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FOREST AND STREAM. 
tMARCfi iO, igoc). 
Inland Lake Y. A. 
Chicago, 111., Feb. 23.— New rules were this week 
adopted for the Inland Lake Yachting Association gov- 
erning the regatta next summer at Lake Geneva. But one 
boat in each class can represent any one club, but there 
will be three race,s in which all competing boats may 
engage. 
A. If the same boat wins all three races she shall be 
declared the winner of the cup. 
B. If one boat wins two races and another one the 
two boats shall race against each other until one has won 
three races. 
C. If three different boats each \vm one race these three 
shall sail one race, the winner to be declared the winner 
of the cup. 
D. These rules apply to both classes. 
Aug. 24-25 are the dates set for the regatta. 
E. H. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
The Rhode Island Y. C. held its annual meeting on 
Feb. 26. the following officers being elected : Com., Wm. 
R Banigan; Vice-Com., Frank F. Olney ; Rear-Com., 
R.' H. I. Goddard, Jr. ; Sec'y, Arthur M. Potter, D. D. S. ; 
Treas., Henry P. Stone; Race Committee, J. C. Butter- 
worth, 3d, Scott C. Burlingame, Charles G. Easton, Fred 
E Tattersall. Henrv P. Stone ; Committee on Admissions, 
Ernest L. Fuller, George C. Barton. George H. Huddy, 
Tr, Lodowick H. Tillinghast. Nathan B, Horton, Walter 
R Callender, D. C. H. Tinkham, Horace M. Peck, Wm, 
A Greenleaf, D. D. S. ; House Committee, Fred B. Wood, 
Ernest L Fuller, George F. Brownell ; Potter's Cove Com- 
mittee Frank P. Eddy, Festus S. Rand, William F. Boon ; 
Directors, Herbert A. Capron, Festus S. Rand; Meas- 
urers, Clarence H. Greene, Fred S, Nock. 
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Under the date of Auckland, N. Z., Jan. 22, the fol- 
lowing report of the schooner yacht Noma has been sent 
to American papers: 
The American yacht Norna, which is on an extended 
cruise around the world, commanded by N. J. Weaver, 
and sailing under the flag of the Atlantic Y. C. New 
York, arrived at Auckland from Samoa Jan. 14. Up to 
her arrival at Auckland the yacht had traversed 41490 
miles on her present cruise, which has extended from New 
York to the Bermudas, the Azores, Madeira, the Canaries, 
the African coast, Gibraltar, Lisbon, Southampton for 
repairs and on to France and Italy. 
Norna sailed from Naples the day before war was pro- 
claimed between the United States and Spain, and a 
torpedo boat set out from Carthagena in pursuit, but the 
yacht escaped in a gale of wind and went on to Trieste, 
where she remained until Christmas Day, 1898, going on 
to Corfu, Brindisi and Port Said, subsequently going 
through the Red Sea and visiting the Gulf of Aden, the 
Persian Gulf, Ceylon, Singapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, 
Kawai, Honolulu and Samoa. Norna will make an ex- 
tended stay at Auckland, it being Mr. Weaver's intention 
to make a trip to Australia and England. During the time 
he is away the yacht will be stripped, caulked and generally 
overhauled. 
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Erl King, steam yacht, A. J. Moxham, has been sold 
to A. E. Tower, former owner of Zara and Alberta. 
The Royal St Lawrence Y. C. announces the following 
fixtures for the season: 
May 19 — 17ft. class, Dorval course. 
May 24 — Cruising yachts and 5-rater class, Dorval 
course. 
May 26 — 5-rater and 17ft, classes, Dorval course. 
June 2 — 5-rater, 22ft. and 17ft. classes, Dorval course. 
June 9 — Cruising yachts, 22ft., 5-rater, 22ft. and T7ft. 
classes, Valois course. 
June 16 — ^22ft., S-rater, the 22ft. and 17ft. classes; 
Pointe Claire course. 
June 23 — 5-rater, 17ft. classes and dinghies, Dorval 
course. 
June 30 — Squadron cruise to Carillon and races. 
July 3 — Sir Donald A. Smith cup, restricted to boats 
of 25ft. corrected length and over. 
