May 7, 1898.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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National Beagle Club. 
AfRtL 25^,— An executive committee meeting of the 
National Beagle Club of America Was tleld at 171 Bfoad- 
way on Tuesday, Aplril 26. Messrs. Geo. B. Post, Jh, 
Jno. Bateman, Jas. W. Appleton and G. M. Wharton 
were present. The treasurer reported the finances of the 
chib in a most satisfactory condition. A. Henry Higgin- 
son, of Boston, and J. T. Volkman, of Webster Grove, 
Mo., were elected to membership. 
The chair appointed a committee for the revision of 
the by-laws, etc. 
It was decided that the field trials for 1898 be held 
the week beginning Mondajr, Oct. 24. 
G. Mifflin WnARxoif., Sec'y- 
Amefican Dachshund Club, 
Chicago, April 26. — The American Dachshund Club 
will hold its next annual meeting May 19 at 8 P. M., at 
715 Farwell avenue, Rogers Park, Chicago, 111., to trans- 
act its regular business and elect officers for the ensuing 
year. 
Votes for officers and delegate to the A. K. C. should 
be sent to the secretary by mail by those who are not 
able to be present at the meeting. 
Any suggestion any member or friend of the breed ma}' 
make in the interest of the club and our breed will be 
thankfully received and considered at our next meeting. 
Arthur Froembling, Sec'y. 
21s State Street. 
A MEiiTiNG of the Cmmcil of the Yacht Racing Union 
was held in New York on April 30, there being present 
Chairman Louis M. Clark, Sec'y F. B. Jones, Treas. N. 
D. Lawton, and Messrs. Oliver E. Cromwell, k. J. 
Prime and A. D. F. Bancroft. Mr. Jarvis was expected, 
also Mr. Duggan, but both were prevented by busi- 
ness. The question of a new rule of measurement to be 
recommended by the Council for adoption in the fall 
was discussed throughout a lengthy session, but no de- 
cision was reached. 
From reports which are apparently reliable it appears 
that Spain is making a special effort to capture some 
of the large American steam yachts now about the Medi- 
terranean. On April 27 the Spanish torpedo-boat de- 
stroyer Destructor sailed from Cadiz, accompanied by 
the torpedo boats Barceola, Habana and Retaniosa, head- 
ing east for the Straits of Gibraltar. Their special 
mission, as reported, is to look for American yachts. It 
is also stated that the fast British steam yacht Giralda. 
recently purchased by Spain, will be devoted to this 
object, her speed of 22 knots making her capable of 
overhauling any of the American yachts. On April 30 
it was reported from Toulon, France, that the American 
steam yacht Namouna, James Gordon Bennett, while 
en route from Cannes to Marseilles, was chased by sev- 
eral Spanish torpedo boats and compelled to put into 
the little harbor of Saint Troupez, about thirty-seven 
miles from Toulon. Sultana, steam yacht, J. R. Drexel, 
has been laid up at Marseilles. Capf. J. R. Potter and 
First Officer A. T. Acorn retui-ning to New York. Na- 
rada. steam }'acht, Henry Walters, left Corfu on April 
16 for Brindisi, when her owner and party were to leave 
her. On April 17 the British steam yacht Catania, under 
charter to Cornelius Vanderbilt, arrived at Nice from 
Genoa. On May i Varuna, steam yacht, Eugene Hjg- 
gins, arrived at Venice from Trieste, and will lay up. The 
Enterprise, May and Barracouta are still in the West In- 
dies. 
