April 16, 1891.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



£B9 



EASTERN Y. C. 



THE regatta committee of the Eastern Y. C. has prepared the 

 following varied programme of races, in which Inducements 

 are offered to all classes ot yaeiits. If a proper spirit is shown by 

 yacht owners in eutering their Tessels the season will be an 

 unusually exciting one. 



May 30— Handicap Kaee.— From jMarblehead Rods-, for vachls 

 belonging to members ot tbe club. Prizes— First class scboouers 

 $100, second class schooners SVo, fifth class sloops ^50, sixth class 

 sloops aud seventh class sloops §50. Entries to be received by 

 Mr. Edward Burgess, Sec'y, Scars Huilding, Boslou, before May 

 35, at 3 P.M. The handicaps will be declared at the club house 

 the evening before the race. 



June 19— Sweepstaix-es Ence.— From Marbleliead Rock —The en- 

 trance fee in each class will be and in each class wiiprc four 

 or more start the cbib vvill add the foliowiug amounts— for first 

 class schooners glOO, for second class schooners .575, for lifih class 

 sloops $50, for sixth clat-s sloops SdO, for seventh claFs slnous S-'.bO. 

 In each class where four or less start the prizes will he divided— 

 7.5 per cent, to t lie first yacht aud 2.5 to the second; where more 

 than four start they will be divided— TO per cent, to the first vacht, 

 20 to second and 10 to third. Entries, inclosing- check, to be'made 

 to Mr. Edward Burgess before June Iti, at 2 P.ai. 



June 29— Annual Regatta, for all classes.— Fj oiu Halfway Rock. 

 —Prizes for schooners— First class (over TOCr. waterlinc) S'.iOO, 

 second class (30ft. and not over 75i!. waterline) ,5100. If four or 

 more first class schooners complete the course a second prize of 

 $100 will be awarded. For sloops— First class (over TOft. water- 

 line) $3j0, second class (over (ilft. and not over 70n. waterliue) 

 $150, third class (over ;>3l't. a.ud not over Oft. waterliue) $100, 

 fourth class (over 4Gft. and uot over ,53ft. waterliue) §7.5, fifth <-)as8 

 (over 40ft. anri not ovei- hift. waterliue) £75, sixth class (over 3.5ft. 

 and not over 40t't. waie-line) 5, seventh class (over 80ft, and not 

 over 35ft. waterliue) .p'lO. If hve or more yachts start in any class 

 a second prize of ,82.) will be awarded. Entries to be received by 

 Mr. Burgess before June 27, at 2 P.3I. 



July (two days before the Annual Cruise)— Handicap Race.— 

 From Halfway Rock, for yachts in cruising trim belonging to 

 members of the club. Prizes— First class achooners SlOO, secnnd 

 class schooners $100, first class sloops SlOO, second rlass sloops $100, 

 third class sloops ,-?100. fourth cLhss, sloops «75, fifth class sloops 

 $75, sixth class sloops ,i:7,"'. secenj li ctass sloops $50. 



August 15 (or at the end of N. . A , C. cruise)— .'Sweepstakes Race. 

 —From Halfway Rock loj- first clat-s and second class schooners, 

 and for fifth class, sixth cb'iss, aud seventh class sloops. Kntrance 

 fee for schooners $100. fifth class sloops $100, sixth class sloops $75, 

 seventh class sloops $30. 1 n each class, where four or more yachts 

 start, the club will add the following prizes: First class schooners 

 ?100, second class schooners 8*5, fifth class sloops S50, sixth class 

 sloops $50, seventh class sloops .SoO. 



In each class where four or less start, the stakes antl prizes will 

 be divided 75 per cent, to the first yacht and 25 per ceur. to the 

 second. When more than four start, they will be divided 75 per 

 cent, to the first yacht, SO per cent, to the second aud 10 per cent, 

 to the third. Entries, Inclosing check, to be made to Mr. Edward 

 Burgess before 3 P. M. of the Sfcond day before the race. 



September 1 (subject to change)— Autumn regatta.— Special pro- 

 grammes for each race will be issued in due course. 



WHEN TACHIS AKB TO RACE IN CBUISIKG TRIM. 



No doors, tables, cabin skylighis, stoves, or other fittings on or 

 below deck (davits excepted) shall be removed from their places 

 before or during the race. 



