June 5, 1890.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



899 



The unfinished programme of Saturday was finished Sundav, 

 the principal event was a itfs mile sailing race, for a solid silver 



t " ,v V* "■-""'neui uynn, Aiena jvi.; IJ. S. lioddard, 

 Howell, Blanche. The wind was fresh from the N.E. and very 

 puffy. All the little waves bad their nightcaps on," as tbn boys 

 6iug. It wns a hard race. Goddard was put out of it by the 

 breaking of his seat, dumping him into the wet to windwaid. 

 Whitten broke his rudder on the second round. The race was 

 therefore between Gray and Butler. Butler led Gray a pretty 

 race around to the last buoy on the second round, when in gibing, 

 bis sliding seat, stuck Cast and a puff laid him flat. Gray pas.-ed 

 bim, but himself shared the same fate on at the first huov on the 

 last round. Butler was able to regain his lead and he kept it to 

 the finish. Time: 



„ „ Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Butler 1 04 25 1 54 00 0 49 35 



Gray 1 04 28 1 54 40 0 50 12 



A consolation sailing race, in which Brazer, Whitten and Camp- 

 bell competed, was wnu by Brazer. It was not especially inter- 

 esting. Knappe, of Springfield, won the "any man, any boat" 

 paddling race. Time and distance not taken. Perkins waB his 

 opponent. Perkins and Putnam defeated Knappe and Metcalf, 

 Rolyoke, in the tandem standing paddling. 



paddling, first, Howard Gray, Vesper, Lowt 11. loving cup; second, 

 Knappe. Springfield, mug; sailing, unlimited, first; Paul Butler, 

 Vesper, Lowell, cup: second. Howard Gray, Vesper, Lowell, mug; 

 tandem, double blade, Cartwright, Puritan, Putnam, Worcester, 

 mugs; tandem, single blade, first, Perkins and Brazer, Vesper, 

 Lowell; second, Apollomo, Shu-Shu-Gah, Winchester, and H. D. 

 Murphy, Puritan, Bostoo; sailing, ups«»t, Howard Grav, Vesper, 

 Lowell, mug; standing paddling tandem, Putnam and Perkins, 

 mug-; novice, H. H. Forbush. Puritan, Boston, cup; visitors' race, 



pny, Puritans, Boston, pins; Lowell and Dracut H.R. R, cup, 

 Paul Butler, Vesper, Low 11. The prizes were presented Sunday 

 evening around the camp-fire. 

 Among those who were present were the following: Arthur 



Cartwright, EL D. Mm pliy, A. H. Forbush, S. A. Brown, Puritan 

 C. C, B ston: Geo. E. Armstiong, James Oraddock, Samuel M. 

 Wales, A. B. Lyon, South Boston C. C; J. H. Campbell. J. N. B 

 Porter, F. E. Johnson, Charles E. Whitten, Sagamore C. C, Lynn; 

 Clarence Murphy, Salem; F. R. Kimball, Newton; E A. Povner, 

 Amesbury; H. W. Richards, R. Apollonio, Shu-Shu-Gah C. C, 

 Winchester; A. S. Putnam, A. H. Lange, Lakeside O. C„ Wor- 

 cester. 



The meet was the most successful ever held by the Eastern 

 Division: ramping site, arrangements, everything in connection 

 with the camp was satisfactory. Those who could do so, and 

 they were about two dozen in number, stayed until Monday morn- 

 ing; then they reluctantly grasped hands in parting and promised 

 to meet one another at Peconic Bay m August. 



THE PASSAIC RIVER MEET, MAY 30, 31. 



THE Passaic River plays an important part in the early history 

 of American canoeing as, but a few years af ter the sport was 

 introduced in New York, it took root on the Passaic in a quiet 

 way, chiefly through the efforts of a few amateur builders of can- 

 vas canoes, Mr. J. F. West and others. In 1875 some long cruises 

 were made, and in the following year a party of four or five 

 cruised from the headquarters, tiie old Triton Boat Club house 

 above Newark, by way of Morris Canal and Delaware River to 

 the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia; returning by the 

 Delaware aud Raman Canal and Staten Island Sound. In spite 

 of this good beginning so long ago, the growth of canoeing on the 

 Passaic was but slow in the early days of the American Canoe 

 Association; but the last half dozen years have witnessed a re- 

 vival, and now the Passaic is one of the stromr canoeing localities 

 of the Atlantic States. Canoe clubs are numerous and generally 

 in a prosperous condiiion, and on any special occasion the river 

 turns out a very creditable representation. 



