$6 



Forest and stream. 



[Feb. 6, 1890. 



WHITE HOUSE, N. J., Jan. 30.-The regular medal shoot of the 

 White House Gun Club took place on Thursday, Jan. 80, at the 

 club grounds and was a most enjoyable affair everyway. Eight 

 members faced the traps, and all were equally determined to win 

 the silver medal and avoid the leather one. The change from 

 known augles to unknown threw the boys on* somewhat, and the 

 way the goose-eggs were marked down was a caution, but the 

 contest was bravelv fought throughout, and when the result was 

 known it was found that W. B. Reed, a young and promising shot , 

 was the winner of the silver badge, while the leather medal was 

 to adorn the massive chest of Fisher Pidcock. Mr. Reed thinks 

 he will have no trouble to stay on top, while Fisher says it will be 

 hard work t© keep him at the bottom. The. following are the 

 scores. Forty-five Keystone, 16yds. rise, unknown angles: 



W B Reed .... 28 H Bishop 24 SI Large li) 



LPWoodin 20 J H Davis 20 Anderson 20 



Fisher Pidcock.... 15 B Pickle 22 — B. 



AUBURN GUN CLUB.—Auburn. N, Y,, Feb, 3.— The Auburn 

 shooters noticed some time ago that the clubs of Albany, Troy, 

 Saratoga and Catskill had formed a league to encourage the sport 

 of trap-shooting in their vicinity. We a^e tryine to get, up a little 

 more interest in this sport in our part of the State, ami with this 

 end in view have issued challenges as follows, ail matches to be 

 shot on Wednesday, Feb. 12, on the grounds of the Auburn Gun 

 Club. To Elmira a team race of four men on a side; to Lyons the 

 same race, four men teams, and to Syracuse a challenge to shoot 

 any number from five to fifteen. On the same day we shall have 

 one sweepstake, 80 singles and 10 doubles, the same race as that 

 snot by the Eastern and Western teams. There are pleutv of good 

 shots and good fellows in the thTee tow r ns we have challenged, and 

 we hope to see a large contingent from each place, as we shall 

 then trv to form a 'league similar to the one in the eastern part of 

 the State. -T. P. H; 



RED BANK, N. J., .Ian, 31— The Riverside Gun Club held this 

 afternoon their regular weekly shoot. Clay-nirds onl v were used 

 as targets. The opening eve«t at 9 singles was won by Asa Whay- 

 mer. Second event, 10 singles. Ed. Throckmorton and E. M. 

 Cooper divided first money. The third event was a team shoot, 

 1Q singles and 3 pairs of doubles. First team: Asa Whaymer, 

 Win. H. Little, E. M. Cooper, J. B. Bergen, and D. Belshaw broke 

 54. Albei t Ivins, Ed. T brock mor ton, F. fieal, Ohas. Grossenger, 

 and James Cooper only broke 50. The final event, a walking 

 match at 5 singles, was won by Albert Ivins with a clean score. 

 At the last meeting of the club the matter of purchasing new 

 grounds was talked of. and it is very probable that ere long land 

 at Newman Springs will be bought and laid out, and a grand- 

 stand erected. The club has about fifty members in good stand- 

 ing and ranks with the leading shooting organizations in the 

 State. 



BROOKLYN, Jan. 28.— The members of the Diana Sportsman's 

 Club, of Brooklyn, assembled for their, first shoot in the new half 

 year at Bay View Park to-day. The club, which is divided inro 

 two classes, shot at bluerocks and glass balls. The prizes will go 

 to the marksmen making the highest scores at the next five meet- 

 ings in the bluerock shoots, while in the competition at gla=s balls 

 tLe shooter with the highest aggregate score in the six months 

 will carry off the honors. Four men were tied yesterday for the 

 first-class bluerock medal, A. Bott winning it on the shoot-off. 