No tops.ails shall be carried extending beyond the truck or the 

 gaff end, and in yachts exceeding 40ft. on the waterlineno sails 

 or other gear shall, barring squaQs, be put into the main cabin. 



Anchors and chains suitable to the size of the vaclit .^hiill be 

 carried; and of these, one shackled to the chain shall be in the 

 usual place on the bow. 



Each yacht above .53ft. waterliue shall carry two serviceable 

 boats; each smaller yacht, except the Seventh Class sloops, shall 

 carry one such boat. 



Except a pilot, no more than the regular crew of the yacht shall 

 be allowed, and :io more persons than can be suitably lodged at 

 night. 



The committee reserves the right to invite visiting j^achts to 

 eater any of the above races, and calls the attention of members 

 to the recent change In Bv-Law V.. under which vachts under 

 30ft. may now enter races of the club by assuming 30ft. waterliue. 



The committee will be glad to arrange additional races, or races 

 on these da,tes for other classes, should prizes be otTered. 

 Wir. S. Eatok, Chairman, 1 

 R. D. Sears, I , ^. 



r. E. Peabodt, 1 Regatta Committee, 



P. T. Jackson, Jr., i E, Y, O. 



Henry H. Buck, Secretary, J 



50 State street. 



AN ADVENTURE AT MOSQUITO INLET. 



''HILE glancing over a number of the Forest and Stream 

 last evening, I was suddenly reminded of a little adventure 

 at Mosquito Inlet, a dangerous, e^'er changing channel opening 

 to the sea just north of New Smyrna, on the e.-ist coast ot Florida. 

 We had bnen roamiue about tlie flowery State since the latter 

 part of November (IS-Sl), aul now. after five months of continual 

 pleasure, were leistireiy journeying homeward. Our' party had 

 spent some delightfiifly lazy weeks at and abotit Daytona, on the 

 Halilax River, aud tue only Question which agitated our minds 

 was how to reach St. Augustine with the least possible fatigue. 

 At that time a railroad was a thing of the future, and onlv talked 

 about by a fewenterprising citizens of this city in the wooiis. The 

 all stage route, through sand and cypress swamps, and lasting 

 about twenty hours, was quickly decided against; there remained 

 then only the stage to Volusia, thence by steamboat down the St. 

 Johns to Jacksonville, or the acceptance of a friend's offer, to 

 fake us to New Sm.\rna in the Ella, where we might catch an 

 oranee freight boat for the outside voyage withia a week or so. 

 Wegladlj chose the latter mode of travel, and so, with our friend 

 as captain and the mother for mate, we weighed anchor one fine 

 morning aitd headed dowTi stream. 



All went smoothly until we neared the treacherous inlet, the 

 only opening in the natural breakwater for forty miles in one 

 direction, and sixty in the other. Here the waters of the two 

 rivers meet, and together flow out to sea. The Hillsboro runs 

 north, the Halifax south, so in order to safely cross from one cur- 

 rent to the other a strong, steady sailiug breeze is absolutely 

 necessary. As the tide was on the ebb it was in our favor until 

 we reached the Hillsboro, when we had the tide against us just 

 where it was strongest (i. c, in the center of the channel). Just 

 here our danger began, for the wind entirely left us, the sails 

 flapping languidly and we quickly floated toward the great white 

 breakers, which had caused the death of an eminent man only a 

 short time before, the ever shifting sands being far more to be 

 dreaded than otir own rock-bound coast, as the many skeletons of 

 large and small sea-going craft strewn along the shore of this 

 penrnstila effectually proved. Fortunately Madame La Mere sat 

 in the cabin, and so knew nothing of our peril, and the Bashi 

 Bazook who was with her had enough presence of mind to remain 

 perfectly still until such time as action was called for. 



