Oct. 3, 1889.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 28.— Since the appearance of ducks in 

 this vicinity the gun clubs here are winding up the trap season, 

 and the "'mud saucers" are beiug shelved till next season. Ou 

 last Monday the Empire Gun Club held its last, shoot for this 

 year, which had a large attendance. Live birds were used ex- 

 clusively, and they were a remarkably lively lot. Several good 

 scores were made, amr all present expressed themselves thor- 

 oughly satisfied with the sport furnished. The birds were paid 

 for out of the club treasury. The score is as follows. No. 1, 13 

 birds each, 5 ground traps, SOyqa, rise, 12-gauges allowed 2yds. 

 handicap, use of bot h barrels: 



J E Hagerty 12121 11212113-13 C Evarts 1201001100210- 7 



FSloll 1310111201220-10 P Burg 2121111112111-13 



J Stussell 1231000211001- 8 J Steffen 11001311)0002- 8 



J Lenbardt 2122010111122—11 T White 1202212002213-1O 



C Jamison 1200212102211-10 H Nagcl 1011101111011-10 



A Yuuge 1001002111012— 8 E Meyer 2101101121110—10 



,T Stoetzle 1010011001020— 6 0 George 1110201121111*11 



F Freschcr 1211112110112—12 JWieber 1201100110111—0 



C Loeffell. 0112100010001- 6 II Stein 0120111222121-11 



J Rosier 1201120102101- 0 Kuntze 0120121202101- 8 



.1 Schnell 12121011 11110-11 Dr Borm 2202011222121-11 



S Schnell 1002110112010- 8 Tinglin 2020210101011-8 



F Fink 0011122201120- 9 Kacer 0111101010100 - 7 



B Westhus 0200221210011 - 8 



Five moneys; all ties div. 



The. Diana Guu Club was fortunate enough to have a pleasant 

 day for its wind-up shoot hist Wednesday afternoon. There was 

 a large crowd present, and the shooting was of a high grade. The 

 score is as follows: Shoot No. 1, sweepstakes, 20 single Peoria 

 blackbirds: B. Westhus 19, A. Junge 15, D.Weinheimrr 15, ll.Wil- 

 heltn 10, G. Walicb. 10, C, Kurtz (5, Quelimaltz 13, Schweigler 9, 

 Metzger 14, M. Weinheimer 14, L. Weinheimer 5, O. Frioke 15, M. 

 Reeg 11, P. Best 12, J. Klicker 10, J.Minck 8, C. Stricli 6, Roy 18, A. 

 Lefka 15, O. Billon 15, l-l. Dasch 13, O. Baer 13, L. Kalrwasser 11, 

 H. Bachmann 8, T. Her old 15, H. Hasenvann 13, J. Sauer 3, G. 

 Bruggemann 7, J. Vogel 9, w. Heineman 16, C. Eilert 1S» C. 

 Eckert 9, 0. Haittbacher 5. F. Tremniel 2. Bosh 10, F. Herman 9, C. 

 Georgo 11, L. Battel 10, Sehewitz 12. B. Westhus first, Roy 

 second, ties on 16 and 15 divided third and fourth respectively. 



Yesterday afternoon at Compton avenvue Park Dr. M. C. St irk- 

 lofl and Fred. Freschcr shot a match at, 50 live birds for $50 a side. 

 A fine, lot of birds were secured for the event, and they proved 

 entirely too "frisky" for the contestants. Almost half of the 

 number shot at went scot free. The weather was pleasant, a fair- 

 sized crowd of enthusiasts were present to witness the affair. 

 Prescber made a splendid stop on a right-quartering bird, and 

 with his second barrel, for which the crowd applauded liberally. 

 The score is as follows: The conditions of the match were 50 live 

 pigeons per man, J lorliughain rules modified to use 10- gauge guns, 

 for $50 a Bine: 



Dr Starkloff . . , . . 012211121 1—9 Frescher OlOllllOll— 7 



11111 01202—8 1 210010032- 0 



0202120111-7 • 2100001022-5 



1000021021—5 0001100o?0-4 

 0921012100-5—34 1001102-201— fl-27 



DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 21.— The Kennel Gun Club was out in 

 force to-dav at the Mile House for the September cup shoot. 



