Oct. 25, 1888.3 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



present on this occasion, but did not enter. All this time she was 

 sailed by Uaptani Randall^but Captain John Barr, whose name is 



r'as then 

 though 

 o^dit that 



so many ot her wins were hut sail-overs, as ihcre has been, and 

 still were, plenty of good t wenties, hut from Lenoro down they 

 wanted nothing to do with the new fiver. 



In view of her success in the North', much interest was felt in 

 her performance in the matches of the South coast, especially In 

 her meeting with the hitherto renowned crack Freda, designed hy 

 Mr. J. Beavor Webb. Freda was no longer in the first bloom of 

 youtli as a racer, being then in her fifth season, and in size she 

 was no match for the new boat, being 19.fl4x9.79 l.w.L, but sue had 

 headed her class for a long time as the fastest, of the 20-tonners. 

 Their first meeting was in (be Royal Western Y. O. regatta of 

 July 31, at Plymouth, the result being a victory for Claraf though 

 the race was not m itself a decisive one. Next day, however, they 

 met again in the Port of Plymouth regatta; with "the same result. 

 On Aug. b they met again in the Royal Southampton regatta, 

 when Clara came to grief, first through the breaking of her spin- 

 alter boom, and t hen through the splitting of her elubtopsail, thus 

 being beaten by Freda, but coming in close to the winner. On 

 Aug. U they came together again in the Royal Albert, at South- 

 sea, when Clara won by 5m,; and in (lie Royal Victoria Y. C. re- 

 gatta, at Ryde, next day, Clara was again the victor by 3m. 

 No room for doubt as to the better of the two was now left, and a 

 few days later Clara started for home, arriving in time for the 

 Royal Clyde regatta of Ang. 30, when she met and defeated Lenore, 

 20 tons, Amathea 20, Sayonara SO, Thyra 20, Louise 19, and Irene, 



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son, and she went out of commission with a record of 17 firsts and 

 1 second prize, netting £'840 for 20 starts. In the same month 

 she was purchased by Mr. N. B. Stewart, owner of the 40-tonner 

 May, in which Uapt. Barr had sailed very successfully for a season. 



The season of 1885 found Clara ready to meet all comers in the 

 feputb, with Captain John Barr at the stick, her first race being 

 that ot the New Thames Y. C, Southend to Harwich, sailed on 

 May JO. This time she was in company with larger craft than 



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Ualatea. On June 1 she sailed in the Rojal Harwich regatta 

 beating Queen Mab, Ulerin aud Fairlie, and next day, under the 

 same club, she beat Erycina, 90, and Arethusa, 54, "both yawls. 

 This ended her career in British waters, as she was purchased a 

 tew days later by Mr. ('has. Sweet, and at once went to Blackwall 

 to fit out tor the passage across to New* York. 



Her new owner, a British yachtsman, had spent much of his 

 time in New York for several years, being engaged in some legal 

 business there, and as his stay promised to be more or less pro- 

 longed, he determined to send a yacht out, being a member of the 

 New u-.ru. Eastern, Seawanhaka and Larch mont clubs. Clara 



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port in safety, an amusing incident of her arrival being the mis- 

 take made by her skipper, who brought, her in during the night 

 and did not realize that he had actually reached New York until 

 he had taken her some distance up beyond the city piers, instead 

 of apchonag off Staten Island. She was soon in commission 

 under Capt. Barr and her regular crew, who came put by steamer, 

 the passage across having been made by a skipper and crew who 

 made a specialty of taking yachts on long ocean voyages. 



After fitting out, she sailed for Newport, joining the Eastern Y. 

