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same time there was a heavy roll coming in from the 
souuitasi, the rtascn for which we founa out later on. 
However ah ih.ngs come to those who have patience, and 
our patience though sorely tried, was rewarded by our 
gliding between the piers about 3 o'clock m the morn- 
ing, duad Jred and very sleepy. 
/vfter tying up to the center- pier the tent was soon 
rigged, and all turned in for a much needed sleep, and 
breaKfa t had no attraction for the crowd next morning, as 
we did not turn out till after 11. 
Straightening the boat out Ave went up and had break- 
fast and dinner together at the hotel, and we decided that 
the proprietor would not get rich on the amount he 
made out of us on that meal. 
Ihe east wind st 11 continued, so we decided to sail on 
down the six miles to Cobourg that afternoon and pray for 
a west wind for the next day. 
VVe had a glorious sail agaarst a hard wind and heavy 
sea, passing close to the Gull Light, which seemed a 
lonesome place for any one to live in. Gett.ng into 
Cobourg about 5 o'clock we Jed up to the west picr and 
setticd ourselves comfortab.y for the night. 
After dinner we took a walk up town, finding Cobourg 
the br ght town it alv\'ays is in the summer. 
'len u clock -aw us all in bed, as we txpected to make 
an early start in the morning hoping to make Presque 
li.e II we go. a favorable wind, but, alas! n^xt morning 
it was blowing harder than ever, and the sea was by 
thi.-> time almost too much for a half-decked boat with a 
b.g load. However, some fishermen told us that we could 
get shelter at Grafton about ten miles down the coast, so 
we decided to make the attempt. 
Ihe boat behaved grandiy in a sea so heavy that s:t- 
t'ng up on the side of the boa. we could not see over the 
top of the large waves. We made Grafton all right but 
when we got there we found only a broken pier, with 
the sea making a clean breach over it, and after hold.ng a 
council of war decided to turn back for Cobourg. 
1 his was pariicularl y aggravating, as we were very 
anxious to get in.o the Bay of Quince, but thanks to our 
wise deci ion we had a good night's rest, and next morn- 
ing (Wednesday) found the sea gone down and a good 
breeze from the southwest. 
Getting breakfast and some suppl'es up town we got 
away about 9:30, and soon were skating along at the 
best clip since star mg. Mile after mile was passed 
rapidly, and as we were never more than a few hundred 
yards from shore, we had full benefit of all the pretty 
little bits of scenery along the shore, and we enjoyed 
them to the full. 
Landing at Lakeport we cooked our midday meal, and 
shortly aiter saw the schooner Clorita from ihe home 
club beating up the lake, homeward bound. She passed 
us two or three miles out, and made a very pretty pic- 
ture as she went by with her white sails clearly outlined 
aga nst the blue of a summer sky. 
J5y this tune Jie w'lnd was blowing hard enough to 
rnake the beat fairly fly through the water, and about 3 
o clock Presque Isle Lighthouse loomed up a couple of 
miles ahead. Rounding, the light we stood up into the 
baj', and with the wind abeam and smooth water, the 
buat did herself proud and soon we were able to square 
away for the western entrance of the Murray Canal. The 
w.nd hauled straight down the cut and into it we went 
with the boom square oft' and all the w nd we wanted. 
We debated about the four-mile-an-hour limit to speed 
enforced on the canal as the beat was doing a good 
six, but decided to go ahead and chance it as the swells 
we kicked up would not hurt the canal to any great extent. 
There are no locks in this canal, but i.. is crossed by 
fr-„^ u„:/i„^- ivpre not ^ure of the procedure in the 
case of a small boat, but when the first bridge was neared 
v.. i.t. . .-, wing ng It in g~od time to let us 
through, and past li'm we went at a great clip. 
At the next one we had -to stop and register, which 
we did not know till the man in charge haJed us, and 
it was a case of down helm in a hurry to swing the 
boat in the very narrow soace between the bridge and the 
stone side of the canal, but she did it all right, and the 
skipper went up and registered, paying 25 cents for the 
privilege of go ng through the canal, or rather for regis- 
tration, as the canal is free. 
Swinging around again in the same narrow space, to the 
amusement of the bridge tenders, we kept up our fast clip 
till we' had to round up at the railway bridge to let a 
train pass, but we did not mind much, as it only delayed 
us a cotiple of minutes. 
