April 11, 1889.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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SUPPOSE VOLUNTEER DOES NOT WIN. 



IN view of the fact that, the fastest of the 70ft. class fail to save 

 their time off of Puritan, much less VolunteT. it is safe to say 

 that Valkyrie has absolutely no chance to win from the largest 

 boat; but it can do no harm to consider the result should she do 

 so by any possible chance. Not only would the Cup be lost, but in 

 place of having been beaten in a fair light the New York Y. C. 

 would be in the worst possible position, not only having to comply 

 with the onerous conditions of the last deed of gift, under which 

 the Cup must henceforth be raced for, but having givou a prece- 

 dent for pretty much anything in the way of juggling with the 

 terms and unfairness in interpreting them, which the future 

 holders may chose to indulge in. Small as the chances are of a 

 loss of the Cup, the penalties attaching to it make the risk a verv 

 dangerous one. 



THE ISSUES OF THE COMING MATCHES. 



THE great question at the present moment is the size of yacht 

 with which the Cup will again be defended, and, in discus- 

 sing this, yachtsmen have lost sight of some important matters 

 connected with international racing. The condition to which 

 these great contests have been brought by the action of the Now 

 York Y. C. is one by no means flattering to the pride of American 

 yachtsmen, and, though it attracts little attention now, it may 

 become of great importance before the impending races arc done 

 with. 



Two years ago the club, with a challenge from a "Oft. yacht 

 before it, hurried through a so-called revision of the deed of gift, 

 under cover of the "surviving donor" farce, designed to shut out 

 70ft. yachts and limit the races to Volunteer's class. The recep- 

 tion which this deed met with from fair-minded yachtsmen in all 

 countries as well as at home, and the certainty that no challenges 

 would be received under it, caused the club last season to lav it 

 aside, and to throw out a tempting bid for a challenge. This it 

 did by offering to accept one challenge under the same conditions 

 that governed the Genesta, Galatea and Thistle races (the second 

 deed), with the proviso that the Cup, if won by a foreign yacht, 

 should be held under the last deed of gift; and also that if chal- 

 lenged for and not won, it should be held bv the New York Y. C. 

 under the last deed of gift:, the third. 



In making such a proposal all questions as to the .justice and 

 fairness of the last deed were ignored, and it was sought to sus- 

 tain it by an appeal to chance only. If a foreigner challenged 

 and won the Cup he coidd hold it under such ' terms as would 

 make its recovery a very difficult matter; but if on the other 

 hand he challenged and lost, the Cap remained in the possession 

 of the New York Y r . O. under conditions whiph would prevent 

 any approach to a fair race for it. Of course the chances were, 

 and still are, overwhelmingly in favor of the club holding the Cup, 

 against another British challenge, and the offer was a tolerably 

 safe one; but at the same time it has degraded the contests for 

 this great trophy to a simple question of pitch and toss as to 

 which side shall win it and nold it in safety. 



As we pointed out at the time, the only dignified course for 

 British yachtsmen was to ignore this bait, and to stand firmlv 

 on the ground they had taken that the last deed was unfair and 

 unsportsmanlike. In such an event the result would have been 

 that in order to secure a challenge for the Cup the club must 

 have withdrawn the obnoxious deed and have offered reasonably 

 fair terms. 



Unfortunately Lord Dunraven has not taken this view of the 

 matter,- but has taken the bait set, by the club last year, and in 

 doing this and entering into t lie implied bargain, he has effect- 

 ually barred all objection from British yachtsmen in the future. 

 If he should chance to win he can take the Cup and keep it for a 

 long time, but if, as is most likely, he should lose, the third deed 

 of gift stands in force, a perpetual bar to international r«ieiug. 



Should the Cup be lost, as the result of such a deal, to bo held 

 under such terms as the last deed of gift, the New York Y. C. will 

 have a, very heavy responsibility to shoulder for its action as a 

 trustee of the original donors, and the realization of this fact 

 offers an extra inducement to keep the Cup bv force rather than 

 risk it by fair play. 



THE AMERICA'S CUP. 



