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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[March 26, 1898. 
4. The cockpit shall have its floor above the L.W.L. 
and shall have scuppers draining otitboard. 
5. The centerboard shall not come above the deck or 
cabin trunk. 
6. The cabin shall contain cushions or mattresses for 
the berths or transoms, and one blanket for each berth 
or 7ft. length of transom, stove and cooking utensils, 
•and receptacle for two gallons of fresh water. 
7. There shall also be on board an anchor weigh- 
ing not less than i^lbs. for each foot of L.W.L. length, 
and not less than one fathom of suitable cable for each 
foot of L.W.L. length, life preserver, compass, riding 
light, fog horn, bucket and boat hook. 
8. All inside ballast shall be stowed under the floor 
of cabin or cockpit. 
9. All fixtures and fittings herein mentioned shall be 
suitable for cruising purposes, and shall not be removed 
or substituted by articles smaller or of lighter weight. 
10. Existing cabin yachts (1897) may race in cabin 
classes, provided they carry the full cruising equipment. 
The matter of racing dates was settled with very little 
difficulty, the fixtures for the season being as follows: 
May 14, Saturday— Huguenot Y. G., special race. 
May 21, Saturday — New RocheUe Y. C, spring regatta. 
May '30, Monday. Decoration Day— Harlem Y. C, annual re- 
gatta. Indian Harbor Y. C\ special race. 
June 4, Saturday— Kniclcerboclcer Y. C, annual regatta for all 
classes. 
June 11, Saturday— Corinthian Fleet^ of New Rocbelle, annual 
regatta. 
June 18, Saturday— Larciimont Y. C, spring regatta. 
Racing Circuit. 
June 25, Saturday — Seawaiihaka Corintliian Y. C, annual race 
for all classes. 
June 27, Monday — Stamford Y. C, annual regatta for all classes. 
June 28, Tuesday — Indian Harbor Y. C, spring regatta. 
June 29, Wednesday — Douglaston Y. C, annual regatta. 
June 30, Thursday — Sea Cliff Y. C, spring regatta. 
July 1, Friday— Reserved for either American Y. C- or Corinthian 
Fleet, special regatta. 
July 2, Saturday — New Rochelle Y. C, annual regatta for all 
classes. 
July 4, Monday — ^Larchmont Y. C, annual regatta. 
July 5, Tuesday — American Y. C, annual regatta for all classes. 
July 9, Saturday — ^Riverside Y. C., annual race. 
July 11, Monday, to July 15, Friday — Seawanhaka Corinthian 
Y. C. trial races for 20ft. class of sloops. 
July 16, Saturday, to July 23, Saturday — Larchmont Y. C., race 
■week. 
July 30, Saturday — Indian Harbor Y. C, annual regatta. 
Aug. 6, Saturday — Hempstead Harbor Club, annual regatta. 
Aug. 13, Saturday — Horseshoe Harbor Club, annual regatta. 
Aug. 20, Saturday — Huguenot Y. C, annual regatta. 
Aug. 27, Saturdaj' — Indian Harbor Y. C, special regatta. 
Aug. 27, Saturday— Huntmgton Harbor Y. C, annual regatta; 
Douglaston Y. C, special regatta. 
Sept. 3, Saturday— Indian Harbor Y. C, fall race; Larchmont 
Y. C., special regatta. 
Sept. 3, Saturday — Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C, fall race for 
all classes. 
Sept. 5. Monday, Labor Day — ^Norwalk Y. C, arinttal regatta. 
Sept. 10, Saturday — Riverside Y. C, fall race. 
Sept. 17, Satnarday — ^American Y. C., faU regatta for all classes. 
