Feb. Id, 1894.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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food can be given, Spratts puppy meal with broth, boiled rice, bread 

 or oatmeal mixed with the vegetables and meat the broth is made 

 from, and feed four times a day, adding a little raw meat chopped up 

 fine every other day. At three months old feed three times a day 

 crushed biscuits and a variety of the foods quoted above that will be 

 most convenient to prepare. Don't miss a meal and never feed too 

 much, and when the puppies have bad enough remove the remainder. 

 Give water fresh and often, and allow them plenty of room to run 

 about in. Keep them warm during this season. 



funting m\d f^aui[sing. 



The Foxhound Standard. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In a recent issue of your paper Mr. Clute aslss wbafc "drops" 

 mean in the Brunswick Fur Club's standard for American 

 foxhounds. Tt is simply a typographical error and should 

 have been "chaps" or "chops," as the upper lips are variously 

 called. See article on the foxhound in Veto Shaw's "Book 

 of the Dog." A. C. Heffinger. 



I Portsmouth, N. H., Feb. 2. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The standard for American foxhounds as arranged at the 

 B. F. C. meet is good to my notion excepting in regard to 

 neck — slim is not" the correct thing. I should make it: 

 "Neck should be strong and clean, rather long and tapering 

 from head to shoulder, and no trace of throatiuess should 

 exist." In other respects I am pleased to say the standard is 

 about the best thing for a good field hound. 



R H. Pooler. 



Serena, 111., Jan. 29. 



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HUNTING AND COURSING NOTES. 



The coming Merced coursing meeting is attracting great 

 attention among the lovers of the leash in California. Mr. 

 Grace has definitely decided to judge the meeting. 



• ■ ■ • 



Mr. John Egan, of San Francisco, has sustained a great 

 loss in tbe death of his greyhound bitch Sly Girl. Both in 

 open and inclosed coursing she was a wonderful performer 

 and few ever lowered her colors. 



• • • • 



The Call, San Francisco, says that a gentleman from 

 Livermore well known in coursing circles recently visited 

 Ireland and returned with three choice greyhounds, two of 

 which he left in the East and took the other to California. 

 Unfortunately, this one was killed the other day by being 

 spiked while in the act of jumping a fence. 



• • • • 



The San Francisco Coursing Club was to tender a compli- 

 mentary benefit last Sunday to Mr. J. R. Dickson, the well- 

 known sporting writer. All the crack dogs were to be 

 entered for the meeting at Newark Park and we trust that 

 the affair will has r e passed off with the success its promoters 

 anticipated. 



faceting. 



Those of our readers who are unacquainted with the circumstances 

 attending the death of Mr. McMullen may draw an incrrect infer- 

 ence from the allusion of our correspondent, "Podgers." Mr. Mc- 

 Mullen began his sailing alone, or with one companion, in 1851, and 

 continued it regularly for forty years; his work being done in craft 

 that, whatever their size, were carefully designed for it, of seagoing 

 model, safely balla>ted and under-rigged, usually as yawls or lug- 

 gers, and not cutters. 



We would not recommend any young sailor to attempt to emulate 

 the examples of Mr. McMullen and our correspondent Nomad; few 

 men are fitted for such work, but between the Prooyon and Perseus 

 and the over-rigged, half-ballasted catboat there is a wide range of 

 safe, seaworthy and comfortable little "singlehanders" in which life 

 afloat may be enjoyed to tbe fullest degree by the owner and one 

 or two congenial companions. 



AMERICAN YACHT CLUBS. 



We are desirous of obtaining a complete, list of American yacht 

 clubs, and will be indebted to any of our readers who will aid us in 

 correcting the following list. Though preparer! with special care, it 

 doubtless contains many errors. We will be glad to know of any 

 clubs omitted, or of any included which are. no longer in existence, or 

 which are not regularly organized clubs for ihe promotion of yacht- 

 ing. Some organizations on the list are fishing clubs, or social clubs 

 Which make au annual excursion afloat, and these we wish to exclude. 

 The names and addresses of secretaries are revised up to the end of 

 1893, and we will be glad to know of all errors and changes: 



Albany Thos. Wilkinson, 63 State street, Albany, N. Y. 



