Oct. li, 1688.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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CLEVELAND, 0., Oct. L— Editor Forest and Stream: The 

 twenty-fourth quarterly shoot for the Cuvahogs oountv badge 

 ended in a victory for the Cleveland Gun Club, R. E. Sheldon 

 bearing off the trophy for the sixth time in as rnanv years. The 

 weather was favorable, excepting that the wind, at times, was 

 strong and carried away the birds from the direction in which 

 the> were thrown. But good scores were made by nearly all the 

 contestants. The conditions were 50 single standard tai 

 18yds.. 5 traps. Peters cartridges were used by Sheldon and Up- 

 son. The entrance tee was $3, and seventeen sportsmen repre- 

 senting fourjelubs, took part: 



R E Sheldon... . 11 111 1 10U11 11111 1111 1111111 111111011111 1111111111— 48 



da Upson ]oioiiomimiiJiimiioimiiiiiiiiiimiiimii--4o 



D Auid oiioiiiiiiniiJiiinnimiiiiiiioioioiiiiioiiinn-43 



W Roberts 11111101011100011111111 101111111010110011111111011—39 



J Honecker imiOOllOOOllOllllOlJOlllUlllOIOnnilOUJlimil-38 



WTamblyn 1111100101 1001 1101111110111001111111010] 101 11 11 1 10-37 



P Roach 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 io( ,m oio ion J 101001 1 1 1 1 111 1 11 01 01 1 1 1 1 1 10— T 



Wm Bennetl 00101 1101111001 1 11110101111111111101 1 1101 100U1010— 30 



J A Prechtel 1101111 1 HOlul 1 101010:10111110110101011111011111100-30 



D C Powers 00111101 10001 I I 100101 ION 1 1.1 0001 11 10] 1 1 1 1 1101 1 till — 35 



o M Roof iiioiiiiioioiiiiiooiiimnioiioiominoion w. — 34 



OH Calhoun 0110 UlllllllllllOlllllllllllOlll w. —34 



J Phillips 010 1 1 1 1 11 1 001 1 1 001 1 1 00 1 1 1 1 1 01 1 1 1 1 1 01 01 00001 0011 00—33 



Bassett 0111011110111001 1010011000000111 110101110111001110-31 



Andrews 0100000101110000111111110101 1111111111010100111100- 31 



A Day 00 1 01 001 1 1 1 01.101 ( 10101 01 1011 1001 111001 10] 011 0111 101-30 



Wm Bums 100100000001000101 1 101 J 101 1 11010110111 101101100101— 20 



Referee, Ab Jonks; first prize, R. 1C. Sheldon, county badge: sec- 

 ond, D. A. Upson, 30 per cent., $13.80: third, D. Auld, 20 per cent., 

 |9.35; previous winner, C. M. Roof, 50 per cent., $83. 



While the shooters were contesting for the count v badge at one 

 set of traps the members of the Kirtland Shooting Club shot for 

 the club badge. The conditions were 20 single standards at 18yds., 

 3 traps: 



Smith .... 01011010011010100011—10 Bell 10110001101161101110-12 



Newell.... 01101011110111111111— 19 Bennett... 111011 111111 11111010— 17 

 Houecker.1000111 1011111111010-14 WRobertslllOlli 111 H01 111111-18 

 Closse . . . .01 101 1 1 1 L11101101111— 18 SchaeiderllOlOOOlOOOOOllllOlO— 9 

 Roach . . . . 1 101101 1 1 111001 11 11—15 Powers . . .00100010101101110111—11 



Prech tel.. 1 1 01101 1 1 J 111 10 1 0110— 15 Roof 01111101111110001111-15 



Phillips... 101 1101 1011110110001 -13 Sharp 01000111111 InOI 1101 1-13 



Forrester. 0111111110011 1111111-17 Bassett . . .lllOUOlllllinOlOdr. 