 C. fleet, then on its cruise to New Y r ork. On Sept. 2 the fleet of 18, 

 of which Clara was the smallest, sailed from Newport for New- 

 London, Clara being third boat in, Fortuna, sehr., and Thetis, 

 sloop, 04ft,., heating her. Next day she sailed well with the fleet, 

 but. continued on to New York, not stopping with the others at 

 night. Her first race in America was for the Bennett-Douglas 

 Cup, on Sept. 21, outside Sandy Honk, in a good breeze and some 

 little sea. Oenesta won the cup, the smaller yachts having no 

 chance, but, four of them, Clara, ids, Athlon and Daphne, made 

 up a sweepstakes of §150 each, which Clara won very easily. This 

 was her only race this season, her record being but four starts, in 

 which she took two regular first prizes, one third prize and sweep- 

 stakes mentioned above. She was laid up at Beverly bridges, her 

 crew returning home. 



It was by this time pretty well recognized that none of the old 

 sloops were good enough to meet such a, boat as Clara, and during 

 the winter a new yacht of the compromise type was started at 

 Piepgrass's yard to race in the same class. Cinderella, as she was 

 named,\was designed for Mr. Wm, lselio by Mr, Gary A. Smith, and 

 was 52ft. Lw.l., lGft. bin. beam, and 6ft. bin. draft, with a lead keel 

 of 12 tons and a displacement of 42 tons. She was built of wood, 

 but of far lighter construction than is common in America, the 

 main object being speed. Clara was fitted out early, and was on 

 hand on May 30 in the opening race of the Seawanhaka O. Y. C, 

 but found no competitor, Cinderella not being in commission. 

 The first meeting between the two was on June 5, in the pennant 

 regatta of the Larchmont Y. C, Clara beating Cinderella by 

 Ira. and two older sloops, Thistle by 23m. and Athlon by 13m., the 

 former heing larger than Clara. Tne result was a challenge from 

 Cinderella for a match next day, in which Clara was again vic- 

 torious. Following these races came regatta week, when Clara 

 made a clean sweep of the field, beating alt of her own class easily 

 as well as Gracie, 70ft„ Fanny, 67ft., aud Thetis, C4f t. Her work 

 for the week was summed up as follows in the Forest and 

 Stream: 



"Undoubtedly the honors of last week belong to one boat, 

 though one may look in vain for any mention of it in the daily 

 papers of New York and Boston, except a few brief notices and a 

 line in the tables of times. No big typeand headingeall attention 

 to her work, hut to any one who reads the times carefully it 

 speaks for itself, thus: 



Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday. 



Clara 7 16 37 6 32 42 7 31 19 



Thetis 7 17 55 C 47 39 



Gracie 7 13 59 6 46 09 7 55 18 



Fanny 6 46 28 ... . 



Athlon 7 28 49 7 03 12 withdrew. 



Thistle.... 8 08 24 



Bertie...' Not timed 



Cinderella 7 33 19 6 49 48 7 45 35 



Vivid 8 34 36 Not timed 



Reamer 7 34 56 ... 



Daphne 8 10 45 7 09 16 7 49 19 



Whileawaj Not l imed 



Regina Not timed. Not timed. 



These are the elapsed times, and it must be remembered that 

 Thetis, Gracie and Fanny are from 11 to 17ft. longer and twice as 

 wide as Clara, so the corrected times will show still more in her 

 favor, while they would reduce a little the time of some of the 

 others, but the result is near enough. Here are ten sloops, among 

 them the fastest we have, aggregating 23 starts in the series of 

 three races in light weather, and beaten in even time, irrespective 

 of size, in every case but one, by the narrowest cutter we have 

 yet had here, and in this one case the cutter wins by a big margin 

 on time allowance." 



After the Seawanhaka race Clara started for Marblehead, sail- 

 ing ou June 29 in the regatta of the Eastern Y. C, but with only 

 Active and Ulidia against her. the former an old sloop 50x16ft., 

 both of which she defeated easily and then returned to Larch- 

 mont for the annual regatta of July 5, in which she beat Cin- 

 derella by 27m., besides five schooners, all larger than she. Be- 

 sides the regular class prize, Clara won the Connor Cup, She 

 returned at once to Beverly, where she cruised about until the 

 cruise of the New York Y. C„ when she was on hand for the 

 Goelet Cup, but of course with little chance of winning from such 

 yachts as Puritan and Mayflower, ail being classed together. A 

 sweepstakes was made up, however, which she won, beating the 

 sloops Fanny, Hildegarde, Cinderella, Regina. Athlon and Gaviota, 

 and being within lm. of Gracie. Two days later, on the run to 

 New Bedford, she beat all of her class, but, no prize was given. 

