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. Royal St. La« renoe cruising race to Cascade Rapid?, Montreal. 
. Atlantic annus'. New York Bay. 
, Williamsburg Club, Sound. 
New York annual. New York Bay. 
Atlantic special. New York Bay. 
Royal St, Lawrence, 18ft. skiff and steam yacht, classes, Montreal. 
16. San Francisco cruise to St. Quenfln, rian Francisco Bay. 
Larchmont spring regatta, Sound. 
Philadelphia annual, Tinicum-Delaware River. 
Massachusetts open, Nahant-Massachusetts Bay. 
Cor., Atlantic City special cup, first raca. Atlantic City. 
Yankee Doodle-Norwood race, Hudson River. 
Douglaston annual, Douglaston Sound. 
Atlantic special, New York Bay. 
Royal St. Lawrence, A, 30£t, 25ft. and 21ft. classes, Montreal. 
23. San Francisco cruise, San Francisco Bay. 
California regatta, San Francisco Bay. 
Seawanhaka Cor. annual, Oyster Bay, Sound. 
Pavonia annual, Communipaw, New York Bay. 
26. Seawanhaka Cor. annual race to New London, Sound. 
Atlantic special, New York Bay. 
Yankee Doodle. Vamoose, Rex, race, Sound. 
30. San Francisco cruise to Mare iFland, San Francisco Bay. 
New Rochelle annual, New Rochelle, Sound. 
. Dorchester open, Boston Harbor. 
Squantum first chain.. Squantum, Mass. 
Mr.. C. Oliver Iselin, the managing member of the syndicate which 
is building the new Cup defender, was at Bristol on May 1, and on his 
way back to Providence was subjected, willingly or unwillingly, to an 
interview, in the course of which he told nothing iraportaut which 
was not fully kDown before. The only new points disclosed by him 
were that still a third mainsail was being made, by whom he would 
hot say; tbftt the contract bad been made with the understanding that 
the Herreshotfs would build no other yacht this year to defend the 
Cup; and that he proposed to hold the firm to the agreed forfeit of 
81,000 in the event of the yacht not being ready by June 15, and of 35100 
for each extra day's delay. While he confirmed certain conjectures' 
this confirmation was hardly needed in view of other corroborative 
evidence. 
In spite of all attempts at utter secrecy, the many reports and 
rumors of the past three months have finally crystallized into some 
important facts, which are very fully summed up in an article which 
we reprint from the Boston Globe. The new defender will be a keel 
cutter, resembling Valkyrie and differing materially from Vigilant; 
the dimensions being 126ft. over all, 90ft. l.w.l., between 23 and 24ft. 
beam ("probably 23ft. 4 to Gin. ) and about 19ft. draft. The sail area,, 
which has been close! v approximated from measurements of the spar 
made in Boston, will be about 12,300 sq. ft., or say l.OOOsq. ft. more 
than Vigilant. The details of material and construction are also very 
fully known. 
After three months of wild guessing, the Boston Herald has at last 
published a story which is partly true. How its news was obtained 
we do not care to state, but we are aware of its source of information, 
which for several weeks has brought it very close to the center of the 
Herreshoff shops. Through this channel the Herald has been able to 
obtain rough sketches of the sheer plan and midship section, and the 
dimensions, spacing and nature of the various steel frames. 
This news is not only most welcome as giving; another te-it of a boat 
which has always carried the sympathy of American yachtsmen, but 
as niiking still another boat for the class through the season and for 
the trial races. The prospects at the present time, however, are 
that the racing of these great boats will be almost as indeter- 
minate and inconclusive as in 1893. The new defender wil not 
be launched before the spring tides in June, which means that at best 
she cannot, take part in the early summer regattas. Vigilant will 
be ready in a short time, but Jubilee's rebuilding will take prob- 
ably a couple of months. Navahoe will not fit out until 
July. This means that the big yachts will miss all the June races, 
and not be in sailing trim before July. In that month there is 
no racing for other than smaller yachts, and we shall be treated lo 
the usual spectacle of the "foxy" owners sailing all in different direc- 
tions and giving out wonderful stories of 14 and 16 knot speeds. Not 
until the first week in August will the fleet come together for a little 
racing as a preliminary to general strengthening and alterations, 
which may be expected to continue until the date of the first Cup 
race, early in September. 
