July 10, 1890.] 



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. A PROPOSED LAKE ERIE CLUB.-One of the most charm- 

 ing spots in all Lake Erie is Ballast Island, the point selected by 

 the Western Canoe Association tor its meet this month. Ballast 

 is one of the (group of Bass Islands so well known to all anglers in 

 f* S ii°f f ^ e . E r7 e ,' au A 1 is buf a Bhort distance from the 

 r R ^wo K r>l y a Ia]aud ' Pflee, Kast Sister and other well-known 

 resorts. It has an area of thirteen acres, is shaded hv fine forest 

 trees, and is in all respects a delightful spot. Its desirabilit y as a 

 beadquarters for canoeists and yachtsmen is shown by the fact 

 that it has more than once been chosen by the W. C. A. as its 

 headquarters. The growth of yachting on Lake Erie of late years 

 has been remarkable. Where there was one yacht a few years 

 ago there are now ten, and the increase in the number of canoes 

 and small boats has been still greater. Sailormen are beginning 

 to appreciate the advantages of the lakes, and ^specially of loca- 

 tions iifee Hallast Island, where the numerous islands offer safe 

 harbors m case of sudden storms. We understand that a move- 

 ment is on foot to secure this island for a private club made up of 

 yachtsmen, canoeists and anglers, and that the matter is in the 

 hands of Mr. John C. Benton, a well-known lawyer of Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. The distance between the yachting ports on Lake Erie has 

 to°-g made /nob. a general rendezvous desirable, and the location 

 of Ballast island, near to Toledo, Sandusky and Detroit, and on 

 the route from end to end of the lake, is the best that could be 

 tound. The advantages of such a club will not be confined solely 

 to yachtsmen, largely as they would profit by it, but to canoeists, 

 cruisers and hshermen, and Ballast Island mav be made the 

 Jekyl Island" ot the Lakes. 



BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE STREAMS. — Railway, N. J.- 

 mttor Forest ,and Stream: Owners of yachts and other craft on 

 the Kah way Li v er are loud in their complaints against the Cen- 

 tral KaUroad of New Jersey tor not opening their drawbridge in 

 a reasonable time Twenty minutes of detention is a common 

 occurrence. And the company proclaim that at no time will they 

 let a boat through when a train will be due within 10 minutes If 

 a tram be late, it is of course always '•due, 1 ' and craft have to 

 wait. Or should trains be rnnnirg under less that 10 minutes 

 headway, the bridge remains closed. Only one side of the draw is 

 tree, the other being closed by piles which are no part of the 

 structure. >.o lights are shown at night, except on the arrival of 

 a boat. Complaint to the company is ignored. Will you please 

 say wnat rights i a sailing vessel has on this river that it can cotu- 

 P r ?; ll , 1 ' oad t t0 respect?-FAiRPLAY. [The crmpauyhas no 

 right to obstruct navigation on the river, and can be compelled hy 

 law to open promptly to all vessels desiring a passage. The 10- 

 mmute rule alluded to above is illegal; a vessel has the right of 

 way over a train. The long bridge of the same road over Newark 

 Bay has been a serious offender in the same way, the rights of 

 vessels too small to endanger the bridge in case of colli-ien being 

 entirely disregarded. A complaint to the higher authorities of 

 the road should remedy the matter, as such action as our corre- 

 spondent describes is illegal.] 



SPEED OF SAILING SHIPS.— Sailing ships have made some 

 remarkable runs m the great Southern Ocean. The Lightning once 

 came from Melbourne in s'xty-tbree days. The James Bainos, 

 another Black Ball ship, in June, 1854, while running her easting 

 down along the parallel of 43° S.. ran 420 miles in twenty-four 

 hours! There is not. much to be wondered at in this, for we know 

 that she was run with main skysail set wheu a fresh gale was 

 blowing, and she passed less well-provided ships going the same 

 way under reefed topsails. Those were the days of moon-rakers, 

 sky-scrapers, and studding-sails at everv yardarm; whereas 

 plain sail only is now the order of the day. She once 



„ u xu-i ja. in o uays, one a veragea £S£>4 Knots o any 

 m wicked weather, and one day was iced up forward. Passen- 

 gers suffered severely from the cold, but the passage had to be 

 made. Green's Blackwall liner, Melbourne, Capt. R. Marsden, 

 made 5,129 miles m 17 consecutive days, while making her casting. 