First sweepstakes, standard targets, 18 entries, entrance 50 

 cents— Roach 6, BeU 4, Prechtel 6, Bennett 4, Roof 5, Newell 0, 

 Schneider 3, Roberts 6, Calhoun 4, Forrester 5, Closse 4, Phillips 3, 

 Powers o. Smith 2, A. Honecker 1, Sharp 4, J. Honecker 4, Bassett 

 5. Roberts took first money, Roof and Forrester divided second, 

 aud Bennett took third. 



Second sweepstake, (J single standard target, 12 entries, entrance 

 fee 50 cents— Roof 4, Prechtell 5, Schneider 3, Forrester 4, Roach 

 4, Bennett 6, Closse 6, Calhoun 8, Newell 2, Roberts 6, Belle 4, 

 Sharp 4. In the shoot-off Calhoun took first money, Prechtel! 

 second, Schneider and Roach third. 



The East End Quu Club badge shoot was held yesterday after- 

 noon. Under a now system of handicapping, F. G. Hogen and 

 Calhoon shot at 18yds. from, the traps. The conditions were 25 

 single standards, and F. Gr. Hogen won the first badge and Sweet- 

 man the second. The following scores were made: 



| a Hogen lOllllillilllliioil ill 111-23 



C Eljord 0110111011001111101101111—18 



W Sw eet man 01001 111 11111111011 1 1 11 U— 21 



CH Rilbv ...1111011010111011100010011—16 



L Wherry 1111001101000000010000000 - 8 



Calhoon 1111110001110101001101110—16 



Conger 01111011001010101 11111111-18 



WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 6.— The regular monthly clay pig- 

 eon shoot of the Wa waset Gun Club took place to-day on the 

 club's grounds, beyond Eleventh street bridge. The men shot at 

 fifteen singles aud five doubles; 



T Wold en: 13 6-10 W McKendrick 14 8-22 



PAmbold 11 8—19 W Sillotie 13 8—21 



JEwing 14 0—20 W Cody 11 8—19 



A Stout 13 5—18 HBuckmaster 10 8—18 



H Rienle 6 3-9 



McKendrick thus holds the first badge for a month, while 

 Ducky Rienle is "enckooed." 



SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 30.— The ground of Brid'e Point 

 Was well attended to-day. Both live birds and asphaltum were 

 in demand. The birds flew well, and were considerably helped 

 by the tail wind. Holtz's work on the artificials was something 

 ahout impossi ble to beat. Judge and referee, W. Carr; trapper, 

 Bird. First shoot— .$250 sweepstake, 30> ds. lise, Hurlingham rules: 



Brough 22-'1101012u0- 8 Banks 122210002211—9 



Chapman 010121111002— 8 Solomon 000020112000—4 



Terry 112021211020— 9 Willis 10100211 0001—6 



HoltiS 11 111 1 1 10100—11 Crane 110120022220—8 



Second shoot— Six pairs, §2.50 sweepstake, Hurlingham rules: 



Chapman 10 10 11 10 10 01—7 Banks 10 10 00 00 10 10—4 



Holtz 00 11 11 11 10 11—9 



Third shoot— Ten bluerocks, 18yds. rise. International rules; 



Chapman 1110100111— 7 Crane 111101111 1- 9 



Terry 1010111111— 8 Banks 0011111111- 8 



Holtz ....1111111111-10 Connell 0110011110— 6 



Fourth shoot— Match for $20, 10 singles, International: 

 Holtz 1111111110-9 Bank 11011111101-8 



WELLINGTON, Mass., Oct. 6— There was but. a small attend- 

 ance at the regular Saturday shoot, of the Wellington Gun Club 

 to-day. The following were the first prize winners of the various 

 events; Six clay-birds, Shumway, 6 clay-pigeons, Chase and 

 Ward well; 6 bluerocks, Shumway; 3 pair bluerocks, Scow; 3 pair 

 elay-pigeons, Shumway; 6 bluerocks, Wardwell; 6 clay-pigeons, 

 Chase; 6 bluerocks, Sanborn aud Field; 6 clay-pigeons, Swift and 

 Stanton; elay-pigeons, Snow, Swift and Field; 6 bluerocks, Shum- 

 way, Chase and Sanborn; 6 bluerocks, Sanborn ond Wardwell; 3 

 pair elay-pigeons, Stanton; 3 pair clay-pigeons, Snow; 6 bluerocks, 

 Snow and W ardwell; 3 pair clay-pigeons, Wardwell; 6 bluerocks, 

 Snow; 6 clay-pigeons, Wardwell. 