Soon the last bridge was passed and we could see the 
end of the piers ahead and to celebrate our arr'val we 
fired off a couple of giant firecrackers just as we ran out 
of the piers into he bay. 
The wind by this time had lightened and we ran over 
to the south shore and coasted along, finally picking out a 
place that suited us to land at and soon had the hook 
out the boat tied up. grub ashore and 'he evening meal 
under way, having covered fully forty miles in the daj''s 
run. 
The girls went up to a nearby farm house for fresh 
milk and eggs, and soon we were all seated around en- 
joy'ng our evening meal in the famou- Bay of Quinte. 
During the evenhig we were very much entertained by 
the owner of the farm on which we were camping who 
came down to see us, and stayed and chatted away for an 
bni'f or <:n, tell'ng us ab^ut the neighborhood and the 
bay. and we have had many a laugh since over the quaint- 
ne^s of some of his cuss words. 
Next morn'ng wp decided to have a grand drying out 
and airing, a*; bedd'ng and clothes had been more or less 
dnm'i ever '^ince leaving Toronto, sn after breakfast we 
jini-tPfi -ani^ ran d'^wn r-pmcite Trenton where there 
was a fine piece of sod and taking everything out of the 
boat we '■•orpad them over the landscape and dried them 
Gilt thnrough'y. while 'hree of the party went over to 
:„ i-,<-.oi- tn ff^t sunfilies. 
Two or three hours in the sun made everything sweet 
and f'-p h and af^er t'^e crowd got back from Trent'^n we 
had d'nner. packed the stuff away in good shape and 
starfed "^n dnwn the bay. 
We had a nice wind right off shftre and mad° good time 
down '0 the bridge across the bay at B-^llevi'le. on the 
wav pT^^ing a schooner sunk clo^e 'nchore and as cails 
and rieging were all in p^ace, it looked as if the accident 
had been a very recent one. 
After passing the bl-idge the v,nnd hauled a little aheadj 
so sheets were rlattened m and We had quite a race with a 
big freight sloop, but picked her up rapidly and at last 
ran ashore for the night on the north side of the bay, just 
around a pomt opposite the big summer hotel at Missasaga 
Park. 
[to be continued.] 
Proposed Change ia Raccabout Roles. 
The Executive Committee of the Yacht Racing Asso- 
ciation of Long Island Sound met on the evening of . Nov. 
14 at the Yachtsmen's Club, on Forty-third street. New 
York city, to discuss the changes in the rtiles governing 
the raceabout class. After a long debate the following 
amendments were agreed upon by the Executive Com- 
mittee, and they probably will be adopted at the March 
meeting of the council : 
The cockpit shall not be more than 8ft. long and not 
under at any point 60 per cent, of the beam at that point, 
point. 
The average height of coaming all around, except at the 
after end, shall not be less than 4in. 
The spinaker sheet shall not be carried outside of the 
leeward shroud. 
The crew to be limited to three, including the helms- 
man, who mtist be an amateur, and only one professional 
is allowed. 
feawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. 
The fifth general meeting of the Seawanhaka Corinthian 
Y. C. was held at Sherry's on Nov. 14. 'Vice-Corn. Hoyt 
presided. Reports were received from standing com- 
mittees. A committee composed of R. W. Gibson, Bayard 
Foulke and Charles Leyland was appoin ed to draw suit- 
able resolutions of condolence on the death of the secre- 
tary, C. J. Stevens. An agreeable surprise was the an- 
nouncement that the club had won a gold medal for its 
exhibit of models at the Paris Exposition. A. Cass Can- 
field, Jolin Hyslop, H. W. Eaton, J. Fred Tams and 
Clinton H. Crane, a committee apooin'ed to frame a new 
rule of measurement, reported progress. 
The Defense of the Canada Cttp. 
'The Chicago Y. C. will defend the challenge for the 
Canada cup, issued by the Royal Canadian Y. C. at 
Toronto. The size of the boats and the conditions that 
governed the races between Genesee and Beaver will 
remain about the same. It is is said that Detroit. Toledo 
and Cleveland will each have a boat for the trial races, and 
the winner will sail under the colors of the Chicago Y. C, 
although produced perhaps at a distance, as happened last 
3^ear, w-hen the Hanley-designed Genesee belonging to a 
Rochester syndicate, won the Canada cup from Beaver. 
Ship Canal Survey Completed. 
