April 21, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



BSi 



out of Alice K., by John Fox, LaFayette, Pad., to Peter Kelly, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



PRESENTATIONS. 



Harry F. White and lemon English fetter dost, hv Roger out of 

 Dora Dcaup, by L. Gardner, Mount Vernon, N. Y., to Mott En- 

 rig>\ New Rocbelle, N, Y. 



Roger— Sunol whelp. Chestnut and tan English setter clog, by 

 L. Gardner, Mount Vernon, N. Y„ to A. L. Sanford, Portsmouth. 

 Ohio. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



There is no charge for amweHng qaestinm under this head. All 

 micstUnu rela'Jmj to aH-m.tnts of dogs will be answered by Dr. T. O. 

 Sherwood, a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 

 Communications referring to other matters connected with Kennel 

 Management and dogs win receive careful attention. 



Jas., Kittaning. Pa.— You do not give the breed of dog you require 

 information about. 



Constant Reader —If you will send in your name and address and 

 the name of tbe person you purchased the beagle from, we will do 

 whatever we can to help you. 



J. McW., Waseca, Minn.— What is the first St. Bernards, the long or 

 short-coated? Ans. As we understand your question, the smooth- 

 coated are supposed to be the original breed. 



E. T. J.. Shenandoah, O.— Write to Avent & Thayer Kenuels, Hick 

 pry Valley, Twin. ; Blue Ridge. Kennels, Sherry vl lie, Va.; R. Merrill, 

 3.855 Grand avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. ; Gen. F. F. Myles, New Orleans, 

 La. 



J. T. B., Philadelphia, Pa.— I have an Irish setter which has had a 

 litter of puppies by a mongrel dog. I would like to know if it will in 

 any way affect the next litter if served by a good dog, Ans. Read 

 Mr. Wade's letter in next issue. 



W. O. D., Albauy, N. Y.— I. First stive each dog a dose of Epsom 

 salts, say half an ounce, and then the following mixture: Acid nit. 

 dil. and acid hydrochlor dil., of each 1 dr., in f us. quassia co. 6 oz. 

 Give oue tablespoonful three times a day. Wash once a week: add 

 to bath 1 oz. of Squibbs' solution of coal tar. Give plenty of exercise. 

 You might also treat for worms, 2. We would advise" keeping toe 

 same color for the boat. 



A. F. D.— I have been looking through Forest and Stream for 1891 

 for a prescription that I remember reading ia the .correspondents' 

 column, for canker in the ear, but cannot find it. Please iusert it 

 again for me and you will do an old subscriber a favor. I have tried 

 almost everything, but with no good results, my spaniel is as bad 

 now as ever. Ans. 



K Liq Plumbi Sub. Acet 3 iv 



Sol. Coal Tar (Squibbs) 3 i 



Aqua .. jiy 



Mix. Lotio. A little to be poured into the ears twice a day. 

 O. B., Marsh, Pa.— My setter puppy, a dog about four months old, 

 has lately shown a filmy white substance growing on both eyes, and 

 showing in both corners toward his nose, the eve also seems quite 

 inflamed under the upper lids. This morning they discharged some- 

 what and he seems unable to keep them open for anv great length of 

 time. Please tell me what is the matter, and also what to do for him? 

 Ans. Apply the following ointment: 



R Cocaiue Hydchlor g;rs. vi 



Atrophiue Sulph 'grs. to 



Aq. Distil m £ 



Hyd. Ox. Flav grs. iv 



Vaseline 3 ii 



Mix. A little to be placed into the eyes twice or three times 

 a day. Hold the dog for a few minutes after applying the ointment, 

 so that he does not rub the eyes. If necessary, treat for worms and 

 afterward give a tonic. 



H. W. S.. Tom's River, N. J.— Will you please tell me what ails my 

 hound dog • He has a wheezing cough, ending in an effort !ike hawk- 

 ing up phlegm. Can it be distemper 1 ? He is 12 vears eld. Nose dry 

 and warm at intervals, appetite good, and doe seems hright Ans. 

