Oct. 31, 1889.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



£97 



MIDD LETO WN, N, T„ Oct. 22.-Tho second shoot of the Madi- 

 son County Sportsmen's Association came off on Saturday at 

 Eaton. The priucipal event was the contest for the silver cup, 

 for which Oneida entered two teams, Canastota one team and 

 Baton three teams, each of four men. Following is the score 

 made at 16 singles arm 6 doublet-: Eaton— First team: Peet V, 

 Riohardsou 15, Hall 20, Curtis 17— W; second to im: Cole 38, 

 Palmer 16, Fryer 10, Brings 13-70; thiirJ team: Stoue 17, Parsons 

 13, Short 15, Sacket 13—58. Oneida— First team: Tattle 10, Deve- 

 reaux 16, Maxwell 18, J. M. Mark nam 22 -6i>; second team: M. S. 

 Markham 14, Carter 11, Cheney 5, Clark £0-50. Canastota team: 

 Roberts 18, Lansing 17, Salisbury 16, Huits 8 69. Another interest- 

 ing event was tire contest lor a Parker nam merle s -hotguu and 

 the championship of Madison county; won bj J. M. Markham. of 

 Oneida, by a scorn of 18 out of a po Bible 20. Ueorge Cole won the 

 second prize on a score of 17 out of 20. 



TORONTO. Oct. 21.— Messrs. Beldam, of the Toronto Gun Club, 

 and Emend, of ttrs Stauley Gun Ci\i\ sltot a match at Chas. 

 Ayre's grounds this-afternoon at 50 live birds, H. and T. ground 

 traps, 26yds. rise, with use ot both barrels, Toronto Gun rules. 

 This is the way it stood at the finish: 



Emond 1 100111 1 1 121110 J001 1 2 1 01111100210 1 01101111 11011001—36 



Beldam 1 i 0121.1121 121121121 il limiyuimilll210.;U2U::01l- W 



The figure 2 shows wnere rue second barrel was used. After the 

 match a sweep was shut at 10 birds under the same rules. Messrs. 

 BptagS and Pi Wakefield divided fir.it and second with a clean 

 score. Tney both shot in good form. 



MEW HAVEN, Conu. will have a big shoot on Thanksgiving 

 Day, given by the New Haven Guu Club. 



lavfjting. 



"West India Hurricanes and the Great March Blizzard." By 

 Everett Hayden, LI. S. Hydrngraplii-c Office. Large quarto, loith 8$ 

 lithographic plates. Price $1. Contains full hmorii of the great, 

 storm of March, 1888., with practical information how to handle a 

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



"DOWN THE BEACH " IN A NORTHEASTER. 



NORFOLK, Oct. 26, on board yacht Medusa.— Editor Forest and 

 HU-earn: 1 see so often in the Forest and hauEAM accounts 

 of little iOfti or even 30ft. boats that make ten miles an hour as 

 they float gaily over a summer sea, tuat 1 thought you might find 

 it interesting to know What a good staunch Gl-footer can do when 

 it really blows, with a fair wind. Every one calls Medusa an old 

 tub, and all the turtles think they can beat her; 1 fancy, how 

 aver, that my trip down here would have completely used up the 

 best of them. I started on Wednesday, Oct. 23, from Twentv- 

 eighth street, New York, at 11 o'clock, with a northeaster that 

 was too good a chance to miss, being bound for Norfolk. The 

 winter rig is bent and everything is good and strong. Of course 

 yacbLsmeu would laugh at a mamboorn that went to the tatl'rail 

 only, aim every mother's sou would probably declare that his 

 Vessel would prove staunch euougn with more sail. Probably a 

 22ft. bowsprit on a vessel of 61ft. long on deck would also seem a 

 very stubuy looking " hern," but it proved long enough. 



