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FOI^feST AND BtPtEAM. 
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Shamrock's Skipper and Crew. 
The following account of the skipper and crew of 
Shamrock is from the Yachting World of May 26 : 
In selecting a skipper or a pair of skippers for the 
handling of the America Cup challenger, Sir Thomas Lip- 
ton and his advisers had a wide choice before them, for at 
no time in the history of British yachting have there been 
so many first-class racing skippers connected with the 
sport. After due consideration, the choice fell upon 
Captains Archie Hogarth and Robert Wringe, and these 
gentlemen have been busy for a month or two gettting a 
crew together and making and preparing gear in readiness 
to fit out as soon as the boat is launched. Although hoth 
men are well known by name and reputation to all who 
take an interest in the sport, they liave both spent so much 
of their lives afloat that they are comparatively little 
known outside the circle of their own friends. 
Captain Archie Hogarth, who has the chief command, 
is a man of about thirty-six years of age, rather above 
medium height, and a typical big-boned, muscular, long- 
limbed Scot. His features are pleasant and strongly 
marked, and a firm chin and tight-set lips give a look of 
strength and determination to the face. The family of 
which he comes had little or no connection with yachting 
previous to the present generation, but they were of the 
old Ayrshire fishing aiid weaving stock, and for genei'a- 
tions they looked to the sea as Lheir chief means of sup- 
port. The father of Captain Archie was recognized as 
one of tlie most skillful and daring boat' sailers on the 
west coast of Scotland, and he trained his sons from their 
, youngest days to the handling of sailing boats. Naturally 
enough they turned to yachting afterward, and last year 
there were no fewer than three of them in command of 
Clyde-built yachts, Archie in Mr. Peter Donaldson's 
Isolde, Willie sailing Mr. P. M. Inglis' 65-rater Astrild, 
and Malcolm giving an excellent ■ account of his first 
charge, Mr. Claud A. Allan's S2-footer Forsa. Captain 
Archie started his yachting in 1885 in the lo-rater Doris, 
owned by Mr. Richard Allan, and' he remained by this 
boat for five seasons as second of the three hands who 
sailed her. In 1890 he was offered a skipper's appoint- 
ment on Mr. Peter Donaldson's lo-rater Yvonne, and in 
accepting this offer he began an engagement with Mr. 
Donaldson which has lasted without interruption down 
to the present time. Yvonne was in her second year when 
Hogarth took charge, but she did well in a good class, and 
at the end of the season he had sixteen ' winning flags to 
fly, ten of them being for first and six for second prizes. 
Next year, Mr. Allan had Dora built, the first centerboard 
yacht to race on the Clyde, and she proved too fast for 
Yvonne. Mr. Peter Donaldson was never content to re- 
main long second of his class, and next year he had 
Yseult built. In this boat Hogarth made almost a clean 
sweep of the prizes of the class, and secured eighteen 
firsts. In 189.3 Mr. Donaldson joined in the boom in 
yachts of the first class, and gave. Mr. William Fife,^Jr., 
his first commission to design a first-class ctttter. The 
i-esult was Calluna, a cutter of which great things were 
expected, but which failed to come up to expectation. 
There were many who believed that Mr. Fife, with a 
nervousness easy to understand, jumped too rapidly to the 
conclusion that the yacht required alteration, and that he 
altered her so constantly that she never settled into proper 
trim. However it was, Calluna never did much against 
the remarkably fine class against which she was matched. 
In the first class that year there were Britannia, Valkyrie 
II., Satanita, Navahoe, Iverna and Meteor, and Mr. 
Donaldson's boat finished with a disappointing record, and 
at the close of the season she was sold. In the following 
season (1894) Hogarth sailed Lilith for Mr. Collins, and 
then in 1895 he came again into first-class company with 
the phenomenally successful Fairlie cutter Isolde, the 
career of which for four years past must be fresh in the 
memory of everyone interested in the sport. For three 
years Isolde ruled the class, and even last year, when she 
was in her fourth season, she proved herself quite able 
to secure at least a share of the honors. In Isolde he won 
altogether 103 prizes, and prize money enough to pay the 
first cost of the yacht. During his sailing of Isolde, Cap- 
tain Hogarth has sailed against all the best racing skip- 
pers of Britain, and has proved beyond a doubt that he is 
at least as good as the best. 
