800 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct. 29, 1891. 



ORANGE, N. J., Oct. 23— The advantages of usins the five-trap- 

 rapid-flriner system was demoastrated to-day on tli* grounds of 

 the East Orange Gun Club, when 1,200 Keystones were trapped 

 in a little less than 4;hree hours. The main attraction of the 

 day was a team match between the East Orange and Cherry HtQ 

 gun clubs. The condiiious were 10 men per team, 25 Keystones 

 per man, but as the Cherry Hills were short-handed, the teams 

 were reduced to 8 men eacli. L. Sickles and W. R. Hobart were 

 referees and C. H. Townsend scoivr. The result: 



East Orange. Cherry Hill. 



Hedden 19 Walker 17 



Phillips 20 Heritage .19 



T Dukes 83 Ely 



Walters 16 Davis 15 



Hobart 23 Freidman 23 



Van Dyke 23 Jersey 18 



W Dukes 20 J B OoUins 18 



SioWes 24 Post..., _a3 



iii 154 



A mimher of hotly-contested sweeps were shot. 



THE OTTAWA GUN CLUB have been amusing themselves at 

 the trap and getting in practice to meet other clubs of this county. 

 Last week they shot against a team picked from tne Richmond 

 and Princeton clubs, and were badly beaten, althoueh very poor 

 shooting was done by both sides. When the shoot was about half 

 over some one carelessly threw a lighted cigarette into the dry 

 grass, which was soon burning fiercely, and required a great deal 

 of work to subdue. After this no one seemed lo be able to shoot 

 and the score was discouraging to both sides. The club is now 

 making preparations for a contest at Princeton in the near future 

 and promises to redeem its reputation there.— F. B. (■(3ttawa. Kan). 



BOSTON, Oct. 24.— The closing meeting of the Jamaica Plain 

 Gun Club for the season was iield at tlieir range at Clarendon 

 j&ills this afternoon, hut with the high and puffy wind that was 

 blowing good scores were out of the question. The sixth event 

 was the conclusion of the merchandise match, which has been 

 scoring for ten eonsectitive weeks, the following being the win- 

 ners in their order and the prize selected by each: Needham, $10 

 ia gold; Wetherbee, silver ice pitcher; Herbert, banquet lamp; 

 Adams, revolver; Heffer, $5 in gold; Snow, cane: Wadswortb, 

 split-bamboo fishing rod; Barrett, canvas shooting jacket; Moore, 

 SI in silver. 



ERIE GUN CLUB, Oct. 22.— The regular shoot of the Erie Gun 

 Oltib, at Woodlawn Parle, Long Island, to-day, had 13 shooters to 

 go to the score. Br. Schwartz, of the Pountam Gun Club, was in- 

 vited to shoot, and equalled the score of the winner of the gold 

 medal of the club, Alsesser, each killing their 7 straight. 

 J. Plate, C. .Jumbo, W. Scheelje and J. P. Schmadeke killed 6 

 each, and shot off for the second prize. Schmadeke killed 8 

 and won it. Tne third prize, the fives, was won by F. Graef. He 

 killed 3 in the shoot-off to the others' 3 each. A sweepstake at 5 

 live birds each, 2.5yds. rise, was won by J. F. Schmadeke. 



DaYTON, Ohio. Oct. 3(5.— Prank Makley invited a party of his 

 friends to a live nigeon shoot, Association rules, 15 bii-ds each: 



S S Troup llililHlllim-15 Ed Cain 111111010011101-11 



Wm Kinnard..0110110111l0111-ll E Hardy lOOllllOOlOOlll- 9 



GMakley 111111110111111-14 J E Artz illOllllOOmil-12 



E B Weston . . .011111110101111-13 Dr Adams 111111001111101-13 



J C Porterflel.illHlllllllllll— 1.5 



Each shot at one pair, Troup killed 1, Kinnardl, Makley 1, Wes- 

 ton 3, Portertield 1, Cain 1, Hardy 1, Artz 2, Adams 2.— Brown. 



