Oct. 16, 1897,] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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A Successful "One-Desigrn" Class. 
How MUCH may "be aocomplished in the way of keen racing 
and lively sport by a comparatively inexpensive restricted 
class is shown by the success which has attended the Cohasset 
y. C. in the past two seasons. In the winter of 1895-6 this 
club established a one-design class, and over a dozen boats 
were built by James Mclntyre. The design was that of 
Scarecrow, by" "W. P. Stephens, as i5ublished in the FOBEST 
AND Stream, adapted to 15ft. racing length, rigged witb 
mainsail and jib, but no bowsprit. For two seasons the class 
has provided regular racing every week, a club series of fif- 
teen races being sailed this year. Incidentally, it has pro- 
vided a very acceptable substitute for the previous mixed 
fleet of larger boats, of snch varying sizes and rigs that no 
fair racing was po.osible. It has also served to open the way 
for a new fleet, of either one-design yachts or of uniform 
measurement, and of larger size. There are clubs by the 
dozen throughout the country which could well profit by a 
similar experiment. The Boston Glohe gives the following 
summary of the class: 
No more interesting racing for those participating in it, 
or for those interested in the performance of boats in the 
"one-design" classes, has been furnished than by the Cohas- 
set "half-raters." These little 15-footers have been raced in 
all sorts of weather, and with a persistency which sjteaks 
volumes for the enthusiasm of their owners, as well as being 
in itself a proof of the sport which a "one-design" class can 
furnish. The wins have also been well split up, and the 
racing so close as to make the winning of the championship 
a matter of doubt until well toward the end of the season. 
Fifteen championship races were sailed, and six of the ten 
boats in the class competed in fourteen of them. Another 
boat had eleven starts, two had six each and one had five. 
There were two races with nine starters, seven with eight 
starters, four vrith seven starters, one with six and one with 
four, an average of seven out of the ten boats right through 
the season. The times show that in many of the races the 
wins and places were a matter of seconds. 
For the winning of the champion.ship, the Y. R. A. system 
of percentage— 100 for first place, 50 for second and 25 for 
third — was adopted by the association which has controlled 
the racing, and the result has been satisfactory. The Glnhc 
presents the tables of the racing in the class, by both the Y. 
R. A. and the "cross" tables. The rank of the three leading 
boats is the same by both tables. In the second table, Mer- 
maid, Hoodoo and Jap tie on series lost and won, and also in 
their series with each other, so that it is a case of "even up" 
in that respect between them, and they are therefore ranked 
on their standing in the first table. In table No. 1, no boat 
is credited with a place unless she defeated a competitor. In 
table No. 2, read across for wins and down for losses. 
Swallow's championship has been fairly won by any me- 
thod of ranking, and her win for the second time is due 
largely to the fact that her owner has raced her for all she 
was worth, and that he was in earnest to win in every race 
sailed. She won all of her series with the other boats, and 
also won the race on Sept. 18. the last race of the season, for 
a cup ofi'ered by Ralph B. Williams, owner of Delta. 
Her closest competitor has been Blink, which was onlv 
eight seconds behind in the race for the Williams cup. Blink 
bas won all her series save that with Mermaid, and is close 
up in the matter of percentage. 
Delta is a good third, losing only to Swallow and Blink. 
What will be the future of the class is now a bit uncertain 
for some of the owners are talking 21ft. knockabouts, and 
will probably build them. They will wait, however, until 
it is seen whether or not the Knockabout Association is to 
make any change in its restrictions, and will then decide 
either for keel boats for that class or for centerboards much 
after the Buzzards Bay. style. 
COHAS.SET IEFT. class— record 1897— TABLE 1. 
Starts. ]st. 2d. 8d. 4th. 5th. 6th. Av. 
