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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 6, 1888. 



camp, over half a mile, with no wagon road nor wagons. A good 

 store is needed in toe camp where provisions may be had in a few 

 minutes. 



The camp ground itself is most important; many like to camp 

 in a grove, but the majority, fresh from indoors, find it warmer 

 in the chilly nights that sometimes come in August, if the camp 

 is unshaded, having the morning and evening sun, a groat matter 

 too in damp weather, as a tent beneath the trees will be damp 

 long after one in the open is warm and dry. The main camp 

 then should be on a gentle slope With few trees, giving a clear 

 view, wilh if possible some shade for those who care to camp in 

 it. The ground should be fairly even and free from stones, and of 

 such extent that each club can Qud a good location for half a 

 dozen tents. The racing courses should be within view of the 

 camp, as it is always a pleasure, whatever one may be doing, to 

 look out and see the canoes. On tidal waters the beacb is a, very 

 serious difficulty, but on fresh water landing stages can usually 

 be built at small cost, as at Grindstone, Bow-Arrow and Lake 

 George. 



The present camp was open to miray objections it was sur- 

 rounded with a thick bolt of dense fir treeB, shutting out both 

 the view and the breeze, and in hot weather it was very close; 

 the lake with all its beauties was practically invisible from the 

 camp; while the races could only bi» seen, and then in part, by 

 going to the AVcst shore, at a distance from the main camp. Tfie 

 ground was so rocky and broken that walking was difficult, 

 while the tents were widely scattered, there being no attempt to 

 keep 1 lu- clubs together. The committee did all that was possible 

 to make the camp what it should be, but the natural disadvant- 

 ages were greatly against them. 



Looking at the canoes in a general way, the most striking point 

 was Die proportion of very good canoes and the excellence of the 

 workmanship of the majority. Never before at a moot have there 

 been so many very good boats present; while the standard of 

 workmanship and finish has visibly improved within a year or 

 t wo. This year it was evident beyond quest ion that the time has 

 fully come when the cruising and racing canoe must be separated 

 if the former is not to be shut out from all racing, for they have 

 now nothing in common. There were some racing canoes present 

 that were of good model, though as litted up they were entirely 

 unsuited for anything that a canoe should do save match sailing. 

 Others again— and not a few— were racing machines, pure and 

 simple, built and used for no other purpose. There was a fair 

 number of cruising boats, whose owners loafed and sailed and 

 paddled about the camp, apparently enjoying themselves, and in 

 some cases they entered the novice and other races; but it is now 

 racing for racing boats, and no one need bring a cruiser to camp 

 to win first prizes. The extreme racer is, in truth, a pretty poor 

 sort of machine; some have neither bulkheads nor mast tubes, and 

 cannot keep their shape under sail; some do not boast the owner- 

 ship of an honest double blade; and one boat that upset and was 

 towed in had neither a ringbolt nor a hole in the stem, in fact, no 

 place could be found to which a painter could be made fast. With 

 a mere shell of a boat, a long sliding deck seat and unlimited sail, 

 some beautiful acrobatic feats can be accomplished and some fast 

 runs made; but there is no question as to the direct and powerful 

 influence of such iraps on canoeing, and many at the meet ex- 

 pressed the opinion that the time had come for the enactment of 

 a rule such as we outlined last winter for the protection of men 

 who must use but one canoe for both racing and cruising. 



As for the cruisers who came out so boldly last winter, they 

 evidently were not present at the meet, for none of them showed 

 at the line when the events specially prepared for their benefit 

 were called. A very good programme for a short cruise was 

 arranged, but no one cared. to start; the prize for cruising outfit 

 brought out only one competitor, and the obstacle race, in which 

 the all-round cruising man and boat was expected to compete, fell 

 through for lack of entries. 80 with the now experimental Class 

 C, the men who asked for if were none of them present; two 

 canoes only started in the race, and the same was the case with 

 the "unclassified," for large canoes, sneakboxes, etc. If this 

 meet is to be taken as a basis for a future policy, it would seem 

 that for the present the best interests of the Association will be 

 served by concentrating all its efforts on the development of the 

 two classes of canoes which are now found at the meets, the 

 unlimited racing canoe and the racing canoe within cruising 

 limits, leaving out all efforts to encourage cruising or to build up 

 larger classes of canoes or cruising boats. When the men who 

 want a cruise at the meet are present in sufficient numbers, it will 

 be time to arrange for them; and when the larger boats come and 

 wish to race there should be a place made on the programme, but 

 there Is little use now in preparing in advance or offering prizes 

 for either class. 



