June 22, 1895.] 
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W. H. Mead. Sullivan, "Gilder," Harried, W. H. Stafford, E. C. Potter' 
0. Dolan, "Edward," Bacon, A, W. DuBray, "E, H.G ," Ballard, 0. T' 
Mackay, Schultze, Ladew, W. P. Sykes, I. Eckert, Held, H. Eckert' 
Peter Morris, Johnson. 
Any persons who think of entering for this event, and who are anx- 
ious to know what their handicap will be, can easily ascertain by writ- 
ing to the manager, .7. S. Hoey, Hollywood, West End, N. J. 
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'•Blue Ribbon" made its first appearance at Memphis, Tenn., on the 
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Thursday, June 13, and immediately attained great prominence, being 
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of whom won prizes, and all of whom pronounced it the cleanest, 
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Bridgeport Gun Implement Company. 
Under date of May 1, 1895, the Bridgeport Gun Implement Company 
have issued a very handsome little price list of the specialties con- 
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many improvements in B. G. I. goods, and especially worthy of note 
are the new "Rapid" loaders for nitro and black powders, standard 
powder and shot measures, hand loading outfits and new style clean- 
ing sets. The book is from the press of the American Lithographic 
Company, and is a model of good taste. — Adv. 
FIXTURES. 
* Dates marked thus are unofficial. 
JUNE. 
22. Yankee Doodle-Norwood race, Hudson River. 
22. Douglaston annual, Douglaston Sound. 
82. Atlantic special, New York Bay. 
22. Royal St. Lawrence, A, 30ft., 25ft. and 21ft. classes, Montreal 
22. Rhode Island, annual. 
22-23. San Francisco cruise, San Francisco Bay. 
23. Calif ornia regatta, San Francisco Bay. 
24. Seawanhaka Cor. annual, Oyster Bay, Sound. 
24. Pavonia annual, Communipaw, New York Bay. 
25-26. Seawanhaka Cor. annual race to New London, Sound. 
29. Atlantic special, New York Bay. 
29. Yankee Doodle-Vamoose-Rex race, Sound. 
29-30. San Francisco cruise to Mare Island, San Francisco Bay. 
29. New Rochelle annual, New Rochelie, Sound. 
29. Dorchester open, Boston Harbor. 
29. Squantum first cham., Squantum, Mass. 
JULY. 
1. Royal St. Lawrence fourth annual, Sir Donald A. Smith Cup 
Montreal. 
1. Cor., Atlantic City record, Atlantic City. 
1. Indian Harbor special, Greenwich, Sound. 
2. San Francisco club sail, San Francisco Bay. 
3. Seawanhaka Cor. race to Larchmont, Oyster Bay, Sound. 
4. Larchmont annual, Larchmont, Sound. 
4. Boston City open, Boston Harbor. 
4. Lake Michigan Y. R. A. annual, Milwaukee. 
4. Cor. Marblehead Club, Marblehead (Mass.) Bay. 
4. Northwestern International Y. R. A. race, Seattle, Puget's Sound. 
4. Cleveland regatta, Cleveland, Lake Erie. 
4-7. San Francisco cruise, up river, San Francisco. 
5. American annual, Milton Point, Sound. 
6. Royal St. Lawrence Commodore's Cup, Montreal. 
6. Riverside annual, Sound. 
6. Duxbury Club, Duxbury, Mass. 
8. Seawanhaka Cor. special, Oyster Bay, Sound. 
9, Horseshoe Harbor special, Larchmont, Sound. 
10. Huguenot special, New Rochelle, Sound. 
11. New York Athletic Club annual, Travers Island»Sound. 
12. Larchmont, 1st class, special schooners, and 34 and 21ft. classes, 
Sound. 
12. Larchmont- Atlantic combined annual cruise, rendezvous at Larch- 
mont. 
