May 9, im.\ 



FOREST, AND STREAM. 



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Rogers has already entered his 70-footer Bedouin. The owners of 

 the Katrina, Titania and Shamrock hav • also intimated that they 

 will enter, but as yet have not officially entered their yachts. 80 

 it appears that the owners of the 70-footers do not despair ot their 

 chance of being chosen to meet Valkyrie." 



"What do you think is the true measurement over all of the 

 Valkvrie?" 



Our committee has reason to believe that she is 91ft. over all. 

 Mr. George Tj. Watson is one of the shrewdest of naval architects. 

 He came over heie and studied all our best boats. If tne "Valky- 

 rie is really 94ft over all, she will probably be as able a boat as 

 the Puritan under certain conditions. We have no boat iu our 

 70ft. class which can compare with her. if we are correctly in- 

 formed as to her length over all. The Titania is 81ft. 6in. over all. 

 the Shamrock 77ft. 3in., the Katrina 85ft. 9in. and the Bedouin 

 in 83it. In a strong breeze, with the wind abeam, or even close 

 hauled on a wind, the Valkyrie would have considerable advant- 

 age over any one of the four." 



'Has not Lord Dunraven pledged himself to bring over the 

 "Valkyrie to take part in the contest of 70-footers for the interna- 

 tional cup which General Paine has arranged for?" 



'"He has and he will come. 1 consider him too much of a sport- 

 ing gentleman to take such a position as that attributed to him. 

 Our committee has done all in iis power to meet him in a fair and 

 courteous way, and I cannot believe that he does not appreciate 

 it. By the bye, such rumors as these will be sure to deter our 

 yachtsmen from building a 70-footer. I hear that two or three 

 are projected, and each, if built, is to be from 91ft. to 94ft. over 

 all." 



The above statements in regard to the trial races and new 

 yachts are entirely misleading, as it is recognized by all yachts- 

 men that the announcement lately made by the committee, in 

 connection with the refusal to risk a vote of the club on the ques- 

 tion of the 70ft. class, amoun s to the set. etion of Volunteer and 

 nothing else. Of course the trial races are open to the 70-footers, 

 and auy yachtsman is at liueity to build a new yacht to enter, 

 but no tststing boat can uearly save her time off of Volunteer, 

 nor will any one build a boat to race under such conditions. 

 What Mr. Smith says may be nominally correct, but the resolution 

 introduced by hioi at the last meeting is generally understood as 

 equivalent to the selection of Volunteer. He knows very well, 

 too, that the time has gone by for building, and th;it it is too late 

 now to begin a boat for the trial races with any prospect of suc- 

 cess. The over-all length of Valkyrie is a matter of conjecture, 

 but in these davs of long ends ihere is nothing formidable in a 

 length of 94ft. The new 40-footers have almost "reached a length 

 of tiOft. over all, and in the same proportion a 70-footer would 

 measure 105ft. Katrina, measured by British methods, would be 

 nearly 94ft., and there is no n=ason thus far for a-suming that 

 Valkyrie is larger or more powerful than she through excess of 

 lengtn. 



NEW YORK YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Under the title the "New York Vacht Racing Association," in 

 your issue cf March 21. you do the infant organization an injury 

 by announcing in the first sentence its untimely demise before it 

 had well begun to live. The cause of its early taking off you ioi- 

 propei ly set down to be that ancient disorder— mean length. The 

 ease has been wrongly diagnosed. As a fact, the organization 

 merely gave expression to those infant, squeaks that proclaim the 

 advent of a lusty youngsier destined to weather squalls, to skim 

 shoals au'i avoid tne sandpits of mean or other length. 



The M. Y. Y. R. A .has come to stay. Like a skillful practitioner, 

 later on in the article comnen ed on, you deem it prudent to 

 hedge by bespeaking for it a gruesome, lingering existence, "as 

 an insignificant local union of sandbag clubs." Take heart of 

 grace Mr. Editor, the club may not have entered on its existence 

 in accord with your pre-conceived notions of propriety, yet may 

 thrive font' 1 hat. Toe majority ruled for mean length— mean 

 length it is. The majoiity is always infallible. The association 

 was influenced largely in its determination by the advice of a 

 practical student of yachtmg of world wide fame- bearing a 

 name to conjure with and sail safely by Scylla or Chary bdi?. 