The statement was made that the Larchmont Y. C, 
the only club within the territory of the Y. R. A. which 
is not a member, had suggested that its racing dates 
be published in the official Hst of the Association. After 
some discussion it was decided that this be done. The 
following delegates were elected as Executive Committee 
for the 3'ear: 
OliA^er E. Cromwell, Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C; 
Charles T. Pierce, Riverside Y. C; O. H. Chellborg, 
Knickerbocker Y. C; E. Burton Hart, Jr., Huguenot 
Y. C; W. P. Stephens, Corinthian Fleet, of New Ro- 
chelle; Charles P. Tower, New Rochelle Y. C; and 
Frank Bowne Jones, Indian Harbor Y. C. 
Y, R. A. of Massachusetts* 
The Y. R. A. of Massachusetts held its annual meeting at 
Young's Hotel, Boston, on March 17, with Pres. L. M. Clark in 
the chair, and the following clubs represented: 
American of Newburyport, Boston, Burgess, Cape Cod, Cohtisset, 
Dorchester, Duxbury, East Gloucester, Hull, Jeffries, Kingston, 
Lynn, , Manchester, Massachusetts, Mosquito Fleet, Plymouth, 
Ouincy, Savin Hill, South Boston, Squam, Wellfieet, Winthrop 
and Wollaston. 
The following officers were elected: Louis M. Clark, Massachu- 
setts Y. C, President; A. H. Higginson, Manchester Y. C, Vice- 
President; A. T. Bliss, Winthrop Y. C, Secretary; Walter Burgess, 
Boston Y. C, Treasurer; Executive Committee: T. E. Jacobs, 
Hull Y. C; Newton B. Stone, South Boston Y, €.;. E. Robin- 
son, Savin Hill Y. C. 
A number of amendments were proposed, the most important 
providing for an associate membership of yacht owners, but 
nearly all were lost. The office of assistant secretary was abol- 
ished, and Rule II. was amended to make the entry fee $1. 
The following fixtures were arranged: 
May 30, Monday, Memorial Day— South Boston, off City Point. 
June 17, Friday — Massachusetts, off Nahant. 
June 25, .Saturday — Dorchester. 
June 28, Tuesday— Mosquito Fleet. 
July 2, Saturday — Jeffries. 
July 4, Monday— City of Boston, off City Point. 
July 7, S and 9, Thursday, Friday and Saturday— Winthrop. 
July 9, Saturday — Ouincy. 
July 27, 28 and 29, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday— Man- 
chester. 
July 30, Saturday— Burgess. 
Aug. 1, Monday— Manchester. 
Aug. 2, Tuesday— Beverly, at Marblehead. 
Aug. 3, 4 and 5, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday— Corinthian 
midsummer series. 
Aug. 6, Saturday — Corintliian, open. 
Aug. 8, Monday— American, Newburyport. 
Aug. 9, Tuesday — Squam. 
Aug. 10, Wednesday— East Gloucester. 
Aug. 18, Thursday — Plymouth. 
Aug. 19, Friday— Kingston. 
Aug. 20, Saturday— Duxbury. 
Aug. 22, Monday— Cape God at Provinc.etawn. 
Aug. 23, Tuesday— Wellfieet. 
Aug. 27, Saturday — Wollaston. 
Sept. 3, Saturday — Savin Hill. 
Sept. 5, Monday, Labor Day— Lynn, off Nahant. 
Ceto, 
W. E. C. EusTis, one of the Beverly Y. C.'s most enthusiastic 
racing men, is making a very interesting experiment with his 
33-footer Cero, the fast centerboard developed by him from his 
original 30-footer Salmon, a boat by Dyer, of Lake Minnetonka. 
In- Howland'.s shop, at Buzzard's Bay, Cicero is being given 
a new and much longer bow, so that her over-all length will be 
very close to 50ft. The new bow is similar to the one given by 
Mr. Eustis to his last year's 17-footer Capelin. It is a modifica- 
tion of the "scow" principle, as found in the Seawanhaka 20- 
footers, and 3'et an improvement, in that it gives more of a V 
than a U-shaped section to the bow for use in a seaway. 
