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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Maech 37, 1897. 
The Skipjack Myra. 
Wateeville, Me., March. IS.— Editor Forest and Stream: 
When I looked through my FoKEST And Stream to-day and 
found you had hy request republished the plans of Mr. 
Nason's Skipjack Myra, it occurred to me that perhaps you 
might like to know of some who had already built from the 
drawings as first published more than two years ago. I 
happened to buy that paper and received so much value from 
it that I have not missed one since, and now consider the 
Forest and Stream a fixture. 
I built my boat from the lines given, and as it was my first 
attempt at the business you may be sure I followed them 
pretty closely and made the boat as strong as I knew how. 
As a result I have a good boat, that is not expensive, that 
sails well and handles as well as the best of them, and is 
tight and comfortable in every way. 
I have used her for two years in one of the Belgrade ponds 
and expect to use her again the coming summer in the same 
place. 
Mr. Nason says he sails his boat mostly without ballast, 
but I use SOOlbs. of iron in mine and find it about right for 
our kind of sailing. C. B,. Caswell. 
and 
The Mediterranean Kaces. 
On March 12 the racing was off Cannes, with wind light 
N.E., course 24 miles. Britannia won the prize, 1,000 francs, 
offered by A, B. Walker, owner of Ailsa. The latter yacht 
was beaten by about 5m. On March 15, in a fresh N.E. wind, 
the two started for the Bennett-Goelet cup. During a long 
luffing match in the first round Britannia poked her bow- 
sprit into Ailsa's mainsail and both withdrew. On March 
17 the two again started from Cannes to Saint Tropez and 
return, 49 miles, the prize being offered by Pres. Faure. The 
wind wa.s fresh from the south, and Ailsa won by lOm. The 
Bennett-Goelet race was resailed on March 19 in a good S.E. 
breeze. The course was four turns of an 8-mile triangle. As 
it was necessary that three yachts must start, Mr. Goelet 
entered the small rater Serina. Ailsa won, beating Britannia 
by 8m. 
A Cruising' Schooner. 
The former owner of the fin-keel cutters Paralos and Pal- 
myra, previously illustrated in the Forest and Stream, 
Mr. Wm. F. Palmer, of Maiden, Mass., has now on the stocks 
at Wood Bros.' yard. East Boston, a new cruiser of some- 
what similar type. She will be 47ft over all, 34ft. l.w.l.. 13ft. 
beam, 5ft.. 4in. draft, with long and shoal fin of iron, some 
six tons in weight. The chief peculiarity of the yacht is her 
rig. She will carry a mainmast near the middle of "theL W.L., 
with a single jib on a club. This combination of full lines, 
fin-keel and schooner rig, should make a very roomy, hanrly 
and generally useful cruiser. Palmyra is now on the sale 
list, to make way for the new yacht, which will soon be 
afloat. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
If there were any doubt of the increasing popularity of 
yachting in the small classes, not only in this country, but in 
Great Britain, one need only take into consideration the 
steady growth in the number of builders making a specialty 
of small craft. This is perhaps the more marked in Great 
Britain, where owners are not only calling for a greater num- 
ber of boats, but are demanding each year a higher degree of 
knowledge and skill in design and construction. To meet 
this demand men who have gained distinction as amateur 
designers are now taking up designing as a permanent pro- 
fession. A conspicuous illustration of this is the announce- 
ment of the formation of the Burnham Yacht Building Co., 
at Burnham-on-Crouch, England, of which Mr. G. Umfre- 
ville Laws, A. I. N. A., is managing director. For several 
years Mr. Laws has had unusual success as an amateur de- 
signer of small racing craft, and where his boats have been 
in capable hands they have invariably made reputations for 
speed and seaworthiness. In the design and sailing 
of racing canoes Mr. Laws is without a rival in 
Great Britain. Last year, with his canoe Prucas III., he 
swept everything before him, winning the British Canoe 
Association challenge cup, and easily placing himself at the 
head of British canoe sailors. Associated v^ith him in his 
new vocation is Mr. J. A. Youl, a canoeist and yachtsman 
who has an enviable record for skill in the handling of small 
sailing craft. The works in Burnham are in charge of H. 
