OCT. 13, 18^S.j 



ScoUish Leader— Dart ivhel'px. Orange tawny rough St. Bernards 

 wlielpecl JuJy b 1893. hy Swiss Mountain Kennels, Germantown, 

 Pa., a dog to A. M. Ynune:, Bay Shore, L- 1.; a dog each to H. TP. 

 McGeoy and .T. F. Hal), Philadelphia, Pa., and a bitch to E.J. 

 Esilook. SioBx City. la. 



Empire State— Mijslic ivticlps. Rough St. Bernards, whelped July 

 3, by Swi&s Mtuntain Kennels. Germantown, Pa., an oranee, 

 wtiUe markirgF, dog each to F. E. Hege, Salem, N. C; E. J. Est- 

 lock, Sious Oily, la., and Mrs. S. P. Relf, NorriBtown, Pa.; an 

 orange, perfectly marked, hitcli to Tom Stewart, Fort Worth, 

 Texas. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



I'hf'TC is no rhariie for ani^wrrf.rifi qiifxlion^ under tliis head. All 



' , , ■ : liirii Surgcom. 



Manaucmcnt ami avys will rcrxlve ciirc/wi altmUhn, 



W. O. W., Elizahethport, N. J.— The breeding of your Irish 

 setter pup is of the best, if the pedigree you send is correct. 



J, D. K., Emporium, Pa.— The dog youmention is not registered 

 in The English Stud Book. The E. K. C. secretars 's address is W. 

 W. Aspinall, Cleveland Row, London S.W., England. 



J. M. S., Fort Niobrara, Neb.— We do not know Mr. Lanier's 

 present address. Perhaps some of our readers may be able to tell 

 you. This Mr. Lanier is supposed to be a breeder of Irish setters, 

 at one time living near Madison, Ind. 



F. S., AUentown, Pa.— Will you please inform me if there are 

 any rules to govern a fox chase when you lead the fox? Ans. — 

 We suppose you mean a draK hunt. We know of no special rules, 

 but suppose the run would be carried out as in an ordinary run 

 after the wild fox, witli this exception, that the trail is laid be- 

 tween known points. The Brunswick Fur Club publish the only 

 fox-hnnring rules we know of . Secretary, J. H. Baird, Auburn- 

 dale, Mass. 



.1. N., Smit blown.— You had better take the dog to a veterinary 

 buigeon. If yc u do not do so try the following: 



Quiriine suipb 3 ss. 



Acid hydr<- carbon dil. in xxi. 



Tr. ferri. perchlor 3iii. 



Aq 3vi. 



Mist. Tablespoonful three times a day. Keep him indoors. 



It 1.9 all very well) to talk of roaring gales and fiying spray, of 

 clawing c (T a lee shore and heaving to iua hurricane; but thetarriest 

 old sea dog in the fleet knows, though he probably is not honest 

 enough to admit it, that the keenest pleasure that ever falls to a 

 yaehtl^mau's lot is to eB.ioy a dry and comfortable seat ashore where 

 he can watch a comrade miss stays and shoot by a mooring without 

 catching it. It is with somewhat of this feeling that the Fobe.st and 

 FsBE^M and mauy yachtsmen who believe in American fair play can 

 now Idok on at the maneuvers of the Boston Herald. After running 

 by (he lee for along time, the Herald nas at last awakened to the 

 fact, long evident to every one else, that ic has been and still is on 

 the wrong tack, and that a .iibe can no longer be avoided. The real- 

 ization has been so long deferred that the danger of being taken 

 aback is imminent, and only rapid and skillful work will prevent the 

 boom from coming over on the backstays and runners, with a very 

 probable loss of spars. * 



When the new deed of gift was first published, the Herald started 

 in with an unqualified indorsement of it and all connected with it. 

 Com. CJ-erry, the special committee and Gen. P.aine. The various 

 clauses and provisions, including the dimension clause, were declared 

 to be not only necessary, but absolutely fair and liberal. The Herald 

 was not only one of the many American papers which attempted to 

 refute the objections made by the Forest ajs'd Stream, but it is one 

 of the very tew which have continued to do so. The New York 

 papers, the TrilniHe, the H"r>rZd, the Times, the Post and others have 

 all condemned the new deed, but the Boston Hvrald has still de- 

 feuded it. 



