July 15, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



39 



A Disaster on Liake St. Louis. 



The St. Lawrence Y. C, of Montreal, one of the most active racing 

 clubs on fresh water, has met \vith a terrible calamity in the 

 drowning of the commodore and the wrecking and sinking of a num- 

 ber of yachts in a sudden storm on July 8. The saUinpc waters of the 

 club are on Lake St. Louis, a widening of the St. Lawrence Eiver 

 above Montreal, the lake being very shoal in many places, especially 

 around the club anchorage, so that the yachts are practically limited 

 to a maximum draft of 3ft. The fleet was formerly composed of 

 open racing boats of the New York sandbag type, with tmlimited 

 crews and under a length rule. Through the efforts of some mem- 

 bers of the St. Lasvrence Y. C. the rules have been changed during 

 the pact three years, shifting ballast and unlimited crews being pro- 

 hibited, and the Seawanhaka rule adopted. Some new yachts have 

 been built to umipX the altered conditions, one of the best of them, 

 Valda. being iUustratt-d in Forest and Stream of Dec. 39, 189], and 

 the old boats haxr been reduced in rig and more or less altered. The 

 raemg is done mainly in light winds, and although the lake is subject 

 to severe storms at times, tiic boats as a rule are wide, Z}4 to 3 

 beams to length, of 'iU, and 3ft. draft, and heavily rigged. 



The race on Saturday started at 'i-AQ P. M., in threatening weather, 

 the starters being Rita, Valda, Ohaperone, Molly Bawn, Coquette, 

 Eagle and Krolic. Molly Bawn is a Burge.ss boat, built for the Lake, 

 and Frolic was once well known in the Atlantic Y. C. of Brooklyn, 

 built by John Munn. 



On the second leg of the course, wth Eagle and Valda leading, a 

 furious storm of wind, rain and hail broke over the lake, tearuig up a 

 bad sea in a few minutes and capsizing Eagle, Chaperone, Rita and 

 two yachts which were not racing, Petrel and Butternut. EroUc and 

 floqiiette lowered sails and rode out the storm safely, and Molly Bawn 

 and Valda ijulled through all right, Valda rescuing three men from 

 (Jbaperone. 



Mr. A. W. Morris was on the lake in his naphtha launch Idle Hour 

 with a party of ladies, but when the storm broke he landed them 

 quickly and called for aid, Messrs. C. J. McCuaig, A. D. Dumford and 

 Lyall Davidson responding instantly. The little launch put out in the 

 face of the storm, though hardly able to make headway against the 

 sea, even if she kept afloat herself, The yachts had been capsized for 

 a long time before the launch reached Rita, on whose bottom were C. O. 

 and W, Clarke, Church and Lucas. The party bravely declined to be 

 taken off, as others were in more danger, their boat floating and sup- 

 porting them. The launch then made for Chaperone, which had 

 floated for a time, and picked up Messrs. Almon, Oswald and David- 

 son, Valda taking care of the two Messrs. Clouston and Mr. Bogert. 

 Chaperone floated until her air tanks burst and then she sank. 



Eagle, a sloop 39ft. over all, 35ft. l.w.l. and 10ft. beam, had sunk on 

 capsizing, her crew keeping themselves afloat on planks and spars for 

 an hour, but soine three minutes before the launch reached them 

 Com. Chas. K. Levin became exhausted and sank. Messrs. Ross, 

 Simmons, Robertson and fleorge and Carl Gobler were picked up in 

 an exhausted condition, but were revived by the rescuers, though Mr. 

 Simmons and Mr. Uos^ were cearly beyond aid. 



On Peti-el were Mr. and Mva. Davidson and Mr. Fidler, and on Butter- 

 nut wore Mr. Slosler with his son and daughter and Jlr. Jamieson; 

 all were rescued by rowboats. Com. Levin's body was found next 

 day by a seiirching party in a war canoe near the spot where he sank. 

 Eagle hes in .30ft. of water. 



A Corinthian Blowout. 



Beverly Y. C. 



MAKBLEHEAD— MASSACHUSETTS BAY. 



Sahtrday, July S. 