PHILADELPHIA.— The North End Gun Club will have, on 

 Oct. 13, a full afternoon shoot; there will be prize and sweep- 

 stake shooting and in the evening a supper for the members and 

 their friends. Targets 2J^c. each. All our friends will please 

 consider this an invitation to come and enjov themselves.— Cltjb 



COMMITTEE. 



READING, Pn., Oct. 1.— A pigeon match for $S00 was shot this 

 afternoon at Riverside, between Zenas Cooper, G. R. Goodman 

 and John McMillan, a Mahonoy City team, and O. H. Hinner- 

 shitz, Fred Ulmer and Jacob Hill, of Reading. The conditions 

 were 100 birds each side, 30yds. rise, 80 boundary, Hurlingham 

 rules. The match was won by Reading, scoring 80 Irirds out of 

 100 to Mali onoy City's 78. Cooper, of Mahonoy City, made the 

 hest score, 32 out of 34 birds. 



THE DRESDEN GUN CLUB, of Dresden, O., will hold a 

 tournament Oct. 17-18, free to all, artificial birds and live pigeons. 

 For full particulars address Capt. Geo. Egan or John Hornuug. 



KLEINTZ DEFEATED.— J. Frank Kieiutz, the champion trap- 

 shot of Pennsylvania recently met D. B. Ferguson, of Port Nori is. 

 N. J., in a live pigeon match at 25 birds, for $100 a side, and was 

 beaten by one bird. Tne conditions were 25yds. rise, Rhode 

 Island rules: 



Ferguson. 1111101111111011010101011—19 



Klemtz 111111111 101 100011 10011 01— 18 



The birds were a fair lot. 



ffzehting. 



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

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

 Canoes. By C. StansneM-Hivks. Price $3.50. Steam Machinery. B% 

 Donaldson. Price $1.60. 



THE LOSS OF THE CYTHERA. 



'T , HOUGH all hope of the safety of the missing yawl Cy thera has 

 X been abandoned for some time, it was only last week that 

 steps were taken to bring Mr. Stewart's will to probate. Mr. 

 Stew art's partner and executor, Mr. E. W. Sheldon, has filed an 

 application in the Surrogate's office, in which the circumstances 

 attending the loss of the yacht are set down as follows: 

 > "On Saturday, March 12, 1888, about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, 

 , Mr. SteAvart, in pursuance of a plan necessitated by serious ill 

 ( Tiealth, sailed from Tonipkinsville, S. L, in his yacht Cythera for 

 Kingston, Jamaica, intending afterward to make a short cruise in 

 the West Indies, and to return to New York by the 1st of May. A 

 voyage between New York and Kingston would ordinarily occupy 

 a sailing vessel from two to three weeks. The Cythera was a 

 yawl-rigged vessel, built at Pairlie, Scotland, in 1874, rebuilt in 

 England m 1884, conspicuous among yachts for her seaworthiness, 

 and staunch and well found in every respect. Her length over all 

 "Was 104f t„ and her gross tonnage was UTT-a t«ns. Her ballast con~ 



sisted of 45 tons of lead and iron inside and 15 tons of lead outside. 

 t cv Y^ ed Asides Mr - Stewart and his friend, Cornelius Smith 

 Lee, ol Newlork city, both of whom were experienced in sailing 

 and navigation, a crew composed of Joseph Phipps, of Wivenhoe, 

 England, sailing master; Charles Svenson, mate; six seamen, a 

 cook and a steward, having m all twelve persons aboard. 



