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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 89, 1893. 



paddle to The Fount and up the Susquehanna to the boat house , we 

 took our canoes on our shoulders and carried them across the land, 

 a distance of less than a quarter of a mile, and placed them once 

 more in the Susquehanna, while a few minutes paddling lanaed us at 

 the boat house, where the canoes were placed in their owners' rack 

 to rest till wanted again, W. K. P. 



A. C. A. Membership. 



. The following gentleman has applied for membership in the 

 js^, G, A., Basteru Division: Geo. B, Smith, Boston. 



FIXTURES. 



1. Corinthian. Atlantic City. 

 15. BufEalo, Closing Cruise. 



9. Jersey City, Ladies' Day, New 

 York Bay. 



International Racing. 



The absurd rumor of a challenge from the Emperor of Germany 

 on behalf of Meteor is set at rest by a statement from Mr. PouUni-y 

 Bigelow, now in lierhn, to the effect that the emperor had never 

 entertained the ideu of challenging. We have recently received the 

 following letters, one from a Western yachtsman, the other from one 

 nearer New York: 

 Editor Forest and Stre-am; 



I wish to express my indorsement of your views as lately expressed 

 —namely that the action of the New York Y. C. in returning the 

 America Cup to "the only surviving donor" was illegal, and that the 

 only legal deed of gift was and is the original one, and, good or bad, 

 it and it only is the one that the challengers must take coanisance of. 

 This may not be considered American, but I hope the day has not 

 yet come when American j'aehtAmen need to hide behind quibbles to 

 retain the America Cup. I hope you will not abandon the subject 

 until the club returns to the original deed, and thus secures a revival 

 of the exciting races of the Puritan, Mayflower and "Volunteer days, 



J. D. C". 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



It has been frankly stated that another challenge would hardly be 

 given by our English frienis did the New York Y. C. not feel embar- 

 rassed by the conditions of the last so called deed of gift and past 

 acts of the club in connection therewith. The solution of the diffi- 

 culty is remarkably simple. As the second and third deeds never 

 had or can have any validity, why not let the club cat destroy the 

 embarrassing papers, so relieving the club of its present strain on the 

 mind and giving to the next administration a free hand and fair 

 start. A Yaghtimg Citizen. 



The Fisher Cup. 



OWABD AND KORAH. 



The Fisher cup, won on Lake Michigan by Atalanta and taken to 

 Lake Ontario, where it was won by default by Norah of Belleville, 

 Bay of Quintp, has at last been sailed for nnd taken out into the open 

 lake, where it is likelv to be the subject of keen competition for 

 some time. After the failure of many attempts to make a match for 

 the cup by various lake yachts, a race wassailed this summer by 

 Onward, of Rochester, a sloop once weU-known about Nesv York, 

 the holder, Norah, being victorious. Onward issued a second chal- 

 lenge, and the race was sailed on Sept. 19. over the club triangle 

 of nearly 9 nautical miles on the Bay of Quinte, 3 rounds or 26 a Me;--. 



The wind was strong from the north, making less than -3 mi, es of 

 windward work on each round. The start was given at 11 A. M , but 

 both were handicapped about dm. Norah had a single reef and 

 working topsail over it, while Onward carried whole lower sail aud 

 working topsail. Norah was slightly astern at the start, but showed 

 a lead of 20s. at the first mark, but on the windward leg Onward 

 passed her to leeward, Norah taking in her topsail, aud had a lead 

 of a minute at the second mark, which Norah cut down a little in the 

 run home. 



At the end of first round Norah made a very clever jibe and ran to 

 leeward of Onward into first place, increasing her lea'1 to over 2m. 

 on the windward leg. and leading by 3m. 45s. at the jibe. On the 

 windward leg of the third round Onward was favored by a shift of 

 wind to the eastward, which enabled her to save her time The 

 limes being: 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Onward II OH S 42 59 3 37 59 8 34 24 



Norah 11 05 2 40 36 3 35 36 3 35 36 



The judges were Dr. Satmders. of Rochester for Onward: S. A. 