The 19i th race was .sailed at Marblehead, July 8; a brisk S.W. wind 

 which forced all tlie third class cats to reef. Prizes were open to other 

 clubs. Cliam)>ion pennants on actual lime to B. Y. C. boats only. In 

 second class Irene. Emma L., Black Cloud and Madge, which had en" 

 tered, failed to appear. Tyrant started with a handicap and withdrew, 

 as did Korban. Hiladee and Susie sailed a very close race, both cross- 

 ing the line on a puff that gave them more than they wanted. 



Susie protests Hdadee's meaisureraent, and result is given subject 

 to this in otL-st. Ill t hird class sloops Freak entered but did not arrive 

 in time, iLoiigh she joined the others on first leg and sailed the course. 

 Ko(jrah and M.isi'ie sailed a very close race, and former might have 

 won had slie not been torced round and blanketed at finish by Reaper. 

 The knockabout Ijoats did weU, Carl beating Reaper, having more 

 wind, as she started later, and not being cramped as Reaper was by 

 too much sail. Summary: 



.SECOND OLiABS. 



Length. 



Hiladee, S. Small, H. Y. C 27.03 



Susie, W. VV. Kieth, O. V. C 28.06 



TiTant, C. VV. Wilson. L. Y. C 30.05 



Korban, E. Horton, Q. Y. C 23,08 



THIRD i;r..\.HS — SLOOPS. 



Reaper, Com. Benson, B. Y. C 24.00 



THIRIi CLASS— CATS. 



Koorali, R. C. Robbins. B. Y. G 23.04 



Magpie, H. G, Otis, B. Y. C 22.04 



Typhoon, J. T. Taylor 23.09 



FOURTH CLASS. 



Elapsed. Corrected. 

 1 57 10 1 47 30 

 1 49 37 



1 68 SI 



KNOCKABOUT CLASS, 



Carl, C. 11, W. Foster, B. Y. C 



Susaa, Henrv Taggai d. E. Y. C 



Jane, C. S. Parker, 0. Y. C 



Santa Maria, J. J. KouthtM-, H. Y. C 



Francis, O. M. Wheeler, C. Y. C 



Betsy, Theo. Jones, E. Y. C 



Santa Maria parted throat halhards at end of first round, but re- 

 pau-ed damage and kept on. Koorali and Reaper take legs for pen- 

 nants. Hiladee, Magpie, Alpine and Carl take firsts, Susie and Susan 

 take seconds. Juddge, W. Lloyd Jeffries. 



2 18 15 



1 



56 31 



2 09 19 



3 09 38 

 2 11 34 



1 

 1 

 1 



56 58 

 56 05 

 59 35 



1 15 oe 



1 19 45 



1 

 1 



06 23 

 09 28 



2 03 33 

 2 08 31 

 2 13 05 

 2 14 02 







2 18 07 



3 23 29 







Manchester Y. C. 



The Manchester Y. C. held its second race for the Sunset Hill cup 

 on Monday, July 3, The wind was southeast, and at 2 in the after- 

 noon it blew about about 34 knots. Three of the yachts. Hornet, Al- 

 batross and Wraith carried whole sail, while the Yankee Maid went 

 out under mainsail and forestaysail. The start was made at 1:45, the 

 yachts crossing the line: Hornet, Wraith, Albatross, Yankee Maid. 



The first and second marks were iiassed in the same order. At the 

 finish Yankee just caught up to Albatross. 



The times wore, start 1:45: 



Elapsed. Corrected. 



Hornet, Chas. Jackson 1 11 59 1 11 57 



Wraith, A. H. Higginson 1 17 02 1 16 08 



Albatross. A. W. Ciaigir 1 24 07 1 26 03 



Yankee Maid. E. P. Stanly 1 24 13 1 23 05 



On July 6 the third cla.ss sailed its annual race, Mr. Boardman's 

 Snipe wmuiug by 3s. The times were as follows: 



Length. Start. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Snipe, E. A. Boardman 17.01 2 41 30 1 40 00 1 40 17 



Alice, P. E. Stan wood 16.11 2 41 30 1 40 20 1 40 20 



Tiny, F. L. Huidekoper 17.11 2 41 30 1 51 22 



The wind north, light and puffy. Two yachts of the second class, 

 the Wraith and Yankee Maid, sailed a match race. The start made 

 was a good one, Wraith getting away a few seconds ahead. Oa the 

 first leg the Yankee Maid slowly gained on Wraith and rounded the 

 first mark some 40s. ahead. By the second mark Wraith had gained 

 about Im. on her competitor, but on the last leg Yankee Maid over- 

 hauled and won by Im. 45s. Times were: 



Start. Finish. 