A SPECIAL meeting of the New York Y. C. was held on Aprils 

 at the club house with Com. Gerry in the chair, at which 

 the following communication from Captain Grant, secretary of 

 the Royal Yacht Squadron, was read by Secretary Oddie: 



Royal Yacht Squadhon Castle, I 

 COWKS, March 19, 18S0. ( 

 To the Secretary of the New Fork Y. 0., New York: 



Dear Sm— In accordance with your cable of Dec. 12, 1888, to 

 Mr. VV. York, secretary of the Royal Clyde V. C, and your letter 

 confirming the same, stating that in the event of a challenge for 

 the America's Cup the same terms would be accepted as in the 

 Volunteer and Thistle matches, I have now on behalf of the 

 Royal Yacht Squadron and in the name of the Earl of Dunravon, 

 a member of the squadron, to claim the right for sailing a match 

 for the America's Cup with the yacht Valkyrie against anv one 

 yacht, or vessel constructed in the United States of America, and 

 I accordingly give you formal notice of challenge, and name 

 Monday, Sept. 30, 1889, for the commencement of the matches. 



The Valkyrie has been constructed at Southampton. She is 

 cutter rigged and her measurement per the inclosed certified 

 official transcript from the Custom House register, is as follows, 

 viz.: Length, per register, 85ft.; breadth, per register, 15 ! ',„ft. : 

 depth, per register, ll 3 , ft. 



I send also a statement of her dimensions by Mr. G. L. Watson, 

 her designer, giving, although not required by the formalities of 

 the deed of gift, the approximate length on load waterline. 



I shall feel obliged by your cabling me a receipt of this chal- 

 lenge, and by letting me have a reply by letter as soon as the 

 matter has been laid before your club. 



I beg also to inclose a copy of a letter I have received from the 

 Earl of Dunraven, authorizing me to forward you this challenge. 

 I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, 



Richard Grant, Sec'y Royal Yacht Squadron. 

 The transcript of register is as follows: Official number of ship, 

 94,513; name of ship, Valkyrie; No. 8; date, March 18, 1889: port, 

 Southampton; British built, sailing-. ship, built at Southampton, 

 1889; name and address of builders, .! . G. Fay & Co., Southampton; 

 number of decks, 1; number of masts, 1; rigged, cutter; stern, 

 semi-elliptic; build, carvel; galleries, none; head, scroll; frame- 

 work, composite (steel frames, wood skin); length from fore part 

 of stem under the bowsprit to the aft side of the head of the stern 

 post, 85ft.; main breadth to outside of plank, 15 s 10 ft,; depth 

 in hold from tonnage deck to ceiling at. midships, ll" 10 ft. 

 Gross tonnage, under tonnage deck, 56.78; cubic metres, mtiBi 



raven Castle, Bridgend, in the county of Glamorgan isixty-four),fi4. 



1 hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the particulars 

 of registry of the vessel Valkyrie. 



Registrar, R. ElKNDMtSOU', 

 Custom House, Southampton, dated 13th March, 1889. 

 Mr. Oddie then read the following letters: 



No. 108 West Regent Street, / 

 Glasgow, March 13, 1889. f 

 I beg to state that the cutter yacht Valkyrie, building by J. G. 

 Fay & Co. at Southampton for theEarl of Dunraven, and designed 

 by me, is intended to be 69ft. 8in. in length on the load water line, 

 and her actual sailing length will be within a few inches, more 

 or less, of that length, but in no event will exceed 70ft. 



G. L. Watson, M. 1. N. A. 

 No. Ill Piccadilly, W., March 17, 1S«». 



Dear Captain Grant: 



I have requested Messrs. Fay to obtain from the Customs and 

 forward to you a properly attested copy of the registry and cer- 

 tificate of ownership of Valkyrie, and I shall be obliged if you will 

 send forward the challenge for America Cup to the New Y'nrk 

 Yacht (Tub in due form and according to the terms of niv former 

 communication. Yours very truly, Di n raven. 



No. 20 St. James Square, London, W. 

 To the Secretary New York Yacht Cluh. New York: 



Dear Sir— I have requested Captain Grant, the secretary of the 

 Royal Yacht Squadron, to claim the right of sailing a match or 

 series of matches with my yacht, the Valkyrie, for the America 

 Cup. 



The Valkyrie, though intended for racing here, is designed to 

 come within your 70ft. class. 



Captain Grant has, I understand, sent a formal challenge by 

 this mail, but I am writing myself to make some suggestions as 

 to condition of sailing, and shall be obliged if in reply you will 

 communicate directly with me. 



To eliminate, as far as possible, the element of chance, I think 

 the contest should be decided by the best out of five instead of 

 the best out of three races, and I strongly urge this point for the 

 consideration of your committee. 



