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Tf ™ L ^^Fi E K F£ R s ^.^.-Editor Forest and Stream: 

 T a wr»^ » o . already become sick and disgusted with the St. 

 Lawrence ftiyer skiff sailing controversy, I will ask for your Cor - 

 e^? oe a nd space enough to reply to the questions of D. A. Poe, 

 secretary or the St. Lawrence Y. C, in a former i*<um n« wolf 

 as the Sail and Paddle also Mr. Frank P. Jones' qTstlonlnd cbS 

 feSSf 1 „ n , yom '.^ sue v° t June "- Mr. Poe asks, "Where, when and 

 fWon »H(r th „L Cham P 1 °T ll ! p , for ?klff saUin e was won by the 

 S™ y ^ n £ lff ' ? n , r ? Particularly hy one particular build." I aus- 

 JEM* 11 * 0 ? • talk , ?^ out ? L Lfiw rence Kiver skiff sailing we re- 

 ™™r f ? nS Ji- ng yklff9 with foldiu S centreboards, and tlTe novel 

 tT^L handling them without the use of a rudder, and guiding 

 them as practiced by the St. Lawrence River oarsmen, and which 

 ?h 0 c ;1 f° J ? lu g b ' ntere st and afforded so much amusement for 

 Visitors to the St. Lawrence River, and called out the able article 

 and illustration furnished by Frank H. Taylor, of Philadelphia 

 m V w^in h ^%i Vr ^% F an - d lover ° f aquatic sports) f lr the Mechanical 

 n ,? d af t Rr ( war d? copied by uearly every scientific 

 5,!^ m Canada and the United States. In that article he 

 credited Clayton with the origin and championship of this novel 

 r?o,.^ t * r08t " Jg w . ay of , mani 'K' n g a boat. Since that time the 

 BVfifntWr'f? bave had a standing challenge out for all and 

 tu W i I I a ° 0t Qalun £8kiffs to sail them under those rules 

 fit i i er mone ?\ Tue only boat that ever came to terms 

 S«h a ™ atonr ,aoo, was a Gananoque boat sailed by "RUly" Stone, 

 m»^h a i- b 2 at W8S S 'k bad y bea J en tlla tshe never came out in a 

 Sw tw^ again .^ P ur boats have entered every race of their 

 ^ hat ll we cou 1 l o near of ^r h , ere they would be admitted, and 

 Bmnvlm 0ut , o "° rac f s - We nave always been barred from the 

 wrockvi He and Prescott races on account of the length of our 

 ih^\, !l^ y T ' eve i* eut , ere d a, » r of ours because they thought 

 lSrinJ? a H ™w J 00 8 ? or i *.° compete successfully with ours, 

 besides, our rules do not, admit of the use of a rudder, nor of any 

 oars or paddles in boat. Mr. Wallace, of Montreal, admitted the 

 superiority of: our boats when he gave Messrs Sauve Bros, an order 

 S£«J??« Ja ?' ^- ud r « ra arked that he "hoped it would be fast 

 ?r U0 1£ t" 6La hl?n t0 carry out hls long cherished idea of cross- 

 ing the line and giving battle to the Yankees." We were <•> al- 

 lied to a race on Chautauqua Lake last summer byBastVeu, 

 a Canadian builder; we accepted and beat him 30 minutes in a 2d 

 f; "^, Our boats tried to get. into t he Brock vi lie races on.luiy 

 1 1S88, but were barred on account of their extra length. ' Every 

 i^l ^,*t er of any ( note ' iu peaking of the Clayton skiffs, gave 

 them credit tor being the fastest sailing craft of their class on an v 

 waters; and m fact, they have never yet been successfully beaten. 

 we 1P11 ot h i i!- rescott and Uananoque, in which we wore defeated, 

 \veie not sliiff races, but large canoe races, and the winning boat 

 was a canoe shell without either bulkheads or mast tubes of no 

 use whatever except racing. She could not stand up alone' with- 

 out some ot her crew in her. Till last year, we never made any 

 pretenses in canoe sailing; have only been building such craft a 

 little over one year, still our canoes made good record in all the 

 races they entered last year, and so far this year. I Inclose Mr! 