 Hyman. of Belleville, for Norah, and J. Gass, of Albany, referee 

 The scrutineers were Geo, P, Thompson on Onward, Henry Miller on 

 Norah. If won three limes in succession by the same club the cup 

 becomes the property of the club to which the winning vachts 

 belong. 



A Challenge from a Cruiser. 



Editor Forest and St/ream: 



In ore of your early issues just after the Cobourg— Cayuga con- 

 troversy this spring, there appeared a proposition that Cayuga and 

 I should settle the question of superiority of type by meeting for a 

 race somewhere about halfway between our respective homes. Both 

 of us w^ere thinking of a good deal else than mere speed, and in any 

 case. I had at the time no boat and was unaDle to make or accept a 

 challenge. Since that time however, two boats of the spoontail 

 type have been built, one here for the writpr and one in Columbus, 

 Indiana, both closely resembling the design in the Porkst and Stream 

 of Dec. 17, 1891. Both have been very .satisfactory in iheir perform- 

 ances. The owner of the Indiana boat reports her very handy and 

 fast— fast enough to take second place in a regatta. 



My own boat has not done any regular racing but has shown lier- 

 self unmistakably fast to windward and also in reaching, and down 

 hill I have not as yet been able to spread sail enough to excel but 

 she is well up to the average. The rig is nearly perfection for handi- 

 ness, as the longest spar after the mainmast 'is only 13ft. long and 

 I can reef down or shake out without leaving the cockpit. As a sea 

 boat she IS a great success, the bow being just full enough to lift 

 her clear and not lull enough to pound, and the lifting is promoted 

 by the narrow quarters. She handles well under the successsive 

 changes— full sail; jib mlzen and ref fed main; jib and reefed mizen- 

 full main and reefed mizen or reefed main and reefed mizen. Under 

 nib and reefed mizen she is snug enough for anything short of a 

 hurricane, and wfll stay in a heavy sea without any help from paddle 

 or oars, in fact I have never used either except to get to her moor- 

 ings from the boat house. If Cayuga wants a trial I will trv to ac- 

 commouate him. Henry K. Wiokstebd. 



CoBouBG, Sept. 14. 



The American Yacht List. 



_ The new volume of the American Yacht List (Manning's Register) 