The energy and skill which has enabled the defenders to do quick 
work in the past has evoked praise from yachtsmeu the world 
over, but it is tempting fate to leave everything until the last month 
before the Cup races. The boats should be ready for all the racing 
they can possibly get in June, and, failing that, every effort should be 
made to race them steadily through July by way of preparation for 
the trial races in August. 
The detailed description of the new Herreshoff 20 raters which we 
publish this week cannot fail to interest our readers. As both yachts 
will be at their destinations almost as soon as the news is in print, and 
so within reach of the rules of any foreign designers, the publication 
. of the3e details now can harm no one. According to the London 
Times, Mr. Will Fife, Jr., has an order for a 20 to meet Niagara, and 
she will of course be an extreme fin- keel. 
We understand that the American Model Yacht Club has received a 
challenge from a Boston Modal Yacht Club for its perpetual challenge 
trophy, in which case the races will take place on Labor Day. The 
trophy, which was illustrated in the Forest and Stream of March 23, 
is of sterling silver, finished in white and blue enamel, and was made 
by N. H. Shepherd from a design by George H. Townley, of the Amer- 
ican Model Yacht Club. 
The Name of the Cup Defender. 
Some little time since we commented unfavorably on the common 
place and hackneyed name selected by Lord Dunraven for the new 
challenger. The Yachtsman of April 18 retorts in kind over the 
name of the new defender as follows, to which we have nothing more 
to say: "In view of the generous prize competition, instituted by a 
press bubbling with patriotism, for the purpose of selecting a suit- 
able title for the new Yankee Cup defender, there seems to be a 
dreadful bathos in the name actually chosen— Defendir. It is de- 
scriptive, it is true, but what would the American press say if Lord 
Dunraven had selected Offender for his new yacht's name? Not long 
since we read an article in the Forest and Stream dealing with and 
lamenting the sameness of the names given by Lord Dunraven to bis 
first-class yachts. The article had point at the time it was published 
but how would it read now?" 
The Field also comments on the subject in a vein of sarcasm called 
forth by the Herald's gushing story of the child sponsor of the new 
yacht: 
Some time ago the New York Herald offered a prize for the best 
suggested name for the new yacht which is being built to defend the 
America Cup against Valkyrie III. Many thousand names were sent 
in. and the selection was left to the owners of the yacht — Mr. Vander- 
t tit, Mr. Iselin and Mr. Morgan. It was quite a youthful idea to adver- 
l ise for a name, and quite appropriately the idea has been fructified 
by a beautiful child only six years old, herself rather heavily weighted 
« Uh the names of Constance Cleveland Roberson, She said the name 
of the new j ucht must te Di fender; she probably dreamt it, but ihis 
is tbe history ot the inception or iu&pimtion pubnsneaintneNew York 
Herald: 
''The Herald sent a representative to tell the young woman the news, 
and he discovered the fortunate winner to be rather ashy, pretty little 
girl, only six years old. She was quite overpowered as well as de- 
lighted to think that she had secured the honor of having suggested 
the name of the Vanderbilt-Iselin-Morgan boat. Her father at break- 
fast said, 'Hello, Constance, here's something to interest you.' He 
showed her the Herald's announcement of the contest. The child, 
being fond of tbe water, was pleaded with tbe idea. She selected the 
Linda, the Corinda and the Defender, but likfd the last best, clipped 
out the Herald coupon, and wrote 'The Defender' in large Roman 
characters, not being sure of her ability as a writer in ordinary letters. 
She sent it to the Herald and won the prize. 'I am very fond of the 
ocean,' she said. 'I have been on Lake George, for instance, and cau 
row two oars. I would like to be a. Bailor. ' " 
We are sorry that nothing of the kind could possibly be done in this 
out-of-date country. Valkyrie three times in succession for the name 
of a Cup challenger shows the lack of a child's originality or inspira- 
tion, and the name itself rather suggests defeat than success, as Val- 
kyries dealt with the slain, not with the living. However, should Val- 
kyrie III. measure her speed with the new American yacht, we trust 
that Miss C. O. Roberson 's formidable suggestion in the name De- 
fender will not unnerve her crew. 
Vigilant. 
