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The Mediterranean Vacht Clubs. 
Is all, there are some twenty societies or clubs along the 
shores of the littoral who organize regattas, and who be- 
tween them own quite a considerable flotilla of yachts. The 
three most important are the Club Nautiqiie de Nice, the 
Soci6t6 Nautique de Marseille and the Union des Yachtsmen 
de Cannes. Among its members the Club Nautique de Nice 
counts such well-known yachtsmen as M. Frank Pilatte, Dr. 
Ed. Pilatte, M. J. G. Maurel, M. L. Bensa and others. In 
1885, at the instigation of this club, the first yachting 
congress was held in France, with a- view to arriving at a 
satisfactory rating rule for racing craft. In 1885 the Union 
des Social 6s Nautique de la M6diterran6e was established, 
which extended from Cette to Naples, but which went to 
pieces from the very vastness of its organization. Nothing 
daunted, the F6d6ration des Soci6tes Nautique de la M6di- 
terran6e was called into life, but whether it serves any prac- 
tical purpose is highly doubtful, since all clubs are under 
the sway of the Union des Yachts Frangais, the governing 
body of the sport in France. Nevertheless the Club Nau- 
tique de Nice has done much in the interest of the sport on 
the Riviera, and numbers several of the best known yachts- 
men among its members. Another and smaller club at 
Nice is the Cercle de la Voile, which takes it in turns with 
the Club Nautiqu.e in giving regattas. The second in im- 
portance is the Society Nautique de Marseille, which was 
founded in 1887. lu addition to its annual international re- 
gatta it organizes a number of matches and smaller events 
along the coast. . 
This club has a capital anchorage, and has built a slip for 
repairs and cleaning. This slip can take yachts up to fifty 
tons, and has room for six or seven at a time. The total 
number of yachts is lOfl, displacing 2,200 tons. The youngest 
of the three important is the Union des Yachtsmen de 
Cannes, founded five years ago as a sporting outcome of a 
purely social body, the Cercle Nautique de Cannes. At Cette, 
again, there are two clubs, the Soci6t6 Nau tique de Cette and 
the Sport Nautique d'Etang de Thau. At Hy6res, Ciotat, 
Sainte Maxime and Toulon there are similar institutions, 
aU of which are most energetic in the organization of re- 
gattas.— Ti^ie Field. 
The Quincy T. C. Challenge Cup. 
The Quincy Y. C. has announced the following conditions 
to govern its new inter-club challenge cup for the 21ft. class. 
The cup, made by Tiffany, costs ?200: 
Article 1. — Races shall be limited to yachts belonging to 
any organized yacht club in good standing which are 
eligible to sail in the present 21ft. classes of the Massachu- 
setts Yacht Racing Association. 
Article 2. — The club holding the cup shall defend it be- 
tween July 15 and Sept. 15, on three months' notice against 
all comers. All challenges shall be in writing, signed by the 
proper officers of the challenging club. One challenge shall 
be delivered at least three months prior to the date of the 
proposed match. Sub.=equently other clubs may challenge 
iand enter the same series of races on the terms proposed in 
the challenge first received and accepted. 
Article 3. — Each club shall name its representative for the 
series on or before the day of the first race. 
Article 4. —A yacht must win three races of a series to win 
the cup. After four races of any series have been sailed, only 
winners shall be allowed to compete; after six races, only 
yachts which have won twice. 
Article 5. — Races shall be sailed under the rules of the 
Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts, with the fur- 
ther provision that the total weight of a crew in racing trim 
on day of race shall not exceed 8501 bs. 
Article 6, — Courses shall be so laid that at least one-third 
shall be to windward, but a change of wind subsequent to 
the start shall not invalidate a race. The depth of water 
over the whole course at the time of start and for four hours 
subsequent shall not be less than SJ^jft. 
Article 7. — The terms of this instrument may be modified 
by the Quincy Y. C. while the cup is in its possession, and 
when not in its possession by agreement between the Quincy 
Y. C. and the club holding the cup, but no modification shall 
be made during the pending of any challenge, unless con- 
sented to by all challengers. 
Article 8. — All conditions of any competition not covered 
by these articles or by the rules of the Yacht Racing Associa- 
tion of Massachusetts shall be left to mutual agreement, and 
in case of failure to agree the executive committee of the 
Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts shall act as arbi- 
trator. 
Article 9. — Any club winning the cup shall give a receipt 
specifying that it is resjionsible for the safety of the cup and 
holds it subject to the terms of this instrument, and that if 
it dissolves or ceases to exist the cup shall be returned to the 
Quincy Y. C. 