 £• „ A ay »r ? ar pcle on "The St. Lawrence River Skitf" taken 

 from the Mechanical Wem, and would be glad to see it reproduced 

 m your paper, if you can spare the space, and think it would be of 

 sufficient interest to your readers. In regard to Mr. Jones' chal- 

 lenge, it is perfectly absurd to talk of matching his shell against 

 our open fishing skiffs. It would be just as consistent for Hanlon 

 to come along with his shell and challenge one of our oarsmen to 

 row him a race in a fishing skiff, or for an expert bicycle rider to 

 challenge a pedestrian to run a race. We are at present racing 

 no boats except our fishing skiffs, and two heavy, staunch large 

 decked sailing canoes, and although the latter are good sailors 

 and can sad all around Yukwa, the boat that created such a 

 sensation m Canada last, fall, they cannot compete with the shell 

 Mr. Jones has now, for that is all sheis; although she is 4ft. beam 

 sue is so light she cannot stand up alone with her spar* Mr' 

 Jones is an expert in Handling that kind of a boat, and his crew 

 is just as good as he is. They are practicing all the time, so they 

 are thoroughly trained together, where our men have no trainlne 

 whatever with that kind of a rig. Still, we will accept his chal- 

 lenge and match one of our boats against his machine and sail the 

 race at Clayton under the Clayton rules of skiff sailim'. Accord- 

 ing to established rules, we believe the challenged party has the 

 privilege ot naming the place and rules und<-r which the race will 

 be sailed. We will be. ready to meet Mr. Jones here in Clayton 

 a ^ tl SL tha + \ SU fi S ? 1 % c011V6n i eB S e - alld £ m sail the race any 

 to N { Jime!l) August, 1890.-A. Bain, Manager (Clay- 



ST. LAWRENCE Y. C, JUNE U.-The second of the St. Law- 

 rence Y. C. ski.t series races was sailed on Saturday afternoon in 

 a strong breeze trom the northeast, the boats starting under 

 double reefs. The gun was tired at 4:10, the start being in *tlw fol- 

 lowing Q.der: First Class Skiffs-Freyja, W. J. Wallac; Gal- 

 lagher, C Saunderson; Allie, R. M. Linton; Marguerite, W S 

 E&ustonj ^Vagabond, A. Refold. Second Class— Tramp, J. C. C 

 Almon; Black Fly, H. Simuu; Dixio, R. B. Kenrick. Marguerite 

 Vagabond and Dixie were sadly handicapped at the start. From 

 the nm h reyja went away from the fleet. Gallagher got a fairly 

 good start, and was headed only by Freyja during the race. Dixie 

 ^ 0 ^ d H UP , thl ' 0U f Q the ftVle, and was the four h boat 



across the line. In the first class Freyja finished at 5'P. M. hav- 

 ing sailed the course, five miles, in 50m. Gallagher was second at 

 5:10, and Marguerite third at 5:10:10. In the second class Dixie 

 was first at 5:11:15; Black Fly second, 5:14; Tramp third. Freyja 

 ard Dixie have, therefore, won two legs each in their respective 

 classes, and as there are only three races in the skiff series, this 

 V r u . : ' e V, u) ^ hem tae championship skiff pennants for the year 

 mm, like Freyja, is a Sauye, and she is the new boat of the year 



WSS& erat SbC 18 17ft ' by 43i "" and 18 a v - y *«* T «* I 



„ Q ?? 0 R , rN ^ I r IAN 1( N 4, VY -- Staten Tslaad Sound Squadron re- 

 gatta, hold June 14. Course off Sewareu, N. J. Sowaren is on the 

 Jersey shore, opposite Staten Island and about 3 miles north of 

 Perth Atnboy. Distance, 5 miles, sailed over t«nce. Weather, a 

 shower soon alter star! and then cleared up. Wind, good Bl 

 from! B Me'* UP jU3t a °° Ut tbG time 0f tbe slart ' blowing 

 Ct,ASS A — OATS. 



