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THE ROBERTS BOILER —Last week Mr. Roberts shipped 

 from his works at Red Bank, N. J., two 500 H. P. boiiers, which 

 have since been placed in the Tillie at Morris Dock; also one 150 

 H. P. boiler for the new yacht belonging to Mr. Snelleiiburg, of 

 Philadelphia. The four 200 H. P. boilers for the Radha will also 

 be in position in the boat this week. All these boilers have been 

 tested under hydrostatic pressure and SOOlbs. of live steam before 

 shipping. There are also under construction and nearly ready for 

 shipment one 300 H. P. for Congressman McMillan's yacht Idler, 

 of Detroit; one 400 H. P. for Dr. Pierce's new yacht, now nearly 

 finished by Wintringham; one 200 H. P. for Mr. j. Frederic Tams's 

 sidewheel yacht at Piepgrass's yard at City Island; one 175 H. P. 

 for Mr. J. D. Rockefeller's new yacht now being built by the Gas 

 Engine & Power Co.; one 300 H. P. for the yacht Hinda, belonging 

 to Mr. Allan M. Fletcher, of Alpena, Mich.; one 150 H. P. for Mr. 

 Francis Boyd, of Milwaukee, Wis., and some twenty or thirty 

 other boilers of smaller sizes for various purposes. Mr. Roberts 

 has been shipping during the winter an average of about two 

 boilers per week, and is now about twenty-two boilers behind his 

 orders, including boilers for the Pennsylvania R. R. Co. and the 

 U. S. Lighthouse Board. Mr. Roberts is making plans for an addi- 

 tion to his works to cover about 45f t.x200ft. of ground, and hopes 

 next season to be able to accept all the orders that may be offered. 

 His very handsome new illustrated circular has proved a great 

 success, as it gives much valuable information. 



A NEW 20-RATER.— Mr. W. B. Macdonough, brother of the 

 owner of the yawl Condor, has a 20-rater on the ways at Fife's, 

 a similar craft to Dragon. Mr. Macdonough will try her in the 

 early races on the other side and then Will probably sail her across 

 in time for the fall races here. Though she will be about 15ft. 

 long, and not eligible for the 40ft. class, she will be able to get on 

 some matches with the forties, in which case one much disputed 

 question will probably be decided. The Field describes the new 

 Jessica thus: "A new 20-rater for Mr. Macdonough, brother of the 

 owner of the yawl Condor, is planked and decked, and does look 

 a handsome and powerful vessel; with a lead keel heavy enough 

 to steady an immense sail area, with the easiest of bilges and long- 

 est of bows, this new cutter must prove a dangerous antagonist 

 for Dragon and the new twenties building. With teak topsides, 

 pitch pine and American elm have been used for the bottom, and 

 the decks of white pine have been so carefully selected that a knot 

 is not to be detected from bow to taffrail. This cutter will be 

 raced during the summer, but will eventually be taken across the 

 Atlantic, her scantling being designed for the ocean voyage. 

 Walnut and satinwood are to be used for the cabins, and the 

 builders will finish the cutter's outfit in a style that will make her 

 the most complete 20-rater afloat. This cutter will be round at 

 the early Thames matches, where she will meet Dragon and Cap- 

 tain Clark's new twenty." 



GOSSOON.— This name has been given to the new Adams 40, 

 and while it is not particularly beautiful it is at least better than 

 if they had called her the Galloot or the Snoozer. All the Adams 

 boats have names with sevenletters (Y), and two ciphers for luck, 

 the first ones being Pappoose ana Baboon. The Gossoon is now 

 planked up. 



PLYMOUTH Y. C— A club has lately organized at Plymouth, 

 Mass., under this name, the officers being: Com., N. Morton; Vice- 

 Corn., T. N. Eldridge; Sec'y, A. W. Shepherd; Treas., G. E. Benson; 

 Executive Committee, G. D. Bartlett, W. T. Eldredge, Arthur L. 

 Baily and Chas. Craig. 



THE NAVAL RESERVE.— At the dinner of the Merchant's 

 Club, of Boston, on April 10 the subject of the Naval Rererve was 

 discussed, Com. Saley, Massachusetts Y. C, delivering a strong 

 speech in its favor. Messrs. Burgess and Gardner also spoke on 

 the subject. 



