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480 



FOHEST AND STREAM 



rt)EO. 1, lbi>2. 



Committee appear to take it forgranced that tliey will now get the 

 deed of eift accepted by the British yacht alubs. 



Tbei-YeW further says: " We very much doubt if this achievement 

 is more practicable now than it was six years ago. We on this side 

 of the Atlantic hold the deed illegal as containing stipulations which 

 render the winning of the America's Cup impossible. The Cup Com- 

 mittee now virtually say: " We admit this, but we make certain con- 

 cessions regarding conditions, under the mutual^agreement clause, so 

 that you may have a possible chance of winning, but it is a thousand 

 to one you will not win, and the deed must be confirmed by the club 

 backing your challenge. We think the feeling on this side co be that 

 if any British yacht club consents to back a challenge under the 

 deed, the full conditions of the deed must be complied with. We can- 

 not imagine a British clubiplacing it^e^f in theihumUiating p isition.of 

 backing a challenge made under conces.sions wrung from tbe New 

 York Yacht Club in its anxiety to bring about a match, especially as, 

 after all, the cup, if won, might not be given up. Fortunately, no 

 Brish club is likely to be so lacking in spirit as to authorize a chal- 

 lenge. Yacht owners rejoice at the decision of the Council of the 

 Koyal Yachting Association recommending the retention of the rule 

 of rating. 



The Word Rating Abused. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The sports editor of one of the illustrated weeklies has been 

 writing of yachts measured aua classed under the Seawanhaka rule 

 as "raters," and now the New York Press is guilty of the same mis- 

 use of language. Vi'hat sense can there be seen in callinsr a boat of 

 25ft. sailing leiigth a •■ao-rater?" Do they mix and confuse yachting 

 terms in this way from a wish lo appear to know more than author- 

 ities like the Forest and StrbamV Or are tney simply ignorant? 



"ilating" is a technical Englisn term for size in yachts. A yacht's 

 rating is found by a well known rule. There is no more .sense in call- 

 ing a 25-footer a 35 rater than there would be in calling her a 25- 

 tonner. It is .just s incorrect and misleading. It is absurd to borrow 

 the word ratmg -vrithout the rating rule. To call a boat a 25 rater 

 that is only a 3}4 rater tmder 'he rating rule is a farcial misuse of 

 yachting terms. A class for elementary instruction to some yachting 

 writers would be a boon to their long-suffering readers. 



Chatham, N. B., Nov. 21. .T, L. Stewart. 



Building Notes. 



Mb. Watkrhoit.se is securing estimates on the fln-keel 46-footer for 

 Mr. C. H. W. Foster ; it is not decided whether to build in steel or 

 wood. He has also an order for a 20ft. catboat for Nova Scotia, and 

 a 21fc, cutter for New Bedford, as well as a new sail plan for the 

 Burgess 21-footer Molly Bawn, of Montreal. 



Stewart & Binney are preparing an exhibition of models for Chi- 

 cago, 



Mr. A. Gary Smith is very busy with large steamers, having an 

 order for a Sound steamer 33eft. over all, 31ft. beam, 70ft. over 

 guards and 13ft. 6ia. loaded draft, with 600 tons of freight. The hull 

 will be of steel and the vessel will be somewhat similar to the smaller 

 but very successful Richard Peck. Mr. Smith has also several yachts 

 in hand 



Seabury & Co. are at work on a composite steam yacht, of their 

 own design, for Mr. J. H. Hanan, of New Y'ork, the dimensions being- 

 Over all, 154ft.: l.wl., vmt.; beam, 20ft,; draft, 8ft. Sir. A. Gary 

 Smith is superintending both design and construction. 



Canadian Canals. 



Wb are advised that on Nov. 2 an Order in Couucil was passed by 

 the Dominion Uovemnieut, on the recommendation of the Minister 

 of Kail ways and Canals, extending the courtesy of free passage 

 through the Dominiou canals to all pleasure yachts attending the 

 Chicago Exhibition in m.i. The passage of vessels through the 8t 

 Lawrence Canals is limited at present by the minimum dimensions 

 of the lock chambers, which are 200ft. by 45ft,, with ftft. of water 

 over the sills. The dimensions of the locks on the new Welland 

 Oanal are 2?0f t. by 45ft., with 14ft. of water on the silU and the same 

 depth of channel throughout. The St. Lawrence canals are being 

 enlarged, and when completed will be of the same dimensions as the 

 latter, but the work wiU not be finished for some years. There is no 

 Umit to the height of spars, as the bridges crossing the St. Lawrence 

 and Welland canals are all swing briages We hope shortly to pub- 

 lish some charts and tables of distances from the sea to Chicagof 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



