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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 15, 1893. 



liarchmont T. C, Sept. 10-13. 



iAECHMONT— LONG ISLAND SOUND. 



The fall regatta of the Larohmont Y. C. on Saturday brauer>it out a 

 very good fleet of starters, tbiri,y-sis yachts, and afforded good sport 

 to both sailormen and spectators. The day was clear and warm and 

 the Sound perfectly smooth, the wind being light from the east, 

 shifting- to the soutn in the latter part of the race. The display of 

 schooners was quite a grand one for the Sound. The official times 

 were. 



SCHOONERS — CLASS A, 



ElapE?ed. Corrected, 



Dauntlesp, C. H. Colt 4 26 38 4 20 38 



Ramonj,, H. F. Gillig 4 09 30 4 07 01 



CLASS B. 



Atlantic, Mfssrs. Seeley and Marshall 4 07 .'59 4 07 59 



Iroquois. R. N. Ellis ,4 00 57 3 58 33 



Shamrocli, J. B. Maxwell 



CLASS D. 



Viator, W. Q. Broiraw 2 48 50 2 48 50 



Azalea, J. C. Smith 2 45 :« 3 4-^ 49 



SLOOPS— CLASS 5. 



Clara, B. S. Osboi-n Sail over. 



CLASS 7. 



Kathleen, F. M. Hoyt 3 13 30 3 1? 30 



Senoriia, J. M. Wllhams 3 24 57 3 28 37 



CLASS 8. 



Fauna, M. Bullcley ... 3 29 13 3 29 13 



Chippewa, T. Olapham 8 22 00 3 23 00 



CLASS lO; 



El Ohico, 11. M. Kersey 3 11 04 2 10 64 



Pyxie, Oswald Sanderson 3 11 29 2 11 29 



Namadjy. H. W. DeForest 3 J3 .57 3 13 57 



Nameless, C. W. Wei more 3 10 2 16 18 



CLASS 9— SPECIit, FOR YAWLS. 



Kwasind, 0. Adams 3 31 27 2 20 46 



Rajah, H. W. Eaton 2 15 51 9 15 51 



Kittle, H. Morse ,....2 18 37 2 11 23 



CABIN OATS -CLASS 31. 



Nellie, M. F. Plant 3 19 47 2 15 39 



Oconee, O. T. Pierce , 2 23 89 2 18 69 



Marguerite, F. H Simmons,.. ....... ...2 20 18 3 lo 50 



Mabel, A. H. Seoileld , 2 25 50 . .. 



Nahma, W. E. Like 1 38 53 1 18 23 



Almira, J. H. Hanan ..... 



Aura-, W. H. Simousou 2 17 15 2 17 15 



OPEN CATS— Oi:'ASS 14. 



Edna, Geor'ge Grieve .....1 40 45 1 43 OS 



Wilmerad 1 45 04 1 45 00 



CLASS IB. 



Phyllis, W. H. Jones. 1 45 17 1 45 17 



Zelda, C. B. McManus . . . 



Sidie, B. M. Wallace I 54 40 1 54 40 



Effie. G. Vassar, Jr 1 58 34 1 53 -34 



It, 0. W. Sedwick ' 



Lark 3 06 59 l 57 39 



Caprice, C. M. Bird.... ...... Capsized 



lone. O. A, Anderson _ 2 09 28 2 06 28 



Spindrift, B. C. Eockett 2 10 26 2 06 13 



Forget-me-not was in harbor, but forgot to .start, so Clara sailed 

 over, fhe other winners were Eamon<i, Shamrock, Azalea, Kath- 

 leen, Chippewa, El Cbieo, Kittle, Nellie, Edna and Phyllis. 

 Tne race for the $.500 schooner cup was sailed on Tuesday in a 



stron? S.E. wiad, the limes bein^ 



Start. Finish. 



Eimona 11 37 88 3 09 41 



Lasca 11 45 00 3 14 06 



IroQtiiois 11 45 00 3 20 40 



Marguerite 11 44 39 3 21 26 



Shamrock 11 43 19 3 28 29 



Viator 11 45 00 3 46 .37 



Azalea 11 36 59 3 53 00 



Elapsed. Corrected. 