18. Larchmont to Block Rock. 
14. Block Rook to Morris Cove. 
15. Morris Cove to New London. 
16. Special race, New London. 
17- New London to Shelter Island. 
13. Royal St. Lawrence cruising race to Beauharnois, Montreal. 
13. Cor., Marblehead, first cham., Marblehead (Mass.) Bay. 
18. Hempstead Harbor annual, Sound. 
13. Squantum second cham. , Squantum, Mass. 
14. San Francisco open race, Ran Francisco Bay. 
15. Savin Hill open, Savin Hill, Boston Harbor. 
15. Riverside annual cruise, Sound. 
15. Rhode Island annual. 
17, Cor., Atlantic City Special Cup, second race, Atlantic City. 
17. Cor., Marblehead cruising and knock-about classes, Marblehead. 
20. Sea Cliff annual, Sound. 
20. Royal St. Lawrence A, 30ft., 25ft. and 21ft. classes, Montreal. 
20-21. San Francisco cruise, San Francisco Bay. 
21. Cor. San Francisco regatta, San Francisco. 
25. Riverside special, Sound. 
27.. Indian Harbor annual, Greenwich, Sound. 
27. Quincy. Quincy Point, Boston Harbor. 
27. Cor., Marblehead, second cham., Marblehead (Mass.) Bay. 
27. Royal St. Lawrence, 18ft. skiff and steam yacht class, Montreal. 
27. San Francisco outside sail, San Francisco Bay. 
27. Duxbury club, Duxbury, Mass. 
— . Cor., Atlantic City annual, Atlantic City. 
29. New York Y. O annual cruise, rendezvous and race, Glen Cove. 
* New York Y. C, first run, Sound. 
* New York Y. C, second run, Sound. 
* New York Y. C., third run to Newport. 
* New York Y. C, Goelet Cups, Newport. 
* Ne York Y. C, fourth run to Vineyard Haven. 
* New York Y. 0., at anchor, Vineyard Haven. 
— . New York Y. C, special races at Newport. 
august. , 
— . Lake Michigan Y. R. A. 
2. Lincoln Park, Chicago. 
3. Columbia, Chicago. 
7. Racine, Racine. 
3. Cor. Fleet annual, New Rochelle, Sound. 
3. Monatiquot open, Boston Harbor. 
3. Shelter Island annual, Greenport, Shelter Island, Sound. 
8. Larchmont, 34ft. and 21ft. classes, Sound. 
3-4. San Francisco chowder cruise to Pinnacle Rock, San Francisco. 
10. American special, Milton Point, Sound. 
10. Winthrop open, Great Head, Boston Harbor. 
10-11. San Francisco cruise to California Y. C, San Francisco Bay. 
10. Squantum, ladies' day, Squantum, Mass. 
10. Duxbury Club, Duxbury, Mass. 
13. American open, Newburyport. 
14-15-16. Cor., Marblehead mid-summer series, Marblehead (Mass.) 
Bay. 
15. Green Bay, Green Bay. 
15. Cor., Atlantic City Special Cup, third race. 
15. Sea Cliff special, Sound. 
17. Huguenot annual. New Rochelle, Sound. 
17. San Francisco cruise to Mare Island, San Francisco Bay. 
17. Roton Point Imp. Co. annual, Roton Point, Sound. 
17. Cor. open, Marblehead (Mass.) Bay. 
17-18. San Francisco cruise to Mare Island, San Francisco Bay. 
17. Royal St. Lawrence Hamilton trophy, 18ft. and 21ft. classes, Mon- 
treal. 
tf, Cleveland, ladies' day, Cleveland, Lake Erie. 
19, Manchester open, Manchester, Mass. 