Swallow .....M 5 12 2 11 .459 
Blink 14 2 7 1 a 1 .. .410 
Delta...... 14 H 1 2 1 4 .. .286 
Mermaid ..........14 2 2 ^ 2 .. 1 .868 
Jap ,...,.14 2 .. 2 .3 4 3 .178 
Hoodoo 14 .. 3 2 .1 8 3 .143 
Ree .-.11 1 .. 2 1 1 a .1.36, 
Mungo 6 .. 1 2 .OiO 
Honey.............. S .. .. 1 .. .. 1 .025 
Sea Gull e .. .. .. .. .. .. .... 
Mermaid, Jap. Bee, MuDsro and Sea Gull each have one seventh 
place; Delia has one eightb place. 
HALF-RATEB KHCOKDS- Ti B£.E 2. 
J 13 . ;£ 
^ 'S o ^ u.- s 
Swallow 77888842 « 
Blink ."i,. 10!)!)9!)455 
Delta 6 3 ,. 7 8 7 5 5 3 5 
Mermaid...;.. 6 4 6 .. 7 7 8 8 4 6 
.Tap 5457.. 7(! 5 46 
Hoodoo...... 44fi77.. 7 5 36 
Bee 3 2 4 2 4 3 .. 2 2 2 
Mungo 1 01 2 1 1 2 .. 0 2 
Honey 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 .. 1 
Sea Gull,:,... 000900100 .. 
Western TacMs. 
Chicago, III. , Oct. 9 —There will be a meeting this ensuing 
week at either St. Paul or Minneapolis of the members of 
the local yachting clubs, both of Minnetonka and White 
Bear waters. The attempt will be made to organize the pro- 
posed Interstate Yachting Association, uniting in one body 
the yacht clubs more especially of Minnesota and Wiscon- 
sin, and perhaps including one or two other Western States. 
There is a very large yachting interest in the two States 
above named, and the races sailed each season would num- 
ber high up in the hundreds. Much interest is taken in the 
latest things in design and rig, and in every way these West- 
ern yachtsmen are quite abreast with the times. They form 
a large body numerically, and it is thought that by bringing 
together the races of the many different inland lakes which 
cover this country a greater and more systematic advance- 
ment can be made by the followers of the sport At the re- 
cent interlake races on White Bear, when the boats of the 
latter lakes defeated those from Minnetonka side, this ques- 
tion of an interstate body was taken up, but no decisive 
action was had. The White Bear (St. Paul) men favor it, 
but the Minnetonka (Minneapolis) sailors rather hold aloof, 
thinking that their own waters are wide enough for the sea- 
son's sport. As a consolidation of the interests of the scat- 
tered Western racing interests, it would seem to be desirable 
that the organization should be formed. E. Hough. 
1206 BoYoa Btolding, Chicago. 
Beverly Y. C— 260th Race. 
Se2)t. 18. 
COOKSE: 11?^^ miles; wind, moderate S.W. 
Hardy, D. Rice, Gr. P. Gardiner. 
Judges: A. H. 
CRUISERS 
■Royal Blue. C S Deiniison,il.00 
Hobin Hood, A, H. Hardyal.04 
SECOND CLASS 
Thordis, T.B. Wales 36.00 5 09 IS 
May King, D. Wittemore.SG.OO 09 55 
Anouyma, Dabney 25.09 Withdrew. 
Royal Blue wins pennant. 
Thordis wins first prize and^pennant. 
-TO SAIL OVW Tie FOR PENVANT, 
Length Einish. Elapsed. 
5 OO 17 3 40 17 
5 04 24 3 41 24 
OATS SAIL OFF 
3 44 15 
3 'U 65 
Corrected. 
3 40 17 
3 41 28 
3 3 2 04 
rt 33 ii 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Lasca, schooner, J. S. Watson, arrived at New York on 
Oct, 7 from Southampton, whence she sailed on Sept. 10. 
Lasca sailed from New York with Capt. Shelldrake in com- 
mand, on Feb. 17, going first to Gibraltar, then to Algiers, 
Tunis, Malta, and other Mediterranean ports. She left 
Gibraltar late in .June for England, and the nexttwomonths 
were spent about the English coast. This is Laaca's second 
trip abroad, her original owner, John E. Brooks, having 
made an extended European cruise in her. 
