March 14, 1889.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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lands, so we reluctantly gave up the exciting sport. We found 

 that we had lost two squids and the best part of a line. Wo said 

 ftt the time that we would make another trip here in August or 

 September, when the fish were larger and more immemus, and 

 I hough we never did, wo had RttBe good sport later in the summer 

 at Rocka way Inlet. 



Our next port was to be Patohogue and we decided to take ad- 

 Vantage of the line westerly breeze that was blowing. Only 

 rounding up to get our tender, which we had left anchored in 

 front of the pier, we began our trip across the bay in a diagonal 

 direction, going to the west of Fire Island proper, and across t he 

 shoals, where a number of pound •nets or seines were 1 coaled. 

 We had hauled the small boat across the cockpit rail, and the 

 yacht, relieved ot the drag, was making good time, We had run 

 the gauntlet, of several shallow places, where the keel hart stirred 

 up the mud and sand, when suddenly, without a moment's warn- 

 ing, the boat slopped and the niainboom came riving around and 

 jibed over to port, immediately after which she shot awav again, 

 pursuing a southeast course instead of an easterly one. The 

 cause of this maneuver was simple: the main sheet bad caught, 

 pver an exceptionally large and knotty stake, with which the 

 locality was at uridert, bringing the boom amidships, when the wind 

 taught it and sent it over on the opposite side, the sheet at the 

 same time slipping off over the ton of the pole, which had been 

 bent to the water. The tender came near going overboard, but 

 •was prevented by the skipper who hung on to it by the rowlock. 

 Alter this incident we kept a sharper lookout. We soon gained 

 the main channel, where there arc about three fathoms of water 

 and then settled down for a long stretch. 



We were carrying full mainsail and jib, but no topsail, hut the 

 Monaitipee had enough, nearly all the other boats we met with 

 being reefed. Off Isieholls Point we tell in with a large catboat. 

 She appeared to be about 40ft. long on deck, had a square cabin 

 alt and an open hatch in front of it. She had a load of mussels 

 Bud was tearing along with two reefs in her enormous mainsail. 



Are you going to Patchoguor" we asked when near enough to 

 hear us, hoping perhaps we would ha ve another pilot. 



"No, Sayport." 



That settled it, but we kept along for about an hour within 

 speaking distance, and we soon had all the information we needed 

 ' Shortly alter the departure of our friend we passed Blue Point, 

 and entered Patohogue Bay, another mile or so and we shot into 

 the harbor, the busiest port on the bay. Building and repairing 

 was going on all about the place, and craft engaged in the clnm 

 and mussel business were constantly arriving and leaving 

 Marine railways, capable of lifting out anything from a yawl 



been challenged by Nethla. Nicketti by Allapatta, Rafaela by 

 Said, and Mamie by Mr. Edward Prime's fast catboat, to which 

 he has given „he not very euphonious name of Grunt These 

 ra_ces are all arranged to come off on Saturday. March V 



The afternoon races followed quickly upon the conclusion of 

 those in the morning and attracted a large number of entries in 

 the first and fourth classes, a smaller number in the second a, 

 none in th- third or sma ll sloop class. Besides Nethla and Presto 



,;„ . „/ "■. ouc , ™i "m uuiiug wie enure race tne rain 

 ? ? A? r,he „ Mnrniu *' Allapatta displayed wonder- 

 iul ll "f «t"n.litieH. leading the entire (loot for several miles 

 after the start, Half way to the first mark she was passed by 

 me time Net hla and Ada were engaged in 

 ell off to windward. The order at 



Presto, while at the 



an obstina te luffing ma t 



j.went on shore. During the afternoon we walked aimh 

 in the evening we went to the local theatre, where we 

 act melodrama entitled '•Kathleen Mavoureon," or a n 

 sounded very much like it. 

 The manager of the company, after the performance, came 



sly about, 

 iavv a rive- 

 name which 



pjnany of the prominent citizens, he would continue to amuse the 

 population for another fortnight. Amid a round of uproarious 

 applause we escaped and returned to our home m the snug little 

 cabin ol the Monaitipee, not without some expression* of pits for 

 l the Patchogueites and their affliction. 



