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FOREST AND • STREAM. 
[June 29, 1895. 
Mr. John Moorhead, Jr.'s. 
Streatham Monarch's Daughter, bull-terrier bitch, May 3, to 
Streatham Monarch. 
Lady Dinah, bull-terrier bitch, May 17, to Streatham Monarch. 
G. T. Lord's TJ No, Irish setter bitch, to Henmore Shamrock. 
WHELPS. 
Mr. Irving Watkinson's Lady Ann, St. Bernard bitch, whelped four- 
teen, by Alton, Jr. 
Mr. E. B. Bishop's Gibbe's Maud, pointer bitch, whelped May 22 
seven (one dog), by Trinket's Don. 
Mr. I. O. Converse's Lou Pape, pointer bitch, whelped May 23 nine 
(seven dogs), by Phil. 
SALES. 
Muckross Kennels have sold 
Irish setter dog pup to J. H. Kellogg. 
Sir Donegal, Irish setter dog, to Dan Frost. 
G. W. Patterson has sold 
St. Bernard dog pup to E. A. Merrill. 
St. Nicholas, St. Bernard dog, to C. F. Brooks. 
Young Blaine, St. Bernard dog, to L. C. Hoss. 
C. T. Brownell has sold 
Little Girl, Gordon setter Utch, to F. H. Beecher. 
Blossom Eeg, Gordon setter bitch, to F. H. Beecher. 
. FIXTURES. 
JUNE. 
29. Marine and Field club annual, Bath Beach. 
JULY. 
6-20. W. 0. A.. 10th annual meeting, Ballast Island, Lake Erie. 
4. New York chal. cup, International races. 
AUGUST. 
S-23. A. C. A., 16th annual meeting, Bluff Point, Lake Champlain. 
SEPTEMBER. 
Eed Dragon fall regatta, Delaware River. 
AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION, 1895. 
Commodore, Walter C. Witherbee, Port Henry, N. Y. 
Sec'y-Treas., Chas. E. Cragg, Port Henry, New York. 
Librarian, W. P. Stephens, Bayonne, N. J. 
PURSERS. 
Atlantic Division, Thomas Hale, Jr., Yonkers. N. Y. 
Central Division, W. S. Hackett, Albany, N. Y. 
Eastern Division, B. N. Cutter, Winchester, Mass. 
Northern Division, E. F. Burritt, Ottawa, Canada. 
Annual dues, §1; initiation fee, $1. Applications for membership 
must be made to the Purser of applicant's division, from whom 
blanks for the purpose may be obtained. 
WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION, 1895. 
Commodore, N. B. Cook, Chicago. 
Vice-Commodore, L. F. Porter, Madison, Wis. 
Rear-Commodore, H. D. Spenser, Bloomington, 111. 
Sec'y-Treas., F. W. Dickens, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Executive Committee, W. H. Sardley, St. Paul, Minn. ; R. M. Lampe, 
Madison, Wis. ; F. B. Huntington, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Bed Dragon C. C. 
On Saturday, June 8, the Red Dragon C. C. held its first club record 
sailing races of the season. These are a series of five races each for 
canoes and yawls, for cups donated by Messrs. Murray and Fenimore 
in the respective classes. The yawls rate according to the L. and S. 
A. rule with time allowances; and the canoes sail iu two classes, 
senior and junior. The seniors allow the juniors 30 seconds per mile 
over the length of the course, given at the start, and any junior win- 
ning a race becomes a senior. Yawls are allowed to carry one man 
beside the helmsman. 
T.he starters in the yawl race were as follows: Tadpole, R. G. Fleisch- 
mann; Pluto, Lloyd R. Titus; Oni,W. J. Scott; Nixie, H. E. Bachmann; 
Olie, E. W. Crittenden, Charlee, H. E. McOormack. Tadpole and 
Nixie are boats of La Gloria type, Olie is what is known as a mosquito 
boat, carrying one large leg o' mutton with a sprit and club. On ac- 
count of being a single-sticker, she rates at 20 per cent, above her 
actual sailing length. Oni is a typical British double-ended canoe- 
yawl of 15ft. over all length; Charlee is a skip-jack and Pinto is an 
altered tuck-up. None are over 15ft. Gin. sailing length and none under 
13ft., and all are canoe-yawl rigged except Olie. 
The wind was light and very fluky. Charlee won over a 4-mile tri- 
angular course; Pluto was second; the rest did not finish, the wind 
flattening out to a calm. 
