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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Feb. 26, 1898. 
trifles. Evidently the firm had considerable confidence- 
in the junior partner, so much so that the individual' 
members had left him no chance for summer vacation.. 
However, one may enjoy a summer in Toronto, aiid my 
opoortunities in this direction were good. 
I had a half interest in a 25ft. yacht, juSt the thing far 
• afternoon sailing, and comfortably fitted out for cruising. 
The other half was owned by D'Arcy Renfrew, a good, 
yachtsman and excellent companion for an outing, and 
between us we did not let the canvas mildew for want 
of hoisting. Bright and breezy afternoons frequently 
induced me to desert the office at an early hour, while 
every Aveek end saw a cruise to OakviHe or Frenchman's. 
Bay, and once in a while Niagara or Fort Dalhousie. 
So the summer passed until Civic holiday came due,, 
and D'Arc}' and I concluded to make it a chance foi" 
a longer run than usual. 
On the previous Friday night we stowed an extra, 
supply of provisions and made ever5-thing shipshape 
for a start as soon ofter lunch on Saturday as possible.. 
Unless there should be a head wind we were to work 
along the east shore, making a good long sail of it, with 
Sunday and Monday to get back in. Saturday morning- 
of course saw me at the office hastily opening the mail 
and hoping that nothing would turn up to prolong the 
morning's work beyond noon or half past, not only for 
my own sake, but for that of the stafif, who were all 
going out of town, as various satchels and general holi- 
day attire showed plainlj'. There was nothing much in 
the mail — the "case" turned up and anno^'ed me as 
usual, but beyond that I got through early, signed the: 
salary checks, and was off by noon after wishing all 
hands a good time. 
D'Arcv had been as lucky as myself, and we met at 
the entrance to the yacht club wharf. The old salt who 
looked after the small craft assured us that our supply 
oi ice, milk and bread had been put aboard, and avc lost, 
no time in manning the dinghy and getting there our- 
selves. Tlie sail cover came off and the mainsail went 
up with a snap and vim that sliowed the crew was used 
to working together and the gear in good order. The 
working topsail went aloft next and then the jib was 
run up, the mooring slipped and the cutter Rosalie paid 
off on the starboard tack with a fine southwest wind 
lifting her along to the eastern channel and every pros- 
pect of a long spii.aker run ahead. In this we were not 
disappointed. The wind held well and we scudded be- 
fore it -nast Scarboro Heights and the Palisades, past 
Port Union, which is not a port at all; pa.st the Rouge 
and Frenchman's Bay and still to the eastward, rcA^el- 
ing in the steady summer breeze and the glorious sun- 
light. 
Five o'clock found us nearly abreast of Whitby, and 
I asked D'Arcy if he wanted to put in there, not expect- 
ing at all that he had any such desire. "No," he said, 
'why should we? The town is two miles from the har- 
bor and no good when you get there. With this breeze 
we shall make Coboirrg to-night. It is a decent place 
and there are some jolly people there that T know. Let's 
stand on and make use of a fair wind, now we have it." 
I quite agreed with him and suggested that he get sup- 
per ready, for I was decidedly hungrj^. He plunged 
below and rummaged about the galley, lighting- a fire 
and spreading our little sAving table with the choice A^a- 
riety of delicacies that alwaj's turn out on the first meal 
pf a cruise. It was well we started the supper early, for 
it takes time to get a meal ready on a small craft, and 
we had to take turns at steering and feasting. 
By the time it was over and the dishes carefully 
washed and stowed the wind had fallen light and Ave 
Avere prosoecting on the chances of the weather Avith 
easy indifference. W^e were in no hurry. The wind 
Avould likely shift and come ofl^ shore after sunset. That 
would suit us verv well. It Avould take us into Cobourg. 
If necessary Ave could drop into Darlington. 