We spoke just now of two classes of canoes at the meet, but 

 this is not quite correct. This year, for the first time, a third 

 class must be added to the racing and the cruising, and this is the 

 Girling eanoe. This most important addition to the fleet is a 

 large open craft, a Canadian canoe about 16x30, of handsome finish 

 and fitted up with carpets, rugs and cushions in bow and stern. 

 One end is occupied by a pretty girl, in many cases by a very 

 pretty girl; of the occupant of the other end the least said the 

 better. Sometimes the manly form of an ex-racer, satiated with 

 the honors of long years of hard-fought battles, wields the single 

 blade, but in other cases it is a wonderful combination of elegance, 

 beauty and the haberdasher's art that lies lazily on the cushions 

 while' the fair lady wields the paddle, a, canoeist who runs 

 no rapids, who sails no races and who never soils his hands 

 with auything so hard as a frying-pan. Whether or no the 

 Girling canoe is a benefit to the Association we leave others 

 to determine; the question is too deep and delicate for us. 

 Of the desirability of Squaw Point there can be no question; 

 not only is the camp pleasauter for I he presence of ladies who are 

 campers and canoeists, but the ladies' camp exerts a very strong 

 influence on the meet as a whole. "During the races, and in some 

 very bad weather, a number of ladies were out in canoes to see 

 thesport, showing just as deep an interest as the men. The light 

 open canoe driven by two ladies is a pleasant feature in any view 

 or Lake George, Lake Champlain or the St. Lawrence, but it 

 has been seen at previous meets before the advent of the Girling 

 canoe, and has no bearing on the question of the hitter's merits 

 or demerits. 



Speaking seriously, however, the open Canadian canoe has 

 found much favor of late in the States, and is coming into use as 

 an auxiliary to the decked canoe. There are now inau> canoeists 

 who use the latter- us they have always done for sailiug and some 

 cruising, but who also own an open canoe for general paddling, 

 including a river cruise every season. For such purposes the 

 open canoe is most excellent, being cheap, light, handy, and easily 

 portaged or carried by rail. It has not displaced the decked 

 canoe, but is used side by side with it. 



In keeping records of the canoes and races there was one point 

 that, presented itself, the lack of good distinguishing names for 

 many canoes. Some that were present had no names, they were 

 simp] y anonymous machines, with no more individuality, so far as 

 their owners were concerned, than a hat or a coat. Others 

 boasted of the possession of names, but gave no visible evidence 

 thereof, there being not a mark nor a letter on their polished 

 sides, making it very difficult to keep track of them. Others 

 agiiiu were named on the very ingenious English plan of having 

 but one name and transferring it to each successive boat, bo that 

 the identity and merits of a new boat are completely hidden. It 

 would certainly seem that such an object as a canoe, that cannot 

 be called inanimate, and has so marked an individuality of its 

 own, is at least worthy of a distinctive name which it should 

 bear during its life and which should die with it. 



There is one very good regulation in the racing rules which has 

 been practically abrogated within the last year, that relating to 

 numbers on sails. Only last season the rule was changed so as to 

 allow the substitution of a totem or device, registered with the 

 secretary, for the A. C. A. number. At first this rule was com- 

 plied with, but; this year a number of canoes were seen with 

 merely a bit of red rag, of no special shape, pinned to the main- 

 sail, the same having been "registered" as the distinguishing 

 device of the canoe. This interpretation of the rule destroyed 

 entirely the spirit of it and made endless work for the timekeepers, 

 who have enough to do in any case. The A. C. A. numbers, 

 already well on to 1400, have become too cumbrous to be placed on 

 a sail, and some change is necessary. It is now the custom to use 

 so many sails, either owned or borrowed, that this plan of num- 

 bering fails, some sailing under others' numbers, to the further 

 confusion of the timekeepers. As less than fifty canoes take part 

 in the sailing races at a meet, the best plan would be to have the 

 numbers painted on muslin and assign one to each man when he 

 makes his entry, compelling him to have it on the starboard side 

 of every mainsail he may sail with in a race. 