 Her best daily runs were 374, 362 and 352 miles. The Great Repub- 

 lic crossed the Equator, in the North Atlantic, in 33° W., ODly 15 

 days and 19 hours from Sandy Hook, so that large four-masters 

 were well able to make a passage even in those days,— &mtiml 

 Magazine. 



PROSPECTIVE C H ALLEN GE RS.— "The America Cup has 

 still fascinations for sportsmen, and the only obstacle in the way 

 for a speedy revival of international racing is the new deed of gift. 

 It is an open secret that Mr. James Bell would at once challenge 

 for the cup if the deed were torn up, and he has already consulted 

 Mr A<i. L. vvatspn rs to the particular size of craft he will build in 

 anticipation of that event, Beyond this. Colonel North is reported 

 to have thus delivered himself at the. Leeds dog show on Tuesday 

 last: With regard to the future, I have an open mind, but what 

 I have been thinking of is to build a yacht and cross the Atlantic 

 and try conclusions with the Americans for the cup, and if mv 

 judgment and fortune do not fail me, I shall bring that cup back 

 to England. \\ e have thus four British vacntsmen waiting to 

 challenge for the America cup-the Earl of Dunraven, Mr. James 

 Bell, Colonel North, and a gentleman who is said to have gone to 

 thesouthe-st coast for a design. Assuming that the new deed will 

 be torn up or modified so as to admit of challenges being made 

 under it, we ought to see the America Cup on this side of the 

 Atlantic some time during the present decade.' - — Field, June 28 



ATLANTIC Y C. CRUISE.-Fleet Captain George H. Church, 

 of the Atlantic Y. C, has issued the following order, by order of 

 Commodore Lawton. The fleet will rendezvous at Echo Ray, New 

 Kochelle, on the afternoon of Thursday, July 17. The fleet, will 

 sail m two divisions during the cruise. The schooner classes and 

 classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of sloops, will comprise the first division, 

 and the other classes the second division. On Friday the prepar- 

 atory signal will be fired at 7 o'clock A.M., and on signals to 

 start the fleet will sail for Moiris Cove. On Saturday the prepar- 

 atory signal will he fired at 7 o'clock A.M., and on signals to si art 

 the fleet will sail for Deerings Harbor. Shelter Island. The fleet 

 will proceed from Shelter Island to New London or Stonmgton, 

 thence to Newport and New Bedford, as may be determined at a 

 meeting of captains to be held upon arrival of the fleet at Shelter 

 Island. 



DAUNTLESS Y C. OFFICERS, I890.-Com.. John Flaherty; 

 Vice-Corn., John Clark; Sec'y, Frank Van Winkle; Treas W 

 Gordner; bergt.-at-Arms, F. Heins; Cor.-Sec'y, E. Peine; Meas ' 

 sL. Li. Jones. 



wEPFoiF SHREWSBURY Y. 0„ JULY 4, 5.-The memhers of the 

 North hhrewsbury Y. C. enjoyed two days racing last week the 

 annual regatta being sailed on Friday and a race for the Neptune 

 Challenge Cup on Saturday. On the first day the wind was flaky 

 and uncertain with a thunderstorm as part of the programme 

 o m i?V° 15 q yach , ts ^, mefi }Y ere: First Class- Avon, 2.46.18^; Zulu, 

 :£VS S - e .,^ d «la s 3-Undine. 2.01)14)4: Genii.' 2.09.14$;' ZarU 

 adies, 21o.27M. Third Class- Perseus, 2.13.05; Annie li! 2.28 53 

 the other yachts did not finish. The winners are Avon in the 

 cabin class, Unaine and Genii in the second class, and Perseus 

 ?? d i A ££ W ?• m 1 the l hlrcl <;1 L l8s - Tbe race of Saturday was open 

 tM« Jl? ri'iH on Jfr the .' : "P ton* Kiven by the Neptune Club on 

 this condition. The wind was fresh from the N. W., makin^ a 

 good race, the winner being Genii, with Undine 46 sec. astern 



■JnFi^? 1 ? T c - OPBOSTON.-A race of Whitehall boats was 

 sailed on July 4 under the management of the Atlantic Y. C of 

 Boston, the course being from Commercial Wharf to Buov 12 off 

 Governor's Island, through the Glades to Buoy 5; thence to Jeffries 



O?* nn?t U0 ^ AU marks t0 b0 left on 



the port. 6ys miles. The times were: 



