422 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 11, 1891. 



Extra No. 7, 6 live birds: Davis 5, Borchers 3, Bndd i, Bootii 5, 

 Fish 4, Rpphaeie. 



Extra No. 8, 6 live birds: Budd 6, Davis 4, Fisti 6, Booth 2, Bor- 

 cbers 3, Rapliuf^l 3, Baker 4, Scheef B. 



Extra N". 9, It Peoria blackbirds: Davis 13. Budd 15, Diehn 13, 

 Borchers 10, Lumbach 13, Offerman 9, Hannennan 5, E'llert 18. 



Extrf No. 10, 5 live birds: Budd 4, Davis 4, Fish 5, Borchers 4, 

 Baker ^. Hoffman 3. 



Extra No. 11 5 liva birds; Budd 5, Davis .5, Borchers 5, Lambach 

 3, Raphael 3. ScQeef 4, Fish 5, HofTman 3, Eblert 3. 



Extra No. 13, 12 Peoria blackbirds: Budd 12, Davis 10, Dielm 10, 

 Borchers 6, Fi- h 10, Scheef 9. 



Extra No. 13, 10 Peoria blackbirds: Martens 7, Ott 5. Davia 6, 

 Diehn 9, OfEprman 6, Bu-ld 10, Lamp 6, Eblert 6, Lambach 7. 



Exrra No. 14, 3 pair Peoria blackbirds: Martens 3, Budd 6, Hass 

 5, Hoffmin 4, Limbach 6, Schmidt 2, Davis 5. 



THE ILLINOIS STATE SHOOT. 



Chxcago, -June 9.— [Speeto' to Fo7-cst. and .Stream.]— The Illinois 

 shoot, which opered here to- lav, iw a great success. There wt^re 

 123 entries in the Board of Trade diamond shoot. The prize was 

 won bv M, J. Eich, of Chicago. The L. C. Smith cup wa« won by 

 R. C. Wliite, of Geneseo. Target shoots are averaging 70 entries. 

 This tournament breaks the record. E. Hough. 



BROOKIjYN, N. Y., June 2.— The regular monthly shoot of the 

 Waverly Gun Club, at Dex'er Park, Long Islind, to-day was very 

 poorly attended. Only six oiemhers competed tor the gold medal 

 of the club, under the usual conditions: Ten bluerocks each, club 

 handicap, gun below the elbow. The first prize and medal was 

 won by G. Hemstead, with a score of 7 from the 10yd. mark. Four 

 sweepstakes followed. The regular monthly shoot of the Acme 

 Gun Club, at Dexter Park, Long Island, to-day was well attpnded. 

 The club shoots at 20 bluerocks each, right and left angles. No 

 prize is given for the highest score of the day, but the average is 

 taken at the end of the season for a very handsome pn'ze. Two 

 sweepstakes at 6 bluerosks each were shot bf^fore the club shoot. 

 J. Scblieman and R. Lambert, of the Conev Island Rod and Gun 

 Club, shot a match at 60 live birds each, 25yds. rise, for $100, at 

 Wooulawn Park, Lona: Island, to-day. It resulted in an easy 

 victory for Sciilieman. ' He started off with a big lead, killing 23 

 out of 25, and finished up with a straight run of 5. Lambert, 

 although beaten, showed good form, and will have another try to 

 down Schlieman. The score; J. Schlieman 43, R. Lambert 34. 



NEWARK, N. .J., .June 6.— The monthly shoot of the Newark 

 Gun Club was held to-day instead of next Thursday. The con- 

 tost took place on John Ero's grounds. The birds were a good lot 

 throughout. Ea h man shot at 10 live birds under modiiied Hur- 

 linghara rules, for club prizes. In order to give it a double inter- 

 est each man put -So in the pot and shot for it. The result was: 

 Hodden 10, BreintnaU 10, Reinharrtt 10, Griffen 9, Jones 9, Ham- 

 lin" 9, HoUis 9. Ferment 9. Class 8. Castle 8, Zeglio 8, Brnen 7, Erb 

 7, K.0Pgpl7. First and second moneys were divided. Third was 

 wm by Ca^'tle on th'i shoot-ofl. In an S-bird sweep, S5 entry, 

 Hollis and Koegel took first money. E. D. Fulford did not appear 

 on the grounds to shoot his match with Frank Class. 



