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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 9, 1893. 



VEDETTE, A FIFE CENTER BOARD YACHT. 



At about noon yesterday, the second of the pair of "Fife" flyers 

 that have been built during the winter under cover of the big shed 

 at the foot of Lorne street was slid into the water. The launch of 

 Vedette was accomplished without a slip or hitch of any kind, and as 

 well without any of the tantalizing delay attendant on the baptism 

 of her larger sister. Zelma. As she came to rest after the plunee 

 down the ways, Vedette presented such a picture of grace and 

 beauty of form, in combination with so striking an impression of 

 great power, as must have inspired the veriest landsman with the 

 idea that here was a type of what a yacht should be, and that must 

 have brought to her owners the liveliest feelings of pride and satis- 

 faction in tbe possession of so lovely a craft. 



Out of water and afloat. Vedette conveys to the eye and to the 

 mind two very different impressions. As she stood on the ways, her 

 peculiar contour and extreme unsupported overhang aft could hardly 

 fail to convey to anyone a sense of incompleteness and lack of sym- 

 metry of proportion. But once afloat this impression vanishes. The 

 abnormally long counter, which before looked ungainly and strongly 

 suggessive of drag, is now seen to be an integral element of the de- 

 sign, and as much a part of the boat proper as the keel itself. 



Vedette, even more than Zelma, is an exemplification of the modern 

 tendency toward the removal of every inch of unnecessary under- 

 water surface and every pound of superfluous weight below the water- 

 line. Her forebody is cut away to the utmost point of practicability, 

 while aft the greater part of her submerged section is but little more 

 than a fin. Her most noticeable peculiarity, however, is in the entire 

 cutting away of the usual dead wood at the stern, the stern-post be- 

 ing concave, and the rudder, a steel blade attached to the boat only 

 at tbe extreme ends, and terminating at tbe top in a round steel bar 

 working through a pipe to the deck. 



The keel is a solid casi ing of lead weighing five tons, and is finished 

 with great nicety. A small sieel centerboard, weighing l,0001bs., 

 works through the keel, and will undoubtedly be of great service in 

 working to windward. When housed it will not reach above the floor 

 of the cabin, and so will not be at all in the way. 



Raising the eye from the lower or under water portion of Vedette's 

 hull, one sees at a glance how completely Fife, along with other 

 modern designers, has abandoned the old hollow line idea. The 

 upper body of this boat is not merely full, the lines are all actually 

 convex, even the sheer of the stern is a convexity, very slight, it is 

 true, and scarcely noticeable, if taken in only a small area, but con- 

 siderable if looked at as a whole. Buoyancy and lifting power is 

 evidently the point aimed at in every inch of f he upper structure. It 

 is undoubtedly this feature that, gives Vedette, along with Yama, 

 Zelma, Minerva and all of Fife's latest productions so striking an 

 appearance of great power and ability to carry canvas. 



That this is not a mere appearance has been made manifest by the 

 performances of Miuerva and Yama, and will without doubt be still 

 more strongly exemplified when Zalma an 1 Vedette have been put 

 to the test. Id construction Vedette is a type of strength combined 

 with lightness. Her frames are spaced 20m. center to center, steam- 

 ed frames between steel angle irons, tying the whole securely to- 

 gether. The keel, stern, sternpost and' sawn frames were got out 

 and set up by Fife himself, then taken apart and shipped here ready 

 to be put together again. Her decks are flush, with the least pos 

 sible obstruction in the way of hitches, combings, etc., and hatches 

 and sky-ligbt will be removable for ricing, being replaced by flat 

 covers. Below the construction and fittings are of the lightest, as 

 befits a craft designed primarily for racing In cruising trim, how- 

 ever, Vedette will have ample accommodation and berths for a crew 

 of half a dezen men, besides having two hammock cots forward for 

 the foremast hands. Her rig will, to unaccustomed eyes, seem a 

 very peculiar one, being what is known as a double heal-sail lugger, 

 the mainsail (loose footed) hoisting on a pole mast with a yard in 

 place of a gaff, and being practically a mainsail and club topsail in 

 one. 



Tbe design and effect of this rig is to do away with the sub-division 

 of the ^nvas abaft the mast, giving greater driving power to the 

 sails and lessening very greatly tbe labor of handling canvas. For- 

 ward, the stay foresail and jib will be of the usual cutter pattern, 

 but no jib topsail will be used, there being no topmast or stay to set 

 it on. 



