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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Aug. 33, 1888. 



NEW YORK Y. C. CRUISE. 



AFTER the racing in Vineyard Sound the fleet got under way 

 for a run to New Bedford, Aug. IS, in a fine southwesterly 

 wind and some sea, giving the squad ion a nice thrash to the west- 

 ward through tile Sound and a long board to the Sow and Figs 

 lightship, after which they squared away for New Bedford. May- 

 flower was disqualified because she rounded the buoy instead of 

 the Sow and Pigs lightship, but explained the action uy the break- 

 ing of a turnbuekle on her bohstay, necessitating squaring away 

 too soon. The sloop Fanny, of the old type, found the wind too 

 much for her and ran to leeward, being out of it altogether. The 

 cutter Bedouin did great Work in tbe sea, soaking out on Katiuna's 

 weather fast, but subsequently losing some of her lead in the run 

 np to harbor, which is not to he wondered at, as it was discovered 

 later on that she had been towing a huge lobster pot which had 

 hooked the copper near the keel. The sloop Pocahontas, another 

 light draft eenterboard, was beaten by nearly 50m. The keel 

 schooner class was devoid of interest, neither Alert nor Miranda 

 being present. The eenterboard schooners made very close racing, 

 being within 3m. of one another over a 45-mile course. The cutter 

 Pappoose easily outsailed (he Nymph. 



FIRST CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Ramona 10 04 30 3 40 45 5 36 15 5 36 15 



Palmer 10 23 00 3 54 04 5 34 04 5 31 59 



Intrepid 10 02 56 3 42 43 5 39 46 5 37 21 



THIRD CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Grayling 10 00 56 3 03 07 5 02 11 4 58 38 



Sea 'Fox 10 01 21 3 02 18 5 00 57 5 00 57 



Sachem 10 02 15 3 03 09 5 00 54 4 59 27 



FOURTH CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Iroquois 10 01 21 3 26 15 5 25 54 5 25 54 



Halcyon 10 02 09 Did not sail the course. 



FIFTH CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Lydia 10 00 59 5 09 23 7 08 24 



Clio 10 01 21 4 07 14 05 53 



Harbinger 10 00 38 Did not sail the course. 



FTRST CLASS SLOOPS. 



Puritan 10 00 35 3 03 40 5 02 05 4 59 26 



Mayflower 10 02 19 Did not sail the course. 



THXRD CLASS SLOOPS. 



Pocahontas 10 02 52 3 56 20 5 53 28 



Katrina 10 07 00 3 14 37 5 07 37 5 07 37 



Bedouin 10 05 24 3 13 13 5 07 49 5 06 13 



Fanny 10 11 27 Did not sail the course. 



FOURTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Hildegarde 10 10 12 4 06 30 5 56 18 5 56 18 



FIFTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Athlon 10 04 00 4 4S 58 6 44 52 6 44 53 



Bertie 10 01 16 4 35 10 6 33 54 6 28 43 



Cinderella 10 01 31 4 39 56 6 38 25 6 37 39 



Concord 10 04 12 Did not sail the course. 



SIXTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Nymph 10 03 53 Did not sail the course. 



Pappoose 10 04 30 5 07 31 7 03 01 



The squadron remained in New Bedford Thursday, devoting 

 the time to races for gigs and cutters. Friday, Aug. 17, all hands 

 got underway for the run to Newport. It was blowing smart 

 from southwest again and quite a jump wa6 pitching in fiomthe 

 sea. The schooners housed topmasts and some of them reefed 

 down. The big c ompromises Puritan and Mayflower reefed down 

 as did all the smaller craft, excepting the cutter Bedouin. The 

 narrow boats proved to be the best sail carriers, both Bedouin 

 and Miranda being the first to show working; topsails. The per- 

 formance of the Miranda in outcarrying the broad centerboards 

 elicited much comment, even the Boston Herald forgetting itself 

 so far as to say a good word and do the imported schooner jus- 

 tice. Grayling was making a close thing of it with Sachem, 

 until she struck in 16ft. of water, broke up her board, slid to 

 leeward and lost her excellent chance to score against. the Boston 

 boat. This "accident" to the Grayling is a possible argument 

 against the deep draft of eenterboard yachts in normal sailing 

 condition. A keel yacht would have gone clear and could have 

 hugged :the shore closer for smoother water. Mayflower easily 

 outsailed the Puritan and Bedouin only beat Katrina by a small 

 margin of seconds, thanks to the lobster pot which was not dis- 

 covered until her keel had been "swept" after arrival. The cut- 

 ter Pappoose sailed the new sloop Nymph out of sight. 