As n )ted last week, the Port of New York is now un- 
der control of the War Department, and stringent regu- 
lations have been issued to govern all vessels entering 
or leavnig, including yachts. The original order for- 
bidding the passage through the Narrows or past Sandy 
Hook of any vessel after 7 P. M. or before 5 A. M. 
has been modified, the limits being extended to 8 P. M. 
and 4 A. M. The following notice was sent out last 
Aveek : 
"Tompkinsville, N. Y., April 27.— Notice is given by 
the Lighthouse Board that the Narrows, or southern 
entrance to New York Harbor, is closed to navigation 
by submarine mines, except through a safe channel 
marked by nun and can buoys, counted from seaward, 
painted white, and placed on the following bearings: 
First mm buoy. Fort Tompkins lighthouse, N.W. by 
W'.J-^W. ; Robbins Reef hghthouse, N.^W.; northwest 
part of Hoffman Island, S.W.^S. First can buoy. Fort 
Tompkins lighthouse, N.W. by W.J4W.; Robbins Reef 
lighthouse, N.I/2W.; south part of Fort Lafayette, 
N.E.J^N. Second nun buoy, Fort Tompkins hghthouse, 
W.^N.; Robbins Reef lighthouse, N.?4W.; south part 
of Fort Lafayette, N.E.^^E. Second can buoy, Fort 
Tompkins lighthouse, W.^S.; Robbins Reef lighthouse, 
N.5^W.; south part of Fort Lafayette, N.E. by _E.;^'E. In 
using the safe channel caution must be exercised. The 
nun buoys must be left on the starboard hand by vessls 
entering and the can buoj's on the port hand. When 
clear of the buoys danger is past, and regular courses 
must be resumed. Vessels bound out must follow the 
directions already published for passing through the 
main channel. New York Lower Bay." _ , 
On April 27 the lights on all the electric buoys in New 
York Harbor were extinguished, and on the following 
night the big lights on the Navesink Highlands were 
not lighted. 
Notice has been given that the following named lights 
in the Lower Bay, New York, have been extinguished 
by order of the Lighthouse Board until further 
notice: Fort Tompkins light; Norton's Point (Coney 
Island) light, Romer Shoal beacon. Old Orchard 
Shoal light, Princess Bay light, Elm Tree and 
New Dorp, range for Swash Channel; North 
Hook beacon, Sandy Hook; South Hook beacon, 
Sandy Hook; Conover and Chapel Hill beacons, range 
lor Main Channel; Point Comfort and Waackaack, range 
^or Main Channel; electric lights, Gedney Channel 
Notice is given by the Lighthouse Board that at any 
time after May i, 1898, the following light vessels may 
be taken from their stations without further notice: 
Nantucket Shoals hght vessel, No. 66; Fire Island 
liglit vesfsel, No. 68; Northeast End light ves- 
sel, No. 44; Five Fathom Bank Ught vessel. No. 40; 
Fenwick Island Shoal light vessel. No. 45; Winter Quar- 
ter Shoal light vessel. No. 45; Cape Charles light vessel, 
No. 49; Diamond Shoal light vessel. No. 71; Frying 
Pan Shoals light vessel, No.- I. 
Boston Hai-bor has been Inined, leaving ofily a narrow 
channel foi' ve.5Sels of over 3ft. dtaft, so that it is prac- 
tically closed to yachts. The Delaware River has also 
been hiined, te&ulting in siiriilat conditions. 
The Geograpliidal Society of PllilEidelphia has Under- 
taken to put into practice the SGheitle of drift casks pro- 
posed by Com. Melville, U. S. N., for the observation of 
the circumpolar currents. These casks will be strongly 
buih of wood, in shape a parabolic spindle, and will be 
set adrift beyond Bering Strait, in different localities. It 
is expected that many of them will be found at distant 
points after a few years of drifting. 
The Spanish Yacht Catchei*, Giralda, 
The well-known British steam yacht Giralda, Capt. 
H. C. McCalmont, the fastest yacht of her type afloat, 
has just been purchased by the Spanish Government, 
and it is stated that she will be itsed for the express pur- 
pose of chasing American steam yachts. The Giralda 
is described as follows by "Engineering:" 
The yacht is remarkable in several respects, combin- 
ing the principal features of a pleasure craft and an 
armed cruiser. The main engines are of the high-speed 
type, and it is interesting to note that not only has Mr. 
