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INFLUENCE OF PREVIOUS SIRE.— Du Bois, Pa.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: I should like to have the 

 views and experiences of some of your readers on the follow- 

 ing: Will the crossing of a thoroughbred bitch with a mon- 

 grel dog effect or show the cross in any other than this one 

 litter:-' If so, how long will it take to run out or is it likely 

 to show itself at any time? I had a setter some years ago 

 which through carelessness had this experience and when 

 she came around again I bred her to a well-bred dog but 

 half her pups were like the first lot. In the fourth litter (I 

 think) her pups were true to color, but in breeding some of 

 them have thrown back. I now have a fine Scotch terrier 

 bitch, given to me by a friend on this account, but I do not 

 feel like wasting time breeding her if no dependence can be 

 placed on her pups. 



PUGS AT PHILADELPHIA.— Cincinnati, O.— Editor 

 Forest, and Stream: Mr. George Raper's card as to pugs at 

 Philadelphia show needs correcting, as it doe3 our good dog 

 Bradford Ruby II. a great injustice. "Rube" was at home 

 earning a stud fee, and was not even entered for that show; 

 therefore, Mr. Raper did not see him. He meant a pug that 

 was there with the same prefix as our Bradford Ruby II.— 

 Ebkkhaet Pug Kennels. 



KENNEL NOTES. 

 Kennel Notes are inserted without charge; and blanks 

 (furnished free) will be sent to any address. 



NAMES CLAIMED, 

 PS™ Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Edgewood, Mark. By V. L. Bassa, New Canaan. Conn., for blue 

 helton English setter dog, whelped Feb. 15, 1892, by Gath"s Mai k 

 out of Nellie Hunter. 



Edgewood Oath, Edge-wood Girl and Edge-wood Rose. By V. L. 

 Bassa, New Canaan, Oinn., for black, wnite and tan Enepsh set- 

 ters, one dog and two bitches, whelped Feb. 15, 1893, by Bath's 

 Mark out of Nellie Hunter. 



Edgewood Rock. By V. L. Bassa, New Canaan, Conn., for ehest- 

 nu% wbite and tan English setter dog, whelped Feb. 15, 1892, by 

 Gain's Mark out of Nellie Hunter. 



Edgewood Count, Edgewood Nellie and Edgewood Daisy. By V. 

 L, Bissa, New Canaan, Conn., for lemon helton English setters, 

 one dog and two bitches, whelped Feb. 15, 1892, by Gath's Mark 

 out of Nellie Hunter. 



A riatOB. By Mi ss Grace Decker, South Orange, N. .7., for bri ndle 

 and wbite St. Bernard dog, whelped Feb. 10, 1892, by Weiland 

 (Barry— Rohma) out. of Blossom [Albert Plinltmmou— Hazel), 



Olinto. By Mrs. Couillard, Soutn O'auge, N. J , for orange and 

 white St. Bernard dog, whelped Feb. 10, 1892, by Weiland (Barry— 

 Rohma) out of Blossom (Albert Plinlinimon— Hazel). 



Rhea. By W. Decker, South Orange. N. .J., for orange and white 

 St. Bernard bitch, whelped Ftb. 10, 1892 by Weiland (Barry— 

 Rohma) out of Blossom (Albert Plinlimruon— Hazel). 



Rose Mack. By Blake & Herberison, Dctroi', Mich., for black 

 and tan terrier bitoh. win Iped Dec. 1, 1891, by Sir Wallace (Ma- 

 homet— Lady) out of Flossie (Prince— Nanon). 



Corktown Count and Corktmm Cleo. By Corktown Cocker Ken- 

 nels, lor bla< k cocker spaniel dog and bitch, whelped Dec. 12. 1891. 

 by Tim Obo (Bob Obo— Cleo) out of Dot Smirle (Bob Obo— 

 Touch). 



Edgewood Kennels. By V. L. Bassa, New Canaan, Conn., for 

 his kennels of English setters 



BRED. 



Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Bell Mark— Sir Edward. Warwick Kennels' (Bridgeport, Conn.) 

 Euglisb setter bitch Bell Mark (Reverdy— Princess Bolton) to I heir 

 Sir Edward (Rcitbus— Wonua Gladstone), Jan. <5. 



