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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Mat 5, 1894. 



Capt. Davis is a new hand at the sport. Who has not heard 

 of Roger Williams? he, like Mr. Tracey is the acme of polite- 

 ness, a true lover of sport, a fine horseman with an unlimited 

 knowledge of hounds and horses. 



Mr. Walker, with whose name is coupled a breed of dogs 

 that have no peers and are known in every locality for their 

 excellent qualities, combining speed, endurance, hunting 

 qualities and fox sense, and who brought dogs with him that 

 upheld the reputation of their breeders. Mr. Walker is prob- 

 ably forty-nine years old, 6ft. 4in. tall and weighs 2251bs , but 

 so evenly distributed that he does not seem to carry aa ounce 

 of superfluous flesh. He is a man with a face of the strong- 

 est character, one that you would be willing, at first sight, 

 to put your life in his hands and know that you would re- 

 ceive justice; his opinions are always respected. 

 M-'Mr." Goodman, the breeder of the Goodman strain, whose 

 dogs are always in the front or very uea-rly so, is of uncer- 

 tain age, I guess it fifty years, a gentleman probably 5ft. 9in., 

 weighs close to LSOlbs. , with the appearance of a man that 

 enjoys life. He is a wit and the greatest talker I ever heard, 

 but there is one beauty about his conversation, he is instruc- 

 tive, witty and entertaining and knows what he is talking 

 about, and is rarely contradicted. When it comes to pedi- 

 grees, with Mr. Walker, every dog of any note can be traced 

 back, off-hand, for thirty or more years. In repartee he is a 

 success, and would make his mark as an end man in a 

 minstrel show. 



Taken as a whole, the above gentlemen made camp life a 

 pleasure. Mr. Hagan had taken the precaution to have no 

 feminines about camp, the cooking, waiting on table, and 

 help generallv, were done by colored men. Breakfast was 

 announced at 6 A. M., and lasted until 6 the following 

 morning; with hard galloping and bracing air appetites 

 were wonderful. 



This was my first trip to Kentucky. When I left the 

 depot a colored boy, wishing to carry my grip, called me 

 Captain, and before I had reached a carriage I had gradu- 

 ated up to a General. The people at large throughout the 

 country have formed a wrong impression of Kentucky from 

 reading the accounts of killings and moonshine whisky. 

 When I bid my family good-bye, my wife asked me if my 

 life insurance policies were all paid, while my daughter 

 said, "Papa, be careful in your talk, don't let them bluff 

 you, keep your pistol handy" This impression is wrong, 

 and while in some parts of Kentucky life is cheap, it is only 

 so in the mountains, where they must have something to 

 gossip about. 



In Indiana we ride to the meeting point in a buggy and in 

 Kentucky you go on horseback, and the faster that horse 

 can run and the higher he can jump the better, as it is the 

 idea to keep as close to the hounds as possible by cutting 

 the corners. Not being an adept at steeple-chasing I looked 

 upon my mount in alarm; he was a bang-tail, with all the 

 symptoms of a flyer, going under the name of Crab Cider. 

 I got the name mixed up with a noted steeple-chaser and 

 stampeded, and tried to exchange with several, but they all 

 said mine was the best horse on the grounds and their refusal to 

 trade increased my fright, but I finally mustered up courage 

 to mount. Everything went lovely until we put up a fox 

 and everybody started pell mell after- the dogs. I then 

 knew I was lost unless I could hold on; dropping the reins 

 I secured a neck and nail hold, and gave him the steel and 

 told him to go, and then shut my eyes for the shock. As I 

 didn't fall off I opened my peepers and came to the conclu- 

 sion that I had missed my calling years ago, grabbed the 

 reins and started after Messrs. Hagan, Tracey and Williams, 

 who were leading me about three hundred yards. I jumped 

 logs, ditches and low fences, dodged low-hanging limbs and 

 Anally came to a halt at a ten-rail fence that Mr. Williams 

 had endeavored to jump and had succeeded in getting over, 

 but his horse had hit the top rail and there was a queer 

 combination of Williams, horse and rails for a moment. I 

 discreetly lowered that fence and jumped it in true. Indiana 

 style. I got to be a regular dare devil rider on the first day, 

 but on the second day, not being used to the pounding, I 

 was in a pretty bad "condition. Taking Cider out in the 

 woods I practiced for a half hour endeavoring to get a 

 motion so that I could keep from hitting the saddle so hard. 

