460 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



f June 16, 1887. 



entries. The snooting was the poorest of the week. Following is 

 the score: 



Richmond 011111111111-11 C W Walters 011101110100- 7 



F M Eames 111011101110- 9 H Whitney 111000111111— 9 



J Koch 101010110110— 7 G C Luther 111110010111— 9 



Heinold 010010110010— 5 G W Crouch, Jr. .000110111111- 8 



M C Smith . , . 111111111011—11 George Stillson. . .011111100011— 8 



EH Smith 111101111011—10 FA Elliott 111011111111-11 



F S Clark 101001001011- 6 CD Jersey 111000101001- 6 



A Baker 010010111111- 8MB Link 000100000000- 1 



O A Wheeler 110011100100— 6 B Tolsrna 110100001001— 5 



C Wacener 111011 111110—10 E Hudson 111101111001— 9 



W O Ha.ilev 111011001001- 7 J S Barnes 110110101111- 9 



W A Hunter 000011010000— 3 



L Erne 111100101111— 9 



O Besser, Jr 011111111111—11 



W McCarthy. ...111111011103- 9 

 DMLefever. .. .011111011111-10 

 H R Hess 010011 11011 1— 8 



A J Minton 111110111111—11 



A J Storey 011011111101— 9 



,T A Davis 011000001101— 5 



M M Brunner.... 011111001111- 9 



F Schwartz 001001000110— 4 



H Ayling 000100001000— 2 



Dr Booth '.111101001 110- 8 W Prettic 001101011110- 7 



There was no tie on 12, so the 11 class competed for the prizes of 

 the first class of ties: 



Richmond 111111-6 F A Elliot ?J}?AY - ? 



M C Smith 110101—4 A J Minton 111101—5 



O Besser 011100—3 . . t _ , . 



W. M. Richmond, of Charlotte, won first, $100 in cash, and A. J. 

 Minton. of Buffalo, the second. 



E H e Smlth°'. 100111-4 D M LeFever 011011-4 



C Wagener 111010—4 



C. Wagener, of Pulteney, on the third trial won first, D. M. 

 LeFever took second. 



E Hudson 111111-6 



J S Barnes 10w — 1 



A J Storey 00w -0 



MM Brunner Ow — 



Ties on 9: 



F M Eames Ulill-6 



LErhe 110011-4 



W McCarthy 011101-4 



H Whitney 011011-4 



GC Luther .011001-3 



In shooting off the second tie, E. Hudson, of Syracuse, won first, 

 F. M. Eames, of Bay Ridge, won second. 

 Ties on 8: 



A Baker. 000111—3 G W Crouch 000000-0 



H R Hess 001101-3 Geo Stillson 110110-4 



Dr Booth 010100—2 



Geo. Stillson, of Rochester, won first, H. R. Hess won second. 



Ties on 7 : 



J Koch 011001-3 C W Walters 030001—1 



W C Hadley 111111—6 Prettic 011 100— 3 



W. C. Hadley won first, J. Koch, of Buffalo, won second. 



In the afternoon occurred the annual slioot for the Dean Rich- 

 mond trophy, a solid silver vase, beautifully ornamented. The 

 trophy is valued at $1,150, and is to he held by the winning club 

 each 'year in trust. The conditions of the contest were t hat it 

 should be shot for bv three members o£ each club entering, each 

 marksman to shoot at 20 single live birds; Four clubs entered for 

 the contest. The Oneida County Club would. have Joined in the 

 match, but as there were not birds enough to go around, they 

 withdrew in favor of the visitors. The scores made in the contest 

 were as follows: 



Audubon Club, of Buffalo. Queen City Club, of Buffalo. 

 ADowns..l011111111ulllllllll-18 T S Clark. 10011111101 111101101-15 

 Scheibert.HOllOl .1111111111110—17 Schwartz. 00111111001011110111-14 

 Besser, .1 r.lUOllOllllolollOm-15 J Koch. . . .11111010011111111111-17 



G 



Genesee Club, of Irondequoit. 

 J StiUson.lOllimil 1101111101-17 



J Brown. .01111111110111111 101—17 



Onondaga Club, of Syracuse. 