The first incident of an exciting run met us before we were 

 clear of New York Bay, a tug running into us when we were 

 square before the wind, while 1 could not alter my course without 

 a certain chance of exactly what did happen next day, a jibe on 

 top ot the runner. My men, who were, below at dinner, hearing 

 me bail the tug rushed on deck and at a great risk tried for the 

 runner, I keeping away with mainsail just on the uembie, but we 

 went into the tug; result, bad language galore, bowsprit driven in 

 and bitts bent back, and bowsprit sorouds stretched too long, 

 besides a parted mainsheet ana a round hole in the topside wnere 

 the ball ot the anchor stock did duty as a fender. We hove about 

 on the other tack and los. a lot of lime repairing damage, or our 

 time on tneruu would have been considerably better, the damaged 

 head gear causing some anxiety at times in addition to the direct 

 loss of time. 



When under way again we set topsail, in fact the wind was so 

 moderate inside that 1 even got ji< topsail out, but on reaching 

 the Hook we found a oad sea on, and sent topsail down on the 

 cap. We passed Buoy No. 5 about 1:30, at Scotland Lightship we 

 had gotten off the bar, sea running regularly, so ere set topsail and 

 away we Went . Lig.t ship bore abeam at 1:50 exactly, % mile to 

 Windward, and we set course to ctear Barnegat nicely and ran 

 quite lively all the afternoon with breeze gaining strength and no 

 one going our way, but a few working up to get into the hook. 

 One pilot boat was reefed down aud cue nig tcuuoner had miazen 

 reef-d. 



At 6 o'clock we took in the topsail, for the breeze had gotten 

 quite briskly "down to work." Barnegat bore abeam at 6:20; 

 distance 12 miles (nautical, of course). Course was now laid to go 

 between N.E. and Caps May lightships, and every effort was 

 made to steer carefully. The sea was getting up, but nothing to 

 bother us as yet. Absecom bore abeam at 9:15, and all went merry 

 as a marriage bell, ior a wonder we had no trouble with our 

 binnacle fignt. u.r. Bliss has at last really succeeded in making 

 something that will burn when the wind blows. At 11:35 N, E. 

 Lightship was one mile distant and exactly on our starboard 

 beam. We were not making 10 knots like our iutle friends in the 

 Forest and ."stream, but we were foolish enough to think our old 

 hooker was "humping along" at a One pace, and I think the skip- 

 per did not care a penny for the racing forties. At 12:35 we were 

 alongside Cape May Lightship within a cable's lengtn, in fact as 

 close as it was safe to go. 1 make the distance on the chart from 

 Scotland Ligntsbip to ue 103 nautical miles, and we had done it 

 in lull. 15m. exactly. There can be no mistake, for 1 took the 

 times uiyoelt and \\ e passed both marks too close aboard to be 

 out of the way on bearings. 



The wind by this time was a good honest gale, and the sea was 

 rough. Of course, we had all hatches battened down forward aud 

 aft, but main companion and tbe lee sine of main skylight were 

 open to keep the cabin stove under some sort of control. 1 here, 

 in tne name ot the yachting community, ask the inventors of the 

 country to get us something that will burn while under way. 

 The miseries we have in late cruising, language fails to convey. 

 If ever anything has been careiuiiy, religiously, thoroughly 

 damned, it is the beautiful porcelain affair that stands in my 

 cabin. It is more contrary and "ordinary" than a jioing horse or 

 a kicking mule! 



Having such a splendid departure, we now laid our course for 

 Winter Quarter Lightship, 56 miles away. We '.new along 

 with an increasing sea, and everything as yet in good shape, i 

 make it to be a very pretty piece of steering to have thus La - hit 

 off the mark so exactly: and Petersen, tbe skipper, deserves much 

 praise for it. Of course, modesty prevents my expatiating on my 

 own part of the "navigation," as Capt. Reuben Ranzo puts it. At 

 <j P. M. to the minute we were abeam of the new ship off Fenwick 

 Island Suoai, but too close to it; and 1 found that the sea, which 

 was now big, had hove us somewhat to the westward. 1 therefore 

 altered the course to allow for it. 



