May 3, 1902.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
Pennsylvania Ttoutingr* 
Sayre, Pa., April 26. — Charles North rap returned yes- 
terday from Shrader's Creek, which stream he fished for 
ten hours, taking in that time 150 brook trout. 
Shrader's Creek is reached ordinarily via the Barclay 
Railroad, taking the train at Towanda and going direct 
to the Foot of the Plain, the terminus of the road. This 
line was washed out most disastrously during the recent 
high water, and for the present one can get into this 
section of country by rail only to Monroeton. From 
thence it is a stiff walk for several miles, or a ride by 
stage, to- the stream mentioned. Shrader's Creek is de- 
scribed to me as an ideal trout stream. It rolls along 
through a virgin timberland, and is fed by a succession 
of magnificent springs which suffice to keep the stream 
pure and cold. Walking into the section here referred 
to, the angler would wish to fish Towanda Creek as far 
as Greenwood, then shift to Shrader's, which flows into 
Towanda Creek at about this point. 
From the Foot of the Plain the angler may follow 
Shrader's Creek back into the bills as far as Minersville, 
where, I am told by a native of the locality, many large 
and gamy trout are annually taken. 
I hear encouraging reports from Bowman's Creek, 
which worms itself defiantly through the country- hard by 
Tunkhannock, an ambitious village reached via the main 
line of the Lehigh Valley R. R. Bowman's Creek is a 
historic trout stream, and in the glory of former days was 
credited as one of the very best trout waters in the State. 
To-day it is a likely stream, and will yield a good creel 
of trout if properly operated. 
However, I am inclined to think that Shrader's Creek 
is just now the most promising stream hereabouts from 
which to abstract the succulent Salvelinns fontinalis. 
M. Chill. 
Designing Competition for the Sea- 
wanhaka Corinthian Y. C. 
To be Known as the Seawanhaka J5-Footefs. 
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., not 
over 80 per cent, of which shall be in the mainsail. 
III. Planking shall not be less than Hiit. 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 boats are to be measured with a crew of two men 
aboard, their weight to be taken at 30olbs. 
The actual sail area will be measured. 
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, yiin. 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 new rule referred to in Paragraph I. is as 
follows : 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 + % VSA + L ^ RL 
1.1 
The quantity L is to be obtained in the following way : 
B is breadth of load waterline plane at Y& of its length 
from forward end. 
B' is breadth of load waterline plane at % 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. 
For Cruising Yachtsmen. 
With the purpose of stimulating the interest in cruis- 
ing, and the keeping of a detailed log by cruising yachts- 
men during the season of 1902, the publishers of Forest 
and Stream offer prizes for the best stories of cruises 
submitted to be published in Forest and Stream. It is 
believed that these will form not only entertaining records 
of pleasant summer days spent afloat along our coasts and 
waterways, but will furnish information of practical value 
to other yachtsmen making subsequent cruises on the 
same waters. 
Prizes will be awarded to the three best stories as fol- 
lows: 
First prize, $50.00. 
Second prize, $30.00. 
Third prize, $20.00. 
Contributions are invited under the following condi- 
tions : 
1. The cruise must be made in waters of the United 
States or Canada in the season of 1902. 
2. The cruise must be made in a sailing yacht, power 
to be used only as an auxiliary, if at all. 
3. The story must be prefaced by a description of the 
boat. Cruises should be treated in as interesting and 
readable a way as possible, but should be practical and 
contain all possible information and data that would be of 
value to men going over the same route. A description 
of the handling of the ship in all weathers will be re- 
garded very favorably in making awards, and it is sug- 
gested to writers that an accurate account be kept of all 
incidents happening while under way. 
4. An outline chart suitable for reproduction, showing 
the course taken, must accompany each article. When 
possible, articles should be accompanied by amateur photo- 
graphs taken on the cruise, including one of the boat. 
Good photographs will be considered in making the 
awards. 
5. The story should contain about seven thousand 
words, written on one side of the paper only, and must 
be received at the office of the Forest and Stream Pub- 
lishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York city, on or 
before Nov. 15, 1002. 
Mr. T. C. Zerega has very kindly consented to act as 
judge and to make the awards. 
Our Boston Letter. 
Boston, April 28. — Many boats are now in the water 
all along the coast, and are ready for the summer's sport. 