Nellie, Augustus Motte.. .1 30 58 Lizzie, Joseph Conrad ..1 40 36 

 Hannah, Martin Jaime...! 38 50 Helen, F. Crosby. 1 43 Q« 



Two Brothers, J.Schacht.l 39 41 Mary. S. J. Schmeideberg 1 43 46 

 Frost 6S ' Jose P h O'Hare, Capt. Maurice Powers and William 



AMERICAN VS. ENGLISH DUCK.-WOson & Silshy have 

 used up 23 oooyds. of 14-inch duck this season, besides whV silk 

 FWiioi* 1 ?" \ Y l iaV ° put mt0 light sai,s - Tlley have sent for some 

 S £™ h UCk and l":°P° se \° «• Toe English duck appears 

 to Tun more even than the American make.-7Jrw/ ( ,?i, auihe A 

 recent request tor samples from a leading Englisti firm, made by 

 a New York yachtsman, brought a very polite reply to the effect 

 that as the American tariff on sail duck was practically prohibit- 

 sen^d samples 9 U ° mavket for il aere < and ik ™ uld be of no use to 



• '^^SICA.-Mr. W. B. McDonough's new 20 rater will not race 

 m British waters, as at irst intended, but will come out at once 

 to America on leaving Kairhe. As she will be 46ft. l.w.l. she will 

 stand a very good chance of capturing the 46ft. as < ompletely as 

 Minerva has the 40ft. and Clara the &3tt. class. The Fife boats are 

 2fX,r.! feoogmzed leaders in the two classes, and it should be no 

 ainlcult task to capture the intermediate one. Mr. Will Fife Jr 

 proposes to visit America very shortly to see how his boats 'sail 



EASTERN Y. C. REGATTA.— The starters in the E. Y. C. re- 

 c$l™l° h^w 11 , 1 ? olufio , Sea Fox, Merlin and Mayflower; and 

 5S and Quickstep, all schooners. The singlestick ers will be 

 Ml ic !£l e ' T toma Alga. Bayadere, Fanita. and probably the new 

 42ft. lite cutter Uvira, m the 46ft, class. The forties will be 

 fw^twVi^ 08 ! 0 ! 011 ', Ven l u ' -a - Chiquita and Pappoose. while the 

 Wo thirties, bhark and Hawk, arc likely to go up and enter the 

 35ft. class, with the new Ellsworth boat Tigress. 



UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN YACHT CLUBS.-We 

 have received from the R. S. Howe Publishing Co., 45 Broadway; 

 NY, a com of the new list of United States and Canadian vac lit 

 ckil.s, a neatly made volume containing a complete list of clubs, 

 ? r™h 'I 1 ' 5 Tk men l bers < «"4 illustrated by the flags of the various 

 aMM^t^.* the leadi ^ "will be 



Marblehead, who will race her in the 40ft. class. Tomahawk can 

 read, y be made a better boat than her racing record thus f a" 

 u t^t !!r, d v, C Q a ^' m L 1% 18 a 8 + atlsf action to know that she has fallen 

 fpfS^fc She went to Boston last week, and will sail in 

 the Eastern Y. C. regatta to-dav. 



t £^ TEC ^T 0n l ul X 1 the s'eam yacht Aztec, built for Mr. D. A. 

 Loring, oi Newlork. was launched from the yard of Seabury & 

 g£f is a wooden yacht 73ft. over all. lift. 6in. beam 



ano dit. tun. draft, with triple expansion engines of 160 H.P., and 

 a beabtiry watertube boiler. She is elaborately finished and fur- 

 nished below, the cabins being lighted by electric lights. 

