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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[t>EC. 26, 1889. 



THE NEW BRITISH RACING FLEET. 



THE recent discussion of the measurement question has at- 

 tracted considerable attention to the new 20 and 10-raters on 

 the other side, most of which have been described in tbo Forest 

 and Stream. The following summary of their performances, 

 from the Field, will be of interest in view of future international 

 competitions, in which yachts of this type may be matched against 

 the new American craft: 



"The most, striking, md at the same time most satisfactory, 

 features during the yacht racing season of 1889 were, no doubt, 

 the certain signs of a. revival of racing in the classes of 20-rating 

 downward, and the excellence of the racing in the handicap 

 classes. The 20. raters of to-day are pretty much what the 20-ton- 

 ners were sixteen years ago, when the Vanessa appeared on the 

 scene and aroused emulation among yachtsmen of all sorts and 

 ages— aii enthusiasm, too, which lasted for quite a dozen years, 

 and which might have lasted until now had it not been for the 

 chilling effect of 'bad times.' The 20 tonner, as represented by 

 Vanessa, we know developed into a vessel 5ft. longer, with about 

 l,000sq. ft. more canvas: nevertheless the 20-rater of the present 

 day fair] v represents Vanessa, which has a waterline length of 

 47ft. and a. sail spread of 2,000sq. It.; while Vreda^he first of the 

 successful 20-raters, has a waterline length of 4o.4ft., and a sail 

 spread of 2,641sq. ft. The weight or displacement of the boats is 

 about the same, the accommodation is about the same, and the 

 cost is about the same. Vanessa cost £1,250, and that is about the 

 cost of a fashionable 20-rater. 



"We were just now speaking of the effect the success of Van- 

 essa had on the minds of yachtsmen in 1873, and it can he fairly 

 said that the prowess of Vreda since her debut in 1888 has had a 

 similar effect on yachtsmen of the present day. Thus in 188!) we 

 had three new candidates for fame in the form of Windward, 

 Dragon and Mimosa; beyond these accomplished facts there are 

 at the present moment at least three new 20-raters building for 

 next season. Vanessa, it will be remembered, held her own well 

 for seven seasons, that is until Freda made her appearance iu 

 1880; she had been able to do this because lead keels "developed" 

 very slowly, and necessarily so did length and sail spread. How- 

 ever, in Freda Mr. Beavor Webb showed that what had been 

 proved to be possible in the 10-tonners— the putting of the whole 

 of the ballast on the keel— was also possible in the 2U-tonners; and 

 then came a marvelous extension of length and sail spread, coup- 

 led with a great increase of weight. We mention these circum- 

 stances mainly to show that the position of a 20-rater like Vreda 

 is very much more secure than was that of Vanessa. So far at 

 human foresight at present carries us, she cannot be outbuilt by 

 mere expansion. If a 20-rater is giveu more length sue must have 

 less sail; and if she has more sail she must have less length. Of 

 course we are not determining off-hand that Mr. Watson hit off 

 the right proportion of sail to length at his first trial; but he must 

 have been very near it, and it is unlikely that designers will show 

 much variation from the proportion of Vreda. Thus a well-mod- 

 eled vessel under the existing rating rule may have an unlimited 

 career if she is kept up to the mark in the way of condition of 

 hull and equipment. Vreda, of course, did not have such a good 

 average record this past season as she had in 1888; and it could 

 not be expected that she would have two such antagonists as Mr. 

 Fife turned out in the form of Dragon and Windward to compete 



" Vreda opened the season on the Thames, where, however, she 

 had no yacht of her own rating to compete against. Neverthe- 

 less, she won some valuable prizes, and, after "a bootless visit to 

 Harwich, went on to Dover, where she won a prize from Vanessa. 