Laing designed, and the Fairfield Company constructed, 
the fastest merchant steamer, but also the fastest pleasure 
craft, for the Giralda on trial on the Clyde made 20.9 
knots, the power developed being 8,500 indicated horse- 
power, with the engines running at 220 revolutions. 
The propelling machinery consists of two sets of 
triple expansion engines, each set having four cylinders 
working on four cranks. Each set has one high-pressiu'e 
cylinder 25in. in diameter, one intermediate-pressure cyl- 
inder 4oin. in diameter, and two low-pressure cylinders 
4Sin. in diameter, all adapted for a stroke of 2ft. 3in. 
The high-pressure cylinders are each fitted with a piston 
valve, and the intermediate and low-pressure cylinders 
with a ilat slide valve, all being worked by the ordinary 
double eccentric and link motion valve gear. The cylin- 
der covers and pistons are of cast steel, made by Sir 
Joseph Whitworth & Co. The reversing gear is of the 
all-round type, with worm and wheel .gear worked by a 
small steam engine. 
The condensers are constructed of sheet brass, sepa- 
rate and distinct from the main engines, and placed 
in the wings of the ship. The condensing water is sup- 
plied by two large centrifugal engines with pumps of 
brass supplied bj^ Messrs. W. H. Allen & Co., Bed- 
ford. The main and auxiliary feed pumps are separate 
and distinct h'ora.the main engines, and were supplied b}'- 
Messrs. G. & J. Weir. Two fire and bilge engines are 
also fitted in the engine room, made by Messrs. Mum- 
ford, Colchester. A large evaporator for feed water 
make-up is fitted, and was supplied by Messrs. Caird & 
Rayner, London. The shaft for each engine consists of 
two pieces, each with two double-throw cranks, and, to- 
gether with the tunnel shafting, is hollow, and all forged 
by Sir Joseph Whitworth & Co., Limited, of their fluid 
pressed steel. The propellers are fitted with blades of 
bronze. The crank and thrust shafts are 10 3-4in. in 
diameter, and the propeller shaft iiin., all with a 5in. 
hole. 
Steam is supplied by three double-ended and two sin- 
gle boilers made entirely of steel, having a total of six- 
teen ribbed furnaces, and constructed for a working 
pressure of i7olbs. per square inch. They are 12ft. iiti. 
in diameter, the double-ended being iSft. 3in. long and 
the single-ended i6ft. They are adapted to work with 
moderate forced draft and closed stokeholds. The boil- 
ers are iittcd in two separate boiler rooms, and arranged 
with one large funnel, air being supplied by ventilators 
for natural draft and fans for forced draft. The stokeholds 
are fitted with See's patent ejectors. The machiner}'- 
and fittings are of light construction, steel and brass 
being largely used. 
The dimensions of the Giralda are: Length on load 
waterline, 275ft.; extreme width, 35ft. r^in.; and depth, 
19ft.; and 1,508 tons. Deck erections consist o£ a topgal- 
lant forecastle, large midship house i6oft. long, and a 
small wheelhouse aft. In the midship house are situated 
the public rooms — the drawing and dining rooms at the 
after and the smoking room at the fore end — all commu- 
nicatin.g with each other hy an inclosed passage running 
along the starboard side of the casings. The deck in 
these apartments and the corridor is entirely covered with 
oak parquetry, and the rooms are framed and paneled in 
solid hard wood, satin wood, oak, etc., varied in each 
apartment with furniture and upholsterjr to harmonize. 
