8S FOREST AND STREAM. [Jah. 26, isM. 



MR. WASHlN©TON EXPLAINS. 



Editor FnrcM and Stream: 



I have noticed a comment in yonr paper upon my adver- 

 tisement of the Irish setter doK Ormonde, which had appeared 

 in the last few issues of Shoalina and 2''/x/ifi((/. 



The advertisement lias been printed word for word as it 

 was written, but the change of single capital letter and the 

 substitution of a pieriod for a comma has changed the sense 

 entirely. I had not read the advertisenjent in question more 

 than casually and did not notice this eri-or, which alters the 

 hie(thlng it was intended to convey. 



The advertisemcid., as you state, rciid: ■■Ormonde, A 

 sou of the great Sfirsheld, out of Red Bess. Saiut- litter as 

 Champion Klldare, Challenge, Beau Brumuiell and Cliah 

 lenge Seminole, Ormonde is thorougldy typical, etc." 



It was my intention to have it read, altliotigh I may hnxe 

 been 'carele.ss in punctuation, and I am reasonably sure that 

 I did not. use a capital "S"" in tlie word ■'Same," as follows: 

 (Please note that the words are identical, rhoitgh the pttnc- 

 tuatian is different.) "Ormonde. A soit of the great Sars- 

 lield; out of Red Bess, same litter as Champion Kildaix^, 

 Challenge Beau Bfummell and Challenge Seminole. Ormonde 

 is thoroughly tyi:)ical, etc." 



The latter expresses my exact meaning and is a fact. I 

 have never intended to claim that Ormonde is out of the 

 same litter as Kildare, Beati P?i-nmnu«!l and Ht-minole, Intt 

 that Red Bess, his data, is of the same litter as these fannais 

 Irish setters. As you have already mentioned, 1 have sold 

 Ormonde. I wish to add that his pLLrciiase)- fully under- 

 stands the facts as a ftove stated. 



You have remai ked that comment upon your .statement is 

 unnecessary. 1 licg to differ with you and trust that you 

 will publish this correction in fiiU in an early issue of 

 roEEST _v:v J) Stream. W. L. AV.vsfiiNGTOJV. 



PITTSBI I!.:. . .tan. 



UNITED STATES FIELD TRIALS CLUB. 



Editor ForcM and Stream: 



Permit lue *o say througii the colunuis of your paper in 

 answer to many iucpiiries about a consolation stake for 

 pointers born on or after Jan. 1, that, have not won 

 a first prize in any stake at any recognized held trials in 

 America, being run by this club at its trials at New Albany, 

 Miss., in February next, that I have no authority to order 

 such a stake. Btit I -s^dll take pleasure in bringing tlie mat- 

 ter before the club at its meeting. If a sufficient number of 

 dogs are on hand ready to start, I have no doubt of a satis- 

 factory stake being oi-dered. _ P. T. Madison, 



SeeretarY-Treasurer U. S. F. T. Clitlj. 



IXDIAN.Vl'Ol.lS. IlUl. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



There ;.<i no cluiroe Tor onsxrertii': f, vnder this head. All 

 queMions rr-lafrnr/ f,, ii/hnents tj ^ riri.tirprcrl hi/ Dr. 1. (t. 



aherimocl. n meuthrn- »1 the jHoii"- . ••• r i et<^rinon/ .•svn/i'on.i. 

 Communirations reterriiiu to ollo r rr.-'r:-!':^ rrnmerteil vdh Kennel 

 Mcmogement anti d(/f/.^■ irill also n-n-ire ain't ill nttention. 



J.A\-- t'oJcliP.^ter- t'onu. — ^It would lie mvidious ou our part to say 

 who lias tlie lw<t ki iiricl ol Si . Hei'iiards. ILe pnucipal ones are 

 advertised m our biisiuess columns. 



W. 0. P.. Diiraiid. III. IJv stiifrlidUiKl we suppose you mean the 

 deerhound. He ruus bv sig-lit as a rule and is a djstmct breed. The 

 true staehinind is a lars;e foxhoiiiKl aiid taints hY seeut. 



Answers to W. F.. Cleveland. O.: .J. H. H.. Heliiiyler's Lake. N. V.; 

 \A Iv Puttisl,,)^ W \ I I W I \(\\ ( it\ J t' ( i,iu<l 



CTossing-. ill,, anil Lonp, have been lorwarded l»v mail. 