The dates to be, if three, races, Sept. 30 and Oct. 2 and 4. If five 

 races I propose Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, 3, 4 and 5, but as regards the 



four later dates I should be glad to consider anv suggestions vou 

 may make. 



With regard to courses and length of courses. As a very 

 general conclusion was arrived at on both sides of the. Atlantic in 

 respect to the last three matches that the inside course is unsuit- 

 able for a. fair test of the vessels racing, I propose— and in this 

 proposition I understand I am supported by the opinion of the 

 officers and many members of your club— that all the races be 

 held outside, starting from the Scotland or the Sandy Hook 

 Lightship. 



The length of the course to be 40 miles. 



With the exception of the twenty miles to windward, or lee- 

 ward, and return race, the courses to be determined and the posi- 

 tion of the stakeboats marked off on the chart and the compass 

 bearings given to each competitor a fortnight before each race. 

 The stakeboats to be put nut and anchored in position an hour 

 before the start. The courses to be triangular, square or in any 

 such varied directions us will try the vessels' all around quali- 

 ties. If five races are fixed I am quite willing (hat, one ot the 

 extra two should be to windward and return. 



The time of starting the races to be such as to meet the con- 

 venience at the members of the New York Yacht Cluh. The start 

 to be made at the precise time fixed, and under whatever condi- 

 tions of wea ther may prevail at the moment— a dense fog excepted . 

 The. time for the completion of the matches will he the same as in 

 the other international matches, viz., six hours. 



I suggest that a. moan of the allowances, as found in your rule 

 and ours, would be a fair method of calculating time allowance 

 in the international contest, but I am ready to accept the New 

 York Yacht Club rule. 



In addition I should urge that, as in the Volunteer-Thistle 

 races, it he agreed that, in the event of an accident happening to 

 either of the competitors previous to the start, she is to have 

 sufficient time given her to effect repairs. Kurt Iter, that should 

 a serious accident happen during a race (that race not being the 

 deciding one) fair and reasonable time shall be given to either 

 yacht to effect, repairs before she is called upon to race again. 



I shall be glad to hear from you as to these points, and also any 

 others which may occur to you as bearing on the matter. I 

 remain, yours faithfully, Dunraven. 



The following resolution was offered: 



"Resolved, That a special committee consisting of seven, with 

 the addition of the flag officers, c.r officio, be appointed bv the 

 Commodore, to whom shall be referred the whole subject of the 

 communication just, received from the Earl of Dunraven, to re- 

 port, wit bout delay whether the same is in proper form and in ac- 

 cordance with t he action heretofore taken by the club, and also 

 whether it is expedient for the club to accept the same or what 

 action shall be taken thereto," 



This resolution was carried and the following committee was 

 appointed by the Commodore: 



James D.Smith (chairman), Rutherford Stuwesanl, William 

 Krebs. Joseph R. Busk, Ogden Goelet, J. Frederic Tarns and Gou- 

 vcrneur Kortright, 



The meeting was adjourned until April 11, at half-past eight 

 P. M. 



NEW JERSEY Y. C. 



THE auuual meeting of the New Jersey Y. C. was held at their 

 club house foot, of 10th street, Hoboken, on March 28. The 

 reports of the various officers were read, the most important, being 

 that of the treasurer. Ex-Com. E. W. Ket chain, the club's present 

 efficient treasurer, had prepared an exhaustive report, in which 

 he set forth at length the condition of the club, past and present, 

 and made many valuable recommendations, which it would be 

 well for the club to adopt. The trustees, on whom the manage- 

 ment of the club devolves, reported through their chairman the 

 many improvements made in and about the club house the past, 

 year, not the least of which was the re-decorating of the club 

 meeting room, and painting club house inside and out. They 

 contemplate improving the present facilities for hauling o ' 

 boats on the present two sets of ways, and suggested a scheme 

 which they thought advisable to adopt. They also recommend 

 building a fence around the club house. The anchorage facilities 

 for yachts of almost any draft will be greatly enlarged and im- 

 proved. A dock has been built on the north, running well out, 

 which is a protection against a northeaster, while on the south are 

 the Hoboken Baths, which are to be moved a little further south 

 this season, and will in consequence give more room, so that an 

 artificial basin will be created, second only to that of the Atlan- 

 tic Yacht (Tub. 



