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[April 2, 1898. 
ation they may deern expedient and of postponing the,, regatta 
sheuld they consider it advisable to do so. 
Fifth: The decision of the committee on all matters to be final. 
Sixth: The committee also reserve to themselves the power of 
refusing any entries. 
Seventh : ' Any protest must be accompanied with a deposit of 
£4, which shall be forfeited to the regatta fund should the pro- 
test hi rejected. 
Eighth: A steamer will accompany the matches every day- 
Ninth: Entries for the matches to be made in accordance with 
the rules of the Yacht Racing Association and J\ddressed to the. 
Comrafssao Executiva do Centenario da India, Sociedade de Geo- 
graphia, Lisboa, on or before April 15, 1898. 
ROWING PROGRAMME. 
May 17. 1898— at Lisbon. 
Malcli No. 1 — For skiffs. — Prize gold medal. 
Aiatch No. 2— For outriggers (four oar.s). — Prize gold n).edal. 
Match No. 3 — For six-oared guigs (first class). — Prize gold medal. 
Match No. 3— For six-oared gigs (first class)— Prize gold medal. 
Matcli No. For four-oared gigs (first class) — Prize gold 
medal. 
Matcli No. 3 — For si.x-oared gigs (.second class). — Priz^ gold 
medal. . 
Match No. 6— For four-oared gigs (second class).— Prize gold 
medal. 
Match No. 7 — For six-oared boats belonging to Portuguese and 
foreign men-of-war. — Prize £10 and copper medal. 
Match No. 8 — For eight-oared boats belonging to Portijgjiese 
and foreign men-of-war. — Prize £10 and copper medal. 
Match .No. 9 — For ten-oared boats belongmg to Portuguese and 
foreign riien-of-war. — Prize £10 and copper medal. Course pne 
mile. 
If any of the men-of-war boats are steered by a_ naval officer 
a gold medal will be awarded to the officer of the winning boat. 
First: AlF races will be rowed under the rules of Henley re- 
gattas. 
Second: The committee reserve the right of making any al- 
teration they may deem expedient, and postponing the regatta 
should they consider it advisable to do so. The decision of the 
committee on all matters to be final. 
Third: The committee also reserve to themselves the power 
of refusing any entries. 
Fourth: Any protest must be accompanied with a deposit of 
£2, which shall be forfeited to the regatta fund should- the pro- 
test be rejected. 
Fifth: Entries for the matches to be made in accordance with 
the rules of Henley regatta and addressed to the Commissao Ex- 
ecutive do Centenario da India. Sociedade de Geographi.a, LisBoa, 
on or before April 15, 1808. 
H M, SPENCER'S TARGETS IN THE GERMAN RING RE-ENTRY RIFLE MATCH. 
Five best scores to count, 100ft., off-hand, possible 375. Score 373. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Tillie, steam yacht, formerly Polynia, has been sold by the estate 
of the l^te W. H. Starbuck to Lewis Luckenbach. 
Nahma, steam yacht, Robert Goelet, arrived at Newport :on 
March 27 with owner and friends on board, from the West Indies. 
She will proceed to New York. 
Penelope, steam yacht, under charter to John Shepherd, of 
Boston, arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, on March 9, from Tampa, 
and sailed for La Guayra. 
Silva, steam yacht, has been sold by J. H. Metcalf to A. B. 
Banks, through' her builders, Seabury & Co. 
The shops of John W. Sullivan are like a bee hive; wotk is 
carried on day and night. Among the orders are the four cylinder 
triple-expansion engines for E. W. Bliss' new steam yacht, build- 
ing by John N. Robbins; a triple-expansion engine, 9%, 14 and 24 
by 14in., for a passenger propeller building for Orlando P. Smith, 
of Westerly, R. I. ; a triple-expansion engine, 12, 18 and 20 by 20in., 
for Lewis Nixon, to be placed in the steam yacht building for 
Tarns & Lemoine; an engine for Capt. Ed Brandow's new tug; 
a triple-expansion engine, 10, 15 and 25 by 15in., for the steam 
yacht Ava, owned by Walton Ferguson, 11 Pine street, this city, 
the owner of Fisher's Island. — American Shipbuilder. 
Nourmahal, steam yacht, J. J. Astor, arrived at New' York On 
March 24, from New Orleans and Honduras, her owner coming 
from New Orleans by rail. 
The second general meeting of the New York \^ C. was held 
on' March 24, with Vice-Corn. Ledyard in the chair. The following 
amendment to the racing rules was passed: In Rule IV., Section 
Any yacht alone in her class may sail in the class next above, 
but in such case such yacht shall assume and be entered as 
of the mean racing length specified for the class in which she so 
enters; bvit this shall not be so construed as to permit a single- 
masted vessel or yawl to enter a schooner class. Substitute the 
word minimum for mean. 