Our attention has been called to the fact that the 20-footer 
Mary, the handsome Western boat that took part in the 
Seawanhaka trial races, was built by the Racine Yacht and 
Boat Works, of Racine Junction, Wis., and not by the build- 
ers mentioned in our reports of the races. We are glad to 
make this correction, as the yacht was a very creditable 
piece of work. 
Eleanor, steam yacht, under charter to Col. Oliver H. 
Payne, arrived at New York on Oct. 5, after leaving Havre 
on Sept. 19 and Madeira on Sept, 24. She sailed from New 
York for Norway and European waters on June 19. Capt. 
W. G. Scott, who has had charge of the yacht since her con- 
struction was begun, is still in command. Very bad weather 
was encountered off the coast, and she was hove to for ten 
hours. 
Nymph, the fastest of the centerboard 40-footers, designed 
by Mr. Burgess for F. W. Flint, and built by the Lawleys in 
1888, has recently been sold through Manning's Agency to 
T. C. Zerega. Her racing spars have been reduced, and she 
has been thoroughly refitted. On Sept. 30 she sailed from 
New York for the Chesapeake for a cruise of a couple of 
months. 
Nahma, steam yacht, Robert Goelet, has been delivered by 
the builders, G. L. Watson & Co., to her owner, and will 
shortly sail for America, Capt. Churchill will command 
her. 
Trounstein. 
AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION, 1 897-9S. 
Commodore, F. T,. Dunnell, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Sec'y-Treas.. C. V. Schnyler, 309 Sixth avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Librarian, "W. P, Stephens, Bayonne, N. J. 
Atlantic Division, Wm. Carpenter, Sing Sing, N. Y. 
Central Division, Laurence C. Woodworth, Gouverneur, N. Y. 
FisBtern DiviBlon, F J. Burrap-e, West Newton. Mass. 
Northern Division, Edgar C. Woolsey, 37 Charles St,, Ottawa, Can. 
Annual dues, SI; initiation fee, SI. 
WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION, 1895-96. 
Commodore, C. F. Pennewell, Detroit, Mich. 
Vice-Commodore, Nat. H. Cook, Chicago, III. 
Bear-Commodore, E. H. Holmes, Milwaukee, Wis, 
Sec'y-Treas., W. D Stearns, Detroit, Mich. 
Executive Committee: E. M, Lamp, Madison, Wis.; C. J Steadman 
Ciacinnati, O. ; F. W. Dickens, Milwaukee, Wis. 
The annual meeting of the executive committee of the 
American Canoe Association will be held at the Clarendon 
Hotel (Fulton, Washington and John,=on streets), Brooklyn, 
N. Y., on Saturday, Oct. 16. Com. Dunnell will call the 
meeting to order at 10 A. M.' A dinner will be given in 
honor of the visiting canoeists in the evening. 
The Sliding Gunter Rig. 
New York, Oct. 3 — Editor Forest and Stream: The ex- 
change of ideas on all matters relating to sport, which goe.s 
on continually thi*ough your "weekly," even to the mechan- 
ical department of sport, is most useful and interesting, and 
I desire to add my small portion in regard to the sliding 
gunter rig for canoes. 
The sliding gunter rig does not seem to be in favor in this 
country, largely because of the simplicity and serviceable- 
ness of the present bat's wing rig, which possesses many of 
the advantages of the sliding gunter, in that it gives a large 
sail area for the length of its spars, and also permits the 
lowering of all of its upper spars, thus reducing the weight 
of its top hamper. 
Nevertheless, the sliding gunter may have some advan- 
tages. The only objection I ever saw against it being that 
when the topmast was hoisted it tended to sag to leeward 
unless, and possibly even if, made so tight that it did not 
run easily. 
These defects I have overcome absolutely by having the 
topmast made to travel up and down the maat on a traveler 
consisting of a strip of wood of a T-shaped section screwed 
along the after length of the lower mast. 