Among the new additions to the fleet the coming season will be 

 a 5;>ft. sloop, of good draft, recently purchased by Mr. Wm. Letts 

 and John Keller, formerly the owners of the Emma. Another is 

 a modern craft with outside lead of 38ft- l.w.l., the property of 

 Mr. John Curtin. Estimates have been obtained for building a 

 sloop for 30ft. class, and an open 25ft. race boat, and work will 

 shortly be begun on both. 



The date of the annual regatta has been fixed for Mondav, June 

 10, and it will he sailed over the club courses in the Upper and 

 Lower Bay, starting from Liberty Island. It is also contemplated 

 to sail pennant regattas every other Saturday over a 10-mile 

 course, start ing in the afternoon as the tide suits. This, we think, 

 is a. good plan, and will create more interest in the club. 



The club starts in tnls season with very bright prospects, as the 

 election of the following officers will show: Com., Edwin A. 



Ortlieb; Regatta Committee— Edward W. Ketcham, Theodore H. 

 Rogers and Wm. T. Salter; Trustees— Theophilus Butts, Jas. B. 

 Scott, Jas. Bell, Edward W. Ketcham and Henry F. Ogden. 



After the meeting the members and newly elected officers sat 

 down to a sumptuous repast, and toasted each other to their 

 heart's content. 



C. P. KUNHARDT. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In accordance with the action of our club, at a meeting held 

 last evening, 1 inclose herewith a copy of the resolutions ad pted, 

 re Mr. C. P. Kunhardt's probable fate. 



We will long mourn the loss of such a true friend to vacating, 

 and many will doubly regret the loss of so warm an advocate of 

 cutters and cutter principles. Y ours very truly, 



, T „ . . „H. L. Chisholm, Sec'y Buffalo Y. C, 



Buffalo, N. Y,, April o. 



"The man who has saved a human life ought to be more highly 

 honored than he who has slain thousands, and the man who has 

 saved many lives should be recognized by all succeeding genera- 

 tions as a benefactor to the human race." 



These words, quoted from an old author, in substance, if not 

 ■vcrhat.im, admirably serve to describe one honored by us all, and 

 who contributed not a little to the welfare of the Buffalo Y. C, 

 both by kindly thought and word and by at least three examples' 

 of his professional skill. No man ever lived who better under- 

 stood the dangers that delight the yachtsman's heart, or was 

 better able to defy them. Fortunately his good works live after 

 him, and his book on "Small Yachts" will long be the guide of 

 Corinthian sailors. Therefore, it is hereby 



Rexfibved, That in the untimely death of Mr. C. P. Kunhardt this 

 club feels it has lost a true and valued friend, whose worth was 

 appreciated by every member of this organization, and whose 

 efforts on behalf of t he sport we represent: will serve to keep his 

 memory green in our hearts until we all anchor in the. harbor of 

 eternal rest. 



Besolved, That our secretary be requested to incorporate these 

 resolutions in the minutes of this meeting and send a copy of the 

 same to the .Forest and Stream, to which Mr. Kunhardt was a 

 contributor. the Buffalo Y. C. 



Buffalo, N. Y., April 4. 



THE DATE OF THE CHALLENGE. 



A GOOD deal has been said about Lord Dunraven's action in 

 withholding his challenge until the last of March and of 

 springing it upon the club at t he last moment, and some are even 

 using this as an argument for outmatching him at the start. 

 Lnder the letter and spirit of the second deed of gift, which the 

 New York 5 . C. has reverted to for the time, a challenger has no 

 option as to the length of notice, but is bound rigidly to a period 

 of not more than seven nor less than six months from the davs of 

 the races. Had Lord Dunraven challenged in December instead 

 of March for a race in September, the New York Y. C. would have 

 thrown out his challenge as not in accord with the terms of the 

 deed of gift. As for his choice of the second raf her than the last 

 deed, it i* hardly to be expected that he would choose a deed which 

 has practically been abandoned by it's framers owing to the gen- 

 eral condemnation it aroused. 



WHO WON t— Mr, J. C. Summers has sent to the Paris Exhibi- 

 tion a case containing several handsomely-bound volumes of his 

 useful little hand-book "Who Won?" 



CLASSIFICATION BY CORRECTED LENGTH. 



Editor ForeM, and. Stream: 



La your article on racing classification and measurement for 

 time allowance, published in your issue of March 21, you seem to 

 suggest that the proper scope of a good plan would be to have it 

 so framed that it would penalize a certain class of boats that some 

 people deem an undesirable type, to such an extent as to force the 

 building of other and different models of proportions more favored 

 by these same persons. 