Though Vigilant in her western passage has not beaten her own 
record on the easterly passage last year, she has outdone all previous 
records in this direction, her time from the Needles to Sandy Hook 
Lightship heing hut 17 days, 18 hours and 25 minutes. She was in 
charge of Captain Charles Barr. who crossed the Atlantic in 1885 as a 
bny in the forecastle of the little cutter Clara, who brought out the 
40ft. cutter Minerva, ss master, in 23 days in 1888, and who took 
Navahoe across to England in 1893. With him was Mate Leonard 
Miller, formerly of Jubilee, and a crew of t wenty men and a dog. The 
party left New York on May 19 by steamer, and on arriving at South- 
ampton tbe yacht was quickly fitted out, and on April 11 she was 
towed from Fay's yard to off Netley, where her compasses were ad- 
justed; at 3:30 she made sail and passed down Southampton Water 
and the Solent, and at 5:20 P. M. took her departure from the Needles, 
passing the Lizard at 9:20 P. M., April 11. 
The log is briefly as follows: 
April 12— Light Westerly winds; 235 miles. 
April 13— Wind fresh; clear weather; moderated in afternoon and 
became eloudv ; 227 miles. 
April 14— Wind E.S E., blowing strong; cloudy Set spinakor on 
abort spare spar used for spinaker boom, but that broke Oft. from the 
end and we lost it and the spinaker. At midnight gybed and clewed 
down the mainsail, and, the wind moderating, replaced spinaker boom 
with the club for elubtopsafl and set another spinaker; 233 miles. 
April 15— Moderate breeze; E.S E : cloudy; 213 miles. 
April 16~Light wind, E.S.E, ; lumpy sea; ship rolling heavily; 173 
miles. 
April 17— Wind N.E., light; 173 miles. 
April 18— Wind S.W. light; boat rolling heavily; wind lulled at4P.M.; 
heavy seas continued ; 98 miles. 
April 19— Wind W. by N.; light breeze, broken by squalls; 22) miles. 
April 20— Strong nort-herly wind; 269 miles. 
April 21- Strong northerly wind, very cold, with fog. Temporal lire 
of water 37.59 degrees. On iookout for ice, as packed ice was evidently 
near, because, in spite of the high wind, the sea was smooth, the ice 
evidently forming a breakwater. After passing the ice, seas got high, 
and oil bags hung over bow and quarter; 189 miles. 
April 22— N.N. E. wind, light: 59 miles. 
April 23— N.W. wind, light; 158 miles. 
April 24— S. S.W. wind, strong, heavy sea. In afternoon wind fell, 
but sea remained heavy; 125 miles. 
April 25— Westerly wind, veering to W.N.W. Fresh breeze and 
heavy head sea; 93 miles. 
April 26— Wind S.W. Cot out of Gulf Stream and struck a heavy 
thunderstorm, with forked lightning. Kept her on tbe northerly 
tack, not wanting to go to the south'ard and come about and so 
lengthen voyage. Thick and foggy weather; 79 miles. 
April 27— Light easterly wind; 216 miles. 
April 28— Strong easterly wind, making great going; 232. 
April 29 — Fog and light easterly wind. 
The total distance sailed was 2,992 miles. The only mishap was the 
breaking of the end of the spinaker boom, bv which the spar and sail 
were lost. The yacht was towed to the Erie Basin on May 1 and 
quickly stripped, her mizz^nmast and bowsprit being sent ashore with 
ail her gear. She will be for the summer in charge of Mr. E. A. WiU 
lard, who has been so closely identified with Gen. Paine on Mayflower, 
Volunteer and with Vigilant in 1893. Under his able direction she will 
be fitted out and raced by her present crew against the new Cup de- 
fender, and every effort will be made to push thu new boat. There, is 
little probability that Vigilant will be lengthened, but some important 
changes are to be made, the Herreshoffs will furnish a new mainsail, 
with the cloths square to the Jeach. The centerbonrd slot is still 
blocked up, but the new board will soon be brought from Bristol and 
shipped in the trunk. The yacht will be docked this week at the Erie 
Basin. 
Mr. Brand's Challenge. 
The following correspondence, just made public, gives the details of 
the coming races between the Ensrlish half-rater. Spruce IV., Mr, J. 