T. G. Bennett presented to the club three chart plates of the 
^brth and South Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Indian oceans, 
and the Suez Canal, which will be printed for the use of members. 
Robert M, Grinnell presented to the club the American ensign 
carried by the Advance, brig, Dr. Kane, in the Franklin search 
expeditions of 1850-53. The following were elected members: Geo. 
J. Bascom, Dwight Bradford Blossom, Thos. S. Loeser, Charles 
N. Nelson, William Austin Wadsworth and Thos. Hammond 
Smith. 
Sultana, steam yacht, J. R. Drexel, arrived at Patras on March 
8, sailing the same day; on March 10 she called at Palermo. 
May, steam yacht, Mrs. Alex. Van Rensselaer, and Barracouta, 
steam yacht, D. P. Reighard, were at Kingston, Jamaica, on 
March 21. 
Scythian, steam yacht, Miss Susan De Forest Day, sailed from 
Charleston for Hampton Roads on March 21. 
Narada, steam yacht, Henry Walters, sailed on March 8 from 
Nice for Naples. 
Andria, steam yacht, J. E. Brooks, arrived at Gibraltar on 
March 9. 
Felicia, steam yacht, building for E. W. Bliss at J. N. Robins' 
yards, Erie Basin, will be launched on Saturday, April 2 at 
3:30 P. M. 
The annual open regatta of the Brooklyn Y. C. will be sailed 
on Monday, June 13. A special cup wiU be -given for the knock- 
about class. . 
Bucaneer, steam yacht, W. R. Hearst, has been fined $200 under 
Sec. 5 of the act of Jan. 16, 1895, for carrying newspaper corres- 
pondents and dispatches between Havana and American ports. 
The Saddle and Cycle Club, of Chicago, will establish a yachting 
department at Edgewater, on Lake Michigan, building a boat 
house and pier. 
Nooya, steam yacht, has been sold by E._ N. Dickerson to W. 
K. Aston, through Mr. Crowninshield. This gentleman has just 
booked orders for four designs: a 30ft. yawl for F. W. Hastings, 
of Cambridge, Mass., a cruiser, with 9,0001bs. of lead on keel; 
a 21ft. c. b. knockabout for New York, 32ft. Sin. overall, 8ft. 4in. 
beam, 7ft. lOin. beam at l.w.l.. 3ft. 4in. draft and 600sq.ft. of 
sail, with knife centerboard and balanced rudder; a 21ft. keel 
knockabout for E. C. Lambert, of Cambridge; and a 17ft. power 
launch for Meteor, schr., J. O. Shaw, Jr. 
At the an^iual meeting of the Corinthian Y. C. of San Francisco 
the following officers were elected: Com., Carl Westerfield; Vice- 
Com., Andrew Thorne; Port Capt., J. H. Keefe; Sec'y, E. B. 
Lathrop; Treas., C. L. Barrett; Directors: C. Westerfield, A. 
Thorne, J. H. Kecfe, E. B. Lathrop, C. L. Barrett, O. Eastwood, 
F. E. Schober; Regatta Committee: J. H. Hopps, W. F. Dixey, 
R. J. Martenstein; Delegates to the Pacific Interclub Y. A. ap- 
pointed March 3: J. H. Hopps, A. J. Young, P. J. Martenstein. 
A. G A» Membership. 
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. 
Atlantic Division. 
W. F. Penney, New York. 
Eastern Division. 
George C. Scales, Newton, Mass. 
Wilson S. Dakin, Wish-ton- Wish, Northampton, Mass. 
The FoRBST AND Stream is put to press each week on 
Tuesday. Correspondence Intended for publication 
hould reach us at the latest by Monday, and as much 
<jri^ as 'practicable, 
lifle ^mge md 
Scores at the Boston Totifnament. 
Boston, March 26.— The two weeks of shooting in the New Eng- 
land Sportsmen's Association tournament closed to-night with the 
following records: 
Match A. — Any revolver championship: Prizes, three sterlmg 
silver cups, actual cost $50, $25 and 4i0. Conditions: Arms- 
Open to any revolver of not over .45cal., with barrel not over 
7%in. in length, exclusive of cylinder. Sights must be strictly 
open and not over 9in. apart. Trigger-pull shall not be less than 
31bs. Position, standing without I'est or support, shooting arm 
extended, elbow free from the body. Targets will be the standard 
American reduced to 20yds. Number of shots: This match calls 
for 50 consecutive shots, which must be finished within 25 rnin- 
utes of the first shot. Cleaning allowed between scores. Am- 
munition: Any ammunition of not over 12grs. black powder, or 
its equivalent in smokeless, allowed. Entrance fee for this match 
is $5. Distance 20 measured yards. Entries: Only one allowed 
by the same individual. Ties will be shot off. 
