April s, 1902.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
271 
? San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 
Medal contests, series 1902, Saturday, contest No. 4, 
held at Stow Lake, March 22. Wind, west; weather fair: 
Event 
Event 
Event 
No. 1, 
No. 2. 
No. 4, 
Distance, 
Accuracy, 
, E 
vent No. S.- 
Lure 
Feet 
Per cent. 
Acc. % 
Del, i 
Net* 
Casting % 
\j, x oung .... yo 
SQ 
fjo 
oo.l 
It .0 
o\t . O 
"Ratfn Sh 
77 8 
88 
SO 10 
84.5 
83.4 
T." 
Brotherton...llO 
88^8 
85.8 
79!2 
82^5 
94.3 
E. 
A. Mocker. . 94 
55:4 
75.4 
86.8 
81 
77.3 
P. 
J. Tormey 
56.4 
55.4 
70 
62.8 
VV. 
E. Brooks.. 102 
90.8 
77.4 
80 
78.8 
E. 
Everett 104 
88.8 
so 
80.10 
80.5 
T. 
C. Kierulff.. 73 
85 
81.8 
72.6 
77.1 
H. 
E. Skinner.. .. 
84.4 
87.8 
76.8 
82.2 
H. 
C. Golcher.,124 
89 
90 
80 
85 
W. 
D. Mansfield .. 
93. S 
89.8 
83.4 
86.6 
93.4 
W. 
J. Kierulff.. 80 
72.4 
68.8 
73.4 
71 
F. 
H. Reed 85 
85 
91 
77.6 
84.3 
T. 
Lawrence 
71 
83.8 
65.10 
74.9 
"H. 
F. Midler... 101 
90.4 
81.8 
75.10 
78.9 
88 
81 
75 
78 
95.8 
86.8 
84.4 
75 
79.8 
88 
92.8 
74.2 
83.5 
89.8 
83.4 
65 
74.2 
75 
77.4 
75.10 
76.7 
84 
88.8 
85.10 
87.3 
94.2 
89 
93.4 
75 
84.2 
87.8 
88 
80 
84 
59.3 
74.8 
87.8 
SI. 8 
84.8 
71.8 
79.8 
82.4 
73.4 
77.10 
90.8 
89 
78.4 
83.8 
86 
89.4 
80.10 
85.1 
93 
84 
87.6 
85.9 
94.7 
94 
80.8 
76.8 
78 
56 
82.4 
77.6 
79.11 
78 
71 
75.10 
73.5 
66.4 
62.4 
73.4 
67.10 
90.8 
93 
75.10 
84.5 
90 
87 
80 
83.6 
85.8 
90 
76.8 
83.4 
88.6 
74.8 
88.8 
75.10 
82.3 
73.4 
83.4 
72.6 
77.11 
87.4 
79 
73.4 
76.2 
Judges, Everett and Mocker; referee, Brooks; clerk, 
Wilson. 
Sunday, contest No. 4, held at Stow Lake, March 23. 
Wind, west; weather, fair: 
C. R. Kenniff... 98 
Z. Daverkosen. . .106 
J. Turner 82 
C. Huyck •. 
F. M. Haight 
T. B. Kenniff. ..110 
W. E. Brooks... 96 
E. A. Mocker... 96 
H. Battu 90 
S. A. Heller 
H. F. Muller...l05 
F. H. Reed.... 97 
W. D. Mansfield .. 
E. Everett 101 
A. M. Blade.... 83^ 
W. T. Kierulff.. 77 
H. Dinkelspiel.. 84 
H. C. Golcher...llS 
C. G. Young... 90 
T. Broth erton... 109 
T. Lawrence 
T. C. Kierulff 
G. H. Foulks 
Judges, Reed and Daverkosen; referee, Turner; clerk, 
Wilson. 
The New Jersey Season. 
Newark, N. J., March 29.— A visit over old stamping 
grounds the past week has brought back the longing for 
rod and reel. Already there is enough quarry on the 
.move to tempt the enthusiastic at Manasquan. Many 
striped bass have been taken in the shad nets; while of 
small size mostly, a few which range from 6 to 16 pounds 
have presented themselves. None so far, however, have 
been taken on the hook. Flounders are moving freely, and 
herring are abundant. The white perch are in evidence 
everywhere, and are taking the hook freely; some fine 
ones have been taken in Deal Lake. When of good size 
and when taken on a fly-rod, they are always worthy of 
the angler's attention and respect. 