 In the secoud class Vice-President Hartmann was victorious with 

 6 out of 10. In the glasf-ball competition Messrs. Froelich and 

 Brown, of the first class, were tied on 5 straight, while Mr. Rug- 

 gen won in the second cla^s with 3 out of 5. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., Feb. 1.— There was a large attendance 

 at the grouni of tne Wellington club to-day, and a number of 

 good scores were made in the several matches. In the. silver 

 pitcher match, at 10 clay-pigeons and 10 bluerocks. Wheeler was 

 first with 20. The other scores in this match were: Oliver and 

 Schaefer 13. Bowker 18, Eager, Stone, Bond and Lee 15, Paysnn, 

 Melcher and Moore 13, Sanborn nnd Porter 12. McNutt and Rox- 

 ton 11, Chapin, Warren and Edward? 10, Hooper 9. In the 25-bird 

 match hetween Chase and Eager there was a tie at 17, and in the 

 shoot-off Chase won. The clean score at 20 birds made by Wheeler 

 is worthv of special mention, as the strong wind made it quite 

 difficult for tine shootiug. 



MONTREAL, Jan. 27.— At tke Rideau Range to-day there were 

 sixteen guns on the grounds, and some fair scores run tin. Just 

 as the sweep was called on the wind dropped and Its effect was 

 quickly felt. • „ 



KdKmg 17 Steve White 14 0 L Panet 6 



A Throop 16 W J Johnstone 12 H McKay 10 



Dr A Martin 16 St D Lemieux 14 L C La belle 10 



PTrurieau 16 WPLett,Jr 6 H B Line 3 



RJDalton 15 J Deslauries 13 JP Nutting. ....... 3 



Geo White 14 



LONG BRANCH. N. J. -The Central Gun Club will have a 

 series of sweepstake shoots at its grounds here on Feb. 21 and 23, 

 opening at 10 A. M. each day. 



SOUTH NOR WALK, Conn., Feb. 1.— Amaieur Gun Club shot 

 at Pine Island grounds at 15 bluerocks, SOyda. rise, bluerock 



FSeymour .. .011100100111111— 10 J Oolem«n 011111111110000-10 



H Finch 111111011111111-14 J Fiedler 0[11001111 10111-11 



F Northrop... .100000101111111- 9 



BROOKLV'N, Jan. 29.— Only eight members of the Glenmore 

 Rod and Gun piuo took part in the regular club shoot at Dexter 

 Park this afternoon, although the weather conditions were as 

 good as thev pyipsibly could be. Modified Hurlingham rules gov- 

 erned, every participator shooting at 7 live birds. Mr. A. Eppig 

 won the medal, with the only clean score of 7 straight. J. Selover, 

 :30yds., 3; J. Van Wiclclen, 25vde.. 4; Schielen, 25yds., 1* Livings- 

 toil, 30yds , 5- Magpe, 25yds., 8; A. Eppig, 23yds., 7: J. Ochs, 25yds., 

 5; J. Schlic inner, 27yds., 3. 



THE PERTH AMBOY (N.J) GUN CLUB will hereafter hold 

 their regular monthly shoot on the second Saturday of each 

 month. A gold medal is put up for competition, to become the 

 property of the member winning it three times in succession. 



ELIZABETH, N. J., Jan. 27.— A big crowd of shooters assembled 

 at the Elizabeth Gun Club grounds this afternoon to wtness the 

 match for $50 between Dan Post and William Sault. Each man 

 was to shoot at. IS birds. Post did not appear, and Sault claimed 

 the forfeit of $10, which was paid over. 



OTTAWA, Jan. 27.— Adam Brown, M. P., of Hamilton, has pre- 

 sented a bill in the Dominion Parliament to make pigeon shoot- 

 ing illegal. 



14, 28. Beverly, 

 ft, 19. Beverly. 



FIXTURES. 



JUNE. 



JULY. 



19. Sippican, Open. 



AUGUST. 



6. New York, Rendezvous for 2, 16. 30. Beverly. 

 Cruise. 16. Sippican, Club. 



SEPTEMBER. 



I, 20. Beverly. 30. Sippican, Sweepstake. 



THE SECOND CRUISE OF ORINDA.-I. 



BY DR. W. H. WIN8LOW. 