 From here she went to Queenstown, and on the first, day of the 

 Royal Cork Yacht Club Regatta had practically a sail over. On 

 the following day she entered the lists against Valkyrie. Yarana, 

 and Irex for alQueen's cup, and after a teodious sail of 17>o hours, 

 Vreda was declared the winner. It is. however, only just to say 

 that all the honors of the day belonged to Valkyrie", as she had 

 obtained a long lead when she sailed into a clock calm near 

 home, while Vreda brought along a little brneze and passed 

 her. On the Mersey, in the regatta of the Cheshire Yacht 

 Club, Vreda met the new Mimosa, and in a nice breeze, beat her 

 Ave minutes. In the Royal Mersey match the following day, in 

 a lighter breeze, Mimosa was still further out of it, her smaller 

 sail plan being much against her in the light airs. After this 

 Mimosa came away south for some alterations, but Vreda went 

 on to the Clyde to tackle Dragon and Windward. The former of 

 these two had already made a name on the Clyde by her defeat 

 of Windward, and her meeting with such a swell of 'the ocean as 

 Vreda was consequently looked forward to with mucli interest by 

 the members of the Royal Largs Yacht Club. The first encounter 

 left victory with Dragon, but by a very narrow margin, and the 

 critics were not yet all one way of thinking about the merits of 

 the two boats, especially as the wind was light and variable. In 

 the two encounters under the flag of the Royal Northern Yacht 

 Club the wind was also light and variable, and the Dragon re- 

 peated her victories. These consecutive successes appeared to 

 convince every one that Dragon at any rate was the better boat, 

 of the two in light winds, and no one could account for the re- 

 peated reverses of Windward, as Dragon is modeled much like 

 her, hut has five or six inches more beam, and perhaps as much 

 more draft— at least so the gossips said. There was a continua- 

 tion of the light, pleasant weather for the two nays' Mudhook 

 regatta with amateur helmsmen. On the first day Windward, 

 with Mr. Win, Fife, Jr., at the helm, scored a rather hollow vic- 

 tory over Vreda a,nd Dragon ; on the following day Vreda, with 

 Mr. W. G. Jameson as helmsman, had an equally notable victory 

 —in fact her first since the Mersey. In the Clyde Corinthian 

 Yacht Club match, which followed, Dragon had her turn at win- 

 ning, under the clever timoneering of an amateur helmsman. 



"It was not until the regatta of the Royal Civde Y. C. was 

 reached that anything like a breeze tested the persevering 20- 

 raters, and then Vreda appeared to be upsetting all preconceived 

 opinions of her merits by roundly heating Dragon. But the trial 

 came to an untimely end through Vreda losing her bowsprit, and 

 Dragon obtained the prize. On the following day there was again 

 breeze enough for second topsails, but Vreda, with a jury bow- 

 sprit, was easily defeated by Dragon— Windward not being among 

 the competitors. From the Clyde. Dragon and Vreda crossed the 

 North Channel to Belfast Lough, where the Royal Lister Y. C. 

 as usual had provided a two-day's regatta.. The wind was light on 

 both days, and it must be conceded that Vreda appeared to have 

 a slight advantage to windward, and it was only the reaching 

 speed of Dragon which enabled her to score on both days. From 

 Belfast they went on to Dublin Bay, where, in the Royal Irish 

 Y. C. regatta, in a moderate breeze. Dragon scored another 

 double-barreled victory; but, as in Belfast Lough, Vreda ap- 

 peared to be quite her equal to windward. From Kingston Vreda 

 and Dragon crossed St. George's Channel, and Vreda looked in at 

 the west country regattas: but Dragon pushed on for Solent. At 

 Plymouth Vreda reckoned up Mimosa again, and Dragon did the 

 same at Cowes in the match of the Royal Loudon Y. C. In the 

 second day's regatta at this club Dragon, Vreda and Mimosa ap- 

 peared, and there was a stirring southeast breeze. This certainly 

 was a fine opportunity for Vreda, but in turning out to the 

 Warner Lightship Dragon worked out a long lead, weathering 

 the ship about four minutes before Vreda, and eventually beat- 

 ing her more than double that time. Their next appearance was 

 in the Royal Southern Y. C. regatta, and Dragon repeated her 

 victories; and it was so on to the end of the chapter, although 

 Vreda scored two first prizes— one through Dragon going the 

 wrong course, and the other through the same craft carrying 

 away the jackyard of her topsail in the Royal Albert Y. C. re- 

 gatta. After this latter regatta Dragon went on the mud, and 

 Vreda had no trouble in disposing of her competitors at Wey- 

 mouth and Torquay. 



