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tinder such conditions that no real gauge of their merits can he had 

 Bave this last, race, and it would be a good thing for all concerned 

 if a series of matches could he made between l hem now, at a 

 season when fairly good breezes may be looked for. 



THE ST. LAWRENCE YACHTING ASSOCIATION. 



THE match race between the sloop Madge and the cat Lulu 

 to docide the tie for the Oomraodord's cup was sailed over 

 the usual course of the St. Lawrence Yachtiug Association, on 

 Lake St. Louis, on Sept. IS. The day was a perfect one, with a 

 blue sky, a splendid south wind and comparatively smooth water. 

 Both boats had been put into the best possible shape for the race, 

 and as during the whole series they hare oeen stem and stem, 

 the excitement ran high. Almost the entire fleet of the Associa- 

 tion turned out to accompany the racers over the course, and 

 there was a goodly number of spectators. 



The starting gun was tired at 3.14, and the boats went across as 

 follows: Madge, 3:14:17; Lulu, 3:15:30. On the short run to the 

 lighthouse Lulu passed Madge and at this point the time was: 

 Lulu, 3:37:05; Madge, 3:37:15. 



The starboard course had been selected and the next leg was a 

 Teach to the South Buoy. This is the Madge's strong point, and 

 everything that would draw was heaped on her, not wiln t,he 

 best result, for the weight of canvas was too much for her, and 

 her Jibtbpsail had to he handed to prevent her from being driven 

 under by the head. This was not effected without a serious loss 

 of time, and the time of rounding the South Buoy was: Lulu, 

 3:55:45; Madge, 3:57:05. On the run to the North Buoy Lulu gained 

 still more, as Madge was under comparatively short sail. The 

 time at this buoy was: Lulu, 4:08:55; Madge, 4:14:15. On the heat 

 hack to the lighthouse Madge did wonders, pointing tip as well 

 and reaching faster than the cat, something she has not done 

 before this season. At the lighthouse the time was: Lulu, 1:44:80; 

 Madge, 4:48:20. 



On the reach in to the finish line Lulu increased her lead, the 

 result being: 



Finish. Corrected. 



Lulu 4 57 35 4 59 11 



Madge 5 01 55 5 01 55 



Lulu winuing by 2m. 44s. 



This race brings to a close the first season's racing of the St. 

 Lawrence Yachting Association, and it has been the finest yacht- 

 ing season that Montreal men have ever had. Already there is a 

 great deal of talk about new boats for next year, ana it is not im 

 probable that Lake St. Louis will next year have a fleet of small 

 sloops upon it that will do it credit. Unfortunately the lake is 

 too shallow to permit of the use of anything but shallow craft. 



An attempt is now being made to get up a match race between 

 Minnie A., a boat which made a record for herself about the Bay 

 of Quinte, and Lulu. 



A NEW YACHT ON THE NORTON SYSTEM. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



For some time it has been a pet theory with your subscriber, 

 that wnere we have great expectations in life, the realizations 

 are generally disappointing; where we have nogreat expectations 

 the realizations are better. In the latter case we get those deli- 

 cious bites from the sunny side of a luscious peach. I write this 

 as a prelude to my experiences with the yacht Alista, with which 

 I had proposed to sail singlehanded to Aspinwall, from Panama 

 to San Francisco, and to the further advocacy of the Norton sys- 

 tem of ballasting ships with water and air; to explain why, like a 

 man who is struck when he is down, he has not risen before, like 

 Galileo, of old, to proclaim, "e pur «e muevo." 



Unlike yourself, I intuitively believed in Capt. Norton's dis- 

 covery upon my introduction to it; my observations and practical 

 experiences with the system since have confirmed my belief that 

 he has undoubtedly attained what he claims: a non-capsizable, 

 Imperishable and easy-going vessel, a desideratum looked for 

 since the great flood. 



Upon launching the Alista at Wilmington, it was gratifying to 

 see how little the weight of ten persons placed on the gunwale of 

 the 30ft. boat depressed her, as it showed remarkable stability. 

 Unfortunately the libtle craft was built some ISO mdes away from 

 the direct supervision of the patentee of the new system, conse- 

 quently a blunder was made in the flange attachments between 

 her bottom and the bottom of the tanks, where the water is ad- 

 mitted for ballasting purposes, which created leaks in all of them. 