CLAREMONT, N. J., June 6.— The members of the New Jersey 

 Shooting Club had good sport at Claremont vesterday. There 

 were nine prize compcitions at bluerocks. The results were: 

 Ten singles: Chas. A. Pops 9, Geo. S. Virden 8, D. W. Berdan 7. 

 Walking match, at 5 tar*?ets: Pope 3W, Bsrdan 3, Virden 114. 

 Twe ty rock«: Simpson 18, Hunt 17, Virden 18. Ten birds, un- 

 known angles: Hunt 9, De Witt. Smith 8 Compson 7. Ten blue- 

 rocks: Compson 10, Pope 9, Hathaway 8. Ten rocks: DeWitt 

 Smith 9, Pope 8. Ten singles: Compson 9, Simpson 8. Twenty 

 birds: Pope 19, Compson 17, "Yredenburgh 13. Eight pairs: Hath- 

 away 11, Virden 10, Compson 9. 



AT CHICAGO.— Chicago, III., June 5.— Mr. John H. Hall, vice- 

 president of the Colt's Pat>'nt lire Arms Co., spent Monday and 

 Tuesday in the city on business. Mr. Hall goes to England on 

 business probably within two weeks. Mr. S. A. Tucker, of the 

 Parker (Jun, perhaps as well known a gun man as the United 

 Statps afford, paid the city a brief visit last week. Next week we 

 will have all the notables here at our big State shoot. McMurohy 

 of thn HuQter Arms Co.. has promised to hasten his Pacitic coast 

 trip to get here, and Col. Courtney, of the Lef ever, is promised 

 also. 



TO WAN DA, May £9.— Towanda Rod and Gun Club for club 

 badge. A, S. A. R,: 



Man tan J e 111111 1111111 1 1 1111110110—23 



Turner. . . OOOOi 10111101101100110111—15 



Detrich 1111100011101011110011111-18 



Sweepstakes, Keystone rules: 



Mouranye llllllllll— 10 Detrich .1011011111— 8 



Turner 0011110101— 6 



GENEVA, N. y., June 3.— Thefollowingmateh at live birds was 

 shot here yesterday. Conditions, 9 single birds, 35yds. rise, 30yds. 

 boundary, 12-gauge guns, IJ^oz. shot, use of both barrels, ground 



J^('i^St;i(;\- (Lefever). .131113331-9 J Stacy, Jr (Parker) . .011121111-8 

 C S Bui-rall (Ithaca).2101031o0-5 



CAZENOVJA GUN CLUB SHOOT, June 5.— Matches at 15 

 single kingbirds, unknown angles: 



Atvvell 111110000101110- 9 101110011011110-10 



Dwyer 111111111101111-14 lOlIOllOlOOlUll- 9 



Webber Oil llllOlOlOlll-ll OlOOllUOIUllI-lO 



Card noOllllOOlllOlO— 8 101011111001110—10 



Will 111111111111010-13 omooooooiuol— 7 



Squiers 011011111111111-13 111111100010100- 9 



Thomas 101101011010101- 9 



If RYE BEACH.— An unusually interesting and closely-contosted 

 event occurred at VY. 0. Beck's Rye Beach Park, Rye, N. Y., 

 Wednesdav afternoon, June 2. between G .B. Charlick, of Rye, and 

 Warwick J. Sedgwick, of White Plains. N. Y., for $100, .50 live 

 pigeons each. Owing to an error of the referee or a misunder- 

 standing Mr. CharLck was declared the winner. The shooting of 

 the first 50 birds resulted in a tie, as did also the first 10 in shoot- 

 ing off the lie. The score was as follow^: 



W J Sedgwick. . .10011111111010111011100111111111110111110101101101-38 

 6 B Charlick. . . . 11111101111 11 llOOlllllllOlK OOllHllinilOOOOlOlll— 88 

 Tie: Sedgwick, lUllOllOO— 7, 1110111111—9; Charlick, OOOlllUll— 9, 

 llllllim-lO. 



