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FOREST AND STREAM. 
Feb. 16, 1895. 
u here is more m it.than m&xC^imk^First of "all,. re takes usout into 
the warm sun and balmy air, iv puts a good tliick coat of tar onto 
our homely mugs and strength into our muscle. dome down here 
and show us how to sail a^boat, and we will .give you a warm wel- 
come and a jolly good time. PAYSON.g 
- Regatta of the Tarpon.Springs Y.'.O., Jan.J.9,.1890: « mm* 
3* ■ Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Topsy, Capt. Clemson 2 03 20 „ 2 55 07 _ 52 47. , 
Lucie B, Capt. Noblits ■>, 02 50_, _ 3 02 25_„ „.,59 B5«. 
Sliver King, Com. Phiuney 2 02 30 ^u.,.2 53 05 60 35 
Dennis, Capt. Diss ton 2 03 25; raa _3 03 59 85].. 
Micanopy, Capt. Reed 2 03 00 3 03 16,, 1 00 jfe; 
The R. Y. S. Challenge. 
Since the magnates of the Royal Yacht Squadron have come 
oyer to Com, Smith's opinions in Cup matters, the warmth of the 
Field's criticism has declined almost as rapidly as the temperature 
outdoors, and in the last issue to hand, Feb. 2, it deals thus mildly 
with the new challenge: 
Some of the American papers are still regretting that the Royal 
Yacht Squadron at last withdrew (as .the Americans now state) 
all opposition to the new deed of gift, and agreed to hold the cup 
under it. Undoubtedly the .Royal Vacht Squadron was in a very 
strong position,* .and, had the general meeting on Jan. 7 thought 
more of the deed and less of bringing about an international 
match, no doubt the New York Yacht Club would have had to 
actually destroy the new deed, as they have now done inferentially 
by declaring that every clause in it can be altered or abandoned, 
just as the holder of the cup and the challenger may agree upon. 
However, an international yacht match was what Lord Duuraven 
required, and that is also what most of the people interested in the 
nautical pastime also desired to see brought about. The acceut- 
ance of the interpretation put upon the mutual agreement clause 
was made, it is true, in rather grim silence by the general meeting 
of the Royal Yacht Squadron, but it is folly to say that any resolu- 
tion was passed endorsing or agreeing to hold the cup under the 
terms of the deed. A difficulty may arise eventually, should V al- 
kyrie defeat the American defending yacht; but the worst that 
can happen will be that the club will decline to hand over the cup 
unless the Royal Yacht Squadron makes a full concession of faith 
that the mutual agreement clause in the new deed of gift is all 
that the members of the New York Yacht Club declare it will be. 
In such an event the situation, as far as the holding and challeng- 
ing for the cup are concerned, will .bo a little .more absurd than it 
is at present— but nothing more." 
. After its sturdy and outspoken fight for eight years against the 
new deed, we t are .surprised that the Field has come to a quiet ac- 
quiescence in the views expressed by The Yachting World, and by 
a large part of the general yachting public; that the necessity for 
a Irace on any terms outweighs .ail questions of principle or fair 
play. 
If it is so essential that international racing must continue, why 
has the Field opposed the new deed for so long; and again, if the 
Field has been right in the past, why this sudden conversion? 
There seems to be some uncertainty as to just what resolutions 
were passed at the R. Y. S. meeting; but this very uncertainty 
makes it the easier for the New York Y. C. to defend its position; 
that it has„received an unqualified^challeuge under the new deed. 
The telegram of.Secretary Grant, making a specific offer to receipt 
for the cup it won, is now in the possession of the club, beyond re- 
call by the Squadron; and on the other hand, the Squadron can 
show nothing from the club in the form of a written interpretation 
of the new deed or the mutual agreement clause. 
In 1893, the R. Y. S., in the event of a victory by Valkyrie II., 
would have been able to present a very good brief in declining to 
receipt for the cup under clause 12; but.ttie circumstances are now 
entirely different, and should Valkyrie III. succeed in winning 
three races, the Squadron can have no excuse for declining to sign 
any recoipt drawn up in accordance with that clause. 
