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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov. £8, 1889. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for publication should be made out on Me printed blanks, 

 prepared Iry the Forest and Stream,, and furnished gram to club 

 secretaries. Correspondent* it'/io favor us with dub scores are par- 

 ticularly requested to write on one side of the paper only. 



Secretaries of clubs and managers of tournaments are requested 

 to keep us advised of the dates of their shoots, so that we may 

 give due notice in our column of fixtures. 



FIXTURES. 



Nov. 28, 39.— Lincoln, Neb., Gun Club Tournament. Open to all. 

 O. H. Clarke, Secretary. 



THE TRAP-SHOOTERS' TOUR. 



rpHE United States Cartridge Company's scheme of touring the 

 JL country in a private oar, giving exhibitions in various cities, 

 is now an assured fact, and the preliminary arrangement are be- 

 ing rapidly completed. The handsome and comfortable 1 ullman 

 ear Iolant'he has heen engaged to carry the party. The Western 

 team is now complete with C. E. CahopD, of Freeport, 111., as fifth 

 man. That tram now includes Al. Ban die, of Cincinnati. Rolla 

 O Heikes, of Dayton, Ohio, Chas. W. Budd, of Des Moines, Iowa, 

 .las. R. Stice, of Jacksonville, 111., and C. E. Cahoon. Some un- 

 certainty still exists as to the formation of the Eastern team, 

 several desirable men being unable to leave their business for the 

 trip. The team at present is H. B. Whitney, of Phelps, N. Y.. H. 

 McMurcbv, of Syracuse, N. Y„ W. H. Wolstencrof t, of Philadel- 

 phia, and W. E. Perry, of Boston. In all probability Win. Sigler, 

 of Montclair, N. J., will fill out the quintet. A handsome souvenir 

 score card and programme will be distributed among the specta- 

 tors in each city. It will bear on its face a picture of the car 

 lolanthe with the teams grouped on the platforms at each end. 

 The proposed trip has aroused considerable interest, throughout 

 the country, particularly in the cities along the route, and its 

 effect will no doubt be a boom in shooting matters in all those 

 places. 



EUREKA GUN CLUB.— New York, Nov. 13.— The Eureka Gun 

 Club held their November shoot on the 18th instant on the grounds 

 of the Jersey City Heights Gun Club, at Marion, N.J. Club 

 handicap prevailed in all the events. The Ficken brothers, Mehr- 

 tens, Strope and Se.mken shooting 10-bores at 18vds. rise; Diffley, 

 Circle and Swindell, 12-bores at 18yds.; Schortemeier, a 12-bore at 

 22yds., and the rest 12- bores at 10yds. rise. First sweepstake at 10 

 bluerocks, 5 traps, all angles, one money: Diffley 8, Buthfer 6, 

 Swindells. Second sweep, same conditions: Diffley ft, Buthter 3, 

 Swindell 8. Diffley wins both. Third sweep, same conditions: 

 Difflley 7, Buthfer 9, Swindell 8. Chaso 8. Buthfer wins, Fourth: 

 Difflevtt, Buthfer 8, Swindell 9, Chase 8, Both 2, Schortemeier T, 

 Strope 7, Button 0, J. H. Ficken 1, Semkeh 6, Mehrtens2. Three 

 moneys. Diffley and Swindell divided first, Buthfer and Chase 

 seconil, Strope and Schortemeier third. 



Main event, prize and medal shoot, 15 bluerocks. 5 traps: 



Diffley 110111110(101011-10 Dr Sutton h ,'. vi i [00100000-3 



D Buthfer 010110011111111-11 Swindell 1 11000101101010-8 



Circle 001111110101110-10 J H Ficken 100011 000100010- ft 



Chase lllOOOOllOw. Semken 00001 w. 



Sehortemeier..0llllll"1110011fi-11 Mehrtens OOlOlw. 



Booth 0001O00000100O0- 2 H Ficken 100010001 w. 