Thfe day following, her departure, at 9 o'clock in the morning, 

 about twenty-five miles east of Baruegat, N. J., the Cythera was 

 sighted bound south, and was reported. That night, between 11 

 and L, o clock, the blizzard came suddenly upon the eastern coast 

 at the United States. A large number of vessels are known to 

 fave been wrecked m this storm, and many others have eve- sLir-e 

 been missing. On Monday afternoon, March 13, between 2 and' 3 

 o clock, when the storm was almost or quite at its height, the 

 Cythera, as was afterward reported by the captain and mate of 

 the three-masted schooner Annie E. Conant, of New Haven Conn 

 Was seen running before the gale at the apparent rate of eight or 

 nine knots an hour. Her course was east to east southeast, and 

 she was then about fifty miles south of the Five Fathom Ban k 

 LlghtBllip, Of about seventy-five miles southeast of Cape May 

 Sfrlar as could be seen at a distance of 150yds., and tbroa3h. fi 

 driving snow storm, the yacht had suffered 'no damage from" the 

 gale, and was weathering it well. No one was visible on her deck 

 kmce that time no certain news of the vessel, and no news at 

 all of those on board of her, has been heard. The .following 

 month. Capt, Hubbard, of the New York and West I ndian Steam* 

 ship Barracouta, reported that ou the 9th of April, about 800 miles 

 north of the Island of St. Kilts he sighted what he took to be a 

 small yawl-rigged vessel bound south. At the distance, howe\ er 

 eight, or nine miles, and with a considerable sea, it was impossible 

 to obtain more than two or three glimpses of this vessel, and no 

 intelligence of her has since been received. 



"The latest news in connection with the missing vacht was 

 brought by Capt. Lconhard, of the bark Josie E. Moore, belonging 

 to Maydell Brothers, of New York. He reported that about March 

 2a, while bound to New Fork from the West Indies, he passed 

 some wreckage ISO rniles south by east of the Highland Lights, 

 which Pilot Joseph H. Nelson, of this city, part owner of the pilot 

 boat Enchantress, says Were cabin fittings belonging to that ves- 

 sel. This pilot boat was cruising off the coast of southern New 

 Jersey on March 11, in the vicinity of the Cythera, and was over- 

 taken by the same gale. From the appearance of this wreckage 

 Pilot Nelson believed that the Enchantress was sunk by collision, 

 and that all on hoard perished. Acting on this belief, he and 

 other surviving owners have collected her insurance from the 

 Atlantic Mutural Insurance Company, and are building a new 

 boat to take, her place. Forty miles south of the place where the 

 wreckage was seen Capt. Leouhard saw the same day a floating 

 fragment, eight feet or more in length, of the deck of a small ves- 

 sel. From its shape, tapering almost to a point, its narrow planks, 

 the manner in which they were laid, and the opening, he supposed 

 it to be the decking of the bow of a yacht, broken off by collision. 

 Pilot Nelson, to whom this was reported, says that, from his 

 knowledge of the Cythera he is convinced that this piece of deck 

 belonged to her, and the same conviction has been expressed by 

 other persons acquainted with the yacht. 



"If this conclusion be accurate, it would follow from the posi- 

 tion and course of the Cythera when last seen, and the location of 

 the floating deck that she must have collided with some unknown 

 vessel or wreck during late afternoon or evening of Monday, 

 March 12, and immediately sunk. Under these circumstances 

 and in such a storm the survival of any person on board would 

 seem to have been impossible." 



Captain Leonard did not report the sighting of the smaller 

 piece of wreckage on his arrival in port, and it is onlv lately that 

 he returned from a second voyage. In the meanwhile the rumor 

 had leached some of Mr. Stewart's friends, aud on the arrival of 

 Captain Leonard from his last voyage they questioned him care- 

 fully in regard to what he had seen. The Cythera was a very 

 strongly built modern vessel, copper fastened, and with only 

 fifteen tons on her keel, her length on l.w.l. being 84ft., beam 17ft. 

