the frames by brass screws. The deck is of the usual construction, 

 white pine about 2%xl}4m., with marine glue in the seams. 



The bulwarits are of lj|in. yellow pine, about Sin. high forward and 

 6m. amidships, merely rounded on top and with no cap or rail. The 

 coamings are of mahogany, there being: a forehatch, to the fore- 

 castle, a skylight over the main cabin, the main companionway, and 

 abaft it a very narrow skylight over the ladies' cabin. Just abaft 

 tbis skylight is an oval coaming of bent oak about 6in. high, iuelos- 

 mg a space of deck about 8ft. Bin. long and 6ft. wide, in the center of 

 which is sunk a cockpit about 4ft. Gin. long ny 3ft. wide and 1ft fiin 

 deep. Just outside and abaft this coaming is' the head of the bronze 

 rudder stock, with its swiveled brass socket for the short locust til- 

 ler. About 1ft. from the taffrail is placed a maiusheet traveler, with 

 a second one some 4ft forward. 



On the forward deck are two heavy gammon irons, about Sf : ; . 

 apart, each with an eye on top. To starboard is a bawsepipe, and in 

 the bulwarks along the side are three or four brass leading chocks 

 The deck cleats are all of hollow brass, the pattern being by no 

 raeans graceful. On each bow is an outrigger for the jib sheet. Just 

 forward of the mast is a brass sere « plate in the deck for the pur- 

 pose of dropping the spinaker boom in order that it mav clear the 

 forestay. One of the Herreshoff patent compound capstans is placed 

 :ii :v\-e deck between the hatch and the heel of the bowsprit 

 The fittings throughout, in the way of metal work, are eminently 

 businesslike; strong, serviceable and well placed, and Wasp is likely 

 to gam as much from perfection of detail as Glorlana certainly did. 

 The main and spinaker boom goosenecks will form part of a strong 

 brass collar turning freely about the mast in an angle iron ring, and 

 carrying a number of belaying pins. 



The sail plan of Wasp will be similar to Gloriana's. of 4,137ft. by 

 beawanhaka rule, but with some 300ft. more canvas. The spars will 

 be someivhat larger all around, but the principal increase will be 

 in the masthead, which will be 12ft., or 3ft. longer than Glori- 

 ana's. The many novel features of the older boat will appear 

 in the new one; the battens in the mainsail, the peak halliards of 

 wire and manilla, the former coming into use when the peak is 

 fully set; the shifting jig that may be clapped on to any hal- 

 liard, by which the usual peak jig is dispensed with. The three chain 

 plates are iuside the skin, fastened to the steel frames, thus dispens- 

 ing with the channels so indispensable to the other 46-footers. 



The interior is handsomely finished in butternut, the planning being 

 much the same as in Gloriana. With moderate beam, fuil fore and 

 aft lines above water and the steel framing, there is a very large 

 amount of space cornpai ed with the other boats of the 46ft. class. 

 The forecastle is long, light and roomy, extending a couple of feet 

 abaft the mast; abatt it on the starboard side is the captain's room, 

 about 6ft. Sin. long and of good size. Opposite to this is the pantry 

 on the port side, with space for a passage, and adjoining the main 

 saloon is a toilet room and w. c. The main saloon is a fine large room 

 for such a craft, about 8ft. long, the next 3tt. being given up to the 

 steerage, with companion ladder in the center, a second toilet room 

 to starboard and wardrobe to port, besides the latter being the pas- 

 sage to the after stateroom, arranged with the usual two berths. 

 Below the floor is a depth of about 4ft. for water tanks, spare gear, 

 etc. 



The arrangements for launching were as novel as all else about the 

 boat, the conventional appliances, bilgeways, cradles, poppets and 

 chains being entirely absent, while the ground ways, which usually 

 play a most important part, were merely auxiliary. Down the full 

 length of the slipway and exactly in the center heavy ways of yellow 

 pine, two sticks 8x9in. bolted side by side, had been laid and well 

 greased. On them at the upper end was a wide 4in. plank laid Hat, 

 with guards bolted to each side to keep it on the ways. Across this 

 plank rested another, about Sin. thick, each end of it resting on the 

 regular groundways, from which the launching is commonly done. 