At the meeting of the committee several systems or measure- 

 ment were submitted for their consideration, two of them were 

 innovations, being measurements by «ail area alone; taking a 

 certain number of square yards, say 2,000, as a standard, and cal- 

 culating tne allowance from that; another was sail area and hull 

 measurement, and then length measurement. When the com- 

 mittee took up the latter measurement, the only question was 

 whether they snould tax the overhang, and if so, how much? The 

 committee, in drafting these rules, recognized that they had to 

 do with the present; that is, make rules that would suit The pres- 

 ent members of the Association. On canvassing, not a club using 

 sail area was discovered. All used a measurement of length alone; 

 some taxed overhang mere, some Jess, in such a contingency it 

 was imperative for the committee to make some rule of length 

 measurement. After considerable discus- ion, it was agreed to 

 report ihe. measurement, which was adopted by the Association, 



It is manifestly necessary in starting the Association that it 

 must have some rules on which to work. Experience and more 

 mature delioeration may result in the adoption of some other 

 standard than mean length. The by-laws admit of amendment. 

 At present no question so agitates the 5 achting community as 

 that of measurement. Both the Mew York and Seawanhaka clubs 

 have appointed committees to report seme new rule, and I believe 

 the Larchmont Club is moving in the same direction. No matter 

 what measurement is adopted, there will always he fault-finders, 

 and heats will be built to get the best of it. Besides, everything 

 else being equal— I mean models— the larger boat is bound to win; 

 as, for instance, what chance would Valkyrie have against Vol- 

 unteer? 



The two associations now in existence in this country— the Lake 

 Yacht and the New England— both have entirely different systems 

 of measurement. The Lake Y. R. A. has the Seawanhaka rule, 

 the New England is waterline length with one -fifth of the over- 

 hang aft added. The latter measurement seems to hold water, 

 while the former, from the discussion going on for s< me time past 

 in your columns. I should judge they were not satisfied with. 



The Seawanhaka Y. O. and the New York Y. C. have different 

 rules. Toe Corinthian Y. C. of New York leaves it to their sailing 

 committee. 1 have not the Eastern or jbarchmont club bonks 

 before me. but the former used'to be a length and beam measure- 

 ment. Tne South Boston Club is similar to the N. E. Y. R. A. 

 The Beverly is two-thirds length 011 l.w.l. 4- extreme beam. The 

 New Rochelle formula is length of yacht's hull measured at the 

 distance of two per cent, of her length on the actual l.w.l. ahove 

 and parallel to the said w.l. I have given you the above examples 

 in order that I might illustrate, the great dissimilar ity of measure- 

 ment even among the Larger clubs. It can be seen how important 

 it is to have some standard measurement, which the N.Y.Y. R. A. 

 has secured by at least a toptiug a uniform oue for the cluos now 

 in the association. The association has also adopted the Hern s- 

 hoff table of time allowances, and at a recent meeting cf tLe 

 association a classification was adopted to conform to this time 

 allowance. All schooners over 40ft. are classed together, as it 

 was found that there were only three or four in the association, 

 so for the present tnis will stand; when others (schooners) come 

 in more classes will be formed. The classes for sloops and cutters 

 are as follows: 



Class B^ 53ft. and under 62ft. 



Class C, 45ft. and under 53ft. 



Class D, 38ft. and under 45ft. 



Class E, 32ft. and under 38ft. 



Class F, 27t t. and under 32ft. 



Class G, all under 27ft. 



Classes above 62ft. l.w.l. were not made, for the same reason 

 that none for schooners were, viz.. there are no larger sloops or 

 cutters m the Association. This classification, I think, is the best 

 I have yet seen, and will stand the. test of time; only a difference 

 of 9, 8, 7 and 6tt. respectively. In the classes for open jib and 

 maiasa'l boats: 



Class 1. 27ft. and under 32ft. 