 6in. and draft 13ft. She carried a seagoing rig and was well 

 manned and equipped for a long ocean cruise. Beyond what is 

 recounted above, nothing is known of her fate, and it is unlikely 

 that the mystery of her loss will ever be solved; but there is 

 nothing to warrant the conclusion that she foundered in the Gulf 

 Stream, as has been hastily assumed by some; and all the evidence 

 points strongly to a collision with another vessel, the bow of the 

 yacht being cut away, leaving a part of the deck afloat, while 

 both vessels went to the bottom. 



THE NORTON SYSTEM OF BALLASTING. 



JERSEY CITY, N. J., Oct. 1. -Editor Forest and Stream: I have 

 read with pleasure Mr. E. 0. Wiener's pleasant letter relat- 

 ing to the Norton yachts, published in your issue of Sept. 27. 



In your comments following this letter you remark upon the 

 liability of these boats to leak through the joints of the ballast 

 compartments, and also intimate that these compartments and 

 the connecting pipes may be broken by the freezing of the water 

 in them, if the boats or yachts remain afloat in very cold weather 

 In response to the flrst of these objections, 1 will say that if the 

 compartments and joints are. properly constructed there is no 

 danger whatever of t heir leaking or being broken; they are much 

 less liable to accident from this cause than the ordinary vessels 

 are from damage to their planking or frames. Moreover, such 

 damage to a. Norton boat cannot possibly be followed by any seri- 



planking from the bottom or sides, or bore holes in the outer skins 

 and the water will not rise above the inner floor. This I have 

 already shown several times in Europe and here. As long as a 

 majority of the ballast compartments remain intact the boat wiR 

 not sink her floor many inches below her ordinary draft. In the 

 case of the Alista, the floor had been entirely removed, that the 

 metal chambers below might be examined. Not one of these 

 chambers was sound, as the manufacturers in riveting them used 

 iron rivets, which were soon eaten up by the yellow metal, and 

 the chambers were rapidly breaking up in their joints. 



I bas e boats now in This harbor which have seen very hard 

 usage during the past two years, usage which no other class of 

 boat could support for an hour without drowning their occu- 

 pants, yet they have always done their work, and are still per- 

 fectly sound and reliable. As regards the freezing of the water in 

 the pipes and chambers I can assert that there is no occasion for 

 apprehension on this point, a boat I now have here, built in Ger- 

 many, had all the water in her chambers frozen while she was 

 afloat in the river Elbe and not a joint of pipe was disturbed. 

 Again during the w inter of 1887 at Philadelphia the same boat 

 remained in the water uutil the end of January when I examined 

 her and found all the water in her chamber and pipes was a solid 

 block of ice, yet nothing gave way, as there is ample room 

 through the openings in the bottom, the air portion of the cham- 

 bers and the air pipes to provide for the expansion. That boat is 

 now in the harbor and has been seen hy hundreds of persons 

 sailing about the harbor with "Norton Lifeboat" painted on her 

 mainsail. 



In conclusion permit me to remark, that I make no claim that 

 the Norton boats are beyond the reach of accident or damage, 

 but that they are practically non-capsizablo and unsinkable, and 

 that they will safely carry human beings under circumstances 

 when any other class of boat or vessel would drown them. 



It is beyond the. power of man to create or produce a floating 

 body or any mechanism that is not subject to accident and decay, 

 even the planets of this universe, so wonderfuUy governed by the 

 Great Master, are subject to their storms and floods, earthquakes 

 and volcanic fires; yet these storms and floods wiR seldom wreck 

 the Norton boat or ship. 