American Thos. L Scovill. 25 Park place, New York. 



American f Mans.). . .E. N. Folandsbee, 53 State street, Newburyport. 



American Mode) Harry Melvin. 144 Park place. Brooklyn. 



Argentine) A. N. Williams, Calle Piedad 350, Buenos Ayres. 



Atlantic (Boston).. . .Com. E. W. Dixon. Boston, Mass. 



Atlantic (Brooklyn). G. H. Church, 45 William street, New York. 



Audubon E. O. Kramer, 153d street and N. R , New York. 



Barnstable Barnstable, Mass. 



Baltimore ,F. McAllister, 3 N. Charles street, Baltimore. 



Bar Harbor Bar Harbor, Me. 



Bay Head W. N. MeAuley, 131 S. 4th street. Philadelphia. 



Bayonne City P. J. Mooney, 44 W. 52d street, Bayonne, N. J. 



Bayswater LP. Hubbard, 115 Nassau street, New York. 



Bay Shore G. M. Smith, Bay Shore, L. I. 



Bay View W. A. Cook. 



Bay of Quinte George N. Leavens, Belleville, Ont. 



Beach Haven (Aux- 

 iliary) John T. Fox, Beach Haven, N. J. 



Bellinghani Bay L. A. Wheeler, New Whatcom, Wash. 



Beverly Wm. Amory 2d, 50 State street, Boston (1894). 



Biddeford George Townsend, Biddeford, Me. 



Bilge Water San Francisco, Cal. 



Biseayne Bay Kirk Muuroe, 831 Pearl street, New York. 



Bijou E. S. Waller, Eensonburst, L. I. 



Bohemian Harry Roseland, Flatlands, L. I. 



Boston Thos. Dean, 28 State street, Boston. 



Bridgeport Boating 



Association A H. Davis, 429 Maine street, Bridgeport, Conn. 



Brooklyn William Cagger. Box 154, Brooklyn. 



Buffalo Howard A. Baker, Buffalo. 



Bunker Hill F. M. William*, Charlestown, Mass. 



Cape Ann F. H Same. Gloucester, Mass. 



Cape Cod D. W. Dean, Orleans, Mass, 



Capital Allen 0. Smith. Washington, D. C. 



Canarsie John Taylor, 73 Bedford street, Brooklyn. 



Carolina (North) J. McRae Cowan, Wilmington, N. C 



Carolina (South) C. E. Pnoleau. Box 215, Charleston, S. C, 



Carthage Ice Robt. Dunwoody, Carthage Landing, N. Y. 



Catalina Los Angeles, Cal. 



Cedar Point W. M Thomas. Box 14, Saueatuck, Conn, 



Chelsea F. L. Dow, 12 Post Office Square, Boston. 



Chesapeake Bay J. G. Morris, Easton, Md. (1894). 



Chicago W. V. B. Rossing, Commodore. 



Chicago Yachting & 



Rowing Ass'n. .. ,Wm. Netting, Chicago, 111. 



Cleveland J. O. Gardner, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Citizens' Y ac h t i n g 



Association John Look. Detroit, Mich. 



Columbia Geo. Parkhill, 01 E. 130th street, New York. 



Cohatset 



Commonwealth W. C. LePetrie, 183 M>treet, South Boston. 



Columbia (Chicago). W. D. Payne, Chicago, 111. 



Oonanicut ...Dr. H. J. Rhett, Jamestown, R. I. (1894). 



Cooper's Point. i 



Corinthian, Cal F. E. Baker, 114 Beale Street, San Francisco, 



Cor. Mosquito Fleet.. Chas. Chamberlin, New York. S8» 



Corinthian (Texas) . . Chas. E, Rust, Galveston, Texas. 



Co r i n t h ian Fleet 



(Atlantic City)...W. W. Hollingsworth, M.D , Philadelphia. ~*ST 



Corinthian (N. Y.)..G. A. Cormack, 63 Stone street* New York." 



Corinthian (Marble- 



head) Everett Paine. Marbleh^ad. Mass. 



