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FOREST AND STREAM. 
tJuLY, 1 6, 1898. 
Auburn Gun Club. 
Auburn, Me., June 30— The Auburn Gun Club held their first 
annual tournament to-day. The weather was all that ceuld be 
desired and the boys turned out well, about every club in the 
State being represented by their best shots. 
Among the shooters from out of the State were O. R. Dickey, 
Cap. Wadsworth and B. Leroy Woodard. These three only shot 
the first eight events though, as they had to leave early in order 
to catch the train for Boston. They shot well, but were hardly 
up to their usual form. 
Shooting began at 9:30 o'clock, and the last event was shot out 
by 5:30. The Parker gun was won by Mr. Preble, of Waterville, 
who got 25 straight. Mr. Preble then ran a 10 straight and a 15 in 
the next two events, making the longest run of the day— 50 straight, 
15 of which were at unknown angles. 
In the seventh event, $50 guaranteed purse, Mr. Berry scooped 
the not on 25 straight. ' 
The club will put the money made at the tournament into the 
dub house fund, and next spring will build a nice, large house, so 
as to inve the beys better accommodations next year. 
The visitors spoke highly of the Auburn Gun Club's first 
.•mnual, and thought the dinner out of sight. 
Events- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
Birds : ' 10 10 15 10 10 15 25 10 25 15 15 10 10 
Herbert 9 8 . . 10 . . 15 24 10 22 . . 13 10 9 
Dickev .'. 9 8 14 9 10 13 23 8 . . 13 
Puck' 8 10 12 
Leroy 7 10 15 
Hunnewell 7 10 11 
Thompson 9 8 11 
Randall 9 10 14 
Arthur 7 6 11 
Chisholm 8 9 12 
Gray ^ 8 15 
Payson 9 6 9 
Lord 9 6 12 
Libby 5 5 8 
Wyman 7 6 12 
Preble S 10 11 
Stobie 8 7 12 
Honesty 9 10 
9 9 14 23 10 . . 10 . . 
9 10 11 24 10 . . 13 . . 
8 6 14 18 7 22 . . 10 
8 10 12 IS 
9 7 12 21 
9 10 11 22 
7 6 12 16 
6 10 10 19 
6 7 13 18 
6 6 9 17 
7 6 8 19 
9 5 14 21 
Greene < 9 7 12 
Tones 8 6 12 
Bates 10 9 12 
Merrill 7 9 12 
Ray 10 9 12 
Norton 8 8. 
Leary 6 8 . . 
Dwinell 8 8 . . 
Huntington b 4 
Collins 6 4 .. 
Barker 9 8 .. 
Fletcher 8 8 10 
Ashley 8 8 . . 
Tukey 7 7 •■ 
Bickford 8 9 . . 
Cobb 7 10 • . 
Morse 9 8 .. 
Berry 10 10 .. 
Wills 8 6 .. 
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Wakefield 8 . 
Taylor 4 .. .. 
Bean •• 8 .. 11 
White 6 19 
Francis ' 
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L. A. Barker, Sec'y. 
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Uxbridge Gun Club. 
Uxbridge, Mass., July 2.— Ford and Fred tied for the medal 
with 45 out of 50. In the shoot-off at 15, unknown angles, Fred got 
15 straight to Ford's 13. No. 1 was regular, the remainder being 
unknown angles; Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8 constituted the medal shoot 
at 50 targets : 
Events: 12345678 Shot 
Targets- 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 at. Broke. Av. 
Day 15 9 11 .. 13 8 11 8 90 75 . 830 
Ford 12 8 12 8 13 10 14 8 100 85 .850 
Rawson ..." 10 8 7 5 14 8 13 9 100 74 . 740 
Coffin . 12 6 12 5 11 8 9 9 100 72 .720 
Johnson 12 7 12 8 12 10 11 8 100 80 . 800 
Fred 12 9 8 13 8 14 10 _85 JH .870 
Club average V,7"c 5 2 46 °c .■ 8 °° 
W. S. Hobbs, Sec'y. 
Inchting. 
Fixtures. 
JULY. 
Miramichi, Adams cup, Chatham. 
Seawanhaka, annual, Oyster Bay. 