1 am an old American, and have been a navigator for thirtv- 

 six years. 1 have crossed the Equator eleven times, twice made 

 the circuit of the globe: I have hoisted the United States flag 

 upon neaily every sea and assisted to clear the ocean of the 

 slaves and pirates; 1 have studied shipbuilding in most, of the 

 large seaports of Europe and America, and I know the merits, the 

 strength and the value of the system of naval construction I am 

 offering the maritime world. Francis L. Norton. 



TILLER VS. WHEEL. -The great steamship City of New York 

 is steered only by a short tiller, such as would be used on a 5-ton- 

 ner, and it is said that at first the steersmen had great difficulty 

 iu keeping a straight course, the best steersman on board being 

 an old yacht sailor. The huge balanced rudder is controRed by 

 very powerful steam-steering gear, all below* the water level, the 

 valves of the steam gear being operated by a small tiller on the 

 bridge. 



LAUNCH OF A STEEL STEAM YACHT.— On Oct. the Her- 

 reshoff Mfg. Co., of Bristol, R. I., launched the first steel yacht 

 that the firm has yet built; the Ballybiena, owned by Mr. George 

 Brown, of Baltimore, Md. She was designed by Mr. Nathaniel 

 Herreshoff, and is 132ft. l.w.l., 18ft, Bin. beam, 7ft. 6in. draft, The 

 engines are triple expansion, also designed and built by the firm. 



SOUTHWARK Y. G— A match was sailed on Sept, 30 between 

 the fourth class tuckups, J. L. Nobre and Okey, No. 1. for $100; 

 the course being from Mifflin street wharf around Chester Buoy, 

 30 miles; wind heavy. N.W. The start was made at 12:30, the 

 Nobre finishing at 4:50, and the Okey at 4:51:50; no time allowance 



A CRUISE TO THE SOUTH. 



NEW YORK, Oct. 5.— Editor Forest and Stream: As the columns 

 of the Forest and Stream are ever open to facilitate the 

 pleasures of yachting and other true sports, will you not give ns 

 your Kindly assistance iu making known the following: 



I have A small schooner yacht, under (30ft. in length, in which I 

 expect to make a hunting, fishing and sailing cruise along the 

 roast southward to Florida this winter. Want to start between 

 the first and the middle of November, sailing outside to Cape 

 May, thence to Norfolk, thence inside through Albemarle and 

 Pamlico sounds through the inside passage back of Hatteras, 

 taking plenty of time, shooting and fishing as 1 journev south- 

 ward. Date and route subject to change. As many small yachts 

 make this southern trip every winter, can we not multiply our 

 pleasures by joining forces and cruising together as a fleet? Pleas- 

 ure being the object, we would only sail when wiud and weather 

 favored, and the smallest could keep up with the largest, as speed 

 would be no object, while the added pleasure of companionship 

 would assist, in making such a voyaye ever a pleasant memory. 

 W r e could rendezvous at Sandy Hnok or Norfolk. 



If this strikes Other yachtsmen favorably, will they not lot us 

 hear from them through these columns so that a meeting can be 

 arranged for carrying out the objects above set. forth? Speak out, 

 brother yachtsmen. Vidette. 



COLUMBIA Y. C, FALL REGATTA. — The annual fall re" 

 gatta of the Columbia Y. C. was sailed on Oct. 6 in a heavy rain 

 and strong N.E. wind, at times blowing verv hard. The course, 

 was from the club house, foot of Eighty-sixth street, Hudson 

 River, around a stakeboat off Yonkers. Before the start the 

 MiciSet capsized at her moorings, while Rocket capsized off 

 Yonkers, two of her crew being nearly dead when rescued. The 

 official times were: 



CLASS C, SLOOPS AND CUTTERS 30 TO 35KT. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Alene 12 00 00 3 51 18 3 45 16 3 45 16 



Mergus 12 07 54 3 43 23 3 35 29 3 32 48 



Aggie S ,12 07 56 4 07 37 3 59 43 3 55 43 



Emma and Alice 12 09 01 3 50 32 3 41 31 3 30 51 



CT-ASS D, SLOOPS AND CUTTERS UNDER SOl'T. 



