April 18, 1889.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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WELLINGTON, Mass . April 10.— There was a big attendance 

 of shotgun experts at (he grounds of the Boston Club to-day. 

 The wind was strong and variable, butnotwithstaiuliugthissouie 

 excellent scoring was made in the sixteen events at ligowskye, 

 Peoriasandmacombers. The thirteenth and fourteenth events 

 comprised the team match for the Boston Gun Club prizes. The 

 Boston Gun Club team, No. 1, took first with a score of 41, the 

 Wellington second with 40, the Independent, No. 1, third, with 37, 

 the East Boston Gnu Club fourth with 85. The tenth, eleventh 

 and twelfth matches were for the individual Bangs prizes: W. 

 Kirkwoori hist, Jones second. North and Thomas third, R. E. 

 Whittle, D. Kirk wood and Adams fourth. Whitcomb, Field and 

 Johnson fifth, Stone sixth, Loon, Piper, West, Edward, Newton, 

 Gay and Wild seventh, Hart eighth. 



NOTICE TO SPORTSMEN OP MEW JERSEY.- A meeting of 

 delegates from all the gun clubs of New Jersey will he held in 

 Newark, N. J., April 2t, at 2 P. M., at G. Mun.ier's, 843 Broad street, 

 for the purpose ot reorganizing the New Jersey State Sportsmen's 

 Association, to (is dale and place to hold the State shoot, and to 

 transact any other business of importance that may be brought 

 before the meeting. It is earnestly hoped that a full attendance 

 will he present and that all clubs will consider this a notice to 

 attend, as the secretary may not have the address of all clubs. 

 By order of the President. 



DUNELLEN, N. J.-The Middlesex Gun Club will give a grand 

 day's entertainment on their grounds here on Centennial Day, 

 April 30. There will be opeu sweepstakes all day at live and in- 

 animate targets. In the afternoon a guaranteed purse of $150 is 

 offered, at 15 live birds each, $15 entrance, which no doubt will 

 fill to $300. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., April 13.— There was good attendance 

 at the grounds of the Wellington Club to-day, and several good 

 scores were made in the several matches. In the match for the. 

 silver pitcher Stanton was first with 14. Fifteen sweepstakes 

 were shot. The team match between the llarvards and the Wel- 

 lingtons resulted in the latter winning by a score of 104 to 86. 



INDIANA.— The third annual tournament of the Crown Point 

 Gun Club, at Crown Point, Indiana, will be held Thursday and 

 Friday, April 18 and 19, 18889, Bluerock and Keystone targets 

 will be used. Professionals barred. Loyd's system of dividing 

 purses will be introduced, and, if satisfactory, will be adopted. 



BERLIN, N. J.— At the annual meeting of the Berlin Rod and 

 Gun Club the following geutlement were elected officers for the 

 ensuing year: Ohas. I. Wooster, President, reelected; Wm. H. 

 Norcross, Vice-President; J. Wright, Secretary, reelected; B. W. 

 Bennett, Treasurer, reelected; J. Wright^ Captain, reelected; 

 Board of Directors — Capt. Levi Collins, L. hammer, A. Wright. 



OAKLEY.— Annie Oakley took a Hying trip from Pine Brook to 

 Reading, Pa., ou Thursday last, and ou Friday, April 12, shot a 

 live-bird match with Frank Kleintz, of that place, at 50 birds 

 each, Hurlinghaui rules, and 25yds. rise and 25yds. boundary. 

 Each killed i5 birds, and they were lively birds, too. Counting 

 the birds falling dead within the usual bounds of 80yds., they 

 would have tied again on 47 birds. The match was for §100. 



DEXTER PARK, L. 1., April 11.— The Acme Gun Club assem- 

 bled at Dexter Park, on the Jamaica Island road, and the mem- 

 bers tried their skill at breaking blucrocks. I. Short and C. 

 Wissel managed to break 15 out of 20, making the highest scores. 

 Short won the shoot-oil, breaking 8 straight, Wissel missing his 

 eighth target. The second prize fell to M. Sehlotter, who broke 

 14 and missed 8. 