The starters in the canoe race were as follows, same course and 
weather conditions: Seniors — Smuggler, A. S. Fenimore. Juniors— 
Fineen, John M. Hamilton; Her Name, M. D. Wilt; Kie Loe, H. M. 
Rogers; Osceola, Omar Shallcross. Fineen won, with Smuggler sec- 
ond by about an hour, as the wind flattened out. The rest did not 
finish. 
The annual spring regatta was held on Saturday, June 15. 
First race. Yawls, 1% miles to windward and return. Starters, 
Pluto, Cloyd R. Titus; Tadpole, R. U. Fleischmann; Nixie, H. E. Bach- 
mann; Charlee, H. E. McCormick; Oni, W. J. Scott. Tadpole won on 
time allowance; Nixie second. 
Second race. Maneuvering and upset sailing; Smuggler, A. S. 
Fenimore, won; Fineen, J. M. Hamilton, second. 
Third race. Single paddling, decked sailing canoes; about J 6 mile 
around buoy and return. Her Name, M. D. Wilt, won; Kie Loe, M. A. 
Freeman, second; Osceola, E. W. Crittenden. 
Fourth race. Tandem paddling, decked sailing canoes, double 
blades, same course. Kie Loe, M. A. Freeman and E. W. Crittenden, 
won; Osceola, M. D. Wilt and Omar Shallcross, second. 
Fifth race. Swimming 200yds. Walter A. Whetstone, won; H. A. 
Hayward, second. 
Sixth race. Tandem paddling, open canoes, single blades. 
R. G. Fleischmann and E. W, Crittenden, won; Chiquita, J. M. Hamil- 
ton and M. A. Freeman, second. 
Seventh race. Hand paddling, decked canoes. Her Name, M. D. 
Wilt, won; Kie Loe, M. A. Freeman, second. 
Eighth race. Tub race, 50yds. J. M. Hamilton won, Harry Hay- 
ward upset, and E. W. Crittenden could not make his tub go any way 
but round and round, so he gave up. 
Ninth event. Tournament. J. M. Hamilton and M. D. Wilt in Her 
Name won by upsetting Kie Loe, containing H. Blumner and Harry 
Hayward. 
The races were followed by supper call. Various good things were 
served on the lawn, and these in turn were followed by an entertain- 
ment by our Minstrels Nautique and the Kanoo Klub Kwartet, which 
was a great success. 
The prizes were then presented by Mr. Harry Fleischmann with 
various appropriate and inappropriate remarks, and the evening 
wound up with dancing. 
We held a very successful regatta, with well contested races run off 
without delay, our minstrels acquitted themselves royally, and al- 
together it was a Red Letter Day for the Red Dragon. M. D. Wilt. 
The Eastern Division Meet. 
The division meet of the Eastern Division, American Canoe Associa- 
tion, took place at Lake Mascuppic on June 15, 16 and 17, the races 
taking place on the latter day, there being little wind for sailing. The 
races resulted as follows: 
One mile straightaway, double blade paddle, for Eastern Division 
trophy— Clarence Euson, Springfield, first; Walter L. Perry, Boston, 
second. Time, 46m. 45s. (The trophy, by this winning, becomes Mr. 
Euson'a property.) 
Paddling, single blade paddle, half mile straightaway— Moses Colon, 
Boston, first; J. W. Brown, Woburn, second; R. Appollonio, Boston, 
third. 
Tandem paddling, single blade paddle, half mile straightaway- 
Moses Colon and C. B. Ashenden. Boston, first: W. S. Coburn and J. 
K. Whittier, Lowell, second; J. W. Brown and J. W. Waters, third. 
Tandem paddling, double blade paddle— O. Euson and J. M. Gates, 
first; W. T. Hahn and W. S. Coburn, second. 
War canoes, one mile straightaway— Wawbewawa, Boston, first; 
Waltham, second; Wahahbezee, Newton, third. 
Paddling, club fours— Wells, Smith, Colon and Drake, Wawbewawa 
Club, Boston, first; Apollonio, Euson, Gates and Oartwright, Puritan 
Club, Boston, second. 
Sailing, unlimited, three miles— Paul Butler, Wasp, Lowell.l first, 
53m. 45s.; Howard Gray, V., Lowell, second, 58m, 30s. D. S. Goddard 
and Butler Ames, both-of Lowell, were the other starters. 