Arthur Brand, and such boats as may be built to me°t her: 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacbt Club, ) 
New York, March 15, 16S5. f 
J. Arthur Brand, Esq., 3.C Gresham Street, London, E. C. 
My Dear Sir: Acting upon the suggestion contained in a letter from 
Mr. William Wjllard Howard, addressed to several American yachts- 
men, the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, to which said letter was 
referred, decided at its last regular meeting to offer an International 
Challenge Cup for competition among small yachts, conferring upon 
the Race Committee of the club full power to conduct the negotiations 
and arrange all the conditions pertaining thereto. 
The letter from Mr. Howard, dated Tiflis, Russia, Jan. 21. 1S95, states 
in substance that in the event of a challenge cup offered by a leading 
New Y r ork club, you would challenge with Spruce HI., the race to take 
place in September next, and would also enter additional races for 
prizes offered by this and other clubs, which would become the 
property of the winner. 
From Mr. Howard's letter we understand that you will challenge 
through one of your yacht clubs at three months' notice, provided 
conditions are satisfactory. Mr. Howard kindly offers his services in 
effecting suitable arrangements upon his return to England in May, 
but adds that by the time his letter is received in America he will be 
1,000 miles into Central Asia, with a Paris address from which letters 
will be forwarded. It has therefore seemed advisable to the commit- 
tee to address you directly in order that an understanding may be 
reached before American yachtsmen, who contemplate building Euch 
craft for this season's racing, shall have placed their orders. By con- 
cluding arrangements for these races at an early date we believe that 
much greater interest will be developed and that you will be assured 
ample sport in the class of yachts you desire to meet. Inasmuch as 
Spruce III., which we learn is 15L£ft. l08d waterline and carries 
190sq.ft. of sail, has a racing lengtfi of 14.61ft. under "Seawanhaka 
rule," which rule, as you are probably aware, has been quite univer- 
sally adopted in this country, we prefer to announce that ttie challenge 
cup will be offered this year for yachts of 16ft. racing length. This 
will be in accordance with our customs, and, we believe, will impose 
no penalties upon the challenger due to difference in rules. The club 
book sent herewith embodies our rule in full, with time allowance 
tables. Should you prefer to race boats of 15ft. racing length and 
under, without time allowance, we should have uo objections. 
[The conditions recounted in Mr. Brand's reply appear here.] 
We would urge upon you the dosirability of planning your visit so 
as to arrive in New York early in August. In the judgment ot this 
committee these races should precede those for the America's Cup, 
which will probably begin about Sept. 15, as, at the conclusion of the 
latter, public interest in yachting for the season will wane very rap- 
idly. Reaching here on or before Aug. 10 you will have time to make 
preparations, become accustomed to the Sound courses, and permit 
the races to be saili d the latter part of August or early in September. 
In conclusion, we unhesitatingly promise you a hearty sailors' wel- 
come on the part of American yachtsmen, and particularly from the 
members of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y r . C. Awaiting your reply, I 
have the honor to remain, my dear sir, very sincerely yours, 
Charles A. Sherman, 
Secretary Race Committee S. O. Y. C, 
34 and 36 Gresham Street, E. C. 1 
London, April 3, ib95. f 
Dear Sir; At the general meeting of the Minirr a Y . C, held on Fri- 
day, March 29, your letter, with one of my own, was laid before them 
by the committee and received their warmest approval, and the fol- 
lowing resolution was passed unanimously: "The club in general 
meeting having read Mr. Brand's letter and inclosures, sanctions his 
challenge being made, and he is authorized by the Minima Y. C. to 
negotiate for terms. Mr. Brand to sail under the club burgee." 
In accordance with this resolution the committee met yesterday, the 
2d host. They thought that as the race is to be a representative one 
they could not back a challenge with a last year's boat, so have only 
consented to my challenge with Spruce IV, and the following cable 
was immediately bent to your club: 
"Trevienico. New York: 
" Minima sanctions Spruce IV. only." 
I have consented to challenge with n, r if all parties agree. Spruce 
IV. has been designed for me for the purpose of Miss Bennett's meet- 
ing Mrs. William Willard Howard, who has challenged her to race on 
the Solent this season with a new t^-rafpr from Clayton, H. S. A., and 
has the same load-waterline as Spruce III. The committee have con- 
sented to back in? challenge with Spruce IV., under the following 
suggested conditions in compliance with the ones in your letter of 
JYIsi'cfa 15* 
1. The cup shall be a perpetual international challenge cup. The 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club shall have the custody of tbe cup 
in the first instance, and every challenge shall be through some recog- 
nized yacht club of a foreign country, and the cup when won shall be 
delivered to and held by the club through which tbe challenge was 
ma df>. 