Christina— Warwick Rake. Wm. Scofield's (Bridgeport. Conn.) 

 English setter bitch Christina to Warwick Kennels' Warwick 

 Rake (Gun— Victoria Laverack). Feb. 23. 



Bess II.— Sport K. Ring wood Beagle Kennels' (Brockton, Mass.) 

 beagle oitch Bass II. (Bunny— Bessie) to their Sport K., Jan. 7. ' 



Shipp II — Sport K. Ringwood Beagle Kennels,' (Brockton, 

 Mass.) beagle bitch Skipp H. (Flute M— Haida) to their Sport K.. 

 Feb. 3. 



Bess K.— Sport K. Ringwood Beagle Kennels' (Brockton, Mass ) 

 beagle bitch Bess K. (Hammer's Sport— Flirt) to their Sport K.. 

 Feb. 6. 



Sunbeam— Blemton Shiner. A. L. Cress well's (San Francis o, 

 Oai ) fox-terrier oitch Sunbeam (Rustic Roys ton— Siiverdal) to J. 

 B. Martin's Blemton Shiner (Blemton Rubicon— Blemton Bril- 

 liant). Feb. 23. 



Corktown Chip-Tim Obo. Corktown Cocker Kennels' (Ottawa, 

 Out.)cocker spaniel bitch Corktown Chip (Hector— Jet ) i o their 

 Tim Obo (Bob Obo-Cleo), Feb. i. 



Corktown Bebc—Tip Obo. Corktown Cocker Kennels' (Ottawa. 

 Om.) cocker spaniel bif.b Corktown Bebe (Bounce— OEnonei to 

 their Tim Obo (Bob Oho— Cleo), Feb. 13. 



CEnone—Tip Obo. Corktown Cocker Kennels' (Ottawa, Out.) 

 cocker spaniel bitch CEuone (Obo, Jr.— Tough) to their Tip Oho 

 (Rob Obo— Cleo), Feb. IB. 



Tough— Tip Obo. Corktown Cocker Kennels' (Ottawa, Ont.) 

 coi ker spaniel bitch Tough ( Wildair— Belle) to their Tin Qoo i Bob 

 Obo— Cleo), Feb 21. 



Fairy Lois— Pommery Sec. J. Rhoades's (Fishkill, N.Y.) pointer 

 bitch Fairv Lois to W. B. Hyland's champion Pommery Sec 

 (Graphic -Lady Vinnie), Feb. 10. 



Fan N— Pommery Sec. W. H. Hyland's (North Tarry town, N. 

 Y.) pointer bitcn cbampion Fan N. (Fauster— Corsicana Tobe) to 

 his champion Pommery Sec (Graphic— Lady Vinnii-), Feb. 23. 



Clio— Fritz. M. W. Reid's (Amsterdam, N. Y.) pojdle Oitch 

 Clio( Masil) to his Fritz (Stjx— Juliet), Feb. 9. 



Veno— Black Duck. O. O. Curtis's (Lima, O.) cocker spaniel 

 bitch Veno (Hector— Cleo) to his Black Duck (Obo U.— AUhea), 

 March 5. 



Nina-Black Duck. C. O. Curtis's (Lima, O.) cocker spaniel bitch 

 Nina (Obo, Jr.— Woodstock Flirt) to his Black Duck (Obo II — 

 Altben), March 10. 



Famhion— Roy K. Rockland Kennels' (Nsnuet, N. Y.) beagle 

 bitch Fauchion (Mac- Fanny K.) to their Roy K„ March 14. 



Fanehctte—Tlic Rambler. Rockland Kennels' (Nanuet, N. Y.) 

 beagle bitch Fanchette (Mac— Fanny K.) to their The Rambler, 

 March 11, 



Weddina IJ.—Windrmh Rioter. Rockland Kennels' (Nanuet, N. 

 Y.) dachsnund bitch Waloina II. (Fripon— Waldina I.) to Mr. 

 Manice's Windrush Roper, March 14. 