Cruising Fin-Keels. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
The fin-keel has much to answer for. Its sins of omission 
and commission are flagrant and many. Like many a high- 
spirited youth first turned loose upon society, it has steered 
wildly, and perhaps only on one phase of its performance has 
there been a universal ground of agreement — undeniably it 
was fast. But, as is often true in the case of the youth, 
there are some who fancy they have seen latent virtues shin- 
ing through the hurly-burly of its wild-oats sowing — virtues 
of strength and energy that would surely survive the test of 
time and prove the essence of a sturdy maturity. 
The writer is one of these, and has viewed with great 
interest your descriptions and drawings of Palmyra and her 
sisters, and later of Akista, and indorses fully the remarks 
of Mr. Hill on the use of the fin in the knockaboiit classes. 
He believes there are many others who think with him that 
displacement can be profitably removed from the region of 
the garboards even in large-bodied boats; that, weight tor 
weight, the barrel-shaped hull is strongest and most easily 
driven; and, among the smaller classes at least, given certain 
limits of length, sail and displacement, a higher ratio of 
value as against outlay may be had. 
Up here on Lake Ontario there has just been established a 
knockabout class of 23ft. racing length. The only restric- 
tions are a draft of 5ft. and a minimum area of immersed 
midship section of 10ft.; it will be seen that in this there is 
great latitude as to type. I shall be much mistaken if the 
possibilities of the fin in this class are not well c^mvassed, 
and should therefore be glad to hear from Mr. Hill, through 
the Forest and Stkeam, what his ideas are as to the partic- 
ular form in which be would adapt it to boats of this size. 
Fin (de Siecle). 
ToRoHTO, Dec. 1 1. 
Glencairn II. 
The following is from the Montreal Star: — 
Glencairn II., which won such a magnificent victory, and 
secured the possession of the Seawanhaka cup for another year 
last season, may leave Canada. It appears that efforts have 
been made to obtain possession of Glencairn 11, on behalf of 
a couple of well-known Wisconsin yachtsmen. The gentle- 
men, evidently under the impression that the boat was 
owned by Mr. Duggan, opened negotiations with him, it is 
understood, for her purchase. The boat, however, is owned 
by Mr. Jas. Ross, and the latter does not seem any ton 
anxious to part with her. Mr. Duggan, it is said, offered 
them the Avoca, which he built first, but it seems that ttie 
Wisconsin gentlemen do not want any boat from here unless 
they can have Glencairn II. It seems that the whole thing 
was a scheme on their part to surprise their rivals in t|^^ 
lake clubs, with which they compete, with the boat, witho 
giving her name, and now that they have been discovered! 
their excuse is that they simply desired the boat so as to see 
in what way the boat which had beaten the best United 
States craft of her class was superior to the swift boats 
which are being used in the vicinity. The gentlemen who 
have been negotiating for the purchase of the boat are 
Messrs. Robert and Hermann Nunnemacher, of the Pine 
Lake Yacht Club, of Milwaukee. 
We hope, in the interest of fair sport and American yachting, 
that the above story Is only in part true. Western canoeing 
has already been disgraced by a " ringer" in the shape of a 
fast Eastern canoe bought and raced under a false name, and 
it would be most unfortunate if yachting should suffer in 
the same way. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Alcedo II., steam yacht, George W. Childs Drexel, ar- 
rived at Philadelphia on Dec. 10 from Savannah, at which 
port she touched on her voyage from Antwerp. Capt Frank 
E. Dyer is in command. The yacht sailed from Philadelphia 
for Southampton on July 10, bilt put into New York shortly 
after to repair damage to her machinery, She sailed from 
the latter port, and Mr. Drexel and his party joined her in 
Scotland for a cruise to Norway and the Baltic, leaving her 
at Antwerp and returning to New York by steamer. 
A steam yacht of 120ft. length, 16ft. beam, is under way 
at J. Thomas & Son's yard, Winan's Cove, IBaltimore, for 
W. H. Evans, of that city. She will have triple expansion 
engines and Williams water-tube boilers. 
Republic, schr. , G. P. Mathews, arrived at New York on 
Dec. 9, in tow of the tug Edgar T. Luckenbach, after being 
dismasted while on her way up the coast. 