"Probably, taken all round, Dragon is three or four minutes 

 better than Vreda on a 25-miles course; but it was mainly at, 

 reaching that Dragon obtained the longest lead. However, the 

 sailing of the two in the Royal London match at Cowes must not 

 be overlooked, and certainly on that occasion, whatever the 

 cause, Dragon had much the better of the encounter to wind- 

 ward. 



"During the seasou of 18SS the 10-rater, Dis, made a great reputa- 

 tion on the Solent, and she was regarded as well nigh invincible, 

 although she was uever suspected of being quite first-rate to 

 windward; at all events, it was thought, she might be improved in 

 that respect. However, when a boat wins twenty-five prizes for 

 twenty-eight starts, as Dis did in 1888, if isnot usual to consider 

 whether or not she has defects. Dis,indeed,was considered so good 

 that she quite gave a new start, to the class both on the Clyde and 

 on the Solent. In the South, Decima was built from a design bv 

 Mr. Arthur Payne, with a plumb stem, and about, the same water- 

 line length as Dis. She had more canvas in her mainsail than 

 Dis. and more draft— two circumstances which made the judges 

 think the new craft would be a masterpiece to windward, and so 

 it proved; but Decima also excelled at reaching, the result being 

 that she had practically a sail over every time they started. 

 Nevertheless, Dis kept hammering away in the most plucky 

 fashion, and was beaten by a sort of regulation interval of time 

 in every match. Another craft named Drina shared in her fate 

 She was originally laid down as a sort of fast cruiser, of about 

 8-ratiiig, and 38ft. on the waterline; hut in the end she was can- 

 i'^ ed ^ t0 J£? iWtinih tor a h>rater, having l,800sq, ft. againHt 

 l,660sq, ft. of Die and Decima, it waB expected that she might 



win some prizes on very light days; but those days never came to 

 pass, and Drina won no prizes in the company of her longer- 

 bodied sisters. The fame of Decima excited the curiosity of the 

 owners of the 10-raters on the Clyde, and the most successful two 

 crossed St. George's Channel after the Royal Irish Yacht Club 

 Regatta. These were Yvonne and Doris, the latter being the laBt 

 and most successful of the old 5-tonners. As to whether she or 

 Yvonne could claim to be the better boat was a. moot question on 

 the Clyde, but we think it was settled in favor of Yvonne on the 

 Solent. Yvonne had an advantage in sail spread over Decima, 

 but not to the extent Drina had; however, in light winds and to 

 windward she proved a better boat than Decima. They met eight 

 times, and out of these encounters Decima won five races and 

 Yvonne three. Against Doris Decima started fourteen times 

 and beat her eleven. Au enthusiastic compiler of statistics in- 

 forms us thatin the three racesin which Yvonne beat Decima they 

 sailed 100 miles, and Yvonne beat Decima 5"94 seconds per mile. 

 In the five races won by Decima they sailed 103 miles, and Decima 

 heat Yvonne 9 - ti8 seconds per mile. The inference, of course, is 

 that in a summer like the past, distinguished by good whole-sail 

 breezes, the extra length and smaller canvas pay; but we do not 

 think that anything has yet transpired in the races between the 

 10-raters to warrant any one exceeding a watGTline length of 30ft. 



THE BABOON SAIL PLAN. 



THE Boston GZobe takes exception to our comments in a recent 

 issue on the question of Baboon's sail plan, speaking as fol- 

 lows: 



" To charge that the statements of a designer of Mr. Burgess's 

 prominence in regard to such a simple matter as a comparison of 

 sail plans are obviously incorrect is to charge that gentleman 

 with a lack of good faith in his dealings with the committee, At 

 Mr. Burgess's request I measured with him the Baboon's sail plan 

 and a sail plan designed to measure the same, as the Baboon's by 

 the Seawanhaka formula. As a matter of fact the second plan 

 measured 9ft. less than that of the Baboon. 



