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FOREST AND STREAlvx. 
[June 12. 1897. 
It will be noticed that, with "fairness" characteristic of 
such disputes, the strikers first demand all that they ask for 
and intimate that they will accept nothing else, and next, 
that in the appointment of the joint committee the employ- 
ers shall number as three to five of either class, and that the 
workmen agreeing jointly to make any other demands 
would put the employers in a minority of ten in a committee 
of thirteen members. All the shipwrights of the port are 
out except a few in the docks, who form a very small minor- 
ity of the total number. 
The principal new work at Southampton is the new racing 
cutter for Charles Day Rose, at Fay's yard. Of coiirse this 
dispute vfdll delay her considerably. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Bajah, steam yacht, has been sold to J. B. Dickinson, who 
has changed her name to Marcella. 
The backwardness of the season has evidently failed to 
communicate itself to the Pewaukee Y. C. That enter- 
prising organization has already issued invitations to the 
Oconomowoc Y. C, Oconomowoc Lake Club, the Pine Lake 
Y. C. and the Okauchee Y. C. to become contestants in a 
grand interlake regatta to be sailed on Pewaukee Lake this 
season, at a date not yet announced. The first of such inter- 
lake events among^\ these lakes was sailed in 1894, on Lake 
Oconomowoc; the second on Pine Lake, in 1895, and the third 
on Lac la Belle last season. Only one such has been given 
in any one season; each has been a great event socially, as 
well as from a yachting standpoint, and each has been 
greater in both respects than its predecessor. In other 
Words, regattas of the genus interlake have had a rapid and 
persistent growth in public favor, and have become an 
established institution in local yachtdom. Although the 
host club in the prospective event is one of the youngest of 
the local organizations, it manifests a large amount of 
energy, and evidently does not intend to be forestalled in 
the honor of giving the interlake event of the season of 1897. 
Ten new yachts have been built or are in process of build- 
ing for its members this spring.— CMcagro Times-Herald. 
We print the following for what it is worth; the details 
are highly improbable, and so far as is known no schooner 
yacht has been recently in the locality mentioned: 
"TAMPA, Fla., May 80.— A passenger from Key West re- 
ports considerable excitement there over the report brought 
in by a sponge vessel of a strange wreck twenty miles south- 
west near the Fish Light Banks. As told there the sponge 
divers were after sponges, when they found this vessel lying 
in 30 or 40ft. of water. She was a new yacht of trim shape 
and schooner-rigged. Her decks showed evidences of hasty 
flight, all boats being missing, and the masts gone by the 
board. The cabins were luxuriously furnished, and in a 
stateroom was seen the corpse of a young girl in her night 
raiment, showing that she was drowned at night. The 
silverware of the vessel and other furnishings were of the 
handsomest. The vessel seemed intact, save a slight place 
near the bows, where the lower timbers were crushed in, but 
not enough, the divers think, to have caused her to sink so 
quickly. Holes were found in her hull which were sufficient 
to have sunk her. They seemed to have been made by an 
auger or something similar, it is said. The divers are a 
superstitious class, and they did not remain long enough 
even to get the boat's name, but hurried away as soon as 
they discovered the corpse in the cabin. It was stated that 
an expedition was going out from Key West at once to search 
for it and investigate the matter. No wreck was reported to 
Key West, and the matter is a great mystery there." 
The new Chicago fin-keel, Blade, owned by Vice-Com. Ildo 
Ramsdell, has been launched and completed. She is very 
similar to the Herreshoflt SO-footers of last year, but was de- 
signed by Jos. I. Myer, of Chicago, and built by Mr. Rams- 
dell himself with the aid of two friends, Henry and Sidney 
Davis, who have worked on her at night and on holidays 
through the winter. She is 45ft. over all, 30ft. l.w.l., 8ft. 4in. 
beam, and 1ft. lOin. draft of hull, total draft, 8ft. The fin 
carries 5,0001bs. of lead. The sail area is l,000sq. ft., in main- 
sail and jib. The construction is similar to the Herreshoif 
boats, bent keel and frames, but with cypress planking. 