 HULL Y. C. FIXTURES.-At a recent meeting of the regatta 



foS t &L t ^? aU /- n G;tbe <H e ,«* W chLipionsliip mces 

 lor the hist and second classes at Point Allerton, were changed 

 S,^, 11 and August 20 to August 9 and 11. The reason is the 

 fuly ltf ° cruising, and the Eastern annual regatta of 



t.,« TSl^iEH I' °- ^^ N T AL ' JDly4.-The annual regatta of 

 the Oyster Bay \. C. on July 4 was partly sailed and partly drifted 

 over an 8-mile course. The winner in OKss 1 was Mirth, J W 

 ^w ] T'^\) V]t ^ i» dol ^*< °°1- S. V. R.Cruger, second Nad jy 

 BrooilS,]n Class 3 W ° n m ° laSS 2 ' ^ Marion ' for ^«ly the 



,-,^ L ^ I) 9 UT :-The Boston Herald has decided that Mr. Burgess 

 rs a professional yacht sailor^ and that as such he may not steer a 

 yacht m Corinthian races. This is not only very hard on Mr 

 Burgess, but on designers McVey, Gardner and Smith, who wffl 

 &$^^&t* M ^ hm yaChtS to r — under the 



iP^fcSSS? r G < e h n - Paine ' s yacht has been hauled out at Law- 

 ley s tor repairs to the cement. It is reported that where the 

 S!' was . t laid on ^ l trowel it is still firm, but" here it wit 

 painted on it scales off wherever there is any moisture on the 



NEWARK Y. C. ANVUAL REGATTA —The eitrhth annual 



r^ular °»£ e T* Y " °' ^ U h \ Augusf^ov^he 

 regulai 10-mile course on Newark Bay, starting opposite the 

 handsome new clubhouse. The race will be unlertfie rales of 

 tne in. x. i. k. A. 



h n b l E Q A n W ^, HAKA r C - Y V°- CRUISE.-The fleet of the Seawan- 

 2^S'-*« °- s P e P r ''une 29 at ancnor in Newport Harbor, sailing 

 ^hr^t°iq ay p n \ < r rBI r I ? g ^ 111 o'clock for New Bedford, and arriyirj 

 about 2:30 P. M. On Tuesday the fleet sailed to Edganown 



T.fivl^^o^ .P-T^ 6 fi / 8t racfi of thi8 cIllb wassailed on 

 ?hhL y i.S ver a l°- m , lI, V I .' Jan S ul a r course on Staten Island Sound. 

 The race was started in the morning hut failed for lack of wind, 

 in the afternoon a new start was made, Nanket, Mr. Thos. 

 -tiawKins, winning. 



ROYAL NOVA SCOTIA Y. C.-The race of July 5 was won by 

 Uvira, who won easily in a light wind. 



« ^f^T 1 ^?^? 78 T,- 0 "The regatta of July 9 has been post- 

 poned to July 11, thus allowmff the yachts t hat were hauled nut in 

 preparation for the E. Y. C. regal ta of Thursday to enter. " 



^^ EP ,°^ CJTl7 i K W 0UP ' • ,l7LV 4-~ A race was sailed 

 ?m. Ir 1, at Bndgeport, Conn tor the. Citizens' cup, Quaker 

 Oitj , Mr. Hitchcock, winning the cup for the second tiine. 



ELECTRA, steam yacht, Com. Eldridge T. Gerry, New York Y. 

 U., is at lebo s for new crown sheets to her boilers and to prepare 

 for the coming New York cruise. 



GANNET-This bandy little yawl, that was described at some 



a z^ ^" bY Mr - °- p - KuM t ' tB m 



Jlnmeqs to <§orres#andmts. 



No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



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/ii A ^l!i^"-i? 08lie ?'. N - Y -~ You can obtain the California sad- 

 dle probably by applying to any of the New York dealers m soorts- 



°lw York ' ° r ^ Sending 10 R - H - MaCy *^KVSS ^I!, 

 J. O. B„ Sangerties, N. Y.-Will you kindly inform a subscriber 

 as to. when I can shoot wood-ock in Ulster county? Some say 

 August, while others say September, which is right? Ana. The 

 Sept^ eg 6 Qh&n8ed the season in this State from Aug. 1 to 



T .v .Syracuse, N. Y.-PIease advise me where I can procure 

 *?™ e California quail or plumed partridge after the season opens. 

 Ans. Write to E. B. Woodward, 175 Chambers street, New > ork 

 who may supply them, or perhaps some of our California readers 

 may rurmsh them. 



of^;J V f;^"Pfl Uderspo 1 S t ' Pa --Will you please tell me the name 

 of the inclosed flower. Have only found it in two or three places. 