Strope 1010 101 H01 11011— 9 



Ties shot off at 5 birds: Buthfer, 00011—2; Schortemeier, 11110—4. 

 Schortemeier wins medal for November. 



Fifth sweep, same conditions as previous sweeps: Duffley 6, 

 Buthfer 7, Circle 6, Schortemeier 7, Strope 1, Swindell 6, J. H. 

 Ficken 3, H. Ficken 1. Ties on 7 shot off, Schortemeier winning 

 first, ties on 6 second. Strope third. Sixth sweep, same as pre- 

 vious: Schortemeier 9, Diffley 6, Buthfer 7, Strope 5, J. H. Fricken 

 0, Swindell 6. Schortemeier first, Buthfer second, ties on 6 and 7 

 third. Seventh sweep, 5 bluerocks: Schortemeier 5, Diffley 2, 

 Buthfer 4, Strope 3, Ficken 2, Swindell 2. Schortemeier first, 

 Buthfer second, Strope third. This closed the day. Our next 

 and last shoot for 1889 takes place on the same grounds Dee, 10.- 

 L. H. L 



PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23.— The Parker Gun Club and Rox- 

 borough Gun Club met for friendly ream contest on the grounds 

 of the latter club. Eleven men to each, team, 20 bluerocks per 

 man, as follows: 



Roxborough Gun Club. 



F Hoagland - UlOi J 10100 1101 10001— 12 



A Weir lOOUloOlU lOOol 1 1010-10 



F Wi 1 lard 10111 lluiOOl 1 1111 000-13 



John Weir .* 1001001 1110)1 0110110-10 



R Gilmore-... lOOlOoil.MiimmooOOOO- 3 



HOzias OOUOllllOHOoi 10100— 11 



John Lager 11111010101KU101001— 13 



G Blunder 0001100100 101 11 00010— 8 



Frank Ozeas 011101111 ill 11101111 — 16 



H Blundeu 01101100111101110000-11 



ffm French 01011111111101101010-14-121 



Parker Gun 01 ub. 



J Martin 011 10011100001101111-12 



G Jones OOIOOUOIOOOOOINJOOOI— 5 



W Gildner 1 11001 0100101000011 — 9 



J Rowcroft 11011101011101110010—13 



W Bradbury IOoOI IOuOiiO] [noooiO — 6 



J Hotkersall 100111101011 1 1111111-16 



T Duffy 11111*01110011111101-15 



R Bradbury -. 01 001 0001 00101000110 - 7 



W Kerr. ..." 100111010110] 1000010-10 



G Barron - , 00111 011 00 1 001 1 1 1 110 -12 



J Hey 00010110001010000001- 6-111 



SMALL-BORE. 



BUDD VS. ERB— Davenport, la , Nov. 21.— The live-bird match 

 between C. W. Budd, of Des Moines, and Fred Erb, of Lafayette, 

 Ind., for the champion cup, was shot here to-day. The conditions 

 called for 50 birds at 30yds. rise and 80yds. boundary from 5 ground 

 traps. Erb killed 43 and Budd 42. It was an even race down to 

 the 46th bird, though at one time, on the fourth string, Budd was 

 two in the lead. This was overcome in the fifth string, Erb mak- 

 ing a clean record and Budd losing 3. The pigeons were old ones 

 and rather wicked flyers, which accounts for the low scores. 

 Every bird, with but one exception, was hit, but several fell dead 

 outside the bounds. The day was dark and gloomy, but fully 200 

 assembled at the Forester Gun Club's park to witness the exhibi- 

 tion. Both men used 12-gauge hammerless Smith guns and loaded 

 with Schultze powder. George Ferrall, of this city, acted as offi- 

 cial scorer, and S. A. Tucker, of the Parker Anns Co., as referee. 

 The following is 1 he full score: 



Budd 1112111002- 8 



1112122222— 111 

 2012222011- 8 

 2122101112— 9 

 o2oll 10212— 7-42 



Erb 1111111201- 9 



1120221211— 9 

 1112122o01- 8 

 1201210022- 7 

 1122111211-10- 13 

 o dead out of bounds. 