THE dark, rainy days, foggy nights, dreadful gales and dire dis- 

 asters of the last year's cruise have been fully compensated 

 by the pleasant weather and fa\ T orable breezes of this season. It 

 will perhaps astoni.-h those readers, who have sympathized with 

 my sufferings described in the Forest and Stream since 1885, to 

 learn that this summer the topmast housed easily, the anchors 

 held, the winds were kind, the lee shores scarce, and hair-breadth 

 escapes avoided. While heavy gales, tumultuous seas, and shat- 

 tered vessels were reported from the Middle and Southern coasts, 

 the Maine coast was singularly favored with temperate, sunny 

 weather. From Aug. 15 to Sept. 18, in Penobscot Bay there were 

 only a few hours rain, and that at night. There was a little fog 

 on several morniags, but not enough to hinder navigation. 



The prevailing winds were southerly, i. e., from southeast to 

 southwest. The wind would be from the northeast in the early 

 morning, then haul around and come in strongly from seaward by 

 ten o'clock, and die away to a zephyr, often making It necessary 

 to tow into harbor, any time from three to six o'clock. Tbe ther- 

 mometer was 60° to 75' J , the barometer stood about 30.45, and the 

 claret bottle was generally half full. During this period we 

 cruised over the waters and visited nearly all the good harhors 

 from Rockland to Winter Harbor, and had a most enjoyable time. 

 The next ten days the spell was broken by fog, rain and gales, and 

 our oilers and rubber goods were thus fortunately kept from 

 spoiling. 



We had a captain aboard Orinda all the time; Capt. G. A. Mc- 

 Donald, when I was ashore, who became sailing master as I came 

 over the rail. We had an able seaman forward of the mast, who 



acted as steward when the anchor was down. Mr. McDonald is a 

 retired schooner captain, who had been to sea since he yvas a boy, 

 and what he does not know about knotting and splicing aud 

 steering full and-by, could be learned by a baby. 



Frizz— Frizzell. F. R., of Boston, had gained his seamanship 

 snapping on balloon jibs and smothering spinakers, racing in the 

 cracks about Massachusetts Bay, and he merely came along to 

 wrestle with the gasoline stove and have the opportunity of see- 

 ing new yachting waters. 



Then Frank E. Richardson, Jas. D. Heard. John L. and G. H. 

 Winslow. and Theo. N. Winslow, from Atlanta, were amateur 

 yachtsmen, having made the first cruise with me in the Pilgrim, 

 but. Frank was so fresh from the banks of the fresh Ohio, that I 

 bought an extra quantity of salt with my stores. I am glad to say 

 he did not need it, however, as he learned to tend sheets and 

 hitch up his trousers in nautical style in a surprisingly short 

 period. 



Orinda had been put in excellent, order by her skipper, and 

 stores were stowed, tanks filled and colors hoisted in a day. We 

 got under way on Aug. 17 aud ran out of Belfast, the cheers of our 

 friends on the whirf being answered by the yacht yell which the 

 boys l ad agreed upon — Hoo! da!! Hoo! da'.! O-rin-dal 



A strong puff from N.W. sent us across the bay and past Turtle 

 Head, whet e the wind hauled around S.W., and we had to beat, 

 down toCapeRiver against alumpy sea. ThesmartsloopJanette, 

 Capt. Kimball, had six mUes' start of us; but Orinda's superior 

 shape told in the windward work, while the broader, inside-bal- 

 lasted craft made much leeway, and we caught her off Cape 

 Rosier, when, to avoid our passing, Capt. Kimball paid off sheets 

 and started homeward. Rounding the cape, we had wind abeam 

 and sped on merrily. Every one enjoyed the bright sky, warm 

 sunshine, sparkling sea and flying landscape. 



I went forward and stood by the leeFide of the mast to make out 

 a buoy ahead, when 1 felt the jib sheet slip under my feet, aid 

 looking aft I saw FrSfcz slip over the rail and slip sideways under 

 the foaming water clear to his neck. Orinda was going at least 

 eight knots, and I rushed aft toward the boat, but before I reached 

 the cockpit he had hauled himself aboard again by the sheet, 

 which he had presence of mind enough to hold on to, and stood 

 like a wet dog shaking the water out of his garments and nolding 

 his briarwood pipe firmly in his teeth, while all hands shouted 

 with laughter, in which he joined, not at all displeased. It was 

 certainly a remarkable a3 well as a funny feat for him to per- 

 form, aud I believe no other member of the crew could have field 

 on to the rope during the sudden and violent strain that came 

 from the weight and resistance of the body to the rapidly passing 

 lee wash. Frizz stripped directly, took a hard rub with a towel, 

 expatiated on the benefits of salt-water baths, aud dressed in blue 

 shirt and white ducks. He was admirably developed; his muscles 

 were hard and knotty, there was no superfluous fat, and his 

 abdomen was dressed with the ribs. 



