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The yachting season of 1902 promises to be one of 
the most interesting in the history of the sport in Chi- 
cago. The membership of both local clubs is filled and a 
large number on the waiting list . ^ 
At the boat owners' meeting of the Columbia Y. C. 
the general sentiment of the thirty owners present was 
to fix the dates of the more important races and to 
leave the balance of the schedule with the regatta com- 
mittee. As a large number of the boat owners are mem- 
bers of the Chicago and Jackson Park Clubs, as well as 
the Columbia Y. C, it was eyident that harmony and 
co-operation are essential to the success of yachting, and 
the regatta committee was instructed to meet the com- 
mittees of the Chicago and Jackson Park clubs and_ ar- 
range so as to avoid conflicting dates. The committee 
was also instructed to pick out suitable dates for a race 
to Jackson Park, also one to Highland Park, where Com- 
modore L. O. Van Riper promises to give the yachts- 
men a hearty reception and suitable prizes for the competi- 
tors. . 
* The dates agreed upon by the yacht owners, as being 
the most important, are: 
Memorial Day — Club regatta, for all classes. 
June 14 — Ninth annual race to Michigan City. 
July 4— Annual open regatta for all classes and clubs 
of the association. 
Aug. 2 — Cruising race to Macatawa Bay. 
Aug. 30— Annual race to Waukegan. 
The Lake Michigan Yachting Association holds its 
annual meeting on the 7th, 8th, and 9th of August, at 
Macatawa Park, under the auspices of the Macatawa 
Bay Y. C, and the purpose of fixing the club race to 
Macatawa on Aug. 2 is to enable the boats to leave here 
the morning of the 2d, arriving at Macatawa Bay with 
ample time to take steamer to return to Chicago. This 
would give the slower boats an opportunity, without in- 
convenience, to be on hand to compete in the associa- 
tlOXl TelCCS. 
The neophyte 21ft. cabin yacht has, no doubt, come to 
stay, and if not carried to extremes in construction, will 
prove itself to be a fast, comfortable, all around boat, and 
should, in a few years, be one of the largest classes on 
Lake Michigan. 
As the discussion and controversies over the rules 
for this class have practically ceased, on suggestion of 
the boat owners, the committee decided to reprint the 
rules verbatim with the rules of the Yacht Racing Asso- 
ciation of Massachusetts. The most vital point in the 
rules was omitted — the load waterline measurements. 
The general contention in regard to load waterline 
length has been that the crew or its equivalent in weight 
should be aboard when measurements are taken. This 
provision being omitted, gave a larger latitude for the 
designer, for with a slight reverse curve, a boat measured 
without crew or compensation weight, would incresae its 
waterline from 21 anywhere up to 24ft., when in racing 
trim. 
Secretary Bliss, of the Yacht Racing Association of 
Massachusetts, says it is yet an uncertainty which is the 
fastest all-around boat— the 21ft. knockabout of our asso- 
ciation or the 21ft. cabin boat recently adopted — but 
from all the information I can find in reference to the 
two classes, I do not think the knockabout, with its 
600 square feet of canvas, will have much chance against 
a boat from four to seven feet larger and with a spread 
of canvas anywhere from 750 to 900 square feet. 
The boat owners and regatta committee also decided 
at the special meeting to adopt for the season's races 
the rules and classification of the Lake Michigan Yacht- 
ing Association. 
George M. Mashek, one of the new members, is the 
first to "launch himself as an advocate of the new cabin 
class. He has ordered from Small Bros., of Boston, a 
design for a yawl, 40ft. over all, 24ft. waterline, and lift, 
beam, and it is now being built in the shops of Berger 
Bros., at Manitowoc, Wis.— Chicago Tribune. 
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The Interlake Yachting Association, at a meeting held 
in Toledo, O., Saturday night, selected Put-in-Bay as the 
location of next summer's regatta, and the time to be the 
week of July 21-26. The association formally indorsed 
the movement inaugurated by the New York Y. C. for 
a uniform system of racing rules to apply all over the 
country. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
The racing sloop building from designs made by Mr. 
