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COMING MATCHES.— Excise Commissioner J. Sohlieinann, of 

 Brooklyn, and P. Lei binger will shoot a return match at Dexter 

 Park, in the uear futute. On the same day and place a team 

 match will take place between E. Helgaus, of the ParkwavGun 

 Club, and P. Leibinger on one side, H. McLaughlin, the president 

 of the Coney Island Rod and Gun Club, and Mr. Schliemann on 

 the other. 



A friendly match will take place on Christmas Day, at Belle- 

 ville, N. J., between the teams from the South Side and Woodside 

 gun clubs. The return match will take place on New Year's Day 

 at the South Side's grounds. 



A handicap live- bird match lias been arranged between W.J. 

 Elliott, of Pelham Bridge, and H. Kuhnast, of New York, to be 

 shot at G-uttenburg under the following conditions: 100 birds each, 

 11 an and handle match, for $500 a side, Elliott to allow his oppo- 

 nent 20 birds in the hundred, otherwise old Long Island rules to 

 govern. A forfeit of ¥50 was put up by each man. 



Louis Davenport, the well-known member of the Fountain Gun 

 Club, will meet J. Riggott, of the Newark Gun Club, in two 

 matches, one to be shot in New Jersey and the other on Long 

 Island. The conditions are 100 birds each man, for $100 a side en 

 each contest, Hnrlingham rules, 30yds. rise, 12-bore guns to weigh 

 less than 81bs. 



WELLINGTON, Mass.. Dec. 20.— The attendance at the grounds 

 of the Wellington Gun Club to-day was larger than usual and the 

 conditions were favorable for good scores. Cad y won in the cup 

 match, breaking 23 out of 25 bluerocks. The other scores were: 

 Melcher, Bradbury, Perry and Wkeeler 31, Stone, Cowee, Stanton 

 and Dill 20. Gore 19, Bond 18, Moore 17. A dozen sweepstake 

 matches followed. 



PHILADEDPHIA, Dec. 15.-This afternoon a party of five 

 sportsmen and crack shots had plenty of fun at a crow shoot, 

 Hurlingham rules, 5 ground traps, 28yds. rise, 50vds. boundary. 

 The weather was fine and the shooters were in good form, as only 

 a few crows were left to tell their tale of woe. Wm. Hooper 18, 

 W. Wilson 17, J. Rothacker 17, Ed. Ennis 18, Wm.Wolstencrof t 20. 



POWDER COMPARISONS.-A recent trial at the Forest and 

 Stream testing screen brought into direct comparisons from the 

 same gun a series of cartridges loaded with black, Schultze, E C, 

 wood and the new Lyman compressed powders. The results speak 

 well for the newer makes of explosives. The detailed report, with 

 target cuts, will probably appear in our next issue, 



RED BANK, N. J., Dec. 18.— The monthly live bird shoot of the 

 Riverside Gun Club took place to-day, there being a large attend- 

 ance oi: members. The wind blew a gale from the northwest and 

 the air was keen and biting. Five ground traps were used and 

 the American Association rules governed: First event, at 7 birds, 

 S3 entrance: White, Ivins and Corn well first, second and third 

 respectively. Second event, at 5 birds, $3 entrance: Ivins first, 

 White second. Third event, miss and out, $1 entrance: Won by 

 White. 



DOVER, N. J. Dec. 20.— A match for $200 a side, at 100 live birds, 

 under Hurlingham rules, was shot yesterday at Danville, be- 

 tween John Riggott, oi Rocka way, N. J., and L. Duryea, of the 

 Fountain Gun Club, of Brooklyn. Although the day was un- 

 favorable Riggott missed but one bird out of the first 80 that rose 

 before him. When each had shot at 91 birds Durvea retired from 

 the contest. Riggott killed 88 birds, and of the three he lost two 

 fell dead out of bounds. Duryea killed 78 and missed 13. 



§£dtffting. 