We stood on past Clarke's Point, opening out Eggemoggin 

 Reach, as fair a body of water for fine sailing as any in the world, 

 looked into the ledgy cove of Orcutt's Harbor and saw the two 

 openings each side ot Buck's Island into Buck's Harbor, one of 

 the safest aud most picturesque on the coast, passed Byard's 

 Point and Stave I-land and were off the entrance to Benjamin 

 River and the little village of Sedgewick. The chart shows little 

 water and a narrow channel, but charts are on a small scale, and 

 we knew there was good ancaorage on the inside. The Coast 

 Pilo^ says: "Get the steamboat wharf bearing so and so and run 

 in clear, etc." The difficulty was there were three steamboat 

 wharves in sight, and no si-in upon any of them. So 1 hailed a 

 queer-looking fellow in a oanvas canoe, and he directed us in by 

 waving his arms right and left as we ran too near the shoals. We 

 got good anchorage in three fathoms and snugged up, then started 

 the stove to cooking and the boat's crew af ler milk. 



Our little table was crowded, but the hungry crew did not mind 

 that. Richardson was made bread lieutenant, to pass the bread, 

 and his office was no sinecure. For nis arduous services he was later 

 promoted to flag lieutenant after Theodore took a hasty depart- 

 ure for his home. Heard was made ordnance officer to Are 

 salutes and fireworks, but his work below was to pass the pepper 

 and salt and keep his sleeves out of the butter. Well, we had 

 tomato soup, stewed turkey, jacket potatoes, olives, pickles, bread 

 and butter, canned peaches, jumbles, claret and coffee. Rather 

 a fair carte for a small yacht with a two-burner stove, but Frizz 

 knew how to manage it. All gathered after dinner and smoked 

 and told stories by the light of the anchor lamp and the stars till 

 cold and damp caused a rush to the cabin and a game of whist 

 for the four who were not sleepy. The night was calm and snor- 

 ing loud, particularly from forward. 



A light mist hung over the land and water at daylight, and the 

 cawiug of crows and the squawks of cranes were in the air from 

 a neighboring bar. We had decided on an early start, but the 

 tide was half ebb before we got off, and the yacht caught under 

 the cockpit upon the tail ot a point and sails were lowered aw-y 

 rapidly. As the tide fell the yacht listed, and we feared she 

 would go over too far for comfort or safety. Fortunately she lay 

 parallel to the shore; a thirty-fathom cable was rnacie fast to the 

 small kedge anchor, it was taken ashore, the fluke firmly hooked 

 behind a boulder, the peak halliards were unhooked and hooked 

 into a rolling hitch and set taut, then the supernumeraries 

 were put ashore for a tramp, and the remainder of the crew lay 

 around in the sun till the tide came in. The boys had a merry 

 time shooting at a target, swimming, hunting odd shells and sky- 



The kedge was taken in, as the yacht became water borne, and 

 she floated into deep water without a sound from the iron keel or 

 the rough bottom. An anchor was dropped, the boys were taken 

 off, and we were soon under way aud out in the Reach, heading 

 eastward. It was past noon; Jamie said: 14 Ich hinhungrigS 1 and 

 the crowd yelled. " So say we all of us " Frizz passed olives, 

 tongue sandwiches, bread and raspberry jam, cookies, lager and 

 ginger beer, and the scuppers got full of crumbs and the stomachs 

 full of comfort, as the Orinda stood with level deck and all sail 

 set out past Hog Island upon the rougher water. The dishes were 

 passed down, the sails trimmed in for the freshening S. W. 

 breeze, pipes aud cigars were lighted, a pleasant run was made 

 through York Narrows, and behold ! Mt. Desert, the peerless, was 



An approach to this lovely isle in a sailing vessel is one of the 

 most exquisite sights in na ture. There is ample time to examine 

 its shores and heights, its lights and shades, its varied colors and 

 imposing sunlimity. A steamer carries one past too rapidly, but 

 a little yacht keeps the picture ever unfolding and increasing 

 until she rests in the sheltering arms of the mountain genii, 

 veiled in the blue mists and purple shadows of the desert island. 

