Masoh 2S, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



26S 



We lay that night beside a handsome schooner yacht, the Idler, which 

 now haUe from Chicago, but was once widely known in Eastern 

 waters. 



Of course we didn't intend to mate a run every Sunday, hut as aU 

 cruisers know, one can confidently count on a fair wind for this day. 

 Yet the fact remains that we slipped out of harbor next morning with 

 a fresh wind fi'om the east. We bowled merrily past the Graham 

 Shoals buoy and had laid St. Helena Island fair abeam when the wind 

 fell light. Then it jerked roxmd to tlie west, and, close hauled on the 

 starboai-d tack, we drove into a dense fog. The mate firmly beheved 

 that our safety depended on his lungs and he kept the fog horn 

 screeching untU the reed was blown out. 



"I wish we had the 5ft. horn that Ues in the bottom of the lake," 

 said Dan, "but the Elephant got his feet against it at night, and you 

 couldn't see daylight through either end." 



"Hullo, ahoy 1 Down helm !"' shouted the sldpper as a great shadowy 

 spectre came towering out of the mist. It was a magnificent vessel 

 Standing on the same tack we were "on, with every stitch sheeted 

 home and taut as a boi\'striiig. 



"Is it always foggy here?'' her master had time to ask as we dropped 

 into her wake. 



"Never saw anji:hing else," shouted the ii-repressible deckhand. 

 With such a warning as that we kept a lookout with eyes as well as 

 ears. Late in the afternoon the fog lifted, and we found that ^ve were 

 close in with the shore at the south. Then with the southerly breeze 

 we kept on toward the west as far as the end of Waugashance Island, 

 Where we hove to and di-opped anchor on the shoals. 



The graphic logbook enti-y at this time furnishes but small data for 

 a description of the long, gruesome night. My remembrance of it is 

 only too vivid. First came a squall from the south. When this sub- 

 sided, leaving an ugly sea, the fog shut down a.gain. Then the long- 

 drawn, lugubrious notes of the whistle at the lighthouse espeUed all 

 cheerfulness that remained with the anchor watch; finally the belated 

 steamers, carefully picking theu- way among the dangers, would take 

 up the dismal strain, tUl it echoed back like the despairing wail of a 

 lost soul. 



When the light of day appeared it was a relief indeed to trip anchor 

 and get under way. With Dan at the helm and the other three below 

 enjoying a morning nap, the Flora crept out from the lee of the land 

 and began to ratch up against the southwest wind. 



"HuUo, wake up: come out and see what you make of this. Skip. 

 There under the lee bow. I've been watching that steamer for half an 

 hour and she aint stirred a peg. But just see how she smokes. " 



"Let's have the chart, Bert. About due west, I guess. Yes, she's on 

 Gray's Reef, or I'm a seacook!" 



"And there's a tug making for her from over by Skilligalee. I can 

 see a crowd of men on her deck for'd." 



"Hold her full and by, Dan, we'll just about fetch the big one with 

 the leeway we're making. We may get some ftm out of this thing yet." 



Herbert L. HABbisy. 



[to be powrnTCBD.] 



Royal Victoria T. C. Cup. 



The fact that Mr. CarroU had sent a personal challenge indorsed by 

 the New Yerk Y. C, to the Royal Victoria Y. C, has been known for 

 some time, and also that the challenge had been accepted. Until last 

 week, however, the details of the correspondence have been enshrouded 

 in decent, becoming and fashionable seci'ecy. The veil has at last 

 been removed and the following particulars made public: 



On Dec. 17, 1893, Mr. Carroll telegraphed that he would challenge for 

 the R.V.Y.C. Cup, providing the cliib agreed to meet him with a vessel 

 not exceeding his load waterline by more than 2 per cent. ; also that 

 all five races be sailed outside headlands; and agam, on Jan 1, 1893, he 

 wrote saying that he intended to challenge in May for the Cape l\Tay 

 and Brenton Reef cups, and continued as follows: 



"In view of the fact that a race has been arranged on this side of the 

 Atlantic, between the Earl of Dunraven and the New Y^ork Y. 0 for 

 the America Cup, to be sailed during the coming season, I should not 

 care to make a similar match in England unless the sailing comnu'ttee 

 of the R. V. Y. C. conceded to me terms that would be similar to those 

 that have been conceded to the Earl of Dunraven by the New York 

 Y. C. I may say here that as my pui'pose in i-acing in English waters 

 during the corning season, as well as the estimated length on the load 

 waterline of my yacht was known in England as early as Nov. 1. 1892. 