Captain Robert Wringe, who is associated with Hogarth 
in the command, is a man only a year or two older, and 
has had an even longer and more intimate acquaintance 
with the sea. His father was master and part owner of 
a coasting schooner, on which he carried his wife. As it 
happened, the future Captain Wringe was born at sea, 
somewhere between Orfordness and the North Foreland. 
His playground was the schooner's deck, and from the 
time he was four years old he was doing his little best when 
it came to tailing on for a pull. He took kindly enough to 
the life into which he was thrown, and he went through 
all the vicissitudes of life on coasting and fishing boats, 
making a name for himself as a smart and daring helms- 
man. Twenty-four years ago he gave up the trading 
life and started yachting. After a fairly long apprentice- 
ship in racing yachts of all sizes, he obtained his first step 
in 1885, by being appointed mate under Admiral Montagu. 
He continued in this position for three years, and ob- 
tained an appointment as skipper in 1888, his first charge 
being the Alceste, which he sailed with considerable suc- 
cess for four years. In 1894 he took charge of the 40- 
rater Carina, which he sailed for a couple of years, and 
though this yacht was never quite fast enough for Isolde, 
he sailed her well, and got out of her all that could be 
taken. His next charge was the 9S-rater Ailsa, in which 
he had a very successful career, and when she was sold 
he transferred to the 52-rater Eldred, which he sailed in 
capital fashion all through last se^ason, and brought her out 
at the head of a very strong class. He is a cool deter- 
mined helmsman, who has the reputation of being able to 
take his boat wherever there is water enough to float her 
and room enough to squeeze through. He knows the sea 
in every mood and every change, and his keen judgment 
and long experience will make his advice on the sailing of 
the clialleinger invaluable; ' 
The captains have been • Ifeft a -^free hand in the selec- 
tion of::their crew, ..and as. 'the inducements which they 
offered::;=4yer€. larger than ever offered yacht hands" be- 
fore, tifeyUjftreJe able to pick from the smartest men of 
every center round the coasts. They have picked them on 
their merits from every yachting port, over a score having 
themselves commanded racing yachts, and a few have al- 
ready sailed in. matches for the America Cup. The list is 
as follows: 
Chief officer, Mr. Rbwe, Brightlingsea. Second officer, 
Mr. Stewart, Saltcoats. Officers, Mr. Croker, Rowhedge; 
Mr. Livingstone, Blair more. Boiatswain, John Rowe, 
Brightlingsea. Boatswain's mates, Jas. Sheddon, Salt- 
coats; Henry Pelican, Rowhedge. Carpenter, James Mal- 
colm, Pt. Bannatyne. Carpenter's mate, Peter Davidson, 
Pt. Bannatyne. Sailmakers, Archie McMillan and Robert 
Brown, Saltcoats. Chief steward, Mr. Jas. Theobald, 
Rowhedge. Second steward, Mr. Wm. Collier, Wyven- 
hoe. Cooks, Mr. Tom Taylor, Brightlingsea; Mr. Alex. 
Faile, Rowhedge. Nine leading A.B.s and twenty-six 
A.B.s. 
Winthfop Y. C Club Race. 
WINTHROP — BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, Jttne 3. 
The Winthrop Y. C. sailed a handicap sweepstakes race 
for 2sft. and 21ft. club boats on June 3, the wind being 
fresh from the east. The times were ; 
25ft. Class. 
Start. Finish. Corrected. 
Hermes, A. W. Chesterton 3 27 00 4 21 00 0 44 09 
Alert, lohn McConnell ?. 27 20 4 28 '15 0 47 45 
Ahna, "C. A, Heney 3 27 30 4 33 00 0 52 04 
aift. Class. 
Harriet, L. T. Harrington..... 3 27 30 4 24 45 0 42 28 
Alruna, R. H. Clarke ...3 27 30 4 34 30 0 52 13 
The judges were Messrs. Charles A. Rouillard, H. S. 
Case and D. P. Wright. 
Defender's Draft. 
If anyone should ask you Defender's draft, tell thetn 
19ft. 4in., and you will then have given the exact figures 
given the clock master at the Erie Basin Dry Dock in 1895. 
