MajiCH 30, 189B.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



28B 



The placid surface could not forever remain thus. Off to the north- 1 

 west a dark streak appeared. Then it extended till a large seg-raent 

 of the horizon felt its mysterious influence. Finally a catspaw. sent 

 out as it were for a scout, played on the water ahead of us. Theu tbe 

 first impulse of the wind touched the lassy canvas, and it swudk out 

 to port and to starboard. The j03'ous swirl of the water under the 

 bows, the lifting, straining sails, the music of the rushing keel, and 

 the draft of fresh, pure breeze from the open lake were truly in- 

 spu'ing I It was a day 



"Whereon it is enoiisrh for me 

 Not to be doing, hut to be!" 



And so, straight as shaft from the bowstring, the Flora sped into the 



We were not long in negotiating a sale of our cargo. "Quick sales 

 and big profits," said Dan, but as we had come by the gram by no 

 risk or trouble to ourselves we disposed of it at a price generous to 

 the buyer and sthl netted a handsome sum, as it appeared to us at the 



"Who "d have s'posed she could carry forty bushels," laughed Dan, 

 as the stalwart mate swung the last sack on to the dray. Then we 

 raided a supply store and each selected all he could ■ thmk of. It was 

 amusing to note how the Elephant, with all the arts known to the 

 "conoosier," as the crew called it, sought to discover the true inward- 

 ness of a certain watermelon. . 



We had finished cleaning out the bilge when a boy arrived with a 

 loaded wheelbarrow and inventory of its contents and inquired if we 

 were "the ducks as had bought out the grocery?" And so the long- 

 anticipated banquet materialized. . 



"No. matey," murmured Day; "no more, if you love me. I m just 

 'hors du combaw.' I think I'll retire to the 'boodwa'." The skipper, 

 too, cautiously withdrew at this juncture. But still the Elephant con- 

 tinued, and when finally he did desist the board presented a scene of 

 saddest desolation. ^ , „ 



How dehghtful a locality is that for the summer vagrant! Tso 

 more beautiful is the Bay of Naples, we beheve, than the view one ob- 

 tains of pleasant shores and blue water from the chffis at Petoskej-. 

 And the city itself, named after the old converted chieftain 1 AV e had 

 read of him, we had fished in the valley where tradition locates his 

 bh-thplace, and now we knew the home of his later days, grown to be 

 foremost of idler's resorts. There is that in the very au- of Petoskey 

 that chases away all gloom; it seems a perpetual carnival; no one 

 can take hfe seriously in this gay center. How picturesque seem its 

 steep avenues, the quaint shops where the corals from the beach are 

 polished, and on every hand the bazaars, with then- mterestmg, 

 though deceitful relics. , , 



We delighted to spend the nights in the .snug haven across the hay. 

 But Harbor Pouat, with its ha.ughty. exclusive air and its sifrns of "No 

 dogs allowed," was not for us. So the morning breeze would waft us 

 back to the slip at the boat house. ^ . ^ , . 



Andthenif we tu-ed of the very excess of hfe and gaiety at Petos- 

 key, there was her modest sister to cultivate. The reader will not find 

 Bay View on his map. It has sprung up almost as did the fabled 

 palace of Aladdin, in a single night. A curious place, a city of cot- 

 tages, and already become the Chautauqua of the West. Some of the 

 avenues that begin at the pebbly beach extend quite into the primeval 

 forest. Though but a mile distant, Bay View possesses a qniet sense 

 of repose and peace that is quite m contrast with its livelier neighbor. 

 We had friends spending the season here who did much to add to the 

 pleasures of the yachtsmen ashore. I remember well what horror 

 they feigned when they discovered some of the amenities of our care- 

 less existence. Little did they suspect, charming mnocents, that we 

 had a single reef tied down when they took a spm on the bay with us. 

 "Only a capful of wind," the skipper explained, but it seemed to them 

 more than the occasioned required. . 



