JAN. 8, 1891.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



BOS 



CONNECTICUT TOURNAMENT. 



HARTFORD. Conn., D*c. 29.-On Christmas Day the Connecti- 

 cut Trap Shooters' League held a tournament at the grounds 

 of the Colt Ramm.5rle.3s Gun Club of this city. The day was what 

 is called East a "snorter," cold and a high. wind. On account of 

 the blustering day only fair scores were made. Among the shoot- 

 ers we had the pleasure of meeting thepopul'ir out-of-town sports- 

 men, John n. Pitt and the genial "Tom" Bill of Middletown, E. 

 O. Goodwin of East Hartford, Joel W. Wohb of Wtllimantic, C. 

 L. Hoichkiss of Forestville, NT. D. Folsora, C, B. Bristol and George 

 H. Saunders of New Haven. Messrs. S terry aud Root of Tolland 

 are market-shooters— they can shoot at the traps as well as in 

 the brush. Mr. Saunders was handicapped by an injured anger. 

 Below the scores: 

 Event 1, 10 bluerocks. fit) cents entry, H entries: 



TP Bill liomilll— 9 BH Saunders 1011100110-6 



J R Pitt 0101101100-5 E 1 Root 1011111111-11 



E O Goodwin 01 11010110 -6 0 B Bristol 1110011111 — 0 



N D Folsom 00011100)1—5 "Snipe" 1111000111—7 



Bill, Root and Bristol dir. first monev, "SnipB" took second, 

 Goodwin and Saunders third, Folsora and Pitt fourth. 

 Event 2. 9 bluerocks, unknown angles, entrance 75ets.. IOentries: 



TPBill 101111011-7 G H Saunders 111011110-7 



J R Pitt 000100011—3 E 1 Root 111111111-9 



C B Bristol 101011111—7 A Willey 101111101-7 



E O Goodwin 011110000-4 C Viberts 001111011— 0 



N D folsom 101111111-8 O H Burbridge 111111111-9 



Burbridge and Root div. iirst, N. D. Folsom took second. Bill 

 Bristol, Saunders and Willey third, Viberts fourth. 



Event 3, 15 singles, entrance 11.25, 10 entries: 

 N D Folsom.. . .110111110011111—13 G H Saunders.0001001111 10000- 6 

 C B Bristol.... OlOlimilOll 11 -12 B O Goodwin. .00001 1011001001- (i 



A Willey 011111111011110-13 E I Root 011110111111111-18 



C HBurbridgellOlllllOni 110-12 TP Bill. 11111 00 10110001- 0 



J Alger HOOlOOIOimiO - 9 J R Pitt 01111UUOU1000- 9 



Root took first, Folsom, Bristol, Willey and Burbridirc div 

 ond, Alger. Bill and Pitt third, Saunders and Goodwin fourth. 

 Event 4, 10 singles. 3 ancles, entrance 75 cents; 14 entries: 



CBBiistol 1] 11111111-10 Allen Willev 1110111011- 8 



C Viberts 1111111111—10 Jo=l W Webb 1110110101— 7 



E 1 Root 0111111111— 9 C S terry 0001110111- 6 



O H Burbridge. 1101111111— 9 John R Pitt lOOOnOllll— ii 



T P Bill 1110111111- 9 E O Goodwin 1000110000— 3 



John Alger 1101111111—9 Snipn 1000100100- 3 



G H Saunders 1U1110101— 8 N D Folsom 1111000001— 5 



Bristol and Viberts divided first money; Root, Burbridge, Bill 

 and Alger second; Saunders and Willey third, and Webb took 

 fourth. 



Event 5, 20 singles, three angles, cutrance $1.50; $3 for best- 

 score; 12 entrips: 



CBBristol ltJllllimiliilim-30 C Viberfcs.l.milimi0111inin-1H 

 N Folsom.11010111111111111111-18 Burbridgelll 110111 11101 111110-17 

 Saund ers . U1101111 111110111 11 -18 A Wi 1 ley . 10 11 11110 1 j 11 1(111 Of 

 J WWebbOlllllOlllllH 11 1111-18 J R Pitt . . 11 1 10'JO 1 11 11] 011111 l—io 

 E J Root .10111110111111110111-18 T P Bill. ..lll]10101liu;nilim-i 

 CSterry..01ll01111HUlllllll-18 J Alger. . 1101110101 lOlllOiUOl—l ! 