 First give a couple of compound eatbartic pills, then the fo'lowin^ 

 pill : 



' R Ex. Belladona 



Ex. Hvoseyamus a a grs. iv 



Pal v. Ipecac Co , .... .grs, x'l 



Mix aud make 12 pills. 



G. McG. G , Norfolk, Va.— Will you kindly give me some mforma 

 tion as to how greyhounds are judged, also the weight of some large 

 one?? Ans. Greyhounds are judged according C .- - 1 ■ ^ 

 standard. You will find a description of the points of this breed and 

 every other information in Dalziel's monograph, "The Greyhound." 

 We can supply it ; price S1.25. We cannot giv? the individual weights 

 of heavy American dogs, bur. the Waterloo Cup winner Snapdragon 

 weighed 721bs, (running weight) and Chimney Sweep 661bs. 



§mapng. 



FIXTURES, 



98 30. Springfield, Meet, Oalla 

 Shasta." 



2S-June 4. Brooklyn, Delaware 

 River Cruise, 



7. Springfield. Cup. Springfield, 

 14. Brooklyn, Sailing Race, Ciial- 



lenge Cup. Bay Ridge. 

 21. Brook! vn, War, Bay Ridge. 

 30. Jersey City, Greenville, N. J± 



.iune. 



1. Springfield, Cup, Springfield. 18. Marine & Field. Ann., Graves- 

 11. New York, Ann., Bensonhursfc end Bay. 



14. Brooklyn, Tandem Paddling. 25, Brooklyn, Anu., Bay Ridge. 

 Bay Ridge. 



JL'LY. 



3. Springfield, Cup, Springfield. 9-28. W. C. A. Meet. Oshkosh.Wis 



2. Brooklyn, Cruise and Race for 16. Brooklyn, Handicap Sailing 



Pas-an Trophy, Bay Ridge. Race, Bay Ridge. 



9. Brooklyn, Ladies' Day, Bay 30. Brooklyn, " Combined Race, 

 Ridge. Bay Ridge. 



AUGUST. 



4-25. A.C.A.Meet,Willsboroi.ighPt 15-20. A. C. A. Meet, race week, 

 6. .Springfield, Cup, Springfield. WilLsborough Point. 



SEPTEMBER. 



3. Springfield. Cup, Spriugfield. 5. lanthe, Annual Regatta. 



3. Brooklyn,Visiling Cruise, Pas- 10. Brooklyn, Single Paddling, 

 saie River. Bay Ridge. 



OCTOBER. 



I. Springfield, Cup, Springfield. 



CANOE NEWS NOTES. 



At a meeting of the Sewareu Land and Water Club, held on April 

 11, a full set of rules governing the aquatic department of the or- 

 ganization was adopted and Mr. Win. M. Ballard was made com- 

 modore aud Mr. Frank D. Wright vice-commodore. The club also 

 appointed a committee to obtain estimates for the purchase of a 

 club house, and to report in detail at a meeting to be held on April 

 20. If the report is favorably received an assessment on the mem- 

 bers will then be made, in accordance with the by-law, to cover the 

 expense to be incurred. The club will give a reception and dance at 

 Sewaren on the evening of April 22, and during the month of May or 

 .Tune will have a "Dutch" on an elaborate scale. 



Hulbert Bros. & Co.. of 26 West Twenty-third street, opposite the 

 Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, have now their boat department 

 open and are displaying a line of rownoats, sailboats, canoes, and 

 yacht tenders in variety and finish seldom if ever seen in this city. 

 It would pay any one that is interested in boating pleasure to vis'it 

 their show rooms, as they have boats adapted to all waters. Their 

 display of fine fishing rods, tackle and sportsmen's goods is such as 

 to supply every want of the sportsman. It would repay our readers 

 to inspect the goods shown by this house in their varied depart- 

 uients.— Adet. 



The New York C. C. at a meeting on Aprii 11 finally passed the 

 amendment altering the titles of officers to captain, mate and purser 

 and also made several changes in the rules governing the club's in- 

 ternational challenge cup. A three years' lease was made with the 

 Bensonhurst Club, aud the club house will shortly be towed to Bath 

 Beach, where it will be raised on piles in place "of lying afloat. A 

 challenge from the Brockville Boating and Canoe Club was accepted. 

