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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 2, 1887. 



The New Jersey Y. O. and the Jersey City Y. C. fleets were out 

 during the day. . . .The Yonkers Y C. sailed down to Fort Lee and 

 returned.... The Brooklyn Y. C. sailed from the club house in 

 Gravesend Bay out a round buoy 7 and return, with a dinner at the 



club house afterward The Pavonia Y. C, of Jersey City, sailed 



a race from a stakeboat off BcdloVs Island, around Fort Lafayette 

 and return. In the first class Avalon won, as Maraquita fouled a 

 buoy and stove her bottom, so returned. Maggie M. Conway won 

 in second class. In the open boats the winners were: Class 1, Clara 

 S., Alta; Class 2, Three Brolhers, H. H. Holmes; Class 3, Hoodoo, 

 Woolsey. 



NEW BURGESS BOATS IN BOSTON. 



IT is through the success of her large yachts that Boston has 

 taken of late the leading place in American yachting; out very 

 few have given any thought to a most important, fact underlying 

 the great advance she has made. The Eastern fleet has never 

 been noted for the number of its fast yachts in the larger classes, 

 tac majority being, with very few exceptions, inferior to the New 

 York fleet. Of a sudden, however, Boston has jumped to the first 

 place in the very classes where she has before been weakest, and 

 to-day her larger boats ask no odds of any New York craft. That 

 such progress should he made spontaneously and without some 

 cause that, though unseen, has been quietly working for a long 

 time, is contrary to the natural order of things, and in looking for 

 this cause we are inclined to ascribe it to the strength and vital- 

 ity of the small yacht division of the fleet. This division has 

 always been noted for the number of its boats and also of its 

 races', while it has enlisted in yachting a vast number of men. 

 The interest in its doings has been very great along the coast 

 about Boston, and the growth has been healthy and regular. On 

 this foundation, with its roots extending from Cape Ann to Cape 

 Cod, with hundreds of small craft of excellent types and with 

 thousands of men actively engaged in sailing them, the East has 

 easily and naturally laid the first part of a superstructure of 

 yachting on a more pretentious scale. New York, on the con- 

 trary, with all its famous fleet of large yachts, has not been as 

 strong in its smaller classes, yachting has not been so universally 

 popular, and to-day it is feeling the need of just such a founda- 

 tion as Eastern yachting enjoys. 



This season the larger division promises to be able to take care 

 of itself, what with Sachem and Gitana at home, and Fortuna in 

 foreign waters, while of single-stickers there are Mayflower and 

 Puritan besides the new flyer. At the same time the small yachts 

 have not been neglected, and the fleet will be stronger than ever 

 in numbers and in quality, while an exceptionally brilliant season 

 of racing is promised. Mr. Burgess, of course, is foremost in this 

 branch, aDd while his work is not so generally known as tha t in 

 the large classes it is no less important. Within the past two or 

 three years he has turned out a number of very fine small boats, 

 cats and sloops as well as cutters, both centerhoard and keel; and 

 the influence of this fleet is plamly perceptible throughout the 

 East. A leading feature of the Burgess boats is the unity of the 

 design, each individual boat is carefully worked out with the 

 greatest care in all details, and there is harmony and absence of 

 the crudities and individual fads aud notions that are coupled 

 with many good features iu the work of the local builders along 

 the coast. These boats ha ve gone to different points, aud in some 

 cases designs have been f urnished for boats to be built by local 

 builders, and already the results are visible in the changes of 

 model and build which are taking place generally. The presence 

 of one good boat in a fleet establishes a new standard of excellence, 

 it serves in many ways as a model for local builders and yachts- 

 men, and its good influence is very soon evident. It would be too 

 much to expect that every yacht, large and small, turned out by 

 Mr. Burgess, should attain the same success as Puritan, but thus 

 far in all classes his boats have been remarkably successful. This 

 has been the case in particular with the keel cats of about 20ft. 

 and also with the centerhoard boats of the same size. This spring 

 the Lawleys are busy with half a dozen of these boats, most of 

 them with a heavy lead keel in addition to the centerhoard, and 

 with the boats built elsewhere to beat them they will make a most 

 valuable additiou to the small fleet. 