For a year past it has been steadity Changing its groimd on the 

 question of the dimension clause (quietly .shifting the spinaker boom 

 10 the other sidi-i, biil up u> the last few weeks it has ridiculed the 

 idea of any change of the deed, and has repeatedly asserted that all 

 opposition to it was on ihe part of a few mischief makers and Anglo- 

 luaniacs. 



Within the past week, however, the Herald has acquired a vast 

 an.ount of valuable information. It has leai-ned that '-there is no 

 disguising the fact that there is a strong feeling in the (New York) 

 club that, everything should be done toward bringing about the 

 match, and all seem to think that Lord Dunraven should be con- 

 ceded a );reat deal." Also, that "there are those who always be- 

 lieved that it was not just the proper thing to ask the dimensions of 

 the challengmg yacht." It quotes four well-known yachtsmen, 

 Messrs. Kofcria-ht, Canfleld, CaiToll and Nicholson Kane as in favor 

 of ^uc.h eoiice.s.';ians as will restore International racing. It has dis- 

 i-,overed that lx>rd Dunraven is a gentleman and a sportsman, it 

 warmly apijroves of Mr. Kersey, who is acting for Lord Dunraven, 

 and it has even gone so far as to cease to abuse Mr. Watson. The 

 •'90ft. class," once lauded as the only class which should be per- 

 milted to i^ace for the America's Cup, is now forgotten, and evei-y 

 emphasis is laid on Lord Dum-aven's supposed challenge with a 

 70-footer. 



Our convictions on the subject of the new deed of gift, both as to 

 the manner of its adoption and tbe matter of its several provisions, 

 are the same now after five years of assault and argument from all 

 quarters that they were at first; and it is most gratifying to us to see 

 one after another of om- opponents admitting willingly or otherwise, 

 the justice of our contention, that the new deed is both illegal and 

 unfair. 



The New York Ya:-ht Racing Association has found the task of en- 

 forchig the observation of the racing rules by all of its large fleet a 

 rather difficult one, and in spite of the care and vigilance exercised 

 by the very able regatta committee, the last race, like the preceding 

 ones, has been foUowed by ttie necessity of disquali lying one or 

 more yachts. In the present case the circumstances are such that 

 the committee have no course open to them but to disqualify the 

 flagship of the Association, the yacht having crossed the starting 

 line with no number up, although the racing programme stated ex- 

 plicitly that no yacht without a number would be timed. The owner, 

 we understand, considers that he has good reasons to excuse the ab- 

 sence of a number, but as special facilities for distributing the num- 

 bers were employed, and as other yachts without numbers refrained 

 from starting in view of the special notice of the committee, such 

 reasons can hardly be considered. The absolute necessity of carry- 

 ing racing numbers where a fleet of over 100 yachts is to be Limed is 

 beyond need of proof, and if such numbers are to be caiTied in the 

 f utm'e the rule must be rigidly enforced, without exceptions. In the 

 hurry and confusion of race day it is often difficult or inconvenient 

 to obtain a yacht's number, but in view of the necessity for carrying 

 one each owner must assume the responsibility of obtaining and 

 properly displaying it. 



The new orders for the Herreshotls include a 90ft. steam yacht 

 which will cruise to Chicago next year, a 30ft. centerboard boat 

 partly completed, for New York owners, and a 20ft. craft. 



New York Yacht Racing Association. 



A MEETING ot [he New York Yacht Racing Association was held 

 at O'NeiH's otj Oct. v. The following clubs were represented by 

 delegates; Hayswatei-, Brooklyn, Canarsie, Columbia, Indian Harbor, 

 Jersey Citv, Oceanic, Scaten Island Athletic, Tappan Zee, Wililaras- 

 burgh and Yonkers Corinthian. Tbe president, Com, A J. Prime, 

 called the meeting promptly co order at S:15, Mr. Geo. Parkbill act- 

 ing as secretary. 



