FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Aug. 9, 1888. 



JEFFRIES Y. C. UNION REGATTA, AUG. L— The Union re- 

 gatta ot the Jeffries Y. C. was sailed on Aug. 4 in a. strong S.W. 

 wind, over the following courses: First and second class keels 

 and first class centerboards— From judges' boat, leaving black 

 buoy No. 5 on starboard, red buoy No. 10 on port, Governor's 

 Rock and Glades buoys ou starboard, Apple Island buoys on port.. 

 No. 1 Governor's Flats buoy on starboard, No, 2 on starboard, 

 Sculpin Ledge buoy on starboard, Thompson's red buoy No. 3 on 

 starboard, No. 7 Castle Rocks ou port, No. 7 Glades buoy on star- 

 board, No. 10 on port, No. 5 on port to starting line; distance 9 

 miles. Second class centerboards, third class keels and special 

 class— From judges' boat, leaving buoy No. 5 on starboard, buoy 

 No. 10 on port, Governor's Rocks and Glades buoy on starboard. 

 Apple Island buoys on port. No. 2 Governor's Flats buoy on star- 

 board, Thompson's red No. 2 on starboard, Castle Rocks No. 7 on 

 port, No. 7 Glades buoy on starboard. No. 10 on port, No. 5 ou port, 

 to starting line; distanc e 7i4 miles. The classes and prizes were: 

 First class keels, 20ft. and under 30ft. sailing length; first class 

 centerboards, 21ft. and tinder 86ft. sailing length; second class 

 keels. Sift, and under 20ft. sailing length; second class center- 

 board catboats, under 21ft. sailing length; third class keels, under 

 21ft. sailing length.; special class, jib and mainsail, under 21ft. 

 sailing length; schooners and yawls to sail at seven-eighths sail- 

 ing length. First class keels. £20. si". first class centerboards, 

 $20, $13, $8: second class keels, $15. #10. $5; second class center- 

 boards, $15. $10, $5; third class keels, $13. $8. $1; special class. $15, 

 $10, $5. The race was under the rules of the N. E. Y. R. A., the 

 old measuremen t being retained. The full times were: 



FIRST CLASS CEN TURBO ARCS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



E. W. D., E. W. Dixon 83.08 1 25 08 1 23 49 



Moondvne, W. H. Shaw 24.08 1 24 20 1 23 03 



• White Fawn, W. H. Cherrington. . . .25.01 1 38 08 1 27 10 



Vixen, Briggs Wadsworth 24.02 



Good Luck, J. B. Farrell 22 00 1 29 02 1 28 51 



Emma S., O. S. Armstrong 23.10 1 37 15 1 35 07 



Wraith, C. E. and P. Hodges 22.06 1 27 13 1 23 37 



Seabird, C. L. Joy 22.08 1 32 49 I 29 24 



FIRSTCLASS KEELS. 



Daisy, I. H. Porter 26.05 1 24 28 1 19 28 



.Eolus, J. Rood 26.06 1 26 00 1 23 24 



SECOND CLASS KEELS. 



Veta, C. P. Pike 25.05 1 20 45 1 20 12 



Echo, Burwell & Isham 24.09 1 24 45 1 23 33 



Breeze. F. S. Murdock 22.00 1 31 50 1 27 39 



Nydia, D. Moorland 23.02 Time not taken. 



Wanda. George W. Griffis 23. n3 Time not taken. 



Halcyon, J. R. Hooper 21.03 1 30 02 1 25 15 



Judith, W. B. Pidgeon 23.04 Time not taken. 



SECOND CLASS CENT E It BOARDS. 



Nora, H. Denny 16.02 1 36 59 1 31 02 



Scamp, Frank Gray 18.04 1 38 19 . 1 35 18 



THIRD CLASS KEELS. 



Lillie, William Marshall 17.09 1 29 50 1 20 05 



Zutta, F. S. Warren 18.03 1 29 45 1 26 37 



Mabel, William Bennett 17.10 1 33 32 1 30 53 



Vesper, R. M. Benner J8.05 1 &5 85 1 32 40 



Petrel, J. J. Strong 15.11 1 44 09 1 37 40 



Vera, J. Murray 16.03 Time not taken. 



SPECIAL CLASS— JIB AND MAINSAIL. 



