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[Makch'6, 1897. 
up with our wheels. The three men who composed the 
patty soon appeared on the hanks of the stream arrayed in 
long fisherman's hoots, shooting jackets and large sombreros. 
We went up stream wbile they went down. 
A t noon Frank had twenty bea,uties, I had only seventeen. 
While eating our lunch we saw a great dark cloud gather- 
ing overhead. 
Frank remarked that he believed it would rain cats and 
dogs inside of two hours, but as the fish were rising freely 
Tve waited a little longer before turning homeward. 
Just as we were taking our rods apart the party from the 
hotel came in sight. They had had poor luck, having only 
caught ten small trout for three rods. 
"It's all your fault," they said. "You fished oat the 
stream ahead of us and got all the best trout." 
_]iSiatura]ly they were not in the best of humors. While 
talking to them we made fast our rods to our wheels and 
prepared to leave, hut the hotel party were loath to go, hop- 
ing to retrieve their bad lucK. Afterward they had reason 
to regret that they did not go when we did. Having got 
everything ready, we started on our downward journey. It 
was a thrilling coast! Not having on brakes, and not being 
able to hold liack on the pedals, we had to coast. Down we 
flew, bumping over stones and swerving from side to side as 
we rushed on. Soon the lightning began to flash and small 
raindrops to strike our faces. The church spires of Jackson 
were in view, and there was only one mile more to go. 
Looking at Frank, who was. ahead of me, I saw his wheel 
give a leap into the air; he went at least Ifl. above his saddle 
and I expected to see him fall, but he did not. By some 
miracle he regained his seat, steadied his wabbling wheel 
and continued on his way. 
In watching him I had failed to notice a deep gully in the 
road made by the rain until too late. Now I was in the air, 
my wheel seeming to leap from under me By luck I re- 
gained my seat and flew on. 
Soon the hotel loomed up, and I managed to put my foot 
under the front fork against the tire, thus stopping slowly 
and gradually. 1 uttered a silent prayer of thanksgiving for 
my preservation and restoration to the comforts of civiliza- 
■ tion. 
After we had been home for three hours, during which 
time it rained fast and furiously, the hotel carriage started 
for the party who had chosen to go fishing with a team 
rather than on wheels Frank and I did not envy them their 
. enforced stay in the woods, exposed to the fury of the ele- 
Lments. Theodore 8. Haxb. 
Bicycle Tools. 
American riders, as a rule, like to ride with their wheels 
■stripped of all encumbrance. Anything tending to detract 
-from the appearance of their machines or to increase the 
weight is looked upon with disfavor. Even lamps and tool 
.bags are dispensed with when possible. 
From time to time we meet with ingenious riders who 
^itilize the hollow space of the tubing for carrying the arti- 
cles which commonly go into the tool bag. When the seat 
]post is out there is a convenient receptacle in the center 
brace tube which can be utilized by fitting inside a long, 
narrow bag. The wrench, provided it is small enough, 
small hand pump, lire repair outfit, including plugs and tape, 
graphite, extra hnks for chain, etc., may all be carried 'in 
this bag, care being taken to wrap the metal articles so that 
they wdl not ] attle. Sometimes the seat post itself is utilized 
instead of the tubing of the frame, but as a rule its inside 
dimension is too small to admit carrying the common tools. 
The chief objection to this method of dispensing with the 
tool bag is that it makes too much trouble getting at tools. 
It offers an advantageous receptacle for extra nuts, links, or 
tire repair outfit, articles which are not often needed ; but the 
pump and wrench should be where they can be gotten at 
more easily. 
We are told that a combined pump and wrench that will 
shortly be put upon the market will have an important effect 
in doi'ng away with the tool bag. The pump is a hand pump 
of the best type, which has an elliptical cross section, and 
which, while more easily carried in hip or breast pocket than 
the ordinary pump, has about double its capacity. The 
wrench fits inside, and is characterized by great strength and 
leverage, gained by the addition of the pump section. A 
screw driver is also incorporated in the tool. 
A Pocket Bicycle. 