By this time the wind had increased so that it was no longer 

 safe with a whole mainsail, small as it is, and we took in two 

 reefs at once— a hard job, as we were about dead before it at this 

 time. The main hatch cover was screwed down and all openings 

 in deck looked after. At 6:38 we were alongside the Winter Quar- 

 ter vessel; total distance 15y miles from Scotland Lightship, in 16 

 hours 18 minutes, 



Il was a wild and grand sight. The ship lay with her trysail 

 up, and looked very small as the big y eitow mountains drove 

 down on her. The sea now bad the regular loot of an ocean gale 

 and wanted only the color for one to think of mid-ocean. The 

 bottom was still too near the top, however, and the saud was 

 stirred up through it quite thoroughly. We bad for the next ob- 

 jective point the new lightship off Cape Charles, distance 57% 

 miles. The sea being so long, we were goiug quite comfortably, 

 and only when we got on the shoal spots did we fear anything 

 from it. 



While below, however, at 10:30, alas ! I beard a great crash, and 

 rushing on deck found that tne boom had jibed over on the 

 runner and was dragging alongside in three pieces. The wind 

 for some time bad showed a tendency to cant northerly, and as 

 we were running nearly a S.W. course iS.W. by S.), it neeoed 

 careful steering. Petersen says the shift came without warning 

 and that the sail went over without a previous quiver of the after 

 leach. It took some time in that big sea to get tne wreck cleared 

 away, with the boom back on deck and tne sail tuiied untorn; 

 but we did it and set trysail. As we got down near (Jape Charles 

 and into the shoal water the sea began to grow oangerous, as we 

 bad run a long time on tbe wrong jibe gathering in tne wreck. 

 Still we were able to go S.W., so that in the end we fetched about 

 14 mile inside the Whistling Buoy off Cape Charles, wnich we 

 passed at 1:30 (within a minute or so at least), making the sea 

 portion of our trip in 24 hours, I thought that when in Vindex I 



did the same thing in 26 hours I was going very fast and every 

 one considered her speedy down wind. The distance from Winter 

 Quarter to Whistling Buoy is 64 miles, we therefore had come 

 lrorn Scotland ship 225 miles and from the "Hook" to Scotland is 

 Smiles, thus making the toial sea trip 228 nautical miles in 24 

 hours, I think without the accident we should have, been able to 

 do 230 within the day. 



Utu' course now gradually hauled westerly with, the wind nearly 

 north. The sea he fore reaching the hay was already very alarm- 

 ing in character. We soon took in the foresail, and' then we went 

 through t he worst experience 1 ever had iu a small vessel; we 

 were practically in breakers, as the depth, 6 to 4 fathoms, was 

 much too small for such a big sea. Everything was closed up 

 tight. Water came aooard everywhere, one sea " pooping us, 

 going clean up to the waist of man at the wheel. It went up to 

 the gaff of I'm led mainsail and filled my rubber honts standing 

 on top «vt' mam skylight. It was enough to fr.guten any one but 

 a hardened old salt, but I can speak naught but praise lor my 

 men; they showed no timidity, and Churh g Johnson, who was at 

 the wheel, steered his course as coolly and collectedly to all ap- 

 pearance as on a summer day. It was now slow work with the 

 wind forward of the beam, au ebb tide running and a cauldron of 

 waters around us. In fact, it was 5 o'clock before we got to the 

 Thimble Light, and 7 to the minute when wo le t go our anchor in 

 Norfolk, mnking 32 hours toi the trip from dock to dock. 



The last few hours had let. a lil tie water below, but not a drop 

 got through the sk\ light m mv own stateroom, and not a single, 

 thing has come out of it to be dried. The men's berths were not 

 wet, their lockers only suffering. The carpet in mam cabin got a 

 very good soaking, as several doses of salt water wore given it. 

 The o ver of cabin skylight was not well secured, aud my chart 

 came in for a little. Still the cushions are not wet enonarb to 

 keep on deck, as the covers protected them and were themselves 

 so little touched that everything was dry soon after we nunc to 

 anchor. The upper cabin skjliglit wept a little, the carpet came 

 up, but the beds got a very insignificant sprinkle. The damage 

 below war, practically nil. We went to bed, aud of course are all 

 now busy repairing damage, getting ready to ship our new boom. 



