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FOREST AND STREAM. 



clear, simple, and fair to both challenger ana challenged, and 

 should give the challenged party no advantage or power of control 

 whatever. We think that is the opinion of The members of all 

 British yacht clubs. In connection with the opinion of British 

 clubs, it should be slated that the following telegram was sent 

 from New York on March 29, and published m the Herald: "Lord 

 Dunraven should get some other yacht club to accept the paternity 

 of his challenge.' This assumes that Lord Dunraven himself has 

 no objection to the new deed; but according to the statements 

 contained in his letters to the New York Y C., this is entirely an 

 error, and we should judge him to be entirely in accord with the 

 Royal Yacht Squadron. But supposing Lord Dunraven had no 

 objection to the new deed, we do not think, if he searched all the 

 clubs in the kingdom, that he would find one to back his challenge 

 if-accepting the new deed were tacked on the end of it. The 

 only way to remove the deadlock is for the New York Y. C. to 

 revert to the original and only legal deed of gift, and attach to 

 it such bye-laws as experience lias shown would be fair and sports- 

 manlike.'" 



This touches the root of the matter, the ordinary open regattas 

 of every yacht club are based on the principle that every yacht 

 has an equal chance with her competitors, otherwise there would 

 be no entries: and yet in the case of the greatest of international 

 contests, the challenger has not a single right worth considering, 

 but must ask favors of the holder in order to have any race at all. 

 In their letter the committee point out that the three la9t con- 

 tests for the Cup were sailed under coudilions mutually agreed 

 on; they might also have included every race since 1870: all the 

 terms of each, in '71, '76, '81 and down to date were settled by 

 "mutual agreement"— the challenger agreed to the terms of the 

 New York Y. C. or he would have h»d no more show than Cambria 

 had in 1870. one yacht against a fleet. The owners of Galatea, 

 Genesta and Thistle "agreed" to the inside course not because 

 they wished to, but.because they could not possibly help it. That 

 they did not also "agree" to sail against the fleet or against a 

 yacht picked on the morning of the race was merely because pub- 

 lic opinion had changed since the dark ages of the early Cup 

 races. It is very probable that in the future challengers may be 

 offered still more liberal terms to "agree" to; but as long as the 

 present deed stands, such terms, if accorded at all, will be a sort 

 of alms, not as rights which cannot be denied. 



As to Lord Dunraven's objections to the deed, we cannot agree 

 with the Field. His letter of May 24 shows him to be indifferent 

 to the whole matter, and we are not aware that he has ever ex- 

 pressed any objection of his own. Mr. Peabody has received 

 answers from Lord Dunraven and Mr. Paul Ralli, and neither 

 will probably cross in answer to the 70ft. challenge. 



THAT NARROW IREX.— Nothing has been heard in confirm- 

 ation of Captain Clarke's story alluded to last week, and it looks 

 now as though the Boston Qlohe , s wonderful 5}^> beam centerboard 

 cutter would sail down the silent reaches of history as a worthy 

 competitor of the fake Thistle which the Boston Herald launched 

 so boldly in December, 1886, and which was exposed by the For- 

 est and Stream. 



CORINTHIAN MOSQUITO FLEET.— A regular meeting will 

 be held on April 21 at the Sturtevant House. New York, Messrs. 

 L.A.Clark, Oswald Sanderson and Richard M. Olcott, of New 

 York, and R. P. Wakeham, of Southport, Conn., have been pro- 

 posed for membership. 



NEW YAWL. — E. S. Williams, of City Point, has finished the 

 Congo launch and will begin a yawl from his own designs to be 

 21ft. I.W.L, 9ft. beam ard 5ft. draft, with 6,0001bs on keel. 



EASTERN Y. C— The following dates have been arranged for 

 the races of the coming season: July 10, annual regatta; July 12, 

 squadroa cruise to the eastward; Sept. 10, special regatta, open to 

 the 40 and 45ft. classes. The club house at Marblehead will open 

 May 29. 



