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6ft. above the cap. The wreck went overboard, but was well man- 

 aged, and the balloon jibtopsail was quicklv set with an Irish 

 reef. Though Agnes gained somewhat owing to this mishap, 

 Azalea led by more than the time she had to give, 4m. 48s., at the 

 turn. (>n the way hom« Azalea gaiued siill more, flnallv winning 

 by 14m. elapsed, and 8m. 36s. corrected. Mr. E. A. Willard sailed 

 Azalea. A match has been made between her and Viator, the 

 Burgess keel schooner, f«r June 14, and one for the same date be- 

 tween the schooners Elfin and Leona. 



QUAKER CITY Y. C— PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



A cruise down the Delaware was made on Friday, the flagship 

 Helen leading. The fleet included: Schooners-Flossie, Rear- 

 Com. Brcreton Pratt; Arathusa, Capt. IT. F. Smith. Sloops - 

 Kathleen, Cant? J. J. Murphv; Nannie, Capt. K. K. Neff, Jr.; 

 Agnes, Capr. L. K. Orurap. Yawls— Alice, Cant. C. H. Brock; 

 Playmate, Capt. J. J. Dull. The s^eam yachts Lillie, Oapt. Geo. 

 de B. Keim, and Lagonda, Capt. S. H. Austin. It is proposed to 

 sail several down-river races during the season, starting off 

 Gloucester and finishing about 30 miles down the Delaware. 



Excelsior Y. C— This young club, started this spring at Forty" 

 third street. S< iuth Brooklyn, sailed its first rpiratta OH Friday' 

 the winners being Black Duck, the Ella. S., the Prickly Hear, the 

 Maud I, and the Dot. In the evening a dance was given at th 

 new club house. The club has now thirty-eight members, thb 

 •officers bein*?: Com., J. J. Smedley; Vice-Coin., B, T. Smcdlev; 

 Rear-Corn., Z. L. Noraiu; Sec : y, Wm. Iveson; Recording Sec'y, C. 

 M. Iveson; Treas,, G. Lebold, and Mea3., Hugh Graham. 



Portland Y. C— The following yachts of the Portland Y. C. took 



night the fleet was at Boothbay. 



Essex Y. C.— This club has lately established itself at Bayonne, 

 tne members mostly living in Newark. On Friday the fleet Bailed 

 to Perth Amboy and back. 



Tonka* Corinthian Y. C— The fleet sailed to Fort Lee, where 

 all dined together on shore. A reception was held in the evening 

 at the club house. 



New Haven Y. C— This club opened the season with a short 

 cruise to Brantford Point, returning in the afternoon. 



Bay View Y. C, Boston.— The yachts of the Bay View Y. C. made 

 a short cruise on Friday, carrying a number of guests. 



Pavonia Y. C.— This club sailed its first race on Friday around 

 Fort Lafayette, starting near Liberty Island. Leader won the 

 Furman cup. 



Jersey City Y. C— This club enjoyed its usual squadron sail 

 ■down the Bay, returning to dinner at the club house. 



Yorkville Y. C— The annual regatta was started but failed for 

 lack of wind, and will be sailed on June 8. 



Sing Sing Y. C— The race of Friday failed for lack of wind. 



ST. LAWRENCE RIVER SKIFF CHAMPIONSHIP. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



If you will allow me a few lines of your valuable space, I would 

 like to refer Mr. A. Bain, of Clayton, N. Y r ., to a letter written by 

 Mm and published in your issue of Dec. 13, 1889. 



In that letter Mr. Bain claimed for the St. Lawrence River 

 Skiff, Canoe and Sceam Launch Co., of Clayton, N. Y, the cham- 

 pion sailing skiff of the St. Lawrence River: but Mr. Bain forgot 

 or could not state where the Clayton skiffs won this title, when 

 they won it, from whom, and with what skiff they won it. Last 

 year the Yukwa, built by Messrs. Sauvc Bros.,' of Brock ville. 

 Canada, won the championship cup offered by the Lake St. Louis 

 C.C. for sailing skiffs; later in the season the Yukwa was 

 matched against the crack Prescott skiff and defeated her, and 

 on Nov. 7 the Yukwa sailed aeainst the champion Gananoque 

 skiff, and over a ten-mile course won hy Ora. 



