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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[July 27., 1901. 
this kind of water is much more difficult to navigate than 
at a better stage. Consequently, our afternoon's cruise 
was arduous and fatiguing, and when we finally reached 
our camp at the foot of Kemple's Falls, at dusk, we were 
all pretty well tired out. 
We had to portage the Roudabush dam, of course, and 
we found a couple of most excellent new fish dams that 
were not built last year, and which were fully as high and 
massive as many of the mill dams, and which were con- 
structed solidly across the river from bank to bank, 
although the fish law requires that a space of not less 
than 30ft. shall be left clear at one end. Consequently a 
portage was necessarj^ at these dams also. 
The river seemed to grow Avilder as we proceeded, and, 
as it wound away from the Blue Ridge side of the valley 
and approached the Massanutton Mountains in a ser:es of 
short curves, each reach seemed wilder and rougher than 
the last. Long lines of massive cliffs appeared here and 
there, which reared their stern, rocky fronts from 100 to 
20of t. above the water, their harshness and severity toned 
down b3' lichens, and delicate green vines, which trailed 
in graceful festoons across their rugged faces. 
The railroad, which had been accompanying us for 
miles, scrambling along the riverside in a succession of 
high fills and ugly red clay cuts, high up in the green 
flanks of the mountain spurs, and leaping across the deep, 
chasm-like ravines in a succession of tall, spiderly trestle 
bridges, finally left us, turning ol¥ to the right, as the 
river swept away to the left into a cliff-lined, rocky gorge, 
down which the water tumbled and piled in a furious 
rapid. 
"I'll tell you what!" said the Colonel, as we successfully 
reached the foot of the rapid, and wiped the spray from 
pur fates with our handkerchiefs the while we skirted 
along the base of a massive, imposing precipice along the 
right, over the still, black water, in which the cliffs were 
reflected so faithfully that we seemed suspended like 
bubbles in mid air, as we silently glided along. 
"I tell you what! I thought I was a goner that time ! 
You know that broad, flat ledge at the head of the rapid? 
Well, I was carried squarely on to that, and to save my 
life I could not help myself, and just " 
'T kept off from it easily enough by back paddling, and 
the current carried me gently enough right around it." 
said George, reflectively, as he pulled the string on his 
kodak, preparatory to gathering in a particularly im- 
posing promontory, jutting out from the cliff into the 
river. 
■'Yes; that's all right," replied the Colonel. "That 
back paddling foolishness you fellows are so fond of will 
de very well for some places, but you don't want such 
monkeying around in a place like that. Well, just as I 
thought I was about to be swept onto it and was making 
ready to jimip before my canoe capsized over it, the water 
seemed to bank up against it a little and held me off, and 
I just grazed along it and slipped around the lower end of 
it. I tell you it was a close call !" 
"It irot infrequently happens that the water does that 
at some ledge or rock," I answered. "It seems to pile up 
against it and rebound a little, forming a cushion, so to 
speak, which holds the canoe off. I have on several occa- 
sions, during my various cruises, been saved from a smash 
or capsizing in this manner." 
"I don't believe Kemple's Falls is any rougher than 
that, is it?" continued the Colonel. 
"You'll soon find out," said George. 
"How much further is it?" 
"Just yonder at that bend," said I, as the river swept 
arotmd a low, heavily wooded point to the left, and 
brought up squarely against a towering wall of cliffs, 
turned to the right and disappeared down hill. 
[to be continued.] 
— 
Yachting Fixtutes, i90U 
Secretaries and members of race committees will confer a favor 
by sending notice of errors or omissions in the following list and 
also of changes which may be made in the future. 
JUtY. 
24. Seawanhaka, cup race. Lake St. Louis. || 
24, East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. ig\ 
25, 26, 27. Hull-Massachusetts, invitation races, Hull, M ..^.s. ^ 
25-2fi. Erie, regatta, Erie, Pa. W 
27. Beverly, open sweepstake. Monument Beach. , 
27. Bay Waveland, club, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 
27. Shelter Island, ladies' regatta. . , , ^ 
27. Cohasset, knockabout, championship and hand.'.ap races, Co- 
hasset, Mass. . . , 
27. Corinthian,, fourth club championship, Marblehead, Mass. Bay. 
27. Shinnecock Bay, special, Shinnecock Bay. 
27. Sea Cliff, annual. Sea Cliff, Long Island Sound. 
27. Northport, annual, Northport, Long Island Sound. 
27. Winthrop, special handicap, Winthrop, Mass. 
27. Seawanhaka Corinthian, fifth race for Center Island cup. Oyster 
Bay, Long Island Sound. , _ . ^ , . 
