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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Dec 14, 1901. 
pat of the rain drops on the carpet of leaves they never 
once wished they were home in bed. After a while the 
welcome gleam of the lantern showed in the upper end 
of the woods; a few strokes of the ax and down came 
the tree. The coon, which was well up in the top of 
the tree, jumped before the tree struck, and, hotly pressed 
by the dog, took refuge on a large boulder nearby. 
Old "Sol" held the lantern, from which reflected an 
answering gleam in the eyes of the coon on the rock. 
The man with the gun rested against a tree, took de- 
hberate aim, and pulled the trigger. There was nothing 
doing. The gun was examined; it was found that the 
plunger had dropped out in some way and the coon was 
still holding the fort. The fellow with the sloppiest 
clothing volunteered to go back to ''Sol's" for his gun. 
''Sol" said: "I came over here to see a scrap; let's 
knock the old devil off the rock: if the dog don't kill him 
I will." A well-aimed stone made the old coon capitu- 
late. The beagle jumped in and nipped him, which made 
him turn. The dog went off to a respectful distance and 
looked on while "Sol" did the rest with the ax. This 
was all of it. The three trudged back to town soaked, 
chilled through, their feet sore from sloshing about in the 
heavy .water-soaked boots. They just had time enough 
to change their duds, drink a cup of coffee and catch the 
7:44 train for the city. There is no padding about this, 
but an actual experience of three inveterate coon hunters 
in pursitit of their chosen "sport." They have been out 
ten times and brought home nine coons, all of which 
they gave away. This was voted the best hunt of the 
lot. Wherein was it best — where was the sport of it? It 
is now up to some coon hunter. 
Chas. G- Blandford. 
OsSINING, N. Y. 
[In matters of sport, there is essentially something of 
skill and something of competition. As between a man 
armed with an ax and assisted bj' a dog on the one hand, 
and a lone coon on the other, there is nothing of skill 
or competition.] 
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Designing Competition* 
In view of the continued and increasing interest in 
yachting, a desiging competition will be opened in the 
columns of Forest and Stream. In America the yacht- 
ing season is comparatively a short one, and such a 
competition a.= has been determined upon will serve to 
stimulate the interest in the subject during the winter 
months. The competition is open to both amateur and 
professional designers. Three prizes will be given for the 
best designs of a yacht conforming to the following 
conditions: 
I. A pole mast sloop. 
II. 25ft.. load waterline. 
III. Not over 4ft. draft (with centerboard hoisted). 
IV. At least 50 per cent, of ballast outside on keel, 
v.. Sft. headroom under cabin carlins. 
All abnormal features must be studiously avoided in 
the design; and the construction, sail and cabin plans 
should be of the simplest character. It was our idea in 
laying out the conditions of the competition to make 
them simple as possible, so as not to hamper in any 
way the designer, and yet convey to all that we wished 
to produce a safe, comfortable cruiser on which two or 
three amateurs could live with comfort for a period of 
two or three months and cruise along our eastern sea- 
board from New York to Halifax with safety. A center- 
board boat of moderate draft was decided upon, as so 
many more harbors would be accessible to a boat of that 
type. 
drawings required. 
I. Sheer plan, scale lin. = ift. — showing center of 
buoyancy and lateral resistance. 
II. Half breadth, scale lin. = ift. 
III. Body plan, scale lin. =ift. 
IV. Cabin plan, scale lin. = ift. 
V. Sail plan, — lit, showing center of effort. 
The sails should consist of a jib, mainsail, spin- 
naker and balloon jib. No topasil will be carried. 
A table of offsets and an outline specification must 
accompany each design. The drawings should be care- 
fully drawn and lettered. All drawings should be made 
on white paper or tracing cloth in black ink (no colored 
inks or pigments should be used). The designs must 
bear a nom-de^plume only and no indication must be 
given of the author. In a sealed envelope, however, the 
designer should inclose his own name and address, to- 
gether with his nom-de-plume. All designs must be 
received at the office of the Forest and Stream Publish- 
ing Company, 346 Broadway, New York City, not later 
than February 28, 1902. All drawings will be returned, 
but postage should accompany each. 
The Forest and Stream reserves the right to publish 
any or all the designs. 