The general appearance of hull, cabin house, etc. , are very 
like the thirties. The spars are all hollow. The yacht will 
be raced on Lake Michigan this season. 
Hiawatha II., designed and built by C. L. Seabury & Co. 
for Charles Fleischmann, made her builder's trial on May 27 
on the Hudson. With 1951bs. of steam she made about 
eighteen miles on a run of three hours, the contract calling 
for a speed of seventeen miles on a continuous run of that 
time, 
Lorelei, sloop, Chas. A. Schieren, Jr., designed byH. C. 
Wintringham, was launched on May 37 at the yard of the 
Greenport Basin & Construction Co. 
On May 29 the steam yacht Ituna, A. V. Armour, was in 
collision with the tug Red Ash, of the Central R. R. of N. J., 
with a car float in tow. The tug was bound down and the 
yacht up the East River, meeting off the Battery. The 
proper signals were exchanged, but the yacht struck the 
pilothouse of the tug, nearly carrying it away. The yacht 
lost some of her headgear, but sustained no serious damage. 
The collision occurred in a strong tideway. 
The race of the Atlantic Y, C. for the Adams cups, set for 
June 5, was postponed indefinitely for lack of wind. The 
next race of the series is scheduled for June 26. 
Lufra, Ketch, Sir Cecil Miles, arrived in New York harbor 
on June 2 and anchored off Stapleton, Staten Island. She 
left Cowes on Dec. 29, calling at Gibraltar and Madeira and 
then spent the winter in the West Indies. Her owner left 
her at Bermuda, returning home by steamer, the yacht com- 
ing to New York and meeting bad weather on the passage. 
She is 120ft. over all, 108ft. l.w.l., 22ft. beam and about 10ft. 
draft. Capt. R. Root, who is in command, was master of 
Mr. Asbury's schooner Cambria when she sailed for the 
America's Cup in 1870. After refitting Lufra will sail for 
England. 
The secretary of the Royal Canadian Y. C. has sent out the 
following notice: *'I beg to advise you that in view of the fact 
that this is the jubilee year of her most gracious majesty 
Queen Victoria, and also that there will be no competition 
for the Queen's cup between yachts over 42ft. corrected 
length, the Royal Canadian Y. C. , with the object of widen- 
ing competition and benefiting yachting as a whole, is will- 
ing to forego its claim in this respect and throw the race open 
to all classes. It has been decided, with the consent of his 
Excellency the Governor-General, to celebrate the jubilee of 
her Majesty by holding the race for the cup on June 23 at 
Toronto, subject to the terms and conditions governing the 
same and under the auspices of this club. The course will 
be as follows; Start at 11 o'clock A. M. off east pier of Eastern 
Gap, over a triangular course 41-6 miles each leg; twice 
around; 25 miles." 
Carrie, steam yacht, built by Brown & Son, at Tottenville, 
Staten Island, for Capt. I. J. Merritt, was launched on June 
5. She is of wood, 96ft. over all, 7i5ft. l.w.l., 15ft. 7in. beam, 
with schooner rig. Her engines will be put in at Camden. 
The new steam pilot boat designed by A. Gary Smith 
made her preliminary trial on June 3, from Harlan & Hol- 
lingsworth's yard, Wilmington. A run of 7 miles on the 
Delaware de's^loped 896 H. P., with a speed of 14.18 miles. 
The contract speed was 11 miles, with not less than 800 H. 
P. The vessel will be in commission in a week or two. She 
is a novelty, the first of a new type, superseding the famous 
fleet of sailing pilot boats. She promises to be a credit to her 
builders and in every way an interesting vessel, a.nd yet her 
owners have been able to find no better name for her than the 
worn and hackneyed "New York." 