FIRST CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Palmer 10 23 52 3 14 18 4 5l) 26 4 47 37 



Intrepid 10 22 13 3 20 24 4 58 11 4 53 37 



Dauntless 10 22 13 3 42 25 5 20 12 5 20 12 



Ramona 10 31 29 4 35 22 6 03 53 6 03 04 



THIRD CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Sachem 10 23 00 3 03 08 4 43 08 4 43 18 



Miranda 10 33 17 3 26 20 4 53 03 4 51 11 



Grayling 10 21 07 Did not finish. 



FOURTH CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Iroquois 10 24 20 3 34 35 5 10 15 5 10 15 



FIFTH CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Clio 10 22 20 Not timed. 



Lydia 10 21 15 Not timed. 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS. 



Mayflower 10 23 17 2 30 04 4 06 47 4 06 47 



Puritan 10 21 12 3 03 48 4 42 36 4 40 40 



THIRD CLASS SLOOPS. 



Bedouin 10 25 45 3 12 28 4 46 41 4 45 32 



Katrina 10 23 55 3 10 55 4 47 00 4 47 00 



FOURTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Hildegarde 10 21 45 3 59 54 5 34 09 5 38 09 



FIFTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Bertie 10 22 29 4 07 19 5 44 50 5 41 03 



Cinderella 10 24 30 4 27 44 6 03 14 6 02 40 



Athlon 10 22 29 Not timed. 



Active 10 32 58 Not timed. 



SIXTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Pappoose 10 25 29 4 41 22 6 15 53 



Nymph 10 27 05 



Kelpie 10 35 00 



The winners in the several classes are as follows: First class 

 sloops. Mayflower, which beat the Puritan 33m. 53s. corrected 

 time; first class schooners, Palmer; third class schooners, Sachem; 

 third class sloops, Bedouin, which beat.the Katrina in corrected 

 time 1m. 28s. 



The fleet lay in Newport Harbor Saturday and Sunday, and on 

 Monday, Aug. 20, mustered in fair strength for the race for cups 

 presented by the citizens. The course was 15 miles and return 

 from Brenton's Reef. The wind was fluky, interspersed with 

 calms, and the race was a failure on that account. At one time 

 the leaders had drifted 5 miles ahead of the rest and only the 

 Volunteer finished within the eight hour limit. The summary of 

 the race is as follows: 



FIRST CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Dauntless 11 54 38 8 47 05 8 52 27 8 52 27 



Alarm 11 55 08 Not timed. 



Intrepid 11 56 37 Not timed. 



Palmer 11 56 45 Did not finish. 



Miranda Handicap. Not timed. 



SECOND CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Iroquois 11 58 13 Did not finish. 



Halcyon Handicap. Not timed. 



Sachem Handicap. 9 09 22 9 09 23 



THIRD CLASS SCHOONERS. 



Lydia Randicap. Not timed. 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS. 



Puritan 11 52 21 Did not finish. 



Volunteer 11 56 04 6 38 45 6 43 41 



SECOND CLA8S SLOOP8. 



Fanny 11 64 27 8 22 52 8 28 25 8 25 26 



Bedouin 11 50 17 Did not finish. 



Katrina Jl .58 13 8 28 11 8 29 58 8 29 58 



THIRD CLASS SLOOPS. 



Hildegarde 11 55 42 9 28 43 9 33 00 



FOURTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Athlon, Cinderella and Gaviota were handicapped and not 

 timed. 



FIFTH CLASS SLOOPS. 