Corinthian (Phila.). . A. F. Bancroft, 114 South Sixth street, Phila.! ~ 



Corinthian (Balti- 

 more) ..H. E. Meredith. 1,505 Mosher street, Baltimore. 



Coronet, W. S. Mercready, Brooklyn. N. Y. 



Detroit J. A. Minwegen, Detroit, Mich. 



Delavan Lake C. V. Bachelle, Delavan Lake, Wis. 



Dorchester H.W. Smith, 40 Mill street, Dorchester, Mass. 



Douglaston .Jas. Hixon, Douglaston, L. I. (1894). 



East Bay R. A. Staekpolc, SO Broadway, New York. 



Eastern Wm. S. Eaton, 331 Franklin street, Boston. 



Essex W. C. Rothe, Newark, N. J. 



Excelsior J. M Russell. 313 Warren street, Brooklyn. 



Esreelsior Ice T. P. Daly, Burlington, Vt. 



Fall River , . ,.,Wm, E, Blossom, 70 June st, Fall River, Mass. 



Rockaway Corinth.. Wood ward Babcock, FarRoekaway, L. I. 



Florida H. H. Buckman, Jacksonville, Fla. 



Fox Lake .....Byron Boy den, Fox Lake, 111. 



Great South Bay. . . . F. C. Bliss, Islip, L. I. 



Greenville G. P. Kraus, 130 Old Bergen Road, Jersey City. 



Gloucester Gloucester, Mass. 



Gunpowder Baltimore, Md. 



Gravesend Bay Com. John Cottier, Gravesend Bay, L. I. 



Habana J. A. Frias, 128 Aeuacate street, Habana, Cuba. 



Harlem F. W. Creegan, 519 E. 131st st. New York (1894). 



Harvard College Cambridge, Mass. 



Haverhill C. H. Marrow, 356 Washington street, Boston. 



Hempstead Bay C. H. Alliger, Hempstead, L. I. 



Hemp. Har. (Aux.). .Robert T. Cock, Glen Cove, L. I. 

 Horseshoe Harbor. ..Chas. S. Gaubert, Larchmont, N. Y. 



Hudson River A. Q. Buckholz, 751 Ninth avenue, New York. 



Hudson River Ice. . . .E. P. Rogers, Hyde Park, N Y. 



Hobb'sHole Hobb's Hole, Massachusetts. 



Hull Wm. A. Carv, 33 Court street, Boston. 



Hull Corinthian Fitz Henry Smith, Jr., 133 Newberry st., Boston. 



Hyde Park Chicago, 111. 



Inland American. , . .Cameron Currie. 



Idlewild Idlewild on the Hudson, N. Y. 



Illini H. B. Sparks, Alton, 111. 



Indian Harbor L. R, Alberger, 86 Liberty street, New York. 



Incog Com. Henry Curlin, Jamaica Bay, L. I. 



Jamaica Bay Samuel Gilmore, Oceanus, L. I. 



Jamestown W. N. Murray. 



Jeffries C. A. Braynard, Chamber of Com. Bldg., Boston. 



Jersey City J. V. Wolcott, 366 Communipaw avenue, J. C. 



Junior Ice Red Bank, N. J. 



Kennebec, Wm. Brown, Bowdoinham, Me. (1894). 



Kennebunkport Kennebunkport, Me. 



Key City J. W. Jones, Port Townsend, Washington. 



Kill von Kull F. H. Dehile, Port Richmond, S. I. 



Keystone E. C. Smith, Woodsburg, L. I. 



Kingston. James Galloway, Kingston, Ontario. 



Knickerbocker O. H. Chellborg, 1 Broadway, New York. 



Lake Ohamplain A. G. Whittemore, Burlington, Vermont. 



Lake Geneva W. S. McCrea, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. 



Lake George Chas E. Warren, 33 E. 43d street, New York. 



Lake Hopatcong. . . . C. A. Brindley, 6 W. Park St., Newark, N. J. (1894). 



Lake Mahopac Lake Mahopac. N. Y. 



Larchmont C. C. Little, Larchmont, N. Y. 



Lake Yacht R. A. . . .E. H. Ambrose, Hamilton. 



Lincoln Park C. O. Andrews, 75 Lincoln are., Chicago. 