 Ans. Ihe plant you send is orange hawkweed Hieraciitm auran- 



,m r r , ted vveed - U is ^t very common, ou in some 

 places it has a bad name as spreading rapidly. We know of no 

 good use served by it. It is likely to prove troublesome 



F. L. R., New York.— Which rifle do you consider the better for 

 a general sporting-the .44-40-300 or .40-65-300 (Winchester rj- 

 peatorV Ans. The smaller caliber with its iaige powoer charge 

 would have the flatter ra.ieciory, and there is a growing tendency 



f2ffS3 i fc ^ Smali 1 r ca lbe 1 1 ; s - B used on lar g e exoanrling bul- 



lets could be employed. We would prefer the .40-calioer. 



W. O. B., Macomb, 111.— The foreign quail imported info this 

 country were the migratory quail, and were brought from Mes- 

 sina, bicily where tiny were trapped on their migration from 



<4,04b. in ltiSO 5,100, a total or 13,346. They were liberated in Now 

 England, some of them were 'seen shortiy'af ter and i then Uiey 

 disappeared. It is not known what became of them. 



in^i ?hF"ih C n 10 ^ -1 hav i> S '?? " 55 Winehester rifle and wish to 

 load the shells with round balls and smaller cha-ges of powder 

 wni n ^L a + r ?i ys eaS . y toto l cc ,he °all to the powder in the shell.' 

 Wfll you tell me through your columns whether any bad effect 

 will result if the ball is not seated on the powder' Ans It the 

 round ball w well seated in the shell, even with a space to the 

 ^h^ ^ 9 ^ r r uIt - s Wll i f oHow. The only objection is that the 

 variation m the burning of the powder, as it is more or less com- 

 when fired* 7 ° aU8e irreglllarit y ln the elevations of the bullets 



J£A. Wa8hin T t0 °? D - C.-Will you kindly let me know, either 

 through your valuable paper or hy letter, whether I am likely to 

 ™™ e tff ny * fl n"«. n ? ° r sl \ 00,m K at L»ke George, N. Y„ during tl, 

 L^°^? f 0ct °ber- Ans. Lake George contains at leas" four 

 kinds of game fishes, lake trout, pickerel (which are wall-eyed 

 £' v G, h S^^anua salmon, etc., etc.), black bass and yellow 

 S arfi P rol e ct e1 m October. It is said that 

 the trout, m 18t>9 had become almost extinct owing to the ravages 

 of the pickerel. 500,000 fry of the lake trout were deposited in 

 ^ a i ke -^ e n ° rge ln l } e Sp / m i* of f S89 ' and l^^erel are not so plenU- 



mg- light and "heavy." Will you kindly inform me what s 

 meant by the expression, and if it has any reference to the sink- 

 ^ 3 l di ™ d er the rules is considered light and heavy as 



to sinkers? Is length of rod limited? Ans. The rules governing 

 the contest read thus: "Rule 16. Heavy Bass Casting.-Rodfshall 

 not exceed 9ft. m length and may be used with both hands. Any 

 reel may be used but the line shall be of linen not of less caliber 

 fe^t^A.* tf£ ^^ve, threads tliroughout Us'entir ■ 

 length. The casts shall be made from the reel with sinkers not 

 to exceed moz,, to be furnished by rhe contes ai t. Each con- 

 testant will ne allowed five casts. His casts shall he measured, 

 added and divided by five, and the result shall constitute his score 

 No allowance Will be made to any contestant for 1 he oSS 

 or breaking of his line, but the line mav be doubled near th? 

 sinker Rule 17. Light Bass Casting.-Same rules a ^ heavy 

 Sf2lS22&i£ t0 apP , y ' peeptthat the weight of tbe sinker ,suo 

 ^ f^MX^Tu^P C0Dtestant ' a -l any line 



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 aotmced by "Nanit." "Gloan." "Dick Swiveller," ^"Sybii lene" and 

 o^er competent authorities to be the best treatise on the sobient 



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 ttr?f tIp «? ar i y lnte ?p8ting to gunnersf for by its use tn^'cat 

 h^ y <Vi 0U r., q ';S st oS? a " the American game birds which 

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