FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Marcs 2^, i^. 
Montgomery Ward &-Co. Medal Contest. 
Chicago, 111.— The third cotitest for tlie MotltgoAery Watd & 
Co medal took place at Watson's Park, on Frida}', ' March 17, 
There was not as large an attendance as usual on account of 
tlie disagreeable weather, and because manj' of the shooters were 
absent in the marsh after dvicks. Some excellent shooting was 
done, and Mr. Sturteyvant was successful in carrying off, for the 
tinae, both medals, the diamond and the high average. Some 
briJliaiit .<;hooting was done by Messrs. Sturteyvant, White, Steck 
and OT.rien. The shooting of Mr. Sturteyvant was as fine as 
has been seen at Watson's Park for many a day, indeed the writer 
has never seen any finer. The birds were good strong flyers. 
Mr. Sturteyvant stood at 27yds., shot a 16-gauge Parker, loaded 
with 2%drs. Dn Pont. Smokeless and a -scant ounce of No. 7 
sjiot. In the medal contest he killed 15 out of 16 birds, being the 
only one who scored the possible 15. He also made the greatest 
nmnlier of consecutive kills, which gave him the high average 
medal for the lime. Afterward in sweepstake shooting he killed 
21 out of 24, with the lost bird dead out of bounds. There was 
a 0 o'clock wind. 
There was- considerable good-natured chafifing between Messrs. 
Sltirteyvant, Dr. ' Shaw and Leflingwell about Sturteyvant using 
a 16-gauge- gun. Sturteyvant said he was going to try it, as he 
had been successful with it in the field, and Messrs. Shaw and 
Leffingwell said that inasmuch as he was such a good shot that 
he should stick to the 12-gauge he had been used to shooting. 
The advice given to Sturteyvant by Leffingwell did not seem to 
work both ways, for what he intended to warm Sturteyvant 
against he did himself by lengthening the stock of his gun by put- 
ting on a thick rubber butt, and the result was that he was 
clearly out of form, and made about the poorest score of any 
one. After the medal shoot he removed the butt plate and shot 
comparatively as well as the rest. 
Among the out-of-town visitors who attended the shoot were 
^'lessrs. Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, la.; and Mr. McKay, of 
Minneapolis. Gilbert used a Winchester repeating shotgun with 
great effect. Indeed, it seemed as if Rolla Heikes were standing 
at the score and pumping it into them, so rapidly did Gilbert 
work the gim. 
The next contest for the medal will be held on March 31, and 
no shoot will be given on the first Friday in April, the regular 
day. The reason for the change is that many shooters in 
Ciiicago and vicinity wish to go to the Grand American Handi- 
.cap at Elkwood Park, and if the shoot was held on the first 
Fridav of April, it would interfere with many attending. 
J- L. White won the second prize, and Air. Shields the third. 
The scores: 
E S Rice, 28 *112*0112022211 01 —12 
O E Searles. 30 1021*2110121021 12 -13 
T S Boa, 30 0222220220 w 
"r Flias 28 222110101022100 122—13 
C Flinnk, 28 12*111100221210 211—14 
T C Murphy 28 221002010110011 00 -9 
"Dr Shaw 30 *222222212*2221 2 —14 
W P Leffingwell, 30 *20221200110201 02 -10 
D Carter 29 021021210201111 10 —12 
Ed Sturtevant, 27 222222222222022 2 -15 
*F Gilbert 30 222222221222222 —15 
*F McKav 30 ; 120211211111100 -12 
J L White, 30 011110112122101 21 -14 
R Simmetti 28 120222010111021 22 —13 
D Ea7ci 28 . *20022011221201 022-12 
T» O'Brien. 'z6'..'. 222111120122022 1 -14 
N Nelson 30 : 2222*1220122111 20 —14 
L C Wilbrd, 30 22*122112221222 -14 
Fd Steck 30 11121*221111121 —14 
Parker, 30? 121201202112122 1 -14 
*Visitors from out of State. 
Ties on 14, 3 birds: 
E Flinn 012 Nelson w; 
Dr Shaw 00 L C WiUard 210 
J L White , Ill 1*2 Ed Steck 221 100 
D O'Brien. 