Outside the young captain and the remainder of our trio stood 

 ready for any fate. The doctor took off his coat, colled the long 

 rope belonging to tbe boat conveniently near, fastened the free 

 end arouud his waist, and stood ready to pluuge into the breakers 

 and try to fight his way to the shore should our little craft by any 

 chance be carried near the beach instead of out to sea. This was 

 an almost hopeless task, owing to the .size ot the breekers now 

 close at hand, to say nothing of the sharks which Infest these 

 waters as we presently bad good reason to know. A long moment 

 of anxiety as the Ella turned slightly toward the first white horse 

 who proudly threw the foam from his mighty head and tossed ths 

 spray from his long green mane, and then the faintest, softest 

 breath that ever tried to fill a sail, caught us, held us, and after an 

 agonizing length of time, actually bore us away from the beauti- 

 ful destructive monsters, which had seemed so sure of their prey. 



Slowly we fought our way against the tide, and, fortunately fo"r 

 us, its force was nearly spent or our little breeze could not have 

 saved us. After tacking back and forth a countless number of 

 times we ran aground on a sand bar left nearly bare by the reced- 

 ing waters. The ever ready Doctor threw the anchor aud then 

 himself overboaril, and fairly hammered the heavy flukes into 

 the yielding sand imtil the anchor was nearly out of 'sight. Then 

 we breathed. We were safe; and although a tedious wait was un- 

 avoidable no one murmured, but all was thankfulness for our 

 narrow escape from disaster. 



It was growiug dart, and the tide would not permit us to move 

 for at least four hour-*; so we prepared and ate our evening meal, 

 and then, while the rest dozed in the little cabin, the Do'jtor rissed 

 up a shelter from the dew. and we I wo remained on deck to wfUr-h 

 tlie last of the ebb, the slack, aud fiuallv the flood tide. And a 

 weird scene it was! Out of sight ot laud, bv the dim Hghi of I he 

 phosphorescent waters, anchored in the. very center of two arms 

 of the sea, and so near the breakers their mtisic sounded iu our 

 ears at every heart-beat of the mighty ocean. 



And now, as we leaned over the side, queer forms glided near 

 US, and close to the surface of the quiet water, and aa the tide 



rose, the size of these spectres increased, until the shadowy foams 

 resolved themselves into sharks of all sizes aud kinds. The white, 

 hammerhead, man-sa'er, d> g, razor-back and pray shark were 

 recognized witbout ditficulty, for they were so bold we invcdun- 

 tarily drew baci<, almost believing tViese inrates of the sea would 

 board us, or at least re.5ch us w here we sat, tbe distance from 

 their ugly heads to our low deck being so slight. 



Presently the \\ater was df ep enough for us to venture up the 

 Hillsboro with ihe tide in our f;ivor, for there was almost a dead 

 calm at that hour of the night, so we roused our cabin passengers, 

 hauled in the- anchor after many efforts and once more set sail for 

 New Smyrna. We gently floated along near rhe shore avoiding 

 beds of raccoon oysters, with their sharp edges turned upward, 

 and the dark mysterious mangrove islaiids, by good luck rather 

 than Sr-ill; and at last reached the rude pier "we long had sought," 

 between one aud two o'clock in the morning, and another hour 

 saw us comfortably housed in the old fashioned inn on the bluff. 



Nar a. More. 



PHILADELPHIA Y. C. 



THIS second meeting of Hie Philadelphia Y. 0. was held at the 

 club rooms ou April 1, AHce Com. Pratt in the chair. J. H. 

 Sloan, chairman Board of Trustees, reported that the purchase 

 money had l)een paid, the title had been passed and the club bad 

 taken possession of tbe river property at Tiuicum. Plans and 

 specifications for improvements have be>=m submitted and work 

 will be commenced at once. One of the most imiiortaut improve- 

 ments will be the construerion of a basin 00x5(}0fi., with a depth 

 cf 10ft. below low water mark, for tlie winter storage of yachts. 

 The buildings, including the club house, will be thoroughly over- 

 hauled aud eompleied by opening day. May 30. 



The proposed cdiaugcs in the racing rules were adopted. The 

 most iiunortant were: Changing the detail in measurement rule 

 to conform to that now in use by the .Seawauhaka Corinthian, 

 New York, Corinthian and Larchuiout yacht clubs. Clas.sifying 

 by corrected length, instead of waterliue'length with these clasRr-s; 

 Schooners, first class, :ill of 70ft. corrected length and over; .second 

 class, all under 70U. corrected length. Sloops, cutters and vawls, 

 first class, all over .50ft. cirrected length; second class, all over 

 40ft. aud not over 60ft., corrected length; thii'd class, all over oOft, 

 and not over 40ft., correcled length; fourth class, all over 30ft. and 

 not over aort., corrected length: fifth class, all of 20ft, and under. 