Tuesday sees the opening of the trout season in our 
State, and if brooks are in fair condition, I know a good 
many business men whose offices and business places will 
mourn their absence on that day. Continued warm 
weather for ten days or two weeks will see the striped 
bass angler plying the rod, and happy is he who secures 
the first prize. Leonard Hulit. 
Chicago Fly-Casting- Club. 
Chicago, March 28. — Editor Forest and Stream: Fol- 
lowing are the scores made at the meet this afternoon : 
Long 
Distance 
Fly, Feet. 
H. H. Ainsworth,. 8.8 
I. D. Belasco 15.2 
L. I. Blackman. 
C. F. Brown 
W. T. Church.. 
B. W. Goodsell 
H. Greenwood. 
H. G. Hascall 1.6 
N. C. Iieston 20 
G. A. Hinterleitner .... 
E. R. Letterman... 20 
G. A. Murrell 
H. A. 'Newkirk 
H. W. Perce 19.2 
G. W. Salter 
A. C. Smith 4 
F. S. Smith 
Balance 28 
Obstacle Accuracy & Bait- Delicacv 
Fly, Delicacy, Casting Bait " 
Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. 
20 
4 
3.2 
6.4 
4!8 
1.6 
3!2 
i'.s 
6.4 
1.6 
4.8 
9.6 
E. R. 
4.8 
4.8 
i'.h 
4.k 
3.2 
1.6 
3.2 
1L2 
4.16 
4.16 
5.76 
4.16 
L76 
5.76 
2.56 
2.56 
3'. 36 
2.56 
5\76 
8.16 
8.4 
7.6 
9.2 
7.2 
Z.2 
7.6 
7.2 
7.2 
4" 
4.8 
9.2 
Letterman, Secretary. 
The Kinkajou. 
I was much interested in your article in the Spectator 
on "Nondescript Animals," especially in your description 
of the kmkajou. When stationed in British Honduras 
some years ago I kept two of these little animals, and 
found them, as you say, most delightful pets, with the one 
reservation that their notions of cleanliness were of an 
elementary nature. They are known to the Creoles there 
by the name of "night-walker," and to the Spaniards as 
"milas de noche," or little night monkeys. They are 
absolutely omnivorous in their feeding, eating with equal 
relish birds, birds' eggs, insects of all kinds, and fruit, and 
it is quite wonderful what a quantity of water they will 
drink. 
"Mob" and "Chittabob," as my pets were named, lived 
on the front verandah of my house by day and on the 
back at night, tied with long string and swivel attached 
to a collar round the neck. They slept all day, but 
at night played the merriest pranks, their favorite play- 
fellow being a large, yellow tomcat. All three would 
roll over and over each other like so many kittens until, 
having been too roughly handled or too tightly em- 
braced by the prehensile tails, the cat used his claws. 
Then the one that got the scratch would utter the hissing 
noise they make when angry and go for the cat like a 
little demon. In these fights it was always the cat that 
got the worst of it. 
That they eat live birds I know, for my pets killed and 
ate the best part of a brood of young turkeys I had. 
These had just left their mother, and took to roosting 
near the top of the stairs leading to the back verandah. 
One by erne they disappeared till nearly all were gone, 
I made sure a 'possum was. the villain, and so watched 
for him behind the creepers in the corner to shoot him. 
When all was quiet and the turkeys fast asleep on the top 
step but one, "Chittabob," "whose tale was the longest," 
crept to the top of the steps, slewed himself round, 
wound his tail about one, jerked him up and grabbed him 
by the neck in a moment. As you say, the kinkajou's 
tongue is a truly wonderful instrument, and how long 
it is I should be afraid to say. It is thrust into every 
crevice and hole its owner comes across; from force of 
habit, I suppose. 
I brought "Chittabob" home with me, and on board 
ship he lived in a hencoop under the bridge. One night 
he got loose and entered the doctor's cabin; he, knowing 
the creature belonged to me, carried him to my cabin, 
thrust him in, and shut the door. I slept in the upper 
bunk. Suddenly I awoke with a great start to find 
"Chittabob's" tail wound tightly round my neck and his 
tongue up my nose as far as it would go! The bang I 
gave my head against the deck above woke my fellow- 
passenger, who, when I told him what had happened, 
said: "Now, this is very curious, for I was dreaming that 
some one was sitting on my. chest and ramming straws 
up my nose." Another escapade of his was very funny. 