 On Sept. 18 the Citizen's regatta was sailed off Newport, the fleet 

 drifting for nearly twelve hours over a 45-mile course and only 

 finishing at midnight. Cinderella finished a short time ahead of 

 Clara, and would have won the prize, but she had no club mem- 

 ber on board, so the prize went to Clara. As far as the honors of 

 the race were concerned, it was an even matter, as neither boat 

 did anything but drift all day. The last race of the year was at 

 Larchmont on Oct. 3, when Clara again beat Cinderella by lm. 

 31s. Thus Clara started 11 times and won 12 prizes, all of them 



out, but in July he arrived in New- York and at once had her put 



loft, a new suit of cotton duck made bv Wilson & Griffin. She 

 reached Newport after the Goelet Cup race and joined the fleet at 



Vineyard Haven for the race to Marblehead for the Morgan cups 

 on Aug. 8. She heat all of her class and some of the class above 

 her, but took no prize, being beaten by Bedouin and Gracie. On 

 Aug. 11 she started in the special regatta of the Eastern Y r . C, off 

 Marblehead, her principal antagonist being Cinderella. Before 

 the first: mark was readied, the, leg being a beat of 12 miles, the 

 crosstrees broke and a little later the clevis on the stem pulled out, 

 the head of the copper bolt having been corroded while she lay all 

 winter in the water near New York. The consequence was a gen- 

 eral wreck, both topmast and bowsprit going out of her, so that 

 she withdrew from the race. Whether or no she would have 

 beaten Cinderella was of course an open question at that stage of 

 the race, but from the evidence it, seems that, Cinderella, was the 

 leader at the time of the second and principal mishap. There was 

 very little general racing during the rest of the season, the Volun- 

 teer—Thistle races engrossing the attention of yachtsmen, and 

 Clara was not entered again. After Thistle's defeat Mr. Sweet 

 gave notice of a challenge for toe Cup, his intention being to build 

 a, v'Oft. yacht, but in this he was promptly headed off bv the action 

 of the New York Y, C. m so revising the deed ef gift as to do awav 

 with all time allowance between a 90ft. and a 70ft. boat. 



During the past season Mr. Sweet's business has kept him in 

 London, and Clara has not, been fitted out, During the season of 

 1887, when Clara raced but twice, as told above, Cinderella sailed 

 12 races and captured 9 firsts, thus setting at rest the statement 

 that has been made to account for Clara's success, that there 

 were no really good boats in her class. It lias also heen said that 

 her success was duo entirely to Capt, Pa i r's skill as a sailor, but 

 during her first season she won in other hands, aud during many 

 of her races here she wassailed and manned by Corinthians. At 

 the same time there is no doubt but that Capt. Barr is one of the 

 shrewdest and most capable skippers that has sailed a boat, either 

 sloop or cutter, in American waters; and that much of Clara's 

 success is due to the constant pains ho took in keeping her 

 tuned up to racing pitch. Unlike most foieign skippers, lie 

 was very quick to appreciate the diffeience in conditions between 

 the racing ben? and abroad, aud to adapt his boat to them. All 

 spars aud gear were lightened as far as safety would permit, and 

 yet in all her races while he was in command she never met with 

 a mishap of any kind. Her boom was very light for heavy 

 weather, but instead of replacing it with a heavier or.e lie put 

 a row of gronimets in the foot of the sail and rove a lacing in 

 heavy weather, sailing with a loose foot in light winds. In the 

 same way. Unetpppintrlift was discarded in her summer racing, 

 as being unnecessary; while the weight aloft was reduced in every 

 passible way. We will shortly give the dock and cabin plans of 

 Clara. 