22. Riverside special, Sound. 
24. Norwalk, Nor walk, Sound. 
24. Squantum open, Squantum, Mass. 
24. Horseshoe Harbor annual, Larchmont Sound. 
24. Cor., Marblehead third cham., Marblehead (Mass.) Bay. 
25. San Francisco open regatta, San Francisco Bay. 
26. Rhode Island open. 
29. Cor., Atlantic City Special Cup, fourth race, Atlantic City. 
29. Squantum open, Squantum, Mass. 
30. American special, Milton Point, Sound. 
31. San Francisco cruise to Benicia, San Francisco Bay. 
31. Larchmont 34ft. and 21ft. cabin cat classes, Sound. 
31. Huntington annual, Huntington Sound. 
31. Squantum annual cruise, Squantum, Mass. 
31. Duxbury Club, Duxbury, Mass. 
— . America's Cup trial races, New York Bay. 
SEPTEMBER. 
— . Seawanhaka Cor., 15ft. class, Oyster Bay. 
2. New York Y. R. A. annual, New York Bay. 
2. Larchmont fall regatta, Sound. 
2. Cor., Marblehead Club, Marblehead (Mass.) Bay. 
2. Lynn open, Nahant (Mass.) Bay. 
2. Cleveland fall regatta, Cleveland, Lake Erie. 
5? Larchmont, 34ft. and 21ft. classes, Sound. 
7. San Francisco cruise to Mare Island, San Francisco Bay. 
7. New York America's Cup, first race. New York Bay. 
— . New York America's Cup, second race, New York Bay. 
— . New York America's Cup, third race, New York Bay. 
7. Revere open, Marblehead (Mass.) Bay. 
7. Larchmont, 34 and 21ft. classes, Sound. 
8. San Francisco squadron sail, San Francisco Bay. 
9. San Francisco sail to Sausalito, San Francisco Bay. 
12. Sea Cliff special, Sound. 
13. Cor., Atlantic City Record, Atlantic City. 
14. Larchmont, schooners and 34ft. and 21ft. classes, Sound. 
15. Cor., San Francisco regatta, San Francisco Bay. 
19. Larchmont, 34 and 21ft. classes, Sound. 
21 Huguenot cruiser's race, New Rochelle Sound. 
21. Larchmont, schooners, 34 and 21ft. classes, Sound. 
21-22 San Francisco informal sail, San Francisco Bay. 
27. Cor., Atlantic City Special Cup, fifth race, Atlantic City. 
28-29. San Francisco cruise to Petalumna Bridge, San Francisco Bay. 
OCTOBER. 
6. San Francisco closing sail, San Francisco Bay. 
6. California regatta, San Francisco Bay. 
12. Cor., Atlantic City record, Atlantic City. 
12. Huguenot cruiser race, New Rochelle Sound. 
The fact that the largest ship-building firm in America is to-day 
duplicating the model of a steam yacht built by it fifteen years ago is 
capable of but two possible explanations; either that the art of steam 
yacht designing had been brought to such a high degree of perfection 
by this firm in 18S0 that it has not since been improved on by design- 
ers, American or foreign ; or else that this country is at least fifteen 
years behind in this important branch of naval architecture. That 
the latter explanation is, unfortunately, the true one, is but too clear 
to any one who will compare the new yacht, or worse yet, the much 
vaunted Columbia, built by the same firm last year, with any of the 
recent Clyde-built steam yachts. 
The two sister boats, Stranger and the first Corsair, are both well 
known to American yachtsmen, and in the fifteen years that they have 
been afloat they have proved themselves very serviceable craft; by no 
means handsome, even as style went when they were launched, not 
over-speedy, but taken all in all they were in their day probably the 
best of the American steam yachts, certainly superior to Atalanta, 
Electra, Nourmahal, Yosemite, Bretagne and Polynia. After the con- 
spicuous failure of the very costly and useless Columbia, it must be 
admitted that both builders and owner have shown good judgment in 
avoiding the risk of a similar failure by resurrecting an old but tested 
model; but what a comment all this is on American progress in naval 
architecture. 