Zoo, W.Farmaloe 18.01 1 26 36 1 23 16 



No Name, A. A. Martin 10.00 1 30 30 1 28 18 



Tom Cat. C. EL Lockhart 19.00 



Enyma, J. F. Small 12.10 



The prize winners are as follows: First class centerboard— E. 

 W. D. first, Moondyne second. First class keels— Daisy first, 

 iEolus second. Second class keels— Veta first, Echo second. Sec- 

 ond class centerboards— Nora first, Scamp second. Third class 

 keels— Lillie first, Zetta second. Special class— Zoo first. No Name 

 second. Protests were lodged against the E. W. D. by the owners 

 of the Moondyne and Wraith on measurement. The owners of 

 the Wraith also entered a protest against theMoond<ne. The 

 judges were: John Marno, W. S. McLauthlin and C. J. Langell. 

 The regatta committee included: J. VV. Proctor, Jacob Rood, 

 Douglass Moreland. Charles P. Pike and A. A. Martin. 



QUINCY Y. C, SECOND CHAMPIONSHIP, July 30.-The sec- 

 ond championship race of the Quincy Y. C. was sailed on July 30, 

 in a light W. wind Posy won easily in her class, taking the 

 championship. Etn-Ell-Eye and Rocket also win the champion- 

 ship in their class. In second class Nereid and Mabel each have 

 one leg. 



FIRST CLASS. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Posy, R. G. Hunt 2.02 2 14 25 1 46 04 



Secret, E. F. Linton 22.05 2 15 38 1 47 30 



Follv,F. J. Sheppard 26.04 2 18 15 1 53 43 



Moondyne, W. H. Shaw 25.00 3 19 59 1 54 20 



Erin, John Cavanagh 26.00 Withdrawn. 



SECOND CLASS— CATRIQS. 



Mabel, F. L. Dunne 19.11 1 40 55 1 13 57 



Hester, P. L. Blackmur 19.11 1 44 33 1 17 35 



Hebe. H. Edwards 19,i0 1 47 01 1 19 19 



Elf. W. P. Barker 19.10 1 51 02 1 23 59 



SECOND CLASS— JIB AND MAINSAIL. 



Em-Ell-Eye, P. M. Bond 19.03 1 84 27 1 00 41 



Flora Lee, E. B. Glover 16.09 1 40 38 1 09 58 



Diadem, L. Hay ward 18.01 1 39 05 1 10 05 



Eureka, E. B. Rogers 20.00 1 38 08 1 11 14 



THIRD CLASS. 



Rocket. H. M. Faxon 16.03 1 34 00 1 07 09 



Mirage, W. L. Dearborn 17.05 1 36 10 1 10 37 



Guenn, Perry Lawton 17.08 1 51 12 1 25 55 



Julia, C. W. Hall 17.00 1 52 47 1 26 47 



Elite, (f. W. Moore 17.01 1 53 42 1 27 47 



Wildfire, H. A. Keith 17.00 Withdrawn. 



The judges were Messrs. H. H. Sheen and G. G. SavUle. 



OPEN BOATS AT CANARSIE.— On Aug. 4 a raco was sailed 

 at Canarsie, L. I., under the following conditions: All boats elig- 

 ible measuring between 18 and 25ft.; entrance fee $12 each, with 

 $lu0 added by the Canarsie Y. C. to go to the first, and 75 per cent, 

 to the second; the third to save stake; course from Canarsie dock 

 to Can Buoy at Rockaway Inlet and return. The times of Jhe 

 races were: 



Start. Turn. Finish. Corrected. 



IdaS 4 31 10 6 25 40 1 54 20 



Ours 4 80 50 5 37 45 6 18 25 1 45 10 



Pirate 4 30 20 



Julita 4 30 20 5 37 00 6 18 45 1 44 50 



W r illow Grove .... 4 30 20 5 39 30 



Lady Glenmore 4 32 45 6 21 50 1 44 40 



Leisure 4 30 35 5 40 45 6 24 10 1 49 00 



Mattie. 4 30 45 



So So 4 31 15 5 42 45 6 25 25 1 49 25 



Aurora 4 33 35 



Sleepy 4 33 55 



Lady (Jlenmore wins, with Julita second and Ours third. The 

 judges were Dr. William A. DeLong, Walter W. Banta and T. J. 

 Kellenbach. 