C. B. Bristol took first money aud prize. .$2; folsom, Sauuder« 

 Root. Webb, Viberts and Sterry divided second money Willev 

 and Burbridge third money; Pitts and Bill fourth. 



Event 6. 10 singles and 5 pairs, entrance $1; 12 entries- 



Thos P Bill 11LUU110 11 11 11 11 H-19 



ChasSterry 1101111111 11 Ji H n n_i<) 



C B Bristol 1111111111 11 H do n n-18 



E J Root 01111 Hill 01 10 11 01 11-10 



Fred l.isl-j 100011 1 110 U l 01 11 10- • 



Allen Willey 1111 11110! 00 11 11 10 10-15 



J W Webb 1111000011 11 11 01 11 10-11 



G H Saundt rs 1110101110 10 11 11 11 00 -14 



C has Viberts 110100110! 110110 1101—13 



ND Folsom 1111101111 00 00 00 10 00— in 



O H Burbridge 1101111111 00 00 10 00 00-10 



JohnR Pitt. .. . . 1001111111 lo 00 10 00 00-10 



Sterry and Bill divided nrst money; Bristol took second" Root 

 took third; and Bisley and Willev divided fourth. DUQ ' " 



Event 7, 10 singles, 3 angles, entrance. 75 cents. 14 entries- 



C Sterry 1111011111-9 G G L\ man 0111110111-8 



El Root 1111111011-9 CBBristol 1011111011-8 



"Snipe" 1111111110-9 J W Webb .1101100111—? 



TP Bill 1111111110-9 John Alger .1101110011-7 



N D Folsom 1111011110-8 {1 H Burbridge HOllOOllO- 6 



GH Saunders 1111111100-8 Allen Willey llllOOOlQt-8 



J h Pitt G011111111— S Fred R.sley' 0110110110 6 



Sterry, Root. "Snipe" and Bill div. first monev, Folsom laun- 

 ders. Piit, Bristol and Lyman second, Alger and Webb third and 

 Burbridge, Risley and Willey fourth. 



Event 8, 15 singles. 3 angles, entrance 31, 11 entries: 



A Willey 11111101111 rill-14 E 1 Root 111110100110110-10 



C B Bristol ...111111011111110-13 N D tPolsom . . . 001011 11011 ! 1 M 1 u 



T P Bill 111010111111111-13 G H Saunders. 111101111100100- 0 



C Sterry 101111111011111-13 G G Lvman . .. .011110111010010- 9 



CHBurbridgelOlOillimilll-13 J R Pitt 110101100001111- 9 



J W Webb 011100110111011-10 iruiuoini 



Willey took first money. Bristol, Bill, Sterry and Burbridge div 

 second, Webb, Root, Folsom and Saunders third. Lvman and Pitt 

 fourth. 



Event 9, at 30 singles, entrance $2.35, 10 entries. Prize Colt 

 hammer-less gun, donated to Connecticut Trap Shooters' League 

 by Colt Patent Firearm Manufacturing Company: 



C Sterry 111111110111111101111011111111—27 



O Bristol 011101111111111110111110111111-20 



J W Webb 11 11101 101111 U11U101 11 ill] 10-36 



E I Root .lllllllllUllOlltiODm mull . - 20 



C HBurbridge 11001111 lUllOllOlllUOllllll 1—35 



Allen Willey 1111011 1 11100111101 11111101111 — 35 



t p Bill ..linn i n lot iiuioi i io loom ri - : "> .-, 



ND Folsom llOUUlllOlOlin 1011110100110—22 



G H Saunders UOllll 1001101 QlOlOQlOllllllOO— IB 



John RPitt 111110110010008101 1111 10111010—19 



Sterry won the gun and first money: Webb, Root and Bristol 

 div. second; Burbridge, Willey and Bill third. 



Event 10, at 5 pairs, entrance 50 cents, 5 entries: T. P. Bill 5 J 

 R. Pitt 8, J. W. Webb 8, A. Willey 4, C. Sterry 7. Pitt and Webb 

 first; Sterry second; Bill third; Willey fourth. 



Event 11, 10 singles, 50 cents, 5 entries: Bill 7, Pitt 8, Root 10 

 Sterry 9, Webb 8. Root first; Sterry second: Pitt and Webb div' 

 third; Bll fourth. 



Event 12, 3 birds, 25 cents, 2 entries: Bill 3, Pitt 3. In shooting 

 off the tie Pitt won. A. C. Collins. 