There is no good reason to-day why this country should not turn 
out a steam yacht that could hold its own with anything afloat, but 
there is one very good reason why she cannot. The British steam 
yacht is built from the designs of an expert, an experienced naval 
architect, like Mr. "Watson, Mr. Brown, Mr. Beavor Webb, Mr. Storey, 
specialists who have devoted years of study to steam yachts alone, and 
who are known by their work; such craft as May, Maria, Cleopatra' 
Rona, Zara, Hermione, Semiramis, Sultana, Utowana, Corsair II. and 
Intrepid. The American steam yacht of large size is designed by 
whom— we do not know ; the boats are ordered of some firm of com- 
mercial builders, who may or may not know anything about the 
essentials of a pleasure vessel, however successful they may have 
been in their special line of commercial work; the drawings are pro- 
duced, how and by whom is a mystery, but certainly not by anyone 
who has established a reputation that would warrant success. 
The present season will see a large number of British-built steam 
yachts in American waters, probably the new Giralda, one of the finest 
craft afloat, and some smaller but equally handsome and shipshape 
craft. What have we here to put beside them— Columbia, Thespia, 
Nourmahal, and others of the kind. 
There are to-day American yacht designers who are capable of turn" 
ing out steam yachts far superior to any yet seen here, and no one 
who has witnessed the marvelous advance in the design of sailing 
yachts since the professional designer supplanted the old-time builder 
will doubt that, in a little time, if not at the start, America might hold 
her own in steam craft as well as in sailing yacht3. The trouble lies 
with the steam yacht owner, with whom the upholsterer and decora- 
tor come first, the builder next, and the designer nowhere. The 
British yachtsman who proposes to build consults, at the very start> 
some well-known designer; the American yachtsman in all probability 
first consults his captain, and the latter selects a suitable builder, very 
prudently steering entirely clear of the designer. 
One may admire in the abstract that spirit of patriotism which im- 
pels an owner to pay more on the Delaware for a poor vessel than on 
the Clyde for a good one; but for ourselves, we should much prefer to 
see him buy a good ship where he can best get her, and salve his 
patriotic feelings by devoting the difference in cash to the encourage- 
ment of naval architecture at home. No possible good can come 
from money lavished in ignorant experiments or In perpetuating 
obsolete models; and on the other hand, there never was a time In this 
country when more was needed or more could be effectively done in 
promoting a knowledge of naval architecture. The opportunities for 
technical education are disgracefully inadequate; in fact, such as they 
are, they have only existed for three or four years ; there is, as yet, no 
provision for nor inducement to men who would follow up the many 
interesting fields of original research connected with designing and 
naval architecture; and there is little or no encouragement given by 
the wealthier class of steam yacht owners to the few American yacht 
designers. 
There is some slight gratification in the fact that this class of owners 
is at last awakening to a realization that their pet tubs, in spite of os- 
tentatious furnishing and elaborate decoration, are not the only steam 
yachts in the world, or even the finest, and every foreign yacht which 
comes to New York drives the lesson home. As it once was in sailing 
yachts, the first thing is the realization that the home-built craft are 
not immeasurably superior to everything "furrin" that floats; the 
second is the appreciation of the superiority of the foreign vessel; the 
third is the desire to produce a superior craft at home. This was the 
course of improvement which produced Puritan, Volunteer and Glo- 
riana in place of the old centerboard sloop, and the same course will in 
time replace Nourmahal, Electra, Columbia and the rest with such 
steam yachts as have never yet been seen. 
If any American yachtsman is desirous of hastening this change, he 
can do bo by giving his personal attention to the type of yacht which 
he wishes to build, and his hearty encouragement to the yacht de- 
signer, through whom alone it can come. 
One of the amusing sights at the races of the week was the little 
Sibbick 1-rater Wave, sailed by two men. In the Atlantic Y. C 
regatta she was matched against an opponent which looked large 
enough to carry her on davits. The marvelous manner in which she 
whirled round and round was a cause of surprise to those who saw 
her for the first time. The class promises to become quite popular 
here this season. 