B. B. Crowninshield at the yards of John Twigg & Sons 
for a syndicate of San Francisco Y. C. men has created 
unusual comment among yachtsmen in that vicinity. The 
boat is similar in type to Flirt and Cheewink. She is 
42ft. 6in. over all, 26ft. waterline, 10ft. 4m. extreme 
breadth and 6ft. 6in. draft. The freeboard forward is 
3ft. 2in. and aft 2ft. sin. and the least freeboard is 2ft. 
The boat has continuous frames of oak, steam bent, i%i 
by iV&m, and the planking is of cedar tin. thick. The 
frames and deck beams are tied together with steel straps. 
The deck and top of cabin house are covered with canvas. 
The cabin house is I2in. high and 14ft. long. The cock- 
pit is ioft. long and is finished in mahogany. The boat 
carries just over 1,000 sq. ft. of sail, 800 sq. ft. of which 
is in the mainsail and there are 206 sq. ft. in the jib. The 
mast is stepped in a slot so that it may be moved either 
forward or aft in order to get the boat hung properly. 
One of the San Francisco papers in describing the boat 
states that she is something of a revelation on account 
of her wire halyards, double-end main sheet. These 
features have rarely been seen in San Francisco waters. 
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Mr. Henry F. Lippitt has decided to name the 60-rating 
cutter building for him at Geo. Lawley & Son's yard at 
South Boston, Weetamoe. 
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Mr. William H. Langley has sold his schooner Comet 
to Mr. E. S. Dix, of New York city. 
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Mr. Henry J. Gielow has gotten out plans for a 25ft. 
sloop for a New York Y. C. member. The boat will be 
35ft over all, 25ft waterline, 8ft 6in. breadth and will 
draw 5ft. 6in. She will be raced in the 30ft. class on 
Long Island Sound. 
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Mr. Sholto Douglas has sold his American-bail* 
schooner Nord West (formerly Alcea) to lit, F. Hazel, 
of Copenhagen, 
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The Church Motor and Launch Co. is building in 
their shops at Nyack thirteen of the one-design knock- 
abouts for members of the Horseshoe Harbor Y. C. The 
boats are 23ft. long over all and will be very comfort- 
able and serviceable craft 
Mr. C. B. Alexander has chartered the steam yacht 
Margarita, owned by Col. A. J. Drexel. Mr. A. Cass 
Canfield has chartered the English steam yacht Onora, 
owned by Sir Christopher Furness. Mr. Henry T. Sloane 
has chartered the English steam yacht Golden Eagle, 
owned by Sir Samuel E. Scott, Bart. All these vessels 
were chartered through Messrs. Tarns, Lemoine & Crane. 
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Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan has sold the steam yacht Al- 
gonquin to Mr. J. H. Flagler. The vessel's name will 
be changed to Alita. The yacht has been lengthened 
16ft at Poillon's yard, South Brooklyn, during the win- 
ter. 
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The boats for the one-design class for the New 
Rochelle Y. C. will be built by Mr. L. D. Huntington, of 
New Rochelle. 
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Mr. Walter B. Smith, of Eastport, L. I., Is making 
extensive improvements at his yacht-building plant. He 
is putting in a new set of ways and considerable new ma- 
chinery. There are thirty yachts now in winter quarters 
at this yard. 
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The steam yacht built by the Herreshoff Mfg. Co. dur- 
ing the past winter for Mr. Frederick Grinnell, will be 
named Quickstep — the same name borne by Mr. Grinnell' s 
schooner that was built in 1889. The yacht is about 
ready to be launched. She is 105ft. on the waterline and 
125ft. over all. Mr. Nat. G. Herreshoff has had built for 
his own use a power house-boat. She is 100ft. in length. 
The house-boat Thetis, owned by Mr. Hiram W. Sib- 
ley, of Rochester, that was injured by fire, has been en- 
tirely overhauled and repaired at Tebo's, South Brooklyn. 
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The steam yacht Pantooset was built at the Bath 
Iron Works, Bath, Me., for Com. A. S. Bigelow, of the 
Eastern Y. C, The yacht is 212ft. over all, 27.2ft. breadth 
and is expected to develop a speed of 15 knots. 