CORRY, Pa., Nov. 21.— Corry Gun Club, Keystone targets, 5 

 Keystones traps, Keystone rules, wind north: 



Penrose 011101 1111111 1 11111111011—22 



Mead 1 011111111111111011111011—22 



Austin liioiomiiiomiiioimi— 21 



Blydenburg 0011101101111111111101101-19 



Starbird 1011001111101111111011011-10 



Wetmore 1111 10111011 1010101101110—18 



Le wis 01 1 1 1 1 101 lot 1 11 1 1 10001111 0—17 



AYard 11101 1 0000 1 1 loiooiOllllll-lB 



Berliner OOOOIOOOCKKX U 01 0 100100000— ft 



Penrose won on shoot off. 



Blvdenburg's Team. 



Blydenburg 1111111001011111111111111—22 



Austi n 101 1 11 111 11 1 11 1 1 1 111 11110- 23 



Starbird 11101 11101111101001010110 -17—62 



Lewis's Team. 



Lewis 0111111111 101101010111111—20 



Penrose 0111101101111011111111111-31 



Wetmore 1111011110101010011101111—18-59 



THOMPSON VS. CLASS.— A pigeon match will take place 

 between James Thompson, of Yonkers. N. Y., and Frank Class, of 

 Pine Brook. N. J., for $500 a side. Dec. 3. Strict Hurlingham 

 rules. 100 live pigeons per man, on the White Plains Driving Park, 

 at Wbite. Plains, N. Y. Take the N. Y. &. N. R. R. to Elmford or 

 the Harlem R. R. to White Plains. Ample, hotel accommodat ions 

 may be had at either place. Stage or carriage can be obtained at 

 the depot to convey yon to the grounds. There will also be on t he 

 following day, Dec. 4, a grand $500 guarantee event, put up by the 

 owner of the park, Mr. W. P. Updergrove. Open to the world, 25 

 live birds per man, $25 entrance, divided 50, 30 and 20 per cent. 

 American Shooting Association rules to govern. Address all 

 entries to W, Pi Updergrove, White Plains, N. % 



Jirst Class. 



Charles W McDowall 9J£ 



Creathures 12 F Moffatt 8 



• ' C Kemp 8 



V4 



Ligowskys. 

 tU 1 101101111111-12-24 

 111111101111011-13-22 



ouiooioiiiioio— 9-19 



011111111111111-14-21 

 100111110100011— 9-16 



010010010001101— 6—11 

 11110101 1111 1 1 J — 13-23 

 110111101111101—12—19 

 110111111011111—13—33 

 110111111111101— 13— 2L 



TORONTO, Nov. 16.— The shooting at McDowall's grounds to- 

 day brought out a good number, among whom were several old- 

 time shooters, attracted no doubt by the announcement that a 

 pigeon match was to be shot. The day was bright and clear, bm 

 rather • old. The; shoot commenced with half blackbirds matches 

 consisting of team sweeps. After the artificial birds a couple or 

 pigeon matches between Messrs. W. Tracey and W. McDowall 

 were shot. The birds were a fine strong lot, many of them getting 

 out of bounds hard hit. The first was for $20, and was won by 

 Mr. Tracev, and the second, for $5. was won by McDowall. Mr. 

 Fied Emohd was referee and puller. The score. 25 pigeons, 3byds. 



Tracey °" ?' f!^ 1101101111110101110111100-18 



McDowall . .' 110101101 1 1 10111001011 101-17 



Second match: m 

 McDowall 1111-4 Tracey .. ., v IUB-« 



Nav. so.—lho first annual pigeon tournament of the Stanley Gun 

 Club took place at the Woodbine to-day, and was in every way a 

 gratia success. The Saucer Club, as it is often called, turned out 

 almost to a man, three members only being absent. The average 

 per man throughout the entire match was 12 out of 15, which puts 

 beyond all florbt that the Stanleys can shoot live birds as well as 

 anything else. Mr. Briggs, of the Toronto Gun Club, made an ex- 

 cellent referee and gave, entij e satisfaction by all his decisions. 