Nankit.T. W. Hawkins.... » 3» f» Wl& 



Spray, S. E Tattle ^0.02 3 20 00 5 39 58 1 10 58 2 15 42 



h oam, C. F. Hicks 20.06 3 17 10 5 45 47 2 28 37 2 2819 



D m „ CLASS II — CATS. 



Bon Ton, E M. Post 18.00 3 1(3 33 5 15 59 1 59 46 1 52 44 



Playmate,. Ph. C. Stls .19.10 3 10 21 5 20 38 2 10 17 2 f)5 01 



5 45 40 2 30 07 2 21 55 



35 57 2 28 45 



Merry Maid, L. A. Comacho 17.04 3 15 33 5 45 40 

 See-A-Eye, C. A. Ingalls, Jr.. 18. 00 3 17 28 5 52 25 



tit o c -r ^, CLASS C— CATS. 



Madge S J. Stull 15.06 3 10 16 5 40 42 2 25 26 2 13 13 



Undine, R. Claroson 16.00 3 10 20 Did not finish. 



. T , „,. CLASS A— JIB AND MAINSAIL. 



Maggie E„ Chas. Tice 22.00 3 17 30 5 39 00 2 21 30 2 20 17 



T ,. , „ CLASS B— -Illi AND MAINSAIL. 



Kidney (Jure, W Watts 10.00 3 17 43 5 33 43 2 10 00 2 07 48 



I here was no class in sloops. 



Tv^'fl n ? rs o, of P ri ?es-(^lass A, catboats-Nankit. Class B— Bon 

 Ton first. Playmate second. Class C -Madge S. Jib and niain- 

 ,ail-Pnze for type, Kidney Cure. Bon Ton actually won t hree 

 pi lzes-a handsome salver for boat making best corrected time 

 hnst ?™ e V a ? art|st ' lu salver (with peacock tray) for boat making 

 best corrected time in her own type (cat), and a cup for boat 

 making best corrected time in her class. The last nanied prizes 

 hoM°^tr D ™ t ^? r0g ? amme , 0f the regatta, went to second 

 noat m her class it the winner also won first in her type. Play, 

 mate was ; second in Class. B. and the. cup therefore went to her. 

 * ?Sl 1 ft« won tvvo pr i zes nel: - Maggie lost 3m. through a foul 

 with one ot the many craft watching the race. She wotlld have 

 ISf tn J T^' '' e , r owner ha Y lng B, ; artL ' <1 early with little or no bal- 

 ast, thinking there would bo no breeze; but a strong breeze came 

 u & ReKatta committee, R- H. Desmond (chairman), Chas. Tice 

 t IL1"\ S - n" Hawkins. Judges, R. H. Desmond, of Rah way, N. J.; 

 Judge A D Brown, of Sewaren, N. J.; Frank Bowne Jones, of 

 New York, fcleet Captain Corinthian Navy. Class prizes consisted 

 ot -tips, type, prizes ocnsisted :if artistic card trays standing about 

 ™ , T \ g e °,? e sifmojimed by a peacock, whose feathers, spread 

 n Z , % ■«•>', the other by an owl, the tray being of heavy gold 

 plate. The special prize was a salver. Owing to fog in the early 

 m ining several boats oould. not get down. Forty boats entered. 



