Sept. 19, 1896. \ 
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Larctamont "Y, C. 
LAKOHMONT— LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
Saturday, Sept. 5. 
The special race^of the Larchmont Y. C. for the 34ft., 30ft. and 15ft. 
classes, on Sept. 5, was sailed in a strong S.E. blow and a sea, the 
yachts being reefed. No 15-footers were present, but the two 21-foot- 
ers Celia and Houri started. Acushla led her class on the first round, 
but at the end she fouled the mariboat, a strongly built scow, and 
stove in her pore side, being compelled to run into the harbor. Dra- 
goon sailed a good race and won by half an hour over Adele, the 
McGiehan 34 -footer. Hera led the 30ft. class all day; at the finish all 
the thirties crossed tbe line in the wrong direction, but both Hera 
and Musme recrossed and finished properly ; Mai going straight for 
the harbor. Departure was sailed by Capt. Chas. Barr. The times 
were: 
S4irT. frr.ASR- 
Elapsed, 
8 52 18 
4 20 S5 
3 88 45 
S 85 15 
3 36 31 
34ft. class. 
Start. 
Finish. 
4 16 03 
12 25 05 
4 45 SO 
12 33 50 
Disabled. 
30ft, class. 
12 31 00 
4 04 45 
12 31 00 
4 06 15 
4 07 21 
Withdrew. 
21ft. class. 
3 28 53 
13 25 45 
3 29 49 
Monday, Sept. 7. 
2 05 33 
3 04 04 
Every preparation was made for a very large fleet on Labor Day 
for the fall regatta of the club, but for the second time this year the 
club has met with such bad luck as falls to the lot of all clubs on the 
Sound at times; while there was too much wind on Saturday, on Mon- 
day there was none at all. The start was set for 11 o'clock, but was 
postponed half an hour waiting for wind, and finally started in a light 
S E. breeze which lasted but a few minutes. Tbe fifty yachts drifted 
about the Sound unfil late in tbe afternoon, when a light 8.W. wind 
came In and enabled some of them to finish. The 20-Iooter Eos was 
the first one in, winning in her class by a big margin. Only Colonia 
and Amorita started of the schooners, thougb the Commodore's cup 
was offered in this class. The times were: 
BCHOOKBRS— SPBCIAL CLASS. 
Start, Finish. Elapsed, Corrected. 
Colonia ........13 06 07 6 89 12 6 33 05 6 38 05 
Amorita..,. ir..;.rr..v.l2 08 13 6 48 18 6 43 06 6 37 35 
CLASS 5. 
XJvira 12 15 89 Did not finish. 
CLASS 6. 
Norota 13 16 00 Did not finish. 
CLASS 7. 
Infanta 12 14 45 Did not finish. 
Cynbra 4,12 15 44 Did not finish. 
CLASS 8— START 12:16. 
6 53 00 6 36 00 
6 53 46 6 37 46 
6 53 56 6 38 39 
YAWLS— SPECIAL CLASS. 
Sultan 13 16 00 Did not finish, 
Audax 12 14 25 Didnotfinish, 
Yram 13 15 02 Didnotfinish. 
SOFT. CLASS— START 12:31. 
Dragoon,.... .i.i>...... 
Acushla. 1 ... . 
Adele 
Musme 
Departure. 
Hera 
Mai.' 
Bogie . . , , 
Eos 
Agawam, 
6 51 28 
Withdrew. 
6 51 39 
6 54 47 
CLASS 9. 
6 20 23 
6 20 39 
6 33 47 
.12 32 10 
Did not finish. 
12 26 00 
Did not finish. 
CLASS 10. 
,12 23 29 
Not timed. 
.13 26 00 
Not timed. 
.18 31 08 
6 07 58 
5 46 60 
5 88 05 
,13 33 B8 
6 58 18 
6 85 85 
6 84 03 
12 36 00 
Not timed. 
.13 21 37 
6 33 39 
6 12 03 
5 56 54 
13 21 50 
7 00 21 
6 38 31 
6 38 81 
CLASS 11. 
, 12 25 45 
6 13 41 
5 47 56 
5 47 56 
.12 25 53 
Did not finish. 
12 34 13 
6 20 03 
5 55 49 
5 51 57 
12 33 18 
Not timed. 
13 25 23 
Not timed. 
CATBOATS- 
—CLASS 13. 