Peri, Pappoose and Mabel Swift were handicapped and not 

 timed. 



N. B.— Handicap time was 12:00:00. 



Although the. cruise was not eventful and apparently excited 

 but little interest outside of the owners of the racing yachts, it 

 served as a good school of observation, and that some sound les- 

 sons were learned is shown by the following from the Boston 

 Herald, which also exhibits the gradual conversion to the new 

 order of things: 



"In the sloop Katrina, Mr. A. Cary Smith has turned out a fine 

 craft, and one capable of making a good performance with any 

 yacht of her class in the country. Her chances are best with the 

 Bedouin in moderate winds and fairly smooth water, and where 

 she can carry all sail. The races of the Bedouin and Katrina 

 have been remarkably close, and the question between them is 

 narrowed down to the type, compromise cutter vs. compromise 

 sloop. The Bedouin is Mr. John Harvey's production, now prac- 



tically an old style of cutter, while the Katrina is supposed to be 

 the best and 'atest type of compromise sloop. She has certainly 

 fine form and an excellent sail plan, though the set of her sails is 

 not yet perfect. It is a question if she can be improved much in 

 form. This cannot be said of the Bedouin. There are many 

 places in which she can be touched up, especially her after-body, 

 all of which will make her go faster. Her sails are old, stretched 

 out of shape some after two years of hard racing, and to-day she 

 is not in Ixer best form. Allowance should be made on account of 

 her handling, for certainly she has an advantage in her expert 

 skipper. The Bedouin's poorest point of sailing is reaching. 

 Capt. Pittuck admits this. In fact, he told the writer that the 

 topmast had to be buckled aft to get the best out of her on a 

 reach. The performance of the Bedouin against the Katrina is 

 certainly evidence for the cutter advocates to work upon, and if 

 the Bedouin can be improved upon, as she certainly can, why is 

 this not a poiut in their favcr? There are now many who believe 

 that, a properly designed compromise keel sloop is the equal of a 

 eenterboard, or else why should the Bedouin hold the center- 

 board sloop Katrina so well by the wind, and the Pappoose beat 

 the Shadow to windward? 



"In the keel schooners of the third;<-lass, the new schooner Alert 

 of Boston has jumped suddenly to the front. She has fairly out- 

 sailed the Miranda, allowing at the same time that the Miranda 

 is a very fast keel schooner yacht. The Alert during the cruise 

 was nearly in her worst public form. With a small cruising 

 spread of canvas, which was baggy and set badly, with no light 

 sails and off from racing form, she made a record which has 

 placed her at the first place in the keel schooners of her class. 

 She has tbe stiffness of the Gitana, but more speed, and when the 

 conditions are the worst for other yachts, they are best for her. 

 She can be greatly improved, and with a racing rig she would be 

 a close fit even for tbe Sachem, and over a triangular course, 

 with plenty of wind and a racing suit of sails, she would not be 

 much behind the celebrated Burgess schooner at the finish. The 

 performance of the Alert is a black eye for :the advocates 

 that 'as little surface friction as possible' is the proper thing for 

 a well formed yacht. The Alert: has immense surface friction, 

 and her form gives her great power, which enables her to carry 

 an immense sail spread without putting lee rails under. When 

 tbe Alert puts her lee rails under her competitors will be hove to. 

 There is some talk of fitting out the Alert as a racer." 



The above quotation is all the more creditable, because the 

 Herald has hitherto found it very hard to concede justice to any- 

 thing having even a very distant relation to John Bull. The ex- 

 pressions to which the Herald gives vent are in line with the ideas 

 and reforms originating in these columns. Neither Mr. Harvey 

 nor other good judges who understand the meaning of Bedouin's 

 fine run will be likely to pad her out, the HeraUVt criticism being 

 based upon familiarity with only one method of effecting good 

 clearance, the method adopted in broad, shoal boats. The reverse 

 curve noted in Bedouin's run is due to the long overhang and 

 clean quarters and is chiefly above water. It is proper in a deep 

 craft, and any padding would effect the opposite of what the 

 Herald supposes. The chief count againt Bedouin is her extra 

 strong construction of wood, which is heavy compared to the 

 modern steel skeletons, but she will outlast the light steel racers 

 many years. 