 The unpardonable blunder consisted in omitting to put rivets in 

 holes that had been punched for them. However, in an experi- 

 mental way, it proved the severest test that tne system could be 

 put to. Had the vessel been ivill isted in the ordinary way, my 

 pilot and self would have been drowned during our trip on the 

 Atlantic from Delaware to New York. Whereas, the system 

 allowed her to become submerged only until the water showed a 

 little on the cabin floor, the confined air in the crooks of the bal- 

 lasting chambers along her bilges held her in that position, 

 enabling us to sail as unconcernedly as if things were all right. 

 It was perplexing to discover where the miscpief lay, and it took 

 some time tc remedy it. In the mean time I have had a deligLt- 

 ful cruise to Newport on the Heron, a yacht changed from the 

 iron and lead to that of the Norton system of ballasting. Her 

 former owner found that she had gained 3in. in buoyancy, had 

 lost nothing in stability, and had been transformed from a slow 

 and loggy boat to an active one. Que coukz-vom deplus t 



Having met an old friend and club mate, Capt. Moody of Cali- 

 fornia, who desires ro sail with me, 1 have conclnaed to have a 

 somewbat larger boat, 36ft. over all,l-!ft. beam, 4ft. draft, built bv 

 the Norton Naval Construction Co. The coming yacht, the Sur- 

 prise, has been designed principally by Thos. Desmond, is well 

 under way at his yard in Hoboken, and will be launched bv the 

 middle of September. As it will be too late in the season to carry- 

 out my original plan of visiting the upper coast of Maine, we 

 shall sail on the waters between New York and Boston until the 

 beginning of October, and then proceod south to Carthagena, 

 Colombia, touching at all intermediate ports. Returning in the 

 spring to sail north to Canada. While here it will give me pleas- 

 ure to gratify you and fellow yachtsmen in general who may feel 

 interested a.nd wish to be convinced of the merits of Capt. Nor- 

 ton's excellent and humane invention. The boat may prove 

 worthy of her name, and possibly we may realize that pleasant 

 sensation of the peach aforementioned. 



In criticising the new steamship City of New York, one of the 

 dailies states that no ship can be made unsdnkable. The writer is 

 •evidently not familiar yet with the new system of construction of 

 Capt. Norton, wh'ch embraces the compartment feature incorpo- 

 rated in the construction of the steamship. They should have 

 added the peculiar adaptation of confined air in her bilges to 

 make her unsinkable, easier in motion and faster. 



E. O. Wiener. 



Hoboken, Aug. 13. 1888. 



On Sept. 14 Alista left Larchmont for New York, to go on the 

 drydock, the holes on the starboard side being plugged up, as the 

 joints were leaking. When in the East River a tug was hailed, as 

 she was making water fast, and she was towed to Jenkins & Tre- 

 garthen's clock and tied to a wharf. During the night so much 

 water leaked in that she heeled over on her side until she was 



partly submerged. On Saturday she was raised and docked, 

 afterward being towed to Staten Island tor repairs to the tanks. 

 The accident is ascribed by the friends of the svstem to faultv 

 construction of the tanks, but it is evident that" with the best 

 construction the same leakage is liable to occur at any time from 

 slight damage to the tanks or pipes, or in cold weather from the 

 effects of frost; in fact the last is inevitable unless the boats are 

 hauled up early in the season. 



KEEL BOATS IN THE EAST. — The New York Herald in spite 

 of its strong partisanship for the old American sloop for so many 

 years, at last comes out frankly in favor of the new Boston keel 

 boata, and at the same time has the honesty to call them, cutters 

 and not sloops. Iu summing up the season it speaks as follows: 

 "The season has been a peculiar one, for though the general pub- 

 lic have been less interested in it, yachtsmen have entered into 

 it more heartily than ever and raced the flyers at nearly every 

 opportunity. Even this racing ban, however, been confined U 

 the smaller classes, and except the first Eastern race in June, 

 boats over forty-five feet have not met in a match. But if no op- 

 portunity has been given to judge of the merits of the larger 

 craft, smaller ones have furnished an intcicsting study. One 

 thing has been decidedly noticeable— the increase in keel boats of 

 modern design and their success when pitted against the old 

 style of keels or centerboards. The Boston three-beam cutter, 

 with not so much lead outside, as her narrower English sisters, 

 has proved a most handy, able, and seaworthy, as well as fast, 

 craft, and nothing with inside ballast has been able to touch 

 them in the majority of races. Neither have the centerboards 

 fared any better, and the races show that, though classed sepa- 

 rately, the keels have been the ones to lead the fleet." Though all 

 of these facts have been apparent to unprejudiced yachtsmen for 

 a long time, such an acknowledgment as the above adds double 

 force to them, Outside of the open sandbag class the keel has 

 practically driven out the eenterboard in the East, and it now re- 

 main* to be seen how much longer New York will keep in the 

 tear by a refusal to recognize the fact, 



POST CHALLENGE CUP.— Bridgeport regattta, Sept. 21. 