 On this cross plank stood the lead keel of the yacht, probably 20in. 

 wide on the bottom, the space between the keel and other plank 

 being filled with oak wedges until the whole weight rested on the fore 

 and aft plank. From each end of the cross plank, just over the 

 ground ways, ran up three planks, making a sort of cradle, not quite 

 touching the sides of the yacht, but ready to steady her should she 

 list slightly. 



A large jackscrew lay on the bottom of the slip, the head resting 

 against the fore-and-aft plank, and to the latter was made fast a new 

 4in. line This line ran up around a couple of chocks bolted to the 

 floor of the shop, then around a third chock and back beside the 

 yacht, where it was neatly faked off in coils on a part of the floor 

 specially boarded off for it. Between the last chock and the coils a 

 temporary compressor was rigged, an oak block bolted to the floor 

 with a stout oak lever above it, the line being led between the two. 



At a little before 9 A. M., with the tide nearly at its height but still 

 hurrying up the bay, the yacht was all clear, held only by the dog 

 shores. The designer, ill-. N. G. Herreshoff, quietly took his place at 

 the compressor, a man stood by the jackscrew, and a couple more, 

 with piils of water, stood over the two leading chocks. A single 

 turn of the. screw after the dog shoers were down served to start the 

 yacht, and she quickly gained headway. Mr. Herreshoff threw his 

 weight on the lever as the coils jumped out of the box and the line 

 smoked by the chocks, and her speed was lessened until, when half 

 out of the big doors, she stopped quite still for a moment, tnen of 

 herself resumed her way and after running slowly for a short dis- 

 tance she reached the end of the ways and dropped easily off and 

 into the water, the sliding ways and shores dropping clear and float- 

 ing away from her. 



There was the usual cheering, but no champagne over the bows, no 

 colors and no formal christening, though the gilt letters on her arch- 

 board proclaimed her to be "Wasp, New York, N. Y." 



In launching trim she showed about 12in. of her paint line forward 

 and 6in. aft , and though it was impossible to locate the true load- 

 line, from all appearances she will trim very nearly as she should 

 when her spars and gear are shipped. Mr, Rogers has not yet seen 

 her, having never visited Bristol since she was begun. 



NEWS NOTES. 



We call attention to the advertisement of Messrs. S. S. Thorpe & 

 Co., sail, tent aud flag makers, who are making a specialty of flags 

 of all kinds. They carry in stock the flags of all nations, in addition 

 to U. S. ensigns, yacht ensigns, U. 8. jacks and the International 

 code signals. They have lately issued a very complete catalogue in 

 colors of private burgees for ships, steamers, yachts and all classes 

 of vessels. 



and (jjHaJlerg. 



The Lischke Rifle Club. 



The practice scores for this week are as follows: 



J Scharty - 25 24 24 23 23 22 22 21 21 20-325 



A Ltsahk- 25 24 24 24 23 22 21 21 29 20-224 



R Reicherz 25 24 24 23 23 22 21 20 19 18-218 



A Paetzold 25 23 23 22 23 21 19 19 17 16-307 



O Schulte 25 23 22 21 21 19 19 17 17 16-200 



August Paetzold, Sec'y. 



Rifle at Owensville. 



Owensville. Tnd.. Feb. 23 —J. Montgomery made the following 

 scores to-day, 200yds , off-hand, standard target, llin. bullseye. 

 Conditions good: 



Jas Montgomery 9 10 8 8 9 10 9 7 10 9—89 



10 69088 10 66 10-80 

 88 10 889987 10-85 



"FOREST AND STREAM" TOURNAMENT 



TOR NEW JERSEY RIFLE CLUBS, 



t ,Om Own Rifle Club vs. Hudson Rifle Club, shot on Hudson 

 Rifle Club range on Feb 23, distance 25yds.: 



OUR OWN R. C. 