Vedette's canvas is from Ratseys & Laptborne. and all her rigging, 

 metal fittings, blocks and gear have been imported from England 

 and, it is needless to say. are perfect in every detail. Throughout 

 Vedette is constructed of the best miterial procurable, and having 

 been built under the superintendence of "Hank" Staunton, whose 

 name has now become almost a synonym for good workmanship and 

 thorough finish, she may be counted on to rate Al in the matter of 

 construction. Vedette is owned by Messrs, Frank M. Gray and J. 

 Oarl Reed, formerly owner of Woiia. Her racing skipper will be Mr. 

 JEmilius Jarvis, which amounts to the saying that all the speed she 

 has in her will be got out of her. It, can hardly be doubted that the 

 close of the racing season will see Vedette, in proud possession of the 

 honors in her class, and the Empire extends heartiest wishes to her 

 owners that she may long retain the supremacy that their enterprise 

 in placing so splendid a craft on the waters of Like Ontario entitles 

 them to. 



Below will be found a table giving Vedette's principal dimensions: 



Length over all 44ft. 7Uin, 



Length l. w. 1 30ft. lO&in. 



Extreme beam 9ft. 6in. 



Beam at 1. w. 1 8ft. lOin. 



Draught without board 6ft. tin. 



Draught with board down 8ft. lOin. 



Mast, deck to truck 34ft. 3in. 



Hoist of mainsail 26ft. Oin. 



Length of yard 30ft. Oin." 



Length of boom 35ft. 4in. 



Length of bowsprit, out board 8ft. &io. 



Luff of mainsail 14ft. Oin. 



Leach of mainsail 46ft. 6in. 



—Toron to E mpire, May 24. 



ELECTRIC LAUNCHES. 



A successful trial run was made on the Passaic River at Newark 

 N. J . yesterday afternoon by the electric launch Electra, the 

 guests being representatives of the electrical press of this city. 



The Electra was built by the Electric Launch and Navigation 

 Company of this city, one of the bidders for the concession for pas- 

 senger transportation upon the inclosed waters at the World's 

 Columbian Exposition at Chicago. According to the arrangement 

 sugges'ed by the exposition authorities, it is intended as a sample 

 boat of the fleet which the company will build if the bid is accepted. 

 The launch is to be shipped to Chicago at once, and will be at the 

 service of the exposition committee having the bids in charge dur- 

 ing the month of June. 



The Electra is a handsome launch built of Spanish cedar, in 

 natural finish, on an oak frame. She was designed by William Gard- 

 ner and C. D. Mosher, the latter famous from his association with 

 the fleet launch Norwood, and in model the Electra somewhat re- 

 sembles this noted craft. She is intended to seat twenty-five to 

 thirty persons and her lines are for the realization of the best speed 

 with a full load. 



The launch was built at Bay Ridge, was launched May 14, and 

 finished and fitted with batteries, motor, and screw at Harrison, N. 

 J. Her length over all is 34ft, ; load water line, 31ft. 6in. ; beam,'6ft. 

 and maximum draught, 26m. The motive power is seventy-eight 

 cells of storage battery of the Consolidated Electric Storage Com- 

 pany's type 17-s, and a four-horse-power electric motor of special 

 and compact design, which is capable of developing twelve-horse 

 power if forced. 



Frederick Reckenzaun, the electrician of the company, is a brother 

 of Anthony Reckenzaun, who has been prominent in developing 

 the electric launch service on the Thames and iu other parts ot the 

 United Kingdom, and he has for two years maintained for his priv- 

 ate use the electric launch Magnet upon the waters about New York 

 City. 



The interior of the Electra is unobstructed by engine or motor. 

 The batteries are ranged along the sides of the hull under the seats 

 and concealed by mahogany panels. A jelly electrolyte is used in 

 the batteries, so that there is no danger from spilling. 



The motor is under a platform amidships, one step above the floor 

 of the boat. The platform is utilized as a gangway, passengers 

 boarding the launch at the center, where the gaily-striped awning is 

 arched to allow of entrance without stooping. Forward the control- 

 ling switch and the steering wheel are placed, the power being 

 directly under the control of the helmsman. 