PLEON Y. 0.— A race for second class boats for tne Wood chal- 

 lenge cup was sailed on Aug. 1, over the regular club course, in a 

 light. S.E. wind. The times were: 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected 



Jay Gee, F. B. Litchman 12.07 55 45 52 48 



Estelle, J. W. Dunlap 11.09 1 00 55 57 22 



Edith, 8. W. Sleeper 11.08 1 02 00 58 24 



Annie, F. L. Rhodes 11.06 1 02 40 58 55 



Monarch, F. O. Taylor 12.03 1 06 00 53 48 



Dart, H. Jackson 10.09 1 23 15 1 17 57 



TheN. G. Wood challenge cup, valued at, $250, goes to Jay Gee, 

 and the second prize to Estelle. Jay Gee will hold the cup until 

 she is beaten by a challenging boat, and wiU retain it should she 

 hold it until Sept. 15. After the race the owner of Estelle chal- 

 lenged Jay Gee, and the race will be sailed within two weeks. The 

 judges were A. G. Woods, F. L. Rhodes, H. L. Whitcomb and 

 Harry Martin. On Aug. 2 a scrub race was sailed over a 6-mile 

 course, in a light wind. Jay Gee won, with Phyth second and 

 Estelle third. 



DORCHESTER Y. C— 104th regatta, July 31; club course, 7 

 miles. Weather clear. Wind, strong S.W. Tide, flood. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected 



Rocket, H. M. Faxon 17.11 1 29 01 59 49 



Mirage, John Dearborn 18 08^ 1 81 48 1 03 26 



W. E., J. E. Robinson 1 33 03 



Sheerwater 1 36 09 



Scamp, Francis Gray 19.05}^ Capsized. 



Winners: First prize. Rocket; second. Mirage. No entries in 

 fourth class. When off Farm Bar Buoy the wind came in very 

 strong puffs, and on account of the nearness of the boats to each 

 other the Scamp was not afforded sufficient sea room when forced 

 to jibe, and was capsized. Judges— A. J. Clark, C. J. Means and 

 H. Davenport. 



LAKE MUSKOKA.— On Aug. 1 a race was sailed between the 

 Mackinaw boats owned by Mr, Playfair and Mr. Thompson, of 

 Toronto, the former winning. 



BUZZARD'S BAY CITIZENS' RACE.— The fifth annual citi- 

 zens' regatta for boats owned in Buzzard's Bay and Vineyard 

 Sound, was sailed on Aug. 4 in a reefing breeze from S.E., with a 

 heavy sea. The official summary is as follows: First Class— Oat- 

 boats 23ft. and over. Course, 12 miles. Prizes, $10 and $6. En- 

 tries: Surprise, Ape, Mary, Mabel and Trump. Ape, 3h. Tin. 30s.; 

 Surprise, 3b. 12m.; Mary, 2h. ISm. 42s.; Trump, 2h. 19m. 27s.; Mabel, 

 2h. 24m. 46. Second Class— Catboats under 23 and over 21ft. 

 Course, 13 miles. Prizes, $10 aud $0. Defiance and Success. De- 

 fiance, 2h. 5m. 27s.; Success, 2h. 13m. 15s. Third Class— Catboats 

 uuder 21 and over 18ft. Course, 9 miles. Prizes, $10, S6, $4. En- 

 tries: Maltese, Mertie, Scud, Sachem, Mascott, Kildie, Marion, 

 Trump, Kismet, Trojan. Trump, lh. 58m. 18s.; Kismet, lh. 59m. 12s ; 

 Sachem, 2h. 2m. 51s.; Mascott , 2h. 2m. 48s.; Mertie, 2h. 6m. 18s.; 

 Scud, 2h. Bin. 9s.; Trojan withdrawn. Fourth Class -Catboats un- 

 der 18 and over 15ft. Course, 9 miles. Prizes, $8 and $5. Entries: 

 Redwing, Psyche. Bessie. Redwing, 2h. 10m. 10s.; Psyche, 2h. 12m. 

 42s.; Bessie, 2h. 28m. Fifth Class— Catboats under 15ft. Course, 7 

 miles. Prizes. $6, $4, $2. Entries: Wide Awake, Hiawatha, Pet, 

 J. D. Ferguson, Aunie. Annie, lh. 3m. 18s.; Pet, lh. 6m.; Wide 

 Awake, lh. 27m. 30s.; Hiawatha, lh. 49m.; J. D. Ferguson, lh. 49m. 