Dredging the Delaware River. 
At the annual meeting of the Philadelphia Y. C, held on Feb. 6 ' 
the following resolution was adopted: 
Resolved, That the Philadelphia Y. C. condemn the plan of the 
proposed bridge of the Pennsylvania ana New Jersey Radroad Co. 
across the Delaware River, from Bridesburg, Pa., to Fisher's 
Point, above the water. There are few yachts owned in this city 
that could pass thereunder without striking their toprnasos, but 
many which could not, at a height of 50 feet, and the use of the 
draw for yachts would be almost wholly impracticable. All 
yachtsmen and owners of vessels know that the draw of a rail- 
road bridge is of litttle value, as sail fenders of draws of railroad 
bridges, either in obedience to orders of their superior officers, 
(who generally act in that respect as if they own the river or think 
they do, or have the same opinion themselves) suit their own 
sweet will in the opening of the draws, and no time is in their 
opinion too long for vessels, and especially for yachts, to wait. 
This has been the experience of yachtsmen and vessel owners 
everywhere, and we have no reason to believe that the present 
proposed structure across the Delaware will be managed differ- 
ently. 
_ The officials of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Railroad Com- 
pany, and the U. S. Engineers, with little or no consideration for 
the interests of vessel owners, or even for the welfare of the city, 
have approved the plan herein condemned. 
This fact should have little weight with the authorities at Wash- 
ington or with the people, for some of these same U. S. Engineers 
have approved the dumping of earth, etc.. (taken from the islands 
opposite the city) into the harbors of the leading Philadelphia 
yacht clubs, between little Tinicum Island and the main land, 
without the consent of the riparian owners, when they knew, or if 
they were competent, should ha.ve known, that, the same earth, 
etc., would soon wash (as a large portion if, not the most of it, has 
washed) into the Ship Channel below. 
It is not true that the location of the bridge will not interfere 
with the class of craft that navigate this part of the river. Hun- 
dreds of freight vessels and yachts pass this point animally, Z 
We believe that the only proper way to do justice to all in terests 
in the location and construction of this bridge is to submit it to a 
commission of competent persons to take testimony and to fully 
consider all of the interests that will probably u e affected. 
The Philadelphia Y, C, believing that the location of the pro- 
posed bridge at a height of 50 feet would be an irreparable injury 
to the rights of owners of vessels and yachts, earnestly request our 
Congress to do all in its power to secure the appointment of the 
commission referred to, so that the interests of the city and vessel 
owners generally shall be protected. 
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to Secretary 
of War, General Thomas L. Casey, and to each of our Senators 
and city Congressmen. 
New York Y. R. A. 
Z The annual meeting of the New York Y. R. Association was held 
at O'Neill's on Feb. t>. The meeting was called to order by Presi- 
dent Benjamin F. Sutton. Twelve out of the twenty-two allied 
clubs of the association present. The annual reports of the Secre- 
tary and Treasurer were read, the latter showing the association 
to be out of deot and with a balance of S51.o3 to its credit. 
The Executive Committee reported that they had received the 
application of the Ossining Y. C, of Sing Sing, New York. 
The Regatta Committee finally submitted a full report of tbe last 
Labor Day Regatta. The report showed a deficit of something 
like $137. This deficit is. in part, accounted for from the small 
attendance on tiie steamer on that day, due no doubt to the threat- 
ening weather and easterly winds. 
Com. Prime .was appointed a committee of one to procure prizes 
to be presented to the fifteen winners; a sum being appropriated 
to purchase them. The prizes will consist of a solid gold scarfpin 
with the association's flag and a small diamond in the center. 
A resolution was passed thanking Mr. John O'Neill for the din- 
ner tendered to the Commodores, and Mr. E. Langerfeld was ap- 
pointed a committee to obtain a suitable souvenir to present to 
him. 
