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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 26, 1896 
EL HEIRIE SAIL PLAN. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
There was a large crowd of yaebtsmen and others at Townsend & 
Co. 's auction rooms yesterday afternoon, when the champion yacht 
Canada was offered for sale, according to the original intentions of 
the syndicate owners. Skipper .ai melius Jarvis was the only member 
of the syndicate present. It was evident from the start that only two 
men in the room wanted the yacht. The first bid was for f 1,000, and 
came from G. E. Hamilton. This was raised to $2,000 by some one in 
the crowd, and then W. Hyslop, Jr., bid $2,500. The unknown voice 
called $2,700, Hyslop raised to $3,000, Hamilton to $3,100. Hyslop to 
83,a00, Hamilton to $3,250, at which price it was knocked down to him. 
G. E. Hamilton is the Toronto representative of W. E. Sanford, of 
Hamilton, and though he himself would say nothing on the subject, 
it is generally believed that the craft was purchased for Senator San- 
ford, and will be taken to Hamilton. After the sale Will Hyslop made 
a private offer for the yacht, to which Mr. Hamilton will return an 
answer to-day. Should his offer be accepted, the well-known bicyclist 
will sail Canada in all local races to which she would be eligible.— ilfaiJ 
and Empire, Sept. 16. 
The Gas Engine and Power Co., of Morris Heights, New York, has 
just issued a very complete catalogue of naphtha, steam and electric 
yachts and launches, as built by it in connection with the firm of O. 
L. Seabury & Co., late of Nyack, the two firms being now combined. 
The catalogue is not only larger than previous ones, but very much 
more artistic. The construction of the hulls and engines, the various 
sizes and types of craft, the method of running and the prices are all 
given, making a complete guide to yachtsmen in search of power 
craft. 
The contract for the steam pilot boat for the New York and New 
Jersey pilots, designed by A. Gary Smith, and illustrated in the 
Forest and Stbbam of Aug. 1, has been awarded to the Harlan & Hol- 
lingsworth Co., of Wilmington, builders of the steel yachts Yampa, 
Iroquois and Amorita, as well as the Sound steamer R. J. Peck. It 
is stated that two similar vessels, but of smaller size, will shortly be 
built by the Pennsylvania and Delaware pilots. 
AUegra, steam yacht, C. M. Pratt, met with an accident on Sept. 11 
when off the Sunken Meadow, off the Harlem Biver. One of the 
tubes in the boiler split, permitting the escape of steam. The fireman 
stopped the blower and the steam and gas backed through the blower 
into the engine room, scalding the engineer, Christopher Anderson, 
and setting fire to the woodwork. The engineer was not dangerously 
injured, and the fire was soon extinguished. The tug Two Brothers 
rendered valuable assistance. 
On the afternoon of Sept. 19. after a day almost as warm as midsum- 
mer, a very severe thunder squall passed over the vicinity of New 
York, being at its worst along the south shore of Long Island, many 
yachts being driven ashore and damaged. After the first squall had 
passed the sun came out for a few minutes, but disappeared before a 
worse squall, accompanied by hailstones of great size. On Sept. 13 
Boston Harbor was visited by a sudden storm that did much damage 
among the yachts and small craft. 
May, steam yacht, has been sold through Tams & Lemoine by E. D. 
Morgan to Mrs. J. E. Fell, owner of Barracouta, steam yacht, for 
$100,000. 
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The Pantasote Co., 39 Leonard street, New York, have a fabric 
which is particularly desirable for yacht upholstery, inasmuch as it 
is waterproof. Contracts have been awarded for upholstering two TJ. 
S. cruisers with this material, and a number of well-known yachts 
are finished with it, including Meteor II , Utopian, John Jacob Astor's 
electric yacht, and Baron Rothschild's Eros. Pantasote in appear- 
ance resembles leather. Pantasote duck, another product of this 
company, resembles duck, and is suitable for tents, awnings, etc. 
Tom Carter, steam yacht, swamped and sunk in the Niagara Rive 
on Sept. 6. Two of her eleven passengers, Migs Gilbert and John 
Farthing, were drowned, the others clinging to the capsized dinghy 
of the yacht until rescued by the steam yacht Lilian. 
Reva, steam yacht, G. L. Ronalds, was run down in a fog off Deer 
Island, Boston Harbor, by the steamboat Nantasket, and cut through 
to the water's edge. The hull below water was uninjured, and the 
yacht steamed into Boston in safety for repairs. The steamer was 
uninjured. 
Listless, sloop, John Dunphy, of Clifton, Staten Island, was run 
down and sunk off that place on Sept 8 by an unknown tug; her cap- 
tain and crew, asleep below, saving themselves by swimming. 
The Yachtsman of Sept. 3 presents to English readers the lines of 
Et Heirie, but we fail to find any allusion to the source from which 
they were taken, the Forest and Stekam of Aug. 23. 