First match, at 10 single inanimate targets: 



Chas Whealen 8 G us Sander 8 



Ed Cooper 7 Chas Sauder 5 



Rolla Heikes 11 J C Porterfield 7 



TB Hanna 6 Adolph Sander 12 



C G Stoddard 19 



Club cup shoot, at 30 singles: 



T B Hanna 22 Charles Wheeler 19 



Gus Sander 23 Ed Cooper 22 



R O Heikes 27 George Makley 24 



Charles Sander 27 J C Porterfield 19 



A Sander 24 CG Stoddard 20 



Next was a sparrow match, 18 birds each, 3 ground traps, asso- 

 ciation mles: 



Ed Pike 12 Gus Sander 13 



Geo Makelv 7 Ed Cooper 5 



J C Porterfield 13 Chas Wheeler 12 



Chas Sander 14 J B Hanna .....10 



Adolph Sander 11 Rolla O Heikes 13 



"WELLINGTON, Mass., Sept. 28.— At the regular Saturday shoot, 

 of t he Wellington Club to-day. Perry won m the silver pitcher 

 match with a clean score of 15. The other scores were: Lee 11, 

 Chase, Melcher and Stone 12. Cowce and Bond 11, Field 8. Chapin 

 and Webster 7. The merchandise match closed to-day with the 

 following winners making The best 10 scores at 15 clay-pigeons: 

 Sanborn 137, Warven 133, Schaefer 132, Snow, Field and Chapin 

 each 131, Bond 130. Dill 128, Bradstreet aud Chase each 127, Mt ri- 

 cher 119, Stone ll r ), Cowse 107, Baxter 104. The first prize was an 

 elegant gold badge, while the others were money prizes. Ths 

 winuers in the sweepstakes follow: 7 bluerocks, Perry; 8 clay- 

 pigeons. Lee, Perry and Melcher; 6 bluerocks, Smith and Cnapin; 

 5 bluerocks. Chase: 5 clay-pigeons. Chase, Cowee, Franklin and 

 Webster; 5 bluerocks, Chase; (1 bluerocks, field; 0 bluerocks, Dick; 

 10 bluerocks, Keystone match, Chapin and Dill; 6 bluerocks. Cha- 

 pin; 5 clay-Pigeons, Dill and Lee; 5 bluerocks. Stone, Field and 

 Bradstroetj 5 clay-pigeons, Dill and Field; 5 clay-pigeons. Chapin, 

 Bond and Brads treet; 5 pairs bluerocks, Warren, Dick, Perry and 

 Porter. \ novel and somewhat absurd match will be shot next 

 Saturday, at 20 birds, Keystone system, for an elegant medal. The 

 conditions of the match are known only to the reporters, aud the 

 shooters will not know whether the best or poorest score wins. 

 The match will begin at 3 o'clock. 



NORTH BRANCH, N. J., Sept. 28.— The first of a series of 

 matches between the North Branch Gun Club and the White 

 House Gun Club, at 15 Lockport bats, one clay-pigeon trap, three 

 angles, 18yds. rise, Keystone rules: 



North Branch Gun Club. White House Gun Club. 



F Kramer..m0ilimiU00-]2 Sw'khanierOOOlOOlOllOOlOO- 5 

 G Kramer. 111011010100101— 9 ,f H Davis..l011111110im0— 12 

 T C Welsb.lOllOllOlllllOl— 11 B Pickel... 01 1111011111110-12 

 Duickinck.lOlliminiOlO-12 Anderson. .111011111 11 1101 - 13 

 Col Kline.. lllOlllllOOOOOl— 9 H Bishop... OlllQlOllllOOOl- 9 

 Ed Lever. ..011101111011011-11 C Abbott... 001101101110011- 9 

 Hoagland.. 011100010010010 - 6 -70 L Woodin.-OOOOOUl 101 1101 - 8—68 



Return shoot at White House station, Oct. 5. 



TORONTO, Sept. 21— The following are the scores to-day of the 

 Stanley Gun Club for the McDowell & Co. gun. The weather was 

 desperately cold, and considering the very stiff wind which blew 

 across the traps, the scores are good. Mr. C. Charles took thegun 

 for the second time with 22 out, of 25 at 34yds, rise. The handicap 

 in yards and scores are as follows: From 5 traps: 0. Charles (241, 

 22; F. Emond (25), 21; N. Dick (25), 18: Geyser (19). 14; T. S. Bavles 

 (18), 11; Sawden, Sr. (34), retired. First sweep, at 25 birds, 25vds. 

 rise, from 5 traps: Charles 31, Sawden 20, McDowall 17, Power 14. 

