May 31, 1902.] 
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YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
The raceabout Indian has been purchased by Mr. Harry 
Maxwell and the raceabout Pompillia has been bought 
by Mr. J. Roger Maxwell, Jr. Both of these boats will 
be raced on Long Island Sound. The Maxwells will not 
put the 36-footer Leda in commission. 
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Six boats have been built during the past winter to 
race in the 30ft- class under the new Seawanhaka rule. 
Herreshoff has turned out two of the boats, one being 
for Mr. Herbert Sears, and the other is for Mr. Edgar 
Scott. The boat that Mr. B. B. Crowninshield designed 
for Mr. William C. Allison is being built by a builder 
down east. Mr. Clinton H. Crane, of Messrs. Tarns, Le- 
moine & Crane, has designed three boats for this class, 
and all are being built by Wood at City Island. They are 
for Messrs. Henry Eno, Everett Macy and Walter Ladd. 
All these boats will be raced in the vicinity of Bar 
Harbor. 
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Massasoit, the Seawanhaka cup trial boat, designed by 
Mr. B. B. Crowninshield for a Bridgeport syndicate 
headed by Mr. Thomas Macdonald, left Bridgeport on 
Friday afterncon, May 23, about 2 o'clock, headed for 
New Rochelle, where she was to race against Seeress and 
Nutmeg the day following. The day had been warm and 
sultry, and thunder squalls were making up in the north- 
west in the afternoon. When off Great Captain's Island 
in the early evening the squall broke and capsized Mas- 
sasoit, throwing her crew into the water, and Mr. Herbert 
Jenning, who was in charge of the boat, was struck by the 
centerboard, received a compound fracture of the leg. 
Mr. Jennings was accompanied by his brother, Mr. J. D. 
Jennings, Edward Renney and Charles Bulkley, and all 
hands clung on to the overturned boat for some time, 
until they were picked up by a steamer. The boat was 
towed into Greenwich. The experience was a nasty one 
for those on board her, for they had a very close call. 
Boats of the type of the Seawanhaka cup trial boats are 
hardly comfortable or safe craft to knock around in 
' open water at night. Massasoit lost some of her sails 
and gear, but it is not known whether the hull was in- 
jured. The boat will be repaired at once and put in shape 
for racing. Through Mr. Jennings' accident the Bridge- 
port men lose a most valuable man, for it is hardly pos- 
sible that he will be in shape to do any racing until well 
along in the summer. The accident will delay some- 
what getting the boat in shape, a fact which will be de- 
plored by all interested. 
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An interesting incident which may lead to radical 
changes in the vehicles of ocean travel is told of the 
late Capt. Albers, of the Deutschland, who died suddenly 
while nearing the end of his last voyage to Hamburg. 
While the speed of the Deutschland under the most 
favorable conditions had never before exceeded twenty- 
three and a half knots, Capt. Albers observed upon this 
last voyage that she was logging twenty-five knots an 
hour, and for a full day was consistently maintaining 
that extraordinary speed. Investigation into the causes 
disclosed the fact that the vessel had lost all but a small 
portion of her rudder, and that thereby a considerable 
surface of resistance to the sea had been done away with. 
The result of this loss of resistance had been an increase 
of speed to the extent of, on an average, two knots an 
hour, and with no added expenditure of energy or coal 
consumption. In other words, a large vessel of the 
Deutschland's capacity, with a smaller rudder, it would 
seem to have been proven, could, without added expense, 
shorten in time the distance between port and port by 
something like 200 miles. When in addition to this fact 
it was found that on the high sea the vessel was easily 
directed by the use of the twin screws for steering pur- 
poses, and that in the harbor and narrow waters of any 
port so huge a vessel could be steered with the assist- 
ance of the propellers, by a rudder which was a mere 
shadow of its fcrmer self, a principle seemed to be estab- 
lished which may work a revolution in the construction 
of the steering gear of our ocean greyhounds. There 
may prove to be, on further consideration, serious ob- 
jections to the changes which the incident suggests, and 
what chance has appeared to demonstrate may in the cold 
light of reason and of experiment prove to lack perma- 
nent value, but the episode is an interesting one. and should 
at least be provocative of experimentation by which its 
intrinsic worth may be ascertained. If it proves of en- 
during value it will not be the first time that sheer acci- 
dent has resulted in the discovery of principles of great 
scientific importance, as well as of practical commercial 
value. — Harper's Weekly. 