The survey of a ship canal for the inland route through 
the North Carolina sounds has been completed. The route 
is from Norfolk to Beaufort through Creaton. Pamlico 
and Albemarle sounds and the Scupperncng River. This 
is the first step toward an in erior waterway system that 
will connect Boston with Florida. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
The yacht Madeline, Mr. J. R. Lord, owner, from New 
York for Costa Rica, called at Inagua on Nov. 7 for 
provisions and proceeded the same day. 
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The yawl Adele. Mr. J. C. Welch, owner, arrived at 
Key West on Nov. 14 and sailed for Port Cortez. 
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The steam yacht American, Mr. Archibald Watt, owner, 
arrived at Fort Monroe on Nov. 18. 
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Charles F. Herreshoff. 2d, who designed San Toy, that 
\vas raced wi.h such success last season, has gone abroad 
to pursue a course of study in naval architecture in the 
University of Glasgow. 
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The schooner yacht Comanche, owned by W. D. Bishop, 
Jr., of Bridgeport, Conn., is now at Port Jefferson, where 
she will be enlarged and entirely refitted before she goes 
into commission next season. 
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Speak'ng of the America Cup match, the Y'achtsman 
says : "One precaution which the Shamrock's American 
experience has served to prove necessary is the employ- 
ment of a large and competent staff of sailmakers to ac- 
company the yacht on her trip. Had the races last year 
been sailed in home waters Shamrock's mainsail would 
have been made to set better. In her last race it was 
shockinglv bad." 
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In reference to Britannia, says the Yachting World: 
"Sir Richard William Bulkeley, Bart.. . has abandoned his 
intention of converting her into a ketch, and has decided 
to shorter her spars. Mr. G. Marvin, at whose yard 
she has been hauled up for many months past, has been 
intrusted with the work. The boom is to be reduced 
some loft., and about 4ft. is to be taken off the mast and 
topmast. This will, of course, considerably diminish her 
sail area.'" 
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Gen. E. S. Greely, of New Haven, has sold his steam 
yacht Alcina to Mr. O. P. Lichworth of Buffalo. N. Y. 
She will be taken to Buffalo through the Erie Canal. 
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The steam j'acht Aquilo. recently purchased by Mr. S. 
M._ Jarvis from Mr. Wm. P. Eno. has been renamed 
PrisciUa by Tier new owner. Pri^cilla will leave New 
York in a iew days for an extended cruise in 'West In- 
dian waters. 
Mr. G. W. Shiverick, of Kingston, Mass., is building a 
knockabout of his own design for Mr, W. A. Courey. 
She is i8ft. on the waterlme, 30ft, over all* 7ft, loin, beam 
and 3ft. draft. There will be i.soolbs. oi iron ballast on 
her keel, and she will carry 450 sq. ft. of sail 
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Mr. V. D. Bacon, of Barnstable, Mass., is designing a 
42ft. auxiliary yawl for a San Francisco yachtsman. The 
boat will be bUilt on the Pacific coast. 
The Neilson Yacht Building Company are building an 
auxiliary cruising schooner from their own designs for 
Messrs. C. C. Wilkinson and Dr. Z. W. Alderman, of 
Washington, D. C. She will be known as Ciconia and 
will be 44ft. on the waterline 66ft. over all. 15ft. 6 n, 
beam and 4ft. 6in. draft. Her accommodations consist of 
two staterooms, main saloon, toilet, galley and fore- 
castle. 
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The Unqua Corin'.hian Y. C. is to make its head- 
quarters at Amityville, L, I., where it will build a club 
house and deepen the water on which it fronts so as to 
secure a safe anchorage. 
Mr. H. C. Roome left Port Richmond, S. I., on Nov. 
14, on his launch Roamer, for a cruise in Florida waters 
and among the Bahamas. 
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Mr. Clifford Brokaw has sold his ctitter Queen Mab 
through Manning's yacht agency to Mr. L. H. Smith. 
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Capt. Frank W. Hinman, aged thirty-eight years, former 
Commodore of the Pequot Association, and one of the best 
knowri yachtsmen along Long Island Sound., died last 
week in New Haven of typhoid fever. 
. Vice- Com. Robert P. Doremus, of the Atlantic Y. C, 
has sold his cutter Uvira through the agency of A. J. Mc- 
intosh to Sir William C. Van Home, of Montreal 
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Mr. Clinton H. Crane has. designed for Mr. Henry T. 