Lynn F. E. Newhall, 23 Newhall street, Lynn, Mass. 



Longport Yachts- 

 men's Asso Bolton Stellman, Longport, N. J. 



Manchester C. A. Cooley, 3 School street, Boston. . 



Maneville (La.) M. J. Guerne, New Orleans, La. 



Meadow South Shrewsbury (or Seabright), N. J. 



Manavunk Model. . . . J. Hart (1894). 



Manhattan §. H. Stuart, 58-60 Broadway, New York. 



Marine and Field 



(Auxiliary) ..... .Louis J. Boury, Bath, L I. 



Massachusetts Wm. B. McClellan, Box 2,541, Boston. 



Meadow Creek Out'g.C. A. Arnist, Club House, Sheepshead Bay, L. I. 

 Merrimac Valley. . . . J. W. Bartlett, West Newbury, Mass 



Michigan J. E. Harris, 42 Jefferson ave., Detroit, Mich. 



Milwaukee H. B.Wiborg, 363 Washington st.,Milwaukee,Wis. 



Minnetonka R. G. Gale, 229 Nicollet ave., Minneapolis, Minn. 



Miratniehi ......George Watt, Miramichi, N. B. 



Mobile J. K. Vincent, 304 South Anthony st., Mobile, Ala. 



Monatiquot .... C. G. Sheppard, Weymouth, Mass. 



Morton Harry Young, Chester, Pa. 



Mosquito Fleet (So. 



Boston) Geo. L. Paget, 3 Bay View place, S. Boston. 



Narragansett F. A.Rhodes. 20 Market square, Providence, R. L 



Neptune A L. Hall, 193 West Tenth street, New York. 



Newark E. F. Atchioson, 46 New street, Newark, N. J. 



Newark Bay Jas. Spavin, 78 West 35th street, Bayonne, N. J. 



New Bedford John P. Rhodes, New Bedford, Mass. 



New Hamburg Ice . . Wm. Van Wyke, New Hamburg, New York. 



New Haven W. A. Chamberlain. Box 1266, New Haven, Conn. 



New Jersey Louis Wunder, 119 Broadway, New York. 



New Jersey A. C Jas. D. Boyd, 77 Broad street, New York. 



New Rochelle R. C. Eddy, New Roehelle, N. Y. 



New York J. V. S. Oddie, 67 Madison avenue, New York. 



North Shrewsbury. . 



No. Shrewsbury Ice. J. B. Weaver. Box 203, Red Bank, N. J. (1894). 

 Nyatt Corinthian. . , . Providence, R. I. 



Oak Point Henrv Schmitt. 667 E. 156th street, New York. 



Oceanic G. D.'Horbett, 190 Pavonia avenue, Jersey City. 



Oconomowoc Oscar F. Jones, Oconomowoc, Wis. (1894). 



Ohio G. G. Keip, Toledo, O. (1894). 



Old Colony Geo. A. Hall, Boston, Mass. 



Olympic R. Orr, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Old Mill Jamaica Bay. L. I. 



Onondaga J. W. Schneider, Syracuse, N. Y. 



Orange Lake Ice. . . . A. N. Chambers, Newburg, N. Y. (1894). 



Oriole Canarsie, L. I. 



Oshkosh Oshkosh, Wis. 



Ossining J. V. Kir by, 39 Wall street. New York. 



Oswego W. B. Couch, Oswego, N. Y. (1894.) 



Owasco Auburn, New York. 



Patchogue Patchogue, L. I. 



Pine Lake A. C. Rietbrock, Oconomowoc, Wis. 



Pacific V. K. Gaskill, 36 Bush st.. San Francisco, Ca). 



Pavonia James B. Fiskel, Jersey City, N. J. (1894.) 



Pequot Association „ 



(Auxiliary) W. H. Hale, 87 Church st., New Haven, Conn. 



Philadelphia George T. Gwilliam, 1,715 Chestnut st., Phila. 



Piscataqua Fred A. Bradbury, Dover, N. H. (1894.) 



Plymouth A. L. Barnes, Box 567, Plymouth, Mass. 



Portland Chas. F. Flagg. 42 Exchange st,, Portland, Me. 



