Oct. 26, 1901,3 
FOREST AND STMlAM. 
People along the wharves laughed at Cap'fi Hall when 
he said that he was going without any crew, but he 
grinned back at them, saying: "Crew? Huh! S'only 
one man in a hunnerd s'any good, anyway, 'n' he ain't 
allers to be got. Can't git 'im now, leastways, 'n' I ain't 
a-goin' to let this yere schooner hang up to the wharf all 
summer a-waitin' fer help. I brought her down here, an' 
I kin fetch her out ag'in." 
And he did. When the Angler had got under way 
something happened that came_near ending the one-man 
trip, right there in the river at Calais. Somehow or 
other Cajp'a Hall fdl overboard, and as he cannot swim 
a stroke he would have drowned but £(m.a tug boat that 
came along. The tug's crew fished the lone mariner out, 
and after he got dried and rested a bit he took the wheel 
again, headed her down the river and away she went for 
Boston. 
Whether or not she will get there is another question. 
Captain-mate-cook-and-crew Hall says she will peg along 
all right with the best of them, and maybe she will. It is 
supposed that the lone skipper will heave her to, Dago 
stj'le, at night, and thus be able to get some sleep. "He's 
got good grit, but hang his judgment," say the coast 
sailors. 
Proposed Yacht Basin in Gtavesend Bay* 
Mr. George E. Hill, who represents a syndicate of New 
York yachtsmen, purchased on Oct. 17 for his clients a 
tract of land comprising 175 acres fronting on Gravesend 
Bay. This property is to be dredged and improved, with 
the ultimate view of making one of the largest and most 
complete yacht basins in the world. The names of the 
buyers have not been given out, but it is stated that many 
of those interested in the deal are well-known yachtsmen 
who are members of the Atlantic Y. C. and the other 
clubs which are located on Gravesend Bay. 
For more than a century the property in question has 
been known as Harway Basin, and some years ago an 
effort was made to establish a yacht basin there, but after 
a few cribs and docks had been built, work was aban- 
doned and the scheme given up. At one time the city con- 
templated turning the land into a seaside park, but the 
idea Avas not thouglit favorably of, and this plan was also 
set aside. 
The property has a frontage of 4,500ft. on Coney Island 
Creek and 3,200ft. on Gravesend Bay. Fifty acres of the 
land are upland, sixly-five acres are salt meadow and sixty 
acres are submerged. The tract runs from Bay Forty- 
ninth Street to Coney Island Creek, and lies between 
Stilwell avenue and the pier line. Harway avenue, a 
continuation of the Shore drive, runs through the prop- 
erty and connects with Sea Gate and Surf avenues, Coney 
Island. 
In the plan laid out to develop the property, it is pro- 
posed to dredge out a basin having an area of sixty-five 
acres, which will, be 2.500 by i,8ooft.. to a depth varying 
from 12 to 30ft., which would be sufficient to keep afloat 
at all times the largest pleasure boats in the world. The 
soil taken out in the dredging will be used for filling in 
behind the cribs and bulkheads. There will be 7.000 run- 
ning feet of wharves. Dry docks, marine railways, repair 
shops, foundries and sheds for the storage of spars, sails 
and all other gear, will also be erected. 
The promoters of the s'cheme hope to give employment 
to nearly two hundred men all the year arotmd. The 
price paid for the land is said to be $300,000, but this 
seems excessive. 
There is a report current that an effort is being made 
to persuade Thomas Ratsey, the English sailmaker, to 
establish a branch of his business on the property. 
Yacht Quh Notes, 
At the annual meeting of the Hempstead Bay' Y. C. 
the foUov/ing officers were elected for the ensuing year: 
Com.. Hiram R. Smith; Vire-Com., Willis A. Hutche- 
son; Rear-Com.. Frederick K. Walsh; Sec'y. De Witt C. 
Titus; Treas., Carman R. Lush; Official Meas.^ Freder- 
ick C. Southard. 