Class 2, 23ft. and under 27ft. 



Class 3, 20ft. and under 23ft. 



Class i, all under 20ft. 

 In the classes for cats: 



Class 6, 27ft. and under 32ft, 



Class 7, 3:ift. and under 27ft, 



Class 8, 20ft. and under 23£t. 



Class 9, all under 20ft. 



There is also a class for cabin cats. These classifications are as 

 fair as they can be made, and meet a long-felt want. 



A word about ballast. While advocating stationary ballast, 

 and while the committee reported for such to the Association, 

 still I think iu time it will all come around. As it is, cabin yachts 

 are restricted to stationary ballast, and for crew are allowed one 

 man for every 5, t. of l.w.l. or fraction, with a sailing master. 

 While shifting ballast was allowed to open boats, the crew have 

 been restricted to one man for every 3ft. or fraction, with sailing 

 master. This is an allowance of nine men for a boat under 25ft. 

 The Larchmont club rule for open boats allowed shifting weight 



and five men and a captain: now thoy allow eight men and cap- 

 tain, the same as the Association. Delegate. 

 New York, May 2. 



[The early withdrawal of the Brooklyn Y.C. from the association 

 on account of the rule bears out our prediction ot the probahle re- 

 sult. It is true that the N. Y. Y. R. A. is composed only of clubs 

 racing on length rule, but it is also true that other clubs, which 

 should and probably would have taken an active part in the 

 movement, were scared of by the certainty, as shown in the first 

 discussions, that nothing hut a mean length rule would be 

 adopted. The interests ot the open-boat men might have been 

 protected, and at the same time the co-operation of a large num- 

 ber of yachtsmen might have been secured by the adoption of 

 different rules for open and cabin boats, as we suggested at the 

 time. The length rule has practically disappeared, save in the 

 smaller clubs on very shoal water, and while there is still some 

 uncertainty as to the best form of a length and sail area rule, 

 uearly all the large yachtiug organizations of the world are 

 agreed on the correctness of the principle. The Seawanhaka C. 

 Y. C. rule, as it is generally known, is now used by the Seawan- 

 haka C. Y. C, the Eastern Y. C, Lake Y. R. A. (some eight clubs), 

 Knickerbocker Y. C, Quaker City Y. C, and some smaller clubs. 

 It is very similar to the rule now in use by the Y. R. A. of Great 

 Britain and the Royal Nova Scotia Squadron, besides some other 

 foie'gn clubs. The New York V. 0. also uses a similar ride, whit 

 the Corinthian, of Marblehead, and the Beverly, both large racmi 

 clubs, use another form or rule, giving about the same results it 

 practice. Judging from this there is no room for doubt as to the. 

 correctness of the principle, and the association would have been 

 perfectly safe in adopting the Seawanhaka rulo for its cabin 

 boats, subject to amendment in the future. As to the instance 

 quoied, the New England Y. R. A., we commented last week as to 

 the m schievous result of a length rule in it* case, iu the way of a 

 hindrance to its growth. The lesson that it teaches is that a. 

 length rule in any form is a drag on nil but sandbag boats. That 

 we are not alone in our opinion of tne mean length rule is 

 shown by the following from the Lmdon Field: It will be 

 remembered r hat some time ago we reported that the members 

 of the New York Y. R. A., including Captain Joe Ellsworth, 

 refused to be satisfied unless they had a "mean length' rule. 