G Freiusebner 23 21 24 24 23 21 22 22 24 23—227 



Wm Watts 21 33 25 35 33 21 21 24 22 31-231 



ft tVidman 21 21 24 24 24 23 28 21 23 25-229 



J Lauder 33 24 25 35 25 22 25 22 35 22-238 



G D Weigman 23 23 34 35 25 23 34 24 22 21-233-1158 



Captain, John F. Bauder. Scorer, A. Cherry. Judge, Charles 

 Roh. 



HUDSON R. C. 



H Bojdfiy 22 23 21 25 24 23 24 22 21 23-227 



J Ren h an, 22 25 23 24 33 35 34 22 22 23-233 



A Hrauu, Sr 31 34 33 33 33 23 24 22 23 23—237 



A Malz 20 21 25 24 21 .35 23 21 24 23—227 



T A Reynolds 18 23 19 18 21 24 25 24 21 23- £15-1129 



Captain H Hansen. Scorer, C. B. Bird. Judge, J. J. Evans. 



Jefsen Rifle Club vs. Puritan Rifle Club, shot on Puritan 

 range, Tuesday, Feb. 23, distance 25yd8.: 



JEFSEN R. C. 



Steuber. 23 23 25 23 23 23 24 24 23 23-233 



Sessman 23 25 24 23 24 21 17 21 19 19-216 



Jefsen 25 24 13 19 15 14 25 23 23 31-303 



Sehner 



Dilger . . . . 33 31 20 34 35 25 22 23 20 31-324- 876 



Captain, Wm, Jefsen. Scorer, H. W. Steuber. Judge, Wm 

 Dilger. 



PURITAN R. C. 



Carpenter 32 23 23 21 22 23 21 35 20 23-224 



Hauselrnan 23 21 20 23 20 19 32 19 25 23- 215 



Helb 20 22 35 33 25 83 33 23 23 34-230 



£auer 24 24 22 21 23 21 21 22 23 24-228 



Woods 20 23 25 24 17 33 20 22 24 24-332-1119 



Captain, Adam Sauer. Scorer, M. Clark. Judge, J. Woods. 



Miller Rifle Club vs. Greenville Rifle Club, shot on Miller range, 

 Friday, Feb. 26, 35yds.: 



MILLER R. C. 



& X°£ el 23 24 22 25 23 24 21 22 25 34-233 



}> filler 24 23 34 33 24 23 25 33 24 24-23:! 



E Fischer 35 25 23 21 23 24 20 23 24 21-235 



G Scblicht.... 93 35 25 34 24 35 33 83 32 35-238 



C Judson. 24 22 24 25 21 25 33 25 25 34-238—1182 



Captain, Richard W. Dewey. Scorer, August Meyns. Judge, 

 J. H. Kruse. 



GREENVILLE R. C. 



S Beag 24 22 22 24 25 23 25 22 21 20—228 



J Dodds 25 19 25 24 23 23 21 23 19 20-221 



£ Kaiser 24 23 21 23 18 24 21 20 24 21-218 



W Robidoux 22 19 21 24 25 25 25 25 25 25—236 



C Scheeleln 25 25 22 25 22 23 31 23 33 35-233—1136 



Captain, Wm. H. Robidoux. Scorer, W. C. Collins. Judge. C. 

 H. Chavant. 



Essex Amateur Rifle Club vs. Our Own Club, shot on Essex 

 range, Feb. 29, distance 25yds.; 



ESSEX AMATEUR R. C. 



Newman 21 20 23 23 23 24 21 25 25 25-229 



Cooper 20 24 33 23 22 22 21 23 24 24-335 



Walshe 21 24 21 23 24 24 24 24 24 24-233 



Dietz 23 33 23 35 35 35 25 25 21 23-237 



Snellen 25 25 24 25 25 25 33 25 35 35—247—1171 



Captain, G. Snellen. Scorer, B. Cahn. 