A Fbencb^man named Leguir, who is an enthusiastic 
bicyclist, and has untold trouble with train guards and bag- 
gage-men when transporting his wheel on the rai'ways, has 
invented a pocket bicycle. This name is not to be taken 
literally; the bicycle cannot he folded so closely as to go into 
a man's pocket. However, each whed, after the rubber 
.tiring hasi)een removed, may be taken apartin four sections 
and these sections clapped together as a fan would be, so 
that the whole machine goes into a case of about the size re- 
quired for five or six umbrellas. M. Leguir carries the pack- 
age with a shawl strap. A Berlin editor who went to Paris 
to examine the machine, with the intention of having one 
made for his own use, remarked after his return: "All very 
well, but we shall think a long time before trusting our own 
bones to this machine." 
signed for J. B. Mills. Both of these yachts would have 
been built just the same, whatever the fate of the draft 
limit scheme had been. 
In the smallest class, the Seawanhaka 20-footers, the indi- 
cations are that quite a number will be built, and in the East 
the itft. l.w.l. class will be strong in new boats. In the West 
the 30-footers and 1-raters promise to be very popular, and a 
number of new boats are under way. 
The next size, the "raceabout," or the fl,n de sledle perver- 
sion of the late knockabout, promises to be popular and 
numerous. The Herreshoffs alone have orders lor four of 
these boats, Lawley's shops are full of both "raceabouts" 
and knockabouts, and other Eastern designers and builders 
are busy over the same classes. Some veritable knockabouts 
are on the stocks, but it is very evident that they must be 
essentially cruising and not racing craft. 
The larger classes up to 30ft. or so promise to be well filled 
with new and old boats about New York and Boston as well, 
and the only racing of the year will be in these different 
small classes. In the large schooners the rebuilt Emerald 
will meet Colonia for what promises to be the final struggle 
of the pair. 
The greatest activity in building is in the class of naphtha 
and other power boats of small to moderate size Much has 
been done of late to develop the naphtha craft of 60ft, or so 
l.w.l., a size that gives fair accommodation and is capable of 
general cruising, and more of these boats are under con- 
struction than ever before. The demand for the smaller 
cabin launches of 35 to 40ft. is also very good; while the open 
launches of all kinds are quite as popular as ever. 
In steam yachts proper very little is being done, some five 
or six yachts of moderate size, and no very large ones. 
Taken altogether, and considering the long prevailing de- 
pression in business, the outlook is not so bad as it might be; 
but as far as the revival of yacht racing in the large and 
medium classes is concerned, it is most discouraging. 
The meeting of the representatives of the Boston and 
New York clubs took place at the Bo.^ton Athletic Club on 
Feb. 22, there being present from the Y. R. A. of Massachu- 
setts Messrs. Louis M. Clark, A. H. Higginson, A. T. Bliss, 
H. M. Faxon, T. B. Jacobs, Walter Burgess and N. B. Stone; 
and from the Y. R. A. of Long Island Sound, Messrs. F. B. 
Jones, E. B. Hart and C. P. Tower. Pres. Clark occupied 
the chair, with Mr. Bliss as secretary. The question of a 
national association, and of its details, was thoroughly dis- 
cussed, the opinion being in favor of some action, in spite of 
certain obvious obstacles. It was finally decided to call a 
conference of American yachting associations and clubs, to 
be held at New York on Oct. 1, 1897, with_ a view to the or- 
ganization of a permanent national association. 
As matters now stand in yachting, the Boston and New 
York associations have taken the best action possible in 
postponing immediate action just prior to the opening of the 
racing season, but at the same time determining on a defi- 
nite and positive policy for future action. At the present 
time it would be impossible to accomplish more than a nom- 
inal union, with a few uniform rules and a general difference' 
in the main point, the measurement rule. Seven months 
hence the conditions may be different; for one thing, the 
idea of union will be a familiar one to all interested. It is 
further possible that by that time some practicable sugges- 
tion for a new measurement rule may be produced; and also 
that the mischievous tendencies of a length rule with no tax 
on sail may be fully demonstrated in the East, thus pavjng 
the way for a more rational and modern rule. 
The progress thus far in the direction of union, in spite of 
the wet blanket thrown by the New York Y. C, is most 
gratifying. The idea has been widely exploited and general- 
ly well received, yachtsmen have become interested in it and 
are now studying its possibilities. By the time of the. con- 
ference the way should be open to organization on a perma- 
nent and fairly complete basis. 