 They have now got it. that is, the length over all is added to the 

 length on the, waterline, and the sum divided by 2. This is the 

 'mean length' which the captain just referred to so earnestly 

 desired, and probably it will foster a style of architecture of the 

 Manx cat type." The Field's comparison to a Manx cat only cov- 

 ers one end of the case. The other may be compared to a pug 

 dog. What sort of a ' morfyoite" the resulting struct ure would 

 be is shown by boats built in other places under the same rule, in 

 which the bow tumbles in aloft aud the stern post raKes forward 

 on the head. We have a mjdel of such a craft before us as we 

 write. Length on deck 25ft. Bin., l.wl 28ft. 6in., "mean length" 

 27ft. The lines of this boat are at the disposal of any one who wis lies 

 to build in time for the reeatt.a of Sept. 2. If it had been desired 

 to establish a representative body chat should include all the 

 smaller clubs, a very brief inspection of existing yachts and rac- 

 ing rules would have shown the absurdity of a rule which 

 bars out modern boats and is directly opposed to the most ad- 

 vanced ideas of yachtsmen in all parts of the yachting world. 

 We believe 'hat tuere is a wide field for an organization siuh as the 

 New York Y. R. A. assumes to be, and we are willing to help in 

 every way toward its permanent establishment; and it is for these 

 very reasous that we have opposed the eff nrt to run the associa- 

 tion in a narrow rut that all active yachtsmen aie trying to get 

 away from.] 



THE LAKE Y. R. A. 



ON Saturday next the annual meeting of the Lake Y. R. A. of 

 Lake Ontario will be held at Rochester, delegates being pres- 

 ent lrorn all the clubs interested. Among other changes in the 

 constitution and sailing rules it is proposed to replace the present 

 Seawanhaka rule, adopted 111 1884 on the formation of theAeso- 

 ciatio n, by a formula ti.at will tax sail more heavily, as follows: 



L ^" C ^ S ' A ' The Lake. Y. R. A., in common with most other lari 



ge 



clubs, has felt very strongly the necessity for some action in the 

 direction of restricting sail, and tne question has been discussed 

 for sometime, with the result that, an effort will be made to pass 

 the above ru e. While there is no doubt as to the need of further 

 legislation in this direction, the subject is far too important 1 o be 

 dealt with hastily, or m such a manner that another change will 

 he needed in a year or two. The great point in a measurement 

 rule is stability; that it shall when adopted be established for a 

 term of years, if possible, iu order that men may build under it 

 with some degree of confidence. Changes in the rules, though in- 

 evitable, miiFt always have a bad effect for a time, and conse- 

 qeiitly should be as few as possible. 



"Whde yachtsmen in many other clubs, as in the L. Y. R. A., are 

 agreed as to the need of a change, thus far tnere has been no 

 agreement as to the details, and by common consent the matter 

 has been laid over for the present, but with the distinct under- 

 standing that it should be taken up vigorously next fall, and a 

 change made iu good season to permit of building. Several clubs 

 have appointed committees specially to consider this matter din- 

 ing the racing season, and to report at its close; by whic h time, 

 there is little doubt, a great deal of valuable data will be adder! 

 by the mauy promised races. 



The L. Y. R, A. cannot do better than to adopt the same course, 

 announcing its inteution to change the rule in the fall, and ap- 

 pointing a live committee which shall work through the summer 

 and report as soon as the season closes. One object of an imme- 

 diate change is to prevent the addition of yachts with still larger 

 rigs than any now on the lake, several of which have been talked 

 of. This object can be attained by the course proposed, as it is 

 not likely that such boats would be purchased uow tor one season 

 only, knowing that they would be at a disadvantage under a new 

 rule, as the disposition to tax sail is very evident. Sudden 

 changes in a rule, especially when the season is practically open, 

 are always undesirable and make a very bad precedent, and in the 

 present case would be objectionable even if a really good rule 

 were proposed, much less when a crude and hastily made rule is 

 offered. The first efforts toward a change in the rule on the At- 

 lantic coast took the same form as that given above, merely a 

 heavier tax on sail, the classes being as before. Had the matter 

 been pushed a couple of months ago such a change might have 

 been carried through, but the continued dissension has brought 

 to the front the other method, to which we have several times 

 alluded, of classification by corrected length, and it is at least 

 possible that a rule of this kind will be adopted in the fall. The 

 following tables will show how such a rule would applv to the 

 Lake Y. R. A. fleet, keeping the same formula as now. The 

 arrangement of classes may not be the best possible, but serves as 

 an illustration: 



25ft. Clam. 1,0ft. Claw. 



