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tMAY 11, igdt. 
is also furnished ^for the officers. On the main deck for- 
ward of the engine space is the dining room, 26 by 25ft., 
paneled in teak, elaborately carved. The dining room 
connects with the pantry and owner's galley, and is 
reached from the deck and below through a small ante- 
room, which is also finished in teak. In the after end of 
the machinery space on this deck is the laundrj- and dry- 
ing room. These rooms are fitted with the most approved 
laundry machinery. Adjoining this is a bath and dressmg 
room intended for the use of those who want to take a 
swim alongside, and in returning to the vessel the wet 
bathing suits may be removed there and 'a fresh-water 
shower may be enjoyed. Bath rooms, laundry, galleys and 
pantries will have tiled walls and floors. Aft of the en- 
gine space on the main deck is the library, which will 
be finished in Circassian walnut; the chairs, bookcases 
and tables will be made of the same material. Aft of the 
library is a small room from which stairs lead to the 
lower' deck, and further aft is a music room 26ft. long, 
finished in white mahogany and satin wood. Forward of 
the machinery space on the lower deck are located the 
owner's quarters; they include the owner's stateroom, 13 
by 12ft,, with a bath room adjoining on the port side and 
a sitting room 10 by 12ft. on the starboard side ; these 
rooms are finished in mahogany. Forward' to starboard is 
a large room 14 by lOft., for the owner's sons, and ad- 
joining this is a room for the tutor and secretary. On 
the port side are rooms for the doctor, valet and a bath 
room. The floors and walls of the bath rooms are tiled, 
with the exception of the owner's, which is of marble ; ah 
are fitted with hot and cold, fresh and salt water, as well 
as shower and needle baths. There is 8ft. of headroom 
throughout. Aft of the engine space there are four large 
staterooms finished in white mahogany and two bath 
rooms and a large apartment 28 by i4fL, to be used as a 
sitting room ; still further aft are other staterooms for 
the children, maids and nurses, as well as bath rooms, 
linen closets and sewing room. On the hurricane deck, 
which extends the entire length of the vessel, and from 
side to side, is a deck house fitted up as a smoking room 
and a study for the owner's sons. Above this deck house 
is the bridge, which runs the full width of the ship, fitted 
with steam steering gear, search light, engine room tele- 
graph, and telephone to all parts of the vessel. The elec- 
tric equipment of the yacht will include electric curling 
irons in staterooms, electric irons in the laundry and . 
electric fans for ventilation. The closets will be fitted with 
automatic lights, which will light when the doors are 
opened. The electric plant includes two dynamos and a 
storage battery, furnishing a current for 700 lamps. The 
yacht will be constructed of steel and will be schooner 
rigged. At the davits she will carry two power launches, 
a sailing boat, cutter and dinghy. Orizaba will be com- 
pleted for the season of 1902. 
Launch of Constitution* 
Bristol, R. I., May 6.— The successful launching of 
Constitution took place to-night at 8:30 at high water, 
and as the boat started on her short journey down the 
waves Mrs. W. B. Duncan, Jr., broke a bottle of wine 
over the bows and named her. The launch was wit- 
nessed by a large number of people, among whom either 
then or during the day were J. Rogers Maxwell, August 
Belmont, Mr. and Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin, Mr. and Mrs. 
Royal Phelps Carroll, Johnston de Forest, Newbury D. 
Lawton, S. Nicholson Kane, Jas. A. Stillman, J. V. S. 
Oddie, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Bourne, Mr. Henry Walters, 
and many others. 
It was, of course, entirely dark at the time when the 
launching took place and the electric lights did little 
more than to make the darkness visible. No satisfactory 
\aew could be had of the operation. At the same time 
photographers were busy, during the vessel's course down 
the ways, taking flashlight pictures, some of which are 
likely to give satisfactory views of the launch. 
A detailed description of the boat as seen must be 
postponed until later. ' 
From the time Constitution began to move until 
it reached deep water the time was a little over fourteen 
minutes. After the launch she was towed back to the 
wharf and moored ttiere, and preparations were made 
for stepping the mast on Tuesday and at once going 
on with the rigging. Her mast and spars are said to 
be larger than those of Columbia, with which Con- 
stitution has usually been compared, and the sail area 
will be greater . ' 
Southetn Gulf Yachtingf Association. 