I might here state that on May 24j 1889, I saw this same Gana- 

 uoque skiff defeat at Prescott the skiff that was sent from Clayton. 

 The record of the Yukwa for 1889 was 12 firsts and 1 second place 

 for 13 starts, and she sailed against all ski ffs on the St. Lawrence 

 that ever challenged her. The Clay 1 on men kept very quiet while 

 these contests were being sailed, but as soon as the river froze 

 over and a race was no longer possible Mr. Bain claimed, on paper, 

 the championship of tho St. Lawrence. 



On May 24, Clayton sent several of the so-called "champion" 

 skiffs to Prescott, to compete in the skiff regatta. Sauve, of Brock - 

 yille, sent two, the Chocktaw and Muriel. The Choctaw took the 

 lead at the start and never during the race, which was three 

 times round a 4 mile triangle, was she in danger of losing the 

 "race. She finished 6m. ahead of the Pearl, of Gananoque, the 

 second boat, while none of the Clayton skiffs were placed. 



On the following Monday, the Onoway, of Clayton, was among 

 Ithe 19 starters at Gananoque, and also the Choctaw, of Brook- 

 ville. Th* race was about 14 miles, and the Choctaw finished 3m. 

 ahead of the second boat, a Gananoque craft, but was ruled out 

 •on a protest entered hy the Onoway for a claimed foul of a Kings- 

 ton boat. The Onoway finished fifth, but was given third place 

 iby the ruling out of the Choctaw and Cyclone. 



The Choctaw is 23ft. long by 4ft. beam, and I now challenge, 

 through your paper, any skiff on the River St. Lawrence or lakes, 

 not larger than she, to a race over a neutral course, for $2511 to 

 $ 1,000 a side and the championship of the St. Lawrence. 



This challenge is particularly meant for Mr. Bain. If he wishes 

 to accept t bis challenge, I will meet him any time up to June 13, 

 in either Clayton or Gananoque and draw up agreements, etc. 



If Mr. Bain does not accept this challenge I would like him to 

 answer the questions asked above, and also state why he will not 

 accept. Frank P. Jones. 



Gananoque, Canada, June 2. 



LAUNCH OF THE SAMOA. — Messrs. A. M. Robertson & Sons 

 this morning launched from their yard Mr. M. Jarvis's new cut- 

 ter Samoa. A Times reporter was permitted to examine the boat 

 before the launch, and was surprised and pleased at the excellence 

 of the workmanship, which is quite equal to that seen on Cl\ de- 

 built boats. The Samoa was built by the Messrs. Robertson from 

 her owner's design. She is intended for the 80ft. corrected lensrth 

 .elaes, her dimensions being: Load waterlme 27ft. 6in., beam 8ft. 

 i6in., draft 6ft, length over all 40ft., sail area. (S. O. Y. C. rule) 

 l,056sq. ft. The racing or corrected length wtll be 29.98ft. At first 

 sight I he boat presents a peculiar aspect to fresh-water sailors, 

 her long, drawn-out overhanging ends and straight she' r having 

 (hitherto been seen only among the modern racers on salt water. 

 Her forefoot is also cut away more than we have been accus- 

 tomed to, but all these are indicative of the advancement and 

 progress which is being made in yacht-building on the lakes. 