OUR OWN CLUB. 



Friensehener 21 24 21 23 22 24 23 25 23 34—230 



Weigman 24 21 23 31 34 34 34 24 24 22—234 



Bauder 23 25 24 25 24 35 35 34 25 .35-245 



Cberrey 22 24 21 23 25 24 24 24 21 25 236 



Watts 22 2 i 25 33 23 25 24 24 24 24-237—1182 



Captain, John Bauder. Scorer, F. W. Fetting. 



The Rifle in Cincinnati. 



Regular practice shoot of the Cincinna ti Rifle Association at 

 their range, the F mr Mile House, on the Reading road. Condi- 

 tions, off-hand, 200yds., standard targets, 3-pound pull. The * 

 denotes military shooting: 



G'ndele 5 7 10 8 10 10 7 8 9 10—84 



9 9 7 7 10 5 10 10 8 8-fc3 

 S 8 6 10 10 9 8 6 8 T— 83 



Best 7 8 8 7 10 8 10 6 ti 5—75 



HO 6 8 M 11 10 8 7-73 



7 10 5 8 9 7 5 6 7 7-71 

 Louis 10 6 5 8 5 8 8 9 7 6—73 



5 6 0 0 6 8 10 8 8 7—70 

 6888274 10 7 10-70 



*Brumback 7 7 8 10 9 9 ti 9 10 7-82 



8 6 8 7 0 7 6 8 8 10-74 



7 10 6 8 8 9 7 8 7 7-77 

 Weinbeimer 6 6 6 10 10 10 9 8 7 7-79 



9 10 7 6 7 6 6 10 0 6-73 



6 10 10 6 8 6 6 7 10 8-77 

 Welliuger 9 8 8 7 3 9 7 10 6 6-73 



6 5 7 5 9 7 9 7 8 8-71 



10 6 10 7 10 9 8 6 4 5—75 

 Speth 10 978 5 7898 8—79 



7999756 7 7 7-73 

 10 99557659 8—72 



Houck 7 6 9 10 3 8 6 1C 9 4-72 



983768565 5-62 

 7647865 10 3 8—63 



Copeland 10 10 9 10 4 10 5 5 10 8-81 



7778666 10 6 9-72 

 769 10 -8 6486 6—70 



Payne 10 10 6977663 5-68 



66869 10 648 9-72 

 9 8 7 8 5 10 6 10 4 7—74 



Stegner 4 4 9 9 5 10 8 9 7 10-75 



6 10 7789945 7-72 



8 5 4 7 9 10 7 7 7 4-68 

 Drube 7 8 10 6 6 8 6 10 10 8—79 



867 10 79 10 68 5-76 

 6 11 6896997 5-7i 



Simon..... ,,.8 78 10 76869 8-77 



646889766 8-68 

 0698598 5 8 6— 70 



Garden City Rifle Team. 



The Garden City Rifle Teaoi met for their weekly contest on 

 Feb. 25 at McCune's shooting gallery, Chicago. Conditions were 

 25yds., 25 shots each, open eights, free off-hand position, Massa- 

 chusetts paper target, possible 300 Scores as follows: 



HSBurley 270 Thos Ford 264 J Hoser 254 



W J Gibbs 268 C A Hankie 263 R Taylor .354 



GeoMoOune 268 M Tatro 257 G L Cutler 252 



C. A, Hankle. 



New. Jersey Rifle Shooting. 



[Specially Reported for Fwest and Stream."] 