CLAREMONT, N. J., Oct. 34.-The New Jersey Shooting Club 

 made large scores to-day in spite of the strong wind. Out of eight 

 events first men in seven did not miss a target. There were sev- 

 eral ties left undecided. G. DeWitt Smith has won three of the 

 five matches for the rifle. Fifteen more are to he contested. 



BLAUVELTYILLE. N. Y.— The members of Spring Hill Gun 

 Club have their regular holiday matches on Eleciion Day, Nov. 3. 

 Bluerocks, keystones and king birds for targets, and 200 live birds 

 for afternoon. C. M. Hathaway, Pres. 



THE A. C. A. RACING RULES.-We' publish this week the 

 proposals for amendment of the racing rules, a matter of import- 

 ance to every member, especially the racing men. The proposals 

 will ba acted on by the executive committee on Nov. 14. In the 

 meanwhile we will give every opportunity for a discussion of the 

 subject in the Forest and Stream. Now is the time for those 

 who object to or favor the proposed changes to state their 

 opinions before a final decision is made. 



THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.— The annual 

 meeting of the Executive Committee of the American Canoe As- 

 sociation will be held at the Delevan House, Albany, N. Y., on 

 Saturday, Nov. 14., beginning at 10 A. M. The Mohican C. C. will 

 give a dinner to the committee and visiting canoeists at the same 

 place at 7:30 P. M; 



AMENDMENTS TO THE RACING RULES. 



THE report of the regatta committee contains the following 

 proposals for changes of the racing rules, which are now 

 published as required two weeks prior to the meeting of the ex- 

 ecutive commit tee, on Nov. 14. 

 Proposed bv the regatta committee: 



To add to Rule X. '-No rtnider shall be used in paddl'ng races." 



To add to Rule XII. "No rocking or fanning with the sails or 

 sculling with the rudder shall be permitted." 



To add to Rule XIII. "There shall be a time limit for all sailing 

 races." 



Proposed by F. S. Gisborne to omit from Rule XVI. the words 

 "In the event of a collision being imminent, owing to the canoe 

 on port tack not giving way, the canoe on starboard tack shall 

 luffl and go about, but shall never bear away. A canoe on the port 

 tack compelling a canoe on the starboard tack thus to give way, 

 forfeits all claim to the prize," 



( tProposed by Colin Praser to insert in Rule XXII. in place of the 

 words "meeting of the executive committee, at which they are to 

 be acted upon," the words "vote of executive committee is taken 

 thereon." 



Proposed by W. U. Lawson to add to Rule X. the words "In 

 jiaddling and combined races canoes shall be started by their 

 sterns and the finish time shall be taken when their tows cross 

 the line." 



To add to Rule VI. the words "In sailing races a canoe shall be 

 considered to have finished when her forward, or mainmast has 

 crossed the line." 



To substitute in Rule XHl., third line, the word "yellow" for 

 "red,*' 



To substittite in Rule V., second paragraph^ the word "men" for 

 "man." 



To tiuhstitute in Rule V., first paragi-aph, after the word 

 "second," the words "in each race" tor "in each regular event," 



Commodore Lawson calls attention to the omission in the first 

 paragraph of Rule I.. "In paddling raceajthe miuimnui weight of 

 canoe shall be lOlbs." 



Secretarv-TreasurerBrazer proposes as an amendment to Rule 

 L, To strike out all limit as to weight of canoes. 



Proposed by W. P. Stephens to amend Rule I. to read as fol- 

 lows: 



RuiE I. A canoe to compete in the reerular races of the A. 0. 