2. A challenging yacht shall be met by only one competitor. 
3. The races shall not be less than three or more than five m num- 
ber. The cup to be taken by the winner of the majority. To be left 
to the Seawanhaka Yacht Club to settle in September. 
4. The American courses, while the cup remains in the custody or 
the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, shall be on the waters of 
LoDg Island Sound, in the vicinity of Oyster Bay. They shall consist 
of a triangular course aDd a course to windward or leeward andi 
return. Each leg of the triangular course shall be 3 nautical miles 
in length, and shall be sailed over twice, making a tot al of 18 miles 
The course to windward or leeward and return shall be 4 nautical 
miles to each leg, and shall be sailed over twice, making a total of 16 
miles. The courses might well be shortened at lesst one-third. 
5. The start shall be a'flying one, -without corrected time allowance. 
6. The helmsman shall be an amateur. Total number of persons on 
board shall be limited to two. 
7. In the 15ft. class yachts shall be measured with crew on board. 
With crew on board the weight of crew shall be arbitrarily fixed at 
SOOlbs. for purpose of measurement in order to equate the difference 
in individuals. 
8. All ballast shall be fixed (weighted centerboards shall be con- 
sidered ballast). 
In determining sail area a system of measurement shall be employed 
which shall give as nearly as possible the exact number of square feet 
thereof. (The race to be for 15ft. racing length, only Seawanhaka 
rule provides that Spruce IV. measurements do not exceed that when 
measured with 3"01bs. on board. Her l.w.l. with crew of two on board 
Y. R. A. is 15ft. 6in.— the sail area, as suggested by your club, to be 
limited to 200 or 220 sq. ft.) Suggestions as to future competitions 
for the cup, they agree to leave "to you, but do not wish it to exceed 
25ft. But I myself, as a lover of the small classes, should like to sug- 
gest that it be limited to 19ft.. as I believe your club, in giving the 
cup, wish to further the small yachts and not the larger ones, such as 
2J^-raters; but this matter lies entirely with your club as donors, and 
it is presumption on my part to suggest the alteration of future years. 
I am afraid I cannot get to New York as early as you so kindly sug- 
gest, but will do my best. The races will, at any rate, not take place 
before the second wepk in September. I have asked my old friend, 
Mr. Henry Sturdee, of 240 State street, Albany, New York. TJ. S. A., 
to act for me in New York, and, no doubt, much time will be saved if 
you wanted anything settled in a hurry. I am always ready for a 
good sporting race, so will leave the number of open races to you, but. 
for sport's sake they ought to come off after your Cup races. * * * 
Trusting that all necessary arrangements will soon be satisfactorily 
arranged, I remain, my dear sir, yours very since'ely, 
J. Arthur Brand. 
Charles A. Sherman, EEq., Sec'y Race Committee, S. C. Y. C. 
Vice-Corn. Rouse, Seawanhaka C. Y. C, has already ordered a 15- 
footer from the Herreshoffs, a centerboard boat. The limits are so 
clearly defined iu the above as to give all necessary information to the 
designer, and those desiriDg to hu'ild will be able to begin at, once. 
Mr. Brand's new boat, Spruce IV., v/ill be built by H. O. Smith, of 
Oxford. 
An Amateur-Built Steam Launch. 