CLEVELAND. O., June 4.— The members of the East End Gun 

 Club made a good showing this afternoon, notwithstanding the 

 unfavorable weather. At the conclusion of the club shoot those 

 present divided into two teams, and an exciting match followed. 

 The shoot was for 12 birds each, tmd the teams tied on 31. On the 

 shoot-oil Wherrj 'steam won hyl bird. 



At the regular practice shoot of the Blue Rock Shooting Club 

 to-day, Lewis won the badge for the first time with 18. The con- 

 ditions were 25 single bluerocks, A. S. A. rules governing. 



MONEY VS. MURPHY.— The notable pigeon-shooting match 

 between Edgar Gibhs Murphy, of N. Y. city, and Cap^. Albert W. 

 Money, ot England, took place on the afternoon of June 4 at the 

 country seat of John Hoev, Holly wood. Long Branch, N. J., and 

 resulted in a victory for Money by a .'tc ire of 87 to 83 kills. The 

 stakes were originally fixed at .51,000 a side, but this amount was 

 doubled on Wednesday, and upward of $20,000 is claimed lo have 

 been wtigered on the event. 



LAMBERTVILLE, N. J.-The Lambertville Gun Club will hold 

 a four days tournament on the club ground June 16, 17, 18 and 19. 

 Programmes to be had of C. Moore, Lambertville, or Geo. E. 

 Heading, Flemington, N. J. 



FIXTURES. 



JTOTE. 



13. New Y'ork, Aanual, S. I. 20. Marine & Field, Open, Bath 

 18. Rochester, Spring Regatta, Beach. 



Irondequoit Bay. 27. Brooklyn, Ann., Bay Ridge. 



20. New York, Sandy Hook Race — . lanthe. Spring, Passaic Riv. 



.JULY. 



4. Shrewsbury, Red Bank, N. J. 15-39. Northern Division Meet, 

 9. Rochester, Sailing Trophy, Pigeon Lake. 



IrondequoitBay. 23. Rochester. Sailing Trophy, 



U-26. W. C. A. Meet, Ballast IrondequoitBay. 

 Island. 



AUOUST. 



6-27. A. C. A. Meet, Lake Cham- 27. Rochester, Sailing Trophy, 

 plain. Irondequoit Bay. 



SEPTESIBEK. 



5. Orange, Ann., Passaic River. 10. liochenter. Fall Regatta, 

 7. Tp..ntbe, Ann.. Passaic River. Irondequoit Bay. 



7. lanthe, Annual, Woodside. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



OlfFlCERS, 1890-91. 

 Commodore: Waiter TJ. La.wson, Boston, Mass. 



Secebtary-Tkeasureh: Ralph F. Brazkr, 4T Central street, LoweU, Mass. 

 REa.4.TTA CojonTTKE: J. A. Gage, Lowell, Mass.; W. G. MaeKemblck, 

 Toronto; L, B. Palmer, Newark, N. J. 



CENTRAL DIVISION. 

 Offlcers: 



Vici5-CoM.: C.V.WSnnp, Albany, N.Y. 

 Rear-Com.: T. p. Gaddls, Dayton, O. 

 Purser: Howard Brown.Albany.NY 

 Ex. Com,: J. K. Batewell and H. M. 

 Stewart. 



EASTERN DIVISION. 



ViOE-COM.: J. W. Cartwright, Jr. 

 Rear-Com.: G. L. Parmele, Hartford. 

 Purser: R. Apollonlo, Winchester. 

 Ex. Com.: Paul Butler, E. S. Tovrae 

 and Sidney Bishop. 



NORTHERN DIVISION. 



Officei-s: 



ViCE-CoM.: W. H. Cotton, Kingston. 

 Rear-Com.: J. C. Edwards, Lindsay. 

 Purser: C. E. L. Porteous, Kingston. 

 Ex. Com.: Colln Eraser and F. H. 

 Gisbome. 



ATLANTIC DIVISION. 



Officers: 



VroE-COM.: 1. V. Borland, Arlington. 

 Rear-Com : E.D. Anderson, Trenton. 

 PriBSER: Rlch'dHobart, Newark N.J. 

 Ex. Com.: H, L. Quick and fl M. 