If you want your ihoot to be announced here tend c 
notice like the following 1 
Fixtures, 
March 12-13.— Junction City, Kans. — Tournament of the Junc- 
tion City Gun Club. 
March 15. — Armonk, N. Y. — Postponed tournament of the West- 
chester County Shooting League, H. T. Wayne, Sec'y. 
March 17. — Cresson, Fa. — Third annual live-bird handicap of the 
Cresson Gun Club. A. B. Earhart, Sec'y. 
March 19. — Allentown, Pa. — Trophy shoot for the championship 
of Lehigh, Northampton, Berks and Bucks counties. A. Griese- 
nier, Manager. 
March 19-21. — Indianapolis, Ind. — Annual Grand Central Handi- 
cap tournament; first two days, targets; third day, 25 live birds, 
|25 entrance. Bert A. Adams, Sec'y. 
March 23.— Brooklyn, L. I. — Club shoot of Fulton Gun Club; 
cup event, handicap, 
March 25-28. — Burnside Crossing, 111. — At Watson's Park, series 
of handicap events. Programme each day, 10 birds $5 entranae, 
birds extra, 26 to 32yds., high guns. John Watson, Manager. 
March 31-April 5. — Blue Kiver Park, Kansas City, Mo.— Grand 
American Handicap at live birds. Ed Banks, See'y, 318 Broadway, 
New York. 
April — . — Dover, N. H.— Fast Day shoot of the Dover Sports- 
men's Association. J. B. Stevens, Sec'y. 
April 8-11. — Olathe, Kan. — Kansas State Sportsmen's Association's 
annual tournament. 
April 10. — Marietta, O. — One-day target tournament of the Co- 
lumbian Gun Club. Chas. Bailey, Sec'y. 
April 15-17. — Asheville, N. C. — Target tournament given by Col. 
E. P. McKissick. 
April 15-17. — St Joseph, Mo. — Missouri State Amateur Shooting 
Association's annual tournament. F. B. Cunningham, Sec'y. 
April 16-18. — Peru, Ind. — Peru Gun Club's sixth annual amateur 
tournament; two days at targets for amateurs; one day at live 
birds open to all. Frank Dunbar, Sec'y. 
April 19.— Haverhill, Mass.— .Patriots' Uay shoot of the Haverhill 
Gun Club. 
April 22-25.— Omaha, Neb.— Nebraska State shoot. H. S. Mc- 
Donald, Sec'y. 
April 29-30.— Greenville, O.— Annual tournament of the Greenville 
Gun Club. H. A. McCaughey, Sec'y. 
April 30.— Wellington, Mass. — Third annual team shoot of the 
Boston Gun Club. Horace C. Kirkwood, Sec'y. 
May 6-9. — Interstate Park, L. 1. — Interstate Association's Grand 
American Handicap at Targets. Edward Banks, Sec'y; Elmer E. 
Shaner, Manager. 
May 13-14. — Enid, Oklahoma Territory. — Oklahoma Territorial 
Sportsmen's Association tournament. 
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 14-16. — Charleston, S. C. — The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Charleston-Palmetto Gun Club. 
W. G. Jeffords, Jr., Sec'y. 
May 15. — Sherbrooke, P. O. — Sherbrooke Gun Club's inanimate 
target tourAment. C. H. Foss, Sec'y. 
May 20-22.-- Ottumwa, la. — Iowa State Sportsmen's tournament. 
May 20-22.— Elwood, Ind. — Annual tournament of the Zoo Rod 
and Gun Club, of Elwood, Ind. 
May 20-22.— Wheeling, W. Va.— Fifth annual toarnament of the 
West Virginia State Sportsmen's Association: added money and 
prizes. John B. Garden, Sec'y, Wheeling, W. Va. 
May 20-23. , — . — . — New Jersey State Sportsmen's As- 
sociation. 
May 21-22. — Baltimore, Md. — Maryland eounty shoot for amateurs. 
May 21-23. — Springfield, S. D.— South Dakota State Sportsmen's 
Association tournament. 
May 26-31. — Lincoln, Neb.— Grand Interstate tournament: three 
days shooting; three days golf; three days tennis. H. C. Young, 
Manager. 