By 8 o'clock the Avind had dropped altogether, and 
Ave took in the spinaker and proceeded to tidy up our 
gear. It Avas clouding up over the -shore and looked 
a bit uncanny; we thought it meant Avind before long 
and that was what we wanted, for there was some sea 
left by the afternoon breeze, and without steerageway Ave 
plunged unsteadily. An hour passed and the night had 
settled down dark and damp, no moon and no stars vis- 
ible, nothing to be seen in fact except Darlington Light 
blinking faintly in the distance. 
I was feeling a bit sleepy and chilh^ as well, and the 
prospect of an all night sail did not fascinate me. I sug- 
gested to D'Arcy that when Ave did get a breeze Ave 
might as well put into Darlington and get a fair night's 
rest, and leaving him to keep a lookout went below to 
put on a heavy coat. The well-lighted cabin looked 
exceedingly cheerful after the murkiness outside, and 
it was warm too, for a fcAV coals still glowed in the gal- 
ley stove and the kettle was full of hot water. A little 
Scotch whisky would not hurt me, and AA'hen I AVas about 
it I took it hot, then filled my pipe and loimged back- 
on the cushioned locker for a lazy smoke. The pipe 
did not draw well, so I laid it aside. 
I must haA-e dozed off then, for some time later I Avas 
awakened by D'Arcy's voice on deck shouting ".Ahoy!" 
I started up and asked what was the matter. 
"I don't knoAV." he said, "I heard a voice out in the 
lake— it sounded like a cry of distress, and it was a 
woman's voice too. Perhaps somebody is in trouble out 
there." 
"A^ery strange," I remarked, and Ave both listened in- 
tently for a couple of minutes, strainin,g our eyes over 
the water, although there was little chance of seeing 
anythin.QT. Then he shouted again, but no response 
came. "You mu.st have been mistaken," I said, but he 
stuck to his story, and even spoke of going out in the 
dinarhy to im^estigate. 
He Sfot a lantern on deck, although our side lights 
were burning brightly, and shouted again. This time 
there Avas a response that we both heard, a shrill voice 
that really answered his description, only it was nearer, 
he said, and taking the lantern he nulled off in the di- 
rection of the sound. I watched the lidit bobbing up and 
down in the boat as he pulled out fully a Quarter of a 
mile, then suddenly changed _ his course and stopped. 
Presently he came back again at a sloAver pace, the 
reason of which was evident Avhert he came alongside, 
for he had another boat in tow. 
"Catch that skiff," he said, meanwhile c-omins? ahoard 
Rncl makipg iftst his own p^mtgr 1,3^ th.e starboard ringing. 
As I did so a lurch threw the light from the cabin pOtt 
holes on the face of a woman sitting in the bottom of the 
skift'. "Help her out." said D'Arcy, and we each took 
a hand and fairly lifted her on deck. She was almost 
too weak to stand, but D'Arcy helped her down into the 
■ cabin and got her comfortably seated. 
He took it all very coolly, as though he was quite used 
to that sort of thing, but then he had the faculty of get- 
ting along with women that always astonished me. I 
said nothing and let him alone, for the first of the land 
breeze was coming ofif shore, and I busied myself mak- 
ing fast the two boats astern and trimming the sheets, 
to get the yacht under control. I took the helm, and on 
looking down into the cabin saw him administering a 
glass of brandy and Avater to our passenger, and then 
he watched her with the air of a physician. The effect 
was immediate and beneficial, for she reviA^ed sufficiently 
to talk a little. 
"Thank you so much," she said, "I feel better now. 
I could never have stayed out in the boat another night. 
You see I went out rowing yesterday morning Avhen it 
Avas quite cahn, and I must have got a long Avay from 
.shore. Then it got rough so suddenly, and T could not 
get the boat back. The more I rowed the further from 
shore I seemed to get. After a time I could not see 
the shore at all, and I was so frightened. It has been 
rough ever since, and I did not know what to do, and 
I was too tired and sick to row any more." 
"Where did you start from?" asked D'Arcy. 
"From Charlotte; I live in Rochester; and, oh! my 
friends Avill not know what has become of me." 