A CRUISE UPON THE GREAT LAKES. 



CLEVELAND HARBOR is not pretty nor pleasant, though the 

 parks and drives along the water front of the city are pictur- 

 esque. It would make a downcast skipper turn his quid and 

 whistle to see the artificial havens along the shores of the Great 

 Lakes. The general plan is a series of long parallel piers extend- 

 ing out in the most advantageous direction, cribwork filled with 

 earth, stones, logs and slabs, according to cheapness, quantity or 

 location. Enormous piers 10 or 12ft. above water and covered by 

 acres of sawed lumber, piled 12 to 20ft. high, are seen projecting 

 out and defying the gales and boisterous seas of Huron and Michi- 

 gan, white inside of them lay vessels as quiet as if upon a mill- 

 pond. Some of these piers have lighthouses upon 1 heir sea ends, 

 others have them upon outlying cribwork and breakwaters, mark- 

 ing the edges and points of shcal water. I was astonished to find 

 piers at some Huron ports made entirely of unseasoned narrow 

 edgings of boards and planks, with no foundation of earth or 

 stone above water, but the edgings simply piled in shoal water, 

 one upon another until the structure was of sufficient height. Into 

 the long reaches between the piers flows the sewage of the city 

 and the numerous tugs necessary to move the sailing vessels 

 within the docks churn up the infusion of filth in a lively way 

 and raise a stench like that of the Augean stables. It was so 

 loud at Cleveland the hot August night I took the steamer for 

 Detroit that I was forced to leave the side of the craft: and it 

 clung to us until we were out in the lake beyond the outer lights. 

 How sweet to sail a pretty yacht in and out of such nastiness: 

 but Cleveland is a great city, and the smaller wooden harbors 

 further north have larger rivers in proportion to their size to 

 dilute and wash away the opprobrium of civilization. 



The loug lanes of water are like canals. The commotion made 

 by a moderate breeze, or the movements of a screw or wheel, set 

 the water dancing up and down the piers and racing along the 

 cribs in a manner distressing to every small craft around. Up 

 and clown, in and out, forward and back, I saw fishing and plea- 

 ure craft tugging at their bonds, while the crew would stand with 

 boat hooks and prod frantically at logs and push mightily against 

 the piles and jagged ends of edgings to save their egg-shells 

 from crushing. More than the Coot in the Delaware was the 

 occasional struggle for safety, but strong muscles and good 

 judgment saved the brave boatmen. 



Security can be found away up the water lanes where the seas 

 do not reach, the steamers rarely go, and the waves are quieted by 

 sawdust and other debris of mills that shoot their refuse upon 

 the tide. Another nice place for a glossy black skimming dish or 

 a milkwhite cutter to lie quietly, while her vacationists are sur- 

 veying the flat lands, stunted pines and paiutless cabins of shanty 

 town, or rambling through the pretentious town or city beyond 

 the dock neighborhood. 



Open roadsteads and these harbors are wh at one must depend 

 upon for the most part in yachting upon Huron and Michigan, 

 and these are few and far between. I do not wonder that cutters 

 are in demand, for one who leaves a port must make up his mind 

 to stay out all night or shorten his log line. 



The winds rise upon these lakes in a mysterious way. A faint 

 zephyr grows to be a strong breeze or a moderate gale iu a short 

 time. At the straits of Mackinaw the wind blows southwest 

 or northeast every day, and the procession of schooners are 

 either running with free sheets and a flowing sail, or are battling 

 against head seas with sheets trimmed flat down. And such seas! 