'Cero's new bow runs forward close above the water, and finally 
turns sharply upward to the deck. The beam is carried quite well 
forward by the deck line, which is finally rounded in sharply 
to meet the stem. Were this all of the bowitwould be little out from 
the Al-Anka type, but instead of fioor and sides being rounded 
into each other in continuation of the round bilge, they meet 
at an angle, giving much the same effect as on square-sided 
boats. 
In practice on the Capelin this bow not only gained length 
and power for the boat when heeled, but also eased her in a 
seaway, because of the V-shaped section made by the angle of the 
sides and floor. How it will work in Cero remains to be seen, 
but the interest comes from the fact that slle is the first large 
boat on which a bow of this kind has been tried. 
In addition to the new bow, Cero is being given a cabin of good 
size under a house with curved sides and top, so as to offer very 
little windage. Her long centerboard has been taken out and 
replaced by a metal fin with a bulb of lead at a draft of 4ft. 6in. 
This fin is hol.low, and in it slides a dagger centerboard to give 
the necessary grip to windward. 
Should Mr. Eustis' experiment be successful, he will have 
a much faster as well as a handier boat for liis cruises up the 
Sound, as well as around the Cape. — Boston Globe. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Norota, keel sloop, has been sold by D. B. Burnham to Gordon 
Dexter, of Beverly, who will race her about Marblehead. The 
Gary Smith 35-footer Katona is being rigged anew for racing in the 
35ft. l.w.l. class on Massachusetts Bay, and with Norota and the 
new Loring 35-footer now building at Wood's yard there will be 
some interesting racing this summer. 
On March 19 the Seawanhaka C. Y. C. members were enter- 
tained by two stories of the blockade in the Civil War, one by 
Admiral Erben, U. S. N., Retired, who as a young man was in 
the blockading squadron about the Gulf of Mexico, and the other 
by Mr. Clarence Gary, who as a boy of si.xteen was a midshipman 
in the Confederate Navj'. Admiral Erben gave some statistics 
showing the magnitude of the system of blockade established by 
President Lincoln, the large profits resulting from its successful 
evasion, and details of life on a blockading ship. Mr. Gary, who 
spoke^ without notes, told a most interesting story of his personal 
experiences and observations on a Confederate war ship in run- 
ning the blockade and in constant intercourse with the commercial 
blockade runners. Master Reuben Demarest, the boy pianist, 
plaj'ed during the evening. 
Fleur de Lys, schr., George Lord Day, sailed from New York 
for Southampton on March 17. 
Thcspia, steam yacht, has been sold by David Dows, Jr., to his 
brother, Tracy Dows. 
Two of the new Seawanhaka knockabouts are now afloat at 
Marblehead and under trial. Mr. Stearns will make a very inter- 
esting experiment in sails, having two suits made exactly alike 
except that one will be cross-cut and the other with the cloths 
parallel to the leach. These two will be tried in turn on two boats, 
sails and crews being changed until it is determined which sail 
is the better. 
The first of the Cohasset one-design boats has been com- 
pleted. 
Alga, cutter, the first Burgess 46-footer, has been sold by Albert 
Geigei-, Jr., to Mr. Somerville, of New York, who will change her 
to schooner rig. The sale was made through Mr. Crowninshield, 
of Boston, and Mr. F. B. Jones, of New York, who have formed 
a partnership in the yacht brokerage business. 
The Encinal Y. G. has elected the following board of directors: 
Dr. G. L. Tisdale. George T. Wright, PI. K. Field, Phil S. Teller, 
H. M. Landsberger, Arthur M. Hickox and Martin Strauss. Dr. 
C. L. Tisdale was chosen President; P. S. Teller, Vice-President; 
and W. O. Henn, Secretary and Treasurer. 
The Pistakee Y. G. elected the following officers: Com., Henry 
L. Hertz; Vice-Com., Alexander R. Beck; Rear-Com., Philip 
Jaeger, Jr.; Treas., Wm. M. Gunton; Sec'y, G. E. Blomgren; 
Fleet Chaplain, Noah H. Pike; Fleet Surgeon, Samuel M. Barnes. 