Of course, the base of the T is laid along the mast; in fact, 
sunk in part way, leaving the upper part or cross-piece flar- 
ing out, to be clasped by two pair of arms shaped like a 
C, which are attached to the topmast near its base. These 
replace the old traveling irons. 
I believe some French yachts use something similar, but 
do not apply it to the complete sliding gunter. 
This device never jams, holds the upper and lower masts 
as rigid as of one piece, and runs freely. 
The weight of the traveler is trifling, and the traveler adds 
strength to the mast. 
If any of your readers are interested in new canoe rigs, and 
have considered the sliding gunter, I recommend the use of 
this device. G, S. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
Applications for membership may be made to the purser 
of the division in which the applicant resides on blanks f urr 
nished by purser, the applicant becoming a member provided 
no objection be made within fourteen days after his name 
has been ofllcially published in the FoPvEST and Streaji. 
ATLANTIC DIVISION. 
Name. Residence. 
Arthur M. Reese New York City. 
Samuel Raynor — Yonkers, N. Y.,. 
Club. 
Cincinnati Bifle Association. 
CiNCiKNATi, O., Oct. 3.— The following scores were made by 
mnmbers ot the Cincinnaii Rifle Association, range to day. Con- 
aiiions: SCOyds., off-hand, at the German riufr target, Payne was high 
apain on the King target with a score of 217. On the honor target 
Payne led witb a score of 69. This was the day set for the oO-snct 
match between Old Santone, of ;San Antonio. Tex., and E D, PayDP, 
of Citcinnati Mr, Drube refereed for Payne, whose scores are ar- 
psnUed. A tricky wind blew all day and taxed the efforts of the boj s 
to their utmost: 
Standard Target. 
Gindele 21 ai 23 24 22 S3 24 ?4 23 32 2 h 
22 23 23 20 SO 22 18 2i 15 54 219 
15 23 UZ SO £.3 20 2i 22 22 22-il2 
Payne. 24 20 17 20 23 23 20 SiS 22 19-: n 
25 17 23 20 18 19 19 23 24 21-2€9 
20 23 18 18 32 23 20 22 19 ?3-2G7 
Nestler 18 S3 21 21 23 2i S2 17 35 25-: 16 
32 21 23 22 20 20 22 20 28 kO— ll2 
18 20 33 23 3ii 32 20 19 23 23-212 
♦Hake 19 20 17 2119 
IhN' 20 17 12 10 10 
11 14 24 6 12 
.21 14 32 8 28 
23 18 13 20 22 
20 19 20 18 17 
Robert?., fO 19 21 21 23 
22 20 23 18 15 
20 SO 23 18 22 
Uckotter S5 23 18 19 7 
22 11 22 7 17 
JO 9 3 19 20 
Topf 18 15 15 8 18 
12 22 21 22 20 
21 17 18 5 11 
Strickmeier , ?4 20 13 19 18 
12 17 21 16 2-1 
18 20 15 31 20 
Lux 21 19 23 19 18 
11 1 12 Ifi 15 
7 15 14 17 8 
King target : 
Gmdele 21 21 16 19 21 
Payne 24 21 23 22 21 
Nestler.,...,.^...,. .„,...,„ 19 23 22 19 20 
*Hake 17 21 18 13 21 
Trounstein ,,..„ ,,21 12 17 19 17 
Roberts 18 9 16 22 10 
Uckotter , ...,23 21 15 8 16 
Topf 7 16 18 17 21 
Strickmeier , 21 14 19 f5 14 
Lux 13 1 11 15 13 
Hod or Target. 