C. Smith, of Oxford yawl fame, whose business at Oxford 
the new company has taken over. The sailing course at 
Burnham is one of the very best in Great Britain for small 
raters. Four yacht clubs are located there, including the 
Royal Corinthian and the London Sailing Club. As many 
as 150 yachts may be found there at almost any time during 
the racing season. To appreciate the great popularity of 
small yachting in Great Britain one need only bear in mind 
the fact that it is by no means an uncommon thing for a 
successful small rater to win sixty prizes in one racing 
season. 
The New Haven Y. C. has elected the following officers: 
Com., Henry S. Parmelee; Vice-Corn., T. W. Hammer; Rear 
Com., George F. Eaton; Sec'y, Frank W. Guion; Treas., Geo. 
E Dudley; Meas., Edward P. Avery; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. W. 
W. Hawkes; Members of the Board of Trustees— Georee A. 
Maycock and Joseph D. Sargent; Regatta Committee — C. W. 
Rawson, P. N. Kinney and C. W. Webb. 
It is announced from Halifax that the silver cup presented 
to the Royal Halifax Yacht Squadron by the Prince of 
Wales in 1860, for annual competition among members, is to 
be made a prize for an international yacht race, under the 
express approval of his Royal Highness. The race is to take 
place at the entrance to Halifax harbor each year, and is to 
be open to the Royal Yacht Squadron of Great Britian and 
all recognized yacht clubs of Canada and the United States. 
The first contest is to take place during the summer of 1897. 
The rules governing the annual event are to be similar as far 
as possible to those governing international yachting con- 
tests. 
The Buzzard's Bay Yacht Agency has now in hand a fleet 
of one-design boats for members of the Yale Cor. Y. C. 
They will be of the Question type, 22ft. over all, 15Ct. l.w.l., 
6ft. Sin. beam and 6in. draft, with S50sq. ft. or sail. The 
club will race them off New Haven. 
Palmyra, fin-keel, is now offered foe sale by W, F. Palmer. 
This yacht was illustrated in the Forest and Stream of 
Feb. 1, 1896. She has a very large cabin, with aft headroom, 
on a draft of 4ft. Sin. She was carefully built under her 
owner's supervision, and is in all respects an admirable 
cruiser. 
A. C. A. Membership, 
Applications for membership may be made to the purser 
of the division in which the applicant resides on blanks fur- 
nished by purser, the applicant becoming a member provided 
no objection be made within fourteen days after his name 
has been officially published in the Forest and Stream. 
EASTERN DIVISION. 
Name. Residence. Club. 
Moses Colon Auburndale, Mass Wawbewawa. 
OENTRAl, DIVISION. 
F. C. Howe Peoria, lU Peoria. 
S. Pearson Peoria, 111. Peoria. 
Tournament at the Sportsmen's Exposition. 
DORFLER WINS THREE FIRSTS. 
The tournaTnentfor .22 short caliber rifles at Madison Square Gar- 
den, New York city, held under the auspices of the Sportsmen's Asso- 
ciation. March 13-80, is now a tbin^ of the past, and will pro down' on 
the records of the Association as "Milre Dorrler's Tournament." 
The veteran Jerseyman from GreenTille more than upheld his repu- 
tation a? one of the best men in the country with a .28 short, by plac- 
ing three firsts out of a possible four ro his' credit. He won first in 
the Individual Championship 100-shot match, gaining thereby the 
title of "Madison Square Champion, '97." together with a cash 'prize 
of $20 and a splendid Schuetzen rifle of the highest finish, manufac- 
tured and donated for the oreasion by the Winchegter Repeating 
Arms Company, of New haven. Conn. He also won the handsome 
bronze trophy donated by Gus Zimiuerman (himself a rifleman of 
more than national reputation) to tbe winner in the contest on the 
Zimmerman target. Dorrler. however, did not earn this victory 
easily, as he had to go up against a total of 66 that stood to the credit 
of Ohas. Horney. This total Dorrler could not beat on his 5 tickets, 
but he managed to tie with his very last target. On the shool-ofE 
Dorrler pufc up 07, beating his own tiS and winning the trophy, as 
Horney's "two best" were but 58 Dorrler's third first was in the 
buUspye competition. It is a coincidence worthy of note that in this 
contest also he had togotipagainstabuUseyemadeby Chas. Horney, 
a shot that measured only 18 degrees. On Saturday night (his lucky 
nipht) he made a shot that measured only 16 degrees, and thus went 
two points ahead oE Horney's shot. 