Yachtsmen who do not see what they want under this heading 

 will please lookunder the hatches of the Canoe, peep into the 

 Kennel, squint down the barrel of the Rifle, open the Fish Car and 

 Game Bag, inquire of the Sportsman Tourist, and if their yearn- 

 ings are still unsatisfied, push their explorations into the Editorial 

 and AdvertMng Departments. 



HARLEM Y. C— At the annual election of officers of the Har- 

 lem Y. C. for the ensuing year the following gentlemen were 

 elected: Com., T. H. McDonald; Vice-Corn., A. W. Warner; Rear- 

 Corn., F. G. Pauley: Fleer, Captain, F. I. Fitch; Meas., J. A. 

 Lalor; Fleet Surgeon. H. M. Cox, M.D.; Treas., S. J. Cauley; Fin. 

 Sec'y, A. G. Austin; Cor. Sec'y, J. J. Roeth; Steward, G. Waas. 



YACHT RACING CALENDAR AND REVIEW.-We have re- 

 ceived the third volume of this useful reference book, containing 

 a reprint of all the yachting news in the Field during the past 

 year. It is published, by Horace Cox, Field office. 



A PLAN FOR A MARKBOAT, 



Editor Forest and Stfeinn: 



The accident at Yokohama has suggested to me the follow- 

 ing craft for a markbott that offers many advantages over tho 

 ordinary oyster sloop, with her long head booms, poor ground 

 tackle, uncertain visih'lity, etc. The craft is a scow, 18 to 20ft. 

 long and the same width, and 2V& or 3ft. deep, according to the 

 waters in which she fa to be used. The four sides should be 

 flared at an angle of 45 degrees. The boat should be made of 

 spruce or hemlock, either of which is a very good timber for 



this purpose. In the m ddie us erected a long light mast, stayed 

 to iho four corners, and around this mast is built a large globe of 

 rattan, or other suitable material, covered with canvas painted, 

 to be hoisted as far as possible with a light halliard. On the 

 masthead is secured a crane with signal halliards attached, so 

 that lanterns or flags can be hoisted clear of the ball. Have on 

 one of the corners a good heavy iron chock for chain to run over 

 and in corner diagonally opposite a rowlock. Put close to mast 

 a good single wildcat windlass. Provide scow with heavy chain 

 and anchor, chain going through hawsepipe in deck to make bal- 

 last in the bottom. Asmall shelter bouse may be provided aft the 

 mast in case a mm is left in charge. Such a vesse' would live out 

 any thing, could be towed to place by committee boat, etc., and 

 would be visible much before a pmall oyster boat. The chain if 

 heavy would lay up and down, as the vessel would not have an 

 unusual windage. The cost should not be great, as nothing but 

 straight cheap stuff need be used. R. Center. 



THE TWO DEEDS OF GIFT. 