At the annual meeting of the Beverly Y. C. on Dec. 10 
the following officers were elected; Com., Geo. H. Richards; 
Vice-Com., Lewis S. Dabney; Sec'y, R. W. Emmons; Treas., 
F. L. Dabney; Meas., A, S. Hardy; Regatta Committee: A. 
H. Hardy, S. G. King, C. E. Hodges, F. E. Cabofc, David Rice, 
E. M. Farnsworth and J. G, Palfrey; House Committee: Dr. 
E, S. Wood, A, H. Hardy, W. E. C. Eustis. N. H. Emmons 
and P. L. Dabney. It was voted to change the measurement 
rule to conform to that of the Y. R. A. of M., "waterline with 
crew on board," and a committee was appointed to draw up 
a plan of reclassification should it be necessary in view of 
the change. A committee was also appointed to draft 
restrictions for a new class of about 25ft. waterline. It was 
voted to confer by committee with the Boston men interested 
in the new 21ft. 600ft. of sail class, with a view to making the 
restrictions uniform with the present Buzzards Bay class. 
It was voted to hold a regular meeting of the club late in 
August at the Wing's Neck club house. 
The city of Milwaukee is planning a grand carnival for 
next summer, one feature of which will be three days of 
yacht and rowing races, on July 2, 3, 4. A special committee, 
including Messrs. Alexander Mathers, Horace Enos, Robert 
Nunnemacher, James Johnston and A. B. CamMer, has 
been appointed to attend to the yacht races. Prizes to the 
amount of several thousand dollars will be given, and it is 
expected that yachts will be in attendance from all the 
Lakes. 
A Chesapeake Bay buckeye, to be named Dixie, is now 
building by E. J. Tull at Potomac, Va,, for the Rev. Thomas 
Dixon, Jr.," of New York. She will be about 80ft. over all 
and 20ft. beam, with 2ft, 6in. draft, and rigged with leg-o'- 
mutton sails, the conventional buckeye rig. 
The shops of C. C. Hanley, at Monument Neck, Buzzards 
Bay, where so many fast yachts of the Cape cat type have 
been turned out, were destroyed by fire a short time since, 
Mr. Hanley losing his tools, pattei-ns and models. He has 
decided, in view of this disaster and the growth of his busi- 
ness, to abandon the Cape and to establish himself perma- 
nently in larger and more convenient shops at Quincy, Mass. 
Mr. Hanley 's business has long since outgrovra his immedi- 
ate vicinity, numbers of his yachts being used about New 
York and Boston. 
The annual meeting and banquet of the Rochester Y. C. 
took place on Dec, 7, the following officers being elected: 
Com., F, E. Woodworth; Vice-Com,, J, W. Robbins; Fleet 
Capt., N. H. Compton; Sec'y, T. G. Young; Cor. Sec'y, J. E. 
Burroughs; Treas., T. G. Young; Meas., Wm. H. Pillow; 
Fleet Surgeon, Dr. T. O. Tait. Directors— A. G. Wright, A. 
T. Hagen, Hy. Loewer, D. R. Clark. Delegates to L. Y. R. 
A. — T. B. Pritchard, J. E. Burroughs, W. J. Herriman. 
Mr. Compton, of the regatta committee, read a report of 
the season's races, with the following summary: 
Firsts. Seconds. Thirds. Firsts. Seconds. Thirds. 
Pedro.... 4 11 Dragon... 0 0 1 
Nvdia.,.. 4 0 0 Amelia... Oil 
Ohic 4 0 0 Zanita.... 0 3 0 
Nox :3 3 0 Soubrette. 10 0 
Iris 8 3 0 Vita Oil 
Veritas... 3 10 Kodak.... 0 1 0 
Nydia.... 13 0 Facile.... 0 0 2 
Weno Ill Majel 000 
Kelpie.... 10 0 Allhea.... 10 0 
It 0 3 0 
Veritas also won the Flynn cup. 
The racing has been more successful than in any previous 
season, and the interest displayed promises well for next 
year. 
A meeting of the sailing committee of the Royal St. 
Lawrence Y. C. was held on Dee. 6 for general business, in- 
cluding the annual report. The following telegram was 
read: "Confirm Brand's challenge, conditions 1897. — 
Minima." The club having already accepted the challenge 
of the Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C, no action was taken on the 
telegram. 
In spite of some vigorous denials, it is settled that the 
anonymous purchaser of the schooner yacht Yampa is none 
other than the Emperor, of Germany. The yacht has been 
out for survey at City Island and has refitted there. Her 
racing spars and sails have been shipped from Boston to 
Southampton, and she will sail this week for that port in 
charge of Capt. John Burt, who has been with her during 
the past summer. 