J"!y 7 — Cruising yachts, 22ft., 5-rater, 17ft. classes and 
dinghies; Valois course. 
July 14 — Cruising yachts, 22ft., S-rater, 20ft., 17ft. 
classes and dinghies; Beaurepaire course. 
July 21 — ^White Bear challenge trial races; Pointe 
Claire course. 
July 23 and following days — White Bear challenge trial 
races; Pointe Claire course. 
July 28 — 22 and 17ft. classes ; Dorval course. 
Aug. 3 — White Bear races; Pointe Claire course. 
Aug. 4 — White Bear races and Pointe Claire regatta. 
Aug. 8 — -White Bear races and following days, as re- 
quired. 
Aug. II — Valois regatta. 
Aug. 18 — 22, 20 and i/ft. classes. Course, Pointe Claire 
to Dorval. W. A. C. Hamilton trophy, 
Aug. 25 — Lake of Two Mountains regatta, follov^'ed by 
squadron cruise. , 
Capt. Jimmie Jones, the designer of Argo, and George 
I.-aborde, builder of Aderyn, of Neenah, the two 20-footers 
which captured all prizes in the Inland Lake Y. A. races 
last season, have formed a partnership for the building of 
racing yachts, and are already at work on a 20-footer for 
Hermann and Robert Nunnemacher, of Milwaukee. Near- 
ly a dozen other boats are in prospect. Messrs. Jones and 
Laborde have evolved a new model, closely following the 
lines of the skimming dish, with a new bow, which, they 
believe, will produce a world-beater. Several Chicago 
parties are negotiating for boats, which will probably fig- 
ure in inland lake contests this summer. — Minneapolis 
Journal. 
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The annual meeting of the San Francisco Y. C. was held 
on Feb. 14, the following officers being elected : Com 
W. N. McCarthy; Vice-Corn., H. R. Simpkins; Port 
Capt.. James Kitterman; Rec. Sec'y, E. C. Bartlett; Fin. 
Sec'y, W. G. Morrow; Treas., R. B, Hogue; Meas., J. R. 
Savory. 
The Tattnton Y. C. held its annual m.eeting on Feb. 26, 
tlie following officers being elected: Com., Clinton V. 
Sanders; Vice-Com,, Daniel L. Brownell; Rear-Com., 
Wilson W. Arnold; Treas., J. Walter Parker; Sec'y, E. 
P. W ashburn ; Regatta Committee, Luther Dean, John H. 
Church, H. H. Dixon, John Sharp, Richard E. Warner; 
House Committee, Dr. E. N. Clark, E. A. Dary, E. L. 
Tetlow ; Admission Committee, Charles L. Godfrey, W. K. 
Hodgman, J. R. Tallman, William Reed, E. L. Sargent, 
Albert Tetlow, C. P. Foster. 
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G. Morris Edwards, of New York, son of the late 
Jonathan Edwards, died at Nice on March i. Mr, Ed- 
wards was a member of the New York, Seawanhaka and 
Larchmont yacht clubs, and an amateur designer, the com- 
promise cutter Gaviota, now Sea Gull, being designed by 
him in 1884 and used for several years. For some years 
pa.st he has resided abroad. 
American Ganoe Association, tZ99-i900, 
Commodore, W. G. MacKendrick, 200 Eastern avenue, Toronto, 
Can. 
Secretary-Treasurer, Herbert Begg, 24 King street, Toronto, Can. 
Librarian. W. P. Stephens, Thirty-second street »nd avenue A, 
Bayonne, N. J. 
Dlvislofl Officers. 
ATLANTIC DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., H. C. Allen, Trenton, N. J. 
Rear-Com., Lewis H. May, New York. 
Purser, Arthur H. Wood. Trenton, N. Ji 
CENTRAL DIVISION. 
Vice-Com.. John S. Wright, Rochester, N. Y. 
Rear-Com., Jesse J. Armstrong, Rome, N. Y. 
Purser, C. Fred Wolters, 14 East Main street, Rochester, N. Y. 
EASTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., Frank A. Smith, Worcester, Mass. 
Rear-Com., Louis A. Hall, Boston, Mass. 