 Hudson . . . 11111111111010101011-16 

 G Luther .11101111 001101111110-15 



Crouch, jrlllllllOlllOlOOOlOOl— 13 Le Fever.. 10111011101011001110-13 



47 44 



Referee J. R. Stice, of New Haven, Conn., formally declared the 

 Audubons the victors. William Richmond, of Charlotte, acted 

 as caller in this contest, and E. H. Smith, of Buffalo, and F. A. 

 Elliott, nf Utica, judges. Dr. W. H. Booth, of Utica, also acted as 

 judge during a portion of the shoot. This is the third time the 

 Audubon Club has won the trophy. Last year its representatives 

 scored 56 birds, and two years ago 57 birds. 



The best of feeling ran through the entire meeting. On one day 

 out of 1.726 blue rock targets sprung but 4 were broken in the trap, 

 while in the seven programme contests during the shoot 7,021 blue 

 rocks were thrown from the trap with a total breakage by traps 

 of 45 L or an average of 1 to every 156 thrown. 



C. W. Wagener took away more in value of prizes than any 

 other marksman. His winnings in five days reached B30Q. 



The capital reports of the entire shoot made in the Utica Herald 

 enabled each participant to keep a very satisfactory record of the 

 meeting. 



MIDDLESEX GUN CLUB.— Regular monthly shoot at the 

 grounds, Dunellen. N. J., June 8. A medium lot of birds, as it is 

 difficult to get other than young birds at this time of the year. 

 Old South Paw acted as referee in his usual quaint and honest 

 manner. The match between Quinlan, Lever and Cannon did not 

 come off. Quinlan sent word in time that he could not be on 

 hand, and had his forfeit withdrawn. Lever was on hand, and as 

 Cannon could not very weU arrive before 1 P. M., Lever demanded 

 and got the forfeit of $10, packed up his gun and left the grounds. 

 Cannon arrived later, and the air became blue at once. The hasty 

 action of Mr. Lever, though strictly or technically right, is open 

 to and receives the reprobation of very many of the shooters on 

 the grounds at the time. The Middlesex Club is decidedly a live 

 club, and the most enthusiastic one we know in the live bird line. 

 They will have birds no matter what they cost, and they will stay 

 bv the traps until the last bird is shot even until long after the 

 sun has gone down. The following are the scores of the different 

 sweeps: 



Match at 4 live birds: 



Forrest (29) 0111-3 Lever (30) 1122- 



J H Force (30) 1111-4 ~ 



Williams (30) mi ~t 



Robby (27) 1100-2 



Match at 4 live birds: 



Forrest 0211-3 



J H Force 2U1-4 



Williams 1121-4 



Robby 2011-3 



Match at 4 birds: 



Williams 1111—4 



Dean 1101-3 



J H Force 1U1— 4 



Ties divided. 



Match at 4 birds: 



Williams 1110-3 Robby 3212-4 



Dean 0110—2 Forrest 1211—4 



J H Force 1110-3 C Smith 1121-4 



Ties divided. 



Match at 4 live birds: 



Williams (30) 1122-4 



Cannon (26) 2111-4 



J H Force (30) 1111-4 



C Smith (30 0111—3 



Dean (27) 0U0-2 



Lever 2112-4 



C Smith 2101—3 



Dean 0100-1 



Ties divided. 



Robby 0010-1 



Forrest 1111 — 4 



C Smith 2201-3 



TORONTO, June 4.— The third and final shoot for the McDowell 

 team medals took place at D. Blea's, West Toronto Junction, this 

 afternoon. The weather was splendid and a large number of spec- 

 tators went out to witness the contest. The Toronto Gun Club 

 team No. 1 won the previous match with 92 out of 100, and in this 

 were victorious with 74, thus winning the match twice out of the 

 three shoots. The West Toronto Junction team won them in the 

 first shoot with 77 out of 100. The following are the scores at 20 

 birds per man: 



West Toronto Junction. 



H Royce 17 



W Wakefield 17 



D Blea 15 



CHinton 12 



WA Clark 11—72 



Toronto Gun Club No. 2. 



W Jefferson 15 



R J Kidd 14 



F Martin ,. 14 



GPearsall 12 



H George 11-61 



Toronto Gun Club No. 1. 



CMalloy IS 



W Felstead 15 



A Ellis 15 



W Briggs 14 



D Black 12—74 



West End Gun and Dog Sports 

 Club. 