 The Samoa is of an entirely new construction, the idea originat- 

 ing with Mr. Jarvis. Instead of having a lead keel bolted on to a 

 keelson, the boat is built on a steel trough, to which the frames 

 and garboard are bolted. This trough is in the shape of the ordi- 

 nary lead keel, and steel floors strapping the heels of the 

 frames together prevent any possibility of its working. In addi- 

 tion to the floors several steel bulkheads give enormous strength 

 to the structure. In this trough the lead ballast is placed. The 

 advantages claimed by Mr. Jarvis for this construction are that 

 the great weight is where it will do most good, and the fact that 

 the ballast can be removed at will, which is a consideration when 

 ;hauliog the boat out of the water. The boat is also new in her 

 =outside finish, the hull below the copper line being simply oiled 

 .and varnished, while the topside 9 are painted hlaek, with'a gold 

 :8 tripe and gilt carving on the bow. All the blocks and ironwork 

 were imported from Boston, and are very neat and bright. The 

 deck finishings are of cherry. Although the cabin is not quite 

 finished, sufficient has been done to show that every inch of space 

 will be taken advantage of. The main cabin is 8£t. long, and con- 

 tains two berths. At the forward end of this is a covered wash- 

 stand on the port side and cellarette on the starboard. There are 

 also a number of clothes lockers. The sail loclcer and room for 

 hanging oilskins is under the cockpit. Forward of the cabin is a 

 stateroom containing two berths and clothes lockers, while the 

 forecastle is a marvel of compactness, containing a large icebox, 

 dish racks, a buuk, and stove for either coal or wooa. In the 

 cabin is 6ft. of head room and a good width of floor. Wo congrat- 

 ulate Mr. Jarvis and the Messrs Robertson on the product of their 

 laoor, and hope that the boot will carry the colors of the H. Y. C. 

 to the front. Experts do not express their opinions, but appear to 

 regard her a likely looking crwtt. Mr. Jarvis expects toinKehis 

 trial trip on Saturday atternoon."— Ham ilton Evening Times. 



SOUTH BOSTON Y. O.-The South Boston Y. C. has arranged 

 for a series of hops, tn be given at the club house on the following 

 dates: Juue 20, July 10, Aug. 1, Aug. 28. "Ladies' day" will be 

 celebrat >d by a review and a hop on June 26, and on the evening 

 of July 31, the members will go on their annual moonlight sail. 



IVERNA AND THE THAMES MATCHES.— The chief event 

 pf the opening matches of the British racing season has naturally 

 been the performance of the new Jameson cutter Iverna, which 

 8hUa fat has not been promising. The first match on May 28, the 

 Royal London, brought Thistle in 7rn. ahead of the Iverna and 

 lxm. ahead of Valkyrie; Iverna not using her board. Next day in 

 the Royal Thames in a moderate breeze Iverna led for some time, 

 but after a bout to windward Thistle, headed her, finishing 5m. 7s. 

 ahead, or 3m. 37s. over her allowance to Iverna. Yarana was hut 

 Gut. 53s. astern of Thistle, thus taking first prize. Valkvrietook 

 the ground and was thus delayed. Next day in the New Thames 

 mutch Iverna withdrew just after the start. Saturday's race of 

 the Royal Thames Y. C, Nore to Dover, was a handicap, Mohawk 

 wmumg, with Vaoduara second. In the Royal Cinque Ports re- 

 gatta, of Monday, a 50-mile course in a good breeze, the times were: 

 Iverna (2d prize) 3:49:08, Thistle 3:56:011, Valkyrie 3:59:42, Yarana 

 (1st prize) 4:01:44. Valkyrie was but 7s. behind Iverna on corrected 

 time. It is entirely too won yet to Bay how the new boat, will turn 

 out, as the Richardson Ivats as a rule do much better after a few 

 months. On Tuesday the Channel race of the same club was 

 sailed, from Dover around a mark off Boulogne and hack, in a 

 strong S.W. wind, Thistle winning as follows: Thistle 4:15:48, 

 Iverna 4:23:16, Valkyrie 4:36:18, Wendur 4:50:59, Yarana 4:57:50. A 

 cable dispatch gives the official dimensions of Iverna as follows: 

 Rating, 116 62; l.w.l. length, 83.«J".fr.; draft, 13ft,; beam 19ft.: sail 

 area. S.y^sq.ft. The centerboard drops 6ft., and the area of main- 

 sail is 3,830-o.ft. 



IDLE WILD CLUB.— Jamaica Bay, May 31.— The Idlewild Club 

 regatta was sailed on May 31 for the prizes given by George- Creed, 

 Esq., a handsome silver pitcher and cup for the winner of cat- 

 boat class and a silver bowl for sharpie class. Alice Mav, Autina 

 aud Blonde passed the wrong side of the stakeboat and'were dis- 

 qualified: 



CATBOATS. 



„ , . ' Length. Start. Finish. 



Hattie, F. Finley 19.00 5 17 10 Not fin. 