. To-morrow wo were to start on our return, our time being 

 him red. \\ e had seen a good part of the bav so far, and would 



} fee more on our way back. We hoped that when we came again 

 we would have more time to loaf around. 



and with 

 , running 



■bu T .— - ■" «— ' iiuoiu mi stopped 



until noon waiting for wind; then getting a good puff from the 

 SiW. we started oil' and in two long reaches, only making a 

 hitch to windward off Babylon, we arrived at Amityville about 

 4 'clock in the afternoon. 



a little to the eastward, and went, on shore and took things easv 

 for a couple of hours, Bnishing up with a swim. After this WG got 

 Up sail and made for Freeport, where we arrived about 8 o'clock' 

 Wad dinner, took a stroll about the village, and a little before sun- 

 isgt went on board and ran out to Jones Inlet, anchored just inside, 

 tepdy for an early start in the morning; hot during the night she 

 took the bottom when the tide went out, and wheu we awoke we 

 annd the steward lying on the floor against the eenterboard box, 

 having been tumbled out of his bunk when the boat rolled over 

 on her bilge. We had to wait until the tide came up, which occu- 

 pied a couple of hours, then setting all sail we .forked out of I he 

 inlet and. stood up along the shore, having a pleasant trip all the 

 way. Caught two bluefisb off Long Beach. Wheu we headed int. i 

 Rocaaway Inlet it was blowing hard, and the topmast preventer 

 Stays were taken off. With the glasses we conid already see our 

 friends on Point Breeze and knew thevhad recognized usl Squar- 

 ing away before the southwester we flew toward our d, a final ion. 

 ^Sounding the Red Can Buoy between Dry Bar and Barren Island 

 we had to haul on the wind, and the lee deck was buried to the 

 tahin until reaching Dead Horse Channel, then easing awav ran 

 tor the (Jovernmeut Cut, which leads into Sheepshead Bay. 

 Passing through, we mad? a few boards to windward and 'cast 

 Anchor in tne inlet in front of Point Breeze. On the beach we 

 were met by our friends, and after a good old dinner cooked on 

 shore we ran up the hay and made fast to our moorings, well 

 Pleased with our trip on the Oreat South Bay. A. M. L. 



B1SCAYNE BAY Y. C. ANNUAL REGATTA. 



Hucu contrary to the established precedent of February regatta 

 if toys m this latitude was a "wet norther:" that is the'day wa* 

 •one or cheerless glooin whose monotony of light wind's and calm* 

 l|was relieved by frequent squalls of wind and rain that in the 

 ■Mternoon settled into a steady downpour of rain and a breeze 

 Athat seemed to box the compass about once in each live minutes 

 ,.| The races were two in number, one started, at 10:3(1 A. M., open 

 ■guy tc » yachts belonging to the club; and a second balled at 8 P 

 open to all comers. The calms and light airs of the early 

 Amornmg prevented five yachts from up the bay that had been 

 jmtered tor the race from reaching the starting point in time to 

 ..•participate in it, and also disappointed many spectators who had 

 [fcromisod themselves the pleasure of witnessing the regatta. 

 m Tu e handsome sloop yacht Awixa. dressed with gay signal flags 

 ■p tendered by her owner, Mr. T. B. Asten, as indues" boat and 

 djiVas anchored m deep water about half a mile oti J the club house 

 » Cocoanut Grove to mark the starting point. On board of her 

 •▼ere Messrs. Asten and Edward Prince, who acted as judges and 

 Messrs. Alfred Monroe and Chas. Peacock to serve as tiine- 

 ceepers. The course was from an imaginary line between the 

 kwixa and a buoyed flag up The bay, to and around a stake boat 

 Uttchored in the deep channel just north of Bear Cut, thence 

 lown the bay to and around the inner ship channel buoy off 

 i%pe Florida and thence home to point of departure , making a 

 riangle 14 miles in length. Of this triangle the first two si. Tee 

 vei'e reaches and the third a dead beat, to windward. 

