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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Deo. 5, 1889. 



BROOKLYN. Nov. 27.— The Diana Sportsman's Club held its 

 regular monthly shoot at Bay View Park this afternoon. Six 

 members of the club represented the fi est class and five the second 

 in both events. The targets were glass balls and clay-pigeons. 

 Although the wind interfered very little with the shooting, the 

 result, was below the usually high Standard of the competing 

 marksmen. In the shooting at glass halls Tony Botty won the 

 first class medal for the second time, and J. Hartinann came off 

 winner in the second class, the prize being a silver modal. First 

 prize on the clay-pigeon score went to M. Brown in the first, and 

 to O. Medler. Jr.. in the second class. A sweepstakes at 3 bine- 

 rocks, miss and out, C. Midler, Jr., won first money, T. Botty sec- 

 ond, and C. Koch third. T)ie hand ioa ps of the marksmen and the 

 number of targets broken were as follows: 



Glass Balls, 5 each-First Class. 



J Scharff (20), 3 J Koch (18) — 3 T Botty (22) 3 



M Brown (20) 2 C Koch (IS) 2 Brower (20) 2 



On the shoot-off Botty won with 3 straight, Scharff breaking 2 

 and J. Koch 1 out of 3. 



Second Class. 



AMyer(20) 0 Hartmann (20) 3 B Boell (18) 2 



C Ring (18) 3 O Medler, Jr (20).. . .3 



On the shoot-off Hartmann was victorious with 3 straight, Ring 

 breaking 1 and Medler 2 out of 3. 



Clay-Pieeous, 10 each— First Class. 



J Scharff (IS) 1 J Kock (18) 7 T Botty (20) 6 



M Brown (18) 8 C Koch (18) 6 Brower (20) 5 



Second Class. 



A Myer (20) 3 J Hartmann (18) .... 3 P Stein (18) 1 



C Ring(20) 5 C Medler, Jr (20).... 4 



jV"oi\ 87.— To-day at Louis Miller's Dexter Park (he members of 

 the Glenmorc Roil and Gun Club of the Eastern District, met for 

 their usual monthly contest at the traps. The weather was 

 simply horrible. Early in the afternoon the rain began to fall 

 heavily, and it came down harder and harder as the day wore on. 

 The shooting fever must be strong indeed when men go to the 

 traps on such a clay as that. Ten members faced the storm, but, 

 not all of these could be induced to shoot after t&jSy got to the 

 park. Regular club match. Glen more Rod and Gun Club, 7 birds 

 each, H and T trap, modified Hurlinghani rules to govern. Not a 

 man made a clean score, neither did a single shooter get even six 

 to his credit. T. T. Erlgerton. Elias Helgans and P. Van Breel<> 

 tied for the badge, witn 5 killed each. They shot out the tie, 3 

 birds each man. Van Breele missed his first and dropped out. 

 Helgans and Edgerton ea'h got their 3 scored dead. Then the tie 

 was shot, miss and out. Both men killed bird after bird until the 

 sixth round. In this Edgerton slipped up on a rapid flying 

 towerer, and Helgans. killing his, captured both the badge and 

 first money. These men are both in Class A. In Class B, Van 

 Breele took the prize with a score of 4 killed out of 7 shot at. In 

 Class C, R. May took the prize with the same score. Selover got 

 4, McGrill 3, and Lerens not one out of 3 shot, at. It was the mean- 

 est, day and the poorest contest the club has ever had. 



JVot\ 89 — A young blizzard greeted the members of the Crescent 

 Gun Club when they assemhled at Louis Miller's Dexter Park to- 

 day for a, shoot at live birds. The birds were nearly all strong 

 flyers, and aided by the wind they gave the marksmen lots of 

 trouble, but the scores were creditable, nevertheless, and the 

 novel sweepstakes at clay birds were shot at live birds instead. 