 Excelsior Rifle Club, Jersey City, Feb. 23.— The scares made, 

 to-night m the weekly < ompetitions for class medals were 10 

 shots off-hand, 25-ring target, possible 250: 



Wm Weber 25 25 25 24 24 34 24 23 23 23-240 



C Bauchle... .35 25 35 24 24 24 2! 23 23 21-237 



W J Chanmng 2;> 25 25 24 24 23 23 23 23 21-235 



W H Hallowell 25 25 24 24 24 33 33 33 23 21-234 



W J Hennessy 25 25 34 34 34 24 22 23 21 20— "31 



J Speicher 25 25 24 24 23 23 22 22 21 21—530 



Thos Hughes 35 24 34 3* 3! 33 32 33 32 20-229 



G C Varick 25 24 24 23 23 23 22 21 21 20—226 



9£ oa f 25 24 24 23 23 23 21 21 20 20-223 



J Hughes ..... 25 25 23 23 22 22 21 31 20 20-222 



The medal winners were Class A, Wm. Web*r with a score of 

 240: Class B, Chris Bauohle with a score of 237; Class C G. C, 

 Vanck, 226. The club is jubilant over securing first prize 'in the 

 late Zettler Rifle Club's open to all team shoot. Chris Bauchle is 

 feeling good now. as the rifle he recent! y purchased is doin^ better 

 work than he ever expected it would, aud is consequently "rolling 

 up good score? with her. Geo. C. Varick, or Genial George, of 

 gash, light fame, has returned from an extended trip through the 

 South, where he has been transacting some business. As yet he 

 has not donued his old-time shooting clothes, but George will 

 come around in a short time the Excelsior boys say. 



As yet no dates have been set for the series of best two out of 



Heights, and the series of matches will determi ie which club 

 holds the best team. The first match will take pin -e on the Pali- 

 Fade's range, 354 Palisade avenue. Both clubs h;i ye an army of 

 rooters, and both matches will no doubt find manv witnesses and 

 will further settle all arguments as to which club possesses the 

 strongest team. 



The new rifle club which was to have been organized at Secau- 

 cus last week has as yet not been started. George Bergkamp a 

 crack with both the gun and rifle, is actively engaged in haviiW 

 the proposed club come together. 



The Palisade Rifle Club is refurnishing its headquarters, on 

 Palisade avenue, Jersey City Heights. 



Miller Rifle Club, Hohoken, Capt. Richard W. Dewey. Wed- 

 nesday, Feb. 24, 10 shots off-hand, 25-ring target, possible 250 

 The scores made in the medal competitions to-night were- 

 First Class. 



D Miller 25 25 25 25 25 24 23 23 23 23-241 



0 Judson 35 25 25 24 24 24 21 24 24 21-240 



G PlfalSted 25 25 25 25 94. 93 •>:? •« o3_S3n 



E F 

 Cap 

 A I 



TP Ii~ «v. __ _ 



D Hencken 25 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 22— "33 



T Liiell 25 25 24 24 24 23 33 33 33 21-233 



L *>Ohl ....... 25 25 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 23-233 



Second Class. 



J H Kruse 25 25 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 21-234 



1 Landalt 24 24 24 33 23 23 32 21 21 20-226 



F Klnppmg 25 24 24 23 23 23 22 .22 21 20- 226 



J Carragher 25 24 24 24 23 21 21 21 20 20—223 



Third Class. 



H F Meyer 25 25 24 24 23 33 23 21 20 20-228 



H Seltenreich 25 25 24 33 23 22 22 21 21 30-226 



A Stadler 25 24 23 22 23 22 23 22 22 20-224 



F kammel 25 24 24 23 22 20 20 20 19 19-315 



M Kiueger 25 24 23 23 22 20 20 19 19 19-214 



F Dnnsteadt 25 33 23 31 31 31 31 21 19 18—312 



Greenville Rifle Club— Capt. W. H. Robidoux, Friday 

 Feb. 19. The scores made to-night in the weekly medal competi- 

 tion were, 10 shots, off -hand, 25-ring target, possible 250: 