^The resignations .of the Sing Sing, Canarsieand Harlem Yacht 
Clubs were now tendered and accepted. The matter of fixing the 
annual regatta for Labor Day now came up for consideration, and 
in view of the deficit at the recent regattas it created considerable 
discussion, and the question arose as to whether it would be advis- 
able to hold it unless it would be supported by the members of the 
association. It is a well-known fact that tnis association for the 
several years since its organization, in 1SS9, has held the largest 
regattas ever sailed in New York Bay, and it is unreasonable to 
expect that a regatta of this magnitude can be held without ex- 
pense. These regattas cost much less, although held on such a 
large scale, than those of the various individual el ubs hereaboutF. 
Monday, Sept.. 2, 1895. was fixed, however, as the date of the sev- 
enth annual regatta. The Executive Committee was requested to 
take the matter of providing ways and means into consideration, 
and it will undoubtedly confer with the various'clubs' members, 
and if the support of the latter cannot be obtained it will recom- 
mend, at a meeting to be called for the purpose, the abandonment 
of the regatta. ^ . , ^ M 
-After some other business had been transacted, an>lection for 
Robert K. MoMurray, Stuten Island A. C; Executive Committee, 
Dr. E. N. Brandt, Tower Ridge Y. C; Alexander F. Rowe, Jersey 
City Y. C; Capt. Joseph Elsworth, Bayonne City Y. C; A O. 
Longyear, Newark Bay Boat Club; E. Pangerfeld, Hudson River 
JL. C. 
In vacating the office of president. Com. Sutton madelsome 
appropriate remarks, and called the recently elected president, A. 
J. Prime, to the chair. Com. Prime spoke for sumo minutes, and 
during his remarks called attention to the new association about 
forming on Long Island Sound, and honed that it would bo formed 
and be a success. He said that in his opinion Hell Gate was the 
dividing line between the New York and Sound clubs, and that 
he was always unable to see how the latter could derive any bene- 
fit from this Jassociation. In conclusion, ho hoped that the mem- 
bers would give him every assistance in the management of the 
association, and help him to lead it to a new era of prosperity. 
Yacht Building at Bristol. 
We are indebted to the Boston Globe for the following report, 
through its Bristol correspondent, of work at Bristol: 
The most important matter of the week iu connection with the 
new cup defender, in course of .construction here, has been the 
visit to the Herreshoff's of the representative of the Ansonia Brass 
and Copper Company, of 19 Clin' street., New Yorfc . This is the 
only company that, furnishes Tobin bronze, and the representa- 
tive's visit here is supposed to have been for the purpose of arrang- 
ing for the delivery of the Tobin bronze plates that must be deliv- 
ered within a few weeks, and which must, come from the fac- 
tory at Ansonia, Conn. 
This would confirm The Globe's exclusive story soon after the 
contract was signed, that Tobin bronze would be the material. 
That story was based on the knowledge that the Herreshoff's had 
secured an option on sufficient Tobin bronze plating for the boat, 
and was deemed to settle the matter of construction. 
There are, however, indications, to those who know Herreshoff 
methods of work, that the pians have been changed, and that 
composite construction of wood on steel frames has been decided 
upon. 
It is pointed out that it will be difficult to deliver a Tobin 
bronze boat by June 1, where a composite boat can easily be built 
before that time. To those famUiar with steel construction it is 
also plain that it would be much easier to mold the lead keel in 
place after the boat was plated, as was done in Vigilant and 
Colonia, than to run the lead keel first, as is being prepared for 
now. 
. If the original plans have been changed, and a composite boat 
decided upon, the Herreshoft's are to be congratulated in securing 
a budd undoubtedly lighter than Tobin bronze plating, and more 
desirable in several ways. 
A composite boat could be so thoroughly strapped as to depend 
not nearly so much upon the .strengih of planking as might be 
thought. Double planking, with mahogany tor the outer skin, 
would give all the needed strength and would give a bottom which 
could be made the equal if not the superior, of Tobin bronze for 
smoothness. 
'Die announcement that the Herreshoff's have entered into an 
agreement, or signed a contract not to build another boat to de- 
fend the America's cup in 1895 is not given much credit here. But it 
is said that the firm will not build another lor personal reasons, 
and for matters that arise when two or more boats are built. 