The, question of non-members in the camp has at last been 

 definitely settled by the amendment to the by-laws given last 

 week, for six years there was no restriction on strangers visit- 

 ing the meet and camping as long as they wished, but within the 

 last two years the privilege has beeu abused by men who came to 

 the meets to camp there but would not join the Association. To 

 prevent anything" of this kind and yet to allow members to enter- 

 tain friends in camp who may not belong to the A. C. A., it is now 

 provided that such guests shall pay the sanie.amou.nt as the 

 regular members for whom the camp is organized. The admis- 

 sion of such guests is left to the discretion of the commodore and 

 secretary-treasurer, the intention being to admit casual visitors 



or friends of canoeists who may wish to see something of an 

 A. C. A. m»et, and to exclude as far as possible regular canoeists 

 who should be, but are not members. 



This year, as usual, there were a number who postponed their 

 applications so late that the necessary two weeks' notice could 

 not be given prior to the meet, causing much trouble to the purs- 

 ers as well as to themselves. In every case perhaps the applica- 

 tion might as easily have been made in January as in August, 

 and a great amount of trouble aud annoyance saved. With the 

 annual dues so low as SI 00 there is no reason for waitiUg until one 

 is actually on the way to the meet before applying. 



Next year, as a matter of course, the meet goes to the Northern 

 Division, the commodore and secretary-treasurer already being 

 elected with that end in view. The question of a site has already 

 been discussed at the. Northern meet and also at the general meet, 

 the location most, in favor with all parties being the St. Lawrence 

 River. The Bay of Quinte has also been suggested, but the natural 

 advantages are inferior to the St. Lawrence. As far as the mem- 

 bers from the States are concerned, the St. Lawrence would be 

 preferred to auy other locality, aud the sentiment, at the meet was 

 generally in favor of a return to Grindstone itsolf, provided the 

 plat e was not objectionable to the Northern Division, aud that 

 some definite agreement, as to charges could be made with, the 

 Delancys. There is an objection, in that nominally the island is 

 in Central and not in Northern Division territory, but, this is" more 

 imaginary tb.au real, as the island Is only half a mile or so from 

 the Canadian border, and is nearer and more accessible to Cana- 

 dians than to any of the American members. To offset this objec- 

 tion there are two very great advantages, the site in itself is a 

 most excellent one, and the transportation and other arrange- 

 ments lon e been made so often that it is known at once just what 

 is needed,, saving a great amount of prelimina.ry work hot h 1 

 the committees and to individual members. 



The coming year will for the first time sec some large division 

 meets in the States. The action of the Central Division will de- 

 pend on t he location of the general meet, if it is taken to a dis- 

 tance iuside the Canadian border, where travel will be difficult 

 aud expensive, a moot will be held m the Central Division, but if 

 the meet goes to Grindstone, or near there, the Division will h.ild 

 no meet of its own, but will concentrate all its efforts on a large 

 at tendance at the general meet. The Atlantic Division will hold 

 as large a division meet as possible, probably in July, at some 

 point near New York, but it will also endeavor to secure a good 

 attendance of its members at, the A. C. A. meet in August. The 

 Eastern Division as yet has made no announcement of its plans, 

 and they will depend much on the location of the general meet. 

 It is time that a large division meet w r as held in the Eastern 

 States, as the previous meets have been to a great, extent local, 

 confined to the neighborhood of Springfield and Hartford. There 

 are many canoeists further east who should be members Of the 

 A. 0. A., and the time has come far A large meet:, perhaps some- 

 where near Boston, that would attract all unattached canoeists 

 and bring in new members. 