Nellie, R Guage 18.01 5 16 55 6 02 03 



A. Quinn, Cooger 15.00 5 18 05 6 12 10 



Ada, Tnff 19.03 5 21 55 6 13 25 



Helen S., Ward 23.04 5 17 25 5 59 SO 



Alice May, II. P.igby 23.04 Disqualified. 



Autina, O'Donohue 18 02 Disqualified. 



Blonde, Googer 19.04 Disqualified. 



SHARPIES. 



Tacy, J. Parrot 15.09 5 21 55 6 30 10 



Mary M , B. Shaw 16.08 5 23 45 6 09 53 



Americus, D. Van Winkle 16.10 5 22 00 6 06 50 



Lassie, Sperry 14.11 5 26 00 6 26 33 



Helen S. takes the prize in her class, and Americus in hers. 



WENDUR.— The following account of recent changes in the 

 yawl Wendur is of special interest, as she is the present, holder of 

 the Cape May Cup: "Mr. West has decided, aided by Mr. Wat- 

 son's ad-vice, to adopt the rig of a pole-masted yawl this season. 

 Much top hamper and weight wiU be saved by the absence of 

 yoke, cap, orosstrees, blocks, backstays, etc. Of course, in light 

 airs the want will be felt of the loftier topsails, but in lower sail 

 breezes, especially with a reaching wind, the Wendur may be ex- 

 pected, should the chance offer, to excel the performance of last 

 year, when she accomplished the distance of fifty miles over the 

 Boulogne course under four hours and a quarter. The mainsail, 

 of cotton, will be laced to the boom, which has been reduced liu. 

 in girth. The bottom has been coated with the ■'International" 

 composition, which was experimented upon on the Wendur last 

 year, and found so satisfactory that Mr. West has resolved to 

 give the composition a fair trial this season. Relow the saloon 

 and cabins have been thoroughly renovated by Messrs. Holland, 

 of London. Samuel Randall will, as before, sail her, aud is mak- 

 ing every effo't to be ready for the Royal Loudon match on Wed- 

 nesday. The Wendur will be raced through the season, taking 

 part in the Irish, Scotch, and South Coast regattas."— Meld. 



A MATTER OF MEASUREMENT. — The usually calm and 

 quiet basin of the Atlantic Y. C. has been stirred to its lowest 

 depths dnring the past week over the measurement of Minerva. 

 She was measured in the basin one day last week by Measurer 

 Hy slop, her owner bring present, and with dry sails and in still 

 water her length was found to he just 40ft. Mr. Carroll deter- 

 mined to trim off as much as was possible from the stem before 

 Thursday's race, and Lawler's railway at Clifton was engaged for 

 Friday. Meanwhile the owner of a rival '10, whose yacht had just 

 been measured lj^in. over her class, called for a new measurement 

 of Minerva on the ground that two of her crew had held her bow- 

 sprit down while she was being measured. On Friday Been was 

 still on Lawler's ways, not yet fully coppered, so Minerva could 

 not haul there. It was determined to lighten her by tearing out 

 the after cabin, which is finished in oak. and this was done on 

 Monday at Wintringham's. On Tuesday she was remeasured in 

 the presence of a volunteer committee stat ioned on the bulkhead. 

 She was found to be nearly 2in. inside of 40ft. On Wednesday 

 she hauled out at Wintringham's to scrub bottom. The interest- 

 ing question just now is, bow many 40-footers are not over 40ft.? 

 Choctaw and Mariquita were both out at Wintringham's on Tues- 

 day, aud by dint of careful dubbing on the stems are probably on 

 the safe side. 



A SOUVENIR OF THE MOHAWK.— By the kind consent of 

 the Commissioner of Navigation, those two ancient tubs, the 

 Castleton and D. R. Martin, so well-known to all yachtsmen 

 who ever visited Staten Island, are to be permitted to renew their 

 youth under new names. The latter craft, familiarlv known as 

 Dr. Martin, will henceforth masquerade as the Howard Carroll, 

 while the Castleton has been rechristened by the significant 

 name of Mohawk. The boat was owned by Com. Garner at the 

 time of the horrible capsize of his yacht Mohawk, in 1876, and 

 she was at once despatched to Stapleton, took the sunken yacht 

 in tow and landed her on the flats at the mouth of the "Kills, 

 where she was pumped out at low water and the bodies of Com. 

 and Mrs. Garner, with their friends, were recovered. The identy 

 of the yacht has long since been lost in the Coast Survey schooner 

 Eagre, and there can be no good object in perpetuating her un- 

 fortunate memory at this late day. 