 So it was this perfect evening, as Orinda passed Bass Head, 

 rounded the bell buoy off Bunker's Ledge, fanned through the 

 channel, and anchored in Southwest. Harbor. The boys were too 

 much impressed by the charming scenery to be noisy, and the 

 ordnance officer forgot to fire the gun until I reprimanded him 

 sharply for neglect of duty. Then the loud echoes resounded 

 from seawashed caves and adamantine shores, and the colors 

 were hauled down with sunset. 



Southwest Harbor is one of the most picturesque places m the 

 world. Baker's, Cranberry, Greening and Bear islands stop 

 easterly and southerly seas; a hemispherical bay is gathered 

 between two prominent points; the rocky shore is but a border to 

 the groves and gardens that cover the rolling hills beyond, and 

 pretty cottages, magnificent villas ana fine hotels meet the eyes 

 in every direction. A fine road extends around the harbor from 

 point to point, and, from the hills, the rolling, sparkling, open 

 sea with its numerous sail is seen to the southward. There is 

 much sheltered water for sailing and rowing inside the islands, 

 and the long, wide, deep estuary, Somes' Sound, runs between 

 the mountains to Somesville., and is certainly equal in beauty of 

 landscape and luxuriance ot forest colors to the lower bluffs of 

 the Kennebec. There is everything desirable for perfect re- 

 creation here, and how fashiop could pass this safe and natural 

 harbor and magnificent scenery, bathed in sunshine from east to 

 west, for the turbulent, open roadstead and rougher shores of Bar 

 Harbor, in shadow and fog half the time.ia hard to understand. 



The boys took the buckboard tide from point to point, found 

 the post office, looked over the hotel registers and guests, bought 

 baskets, canes, moccasins and seal skins from real Penobscot 

 Indians (who had their group of teuts and all the paraphernalia 

 of uncivilized nomads), and were so enthusiastic tfeai they talked 

 half the night about pappooaes and squaws. The seal skins, baby 

 and adult, were well tanned and very fine, and ranged in price 

 from three to five dollars. The Indians and a feyv natives hunt 

 the seal much along the Maine coast aud make considerable 

 money selling the skins to summer visitors. 



We made a quick run up the sound to Somesville and back 

 again the same day. The wind was very changeable, for the 

 mountains come down to the shore upon each side, and calm, 

 catspaw and strong puffs were felt in succession from one quar- 

 ter and another, and the main boom took charge of the deck. 

 But all went well aud we reached anchorage north of Greening's 

 Island in the dark. , ,, , , , 



We started at 10 A. M. next day and sailed quietly along the 

 lovely shore of the island and into Bar Harbor at 5 P. M.. pick- 

 ino- up a vacant mooring near the wharves. Business* and 

 pleasure were very lively ashore, though many of the hotels had 

 had a losing season. It seems many of the transients have he- 

 come cottagers, and the seclusiveness of the resident society has 



disgusted the remainder, so that they go to less expensive and 

 less fashionable resorts, where class distinctions are not so sharply 

 drawn. This peculiar state of affairs improves tke place tor 

 householders aud injures it for voyagers. Many persons go there 

 upon excursions for a day, see everything upon the run, and go:< 

 away quickly, it is a show p'ace only, and the bluffs, Hancock 

 Point, Sorrento, Southwest Harbor and Winter Harbor hotels 

 are filling up with the lively, hearty, jolly "resorters;" who do 

 not ask for an introduction and a pedigfce, when they make up a 

 riding, fishing or sailing party. 



The steam yachts Norma, Halcyon, Corsair and Lucille, and 

 sailing yachts Hope Leslie, Vision, Varuna, Vixen, Gwendolen 

 and my little Pilgrim were around us. Excursions on foot, by 

 buckboards and steamers were made by the boys, and they Said 

 they had seen everything worth seeing at the end of the second 

 day. 