 The feature of the shooting was rhe marked improvement in form 

 of T. C. Hopkins. The principal competition was at 10 live birds 

 per man, handicap rises, for tue gold badge of the club. The fol- 

 lowing were the prominent scores: 



Hilmer(26) 10 Hopkins (28) 6 Gilman (28) 5 



Simmons (2'i) 8 Matthews (25) 5 Hopkins (25) 5 



A sweep at, 3 live birds per man followed, each shooting at 25yds. 

 rise. Gilman and Simmous both killed their birds, and in the 

 shoot-off again made a clean score and agreed to divide. A sweep- 

 stakes at 3 birds followed, in which Hopkins made a clean score 

 of 3 killed and took first money, while Hilmer, Oxilman and Sim- 

 mons tied lor the second money, each killing 2. The three ties 

 were then shot off, miss and out. Simmons securing the money. 



CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 29.— The regular badge shoot of the 

 Cleveland Gun Club was held Thanksgiving afternoon on its 

 grounds in East Cleveland. The day was very windy, but never- 

 theless some good shooting was done. Upson broke 24 of his 25 

 targets and won the Class a badge. Blick. by breaking 20 birds, 

 won the Class B badge. After the regular shoot there was a 

 sweepstake, in which 11 shooters entered. Upson won first monev, 

 $4.50. Storey second, $3.70, and Williams third, 31.80. Then came 

 a live-bird shoot by two teams, composed of Upson and Roberts 

 and Calhoun and Forester. The shoot: was at. 5 birds apiece. The 

 first team won by killing 9 birds. The second team killed 6 out of 

 tlie 10. The individual scores were: Upsou 5, Roberts 4, Calhoun 

 4, Forester 2. The scores in the badge shoot were as follows: 



Rudolph lllUmi 100111 111 11111 1 1-23 



Williams 00111 111 1110100101 .1111101-18 



Calhoun- — 1101 01111 n 0001.111 llw. 



L O Jones 11 1 111 0001 01 1 01 1 1001001 11-16 



F D Wells 0001011001011111111110101-10 



J E Joues 1000010101110111111010110-15 



M F Silsby 11100 1 HH 1 1 1 00 1 It 101101110—16 



Wm Weaver - 01 hi 1011101 1 111110101010-18 



W Harris C01 1 1 000 1 1 U0i a 1 1 01 CM XK3 1 01—11 



W M Tamblyn 1111110111111011101011111-21 



Roberts 110 1 1 1 01 1 101011 m 11 110111-17 



Upson - .1111011111111111111111111-24 



Flic k 1001 1 1 1 0 1 11 1 01 1 1 11 01 11 1 11— 20 



♦Wherry 10111010l00000111011tOOH-14 



"Bear 0110110110010101101011111-16 



♦Visitors.— C. 



KLELNTZ DEFEATS CLASS.-Newark, N. J., Nov. 29.-The 

 match between Frank Class and Frank Kleintz came off at Erb's 

 Park this afternoon. The match was an outcome of the Penn- 

 sylvania Kh intz-Irwin and New Jersey Frank Class- P. Daly, Jr., 

 match ot ten days ago, which match ended in a tie. As was stated 

 then neither man was satisfied, and to-day they are as far apart 

 as ever. The toilowing is the result of the contest. Match for 

 $150 a side, 50 birds each man, Hurlinghani rules to govern except 

 that while each used 7J£lb. guns the ri-e was 30yds.: 

 Frank Kleintz. .2231121110132122221211211221 1112112122222012311112- 47 

 Frank Class 13113211121123122121101311111112100312301011101103-43 



The betting was in favor of Kleintz all through the contest, 

 except when Class had two birds to the good, then it Was even 

 On the 34th bird Class killed, but it fell dead out of hounds. 

 This seemed to rattle him, for he missed his next pigeon, an easy- 

 flying incomer. From that out Kleintz had it all his own wav, 

 Class missing no less than 4 birds out of the last 14 shot at. Tlie 

 birds were an excellent lot of flyers, many of them fighting like 

 tigers to top the fences, flying until dead in the air and" then 

 dropping like stones. In the first half of the match Class had the 

 more difficult birds to grass, but in the second half these birds 

 fell to his opponent, evening up things. Each man killed the best 

 and most rapid flyers, the poor ones being the ones the shooters 

 slipped up on, with few exceptions. Kleintz shot an up-hill race 

 with great nerve and pluck. Two birds behind, as he was at the 

 start, was a fearful handicap as a send oft', hut he pulled through 

 a winner at the end. The match was witnessed by at least 300 

 persons, all interested in a game pigeon contest. The following 

 sweepstakes were also decided: 



First sweepstake-, 4 birds each, $5 entrance, three moneys J30 

 $20 and §10, respectively. Irwin, Class and Kleintz killed all 

 their birds and di v. first money. Ties for second monev, Wiuans 

 Goff, Jones and Collins killed 3 each. The ties were shot off on 

 the next sweep, the best score to take the cash. Third money 

 was won by Eddy, Leddy and Wheatou. This was shot off in 

 next sweep, Eddy drawing out his pro rata share. 