The prizes offered are as follows; ist prize, $25.00; 
2d prize, $15.00; 3d prize, $10.00. Mr. Theodore C. Zerega 
offers an additional prize of $10.00 for the best cabin plan. 
Honorable mention will also be made cf meritorious de- 
signs. 
Mr. Clinton H. Crane, of the firm of Messrs. Tarns, 
Lemoine & Crane, has kindly consented to judge the 
designs and make the awards. Mr. Crane's professional 
standing is so high that he needs no introduction, and 
One-Design 1 8-Footef . 
Through the courtesy of the designer, Mr. W. Starling 
Burgess, we are able to reproduce in this issue the lines, 
construction, deck and sail plans of a one-design class of 
i8-footers now being built by Mr. J. E. Graves at Marble- 
head, Mass., for Mr. J. Hopkins Smith, Mr. S. F. Hous- 
ton and two other gentlemen, there being four boats 
m all. 
While intended primarily as a one-design class, the 
boats are designed to conform to the restrictions of the 
,i8tt. Knockabout Association, and will sail in the knock- 
about class. Between the two, the owners of these boats 
should not lack for good racing next season. 
The design shows a boat of long, low overhang that 
will be utilized for the greater part of its length when 
heeled. The underbody is well cut away, and the wetted 
surface has been reduced to a minimum. The midship 
section gives a good idea of the boat's shallow body and 
fiat floor, Avith an easy bilge, and the whole gives evi- 
dence of speed and power. The freeboard is rather 
low, and the sheer quite straight. The wooden fin on 
which the lead is hung is very thin, and the lead is well 
bulbed out, putting the bulk of the weight at the bottom 
The rudder is hung on the sternpost, and the boats steer 
with a tiller. The boats are lightly but strongly built 
ihe planking is of mahogany ^in. thick. 
The sail plan is high and short on the base. The total 
sail area is 450 sq. ft. The mast is placed in a slot that 
permits moving it either forward or aft, and by a little 
experimenting the boats can be made to balance perfectly. 
Lightness and simplicity, together with necessary strength 
is shown in all the details of the rigging. 
The principal dimensions are as follows : 
Length — 
31ft. 6 in. 
^ L.W.L i8ft. o in. 
Uverhang — 
Fo/e 7ft. o in. 
Aft 6ft. 6 in. 
Beam — 
Extreme 6ft. 10 in. 
, L.W.L 6ft. 5 in. 
Draft— ^ 
To rabbet ift. 234 in. 
.^""^/^ • ' 4ft. 9J4in. 
rreeboard — 
^ore , 2ft. 2 in. 
Aft ; Ift. 51410. 
^. , Least ift 4 in. 
Displacement 4.o77lbs. 
Lead ballast outside ij25olbs. 
Sail area, total 450 sq. ft. 
Many New Yachts to be Built. 
The yacht designers throughout the country are all very 
busy on new work for both power and sail yachts. The 
prospects for an active winter have never been better. 
There are several orders for large steam yachts pend- 
ing, and a number of yachtsmen who have held up their 
orders until the yacht m.easurement matter was settled 
will now place them. 
Messrs. Tams, Lemoine & Crane have been commis- 
sioned to design many yachts, which vary in size from 
the 15ft knockabout to the 250ft. steam yacht. This firm 
has designed a large steam 3racht for Mr. Warner M 
Leeds, which is being built by the Burlee Dry Dock Com- 
pany on Staten Island. She will be 272ft. over all, 226ft. 
on the waterline, 29ft. beam and 14ft. draft. The yacht 
will have a speed of 18^ knots, which is exceptional for 
a cruising A'cssel. A somewhat smaller yacht has been 
designed for Mr. D. G. Reid, This vessel is 215ft. over 
all. 183ft. on the waterline, 27ft. beam and 13ft. draft, 
with a speed of 17 knots. Both of the above-mentioned 
craft are fine examples of the American-designed and 
built steam yacht. Building at the yard of the Harlan & 
I-Jollmgsworth Company, Wilmington, Del., from designs 
made by the same firm, is an auxiliary schooner similar 
in design to the famous schooner Endymion. Her dimen- 
sions are: 140ft. over all, iioft. on the waterline, 26ft. 