Various business of importance was transacted, the most import- 

 ant, however, being the regatta committee report, quite a lengthy 

 document, read by Mr. George E. Gartland, chairman of the com- 

 mittee. The following are some extracts from the report: 



'■The morning of the race opened beautifidly, a clear sky and 

 southerly wind starting in, which gave every promise of freshening. 

 When the race was started there was a good whole sail breeze from 

 about south to south by west, which with slight variation held true 

 to the finish. In fact, it was such a day that the association might 

 have ordered. Everything tended to make this regatta a success 

 and the committee expected a great lot of starters. In this respect 

 they were not disappoiuted, as 101 yachts actually crossed the start- 

 ing line. 



"The committee has given the matter of the distribution of num- 

 bers much careful study and concluded that the mode inaugurated 

 by them at the last regatta was as nearly perfect as possible. They 

 engaged the same large sloop, which was anchored at the starling 

 line, as early as 8 o'clock on the morning preceding tbe race and re- 

 mained imtii after the finish. On board were the numbers, the cap- 

 tain and one man. From information that had come to the commit- 

 tee after the race, there were at least fifteen yachts that arrived too 

 late to obtain theu- numbers and start. The committee are proud to 

 say, tiowever, that, nothwithstanding that fact, they started the 

 greatest regatta ever held in New Y'ork Bay. 



'•They took up their position at the start at 10:80 A. M., and gave 

 the preparatory signal at 11:40 A.M. At n ;.50 A. M, the signal to 

 start for classes A to H both inclusive, at 12 M. the signal for classes 

 1 to 5 both inclusive, at T2:10 P. M. the signal for classes fi to 10 both 

 inclusive, and at 12:20 the handicap signal. 'Several were handi- 

 capped, having started after the expiration of the ten minutes al- 

 lowed their class, and several having started before the signal for 

 their class were disqualified by the committee. The race was fin- 

 ished before 5:1.5 P. M." 



Five protests were received, as fohows: 



1. Mr. Clinton R James, owner of the open cat Undine, sailing in 

 Class 8, protested Defiance as not saihng the course. As Mr. James 

 failed to substantiate his protest, and as Messrs. Bonnay and Potter 

 submitted an affidavit that they had sailed the com'se and complied 

 with the rules in every respect,"the committee dismissed the protest 

 and awarded the race to Defiance. 



2. Mr. Fred Muller, owner of the cabin cat Ripple, sailing in Class 5, 

 protested Water Witch and Nellie K., as not going the course. After 

 an aflidavit had been presented by Mr. Randall, owner of the Water 

 Witch, that he had sailed the course as prescribed and comphed with 

 the lules, Mr. Muller withdrew hisprotest and the race and prize was 

 awarded Water Witch. 



8. Com. C. H. Benson, owner of cabin sloop Millie, saihng in Class 



G, protested Mr. F. A. Ferret's Wahneta, asking for a remeasure- 

 menr. which was made, showing Wahneta 3ofc. 8?^ in. as against 35ft. 

 5in., and Millie 25ft. 4i^in. as against 25ft. Sin. The new measure- 

 ment did not alter the result and the race and prize were awarded 

 Wahneta. 



4. Mr. E. M Post, owner of the open cat Bon Ton, sailing in Class 

 9, protested Capt. Elsworth's Ges So, asking for a remeasurement. 

 The new measurement made the Ges So 18ft. Sf^in. as against ISft. 

 Sin. The new measurement did not alter the result, merely reducing 

 the time by which Ges So won. The race was awarded to tjfes Sc. 



5. The Wihiamsburgh Y. C. informed the committee that the re- 

 puted owner of I Thought So, winner in Class 3, was not a member 

 of the club, nor was the boat enrolled in their fleet. After giving 

 the interested parties a chance lo be heard in the matter and no one 

 appearing in behalf of I Thought So, she was disqualified and the 

 race awarded to the next boat in that class— Mosquito. 