 I did not propose, when sending the above cable, to debar any vessel 

 then existing, or under construction in the United Kingdom that 

 might be available to defend the cup. There is a rumour here to the 

 effect that a large racing cutter has been ordered since that date, and 

 furthermore it is rumored that her estimated length on load water- 

 line exceeds 90ft. 



"Glad as I would be to have a yacht of that length as an antagonist 

 in ordinary regattas, or for such" races as those for the Brenton '.s Keef 

 and Cape May cups, I should, hovv-ever, be unwilling to meet an ■ 

 ponent in a n'latch race, whose length on the load waterline might ex 

 ceed that of my vessel by from 6 to 8ft. 



"Should, however, the committee be able to assure me that ttif 

 yacht chosen by them to defend the cup would not exceed the est i 

 mated length of my vessel on the load waterhne by more than 3ft., i 

 would be happy to forward a challenge in due form, as I am mo. -i 

 anxious to arrange a match, if possible. 



"I shordd expect the races to be sailed over cour.ses asnearlv,, 

 possible identical in their conditions to those which will be sailed ';- 

 ttie E^rl of Dunraven for the America Cup. That is a series of fiv 

 races, outside of headlands, of which at least three will be to win 

 ward or leeward and return. 



"The estimated length on the load water line of my yacht is 84ft. 



"RoYix Phelps Carrolt,. ' 



The sailing committee of the R. V. Y. C. met on Jan. 19 and fr>; 

 warded the following reply: 



"Yoiu* estimated length of 84ft. shall not be exceeded by more than 

 5 per cent. Courses shall be settled by mutual agreement should you 

 challenge." 



It was voted that a sub-committee consisting of Sir William 

 Levinge. Bart., Capt. E. du Boulay and Mr. Percy Thellusson be ap- 

 pointed to arrange matters re challenge. Mr. Carroll rephed Jan. 23, 

 1893: 



"Condition of length satisfactory. Wish courses settled before 

 challenging." 



The courses were then agreed upon as follows: (1) From Warner 

 to Nab, then ten miles to leeward or windward, twice round; f2 and 

 3) twenty mUcs to windward or leeward and return; (4) from Vfarner 

 to the Owers, Dimnose and back round Nab to Warner, and an extra 

 race if required. 



On Feb. 2 Mr. Carroll cabled: 



"Objections to ray giving ratingin challenge on account Herreshoff 

 boat building to meet Valkyrie. Will committee waive rating in m5' 

 challenge?" 



The committee of the R. V. Y. C. replied they would waive the 

 rating being stated ia the challenge. 

 On Feb. fMr. Ca.rroll wrote: 



"I regret to say that a great deal of opposition was shown by the 

 members of the New York Yacht Club when I asked the club to 

 foi-ward a challenge in my name. The principal objection is the fact 

 that in the event of the New York Club holding the cup a club might 

 challenge and insist on sailing under Y. K. A. rules in these waters. 

 The New York Yacht Club would never consent to this and does not 

 care to place itself in a xjosition where it might ever be called on to 

 do so." 



To this the R. V. Y. C. committee replied that under the first para- 

 gi'aph of the conditions the rules coidd be altered should Mr. Carroll 

 win. and the committee said they considered any further agreement 

 on this point unuecesgarj' at present. 



Mr. OarroU then sent the following challenge: 



New York, Feb. 31, 1893. 



Dear Sir— I hereby challenge for the Royal Victoria Yacht Club's 

 international gold challenge cuj), to be sailed for during the coming 

 season of 1893, in the vicinity of the Isle of Wight, under the terms 

 agreed on by the Royal Victoi'ia Y''acht Club's sailing committee and 

 myself. 



The committee agrees under these terms to meet me with a vessel 

 not to exceed the estimated load waterline of my yacht by more than 

 five per cent. 



The races to be five ia number, if necessary, two of which are to be 

 twenty miles to windward or leeward, and return from a point outside 

 the Solent, and the other three to be over the courses designated in 

 the conditions governing the cup as numbers one, two and four. 



Accompanying this challenge I send the following required state- 

 ments regarding my vessel: 



Name of owner— Royal Phelps Carroll. 