New Orleans, La., April 30. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The Southern Gulf Yachting Association was 
organized at New Orleans, April 28. It embraces all 
the yacht clubs on the, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama 
coasts, and the objects are to encourage uniform, rules and 
to establish a racing circuit along that stretch of the 
waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The club's embraced in 
the organization so far are the Southern Y. C, New 
Orleans, La./,; the Bay-Waveland Y. C, Bay St. Louis, 
Miss.; the Pass Christian (Miss.) Y. C, the Biloxi 
(Miss.) Y. C, and the Mobile (Ala.) Y. C. 
•The ofiicers elected were : A. Baldwin, Southern Y. 
C, President, and S. D. Sampsell, Southern Y. C, Secre- 
tary, and a Vice-President from each of the other clubs 
on the circuit, as follows : J. C. Bush, Jr., Mobile Y. C. ; 
Walter Gautier, Pascagoula-Scranton Y. C. ; T. P. Dulion, 
Biloxi Y. C. ; J. H. Menge, Jr., Pass Christian Y. C, and 
E. J. Bowers, Bay-Waveland Y. C. Racing dates were 
fixed as follows for this year: Biloxi, July 4, 5 and 6; 
Mobile, July 13 and 14; Pass Christian, July 20; Bay- 
Waveland, July 27 ; New Orleans, Aug. 6 and 7. 
S. D. Sampsell, Sec'y Southern Y. C. 
Yacht Qub Notes* 
Recent amendments to the, racing rules will, it is said 
by certain members of the New York Y. C, throw the 51- 
footers out of their present class. These yachts had many 
interesting races last year, but it seems that many of them 
will this year have to pass up into the Wasp or 6oft. class. 
One of the amendments has changed the point of measure- 
ment for the length of the topmast from the heel of the 
spar to the upper throat halyard block. This, in the case 
of the 51-footers, causes them to overrun the class. This 
will possibly include the new Maxwell craft being finished 
by the Herreshoffs. When these amendments were made 
there was no suggestion of an intention to legislate the 
51-footers into another class. There still remains a 
remedy, for the Regatta Committee of the New York 
Y. C, with the approval of the Commodore, may hold 
special races for any set of boats, making them a special 
class. 
K K K 
Com. Hoyt announces the appointment of Wm, G. New- 
man as Fleet Captain, the Rev. Chas. L. Newbold as Fleet 
Chaplain, and W. I. Cocke, M. D., as Fleet Surgeon. The 
Board of Trustees announce the following appointments: 
Regatta Committee — Edw. M. MacLelian, chairman; 
Charles D. Mower and Robert Jacob. 
House Committee — Wm. W. Phillips, chairman; W. 
Forbes Morgan, Jr., and Clendenin Eckert. 
Delegates to the Yacht Racing Association of Long 
Island Sound — E. M. MacLelian and Robert Jacob. 
Library and Art Committee — Guy Standing, chairman; 
Jvdian Rix and Clendenin Eckert. 
The club house will be opened for the season on Satur- 
day, May II. 
Designs Recently Published in Forest and Stteam, 
25-footer Flirt, Oct. 13-20. 
2i-footer Tattoo, Oct. 27. 
Minnesota, Nov, 17, 
19ft. sailboat, Nov. 24 and Dec. i. 
Cutter Isolde, Dec. 8. 
Catboat Lazy Jack, Dec. 15-22. 
Raceabout Jolly Roger, Dec. 29. 
Bald Eagle XL and ice boat, Jan. 5. 
25-footer Brigand, Jan. 12. 
Canadian ice boat and 14ft. cutter, Jan. i^. 
38ft. cruising launch, Jan. 26. 
25ft. shoal draft sloop, Feb. 2. 
i8-footer Broncho, Feb. 9. 
25ft. cruising sloop, Feb. 16. j 
32-ft fast cruiser, Feb. 23. 
House-boat designs, March 2. 
Schooner Endymion and yawl Ellida, March 9. 
20ft. cruising yawl, March 16. 
23ft. cruising yawl, March 23. 
28ft. cruising yawl, March 30. 
- — ^— 
"The Love of Sport/' 
"The Joys of Sport," by W. Y. Stevenson, illustrated by G. R. 
Brill, is the title of a work which within its 226 pages contains a 
series of kindly satires on the diversions of civilized mankind. 