May 30. — Schenectady, N. Y. — Spring tournament of the Schenec- 
tady Gun Club. E. L. Aiken, Sec'y. 
May 30. — Ossining. N. Y.— Holiday shoot of the Westchester 
County Trapshooters League. J. Curry Barlow, Sec'y. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for pub- 
lication in these columns, also any news notes they may 
care to have printed. Ties on all events are considered 
as divided unless otherwise reported. Mail ail such mat- 
ter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad- 
way, New York. ■ 
The following, taken from the Utica Daily Press of March 10, 
contains matter of general interest to sportsmen: "Papers wer* 
filed Saturday with the county clerk of Essex county N. J,, in- 
corporating the Remington Metallic Cartridge Company, with a 
capital stock of $250,000. The incorporators are Eliphalet Rem- 
ington, of Ilion: Stuart Lindsley, of Orange, N, J., and Joseph 
M. Merrill, of East Orange, N. J. The officers of the company 
will be: President, Eliphalet Remington; Vice-President, Joseph 
Merrill; Secretary and Treasurer, Stuart LindBley. The object* 
of the formation of this company is the manufacture of metallic 
cartridges and ammunition of every form and description. The 
company already has the backing of several capitalists of influence 
in New York and New -Jersey, and as soon as practicable the 
manufacture of Remington cartridges will be commenced on a 
large scale, and in all probability the plant will be located at 
Ilion. Mr. Remington, the president of the company, is the only 
surviving member of the original firm of E. Remington & Sons, 
manufacturers of Remington firearms, of Ilion." 
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Mr. S. G. Miller, secretary of the Haverhill, Mass., Gun Club, 
writes us as follows, under date of March 10: "To your trouble, 
we are still on earth and things shootish looking very fine indeed. 
We may be over-sanguine, but if this doesn't prove a pretty 
lively summer in shooting circles, I know of some people who 
will be very much disappointed. There are quite a good many 
who are already showing symptoms of 'gun fever,' and I haven't 
the slightest doubt that there will be many new cases of the dis- 
ease in its worst form before the season ends. Our members who 
'have it bad,' are doing their beet to spread it. We will as usual 
open the season with out Patriots' Day shoot. To those who 
were with us Christmas and saw us at our worst, we would say, 
'Come April 19, and see if we cannot do better,' and to others, 
'Come and see what we can do.' We intend putting in the Sergeant 
system in addition to our regular expert traps, and should be 
able to give everybody all the shpoting they may desire." 
The Patriots' Day tournament, April 19, given by the Haverhill 
(Mass.) Gun Club, has a programme arranged as follows: Six 
events at 15 targets, 80 cents entrance; four at 20 targets, $1 en- 
trance; two at 10 targets, 60 cents entrance. Nos., 5, 6 and 7, 20 
regular, 20 unknown, and 10 reversed angles, will be the Individual 
Handicap. All the other events have regular or unknown angles. 
Further information is presented as follows: "The shooter making 
the highest aggregate score in events 5, 6 and 7 will receive a 
sole leather 'gun case; the second highest, Thurman shooting 
blouse, and the third highest, Powers cleaning rod. Handicaps in 
these three events will be by distance, 16 to 23yds. High guns 
to win. Targets 1% cents each, included in entrance. Sweep- 
stakes optional. Loaded shells for sale. Lunch served free. Take 
Main street cars for Dustin Square." 
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"John, Jr.," well known as a graceful and forcible writer, of 
Huntsville, Ala., writes us the following interesting information 
under date of March 7: "The Huntsville Gun Club has elected the 
following officers for the ensuing year: Geo. P. Turner, President; 
R. E, Spragins^ Vice-President; Wm. Keeler, Captain; W. L. 
Halsey, W. F. Garth, J. W. Matthews, Directors. The club will 
erect a beautiful and commodious club house on the leased 
grounds, and other improvements will be made looking to the 
pleasure of the members and visitors. Considerable enthusiasm 
prevails among the members, and a great season of sport is an- 
ticipated. All manufacturers' agents are welcome at the club 
grounds. The weekly contests will be held every Friday." 