The batteries are connected in parallel; both slow and normal 

 speeds are provided for. and the propeller is reversed by reversing 

 the direction of the current through the armature. The current 

 used has a potential of seventy-five volts and thirty amperes are 

 used at normal speed. The propeller shaft is of Tobin bronze and 

 the two-bladed propeller is 18iu. in diameter and 12in. pitch. 



The launch was maneuvered on the river at about the speed of the 

 ordinary steam launch. It is wonderfully quick in turning owing to 

 its rocker keel, which permits a tactical diameter of about one and 

 a half times its own length. 



Fully-charged batteries will provide power for ten hours' ordinary 

 running. 



If the company's bid is accepted, fifty or more launches like the 

 Electra will be built. Gen C. H. Barney, General Manager of the 

 company, and Mr. Frederick Reckenzaun explained the equipment 

 of the boat to the interested electricians.— New York Times, June 4. 



INDIAN HARBOR Y. C. 



The speeial sweepstakes race of the Indian Harbor Y. C. off Green- 

 wich, Conn., on June 25, promises to bring out a fine list of starters 

 including the leading cracks of the open boat fleet. The conditions 

 are as follows: 



Classes: Open jib and mainsail boats, over 25ft. racing length. 

 Open jib and mainsail boats, over 22ft. and not over 25ft. racing 

 length. Open jib and mainsail boats, 22ft. and under racing length. 

 Open catboats, over 22ft. and not over 25ft. racing length. Open 

 catboats, over 20ft. and not over 22ft. racing length. Open catboats, 

 20ft. and under racing length. Cabin catboats. 



The stakes will be twenty-five ($35) dollars per boat. This amount 

 may be increased at the option of the owners of competing boat 

 in any class. The total amount of the sweepstakes in each class will 

 be paid to the owner of the winning boat, except in the event of four 

 or more boats starting in any class, when the second boat will save 

 the amount of its stake. 



The racing length of open boats is the L. W. L. length, plus % the 

 overhang. The Racing Length of cabin cat boa's is load waterline 

 plus square root of sail area, divided by two. 



Tbe course for all classes will be five nautical miles to wind tvar o 

 or leeward and return, from the black buoy off the eastern end of 

 Little Captain's Island. 



Shifting and throwing out of ballast will be allowed only in the 

 open classes. The crews for open boats will be limited to one man 

 for every three feet of racing length or fraction thereof, not includ- 

 ing the helmsman. There will be no restriction as to crews in the 

 cabin class. 



A deposit of $10 as a forfeit must accompany each entry. Entries 

 must be made to the Chairman o£ the Regatta Committee on or before 

 Monday, June 20th. The balance of tbe stake must be paid by 10 

 o'clock on the morning of the race, or the deposit will be forfeited 

 and the entry considered void 



The course must be sailed in six hours by at least oue of the com- 

 peting boats or the race will be declared off. 



The race will be governed by the rules of the Indian Harbor Y. C. 

 Sailing directions and numbers may be had at the club house on the 

 morning of the race. A special prize will be awarded by the club to 

 the boat making the best corrected time over the course. The re- 

 gatta committee steamer will leave the club house, Finch Island, at 

 10:30 A. M., on the day of the race. A limited number of tickets will 

 be issued, and may be obtained from the chairman of the regatta 

 committee. Regatta Committee: F. S. Doremus. chairman, 20 Nassau 

 street, N. Y., E. D. Cowman and D. M. Winne. 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



At Wintringham's yard the sloop Ariadne, built by John Mumm 



in 1885, has been out for a new and longer stern Vindex, cutter, 



was hauled out for scraping and painting last week Ola, the 



Gardner catboat, built last year for Mr. H. C. Rouse, is being con- 

 verted to a sloop, and will be used at Oyster Bay.... There is now 

 under the shed ready for launching a new cruising catboat designed 

 by Mr. Charles Olmstead, for Mr. John D. Cutter, for use about 

 Greenport, L. I. She is a compromise model, deep and of good 

 displacement, with lead keel of two tons, through wbich the center- 

 board works. Her dimensions are: Over all, 3lft. 6in.; l.w.l.. 24ft.: 

 beam, 10ft. ; draft, without board, 4ft. The stem rounds outward 

 above water, projecting about 18m., and the after overhang is well 

 formed. The yacht has a .very large cockpit and quite a cabin, 

 the centerboard trunk coming only to the top of the lockers, save a 

 narrow extension at the after end. . . .The 21ft. cruising compromise 

 Waunita, for Mr. F. A. Perret, was launched on June 1 and will soon 

 be completed. She has the modern Gloriana ends. Her center- 

 board is of steel plate, weighing SOOlbs., and is fitted with a spring 

 counterbalance — At Wood's yard, Cily Island, a new fin keel is 

 now building from a design by Gardner, for H. DeForest Weeks, of 

 Oyster Bay — Wasp was out this week at Piepgrass's yard for paint- 

 ing prior to the regattas. Her bottom was in very good condition, 

 the wood and seams being very smooth. 