The sleeping accommodation is all arranged on the 
lower deck, the height between decks being 9ft, 6in. For- 
ward of the boiler space are four large cabins entering 
from the vestibule abaft the smoking room on the main 
deck, and abaft of engine space are the owner's cabin 
and another large stateroom. All these cabins are sub- 
stantial]}^ framed in mahogany, with light silk in the 
panels. The framing has been enameled white through- 
out, thus giving the occupants all the advantage of the 
light which is here admitted by large sidelights, with 
stained glass lanterns on the inside, and also from sky- 
lights on the deck. Neat fireplaces, with white metal 
grates, have been fitted tip in all the public rooms and in 
the principal staterooms, the other apartments being 
comfortably heated by means of steam apparatus. Two 
upright grand pianos have been supplied, one being 
placed in the drawing room and the other in the owner's 
stateroom, on the cabin sole, each with case made to 
harmonize with the surrounding frame. All the apart- 
ments are furnished and upholstered in elegant style, 
with brass or hardwood bedsteads, wardrobes, chests 
pf drawers, writing tables, chairs, couches, etc.; the 
floors covered with Axminster or Tiudcey carpets and 
rugs, silk curtains to windows and beds, and in fact 
everything which can be expected to assure the perfect 
enjoyment of a cruise. 
There is a complete system of water-tight compart- 
ments, cutting oft' the engines from the boilers and di- 
viding one set of boilers from another. Only in some 
bulkheads have doors been provided, and these can be 
closed from the main deck,. The coal bunkers com- 
pletely surround the boiler rooms, and the side bunkers 
are carried inward over the top of the boilers to the 
height of the upper deck, and along the whole length 
of the engine space. The side plating is i3-2oin., and 
i4-2oin, thick, and the bottom plating is mostly J^in. 
thick. The frames are formed of heavy channel bars, 
spaced 2ft. apart, and the floors to every frame are 5^in. 
thick. The bulkheads forming the water-tight compart- 
inents and the coal bunkers are all i6-2oin. in thickness. 
The vessel is btult of steel throughout. Two_ Gardner 
guns and four Llotchkiss guns, with two electric search- 
lights of Admiralty pattern, add to the resemblance to 
an armed cruiser; and her crew of sixty Naval Reserve 
men, procured from the Orient service, with Mr. Mc- 
Calmont himself as commander, witli a master's certifi- 
cate, encourage the idea that, although a private yacht,, 
the Giralda may be regarded as at any time available 
as an Admiralty dispatch boat. She has a coal carrying 
capacity enabling her to make a voyage of over 3,500 
nautical miles at a speed of fifteen knots; or of nearly 
6,000 natitical miles at a speed of twelve knots. She is 
lightly rigged, with three pole masts tind fore-and-aft 
sails with one vard on the foremast. 
Baltimore Y. G 
TiiJ': Baltimore Y. C. is preparing for a very active 
season, with five different series of races. The dates are: 
April 30, Curtis Bay course, McAllister cup. 
May 7", Curtis Bay course. Rear Commodore cup. 
May 14, Curtis Bay course, McAllister cup. 
May 21, Curtis Bay coiU'se, Rear Commodore cup, 
May 28, Curtis Bay course, McAllister cup. 
June 4, Curtis Baj^ course. Rear Commodore cup. 
June II, Fort Carroll to lower channel buoy No. i and 
return to starting point, distance twenty-five miles, Yiee- 
Commodorc cup. 
June 18, Curtis Bay cotirse, McAlUster cup. 
June 25, Curtis Bay course. Rear Commodore cup. 
July J^, notice to be .given, Commodore cup. 
July Q, Curtis Bay course. McAllister cup. 
July 16, Curtis Bay course, Rear Commodore cup. 
July 23, Curtis Bay course, McAllister cup. 
"july 30, Curtis Bay course. Rear Commodore cup. 
Aug. 6, Curtis Bay course, McAllister cup. 
Aug. 13, Curtis Bay course. Rear Commodore cttp. 
Aug. 20, Curtis Bay coitrse, McAllister cup. 
Aug. 27, mouth of Magothy River to Thomas Point 
light, to Love Poiitt, to starting point, a distance of 
thirty miles. Withers cup. 