 A. must be sharp at both ends, with no counter-stem or transom, 

 and capable of being eJBciently propelled with one paddle. The 

 measurement and classes shall be as follows: 



ilfeasiweJ/ient.— The leneth, taken between perpendiculars at 

 fore i^ide of stem and after side nf stern, shall not exceed 16ft.; the 

 beam shall not be greater than SOin. for a length of 16ft., but may 

 be increased bv i^in. for each full inch by which the length is de- 

 creased. The beading, if under l)4m. wide, shall not be included 

 in the measurement of the beam. The depth from under side of 

 deck to inside of garboard at fore end of well shall not be more 

 than 16in. nor loss than 9in. 



CLASSES. 



Paddling CZass.— Weight of canoe to be not less than iOIbg.; beam 

 not less than 28in. 



Gmerca Purpose Glass— The draft shaU not exceed lOin. The 

 canoe shall have one watertight bulkhead in each end, with not 

 less than 6ft. sleeping space between them, of which 5£t. shall be 

 clear of obstruction from oenterboard trunk, etc. The well shall 

 be at least lein. wide for a length of Sft. Bin. Centerboards shall 

 not exceed Wtlim. total weierht, and. shsM bottae within the can oe, 



not projecting below the keel nor above the adjoining portions of 

 deck and coaming when housed. The sliding seat shall be capa- 

 ble of closing, so as not to project beyond the sides of the canoe. 

 All sails shall be fitted to hoist and lower effectively. 



In centerboard canoea the keel outside the garboard shall not 

 exceed IMin. depth, including a metal keel band of not over Min. 

 depth. 



In keel canoes the keel shall not exceed a depth of 3in., and the 

 total weight of keel band and ballast In keel shall not exceed 

 3611)8. 



Sailing Ciass.— The only limits for this class shall be a maximum 

 length of 16ft., with an acconipanying beam of 80lu., beam and 

 length varying as in Paragrapn 2. There shall be no limit to 

 draft, drop of board, depth of keel nor length of sliding sea^^, and 

 standing sails shall be allowed. 



These amendments and changes are all which have been brought 

 to the attention of the chairman of the regatta committee, and 

 are by him submitted to the wise judgment of the executive com- 

 mittee. 



Lowell, Mass., Oct. 20. 



THE NEW COMMODORE.— The club house of the Rochester 

 C C, on Irondequoit Bay, was the scene of a pleasant gathering 

 on Oct. 18. The members of the local organization entertained a 

 number of the officers of the American Ca^noe Association, and 

 an enjoyable afternoon was passed. A dinner at the Newport 

 House was one of the features of the day's enjoyment. The visit- 

 ing canoeists were C. V. Wiuue, of Albany, commodore; W. B. 

 Wackerhagen,; of Albany, secretary of ttie Aasociatlnn; W. R. 

 Huntingdon and Thomas Stryker, of Rome, and Mr. Bellman, of 

 Amsterdam, members of the executive committee. Commodore 

 Winne's object in visiting the various clubs of the Association is 

 to gain their views upon the location of next sttmmer's camp. 

 Last year the Association camped at Wellsboro, on Lake Cham- 

 plain, and the commodore, representing the feeling of a number 

 of clubs, wishes the site to become a permanent one. Others, in- 

 cluding the Rochester Club, are strongly in favor of Grmdstone 

 Island, in the St. Lawrence River, because of its greater accessi- 

 bility. The decision rests with the exectitive committee,- 

 Roclietster Morning TIerald. 



REGATTA COMMITTEE.-Oom, Winn6has appointed the fol- 

 lowing reg.itta committee for 1892: R, W, Gibson, chairman; R. S. 

 Oliver, E. H. Barney, Ford Jones and H. L. Quick, 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP. -Atlantic Division: Rev. J, B, Sentz, 

 New York, 



TAXING OVERHANG.— The Boston Herald is now making a 

 fight against the "mean length" rule still in vogue abotit Boston, 

 by which overhangs are heavily taxed. The designers and builders 

 who are specially interested in the smaller racing classes are all 

 opposed to a tax on overhang, and it is not unlikely that the rule 

 will be abandoned in favor of a more reasonable and modern one; 

 leaving the New York Yacht Racing Association as the only im- 

 portant body which sticks to the ancient and obsolete "mean 

 length." 



