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Sir It, Reld aoid that the rules were perhaps drawn by persons who 
were not very learned in the law. 
The Lord Ohiocellor tbou^ht that Sir Eobert would not be able to 
rely Upon tinat a'^sumptlon. (Laughter.) , ^ 
Sir R Eeid said that, in any case, he could not help thinking that It 
the fratners of th^j rule intended to exclude the limitation of the 
statute ttiev would have taken a little more pains to make clear what 
they wpre doiop;. . , , . 
Mc. E. a. Pollard, who followed on the same sids, thought their 
lordships were bound to take into consideration the fact that the 
owner had not the aeleotion ot bis own 8teersm\n as a circumstance 
in favor of the limitation ot liability. The steersman might commit 
any number of breaches of the rules. The risk was not one that could 
be insured against. ,, , . ^ 
Lord Haraebfl Baiil he was rather startled by that proposition, 
kno vin^ aoraethtog oC the risk? underwriters would take. 
Mr Pollard suijmittid that if there was to bs a renunciation of the 
beoefiCR of an A.et of Parliament, the words to that effect ought to be 
clnar and expreis. ., . - , ^ . , j 
At the cnncluaion of the case for the appellants their lordships aa- 
journe'i the a ipeal till Thursday. . ^ ,. 
On Thursday, without calline; on the other side, the Lord Chancellor 
Rave i'ldgmsnt. Their lord^hipi dismissed the appeal with costs, the 
Lord Chancellor remirkins that one might as well value a race horse 
by the weight of its ftesh as a racing yacht by its tonnage. 
Seawanhaka C. Y. C. 
The new club house of the Beawanbaka Corinthian Y C. nn Twenty- 
second street is becoming as popular with the members as the old 
one was a few years aeo, and i''' promises to become an important 
factor in keeplne slive the interest in yachting throughout the long 
winter season On Saturday last the hou8« wa" thmwn ^pen to ladies 
for the flf-st time, a rpc«ption being given from 4'30 to 7 P. M. The 
house was handsomely decorated with flags, and an orchestra was 
Stationed in the lower hall. The prizes raced for during the past sea- 
son were dipp'ayed in the parlors, and tea was served in the dining 
rooms. A laf-ge number of ladieq availed themselves of the oppor- 
tunity to incp' ct the new quarters. 
The possession of a house has made work in plenty for the enter- 
tainment committee, and a very promising programme has already 
bepn arranged, which will be extended as the season advances. 
On every Saturday nisht du'-ing the season the usual me!!s dinners 
will be served at exactly 7:30 o'clock, provided there are not less 
than eight names enterfd on the list by 13 o'clock the night previous, 
liists will he fourd posted on the bulletin board for three weeks in 
advance. The charge fir each member will be $1, which includes 
wine. Th° senior officer present will preside. Each member sub- 
scribing will have the privilege of inviting one guest Cnon-member) 
until there ar^ eighteen names on the lis*', hut the same person cannot 
beinvitpd more than once in the season (Oac. 1 to May 1). 
On every Saturday evening there will be familiar talks on timely 
topics, and the members are invited to come prepared to assist. 
Among the subjects that have been suggested to tie committee are 
the toll'>wing: 
The literature ot the sea. Nautical poetry and song. Common 
words and phrases derived 'rom nautical expressions. Story teller's 
niiht. Sea yaros. etc Erhlbi^lnns and descriptions of slides' of 
yachts and yachting scenes. Water spouts and revolving storms 
illustrated by model exoeriments. Tidal evniu'ion Explanation of 
common phenomena Wifhin a keen yachtsman's observation— e. j? ; 
Why clearing winds come from N. or N. W. Why winds are apparent- 
ly heavier in winter than summer. Bain, fog. dust particles and their 
relatiors. Large versus small raindrops. Why rain knocks down a 
sea. Rainbows. Lunar rainbows. Eiog around the moon. Sun 
dogs. Aurora, Why sunset is red. Colors in sunset Vi"let after- 
glow. Apparent siza of sun and moon at rising or setting. A simple 
explanation of the cau<?eof tid^s. Why one side of the moon alivays 
faces the earth. St. Elmo's Are. Phoaphorescnce. Why the ocean 
Is salt. Mildew of sails, Diftancps at sea. Mirages. Fog echoes. 
Silent nodes in fog sirens. Reloforcement of sound. Velocity of 
Bound in air and water. Megaphone acoustics. Oil spots on water. 