Thirty-one kinds of sport are succinctly treated as to foibles and 
fallacy, namely: Salt-water fishing, fencing, sailing, pigeon shoot- 
ing, boxing, track athletics, polo, bear hunting, automobiling, 
fresh-water fishing, fox hunting, basket ball, cricket, tennis, bi- 
cycling, baseball, deer hunting, pool and billards, rowing, skating, 
golf, swimming, football, duck shooting, handball, crabbing, hunt- 
ing mudhens, coasting, horse racing, croquet and bowling. There 
is a proficiency of the mental phase of the subject which com- 
passes the special mental and physical. As an illustration of the 
humor of the talented author, the following excerpt concerning 
pigeon shooting, is presented for the edification of the gentle 
reader: "The peculiarity of pigeon shooting is the peculiarity of 
the rnen who do the shooting. Each man has his own especial lit- 
tle tricks, by means of which he thinks his marksmanship is im- 
proved. I knew a man once, a really fine shot, who would never 
stand on the raised platform leading to the traps, but, rain or 
shine, snow or wind, he would invariably take his position on the 
grass beside the mark, and if through any unforseen cause he 
could not stand on this spot his shooting was of the poorest de- 
scription. Another well-known wing shot cannot bring his birds 
down unless he wiggles his right thumb just before he fires. As 
to the wearing of certain coats and hats or the using of a certain 
make of shells, the majority of pigeon shooters are absolutely help- 
less, unless these various ajjpurtenances are at hand. Singularly 
enough, this does not prevail to so great an extent as one might 
suppose in regard to guns. I know one man in particular who 
doesn't care a rap as to what make of gun he uses, provided he 
can have his shells loaded with his favorite brand of powder. 
"If you ever care to find out how cheap and small you can 
be made to feel just go to some popular gun club and stand at the 
traps before forty or fifty enthusiasts, and after posing for a 
moment or two in the most approved stvle, fire both barrels, and 
then hear the dreary cry of the referee, 'Lost bird.* 
"Some men never seem fully to get over the nervousness caused 
by having their actions watched by so many people, and even old 
hands at the game fall down at times. 
"A dead bird is one which 'is gathered within the 50-yard circle 
or boundary. A lost bird is one which breaks all family ties 
and strays from the home circle, never to return. An easy bird 
may be either a young lady whose acquaintance j'ou make quickly 
or a pigeon whose obsequies are easily attended to. A bird is 
considered as half shot when it staggers drunkenly around in the 
air, sho^ying that the load has gone to its head. While if you speak 
of 'drivers,' 'quarterers,' "towerers,' and 'incomers,' you refer to the 
direction of their flight, and not to golf clpbs, 25-ccnt pieces, the 
Williani Penn statue or Andrew Carnegie. 
"It is amusing to watch the way the different mai-ksmen walk 
out to the traps. Each man h^s his own method, and nothiiig can 
make him alter it in the .smallest degree, for he firmly believes that 
if anything should be changed his chances to win are gone. Some 
of them hand in their bird tickets before they shoot, and some 
after. Others will hand in bunches of ten or twenty, while others 
invariably forget them, and have to go back for one each time. 
Some men walk out in a hurry, while others stroll down the plat- 
form trying hard to appear unconcerned, and the expression of 
most of their faces would cause you to believe they were on the 
wav to be guillotined. For pigeon shooting is a very serious thing 
and must be treated with becoming gravity and respect, and the 
lengthy discussions after the match as to the direction of a certain 
bird's flight, or the drift of No, 6 shot, as compared with No. 7%, 
wotild make you think that the laws governing the universe were 
being discussed instead of merely the day's sport." 
Concerning sailing, , the humorist turns philosophic, and con- 
cludes with the remark that "The proper way to go about learning 
to sail is to be taught to swim, to never lose your temper, to get 
used to staying in wet clothes for hours, to be quick with your 
feet and hands, to have a rhinoceros-like hide all over your body, 
and to carry an accident policy." 
All the other subjects are treated in a similar breezy, original 
manner. ^ 
"Tell me a story, papa." 
"No; go to bed." 
"No, sir ! Tell me a story." 
"If I do will you go to bed?" 
"Yes." 
"Well, once upon a time there was a great big bear 
that caught a hunter in the woods and started to hug him 
to death." 
"In what woods?" 
"Oh, I don't know — some woods.*' 
"Did the bear hug him to death?" 
"No; just then two big tiger policemen came along and 
run the bear in for violating the game laws. Now go to 
bed." — Indianapolis Sun. 
Fixtures. 
May SO.— Pohlmann's Pavilion, Jersey City Heights— Tourna- 
ment of Our Own Shooting Society. 
July 14-23.— San Erancisco, Cal. — National Schuetzenbund of 
North America's annual tournament in Shell Mound Park. OfiE- 
hand, 200yds. 
