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MEEMER- 
,'!0ft. sloop, designed and built by C. C. Hanley lor li. C. Nickcrson, 1898. From photo by N. L. Stebbins. 
Frederick Sherwood Rathbun. 
The sixth commodore of the American Canoe Asso- 
ciation, Frederick Sherwood Rathbun, secretary and 
treasurer of the Rathbun Companj r . of Deseronto, On- 
lario, died suddenly at that place on Nov. 26 of heart 
trouble. 
He was born at Deseronto, Jan. 26, 1856. and was edu- 
cated in New York city, after which he went into busi- 
ness with his father and brother, and rapidly rose to 
the position held^ at his death. 
He married Miss Jean McMurrich, of Toronto, in 
October, 1877, and besides his widow there survive him 
two daughters and a son, in his own immediate family, 
as well as his brother. 
Com. Rathbun was one of the old-time members of 
the A. C. A., who made the meets of 1884-5-6 at Grind- 
stone so delightful to all who took part in them. His 
personal qualities endeared him to all who came in 
contact with him. 
Luden More. 
It is with deep regret that we record the death, in the 
early part of this month, of a historic figure in yacht- 
ing, Lucien More, the French yachtsman and oars- 
man. We know of no one to-day in either sport who can 
equal the long and honorable record of earnest work 
which has just closed. Mr. More was born in France in 
1817, and as long ago as 1836 he was known as an oars- 
man, prominent in boating, or as the sport is termed in 
France, "canotage." At this early date the pastime had 
by no means attained the dignity of public recognition 
as a sport, but the numerous successes of Mr. More at- 
tracted attention to it; in 1844 his crew defeated the crew 
of sailors of the Prince de Joinville, attached to the ser- 
vice of the vessels of the royal family at Neuilly, and in 
the following year he took part in the regattas at Havre, 
the first essay of the Parisian oarsman on sea courses. 
These and similar events served to bring the sport into 
general notice, and really mark its public recognition and 
the beginning of the prominence which it has since at- 
tained in France. Mr. More's efforts in its behalf, from 
the first, were not confined to the oar alone, but with 
tongue and pen he labored to perfect and popularize 
it: while he was always active in the work of club organi- 
zation and legislation. In 1853. though by this time 
devoted to yachting as well as rowing, he fotmded the 
Societe des Regattes Parisiennes, for the promotion of 
rowing; and in 1858 he was the leader, with the aid of 
Alphonse Karr and several others, in the publication of 
the first volume of nautical sporting literature in the 
French language, "Canotage en France." 
It was but natural that as yachting became known as 
a sport, about 1844, Mr. More should take to it as he had 
to rowing, and in 1854 he was equally prominent in the 
two. In this year he took charge of the little American 
centerboard catboat New York, imported into France by 
Mr. Goupil, and raced her with wonderful success against 
the native yachts, establishing the type in France from 
that time forth. Later he took up the Connecticut 
sharpie, and made her known to French yachtsmen. Hs. 
was one of the first supporters of the Yacht. Club de 
France, serving as secretary of the maritime committee, 
and from 1874 to 1879 he was president of the Cercle de 
la Voile de Paris. For the past twenty years he has 
written regularly for Le Yacht, the national yachting 
journal of France, his efforts covering the entire field 
of yachting. He was perfectly familiar with every branch, 
practical sailing and racing, the theory and practice of 
design and construction, club organization and detail, 
and yachting legislation; his numerous articles on type 
and design have been of the highest value in th; develop- 
ment of yachting in France. Honest, fair-minded, cap- 
able, and thoroughly devoted to yachting and canoeing, 
Lucien More has left in these two sports, now per- 
manently established in France, an imperishable monu- 
ment to his name. 
Valkyrie III. 