ANOTHER DILEMMA.— The fertile brain of Mr, caapham has 



lately tttrned out another novelty, a racing .machine with long 

 overhang, centerboard, and wide sponsons above the water, to 

 give added stability when heeled. The rig will be the siarplest 

 torm of jib and mainsail, with no bowsprit. 



A NEW LAUNCH MOTOR. 



THE superiority of liquid fuel over coal for all classes of small 

 launches, especially those used for pleasure, has been very 

 clearly established, and in the United States at least the use of coal 

 in such boats is a thing of the past. A number of different motors 

 using kerosene and naphtha are now in general use, and within 

 the past season a new one has been tried in New York for which 

 many advaaitages are claimed. Tliis motor was invented by Mr. 

 Gottiieb Daimler, of Cannstatt, Germany, and has been in prac- 

 tical use for the past four years in Europe for all purposes where 

 small power ia required in a very convenient form, such as 

 stationary engines for small shops, printing offices, etc , small 

 locomotives and tram cars, and for driving dynamos. A special 

 form of motor has been fitted for boats, and is used for all classes 

 of small craft, both for trade and pleasure. There is no boilt- r, the 

 motive power being a charge of gas raised with air, which is 

 ignited in one end of a single-acting cylinder, driving the piston 

 down. In stationary engines the common illuminating gas may 

 be used , but in all cases where this is not obtainable, a s in launches, 

 the gas is generated as needed from gasoline. The engine consists 

 of a cylindrical casting bolted to the timbers of the boat, in which 

 the crank shaft revolves, while on the upper side of this casting 

 are placed two small vertical cylinders, each with a piston and 

 valve gear, the two connecting rods being on the same orankpin. 



The generating apparatus, consisting of a tank for the immediate 

 supply of gasoline, containing but a few qnarts, and of an arrange- 

 ment of tubes and valves bv which a small quantity is carried at 

 each stroke to a lamp and platinum burner, ia attached to the after 

 side of the engine, occupying but little space. The main supply 

 of gasoline is carried in a bow tank, surrounded bv water, and 

 from this tank the small reservoir on the engine is replenished as 

 rt quired. The consumption is remarkably small, bfing but 1 pint 

 per H. P. per hotir. The liquid Is not U9ed under pressure, b^t is 

 pumped as required from the large bow tank to the small one on 

 on the engine, the two being connected by merely a Min. copper 

 tube, leading from the top of the bow tank and running outside 

 the boat around the gunwale, being completely hidden by the 

 moulding on the side of the boat. After the small tank is once 

 filled, a valve is closed, shutting off the supply of naohtha until 

 again required. The valves for stopping and .starting are very 

 simple and located on top of the engine. There i.s no smokestack 

 and no flame or smoke, a small exhaust pipe through the hull 

 carrying off all the waste, while the smell is reduced to the small- 

 est minimum. Excepting the small pipe under tne moulding, 

 there are no pipes nor connections outside the hull. 



The engine may be started in less than a minute after liMhUng 

 the burner, and the lamp maybe estinguished in.stanilv, or the 

 engine may be 3toi)ped temporarily by shutting ofC the. air pipe. 

 The engines run constantly in one direction, the reversing being 

 done by a friction clutch on ihe line shaft, a lever near the floor 

 serving to operate it. For a 25f i. launch, a d H. P. motor is re- 

 quired, weighing abotit -ISOlbs. and occupying a very small space. 

 The advantages claimed by the makers are: 



No condenser pipes on outside of boat to be injured by contact 

 with rocks, or to be eaten away if boat lies in mud. Fuel vaporized 

 only as required for use and instantly consumed, thtis sectiring 

 absolute safety. No stuffing boxes to be looked after. No gear- 

 wheels to rattle, grind or mutilate the hands. Reversing-gear so 

 arranged that engine need not be stopped when boat is stoiiped. 



