FOREST AND STREAM. 



The full timesiware; 











Start. 



Fiuish. 



Elapsed. 



CoiTected. 





11 46 00 



3 SO 40 



3 35 40 



3 20 36 





11 45 00 



3 14 05 



3 39 05 



3 -31 3K 





11 43 19 



3 28 29 



3 45 10 



3 33 K) 





11 44 39 



3 31 36 



3 S6 47 



3 23 26 



Tiator 



11 45 00 



3 46 27 



4 01 ar 



3 31 n 



Ttamona 



.11 m 38 



3 09 41 



3 3-3 03 



8 32 03 



Ajsalea 



11 36 59 



3 53 00 



4 16 01 



3 43 53 



The race was sufficiently close tbroughoul to be very exciting for 

 the spectators, the -windwarrl work being particularly interesting. 

 The handsome cup was made by the Whiting M'f 'g Co., and is an 

 artistic piece of wort. The value of it to Mr. EUis is doubtless en- 

 hanced by ihe fact that he won it at the wheel himself, with several 

 cracic professional skippers against him. 



Detroit Y. C, Sept. 5. 



DETROIT, MICH.— LAKE ST. CLAIR. 



The Detroit T. C. sailed a very exciting race on Labor Day, the 

 course being on Lake St. Clair. The wind was variable in force and 

 direction, blowing strong from the north, and later shifting to the 

 west and falling lighter. The times were: 



FIRST CLASS. 



Stan. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Princess 1 25 00 3 48 48 2 33 48 2 14 42 



Cora 1 21 32 3 59 15 2 37 43 2 37 17 



Crusader 1 20 03 3 57 55 2 37 52 2 37 52 



SKOOND CLASS. 



Alice Enright 1 21 26 3 28 07 2 06 41 2 06 41 



Josephine ....1 21 52 3 36 05 2 14 31 2 14 05 



Lulu B 1 16 49 3 37 50 2 21 01 2 21 01 



Gertrude 1 24 00 4 07 30 2 43 30 2 41 40 



Petrel 1 23 05 4 13 40 2 48 35 2 45 49 



THIRD CLASS. 



Shamrock 1 21 09 3 41 .« 2 20 26 2 20 26 



Surprise 1 19 45 4 28 00 3 08 35 3 05 59 



FOURTH CL1SS. 



Ugo 1 22 52 4 04 45 2 41 53 2 41 01 



Naiad 1 21 40 4 18 30 2 56 50 2 56 50 



Madeline 1 19 20 4 18 53 2 69 33 2 57 49 



Viola 1 21 38 4 32 20 3 10 42 3 08 ,50 



FIFTH CLASS. 



Cyclone 1 19 06 4 03 15 2 44 09 2 42 51 



North Cape 1 15 50 4 21 30 3 05 40 3 04 48 



Eureka 1 18 15 4 32 38 3 14 23 8 14 23 



SIXTH CLASS. 



Olive Eva 1 16 00 3 44 20 2 28 20 2 28 20 



Norma 1 19 00 4 04 25 3 45 25 3 45 25 



DOUBLE CATS. 



Augusta 1 19 26 3 42 20 2 23 54 2 22 54 



Princess is better known as the City of the Straits, The judges 

 were W, K. Parcher, W. J. Hammond and Walter Oades. Time- 

 keepers, .John B, Burton and L, N. Hilsendegen , 



Columbia Y. C, Sept. 3, 



CHICAGO, ILL. — LAKE MICHIGAN. 



The fourth race of the Burlington Cup series of the Columbia Y. 

 C, of Chicago, was sailed on Sept. 3 in a fresh S.W. wind, the times 

 being: 



Elapsed. Corrected. 



O.K 1 33 25 1 32 43 



Growler 1 53 44 1 49 07 



Blade 1 56 03 1 51 26 



Sea Shell .1 57 40 1 55 58 



Eileen 1 59 80 1 .56 24 



This is O. K.'s third successive race, the score of points now stand- 

 ing: 0, K.. 12 points; Growler. 11; Blade, 8; Sea Shell, 3: May B., 3; 

 Eileen. 2; Lois ). 