There was quite a pilgrimage of yachting men to 
Greenock last week to inspect Valkyrie III. in the 
Garvel docks, where she was taken on Tuesda} r . The 
value of having Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger tried 
against her, especially as Defender will try the new boat 
which is to defend the Cup, has been repeatedly pointed 
out in the Yachting World, and rumor was busy when 
Valkyrie was towed out of Greenock Bay, where she 
has lain since her return. It was freely stated that she 
was to be refitted for the coming season, and although 
this statement has proved premature, there is ground for 
belief that it may have some foundation. She went 
to Greenock and was docked for hull cleaning and in- 
spection. This is the first time she has been docked 
since she left the builder's hands, and a number of en- 
thusiasts took the opportunity of having a look at her 
when out of water. 
The bottom was found fearfully dirty, and some tons 
of mussels had to be removed before a fair idea of her 
lines could be obtained. 
Her great beam, very hollow sections and extraor- 
dinary draft gave her a look of power, and taken in 
conjunction with the easy curves of entrance and run 
explained her wonderful speed in light winds. 
Valkyrie, it may be remembered, was never coppered, 
but coated simply with a composition resembling black 
varnish. It was feared that under these conditions and 
considering that she has been afloat continuously for 
over three years, the wood might be sodden. On a trial 
being made, however, it was found that this was by no 
means the case. The composition had proved an ex 
cedent preservative, and the wood'was as fresh and "live" 
as when built. 
The grow r th of barnacles and mussels had told some- 
what heavily on the surface, and strange to say, the 
hardwood, the oak of the stem, sternpost, etc., had 
suffered more from this cause and was more deeply 
pitted than the softer wood with which she was planked. 
It was apparent that to plane her down and get a proper 
smooth surface again would be a work of much difficulty 
and expense, and the probability is that before she is 
raced again — if it should happily be her fate to be again 
fitted out — she will require to be coppered all over. 
After having been cleaned, ^examined, and recoateel 
with black varnish, she was towed back again to her 
moorings in Gourock, It seems a thousand pities that 
this, undoubtedly the most handsome and fastest vessel 
ever built on this side, should be left as a breeding ground 
lor shellfish.— The Yachting World, Nov. 11. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
On the evening of Nov. 22 about twenty of the older 
members of the Scawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. met at the 
club house, the occasion being a dinner to Mr. John 
Hyslop, the measurer of the club, who returned to New 
York on the Lucania on Nov. 12. The narrow escape 
of Mr. Hyslop, already recounted in the Forest and 
Strkam, was emphasized by the fact that in the course 
of the same day he had attended the funeral of a fellow 
passenger on the ill-fated steamer Mohegan, whose 
body had been recovered and sent to New York. In the 
absence of Com. Rouse, Mr. Tarns occupied the head 
of the table, the company including Messrs. Foulke, 
A. Cary Smith, Langdon Ward, Zerega, Wetmore, Fos- 
ter, Eaton. Stevens. Kerr, Sherman, Wendell, Owen, 
Stephens, Crane and others. After a very pleasant din- 
ner the party adjourned to the parlors at 9 o'clock, 
where Mr. Hyslop held a reception, many other members 
being present. He told at length in a simple but very 
forcible manner the story of the loss of the Mohegan, and 
in particular of his escape. The work of launching the 
boats failed almost entirely, it being impossible to swing 
them clear of the ship in the short time between the 
■ rash and her final sinking, estimated by Mr, Hyslop 
as under fifteen minutes. There being more than enough 
about the deck to load such boats as were being launched 
even if the attempts should prove successful, as they 
did not, Mr. Hyslop, as the bow sank and the stern 
rose, secured a life buoy from the after rail and made 
for the mizen rigging, but fell into a break in the deck 
and was submerged, though he managed to seize a 
ratline. After thus getting clear, the ship sank so rapid- 
ly that he was again submerged, but he clung to the 
rigging and again climbed clear, reaching a position 
some distance above the water, with half a dozen men 
above him. After the vessel settled so far that she was 
evidently on bottom this party was joined by a quar- 
termaster and the. assistant stewardess, who leaped from 
a water-logged boat into the rigging. This party, with 
one man on the funnel and others in the fore and main 
rigging, clung on in the dark and cold from about 7 
o'clock in the evening until 2 o'clock the next morn- 
ing, when they were taken off by the lifeboat from St. 
