orman. 



PERTH AMBOY AND RARITAN B.AY.-JSdrtor Forest and 

 Stream: Yachting about Perth Amboy promises to be lively this 

 season. Hitty Maginn, La Fantaisie, Lorna Doone, Venture and 

 Mamie P. Mead are overhauled and ready for business, and Sky- 

 lark, Moya and Petrel (cutters) are already afloat, Mr. Langley's 

 schooner Comet is overhauling at Brown's across the Sound on 

 Statcn Island, and Sagitta is doing the same at Rutan's hard by.— 

 J. L. K. 



A CRUISER FOR SALE— The. cruising boat built this winter 

 by Wallin & Gorman, is offered for sale in another column, as her 

 owner is called away by business. She is built in the best manner 

 and designed for one or two men in cruising or for a small party 

 in afternoon sailing. The hull is all copper fastened, lead keel 

 and ballast, and t here is a good-sized cabin, with cockpit. The 

 boat is now ready to be set afloat with all gear and anchors. 



YACHTING NOTES.— Edith, s. y., has been sold to H. E. Con 



verse, of Maiden, by R. H. White Maggie, cutter, has been sold 



by L. Cass Led yard to Frederick Roosevelt Circe, cutter, a 5- 



tonuer, designed by Watson and built in 1881. has been purchased 

 by S. Grosvenor Porter, Cor. Y. C, and wiU arrive here on the 

 Circassia — Hildegarde, schr.. lately purchased by Geo. Gould, is 

 on her way to New York. , 



FORTUNA.— The start for Scotland will be made on June 1, 

 from Marblehead, only Com. Hovey and Mr. Chas. Longfellow 

 baing in the cabin. The course will be north of Ireland to Greenock, 

 where the racing spars will be shipped by Warren Line steamer. 

 Fortuna will visit the principal vacating ports, and may enter in 

 some races, returning by the 1st of September. 



OSWEGO Y. C— The opening cruise, to Big Sodus Bay, will be 

 made on May 28, sailing at 1 P. M. The run out will be a pennant 

 race, the yachts being timed at the Oswego Beacon Light and the 

 pier light at Big Sodus. A tug will carry the regatta committee 

 and some members of the club. Further orders for the cruise will 

 be issued at Big Sodus. 



BLACK CLOUD VS. SILVER CLOUD.— A match was sailed on 

 May 21, at Gloucester, between these two boats, the course being 

 10 miles triangular, two rounds, in a. fresh N.E. breeze. Silver 

 Cloud led to the buoy off Eastern Point, but was passed by Black 

 Cloud, the latter winning in 4h. 33m., with Silver Cloud 5h. 



LAUNCH OF THE SUSQUEHANNA. -On May 21 a steam 

 yacht by this name was launched at Wilmington by the Harlan 

 & Hollingsworth Co., who built her for Joseph Stickney, owner of 

 the steam yacht Falcon. The Susquehanna is of ir.on, 150ft. long, 

 22ft. beam, 13ft. hold, with triple expansion engines. 



CLARA.— We learn from private advices that Mr. Sweet, who 

 had a crew and captain ready to send out to Clara, is detained for 

 a couple of months more by business in England, so will not race 

 her this year and she is still for sale. 



CLEVELAND Y. A.— The fifth annual squadron sail of the 

 Cleveland Y. C. will start from the breakwater at 9 A. M. on May 

 80, the destination being Rocky River, where arrangements have 

 been made for dinner. 



NAMOUNA, steam yacht, Jas. Gordon Bennett, called at Cas- 

 tlomare on May 10, leaving for Nice, where her owner landed, go- 

 ing to Paris by rail. The yacht will return to England in time for 

 the Jubilee regattas. 



GALATEA has completed her fitting out at Twenty-eighth 

 street, East River, N. Y r ., and was towed to Sands Point" on May 

 20, starting from there under sail for a cruise around Long Island. 