 Mr. Ford Jones being the representative named by the challenging 

 club. 



The annual meeting of the Island Heights C. C. was held on April 

 14, the following officers being elected" Com., John H. Lenning' 

 Vioe-Com., Rile? Koby Fleet Captain. R. L. Pernr. Sec, Joseph Page" 

 Treas.» W. M. Wood. The club wQi build a club hoiije at once an d 

 will hold a number of races during the seasons. 



The annual njaetmg of the Associated 0*895 Club? t>f the "Easfialp 



River was held on April 13, at the Orange C. O. house, Arlington, the 

 ehairman and secretary, Messrs. W. H. Hillier and R. W. Strachan, 

 Jr., being re elected. Messrs. Mauley, Strachan and Markham were 

 appt inted a regatta committee. 



The annual regatta of the Knickerbocker C. C. will be held on June 

 4, off I52d street, North River. The club will hold a two days' camp, 

 with races, etc., later in the season, at Egg Beach, N. J., under the 

 Palisades. 



A. C. A. Membership. -Eastern Division: 0. E. Harris, St. Johus- 

 bitry, Vt. 



THE RED DRAGON'S SMOKER. 



ON the evem'ug of March 30 the Red Dragon C. C. gave a smoker 

 to its members and friends at the residence of Mr. MacCormick, 

 2120 North Twentieth street. Philadelphia. After the customary in- 

 troduction of friends, an exhibition of lantern slides was given; 

 among the number were the slides of Mr. W, Underwood, of the 

 Puritan C. O, of Boston, of scenes aud events at the A. C. A. meets 

 at Lake George and Jessup's Neck, 



The gentlemen subsequently repaired to the dining room and soon 

 the viands disappeared. Amid the fumes of tobacco, popular selec- 

 tions were rendered upon the guitar, mandolin and banjo by Messrs. 

 H. and D. MacCormick, Scott, Gray and Commodore Noyes. Songs 

 were sung and recitaiious delivered, those of Mr. Blumner and Mr. 

 Fleischman, of the Quaker City Boat Club, of the Schuylkill Navy, 

 were received with greatenthusiasm. The boys departed for home 

 at a late hour, all voting the smoker a great success. 



The club will give a tbealer benefit on April 29 at the Chestnut 

 Street Opera House, the proceeds to be used for erecting a new club 

 house. Owing to our increasing membership, we have found out- 

 present quarters inadequate to meet the demands and are therefore 

 compelled to seek quarters nesv and more commodious. It is our 

 purpose to be located in our new house some time during the early 

 part of next month, when the club will give a house warming and a 

 club regatta. F. O. Gross. 



Philadklphia, April 11. 



Sailing length, 



^drifting, 



SAILING LENGTH, 



, commonly called ''corrected leuglh," is obtained 

 by adding together the length on waterline and the square root of 

 the sail area, and dividing the sum by 2, the result being in lineal 

 feet. In this method of measurement, adopted by the Seawauhaka 

 Corinthian Y. 0. in 1884, and since known as the "Seawanhaka rule," 

 the sail area is measured from the spars, club topsails not being 

 included. The principal clubs now using the Seawanhaka rule are 

 the Seawanhaka Corinthian. New York, Larchmont. Atlantic, East- 

 ern, Beverly, Hull. Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Riverside. American, 

 Knickerbocker, Royal Canadian, Royal Hamilton, Queen City, 

 Oswego, Rochester, Marine and Field, Corinthian of New York, 

 Marblehead, Philadelphia, and Corinthian Navy and Corinthian 

 Mosquito Fleet. The full details of the rule were published in the 

 Forest and Stream of Feb. 25, 1892. 



RATING. 



The rating of a yacht is obtained by multiplying the length on 

 waterline by the sail area, and dividing the product by the constant 

 number 6.000, the result being a measurement in cubical units ap- 

 proximating to the old Thames tonnage. In this method of measure- 

 ment, adopted by the Yacht Racing Association in 188T. the sail area 

 is calculated from the draw ing of the sail plan, such topsails, work- 

 ing, sprit or club, as are carried being included in the measurement. 