Namouna, steam yacht, James Gordon Bennett, sailed 
from New York on June 1 for the Azores. 
The Daimler Motor Co. launched on May 29 the yacht 
Owasco, built for P. L, Humphrey, and on June 3 the yacht 
Argatee, built for H. S. Thompson. 
Lasca, schr., J. S. Watson, was at Venice on May 18 with 
her owner and family on board. She was to sail in a few 
days for Southampton. 
the body 4, half-way above the waist line 3, in the heart circle 5, be- 
low the waist line 3 and in the legrs 8. 
The markings, as shown by dotted lines, will be indistinct, and 
each competitor will be required to judge for himself the location of 
the scoring points. He will be able to see the figure, but not the 
markings, the object of this being to compel the men to make quick 
calculations when firing. E. Hough. 
1206 BoYCE Building, Chicago. 
A Canoeing Fatality. 
The following, from the Hamilton, Out., Times , is inter- 
esting only as showing the folly of such performances, in- 
volving serious risk to no good purpose: 
A man named James Sickles was drowned in the Grand 
River at Brantford on May 24, at 11 o'clock, in the presence 
of 1,000 spectators. For some time Sickles had been giving 
exhibitions by shooting the dam in the river at the Lome 
bridge in an ordinary canoe. The dam, which has a fall of 
about 8ft., runs across the river about 50ft. below the Lome 
bridge. Sickles had been in the habit of advertising his 
daring feat, and after bringing a crowd to the river banks, 
taking up a collection, and in return whetting the people's 
taste for excitement by shooting the dam. On two former 
occasions he performed the feat with success. He was an- 
nounced to repeat the trick at 11 o'clock to-day. Shortly be- 
fore that hour at least 1,000 people lined the banks and the 
neighboring bridges. Sickles ventured out in his frail bark at 
the advertised hour. The current carried him quickly down 
stream, and amid the applause of the crowd the canoe shot 
the dam. It instantly upset, however, and the occupant was 
caught in the swirl of the fall and buried under the water. 
The boat came to the surface, but Sickles never rose again. 
The drowning alarm box was immediately pulled, and the 
lifeboat crew promptly responded. The boat was quickly 
rowed to the place, but no signs of the unfortunate man 
could be seen. The grappling lines were at once thrown out, 
but inasmuch as the boat could not go near enough to the 
falls, it was impos.sible to recover the body for nearly three 
hours, when, of course, nothing could be done. Sickles was 
a private in the Dufferin Rifles, a married man; and a sad 
incident of the affair was that his wife was a witness of his 
drowning. 
A. C. A. MembersMp. 
Applications for membership may be made to the purser 
of the division in which the applicant resides on blanks fur- 
nished by purser, the a,pplicant becoming a member provided 
no objection be made within fourteen days after his name 
has been officially published in the Forest and Steeam, 
EASTERN DIVISION. 
Name. Residence. Club. 
George W. Ellard Woburn, Mass Innitou C. C. ' 
George Owen, Jr Providence, R. I Lawrence C. G. 
Wm. D. Wright Boston ,. 
A. E. Bailey Boston 
Geo. H. Prazier Boston 
H. P. Poore Lawrence Lawrence C. C, 
Roland H. Sherman. ...Lawrence Lawrence C. C. 
James Lauigan, Jr Lawrence Lawrence C. C. 
Wm. M. L. McAdams. .Newton 
Wm. W. Burridge Lawrence 
ATLANTIC DIVISION. 
Woolsey Carmalt New York City 
Halbert E. Payne New York City 
W. S. Benson New York City 
Frank G. Palmer New York City 
Robert Gilchrist Bayonne, N. J..,.,, 
The Atlantic Division Cruise. 
Owing to lack of space we are compelled to postpone until 
next week the account of the very successful cruising meet 
of the Atlantic Division. 
ChicasTO Police Revolver . Contest. 