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Mr. George Lauder, Jr., has chartered his schooner 
Endymion through the agency of Messrs. Tarns, Lemoine 
& Crane, to Mr. Edward R. Thomas. Mr. Henry T. 
Sloane has chartered through Messrs. Tarns, Lemoine & 
Crane the English-built steam yacht Golden Eagle. She 
was designed by Mr. G. L. Watson, and was built by 
Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson, at Leith, Scotland, in 1899. 
She is of steel, 159ft. between perpendiculars. 25ft. beam 
and 14.95ft. deep. Her engines are of the triple-expan- 
sion type, with cylinders 14m., 22in. and 36m. in diam- 
eter, by 24m. stroke. She has two decks, five water-tight 
bulkheads and and is lighted by electricity. 
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The New York Launch and Engine Company, Morris 
Heights, has completed for Mr. Edward N. Dickerson a 
cruising launch 75ft. long, 15ft. breadth and 6ft. draft. 
The yacht will be propelled by a 40-horse-power gasoline 
engine. As the yacht is to be used on the California 
coast, she will be shipped to that point on the deck of a 
vessel, 
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The 51-footer Humma narrowly escaped being destroyed 
by fire on Sunday, May 10. The yacht is being put in 
commission at Woods' yard, City Island, part of her 
crew having already been shipped. It seems that the 
steward was not on board and one of the crew attempted 
to do some cooking over a gasoline stove that he was not 
familiar with, and which exploded, setting fire to the 
woodwork below. The man showed wonderful nerve, for 
he carried the blazing stove up on deck and threw it 
clear of the boat. The man was all afire and was fright- 
fully burned. The sailor was a Swede or a Norwegian, 
and displayed great pluck while waiting for the ambulance 
from Fordham Hospital, as he was suffering intensely. 
Being Sunday, there were no workmen around the yard, 
but there were several yachtsmen in the vicinity, and all 
turned to putting the fire out on Humma and lending 
what assistance they could to the injured sailor. The 
yacht was only slightly injured. 
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We have received a copy of Thalassa's Almanac for 
1902 of the Yacht Racing in the Solent Classes, This 
compact little book contains an abundance of informa- 
tion about the conditions existing on the Solent, charts 
of the Solent courses and a lot of other data which makes 
it a really valuable reference book. Copies can be se- 
cured from Messrs. S. W. Wolff & Co., 75 and 76 High 
street, Southampton, England. Price, 25 cents. 
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Fixtures. 
May 30-31— Springfield, Mass.— New England Rifle Club's fifth 
spring shoot, on Rod and Gun Rifle Club's range. 
June 13-15.— Monticello. Wis.— Annual festival of the Wisconsin 
Shooting Bund. 
July 7-8.— Meriden, Conn. — South New England Shooting Bund's 
tournament, under the auspices of the Meriden Rifle Club. 
Long Range Rifle Club. 
The New York Long Range Rifle Club, recently organized, has 
been active to some purpose, as it opened its new ranges at Ruther- 
ford, N. J., on Saturday of last week. Of the fifty members, about 
thirty were in attendance, with a large complement of guests. The 
shooting began about noon, and the long ranges, 800 to 1,000yds., 
were occupied till late in the afternoon. Concerning the new 
club, the Sun recently published the following: "It is the inten- 
tion of the new club" to offer everv facility for practice at long 
range by candidates for " positions on the teams to be sent to 
Canada and Ireland to bring back, if possible, the trophies lost 
last year at Sea Girt. It is expected that the teams will also do 
considerable practice work on the Rutherford ranges when the 
ranges at Sea Girt are not available. Lieut. Jones, Secretary of the 
National Rifle Association, announces that the match for the 
Palma trophy, between this country and Canada, will in all prob- 
ability be held on Aug. 26, at Ottawa. The National Rifle Asso- 
ciation bill, providing for a national trophy and prizes, has been 
favorably reported by the House Committee on Military Affairs, 
and as it has also the support of the Senate Committee and the 
President and Secretary of War, it is apparently assured of final 
favorable action. The States of Illinois and Massachusetts have 
appropriated money to send rifle teams to the Sea Girt meeting, 
which will be held from Aug. 29 to Sept. 6, inclusive. With the 
United States Marine Corps team, which is practicing at Annapolis, 
this will make twelve teams which will compete for the Hilton 
trophy. A move is on foot to have appointed a commission to 
investigate the whole question of Government support of rifle 
shooting." " 
Cincinnati Rifle Association. 