 Course, triangular. Start off Bridgeport Light, to and around 

 Payer weather Island Buoy, to and around Point No Point Buoy 

 to starting point, leaving all buoys on port hand, 10 miles. 

 Weather, fine. Wind, north by west, hauled when off Point No 

 Point to north by east. Tide, ebb half down: 



Leugth. Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Rival, F. I Hitchcock 21.00 3 03 31 4 49 40 1 46 19 



Alice, E. W. Smith 21.10 3 03 02 4 51 30 1 48 28 



Surprise, J. Schultheis. .19.06 3 03 00 4 53 20 1 50 20 

 Mollie Pitcher, McNeil. .21.09 3 03 23 Out. 



This course though called triangular is very much flatter than 

 a figure with three equal sides, so that with the wind north or 

 south boats can lay the entire three sides with sheets lifted. The 

 Rival is one of those boats that do best, to the windward, and had 

 it not been that by a slant of wind t he fleet had to trim aft, for 

 about one mile, she probably would not have been the winner, 

 hut the minute the wind hauled ahead she picked up and led 

 the fleet, and having gained first place continued to drop the 

 others, even though the last leg was free. Winner first prize, 

 Rival, handsome silver cup. Regatta committee, editors Evening 

 Pout. Judges, Geo. Masters, F. A. Brown and T. F. Vose, Time- 

 keeper, E. W. Smith. 



SINKING OF A STEAM YACHT.— On Sept. 23, at nightfall, as 

 the steam yacht Adelaide was nearing Whitestone, L. I., on her 

 way from Newport to New York, she came in collision with the 

 Soutid steamer Providence, bound for Fall River. The yacht was 

 so badly damaged in the bows that she sank in a few minutes, 

 her captain, W. F. Montgomery, and crew of 7 taking ti the boats 

 and boarding the Providence. The latter was badly stove in 

 above the waterline ou the starboard bow. She put into White- 

 stone, but soon resumed her journey, reaching Fall River- in 

 safety. For a time there was great alarm among her passengers, 

 one leaping overboard, but being fished out. The Adelaide was 

 built at Mariner's Harbor, S. I., last winter by Capt. Lou Towns, 

 her owner being Mr. L. H. Liviugston, of New York. She is a 

 wooden yacht, 80ft. l.w.l. This is her second mishap, as she was 

 seriously stove on the rocks in launching. The details of the 

 collision have not yet been brought out. 



NEW YACHTS.— Mr. Kunhardt has sent a complete set of plans 

 for a 30ft. cutter to Pontiac, Mich. This yacht, which is to be 

 used for cruising and summer life on board, has 5ft. tun. head- 

 room under cabin house, although only 2.1ft. waterline. There will 

 be 2fiin. across floor and 20m. sofas, one of which can be ex- 

 tended to 36in. width. There is a desk and library having 2ft. 

 front at after end of sofa on one side and a 2ft. locker opposite. 

 Also liberal arrangements for cooking and a swing berth in the 

 forecastle. About one-half of the cabin roof is in the shape of a 

 large natch, which can be lifted off in harbor and a tent stretched 

 over the boom. There is also a smaller hatch over the cooking 

 stoves for sea use. The boat has 7ft. fiin. beam moulded, 20in. free- 

 board, and 4ft. Cin. draft, with 3,000ibs. on keel. Cutter rig, with 

 450sq. ft. lower sail. 



BANTAM— HEEDLESS.— On Sept. 22 a match was sailed be- 



around Rose Island to starting point, about 10 miles. Bantam 

 finished ahead, but was debarred for fouling. A second race was 

 sailed on Sept. 24 over a 12-mile course in a fresh breeze. The 

 times were: 



Start. Finish. 



Bantam 12 42 29 2 59 55 



Heedless 12 40 42 3 00 17 



RACING AT CANSO— On Sept. 18 the annual regatta was 

 sailed at Canso, N. S., in a N.E. wind, strong at start but falling 

 later on. The course for class one, 24 to 30ft. l.w.l. was 20 miles, 

 triangular; and for class two, under 24ff., was 11 miles triangular. 

 In class one there were 10 starters, Maud, Mr. Wm. Walsh being 

 first, with Mayflower second, and Star of the Sea third. The 

 prizes were given by the Mackay-Bennett Co., §75, 9:50 and $30. 