Providence Cor J. W. Gammell, 113 Burnsidest , Prov. R. L. 



Provincetown Provincetown, Mass. 



Pittsburg Com- O E. Painter, Pittsburg, Pa. 



Queen City W. D. Thomas, Toronto, Canada. 



Quebec ..." H. H Sharpies, Quebec. 



Quincy Geo. E. Pfaffman, 40 India Wharf, Boston. 



Racine Racine, Wis. i. 



Raritan W. H Hesser, 61 Fayette sr., Perth Amboy. 



Rhode Island F. P. Eddy. 27 Page st. Providence, R. I, 



Riverside John G. Porter, Riverside, Conn. • 



Riverton Norman Ellison, 24 S 6th st., Philadelphia. 



Rochester.... T. B. Pritchard, 607 Ellwagen & Barry Bldg., 



Rochester, N. Y. 

 Rough Weather .... Jamaica Bay, Long Island. 



Royal Bermuda F. J. Jones, Hamilton, Bermuda. 



Royal Canadian S. Bruce Harman, Toronto, Canada. 



Roval Hamilton Thos. W Lester, Hamilton. Ont. 



Royal Jamaica Com. E. Nankivele, R.N., Kingston, Jamaica. 



Royal Nova Scotia. .H. M. Wylde, Box 520. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 



Ruffle Bar . ' , , „ . , 



St. Lawrence J. C. C. Almon, Bank of Montreal, Montreal. 



St. Augustiue lohn W. Denny, Hyde Park, Mass. 



Salem Bay Robin Damon, Salem, Mass. 



San Francisco G. W. Reed. 502 Battery street, San Francisco. 



Savannah M. A. Cohen, 93 Bay street. Savannah, Ga. 



Savin Hill J. H. Shaw, Box 1.760, Boston. Mass. 



Sayville Com. Ridgeway, Sayville, L. I. 



Scituate 



Schoodic ,,W. E Davidson, Calais, Me. 



Sea Cliff D. W. Pardee, Grand Central Depot, New York. 



Seattle Seattle, Wash. . 



Seawanhaka Cor. . . .H. R. Hayden, 7 East Thirty-second st., New York. 

 Sewaren Land and 

 Water ( Auxiliary). E. D. Wright, Sewaren, N. J. 



Shaekamaxon H. S. Anderson, 309 Northeast avenue, Phila. 



Shelter Island C. Pliny Brigham. 406 Prestman street, Balti- 

 more, Maryland. 



Shenandoah Wm. T. Litner, Troy, N. Y. 



Sninueeock r*TT^ 



Shrewsbury John Cook, Red Bank, N. J. 



Sing Sing Robert T. Dennis. Sing Sing, N. Y. 



Sippican J. Henry Clarke, Jr., Marion, Mass. (1894). 



South Amboy Samuel Locker, South Amboy, New Jersey. 



South Boston Hubert Pope, 386 Broadway, South Boston, Mass. 



Southern F. M. Hall, 59 St. Charles street, New Orleans. 



Southwark Jos. R. Stephens, 1.504 S. 4th street, Phila. 



Squantum ,.J. E. Drew, Box 103, Boston. 



Stamford Malcolm R. Pitt, Stamford. Connecticut, 



St. Augustine W. S. Hall, St. Augustine, Florida. 



Staten island (Auxil- 

 iary)..., C. C. Martin, Stapleton, Staten Island. 



Stevens A. M, Lozier, Hoboken, New Jersey. 



Stoney Point , . .Harrv C. Banks, Port Morris, New York. 



Tappan Zee C. Williamson, Piermont, New York, 



Tacoma ...Maury Island, Puget Sound, Tacoma, Wash. 



Tappan Zee, Ice C. Williamson, Piermont, New York. 



Tarpon Springs L. T. Safford, Tarpon Springs, Florida. 



Toledo Fred Greiner. Toledo, Ohio. 



Tomahawk Tomahawk Lake, Wisconsin. 



Tom's River Thos. W. Middleton, Tom's River, N. J. 



Tower Rjdge Wm. Ross, Jr., Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



Troy W. S. Hyde, 11' First street, Troy, New York. 