12 26 00 
6 38 43 
6 12 42 
6 13 43 
.13 21 58 
Not timed. 
13 24 57 
6 34 30 
6 09 33 
6 07 83 
, 12 35 10 
Did not go course. 
SLOOPS- 
-CLASS 13. 
12 23 40 
6 10 05 
5 46 25 
^ 46 35 
12 24 36 
6 SO 43 
6 06 07 
^ 55 51 
12 33 24 
Not timed. 
CATBOATS- 
-CLASS 14. 
13 34 41 
Not timed. 
12 23 23 
6 38 55 
6 00 33 
6 00 26 
2lFT. CLASS. 
12 20 00 
Nottimed. 
13 23 17 
6 33 85 
6 00 18 
12 31 33 
6 09 46 
5 48 23 
lone . 
16ft. class— start 13:86, 
DieHexe 6 41 53 5 55 58 
Tola Not timed. 
Paprika..,, 6 35 20 5 49 30 
The Tom Boy was protested for exceeding her allowance of crew. 
Classes 6, 7 and the special yawl class, with class 9, failed to make a 
race, 
Hempstead Bay Y. C. Annual Regatta. 
HKMPSTBAD, L. I.-— HEMPSTEAD BAT. 
Tuesday, Sept. S. 
The annual open regatta of the Hempstead Bay Y. C. was sailed on 
Sept. 8, starting in a reefing breeze from S. W., but finishing in a drift. 
The times were: 
SLOOPS. 
Start. 
Finish. 
Elapsed. 
Corrected. 
3 10 38 
5 49 32 
3 38 54 
3 38 54 
, 2 11 24 
5 19 15 
3 07 51 
3 08 84 
Did not finish. 
5 44 00 
3 83 59 
3 21 05 
5 08 04 
2 57 18 
3 57 18 
5 47 05 
3 89 05 
3 83 55 
4 00 00 
3 40 33 
3 87 36 
SECOND 
CLASS OATS. 
5 00 43 
3 40 00 
2 40 00 
8 16 23 
5 36 37 
3 20 15 
3 19 11 
Did not finish. 
2 18 35 
Did not finish. 
,,3 16 35 
5 29 53 
3 13 18 
3 09 58 
3 16 33 
5 38 25 
8 21 53 
3 17 48^ 
2 18 05 
5 85 27 
3 17 23 
3 13 04 
THIRD 
CLASS CATS. 
2 17 51 
5 40 02 
8 33 11 
3 32 11 
..8 17 25 
5 88 26 
8 16 00 
3 11 15 
2 18 30 
5 36 85 
3 18 05 
8 10 28 
2 18 24 
Did not finish. 
Aglaia lost her centerboard, but finished the race. 
An Extraordinary Opportunity. 
Thb following letter comes to us from a Western State. We will 
gladly furnish the name and address of the writer to any one who may 
wish to avail himself of this opportunity to obtain a steam yacht 
even faster than some of those which now claim the speed record of 
the world, 
Editor of Forest & Stream 
Dr sir 
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ing an Institution that is badly Required in our Midst To Rais the 
Money i Propose the following Invention to wit a Steam Yacht that 
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the Likeljest Names i will be very thankful to you & may God Bless- 
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yours truly D, E. G. 
Model TachtlDg. 
On Labor Day the model yacht sailors of Brooklyn were busy with 
three separate races: two in the morning over the A. M. Y. C. course, 
and one in tbe atternooti over the Wave Crest M. Y. C. course. The 
first, postponed from July 4, was for the A. M. Y. 0. trophy, Ripple, 
W. Wallen, of the W. C M. Y. C, being the challenger. 
A nice breeze was blowingr from the N.N.W., when the little craft 
took their positions ready for the start. The defender of the trophy 
was Star, the property of Geo, W. Townley and Geo, F. Pigott, the 
start being made from between the bulkheads off Thirty-seventh 
street, around the Channel Buoy and return, mile, making a long 
and a short leg to the buoy, a run to leeward to the starting line: Geo. 
P. Pigott sailing Star. Two heats were sailed. Star winning each, the 
second by 38a. . 
The second race was for the Eagle cup, defended by Gracie, W. W. 
Neff, saUed by Geo. F. Pigott ; the challenger being Streak, R. 0. Wal- 
len, Wave Crest M. Y. C. Gracie won the first heat, but lost the sec- 
ond by going outside a mark; Streak won tbe third heat by 2J^s. 