A series of three races will be sailed on Sept. 34, 35 and 26, between 
th^ schooners Amorita and Quissetta, under the management of the 
Larchmont Y. C. 
We have received from Lloyd's the second supplement to the Yacht 
Register, containing alterations and additions up to Aug. 30. 
The regatta of the Sea Cliff Y. C, on Sept. 13, failed for lack of 
wind, none of the yachts having finished at 7 P. M. 
Torment, sloop, of Revere, Mass., sunk off Egg Rock on Aug. 30' 
her crew of five being rescued by a passing yacht. 
Unquowa, steam yacht, recently purchased by W. R. Hearst, has 
been renamed Buckinee. 
The Riverside Y. C. has abandoned the race scheduled for Sept. 28. 
Society of Naval Architects and Marine En- 
gineers. 
The third general meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and 
Marine Engineers will take place in New York city, at 10 A. M., Thurs- 
day, Nov. 13. Through the courtesy of the president and managers 
of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers the meetings will be 
held in the auditorium of No. 12 West Thirty-first street, the sessions 
continuing through Thursday and Friday, Nov. 12 and 13. There will 
be a banquet, of which subsequent notice will be given, Friday, Nov. 
13, to which members and their guests are cordially invited. Members 
intending to propose candidates for membership are requested to 
notify the secretary in order that the necessary blank forms of appli- 
cation may be forwarded and properly filled out. Papers to he read 
at this meeting should be forwarded to the secretary as soon as possi- 
ble. The usual notice giving assignment of papers will be issued 
Nov. 1. By direction of the executive committee. 
Francis T. Bowlbs, Sec'y-Treas. 
Newport Races. 
Sept. 5. 
The races of the 30-f outers on Sept. 5 was for a cup given by Wood- 
bury Kane, sailed in a S.E. wind over the Bng Ledge course, the times 
being: 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Asahl, B. Thayer 2 25 00 5 01 03 2 36 08 
Puck, E. D. Morgan 2 25 00 5 01 14 8 86 14 
Vaquero, H. B. Duryea 2 25 00 5 02 E5 2 87 55 
Wawa, J. A. Stillman 2 25 00 5 05 06 2 40 06 
On Sept. 7 a sweepstakes race was sailed off Bristol, Mr. N. G. Her- 
reshoff laying off a course of ten miles; to leeward and back in a good 
8. W. wind. The times were: 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Vaquero, H. B. Duryea 3 30 00 5 06 06 1 86 06 
Puck, E. D. Morgan 3 30 00 5 09 39 . 1 39 39 
Wawa, A. Van Winkle 3 80 00 5 10 24 1 40 24 
Asahi. B. Thayer 3 30 00 5 10 26 1 40 26 
On Sept. 11 the Dyer's Island course was sailed in a fresh S. W. wind, 
the times being: 
Start. Finisb. Elapsed. 
Puck, E. D. Morgan 2 35 00 4 64 20 2 19 20 
Vaquero, H. B. Duryea 2 35 00 4 55 28 2 20 38 
Asahl, B. Thayer 3 35 00 4 56 14 2 21 14 
Wawa, J. A. Stillman 2 35 00 5 01 33 3 26 33 
On Sept. 13 the Brig Ledge course was sailed in a rising S.E. breeze, 
with a calm at one time. Vaquero won again, the times being: 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. 
Vaquero, H. B. Duryea 3 25 00 5 31 08 3 06 08 
Asahi, B. Thayer 2 25 00 5 35 47 3 10 47 
Puck, E. D. Morgan 2 25 00 5 35 55 8 10 55 
Wawa, J. A. Stillman 2 25 00 5 40 17 8 15 17 
On Sept. 14 Asahi heat Wawa, Puck and Vaquero in a drifting race. 
A sweepstakes race was sailed on Sept. 15 over the Dyer's Island 
course in a S.W. wind, the times being: 
Start, 2:35: >. Finish. Elapsed. 
Vaquero 4 40 43 2 05 43 
Asahi 4 41 08 2 06 08 
Puck. ' Did not finish. 
Wawa. Did not pnisb. 
Wawa went on the rocks off Rose Island, but was towed off without 
injury by the launches of the warship Massachusetts. The same 
course was sailed on Sept. 16, the times being: 
Elapsed. 
Wawa ..2 37 15 
Vaquero... .... 2 37 22 
Puck 8 38 48 
On Sept. 17 a race was sailed over the same course In a S.W. wind, 
the times being: 
Elapsed. 
Vaquero .....2 22 85 
Wawa , 2 23 50 
Puck 2 25 30 
Asahi finished her racing on Tuesday and left for Boston to sail 
in the E. Y. C. races of Saturday, but having no competitor she went 
to Lawley's to lay up. 