 I tried English, Kentucky, Indiana and several other modes, 

 but none gave satisfaction. I finally adopted a combination 

 peculiarly my own which led me out of the wilderness, and I 

 am thankful I am able to write about it. 



Mr. Walker brought 4 dogs, Mr. Trigg 8, Capt. Davis 4, 

 Mr. Herr 6, Messrs. Hagan and Tracey 20, while Messrs. 

 Goodman, Williams and myself were afraid and did not 

 bring a dog. Quite a number of gentlemen living in the vie. 

 inity attended the hunt, and there were probably 75 dogs pres- 

 ent. With the exception of two chases, the dogs were either 

 too fast for the fox or the dogs scattered so that whichever 

 way the fox would turn he would meet an enemy, and for 

 policy's sake take to earth. An effort was made several days 

 for each owner to enter 2 dogs, making a pack of 12, but out- 

 side dogs would come in and there would be such a scattering 

 that the fox would soon go to ground. Very few of the runs 

 lasted over half an hour. 



The first run we had lasted two hours and a half. Mr. 

 Hagan's Judge Lynch did most of the leading, with the pack 

 badly scattered. The last run of the. hunt lasted four hours 

 and was the only race that really showed the high qualities 

 of a foxhound. The fox, after making a circle, started for 

 the Knobs, with Mr. Walker's Brag in the lead and the rest 

 badly scattered. They were out of hearing for three hours, 

 and on the return Brag was still in the lead and running 

 very fast, and he retained his lead until holing. 



Like fishing, fox-hunting yarns are whoppers. Mr, Hagan 

 said he once owned a dog that was so game that when they 

 attempted to pull him out of a hole where he had holed a 

 fox, the skin broke near the back of his head and slipped 

 off his frame; just about that time the fox broke cover and 

 the dog caught the fox six hours later, fifteen miles from 

 where he lost his coat. 



Mr. Goodman said that he once had a bitch due to whelp 

 on a certain day. That day she escaped and got in with the 

 pack and ran the race through, having given birth to the 

 pups during the race. He then took the mother and a basket, 

 and going over the territory gathered up ten pups. 



Mr. Walker said he had a bitch due to whelp, who got in 

 with the pack after a fox that passed his stable ou his 

 circles, and that on each circle this bitch led the pack carry- 

 ing a pup iu her mouth that she had whelped, and after de- 

 positing the pup in her kennel, would take out after the. 

 pack. He incidentally remarked: "But this bitch was an un- 

 usually fine bitch." 



In riding around among the Knobs I looked carefully for 

 an illicit still, as I saw numerous sparkling rivulets, with 

 which Kentucky whisky is associated. 



I had one or two rivals with the gloves in our gymnasium, 

 and was anxious to see if my experience in dodging limbs 

 while tearing through the woods on Cider had been benefi- 

 cial. The first pass my opponent made, I bumped my head 

 on the floor. 



When breaking camp the help, with the assistance of a 

 guitar and banjo, bade us farewell, singing "Home, Sweet 

 Home," "Auld Lang Syne," and other melodies. 



May my life be prolonged to meet with these spirits once 

 more. F. W. Samuels. 



Indianapolis, Ind., March 34. 



Mr. Huntley writes us that the Huron Club will make an 

 effort to get the American Coursing Club to locate their 

 meetings at Huron, S. D,, permanently, and if they are suc- 

 cessful they feel positive the American Club will be pleased 

 with its location. 



FIXTURES. 



5-6. San Francisco Cor., Cruise to 24. 



McNear's. 26. 



12. Atlantic City Cor., Trophy 26. 



Kace, Atlantic City. 



12-13. San Francisco Cor., Cruise, 27. 



California City. 



19. Baltimore, Opening, Baltimore 28. 

 19. New Rochelle, Cabin Cats, L. I. 



Round. 30. 



19-20. San Francisco Cor.. Cruise, 30. 



Vallejo. 30. 



St. Lawrence, Squad. Cruise. 



Portland, Cruise. 



San Francisco Cor., Sail to 

 Quarry Cove. 



San Francisco Cor., Sail Out- 

 side. 



Atlantic City Cor., Trophy 



Race, Atlantic City. 

 So. Boston, Open, City Point. 

 Racine, Opening, Racine, Wis. 

 San Francisco Cor., Annual 



Cruise, Tiburon. 



English Yachting Exhibitions. 