The judges were Thomas Boyle and Dr. Babes. Timekeepers: F. 

 Gruschaw and W. C. Kraus. The steam yacht Wilber, steered by 

 Mrs, Marshall B. Wilber, was the judges' boat. 



A Bad Blow. 



On the night of Sept. 13, a short but very severe S. E. gale struck 

 Mew York, doing serious damage to yachts on the Bay, Sound and 

 Hudson. The worst damage was at Larchmont, where quite a large 

 fleet was anchored after the schooner race. Shamrock, Iroquois, 

 Marguerite, Dauntless and Columbia rode out the blow with little 

 damage, but Viator di'agged up the harbor, doing mucb damage to 

 herself and to other yachts as well. The most unfortunate was the 

 yawl Mimette, which went on the beach and was completely wrecked. 

 The sloop Peri and many small boats also went ashore. Jessie, 

 steam yacht, Pyrie, Ileen and several other yachts were more or less 

 damaged by collisions. 



At Bath Beach, on Qravesend Bay, eighteen yachts and sailboats 

 went ashore, among them being Badger, Sunbeam, Syria, Dorothy, 

 Bonny Doon and Isabel. 



On the Jersci' shore much damage was done to the yachts of the 

 Pavonia and Oceanic clubs, and many boats and yachts along the 

 Hudson River suilered severely. 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



Yampa, schr., has been chartered by C. W. Chapin to J. L. Carroll, 

 ^ Jr., for a 3-months' cruise in European waters. 



Truant, steam yacht, Mrs. Newbury, was reported at Halifax last 

 week, on her way to the Lakes. 



Golden Fleece, steam yacht, has been purchased by Perry Belmont 

 from the Osborn estate. Mr. Belmont has had her under charter all 

 the season. 



The Boston Globe of Sept. 10 pubhshed a very complete and inter- 

 esting summary of the 21ft. class. 



The New Utrecht Club, of Bath Beach, has organized a yachting 

 department, with Mr. Hilton E. Freeman as commodore and John 

 McKae as secretary. The club will build a house and breakwater. 

 The first regatta will be sailed on Sept. 24. 



On Sept, 11 the yacht Undine, of Buffalo, was capsized at night near 

 Erie, Pa., in a heavy squall. Her crew of seven, one a lady, were 

 thrown into the lake, clinging to the hull wi h great difficulty until 

 flnaUy taken off by Mr. George T. Bliss, of Erie, intheyacbt Oarmen- 

 cita. A bad sea was running, making the work of rescue quite dan- 

 gerous. 



II va, cutter, owned by Tracy Peck, Jr., went on the rocks at Nubble 

 Reef, on the Maine coast, on Sept. 15, and is a total loss. 



Vamoose has been placed by Mr. Hearst at the disposal of the Ad- 

 visory Board of Physicians for service about New York in connection 

 with the cholera quarantine. 



The sail-off of the Hull Corinthian Y. C. third class, on Sept. 17 

 resulted as follows: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Madge, W. H. Thayer 9 85 00 11 03 28 1 28 28 



Marjorie, G. W. Bo wen 9 35 00 11 06 42 1 31 42 



Madge wins the pennant. The wind was strong N.W. 



Hugh Havatt, who was for three seasons in Capt. Charles Barr's 

 crew as matn of Minerva and Owene. and who has been master of 

 the lO-rater Dora this year, recently fell from the crosstrees during a 

 race, susiaining injuries which may prove fotal. 



The second class sail-olT of the Quincy Y. C. on Sept 17 resulted as 

 follows: 



Length. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Magpie, C- H. Otis 23.04 1 BO 42 1 40 10 



Opechee. W. P. Backer 22.02 1 53 50 1 43 09 



Vision, George Crane 22.10 1 56 05 1 45 59 



The sail off of the Hull Y. C. in second and fifth classes on Sept. 17 

 took place in a strong west wind, the times being: 



FIFTH CLASS. 



Elapsed. 