Of course Titauia and the new steel yacht for Gen. Paine will 

 monopolize the attention of racing men very largely this season, 

 but Mr. Burgess is looking for more laurels in another class. We 

 have before described the cutter building by Lawleys', from his 

 designs, for Mr. C. F. Adams, of Quincy, but we give her dimen- 

 sions more fully than they have yet appfeafed. They are: 



Length over all 44ft. 



Length l.w.l 36ft. 



Beam, extreme 12ft. 54-£in. 



Beam, l.w.l lift. 4j4in. 



Draft, extreme 7ft. 6t£in. 



Freeboard, how 4ft. 2in. 



Freeboard, least 2ft. 9in. 



Displacement, long tons 17.00 



Ballast all on keel, lead 9.00 



Mast, from stem .14ft. 



Mast, deck to hounds 32ft. 



Mast head 6ft, 



Topmast, fid to hounds 25ft. 



Boom 39ft. 



Gaff 25ft. 



Bowsprit, outboard 20ft. 



Spinaker boom 34ft. 



Topsail yards 31 and 21ft. 



The boat is intended for racing and under the rules of the East- 

 ern Y. O. will come in the class with Shadow and Shout, which 

 boats she will probably meet in the coming regatta. How much 

 time she will allow the little cutter we do not yet know, but to 

 look at the two side by side the new boat looks able to carry the 

 other at her davits. The main object has been speed, and in striv- 

 ing for it Mr. Burgess has followed the same methods as in tbe 

 Titania, in both boats departing from his practice in the earlier 

 yachts. The beam is great compared with the length, but at 

 the same time the boats are relatively deep, the one in question 

 drawing 7ft. 6in. on 36ft. The bilge is kept light and the topsides 

 flare, while the shapes of hull and lead keel merge fairly into each 

 other, unlike the class of keel sloops once so common about Boston 

 in which the body was wide but shoal, the draft being made up by 

 a deep fin. There is nothing of this kind about the new boats, the 

 midship section shows a fair sweep from keel to planksheer, but 

 the same idea of a wide body with high bilge, coupled with very 

 low ballast, is common to both. In the matter of deck room the 

 new boat has plenty to spare, and below she is equally' roomy, but 

 her great beam gives a lot of waste space above the lockers that 

 nly goesinto extra width in the berths. She has good headroom, 5ft, 

 9in., and good room between the lockers, bitt both of these she might 

 have with less beam. The forecastle is high and roomy and there 

 is a ladies' cabin aft. The width gives a very wide companion , more 

 so than is really necessary, and there is a passage to the after cabin 

 beside it. While the cramped companions and the narrow passages 

 of the extreme cutters are absent, owing to the increased beam, 

 it certainly seems as though the economic limit had been exceeded 

 in the other direction, and that more beam had been taken than 

 was really necessary for the best average of interior accommoda- 

 tion and driving power. The spars are those of a modern 10-ton- 

 ner, but while the accommodation is much better in some respects, 

 it is by no means in proportion to the added beam of 12£gft. com- 

 pared to the 7ft. of the narrow boat. Of course, with the canvas 

 the boat should be fast, but it is a question whether Mr. Burgess 

 could not put another hull under the same rig that would give 

 better results, both in racing and for room below. A yacht of 

 different proportions is the other cutter on which Lawleys arc at 

 work, a cruising boat of 42ft. l.w.l. from Mr. Burgess's design, for 

 Mr. Agassiz, owner of the cutter Kelpie. With P/ 2 beams and a 

 draft of over 8ft., she promises to be a typical cruiser. The same 

 firm have also begun work on a schooner of 53ft. from Mr. Bur- 

 gess's designs. 



A number of small yachts have been built, during the winter 

 and spring about Boston and vicinity which we have noticed at 

 various times. The most interesting fact about them as a class 

 is that moderate beam and lead keels prevail to a very large 

 extent. Keel boats form a large proportion of the total; and 

 while some small centerhoard catboats have been built for the 

 classes in the smaller clubs, there have been none of the old type 

 sloops. The centerhoard boats, outside the cats, are all of mod- 

 erate proportions for their class, with a good share of ballast in 

 keel, and a modified sloop rig. The old boats have many of them 

 received additional ballast outside, and in Boston at least the idea 

 of outside ballast has been universally adopted. 



