Feb. 28, i889.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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on which are cocoanut, banana and other fruit trees. The buildings 

 are at present iu a dilapidated condition and rhe grounds are over- 

 run with a tropical tangle of undergrowth, but the club proposes to 

 restore the place to its former orderly aspect, and to make it the 

 most attractive yachting and fishing station on the South Atlantic 

 c °ast ^ , „ O. K. Choree. 



Cocoanut Grove, Dade Co., Fla. 



ICE YACHT RACING. 



AFTER much patient waiting the ice yacht sailors of the Hudson 

 River have been rewarded with several days of good ice and 

 strong winds, on one of which the great race for the Challenge Pen- 

 nant of America, held by the Icicle, of the Hudson River Ice Yacht 

 Club, was successfully sailed. On Feb. 21 three races were sailed 

 the first, for second class yachts, being won by Bessie, in 17m. 30see ■ 

 with Blizzard second and Snowball third. The course was eight' 

 miles. Two races for first class yachts were next sailed, Ariel win- 

 ning the first in 14m. 7sec, beatiug Snow flake: and St. Nicholas win- 

 ning the second in 13m. 9sec , beatiug Jack Frost. The ice was in 

 fine condition by Saturday morning, the day set for the Pennant 

 race, but neither of the challenging clubs, the New Hamburg or 

 Carthage Landing, were represented, si the race was postponed 

 until Monday, four other races being called. The course was ten 

 miles, with a strong wind. The first race resulted as follows- Jack 

 Frost, 20:00; Avalanche, 21:30; Northern Light. 22:00; St Nicholas 

 22:22. 



Reindeer, sailed by Mr. Woodbury Kane, broke her runner plank 

 at the turn, throwing Mr. Kane a distance on the ice, but without 

 hurting him. 



The second race, for second class yachts, brought out Great Scott 

 Bessie and Snowball, the former winning in 17m. 20sec. Only Polaris 



George Beck On the way home to Hyde Park the Bessie broke 

 through the ice, her crew of two having a narrow escape In the 

 evening a recep;ion was given by the Carthage Landing I. Y C 



The great race was sailed on Monday over four rounds of a four- 

 "t t t ' 0Ut ' Se ' Slxteen miles, the wind being but moderate The 



Sail area 

 so. ft. 



735 



499 



185 



Icicle, J. A. Roosevelt 



Great Scott E. H. Sanford 



Bessie N. P. Rogers . .'..] 



Scud Shrewsbury Boat 



Jack Frost Archy Rogers 



St. Nicholas P. E. P. Rogers fi7q 



Avalanche E. H. Sanford. ... 825 



Northern Light Dr. J. C. Barron .] C80 



Jl *is Conrad Gindra . 281 



Polaris Dr. J. C. Barron. 441 



Reiudeer Woodbury Kane 731 



Vixen 



Snow Ball E. P. Koge'rs ^93 



Blizzard T, S. Newbold 560 



The stare was given by Com. Roosevelt at 12:12:30, Reiudeer get- 

 ting away first, with Scud second. Scud has been changed from the 

 lateen to the sloop rig since she last raced on the Hudson, with an 

 improvement in her speed. She held a good place during a greater 

 part, of the race, but finally lost it in making a turn. Icicle finally 

 won, the full times being: 



Elapsed 



Start. Finish. Time. 



51 41 

 51 42 

 52 35 

 52 40 

 52 45 

 54 10 

 54 30 

 54 50 

 55 30 



59 30 



1 1 30 



Finish. 

 1 4 11 



4 12 



5 



5 10 



6 15 



40 



7 00 



1 30 

 1 00 



1 12 00 

 1 14 00 



No time taken. 

 Disabled. 

 Withdrawn. 



icicle 12 12 30 



Keindeer ..12 12 30 



Northern Light .12 12 30 



Scud 12 12 30 



Avalanche 12 12 30 



Jack Frost 12 12 30 



Ureat Scott 12 12 30 



7'xen 12 12 30 



Jessie 12 12 30 



St. Nicholas 12 12 30 



Snow Ball 12 12 30 



Ins.... 12 12 30 



12 12 30 



Blizzard 



On Feb. 20 live rac=s were sailed on Orange Lake 'over'a "six-mile 

 course. 



The first, for the Van Nostrand Cup, was won by Take Care. The 

 race was immediately sailed again with the same result. Two races 

 in succession were also sailed for the '83 Challenge Cup, Windward 

 winning both. The Higgmson Cup was then sailed for by Take Oare 

 !4T id Helen, the former winning. 