Aug. 6-7.— Taftsville, Conn.— South New England Schueticn- 
bund's annual festival and prize shoot. 
Our Own Shooting Society. 
HoBOKEN, N. J.— The Our Own Shooting Society elected offieers 
Wednesday, May 1, at its semi-annual meeting, held at head- 
quarters, 110 Grand street, Hoboken. Many of the society's officers 
were re-elected. The men who will conduct the affairs of the or- 
ganization during the ensuing six months are: Captain, Louis 
Christ; First Lieutenant, Herman Warnken; Second Lieutenant, 
Frederick Lohman; Third Lieutenant, Robert B. J. Olbeter; 
Financial Secretary Adam Schmitt; Recording Secretarj', J. H. 
Kruse; Treasurer, Lesser L. Levy; First Shooting Master, Her- 
man Bahn; Second Shooting Master, John Spinck; Marshal, Her- 
man Ehrlich; Adjutants, Julius Holm and Chas Drees; Board of 
Trustees, August Jacobsen Chairman; Owen Smith, W. F. Dilger, 
John Chartrand and Dr. F. C. Wolff; Finance Committee, Fred 
Bunger, Chairman; Charles Bischoff and C. G. Paul. 
Robert Goldthwaite, Charles Bischoff and Albert Stahmann were 
elected to membership. This brings the total up to 168. 
At the conclusion of the meeting the members returned to the 
society's shooting ranges and bowling alleys. Excellent scores 
were made on the targets, as these records will show: Capt. Louis 
Christ 232, H. D. Hencken 224, Wm. F. Dilger 235, Fred Bungei 
233, Gus Ising 216, J. H. Kruse 239, Jere Kennedy 219 Charles 
Drees 228, John Spmck 228, Lieut. Fred Lohmann 224, Max Pfund- 
heller 228, A. Jacobsen 219, J. Clair 217, Lieut. Herman Warnken 
222, L. L. Levy 214, A. Meyns 235, Henry Hohn 214, Lieut. Robert 
B. J. Olbeter 222, Dr. F. C. Wolff 224, Capt. Aug. Rentzing 221, 
Herman Ehrlich 217, Wm. C. Schmidt 226, R. Goldthwaite 243, 
H. A. Mohrmann 217, John Schreier 224, Herman Bachmann 206, 
Wm. Haag 214, Wm. Donald 214, T. Meehan 322, H. Peyenmhoff 
214, Herman Bahn 236, Julius Holm 212, Fred Bunger 239, C. C. 
Paul 219, H. C. Streckfuss 212, Charles Bischoff 241. Geo. Neuner 
224, Owen Smith 232, Walter Travis 232. 
Rifle at Shell Moond 
San Francisco, April 29.— Marksmen spent yesterday at Shell 
Mound in a driving rain. A large attendance was present. F. E. 
Mason and Dr. Rodgers in the Golden Gate handicap shoot did 
some good work. Most of the clubs held buUseye shoots. Scores 
of^the day: 
Golden Gate Rifle and Pistol Club, rifle score, handicap, 10 shots: 
Dr. L. O. Rodgers 230, 225; M. F. Blasse 209, 191: D. W. Mc- 
Laughlin 223; F. E. Mason 232, 221, 211; C. M, Henderson 213 210. 
Gold medal: C. M. Henderson 217, 224; M. F. Blasse 170,' 192- 
J. Kullman ISO, 194. Silver medal: W. F. Blasse 166, 166, 189, 179. 
Golden Gate Rifle and Pistol Club montlily medal shoot, pistol 
range, handicap: J. E. Gorman 96, 94. Silver medal; W. F. Blasse 
79, 81, 78, 76; G. Tammeyer 71, 63; M. F. Blasse 77; J. Kullman 69. 
Red Men Schuetzen Company, monthly medal shoot: First 
champion class, W. Dressier, 373; first class, Capt. Henry Grieb, 
401; second class, Schuetzen Meister George Wagner, 396,- third 
class, Herman Schujt, 330; fourth class, E. Tamke, 338; best first 
shot, Capt. Henry Grieb, 23; best last shot, W- Dressier, 21. 
Norddeutscher Schuetzen Club, monthly medal shoot: First and 
second champion classes and first class, not won; second class, 
Henry Huppert, 367; third class, William Doell, 383; fourth class, 
John Woebcke, 301; best first shot, D. Salfield, 24; best last shot, 
A. Hohmann, 24. 
German Schuetzen Club, monthly bullseye shoot: H. Hellberg 
247, F. E. Mason 352, C. M. Henderson 681, L. N. Ritzau 793 
John Utschig 841, John Gefken 922, E. H. Goetze .943, Williani 
Doell 970, and A.Jungblut 1105. 