Peculairly adapted as auxiliary motors to sailboats, no smoke- 

 stack being required. No boiler or coil to soot up and re- 

 quire cleaning. No electricity in any form used. No steam, coal 

 or ashes to handle. Powerful and reliable in towing. Th« engine 

 being a practical working machine, can be used (when placed in 

 a boat) for pumping, dredging, hoisling and other pui'imses when 

 not in use propelling, 



Tliese motors have been in successful use abroad for several 

 years, and during the past stimmer a number have been l,riod in 

 this country. The makers, the Daimler Motor Co. of New York, 

 are now preparing to build them as large as 10 H, P., aiid to fur- 

 nish launches of 50£t. downward completely fitted. 



NEW FIFE YACHTS.— The success of Yama on Lake Ontario 

 has brought Mr. Will (fife two new orders, both for Toronto. One 

 member of the Royal Canadian Y. C. has ordered a yacht for the 

 40ft. (Yama's) class and another member ot the same club will 

 build a SO-footer, corrected length. Mr. Fife furoishe.";, in addi- 

 tion to all plans, the complete frame for each boat. The keels 

 will ba cast and the yachts ouilt in Toronto. The Fife yard at 

 Fairlie has lately been fitted with a complete plant for steel and 

 composite construction and for lead casting, as the two success- 

 ful Fife boats, Ahalia, in the 40-rating class, and Dragon, No. 3, 

 in the 20-rating, are likely to lead to plenty of orders. These two 

 are the first composite yachts built at the Fairlie yard, Clara 

 having been built at Oulzean, Composite construction is now 

 the order ot the day for racing, the wooden construction of 

 Minerva and the yachts of tarec ymra ago being a thing of 

 tlie past where prizes ate considared. 



YACHT RACING IN 1891. 



n.— THE SCHOONER CLASSES. 



THE extent of schooner racing in 1891 is very clearly shown in 

 the accompanying table; in fact the whole story is of a nature 

 easily told by figures and calling for little additional explanation. 

 Tha.t there has been a good deal of racing is evidenx in comparing 

 the present table with that of last year, published Dec. 11, 1890. 

 At the ss.me time there is not a race on the list which will ever 

 go into history or will even be remembered by those who saw it, 

 saving of course the Goelei cup race with its famous collision. 

 The leading incidents of the season are the appearance of Vohtn- 

 teer as a new vessel and nu'ler the schooner rig, her promising 

 performance and her collision with Gracie. To these may be 

 added the excellent performance of Mayflower for the first time 

 since her change of rig, the fast sailing ot Iroquois in some of 

 the races, and the amount of general racing on the cruise among 

 the older yachts. No new yachts, no close and exciting races, 

 and no entries for the big regattas, make the season a quiet one. 

 At the same time tho.se immediately interested have had a good 

 deal of sport, ttiere has been rivalry and competition of a quiet 

 kind, but sutficient to keep a number of the boats in the racing. 



Our table is made up in the same manner as last year; every 

 event for which a prize was offered being included, whether sailed 

 separately or in connection with another race, so as to make the 

 actual record of prizes won an accurate one. In the cruising races 

 of the New Y''ork and Eastern clubs no prizes were given for each 

 race; but in the New York Y. C. first and second prizes were given 

 for tne best average record in each class; while in the Eastern 

 Y. C. first, second and third prizes were given for the average 

 record, alt schooners being classed together. The prizes are indi- 

 cated by lull-faced figures, the other figures denoting only the 

 place wnen no prize was given. In making up the totals, the 

 second places are only counted when four or more started. In 

 this way the record of places and sail-overs shows just how many 

 times a yacht has beaten a number of competitors, and is thus a 

 faii'er basis of comparison than the total record of prizes. We 

 have endeavored in this table and the others to follow to include 

 every race and to place every starter properly, but the list is so 

 long and complicated, and ofllclal information is often so difficult 

 to obtain, that errors are unavoidable. We will be glad to receive 

 any corrections for publication. In some cases private sweep- 

 stakes are arranged quietly between owners, but luis year none 

 have come to our notice. We have included no events that were 

 declared off or not finished for some reason and never re-sailed. 