Keverns. The rescue was a slow and difficult matter, 
the boat being compelled to anchor to leeward of each 
mast in succession. When near the mizenmast Quarter- 
master Juddery swam to her with a line, and finally a 
traveling bight was rigged on a heavier line and the 
partv was taken off one at a time, each being lowered 
into" the sea and drawn along or under the water to 
the lifeboat. Even then it was nearly three hours more be- 
fore they were landed and cared for. In spite of the 
exposure, Mr. Hyslop suffered no injury. He has no 
explanation to offer as to how the vessel ran so far off 
her course, and the mystery will probably never be ex- 
plained. 
Ingomar. schr.. J. D. Barrett, has been sold to M, E. 
Plant. She is one of the best schooners built of late 
vears a roomv and serviceable craft, of moderate draft, 
88ft. over all, 66ft. l.w.l., 18ft. 6in. beam, and 8ft. draft 
of hull. She was designed by H. C. Wintringham and 
built by Lawley & Son in 1896. 
The schooner Ariadne, owned by the Hon. Mrs. Mey- 
nell Ingram, has been let to an American gentleman for 
a prolonged cruise to the South Pacific. It will be re- 
membered that Ariadne was built by Messrs. Camper and 
Nicholson for the late Capt. Charles Thellusson, and is 
the largest sailing schoner at present afloat. Capt. 
Thellusson named her Boadicea, and she had the longest 
masts ever put into a sailing vessel, but they were cut 
down after her famous match with the yawl Latona, from 
Torcmay round the Eddystone. in a gale of wind, in 1876. 
She took part two years ago in the first match for the 
German Emperor's Heligoland cup and won a prize. 
At the time he had her built, Capt. Thellusson was com- 
modore of the Royal Victoria Y. C, and there is an oil 
painting representing her under canvas in that club. 
Uvira, cutter, C. V. Brokaw, has been sold to Robert 
Doremus, of New York. Mr. Brokaw has purchased 
the steam' yacht Althea of Chas. Sooysmith. 
At the annual meeting of the Knockabout Associa- 
tion on Nov. 25, Frank Brewster was re-elected presi- 
dent, J. J. Souther secretary and treasurer, and F. Elliot 
Cabot official inspector. T. E. Jacobs, J. P.. Loud and 
H. H. Buck were elected as a board of judges for Asso- 
ciation races. It was voted to make no change in ex- 
isting rules and restrictions for the classes controlled by 
the Association. A change was desired in the racing 
rules so that a boat fouling a mark should at once with- 
draw and leave a clear field for the others, and a com- 
mittee was appointed to suggest the change to clubs 
giving races for Association classes, particularly for the 
raceabouts. If it is found that the clubs do not care to 
take action, the Association is likely to incorporate 
such a rule in its own rules. — Boston Globe. 
The fifth regular meeting of the Seawanhaka Corin- 
thian Y. C„ for the vear 1898. was adjourned to meet 
on Tuesdav, Dec. 6. 'at -the town club house, 19 East 
Twentv-second street, at 8:30 o'clock P. M. The adop- 
tion "of the following proposed amendments to the by- 
laws will be moved at the meeting: 
Chapter VTI. Section 12, to strike out the word "first" 
from the first line and to substitute the word "second." 
Chapter XIV. Section 1, to change the period to a 
semi-colon and to add: "provided, however, that when 
any such date falls on a legal holiday, the meeting shall 
be held on the succeeding Tuesday." 
The first meeting of the navigation class will be held 
at the club house on Thursday evening, Dec. 1, at 8:30 
o" clock, and it is expected that weekly meetings will 
thereafter be held during the winter months. The in- 
Ptnjctioj? will be free, and all members of the cb*b ?mcl 