During the week Queen Mab has done very good work, though with 
nothing much to race against of her own size. The heavy metal 
centerboard which was put in when she was built was removed last 
winter, and she is sailing quite as well to windward as she did 
with its aid. 
There is a good old adage about not hitting a man when he is down 
that may apply just now to the dealings of the Y. R. A. with the cen. 
terboard. That ancient and most estimable appliance has verily 
fallen on hard lines of late— what with the mysterious disappearance, 
re-appearance and final disappearance of Vigilant's board last sum- 
mer, and the deliberate selection of the keel type by Messrs. Iselin and 
Herreshoff for the Cup defender of 1895. After the triumph of Sara- 
cen and Kathleen in the 80ft. class, of Minerva and Gossoon in the 
40ft., of Wasp and Gloriana in the 46ft., and the performances of Val- 
kyrie H. and Britannia against Vigilant, all the claims of the keel 
party were well substantiated and it rested with the centerboard to 
show that it still had a raison d'etre in a racing yacht. With matters 
as they now are, it would not only be unjust, but most unwise, to dis- 
criminate in the least against the centerboard in adopting a new rule. 
It is of course necessary to include the eenterboard in some way in 
any scheme of measurement that will attain the end now in view; 
but great care is necessary in order to avoid any charge of discrimi- 
nation on the part of the centerboard men. 
From all that we can learn, the New York regatta committee has 
made a mistake, that cannot be too quickly and thoroughly remedied, in 
the classing of the schooner Loyal in the regatta last week. The yacht 
was remeasured before the race, her classification under the new rule 
depending on her racing length instead of her l.w.l. The measurer's 
certificate, filed at the club house the day preceding the race, showed 
her to be under 65ft. racing length, and thus entitled to sail in the 
65ft. schooner class, in which Neaera, of , 60ft. racing length, was also 
entered. Instead of this, Loyal was put up a class, and made to sail 
against two very fast schooners, each nearly 10ft. longer than she; of 
course falling to save her time. The only reason given by the com- 
mittee is that to have put Loyal and Neaera together would have 
spoiled the race in the "mixed class;" in other words, the committee, 
with two strictly cruising schooners of nearly the same size and a very 
fast racing cutter considerably smaller, prefer to make a "pig and 
eagle" match between one schooner and the cutter, and to dispose of 
the other schooner by putting her into a class where she does not 
belong, and where she was hopelessly beaten before she started. As 
was to be expected, the so-called race in the "mixed class" resulted in 
the cutter defeating the schooner by 28 minutes elapsed time. The 
idea of the "mixed class," established in 1893, was to make a race be- 
tween such yachts which, for want of competitors in their respective 
classes, would otherwise be compelled to sail over alone. In such a 
case it serves a good purpose, but if it is to be strained to the detri- 
ment of bona fide entries, it cannot be too soon abandoned. 
The latest reports from Bristol state that a number of extra hands 
were set to work on Monday to complete the caulking and polishing 
of the plating, and that every effort will be made to launch on one 
of the high tides of June 28. 
The Steam Yacht Thespia. 
The new steam yacht built by Wm. Cramp & Sons for David Dows, 
Jr., owner of the steam yacht Starling, was launched at the works, 
Philadelphia, on June 12. An unsuccessful attempt was made to 
launch her on the previous day. but she stuck on the ways, and five 
tugs failed to move her. On the high tide next morning the tugs suc- 
ceeded in floating her. Thespia, as she was named, is practically a 
duplicate of the old Stranger, being 196ft. over all, 174ft. 5in. l.w.l., 
23ft. 6in. beam, 13ft. hold and 10£t. draft. The model shows all the 
characteristic crudities of Peerless, Columbia and the other Cramp 
steam yachts, a square forefoot, short, awkward fore overhang and 
round counter, The hull is strongly built, with in-and-out plating. 
