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ALVA.— William K. Vanderbilt has for some time been consid- 

 ering the arrangements for an extended voyage on his yacht, the 

 Alva. Accompanied hy his family and a select company of friends 

 he will sail July 2 for Cowos, stopping at the Azores on his way. 

 From the Isle of Wight they will proceed to Southampton, and 

 after spending a few weeks in and about England and Scotland, 

 will probably proceed npon a trip up the Mediterranean Sea; but 

 what their route will be or where they will afterward go has not 

 yet been determined. In Scotland Mr. Vanderbilt has engaged a 

 moor for the shooting season, and due attention will be given to 

 that before the tour is resumed. The voyage is expected to last 

 six or eight months. 



A "QUACK" YACHT IN TROUBLE.— One of these nuisances, a 

 yacht with a patent medicine advertisement on her sails, was in 

 collision with a ferryboat last week in the North River. Her crew 

 of two were thrown into the river but were rescued. The. boat 

 was badly damaged, but will probably be repaired and star ted 

 again on her evil course. It is a pity that there is no means of 

 suppressing such a nuisance as these craft with flaring puffs of 

 patent pills and Cheap John tailors, which are seen now wherever 

 yachts congregate. 



THISTLE AND IREX.-Since Thistle reached Gourock on 

 June 21 with seven flags flying, she has added two more to the 

 string by that number of victories over Irex. On June 25 in the 

 R. N. Y. C. regatta only 20 miles were sailed, owing to the light 

 wind. Irex kept to windward over the first leg but was finally 

 beaten by 12m. is. elapsed and 9.21 corrected time. On June 27 

 the pair again met over a 50-mile course, Thistle winning by lm. 

 8s. over the allowance. 



A MISSING YACHT.— The yacht Zena is reported as sailing 

 from Somerville, Mount Desert, on May 13, and has not been beard 

 from since June 7, when she was at Portland, about to sail for New 

 York. She was formerly the Moette, and is 29f t. over all, 26ft. 6in. 

 l.w.l., 6ft. 2in. beam, and rigged as a pole-masted cutter. Her 

 crew was composed of two men, Clifford B. Richardson and Har- 

 lan P. Mason. A yacht resembling her has since been reported off 

 Chatham, Mass - 



THE JUBILEE RACE.— The Jubilee race of the Royal Thames 

 Y. C. was won by Ge testa on June 27, her time from South End to 

 . Dover being 12 days, 16h. 55m. Gwondolin finished at 2:11 

 P. M. June 28, Selene at 2:59, and Aline at 7:13 P. M. Genesta 

 takes the prize of 1,000 guineas, which she has very fairly 

 won, but it seems a great pity that so much money should have 

 been recklessly squandered m a race that has done absolutely 

 nothing for the advancement of yachting or the encouragement 

 of racing. 



PLYMOUTH ROCK.- Well sboro, Pa., June Z4.-Editor Forest 

 and Stream: If Gen. Paine wants a name for his new yacht, what's 

 the matter with Plymouth Rock? The name suggests itself. It is 

 a natural sequence. Puritan, Mayflower, Plymouth Rock. Ply- 

 mouth Rock is as pat for New England as Thistle for Scotland. 

 Let the Thistle try conclusions with the Plymouth Rock and the 

 best win.— Nessmuk. [Gen. Paine has already named the boat.] 



ROYAL CANADIAN Y. C— At the annual meeting on June 4 

 the following officers were elected: Com., J. Leys: Vice-Corn., G. 

 Gooderham; Rear-Corn., G. Boyd; Hon. Sec, S. Bruce Harman; 

 Committee, R. Cochrane, B. Jones, C. C. Dalton, Dr. J. Leslie, A. 

 M. Cosby, A. R. Boswell, E. W. Edwards, A. B. Lee, T. E. Robert- 

 son. The Governor-General has presented a cup to the club. 



LARCHMONT Y. C— The annual regatta will be sailed on July 

 4. as usual. The yachts are divided into 18 classes, with good 

 prizes in each, and as the race is open to the yachts of the New 

 York, Eastern, Seawanhaka, Atlantic, Corinthian, Oyster Bay, 

 New Haven and New Rochelle clubs, large entries are expected. 



ATLANTIC Y. C. PENNANT RACES.-On Jnne 25 the first of a 

 series of pennant races for the small boats of the Atlantic Y. C. 

 was started over an 8-mile course off Bay Ridge, the entries being: 

 Frolic, Gleam, Cygnet, Musquito and Owl. The wind fell so light 

 that after three hours trial the race was abandoned. 



NEW JERSEY Y. C. ANNUAL REGATTA.— The attempt of 

 the New Jersey Y. C. to sail the annual regatta on June 25 was a 

 failure from lack of wind, so it will be resailed on July 9. The 

 course this year is up the Hudson instead of down the bay, a 

 triangular course from the club house. 



COLUMBIA Y. O. ANNUAL REGATTA, June 23. -The 20th 

 annual regatta of the Columbia Y. C. was set for June 23, but the 

 rain and fog made a race impossible, the yachts which started 

 failing to finish, so it was postponed, the date being unsettled as 

 yet. 



REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS.— At Bay Ridge Atlantic is 

 out for more lead on keel. Ilderan alBO will have two tons trans- 

 ferred to the bottom of her keel. Titania has had her boom and 

 gaff lengthened, each 3ft. 



JULIA— IROQUOIS. — The steel schooner Julia has been re- 

 christened Iroquois hy her new owner, T. J. Coolidge, of Boston, 

 as Mr. Chapin has reserved the old name for his new schoonor 

 now building. 



EASTERN Y. C. CRUISE.— The cruise of the Eastern Y. C. will 

 begin next week, the rendezvous being Marblehead on July 6. The 

 Commodore has appointed R. D. Sears fleet captain. 