Regatta Committee: Alexander R. Beck, Philip , Jaeger, Jr., 
Wm. M. Gunton, Henry L. Hertz, G. E. Blomgren, Charles J. 
Kuhn, John Oleson. Judges: Noah H. Pike, Adam M. Schillo 
and Fred L. Wilk. Measurers: A. G. Bower and Charles M. 
Palmer. The club adopted the Inland Lake Yacht Racing Asso- 
ciation rules and regulations, including the Seawanhaka C. Y. C. 
m.easurement regulations. It will hold races once every week 
during July and August on Pistakee Lake and Bay. The fleet 
numbers three 20-footers and five 17-footers, including County 
Clerk Philip Knopf's fast yaclit the celebrated Sleepy Tom. 
A, C. A. Membersiiip. 
Applications for membership may be made to the purser of the 
division in which the applicant resides on blanks furnished 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. 
George E. Hutchins, Chelsea, Mass. 
Foster H. Gary, Millbury, Mass. 
Clarence W. Estabrook, West Newton, Mass. 
PUBLISHERS^ DEPARTMENT. 
Asheville and Hot Springs, N. C. 
Tbese two charming resorts, located in the mountains of west- 
ern North Carolina, are now being rapidly filled with winter tourists 
from the North. A more delightful place cannot be found to avoid 
the disagreeable March winds. They are easily reached from New 
York, via Pennsylvania and Southern Railway, by the Washington 
and Southwestern Limited, wliicli leaves New York daily at 4:20 
P. M., making the trip within twenty-two hours in through Pull- 
man drawing-room sleeping cars. For full particulars, etc., call 
on or address Alex. S.- Thweatt, Eastern Passenger Agent, 271 
Broadway, N. Y.—Adv. 
"Washington. 
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOUR VIA PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. 
The next three-day personally-conducted tour to Washington 
via Pennsylvania Railroad will leave New York and Philadelphia 
on Thursday, March 31. Opportunity will be afforded to visit, 
under the intelligent direction of an experienced tourist agent, all 
the principal points of interest, the Capitol, Executive Mansion, 
Congressional Library, the Monument, National Museum, etc. 
An experienced chaperon will also accompany the party as a com- 
panion for the unescorted lady tourists. 
The rate, $14.50 from New York, $11.50 from Philadelphia, and 
proportionate rates from other points, includes all necessary ex- 
penses during the entire trip — ^transportation, hotel accommoda- 
tions, and guides. 
Persons desiring to return via Gettysburg may do so by purchas- 
ing tickets at $2 extra, which include this privilege. An oppor- 
tunity will also be afforded to visit Mt. Vernon and Arlington 
at a slight additional expense. 
For itineraries, tickets and full information apply to ticket agents; 
Tourist Agent, 1196 Broadway, New York; or address Geo. W 
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, 
Philadelphia.— ^rft^. 
In the Chicago Trade. 
Some sportsmen take a trunk when they go traveling, or when 
they go to a trap tournament, and some do not. Those who do, 
wish they had a trunk which would hold a gun in its place and 
keep the shells from mixing up with the eau de cologne. Those who 
do not take a trunk wish they had a good one to take. A genuine 
sportsman's trunk, one with places for old clothes, good clothes, 
gun, shells and everything that a sliooter or angler needs to take 
along, is something which the magnificent resources of the Ameri- 
can sporting goods trade has never yet until now offered, so far 
as I know. The Hogan Gun Trunk Co., of Chicago, are now 
offering such a trtmk, and it should meet a want. 
Mr. Jas. H. Fisk, an old-time figure in tlie Chicago sporting 
goods trade, is now located at 125 Dearborn street, this citj% and 
will offer his old friends his former close attention. 
F. S. Boyden & Co., Clark and Madison streets, Chicago, will 
this spring bring out new designs in club badges and medals. 
It's a poor shooter who can't wear a medal, and a good one. 
E. Hough. 
, Scores at Boston. 