Now that it is all over 1 leel proud of the little ship that carried 

 us through so safely. The jibing of the boom of course wrecked 

 things a little, runucr gone, and man rope 81 anchions aft demoral- 

 ized, l)ii the boat did not leak more than usual, and outside is as 

 smooth as an egg. I forgot tu mention tuat the Cape Charles 

 Lightship, the last mark we ran for, wo did not make out, but as 

 we got the Whis ler we did not care. She was not easy to pick up, 

 for she was not there at all, but had gone adrift with 150 tathoms 

 out and was in Norfolk when we got in. We passed, however, 

 Within two and a half miles of her position, and that this error is 

 partly attributable to the accident, I tniuk I can claim in all 

 modesty. Robert Center. 



IMeduaa enjoys the distinction once accorded t.une old Vindex, 

 of being the cruiser of the American singlestick fleet, in active 

 service practically all the year around. She is a cutter of 54it. 

 l.w.l., 1,'h't. 4in. beam, and 10ft. .-fin. draft. At present she is 

 bound for a winter cruise in the Chesapeaite. The run recounted 

 above shows something of her qualities as a sea-going cruiser, and 

 she is not. a whit less perfect in tbe cosy and comfortable appoint- 

 ments which add so much to tbe pleasure of cruising.] 



NARROW BEAM UNDER THE NEW RULES, 



IN commenting on the Katbleen-Shona match the Field speaks 

 as follows: 



' The Kathleen is more like one of our old 30-fonters than a 

 modern 10-rater. and is, we believe, of about 14 tons clispiaceim nt, 

 while the displacement of Shona would be about K tons. It the 

 point sought to oo ascertained is, whether 14 tons can be put into 

 a better proportioned form thin that of Kathleen's, we think the 

 question can be answered by referring to our lO-iwers, which are 

 of about 14 tons displacement on a length of 36ft. Furtht r, a study 

 of the relative performances of Doris (i ho best 5-umner yet built), 

 Vvonne and Decima, would throw more light on the rating aud 

 classification question than any number of matches between Shona 

 and Kathleen. That Boris would beat Kathleen as much as she 

 would have a Kjeepsake or Curtsy we have not the smallest dcubt; 

 but when tbe displacement of the 30-footor is put into a forui3'.ifi. 

 long it is a very different matter. The four crack British 10-raters 

 compare as follows: 



Length. Breadth. Sail area. Y.R.A. rating. 



Doris 33.86 5.6 1680 9 5 



Yvonne 34.10 8.0 17:27 9 8 



Dis ..MM 9.1 1666 10.0 



Djcima 35. t7 10.3 lo79 lu.0" 



The dimensions given have a direct bearing on the question now 

 uppermost with American yach'smen; will the new classifica- 

 tion by corrected length lead to narrow boats? It would seem a 

 sufficient proof to the contrary that in England, with the strong- 

 est inducements in the way of habit, prejudice, conservatism and 

 vested interests to adhere to tue old nairow type; the beam lias 

 increased greatly iimll classes. Decima, with 10.2ft. beam has 

 beaten Doris, with5.6tt., while the other two new boats, Yvonne 

 and Dis, with 9:t., have been fully as successful. In the nest class 

 the result has been the same, the beam has at once expanded 

 trom 7ft. 6m. in the old 10 tenners like Ulidia and Melissa, to 10ft. 

 Sin. or over m the new 20 inters, the latter winning easily from 

 the narrow boats. If such has been the experience in England 

 there can he little question as to the effect m Anieticfl, wnere all 

 the habits and prejudices of yachtsmen demand as much beam as 

 they can obtain; very often to tne detriment of tbe more essen- 

 tial qualities of the yacht. To say nothing of the far lighter winds 

 on this slue of the Atlantic, there are other conditions which 

 favor a wide rather than a narrow boat, aud a rule which lias 

 produced a comparatively wide crate in England is certain to "ive 

 a still wider one here, if its factors are properly proportioned? 



NEW YORK Y. C. 