J Bailey 16 



E Dollery 15 



P Wakefield 14 



R Wilson 13 



G Clark 9—67 _ 



Owl Gun Club (one man short). 



JTownson 18 G Carruthers 14 



J Douglass 15 J Jobbett 12—59 



BROOKLYN, June 8.— Not a dozen members of the Fountain 

 Gun Club were present at the monthly shoot of the organization 

 this afternoon at the grouuds at Woodlawn, but those who did 

 stand behind the traps made good shooting. The birds were as 

 good a lot as ever sprang from trap. The first heat was a club 

 iandicap, 21yds. rise, 7 birds, both barrels. Scores as follows : 



J Wynne, 30yds 1111101-6 W Stewart, 26yds 1111110-0 



C Carlos, 27yds 0110010-3 E W Wheeler.' 21 vds . . . 1101111— H 



A Eddy, 30yds 1111101-6 C Williams, 30yds 1111011-6 



L T Davenport, 29vds. . 1111101-6 M Donnole v, 29yds 1111111-7 



J E Lake, 23yds 1011110-5 H McLaughlin, 26yds. .1011111-6 



H P Kearney, 25yds. . ..1010111-5 



In shooting off ties A. Eddy won in Class B and H. P. Kearney 

 in Class 0. H. McLaughlin did not shoot. 



SAN FRANCISCO, June 5.— Members of the California Wing 

 Club met at San Bruno to-day to shoot their third tournament of 

 the present season. The medals shot for were as usual three in 

 number and were well contested. The scoring did not average 

 high, but this was caused by the high wind and great speed and 

 strength of the birds. W. L. Eyre wan judge and Rice manipu- 

 lated the strings. Kelow are the complete scores, medal shoot, 

 13 birds each, 80yds. boundary, handicap according to gauge of 

 run: 



Fay (30) 111012210011- 9 Coffin (30) 121112210221-11 



Haas (28) 111210012022- 9 Shade (30) 111212113120-11 



Cross (33) 001012210121- .8 Liddle (20) 111120010001- 7 



De Vaull (30) 201211:302110- 9 Cole (26) 011000113310— 7 



In shooting off ties Slade won first medal, Coffin second and 

 Haas third. 



UNKNOWN GUN CLUB.— Sixth shoot of the season at Dexter's 

 Park, L. I., Tuesday, June 9. Seventeen went to the traps and 

 did some good shooting. The club rules provide handicap rise, 

 ■un below the elbow near the hip. and one barrel only: 



j A Vroome (24) 1111111-7 J Raihjen (24) 1101101-5 



A Haas (33) 1111111—7 W J Lee (21) 1000111-4 



M Chichester (25) 1111101-6 M Meyers (23) 1010100-3 



W Gillman (23) 1111101-0 A Ramphen (21) 0010110-3 



W Tomf ord (25) 1011111-8 L Boyle (21) 0010110-3 



H Knebel, Sr (25) 1101111-6 AHarned (23) 1110000-3 



H Knebel, Jr (23) 1011111-6 H Pope (24) 0110010-3 



J Bahling (25) 1110110-5 C H Ring (21) 0001001—2 



R Monsees (25) 1011011-5 



Ties for first prize and medal: E. A. Vroome (24) 010—1; A. Hass 

 (23) 111-3. 



Ties for second prize: M. Chichester (25). 00—0; W. Gillman (23). 

 11100— 3; W. Tomf ord (25), 00-0; H. Knebel, Sr. (25), 0-0; H. Knebel, 

 Jr. (23), 11101—4. 



Ties for third prize: J. Bohling (25), 1010—2; R. Monsees (25), 

 1011—3; J. Rathjen (24), 0101—3. 



PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June U.— Wayne Gun Club, regular 

 monthly prize shoot, Ligowsky clay-pigeons, one Ligowsky clay- 

 pigeon screened trap. 18yds. rise, Wayne Gun Club rules; 4 prizos: 

 Gus Hessler 1111111111—9 A Hemingway 1101001111-7 



P F Yost 0110111111-8 



E Handsbury 1111101101-8 



J W Sidle 0011011100-5 



T Scargle 0001111110-6 



SOUTH MANCHESTER, Conn., June 9.-At the last regular 

 shoot of the Manchester Gun and Game Club, the following scores 

 were made out of 20 Ligowsky pigeons: W. B. Cheney 15, W. Hyde 

 14, W. W. Cheney 11. F. F. Wat kins 9. J. Shewry 9, Mark Cheney 

 9, J. D. Goulden 9', M. E. White 8, O. B. Treat 7, Geo. Taylor 7, Adam 

 Schields 5. W. R. Tinker 3. The club will hold a tournament June 

 23, commencing at 9 o'clock.— F. E. W. u > 



NEWARK, June 10.— The Fifteenth Avenue Gun Club shot to- 

 day at 14 birds each, 25yds. rise. The score was as follows: J. 