BUILDING AT BORDENTOWN. N. J. 



R V, H ^ C ; T i 2 )RD ' of this eit ^' is building a steam lauuch for Mr 

 ~ — R. K, Neff, Jr., of Philadelphia; the dimensions being, length 

 but,., beam 7ft., depth 3ft., to befitted with EJgerton's patent en- 

 gine, i This engine is something new: being a hot air motor, and is 

 very small. Tuis boat is being duplicated, with a cabin added, for 

 Mr. J. H. Longstreet, of this city, owner of the celebrated catamaran 

 uupiex. Mr. Longstreet will fit uis boat with a Shipmaa automatic 

 oil engine, four-horse power. Mr. Ford has also on the stocks a 

 cutter for Mr. R, K. Neff, Jr., of Philadelphia, 31ft. 61a. over all, 26ft. 

 din. on load water line, 10ft. oeam, 4ft. draft, with 4,500lbs. of i.on in 

 keel, and to nave as much more inside, witn cutter rig He has also 

 a steam yaoiit for Mr. Tetlow, of Philadelphia, that will he 70tt 

 over all, til ft. on waterline, with lift. Inn. beam and 7ft. depth or 

 hull. This boat is to have compound engines. All these boats are 

 from designs by Mr. H. C. Ford, the builder, who has also made 

 quite extensive repairs on tne sailing yacht Anita, of Trenton, put- 

 ting a new cabin nouse on and a new deck, without a cockpit, wnu-h 

 leaves a very roomy deck for cruising. 



The celebrated catamaran Duplex has been at Bordentowii since 

 last spring, and duriDK the summer astouisned the nuives by her 

 g.eat speed. When brougnt here iu tne spring Mr. J. tl L jn°-street 

 iiei-owna-, had both centreboards taken out of the hulls, much to 

 ihe crew's satisfaction, and tne difference in her is imperceptible 

 1 tie boat has been to Pmladelphia an 1 Trenton a number of times 

 ou short trips. The last time slie was in Trenton s ne made tne ti i 1 > 

 nome in seventeen minutes. ^ yf w 



BORDENTOWN, N. J. 



MEASUREMENT ON LAKE ERIE.-On Feb. 23 the winter 

 meeting of tne Inter-Lake Y. H, A, was held at Detroit. It was 

 proposed to adopt the length measurement of the Atlantic Y. C. 

 out no action will be taken until the May meeting. The Inter- 

 Lake V. K. A. lias been backward enougn thus far in regard to 

 measurement rules; if it proposes to make anv change it. will do 

 " ell to adopt some modern rule in general, rather use than one 

 'inch must sooner or later be abandoned by the club in which it 

 originated. The meet will begin on July 8. the length and loca- 

 tion uol: being decided on. 



R. F. K„ Baltimore— The address is Cassa>una, N. Y. 

 O. V. B.— Denison Manufacturing Co., Broadway, New York. 

 E. T. K., N. Y._ Can a Stevens rille chambered for the extra 

 long xi. cartridge oe altered to accommodate the Winchester .22- 

 cal., 15-45 sbell. center lire. Ans. Yes. 



That a bid of 850 guineas should be made at public auction 

 lor a dog that is litt le more than a puppy must be pronounced 

 one of tnose eccentricities of civilization concerning which 

 philosophers might muse and moralize to advantage. More 

 than twenty years ago Admiral Rous wrote, iu oue of his 

 public letters, that -rrom £8,0U0 to £10,000 may be won upon 

 cue speed of a dog," meaning that the owner oi a greyhound 

 that won the Waterloo Cup at Liverpool might easily land 

 as much as a lack of rupees if he packed nis long-tailed 

 champion heavily for the "Dog Derby." Already tne days 

 are gone when oooks on the Waterloo Cup were not less 

 common than on the Epsom Derby, and yet tne price of fleet 

 animals, whether equine or canine, goes on increasing. 

 Simultaneous with the report of the sale of Ormonde to an 

 American for a fabulous sum, we have Colonel North, the 

 '•Nitrate King," giving nearly £1,000 for Fullertou, a grey- 

 hound, whose mother won the Waterloo Cup, and more than 

 500 guineas for Miss Clendjne, who won it herself iu 1885, 

 aud divided it with Bit of Fashion, the mother of Fullerton, 

 in 1885, At hist sight these prices appear preposterously 

 high, although they have occasionally oeen equalled and 

 surpassed in oygone days. For Snowball, his owner refused 

 l,0o0 guineas when his pockets .were not too well lined.— 

 London Telegraph. 