Cincinnati, O. — The following scores were made in regular com- 
petition by members of the Cincinnati Rifle Association, at Four- 
Mile House, Reading Road, May 25. Conditions, 200yds., off- 
hand, at the German ring target. Gindele was declared champion 
for the day with the good score of 228. Weather fine. Ther- 
mometer, 80, Wind 3 to 9 o'clock: 
Honor. Re-entrv. 
Gindele 228 226 220 212 212 17 24 24—65 21 22 24—67 
Speth 225 209 204 198 193 18 16 19—53 22 * 21—44 
Roberts 215 215 210 209 201 18 23 19—60 21 22 23—66 
Hasenzahl 214 211 211 208 208 21 23 21—65 23 23 19—65 
Strickmeier 213 212 209 209 208 21 19 22—62 24 18 21—63 
Odell 213 203 201 196 195 25 20 22—67 15 20 16—51 
Nestler 211 208 201 201 196 "i 15 19—58 19 23 20—62 
Hofer 210 203 197 193 186 21 16 18—55 13 17 16—46 
Lux 204 196 191 191 188 23 22 20—65 1 22 19—42 
Bruns 203 201 200 199 195 18 21 21—60 21 17 21—59 
Jonscher .203 199 192 190 188 24 17 18—59 
Weinheimer 197 190 184 176 164 22 19 19—69 21 16 20—57 
Trounstine 190 190 183 159... 19 19 16—54 22 15 22—59 
Topf 190 165 165 158 156 19 15 19—53 22 13 1—36 
Hoffmann 1S6 185 185 182 182 18 17 20—55 9 17 16—42 
Drube 181 179 13 19 16—48 17 23 19—59 
* No bullet. 
Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club. 
San Francisco, May 18. — During the Columbia Pistol and Rifle 
Club's shoot to-day the wind blew very hard. Ed Hovey beat 
the range and clean target Coast record with pistol, with a score 
of 30. The record by the pasting system is 29. Though Ed's 
record is one point away, the boys all give his 30 the preference, 
owing to its being on a clean target, which they claim is the best 
evidence of a record. Young shot his Sharps military, rifle, and 
led the boys on the 200yd. range, making 56 rings. Daiss did 
some good average work on the 50yd. range with the 22 rifle, and 
Brannagan did fine work with the revolver. Scores, Columbia 
target, off-hand shooting: 
Rifle, 200yds.: A. H. Cady 58, 59, 68; G. Mannel 69, 82, 88. 
Military rifle, Creedmoor count: F. O. Young 45, 47, 44, 49, 44, 
44, 44, 47. The first 40 shots, including the above 49, were made 
with ammunition loaded a year ; and no cleaning. It was loaded 
with King's C.G. and primed with King's No. 1 Smokeless — a fact 
worth knowing, as it does not deteriorate, and gives all the clean- 
liness of smokeless, with surer results. 
Pistol, 50yds.: Ed. Hovey 30, 46, 54, 39, 44; F. O. Young 37, 
53, 37, 41; G. M. Barley 42, 43, 43; R. Schneider 56, 64 71; G. 
Mannel 77. 
Revolver, 50yds.: A. J. Brannagan, 43, 45, 46, 48; Dr. Twist 72. 
.22 rifle, 50yds.: C. M. Daiss 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 25, 28; Dr. Twist 
25, 25, 28, 35; C. L. Gimmel 35, 41, 41. 
Fred. O. Young, Sec'y. 
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Fixtures, 
May 26-31.— Lincoln, Neb. — Grand Interstate tournament; three 
days shooting; free target's. PI. C. Young, Manager. 