A meet early in the season has been an institution for four 

 years, that of the past week being very successful. The camp 

 rite is the same as that of 1888, on the east shore of Newark Bay 

 just abreast of Pamrapo, where a high bluff overlooks a clear 

 stretch of water 5 miles long and 04 miles wide, with no interrup- 

 tion from traffic and with usually good breezes. The distance 

 either way, up to Newark or down through the Kills to Staten 

 Island and Brooklyn, is only 8 to 10 miles, so that the camp is 

 readily reached. Tnougb neatly all the members are A. C. A. 

 men, the camp was entirely independent of the Association, being 

 managed bv a committee chosen by the various clubs on the river. 

 It was not, however, conflned to Passaic canoeists only, as a num- 

 ber were present from Yonkers, New York and Hoboken. 



The programme contained three record races, open to Passaic 

 canueists only, the prize for the greatest number of points being 

 the new perpetual trophy cup. to be held for the following year. 

 Unfortunately the terms of the record were not understood by 

 all, and many who entered for it failed to finish each of the three 

 races, and thus were not counted. The course for the sailing 

 races was 1% miles triangular, ]4 mile sides, just in front of the 

 camp, while a half-mile course down shore was laid out for the 

 paddling races. The weather was exceptionally tine for the sea- 

 son, being warm and clear, with good wind. The camp began on 

 Thursday ana broke up on Sunday afternoon, the aft ei noon flood 

 serving to see all safely home. Tne races were held on Friday and 

 Saturday. The camp register showed 65 canoeists and 61 canoes 

 in camp, the visitors and spectators not included. Secretary- 

 Treasurer Dunnell was in camp on Saturday and Sunday. The 

 proportion of canoes is a very large one, nearly one for each 

 man. 



The turnout of new canoes was something unusual, there being 

 nearly a dozen new cracks to be tried in their first race. Messrs 

 Quick and Oxholm, of Yonkers, had each a handsome Kusgles 

 canoe, the former winning most of the honors of the meet. Beside 

 the Vesper canoe Lieda, owned by Mr. Schieffelin, Com. Nadal 

 N, Y. C. C, had a duplicate of her, built, by Thos. MacWhirter. 

 Mr. Schuyler, of the Arlingtons. had a new Everson racer; Dr. 

 Coe, of the new Crescent U. C , had a new racer designed and 

 built by himself— a very good piece of amateur work. Three of 

 the new boats were of the same model, being designed by Mr. W 

 P. Stephens and built, one by MacWhirter, for Mr. W. W. How- 

 ard, N. Y. C. C. and the other two by the St. Lawrence Skiff, C. 

 & S. L. Co., for Mr. Palmer, of the Ianthe, and Rear-Corn. Dorland. 

 of the Arlington C. C. 



These boats were designed for racing and cruising, in so far as 

 the two can be combined, and while they promise to be fast there 

 can be no question of their merits as cruisers, there being room 

 for a tall ma'i to -deep in the well, with ample stowage space. Mr. 

 Howard's canoe, Toltec, is fitted solely for racing, with a small 

 oval well and a long board in the center of the boat. MacWhirter 

 has done exc ellent work on the hull, following the Vesper con- 

 struction. The two Clayton built boats are very handsome smooth 

 skin craft, with the board well forward, two watertight compart- 

 ments, and over 6ft. between bulkheads. In the design much 

 attention has been paid to stability, and the boats are very stiff, 

 but at the same time with fine lines. Toltec has her mizen mast 

 well amidships, her sails, two Wilson leg-o'-mutton of linen, being 

 arranged « ith the mizen larger than the mainsail. The other 

 two nave e; ch a mast tube aoaft the well for a small mizen in 

 cruising, while near the middle of the boat is a movable thwart 

 stepped in the well coaming, and carrying a mizen tube which 

 can be removed in a moment, leaving the well clear. Unfortun- 

 ately Mr. Palmer's canoe, Neriana, only received her board and 

 rudder the niglit before the first race, and u°ed an old suit of sails, 

 while Mr. Doi-jaud was without any canvas at ail. All the canoes 

 present were titled with sliding seats, many of which would not 

 slide at all or only at, irregular intervals, and it is evident that a 

 slidiner seat that will not slide is not an aid in racing. The strain 

 on a long outrieged seat is very great in a br< eze, and more or 

 less failures are found <n every race so far as we have observed. 