AS might be expected, American papers are criticising the con- 

 ditions attached to 1he Royal Victoria International Chal- 

 lenge Cup with a free hand; but at least it should be required that 

 the critics should show they had formed an intelligent conception 

 of the meaning and scope of the conditions. This, however, they 

 have, with a few exceptions, entirely failed to do, the main object 

 seemingly being to discredit the cup and the conditions attached 

 thereto in the eyes of the Americans, or to make it appear to be 

 an exact copy of ibe "new deed of gift" attached to the America 

 Cup. As might be expected, Boston (which is mainly responsible 

 for the objectionable clauses in this deed) lean's the way with the 

 adverse criticisms: and the New York Spirit of the Times indorses 

 them as follows: * * * * * * 



In the "new deed of gift" attached to the America Cup it is en- 

 joined that the following dimensions must be given: Length on 

 loadline, breadth on loadline, and extreme breadth, draft of 

 water and Custom House registered tonnage; and it is further 

 enjoint d that the dimensions stated in the challenge must not be 

 exceeded. All the Royal Victoria conditions ask for is the length 

 on the loadline and the rating, and enjoins that the length must 

 not vary more than 5 per cent, from that stated in the challenge, 

 nor the rating by more than 10 per cent. This, we presume, is what 

 is ignorantly referred to as a "small margin;" but as a matter of 

 fact the margin is so great that by no reasonable possibility could 

 a yacht designer want to exceed it; in fact, a challenger could 

 comply with the conditions and practically give no information 

 at, all. For instance, supposing a challenger stated his yacht 

 would be 84ft. on the loadline, with a rating of 140, the sail ares, of 

 which would he 10,000sq. ft.; he could increase that length to 88.2, 

 the sail are to 10,476?q. ft., and the rating to 151; and no objection 

 whatever could be taken to it. And if he chose to keep the length 

 of load waterline to that stated in the challenge— 84ft.— he could 

 add l.OOOsq. ft. to the sail area. In fact, there is practically no 

 limit as to the variations admissible under the "small margins" 

 of 5 per cent, on the length and 10 on the rating; in short, as we 

 have already observed, a challenger has practically to give no par- 

 ticulars at all of his yacht which would be of service to the par- 

 ties challenged. The. Spirit of the Times states that under the 

 America Cup deed a challenger is required to give up the cardinal 

 dimensions of his yacht, but he can alter his soars and sails as he 

 wishes. It will now be seen that, under the Royal Victoria con- 

 ditions, not only is a challenger relieved from giving up the car- 

 dinal dimensions of bis yacht, but also that he can alter his spars 

 and sails as be pleases. 



.' The Royal Victoria conditions enjoin that the rating of the de- 

 fending yacht must not exceed the rating of the challenging yacht, 

 as Stated in her challenge, by more than 20 per cent., and this is 

 construed into giving "the holding club a very strong advantage!" 

 Apart from the fact that in the America Cup deed there is no re- 

 striction at all on the size of the defending yacht, it is grotesquely 

 absurd to construe tin's guarantee of fair play to the challenger 

 into a strong advantage to the club holding the cup. As a matter 

 of fact, the holding club will not be able to exceed the rating of 

 the challenging yacht by more than 9 per cent. It can be taken 

 for granted that the challenging yacht will take full advantage of 

 the 10 per cent, allowance for variation; that is to say, if the rat- 

 ing is put at 140, in her challenge it will be found to be 154 on mea- 

 surement—a challenger is practically bound to take the full 

 advantage of the allowance. Then the defending yacht could be 

 made to exceed the stated rating (140) of the challenger by 20 per 

 cent.; or, in other words, the rating of the defending yacht must 

 not be more than 168, which exceeds a rating of 154 by*9 per cent, 

 and a time allowance would have to be conceded for the difference. 



-—-rating their size 

 protects them, as they cannot be exceeded to any unfair extent. 

 The case, however, is very different with a yacht of about Valky- 

 rie's size. Her length is 69.2ft., her sail area 6,708sq.ft. and her 

 rating 78; of course she would be overwhelmed bv a yacht of 90ft. 

 waterline with a rating of 170, as would be allowed to meet her 

 under the America Cup deed, but under the Royal Victoria con- 

 ditions the rating of the defending yacht could only be 85, and the 

 difference between a yacht of 78-rating and 85-rating is so small 

 that a race between such boats would be a perfectly fair and level 

 contest, with the Y. R. A. time allowance. Of course if any one 

 owning a Valkyrie of 78-rating challenged under the Royal Vic- 

 toria deed, he would give the rating in the challenge as 70, and 



avail himself of the privilege of raising the rating to 78, so as to 

 secure himself against being met by a yacht of 20 per cent, larger 

 rating. 



We are in a position to say that these matters were well 

 calculated and thought out by tbe committee appointed by the 

 Royal A r ictoria Y. C. to draw up the conditions, and the main ob- 

 ject in view was to insure that the challenging yacht should not 

 be placed at a disadvantage through having to disclose cardinal 

 elements in her design or through being met by a defending yacht 

 of overwhelming size. — Meld. 