HOW THE TOURNAMENT WAS RTIN. 
The facilitie.-! for running such a tournament in Madison Square 
Garden are none of the best, space being limited and the ventilation 
far from what could be desired. The tournament committee had 
many things to contend wiih, the main thing being lack of due 
notice to prepare for such an undertaking as running a rifle tourna- 
the 46 were pretty nearly all the best shots with the .23 short rifle who 
live in the vicinity of New York city. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, 
Connecticut, the northern part of the State of New York, etc., were 
also in the hunt. Hartford, Conn., and Syracuse, N. Y., were both 
represented in the prize list for this contest. 
Early in the week L. Buss, of New York city, set the pace by put- 
ting- up a total of 2..381. and for some time this total was not passed by 
any competitor. Oo Wednesday afternoon Michael Dorrler, of the 
Greenville (N .1.) Rifle Club, and Fred C. Ross, of the Zettler Rifle 
Club, of New York city, both commenced their strings. Dorrler did 
not finish that night, but quit after firing five strings of 10 sho s, thn 
total for the 50 shots iriving him ^in averae:e of a traction better than 
243. Ross fired his 100 shots on Wednesday, bearing L. Buss's total 
by 2 points only Up to the end of his eighth string he had an aver- 
age of almost i40, and it was conQdentiy expected that he would 
leave a mark of at least 2,400 for Dorrler to go after. The unexpected 
haopened, and Ross fell to S35 and 239 in his ninth and tenth strings, 
his total reaching 3,.S'-3. 
On Friday evening Dorrler set to work again and fired his remain- 
ing 50 shots. The regularity of his shooting showed true champion- 
ship form: onlv once did he drop below 340. and that once was in his 
ninth string, when he had the match practically won and the first 
prize and the tropliy cinched. The Greenville men were happy, and 
the members of the other clubs plainly showed how popular Dorrler 
is with riflemen by applauding his work to the echo. His average 
for the 100 shots was 24i.l. His 10 targets, shown in these columns, 
tell their own tale 
L. Flach, of the Zettler Club, the fourth man, started in with a 2.38, 
but spoiled his average with 1 wo consecutive strings of 3.31 on hia 
second and third targets. In his next two strings he pulled out two 
2408, but fell to 234 in his sixth string. Scores of 341, 233, 340 and 239, 
to close with, brought his total up to 2,.3<a, 9 points behind L. Buss for 
third place. Flaoh ,<5hot bisstriag of TOO shois early in the tourna- 
ment, h. P. Hansen, of Jersey City, shot very steadily and averaged 
2.36, his total carrying him into fifth place. ' W. Rosenbaum, one of 
the best shots in the Miller Bifle Club, of Hoboken, N. J., and the 
Hudson Rifle Club, of Marion. N. J., took sixth place with 2,357, his 
total being a ?reat disappointment to many of his friends, who had 
looked to Buffalo Bill for a better average. It is only fair to Rosen- 
baum to state that he was busy all the week assisting in running the 
revolver contests, which were held on the same dates as the rifle 
DOEBLER'S WINNING TARGETS IN THE SHOOT-OFF OF THE TIE FOR THE ZIMMERMAN TROPHY. 
ment on a large scale really is. Under the circumstances tbe com- 
mittee had to throw Itself upon the indulgence of its quests, and ask 
them to make the best of what it had to offer them. The chief point 
lacking was the scarcity of ranges it being impossible to locate more 
than four ranges in the space apportioned to the committee in the 
basement of the Garden. 