Oil stilling wavfis Salt water and soap. 
The topics thus far announced are: Dec 13— "Recent Experience in 
the New Materials for Sails." Bt-c, 19 -'•Atmospheric Moistire," 
phenomena conneoted with, such as hunidity, vapor, mist, fog, clouds, 
rain, ralndrnps, rainbows, ring around the moon, sun digs, snow, 
hail. Dee 2G -'"Winds," their cause, various kinds, density, effects, 
how to interpret changes in. 
Arrangements have been made to formaeUss for instruction in 
practical navigafion. with Captain Howard Patterson as instruotor. 
The sessions will begip as soon as twenty names are entered and will 
be held at the club house on someone evening in each week, to be 
d^-cided on by the members of the class. The tuition fee is f 26, pay- 
able in advance. This covers the complete course, for which the reg- 
ular charge for private lepsons i^ 
'the course of study will include the mariner's compass and practi- 
cal employment of sxme; also deviation of the compass and methad 
of adjusting that instrument; charts and thefr construction, with a 
thorough exposition of chart sailing; dead reckoning; latitude by the 
sun and polar star and ex- meridian ■-•bservations; longitude by A. M. 
.and p. M solar obsprvationa, by sunrise and sunset calculations and 
by equal altitudes of the sun. Each member of the class will receive 
a navigator'B diploma upon graduation. While the subjects named 
might seem to the uninitiated to require a knowledge of the higher 
mathematics, only the simple rules of addition, subtraction and di- 
vision are involved Ii the event of a member missing a lesson or 
finding himself falling behind the others during the course. Captain 
Patterson has agreed to eive bi n private lessons between meetings 
without, charge. Members intending to join the class are requested 
to notify Mr. J. Frederic Tams as soon &s possible at the cluo nbuse 
in writing. 
Uniform Racing Rules. 
The Boston (Jlobe comments as follows on the possibility of the 
union of the Boston and New York associations under one common 
rule: 
Pres. Clark, of the Y. B. A. of M., returned from his conference in 
New York with the representatives of the Yacht Racing Union of 
Long Island Sound, and of the New York Yacht Racing Association, 
much Impressed with what they had to offer in the way of rules, but 
still with little hope thac a satisfactory common ground could be 
f lund for a union of the three associations in view of the present 
wide variancain measurement matters and in classification. He, in 
common with many other jachtsmen, would also like to see a na- 
tional association formed, but such formation is hindered by the 
same things which hinder an agreement by the associations as at 
present organized. The q'lestion was Discussed in connection wi^h 
the other matters, and with them will soon be laid by him before the 
executive comnoi tee of the Y R. A . and an effort made to formulate 
a plan for at least such a partial agreement as would allow of a class 
in Boston waters identical with the 20ft. Seawaohaka class, in which 
international racing is likely for several years to come. 
The problem before the executive committee will indeed be a diffi- 
cult one to solve without adopting the -'sail area and waterline" rule 
outright, together with the smaller crews which the rule carries with 
it. Such adoption would involve a complete overturn in existing 
yachts and their principles of design, and it may well be doubted it 
Eastern yachtsmen would be ready for it, even if the rule were the 
most desirable one now offered. The desirability of the rule is also 
open to question, and the arguments already made in these columns 
hold good in that connection until practice shall prove them to be 
wronsr. 
Waterline length for waterline length, the Boston boats, by reason 
of their larger crews, carry more canvas and should be faster than 
the New York boats. A limitation to a small crew tends inevitably 
toward the keel type, and this too would hardly be desired by Boston 
yachtsmen in view of the desirability of retaining the centerboard. 
The question is, however, still open to debate, and is likely to be dis- 
cussed if the committee succeed in formulating some practical plan 
of agreement. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Elbridge T. Gerry, pilot boat, of New York, has recently been pur- 
chased by Edgar Harding, of Boston, who will use her as a yacht. 
Varuna, steam yacht, Eugene Higgins, sailed on Dec. 12 from New 
York for Bermuda, from which port she will continue on a long cruise 
to the Mediterranean and foreign ports. 
The new Kingston Ice Y. 0., of Kingston, Ont, has started in to pro- 
mote this branch of yachting on fresh water, and its new trophy, the 
Walker international challenge cup, is nearly completed. Competi- 
tion for this trophy is limited to the clubs of Lake Ontario, St. Law- 
rence R'ver and the Bay of Quinte. Vice Com. A. H. Lee, of the club, 
ha=, however, sent a challenge to the Hudson River Ice Y. C. for the 
championship pennant of America, now held by Archibald Rogers. 