KEEL YACHTS AND CENTERBOARD CANOES. 



"0 NE ot t-he ellvious things noted by gentlemen mariners is that 

 V/ the keel model has no one to champion it among canoe 

 owners. The British used to build canoes of deep mode) and load 

 them with ballast, but they got whipped out by the centerhoard 

 canoe of Yankee build, and wholly abandoned their own model to 

 bring to America this year the Charm, built on Yankee lines, 

 't hey got licked on that tack also, but there is no return to the 

 deep or keel model in prospect. Tho Foil est and Stream has 

 done more than any other sportsman's paper to make keels popu- 

 lar among yachtsmen and ceuterboards popular among canoe- 

 men. And yet a centei board trunk is a much greater nuisance in 

 a canoe than in a, 90ft. yacht, and both boats are driven by sails '* 

 — New Znrlt Sun, Oct. ,'7. 



The reason why the Fob est and Stream lias advocated the 

 keel m one class of boat and a centerhoard in a totally different 

 class, is by no means so difficult to discern as the Sun would im- 

 ply. Wherever a sailing craft of any kind is to be used for sail- 

 ing in deep water wo claim that the keel boat is stronger, safer 

 and more seaworthy than the centerhoard craft; and iust as fast 

 Where, however, a limit of any kind is placed in the depth of 

 water, a departure in some direction from the ideal kcci mode] 

 is necessary. For this reason we recognize the value of sharpies 

 and other shoal craft for certain waters where navigation with a 

 keel vessel would be impossible, and for tho same reason it is 

 likely that the centerhoard will be retained in racing craft, of 

 90ft. should any be built, as a keel boat of that length and pro- 

 portionate draft would be too deep for ordinary regatta courses 

 of the Atlantic coast. 



When it comes to canoes, there is no possible doubt but that a 

 keel canoe could be built that would be faster and give far more 

 room inside thau any centerhoard canoe, and so long as she was 

 in two feet of water she would he preferable in every way; but 

 this is a very small part of a canoe's usefulness. The first, requis- 

 ite in a canoe is light draft, not over bin. at most, aud 4 hi. is often 

 better. Added to this, she must be nearly flat on tho bottom, so 

 as to stand upright on shore, for sleeping aboard, etc. Much of 

 her cruising is done in a few inches of water, she is beached aud 

 set afloat half a dozen times a day; loaded into cars and wagon; 

 aud this point of convenient handling on shore is far more im- 

 portant than speed afloat. Consequently the deep keel has been 

 prohibited in the rules of the American Canoe Association, as the 

 introduction of keel canoes would mean the establishment of a 

 special racing class, against which no cruising canoe could com- 

 pete with a chance of success. The Sun's analogy hetween the 

 yacht and canoe in respect to sails and centerhoard trunk is cor- 

 rect as far as it goes, but it is hard to imagine Qeu. Paine holding 

 up Volunteer in a heavy puff ny hiking out over the side and put- 

 ting one foot od the centerboaid as it comes out of water, or of 

 him entering her in a "sailing capsize" race, where the mainsail 

 must be laid flat in the water and the boat righted again. 



A POSSIBLE CHALLENGE FOR THE CUP. 



LAST week Mr. Walter Reeks, a yacht designer from Sydnev, 

 N. S. W., arrived in Boston and visited Mr. Burgess, hi* 

 object being to learn something of American yachts, with a view 

 of challenging for the America's Cup on behalf of the Royal 

 Sydney Y r . C. Mr. Reeks is an Englishman, a pupil of Richardson, 

 the designer of lrex, Sameena and Petrou ilia, but has resided in 

 Sydney for the past five years. The intention at present is to 

 challenge, for a race in 1890, but nothing has been said about the 

 dimensions or model of the challenger, or whether she will be 

 cutter or schooner rigged. The challenger will be built in Sydney 

 and will sail to New York by way of the Cape of Good Hope, a 

 number of Australian yachtsmen coming in her. Mr. Reeks ex- 

 pects to visit New York this week. 