" In the new plan the mast was 3ft. 9in. further forward than 

 in the Baboon. The rig was 3ft. shorter on the baseline and 2J^f(. 

 longer on tbe perpendicular. By actual measurement the pro- 

 posed mainsail measured 49ft. more than Baboon's, the working 

 topsail 48ft., and the jib 16}^ft. more than the Baboon's, the fore- 

 sail measuring 18ft. less. This makes a net of 95ft. more sail in 

 the new plan than in the Baboon's, yet the two plans measure 

 the same by the Seawanhaka formula. So much for Mr. Bur- 

 gess's statement being obviously incorrect. Mr. Burgess hap- 

 pened to have some rough figures which he showed to the com- 

 mittee lo illustrate his point. He has the drawings in his office, 

 and they will be shown to the committee at. any time they desire 

 to see them. 



"To offset this gain of 95ft. of effective sail there is a los3 of 

 51ft. in the spinaker, which can he well borne. This plan, it must 

 be understood, was only a moderate departure from the old style, 

 and it is easy to see how much more the measurement of the 

 mainmast may be cheated as the mast is moved forward, and the 

 ' cat rig ' is approached." 



The whole matter of Baboon's sail plan is a very trivial one, and 

 not worth the time that has been wasted on it, but it has been 

 forced into a fictitious importance from the fact that it is the only 

 thing in the nature of an argument which Mr. Burgees has 

 brought forward to oppose corrected length. Mr. Burgess is an 

 expert, a close student, of yachting, and with a large amount of 

 valuable data relating to American and foreign yachts at his dis- 

 posal. He has lately been very strongly opposed to the measures 

 advocated by the two New York committees; but with every in- 

 ducement to present a strong argument, backed by facts "and 

 figures, his opposition has only amounted to this: a si atement that 

 under the proposed rule he would build a long and narrow cutter, 

 or a "canoe;" and the "little haphazard drawing" of Baboon's 

 sail plan. The first point is more than covered by the actual 

 figures which we have given of the boats built under such a rule, 

 and also by the correspondence of the Lake Y. R. A. committee 

 with other designers, published in the Forest and Stream of 

 Nov. 21. The second point, of the possible, evasion of the sail 

 measurement, relates at best only to a detail of the rule, ami not 

 to the principle involved iu a classification by corrected length; 

 and as far as the figures given out are concerned, even the former 

 point is not yet proven, 



vVe are willing to admit that Mr. Burgess has made a sail plan 

 measuring the same as Baboon's by Seawanhaka rule, and yet 

 containing 95ft. more of actual area in the sails; but we are hot 

 willing to accept the conclusions which he would draw frc 

 these meagre figures. In the first place, it is not even stat 

 which method of measurement was used, the old one, or the n 

 one just adopted by the New York Y. C, and proposed for t 

 S. C. Y. C; the latter in most, if not all cases, measuring s 



tiling to accept the conclusions which he would draw from 

 these meagre figures. In the first place, it is not even stated 



ew 

 the 



measuring sail 



more accurately than the former. In the second place, it is not 

 stated what the effect would be on the centers of lateral resist- 

 ance and of effort in such a change of plan. Under the old method 

 of measurement, it would have been possible to have put. a cat rig 

 on Baboon (on paper), which would have evaded the measure- 

 ment entirely, or even a, rig like Harbinger's, which was very im- 

 perfectly measured; but it does not follow that the yacht would 

 be equally fast under such rigs, or that classification by corrected 

 length is a mistake. Granted that Mr. Burgess is correct in his 

 figures, we should wish to see the sail plan and know more about 

 it than has yet been made known to the public, or to the New 

 York committee, before accepting if as conclusive. 



What we said in regard to the matter was as follows, and we 

 still believe it to be substantially correct, 



"The statement in regard to Baboon's sail plan was made by 

 Mr. Burgess to the committee of the New York Y. C. when on a 

 visit to New York recently as a. representative of the Eastern Y. C. 