A TEAM MATCH -During the Elm Grove Gun Club shoot, at 

 Albany last week a match was made, to be shot the latter port of 

 June., between Gore and Gardner Of Albany, and Apgar and Tee 

 Kay of New Jersey, 50 kingbirds each man, for $50 a side. 



Every week we are obliged to defer to the next 

 week trap scores which come in too late for pub- 

 lication in the current issue. It is particularly re- 

 quested that scores be sent us as early as possible. 



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THE CRUISE OF THE ORINDA. 



BY W. H. WINSLOW, M.D. 



Wontinued from Paae 248.] 



E towed in and anchored off the little village of Cutler about 

 8 P. M-, gladdened by the sounds of voices and music and 

 the many lights ashore, and we were not long getting things to 

 rights and supper over. The fog horn upon the island began to 

 blow soon and, when we looked out, the fog had shut down so 

 thick that we could not see the shore. If we were always setting 

 into scrapes we somehow got, out of them, and "fortune favors 

 the brave." The crew went ashore while I wrote up ray log in the 

 warm aud well lighted cabin, and not a ripple sounded around. 

 We dried clot hi ng and sails next day, rowed around the harbor, 

 took photographic views of ship and shore, rambled over the hills 

 and enjoyed the bright sunny day and beautiful scenery. A sar- 

 dine factory, surrounded by grime, grease and nastiness, occupies 

 the middle 'shore of the village, and it, is about the only industry 

 of the place, employing nearly all of the inhabitants in its vari- 

 ous departments. The sardines are taken in weirs all along the 

 toast, and are collected and carried to the different canning 

 places by smart little sloops. Some of these craft are of fine 

 model and yerv fast, and we often had a brush with them when 

 unloaded. Sardines are packed in cottonseed oil, but a few cans 

 for samples and visitors have olive oil of the best quality. I 

 wished a can direct from a lot that was cooking, but was per- 

 suaded to take one from the office. The reason was plain, the 

 office supply was supplied with good olive oiled ones. Many 

 herring arc salted and smoked also, and we investigated the 

 whole fish business. _ 



Little River runs into the head ot the harbor between high 

 wooded hills, and the harbor is surrounded by pigmy mountains 

 of great wildness and beauty; from their tops lovely views are 

 obtainable in every directiou, and past the island that guards the 

 entrance Grand Menau is plainly visible. A s; ndicate of Western 

 capitalists own nearly all the available building sites around 

 Cutler; they have built a pret ty hotel upon a hill overlooking the 

 sea, and are engaged in erecting cottages and selling shares in the 

 stock company d ia Wall street. This is the last good harbor 

 until Eastport is reached; it is sixteen miles away from the rail- 

 road, there is but one mail by stage a day, and there is no regular 

 steamer. I doubt if Cutler can ever become of any importance 

 either as a commercial center or summer resort, but "that's one 

 of those things no fehow can find out." Here one is a slave to the 

 tide, which runs between Maine and Grand Menan at the rate of 

 three or four knots an hour. Vessels go and come with it and 

 rarely start to stem it unless forced by fate or driven by a gale. 



We hoped to leave next day, but were disgusted to find t he wind 

 northeast and a heavy fog at 6 A. M. Tne wind was still ahead 

 the next morning, but it was clear, and J determined to try to beat 

 up on the flood and run back if necessary^ rather than to spend 

 the whole fall trying to get to the eastward. It was necessary to 

 reach Lubec Narrows, twenty miles to windward, before the tide 

 turned, and we got under way at 5 A.M., savage with the weather. 

 We crowded all sail, stood well over under the cliffs of Grand 

 Menan, got the full strength of the tide and had near pictures of 

 that wonderful island that stands guard over the Bay of Fundy, 

 surrounded by dense fogs, wild currents and treacherous reefs 

 that wreck so'many vessels annually along its almost harborless 

 shores. It rises several hundred feet almost perpendicularly from 

 the bold northern shore and is covered by trees that seem like a 

 lion's mane upon its hoary crest. Its southern end flattens a little 

 for Southwest Head Lighthouse and Seal Harbor, and a shelf 

 below its northern head is just large enough for the keeper's 

 house and the Bishop Head Light. West, Quoddy Head and light- 

 house stand opposite upon the main, and the famous and danger- 

 ous Lubec Narrows separates Maine from the lower and fairer 

 land of Campo Bello. 