Yankee Maid, E. P. Stanley 2 34 00 3 49 45 



Wraith, A. H. Higginson 2 34 00 3 47 01 



Knickerbocker Y. C. Special Race. 



COLLEGE POINT — LONQ ISLAND S0T7ND. 



Satw-day, July 8. 

 The Knickerbocker Y. C. saUed a special race on Saturday for cabin 

 sloops 6md cutters, the course being a triangle from the club house to 

 Borretto's Point, and Clausn's Point, five miles, sailed twice. The 

 starters were few in number, though a fresh S. W. breeze gave every 

 chance for a flue race. The times were: 



CLASS A— CABIN SLOOPS AND CUTTERS 26FT. A^'D OVER. 



Start. Finish. Elapsed. 



Alice ...3 21 23 4 43 27 1 22 59 



Nahwa 3 31 00 4 51 19 1 30 19 



Liberty ,.,,,...,....3 21 42 4 53 40 1 31 58 



CLAflS B— OABIS SlxroPS AXD CUTTERS ITKDER 26ft. 



Annie 3 20 40 4 19 06 1 28 20 



Alpha , 3 21 32 4 52 30 1 30 58 



Nanita 3 21 00 4 55 58 1 34 58 



Elapsed. 



Corrected. 



1 31 30 



1 18 oe 



1 47 00 



1 47 00 



1 32 .30 



1 23 55 



,1 .36 45 



1 28 09 



1 25 30 



1 16 54 



1 39 00 



1 20 20 



1 40 00 



1 31 24 



1 26 00 



1 23 40 



1 26 00 



1 16 00 



The Sippican Y. C. of Marion, Mass., on Buzzards Bay, is a pros- 

 perous youugracing dub with a fieet of over fifty flue boats, nearly 

 all catvigged. We are indebted to the secretaiy for a copy of the 

 lub book. 



The other day we Corinthians, of San Francisco, gave a sort 9! 

 "al fresco sworry" to the Encmals of Alameda, mviting them to .]om 

 us in a little mild outdoor dissipation. As it is somethmg near mi- 

 possible for us to beat the Encinals on their own ground, the idea of 

 a reception at the club house was abandoned— we're not in it with 

 the Encmals there— and an all-night excursion to Corte Madera Creek, 

 about seven miles from our headquarters, organized in its stead. 



A good -sized craft was provided to carry to the scene of trouble aU 

 those whose friends had forgotten to invite them to sail the ocean 

 blue with them. Tents, camp-fires, chowder, coffee, hard-tack, beans 

 and one or two other things in kegs were provided "agm anybody 

 got cross-" and there being no commodore on hand Cone had gone to 

 the Fair and the other to Japan) an efficient substitute was found m 

 a gentleman who would long ere this have had a flag of his own if it 

 had not been for his reprehensible conduct in abstaining from owning 

 anything to fly it on; anyhow, as a land commodore he was an 

 eminent success. , ^ ^ j, ^, j * 



Owhig to the fact that a very important part of the supplies had to 

 be sent up in the White Wings, and that the noble craft got confused 

 in the darkness and lost the wind, afterward being towed aground m 

 a masterlv manner by the tug Cyretta, some of the yachtsmen were a 

 good deafincommoded by thirst (chronic), but in course of time their 

 sufterings were assuaged and by 11 P. M. there was hardly a dry 

 whistle in the congregation. We were grouped in a gracefiilly- 

 abandoned manner by the side of a road which— not appropriately, I 

 liope— led down to the State prison, reclining under some more or 

 less spreading oaks or laurels ( it was too dark to see which) on a 

 number of tons of hay provided for the purpose by the thoughtful 

 care of the committee, and with the smoke of the camp-fires generally 

 blowing away to leeward we listened to stories so good that ifs a 

 pity I can't repeat them, and music galore, both vocal and otherwise. 