 Stanley Gun Club annual shoot, 15 birds, 26yds. rise, first barrel to 

 count 1 and second barrel J4- The score: 

 Fi 



Heatheringt.on...l3 

 J Drasey 12>* 



J Rice 12^ NDnk.. 11 



T Sawdon , Sr . . . 12>£ F Eniond 10 : 



Ties at 12>£ won by Drasey. 



Second Class. 



C Wiuchel 13 C Harrison U% DBeatty . 



Mitchell 12 K McClung 9)4 T S Bayles 



G White W4 



White wins ties at 11^. 



Third Class. 



T Sawdon, Jr 8 L J Congor 7H RAMoCready... m 



The merchandise shoot at 9 birds: _ 



Charles 9 McDowall 8 Etnond 7 



Sawdon 9 Kemp 8 Sawdon, Jr 7 



Mallet 9 Harrison 8 Congor 7 



Dick . ...8 



On shoot-off. Charles first, Dick second, Emond third. 



SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Nov. 23.— Harvard came to the front 

 this morning when its team of five marksmen defeated the Yale 

 five in a clay-p>geon shooting match on the Springfield Shooting 

 Club's grounds by 102 to 97. Shooting was added to the college 

 curriculum of sports last spring, when the Harvards defeated the 

 Yales 121 to 98. Each team was composed of five men. Thirty 

 sho.s were allowed each man, 15 at Keystones and 15 Ligowskys. 

 The Yale team used 12-bore guns. Bacon and Dodge, of Harvard, 

 also used the 12-bore, and the others used 10-borc. Keystone rules 

 "governed the contest. High and variable winds blew constantly 

 over the field, bringing the "hirds" to the ground on the right and 

 increasing their velocity on the left. The sky was no' favorable 

 to good shooting. The shooting was in scores of fives and the 

 traps were set at "five angles. Harvard led in the Keystones, with 

 aggregate scores of 45, against Yale's 40. Both teams had better 

 luck with the clays, each scoring 57 points with these birds. Luce, 

 of Harvard, took chief honors, with a total of 24; Farwell and 

 Burdel', of Yale, made 23 each; Captain Quintar, of Harvard, 

 scored 14 out of 15 Ligowskys, and Captain Sage 13 out of 15. But 

 for Locke's poor work Yale might have won. The teams and 

 scores follow: 



Harvard. 

 Keystones. 



Luce, '90 101101111011111—12 



Bacon, '90 001110100111110- 9 



Post '90 110101 11011011 0-10 



Quintan, '91 OllOOOlOUOlOOl— 7 



Dodge, '91 010001101101010— 7 



Yale. 



Locke '91 OOllOHOOOOOlOO— ft 



Burrell. '93 100111111100110—10 



Pike, '90 110100110110000- 7 



Farwell, '92 010110101110111—10 



Sage, '90 010010111100110 - 8 



- N. Y. SUBURBAN SHOOTING GROUNDS ASSOCIATION, 

 Nov. 23.— Event No. 1, 50 cents entry, 10 bluerocks, all ties div.5 



Lindsley 5 Nixon 9 Tee Kay 8 



Sigler S Mack 4 Judge 7 



Simpson 8 



No. 2, same: 



Lindsley 7 Simpson 7 Mack 4 



Sigler 9 Nixon 5 Judge 7 



No. 3, same: 



Lindsley 8 Simpson 10 Mack 1 



Sigler 6 Nixon 9 F G Sigler 8 



No. 4, same: 



Lindsley 6 Simpson 7 Mack 4 



Sigler 8 Nixon 6 



No. 5. same: _ 



Sigler 8 Nixon 4 Evans 10 



Lindsley 7 Mack 4 Moffatt 3 



Simpson 6 E F Sigler 8 



No. 6, same: 