HER (liulc-tonn \ 1 -\i)U will )i \( towiiU IdiIk sc i ( 

 t.ai'Y of the -Ajneriean I>^cnnel (;liiti lor pedinree ot Da.shawav. as the 

 Stud Booli; tor tsyd cmjtamms' hiw peih^re'e hrr^ not been pnhhshed vet. 



J. E. W.. Brooklvri. \.— \on must um voiir Lox-ierner pups with 

 the American Ivennel Club. 44 Bro.'Klwar, \ork eity. betore vou 



can exhibit at the ^\ . K. C'. show. l<ce. '.^o cents each dog. It is not 

 necessary to rcpistftr them. 13ntries cIo.se Feb. 6. with Mr. James 

 Mortimer. 44 Broad «'av. New \(irk city. 



H- L- W.. .A^drian. Mich.— The dachshund IS a fcaivie dog m a sense, 

 but may be more properly termed a vermm killer. He ijs not used m 

 the pursuit ot feathered game, but occasionally specimens are tound 

 which will tree a partridge (rafted grouse). He is a, dead eame dog as 

 a rule. IS pnncipallv used to goto earth tor tox, hads<er. woodeliuek. 

 etc. Hp can also tje used pftectuallv m squirrel huntma-. He can be 

 tamgbt to retrieve, hxit it is the exception when the dachshund w ill 

 take to water. He is more geueralb' used for rabbit huntma:. and in 

 Ciermanj' is also used tor trailing wounded deer. A good dachslnuid 

 should be fi-om to 12m. m height, the lower tlie better to a certain 

 extent, and a dog loiii. high should be 40 to 'l;3iii. long. Wemht trom 

 17 to aoibs., and certainly not more than -.iSlbs. 



New York and Florida Special. 



The Penjisvlvaiua Jiailroad C)oiiii)aiiv aniioimccs that, coirimeiieuig 

 Wednesday- Jan. IS. Ib!i3. I riday. .Tan. 'M. and every Monday, "R ednes- 

 dar and Friday thereafter. ■'The Nevx- Yorlc and Florida Special '' wdl 

 be placed in service tor the season, leaving New York at 9 :.30 A. M. 

 and Brooklyn at 9:00 A. M., arriving at Jacksonville at 3:U0 P. M. and 

 St- Augustme at 4:15 P. M. the following day. This tram wiU run via 

 the Wilson "Short (;ut ot the Atlantic Coast Line (via FavetteviUe). 

 shortening the schedule almost two hours between New "iork and St. 

 Augustine as compared with last vear s schedule. Th*.' tram will con- 

 wist ot drawing-room car (containing six drawmg-rooms with all eoii- 

 vemencesj- dimiig car. observation car, and drawing room sleeping 

 cars— all vestitniled. iiiiigagements ot space may he made m advance 

 on application to Ticket Agents ot the Pennsylvania Railroad.— .rlc/r. 



Ik 3 0U want ih-y teet use Post s watei'proof oil and leather preserva. 

 tnc tAMMj\i.H Sixiha\niik and Iwelftli •^tle^T Niw'Soik- {(h 



miier^ to ^ormjponclenK 



J. R. S.. Fremont. Nebraska.— The teeth .vou send are troin the 

 alligator ot the Soutli (Alligator misstssipienms'i. 



B. K.— You may procure from an.y ot the large dealers camp sleeijmg 

 bags to answer purpose of Nessmuk's " Mackinac blanket bag. We 

 do not know of -any snppl.y of his cooldng utensils. 



I. Tj. Con.A., Wyo.— Kindly inform me thi-ough [the columns of your 

 paper what (Trru.s aniericana Is. Please give as definite a description 

 as possible. .Ans. It is the whooping or white crane, a very large 

 bird measuring 50in. in length and 90in. in spread of wing, and stand- 

 ing nearly as tall as a man." It is white In color, except the ends of 

 the wings, which are lUaok. The top of the head has a patch of naked 

 red stiin often warty and thinly clothed with hair-like bristles. This 

 naked skin extends'back in a point on top of the head and under each 

 eye, and the feathers grow between it. Here are some measurements 

 of the bird in addition' to those alread.y given: Wing from bend S4iii., 

 cai!9in., tarsus lyin.. middle toe 5in., biU, measured along crest Cln. 