 Second sweep, 10 birds, 18yds. rise, from 5 traps: Charles 9, Mc- 

 Dowall 7, Power 5, Dick 2. 



EL1Z ABETHTOWN, Pa., Sept. 28— The East End Gun Club 

 had a shoot, to-day for the gold medal; the wind was blowing a 

 regular gale; and this accounts for some of the boys making poor 

 scores. 25 bluerocks each man: 



Lindemuth 1110100H100000I1 11111010-15 



Hergleroth OoOOllllllOOOOOOOHOOlOOO— 9 



Keller 0110001011000001011111111-14 



Coble OlOoUiOOl 1 110101 1111010101-13 



Kersev Ill 111 IlllllllOl] 11111111- 24 



Westhafer 0100010111 lOlllOlOlllOOU— 15 



EMERALD GUN CLUB, Sept. 25. -The Emerald Gun Club held 

 its regular club shoot at Sea View Park, New Dorp, to-day. The 

 following are the prize winners; P. Butz won first prize for the 

 first time, having killed 8 birds at 30yds. rise: Dr. Lineredge won 

 second prize for the second time, having killed 8 birds at 25yds 

 rise; T. F. Russell won third prize for the first time, having killed 

 7 birds at 21yds. rise. On Oct. 18, at Greenwald's Park, New Dorp, 

 S. I., the last regular shoot tor this season of the Jeannette Gun 

 Club will be held. 



CLASS VS. BREWER.— Frank Class, of Pine Brook, and Capt. 

 John L. Brewer, of Philadelphia, have come to an agreement 

 about their 100-bird matches for §250 a side, and the first will be 

 shot at Erb's on Friday next, Oct. 4, under Hurlingham rules, at 

 the best birds procurable. The second match will be shot at the 

 Morristowu Driving Park on the last week in October. 



NEWARK, N. J., Sept. 28.-A 25-bird contest between Chris 

 Reinhardt and C. M. Heddeu took place at John Erb's this after- 

 noon, Hetlden winning by killing 23 to Reiuhardt's 21 . The match 

 was for $25 a side, the loser to pay for the birds. 



fmtftittg* 



"Tosf India Hurricane* and the Gnat March Blizzard.'" By 

 Everett Haydm, U.S. Hydrngraphic Office. Large quarto, with 28 

 lithographic plates. Price. $i. Contain.* full hMory of the great 

 storm of March, 1SSS, with practical information how to handle a 

 vessel in a cyclone', use of oil at sea, etc. 



Fokbst and Stream, Box 2,882, N. Y. city, has deseriptive illus- 

 trated circulars of W. B, Leffingwell's book, " Wild Fowl Shoot- 

 ing," which will be mailed free on request. The book is pro- 

 nounced by "Nanit," "Gloan," "Dick Swiveller," "Sybillene" and 

 other competent authorities to be the best treatise on the subject 

 extant. 



LARCH MO NT SPECIAL 4-OFT. RACE, SEPT. 28. 



rpHE Larchmont Y. C, which opened the season of 1889 on May 

 -L 30, also had the honor of seeing it out in a fitting manner dri 

 Sept. 28. with a very spirited race of the forties, the last regular 

 event of the year. The entries were few in number, but such as 

 to make a very important race, as the conditions M ere favorable 

 for a fair test — a good sailing breeze, variable and puffy, hut giv- 

 ing no chance for flukes. Up to the time of the New York Y. C. 

 cruise there was not, a new forty in the fleet that was in fair rac- 

 ing form, and the older boats had things to a great extent as they 

 wished; but as the new boats have improved the old ones have 

 dropped out, leaving the pacing to the former. Gorilla has been 

 doing better work ever since her July trip to Marblebead, aud has 

 done a good deal to reverse the unfavorable impression made by 

 her spring races when just from the stocks; Liris has been greatly 

 improved in rig, every part being strengthened, aud has shown 

 better in the past two races, in spite of a very bad mainsail; Mar- 

 aquita has had a new mast and bowspri t, and as a result has come 

 nearer t» the top in the present race than ever before; she has 

 been persistently and pluekily raced a II the year, with a record 

 of sixteen starts, and deserves better luck than has befallen her. 