The following were disqualified with the reasons for disqualifica- 

 tion: In Class 0, Com. A, I. Brush. Henrietta; in Class 8, Messrs. 

 Durham and Relyeas. Eureka, and Mr. J. C. Egercon's B.Q. for start- 

 ing before signal for their cla»ses. 



The committee aft*'r considering the question carefiUly determined 

 to disqualify A. J. Prime's schooner Florida, sailing in Class A, for 

 the reason that she did not start with her racing number as required 

 by tbe rifle relating to numbers, and awarded the race and prize in 

 Class A to Mr. Geo. W. Poucher's Edith, the next yacht in Class A. 



The fo'lowing are the winners in their respective classes: 



Class A— Edith. Geo. W. Poacher, Y'Dnkers Cor. Y". C, beats Vice- 

 Corn, G. F. Shaver's Beatrice, of the same club, Hm. 1 4-lOs. 



Class C-Dolphin, Com. Henry F. Allen, Hudson River Y, C, walks 

 over. 



Class D -Ileika, Mr. E. H. Converse, Brooklyn Y". C, beats 0. Mit- 

 tlesdoi-f's Avalon, Pavonia Y. C, 40m. 18 G lOs. 



Class E— Carrie Van Voorhis, J. H. Thorn, Yonkers Cor.Y. C, beats 

 Nameless, Messrs. Prmgle & Haskins, Columbia Y". C, '2m. IH 6-lOa. 



Class F-Seabolt. W. P. Willis, Newark Y. C, beats Henry Ward 

 Beecher. Messrs. Bevers & Tompkins. Yonkers Cor.Y'. C, 2m. 58 5 lOj. 



Class G— Wahneta, F. A. Perret, Brooklyn Y. C, beats Willie, Com. 

 C. H. Benson. Jersey City Y. C, 24 9 lOs 



Class H— Y'awl Bessie, Vice-Corn. G. Van Home, Jersey City Y. C, 

 beats Seneca, J. P. Tribkens, the latter not finishing. 



Class 1— Charm, Vice-Com. F. S. Ketcham and H. P. Campbell, 

 New Jersey Y'. C, beats Eagle Wing, Scott & Burlton, same club, 

 21m, 2 2-1 Os. 



Class 2— J. T. Corlett, Conrad Rothmal, Hudson River Y. C, beats 

 J. A. Cameron, J. J. McCarthy, same club, 7m. 29 T-iOs. 



Class :l— Mosquito, P. H. Hegler, Pavonia Y. C, beats Osceola, M. 

 M. McGrath. Oceanic Y. C, 8m. 2gs. 



Class 4— Nellie. Kear-Com. M. F. Plant, Indian Harbor Y. C, beats 

 Almira, 'Wflmerad Hanan, same club, 2m. 



Class 5 -Water Witch, F. M. liandafl, Pavonia Y^. C, beats Willie 

 K., S. Kimberltn, Oceanic Y. C, 7m. Itis. 



Class 6— Dolphin, Geo. C. Robinson, Brooklyn Y''. C, beats Wilmer- 

 ad, Wilmerad Hanan, Indian Harbor Y. C, Im. -i" -3-lOs. 



Class 7— Twilight, H. B. Duryea, North Shrewsbui-jT Y. C, beats 

 Winona, J. E. Grover, Hudson River Y'. C, ;39m. 7 2-lOs. 



Class 8— Defiance. Messrs. Bonnay & Cober, Pavonia Y^ C, beats 

 Undine, C. R. James, North Shrewsbury Y. C, 2m. 8 5-lOs 



Class 9— Ges So, Capt. Jos. Elsworth, Jersey City Y'. C, beats Bon 

 Ton E M. Post, Staten Island Athletic Club, 5 5-lOs. 



Class 10— Chip. W. E. Elsworth, Kfll von Kidl Y". C, heats Gracie, 



H. Stmemier, 3m. 47s. 



The committee attached to their report a summary of the race and 

 the various affidavits and statements made in connection with the 

 protests and disqualifications of the 18 classes in the association. There 

 were starters in all but Class B— or in 17— last year there were starters 

 in but 13. 