It was late Saturday afternoon and the j'acht lay moored in the 

 little cove at Frank's boat house. In the cockpit, master and mate 

 were stretched at ease, when suddenly Vag appeared at the landing, 

 soon followed by Dan, who stepped aboard with the remark; "Here's 

 a letter for you. Skip, that I've had in my pocket for two days." 



The skipper accepted the apology and the crumpled missive with bad 

 grace, After turning the envelope over several times and thorougldy 

 scrutinizing its post marks, he bethought himself to open it and then 

 his face lighted up. , , 



"Hello, fellows, here's high jinks or I'm a seacook. i on know I 

 told you that my cousm, Len Gould, was going to cruise south with 

 his governor on the Laura. Well, they changed their minds and came 

 north about a week after us. It's queer we didn't come across them 

 somewhere. Len wrote this letter here and it went to Old Mackinac 

 and then followed us back here. Just let me read it: 



"Petoskey. etc. Dear old f el. I suppose you think we are at the 

 head of the lake, but we came north instead. I hope this will find you 

 if we don't meet. We stopped at Charlevoix, and old Caldwell, the 

 builder, you know he's an old friend of dad's, told us all about that 

 race at Harbor Springs on the Fourth. I am just aching to see the 

 prize mug- you took. I will confess that I did not beheve the Flora 

 had it in her, but how lucky for you that the Fiasco cArned away her 

 topmast before she finished. I suppose you fellows are quite stuck up 

 now. The Laura will stay alxiiit three days. Well, so long, Len," 

 and the skipper concluded the letter. 



"Better be born luckv than rich," laughed Dan. 



"Now steady, boys; let's plot our course. I'm begmning to see 

 through this matter," the mate said slowly. "Fh-st, that letter is no 

 joke. There is a great rivalry between Frank here and that wily old 

 builder at Chai-levoix. Now, when CaldweU got back with no prize to 

 show, he had to have some excuse. So he tells them that he set 

 tops'l m that wind. That accounts for the condition of his spar and 

 the loss of the prize very nicely. But the rub is right here ; it wouldn't 

 do to have it get out that his recognized competitor cleaned them all 

 out, so he just made up that pretty little yarn about the Flora. 

 She's the 'dark horse' that entered at the last moment and scooped the 

 mug." 



"Well, that's the milk in the nut, and in this case it accounts for the 

 hair on the outside. Better be born lucky than rich. On to Charle- 

 voix 1" The crew was exultant. 



"Of course Caldwell nevei- expected that we would touch at Charle- 

 voix going home, but he don't know these children. No use taking a 

 vote on the question," the skipper said. "On to Charlevois!" 



Herbert L. Haeley. 



[to bk conttntibd.] 



Secrecy in Designing. 



"Much sarcastic comment has been bestowed of late upon the 

 secrecy preserved as to the leading features and dimensions of would- 

 be celebrated racing yachts. We have indulged in a poetic sneer at 

 this hn-de-siecle feature of yacht-designing, but the license univers- 

 ally ace ardsl to tha bard must be our excuse for a spasmodic ex- 

 pression of opinion which we certainly cannot and never did uphold. 

 On the contrary, we consider that every yacht designer is fuUy justi- 

 fied in protecting his latest ideas from piracy on the part of rival 

 artists so long as he can do so. 



"The whole so-called 'science' of yacht designmg lies m the faculty 

 in pirating the good features observable in celebrated yachts, or in 

 yachts designed by celebrated draughtsmen. Yachts cannot be 

 'celebrated' untd they have been tried and not found wanting; but on 

 the other hand, designers who have been similarly tried may be rea- 

 sonably supposed to have at all times 'something up their sleeves,' i.e., 

 some improvement upon the model of what has proved to be 'last 

 season's best.' „ , 



"Now there can be no concealment of the general featiu-es of any 

 yacht which is actuallv racing throughout a season, although owners 

 and designers alike betray a certain inclination to enshroud successful 

 yachts with as much mystery as possible. This, ho%vever, is usuaUy 

 a somewhat thankless task. But it is only fau- that the ideas con- 

 ceived by any designer should be his own inalienable property until 

 such tune as.'in the nature of things, they must be made public; and 

 any measures taken to secure this end, in face of the pai donable try- 

 ing curiosity of the press, should be respected rather than ridiculed. 