 Reiboldt 13, P. Trautfelter 13, L. Schilling 13, J. Jaquin 12, G. Cer- 

 nachero 12, M. Bauer 11, J. Weber 11, C. Meisel 11, W. Fransel 13, 

 E, ••• iraanh 10, L. Spahn 10, A. Krause 10, F. Heller 8, F, Pippcrt 

 1, M. Doerzbacher 6, A. Gerst 5, N. Mabus 4. 



§anarittg. 



FIXTURES. 



June. 



18. Brooklyn, Annual, Bay Ridge. 



19. Quaker City, Annual, Philadelphia. 



23. Newburgh, Club, Ncwburgh. 



25. New York, Annual. Staton Island. 



JULT. 



2-5. Calla Shasta, Camp and Races. 



3. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 



4. Passaic Meet, Dundee Lake. 

 18-31. W r . C. A. Meet, Ballast Island. 



24. Oakland, Mayrisch Badge. 



NEW BRITISH CANOES. 



THOUGH the regular season of the Royal C. C, as regards sail- 

 ing matches, does not commence until to-day, the muster oj 

 canoes at Hendon was so strong that the committee deemed it 

 advisable to hold a "preliminary canter," in the nature of a handi- 

 capped sweepstake, which came off on Saturday last and pro- 

 duced a fine entry and good sport. The race was handicapped 

 more particularly in regard to comparative sail area and length, 

 though to some extent also on the known qualities of the com- 

 T n ttg boats; in the result, however, the fickle weather consider- 

 ably spoiled the lesson which might have been learned, though 

 the prizes undoubtedly went in the right direction. The starters 

 were: 



Pearl E. B. Tredwen 1st class Scratch. 



Diamond H. Church 1st class 4min. 



Pearl 85 T. Knight 1st class 5min. 



Nina F. Miles 1st class 7min. 



Minnie H. Wilmer 1st class 9min. 



Kitten E. Leach 1st class 9min. 



Sabrina R. Turner 2d class 14min. 



Atalanta R. de Q. Quincey 2d class 18min. 



Severn H. Holding 2d class 20mln. 



Vanessa B. de Q. Quincey 2d class 22min. 



Spray C. Dickenson 2d class 24min. 



The match was under the charge of the mates, W. Baden- 

 PoweU and G. Herbert, and was started underway at 3.55 P. M. 

 A frost-cold westerly wind was blowing at the start and dur- 

 ing the first round, but it fell off into calms, doldrums and 

 variable airs during the second round. The start was smartly 

 made, and the performance of many of the second class was little 

 short of the first class; indeed one, the Spray, appeared to bo going 

 the pace, and also poiuting-np with the best of the first class. The 

 Pearl took the lead at the start and held to it all through; she was 

 three minutes ahead on completing the first round, and, though 

 she eventually won with a safe lot of time in hand, the first round 

 contained all' the true sailing, and its times are the only perform- 

 ances worthy of note as a comparison between first and second 

 class canoes. The round— a triangle of two miles, of which about 

 three-quarters of a mile was close-hauled work, was completed in 

 the times following: 



Forrest (29) 1010-2 



Voorhces (30) 1011—3 



Robby (27) 2011-3 



M<-Murchv (31) 1111-4 S G Smith (30) 1021—3 



Dean (27) ....... 0110-2 D Terry (30) 1111-4 



Lawrence (29) 0121-3 Keller (29) 0021-2 



C Smith (30) 1131—4 



J. H. Force, McMurchy and C. Smith first, ties on 3 divided, 

 Forrest third. 



Match at 4 live birds: • 



Can non 1 111-4 C Smit h 2011-3 



MoMurchy 1111—4 Voorhee a 101 1 —3 



Forrest.. . lHO-3 Robby 1000-1 



J H Force 1111-4 S G Smith 2112-4 



Williams 1111—4 Dickens 1030—2 



Lawrence 1101 — 3 _ „, , ,' . 