QUEEN CITY Y. C. CRUISE, MAY 24.-The cruise of the Queen 

 City Y. C, of Toronto, to Port Credit on the Queen's birthday 

 was started at 10:05 A. M. with 8 yachts, Swan, Caprice, Mischief, 

 Nellie G. aud Enid in the 25ft. class, and Rambler, Elsie and Ex- 

 celsior in the skiff class. There was a strong breeze and some 

 sea, the open skiffs, which carried racing rigs, coming to giief. 

 Enid carried away the jaws of spinaker boim, causing the sail to 

 jibe and rolling her over until she filled. Rambler was rolled 

 over when near Port Credit piers, and Els e swamped in the effort 

 to help her. Thev were aided by boats from the shore. Mischief 

 won, with Nellie G. second, while Excelsior was the only skiff to 

 finish. 



YAMA.— The new Fife cutter at Wintringham's yard will be 

 christened Yama. She will be launched in a couple of weeks, a 

 pair of ponloons b' ing bolted under her to float her through the 

 canal between Troy aud Oswego. She is a small edition of Min- 

 erva, and promises to be equally handsome. She has been de- 

 layed somewhat by the marine glue famine that has prevailed of 

 late in New York and Boston, the manufacturers not having filled 

 orders placed several months since. Reltef is promised by a 

 steamer now due from London, but the New York agent reports 

 30 orders on his books for the glue. 



NEW YACHTS.— Mr. J. M. Forbes, owner of the steam yacht 

 Shearwater, has commissioned Mr. Burgess to design him a 

 steamer of 140ft. l.w.l. and 25ft. beam ...Lawley & Son are at 

 work on anew 30 of their own design for Mr. Wilkinson, former 

 owner of the Elf.. A small cutter named Viking is building by 

 Collins, of Philadelphia, for Prof. Koenig, of the University of 

 Pennsylvania. She is 24ft. Sin. over all, 17ft. l.w.l., 6ft. bf>am and 

 4ft. draft... The new Burgess hoat building at Cooper's Point by 

 Beckett for Mr M. R. Muckle, Jr., has been christened the J. S. M. 

 She is 31ft. 9m. over all, 28ft. l.w.l.. lift. lOin. beam. 



CHANGES OF OWNERSHIP.— Rajah, cutter, has been sold bv 

 H. W. Eaton to Walter Hubbard, treasurer of Seawanhaka O. Y. 

 C — Vangie, cat, has been sold by Tucker Daland to H. G. Pea- 

 bopy.. ..Bantam, cutter, has been sold by Dr. W. M. Jameson to 

 A.H.Davenport... Nerena, cat, has been sold by R. Saltonstall 

 to W. C. Loring . .Vera, cutter, has been sold by J. F. Randall to 

 Gideon Lull — Wyandotte, steam yacht, has been sold by A. H. 

 Davenport to the Massachusetts Biological Laboratory at Wood's 

 Holl. 



VOLUNTEER is again in commission. Her bottom has been 

 thoroughly scraped and painted and her bulwarks renewed. 

 About 30 .rivets were replaced in the hull. A movable cockpit 

 has been fitted to the deck, and some minor alterations have been 

 made below. 



CORINTHIAN NAVY.— The following gentlemen are proposed 

 for membership: Peter C. Ritchie, Jr., H. F. Morgan, W. Cham- 

 berlain, Jr., W. F. Salter, Thos. Riddle, W. R. Biugham, C. H. 

 Chapman, A, W. Chapman, F, R. Livingston, Joseph Gill. 



