June 27, 1896. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
828 
Atlantic Y. C. Annual Regatta. 
BAY RIDGE — NEW YORK HARBOR. 
Tuesday, June 16, 
The Atlantic T. C. was particularly fortunate this year in having a 
good breeze for its annual regatta, with a fleet sufficiently large to 
make the racing interesting in the different classes. The regatta was 
>pen to the yachts of the other leading clubs; the prizes were: 
The Gould Cups.— Two special cups offered by Com. George J. 
3ould, valued at 81,000 and $500, one for schooners and one for cutters 
or sloops. The prizes to become the property of the owners of the 
winning yachts. Separate entries were required for this event. All 
3chooners raced in one class and all cutters and sloops in one class, 
sach yacht being entitled to time allowance according to her actual 
racing length. No second prizes to be awarded, nor the cups to be 
awarded In case of a walk over. 
The club offered the following prizes to the winners in each class in 
which two or more yachts start with tbe bona fide intention of going 
over the course. If but one yacht starts in any class, such yacht, 
after having gone over the course as prescribed, will receive a walk- 
over prize of one-half the value stated in the schedule. Also, if five or 
more yachts starts in one class, a second piizeof one-half the value of 
the first prize will be given to the yacht second at the finish by cor- 
rected time. 
Schooners— Class 1, 5150; class 2, $125; class 3, $100; class 4, $75; 
class 5, $50. 
Cutters and Sloops— Class 1, $100; class 2, $75; class 3, $65; class 4, 
$60; claBR 5, $55; class 6, $50; class 7, $50; class 8, $40; class 9, $35; 
class 10, $30; special 30ft. class of 1896, $40. 
Cats— Class 1, $25; clasB 2, $25; class 3, $25. 
This year a new starting and finishing line has been laid down, 
i marked by two stakeboats at the mouth of Gravesend Bay, on a line 
between Fort Lafayette and Norton's Point. From this line the vari- 
ous courses were: 
Course 1.— For all schooners competing for the Gould cup, and for 
all schooners and Classes 1. 2 and 3 of cutters entered for the annual 
regatta and not for the Gould cup: From the starting line to the 
I. Southwest Spit Buoys Nos. 12 and 10, leaving them on the port hand; 
thence to the bell buoy off the point of the Hook, leaving same on 
starboard hand; thence to the Scotland Lightship, leaving same on 
the port hand; thence to and around the Sandy Hook Lightship, 
leaving same on the port hand; thence to the bell buoy off the point 
of the Hook, leaving same on the port hand; thence to the Southwest 
Spit Buoys Nos 10 and 12, leaving both on the starboard hand; thence 
to the finishing line, keeping to the southward and westward of the 
beacon on Romer Shoal, and to the eastward of buoy No. C9, on west 
bank, both going and returning. Distance, 33 miles. 
Course 2.— For all cutters competing for the Gould cup, and cutters 
of Class 4 entered in the annual regatta and not for the Gould cup: 
From said starting line to Southwest Spit Buoys Nos. 12 and 10, leav- 
ing same on the port hand ; thence to the bell buoy off the point of 
the Hook, leaving same on the starboard band; thence to and around 
the Scotland Lightship, leaving same on the port hand; thence to 
bell buoy off the point of the Hook, leaving same on the port hand; 
thence to Southwest Spit Buoys Nos. 10 and 12, leaving both on the 
starboard hand ; thence to the finishing line, keeping to the south- 
ward and westward of the beacon on Romer Shoal, and to the east- 
ward of buoy No. C9, on west bank, both going and returning. Dis- 
tance, 25% miles. 
Course 3.— For cutters and sloops of Classes 5, 6 and 7, and the 
special 30ft. class of 1896: From said starting line to a stakeboat 
anchored near Buoy No. 6, off the northern point of Sandy Hook, 
leaving same on the port hand; thence to and around the Scotland 
Lightship, leaving same on the port hand; thence to the finishing line, 
keeping to the southward and westward of the beacon on Romer 
Shoal, to the northward and eastward of the bell buoy off the point 
of the Hook, and to the eastward of Buoy No. C9, on west bank, both 
going and returning. Distance, 21}4 miles. 