The yachting exhibition is an institution which, though unknown in 

 this country, is apparently popular and profitable in England, two 

 being held last year, while two more have been held during the past 

 two months. One of those of 1893 was held during August, on board a 

 vessel specially fitted up for that purpose, which visited the various 

 yachting ports, the venture being purely a commercial one. The 

 other was held in London, at the Royal Aquarium, a general exhibition 

 of models, pictures, yachting appliances and relics. This experiment 

 was sufficiently successful to induce the organizer and originator, Mr. 

 E. A. du Plat, to repeat it this year, during the entire month of 

 February, the result being to gather together a most instructive and 

 interesting collection of yachting paraphernalia. 



We are indebted to some unknown correspondent for a copy of the 

 catalogue, compiled by Mr. du Plat, which is specially interesting from 

 the amount of historical matter relating to the early days of British 

 yachting. The. exhibits, which have already been described in part in 

 the Forest and Stream, include models, both half block and full- 

 rigged, of all classes of vessels, though chiefly of yachts; paintings 

 and photos of famous yachtsmen and yachts, old flags, books, etc., 

 etc. The "Trade Section" includes exhibits of builders and dealers 

 A very important part of the exhibition is the collection loaned by 

 Mr. Dixon Kemp, ot lines, pictures, books and models collected during 

 his long experience as editor of the Field. 



In the latter part of March, the Norwich Yachting and Fishing 

 Exhibition was opened at Norwich, on the East Coast. This enter- 

 prise, first suggested by the Tare Sailing Club, is for the benefit of the 

 Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The exhibits are very inter- 

 esting, and are specially complete in the many types of local craft 

 peculiar to the East Coasr, the Norfolk wherry, the old lateen-rigged 

 cutters or sloops and the Yarmouth beach yawls. A valuable feature 

 of this exhibition is the offering of prizes for designs and models as 

 follows: Class L Model and design of 2-rater, suitable for any waters ; 

 prizes £5 5s., £2 2s. Class II. Model and design of a 1-rater, suitable 

 for sheltered waters, prizes £5 5s., £2 2s. Class III Complete sail or 

 sails, with attachable gear, mast and spars, set as for sailing, suitable 

 for 1-rater not exceeding 18ft. 1. w.l. ; prize £3 3s. Class IV. 14ft. dinghy 

 complete, suitable for the. dinghy class of the Yare Sailing Club; sale 

 price to be stated; prizes £5 5s,, £2 2s., if 6 enter. Class V. Model of 

 body and model or design of internal arrangements for a 10 ton 

 cruiser not exceeding 4ft. draft, suitable for the Broads; prize £3 3s. 

 Class VI. Model of any craft, not exceeding 5 rating, not exhibited in 

 any of the above classes; prize £5 5s. Class VII. Model of a drift-net 

 fishing vessel; prize £2 10s Class: VHI. Model of a North Sea trawler 

 (sailing) ; prize £2 10s. The classes for model yachts were: Class A. 

 For the best model yacht not exceeding 13 tons M. Y. measurement, 

 suitable for sailing .ponds; prizes £1 Is., 10s. 6d. Class B. Model for 

 a beach yawl, not exceeding 50in. in length, suitable for sailing on 

 ponds; £1 Is., 10s. 6cL Although the prizes are small in amount, 

 nearly all of the classes had good entries. The value of such ex- 

 hibitions and competitions in awakening and sustaining a more geneal 

 interest in yachting and water sports heeds no demonstration, there 

 is ample material, both modern and historical, for a good yachting 

 exhibition iu New York or Boston, and we hope to see the experiment 

 inaugurated sooDer or later. 



Racing Rules and the New York Y. R. A. 



The New York Yacht Racing Association, as the result of the 

 recent attempt to enforce its rule on the associated clubs to the ex- 

 clusion of all others, is now working through a committee over the 

 matter of amending all of its laws, including the measurement rule. 

 This conclusion, though unlooked for at the outset of the difficulty, 

 has been rendered necessary by the enactment and rescinding of 

 various contradictory amendments proposed by one or other of the 

 contesting parties. While certain principles of government are also 

 involved, the entire dispute mainly hinges on the measurement rule; 

 and the present revision offers an excellent opportunity to the Asso- 

 ciation to start anew with a rule or rules which shall be really up to 

 the times. 