 The start was a flying one, and all the yachts entered for the 

 norning race, though divided into four classes, were sent off 

 feather. The only entries in the first class were Com. Ralph 

 dunroe's 43ft. schooner Presto and T. A. Hine's 63ft. schooner 

 Nethla, between which the race was close and exciting from 

 tort to finish. As a result Nethla finished lm. 43s. ahead of 

 Testo, but with time allowance the latter won by 4m. 20S. 

 The interest of the race in the next class was centered upon 

 .•{-.ecretary lurk Munroe's new 35ft. schooner Allapatta and Treas- 

 1 rer de Hedouville's 33ft. sharpie Nicketti. Both boats were 

 ;,/.ew and untried, their waterline measurements were the same, 

 ad both carried the same amount of canvas, though in the 

 .•hooner it was divided among three sails to the sharpie's two, 

 H>. sharpie had also 6in. greater beam than the schooner. Nick-' 

 Sti was off 18s. ahead of her rival, but in less than five minutes 

 Dapatta. bad passed her. At the first mark Allapatta was lin 

 is. ahead of her rival, and at the second a good 10m. in the lead 

 rom this point, however, her hopes of victory were dashed, for 

 n hauling up for the homeward beat she was immediately out- 

 oint.ed by the sharpie to an astonishing degree. She outfooted 

 tie sharpie on every tack, but the latter's wonderful windward 

 <ork gave her an easy victory and she crossed the home linotim. 

 to. ahead ot Allapatta. 



In Class 3 there were hut two entries, and as one of these was 

 unqualified the event in this class resull a'd in a walk over for Mr. 

 J has. Peacock's sloop Rafaela. In Class 4, as there, was but one 

 *p*y, there was no race, and the pennant is still held bv the cat- 

 ..Ktat Mamie which won it last year. 



As the prizes in these races were challenge pennants, their win- 

 era have already been summoned to defend them, Presto having 



the first mark was Presto, 



« \™f Presto, Nethla, Ada, Allapatta, 

 Amy and Egret. In the wind war. 1 work home from this point 

 Nethla passed Presto and reached the stakehoat first, but not far 



and being Thereby enabled to do much better windward work 

 than in the morning, not only distanced her onlv competitor 



r£™}\^ U l} t}ld i hev n w ? ^\\ ihe last of tne larRer boats and 

 came m only a length behind Amy. 



. The ra . pa fm " 8 P i,n boafcs ov, ' r a six-mile course was made most 

 interesting by the presence of the canoe Kit ti wake, which, start- 

 ing among the last, passed one after another of her competitors 

 until but one remained. This one was the Rena, notably one of 

 the fastest boats on the bay, and. holding her own to the finish, 

 she beat the canoe by twelve minutes, the rest folio .ving in a long 

 extended procession. This race was made exciting and uncom- 

 1 or table by heavy squalls of wind and drenching rain. 



the following evening witnessed a reception at the club house, 

 which was gnyly dressed with bunting and hung with Chinese 

 lanterns and side lights. During the reception, which was 

 attended by about fifty guests, the yachts at anchor were illumi- 

 nated with colored tires, and their prize pennants were presented 

 to the captains of Presto Nicketti, Allapatta, Rafaela and Rena. 



On the following day Awixa, with Messrs. Asten and Anthony 

 aboard, started tor the west coast. Nethla started on a cruise 

 along the reef, and Allapatta, Nicketti and Egret started on a 

 cruise up t he cast coast. Col. Norton with his canoe also started 

 for Ivey West, intending to make a west coast cruise. 



_0. K. Chobee. 



SEAWANH AKA CORINTHIAN Y. C. 



THE second regular meeting of the Seawanhaka C. Y. 0. was 

 held on March 9, with Vice-Coin. Center in the chair. The 

 following amendment, offered by Mr. WhUlock, was passed: 



"To change the designation ot all classes of .schooners, sloops, 

 cutters and. yawls below Class 1. in each sub-division, so that each 



passed. 