MIRAMICHI Y". C— This club closed the yachting season of 

 188S on Oct. 18 by a race for a championship pennant presented by 

 Vice-Commodore J. L. Stewart, The course was from Black Brook 

 to Oak Point and back, rounding Murdock's Point and Napan 

 buoys both ways, between ten and twelve miles long. Tide flood, 

 wind fresh northerly. Weather mild and sunnv, a perfect day. 

 The competitors were sloop Fisherman, the winner of the Miller 

 silver cup at the last race; sloop Kilbride, the winner of 

 nearly all the races ever sailed by the club; Kittoch, a keel 

 cutter with outside ballast and sloop Welcome Home. The first 

 three engaged in a luffing match for a couple of miles, thereby 

 getting considerably to windward of the true course, while the 

 latter kept well to leeward and weut straight for. the first buov, 

 rounding it 3m. ahead of the next boat. Fisherman and Kilbride 

 passed Kittock before the Napan buoy was reached and Kilbride 

 passed Fisherman on the close reach across from Napan to Oak 

 Point. Fisherman had her revenge on the reach back. In the beat 

 up to Black Brook Fisherman passed Welcome Home, Kilbride al- 

 most caught her, while Kittoch, though she had been five minutes 

 astern at the entrance on the home stretch, lapped Welcome 

 Home after passing Kilhride. She had tacked but once as against 

 three times for the others. She finished a minute and a half 

 before Fisherman, and it is interesting to recall the fact that 

 the latter had beaten her a month before, in smooth water and 

 very light wind, on a 10m. course, over half an hour. Welcome 

 Home, the winner of the race, was left fifty minutes astern by 

 Fisherman on that occasion, and twenty-two minutes by Kil- 

 bride, but had iu the meantime been provided with a new set of 

 sails and an iron centerhoard in place of twilled cotton and wood. 

 The flag is a gorgeous piece of bunting, designed by Miles, a St. 

 John artist, and made especially foi the occasion. The following 

 is the summary: 



Start. 



Welcome Home. F. Loggie . 12 50 00 



Kilbride, Com. Miller 12 49 58 



Kittoch, Jas. Miller 12 48 30 



Fisherman, R. Loggie 12 49 27 



YACHT AND BOAT SAILING.— The sixth edition of Kemps 

 well-known work is announced. Among other additions it will 

 contain a chapter on ceuterboards. Among the new designs will 

 be Mystery, centerhoard. sailing boat; the Mersey boats Gladys, 

 Brunette aud Whisper; a Clyde boat by Mr. Watson , Minima, 

 Itchen boat, Mr. Clayton's Madcap and a single-hand cruiser de- 

 signed by Mr. Watson, 



Finish. Elaosed. Corrected. 



2 43 31 1 53 31 1 50 SB 

 1 53 42 

 1 55 02 

 1 53 18 



2 43 40 

 2 43 32 

 2 42 45 



1 50 53 

 I 51 07 

 1 53 18 



THE NEW HEERESHOFF TORPEDO BOAT. — The Herreshoff 

 M'f'g. Co. is now at work on a torpedo boat for the U. S. Govern- 

 ment, under a contract signed last March, the boat to be com- 

 pleted in fifteen months. The price is $82,750 for the boat, ex- 

 clusive of the toroodoes and their fittings. The dimensions are: 

 Length over all, 138ft.; length on deck, 134 ft; extreme beam, 15ft,; 

 extreme depth, keel to crown of deck amidships, 10ft. The keel 

 will be rockered, thedraft aftlft.Sin. Displacement, about 100 tons, 

 and the horse-power estimated at 1,600. The engines are to be 

 tive-eyliiider quadruple expansion, driving twin screws. The two 

 boilers are to be of HerreshofT's latest design, and placed in separ- 

 ate compartments forward and abaft the engine room. Eight 

 bilge-ejectors will give a total discharge of 280 tons per hour. A 

 steam steering engine will be fitted to work a balance rudder of 

 large area. The eugines and boilers will be protected by coal. 