The contest for the Eagle cup was the last race at Ttiirty-fourth 
street, and in the afternoon the trophy committee boarded their 
alcohol vapor launch (another being sent from the works to accom- 
modate the press and friends) and proceeded to the Wave Crest M. Y. 
C. off Fifty-sixth street and raced over the latter's courpe for the 
Outing trophy, defended by Wave, of the Wave Crest M. Y. C. and 
challenged for by Minerva. Wave won the two heats. 
Trophy Committee— T. W. Nellson, W. C. M. Y. 0. ; Frank Nichols, 
A. M. Y. O. 
Referee— Frank Nichols, Phila. M. Y. C. 
American Model Y. C. Perpetual Challenge trophy: 
EIKBT HEAT. 
Start. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Star, G. W. Townley......... 10 29 00 0 17 05 0 17 55 
Ripple, W. WaUen..,....-.; 10 29 30 0 38 30 0 30 18 
SBOOND HEAT. 
Star 11 01 00 0 18 19 0 18 19 
Ripple 11 00 55 0 19 20 0 18 57J^ 
Eagle cup: 
FIRST HEAT. 
Start. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Gracie, W. W. Neff 11 55 30 0 31 16 0 31 16 
Streak, B.C. Wallen 11 56 03 0 23 26 0 23 541^ 
SECOND HEAT. 
*Gracie.. 13 20 45 0 23 40 0 33 40 
Streak.. 12 21 10 0 38 07 0 32 45}^ 
THIRD HEAT. 
Gracie 12 47 12 0 19 53 0 20 33 
Streak 12 47 03 0 30 53 0 20 31}^ 
* Gracie disqualified. 
Outing cup: 
FIRST HEAT. 
Start. Elapsed, Corrected, 
Memerva, J. D. Casey 4 83 05 0 31 45 0 22 05 
Wave, CogsweU & Thompson 4 SO 49 0 21 56 0 21 .46 
SECOND HEAT. 
Mernerva ..,...,4 46 37 0 17 43 0 18 43 
Wave .4 46 56 0 16 09 0 15 59 
Cohasset Y. G. 
OOHASSET, MASS. 
Saturday, Sept. 5. 
Thb Cohasset Y. C. sailed a race on Sept. 5 in a moderate S.E. 
breeze, the times being; 
FIRST CLASS. 
Elapsed. 
Mit, R. B. WilliamB 0 54 30 
Heron, E. Stoddard i.... 0 58 05 
Petrel, Fred Higgins .,1 01 25 
Jeannett, H. T. Montgomery 08 40 
15ft. CLASS. 
Swallow, John Richardson , , , , 1 16 55 
Blink, Fred Pratt,.,.. 1 17 25 
Mermaid, W. R. Sears 1 22 14 
Bee, A. Bigelow, Jr ......,,1 24 34 
Scooter, John Dean 1 24 35 
Munger, E. F. Wlllcutt 1 25 30 
Hoodoo, Gammons & Wheelwright ..r...vi.........l 33 SO 
Sea Gull, S. Hlggms ........1 34 00 
Iiake Geneva Y, C. 
15 AND 18ft. CLASSES. 
Sept. S. 
This was the third race for points in the 15 and 18ft, classes. Little 
Dipper won 4 points, Puckachee won 3 points, Tiya won 4 points, mak- 
ing a total of 6 points for Little Dipper, 6 points for Puckachee, and 4 
points forYsabel; this being the last race for the 15ft. class. The 
Puckachee and Little Dipper will sail off the tie next Saturday (Sept, 
12). Distance 8 mUes, Wind strong S.W, 
15pt. class. 
Start. Finish. 
Ysabel, Benj. Carpenter 11 06 00 1 10 50 
Little Dipper, Miss Rosalie Sturges 11 06 00 1 11 20 
Puckachee, Miss E. V. Rumsey 11 06 00 1 15 12 
18ft. class. 
Tiya, Miss Frances Norton 11 06 00 1 23 80 
Iris. Miss E. Davol 11 06 00 Didnotfinish 
Fifteen foot class: First prize. Little Dipper, 4 points; second, Puck- 
achee, 3 points. Eighteen foot class: First prize, Tiya, 4 points. 