FITTING OUT.— Capt. Haff has his crew- at work on Volunteer, 

 young Capt. Haff has been at work on Maraquita for a couple of 

 weeks, and she has been hauled out for anew lead keel. Tom- 

 ahawk left Lawley's last week for Newport. 



A NEW YACHT FOR MONTREAL.— On April 17 Messrs. A. M. 

 Robertson & Sons launched from their yard what is undoubtedly 

 the finest finished craft ever turned out in Hamilton, and it is not 

 saying too much to say the Dominion. Many who have seen her 

 state she is as good a job as the Merle, which was built by Lawley, 

 of Boston. She is destined for Lachiue, and will fly the colors of 

 Mr. E. S, (Houston (Assistant General Manager of the Bank of 

 Montreal) on Lake St. Louis during the coming season. Her chief 

 dimensions are: Length over all, 38ft.; on l.w.l. ,25ft. 6iu ; beam, 

 10H.; draft, 2ft. 6m. All her ballast is outside and consists of 

 4,OO01bs. of cast iron. She is fitted with galvanized iron cylinders 

 under decks of sufficient capacity to float her should she strike a 

 rock and fill. In appearance she is somewhat a novelty for these 

 waters, as she has a long overhang at both ends, far greater than 

 has yet been seen here, but this length on deck gives her a grace- 

 ful sheer and takes away the bulky appearance so commonly seen 

 in yachts with an equal free board but with short ends. She is 

 fitted up in carefully selected white pine and cherry, and has 

 many conveniences in the way of lockers, etc. Her cockpit is 

 large and very comfortable. All her blocks and iron work have 

 been imported, and her outfit is a complete and very superior one. 

 All her iron work is galvanized, and her decks will be left bright 

 for polishing and are filled with marine glue. Her sails were 

 made by Soper, =^nd do that maker great credit. They have the 

 peculiarity of having each row of reef points of a different color, 

 so when reefing "greenhorns" will not be liable to get first and 

 second row mixed up. She is painted black on the top sides, 

 with a gold leaf stripe and gold leaf carved head device, with 

 gold "C" on stern. Her bottom is polished with plumbago mix- 

 ture. The whole is a beautiful smooth surface and highly polished. 

 The craft has been christened the Chaperon, a name for which 

 Mr. Clouston evidently had a penchant, as this is his third vessel 

 bearing that name.— Hamilton Times. The new yacht was de- 

 signed by Mr. Jarvis, of Hamilton, for the new corrected length 

 classification. 



CHANGES OF O WNERS HI P.— Aglaia, keel sloop, formerly 

 Maud, has been purchased in Boston by E. J. Bergen, Atlantic 

 Y. C. She left Boston on April 10 and reached Bay Ridge on 

 April 14. Serrella, seirr., has been sold to Win. Loom is, Portia, 

 cutter, formerly Mignonette No. 2, has boon sold by Henry Stan- 

 ton to S. S. MaBon, Jr. She has been scraped Sfcd painted white 

 at Wintringham's yard. Coronet, schr., advertised for sale at 

 auction last Saturday, was sold during the week at private sale to 

 Com. A. E. Bateman, owner of Meteor, steam yacht. Com. Bate- 

 man has sold Meteor to T. J. Montgomery. Alice, the sloop owned 

 by C. A. Longfellow, has been sold for a fisherman after a long 

 career as a yacht. Sylph, schr., has been purchased by H. Dob- 

 bins. Vision, steam yacht, has been sold by J. J. Alexandre to 

 Clarence Mc Kim. Sentinel, steam yacht, has been sold by G. L. 

 Ronalds to F. C. Fletcher, of Providence, who has sold his steam 

 yacht Emma to Emile Du Vivier. 



SOUTH BOSTON MOSQUITO FLEET.— We were in error in 

 describing the new skimming dish Mosquito boat as being built 

 by C. A. Borden, as she was the work of an amateur. Mr. Borden 

 is the builder of the new 13ft. Bessie, a Cape cat in model, which 

 sailed her first races on Fast Day with such marked success. In 

 the morning she beat both her own and the larger class on elapsed 

 time, and in the afternoon, in addition to winning easily in her 

 own class, she tied the winner in the larger class on corrected 

 time. She promises to be a worthy successor to the other Borden 

 flyers, White Fawn and Bessie No. 1. 



MINERVA.— This crack forty has been sold to a brother of R. 