'' 'Ridicule' is hartfiv a sufhciently strong word to use as indicating 

 the attitude of the Aimer icau press with regard tn the reticence ob- 

 served in the case of Tljistle— 'abuse' might be more applicable— and 

 this peculiar position was taken up in America, not by the sycophan- 

 tic daily papers only, but by Forest a2>d Streaji, a journal which we 

 regard as bemg the'one and only exponent of true American yachting 

 opinion. ^ 



"In curious contra.st to the Thistle animadversions. Forest akd 

 Stheam has. perforce, been fain to publish the pi-eeautions taken by 

 Messrs. HerreshofE toward eonce.alinent of tlie ■features of their com- 

 mg flyers. 'Night watchmf-n' have been hitherto iiaknown on this side 

 of the Atlantic. At all events no advertising pubiicuy has been given 

 to them, and in this respect it remams for America ouce more to 'out- 

 Herod Herod.' But now that the sin, if sin li be., lies with onr cousins, 

 we are treated to elaborate articles on the diilicLUtie.s imp^'sed by tiie 

 Messrs. HerreshofE, without one word of castigarion for the fact that 

 those difficulties have been imposed. The truth is that in America the 

 latest 'bright partioulai-' must ever guide the jiubhc, and if the late 

 Mr. Burgess did that, all else was wi-ong; while if the HerreshoSs did 

 this, noQiing but tliis is right, for Hills' comes at a later date than 

 •iTwii.'" — The Yach tsman. 



Messk.s. S. S. Th.iup & Co.. who are kao-.rn to -SA.re.si- .lxp Rtre,*m 

 readers as advertisers in our >'achtinK ad\ ei tiseuieut pages are iiard at 

 work fllhng a contract to supply 5,(}i}0 flags for rhe World s Fair —.4dy_ 



New York Y. C. 



Thk second general meeting of the New York Y. C. was held on 

 filarch 53. v.-ith 'Com. Morgan in the chau\ In addition to the regular 

 routine Ijusiness. tlie house committee was empowered to charter a 

 steamer on the occasion of the naval parade next month and also to 

 arrange for the annual dinner. In regard to the annual cruise, it was 

 decided to rendezvous, as in the last two years, at Glen Cove, at some 

 time between Aug. 1 and Aug 14, the selection of the exact date being 

 left to the oificers aud the re.gatta committee. The uneei tamty as to 

 the date of completion of .the new Cup defenders makes it desiral de to 

 leave the date o]jen for the time being, in order to make sure that the 

 four will be present on the cruise. An invitation was read from the 

 secretary of the reception committee of the Viking ship, soon to arrive 

 from Norway, requesting the club to take part in the welcoming cere- 

 monies at New York. The matter was referred to a special committee 

 to be appointed by the commodore. Com. Morgan vacated the chair 

 temporarily in order to propose that the club should present to ex- 

 Com. Gerry a service of silver as a recognition of hiswork for theclub 

 diu-ing the seven years in which he was commodore. A motion to this 

 effect' \^ as passed, and the matter referred to a committee to he 

 appointcLl by Com. Morgan. The following letter from Mr. Ogden 

 (lOelet was read: 



J, V. S. Oddie.Esq., Secretanj New York Y. C: 

 Dear Sib— I have much pleasure in offering the folio wing prizes, viz. : 

 One $1,000 cup, to be sailed for by the schooners of the New York 



Y. C. and 



One $500 cup. to be sailed for by the .sloops of the New York Y. C, 

 These prizes to he competed for at Newport on the cruise diudng 

 the month of August next. The day to be selected by the flag offlcers 

 and announced on or prior to the date of the rendezvous for the 

 annual cruise, and the course to be decided by the regatta committee. 

 The race to be sailed under their jurisdiction according to the rules and 

 with the time allowance of the New York Y. G , as in former races 

 for the cups, but with no limit to the time in which the race is to be 

 made. 