Sve&nfa Tthe'raci * he BaV at leaSt 30 boats would 



MONTGOMERY SAILING CLUB.-Fifth regatta, June 15 1890- 



lTghrtTfre n 8 h°eisterly retm " n ' 6 ^ » 



Volunteer.tuckup...." fl^' C °- 1T ~ e - Ct - e - d ' 



^ e . U ^., tu ^up IS 00 1 21 40 



Stianger, sharpie is.QO l 25 20 



Igidmus, tuckup 15.00 i 2o oo 



J. S. Lever, tuckup 15.00 1 27 20 



Katie L., tuckup 15.00 l 31 00 



Iola, ducker 15 00 1 41 02 



Gracie, skiff. . ] .W [Z Zfiffi { % % 



it was a run to the buoy and a beat home, almost dead to wind- 

 ward, requiring about twenty-five tacks to make 2'A miles 



WELL PONE.-Some of the best/ sailing yet done in the 40ft 

 SSa*^^' °/ Mr ' Z* r g™s on Saturday at the wheel of Mara- 

 qmta. The boat was beam if ally handled all day, and the great 

 improvement in her stability, that was the sulfeot of genera 

 comment was due less to the Pecehf, lowering of ller lead than to 

 n^&t£i h m C f" V i IlS and ^aandlmg of the wheel. In the sea 



«i I 52," k ^ he Went * a l 0ng dryer and ea%ier ' and at the 



same time faster, than any of her competitors. 



1 T^h^flT, 116 2? w F l fe cutter Uvira arrived at Halifax on June 

 1/. She left Southampton for Halifax on Way 23, and, after nut - 

 ting back, made the run across from Southampton to Bay Bulls, 

 N. F„ in 18 days. The fastest day's run was 175 miles. 



1 21 20 

 1 21 40 

 1 25 20 

 1 26 00 

 1 27 20 

 1 28 15 

 I 31 00 

 1 31 02 

 1 32 50 



} G RAC £ S --Tbe races on the Sound this year will be 

 8^£*™5$ ^?W0»t annual on July 4; New Rocmelle 

 ?^ e w, l h» i"n ; i ai ff Amer ' can Y " 9- on J«ly 7. The Larchmont 

 lace will be sailed off over the usual courses, the classes being 

 will hT. G aS H tle.sprmg. regatta. The Connor and Gould cub! 

 and ^dmff/UT' n a 4« lt * on f o the cup won by Clara, on June 7, 

 and iedonat« by Dr. Barron. The New Rochelle Y. C. will sail 

 Thpri ^n i U ' aeS ' tke classes being based on waterline length. 

 P r .f n ■ \ i b 1 a 8pecla pri ? e for tQ e mL cla ss. Tne A merican Y . 

 hBinJ?^'" 1 be ° P ?, n fc T ° a11 ri ^ s and classes, the measurement 

 S tne same a8 the Larchmont. The start will be off Milton 

 in^ clubs 6 racssare open t0 yachts enroUed in the Jead- 



^ ™E.RACING."-One of the best compliments that 



H ? P „tt f S rece l Ved ' au 1 oue that is the more striking because 

 is entirely unintentional, may be found in the descriptions of 

 the late races in several of the New York dailies. In these ao- 

 S?^f the ron tests ot the American forties for second and third 

 places are described m detail under such headlines as -'Shamrock 

 4™! 2a tEH Mariquita's Great Race," the fact being en U rely 

 ignored that Minerva had already finished some time before. As 

 a yachtsman remarked. very pithily after seeing the race of Tues- 

 P„i D „ erv ? } s Mt 1 ! n 1t; th e only fun is the lively battle for 

 second place between the mourners astern." 



RSh^S5S&S & fn A -^ 0n Jma ? 28 the ^ewburgh Caooe and 

 Boating Association will sail a race for catboats of 26ft. and under, 

 mean length, oyer a 10-mile course, tbe race being open to all 

 boats between New York and Albany. The regular boat and 

 canoe races of the club will be sailed on the same day 



,iS^^ ABR0AD r Vel ' na is t0 be D auled out and her 

 TWii h.l t» removed, the slot being tilled with lead. 



tr^tt \', 5m l V 1 1 ovef ! to have too s'rong a weather helm, so her bow- 

 ^ ,L i . 6 , len =t hen c d 3tt " Her large clubtopsai) will not be 

 carried, thus keeping her rating at about the present figure, 121. 