The ranges were in charge of the Zettler Bros., two men who are 
too well known among riflemen of 1 his continent to need any further 
comment on our part. Geo. W. Plaiited was behind the cashier's 
desk and handled tickets and cash during the entire shoot. Save for 
the necessary interval for supper. Mr. Plaisted was never absent 
from bis post, selling tickets, raking in the cash and shaking hands 
wi h old and new friends. Nicolaus Mingst, under the supervision of 
Messrs Zettler Bros., built the ranges, and his work was all that could 
be asked. 
The tournament committee having charge of the arrangements 
was constituted as follows: H. D. Muller, chairman; Edward Banks, 
secretary; Gus Zimmerman, B. Waltber. C. G. Zet ler, G. W. Plaisted, 
B. Busse, Ignatz Martin, R. H. Dewey. William Dalton, H Mahlen- 
brock, C. Boag. A. Ludwig, D. Meerse and WiUiam Hayes. Mr. 
Mullermadean indefatigable chairman, while Gus Zimmerman, R 
Busse, William Dalton and Charlie Zettler were always on hand to do 
their part of the work in running the tournament. Barney Walther, 
D. Meerse, C. Boag, Ignatz Martin and other members of the com- 
mittee were also willing at all times to give a helping hand. There 
was also plenty of assistance forthcoming when the department 
behind the cashier's desk was in need of it. The thanks of the com- 
mittee are specially due to Mr. C. Gensch, of Madison, N. .1., for his 
very able assistance as a volunteer for the clerical work of keeping 
the records of scores made. 
A FDfANCIAi SUCCESS. 
This tournament, known as "The First Annual," was onlv an ex- 
periment. The Sportsmen's Association realized that something in 
this line was needed, and that contests of this sort are always of bene- 
fit to any branch of sp^rt; hence it decided to call togecher a com- 
mittee and set it to work. The venture was (to the Association at 
least) an unknown quantity. The first day's work, Saturday, March 
13, was a revelati m to the officers of the Sportsmen's Association, 
and the fact that the week's tournament was a thorough flnanciai 
success is none the less pleasing to them. 
It will not be out of place to state here that the entire receipts of 
the rifle tournament will, after all expenses have been paid, be held 
in trust by the Association until March, 189?, when it will be placed at 
the disposal of a new committee, to be appointed for the purpose of 
managing "The Second Annual." We make this statement in order 
that there may be no misapprehension on this point, it not being a 
part of the Association's policy to rob Peter to pay Paul. Plans for 
the tournament in 1P9S have already been formulated, and for the in- 
formation of out-of-town riflemen we may also state that the pro- 
gramme will contnin several new features," such as contests for .33 
long rifles, telescope sights, team matches, and so on. We might also 
add that the nuniber of ranges wdl run into double figures. It will 
be a Sohuetzenfesc indeed, a fitting forerunner to the great gathering 
of riflemen at Glendale Park or wherever the National Schuetzenfest 
will be held during the summer of 1898. 
THE RKFBBBB COMMITTEE. 
An important branch of the management of this tournament must 
not be overlooked. That was the referee committee, made up as fol- 
lows: Gus Zimmerman, chairman: R. Busse. Wm Dalton, C. G 
Zettler and H. Mahlenbrock. As might be expecterl. when men of 
the class which competed in this tournament are shooting for prizes, 
the dudes of this committee were extremely light. The few knotty 
points that did arise were decided quickly and (equitably. A fair 
field and no favor was the motto which the committee nailed to its 
masthead, and it lived up to the terms of that motto. 
Nothing more remains to be sail in regard to this tournament be- 
fore passing on to a review of each contest separ.ately. Id was a sue 
cess in every respect, but— wait un'il .^larch, 1898! 
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP HATCH. 
The contest for the Sportsmen's Association's championship was 
naturally the mosti nteresting feature of the tournament. An entry 
Utat 46 was arget nough to satisfy the expectations of the tourna- 
I : ; ► laltlee, 50 being the outside limit to be looked for. Among 
tournament. George Purkees, of the Greenville, N. J., Rifle Club, 
stepped into seventh place late on Saturday evening, his total being 
2..345. At on" time it looked as if he would land still higher up the 
list, but totals of 238 and 237 in bis sixth and eighth strings put a 
damper on such hopes Greenvill". however, was quite satisfied with 
first and seventh places in the championship contest. 