Yachts shaU have the right to enter up to 8 o'clock on the moi-nmg 

 of the date of the race, 



Shotdd any foreign vacht be in our waters '.during next summer, 1 

 beg to reserve the right to ahow any one or all of such vessels to enter 

 for this race. Very respectfully, Ogden Goelet. 



New York, Feb. ~7. 



Secretarji-Oddie was requested to write to the Board of Aldermen in 

 favor of retaining the summer ferry to Bay Ridge. The following 

 gentlemen were elected to membership, making the total number of 

 members 913: Henry L. Hotcbkiss, John G. Gibbous, Henry A. Carey, 

 William James, Richard N. Young, Henry G. Campbell, J. G. Richard- 

 son, J. Norman Whitehouse, John Fox. .Jr., J, G. DeForest, Jr., Chas. 

 P. Buchnuau. Dciavan Bloodgood.U.S.N.; Robert A. Grannis, Oliver H. 

 P. Belmont. Oswald Sanderson, Edward T. Hunt, Harry S. Kingsley, 

 James A. Wright. Jr., Wilhara Coverley, Theo. C. Zerega, Lotiis C. 

 Clark, D. Crawford Clark, Richard Kalish. Capt. John R. Bartlett, U. 

 S. N. ; J. E. Reyburne, Capt. Francis J Higginson, U.S.N. ; Henry B. 

 Howell. Dudley L- Pickman, J.ames l-tutherford, Jr., Mayhew AV. 

 Bronson, O G. Jennings. Brayton Ives, Richard H. WiUiams. Samuel 

 T. Peters, William A. Parke, John H. Cole and James A. Garland, Jr. 



Large Cutters of the Past. 



At the time when the Maria was filling the imaginations of young 

 American yachtsmen— as a matter of fact, yachting -svas only a dawn- 

 ing pastime in the United States hi 1844— the '-Ijitr Alarm" cutter in 

 this country had au equal hold on the minds of our yachtsmen; but 

 the Alarm was a very different style of craft to tlie Yankee chpper, 

 and was a sort of cross between the revenue cruiser and the smuggler 

 of the period. She was of 193 tons, Thames measurement, although 

 of only 79ft. load line, her beam being 24ft. She had very taunt spars 

 and large sail spread. A comparison of some lai-ge cutters of the last 

 half century will be intei-esting: 





L.W. L. 



Beam. 



Main 

 Boom. 



GafC. 



Main- 

 sail 

 Area. 



Total 

 SaU 

 Area 

 Y.R.A. 



Rating 

 Y.R.A. 





Ft. 



Ft. 



Ft. 



Ft. 



Sq. Ft. 



Sq. Ft. 







79.0 



24.0 



73 



40 



5.100 



9,900 



130 



Maria 



97.0 



26.5 



95 



51 



5,850 



11,700 



190 



Oimara .... 



9.5.0 



20.0 





49 



8,960 



9,530 



150 



Ii-ex 



83.6 



15.0 







7,650 



106 



Genesta. . . . 



81.0 



15.0 



68 



48 



3,696 



7,645 



104 



Galatea .... 



87.0 



15.0 



73 



45 





8,500 



1S4 





86.4 



20.3 



81 



51 



4,.563 



9,957 



144 



Iverna 



83.5 



19.0 





47 



3,856 



8,458 



lis 



Mr. Clarke's big cutter will come somewhere between the Maria and 

 Oimara. and ^sdll possibly have a mainsad something like the former's, 

 so far as area goes; but most likely her total area will be much 

 smaller, as these are not days of long bowsprits. K this giantess in 

 any way approaches expectations formed of her, the Clyde-built 

 craft will have a hopeless chase after her over any CTiannel course.- 

 Field. . 



Corinthian Y. C. of San Francisco. 