 24s, Sixth Class — Sprit and lug sailboats. Course, 5 miles. Prizes, 

 $5 and $3. Entries: Henry Cook, A. S. Messer, Gosling, John 

 Sylvia. A. S. Messer, lh. 9m. 24s.; Henry Cook, lh. 12m. 12s.; Gos- 

 ling, lh. 14m. 7s. Seventh Class -Sprit and lug sail. Course, 5 

 miles. Prize, $5. Entries: Ben Gifford, Fred Clifford. Fred Gif- 

 ford, lh. 13m. 57s.; Ben Gifford, lh. :34m. 37s. The judges were E. 

 D. Marsh aud T. W. Sanford. 



"YACHTS AND YACHTING."— Under the title of "Yachts and 

 Yachting," Casscll & Co., have collected;and published in a hand- 

 some octavo volume the various articles on yachting wiiich have 

 appeared in Duffng within the last two or thrue years. The greater 

 part of the book is taken up by the History of American Yacht- 

 ing, written by the late Captain Coffin, who by his experience of 

 over twenty years as a yachting reporter, as well as his acknowl- 

 edged ability as a writer was well ritted for the task. The story 

 of the birth and growth of yachting in America is told plainly 

 and clearly, aud makes a most interesting and valuable narra- 

 tive. Captain Coffin was always a champion of the centerboard 

 sloop, and an active participant in the long controversy between 

 the sloop and cutter, but Ids conclusions are in the main fair to 

 both types. In the compilation of his records of races he had access 

 to the papers of the New York Y. C. and many other important 

 sources of information, and his work in this respect is the most 

 complete and accurate yet published. The book also contains an 

 interesting paper on steam yachts by Mr. E. S. Jaffrav, former 

 owner of the Stranger, together with articles on the late races 

 for the America's Cup. It is illustrated by a large number of 

 outliue sketches of old and new yachts. As the hook is likely to 

 become a standard of reference it is unfortunate that some of* the 

 typographical errors which wore noticeable in the magazine 

 articles nave not been corrected in putting them in more perma- 

 nent form. 



SAVIN HILL Y. C. RECEPTION.— The Savin HiU Y. C.'s illu- 

 mination and reception, held at their club house on the evening 

 of July 2lstin.,surpassedauythingevergiven in Dorchester Bay. 

 There were upward of t wo thousand people on the beach, and over 

 five hundred were inside the club's inclosure, partaking of its 

 hospitality, listening to the delightful strains discoursed by 

 Thayer's orchestra and enjoying the display of fireworks. The 

 residents on the south side of Savin Hill showed good taste in the 

 arrangement of lanterns, so that the back ground displayed an 

 unbroken line of lanterns, while the club house front was covered 

 and all the boats were well illuminated. The clnb had lor guests 

 members of the Quincy, Great Head and Dorchester clubs, and 

 t he officers of I he South Boston. At the side of the club house a 

 large teut was spread, uuder which caterer Seiler was kept busy 

 serving lunch to the members and their guests. At 10 o'clock the 

 visiting yachts, accompanied by those of the Savin Hill Club, 

 started for home, and made a very pretty picture as they sailed 

 out into the bay, their departure being celebrated by a general 

 outburst of fireworks and colored lights. The ladies, always wel- 

 come on board a yacht, added no small part to the pleasure of the 

 occasion, with their bright-colored dresses and pleasant happy 

 voices. The reception committee included Com. J. H. Stark, 

 Vice-Corn. J. H. Ordell, Fleet Captain H. G. Patten. 



CORINTHIAN Y. C. OPEN REGATTA— The Corinthian Y. 

 C, of Marblehcad, has changed its dates a little, the Ladies' Day 

 sail being set for Aug. 11, and the open regatta for Aug. 18. by 

 which time the New York fleet will be in the harbor. Every 

 effort has been made to secure large and good entries for the open 

 regatta, and the race of the 40ft. class will be a special feature. 

 The classes and prizes are as follows: Special class, yachts 30ft. 

 watcrline and less than 40ft; first class, yachts 25ft. sailing length 

 and less thau 30ft. water line; second class, yachts 21ft. sailing 

 length and less than 25ft.; third class, centerboard yachts 18ft. 

 sailing length and less than 21ft.; fourth class, keel yachts less 

 thau 21ft. sailing length; fifth class, centerboard yachts less than 

 18ft. sailing length; schooners and yawls will sail at seven-eighths 

 of their actual measurement. Special class, first prize $30, second 

 $30; first class keels, first prize $25, second $15, third $10; first 

 class centerboards, first prize $25, second $15, third $10; second 

 class keels, first prize $25, second 815, third $10; second class 

 centerboards, first prize $25. second $15. third $11); third class, first 

 prize $20, second $15, third $10, fourth $7, fifth $5; fourth class, 

 first prize, $20, second $15, third $10, fourth $7, fifth $5; fifth class, 

 first prize $15, second $10, third $5, fourth $3. No prize will be 

 given to a yacht which has not defeated a competitor. 