 Kreamer. 



Applications for memoerstup must be made to division pursers, accom- 

 panied by the recommendation of an active member and the stun of $2.00 

 for entrance fee and dues for current year. Every member attendhip 

 the general A. C. A. camp shall pay Si .00 tor camp expenses. Application 

 sent to the Seo'v-Treas. will be forwarded by him to the proper Division. 



Persons residing in any Division and wishing to become members of 

 the A. C. A., will be furnlshea with printed forms of anpUcatlon by address- 

 ing the Purser. 



WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Commodore— D. H. Crane, Chicago. 111. 



Vice-Commodore— N. B. Cook, Chicago, HI. 



Rear-Commodorc^O. A. Woodruff, Davton, O. 



Secretary-Treasurer— J H. Ware, 130 Rialto Budding, Chicago, 111. 



Applications for membership should l)e made to the Sec.-Treas., on blanks 

 which may be obtained from him, and should be accompanied by S3 as 

 initiation fee and dues for the cm-rent year. 



THE HOISTING SAIL COMPETITION. 



'T^HE contest of last Saturday was a decided novelty in canoe- 

 -*- ing, something never before attempted, and it is worth 

 noting that the inception as well as the successful carrying out of 

 the idea is due to a yachtman who has never been in a canoe, and 

 knows nothing of canoeing. This same yachtsman, by the way, 

 whose visits to his yacht called him frequently to the neighbor- 

 hood of a prominent canoe club a year since, offered a prize to 

 any member of the club who would step his sails in a canoe, in- 

 stead of a hole in the club Boat, and take a short sail instead of 

 sitting about and talking canoe. In the present case the idea was 

 suggested in a similar way by hearing the heated discussions of 

 last fall over the standing sail. The contest has proved perfectly 

 practicable, and no doubt will be tried again by clubs or the A. C. 

 A. The details of the present one were purely experimental, and 

 now may be improved upon in several ways. The points to be 

 judged would probably be hoisting, lowering, sailing to windward 

 and leeward without rudder and with board fixed, shape of sails, 

 workmanship of rigging, and planning of rigging. This latter 

 point was not speciflcally included in the present case, but the 

 rigging should be judged both for its general planning and for the 

 workmanship. It does not seem desirable that close timing 

 should be considered in hoisting or lowering, the only distinction 

 being between those sails which hoist with reasonable speed as 

 compared with those which take two or three times as long, or 

 are noticeably slow. The seconds by a stop watch would afEord a 

 very unfair basis of comparison, a dozen or so of seconds being of 

 no moment compared with setting a large sail so firmly that it 

 will stand through a race. This brings up another point, the size 

 of the sails, and some minimum limit wiR be found necessary, as 

 a 50ft. cruising sail is a very different thing from a 70ft. racing 

 sail, and can be set in half the time. In order to give full oppor- 

 tunity to the judges, at least 10 points should be allowed for each 

 separate head. 



SAILING WITHOUT A R,UDDER.-The proposed run down 

 wind with only the sails to steer by, as called for in the conditions 

 of the Zerega sail competition, has provoked some discussion of 

 late, as to whether such work was practicable; one expert placing 

 himself on record in print a few days since against it. Unfortun- 

 ately he was not able to be present on Saturday and see Mr. Dun- 

 nell run Eclipse out of the Atlantic Basin and over the marked 

 course, to leeward and return, sailing a very straight course and 

 not using the rudder. 



" BAFTERS."— This curious term has lately come into use in 

 England to denote a sail entirely abaft the mast. It has not yet 

 found its way to this country, though the '"abaft the mast" sail is 

 an American institution. 



THE ZEREGA HOISTING SAIL COMPETITION. 



A NUMBER of canoeists were present ou June 6 at the Brook- 

 lyn C. C. house to take part in or to witness the compBtition 

 for the three prizes offered by Mr. T. C. Znrega, of the Seawan- 

 baka Corinthian Y. C, for the be«t hoisting and lowering rigs. 

 Mr. Zerega himself was present to lake charge of the arrange- 

 ments, while Mr. VV. P. Stephens, of the New York C. C, was 

 with him as judge. 