L.W.L. Sail. L.W.L. Sail. 



20 900 36 1931! 



21 841 37 1849 



23 784 38 1704 



23 728 39 p3sl 



24 676 40 !600 



25 625 



SOft. Class. 1,8 ft. Class. 



26 1156 L.W.L. Sail 



27 1089 41 S025 



28 1024 43 2916 



29 961 43 2809 



30 900 44 2704 



S5ft. Ckm. 45 2U01 



31 1521 46 2500 



32 1144 47 2401 



33 1369 48 2304 



34 1296 49 2209 



36 1225 50 2116 



The fleet would thus be classed as follows: 

 SOft. Class. 



Molly 27.55 Nadia 28 21 



Velnette 27.16 St. Elmo 26'S0 



35ft. Class. 



Cricket 31.93 Katie Gray 8335 



Cyprus 32.52 Coquette 34!41 



Gerda 31,10 Majel 



UOft. .Class. 



Verve 39.60 lot an the 36 73 



Aggie S9.62 Laura 35 74 



Merle 37,79 Vision 35.23 



Psyche 37.33 



h8ft. Class. 



Cygnet 48.10 Garfield 44,45 



White "Wings 46.40 Madge .44 16 



Ethel ...45.u5 Condor 42 74 



60ft. Class. ' 

 Aileen 57.06 



70ft. Class. 



Oriole 62.36 Atalanta 66,21 



Nprah , 



It. would require a careful study of the fleet by men familiar 

 with it to say what the classes a id I he allowance of sail for each 

 length of loadiine should he, hut the. principle is fully illustra.ed 

 above. The. probabilities are that it would prove a far better 

 solution of the trouble than the propose I new rulo, but we hope 

 that neither will be adopted at the present meeting, nor on the 

 other hand tint the matter be permitted to go by default, but 

 that the L Y. R. A. will decide to amend its rules, but to do it 

 deliberately, thoroughly and in the proper time for such work, at 

 the end of the yach ting season. 



BUILDING NOTES. 



ATLawley's yard the work Isbeing pushed in all departments, 

 and yachts are leaving the yard and new keels being laid in 

 their places pvery few days. Nanon and Nepenthe will probably 

 lea ve this week, the former for Philadelphia aud the latter for 

 New Orleans. Maraquitn, the Belmont 40, is nearly ready and 

 will leave for New YorK in a few days. Merlin, the Forties 

 schooner, had her masts stepped on Saturday, Verena is nearly 

 completed inside, the Foster 40, Lotowana. is it! frame, the Owen's 

 45 is ready for Iraming, while the h-ad keel of the Hasbrouek 10 has 

 been cast. There is also plenty of old work. Pappoose has had 

 more lead, a longer boom and bowsprit, and Wilson is making 

 new sails. The Sloop Mystery has had 3 tons of lead added to her 

 keel in addition to 8 tons already there. A number of yachts are 

 fitting out, including Zigeuner, Gundred, Alga, Chiquita and Att- 

 rienne. Sapphire, steam yacht, will have 3 tons of lead adoed to 

 her keel. ..At East Boston the new 40, Alice, is partly planked - 

 A part, at least, of Boston's yachting fraternity is greatly exer- 

 cised over the question as to win l.her this yacht will he finished 

 as per contract by June 1. The designer, Mr. A. G. McVcy, of the 

 Boston Herald, h a made a bet with the owner of the best suit of 

 clothes that can be made, that the yacht will be ready on time. 

 The celebrated "P. R. pants" are expressly barred by the terms 

 of the bet — At Salem the Helen, 40, will takeatrial trip in a few 

 days, and the Chrvstal, 30, will be launched in about a week. 

 Minerva, the Fife 40. was launched from Frisble's ways on May 2, 

 after having l,400lbs. of lead removed from her keel, leaving 

 26,6001ba. 