, Beverly, fourth championship, Buzzard s Bay. 
•23. Larchmont, race week, Long Island Sound. 
Corinthian Marblehead, championship, Massachusetts Ba s 
i Shelter Island, ladies' day, Gardiner's Bay. 
New Jersey Ath., invitation race, Newark Bay. 
. Seawanhaka, Roosevelt mem. cup, Oyster Bay. 
■17. Corinthian San Francisco, cruise, Marin Islands, 
. Baltimore, Rear-Corn, cup, Chesapeake Bay. 
, Queen City, 16ft. class, Toronto. 
, Roval St. Lawrence, 20 18 and 15ft. classes, Dorval. 
, Chicago, annual, Lake Michigan. 
. American, cruise, Ipswich. 
■18-19. East Gloucester, cruise to Ivahant. 
, Baltimore, McAllister cup, Chesapeake Bay. 
. Quincy, open, Boston Harbor. 
Winthrop, club, Boston Harbor. 
Burgess, ladies' race, Massachusetts Bay. 
Woods Holl, championship, Sussett Harbor. 
American, skiff class Newburyport. 
Royal Canadian, 27, 22 and skiff classes, Toronto. 
Beverly, fifth Corinthian. , 
Royal St. Lawrence, A, 30, 25 and 18ft. classes, Dorval. 
Interlake Y. R. A., annual, Put-In Bay, Lake Erie. 
Cape Cod, club, Provincetown. 
28-2i). Manchester, open, Manchester, Mass. 
Newport, ladies' day. Narragansett Bay. 
, Corinthian Marblehead, club, Massachusetts Bay. 
Burgess, open, Massachusetts Bay. 
American, ladies' cruise, Newburyport. 
Taunton, ladies' cruise, Taunton, Mass. 
New Jersey Ath., cup, Newark Bay. 
Woods Holl, open, Sussett Harbor. 
Shelter Island, special, Gardiner's Bay. 
Indian Harbor, annual, Long Island Sound. 
Aug 7. Corinthian San Francisco, cruise. 
Royal St. Lawrence, 25, 18 and 15ft. classes, Dorvai. 
Baltimore, Rear-Corn, cup, Chesapeake Bay. 
, Oueen City, 27ft. class, Toronto. 
■Aug. 1. East Gloucester, cruise, Gloucester, Mass. 
AUGUST. 
1. Manchester, open, Manchester, Mass. 
1. Burgess, moonlight sail, Massachusetts Bay. 
3-4-5. Corinthian Marblehead, midsummer series, Mass. Bay. 
3. Taunton, cruise to Newport. 
3. Fall River, ladies' day, Mount Hope Bay* 
6. Chicago, race to Mackinac Lake, Michigan. 
6. Corinthian Marblehead, open, Massachusetts Bay. 
6. Beverly, Van Rensselaer cup, Marion. 
6. Hempstead Harbor, annual, Long Island Sound. 
6. Quincy, handicap, Boston Harbor. 
6. Wollaston, open, Boston Harbor. 
6-7. Winthrop, cruise, Boston Harbor. 
6. Norwalk, club, Long Island Sound. 
6. Mount Hope, open, Mount Hope Bay. 
6. Woods Holl, championship, Hadley Harbor. 
6-8-9. Oshkosh, Green Lake cup, Felker cup, Oshkosh, Wis. 
6. Queen City, 16ft. class, Toronto. 
6. Royal Canadian, first and 22ft. classes, Toronto. 
6. Baltimore, McAllister cup, Chesapeake Bay. 
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8. American, Newburyport day, Newburyport. 
9. Squam, open, Annisquam. 
10. East Gloucester, open, Gloucester Harbor. 
10-11. Chicago; open, Mackinaw. 