In marked contrast to the apathy which has afflicted the larger 

 vacht clubs of San Francisco, the youn^ Corintnian Y. C. is planning 

 an unusually livelv season, with a frolic of some sort for evei'y ^^'eek 

 from April to October. The full programme, certainly a varied one, 

 is as follows: 



April 32, opening day; April 23, cruise in squadron; May 6. rendez- 

 vous at Sausalito, reception at S. F. Yacht Club house: .May 7, cruise 

 in squadi'ou accompanying S. F. Y. C. fleet; May 13, cruise to Vallejo; 

 May 14, return; May 30, annual regatta; June 10, rendezvous Corte 

 Madora Creek (R.R. bridge, "jinks tendered Eucinal Yacht Club;" 

 June 11, r. turn; June 24, annual summer cruise; yachts not pai-tici- 

 pating in the annual summer cruise will accompany the fleet as far as 

 No Nears; June 25, return; July 1, 3 and 3, cruise to Martinez, Suisun 



Aug. 20,' return; Aug. 26, cruise to Petalmua Creek, rendezvous below 

 R. R. bridge, south shore; Aug. 27, return; Sept 9, channel cruise; 

 Sept. 17, race; Sept. 23, rendezvous Corhithian Cove: Sept. 24, Corinth- 

 ian games; Oct. 7, rendezvous Paradise Cove; Oct. 8, return; Oct. 14, 

 closmg day. 



New Yachts. 



The Paine hoat is now well in frame and the work is going ahead 

 smoothly. The Stewart & Biunei^ boat has been laid down at Pusey 

 & Jones's vai'il, in Wilmington, and the moulds made. She will be 

 rigged by Billman. and Wdsbn & Siisby will make her sails. The bad 

 weatherhas interfered with the work on Navahoe. but the 1 ic'sing 

 will soon be completed. The Rogers boat is about; plated up, and the 

 keelofthe Blorgau boat has been laid in the north shop. Last week 

 the shop was cleared by the launching of the Ha v den sreaiaer Louise, 

 102ft., and the stock yacht, 92ft. long, the Kalolah, as well as the En- 

 terprise launch. , „ , 



At Lawley's yard the steamers and smaU boats are rapuUy neanng 

 completion. 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



The committee of the Chicago Yachting Association has submitted 

 the following proposition t... the Wtn-ld's Fair management: Your 

 committee respectfully subiuits that the only available location for a 

 yacht harbor is a portion of tlie iM'escut outer liarlior and includes the 

 erection of a breakwater on a line 1 -JfjUft. east of the present dock 

 line— the breakwater to extend l.oUiifc. noi-th from a point opposite 

 Park row, thence running west to tbe shore, leavms,'a gap in tlie latter 

 portion for an entrance. This would produce a basin in \\^hieh about 

 500 yachts could safely mooi' in -any weather. 'i\mr committee has 

 called on many of the gentlemen connected Avith the merchant roarine 

 and is assm-ed that thev are lieai tilv in favor of this plan and that it 

 conflicts in no wav with their interests. A coi\v of the original author- 



" ' F.v: >'"i-!i ion (lonipanv, showing the right 



li<is been furnished us by Capt. 

 l-'resideut Higiubc'tiiani, of the 

 an ExpobiM ■■■■ rii intej-vied by your committee, 



rhe Chicftao i acjiLci,;: and Rowing Association make 

 .■lit of the necessity . 'requirement's, cost and plans of 

 -jiis i.-'i^tiiiu. tu 1).:' sulimirted to the Fair directors, 

 •ii otlier data as tins Associ;i ri. >ii imu vIimtc bearing 

 .tatements .showing tlie nutjiMr : ; 'ii,-i[,g the 



utflcient violence to eudati.L;.'! .^e present 



harbor have been secured as evidence of the ne-: - •. . I'Ceotion to 

 the yachts wliich will \dsit us duvms: the couuug sea. ^-u. . ■: .getlier wath 

 other data for the use of the Association, relating Ui the cost and con- 

 struction of i:he harbor— which is unnecessary to embody in this rs- 

 port. Your eiiinmiftee recommends iliat the efforts of the Associ- 

 :iti..n lie elided Solely in tui.-4 difeA^tion at che pi'esent lime, as being 

 tlie only teasifile pl.in of sepuriug adequate protection with the limited 

 tune at oui- thsposal. 



ity of the World's" Coiund: 

 of the company to put 

 Marshall. Corps of Eng: 