3 33 08 3 32 03 



3 29 05 3 31 38 



3 35 40 3 20 26 



3 36 47 3 23 26 



3 45 10 3 23 10 



4 01 27 3 31 11 

 4 16 01 3 42 53 



Iroquois wins the cup. Viator wins a cup of $150 from Azalea in a 

 private match. 



After the race of Saturday two challenges were issued as follows: 

 W. Brokaw of the schooner Viator challenged the schooner Azalea 

 or the Peerless for either S500 or $1,000 a corner romid Long Island, 

 starting from Sandy Hook and ending at Larchmont: also one race 

 to be held over the Larchmont course: anotber over the New York Y. 

 C. course, twenty miles to windward and back, for the cup presented 

 by ttie Cherry Diamond Y. C. and the LarohnioQt Y. C., no restric 

 tious as to crew or sail (clublopsails barred). The races to be sailed 

 on or before (_)ct. 1. 



J. Oliuch Smith of ttae schooner Azalea offered to sail a series of 

 three races with the Azalea against Viator or against Peerless owned 

 by Messrs Mitchell and Ackley, for the sum of $500, the winner to be 

 the victor in two of the three races. One course to be named by Mr 

 Smith, another by Mr. Brokaw and the third by the owners of the 

 Peerless. Each course to be one of the courses used by the New 

 York Y, C. or the Larchmont Y. C. 



Fall River V. C, Sept. 5. 



FALL BIVEB, MASS. — MOUNT HOPE BAY, 



The regatta of the Fall River Y. C. was sailed on Labor Day in a 

 variable S.W. breeze, the times being: 



THIRD CLASS .SLOOPS. 



„ , „ , _ Elapsed. Corrected. 



Hattie, Fall River 3 23 08 3 23 08 



Composite, Fall River , 3 49 31 3 27 55 



THIRD CLASS CATS. 



Windward, Fall River... 3 34 ,51 3 24 51 



Four Brothers, Fall Biver 3 20 40 3 00 29 



Mabel Gertrude, Fall River 3 35 05 3 44 48 



FODBTFT OLA.SS CATS. 



Victor, Providence . , 2 07 34 2 07 11 



Goodwish, Somerset ... 2 04 10 2 04 16 



Barbara. Fall River 2 19 05 2 17 30 



Olivette, Fall River 3 09 33 2 03 36 



Ella, Fall River 3 10 13 2 09 48 



FIFTH CLASS CATS 



Hesper, Fall River 3 19 33 3 19 33 



LTnknown, Swansea 2 28 10 3 19 13 



Sixth class oats. 



Marianna. Fall River 3 36 43 3 34 48 



Fedora, Fall River 3 25 34 3 24 43 



Alice W., Fall River , 3 27 31 3 2/' 21 



Shadow, li'all River ; 2 33 03 Not meas. 



The judees were Fred B. Durfee, Enoch Horsefleld, Fred E. Water- 

 man, V. W. nolbrook, Benjamin Briggs. 



Shelter Island Y. C, Sept. 4. 



teHELTBE ISLAND, N, Y. — ^PECONIC BAY. 



The Shelter Island Y. C. sailed a race on Sept. 4 over its triangular 

 course, the times being; 



FIRST CLASS BOATS. 



„. . Elapsed. 



Ohyiesa 3 33 19 



Pigeon 3 17 53 



SECOND class B0.4.TS. 



^olus 3 30 14 



Gypsy Queen a 46 36 



Golden Rod 3 40 08 



Curlew , ,. '..a 35 40 



Hermes , '.3 48 js 



Loreh 3 57 31 



THIRD CIASS BOATS. 



Mp and Tuck 2 09 17 



Mendota '..2 06 25 



Rattler 2 08 .55 



Corrected . 

 3 23 04 

 a 17 63 



2 20 14 

 2 45 41 

 2 38 58 



2 34 31 



3 35 36 

 2 53 41 



3 08 58 

 3 00 25 

 3 06 19 



The Yachting Fleet at the Columbian Exhibition. 