THE fall meeting of the New York Y. C. was held on Oct. 24, 

 with Vice-Corn. Fish in the chair. Com u-ei ry being in Europe- 

 The following gentlemen were appointed on the nominating com- 

 mittee for the annual election: J. D. Smith, Ogdeu Goelet, Llo\d 

 Phoenix, F. W. Vanderbilt. J.N. Winslow, J.K.Piatt, T. B. As- 

 ten, ti. M. Durant, D, S. Worden and Augustin Monroe. 



Some further correspondence concerning the Valkyrie chal- 

 lenge was read, but lis tenor was not made known outside the 

 club. The committee on measurement, Messrs. John Hyslop L 

 A. E'ish, E. A. Willard and A, Gary Smith, presented their report' 

 While its substancd has not been made public it is understood 

 that the committee recommend a classification by corrected in 

 place of waterline length, with no material increase of the tax on 

 sail. They further recommend mat when the smnaker boom ex- 

 ceeds in length the distance trom the f ore side ot mast to the for- 

 ward point of measurement for sail area, ou the bowsprit, that 

 such excess be added to the base line, also that the present for- 

 ward point of measurement, to tuff of jib, be replaced by a point 

 half way between it and the jibtopsaii stay. Tne effect of these 

 two changes will be very slight on tne present fleet, but will 

 modify the present tendency toward longer spiuaker booms ano 

 extensions of the bowsprit far beyond the present point of meas- 

 urement. It is also recommended that a change be made in the 

 correction to base line for length of gaff, so as to measure the sail 

 more accurately in all cases. A further recommendation was to 

 increase the percentage of the allowances from 46 to 5o per cent 

 the present scale being low, and a change being especially neces- 

 sary to cor respond witn the proposed classification. Tne com- 

 mittee's report was adopted, but the amendments require to be 

 voted on at a second meeting before their final enactment, and a 

 special meeting will be called as soon as the committee decides 

 on the class limits by the proposed rule. 



A NEW YACHT ON THE PACIFIC. 



YACHTING has been at a standstill for several years on tbe 

 Paeitic coast, there being practically no racing, wnile the 

 fleet has declined in numbers. It is pleasant to note, as tue first 

 promise of better things, the construction of anew yacht of mod- 

 ern type, which shoulu. do much to revive the interest in yacht- 

 ing that was once so strong about San Franciso. The new craft 

 is a keel schooner of 86f't. over ail, 74ft. 6,n. l.w.l.. 24ft. beam and 

 Oft. 3m. draft., being modeled by Captain Mat the w Turner, builder 

 of Lurline, Caispa and Nellie. She has a clipper stem of hand- 

 some proportions, a moderate o .erhang auu a midship section 

 not unlike the Burgess boats, something very different from the 

 older boats on the coast. Her keel is a steel trougn of Hpn. plates 

 23in. deep and 24m. wide, filled with lead, the total Weight being 

 2y,3401bs, The frame is of cedar, locust and pine, with Oregou pine 

 planking. Her outfit of canvas, winalass, etc., will be of the best 

 Eastern make. 



jTONKERS Y. C.-On Oct. 23 the Yonkers Y. C. gave a compli- 

 mentary dinner to its commodore, Mi'. Charles T. Mercer. Dur- 

 ing the evening Com. Mercer was presented with a handsome 

 clock. 



ALARM AND ENCHANTRESS.— The famous old schooner 

 Al inn was lately broken up ou the sands at Southampton after a 

 liferime of nearly 60 years, and now another two-sticker is to 

 share her melancholy fate. Enchantress, Mr. J. F. Loubat's 

 schooner, as she whs once known in t his count ry, was recently 

 sold at auction in lots at Cowes, England, and a couple of week's 

 since she was towed to Southampton to have her g..ara lifted out 

 by the steam shears, returning to Cowes to bu broken up. En- 

 chantress was modeled by Capt. B b Fish, aud built at Green- 

 point, N. Y,, m 1870 by Mr. Samual Pino, be'ng 144ft, 2m. over all, 

 120ft. Bill, l.w.l., 24ft. liu. beam and lgft. l 0!n. draft, being, of course, 

 a keel boat. Sue has been iu British waters for the pa 1 1.7 years, 

 being owned during the latter part of tho time by Col. Owen 

 Williams. 