Z When two or more boats are built the owners of the boat that is 
the slowest of ;the two, or more, feel that the designer did not 
bring his best talents to bear on the construction and designing of 
their boat, and naturally, though without apparent cause, feel 
slighted. This matter will be overcome when only one boat is 
budt, and this is given as one of .the reasons why the Herreshoff's 
will not budd another m 1895. 
During the past week copies of a newly printed set of rules and 
regulations for ;the employees of the Hcrrcshofi shops have been 
posted in conspicuous places. They differ but little from the old 
ones, and do not state that the workmen must keep the goings-on 
in the shop a secret, although they are expected not to talk too 
much of the plans and other matters iu connection with the new 
boat. 
In the new machine shop the work of laying down the new boat 
and getting matters arranged for .the bending of the angle irons 
has progressed slowly. 
In the construction shop the workmen are busy on the mold lor 
the enormous lead keel for the new boat. This keel, it is said, wdl 
weigh about 70 tons . The firm have now on hand about 125 tons 
of pig lead. 
Judging from the height of a man standing beside the mold for 
the lead keel, it will be about five feet and a half in height. 
The men have begun the work of lining up the mold and when 
it is finished, which will bo in about a week, the mold will be 
placed where it is intended the new boat shall stand, on the new 
stone foundation in the south shop. 
The severe storm of Friday created havoc in the shops of the 
Herreshoff's. The heavy southwest wind caused the sea and ice 
from the harbor to roll into the siiops with considerable force and 
the very high tide floated everything movable. The steam yacht 
Eugenie, which is in the south shop, was afloat and lines were put 
out to save her from damage. The small boats wore washed up 
to the east end of the works and N. G. Herreshoff, while engaged 
in securing the boats stepped into ascuttlehole from which the 
cover had beeu removed and had a cold bath. 
The Eugenie will be launched as soon as the new engine is 
placed at the marine railway at Walker's cove. It is intended to 
haul out the steam yacht there as soon as she is put overboard. A 
trial vvas given the engine this week, and as soon as the weather 
permits it will be set in the building recently erected near the 
cave. 
Many of the workmen in tho construction shops were obliged to 
leave work Friday on account of tho high tide. During the gale 
the big doors on the west end of the building were blown off. 
Workmen were engaged in removing the ice from the shops yes- 
terday. 
Mr. C. Oliver Iselin made a flying trip to the works this week 
for the purpose of looking over plans in regard to the new boat- 
There is some talk here about the sails for the new boat being 
made at the works, but this .talk has been brought about by tho 
engagement of, new sailniakers within a short time. These men 
are at work on the sails for the raters for Howard Gould, the Ger- 
man baron, and George Owen, Jr. 
_ Good authority states that the sails will be made by Wilson & 
Silsby of Boston, which firm made those of the Navahoe and 
Colonia. The sails of those boats were of Sea Island cotton, but 
those of the new boat will be very close iu material to those used 
on the British boat, but of American made duck. 
Work on the 20-rater for Howard Gould in the south shop has 
progressed slowly during the week, The men are at work on the 
fln for this boat. She is nearly ready to be lanohed, and could be 
completed in a few days should the occasion of starting the new 
boat require it. Below the water line she has been painted a dark 
green. 
In the north shop the deck of the 130-foot yacht for Theodore 
R. Hostetter is nearly laid. Workmen are also engaged on her 
large mahogany deck-house. The 20-rater for the German baron 
in the nOrtn shop, and the 30-footer for George Owen, Jr., of Bos- 
ton, in the same shop are both neariy completed. 
The work of carting Lie lead from the railroad yards has been 
finished, and yesterday a quantit y of angle iron and mahogany 
planking, which arrived a few days ago. was carted to the works. 
It is expected that the work of laying down the new cup defender 
will be completed before the end of the coming week, when the 
work of shaping the frames of the yacnt will begin in the boiler 
shop. 
So far as can be judged from the shape of the mold Cor the lead 
keel, the keel itself will have a lateral plane of some what triangu- 
lar shape, the deepest portion being considerably abaft the cen- 
ter, and the line of the bottom curving up at each end to meet the 
dead wood. The length of the keel wili bo much less than those of 
Vigilant and Colonia, and shows by this shortening and by its tri- 
angular form that attention has been paid in the design to making 
the boat quicker in stays. 