beam and 14ft. draft. She will have compound engines of 
100 horse-power, with cylinders 8 and 16 by i2in., and two 
Almy boilers, which will give her a speed of 8 knots. The 
coal bunkers have a capacity of 23 tons, and the water 
tanks will hold 3,500 gallons. The yacht is equipped with 
all modern conveniences, such as electric lights, evapora- 
tor, distilling plant and steam heat. The ice chests have 
a capacity of four tons. Below decks there is yVsit. head- 
room all through the cabins. There will be 'five state- 
rooms and three bathrooms for the guests, beside the 
large main saloon. All the rooms are of good size, and 
special attention has been given to the lighting and venti- 
lating of these apartments. Forward there are state- 
rooms for the officers, together with a messroom, galley, 
etc. The forecastle has accommodations for twelve men. 
The yacht will be schooner rigged. All deck fittings are 
to be of teak. The vessel is intended for off-shore work, 
and her owner will take an extended cruise in her as soon 
as she is completed. 
Messrs. Tams, Lemoine & Crane have turned out a 
cruising schooner for Mr. T. W. Lawson, of Boston. 
She is 70ft. over all, 46ft. on the waterline, 14ft. beam 
and loft. draft. They have also gotten out plans for a 
cruising cutter for Mr. H. W. Morss. Her 'dimensions 
ate: 50ft. over all, 35ft. on the waterline, 12ft. beam. 
and Sft. draft. Among the smaller orders are four boats 
to race in the 30ft. class. Three of them are to be used 
at Bar Harbor and the fourth will be raced on Long 
Island Sound. These are the first boats that have been 
designed under the new measurement rule that was re- 
cently adopted by the Y. R. A. of Long Island Sound. 
Two raceabouts have also been turned out, and they 
will be raced on the Sound. All the last-mentioned boats 
are double planked with mahogany. 
In addition to the steam yacht he has designed for Mr. 
F. M. Smith, Mr. Henry G. Gielow has a number of other 
designs on the boards. Among the orders is a steel 
auxiliary cruising schooner for Mr. W. T. Rainey, Jr.. 
who formerly owned the auxiliary schooner Seneca. The 
new yacht is 86ft. over all, 6oft. on the waterline, 19ft. lin. 
beam' and 7ft. di'aft with the centerboard hoisted, and 
^4f|> ^»tt ^ith \hn |)g8r^ lowered* }§ equipped \yith 
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a 2S-horse-power engine, which is expected to drive her 
at a speed of seven miles. The vessel has a number of 
novel features; among them is an arrangement laid out 
by Mr. Gielow by which the engine can be disconnected 
from the shaft, and by a system of bevel gears the power 
will be used on the windlass and the anchor and sails 
can be hoisted by means of it. The naphtha tanks are 
located in the ends of the yacht, and the fresh-water 
tanks are located amidships under the cabin floor. Under 
a flush deck the j^acht has full headroom throughout. 
Coming down the companionway one reaches a steerage, 
from which there is access to a ladies' cabin aft, and to a 
lavatory on the port side, and to a large trunk room on the 
starboard side. Next forward is the main saloon, which 
is very roomy and is lighted by a skylight overhead. 
Wide transoms run along either side, and in each corner 
are located the usual sideboards, china, linen and silver 
lockers. Forward of the main cabin on the starboard 
side is the owner's room, which is fitted with a double 
■ berth, bureau, hanging locker, transom, etc. Opening 
from and connecting, with the owner's room is a bath- 
loom, which is fitted with a porcelain tub, water closet, 
set basin, etc. On the port side of the pas.sage, which 
■extends from the main saloon to the galley, are two 
staterooms, one of which is a guest room and the, other 
is for the sailing master. Next forward is the galley, a 
large and roomy space extending the width of the vessel 
The galley is equipped with lockers, dressers, sink, range 
and an unusually large ice box. The motor is located in 
the galley and is placed in the forward end near the bulk- 
head, which separates it from the galley. Next forward 
is the forecastle with six gas-pipe berths. There are 
lockers for the men and a crew's water closet. The 
centerboard trunk is so arranged as not to affect the 
cabins in any way. The deck fittings and the trim below 
will be of mahogany. The rig will be of moderate size; as 
the boat is intended primarily for cruising. Mr. Gielow 
has designed a boat to race in the 30ft. class on Great 
South Ba}--. She is 2Sft. Sin. on the waterline, ^tft. 6rni. 
over all. irft. Sin. extreme beam and 2ft. 6in. draft with 
the board hoisted. Her actual sail area is 960 sq. ft. The 
boat has a summer cabin and a large cockpit She is. 
double planked, the inner skin being of cedar and the 
outer of mahogany. 