As the yachting journal of America, the Forest and Stream is the' 
Recognized 'medium of communication between the maker of yachts- 
' men's supplies and ths yachting public. Its value for advertising 
has been demonstrated by patrons who have employed its columns 
continuously for years. 
Now THAT the building season is nearing its end, it must 
be admitted that the show of new boats is most unsatisfac- 
tory. When the proposed changes in the rules were before 
the clubs in the fall, stories were heard on every hand of men 
who were eager to build racing yachts, schooners, 70-footers 
and 51-footer8, but who would be deterred if the limit of 
. draft and similar measures were not at once rushed through. 
The rules as proposed were adopted, willingly in some clubs 
and unwillingly in others — and with the result that not one 
- new keel was laid. The only racing yacht of even moderate 
size that will be launched this spring is the 5t-f ooter Syce, 
F. M. Hoyt, and this yacht begun before the limit of draft 
was proposed. Later on in the year, too late for the racing, 
Another jaxiixi yriH he added to the class, the Fife ya«ht de- 
One -Design Boats for the Bristol Channel. 
The Yachting World of Feb. 13 publishes the conditions 
of a new one-design class established by the Penarth Y. C. 
on the Bristol Channel, all being built from a design, by 
Harold Clayton. The committee has drawn up the follow- 
ing regulations, the object being to produce a wholesome 
and useful type of boat of limited cost, and yet capable of 
racing: 
1. All boats to be built from the accompanying designs 
and specifications, and under the supervision of the designer. 
2. Sail area limited to 200sq. ft., Y. R. A, measurement, 
to be distributed at the discretion of the owners. Sail area 
to be measured by official measurer of the class. 
3. No boat is allowed any alterations of hull or ballast, and 
any alteration rendered necessary by change of rig must be 
notified to the committee. 
4. Each hoat shall be provided with either tanks or corks, 
80 as to be rendered unsinkable with crew on board. All 
boats to be so tested by official measurer. 
5. Sailing Rules.— (a) Y. R. A.; (b) crews shall be limited 
to two; (c) no paid hands allowed; (d) each boat shall carry 
when racing an anchor not under 151bs. in weight and 15 
fathoms of rope, also a life buoy ready for use. 
6. Management of Class. — All members of the P. Y. C. 
shall be eligible as members of the class. 
7. Gentlemen not members of the P. Y. C. may be admitted 
at discretion of the committee of the class on payment to the 
designer of his fee of £1 Is. for use of design, and shall be 
allowed to compete in all races. 
8. A committee consisting of boat owners of class (one 
boat, one vote) shall be formed, which shall decide on all 
questions (other than racing) concerning boats competing in 
this class. 
9. No alteration or addition to these rules shall be made 
without a two-thirds majority. 
10. All races shall be sailed under the management of the 
sailing committee of the P. Y. C. 
SPEClFICATIOJrS OF BOATS. 
Keel— American elm, 6 x l^in, amidsliips, tapering to fore 
end. 
Stem— English oak, also apron. 
Transom — American elm. 
Timbers — Bent timbers, American elm, 1 x }£in. 
Deck Beams — %in. x Sin. in middle and Sin. at gunwale, of 
white pine. Beams at each end of well to be of elm, with 
upright support underneath. 
Center Case— Yellow pine, lin., 5ft. xl5in., slot Hin., with 
larger hole for bulb to come up. 
Rudder Trunk— Brass pipe. 
Planking— Kin. full archangel spruce, picked wood, ten 
strakes a side. 
Deck — 3^in. spruce, to be covered with calico and painted, 
the middle plank to be %m., and let in flush with the rest. 
Deck, 7in. round at the highest point. 
Cockpit Carlins— 1 x 3in. white pine joined to gunwale by 
half beams %x2in., 1ft. apart. 
Rubbing Strake— American elm, IxlJ^in., half round. 
Coamings — American elm, 4in. high forward and Sin. high 
aft. 
Samson Post— Oak, 2>^ia. square, to be fitted 4ft. from 
stemhead. 
Mast Step — Block of oak to be screwed on to keel. 