 Mr. Burgess did not even show the sail plan, and the figures which 

 he gave were so obviously incorrect that they convinced none of 

 the committee." 



Mr. Burgess came to New York specially to oppose the new 

 classification, and the "rough figures," which, according to the 

 Globe,, he "happened to have," formed the mainstay of his argu- 

 ment. These same figures did not check off correctly when shown 

 to the. committee and Mr. Burgess was asked to send the correct 

 calculations and the sail plan itself to the committee; neither of 

 which were ever received. It is needless to say that the commit- 

 tee has not yet gone to Boston to inspect the drawings in Mr. 

 Burgess's office. 



Tne Globe also publishes the following extracts from tho cor- 

 respondence of the Burlington gentlemen referred to: 



"You can send me as soon as prepared the plans, specifications, 

 design, etc., for a 30ft Lw.L 



"After consideration I wish to say that if you can givo me as 

 fast a boat with a centerboard I would prefer it, but if vou think 

 you can give me more speed with a keel or deep draft I will 

 build the latter. 



"1 regret very much to have to write you that I will not be able 

 to build this year, as the gentlemen interested with me decline to 

 go to the extra cost of a keel boat. In addition to this there is 

 a growing dissatisfaction in the H. Y. C. over the new classifica- 

 tion, as the majority have centerboards, and it, has begun to dawn 

 on them that tneir boats will all be outbuilt in every class, and 

 consequently useless. I would not, therefore be surprised to see a 

 strong effort made to change the rule, iu which case, if successful, 

 I would try my chances with a cenierboard of your design." 



Unfortunately the Globe does not give the figures showing the 

 entire cost of the keel boat, but accepting these extracts as com- 

 plete and authentic, after some further investigation we can only 

 conclude that the persons in question have availed themselves of 

 a convenient excuse to break off negotiations with Mr. Burgess. 

 If, as we are informed on reliable authority, Mr. Burgess coun- 

 selled them to build a 33ft. waterline cutter for a 35ft. corrected 

 length class, we are not surprised at their disinclination to orde 



about 1,700ft, ot sail could fit the class. Very few yachtsmen 

 would pick out the former as able to beat the latter under the 

 Seawanhaka rule on nine days out of ten. 



We can forgive tbe Globe the epithets it applies to us, we have 

 heard them before and they have not proved fatal. The Lake 

 yachtsmen need not take very deeply to heart the biting comment 

 on their action; the Globe does not venture into the question of 

 relative cost of various types and builds delivered on Lake On- 

 tario, but the way it scolds at the Lake yachtsmen for adopting a 

 classification by corrected length, it evidently considers i hat by 

 this action they have spoiled a promising market for the Boston 

 yards. __ 



"YACHT PORTRAITS."— Mr. N. L. Stebhins, of Boston, has 

 just issued a new and handsome volume entitled "Yacht Por- 

 traits," containing 75 pictures of tbe leading American yachts, 

 nearly all the iihotos having been made this year. All the new 

 yachts are included, the Burgess schooners Constellation, Merlin 

 and Quickstep; Liris, Gorilla, Minerva and the rest of the forties; 

 Kathleen and the 30ft. class, including the Cape cats Harbinger, 

 Kiowa and Surprise, and the yawls Clara and Moptecico. The 

 pages are 9^xi3in. 



RQYAL CANADIAN Y. C. 



THE sailing committee of the Royal Canadian Y, C. has ar- 

 ranged the following classes for the club fleet to race in next 

 year. The range m length is quite large, owing to the many old 

 yachts and the mixed character of the fleet, but, the arrangement 

 is as good a one as is possible, the limits of the skiff ciass, however 

 are drawn so as to exclude the srnafl canoes that have raced this 

 year with the 19ft, skiffs: 



1. Cruising Class— Yachts over 30ft., up to and including 50ft., 

 corrected length. 



2. Standing Keel Class— Yachts 30ft. corrected length and 

 under. 



