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20-FT. DINGHY GENERAL ARRANGEMENT. 
As the yachting journal of America, the Forest and Stream is 
the recognized medium of communication between the maker of 
yachtsmen's supplies and the yachting public. Its value for ad- 
vertising has been demonstrated by patrons who have employed 
its columns continuously for years. 
Of late years the adherents of different systems of yacht 
measurement have been divided into two schools, includ- 
ing those who believe in a type of rule based primarily on 
a formula composed of different factors of speed in 
variable quantities, and those who believe in fixed and 
invariable limits for each class. The Massachusetts Y. 
R. A. and the owners of many of the smaller yachts in 
Boston waters have favored strongly the latter system, in 
the particular form of a measurement of waterline alone 
with the simplest possible restrictions in the way of crew 
limit, prohibition of shifting ballast and similar ones. As 
we have predicted at different times in the last few years, 
the course of racing in Boston waters has clearly demon- 
strated the failure of such means to secure the desired 
end, of encouraging the all-round type of yacht long in 
use there. The general consensus of opinion in the Asso- 
ciation is now in favor of more stringent regulations of 
some sort, and we publish elsewhere the first attempt in 
this direction. As will be seen, the waterline is retained 
as the basis of measurement and classification, but definite 
limits are placed on sail area and ballast. While the ex- 
act method employed is different from those advocated by 
our correspondents Sextant and Mr. George Hill, the re- 
strictions are of the same type, and widely different from 
such formulas as we have discussed at times. We fail to 
see as yet the advantages of this new scheme over any 
good formula, and we shall watch the experiment with 
much interest. We hope that Boston yachtsmen will build 
to the new limitations and test them thoroughly. 
The detail of measuring the head triangle has always 
been attended- with no small amount of difficulty and con- 
fusion, as shown in the. small classes racing for the Sea- 
wanhaka cup, the method of measurement being changed 
nearly every year, and always being unsatisfactory. The 
method proposed for the knockabout classes seems to be 
a distinct improvement on anything yet tried, in that the 
three limiting points are absolutely fixed, and such as 
can be located quickly and certainly. They are at the 
deck at fore side of mast, the intersection of the line of 
foremost headsail with the bowsprit or deck; and the in- 
tersection of the same line with the fore side of mast. 
These are the measurements by the British Y. R. A. rule, 
but to adapt them to the present case it is proposed to in- 
clude only a certain portion of this triangle in the sail as 
measured. This is very much better than measuring the 
perpendicular to the head of jib on the stay, and attempt- 
ing to mark the latter point. 
The determination of the Sound Y. R. A. to allow 
i,ooosq. ft. of sail for the proposed 25ft. knockabout 
class makes the name a misnomer before the class comes 
into existence. This is the same sail plan as that of the 
special 30ft. class, with 5ft. more length, and about ift. 
less beam and ift. more draft; while the boats are racers 
and in no sense knockabouts. There will be no diffi- 
culty in designing a yacht of 25ft. l.w.l. to carry i.ooosq. 
ft. of sail ; but such a boat will be anything but a knock- 
about in. the true sense of the term, or capable of the 
use for which the class was created. 
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Rifle at the Sportsman's Association. 
Sing Sing, N. Y.— Editor Forest and Stream: Now that the time 
for the annual sportsman's show has nearly arrived, I would like 
to set forth a few ideas which have occurred to me in connection 
with the shooting gallery as conducted in the basement of the 
Madison Square Garden during the great show. In the first place, 
to qualify for criticising this branch of the show, I consider myself 
a fair shot in rifle practice and game shooting. Being troubled 
with big head in this matter, I was rash enough to enter in some 
of the competitions. Aside from a chance shot in the bullseye 
event, my score was woefully lacking. My nerves were very 
steady, resulting from abstaining from the use of tobacco and all 
stimulants. I had practiced a great deal. Why was it my score 
did not reach the winning mark? Because I held my rifle by 
the fore end, as one is accustomed to do in shooting game. Any 
sportsman who will take the troube (I have no doubt many have 
noticed this besides myself) to visit the range will find game 
shooters far in the minority. You will find champion gallery shots 
of German Shooting Association, and in fact professional crack 
shots from all over the country, one and all, using the hip rest 
with 141b. rifles, which would not shake if the man using it happened 
to be affected with St. Vitus' Dance. This is a sportsman's shoot. 