 The voung is said to be gray, but must not be confoimded with the 

 brown or sand hiU crane. Note that the naked patch on the top of 

 head is present in all our cranes and absent in aU herons, which are 

 quite a. different group. 



J. S. L., Syracuse, N. Y-— The follo^\T.ng was clipped from a local 

 newspaper; -'The Australian jungle fowl QMegopocliu.i tumulus) 

 makes its nest in the shape of earth mounds of prodigious size, one of 

 which measured 15ft. in perpendicular height and had a circum- 

 ference of 150ft." Isn't that something of a whopper'? Likely the 

 same fellow told that who said "the condor has a wing spread of 40ft. 

 and feathers Sin. in circumference, etc." Ans. The record finds a 

 place in works ou natural history. The Megapodius [big-footedj 

 tumulus [a mound], freely translated "big-footed mound builder,'' 

 scratches or kicks backwards masses of earth, leaves, etc.. into a 

 eonieal mound, in the center of which holes are scratched to the depth 

 of five or six feet, running down obliquely, in which the eggs are de- 

 posited and then covered up again. The eggs are hatched by the 

 heat generated by the decomposing vegetable matter. The same 

 mounds are used year after year, added to each season, the largest on 

 record as haying been measured was 150ft, in circumference, the large 

 •nd rising t4ft, ahoye the ground. 



FIXTURES. 



MAY- 



■i8. Pa\ onia 



-JONE. 



4. Pavouia 26. Pavoma 



,rtji>y. 



4. Ijarchiiioiit. 



SKP'I'EMBKH. 



4. X. Y. Y. U. A. 



In the letter to the Field, which we republish this week, Mr. 

 Maitland Kersey. Lord Dunraven's representative in the late negotia- 

 tions for a race, places himself on a plane of sportsmanship and fau- 

 plaj- very far above that of the ■■practical j'achtsmen" whose narrow 

 and partisan views found expres.sion hi the new deed of gift. If the 

 necessary task of attaching to the America Cup certain suppleinentarj- 

 limitations to meet the altered condition.^ of modern match sailing had 

 been undertaken in any such broad and lilieral spirit as that sliown by 

 Mr. Kersey, the yachting public would have witnessed several more 

 contests for the Cup, and the New Yoi'k Y. C. would tuive been spared 

 much mortification and diseredli . The letter is a Mtrong appeal for 

 fair pla.v and mutual goodwill from tioth .';ides, tint at tlie same it 

 neither explains nor alters tlie ]iresent condition of atfairs. and in no 

 way removes the possible grounds for fiitui-e disputes. The liold hard 

 facts in the case are that the New York Y. C. lias accejited Lord Duo 

 raven's challenge only as under the new deed ; that it considers tha t t leed 

 as standing intact as the only legal document governing the match ; 

 and that it has made no prtnuise nor a.greeuipnt to alter the reading, or 

 to add an.y new conditions as to holding tlie Cii|i in future. So tai- 

 from acceptiUK all of Lord Dimraven's conditions, it has caused him 

 to withdraw all allusions to tlie nriginal deed, and lias w orded all of its 

 communications with tlie a-i eatest eai e. to avoid an,\- exjiressions which 

 might reflect in any ay mi rlic nevr deed. It is quite possible tha 

 both Lord -Dmiraven ami Mr. Kersey uiHlerstand that Claused is to be 

 embodied in the paper to be signed by (he P.oyal Yacht Sciua.drou 

 in the event of a victory for N'allrs-rie No. a. but we fail to find any- 

 thing in the whole correspondence that will com]iel the New York "S. 

 C. to such a step, 



Such modifications and amendments as have been made to secure a 

 race in 189.S are purely incidental and temporary : the new deed has not 

 been elianged- and there IS notlimg but jiuhhc opinion to prevent the 

 New York Y. C. from demanding ot a tntiu-e challenger a hteral com- 

 pliance with every word ol rlie iliuiension clause. I hatcerlam im- 

 portant points have lieen c'onceded since the last race is quite true: 

 but it is eqnallvirue that every successive contest tor the Cup lias 

 been under more liberal terms than the previous one. ^^ hile securing 

 advantageous terms tor liiuisell. Lord Buuraven has done absulutely 

 nothing to secure tlie rights ot future challengers to fair and honest 

 conditions. 