The following letter was accompanied by a photo of a very shapely 
little steam launch, of excf Uent design and construction, so far as the 
picture disclosed. The writer is one of the many who have been 
helped to a knowledge of boat building through "Canoe and Boat 
Building for Amateurs." The little book was not intended originally 
to cover much more than a canoe, but its exposition of tbe principles 
of designing, drafting and building is so clear and thorough that it has 
served a much larger purpose than its suthor ever expected: 
"Burlington, la., April 2.'.— Editor Forest and Stream: Inclosed 
you will find a photo of a little home-made launch, a description of 
which might, interest some of your readers. The boat is 20ft. long by 
5ft. beam, 2ft. deep to top of sheerstrake, height of coaming 3in. She 
is carvel built, of clear white cedar %\n thick; keei, stem and stern- 
post of white oak; kr-fl rabbeted; ribs %X£6'n , spaced 4in. ; centers 
made from selected red elm. running from wale to wale in one piece 
except at deadwoods, Seams all perfect and double caulked, fasten- 
ings throu hour of copper and brass. Sheerstrake, washstrake, 
coaming and nosing of quartered oak. Decks of cherry, caulked. The 
top, from sheerstrake up, is finished in natural color with spar var- 
Dish. The boat is fitted with sun awning and tent for cruising. She 
was built in a house-boat, or cabin boat, as they are called here, of 
which there are now hundreds, yes, thousands, on the Mississippi 
River. The motive power of the launch is a 2-hp Sintz gascline vapor 
engine, the actual consumption of which is about three gallons of 
gasoline for ten hours' running. The launch makes a speed of 6 
miles per hour up stream and Cj^j miles per hour down stream, which 
is very good for so small a power, as the engine only weighs 3051bs. 
I have, a truck and windlass for hauling out tbe boat, and keep.her 
housed the same as a rowboat. She can be gotten under way in less 
than one minute. I would line Mr. Stephens to come out and take a 
spin in her, as I got my first instructions from his "Canoe and Boat 
Building for Amateurs." John J. Ohrt. 
Fleur de L.ys. 
The schooner Fleur de Lys, Mr. George Trotter, arrived at New 
York on May 1 after a long and stormy passage from Southampton 
aDd Plymouth, in the course of which she lost a man through a rather 
unusual accident. She sailed from Southampton on March 23 in 
charge of Capt. Otto Petersen, with only the crew aboard, Mr. Trotter 
beiDg in New York, preparatory to his marriage, which took place 
quite recently. On her voyage down Channel a link in the quarterlift 
partrd and the boom dropped, striking one of the crew and injuring 
him fatally. The yacht put into Plymouth, and did not resume her 
voyage until April 2. She encountered bad weather and was delayed 
by the loss of the lower bobstay pin, which was replaced with much 
difficulty. The daily runs were as follows: 
Miles. Miles. 
April 3 134 April 18 37 
April 4 216 April 19 126 
April 5 64 April 20 203 
April 6 57 April 21 230 
April 7 Hove to April 22 175 
April 8 Hove to April 23 104 
April 9 23 April 24 25 
April 10 104 April 26 50 
April 11... 68 AprilS6 72 
April 12 1T0 April 27 Calm 
April 13 245 April 28 110 
April 14 79 April 29 180 
April 15 61 April 30. 125 
April 16 197 May 1 170 
April 17 ....115 
The yacht will be laid up for an indefinite time at Manning's Basin, 
Mr. Trotter having just sailed for Europe on his wedding trip. 
Tampa. 
From private letters we learn that Mr. Palmer and his friends have 
been enjoying a delightful cruise aboard the schooner Yampa in the 
Mediterranean, the following being a brief summary of their move- 
ments: Arrived at Gibraltar from New York on Feb. 14, Mr. Palmer 
and two friends joining by steamer on Feb. 24. Sailed on Feb. 28, 
and off tbe Spanish coast struck a Levanter, and put into Malaga 
under double-reefed mainsail on March 1, sailing again on March 4 
with a good west wind, but again met the Levanter and stoo 1 over for 
Oran, on the Algerian coast, spending one day there. On March 6 the 
yacht was under way early and a two days' run along the African 
coast brought her to Algiers, where she laid until March 13, when a 
day's run brought her to Boujfe. On March 17 she was at Phillipe- 
rille, sailing next day and reaching Tunis on March 20, having h^ad 
winds all the way. On March 23 the voyage was resumed, Malta 
being reached ou March 25, where a loDg stay was made. A start 
was made on April 5, on April 6 a short call was made at Syracuse, 
next day a fine run was made through the Straits of Messina, and on 
April 9 the yacht reached Naples. Yampa has attracted much atten- 
tion from her size and appearance wherever she has called, and her 
party have been most courteously received. 
The Cleveland Y r . O. has arranged the following nxtures for the Fea- 
8od: May 80, squadron sail; July 4, local j.gaita; Aug. 17, ladies' 
day; Sept 2. tail regatta. The buildiug fund for the ni w club house 
now amounts to $14,000, and work will ba commenced at ouce, thj 
building Long ready some time in July, 