Purser, Frederick Coulson, 405 Main street, Worcester, Mass. 
NORTHERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., J. McD. Mowatt, Kingston, Ont,, Can. 
Rear-Com., E. C. Woolsey, Ottawa, Ont., Can. 
Purser, J. E. Cunningham, Kingston, Ont., Can. 
WESTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Corn., Wm. C. Jupp, Detroit, Mich. 
Rear-Com., F. B. Huntington, Milwaukee, Wit. 
Purser, Fred T. Barcroft, 40S Ferguson Building, Detroit, Mich. 
Regatta Committee: R. Easton Bums, Kingston, Ont., Can., 
chairman; Herbert Begg, Toronto; D. B. Goodsell, Yonkers, N. Y. 
Meet of 1900, Muskoka Lake, Aug. 3-17. 
Official organ. Forest and Stream.. 
Fixttifes. 
March. 
10. Meeting of Canoeists at Sportsmen's Show, New York. 
May. 
26-31. Atlantic Division meet. Park Island. 
August. 
3-17, A C. A. meet, Muskoka. 
CANOEING NEWS NOTES. 
An informal reception and smoker will be given on 
Friday, March 9, at the Copley Square Hotel, Boston, in 
honor of Com. MacKendrick and the other Canadian 
visitors at the Boston Sportsmen's Show. 
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The dinner of canoeists at the Arena, New York, on the 
evening of March 10, promises to bring together a large 
portion of the Atlanta Division members. 
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.The annual dinner of the Arlington Canoe Club was 
held at tlie Arena, No. 29 West Thirty-first street. New 
York city, on the evening of March 2, fifteen members 
being in attendance. After coffee and cigars were served, 
the majority visited the Sportsmen's Show, then in ses- 
sion. Canoeing on the Passaic River is now to be avoided, 
thanks to the sewerage from the bordering towns. The 
club have plans in view in the upper part of the State of 
New Jersey. This will be very easy of access and will 
only take about twenty-five minutes' ride on the train. The 
club is in a very flourishing condition financially, and 
have a good force of working members. It is expected 
that the club will be represented at the Atlantic Division 
cruise down the Delaware River in May. 
A. C A. Membership. 
Eastern Division — Harry C. Conant, Julius E. Nolle, 
B. H. Robbin. 
Northern Division — ^Robert Woods, Toronto. 
*'T«st About a Boy.'' 
The book reviewers are saying good things of El Comancho's 
book. One writes: 
"Mo.st of uR know a boy or two who would rather hunt than eat. 
There is .always a certain percentage of our rural college boys lo 
whom moonlight is an intoxication. For these, anrl for those who 
love to r,imble the woods with them, Walter S. Phillips writes 
'Just about a Boy,' which he describes as 'simple days taken from 
the life of a simple Western boy who grew up along the shores of 
a little Western river.' Some part of the book has appeared in 
Forest and Stream, but the whole is written with such love of 
nature and sympathy with healthy boy life that we welcome it as 
an addition to the not very long shelf of books for young hearts of 
any age." 
And another one says: 
"Any man or woman who cares lo wander through woods and to 
idle on the banks of running streams should read 'Just about a 
Boy,' by Walter S. Phillips. Here is the real thing, the genuine 
lone of nature, engendered by familiarity, and fostered by con- 
tinual yielding to the subtle invitation of green things. In a 
different way, but with quite as much feeling, Mr. Phillips loves 
it all, even as Thoreau loved it. And his book is not written be- 
cause' he wished to make up a novel, but because he had something 
in his heart to say. The charm of it is for all those who live in 
cities and long fo'r shadowy paths through the forest. It is for 
those, too, who have learned their Izaak Walton with rod and 
line as well as through the printed page." 
New Jefsey State Rifle Association. 
The New Jersey State Rifle Association and the National Rifle 
Association have issed the following announcement: 
Owing to the additional interest in the meetings and the increased 
nurnber of matches, the meeting of the Association will cover a 
period of nine days instead of six, as heretofore, thereby giving 
those who desire to compete in all the matches, every oppor- 
tunity to do so. ^ 
The anmial meetiiig of the New Jersey State Rifle Association 
and the National Rifle Association for 1900 will be opened on 
l;nday morning, Aug. 31, at 10 o'clock, and continue, except 
bunday, until Saturday afternoon, Sept. 8. 