Why not make it so in every sense of the word. Give the sporting 
fraternity a chance by having at least, one event open to those 
only who shoot off-hand? 
I do not imagine I could take a place even then; but I would 
pass over my "'coin" with a much more cheerful spirit when 
knowing that it was taken by one of steadier nerves and truer eye. 
Chas. G. Blandford. 
[Gallery shooting is not big-game shooting, nor is its manner 
of shooting held forth as being such. If one were to hold the rifle 
as Mr. Blandford suggests it would be far from the conditions of 
big-game shooting even at that.] 
Shell Mound Range. 
San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 12.— Shell Mound range was patron- 
ized yesterday by scores of marksmen. Only one more shoot will 
be held this year— on next Sunday. Scores for the day were- 
Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club.— Rifle, 10-shot score, Columbia 
target: Champion class, A. H. Pape 35; first class, O. A Bremer 
79; second class, M. J. White 108; G. M. Barley 109; third class: 
G. Mannell 93; E. N. Moor 107. 
Members' rifle medal: E. N. Moor 83, O. A. Bremer 85, G 
Mannell 85. 
All-comers' rifle medal: A. H. Pape, 41, 46, 47; D. W. Mc- 
■ Laughlin, 45; F. O. Young, 66. 
Bushnell military rifle medal: F. E. Mason 45, F. O. Young 45. 
Pistol, 50yds., Columbia target— Champion class: J. E. Gorman 
48, M. J. White 51, F. O. Young 69; first class, G. M. Barley 56; 
second class, Mrs. M. J. White 65. 
Siebe medal: G. M. Barley 41, 54, 61, 62, 65; C. M. Daiss, 40, 43; 
F. O. Young, 4S, 53, 57; J. P. Cosgrave, 55, 57, 62, 70. 
Rifle medal for .22 and .25cal. : E. P. Jacobson, 17, 19, 21, 22, 22; 
A. H. Pape, 24, 25; Mrs. G. Mannell, 33. 
Germania Schuetzen Club, monthly medal shoot: First cham- 
pion class, D. B. Faktor 439; second champion class, not won; 
first class, Henry Stelling, 402; second class, T. Cefken 393; third 
class, W. Goetze, 353; best first shot, Dr. L. Rodgers, 25; best last 
shot, Henry Stelling, 24. 
Independent Rifles, monthly medal shoot: E. Jacobson 44, P. 
Schonig 39, C. Kornbeck 34, J. II. Kuhlke 31, H. Kuhlke 32, Lieut. 
J. Staude 31, H. Staude 24, G. Kellenberger 21. 
Nord-Deutscher Schuetzen Club, monthly mednl and annual 
turkey shoot: Champion class, not won; first class, final, Otto 
Lemceke 425; second class, John de Wit 373; third class, A. Meyer 
331: fourth class, final, H. Munster, 280; best first shot, O. Lemcke, 
24; best last shot, Henrv Stelling, 20. 
• Turkev shoot: Otto Lemcke 68, H. Burfeind £6, H. Stelling 62, 
F. P. Schuster 66, W. Koch 5S. John Gefken 56, L. Ritzau 59, 
John Schroeder 50, Albert Meyer 49", John Lankenau 46, F. Grover- 
"man 48, E. F. Baruth 42, L. Thierbach 49, John de Wit 48, F. 
Kaufman 47. 
San Francisco Schuetzen Verein monthly medal shoot: Cham- 
pion medal, D. B. Faktor 438; first class, Nick Ahrens, final, 403; 
second class, John Gefken 405; third class, John de Wit 396; 
fourth class, David Salfield, 389; best first shot, Otto Lemcke, 25; 
best last shot, Gustaf Schulz, 25. 