Board of Governors. — The six officers of the club, 
with R. H. Mavland. Charles H. Southard, M. H. Tracy 
and Isaac N. Carman. 
Regatta Committee.— M. H. Tracy, C. H. Southard 
and Robert W. Nix. 
The Treasurer's report showed a balance of $19.01. 
The total receipts for the year were $1,541.85, and during 
the season the club spent $238.76 for prizes. 
Fif'-een new members joined the club during the year, 
making the total of 95. 
The racing length of third-class boats was changed 
from 20 to 2if t. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
MacConnell Bros., the Boston va<-ht brokers, have 
sold through their agency, the 25-footers Cygnet to C. 
S. Cook; vawl Penguin, to W. S. Johnson, of Mamaro- 
neck, N. Y.; schooner Bet.sy, to C. M. Wa.shington, of 
Locust, N. T-; 25-footer Or"han. to Claude Sm.'t'-'. of 
Ithaca, N. -Y ; 21-footer Freyiu, to J. M. Linder. of Bos- 
ton ; 25-footer Mohi'i. to Ba'dwin & Gray, of Har'f rd; 
the Don, to G. A. Randall; Sally Brass, to C. M. K-^ep. 
av^ Mie 15-footer Ray, to G- R. Fryer, of Stratford, 
Co.nii, 
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■' ■ ^ George F. Lawlev Son Corporation, South Bos- 
' • has closed contracts for tl-"-ee schooners — rne 70ft. 
■■ '"'ine, tbe second. 62ft. watcrline. and the I'^rd 52ft. 
"••iterline. This corporation is now building a 46it. water- 
I ne schooner for Mr. Arnold Lawson, from designs 
made by Mr. Clinton H. Crane. 01 the firm of Messrs. 
Tams, Lemoine & Crane. A 46ft. waterline yawl is also 
under construction at Lawley's. 
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Sagitta the Fnelish-built steam yacht, which has been 
under charter during the past summer to Mr. Joseph R. 
Delemar, has sailed from New York for England. 
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Mr. E. -A. Bonrdman. n well-known Harvard man, and 
stroke of the '97 crew, has associated himself with Mr. 
B. B. Crowninshield in the yacht designing brokerage 
business. Mr. Boardman will take Mr. Frank N. Tandy's 
place, who recently went in business for himself. For a 
number of years past Mr, Boardman has been sailing 
boats at Marblehead, and he is considered one of the 
most skillful helmsmen in that part of the country. 
Mr. Crowninshield has been commissioned to design 
rhree 21-footers for the Massachusetts Y. R. A. restricted 
class; one is for Mr. Richard Hutchinson; another for 
Mr. Charles Francis Adams, 2d, and the third for Mr. 
C. H. W. Foster. He is also working on the plans of 
an i8-footer for a member of the Hull (Mass,) Y. C. 
The keel of the seven-masted schooner that is being budt 
at the Fore River Engine Works, at Quincy, Mass., from 
Mr. Crowninshield's design, has been laid and the frames 
will soon be in place. 
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A member of the New York Y'. C, whose name is 
not given out, is having built by the Gas Engme Power 
Co. and Seabury & Co., at Morris Heights, a steel, twin 
screw, steam yacht, 115ft. long. Work is well advanced 
on the yacht, and tlie cabinet work will soon be put m 
the cabins. Forward there will be a good-sized deck 
house, which will be used as the dining saloon. In the 
after end of this house is the pantry, which is connected 
with the gallery by a dumb waiter. Forward of the 
machiner)'^ space, on the lower deck, is the galley; next 
forward are the officers' rooms, with the forecastle for- 
ward of these. Aft of the machinery and boiler space 
are the owner's quarters, which consist of two large, 
connecting staterooms, with a batli adjoining. Aft of 
the owner's room are a large stateroom and bath for 
CTuests. There will be a low cabin house over the cabins 
aft, and all the deck fittings, deck house, etc., will be fin- 
ished in teak. The yacht will be furnished with triple 
expansion engines and a Seabury boiler, and she Avill 
have a speed of about 17 miles. The bow and stern of 
the yacht will be detachable, so that she may pass through 
the canals in going np to the Lakes. 