CmcAGO, III., May 39.— A morning paper of this city has inaugu- 
rated a revolver champion.ship contest for the city police force, offer- 
ing as prizes for the same gold and silver medals of some value. The 
contest is to be held under the auspices of the Chicago Shooting Club, 
at Burnside Park, shooting beginning at a P. M. of June 10 The con- 
ditions are printed as below: 
"1, The compelition for medals offered by the Chicago Record will 
take place at the grounds of the Chicago Shooting Club, Eighty-ninth 
street, Burnside, June 10, 2 o'clock P. M. 
"2. The firing will be under the direct control of the range oflfteer, 
who will have general supervision of the marking and scoring of the 
shots 
"3. During the pi-ogress of the competition no one except the com- 
petitors, judges and score-keepers will be allowed on the tiring point. 
"4. The squads of competitors will be stationed 10yds. in rear of the 
firing point, where each competitor must remain until called by the 
score keeper to take his position at the firing point, and he will re- 
main at the firing point until his score is completed. No map will 
draw his weapon until commanded so to do by the range ofHcer. 
"5. Talking will not be permitted at the firing point, and protests 
must be made to the range officer at once. Final appeals from the 
decisions of the range officer must be made in writing by the division 
inspector of police and forwarded through the range officer to the 
judges of the competition. 
"6. The competitors shall comprise ten men from each of the five 
police divisions, including headquarters, to be certified to five days 
prior to the competition by the division inspectors to the judges. 
These certificates shall be addressed, 'Judges Police Marksmanship 
Contest,' and must be delivered at The Record office witfuu the pre- 
scribed time. 
"7. Each competitor must wear the regular fatigue uniform of the 
department, and must use the revolver habitually carried for thirty 
days prior to the competition. Policemen assigned to duty in citi- 
zens' dress wUl be recognized by^ their star numbers and will not be 
required to wear the uniform. 
'•8, Each competitor shall fire five shots, ofli-hand. Three shots 
shall be fired at a distance of 100ft. from the target, and two shots 
shall be fired while advancing upon the target at double-time when 
the command to fire is given by the" range ofHcer. 
"9, The target shall be of the standing silhouette pattern, described 
as target 'D,' 'Firing Regulations for Small Arms for the United States 
Army,' Part 4, Chapter 1. 
"10. The competitor baving the highest score in each division shall 
reeive one of the silver medals offered by the /ieco?-d, and these five 
men shall compete under ihe foregoing rules for the gold medal. 
"11. In the event of ties the scores must be fired over. 
"I'J. Ar.hurM, Chamberlin, Second Lieutenant IsC Infantry, lUinois 
National Guard , is hereby detailed as range ofHcer. He will be obeyed 
and respected accordingly. 
"By order of the Board of Judges. 
"Henry L, Turner, Colonel 1st Infantry, I N. Q. 
"George M. Moulton, Colonel 3d Infantry, I. N. G. 
'•MARCtis Kavauauqh, Colonel 7th Infantry, I. N. G. 
"Alfred Bussell, Major Artillery Battalion, I. N. Q. 
"Ed-ward 0. Young, Major Oavaiiy Battalion, I. N. G." 
The style of target to be used in the competition will be a full- 
iength figure, A shot in the head will count 5, in the upper part of 
Wahnetah Rifle and Revolver Club. 
Philadelphia, Pa., May 26.— The following soore.s were made to- 
day by members of the Wahnetah Rifle and Revolver Club: 
C Briney, Jr 9 7 8 7 10 7 9 7 10 7-81 
PYost , 8 10 97 10 9686 8-81 
T Wallace......... ... 9 10 9 8 6 8 7 6 8 8-79 
I Yost 10 98767565 5-68 
Devoe 9. 10 10 9 9 8 8 6 6 6—81 
May S9. — The following scores were made to-day: C. Briney Jr., 87 
and 83; James Stocks S5 and 76; C. Briney, Sr., Si and 78. 