THE RACE AROUND THE ISLE OF SHOALS.— On Aug. 4 

 seven yachts started from Pleasant Point, Annisquain, to race 

 around White Island, the prizes being $30, $15 any $10. The wind 

 was strong at the start, 8 A, M., and Mignon sent her topmast and 

 spiuaker boom ashore, not expecting to need them. The starters 

 were Gracie, Climax, Black Cloud, Evelyn, Mignon, Kulinda and 

 Trudette. After a short time the wind fell with some rain, reefs 

 were shaken out and spinakors set, spoiling Mignon's chances. 

 Kulinda had her spinaker in a snarl and gave up. While island was 

 rounded as follows: Black Cloud, 11.36.50: Hazard, 11.40; Evelyn, 

 11.43.50; Gracie, 11.44; Trudette, 11.45; Mignon, 11.53.50; Climax, 

 11.55. The wind came stronger as the fleet beat home, hut was 

 variable and fluky. The order of the finish was Black Cloud, 

 Hazard, Trudette. The official times were not made up. 



NORTH SHREWSBURY Y. C.-A race was sailed over a 15- 

 mile course on Saudy Hook Bay on Aug. 4, in a strong S. wind, 

 the starters beiug: First class— Lizzie. Ed Bussell, aud C. G. Mar- 

 tin, C. M. Peterson. Second class— Twilight,, H. B. Duryea; WiUi- 

 waw, Ed. Throckmorton, and Kitty K., Mr. Kelly. Lizzie won in 

 first class and Twilight in second. The prizes were $30 and $45 

 respectively. The judges of the regatta were T. F. Chadwick, J. 

 T. Tetley, William L. Chadwick and William Willey. After the 

 race Mr. W. E. Conoor challenged any yacht except the Lizzie to 

 race his Nahli over a 10-mile course on Sandy Hook Bay for $50 

 p.-r .-.1-:; IP. K.Tly alw: challanged Twilight to sail his yacht 

 Kitty Kelly for $20 per side, on the North Shrewbury. 



LANDING ACCOMMODATIONS AT NEW YORK.-As Chair- 

 man of the Committee on Landing Facilities, Commodore Gerry 

 writes to Secietary John H. Bird that arrangements have been 

 make whereby yachtsmen may land at and have packages sent 

 to the float at the foot of West Thirty-fifth street, where they will 

 be cared for by Joseph May. A telephone has also been placed at 

 this float by Capt. Morgan of the club, and one at the East 

 Twenty-sixth street float by Commodore Gerry, for the use of 

 members whose yachts may be lying at anchor in either of the 

 rivers. The floats a t Whitestone and Bay Ridge belonging to the 

 Atlantic Yacht Club have been placed at the disposal of New 

 York Club members by the courtesy of the former club. 



VALOIS BOATING CLUB, MONTREAL.— Two sailing races 

 formed a part of the programme of the Valois B. O. regatta on 

 Aug. 4. 1'he yacht race was started at 4.50 and the finish was 

 in the following order: Madge, 6.09; Ishkoodah, 6.12; Lulu, 6.15; 

 Minnie A., 0.32; Mabel, 6.35. Tne Marga was also in this i\iee for a 

 little while, until a squall struck her and over she went. A pro- 

 test entered by the. Lulu against the Madge for fouling was not 

 entertained. The time allowance does not affect the yachts in 

 this instance and they are placed as they finished. The sailing 

 boat race, which started five minutes after the yacht race, was 

 won by W. Wallace's boat, J. Jones second and Young third. 



NEW YORK Y. C. CRUISE.— At the meeting on board the llag- 

 ship on Aug. 8, the details of the cruise will be arranged; thus far 

 it is not known whether the race for the Goelet cups will be sailed 

 on Friday or Saturday. The Vineyard Haven cups will be raced for 

 on Mondav or Tuesday, and In all probabilit y the fleet will sail on 

 Wednesday for Marblehead, racing there on Thursday. On Satur- 

 day the open regatta of the Corinthian Y. C. will bring out all the 

 40ft. class, and many yachtsmen will stay to witness what prom- 

 ises to he one of the events of the season. A large number of 

 yachts is preparing for the cruise, and the fleet will probably 

 equal in size any previous year. 



