PRISCA DESIGNED BY C. O. LILJEGREN FOR HENRIC ERIPT > , 
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PRISCA SAIL PLAN. 
Western Yachts* 
Wionebago Eoats. 
Chicago, 111., May i— The season of 1902 will be a 
busy one in the State of Wisconsin, nowhere busier than 
on the big water of Lake Winnebago; but developments 
show that the sport of yachting in that vicinity is to take 
the form not so much of devising more freaks to add to 
the already considerbale freak list from Oshkosh, as to 
a steady trying out of the types already in use. The 
1902 boats are going to be scows of the ultra shovel-nose 
type, the same upon which the Winnebago fleet relied 
last year, though the scows promise to be a bit stronger 
and stiffer, more seaworthy and more durable with their 
heavier scantling. There may be a revival of the build- 
ing boom next year* but at present owners are lying back 
for a bigger effort then. Jones & Laborde are credited 
with a Seawanhaka entry now in course of construction 
which, with two from White Bear, are to represent the 
West at Bridgeport one of these fine days. This firm 
built the well-known Milwaukee, which cut such a figure 
at Chicago last summer, as well as the older boats Argo, 
Aderyn, Anita, Emanaon, and the split-tail Caroline. The 
latter named boat, by the way, is to be put in commission, 
overhauled and tuned for a try for the Gunter cup of 
Pistakee Y, C, Anita being also slated for a rub with the 
boat from farther south. 
Oshkosh Y. C. is in good shape, with 160 members 
and nearly as many more likely before the close of the 
season, and a new Sg.ooo club house assured at the new 
harbor, which has been determined upon recently as a 
necessity for next year. This club was organized in 
1871, and is therefore one of the oldest as well as one of 
the most important of the western clubs. We may look 
for something new and representative from Oshkosh 
every year. The regatta of the Inland Lake Association 
may be said fairly to belong there. 
At the meeting of the Oshkosh Y. C, Phil Sawyer was 
chosen commodore; L. Frank Gates, vice-commodore; 
Jimmy Jones, fleet captain; Chester Cleveland, secre- 
tary, with Oscar F. Crary, treasurer. Fred Luhm is 
elected official measurer, for the club. All the foregoing 
are men long and prominently identified with the sport 
on Winnebago waters, and the interests of Western 
■yachting are safe in their hands. The annual regatta will 
be held in August, at a date not yet decided. The club 
will be represented at Pewaukee by Caroline. The return 
of the inland regatta to Winnebago next summer will be 
the signal for a special effort in designing and building 
which will make one more step forward in the swift 
progress of yachting in the West. 
E. Hough. 
Hartford Building, Chicago, 111. 
Dr. J. G. Ayer, of New York city, has recently pur- 
chased the 25ft. cruising yacht Iroquois through the office 
of Frank N, Tandy. This boat was owned by Mr. R. K. 
Thorndike, who used her for sailing at Bar Harbor. Dr. 
Ayer will use the Iroquois for cruising on Long I' 
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