 Tomahawk, though sailing but few races, has done better in the 

 later oues, and has given evidence of speed, though her record, 

 taken all through, is anything but brilliant and by no means 

 shows what the boat is Capable of if fully worked up. It has been 

 evident to all who have watched the races of the last six weeks 

 that the fleet is for the first time in lit condition for racing, and 

 that the results of the last halt dozen races sailed are of far more 

 value as a basis of comparison than those of June and July. 



The total number of races in the 40ft. class, including the runs 

 of the New Vork aud Eastern cruises, four each, and also the 

 double race at Vineyard Haven, in which two separate prizes 

 were sailed for, is 31; a total never before reached by any class of 

 decked yachts in one season in America. A detailed table, of the 

 entries and places in each race affords a very interesting study in 

 view of the present situation of the measurement question, but 

 in order to form any accurate conclusions if, is necessary to cal- 

 culate the position of each boat under the different rules, a task 

 of no small magnitude. The official record of each race gives 

 the position of every boa t, according to the rule under which that 

 race was sailed, New York, Seawauhaba, Larchmont, etc., and 



onsequently is of little value as a test of the rules. To make 

 the test complete it will be necessary to calculate the position of 

 each yacht m every race she started in under the Larchmont, 

 New York and Seawanhaka rules separately, comparing the win- 

 ners under one rule with those under the others. 



.The four yachts which claim the first notice in the class are 

 Minerva, Liris, Gorilla and Pappoose; the first, on account of her 

 unif orm success, the second on account of her unquestioned speed 

 when she has not broken down, the third by reason of the many- 

 races she. has sailed during the season between Bar Harbor and 

 New York, 22 starts in all, in which she has met every one of her 



lassmates, and the fourth by reason of her small size and suc- 

 cessful racing together. Though Gorilla has been unsuccessful 

 in maoy races she is the best t rial horse of the lot , aud it must be 

 said in her favor that iu common wit h the other boats of heavy 

 rig and power she has su ffercd from too light an outfit, losing 

 four or live topmasts and being obliged to replace her mast; 

 while, unlike some of her centerboard sisters, she has not picked 

 her races, going in for a record where there were few entries, but 

 has started in every race open to her through the season. She 

 also hurt her record by entering the first races when just off the 

 stocks, being beaten every time she started up to the New York 

 cruise. 



In looking for the most desirable typo of yacht it is necessary to 

 take the record as it stands, including breakdowns, but an inter- 

 esting question just now is that of the relative speed of the 

 heavily rigged boats, regardless of all economic considerations, 

 and to get at this it is necessary to confine the record of each 

 yacht tp those races that were sailed to a finish, omitting for the 

 time ihe races in which yachts did not finish owing to some acci- 

 dent. According to t his count Gorilla and Tomahawk have met 

 twice, each winning one. race; Gorilla and Liris have met eight 

 times, each winning four; Gorilla and Chiquita have met four 

 times. Chiquita winning three; Gorilla and Verena stand one and 

 one; Gorilla and Nymph have met five times, Nymph winning 

 three; Gorilla and Pappoo.-e have met nine times, Pappoose win- 

 ning six; while Minerva has beaten Gorilla seven times straight. 

 From thisit would appear that the boats which have beat en Gorilla 

 worst are Minerva and Pappoose of the keels and Chiquita of the 

 eenterboarcis, and it is fair to assume that Gorilla and Chiquita 

 are the best representatives of the centerboard type in the class, 

 Verena never having beaten anything better than Helen and 

 Alice in her five starts. In view of toe record of Chiquita and the 

 claims of Verena and Nymph, their presence in such a race of 

 Saturday would have been most instructive, but the two former 

 would not come around the Cape so late in the year for one race, 

 while since her hollow victory in the American Y. C. race, and 

 her defeat on one run of the cruise when both were in cruising 

 trim, Nymph has refused to come to the line with Liris, either in 

 the club races or a private match, consequently Gorilla was left 

 almost alone to represent the ccnterhoard division; her only ally 

 being the new Broncho, built, bv Capt. Louis Tonns, of Stateu 

 Island, a dark horse of the forties, a shoal centerboard boat of 

 moderate beam and small sail area. 



Liris was ready at Piepgrass's yard on Friday, with a new mast 

 of black spruce and new outfit of wire rigging from Low's loft. 