Second sweepstakes, same, conditions exactlv as first: Class, 

 "Winans and Goff killed all their birds, but could not agree on a 

 division, and shot the tie miss and out. Winans missed his sec- 

 ond bird. The others then divided first money. For second 

 money Irwin, Kleintz, Jones, Collins and Wheaton tied with 3 

 kills each, aud also shot the tie miss and out. Winans dropped 

 out on second shot with the hardest ot luck. Lem, the retrieving 

 dog, jumped at. the bird, which was hard hit, but got only a tail 

 feather or two. The bird was still flying, and as the bird had not 

 been in the dog's mouth the referee decided it a lost bird. Whea- 

 ton went out, on his first shot, Joues on sixth, Kleintz on his ninth 

 Irwin on his tenth. Collins, killing his tenth, shot, out all the 

 Pennsylvaniaus and took the second money himself. The shoot- 

 ing off this tie was a magnificent exhibition of trap-shooting 

 skill. Erb and Leddy divided third money. 



NEW YORK, Nov, 30.— The Bronx River Gun Club held their 

 monthly Bhoot to-day at 25 bluerocks, on their grounds West 

 Farm?, on the Harlem River branch of the Hartford & New 

 Haven Road. Mr. T. N. Jaques won the gold medal. 



E P Miller 0111110010100001111011111—17 



FPriugle UllOlOullUllol .1111101011-18 



A Dittmar 111011001 10 1 olnoOl 1100001— 13 



T N Jaques 1111 11 1010111 toll 11001011-19 



O T Mackey OOllOllOOlOriOl IIOHOUOOO— 13 



JDuane 0010011110000111110111111-16 



W Pnngle 1010111 10.10 1 UlOolOlllOll-17 



Chas Zoru lOllllOOlOOUHllliomoi-17 



J. M, 



! CORRY, Pa., Nov. 28.— The last shoot of the Corry Gun Club 

 took place on their grounds Thanksgiving Day, and although the 

 weather was the worst imaginable, everything went off pleas- 

 antly and all present had a jolly good time. The main event of 

 the day was a 100-hird race for the medalf of the club, which for 

 the past season have been held in trust from week to week; but 

 iu this event the medals were to become the personal property of 

 the winners. The scores made were below the average of the 

 clnb, but, when taking the weather into consideration, they are 

 very good, as duriug the entire time of the shoot there was a driv- 

 ing snow storm and some of the targets did not look larger than a 

 silver dollar, and the way they were jerked and tossed around was 

 a caution and kept the boys guessing where to hold to break them. 

 Following is the store: 



Penrose. ~ 111111110011110111111111111111011.11011011111111111 



Hiooiiiim i liiioiiioiiiiiiu minimum inn— 90 



H Arnold llioiioilllioillllllllli 11111111111111011111111111 



liiiiioiiiuiioooiiii.uii ioi on n i. ninmnnn 111.-89 



Blydenhurg 1100111111111 100111111 111111111111110 



lOionoe loou j do i 1 1 o 1 1 1 1 1 n oi mil i mm in in i ii ii —si 

 Austin lmiimotioioin 1 01 ioi 1 1 i moioi mi i 1 i 1 100101101 



iiioimn 1 1 loll 110010111 1 1 jomoin not n i.mnni-79 

 Nhhois loiiiiimmoinmiiioomiiimomoomioiiiio 



ooi ioi nn oi oim 1 10 no n o n i omoooi oi i m l i inn -78 



Edwards 11101 110 it 0101.1.1 10 II 01 o 1 11. 1111 o 1 01.11 1 01 1 1 1 11 11 II 11 