Name of yacht— Navahoe. 



Rig-Cutter. 



Estimated length on load waterline— Eighty-four feet. 

 I have the honor to remain, yours truly, RaYAi< Phelps Carroll. 

 To Percy TheUusson, Esq., Secretary Royal Victoria Yacht Club, 

 Ryde, LW. 



Authority to challenge from the New York Y'acht Club: 



SEORETARy's OFricE, Nkw Vokk Yacht Club, I 

 67 Madison Avesue, Feb. 21 , 1893. ) 

 Dear Sir- I have the honor to inform you that at a special meeting 

 of the New York Yacht Club, held at the club house IMouday, Feb, 30, 

 1893, the following preamble and resolution was fjassed: 



Whereas, Mr. Royal Phelps Carroll has been in correspondence 

 with the secretary of the Royal Victoria Y"acbt Club in .relation to a 

 challenge to sail a match for the Royal Victoria gold cup with a yacht 



now building by^him, and has obtained conditions satisfactory to'him- 

 self. " 



Resolved, that Mr. CaiToll be and he is hereby authorized to chal- 

 lenge for the said cup. Yours truly, J. V. S. Odwe, SecV. 



Capt. Royal Phelps Carroll. 



New York, Feb. 81, 1893. 

 Dear Sir— I mclose a challenge for the gold cup, accompanied by a 

 copy of the resolution adopted by the New York Y". C. and signed by 

 the secretary. 



Kindly let me know the views of the sailing committee regarcUng the 

 dates for the matches. 



As I stated in my letter of Jan. 1, 1 propose to enter for all races in 

 the United Kingdom, where my vessel will be eligible. 



I had hoped to begin with the Royal Thames regatta, but I doubt if 

 I can be m racing trim so early in the season, and it would be better, 

 for obvious reasons, if I did not meet Vallryrie before she sails for 

 America. I hope, however, to enter all races from July 1. 



As I do not propose to enter myvesselfor thedefenseof the^Vmerica 

 Cup, I should prefer to have the dates for your cup arranged as late in 

 the season as possible. 



Hoping this will meet the views of the sailing committee, believe me, 

 very truly yours. Royal Phelps Carroll. 



Percy Ths'llusson, Esq., Secretary Royal Victoria Y. (J., Ryde, I. W. 



To this the club rephed as follows: 



Royal Victoria Y'acht Clltj, JIarch-8, 1893. 

 Dear. Sir— We beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of Feb. 21, 

 and mclosures challenging for the Royal Victoria Y. C. international 

 gold cup, which challenge, on behalf of the sailing committee of this 

 club, we hereby accept. 



With regard to the dates of the matches, we propose fixing them 

 with you after your arrival in these waters, so as to avoid elashmg 

 with any regattas elsewhere in which you may wish to take pai-t, 

 Yours truly, 



( William Levinse, 

 Cup Sub-Committee Ebkest du Boulay, 

 „ , „ ' Percy Thellusson, Secretary. 



To Capt. Royal Phelps Carroll, New York. 



Sir Wfiliam Levinge will be remembei-ed as the cousin of Sir Richard 

 Sutton, who accompanied him in Genesta in 188.5. 



The Scotch Lugger Nox. 



The success of the Fife cutter Yama in 1890 and '91 was so mai-ked 

 that three new boats from the same designer were launched on Lake 

 Ontario last year, the smallest of them^ being the 25-footer Nox, a 

 photo of which is here given through the courtesy of her owners. Nox 

 was built by three amateur yachtsmen of Rochester, N. Y., Messrs 

 ftliUer Bros, and Meerdiek, they ordering the design from Mr. Fife and 

 domg the work themseJves diuing the winter. We had the pleasure 



"nox," scotoh lugger. 



last fall of seeing the yacht hauled out at Charlotte, and she would do 

 credit to a good professional builder. She was destined for the 25ft. 

 sailing length class, her dimensions being: Length over all 36ft., l.w.l. 

 24ft. Gin., beam 8ft.. draft 5ft. Gin. She is to all appearances a keel 

 boat, but, like the Vedette of Toronto, has a steel plate in the after 

 deadwood, increasing her draft when down by over 2ft. The pole- 

 masted rig, with one jib and a lug mainsail gives her hardly enough 

 sail in very light weather, but she made the, cu'cuit of Lake Ontario 

 with the fleet last summer, winning thj-ee firsts, one second and two 

 thii'ds. 