 It is a mooted question whether there is any difference between 

 lake seas and ocean seas, fresh or salt. I think there is. The 

 specific gravity is less than that of the ocean, and it is easier and 

 more quickly raised by the wind. There is no trusting to a sum- 

 mer sea, as along the Atlantic. If you run off shore half an 

 hour, the breeze may strengthen and raise such a chop you would 

 perhaps be half a day getting back. Upon the Atlantic it takes 

 more time to raise the white caps. The Mackinaw boats have it 

 rough enough, are built especially for short choppy seas, are light 

 and shapely and not over-canvassed. Wonderful stories are told 

 about them of desperate trips in living gales of wind, but they 

 have been reaching and running, not windward work. I was not 

 impressed with their windward qualities as compared with salt- 

 water craft. I was on a good-sized steamer from Marquette to 

 the "Soo" in a strong northern gale, with a heavy broadside sea. 

 I was the only passenger w T ho was not sea-sick before turning-in 

 time, half the crew were hors de combat* and I began to feel a little 

 uncomfortable after my evening cigar. The seas were high, short, 

 quick and spiteful. Take a basin of water and shake it rapidly 

 sideways and you have a good imitation of the turbulent surface. 

 The seas were all alike, too. No series of threes and then a smooth 

 time for recovery of equilibrium, but a push and a thump againBt 

 the side, increasing in strength all night, and I was glad to see 



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upon 



see any di flerence." So it goes; I shall hold to my opinion. 



There are many craft to be seen upon the lakes and rivers. One 

 is constantly meeting the long, deep, clumsy coal or ore-laden 

 schooners, three, four or live strung together with hawsers and 

 towed by a tug or ore steamer, using sails in favorable winds, and 

 sometimes cutting loose intentionally from the tow or breaking 

 away in a strong gale and working into a harbor or going upon a 

 lee shore. Some of thsm are shapely and built with due regard to 

 safety and speed; others are queer and ancient in appearance. 

 Seventy to eighty of them pass through the Government Lock at 

 the Sault Ste. Marie every twenty-four hours, and it is a fine place 

 to study them and their crews. 



One sees passenger and freight steamers very frequently along 

 shore, and they furnish entertainment and excitement through 

 the various members of the human species en voyage. Man wdl 

 turn from the prettiest scenery of tho Hudson or the Rhine to 

 study an old woman in fustian or a child toddling about the 

 deck. 



Corrected. 

 2 21 50 

 2 46 18 



2 22 40 

 2 29 13 

 2 30 30 



1 37 13 

 1 39 12 

 1 41 53 

 1 51 05 



1 25 07 

 1 28 22 

 1 31 30 



I had hoped to see yachts in great numbers and of all types flit- 

 ting over the inland seas, but was disappointed. Only one was 

 seen under sail during the month following Aug. 15, while I visited 

 Cleveland, Detroit, St. Clair, Huron, the shore of the southern 

 peninsula, of Michigan from Harrisvillc around 'to Petosky, St. 

 Ignace, Mackinac Island, tfault Ste. Marie and Marquette, One 

 small sloop, flying yacht colors, was seen in tow of a tug going up 

 the canal of St. Clair Flats, the crew cuddled under a tarpaulin 

 over the cockpit to keep out of tbe rain that was falling hea vily. 

 I envied them even this. The sloop yacht Jennie June was seen 

 tied up at the dock at Mackinac Island. She cruised from Detroit 

 to Mackinac, and down to Petosky and back again, with Corin- 

 thian sailors, and I do not believe they would hazard the trip 

 again. They had some hardships and were in groat peril several 

 times, and nearly foundered in Thunder Bay. The report of their 

 cruise in a Detroit journal confirmed my opinion of the dire neces- 

 sity of cutters upon the lakes; showed up the danger of the long 

 distances between ports, the miserable harbors for yachts and the 

 character of winds and seas, and made me thrill with sympathy 

 and admiration for fresh- water yachtsmen. 



One steam yacht visited Mackinac Island a few days and she 

 was the only one seen underway. Where were they all? Tied up 

 or at anchor near their cluo houses in the cities, and there they 

 remained the greater part of their time. A regatta starts them 

 out for a day or two, and then down goes the anchor to rust in 

 the mud, while their owners do lots of cruising in the club 

 houses. 