 The established rating classes and the varying proportions of length 

 and sail found in practice, are as follows- 

 ^-rating.. 16ft. l.w.l.xl&S Fq. ff. sail to 17ft. 1.W.1.X178 eq. ft. sail 



I rating. . , 18ft. l.w.l. X333 sa. ft. sail to 20ft. l.w.l. X300 so. ft sail 



2^-rating 25ft. 1.W.1.X600 sq. ft. sail to 28ft. l.w.I.xoSS so", ft. sail. 



5-rating 28ft. l.w.l. xlOTlsq. ft. sail to 33ft; 1.W.1.X909 sa. ft. sai' 



10-rating ... ..34ft. l.w.l, Xl765sq. ft. sail to 36ft. l.w.l. xlS66sq «. sail 



20-rating 45.5 l.w.l. x2637sq. ft. sail to 46.5 l.w.l.X2580sq. ft sail 



40-rating 59ft. l.w.l. X4067sa. ft. 



60-raiing 64ft. l.w.l. X5625sq~. ft. sail to 6Sft, 1 w.l.x5294sq. ft. sail. 



The rating rule is used exclusively in Great Britain, but is used in 

 America by only one club, the Ro^ai Nova Scotia Te«h'. Pouadi-on. of 

 Halifax, N. S. ! 



CLASSIFICATION. 



In America yachts are classed by some clubs by their waterline 

 lengths alone; in others by their sailing length. 



In Great Britain all yachts arc classed by their rating, and not by 

 waterline. 



FIXTURES. 



91. Wiuthrop, :Sd and Jib Classes, 38.. 



Winthrop. 30. 

 28-31. Oswego. Cruise, Gt. Sodus. 30. 



Wiuthrop, Pen-! WmCnrop. 

 Monatiquot, Opening. 

 Philadelphia.. Ann.. Pel. River 

 .Larchmont. Spring. Latvhtn't. 

 Winthrop, Moonlight Sail. 

 New York, Anu., New York. 

 Rochester, Squadron Review. 

 New Jersey, Ann., New York. 

 Cor Navy, Glen Cove. 

 Marine & Field. Ann., N. Y. 

 Pavonia, Ann., Communipaw. 

 Rochester, Ladies' Day. 

 Hull, Class 4, 3, 6, Hull. 

 Mos. Fleet, Club. Boston. 

 Winthrop, Cham., Winthrop. 

 Dorchester, Dorchester, 

 Mos. Fleet, Cham., Boston. 



30. 



Rochester, Opening Cruise 

 Larchmont, Special, Larchm't, 

 Corinthian Mosquito Fleet, 



Corinthian, 'JUL Class, Mar- 

 ble head, 



Savin USil. 1st Chain 



Wiuthrop, Ladies' Race, Wm- 

 ihrop. 



Winthrop, Sat). Wiuthrop. 

 Winthrop, Tender, Winthrop. 

 Winthrop, 3d and 1th Classes, 



Winthrop 

 Koehester. Club Regatta. 

 Rhode Island, Ann. Regatta 



and Ladies' Day. 

 Chelsea. 



Indian Harbor, Open sweep, 



Greenwich. 

 Savin Hill, Open Race. 



JULY. 



Rochester, Annual Cruise. 16. Hull, Classes 3, 4, 5, 6, Hull. 

 New Rochelle, Ann , New Ro- 16. Mos. Fleet, Cham , . Boston 



chelle. 16. Wiuthrop, Ann. Cruise. 



Seawanhaka. Ann.. Oyster Bav 16. Dorchester, Dorchester. 

 Hull, Class Race, Hull. 

 Savin Hill, First Cup. 

 Mos. Fleet, Cham., Boston. 

 Winthrop, Open, Winthrop. 

 Corinthian, Marblehead. 



Larchmont, Ann.. Larchmont 25, Rhode Island, Cup. 

 American, Ann., Milton Point. 25. L.Y.R.A., Hamilton. 

 Winthrop, 3d and 4th Classes, 27-28. L.Y R.A., Toronto. 