13. Beverly, sixth Corinthian, Buzzard's Bay. 
13. Queen City, 19ft. class, Toronto. 
13. Horseshoe Harbor, annual, Long Island Sound. 
13. New Jersey Ath.. cup, Newark Bay. 
13. Cohasset, open, Cohasset Harbor. 
13. Baltimore, Rear-Corn, cup, Chesapeake Bay. 
13. Corinthian Marblehead, open, Massachusetts Ba } . 
13. Winthrop, evening race, Boston Harbor. 
13. Jubilee, championship, Massachusetts Bay. 
13. Burgess, cruise, Massachusetts Bay. 
13. Woods Holl, open, Woods Holl. 
13. American, cruise, Newburyport. 
13. Taunton, cruise to Newport. 
13. Shelter Island, open, Gardiner's Bay. 
13-14. Corinthian San Francisco, cruise. Port Richmond. 
13-18. Royal St. Lawrence, Seawanhaka international cup, Montreal, 
Lake St. Louis. 
13-14. East Gloucester, cruise, Gloucester, Mass. 
13. Green Bay, annual, Green Bay, Wis. 
18. Miramichi, Stewart pennant, Oak Point. 
18. Plymouth, open, Plymouth, Mass. 
19. Kingston, open, Kingston, Mass. 
20. Huguenot, annual, Long Island Sound. 
20. Park City, annual, Long Island Sound. 
20. Duxbury, open, Duxbury, Mass. 
20. Quincy, handicap, Boston Harbor. 
20. Winthrop, club, Boston Harbor. 
20. Woods Holl, championship, West Falmouth. 
20. Beverly, seventh Corinthian, Buzzard's Bay. 
20. Burgess, championship, Massachusetts Bay. j 
20. Royal Canadian, 27, 22 and skiff classes, Toronto. 
20. Baltimore, McAllister cup, Chesapeake Bay. 
21. Winthrop, cruise, Boston Harbor. 
22-23-24. Quincy, challenge cup, Boston Harbor. 
22. Wollaston, cup, Boston Harbor. 
22. Cape Cod, open, Provincetown. 
22-26. Seawanhaka-Phila. Cor., knockabout interclub match, Ovster 
Bay. 
23. Wellfleet, open, Wellfieet, Mass. 
26. Fall River, open, Mount Hope Bay. 
27. Beverly, club meeting and informal race, Buzzard's Bay, 
27. Queen City, 27ft. class, Toronto. 
27. Huntington, annual, Long Island Sound. 
27. Douglaston, special. Long Island Sound. 
27. Cor. Marblehead, third championship, Massachusetts Bay. 
27. Woods Holl, open, West Falmouth. 
27. Shelter Island, special, Gardiner's Bay. 
27. Taunton, open, Taunton, Mass. * 
27. American, cruise to Squam. 
27-28. Corinthian San Francisco, cruise, Petaluma. 
27. Canarsie, Corinthian race, Jamaica Bay. 
27. Baltimore, Withers cup, Chesapeake Bay. 
29. New Jersey Ath., club, Newark Bay. 
30. Taunton, ladies' day, Taunton, Mass. 
31. American, moonlight sail, Newburyport, Mass. . 
SEPTEMBER. . 
3. Savin Hill, open, Boston Harbor. 
3-4-5. Corinthian Marblehead, cruise, Massachusetts Bay. 
3. Woods Holl, championship, Sussett Harbor. u 
3-4-5. Wollaston, cruise, Boston Harbor. 