Mr. .). P. Tarns offered an amendment to Rule IX., relating to 

 crews, proposing to remodel the wording of the rule, as it is not 

 quite clear in its present form. Soma discussion followed over 

 the question of further amendments to the same rule, in the mat- 

 ter of Corinthian crews in the larger classes and also the proper 

 basis for an allowance of crew, Mr. Hyslop pointing out I he un- 

 fairness of the present method, by which crews are allowed ac- 

 cording to the length on deck, thus favoring the new vacbts at 

 the expense of the older ones with loss overhang. A committee 

 of three— Messrs. J. F. Tarns, E. S. Anchincloss'and L. F. d'Ore- 

 mieulx and V ice-Corn. Center— were finally appointed to revise 

 the rule and report, at a special meeting, to be held as soon as 

 possible. Secretary d'Oremiculx offered a resolution to the effect, 

 that a committee of three be appointed by the chair to consider 

 the question of tho desirability ot changes in the measurement, 

 classification and time allowance, with a view to future improve- 

 ments in the rules of the club. While no horned in i a ire rat ; <>i.'of 

 the existing rules is proposed, it is considered advisable to have a 

 committee which shall give special attention to the matter during 

 the coming racing season, and report at theclose. The resolution 

 was adopted, and v ice-Corn. Center appointed Messrs. John 

 Hyslop, A. Cary Smith and W. P. Stephens as members of the 

 committee, Vice-Corn. Center also announced that he would give 

 a prize of the value of S50 to the helmsman of the yacht many 

 class making; the best corrected time in the annual race of the 

 club. Ten new members were elected. 



CORINTHIAN Y. C. OF NEW YORK.-Thc annual meeting 

 and election ot the. Corinthian Y. C. of New York was held ou 



F.Kane, U S.N. Messrs. Edward Burgess, A. Gary Smith, 

 Beavor Webb and Lieut. J, C. Foley, U. S. N. (Com. Dorchester 

 Y. C), were elected as honorary members. There is now a Ions 

 list of applications for membership. Tho club is preparing for 



ot the club has lately been enriched by the additions of models of 

 Minerva, Stranger, Clara, Been, Wenonah, Surf, iUidia, Dclvvn 

 Petrel, Mayflower, Oriva, Yatnpa and Galatea. ' 1 



THE NEW YORK YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION.-On 

 March 8 the second preliminary meeti og of the. New York Y. R A 

 was held at the OHlsey House, with Mr. Petersen, Yonkers C Y 

 C!., in the chair, the following clubs being represented: Brooklyn' 

 Columbia, Jersey City, Newark, New Jersey, Sing sing, Staten 

 Island Athletic, Tanpan Zee, Williamsburg and Youkers Corin- 

 thian. The formal organization was completed and the follow- 

 ing officers elected: Pres., Com. Prime, 'l ookers C. Y. P • Vice- 

 Pres., F W. Pangborn, Jersey City Y. C; Treas.,R, ]'c. MeMhrrrn 



Li. W inn. A board of trustees was also elected consisting of 11 

 rnembcrs. in whom is vested all the club property under the 

 charier granted by the New Jersey Legislature. The treasurer's 

 annual rep irt shows the club to be in strong financial condition, 

 with every indication of soon having a surplus in the treasury. 



D. D. S.; Trustees, W. H. Helberle, Chas. Vetter, E. Goldsmith. 



LADY EVELYN. -Sir Roderick Cameron, of Staten Island , 

 former owner of the schooner Reva, has purchased the schooner 

 Lady Evelyn in England. The Ladv Evelyn is a wooden yacht 

 designed and built by Win. Fife. Sr., at Fairlie in 1870. She is a 

 cruiser of about 90ft. 1 w.l., 18ft, (Sin. beam and 10ft. draft. 



CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP.-The schooner yacht Flossie, 

 owned by Capt, H. H. Williams, of Thomaston, Me., lias been sold 

 by the Boston Yacht Agency to Mr. J. W. Hill, of Boston. She is 

 a,_fft over all, 4«,tt. l.w.l.. Ifift. beam, 6ft. draft, built in 1885. W. 

 Iv. Pryor & Co. will refit her, adding two staterooms. 



r-old. She sailed 'the" 10-miii 

 YONKERSC. Y. C.-Oftice 

 Sec'y, A. T. E 



course in 20m. " 

 , 1889: Com., A. J. Prime; Vice-Corn. 