The appointment of Cant. Arthur H. Clark, of Boston, as the com- 

 modore ot the yacht tieet at the Columbia Exhibition, is not only a 

 worthy recognition of his position among the vetoraus of American 

 yachting, but a guarantee that the duties of the position will he dis- 

 charged most faitiifnlly. Cant. Clarli, who has bern a sailor and a 

 yachtsman almost from his hirtb, is flie younger son of the late Hon 

 Benjamin C. Chark, an old Bostoa mercbaut and ship owner and a 

 thoroufth yaLihtsnian, a nifmher of the New York Y, 0. in 18-15, one 

 of the first Ei^tri-n yp,cJit5m.9n to join the club, and owner of tne 

 schooner yaciit niprniaid in ]S33 and Raven, winner oi the first re- 

 gatta in .UassaiiUasi'tl^ B;i y, in 1845. 



Capt. Clark started b?! ore. the mest in 1857, commanding his own 

 ship m the t:iiiiia Seas m I8ii3. In 1866 he joined the New York Y. 0 , 

 and in the same .year took r.he yacht Alice across to England ui nine- 

 teen da.ys from Boston Ijght to the Needles. A little later he took a 

 steamship to iJliina for John M. Forbes & Co.. and while there com- 

 manded several stejmships. In 1874, '75 and '76 he commanded the 

 steamship Indiana, of tbe Ameriaan Line, between Philadelphia and 

 Ijiverpool, one of the few ti-ansatlantic steamers under the American 



flag. In 1877 he went to London as the representative of the New 

 York and Boston underwriters, remaining there twelve years. While 

 abroad Capt. Clark made many acquaintance among British yachts- 

 men and saw a great deal of yacht racing. When it was proposed to 

 send Mayflower across in answer to Arrow's challenge in 1887, he 

 arranged to sail her over for General Paine. For the last two years 

 he has resided in Boston, where he is engaged in the ship and yacht 

 brokerage business, and is also measurer of the Eastern "S". C, 



Mr. Clark is an authority on everything relating to the early history 

 of yacht building and yacht racing in America, being familiar from 

 his boyliood with the old yachts, of which few records now remain, 

 and having long made a special study of these interesting craft. He is 

 the possessor of a large and valuable collection of records, drawings 

 and photograpbs, being himself a skillful photographer. 



Miraxnichi Y. C, Sept. 1. 



CHATHAM, N. B.— SlrRAMICHI BIVER. 



A TBiANGtrLAH course off Chatham was chosen for the annual match 

 for the vice-commodore's pennant, on Thursday. There was a good 

 breeze — all the yachts started with lower sails only. The course was 

 a long run, a long beat and a short reach, the river not being wide 

 enough at this point to give a large base to the triangle. The course, 

 sailed twice around, was five miles long, and the windward legs were 

 sailed against a strong tide. Calypso, though sailed in previous races 

 tor two seasons by professional helmsmen, had alway been beaten. 

 In this race she was sailed by Vice Com. Stewart, whose own boat 

 was not in the race, and led all her opponents from start to finish. 

 The official times, taken by the judges— Dr. Pedolin and Mr. A. A. 

 Davidson— were as follows: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Calypso 12 00 40 3 10 00 3 09 20 2 09 20 



Maud.. 12 0 1 22 2 13 33 3 12 11 2 09 41 



Kittocb 12 02 00 3 16 33 2 14 33 2 10 27 



Kilbride 12 04 00 2 24 43 2 20 03 3 10 49 



Volunteer Sailing Club, Sept. 5. 



NEW HAVEN, OONN. 



The annual fall race of the Volunteer Sailing Club, of New Haven, 

 Conn., was sailed Sept. 5 in a fresh southerly wind, over the regular 

 4-inil6 course on New Haven Harbor The times were; 



Length. F,nish. Elapsed. 



Veto, Com Conbliu 17.05 11 33 00 1 12 00 



Norma, J. H. .Jooss 16. Oo 11 87 00 1 16 56 



Lottie, y. W. Verwholb , 14. ll IJ 42 09 1 21 57 



Lassie, J. Johnson 15.01 11 55 00 1 34 55 



Belle, L. M. Cooney 14.05 13 01 00 1 40 55 



For the best racing record of the season Norma takes first prize 

 $5.50; Veto second prizs, $3.50. and Lottie third prize, $3 50. ' 



Race Committee— Webster H. Mathis, J. H. Jooss, P. F. Upson. 