A Boston gentleman, who is a member of the New 
York Y. C, has ordered the Gas Engine Power Co. and 
Seabury & Co. to design and build for him a steel cruis- 
ing schooner. The yacht will be ii8ft. over all, 79ft. on 
the waterline, 22ft. 6in. beam, and will draw 13ft. She 
will be fini.shed and ready to turn over to her owner 
early next season. 
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The steam vacht Osceola, owned by Mrs. Julia M. 
Curtis, was damaged by fire, while in her winter quar- 
ters at Tebo's basin, foot of Twenty-third .street, South 
Brooklyn. The fire was discovered by a watchman at 
5 o'clock on the morning of Oct. 12. An alarm was 
immediatelv turned in, and the fire was extinguished, 
after it had done considerable damage. The loss 
amounted to about $500, and was covered by insurance. 
The cause of the fire is unknown. 
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The 70ft. vacht lola, owned by Mr. Nicholas Arm- 
stein, of New York City, went ashore on the breakwater 
at the mouth of the Housatonic River, which is a few 
miles east of Bridgeport. Conn., late in the afternoon 
of Oct. 13, and was a total loss. The keeper of Stratford 
Light telephoned to the town of Stratford, and in re- 
sponse to his message several oyster boats went down the 
river and rescued the owner, his nine guests, and the 
three men who made up the crew. lola pounded her- 
self to pieces during the night. She was built at New- 
berne, N. C, in 1885. Further than this no details re- 
garding the boat are procurable. 
As a result of the collision between the steam yacht 
Nourmahal and the steamship North Star, when the 
boats were returning from the race between Columbia 
and Shamrock II., on Sept. 28, Col. John Jacob x\stor 
filed a Ubel in the United States District Court on Oct. 
12 against the steamer in question for $15,000, which Col. 
Astor claims was the amount of damage done to his 
yacht. 
Mr. Anson Phelps Stokes, N. Y. Y. C, has purchased 
the schooner yacht Sea Fox. 
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Mr. Clifford V. Brokaw. N. Y'. Y. C. has purchased 
through the agency of Messrs. Gardner & Cox, from Mr. 
W. L. Ward, the cutter Dorwina, the champion in the 
43ft. class on Long Island Sound. 
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Mr. Henry C Rouse, N. Y. Y. C, has bought the 
English-built auxiliary Lady Godiva. The yacht has 
been under charter to Mr. Rouse all the past summer. 
She is built of steel, and was designed by Mr. St. Oaire 
Bvrne, and built bv Laird Bros., at Birkenhead, in 1890. 
Lady Godiva is 138ft. long on the waterline, 23ft. beam, 
and 13.35ft. deep. 
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Mr. Frederic H, Benedict, owner of the steam yacht 
Verzana was killed on Saturday, Oct. 19, in an accident 
which happened by his losing control of an automobile 
which he was running from Tuxedo to West Point. Mr. 
Benedict had been identified with yachting for a number 
of years past. He was elected a member of the New 
York Y. C. in 1888. and a member of the Seawanhaka 
Corinthian Y. C. in 1892. 
The highest waterfall in the world, geography tells us, is 
the Cerosola Cascade, in the Alps, having a fall of 2,400 
feet; that of Arvey, in Savoy, is 1,100 feet, and the falls 
of Yosemite Valley range from 700 to 1,000 feet. But 
higher yet is the waterfall in the San Cuayatan Cation, in 
the State of Durango. Mexico. It was discovered bv some 
pro.spectors ten years^ ago in the great barranca district, 
which is called the Tierras Desconocidas. While search- 
ing for the famous lost mine, Naranjal, a__ great roar of 
water was heard. With great difficulty the party pushed 
on, and up and down the mighty chasms, until they be- 
held the superb fall that is at least 3,000 feet high. — Land 
of Sunshine. 