Alex. F 12 07 44 3 49 08 3 41 24 3 31 44 



Julian 12 08 27 4 22 35 4 14 08 4 11 38 



Marguerite 12 15 55 4 37 12 4 2122 4 15 52 



Angler 12 11 02 withdrew. 



Flirt 12 09 42 withdrew. 



CLASS E. OPEN SLOOPS 23FT. AND OVER. 



Rambler 12 06 33 3 55 22 3 48 49 3 48 49 



CLASS G, CABIN CATBOATS 23PT. AND OVER. 



Brunhilde 12 10 47 4 13 23 4 02 36 3 50 16 



Mischief 12 11 15 4 15 10 4 04 25 3 53 25 



Wm. H. Harued 12 09 47 3 52 31 3 42 44 3 42 44 



CLASS H, OPEN CATS OVER 23PT. 



Nina 12 08 09 4 08 26 3 59 17 3 59 17 



Henry Gray 12 08 53 4 48 10 4 39 17 4 33 37 



Aller 12 08 55 3 55 45 3 46 50 3 49 40 



May F 12 07 28 3 55 10 3 47 48 3 38 18 



Corn 12 10 45 4 OS 44 3 ^7 59 3 47 14 



CLASS J, OPEN CATHOATS, 20iT. AND OVER. 



Columbia 12 13 22 4 08 00 3 54 38 3 54 38 



Pauline B 11 14 34 4 26 41 4 1 2 07 4 12 02 



Mystic 12 14 20 4 20 32 4 06 12 4 01 32 



CLASS K, OPEN OATBOATS UNDER 2t)FT. 



Henry Fisher 12 C8 26 4 25 69 4 10 38 4 16 18 



Little Dean 12 11 39 4 42 06 4 30 27 4 24 27 



Midget 12 06 35 withdrew. 



Rocket 12 13 30 capsized. 



Mergus wins in class C, Alex. F. in class D, Rambler in class E 

 Earned in class «, May F. in class H, Columbia in class J and 

 Henry Fisher in class K. The judges were Com. Barnes, K, Y C 

 J. C. Summers and T. G. Sullivan. 



BRIDGEPORT.— Citizens' Cup, annual regatta, Oct. 3. Course, 

 triangle from Bridgeport Light to stakeboat, to Point No Point 

 to starting line; 9 miles. Strong breeze from N.W.jcloudy. Tide' 

 ebh. 



Length. Start. Finish. Corrected 

 Mollie Pitcher, W.S. McNeil. .21. 06 2 37 30 Withdrew 



Kival, F. 1. Hitchcock 21.00 2 35 50 3 52 30 1 16 40 



Tripoli, Geo. Frederick-son.... 19 04 2 38 10 Withdrew. 



Grace L., David Connors 20.04 2 36 10 4 08 51) 1 32 40 



Coronet, Minot Munson 21.04 2 30 20 4 26 50 1 49 45 



Hornet, Chas. H, Morris 20.02 2 37 15 Withdrew 



Surprise, J. Sclmlties .20.00 2 86 05 4 50 40 2 14 00 



Dawn, C. F. Chew 20.06 2 37 25 Withdrew. 



Gracie, Theo. Leaven worth... 21. 06 2 36 20 Not timed 



Dcgmar, Geo. Brown 19.00 2 37 00 



All the yachts but the Grace L. and Surprise had reefed sails, 

 some double reefed. Soon after the start, when the fleet were all 

 off before the wind, it came down so heavy that all the fleet ex- 

 cept the Rival and Tripoli broached to, and had to be tied down 

 before they could be handled. At the stakeboat the Tripoli had 

 jibed preparatory to rounding. The Mollie Pitcher was close 

 on to her, and between stakeboat and Tripoli she could have luffed 

 out across her stern, hut did not, and could not jibe, so struck the 

 Tripoli just abaft the chain plates and cut her to the water's edge 

 and tore her own bowsprit off. Both were taken in tow by the 

 tug Matt, Rowe, following with a party of ladies and gentlemen to 

 see the race. Winners: First prize, Rival; second prize, Grace 

 L.; third prize, Coronet; fourth prize, Surprise: fifth prize, Gracie 

 Regatta Committee— Com. A. C. Hobbs, Capt. Wm. F. Brooks and 

 A. H. Davis. Judges— P. H. Prindle, Capt. Thos. F. VoSe and Geo 

 Masters. 