 ■Tudge-:Capt. Geo. Damon. 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



The little cat Truant, built by V. D. Bacon on Cape Cod for San 

 Francisco, has at last come to grief after a victorious ca'-eer as a 

 racer, as told in a San Francisco paper: 'As for the vice-coirmo- 

 dore's vessel, the Truant, what has been predicted hy local yachts- 

 men for a year or eo came to pass. This yacht was built hy Turner 

 upon Eastern designs, and Vjee-Commodore Pew had a regular row 

 on paper with the designer before the laiter would consent to the re- 

 duction of the canvas 33>^ per cent., yet under this reduced sail plan 

 she carried away her ma^t. a heavy spruce suck, clean at the deck, 

 and was towed home by the launches Norwood and Asretta. Tbe 

 Truant has beaten everything of her inches in light weather, but the 

 old-timers have always wished to get a whack at her in a blow. Her 

 mast was stepped right; in her eyes, and as a consequence her shrouds 

 had no spread and no practical resistance. Step your new mast 

 fm-ther aft, Mr. Pew, sacrifice a little cabin room, put a decent jib on 

 your boat instead of that anomaly you now carry, and have vessel fit 

 for the rough waters of San Francisco Bay. Such a series of disasters 

 has never befallen the Corinthians before, and it was only owing 10 

 good seamanship that no lives were lost. 'But all's well that ends 

 well.' and the experience of last Sunday wiil. do the amateurs no 

 harm, but will increase their confidence in their abilities and in the 

 sea-going qualities of their craft." 



On Sept. 10 a SOft. electric launch, designed and built for Mr. S. R. 

 Bradley, of Nyack, N. Y'., was launched from the works of Charles 

 L. Seabury & Co., Nyaek on Hudson, N. Y. The general climeusions 

 are, length 30ft., beam Oft. Oin., draft about 21)n. Hull is built of 

 selected stock, white oak keel and frames, timljers straight grained, 

 st'-ara-bent white oak, planking is of white cedar, finished natural 

 color of the wood, varnished; copper fastened and rivetted through- 

 out. The interior, seats, locicers, coaming, etc., are finished in fine 

 quality quartered oak. The decks are of white pine, laid in narroiv 

 strips. The power consists of storage batteries and motor of the 

 Union Electric Co.'s make, which are cbarged for a run- of abouo 100 

 miles. These are all set under the floor of the boat, entirely out of 

 the way. It develops five horse power, and tbe speed is about eight 

 miles per hour. Messrs. Seabury & Co. have also fitted the 60ft. 

 steam launch Camilla with a Seabury patent safety water-tube boiler 

 a few weeks ago. This firm has also signed contracts for a number 

 of steam yachts and launches, to be delivered this winter for Southern 

 use, also early next spring, and the prospects for a very busy yacht- 

 building season are good. 



The yachting correspondent is an innovation of recent ti(Ues,-whose 

 presence has tended to clear away the atmosphere of myths in which 

 the earlier history of the sport has been lost. Not until the advent 

 of the United States schooner America at Cowes to compete against 

 English built yachts in 1851. did ihe press become thoroughly inter- 

 ested in the sport and influenced public opinion in its favor, A spirit 

 of international rivalry was stirred tha't has never died out, and 

 which has been of infinite benefit; in making yacht racing popular. 

 The accounts of the race around the Isle of Wight for the cup pre- 

 sented by the Royal Yacht Squadron, and for which repeated inter- 

 national contests have since been sailed, lent a zest to the sport 

 which it had not previously attained. The novel build of the Amer 

 ica. schooner, her rig and canvas, challenged Enghsh tratiitlous and 

 aroused a contemptuous unbelief in their value. It could hardly bo 

 borne toat the prestige of England's pleasure navy should be seri- 

 ously invaded by an American vessel built in defiance of time-bon- 

 ored prejudices,— Wi:ro?i Kemp, in the English Illustralrd Magazine 

 for August. 