LAUNCHES AT POILLON'S YARD.— Last week both the sloops 

 building at Poillon's yard, from Mr. Elsworth's models, were 

 launched, the smaller one, Gertrude, for Com. H. G. Pearson, of 

 the Jersey City Y. C, on May 26. This yacht is 35ft. l.w.l., 40ft. 

 over all, 13ft. beam, with sloop rig. As she entered the water she 

 was christened Gertrude by Miss Addie Elsworth, daughter of 

 the modeler. The other and larger yacht, for Mr. J. G. Prague, 

 was launched on May 28, receiving the alarming name of Ana- 

 conda from the daughter of the owner. She is intended to make 

 it very warm for the class that Clara has headed for the past two 

 seasons, her dimensions being; Length over all, 60ft.; on l.w.l. 53ft., 

 beam, 18ft. 4m.; draft, 5ft. 3in.; ballast 8 tons. Both of these yachts 

 will carry all ballast inside. 



THE TRIALS OF THE THISTLE. 



THE first of the Thistle's races has proved very unsatisfactory, 

 there being no opportunity given for a test of her qualities 

 beside Irex and Genesta. This much is evident, that she is a very 

 fast boat in light weather and drifting, and that is what is most 

 likely to tell in the Cup races; but what she can do in good sailing 

 weather remains yet to be seen. Her first race was sailed on May 

 28, from South End to Harwich, a distance of about 50 miles. The 

 starters were: 



CLASS A. 



Sail Tons. 



Thistle, J. Bell, cutter 130 



Irex, J. Jameson, cutter 106 



Genesta, Sir Richard Sutton, cutter 104 



Slcuthhound, Lord Francis Cecil, cutter 54 



Queen Mab, T. B. C. West, cutter 19 



CLASS C. 



Wendur, H. R. Laiug, yawl 113 



Neptune, C. D, Gough, cutter 42 



Foxhound, Capt. Nottage, yawl 33 



Sybil, C. T, G. Still, cutter 26 



Mary, Cosmo Romilly, cutter 26 



The start was made at 9:35 A. M. with a light S. W. wind. Sleuth- 

 hound was first away, followed by Thistle, tbe latter getting to 

 windward of Irex. Sleuthhound soon lost her place and fell to 

 fourth, the order being Thistle, Irex and Genesta. Later on the 

 breeze fell, and all but Thistle were obliged to anchor to hold 

 their own against a strong tide. From this out the race was a 

 drift, the yachts finishing late at night. Thistle brought, in a good 

 breeze with her after midnight, Genesta being next, then Irex. 

 The times at the finish were: 



Thistle 50 20 Wendur 2 25 00 



Genesta 1 34 00 Sybil 2 37 10 



Irex 1 47 00 Mary 2 50 00 



Sleuthhound 1 49 29 



The rest of the fleet anchored over night and came in next 

 morning. The race off Harwich on Monday was even more un- 

 satisfactory, as a fog prevailed through the latter part of the race. 

 The course was from Harwich Harbor, around the northeast buoy, 

 off Badasey Bank and the sunk lightship, leaving both on star- 

 board hand; thence to northward of buoy at West Rocks; thence 

 between Cork lightship and Cork sand buoy, and back to starting 

 point, 35 miles. The starters wore as before, excepting Sleuth- 

 hound, Mary and Queen Mab. At the start the wind was fresh 

 from east, Irex leading over the line, with Genesta second and 

 Thistle third. Genesta sailed away alone, while Irex and Thistle 

 were busy with each other. A thick fog finally shut in and hid 

 the course, but the yachts sailed on, irex coming in first, with 

 Genesta second and Thistle third. The times of finish were : 