3. Baltimore, Rear-Corn, cup, Chesapeake Bay. 
3. Beverly, eighth Corinthian, Buzzard's Bay. 
5. Cor. Philadelphia, fall, Essington, Delaware River. 
5. Larchmont, fall, Long Island Sound. \ 
5. Norwalk, open, Long Island Sound. 
5. Norwich, open, Long Island Sound. 
5. Beverly, open, Buzzard's Bay. \ 
5. Newport, club, Narragansett Bay. 
5. City Point, club, New Haven, Long Island Sound. 
5. American, skiff class, Newburyport, Mass. 
5. Jubilee, championship, Massachusetts Bay. \ j 
5. Burgess, open, Massachusetts Bay. 
5. Lynn, open, Massachusetts Bay. 
5. Quincy, handicap, Boston Harbor. 
5. Royal Canadian, Prince of Wales cup, Toronto. 
9. Pacific, interclub regatta, San Francisco Harbor. 
10. Beverly, tenth Corinthian, Buzzard's Bay. 
10. Royal Canadian, skiff class, Toronto. 
10. Riverside, annual, Long Island Sound. 
10. Hull, open, Boston Harbor. 
10. Massachusetts Y. R. A., rendezvous, Hull. 
10. South Boston, handicap, Boston Harbor. 
10. Winthrop, cruise to Hull. _. "J 
10. Burgess, sail-off, cruise, Massachusetts Bay. 
10. Woods Holl, open, Woods Holl. 
10. Taunton, club, Taunton, Mass. 
10. Baltimore, McAllister cup. 
10. Chicago, falL Lake Michigan. 
11. Corinthian San Francisco, regatta, San Francisco Bay. 
11. Massachusetts Y. R. A., review, HulL 
17-18. Corinthian San Francisco, cruise, Vallejo. 
17. American, cruise to Plum Island. 
17. Baltimore, Rear-Corn, cup, Chesapeake Bay. 
17. Queen City, 22ft. K class, Toronto. 
26. Newport, ladies' day, Narrangansett Bay. 
29. Miramichi, Gould cup, Newcastle. 3 
30. Taunton, ladies' day, Taunton, Mass. 
OCTOBER. 
14. Miramichi, Watt cup, Chatham. 
The matter is, after all, a very simple one for those who 
have the British rule and its lessons before them." 
The fate of perpetual prize cups is proverbial. In a 
recent hunt over records we have come across one that 
has been for some years forgotten. The Livingston 
memorial, originally established, we believe, by that 
good yachtsman and all-round sportsman the late 
Anson Livingston, was given to the Atlantic Y. C. 
many years ago; for some twenty years .back it has been 
given as an extra prize for the single-stick class of about 
46ft. l.w.l. in the annual regatta. Of late years it has 
disappeared from sight, and is no longer raced for. It 
is unfortunate that an old trophy of this kind should be 
allowed to pass out of existence, and we hope that some 
means may be taken to recuscitate it. 
The Measurement* Rule. 
The Yachtsman, reprinting an abstract of the report of 
the Seawanhaka special committee, disposes of the prin- 
cipal points as follows: 
The committee has very carefully considered the mat- 
ter, and unanimously think that the present American 
rule must be altered in order to get a more wholesome 
type of boat. They have not, however, decided upon 
trying a modification of the British formula, but have 
resolved upon recommending one of their own, which 
we consider rather crude. In order to verify this factor 
(area of midship section), a drawing of the midship sec- 
tion must be furnished, with the waterline accurately 
marked. It is also intended that the submerged profile, 
the vertical longitudinal section, exclusive of the rud- 
der, shall not, without penalty, fall below 65 per cent, 
of a parallelogram constructed to touch its extreme 
dimensions. Now, for these drawings — for a drawing of 
the profile must be supplied — before him, an experienced 
designer could reproduce the whole design of any boat 
that he has seen with almost absolute exactitude, and for 
this reason we have called the proposition "crude." 
After continuing at some length in the same strain, the 
criticism concludes: "We hope, in the interests of 
American yachting, that) the report will not be adopted, 
but that the committee will see their way to achieve their 
evidently good intention in a more satisfactory way. 
We are tempted to apply the same adjective, "crude," to 
the Yachtsman's criticism, as well as to question its 
application to the Seawanhaka proposal. The important 
*>oint of the committee's work is the presentation on 
.he part of Mr. Hyslop of the one great evil of modern 
yachting and the weak point of all rules, the use of un- 
taxed levers; and of his proposal of a remedy that is 
simple, direct, and far more promising of good results 
than any thus far suggested or tried. So far from being 
crude, the report in covering these two points goes 
beyond any similar work that we have thus far en- 
countered. 
In disposing thus summarily of a proposal of this kind, 
the Yachtsman lays itself open to the very same criticism, 
its work is "crude" in that it fails to discriminate be- 
tween a very important principle and a possibly faulty 
arrangement of details, Even if we grant all that the 
Yachtsman urges on the ground that too much is asked 
of the designer, and we are not quite prepared to do 
that, there is little ground for condemning the entire 
report and recommendation. 