The machinery is the same as in Strarfger, engines 22 and 42X 24, with 
two boilers 10ft. 9in. long and lift, diameter. The wheel will be of 
Parsons's manganese bronze. The yacht will be schooner-rigged, and, 
like Columbia, she will be disfigured by a two-story deck house, the 
dining-room, on deck forward, being surmounted by a large pilot 
house. The interior will be fitted with every possible convenience and 
luxury in the way of electric lights, ventilating pipes, ice machine, 
etc and the joiner work and furnishing will be very elaborate. The 
yacht will be ready for the August cruise, in charge of Capt. w. E. 
Withey. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Zara, steam yacht, recently purchased byF. S G. d'Hauteville, of 
New York, arrived at that port from Goucock on June 15. She was de- 
signed by Watson and built by Fleming & Ferguson, of Paisley, being 
launched on June 3, 1891. Her dimensions are: length between per- 
pendiculars, 136ft., hull 130tt., beam 20ft. lin., depth liftSin., Thames 
tonnage, 249. Her engines are quadruple expansion, of a type 
patented by her builders, the cylinders being 10, 15, 20 and 30in. x24in. 
She has one boiler with a working pressure. She is built to the highest 
class at Lloyds. The hull is of steel with three bulkheads and she is 
rigged as a schooner. On her builder's trial she made 12.5 knots over 
the measured mile on the Clyde, the engines indicating 500 horse- 
power. Mr. Peter Coats, her original owner, has replaced her with a 
larger steam yacht, also designed by Mr. Watson. 
Capt. Hank Haff, of Vigilant, and Colonia, who will sail the new 
defender has for some time suffered from a cancer of the throat, and 
on June 7 he went to Dr. W. P. Kingsley's cancer hospital at Rome, 
N Y where an operation was performed on the following day, a por- 
tion of the jaw being removed. At last reports Capt. Haff was doing 
well, and he expects to be aboard the new boat soon. 
An amusing account is given in one of the New York dailies of the 
very successful trial trip of the new Vanderbilt 21-footer Alcestis. 
The true facts are that, so far from being successful, the yacht was 
taken out with only her wooden keel and no lead bulb on and laid flat 
on her side, threatening to pitch her crew overboard. She will not be 
tried again until her lead is on. 
Wadena, steam yacht, reached New York on June 16 from Gibraltar 
via Bermuda, after a cruiae to Japan, having been absent exactly one 
year. Mr. J. H. Wade, her owner, with a party, went from Cleveland, 
O. to Japan by steamer from San Francisco, joining the yacht at 
Yokohama, and staying by her as far as Naples, where they left to re- 
turn to New York by steamer. 
The steam yacht designed by Gardner & Cox, and building at Roach's 
yard, Chester, is for Mr. F. C. Dinniny, owner of the steam yacht 
Aztec, which was wrecked in Hell Gate last year by the steamer Starin. 
It is reported that the same designers have an order for a similar 
yacht, also to be built at Roach's. 
Vigilant has shipped her new centerboard at Bristol and has re- 
turned to New York. Her new boom is 103ft. Sin. long, and her gaff 
61ft. 4in. "On June 16 she was under way down the Bay when the jaws 
of her gaff g^ve way. 
There has been lately completed at the Bristol shops a new 2^-rater 
named Vaquero II. for Mr. H. B. Duryea, who is now living in the 
Solent, where he will race her through the season. 
It is reported that on June 16 the fin-keel Wild Cat, designed and 
built last year by C. H. Olmstead, lost her fin while sailing in the 
Sound on Saturday. 
We learn from the Meld that Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson are lay- 
ing the keel of a 500-ton three-masted steam yacht for an American 
owner. 
Jubilee has been Anally launched at East Boston, after the breakin s 
of the ways last week. The yacht was not Injured, and is now fitting 
out. 