"We Avill telegraph them as soon as we get into port,'"' 
he replied, "and uoav I must introduce myself. My 
name is D'Arcv Renfrew, and my -friend is Fred Wes- 
ton. Come below, Fred." 
So he had recollected me at last, I went down, leaving 
ing the Rosalie to steer herself in the light wind. 
As skipper of the craft I did not propose to allow the 
crew to do all the honors. She looked at me curiously, 
and then started as though recollecting herself, "I am 
Miss Armour, of Rochester, and — why I think I have met 
you before, .sir." 
D'Arcy looked at me in blank amazement. 
She was my much desired Avitness. "I am so glad," 
she added. Just Avhat this meant I did not know, ex- 
cept that she Avas reassured to find herself not in the 
compan}' of entire strangers. 
The aAvkAvard pause Avas broken by D'Arcy, Avho sug- 
gested a cup of tea and some supper, and set to work 
to prepare them. A sudden heeling of the yacht warned 
me that the breeze was freshening, and excusing myself 
I went on deck. D'Arcy soon had the table spread, and 
our guest did not need much inducement to eat. He 
looked after her and himself also, while the skipper was 
treated to a hand-out on deck. Later on he induced her 
to have a nap on the locker and joined me. 
We ke-nt on for Cobourg, and tied up at the piers just 
at daybreak on Sunday morning. 
The first duty was to telegraph to Miss Armour's 
friends, and this was managed at the early hour through 
the operator at the Grand Trunk Station. After that 
I proposed to escort her to a hotel, but she dishked the 
idea of her adA-enture exciting any publicity, so D'Arcy, 
who seemed to consider her his special charge, hunted 
up some of his friends — a risky thing to do at such an 
early hour — and confided her to their care. Then Ave 
turned in on board the Rosalie and slept until noon. 
After dinner Ave made some calls, including Miss 
Amxmr. and fotmd her looking quite Avell, thanks to a 
good sleep and a general fixing up. 
Needless to say, I had no intention of letting the oc- 
casion pass Avithout making some further attempt to 
secure her as a witness, but after my previous bungle 
I was doubtful how. to proceed, pfad the trial been 
coming on immediately I might have got her served Avith 
a subpoena before she left Ontario, but I was mistrust- 
ful of any attempt at coercion, and concluded I must 
depend on gentle persuasion. Seizing a chance for a 
quiet chat I introduced the subject cautiously, Avhen 
she met me half way just as promptly as she had pre- 
Anously declined my offer of a witness fee. 
"I know Avhat you want, Mr. Weston," she said, "and 
although' I dislike the idea of appearing in court, and am 
not very friendly to your client, I would not think of 
refusing to oblige you personally after your kindness 
to me. Only I want no fees of any kind — I would not 
tonch a cent of your client's money, and besides I do 
not need to." 
Of course I let it go at that, and on Monday Miss 
Armour left for Rochester on the North King, while we 
Avent back home on the Rosalie Avith a fine off-shore 
breeze. She Avas as good as her word, however, and 
came to Toronto for the trial in September. Thanks to 
her evidence, as nnich as anything, in my opinion, Ave 
Avon the case, and whether it was a coincidence or not 
I cannot say, but soon after Scroggin asked me to step 
into his private office and sign a new partnership deed, 
much more favorable to me than the first one. 
The romance ended there so far as T was concerned, 
but I am not sure about D'Arcy. He was quite at- 
tentive to Miss Armour when she came to Toronto, and 
he has been to Rochester since on several flimsy ex- 
cuses. But, as I said before, his dealings with the gentler 
sex are beyond my comprehension. W. Q. Phillip,.&. 
The Interlake Y» R. A, 
The annual meeting of the Tnterlake Y.' R. A., of Lake 
Erie, was held at Cleveland on Feb. 12, the following 
delegates being present: Capt. E. P. Sharp, Buffalo Y. 
C; Com. George T. Bliss, Erie Y, C; Capt. E. W. 
Radder, Cleveland Y. C; Capt. George Anderson, San- 
dusky Y. C; John Holloway, Put-In Bay Y. C; Com. 