Wf have not^etvueen a cltiaraud direct ittateiiientot the exact therms 

 on which Lord Dunr.aveirs <;liallenge has Vieen accepted, and wi; doubt 

 verv much whether any one ut the live inembei-s ot the L up commit- 

 tee could draw up such a statement: or whether, u each ot them tried 

 h independently, the five .statements i.yould agree. Even it they did. 

 we feel very certain that even Lord Dunr.aven, much less the Loyal 

 VachI Sipiadrfin. wuukl not tor a nioiueiit assent to the views ot the 

 coniiiiittee. 



The shripie fact i-s that the "Mue ribboU''^ ot tto.sea is sttll tangledup 



witli the red tape woven about it l.>v Com. (.erry and ev-Sec'v Hird: il 

 YallcvTie sb.iuld be defeated, the ne-xt challeuaer must tight, llie new 

 deed inst as Lord Dunraveii has toiraht. we hope with better ]udKmeur 

 and proportionate success. It y alkyrie should win, thpre will mat] 

 pr.-'babilitv be a renewal of the lout; and tedious ncKOtiations ol the 

 past siv mouths before the .Roval Yacht Squadron wdl sign such a 

 iiajiir as the law vers of the .New \oil< \. C. will draw uji. and she is 

 allowed to .sail away with the coveted trophy. 



Wf publish this week the tixtures t hus tar announced lor 18!«. 

 Yacht clubs are reminded that an early selection ot dates will prevent 

 much c/mtusion later in the season. 



The severe cold of the past two weeks lias brought no joy to the ice 

 yachtsmen as the divp siirvv' lias spoiled the ice. Long Lsland Sound is 

 frozen so far out that vaclitsmen walk and skate to L.vecution Jjight, 

 and from (Greenwich to Captain s Island. 



It is not (]uitc cle-ar Avhat the Emperor of Crermauy has done to 

 jleserve all the hard things said ot him by the American papers. He 

 has given for competition a challenge iroph:^- to be sailed tor annually 

 by a fleet of not less than six vachts. A\ hile the object presumaby is 

 the encouragement ot yachting m Cerinauy, the contest can hardly 

 be called an interii.ational one, as it will oe saded in British and French 

 waters ^md the competing vachts will be nearly all under the British 

 flag The natural conditions ot themselves prevent any general par- 

 ticipation liy American yachts, and it is a N'ery small matter whether 

 or 110 Yaierican clulis are speciticalb iiieliided. Aiiv American yachts- 

 man who desires to compete can do so Vi.\- jommg a British yacht chib. 

 and as a m--itter i.r tact it la.- is doing much sailing in British waters he 

 is more than likely to belong to several clubs. 



If the Fmperor had started m to establish another mternational 

 trophy open to the world, these ver.v i.-ntic.-: who now abuse him tor 

 his iUiberahty would have been the m st to artacl^ hmi tor atteinptmf;' 

 to tlestroy the pi'estige ot the .Vniei ica (. in). 



Lord Dunraven and the New York Y. C. 



THEfollowmg letter appears in the Field of Jan. 14: 



Sir—Having represented Lord Dunraven in New Y'orkin the matter of 

 the negotiations for the race for the America Cup this coming 

 autuniii, I have read with much interest your report of the meeting of 

 the N Y. A^. C. Dee. 13, and your comments thereon. 



At the annual dinner of the club last vv inter, the chairman of the 

 .regatta committee referred to the demoralized condition of racing in 

 the big classes on both sides of the Atlantic, and expressed a hope 

 that something might be done to meet the objections raised against 

 the deed of gift of 188?, so that international racing might be resumed. 



Lord Dunraven. it is well known, was equaUy aii-'^ious that, lor the 

 sake of sport, racing for the blue ribbon or the sea sJjould be resusci- 

 cated and expressed his wUingness to challenge if the objectionable 

 features of the deed of 1887 were overcome. 



It is pretty generalh' recognized on both sides of the Atlantic that 

 a mistake was made vv'hen framing this deed, in producing a document 

 calculated rather to addle the brains of sea lawi,'ers than to promote 

 friendly rivalry and sport, and I think there is no doubt that the 

 dimension clause, and the no time allowance clause i:_the latter m the 

 event of failure of mutual agreement) are almost as strongly objected 

 to in .-ymerica as over here. . . , , 



At the same time, it must be borne in mmd that not many years 

 ago we were unwise enough to bai- centerboards, and that, unfortu- 

 nately a very serious error was made in the statement as to Thistle's 

 1 w 1 , 'when the challenge of 1886 was issued, causes wluch led 

 Americans to feel that they must protect themselves, first as to the 

 challenge; secondly, as to protection for the centerboard should they 

 become chaUengers. . , , , 



Both sides, therefore, desirmg a race and the renewal ot spoit, 

 negotiations were commenced with the view of bringing about the 

 event under snoh conditions aa might be mutually satisfactory. 