A combined revolver and rifle match was also shot to-day for the 
championship of Midvale Steelworks, the contestants being P. F, 
Y'ost and Thomas Wallace The scores shov that Mr l'"ost won 
easUy. The conditions were: Yost, 38cal. revolver, 15yds ; Wallace, 
.33cal. revolver, 10yds. The rifles were both shot at 25yds. range: 
Scores" 
P F Yost— Revolver. 
10 9967. 5 6595878877887 —139 
Rifle. 
6 9 10 8 7 10 9 10 9 6 8 7 9 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 9 988 8-208 
T Wallace— Revolver. 
10 989 10 875057 10 868 10 6 10 
Rifle. 
10 9567988 5687695688 
347 
142 
8 9 9 -162 
304 
A team match between C. Briney, Jr., and James Yost against 
Thomas Wallace and P. F. Y'^ost, resulted as follows, both teams 
using .22-caliber revolvers at the 12yds range: 
C Briney, Jr. revolver 91, rifle 119, total 310 
J Y'ost revolver 69, rifle 131 , total 190-400 
PYost ......*..„......., revolver 8.3, rifle 1S3, total 206 
T Wallace.... 4 revolver 41, rifle 131, total 172-378 
J. S. Sheets, Sec'y. 
Zimmerman and Ross. 
Qus Zimmerman and Fred 0. Ross, two of the best known rifleshots 
in this country, will leave on June 17 for Niirnburg, Germany, where 
they wi l take part in the international meeting to be held in that city 
July 4-11. 
Zimmerman has been across the sea several times and has been 
uniformly successful, but this is Rosa's first attempt so far as we 
know. He is practising daily, and expresses himself as satisfled with 
his work. The work of this pair in the INiirnburg festival will be 
watched with the closest interest by those they leave behind. 
If you want your shoot to be announced here 
send In notice like the following: 
FIXTURES. 
.June 15-18.— Cleveland, O.— Fom-th annual tournament of the 
Chamberlin Cartridge and Target Company. 
June 16-17.— Fargo, N D.— Third annual tournament of the North 
Dakota Sportsmen's Association. Targets, W. W. Smith, Sec'y. 
June 17-20.— ANACONDA, Mont.— Thirteenth annual tournament of 
the Sportsmen's Association of the Northwest and fourth annual 
tournament of the Montana State Sportsmen's Association, under the 
auspices of the Anaconda Gun Club. $1,500 added. C. A, Tuttle, Sec'y, 
June 22.- Ogden, 111.— Second annual tournament of the Ogden 
Gun Club. Wm. McKinley, Sec'y. 
June 22-25.— Oil City, Pa.— Seventh annual tournament of the 
Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of 
the Oil City Gun Club. Targets and live birds. Black powder 
barred. Special event: 25 live birds per man. $25, $1,000 guaranteed. 
Send entries to H. C. Reeser, Sec'y, Oil City. Pa. 
June 30.- BaiDGEPORT, Conn.— Third tournament of the Connecticu 
Trap-Shooters' Association, under the auspices of the Bridgeport 
Gun Club. 
July 1.- Shbhbrooke, Quebec. — Sberbrooke's grand annual. Inan- 
imates. Open to all amateurs. C. H. Foss, Sec'y, Sherbrooke, P. Q, 
July 8-5.— Mitchell, S. D.— Tournament of the W. J. Healey Hard- 
ware Co. 
July 5.— Otttimwa, la.— All-day shoot of the Ottumwa Gun Club. 
Open to all, 
July 5.— Buffalo, N. Y.— All day invitation target shoot of the 
Bison Gun Club. C. H. Werlin, Sec'y, 1634 Br oadway, Buffalo, 
July 7-8.— Indianapolis, Ind.— Tournament of the Trap-Shooters' 
League of Indiana, under the auspices of the Limited Gun Olub. 
Royal Robinson, Sec'y. 