On 1101001000110100011001111111101011.0101111111111- 73 

 Laurie 101 011 0001 101 101110111110101 010101O110011 1 11 111.111 



onion iioiornionmomioo].n.oiomn.oioiiimi-B9 



Wetniore .... 1 10101000000010111 1 01101 1 OjOl ! 1 1 ol 0W 011 Ooi 1 1111 1 



lOiiiimoiiiioi p.iiii liooi o houn oi on ion i oomm-64 



Mead J 01 1 1 01.11 10.lt 1101 1 011101 1 11 001 10101011101101101000 



000110100011].100101111(ilt)n(ll0010l0100110111001111-84 



M Arnold UOlOllimon .1111011.0111 1101111111111111111111111 



011101111110100 withdrew. —54 



Ward iiooinoiooioiiiiioimomtxiioommioioiiiooiii 



withdrew. —35 

 Howard 10001001110111011011000111101010111111110100111010 



withdrew. —31 

 Berliner .01 OfKHli ».<n f m lu'tJl W H.wiO' K) 1 0001 011 01011 110000000001111 



01000110000 withdrew. —19 

 Our next shoot of this season will be a team race of the entire 

 club for a supper, 50 targets per man. I wish some of the old-time 

 sportsmen would drop ih and take supper with us. We would 

 give them a good time and supper, with less work and no slaughter 

 of game, as is usual at annual hunts. I will send vou a copy of 

 the scores in full aud a description of our banquet when it takes 

 place— H. A. Penrose. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., Nov. 30.— In the silver pitcher match 

 some wind prevailed, yet, Perry held his own, and felt certain of 

 his second 'third of the prize. Unfortunately for him the wind 

 died away as the last on the list came to the scratch, and Cady 

 swooped in with 14 broken birds. The other scores of 8 and over 

 were: Lee and Perry 11. Bond 10, Warren, Merrill and Hubbard 

 9, Chase, Bradbury and Bradstreet 8. In the sweepstakes the 

 winners of first were: Five pigeons: Short, Cowee and Cady; five 

 bluerocks: Cady; six bluerocks: Cowee; six tin birds: Chase: five 

 pigeons: Brooks; five bluerocks: Cady; five bluerocks: Bradbury; 

 five bluerocks: Lee and Perry; six bluerocks: Bond and Lee; six 

 tin birds: Cowee, Bond and Bradbury; Eight pigeons: Lee, War- 

 ren, Cady and Hubbard; seven bluerocks: Cady: three pair blue- 

 rocks: Perry, Chase and Lee; three pair pigeons: Brooks; six 

 bluerocks: Bradbury; ten bluerocks (Keystone target): Chase, 

 Cowee, Perry and Cady; six bluerocks: Pery; ten pigeons: Bond, 

 Perrv and Lee; five pigeons: Bond and Short. 



PELHAM, N. Y., Nov. 28.— The Country Club of Baychester had 

 a most successful shooting event on their grounds iu that village 

 to-day. Most of the lot were good lively birds, and favored by a 

 westerly breeee, which blew directly on the backs of the niarks- 

 man, had a good chance for their lives. All crippled birds both in 

 and out of bounds were covered, and were instantly killed by 

 attendants. The grounds were very fast, and were highly praised 

 by all the competitors, the water boundary being particularly 

 satisfactory. The threatening weather and Mr. Watson's lunch- 

 eon interfered with the attendance, hut there was a good showing 

 of club members and guests, among whom were many ladies. Mr. 

 N. D. Tborne and C. Oliver laelin were in charge. The first event 

 was wou by Mr. Morse, who killed 10 birds straight and won over 

 15 competitors at 26yds. He did not have to use any of the 

 three extra birds allowed him, not having made a miss. In the 

 second event Mr. James took the first place, killing 18 birds at 

 31yds. rise without a miss. There were 25 competitors iu this 

 event. Toe prizes in each event were silver cups. The third event 

 was not finished, only four birds having risen to each marksman, 

 and was postponed until Saturday, with eight men tied for first 

 place. The final arrangements for a match between Mr. James 

 and Mr. Natto were also concluded. 