The work of raising the wrecked Alva still continues, with a fair 

 prospect of success, although the season is advancing and heavy 

 storms are to he looked for. The hatchways and openings in the 

 deck are being closed up, and the gaps in the hull stopped as far as 

 possible. When this work is completed the uninjured compartments 

 will be pumped dry. A good deal of property has been recovered by 

 the divers, the personal effects of Mr. Vanderbilt and his guests, 

 clothing, jewelry, etc , the furniture, hangings and silverware, the 

 ship's arms and the shell of the tm'tle that was washed aboard the 

 ship off the Azores in 1891. It is reported that Mr. Vanderbilt will 

 build two yachts for next year, a lai-ge one for offshore cruising and 

 a smaller one tor home cruising. The suit against the owners of the 

 H. F. Dimock has not yet come to trial. 



The daily papens are busy arranging for a number of new yachts 

 to be built next season : besides the two new fsteamers for Mr. Van- 

 derbilt to replace the Alva, one of them a small war ship. John D. 

 Fookfeller is to have a steam yacht similar to Corsair from the de- 

 signs of ,f. Beavor-Webb, Royal Phelps Carroll is to have a 90tt. Her- 

 reshoft' schooner to bring back the Cape iViay .and Brenton's Reef 

 cups from England and several more 90ft. "schooners are to be 

 budt, with a number of smaller craft. The prospects now are that 

 building will be fairly brisk during tbe late winter, but as yet very 

 little is known as to owners, builders or dimensions of the new 

 yachts. 



A most cruel hoax has lately been perpetrated by the discharged 

 cook of the steam yacht Wapiti, owned by Hiram W. Sibley, of New 

 Y'ork, and ciuising' on Lake Erie with the ownw and his family 

 aboaiTl. In revenge for his discharge the cook, George Sherman, 

 telegraphed from CoUingwood, Ontario, that the yacht had sunk in a 

 storm on Georgian Bay, witb but two persons saved; and the news 

 was spread rapidly over the country, full accounts of the disaster, 

 with lengthy obitiiaries of Mr. Sibley, being published in many papers, 

 especially in the West. The report was utterly without foundation, 

 tlie yaeh't being safe in port at the time. 



The Gale Point Y, C. of Vv'estcheater county, N. Y.. has elected Ihe 

 following officers: Com.. John Corbett ; Vice-Corn , William Eldridge; 

 Treas, Edward Ward; Beoording Sec. Gedi-ge Ueut; Corresponding 

 Sec, Charles Stickler; Financial Sec. John Lee; hjtevvard, W. Dietsch; 

 Meas., Charles Warner, and Sergeaiit-at-irms, Joseph Walieliug. 

 Tbe clni) house is at 149th street, near Port Morris. The member.ship 

 is BOW, at the end of the first year, 105. 



Tbe Brooklyn Y. C. will buUd a club house this winter on Graves- 

 end Bay, to he 75Xl0l'ft., three stories high, with a pier running out 

 to deep watF>r, a clistance of nearly half a mile. When completed 

 this will give the club a very fine station on the lower bay, in one of 

 the very few locations which are available for such a piu'pose. 



The Patchogue Y. O. has been recently organized, mth the follow- 

 ing officers: Copi., George W. Burcham: Vice-Com.', George L. Rob- 

 inson; Rear-Cora., William T. .Jennings; Treas.. George H. Odell. Jr. ; 

 Sec, W. A. Bolton; Treas., Wilmot M. Smith; George Odell, R. A. 

 Budd, Daniel Swezey and George W. Hulse, Board of Governors; 

 Capt. A. C. Mott, Fleet captain, The club station is at Patchogue, L. 

 I., on Great South Bay. 



The odd little schooner, with a flush deck and a small steering 

 well, that has been about New York Harbor for some weeks, is the 

 Soncy Lass, of .and from Bermuda, owned by Capt. Herman Franz, 

 who sailed her to New York with a companion and a small dog. She 

 was built in Bermuda, of the native cedar. 



Tho loss of the Y'^ankee Doodle was due to Ure from a lantern which 

 was dropijed in ner engine space, setting fire to the woodwork, 

 already saturated with kerosene. The original Masher boiler had 

 been removed some time before and replaced by a new oil burning 

 boiler invented by her owners. 