Sigler 9 Nixon 7 Evans 7 



Lindsley 9 Mack 5 Moffatt . . - .7 



Simpson 8 



No. 7, same: 



Sigler 10 Nixon 3 Evans 6 



Lindsley 9 Mack 3 Moffatt 5 



Simpson 9 



No. 8, same: 



Sigler 9 Nixon 8 Evans 10 



Lindsley 8 Mack 4 Moffatt 9 



Simpson 10 



No. 9, same: 



Sigler 9 Nixon 6 Moffatt 8 



Lindsley., 6 Mack 7 Evans 7 



Simpson. . 7 



No. 10, same: 



Sigler 7 Simpson 9 Moffatt -6 



Lindsley 7 Mack 2 Evans 7 



CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 20.— In the shoot off, B class, on ties for the 

 Park Ridge lot offered in Mr. Stephens' shoot, Mr. O. B. Dicks 

 last Saturday killed 88 out of 100, to Mr. Henry Sloan's 79, thus 

 winning the lot. At Mak-saw-ba Club last Saturday Mr. G. W. 

 Randall won the Shepard suit of bunting clothes. This suit has 

 now been won by Mr. R. B. Organ, by Mr. Wm. Mussey and by Mr. 

 Randall. It takes one more win to bold it. Mr. Organ won the 

 Leiter blackbird medal on ihe same day with the poor score of 15 

 out of 20. Following are the totals in the hunting suit shoot: 



Organ 13 Sloan 12 Holden 11 



Mussey... 13 Watson 11 Waldron 11 



Randall 14 Dicks 12 Sharp 6 



Read 14 



The programme is out for Crown Point Club's Thanksgiving 

 shoot. Seven shoots, A. B and C classes. Keystone system. Key- 

 stones at two cents, professionals barred, no handicap on gun or 

 on winners.— E. HOUGH. 



RED BANK, N. J., Nov. 22.— A large number of people were on 

 the grounds of the Riverside Gun and Rifle Club at Red Bank, N. 

 J., this afternoon, the occasion being the regular weekly clay- 

 pigeon shoot of the club. The targets were bluerocks, and the 

 marksmen made good scores. In ihe first event, sweepstakes, 10 

 singles, the scores were: Edward M. Cooper 10, Edmund W. 

 Throckmorton a,nd John Cooper 9 each, Wm. L. Conover 6, Chas. 

 Mintou 3. There were three moneys and the second was divided. 

 Four took part in the next shoot, which was also a sweepstakes at 

 10 singles, and they made the following scores: John Cooper 8, 

 Throckmorton 7, Conover 6, Edward Cooper 4. The third event 

 was a sweepstakes at 5 doubles. The scores follow: Edward 

 Cooper 10. Throckmorton 7, John Cooper 6. Conover 4. The con- 

 cluding event was a sweepstakes shoot at 9 singles. John Cooper 

 broke 9, and Conover, Throckmorton and Edward Cooper each 

 broke 8. In the shoot off for second money Edward Cooper won. 

 Throckmorton and Conover shot for third money until dark with- 

 out missing, and they divided. The next shoot of the club will 

 take place on Thanksgiving Day, and arrangements will be made 

 for the reception of a large crowd. The club has prepared an in- 

 teresting schedule of events, which comprises shooting at blue- 

 rocks. Keystones and other clay -birds and live pigeons, the entire 

 day being given up to shooting. 



GRAND CROSSING, 111., Nov. 31.— The Gun Club shoot for 

 medal at 10 live pigeous, 5 ground traps, 30yds. rise, 80yds. bound- 

 ary, Illinois State rules: 



B Dicks 1121222112—10 Hamline ...2111102200-7 



Dr Hutch 2101110211— 8 B Rock 1331110111-9 



Price 1211012151— 9 W P Mussey 2115011221-9 



Medal shoot same day at 30 Peoria blackbirds: B. Dicks 13, Dr. 