H. M^ Pope, of Hartford, Conn., arrived at the Garden late in the 
week, but lost no time in getting on to the Ring target to find out how 
he was "holding." He finished in eighth place for the lOO shot match 
with an average of 333.9. Dr. Stillman, of Syracuse, N. Y , finished 
in ninth place. 2 points behind Mr. Pope. G D. Wigmann, of Newark, 
N. J., made a total of S,.333. taking tenth and last place in the bst of 
prize winners in the Individual Championship contest. Below are the 
totals of thie winners: 
THE TEN PRIZE WINNERS. 
M Dorrler, Greenville, N J , . . . . 
F C Boss, New York eilty 
L Buss, New York city 
Louis Flach, New York city 
L P Hansen, Jersey City 
W Bosenbaum, New York city, ...,4... 
G Purkess, Greenville, N. J 
H MPope, Hartford, Oonn.^ 
Dr Stfllman, Syracuse, N. Y. . ^. 
G D Wigmann, Newark, N. J. .......... 
..238 
243 
. S<0 
S.35 
23fi 
..838 
2:^4 
..838 
2,36 
..2!r 
'-•37 
..23^ 
2^8 
..S34 
235 
..338 
233 
..2?6 
230 
240 
344 
239 
rag 
2'H 
243 
231 
241 
'.3-! 
3 '8 
2?5 
238 
238 
235 
a:HO 
328 
239 
233 
2-S5 
286 
240 246 
243 s':-y 
339 241 
241 2.35 
237 24.0 
234 241 
231 240 
235 340 
2 6 236 
340 339 
i37 
23? 
338 
a>r 
5 86 
234 
ii,35 
943 
236 239 
234 234 
333 231 
238 238 
233 233 
828 236 
245 
24 »— 3431 
345 
239 -2883 
3M(i 
241-2.381 
240 
3.39-2372 
337 
233-2360 
241 
S'40~835r 
23i 
333-2345 
231 
S.38— 2339 
241 
233— 2837 
388 
234- 2333 
RIFLES AMD AMMUNITION. 
Tbe followingtable shows the rifle and ammunition used by each 
of the above ten prize winners: 
Bifle. Ammunition. 
Michael Dorrler Stevens Ideal U. MO. 
Fred C Ross Ballard Peters 
L Bu.«s ..Ballard W. R.A. 
LoLii^Flacli Ballard....- ,.W. R. A. 
L P Hansen ..Ballard W. K. A. 
WRosenbaum Ballard. Peters. 
George Purkess .W. R A. 
H M Pope Winchester Peters . 
Dr A A Stillman,... , W, R. A. 
GD Wigmann ...Ballard W, R. A. 
OTHER RKCORDS OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 
The scores made by the thirty-six competitors who ditj not get a 
place in this match are given below in fii'l: 
SW Burton 
S Buzziiii, New York city. 
P di Jorio, New York, city 
J G D illm , Radnor, Pa . . , 
D H Fanning, Brooklyn . 
17 
199 
906 
816 
20fl 
213 
200 
229 
214-2090 
3:'6 
235 
237 
328 
230 
386 
2 0 
33^ 
2 6 
2.30-9306 
230 
2?8 
2^'5 
229 
2,3! 
2 3 
231 
23i 
239 
217-2260 
319 
319 
218 
203 Retired. 
235 
2'H 
223 
281 
237 
929 
331 
f36 
'•36 
3)3-2310 
.217 
2 9 
2 6 
Retired, 
218 
235 
2or 
218 
333 
223 
2 8 
337 
225 
3. '6 
394 
211 
317 
208 
8J3 
221 
331 
217 
S30 
926 
SlTE't'd, 
196 
184 
183 
19 i 
172 
216 
233 
199 
203 
233—1990 
315 
22i 
225 
228 
2-i7 
f 35 
229 
2n 
220 
241-2246 
227 
334 
236 
S34 
x33 
2J6 
3'<5 
231 
834—22^4 