A few weeks since we were, favored with a visit from a handsome 

 and siyhsh young Englishman, who introduced himself as a son of 

 Mr. Dixon Kemp, the editor of the B^ielJ. Though professing to be 

 temporarily ejibarrassed, he made n.o request for assistance of any 

 kind, but left, after a pleasant chat on yachting, with a promise to 

 call again. A few days later the same person, by name William 

 Henry Bant, was arrested iu New York for swindling a number of 

 Americans by means of forged letters, his victims being mainly 

 mechanical engineers or literary men. The man is about 24 years 

 old, of medium height and .slender build, smooth face and light 

 mustache, gentlemanly address, and well posted on mechanical and 

 yachUDg subjects. He has traveled in all parts of the world is a 

 ready talker, and as his career proves, a dangerous confidence man. 

 t rom descriptions it seems probable that he is the same sharper who 

 imposed upon English yachtsmen last winter as a son of Mr. Herres- 

 holf. Both claimed to have been on the stage and to be making their 

 way home, afteir . unsuccessful dramatic ventures, "Mr Herres- 

 \ustraUa °* " '^'^"^ ^f>a^P, Jr.'' in 



On Tuesday October 25, the steam yacht Athena, built by the 

 London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Company 

 Limited, to the designs and under the superintendence of Mr St 

 ^ -^^0?^^°?' °^ ,I"verpool, made her steam trials at the measured 

 mile, at hkelmorhe, the mean of her several runs, with and against 

 the tide, being 12 26 knots per Hour, the guarantee being 12 knots and 

 the indicated hors-e-power 504. She also had a trial of three hours at 

 full speed, everything working very satisfactorily. The engines are 

 triple-compound surface condensing; the cylinders are 13 in 21 in 

 f^nJt '?n ?''''"'^' fitted with. Joy's valve gear, so as to save 



length in the engine room. The air, feed, and bilge Dumn^. are 

 worked off the mtermediate pressure'engine by levere ^T^e'circu 

 latiag pump is one of Drysdale's centrifugal ptimps worked bv a 

 specia engine. In addition to the ordinary du^ex feed donkey a 

 special duplex pump is fitted to pump bfige, and circulate water 

 through the condenser in the event of the cenlr f ugal pump beco^ng 

 f^'^ ^- siiPP'ied at 160 lb. pressm-e^by a^Sgle ended 



rS|^^^a»^^ 



and the drowning of two men, his feUow pdots have labored hard t\i^ 

 his release, and the case will soon come up on an appeal Thrtrial 

 was a fair one, aud the evidence as lo the actions ana pos tion of the 

 tug, as well as the condition of Pilot Walsh, seemed perSv cLn 

 tu^ll^^J^l""^''^^^^'"}^^ his fellow pilots werfworL^ng to a^^^^^ 



|^^»i^--?sr'sc'^ti^'^a]sl^ 



very successful in the Half-rating class this past season Her een 

 eral torm is similar to the Scarecrow, published last week. ^ 

 ^'^J^^P^?*^ ^""^ the three widows and twelve children of the lost aea 

 men of the yacht Caterina has amounted thus far to £425 

 Emperor William, owner of Meteor, Has announced his intentinn 



Solent next year with at least four new yachts. '^"^'^ed on the 



A German yachtsman, a member of the suite of Prince Henrv nF 



Tbe nm Alva for m. W. b;. Ya^aepbUtjs now buUOjng at J,wi^^ 



yard, Birkenhead, from the designs of Mr, St Glare J. Byrne. She 

 will be much larger than the old yacht over 300 ft. long and of up- 

 ward of 2,000 tons. She will be very strongly built, with ample 

 bunirer capacity, and will be in commission next summer. 



Coi'sair steam yacht, will be altered this winter, her round stern 

 being replaced by the square quarters found in most British steam 

 yachts. Her deck will also lie reiaid' She has gone to the builder's 

 yard at Philadelphia. 



The yacht Flora Temple, Bfline and Doman were at Beaufort, N. 

 C, the latter two sailing for Florida. 



The Ohio Y. C. is active in formation of the Ohio Naval Reserve, a 

 constitution similar to that of tas New York N. Y. being adopted on 

 November 2i. 