C Scheelein 25 25 25 34 34 23 33 33 33 23-238 



C Bosg 25 25 24 24 24 24 23 23 22 20-234 



J Boa ,«;v4^-vr; 25 25 24 24 23 23 33 32 22 20-231 



Capt VV H Robidoux 35 25 24 23 23 33 33 :-2 33 21—231 



Geo Purkess 25 24 24 21 23 23 23 21 21 20-228 



p T Ban- . . . 25 24 24 2o 2b 23 22 .21 20 20-325 



H Gotthardt 25 24 24 24 33 33 22 20 20 20—223 



J Cook 25 34 24 *3 23 23 31 30 19 18 -220 



JHllh 25 24 23 23 22 22 20 20 30 19-218 



H Spohn 25 24 23 22 31 20 20 13 19 19—212 



The medal winners were: First class, C. Scheelein 23s and O 

 Boag 234; second class, H. Gotthardt 223 and J. Cook 220; third 

 class, Geo. Purkess 228 and O. Barr 225. 



A handsome trophy has been purchased by "the Forest and 

 ^truah. It will ba presented to the winning club in tne cham- 

 pionship tournament now raging fiercely among the New Jersev 

 rifl' 3 clubs. An illustration will be given in these columns in a 

 week or so. It is an artistic piece of silverware which will be 

 looked upon with pride by the victorious club. It will be properly 

 inscribed, explaining when it was won, a'so explaining who won 

 it and who the donors are. 



Match shooting has taken quite a boom in Hohoken, quite a 

 number of matches have been shot lately. The latest one was 

 between Judge Geo. F. Seymour and John R, Havens, and Louis 

 Thiebault and Counsellor Jacob Bretzfeld. The latter were de- 

 feated. Each man fired 50 shots. The scores were: 



Geo F Seymour 238 240 238 210 239 -11 95 



John R Havens 245 242 232 242 243-1203-2398 



L Thiebauk 240 244 241 240 241-1209 



J Bret zf eld 231 238 234 336 339-1178—3387 



Frank Vanderheyden, of the late Standard Rifle Club, is soon 

 to be married. 



The festival of the Miller Rifle Club will be a monster affair, the 

 members say. 



The prize shoot arranged by George W. Graf, of the Palisades 

 for the benefit of John Casper, a fellow member, which turned 

 out to be a most successful one financially, took place at the 

 headquarters of the club, 354 Palisade avenue, Jersey City 

 Heiguts. The first prize, a handsome smoking case, was won bv 

 Secretary C. E. Bird, of the Hudson Rifle Club, of Marion, with 

 scores of 74, 74; total, 148. The second prize, a handsome field 

 glass, was won by Lieut. Adolph Malz, of the Palisades, with 

 scores of 73, 73; total, 146. At the close of the shoot a match took 

 place between Messrs, Bird and Malz, each man firing fifty sho'a 

 Mr. Bird was defeated bv these scores: A- Malz. 33] 235.233 237' 

 234; total, 1,170. C. E. Bird, 233, 235, 233, 234, 231; total ' lW 4 

 Steuber, of the Jefsen Rifle Club, and A. Malz then shot a match 

 at short range, in trick and fancy shooting. The two experts in 

 tnis line were evenly matched. The targets had a %<n. bullseye 

 The shots done were looking glass, hip shots, leanieg backward 

 over shoulder with glass, shooting with rifle held in every con- 

 ceivable position. Steuber was defeated bv his inability to light 

 a parlor match, which Malz accomplished. Amateh followed be- 

 tween Henry Roddy and Geo. W. (iraf; the latter won, the sco res 

 made b-me Boddy 23:, 284, 281, 23t 233 total. 1.1 "6. Graf ' "3r" 

 233, 238, 236, 339; total, 1,176. ' ' ' ' 



OBTTUART. 



Frank G. Kittridge, president of the Excelsior Rifle Club, Jer- 

 sey City, died at his home in Jersey City of typhoid pneumonia 

 last Friday eveniDg, after an illness of two weeks. Mr. Kittridge 

 had a large acquaintance among riflemen both in New York and 

 New Jersey. Frank was a skillful marksman, and his genial 

 manner brought him many friends. He has been a member of 

 the club for the past two years, and his death deprives the Excel. 