3. Twenty-five Foot Class.— Centerboard yachts over 21ft., up to 

 and mcluding2oft., corrected length. 



4. Twenty-one Foot Class.— Centerboard yachts 21ft. corrected 

 length and under. 



5. Skiff Class — Boats not more than 19ft. l.w.l.; beam not to ex- 

 ceed 5ft. nor to be less than 3ft.; no ballast; centerboard not to 

 weigh more than lOOlbs., and crew limited to three. Under the 

 above classification the club fleet at present would he distributed 

 as follows; 



NO. I — CRUISING CLASS. 



Cor. Cor 



L.W.L. Length. L.W.L. Length. 



Cygnet 48.42 48.13 Iolanthe 34.68 39.23 



White Wings ... 43.60 45.90 Verve (Tor.) 37.60 39.80 



Verve (Chic.) 41.68 44.29 Merle 33.99 38 32 



Aggie 36.91 .13.35 Psyche 32.68 37.43 



Condor 39.00 42.70 Vision 30.08 35.00 



Rivet.... 39.00 41.68 Cricket 33.59 31.66 



Sagittal 36.00 41.00 Cyprus. 29.03 32.08 



Wlnstlewing. . . 39.16 40 76 Seabird 29.33 32.30 



Deerhound 36.00 39.41 Bonita 30.00 30.30 



NO. U. — STANDING KEEL CLASS. 



Escape 30.75 29.96 Alert 23.00 24.70 



Molly lit. 92 27.58 Imogene 22.50 21.04 



Naiad 25.00 26.30 Christabel 19.33 21.00 



Kelpie 21.50 25.56 Viper 20.00 21,97 



Finette 22.08 24.86 



- no. in.— 25ft. class. 



Peerless 30.50 24.16 Brenda 21.08 22.98 



Maine 24.50 24.70 Mischief... 21.08 23.39 



CEnone 22.16 24.06 Hilda 20.08 23,69 



Volante 30.16 23.39 Whisper 21. r>8 21 36 



sw • NO. IV.-21ET. CLASS. 



Ellida 19.91 20.77 Daisy 18.30 19.04 



Mollie 19.11 30.76 Pilot 10.41 17 50 



Caprice 18.00 20.45 Dot 15.21 15 90 



Woos 18.75 20.2!) Freida 



Irene 17,75 19.60 



NO. V— SKIPJF CLASS. 



Uneasy. Puritan. 



Rob Roy. Water Kelpie. 



Ruby. __ 



NEW YACHTS.— Mr. Burgess has now two forties, one for the 

 Adams Bros , and three thirties under way. The 45ft, yacht begun 

 last spring for Mr. C. D. Owens, and lately sold to Mr. A. B. 

 Turner, was launched on Dec 21 at Lawley's. At the same yard 

 the Sears 50ft, keel and the 15ft. yacht are nearly in frame; and 

 the Foster 40 under way. A story is current that Gen. Paine is at 

 the head of a syndicate, that will build to beat, Minerva,, a yarn 

 that needs much confirmation. 



E3^~No Notice Taken ol Anonymous Correspondent*. 



B. C— We should advise the hammerless and 12-gauge. 



A. J. de E.— The rifle "is not too large for deer and is large 

 enough for moose. 



W. A. W., Washington.— We know nothing of the cheap gun 

 uamed. Begin to train the puppy when he is six months old. 

 Read Hammond's "Training vs. Breaking." 



J. K. L.. Pennsylvania.— I want to settle in Washington till 

 spring; what gun would you advise me to get for the kind of game 

 they have there ? Ans. Select a 12-bore, double barrel. 



A. C. J.— Dr. Perry's manual on "Dogs, Their Management and 

 Treatment in Disease," is tbe best book for you; price $3, for sale 

 at tnis office. The chapters will give you sufficient information 

 on all needed points. 