Irex 4 17 20 Wendur 4 35 13 



Genesta 4 35 19 Thistle 4 52 06 



Neptune 5 03 46 Sybil 5 04 45 



Tbe sailing amounted to nothing, as all were lost for a time in 

 the fog. In the evening the annual dinner of the Royal Harwich 

 Y. C. was held. 



A third race was sailed on Tuesday under more favorable con- 

 ditions for a test, the weather being clear and the wind of good 

 strength. The course was from Harwich to Southend, about fifty 

 miles. Irex was first away, with Thistle second, Wendur third, 

 and Genesta fourth. The prizes were £40 and £30, with a cup 

 presented by Mr. James Ashbury. All four carried full lower sail 

 and club topsails. Thistle crossed to windward and led at the 

 first mark. At 9:30 all set spankers, Thistle being slower than the 

 others in getting hers out. Irex begun to gain on her but never 

 succeeded in catching her. At the Swin Middle Lights Irex was 

 3Wm. astern of Thistle, and Genesta 6m. astern. The times at the 

 finish were. Thistle 1.01, Irex 1.04, Genesta 1.11, and Wendur 1.27. 

 Thistle allows Irex 6m. 50s., aud is consequently beaten by 3m. 506. 

 From the cabled reports Thistle seems to have been slow in work- 

 ing her canvas and to have suffered from a green crew, while Irex 

 has had the same crew, almots to a man, for three seasons. Yes- 

 terday another race was set, around the Mouse and back to 

 Gravesend, the Royal Thames Y. C, and on Saturday the race of 

 the same club from the Nore to Dover comes off. After the latter 

 Thistle will return to the Clyde to prepare for her voyage across. 



STEAM YACHT BUILDING AT BRISTOL. 



AT Herreshoffs's shops there is now building a high speed yacht 

 for service between New Yprk and the Shrewsbury to take the 

 place of the famous Henrietta, lately sold. This new craft will be 

 81ft. l.w.l., 10ft. beam and 3«in. draft aft. She will have triple 

 compound engines, 734, 12 and 19xl0V£, with a grate surface of 

 25ft. and a 36iu. screw. The Henrietta has lately been to the shop 

 for a spring overhauling before going into commission under her 

 new owner, Mr. Howard Jaffray, and the firm have also a dupli- 

 cate of her now finished in stock. These boats are 48ft. over all, 

 47ft. l.w.l., 7ft. Oin. beam, and 2ft. 2iu. draft of hull and 2ft. 8in. 

 draft of shoe. They are built after the usual method of the firm, 

 a double skin, the strakes running fore and aft, and steamed 

 frames, all being fastened with brass screws. The workmanship 

 is of the very highest grade, the joints of each skin being almost 

 invisible and no caulking being needed. Tbo docks, like the bot- 

 toms, are of double thickness, being laid in whitclead with brass 

 screws and also require no caulkiug. For the skin and decks 

 mahogany has been proved to be better than any other wood, and 

 it is used for all the smaller craft. The large yacht is planked 

 with a very fine quality of yellow pine, clear and free from, pit eh 

 —for the outer skin Jgin. thick, the inner skin being of %in. white 

 pine, the fastenings of galvanized steel nails, clinched. In the 

 bending house, besides the sister to Henrietta, is a steam whale 

 boat 28ft.x8ft., with engines 6 andSJ^xOin., such as was carried by 

 the Greeley expedition. Tbere is also a duplicate of Electra's launch, 

 a new boat in stock, of mahogany, 27x6ft. 4in., weighing com- 

 plete 3,8001bs. The wood in these launches is so carefully selected 

 that a uniform grain and color is preserved over the entire boat. 

 In one the mahogany it= all straight-grained, while in another it is 

 figured, hut matching in all parts in color and grain. A valuable 

 feature of all the Herroshofl launches is the hood or buggy top of 

 oiled drill, stretched over bent wood frames hinged so as to be 

 swung into any position. The cover can be raised sufficiently on 

 either side to break the wind while leaving the boat open; it can 

 be raised to cover half or more of the cockpit for protection from 

 rain while running, or it can be swung entirely over the cockpit, 

 making a complete roof by night. The same idea is adaptable to 

 sailing craft, but so far as we know it has only been fitted to one, 

 the cat-yawl Consuelo, owned and sailed by Mr. N. G. Herreshoff. 