McMurchv and Cannon first, C. Smith second, Dickens third. 



Match at 3 pairs live birds, 21yds. rise, ties at 20 and 31yds.: 



Cannon . 10 11 10-4 C Smith 00 10 10-2 



Dickens 10 10 11-4 Forrest 10 11 (0-3 



Voorhees 10 10 01-3 Terry U 10 11-5 



McMurchy ... 11 10 11-5 S G Smith 11 11 11-6 



J H Force 11 11 00-4 Robby 01 00 01-2 



Williams 10 10 10-3 



S. G. Smith first, McMurchy second, shoot off for third won by 

 Dickens. - 



Match at 3 pairs live birds. 31yds. rise, ties at 20 and 31yds.: 



Cannon 00 10 01—2 C Smith 00 00 10-1 



Dickens 10 01 11—4 Forrest 01 01 10-3 



McMurchy 13 11 00-3 Terry 11 10 01-4 



J H Force 11 00 10-3 S G Smith 11 00 11-4 



Williams 10 10 10—3 



Shoot off— S. G. Smith first, Williams second, Cannon third. 



Miss and out 30yds. rise: J. H. Force 3, Dickens Williams 2, 

 C. Smith 4, Forrest 3, S. G. Smith 1, Dick 4. C. Smith and Dick 

 divided.— J aco bstapf. 



S Davis 1001010101—5 J Sparks. 0011110011-6 



Chas Briney U01101101-7 W Ulary 0110110110-6 



Hugh Kane 1001111111-8 I Jackson 1000011011-5 



Frank Hessler 0001010100-3 H Graham 0001011100-4 



Geo Harris 1110011000-5 Geo Scargle 1010111101-7 



A Clifford 1110111111-0 



Ties on 9 for first at miss and out. 21yds., Gus Hessler 4, A. V. 

 Clifford 5 : ties on 8 for second at miss and our, 21yds.. P. F. Yost 



0, E. Handsbury 0, Hugh Kane 1 ; ties on 7 for third at miss and 

 out, 21yds., Chas. Briney 3, Geo. Scargle 4 ; ties on 6 for fourth at 

 miss and out, 31vds., T. Scargle 4, J. Sparks 3, W. Ulary 3. Date 

 of next match, July 4.— P. F. Yost. 



SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.— The Parker Gun Club gave its first 

 monthly shoot at Alameda Point to-day. Although the day was 

 windy, excellent scores were made by some members of the club. 

 Wm.'D. Howe won the club's medal. Tho score stood as follows: 

 Twelve birds each, 30yds. rise, guns all 10-gauge: 



Howe 111011111111-11 McChosney 110111001111— 9 



Ettling 101111100100- 7 Mather 111101111111—11 



Franks 111110101010— 8 Van Orden 101110001100— 6 



Brown 001O0O011110- 5 Johnston 000010001000—2 



In shooting off the tie between Howe and Mather on 3 birds 

 each, Howe won the medal. He killed 2 birds to Mather's 1. The 

 club will give the next shoot July 3, same place. 



LEONIA, N. J., June 11.— Leonia Gun Club, Dr. J. A. Wells and 

 Charles Townsend, of Engolwood, against J. R. Beam, of Ridge- 

 field, and Goo. W. Gladwin, of Leonia, 25 American clay birds, 3 

 American clay -bird traps, 18yds. rise, N. A. rules, for birds, am- 

 munition and expenses: 



G W Gladwin HlomOlllllOlOllOlllllO-19 



J R Beam 101 1 1001 00 1 1 0101 11111 1101—17—36 



Dr S A AVells 00100111110111101 UoOOlll— 16 



Chas Townsend Ill 0101011 111 10111 0111001-18-34 



The above match had excited considerable interest in the neigh- 

 borhood and there were from 75 to 100 friends present to witness 

 it. The club afterward held its regular monthly shoot at 10 Amer- 

 ican clay birds, same rules, J- R. Beam won wit h a clean score of 

 10, Chas. Springer second with 8, several tiedfor third place with 7. 



TAUNTON, Mass., June 11.— T. F. and G. P. A., first sweep at 5 

 blue, rock pigeons. Blue rock trap, 16 vds. rise. J. A. Negus 5, C. 