18. L.Y.R.A.. Oswego. 

 21. L.Y.R.A., Rochester. 

 21. Rochester, L.\ ,R A. Regatta. 

 23. Monatiquot, 1st Cham.. Ft. Pt. 

 28. Corinthian, Marblehead. 



Winthrop 



7. Winlhrop, Moonlight Sail. 

 9. Riverside, Ann., Riverside. 

 9. Hull, Classes 1, 2, Hull, 

 y. Monatiquot, Open., Ft. Point. 

 0. Savin Hill, Cash Prize. 

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



A17( 



3. Hull, Open. Hull. 



5. Winthrop, Moonlight Sail. 



6. Corinthian. Marblehead. 



8. Hull, Classes 1. 2, Hull. 



10, Corinthian Mo-qm'to Fleet. 



11. Rochester, Ladies' Day. 

 13. Dorchester, Dorchester. 

 13. Monatiquot, 3d Cham., Ft. Pt. 

 13. Chelsea. 



13. Savin Hill, Second Cup. 

 Mos. Fleet, Cham , Bostou. 

 Winthrop, Ladies' Day. 

 Monatiquot, Ladies' Day. 

 Winthrop, Cash. Winthrop. 



SEPTEMBER. 



Winthrop, 3d and 1th Classes, 5. Mos. Fleet, Open, Boston. 



30. Hull, Classes 3, 4, 5, Hull. 

 30. Dorchester, Dorchester. 

 30. Indian Harbor. Ann., Green- 

 wich. 



30. Corinthian. Marblehead. 

 30. Savin Hill, 2d Cham. 

 30. Mos. Fleet, Open, Boston. 



rUST. 



17. Hull, Ladies' Day, Hull. 

 19. Winthrop, 3d and 4th Classes, 



Winthrop. 

 30. Corinthian. Marblehead. 



21. Winthrop, Cruise. 



22. Rhode Island, Open. 

 25. Rochester. Club Regatta. 

 27. Hull, Cup Race. Hull. 

 27. Dorchester, Dorchester. 

 27. Larchmont, Oyster Boats. 

 27. Savin Hill, Sail Off. 

 27. Mos. Fleet, Cham., Boston. 

 27. Winthrop, 2d Class Cham., 



Winthrop. 



Winthrop. 

 Larchmont, Fall. Larchmont. 

 Rochester, Autumn Cruise. 

 Corinthian. Marblehead. 



5. NY.Y.R.A., Ann., New York. 

 11. Winthrop, Cash, W 7 inthrop, 

 15. Rochester, Grand Review. 

 24. Chelsea. 



Thl most absurd misapplication of the much-abused theorem thai, 

 length gives speed is found in the proposal lately made iu England to 

 tax the total waterline of the two hulls of a double boat or a cata- 

 maran. The only parallel to it which occurs to us fi the proposal 

 really made by some yaeht owners of the Ke w York Y. C. to measure 

 the water betwees the two. and later three. bul)3 of t)«? Stokes cata- 



maran Nereid as a part of her cubic contents, under the rule then in 

 use, in 1878. 



If it is reasonable to measure the two hulls to obtain the true 

 waterline length, it would be equally reasonable to measure the 

 length of the lead cigar below the new fin Keels and add it to the 

 waterline. 



NAUTICAL ORTHOGRAPHY. 



The controversy waxes gay 



On matters orthographical, 

 For whether sailing's "weigh"' or -'way'' 



Is thought quite problematical. 



For "jibe," not ''gybe,'' some people fight. 



As being orthodoxical ; 

 And whether "reach" or "ratch" to write 



Is also paradoxical. 



To hoist a '"pennant" or "pendant" 



At our discrimination, 

 On "halliard" or ••haulyard," one can't 



Come to determination. 



A "cleat" or "cleet" one may expect 



In equiponderation ; 

 But to determine what's correct 



Is simple botheration.— Kingstowk. 



— Yacktsm o n . 



SIZE VS. LENGTH AND SAIL AREA. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



My letter published in your issue of April 14 mentions "big hum- 

 bug*," and as the term is somewhat irritating I will explain that by 

 big humbug I mean calling one boat larger than another, becau/e 

 the former is larger in one dimension— namely beam— while in other 

 dimensions, and as a whole, she is actually smaller. 