Typhoon. J. L. Taylor 1 40 24 



Madge, W. P. Thayer 1 42 11 



Magpie, H. G. O is Disqualified. 



Koorah,R. C. Robinson Disabled. 



SECOND CLASS. 



Beatrice, John Cavanagh 1 54 33 



Gypsy, M. F. Drinkwater Did not finish. 



Typhoon, aeain sailed by Mr. Stewart, wins the championship in 

 her ela^s. Magpie fouled Madge, giving the latter second prize. 

 Beatrice wins the championship in the 25ft. class. 



The Stony Point Y. O., of Port Morris, was organized on Aug. 27, 

 with f urtt-en members and the following officers: Com., James C. 

 Duane, cat Uno: Vice-Com., Anthony J. Oliver, cat Friarht; Secre- 

 tary, Harry C, Banks, yawl Sinbad: Treasurer, Oscar Brambach, 

 schr, Arrow; Fleet Captain, Harry Duane. eat Hustler; Measurer, 

 Robt. Start, cat Little Tom, The fleet at present aumbers twelve 

 boats and the club's anchorage is at Port Morris. The first race wUi 

 be sailed on Sept. 24. 



moving. 



FIXTURES. 



OOTODKB. 



1. Springfield, Cup, Springfield. 



The A. C. A. Sailing Course. 



Ark the sailing races of the meet arranged primarily to amuse 

 and interest the spectators, or as tests of boats and men? If the 

 former, then the course as now laid out is unquestionably as nea 

 perfect as possible. 



If 30 canoes start in a race, certainly not more than one can get the 

 lead at the start. The best sailor who ever entered an A. C. A. race 

 cannot always get the lead. If a man does not get the lead, what 

 chance has he of winning, no matter how many rounds are sailed f 

 If only 5 start the same thing holds good. Take the case of the 

 third man in the race, and let us begin with him as he rounds the 



windward buov for the first time. At Buoy B there are two boats 

 ahead of him and 27 behind him. All have started over the line 

 A D, and have worked the half mile to windward A B. No. 3 is try- 

 ing to blanket No. 2 on the run, and No. 2 is trying to blanket N"o. 1. 



If the boats are very close together this may be done and an over 

 lap established before C is reached, but No. 3 is in danger of being 

 covered by those behind him, and as a matter of experience boats 

 very rarely pass each other in this short run. If 2 or 3 are covered 

 then 1 increases his lead. 



Reaching from C to A, 3 must be very much faster than 1 to catch 

 tip with him. When A is reached a close turn is made and 1 sails as 

 close as he can to F, with B plainly in sight. To pass 1 on this leg, 2 

 must point higher and at the same time sail faster— he cannot run 

 through his lee. At F, 1 comes about cn starboard tack and sails to 

 just clear B; 2 is still behind to windward, perhaps if he has stood 

 on further, or to leeward, if even; and is likel.y to pass to Jeeward of 

 B; 1 has made his windward half mile by coming about only once. 



Suppose 2 tries to gain an advantage by sphtting tacks. Then at 

 A he comes about on starboard tack and sails to G, where he comes 

 about and sails to H, where he has to come about again, tacking 

 three times to I's once, and losing from five to ten seconds on each 

 tack. Suppose he has actually gained by this, still he approaches H 

 on port tack, and 1 has the right of way unless 2 has gained a clear 

 lead, which is very unhkely. The second round is the same story over 

 again, and so is the sixth round, including the turning of eighteen 

 buoys. If No. 2 has such a hard row to hoe to get the lead, what 

 chances of winning have 3, 4, 5 or 6, etc. ? If the leader makes an 

 error, of course 3 may benefit by it; but if he has a good boat and 

 makes no errors, how can even a, little better boat and man pass him ? 



I have before made the statement that not more than five canoes 

 can start in a sailing race over an A. C. A. course and stand an even 

 chance of winning. I am prepared now to venture the assertion that 

 not more than three should sail over such a course. Any one who 

 saw the trophy race in August must be convinced of this. It is as 

 fair for one as another, is a statement often heard. So it is, but if a 

 man fails to get over the line at least in as good a position as third, 

 he might just as well retire, for his chances of winning have vanished 

 imless the leaders break down. Only one man can get the lead, and 

 it may happen to be any one of a dozen, depending on how the canoes 

 bunch for the start. A slow boat may spoil the best man's chances 

 a second before the start. 