These new courses were adopted: Course .A— From starling Hue 

 off the club house at Tiuicum to aud arouud Buoy 27, W.S.W. 

 from Deep Water Point Light, keeping it on the port hand, and 

 returu to starting point, keepiug to westward of Cherry Island 

 Flats and Marcus Hook Bar both ways; distance, 30 mibis. Course 

 B— From same starting point, to and around Buoy 32, east of 

 Erlgemoor, and return to starling point; distance, 20 miles. Course 

 C— From sameslariing point, to and amuud a station boat off 

 Marcus Hook, aud return to starting point; distance, 10 miles. 



Secretary A. F. Bancroft was elected a life member iu recoani- 

 tion of the fact that he is the only one of the origin.'il members 

 remaining in the club, and who has been active inits affairs every 

 year since the organization of the club in 1876. 



Hon. Samuel Crothers. James G. RamsdeU, Emlen Pone Etting. 

 Resignations of A. C. McElroy, R. W. D. Albury and Richard T. 

 Starr were accepted. 



NEW FIFE YACHTS. 



THE present season has been a very busy one at Fairlie, as tbe 

 following list shows. The most important of the new boats 

 is the Thalia, the largest racer that Mr. Will Fife, Jr.. has de- 

 signed for some years. She will go into a hot class, with Creole 

 and the new 40 raters by Watson and other designers, and will 

 have to work for all that she wins. Dragon is the yacht lately 

 described by the Boston Criobe us building for this side, but she is 

 a regular 30 rater of toe latest design, and is intended to succeed 

 Mr. Hill's famous Dragon, now the top of the class. It is rather 

 unusual for an owner to otit-build his own boat before she has 

 been beaten, but this ia practically what Mr. Hill has done. 

 Captain Ben Parker, who commanded the hrst Dragon, wUl sail 

 her, while Captain John Carter, who was here iu the Oeuesta, 

 will sail the 10 rater, with an East Coast crew. The old Dragon 

 has not yet been sold. 



LIST of designs, 1891, 

 Ncmic. Big. R-ating. Owner. Builder. 



Cut.. 10 .J.W. Fansmith. .St. Petersburg 



Thalia. . .Out. .40 .J. A. Inglis W. Fife & Son . 



Dragon. .Cut. .20 .F. C. Hill W. Fife & Son. 



Myrta .. .Lug . 2»^.W. Conuell W. Fife & Son. 



Thelma..Lug . SJ-S J. C. Counell. . . . W. File & Son. 

 Vashti...Lug . 2J4.P. M. Inglis W. Fife & Son. 



Lug . 2>n,tiapt. Campbrll W. Fife & Son. 

 Volva .. .Cut.. 0 .(xeorge Watson. W. Fife & Son. 

 Erica. . . .Cut. . \V. C. Teacher. . W. Fife & Sou . 

 Kite Cut. .10 .J. H. Lister W. Fife & Son . 



Cut.. 6 W.Pife & Son. 

 Jeanie...Lug . fg. Blair Cochrane .Taylor J-^^'iiS^^V ^• 



\ 01 W 3 gilt. 



Barbara. Cut. .46ft.C. H. AY. Foster.. .Lawley Boston 



Lug . 3 Robertson 



Lug . 2 Robertson 



Lug . 2 Robertson. ..... 



Lug . 2 Robertson 



ljug . 2J.^.Norman Clark. .W. Fife* .Son. 



Cut.. 3 J. P. Bell Halifax. 



Lug.. .5 H. R. Langrishe. Camper & Nicholson. 



Lug.. 18tt(cb)M. H.Cameron 



Lug..lfifi(cb) 



Cut..27ft.A. B. Mateer. . . .W. Fife & Son. 



THE HERRESHOFF 46-FOOTER. 