CLARE MONT SHOOTING GROUNDS.-Jan. 3.-Conditions 

 10 bluerocks. 50 cents entrance: 



Jones 10 8 9 8 11 Wallace 9 6 8 4 



Lindsley 6 10 8 5 12 Hunt 5 6 



Collins 10 9 9 9 15 Wander 3 5 '4 " 



Sweeps at 4 live birds, $3 entrance: 



Jones 2222—4 0011—3 2211—4 



Lindsley.. 3222—4 0220—2 i 



Collins 1121-4 1222-4 1211-4 



Wallace 2110-3 1220—3 1021-3 



Wanda 2010-2 0123-3 2120-3 



Hunt 3301—3 



Beaman 1112—4 



Laurence... 0112—3 



VERONA SPORTING CLUB.— Verona, N. Y„ Jan. l.-Match 

 at 10 Keystones, 15yds. This was the. first experience of some of 

 the members; the club has just been organized: 



Erickson 0110111110- 7 Handville 0000111111—6 



Brower llllllllli-lu . -nberg 0000101010-3 



Ougheltree 0001011011- 5 Dobbins .'.00011111 11-7 



Slayback 1011111111— 9 Bolle 0100100100-3 



Brower first, Slayback second, Dobbins third. 



FOUNTAIN GUNNERS.— The annual meeting of the Fountain 

 Gun Club was held Jan. 5 at the club house, 449 Flatbush avenue 

 Brooklyn. This shooting organization is one of the oldest on 

 Long Island, and is also one of the most prosperous, having in its 

 ranks some of the best wing shots in the country. The principal 

 event of the meeting was the presentation of the prizes won by 

 the several members during the past year. Abel Crook, the Presi- 

 dent ot the club, made the presentation speech and awarded the 

 prizes. The winners were as follows: Class A, C. W. Wingert 

 the Parker hammerless gun donated by R. Wells and the Sen 1 dons 

 gold medal, Dr. Wynn, gold watch, chain and charm, donated bv 

 the late Go /. Crook. Class B, H. W. Blattmaeher, S20 trold piece 

 presented by W. R. Selover: W. A. Stuart, hand-painted "Bier- 

 stadt" gold scarf pm presented by C. W. Wingert. Class C, Wal- 

 ter T. Duryea. $20 gold piece presented by Dr. Wynn; W N. Boet- 

 cher, $20 gold piece by A. Eddy. The election of officers then took 

 place and the following were elected: Abel Crook, President- 

 Robert Wells, Vice-President; John A. Carney, Secretary, and H' 

 W. Blattmaeher, Treasurer. Trustees— C. W. Wingert Chair- 

 man; A. W. Phelps, John Beacbam, W. H. Loomis and F A 

 Maacy, At the close of the meeting the members and invited 

 guests sat down to the annual club dinner, covers being laid for 

 about sixty. 



ST. LOUIS, Mo„ Jan. 2— The weather in this part of the coun- 

 try on New Year's Day was n il, by any means of the best for out- 

 of-door sport. A stiff cold wind from the west made its way over 

 this city and the shoot held by the Riverside. Gun Club was not 

 so numerously attended as it would have been had the elements 

 been more favorable. A 50-bird shoot with an entrance of $5 was 

 announced to take place, but owing to the small crowd of enthu- 

 siasts it was called off, and sweepstakes with a nominal entry 

 wore shot. Bluerock targets were used for all events, governed 

 by the rules of the now defunct A. S. A. Following are the scores, 

 ties div.: 



Ten bluerocks, 3 moneys: 



Haggerty 10 G Peudergast 8 Meade 10 



Henry 7 Charles Weber (1 Kllug 10 



E Peudergast 8 Phil Weber 7 Seltzer . ..7 



Ten bluerocks, Sinoucys: 



Haggerty 10 O Weber 0 Kl ing 8 



Henry... 7 P Weber 8 Eeade fl 



E Pendergast 7 G Peudergast 5 Seltzer 7 



Ten bluerocks, 3 moneys: 



Haggerty., 9 Meade 6 Seltzer 7 



Henry... 4 Phil Weber.. 6 Bauer 7 



E Pendergast 7 Q Pendergast 6 Manne 8 



C Weber fi Kling 1.0 



Fifteen bluerocks, 4 moneys: 



Haggerty 13 Meade 13 Higley 14 



Kling 11 P Weber 14 Seltzer 10 



G Pendergast 9 Manne.. 11 Runlz 10 



E Pendergast 14 C Weber 6 Lenbart 13 



Bauer 9 Schomberg 6 Steffm 15 



Henry 12 



Fifteen bluerocks. 4 moneys; 



Haggerty 13 Henry 12 C Weber 7 



Kling 13 Gus I) Leu hart -..II 



G Pendergast 9 P Weber. 10 Mea^'e 11 



ED Pendergast.... 15 Schomberg 8 Steffen 7 



Bauer 14 Higley 8 Horst. 5 



Unser Fritz. 