 Our craft having a character for sobriety to sustain, we left about 1 

 A M. to turn in, but a good many, I think, saved the trouble of get- 

 ting up in the morning by staying up all night. At any rate, it 

 sounded a good deal that way. ^, , ^ , j , v. j 



On our way down stream we were startled by a loud splash, and 

 thinking some one might have come to grief in the darkness rowed in 

 the direction of the sound, to be informed by a gentleman aboard one 

 of the fleet that their blanked skiff had gone adrift and his shipmate 

 had gone overboard after her. We kept on m the direction we sup- 

 posed boat and swimmer to have taken, for as the poet remarks, it 

 was '-A naughty night to swim in," until we judged by the sounds 

 that he had overtaken the derelict, pushed her to the shore, waded 

 through the mud and scrambled in. It was pitch dark barrmg the 

 stars and the riding hghts of the twenty -five boats in the fleet, but we 

 were soon aware of a white object advancing rapidly but not sUently 

 through the gloom. It proved to be a gentleman, hke Eve before the 

 fall, "mitnodinks on," who was rowing lustilyand swearing even as 

 did our army in Flanders, doubtless with the design of avoiding a cold, 

 Concluding from the vigor of both performances that he was in no 

 need of our assistance we resumed our journey. 



Some time was spent next morning in paying visits, but as this was 

 an essentiaUy free and easy pic-nic everybody got out kiUick when to 

 him seemed best, some of the smaller Encinals starting bright and 

 early to get across the Channel before the regulation forty-mile zephyr 

 got its boots on; some delayed too long and had to wait for high wa- 

 ter that night; the majority, however, got away in good style, though 

 the channel of Corte Madera Creek is laid out on the most economical 

 principles and there is no more of it than is absolutely reqtured. 



Barring a little too close an acquaintance with the bottom there 

 were no drawbacks, nobody got hurt, and everything, I believe, passed 

 off to the satisfaction of our guests. W, B. 



San Francisco, Cal. 



Excelsior Y. C. Club Race. 



MINNEAPOLIS— lake SIINNETONKA. 



Saturday, June 2U. 

 The first regatta of the recently reorganized Excelsior Y. C. of Lake 

 Minnetonka was sailed on June 24 in a strong S.E. breeze, the course 

 being 10 miles and times as follows: 



Water witch. 



The judges were Col. Puokett, W. E. Wilbur and H. A. Kent. 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



Owing to the American Model Y. C, of Brooklyn, N. Y., having 

 offered a handsome challenge cup as an inter-club trophy under cer- 

 tain conditions, the model yachtsmen of Philadelphia have been put 

 upon their mettle. The conditions are that boats must sail under the 

 length and sail area ride. Hitherto the majority of the clubs in this 

 city have sailed under the length-over-aU rule, without any restric- 

 tions as to saU area. In order to compete with the Brooklyn club a 

 series of experiments have been made with new boats designed with 

 a view to meet the Brooklyn club rules. On July 4 the Manayunk 

 Model Y. C. sailed a race for a clock presented by Dr. Evans. The 

 contestants were: Navahoe, Dr. Evans; Zip, J. Hart, and Quickstep, 

 J. G. Rosenbaum. The two last named are exaggerations of what 

 can be done under the waterlme and sail area rule, being about 68in. 

 over all with a waterline of about 42in. The wind was shifty from the 

 W.S.W. when they started at 11:10 A.M., with Navahoe leading. The 

 course was from the boathouse to Glen Willows and return, off East 

 Manayunk. The two "lead pipes." as they were named, could not 

 hold a steady course and were soon left astern. The times at the 

 turnmg buoy were: Navahoe 11:52:30, Quickstep 12:06:08, Zip 12:12. 

