distance not to be under control, the liner ran alongside 
and found the whole company on deck enjoying them- 
selves. 
She left the port of Madeira under fire from the forts. 
Lord Grosvenor and some of his friends, when attempt- 
ing to land, got into a fight with the Custom House 
officials there and put back to Tyburnia, got up anchor 
and started out. The forts sent a few small solid shots 
through her sails, and Tyburnia replied with a popgun she 
had mounted on the stern. 
She next turned up at New Orleans, where there was 
an exposition in progress. Here some more passengers 
left the ship, and Lord Grosvenor, running short of 
funds, took on a small cargo of sugar. He attempted to 
sell the sugar on his way from New Orleans to this city, 
but could not do so. 
Upon her arrival in Brooklyn, where she was in dock 
neat* the bridge, Tyburnia was seized by the authorities 
of Kings county for debt. A deputy sheriff was put on 
board, but she slipped her cable and came over to Pier 13, 
East River, this city, thinking thus to escape from the 
Brooklyn sheriff's jurisdiction. The Tyburnia was 
promptly seized here. Lord Grosvenor and his 
friends left her to go hunting big game in the Rockies, 
the vessel was sold to satisfy the claims against her, and 
an immense quantity of fine wines was taken from her 
hold. Ship carpenters then went to work on her and 
turned her back into a merchantman by removing the 
staterooms, and she sailed from here for Australia with a 
miscellaneous cargo, continuing thereafter in trade for a 
few years. 
One of the old pilot boats that used to put out from 
New York and was known to every mariner, was the Ezra 
Nye, a stanch schooner with a straight stem and magnifi- 
cent seaworthy qualities. She was bought by F. Marion 
Crawford, the novelist, who paid $1,000 for her. when 
the fleet of pilot boats was put up at auction a few years 
ago. He now uses her as a yacht on the Mediterranean, 
and many of his finest recent literary efforts have been 
conceived when lounging on her deck under the blue 
Italian sky. She is about 62ft. on the waterline. She 
brought a low price because she was old. 
Our Boston Letter. 
Boston, Feb. 3. — Two more new 21-footers, to be built 
under the restrictions of the Yacht Racing Association of 
Massachusetts, were heard of last week. One of these is 
to be for Vice-Corn. J. E. Robinson, of the Savin Hill 
Y. C, and the other will be for Arthur J. Cavanagh, of 
the Quincy Y. C. Both are well-known yachtsmen. Vice- 
Corn. Robinson raced the io-footer Perhaps for three 
seasons, and Mr. Cavanagh is well known as having been 
the skipper of the 21-footer Privateer. As yet no details 
have been given out as to the type of boat that will be 
built for each owner, but it is very likely, judging from 
the yachts they have raced in before, that both will be 
centerboards, with plenty of beam. Mr. Robinson's yacht 
was designed by Jefferson Borden, of Fall River, and the 
contract for her construction has been given to Howard 
H. Linnell, of Savin Hill. Mr. Robinson has great faith 
in the Savin Hill builder, and the fact that her designer 
is not a Boston man. is sure to lend interest and make the 
competition closer. Mr. Cavanagh, who is studying naval 
architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 
has turned out the lines of his own boat. While he is 
yet an amateur, his practical experience at racing should 
serve him in pretty good stead in putting ideas into his 
own boat. She will be built at Quincy Point. 
There is one thing that is certain in connection with 
these two new ones. They will be sure to be found at all 
of the open Y. R. A. races throughout the circuit, when- 
ever their owners find it possible to attend, and from 
what has been shown in former years, that is likely to 
mean that there will be few races, indeed, that they will 
miss. It does not stand to reason that the owners of other 
boats in the class, no matter how much any of them may 
desire to confine racing to one place, will allow these two 
boats to go over the circuit alone and scoop all the prizes. 
It is a good thing that Mr. Borden has designed a boat 
for the class, for it wil] surely mean that owners of 
yachts of local design will get out and give her a run 
for her money. The boat of amateur design is also a good 
thing, for it will create fully as much competition as the 
Borden boat. It will be a very strange thing if these two 
boats are allowed to go over the circuit without constant 
competition, and it is certain that if the others want to 
be in on the running they will have to get out and race. 
Objections to racing in Dorchester Bay have been started, 
by some on the ground that there is not enough water 
there for the keel boats in the class. I am personally very 
well acquainted with the waters of Dorchester Bay, and 
I have no doubt that there will be found plenty of water 
for the deepest of the 21-footers on race days, and it might 
be that there would be found a little too much for any 
who should fail to keeep their boats right side up. 
At the annual meeting of the Quincy Y. C. it was voted 
to join the Yacht Racing Association of Massachusetts 
again. This movement will cause no surprise among the 
yachtsmen of Massachusetts Bay, as it is known that an 
effort has been made in that direction since the club with- 
drew. As was expected, there was some opposition to the 
motion, but the judgment of the majority in going back 
to the Association will be doubted by only a few. 
A very good clause was added to the by-laws offering 
special inducements to those desiring to become members, 
who design or build boats. The clause is as follows: 
"Any person who personally designs or builds a sailboat 
of over 12ft. waterline may become a member of the 
Quincy Y. C, and be exempt from the usual $5 member- 
ship fee, being liable only for dues of the current year, if 
application for such membership is made within twelve 
months from time said yacht is finished and in commis- 
sion ; and said applicant is voted a member in the usual 
manner." - • 
The following officers were elected for the year 1002 : 
Com., Eben W. Shepard; Viee-Com., Frank F. Crane; 
Sec'y, Harold B. Faxon.;. Treas., Walter _ E. . Burke ; Meas., 
L. C. Embree; Executive Committee, Henry M. Faxon, 
Charles W. Hall, George W. Jones and Herbert W. Rob- 
bins; House Committee, John P. Brainbridge, C. C. Col- 
lins, Arthur W. Harris, Elmer F. Ricker, Ira M. Whitte- 
more, George H. Wilkins and John Wood, 