This may be an extreme view of your position, but it seems to 

 me that any rule not as fair to one type as another is manifestly 

 an unjust rule. 



There certainly should be a reasonable limit to which length 

 could be increased at a. slight decrease in the sail area. 



The whole difficulty with the present rule of length and sail 

 area must be apparent, to any impartial observer. 



In the suggestion you make that the classification and tho time 

 allowance should be both based upon the racing measurement can 

 be fouud the perfect remedy for the entire difficulty. 



It has always been urged by me in the past that classification 

 should lie fixed by the same figures as time allowance. Classifica- 

 tion by waterline length, when adopted by the larger clubs, was 

 agreed to only as a measure thought advisable to effect the estab- 

 lishment of a common classification, and as a step toward the 

 final adoption of a common measurement. It was wrong in prin- 

 ciple whore other measurements were in force for time allowance, 

 and should be set aside now that its objectionable features are 

 apparent. 



While all you publish upon this branch of the subject must be 

 agreed to by most thinking persons, it seems to me very unwise 

 to advocate the penalizing of sail to the extent you do, which 

 might force a return to boats of great length in 'proportion to 

 beam, or to those of shoal draft, and unfairly discriminate against 

 the new boats of this year and last, which should not, be done 

 under any just rule, which to be a good and equitable one should 

 give to every type an equal chance. 



3 , ., 



It seems to me that, the rule of L.W.L, -f +' Sail Area, if adopted 



for classification as well as time allowance, when figured out in 

 the way you do the English rule, will be found to afford tho limit 

 of tax on sail area that would be fair. It would certainly admit 

 of varying proportions of length to sail area within reasonable 

 limits. Any rule under which the waterline length of a boat in 

 what is now the 40ft. class could be increased 5ft., in the 35ft. 

 class 4ft.. in the 30ft. class 3ft., and yet admit of proper canvassing 

 of such boats for racing purposes without increasing the racing 

 measurement over the boats now up to the limits of those classes, 

 seems to be as liberal to the longer boats as could be fairly asked 

 for. 



If the figures of these classes are changed from 40, 35, 30 L.W.L. 

 to 48, 41 and 35 racing measurement under the rule above referred 

 to, we would find that the L.W.L. and sail area might be varied 

 within the foil owing reasonable limitations: 



'18ft. class, racing measurement — 



40ft. L.VV.L. with 3,130 sq. ft. sail area. 

 45ft. L.W.L. with 2,li01 sq. ft. sail area. 



41ft. class, racing measurement— 



35ft. L.VV.L. with 2.209 sq. ft. sail area. 

 39ft. L.W.L. with 1,849 sq. ft. sail area. 



35ft. class, racing measurement— 



30ft. L.W.L. with 1,600 sq. ft. sail area. 

 33ft. L.W.L. with l,3fi9 sq. ft. sail area. 



The same plan for rating could be extended to the larger classes 

 of sloops, fixing the limits at 00 and 75 and over 75 racing measure- 

 ment, or at, other figures that might be determined upon. A plan 

 to make tho measurement for classification and for time allow- 

 ance the same upon the bast's of measurements now in force could 

 be carried where, if au extreme tax on sail were advocated as a 

 part of the scheme, the present vested interests would without a 

 question defeat, the whole project. 



Let the change in the classification alone be adopted and the 

 present measurements in use retained and it will be easv enough 

 In degrees for the clubs to arrive at a proper and just estimate 'of 

 the relative advantages ot length and sail area and modify their 

 rules in accordance therewith. Forty-Footer. 



[Our position in regard to the rights and duties of tho yacht 

 clubs may be briefly stated as follows: 



First— The good and bad qualities of yachts are dependent on 

 tho racing rules, modified to a certain extent bv conditions of 

 weather, waters and climate. 



Second— No rule can be devised which will be absolutely fair to 

 all types; some will be favored at the. expense of others. 



Third— It is the duty of the clubs to watch the rules carefully 

 (amending them at times, if necessary, to meet changes in design 

 and building), and to so use them as to encourage the medium 

 types of yachts rather than any extreme type. 