 i snotonlythe mostcompleie work of the kind ever produced, but 

 it ism plan and detad so nearly perfect as to leave little rootn for 

 improvemenc. The book is larger in every way, nearly twice as 

 thick as the previous edition.?, and besides a very careful revision of 

 ft® ^"^^'^'^'^ ""^"e'' ^as been greatly extended, a 

 special feature of the new matter being a uearlv comolete lisit of 

 races in 1891. The club flags, which are^ery hanJsomX prin4d on 



^n^^f^f^^^^'^'^'rrll^^^^^iy^-^^''^'-''^^^^^ l^^" 9 Within the 

 United States. The hst; of Iprivate .signals, arranged according to 

 colors, mcludes 1300 flags. The yacht register proper has been com- 

 pletely remodeled inform, the work, with that of compiling the 

 racing records being in the hands of Captain Howard Pattir son 

 ?.ilf^^^y^''^^^^^^^^S^^^^^<ii'romthe^^nius craft, and in bo"h 

 lists the larger page used, with the new arrangement of the tables 

 noTn™?w fh'' °'»'"«c'et«led inform! ion, one new feature being a 

 '■'"'^'■'^ °^ ^'''S^® °* '^'^"^ Special attention has 



been paid to the accuracy of the list, and such errors as may exist 

 ^ ffi^nili^tw-"''^""*^?''*' °^ "'^'^'^'■s furnishing information; a 

 difficuliy that is experienced m all work of this kmd. The record of 

 ^t^f,^ complete, the racing rule of each club being 



iZT^^.^'^^ ^^'^ i^," f'^'^^* °* ""^^^ '"'d winners of each race, inclixd- 

 H,fol L'' ™5® '^el'^smen cf all yachts, and their rating, as Conn- 

 ie professional. This useful list has been made as accurate as 

 itiousti much difMculty was experienced in obtaining 

 othc.al mformation in answer to circulars sent out. The miscellan- 

 etTif'f^?^,'''^:^"'^''" "^'^ '^l"^* a'^'l officers, dues, organ^S 

 S''^''®®'^''*.^*'"'^*^*'^^ '■^'''^^ fl^e.l. of the America Cud, 

 Reef Ifl ^'fi^'.^'^^f '^'^ Pai-Mculars of the Cape May Brenton's 

 ?oflP W= nf fl^'^"!-'^-^ for year, international 

 ' Tul°^ "t™^* changed and other useful information for vachts- 

 Yacht A published bj Mi-. Thomas Manning, of Manning's 



"White Bear Lake and Lake Minnetonka. 



A SERIES of three races was recently arranged between the cham- 

 pions in the 23ft. class on White Bear Lake and Lake Minnetonka, 

 Minn. ; and Shark, of the White Bear Y. C, was taken to the latter 

 lake to meet Dolphin, ihe champion of the class. A race was sailed 

 on Sept. 16 and another on the following day, Dolphin winning the 

 first by Im. 40s., aud the second by 5m. 4s. A sequel to the race is 

 found in the following correspondence, the three letters being pub- 

 lished in circular form under the title: 



AN OPEN LETTER. 



[Copy.] Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 14, 1893. 



Commodore C. B. Eustis: 



Dear Sir— I beg leave to call your attention to the fact that im- 

 mediately upon the termination of the championship race last Satur- 

 day for sloops between 20 and 23Et., I requested a remeasuremeut of 

 Dolphin while in the exact condition in wnich she had sailed. 



The representatives of Dolphin produced a measurer's certificate in 

 which Dolphin purported to he 22ft. lOin. long, and stated, before 

 several members of the club, that there had been no change in her 

 usual racing trim ; that she was ballasted exactly the same as in her 

 previous races. 



The official measarer stated, however, that he had not measured 

 Dolphin's length at all under the present rules, but only her sail area. 



She was then measured for the first time this season, her trim being 

 exactly as she had sailed in the racp, and, as stated by her repre- 

 sentatives, the same as in previous races. 



The steel tape made her 23ft. 4}4in. long. This is the official meas- 

 urement of her condition as she was sailed, aud in accordance with 

 the following rule; 



"Length shall be taken .Sin. above the water liie. The water line 

 shall be determined by ballasting the boat to her usual trim when the 

 crew are not on board, with uo less than 2lbs. of ballast for each 

 square foot of mainsail. The inside ballast to be placed as directed 

 bv the measurer, who shall keep in view the usual racing trim of the 

 boat." 



Consequently Dolphin has been and is ineligible to sail for the 

 championship of the Minnetonka Yacht Club, which limits yachts to 

 23f r. Yours respectftdly, H. ,J. Burton. 



Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 15, 189.3. 



Mr. H. J. Burton: 



Dear Sir— Yours received yesterday. I would fay that I interpret 

 the rule referred to to mean, measured withSlbs. of, ballast for every 

 square foot of mainsail. "The usual racing trim" means whether 

 she is down by the head or by the stern. Referring to the rule of '91 

 you will sec that it distinctly states that "the waterllne shall be deter- 

 mined by ballasting the boat with lJ41bs. for each square foot of sail 

 area." Theidea this year was to increase that to 21 bs.. but in doing so 

 they changed the wording. .V boat would have to be measured every 

 day for classification if your interpretation of "her usual racing 

 trim" was taken, as her balla.'Jt is constantly changing wth the con- 

 dition of the wind, and so a fixed amount of 2lbs. i'^ agreed upon. 1 

 have interpreted the rule to mean this and think it entirely fair for 

 all, and shall measure the boats accordingly until ordered otherwise 

 b,y the club. 