Cockpit Floor— Jain, soft wood flooring, to be supported 
on six soft wood timbers, Kin., to be butted against center 
coae aud screweA to 9kiQ ot boat, 
Moulds — Boat to be built on eleven moulds (a full-sized 
drawing of which will be supplied). 
Fastenings — All fastenings to be of copper or brass. 
Painting — Two coats of paint inside and one outside, to be 
supplied. 
Rudder— English elm, J^in. 
Weight of Plate— 801bs., with bulb 180, made of Kin- mild 
steel and galvanized. 
Draft with Plate-^ft. 
Price of Boat— .£20. Estimated price complete, including 
sails and all fittings, 15 fathoms of mooring line and moor- 
ings, £30. 
The Xiake Yachtsmen. 
We have received copies of the new books of the Yacht 
Racing Union of the Great Lakes and the Lake Yacht Racing 
Association. The former thus far includes the following 
clubs: Buffalo Y. C, Citizens' Y. A. of Detroit, Cleveland Y, 
C, Detroit Y. C, Put-in-Bay Y. C, Sandusky Y. C, Toledo 
Y. C. and the West End Y. C; all forming the Interlake Y. 
R. A. of Lake Erie; and the following clubs forming the 
Lake Y. R. A. of Lake Ontario: Bay of Quinte Y. C, of 
Belleville; Buffalo Y. C, Kingston Y. C, Oswego Y. C, 
Rochester Y. C, Queen City Y. C. and Royal Canadian Y. 
C. , of Toronto; Royal Hamilton Y, G., Victoria Y. C. , the 
latter two of Hamilton, Ont.- 
The officers are: Chairman of Council, ^milius Jarvis, R. 
C. Y. C; Sec'v, Frank R. Frey, Toledo Y. C. Members of 
Council: E, W, Radder, Cleveland Y. C; F. B. Hower, Buf- 
falo Y. C; S. H. Jones, Detroit Y. C; E. H. Ambrose, R. H. 
Y. C; J. E. Burroughs, Rochester Y. C. 
Thus far the Lake Michigan clubs have held aloof from the 
LTnion, some of the yachtsmen being opposed to the rules 
adopted by the yachtsmen of the other two lakes as to 
measurement, Corinthian crews, limitation of midship sec- 
tion and other important points. It is unfortunate that dif- 
ferences exist which prevent a union of all the clubs on the 
chain of lakes, as the interests of fresh- water yachting de- 
mand on all such a union as now exists on two. The rules 
of the Y. R. U. have already been published in the Forest 
AND Stream. 
The officers of the L. Y. R. A. are: Pres., E. H. Ambrose, 
R. H. Y. C; Vice-Pres., T. B. Pritchard, Rochester Y. C; 
Sec'y, Frank M. Gray, R. C. Y. C. Council: F. B. Hower, 
Buffalo Y. C. ; Frank Strange, Kingston Y. C; R. A. Downey, 
Oswego Y. C; Owain Martin, Queen City Y. C; Rev. C. E, 
Whitcombe, Victoria Y. C. The rules of the L. Y. R. A. 
differ from those of the Y. R. U. only in that they recognize 
a 22ft. class and that the limit of midship section is less by 
l}{ per cent, owing to the action of some of the delegates, as 
already recorded^ 
The Imperial Yacht Club, of Germany. 
We have just received a copy of the very handsome year 
hook of the Imperial Yacht Club, of Germany, one of the 
most elaborate books of the kind published. The illustra- 
tions, as usual, are a prominent and interesting feature, the 
frontispiece being a double-page illustration in colors of a 
painting by Hans Bohrdt of the Imperial yacht Meteor, 
winning the race of June 19, 1896. Meteor's dimensions are 
given as follows: Length over all, 123ft. 4in.; l.w.l., 89ft. 3ln.; 
beam, extreme, 24ft. lin.; l.w.l., 23ft.. 4Kin.; draft, 18ft.; sail 
area, 12,477sq. ft.; measurement by German Sailing Union 
rule 226.00, by Y. R. A. rule 101,9 L. R, Some excellent half- 
tone views are given of Meteor under way and in dock, and 
of her steam tender Evangeline. Other pictures are views 
of German yachting ports. Very full accounts of all the 
races of the .season, and also of cruises made by the club 
yachts, are given. The collection of designs, which is always 
an interesting feature of the book, this year includes three 
small yachts, as these craft are now of special importance to 
Gertnan yachtsmen. Two bulb-fins, Luv and Hay, with the 
famous Sorceress, now owned and raced by a German yachts- 
man under the name of Cuckoo. His Majesty, the Emperor 
of Germany, is commodore of the club, and his brother, 
Prince Henry of Prussia, is vice-commodore. 