The Field should make some allowance for the position in which 

 the Boston Herald is placed by the Royal Victoria Y. C. deed; it 

 would not be possible for the Herald to criticise this document 

 fairly and truthfully, as this would at once show how widely dif- 

 ferent it is from the lawyers' deed of the America's Cup. and thus 

 would bring to confusion not only the Herald, but all the Boston 

 commodores whom it has called on to bear lestimouy to the fair- 

 ness and generosity of tbe pretty abused deed. The two deeds 

 have been widely published and are within reach of all, and we 

 believe that American yachtsmen are fair-minded and intelligent 

 enough to form an independent opiniou of their own, uninfluenced 

 by the Herald or other partisan journals. In comparing the two 

 documents it must be considered that in the case of the Royal 

 Victoria Y. C. the club bad purchased from its own funds a cer- 

 tain cup, and was at liberty to attach to it any terms. In the case 

 of the New York Y. C. the club was in possession of a cup in- 

 trusted to it on certain conditions, which conditions it has delib- 

 erately violated by setting up others of a very different nature. 



PAID TIME- KEEPERS IN THE LAKE Y. R. A. 



THE recent report of the discussion and action of the executive 

 committee of the Lake Y. R. A. in the matter of a paid officer 

 who should have charge of the regattas of the circuit, is criticised 

 by the Field of Dec. 6, which quotes, apparently with approval, 

 some adverse comments in an American journal, adding some 

 remarks as to the functions of cluh delegates in. the L. Y. R, A. 

 Like the journal in question, the Field does not understand the 

 facts of tne case, and consequently has fallen into error. 



The conditions and surroundings of yachting on Lake Ontario 

 are totally different from those of yacht clubs about the Thames, 

 the Solent, the Clyde, or even Boston, Newport and New York. 

 The racing is limited mainly to the two weeks' cruise in mid- 

 Bummer, and of the seven clubs composing the L. Y. R. A. only 

 two or three hold sufficient races during the year to justify the 

 more than nominal existence of a standing regatta committee. In 

 some of the clubs, though there is cruising in plenty, but one race 

 a year is sailed, and when the time comes for it tbe saiiormen 

 proper are probably all afloat, as every boat in the fleet is out and 

 most of them entered. 



The labor and responsibility of managing the regatta is apt to 

 devolve on some one whose chief qualification is good nature 

 rather than any experience of regatta work, and the chances are 

 nine to one in favor of some serious blunder through either ignor- 

 ance or neglect. Beside this, the sun is very hot on the lake in 

 summer, the watcher on the pier head from early morn until the 

 late finish of a drifting match is generally wiser by far than that 

 other ancient mariner, and has probably taken precautions that 

 in addition to "water, water all around," he has a "drop" both 

 large and strong to drink; and instances have been known where, 

 when the last yacht finished, some of the most important func- 

 tionaries could not tell the Oriole from a fishing smack, or a split 

 second chronograph from a Waterbury watch, in fact were as 

 royally drunk as the judges in one noted race on the coast last 

 year. It is seldom that matters are quite as bad as this, but the 

 racing on the lake is often close and exciting, yachtsmen take a 

 deep interest in the results of the series, and it is due to all who 

 enter that the starting and timing shall be accurately done, 

 which is only possible in experienced hands. We have heard of a 

 case quite recently, though we cannot vouch for it personally, 

 where a race was started between two pier heads on the lake, in 

 half a gale and a heavy sea, with a five minute preparatory inter- 

 val and a one gun start. One yacht in a class came flying for the 

 line on time, but the others were scattered and in very bad shape. 

 The starter was evidently familiar with the turf rather than with 

 the usages of yacht racing, and as he saw that the start would be 

 a, very uneven one, a single yacht going over and the rest far 

 astern, he very considerately held the gun, the leading yacht 

 being compelled to jibe and come again for the line, and when he 

 saw the fleet fairly in line he gave the signal. 