Volunteer W. B. Newhall, 53 Atlantic St., Lynn, Mass. 



Volunteer Sailing 

 Club , [H. W. Mathias, 10 Olive street, New Haven, Conn, 



Weecapong Wm. B. Wait, Jr., 9th ave. and 34th street, N. Y, 



West Hampton (Aux- 

 iliary) Aug. Zabriskie, 71 West 71st street. New York. 



West Lynn B. B. Browne, 38 Prospect street, Lynn, Mass. 



White Bear A. A. McKechnie, Metropolitan Bl'k, St. Paul. Minn. 



Williamsburgh G. W. Siemes, Jr., 738 Albert street, L. I. City. 



West End Detroit, Mich. 



Windward Chas. E. Safford, Jamaica Bay, Long Island. 



Wawasee Wawasee, Ind. 



Winthrop Chas. G. Bird, 162 Congress street, Boston. 



Yale Corinthian Harold W. Bush. New Haven, Conn. 



Yonkers G. L. Bolwell (Recording Sec'y), New York (1894). 



Yonkers Corinthian.. Franklin A. Rigby, Yonkers, N. Y. (1894). 



Yorkville Wm. Lahn, 311 East 101st street, New York. 



Inter-Lake Y, R. A.. Lake Erie. 

 Lake Y. R. A Lake Ontario. 



New York Y, R. A.. .Geo. Parkhill, 61 East 130th street, New York. 

 St. Lawrence River 

 Skiff Sailing Ass'n. 



The Royal Canadian Y. C. House. 



The Royal Canadian Y. C. opened their new town premises on Jan. 

 26. in a manner becoming that solid and honorable organization, which 

 traces its history back to the early fifties, and to the beginning of or- 

 ganized yachting on the American continent. Since its inception the 

 club has always had a home on the harbor front, but in common with 

 other nautical clubs has hitherto had to be content with something 

 useful rather than ornamental, Some years ago it took the lead in 

 erecting what is even yet the finest building on the island, and it was 

 thought at the time that with such premises so favorably situated a 

 very small station on the city side would suffice. It is a gratifying 

 tribute to the present status of tbe club that it finds itself in a, posi- 

 tion to provide not only comfortably but liberally for those of its 

 members who cannot always find time to go over to the island. And 

 in doing this a winter home has been provided equal to every require- 

 ment for tbe enjoyment of a quiet hour of leisure or an evening's so- 

 cial entertainment. 



The front of the club-house, facing directly on the bay, is very im- 

 posing, and a conspicuous ohject viewed from an incoming steamer in 

 any part of the harbor. The design of the balcony and towers is in 

 the colonial style, which lends itself effectively to the original build- 

 ing, and is in keeping with the age and dignity of the club, and is par- 

 ticularly suitable to a building so situated as to be most often viewed 

 from some distance. Large round pillars support the balcony and its 

 gabled roof, the square towers rising behind, adding to the solid effect, 

 each having a large area on top suitably railed in to afford commodi- 

 ous look-out stations. There is no jimcrack woodwork or other odds 

 and ends to detract, from the effect, of the general design. A flag pole 

 is yet to be erected, and this will be in ship shape style, rigged with a 

 yardarm, which can be used for signalling purposes. 



The ground floor is given over to lockers and dressing-rooms, and a 

 bath-room, together with the furnace, and stowage for heavy stores. 

 This is the full size of the building— 50x63ft.— and affords ample ac- 

 commodation for all these purposes. A ladies' parlor will also be 

 furnished on this floor, close to the doors on the bay front, this situa- 

 tion being chosen as it will be convenient for the lady friends of the 

 members when waiting for the club launch. 



A staircase leads to a landing from which wide sliding doors open 

 into the assembly-room, 24ft. wide, by 63ft. long, and its length may be 

 augmented by opening the doors and windows leading to the balcony 

 in front, which is 14x50. This gives ample accommodation for smok- 

 ing concerts and other social functions. The apartment is heated by 

 a furnace, and also contains a large old-fashioned fire-place at the 

 upper end. Light comes through a skylight and the windows facing 

 the bay, a system of ventilation being arranged throusrh the former. 