We had several contests with sloops and schooners along Grand 

 Menan, and followed their courses within a stone's throw of shore 

 several times, getting fine views of the palisade-like bluffs and 

 cliffs that, towered above us as we went in stays for the off-shore 

 leg. One smart little sloop held ub a long race in and out, but we 

 gained on tier steadily anri should have soon passed her had she 

 not suddenly kept off and ran through a little gap in the island 

 and came to anchor inside a breakwater of logs and sand that 

 helped to make Dark Harbor. This is a singularly interesting 

 little dunk hole, the only place of refuge upon the western side 

 of the island. A little way of the shore the breakwater seems 

 to be like all the rest off the shore line, but close observation 

 shows a little depression in the wall of the cliffs and a few build- 

 ings at then 1 feet. On nearer view an opening like the mouth of 

 a canal is seen just east of a fish house, having cobwork filled 

 with stones upon each side to keep the channel from filling up. 

 This entrance has a bar which can only be crossed after two> 



thirds flood and not in a heavy sea, so that, time, tide and weather 

 must be carefully calculated if one wishes to cross at all, and 

 once in, though there is a safe snug harbor, good water and heau- 

 tiful scenery all around, one must remain a prisoner until every- 

 thing is favorable for going out. Of course no stranger should 

 try this difficult navigation, but 1 felt the daredevil spirit rise in 

 mo aud almost yielded to an impulse to follow my leader in, but 

 Meringue would not second me and my anxiety to get on checked 

 my rashness. 



The eastern shore of Grand Menan is low and irregular; there 

 are several islands rather near, forming channels and roadsteads 

 of tolerable safety for large vessels with plenty of ground tackle, 

 and between and outside the islands are lines of reefs and sharp 

 isolated rocks that make one cringe to look at them on the chart. 

 I had desired to circumnavigate Grand Menan, and held many 

 conversations with sailormen and pilots from the east, side of the 

 island. They were unanimous in their statements of the many 

 dangers of coasting those shores; the discomforts, miseries and 

 perils of small craft, in the poor harbors; the treachery of currents, 

 winds and fogs, pud the general undesirableness of such a cruise 

 in September except in a steamer, r believed them, took advice 

 for once and gave np my long cherished project. 



The "Coast Pilot" says: "Many dangerous ledges and shoals lie 

 in t he entrance to this bay (Fundy) off Great Menan, and render 

 a nearer approach to that island, especially in thick weather, 

 veiy dangerous to strangers. The tidal current runs with great 

 velocity, and tue frequent changes of weather, the set and changes 

 of currents and the thick and long-continued fogs are apt to con- 

 found the seaman, however experienced he may be or however 

 good his judgment." 