With four prosperous divisions now established the plan that 

 has occupied the thoughts of so many for the last four years is at 

 length in successful operation and next year should give a fail- 

 test of its success. One thing was plainly evident at the meeting 

 of the executive committee at camp, that the organization is far 

 more perfect under the new plan than the old. Instead of a com- 

 modore from one section, a viee-eoiuuiodere from another, a 

 rear-commodore from a third, with the members at large that 

 composed t he obi executive committee, each division has now a 

 complete government of its own, vice-commodore, rear-commo- 

 dorc, purser and member or members at large. It is now far 

 better represented at the meeting than in the past, while there 

 is certain to be a strong but friendly rivalry as to which di\ ision 

 shall make the best appearance at each meet, and which shall 

 best conduct the general meet in turn, that cannot fail to lead to 

 good results. The wider influence of the A. C. A. in distant local- 

 ities through the work of the division officers and the attraction 

 of the division meets is certain to result in large additions to the 

 membership, and altogether the prospects of the Association are 

 such as to give every evidence of present and future prosperity. 



NEW YORK C. C. TRIAL RACES, SEPT. 3. 



r piIE trial races to decide on a defender for the New York C. C. 

 JL International Challenge Cup were sailed ou Labor Day, the 

 course being off the club house at TompkinsviUc, Staten Island. 

 The course "was triangular, about 1 mile on a side, the first mark 

 being out in mid-channel, and the second off the C'iftoo Boat 

 Club. Two races were sailed, one starting at 10:47 A. M., and the 

 other at 3:30 P. M., two rounds to each, making a 6-mile course. 

 The first race was sailed leaving all marks to starboard, and the 

 second was sailed the reverse way. The wind was fresh, drawing 

 straight in the Narrows, making in the morning a reach over the 

 first leg. a reach close hauled over the second leg, and a run 

 home, the ride being ebb. 



In the afternoon, the tide having turned, the first leg was to 

 windward, the second with booms well off the port quarter, and 

 the third a reach across the ride. Mr. Blake sailed his own 

 canoe, Eclipse, in which Mr. Brokaw was successful at the Meet. 

 She carried in both races about 98ft, in two Pecowsic sails. Mr. 

 Vaux sailed the Bo-Peep, 15x28 with a reefing sail of over 90ft. 

 and a small dandy. New York is the canoe Jess, having been 

 purchased and re-christened by the New York C. C. Eclipse led 

 over the first 'eg, with Bo-Peep, New York and Essex in order. 

 She gained on the second leg, but near the end of the round Bo- 

 Peep caught her, the pair turning the mark together. Eclipse 

 left Bo-Peep on the reach across the ebb tide, though sailing with 

 both sheets too far aft. New York caught and passed Bo-Pecp 

 and was second at the second mark. The positions were not ma- 

 terially changed over the other two legs, the times being: 



FIRST BACK— START 10:47. 



84 Round 

 18 01 00 

 12 02 45 

 12 03 00 

 12 04 00 



12 05 30 



12 fir 00 



12 (IS 00 



12 09 45 



Elapsed. 

 1 14 00 

 1 15 45 

 1 16 00 

 1 17 00 

 1 18 30 



1 20 00 

 1 81 00 



1st Round. 



Kelipse. ft. S. Blake, Brooklyn. .11 38 1)0 



Bo-Peep, C. B. Vaux, N. Y 11 28 01 



New York, O. K. Munroe, N. Y..11 29 30 



Rssex, G. W. Cox, Essex 11 29 30 



Vagabond, C. J. Stevens, N. Y.. .11 31 30 

 Will o' the Wisp, W. D. Ander- 

 son, Essex 11 32 00 



ldlemere. G. P. Douglas, Iautlie.il 32 30 



Rattler, If. 0. Bailey, N. Y Withdrew. 