 The walls are furnished in dark crimson and gold, and the ceiling is in 

 a light color. On either side of the assembly-room are six smaller 

 rooms in all, to be used as committee-rooms, card-rooms, and the 

 secretary's office. 



Further up in the towers are the janitor's rooms and access to the 

 roofs for observation purposes 



Shortly after eight o'clock the assembly-room was crowded with 

 the members and their friends. Commodore Boswell oecup'ed the 

 seat of honor in the centre of the room, having with him his Honor 

 Lieutenant-Governor Kirkpatrick, L'eut -Col. Utter, and other dis- 

 tinguished guests of the club. The curtain was rung up at 8 30, and 

 seldom if ever have yachtsmen been treated to so good an amateur 

 minstrel performance. 



Mr. A. Bethuoe personated King Lobengula and with Mr. Brem For- 

 sayeth held down the two end chairs in a manner that was most ac- 

 ceptable. The club chorus was a huge success and ought to be 

 secured for the "Lake meet" this summer. The jokes were in the 

 main new, including several yach'ing hits, and all being above re- 

 proach. At the conclusion of the p ograimie, Vice-Commodore 

 Brown made, a few remarks, congratulating- the commodore on the 

 excellent standing of the club, and, after commenting on the esteem 

 in which that gentleman is held by the members, presenting him. with 

 an excellent portrait of himself, which has been provided by subscrip- 

 tions by the members. The commodore as taken by surprise, out 

 replied 'feelingly, asking that the picture should be allowed to adorn 

 the walls of the club-house. After this pleasant incident, refreshments 

 were served, and a smoking concert followed. Toronto Mail. 



Challengers for 1895. 



(From the Boston Globe.) 



When in a recent issue the London Field confidently announced that, 

 if all went well, two English noblemen would associate in issuing a 

 challenge for the America cup with races in August or September 1895, 

 many American yachtsmen were at a loss to account for the Field's 

 confidence in view of the fact that Lord Dunraven had already ex- 

 pressed his intention of again entering the content himself. 



A clue to the identity of the noblemen which the paper had in miud 

 was however held by the few yachtsmen who knew that Lord Wolver- 

 ton, who was one of Lord Duiaraven's party in this country last au- 

 tumn, was associated with the latter gentleman in the ownership of 

 the Valkyrie, and now these yachtsmen believe that it is Lord Dun- 

 raven and Lord Wolverton who will be associated in the challenge of 

 1895 as they were in that of 1893. 



Such an association would be a most natural one, and at the same 

 time would account for Lord Duuraven's declared intention to have 

 another try for the international trophy. That at the same time he 

 did not say that Lord Wolverton would be his associate in the chal- 

 lenge is not strange, for he made no public mention of the fact that 

 the latter was part owner of the Valkyrie, nor does the correspondence 

 with the New York yacht club disclose the fact. 



The joint ownership was, however, known on both sides of the 

 water. That it did not become more widely known on this side of the 

 water at the time of the races is doubtless due to the fact that Dun- 

 raven himself was silent in the matter. There was, however, no secret 

 made of it, and therefore it seems in no way inappropriate to call it to 

 mind or to make it more widely public, in view of the challenge which 

 seems likely to come. 



Lord Wolverton's object in remaining quietly in the background 

 was not known, but it was doubtless a good one and since the New 

 York yacht club's cup committee had no formal notice of his interest 

 in the challenger they probably saw no reason for making it public. 

 It is notable, however, in this connection that at the dinner given Lord 

 Dunraven and his party by ex-Cam. James D Smith, chairman of ti>« 

 cup committee, Lord Wolverton was seated above the Marquis of 

 Ormonde, a man of higher rank and title, which placing of the guests 

 was due to nothing except the recognition of Lord Wolverton's asso- 

 cialion with Dunraven. 



Lord Wolverton, though apparently an enthusiastic yachtsman, has 

 made no public reputation in that direction, and is not known to 

 American yachtsmen as having owned any racing yachts. That he 

 has the true spirit of the sport is, however, shown by his association 

 with Dunraven, and he will undoubtedly be cordially welcomed as a 

 joint challenger with the latter in 1895. He is a member of one of 

 London's best-known banking firms and a man of wealth. 