 Hutch 8, Price 11, Hamline 13, B. Rock 18, wins. — RaveIiBigg. 



WELLINGTON. Mass., Nov. 23— To-day's sport at the traps of 

 the Wellington Gun Club was quite interesting, Perry again 

 coming to the front, his score of 14 giving him his third first. The 

 other "scores in the pitcher match were as follows: Bond 10, 

 Warren 13, Dill 12, Porter and Lee 9 each, Bradbury 7, Edwards 



birds, Dill and Bond; 5 bluerocks, Dill; 6 bluerocks. Warren; 6 tin 

 birds. Warren and Smith; 10 bluerocks, Perry and Bradbury; 6 

 tin birds. Warren; 8 pigeons, Perry, Melcher and Warren; 7 blue- 

 rooks, Perry; 5 pigeons, Bond and Perry; 5 pairs bluerocks, 

 Melcher and" Warren; ti bluerocks, Porter, Perry and Warren; 5 

 pigeons, Brads treet, and Perry; 5 bluerocks, Bond; 3 pairs pgeons, 

 Bradbury; 5 bluerocks. Bond; 5 bluerocks, Hurlingham rules, 

 Perry. The club holds a turkey shoot Thanksgiving Day. 



THE KEYSTONE SCORE BOOK, which takes its name from 

 and is made by, the Keystone Manufacturing Co., of Corry, Pa., 

 is the handiest score book yet devised. It is handsomely gotten up 

 and substantially made. It is so arranged that by the use of carbon 

 paper, five copies of a score may be made simultaneously, the 

 original being retained in the book and the duplicates detached 

 for publication, or any other desired use. At the top of the sheet 

 arc head lines for noting all conditions of each event, the weather, 

 d i r«etions of wind, etc., etc. This book is an invaluable aid to club 

 secretaries and managers of tournaments. Several sheets of car- 

 bon paper and a stylus pencil are sent with each book. 



THE NORWOOD GUN CLUB, of Florence, Mass., will gather 

 a Thanksgiving dinner to-day. 



14 fYest India Hurricanes and the Great March Blizzard." Bi/ 

 Eve itU Ttawle.n, U. S. Uu<) n 'graphic Office. Large quarto, with ZS 

 liih<>iir,iphi<- plates. Price $1. Contains full history of the great 

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

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



A CRUISE TO MARBLEH EAD IN J 86. 



THE Guinevere is not the ideal cruiser which the Fokest and 

 Stream has been working so hard to introduce for the past 

 few vears, but a common everyday catboat of Cape Cod. w T hose 

 lines appeared in the Forest and Stream of Aug. 11, 1887. She is 

 23ft. 5m. over all, 21ft. waterline, and 9ft. 6in. beam, carrying a 

 jib set thing on a 10ft. bowsprit. The cabin contained two 7ft. 

 berths, fable,' lockers, lamp, etc., with stowage room forward for 

 oilskins, spare line, etc. There were two ice chests under the 

 seats in cockpit, besides a large boatswain's locker aft. 



About the middle of June her owner proposed a cruise to Mar- 

 ble head to witness the Eastern Y. C. annual regatta, and after 

 much persuasion he was induced to go, and the •'Captain" and a 

 certain fat man of the village were prevailed upon to get the 24ft. 

 sloop Atalanta into cruising trim and accompany them. So on 

 Saturday, June 26, all the stores were gotten on board, and on 

 Sunday morning the ice chests and water jugs were filled and the 

 " Captain " appeared with a large canvas bag containing grub, 

 clothes, compass, charts, etc., etc. 