The report of the Secretary-Treasurer of the A. C. A. is doubly 

 gratifying m that it not only shows the Association at last out of 

 debt, but Com. Winne and his^fellow officers have demonstrated that 

 by wise and economical management it is possible to run the Asso- 

 ciation for a year at an actual profit of over $500 in place of a defi- 

 ciency nearly as great. Under the circumstances, no one would 

 have objected if the results of some very severe economy had oeen 

 apparent at the meet, but on the contrary the camp of 1892 com- 

 pared very favorably in all ways with those of preceding years, the 

 transportation being incomparably better than in '89, '90 and '91. 

 This year, too, the principal receipts of the Association, from the 

 four divisions and the camp dues, have been less by over $100 than 

 in the two preceding years. The task of showing a surplus of I 

 in place of a very serious deficit has entailed much unnecessary 

 work on the officers, more than ihey .should be called on to bear; 

 but at the same time the balance sheet of 1892 should be one of the 

 most valuable of the assets of the A. C. A,, as it proves beyond ques- 

 tion that with good management and due econom.y a reasonable sur- 

 plus may be looked for every year. 



The question of a change of rules is now before the club, and pre- 

 ceding the general meeting, which took place on Nov. 23, a camp-fire 

 was held on Nov. 3 for the purpose of discussing in advance all pro- 

 posed changes. The owners of the racing canoes took no part in the 

 discussion; but proposals were made for the establishment of a 

 "general purpose" class, and for the abolition of the absurd limit of 

 "clench-build'' for the second class. We .shall know by next week 

 the results of the general meeting. 



A coBRESPONDKNT this Week questions the record of the paddling 

 trophy race at the meet, and suggests that the course was short. 

 From the care and accuracy with which both paddling and sailing 

 courses were this year laid off there is little possibility of error in 

 the distances. If any error exists in the paddling times it is in the 

 timing, not in the course. In the sailing races leg after leg was 

 timed by different watches, so that no error was possible, the same 

 high speed being shown in different races. 



For the first time in twenty-seven years the Royal C. C. is called 

 on to choose a new captain to fill the vacancy caused by the death 

 of John MacGregor, Mr. MacGregor was the founder of the club 

 and has held the office of captain since its organization, though of 

 late years the position has been purely an honorary one. The club 

 really needs an active and energetic head which shall keep it at the 

 front in British canoeing. 



The canoe yawl has grown quite rapidly in favor of late in Eng- 

 land, and many improvements over the old baats have been made. 

 One of the latest of the Thames yawls, Jennie, built by Turk, of 

 Kingston, has just been purchased by fllr. A. O. Coddington, of Phila- 

 delphia, and will be seen here next season. 



A. C. A. Finances. , 



The statement which we published last week was not intended for 

 publication, but was an abstract of the Treasurer's report. Tie com- 

 plete offieial report, as it will appear in the Y'ear Book, is as follows: 



Report of Treasurer for Season 1^92. 



To Central Division -full Bv lease camp site. gi OO 



income $2.99 57 By campsite committee" .374 67 



To Eastern Division, :^0 per By regatta co'nmittee, 16 50 



cent, receipts IE 3 90 By cartridges.. . 450 



To Atlantic Division, 30 per By tents, etc """ 72 00 



cent, receipts W m By transportation commit 



To Northern Division, 30 tee.... 1^6 49 



per cent, receipts 46 50 By stamps for camp use'.' 13 00 



To four Divisions, mailing, By express on tropuy and 2 45 



etc 39 12 By expense tracing same . 2 42 



To Year Book 529 00 By carrying mail to camp 15 80 



To camp dues 228 00 By entertainments 195 45 



To camp site committee.. 186 44 By \' ear Book , ' ' a87 50 



To regatta committee 47 89 By general office expenses 40 49 



To signal officer lO 10 By paid Atlantic Division 



To stamps sold 5 35 loan 200 00 



To sale lumber, eic 60 Oj By paid Central Division 



To sale torches 12 00 loan 300 00 



To entertainment com 15100 By badges for camD 19 10 



To protest tees 3 00 Balance..... 5.30 4^ 



To sale cannon and tent.. 15 00 



To interest on deposits 4 67 



To loan Atlantic Division. 200 00 

 To loan Central Dii'ision.. 200 00 



$2,221 79 



on account 1891., 



$2,231 79 



STATEMENT OF DEFICIT FROM 1891— PATD 1892. 