First prize won . by R. H. Sayre, score -MS. Second by E. E. 
Partridge, score 430. Third by G. W. Waterhouse, score 428. 
Match B.— Military revolver championship: Prizes, three ster- 
ling silver cups, actual cost $50, $25 and $10. Conditions: Arms- 
Open only to ithe present standard .38cal. revolver as issued by 
the United States Government to the troops. Sights must be the 
regular open and fixed military sights with which the revolver is 
issued. Trigger pull shall not be less than 41bs. Position, stand- 
ing without vpst or support, shooting arm extended, elbow free 
from the body. Targets will be the standard American reduced 
to 20yds., with Creedmoor count. Number of shots: This 
match calls for 50 consectitive shots, which must be finished 
within 25 minutes from the first shot. Cleaning allowed between 
scores. Ammunition must be the regular full charge service car- 
tridge intended for this arm. Entrance fee for this match is $5. 
Distance 20 measured yards. Entries: Only one allowed by the 
same individual. Ties will be shot off. „„ „ j , 
First prize won by E. E. Partridge, score 232. Second by Dr. 
S. Paine, score 230. Third by Dr. A. A. Webber, score 226. 
Match C— Pistol championship: Prizes, three sterlmg silver 
cups, actual cost $50, $25 and $10. Conditions: Arms— Open to 
all pistols of .22cal., with barrels not over lOin. in length. Sights 
must be strictlv open and not over lOin. apart. Trigger pull 
shall not be less than 21bs. Position, standing without rest or 
support, shooting arm extended, elbow free from the body. Tar- 
, gets will be the standard American reduced to 20yds. Number 
of shots: This match calls for 50 consecutive shots, which must 
be finished within 50 minutes from the first shot. _ Cleaning al- 
lowed between scores. Ammunition: Any .22cal. rim-fire ammu- 
nition allowed. Entrance fee for this match is $5. Distance 20 
measured yards. Entries: Only one allowed by the same individ- 
ual. Ties will be shot off. ,™ o j i_ i- 
First prize won by C. S. Axtell, score 457. Second by E. E. 
Partridge, score 447. Third by G. W. Waterhouse, score 442. ^ 
Match D.-^Rifle championship: Prizes, three sterling silver 
cups actual cost $50 $25 and $10. Conditions: Arms— Open to all 
riifes of .22cal. Sights: Any sights except telescope sights 
allowed. Position: The nosition will be off-hand. Targets: The 
25-rIng target will be used for this match. Number of shots: 
This match calls for 50 shots, which must be shot in ten rings of 
5 shots each at any time during the tournament. Each string 
must be finished within 10 minutes from the first shot. Cleaning 
allowed between strings. Ammunition: Any .22cal. rim-fire car- 
tridges allowed. Entrance for this match is $5. Distance 100 
measured feet. Entries: .Only one allowed by the same individ- 
ual. Ties will be shot off. 
First prize won by F. C. Ross, score 1200. Second by H. M. 
Spencer, score 1187." Third by D. M. Pope, score 1178. 
Match E. — Any revolver re-entry. Prizes: There will be twelve 
prizes, dividing $140, as follows: $30, $25, $20, $15, $12, $10, $8, $6, 
$5, $4, $3, |2. Only one prize can be won by the same individual. 
Conditions: Arms, sights, position, targets, cleaning, ammunition 
and distance are the same as in the any revolver championship 
match. Scores: A score to consist of 6 consecutive shots, which 
must lae finished within 3 minutes from the first shot. Each con- 
testant's final score to consist of the aggregate of his five best 
scores. Entries are unlimited and are to cost 25 cents per score. 
Ties will decided by the next best score or scores. 
First prize, cash $.30, won by C. S. Axtell, score 286. Second, 
cash $25, a tie between Dr. A. A. Webber and J. H. Wesson, 
score 285. 
Match F.— Military revolver re-entry: Prizes: There will be 
twelve prizes, dividing $140, as follows: $30, $25, $20, $15, $12, 
$10, $8, $6, $5, $4, $3, $2. Only one prize can be won by the same 
individual. Conditions: Arms, sights, trigger-pull, position, tar- 
gets, cleaning, ammunition and distance are the same as in the 
military revolver championshin match. Scores: A score to con- 
sist of 6 consecutive shots, which must be finished within 1 min- 
ute from the first shot. Each contestant's final score to consist 
of the aggregate of his five best scores. Entries are unlimited 
and are to cost 25 cents per score. Ties will be decided by the 
next best score or scores. 