27. ManWiisset, fourth series race for Jacob cup, Port Washing- 
ington. Long Island Sound. 
29. New York, Astor cup races, Newport. 
29- 30. Burgess, open, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
30- Aug 3. Pan-American regatta, Buffalo, N. Y. ^ j, , , 
30-31. New York, trial races to select America Cup defender. 
Newport. 
31. Corinthian, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
31. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. 
AUGUST. illiF 
1-3. Corinthian, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
1. New York, trial race to select cup defender, Newport. ' 
3. Duxbury. club, Duxbury, Mass. . i 
8. "Southern Gulf Coast, Y. R. A. 
3. Beverly. Corinthian, Monument Beach. i 
3. Winthrop, special handicap, Winthrop, Mass. 
3. Indian Harbor, club, Greenwich, Conn. 
3. Moriches, association regatta. 
3. Atlantic. Sea Gate, New York Bay. t t c j 
3 Hempstead Harbor, annual, Hempstead Harbor. L. I. Sound. 
3. Cohasset, knockabout, championship and handicap races, Co- 
hasset, Mass. 
3. Ouicy. liandicap, Quincy, Mass. 
Kennebec, open, Kennebec, Me. 
3. Seawanhaka Corinthian, Robert Center memorial cup races, 
Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound. ^ t , j o j 
3 Manhasset Bay, special. Port Washington, Long Island Sound. 
3. Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Mass. 
3. Savin Hill, club, Boston Harbor. ^ , , 
3-5-7. New York, trial race to select cup defender, Newport. 
5 6. Manchester, West Manchester, Massachusetts Bay. 
7! Misery Island, Salem Bay, Mass. 
7, 8. East Gloucester, Gloucester, Mass. 
7. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucc§tcr, Mass, 
The Canada Cup Challengers. 
Toronto, July 13. — The judges appointed by the Royal 
Canadian Y. C. for the trial races of the Canada cup 
challengers have selected Invader as the craft to carry 
the Royal Canadian burgee in the contest at Chicago next 
month. 
The selection of Invader does not, of course, come as a 
di.stinct surprise to any one, although it can scarcely be 
sajd that the selection is one which meets with unanimous 
approval. The trial races were too limited in number to 
bring out all the merits and all the defects of the three 
contestants. The first two were sailed in light zephyrs, 
and Invader was certainly the better boat. The next race 
was a three-mile beat to windward and a run back, in a 
whole-sail breeze with a fair amount of sea rolling. 
Beaver showed herself clearly the superior of Invader, 
although not by a large margin. An attempt was made 
to sail a fourth race, as the wind had freshened. Beaver 
was piling up a lead when she broke down, and the test 
was discontinued. 
^ This ended the trial races for the first week in July. 
Canadian, the Hamilton craft, not being considered a 
factor in the races, sailed home. The judges made public 
the statement that they considered further trials neces- 
sary, but did not fi.x the date. The second week in Juty 
commenced to slip away. No race was held on Monday 
or Tuesday, as had been suggested. On Wednesday the 
R. C. Y. Co's special committee held a meeting, after 
which it w-as announced that Invader had been chosen as 
the challenger. 
The announcement was not, apparently, expected by 
the -owners of either boat, for the two yachts had been 
hauled out for .scraping and black leading, in preparation 
for further racing. Beaver, in fact, was on the marine 
railway at the time of the decision. Her buckled spreaders 
of bicycle tubing had been replaced by stout ones of 
oak of the same sort as Invader's. It was the buckling 
of the port spreader that had brought the trial races to 
an abrupt termination. 
There was $600 in prize money to be divided up among 
the three contestants in the trial races. Invader received 
$30Q of this amount. Beaver $200 and Canadian came in 
for the balance, $100. 
Speaking candidly, the chances of Invader bringing back 
the Canada cup are not of the first order. The boat has 
niany good qualities. Her looks are in her favor — a low 
freeboard, graceful sheer, handsome overhangs and gen- 
erous and shapely sail area combining to give her a racy 
appearance. Her highly polished black topsides with the 
gilt sheer ribbon and scrollwork and the smooth ma- 
hogany covering board and deck fittings add to her beauty. 
Invader is not, however, a toy yacht, and she has more 
than good looks in her favor. She is fast in light winds 
and in rimning and reaching. In short, she is a keel boat 
excelling in those points in which centerboard boats 
usually are superior. If the Chicago Y. C. choose a cen- 
terboarder to defend the cup, it will probably be a very 
even match. There is great room for doubt, however, as 
to Invader's chances against a keel craft, should one be 
selected as defender, if the races were sailed in anything 
like heavy weather. 