ROEEL. 
Cincinnati Rifle Association. 
Cincinnati^ O. — The following scores were made in regular 
competition by members of the Cincinnati Rifle Association, at 
Four-Mile House, Reading road, April 28. Conditions, 200yds., off- 
hand, at the German ring target. Payne was declared champion 
for the day with the good score of 224. Weather, clear; ther- 
mometer, 80; wind, head on, from 10 to 3 o'clock: 
„ Honor. 
Payne 224 220 219 214 210—1087 21 19 22—62 
Hasenzahl 221 217 216 212 209—1075 16 21 19-56 
Speth 220 209 200 197 1&9— 1015 21 21 21—63 
Gindele 217 215 214 212 210—1068 17 20 22—59 
Strickmeier 217 214 212 204 203— ItgO 18 24 21—63 
Nestler 213 213 205 203 200— lOS4 24 17 23—64 
Roberts 212 205 204 199 197—1017 23 23 12—58 
Lux 207 200 195 186 184— 972 15 18 13—46 
Drube 200 191 190 182 ... 19 20 25—64 
Uckotter 199 196 192 191 187— 965 17 10 21—48 
Topf 189 185 177 176 174— 901 14 23 12-^9 
Jonscher .,..-...196 186 186 177 175— 915 18 18 23—59 
Weinheimer .185 177 173 172 170— 877 23 23 20—66 
Surkamer 183 167 149 143 189— 781 
Trounstine 192 177 ... .. 
'ympshaating. 
If you want your shoot to be announced here send a 
notice like the following: 
Fixtures. 
May 7-9. — Peru, Ind.— Fifth annual am.ateur tournament of the 
Peru Gun Club;' two days at targets; for amateurs only; one day 
at live birds. Chas. Bruck, Sec'y. 
May 7-10. — Tournament of the New Jersey State Sportsmen's 
Association. C. W. Feigenspan, Sec'y. 
May 7-10. — Lincoln, Neb. — Twenty-fifth annual tournament of the 
Nebraska State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the 
Lincoln Gun Club. W. D. Bain, Sec'}'. 
May 8-9. — Chicago, O. — Deer Lick Gun Club's tournament. 
May 9-10. — Marion, O. — Marion Gim Club's tournament. 
May 10-11. — Johnstown, Pa. — Johnstown Rod and Gun Club's 
tournament. 
May 12.— Brooklyn, L. I.— All-day shoot of the Fulton Gun Club, 
East New York. Team race: Oceanics vs. Fultons, Address Bob 
Schneider or A. A. Schoverling, P. O. Box 475. 
May 14. — Brooklyn, L. I. — Shoot for naphtha launch; HI live 
birds, 110 entrance, birds extra; surplus divided; seventeen c^iilnes 
to fill. F. Lebohner, Mgr. 
May 14-17.— All en town. Pa. — Stale shoot of Pennsylvania Slate 
Sportsmen's Association. C. F. Kamlich, Cor. Sec'y. Elmer E. 
Slianer, Mgr. 
May 14-16.— Elwood, Ind. — Tournament of the Zoo Rod and Gun 
Club. J. M. Livingston, Sec'y; John Parker, Mgr. J 
May 14-17. — Nev/ton. la. — Annual towrnament ol the Iowa Stale 
Sportsmen's Association, under auspices o£ the Newton Gun Club 
D. R- Tripp, Sec'y. 
May 15.— Paris, Ky. — ^First annual amateur target tournament 
under auspices of the Blue Grass Gun Ckrb. 
May 1-5-16. — Luverne, Minn.— Tournament of Luverne Gun Glnb. 
May 15-16. — Elgin, 111. — Tournament of Elgin National Gun Club. 
May 15-16. — Zanesville, O, — Spring tournament of the Zanesviile 
Gun Club. L. A. Moore, Sec'y. 
May 16-17. — Guthrie, Oklahoma. — Oklahoma Territorial Gvaa. and 
Sportsmen Club second annual tournament. 
May 16-17. — Pekin, 111. — Twin City Gun Club's tournament. 
May 17-19. — Great Falls, Mont. — Eighth annual tournament of the 
Montana State Sportsmen's Association, under auspices of the 
Great Falls Rod and Gun Club, of which Mr. Hugo Nalbacli is 
secretary. 