J. S. Warren; Sec'y, A. T. Rose; Treas.. Halcyon Skinner; Stew- 

 ard, 1 nomas E. Booth; Trustees. .1. B. O'Dell, F. A. Rigbv, J. F. 

 Brennan, J. H. Thorne, George Bailey and George H. Kffler 



rh^'wW^v' ^~° m ^ r8l ^ : Cora - Ral P h Krandeth; Vice- 

 Con., V\. W. A\a.flhburn: Rear-Com., Benjamin R, Smith; Sec'y, 

 W . L. V oumane; Treas., James Thompson; Meas., Philip Sandtag, 

 A NEW 40-FOOTER-Mr. A. Cary Smith has received an order 

 (OT a racing 4(i from a New York yachtsman. She will be built of 

 wood and wiB he ready early in the season. 



n £i^ IN ' S * . BERTH , WANTED.— We call attention to the 

 advertisement in another column for a berth as captain of a 

 steam or sailing yacht. 



-rtSP j y i ' E-— This well-known schooner has been sold by Mr. O. V 

 Whitten to Mr. B. F. Sherman, of Boston. 



lmwet[s to {^orrespandmts. 



l^~No Notice Taken ot Anonymous Correspondents, 



shore 2 ' A * M '' N<5W York -- BanM « a •* fi ay or Long Island south 



i,. R ' ?i C-_ : T , he b i ack l ? a8s , sea «on in New Hampshire will open 

 June 15, not May 1, as given last week. 



?' F-.H-— w e do not know the maker, but you can have a new 

 set of barrels put in by an American maker. 



R. H„ Red Hook, N. Y.— In your tests of pattern and penetration 

 of shotguns is The distance 10yds. from the muzzle? Ans Dis- 

 tance from breech. 



W. H. G., Chicago.— Where can I get parts of lock of Sharp's 

 hammcrless rifle, model 1853? Ans. They have not been made for 

 six or seven yeara, and we do not know where you can get them 

 «3.K Lm PM1 adelphia.-r saw to-day a rifle whose barrel had 

 scv «» , '°> 0R - , i ea - f: n h ^al. and all to be fired at once, making it a 

 sort of hybrid rifle and shotgun. I do not know anything about 

 the accuracy of this arm, but it might do no Oai m to look into it, 

 1 erhaps some of your readers have used it. Could we not hear 

 from them? Ans. We described this arm some years ago. 

 . P- J - Newport. Teun.-Please tell me what the difference is 

 if any, between "chubb" or "Welshmen" of the eastern North 

 M, r ^\sV Va - erS lY nd our black bass.. Ans. The large-mouthed 

 *V ck , bass }? called "chub" on Tar River, North Carolina, and 

 Welshman • on the Neuse. This bass is found in the sluggish 

 waters of Tennessee, while the small-mout hed species occur in 

 your clear, cold streams. 



and by-laws were then taken up and a'dooted,' and*!', committee 

 was appointed to prepare racing rules, to report at the next nieet- 

 ing, March 15. 



THE SOUTH BOSTON MOSQCITO FLEET.- South Boston, 

 March L— Editor Forest and Stream: The annual meeting of the 

 Mosquito Fl'eetY. C^waaheld on_ Feb. 2(5, the_ following' officers 



pas organized on Aug. 14, 1888, and now has 45 members and au 

 even dozen of boats; there are also 8 mosquito boats now building 

 or ordered in this vicinity. Our object is to obtain racing for 

 boats loft, ana under, over all length being the racing length. 