Yachts at the World's Fair. 



Mr, J. V. S. Oddie, seci-etary of the New York Y. C, has prepared 

 and caused to be sent to all the members the following memorandum 

 regarding the route via the St. Lawrence which yachts must take to 

 reach Chicago: 



Secretary's OFFtcE, Nkw' York Y', C, / 

 No. 67 Madison avenue, f 



ROUTE VIA ST. LAWRENCE RIVER AND CAX.ilS .4X1) LiUvES TO THE WORLD'S 

 FAIR AT CHICAGO, 1803. 



Steam yachts steam to Montreal. Sailing yachts proceed under sail 

 to Quebec, and from there tow to Montreal. " 



Rates— Towage from Quebec to Lachine and retuj'D. §200 to $400, 

 according to size of vessel. 



No nece.ssity for loweji-ing masts or funnels. 



The Dominion go\'erjiment has passed au order in Council exempting 

 aU yachts going to and returning fi*om World's Fair from payment of 

 toUs in canals. 



At Montreal enter Lachine Canal under tow or steam to Lachine. 

 Yachts not to exceed 183ft. m length and 28ft. beam and 14ft. draft. 



LACHINE SYSTEM OF CANALS. 



Eight and a half miles. Five locks. Depth on sills 9 to 10ft. 

 Lake St. Louis, 151^6 miles. 



The Beauharnois Canal, 11 J4 miles-, fl Icfcks, Depth 9ft. 

 Lake St. Francis, S2}4 miles. 



The Cornwall Canal, U},^ mdes, 9 locks. Depth of water 9ft. 

 Farrans Point Canal, M_mile, one lock. Depth Oft. 

 Rapide Plat Canal, 4 miles, 2 locks. Depth 9ft. 

 Galops Canal, 7% miles, 3 locks. Depth 9ft. 



Lake Ontario.— After Lake Ontario the Welland Canal. 26^4 mUes, 26 

 locks. Depth 14ft. to Lake Erie, thence to Detroit River to Lake St, 

 Clair. St. Clair River, Lake Hwon and Mackinac Straits to Lake Michl 

 gan, thence to Chicago. 



Note. — Vessels of greater draft have passed the canals by using 

 pontoons and "camels." The Collins Bay Rafting and Forwarding 

 Company, ("'oUius Bay, Ontario, Canada, will furnish apphances and 

 contracts for the lifting of vessels through from Montreal to Lake 

 Ontario and through the Welland Canal if desired. 



In case of steam yachts, when their own power is sufficient to prope 

 them, with pontoons alongside, the charge for the round trip will be as 

 follows:— 



When two pontoons are sufficient $1,000 00 



When four are required " 1.500 00 



When six ai- r,e,-. . ly 1,750 00 



Areasoiit, ! _r r ;iu\- i^xtra towage n ill be made. 



In case - iirs the charge for towage would be from 



Lachine to Lreccoi r. auil return to .Lachine from .t.2(:)0 to $400, according 



to size. Yachts at owners' ri§k. 



J. V. S. Oddie, Secretary, 



Vachting versus Hay Fever. 



BY DR. W. H. WINSLOW. 



Pittsburgh, Pa. — Orinda did not swingidly at her moorings last sum- 

 mer, as so mournfully questioned by one of the Forest and Stream's 

 readers, but she made no long cruises, nor did she have any disasters, 

 and so tame were her performances that I thought them not more 

 worthy of notice than any of the stay-at-homes. I have published in 

 these columns many stories of cruises and personal hai'dships to please 

 the boys, and I have been minute in regard to modes of life and places 

 visited to insti'uct amatem- yachtsmen upon pleasure bent; but there 

 has been another motive, to show how and where to escape from that 

 pest of the sensitive and cultured, hay fever. 



Eight years ago my constitution was seriouly damaged by successive 

 annual attacks of hay fever and chronic bronchitis, which I had only 

 mitigated in part by travel to certain regions where aerial spores were 

 few and the atmosphere was purified by altitude and the great forests, 

 or by blowing over the ocean. Several short cruises upon the coast of 

 New England convinced me that there a sufferer from hay fever could 

 find relief if he was willing to rough it, and I decided not to trust to 

 chartered and more or less unsuitable craft, the only ones which can 

 usually be had during the season, but to have a small yacht of my own 

 and be my own skipper. 