So we turned away from Grand Menac and our next leg took 

 us by Sail Rock, where we were able to pay off sheets and fly 

 past West Quoddy Head and light and Liberty Point, off Campo 

 Bello. N.B., fairly into Lubec Narrows two hours before the time 

 for high water, and saw in the west the clustered houses of 

 Lubec. We had beaten up on the flood and knew that the tide 

 began to run out of the Narrows about two hours before the ebb 

 really began in Passarnaquoddy Bay. The wind was now abeam 

 and wo made a rapid run in, guided by the buovs and fish weirs 

 which extend to both edges of the channel upon f he flats. Several 

 small craft passed out and, as we approached the town, we hailed 

 a boatman and asked about, the tide. He said It had been running 

 out about half an hour. This made us anxious, because it is next 

 to impossible to pass the Narrows after the tide has gained full 

 force. Indeed, as we looked, a large, lumber-loaded schooner that 

 had been hovering inside, payed off sheets and went back into 

 Friar's Roads to go out the eastern way, afraid to trust her un- 

 gainly hulk to the ever strengthening tide with the light wind 

 blowing. Meringue was at home here, having fished in Quoddy 

 mans a year, and he directed my stewing and said he thought he 

 could make it because of our sharp body and fair wind. "If we 

 fail," said he, "we will be forced out into the lower roads and be 

 obliged to anchor for the night." We knew the roads were terri- 

 ble in easterly gales, the wiud was northeast still and the skv 

 looked unpromising. We kept on, struck the tide end on in the 

 Narrows proper aud almost stopped, but, by favorable puffs and 

 careful steering to prevent cutting and sheering, we gathered 

 momentum and steadily forced the yacht against the rushiug, 

 rippling tide until wo passed a buoy above Lubec, where the 

 Narrows widened out into Friar's Roads and the broader Passa- 

 rnaquoddy. 



"The entrance is a mile wide and diminishes gradually until at 

 the Narrows, two miles and a half above, it is only about an 

 eighth of a mile wide. It is full of shoals, and strangers should 

 not attempt it without a pilot." 



"The Narrows are formed by a narrow passage about 900yds. 

 long, which leads between Lubec, Neck on the west and the shore 

 of Campo Bello on the east, and thence between Pope's Folly and 

 Dudley Island and Treat's Island and Friar's Head into Friar's 

 Road and Quoddy Bay. The whole distance from the entrance 

 to Eastport is five miles." 



We got in bv a close shave, and were the last craft that entered 

 that tide, and went flying along before, a heavier breeze to see the 

 beautiful shores and to inspect the great fleet of Quoddy fishing 

 boats that were Ashing on the rip to the east of Eastport. "At, 

 last," I cried, "we are here! Now we will do up this region and 

 start homeward." I remember coming to Eastport from the east- 

 ward once in the magnificent steamer State of Maine, #nd being 

 greatly surprised, as we came through the islands and entered the 

 great bav, at a fleet of boats that reminded me of a great flock of 

 birds bunched together and flitting around in a lively manner. I 

 supposed they were pleasure boats then, because they were all 

 under wav and I knew Campo Bello was near. Now, we knew 

 they were the famous Quoddy fishing boats and were going to take 

 a leisurely look at them. „ 



We were really in Eastport Harbor, having come in by the 

 southern entrance, the main entrance being furt her to the "east- 

 ward between East Quoddy and Deer Island, and iu the southern 

 end of Passarnaquoddy Bay. This body of water lies between 

 New Brunswick and Maine, is long, deep and irregular in shape, 

 includes trib tary bays, harbors and coves, and receives the 

 waters of Cobscook, Pembroke, St. Croix and other smaller rivers. 

 The lovely town of Lubec covers a rounded hill, and its houses 

 and gardens rise one above the other until they surround a pretty 

 church with steeple perched upon the very top. Pope's Folly and 

 Dudley and Treat Islands lie to the northwest, and are rocky, 

 precipitous, slightly wooded and partly cultivated, and look very 

 pretty from all sides. A little U. S. battery, called Fort Su'livan, 

 with barracks and quarters, is located upon the southeastern 

 point of Trea t's Island among the trees and does not lessen its at- 

 tractions. A channel runs between them and Lubec, and opens 

 to the south into Johnson's Bay, which is about a mile and a quar- 

 ter broad, has good holding ground in three to seven fathoms of 

 water and is much used as a rendezvous for vessels waiting for a 

 favorable wind to go out the Narrows. The entrances to Cobs- 

 cook Bav and Pembroke River are seen north of this, and, a liLtle 

 eastward, are Broad Cove, which is the only safe harbor of East- 

 port, and the city of Eastport covering the bills of Moose Island. 

 Beyond Eastport, one sees far up the St. Croix River; then come 

 Indian, Deer and a number of other islands beyond to the east- 

 wai'd, presenting many charming bits of scenery, and boulders, 

 cliffs, trees, huts, boats and fishing paraphernalia in artistic yet 

 unstudied juxtapositions. 