A necessary improvement was embodied in tbe suggestion, made to 

 the association and yacht owners that in future regattas, that yachts 

 after having once finished should not re-cross the line, and that boats 

 not sailing the whole course should not cross the finish hoe: as under 

 any circumstances the duties of the committee are arduous, and 

 such re-crossing gives them much unnecessary work. 



A statement of their expenses is also given and compared with 

 those of last year, 



The report concludes with congratulations over the successful 

 regatta, and with the hope that in each year that follows they will 

 gain as much as this has over last year. 



On a motion to receive and adopt the report with thanks to the 

 committee, Com. Prime asked a question of privilege and stated to 

 the meeting that he thought that as he had applied twice for his num- 

 ber he did all that was required, and that he was sorry, although not 

 complaining of the decision that he .should have been made an ex- 

 ample of, urging that as soon as he cou'd after crossing the fine he 

 made and placed a number on his sail and finished with it in place. 

 An amendment was made to the original motion tiiat the report be 

 adopted with the exception of anything therein relating to the dis- 

 qualification of Florida. It was so ordered. Another motion was 

 made that it was the sense of this meeting that the question of 

 Florida, be referred to executive committee, by the regatta com- 

 mittee. The regatta committee then announced that they agreed to 

 so refer the matter for final determination to the executive com- 

 mittee. 



The question of not carrying a number was discussed m the Forest 

 AND Stream of Oct. 16, 1890, when the yacht Just Woke Up was dis- 

 qualified by the regatta committee, and what we then said seems 

 apphcable to the present case. The necessity for carrying numbers 

 being clearly proven, it rests with :he regatta committee to provide 

 every facility for procuring them, and with the owners to avail them- 

 selves of these faclUties and make certain of having the proper 

 number in good season. In the present case the distribution of num- 

 bers was managed with more than usual care by the committee, the 

 number to he provided bemg very large. Y'acht owners had ample 

 warning, both in previous discussions and iu a special notice in the 

 cucular, and while an owner may ci^nsider that he has good reasons 

 for not complying with the plain rule, on the other hand, the work 

 of timing would be rendered impossible if any exception to the rule 

 were permitted. 



Mr. George ParkhUl, chairman of the entert.ainmeut committee, 

 submitted his report, showing the receipts and disbursements of his 

 committee for the regatta. The receipts fell much behind those of 

 last year, and it left a deficit of about 366 in the regatta. This is to 



be regretted, and nobody but the clubs in the association can he 

 blamed for it. If they would rake a little more interest in tbe dis- 

 position of the tickets 'for the club steamer it could very easily be 

 made to pay. We understand that these regattas are expected to 

 pay for themselvts. and if they do not the fault lies wi h those mem- 

 bers who. although entering their boats, do not lend it that financial 

 aid necessary. An appropriation of $-200 was made for prizes. This 

 is much too low for a race of such interest, but as all the money in 

 the treasury was appropriated, the committee has done the best they 

 could under the circumstances. 



Intrepid. 



EvKBY old yachtsman will experience a pang of regret at the sale 

 of the schooner Intrepid, for the first time since her launch fourteen 

 years since, and the transferral of Mr. Lloyd Phipnis's name to the 

 list of steam yachtfmc-n; hut at the same time this loss co the sailing 

 fleet is ro a certain extent compensated by the adrhiiou of the sleam 

 division of a new Intrepid whose reputation is likely ^o equal even 

 that of the old. The schooner was designed by Mr. A. Gary Smith, in 

 1878, as a cruising vessel for Mr. Phojnix, being one of the earlier 

 yachts built from a design on pap r inst'^ad of a block model. She 

 was launched in the .same year from Pofllon'p old yard at the foot of 

 Bridge street. Brooklyn; and has ever since remained under the same 

 ownership, flying the red bm-gee with the familiar black dragon in 

 many foreign ports. As a cruiser, her design was web ahead of its 

 day, and she has held her own up to the present date against more 

 modern craft, whfle the manner in which she has been kept up has 

 made her in every way one of the fluest representatives of the Ameri- 

 can cruising fleet. 