Course 4 —For all other classes: From said starting line to South- 
west Spit BuoyB Nos. 12 and 10, leaving both on the port hand ; thence 
around a stakeboat anchored near Buoy No. 6, off the northern point 
of Sandy Hook, leaving same on the port band ; thence to the finish- 
ing line, keeping to the southward and westward of beacon on Romer 
Shoal and to the eastward of Buoy No. C9, on west bank, both going 
and returning. Distance, 14J4 miles. 
The entries included forty-five yachts in all, but only thirty came to 
the line, as follows: 
SCHOONERS— GOULD CUP. 
Measurement. 
Colonia, C. E. Fostley , , Not meas. 
Emerald, J. R. Maxwell 90.47 
Amorita, W. G. Bmkaw 74.82 
Elsemarie, J. B. King ...74.67 
SLOOPS— GOULD OOP. 
Wasp, H. 8. Lippitt 54.97 
Acushla, W. & A. Hanan ........ 33.35 
Hera, R. N. Ellis 30.00 
SCHOONERS- CLASS 2. 
Sachem, F. T. Adams 
Iroquois, H. C. Rouse 82.28 
COTTERS AND SLOOPS— CLASS 4. 
Eclipse, L. J. Callanan 54 . 99 
COTTERS AND SLOOPS- CLASS 5. 
Penguin, G. E, Brightson,, ., 49.20 
Choctaw, J. M. Strong 46.20 
Uvira, E. M. Lockwood. . . 
CUTTERS AND SLOOPS— CLASS 6. 
Eidolon, C. E. Diefenthaler 42.75 
Norota, P. M, Hoyt 41.64 
Ilakato, E. H. Converse 39.00 
COTTERS AND SLOOPS— CLASS 7. 
Aliris, J. A Constant 35.60 
Feydeh, E. D. Cowman , 
CUTTERS AND SLOOPS— CLASS 9. 
Adele, A. J. Harrison 24.11 
Grace E., W. E. Neidhardt 23.02 
tm- CATS— CLASS 1. 
Step Lively. F. M. Randall 28.30 
Squaw, H. S. Jewell i 27.20 
Dorothy, F. M. Wilson 
CATS — CLASS 2. 
8treak, H. C. Lary 
30- FOOTERS — SPECIAL. 
Wawa, James Stillman. 
Vaquero III., H. B. Duryea. 
Caroline, Pembroke Jones 
Esperanza, A. S. Van Wickle. 
Asaki, Bayard Thayer 
Musme, J. M. McDonough , 
The morning was cloudy and cool, with very little wind and a poor 
promise of more, while there was a thick haze to seaward. The wind, 
such as it was, came from 8.E., making a beat of a couple of miles 
from the station off Bay Ridge to the starting line, while th« last of 
the flood tide was rushing through the Narrows against the yachts as 
they worked slowly down The start was set for 10:30, but there 
was a general delay among the fleet, and at that hour the last yachts 
had hardly left their mooring. The steam yacht Atalanta, Com, 
Gould, was in attendance, while the big steamboat Gen. Slocum car- 
ried the members of the club. The fleet was arranged to start in five 
divisions with ten-minute intervals between, thus covering a period of 
forty-two minutes from the preparatory to the start of the last class, 
the 30-footers. As there were only two, three or four boats in a class, 
except the latter, it would have been perfectly practicable to have 
sent each class away with a one-gun start at five-minute intervals, put- 
ting some life and action into what turned out a particularly dull and 
dreary start. 
Owing to the delay of the racing men it was not until 11:30 that the 
preparatory signal was given from the regatta committee's tug, fol- 
lowed five minutes later by the starting signal for the schooners for 
the Gould cup. Colonia. Emerald, Amorita and Elsemarie had been 
working about in Gravesend Bay for some time under working top- 
sails, as clubtopsaita were barred in all clafses. The breeze had 
strengthened some time before and there was quite enough to promis 
an exciting race. Colonia was timed for a good start and crossed the 
line 35 seconds after the gun; the others came along in a string at in- 
tervals of a minute, making a pretty sight for the ladles, but robbing 
the start of that interest which racing men appreciate. The four 
crossed on port tack and trimmed hard down for a close reach to the 
Spit Buoy, Colonia leading. From the start she slid off after the 
fashion of her first season, her centerboard having been jammed a 
fewdays before; though she was on the railway on Monday, the dam- 
ange could not be remedied. 