The mold for the keel shows no sign as yet of a core for a center- 
board slot, so that the original impression of a keel boat still seems 
to be a good one. 
It is believed that the interior fittings of the boat will be as tew 
and as light as possible, and that the crew will ail bo quartered on 
an attendant steamer. The cup defender will, therefore, be more 
of a racing machine than aDy of her predecessors. 
The saving in weight by not having any quarters for the crew on 
boaxd will be considerable, and the boat should gain speed cor- 
respondingly. 
She is to be delivered June 1, and, therefore, must be launched 
by the middle of May in order to be fitted out, rigged and have a 
rial trip. 
Ac the Saunders yards, that builder has the frames of the big 
catboat for J. P. White, of Warwick, R. I., up. She will bean 
able boat, being 10 feet beam, with a length of 28 feet. He also has 
the oak stem and .keel of the„big . eat ..yawl f or Dr, W. Wharton 
Holiingswortn, of Philadelphia, out, and is all ready to set up 
that boat. 
: Tho high wind and tide did considerable damage at tbe Saun- 
ders yard Friday, the water coming up half the length of the shop. 
Many of the yachts in the yard that are hauled up for the winter 
were thrown against each other, and more or less injured. & 
The well-known cat yawl Alice, which is acknowledged to be 
one of the fastest boats on Narragansett Bay, has been very much 
changed this winter. She is owned by Charles F. Herreshoff, a 
brother of the designer, and was formerly a centerboard boat 
Mr, Herreshoff _has maae her a keel boat, and it is the opinion that 
it will greatly add to her speed. 
Such news as there is of late is mainly included in the interesting 
story from Bristol, for which we are indebted to the Boston Globe. 
Nothing is known yet of the new Valkyrie building at Glasgow, 
and the same foolish policy of secrecy is maintaained on this 
side. The indications are, however, as stated by the Globe, that 
the Bristol boat will be a keel craft, and of composite build, similar 
to Queen Mab, Genesta and the three Valkyries. The name of the 
new boat has not been decided on, but names by the thousand are 
being received by the New York Herald, in competition for the 
prize of $100 offered by a New York Yachtsman. 
The owners of the various 30-knot steam yachts about New York 
and Philadelphia are once more bandying challenges, but with as 
little prospect as of old of a genuine race in which one boat shall 
win and the others lose. As long as the papers are content to print 
such challenges and letters as news, this cheap and exciting con- 
test is likely to flourish, 
It is encouraging to note of late a marked improvement in yacht- 
ing methods that promisos a return of yacht racing. The special 
commiLtee of tho New York Y. C, has recommended the adoption 
of such a classification by corrected length as was first advocated 
by the Forest and Stream over seven years since, and there is every 
probability that the measure will be carried at the annual meeting 
The Larchmont Y, C, as mentioned in our columns some weeks 
since, has been at work remodeling its courses, and has now under 
consideration, for .probable adoption this month, a series of en 
tirely new courses, of triangles of short sides, to be sailed several 
times to give the required distance. 
Such steps as these, long opposed by American yachtsmen, but 
at length recognized as desirable, augur well for an entire recon- 
struction of the existing haphazard and slovenly methods of racing 
with awkward courses, long intervals to start.in, and faulty rules 
of classification, and the substitution of a uniform system of 
measurement and classification combined; of short triangular 
courses to bB sailed over two or three times; of the one-gun start 
the measurement with crew aboard, and other desirable reforms 
The^more nearly tho conditions of yacht racing can be made to give 
accurate and fair tests of the boats, tho greater the interest Jn the 
sport. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
The twentieth annual meeting of tho Philadelphia Y. C. was 
held on Feb. ti, the foUowing officers being elected: Com., Francis 
Shunk Brown; Vice-Corn., M. R. Muckle, Jr.; Rear-Com., J. G. 
Frank Bement, Wm. S. Stockton, Robt. P. Thompson: Regatta 
Committee, P. H. Johnson, Chas. S. Warfiold, S. W. Bookhammer. 