You ask me to prove this with figures of hulls and sail plans so 

 that the question can be argued seriously. Allow me to say that: 

 sail plans have nothing whatever to do with the question 1 have 

 raised, i. e., "What is the size of a boat?" 



I stale, in effect, the fact that a boat the dimensions of whose hull 

 are say 25ft. on waterline by 35ft. over all. by 7ft. beam bv fift. depth 

 is larger than another boat of say 25ft. waterline by 35ft. over all . by 

 lift, beam by 3ft. depth. It would be interesting to hear from some 

 of your readers who have sailed small cutters fitted with a deep ke^l 

 of any kind loaded with lead. 



No question can be "seriously argued" until the thing under con- 

 sideration is clearly defined. Let me say in conclusion, that as mat- 

 ters now stand I think it would be well to continue classifying boats 

 by length on load waterline and taxing them for time allowance on 

 waterline length and actual sail area, including all light sails. If 

 this method is pursued every yacht owner will know by the simple 

 waterline length of his boat just what class he cau enter, while ex- 

 cessive sail area will have to pay its penalty, Thomas Clapbaj!. 



Roslyn, L. I., April 18. 



[We cannot agree with Mr. Clapham that sail plans have no bearing 

 on the question of size as applied to yachts, but we are willing to 

 accept his definition of a "Dig humbug." The examples which he 

 gives are excellent ones, as tbey are evidently taken from actual 

 yachts; the small cutter 25x7x6ft. would be such a craft as the 

 Gardner 25 footers. Nameless and Needle, while 25x11X3 would be 

 about the dimensions of a modern Cape catboat, Almira for instance. 

 The small cutter will carry less than 600sq. ft. of sail, while the other 

 boat will swing a rig of nearly t,OQ0iq. ft., or say fifty per cent more 

 than the narrower boat. Now will Mr. Clapham seriously claim that 

 the narrow cutter is of greater size than the wide catboat? The cat- 

 boat would far esceed the cutter, both in power, which must be con- 

 sidered to a certain extent in discussing the size of a yacht, and also 

 in actual cubic contents of hull in feet. If we are wrong in tbis . and 

 the catboat is really the smaller, there are many who share our error, 

 and who will gladly listen to Mr. Clapham's proofs on the otter side. 

 Instead of calling th6 two of the same size because their waterlines 

 areeaual.it would be much fairer. 6ven though not absolutely ac- 

 curate, to compare them by their sailing lengths, 25ft. for the cutter 

 and about. SSfor the catboat. In our opinion the boat with 900ft. of 

 sail which asks to sail on the same terms with one of 600ft. merelv 

 because their v. atei lines are equal, is as near the realization of the 

 ' big humbug" as will ever be found iu practice. If as Mr. Clapham 

 says, he is contented with the present rule of length classes and 

 length and sail area measurement, there was no need for bis hearty 

 seconding of the Boston Herald's proposal to do away with sail area, 

 which provoked tbis controversy.! 



IN THE BUILDING \ ARDS. 



AT Piepgrass's yard, City Island, the new steel schooner designed 

 by Mr. A . Cary Smith for Mr. J.E. Brooks is plated up. thedeek 

 beams laid and the planksheers in place. The latter are >xf tiu. teat 

 and will give a very handsome finish to the deck. The lead has been 

 run into trough keel. The joiner work is well advanced in the shops . 

 The spars are as fine sticks as ever went into a yacht, the main boom 

 in particular, a hollow stick of Oregon pine, being a handsome stick 

 and well put together. Tho centerboard is completed already. Tlh- 

 uew steam yacht Evelyn, designed and built bv Piepgrass, lies 

 afloat at the wharf, a trim and stylish tittle craft, well suited for use 

 about the Sound. Liris also lies afloat in the basin, her crew being 

 at work on Nameless, also owned by Mr. Wetmore, The schooner 

 Tioga is also in the basin. On the railway is the steam yacht Orients, 

 up for general repairs. Hauled up ashore are Katrina, Bedouin! 