15 18 
28 9 
10 16 
22 23 
22 IS 
18 18 
23 19 
21 19 
19 20 
16 4 
11 21 
18 13 
22 17 
19 7 
J3 19 
19 22 
94 19 
20 24 
20 24 
15 15 
1 17 
17 15 14- 
21 18 15- 
16 18 11- 
20 20 20- 
19 15 16- 
14 18 21- 
24 15 S3- 
19 S5 IB- 
IS 19 21- 
17 14 16- 
10 S3 16- 
18 20 15- 
14 24 19- 
23 15 16- 
20 19 22- 
22 25 24- 
16 15 19- 
10 18 IS- 
13 13 13- 
12 15 21- 
19 20 9- 
22 24 22 
23 16 21 
25 20 SO 
17 20 16 
22 17 14 
23 21 1 
17 22 7 
14 13 21 
22 23 21 
13 20 11 
20 22- 
24 23- 
20 20- 
9 18- 
15 16 
20 ?0- 
20 Il- 
ls 1?- 
21 19- 
19 20- 
-173 
-m 
-14S 
-193 
-190 
-183 
-208 
-1P9 
-197 
-159 
-159 
-IPO 
-170 
-177 
-175 
-206 
-1 5 
-184 
-192 
-133 
-127 
-208 
-217 
-508 
-170 
-no 
-160 
-159 
-157 
-199 
-136 
Gindele 24 52 !3-69 
Payne .23 22 24-69 
Uestler, ... . . . r. . . . t. . 22 20 20- 6 J 
Roberts 32 10 93—55 
Uckotter 8 16 17-41 
Topf 17 17 17-51 
Strickmeier., ,.19 18 19-56 
Lux 11 15 15-41 
* Hake. .......... ..,.,..15 9n 12-47 
Trounstein 19 17 23- 6S 
* Mihtary rifle 
E D. Payne's Match Scores. 
17 20 19 21 21 19 21 21 ?0 14-196 91 SO 19 18 23 SO 19 19 17 16-192 
24 21 22 22 21 23 16 21 24 23-917 21 SO 17 20 S3 23 20 23 22 19 -211 
2-5 21 17 23 22 21 23 18 16 17-235 Grand total 1,021 
Leading dealers in sportsmen^s supplies have advertised in our 
columns continuously for almost a quarter century. 
If you want your shoot to be announced here 
send In notice like the followlnsr: 
FIXTURES. 
Oct. 19-20.— Cherokee, la,— First annual tournament of the Chero- 
kee Gun Club, For amateurs only. Added money. A. W. Luehrs, 
Sec'y. 
Oct. 19-21 —Dayton, la.— Second annual tournament of the Dayton 
Gun Club. First two days, targets; last day, live birds. "Cannot 
divide with professionala or manufacturers' agrents " 
Oct. 19-53.— Baltimore, Md.— Four days' tournament of the Balti- 
more Shooting A.-iSociafion. First two days, targets; last two days, 
live birds. $510 added money. Geo. L Harrison, Sec'y. 
Oct. 22-23.— Huntington, Ind.— Touroament of the Trap-Shooters' 
League of Indiana, under the auspices of the Erie Gun Club. 
Oct. 26-28 —CotiyciL Bluffs. la.— Tournament under the auspices 
of W. D. Hardin, F. S. CrabiU and C. B. Randlett. 8330 added. Pro- 
grammes later. 
Oct. 27-29, ~ Des Moinbs, la.— Amateur tournament at the Des 
Moine" Gun Club's park. S300 added W, R Milner, Manager, 
Oct. 29-30— Grand Rapids, Minn.— Tournament of the Itasca Gun 
Glub. Dr. W. P. Brown, Sec'y. 
1898. 
March 2?-24.—Eik:wood Park, Long Branch, N. J.— Sixth annual 
Grand American Handicap. 25 birds, $25, birds extra; $1,000 guar- 
anteed to the three high guns; all surplus added. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. 
Ties in all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported . 
Mail all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, ?M 
Broadway, Ntw York. 