Rifle at Shell Mound, 
San Francisco, Oct. 14.— Yesterday was a delightful day at 
Sliell Mound range, and there was a large turnout of nttemen, 
especially of the militia. Some good shooting was^ done by the 
latter. F. F. Carson made the possible at 200, 300 and 500yds., 
25, 25, 25 — 5-shot scores, „ 
'J"he schuetzen marksmen did very good work also, bcores: 
.Swiss Rifle Club, monthly bullseye shoot: First prize, F. filter; 
second. Edward Suter; third, A. von Wyl; fourth J. Leeman; titth, 
Alfred Gehret; sixth, C. Bacala; seventh, J. Scheibli; eighth, Ua 
Croix; ninth, Charles Bachinann. Monthly medal shoot: Cham- 
l)ion class— Alfred Gehret, 442; first class— Robert Hauser, 377; 
second class— F. Suter, 364; third class— Edward Suter, 354. 
Germania Schuetzen Club, monthly medal shoot: First champion 
class— D, B. Faktor, 231; second champion class— F. Rust, 207, 202; 
first class— F. Brandt, 203, 188; second class— L. N. Ritzau, 210, 
204; third class— William Doell, 187, 178; best first shot— D. B. 
Faktor, 22; best last shot— D. Salfield, 24. , 
Golden Gate Rifle and Pistol Club, semi-monthly shoot, handi- 
cap: M. F. Blasse, 210, 193, 208, 204, 197, 199, 200; A. Gehret 226, 
228. Gold medal, J. F. Bridges, 204: silver medal, M. J. White, 
192, 189; A. B. Dorrell, 219, 214; E. L. Riemenschneider, 191, 182; 
W. Ehrenpfort, 173. Pistol handicap— W. F. Blasse, 82, 83, 78, 79. 
Revolver handicao- J. W. Tompkins, 73, 61; P. A. Becker, 83, 85, 
83, 87, 86, 85. Silver medal— S. C. Hinkel, 72; J. R. Trago, 75. 
Norddeutscher Schuetzen Club, monthly bullseye shoot: Her- 
man Huber 236, William Doell 414, A. Mocker 443, C. F. Rust 
733, G. Schulz 770, L. Lankenau 783, F. P. Schuster 815, L, N. 
Ritzau 835, Otto Lemcke 844, H. Meyer 1021. Roeel. 
Presque Isle Rifle Clob. 
Erie, Pa.— The Presque Isle Rifle Club held a club handicap in 
connection with its regular shoot, Oct. 19. A strong wind faced the 
.sliooters and kept their house filled with smoke. The day was 
very dark. Standard American target, 200yds., off-hand. 
Uncle John Stidham scored, highest, with Shafer and Parker a 
tie for second place; 
J Stidham 75 70 69—213 A Mount 69 63 62—194 
G Shafer 72 69 66-207 E Kent 57 52 47-156 
W Parker 70 69 68—207 T Almeda 52 45 44—141 
Capt Ferguson 71 65 63—199 E D Allen... 54 44 37—135 
The handicaps were figured from the season's average, and the 
points are added to each string in the totals. Scores; 
Parker, 6 points 70 69 59—216 Kent, 15 57 47 46-195 
Mount 9 62 56 63—208 Almeda, 18.. 52 45 41—192 
Ferguson, 5 71 61 54—201 Stidham, Scratch. . ..68 61 61— 190 
Shafer, Scratch. .... .72 65 62—199 Allen, 14 44 37 37—160 
Match shoot: 
Ferguson 7 6 3 8 6 4 3 10 7 5—59 
Mount 946562667 6-57 
It might be well to add that this club has not shot in three 
years, and a number of the new members are novices. 
W. A. Parker, Sec'y- 
Ctncinnati Rifle Associatioa. 
Cincinnati, O.— The following scores were made in regular com- 
petition by members pf the Cincinnati Rifle Association, at Four- 
Mile House, Reading road, Oct. 13. Conditions: 200yds., off- 
hand, at the standard target. Gindele was declared champion for 
the day with the good score of 87. Weather, partly cloudy; ther- 
mometer, 64; wind, 4 to f o'clock, gusty: 
Honor Target. 