There are quite a number in Dorchester Harbor, while 
at the yards there are many more that will probably go 
overboard this week. Sunday was a busy day at all 
of the. Dorchester yards. It blew a gale from the south- 
west, but this did not in the least cool the ardor of those 
who want to get sailing early. Borden's yard is crowded 
with yachts of all sizes, and it is here on a Sunday that 
most of the enthusiasm is seen. The amateur sailors and 
riggers are all over the boats, and the sound of their 
voices makes the air merry with good cheer. It seems 
perfectly wonderful how these yachtsmen will work to get 
their boats in shape. No one who has spent any time in 
fitting out will say that it is not hard work, but they 
go about it cheerfully, and appear to take it all in as 
part of the season's sport. There is a big fleet of yachts 
at the City Point moorings, but on account of the heavy 
wind, there were, few that ventured out Sunday. It is 
the same in all of the yachting districts. The boats are 
beginning to show at Marblehead, and at Gloucester there 
are quite a number in the water. The 25-footer Oivana, 
formerly owned by Reginald Boardman, will sail from 
the East Gloucester Y. C. this year. 
Two Y. R. A. 25-footers will represent the East 
Gloucester Y. C. this season, and they may be looked for 
to put up some hot racing. One of these is a new one, 
designed by Archie Fenton, of Gloucester, and now be- 
ing built by him for Mr. Benjamin A. Smith. She is a 
keel boat, but avi'11 embody some extreme ideas. There 
has been a feeling that the keel boats that have been 
turned out up to date have not had quite power enough. 
Fenton, with this in view, has given his boat what might 
be called extreme beam. At the same time he has pro- 
duced less displacement than has been found on some 
of the narrower keels. The new boat may be said to 
be extreme in many particulars. She is 43ft. over all, 
25ft. waterline, 11ft. beam and 7ft. draft. She carries 
4,50olbs. of lead on her keel, and will be allowed 1,188 sq. 
ft. of sail under the rules. The cabin will have 5ft. of 
headroom, more than is called for under the rules. The 
trunk is high with considerable crown. The trunk is 
16ft. long, and there are good accommodations under. 
There are four wide berths, wide transoms and plenty of 
closet space. There are two more berths in the fore- 
castle. The cabin is finished in mahogany and butter- 
nut. She will be rigged as lightly as possible, while still 
maintaining the necessary strength. The spars will be 
hollow and will he furnished by the Spalding St. Law- 
rence Co., and her sails will be made by Wilson & Silsby. 
The mast will be 42^ ft. above the deck. The main boom 
is 43ft. and the gaff 25ft. 6in. The spinnaker pole will 
be 32ft. and the bowsprit will be 5ft. outboard. While 
very large in appearance and much more extreme in 
measurements than Nereid, her displacement is l,ooolbs. 
less. 
Nereid is the other 25-footer which will represent the 
East Gloucester Y. C. She was also designed and built 
by Fenton last year for Mr. C. H. Lunt. She showed 
up well in the Corinthian races, and afterward, although 
she came out a little too late to be tuned perfectly. This 
year she will have, a new set of hollow spars, and will 
also have a new set of Wilson & Silsby racing sails. Both 
of these boats will probably be seen at all of the races in 
the Massachusetts Bay circuit. Nereid will be sailed by 
Mr. Fenton, and the new boat by Capt. John G. Mehl- 
man, of Gloucester. 
Several additions are expected in ,the East Gloucester 
Y. C.'s fleet by the time the season opens, and good 
sport is expected. The club is to give a series of Y. R. A, 
open races tin's year, and as the yachtsmen are always 
ready to visit this hospitable club, it is expected that the 
attendance will be very large. The regular Wednesday 
evening races will be given The members have more 
fun out of these contests than they do out of the regular 
day races. 
In stating that the Seawanhaka trial boat, designed by 
Crowninshield for the syndicate headed by Com. T. H. 
McDonald, had been given a trial, I unintentionally erred. 
I had been informed that she was to have a trial, and 
believed that she had gone out. It seems that she has not 
had her trial trip yet. Com. McDonald, Mr. Jennings, Mr. 
E. A- Boardman and Mr. R. D. Boardman went down 
to Quincy Point Saturday, but as it was raining and 
there was considerable wind, it was deemed best not to 
take her out. It was clear Sunday, but there was a 
gale blowing in the river, so the trip had to be postponed. 
Her sails were hoisted, however, and were found to set 
perfectly. They were made by Wilson & Silsby. Com. 
McDonald was much pleased with the boat, although he 
felt disappointed at not being able to take a sail on her. 