The contest was ooen to members of the New York, Brooklyn, 

 Knickerbocker, lanthe and Arlington canoe clubs. Two prizes 

 were offered for five, and three for ten competitors. 



Conditions governing the contest were as follows: Rig to consist 

 of at least two sails, canoe to b=i under way, and ail maneuvers 

 executed at command of judge. The contest to be judged by points, 

 which will be counted as follows: 



Hoisting 3 points. 



Lowering and properly furling 'J points. 



Balance (to be determined by sailing without 

 rudder and wi'h fixed centerboard over a 



short course to windward and return) 5 points. 



Merit and beauty of design 3 points. 



Neat and seamanlike finish 3 points. 



Possible score 17 points. 



Should the score of any boats tie, such boats must be re-judged, 

 and if possible the same day. Double entry permitted, but onlv 

 one prize awarded to any competitor. Reefing not considertd. 

 Rudders may be carried in the third trial, but must swing freely 

 and not be used during the trial. 



The entries were: 



Eclipse F. L. Dunnell Brooklyn C. C. 



Seabright W. T. Wintringham. .Brookivn C. C. 



Kismet C. J. Stevens New Y^ork 0. O. 



Bonnie C. B. Vaux New York O. C. 



Teaser L. B. Palmer, lanthe C. C. 



Tempest G. P. Douglas lanthe C. C. 



Guenn Wm. Whitlock New York C. C. 



H. H. Smythe Brooklyn C. C. 



Vim, canoe yawl J. Johnson Brooklyn C. O. 



Menanka W.J. Miller. , Brooklyn C. C. 



Of these Messrs. Vaux, Palmer and Smyihe did not compete, 

 and Messrs. Miller and Johnson only entered at the last moment. 



The canoes were first inspected on the float hy Mr. Stephens, the 

 sails being set and lowered, then they were launched and at the 

 word from the judge «ach competitor in turn hoisted his sails, 

 atterward lowering them at the signal. Two additional tr'als 

 were granted to those not satisfied wUh the first attempt. The 

 times were not taken by the watch, as smooth working and practi- 

 cal efficiency were considered of more importance than mere 

 speed in hoisting. After this was over the contestants placed 

 their boards in such positions as they wished, to remain fixed dur- 

 ing the trial, and also set the rudders to swing freely, no one being 

 allowed to touch the tiller. A course of about 300yds. was marked 

 off just outside the Atlantic Basin, and the canoes were started 

 before a rather light breeze to run down and beat home. 



The times were taken, but they were not used as a basis for 

 judging, although to a certain extent a test of the performance of 

 the boats. Eclipse made a remarkable showing, getting away 

 easily and running off to leeward with a fairly straight course, 

 turning the mark and beating home, her time being about two- 



thirds that of the next competitor. Most of the canoes worked 

 about for a time before starting, and some boxed around rather 

 clumsily, but out of six starters all covered the course unaided by 

 the rudder save one, which was compelled to use it to avoid foul- 

 ing a yacht. The next best performance to Eclipse was Seabright, 

 while Kismet steered badly and ran all over the cour.se, a part of 

 this being from the fact that her very small cockpit did not allow 

 the crew to shift his weight to any extent. Mr. Johnson did not 

 start in this part of the competition, having just brought his boat 

 from the builder in the morning and being unprepared to steer 

 her without a rudder. 



The full score of the judge was as follows, the winners being 

 Eclipse, first prize, and Seabright second prize. In marking it 

 was found at once that the limit of three or five points for each 

 part of thg competition did not permit of a sufficiently clo^e 

 grading, and the marking was made as will be se'^n. on a basis of 

 12 and 20 points in place of 3 and .5; the flial score being diviiled 

 by 4 to reduce it to the original ba'iis of 17 points in place of 08: 



Hoist- Low- Hand- De- Aver- 

 „ , „ Ing. erlng. ling. sign. Finish. Total, age. 