If the course was arranged with a mile leg to windward, no one 

 would attempt to cover the distance by coming about only once, as a 

 slight change of wind might spoil his chances, "and close calculations 

 over long distances are impossible. Therefore the canoes could 

 break tacks and spread out over a large area, and twenty or thirty 

 canoes could start over a long line o i fairly even terms. 



The best race ever sailed, to my mind, b.y the A. C. A. fleet, was in 

 the club race at Jessup's Neck, two miles to leeward and return, and 

 that race would have iDeen far more interesting if the windward work 

 had come first. 



It seems to me that the course had somothingr to do with the small 

 list of entries at the last meet, and it is a subject well worth discus- 

 sion. I shall he pleased to see in print the opinions of others who 

 have suggestions to offer, or who believe that a change is not 

 desirable. C. Bowyer Vaux. 



English and American Rigs. 



JSditor Fm-est and Stream: 



The article from the London Field published in your issue of Sept. 

 8, refers to the A. O. A. sailing course as being a prime factor in 

 determining the rig of a racing canoe. It takes the ground 

 that two sails of nearly the same size drive a canoe faster 

 reaching and running than one large sail forward and a very 

 small sail aft, and infers that the latter rig is faster to windward, but 

 that this point does not count in the short windward work of the 

 A. C. A. course. Area for area the Field's contention is no doubt 

 true. But the facts are that by means of two sails of nearly equal 

 size in a given wind fully one quarter more sail can be carried with 

 the same ease; and it is this fact which maEes the schooner- canoe 

 rig faster even to windward than the sloop "r yawl rig. The canoe is 

 practically the same on both sides of the Atlantic, 16ft.x30in. Do any 

 of the English canoes carry 160sq. ft. of sail? Do they carry from 80 

 to lOOsq. fc. when it is blowing over twenty miles an hour? Can ISO^q. 

 ft. be spread on a canoe divided into 1.30 and 20, or some such propor- 

 tion? Limit the sail area to lOOsq. ft. or 115sq. ft. and in all proba- 

 bility the English rig will win to windward, other things being equal. 

 If this ground is correct, what has the course to do with the result? 

 In point of time the half mile to windward takes longer to sail than 

 the mile off wind, and therefore more than half the race is to wind- 

 ward. C. BOWYER Vaux. 



In the cutting from the London Field contained in your issue last 

 week, the writer while treating correctly of the economic value of 

 the respective methods of distributing sail In the two countries, over- 

 looked one point which is of more importance with us than in 

 England. There a limit of sail is imposed with the natural result that 

 the tendency is to adoiJt the distribution which is the most effective 

 per square foot. Here no such rule exists and the canoeman has to 

 consider not the effective distribution of a limited area, but the dis- 

 tribution of the greatest effective area of sail. 



While in a yacht the division of sail is considered objectionable 

 and calls for allowance, in a canoe the i-everse is the ease for very 

 simple reasons. In a yacht the object of changing from a cutter to a 

 yawl or schooner is to secure increased handiness; not greater sail 

 area. Inacunoe the change is made to get increased area with 

 equal handiness. 



There is little doubt that the single sail rig is the most effective so 

 long as the canoe can carry it, but the beam of a canoe is small, 

 limiting the safe length of boom and so compelling great hoist to get 

 the required area. The English yawl rig allows a greater total length 

 of boom and thereby lowers the center of effort. It is probably not 

 so eft'ective, but since it can be carried so much longer makes a more 

 desirable and faster rig. The American schooner rig is again rather 

 less effective, but owing to the comparative long boom length and 

 consequent low hoist an enormou's rig can be put on the canoe and 

 the greatest speed be thereby obtained. A comparison cannot be 

 made on this side for want of data, but it may interest English 

 canoemen to know that the total length of boom carried by an 

 American racing canoe is as great as 30f t. 



