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MASSACHUSETTS Y. O.-At the monthly meeting on March 7 

 & invitation from the Portland Y. C. to visit Portland tr.is 

 ummer, and to take part in a regattaf or which cups were offered, 

 ras accepted, and the commodore was authorized to extend an 

 invita'ion to the Portland Y. C tJ cruise to Boston in the summer 

 nd t© join the club in a race to Portland. Tne regatta committee 

 qinounced a race for schooners for a cup valued at S350, to take 

 lace ahout Aug, 14 a cup of $150 for 40-footers. and one of $100 

 JT 80-footers. If Valkyrie comes over a prize of $400 will be 

 r^red for 70-footers, and two prizes for schooners, and two for 

 oops for a race from Boston to Portland on the annual cruise 

 u'yl9, to be open to yachts of both clubs. The new bye laws 

 r ere adonted. The names of nine applicants for membership 

 ?ere published, including four yachts. A committee of three on 

 brary reei rds was appointed. Resolutions were passed asking 

 opresentatlves in Congress to urge the passage of the naval 

 lilitia bill now before tbe naval committee of the House. 



CEDAR POINT Y. C .— At the meeting of this club on March 8 

 le following officers were elected: Com , Landon Hetrheun, 

 acbt Hebe; Vice-Cnm., W. S, Meeker, yacht Ada; Sec' v, Edwin 

 hora, yacht Wa Wa; Treas., P. G. Sanford, yatch Rival; Meas., 

 . S. Dayton. 



QUAKER CITY Y. C.-The monthly winter meeting on March 

 was quite a success, a varied programme serving to amuse the 

 area number present, 



PORTLAND Y. C.— Editor Forest, and Stream: The annual 

 meeting of the Portland Y, C, was held on March 5. Cups were 

 offered by Mr. E. B. Mullet, sloop Restless, for a joint regatta be- 

 tween the Portland and Massachusetts Clubs m Julf, it was 

 voted to celebrate the twenty-first anniversary on April 26. The 

 annual cruise was fixed for May 39 to June 1 inclusive, and tbe 

 annual challenge cup regatta for June IB, at 10 A.M. Following 

 are the officers and committees elected and appointed for the 

 ensuing year: Com., Charles W. Bray; Vice-Corn., George C. 

 Owen; Fle^t Captain, Ralph W. Milhr; Sec'y, Chas. D. Smith, 

 Treas., C. F. A. Weber; Meas., Joseph H. Dyer: Fleet Surgeon, 

 Walter Woodman, M.D. Trustees, the Commodore, ex-oflcio, 

 William Senter, J. Hall Boyd and B. W. Jones. MemoeVshio 

 Committe, T. H. Chase, C. J. Farrington, E, H. York and the 

 Hecretary, ex-officto. Regatta Committee, the Commodore, ex- 

 offlcio, F. H. Little, R. S. Rand, W. E. Carter and H. A. Wood- 

 ward. House Commiitee, W. W. Goold and C. E. Rolfe. 



CRUIS r SING.— Peerless, steam yacht, better known as Cramp's 

 346, arrived at St. Kitts on F^b. 3 from St. Croix, and sailed next 

 day for Guadaloupe. On Feb. 13 she sailed from Barbados to 

 Trinadad, and on Feb. 25 arrived at Kingston, Ja., from Curacoa. 



NEW YORK STATE NAVAL RESERVE,— Efforts are now 

 b*ing made to secure a suitable vessel for the New Yerk Batal- 

 lion. Arms, equipments, books, etc, have beea promised fcy the 

 Navy Department, 



C0RINTHI \N NAVY.— At a meeting of the Corinthian Navy, 

 held at the Hotel Marlborough on .March 6 the racing rules and 

 regulations were adopted. The salient features are a, classifica- 

 tion on l.w.l., with four classes to wit: Over 20 and not over 23. 17 

 and not over 20, 14 and not over 17, and under 14ft. meas- 

 urement o n l.w 1.; and sail area for cabin boats as follows 

 L. W. L.+ ^aatl Area 



=racing length for open boat, Lw.h meas- 

 urement only. Time allowance is based on a 50 per cent, scale. 