Everything points to a draft of not over 6 or Sin. more on 
Columbia, a draft of certainly less rather than more than 
2oft. This is the first time, so far as the writer's recol- 
lection serves, tliat these figures as to Defender's draft 
have been given. They do not bear an "ofiicial" stamp, 
but they are correct, nevertheless, like many other things 
that have been correctly given about Columbia as well as 
about Defender without "oiilicial" confirmation. — W. E. 
Robinson in the Boston Globe. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Rhouma, George Bullough, has sailed from Bermuda 
for the Azores, on her way home to the Clyde. 
Tillie, steam yacht, has been sold by Edgar Luckenback 
to C. IT. Osgood, who has sold his steam yacht Fedalma 
to Col. A. C. Tyler, owner of Drusilla, of New London. 
Cavite is the new 20-footer built by Johnny Johnson for 
Mr. Douglass, of the White Bear Y. C, and has been 
christened Cavite in honor of the first land acquired and 
taken possession of by the Ainericans in the Philippines. 
The accent is on the second syllable, and the final "e" is 
pronounced like "a." It makes rather a pretty name. 
Cavite is a large boat, with sides perfectly straight and 
joined together by the line of the bows in the segment of a 
circle. She shows tumble-home sides, which is a novelty 
on White Bear waters, and has a deep midship section 
rather than a purely flat bottom. She looks a very formid- 
able boat for strong winds, and may prove efiective in 
lighter winds, but that is hardly likely. Mr. Doviglass 
anticipates making a record with his new craft. — St. 
Paul Despatch. 
According to a report frotn London, the well-known 
yachting writer and reporter, Plarry Horn, died on June 
2. Mr. Horn was connected with both the London Times 
and the Field. 
The annual regatta of the Douglaston Y. C. will be 
sailed on Saturday, June 10. The start will be made at 
noon, off the club's new house at Port Washington, Man- 
hasset Bay. The regatta wiU be open for all regular 
classes, 43ft. and under, and for the "special 30ft." sloops 
and the one-design dories. The larger yachts will sail a 
course of about twenty-one miles, to Matinicock Buoy 
and return. Cabin catboats and knockabout yachts will 
sail a course of about twelve miles, around Execution 
Reef and return. Open catboats and all other small yachts 
will sail a triangular course in Manhasset Baj'. Valu- 
able ctips are offered by the flag officers and by the club as 
prizes. Entries are invited from all regularly organized 
yacht chtbs, and are to be made to Charles P. Tower, 
chairman of the regatta committee, 150 Nassau street, 
New York. 
The Royal Canadian Y. C. sailed a raice for the 25ft. 
and skiff classes on May 27 in a strong west wind, the 
times being : 
25[t. Class— Start 3:00. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Frou Frou, F. BailHe 4 45 40 1 45 40 
Kittilon, Macrae and LocWiart 4 47 50 1 47 50 
Cakewalk, E. K. M. VVedd 4 54 55 1 54 55 
SkiflE Class^Start 3:10. 
Sigma, T. Cuff 4 32 12 1 22 12 
Arch, C, E. Archbald 4 82 32 1 23 32 
Aro, H. C. Strange 4 35 20 1 25 20 
Hilaria, C. H. Wilson 4 37 43 1 27 45 
' " Cakewalk parted her jibhalyards when in the lead and 
lost by the delay. Kittilou-and Frou Frou each fouled a 
mark. 
The fleet of the Rochester Y. C. sailed from Charlotte to 
Sodus Bay in order to race home on May 30 for a cup 
presented by Com. Wright, but the heavy storm on the 
lake deterred all but Iverna, and Iris from starting, the 
former winning by 45-'aH3l«tes after an exciting sail. 
Take inventory of the good things in this issue of 
Forest and Stream. Recall what a fund was given 
last week. Count on what is to come next week 
Was there ever in all the world a more abundant 
weekly store of sportsmen's reading? 
Sept. 4.— Sea Girt, N. J.— Meeting of the New Jersey State Rifle 
Association, De L,ancy G. Walker, Sec'y- 
Cincinnati Rifle Association 
The followuig scores were made in regular competition by 
members of the Cincinnati Rifle Association, at Four-Mile House, 
Reading road. Conditions: 200yds., oiT-hana, at the German ring 
target. Payne was declared champion for the day with a score of 
219 on that target. He was also high on the honor target with 
a score of 70, which entitles him to the Dietrich medal for the 
month of May, A strong gusty 3 to 6 o'clock wind blew all 
day, and 25s were scarce as a consequence! 