THE new- Herreshoff 'IG-footer, which is generally assigned to 

 Mr. E. D. Morgau. wdll be named G-loriana. "The midship 

 seetiou is not vridely different from those of the Fife boats, but in 

 other features she is unlike any others of the class. Her most 

 noticeable feature is the forward overhang; the rake of stei-n- 

 post is only moderate; the heel of the keel i.B slightlv rockered no 

 aft, bringing the deepest point a little forward of the sternpost. 

 from which the keel rounds up with no forefoot aud with none of 

 the usual reverse curve above water, but runs out in one con- 

 tinuous sweep. The result is tbe most excessive overhang yet 

 seen, the length over all being 70ft., v,^hile tbe designed waterliue 

 is but 4.5ft. 3iu. The overhang aft is very loner, but the bow is StiU 

 longer. The waterlines forward are quite fttll, but the diagonals 

 are very easy in all parts. The lead, about 23^.^ tous, is bung quite 

 low. The frames are all of steel, 15-4 s spaced 16m. The yacht 

 has a complete steel frame, incltiding diagonal braces under the 

 deck, with steel gussets and floors. The lower planking will be 

 Ipsin. yellow pine, a single skin, but the bilge aud top-sides will 

 be double planked, J,^in. cedar and %iu. yelTow pine, all fastened 

 with copper screw bolts. She will have a large sail area, but Ion<' 

 and low iu proportions, the boom being about Stift. and gaff 5Ut 

 There will be a stateroom on starboard side, forward of the maiii 

 cabin, and a ladies' cabin alt. The workmanship throughout 

 will be of the best; 



CORINTHIAN NAVY.-The Delaware River Squadron will 



a, uiKLaiioB or 4o mjiea jn an. i ne smaller boats will cover a 

 shorter course. The suqadrou will also cruise on Decoration 

 Day. The Committee ou sailing rules of the Navy have com- 

 pleted their labors, and their draft is no w in Admiral Connollv's 

 hands. The committee was a very strong cue, consisting- 'of 

 James O. Summers, William Gardner, W. C. Brown E'rank 

 Taylor and Thomas Clapham. The uew rules governing the 

 25-footers cannot be published until the Association has jia^^ed 

 on them. The East River Squadron lias opened its navigation 

 school, and 25 members are now attending. This se^uadrou will 

 cruise on Decoration Day with the Long Island Sound Squadron 

 The New A ork Bay Squadron held a meetine: at 47 Dey street on 

 Mar. 21, when arrangements for cruise ou Decoration Day were 

 completed. There are five 25-footer8 either built nr buildi'ug tor 

 the Corinthian Navy, Four are Gardner boais and one a Burges.^. 

 The St. Lawrence River Squadron is making arrangements for its 

 annual elceiiou. This squadron will give a big regatta during the 

 summer, aud wUl keep things humnoing tinder Mr. Taylor's 

 management. 



CONQfJERER, steam yacht, lately purcliascd bv Mr. F W 

 Vanderbilt, will sail from Hull, Eng. in June, for Ne'wpoi't. Con- 

 queror is a very handsome iron vessel, designed and built in 18S9 

 by Russell and Co., Port Gl.isgow, for Mr. W. S. Bailev, Hull 

 Eng. Sue is 188tt. ou deck, 179ft. l.w.l,, 24ft. 7in. beam, and ISfi. 

 Oil! draft, with triple expansion engines of ^00 L H, P.. cylinders 

 1.5.1.V;, 24 aud io by33iu. She is classed 100 A at Lloyds and has 

 made 13}^ knots. She is schooner rigged and of 526 tous. 



TEMPEST, schr., has recently been Bold by Lowell Mason to 8. 

 M. Roosevelt, of New York, for |3,500, 



A OLLNTEER.— It will be a surprise to yachtsmen to learn that 

 within a very short time the farhous Yolunteer will practically 

 be destroyed, and that the largest and last of the famous sloops 

 will disappear entirely. In the cases of the others, Mayflower, 

 Priscilla and Atlantic, that have been altered to schooners, the 

 hulls have been so little changed as to retain their identity nuder 

 the new rig; but the alterations to A'oluuteer are so extensive as 

 to involve the destruction of the yacht aud the replacing her by 

 anew craft. She has been hauled out at Lawley's, her mast re- 

 moved and also the interior joiner woik, and the Isfeel htili will 

 be cut in two abaft the midship section. The entire fore body 

 will be destroyed, the only parts retained being the after body, 

 the keel and (he centerboard trunk. The deck, bulwarks and rail 

 will be new, which will give an opportunitv to get rid of that 

 very ugly stern, which was always such a detriment to the vessel 

 and discredit to her builders. The new yacht, which will retain 

 the old name, will be GOft. on the waterline, in place of 85ft., and 

 wtU be schooner rigged. The steel plates aud angles are now 

 being rolled by the Pencoid Mills, and the yacht is to be ready bv 

 June. " 



MONTGOMERY SAILING CLUB.-Norristown, Pa.-Tfie 

 Montgomery Sailina Club has been reorganized and the follovy- 

 lug offtcers elected: Com., L. (j. Palmer; V^ice-Com., George W. 