C;indele 87 84 81 79 77—408 8 9 8 10 7-42 
Payne 85 85 84 83 82—419 7 4 8 9 8—36 
Striokmeier 85 81 80 80 79—405 8 9 7 8 7—39 
Bruns 81 82 82 76 74—338 , .. 
Roberts 84 80 79 79 76—398 6 9 7 10 7—39 
Lux 81 75 79 73 75—378 .. 
Hofer 78 75 73 65 . .—291 
Drube 78 75 71 69 65—356 5 4 8 8 7—32 
Topf 77 69 68 64 63—341 8 5 4 10 9—36 
Khlerding 60 56 45 .. ..—161 
If you want your shoot to be annouaced here send a 
notice like the following: 
Fixtttfcs. 
Oct. 23.— Muncie, Ind.— Magic City Gun Club's fall tournarhent. 
Oct. 23-24.— Taylorville, 111.— Target shoot and fish fry of the 
Taylorville Gun Club. 
Oct. 2-3-24.- Attica, Ind.— Laumee's target and live-bird shoot. 
Oct. 22-24. — Des Moines, la. — Amateur handicap shoot. 
Oct. 24-25. — Streator, 111. — Two-day shoot of the Streator Gun 
Club; targets and live birds; open to all. 
Oct. 26. — Bulls Head, S. I. — Contest for challenge cup for cham- 
pioi'ship of Richmond county, under the auspices of the Chelsea 
Heights Gun Club. J. S. Lewis, Sec'y. 
Nov. 6-7.— Peru, Ind. — Peru Gun Club's live-bird tournament; 
handicap; high guns. 
Nov. 22-24. — St. Louis, Mo. — Contest for the St. Louis Republic 
championship cup (Nov. 23) and three-day open tournament. Her- 
bert Taylor, Secy, 1004 Chemical Building. 
Nov. 28.— Ossining, N. Y.— All-day target shoot of the Ossining 
Gun Club. Roast Turkey. C. G. Blandiord, Capt. 
Nov. 28. — Cleveland, O. — Shoot of the Cleveland Gun Club. 
Nov. 28-29.— Milwaukee. Wis.— Tournament of the South Side 
Gun Club. 
Newark, N. J.— South Side Gun Club target shoot, every Sat- 
urday afternoon. 
Chicago, 111. — Garfield Gun Club's live-bird trophy shoots, first 
and third Saturdays of each month. Grounds, West Monroe street 
and Fifty-second avenue. Dr. J. W. Meek, Sec'y. ' j 
CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 
Nov. 20. — Interstate Park, Queens, L. I. — Shoot given by Mr. 
S. M. Van Allen, who donates a Daly gun; $20, 20 birds, latter 
extra; high guns; handicap; all entrance money goes into the 
purse. 
fnterstate Park, Queens, 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. 
Interstate Rark, Queens, L. I. — Weekly shoot of the New Utresht 
Gun Club— Saturdays. 
1902. 
Jan. 14-17. — Hamilton, Ont. — Twelfth annual tournament of the 
Hamilton Gun Club. F. B. Vallance, Cor. Sec'y. 
May 13-16. — Oil City, Pa.— Annual meeting of the Pennsylvania 
State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the Oil City 
Gun Club. F. S. Bates, Cor. Sec'y. 
May .30-31.— Union City, Ind.— Spring tournament of the Parent 
Grove Gun Club. O. E. Fouts, Sec'y. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Clui secretaries are invited to send their scores /or publication t* 
these columns^ also any news notes they may care to have printed. Ties 
on all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. Mail 
ill such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company y 346 Broad- 
way y New York. 
Mr. C. R. Stevens, of MoHne, 111., is earnestly promoting a 
great live-bird handicap, as mentioned in these columns some 
weeks since. The conditions are: "The race to be at 100 live 