It is singular that the forms of sail should differ so much in the 

 two countries and it is to be hoped that their respective merits may- 

 soon be tested in an international contest. > 



The example quoted— Canuck's sister— is uufortiin.ately of little 

 vahie. The sisters of nol;ed boats are not, as a rule, successful; even 

 if this case should be the exception, a Canuck would ne handicapped 

 by her great size with the limited rig Imposed in England. 



Schooner RiGf. 



A. C. A. Membership. 



The following gentlemen have applied for membership in the 

 A. O. A. , Atlantic Division: F. N. Shurtleff, New York. 



CANOE NEWS NOTES. 



The New Bedford 0. C. has recently made a pleasant cruise among 

 the Middleborough Lakes, 



The latest novelty in the way of a canoe race, introduced by the 

 lauthe C. C, is a tandem hurry-scurry and upset race. 



The Taunton B. C, of Taunton, Mass., held a reception and illumi- 

 nated water parade on Sept. 6, which was a decided success. 



The flist regatta of the Tatassit C. C, of Worcester, Mass., will be 

 held on Lake Quinsigamond on Sept. 31. The programme includes 

 the usual events. 



The Detroit C. 0. has been recently organized with the following 

 officers: Com., E. C. Whateby; Vice-Corn., D. R. Holmes; Sec'y and 

 Treas., L. K. Liggett, A suitable house will soon be provided. 



The Detroit Boat Club held a regatta on Sept. 10, the events being 

 asfoilow.s: Tandem paddling, half mile: Clarence Gould and Ed 

 Reynolds won with C. S. Isham and W. C. Jupp second, J. A Rath- 

 bone and P. S. Jacobson third, and Topping and Hastings last. Stand- 

 ing paadling, quarter mile, with two .urns: P. N. Jacobson beat J. 

 A. Rathbone, Ed Keyuolds third and W. C. Jupp fourth. Single pad- 

 pling: Clarence Gould, Ed Reynolds second. J. A. Rathbone third, 

 and A, Jupp fourth. The open canoe meet was held on Monday and 

 Tuesday of last week. 



Chicago, Ills., Sept. 17.— Rear Commodore F. H. Gary, of the W. 

 C. A., was down from his home in Oshkosh this week, spending part 

 of the time in visiting the Chicago friends he met at the meet on 

 Winnebago last July. "Terminal Faculties," as Mr. Gary is gener- 

 ally known, is looking the able seaman. He brings the cheerful in- 

 formation that Officer Casey, of Oshko.sh, the warm personal friend 

 of all the W. C. A. men. is enjoying his usual health. E. Hough. 



FIXTURES. 



Sept. 25-26.— pettier Rifle Club's prize fall shoot, Cypress Hill 

 Park, Long Island, N. Y. 



Sept. 27.— Sec nd Regiment, 0. N. G., anniial prize shoot, New 

 Haven, Conn. 



Sept. 28.— New York National Guard, State and Second Brigade 

 competition, Creedmoor, Long Island, N. Y. 



Stray Shots From Sea Girt. 



"The finest range In the country," say the Pennsylvania ns. 

 Jersey and Pennsylvania have soured on Frankford am- 

 munition. 



(}en. Spencer was happy when he counted eleven entries in the 

 regimental team match. 



The Second New Jersey made a splendid showing, considering 

 it« hard runof luck. 



If the New York team wants to win at Sea Girt it will have to 

 get in some preliminary practice over the mid-ranges. 



The N. J. S. R. A. should cut the Wimbledon match from its 

 prosramme in 1893. It does not pay to clo«e ten short-range tar- 

 gets for four hours in order that one long-range target may be 

 used. 



The skirmish firing should be done the last of the week. 



Do away with the percentage prizes and offer stated sums in 

 the several matches, 



luclude in the 1893 programme a 7-shot match, with three tickets 

 to count, at SOOyda., and make the priz^^s worth shooting for. 