 T. Snow 4, G. L. Smith 3, E. Bowon 4, Hayward 3, A. Davis 4, Keith 

 4, Mangam 4. 



Tie for second shot off in next sweep. J. A. Negus 3, Snow 5, 

 Smith 3, E. Bowen 3, Ilavward 3, Keith 5, Scudder 2, Mangam 4, J. 

 Davis 4, E. C. Leonard. Ties divided. 



Match at 5 bats: Negus 2, Snow- 5, Smith 2, E. Bowen 2, A. Davis 

 4, Keith 1, Scudder 3, Mangam 4, J. Davis 4, E. O. Leonard 3, G. L. 

 Walker 2. Ties divided. 



Match at 5 bats: Negus 3, Snow- 5, Smith 2, E. Bowen 3, A. Davis 

 2 Keith 2, Scudder 2, Mangam 2, J. Davis 4, Leonard 3, Walker 3. 

 Negus won third on shoot off. 



Match at 5 bats: Negus 3, Snow 5, Smith 2, E. Bowen 3, A. Davis 



1, Keith 3, Scudder 2, Mangam 2, J. Davis 4, Leonard 3, Walker 4. 

 Tie for third divided. . . „ ' .„.,.,„ 



Match at 7 clays: Mangam 7, A. Davis 5, J. Davis 1, Smith 6, 

 Scudder 3, E. Leonard 4, E. Bowen 2, Keith 4, Negus o, Snow 7, 

 Ties divided. 



Match at 7 clays: A. Hardy 3, A. Davis 4, Leonard 2, Snow 6, 

 Smith 6, E. Bowen 3, Scudder 2, A. L. Carpenter 3, Keith 4, Ties 



Match at 7 clays: A. Davis 5, E. Leonard 5, Snow 5, Smith 5, E, 

 Bowen 2, Carpenter 1. On miss and out, Davis won tie with 2. 



ARTIFICIAL TARGET PATENTS.— The patent suits of the 

 Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Co. vs. the American Clay Bird Co., which 

 have been hanging fire in the United States Court for several 

 years, came to an end yesterday by Justice Mathews and Judges 

 Jackson and Sage entering a decree declaring the American Clay 

 Bird patent void.— Cincinnati Inquirer, June h. 



IOWA STATE TOURNAMENT— The tenth annual convention 

 and tournament Of the Iowa State Association for the Protection 

 of Fish and Game wiU be held at Sioux City, June 21 to 24. C. A. 

 Bryant, of Sioux City, is the secretary. 



DR. CARVER reports that in the Pennsylvania Railroad depot 

 at Jersey City last week he left un watched for a moment his 

 Greener 'haminerless and Spencer repeating shotgun, and a thief 

 made away with them. The Spencer has a long fore arm, No. 103, 

 and t he Greener stock has been straightened and bent, A reward 

 of $100 and no questions asked, will be paid for their return to Mr, 

 Henry C. Squires, No. 178 Broadway 



INDIANAPOLIS TOURNAMENT.— The first annual tourna- 



Pearl86 34 30 1st class. 



Pearl 85 38 30 . . . .1st class. 



Kitten 39 00 1st class. 



Diamond 39 10 1st class. 



Nina 40 03 1st class. 



Spray 42 00 2d class. 



Vanessa 43 00 2d clasB. 



Severn 44 00 2d class. 



The second round witnessed calms, streaks and shifts of wind, 

 and Pearl 86 took first prize; Spray took second prize, saving her 

 handicap time by lm. lis. The sailing of the second class, judgod 

 by their performances in the true wind early in the race, and 

 where the sail area of the first class was brought by reefing to 

 near about that carried by the second class (which is limited by 

 rule to 75ft.), showed the second class canoes to be as fast through 

 the water as several of the first class, though not quite so good at 

 pointing to windward; and judging from the performances of 

 similar sized craft in America, even this deficiency will be cleared 

 off as fittings and practice improve. 