To deficitasshown by Sec- By these amounts paid by 



retary-Treasurer. 1891.. 499 67 Sec'y-Treas 1892— 

 To other items rendered E. K.Baber, camp account 



29 17 1891 ... 4.28 5Q 



^ZZZ: ^^"^^^^ Publishing Ooml 

 f 528 84 pany. book account, 1891 7117 

 Walter Y^oung & Co , 

 T ^S™-^?"^ account, 1891. . . 3 75 

 L. H. Clark camp account, 



,^,1891 12 44 



Hemraehway & Son, 

 for second prize flags, 

 account, 1891..... 12 qg 



SDSIMAHV. 



By total expenditures for 



$528 84 



'^souroes?or8elTonl89:l' 3.221 79 " season I89T'""'""'' '"'1 691 3" 

 — — By 1891 deficit paid 1892. '528 84 

 '9 Balance 1 5a 



$2,221 79 



Paddling Canoes and Courses. 



Editor Forest and Stream : 



Having read some comments on the course for sailing races at 

 A C. A. meets, it occurs to me that the course for thrridd W rao^t 

 should be changed as well. It seems to me thatTsSw comse 

 does not tend to improve the » all around " boat but to devel<^ « 

 racmg machine pure and simple. We all k-now that rh« ^ 

 will paddle a straight com'se best is noT'iL best on a narro^^ 

 crooked river. And if we wish to develop the best canoe for 

 around work, an all around cour.se is the coursi on tvhtoh to test t 

 'Who wants a canoe so fined down that its oractical u« Jn i^.^^^^^^ 

 gone. The records of the last A. 0. A. meet say, abom tour ^ 



[The paddhng races at the meet are praeticoUy conflned*fn^;^3i.i 

 raemg eaooes except iu the open class, eiogle blades."^ ° P^"^*' 



Atlantic Division Report. 



The report of Ihe Atlantic Division was not received in time fur 

 publication last week. Tne report is most satisfactory in showing a 

 substantial balance in hand with an increase in membership. 

 American Canoe Association, Atlantic Dn^sI0N. 

 Purser's Report.— F. L. DuNNEiiL, PtiBSER. 

 „ . „ , Receipts. 1892 Expenditures. 



Oct. J5, by balance from March 31, to loan to A.C.A. $300 00 



purser, R Hobart $200 02 April 1, to office expenses. 9 00 



By dues 1889 1 00 April 13, Atlantic Division 



By dues 1890 a 00 subscript!. m to Forest 



By dues 1891 9 00 and Stream 4 00 



By dues 1892 3.^6 00 May HI, to transfer to Cen- 



By dues 1893 1 00 tral Division 2 00 



By entrance fees 34 00 June 1 to A C A . account 



May t, by sale of stamped expressagp, sramps.. 10 67 



envelopes 6 54 July 1 to office expenses.. 6 20 



July .30, A C, A. account 30 



$509 56 per cent, to Secretary - 



Treasurer 86 10 



Aug. 1, to office expenses. 10 OQ 

 Aug. 29, to A.C.A. accouni, 

 oup-quartrr expense on 



circulars etc . 9 78 



Sept. 30, to A C,A, account 

 balance, 30 per cent, to 



Secretary-Treasurer 4 20 



Oct. 31, to balance 167 61 



|509 5B 



Nov. 1. balance to Pm'ser 

 F. L. Dunnell 167 61 



Nov. 12, by loan from 

 A. 0. A 300 00 



$367 61 



Members, Oct. 15, 1891. 



MBSIBEBSHIP. 



Reinstated 



Transferred from Eastern Division.! 



Transferred to Central Division. 

 Deceased 



Total membership, Nov. 1, 1892, , 

 Audited and found correct, 





390 



34 





5 





1— 



40 gain. 



5 





1 



330 



1— 



7 





323 



(Signed) Percy F. Hogan, t . „ ji»„_„ 

 H. LANSiNt, Quick, f Auditors. 



Paddling^ Records. 



Editoi- Forest and Stream: 



The London i^ieW need not worry over the time made in the sail- 

 ing races at the last A. C. A. meet.' If the sailing course was meas- 

 ured in the same way as the paddling course, there is nothing won- 

 derful in very fast time being made. 



I am surprised that the Forest and Stream in its report of the 

 trophy paddling contest should say the course was a full mile. The 

 time announced is so absurdly fast for that distance that an old 

 canoeist— such as the canoeing editor is— should not have been de- 

 ceived. Here in Toronto we claim to know something about fast 

 paddling. The five fast men mentiond by you as being absent, and 

 thus depriving the trophy race of interest, all live in Toronto or 

 vicinity. Mr. Johnson was champion paddlerof America for several 

 years; Harry McKendrick was also champion for one year, Mr. 