The above is a fair statement of the chances of the 
challenger. It is quite possible that the Royal Canadian 
Y, C. has made the best selection under the circumstances, 
but the selection is still open to question. Beaver is a 
two-year-old boat with less sail area than Invader, but 
there is no doubt of her superiority to the latter in wind- , 
Avard work or in a seaway. A very small reduction in 
her ballast would permit of her sail area being increased 
until it would equal Invader's. The addition'of a tiny top- 
sail improved Beaver in light winds in the two preceding 
seasons. If the additional isoft. of canvas needed to make 
her sail area equal Invader's were incorporated in a large 
jib and mainsail sail plan, the boat would have the benefit 
of it under all conditions, instead of only when off the 
wind, as was the case with the topsail. There are many 
yachtsmen who think that Beaver, under these circum- 
stances, would be unquestionably superior to Invader. 
Immediately after being selected as challenger, Invader 
was once more taken out on the marine railway. Com. 
Gooderham, her owner, and Capt. James Andrews, of 
Oakville. her builder, held a consultation, and under their 
supervision an alteration was made in the boat's ballast. 
An irregular quadrilateral of wood, of Avhich the forward 
edge of the fin and the upper edge of the original ballast 
formed the forward and under sides respectively, was re- 
moved, and replaced by lead. The change in the ballast 
was not very great, the addition in weight not exceeding 
25olbs. The extra ballast is placed, however, just where 
it is most needed. Invade-r has, as before stated, not been 
floating on her calculated waterline. She has been down 
to it aft. but her bow has been 3 or 4in. out all along, and 
the boat has accordingly carried a slight quartering wave, 
as she has been trimmed by the stern. The additional 
ballast brings her down to her true form, and, of course, 
makes her slightly stiffen 
While the trial races for the selection of the challenger 
were very limited in number, it is not the intention of the 
Royal Canadian Y. C. to send the boat to Chicago without 
first giving her the benefit of all the trying out possible. 
Beaver has shown herself quite capable of giving Invader 
all she needs in the way of a trial boat. She was given a 
thorough overhauling when on the dock this week, and 
while she may not be as fast as she might be Avith the 
alterations suggested, she is now in excellent sailing trim. 
Invader's measurements have alreadj^ been published. 
The alterations in the ballast will change them slightly, but 
as the boat had a good margin there is little probability of 
the increase sending her over measurement. Com. Good- 
erham stated that it would not be necessary to make any 
alterations in her sail plan. 
The date of Invader's departure for Chicago is yet un- 
certain. There is not tnough time left to sail her up and 
be sure of arriving in plenty of time. Towing has been 
suggested, but it is not a satisfactory method of going 
up fhe lakes, being very hard on the boat. It is altogether 
probably that Invader will be taken out of the water and 
shipped to Chicago by rail. Illinois reached that city in 
this manner and did not appear to be any worse for her 
shalcing up in a railway accident. Com. Gooderham is 
at present making arrangements for a 60ft. car for the 
conveyance of the yacht we§twar4- She will be stripped 
of her spars and rigging, but her fin will not be removed if 
it is at all possible to ship her otherwise. It would not 
be advisable, the Canadians think, to take the chance of 
being able to replace the fin and get the yacht into proper 
condition in the few days at their disposal after her 
arrival in Chicago. She will not be shipped until the last 
week in July. Such at least is the present intention. As 
the first race in the Canada cup series is scheduled for 
Aug. 10, this does not leave very much time for getting " 
the yacht into shape, especially as she will be far from 
her builder. 
The skipper and crew of the challenger have not yet 
been selected definitely. Com. Gooderham has not yet 
made up his mind whether he will sail her in the cup races 
or not. He has devoted all his time to the boat since her 
launch, and to a business man this means a considerable 
sacrifice. His magnificent schooner Clorita has lain at 
her moorings practically all season.. He has only_ been 
out in her once this year. Should he decide to sail In- 
vader at Chicago it would mean that he would have to 
spend all his time in her from now to the end of the cup 
match. There is a possibility of Mr. .ZErailius Jarvis being 
the skipper of the challenger. 
Beaver and Invader were both out for a spin on the 
afternoon of Saturday, July 13. The wind was light, from 
the eastward, about seven miles an hour. The yachts were 
not together long enough to indicate the effect of In- 
vader's increased ballast. It did not appear to have 
deadened her at all, for she traveled at high speed in the 
light airs, returning to her moorings ahead of the Payne 
sloop. 