Wind, P. F. Hogan, Ianthe 11 35 00 



In the afternoon some changes were, made, Mr. Vaux taking 

 Vagabond, Mr. Warder Bo-Peep and Mr. Nadal Sea Bee. The 

 start was to windward. Vagabond going over first in the weather 

 berth, but Eclipse held a good position, well inshore. The first 

 leg was but slow work, hugging the docks and coves all the way 

 down, to dodge the strong flood tide, Mr. Warder sailed boldly out 

 in the bay, direct, for the mark, in blissful ignorance of what a 

 salt-water tide was; thus losing a great deal of ground. Eclipse 

 led as far as Clifton, with Vagabond very close to her, but the 

 latter finally crossed her bows. The order at the weather mark 

 was: Vagabond, Eclipse, New York, Essex, Bo-Peep. On the run 

 across, with the tide, Vagabond left Eclipse, but lost at the second 

 turn through the flag being run clown and hidden by a tug with a 

 large bark in tow. This cost her some time. Eclipse meanwhile 

 gaining. Coming across to tho end of the round Eclipse steered 

 the better course, but. failed to catch Vagabond, the latter leadiug 

 easily. New York had come up and turned the home mark with 

 Eclipse. On the next leg, to windward, the leaders had a hard 

 fight for first place, Eclipse finally heading Vagabond and secur- 

 ing a lead, which she held easily to the finish. The full times 



SECOND HACK, START 2:36. 



1st Round. 2d Round. 



4 06 00 

 4 07 30 

 4 20 00 

 4 22 00 

 Not timed. 

 Not timed. 



Elapsed. 

 1 30 00 

 1 31 30 

 t 44 00 

 1 48 00 



Eclipse, R. S. Blake, Brooklyn ....3 26 45 



Vagabond; C. B. Vaux, N. Y 3 24 15 



New York, C. K. Munroe, N. Y....3 26 00 



Essex, G. W. Cox, Essex 3 92 m 



idle mere, Geo. P. Douglas, Ian the .3 is 00 

 Bo-Peep, Geo. A. Warder, Jabber. 3 47 00 



Sea Bee, B. H. Nadal, N. Y Withdrew. 



Sweetheart, Wm. Walker, Essex.. Capsized. 



No arrangements have yet been made for the cup race, but Mr. 

 Stewart will soon be in New York with his boat. The races were 

 ably managed by Col. C. L. Norton and Mr. Ingalls Drake. 



A FATAL ACCIDENT TO TWO CANOEISTS. 



WE copy from an exchange the following account of the drown- 

 ing of two canoeists on Aug. 22 in the Conemaugh River, in 

 Western Pennsylvania. Mr. Comingo was a member of the A. C. 

 A., No. 821, tho first, we believe, who has lost, his life from a canoe. 

 He had never attended a meet and was not known personally to 

 most members. Tho Conemaugh River was at a. most dangerous 

 stage, over Sin. of water having fallen within 26 hours, and it was 

 a regular mountain torrent, sweeping away bridges and obstruct - 

 ing the railways so that it is no wonder that a fatal ending attended 

 such a reckless voyage. The account is as follows: 



"So far the bodies of Rev. B. C. Comingo and Mr. Edward Orth, 

 who were drowned in the Conemaugh River yesterday, have not 

 been recovered, although the search for them has been diligent. 



"The details of the sorrowful affair are as follows: They had 

 gone up there intending to make the trip clown the Conemaugh 

 to Allegheny and down that to Pittsburgh. They had with them 

 a canvas canoe for the journey. About half past ten yesterday 

 the people of Cambria City noticed two men near the toll bridge, 

 each with a pack on his shoulder, approaching the river bank. 

 A short distance below the toll house they threw down their 

 bundles and began unpacking them. The contents were a lot of 

 curious things, the meaning of which those standing by could 

 not make out. The interest of the crowd was awakened as they 

 saw these things taking the shape of a eanoe. 



"One of the men explained that he and his companion were 

 members of the American Canoe Association. This boat, 1 sa id 

 he, 'is one of Osgood's patent, portable boats. We have traveled 

 800 'miles in it. The longest trip we have made was from Pitts- 

 burgh to Ma.ysville, Ky., sixty miles above Cincinnati. This is 

 our third trip from Johnstown to Pittsburgh. Our first trip was 

 made a year ago and thesecoud this spring.' All the while he was 

 talking the man worked away at the rigging of the little craft. 