The boiler of the steam yacht Cora, of Elk Rapids. Mich., exploded 

 on Sept. 4 just as the craft was leaving her dock with a party of six 

 ladies aboard. E. S. Nobles, owner of the yacht, had a leg broken 

 and was otherwise injured, and Miss Farrand and Mr. Owen were in- 

 jured by escaping steam. 



On Aug. 30 the boiler of the steam yacht H. D. Sears exploded on 

 Rock River, near Harlem Park. III., and the occuoants, Mr. Sears, 

 Mrs. Lawrence and Mrs. Geo. F, Penfleld and child, were thrown out 

 into the stream, being rescued by small boats. 



On Aug. '27 a race was sailed for the Vanadis cup. Tattler, Expert 

 and Precept being cat-rigged. There was a stroner wind and both 

 Tattler and Precept lost their hollow masts at the outer mark, being 

 then ahead of Expert, who finally won. 



The Seattle Y. C. is moving for the erection of a fine club house, 

 and the yachtsmen of Puget Sound are worlnng to organize an inter- 

 national association, including the yachtsmen of the British Columbia 

 towns. 



Vice-Com. J. H. Sterling, of the Larchmont Y. C, has resigned, and 

 Mr. Harold A. Sanderson, of the yawl Nonparielle, has been elected 

 to fill the vacancy. 



Cygnet, steam yacht, Jacob Cram, was recently seized at OsVego 

 and fined SlOO for not carrying a licensed pilot, and $600 for sailing 

 without inspection. 



The Sewareu (N. , J.) Y. O. sailed its last i-acB for the Johnston ciiji 

 on Sept. If). Nankit winning .for the third time and holding tbe f 350 

 trophy iiemianently. 



We have received the second supplement of the .year to Lloyd';? 

 Yacht liegistcr, containing alterations and additions to Aug. 16. 



MesBvs. Stewart & Einney have another laree fisherman similar to 

 the successful Mary Powers on the stocks at Essex. 



The fleet of tbe Massachusetts Y. C. has just returned from tha 

 annual cruise to the Maine coast. 



Alert, sehr., J. H. Limine, has been fitted out at Poillon's for a 

 winter cruise to the Mediterranean. 



Wadena, steam yacht. J. H. Wade, of Cleveland, Ohio, has recently 

 reported iri Norwegian waters. 



The name of the newlv organizsd Jamestewn (R. I.) Y. O. has been 

 changed to Couanicut Y. C. 



Gadfly, the Sidney Burgess^l-fflfttervbas befsiinsed about Newport 

 of late under a cat rig. ' 



ON JERSEY'S SEA GIRT SHORE. 



Rifle Contests at Camp Abbett. 



M.VGNIPICENT weatner from start to finis' ; One accommoda- 

 tions for viaitors; goo 1 restaurant facilities; the very best of 

 scoring, marking and general management; a first-rate attend- 

 ance, and above all the absence of even the semblance of a kick 

 or growl were the conditions which obtained during the second 

 fall meeting of the New Jersey Stale Rifle Association, which 

 opened on Monday, Sept. 5, and closed at 3.30 P. M. on the follow 

 iug Saliiiday. The shoot was held on ino rtinges of the New 

 Jerse^r State camp at Soa Girt, 13 miles below Long Branch, one of 

 New Jersey's most popular and fashionable summer resorts. Be- 

 tween Long Branch and Sea Girt are Asbury Park, Belmar, 

 Como. Avon, Spring Lake and a couple of other watering-places. 



The camp of New Jersey's National Guard has been pronounced 

 by military men from near and far to be tbe very finest camping 

 ground in America. A parallelogram in shape.it comprises 148 

 acres of as level land as can be found in the .State. It is bounded 

 on the north by the Besch Road Icadint; to the old-time Stockton 

 House (now known as tlie Beacli House); on the south is Squan 

 Lake, a sheet of water abounding in crub=; on the west are the 

 tracks of the Long Branch Railroad Company and on the east the 

 waters of the broad Atlantic. The ground is of a porous, absorb- 

 ent nature and the entire camp is provided with a perfect system 

 of drainage. Splendid drinking water is furnished by two driven 

 wells, each over TOOft, in depth. 