Sloan. N, Y. Y. C. an auxiliary cruisiiig schooner. She 
will be built by Geo. Lawley & Son, Corp., of South Bos- 
ton. The boat will be of composite construction. Sh,e will 
be 8sft. on the waterline, 120ft. over all, 22ft. 6in. beam 
and 13ft. 6in. draft. 
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Mr. Henry S. Hovey, Commodore of the Eastern Y, C, 
died at his residence, 317 Commonwealth avenue Bo-ton, 
Mass., on Monday, Nov. 19. He was a member of the 
Somerset and other well-known clubs, and had always 
taken the greatest mteres^ in all matters nertaln.ng to 
yachting. Mr. Hovey owned the schooner Fortuna. 
Leading dealers in sportsmen's supplies have advertised in our 
columns continuously ior a quarter-century. 
If you want your shoot to be announced here send: n 
notice like the following: 
Fixtures. 
Nov. 23.— Hackensack Bridge and Rutherford Road, N. J. — 
Under auspices of the Moonachie Gun Club; three-men team race; 
20 live birds per man; 29yds. Members of any organized gun club 
in the U. S. are eligible. Commences at 2 P. M. Sweepstake 
shooting commences at 10 A. M. Mr. L. H. Schortemeier and 
Dr. A, A. Webber, managers. 
Nov. 27. — Toledo, O.— East End Gun Club's merchandise shoot. 
Nov. 29.— Milwaukee, Wis. — South Side Gun Club's tournament. 
A. D. Cropper, Sec'y- 
Nov. 29.— Newark, N. J. — Thanksgiving Day gltoot of the 
Forester Gun Club; live birds and targets. John J. Fleming, 
Sec'y. 
Nov. 29. — Sing Sing, N. Y. — Thanksgiving Day shoot of the 
Ossining Gun Club; live birds and targets. 
Nov. 30.-Dec. 1. — Omaha, Neb. — Kansas City-Omaha ten-men 
team race, 50 birds per man. 
Dec. 5-7. — Gait, Ont.— First annua! shoot of the Newlands' 
Shooting Association; targets and live birds; added money, 
Andrew Newlands, Sec'y. 
Dec. 11-14. — Watson's Park, Burnside Crossing, 111. — Annual live- 
bird tournament. John Watson, Mgr. 
Newark, N. J. — South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
day afternoon. 
Chicago, 111.— Garfield Gun Club's trophy shoots, second and 
fourth Saturdays of each month; live-bird shoots every Saturday. 
Grounds, West Monroe street and Fifty-second avenue. 
1901. 
Jan. 15-18. — Hamilton, Ont. — Hamilton Gun Club's eleventh 
annual tournament; live birds and targets; open to all. H. 
Graham, Sec'y. 
April 16-18. — Leavenworth, Kan. — Annual tournament of t4ie 
Kansas State Sportsmen's Association, 
May 7-10. — Tournament of the New Jersey State Sportsmen's 
Association. C. W. Feigenspan, Sec'y. 
June 5-7.— Circleville, O. — Under auspices of the Pickaway Rod 
and Gun Club, annual tournament of the Ohio Trapshooters' 
League. G. R. Haswell, Sec'y. 
June ■ — . — Columbus, Wis. — Tournament of the Trapshooters' 
League of Wisconsin. First week in June. 
CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 
Nov. 7, 14. 21, 28. — Interstate Park. — Live-bird championship; 
25 birds; handicaps 25 to 33yds.; $10 entrance, bir«» extra; sweep 
optional ; open to all ; money instead of trophy. 
Nov. 22.— Interstate Park. — Medicus Gun Club's uve-bird shoot; 
open to all. 
Nov. 27.— Interstate Park. — Medicus Gun Club's live-bird shoot; 
open to all. 
Dec. 5.— Shoot-off of the winners of the November events, with 
?20 in gold to the winner. 
Interstate Park, gueens, L. I. — Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 
L I. R. R. Trains direct to grounds. Completely appointed 
shooting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 
practice. Cafe and hotel accommodations. 
Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest took place June 20, 1900. 
Interstate Park. L. I.— Fountain Gun Club's regular monthly 
shoots, the third Thursday of fictober. November and December. 
Interstate Park, Queens. — Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club— Saturdays. 
1901. 
April 1-5.— Interstate Park, Queens, L. I., N. Y.— The Inter- 
state Association's ninth annual Grand American Handicap Tour- 
nament at live birds. 
June — . — Interstate Park, L. I. — Forty-third annual tournament 
of the New York State Association for thr protection of Fish and 
Game. 