Standing paddling— J. W. Cartwright, Boston, first ; W. S. Coburn, 
Lowell, second. 
Hurry-scurry (run, swim or paddle)— W. S. Coburn. Lowell, first; 
Dr. E. S. Lamson, Lowell, second, 
Hand paddling— J. J. Burrage, Newton, first; W. L. Perry, Boston, 
second; W. T. Hahn, third. 
Sailing upset— Butler Ames, Lowell, first; Howard Gray, Lowell, 
second. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
Eastern Division— Henry K. Gates, F. E. Baker, Henry G. Pollard, 
Arthur M. Burtt, Julian B. Keyes, S. D. Butterworth, Jr., Walter S. 
Coburn. A. A. Sargent, Lowell, Mass.; J. W. Waters, Woburn; Wm. I. 
Hahn, J. B. Waterbury, Boston; Louis Q. Hoffman, Brookline; Gard- 
ner W. Pearson, Butler Ames, Lowell, Mass.; James Mosley Gates, 
Springfield, Mass. ; C. E. Foss, Lowell, Mass. ; Edgar G. Frost, Auburn- 
dale, Mass.; Harry L. Bixby, Newton, Mass. Central Division — Ches. 
B, Kirby; John S. Wright, A. S. Newell, Rochester, N. Y. 
mMing, 
FIXTURES. 
♦Dates marked thus are unofficial. 
JUNE. 
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 Rocbelle, Sound. 
29. Dorchester open, Boston Harbor. 
29. Squantum first chain., Squantum, Mass. 
JULY, 
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9. 
10. 
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13. 
Royal St. Lawrence fourth annual, Sir Donald A. Smith Cup 
Montreal. 
Cor., Atlantic City record, Atlantic City. 
Indian Harbor special, Greenwich, Sound. 
San Francisco club sail, San Francisco Bay. 
Seawanhaka Cor. race to Larchmont, Oyster Bay, Sound. 
Larchmont annual, Larchmont, Sound. 
Boston City open, Boston Harbor. 
Lake Michigan Y. R. A. annual, Milwaukee. 
Cor. Marblehead Club, Marblehead (Mass.) Bay. 
Northwestern International Y. R. A. race, Seattle, Puget's Sound, 
Cleveland regatta, Cleveland, Lake Erie. 
San Francisco cruise, up river, San Francisco. 
American annual, Milton Point, Sound. 
Royal St. Lawrence Commodore's Cup, Montreal. 
Riverside annual, Sound, 
Duxbury Club, Duxbury, Mass. 
Seawanhaka Cor. special, Oyster Bay, Sound. 
Horseshoe Harbor special, Larchmont, Sound. 
Huguenot special, New Rochelle, Sound, 
New York Athletic Club annual, Travers Island, Sound. 
Larchmont, 1st class, special schooners, and 34 and 21ft. classes, 
Sound. 
Larchmont-Atlantic combined annual cruise, rendezvous at Larch- 
mont. 
13. Larchmont to Block Rock. 
14. Block Rock to Morris Cove. 
15. Morris Cove to New London. 
16. Special race, New London. 
17. New London to Shelter Island. 
Royal St. Lawrence cruising race to Beauharnois, Montreal. 
Cor., Marblehead, first cham., Marblehead (Mass.) Bay. 
Hempstead Harbor annual, Sound. 
Squantum second cham., Squantum, Mass. 
It will be no surprise to our readers to learn that the very much ad- 
vertised race of the fast steam yachts was just such a fizzle as all 
previous attempts. The Philadelphia boat, Yankee Doodle H., did not 
start for New York until Friday, the day preceding the race. On her 
way through the Delaware and Raritan Canal, when some miles be- 
yond Trenton, she struck some obstruction, said to be a sunken canal- 
boat, and wrecked her wheel. A mule team towed her ingloriously 
back to Trenton for repairs, the race being postponed indefinitely, 
Yankee Doodle U. being disabled, Norwood was on hand off 125th 
street, New York, the starting point, on Saturday afternoon, and she 
and Vamoose had an informal brush up the river. Norwood ran 
ahead some distance at the start and held her lead for some time, but 
finally her blower broke down and she ran into Yonkers. Another 
race, between Vamoose, Marietta I. (now renamed Judge), Yankee 
Doodle II. and Rex, is set for next Saturday, June 29, but we have not 
the slightest idea that it will result in one boat out of the four beating 
any or all of the others. 