May 27-28. — Dubuque, la. — Third annual target tournament of 
the Dubuque Gun Club. C. W. Budd, Manager. 
May 27-29.— Bowling Green, Ky.— Bowling Green Gun Club's 
target and live-bird tournament. G. A. Hobson, Sec'y. 
May 28-29.— Williamsport, Pa.— West Branch Rod and Gun Club's 
target tournament, H. A, Dimick, Sec'y, 
May 28-29.— Anamosa, la.— The Prison City Gun Club's two 
days' tournament at targets; $100 for high averages. H. Been, 
Sec'y. 
May 28-30.— Flint, Mich.— Annual tournament of the Michigan 
State Trapshooters" League. C Caleb, Sec'y. 
May 30.— Worristown, Pa.— Tournament ol the Penn Gun Club. 
J. R. Yost, Sec'y. 
May 30.— Newport, R. I.— Memorial Day shoot of the Aquid- 
neck Gun Club. J. S. Coggeshall, Sec'y. 
May 30.— Schenectady, is, v.— 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. 
May 30. — Auburn, Me. — Annual tournament of the Auburn Gun 
Club. L. A. Barker, Sec'y. 
May 30.— Utica, N. Y. — All-day shoot of the Oneida County 
Sportsmen's Association. Henry L. Gates, Pres. 
May 30. — New Haven, Conn. — New Haven Gun Club's tourna- 
ment. All shooters invited. John E. Bassetl, Sec'y. 
May 30. — Hartford, Conn. — Holiday shoot of the Colt Gun Club. 
May 30. — Lynn, Mass. — All-day tournament of the Birch Brook 
Gun Club; merchandise prizes. 
May 30.— Rutherford, N. T.— Target shoot of the Boiling Springs 
Gun Club. C. B. Axford, Sec'y. 
May 30. — Brooklyn, L. I. — Decoration Day shoot of the Brook- 
lyn Gun Club. John S. Wright, Manager. 
May 30. — Holmesburg Junction, Pa. — Keystone Shooting 
League's live-bird shoot. 
May 30. — Newark, N. J. — Decoration Day shoot of the Forester 
Gun Club. John J. Fleming, Sec'y. 
May 30. — Hartford, Conn. — Memorial Day tournament of the 
Colt Gun Club. 
May 30-31.— Racine, Wis.— Racine Gun Club's target tournament. 
O. F. Botsford. Sec'y. 
May 30-31.— Union City, Ind— Parent Grove Gun Club's tourna- 
ment. O. E. Fouts, Sec'y. 
May 30-31. — Anaconda, Mont— Ninth annual tournament of the 
Montana State Sportsmen's Association. C. H. Smith, Sec'y, 
Butte. 
Jiay 30-31.— Altoona^ Pa.— Altoona Rod and Gun Club's tenth 
annual tournament. George G. Zeth, Sec'y, Altoona, Pa. 
May 30-31. — Union City, Ind. — Spring tournament of the Parent 
Grove Gun Club. O. E. Fouta, Sec'y. 
June 3-4. — Fargo, N. D. — Eighth annual tournament of the North 
Dakota State Sportsmen's Association; open to all. H. E. Magill, 
Sec'y. 
June 3-5. — Cleveland, O. — Tournament of the Ohio Trapshooters* 
League, under the auspices of the Cleveland Gun Co. 
June 3-6. — Watson's Park, Burnside Crossing, 111. — Twenty-eighth 
annual tournament of the Illinois State Sportsmen's Association. 
June 4-5. — Huntington Ind. — Erie Gun Club's annual tournament. 
June 5. — Bolivar, N. Y.— Open sweepstake shoot of the Bolivar 
Gun Club. J. T. Care, Sec'y. 
June 6-7. — Grand Forks, N. D. — Grand Forks Gun Club's tar- 
get tournament. J. W. Bowing, Sec'y. 
June 9-13.— Rochester, N. Y. — Forty-fourth annual tournament of 
the New York State Association for the Protection of Fish and 
Game. F. E. McCord, Secretary, 85 Main street, Rochester. 
June 10. — Ashland, Va. — Ashland Gun Club's second annual 
tournament. 