Flora K.—The Rambler. Rockland Kennels' (Nanuet, N. Y.) 

 beagie bach Flora K. (Lee— Topsj) to their The Rambler, 

 Feb. 28, 



Belle of Rockland— Racer, Jr. Rockland Kennels' (Nanuet, N. 

 Y.) betigie bucti Belle of Rockland (Chimer— Ciuntess) to their 

 cbampion Racer, Jr. (Racer— Vickey), March 13. 



WHELPS. 



Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Blossom. H. B. Murchie's (South Orange, N. J ) St. Bernard 

 bitch Blossom (Albert Plinlimmon— Haz< l),Feb. 10, thirteen (eight 

 dogs), by E. RadePs Weiland (Barry— Rohma). 



Chloc, Jr. C. Backus's (Detroit, Mich ) eockpr spaniel bitch 

 Chloe, Jr. (Dandie W.— Chloe K), March 5, three (two dogs), by J 

 Herbertson's Brownie B. (Newtoo— Pansey). 



Keltic. Robt. Leddle's (San Francisco, Cal.) fox-terrier bitch 

 Nellie, Feb. 23, five (two dogs), by J. B. Martin's Blemton Shiner 

 (Blemton Ruhicoti— B'emton Brilliant). 



Rosabo. E. H. Blake's (Brockton, Mass,) cocker spaniel bitch 



Rosabo (cbarnpiou Obo H. ), Nov. 2 a , four (one dog), bv 



Victor. 



Dot Smirle. Corktown Cocker Kennels' (Ottawa, Ont.) cocker 

 spaniel bitch Dot Smirle (Bob Obo— Tough), Dec. 12, seven (one 

 doe), bv their Tim Obo (Bob Oho— Cleo;. 



Rural Neva. R. H. Aloeits, Jr.'s (Hoboken, N. J ) English setter 

 bitoa Rural Neva (Pride of Dixie— Fairy Belk), Feo. 13, seven 

 (thrpe does-.), by his Belthus (champion Rock— Oocke-i ton's Meg). 



Gwynnie. R. H. Alberts. Jr.'s (Hoboken, N. J.) English set ter 

 bitch Gwynnie (Belthus— Wonna Gladstone), Jan. 29, nine (five 

 dogt^, by L. L. Ingram's Soudan (champion Diuid— champion 

 Ruhy). 



Pl.ychc Ja°. B. Blossom's* (New York) Gordon setter bitch 

 Psycue (Roy— Dot), March 1, nine (five deg ), bv his champion 

 Beaumont. 



Dixie Bcrwyu. Warwick Kennels' ( Bridgeport, Conn.) English 

 setter bitcn Dixie Berwyn (Mack B.— Pet. Berwvn), Feb. 1. three 

 (one dog), by their Sir Edward (Reltnus— Wonna Gladstone). 



Nellie Hunter. Rdgcwcod Kennels' (New Canaan, Conn.) Eng- 

 lish setter b.fh Nellie Hunter, Feb. to, eight (four do^e), by Blue 

 Rh'ge Kennels' Gath's Mark. 



Marguerite. Manatary Kennels' (Marblehead, Mass.) greyhound 

 bitch Marguerite, Jan. 7, five (one dog), by Albrak. 



Grace. Rockland Kennels' (Nanuet, N. Y.) beagle bitch Grace 

 (Frank Forrest— Fanny I ), Feb. 10, six (three dogs), by their cham- 

 pion acer, Jr. 



Rmrliih . Rockland Kennels" (Nanuet, N. Y.) beagle bitcb Eme- 

 lim (L e II.— Flirt). March 12, lour (one dog), by their The Ram- 

 bl< r (cbampion Marehboy II.— Lizzie). 



Betty. Rockland Kennels' (Nanuet, N. Y.) beagle bitch Betty 

 (Rush— Clara), Feb. 10, three (one dog), by their Roy K. (Rattler 

 nr.- Dork). 



Midget Nellie. Eberhart Pug Kennels' (Cincinnati, O.) pug bitch 

 Midget Nellie, March 8, five (two dogs), by A. E. Pitts's Boneor. 



SALES. 



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Sir Edward, Orange helton English setter dog, whelped June, 

 1890, by Belthus out of Wonna Gladstone, bv Warwick Kennel", 

 Bridgeport, Conn , to A. Booth, New York. 