The main point of the report is that the proposed 
formula demands the disclosure of the beam, draft and 
the area of midship section. In this it goes no further 
than many proposals made by competent authorities, and 
seriously considered by yachting bodies. If yachtsmen 
are intent, as they now seem to be, on a rule that will 
promote displacement, there is little less that can be 
asked for than the area of midship section. It is less 
than asking directly for the displacement itself, and real- 
ly very little more, at least to the man Who has once 
seen a yacht out of water, than the girth would be. 
Given the beam and girth, as in the Y. R. A. rule, any 
designer who has once seen a yacht can obtain her area 
of midship section very closely indeed by a little trial 
sketching. 
Until it is accepted that the formula in itself is a good 
one, there is no need of discussing the minor details of 
its application; but, this point once reached, 'the latter 
could probably be met in some satisfactory way. At 
the worst, it would be possible to accfept the statement of 
the designer, as to the area of midship section and lateral 
plane, subject to verification by actual measurement in 
the case of a protest; or, as the measurers are usually 
men of reputation and perfectly responsible, it might 
be made imperative that they should consider the sketch 
of section as confidential, to be filed securely with the 
club records, and accessible only to themselves. 
As to the . lateral plane, that is of minor importance, 
under the proposed tax it is probable that very few 
yachts would be built below the standard, of 65 per 
cent. In the case of all yachts built to the standard all 
that would be necessary is the statement of the designer 
that the area does not fall below the limit. The proposal 
to call far a sketch of the lateral plane was seriously 
made by the British designers under date of Nov. 8, 
1892. It does not follow from the mere use of these 
factors that it is necessary to publish to all the world 
the actual midship section and sheer plan of every racing 
yacht. 
We regret that the Yachtsman has not directed its 
criticism to the really important features of the report 
instead of an auxiliary one. We confess that, after a 
long study of the subject of remodeling the formula 
from many points of view, we do not share the Yachts- 
man's ideas as to the extreme simplicity of the task and 
the aid to be obtained from the Y. R. A. rule; to us it 
presents many difficult features. 
We had hoped this week to continue our discussion of 
the Hyslop formula, but find it necessary to defer it. How- 
ever, we have a criticism quite as hostile as that of the 
Yachtsman, but of a more satisfactory nature, from our 
correspondent, "Sextant." As it was received at a late 
date, we are unable to attempt any reply at present: 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
From the point of view of the opponents of the old type 
of measurement rules the report of the Seawanhaka com- 
mittee will seem a distinct advance in the following 
particulars* viz.: 
It favors a rule which is specifically intended to pro- 
duce wholesome boats. 
It defines wholesome boats in. terms of dimensions. 
It says it is hopeless to attempt to assign independent 
or relative values to beam and draft as factors affecting 
speed. 
It maintains that in racing it is relative and not abso- 
lute speed that is desired. 
And, by leaving some matters to clauses supplemen- 
tary to the formula, it gives testimony to the point that 
it is neither necessary nor expedient to include all mat 
ters concerning measurement in a formula. 
From the same point of view the report is open to 
criticism in sundry respects. 
The formula is made of two parts. The first. 
L.W L. -1- V"S . 
which alone is effective with what we may term 
the committee's normal yachts, i. e., those having 
the desired amount of displacement. With such boats 
«u * ■ v '* > , 2 (B. -f D.) — 6f V- M Tsj 
the remainder of the formula, 
2 
equals O. With other boats the latter portion becomes 
effective. It is unlikely that yachts will have the pre- 
cise amount and arrangement of displacement necessary 
to reduce the new portion of the formula to zero; there- 
fore it will act as a whole and should be so considered. 
The avowed purpose of the rule is to permit the 
building of "really good" yachts, having reasonable dis- 
placement, that can successfully compete with racing ma- 
chines on "fair and equated terms." The accomplish- 
ment of this result by this formula depends upon the 
validity of the following fundamental proposition, viz. : 
The relative worth of S. A., L.W.L., beam, draft, im- 
mersed midship section, immersed lateral plane, and 
weighted centerboards, as speed factors, is so accurately 
represented by the numerical relations of the several 
terms of the formula that no advantage in soeed will be 
gained by sacrificing L.W.L. or S. A. in order to be 
able to reduce the area of immersed midship section and 