SAN FRANCISCO.-The match for $1,000 per side between the 

 pilot boat America and the coasting schooner C. H. White was 

 galled on Sept. SB over a 48.5-mile course, from a line between 

 Point, h,abos and Point Bonita, on San Francisco Bav. around the 

 Middle Rock, off the Farailones, the same course over which 



crossing at 10:04:44 and the America, at 10:09:26. The White led at 

 first, until the breeze freshened, when she was passed by the 

 America. The latter rounded the mark at 2:01:20, setting her 

 light canvas at once. The White rounded at 2:13:10. America 

 won by nearly 6 miles, the times being: 



Start. Turn. Finish. Elapsed. 



America 10 09 26^ 2 01 20 4 45 Mi fl 36 12W 



0. H. White 10 04 44J/ 8 2 13 30 5 15 43 7 1b 2 



Lurline was not in the race, but sailed over the course. 



DAUNNTLESS.-About 1 A.M. on Oct. 5 the schr. Dauntless, 

 vice-Corn. Colt, grounded on the rocks on the southeast end of 

 Hart's Island, the wind falling and a strong ebb tide carrying her 

 on. As the tide fell she was left in a dangerous predicament, but 

 at high water she was hauled off by a tug and towed to South 

 Brooklyn. So far as known, her injuries are not serious. 



FEARS FOR THE PILOT.-Chicago, 111., Sept. 28.-Snecials 

 from Racine, Wis., state that fears are felt for tfie safety*of the 

 yacht Pilot, that sailed on Sept. 20 for Chicago, bound for New- 

 Orleans via Illinois and Mississippi rivers. The Pilot was Cauant 

 in the heavy northwest gale, and since then nothing car^'be 

 learned of her. No word can be gained at this port, and can? a- ins 

 of large craft coming in to-day state that no small .raft obnldhave 

 lived through the gale. Capt. Strain of the steamer Puritan 

 came from Breton Harbor after the gale had abated, but savs that 

 even there the yacht could not have lived in the sea, which was 

 terrific. Capt. Wetherill and Lou Skow were aboard the Pilot. 

 It is hoped they may have survived, but at midnight last night no 

 trace had been seen of them or their boat,— E. H, 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Officers, 1887-88. 



Commodore: R. W. Gibson ) .,, XT , r 



Secretary-Treasurer: F. L. Mix. f Albany, N. Y 

 Vice-Corn.. Rear-Corn. Purser. 

 Central Div..W. R. Huntmgtou.E. "W. Hasten T. H. Stryker, 



Atlantic Div.W. P. Stephens L. B. Palmer F. L. Dunneff Y ' 



Eastern Div. .H. E. Rice, M. D....Maxton m^.'^t^!^ 



N'thernDiv.. Robert, Tyson S.S. Robinson Colin F?agef?loromo 8, 



Applications for membership must be made to division pursers accom- 

 panied by the recommendation of an active member aud the sum of «2 Oil 

 for entrance fee and dues for current year. Every member attendtnS 

 tte general A. C. A. camp shall pay . «1.00 for camp expense* Application 

 sent to the Sec'v-Treas. will belorwarded by him to the proper Division 

 ^ Pc 'P? nB A r !55«S? i n a , n £ Div l*[C'a and wishing to become members' of 

 the A. C. A., will be furnished with printed forms or appllcati on by address- 

 lug 1 116 Jr urstft*. 1 