The Interlake Y. A., of Lake Erie, bell a meeting on Dec. 6 at 
Toledo, the representatives present being: F B. Hower. Buffalo Y. 
C. ; E. W. Radder and Henry Worthington, Cleveland Y. Q.;S. H. 
Jones, West End Y. C, Detroit; Henry Look, Citizens' Y. A., Detroit; 
Capt, Anderson. Sandusky Y C, and ifrank Frey and Henry Tracy 
ot Toledo. Put-in-Bay's proxy was held by E. W. Radder. It was de- 
cided to join the Lake Y. B, tr., and Messrs. Hower, Radder and iones 
were elected as delegates. Some objections were paade to the rules, 
and changes were proposed. 
The annual meeting of the Lake Y. R. A., of Lake Ontario, wU) be 
held on ,Dec. 19 at Rochester. Proposals for joining the new Yacht 
Racing Union of the Great Lakes, and for amending the L. Y. R. A. 
rules to conform with those of the Union, will be passed upon. 
Designer Arthur feioney is away on his Wedding trip. His marriage 
to Miss baisyJELarvey, daughter of 0. 0 Harvey, and sister of 
Winthrop A. Harvey, of the Marblebead Oorifathlans, took place 
'"ound pieces 6t tough wood, balf tlie inteiided length of the 
cElnoe, bent around three thwarts or cross-bars. To this the 
edges of the bark are lasbed, the hark being tritiimed at bow 
alid stern to the desh-ed shape, and then how and stern are 
sewed up; the edges of the hark heirig put between tWo 
sticks and the whole wound together. 
The bark is then stifiEened hy a sort of lattice Work coni- 
posed of nunierohs round sticks for ribs, With siniilsir long 
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THE KOOTENAI CANOE. 
Photo by F. F. Friable. 
Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the hume of the bride's parents in Roxbury. 
The wedding was a very qu'et one, owing to a recent death in the 
bride's family. The newly married coup'e will make their home at 
118 Highland street, Roxbury.— Bosion Globe. 
Douglas Dyrenforth has filed an application in the Circuit Court 
for a receiver for the flo-keel siooo yacht Siren, which was built at 
Racine beside the challenging yacht Vencedor. Siren was built for a 
syndicate of local yachtsmen, each of whom was to pay a propor- 
tionate assessment of bis stock as necessity arose, and very early in 
the game some of the m<'mbers fell behind in their payments Then 
other diflSculties cropped up. Some of the members thought o'hers 
were getting more than their share of fun out of the craft, and the 
result was a strained condition of affairs between the owners. Rob- 
ert Hayes was selected as managing owner of the boat by reason of 
holding a larger number of shares than any one of the others, and 
he handled the flnnrcial end of things. Ildo Ramsdell, who was 
nominally captain of Siren, sold his Interest and determined to build 
a new boat without any side partners. Others of the syndicate 
wanted to do lik' wise, but an amicable agreement as to terms could 
BOD be reached. Meanwhile Siren continued in commission and bills 
beared up, which were met largely, it is said by the managing owner 
and Douglas Dyrenforth. When the boat finally went out of com- 
mission she was sent up to Racine to lay up at the builder's yard, 
»nd the members tried to come to some settlement of their relative 
interests. Ucable to agree on terms, Douglas Dyrenforth placed 
matters in the bands of ex- Judge L C. Collins, who advised the appli- 
cation of a receiver, that the boat might be legally sold and her debts 
properly settled. As soon as the question of receivership is settled 
Siren will probably be offered for sale, and she may not return to 
these waters. Should Siren be sold out of the Columbia Y. C, it will 
make a radical change in the conditions under which several of the 
club trophies now held by that sloop must be sailed , for next season. 
Not only must they be returned to the regatta committee to be 
placed in competition, but with Slrei out of the way they will be vl'- 
tually In the condition of trophies offered for the first time.— CAtcagio 
Herald. 
sticks laid on top lengthwise, and lashed at points of inter- 
section These ribs do not extend all the way across, from 
gunwale to gunwale, consequently they must be held in place 
by several wide ribs proper, lilce those in ordinary birch 
canoe, which press the lattice framework more tightly 
against the barl<^ . T A 
A Canoe Iiight. 