 Her mainsail was as bad as usual and handicapped her on the 

 windward work, never having recovered from the partial soaking 

 that it received in the first race she started in. Maraquita was 

 also ready to try her new spars. Nymph was under way, but did 

 not start in the race. The race was for a special prize offered by 

 the Larchmont Club, aud also for the Thayer cup, one leg of 

 which was held by Liris. Banshee was expected to start, an exeep- 

 t i on beip g made by the others in her favor, allowing her to carry her 

 professional sailing master, but she did not show at the line. A 

 match was also arranged between the thirties, Kathleen and Tom 

 Boy, but the latter was not present, having gone on to New York. 

 Capt. Sloan, who was to sail Kathleen, went on Gorilla to look 

 aft r the head sheets. Mr. Carroll steering. Liris was steered on 

 the first and fourth leg^ by Mr. Wetmore and on the windward 

 wnrk by Mr. Lovejoy, and Maraquita was steered by Mr. Belmont. 

 As the wind was about N.VY., giving nothing but reaching over 

 the regular courses, a new course was arranged on Friday night, 

 starting from the regular line, off the harbor, and i unning'W.&S., 

 & knots; to the black buoy off Centre Island; thence N.W.i^W., 

 0I4 knots, to the mark boat off Captain's Island, in its usual posi- 

 tion, and thence over the regular course home, S.YY.OjS., <i% knots 

 to Hempstead markboat, and N.N.W. 3 knots, to the finish, 24 

 knots in all. Clubtopsails were not allowed, nor were thev really 

 wanted, as the wind was squally at times, being about N.W. at 

 the start and backing to the westward during the latter half of 

 the race. 



The start was given at 11:33, Gorilla going over at once. Liris 

 followed her, while Maraquita and Broncho hung hack a little, 

 the times being: 



Gorilla 11 33 49 Maraquita 11 35 35 



Liris 11 34 39 Broncho 11 35 37 



Balloon jibtopsails were ser, spinaker booms were dropped to 

 port and the sails set in stops, but they were oof broken out for a 

 mile or so, the wind beiug puffy and well forward. Finally Mara- 

 quita and Liris broke out and Gorilla soon followed. The breeze 

 was very uneven, first one and then another catching a, streak of 

 wind, but no one gained any material advantage in the end. 

 Liris ranged up abeam of Gorilla to leeward, but failed in two or 

 three attempts to get through her lee. She took in spinaker be- 

 fore. Gorilla and dropped astern a little, making a, couple of trials 

 for a weather berth, but missing it until just at the buoy, when 

 she cut in ahead of Gorilla anil turned the mark 15s. ahead. Mar- 

 aquita was some distance astern all the way across, picking up 

 what the other two lost in their lulling matches. Broncho was 

 practically out of it from the start. The times at the Center 

 Island buoy were: 



Liris 12 57 30 Maraquita 12 59 34 



Gorilla 13 57 45 Broncho 1 15 15 



Liris made the run in 1:33:01, Gorilla in 1:23:50, Maraquita 1:23:59 

 and Broncho 1:39:38. Liris came on the wind on port tack, but by 

 the time that she was trimmed down a tug with a canal-boat in 

 tow with a long hawser was directly in front of her. Instead of 

 tacking she bore away to leeward to clear the tow', while Gorilla 

 came up just in time to pass clear without any delay. This set 

 Liris a hundred yards or so dead to lee ward, and worse still, when 

 on her course again she had a fit of the Sulks and refused to go to 

 wjndward. Gorilla was already ahead and to windward, while 



Liris seemed to slide off in a way that was new to her. As no 

 change of trim or sheets seemed to help she tacked, Gorilla just 

 crossing her bow, but when once down to work on the new lack 

 everything was changed, the boat moved off to windward and verv 

 soon had Gorilla in her wake, the latter having tacked also. The 

 leg was dead to windward, the breeze being verv puffy and the 

 boats sailing about rail to. Liris parted her topsail tack but soon 

 repaired damages and continued to gain on both of the others. 

 Broncho being so far astern as to be out of the race. Maraquita 

 held further in shore off Greeuwicti than Liris With her draft 

 considered prudent, but the three were badly broken off by the 

 wind when near the mark, making several short tac ks to rou ud it, 

 The times were: 



Liris. 2 07 15 Maraquita 2 15 27 



Gorilla 2 12 04 



Liris had made the leg, 5>4 knots to wind ward, in 1:09:15, Gorilla 

 in 1:14:19 and Maraquita in l;15:53. The next log was a close reach 

 for the Hempstead mark, the wind constantly hauling ahead, so 

 all held as far to windward as possible to be sure of fetching. 