At a subsequent period, two new craft were launched and taken 

 out for a trial spin on the lake, and as these two new ships will 

 probably figure amoug the leading novelties of the season, a word 

 or two rhav here be in place as to their forms, though as to per- 

 formance, it is as yet impossible to speak definitely, as they were 

 when out not completed in rig or fittings. The Churn, belonging 

 to Mr. W. Stewart, is quite American in type; indeed the only 

 distinction between her and the celebrated American Pecowsie 

 (the lines of which are published in the Forest and Stream paper 

 and American CanoehA) is a difference in the actual modelling 

 line, the type, or "notion," is quite similar. She is of extremely 

 small displacement, with a very small amount of freeboard and 

 body above water ; in casual language she Is like a craft would be 

 if sawn through horizontally about lin. above her load waterline, 

 and her deck fitted on again to the bottom remaining. Her floor, 

 as in Pecowsie, has a very considerable and straight rise, and her 

 bilge turns, apparently, about the waterline, and is quickly ended 

 bv the aforesaid low freeboard. She is constructed on the "Wave 

 form of displacement," and therein, and therein only, we think, 

 ceases to resemble Pecowsie, but this may prove a very important 

 departure, for on all hands it was admitted against that celebrated 

 craft that her performances, her marvellous speed and weatherly 

 qualities would never have been prophesied from an inspection of 

 her lines or model. 



The Churn is rigged a la Pecowsie, with three standing leg-of- 

 mutton sails, i. c, "standing" iu that they are laced to the masts, 

 With battens across and boom at foot, the only rope beyond the 

 lacing being the sheet; therefore, when once stepped into the mast 

 hole, there, thev stand, and cannot be reefed or even topped up as 

 at present rigged. The principle of the boat is, of course, light 

 displacement, driven by light, small-area sails, and balanced by 

 the outboard sitting position of the crew. In the few short spins 

 after launching, she developed such high turns of speed, that 

 those on the club raft appeared to turn thoughtfully silent, and, 

 like Jack's parrots, "they didn't talk much, but they were beggars 

 to think." 



The new Nautilus, the other craft launched for a trial spin, is of 

 a verv different form to Die Churn, being comparatively a deep- 

 bodied boat; that is, though of only slightly greater draft of 

 water, she has a flatter floor, larger displacement, and nearly 

 double the amount of freeboard and sheer. The Nautilus is, 

 however, as compared with other first-class canoes, a small-bodied 

 craft; in fact, little if any larger than a second-class canoe, but 

 owing to her being built with smooth skin instead of "clench with 

 overlap," she is rated as first class. She has a fine bow but with- 

 out any hollow in it. Her displacement is distributed in the "wave 

 form" curve of area of sections, and is considerably greater than 

 that of the Churn, as in addition to being heavier in construction, 

 larger in bulk and more heavily rigged, she is designed to carry 

 and accommodate a 13 stone instead of a 9 stone man, and also to 

 sail at a load draft carrying 601bs. weight of cruising gear and 

 stores. Her steering is duplicate, the deck tiller being used with 

 the skipper sitting outboard for reaching, and probably also for 

 going to windward, and her footgear when the skipper sits below, 

 for running. The two gears are worked upon a double-flanged 

 wheel, set within the coaming and under a hatch, the tiller ship- 

 ping int» brackets on the upper surface of the wheel. 



The rig of the Nautilus is a novelty in all parts and is at present 

 only in trial stage, and it is doubtful if it can be completed in 

 time for her to compete in the match on Saturday, 28th (to-day), at 

 Hendon. The general feature of the rigis a triangular sail abaft 

 the mast, in which the yard reef batten and spreader, or diagonal 

 boom, radiate from one pair of jaws, the foot being kepi flat by a 

 light batten iu place ot a boom. Tiie sail can be reefed up or 

 down, peak lowei ed, or sail snugly topped up and down the mast, 

 Being all abaft the mast, the windage of the mast on the sail, con.- 

 mon to balance lutes when those sails are to leeward of the mast, 

 is obviated. The Nautilus sail also can, by means of the trans- 

 verse and diagonal battens, be stretched as flat as a drumhead, 

 and the spreader prevents the foot topping of itself when before 

 the wind. 1- . 



The Churn was designed by her owTier and built in a private 



mentnf the Indianapolis, hid.. Sportsmen's Association will be yard. The Nautilus wasbullt from designs of her owner by Turk, 

 given June 28 to July 1. Live birds andartificial targets. Open to of Kingston Mr. Turk has also built several new canoes thlssea- 

 all -J E Bombahgeh Soc'y. son, andof thesesixwillprobablycompeteintheHendonmatches. 