New Yore, May 14 —Editor Forest and Stream: Doing 
a good deal of canoeing on such a bu'y waterway as the 
Hudsen, and almost half of it after dark, a lantern has 
heeu a pre' ty necessary part of my outfit. I hated to mar 
the mahottauy decks by screwing a lantern attachment to 
them, and so, after much thought, tied a headlight driving 
lamp to the bow painter ring. Th9 l-imp gave a splendid 
light, but, tie it never so snugly, it would wibble ia a man- 
ner calculated to beat the band, and a Girmau baud at 
that. And when it came to untying it in a hurry— well, i 
simply hug myself to think that such a performance is a 
thing: of the past. 
For I have hit upon a combination which I believe is 
good enough to tell to the rest of the fraternity. It is simply 
a B. G. I. star lantern bracket made for the largest size 
AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION, 1896-97. 
Commodore, John N. MacKendrIck, Gait, Canada. 
Sec'y-Treas , John R. Blake. Gait, Canada. 
Librarian, W. P. Stephens, Bayonne, N. J. 
PURSERS. 
Atlantic Division, H. W. Fleischman, 1611 N. 2l8t St , Phila , Pa, 
Central Division, Laurence C. Wood worth, Qouverneur, N. Y. 
Eastern Division, F. J. Burrage, West Newton, Mass. 
Northern Division, Francis H Msnnee, Kingston, Canada. 
Annual dues, $1; initiation fee, $1. 
WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION, 1895-96. 
Conmiodore, C. P. Pennewell, Detroit, Mich. 
Vice-Commodore, Nat. H. Cook, Chicago, 111. 
Rear-Commodore, E. H. Holmes. Milwaukee, Wis. 
Sec'y-Treas., W. D Stearns, Detroit, Mich, 
Executive Committee: R. M Lamp, Madison, Wis. ; C. J. Steadman, 
Oincinnati, O.; F. W. Dickens, Milwaukee, Wis. 
The Kootenai Canoe. 
The accompanying sketch was made, not from a full- 
sized canoe, but from a model which I saw in the Provincial 
Museum at Victoria, B 0. It represents a type of canoe 
common_on the waters of the Columbia River. It is made 
bicycle head and a bicycle lamp with red and green side 
lights. 
When the canoe is used as a paddler, a miniature mast 
projecting 6in. above the deck carries the bracket A 
strip of leather on this mast prevents its turning in the tube 
and keeps the light dead ahead. 
When sailing under lateen rig, I fasten the bracket to the 
top of the main mast, while using a fore and aft rig, such 
as the Baily, with nothing forward of maist; bracktt can he 
placed just over jaws of boom. 
The boathouse is a mile from home, and I always ride 
over on a wheel, and the same lantern does for both wheel 
and canoe. 
Some of your readers may have thought of the scheme 
already, but if it prevents but one man from using the 
language which I did last summer I will feel that I hq^ve in 
part atoned for my offenses in that direction. 
I find that by placing the light up high on mast my boat 
receives more respectful attention and more of the proper 
amount of way, especially from row boats, than it otherwise 
would. [ E. T. Keyser. 
Rochester C. C. 
The annual meeting of the Rochester C. C. was held at 
its rooms in the Granite Btiilding, on Dec. 9. There was a 
KOOTENAI CANOE. 
fron a single slieet of spruce bark bent over a frame of 
tough wood. Not a nail is used in its construction, hut the 
vsrhole is tied with fiber. 
The model seems particularly well made, and may there- 
fore give one good idea of what the full-sized canoe is like. 
Its dimensions are 3ft. long over all by 9in. wide. Its curi- 
ous style, the long, straight run on the keel, the pointed bow 
and stern running far under water and its great beam would 
make it a stable craft, but one that would not lift quickly on 
a wave or in a rapid. It seems as if a frame is made of two 
large attendance and a very interesting meeting. The annual 
reports of the various committees showed that the affairs of 
the club were in a most prosperous condition. One of the 
features of the meeting was the annual review of the club's 
doings during tlie past year by the retiring captain, Al. T. 
Brown. 
Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows : Cap- 
tain, Harry M. Stewart; Mate, C Fred. Wolters; Purser, 
Ohas. A. Bruff; Measurer, Herbert J. Wilson; Regatta Com- 
mittee— Al. T. Brown, John W. Ely and T. H. Thompson. 