COUNTRY CLUB.— Editor Forest and Stream: On Christmas 

 Day at the Country Club, Westchester, in the handicap live 

 pigeon shootiug contests, for ihe club cups, miss and out, Mr. 

 Arthur Duane won two cup?, snooting at 29yds. rise for one. and 

 30j ds. rise for the other, killing 12 and 5 straight respectively. On 

 'New Yt-ar's Day, at the same club, Mr. Duane killed 63 pigeons 

 out of 04 shot at by him and won three cups, killing his first 47 

 birds Btraight and making a total score of 80 pigeons killed out of 

 81 shot at for the two shoots, the missed bird, the 48th, falling 

 dead just behind the score. All this shooting was done under 

 Hurliugham rules □ traps, 10yds. boundary, Mr. Duane shooting 

 a Purdy gun. 



NEWARK, N. J., Jan. l.-The bad weather of to-day kept some 

 of the regulars away from John Erb's grounds, but still enough 

 shooters were on nand to keep the trappers busy. The birds 

 were flyers. The events were all "Jersey sweeps" at 4 birds each, 

 ©3 entry, with Hurlingharn rules (modified) to govern. 



On the South Side grounds the members of the South Side and 

 Woodside gun clubs combined their forces and broke clay and 

 bluerock targets from 9 A. M. until dark. Twenty-two events 

 were disposed of and these necessitated the trapping of about 

 2,000 targets. Quite a number of out-of town shooters took part 

 in the contest, among them being G. W. and A. B. Gladwin, of 

 Leonia; R. and T.Dukes, East Orange: R, Stringer, Rahway; 1. 

 Warren Smith, Orange, and 1). H. Terrill, New York. 



The members of the Mutual bhin Club held forth in Fischer's 

 woods, aud filled in the time by shooting at live birds and arti- 

 ficial targets. 



New Year's Day was celebrated by the members of the East 

 Side Gun Club by a shoot at. Weidenmayer's woods, both live and 

 artificial targets being used. 



The first shoot of the Out. Door Gun Club was held on Thursday 

 on ihe club grounds, at 25 artificial birds each. Tbe result was as 

 follows: J. Metzler 20. B. Eckert 19. T. Vetter 22, J. Sonnenberg 

 22. B. Manger 9, P. McKeon 18, J. Golf 17, P. Gerrmg 16, L. Hubert 

 12, H. Mantierschied 18. 



At the New Year's Day shoot of the BoseviUe Gun Club artificial 

 targets were used, the conditions being 5 birds per man. $1 entry. 

 The Whatton brothers captured the bulk of the money, Alfred 

 Whatton securing first money five times, second monev twice. 

 Albert Whatton won first money three times, second money four 

 times. R. Gillott won first money once, second money twice and 

 thud money once. B. A. Rist won first money once and third 

 money once. 



Alfred and Albert Whatton shot a match at 10 pairs of clay- 

 pigeons each, Alfred breaking 15 and Albert 14. Tne stake was 

 for $10 a side. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., Jan. 3.— The Wellington Gun Club held 

 one of its old-time snoots to-day, the attendance being larger than 

 at any Saturday shoot since the cold set in. The weather was 

 just right for the sport, ami several good scores was the result. 

 In the regular cup match to-day Perry was again the winner, by 

 breaking 24 out of 25 standards. The other scores were: Brad- 

 bury, Cowte, Dill and Bond, 21; Swift. 20: Stanton and Moore, 19; 

 Leslie, 18; Hooper, Herrick, Archibald, Stone. Lee and Bradstreet, 

 16. In the contested cup match, won by Perry, Bradburv won by 

 breaking 22 out of 25 standards. The other scores were: Perry 21: 

 Leslie, Stone and Wheeler, 20; Hooper, Archibald, Dill, Bond' and 

 Stanton, 19; Cowee, 18. Thirteen sweepstake events followed. 



PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 31.— This afternoon Wm. H. Wolsten- 

 croft, James Wolstencroft, Albert Rust, A. Lawrence, Samuel 

 Richards. Nathaniel Swope, J. Rotherger, Dr. R. Howe, W. Wil- 

 son and Capt. Wm. H. Pack had a match at live crows across the 

 river on New Jersey soil. Hurlingbam rules governed the con- 

 test, which was at 15 birds per man. All the marksmen did re- 

 markably well, but the honors were won bv W. H. Wolstencroft 

 and Albert Rush, each of whom made a clean score of 15 killed. 



WATERTOWN, N. Y., Jan. l.-South Side Gun Club's weekly 

 shoot for badges. Winning member in each class to be handi- 

 capped one bird at nest 3hoot. Match at kingbirds, kingbird traps 

 16 and 18yds. rise, 5 traps, unknown angles, gun below elbow: 

 Class "A." 



Smith (34 birds) 11111U1 01111 10111 111111 -22 



TaUett (22 birds) 1111 1 mi u 11111111110 -21 



Scott, (2o birds) 1111111111111011111110010-21 



Whitney (24 birds) 110111101101011111111011 -19 



Class "B." 



O Connor (25 birds) 0010111110101111101111111—19 



Ayers (24 birds) 111101110111001111111110 -19 



Taylor (24 birds) 111111111011110001110110 -18 



Ringsley (23 birds) 1101001110J01010101011 —12 



Ties on 19 tor Mass "B" badge, 5 birds, 16 and 18yds.: 



1HU0 OHIO 11101 01011 11001-16 



°£ onno ^ 01110 10110 01111 11100 01011-16 



lie on Class 'b 1 badge postponed one week on account of dark- 

 ness. — DrrsTKM. 



drifting. 



Yachtsmen who do not see what they want under this heading 

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

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

 Game .Baa, inquire of the Sportsman T.jnrid, aod if their Yearn- 

 ings are still unsatisfied, push their explorations into the Editorial 

 and Advertizing Departments. 



FIXTURES. 



o„ FEBRUARY. 



22. Biscayne Bay, Annual, Biscayne Bay. 



JULY. 



14. Lake Y. R. A., Hamilton, 20. Lake Y. R. A., Rochester, 

 -r Hamilton. Rochester. 



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17. Lake Y. R. A., Queen City, 

 Toronto. 



A CORINTHIAN CRUISE ON PACIFIC WATERS. 



THE Cyretta is a small yacht in every sense of the word. Most 

 people when one speaks of a yacht picture a large, commodi- 

 ous vessel, with a sailing master, steward and crew; and when a 

 person mentions that his yacht is but 21ft, long, his friends are 

 liliely to look at him m a queer way, as if wondering how he cau 

 find enjoyment in so small a craft. But so long as the boat is 

 large enough to live on, my motto is, the smaller the boat the 

 b S tte fo^ e J sp . 0 i'^ Ttle Cyretta is but 21ft. long, 7ft. beam and 

 about 3ft. draft m cruising trim. She has an iron keel of LOOOlbs 

 and a hollow iron centerboard filled with lead, weighing 5001bs. in 

 all, so that, no inside ballast is needed. She is sloop-rigged and 

 completely equipped for racing, with jibtopsail, sprittopsail. 

 spmaker and water sail; and while holding her own as a racer I 

 take especial pride in her as a eralser. Aa far as I have seen, there 



is not one of her size among her companions that is fitted up more 

 completely for this branch of yachting. 



Having no inside ballast, there are locke.TS on every hand, so that 

 no matter how large a quantity of stores is carried, nothing is ever 

 found lying about the cabin of deck, in the way of every one, but 

 all is snugly stowed away. The cockpit is entirely separate from 

 the cabin, with soiippras that make it self-bailing, the lloor being 

 above the loadline. Under the cockpit seats are locktrs opening 

 into the cabin, and aft are two small hatches opening into the 

 space in the counter, so that every inch of room is available. For 

 a tender I have a small 8ft. skiff, which I And is much handier 

 than a round-bottomed yawi, drawing less water and being always 

 on an even keel. For cooking we use a Florence oil stove with 

 three wicks, and find it as good as anything we know of, though a 

 properly designed gasoline stove might be better. The cooking 

 utensils, all of granite ware. Stow aft under the cockpit, where are 

 also the water tanks, holding thirty gallons, tilling from the cock- 

 pit and with pipes into the cabin. The chinaware iskept in a plate 

 locker forward of the centerboard trunk, while the blankots and 

 bending are hung in nettings below the side declss, all being hid- 

 den by curtains. Each transom makes a bed, while room for a 

 third pprson can be made by means of a crossbar aud some slats 

 between the transoms, inakiug a very good bed. The. walls of the 

 little cabin ure embelishcd with clock, barometer, pictures and 

 binoculars, while on the ceiling are flag and glass racks. All 

 bulky stores are stowed forward, and the small articles in the 

 lockers. 