 Tie was in a jolly mood, and when asked for his name and that of 

 his friend, he said: 'Oh, that would be too much glory; no, no, we 

 prefer not to have our names mentioned.' 



"In half an hour everything was complete and the canoe w as 

 carried to the river, and the men stepped in. The older one, the 

 Rev. Mr. Comiugo, pushed off, While the crowd on the bank 

 cheered, though some expressed fears on account of the high 

 wafer. The disaster dreaded came quickly. 



"At Sheridan station the wire cable of the foot, bridge was in- 

 visible, submerged as it was in the water. Against this wire 

 cable the canoe struck and upset. One of the men disappeared 

 under the -water and was not seen again. The other clung to the 

 upset boat as it, floated on, struggling to right it, but without suc- 

 cess. Failing in this he began to cry for help. As he and the 

 boat passed Snag Hollow, Mr. Harding, operator at the tower at 

 the long siding, saw him and heard his pitiful appeal for assist- 

 ance. He drifted on aud passed the rapids at tho old dam, and 

 then disappeared, his boat, continuing on down the river. The 

 satchel in which tho men had their provisions, etc., floated ashore 

 and was picked up by a passer-by. It contained some handker- 

 chiefs marked 'E. C. Orth' and 'A. B. Orth,' and a piece of paper 

 on which was written 'M, J. Orth, No. 404 Hiland avenue.' The 

 news was sent into the families of the unfortunate men fast even- 

 ing, and this morning friends and relatives went up to Johnstown 

 to aid in the search for the bodies." 



YONKERS C. C— NEW YORK, Aug. 31— Editor Forest and. 

 Stream: The Youker.3 Canoe Club give their fall open regatta Sat- 

 urday afternoon, Sept. 22. All clubs are most cordially invited to 

 participate in the different events. Handsome prizes will be given 

 in each race. Invitations will be mailed to the different clubs 

 very shortly.— Pattl B. Rossire, Sec'y. 



lachtinq. 



Address all communications to the Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 



THE A. C. A. CONSTITUTION.— At the meeting of the execu- 

 tive committee at the meet the question of holding the annual 

 meeting of the committee earlier in the season was raised, it 

 being suggested that if held in October the committee might visit 

 any proposed spot, perhaps camping for a day or two. To permit 

 of this a motion was made to change the constitution by the addi- 

 tion of the words "October or" before the word "November" in 

 all articles in which the latter occurs, thus leaving greater liberty 

 to the committee iu the selection of a date. Notice is hereby 

 given that such a motion will be laid before the executive, com- 

 mittee as soon as the two weeks required have expired. The 

 amendment will Involve a change in the wording in several 

 places where. November is mentioned. 



| A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP.— Eastern Division: f . P, Lewis, New 



; Haven, Conn. 



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

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

 Canoes. By C. St.anstield-Hidis. Price $3.50. Steam Machinery. B% 

 Donaldson. Price $'1.60. 



FIXTURES. 



September. 



8. Beverly, Marblehead Cham. 15. Dorchester Club. 



8. Cor. Marblehead, Sail Off. 15. Lake Champlain. 



8. West Lynn, Sweepstakes. 15. Savin Rill, Club. 



8. Hull Cham. Sail-Off. 18. Chelsea, Dorchester Bay. 



8. Quincv Sail-off. 20. New York Fall, New York. 

 1.0. Harlem Fall. 20. Savin Hill, Moonlight Sail. 

 12. Gieat Head Club. — . Miramichi, Cup, Final. 

 12. Pleon, Sweepstakes. 22. West Lynn, Cham. Sail-off. 

 15. Toronto, 4th Class. 25. Cedar Point Pennant. 

 15. Buffalo Club. 29. Quaker City Cruise, Review. 

 15. Beverly, Mon. Beach, Open 29. Toronto, 2d and 3d Classes. 

 Sweep. 



LARCHMONT Y. C. 



THE 40lT. C1/AS3, AUG. 31. 