-.101 
Parker 
.220 
Searlls°" '''.^ ^"^f.' 120 211 111 120 221 221 
Eiias . .....201 m 112 210 ?.ii no 
Simmetti .....w 
Same day, 20 bird^ per man: 02222212222220222222-18 
E S Rice 01110111110121022211—16 
McKav 21220122220110112211—17 
r effinffwell ". 21111100112102202112—16 
Searlef ' 01100111201 2110 w 
.22110—4 O'Brien ...10220—3 
.12111—5 Willard 01210—3 
.10011—3 Parker 22121—5 
.22222—5 C Flinn 00121—3 
Five-bird sweep: 
W B Leffingwell.. 
Steck . . .■ 
White 
Sturtevant .j. ....... 
Five-bird sweep: ^.^^ . ^.^^^ 
W B Leffingwell 11122—5 0 White 11111—5 11 
Steck 11111—5 20 
The day was very bad for shooting; the wind was from left 
to right across the traps, making the birds mostly right-quarterers. 
A light rain fell until about 3 o'clock, and from then until the 
close it came down hard. The day was dark, making it very 
hard to see a dark bird over the dark grounds. F. McKay, the 
expert from St. Paul, was present. Sturtevant was boss of the 
locals. 
Etirefca Gtin Club. 
Watson's I'ahk, Chicago, March 18.— The Eureka Gun Club 
finished their series of nine shoots to-day in very bad weather, 
the wind blowing straight out and from the north; traps facing 
south. Each man had to shoot m six shoots to count, and his 
five best scores counted. There arc three nice gold badges, one 
large one, for the best score; one a little smaller for second, and 
one still smaller for third. L. C. Willard won first, five best 
shoots, 15 birds each, 75, killed 71. E. M. Steck won second, 
five best shoots, 15 birds each, 75, killed 66. F. H. Lord won 
third, five best shoots, 15 birds each, 75, killed 65. 
This is the last of the Eureka Gun Club's series of nine shoots : 
L C Willard 122011211211221-14 
E M Steck 201222220121020—11 
G Roll 022222222210102—12 
Mack 02011202201 1 221—11 
Dr Miller ,..,,..,,.112122211121011—14 
H E Wiley .122022122201220— 12 
■'Feigenspan 010122112110101—11 
*Gilbert 222222222222101—11 
'Visitors. 
Five-bird sweeps: 
L C Willard ,.. 21102 12201 12112 
E M Steck ......,.,.*,,,,,,,..,..<. 21001 10112 11022 
Gilbert 22012 22121 12102 
Feigenspan ; 11022 21112 112U 
Miller 11020 02111 
Roll 11022 
March 15. — Audubon Club scores: 
N Nelson 11010221210200122002—13—2—15 
J H Amberg 12212211121022121120—18—2—20 
March 16.— C. A. A. Gun Club: 
J Sellers 22222*1222*1222—13—0—13 
E Russell 01*010220*101*0— 6—3— 9 
G A Thorne 121*20*21221*12—11—1—12 
Ravelricg. 
Woonsocket Gun Qab. 
WooNsocKET, R. I., March 20.— The Woonsocket Gun Club 
held a shoot Saturday afternoon, March 18. Owing to the rain 
the number of contestants was small, so only about 600 targets 
were thrown. A high wind made the .shooting difficult. The 
following scores were made on 25-bird strings: 
F PI Coffin 1101111111111110111111101—22 
L A Campbell 1001111111100111111111111—21 
F H Mills 0011101101111101111111101—19 
A Seagrave 0010011001011111110011111—16 
C E Balcom 0010100111110110110011010—14 
E R Darling 0001101100100001111000000— 9 
There will be no more shoots until after the annual meeting, 
which will be held on Wednesday, evening, March 29. 
Arnold Seagrave, Sec'y. 
Boston Gun Clttb. 