 Maraquita set a small jib topsail, which seemed to drive her to 

 leeward, the others holding on better under plain sail. Liris, 

 gained over 3m. on each, t he times being: 



Liris 2 59 32 Maraquita 3 09 58 



Gorilla 3 07 01 



On the next leg, close on the wind, Liris still gained a few 

 seconds on Maraquita and a minute on Gorilla, ihe latter taking 

 third place as in the following official summary: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Liris 11 34 29 3 26 57 3 52 29 3 52 21 



Maraquita 11 35 35 3 37 29 4 01 54 4 01 23 



Gorilla 11 33 49 3 35 21 4 01 32 4 01 3* 



Broncho 11 35 37 Not timed. 



Liris beats Maraquita 9m. 8s.. and Gorilla 9m. lis., winning the 

 Thayer cup as well as the class prize. Her gain on every leg 

 was a fair one, the only fluke of the day being against her, the 

 loss through, the tow at the. first, mark. Maraquita sailed the 

 best race that she has yet made, beating Gorilla, but she was 

 aided a little by the luffing matches of t he latter with Liris on 

 the first leg. Liris' best work was to wind ward, where she beat 

 Gorilla almost a minute to the mile, also beating her on the long 

 reach across the Sound on third leg. Taken iu connection with 

 their previous meeting the race show that Liris is a great deal 

 better to windward than Gorilla, in spite of the latler's board. 

 Gorilla would undoubtedly have travelled taster with more 

 wind, but. Liris also did best with her when it was blowing 

 hardest. Maraquita, though much improved since the Ccrinthian 

 sweepstakes, is evidently nowhere near good enough for Liris,, 

 and the question of the fastest forty may be considered as nar- 

 rowed down to three boats, Minerva, Liris and Pappoose, the ex- 

 tremes of the class. 



The meetings between Liris and Pappoose have been few and 

 indecisive, but they indicate strongly that the small boat has m> 

 business with the large one. A very fair trial was had in t heir 

 first meeting, when tn new hands aud with wretched spars and 

 sails Liris made her first race, beating Pappoose with ease. When 

 they next met, in the Vineyard Qaven sweepstakes, Pappoose 

 gained a Jong lead at the start, partly by a fluke of the wind ami 

 partly by some very good pilotage and her light draft of water, 

 nearly 3ft. less than Liris. On this occasion, however, she did 

 some wonderful work to windward in a breeze, carrying sail and 

 traveling very fast, a little too fast for Liris to catch her. In the 

 Corinthian sweepstakes Liris sailed so badly that no fair com- 

 parison is possible, but in the final race for the Morgan tup at 

 Newport she had saved all her time off Pappoose before she was 

 disabled, and would have beaten the little boat easily in a heavy 

 sea. Pappoose is certainly one of the best of 1 he Burgess boats, 

 but a part of her success must be looked for in the fact that she 

 has been for two seasons in the same skillful hands, going into 

 the races this spring in perfect form and being well handled and 

 piloted aU the year. 



'the real point of the forty foot racing, without which much of 

 the work of this season must pass for nothing, is whether Minerva 

 can beat Liris under either or both rules. New York and Seawan- 

 haka. The two meetings that have taken place between them, 

 each winning one, have proved little or nothing, but now a series 

 of match races, determining the exact place of each, would be of 

 the greatest value as a guide to legislation. Minerva's victories 

 are by no means an unmixed good just now, as they are used as a 

 basis for hasty and false conclusions. Most yachtsmen are will- 

 ing to concede her superiority in speed to the rest of the class, 

 and on the strength of this are inclined to drop the question of a 

 revision of the rules, arguing that if Minerva can win with small 

 sails from the monsters there is no necessity for a change. Such 

 an argument does not recognize the fact that all of Minerva's 

 races have been sailed under the Seawanhaka rule, and some 

 uuder the very liberal allowances of the Fastern Y.C. in addition. 

 Even if her work proves that the Seawanhaka rule is sufficiently 

 heavy on sail, it does not follow that the same is true of the New 

 Y'ork rule, or that such a rule as that of the Larchmont Y. C. is 

 at all desirable. 



We believe that, apart from Minerva, a correct record will show 

 that even the boats of last year, with large rigs, have no further 

 business with Liris, Gorilla or Tomahawk, with still larger rigs, 

 now that, the. three are in some sort of form, and that if the sticks 

 can be held in Liris she wiU prove that power does pay under the 

 present conditions, save in an exceptional case, such as Minerva. 