Hoping this wiU explain my position I remain. 



Very truly yours. 

 B. C. fluRD, Jr., Measurer M. Y. 0. 



Sept. 16, 189i. 



Mr. B. G. Hurd, Jr., Measurer M. Y. C: 



Dear Sir— It was voted by the club last Saturday that if Dolphin 

 was over 23fl. she was ineligible. You measured her in the exact 

 trim in which she sailed that day and found her 33ft. 4i4in. She was 

 prepared and sailed by the most experienced yachtsmen in the club 

 and it was preposterous to claim she was otherwise than in her 

 "usual racing trim." We are sailing under the rules for '92, not the 

 rules for '91, The clause "not less than 2lbs." applies solely to boats 

 hbe Bird and Volante, which carry little or no b&llast when in "usual 

 racing trim." 



Even in light breezes Dolphin sails with 41bs. of ballast per square 

 foot of mainsail and it would 1)^* an evasion of the plain Enghsh of 

 the rule to measure her with Olbs. placed in the bow so as to throw 

 her stern out of the water and bring her within the limit. 



She has never been saOed in any such trim as that. 



Surely there is more sportsmanship in accepting a fair defeat from 

 the representative of the White Bear Club than in violating the letter 

 and spirit of your own rules. Yours truly, H. J. Burton. 



The Rocking- Chair Navy. 



We note with pleasure the following report of the proceedings of 

 the great piazza squadron. The season's reports from sister organi- 

 zations are now in order: 



The second semi-occasional meeting of the Soft Bottom Rocking 

 Chair Fleet was recently held. It was considered necessary for the 

 coming season to fill the position of Grand Querist at once, as for 

 some time argument had been dull. The Prominent Candidate had 

 but one opponent on the floor, who said that he could queer any- 

 thing. The Prominent Candidate at once railed him down, that he 

 was shooting wide, in fact he nexer could shoot. "I can shoe with 

 any kind of shells, even chestnut shells," said P. C After this just 

 remark P. C. was seated in the position without opposition, and with 

 due honors. 



The Grand Querist as soon as possible put forth the questions- 

 Does steam sink? Does water float? as texts for the discussion, and 

 reports of same are now in quarantine. 



Beverly Y. C, 3d Champienship Race. 



MOllt'MKNT BEAOH- BUZZARD'S BAY. 



The 193d race of the Beverly Y. C. was sailed at Monument Beach 

 on Sept. 17 in a fair southwesterly breeze 



As pennants bad been wen in second and fourth classes the race 

 was practically confined to third class Here Sippican proved her 

 superiority in a moderate breeze and Fin showed again that she 

 needed more wind. The summary was as follows: 



FIRST CLASS. 



, „ ,^ ^, . Length Elapsed. Corrected. 



Violet, Toby Club 27.06 2 30 30 2 10 56 



SECOND CLASS. 



Gymnote, W. E. C. Eustis 27.04 2 10 40 2 00 56 



THIRD CLASS. 



Sippican. W. H. Davis 23.03 1 56 04 1 44 ;35 



Eina, John Parkinson , 23 lO 2 01 29 1 40 35 



Phenomenon, D. L. Whittemore 23.00 3 03 19 1 51 ;37 



Doris, John Parkinson 23 02 3 01 10 1 52 3(i 



Fin, L. M. Stockton ..... 17 03 2 08 21 1 49 39 



Daisy, Howard Stockton 31 01 2 13 50 1 J9 58 



Tycoon, J. L. Slackpole, Jr -23.01 Withdrew. 



FOtTRTH CLASS. 



Edith, G. G. Van Rensselaer 19.04 1 29 54 1 20 Id 



Kitten, Toby Club 20.00 1 33 56 1 34 48 



Judge. P. Elliott Cabot. 