M;^' physical condition at this eventful period of my life was far from 

 enviable; attacks of hay fever began about Aug. 18 in each year with 

 violent sneezing and much discharge of watery mucus from nose and 

 eyes. The mucus membranes of the eyes and nose were itchy, red, 

 swollen and extremely sensitive to air, dust and light. Sneezing was 

 frequent, violent and almost continuous. Soon the palate became 

 sore, the throat rough and voice husky, a short dry cough came with 

 occasional attacks of wheezing and shortness of breath or asthma. 



Then the bronchial tubes became congested, their lining swollen, 

 red and tender, the cough dry, tight and spasmodic, soon to be fol- 

 lowed by dry asthma, so severe as to demand the sitting posture night 

 and day, and the difficulty in breathing was so great as to threaten 

 suffocation. The asthma generally lasted from two or three weeks, 

 the cough brought up a little mucus and threads of fibrin, and some- 

 times a little blood, which had choked up certain parts, and life 

 became a burden. The head ached, the back and shoulders were 

 di'eadfuUy tired and sore; the mouth, throat and nose were dry; 

 smell, taste and appetite were abolished ; the countenance was dusky 

 and haggard, the heai't was weak and fluttering, and the eyes looked 

 anxiou.sly and despairingly everywhere for help. Oh, for sleep and 

 rest, even in the grave, I 'thought during many a day and night of 

 struggles and terror. Nursing, diet, medicines hardly mitigated the 

 distress. The disease ran its course in sis to eight weeks and ended 

 coincident with the advent of frost or the ripening of vegetation. 

 Change of cUmate and location only brought reUef tardily after the 

 disease had once gained mastery. 



It is reasonable to suppose that a person so terribly racked annually 

 by tortures infernal should deteriorate in strength, vigor and consti- 

 tution, and there results thickening of the mucus lining of the nose, 

 roughness and granular inflammation of the throat and larynx, thick- 

 ening and chronic congestion of the bronchial tubes, dilatation of 

 the air cells of the lungs, a weak and strained heart, weakness and 

 weariness between the shoulders, disturbed digestion, breathlessness 

 on exertion, and an u-ritable and over-sensitive nervous system. 



All these I had as sequelae, of eighteen annual attacks of hay 

 fever, though I had sought relief at Petosky, Mackinac, Sault Ste. 

 Marie, Betldehem, Halifax and in Europe. Were it not so sad, I would 

 relate my sufferings in manj' of the celebrated, delightfully-situated, 

 much-lauded, eleemosynary, four-dollar-a-day institutions, presided 

 over by pure philanthropists, who say in the prospectus, "No hay 

 fever." 



I was only forty -three j'ears old, with a good constitution and pedi- 

 gree and promised longevity from inheritance. I had been a. hard 

 student and taken many sheepskins and degrees. My brain was over 

 active in retaining and acquiring knowledge of several languages, . 

 and of everything possible pertaining to science and art. I was read- 

 ing enormously, writing voluminously, working hard professionally, 

 and hustling through life with Yankee energy yet miimpaired. And I 

 broke up with the last attack of hay fever and took an inventory. I 

 filled the schedule of sequelce enumerated above. I was practically an 

 invalid, still doing a man's work. My organism was seriously and, I 

 feared, permanently injured, and unless I repaired damages I would 

 soon go to "Davy .Jones's locker." 



80 I built the httle Pilgrim, took my boys aboard and cruised in 

 August and September from Boston to Eggemoggin Reach and back 

 again. I puUed and hauled, scrubbed the deck, rowed the boat, han- 

 dled anchors and sails, basked in the broad sunhght, slept in an ojien 

 cabin, dressed like a tramp and also ate like one. I sailed, drifted, 

 camped, cruised and loafed at my own sweet will, exploring coves 

 and crannies in the grand coast of New England never seen by the 

 average traveler. I had not a symptom of hay fever, my heart be- 

 came strong, my breathing deep and free from wheezing, my bron- 

 chial tubes ck^arer and less irritable and my general condition robust. 

 I ir)ok a new lease of life. 