THE ST. LAWRENCE Y. C. 



THE second annual meeting of the St. Lawrence Y. C. was held 

 in the club rooms of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Associ- 

 ation in that city on the evening of April 5, the commodore, Mr. 

 George H. Duggan, in the chair. The secretary's report showed 

 that the membership of the club had increased by a third during 

 the year, that during the racing season eleven sailing races had 

 been given, for whir-h there were sixty-six entries, and two steam 

 yacht races had taken place with in all fourteen entries. The 

 treasurer's report showed a satisfactory balance on the right side 

 of the account. The committee of management reported in favor 

 of the following amendments to the by-laws and sailing regula- 

 tions: 



"Each yacht starting in a race must carry at least one Govern- 

 ment standard life belt or equivalent life-saving apparatus for 

 each man allowed. Any yacht not complying with the above 

 will be disqualified by the sailing committee." 



"The number of the general committee shall be increased by 

 two members." 



Although the first amendment was in some quarters considered 

 somewhat severe in terms, it was carried by the necessary two- 

 tbirds majority. 



The matter of providing permanent quarters for the club was 

 then taken up, and after it had been thoroughly discussed a strong 

 sub-committee was appointed to look up a site, and if possible 

 arrange for carrying out a project which the general prosperity 

 of the club renders feasible and which would insure its future. 

 It was also decided to give a time allowance in the skiff classes, 

 and after a good deal of discussion the length plus beam rule, 

 used during the season of 1883, was adopted, it was also decided 

 to create the office of honorary commodore, and to refer to a com- 

 mittee the matter of designing a club uniform. The election of 

 officers resulted as follows: Com., G. H. Duggan; Vice-Com., Alex. 

 Morris; Rear Com., H. J. Beaman; ~ec, t>. A. Poe; Treas., A. G. 

 Walsh; Measurers, J. F. Gihsone and W. J. Wallace; Committee, 

 Messrs. E. Greene, A. E. Nash, J. H. Garth, D. Robertson, J. 

 Paton, C. FT. Levin, J. Simmons and Dr. Andres. 



The St. Lawrence Y. C. has now upon its list sixty-two yachts 

 and skiffs, and although all the boats are small, there are enough 

 in all the classes to make the racing all that it should be. Shift- 

 ing ballast was abolished at the close of last season, and the effect 

 for good up an the fleet of this change in the rules is already ap- 

 parent. No additions have been made to the first class, but in 

 the second class not only the champions of '88 and '89 will be to 

 the fore in much improved trim, but a new compromise from the 

 drafting board of Mr. Jarvis, of Hamilton, will be added to it, 

 and the Breeze, a Cuthbert boat of some draft, will be put into 

 fighting trim. The third class will be a very interesting one, as 

 Mr. G. H. Duggan is having a very nice-looking 21-footer built for 

 it on his own lines, and the Petrel, a boat with a record, will be 

 brought out again. There are to be at least two additions to the 

 first class skiffs, Mr. W. J. Wallace replacing the champion of 

 last year, the Yukwa, with a new 21-footer from Sauve, of Bi-ock- 

 ville, and Mr. Ducharme, one of the oldest of Montreal yachts- 

 men, has had a very fine skiff built for him in a local shop. In all 

 probability the club will again make Pointe Claire its headquar- 

 ters for 1890, and an attempt Is to be made to hold several squad- 

 ron cruises during the season. 



MARINE AND FIELD CLUB.-Offlcers 1890: Com., W. D. 

 Dickey, sloop Mad Cap; Vice-Com., Frederick B. Fiske, sloop 

 Fannie; Rear Com., George E. Brightson, sloop Penguin; Sec, 

 Benjamin R. Mesrole, sloop Pastime; Meas., Charles W. Deshon. 

 Regatta Committee— Howard Earle, Chairman; W. B. Dickey, 

 William S. Elliott, F. B. Fiske, and James F. Malett. The annual" 

 regatta will be held on July 26. Com. Dickey has just purchased 

 the sloop Mad Cap from Mr. A. C. Clarkson. 