Company B, 1st Regiment, N. G. C, being reorganized: E. 
Peppin 41, H. Hensley 40, J. R. Wear 39, J. Gilkyson 35, J. 
O'Keeffe 34. : Roeel. 
lmwer$ to (^ovrwyondqniH. 
No notice taken of anonymous communications. 
A. B. G., Dublin, Texas. — We do not know who is the best 
breeder or who are the best breeders of Llewellin setters. Per- 
haps some of our readers could give information on the subject. 
D, A. G., San Marcos, Texas. — We would advise you to consult 
your physician if there is no veterinarian in your town. The 
symptoms you mention are too meager for any diagnosis. 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
A recent letter from Singapore informs us that the 
series of, articles on Dominion- published in the Forest 
and Stream last fall has been read and appreciated on 
the other side of the: globe, while we have heard com- 
mendatory reports from many other places nearer home. 
The articles and designs have been copied by all the yacht- 
ing journals of the world; the principal ones, such as the 
Yachtsman, the Yachting World, Le Yacht and Wasser- 
sport, reprinting them very fully and with favorable com- 
ments. All our foreign contemporaries have paid us the 
compliment of crediting the matter to its original source. 
The Jos. Dixon Crucible Co., of Jersey City, manufacture a full 
line of pencils of all shapes, sizes, and colors, for all the different 
kinds of work for\ which pencils are used. Some which we tried 
of late proved to be of excellent quality. — Adv. 
The Y. R* A. of Long Island Sound. 
The final meeting of the Yacht Racing Association of 
Long Island Sound for the adoption of the proposed new 
regulations was held on Dec. 20 at the Windsor Hotel, 
New York. As already stated, a special general meeting 
for the same purpose was held on Dec. 12, those present 
being: E. Burton Hart. Jr.. Huguenot Y. C. ; E. M. Mac- 
Lellan, Douglaston Y. C. : Ward Dickson, Hempstead 
Harbor Y. C. ; H. H. Gordon, Huntington. Y. C. ; Frank 
Bowne Jones, Indian Harbor Y. C. ; E. B. Meyrowitz. 
New Rochelle Y. C. ; Harry Stephenson, Knickerbocker 
Y. C. : Oscar Chellborg, Corinthian Fleet of New Ro- 
chelle; George P. Clark and Charles.. T. Pierce, Riverside 
Y. C. ; Joseph M. Price and Frank Towle, Horseshoe 
Harbor Y. C. ; W. P. Stephens, Corinthian Fleet ; Charles 
P. ToAver, New Rochelle Y. C. : J. C. Seward. Sachem's 
Head Y. C. 
The meeting was open to all members of the Associa- 
tion, but only sixteen turned out. The night was stormy 
and unpleasant for yachtsmen, the snow falling steadily 
all the evening. The numerous details of the proposed 
classification, measurement, cabin restrictions, scantling 
table, etc., were discussed at length after the report pub- 
lished in our issue of Dec. 17 had been read and adopted. 
Some of the proposals were adopted, but owing to the 
small number present it was_suggested that action on the 
cabin limitations, knockabout restrictions and scantling 
table be deferred until the proposed rules had been printed 
and sent to the clubs. After some debate, the motion 
being opposed on the ground that it was highly desirable 
to settle everything without further delay, it was de- 
cided to call another meeting on Dec. 20 for final action. The 
weather on Dec. 20 was no improvement on that of the 
former meeting, a thick fog enveloped the city and made 
travel uncertain on the ferries, while there was a sug- 
gestion of la grippe in every breath. Those present were 
C. T. Pierce, E. P, Tower. E. Burton Hart, O. H. Chell- 
borg, H. Stevenson, F. B. Jones, W. I. Zerega. C. H. 
Crane, George B. Clark, W. P. Stephens, Ward Dickson. 