 P. Carroll, owner of Gorilla, which makes it certain that she will 

 be raced hard this season. Admiral Tweed still has Shona to 

 sail in. 



ALICIA.— Mr. H. M. Flagler's new steam yacht was launched at 

 Wilmington on April 19. She is 180ft. over all, lfiOft. l.w.l., 24ft. 

 beam and 13ft. flin. hold. 



GHOST.— The new racing 20-rater Ghost, just built by Messrs, 

 W. White & Sons, of the Vectis works, for Mr. L. M. Ames, from 

 designs by Mr. C. P. Clay tin, was successfully launched on April 

 8. Her principal dimensions are: Over all, 63ft Oiru; l.w.l., 46ft. 

 6in.; beam, extreme, 10ft. 8in.; draff, extreme, 9ft. Q£in.; free- 

 board, least, 2ft. 6in.; tonnage, Thames measurement, 25 tons. 

 Her sails are by Messrs. Ratsey's & Lapthorn. She was hauled 

 up on April 9 for coppering and will be ready for a trial stretch 

 in a few days. Cook Diaper, of Itchen Ferry, is to be skipper. It 

 will be noticed that Mr. Claytin has taken extreme dimensions of 

 hull compared with Fife and Watson, and consequently a smaller 

 sail plan. 



ANOTHER NEWSPAPER CHALLENGE.— Challenges for the 

 America's Cup are almost as plentiful in season as presidential 

 candidates, the Boston Herald this week bringing out another 

 "unknown." The "Brass, naval architect," who is the only ele- 

 ment which has thus far materialized in the Herald's cablegram, 

 is Mr. Herbert Wynne Fairbrass, an amateur designer who has 

 had several yachts built, but no racers. Meanwhile Designer 

 Reeks is yet to be heard from with the great Antipodean challen- 

 ger. 



KNICKERBOCKER Y. C.-Mr. W. C. Newman has sold the 

 cutter Madge to a Mr. Phelps, who will take her up to Lake 

 Champlain. Mr. Watson has bought Geo. H. Bourquard's sloop 

 Lizzie. She will be enrolled in the Knickerbocker Y. C. The 

 Yolande will go in commission this week. Commodore Rousseau, 

 K. Y. C, has cast a new lead keel on Nipsa. The work was done 

 on the club grounds. Mr. Geo. Irving Sydam, of the Corinthian 

 Navy, is building a 19ft. cat. 



MIRANDA.— Some important changes are now making in 

 Miranda's rig, her mainmast being shifted 3ft. 6fn. a.f r, with a 

 boom instead of a lug foot to foresail. Vice-Corn. Hill will have 

 her in commission this season. 



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T. McM., Barton, Md.— Where can I obtain information on bait 

 fishing and how to prepare baits to fish for trout in small streams? 

 Ans. The best thing for you to do is to read some hook on angling. 

 Such are "The Modern Practical Angler," price $1.50. or "Frank 

 Forester's Fish and Fishing," price $2.50, or "American Fish and 

 How to Catch Them," price 31. We can furnish any of these. 



F. V. P., Delaware, O.— The ferrules of one of my favorite fly 

 rods have become so much worn that they work loose in casting. 

 The ferrules are cylindrical, without dowels. How can I tighten 

 these old ferrules so as to make them serviceable? We find by 

 experience that it is very difficult to obtain new ferrules that 

 will fit old rods. Ans. There is no trouble in getting new ferrules 

 to fit if you will pay for good hand-made ones. If not too far gone 

 the old ones may be repaired and strengthened by being "welted" 

 at the ends. 



W. L. Y., Richmond, Ky.— 1. Will a light, thin shotgun barrel 

 shoot the same as a heavy, thick barrel of equal length, and bored 

 exactly the same and loaded the same? 2. Will a big caliber rifle 

 shoot as accurate as a small caliber one? 3. Are there any trout 

 in any of the streams of Kentucky? Ans. 1. The thin barrel is 

 more apt to spring, but otherwise it should shoot as well. 2. 

 With proper load, yes. Smaller calibers and long bolt bullets get 

 greater accuracy at long range, beoause less affected by outside 

 influences of wind, etc. 3. Possibly some in Cumberland Moun- 

 tains. None have been found to our knowledge. The black bass 

 is so called in Kentucky. 



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