 There was a" shift, of wind on the homestretch and again the com- 

 plicated steering gear of the new boats proved a source of trouble. 

 Finally both gave up and Navahoe went in a winner at 12:34:06. The 

 clock will be sailed for agam by the regidar yachts of the club on 

 July 16, as, of course. Dr. Evans cannot take his own prize. The 

 steam yacht race, held under the auspices of the Philadelphia Model 

 Yacht and Cruising Club, on July 4, on the Schuylldll River, re.sulted 

 in a victory for the Minnie, which craft proved herself a veritable 

 flyer. The start was made from Girard avenue bridge at 3:05 P. M., 

 the following obeying the judge's signal: Paragon, C. Dulen; Gush- 

 ing, W. F. Payne; Minnie, F. MitcheL. The latter at once took the 

 lead and, steaming along very steadily, was several lengths in advance 

 off the point. Here the Paragon gave up, her steering gear having 



fiven out. Cushing held on but was left further and further astern, 

 linnie crossed the line off Turtle Rock a winner at 3:17:37, with Cush- 

 ing second at 3:19:37. The crowd was somewhat nonplussed at the 

 result, as every one believed that the Paragon would prove the win- 

 ner. They nevertheless heartUy cheered the Minnie and her owner. 

 The Minnie would have made better time only she was driven out of 

 her course by a heavy westerly squall and had to battle against a 

 head w'md.—Fhiladelj^hia Times, July 5. 



The boats of the Bilge Water Y. C. were gathered in a fleet at Fish- 

 ermen's Wharf at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, and at about 10 o'clock 

 started for a trip around the bay. The fleet stood away from Arch 

 Rock and afterward proceeded to Sausalito and Angel Island. A land- 

 ing was made at the island and all hands participated in a clambake. 

 There was plenty of breeze on the bay on the home trip and the Bilge 

 Water boats presented a pretty appearance as they stood in toward 

 Meiggs Wharf. About a dozen sloops, a number of plungers and a 

 whole fleet of smaller craft took part in the regatta, which was a great 

 success from start to flnish. The Bilge Water Club is composed of 

 members of the boating fraternity along the front, and has proven to 

 be a very successful organization. It would have been hard work to 

 hire a boat on the front yesterday, as nearly all of the knights of the 

 oar and who cater to the boating trade were off with the Bilge Waters' 

 picnic. — San FS-ancisco Call. 

 The Bufltalo Y. C. sailed a race on July 4, the times being: 

 40ft. class. 

 Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 



Merle 12 00 25 2 42 30 2 42 30 2 41 45 



Cricket 12 00 00 Did not flnish. 



Cypress 13 01 30 Did not flnish. 



30pt. class. 



Kathleen 12 03 00 1 36 00 1 33 00 1 31 42 



Alcyone 12 02 00 1 40 00 .1 38 00 1 38 00 



25ft. class. 



Winona 12 02 00 1 54 00 1 52 00 1 52 00 



Hmdoo 13 02 45 2 01 00 1 58 15 1 58 10 



Referee, Edward Vai lan. Judges, Chas. Aldinger and A. F. Read. 

 Time-keepers, Howard D. Ptdsifer and W. W. Read. 



At the suggestion of Mr. August Belmont, steam yacht Ituna, the 

 Long Island Railroad Company has kindly established a yacht landing 

 at Long Island City for the convenience of yachtsmen using the 

 anchorage at Twenty-sixth street. East River; or who may desire to 

 land at Long Island City, direct from their yachts. The float is a 

 good one, and the surroundings have been made attractive as well as 

 convenient. It is beheved tuat this landing will be of special service 

 to members of the club, whether lauding from tbeu- own yachts o 



from those of then- friends, when on their way to any point on Long 

 Island: as more than half an hour can be saved, as agamst going by 

 way of Twenty -sixth street and the ferry. 



The postponed race of the Massachusetts T. C. for catboats was 

 sailed on July 6, in Dorchester Bay, with but two starters, the wind 

 being N W. and so puffy that Arab turned in a single reef and Magpie 

 a double one, Arab carrying fuU sail on the second round. The times 



Length. Elapsed Corrected 



Magpie, H G Otis 32 4 1 07 50 0 41 25 



Arib, I E Olmstead 20 8 1 10 25 0 42 55 



First prize— Magpie, $10. • , 1, ,.1 u*. 