The next morning we dropped mooring and made sail in a very 

 light breeze. A large schooner yacht was al60 underway and, as 

 we drifted together, and as a collision with her head gear became 

 threatening, I asked if she could not do something to avoid us, as 

 I had the right of way. 



The captain said, " What can we do?" and it was evident they 

 would do nothing; so we came about on port tack and she ran her 

 jibboom into our mainsail, but by quick work we got clear, break- 

 ing only a belaying pin. It was mean work for a gentleman to 

 countenance, but 1 have learned from the Forest and Stream 

 that little yachts have no right of way when they hinder large 

 ones. 



We worked out around Bar Island and had a good breeze up the 

 bay, while vessels in the harbor were almost, becalmed. It was a 

 clear open passage up Sullivan River; we passed- Bean Island in 

 the miodlo of the entrance, studied the prettv cottages from Han- 

 cock Point to the fine Bluffs Hotel at Mt. Desert Ferry; and, 

 opening out a cove beyond the ferry aud a long, ledgy point, an- 

 chored near a schooner yacht in five fathom*. Toe broad river 

 stretched across to Sorrento aud away to the village of Sullivan|oh 

 the north; the crescent-shaped shore, covered with evergreens, 

 with a railroad along its margin, held us in its arms. A fine 

 modern hotel crowned the high bluffs to the south, and noisy 

 children upon the rocks and the snorting of a locomotive, re- 

 minded us that Acadia had been invaded. 



Next morning the boys eaught flounders, cunners and young 

 pollock, while the old men set up the rigging; and in the after- 

 noon strolliqg around the shore and reading late newspapers kept 

 us busy. A grand sail in the react between! Mt. Desert and the 

 mainland was had in a piping breeze the following day. Han- 

 cock Point, Lamoine, Jordan River, the Ovens, the Narrows 

 Bridge and Tnomas Island were viewed in the bright sunshine 

 over the sparkling billows; and we dropped anchor at dark in 

 Salisbury Cove, where Ormda had such a rough experience last 

 season. Fish of our own catching formed the piece de resistance 

 for supper, and the night was cool, quiet and full ot stars. 



A ferry boat runs between the Ovens and East Lamoine now to 

 accommodate tourists and boom the latter place. Across French- 

 man's Bav a tiara of electric lights pale the stars; upon the 

 shores of Sorrento is a wilderness, partly reclaimed by a syndi- 

 cate and fast rising into prominence on acount of its lovely 

 views, healthy hills, excellent harbor and wild backwoods. A 

 large, comfortable hotel and twenty cottages form the nucleus of 

 Bar Harbor's rival; the electric, lights encircle the settlement, 

 and are as much for advertisement as use; Lhe bay steamer touches 

 tnere; excursion parties come from afar to dine and to see the 

 mountains of the desert isle fioni afar; and the admirable loca- 

 tion promises well for the future. The real harbor has an unob- 

 structed passage from the south and a difficult one from the west. 

 There is a harbor ledge and the ways should be studied well be- 

 fore vesturing in without a pilot. A resident instructed us how 

 to enter the west passage. If I had followed his directions, I 

 should have run upon a reef. It is so snug, f^afo and beautiful in- 

 side that one may venture something for a berth there. There is 

 good anchorage and Bome shelter on the north side of the village, 

 just off the steamboat wharf, but the roadstead is open and water 

 deep, and it would not do to lay there iu a blow. 



[TO BE CONTINUED.l 



YACHTS VERSUS TUGBOATS. 



IN the log of Medusa's run from New York to Norfolk, in the 

 Forest and Stbeam of Oct. 31, a brief mention is made of a 

 collision with a tug in the Upper Bay while leaving New York. 

 Coin. Center preferred the following charges against the pilot of 

 the tug; the result b lug the decision given below: 



Office of Local Inspectors of Steam Vessels, / 

 New York, Dec. 15, 1889. f 

 Geo. H. Starbuck, £7sq., Superumiig Inspector, Second District. 



Sir: We have the honor to report that the following oharges 

 were received at this office on Nov. 30, 1889, and investigated by 

 this Board on Dec. 2 following: 

 City and County i 

 of New York, l 



Robert Center, residing at No. 16 East Tweuty-flrst street. In 

 the city of New YorK, being duly sworn, deposes and says, that 

 he herein prefers charges of gross ignorance and incapacity or 

 willful and wanton disregard and breach of the laws ot naviga- 

 tion against the pilot of the tugboat M. E. Staples, navigating the 

 same, on the 23d day of October, 1889, whose name is unknown to 

 this deponent. 