Proctcjr. Black, white and licked English settpr dog, whelped 

 Aug. 25, 1891, by Shenstone out of Nell o' Warwick, by Warwick 

 Kennels, Bridgeport, Conn., to M. Ganson, same place. 



Sir Dick. Black and white English setter dog, whelred Dec. lfi, 



1890, by Bravo out of Vic, bv W. H. Hyland, North Tarrytown, N. 

 Y„ to John Rogers, Mount Hollv, N. J. 



Corktown Chance. Black cockpr spaniel dog, whplped Sent. 22, 



1891, by Bob Obo out of Tough, by Corktown Cocker Kennels, Ot- 

 tawa, Ont., to C. H. MacGarigar, same place. 



Queen Nell. Liver and wbite pointer bitch, whelped Feb. 1, 1891, 

 by Pommerv Sec out. of Lady Judy, by W. H. Hyland, North Tai- 

 rytown. N. Y„ to H. Wagner, Monticello, N. Y. 



Ruth Cleveland, Orange, perf. ct white markings, rough St. Ber- 

 nard bitcb, whelped Aug. 14, 1891, by Nicholson's Wbite Chief out 

 of Juno, by A. HelfeTS, Stein way, L. I., to Ritter's Ravens wood 

 St. Bernard Kennels, Long Island City, L. I. 



Signo. Cream fawn pug dog, whelped Sept. 19, 1890, by Bradford 

 Ruby II. out of Pearl, by Eberhart Pug Kennels, Cincinnati, O., 

 to S. L. Williams, Chicago, ill. 



Tobie. Silver fawn pug dog, by Spokane out of Lady Verne, by 

 Eberhardt Pug Kennels, Cincinnati, O., to Mrs. E. A. Orr, same 

 place. 



Kilmarnock Tarn— Lady Carlo whelps. Collies, by Manatary 

 Kennels, Marblehead, Mass., a sable and white dog each to Siiver 

 Spray Kennels, Clav City, III., and G. G. Mitchell, Little Valley. 

 K. Y ; sahle dog to S. Cunningham and sable bitch to H. B. Ushsr. 

 both of Marblehead, Mass., and black, white a - d tan dog to W. 

 H. Lord, Boston, Mass. 



Landmark. Lemon helton English setter dog, whelped Aug. 31, 

 1891, b> Reverdy out of Nellie Hunter, by V. L. Bassa, New Canaan, 

 C 'dh., to F, W. Bennett, Ktllingly. Conn. 



MarklT. Lemon helton Eng[ish setter dog, whelped Aug. 21, 

 1891, by Reverdy out of Nellie Hunter, by V. L. Bassa, New 

 Canaan. CoT.n . to A. T. Latta. Jr., Monroe, N. C. 



Reverdy— Nellie Hunter whelps. Lemon belton English setter 

 bitches, wh> lped Aug. 21, 1891, oy V. L. Bas6a, New Canaan. Conn., 

 one each to Dr. J. E. Hair, Bridgeport, Conn., and J. H. Johnson, 

 Carlisle, Ind. 



PRESENTATION. 



Reverdy-NeHie Hunter Whelp. Picket, lemon and white English 

 sst er dog, bv V. L. Bassi, Ne »v Canaan, Conn., to the New Eng- 

 laud Field Trial Club. 



FIXTURES. 



MAT. 



38 3t, Oswego, Cruise, Gt. Sodus. 30. Corinthian Mosquito Fleet. 

 30. Darchmont, Special, Larchm't 



JUNE, 



1. Monatiquot, Opening. 17. Hull, Class 4. 5, 6, Hull. 



4. PhUadelphia, Ann , Del. River 18. Dorchester, Dorchester. 

 4. Larchinoot, Spring, Larehm't. 25 Indian Harbor, Open sweep, 

 9. Ne*- York. Ann., New York. Greeuwieh. 

 11. Marine & Field. Ann.. N. Y. 



2. New Rochelle, Ann , New Ro- 16, 



chelle. 18, 



2, Seawanhaka,Ann.. Oyster Bay 21 



2. Hull, Class Race, Hull. 23. 



4. Larchmont, Ann., Larchmont 25 



6 American, Ann., Miltoo Point. 27 



9. Riverside, Aun., Riverside. 39, 



9. Hull, Classes 1. 2, Hull. 30 



9. Monatiquot. Open.. Ft. Point. 30. 



15. L Y.R.A., Belleville, Ont. 



16. Hull, Classes 3, 4, 5, 6, Hull. 



Dorchester, Dorchester. 