At 1 o'clock both boats were running down the harbor and were 

 soon outside, heading for Manomet Point, with sheets well aft, to 

 a light N.E. wind, jumping into the long head swell. The wind 

 all died out at sunset, leaving them some twelve miles from the 

 Gurnet Lights, but about 9 o'clock it nulled around due east, and 

 with booms well off they headed for the lights. The wind fresh- 

 ened until the lee rails were awash, and as the Guinevere passed 

 the Atalanta to leeward, the "Captain's" voice called out, "Stick 

 by us, 'Brother,' we're half full of water;" so the jib was taken in 

 and the "Captain" ranged up alongside. A terrible swell was 

 rolling in and pounding itself out on Brown's Bank to leeward, 

 and a good lookout was kept for the buoy on Bass Rock, which 

 was nearly run down in the darkness, but the anchors were finally 

 dropped under the Gurnet Lights in about two fathoms of still 

 water. The Atalanta, being a very ancient craft, had opened an 

 old leak in the port deck just outside the cockpit rati, and on ac- 

 count of the darkness she was nearly half full before it was dis- 

 covered. She was pumped out and then her crew was invited on 

 board the Guinevere to sup on beefsteak and hot chocolate. The 

 fat man fairly outdid himself, and that supper he remembered to 

 his sorrow on the following day. 



The next morning (Monday) brought a dead calm with occa- 

 sional showers and a tremendous swell rolling in by the point, but 

 the "Captain" was on deck at the first streak of dawn, nailing a 

 strip of canvas over the leak, and was continually getting under 

 way and coming to anchor again as the light air came and went. 

 He" had called "Brother" some dozen times, until he finally 

 crawled out, just as a light air from the N.N.W. sprung up, which 

 made it a dead beat to Marblehead. These conditions were very 

 favorable to the Atalanta with her narrow beam, and she went 

 out to windward, leaving Guinevere bobbing helplessly up and 

 down in the seaway near the whistling buoy. The boat was slowly 

 drifting toward High Pine Ledge, so the oil stove was started, 

 breakfast prepared", and as T. finished wiping the last dish the 

 breeze freshened. The Atalanta had a long lead, being off Brant 

 Rock, and was seen to take a reef in the mainsail. A small steam 

 vacht came out of Plymouth and ran by, headed for Boston. T. 

 twirled a rope's end and looked at her wistfully, but it was of no 

 use, so he straightened himself out with a pull on the mainsheet, 

 took a large drink of water, and called "Brother's" attention to 

 the fact that the Atalanta had come to grief. She had lowered 

 all sail and had a man aloft, but soon came running back with a 

 close-reefed mainsail, saying they had parted their starboard 

 shroud, could not repair it, and were bound for home, so the 

 Guinevere was left to complete the cruise by herself. 



THE ATALANTA BOUND EOR HOME. 



On the next, starboard tack she fetched by Bartlett Rocks, and 

 tacked off Brant Rock with its long row of hotels and cottages, 

 then stood off until the land was below the horizon, and came 

 about heading for Marblehead. At noon Minot's Light was 

 abeam, and the wind began to die out, theu hauled round to S. W. 

 just as a large tug came along bound for Boston with three coal 

 barures in tow. The last barge seemed to be half a mile from the 

 tug, and as there was just room to cross her bow, in spite of her 

 warning whistles, it was done, as "Brother" had no intention of 

 waiting for that procession to pass when he had the right of way. 

 The steamer bad to slow down for a moment, and T. seized the 

 opportunity to question the captain with regard to the weather 

 and the probabilities of an early frost, but he only received a 

 loud and angry snort in reply. 



With a light breeze over the quarter Marblehead was reached 

 about sunset and the anchor dropped near the ferry landing on 

 the town side of the harbor, and half an hour was spent in look- 

 ing at the yachts at anchor. The boat was new and all her faults 

 had not been discovered, the cabin house had leaked considerably 

 during the dav (it has since been covered with canvas), and aU the 

 bedding and spare clothes were wet through; so it was deemed ad- 

 visable to sleep on shore if possible. "Brother" and T. have 

 always wondered if every cruiser visiting Marblehead without 

 the luxury of a brilliant and extensive wardrobe, which only a 

 large boat can accommodate, has been subjected to the treatment 