Ten-Bore.— It is impossible to name an age at which all spaniel 

 puppies may begin their training, because some are more pre- 



ocious than others. A puppy born in February should be old 



nough to do a youngster's work the next fall, 



Bot Naturalist. — When puppies have been weaned they 

 should be fed on Indian meal or oatmeal well cooked and mixed 

 with plenty of sour milk. .Once in u. while tho mush may be 

 made with meat broth, instead of pure water; and they may have 

 an occasional meal of well cooked meat, When they are teething, 

 large bones with little meat on them are the proper thing. 



Triote, New York.— Please inform me where 1 can obtain for 

 practical purposes a thoroughly reliable map of the district em- 

 braced by i he following route: From Bethel, Maine, on the Grand 

 Trunk R. R„ to Lake Parmachene near the Canadian boundary, 

 via Upton, Lake Umbagog and the Magalloway River, or in other 

 words a detailed map of Oxford county, Me. Ans. Farrar's 

 Guide to the Androscoggin Lakes has such a map; the book costs 

 "1, and we can supply it. 



G. G. H., Butte City, Montana.— Some time ago I read an article 

 in some paper concerning a new powder which was noiseless and 

 smokeless. Do you know anything of such powder and where it 

 can be bought? Ans. The powder spokeu of is only as yet to he 

 found in the arsenals of European powers, where various attempts 

 have been made and are making to adapt it to small-arm use. It 

 has not as yet been adapted to sporting arms. The nearest ap- 

 proach to it are the various nitro- powders. 



F. W., Delaware. Ont.— Kindly inform me whether German 

 carp will take the fly readily, whether they will fight hard or not 

 when hooked, and whether they spawn in the spring or fall after 

 being put in the pond early in spring; also the best way to treat 

 them after they are caught to make them fit for the table. Ans. 

 In Forest and Stream of Aug. 19, 1886, will be found a descrip- 

 tion of successful fishing for carp with a fluttering fly. Grass- 

 hoppers have been used with good results for surface fishing. 

 The usual baits are corn bread, wheat bread or dough mixed with 

 cotton. In Germany, according to Dr. Goode, the baits are the 

 tail of angle worm, grains of barley or wheat, maggots, larva? of 

 the wasp and balls of dough. Small hooks suitable for black bass 

 will answer for carp. The capture of carp by rod and line is re- 

 garded as difficult and uncertain. The beat time for stocking 

 ponds is in the early fall; if the fish are old enough and the condi- 

 tions favorable, they will spawn the following spring. Carp re- 

 quire no special preparation for the table if taken from pure 

 water. Sometimes they are skinned. We prefer carp f'-om open 

 waters, and consider broiling and baking the best methods of 

 cooking. 



J. O., Pleasantville, N. Y.— There are a number of streams in 

 t iis vicinity inhabited by trout, but fished to death. There were 

 a number of good catches made in them last May aod June. My- 

 self and friend on several different days caught from 18 to 36, the 

 last named being the highest in one day's catch, ranging from Sin. 

 til%ft. This season has been the best for trout fishing known 

 here in years. We intend to start a club to stock these streams 

 and protect them from illegal fishing, also for the protection of 

 game, etc. Where can I procure printed instructions for organiz- 

 ing such a club? What amount of trout fry can a club procure 

 from our State hatchery? Ans. For a copy of the constitution 

 and by-laws of an incorporated society address Secretary, Ang- 

 lers' Association of Eastern Pennsylvania, 1020 Arch street, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. After your preliminary meeting, in which you 

 will adopt similar articles, employ a lawyer to draw up the neces- 

 sary application to the court of your county tor a charter. We 

 are'informed by Mr. E. G. Blackford, President of the New York 

 Fish Commission, that: "Any club or person who applies to the 

 New York Fishery Commission for trout, will ho furnished with a 

 blank form which should be filled out, giving all of the details of 

 the waters that the trout are to he placed in, and then, at our Feb- 

 ruary meeting, we make the assignments of trout to the different, 

 applicants, giving those preference that have suitable waters, 

 and that promise the best care and protection from them. We 

 award from 1,000 to 10,000 fry, according to the volume of water 

 to he stocked." 



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