I THE OLE AM — JOPP A COLLISION.— The decision of the 

 Local Board of Steamboat Inspectors is as follows: "When the 

 Gleam received two signals from the steamer Joppa in reply to 

 her one she should have stopped and reversed her engines at full 

 speed astern, and which would have avoided loss of life. We 

 therefore find Captain Torre J- guilty of unskillful navigation and 

 hereby revoke his license as master and first class pilot," Tne 

 Inspectors have also issued an order prohibiting a covering of 

 any kind on lifeboats when under way. The Gleam's lifeboat was 

 covered with a tarpaulin which had to be cut away with an axe 

 before the boat was fit for use. 



ATLANTIC Y. C— The postponed race of July 28 was sailed on 

 Aug. 4 with, three starters, the courses being twice around buoys 

 18 and 20, 10 miles. The wind was fresh from south. The times 

 were: 



Length. Finish. Elapsed. 



Gleam, E. Fish 23.08 5 15 35 3 12 55 



Frolic, T. Ward 24.00 5 21 48 2 19 05 



Iris, Thompson Bros.. 24.00 5 34 25 2 3133 



Gleam wins, beating Frolic 6m. 10s. 



STARLING AND SAPPHIRE. — An informal brush is reported 

 as taking place on Aug. 3 between the Burgess steamer Sapphire 

 and the Frisbie boat Starling; the former being 115ft. l.w.l. and 

 the latter 100ft. The two met near Bartlett's Reef Lightship, 

 Starling bound east, turning and taking a place on Sapphire's 

 port quarter, as the latter came up. The race lasted nearly half 

 an hour, ending by Starling crossing her rival's bow and resum- 

 ing her course. 



ALTERATIONS TO SACHEM.— The schooner Sachem has 

 hauled out at New Bedford, where under Mr. Lawley's directions 

 a piece of lead weighing 3,1501bs. has been cut off the fore end of 

 keel, where the addition was made last spring. About 9001 bs. will 

 be run into the deadwood aft, thus improving the trim and 

 permitting the removal of about 2J4tons of lead now stowed in the 

 run. The hull has been cleaned and potleaded for the cruise. 



HINTS ON YACHT BUILDING FOR AMATEURS— Under the 

 above title Mr. Tyrrell E. Biddle, the well-known writer, has writ- 

 ten a companion to his "Hints on Yacht Designing," published 

 some time since. The new volume contains a clear description of 

 the various steps of yacht building, with many excellent hints 

 and suggestions, and the amateur builder will find it a very useful 

 assistant. The book is published hv George Wilson, London, Eng. 



SEAWANHA KA C. Y. C— The protest of Iseult against Eury- 

 bia in the annual race, on the ground that the latter had her sail- 

 ing master on deck, has been allowed by the race committee, so 

 the class prize, as well as the special prize in Class VIII., sroes to 

 Kangaroo. 



BANTAM AND HEEDLESS.— A series of matches to be sailed 

 off Newport bas been arranged between Mr. Woodbury Kane's 

 cutter Bantam and Mr. Edmund Warren's cutter Heedless, de- 

 signed by Mr. Smith. The dates are not yet fixed. 



NEW YORK Y. O. BOOK.— The new hook of the New York 

 Y. C. for 1888 shows a membership of 700 and a fleet of over 200 

 yachts, sail and steam. The club is now the largest in the United 

 States. 



QUAKER CITY Y. C— This club has issued a very neat year 

 book for 1888. The membership is now up to 100, with a fleet of 

 thirty yachts. 



SANDY BAY Y. C— The regatta at Rockport was postponed on 

 Monday on account of the fog and heavy sea. 



WINNISIMMET S. AND R. C— This club, of Chelsea, Mass. , 

 will hold its first sailing race on Aug. 11. 



ADDRESS WANTED.— Will Mr. E. A. Donovan please send 

 full address to this office. 



SOUTHERN Y. C— The regatta set for Aug. 4 was postponed 

 for one week. 



