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THE JET PROPELLER EVOLUTION.-Th^B new craft is now 

 neaily completed at Lumox's yard, Soutii Brooklyn, where she 

 has reeen built for Dr. J^kaou, tnve ltor of (me machinery and 

 owner of the experimental boat Prima V-sta. Tbe new boat is 

 UUrt over all and 21 I. beam, 'unit with tbree skins and no frames 

 proper, the outer skin beiua: m tuoginy. The motive power in- 

 cludes a very powerful pump, biultby the Wortluugt'm Hydraulic 

 Works, connected to t wo 8in. suction pipes and nvo ejection pipes 

 of but %m. m diameter. Tue water will be taken in through the 

 large pipas and expelled under very heavy pressure from the 

 small ones. There will tie tw > systems of pipes, one for driv- 

 ing ahead and one for reversing and going astern. The steering 

 is done bv changing the direction of the nozzles, there being no 

 wheel nor rudder. The steam for the pumps will be furnished bv 

 coil boiler-. The cabin is very elaborately fitted in mahogany, 

 with berths for six persons, with quarters for the crew abaft the 

 machinery. 



A NEW OFELDT LAUNCH.— The beautiful little steam launch 

 Mane, built for Mr. VVilbnr H.iwkes, of Brooklyn, was delivered 

 to bun on May 1:3. The bu'lders, Messrs. Frank Ofeldt & Sons, of 

 Fifiy-sixth street. Brooklyn, declare, she is one of tbe most com- 

 pact and easy running 1 oats that was ever turned out of their 

 shop, ten* was taken from Bay Ridge to Jamaica Bay, and made 

 the run in less than i hiee hours, without wetting a hair. FranK 

 Ofeldt, Jr., had cnarge of the engine, and Mr. Finest Ofeldt 

 superinte nded things in general. Mr. Howard Newberry looked 

 after tbe inner man, and Mr. Hawkes and his guest, Mr. Robert 

 Smith, looked oa in wonderment at the gr.tnd success of the 

 Marie an i her crew. On arriving at Canarsie Mr. John Cavanagh 

 saluted the trim little craft and crew, and alter invitation from 

 Mr. Hawkes took several friends out for a sail around the bay. 

 The boat was much admired by the many thousands on the piers 

 as fehe scudded along to a 10-mile gait. 



A TRICK ON THE NEW YORK V. C.-A voung Englishman, 

 calling himself Albert C. Sutton of the Royal Navy and claiming 

 to be a brother of Sir Richard Sutton, has succeeded In gaining 

 the entree of several New York clubs, including the Union, Man- 

 hattan and New York Y. C, as well as the Tux. do Club. After a 

 brief but brilliant career he has vanished, leaving mementoes in 

 tne shaoe. of bills and I. O. Us among h'.s new acquaintances, as 

 well as at the Hoffman House. It is needltss to say that he is not 

 a brother of Sir Richard Sutton. 



AN AMATEUR'S STEAM YACHT.— Mr. David M. Little, the 

 Boston photographer, is now at work on a steam yacht for bis 

 own use, most of the work 'icing done by himself. She is nuild- 

 ing in the studio of Mr. Ross Turner, at Salem, and is 35ft. 6J4in. 

 over all, 29ft. I.w.l., 7ft. 4in. beam and 3ft. draft. Her fiame is of 

 white oak, natural crooks, with wmte cedar planking, fasieted 

 with bras> sciews. The engine, a 5&7x7, compound, was made by 

 Whitney & Crowther, of Boston, and the boiier, 33in. dianitter 

 and 54m. nigh, with ltiO tuoes, l>£iu., t>y the Rochester Boiler 

 Works. Tne yacht will belaunciied tnis month. 



CAVALIER.— Th's schooner, built last year at a part of Long 

 Islaud wh re the news of the invention of lead keels had not 

 penetrated, \*as ballasted by a deep wood keel of heavy yellow 

 pine and some in-iie meUl. Oh- season's use Has seen her hauled 

 up for tue addition of a lead k-el, at considerable expense. She 

 was out last week at Winlrinnham's yar , where <$y> tons of lead 

 were cast in the lit el. the wood oeing cut awav. Of course the 

 yacht will be improved by the change, but the defect of useless 

 weight in all parts is one that can never be remedied. 