There is no reason whatever to suspect that the owners of Yankee 
Doodle II. deliberately wrecked their boat, or were in any way respon- 
sible for the mishap, but the yachting public is hardly interested in 
the question of blame or responsibility; what it wants Is to see, for the 
first time after years of brag and free advertising, a bona fide race of 
steam yachts. The true nature of this fast steam yacht racing is 
shown by the fact that on depositing a check for $100 with Mr. Chaun- 
cey M. Depew, and entering a yacht which has" no pretensions to very 
high speed, a certain newspaper becomes entitled to three or four 
months of free advertising by other papers. This may be good busi_ 
ness, but it is not sport, and the men who lend themselves to it in one 
way or another are neither sportsmen nor yachtsmen. 
Free Lance. 
There is unintentionally something particularly appropriate and 
suggestive in the name Free Lance, given last week to the new steam 
yacht designed by Mr. A. Cary Smith, on her launch at the Crescent 
Shipyard, at Elizabethport. Long years ago Mr. Smith was a pioneer 
and a free lance in the fight for better methods in the designing of 
sailing yachts; and in this his first venture in steam yacht designing 
he comes forward again to tilt against old beliefs. Some four years 
ago, Mr. Smith, much against his will, was bullied by one of his 
friends into attempting the design of a large steamer, a typfe of vessel 
to which he had previously given no attention, his tastes and his in- 
stincts being essentially those of a sailing yachtsman. In undertak- 
ing this task, after some little time devoted to observation of the 
existing boats engaged in the same class of work, he started in to cut 
away the deadwood, literally from the design and figuratively from 
the old-time theories and ideas which have so long ruled the produc- 
tion of the larger inland passenger steamers. In almost every im- 
portant detail his design differed from the conventional and stereo- 
typed model of the shipyards; so much so that it was impossible that 
both could be right. The result of this bold experiment was not long 
in doubt; before the boat was launched some of her greatest ad- 
mirers were those who had first scoffed at her peculiar model; and a 
very short time in actual service proved her exceptional speed and 
general good qualities. This boat, the R. J. Peck, of the New Haven 
Line, was followed by a larger one, the City of Lowell, for the Maine 
Line, which has proved quite as successful. In both craft the full, 
round lines of the modern sailing yacht replaced the old hollow- 
ground bows and extensive deadwoods of the typical Sound steamer, 
and with the best results. 
Two years ago, when the steam yacht Erabla was built by Seabury 
& Co., Mr. Smith was called on to superintend the construction, and 
the under-water body was altered by him, the boat proving, as is well 
known, quite fast. Iu the Free Lance, however, he has made his first 
attempt at a steam yacht, and the result cannot fail to be interesting 
and instructive. The boat was ordered by Mr. F. Augustus Schermer- 
horn, of New York, for the same service as his old yacht Empress, 
about New York Bay, the Hudson and the Sound, to run to Newport 
and to accompany the New York Y. C. fleet on the annual cruise; and 
without competing with the Bo-called "fast" steam yachts, to make 
considerably more than the average speed of yachts of her class. 
The dimensions chosen were: Length over all 137ft., 1 w.l 108ft 
beam 20ft, draft 6ft. 9in, The model is radically different from the 
familiar steam yacht of this class, the midship section starts with a 
flat trough keel of 2ft. width, similar to a sailing yacht, and the floor 
is very sharp with an easy bilge. Starting with a breadth of 2ft. in- 
stead of the few inches breadth of the usual bar keel, this form of 
section still gives the necessary displacement and internal spaee in 
spite of the great deadrise. From the fore end of the water! ine down 
and aft, the line of keel runB at a great angle, there being no suspicion 
of a forefoot; in fact, the cutting away could not be carried much 
further. The after portion of the keel is nearly straight, with a mod- 
erate amount of drag, the sternpost being of course vertical. The 
stem above the water is similar to Katrina, Thistle and the sailing 
yachts of six years back; and the counter is also that of a sailing 
yacht, long and with considerable body, but fair and symmetrical. 
The leading motive of the design, as in the Peck and Lowell, is the 
dependence on long, fair and convex diagonals, the result being a good 
balance of bulk both above and below water between the middle body 
and the two ends. 
The topsides are chiefly marked by the absence of the rank sheer so 
generally affected in the older yachts, sail as well as steam ; a feature 
that, apart from its inherent ugliness, has no practical justification. 