At noon on June 5 the sloop Dreadnaught, of New York, wiih her 

 owner, J. R. Furlong, Henry Furlong, Edward Munson, Thomas 

 Pugb, George Jones and the sailing master Charles Carson, was 

 anchored off the Romer Shoal in the Lower Bay, when a violent 

 squall parted both cables and drove the yacht on the shoal near the 

 Beacon. She filled and sunk to the deck, her crew being taken off by 

 the. little fishing sloop Fishhawk, owned by Henry Duhrkoop of 

 Staten Island, which was bound iu from the Hook. The squall was 

 too severe to permit of any attempt to save the yacht, and by night 

 she had disappeared, though the pilot of an inward bound steamer 

 reported a yacht's masthead with gilt truck ball visible above water 

 off the Romer. 



The classes in the 144th race of the Massachusetts Y. C. off Dor- 

 chester on June 15 are as follows: Special, jib and mainsail boats 

 measuring 21ft. waterline and under, prizes $15 and $10. Sixth class, 

 catboats measuring 18ft. and less than 2lf t. waterline, prizes $10 and 

 $5. No second prizes will be awarded in either class unless three or 

 more boats start. The courses will be the usual t]/ 2 mile ones around 

 Farm Bar and old Harbor buoys and Half-tide rock. The start will 

 be at 2 o'clock. The new fin-keels and splashers will be well repre- 

 sented in the special class. 



The special catboat race of the Atlantic Y. C. for prizes offered by 

 Messrs. David Banks. Jr. and L. B. Banks, will be sailed on June 18 

 over a triangular course off the club house at Bay Ridge. The race 

 will be opea to catboats of the Seawanhaka Cor., Larchmont, New 

 Haven, New Rocbelle, Cedar Poiut, Riverside and Marine and Field 

 clubs. The prize for cabin cats will be a gold watch and for open 

 cats a set of silk colors. All entries must be in writing and filed with 

 Mr. G. Benedict Frisbie, No. 115 Nassau street, before 3 P. M., Fri- 

 day, June 17. 



The New York Y. C. Book for 1892 is now in the hands of tbe mem 

 bers, a neat and eompact volume that grows iu size each year. The 

 membership of the club is now 853, including 31 honorary, 48 life and 

 774 active members. The oldest member, No. 1 on the roll, was Mr. 

 Louis M. Rutherford, elected May 30, 1846, who died last week. The 

 club fleet includes 79 schooners, 8!) singiestiokers, 111 steam yachts 

 and 9 steam launches. 



The Smith schooner Lasca, Mr. J. E. Brooks, will be launched on Sat- 

 urday at City Island. The interior fittings and decoration are most 

 elaborate, and a large force of carvers is at work in Piepgrass's 

 joiner shop on the red and white mahogany of the cabin furniture 

 and joiner work. From the style of finish it is apparent that the 

 yacht is intended rather for comfortable, or more properly luxurious 

 cruising than for racing in the 90ft. class. 



The new club house of the Canarsie Y. C , at Sand's Point, Jamaica 

 Bay, was opened on June 4 with a review and squadron sail. The 

 building cost $6,000 and is very conveniently arranged. The officers 

 of the club are: Com,, Israel F. Fischer: Vice-Corn.. C. B. Fitzmor- 

 ris; Treas., A. H. Ackermanu; Secy, C. E. L. Hinrinchs; Fin. Sec'y, 

 Walter Smith; Meas. H. T. Rigby. The membership is nearly 100. 



Mr. H. M. Faxon, of the Quincy Y. C, owner of Marvel and Rocket, 

 will soon have afloat a new cat to race with Com. Shaw's fast Her- 

 reshoff Mab. Midget, as she will be called, will be 19ft. over all, left. 

 6in. l.w.l., and 7ft. 8in. beam. Her overhang forward is 6in. and aft 

 3ft. Ambrose Lelois, of Quincy, is building the yacht, and her weight 

 of construction will be kept as low as possible. 