When the start for the cutters racing for the Gould cup was &iven, 
10 minutes later, there were no signs of an y proposed starters, not one 
of the many yachts in the Bay approaching the line. Just before the 
handicap gun for the class fired, 5 minutes later, the little 30-footer 
Hera crossed the line, and a little later Wasp and Acushla, both han- 
dicapped, followed her. By and by Sachem aDd Iroquois crossed, and 
at the end of half an hour just nine yachts started. 
By the time that the thirties had been sent away to a single gun, the 
six of them making a fine sight as they fought for place, the leaders 
were out of sight near the S. W. Spit. Emerald had worked well out 
to windward of Colonia, holding on far better, and now took the lead. 
Amorita was safely ahead of Elsemarie, and with an allowance of 
about 13m. was a constant menace to the leaders. In the same way 
Hera, with nearly 45m. allowance from Wasp, was making it very in. 
tere8ting for that renowned racer, holding the lead for a long time 
after the start. Acushla, also with a big allowance, soon dropped 
astern of Wasp, and at no time was dangerous. 
The large craft luffed around the Spit Buoy and reached out for the 
point of the Hook, where the windward work proper began. Owing 
to the very late start of the club steamer and the committee boat from 
the line, the head of tbe race was lost to sight for a long time, only 
being picked up off the point of the Hook, with the Emerald in the 
lead by half a mile. 
At the end of the short beat to the Scotland the four big schooners 
were timed: . „„ 
Emerald 1 26 00 Amorita .1 31 05 
Colonia 1 27 40 Elsemarie 1 35 30 
They set jibtopsails for the reach across to the Sandy Hook Light- 
ship, where the times were: 
Emerald 1 48 35 Amorita 1 54 58 
Colonia 1 50 50 Elsemarie 1 58 53 
After the jibe they started for the long reach in to the Spit with a 
good breeze to help them. 
The order of the other yachts at the Scotland was Wasp, Uvira. 
Hera, Iroquois, Choctaw, PenguiD, Norota, Eidolon, Sachem and 
Acushla. Uvira had very handsomely outsailed both Choctaw and 
Penguin. 
The larger yachts were timed at the jibe at the Spit: 
Emerald 2 41 45 Amorita 2 52 35 
Colonia i 2 43 50 Elsemarie , . .2 57 36 
From here in they were able to set spinakers to starboard, the 
smaller yachts, bound up the Swash, also setting spinakers. The 
finish between Emerald and Colonia was stirring, though it was a fore- 
gone conclusion that the former had won over the latter. The posi- 
tion of Amorita, 15m. astern, was a matter of doubt. As a matter of 
fact she came within lm. 9s. of winning tbe Gould cup from Emerald; 
but the two were so far apart in actual time that the finish was not 
interesting. The same was true of most of the other classes, the ex- 
ceptions being tbe very close finishes between Norota and Eidolon, 
Adele and Grace E,, and between the first three of the 30-footers. 
Two noteworthy features of the race were the very bad defeat of the 
fast 34-footer Acushla, a centerboard boat, by the new bulb-fin 30- 
footer Hera, of the same length; and the fife cutter Uvira 's victory of 
7m. over the two centerboard boats Penguin and Choctaw. 
The official times were: 
SCHOONERS— FOR GOULD CUP. 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Emerald 11 36 46 3 22 07 3 45 21 3 45 21 
Colonia 11 35 32 3 24 53 3 49 01 
Amorita 11 38 06 3 37 03 3 58 57 3 46 30 
Elsemarie 11 38 06 3 49 01 4 11 37 
CUTTERS AND SLOOPS— FOR GOULD CUP. 