In "Boating," by W. B. Woodgate (Little, Brown & Co., Bos- 

 ton), the "Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes" has put 

 forth one of its most attractive volumes. The book is an ency- 

 clopedia of all that an oarsman or sculler can wish to know. The 

 author is an old Oxford man, who rowed in two winning 'varsity 

 eights and has twice held the Wingfield Sculls and once the Dia- 

 mond Sculls— about as much honor as any boating man can reap 

 in an ordinary lifetime— so that what he has to say in the way of 

 advice is well worth heeding. The chapters on "Training," 

 "Coaching" aud "The Captain" are particularly interesting, and 

 it is easy to see that the counsel he gives in them is the outcome 

 of years of intelligent observation and hard practical work. All 

 rowing men will recognize the force of the following: "It is the 

 captain who can make or mar a club. He is the general officer in 

 command of the forces, while the president is more of a field mar- 

 shal enjoying iiiium cum (tigHitate at home. The qualifications 

 upon which a captain is or should be selected by his club are, in 

 the first place, personal merit as an oarsman and knowledge of his 

 craft; in the second, a due seniority, so that he may have a proper 

 influence, both socially aud in an aquatic sense, over those whom 

 he is to command; thirdly, tact and common sense. 



"A captain should be self-reliant without being obstinate; he 

 should be good tempered but not facile; he should be firm but not 

 tyrannical, energetic but not a busybody. A captain has usually 

 a" host of counsellors, and he, too, will realize the fallacy of the 

 adage that in a multitude of counsels there is wisdom." 



A feature of the book that will render it valuable to all lovers 

 of rowing is the care and accuracy with which Mr. Woodgate has 

 compiled the history of all the prominent sculling and rowing 

 events that have taken place in England since rowing grew to be 

 a national sport. All the winners from 1830 up to the present 

 day are named, together with histories of their achievements. 

 In the matter of the history of the various means used for pro- 

 pelling craft with oars, sculls and paddles, Mr. Woodgate has 

 gone back as far as 3,000 B. C. The style throughout, is clear, and 

 in many places the reader unexpectedly falls upon quaint bits of 

 humor. It would be unfair to speak of the book without noticing 

 the high character of the engravings with which it is illustrated. 

 Many are from instantaneous photographs, and they go far to 

 make clear obscure points in the science of rowing that are often 

 stumbling blocks of awful import to amateurs and even profess- 

 ionals. The drawings, by Frank Dodd, while all that could be 

 desired from an artistic point of view, will gain him the friend- 

 ship of all right-minded rowing men. His accuracy is wonderful, 

 and the correctness of all his detail work shows that he must be 

 an oarsman of no mean ability. 



The Boston Tea Pahty, another of Lee & Shepard's "Glassies 

 for Home and School," follows "Stories of American History," 

 and "Noble Deeds of Our Fathers," as the third of the patriotic 

 series of supplementary readers. Every one knows that the 

 American Be volution originated with the meetings of the Lebanon 

 Club, who went down to Griffin's wharf and threw "His Gracious 

 Majesty's" tea overboard with a spirit of resolution, which im- 

 plied that they were quite ready to throw the tea things aftei 

 them if there was any provocation. On a Fourth of July, long 

 years afterward, the few surviving members of the club sat down 

 to dinner with two generations of born Americans in the immedi- 

 ate neighborhood of the now famous Griffin's Wharf, and begin- 

 ning with the little tea party they told in quaint, but graphic 

 language, the deeds of heroism and incidents of the great revolu- 

 tion which had come under their personal observation or in which 

 they had borne part. These after dinner stories from the mouths 

 of men who had participated in the exciting scenes they described, 

 interspersed with personal reminiscences, are all reproduced ajid 

 carefullv revised in the work under notice, which is perhaps Sn- 

 equaled in its tendency to fascinate the American boys, and 

 stimulate their patriotic ardor to enthusiasm. 



Cricket, by A. G. Steel and the Hon. R. H. Lyttleton, is one of 

 the series of the Badminton Library, which is being published 

 by Little, Brown & Co. ef Boston, and Longman, Green & Co., of 

 London, simultaneously, and a book to be read with pleasure and 

 profit, whether the reader takes it up for the study of cricket, or 

 for general social and ethical culture. The authors treat cricket 

 as the business of life and throw into this subject a measure of 

 honest enthusiasm, which renders it evident enough that from 

 the cricketer's standpoint life is well worth living. The ostensi- 

 ble object of the book, the. conveying of precise information on all 

 that relates to the game, the definition of the several duties of 