It was perfectly well understood a6 /)i>izo bv the various members 

 ot the club, who were approached m the. premises, and also bv the cup 

 committee, that, whether rightly oi- wrongly^ the deed ot 188? was 

 objected to here, and that no English club would challenge unless its 

 conchtions wei-e mOdifid or amended, and on this premise the negotia- 

 tions were conducted. 



Lord Dunraven. no doubt recognizing the value of manv clauses to 

 the deed of 1887. and without wishing to recapitulate them m his pre- 

 liminary letter of Sept. Hi. took the deed as a basis to work upon, 

 eliminated the dimension clause, made proposals to cover e-xactness ot 

 design m reterrme to thel.w.l. as to time allowance, and so forth- 

 The N TT, A . C.. ui a sporting spirit, practically accepted all his con- 

 ditions, and m (lue course the formal challenge ot the Koval Yacht 

 Squadron followed. Neither the tormal challenge nor the acceptance 

 thereot alludes to the deed ot 1887. and it is expressh stqtiilatert that, 

 should \ alk\'rie win the cup Dbe Stpiadron holds it suliiect to a chal- 

 lenge on preeiselv sranlar terms to those contained lu its challenge. 

 AMien (Ten. Pame s ongmal resolution, read before the club, was 

 inerelv passed on to Lord Dunraven without embodvrag this condition, 

 the latter at once ealiled nie "This is 'Valkyrie over again, equally im- 

 possible. &c. : and upon this being passed on to fcren. Fame, steps were 

 at once talcen to a'lve ettect by calile to Lord Dunraven s requirement. 

 I cannot coucen e anything more fair than this. It is true that the 

 Squadron cannot rettise a challenge according to the conditions laid 

 down m the deed of lss7: but is it conceivable that anv '.me Init an ab- 

 solute hmatic would challenge under the deed ol I ss, . mvmg all lvi*i 

 dimensions, etc.. when no necessity exists for donit; srr.- 



It IS. ot course, understood that if V alkvrie wins tlie cup. the docu- 

 ment to be signed by the squadron m accepting it will embody ClauseS 

 ot the Squadron s challeriL'-e; and is it not true. ,sii-. a,s you remark, 

 that the N. \ , \ . t . lias set a precedent ot accepting a challenge upon 

 terms less onerous than those set torth 111 us deed, and is it not prob* 

 able also that the terms otqectert to in the deed will liecorne a dead letter? 



Cnir racing rules and conditions have uoi lieen pertect 111 the past, 

 and in the interest ot sport there must be some give-and-take. The 

 N. Y. Y. C. have. I think, ui this instance shown their desii-e for sport 

 and tair play. and. as .a direct outcome ot Lor. I I nmraven s nersi-stencv. 

 we shall undoubtedlv see this summer, on both sides ot the western 

 ocean, the finest big cutter racuii;' tliat has ever been witnessed. 



'Many Americans think lliat the deed ot ]ss,. with its miuual agree- 

 ment clause, which ( alter a receipt ot a eballenae 1 can be construed 

 111 a lmost any conceivable wav, is less obieel luiialile than the deed or 

 conditions ot the Royal \ ictoria 1 jold t up. « lueh niter atin comjiel a 

 clialleiiger to give his .sail area i /.( ., j.w.l, and rating according to the 

 \ . k . A. ): to sail mside courses in strong t idal waters, and which, 

 tor instance, obliges Mr. Loval Carroll, if he wins this year, to defend 

 the cup m American waters accorthng to the rules and regulations of 

 the Y. K. A. for the time l ieing. 



Let It be understood liere that there are no better sportsmen, no 

 more hospitable lio.sts .i.fiojit or a.shore than our .American cousins, 

 and we shall soon be alile to disi.iense ^vitli legal documents and 

 \'olumesof cable correspi mdence. and. eii]ov international racing everv 

 summer. M.\iti..\.nu Kkrsey. 