 Crews are limited as follows: Class A, 4 m- n; Class B, 4 men; 

 Ciass C, 3 men; Class D, 3 men. No shifting ballast, no sliding 

 seats. The sj stem of victory burgees has also been adopted, as 

 follows: A blue burgee to foot length of first boat; a like 

 burgee of red to second where_moi - e than two start. Boats can 

 carry these signals under the U. S. yacht ensign at p< ak of main- 

 sail, one burgee for each victory. A committee ot three waa ap- 

 pointed to look over the constitution and by-laws to see if any 

 corrections were necessary. The. following appointments were 

 announced: Regatta Committee— J. W. Gibson, A. Daum-Petei- 

 son, Richard Outwater. Committee on Education— Chas. M. Con- 

 nolly, Robt. Center, Wm. Whidock. Fleet Captaio, F. Bowne 

 Jones. The spring regatta will be a pennant regatta. Com. 

 Center's lecture on Marsh 14, at the Marlborough Hotel, will be 

 on plain sailing and dead reckoning. The following gentlemen 

 are proposed for membership: E. Prentis, Philip C. Sus, Geo. W. 

 Eastman, H. P. Allen, John A. Cameron, <-»eo. VV. Collard, J. Ura- 

 ham Fraser, Wm. B. Guernsey, Robt. H. Peebles. 



ALTERATIONS.— The New York idea of progress is very well 

 exemplified by the amount of yacht building that is not being 

 done about that important yachting center. Not a new keel baa 

 been laid this winter, two of the finest schooners in the country 

 have gone begging until purchased by Boston y achtsmen, wnile the 

 sum total of work about New York is to paten and p.aster up tne 

 old fleet. The famous Pocahontas is now being converted into a 

 yacht so far as is poosible by the addition of a Burgess stern; the 

 schoouer Sjlphis being taken apart and put toge»her again at 

 Port Jefferson; the sloop nirvana is also being lengthened, while 

 tne sloop Espiiito and tne well-known bid schooner Ray are also 

 to be pulled out at the ends. While Boston is frittering away her 

 time and money on new models and light construction, New Vork 

 depends on economy and conservatism in judicious proportions 

 to maintain the supremacy she ooastsof. 



CORINTHIAN Y. C. OF NEW YORK.— At the annual meeting 

 on March 3, Admiral Tweed and Measurer Clarke were re- 

 elected, and Secretary Schuyler was reappointed. The commit- 

 tees are as follows: Commiitee on Seamanship and Navigation, 

 Admiral Tweed, C. W. Cbaprn, Seymour L. Hunted, Jr. anu Chas. 

 A. Stevenson. Committee on Measureme t and Architecture, 

 Admiral 'iweed, J. Beavor Webo, J. C. Soley and Wm. Gardner. 

 Sailing Committee, Admiral Tweed, Measurer Clarke, W. H. 

 Plummer, vvm. bardner and J. W. Wilson. Committee on Ad- 

 missions, Admiral Tweed, W. C. Ha.l, E. M. Padeilord, H. A. 

 Sanderson, M. Roosevelt Schuyler and J. Bruce Ismay. Law 

 Committe, J. Murray Mitchell and Aloert Gallup. House Com- 

 mittee, E. M. Padelford, Schuyler N. Warren ana George Bell. 

 Tne club is now in a prosperous condition. It wifl continue to 

 class by corrected lengtu. 



NEWARK Y. C.-The following officers have been elected for 

 1P90: Com., J. M. ifoote; Vice-Coin., David Coburu; Treas , E. M. 

 Grover; Sec, Jbrank Long: Fin. Sec, Thomas Luff, Tne board of 

 live trustees memoes Chairman Charles E. Cameron, Hardy Busb, 

 William Murray, Lysander vVrigut and T. J. Rache. Aft r tne 

 meetiiig the annual, dinner was neld. The outgoing commodore, 

 Mr. Murray, was preseuted with a liana some compass, and tn- 

 other officers with gold fountain pens. During the evening $1,000 

 was subscribed toward a wnarf at the new club house, Bayyune. 

 It is proposed to run a steam launch between Newark and Bay - 

 onne every *ay uuring the season. 