Violet, Gymnnte, Sippican and Edith take firsts. Eina takes sec- 

 ond. Champion pennants for IS 92 are won on season's record by 

 Violet, Gymnote, Sippican aud Fin, 



Monatiquot Y. C, Special Race. 



WEyjIOLTH, MASS. — BOSTON HARBOR, 



The Monatiquot Y. C. sailed a special race for the Linton cup on 

 Sept. 34 in a light wind, the times being: 



FIRST CLASS. 



„T ^ ^ , Elapsed. Corrected. 



Opeechee, W. P. Barker , 1 48 20 1 18 45 



White Fawn, H. A Jones l 46 53 1 20 36 



Beatrice. John Cavanagh 1 48 49 1 23 01 



Gipsy, M. F. Driukwater 1 50 51 1 23 31 



Secret. E. F. Lincoln 1 63 36 1 24 01 



Folly, J. F. Sheppard i 55 12 1 ,30 24 



Rosy, R. G. Hunt 1 59 20 1 81 04 



THIRD GLASS. 



Imp, W. P Maybury ] ^9 45 i .^l 31 



Primrose, H. M Faxon .1 51 25 1 31 55 



Opsechee, of the second class, went up in first class and won the 

 cup. Imp won in third class. 



Alva. 



Messrs. Perkins & White, the purchasers of the sunken 'Viva are 

 workmg on her steadily with a fair prospect of .success, in spite of 

 the lateness of the season. If all goes well the work of pumpine out 

 and floating the hull will begin in a week or two. The schooner Geo 

 p. Rust is anchored near the wreck, and operations are carried on 

 trom it and a large catboat. Four divers. Duncan. Russell Stone 

 and Nickerson, of Boston, are at work whenever the very strong tides 

 permit, some three hours per day. They descend from the catboat 

 and already they have stopped the break in the bows and all small 

 apertures, including the companions, with Sin. planks, so that the 

 ebb and flow ot water through the vessel has been stopped^ 



In Chatham Harbor is a large lighter, on which has been buUt a 

 large caisson of 6x6 timber, gBft. long, 15ft. wide, and Sft. deep, 

 bolted and caulked. This caisson will be lowered and bolted down 

 over the boiler hatch with a similar one over the engine hatch 



When this work is completed steam pumps will bs secured to the 

 yacht's decks and steam carried down by hose from the boilers of 

 the wrecking boat. It is expected to punip out the hull and float it 

 to shoaler water out of the strong tides which have made the work 

 so difficult, after which operation it will be further repaired before 

 towing t-) Boston. 



A section of the bow nearly 60ft. long has been broken off and will 

 he lifted separately. 



"With every trip below the divers bring up something, and ah-eady 

 a great deal of valuable plate and furnishings of various kinds have 

 been recovered. The wreck lately passed through a severe storm 

 with no new damage, and Messrs. Perkins & White are likely to 

 meet with final success in which event they will profit largely, in ad- 

 dition to the honor of attempting and carrying out a task that was 

 pronounced hopeless by the leading wrecking firms. 



It is annoimced thatMr. Vanderbilt has just ordered a new and 

 larger yacht to replace the Alva to be designed by Mr. St. Clare J. 

 Byrne, of Liverpool, aud built by Laird & Co., of the same citv. 



A Shoal Draft Auxiliary Yacht. 



Anew auxiliary cruising yacht was launched on Sept. 22 at the 

 yard of E. H. Thatcher & Son. New- Haven, where she was built for 

 Lewis D. Benton. The yacht is 5m. over nil, 45ft. l.w.l., 13ft. beam, 

 3ft. draft, the hull of oak and yellow pine. The yacht has a low 

 trunk cabin, like the ordinary sloop, with ,t cabin, owner's stateroom 

 and toilet room forward of the enaine space, which is amidships. 