A NEW CUP DKFENDER.-Mr. Nathaniel C. Moore, a builder 

 of working craft in Baltimore, proposes to otiild a 70ft. craft to 

 enter the trial races next fall. She will be modeled after an old 

 centerboard working sloop, the Baltimore, of alleg. d piienomenal 

 speed, and will be but 72fi. over all, 70ft. I.w.l., 83ft. beam, 4ft. 6m. 

 draft forward and 8ft. aft. 



QUAKER CITY Y. C— The events for the season are as fol- 

 1°wb: May 30, opening cruise, rendezvous at Cooper's Point 9 

 A.M., sail up the river to DeL.nco, and return; June 21, annual 

 regatta, Gloucester to Marcus Hook and return; July 4, Corin- 

 thian regatta, from Marcus Hook, 10 miles, and return; Julv 27, 

 Corinthian regatta, from Riverton, 5 miles, and return; Aug.l6-3t, 

 annual cruise, Chesapeake Bay; Sept. 16, open regatta; Sept. 30, 

 closing cruise and leviow. 



LARCHMONT Y. C— On May 11 tbe season was formally opened 

 at Larchmont, the club pennant being hroken out at 4.25 P. M. 

 with a s«lute. Dinner was afterward served in the club hot^e. 

 Among the yachts on station were the Dauntless, Portia, Nymph, 

 Brenda and Richmond. Nearly 200 memoers were present. 



CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP.-Lorelei, schr., has been sold by 

 v\. P. Longfellow to A. B. Emmons, of Newport. Erne May, 

 sloop, has been sold by B. B. Crowainshield to Sturgis Lathrop, 

 who will name her Effle. Madelon, cat, has been sold by W. A. 

 Tucker to E. S. Hesseltine. 



PACIFIC YACHTING.— A challenge has been made by Mr. 

 Hancock Banniug, owner of tha sloop La Paloma, for an ocean 

 race over a triangul a- course, for a trophy of auv value up to 

 $- 00. The challenge is open to the 47ft. class until July 13. 



KINGSTON Y. C. OFFICE RS.-Com., T. McK Robertson; 

 yice-°om„ Dr. Clark; Rear-Corn., J. G. Campb 11; Sec'y-Treas., 

 J. Galloway, Jr.; J. H. Carruthers, James Stewart and Ma-or 

 Wilson delegates to the Lake Y r . R. A. 



YACHT FITTINGS.-We have received from L. W. Ferdinand 

 & Co., of Boston, their new and complete catalogue of yacht and 

 canoe fittiugs of all kind, a mat octavo book of 130 pages. The 

 firm is agent for Jeffries marine glue, now largely used here for 

 yachts' decks. 



THE PATTERSON'S CHALL ENGE.— The owners of the Robert 

 S. Patterson write us that their challenge has not yet been 

 aecepted. 



MAGIC— The new owners of the schooner Magic are Messrs. 

 T. E. D. Powers and A. W. Mott. Tbe price she was sold for is 

 said to be $0,500. 



DEATH OF CAPT. STRYKER.-Capt. Chas. Strvker, of the 

 steam yacht Radha, died on May 2 of paralysis, at the age of 35. 



SEAWANHAKA C. Y. C— The fourth regular meeting of tie 

 Seawanhaka, C. Y. C. will be held on May 18, at the club house. 



Small Yachts. By C. P. Kunhardt. Price, $7. Steam Yachts and 

 Launches. By C. P. Kunhardt. Price $3. Yachts, Boats and 

 Cannes. By C. StansJicld-HU/ks. Price $-3.59. Steam Machinery. Bi 

 Donaldson. Price $1.50. 



A BEAUTIFUL CRAFT. 



From the Montreal Daily Witness. 



* * * There is another third class boat on Lake St. Louis, Dr. 

 Andre's beautiful Rushton cruiser, the Bessie, which wou]d,if 

 raced, make a most interesting match for these two new boats. 

 The Bessie is a 17ft. by 5ft., and is the most beoutiful specimen of 

 the hoat builder's art that has. perhaps, ever floated on Canadian 

 waters. She is at present fitted only for cruising purposes, but is 

 fast to a ln'gh degree, and if fined down and put into racing trim, 

 would make things interesting f >r less stable boats. 