The new yacht which is to succeed her has been planned with the 

 greatest care, and with her owner's life-long experience as a sailor 

 and yachtsman she is likely to become no less noted than the old 

 craft. The design is the work of Mr. J . Beavor Webb, designer of the 

 successful steam yachts Sultana, Utowana and Corsair; and the 

 yacht has been constructed under his immediate supervision; the 

 builders being Messrs. Neafle & Levy, of Philadelphia. 



The new Intrepid is quite a beamy vessel, 37ft. beam on a water- 

 line of 132ft., the over all length heme hiilft. 6in. The draft is LSft. 

 6in. The model shows that the vachr. is intended to sail; the keel is 

 slighily rockered, with a good forefoot, the sternpost has a rake of 

 about 15 degrees, and the topsides end in a light and well-shaped 

 coimter f uggestive of a sailing rather than the usual steam yacht. 

 The engines are triple-expansion, 914, 14 and 33}^xl9, with a Bevis 

 feathering screw, two-bladed. The boiler is of the return tubular 

 type. IQft. 3in. diameter and 8ft. Din. long, the working pressure 

 being IGOlbs. The yacht will carry a large area of canvas, being rig 

 ged as a three-masted schooner. 



The hull is of steel, the keel being a steel trough of .semi-circular 

 section. The garboards are "lein. and the plating of the bilge ''i^in., 

 the plating being "in and out." The frames and reverse bars are 

 2J^X3?^, spaced 33in., the deck beams are half bulb and angle, 

 3x6in., and the bulkheads J^in. The fore bulkhead of the engine- 

 room fits close about the boiler, making an air-tight stokehole, there 

 being two blowers above the boiler. The stack is telescopic, with 

 one short movable length that stows over the boHer when not in use. 



The main saloon is aoafD ihe engine space and encroaches on it 

 above the level of the lower deck, giving a large saloon above and 

 ample space for the engines below. Abaft the engine room bulkhead 

 are two large'water tanks. Beginning just abaft the mizzenmast, 

 the deck is broken by a poop extending trom I'ail to rail and aft to 

 the tafCrail, giving very ample quarters in the after part of the ship, 

 the head room throughout the cabins being about Stt. The poop is 

 about a2in. above the main deck, and will be well lighted and venti- 

 lated by oblong windows iX'Mt , 3 on each side in the bulwarks and (i 

 in the fore end, looking out along the main deck. There is a small 

 deckhouse of steel plate just forward of the mizzenmast, with a 

 bridge, though the poop deck is sufficiently high to permit a clear 

 view over the house. The yacht was launched on Oct. 8, but will not 

 be ready for sea for some time, the steel work of the hull alone being 

 completed. The engines are not yet ready in the shop, and the decks 

 are not down. As already stated, she will bear the name of the old 

 yacht Intrepid. 



Cruising and Cruisers. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In answer to the proposition published by Mr. Wicksteed,iu your 

 issue of Sept, 29,to race his '-spoontail" against my "spoonbill,'' permit 

 me to say that the lateness of the season, rhe many hundreds of miles 

 separating us, and also the fact that I am at present without a boat, 

 prevents the arrangement of a friendly contest. But 1 think Mr. 

 Wicksteed will bear me out in saying that a race between Moccasin 

 and the handsome craft he designed, which were the two boats dis- 

 cussed in your columns last winter, would not settle the question of 

 the intrinsic merits of the respective types. Moccasin was built for 

 the sportsman cruiser to travel, shoot and fish, live, and as Walt 

 Whitman puts it, to "'Loaf and invite my soul'' in, while the Cobourg 

 boat was evidently designed mainly for pleasure saUing and hohday 

 cruising, and as I rejoice to learn has proved a decided success. 



Early in the summer I was instrumental iu launching on one of the 

 small lakes of the Northwest a spoonbill designed with some intention 

 of learning what speed could be evolved from this mode of build. 