 In this yacht the steering is done by a horizontal bar on an up- 

 right standard in place of a tiller or wheel, and over the after part 

 of cockpit a hood is fitted so as to protect the steersman from the 

 weather. The Stiletto is now hauled out near the works, but will 

 be fitted out soon for delivery to the U. S. Government. 



GALATEA IN A BREEZE. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



On Decoration Day there was a nice topsail breeze, and the way 

 iu which the narrow-beam cutter Galatea beat Priscilla and At- 

 lantic to windward and running home was a caution. She can 

 certainly also dispose of Puritan, as the latter has not sufficient 

 length to cope with Lieut. Henn's smart cutter. That much may 



— is whether 

 ear's races 

 judgment. 



Now why does Mayflower suLk in Boston? Is she afraid to meet 

 Galatea in the spring breezes that she is held back till midsum- 

 mer drifting sets in? She backed down from her proposed voyage 

 to Europe, because she did uot care to face Irex in a Channel sea, 

 and now she refuses to give Galatea a chance. This is, no doubt, 

 very shrewd from the standpoint of "yachting politicians," but it 

 leads up to the question frequently asked of late: u Are our yachts- 

 men really yachtsmen or only yacht owners? Square Deal,. 



BAR HARBOR REGATTA.— A regatta will be held at Bar Har- 

 bor on Aug. 25 under the rules of the N. Y. Y, C, the course being 

 80 miles, triangular, with a time limit of 7 hours. The sum of 

 $1,200 has been subscribed by the residents for prizes. The classes 

 will be: Schooners, class 1, over 80ft. waterliue length, $250; class 

 2, 80ft. waterline length and under, 8300, Sloops and cutters, class 

 1, 80ft. and over w aterline length, §250; class 2, 05ft. aud under 80ft. 

 waterline length, $200; class 3, 45ft. and under 55ft. waterliue 

 length, $150; class 4, under 45ft. waterline length (cabin, yachts), 

 $150. No prize will be awarded in any class unless there are tw o 

 or more starters. 



DORCHESTER Y. C, 97TH REGA TTA.— The 97th regatta of 

 the Dorchester Y. C. was sailed on May 27, for champion pennants 

 in the fourth and fifth classes. The course was twice around the 

 triangle formed by Farm Bar Buoy, Half Tide Rock and Old Har- 

 bor Buoy, iy% miles. The times were: 



Scamp, Frank Gray 58 49 Nora,G. E. Dennie 1 05 2r> 



Rocket, H. M. Faxon 1 03 16 Nonpareil, E. Lanning. . .1 07 30 



W. E„ J. E. Robinson 1 01 43 Yolande, C. H. Nute 1 11 31 



Mirage and Shoerwater withdrew. Scamp wins one leg for the 

 pennant. 



COOPER'S POINT CORINTHIAN Y. C— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: The second semi-monthly race of the Cooper's Point 

 Corinthian Y. C. took place on May 24, over the club course. The 

 following boats started at 2:20 P. M.: First class— C. T. Humes 

 aud R. M. Fitch. The H. C. Funk parted luff bolt rope and did not 

 get off. Second class— Item, Russell, Wilkins and Alliuan. Third 

 class— Cook and Anderson. A spanking breeze from S. S. E. sent 

 the boats off with reefed sails, except the Wilkins; she carried 

 whole sail throughout the race. The first round of the flagboat 

 was made in the following order: Fitch, 3:15:30; Humes, 3:16:00; 

 Wilkins, 3:17:00; Item, 8:19:00; Russell, 3:19:01; Cook, 3:31:30; Ander- 

 son and Allman, time not taken. Best time, 55m. 30s. The home 

 stakeboat was reached on the second course as follows: Fitch, 

 4:03:30; Humes, 4:03:00; Wilkins, 4:08:30; Item, 4:12:00; Russell, 

 4:13:00; Cook, 4:40:00; Allman and Anderson, time not taken. The 

 Fitch, Captain Will Kiusey, made the fastest time on record over 

 the course by any sailboat, on the second round covering the 8 

 miles in 47m. 30s. The Corinthian fixtures are: Bay cruise to Cape 

 May, June 20; up river to head of navigation (Trenton), Sept. 20. 