Wellington, Mass., March 17.— The third last shoot of the 
Boston Gun Club was favored with miserable weather, yet 
ten enthusiasts graced the platform March 15, as if nothing was 
the matter. The poor light, the execrable wind, the cold damp- 
ness and the hard targets all came in for a share of bitter criti- 
cism to be sure, but not one of the ten would have missed the 
fun even had the light been poorer still and the wind much niore 
joyous. Toward the close of the afternoon a sharp snow and hail 
squall turned loose on the shooters, and to the general discomfort 
was added the pleasure of biting particles driven in one s face 
while trying to aim along 30in. of gun barrel. , , „ , 
Small wonder that the shooter saw double or saw not at all, ana 
that more misses than credits fell to the lot of a few. Mr. Wood- 
ruff very satisfactorily maintained an average pace; everybody 
else sadly fractured their averages. Mr. Griffiths, from Provi- 
dence, R. I., successfully negotiated the leading prize score, 
though seeking good company in balance of events. 
Scores as follows: i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
Tlr"ets- ■ 10 10 6 10 10 5 6 10 10 10 10 10 10 
Gordon 17 • 9 ^ 3 7 8 4 2 3 7 5 8 7 6 
liEVr:::::::::-^^^ 
Spbeii! i6-:::::r.::::; 2326342365534 
Leonard, 16 * 5 1 3 7 2 1 5 3 6 3 4, 6 
FCace' 18 ? 7 I I I -3 -2 -5 'h -3 's '§ :: 
Spencer, 18 : . . 6 4 2 5 7 5 4 9 8 5 
Events 1, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12 and 13, known angles; 2, 6 and 9, un- 
known; 3 and 7, pairs; 10, reverse pull ff 
Extra No 1 10 known: Griffith 7, Gordon 5. 
Extra No. 2, 10 reverse: Spencer 6, Gordon 3. 
Extra No. 3, 5 unknown; Griffith 5, Campbell 2. 
Merchandise match, 21 targets--10 known 5 tinknown 3 pairs: 
Griffiths 17 1010011111—7 11101—4 10 11 11—5—16 
Woodruff 17 1111010111-8 10011-3 11 10 10-4-15 
Gordon 17 1111010111-8 11110--t 00 10 10-2-14 
Horace' 18 1111011101-8 01101-3 10 00 10-2-13 
M?skav 18 " 1111111000-7 10011-3 10 00 00-1-11 
Tohns 16 0111001111-7 01010-2 00 10 00-1-10 
leonard 16";;! 1110111100-7 00011-2 00 00 10-1-10 
Campbell, 16 1000010100-3 10111-4 10 10 00-2- 9 
Team match, 40 targets, 10 known and 10 unknown each shooter; 
distance handicap : _ _ _ ^ 0001010010-3 1001111011-7-10 
Woodruff limOllOl-8 1101101111-8-16-26 
Miskav ...OOOmilll-7 0011101111-7-14 
^ZTJe 1001110100,-5 1010010110-5—10—24 
Knffith 0111010110-6 1100100111-6—12 
Campbell 0101000101-4 0011011110-6-10-22 
Palm Beach Gun Club. 
Palm , Beach, Fla., March 15.— Fifty targets, $2.50 entrance, 
handicap: 
■Cook OlOOm 1 1 1 1101011001001110011111110101111100010011—32 
Jones 11111111000111011101001100100010111111010111111101—38 
Parker 11011 11111111101.1101110011011110111111111111111111-43 
Wi 1 son 011111 0010110101110101 1100011011111000101110110001—22 
Suydam 11111110101111011101101101011011111011100111000110-^5 
Handicaps: 
Jones 011110 Suydam 1011111 
Wilson 0010010 Cook, out. 
Parker first prize, Suydam second prize. 
H. Winter, , referee; W. Dietsch scorer. 
tnchting. 
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 aemonstrated by patrons who have employed 
its columns continuously for years. 
The Standard Navy Steam Cutter. 
In the paper on The Standard Navy Boats, by Ar- 
thur B. Cassidy, Esq., recently read before the Society 
of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, as published 
in the Forest and Stre.\m of Dec. 17, 1898, mention is 
made of the steam cutter, built in five sizes, for tenders to 
the warships. These cutters are specially staunch and sturdy 
in design and construction, fitted for rough and hard ser- 
vice, with no pretensions to high speed and elegance of 
form; the 28ft. size is expected to make six knots in a 
sea, and the 40ft. size eight knots. The lines of these 
boats, practically identical for all sizes, are shown in the 
accompanying plans, the construction following next 
week. In view of the frequent demand for something 
abler and stronger than the average pleasure launch, they 
will probably be interesting to many of our readers. The 
details of these boats are as follows: 
- —Principal Dimensions. 