Any one familiar with regatta committee work will realize that 

 it is by no means easy, but requires a great deal of judgment and 

 experience: a thorough familiarity with sailing rules, a knowl- 

 edge of the courses in order that the buoys may be properly placed, 

 and above all a certain amount of training in timing the fleet- 

 As competent men are no more available on the lake than in 

 places where yacht racing is conducted on a larger scale, the 

 question of placing all of tne details in the hands of one man, 

 who shall manage each race of the circuit, has been under discus- 

 sion for some time, though only introduced formally at the late 

 general meeting, it is probable that a salary would be necessary, 

 as a good deal of labor is entailed, and there would be little of a 

 vacation for the officer; but beyond the expense we know of no 

 objection, and the advantages are obvious to all familiar with the 

 present state of affairs. The objections urged by tbe American 

 journal are purely sentimental, that it "savors of the counting 

 house," would "reduce the glorious sport to a mere mechanical 

 business," etc., all of which applies as much to the official meas- 

 urer who is paid in all clubs as to the proposed time-keeper or 

 whatever the title may be. Moreover, the nearer the aetails of 

 starting and timing are reduced to a mere mechanical business 

 the bettei satisfied the racing men will be. 



This matter of conducting races is one that is badly managed in 

 clubs far off from Lake Ontario: a crowd of judges, starters, time 

 keepers and committee men are appointed, one of them being 

 chosen because he happens to own a yacht which can be used for 

 the excursion, the capacity of the bar of said yacht considered 

 before her speed or sea-going powers. The judges and other chief 

 functionaries are too often chosen from their eminence in local 

 politics rather than from any technical knowledge of yachting. 

 With such a staff as this it is no wonder that mistake's are fre- 

 quent, bringing disrepute on the club which countenances such 

 proceedings. We have seen, in the vicinity of New Y ork, a judge's 

 steamer making circles inside the harbor while the regatta com- 

 mittee mixed a big pail of punch in the pilot house, the fleet mean- 

 while standing out miles away with a good breeze. All that is 

 needed in any club is a regatta committee of three or five, the 

 smaller number being preferable, who shall have entire charge of 

 the races. This committee should be chosen solely for its Qualifi- 

 cations, and should be kept in office as long as it will serve. In 

 cases where the work must be done partly from a steamer and 

 partly on shore, one of the committee, with a reliable man to help 

 him, will be at each place. All the complimentary lumber of 

 judges, etc., can well be dispensed with. 



On the Lake the sailor men who are best fitted to run the races 

 are apt to be afloat, leaving the most important work of the day 

 to the civilian contingent of the club, who are, with no disrespect 

 to them, not fitted to manage it. The appointment of the proposed 

 officer would take this part of the work from the hands of a very 

 busy committee, who have a thousand other things to do in con- 

 nection with the reception and entertainment of the fleet, and 

 place it under the direction of one competent man. His previous 

 experience would enable him to lay out a course that would be 

 acceptable to the contestants, his measm ements of the fleet would 

 make the calculation of corrected times a simple and speedy 

 matter, and in his hands the timing would be carried out methodi- 

 cally and accurately. The need for such an officer is perfectly 

 plain, whether he should give his services freely, or like club 

 measures should be paid a certain sum, is a question that must 

 be better understood by the members of the L. Y. R. A. than by 

 critics at a distance from the lake. 



In regard to the comments on the powers of the delegates, as 

 mentioned by the Field, they are no more limited than is usual 

 in similar bodies, each being at liberty to vote as he desires, but 

 it usually happens that matters of this kind are dismissed more or 

 less informally by the members of a club proir to the meeting, the 

 delegate being in accord with the general feeling in the club. At 

 the same time he is at perfect liberty to vote as he pleases: there 

 is no rule to prevent him from so doing. 



NV.DIA, steam ya"ht, Dr. R. V. Pierce, after sailing from New 

 York on a Southern cruise, was run into on Dee. 19 while at an- 

 chor in Newbern (N. C.) harbor by the schooner J. R. P. Moore. 

 The yacht lost her masts and bowsprit, in addition to injuries to 

 bulwarks and upper part of hull. 



CINDERELLA.— Through the misplacing of a figure in our 

 table of last week Ciuderella is given a second prize in place of a 

 first. 



IROQUOIS, schr., Rear-Corn. Ellis, S. C. Y, C, is fitting out at 

 vv mtringham's for a cruise to the Windward Islands. 



♦'SOME POINTS ABOUT MARKBOATS »-A letter on thia 

 subject has been received too late for publication thia week, 