Henry Tracy, Com. S. O. Richardson, Com. J. E, 
Gunckel and O. K. Schimanskv. Toledo Y. A.; Capt. 
William Jupp, Detroit B. C; Otto Barthel, West End 
Y. C. ; and John Rathbonc, Detroit Y. C. 
The following officers Avere elected: Com., A. I. Mc- 
Leod, of Detroit; Vice-Com., Henry Tracy, of Toledo; 
Rear-Com., George T. Bliss, of Erie; Sec'y-Treas.,' Otto 
Barthel, of Detroit: Meas., J. W. Hepburn, of Toledo; 
Fleet Surgeon, Dr. E. E. Beeman, of Cleveland. 
Race Committee— George P. Anderson, of Sandusky; 
W, R, {iyiitington ai;4 E4 Qverl^eke, of Qleyeland; J, 
A. Rathborn, of Detroit, and George Waite, of Toledo. 
Capt. E. W. Radder, of Cleveland, was re-elected dele- 
gate to the North American Y. R. U., and a vote of 
thanks was tendered him for his work in the past in that 
capacity. 
The delegates to the Yacht Racing Union of the Great 
Lakes are E. W. Radder, B. F. HoAver and Otto Barthel. 
The following amendments were adopted: 
1. Add to Section 2, Rule 8: "But such increase of 
rating shall affect the R. L. of such yacht for purposes 
of time allowance only, and not for purposes of classifi- 
cation." 
2. Strike out "galley fittings and" in third line of Sec- 
tion I, Rule 14. 
3. Amend Section i, Rule 15, by substituting "five" 
persons in place of "six'' as the number allowed on 27ft. 
class boats. 
4. Substitute the following in place of Section 3, Rule 
15: "In all races each yacht of 42ft. R. L., or under, 
must be steered by a Corinthian, who must be a member 
of a recognized j^acht club belonging to one of the asso- 
ciations of the Union; and must be manned by Corin- 
thians, except that any such yacht may carry the number 
of professionals regularly employed on the yacht, but 
not more than two in any case." 
Under caption of "Meetings" in by-laws change time 
of annual meeting from second Wednesday in February 
to "second Saturday of each February." 
A committee was appointed to consider the question of 
a one-design class to take care of the boats under 22ft., 
inasmuch as the rules of the Great Lakes Union do not 
provide for that size class. It was decided to hold the 
annual regatta at Put-In Bay on July 25. The table of 
scantling prepared for the Yacht Racing Union of the 
Great Lakes by W. P. Stephens was submitted to the 
delegates, all present expressing the opinion that only 
good results cOuld follow from it. After the meeting the 
delegates were entertained at a reception given in their 
honor. 
The Defense of the Seawanhaka Ctjp. 
The Montreal correspondent of the Boston Globe 
Avrites as follows: 
The most interesting thing that is yet known about 
the arrangements on this side of the line for the Sea- 
wanhaka cup races is that ^milius Jarvis will again com- 
pete for the honor to sail the cup defender. The offer 
made, it appears, by Mr. H. Montague Allan, the Mon- 
^aT, head of the firm of A. & H. Allan, of which Bryce 
Allan IS the Boston head, to btiild a boat, was made 
on the express condition that Jarvis was to sail her. 
If the commodore agrees to do so it will add greatly 
to the interest, for a race between Jarvis and Duggan 
IS of even more interest to Canadians than one betAvcen 
Crane and either of the Canadian skippers. 