*Depth from 
top of deck 
Length, Breadth, to lower edge 
extreme. extreme. of rabbet. 
Ft. In. Ft In, 
9.00 4.714 
8.09 4.06 
8.07 4.05 
8.00 4.02 
7-08 4.00y8 
-Weight - 
Ft. In. 
40.00 
36.00 
33.00 
30.00 
28.00 
Maximum 
number of men 
boat will 
carr}'. 
60 
53 
48 
35 
40 
Hull. 
Lbs. 
8,064 
7,148 
5,120 
4,763 
3,692 
Total 
including 
outfit. 
Lbs. 
18,642 
15,719 
12,768 
10,631 
Weight of 
provisions 
and water. 
Lbs. 
600 
530 
480 
350 
400 
Freeboard 
with maximum 
number of men 
and provisions. 
Ft. In. 
1.09% 
1.091/8 
1.0914 
1.07y8 
l.OSYs 
Center of 
Area of 
effort from 
Center of 
loadwater 
center of 
effort 
Sail area. 
line. 
length. 
above base. 
Ft In. 
Ft. 
Ft, 
372.04 
212.08 
on is 
14.38 
318.58 
182.00 
.127 aft. 
301.09 
172.05 
.046 aft. 
13,46 
218.82 
125.00 
.207 aft. 
11.77 
283.75 
145.00 
.27 aft. 
12.64 
ley Patent Watertube Boiler, a sectional boiler of light 
weight, easily taken apart for transportation, or installa- 
tion below decks, and fire with coal, wood or oil, as de- 
sired. One of these boilers has been doing excellent 
work during the past season in the steam yacht Lucina, of 
Syracuse, and many of them are in use in steam yachts 
and launches. Those who are interested in small power 
craft will find the catalogue worth their attention. 
The boats are rigged as shown, with two standing lug 
sails, but of small area. 
There will be an all-day shoot under the auspices of the Boil- 
ing Springs Gun Club on Saturday of this week, shooting to 
begin at 9:30 A. M. Dinner will be served at the expense of 
the club. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
The new catalogue of the Rochester Machine T09I 
Works for 1899 describes in detail the Acme Automatic 
Engine, a very compact and serviceable motor using 
kerosene for filel. The stationary engine, of which the 
company manufactures several sizes, can be fired with 
kerosene or natural gas, as may be desired. The marine 
engine, made in sizes from one to seven horse-power, has 
its weights low and is well adapted for yachts and 
launches. The company makes a specialty of the Buck- 
Yacht Designing.-XXVL 
BY W. P. STEPHENS. 
{Continued /rom Jiage 199, March. II ) 
The selection of a suitable outfit of drafting instruments 
is quite an important matter, and one in which it is diffi- 
cult to give advice, unless all the conditions of the case 
are known. A great deal of work inay be accomplished 
with such a simple outfit as may be had for very little 
money; and on the other hand, if the intended use justi- 
fies it, quite a large sum may be expended at one time in 
•the purchase of an outfit so complete as to make draw- 
ing a pleasure and to produce the best results in the least 
time. In the case of professional work this last consid- 
eration is a very important one, the value of a drafts- 
man's time is so much greater than the cost of tools that 
it is good economy even in a small office to have the 
best and plenty of them. 
All of the dealers keep sets of instruments already 
made up, in cases specially fitted for them, the prices 
ranging from $5 for the simplest set of half a dozen in- 
struments of good quality up to $300 for every complete 
and elaborate outfits of instruments, scales, curves, colors, 
etc., in handsome cabinet. Where money is no object 
the choice of such a made-up set settles the question 
very quickly, but it is better, as well .as more economical, 
to purchase the instruments singly, selecting each on its 
merits. In the made-up sets there will inevitably be 
many parts which are of little use for the particular work 
in hand; and the cabinets, however ingeniously arranged, 
are not the most convenient receptacles for selecting the 
"instruments as needed and returning them quickly to 
their places. The best plan, especially for the novice, is 
to start with a few instruments, adding to the collection 
as fast as these are thoroughly understood and the ne- 
cessity for others is apparent. 