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Special rates have been more or less definitely arranged from the 
great shooting centers to Kansas City, Mo., to and from the 
G. A. H., but shooters should specially keep in mind the Indian- 
apolis shoot, where, in case visitors are unable to secure a rate 
with a proper limit to cover the Indianapolis shoot and two weeks 
more for Kansas City, a low rate from Indianapolis to Kansas 
City and return is anticipated leaving Indianapolis March 22, and 
good thereafter till April 7. Those who desire can purchase their 
tickets for Kansas City at the special Indianapolis rate, and also 
tickets and accommodations on the through Kansas City sleeping 
car of the Limited Gun Club. Mr. John M. Lilly, of Indianapolis, 
is chairman of Committee on Transportation. 
Mr. Alfred Griesemer, of Allentown, Pa,, writes us as follows.: 
"Trophy shoot for the championship of Lehigh, Northampton, 
Berks and Bucks counties, March 19, at the Duck Farm Hotel t 
West End Walnut street, Allentown, Pa.; 12 birds, entrance $b 
birds included. Dead birds to remain on the grounds. Money 
divided, 40, 30, 20 and 10. Shoot to begin at 10 o'clock, in order 
to shoot off ties. After the trophy event other events may be. ar- 
ranged to suit the shooters. Contestants for trophy all at 30yd. 
mark. The winner of this event will decide the question of owner- 
ship of the cup trophy, the event not finished Feb. 13, pn account 
of darkness intervening." 
Mr. Paul R. Litzke, of Little Rock, Ark. secretary of the A. S. 
S. A., writes us as follows under date of March 7r "A meeting 
of the tournament committee of the Arkansas State Sportsmen's 
Association was held at Pine Bluff, Ark., to-day, and it was de- 
cided to have the twelfth annual meeting and tournament of the 
organization take place in Pine Bluff, July 8, 9 and 10. The Pine 
Bluff Gun Club will generously add $3©0 in cash to the purses, and 
as heretofore, the Rose system of division will prevail. Trade 
representatives will be debarred from competing tor the money, 
though they are welcome to attend and shoot for targets only." 
Mr. Harold Money, now a demonstrator of the Winchester re- 
peating gun and ammunition, contemplated departing for St. 
Louis on Tuesday of this week, his pleasant visit to his home in 
the East having drawn to a close. He challenged his father, Cnpt. 
A. W. Money, to contest for the championship of New Jersey, he 
being the holder of the E. C. cup emblematic of that honor, but 
Capt. Money declined the challenge on the ground that he, Mr. 
Harold Money was no longer a resident of New Jersey, which 
probably kept the E. C. cup from journeying thitherward. 
The Union Gun Club, San Francisco, Cal, at their last meeting 
elected officers for the ensuing yean as follows: President, Fred 
Walpert; Vice-President, George Sylvester; Secretary-Treasurer, 
Thos. L. Lewis; Captain, C. M. Wollam. The club will hold 
bluerock shoots on the third Sunday of each month, from March 
to September, and will hold a bluerock tournament on March 
30, with a live-bird shoot on June 29. All the events will be 
held at the grounds of the Trapsbooting Association. 
Mr. J. S. Coggeshall, of Newport, R. I., secretary of the 
Aquidneck Gun Club, writes us as follows: "At the annual meet- 
ing of the Aquidneck Gun Club held March 4, the following were 
elected: President, Geo. R. Plumer; Vice-President, Wm. A. 
Dring; Secretary-Treasurer, J. S. Coggeshall, It was voted to 
install a new set of traps, Sergeant system, in a new trap house. 
The club intends to hold an open tournament soon, the date of 
which will be announced later." 
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Mr. J. J. (U. M. C) Hallowell, famous in trapshootuig circled, 
was a visitor in New York last week. He waa a visitor at the 
Sportsmen's Show, in Madison Square Garden, where all the 
shooting talent congregates at present. As usual, every one gave 
Mr. Hallowell the glad hand, and was genuinely pleased to greet 
him. 
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Those who contemplate a participation in the Grand American 
Handicap at live birds, Kansas City, March 31 to April 5, should 
not overlook the fact that entries close pn the 22d inst. Entry 
blanks can be obtained of the secretary of the Interstate Associa- 
tion, Mr, Edward Banks, 318 Broadway ,\ New York, 