 The interior will be divided into eleven water-tight com parr - 

 ments and lighted by electricity. There will be two conning 

 towers, one forward and one aft, with a, search-light on each. 

 The armament is to consist of two torpedo tubes, a torpedo 

 gun aft, and three 37-pound er rapid-firing guns. A weight 

 of 15 tons is to be carried on trial, which will be a three 

 hours' continuous run. If on a three hours' trial the mean 

 speed of the boat exceed 22 Knots, a premium of 81,500 will be 

 paid, provided the boat is accepted by the Department, for each ^4 

 knot in excess of 23 knots, and $2,000 for each f4 knot in excess of 

 24 knots. If the speed of the three hours' trial calculated as 

 aforesaid fulls below 22 knots a penalty of $4,000 will be exacted. 

 If the speed on trial falls below 20 knots the Department reserves 

 the right to reject the boat. 



BtSCAYNE BAY Y. C.-This club is looking forward to an 

 early opening of a prosperous season, as its northern members are 

 preparing to start for the South. The fleet will be increased this 

 year by the addition of several new yachts, alt of shoal draft. 

 Com. Monroe and Vice-Corn, nines have each a new craft, built 

 by Brown of Tottenville, S. I., while Mr. Ralph M. Munroo will 

 take down bi3 yawl Piesto. The latter boat, built in 1885, has 

 served for a model for the new ones; having proved a very suc- 

 cessful boat of the kind. She was designed by her owner for use 

 about the Lower Bay, New York, and as her moorings were in 

 the Great Kills, on the south of Staten Island, where she lies high 

 and dry at very low tides, shoal draft and a flat bottom were es- 

 sential. She differs from the sharpie in being wider and hav- 

 ing a round bilge, her length over all being 4lf t., beam 10ft, Gin., 

 and draft about 2ft. Rigged with mainsail, jib and mizen she has 

 cruised about Sandy Hook ahd the lightships for the past five 

 seasons, and proved very safe and comfortable. The cabin is 

 quite large with Berths for four. Com. Munroe's new craft is a. 

 little smaller than the Presto, while Vice-Corn. Hines's boat is 

 larger. Air. Brown lias also finished lately a 60ft, sharpie for the 

 U. S. Government, for surveying work about the Florida reefs, 

 She draws aoout 2ft, of water, and has accommodations for a 

 crew of 14. 



COOPER'S POINT CORINTHIAN Y. C— The eighteenth raee 

 of t he Cooper's Point Corinthian was sailed over the club course 

 on Oct. 10. Item, Allmond and Wilkins (second class) started at 

 3:10 V. M.; wind S.W., moderate, ebb tide. Down wind the boats 



hg point, the Item and Wilkins were turning with their booms to 

 starboard and port, wing and wing and with scarcely room 

 enough to drop a match between them, Allmoud slightly in the 

 rear. By a "coup-de-jibe" thai absorbed all the air from the 

 head boats, the Allmond went to The iront as if sent there by an 

 electric motor, which place she held to the upper mark, with the 

 Item and Wilkins close in her wake. The beat home to wind- 

 ward, with lee rails awash, made line sailing. Not. a quiver in 

 any of the sails, or a jar iu the boats thai would have capsized an 

 egg on end, and no mistakes were made. The Allmond, Capt. 

 R. O. Will kins, turned the home stake boat. at. 4:11:05: Item, Capt. 

 Will Kiusey, 4:11:15; Wilkins, Capt. Will Cook, 4:11:20. Another 

 race will take place on Oct. 23 and. every following Tuesday until 

 ice drives the boats out of tho river. 