NEW YORK Y r . O— The next meeting will be held on May 16. 

 The new clup house at Newport is described as follows in the 

 Sun: "The structure will be compact, capacious and of wood. 

 The dimensions of the building will be 83t"t, square, aud it will 

 have three stories and a cupola. It is not exclusively a New York 

 affair, for the members nf the E >steru Club as well as those of the 

 Atlantic will find the doors wide open lor themselves and their 

 lady friends. Nearly the whole of the first s'ory is to be iccup'ed 

 as a ladies' saloon or waiting room, from which will open elegantly 

 appointed toilet chambers. One of the most attractive ft atures 

 of this apartment is the large open fireplace, which duriug the 

 season will frequently be utilized to drive away the ill effect of 

 Newport's heavy fogs <nd mists. The mantel is superbly carved 

 by skillful artists. From this saloon one reaches the piazza, SOX 

 10ft,, which looks out upou the haroor, and from which the men 

 and women of fashion can watch the wnite-winged sailert as they 

 drop anchor during the summer months. The front of this prom- 

 enade piazza runs out to the water face of the dock. Toe second 

 story gives a definite idea that it is the nurpose to separate the 

 sheep from the goats. This story is exclusively for men. A 

 chimney-place ana its adornments are the attractive features of 

 this hall Over ihe fireplace is a large shield c u whic h rest the 

 various signal flags usi cl by the club. The surronnding brick 

 work is tastefully finished. The thiru s ory is reserved for apart- 

 meuts for the janitor. All the (loots and staircases will be of hard 

 wond. Over tne front of Ihe building will be a 10it. square cupola, 

 to be used for a lookout and signal station by the fleet officers. 

 Surmounting the cupola will be a lantern, octagonal iu shape, 

 measuring 3x2t-.>ft., and this will have above it a weather vane, to 

 be connectel with ihe men's hall bv a ro 1 to a dial plate on the 

 wall. Tne bod v of the building is to ho stained and the trimmings 

 painted white." 



AMATEUR DESIGNING— We have received from Mr. Chas. 

 Livingston, of Liverpool, a des'gn for a SOft. racer for Lake 

 Windermere, which tie has lately completed, the boat uow build- 

 ing by John Shaw, of Bowness, on the lake. Tne design, by halv- 

 ing toe scale, would make a very promisiug 40-footer. ot the ex- 

 tromc type, the dimensions being: Length over all (with clipper 

 stem added), 55ft. Gin.; l.w.l., 39ft. Gin.; beam, extreme, ir.it.: l.w.l., 

 13ft. 8in.; draft, 10i't. 3in. Her displacement would be 26 long 

 tons, with about 14 tons on keel. Tne design goes further than 

 any of the new American boats iu the dii ection of extreme beam 

 and light bilge, her displacement being about the same as the 

 American cralt. Mr. Livingston, who is known to cur readers, 

 especially the. canoeists, as an amateur designer and skillful boat • 

 sailer, has given considttahle time to designing this winter, and 

 has turned out three other designs, from which yachts are now 

 building. One of the«e is a l0-raler,but rather small for her class, 

 being 3ox9ft.. with 6ft. Gin. draft, 6;r. headroom, and a 7-ton lead 

 keel. Another is a centerboard cruiser, Z3:t, l.w.l., 31ft. over aU, 

 8ft. beam, 4ft. 2in. headroom under 8in. cabin trunk, and 2ft. 9in. 

 draft, with lj^tons of iron on keel. The third boat, for himself 

 and a friend, is an ISft. sloop for the New Brighton Sailing Club. 



COLUMBIA Y. C— At the annual meeting of the Columbia Y. 