 The engine is iy^ and 8x7in., with a Foster patent boiler. The wheel 

 is of bronze ana the shaft of Tobin bronze. The bunkers are under 

 the cockpit, and there are water tanks, ice box and storage lockers 

 for a fufl cruising supply. The yacht is yawl-rigged, mainmast 87ft. 

 deck to bounds, mtzzirnmast 17ft., topmast 22ft. She was designed 

 by E. E. ("rampton, superintendent of the yard, and will be used la 

 Southern cruising. 



New Yachts. 



At Bristol the Herreshoffs have begun work on the Carroll 

 schooner, her frames being bent. Lawley has the keel out for a 55ft. 

 wooden schooner for a Providence owner, and has nearly completed 

 a 75ft. steam yacht. Mr. A. Gary Smith has recently completed the 

 design for a wooden schooner 70ft. l.w.l., 21ft. beam and Sft. draft 

 for J. B. King, of Staten Island, the yacht to be built at Nyack. Mi-. 

 Wintringham has completed the design for a steel schooner for Mr. 

 J. Rogers M^ixwell, the leading dimensions being 82ft. l.w 1 , 21ft. Oin. 

 beam, 10ft. draft, She will be a centerboard craft. Mr. H. J. Gielow 

 is at work on a design for a steam yacht for H. C. Baxter, of Bruns- 

 wick, Me., to be 77ft. Sin. over all, 7bft. l.w.l., 10ft. Sin. beam and 4ft. 

 draft. Mr. Gielow has also made a design for a 35ft. centerboard 

 cutter for Mr. T. L, Arnold, .Atlantic Y. C. She will be 53ft. over all, 

 34fc. 8in. l.w.l., 14ft. 6in. beam, 4ft. Sin. draft, with 4 tons of lead on 

 keel. 



Lincoln Park Y. C. 



LINCOLN PARK, ILL.- LAKE UICBIGAN. 



The last race of the Lincoln Park T. C. was sailed on Sept. 17, (he 

 times being; 



Start. Finished. Elapsed. 



Dragon , 3 37 47 5.37 49 3 00 0s! 



Viking S 89 23 5 09 06 3 39 43 



Pfi-iod 2 38 01 5 05 55 2 27 54 



Blade 2 o5 46 5 10 52 3 .35 04 



Lois 3 37 OS 5 02 29 2 35 21 



Ida K. 2 35 49 5 13 03 2 37 14 



First prize, second cla.ss. Viking; second prize, Dragon. First 

 prize, third class, Lois; second prize. Period. 



The judge was J. Allen .Horusby and the time keepers were C. O. 

 Anders and D. D. Dutton. 



American Girl capsized. 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



We have received from the publishers, Messrs. Norie & Wilson, 

 London, a new pilot book of the English Channel and adjacent 

 coasts, upon a novel plan. "Our Silver Streak, or the Yachtsman's 

 Guide from Harwich to Scilly," by Arthur Underhill, Commodore of 

 the Cruising Club, is a careful compilation of the st.andard charts 

 aud sailing directions for the special use of yachtsmen, such informa- 

 tion as is useful for yachts and the smaller vessels being given very 

 minutely, while the great mas^ of detail that is important only to 

 "merchant vessels of heavy draft, or clumsy coasters incapable of 

 beating in agakist a strong inset," is omitted. A special feature of 

 the book is the descrip'ive matter relating to the history and point.*! of 

 interest of each locality. The work is pleasantly w'ritten and the 

 technical detail does not detract from the interest of the description ; 

 American readers who are familiar with the cruises of MacGregor, 

 McMullen and Speed will find the book a very great help in reading 

 such cruises understandingly; Pspecially as it is fllustrated with 

 charts of all the locahties described. 