Messrs. Gardner & Cox have some twenty new orders 
on hand. 
Otir Boston Letter. 
Boston, Dec. 9. — In last week's letter I stated that 
Ayaya was one of the yachts which did not sail the re- 
quired number of races to qualify for the championship 
of the Hull-Massachusetts Y. C. in the i8ft. knockabout 
class. This was not quite correct. Barbara and Bac- 
chante were the two boats which failed to sail the required 
number of races. Ayaya was the only boat in the class 
which sailed in every race that was scheduled during the 
entire season. 
Hanley's basin and shops have now been completed and 
there are many yachts stored there. The basin is on the 
Town River, and is absolutely landlocked. It has been 
dredged to a depth of i8ft. at mean low water. There are 
now stored there the steam yachts Idalia, Nerita, Viola. 
Uvira, Kasagi, Etta, Nethla, the steamer Cape Cod, of the 
Bay Line ; Electra, of the Boston and Hough's Neck 
Line, and the steamer Eleanor May. The Cape Cod was 
on the marine railway until recently. It was thought 
that she had struck on one of her last trips and that 
there was something wrong with her, but a thorough ex- 
amination failed to reveal that there was anything the 
matter. Hanley is building a soft; gasolene launch. He 
is also at work on a 25-footer and a 30-footer, while he 
has just admitted having an order for a Y. R. A. 21- 
footer, which he thinks is going to make them all get out 
and hustle next season. 
Capt. Sycamore has been in Boston during the past 
week and has been royally welcomed everywhere. Al- 
though he is no stranger to this city, he met a number of 
new faces on this trip. His constant good nature makes 
him popular everywheire, and liis entire aibsence of 
egotism convinces those with whom he talks upon yacht- 
ing matters. He left for New York Sunday afternoon. 
The schooner Hildegarde, which was purchased from 
Geo. W. Weld by E. R. Coleman, of the New York Y. C, 
has been fitting out at Lawley's. Last week she went into 
the dry dock to have her bottom cleaned. She came out 
of the dock to-day and was taken to the Commonwealth 
dock, where she will continue fitting out for her winter 
cruise to the West Indies. It is expected that she will 
leave port on Thursday. 
That same, old movement which was started last year 
to form a new yacht racing association in opposition to 
the one that is already firmly established, has again been 
revived, but it is not thought that any more success will 
attend the efforts of the organizers than they met with 
before. The present association has so thoroughly shown 
its strength that it would be hard, indeed, to form an- 
other association at the present time, even if the object 
was to better racing and to protect the yacht owners, but 
from all that can be learned the benefits from the new 
scheme would only be enjoyed by a few, and instead of 
going ahead, the result of the launching of such an asso- 
• ciation would be to put yachting back at least ten years in 
this district. 
The present association's restricted classes have given it 
such strength that it has been suggested in the Corinthian 
Y. C. that these classes be adopted. It is not likely that 
any new association could receive any such acknowledge- 
ment in one or two seasons, and if it should be launched, 
it would bring about just the result that the larger clubs 
haA-e been looking for. It might not undermine the 
present restricted classes, but the result would be that 
the contest for the majority of the races would be between 
the Marblehead Club and' the Hull-Massachusetts Y. C. 
The club that offered the most money for its races would 
then get the greater number of boats, and the smaller 
clubs, that now enjoy the protection of the present as.so- 
ciation, would find it very difficult to get the racing classes 
to come to their open races. Thus yachtings being con- 
fined to one district, would be going backward ins'tead 
of forward. 
An i8-footer, a ai-footer and two 23 -footers, designed 
by Srn^ll Bros., are being built by Pendleton, of Wiscas- 
set. Me. The 21-footer, it was learned' last week, is for 
f, Bache; wh9 §wpe^ ff?Hltyi pf the ^^ Qi 