The whole eastern shore ot tins bay is Campo Bello, extending 

 from Lubec to East Quoddy. A lighthouse and Mehollan Point 

 guard the English side of the entrance to Lubec Narrows, then a 

 little cove with shingle beach makes in to give greater prominence 

 and grandeur to Friar's Head, which stands out to ihe north, a 

 great perpendicular cliff crowned with verdure, trees, and a sum- 

 mer-house for the observation of the magnificent views in every 

 direction. An isolated, rocky column, bearing some resemblance 

 to a headless man, stands in the water at the base of the cliff, and 

 is called the Friar. It ouce had a head, but the canoneers of Fort 



tho fishermen and obtain a good anchorage before dark. The 

 sail was one of the most enjoyable I had ever experienced, and 

 the pleasure was not lessened by what we soon witnessed. We 

 hauled on the wiud and ran toward the maiulaud below the fleet 

 of boats, then ran past them slowly on tho other tack and went 

 completely around them, sogering along with sheets off to see all 

 we could of the. famous Quoddy fishermen. There were over fifty 

 boats upon the rips, some drifting with sails down, some head to 

 wind with sheets off, some trimmed flat and steered close to the 

 wind, some broadside to wind with sheets off, some with main- 

 sheet flat and jib to windward, some beat ing up, some reaching 

 and some running rapidly down the flood. Some men were satis- 

 fied with their places and were baiting hooks, casting lines and 

 pulling them in; some were moving to keep away trom their 

 neighbors, and others were seeking more favorable ground. The 

 boats had two to five men each; one looked after the boat and the 

 others were busy with lines and fish. Meringue, said tbey were 

 fishing on the rip. 



"What is that?" 



"Fishing on the drift." 



"What is that?" 



"Fishing in the tide rips/' 



This, I concluded, was fishing in the ripples formed by a strong 

 tide meeting another current at an angle, thus causing some agi- 

 tation of tho water and making a sort of concentration of food 

 and a slower current, in which the fish could find moro food and 

 swim easier than in the fierce tide of other parts of the bay. This 

 seemed pi obable, because the great current of the St. Croix here 

 met the main current of the Roads just south of Deer Island, and 

 both went rushing onward to the ocean. 



"That fellow is pulling in to look at his bait; he takes it easily. 

 That one next to him has a fish. See how fast and steadily be 

 pulls; now he lifts him up: no, he has lost him. Did you see the 

 glimmer of his scales and the splash as he broke away? That 

 fellow in the stern has a rouser. See how he pulls, and he don't 

 get much line in, either. It's a pollock. They are hard pullers; a 

 haddock pulls easier, hut a cod makes things lively and your 

 hands warm. Yes, there he lifts him in, a yard long, weighir 

 iMlbs. if an ounce. That's about as largo as one gets here now; th 

 average is much smaUer. All Provincial boats; no Americans 

 allowed to fish here now. D— n shame! Right in front of East- 

 port, too. The line runs where you see that English cutter fast- 

 ened to that Government mooring. Didn't used to be so when I 

 was down here. These boats are hummers; stand any weather, 

 and carry all their rags in a gale of wind. Big cockpit, deck up 

 to a man's chin; stand up in them and steer. Mighty good to get 

 out of the spray and wind. Would fill, of course, but the sea has 

 got to be humpy to get aboard, sartain. Never saw one filled. 

 Kinder V-shaped cross sections, too, but very beamy for length, 

 and sharp at both ends. Knock spots out of many a yacht. 

 Could beat us all to pieces if they only had the wind. Want a 

 regular howler or they won't race. Always hunting fancy craft 

 like ours when they oau." 



We watched and enjoyed the fishing greatly and saw a score or 

 more of fish caught, then payed off sheets for the run to anchor- 

 age off Eastport. 



"Well, Meringue, I'll give your Quoddy boats a chance any 

 time. I know these are stiff, able sea boats, but I believe a craft 

 built for speed like Orinda cau outsail them." 



"Better not; you'll get beaten. I've had a good deal of ex- 

 perience with them and know they are the fastest boats on the 

 coast." 



"WeU, we'll see sometime," said I. 