Ysabel was disquahfied on a foul. 
Judges: G. P. Hall, L. 0. Fuller. 
Margarita II. 
It is reported that Alden 8. Swan, of New York, has ordered a 
racing 15-footer from H. F. Hodson, of Toronto. Mr. Hodaon built 
several of the Montreal 15-footers, and It was llis f oresiftli wbo went 
tg Montreal and built Gleneairn, 
The new steam yacht, Margarita II., arrived at New York from the 
Clyde on Sept. 12. She is described as follows by the New York Su7i: 
With the possible exception of W. K. Vanderbilt's Valiant, the most 
magnificent steam yacht afloat is A. J. Drexel's new twin-screw flyer 
Margarita, now anchored off Sixty-fifth street. Bay Ridge. She at- 
tracted any amount of attention yesterday, and scores of spectators 
in small boats and naphtha launches hovered around as her crew put 
her in shipshape condition after the long voyage. In spite of the fact 
that the Margarita encountered tremendous head seas from the time 
she left Troon, Scotland, she made an average speed of llj^ knots 
under natural draft, and on her trial trip made 1634 knots under 
forced draft. 
In appearance, except that she is larger, the Margarita bears a 
close resemblance to the new Sovereign, though her bow and stern 
have the graceful characteristics of all Watson's boats. The Margari- 
ta in point of tonnage and size exceeds all of our steam yachts, with 
the exception of the Valiant, as the following comparison of the over- 
all lengths of some of our larger steam yachts will show: 
Valiant, 833ft.; Margarita, 285rt.; Nourmahal, 250ft.; Atalanta, 
243ft.; Namouna, 284ft; Eleanor, 233ft.; May, 336ft. : Josephine, 335ft.: 
Sapphire, 218ft. ; Conqueror, 203ft. 
However, it is not on account of her size and tonnage alone that the 
Margarita will attract attention, for her construction embodies all 
that is novel in marine architecture, and whatever may be thought of 
G. L. Watson's ability as the designer of cup challengers, he is cer- 
tainly one of the foremost designers of steam yachts in the world 
to- day. 
The Margarita's stem has an easy rake, and the flare of the bow 
makes her a very dry boat in a seaway. Her counter is of the usual 
graceful Watson type and free from the heaviness which the large 
tonnage of the yacht would suggest. The Margarita has a large yel- 
low funnel and is rigged as a fore and aft schooner with a light yard 
on her foremast. She has good freeboard, and her high teak bul- 
warks will keep almost any sea or spray off her snow white decks. 
Forward there is a topgallant forecastle to keep her crew dry in a 
heavy sea, while a novelty in the shape of what is called a sun deck, 
which extends from rail to rail, forming the roof of her cabin and sup- 
ported by Ught steel stanchions, will undoubtedly attract the atten- 
tion of our yachtsmen on account of its utility. On the sun deck is a 
small deck house, which includes a beautiful Uttle smoking cabin and 
the usual accommodations for the navigating officers. The smoking 
cabin is reached by a stair from the fore and aft alley along the shade 
deck, and is finished on the outside in teak and on the inside with 
wainscot oak, while the upholstery is in maroon-tinted morocco. The 
shade deck below affords a covered promenade on each side between 
the deck bouse and the rail. 
The library Is in the fore end of the sun deck house, and Is finished 
in mahogany, Chippendale style. From the library an alley runs aft 
on the starboard side, from the windows of which you can look in the 
engine room, with its tons of pohshed steel machinery. This alley is 
hung with tapestry paneling and leads to the dining cabin, which is 
one of the finest apartments of its kind on any yacht afloat. 
Aft Of the engine room the alley leads to the boudoir, which takes the 
place of the usual drawing-room. The decorations here are white and 
gold, while ample side windows give light to this dainty apartment. 
From the boudoir a stair leads down to the sleeping cabins, which in- 
clude ten staterooms and numerous bath-rooms. 
She can carry coal for the longest voyages, has capacious store- 
bouses, pantries, ice obestB and wine cellars, and can maiie her own ice 
and fresh water. She has three galleys, a fully equipped laundry, and 
a crew of fifty-three men. She is commanded by Capt. Raynor, a vet- 
eran of the British- Australian trade, while her chief engineer Is An- 
drew Haddon, formerly of the American liner Paris. She carries two 
steam launches, a^^-rater, two lifeboats, a gig, a cutter, and a"dinghy 
in her davits. It is said that Mr. Drexel and his family will shortly 
start on a tour around the world in her. 