No. :« St. James Place. S. \V.. ,laii (i. 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



At a meeting of the C:orintliian \ . C. ot JIarblehead. at the Parker 



House, on Jan. 1? the tollowmg officers were elected: Com.. p. 

 Fowle: Yice-ttoni.. J. 1'. Loud: Eear Com., D. C. Percival. Jr.: Sec'y, 

 Everett Paine: Treas.. J. li. Rhodes: Meas.. J. 'W. Dunlop. Executive 

 t:oiniiiitte — b . A. Seamans. W , b. .Laton. Jr, Regatta Committee— 

 Henrv Taggard. (-r. W. yiansfield, .1. 15. Paine. H. P. Benson. A. G. 

 Wood. :\Iembership Committee— Herm.an Farlrci-. .1. yy . Hodgkins. 

 R. H. W. Dwight. F. C. Newhall. Hou.se ( Vjmmittee— AY. L Field. J . 

 B. For.sytli. Albert Poor. Hoard ot .ludges— Daniel Appleton. fi.W. 

 Mansfield, \V. N. Merriam. IJ. IT. Kollelt. .Ir.. P. W bane 



Iroquois, schr.. arrived at .Jacksonville on .laii Iv. ten davs out trom 

 New York. 'Ihe weather was verv bad all the way. with strong liead 

 wiuds or bad following seas, fella, steam yacht, ot Baltimore, was 

 al.so in port on Jan. 18. 



Itmia. steam yacht, lias tieen sold bv Viee-Com. Morgau to August 



Belmont, mcner ot yinipula. wha--hgi\ es aaditional color to the report 

 j that Mr. yiorgaii has i.urcliased the May. althongli this reporthasheen 

 I contradicted this week. Itima was designed by V^ .atson and brought 



out from England la.sr vear bv :\lr. yorgan 



Mr. .yrchibald Regers has resiuin-d lioni the America Cup com- 

 mittee, as he is the head ot the s\ iidicate w hich will own one of the 

 new vachts. Mr. PluUip Schm-ler lias lieen appointed m Ins place. 



The 4t)-ft. class is largely on the sale list- W asp, (iloriana. Harpoon, 

 Barbara and Mineola. I here is no reason ivliv this fleet should not 

 make good racing through the season in new hands, the liest ot theni 

 ail' sii nearlv equal that it would he hut a mailer ol iiandlmg lietween 

 tliein. 



The Hudson hiver \ . C. has elected the tollowmg officers: Com., 

 H. F. Allen; y ice-Com.. K. Langerteld: Secy. A. U. Bucholz; Treas., 

 R. y . Freeman: Meas., D. Little: Tleet Surg., Mr, V.illiam (ieoghau; 

 Steward, .bdin lliitnagel. trustees— .Joseph Slieger, Win. Henderson, 

 John Kehv. T. P. Wdson. S. E. Burns. ,1. L. (trover. George Ahen. E. 

 Helmstadt. C. Walden and P. A . Freemen. 



jV vnrv sensational report was ca) tied trom Nice last week to the 

 ettei-t that .luhn N, Lunmg. ot the New York 'i . (j.. had become insane 

 .ahoard ot Ins \ acbt Aleri and had been taken to an msaiie asylum iu 

 Paris. The Alert arrived at Nice on Dec. having lelt New Vorkon 

 Dec. 20 and spent some time m Lnglish waters. W itli -Mr. Liming 

 were Charles .\1. Donnellv. Reginald Travers and Mr. Olcott. all of 

 New Aork. The story ot insanity is denied Uy Mr. Ltining s triends, 

 but there is no dtuiot as to the lacL id his serious illness and temftor- 

 arv derangement. He is now in Raris. while the yaclit hius sailed for 

 iNew York. 



Atlantic, schr.. is frozen m at Bridgeport, Conn., but wdl start on a 

 .Southern cruise as soon as she is tree. 31r. (_:. h. beelev. one ot her 

 owners, has been laid up with a broken leg trom a .skatiug accident, 

 but Will accompany the vaclit. 



Sagamore, sti-aui \ acht, Mr. iL. .M. t niton. Jr.. arrived at Bermuda 

 on .Ian. 17 and was to .sail in a tew days tor New \ark. 