 Hattie S., Mr. Wm. Schneider, won in class two from 5 starters, 

 w r ith Racer second, and Champion third. The first prize was $35. 



GRAYLING-SACHEM.— The match between these schooners 

 will be sailed otf Ne wport on Oct. t, 3 and 5, the stakes being $1,000 

 per side. The first race will be 12 miles to windward and return; 

 second, 24 miles triangular, and third, if necessary, the same as 

 the first. The time limit is 5 hours. The regatta committee of 

 the N. Y. Y. C. wiD ha^e charge of the races. 



LAKE CHAMPLAIN Y. C— The annual regatta was sailed on 

 Sept. 21, Fly-Away, Dr. W. S. Webb, being first, and Ripple 

 second in first class. The second class did not finish. A steam 

 yacht race for a cup presented by May Wetmore was won by 

 Nymph, Dr. W. S. Webb. The challenge cup race was sailed on 

 Saturday, Fly-Away winning, while Agnes T. won the second 

 class race. 



SOUTHWARK Y. C— A sweepstakes race for a purse of ,$50 was 

 sailed on Sept. 9 from Mifflin street wnarf around Chester Buoy, 

 by the fourth class tuckups Okey No. 1, Victor P. Dorp, Charles 

 Deputy, A. Rivel and J. L. Nobre. The wind was S.E. and very 

 ui'steady. Okey won, with Victor P. Dorp second. A match 

 was made betsveen the two leaders for $50, and was sailed on Sept. 

 9 over a course from Mifflin street wharf around ahuoyoll' Ta«onv, 

 Okey winning by 15m. A third race for $100 was sailed ou Sept. 

 23 in a single-reef breeze from N., between the Okey No. 1 and 

 the J. L. Nobre. Okey No. 1 led by 5m. at the turn, but, on the 

 beat home against the tide, the Nobre caught her, passing her 

 within 200yds. of the finish. 



MILL ROOK CUP.-On Sept. 10 the second race for the Mill 

 Rock Cup was sailed over six rounds of a course off Ninety-second 

 street. Only two yachts, Gracie and Julia, started, the times 

 being: 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Gracie, Geo. Varian 18.00 1 46 41 1 46 41 



Julia, Alt Wright , 18.00 1 50 19 1 50 19 



Gracie won by 3m. 38s. 



DORCHESTER Y. 0., 106TH REGATTA, SEPT. 22. -With a 

 strong wind and heavy sea only 3 yachts started, all in the 6th 

 class, the course being miles. The times were: 



Psyche, Frank Gray 1 50 45 



Mirage, John Dearborn 1 51 40 



Nora, G. B. Benuet Withdrawn. 



Psyche wins also one leg for the Soley challenge cup. 



NEW YORK AND BOSTON.-It may be due only to the dull- 

 ness of the season that no Eastern yachts were present to put a 

 little life into the so-called regatta of the New York Y. C, last 

 week, or it may be that Eastern yachtsmen have not yet recov- 

 ered from their pique over the action of the New York Y. C. in 

 changing the plan of the cruise: in any event it is plain that New 

 York is not yet in a position to be independent of Boston, even in 

 ordinary regattas, much less in the event of a foreign challenge. 



GLEAM.— Tliis steam yacht has been entirely rebuilt at Wor- 

 dall's yard in Baltimore, being lengthened at both ends and a 

 bowsprit being added; also two pole masts. The bulwarks have 

 been raised 16in. at the bow, with a netting rail and netting above 

 them. The cabins have been painted in light tints with gilt 

 borders. A new cylinder has been also put in. The name of itie 

 yacht will be changed by her new owner, Mr. John M. Flagler. 



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J. S., Brooklyn— The pickerel is a game fish. 



J. J., Maiden, Mass.— Letter for you at this office. 



O. G.— The New York grouse season opened Sept. 15. 



C. M.— See note on wild rice planting in our last issue, page 166. 



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L. W..M. — The powder has a good reputation and is extensively 

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H., Newark, N. J.— You might get the wild celery at some of the 

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W. S. L., Brooklyn.— There is no public fishing to be had there 

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 in Rosser's "Yachtsman's Handybook," for sale at this ollice. 



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 quail in confinement. The young may be hatched out but tbev 

 have not been reared to maturity. 



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J. E. C, Bolivar, N. Y.— I shot and killed a very large owl, and 

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Diameter of Circles. 

 10-circle 3.36in. 



Width of Ring. 



. l.OOin. 



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8-circle 8. in. 7 1.50in. 



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3-circle 34.22in. 2 5.89iu. 



2-circle 46. in. 



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