Do not allow a person, be he State official or ''prominent" mem- 

 ber, to fire a shot except it be on a pool or match ticket. 



Have a statPd hour tor opening the pool and match targets, and 

 open them on time. 



Do not notify teams to be on hand at 3 P.M. and then keep 

 them waiting until 3:20. 



Nothing but good nature prevails during a shoot at Sea Girt 



The visitors were surprised at the fine accommodations pro- 

 vided them by New Jersey. 



Young Horace M. Bell, who accompanied the D. C. team at Sea 

 Girt, can shoot a Springfield like a veteran. And he can manipu- 

 late a camera in good shape as well. 



Gen. Snowden, of Pennsylvania, fell in love with Jersey's 

 splendid camp. 



Wm. Hartman, of the Seventh, N. J., out up 91 in one of his 

 match skirmish runs. W. W. Young, of the District team, made 

 93 in a practice run. 



Everybody was disappointed at not seeing the Maine team. 



There should be at least a dozen prizes in the Perrine memorial 

 match. 



The excellent half-tone engravings of the First D. C. and Second 

 N. J. were reproduced from 8x10 photographs taken at the camp 

 by H. J. Thein, of 46 Broad street, Newark, N. J., at the request of 

 Forest and Stbeam. Mr. Theln will furnish 8x10 mounted 

 copies of the above pictures and also of the teams of the First 

 Sixth and Seventh, N. J.; Second Regiment, D. 0.: Sixth Bat- 

 tallion, D. O.; Engineer Corps, D. C, and of the D. O. Brigade 

 team, at 50 cents each. 



Messrs. Thomas and Hays formed a great combination in the 

 oflice. 



The^Peunsylvania men all used IJ. M. C. ammunition in their 

 shooting at Sea Girt, and declare that it is "points better" than 

 that made at the Frankford arsenal. 



The New Jersey National Guard and the Columbia trophies 

 won by the team of the Second Regiment, are on exhibition in 

 the window of Doctor-Druggist-Captain W. P. Decker, in Pater- 

 son. 



Capt. John S. Sheperd, of the Twenty-third N. Y"., and Capt 

 Ed. Gould, of the Seventy-first N. Y., were range officers at Sea 

 Girt. 



In 1893 the State authorities should order each command to 

 enter a team for the N. J. N. G. and Columbia matches, and 

 should pay their expenses during the week as well as providing 

 them with transportation for three or four davs of preliminarv 

 practice. 



The State is trying to secure possession of the strips of cedar 

 groves on either side of the rifl« ranges. 



Forest and Stheam of Sept. 15 had the only illustrated account 

 of a military riflo shoot ever published in this country. But 

 then, doncherknow, we cawnt help being on top of the heap. 



In next ye^ir's Perrine match there should be at least ten stated 

 cash prizes in addition to the medal. Or better still, do away 

 with the pre.=ent "all-comers" match and make the Perrine match 

 open to all, the medal to go to the Jersey guardsman making the 

 highest score, while the cash prizes were open to all. In this 

 case there should be at least 20 prizes aggregating not less 

 than $150. 



For some unaccountable reason, in last week's Forest and 

 Stream the titles of the First Regiment, D. 0. M., and of the 

 Second Regiment, N. G. N. J., were transposed. Thp team shown 

 on the upper portion of page 235 was that of the Second Regi- 

 ment. N. G N. J„ winners of both the New Jersey and rolumbla 

 trophies, while the team shown on the lower portion of the same 

 p^ige was that of the First Regiment, D. C. M., which won the 

 resrimental team match. 



Br'g.-Gen. Spencer, Col. Van Valen and Col. Owens, whose pic- 

 tures appeared last week, comprise the New Jersey department 

 of rifle practice. 



A number of offif ers who visited the range during the shoot 

 were replendent with dress belts, swords and white gloves. 

 Swords and belts were not needed, while white gloves are bad 

 taste on a rifle range. 



Toe tie for second and third prizes in the Knser match between 



During future contests the targets should he changed oftener. 

 The mid-range targets were unfit for use by Thursday. 



C. H. TOWSBND, 