Sept. 3, Curtis Bay course. Rear Commodore cup. 
Sept. TO, Curtis Bay cotirse, McAllister cu]). 
Sept. 17, Curtis Bay course. Rear Commodore cup. 
.'Vll the races start at 3:30 P. M. except that of June 11, 
at II A. M., and tiiat of Aug. 20, at 10:30 A. M. 
The club's tender, the steamer Highland, will leave 
South street Saturdays at 12:30, 3:30 and 4 o'clock; Sun- 
days at' 10:30, 3 and 5, and on other days at 2 and 4 
o'clock, making three return trips. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
The fifth annual volume of the Transactions of the Society of 
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers has been issued, under 
the editorship of the Secretary, Naval Contsritctor F. T. Bowles. 
It contains the papers read at the fifth annual meetnig last 
November and noticed at the time. One of especial interest at 
present is on the subject of torpedo boat design, by Ass t Naval 
Constructor H. G. Gilmour. The volume, which is sent free to 
all members, is sold to subscribers at §6, and to non-svibscnbers 
at $10 The secretary has issued a small pamphlet containing 
a complete index to the five volttmes thus far published, which 
will prove useful to those desiring to refer to the numerous 
valuable papers. 
The YaclUing Monthly Magazine for April, the third number, 
is quite up to the standard set by the preceding issues. The 
illustrations, both the special plates and the numerous small 
cuts arc very good indeed, and the reading matter is varied and 
interesting. The opening article, "The Story of My Life, by a 
2V<.-Rater'" written by Mi.ss Barbara Hughes, is cleverly con- 
ceived and ably written. The technical articles include a very 
interesting account by Mr. Linton Hope of the construction of 
extremely light racing craft, such as his Lotus and Kismet; the 
writer tells verv frankly those details of construction which are 
as a rule carefully concealed by designers. Mr. G. U. Laws con- 
tributes an article on the modern British canoe, which is very 
coi^petition, for a fast cruiser of 48ft. l.w.l., shows a handsome 
cutter of 67ft. over' all, dSft. l.w.l., 12ft. 2in. beam and 9ft. draft, 
with 6ft Bin head room under the deck beams and a floor of 3ft. 
9in. wide. The folding plates are a design for a sharpie 1-rater, 
bv Capt. Marony, R. E. ; the construction plan of Ivismet, Mr. 
Linton Hope; prize design, fast cruiser, Mr. J. E. Odgers, and 
sharpie cruising canoe, Mr. G. U, Laws. 
Nourmahal, steam yacht, J. J. Aster, has been approved by 
the Board of Auxiliarv Cruisers, and Mr. Astor has notified the 
Government that he will, sell her at such a price as may be deemed 
reasonable. 
The trustees of the American Y. C. have tendered to the United 
States Government the use of their club grounds and house at 
Milton Point, on Long Island Sound, as a signal station. The 
annual fall regatta will be om.itted this season. 
The Chicago Y. C. will offer a cash prize of $500 for a race 
to Mackinac on Aug. 6. The club will have its station at the Argo 
Club. The racing season will begin on June 9 with the first of 
three matches between Vanenna and Siren. The club wdl offer 
liberal prizes for the annual regatta. The following regatta com- 
mittee has been appointed; J. O. Heyworth, A. C. Burton, C. 
E. Kremer, M. D. Wilber and S. N. Smith. 
Zingara, sloop, formerly Gertrude, is at Poillon's yard, where 
a new and longer bow will be put on under the direction of Mr. 
A. Cary Smith. 
Sagamore, steam yacht, has been chartered by Com. Morgan 
as the flagship of the New York Y. C. since the Corsair has been 
sold to the Government^ 
A. C 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. 
Eastern Division. 
Edward B. Carney, Lowell. Mass. _ ^ ^ , .„ 
S. Colburn Clement, M.P,, Pemigewasset C. C, Hav^rhiU, 
Ma,ss; 