To apply these general principles: The old Y. R. A. rules en- 

 couraged a very undesirable type, long, narrow and deep- the 

 rules and conditions prevalent in America encouraged a' still 

 worse type, broad and shallow; and in the opinion of many the 

 present rules encourage also an undesirable tvpe, wide, deep, 

 heavily sparred, costly and fitted only for racing. Just how far 

 this is true cannot now be decided with certainty; the yachts of 

 last year were by no means bad boats, though not the best possi- 

 ble; but the probability is that they are already outclassed. This 

 season it is not likely that the most extreme will he the success- 

 ful boats, but it they should, and it is proved that a man must 

 take 10ft. 6m. draft on 40ft. l.w.l. to win races, then the time will 

 have come for prompt and summary action by the clubs. 



When the time docs come we believe that the remedy will be 

 found notin an excessive tax on sail with the present methods but 

 in the direction pointed out by "Forty-footer," of a sliding scale, 

 by which extra length maybe taken by giving up something In 

 sail. The important point now is the principle involved, whether 

 it is best to class by length and measure by length and sail area 

 or whether to class yachts by length and sail area, allow- 

 ing the designer to select the proportion of each which he pre- 

 fers; With this question settled in the affirmative, it is an 

 easy matter to frame a rule similar to the one mentioned above 

 which will prescribe the proper allowance of sail for each length 

 of hull. If this be done, it will still allow a man to build a 40- 

 footerto carry 50ft. of main boom, but at the same time it will 

 not compel the man who builds to beat him to take a 51ft. boom, 

 but will allow Mm to choose from several sizes of hull, say 42ft ' 

 l.w.l., but with 48ft. boom. "Vested interests" as they now' stand 

 need not be interfered with, but at the same time a wider Held for 

 experiment will be thrown open than our designers have ever 

 enjoyed.] 



ACCEPTING OR REJECTING THE CHALLENGE. 



IN view of the fact that the club has no option in the matter it 

 is amusing to hear the discussion as to whether it will accept 

 or reject Lord Dunraven's challenge: in fact the committee ap- 

 pointed is to report on this same matter. Lord Dunraven has 

 notified the New York Y r . C. that he is coming to sail for the 

 America's Cup, and the club has nothing to do but accept this 

 notice. It can decide on what terms, fair or unfair, it will meet 

 him, but it can in no way accept or decline his challenge. 



51 CLEVELAND Y. C.-Officers 1889: Board of Directors, Henry 

 Richter, J. G. White, Philip Wright, O. W. Kelly. G. W. Leut- 

 kemeyer. R. E. Mix, Percy W. Rice; Sec'y, Ernest Radder; Treas , 

 William Kolbe; Meas., Ed Over back; Ass't. Meas., Ed Saxe: Sur- 

 veyor, C. Krauss; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. C. Arms; Director Inter- 

 lake Yachting Association, Chas. W. Kellv; House Committee, 

 P. A. Mottling, Thus, Macbeth, J. N. Richardson, Chas. DeMeoy, 

 Geo. Wells; Regatta Committee, C. C. Gooding, Geo. W. Cleve- 

 land and Will Sly; Committee on Admission of Members, C. G. 

 White, Philip Wright, W. P. Francis. 



CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP.-Crusader, schr., G. L. Haight 

 has been sold to Chas. A. Cheever. Bonito, cutter, Judge C F 

 Brown, has been sold to W r . A. Abbe, of New Bedford. Judge 

 Brown will build another yacht from Mr. Burgess's designs 

 Cavalier, schr.. George Duryea, has been sold to Com. Hogan 

 Atlantic Y. C. Glimpse, schr., has been sold by Benoni Lock wood' 

 to C. Piatt. 



HAMILTON Y. C— At the annual meeting of above club on 

 April 1 it was shown that the club was in a flourishing condition 

 with a membership of 532, 38 yachts and 5 steam yachts and «580 



Scott. Messrs. Monck, Jarvis and Lee delegates to Lake Y. R. A. 



SULTANA,— Mr. J , Beavor-Webb has designed an auxiliary 

 steam yacht 187ft, 6m. over all, for Mr. Treuor L. Park, owner of 

 the Meteor, schr, The new yacht will be 155ft. l.w.l., 27ft. 6in. 

 beam, 14ft. bm. draft, with engines of 500 I. H. P. and a Bevis 

 pa tent teal henng screw. She will be built of steel bv Handren & 

 hobins, at the Erie Basin, and will be rigged as a three-masted 

 topsaU yard schooner. 