Note.— This boat is not the regular cruiser model, but is from 

 a special design by a Montreal expert. She can be duplies ted for 

 $300. -Ad t\ 



g8F"No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



H. W. S., Tom's River, N. J.— For instructions in preparing bird 

 skins read Batty's "Taxidermy," price $1.50, supplied from this 

 office. 



W. C. C, Mount Vernon.— Your plan of arranging traps appears 

 to be a good one, but the same principle has oeen adopted al- 

 ready. Tbe plan is not patentable, in our opinion, and if it were 

 there would be no profit to pay the expenses of patenting. 



G. R.— Will you piease give me information about a bird 

 resembling a gouse, but not quite so large, and dark in color ? 

 They are numerous in winter in all the bays and loe'is of Eng- 

 land, Ireland and Scotland. There they are call d barnacles. 

 Ans. This is the b;i raacle or bernicle goose (Bernicla leucopsis). 



W. E. B., Worcester. Mass.— How often is it best to feed a dog? 

 I have an English setter pup a out four mon hs old and nearly 

 every one I have asked about this matter of feeding gives differ- 

 ent advice. Some say feed three times a day, some twice and 

 some only once. Ans. Three times a day now, falling to twice a 

 day when the dog is six months old. After a dog is nine or ten 

 months old, once a day is often enough. 



J. G. Q., Jamestown.— A states a catboat to be a boat having 

 one mast stepped in the ey^s of the boat, without standing tig- 

 ging, fitted to wnieh is one gaff and boom mainsail. He does not 

 limit t he build of boat, 1 1 may be a flat-bottomed or round-hot- 

 tomed boat, fitted with ke> 1 or centerboard. B on the other 

 hand says the rigging of boat is correct, but that a catboat must 

 have centerboard. In other words a centerboard is an essential 

 part of a catboat. We agree to leave it to you. Hamm. rsly's 

 Naval Encyclopedia says a catboat is a broad, shallow boat fitted 

 with a centerboaad and rigged as we ooth descr'bed it. You will 

 greatly oblige roe by deciding this. At Newport here all the old 

 boatmen agree that a centerbocird is not an essential f ature of 

 the boat. This is the home of catboats. Ans. A centerboard is 

 not an essential feature of the catboat, winch is distinguished 

 soleli by its rig. Consult "Small Yachis," by C. P. Kunhardt. 



F. D. B., New York.— I see in your issue of April 25 that the 

 open season for bass on Lake CbamD'a'n begins June 15. Is this 

 so? Mr. Caandler and 1 intended to visit St. Albans on Decoration 

 Day for a little fishing, but we are "let oft" if the law is as it 

 reads. Do you know of any place in the Adirondacks or Pennsyl- 

 vania where we could get a few respectanle trout the last of this 

 month? We are willing to travel twentv-four hours if necessary, 

 and pay a reasonable price for privilege if necessary. Last year 

 we went to State Dam, near Malone, a no" had good luck as far as 

 numbers went, out they were small. Ans. Open season for bass 

 on Lake Champlain is as stau d. We have re table mforma'ion 

 about the fishing at Swift Water, Monroe coun y. Pa. Br ok 

 trout fry have been introduced into the streams in large numbers 

 and the result has be« n gratifying. Arthur Maginnis has a sum- 

 mer resort, in the midst ef trout streams, and will give anglers all 

 the information desired. At Egypt Mills, Pike county, pa., there 

 are trout, and here the fishing for bUck bass, m the headwaters 

 of the Delaware, Is said to be superb 



Canvas Cannes and how to Build 27/em. By Park&r B. Field, 

 Price 50 cents. Canoe and Boat Building. By W. P. Stephens. 

 Price $1.50. The Canoe Aurora. By C. A. Neide. Price $1. Canoe 

 Handling. By C. B. Vaux. Price $1. Canoe and Camera. Bit T. 

 S.Steele. Price 1.50. Four Months in a Sneal; box. By N. H. Bishop. 

 Price $1.50. Canoe and Camp Cookery. By "$<w-ra." Price $1. 



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