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

 Everett Hayden, Z7- $. Hydrograrfhic Office. Large quarto, with ss 

 lithographic platen. Price $1. Contains full history of the great 

 storm of March, 1883, with practical informali-on how to handle a 

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



REPORT OF THE N. Y. Y. C. COMMITTEE 

 ON MEASUREMENT. 



WHEN your committee entered upon the work of considering 

 what amendments could be made in the club's existing 

 scale of allowances and in the rules for the measurement of racing 

 yachts, it tound many matters to engage its attention, each seen 

 to have an important influence upon the interest and prosperity 

 of yacht racing. 



It was considered that the true light, in which to view all rules 

 to be framed for the regulation and government of the sport 

 should be such as would put aside or keep out of the way where- 

 ever practicable all needless and undesirable features and con- 

 ditions; should favor no especial type or dimensions, should con- 

 cern itself solely with elements of advantage for speed, or with 

 such features as would be representative of these elements, and 

 should make these features or factors as few and simple as pos- 

 sible. That your committee should give to these as nearly a just 

 value as it could, and in this way give to the owner and designer 

 the only real discretion practicable for them, as to the use they 

 would make of the features which enter as factors into the meas- 

 urement. 



It any of these be given too high a value it can readily be seen 

 that it will be used only in small proportion, and in some degree 

 with the result, or producing something different from that which 

 the owner would have preferred. If, however, any factor be given 

 a value less than its proper one for purposes of speed, it can be 

 seen with little reflection that the owner will, to a void disadvan- 

 tage in competition, be no less compelled to use this feature in 

 excess of his convenience and wishes. These remarks apply 

 most especially to the amount of sail which can be carried and to 

 the number of feet in length which can be associated with it 

 for any given rating in the measurement for allowance, and to 

 this part of its work your committee has given much time, thought 

 and discussion. 



It has besides this to consider the following subjects: The suffi- 

 ciency of the allowance by the present table for differences in 

 size, and the question whether this table, or any other which 

 might be recommended, could he so adjusted as to make the use 

 of it by regatta committees or others more ready and convenient. 

 Also the question whether the mode of measuring spars could be 

 improved in detail so as to secure greater accuracy in results, 

 prevent possible evasions, and remove the pressure toward unde- 

 sirable developments and tendencies. In other words your com- 

 mittee has considered the method ot measuring according to the 

 present rule to see what, if any, were its defects and insufficiencies. 



In the consideration of all these matters, and of others con- 

 nected with them or involved by them, your committee has uni- 

 formly been governed by an earnest desire to proceed caref ully 

 and conservatively. It has also, however, recognized a fact 

 which must be clear to the perception of every member of the 

 club, that if there arc in matters of this kind, affecting as they 

 do vested interests, evils to be considered or changes to he made, 

 these reforms should be made sufficiently ample to preclude the 

 necessity of further changes within a brief period. 



When the last report upon this subject was made to this club by 

 a committee on May 9, 1883, the introduction of sail area into its 

 rule of measurement was almost an experiment. It has since 

 then been taken into the formula of every important club in this 

 country and in Europe. Every style of yacht has been brought 

 under its iufluence. In every case where sail area has been a fac- 

 tor in^the measurement it has by the method of its use been giveu 

 an importance very much greater, and in some cases nearly 

 double that which it has had in our rule; yet to such an extent 

 has a large sail spread been relied upon for the production of 

 ( speed, that it appeara to be uniformly true of this club, and of all 



others having racing yachts upon their lists, that the winning 

 yachts have much larger rigs in proportion to their waterline 

 lengths than those existing when the present: rule of the club was 

 adopted in May. 1889. 



It has not appeared to your committee that it is necessary, or 

 even desirable, to prevent the production of largely rigged yachts 

 by making successful racing with them impossible, nor does it 

 believe that this would be the effect of any rule which it has con- 

 sidered. Your committee believes that the utmost that can he 

 looked for as a result of the changes which it has to propose, or 

 which it feels warranted in proposing, would be, iu the case of 

 the middle and upper classes, to somewhat reduce the practical 

 handicap from which the moderately rigged yacht now suffers. 