The principal sailing ra' es were on Friday afternoon, the junior 

 first, a very good race throughout. The unlimited, for a prize 

 given bv the ( 'mpoge C. C, of Pertn Amboy, also served as a re- 

 cord race for the Passaic River men. It was sailed in a moderate 

 breeze, the start oeing made down wind, the fleet running off 

 wing and wing with a strong lee-going tide under them. Toltec 

 was one of the last over the line, but when the fleet strung out 

 on the reach to second mark, stemming the ebb tide in mid-chan- 



nel, she and Neri«na ran to the front, and after a couple of long 

 boards on the last leg the order was Neriana. Toltec. Unoand Beta. 

 At the last mark Uno passed Toltec and took second place, finally 

 taking first place on the second leg of the second round. On the 

 last leg of this round Toltec was passed, just at the buoy, bv Beta, 

 Nenna now being fourth. On the final round Uno finished" easily 

 ahead, while Beta threatened to go to leeward of the buoy, Toltec 

 being just to windward of her. She weathered it, howe'ven and 

 beat Toltec by several feet overlap, Neriana still being fourth. 

 The full summary of the races is as follows, the prizes, it will be 

 noticed, going largely to Yonkers: 



Event No. 1. Unlimited sailing, 3 rounds, 4J4 miles: 



Uno, H. L. Quick, Yonkers l 



Beta, T. S. Oxholm, Yonkers 2 



Toltec, W. W, Howard, New York ....*». V..V. 3 



*Neri ma, L. B. Palmer, Ianthe 4 



Cyrus, F. A. Phillips, Yonkers ' 5 



♦Passaic, C. P. Douglas. Ianthe .WW" 6 



♦Lieda, S. Schieffelin, New York 7 



♦Kisco, W. B. Dailey, Arlington .'. WW 8 



*Mineola, Geo. Baxter. Ianthe 9 



♦Sybil, E. W. Edinger, Orescent 10 



*Nipsb\ C. V. Schu.s ler, Arlinerlon 11 



Pterodaetye, B. H. Nadal, New York Withdrew, 



♦Crescent. C. J.Pookman, Crescent .'.Withdrew. 



Event No. 2. Sailing and paddling: 



♦Passaic, Geo. P. Douglas, Ianthe 1 



♦Neriana, L. R. Palmer, Ianthe 2 



♦Nipsic, C. V. Schuyler, Arlington a 



Event No. 3. Paddling: 



Uno, H. L. Quick, Yonkers 1 



♦Nipsic, C. V. Sehmler, Arlington .'. 2 



♦Valfreyia, W. J. Stewart, ianthe 3 



♦Passaic. Geo. P, Douglas, Ianthe 4 



♦Crescent, C. J. Pockman. Crescent 6 



♦What, W. Scott, Crescent « 



♦Water Witch, F. B. Collins, Bayonne W . . . . . 7 



♦Neriana, L B. Palmer, Ianthe 8 



♦Sjhii, E. W. Edinger, Crescent , y 



♦ Eligible for record. 



Event No. 4. Junior paddling: 



Uno, H. L. Quick, Yonkers . i 



Sybil. E. W. Edinger, Orescent "' % 



Water Witch, J. L. Collins, Bayonne 3 



Kisco, W. B. Dailey, Arlington 4 



Ithniel, J. Duguid, Jr., Ianthe 5 



Minerva, D. Kretzmer, Hoboken 6 



Event No. 5. Junior sailinsr: 



Kisco, w. B. Dailey, Arlington 1 



Nipsic, C. V. Schuyler, Arlington , 2 



What, W. Scott, Crescent 3 



Mineola, G. W.Baxter, Ianthe ..........WWW" 4 



Crescent, C. J. Pockman, Orescent 0 



Cvmsca. Richard Hobart Ianthe 0 



Lasata, George Metze, Hoboken 0 



Naiad, Geo Mauley, Oi ange n 



Sybil, E. W. Edinger. Crescent 0 



Sea Fox, J. Wiirnecke, Hoboken ' " 0 



Yolande,L. Kretzmer, Hoboken "" 0 



Pterodaetye, B. H. Nadal, New York 0 



Bachelor, J. MacFarlane, Ianthe 0 



Mignon, E. Charles, Crescent 0 



Minerva, D. Kretzmer, Hoboken ... . ', 0 



Event No. fi. Maneuvering: 