Boston, March 21. — ^The rifle and revolver practice in the base^ 
ment of the big building is receiving a good deal of attention. 
In the championship rifle match there are a good many entries, 
embracing some of the best shots in the country. 
For the re-entry rifie match, standard target, the entries in- 
clude D. Johnson, J. T. Humphrey, H. M. Pope, E. S. Pillard, 
M. Dorrler, E. H: Eastman, O. M. Jewell and J. E. Kelley. . 
For the revolver match, any revolver, the entries include E, "E. 
Partridge, A. A. Webber and J. H. Wesson, with other -entries, 
of course, these being the leading shots. 
The pistol match entries include Sumner Paine, John Paine, 
E. E. Partridge, A. A. Webber, J. H. Wesson and J. T. Humphrey, 
with a good many shots of lesser fame. The above matches are 
each to be shot off before the Exhibition closes. 
The principal scores thus far in the matches at tlie Sportsmen's 
Exposition, up to 9:30 o'clock to-night are as follows: 
Match A — ^Any revolver championship: A. A. Webber 423. 
Match E — ^Any revolver, re-entry: 
J H Wesson 57 57 57 53 53—277 
E E Partridge 55 55 54 54 57—275 
John Caswell 44 36 36 36 33—185 
O B Joyeux 54 52 47 44 43—241 
Gapt O'Brien 42 37 — 79 
H G Clifford 41 39 30 40 —1.51 
J K Barnes 48 47 45 48 42—230 
Dr A A Webber 57 57 57 57 57—285 
W A Mann 58 56 56 56 .55—281 
Match D— Rifle championship: 
H M Pope 117 117 118 121 119 113 121 116 115 —1178 
E S Pillard 120 117 122 118 115 117 117 116 118 117—1177 
A H Merrill 98 83 — 181 
M Dorrler 118 116 115 119 108 117 119 U4 124 —1170 
Match Y — Military revolver, re-entry: 
E E Partridge 29 
O B Joyeux 29 
R Robertson 28 
F B Crowninshield 30 
Mr Tootax 22 
Dr A A Webber ...29 
H G Dodge 12 
Match G — Pistol re-entry: 
E E Partridge 58 
Dr A A Webber 59 
Mr Patch .52 
PI Morgan 53 
Mr Mann 58 
J Nichols 41 
Match J— Standard American, re-entry 
D Johnson 18 
J T Pluniphrey 45 
J Bushfield 39 
Mr Gerdwood 28 
Capt O'Brien 42 
A A Coombs 45 
J E Kelley 44 
J S Howe 42 
M Dorrler 47 
J E Berg 37 
H M Pope 48 
C D Berg 40 
O M Jewell 48 
G H Eastman 45 
Louisville Revolver Club. 
28 
28 
27 
27—139 
29 
28 
28 
27—141 
27 
25 
24 
25—129 
29 
29 
29 
29—146 
22 
22 
- 66 
28 
28 
28 
28—141 
— 12 
58 
56 
56 
56—284 
59 
57 
57 
56-288 
48 
48 
46 
45—239 
51 
49 
49 
47—249 
58 
58 
56 
56—286 
44 
43 
38 
—166 
rifle: 
47 
46 
46 
45—232 
45 
44 
43 
45—222 
37 
34 
—110 
27 
23 
— 78 
40 
31 
27 
—140 
45 
44 
42 
40—216 
43 
43 
41 
42—213 
41 
32 
—115 
45 ^ 
46 
46 
47—231 
33 
32 
31 
30—153 
46 
46 
45 
46-261 
33 
45 
34 
34—178 
37 
36 
—121 
44 
43 
39 
38—209 
March 9. — Fifteen yards, standard American target, time limited 
to 20 seconds for 5 slrots, : 
Total. Sec. 