 L.Y.R.A., Oswego. 

 . L.Y.K.A., Rochester. 

 . Monatiquot, 1st Chain., Ft, Pt. 

 . L.Y.R.A., Hamilton. 

 28, L Y R.A., Toronto. 

 Hull, Classes 3, 4, 5, Hull. 

 Dorchester, Dorcbester. 

 Indian Harbor, Ann., Green- 

 wich. 



Our correspondent, Mr. Clapbam, touches on several very inter- 

 esting questions, for one of wbich. at least, we urns'; depend on him 

 for an answer, as he professes to be able to furnish it. Another 

 questim he. asks, "What is the size of a yacht?" is much easier to 

 ask than to answer, in fact it is very difficult to give a clear, concise 

 and satisfactory definition of "size"' as applied to a yacht. It is, 

 however, very easy to give a negative answer and to say what is not 

 size, and iu practice such an answer may be almost as useful as a 

 complete definition. 



The principal thing that is not "size" is length, whether of water- 

 line or any sort of "mean length." Contrary to an idea which was 

 once quite general but is now confined mainly to the Boston Herald 

 and the New York Yacht Racing Association, length ic no more a 

 measure of the size of a yacht than it is of the cubic capacity of a box, 

 and, save in the case of craft of . similar model and nearly the same 

 length, it is absolutely useless as a basis of measurement. We had 

 fondly hoped that the world had moved so far within the last ten 

 years that it was no longer necessary to go over the old story, but it 

 seems that there are still a few who object to those reasonable restric- 

 tions which have been almost universally accepted by owners and 

 designers. 



As convincing proof that length is no measure of either sizs or 

 power, there is Liris as compared with Minerva, of precisely the 

 same length, but of 3ft. more beam, 1ft. Sin. more draft, some 6 tons 

 more displacement, of which 4 tons is in the lead keel, and with 33 

 per cent, more sail. The absurdity of calling these two boats of the 

 same size because each measures 10ft. on the waterline needs no de- 

 monstration. The comparison might be carried still further in the 

 case of a flu keel of 40ft. l.w.l., with about half of the displacement 

 and sail of Liris. 



The futility of taxing any one or two dimensions may be seen in 

 all the past history of yacht racing, and for a long time the ingenu- 

 ity of yachtsmen has been directed toward a tax on all the elements 

 which go to makeup the size and power of a yacht. In doing this 

 many different methods have been devised ; the tonnage has been 

 used, the displacement, the cubic contents of the whole hull, the 

 product and the sum of the length, breadth and depth, the length and 

 girth, and various other combiuat'ons. Most of these have been 

 wrong both in theory and practice, and the best of them in theory 

 have proved useless when put to the test ; mainly because they en- 

 courage some one type of boat to the exclusion of all others, and 

 that type an undesirable one. An instance of this is found in the 

 displacement rule, which almost inevitably produces a yacht of ex- 

 treme beam and draft, with a large sail plan, a minimum of internal 

 accommodation, and a lack of sea-going qualities. 



The best rule yet devised is eutirely empyrical and unscientific, it 

 is based in part on an assumption which we kootv is incorrect, but at 

 the fame time it gives in practice a very fair gauge of a yacht's size 

 and power. This rale is the one in such general use in America 

 under the name of the "Seawanhaka" or the "length and sail area" 

 rule, found abroad ina different form but involving i lie same princi- 

 ple, in the present rating rule of the Y. R. A. In it the waterline 

 length, the only dimension of a yacht which can be measured and its 

 true value estimated, is taken directly. The other dimensions and 

 elements which it is difficult or impossible to estimate correctly, the 



beam, the depth or draft, and the amount and position of the ballast , 

 are all measured approximately, but on the whole quite accurately , 

 through the sail plan. Each of the«e elements is an important factor 

 in the sail-carrying power of the. yacht, and though we cannot give 

 any exact value to each separately, the combined result of beam, 

 depth and lead is measured by the area of sail which the yacht will 

 carry. Thus in the length and sail area we have a very fair gauge of 

 the "size" of the yacht, and no other method of grouping yachts 

 together for racing purposes has proved so fair and equitable as this 

 rule. 