 World's O'l ■ 



and r^,,-..- 



on this subject, 

 last five ycai s of 



.fudging from present appearances there will be two, if not more, 

 additions'to the local pleasure fleet this year, but they will be small 

 steam craft, not sailing yachts, in which our people took so much 

 pride and pleasure a few years ago. Both will be by the same de- 

 signer, Jlr. "Jack" Robbin, a mechanic of much ingenuity and skill, 

 who has tm'ned his attention to yacht designing and building with 

 very promising results, as shown in his first effort, a small steamel? 

 for Mr E. B. Burnell. of this city. The hull, which has been planked, 

 caulked and painted, is of a handsome model, which promises both. 

 Sliced and stability, the bow being fine on the waterlme, and carried 

 up to a half chpper stem, while the run is clean. In construction the 

 craft is light, yet strong. Her keel is oak, :3in.XSin., with keelsons 

 .Sin X4in. ; frames of oak; bent. l^^^in.X'^^n., 12iu. centers; garboardis 

 oak, IWin. thick; sheer strake iiu. thick, also of oak; planking of 

 white cedar, 1 ki. thick. All fastenings are galvanized screws, not a 

 nail below the covering board. The decks are of black walnut and 

 cedar, alternate strips." The dimensions of the yacht are as follows: 

 Lengthof keel, 28ft.; length over aU,35ft.; length of waterlme, 39ft. 

 6in. r extreme beam, 7ft. ; draft of water, 28in. She will be driven by 

 an engine of 10 horse-power, vertical compound, keel condenser. The 

 boiler will be of steel, 34m. diameter, 50in. high, with 150 flues of 

 and l}.Sin. each, and a speed of at least 10 miles p.er hour is expected. 

 The eath-e design, it may be added, boiler excepted, is the work of Mr. 

 Roblin, who will build another of somewhat greater size when the 

 vessel under notice has been completed.— Port Tack (Belleville, Can.) 



The St. Augustine Y. C. saUed its first race of the year on March IB 

 the times being: 



SLOOPS. 



Corrected. 



FroUc .1 50 12 First prize, $m 



Mamie 1 52 02 Second prize, f 10 



Idle Wilde 1 ,53 03 Third prize, $ 5 



Ponce de Leon and Genevieve, no time taken, entrance fee, f2, re- 

 funded. 



OATS. 



Arrow 1 51 58 Fh-st prize, $85 



Ada 1 57 02 Second prize, $10 



Seminole. '. '. ". '.'.'.'. '. '. '.'.'. 1 58 08 Third prize, $ 5 



Nena, no time taken entrance fee. $3, refunded. 



Miranda, schr., is now ready for sea but has not left New London. 

 Her crew was shipped on March 23, and on the same evening a flght 

 occurred on board, the police being eaUed in and two of the new men 

 flnallv discharged. On Fridav another mishap occurred; the captain's 

 son, Alexander Betts, 17 years old, had with him a friend, Harry Mc- 

 Caffrey, of New Ha \ e'li. Yoi mg Fsetts picked up a loaded pistol in the 

 cabin and pointed it at his friend Kith the command to "throw up his 

 hands." When he jnilled the trigger a baU struck McCaffrey in the 

 right cheek, wounding him seriously. Betts was arrested. Capt. 

 Riehai-d C. Hooker Avill be in command, with Capt. Betts as navigator. 

 The vacht wiU sail as soon as word is received from Mr. Coleman, who 

 is now in Florida. Mr. George Cormack, who intended to sad in her, 

 win not do so. She will probably go by way of Cape Horn. 



The AVilliamsburg Y. C. has elected the following offlcers: Coin., 

 WiUiam Martain; Vice-Corn, Theodore Meyer; Post Capt., Larry 

 Rice; Sec, George Siemes: Asst. Sec, Henry F. Huper; Treaa., 

 Alfred Smith; Meas.. William Rexter; Judge Advocate, James Clif- 

 ford; Steward. John Tawes; Sergt. at-Arms, Cabel Barker; Board of 

 Trus.. Joseph Northrup, Wilham Stebbins, Patrick Monahan, Melville 

 Waters. John Essman; Reg. Com., Gus F. Burkard. Henry Huper, 

 George Belk, Jr., Thomas EUson, Edward Brown; Delegates to N. Y. 