Naturally the consummation of the Allan arrange- 
ments has been somewhat delayed by the absence of the 
commodore in England, and as it is nothing will be 
known for some days as to Avhat will happen. Some 
profess to believe that Jarvis Avill refuse the offer be- 
cause during his visit here with his queer craft, Bon- 
shaw, last summer he positively stated that he would 
enter no more championship matches, but would only 
sad m future in friendly club races. Still, the tempta- 
tion to break his resolutions then made is great in this 
particular case, for it is understood that he can either 
design and build his OAvn boat or can have her desi<^ncd 
and Ixnlt when he gets here. Besides, another brush 
with Duggan must be a hard thing for him to refuse 
As far as preparations in general go, the Royal" St 
JLawrence Y. C. is away behind the Seawanhaka CYC 
I o come doAvn to hard pan, really only one boat has been 
Ordered yet in a definite manner, and that is the one for 
the brokers' syndicate. There are others spoken of 
hke that of Mr. Allan, but they are still problematical' 
One thing is certain, and that is that unless thpv hurrv 
up the members of tlie Royal St. Lawrence Y.'C. will 
find themselves m the middle of the summer season 
triak " ''^"y boats ready to go into the preliminary 
Several of the old boats of last year will go in again 
this year, particularly Glenowen and the victor Glen- 
cairn II. ' 
The Yachting: Monthly/' 
Having attained the djgnity of its fifteenth volume and a sue 
cess which It has well deserved, our contemporary the Yachts 
man has launched a new and ambitious venture iiV the shane nf 
a monthly maga/ine devoted exclusively to yachtkie The'^first 
number of the Yachting Monthly Magazine, which rea^ched ul 
last, week, needs none of the excuses^ «.sua!lv claimed bv the 
initial number of a new publication, but is quite capaWe of 
standing on its merits. No doubt the future niuubers^ of which 
we hope there may be many, will show improvement buT the 
first one IS a marked ex-ception to the usual run of nautical ex- 
LT^qT*' ™ "'"^i P"bli«h "g 'i>ie. Its letter-press pages, umber- 
ing 94, are supplemented by four large folding plates of Sns 
and four half-tone plates of yachting scenes aesigns 
The leading article is on the "Probable Revival of Schooner 
Racing, by Harry Horn, an appropriate subject just now Mr 
Horn gives a very interesting history of schooners and schooner 
racing from 1851 down to its decline in the earlv 80s, but falls 
into the usual error of Briti.sh writers of callihg the famous 
sloop-schooner Maria, built by the Stevens Brothlrs, the B^acfc 
Maria. There is no record on this .side of the ocean of the 
yacht ever having carried such a name. 
The table of contents, in addition to this article and a short 
introduction is as follows: "Poor Little Spunyard " ''Notes 
from a Leafless Motebook " "A Fortnight in a Half-Rater," "Our 
Designs, . A Ladies' Match," "The Search for a Name," "A 
iamar Ir.p, Thames Sailing Punts," "A Lost Rowlock," "The 
Log of the Dabren, - "Outmaneuvered," "In Sydney Harbor " 
and 'A Channel Pirate." This list includes cruises in various 
sizes of craft, descriptive articles, and vachting fiction- the il- 
lustrations, of which a number appear in the text, being reallv 
excellent. ^ ^ax,y 
The publishers of the Wo journals have instituted a series 
ot quarterly designing competitiqns, open to all persons who 
have never prepared a design for money, the subject being an- 
nounced m advance. A first prize of f fi and a second of £"5 10s 
are given the .first design being published in the Yachting 
Monthly Magazine and the second in the Yachtsman The 
subiect of the first competition was a cruising yacht of .?6ft Iwl 
'^f*-, 4'"^^'"' the winning design, Serpolette. by' R 
Ji. M. Lengerke, being a handsome little keel cutter of moderate 
form, 50ft. over all, 36ft. I.w.l., and lift, beam, with full limit 
of draft and l,826sq.ft. total sail area. She has main and ladies' 
cabms, a good steerage and roomy forecastle. The subject for the 
next competition, closing this week, is a single-hand cruiser 
One of the large plates shows a very handsome open .sailing boat' 
designed by the late Mr. John Gordon Kellv, of 16ft. ]%in over 
all, with nearly plumb ends. 5ft. Sin. in beam and 2ft depth 
amidships, with knife board. The stibscrintion is 15s. Gd per year 
Apropos of the designing competition, the first ene browfflit ovit 
seventeen designs, ■ ""i- 