BONITA— GERTRUDE— A match Is reported for some time 

 next month between the new Burgess boat Bonita and Com. Pear- 

 son's Gertrude, modelled by Mr. Philip Ellsworth. 



ECLIPSE, sloop, formerly owned by E. H. Willard, has heens old 

 by her late owner, E. H. Wales, to Samuel Fessenden, of Stamford, 

 Conn. 



VOLUNTEER.— Gen. Paine's steel yacht will be launched at 

 Wilmington this afternoon and will be towed at once to Boston. 



STAG Y. C. — A new organization under this name, incorporated 

 Nov. 1, 1886, opened its new club house at Bay Ridge last week. 



WASP.— Com. G. W. Gardner, Cleveland Y. A., is now on a 

 cruise through the lakes in his sloop Wasp. 



REGINA, sloop, is at Mumm's for a new stern and general re- 

 pairs after a winter's cruising. 



BANSHEE.— The new yacht building at Poillon's for Mr. Pear- 

 sail will be named Banshee. 



TILLIE, steam yacht, formerly Polynia, has been sold by W. H. 

 Starbuck to Henry S. Ives. 



FORTUNA.— Com. Horey's schooner reached Queenstown on 

 June 28. 



DECOY, sharpie, has been sold by H. S. Wood to John Dimon. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 

 No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



G. W. G.— The New York woodcock season will open August 1. 



W. H. P., Kennett Square, Pa.— Stoddard's Guide to the Adl ron- 

 dacks and his map are the best. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



Drone's Honey. By Sophie Mav. Boston: Lee & Shepard. 

 Cloth, 280 pp., price $1.50. 



Public Rights in Navigable Rivers. By P. Edward Dove. 

 London: Horace Cox, 1887. Pamphlet, 32 pp., price 6d. 



Lira and Times of Jesus, as related by Thomas Didymus. By 

 James Freeman Clarke. Boston: Lee & Shepard. Cloth, 448 pp., 

 price 81.50. 



The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes; Cycling. 

 By Viscount Bury and G. Lacy Hillier. Boston: Little, Brown & 

 Co., 1887. Cloth, 460 pp. 



Lists op the Birds, Mammals, Birds' Eggs and desiderata 

 of Michigan birds in the Museum of the Kent Scientific Institute, 

 Grand Rapids, Mich. By E. L. Moseley. 



The Obelisk and its Voices; or the inner facings of the 

 Washington Monument and their lessons. By Henry B. Carring- 

 ton, U. S. A. Boston: Lee & Shepard. Paper, 48 pp., price 50c. 



Bridge Disasters in America: the Cause and the Remedy. 

 By George L. Vose. Boston: Lee & Shepard. Cloth, 89 pp., price 

 50c. A consideration of the importance of adequate bridge in- 

 spection before the structure falls. 



How Shall my Child be Taught? Practical Pedagogy; or 

 The Science of Teaching Illustrated. By Louisa Parsons Hop- 

 kins, teacher of Normal methods in the Swain Free School, New 

 Bedford. Boston: Lee & Shepard. Cloth, 276 pp., price $1.50. 



Skat. A complete treatise how to play skat, with chapters on 

 German playing cards, model games, glossary of skat-terms, Ger- 

 man card table talk and a bibliography of skat. Second edition, 

 revised and greatly enlarged. New York: B. Westermann & Co. 

 Cloth, price $1. 



Health of Our Children and "Health in Our Homes," by "Dr. 

 Frank," are two valuable little books lately received. These neat 

 volumes do not aim at being exhaustive, but, as the author him- 

 self says in one of them, they are a series of talks upon matters 

 too often neglected. In "Health of Our Children" the subject of 

 infant feeding is thoroughly discussed and much valuable inform- 

 ation given; and under the important heading of "Clothing" and 

 "Sleep," we find many useful facts and suggestions. In "Health 

 in Our Homes," "Dr. Frank" proves himself a zealous advocate of 

 country life, and outdoor work and sport, especially for growing 

 children. As, however, a large part of our population must neces- 

 sarily live in cities, he has given considerable space to the ways 

 and means of mitigating the unhealthiness of towns and tene- 

 ments. The vexed problems of drainage and plumbing are touched 

 upon, and ventilation is thoroughly treated. Overheating of 

 apartments is severely condemned. We feel sure that the head 

 of a family will find that either or both these books will amply re- 

 pay the reading, and will thank "Dr. Frank" for the information so 

 pleasantly given. 



A short time ago Mr. Aderhold, of Douglasville, Ga., saw a 

 large black snake drive a partridge away from her nest and 

 swallow the eggs. A few days later Mr. McElathers, of the 

 same town, saw a covey of young partridges fly out one by 

 one from the snake's mouth and gather around it. They had 

 evidently just been hatched from the eggs in the snake's 

 belly, and the reptile seemed very fond of them. Not long 

 after this Mr. Butler observed the snake gliding through a 

 patch of oats and picking the kernels from the oat-heads. 

 After fllliagits mouth the snake would drop the kernels on 

 the ground to feed the young partridges as they followed 

 it.— Dourjlasville (Ga.) Star. 



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With the exception of our Patent Compensating Reels and Section Bamboo Rods which we introduce to the public, 

 this fly, invented by Mr. Wskeman Holberton, is unquestionably the greatest and most radical improvement in fishing 

 tackle, ever made. The chief points of manifest superiority of this method of tying flies over the old-fashioned way are: 

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3d— Any of the present favorite combinations of color and form can be tied in this way. Thus, those who believe 

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4th — These flies not only offer less resistance to the wmd in casting, but more resistance to the water in drawing. 

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