Eclipse. F. L, Dunnell 13 12 20 10 9 63 15'M 



8eabright,W. T.Wintringhamll 10 16 13 11 60 15 



Guenn, Wm Wbitlock 13 13 14 13 9 r>9 im 



iCismet, C. J. Stevens 11 10 13 11 13 m 14 



Tempest, G. P. Douglas 10 8 16 9 7 SO 12% 



Vim, J. Johnson 13 10 . . 6 10 o8 9j| 



Menanka, W. J. Miller 8 10 .. 10 9 36 9 



We give the markings on each point at the request of the com- 

 petitors, and if the differences between the various rigs should 

 seem unfairly rated, it must be considered that such a competition 

 as this is an entire novelty to the judge as much as any one else, 

 and the judging was by no means an easy matter. The figures 

 must be taken as relative rather than absolute, representing only 

 the differences between the various rigs, as it is certain on after 

 inspection that if 68 points represents perfection the best of the rigs 

 could not be classed as high as 60. 



One thing was pretty clearly indicated; that the winning boat 

 and rig in such a competition is likely to be much like Eclipse, a 

 canoe with no marked difference in draft at the ends, a moderate 

 centerboard near the middle, a cockpit sulHciently largo to per- 

 mit the crew to go forward in order to luff, and with small sails 

 hoisted by single halliards. The bucket cockpits do not give room 

 for a man to work, and worse still they do not permit him to 

 throw his weight forward in steering without a rudder; while a 

 great draft increases the difficulty of luffing. The single hal- 

 liard showed to great advantage in simplicity and speedy work- 

 ing, so much so that it was imperative that it should receive 

 a higher marking than the double; but in a racing sail of the 

 sizes now used the double halliard, as used by Messrs. Stevens 

 and Butler, has proved a neces-iity, the single not giving suffi- 

 cient purchase to hold the yard in place through a race. The 

 most difficult of the Sve points was that of design, the sails, with 

 the exception of Sir. Stevens's leg of mutton, being all battened 

 with a hoisting yard, and not differing materially from each 

 other. It is an open question with all canoeists which particular 

 shape of sail is the most efl'ective, a doubt that is fully shared by 

 the judge. 



Tne nearest approach to perfection, both in the handiwork of 

 rigging and in every detail of the canoe, rig and fittings, was in 

 Kismet; the rudder, deck tiller, sliding seat and smaller details 

 being designed by the owner, while the workmanship on the rig- 

 ging, the lashings, splices, etc., was far ahead of the others in 

 design and finish. The sails are of LTnion silk and the spars are 

 hollow throughout. The rig worked well in hoisting and lower- 

 ing, though not quite as rapidly as some others, but it was fitted 

 solely for the purpose of racing over the New York C. 0. course, 

 with the club house near at hand, the sails on nine days out of ten 

 being set up at the fioat and never lowered until the boat is 

 housed. Wi'h some very small changes they might be set more 

 rapidly, and certainly the yard is strongly and firmly held. The 

 new sails are not yet in the best condition, the silk requiring more 

 careful handling than an ordinary muslin sail, and the largest 

 racing rig was used, 65 and 55f l. The canoe showed at her worst 

 in the leeward run and also in beating home. 



Next to her in finish came Seabright. with a very good suit of 

 sails designed by Mr. Wintringham, while the details of the rig- 

 ging were very ingenious. The blocks were made by Mr. Win- 

 tringham, double and single inside strapped, with ebony shells 

 and brass sheaves and pins, while the fittings of jaws, etc., were 

 of brass, also made by him, the parts being neatly fitted, small 

 nuts and screw bolts being largely used. Compared with Kismet, 

 the work of the latter was rather neater and the use of lashings 

 and splices in place of brasswork gave a more shipshape look. 

 There was nothing remarkable about tne other rigs, which were 

 etted with the usual stock gear of blocks, etc., for service rather 

 than for any display of skill on the part of the owner. Vim, a 

 new canop yawl, only entered at the last minute, and her rig was 

 solely for cruising, but well fitted, the only drawback being tlie 

 weight of the brasswork and ihe masts. INLr. Douglas was forced 

 to enter with a borrowed rig, his new one not being ready. 



While there will probably be much difference of opinion as to 

 the details of the judging, the relative number of points given 

 under each head, we believe that all who carefully watched the 

 competition and inspected the canoes will agree with the order in 

 which the men are placed, as being closely in accord with the'r 

 merits and the conditions of the contest. For an experiment, the 

 whole competition must be considered a great sticcess, and while 

 it has brought out nothing specislly new or stai'fltug in the way 

 of a perfect canoe rig, it has set men at work to improA^e their 

 rigs, and the results are likely to be seen during the present 

 season. 