A STOLEN YACHT.— A number of yachtsmen were in the 

 Court of General Sessions yesterday to attend the trial of Charles 

 Leonard, who is charged witu stealing tne sloop-vac ht Irene. 



nected, belongs in Dednam, Mass. He hired a rowboat on the 

 Harlem River, rowed around through Spuvten Duyvi) Creek into 

 the North River, where the Irene was lying at One Hundred and 

 Fifty-second street. He went aboard, cast the rowboat adrift and 

 sailed down the bay, intending to go to Boston by the outside 

 route. He got some way down the coast when darkness set in 

 and brought with it a squall which compelled him to drop the 

 sails. He was drifting along when a steamer's crew saw the 

 yacht and took her in tow to Boston, where Leonard cut the line 

 aud sailed away. He was arrested in Gloucester Harbor, where 

 he had painted the hull of the boat black, her deck vellow. 

 and her cabin top a bright red. Her name was altered to the Lou. 

 1 be. only explanation the prisoner gave was a rambling yam about 

 a stranger named Ward roeetine him in South Brooklyn, and 

 hiring him to take the yacht to Boston, and sailing with him only 

 as far as I ort Hamilton. "You are about the most impudent thief 

 I have ever seen," said the Recorder. "I notice that the meanest 

 thieves we have here come from Massachusetts." He wa3 re 

 manded for sentence.— World, Man 



FOR SALE.— A number of very good boats of the 40ft. class that 

 have been left behind ii-oru a racing standpoint in the very rapid 

 rush of improvement are now for sale, though as far as we can 

 learn all are held at good prices. Among them are Verena Xara 

 Baboon, Alice, Pappoose, Alice and Tomahawk. All are new and 

 well built, and save in tne matter of draft would make excellent 

 boats for any purpose but racing. 



HAMILTON Y. C.-The cruising race on May #4 from Hamilton 

 to toronto, SQ miles, was spoiled by a fog and rough weather com- 

 bined. While wings won, nut was 10 hours on the course. Condor 

 lost her topmast and Cygnet her bowsprit. Ten yachts started. 



HELEN, Mr. Prince's 40, towed around to New York, arrived on 

 Tuesday. She has evidently been much improved, and her owner 

 deserves to win for his pluck in sticking to his boat in spite of 

 considerable hard luck and not a little ridicule last season. 



THETIS.— On Memorial Day the sloop Thetis, Mr. P. V. Steven- 

 son, was in collision off Lam's Point with the tug R. J. Moran 

 losing bowsprit, stem and all headgear, the tug having her cabin 

 damaged. Tne tug towed the yachc to City Island. 



IREX CUTTER; KRETCHETTE, YAWL,— The identity of the 

 famous Irex is entirely lost with her conversion to the yawl rig 

 and the change of name to Kretchette. Her new owner, Count 

 Stroganoff, will use her in the Baltic. 



A FIRE IN A YACHT YARD,— On May 30 a very destructive 

 hrc occurred in the yards of Black & Co., formerly Hatcher's, 

 and of Payne & Son. One new yacht was burned and a number 

 of new and old craft seriously injured*. 



TIGRESS.— This name has been given to the new Ellsworth 

 boat building at Lawley 's. She is 45ft. over all, 34ft. 7in. l.w 1 

 13ft. Tin. beam, oft. draft without board. She will join the fleet 

 of the Atlantic Y. C. 



F. 



13ft 



carries a schooner rig. 



PHANTOM.— This new 10-rater, designed by Mr. Watson, is but 

 7ft. llin. beam on 35ft. l.w.l. Should she meet Decima in the 

 South, the contest will be very interesting, as Decima is over 

 2ft. wider. 



COOPER'S POINT Y. C— After some discussion it was decided 

 to admit only the four boats which completed th*> recent Reedy 

 Island race for the Rinsey challenge cup on June 17. 



VREDA, Com. Bosworth's 20-rater, has put back to Falmouth 

 having lost her bowsprit. Htid after replacing it and shipping a 

 new crew she sailed for Halifax. 



SHONA, Admiral Tweed's little cutter, is now fitting out at the 

 Corinthian Basin, in charge of Capt. Morris, once skipper of the 

 20-ton ner Lenore, Clara's rival. 



ILEEN, Mr. Frederick Gebhardt's cutter, is now out on Law- 

 ler's railway, at Clifton, Staten Island, for new copper. She is 

 nearly ready for the season. 