The Oldest Known Boat. 
There is In Chicago to-day one of the five oldest small boats known 
to exist in the world. It has just come, all packed and stayed for its 
long voyage, from the Gizeh Museum of Antiquities at Cairo. To the 
generosity of Mrs. Cyrus McCormick the Field Columbian Museum 
and this city and country are indebted for a rare gift. 
With this boat, which will be installed in the museum, and the two 
which remain in the Cairo museum, were two more, which still rest on 
the sands which stretch desolately fiom the Darshur pyramids, near 
which they were all found. It is expected that before long the re- 
maining two will be brought to Cairo and properly installed. 
The five boats were found buried at a considerable depth not far 
from the famous largest pyramid, and in such orderly form and with 
such mathematical relationship to the great pile of stone that it was 
evident that they had been buried with design at that particular spot. 
All were brought to the light and air at once, and after examination 
by scholars, proving their marvelous age, their preservation from the 
elements was at once deemed necessary, 
The boats were found to be alike in the material of which they were 
constructed and in their general dimensions. The cedar of antiquity, 
which entered into so much of the construction of things of wood, 
was used for building these boats. While the equipments of the boats 
had generally disappeared with time, and the edees and ends were 
ragged and little warped, their shapely outlines still remained so rig- 
idly in evidence that the modeler's skill in giving grace and shapeli- 
ness was evident. The boat that is in Chicaco now was as well if not 
better preserved than any. It is 30ft. long, 8ft. beam and 4ft. hold. It 
had been propelled, of course, by oars, but the points of contact for 
the oars were not in evidence. A well-preserved and peculiarly 
marked and designed piece of a rudder of wood was found near the 
boats and that has bopn brought to Chicago as the accompaniment of 
the boat now h&ce.— Chicago Times-Herald, 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
The New York Y. C- has lost an honored member Id Joseph R. 
Busk, who died at his home in Newport on Sept. S at the age of fifty- 
nine years of Bright's disease. Mr. Busk was an Englishman, long 
resident In this country, a member of the firm or Busk & Jevons, 
steamship owners. For many years he lived on Staten Island, join- 
ing the New York Y. C. in 1869; in 1875 he built the sloop Madcap, 
from designs by A. Gary Smith, and after a very successful career 
she was replaced in 1879 by the famous old "iron pot" Mischief, also 
designed by Mr. Smith. Mischief, the first radical attempt at what 
was afterward termed the "compromise sloop," was a remarkably 
successful yacht under the spirited ownership of Mr. Busk and the 
skillful handling of the late Capt. "Than" Clock; her battles with the 
larger and older wooden sloops are now historic. She was selected in 
1881 out of four trial boats to defend the America's Cup against the 
Canadian sloop Atalanta, and did so with ease. The tact that Mj*. 
Busk was by birth and education an Englishman caused no comment 
in connection with the Cup races, as he was a most determined parti- 
san of the centerboard sloop and of the New York Y. C. He was 
held in the highest regard by his fellow members and yachtsmen, and 
though of late years he has not been a yacht own<»r and has largely 
drifted out of yachting, his loss will be felt by the club. 
The Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. has on its grounds at Dorval a very 
large shed for the housing of its fleet in winter, a railway running up 
from the water, with appliances for transferring the yachts laterally 
when in the house. All of the yachts are thus hauled up and placed 
under cover for half the year. A part of the shed is fitting for a 
building shop, and efforts have been made at times to get a reliable 
yacht builder to rent it and attend to the club's business. Heretofore 
the right man has not been found, but since the late races Mr. H. K. 
Wicksteed, of Cobourg. has arranged to take the property in connec- 
tion with Mr. David A. Poe, a member of the club; they will carry on 
a general designing and building business under the name of the 
Yacht Company of Dorval. Both of these gentlemen are well known 
as contributors to the Forest and Stream, Mr, Wicksteed through 
his cruises in yachts and canoes and his many attractive designs of 
single-banders and small cruising craft; and Mr. Poe through his 
writing on canoeing over the nom de plume of Retaw. Mr. Wick- 
steed has had a large personal experience in cruising in canoes and 
yachts, in designing, and in building. Mr. Poe has this year done all 
the metal work and fittings for the Montreal 15-footers, being engaged 
in the machine business. 