Arab lost a man overboard, but he was picked up by another yacht. 



The Yac/iisTOO.?!. has pubhshed its second annual midsummer num- 

 ber, a special number double the size of the regular weekly edition. 

 The present one for 1893 is a very creditable production, containing 

 several readable vachting and sea stories and a number of excellent 

 illustrations. The latter include pictures of Volunteer, Calluna and 

 Satanita and four large collotype reproductions, one a very good pic- 

 ture of Mayflower in her original cutter rig. 



The Shelter Island Y. C, has elected the following officers: Com. R. 

 B. Lynch, sloop Gavilan; Vice Com., R. B. Roosevelt, Jr., cat Olga: 

 Rear Com., J. B. Edson, steamer Palos; Sec. and Ti'eas., C. Plmy Brig- 

 ham, sloop Narona; Meas., Charles Olmstead. Trustees: R. B. Lynch, 

 W. H. Bradley, D. P. Hathaway, F, A. Schroeder, T. A. Howell, J. A. 

 AspmwaU, H. E. Nitchie, J. B. Edson, C. H. Otis, H. L. Coe and Dr. 

 J. L. Keep. House committee: J. B. Keep, E. O. Hamilton and C. 

 Pliny Brigham. 



The Pine LakeY. C, of Oconomowoc, Wis., re-elected Com. Fred 

 Rletbrock, Sec. A. C. Rietbrock and Treas. August H. Vogel. John 

 Barth was elected vice com., and the executive committee now in- 

 cludes O. C. Hansen, Henry L. Atkins and Henry Niedecken. The 

 annual meeting decided on July 15 as the date for holding the annual 

 regatta for sloops. The corresponding event for cat-rigged yachts 

 will not occur until Aug. 28. In the meantime bi-weekly contests for 

 the commodore's cup are quite sure to occm-. 



Eben Holmes, of Marion, Mass.. on Buzzards Bay, has just com- 

 pleted for H. R. Reed a centerboard sloop with an extreme deck length, 

 her dimensions being: Over aU 49ft. 3 in.; l.w.l. 29ft. 6in ; beam 14ft. 

 and draft 5ft. The forward overhang is the longer. With such ex- 

 treme dimension the yacht naturally has ample room below. Her 

 name is Isem. 



The annual regatta of the Hempstead Harbor Club will be sailed on 

 July 15, starting at 1 P. M. off the club house. Glen Cove, L. I. The 

 race wiU be open to yachts of the New York, Seawanhaka Corinthian, 

 Stamford, Marine and Field, Douglaston, Riverside, Corinthian of 

 New York. American, New Rochelle, New Haven, Atlantic, Indian 

 Harbor, Knickerbocker, Horseshoe Harbor, Cedar Point, Columbia 

 and Sea Cliff" yacht clubs. The yachts wUl be classed by 1. w. 1. and 

 measured by the Seawanhaka rule. 



Fleur de Lys, schr., buUt in 1890 for George Trotter, sailed fi-om New 

 York on .July 3 on a cruise to England and Norway. The yacht was 

 originaUy designed by Mr. Burgess for a cnuse around the world, 

 which was postponed at the time of her completion; but she is off now 

 for a long trip, and may make the round passage before she sees New 

 York again. 



It may not be generally known but the James McGiehan, who was 

 killed some days ago at Parkville, L. I., was the oldest.son of the well- 

 known bmlder P. McGiehan, of Pamrapo. Yovmg McGiehan was a 

 good boatman and sailed many races. He leaves a widow and five 

 children. _ 



The Gas Engine and Power Co. has lately issued a very artistic and 

 attractive pamphlet describing the naphtha launch made by them. 

 Another of their advertisements is a small pamphlet in the shape of a 

 shell. 



Carmita, the 46ft. fin-keel, has been hauled out at Lawley's, where 

 some two tons of lead will be removed from her keel and a longer 

 bowsprit will be shipped. Her bottom was very foul when hauled out. 