So far as the schooners were concerned, the regular regattas 

 which open the racing season were total failures, the offers of 

 good prizes and the special inducements in the way of cruising 

 trim and handicap classes, failed to bring out a single well-filled 

 class in any race: Marguerite was ready with the opening of the 

 season, and sailed over in the regatta of the Atlantic and New 

 York clubs; the Seawanhaka C, Y. C. had only the flagship, 

 Miranda, which started but finally withdrew, as the weather was 

 very light and she had nothing to sail for. The Eastern Y. 0., 

 after the failure of its special handicap race of June 19 for lack 

 ot starters, mustered up four schooners. Merlin, Mayflower, 

 OSnone, and the old Triton for its annual regatta on June 29, but 

 the day was light and fluky and the long race was dull and tire- 

 some, Merlin and Triton dropping out. 



The Larchmont Y. C. began the season with several schooner 

 races, in which the principal fi^re was the keel schooner Viator, 

 a cruising craft designed t)y Burgess and built in 1888, of 83ft. 

 l.w.L, 16ft. beam and 10ft. draft, with a lead keel of 33 tons. 

 Though hardly a racer, she has been in the racing throughout the 

 whole season, and what schooner racing there has been about; 

 Larchmont is due entirely to the persistency of her owner. 



As usual, the real schooner racing did not begin until the cruise 

 of the New York Y. C. early in Atigust. As good prizes were 

 offered for the four or five projected squadron runs, a first prize 

 being offered for the winner in each class, with a second for four 

 starters, and as the races were ail in cruising trim a great deal of 

 sport was expected. The conditions laid down as constituting 

 "cruising trim" were: "Anchors on bows and cables bent, cruis- 

 ing complement of boats carried, cruising deck, cabin and galley 

 fittings and fixtures in place, topsails extending above the truck 

 or beyond the end of the gaff, barred." The rendezvous this year 

 was so far J;o the westward, at the extreme end of Long Island 

 Sound, that several of the Eastern yachts were not present, join- 

 ing the fleet later at New London and Newport. As a compensa- 

 tion, however, a larger garnering of New Y^^ork yachts was looked 

 for, and in a measure realized, tnough tho fleet which gathered 

 in New Loudon harbor two days later was not so large as sevei'al 

 that have come there for the rendezvous in previous years. 



The schooners at Glen Cove on Monday afternoon were Con- 

 stellation, Dauntless, Columbia, Palmer, Intrepid, Montauk, 

 Oihione, PhH.ntom, Viator, Viking, Fleur de Lys, Fortuna, Mar- 

 guerite, Quickstep, Elma, Iroquois, Mayflower, Rebecca, Princess, 

 Meteor, Curlew, Magic, A.gne8, Gevalia, Comanche and Norse- 

 man, Some were present merely to witness the gathering of the 

 fleet and the starting of the cruise, but the majority came with 

 the intention of starting for the squadron runs. The big Constel- 

 lation was present after a year's retirement, Columbia and Mon- 

 tauk were out under new owners, Fortuna made her reappearance 

 after a year's absence with a ne'V pole bowsprit in place of the 

 old-fashioned double head rig, being almost the last of the schoon- 

 ers to make the change. The only new yachts were Fleur de Lys, 

 a cruising craft designed by Burgess and built during the previous 

 season at Bath, Me., a keel boat 86ft. 6in. l.w.l., 23ft. beam and 

 13ft. draft; and Comanche, the old centerboard schooner ^ISolus, 

 just rebuilt at Port Jefferson for now owners, Messrs. Bishop and 

 Fowler. She is still a centerboarder of 8.jft. l.w.l., 23ft. 3in. beam 

 and 10ft. draft. 



The principal yachts which were missing were Grayling, in 

 commission, but not racing this year; Miranda, also in commis- 

 sion, but tied up at Noank by the customs authorities through a 

 suit for light moneys, which was finally decided in favor of Com. 