 0.. held on April 2.2, the officers were elected for IS89 as follows- 

 Com., Chas. T # Wills; Vice-Cora., Wm. H. Rowe; S. c, Geo. Park- 

 hill; Treas., Jets. A. Weaver; Meas., Henry C. Roscmond; Sioward, 

 Theunis Spear; Fleet Snrgeon, Chas. B. White, M.D.; Board of 

 Trustees— !t. P. H. Abell, Cnas. H. Knubel, Ciias. ill. Simuis, Jr., 

 Aimer B. Inglee, C. M. Armstrong, W. .1. Greacen; Regalia Com- 

 mittee—Lemuel EL Withey, A. M. Everett, C. H. Kruse, A. F. Gnre, 

 Geo. Parkhill. The secretary reported 140 active members now 

 on the roll, and the treasurer presented a financial leport show- 

 ing a net surplus in the treasury of §1,000 The annual regatta of 

 ttie club will he field on June 18, over the Straightaway course to 

 Yonkers and return, and the iron steamboat Cygniis has been 

 chartered to carry the guests over the course. 



CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP.— CI y tie, schr., has been sold bv 

 G. H. Gaither, of Baltimore, to Messrs. Savage and Batchellor, of 

 the Dorchester Y. C. This is not i.he old New York Olytie, but a 

 centerboard schooner 61ft. over all, 55ft. l.w.l., 17ft. Gin. beam, and 



6ft. draff, built in 1878 Bantam, cutter, has been so'd by Dr. 



W. B. Jameson to W. E. Gordon, of the Lynn Y T . C. Bantam is a 

 Burgess boat, but not the one owned by Mr. Woodbury Kane of 

 Newport. 



BOUND FOREIGN.— The steel schooner Yampa, Mr. Chester 

 W. Chapin, sailed last week from New Yoik on a long cruise, her 

 first port being the Azores. From 1 here she will sail lor Cowes 

 and later to the Mediterranean. The Yampa will he the first 

 specimen of the latest results of American yacht building to be 

 seen in European waters, and no better example of the large 

 cruiser can be found afloat. She is 134ft. over all, Hfh't. l.w.l., 2Jft 

 beam and 13ft. Oin. draft. 



STELLA, steam jacht, H. E. Abbev, was in collision with the 

 Long Branch steamer Monmouth on April 29 oil' 22 i street, North 

 River, New York. The yacht was somewhat dam iged. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Abbey, Mr. W. H. Crane and Mr. Marcus Meyer were on 

 board at the time. 



CAPSIZED CENTERBOARDS.— On Mav 1 a catboat owned by 

 Chas. panhartof Greenville, N. J. capsized in New York Bay, 

 drowning. her owner. A companion, Charles Fisher, clung to tlie 

 bottom of the boat for a time, finally swimming for shore, which 

 he reached in an exhausted condition. 



CONDOR— The largest of the yawl rigs afloat, the famous old 

 Condor, built hy Fife in 18 S, is uow sailed under the Stars and 

 Sf ript-s, being owned by Mr. Mc-Donough, a member of, the Seawan- 

 haka Corinthian Y. C, residing in England. 



RAMBLER.— This old schooner, which sailed last fall for the 

 Isthmus with a cargo of dynamite, and was atterward reported 

 lost, turned up at Aspinwall on April 25, having been repaired. 



ALERT.— Mr. Byrant's schooner has had her whi'e pine masts 

 replaced by Oregon pine, besides other alterations an 1 imnrove- 

 ments. 



LADY EVELYN, schr., Sir Roderick Cameron, sailed on Mav 

 from Cowes for New York. 



REPUBLIC, schr., T. H. HaU, was at Ponce, Porto Rioo, on 

 April 16. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



Farrar's Hlustrated Guide to the Androscoggin Lakes, and 

 the headwaters of the Connecticut, Magallow ay and Androscoggin 

 rivers, iJixville Notch, Graiton Notc?i and And over, Maine, and 

 vicinity, with a new and correct map ot the Lake Region, drawn 

 and printed expressly for this book. Also contains a valuable 

 treathe ou camping out, and the game and fish laws of Maine and 

 New Hampshire (as revised by the last Legislature). Railroad, 

 steamboat and stage routes, etc, etc. Bv Capt. Chas. J, A. Far- 

 rar. Boston: Lee & Shepard. 