We will take first the case of the amateur and novice 
who_ wishes to try his hand at a design or so, but does 
not intend to follow the'subject indefinitely as a pet hobby. 
He will presumably w^ork at odd times amid such sur- 
roundings as are available, with no special conveniences 
for supporting the board, storing plans, etc. For such 
work it is well to limit the work to a drawing board 20 
by 26in,, which will take the size termed royal paper, 19 
by 24in. There was a time when Whatman's was the one 
standard make of drawing paper, but now the draftsman 
has a wide range of choice among different makes and 
qualities. For study and practice work a good detail 
paper will answer, even where the drawing is to be inked 
in, at about one-half of the cost of the white papers; but, 
as stated in a previous chapter, it is usually good economy 
to buy first-class paper. 
For the work now under consideration, and on a small , 
board, a few thumb tacks w^ill be needed to secure the 
paper to the board. Under the same conditions a straight- 
edge may be dispensed wnth, the T square taking its place. 
One with a fixed head and a 24in. blade will answer, the 
next size, 3oin. blade, is longer than necessary for this 
size of board. The cheapest which it is worth while to 
buy will cost about 60 cents, a better grade, with blade 
edged with a hardwood, costs about 75- cents. The com- 
bination of fixed and shifting heads in one instruments is 
really less convenient than either one separately ; the best 
perhaps being a single shifting head. This can be set 
approximately to a right angle and locked there, the lines 
drawn by it, though not quite at right angles to the 
edge of the board, being in correct relation to each other 
whether drawn from the left hand edge or the lower side. 
If it be necessary to replace an old drawing on the board, 
the shifting head. can be so adjusted as to fit the base lines 
of the drawing, a much quicker and more certain pro- 
cess than that of so adjusting the drawing on the board 
that the fixed head square will fit the line. 
Two or three triangles or set-squares will be needed, 
say one of 60 and 30 degrees, iiin, long on the longer 
side, one 45-degree triangle with 6in. side, and one with 
4in. 
The set curve or Copenhagen ship curve is both a neces- 
sity and a luxury to the marine draftsman. A few curves 
are absolutely necessary, but if much work is to be done 
the more one has the better, and it is an easy matter to 
expend as much as a hundred dollars in a complete set 
of rubber curves, including some of the circular sweeps 
of different radii for deck beams. At the outset half a 
dozen small pearwood curves will answer, at the expense 
of some labor and ingenuity in fitting each to the re- 
quired lines, but this of itself is excellent training in the 
use of a large collection. Other ctirves may be added, one 
at a time, carefully selected as experience indicates. 
For this size of board and the work proposed, a simple 
outfit of splines will be sufficient, two 24in. splines, one 
of rubber and one of celluloid, the former as stiff as can be 
had for the sheer, etc. The latter should also be as large as 
can be had, about 3-16 by i^in., this size being retained in 
the middle half of the length, but the ends may be planed 
down to a fine taper, for the level lines. A light celluloid 
batten I2in. long, similarly tapered on one end, is also 
useful for the sections of the body plan. 
The question of the proper spline weights for this work 
is an open one ; they may be of the smallest size, but not 
less than ten or a dozen in number, and this involves 
quite an expense if lead is used unless the amateur can 
cast them for himself as previously described. We hesi- 
tate to recommend a plan which is unworkmanlike, but 
there is a third alternative other than an outlay of six to 
eight dollars on the one hand, and the holding up of the 
family wash by the summary requisition of all the flat- 
irons in the house, our first resort, and that of many other 
beginners. Apart from the unsightly injury to the paper, 
making it look when removed from the board, like a chart 
of the heavens in June, very good and rapid work can be 
done by the use of fine pins driven through the paper 
and into the board to confine the battens. It is a good 
plan to cultivate from the start a care of the paper, keep- 