ENGLISH CANOES OF 1891. 



TO such canoeists as are unable to vi.sit Hendon at the time of 

 the cup races on Jun« 6 and 13 a mental comparison of the 

 different canoes competing in the races will be facilitated by a 

 knowledge of the leading characteristics of each boat. Without 

 going into detail a sketch model of the little ships is as follows. 

 Taking first class. 



Atalaota, of 1891, is essentially of the American type of racing 

 canoe, 16ft. long by -SOin. of beam. She is comparatively shallow 

 in hull. She has but little rocker to her keel and rabbet until 

 quite close to the ends. Her waterliues show a very fine after- 

 body and fine how, with comparatively small amount of middle- 

 body; her transverse sections show a considerable rise of floor, 

 even in the mid-section, and very slight bilge, and her draft of 

 water being small she thereby becomes a boat of very small dit- 

 plaoement and a difficult model, comparatively, to sit up. Her 

 lines are decidedly '"fast," but whether she can be efFicienily 

 handled under full sail in a good breeze remains to be proved. 

 Aialanta has a light eenterplate and has latterly been sailing 

 with some 60 to SOlbs. of ballast, which has greatly improved her 

 stability, and apparently without detracting from her speed. She 

 is rigged with two good-looking low-cu*^ balance lugs, and also 

 with a tall bafter rig. At present the lugs have been used in 

 racing. 



Birdie (next alphabetically) has already been de.scrihed in the 

 Fidd of May 23. She also is in design a light displacemont canoe, 

 16ft. by 30in. beam, but has been also much improved by ballast; 

 her after-sectinns being full, and of the flat U type, cause her dit- 

 ference from the usual AmcricHu type. Her freeboard, when bal- 

 lasted, is very smaU, and no doubt sne is a wet boat when there is 

 any sea on. She has a very long floor, and is a particularly easy 

 little boat to "sit out" and keep up. Her siieed, thus far, has 

 proved her a dangerous antagonist in smooth water. 



Mercury is one of the last of the Pearls designed by Mr, E, ±J. 

 Tredwen. She is a large boat on her dimensions, i. e,, she 

 cariies her beam considerably fore and aft. She has nearly a 

 flat deck and floor, thereby showing a great deal of side. She has 

 a heavy plate, and a lot of ballast. Her speed, however, is un- 

 deniablt;for in the match on the 16th she came in third out of 

 eight starters, and only 30s. astern of Stella. So powerful a canoe, 

 however, should show up well in a blow. 



Nautilus of 1891 is an entirely new departure in regard to model, 

 and, had the ordinary form of deck ana topsides been omitted, she 

 might well have been so shaped above water as, in conjunction 

 with her under-water form, to have been a "cigar" boat. How- 

 ever, though the design originully had very nearly this rounded 

 home form with a "citadel" amidships, it was altered just before 

 building to a more conventional form of topside and deck. She is 

 16ft. long by 30in. beam, and loj^iu. deep under deck. She ie of 

 large displacement— probably loOlbs. to loOlbs. more tlian any 

 other canoe sails at; hut Nautilus is designed to be sailed thus'. 

 .She is designed to carry a heavy eenterplate and a comparatively 

 heavy owner, plus either ballast in racing or a full ashore camp 

 outfit for cruising. The rocker in her keel is simply a continuous 

 and perfect sweep from waterline aft under her deepest draft 

 (Sin.) up to waterline at stem. Her lines are roimd throughout. 

 Her beam at waterline is considerably under that of her deck, and 

 she has no bilge at any spot more than any where else. She has 

 been likened to a Whitehead torpedo split in half horizontally; 

 she is nothing of the kind— rather the reverse. Her form is more 

 like unto the undei-tvater form of the racing Sampan Pangam, of 

 Singapore (or as they used to be some fifteen years back); but with 

 sucn general likenesses all comp=irison ceases, as the intents and 

 purposes of the present Nautilus design were first produced in fig- 