THE one bright event of a very dull season was the race of 

 Friday last at Larchmont, between the leading yachts of the 

 40ft. class, a race that has been looked for all the season, and 

 which, happily, was an exception to the general rule, a lively and 

 exciting contest between a good field of well matched boats. 

 While it. will take more than one or two races to tell which of the 

 several types now included in the class is the fastest, and while 

 neither of the two races at Larchmont is in any way conclusive, 

 it was a great satisfaction to see more than two starters in a 

 class, and" to watch a close contest between boats so evenly 

 matched. Tho arrangements for the race were made last spring, 

 the Larchmont Y. C. offering a prize for a special race of yachts 

 from 35 to 41ft., to be sailed over the 27 knot course of the club, 

 from the harbor to a markboat off Hempstead Harbor, thence 

 around a markboat off Stamford Light, returning over the same 

 course. There is no other class in the country from which so 

 much sport and instruction may be had as the 40-footers, so- 

 called, including, as it does, not only some of the fastest of the 

 old sloops, but the greatest variety of types; in fact three or four 

 good races with all the boats in would teach more than has been 

 learned for a long time from the larger yachts. 

 The leading boats, old and new, in the class, are: 



Rig. L.W.L. Beam. Draft. 



Crocodile, C.B Sloop 40.0 14.0 5.9 



Rival, C.B Sloop S8.3 14.8 5.1 



Hope, C.B Sloop 38.0 14.0 4.4 



Schemer, C.B Sloop 36.1 14.6 3.6 



Pappoose, K Cutter 36.0 12.6 7.8 



Nymph, K. and C.B Cutter 39.6 1.4.0 6.0 



Baboon, K Cutter 39.6 13.3 8.3 



Banshee, K. and C.B Cutter 39.9 14.0 6.0 



Minerva, K Cutter 40.0 10.0 9.0 



Chiquita, K.andC.B Cutter 39.6 13.6 7.0 



Xara, K Cutter 39.6 13.0 8.0 



The above dimensions are not all strictly accurate, especially 

 the lengths, but the} 7 are very nearly correct. The old boats, Cro- 

 codile, Rival, Hope and Schemer, are well known; all centerboard 

 sloops built with no outside ballast. Nymph and Banshee are 

 centerboard boats of the new type, with cutter rig aud heavy lead 

 keels, both with cockpit aud cabin house. Chiquita is a new r de- 

 parture, a still deeper boat, with a more clearly marked keel, but 

 with a small board which is housed entirely under the cabin floor. 

 She too has a cabin house. Baboon, Xara and Pappoose are keel 

 boats, flush-decked, with small steering wells and cutter rigs. 

 Of the two larger ones Xara has a little less beam, more displace- 

 ment, and less hollow in the midship section. Minerva, the new 

 Fife boat, is the narrowest of the lot, her beam being given at 10ft. 

 Banshee was designed by Mr. A. Cary Smith, Nymph, Baboon, 

 Xara, Pappoose and Chiquita by Mr. Burgess. Xara, Pappoose 

 and Banshee have plumb stems, while Nymph, Baboon, Chiquita 

 and Minerva have clipper stems of more or less shapely appear- 

 ance. Baboou, Pappoose, Nymph, Xara and Banshee are .white, 

 the others black. Banshee, however, was potleaded, a Id May- 

 flower, for this race, only the bulwark being left white. Nymph 

 and Banshee are fitted below in the conventional style, owner's 

 stateroom to starboard, cabin aft, and passage to port of trunk. 

 Nymph is very well arranged below, plenty of headroom, a large 

 and roomy cabin, comfortable stateroom and toilet room, while 

 the pantry and galley, taking up the port side abreast the trunk, 

 are very commodious. 



The arrangement of Chiquita is novel and very good for a boat 

 that is intended for afternoon sailing and short cruises. The 

 trunk, as stated, is entirely below the floor, and the cabin takes 

 up the entire center of the boat. On each side is a very large 

 locker, long enough to sleep two persons, while in the wings be- 

 hind each locker is a large space for the bedding when not in use, 