Lieda, S. Sc> ieffelin. New York 1 



Neriana, L. B. Palmer, Ianthe 2 



Kisco t W. B. Dailey, Arlington ' 3 



Passaic, G. P, Douylas, Ianthe ' 4 



Nipsic, C. V Schuyler, Arlington . . . , 5 



Sea Fox, J. Warnecke, Hoboken q 



, O. F. Coe, Crescent 0 



Event No. 7. Sailing Upset: 



Passaic. G. P. Douglas, ianthe 1 



Nipple, C, V. Schuyler, Arlington . .... 2 



Lieda, S. Schieffelin, New York ...WWWW.WW 3 



Neriana, L. P. Palmer, Ianthe , WWW..........' 4 



Event No. 8. Sailing, Unclassified: Not sailed. 



Event No. 9. Tandem, Paddling: 



Uno. Quick aud Simpson, Yonkers _ 1 



Water Witch, Collins Bros-., Bayonne 3 



Mignon, Edinger and Chable, Crescent '.. ............. '. 3 



Event No. M, Paddling, Any Canoe: 



Surprise, L. Simpson, Yonkers \ 



Aphrodite, C. V Schuyler, Arlington \ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '. 2 



Neriana, L. B. Palmer. Ianthe V.\ 3 



Red Ant, C. T. Hopf, Arlington W ...WW"" 4 



Event No. 11. Paddling Upset: 



Ktsco, W. B. Dailey. Arlington \ 



Nipsic, C. V. Schuyler. Arlington '" 2 



Lieda, S. Schieffelin New York f 



KNICKERBOCKER C. C. REGATTA, MAY 30. 



THE annual spring raeatta of the Knickerbocker C. C. was held 

 on Memorial Day off tne club house at 152d street on the 

 Hudson, a number of ladies and guests being present. Though 

 there were bat few entries the races were well contested in most 

 cases. The paddling race resulted as fallows: 



Wraith, D. D. Gessler, Knickerbocker 1 



Eros, F. C. Moore. Knickerbocker '.' ".". 2 



Midget, J. K. Hand, Knick' rbocker ... "." 3 



Juanita, F. B. Smith, Knickerbocker WW 4 



Upset race: 



Wraith, T. A. Gessler. Lake Hopatcong 1 



Midget, J. K. Hand, Knickerbocker " ".' 2 



Eros, F. C. Moore, Knickerbocker \\\ 3 



Sailiug race: 



Bonnie, C. B. Vaux, Yonkers \ 



Unnamed, P. B. Rossire, Yonkers ...WW" 2 



Eros, F. C. Moore, Knickerbocker . . . WW 3 



Wraith did not enter; owing to a broken rudder. 



Tandem paddling: 



Wraith, D. D. and T. A. Gessler , 1 



Eros, F. C. Moore and J. K. Hand " 2 



Mirkara, Nelson Griffin and Hugh Taylor ' 3 



Hurry-scurry race: 



Wraith, D. D. Gessler 1 



Midget, J. K. Hand 3 



Mirisara, Hugh Taylor '. 3 



Eros, F. C. Moore WW \ 4 



Tournament: 



Wraith, D. D. and T. A. Gessler 1 



Midget, F. C. Moore and J. K. Hand ' ' " 2 



RED DRAGON C. C.-The spring regatta of the Red Dragon 

 C, O. was held on May 30. The sailing race started at 2:26: 



Osceola, F. W. Noyes 3 13 00 



Valesca, H. M. Kramer 3 19 00 



Rambler, B. E. Fortiner 3 21 00 



Thetis, D. M. Bond 3 23 00 



Nacoochee, D. A, McCormick 3 24 00 



Enid, A. S. Fennimore f .Not timed. 



Cuckoo, C. Fleischman Not timed! 



Triangle course, distance 3 milt s. 



Tandem paddling: 



Enid, Fennimore aud McCormick 1 



Valesca, Kramer and Bond ... W W 2 



Picnic, Norgrave and Fleischman 3 



Thetis, Baker and Bender WWW 4 



Class IV. paddling: 



Valesca, Kramer.. .-. 1 



Thetis. Bond .' WW 2 



Cuckoo, Fleischman 3 



Enid, Fennimore .' 4 



A. a A. MEMBERSHIP.— Eastern Division: Henrv Whiting, 

 Fred W. Merrill, E. W. Huntington, Harry L. Talbot, Dr. Edward 



A. Lowe, James Stewart Murpny. E. B. Conant, W. E. Savage, 

 Lowell; Edward A. Poyen, Amesbury; Frank E. Johnson, Joseph 



B. Center, Lynr; Herman D. Murphy. Winchester; George B. 

 Heyworth. Waltham; George E. Webb, Worcester. Atlantic 

 Division: Harry F. Haviiar d, Philadelphia, Pa. Central Division: 