The entrance to the grounds is about SOOyds. from the Sea Girt 

 depot. From this entrance is a roadway leading along parallel 

 with the railroad to the southerly corner ot the grounds, thence 

 east-sntitheast to the mid-range pits; then back to the lOOyd. 

 firing point northeast to the Beach Road fencp, and southerly to 

 the Govornor's cottage, situated on the Beach Road about 200yda. 

 southeast of the entrance above-mentioned. On the southern 

 side of the roadway and between it and the lake are the mess 

 halls tised by ihe several comoiands during the summer encamp- 

 ments. During the off season the tents, cots and other camp 

 paraphernalia are stored in these mess balls. On the opposite 

 side ot the roadway are the mess halls and ki'-cuen for the field 

 and staff olHcers. During the encampnienls the ''A" tents for 

 the rank and file are pitched in rows of 15 each, each tent being 

 occupied by two men. 



The rifle ranges, where all the interest of last week'c! visitors 

 was centered, are situated on the southetist portion of the grounds, 

 the lines of targets running parallel with the ocean line. Be- 

 tween the mid-ra,nge targets and the ocean arw a number of snml 

 dunes, those directly in line with the pits being from 30to30fl. 

 high. Ofi a line with the right target these dunes slope down to a 

 level with the liaach. while in the opposite direction they do not 

 taper down iuBide of mOyds. ol the line of the left target. The 

 dunes are about 1.50ft. in rear of the targets. Both to the right 

 and left of the mid-range are two heavy growths of cedar?, these 

 extending up on the northeast to the 400yds. firing point and on 

 the souti^west to the 300rds. firing point. The 200 and 500 vds. 

 firing points are on one line, the 200yds. targets being placed in 

 an angle of the field to the northeast; of the mid-ranges. It may 

 not bd thought by the uninitiated that the cedar clumos and sand 

 dunes wtnild have any effect upon the shooting, but that they do 

 is plainly apparent to all wlio have shot over the mid-raigef . 

 Every afternoon, when the ocean current sets in, it sweeps 

 arouiul between the sand dunes and the clumps of cedars on the 

 east and cuts some very erratic capers as it meanders acro.ss the 

 lower end of the range, and passes out to the southea.st between 

 tbe other dunes and cedars. Tha current and drift thu9 produced 

 at times will get tbe best of the most expert marksmen and keep 

 him guessing as to why his shots are flicking about, first rieht 

 and then baft, the wind-dial meanwhile) falling to show the 

 slightest variation in the direction of tbe wind at the 300yds. firing 

 poii'ts. TliB light, too, is fitful and tricky, and taken all in all, 

 while it is one of the finest mid-ranges in the W'orld. it is still one 

 on whi<;h the proverbial Philadelptua lawyer would be puzzled. 

 The 200yda. ranges are free in a measure from the disturbances 

 noted above, hut h.6re, too, when using tbe targets on the extreme 

 right one is likely to get erratic reeults at times, especially when 

 the Wind is due east or northeast. 



Immediately in rear of tbe left of the 200rdH. firing points is a 

 neat structure used as the offitse of the Department of Rifle Prac- 

 tice. Attached to this is a good-sized pavilion, and in rear of lat- 

 ter is an exten-iou used by the medical ofllcer attached to the 

 range. StiU further back is the magazine, where during the 

 shooting season -are handled upward of .'200,000 rounds of ammu- 

 nition. 



It was Sunday evening when the Foriost and .Stream represen- 

 tative arrived at the camp grounds, hut he was by no means the 

 rn-.4(, coraor. Standing in front of the ten ta of the Department 

 nilieerg, near the Governor's cottagi>, and loukint; across the field 

 toward the lake there rould be seen a lontr line of .^now white 

 tents, tlie rii?bt of the line being within a hundred yards of the 

 rau-ie oihet- , th" end of the line being at least GOOyds. down the 

 field. Here and there could be s-aHu a light shining through the 

 side of one 01 tho canvas habitations, this being proof conclusive 

 that soma teams had already arrived. Lipon inquiry we ascer- 

 tained thai the District of Columbia contingent, thirty odd strong, 

 hud arrived on the previ.ius Friday, and that teams from the 

 First, .Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth <ind Seventh Regiments of the 