 Most of the boats moor in the cove at; the foot of K street, where 

 a em b house will be built the coming month. The club signal is a 

 pointed burgee 15in. by 10in., blue field, red border and white star 

 Ul center. The secretary may be addressed at 35 Central street, 

 Boston.— S. C. Higgins. 1 



PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 



BASE Baia,.— The Staten Island Athletic Club Base Ball Team 

 are matong arrangements for a vigorous campaign the coming 

 seasnn. and will make a determined effort, to hold the champion- 

 ship of the Amateur League, which they won last year. They have 

 secured some good talent, such as Bates, who formerly pitched 

 for Harvard, Larkm of Pnncetown for first base, and De'flarmen- 

 dia, well known as one of the best second basemen in the country 

 who will play in that position on the team. Under the manage - 

 tnent ot Mr. Thos. J. Conroy, well known to the anglinar f rater- 

 mty, a. vigorous policy has been adopted, and every effort will be 

 made to keep the Staten islanders on top. Dates are now being 

 made tor games with all the prominent, college and amateur 

 teams, and the season promises to bo a lively one. They are open 

 for engagements with first class amateur and semi-professional 

 nines. The Staten Island Club have without doubt the finest 

 grounds m the country, and a summer afternoon can not be 

 passed ma plea«anter way than by a visit to one of their games 

 They will probahly open the season about the middle of April. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



Field and Hedgerow. Being the last essays of Richard Jef- 

 toes,nollected by his widow. Longmans. Green & Co., London 

 ;uid *e.w * ork. PftBeM.To. This is a series of charming essays 

 reprinted from the Fortnujhtlu Rc.vUw, Pad Mall Gazette-, EmU^ 

 IlimtratcJ M«wunu, Cham! vr'.* Journal and half a dozen other of 



i u .i •' T, i , c ^ m t" c ™ mciuem— tne peasant at pis, 



labor, the swallow on the wing— affords a test for an essay pol- 

 ished m style, embellished with illustration drawn from a well- 

 stored mine, and enriched with philosophical reflections and 

 dreamy fancies, which render the book essentially good company 

 for people of cultivated tastes. * 



BLILDING^NOTES.—Mr. Grinncll's schooner will be named 

 Qumksten and not Acusbuet, as reported last week. The keel of 

 the new 40 was successfully cast at Ayer's yard on March 9, and 

 the work is progressing rapidly on the 30. ... Lawley is pushing 

 the work on tho 1 orbes schooners, Verona and Mario liita, but has 

 not yet begun the Hasbrouck or Foster 40-footers or Mr. Owen's 45 

 Manquita wul have a hollow boom... At Salem Frisbie ha' 



PORTLAND Y. C— Annual meeting, Mai-ch 6. Officers and 

 committees were elected as follows: Com., C. W. Bray, "sloop 



Of "Uncle Li.sha's Shop" the Davenport, Iowa, IJemo- 

 (•mt-GazcUe says: There are or were plenty of people in 

 ( he Green Mountain Yankee land who spoke 'the vernacular 

 to perfection— with its peculiar nasal twang, clipped and 

 run -together words and its expressive idiom and nati ve wit 

 so dear to the native ear and heart. Vermont Yankee talk 

 differs from that, of the other New England States One 

 may not be able, to tell just how, but the bred Vermonter 

 knows it when he hears it— or when he sees it written down 

 the accurate patois that Mr. Robinson so thoroughly com- 

 mands. Now Uncle Lisha was the town shoemaker, and at 

 his low-browed, unpainted shop his neighbors met on rainv 

 afternoons and evenings, and talked up their affairs, their 

 huntings and their fishings in those anti-railroad times- 

 some fifty years ago. They all had ytirns to spin of hunts 

 and trails, of fox and bear, school meetings, courtings, 

 turkey shoots and the lilce— the gossip of a neighborhood, 

 mixed with leather, wax and tobacco smoke, and among 

 them a Canuck. From what was said at these gatherings 

 the farmer-artist author takes his cue aDd coins his chapters 

 with such skillful touch that to read them or hear them 

 cleverly read is to enjoy such lines of fun, line pathos, per- 

 fect pictures of quiet country life and landscape as one may 

 rarely find in books. Indeed it may be truly said to be the 

 best exposition of real scrumptious Vermont Yankee talk 

 that has been given in book form, and the Democrat-Gazette 

 can give its readers no better advice in this regard than to 

 get it, read and grow fat. A dollar to the publishers will 

 secure it by mail. 



ytxsa icuu.us. jjcsi.if.ijjiuviuiDg iot a sen es of sketches 

 of frontier life and special articles on Indian life and lore^ 

 hunting trips and natural history, it will continue its 

 efforts for the protection of game aud the inculcation in 

 men and women of a healthy interest in outdoor recreation 

 and study.— Daily Nortlmestern, Oshlwsh, Wis 