Hera 11 45 35 3 48 24 4 02 49 3 19 02 
Wasp 11 50 00 3 17 15 3 27 15 3 27 15 
Acushla 11 50 00 4 11 06 4 21 06 3 47 09 
CLASS 2 — CLUB PRIZE FOR SCHOOHERS. 
Iroquois 11 59 02 4 22 T5 4 23 53 4 18 30 
Sachem 11 57 30 Did not finish. 
CLASS 4- CLTTB PRIZE FOR SLOOPS. 
12 07 34 4 04 37 3 57 03 
CUTTERS AND SLOOPS 
3 22 14 8 14 26 
3 31 08 3 22 17 
3 31 00 3 21 41 
3 57 03 
3 12 03 
3 18 43 
3 21 41 
3 31 07 
3 31 22 
2 56 50 
Eclipse , 
CLASS 5- 
Uvira 12 07 48 
Choctaw 12 08 51 
Penguin 12 09 19 
CLASS 6— CUTTERS AND SLOOPS. 
Norota 12 05 47 3 38 15 3 28 28 
Eidolon 12 07 12 3 38 34 3 31 22 
Ilakato 12 06 44 Did not finish. 
CLASS 7— CUTTERS AND SLOOPS. 
Feydeh 12 09 35 3 06 25 2 56 50 
Aliris 12 08 04 Did not finish. 
CLASS 9 -COTTERS AND SLOOPS. 
Grace E 12 08 19 3 16 16 
Adele 12 07 42 3 16 34 
CLASS 1 — OATS. 
Step Lively 12 05 30 2 32 52 
Squaw 12 06 04 2 36 20 
Dorothy 12 06 33 2 45 11 
CLASS 2— CATS. 
Streak 12 05 53 2 36 10 
SPECIAL 30FT. CLASS. 
Asahi 12 12 00 3 02 35 
Musme 12 12 00 3 04 33 
Vaquero III 12 12 00 3 04 34 
Wawa 12 12 00 3 06 11 
Esperanza 12 12 00 3 06 26 
Caroline 12 12 00 3 10 38 
The winners were: Gould cup, schooners, Emerald; Gould cup, cut- 
ters and sloops, Hera; schooners, 95ft. class. Iroquois, $125; cutters 
and sloops. 60ft. class, Eclipse,$37.50; 51ft. class, Uvira, $55; 43ft. class, 
Norota, $50; 36ft. class, Feydeh. 850; 25ft. class, Grace E., $40; 30ft. 
special class, Asahi first, $40; Musme second, $20; catboats, class 1, 
Step Lively, $25; class 2, Streak, $12.50. 
The race was managed by the regatta committee: Messrs. John L. 
Bliss, Chairman ; Henry J. Gielow, David E. Austen, George W. Mc- 
Nulty and W. L. Gerrish. 
3 07 57 
3 07 10 
3 08 52 
3 08 52 
2 27 22 
3 27 23 
2 30 16 
2 28 40 
2 38 38 
Not meas. 
2 30 17 
2 30 17 
2 53 32 
2 50 85 
2 52 34 
2 54 11 
2 54 26 
2 58 38 
A New Chicago Yacht. 
The big sloop Siren, first of the fin-keeled racers built at Racine for 
Chicago yachtsmen, arrived from Racine on June 14 and anchored in 
the basin at the foot of Randolph street. She was immediately 
boarded by about 100 yachtsmen, and as each craft came in from the 
lake and picked up her moorings the crew hurried aboard the new 
craft to inspect her. With three or four of the smaller yachts tied up 
alongside and a half dozen dinghys and row boats trailing astern, the 
big racer looked much like a large hen with a flock of chickens, and a 
good view of her hull was next to impossible to obtain. 