In all descriptions of pleasure craft, save perhaps the racing machine, 
from the smallest dinghy up to the large steam yacht, an ample al- 
lowance of freeboard amidships is a prime requisite. Given this 
necessary height of side at the mid-length, there is no longer any rea- 
son for carrying the ends up in a curve like the new moon, a fashion 
that is even now by no means extinct, though less prevalent than ten 
years ago. If any reason for an extreme height of bow and stern 
existed in the days of very short overhangs and hollow bows, whichis 
very doubtful, it certainly does not exist to day, when the designer, 
with full liberty to extend his fore and aft lines as far as he pleases, 
and consequently to employ a full convex deck line from end to end, 
with convex frame lines, can be sure of buoyant ends with but moder- 
ate freeboard and a straight sheer. 
As far as appearance goes, it is true, though many have thus far 
failed to realize the fact, that a smart, lively look is attained, not by 
an extremelyround sheer with low waist and high stem and stern, but 
by an artistic and harmonious combination of the lines of the stem, 
horn timber and counter with the sheer line and the bowsprit. This 
may be accomplished, provided the line of sheer be properly drawn, 
and the greatest curve in the right place, as well or better with a 
straight sheer than with one of great curvature. As seen in her 
launching trim, the new yacht promises to show up remarkably well 
in a side view, though the line of the rail is very nearly straight. On 
this type of craft a monkey rail and nettings are a necessary evil, like 
all superstructures, serving to kill the true sheer of the boat, but they 
have been mitigated as far as possible by stopping them short of the 
taffrail and avoiding the common right-angled and vertical chicken 
yard fence. 
l*The peculiar model has called for a variation in the construction, as 
already mentioned, there being no bar keel, but a wide, flat one, giv- 
ing excellent facilities for docking, and certainly far better In the 
event of taking the ground. With this construction there is no 
difficulty in securing adequate strength in the floors, and there is 
nothing outside to suffer from a blow. 
The yacht has been built at the Crescent Shipyard, where Emerald 
was built two years ago, since which time the yard has been taken by 
Mr. Lewis G. Nixon, formerly Naval Constructor, D. S. N., and later 
with the Cramp Ship Building Co., of Philadelphia. Mr. Nixon has a 
very good plant,*and the large foundry and machine shops of S. L. 
Moore & Sons, the original owners of the yard, are adjoining, and 
offer every facility for engine and machine work, the engines of the 
yacht being built there. The hull is, of course, of steel, a very good 
piece of construction, the lapstrake system of plating being used. 
The lines of the plating have been run with especial care, and alto- 
gether the result is very much superior to the in-and-out plating, while 
presenting some advantages over the flush plating. 
The rudder is of the new single-plate pattern, the frame being 
forged with three arms, projecting as usual from the stock, one at 
the top, one at the bottom and one in the middle. Instead of using 
two plates of steel, riveted on the outside of the arms or rudder 
frame and leaving a space to be filled in with wood, the three arms 
are slotted out to receive one single steel plate. Of course a half of 
each arm is exposed on each side of the plate, but the construction is 
stronger, simpler and lighter than the old. The stuffing box and bear- 
ing for the rudder are so arranged that while the former is immediately 
against the skin of the ship, the bearing is supported above it on three 
arms, leaving room to get at the gland without disturbing the bearing. 
The engines are now building in the Moore shops, three cylinders, 
11, 17 and 29in.x20in.; they have been specially designed for the yacht 
and no pains and expense have been spared in the construction, all the 
wrought parts being worked out from solid stock. The bearings are 
of Parson's white metal. The sharpness of the floors has called for a 
compact construction of the machinery, and a vertical Davidson air 
pump is bolted on the back of the condenser, occupying little room. 
The boilers were built to order by the Almy Watertube Boiler Co., 
of Providence, with some new and special features from which good 
results are anticipated. They are two in number, placed side by side 
athwartships. The engine and boiler rooms are separated by a thwart- 
ship bunker, and there are two large side bunkers. The usual bunker 
plates in the decks are conspicuous by their absence, all of the 
bunkers being filled by shutes located in the top of the boiler-room 
casing. The water tank is abaft the saloon, formed by two steel 
bulkheads entirely across the ship. 