 Further than this, the 10ft. class is not the only one to be consid- 

 ered, and Minerva's supremacy there, though 'fully proved, can- 

 not offset the strong tendency to outrageous rigs in the 70ft. and, 

 the schooner classes. Minerva's work will have onegoodresu.lt 

 in that it will lead to a more moderate type of boat next year; but 

 if the matter is overdone, or managed by unskillful hands, we 

 shaU see the monsters ahead at the end of the season. 



There is every prospect of a number of new yachts this winter., 

 the 53ft. class in particular being promised an active revival, and 

 the present is the most favorable opportunity for a thorough re- 

 adjustment of the whole measurement question that has oc- 

 curred or is likely to occur in a long time. There is certaiuly ai 

 clearer understanding of the question than has before existed, 

 while at the same time such moderate, but important reforms as 

 were suggested last spring in the way of a classification on the 

 basis of corrected instead of waterline length can be. inaugurated 

 with little, friction and with no interference with vested interests 

 or the rights of existing boats. Such being the case, it will be 

 very unfortunate if the work is left undone through any false 

 conclusions based on a hasty and incomplete survey of the sea- 

 son's racing record. 



NEWARK BAY Y. C— The annual fall regatta of the Newark 

 Bay Y. C. was sailed over a, 5 mile triangular course. 15 miles in. 

 all, on Newark Bay on Sept. 27, the wind being fresh at first but 

 falling later on. Just Woke Uo led for a time but finally cap- 

 sized. The times were: 



CLASS 2, .TIB AND THA1NSAJ.L BOATS, BETWEEN 20 AND 26FT. 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Leader, Pavonia 22.04 1 83 49 1 30 44 



Our Own, Newark Bay 23.10 I 46 09 1 44 34 



Viola D. Newark 2C.05 1 4S 01 1 48 04 



Just Woke Up, Newark Bay 21.11 Capsized. 



CLASS 3, OPKN OATBOATS, BETWEEN 20 AND 2l>FT. 



Alida, Newark Bay 22.09 1 37 20 1 37 0". 



Vision, Essex ..23.00 1 47 52 1 47 52 



Terror, Newark 20.00 2 12 41 3 09 41 



Smuggler, Newark Bay 24.0b Did not finish. 



GLASS 4, OPEN CAT BOATS UNDER 20PT. 



Mist, Essex 17.10 1 55 21 1 5 b 21 



A. Forsythe, Jersey City 17.08 1 57 09 I 56 59 



Addie, Newark Bay 15.00 3 06 51 3 04 01 



Galla water, Newark Bay 16.03 2 13 59 2 11 24 



Petrel, Essex 15. OS 2 13 52 2 11 42 



ROYAL CANADIAN Y. C.-Tfae last race of the season, a. 

 cruising race to Whitby, was sailed on Sept. 21 in a strong W.N, 

 W. wind, the times being: 



Finish. Elapsed Corrected . 



Verve No 2 5 54 40 2 54 40 .2 54 40 



Verve No 1 6 01 28 3 01 28 2 56 18 



Condor ...5 59 05 2 59 0ft 2 57 2t 



Rivet 6 01 45 3 (11 45 2 58 53 



Escape . ..6 30 45 3 30 45 2 58 57" 



Alexander Marshall, who rescued Mr. Postleth waite in the late 

 skiff race, was presented with a very handsome testimonial in 

 the shape of a Maltese cross of solid gold in recognition of hia 

 bravery. 



HAMILTON Y. C. S WE IfiPSTA KES RACE, SEPT. 2l.-Course, 

 triangular in Hamilton Bay. Distance, 14.8 nautical miles. Wind 

 strong northwest: 



Start. 1st Round. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 

 Cyprus, Monck.. .,2 00 00 3 57 55 4 43 11 3 43 11 2 38 34 

 Psyche, Kil vert... 2 00 00 3 54 13 4 40 37 2 40 37 2 40 87 



Alert, Milne 2 00 00 4 04 47 4 50 08 2 56 08 3 51 87 



Deerhound, Lee. . .2 00 00 Withdrew. 



Eoho, Smith 2 00 00 Withdrew. 



Coquette, Dunbar.2 00 00 Withdrew. 

 Winner flrBt prtee, Cyprus: second, Psyche; third. Alert, 