KILL VON KULL Y. C— Officers, 1890: Com. Charles Ingalls, 

 Jr.; Vice-Com., Frank Foggin; Sec, J. DeLyle: Treas., A. R. 

 Welch, H. E. Buel. 



AN OFFICIAL DECISION.-If any doubt still exists over the 

 long-disputed question of what is a sloop and what is a cutter, it 

 is set at rest by the lucid definitions and picturesque illustrations 

 given in the List of Merchant Vessels of the United States, for 

 1889, just issued by the Bureau of Navigation, Washington. Ac- 

 cording to this authority, "The sloop is a vessel with only one 

 mast, and a bowsprit carrying a fore-and-aft mainsail and jib, 

 which, being set on the f orestay. is called the foresail. The sloop 

 is one of the oldest style of vessel known to the trade of this coun- 

 try, and is (with some local variations in the cut of sails) a rig that 

 is more or less employed in the commerce of the entire globe. 

 Diagram No. 12 shows the sloop rig." The cutter is defined with 

 equal clearness and accuracy: "A small sloop-rigged vessel, 

 sharp built, with a straight bowsprit running out parallel to the 

 deck, and having large sails. She carries a fore-and-aft mainsail, 

 stay foresail, flying jib and topsail. Large cutters, 400 to 500 tons, 

 have been constructed for naval use and made to carry yards, 

 with every sail that can be set on one mast, even to skysails 

 moon-rakers, star-gazers, etc. The modern cutter yacht general! y 

 carries a flying gaff topsail. The name cutter applies as much to 

 the sharp build of the vessel's hull as to the particular rig. Dia- 

 gram No. 13 affords a view of the cutter." After learning that a 

 sloop carries her mainsail on the bowsprit, one is prepared for 

 almost any surprise, but an additional shock is in store on turn- 

 ing to Diagrams Nos. 12 and 13, evidently copies from the old 

 woodcuts in the primers and geographies of fifty years ago. It is 

 evident that missionary work of some kind is needed, and it is 

 to be hoped that the compilers of the book were present at Mr. 

 Burgess's recent lecture. 



ATLANTIC Y. C. CRUISE.-It is proposed to begin the Atlan- 

 tic Y. C. cruise on July 24 with rendezvous about New Rochelle 

 or Larchmont, making Greenport by Sunday, July 27, with a race 

 thereon Monday, thence to Newport and New Bedford, disband- 

 ing finally at Newport. 



"YACHTS AND YACHTING."— On April 3 Mr. Burgess deliv- 

 ered a lecture on this subject before a large audience at the 

 National Museum, Washington. 



KATHLEEN.— Mr. Gardiner has designed a new mainsheet 

 traveler for Kathleen, longer than the old one, the ends over- 

 hanging the rail on each side. 



MILICENTE.— This name has been given to the Burgess 45-footer 

 designed for C. D. Owens last season, and since sold to A. B. Tur- 

 ner. 



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C. C. T., Syracuse, N. Y.— Plea«e advise me where I can procure 

 a book on pheasants and pheasant raising. Ans. "Pheasant 

 keeping for Amateurs," an English book by Geo. Horne. Price 

 about $1.50. We can get it for you if desired. 



I. S. H., East Portland, Oregon.— I have a Winchester Rifle, 2- 

 cal., rim fire short. Will it shoot the short cartridges as well if 

 I get it bored out to take the extra long? Ans. If properly re- 

 chambered without a shoulder it ought to do good work, though 

 as a general thing each rifle has the rifling arranged for the 

 special cartridges to be used in it. 



J. M. H., Roslyn, W. T.— I have broken my meerschaum pipe, and 

 want to fix it without having a band or ferrule put on. I have 

 tried several kinds of cement and glue, but none hold when the 

 pipe begins to warm up. Do you know of any cement or glue that 

 will hold it? Ans. We are unable to learn of any cement that 

 will resist the combined attacks of the heat and the nicotine. 



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