EASTERN Y. O.-The Eastern Y. C , at its fall meeting on Oct. 

 22, went no further in the way of an amendment to its measure- 

 ment rules than to drop the following clause from Rule 4: "Should 

 any yacht of the fourth or any smaller dass sail a race exceeding 

 5 knots an hour, or should any yacht of the third or .any larger 

 class sail a race at a rate exceeding C>U 2 knots, the allowance in 

 tho class in which such case occurs shall be increased by one- 

 fourth the amount given in the table." 



NEW YACHTS.— Mr. Burgee is at vv irk on a design for a 60ft. 

 keel cut.i.er for Mr. D tvid Sears, of Boston. She will bo of com- 

 posite bund. He also has two forties under wav, one for Mr. 

 Adams. Lawley h is finished and s Id the 45ft. eenrcrboard begun 

 last spring for Mr. Owen, of Providence. 



A SUCCESSOR TO IREX.-It is probable that Mr. John Jame- 

 son Will ouild a large cuHor this winter, but it is not Known who 

 will desigu hor, or what her length will he. A rum ir has been 

 prevalent on this side that Gen. Paine will build a 70-footer, but 

 it is not correct. 



LAKE Y. R. A.-The fall mepfing of the Lake Y. R. A. will be 

 held at Ham d ton, Ont., ou Niv. '.). The principal ousinesj to 

 come before the meeting is a change of the measurement rules. 



SEAWANHAKA C, Y. O.-Tli-j fall meeting of the Seawanhaka 

 Q. V . tj. will bo held at the club house on Nov. 9, when the com- 

 mittee on measurement will make its report. 



C tier.— This handy little cruiser is offered for sale at a bargain. 

 See another column.— Adv. 



Secretaries of canoe clips are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream then- addresses, with n-mc, mpmbersmp, signal, etc., of 

 then clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and laces, and 

 report of the same. Cano. ists at d all interested in canoeing are 

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream iheir address, s.with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local 

 waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and Lit tings, and all items 

 relating to the sport. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



OFFICERS, 1887-88. 



Commodore; H. O. Rogbks ) „ . . . „ 



Secretary-Treasurer: GteOi \V. Hatton J Peterborough, Can. 

 i'ice-L'om. Hear-Com. Purser. 

 Central Dlv..W. It. Huntington. E. W. Hasten T. H. Su-yker, 



Atlantic Div.W. P. Stephens L. B. Palmer F. L. Dunned, N " Y ' 



„,^, „, 186 Jerolemon st., firooklyn. 



N'thern Div.. Robert Tyson S.S.Robinson CoJm cviso I'crowtb 



Eastern Dl v.. H. E. Ki*a, M. D Maxcon Holmes H. D Mursh, 



Springfield, Mass. 



Applications tor meniDership must be made to division pursers, accom- 

 panied by the recommendation of an active member and the sum of , 



the a. C. A., will he fumlsbea with pr 

 Ing the Purser. 



I forms ot applicati on by address- 



WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Commodore— C. J. Stedman. Cincinnati, Ohio. 



V lee-Commodore— T. J. ivIi Kiiiitri. «. sio'-hiutipld, O. 



Rear-Commodore- Thos. St. bates, Columbus O. 



Secretary-Ti ea ilirer— J. B. Kcogh, 34 Monlau,c Block, Chicago, III 



Applications for membership should bo made to the Scc.-Treas., on blanks 

 widen may be ootaiuei irom nim, and suould be accompanied by sa as 

 Initiation foe and dues for the cur.out year. 



SNIPS FROM SNAPS AT THE A. C. A. MEET. 



PART II. 