First prize, cash $30, won by E. E. Partridge, score 147. Second, 
cash $25, won by R. Robertson, score 144. Third, cash $20. won by 
O. B. Joyeux, score 143. 
Match G.— Pistol re-entry: Prizes: There will be twelve prizes, 
dividing $140, as follows: $30, $25, $20, $15, $12, $10, $8, $6, $5, $4, 
$3, $2. Only one prize can be won by the same individual. Con- 
ditions: Arms, sights, trigger pull, position, targets, cleaning, 
ammunition and distance are the same as in the pistol champion- 
ship match. Scores: A score to consist of 6 consecutive shots, 
which must be finished within 3 minutes from the first shot. 
Each contestant's final score to consist of the aggregate of his 
five best scores. Entries are unlimited and are to cost 25 cents 
per score. Ties will be decided by the next best score or scores. 
First prize, cash $80, won by E. E. Partridge, score 290. Second, 
cash $25, won by Z. C. Talbot, score 289. Third won by Dr. 
A. A. Webber, score 288. 
Match H. — German ring, re-entry rifle: Prizes: There will be 
twelve prizes, dividing $140, as follows: $30, $25, $20, $15, $12, 
$10, $8, $6, $5, $4, $3, $2. Only one prize can be won by the same 
individuah Conditions: Arms, sights, position, targets, cleaning, 
ammunition and distance are the same as in the rifle champion- 
ship. Scores: A score to consist of 3 shots, which must be .fin- 
ished within 5 minutes from the first shot. Each contestant's final 
score to consist of the aggregate of his five best scores. Entries 
are unlimited and are to cost 25 cents per score. Ties will be de- 
cided by the next best score or scores. 
First prize, cash $30, won by H. M. Spencer, making a clean 
score of 375 points. „ . 
Match I.— Standard American re-entry rifle: Prizes: There will 
be twelve prizes, dividing $100, as foljows: $20, $15, $11, $10, $9, 
$8, $7, $6, $5, $4, $3, $2. Only one prize can be won by the same 
individual. Conditions: Arms, sights, position, cleaning, am- 
munition and distance are the same as in the rifle championship. 
Targets : The standard American target reduced to 100ft. with 
7-ring black will be used in this match. Scores: A score to con- 
sist of 5 shots, which must be finished witliin 5 minutes from the 
first shot. Each contestant's final score to consist of the aggre- 
gate of his five best scores. Entries are unlimited and are to 
cost 25 cents per score. Ties will be decided by the next best 
score or scores. 
Cash prize of $20 won by F- G. RoSs. score 228. 
The scores in detail follow; 
Anv revolver championship match: 
G W' Waterhouse 50 50 53 45 56 56 44 56 18—428. 
G W Waterhouse ...50 50 53 45 56 56 44 56 18-^3 
Z C Talbot 49 51 45 49 51 58 44 57 20-424 
Dr A A Webber 45 51 52 54 43 50 57 54 17-423 
Military revolver championship match: 
O B Joyeux 25 29 27 28 27 27 29 29 9—230 
Dr A A Webber 26 27 26 27 28 27 27 29 9-226 
Z C Talbot 27 26 28 28 24 -26 28 24 10—218 
C E Davis 24 24 26 25 27 24 23 26 8—208 
Dr R H Sayre v 22 17 25 29 24 25 23 26 8—199 
R S Hale -...i,...23 27 22 21 19 22 20 24 8—186 
Pistol championship match: 
E E Partridge.. 85 93 86 87 96-447 
Z C Talbot :. 86 88 88 85 84-^31 
FGHodskins • 90 90 79 87 92-^28 
Dr A A Webber 86 81 77 88 85-417 
A L Smith .....88 79 80. 88 91-426 
Rifle championship match: 
F C Ross 123 118 120 123 122 121 123 113 123 114-1200 
H M Pope 117 116 121 113 121 115 119 121 118 117—1178 
E S PiUard 117 118 116 117 117 115 118 122 117 120—1177 
W Rosenbaunt 119 117 115 118 115 120 117 118 119 118—1176 
L C Buss 117 115 118 114 118 121 116 119 116 121—1175 
M Dorrler ..120 118 116 115 119 108 117 119 114 124—1170 
C A Coombs 118 121 113 119 114 109 U5 112 114 116-1151. 