 In the 40ft. class, where rigs have been carried to an exaggerated 

 relation to length not seen in any other, the changes proposed 

 would provide a strong inducement to more moderate sail plans; 

 while in large vessels, of 80 or 90ft. , the advantage, vour com- 

 mittee thinks, though less pronounced, would still be with the 

 large rigs: and the check upon their extension remain as at pres- 

 ent chiefly in their unhandiness, and in the difficulty of getting 

 them to stand. In illustration of the difference which exists in 

 the proportion of sail carried between the most moderately can- 

 vassed of the 40ft. clas« and a large rigged vessel of 86ft., it may 

 be stated that it would require an addition ot 3,385 sq.ft. to the 

 sail spread of Volunteer to make it equal in proportion 10 load 

 waterline to that carried by Pappoosc or Minerva; and conversely 

 it would require a reduction in Pappoose's canvas of 626ft. to 

 bring it down to the proportion in respect to waterline to that 

 carried by Volunteer. 



In the report upon measurement made to you by the committee 

 in 1883 there may be found the following passage which it may he 

 weU to explain has reference to the relative values given iu the 

 present rule of measurement to the two factors representative of 

 length and sail area: "In recommending these indicated re- 

 pective proportions your committee were the more satisfied from 

 the feeling that the nature of the principle they were recommend- 

 ing was so elastic and so adaptable that after an experience of its 

 working it would be a very simple matter to alter any of its pro- 

 portions which were found to require readjusting." The recom- 

 mendation which your present committee would make is precisely 

 in liue with the suggestion contained in the passage which has 

 been quoted from the former report. It is that the measurement 

 for allowance shall be obtained by taking the square root of sail 

 area once and length of waterline once, and dividing the sum of 

 these measurements by two, instead of taking the length of water- 

 lines twice, adding this to the square root of sail area, and dividing 

 the total by three. The effect of the alteration proposed would of 

 course be to give an increased value to the factor representing 

 sail area. Your committee, however, does not think that this 

 change would bo of itself sufficient, to provide opportunity and 

 encouragement for the production for racing purposes of more 

 moderately rigged vessels; they therefore propose that the classi- 

 fication, which is now made by waterline length, shall in future 

 be made by the same measure which governs the allowance. This 

 measure, being the product of two factors, will admit of either 

 of them being increased at will to suit the purposes of an owner 

 or designer, without change in the measurement or class, provid- 

 ing the remaining factor is diminished to a corresponding degree. 

 It will be seen that this method gives great liberty of design aud 

 opportunity to suit the varying proportions and requirements of 

 owners. 



It also affords that room for change and experiment, the ab- 

 sence of which has formed one of the worst characteristics of 

 most measurement rules, aud which charaol eristic has in some 

 cases been the means of perpetuating crudities of form and devel- 

 opment which have at once commenced to disappear upon the 

 adoption of less restrictive rules. « 



Being 'desirous of looking at every promising or interesting 

 aspect of this question, and having had it brought to.their atten- 

 tion that possibly the present rule of measurement of the club 

 might give good and adequate results if aided by a classification 

 such as has been proposed, which would admit of sail being re- 

 duced and increased length of waterline accepted in lieu thereof, 

 your committee made calculations to ascertain whether under the 

 existing rule such an amount of length could be obtained for a 

 reduction of sail a6 in most of the classes would be likely to prove 

 acceptable and take practical effect. It was found that an aver- 

 age 40ft. yacht, to gain 2ft. of length would need to sacrifice 448ft. 

 of sail; that a 70ft. yacht, to gain 3ft. in length would need to re- 

 duce her sail by 648ft., and that a 90ft. yacht to gain 2ft. in length 

 would need to dispense with 736sq. ft. of canvas. It does not ap- 

 pear at all likely to your committee that the moderate gain in 

 length of waterline offered by this rule would be accepted as an 

 equivaleut for the large reductions of sail spread which would be 

 required by it. The change which has been recommended to you 

 would require for any given quantity added to the length of load 

 waterline a very little more than half the reduction of area in the 

 sail plan which has been instanced as the effect of the present 

 rule if used to classify by. By the change proposed a 40ft. yacht, 

 could gain 2ft. in length by losing 228ft. of canvas in place of 448; 

 a yacht of 70ft. waterline could gain 2ft. by a loss of 328ft. of can- 

 vas instead of 648ft ; a yacht like Sea Fox could gain 2ft. in length 

 by a loss of 372sq. ft. instead of 736sq. ft. 