The date of June 15 was fixed for the annual regatta. As wili be 
seen from the resolution printed eslo where, which was passed at 
this meeting, the club is taking active steps in opposition to a 
measure which must do serious damage to tho Delaware River and 
to the- yachting interests represented by the River ton, Trenton, 
Philadelphia and other clubs. 
At 9:30 A. M., on Jan. 28, the works of the Racine Boat Manu- 
foaturiug Co. caught, fire while workmen were engaged in thawing 
out frozen steam pipes, and considerable damage was done, to the 
extent of some §3,1)00, before the fire was extinguished. Work will 
be continued as usual in the uninjured portion of the works but 
many valuable moulds and patterns were lost. 
Tho sloop Nepenthe, C. P. Richardson, and the schooner 
Adrienuo, Messrs. Gordon & Lawrence, both of the Southern V. 
C of New Orleans, are now cruising iu the West Indies, the 
former bound for Havana and Jainacia, and the latter for Nassau. 
Tne two will meet later off the northern coast of Cuba, to return 
home iu company. The Nepenthe was at Havana on Feb 7 
The Rochester Machine Tool Works has received notice from its 
solicitor that its claim with reference to the Buckley water-tube 
boiler for yachts has been allowed by the Patent Office in Wash- 
ington, and that the patent will be issued at once., This bofler is 
adapted for either oil or coal, and furnishes very cheap power in 
proportion to horse power. One of these boilers, which was sold 
to a party in Poughkeepsie in April last, has been supplying a 4x5 
marine engine with all the steam it could use at 150 lbs. pressure. 
Tnis boiler only occupied a space 22 in. wide by 23 in. long, and its 
shipping weight crated, was less than 350 lbs. Under a pressure 
of 125 lbs. this boiler developed 6 h. p. The company is also in re- 
ceipt of a communication from its agent in Paris with regard to 
the practicability of using the boilers iu a light road wagon to be 
propelled by steam, being fired by hydrocarbon fuel. The company 
recently constructed for Mr. J. B. West, of Rochester, a small 
reversing engine and boiler which he will apply to the same pur- 
pose, propelling a carriage on ordinary country roads. 
* Namouna. steam yacht, James Gordon Bennett, will fit out at 
once for the Mediterranean, and Capt. Martin J. Lyons, the New 
York pilot, who sailed on Valkyrie 11., will command her, having 
sailed from New York last week to join her. Capt. Lyons was with 
Mi . Bennett at one time iu the old Henrietta. . , 
The annual meeting of the Riverside Y. C. was held on Fob. 7, 
he following officers being elected^ Com.,JS. I. Tyson; Vice-Corn., 
Pierce, W. A. Hamilton, G. G . Tyson, W T illiam L. Marks and H. 
W Tyler, Membership Committee— F. Beltz, S, D. Pierce and J. 
A." Oatwell. Regatta Committee— W. J. Selleck, S. D. Pierce and 
Edwin Biuney. 
The annual regatta was fixed for July 6, and two special races 
for the new Larchmont 34-footers.and 2l-footors were arranged. 
The annual cruise is to come off on\July 15, 
The Stamford Y. C. has elected the following officers: Com 
Jaine* D. Smith; Vice-Corn., Howard C. Smith; Rear Com., Fred- 
erick M. Hovt; Treas., Charles H.Leeds; Sec, Malcolm R.Pitt: 
Fleet Surgeon, Henry P. Gelb; Meas., Frank Ward well; Chaplain, 
Richard P. H. Vail, D. D.; Directors— Henry K. McIIarg, Schuyler 
Merrift, Albert C. Hall, Edward C. Hoyt, Walter M. Smith, Walto 
iklin 
M Jones, Austin ti. watson, uiarK jjewmg, vviuiam U. Phillips 
and Melville P. Hall. 
George W". Hail, the New York representative of the Harlen & 
Hollinss worth Co., died in New York on Feb. 5, of pneumonia. 
Mr Hall was at one time an engineer of the U. S. Navy. He was 
a member of the American Y. C. serving as treasurer for some 
years. 