It is true that uuder it the designer is limited; but to limit him is 

 the object of all rules. At the same time he is less hampered and 

 fettered than under any other rule wbich pretends to measure more 

 than one dimension. His choice of dimensions, type, model and 

 mode of ballasting under the length and sail area rule is as free as it 

 can possibly be, and he is far less restricted in experiment than 

 under the length, disp'acement or tonnage rules of the past. He 

 may select such proportions of length, beam and draft, with such an 

 amount of ballast and sail, as seem to him likely to give the best 

 results, and he may combine them in the keel or centerboard type, or 

 he may push his experiments further in the direction of the fin keel, 

 the scow, the sneakbox or even the catamaran, and there is noth- 

 ing to compel him to adopt one special type on a given water- 

 line and to base his chances of winning on his capacity to outdo 

 other designers in the extreme development of some one feature. 



What he cannot do (and this is what some are finding fault with) is, 

 on some nominal measurement of one element which is falsely as- 

 sumed to represent the size, to build a yacht much larger in reality 

 than her competitors through added beam or draft and carrying a 

 greater driving power, while at the same time she is not called upon 

 to pay for these increased advantages. 



The Fobest ano Stbeam has carefully refrained from giving cre- 

 dence to the many groundless rumors of new 4(5-footers from the 

 Herreshoff shops for Messrs. Iselin, Morgan, Work, Maxwll and 

 other well-known yachtsmen, there being no reason to believe that 

 any of them had the slightest foundation in fact. The Yachtsman 

 has recently credited us with a similar statement, to the effect that 

 a 20 rater was to be built at Bristol for a British yachtsman ; but we 

 must decline the responsibility for such a report. What we said, and 

 this on the authority of Messrs. Herreshoff, was that inquiries had 

 been received concerning a new 20 -rater and it was possible that an 

 order might result. In this case, as we were informed by Mr. N. G. 

 Herreshoff, the yacht would be a fin keel, similar to Dilemma, thus 

 being readily transported on a steamer's deck (the hull and keel 

 separately), which would not be possible with such a yacht as Wasp 

 orGloriana. No such yacht has been started, so we may conclude 

 that nothing came of the negotiations. Tbe other 46-footers an- 

 nounced at times by certain daily papers have proved as uij'thical a* 

 that new Fife yacht for Sir. Tweed which has been announced fo 

 several seasons. 



The fame of Gloriana has brought to herlbuilders a number of in 

 quiries from foreign yachtsmen, but only two, we believe, have re- 

 sulted in possible orders. One yacht, a 2% rater for a Clyde yachts- 

 man, has already been shipped. The other will be a tiny craft, a 

 half-rater, ordered by Mr. Blair Cochrane for Miss Winifred Sutton, 

 for racing in the Bembridge (Eng.) Sailing Club. She will be a fin 

 keel and her name wi'l be Wee-winn. Another inquiry was from 

 Lord Dunraven, for a 5 rater, the order bping subsequently placed 

 wuth Messrs. Summers <Sr Payne, of Southampton Still another, for 

 a 5 or 10-rater, wts from the famous old yachtsman Prince Battby- 

 any-Strattman, now of Vienna, once owner of the racing cutter 

 Kriemhiida. So far as we are aware nothing will be built to this 

 latter inquiry. 



A great part of the present commotion among British yachtsmen 

 is due to the introduction into the smaller classes of the so-called 

 canoe- yawls of the sharpie type. The defeat of two of the crack 

 boats of this type by a eaooe of half tht ir rating, through the aid of 

 the American sliding seat, opens up a wide range of possibilities if 

 the canoe-yawls themselves should he allowed to use this important 

 adjunct to all lightly ballasted craft. Fitted with a 5ft. slider and 

 manned by three men, one of tbem at least of good weight aDd active 

 in his motions, the "half-rater" canoe yawl might be made to sail 

 still faster, and with no more real danger of a capsize than at 

 present. 