 She will return to New York by next Monday for the S. C. Y. C. 

 cruise. 



CORONET. — The steamer Venitian, arrived at Boston May 18. 

 passed the Coronet on May 8 at 6 P. M., in Lat, 50° 36' N., Long'. 25° 

 W. She reports all well on board. 



PURITAN. — Capt. Crocker will sail Puritan in the principal 

 races, but in cruising Mr. Forbes will command her, with Capt. 

 Ryan of the Thetis as mate. 



ALTERATIONS TO THE ARROW— Mr. Chamberlayue is at 

 work on Arrow, putting her in racing shape. New lead and wood 

 keels will be put in. 



PIONEER, steam yacht, built for Dr. Cattanach, was launched 

 on May 20 at New York. She is 23x6ft., and will be used on Lake 

 Ronkonkoma. 



NEW YORK Y. C. CRUISE.-The rendezvous for the annual 

 cruise this year will be at New London, on Wednesday, Aug. 3. 



ARROW.— This once famous sloop has been sold by Wm. P. 

 Douglas to Robt. Lenox Belknap, S. C. Y. C. - 



FANNY, sloop, has been sold by the executors of the late Wm. 

 R, Travers to F. B. Fiske, A. Y. C. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



H. E. B., Detroit,— The number cannot be supplied. 



J. W. D., Albany, N. Y — Mr. Moore's bill in the New York Leg- 

 islature is simply to amend the song bird law so that certain 

 stupid or bad blunders may be corrected, 



C. B. S., New London, Conn. — I send you a bird I secured from, a 

 black snake yesterday; please identify. Ans. ft is a black and 

 white creeper {MniotMa varia), one of the Sylvicolida* or wood- 

 warblers. 



The Biggest One Got Away.— Salmon fishing with a fly 

 in the Penobscot River has been rewarded at last, notwith- 

 standing the high water which seriously inconveniences the 

 fishermen. Yesterday afternoon William A. Munro hooked 

 a fine specimen of the noble fish and landed him after one 

 hour's play. He weighed 19 pounds and was a perfect beau- 

 ty. Soon after Mr. Munro landed his Mr. F. W. Ayer, Ban- 

 gor's most noted devotee of the rod and line, hooked a fish, 

 and after landing him was so unfortunate as to have him 

 slip off the ledge into deep water and out of sight. It was 

 estimated that the salmon would weigh 25 pounds. This 

 forenoon Dr. W. L. Hunt caught a beauty of an 18-pound er, 

 and probably before this item reaches the eyes of our readers 

 many others will have been taken. Sportsmen from away 

 will now commence arriving here as Officer Allen notified 

 many of the anxious ones by telegraph last night. The 

 water is falling so very rapidly that there will be good fish- 

 ing all the while now. — Bangor (Me.) Commercial, May IS. 



The Hokse-hair Snake Myth.— Mr. George D. Griffin, of 

 Parkdale, Ontario, thus writes to the Toronto Mail: ''The 

 'horse-hair' question can be answered in this way. The roots 

 of the hair must be with it or it will not become a 'living 

 snakelike' existence. In muddy, tepid water it, through the 

 roots, in accordance with the law of life by the law of a ffinity, 

 absorbs vitalizing elements the same as it did when on the 

 animal. And the substance of the hair being animal life as 

 well as vegetable, it is naturally more or less sensitive to 

 touch. I have seen the horse-hair phenomenon, and I once 

 saw it duplicated a thousandfold in a stagnant pool where 

 the hair of a slaughtered hog had been thrown, and in hands- 

 ful as pulled out Toy the roots they exhibited the same kind 

 of life, but more active than the horse hair does, and yet all 

 this does not help the evolutionist a hair. For there' is not 

 and cannot be any reproduction, without which their whole 

 faith is a delusion." 



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 in all public places. Every one ought to know the remedy ; and 

 that is Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar— an absolute and im- 

 mediate cure of all pulmonary complaints. Pike's Toothache 

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