Complicated as the measurement question is, there are several im- 

 portant truths which lie on the surface, and which, if regarded, will 

 tend to simplify the more extricate issues over which the best 

 authorities may be divided. The prime objects of a measurement 

 rule are two, first to unite existing boats on the fairest possible terms 

 for purposes of racing; and second, as every rule must exert a 

 powerful influence on the design of new craft, that influence must be 

 such as to further the development of a desirable type or types; and 

 to offer every opportunity and all encouragement to the designer, 

 owner and builder. A third fact that may be set down as aa axiom is, 

 that the outcome of any rule in a given locality is determined, not 

 alone by the specific formula or by arbitrary restrictions accompany- 

 ing it; but very la gely by local conditions which may vary con- 

 siderably in different places. 



In the case of the New York Y. R. A., it is generally admitted that 

 under the circumstances attending its formation, the first requirement 

 was the uniting ot a number of independent clubs, all of which 

 practically were interested in the peculiar type of small vacht which 

 has grown up about New York under the influence ot various length 

 rules. Under these circumstances, there was no alternative from a 

 dispute over measurement which would in all probability have dis- 

 rupted the projected union before it was fairly formed, save to avoid 

 all argument by adopting a rule that was familiar to all and favored 

 by the majority. While the reasons actually advanced at the tim« 

 were anything but satisfactory, this real reason existed and justified, 

 if it did not give rise to, the adoption of the "mean length rule." 



At the same time, however, there was another and very important 

 side to the matter which the organizers of the Association declined to 

 recognize; though it was plainly apparent to those who gave serious 

 thought, to the matter. Another association on very similar lines in 

 the East, had just succumbed after some years' existence in which it 

 had attempted to maintain the mean length rule; the larger clubs had 

 all declared for the adoption of sail area as a factor, rather than the 

 continued use of length alone; and the more active and progressive 

 of the clubs devoted to small yachts were successfully using the new 

 rule. Though less marked then than it has since become, the whole 

 tendency of designing was in the direction of uulimited overhangs, as 

 shown in the then popular 40 and 30-footers and their imitators in the 

 still smaller classes. Tfiere was no disguising the fact that the day of 

 the length rule with its overgrown sail plans, plumb stems and sawed- 

 off counters were past, and while liberal concessions were necessary, 

 both from questions of policy and as a matter of justice to vested 

 interests, the permanent and healthy growth of the Association 

 demanded that it should from the first be progressive, and in harmony 

 with the great body of clubs and yachtsmen. 



With tliis in view, we counselled at the time the adoption of two 

 rules: for the older types of open boats which had always raced 

 under it, such a form of length rule as the owners might choose; but 

 for the larger cabin craft, the Seawanhaka rule generally in use at 

 the time; and under which many of them raced in some of the clubs 

 to which they belonged. 



Unfortunately, as it has since proved, the Association took its stand 

 by a length rule alone; and, as a matter of necessity, it has since been 

 in a position of opposition to all other yachting bodies. The lack of 

 any great amount of racing about New York, and of the general 

 participation of a number of association yachts in all open regattas, 

 has prevented any serious clash bet ween the two systems; and as the 

 direct efforts of the Association have been limited to one race in a 

 season, the effects of the rule have been less noticeable than under 

 other conditions. Had the racing been as frequent and general as in 

 Boston, for instance; and had the Association yachts participated in 

 the races of the larger clubs, there would have arisen a conflict 

 between the two rules which could have terminated only in one way. 



That the Association has been successful cannot be disputed; it has 

 done much that has been unsuccessfully attempted by previous 

 unions of the clubs, and it has welded into one large body a number of 

 smaller ones; with all the strength and mutual gain which comes from 

 such a union. Recent events, however, indicate that the full measure 

 of success possible under the present policy has been obtained, and 

 if the Association is to prosper in the future, it must no longer go its 

 own way, but must adopt a course that is liberal, progressive aud in 

 harmony w r ith the ideas and principles of other American clubs. 



Had the recent attempt to mend the constitution been successful, 

 and had the growth of racing within the Association continued with 



such success as to call for the building of new boats, an end that every 

 yachting body should work for; the only result would have been the 

 creation of a fleet of yachts which would be debarred from all races 

 outside of the Association, and which could not have been sold into 

 one of the many clubs outside it. Such a success a3 this would be the 

 worst possible failure, and the Association has had a narrow escape. 