There was a rakish looking sardine boat with heavy rig, a kind 

 renowned for speed above the Quoddy fishing boats, 100yds. ahead 

 of us, but she was well loaded with fish and sailing before the 

 wind. We caught up to her and passed upon the weather side, 

 and were rather amused to see the skipper and boy trim sheets 

 and try to get the most they could out of her to keep us from 

 passing. When we arrived within talking distance the skipper 

 said; "I wish I had this load out of her, I'd show you a thing or 

 two." 



"Oh, no, I guess not. I am not racing a loaded boat; only hap- 

 pened to be going the same way you are." 



This mortified the fellow and he kept off for a landing, and we 

 ran further west and anchored in the cove beyond the steamboat 

 wharf. Tne "Coast Pilot" says of Eastport: "This commodious 

 and excellent harbor, etc." Now there is only a broad roatlstead 

 between Moose Island and Campo Bello, called Friar's Roads. 

 The water is very deep, the tide is strong, and holding ground 

 poor. There are wharves with great slips between for vessels to 

 lie in when handling cargo, as they cannot lie at the heads of the 

 wharves, or even in the roads, in N. E. gales. The sea comes 

 right in from outside and has a full sweep alongshore, and vessels 

 at anchor or exposed must make sail and seek shelter at Welch 

 Pool opposite, or in Broad Cove upon the south side of Moose 

 Island, which is the real harbor of Eastport. It is a deep, com- 

 modious, safe inlet, having excellent holding ground, and is easily r 

 entered by strangers. 



[to be continued.] 



that casts a shadow over the broken image far below. Once by 

 the Head we were in Friar's Bay, a great crescent-shaped cove a 

 mile long, terminated by Deer Point, which is covered by ever- 

 green trees. The land rises quickly from the shore line and 

 merges into a fine roiling agricultural country beyond. The shore 

 is one of the finest shingle beaches in the world. Round stones of 

 every size, from a pea to a cobl.de, roll and rattle as the v\ aves rush 

 shoreward and then tecede, making peculiar music. The western 

 part of the shore is occupied by two fine buildings united by a 

 covered walk, and called Tyn-y-coed— house in the woods. It has 

 a tennis court, billiard, ten pin and card rooms, and all the appui- 

 tenances of a first-class caravansary. The views from its capa- 

 cious piazzas are extraordinarily fine, and the drives around this 

 island are said to be unsurpassed anywhere in America. Several 

 fine villas are located south of the hotel; several yachts were 

 hauled up behind the Head, and some pleasure boats were beat- 

 ing against the long wharf at the foot of the winding road that 

 led down from the hotel bank. 



A number of fish-curing houses and wharves are in the middle 

 of the cove, while at the eastern end there is quite a settlement, 

 including Owen's .Hotel, the Canadian custom house, the U. S. 

 Consul's office, a few stores and a church. Steamers run from 

 Eastport, toucning at the Tyn-y-coed landing and Lubec every 

 hour in summer. Beyond Deer Island is Dunn's Beach, a scattered 

 settlement of farms, fishermen's bouses and smoke houses upon 

 the shore. The rocky, rolling country extends over a mile to Bald 

 Head, a high rocky head with a few seraggly firs upon its rough 

 scalp. Then a great indentation of the island between Bald Head 

 and Windmill Point leads into Harbor-de-Lute, which is com- 

 pletely landlocked, very attractive and pretty around its shores, 

 and is much used by coasting vessels. East Quoddy, the great 

 landmark in entering Quoddy Bay from the eastward, having a 

 good lighthouse upon its extreme point, lies two miles and a half 

 E.N.E. from Windmill Point, and the coast between is high, 

 rockv, well wooded, and has deep water close in. Campo Bello is 

 fair to look upon; its eastern shores are high and rocky; its 

 western, sloping, low and grassy, features which are seen in very 

 many of the islands along the coast. 



We flew along down the shore, inspecting its many points of 

 interest, until strengthening tide, stronger wind, heavier sea 

 and lower sun warned us to turn backward if we wished to see 



A COWARDLY PLEA. 