July 20.— With their own brief trial races safely over 
and their challenger Selected and tuned up to the best 
sailing pitch, the Canadian yachtsmen are watching with 
interest the outcome of the trial races at Chicago for the 
selection of a boat to defend the trophy. They would 
like to see a centerboarder selected, for it was a center- 
boarder that carried away the cup, and they would like to 
win it back from a centerboarder. The only means the 
Canadians have of gauging the abilities of the would-be 
cup defenders is by comparing their performances with 
that of Minota. The little ex-Canadian has not been 
beaten badly enough at any time to make Toronto yachts- 
men feel that the Chicago sailors will have the cup a 
month from now. Invader is certainly a faster boat, under 
any conditions, than Minota. Moreover, a sailorman just 
returned from Lake Michigan is responsible for the state- 
ment that Minota has not been sailed, or has not been 
sailing, as she was when on Lake Ontario — two different 
causes which would produce the very same result. 
The alteration in Invader's ballast, made last week, has 
not' had a very marked effect on her. She still holds her 
head well up, although floating much closer to her cal- 
culated wateriine. There is some talk of removing the 
added ballast and also taking off a little aft, and giving 
her a larger mainsail of United States make. The boat 
is not stiff enough any way to hope to win by "ragging 
on," She will have to reef as soon as her .opponent any-' 
way, and it is felt that she will gain more by having a 
big spread of canvas for light airs and running than by 
having less canvas and more ballast to enable her to hang 
on to whole sails while her competitor has to reef. The 
additional two hundredweight of ballast which Invader 
shipped recently has not made a very appreciable differ- 
ence to the boat, but it has some advantages. She does 
not heal so easily, and she goes to windward better. * 
Torontonians are eagerly looking forward to a brush be- 
tween Invader and Genesee, the craft that carried away 
the Canada cup two years ago. Mr. Charles E. Van 
Voorhis, of Rochester, N. Y., Commodore of the Roches- 
ter Y. C, was a visitor at the Royal Canadian Y. C. the 
other day, He was out for a sail in the Canada cup chal- 
lenger and was highly pleased with her. He promised to 
send Genesee, then lying in Cobourg, up for a spin with 
Invader. 
Even since Genesee carried off the Canada cup, Can- 
adians have been longing to see her beaten. There seemed 
a probability of it at Charlotte, N. Y., last September, but 
Minota broke down when winning. Genesee will again 
meet Canadian 35-footers, after her brush with Invader at 
the Buffalo Y. C.'s contests at the end of the month. A 
large contingent of Canadian yachts will be there, and 
the 35ft. entries will include Beaver and Canadian, the 
two rejected candidates in the Canada cup trial races. 
Beaver's owner has long been anxious to meet Genesee, 
and it appears that he is going to have a chance. Can- 
adian, by the way, has shown a marked improvement as 
the result of alterations in her fin and sail plan. Her 
performance in the Canada cup trial races was not very 
encouraging, but it sufficed to show where changes should 
be made. The changes have been made — some of them, at 
any rate — and the craft with the concave bottom is show- 
ing up well, having defeated by a substantial margin the 
boat at the top of her class in the Hamilton fleet of 35- 
footers. 
It is scarcely possible for Invader to take part in the 
contest at Buffalo, for she would not have very much 
time left in which to reach Chicago. Whether she gets 
the new mainsail or not she will leave Toronto before the 
end of the present month. She will be lifted from the 
water bodily by means of a derrick, after her spars and 
rigging have been removed. The derrick will place her 
on a 6oft. flat car, specially provided for the occasion, and 
sh? will be shipped through to Chicago. William Fisher, 
the sailor who has been in charge of the yacht from the 
hottr of her launch, will superintend the shipment and 
will look after her after her arrival in Chicago. He will 
also see to the work of refitting her, and will be the one 
professional in the crew of six who will sail her in the 
final races. 
The Royal Canadian Y. C. has nominated Mr. E. H. 
Ambrose, of Hamilton, Ont., as their representative 
among the trio of judges who will preside over the con- 
test at Chicago next month.' The Chicago Y, C. will be 
represented by Mr. E. P. Warner, of Chicago. Both gen- 
tlemen are well known to followers of international yacht- 
ing. Mr. Ambrose was asked by the Canadians to be 
one of the judges of their trial races, but was unable to 
spare the time just then. The third judge is to be the 
mutual selection of Messrs. Ambrose and Warner. He 
will probably be from the United States side of the line. 
There is still some uncertainty as to the skipper of In- 
vader in the contest at Chicago, but ther^ is a stroii| 