The initial sail of Siren was a disappointment, inasmuch as at no 
time was there enough wind to give her owners and crew an indication 
of what she could do and what canvas she could carry. Capt. Kams- 
dell said last night that he thought she would need a longer gaff, how- 
ever. Siren left Racine about 10 o'clock Saturday evening. On board 
were George A. Gardner, Com. Sollitt, Fox Lake Y. C. ; Frank B. New- 
all, M. W. Berriman, Robfirt Hayes, C. W. Boyden and DouglaB Dy- 
renforth. The wind showed so little promise that Siren was towed 
back into Racine again, and several hours later she made another 
start. Although the whole voyage was a beat against a light south- 
east wind, the crew kept at it and planned to run in at Kenosha and 
wait for better weather. But when Kenosha was reached the wind 
rose again and they continued on to Chicago. 
Siren has been fitted out hurriedly, but by Saturday, when she will 
start in the Michigan City regatta of the Columbia Y. C, she will be 
in pretty good trim, although it will take pretty lively work on the 
part of Skipper Henry Goble and his crew. 
Siren is a decided novelty among the older yachts in the anchorage. 
She has a very low rail and wide spaces of deck. Her cockpit is com- 
modious, and she steers with a long wooden tiller. Capt. Ramsdell 
says when by the wind she Bteers herself. Her mast is stepped well 
forward, and in reality she is a big catboat, with enough headsail to 
do away with the weather helm a catboat always carries by the wind. 
The forestaysail sets on a stay, but the jib is set flying on its own luff. 
The bowsprit is shorter than an 18-footer carries, and the spars are not 
lofty for a boat of her length over all. The topmast especially is short. 
In the mainsail the very high peak is noticeably absent, but the sail 
is large and presents a good driving power. The dimensions of the 
spars are: 
Main boom 47ft., gaff 28ft , hoist 29ft., length of lo wermast 45ft. 6in . , 
length of topmast 26ft., bowsprit outboard 10ft. The dimensions of 
the hull are: Over all 60ft., load waterline 41ft., beam 12ft. 6in. 
There is a trunk over the main cabin, which has four berths, but the 
two staterooms, gallery, forepeak, etc., are below the flush deck. 
While from the standpoint of an artist it cannot be said that Siren is 
pretty, yet she has the beauty of a racing horse aud she looks as if 
she could sail, and Saturday's race will tell the story. The hull is 
painted white, with the oak sheer strake and rail scraped and var- 
nished, The trunk cabin and skylight are mahogany, and the interior 
of the cabin is in hardwood. 
Siren will be the flagship of the Columbia Y. C. this season, Co rr>. 
Boyce being interested in her. 
William Hindshaw, Jr., who is superintending the construction of 
the new fin-keel racer for William Crawford, of the Columbia Y. C, 
yesterday announced that the name of this yacht will be Vanenna. 
This being translated is said to mean "sure footed," and it is certain 
if one of the fin-keels ever goes ashore she will get a very solid foot- 
ing on the bottom, Vanenna should have been launched early this 
morning and will certainly be ready for the Michigan City regatta 
Saturday. The first race between these two exponents of new yacht 
building ideas will be attended with much interest on the part of 
every amateur sailor in Obicago. It is thought exceedingly unfortu- 
nate that Vencedor will not be out to take part in this contest. — 
Chicago Record. 
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Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at 1h' 
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Brooklyn Y. C. Annual Regatta. 
BATH BEACH— NEW VORK BAY. 
Monday, June IB, 
The annual regatta of the Brooklyn Y. C. was sailed on Monday last 
over the club courses on New York Bay, as follows: 
OPEN BOATS. 
Mainsail— Class A, 21ft. racing length and under. — To black buoy 
No. 9, to red bell buoy head of Swash Channel and return to starting 
line; 10 miles. 
Clftss-B, over 21ft. to 25ft. racing length.— To black buoy No. 9, to 
red bell buoy head of Swash Channel and return to starting line; 10 
miles. 
Class C, over 25ft. to 30ft. racing length.— To Old Orchard Shoal 
Light, to red bell buoy head of Swash Channel and return to starting 
line; 15 miles. 
Jib and mainsail— Clas3 1, 25't. racing length and under.— To black 
buoy No. 9, to red bell buoy head of Swash Channel and return to 
starting line; 10 miles. 
Class 2, over 25ft. racing length.— To Old Orchard Shoal Light, to 
red bell buoy head of Swash Channel and return to starting line; 15 
miles. 