 Ritter; Sec. and Treas., E. A. Leopold; Timer, William Alcorn, 

 there are 18 mpmbers and 9 boats enrolled, with several applica- 

 tions for membership to be voted on at the next meeting, to he 

 held April 14. The rules of the old club of Ihe same name were 

 adopited with a few minor changes. Class 1 consists of canoes 

 aud duckers with a maximum sail area of 110 feet. Class 2 in- 

 eludes tuckups with a sail area of 165 feet, and will be set back 10 

 mmutes at the start in a five mile race. A special rule was made 

 allowing the 16 foot hiker Pennsylvania, carrying 300 feet of sail, 

 to start with class 2. The racing season will open April 19; 13.' 

 races wiU be .sailed, and the boats scoring the greatest number of 

 points in the lull series of races will be awarded a pennant at the> 

 close ot the season.— E. A. Leopold, Sec'y. 



DOUGLASTON Y. C— The spring meeting of the Douglaston: 

 1 . C. washeld on April T, at tbe Hotel Marlboro, N. A^ Commo- 

 dore Newman presided and H. F. Ducret acted as secretarv. It- 

 was decided to hold the annual regatta on July 4, on Little Neck 

 Bay, open to the leading clubs. It was also decided to give a series 

 ot monthly races during the summer. The vachts to he sailed by 

 ladies selected by the owners. The two boats t\ inning the greatest 

 number of the races will receive handsome prizes which will be 

 awarded tbe fair skippers. Twelve new members were elected, 

 also the following honorary ones: Ex-Commodore W. P. Douglass, 

 Constant A. Andrews and A S, Robbins. The club goes into com- 

 mission May 30.— A . F. Ducret. Sec'y. 



SEAWANHAKA 0. Y. C— At'tberegularmeeting on April 7the 

 following smendment was proposed but not adopted: Section 13. 

 If an overlap exists between t wo vachts when both of them, with- 

 out tacking, are about to pas^, a mark on the required side, then 

 the outside yacht must give the inside yacht room to pa.-^s clear nf 

 thi'mark; in-ovidcd slic can do v^njioiu tach-Uiu or Virnwinfi her- 

 self into the wind. A yacht shall not. however, be justified ia 

 attempting to establish an overlap aud thus force a passage be- 

 tween another yacht and the mark, after the latter has altered 

 her helm for the purpose of rounding. 



THISTLE.— The price paid by the German Emperor is given as 

 $2.1,000. Her interior will be refitted in an elaborate manner. 

 Captain Duncan and bis Scotch crew will be in command this 

 year and the yacht will be raced in the principal British regattas 

 It is stated that the Empcrer is desirous of changing the name to 

 Meteor. 



E. LUCKENBACH.— The big tug E. Luckenbach has been sold 

 to Charleston, 3. C, pilots. New- York j-achtsmen will remember 

 her well, as she was used as judges' boat by the New York and 

 Seawanhaka clubs for several years about 1882-6 and has played, 

 an important part in some famous races, especially the trial and 

 Cup races of 1?85. 



WM. L. FORCE.-On April 3 the well-known yacht builder W- 

 L. Force died at the age of G8 at his home iu Keyport, N J Mr 

 Force was noted as a skilful sailor and a very good workman! 

 He built the Regina for the late Mr. W. A. AY. Stewart and also 

 tbe old Active, Ocean Gem and the fast eat Bijou. 



COMANCHE.— The schooner .ffilolus, formerlv owned by Sam- 

 uel Wood, has been entirely rebuilt at Port Jefferson, her name 

 being changed to Comnnche She is now SOft. over all, 83ft 1 w 1 

 23ft. Sin. besim, and 10ft. draft. She was formerly 90ft. over all' 

 79ft. l.w.l., 22rt. 4in. beam and 9ft. Bin. draft. 