Deponent further says as follows: That he is the owner of the 

 sloop yacht Medusa of New York; that on the morning of the 33d 

 day of October, 1889, at about 11 o'clock, the said sloop weighed 

 anchor from the foot of Twenty-eighth street, East River, bound 

 to Norfolk, Va. 



That after passing the Battery, ahout 11:35 o'clock of the said 

 morning, the wind at the time blowing a strong breeze from the 

 N.N.E., the Medusa made her course sailing with the boom on the 

 port side, dead before the wind, and headed about S.S.W., and 

 toward the Health Officer's Station at Clifton, S. I , intending to 

 jibe before reaching there, so as to proceed out of the Narrows 

 and continue her voyage. T&at as the said sloop yacht Medusa 

 approached the middle of the Buy, about oil Stapleton, at about 

 12:15 o'clock, the steam tug Staples, with one empty square-ended 

 barge in tow, coming apparently from the neighborhood of Bay- 

 onne, was heading a southerly direction and toward the Narrows, 

 her course making an angle of 50 degrees with the course of the 

 Medusa, and this deponent, who was at the helm of the Medusa, 

 noticed that the boats were approaching each other, and, as was 

 right and proper under the circumstauces, held his course, 

 expecting that the said tugboat would keep out of his way. as, 

 there being plenty of room, the two vessels being near the middle 

 of the Bay, the said tugboat was in duty bound to do, hut owing 

 to the improper and unskillful and negligent navigation of the 

 captain or the said tugboat Staples, the said tugboat continued on 

 her course, but without blowing any whistle, or in any manner 

 signifying the desire of those in charge thereof that the right of 

 wiry should be surrendered to the said tugboat by the sloop yacht 

 Medusa, and this deponent, fearful of the course pursued by those 

 navigating the said steam tug, that she would run into and upon 

 his said vessel, shouted to the tug to bear away, at the same time 

 this deponent and the orew of the Medusa aid everything in 

 their power to avoid the collision by proceeding with all possi- 

 ble speed to loose the runner, so as to jibe as soon as possible, and 

 by bearing away as far as was possible without making a sudden 

 and dangerous j i be, and the tugboat still continued on her course 

 and made no effort to avoid the collision, but that notwithstand- 

 ing every effort on the part of the master and crew of the Medusa 

 the boom of the Medusa came over with such force and violence 

 that the crew narrowly escaped losing their lives. The two 

 boats at the same time came together with great force and vio- 

 lence, the tugboat striking the bowsprit of the Medusa so hard 

 that the bitts were bent and the bobstay shrouds were stretched 

 and the bobstay was wrenched, all the gun metal fasteuings 

 about the stem above and below the water mark were seriously 

 wrenched and damaged, and one of her planks was stove in by 

 the knob on the end of the anchor stock, and other and serious 

 damage was incurred about the stem, and the collision aforesaid 

 was occasioned solely by the negligence, inattention and want 

 of proper care and skill on the part of said tugboat, her master 

 and crew, in not changing her course so as to avoid the collision, 

 as she had plenty of time and space to do, aud not from any 

 omission, fault or neglect on the part of the said sloop yacht 

 Medusa or her master and crew. 



And deponent further says that the pilot of said tugboat was 

 either grossly uegligent and incapable, or wilfully and wantonly 

 disregarded the rules of navagation requiring a steam vessel to 

 keep out of the way of a sailing vessel, and that his vessel, the 

 Medusa, has been badly injured and the lives of his crew seriously 

 endangertd thereby. 



Wherefore dependent prays that the pilot of the said M. E. 

 Staples may be cited to appear and answer all and singular the 

 charges herein preferred, and if found guilty thereof, his lioense 

 may oe revoked or suspended, as shaU be right and just, 



(Signed) Robt. Center. 



Sworn to before me this 29th / 

 day of Nov., 1889. f 



R. VV. Robinson, 

 Notary Public,- Kings Co. Cert* filed in N. Y. Co, 