The St. Mary and the St. Clair Rivers have considerable cur- 

 rents to annoy yachts, but there are many broad reaches and 

 bays bordered by lovely shores and scenery, where short cruises 

 would be most delightful. It is plainly to be seon that Western 

 yachtsmen have either little heart in the business, or else too 

 much business to permit them to indulge in the yachting activity 

 of the Atlantic coast. In traveling over the same distatice by 

 water upon the New England coast that I did upon the lakes, it 

 is safe to assert that I would have seen over a hundred yachts, in- 

 cluding some of the finest and best that float. There is some com- 

 pensation, however, to the Westerner, in plenty of game and lots 

 of fish. Those who have the yachting mania upon the Great 

 Lakes have my heartfelt sympathy and I would advise them & 

 la Horace Greeley, to "go East." W. 



Pittsburgh, Pa. 



SIPPICAN Y. C.-Fifth club regatta, Aug. 15. Start at 1:40 P. 

 M. Weather hazy. Wind, strong S.W. (all boats reefed). Tide, 

 ebb: 



FIRST CLASS SLOOPS. 



Length. 



Mucilage, C. C. Hanby 26.02^ 



Zingara, E. V. Bird 27.00 



SECOND CLASS CATS. 



Mattie, P. Stockton 26. 01J4 



Superior. W. Phinney 23.10 



Climax, E. C. Stetson 26.02-^ 



THIRD CLASS. 



Trump, J. Whiting 19.01 



Wink, M. Williams 18.11 



Daisy, L. M. Stockton 13.02 



Laura, J. de Kay 19.02 



FOURTH CLASS. 



Red Wing, E. Holmes 16.02^ 



Edith, I. Chapman 17.0244 



Zay, F. H. Luce 17.03 



Nymph, G. Amory 14.10^ 



Lynx, P. Robins 15.01 



FIFTH CLASS. 



Tab, C. L. Clark 12.04 



Elf, L. Bacon 12.01 



Whisper, E. J. How 11.05 



Reba, W. Perry 13.01 



June Bug, E. J. Forster 11.10 



Winners: First class— Zingara; second class— Mattie first, Supe- 

 rior second; third class— Trump first, Wink second; fourth class- 

 Red Wing first, Edith second; fifth class— Tab first, Elf second. 

 Mucilage (cat boat with jib) ruled out for not carrying her jib in 

 windward work. Regatta Committee— J. Whiting, J. W. Austin, 

 2d, E. Holmes. Judges— Rev. John Tompkins. Capt. Wm. Cobb, 

 Dr. John S. Whiting. 



NEWARK BAY Y. C— Second Regatta. Aug. 13.— Courses from 

 stakeboat off foot W. 24th street, Bayonne, thence to stakebost 

 at buoy 5, to stakeboat near the long bridge to starting point, 

 twice over. Distance 10 miles. Weather, clear. Wind, one-half 

 a gale from the westward. Tide ebb. Summary: 



CLASS FOUR. 



Length. Start. Finish. Elapsed. Cor. 



Ada B, Abe Long 22.06 3 16 30 4 56 00 1 39 30 1 37 50 



Smuggler, R.Uldrich... 24. 02 3 15 30 Withdrew. 



Lizzie V., P. Vreeland.31.03 3 19 04 4 57 30 1 38 26 



CLASS FIVE. 



Gala Water, J. Spavin. 16.03 3 17 00 5 08 03 1 51 03 



Daisy, E. Vasane 15.08 3 17 08 5 07 48 1 50 40 



Juliette, A. Halldiman .16i0#g 3 15 30 Withdrew. 

 Annie C, E. Weller. . . .17.10 3 18 00 5 03 20 1 45 20 



Sweepstakes — S3 entrance fee; one-third to second boat where 

 there were more than 3 entries. Winners of prizes— 1st, class 4, 

 Lizzie V; class 5, Annie C; 2d, class 5, DaiiV. Regatta Commit- 

 tee— L. G. Seavy, Andrew Van Buskirk, C. H. Mayham. Judges- 

 Captains Phil Lumbreyer, J. E. E. Van Buskirk, J. Grant Post. 



BUNKER HILL Y. C, AUG. 18.-Course for first and second 

 class 5 miles, for rest 4 miles. Wind steady to fresh from S.W. 