 Three new boats, Funk, Item and Russell, have been added to the 

 club this year, and new members are rapidly joining the club, 

 which is in a prosperous condition. Their club rooms have been 

 fitted up in good style.— R. G. W. 



MONATIQUOT Y. C.-The Monatiquot Y. C, of Weymouth, 

 Mass., organized April 27, 1887, now numbers 125 members, and 30 

 yachts now enrolled in its squadron. The club house (now 

 building) will be ready for occupancy July 1, when a grand cele- 

 bration is proposed. The officers are: Com., J. F. She.ppard; Vice- 

 Corn., G. H. Bicknell; Sec, F. T. Hunt; Treas., E. P. Worster; 

 Fleet Captain, Andrews Lane; Meas., W. F. Maybury. Directors, 

 Com., Vice-Corn., Sec. and Treas; ex-offieio, J. M. Knight, Henry 

 Gardner. The following fixtures have been decided on. Fort 

 Point course: June 22, first championship; July 23, union regatta; 

 Aug. 6, second championship; Aug. 17, third championship: Sept. 3, 

 club championship; Sept. 17, pennant. Inside course, club races: 

 May 30, June 11, July 6, Aug. 27. Sept. 10 and 24. 



ANOTHER CRUISING SCHOONER.-Mr. A. Cary Smith has 

 a model ready of the 110ft. cruising schooner, and the vessel will 

 be in commission bv November. Mr. Smith wilt at once commence 

 a design for a steel schooner 100ft. long for Mr. C. W. Ohapin, who 

 lias sold his new schooner Julia to Thos. J. Coolidge, of Boston. 

 Thought built for cruising last year and only in commissi >n dur- 

 ing the winter, Julia has made a reputation already for speed. 

 Her owner, however, wishes a larger yacht, and having sold her, 

 will have a new boat ready by fall. 



QUAKER CITY Y, C— This club has announced the following 

 fixtures : June 13, annual regatta ; June 15, ladies' day ; June 26, 

 river and harbor cruise; July 2-4, Corinthian cruise and regatta; 

 July 24, liver and harbor cruise to Lazaretto ; Aug. 14-29, annnal 

 cruise Chesapeake and Delaware bays ; Sept. H, review; Sept. 25, 

 cruise. Tbe new rules of the club are printed, being the same as 

 the S. C. Y. C. 



YORKVILLE Y. C.-The annual regatta of the Yorkville Y. C. 

 was set for May 29 over a 17 mile course, off Oak Point, but there 

 was not wind enough to finish within the limit of six hours. At 

 13:30 there was a flat calm, and it was not until 2:30 that a start 

 was made. About half of the course was sailed before the yachts 

 withdrew. The date for the re-sail is not yet announced. 



SEAWANHAKA C. Y. C. OPEN RACE— The entries for this 

 race, which is open to yachts of the New York, Atlantic, Laroh- 

 inont, Eastern, New Bedford, Knickerbocker and New Haven 

 clubs will close at noon on June 9. Blanks may be had of the 

 secretary, L. F. D'Oremieulx, 67 Exchange place, and entries 

 must be made to L. P. Bayard, 167 Broadway. 



AN ENGLISH YAWL FOR AMERICA.— The schooner Hilde- 



son, of Gosport, in 1S82, and is 69.3ft. stem to sternpost on deck, 

 15.9ft. beam and 10,25ft, hold. 



A RACE BETWEEN FISHING SMACKS.— A match has been 

 made between the fishing smack Julian T. Creeton, of Greeuport, 

 and the John Feeney, of Noank. The course is to be 20 miles to 

 windward from Scotland Lightship to the Whistling Buoy off Fire 

 Island. 



LAUNCH OF THE FORBES STEAMER. — The steel steam 

 yacht designed by Burgess and built at the Atlantic Works, East 

 Boston, for John Murray Forbes, was launched on May 37. She 

 was named Barracouta, and is 108ft. l.w.l., 18ft. beam aud 10ft. 

 hold. # 



QUINCY Y. C. OPENING RECtATTA. — The only starter for the 

 Quincy Y. C. regatta on May 28 was Echo, Messrs. Burwell and 

 I sham. She sailed the course alone in lh. 31m., taking first prize, 

 $10. The judges were H. H. Sheen and G. G. Saville. 