CABIN YACHTS. 
Mainsail— ClaBS D, 24ft. racing length and under.— To Old Orchard 
Shoal Light, to red bell buoy head of Swash Channel and return to 
starting line; 15 miles. 
Class E, over 24ft. racing length.— To Old Orchard Sboal Light, to red 
bell buoy head of Swash Channel and return to starting linp; 15 miles. 
Sloops, Cutters and Yawls— 25ft. class.— To Old Orcbard Shoal 
Shoal Light, to red bell buoy head of Swash Channel and return to 
starting line; 15 miles. 
Tbirty-ft. Class.— To Old Orchard Shoal Light, to red buoy No. 12. 
perch and ball on top (S. W. Spit), and return to starting line; 18>£ 
miles. 
Thirty-flve ft. Class.— To Old Orchard Sh«al Light, to red buoy Nl 
12, perch and ball on top (S. W. Spit), and return to starting line; 18J.£ 
miles. 
Forty-ft. Class, over 86rt. to 43ft. racing length.— To Old Orchard 
Shoal Light, to red buoy No. 12, perch and ball on top (S. W. Spit), 
and return to starting line; 18J^ miles. 
Many of the yachts of the club had been at the Atlantic Highlands 
over Sunday and were caught in the gale, some being badly damaged, 
so that only twenty were on hand for the regatta. There was no air 
on the Bay at noon and the race was not started until 1:15; a good 
south breeze came in then and made an exciting race. The times 
were: 
40ft. CLASS— SLOOPS— 18^3 MILKS. 
Start. Finish. Elansfd. Corrected. 
Ilkato 1 19 30 4 38 28 3 18 58 
35ft. class— sloops- 18J4 miles. 
Aliris 1 28 02 4 57 56 3 V9 54 
Nautilus 1 25 40 4 51 ?5 3 25 45 
Sea Gull 1 23 00 5 02 51 3 39 51 
31ft. class— sloops— 1RL£ miles. 
Edla 1 27 30 4 56 32 3 29 02 
25ft. class— sloops— 15 miles. 
Paula 1 27 10 Did rot flni h. 
Grace E. 1 29 00 4 45 55 3 16 55 3 15 46 
CLASS K— CABIN MATNSA1L— 15 MILES 
Step Lively 1 31 55 4 10 57 2 39 02 2 39 02 
Mabel 1 30 45 4 31 52 3 01 07 2 57 18 
Mary II 1 32 15 . 4 ?5 14 2 52 59 2 47 41 
Louise 1 31 35 4 17 30 2 45 55 
CLASS D— CABIN— 15 MILES. 
Presto 1 28 35 4 17 26 2 46 50 2 48 50 
Ethel 1 29 55 4 21 11 2 51 16 2 49 19 
Madge 1 30 00 4 32 26 3 02 26 3 00 19 
GLASS 2- JIB AND MAINSAIL — 15 MILKS. - 
Yare 1 35 30 4 36 19 3 00 49 
E. J. B 1 35 35 4 26 27 2 50 52 
CLASS 1— JIB AND MAINSAIL— 10 MILES 
Emmie 1 37 35 4 16 30 2 38 55 
Haidee 1 38 08 4 07 36 2 29 28 
CLASS A— MAINSAIL— 10 MILES 
Martha M 1 38 10 4 00 00 2 21 50 
Paul and Stella 1 39 30 Did not finish. 
Nereid 1 35 52 4 07 20 2 31 28 
The Iron steamboat Cyguus accompanied tbe yachts over the 
course. 
The Training of Draftsmen and Designers. 
The following letter comes to us from the Pacific coast, touching on 
another phase of the shipbuilding Industry. There can be no question 
that this country affords the most meager facilities to young men 
who desire to fit themselves for work of any kind in the shipyard, 
from designing downward. Those opportunities that exist in kindred 
occupations for the industrious beginner to steadily perfect himself 
are entirely lacking in the shipbuilding industry. The boy who goes 
into a shipyard as a learner and spends four years in squirting soda 
water on a boring tool for nominal wages is certain to find that his 
time has been wasted by his employer, and that he is no nearer to a 
knowledge of ship and engine building than before he saw the inside 
of some highly rated shipyard. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
You make the statement that there are no American naval archi- 
tects who have thus far turned out any steam yachts that can com- 
pare with English craft, but you do not state the reason why. 