July 14-15.— New Havsn, Conn.— Tournament of the Interstate Aa- 
oeiation, under the auspices of the New Haven Gun Club. Wm. H. 
Hazel, Sec'y. 
July 1 0-2-.;,— PiNfi Bltjpf, Ark.— Seventh annual tournament of the 
Arkansas State Sportsmen's Association. Added money announced, 
later. Paul R Litzke, Sec'y, Little Rock, Ark. 
July 20-23.— Clear Lake, la.— First annual Indian Welf shoot 
Three days targets; one day live birds. $500 added. For programmes 
and parlieulars write to C. M. Grimm, Clear Lake, la. 
July 21-32 —Orawfobdsville, Ind.— Tournament of the Trap-Shoot- 
ers' League of ludiana, under the auspices of the Crawfordsville 
Gun Club. Chas. E Lacey, Sec'y. 
July 22.— Meadville, Pa.— Fourth tournament of the Pennsylvania 
and Ohio Border Gun League. Geo. H. Jones, Sec'y. 
Aug. 4-5.— Lewiston, Me.— Tournament of the Interstate Associa- 
tion, under the auspices of the Androscoggin Gim Club. 
Aug, 4-5.— Indiana Mineral Springs, Ihd.— Indiana Mineral Springs 
tournament. Ben O Bush, Manager. 
Aug. 17-19.— Toronto, Canada,— Tournament of the R. A. MeCready 
Co., Ltd. Targets. $1,000 guaranteed. Open to all. Write for pro- 
grammes. 
Aug. 18-19.— Warsaw, Ind.— Tom-nament of the Lake City Gun 
Club. W. A. Wineberer, Sec'y. 
Aug. 19. — Wahren, O.— Fifth tournament of the Pennsylvania and 
Ohio Border Gun League. Geo. H, Jones, Sec'y. 
Aug. 25-26.— Montpexier, Vt. — Tournament of the Interstate Asso- 
ciation, under the auspices of the MontpeQier Gim Club. 
Sept 6. — ^Mbbidbn, Conn. — Third annual Labor Day tournament of 
the P&rker Gun Club. • 
Sept. 15-16.— POBTSMOtrrH, N. H.— Tournament of the Interstate 
Association, under the auspices of the Portsmouth Gun Club. 
Sept. 28-'49.— Indianapolis, Ind.— Tournament of the Trap-Shooters' 
League of Indiana, under the auspices of the Limited Gun Club. 
Royal Robinson, Sec'y. 
Oct. 6-8.— Newburgh,N. Y.— Annual fall tournament of the West 
Newbm'gh Gun and Rifle Association. First two days, targets; third 
day, live birds. $50 average money to three high guns m all pro- 
gramme target events. Open to all. 
Oct. 1.3-14.— Greensburg, Ind,— Shooting tournamentof theGreenS" 
burg Gun Club. Web. Woodflll, Sec'y. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
H. L. Gates, of Utica, N. Y., sent us three weeks ago a 
long attack on the Rose system, the full text of that com- 
munication appearing in our last issue. As explained in 
another portion of these columns, the letter should have 
been withheld until after the conclusion of the Auburn 
shoot, Mr. Gates being afraid that it might be construed 
into an attack on the methods proposed for running that 
shoot. Personally, we don't think Mr. Gates's arguments 
will have kept a single desirable shooter away from the 
State shoot, while on the other hand it may have had the 
effect of increasing the attendance by calling out some of 
the class of shooters for whom such shoots are supposed to 
be provided. 
The Riveriiide Gun Club, of Red Bank, N. J., and the Cen- 
tral Gun Club, of Long Branch, N. J., shot a 10-men team 
race on Decoration Day on the grounds of the Red Bank 
club. The conditions were 50 targets per man, 500 to the 
team. Riverside won easily, scoring 373 to Sli. Oscar Hesse, 
President of the Walsrode Powder Company in this country, 
a member of the Red Bank Gun Club, was high, with 46 out 
of a possible 50. 