 H. D. Tread well, John D. McConnell, M. J. Wilcox, Charles B. 

 Pease, Fred S. Payne and Frank Curtis, Ticonderoga, N. Y.; and 

 0. Shaler, Jr., Troy, N. Y, 



'"NESSMLK."- Trenton, N. J— Editor Forest and Stream: Sadly 

 I read in your issue of May 8 of the death of the noble-heaned 

 "NesBmuk." How true, to the last to the love er grafted in Ins 

 being by years of contact and studj! It was to me like reading of 

 the loss of a dear friend, for, knowing him as I did through his 

 contributions to the Forest and Sxkbam and in his book "Wood- 

 craft." I took a keen pleasure, in common with manv others, in 

 following his accounts of camps and cruises, and will ever re- 

 member his kindly features. Many of my own camps have been 

 cheered through the power of his verse and prose, truly the light 

 of a happy disposition aptly caught in printed pages. And as we 

 think of him about the camp-fire, on the cruise or lollowmg the 

 trail, communing with phases of nature so dear to bim, let us 

 breathe "Peace to the ashes of the noble woodsman."— 1640. 



SCHENECTADY C. C.-A canoe club has been organized at 

 Schenectady, K Y., with an active membership of about thirty. 

 The following officers have been elected: Com., Everett Smith; 

 Vice-Corn., Wm. H. Peck-fain; gk»c", Edwin G. Guide: Treas., Au- 

 gust Henke; Capt., Edgar D. Joyuer; Lieut., Harry Fowler. Com. 

 Smith has presented the club with a cup, which will be contested 

 ev ry year, arid will he kno <n as the Commodore's Cup. The 

 Mohawk at Schenectady offers fine facilities for boatii.g, and 

 much interest is manifested in the new organization. 



CRESCENT C. C— This club, organized last fall at Greenville 

 N. J., includes a number of members of the late Kssex C. C. A 

 yery good house, 25x35ft., with a second story over the rear part, 

 lias been built on the Newark Bay shore at Greenville, at the foot 

 of Danforth avenue, and was opened on May 29. 



NEW YORK C. C.-The new house of this club is nearly com- 

 pleted, aud will be formally opened for the regatta of June 21. 

 The old house has been sold to a boat club at Hoboken. 



ORANGE C. C— This young club opened i<s new house at West 

 Arlington on the Passaic River on Mav 27, a number of well 

 known canoeists b^'ng present. 



S. Steele, 

 Price 



ele, Price 1.50. Four Months in a Snealibox. By N. If. Bishop. 

 $1.»0. Canoe and (lamp Coolceru. By "Seneca." Pi-ice $1. 



idctftittg. 



"West India Hurricanes and the Great March Blizzard.' 1 ' By 

 Everett Hay den. U. S Hudrngraphic Office, Large quarto, with '23 

 lithographic plates. Price $1. Contains full history of the great 

 sturm of March, 1888, with practical information how "to handle a 

 vessel in a cyclone; use of oil at sea, etc. 



FIXTURES. 



Seawanhaka, Special. 17. 

 Larchmont, Spring. 



Quincy, First Club. 18. 



Massachusetts, Club, Dor- 18. 



Chester. 18. 



So. Boston Mus. Fleet. Pen. 19. 



Savin Hill, Club, Savin Hill. 21. 



Great Head, Annual Open, 21. 



Great Head. 



Hamilton. 30ft. 21. 



R. Canadian, 21ft., Toronto. 21, 

 Yorkville. postponed, N. Y. 



Hudson River, Open, N. Y. 21. 

 New Jersey Annual, N. Y. 



Beverly, 1st Cham., Marble- 21. 



head. 21. 



Brooklyn, New York. 21. 



Cor. Navy, S.I.S.S., Regatta, 21. 



Sewaren. 



Hamilton. 35 and 40ft. 23. 



R. Canadian, 25ft., Toronto 23. 

 Portland, Challenge Cup. 



Pavonia, Annual. New York. 25. 



So. Boston Mus. Fleet, Hen. 26. 



Corinthian, Marble he ad, 27. 



Pennant, un ler 21ft. 



American, Annual Pennant, 28. 