 This little ship was spread well fore and aft, having the popular 

 exaggerated overhangs and corresponding measurement-cheating 

 watei-line, with an enormous rig cut in two pieces. She proved very 

 able and fast in heavy weather as well as in light winds, and per- 

 formed weU on all points of sailing. 



The first week in September the boat passed into tbe hands of an 

 enthusiast who cares more for a racing machme and less for cruising 

 than your correspondent. More cruising and less racing will. I trust, 

 claim my attention next year, and although I am not certain where 

 my lines will be cast another season, still I have in my mind a corn 

 pact little model wherein I hope to loiter along bright waters w here 

 the "leaping fish sport and the agfle deer comes to drink." 



But what has become of all the singlehand fellows? Have they all 

 turned racersy Has the romantic sport which "Nessmuk" and 

 '"Seneca"' wrote about before their pens were forever laid I o rest 

 passed into oblivion"? Are there none left to relate chai-ming epi 

 sodes of voyages into waters where the supijle bamboo and the 

 glistening gun barrel claims prestige over the burgee of tlie yachts- 

 man'!' Perhaps Mr. Wicksteed will spin us a yarn. True, lie s.t vs ho 

 is not a patron of rod and gun, but then he is a singlehamk i-, and a 

 crui.ser of that sort always has eyes and ears for the glories of 

 nature; and I take it that sums up the quafities of a sportsoaau true, 

 for that mviltifariou.sly defined bemg should never be a person who 

 revels exclusively in reminiscences of the vicarious adjuncts to his 

 outing. 



Your Canadian correspondent proved hioiself a judicious quill 

 driver when he skippered the Sylvia and navigated the water.-, in tbe 

 Superior region, so let him give us an aceoi-int of his vaeatiou ram- 

 bles in the new craft m default of any possibiiity of recording a rac- 

 ing event this season with " Cavuija. 



OcT.6. 



Alva. 



The local inspectors at Boston, Messrs. Andrew Burnham and 

 Andrew J. Savage, made public last week their decision iu the case 

 of the Alva— Dimock collision, the conclusion being as follows: 



"We are satisfied that the collision was not caused by misbehavior, 

 negligence, or unskillf ulness on the part of the licensed officers of H. 

 F. Dimock, and they are therefore exonerated from all blame. 



'•The only testimony we have from any one on the Alva is that of 

 Capt. Henry Morrison, by which we are forced to the belief that the 

 Alva, at the time of the collision, was being navigated in violation 

 of Section 4,401, United States Revised Statutes, she not being imder 

 the control of a pilot hcensed for that route. 



"We are satisfied that a licensed pilot possessing skill and experi- 

 ence on these waters would never have anchored where the Alva 

 was. 



"We are forced to the conclusion that this colli.sion was caused hy 

 the violation of the statute above mentioned, and that life was placed 

 in peril by reason of such violation, and it becomes our duty to apply 

 the penalty provided in Section 4,450, United States Revised Statutes. 



"We do, therefore, suspend the license of Capt. Henry Morrison as 

 master for the term of six months from this date." 



Captain Morrison has begun a suit of a novel nature by filing a 

 libel against the Metropolitan Steamship Company for the surd of 

 $1,306.80, the value of nautical instruments and other personal 

 property lost on the yacht and owned by him. The libel demands 

 that the court summon all persons sustaining losses through the 

 sinking of the Alva; and that the steamship owners be forced to 

 settle pro rata with all. This action, which is without preeedem, 

 makes Mr. Vanderbilt and others party to the suit. The steamship 

 company has already taken legal action to secure the appraisement 

 of their vessel, the H. F. Dimock, at the sum of 880,000, limiting their 

 total liability In the event of a loss of the suit to this nominal figure. 



A yacht club called the Poughkeepsie Y'. C. has just been organ- 

 ized, the officers being: Com., Powell E. Hobert; Vice-Corn., J. A. 

 Hartraan; Sec, Raymond Houpt; Treas., John Furnian; Meas., John 

 Haubennestel; Stewards, Gustav Nutting, Charles Myers and George 

 Hartman. The club will build a boat and club boustj new Fox's 

 Point; iu the springr. 