 Y. R. A., Henrj' Roth, James Schuessele. 



The annual meeting of the Owasoo Y. C . of Auburn, N. Y., was held 

 on March 21, and the foUowiug officers and committees were elected: 

 Com,, F. I. Allen; Vii^e Com., G. C. Smith; Sec'y andTreas., O. Strong; 

 Meas., D. Beardsley. Regatta Committee, C. E. Thorn, N. B. Burr, \V. 

 R. Hopkins, C. N. Chedell. Canoe Committee, E. Jennings and F. G. 

 Jones. The club is in a prosperous condition, and has decided to otfer 

 some valuable prizes for this season's races. There are several ad 

 ditions to the fleet this year, and the members are looking forward to 

 the races with increased interest. 



The annual meeting of the New Bedford Y. 0. was held on March 21, 

 thefoUowing officers being elected: Com., Frank C. Haskell; Vice- 

 Corn., Edward M. Whitney; Rear Com., John B. Rhodes; Sec, Alfred 

 S. James. Treas., F. A." Booth; Directors, R. H. Morgan, B. B. An- 

 thony, E. B. Hammond, H. K. Snow, Horace Wood, Charles R. Allen, 

 E. P." Haskell, R. A. Terry. A. W. Holmes, A. W. Forbes, Fred R. Fish. 

 The club has a membership of 158 and a fleet of forty-flve yachts, with 

 a cash balance of S600. A contribution of $20 to the Cuttyhunk fund 

 was authorized. 



The Bayonne City Y. C. has filed articles of incorporation at the 

 county clerk's offlce. the incorporatoi-s being the board of trustees— 

 Wflliam Elsworth. Edward Van Buskirk, PhiUp Mooney, Frank Els- 

 worth and Philip Van Buskirk. The followmg delegates have been 

 chosen to tiie Wow York and New Jersey Yacht Racing Association: 

 Edwin H. Bennett, Capt. Joseph Elsworth and John O'Neill. The 

 club was organized last year and a smah club house built on an island 

 in New York Bay just oft the Bayonne shore at Thirty-sixth sti-eet. 



The Toronto SkilT Sailing Club has elected the following offlcers: 

 Com., H. M Pellatt; Vice Com.. T. A. E. World; Capt,, A. Skmner; 

 Hon. Sec'y, F. C. Paterson; Hon. 'Treas.. W. E. Feusom; Hon. Meas., 

 A. R. Taylor. Executive Oommittee-R. Livingstone, E. Apted, E. 

 Webb, J. Buchanan, A. Cook and Wm. Anderson. Sailing Committee 

 — C. F. Bunbury, D. World, T. Saulter, F. Stoddart aud F. Flannery. 

 House Committee— A. Pi-ice, A. Livingstone, L. Levy, W. Edwards 

 and R. H. Northcote. 



At the annual meeting of the Plymouth (Mass.) Y. C, on March 21, 

 the following ofBcers were elected: Com., N. Morton; Vice-Corn., T. 

 N. Eldridge; Fleet Captain, H. P. Bailey: Sec'y, A. L. Barnes; Treas., 

 G. E. Benson; Meas., C. F. Bradford. Executive Committee, N. Mor- 

 ton, G D. Bartlett, A. L. BaUey, W. T. Ekhidge, A. O. Fay. Regatta 

 Committee, N. Morton, T. N. E]drid,ge, A. O. Fay. 



The Cedar Point Y. C. has elected the following officers: Com., K. 

 C. Eno, M. D., sip. Imperia; Vice-Com., Edward Thome, sip. Com- 

 modore; Sec, W. 31. Thomas; Treas., Edwin C. Smith; Meas., O. J. 

 Allen; Reg. Com., A. D. Sanford, O. J. Allen and E. C. Smith. The 

 opening regatta will be sailed on May 81. The club may hold monthly 

 races through the season. 