^nm^s to (^omngondrnte. 



W No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



Ghe Kav, Troy, N. Y.-Go to Number Four, Chas. Fenton's. 



„„yfj, U ;, S"^ 18 " J effer 8on, O.-The dog mentioned is eligible to 

 registry if the pedigree you send is correct. ci. K iuie 



A. V., Brooklyn, N. y-.-Thc woodcock season in Pennsylvania 

 will open July 4. Pickerel are now in season and Will Te until 



^?^ H -^ We mV no1, k 1?y where Mr - Prince had the good bass 

 fishing. Yofi will do well to go to St. Albans for Vermont bStok 

 bass fishing. It is as sure fishing ground as we can recommend i- 

 Albfns, Vt? ame t0 ' L ' Samson " Lake View House, Bu 



rtS^ife ^ewYork.-Pleaae give, me the definition of a sheddor 

 crab. Ans. In different sections along the coast this term is used 

 to indicate diffcren I 1 ?e s «i ,J, crab's growth Som^iimel a 

 "shedder" is a crab in process of sheddingf thll is, a c?ab whose 

 old shell has already sph t, but has not yet peeled off. This sta-e 

 is also called -buster" and "peeler." In the New York markets^ 

 •shedder" is a crab which has passed the "soft" per^mdt that is 

 has shed its old shell, and whose new shell is hardening Thfs 

 stage is also called "paper-shell" in some sections. emng - 1 Q,s 



E. W. R., Yale College.-I expect to spend next year in France 

 ^n^Ttv" 1 / 11 ?, m me ^efcher it will pay to take a shotgun wfth 

 me or not? Is there any shooting to be had besides a few wildfowl 

 along the coast arid a wild boar or two in the preserves? I have 

 taken La mam tWtSlree, but the contents of a French" Saner is so 

 different from that. of the English and American papere ihatl 

 could not form an opinion from it. Ans. Besides the game men- 

 „ 1 ,?H e ih y , ( ? Umay i hapIK)nu ? on f r( ? od quaU scooting in the autumn, 

 fh, f 1 f re . + har , es and red-legged partridges. If you have a 

 othef country S ° n geaeral Principles, in France or any 



Bl 2L£« K yM '' Ma | 3 --™ you please tell me how to make a 

 sleeping bag, or refer me to some issue of vour paper or some 

 publication where I can get the information? Aus We reorhrt 

 trom a back number: The sleeping bags in ques inn ar fve?v 

 simple and easily made. They are usually oval and oblong and 

 the ordinary size is 6 and 7ft. in length by 3 or 4 wide The 

 bag should be double, the inner one being of the skin selected, and 

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tilht a !honf bM^f ir f V d °- ^£ he occupant can tfe :?ffiag 

 tight about his throat A sleeping bag is an enormous addition 

 to one's comfort in cold weather, and the only objections we have 

 ever heard urged against them is that when the weatlmr is not 

 yery.cold they are too warm for comfort. Obviously the reply to 

 this is that one need not sleep in his bag in warm weather but 

 can spread it under him and cover himself with as few or as many 

 blankets as may suit him. The choice of a skin for an inner ba^ 

 may present some difficulties. Blanket is sometimes usea? but if 

 is i not nearly so comfortable nor so warm as fur. The skin should 



^lll?^ d te 8 ? d Ve P r S ? ft an,] snould at Sesame time be 

 Well furred. Buffalo is too heavy, caribou skin is hhjhlv rpcom- 

 ? h e 0 ? dpd aad . w P. uld oe admirable we imagine in very Wtter wel 

 thlt 18 h * ht and we!1 tarred. One of the best of the bngs 



t „ n ? 5 ave 8e x e r n T, as ^ e from a 11 umber of small skins, appar- 

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 an open camp where, one may have to sleep close to the fire to 

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 tT 1 n t L^l PreParati0 i 1 - wh J? h woukl make « fireproof. ' Most of 

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