The wreck of the steam yacht Alva has been flnaUy removed by the 

 contractors, Kelly & Van Sandt, of Atlantic City, and there is now 

 24ft. over the middle and 30ft. over the ends. Upward of $7,500 of ex- 

 plosives has been used. 



The "Who Won" Publishing Co. has in preparation an immense pen- 

 nant 54x36ft., made up of the burgees of American yacht clubs, each 

 burgee being 36in. hoist. The pennant wfll be hoisted at the World's 

 Fair some time this week. 



The fln-keel Polly which started for New York under sail, met with 

 such bad weather that it was not deemed advisable to force her 

 around the Cape, and as she is wanted at Oyster Bay she has been 

 shipped by steamer to New York. 



The fleet of the Corinthian Y. C. of Philadelphia, after a rendezvous 

 at Larchmont on Jidy 4, is now on the annual cruise through Long 

 Island Sound to Newport. Com. Wilkinson is in command in the flag- 

 ship Speranza. 



"Yachting in Southern California" is the title of an attractive 

 article by Walter Mayhew in the June number of the California Illus- 

 trated Magazine. 



Au Revoir, steam yacht, Wm. Dupont, was in collision on July 3 with 

 the tug James McFadden, striking her twice and nearly capsizing her. 

 The yacht lost her bowsprit. 



Iroquois, schr., has been laid up in Wintringham's Basin, her charter 

 to the owners of Vigilant having expired, and Mr. Ellis being still 

 abroad. 



The Philadelphia Y. 0. sailed on June 30 on its annual cruise down 

 the Delaw^are and through Ohesepeake Bay. Com. Brown is in com- 

 mand. 



The American Y. C. gave its second lawn party on July 8, a large 

 number of members and guests being present. 



White Layde, steam yacht, has been chartered by Mrs. Langtry toan 

 American owner with the privilege of purchase. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc . of their 

 clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and report of 

 the same. Canoeists and all interested m canoeing are requested to 

 forward to b'oRKST and Stream their addresses, with logs of cruises, 

 maps, and information concerning their local w^aters, drawings or 

 descriptions of boats and flttings, and all items relating to the sport. 



FIXTURES. 



JULY, 



15-30. W. C. A. Meet, Ballast Island. 33. Toronto, International Pad- 

 39. Red Dragon, Delaware River. diing Trophy Race. 



AUQUST. 



U-36. A. C. A. Meet, St. Lawrence River. 



SEPTEMBER. 



2. Orange An., Arlington, N. J. 1. Holvoke, Pa 11. Holyoke, Mass. 

 4. lanthe. An., Passaic River. 16. Red Dragon, Delaware River. 



It is not a little discouraging to men who visit the general or divi- 

 sion meets every year to find the same blunders of location and 

 transportation repeated annually, and to undergo the same tu-esome 

 and disagreeable experience of a night in some country hotel instead 

 of the anticipated pleasures of the arrival in camp, and then to sit 

 for half a day on some sunny dock waiting for the boat that never 

 comes. The worst part is that no committee ever proflts by the ex- 

 periences of previous ones, but each starts out in subUme self confi- 

 dence, to meet with the same failures as the inevitable results of the 

 same natural causes. In the matters of location and transportation 

 the division officers this year have profited nothing by the fruitful 

 experience of the A. C. A. officers in 1890, and the consequence is that 

 the division camp on Chimmon'a Island is but a miniature of Jessup'a 

 Neck, a good place when one gets there, but a terrible place to 

 get to. 



It is all right for those who have a couple of weeks to spare for the 

 entire term of the meet, and who can afford to waste a day or two in 

 getting to camp vrith their duffle and as much in returning; but for 

 the majority of the membeVs, to whom time is precious, and who 

 need quick and sure transportation for tents and canoes, or who wish 

 to run out to the camp for a few days during the meet, the Norwalk 

 Islands might also as well be in Lake Champlain or the St. Lawrence 

 Riveras in the Sound. The general location is poor; apart from the 

 sentimental objection that Norwalk, Conn., is well outside the Atlan 