The squantniu i Mass. ) ^ . C. has elected the following oHicers; 

 Com-. W. S. 31cFaunt: A ice-Com.. C. H. .Jolnison: Treas.. F. E. 

 bad-,n Sei. J E In , n 1 m sh, ( H d, Hull FlenLt|t 1 N. 

 Tewksbury: Directors, the Board ot officers and Haimlton Hood. A. 

 W. de Hufi- and W. E. Biirrid. 



'the Trov 1 N. V . 1 S . ( lias cicacd the tollowmg olhcera: Com.. N. 

 L. Weatherbv; A'iee.-Com.. C. E. M ilson: Sec. W. S. Hvde: Jt'ui.-See., 

 M. L- Barnes: Treas.. Ueo. Hirs,,p, Jr.: Trustees for three years. N. 

 L- Weatherbv. .1. E. Van Hageii: Mens.. J. K. Van Hagen. 



At the annual meeting ut tne hn ttalo 1 >., 1 . ,1 y . y. the following 

 uHueisweif Hie tel t in Find 1 II uii Ai h( ,m V S Ghis- 

 holm: Hon. Sec. Howard A. Baker: Treas.. yy , C. Cowle-s; 3Ieas., 

 FredL. Bennett: Fleet Surgeon, l.ir. E. P. Hiissey Dr. H. D. Mickle; 

 Directors. H. D.VVilhams, L. D. Northi np. J. s Thoiopson. H. M.Birge. 

 The new club house, a bandsome rhree-stor\' building. i«ll be com- 

 menced sliortlv. ipH.ohu bavins t<eeii subscribed, the vacht Volante 

 has been purchased m Boston and will tie ln'ouulit to the lake. 



^Iiranda. schr.. is now- at South Brooklyn completmg her fitting out. 

 It IS reporrcMi iliai M r. t:oleman will sail her out to San .Francisco by 

 way ot the Suez (jana l. 



Restless, si cam yacht, has been sold to Messrs. Sibley and Barringer 

 of Michigan. 



Rocliford, 111., has a Steam yacht club. 



At Monument Beach, C. C. Hanley has a shop full of new Cape cats, 

 one for F. V\'. Flint, of Lai-chmont, owner , of Nvmpli, 40 footer; one 

 for W. \V. yyiusliip. tij be 30ft. over all and .iltt. l.w.l.; one tor A. A. 

 Beebe. of Bostnu: one of :iOft. for Henr.y Steers, of New York, and a 

 .steam launch lor ^lellen Bray, of Boston. The Steers boat was tle- 

 .signed by her owner. The ^Vmship boat wdl be 30ft. over all, of fight 

 build, doutih- skin, with a Tobiii bronze board. 



Saunders, at Bristol, is building three cruising .yawls: one for W. G. 

 Low. of Brooklyn, to lie :juft. over all. .^:ift. l.w'.l., 91:t. beam and 5ft. 

 draft, with leacF keel of two tons. Another is for C. H. Merriam, of 

 Providence, to be 4:^ft. tjin. over all, -JOft. lin. l.w.l., 9ft. beam and 6ft. 

 oio. draft, with over Oft. headroom. 



Lawle.v A Co. have a number of yachts of aU clas.ses under way, the 

 largest 'being a comi.iosite steam yacht designed by Geo. F. Lawley. 

 She will be 10,2ft. over all, 93ft. l.w.l., 15ft. beam and 7ft. draft, witll 

 triple compound engine and Almy boiler. She wih he schooner rigged. 

 The firm will build a :Jlft. fin-keel from Stewart .S: Einney's design, 

 About 100 men are at work in the yard. 



Sheldon & Co., of Boston, will build a steam yacht of 90ft. l.w.1., de- 

 signed by I. C. Hanscom, their designer: also a Sift, jib and mainsail 

 hoat for" \V. F. Spun, and e aoft. catDoat. 



YVaterhouse A Cheseborough have designed a rfOft. l.w.l. fin-keel 

 cruiser, to be used about Narraganset Ba.v. Site will be -Soft, over aU, 

 7ft. Oin. beam, 6ft. 6in. draft, inc.hiding a Hft. fin, and will carry a cigar 

 of S.OOOlhs. weight. The cabin will have .5ft. headroom; shewiU be 

 rigged as a cat yawl. 



Harlan & Hollingsworth, of Wilmington. Del, ai'e building a steam 

 yacht for Jlr. Wm. Dupont. 