 Hill, but too late to allow her to take part in the cruise. The East- 

 ern yachts still to join the fleet were Merlin, Sea Fox, Quickstep 

 and Volunteer. 



The latter yacht was delayed in her finishing after the verv im- 

 portant alterations of the spring and only reached New London 

 in season to start in the second run, and then she was very far off 

 her racing form. Early in the spring she had been hauled out at 

 Lawley's yard, where her tore and middle body was cut aM'ay, 

 leaving only thfi keel, trunk and afterbody. She was then rebuilt, 

 her waierline being lengthened from Soft. llin. to 88ft. 71n., with a 

 fuller bow and longer overhang forward, the sheer and deck 

 work being entirely new. With this alteration of hull was a still 

 grea,ter change of rig, her old mast and mainsail being shit led 

 amidships and a foremast added, with a new pole bowsprit. The 

 foremast v>-as very short and very far forward, making a rig 

 which wa.g dubbed by many a "a two-masted sloop," just as 

 Miranda on her first appearance fifteen years ago was christened 

 the "two-masted cutter." Whatever tli.y merits ot IhB rig, tne 

 hull WRS improved in appearance and apparently in model. The 

 yacht showed to very liitte adyantuge in a sombre coat of black, 

 unrelieved by a stripe or I be faghiouable trail board:}, but she has 

 gained by the remodeled ends, and in spite oC a drop at the hows, 

 a little of the old-fashioned "powder horn." the sheer is bold find 

 pleasing. The work having been hurried she presented an un- 

 fluished appearance, while the new sails and gear were lu no 

 shape for racing. 



"It was August the third, and quite soft were the skies," when 

 on Monday afternoon the fleet assembled at Glen Cove, and the 

 prospects for racing on the runs were most promising. Under 

 the conditions whicli usually prevail on the cruise there would 

 have beon plenty ot racing, but Tne.«day Tnornioy told another 

 Btori ; a cloudy sky spitting ram, a rising sea and a strong eat-t- 

 erly wind dead ou end, with New Loudon 03 miles away. A 

 specially early start was impsfai ive, and all hands were called by 

 daylight, the tirst gun being fired at G:20 A- M. There was a good 

 field of :jta,rter5, but the trouble began early; sr-veral ot the 

 larger sclioonerG mistook the. st;artiug si.Kaals and crossed btl'ore 

 their gun, thus being oat of the ro.ce, though they did not from 

 appearances (li.scover the fact in time to start again, but kept on. 

 As the day advanced and the wind rose, others became tived and 

 dropped out at convoulent places along the road, Bridgeport, New 

 Haven and t-'ort Jefiierson, until the fleet wnicix was finally timed 

 from the flagship at New London between the early evening and 

 midnight on Tue.sday was but a fraction of the brave array that 

 sailed into Htintington Harbor on Monday aftt^rnoo'i. Even 

 after another day and night of fair weather the roll call on 

 Thursday morning, when the second run began, showed a num- 

 ber unaccouitted for and presumably "killed, wounded or miss- 

 ing." 



Constellation naturally headed the fleet, coming in first in spite 

 of some delay over a. lost jib, buf^ her performance was entirely 

 eclipsed by Iroquois and Mayflower, both within lam. of her 

 in elapsed time. Iroqnoisdid byfaj-thebcst work of the schooners, 

 being but seconds astern of Mayfiov/er in eLiipfed time, though in 

 a lower cla.ss. At the same time the performance ot tlioa i hooners 

 was dimmed by the single stickers, Katriua beating them all, 

 and Bedouin beating all but Constellatiou, on elapsed time; while 

 the real honors of the hard day go to the smaller boats, the 46- 

 footers, whose average time for the 63 miles was 13 hours, com- 

 , pared with 11 for the schooners of 30 to 60ft. greater iengtli, and 

 th in a strong wind and lumpy water. 