PACIFIC Y. C— The opening cruise of the Pacific Y. C, on May 

 15, found Aggie, Nellie and Lolita under way at 11 A.M. The 

 d. stination was Martinez, but so few yachts turned out that it 

 was changed before the start to Mount. Diablo. 



CORONET.— At noon on May 25, the Coronet arrived at New 

 York after a very unpleasant passage of 34 days. She went at 

 once to her owner's dock in South Brooklyn, where she is now 

 stripped and laid up. 



THE "GLOBE'S" OPEN REGATTA— The Boston fishing fleet 

 expects to enter the regatta of June 25. The Globe has offered a 

 cup tor the Shadow r -Shona class in the Dorchester regatta of 

 .tune 17. 



FELICIA.— This Boston boat has been converted from a center- 

 board into a keel. The catboat Cooper has also been changed into 

 a cutter, and the cat Nora has had 1600 lbs. of lead bolted to her 

 keel. 



ETJRTUNA wastosail yesterday from Marblehead for Greenock, 

 touching at Queenstown. Her racing spars have been shipped to 

 Greenndck in advance. 



DORCHESTER Y C— At the monthly meeting of this club on 

 June 3, Mr. Adrian Wilson, the sail maker, will lecture on "Scien- 

 tific Sail Making." 



A SAILBOAT ADRIFT— A 25ft. catboat, keel upward, was 

 picked up by a tug on Sunday night ou (side Sandy Hook and towed 

 lo Atlantic Basin. 



CYPRUS.— This cutter was at Oswego last week, having come 

 from New York by Canal. She fitted out at the former port and 

 sailed for Toronto. 



SILK KITES. — Mayflower and tbe new steel boat will botli have 

 spinakers of the new "union" silk, from Lapthorne. 



ANETO.— This little yawl has been sold by H. W. Eaton to W. 

 H. Browne of Boston. 



NANTILUS. — Keel sloop, has been sold by Arthur Ryerson to S. 

 P. Freeman. 



ECLIPSE.— Sloop, has been sold by E. H. Wales to a Boston 

 yachtsman. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Amateur, New York city.— A gun club publicly announces a 

 (lav-pigeon tournament in which all professionals or semi-profes- 

 sionals are barred. A party enters and shoots under protest, who 

 is employed by a certain gun manufacturing company to show 

 their particular make of gun to visitors at the factory and at 

 shooting tournaments. Now, as the value of this gun in question 

 depends on his skill at the traps, would he not be considered at 

 least a semi-professional and barred from a strictly amateur 

 shoot? Aus. The term semi-professional is a new one, and the 

 club introducing it must define and determine who come within 

 its meaning. There has never been any recognized ruling as to 

 what constitutes a professional in trap-shooting. Following the 

 rule winch obtains in rowing and other sports, the individual 

 named would be a professional, but the point has not been decided 

 either way in trap-shooting. 



Geese Killed by Lightning.— B. Burch, who resides on 

 Rock Creek, north of town, paid us a call last Tuesday even- 

 ing. He informs us that during the storm of last Friday af- 

 ternoon, as he and his family were watching the clouds, a 

 flock of wild geese passed near the house. As he was look- 

 ing at them there came a vivid flash of lightning, which 

 seemed to pass right through the flock of geese, and t he next 

 moment the flock seemed to be thrown into confusion, utter- 

 ing the shrillest cries of alarm, and six of their number were 

 seen falling to the ground. They had been killed by the light- 

 ning flash. Mr. Burch had noticed. He went and picked up 

 the dead geese, which he found to be plump aud fat, without 

 a mark to show where the lightning had struck them. He 

 had a feast of roast goose the next day. This is the first in- 

 stance on record, we believe, of geese being struck by light- 

 ning while flying in the air, and it is generally supposed 

 that they are safe from the destroying bolt of Jove.— Chlea 

 (Cal.) Cfynmicl e. 



Write Upthkgrove & McLellan, Valparaiso, Ind., for new 

 catalogue of sportsmen'B and civil engineers' wear.— Adv. 