At best the question of measurement, including classification, is in 

 an unsettled state, in America and abroad: and it is impossible to 

 foretell the improvements in design or construction, or the changes in 

 the social and other conditions of yacht racing which may call for a 

 new rule, but for all the purposes of the New York Y. R. A., the length 

 and sail area rule which nas been in use now for ten years, is likely to 

 answer satisfactorily for an indefinite time. The Association is 

 specially fortunate m that it is not compelled to legislate for a purely 

 racing fleet, but deals with yachts built for cruising and general use 

 rather than for racing alone; yachts which race regularly for a series 

 of years under one owner instead of being outclassed and sold after 

 the first season. While having due regard for the existing fleet, com- 

 posed largely of yachts of the older model, and protecting them if 

 necessary by the retention of the present rule for such yachts as elect 

 to be classed under it, the Association should at the same time take 

 up the measurement question with a view to adopting a rule which 

 will exert a positive influence in encouraging such a craft as will suit 

 the needs of its members; of reasonable proportions, durable con- 

 struction, moderate cost and possessing good all-round qualities as 

 well as speed It is quite unlikely that a perfect rule will be found, or 

 even that any rule, however good, will at once produce a new fleet of 

 superior boats; but an earnest effort to advance the interests of 

 yachting, and to do at least as much as other organizations, will un- 

 doubtedly bring to the aid of the Association a moral influence both 

 from within and without its membership that must be in the highest 

 degree beneficial. 



Midget Yacht Club, Marblehead, Mass. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In the spring nf 1893, a number of boys of this town owned miniature 

 yachts of the fin-keel model and a number of prominent citizens 

 offered a cup for the boys to race for. As most of the yachts were 

 about 30in. long, the limit was placed at 33in. The races began 

 Decoration Day and were continued every Saturday and every holiday 

 through September, three races being sailed each day. There were 

 about thirty boats entered, the winning boat "Pep'mint," being owned 

 by F. B. Smethurst, now Vice-Commodore. On the Saturday follow- 

 ing the last racing day, all those who raced gathered at Red's Pond, 

 on which the races were sailed, and a chowder was served by some of 

 their lady friends. Two gentlemen who were interested in the races 

 proposed that the boys should get together and have a fair for the 

 purpose of raising funds for prizes for the coming season. Twenty- 

 five of the boys came together Dec. 15, 1893, formed a club and elected 

 the following officers: Com., Thos. T. Paine, Vice-Corn., Fred. B. 

 Smethurst; Sec'y, John H. GoodwiD; Treas., W. Oliver Doherty, the 

 Measurer. W. O. Doherty, being electedlater. It was decided that the 

 fair should be held Feb. 22, 1894, afternoon and evening, and although 

 there were two entertainments that evening the fair was a grand suc- 

 cess, $145 been realized. 



Three cups were purchased, one for the first class conundrum 

 model (pinkie stern), one for the first class ordinary fin-keel model, 

 and one for the young ladies to race for; each young lady sailing a 

 boy's yacht. The ladies race the last Saturday of each month and 

 every holiday. The cups are on exhibition in the window of 

 Goodwin's drug store, Marblehead. There are twenty-five members 

 in the club at present, and each member has a yachting cap, the com- 

 modore has an anchor with a star on each Bide worked in gold, the 

 vice-commodore has the same figure worked in silver, the rest have 

 M. Y. C. worked in gold. As soon as the ice was out of the pond, the 

 boys began to sail their yachts in order to make all the improvements 

 they could before the races. The sides of the pond are lined with 

 spectators every race day and great interest is taken by the old people 

 as well as the young. John H. Goodwin, Sec'y M. Y. C. 



The Queen's Cup of 1852. 



The letter of Mr. Tankerville Chamberlayne, to which we alluded 

 last week, appears in the issue of the Field just to baud, as follows: 

 Editor of the Field: 



The America Cup. at present on the other side of the Atlantic, has 

 been the means of inducing several English yachtsmen to cross over 

 and make an attempt to bring it back to England, it being held by the 

 New York Yacht Club, and offered as an international challenge cup. 