WHEN the fact that there were only two standing rigs used 

 during the regatta this year, and that last year there were 

 only about two hoisting rigs iu t he lieet, s taken into the account, 

 it is somewhat re-mama ole that i here was so tittle tea. was new 

 in sails or gear, along shore at Stave [bland.. Toe Vesper men, as 

 a matter of co rse, nail not been idle, and their r g 3 showed it, 

 for the gear and tit tings had been simplified aud woi-Ked up to a 

 vtry oecided di^ree oi efflcieucy, but tne only distinctively new 

 feature was tho use of leather instead of metal for bat. en' j iws. 

 The Ubique men had each of them, a Kotos sail, ngged on a jack 

 suty, formed by a half tnen strip of brass sereneu to the mast, 

 and this was perhap:' the most novef sail biting at Ihe meet. 

 That the gear worked well both on Una aud Mac cannot be 

 denied, but whether it is a de.ideu improvement on toe Notus 

 lacing, and u hetber the long spar of this rig is not a fatal defect 

 are still unanswered que -Hon?. As far as i know the No tue ng 

 pure a»d simple, has never been Used wim good results upou any 

 canoe out Not us, and Notus is an exceptional era it in t very way. 

 Just think of it, she has only broken uown once in three long 

 years of hard racing. The Mac's, rig was noticeable for one tiling, 

 it was throughout the production ot that "proies-mnal canoeist" 

 her captain; for not content with designing his canoe and her 

 rig, that disgruntled racer made his sails himself out of English 

 linen, and a good job he maue of them. 



Another canoe, ibat was in rig and rittings the result of the in- 

 telligent and unsparing efforts of her caytani, was tbe Evange- 

 liue. Mr. Quick went to worn on his cruiser at the moet with 

 pummice stone and coal oil, and put a p ilisu on her that was not 

 surpassed by tne vasel.no finish of ihe Vesper men. His rig, made 

 by himself through jut, was as simple as effecti ve, an att-tne- 

 mast sail, with no seams between tuo batten pocket, aud bis hal- 

 liard gear waa the nearest approach to ao impic tment on the 

 Tramp double halliards. 1 have yet seen. An n -shaped piece of 

 orass went over the masthead, to the starboard eud of which a 

 block was made fast. The halliard led trom the poit side to this 

 n-shaped strap, to which it was made fast, througu a boxwood 

 dcadeje lashed to the spar, then around the mast, through the 

 starboard oeadejeou the >ard, through tne bloc* at masthead, 

 and to the deck. The double hailiara is so simple in n self and 

 gives so little extra trouble, and it affords sucn a powerful pur- 

 chase, that I am inclined to consider i superior to any single rig, 

 out there can be no question that tne Evangeline's ng worked, and 

 worked well. 



Every meet of the A. O. A. is something approaching a mani- 

 festation in concrete form oi the development ot canoeing during 

 the j ear thai preceded it, and el the effect produced thereon bv 

 the Association through its rules and piactiees; and the meet of 

 '«9 was in this respect an unusually important one. Shortly be- 

 fore it took place the great agtta.iou tor such a relormoi the 

 racing rules and practic, s of the Association as would bring them 

 into accoid. with the onditious affecting canoe development that 

 now exist, had oeen bro. ght to a locus by the submission to the 

 ttxecucive Committee ot such amecuments to the racing rubs as 

 would prevent the use of the standing rig, tne hiking seat and the 

 projecting centerboard in meet racing; and although a majority 

 or the executive officers voted for i hese amendments at tne re- 

 quest of the conservative minority, the enforcement of the new 

 rules was postponed until next year. It was, m fact, left lor the 

 development of the meet to decide whether or no the Association 

 shoulu legislate against these appliances or no, and the develop- 

 ments are of such a character as to complicate the ques.ion to a 

 decided extent. Last year two of the evil leaturcS— tne standing 

 rig and tbe projecting board— were in almost tin l versa 1 use, and 

 the hiking seat, otherwise tue piazza, was used only by the Vesper 

 men. This year there were oiuy two canoes witn standing rigs in 

 tne racing ileet, there- was practically no change in the chaiacter 

 of the centei boards used, and the hiking seat was as universally 

 used as was tbe standing rig last year. Theore neatly, these de- 

 velopments should not alter tbe nature of the question of racing 

 reform at all; if a standing rig is had m itself, it is no better or 