It may be possible that there will be no trial of the boat 
in these waters, as it is desired to get her to Bridgeport as 
soon as possible. 
From all appearances now there will be conflict on 
July 5, which has been taken for an open race day by the 
Eastern Y. C. and by the Mosquito Fleet Y. C, although 
it is hoped that it will be arranged differently before the 
racing season opens. At a full meeting of the Regatta 
Committee of the Mosquito" Fleet Y. C, held last week, 
it was voted not to give up the date that the club had 
originally selected. 
The second syndicate of Manchester .yachtsmen, headed 
by Mr. E. A. Boardman and Mr. R. D. Boardman, will 
go ahead on the building of its boat to compete in the 
trial races to select a defender of the Quincy cup. She 
will be designed by Crowninshield, and will probably be 
built by White, of Manchester. 
At a meeting of the Beverly Y. C, held last week at the 
office of Com. Richards, the matter of a challenge from 
the Seawanhaka Y. C. for a series of races between 21- 
footers, was referred to a special committee. The work 
of rigging the 30-footers which were built at Bristol for 
members of this club is now going on. It is expected 
that the whole fleet will start from Bristol for Monument 
Beach on May 29. There was some talk of having them 
stop at Newport, but it is now understood that they will 
go direct to Buzzard's Bay. 
Frank N. Tandy, of Boston, and. F. Bowne Jones, of 
New York, have sold the steam yacht Avenel, owned by 
Mr. William Spaulding, to Mr. Harry Raymond, of New 
York. Tandy has sold the 35-footer Heron to New York 
parties, and the big cat Mudjekeewis, owned by Mr. A. 
L. Baker, to Samuel Bradstreet. 
Howard Linnell, of Savin Hill, has started the Y. R. A. 
21-footer for Vice-Corn. J. E, Robinson, of the Savin 
Hill Y. C. He is also at work on 18ft. knockabouts for 
Mr. C. C Clapp and Mr. L. B. Goodspeed, of the Dux- 
bury Y. C. 
Small Bros, have an order for-an 18ft. knockabout for 
Mr. H. B. Bailey, of the South Boston Y. C, and a 
21 ft. yawl for Mr. A. A. Lincoln, of Hingham. They 
have turned out a Y. R. A. 21-footer that is expected to 
accomplish wonders or nothing. She is extreme, but it 
is avowed that she does not approach in any way an 
evasion of the rules. 
At Lawley's the Y. R. A. 21-footer designed by Crown- 
inshield for Hon. Charles Francis Adams, 2d, has been 
finished and hauled out of the shop. The Wharton auxili- 
ary 46-footer is planked, and the cabin fittings are be- 
ing put in. The Foss and Gunnison 30ft. yawl has been 
finished. The 33ft. yawl for Dr. Paton is planked and 
decked, and the cabin is being finished. These boats were 
designed by Arthur Binney. The Gardner & Cox 60- 
rater for Mr. H. F. Lippitt has been plated. The Crane- 
designed 46ft. schooner, Cygnet, for Mr. Arnold Lawson, 
will be launched Tuesday, and the Morss 35-footer of the 
same design will be taken out of the shop soon. The 
Strawbridge 104ft. steam yacht, designed by Fred Lawley, 
has received her boiler and engines, and will soon be 
1 ready for launching. Of the others of Lawley design, the 
25-footer for Mr. Lawrence Percival is planked and 
decked, and her house is being finished; the 35-footer for 
W. S. Fleetrnan is partly planked; the 18-footer for Mr. 
Alfred Douglas is planked and decked ; the 25ft. auxiliary 
cat is in frame. The 21ft. cruiser, designed by Mower, is 
partly planked. John B. Killeen. 
The auxiliary schooner Tekla was launched from the 
yard of the builders, the Townsend & Downey Ship- 
building Co., Shooter's Island, on April 23. The yacht 
was designed by Messrs. Cary Smith & Barbey for Mr. 
Alessandro Fabbri, and will replace a smaller vessel of 
the same name. Tekla is constructed of steel, and is 
77ft. waterline. 108ft. 8in. over all, 21ft. breadth and 10ft. 
Sin. draft. The auxiliary power consists of a 75 horse- 
power Globe engine. She is very roomy below decks, and 
her cabins are" well arranged. The yacht is fitted with 
electric light and all other conveniences that would in 
any way ad4 to the comfort of those on, board, 