 Titania, Nonparielle, Jessica, Montecito, Banshee, Delvyn and the 

 little Scotch cutter Circe; which latter is in for a general overhaul- 

 ing, new deck, new caulking of bottom plank, new mast and top- 

 mast. 



Int 

 length I 

 craft no 



the fore and after overhangs being similar, but showing less bilge. 

 The workmanship is very neat throughout, the framing beiug light 

 but thoroughly fastened", steamed oak frames with bent oak floors. 

 The deck is in two thicknesses, (as in Liris and Kathleen, but with can- 

 vas between, the upper thickness being of mahogany, to match the 

 planksheer, bulwark and coaming. There will be one large hatch 

 amidships which will be removed in racing, leaving the body of the 

 boat open, while there is a large but shallow eoefipit abaft it. The 

 rig will be similar to that of Nameless, Smuggler and Needle, a 

 pole-masted sloop. The Coggeshall steamer, also designed bv Mr. 

 Cardner, is safely housed from prying eyes in a new shed specially 

 built for her, but if reports are true the Woods have turned out a 

 very handsome job of woodwork, the odd-shaped stern ia particular 

 calling for some skilful work in planking. The skin is double, of 

 mahogany throughout, with steamed oak frames and an abundance 

 of light steel bracins. The engine and boiler are now building at 

 Newark, N. J., where the yacht will be towed after launching. Name- 

 less is fitting out, preparatory to launching, and Laxen, the Gardner 

 30 footer, both bmlt at this yard last year, is still waiting a purchaser. 



At Wintringham's yard Shamrock has been hauled out to be con- 

 verted Into a schooner, Mr. Maxwell having abandoned the idea of 

 building an 80-foot steel schooner. A 27-foot l.w.l. catboat, with 

 overhanging ends, designed by Mr. Gardner, has also been started iu 

 the yard. Mr. Gardner is now busy over a design for Mr. DeForest 

 , *ter Bay, a member of the Seawanhaka C. Y. C„ a boat for the 

 25 foot S. L. class. 



The centerboard 21 -footer for Mr. J. F. Small, the Exile, is building 

 by Jenkins at Harwichport. She will be 30ft. over all, 21ft. l.w.l , lift, 

 beam, 1ft. Gin. draft. The sheer plan is very peculiar, there being the 

 clipper stem and shallow but abrupt forefoot that is seen in so many 

 modern yachts, but the turn of the forefoot will be just above instead 

 of below the water. The sail plan will be very large, the mast, as 

 reported, being 40ft., boom 38ft., and base line 55ft. 



At Smith's yard. South Boston, the McVey centerboard Shark is 

 completed, and a fin-keel for Mr. John B. Paine has been started. 

 She will be 21 feet l.w.l., 7 ft. S in. beam. 1 ft. 2 in. draft of hull 

 and 7 ft. extreme draft. The fin will be of Tobin bronze, a ft. long on 

 the lower edge, with a ton of lead in the keel. The sides tumble 

 home 4 in. amidship. The planking will be double, with an outer 

 skin of 5-16 in. Spanish cedar. 



At Bristol the centerboard 21-footer for Messrs. Dunne. Brown 

 Hunt has been launched and tried. She has a small sail plan, main- 

 sail and jib, and a metal centerboard. The 30ft. fin-keel is partly 

 finished and the firm have an order for a 30ft. centerboard boat for 

 New York. The fin-keel boats for Messrs. Morgan. Btgelow and Ker- 

 sey are all completed. 



As Lawley's the topsides of Alborak have been cut down 9m, for- 

 ward and the dec-k lowered, while an oak stieir ?8in. deep has been 

 bolted uuder the wood keel. The lead will be re cast in a tin and 

 bolted underneath. Marguerite's keel has been re- cast in new shape. 

 The SOft. tschooner is all plated and ready for her joiner work, 



Ste wart 8c Binuey have designed a SI footer for Mr. C. B. Owea, <it 

 Providence, one of the origins* owners of Sachem, wb,'."l{ wl! «*■ 

 h;plfr by A. J. Frisbie %p$aS^M 