The annual meeting of the Lake Michigan Yachting As- 
sociation was held on Dec, 4 at Racine, Wis. , the following 
officers being elected: Pres., H. A. Coleman, of Milwaukee; 
Vice- Pres., George Warrington, of Chicago; Sec'y. C. O. 
Andrews, of Chicago; Treas., H. Schulte, of Manitowoc; 
Delegates to Yacht Racing Union: E.' J. Baker, Edward 
Baker and Edward Warren. The place and date of the 
annual meet have not been decided. 
Niagara II. , steam yacht, now building for Howard Gould 
by the Harlan & Hollingsworth Co. at Wilmington, Del., is 
nearly plated, and engines, boilers, joiner work, etc., are all 
under way. It is expected that the yacht will be ready for 
launching next month, and that she will be completed by 
the contract date, April. 
The Racine Boat Manufacturing Co. has under way two 
steam yachts, one for Otto Young, of Chicago, for Lake 
Geneva, to be 73ft, length, 12ft beam, and4£t, draft, with a 
speed of 14 miles; the other for Martin A. Ryerson, of Chi- 
cago, to be 75fC, length, 12ft. 6iQ. beam, and 4ft. draft. The 
company has also under construction steel sectional steamers 
for the Klondike. 
The Yonkers Cor. Y. C. elected the following officers on 
Dec. 2: Com., Alanson J. Prime; Vice-Com., Charles A. Val- 
entine; Fleet Captain, Louis Quanchi; Fin. Sec'y, Henry J. 
Ritchie; Rec. Sec'y, F. A. Rigby; Treas., P. D. Canfield, Jr.; 
Meas., William E. Myers; Chaplain, Rev. James E. Free- 
man; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. N. A, Warren; Steward, W. N. War- 
ner; Librarian, J. Willard Pruyn; Trustees— James S. Clark, 
Judge William C. Kellogg, Halcyon Skinner, Frank W. Sa- 
bold, W. Hiinter Clark and Charles W, Swapp; Regatta Com- 
mittee— John Dickson, Edward Crabbe, F. A. Rigby, Walter 
Blackburn and Gabriel Reeve; Membership Committee — J. 
S. Potter, G. Howard Clapp, Charles W. Swapp, J. Willard 
Pruyn and J. W. Kennedy; Delegates to New York Yacht 
Racing Association — A. J. Prime, Edward Moore, Jr., and 
Bertram Barnett. The club is in excellent financial condi- 
tion — not only out of debt, but with a surplus of $8,000. 
Com. Prime has served for twenty-one years as commodore, 
and it is under his good management that the club has pros- 
pered. 
The annual meeting of the Douglaston Y. C. was held on 
Dec. 7 at the Arena, New York, forty members being present 
at the dinner. The following officers were elected: Com., 
ClayM. Green; Vice-Com., F. R. Parsons; Rear-Com., W. H. 
Johns; Sec'y, George H. Petitt; Treas., John G. Bert; Meas., 
David Crispin; Board of Governors— Thomas L. Hamilton, 
Joseph R. Grismer, Louis Harway, David Crispin and 
Charles K. Sayer. The club has the plans ready for a new 
house at Bay side, L. I. 
It is rumored that at least three of the big cutters will be 
seen in the Mediterranean next spring— Ailsa, under her 
present owner, A. Barclay Walker; Satanita, recently pur- 
chased from Charles Day Rose by Sir Maurice Fitzgerald, 
and now fitting out; and Valkyrie III. Various indefinite 
reports of the sale of the latter yacht have been in circula- 
tion, but it is now said that she will be raced next season by 
her original owners, Messrs. Robinson, McCalmont, and the 
Earl of Dunraven. 
lmwer§ to ^arres^and^nh. 
No notice taken of snonymons commnnications 
C. L. B , Trenton, Mo,— I would like to have a list of breeders of 
English mastiff dogs. Ans. There are few breeders of rrastiifsiu the 
United States. We have no iDformation at present concerning mas- 
tiffs for sale. 
H. S. K., Syracuse, N. Y.— Do Elliott and Heikes shoot the same 
kind of guns at live birds? Ans. Elliott and Heikes use the same 
kind of guns, viz , Winchester repeating shotguns. Elliott, however, 
shoots what is teuown as an "Elliotc model," while Heikes is now 
shooting a '97 model. We believe he first shot this gun at the New 
Jersey State shoot, Sept. 28-Oct. 1. 