FIRST CLASS— 2lFT. AND OVER. 



Length. Elapsed. 



Thelga, Hall and Johnson 21.03 1 10 45 



Bride of the Wind, F. J. Tobey 21.10 1 15 45 



SECOND CLASS CENTETt BOARDS. 



Urchin, F. A. Dodge 17.06 1 38 30 



Cora, J. II. Hams 18.00 1 41 45 



SECOND CLASS KEELS. 



Tabitha, C. F. Broman 16.00 1 41 .35 



THIRD CLASS CENTER BO AKDS AND KEELS. 



Sprite, P. J. Hinchey 14.10 1 29 00 



Flash, 0. A. Winters 15.01 1 35 00 



Joe, D.Kelly 15.06 1 44 30 



Gracie, G. H. Plielps 15.10 2 00 00 



MONTGOMERY SAILING. C— 13th weekly regatta, Aug. 19. 

 Norristown to Indian Creek and return, distance. 5 miles. Wind, 

 light southwesterly. 



Length. Start. Finish. Corrected. 



Sadie, canoe 16.00 1 34 40 3 4.8 10 2 08 10 



Plavford, tuckup 15.00 1 40 00 3 56 00 2 18 00 



Querner, tuckup 15.00 1 40 00 3 58 35 2 18 35 



Gracie, skiff 12.00 1 30 40 3 59 00 2 19 00 



Iola, ducker 15.00 1 30 OU 4 02 13 2 23 13 



J. S. Frith, tuckup 15.00 1 40 00 AVithdrew. 



NEW YARD.— Mr. W. K. Pryor, who is now established for 

 himself in South Boston with a yard and railway, has been for- 

 tunate in his first year's work, having built the handsome cutters 

 Marguerite and Sharon, the smart Caribou, Eureka and others, 

 all of which are fine specimens of high class execution and finish. 

 With forty years' experience Mr. Pryor is ready to give the pub- 

 lic the benefit of his long and varied experience in turning out 

 all stvles of craft, with a sound business reputation at his back. 



Elapsed. 

 2 23 50 

 2 46 18 



2 32 46 



3 32 58 

 3 30 30 



1 37 35 

 1 39 38 

 1 41 52 

 1 51 05 



1 25 22 

 1 28 24 

 1 31 30 

 Withdrew. 

 Withdiew. 



1 12 58 1 12 58 

 1 16 23 1 15 55 

 Capsized. 

 Withdrew. 

 Withdrew. 



1 35 31 



1 49 27 

 1 48 30 



1 45 20 



Corrected. 

 53 30 



58 00 



1 07 20 

 1 30 50 



1 19 05 



1 15 22 

 1 19 .33 

 1 30 09 

 1 47 00 



few ^tthlimtian^ 



ANIMALS OF THE SEA SHORE. D 



UNDER this title the Lippincotts have just published a very use- 

 ful little book from the pen of Angelo Heilpim, Curator m 

 charge of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences. Professor Heil- 

 pim is well known as the author of more than one work on popu- 

 lar science, so called, and his present contribution to educational 

 literature seems likely to be quite as productive of good as any- 

 thing he has yet done. 



At this season of the year, when so large a proportion of city 

 residents are at the sea shore, the publication of this little book is 

 extremely timely, and it is a great pity that a copy of it could not 

 be introduced into every home near the salt water. The chil- 

 dren would certainly be interested in it, and parents who should 

 study it in secret would be able to answer many a question put to 

 them by the little ones, which now is too much for them. 



The little book deals with the common forms of mariuo littoral 

 life, especially such as are found on the New Jersey and Long 

 Island coast, and with this volume in hand it should be possible 

 for any one to identify most of the shells and other animal re- 

 mains which are always found so abundantly scattered along our 

 beaches. It is copiously illustrated with figures, which, if not 



* The Animal Life of our Sea Shore. With special reference to 

 the New Jersey coast and the southern coast of Long Island. An- 

 gelo Heilpim. Philadelphia, J, B. Lippincoft Co., 1888. Price 59 

 cents, 