The next matter which engaged your committee's attention was 

 the need of taking spinakers into account iu the measurement 

 when their dimensions exceed a cej tain limit. So long as this 

 sail can be made of any size without affecting a yacht's rating, 

 the zealous yachtsman will feel compelled in self-protection 

 against his competitors to carry a sail of the largest practical 

 dimensions, only to find that the limits of the practicable are in 

 this matter capable under the influence of racing zeal of an in- 

 definite extent of expansion. Your, committee, therefore, think 

 that it will be acceptable to owners and others, and conduce to 

 the equity and prosperity of yacht raciug, that spinakers shall 

 escape measurement only when within certain well defined limits, 

 and that such part as is beyond these shall become measurable. 

 It is proposed, therefore, that a spinaker boom which measures 

 no longer than tlie distance between the fore side of the foremast 

 of a schooner or the mainmast of a single-masted vessel to the 

 forward point of measurement of the baseline, shall remain out 

 of account; but that any spinaker boom exceeding this limit 

 shall be taken into account for the length in excess,and this amount 

 added to the baseline used for spar measurement. Incidentally 

 this rule is calculated to have a good' effect by giving some in- 

 ducement for the mast, to be kept "a sufficient distance abaft the 

 stem of the vessel. 



Another matter which received your committee's attention 

 was the method of working in deta il of the present rule for spar 

 measurement. It is well known by those who have had any 

 practical experience in such matters that any at tempt to measure 

 sails themselves has many serious practical objections and diffi- 

 culties in the way aud must necessarily yield varying result.B 

 under common conditions. The present mode will ordinarily 

 give results very closely approximate to strict accuracy. Since, 

 however, it was first formulated it has been introduced into 

 other clubs where occasions have arisen to supplement one of its 

 provisions in order to secure greater accuracy where a long gaff 

 was used with a short topmast. In such a case the extension of 

 the haseliue by adding to the outer end of the mainboom one- 

 quarter of the length of the main gaff does not fully compensate 

 for the area gained by the use of the long gaff. A supplementary 

 rule to meet this case could be introduced here as it has been else- 

 where, but a close examination of the subject shows that the pro- 

 portion of gaff added to the baseline by the existing rule can be 

 advantageously substituted in the formula by subtracting from 

 the gaff length 80 per cent, of the topmast from hounds to lower 

 side of topsail halliard block and adding the remainder to the 

 baseline. This simple rule appears to give good results with all 

 practical variations in length of topmast and gaff, or with no 

 topmast at aU, if in such case the throat haUiard block of main- 

 sad be used as the top of the perpendicular. This change, there- 

 fore, is recommended by your committee. 



An amendment of a similar character has appeared to your 

 committee to be desirable for reasons of equity and to prevent 

 evasion in the measurement of headsail. At present the forward 

 point of measurement is to the jibstay on bowsprit or flying jib- 

 stay on jibbooui. Within the last few seasons it has become more 

 than ever before the practice to make effective use of the jibtop- 

 sail in windward work, and your committee think that the rule 

 as it stands at present offers some inducement to an evasion of its 

 purpose, and to correct this it recommends that the forward point 

 for the measurement of spars should be half-way between the 

 jibstay and the jibtopsail stay. 



The next matter which your committee had to consider was 

 the allowance table. The present scale gives about 46 per cent, 

 of the theoretical allowance based upon the principle that oppor- 

 tunities for speed vary as do the square roots of the varying 

 lengths. These allowances are in the judgment of your commit- 

 tee les3 liberal than they should be, and recognizing that the 

 effect of the present rule to place the yachts higher up upon the 

 scale where the allowances are lessened than they would be 

 placed by waterline length, and seeing also that the proposed 

 changes will, if carried out, still further remove them from the 

 position on the scale for which their allowances are calculated; 

 your committee recommends that the scale of allowances be in- 

 creased from the present, 46 per cent, to 50 per cent, of the theo- 

 retical scale, It is very douotful if this increase is as much as it 