At a meeting last week the Atlantic Y. C. abandoned the singular 

 provision of its rule, by wbich but 90 per cent, of the sail area was 

 taken, and the rule is now uniform with the other large clubs. We 

 have never heard of any reason for this peculiar form of the rule, 

 and the club is lucky in being rid of it. 



A NEW ERA IN PHILADELPHIA. 



THE Philadelphia Y C. is determined to give to this city an organ- 

 ization second to none in this country, «nd besides the many 

 improvements and attractions at its river house at Tinicum, and at 

 its city rooms, 1715 Chestnut street, ic has arranged for a series of 

 addresses by the most prominent yachtsmen, yacht ^designers 

 and builders. 



Mr. William E. Waterhouse, of Boston, associate of the late Edward 

 Burgess, and his chief assistant in the designing and building of the 

 famous yachts Puritan, Mayflower and Volunteer, Which won the 

 international races in the defense of the America's Uup, and of many 

 other notably fast yachts, addressed the club a few weeks ago. The 

 second talk of the serhs was given on March 16 by Mr. Thomas Clap- 

 ham, of Roslyn, Long Island, before a large and enthusiastic audi- 

 ence of members and friends, and comprised almost all of the leading 

 yachtsmen of this and neighboring cPies. Mr Clapbam is prominent 

 in the building and designing of shallow draft boats. As the designer 

 and builder of the Chippewa, the Bouncer and other unrivaled priz8 

 winners, Mr. Clapham is known to every yachtsman in the land, and 

 hence was greeted Oy a most enthusiastic audience, which repre- 

 sented every type of boat tnat is used for yachting purposes, includ- 

 ing several steam yachtsmen. Mr. Clapham Ulustrated his lecture 

 by the use of numerous models and drawings and blackboard 

 sketches, and proved to the t-atisfaction of all present that he could 

 produce speed as well as safety in a yacht of shallow draft equal to 

 a b'jat of greater depth. 



The Chippewa was designed after the Bouncer, a little 12ft. boat 

 built by Mr. Clapham, which beat everything of her size, and many 

 boats much larger in the vicinity of New York in 1890. The Chip- 

 pewa measures 31ft. over all, but is classed as a 25-footer, the latter 

 being her water line length, but when she is slightly heeled has a 

 water line length of nearly her whole over all length. She draw's b, t 

 14in. of water, and sails her races without any hallast. These 

 boats can be made uncapsizable and unsinkable, which fact be has 

 proven by actual test in a boat tiOft. long. Among his many models 

 he exhibited a most beautiful one for Mr. Geo. D. Gideon, one of the 

 club's trustees, which will be 40ft. over all, 24ft. water line and draw 

 about 16in. water. Mr. Clapham's chief theory and principle is in 

 the use of true circles wherever possible. He stated that tbis had 

 been done thousands of years ago by the Japanese, and that he but 

 applied, with but few modifications, these old ideas. 



It was for Mr. Clapham that John Herreshoff, who was the founder 

 of the firm of Herreshoff Bros., built his first boat the Qui Vive 

 Mr. Clapham gave toe sketch of this boat, her record, and pleased 

 the club's Commodore, Francis Shunk Brown, by informing his audt- 

 dience that t'ds boat, with an unbeaten record of twelve years, was 

 finally defeated by the Commodore's yacht the Schemer, and that it 

 so disappointed htm that he immediately sold the yacht 



Although Mr. Clapham made no pretensions as a public speaker, 

 and it was ins first appearance, he delivered a most interesting ad- 

 dress and delighted all present 



Among the audience were Hon. Wm. B. Mann, Richard P. White, 

 Esq , Arthur Colburn, Clarence Bement, Mr. Gibbons, Dr. Tuttle, Dr 

 Hoilmgsworth, Henry J. Hancock, Esq., McBride brothers,owners of 

 the Yankee Doodle, formerly Buzz, Mr. Parvin. Wm. H. Magoffin, Dr. 

 Richard M. Jones, Mr. Button, of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, 