The Indiana Yacht and Boating Club. 
We have received from the Indiana Yacht and Boating 
Club, of Wawasee Lake, Ind., a very handsome pamphlet, 
containing a list of members and yachts, fixtures, et<3. This 
inland club was founded through the exertions of one man, 
Dr. John F. Wright, of Columbus, Ind., an amateur de- 
signer, mechanic and sailor, whose work has been illustrated 
in the Forest and Stream. It is located far from yacht- 
ing centers and from other clubs, and was formed under 
many difficulties; but it has now a membership of twenty- 
five and a fleet of eleven yachts. Races are held regularly 
through the season, the programme for 1897 being: Series 
for club trophy, July (3, 13, 20, 27, Aug. 3; annual fleet man- 
euver, Aug. 10; series for Wawasee Inn trophy, carnival week, 
Aug. IS, 18, 20. The officers are: Com., Dr. John F. Wright; 
Vice-Com., R. M. Fishback; Sec'y-Treas. , J. K. Lilly, Indian- 
apolis, Ind. Regatta Committee: W, P. Kappes, H. S. 
Hicks, J. K. Lilly. The book is illustrated by excellent half- 
tones, a portrait of Com. Wright, and views of the yachts 
and waters. The Wawasee Inn trophy was won last year by 
the 20-f ooter Problem, designed by Com. Wright. 
The Mediterranean Races. 
The first day of the Mediterranean races, Feb. 20, was 
rainy and hazy oft" Marseilles. Ailsa, Britannia, Samphire and 
other yachts of various sizes started in a handicap race over 
a 24-mile course, three rounds of a triangle, for three prizes 
offered by the President of the French Republic, open to 
yachts of over 10 tons. Britannia won, with Ailsa second 
and Samphire third. The next day was clear, with a strong 
N.W. wind; the same course was sailed, Britannia beating 
Ailsa by 8 seconds in corrected time. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES- 
The annual meeting of the Interlake Y. A., of Lake Erie, 
was held at Sandusky, O., on Feb. 13, the following officers 
being elected: Commodore, S. O. Richardson, Toledo; Vice- 
Commodore, Henry Look, Detroit; Secretary-Treasurer, O. 
Schimansky, Sandusky; Rear-Commodore, George T. Bliss, 
Brie, Pa,; Fleet Captain, W. L. Otis, Cleveland; Measurer, J. 
W. Hepburn, Toledo; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. B. Beeman, Cleve- 
land. Regatta Committee: R. D. Potter, Toledo; Otto Bar- 
thel, Joseph Bressler, W. 6. Bean, Detroit, and G. F. Ander- 
son, Sandusky. The association formally voted to accept 
membership in the Yacht Racing Union, and the following 
delegates were elected: W. Radder, Cleveland; P. B. Hower, 
Buffalo, and S. H. Jones, Detroit. The Detroit Boat Club 
was admitted to membership. 
The decision of the courts by which the original verdict in 
the suit of C. C. Clark against Bayard Thayer, for damages 
in the collision of the schooners Idlewild and Constellation 
was set aside, has just been reversed by the Appellate Court, 
and the verdict of $4,500 for personal damages in Mr. Clark's 
favor stands, the allowance of $450 for damages to his yacht 
being set aside. 
Another new yacht has been ordered for the Seawanhaka 
20ft. class, to be designed by Gardner & Cox, for Com. Rouse 
and Colgate Hoyt, of the club. She will be a fin keel, and 
will be sailed by Sherman Hoyt, who handled Paprika so 
ably last season. Mr. Cox and F. M. Hoyt, owners of the 
new 51-footer Syce, wiU sail this week for Bermuda, taking 
Paprika with them. They propose to race her agaiftst the 
smallest class of Bermuda boats. 