When I started from Plymouth at an early hour in the 
morning, just as the summer dawn was breaking. I had 
a carriage to myself. So I wrapt "Chittabob" in a rug 
and put him under the seat, and we both went to sleep. 
The next thing I was conscious of was that some one was 
shouting loudly and excitedly. Up I jumped, to see a 
fellow-passenger, who had joined me while I slumbered, 
standing bolt upright with one leg stiffly stuck out, and 
"Chittabob" calmly swarming up it with his tail tightly 
wrapped round it as he ascended. 
Poor "Chittabob!" we were great friends, but the best 
of friends must part, and I had to give him to some 
friends in Essex. While with them he was well and 
happy, and his appetite was good, for on one occasion he 
consumed over thirty sparrows' eggs at one sitting! 
When the next winter cold came on he was sent to the 
"Zoo," and there lived, an ornament to the Small Mam- 
mal House, for two or three years, but a severe winter 
in the early "eighties" was too cold for the poor little 
fellow, as it was indeed for many of his fellow-prisoners 
in the same evil-smelling but interesting house, and he 
died. — Letter in London Spectator. 
International Congress of Americanists* 
At the - thirteenth annual International Congress of 
Americanists, to be held Oct. 20 to 25, 1902, at the Amer- 
ican Museum of Natural History, in New York city sub- 
jects of very great interest are to be brought up. These 
are, first, The Native Races of America, Their Origin, 
Distribution, History. Physical Charastenstics, Lan- 
guages, Inventions, Customs and Religions; second, The 
History of the Early Contact Between America and the 
Old World. 
The note issued by the commission of organization 
sufficiently explains the purposes of the congress. It is 
given below: 
New York City, February, 1902.— Sir: We have the. 
honor to inform you that in accordance with a vote at 
the last session of the congress, held in Paris in 1900, the 
thirteenth session of the International Congress of Amer- 
icanists will be held in the halls of the American Museum 
of Natural History in the city of New York, beginning at 
noon on Monday, the 20th, and continuing until Satur- 
day, the 25th day of October, 1902. 
The object of the congress is to bring together students 
of the archaeology, ethnology and early history of the 
two Americas, and by the reading of papers and by dis- 
cussions to advance knowledge of these subjects. 
You are respectfully invited to join the congress, to 
present papers for its consideration, and, if -possible, to 
be present at the session and take part in the proceedings. 
Hoping for your efficient aid and co-operation in the 
important objects of the congress, we beg you to accept 
our expression of deep respect. 
Morris K. Jesup, _ 
President of the Commission of Organization. 
M. H. Savtlle, 
. General Secretary, Commission of Organization. 
All persons interested in the study of the archaeology, 
ethnology and early history of the two Americas may 
become members of the International Congress of Amer- 
icanists by signifying their desire to the General Secre- 
tary of the Commission of Organization _ (Mr. M. H. 
Saville, American Museum of Natural History, city of 
New York), and remitting either direct to the Treasurer 
or through the General Secretary, the sum of three dol- 
lars in American money. The receipt of the Treasurer 
for this amount will entitle the holder to a card of mem- 
bership, and to all official publications emanating from 
the thirteenth session of the congress. 
The money may be sent in the form of a postal money 
order or a check negotiable in New York, payable to 
Harlan I. Smith. Treasurer, American Museum of 
Natural History, New York. 
Designing Competition for the Sea- 
wanhaka Corinthian Y. C. 
To be Known as the Seawanhafca I5-Footers. 
The competition is open both to amateur and profes- 
sional designers. Three prizes will be awarded for the 
best designs of a yacht conforming to the following con- 
ditions : 
I. A keel sloop to measure 15ft. racing length under 
the club's new rule. 
II. Sails: Mainsail, jib and spinnaker. The area 
of the mainsail and jib shall not exceed 350 sq. ft., 80 per 
cent, of which shall be in the mainsail. 
III. Planking shall not be less than j4in. in thickness. 
IV. Spars shall be solid, and the mast shall be of 
sufficient strength to be used without runners or pre- 
venter backstays. 
V. Cockpit shall be open, and bulkheads or air tanks 
are to be provided sufficient to insure the boats being 
non-sinkable. 
VI. The boats shall be capable of carrying full sail in 
ordinary summer breezes on Long Island Sound. 