 I am the owner of the cup given by her Majesty the Queen to the 

 Royal Victoria Yacht Club in 1852, and won from the America by my 

 cutter yacht Arrow, then the property of my late father. I should 

 point out that at that time the Arrow was, perhaps, the fastest Eng- 

 lish yacht afloat, and that she was never beaten by the America. In 

 the previous year the America won the cup given by the Royal 

 Yacht Squadron, and the Arrow was in that race, but she ran on the 

 rocks near St. Catherine's, and had to give up. How the race would 

 have ended but for that I cannot say, but the America came in 20 

 minutes before the 48-ton cutter Aurora, a vessel the Arrow had beaten 

 over the same course by more than an hour. In the following year 

 the Arrow met the America again, and defeated her, as I have already 

 stated, in the race for the Queen's Cup. The two cups have, there- 

 fore, a similar history, the difference being that one was given by the 



Now, with a view to tempt American yachtsmen to visit us, I am 

 prepared to offer this cup as a challenge cup to be competed for only 

 by American and English cutters un^er certain conditions, with all of 

 which I need not trouble you now- I should ask the committee of the 

 Royal Victoria Yacht Club to allow the races in this country to be. 

 sailed under their auspices. » 



I am doubtful whether I ought not to exclude all British yachts now 

 afloat from these contests, because perhaps our fastest cutter has 

 been recently beaten by the American yacht Vigilant, and all interest 

 would be taken away if the result were a foregone conclusion. But I 

 must first endeavor to ascertain how far the Valkyrie, for instance, is 

 capable of improvement. If you will kindly allow this letter to appeal- 

 in your columns it may attract the notice of American yachtsmen, 

 and possibly induce some one in this country to build a vessel to defend 

 the America (Queen's) Cup. Tankerville Chamberlayne. 



House of Commons, April 17. 



A New Watson Centerboard Yacht. 



The most remarkable yacht building on the Clyde is a 20 centerboard 

 rater by Adam, Gourock, from the design of Mr. G. L. Watson. This 

 cutter is for a German nobleman, whose intention is evidently to be 

 champion of the class. This cutter is 46ft. on the load waterline, but 

 her overhangs fore and aft are so extreme that the over-all measure- 

 ment will be 71ft., with a beam of 14ft., and a draft without center- 

 board of 6ft. She is built of wood, with oak keel, stem and sternpost, 

 and also oak deadwood in the heel. The enormous lead keel is bolted 

 through the oak keel in a way which suggests the enormous strain 

 expected. The stem, also extreme in strength, runs into the keel in a 

 very flat curve occasioned by the shallow draft, and thef rames already 

 in place on the stem suggest a full bow above water, with just enough 

 of displacement to carry the keel, canvas and other dead weight. 

 Should this cutter prove as successful as expected, her success will 

 mean a further revolution in yacht building and yacht designing. 

 Although Mr. Watson has had either the merit or blame of shoving 

 forward the centerboard build, ha is not converted to it, but in the 

 German owner who has commissioned this cutter he has found a 

 patron with a practical intelligence, who desires to lead the way for 

 the sport in Germany untrammelled by prejudice. The slot in the 

 lead keel for the centerboard is of course formed, but the precautions 

 taken to insure strength and prevent twisting suggest that on account 

 of the cost the progress of building center boards will be slow. The. 

 centerboard is not weighted, but is built of English elin, which insures; 

 no warping or twisting. American elm, maples and other foreign tim- 

 ber have been so much in fashion in connection with yacht building: 

 that the fttuess of British timber has been overlooked. Fortunately,, 

 English, or British, elm has at length been found to be as tough as oak, 

 and, with its knotty grain, more artistic than walnut, and, as a con- 

 sequence, it is being adopted for stern boards in the smaller class of 

 yachts building on the Clyde. In due time English elm will displace 

 walnut, maple, oak and Hungarian ash from the. cabin, and the owners 

 of heavy elms will find their timber quite valuable.— Field. 



Fast Time in a Small Boat. 



The mosquito boat Valkyrie, of the Atlantic City Cor. Y. C, was de- 

 signed in 1B92. by Dr. W. W. Hollingsworth, under the club rules, and 

 is 15ft. over all, 12ft. 6in. Iw.l., 5ft. 2in, beam. On April 8 she sailed 

 down the Delaware with a party of three, her present owner, P. H. 

 Johnson, measurer of the Philadelphia Y. C, Mr. Orlando Johnson, 

 and Geo, T. Gwilliams, secretary of the Philadelphia Y. C. The boat 

 was carrying but 60 sq. ft. of sail and the tide was running a strong flood 

 3 to 3^j miles; and in the teeth of a strong N. E. to N.W. wind, a very 

 ugly chop sea was kicked up. The distance sailed, all down wind, was 

 14 statute miles, by accurate surveys, the river being very well charted, 

 and the time was 2tu 30m.; a speed of. 5.G miles per hour. The figures 

 are vouched for by the three gentlemen named. This is a remarkable 

 record for so small a boat, and speaks well both for the model and 

 handling. 