THE New York Times puts into few words the whole argument 

 in favor of the selection of Volunteer, ingenuously bringing 

 into full view those ugly points which others are trying to gloss 

 over by a, plea of duty. It does not seem to occur to the Times 

 that Lord Dun raven has taken it for granted ihat he will he fairly 

 treated as a matter of course by the N.Y.Y.C. If he had challenged 

 with a 90ft. yacht, kuowiug Volunteer to be Stiff., he would have 

 been accused of sharp practice and a desire to overreach the New 

 York Y. C, and now that he lias challenged with a smaller yacht, 

 but in an active and vigorous class rather than one which is 

 obsolete, he is called a fool for his pains. The Times savs: 



"At present the Thistle remains the champion British yacht, 

 and the Volunteer the champion American yacht. It is therefore 

 likely that the latter will again be chosen to defend the Cup. It. 

 is agreed among yachtsmen that any time allowance that is en- 

 forced anywhere does not really equalize a boat of the size of the 

 Volunteer and a boat of the size of the Valkyrie. The power of 

 the larger will give her an advantage, differing according to the 

 conditions of weather, that cannot be fairly compensated by a 

 handicap. This, however, is not our affair. The owner and 

 designer of the Valkyrie were aware that they might have to 

 meet the Volunteer under the time allowances of the New York 

 club. If they preferred taking their chances with a smaller boat 

 to building one of the same size they have no reason to complain. 



"It does not appear, however, upon what their expectation of 

 winning the Cup can be based. The Volunteer will have to allow 

 the Valkyrie some thirteen minutes over a forty-mile course, and 

 the Volunteer will be her antagonist unless a faster American 

 yacht appears in the meantime. Now, the Volunteer beat the 

 Thistle in one race 19m. 23%s., and in the other 11m. The 

 average of the two defeats was thus something over fifteen 

 minutes. That is to say, the Volunteer would have had an even 

 chance of retaining the Cup if she had allowed the Thistle 

 thirteen minutes in forty miles. Of the two races actually sailed 

 the Volunteer would have won one and the Thistle the other 

 under that allowance. In order to have a fair prospect of win- 

 ning the Cup the Valkyrie should, therefore, be able to sail on 

 even terms with the Thistle, a boat 16ft. longer on the water line, 

 and, moreover, the fastest British yacht that has ever been built, 

 "It seems very extravagant to expect that the Valkyrie will 

 have any chance" with the Volunteer. This is rather to he re- 

 gretted so far as our own yachting activity is concerned, since it 

 is unlikely that many American yachtsmen will take the trouble 

 of attempting to build 70ft. yachts to which the Volunteer cannot 

 give a minute in three miles. The task is difficult, and, so far as 

 the defense of the Cup is concerned, will appear to be useless 

 unless the trials of the Valkyrie indicate that she is a 70ft. yacht 

 of that character." 



ANOTHER REVISION NEEDED. 



IT is a wonder that no comment has been made on the thoughts 

 less and inconsiderate conduct of Lord Dunraven in troubling 

 the Mew York Y. C. with such a trivial matter as a challenge for 

 the America's Cun at a season like this, when Com. Gerry's time 

 is so fully taken up with the coming Centennial celebration, in 

 which he will play a prominent part afloat and ashore. Under 

 such circumstances the least the challenger could do would be to 

 hold his challenge until the ceremonies were over, if not to post- 

 pone it for another year. We would suggest that the Cup be im- 

 mediately returned to the "surviving donor" and that he be 

 instructed to redonate it to the New York Y. C. under a fourth 

 final deed of gift, in which all challenges should be prohibited 

 at any times when the Commodore of the New York Y. C. shall 

 be engaged in important ceremonies like that over which New 

 York is bow preparing to go wild. 



SEAWANHAKA C. Y. C— At the meeting on April 13 the 

 amendments published last week were adopted, with the excep- 

 tion that one professional is allowed in the 35 and 80ft. classes, 

 and that the length of head yard on spinakers is limited to one 

 twentieth of the ioadline. 



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