There are two deck houses, the forward one being occupied by the 
pilot house, captain's and engineer's rooms, and a companion leading 
to the messroom. The galley is directly forward of the boiler room, 
and includes the full width of the ship; forward is the officers' mess- 
room, then there is a passage to the forecastle, with a stateroom on 
each side. The forecastle is roomy and well arranged. 
The after house will be used as a dining room, with a companion 
leading down just abaft the engine-room bulkhead. On the starboard 
side is the owner's room, and oh the port side of the steerage the toilet 
and bath room. The saloon is aft, under a low trunk house, entered 
directly by a companion from the after deck. Abaft the owner's room, 
on the starboard side, is a second stateroom, the corresponding port 
room being fitted up with berth, etc., but serving by day as a passage 
from the saloon to the steerage. The rig includes a short foremast 
and long mainmast, giving a very shipshape look to the craft. The 
topsides are black and the bottom dark green. 
The launch took place about 5 P. M. on June 20, the yacht sliding oft 
quickly and smoothly as soon as the planks were sawn off. The 
christening was done by Mrs. Hall, daughter of the designer, who 
smashed the bottle very promptly and prettily just as the yacht 
started. The yacht will be out some time in July. 
To all appearances, both designer and builder have worked hard to 
turn out a craft that is thoroughly original, and that both in appear- 
ance and performance will fully justify the radical departures from 
established standards; in which we hope that they may be entirely 
successful. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Lloyd's Yacht Register for 1895 is now in this country, where it has 
many subscribers among American yachtsmen; a volume uniform 
with its many green-bound predecessors and quite as full of informa- 
tiod. The total number of yachts enumerated is 7,527, of which 3,741 
are British. The Register contains the particulars of 6,206 yachts, of 
a total tonnage of 246,654, of which 4,785 are sailing craft and 1,412 are 
steam. It is rather surprising to learn that of the sailing craft only 20 
are built of iron, 44 of ateel, 114 composite, there being 4,607 of wood. 
The book may be had by subscription of Lloyd's agent in New York, 
Thos. Congdon, principal surveyor for the United States, Kemble 
Building, Whitehall street, New York, 
The fourth annual regatta of the Greenville (N. J.) Y. C., on New 
York Bay, will be held on Saturday, July 13, at 1 P.M., under the 
rules of the N.Y.Y.R. A. There are five different classes as follows: 
Class A., jib and mainsail under 20ft.; shifting ballast not allowed in 
this class; Class B, cabin cats; Class C, open eats 20 to 24tt. ; Class D, 
18; and under 20ft. for open cats; Class E, open cats under 18ft. The 
course will be a triangular one from a stake-boat off the club house 
to a second stake-boat, near the statue of Liberty, aud from there to 
the Bobbins Reef bell buoy, and return to the club house. The entries 
close on July 11, with C. D. McGiehan, 2 Pearsall Avenue, Jersey City, 
N. J. The entire race can be witnessed from the club house, which is 
near the station of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The club 
house is a fine old colonial mansion of historical note, and is provided 
with commodious grounds for the accommodation of yachtsmen and 
their friends. 
The Indian Harbor Y. C. announced a special race, the second of the 
Y. R. U. circuit, to be sailed on July 1, and open to yachts enrolled in 
any recognized club, subject to the approval of the regatta committee. 
The race will be for the 34ft. class, the 21ft. class, the 30ft. and 25ft. 
cabin cat classes and the 20ft. fixed ballast class of open sloops (1 
raters). The course for the 34ft. class will be from the starting line 
around buoy off Center Island, back around station marketboat and 
around buoy off Matinnicock and home, 20J4 miles. The course for 
the other classes will be from off the station around Matinnicock and 
Center Island buoys and home, 15 miles, The time limit will be 7 hours. 
The prize in the 20ft. class will be the Tyson cup. The start will be 
made by the Y, R. U. rules, as near to 11 A. M. as possible. 
Return of Lasca. 
For some little time nothing has been heard of the schooner Lasca, 
Mr. John E, Brooks, the last known of her being that she was in the 
Mediterranean. On June 24 she sailed into New York and quietly 
anchored off Twenty-sixth street, looking as fresh and trim as if just 
fitted out, with topmasts on end and square yard slung. She left 
Teneriff9 on May 30 and met with light winds. On board were Mr, 
Brooks and a friend, Mr. Bement, while Capt. Rhodes is still in com- 
mand. The yacht has been absent from New York since April 21, 
1894. 