Champion score: 
Gindele 19 22 25 25 19 17 20 17 22 »-195 
Hasenzahl 25 19 24 21 22 22 22 19 19 23— 216. 
Nestler 19 17 23 il3 21 25 19 17 22 16—202 
Payne 23 20 22 20 23 22 25 22 20 22—219 
Topf 22 23 15 15 14 6 14 14 13 20—156 
Trounstine .^.....,^4.*^*.;. ..15 16 14 19 17 14 18 19 18 1&-167 
Roberts 21 21 20 19 20 20 23 17 16 14—191 
Bruns 17 16 24 21 20 19 20 9 22 21—189 
Drube , 16 17 11 15 17 21 25 14 22 21—179 
Strickmier 21 20 21 23 20 18 19 20 23 20—205 
Weinheimer 22 23 23 21 8 21 22 16 19 19—194 
Special scores. Honor target. 
Gindele 19 24 21 23 24 21 23 22 23 24—224 19 17 20—56 
Hasenzahl 23 25 21 23 17 22 20 19 22 23—215 22 23 19—64 
Nestler ,23 25 12 21 24 17 19 22 23 22—208 21 25 19-65 
Wellinger 20 20 13 21 15 20 22 21 17 25—194 
Payne .23 15 21 24?.24 23 21 22 22 -21-216 23 22 25-70 
Topf 24 13 14 18 ,19 24 16 24 19 17—188 14 6 14—34 
Trounstine 23 24 12 17 19 24 21 19 22 25—206 17 14 18-^9 
Roberts 24 23 20 22 19 19 22 24 20 19—212 20 20 23—63 
Bruns 18 18 24 21 22 19 20 19 21 23—205 20 19 20—59 
Drube 21 17 22 16 22 22 19 15 21 18—193 17 21 25—63 
Strickmier .23 23 22 25 20 15 21 18 22 21—210 20 18 19—57 
Weinheimer 21 18 22 12 23 24 16 22 19 21—198 8 21 22—51 
At the Zettlers' out-door shoot on May 29, Mr. Mike Dorrler 
was first with a total of 679 points, his three strings being 223. 
227 and 229. Mr. Fred Ross was second with 669, his three 
strings being 221, 228 and 220. Mr. L. P. Hansen was third with 
a total of 6ti2, his strmgs being 223, 220 and 219. The shooting 
Was off-hand, ring target, 200yds. Other scores were: 
G Bruckelmeyer ....161 166 172 G P Williams 182 208 186 
C G Zettler 204 209 218 Jac Schmitt 212 199 196 
R Busse 206 206 216 J W Christiansen... ,208 204 207 
G W Plaisted 222 200 205 
If you want your shoot to be aonouQCed here send tn 
notice like the following: 
Fixtures. 
June 5-10.-Buffalo, N. Y.-New York State shoot, under the 
auspices of the Buttalo Audubon Gun Club; $1,000 guaranteed; 
over $2,000 in merchandise, and $1,000 added money in open events. 
Chas. Bamberg, Sec'y, 51 Jidna i-lace. 
June 6-9.— Sioux City, la.— l-ifth annual amateur tournament of 
the Soo Gun Club. E. R. Chapman, Sec'y. 
June 78.— Crawfordsville, Ind.— Indiana Trap-Shooters' League 
tournament, under auspices of Crawfordsville Gun Club. 
June 10.— Princeton, N. J.— Yale vs. Princeton. 
June 13-14.— Grand Forks, N. D.— Pifth annual shoot of the North 
Dakota Association. 
June 14-15.— Bellows Falls, Vt.— Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under auspices of Bellows Falls Gun Club. C. H. Gibson 
oec y. ' 
June 14-16.-Cleveland, O.-Cleveland Target Co.'s tournament. 
Ti-'Ti^,i 111.— Lewiston Gun Club tournament. H. 