About the meanest and most unwarranted remark in the line of 
newspaper criticism is contained in the following, clipped from the 
report of th« New Jersey State shoot, published in Shooting and 
Fishing ot Ozt. 7: ■■The four days' meeting of this organization is 
now a I hing of the past. The affair was not the success it should 
have been. Possibly tbeseleetion of the place where the meeting was 
held had something to do with it. The arrangements which led to the 
selection of the old racing track at Clifton, midway between Pas.saic 
and Paterson, had something to do with the outcome. It was a capital 
spot for those residing on the line of the Erie R. R ; for all others, 
anything but good. Let me illustrate: Several members of the Mid- 
way Gun Club, of Matawan, a station on the Long Branch and Penn- 
sylvania railroads, desired to t<, ke part in the big event of the meet- 
ing— the Jersey Handicap, ihis a live bird event and scheduled for 
the fourth day. They had to go to Newark; there take trolley, and 
tbe time of going from that city to Clifton occupied just two hours. 
This, with the hour and a half rail trip to Newark, made a journey 
three hours and a half. The selection was an unfortunate one, 
especially as other places on not so remote hnes of travel conld have 
been secured. As another illustration, I would meniion that Maj J. 
M. Taylor and myself, having missed one day tbe 11 o'clock train, 
took ttie trolley line from Hoboken. It caused us regret, for it took 
us an hour and three quarters to reach our destiuation. We bad on 
that ride to change cars four ' imes. and pay a fare at each change. 
Possibly the fact that Sec'y W. H. Huck; of the Association, is an em- 
ployee of the Erie R. R. had something to do wit i the choice made '" 
The person who wrote that statement has long been identified with 
the shooting interests in and around New York, and has written 
many thousands of words during his career as a spirting reporter, but 
he never previously wrote any hing much meaner than this attack 
upon the energetic secretary of the State Association, Its very mean- 
ness forbids one's laughing at its childishness. 
H. S. Lippaek, proprietor of Dexter Park, L. I , announces the 
"Dexter Park annual live-bird tournament." The date chosen for 
the tournament is Wednesday, Oct. 27. Tne shoot wdl be "open to 
amateurs only." Event No. 1 is at 5 birds, $^ birds extra at 25 cents 
each. No. 2 is at 5 birds, then miss-and-out, 83, birds extra at 25 cenis 
each. No. 3 is at 15 birds, $10, birds included at 60 cents per pair. If 
ten entries, $15 added to the purse; if fifteen entries, $22 dded;if 
twenty entries, $30 added ; if twenty-five entries or more, $37 added. 
Handicap rise, with a limit of 25yds. Money divided, class shooting, 
as follows: Under twelve entries, three moneys— 50, 30 and 20; 
twelve entries up to nineteen, four moneys— 40, 30, SO and 10; twenty 
entries or more, five moneys— 30, 25, 20, 15 and 10 The Dexter Park 
boundary will be used: this is a wire net, iSin. high, making a 50yds. 
boundary. Entries will close at the end of the first round in any 
event. A lot. of specially felected strong birds will be provided fir 
the occasion, according to the programme received, Mr. Lippaek can 
furnish excellent birds, so it looks as if some good sport was in pros- 
pect for amateurs on Oct. 27. 
Mr. J. E. Overholt, treasurer of the Hamilton, Can,, Gun Club, 
writes us under date of Oct. 6 as follows: "At the annual meeting of 
the Hamilton Gun Club held last evening in the club's headquariers, 
the hst of officers elected were as follows: President, James Crooks, 
vice-president. Dr. D T. Baxter; secretary, H. Graham; treasurer, J. 
E. Overholt; field captain, VV Langhorn; executive committee, Wm. 
Stroud, E. D. H. Mundell, John Smythe, M. E. Fletcher. E B. Win- 
gate, Thomas Crooks. H Dynes, Capt. E V. Spencer. The club gen- 
erally was never in a better financial condition. The members were 
linammously in favor of holoing a Grand Canadian Handicap at live 
birds, open to the world, $1,000 in prizes guaranteed, in January, 
lt98 Seven of the most successful tournaments ever held in Canada 
have taken place in Hamihon, and this fact assures us that we may 
expect an increased entry list when following in the footsteps of the 
Grand American Handicap. Full particulars will be given in our 
programmes, which will be issued without delay. For all further in- 
formation address H. Graham, secretary, American Hotel, Hamilton, 
Ont." 