SARACEN, sloop, was in collision with the sand barge Sarah, 

 losing bowsprit, figurehead and headgear. She was towed to 

 City Island. 



PHILADELPHIA MODEL Y. O.-This club sailed two good 

 races on Memorial Day, on the Centennial Lake in Fairmont 



VENTURA, Mr. Foster's new 40, will receive a new mast, the 

 present one being too light. Rosalind will also have a new mast. 



LACED MAINSAILS.— Creole, Deerhound, Wendur and Vat- 

 duara have been fitted with laced mainsails this spring. 



MOCCASIN.— This very good name has been chosen for Mr. 

 Morgan's new 40-footer. 



CREOLE.— This new Watson 40 is about 59ft. 6in. l.w.l. by 13ft, 

 3in. beam. 



PURITAN is out at the Fairhavffn marine railway for cleaning. 



Small Yachts. By C. P. Kimhardt. Price $7. Steam Yachts and 

 Launches. By C. P. Kunhardt. Price $3. Yachts, Bouts and 

 Canoes. By C. StansfieLd-HUilts. Pt ice $3.58. Steam Maehineru. Bv 

 Donaldson. Price $1.60. " 



Jjtwswer L 8 ta Correspondents. 



j^P" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



Readeh, Rockland, Me.— I have a, setter 8 months old which is 

 a very promising dog, hut is inclined to he. gun shv. Can I'break 

 him of it and how? Ans. "Training vs. Breaking" gives instruc- 

 tions upon this point that have proved successful in a large num- 

 ber of cases. For sale at this office, price 81. 



H., Gookstown, Ont.— 1. Is there an American standard for 

 cocker spaniels? 2. If so, where can I procure a copy? 3. Would 

 the fact of a cocker having dew claws on his hindfeet take any 

 points off his chance of wiuuing at a bench show? 4. Is it com- 

 pulsory that a dog having won four first prizes must be entered 

 in the champion class, when there is such a class, or is it optional 

 with five dog's master to enter hit#ei1her in theopeu or champion 

 classes? Ans. 1. Yes. 2. Write to A. C. Wilmerding, 163 Broad- 

 way, New York. 3. No. 4. The rufe is compulsory. 



Cuoniata, Thompson town, Pa— Kindly tell me if any species 

 of the cup plant, of tne tropical countries, occurs in the Middle 

 Atlantic Slates? What is the probable name of a bird, some- 

 what smaller than a robin, haying black plumage, save a red 

 band running from it, including head, to tail? Ans. 1. We arc 

 not sure what you mean by cup plant. There are one or two 

 species of pitcher-plant, found commonly in the swamps of the 

 Middle Atlantic States. (See Gray's "Manual of Botany.") We 

 have collected them in Massachusetts, Connecticut and New 

 York. 2. Your description of the bird is too vague. Give us fur- 

 ther details or send a specimen. 



C. P. H., Broken Bow, Neb.— A bird of a species unknown in 

 this locality was wounded and captured by a former in this city 

 May 10. The description as near as 1 could obtain it is as follows- 

 Bill about lj^in. in length, transparent red with dark band run- 

 ning transversely back from tip, curved slightly downward 

 Head black or very dark slate. Neck, breast, hellv and tail pure 

 white. Back aud wing coverts dove colored. Wing tips speckled 

 black and white. Eyes color bright haae), a narrow rim of white 

 feathers surrounding same, the lids red. Legs inahogauy or deep 

 wine colored. Feet webbed, length lulu., extent 38in. Wings 

 when folded crossing each oi her at root of tail. It is evidently a 

 species of gull, but unlike the common sea gull of pure white, 

 which is plentiful among our small lakes. The bird seemed tired, 

 as if from a long journey, and must have been tiaveliug alone, as 

 no mate was seen. It was not timid, and ate freely from i he hand. 

 It died, from no apparent cause, three days alter it was captured 

 Will you kindly classify it for us and give us the range in which 

 it is commonly founo? Ans. This is probably a blackheaded gull, 

 but it may be Bonaparte's gull, or possibly a tern of some species. 

 We cannot positively identify it frprn such a general description. 