11. McCumber, Sec'y. 
June 17.— Hackensack, N. J.— All-day amateur target tournament 
by Bergen County Gun Club. C. O. Gardner Sec'y 
4""^ ^ATo^^^.^?- lll--Oerden Gun Club's annual tournament, 
.i-'^^w 20-22--Wi,eeling VV. Va.-Third annuar tournament of 
the West Virginia Stai^ Sportsmen's Association, under auspices 
of the Wheeling Gun Club, Wheeling, VV. Va. John B. Garden, 
sec y. ' 
June 21-23.— Columbus, O.— Tournament of the Ohio Trap-Shoot- 
ers League, under auspices of the Sherman Rod and Gun 
Club. J. C. Porterfield, Sec'y, O. T. S. L. 
June 22.— Norwalk, Conn.— Connecticut State League shoot, on 
l^omi I^aromake Gun Club. G. B. Thorp, Sec'y, Bridgeport. 
June 22.— Sherburne, N. Y.-Sherburne Gun Club tournament. 
J. L. Paddiford, Secy. 
June 27-29 —Altoona, Pa.— Target tournament of the Altoona Rod 
and Gun Club, Wopsononock Heights. G. G. Zeth, Sec'y 
June . . .— Lyndhurst, JM. J.— E. C. cup contest for championship 
of New Jersey, between T, W. Morfey, holder, and W. H. Huck. 
ciiallenger. ' 
July 1.— Sherbrooke, P. Q.— Annual tournament; targets: Domin- 
ion Day; open to all amateurs. Chas. H Foss, Sec'y. 
r--'"'^., ■'■;2-"r^Ji!*aukee, Wis.— Grand tournament of Milwaukee 
Gun Club, m Carnival Week. S. M. Du Val, Sec'y 
July 4.— Pawling N. Y.— All-day tournament o'f the Pawling 
Rod and Gun Club; targets. 
Ia^I '^■w^o^*'?,^^' Neb-— Hastings Gun Club amateur shoot; S150 
added. W. S. Duer, Vice-President. 
J-jiy 18-20.— Little. Rock, Ark.— Arkansas State tournament. 
July 19-20.— Providence, R. I.— Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under auspices of the Providence Gim Club. R. C Root 
Sec y. ' 
Atig. 9-10.— Portland, Me.— Interstate Association's tournament 
under auspices of the Portland Gun Club. S B. Adams Sec'y ' 
Sept. 6-7.— Portsmouth, Va.— Tournament of the Interstate As- 
sociation, under auspices of the Portsmouth Gun Club. W N 
White, Sec'y. " 
Sept. 13-l4.--Cherokee, la.— Cherokee Gun Club'g. tliird annual 
tournament. J. D. Anderson, Sec'y. 
Oct. 6-7.— Pawling, N. Y.— Tournament of Pawling Rod and Gun 
Club; targets and live birds. 
First and third Fridays of each month.— Watson's Park Burn- 
sine. 111.— Semi-monthly contest for Montgomery Ward & Co 's 
diamond badges. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Cluh secretaries are invHed to send their scores for piiilicaiion in 
these columns^ also any ne%vs notes they may care to have printed. Ties 
on all ezients are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. Mail 
all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing ComJianVi 34^ Bto^d-^ 
way^ New York, 
The Forest and Stream is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latett by Monday and aa mucb earlier as practicable. 
The Connecticvit State League shoot will be held on the groimds 
of the Naromake Gun Club, Dorlon's Point, Norwalk, Conn., on 
June 22, commencing at 9:30 o'clock. There are thirteen events 
on the programme, nine of which are at 10 targets, entrance 50 
cents, 75 cents and $1, and three events at 15 targets, $1 entrance. 
There is a total of 165 targets in the programme, with a total en- 
trance of $10. Targets 2 cents, and they are included in all en- 
tries. All sweeps are divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. Visitors 
welcome to shoot for targets only. The team race is the eighth on 
the programme. It is to be at 30 targets per man, 60 cents en- 
trance, and the club will give $15 to the ' winning team. As to 
the teams, two captains will be selected, who will choose sides 
from all shooters present who desire to competej and in case of 
an odd shooter his score shall be counted on ' both sides. All 
events are at unknown angles. Refreshments' served on the 
grounds. To reach them, take White line trolley car to east 
side, thence transfer to Dorlon's Point. G. B. "Thorp, Sec'y, 
Bridgeport, Conn. ^ 