The reason is that no encouragement is given to an American to 
become a naval architect. 
What chance is there for an ambitious young man to rise to a posi- 
tion of responsibility in our American shipyards, where every position 
of importance is given to foreign draftsmen, either English, Scotch, 
German or Scandinavian ? If a native born American does get a 
show, it is only'because he is a relative of some member of the firm. 
It has been my observation that these firms who are howling for 
protection to American labor— especially those of the Pacific coast, 
who expect Government contracts to be awarded to them at a higher 
price than their Eastern competitors, on account of an alleged higher 
cost of labor— generally run their yards as far as possible with a lot 
of apprentices who are paid $3 and $4 a week, and who are discharged 
at the end of their apprenticeship if they venture to ask for living 
wages, and their places filled with a new lot of apprentices who may 
expect a like fate. 
What show is there in our navy yards (except with a good, strong 
pull), where American boys are given the very lowest rating, and all 
the first-class positions are held by Scandinavian and German drafts- 
men ? In one case at a U. S. navy yard a German draftsman, rated 
second class as an engineer, was discharged and re-employed as a 
first-class ship draftsman, a trade he is entirely unfamiliar with ; while 
the native born Americans in the same office, with eight and more 
years' experience as ship draftsmen, are refused promotion even 
when recommended by the chief naval constructor of the navy. 
As for designing yachts, a Herreshoff would starve to death on the 
Pacific coast if he made yacht designing his specialty. The yachts 
out here are twenty and more years behind the times; the only 
yachtsmen with enterprise to pay for a design being George and 
Thomas Davidson, who built the cutter Folly from designs by the 
late Edward Burgess, and who were rewarded by sewing her beat 
everything in sight, even yachts in the larger classes. Yachtsmen on 
San' Francisco Bay are perfectly contented with anything that the 
builder will whittle out for them, and as for paying for a design such 
a thing is not even dreamed of. Such is the Pacific coast. No doubt 
the rest of the country is just as bad. W. B. 0. 
Vallejo, Cal., June 2. 
Canada. 
Mr. Aemilius Jarvts has received a letter from the secretary of the 
International Yacht Association asking him what kind of a tender 
will be needed for the t<so big yachts, and offering to provide tenders 
also for the visiting fleet, the starting boats, etc. They also volunteer 
to secure hotel accommodation for the visitors. On the yacht tender 
meals will be provided for the two crews, and sleeping accommoda- 
tion if necessary. 
The new yacht Canada, destined for international honors, will sail 
its first race on June 27 on the Bay here, sailing for the Murray cup, 
and will enter after that in all races for which it will be eligible. Mr. 
Jarvis has chosen the following gentlemen, all amateur yachtsmen, 
from whom the crew of the Canada will be selected: Gerald Boulton, 
Thomas Plummer, W. H. Parsons, Sydney Small. George E. Evans, of 
Toronto; J H. Fearnslde, of Hamilton; W. S. Clousten, Montreal; E. 
Bayly, Heber Phillips, Wilton Morse, and W. Moran, of Toronto, All 
of these are well known in yachting circles, and seven of them will be 
selected for the crew of the yacht, associated with Mr. Jarvis and the 
two professional sailors. There will be a good deal of hard work for 
them before the race is sailed. The crew will train on Lake Erie dur- 
ing the whole of August, taking part in all the regattas on the lake, 
commencing at Port Dover on the 3d, and contmuing at Erie on the 
6th and 7th. The race on the 7th will be a cruising one from Erie to 
Cleveland. During the week commencing on the 10th the yachtis due 
to sail in the races off Cleveland, where $25,000 is offered in prizes. 
The week of the 17th will be spent at the regatta at Put-In Bay, and 
the big race for championship honors will be sailed on the 34th,i25th 
and 26th at Toledo .—Toronto Evening Star, 