Thomas A. Welch, of the tug F. W". Dievoe, who was convicted of 

 manslaughter in the second degree on Oct. 30, 1891, for smking the 

 yacht Amelia, and who was released on bail through the efforts of the 

 Association of Licensed Pilots after being sentenced for five years, has 

 been surrendered by his surity a.nd re-ai-rested. It is alleged that he 

 was about to leave for Chicago, 



The steam vacht Emfly, .Jacob Pulver, of Albany, has been hauled 

 out on Wintringham's ways for general repau-s, including engine aud 

 boiler. On the morning of Mai-ch 19 she was discovered to be on fire, 

 and the inside and deck were badly burned before the flames were ex- 

 tinguished. Oriva. cutter, was lying on the ways beside her, but 

 escaped without injury. 



The Phdadelphia Y. C. has announced the followmg flxtm-es for 

 the season of 1893: Opening cruise. May 27. Annual regatta, Mou ■ 

 day, June 5. Open re.gatta, June 17, open to loft, open boats. Club 

 cruise, June 80 to July 13. Pennant race and sweepstake, Jtdy 15. 

 Open race, all classes and all clubs, Saturday, Sept. 16. 



The Cleveland Y. C. has elected tbe foUowing officers: Com , George 

 W Gardner: Vice-Oom., Percv \V, Rice; Rear Com., W. H. Hunting- 

 ton- Sec'y and 'freas., J. t.i. i.lardner; Regatta Committee, W. P. 

 Francis. W'lUiam Db SIoV and Luther Alleu; House Committee, P. P. 

 Wright,' E. W. Radder and C. W. i:clly. 



At the annual meetmg of the Olymriic Y. C, of Brookl.yn, on March 

 20, the following officers were elected: Com., Geo. Harkins; Vice- 

 Corn., F. H. Bohland; Rear-Com.. James McNamai-a; Sec'y, R. Orr; 

 Fm. Sec'y, A. MuUer; Rec. Sec'y, James Burns; Treas., Wm. Dement; 

 Meas., L. Hohorst. 



The Carolina Y. C, of Wflmiugton, N. C, has elected the following 

 officers- i'om., Geo. W. Kidder; First Capt.. Geo. D. Parsley; Flag 

 Capt , H. L. Feiinell; Purser, J. McR. Cowan; Meas.. D. McRae; Mar- 

 shal H. McL. Green; Governing Board, W. R. Bai-ksdale, F. A. Lord 

 and W. N. IlaiTiss. 



The Southwark Y. C, of Philadelphia, has elected the following 

 officers: Com., James Irvm; Vice-Cam., J. M. Crean; Rear Com., A. 

 Bennett; Treas., Isaac Sharp; Sec'y, J. R. Stevens; Asst. Sec'y, Robt. 

 Marsh: Steward, John Snyder. 



The Mobile Y. C. is [ji eparing to bufld a club house, and has ap- 

 pointed a committee to .select a site. The club is greatly interested in 

 a proposed race between the 46ft. Nepenthe, of Neiw Orleans, and the 

 Annie, a club boat. 



The final smoke talk of the Fall River Y. C. took place on Nov. 20, 

 31r. Jefferson Borden, the yacht desiKticr, talking on the subject of 

 the challengers and defenders of the Ainerica's Cup. . 



Alert, schr.. J. N. Luning, arrived at Staten Island on March 34, in 

 charge of Ciipt. Corkum. "She loft Bermuda on March 15, the whole 

 passage from Gibraltar taking 41 days. 



Hazard, sloop, of Newburyport, has been sold by Messrs. Moody 

 and Piei-ce to G. P. Wadleigh, of Portsmouth. The yacht is well known 

 on the Eastern coast as a racer. 



Jlargnerite. sclu-., R. S. Palmer, will haul out at Lawley's this week 

 prepa.fatorv to htiing out and will take part in the naval parade at 

 ^Norfolk. 



CTCrtrudc;, sloop, built for the late II. B. Pearson, has been acid to 

 Arthm- Q. E^-le, N, Y. Y. C.* who has renamed Uer Zingara, 