VII. Construction shall be strong and durable. 
VIII. All competitors must furnish a drawing of the 
lines, which will also show the position of the lead keel, 
and a table of calculated weights, which will give dis- 
placement, weight of' lead, weight of hull, weight of rig, 
center of buoyancy and center of lateral resistance, center 
of effort and center of gravity of the lead keel; also a 
sail plan, on which the diameters of spars and sizes of 
rigging shall be marked ; also a deck plan and amidship 
section, which will show height of cockpit seats and floor, 
and height of coaming. The midship section must also 
show the construction. 
The following prizes will be awarded: .First prize, 
$100; second prize, $50; third prize, $25. 
In the event of one of the prize designs being selected 
by the club and yachts being constructed therefrom, the 
winner, in lieu of the cash prize,, may furnish the neces- 
sary additional plans and specifications and supervise the 
construction and receive $25 for each yacht built. In 
awarding the prizes, speed will be the first consideration, 
but appearance, construction, simplicity of rig and con- 
venient arrangement will also carry weight. 
Sail plan, }im. scale. All other plans, iin. scale. 
The designs must be received at the office of Forest and 
Stream, 346 Broadway, New York city, not later than 
May 15, 1902, and should bear a nom-de-plume only. A 
sealed envelope containing the designer's nom-de-plume, 
together with his own name and address should accom- 
pany the designs. The right is reserved to publish any or 
all of the designs. Those desiring the return of their 
drawings should inclose the necessary postage. 
The designs will be judged by a committee consisting 
of Messrs. John Hyslop, A. Cary Smith, J. Rogers Max- 
well, Jr., and Clinton H. Crane, and the result of the 
competition will be announced through these columns in 
the issue of May 24. 
The club's jiew rule referred to in Paragraph I. is as 
foil ows : Yachts shall be rated for classification and time 
allowance by racing measurement, which shall be de- 
termined by adding to half the load waterline length, 
half the square root of sail area, and a quantity expressed 
as L, and by dividing the sum of these quantities by 1.1. 
% LWL + )4 YSA + L _ RI 
1.1 
The quantity L is to be obtained in the following way : 
B is breadth of load waterline plane at % of its length 
from forward end. 
B' is breadth of load waterline plane at Y% of its length 
from after end. 
B" is breadth (greatest) of LW plane. 
C is any excess of (B+B') over B". 
D is draft at MS+2-5 of any greater draft aft, and all of 
any greater draft forward. 
E is any excess of (B"+D) over 3 1-3 VMS submerged. 
C+E=L. 
Y. R. A. of Long Island Sound. 
Thirty members representing twenty-three clubs were 
present at the March general meeting of the Yacht Rac- 
ing Association of Long Island Sound, held at the Hote! 
Manhattan, New York City, on Thursday evening 
March 27. Mr. C. T. Pierce, of the Riverside Y. 
presided. 
The amendment relating to weighted centerboards 
brought up no little opposition and action was finally 
deferred until the next meeting, which is to be held on 
April 10. 
An important amendment tO/take the place of Section 
4 of Rule II. was proposed and adopted. Ti is as follows: 
\'achts launched before Jan. 1, 1902, shall remain in the 
classes in which they raced prior to that date, but shall 
be rated for time allowance at their actual racing meas- 
urement. 
The racing measurement of yachts launched after Jan. 
1, 1902, shall be considered to be the maximum limits 
of their classes. Such yachts shall not be entitled to time 
allowance except from yachts launched prior to that 
date, whose racing measurements exceed the class limits. 
Such yachts shall allow time to yachts launched prior 
to that date whose racing measurements fall below the 
class limits. 
"The effect of this amendment will be to require all 
yachts to race under measurements made under the rule 
adopted Nov. 15, 19,01." 
The fifty-five-foot class was added to the classification 
of schooners. 
Section 3 of Article 12 of the racing rules was amended 
to read "that a yacht of the 43-foot class may carry eight 
professionals." This paragraph was also added 'to sec- 
tion 3: "A yacht of a 51-foot class, or of any class larger 
must carry as one of its crew a member of a recognized 
yacht club.-" 
The schedule for the coming season of 1902 was an- 
nounced as follows: 
May 17, Saturday — Huguenot Spring races; 24th, Sat- 
urday — New Rochelle spring races; 30th, Friday — 
Harlem annual regatta; Bridgeport spring races; Indian 
Harbor special races; 31st, Saturday — Seawanhaka spring 
races. 
June 7, Saturday— Knickerbocker annual regatta; 14th, 