It is hoped by this plan to do away with the crowding Of con- 
tests, and also give sufficient time for competitors to secure rest 
between the larger matches. 
All civilians, as well as members of the organized militia and 
regular army are eligible to compete in all the individual matches 
of the New Jersey State Rifle Association, with the exception of 
the I resident s match, for the military championship of the United 
t-tates, and the Department match, for inspectors of rifle practice, 
provided a military nfie is used. 
Col. DeLancey G. Walker is secretary; Hon. Foster M. Voorhees, 
(governor, i\. J. President. Have your name put on the book for 
a programme of the next annual meeting by addressing Lieut. 
Albert S. Jones, Assistant Secretary, Passaic, N. J. 
Team Matches.— In all team matches the fixed Government am- 
munition, as issued by the Government, will be used the same to 
be delivered at the range in unbroken original packages, direct from 
the Government or State arsenals. If desired, such ammunition 
may be purchased at the range in original packages. 
Individual Matches.— In individual matches any ammunition may 
be used unless otherwise specified, provided such ammunition is 
fixed ammunition, i. e., shell crimped sufficiently to keep the 
bullet— which must be inserted in the shell, deep enough to cover 
the grooves— firmly in place. 
The targets used in all the rifle matches, excepting the Schuetzen. 
will be the oval bullseye target in Blunt's Manual lor Small Arms 
Practice, U. S. A., i. e., 200 and 300yds., target A, bullseye S by 
i°flnn'/^°.''"'^ ^"^^"^^-'.I'^^^L^; bullseye 18 by 24in.; 800. 900 and 
1,000yds., target C, bullseye 32 by 45in. 
In all team matches the following arms may be used by the 
several branches of the service: 
The Organized State Militia.— Springfield rifle and carbine, .4ocal. 
(3 groove). U. S. Army pattern, without any alteration. Any rifle 
adopted and used by the organized militia of any Slate certificate 
rn"st be furnished by the Adjutant-General oi the State. 
Ihe Army, Navy and Marine Corps.— U. S. Army magazine rifle 
and carbine, .SOcal. Springfield rifle and carbine, .45cal. (3 groove) 
^An, ^^^y pattern, without any alteration. Lee magazine rifle 
.236cal. 
The Naval Reserve.— Lee rifle, .45cal.; Lee magazine rifle, .236cal. 
Springfield rifle, .45cal. (3 groove), U. S. Armv pattern. 
In individual matches in which any military rifle is allowed any 
military rifle with plain open sights, chambered for and using 
the standing Government cartridge, and not less than 61bs. trigger 
pull, may be used. 
Prizes. 
In addition to the usual amount of prizes in ca.sh, trophies and 
niedals given each year, the Association has received the assurance 
of many donations in prizes from individuals and firms. 
It is the intention of the Association to this year make the list 
of prizes for each match as long as possible, so that even ordinary 
shots may stand a chance of being prize winners. 
The Cwitennfal .Tfophy, 
The Centennial trophy "Palma," emblematic of the world's 
championship, will again be put in competition under the aus- 
pices of the New Jersey State Rifle Association. 
TT-'--'^'!, trophy, valued at $1,500, and given in the name of the 
United States of America to the riflemen of the world, was first 
competed for Centennial year (1876) by teams from Ireland, Scot- 
land, Australia, Canada and America, and was won by America. 
Twice after that teams from abroad competed for its possession 
but never succeeded in carrying it away. Since 1880 it has been 
stored away and almost forgotten. Prospects are favorable for at 
least one foreign team coming to Sea Girt to compete for it in 1900. 
Revolver Matches. 
The committee in charge of these matches, consisting of Lieut 
.Sumner Paine, of Boston; Lieut. Reginald R. Sayre, of New Vork, 
and C. S. Richmond, of Savannah, beg to announce that every- 
thing has been done to make these matches a popular feature of the 
next meeting. Such changes will be made in the conditions gov- 
erning as will tend to satisfy the most exacting crank of the good 
intentions of the Association to please them all, if such a thing 
is possible. Better facilities on the revolver ranges and more and 
finer prizes will be ofiered. To the revolver shots of the country 
we .say : "Give us your patronage, we will do the rest." 