During the following winter there was some bronchial irritation and 

 1 tendency to asthma, so the next season 1 took another dose of 

 yachting in the Pilgrim in the same waters, and with the same good 

 ! ■ suits. ■ 1 could feel the sun's rays and the ozone of sea air perme- 

 n nig my whole being and stimulating me like champagne. I could 

 toel the thickened mucus lining of my bronchial tubes gradually be- 

 oiniiig thinner and thinner, and deep satisfactory breathing took the 

 I ilace of gasp and sti-uggle. Again T escaped hay fever and its horrors 

 and telt rejuvenated, and the winter passed without pulmonary dis- 

 rress. 



1 know my experiments saved me great suffering, and saved my 

 lite as nothing else could have done. The most eminent physicians 

 could not help me, and 1 could not help myself except in the way dc- 

 scnbed. I became an enthusiastic advocate of barbarous outdoor 

 life for improving the constitution and curing diseases, and through 

 my interest in yachting, a happy reader of and contributor to the 



I'OREST AND STREAM. 



Of course after reading the delightful literature of yachting in this 

 journal, and the details and log-books of the famous small yachts 

 which have been added to the clubs since 1885, 1 could not be satisfied 

 with a 2o-footer, so I built the Orinda in 1888, and yoiu readers know 

 all about her. I have cruised in her every season and I have not had 

 an attack of ha.y fever. Since I took to the briny deep my health has 

 been wonderfully improved by every cruise, and my yacht has pro- 

 longed and saved my life. She has also iinproved the health and vigor 

 of quite a number of weakhngs, who have belonged to my annual 

 August crew, and I could tell of several organic diseases which have 

 yielded to her sanitary environment. But; enough of this for the 

 present. I am firinlj' convinced that it is better to spend money on a 

 good yacht than in a drug store, and better to live a natural life afloat 

 than a diseased one ashore. 



Every season I have felt it necessary to cruise to the eastward of 

 Whitehead, fearing that the hot days and southwest breezes of Massa- 

 chusetts would help some of the spores to excite the sneezes, but last 

 summer I dared the experiment of remaining south of Cape Ann, and 

 that's why I have no winter stories for the bo.ys. Through August 

 and September Orinda vras between Boston and Eastern Point, sailing 

 up and down, into Gloucester, Magnolia, Beverly, Salem, Marblehead, 

 Lynn and Boston. She folded her wings generally off the Corinthian 

 Yacht Club house m the evening and the captain and his guests dined 

 iable d'hote at the club, where the tables were surrounded by com- 

 mercial and professional men, all enthusiastic yachtsmen, who mixed 

 food and beverages with othmi cum dig7iitate and dolcefarniente. 

 Pool, billiards, songs and stories and band concerts sped the nights 

 onward till the end of September, and the regular and scrub races, 

 the long sails and jjicnic excursions and dail.y care of the yachts made 

 the days glorious. 



One northeast gale that everybody fought two days to keep off the 

 rocks was the most exciting event of the season. Orinda won two 

 prizes in the ci-uising class; creased the waters of Massachusetts 

 Bay in many devious ways; became known as one of the club yachts, 

 and again saved her owner from any symptoms of hay fever. My 

 experiment was a success. One may therefore very cautiously re- 

 main in Massachusetts waters, prepared to start sheets for the_ coast 

 of Maine if threatening symptoms arise. 



I have had many haj' fever patients under my professional care and 

 have directed the conduct of many every season, and having suffered 

 so much myself and found such relief in yachting, I wish to say em- 

 phatically that the coast of New England with a yacht ad libitum is 

 the best and safest place in the world for hay fever sufferers. 



Racing About Boston. 



In preparation for the coming season the South Boston Y. C. has 

 sent out to all clubs about Boston the following circular, looking to a 

 uniforniitj' of racing rules: 



Boston, March 13, 1893. 



To the Regatta Committee of the : 



Gentlemen— The regatta committee of the South Boston Yacht 



Club voted to extend the regatta conmiittee greeting of the 



season '93, and to respectfully solicit their assistance and influence to- 

 ward arranging for an understanding between aU the clubs possible in 

 this section whose yachts race together, in regard to measurement 

 rules for open regattas. 



Sincerely hoping you will communicate with us on this matter a 

 your earliest convenience, as we wish to i^erfect our arrangements fo 

 the S. B, Y, C. Open Regatta of May 30, we remaui, Yours very truly 

 S. B. Y. C. Regatta Committee, 

 (Wm. Allerton, Sec.) 