JERSEY CITY Y. C- Officers 1890 are: Com., Leon Abbott, Jr.- 

 Vice-COm.,J.M. Tappen; Pres.,John A. Hilton; Sec, Henry Piatt- 

 Trcas., P. vv.Figucia; Meas., Alexander F. Koe; Directors, Gar- 

 rett Van Home, H. B. Pearson, J. M. Tappen, A. B. Reynold, C 

 Oekerhatiaen, J. F. Klumpf, P. A. Figuera, John A, Nugent, 

 Leon Abbett Jr., Alexander F. Roe. and J. A. Hilton; Executive 

 Com., Alexano.tr F. Roe, C. H. Benton and Cnarles Millet; Fi- 

 nance Com., Messrs. Van Home, Ockerhausen and Reynolds; 

 Regatta Com., Messis. J. A. Love, Gus Bennett and C. A. Smith, 



ESSEX Y. C— The new officers are: Com., William Walker- 

 Vice-Corn., P. McKeon: RearCom.. William Garrison: Fleet Cap- 

 tain, Hairy Kernjs; M«.as„ Lewis Hartung; Kec. Sec, E. Gold- 

 smith; Finan. Sec, William Arihui; Treas., Fred Hartuixg; Trus- 

 tees, Lewis Hartung, Joseph Sonnenbrig, William Baehwejer. 

 A new club nouse will be built at West Bergtu on the Hacken- 

 sack. River, near the Newark and New York R. R. bridge, thus 

 saving the long and tedious nip up river. 



ATLANTIC Y. C— The plans f «r the new club house have been 

 acopieu, the arcnilect oeing Mr. JohnG. Piague.and the contract 

 has oeen awarded to Geo. Menz's Soos, ot Rochester, N.' Y„ who 

 will get out tne frame mere, snipping n, to New Vork. Tlie house 

 win oe i5xl00tt , two stories higu, with wide piazzas. At each 

 corner on tne water side will be a circular tower. 



BOSTON YACHT AGENCY.— We have received a Haw- and 

 very neat catalogue of yacnts for sale by the Boston' Yacht 

 Agencj , including all classes of yachts. Besides lis yacnt broker- 

 age business, the mm is eLgaged in d^gnmg and building, having 

 every facility for fuming out fine work. 



SEAWANHAKA C. Y. C.-The third lecture of the winter 

 course will De delivered on March 15 at the cluu house, by Lieut,- 

 Commander S. M. Ackley, U. S. N , the subject leing '-Tides. 1 ' 



NEW YORK v. C— A syndicate of members has purchased the 

 wharf ana nouse of the New >Tork Y, C. at Newport. 



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<0F" Ho Ko tice Taken of Anonymous Correspondent*. 



Chancb, Montreal.— You will find recipes for waterproofing in 

 the t okest and Sibeam of Jan. Iti amd m the present lasue. 



R. D. S., Lowell, Mich.— If the tail has not been injured it Will 

 piooahly come right with age. Kindness and taking care that 

 tne puppy has no cause for fright will perhaps overcome tne 

 timidity. 



H. A. C. B., who inquired in issue of Feb, 21, for farm in Vir- 

 ginia whem he could get good land, should wriie to R. Ste wait 

 Latrobe, 207 St. Paul street, Baltimore, Md.; or T. M. Skiles, 

 J3.1kins, Va. 



R. H. P., Baltimore.- Where is it possible for me to buy black 

 bass of either variety for stocking purposes? Upon application 

 to both the U. S. ana Maryland Fish Commissiont is, I find that 

 neither now have them on nand. Ans. Hugo Mulertt, 641 De 

 Kalb avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., advertises black bass at 35 cents 

 each, and large quantities at special rates. 



L. E. K., Brooklyn.— As the trouting season is about to oppn, 

 will you kindly inform me if there a:e trouting places in close 

 vicinity to New York, where fishing is allowed, either free 

 or by pa>ing a nominal fee for the privilege? Being compara- 

 tively a stranger to tnis vicinity and confined quite closely to 

 business (having but one or two free days a week), I would like 

 to know of a few places (say on Long Island or near d>) where 

 we can go early ana return the same uay. Ans. See our angling 

 columns. 



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