A H Ross 10 10 9 9 8 10 10 
E B Dye 10 10 9 9 8 10 8 
H S Gilbert 10 10 7 5 4 10 9 
W C Magruder 8 6 6 5 4 10 9 
Sim Watkins 10 8 6 5 1 10 9 
Ten yards, for pocket pistols only, standard 
H S Gilbert 10 8 7 9 
A H Ross 9 10 8 9 
Sim Watkins 8 8 8 10 
E B Dye 5 6 6 6 
W C Magruder 10 9 3 8 
Mead Board 2 5 7 2 
N M Bowie 1 3 6 0 
Geo Gilbert 1 4 1 1 
Thirty j-ards, standard American target: 
H S Gilbert 3 7 9 10 
Sim Watkins 4 4 4 9 
8 8 5—87 28 
6 6 5—81 31 
8 5 5—73 38 
8 8 7—71 26 
9 7 4—69 33 
American target: 
10 10 1.0 10 10 8—92 
9 9 9 8 10 9—90 
4 8 8 9 8 3—74 
7 10 10 4 10 8—72 
10 6 5 6 7 8—72 
2 6 1 9 9 6—49 
1 .1 1 3 2 2—20 
11111 1—13 
7 10 8 9 8 10—81 
6 8 4 4 8 8-59 
A Revolver Match by Telegraph, 
Louisville, Ky., March 12. — Dr. A. A. Webber, of the Brooklyn 
Revolver Club, in a letter to Mr. E. B. Dye, of the Louisville 
Revolver Club, proposes a _series of team matches by telegraph, 
something unique, to say the least. The plan proposed is to 
have a representative of a local newspaper at each club's grounds, 
the scores to be thus certified and sent in to the opposing team 
by wire. It is proposed to have the match to consist of 10 shots 
to each man, in teams of three, five, eight or ten men, 50, 30, 
20, 15 and 10yds. distance, standard American target, to cut 
the line to coimt. The idea proposed is to shoot only at one 
distance each evening, thereby giving time for both clubs to 
practice, and no doubt some, of the existing records will be 
lowered. Only full charges of powder will be allowed, and 
.38 and .44cal. revolvers to be used. 
Louisville Club has some good crack revolver shots, who are 
anxiously looking forward to the proposed match. 
Leading dealers in sportsmen's supplies ha/ve advertised 
in our columns continuously for almost a quarter century. 
If you want your shoot to be announced here send in 
notice like the following; 
Fixtures. 
March 29-April 1. — Reading, Pa. — ^Annual tournament of the 
Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of 
the Independent Gun Club, of Reading. A. Knauer, Sec'jr. 
April 5-8. — Baltimore, Md. — Baltimore Shooting Association's 
spring tournament. Two days targets, $100 added each day. Two 
days live birds, $500 guaranteed in Maryland Handicap. All sm-- 
plus added. Geo. L. Harrison, Sec'y-Treas. 
April 7-8. — Platte City, Mo. — ^Annual spring tournament of the 
Platte City Gun Club. S. Redman, Sec'y. 
April 8. — Bridgeport, Conn.— Target tournament of the Bridge- 
port Gun Club. J. G. Kingsbury, Sec'y. 
April 13-la. — Atchison, Ivans. — Manufacturers' fourth annual ama- 
teur tournament; $500 cash added j $50 high average. Jack Parker, 
Manager; Lou Erhardt, Sec'y. 
April 13-15.- Macon, Ga.— Tournament of the Interstate Asso- 
ciation, under the auspices of tlie Macon Gun Club. F. C. 
Etheridge, Sec'y. 
April 14-15.— Newburgh, N. Y.— Special shoot, Hudson River 
Trap-Shooters' League, on grounds of Glenwood Gun Club. J. 
B. Rogers, Manager. 
April 15.— Worcester, Mass.— Tournament of Massachusetts State 
Shooting Association, under the auspices of the Worcester Sports- 
men's Club. A. W. Walls, Sec'y. 
April 18-20.— St. Louis, Mo.— Tournament for amateurs only at 
the Du Pont shooting Park; un4er the nianagement of J. A- 
Cony. 