NAROD AND SAGAMORE.— The collision which latelv took 

 place at the foot of Twenty-fourth street, East River. New York 

 i>y which the steam yacht Narod was injured bv the Sagamore, 

 has given rise to considerable trouble, as Mr. S. G. Doran, the 

 owner of the Narod, has libeled the Sagamore in a suit for dam- 

 ages, placing the sum at $4,000. An outcome of the suit is the 

 discovery that Air. Doran has sailed during the season tinder the 

 flag of the New Y T ork Y. C, though not a member, a fact which 

 he explains by saying that his name had been proposed before he 

 left New York ou a long cruise to the St. Lawrence, he supposed 

 that he had been elected. However true this may be. it does not 

 explain why the Narod dew tho flag of the Seawanhaka C. Y. C. 

 on the occasion of the club's regatta last June, Mr. Doran not 

 being a member of the club or even proposed for membership. 



MOLLY AND WO 08. —A race was sailed on Oct. 20, at Toronto, 

 bet ween the sloop Molly, owned bv Mr. Percival, and tin catboat 

 WOO?, owned hy Mr. Haverson. the course being triangular, on 

 Toronto Bay, two rounds. It was blowing heavily at the start, a 

 violent thunderstorm ha vine just passed b> , and Molly tied in two 

 reefs and Woos one. The two started at 3:05, Molly having the 

 lead, but Wcos ran out a. spinaker boom forward, set ting a balloon 

 jib on it and drawing away from Mollv, leading around the first 

 mark. On the second leg Molly shook out one reef and tried a 

 spinaker, but Woos continued to gain, especially on the windward 

 work of third leg. At the end of the round Woos led by 0m. She 

 shook out her reef and set her balloon jib, still gaining, and won 

 by llm. 



BANSHEE. — The lead keel of Banshee is now being slightly in- 

 creased, the hottom being padded out and the corners rounded so 

 as to make the bottom a curve, it was discovered lately that the 

 iron plates on the lower corner of the centerhoard, to reinforce 

 the bolt hole, had been badly eaten away by galvanic action 

 being so near the lead keel. 



STEAM LAUNCH RACING.— On Oct. 20 the steam launch 



per hour. 



GANNET. — Mr. Walter C. Hubbard, Seawanhaka C. Y. C, has 

 purchased the Gannet from Mr. Oliver Adams, and will rig her as 

 a yawl. She lately lost her mast in the storm at Larchmont 

 through the Portia dragging her anchor and driving down on Gan- 

 net. 



TOMBOY— The new 29ft, cutter built for Mr. Archibald Rogers 

 of the Bedouin, has been named Tomboy. She left for New York 

 in charge of Capt. Pittuck on Oct. 19. 



CHIQUITA has had her mast and gaff reduced, and will have a 

 new mainsail from Wilson's loft, 



SAY WHEN.— Mr. N. L. Munro has sold the Say When, the 

 price being §4o,000. 



NEW YORK Y. C.-The fall meeting will be held to-night at 

 the club house. 



Rev. R, Ashton, superintendent of the Mohawk Indian 

 institution at Brantford, Ont., has a black and tan terrier 

 that always accompanies the Indian children to church on 

 Sunday. He goes to the altar rails, and lies down faeine 

 the congregation. When they rise to sing, he rises; when 

 they sit, he lies down. One Sunday, a strange clergyman 

 preached a sermon that was very much longer than usual. 

 The dog grew tired and restless. Finally he went to the boy 

 who usually passed the plate at the close of the service aud 

 "begged" persistently, as much as to say, ''If you will only 

 pass the plate the preacher will stop." He kept it up until 

 the sermon was concluded. 



The war between the Tweed poachers and the watchers 

 continues with ivnabated fury. But it has its comic aspects 

 For instance, a Scotch newspaper reports that on Sunday, 

 two days after the close time commenced, the bailiffs seized 

 five nets in the neighborhood of Barnmouth. and that the 

 fishermen are "deeply incensed at the action of the bailiffs 

 and consider that their labor on Sundays should be. forbidden 

 as scandalous.— Fishing Gazette. 



W, H. Pierce. 