Schuetzen Matches. 
Those devotees of the style of shooting of our German-American 
friends will find increased facilities, more targets, prizes, etc., ar- 
ranged for them. A guarantee of the success of this department of 
our next meeting is the fact that it will be in the hands of a com- 
mittee composed of William Hayes, of Newark, N. T.; Harry M, 
Pope, of Hartford, Conn. ; N. Spering, president of "the Philadel- 
phia Rifle y\ssociation ; Gus Zimmermann, president of the Zettler 
Rifle Club, oi New York; John Taylor Humphrey, of Boston, 
Mass., and Thomas Keller, of New York. The above committee 
will be on hand to extend a hearty welcome to their friends and 
associates, and a separate room will be placed at their disposal in 
the club hou.se. 
Rifle at Shell Mound. 
San Francisco, Feb. 26.— Yesterday the weather conditions af 
Shell Mound range were favorable, and there was a good at 
tendance. Two more records have been shattered by J. E. Gorman 
the crack pistol shot of the Golden Gate Rifle and Pistol Club. Orl 
the pistol range at Shell Mount yesterday he beat the American 
100-shot record of 929 by 10 points. Weather, light and other con- 
ditions were favorable, enabling this expert marksman to score 
939 points with 100 shots. 
The 929 record was held jointly by Gorman and E. E. Partridge, 
of Boston. Until two months ago the Boston man held the Ameri- 
can amateur record, when Gorman tied it. S. Paine was the Holder 
of the professional pistol record of 936, or 7 rings better than the 
amateur aspirants. Now Gorman holds both records by a score 
that averages one ring less than 94. These figures were made in 
the gold medal contest, the score of 94 or better being necessary 
to win a medal. 
The regular monthly rifle shoots of the San Francisco Schuetzeu 
Club, the Germania Schuetzen Club, the Norddeutscher Schuetzen 
Club and the Golden Gate Rifle Club called out a large number 
of contestants, and some good scoring resulted. The individual 
records follow : 
Germania Schuetzen Club, ring target: H. Huber 74 F. P 
Schuster 71, J. Eltschig 71, N. Ahrens 69, J. Grifkin 68, Williani 
Goetz 68. 
Germania Club, bullseye: H. Hellberg 226, J. Eltschig 390. H 
Stelling 411, T. B. Factor 47S. L. Bendel 486, F. P. Schuster 493 
Ed Goetz 564, J. de Wit 591, C. Thierbach 610, T. Salfield m 
H. Lilkindey 940, li. Zieber 970, R. Stettin 1,039, H. Huber 1,071. ' 
San Francisco Schuetzen Verein, bullseye: J. Lankenau 166. 
F. Brandt 261. II. Stelling 333, R. Finking 389, A. Bertelsen 406! 
L. Haarker 427, William Ehrenpfort 487, J. Utschig 51S, D B 
Falctor 531, E. Goetz 630, C. Heino 654, P. Koch 660, R. Stettin 727'. 
F. Schuster 732, H. Huber 753, J. de Wit 78,% A. Jungblut 863 
N. Ahrens 909, C. Thierbach 948, O. Burmeister 960. 
Norddeutscher Schuetzen Club, first champion class, won by F. 
P. Schuster, 446; best first shot, H. Huber, 24 rings; best last shot' 
F. P. Schuster, 23 rings. 
Golden Gate Club rifle scores, 200yds., 25-ring target, Bushnell 
trophy: D. W. McLaughlin, 229, 225; F. E. Mason, 226, 224; Dr. 
L. O. Rodgers, 224, 220. 
Gold medal scores, champion class: F, E. Mason, 22,'?, 223, 221, 220 
Gold medal, first class: C. M. Henderson 227, 215; F. Belknan' 
223, 220, 210; A. B. Dorrell, 222, 216, 214, 212, 2l6. 
First class trophies: C. M, Henderson 219, 214, 213. 
Golden Gate silver medal: G. Tammeyer, 205, 200; H. Stettin, Jr.. 
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