Noma, schooner, designed by A. Cary Smith and built in 1879 for 
C H. Contoit, of New"Sork, has recently come into the hands of a 
newspaper syndicate, which have planned for her a most adventurous 
and ambitious cruise around the world, carrying special staff of 
writers to the places less known and not accessible by the ordinary 
routes of travel, which will be duly written up in syndicate letters. 
The prospectus, an exceptionally good specimen of the modern artis- 
tic pamphlet, contains an extraordinary amount of misinformation 
about this yacht, which is described as "Clyde-built, rated Al at 
Lloyds, and possessed of the world's record for sailing from New 
York to Palm Beach, Fla.," on the strength of which it is proposed 
to enter her in "the spring races at Cowes" in the course of her voy- 
age. Her outfit will include a table service of solid silver and Dresden 
china, two rapid-flre Hotchkiss guns^ twenty-four Springfield rifies 
with bayonets, twenty four revolvers of .44 caliber, togetner with cut- 
lasses and other weapons; a geologist, botanist, photographer, 
physician and two newspaper correspondents. 
The Pacific Interclub Yacht Association is a new organization! 
formed on May 13 of this year at San Francisco, and including the local 
clubs, the San Francisco. Pacific, Corinthian, Encinal and California. 
The officers are: Pres., C- G. Yale; Vice-Pres.. C. L. Tisdale; Sec'y, 
R. R. I'Hommedieu ; and Treas. , C. W. Piatt. Each club has three rep- 
resentatives, one of whom shall be a non-yacht owner; tbe three vot- 
ing as one. The racing rule is a unique modification of the Seawan- 
haka rule, the waterline and spar measurements are taken in the 
usual way, the so-called "actual sail area" is then obtained by actual 
measurement of all sails which the owner at time of measurement 
signifies his intention of carrying on the wind; the square roots of 
these two measurements being added to the l.w.l. and the sum divided 
by two. The result is such a heavier tax on sail as the strong winds 
call for, but we fail to see any good reason for the two different meas- 
urements'. 
Sovereign, steam yacht, designed by J. Beavor Webb and built by 
the Erie Basin Dry Docks Co. for M. C. D. Borden, has been in com- 
mission since the New York cruise and doing some very fast running. 
We place very little value on the alleged performances of steam 
yachts alongside of the various fast passenger steamers about New 
York, for the reasons that both sides generally claim the victory, and 
the conditions of the alleged races are so indefinite as to amount to 
nothing. At the same time it is generally conceded that in a recent 
informal run with the Sandy Hook steamer Monmouth the honors 
were on the side of the steam yacht. She was engined by the W. & 
A. Fletcher Co., having two sets of triple expansion engines for her 
twin screws, cylinders 15, SO and 39 by 21ih. 
We have received from the Yachting World, 28 Paternoster Row, 
London, a copy of its special summer number, very handsomely 
made up, with a cover in colors. It contains a number of yachting 
stories, a well illustrated article on the Royal Victoria Y. C. and many 
Sictures of yachts, including some large plates of Ailsa, Satanita, 
:eteor, etc. Among other portraits is one of Charles Sibbick, the de- 
signer and builder of so many fast yachts in the smaller classes. On 
Aug, 13 the ownership of the paper changed hands, and it is now 
under an entirely new management. After Oct. 1 the offices will be 
at 27 Wallbrook, London. 
The Rochester Machine Tool Works is steadily improving the 
Buckley Safety Water Tube Boiler, built by it, and has recently been 
allowed several additional patents on it. J. T. Gardiner, of East 
Hampton, L. I., who has used two of these boilers for a year, speaks 
of it in the highest terms; one has been used with great satisfaction 
by D. F. Fairchild, of Westminster Park, N. Y,, in liis steam launch 
Helen. 
The British Canoe Association Meet. 
The following account of the annual meet of th'e British Canoe As- 
snelation was written by F. C. Lane, late Vice-Commodore for the 
Field; 
On Pencarrow Point Field, better known perhaps as Mylor Point, in 
Falmouth Harbor, the camp was pitched this year on July 37, and a 
more suitable place for a salt-water canoe meet could not be found in 
thd British Isles. There was something to see and somewhere to go 
in all directions; a racing or cruising breeze, generally from theN.W., 