CORSAIR, steam yacht, J. Pierpont Morgan, has been sold to 

 Isaac Stera. of New York. Mr. Morgan retains the name fc- his 

 new yacht building by Neafie & Levy from designs by J. Beavor 

 AVebb. 



GANNET.— This handsome little keel yawl is advertised in 

 another column. She is completely equipped and is a perfect sin., 

 glehander. 



BEATRIX.— The Burgess centerboard 40 for Messrs. Bryant and 

 Prince will have to content herself with a less ruddy and lurid 

 name than Satan, as she has been christened Beatrix. 



RAMONA. schr., formerly Resolute, has been sold to Crocker 

 Gilley, of California. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Fobe.st and 

 Stre.'S.m their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc of 

 their clubs, aud also E'ltices in advanec of meetings and races, "and; 

 report of the same. Canoeists aud all interested iu canoeing af6' 

 requested to forward to FoitEST and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local 

 waters, drawings or descriptions of boats .and fittings, and all 

 items relating to the sport. 



FIXTURES. 



ItAT. 



16, lanthe. Spring, AVoodside. 



jitnb. 



6. Hoisting Sail Competition, 20. Marine & Field, Onen Bath 

 Brooklyn. Beach. ' - 



6. Yonkers, Annual, Yonkers. 27. Brooklyn, Ann., Bay Ridare. 

 h- ^ • <=^'*'i'^^ ^ ; -• Ian tlie. Spring, Passaic Ri v . 

 20. New York, Sandy Hook Race 



.TOLy. 



U-26. AV.C.A. Meet, Ballast Island- 



AUGUST. 



6-27. A. C. A. Meet, Lake Champlain. 



SEPTEMBER. 



.5. Oraiige, Ann., Passaic River. 7. lanthe, Annual, AVoodside. 



7. lanthe, Ann., Passaic River. 



THE CRUISE OF THE SHENANDOAH C. C. 



AS DETAILED BT THE COMMODORE. 

 PART \Tn. 



AFTER breakfast the next morning, while George and Lacy 

 were engaged in putting the culinarv utensils to rights and 

 polishing up the club plate, I strolled down to the AA'hite House to 

 get a drink of water from the great iron-handled pump in the 

 shady dooryard, and to have my morning smoke ami a little chat 

 with Mr. Brubaker. His war recollections were exceedingly in- 

 teresdng, and although he took no part in it, and indeed hardly 

 left his home during the entire four years' struggle, were ouite 

 tinged with the pathetic. " 



He had been a Union man, and bitterly opposed to the secession 

 movement, and. like many other LTnion men in A'irginia he was 

 not drawn into the vortex of secession in the great storm of '61 

 which swept over the fair land of the South, but remained stead- 

 fastly kiyal to the Lniou through all the long dark years of fire 

 devastation and death which followed. He could notn^dit a^-ai ast-' 

 the Lmou, nor could he join the alien Northern invader* a^-ii-Tst ' 

 his own kindred, friends and neighbors; so he remHiued tiiv' 

 aud sadly at home while the fierce tide of war surged uq 'and?, 

 down the valleys and over the mountain passes, leaviiig death 

 and devastatiomn its trail. His place was repeatedly^.verrnn 

 with the troops of both armies; and, in common with ati the other 

 inhabitants ot the valley and elsewhere throughout 'this wai-- 

 desolated land, he was stripped of stock, fences, barna and cvuos.' ' 

 Here it;^was that Jackson emerged from the passes of the Ala^s- ' 

 auutcou Mountains during his memorable campaien, and ero=sed" 

 the Sheiiaudoah. to fall upon the devoted Banks in"a whirlwind of.' 

 hre arid iron hail at Front Royal and Strasbursr. and here tha"; 

 bsffled .Shields came sweeping down with his blue-coated host in, 

 a furious rush to cross the river and the mountains and head Jack- 

 son off (□ his flight up the broader valley beyond, onlv to gaze in' 

 rage upon the still smoktug ruins of the bridge, but just burned 

 by the fleetmg cavalry of the great strategist, as, under the iax*- 