The Indian Harbor Y. C. has completed all arrangements for the 

 establishment of a club station at Finch's Island, Greenwich, Conn., 

 and the new club house will be opened on June 25, a sweepstakes 

 regatta being sailed. The annual regatta will be held on July 30. 

 Seventeen members have just been elected. 



Florida, sloop, the curious failure that was built in Neiv Haven in 

 18tJ6, was sold last week at auction, beiug purchased for $2,500 by 

 Admiral A. J. Prime, of the New York Y. R. A. Florida is the only 

 second class sloop in the New York Y. C. being 72f C. l.w.l. 



Com. Soley has appointed Mr. Legh Osborn Garrett as fleet captain 

 and Dr. John A. Tanner as fleet surgeon of the Massachusetts Y. C. 

 The summer quarters at Rowe's wharf, Boston, opened on Monday, 

 the winter quarters having closed on May 31. 



Rear Commodore Chas. A, Longfellow, cutter Alga, of the Eastern 

 Y. C, has resigned his office in consequence of severe illness, and 

 Mr. Chas. F. Adams, 2d. one of the new owners of Harpoon, has 

 been elected to fill the vacancy. 



Minerva, cutter, W. P. Ward, has finished her fitting out at Bev- 

 erly under the care of Capt. John Barr, and sailed on June 1 for 

 Newport. She was obliged to return to repair a leak about the rud- 

 der post, but started again next day. 



The programme of the Dorchester Y. C, of Dorchester, Mass., in- 

 cludes three championship races, on June 18, July 16 and Aug. 15. 

 July 30 will be Ladies' Day, and on Aug. 27 an open regatta for prize 

 cups will be sailed. 



Wenonah, the fin-keel 2J^-rater built by the Herreshoffs for Mr. 

 J. Allan of Glasgow, sailed her first race as one of a fleet of eight on 

 June 4. After a late start she led the fleet at one time, finally finish- 

 ing second. 



Katriua, 70-footer, owned by the late Mr. E. S. Auchincloss and his 

 brother, was sold last week to George Work, owner of Mischief, an- 

 other Cary Smith yacht formerly owned by Messrs. Auchincloss. 



Mignon, 30-footer, designed by her owner, Horatio Bobson, of 

 Gloucester, one of the 30ft. class in the East, has just been sold to a 

 New York yachtsman. 



Freak, Mr. John B. Paine's fin keel, weighs l,5001bs. on the scales, 

 that is, the empty hull, without fin or rudder. She is now at Law- 

 ley's for her fin-keel. 



Sachem, schr., after being laid up for two seasons, is now fitting 

 out, and may be used by Mrs. Arnold, wile of the late owner, Wm. L. 

 Arnold. 



Viking, steam yacht, R. H. White, of Boston, has been sold to 

 W. FT. Starbuck, former owner of Tillie No. 1 and Tillie No. 2 

 (Polynia). 



On May 30 the Fox Lake (Wis.) Y. C. sailed a regatta, the winner 

 being the Eugenie. Another will be sailed on June 18. 



Catspaw, the new splasher designed by Stewart & Binney, was 

 launched at Lawley's on June 3. 



Asp, fin keel, the new Hunt boat, is at Lawley's for new spars, her 

 original rig proving too small. 



Neaira. steam yacht, has been sold by Frederick Lovejoy to S. S. 

 Austin, of Philadelphia. 



The date of the Corinthian Navy regatta has been changed from 

 June 11 to June 18. 



Fleetwing, schooner, has been sold to J. R, De Lamar. 



ping* mtd 



DR. LOUIS TU 



THE REVOLVER CHAMPIONSHIP. 



Dr. Louis Bell, of New York, Champion, with a 

 Score of 1 7.52 In. in 1 8 Shots. 



The record of the opening contest for the Winans Trophy, em- 

 blematic of the Amateur Championship of America in Revolver 

 Shooting, is presented in part below. The scores made by all who 

 completed their records in the match are given iu detail, and by 

 these scores it appaars that Dr. Louis Bell, who shot in the St. 