The Cyretta had been in commission about half the season of 

 1890. participating in all I ho races and short, club cruises, before 

 i he time came when I could think of taking my summer vacation. 

 At hist I was ready, and Will, my regular sailing companion, had 

 so arranged his business as to get away with mc; so we completed 

 our plans for the cruise. I had long wanted to cruise along the 

 shores of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Sttisun Bays, and up the 

 rivers emptying into them, but every year something had pre- 

 vented; this time, however, I saw some hopes of a realization of 

 my desires. Wo decided to stock the yacht with everything neces- 

 sary for the cruise, so as to be independent of the towns and slop- 

 ping places, and able, to go where we pleased without any fixed 

 course other than working along the north shore. 



The boat was fully equipped already, and all that remained was 

 lo lay in the provision*, consisting of canned goods, ham, bacon, 

 potatoes, eggs, rice, coffee, lard, coal oil, crackers and numerous 

 small stores in the way of matches, lamp wicks, salt, pepper, etc. 

 For drinkables we had six dozen quarts of beer, and one dozen of 

 California white wine. Three of us made up the party, Cei^e, a 

 mutual friend, Will, before mentioned, and myself. We made 

 out a list of articles needed aud had all shipped over to the Cm in- 

 thian Y. C. house at Point Tiburon, the club beneath whose flag 

 Cyretta sails. When I first, saw the pile of provisions I wondered 

 where we were going to put them all, there seemed to be plenty 

 to fit out a general country store and still leave enough for the 

 boat, but as the list had been made very carefullv. we knew that 

 if tbe order had been properly filled it all belonged to us, and was 

 u ot too much, so Ceice and I turned to below to stow cargo. 



After two hours' work there was not a sign of anything aboard 

 the boat except the empty boxes, that were soon hove over the 

 side. Where all the stuff had gone was a mystery to the club 

 members who bad seen the pile and inquired what we were going 

 to do with it, To be a success, a cruise requires good food and 

 served often, for it matters not how much you may enjoy yourself 

 in other ways, if you are always hungry or forced to eat poorly 

 cooked grub, you are in no condition to enjoy yourself, and soon 

 tire of the sport. Many old cruisers make the mistake of starting 

 with the idea that on a cruise, they can get along with anything; 

 failing to realize that the hardships which seem so heroic in books 

 are not what they are accustomed to; consequently, after a few 

 meals on sea-soaked crackers, they retire with the remark that 

 roughing it is a delusion aud a fraud. 



Alter everything was shipshape, the blue peter was run up, and 

 Ceice and 1 waited tor Will, who was to come over from San 

 Francisco on the 6:15 P. M. boat. We spent the time in putting 

 linisbing touches here and there, filing side-lights, riding-light 

 and cabm lamps, and other small jobs. At last the boat arrived, 

 and Will came, staggering along under a gun, violin, and numer- 

 ous bundles and packages. Ceice had his rifle and a guitar already 

 on board, and as I had also my shotgun and voice, we were well 

 equipped either to charm with sweet music the natives we might 

 meet, or to protect ourselves should our music prove other than 

 soothing. While Ceice went in the small boat for Will, I got up 

 the anchor, up went the jib, and at 6:30 P. M. we were under way. 



The wind was light, and we made our way slowly among the 

 yachts off the club house at their moorings, finally clearing them 

 and heading up Raccoon Strait*. The tide was ebbing so fast 

 that while tbe wind was aft we made little headway; so we set the 

 sprittopsail and jibtopsails. The evening was a perfect one; and 

 as the twilight deepened into darkness we lolled about the deck 

 and cockpit, enjoying the delightful freedom from business and 

 worldly cares tor two weeks to come. After stemming the cur- 

 rent for a while and making very little headway Will mentioned 

 that he was hungry, and though I had not thought of it before, I 

 immediately discovered that I was famished. Ceice said that he 

 was still worse than that; so we edged our way over to the Angel 

 Island shore, where we got into a current that insisted in taking 

 us down the bay instead of up, the way we wished to go. There 

 was no help for it, so Ceice took the yawl ahead and ' javhawked" 

 i, e., towed the boat into Chinese Cove, where we dropped anchor. 