E. E. P , Fort Smith, Ark.— My pointer puppy, seven months old, 
has had his tail cut off by former owner. The tail, about half its 
original length, has never healed perfectly. I think screw worms got 
into it. It is swelled to about twice its natural size and seems to 
give the dog a great deal of uneasiness. I have tried blue ointment, 
sulphur, and sulphm- and aloes, and have been giving Fowler's 
solution internally for a week past. He does not improve. Will you 
kindly suggest something that will relieve hio3? Ans. It is impos- 
sible to determine the cause of the ailment from the meager descrip- 
tion you give. We advise you to consult a veterinarian orphysician. 
J. G. W,, Sherbrooke, P. Q — My foxhound bi cb, aged six, lately 
bought, has been kept shut up two years except occasional exercise. 
Her feet are tender and got very sore on a day 's hunt, leaving blood 
on her track. Toe nails are very long. What should I do? Her feet 
Ket well in four or five days after a run. She now has plenty of room 
for daily exercise, and the best of care. She and another dog aged 
three are hard pullers. Are they too old to be benefited by the use of 
a spike collar? Should a foxhound be fed on the morning of a hunt? 
Ans. Reduce the claws to the proper size. Since the feet become 
sore only when the dog runs, no other treatment will be necessary. 
Give regular exercise every day to toughen the feet. A spike collar 
will promptly cure the pulling. Feed after the hunt. 
MyRON Bailey.— 1. Which is the more accurate cartridge, the 
.■25-20-te Marlm rifie or the .26 2c -86 Stevens Ideal rifle? 2. Where can 
I find the best place for deer, duck and grouse shooting in the Adiron- 
dack Moi niains? 3. When is the best time to go there and camp out? 
Ans.— 1. There is but little difference between them; the latter, how- 
ever, is the more powerful of the two. 2. We presumbyou want this 
information for a trip next fall. Write us a month or so prior to the 
date you propose starting on, and we will try and tell you where to 
go. 3. The months of September and October are favorites. If you 
want grouse and deer, you will of course have to go when the seasons 
are open. 
American Canoe Association. 
COMMITTEES FOR 1898. 
Camp Site Committee — F. S. Thorn, chairman, Buffalo, 
N. Y.; H. L. Quick, Yonkers, N. Y.; Henry C. Morse, Peoria, 
Transportation Committee — William E, Barlow, chair- 
man, Sing Sing, N. Y7; Charles V. Winne, Albany, N. Y. ; 
Louis A. Hall, Newton, Mass.; F. S. Rathbun, Deseronto, 
Can. 
Regatta Committee — Percy F. Hogan, chairman, 243 Pearl 
street. New York; Raymond Appolonio, Winchester, Mass.; 
C. Howard Williams, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Literature Committee — H. H. Smythe, Atlantic Division; 
Francis J. Burrage, Eastern Division; Frederic G. Mather, 
Central Division; E. B. Edwards, Northern Division. 
Signal Oflicer— H. M. Stewart, Rochester, N. Y. 
Assistant Signal Officer — Wm. J. English, Peterboro, Can. 
Squaw Camp Committee — M. T. Bennett (active member 
at large), 1 Broadway, New York; Mrs. M. T. Bennett (asso- 
ciate for Atlantic Division). ^ 
Associate members for Central, Eastern and Northern Di- 
visions will be announced later. 
Entertainment Committee — L. W. Seavey, chairman. Bal- 
ance of the committee to be announced later. 
Fleet Surgeon— S. R. Upham, M.D., Claremont, N. H. 
A. C. A. Photographer— A. A. Lewis, Claremont, N. H, 
New York, Dec. 9.— To the officers and merahers of the 
canoe clubs of the American Canoe Association: Gentle- 
men — On account of the reduced income available to the 
oflBcers of the American Canoe Association applicable to the 
running of the meet on Stave Island, Aug. 5 to 19, 1898, it is 
deemed advisable to ask the difl:erent canoe clubs in the As- 
sociation their kindly help in the form of a subscription of 
So or more toward defraying the expense for prizes. It is 
hoped that a hearty response will be made to this appeal, in 
order that the regatta committee may be placed in funds 
with which to supply substantial prizes to the winners in 
the various events on the racing programme. 
The sailing and paddling courses at Stave Island, St. 
Lawrence River, are particularly fine, and you are therefore 
requested to urge every aspirant for racing honors in your 
club to attend the 1898 Camp, and thus help to make the 
meet one of the most successful, from a racing standpoint. 
Cordially yours, FRANK Is, DUKNELL, 
Commodore, 