 Muniz for another. lam quite certain that none of the three could 

 do a mile under 8,46, yet we are asked to believe that five men— four 

 of them quite unlniown as fast paddlers- finished the mile in time.s 

 varymg from 7.36 to 8.461!! 



No, Mr. Editor, don't ask us to believe that coui-se was a full mile. 

 It is too much. 



If Mr. Knappe will come to Toronto next summer and paddle over 

 the mile course of the T. C. C. in that time he will then be a couple 

 of hundred yards ahead of our men and can take back with him to 

 the States the handsomest and most valuable cup ever offered as a 

 patldling trophy. 



When Ford Jones won the A. 0. A. trophy for three years in suc- 

 cession he was not considered even then the champion sailor, as h« 

 did not win the New York Club's international cup. On the same 

 ground paddlers may fairly take the position that the Toronto cup is 

 that which carries with it the title of champion paddler of America. 

 While the Toronto Club has not been so many years in existence as 

 the New York Club it may fairly claim to be as representative of the 

 paddUng interests as the New York Club of the sailing. Boreas. 



The Knickerbocker C. C. 



Will hold a smoker in the boat house, foot of 152d street and Hudson 

 River, on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 8 P. M., to which the canoeists of New 

 York and vicinity are invited. L road to 125th street, and cable to 

 152d street. 



A Notable Railway Route. 



The Traveler of '92 is not content with ordmary transportation 

 facihties. He demands fast and f requen t trains, sumptuous coaches, 

 smooth roadbed and enjoyable scenery. The route which affords 

 these commands public patronage. The We.st Shore Railroad has a 

 happy combination of all. Under its present management it is doin" 

 more than ever to satisfy modern tourists for business or pleasured 

 The summer pleasure-seeker needs no introduction to it, for along 

 its line are more prominent places of resort than anv railway of 400 

 miles in the country. Now the summer tourist has sought winter 

 quarters, but the business man who goes to and fro and the travelers 

 of both sexes who are ever making a tide of ceaseless motion, know 

 the result of selecting the " West Shore," when going from East to 

 West, or vice versa. 



Its three through expresses between New York, Albany, Utica 

 Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Chicago, St, Louis aud 

 the We^t are models of comfort, and the system of through Wagner 

 sleeping cars makes long tours possible with the miuimum of per- 

 sonal discomfort.— ^du. 



THE REVOLVER CHAMPIONSHIP. 



Champion revolver shot Geo. E. Jantzer will on Saturday even- 

 ing next meet Wm. E. Petty in contest for the Wiaans Trophy 

 at the St. Mark's Place Gallery of the N, Pistol Olub. Mr. 

 Jantzer took the trophy from the initial winner, Mr. Louis Bell, 

 and" subsequently Mr. JaatKer successfully defended it after a 

 challenge from Mr. Henry Oehl, the President of the N. Y. Pistol 

 Club. Mr. Petty is a member of the New York police force and 

 was a competitor when the Winans Trophy was first opened fur 

 contest early in 1891. He did very weU tlien and has since care- 

 fully perfected himself in his favorite sport of line pistol scoring, 

 and now feels that he can give plucky little champion Jantzer a 

 close run for the lead. 



Jersey's Military Riflemen. 



The usual weekly shoot of the First Brigade Rifle Associatiou 

 was held at the Newark Shooting Park on Dec. 26, with se\-«D 

 members present. The light was bad all the afternoon and the 

 wind, while not strong, was very variable snd tricky. The scores- 

 Major Wallace 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4-41 



454404444 4-37 

 444544444 5-43 

 444444344 4-39 

 34 5 444. 5 44 4-41 

 444444434 5-40 



Capt W fljfloward 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 4—39 



5 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 4-43 



Lieut Green. 4 34400404 4—27 



4 4 5 4 4 4 4 0 0 0-39 



Lieut Rsilly 4 00344 4 30 4—36 



Sergt Wilhelm 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 5 4 3—43 



^.,r„, 443344444 3-37 



CorpjMcMahon ,.5 0 3 3 0 5 4 3 5 5—33 



0 5 5444434 5-38 

 ^ 4 5 5454034 5-39 



Pvt C H Townsend 4 4 5 4 5 4 3 5 4 4—43 



45 4 434454 5—43 

 344443344 6-38 

 544344445 4-41 

 Y'Batilim, 