 In a short time there were sounds of revelry by night, and an ap- 

 petizing odor of beefsteak and onions, hot coffee, etc., was wafted 

 on the summer zephyr-. 



After dining we felt so much revived that a new start was de- 

 cided on; and the tide now being favorable we set our side lights 

 and stood up the bay with a light west wind on our beam. While 

 sailing we arranged our programme as to work and play: as to 

 watches, none were required, we did not intend to do any more 

 night sailing than was necessary, being desirous of seeing all the 

 country as we passed, and of taking in all the inlets and cut-offs. 

 As to work, I was captain and cook, Will and Ceice had charge 

 of dishes and cabin, and it was mut ually agreed that at any time 

 when either of us saw a thing that should be done he would do it 

 at once and each was to do all possible with a will. As to piav 

 we were to stick together as much as possible, and when there 

 were any side trips to make we would lock un the boat and all go 

 along, uhus there could be no feeling of being left behind or 

 Blighted, lhese arrangements worked all through the cruise, 

 and I cannot now recall an instance of anv break in the harmonv 

 of the trip. J 



Y T achting or camping is a severe ordeal to some people; it takes 

 a peculiar organization to stand the little trials and hardships 

 that are to be met with on a trip afloat or ashore, and if there is 

 any taint of selfishness in one's make-up it is likely to crop out 

 and cause unpleasantness all around, and anv show of overbear- 

 ing will cause a small rebellion. In going off on a pleasure trip 

 one should use some judgment in selecting his companions, as a 

 friend who may be a jolly good fellow at home is often apt to 

 turn out a grumbling, disobliging bore after a few days afloat or 

 lit camp. My crew was well chosen, as a more willing and good- 

 natured couple than Will and Ceice could not be found. Will 

 had been sailing with me for a year or more, and knew all about 

 the yacht and her gear, while Ceice was a quick and active 

 yachtsman, always willing and even-tempered. As for myself, I 

 tried to do all things possible to make the cruise enjovable, so 

 taking it altogether we made a very good conbination. 



We sailed along the Marin county shore, passing California 

 City and the btate prison, at St, Quintin, all aglow with electric 

 lights. The night was fine, too much so from a yachtsman's point 

 01 ^y^tr 6 tunber up the bay we went the lighter the wind fell, 

 until off the Mann Islands it was scarce an air, and then dropped 

 to a dead calm off the Sisters. We drifted past these lonesome 

 rocks and finally dropped anchor off McMears Landing at the en- 

 trance to ban Pablo Bay at 1:30 A.M., Will and myself having 

 had two hours each at the tiller. Ceice had meanwhile made up 

 the berths, and alter we had furled the sails and set the riding 

 h£?bt we turned in, well tired out with a day's work and a night's 



We turned out bright and early in the morning and washed 

 down decks, then Ceice and Will took the skiff and went ashore 

 to dig some clams where they saw some Chinese at work dig- 

 ging them: while 1 stayed aboard and cooked breakfast. The 

 boys took a small spade and caused great fun among the China- 

 men by trying to get clams with it, the mud being too soft to dig 

 holes m. They soon found the right way from the Chinamen, 

 which was to run the arm a yard or so in the blue mud and haul 

 his clamship up. They found clams plenty and blue mud in still 

 greater abundance, being covered from head to foot. When break- 



ast was re'idy I blew the bugle, and they were not long in getting 

 aboard, but first they had to sponge tad Scrape each other, to get 

 rid ot the elegant coat of blue mud. 



At_9 A. M., after a good breakfast, we were under way, with a 

 parting salute from our gun to our Chinese instructors in clam 

 nshmg, which, however, they did not seem to appreciate. Our 

 brass breech-loading yacht gun was our chief pride, and we never 

 lost a chance of saluting with it, but it was always a great nuis- 

 ance, requiring constant polishing to keep it in presentable con- 

 dition. We skirted along the shore for some miles aad then 

 squared away for Petaloma Creek channel and picked np the 

 Deacons, which had to be paased close aboard. After saliuig f or a, 