Theie was launched on Sept. 9 from the building yard of the Lon- 

 don and Glasgow Engineering ana Iron Shipbuilding Co., Limited, at 

 Govan, a handsomely modeled screw steam yacht named Athen, of 

 th« following dimensions: 170ft. over all, 21ft. 2in, beam moulaed, 

 and 12ft Oin. depth moulded. She has been built to the highest class 

 at Lloyd's, to the specification and designs and under the special 

 supervision of Mr. St. Clare J. Byrne, of Liverpool, and will be fitted 

 by the builders with a set of triple-expansion surface-conden.sing 

 engines and a large single-ended boiler, having a working pressure 

 of ifeOlbs. to the square mch.—Enyineeriny . 



The house committee of the Massachusetts Y. C. announ-ie the 



served as usual from 12 A. M. to 11 P. M. The lunch at No. 5 Rowe's 

 Wharf was discontinued after Friday, Sept. 3-3, and the club bouse 

 closed with exception of the lower floor and floats, which will be kept 

 open until October, with a man in attendance. 



Lurline, steam yacht. Major W^. B. Wetmore, of New York, on her 

 recent arrival at Chicago after a summer's cruise through the Lakes, 

 was welcomed by a boat's crew from an over-rfiicious revenue cut- 

 ter and ordered to show her natne aud sailing port on the bows 

 within twenty-four hours. As many yachts are expected to visit 

 Chicago next year, it might he well if the Customs authorities would 

 post themselves fully on the law before subjecting yachtsmen to use- 

 less and illegal annoyance. 



New York j'achtsmen, especially the owners of the smaller craft 

 which da not carry a paid hand, have sutt'ered this season trom sud- 

 den and severe wind storms, the latest being on Jlonday morning, 

 when half a gale came out of the west about 9 A. M., kicking a heavy 

 sea and landing a large number of small yachts on the beach. 



Gloriana's owner has decided to offer her for sale, and an adver- 

 tisement of this famous yacht appears on another page. The past 

 season has been unsuccessful, but there are many who still believe 

 that the yacht is quite as fast as Harpoon, and no't far behind Wasp . 



The Pavouia V. C. closed its club house at Atlantic Highlands on 

 Sept. 24 with a dance. The house has been generally used by the 

 members during the season, and the club's reputation for hospitality 

 extends as far as the limits of tidewater about New York. 



Ex-Com. H. B. Peai-son, of the Jersey City Y. C , owner of the 

 sloop Gertrude, died at Cleveland, O.. on Sept. 17, at the age of 60. 

 Com Pearson was well known about New York Bay, and was one of 

 the first officers of the New York Y. R. A. 



The championship sail-ofl' of the Winlhrop Y. C. took place on 

 Sept. S4, Mattie, in Class 1. and Perdita, in Class 2, each scoring a 

 walkover, while Magpie won in Class 3 and Collet in Class 4. 



The regatta committee of the Eastern Y. C. has just issued in 

 pamphlet form a very complete and interesting summary of the 

 seven races sailed under its management this year. 



The Herreshotf 21-footer xVlpha, the champion of the class, has 

 been sold by Messrs. D mine. Brown & Hunt to an unknown owner, 

 said to be R. W. Bird, of Boston. 



The Essex Y. C, of Newark, located at Bayonne, on Newark Bay, 

 and the Greenville Y. C. 011 Now York Bay, are consideritig a.schenitj 

 of cOnsoUdation. 



Another 46-fonter on the sale list is Barbara, and the daily papers 

 are crediting Mr. Foster with the ownership of a new design for the 



same class. 



Brunhilde, schr., is receiving a new overhang aft, which will im- 

 prove her looks as far as it is possible to do so. 



The old sloop Addie, originally the Addie Voorhees, aud of late the 

 Acteon, has been purchased b.y E. W. Dixon. 



Euniua, stearu launch. Dr T. V. Roe, of Tarrytown, N. Y., was en- 

 tirely burueil ou Sept. IS, the loss being $4,500, 



Wild Duck, steam yacht, J. M. Forbes, has been hauled up at East 

 Boston and her mainmast shifted forward. 