 Marks place gallery as a member of t.neNew York Pistol Club, is 

 the winner of the match and thi first holder of the trophy on a 

 total score of 17.52ln. on hi9 three counting scores of six shots 

 each. Dr. Ball is a typical am i'.eur. An electrical engineer by 



profession, he came from 



t . 1 Baltimore to New York to 



assume tbe pditnrship of 

 j the Electrical World, and 

 j ^ ^B^^HIH BS I this position he has held 



for several years. In Bal- 

 timore he found pleasure 

 and lelaxat'on as an off- 

 hand rifle shot, and was a 

 member of the Maryland 

 Rifle Club, and also shot 

 frequently wilh the Johns 

 Hopkins University men. 

 In New York he did not 

 find it so convenient to 

 keep up his rifli practice, 

 so his favorite Maynard 

 remainfd dismounted and 

 in its stead the Doctor pur- 

 chased a Smith & Wesson 

 revolver, and has found in 

 its use a source of much 

 pleasure. Eich Saturday 

 evening at the gathering 

 of tbe New York Pistol 

 Club he was present, and 

 in the quiet, easy way in which these shooters carried on their 

 contests found pleasant company and a change from the profes- 

 sional duties of the week. When the time cams for making a 

 score at the Wiaaus Trophy disks, his practice stood him ia good 

 stead, though he with others found it no easy task to carry 

 through the strain of firing 30 closely placed shots with the 

 chance that one stray one might spoil an otherwise good string. 



Second place in the tourney falls to a Western man, vvith an- 

 other New Yorker as a third place man. and Boston closing up 

 the quartette of prize winners. It will be seen that but eight con- 

 testants managed to put up three counting strings. This does not 

 mean that the shots not recorded were wild ; in fact, they were 

 all accounted for very close to the 5-inch disk, but they were off 

 the disk, and, therefore, not measurable by the device used for 

 spotting the distance from the center of the shot hole to the 

 center of the circular disk. Throughout the entire table of 

 records where a shot is not accounted for it simply means that It 

 was off the disk. Taken on an ordinary target the scores from 

 end to end would have figured up well; but the Wiuans Trophy 

 demanded a target out of the ordinary, and where a shooter can- 

 not bunch his shots on a 5-inch disk he is manifestly out of con- 

 dition or not of the championship class. 



To those who shoot the revolver and know what can be done 

 with it the records as a whole will prove disappointing. There is 

 more in the arm than those records show, and not a man on the 

 list but has shown better scoring at various times and frequently 

 than appears to his credit in the match records. On this point 

 Walter Winans, the donor of the prize, said at the time of offer- 

 ing it that "a string of 14in. for the 18 shots and 3in. for 6 shots 

 would be about the winning score of the revolver championship 

 I would like. I have been measuring over targets made by my- 

 self, and I find that in the autumn of 1889 [targets published in 

 Forest and Stream of Nov. 14, 1889] the three best 6-shot scores 

 I made at the South London Rifle Olub in competition at 20yds. 

 (made with a Colt .45cal.. 4J^lb. trigger pull and Enelish Govern- 

 ment ammunition, shot in the open air, a combination not calcu- 

 lated to make accurate shooting, you will allow), I made strings 

 of 4in., 4in. and 3%in., making a total for the 18 shots of ll?4in. 

 These measurements are roughly made. Now, i f I could do this 

 in the open air under all these disadvantages of heavy factory 

 ammunition and heavy trigger pull, etc., your competitors ought 

 to greatly improve on it, say 8in. for the 18 shots and Sin. for the 

 best 6-shot string." 



Last month again alluding to the question of string measure- 

 ment Mr. Wiuans says: "In all the competitions shot for in this 

 country up to now we are restricted to the English 41b. trigger 

 pull and army ammunition. Using that my three beat string 

 measurements for 20yds. at six shots are 3^4, 3}4, 3, total lOin. for 

 three selected six-shot scores, shot outdoors. I suppose this has 

 been beaten by several of the contestants for the trophy with 

 gallery ammunition and lighter trigger pull." 



Champion Bell himself before his score was announced said 

 that he thought a 14in. string would be a winning one, and while 

 glad to be the winner says he expects to have closer work than 

 the 17J,£in. to do before he becomes the final holder of the trophy. 



The stories of the several shoots held for the making of trophy 

 scores have been told in Forest and Stream from start to finish; 

 every shoot has been held under the formal supervision of a repre- 

 sentative direct from Forest and Stream, Boston, Philadel- 

 phia, Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis have all been visited and 

 covered in this way. The plan from the start has been to extend 

 the utmost facilities to whoever wished to try for a record, in the 