Newburyport. 28. 

 Massachusetts, Open. Nahant 28. 

 Miramichi, Chat ham to New- 

 castle and return, Open. 28. 

 West Lynn, Annual. Lynn. 30. 

 Atlantic, Annual, New York 



Cooper's Point, Kinsey Cup, 



Delaware River, 

 Corinthian, Annual, N. Y. 

 Columbia, Annua) Open,N.Y. 

 Pleon, Peunaut, Marblehead 

 New Y r ork, Annual, N. Y. 

 Quincy. 1st Cham.. Quincy. 

 Corinthian, Marblehead, 



Club. 



Seawanhaka, Annual, N. Y. 

 Great Head, Pennant, Great 

 Head. 



Yon kers Cor., Annual Open, 

 Y r onkers. 



Savin Hill, Club, Savin Hill. 



So. Boston Mus. Fleet, Pen. 



Hamilton, 25ft. 



R. Canadian, Cruising and 

 Skiff Classes, Toronto. 



Seawanhaka, Special. 



Newark Bay, Annual, Bay- 

 onne. 



Hamilton, Cruise. 



So. Boston, Ladies' Dav. 



Corinthian Mosquito Fleet, 

 Staten Island. 



Hull. 1st Cnam.. Club House. 



Beverly, Cup, Marblehead. 



Cor. Navy, Spring Regatta, 

 New RocheJle. 



R. Can , Carnival, Toronto. 



Great Head. Moonlight Sail, 

 Great Head. 



THE FLYING PONTOON. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



the description giv^n she seems to be identical-except in rig— 

 with two boats built by Mr. Geo. W. Shaw of this place, as far 

 back as IS'48. He built another in 1S70. ' 



These Shaw boats were— takiner descriotion of Bouncer: 



First— "Round bottom with dead rise." 



Second— "Sides not parallel or straight, but bent longitudinally, 

 forming each a segment of a circle, making her mucn narrower 

 at bow and stern than amidships." 



Third— "Had not square euds, bow and stern form segments of 

 circle," etc. 



Fourth— Here is where the boats differ. Instead of sharpie rig 

 they had the regular jib and mainsail rig. 



You will see from the above that the descriptions tally in everv 

 respect except as to rig. 



These boats were remarkably fast in smooth water, but were 

 not so good in a chop sea. 



In the Newburgh regatta of Aug. 1, 1876, with a westerly wind 

 and smooth water, the A. S. Ring— the only boat of this model in 

 the race— easily led the boat« of her class until the skipper let 1 he 

 sheet jam just as a squall struck her, thereby finishing the race 



by Mr. Geo. W. Shaw. The last of the line now lies propped up 

 against a shed down at the shipyard. 



Should the Bouncer cruise this way at any time I shonld be 

 pleased to compare the models, and also tender her captain the 

 freedom of the Newburgh Canoe and Boating Association club 

 house during his stay. Nate S. Smith 



Newburgh, May 30. 



NO "FIELD" IN THIS. 



TN the interviews lately reported. Mr. Geo L. Schuyler ascribes 

 X all objections to the new deed to Mr. Dixon Kemp and the 

 Weld. The 1 olio wing is an editorial from the Marine Journal an 

 ultra American paper commanded by that veteran tar and yachts- 

 man, Captain Samuels, who has always had a habit of forming 

 his own opin-ons without, help from foreign sources. The con- 

 demnation of the new deed is certainly plain and emphatic enough 

 and from a source whose nationality cannot be questioned. Tfhe' 

 Marine Journal says: 



"Lord Duma ven has written to Mr. J. R. Busk, of the New York 

 Y. C. giving his reasons for declining to race tor the America 

 Cup. His objections are summed up in the fact of the excessive 

 demands by the new deed of gift. The Englishman i-^ right 

 enough. Previous conditions weie sufficiently exacting. There 

 may he a generous disposition on the part of the memhers 'of tne 

 New York Y. C. to mutually waive, by common consent, all the 

 later exactions, but even eo. the challenger, in wincing the cup 

 and championsirip. would be bound by the "deed" in acc epting 

 any future challenge. It will not do to whip the devil around the 

 stump: the matter cannot be condone'l. New arrangements 

 should be made if international yacht racing is to be continued. 

 The discontinuance nl this nobl" sportis particularly unfortunate 

 just at this time, when shipbuilding and mariiime mmters are 

 being discussed so prominently. A race now would be an influ - 

 ence on the right side. ' 