June 10-11. — Bowling Green, O. — Amateur bluerock tournament 
of the Bowling Green Gun Club. John II. Lincoln, Sec'y. 
June 10-11. — Sioux City, la. — Eighth annual amateur tournament 
of the Soo Gun Club. W. F. Duncan, Sec'y. 
June 10-11. — Muncie, Ind. — Indiana Trapshooters' League's annual 
tournament. 
June 10-12. — Memphis.^ Tenn. — The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Memphis Gun Club, 
June 11-12. — Tiffin, O. — Tiffin Gun Club's target tournament. 
June 12-15. — Denver, Colo. — Grand Western Bluerock Handicap 
tournament. Frank H. Mayer, Tournament Manager. 
June 17-18. — Shreveport, La. — Tournament of the Mississippi and 
Louisiana Trapshooters' League, under auspices of the Caddo Gun 
Club. V. T. Fulton, Sec'y. 
June 17-20.— Warm Springs, Ga.— Annual Interstate tournament. 
June 18. — New London, la. — Annual Midsummer tournament of 
the New London Gun Club. Dr. C. E. Cook, Sec'y. 
June 19. — Bellefontaine, O. — Silver Lake Gun Club's annual 
tournament. Geo. E. Maison, Sec'y. 
June 19-22. — Denver, Colo. — Colorado State tournament. 
June 25-26.— W. Alexandria, O.— Twin Valley Shotgun Club's 
first annual shoot. 
June 25-26.— Raleigh, N. C— The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Raleigh Gun Club. Jas. I. John- 
son, Sec'y. 
June 26-28.— Portland, Ore.— Eighteenth annual tournament of 
the Sportsmen's Association of the Northwest. 
June 27-28.— Wellington, Mass.— Two days' tournament. On 
second day, New England Interstate team matches; $60 added. 
H. M. Federhen, Jr., President, 558 Columbus avenue, Boston. 
June 29.— San Francisco, Cal.— Live-bird shoot of the Union 
Gun Club. 
July 4.— Mt. Kisco, N. Y.— Third tournament of the Westchester 
County Trapshooting Association. J. C. Barlow, Sec'y. 
July 4-5.— Houston, Texas.— Peters Cartridge Company's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Houston Gun Club. 
July 4-5.— Beaver Falls, Pa.— Two days' shoot of .the Recreation 
Gun Club. W. R. Keever, Sec'y. 
July £-10.— Pine Bluff, Ark. — Twelfth annual meeting and tourna- 
ment of the Arkansas State Sportsmen's Association. Paul. R. 
Litzke, Sec'y, Little Rock. 
July 8-10.— Pine Bluff, Ark.— Twelfth annual meeting and tour- 
nament of the Arkansas State Sportsmen's Association. Targets. 
Added money $300. Rose system. Paul R. Litzke, Sec'y. 
July 16-18.— Titusville, Pa.— The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Titusville Gun Club. T. L. 
Andrews, Sec'y. 
July 22-23.— Greenville, Miss.— Mississippi and Louisiana Trap- 
shooters' League target tournament. C. W. Walton, Sec'y, 
Natchez, Miss. 
Aug. 5-8.— Asheville, N. C— Tournament given by Col. J. T. 
Anthony and Maj. E. P. McKissick. 
Aug. 6-7.— Marietta, O.— The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Columbian Gun Club. Chas. 
Bailey, Sec'y 
Aug. 12-13.— Birmingham, Ala.— Third annual Alabama State 
target tournament, under the auspices of the Birmingham Gtra 
Club, R. H. Baugh, Sec'y. 
Aug. 13-14.— Brunswick, Me.— The Interstate Association's tr*-. 
nament, under the auspices of the Brunswick Gun Club. L. C 
Whitmore. Sec'v. 
Aug. 14-16.— Hamilton, Can.— Dominion Trapshooting and Gasae 
ProteciiTf Association's tournament. 
Aug. 19-i0.— Vicksburg, Miss.— Mississippi and Louisiana Trap- 
shooters' League target tournament. C. W. Walton, Sec'y 
Natchez, Miss. 
Aug. 20-21.— Ossining, N. Y. — Two days' shoot of the Ossining 
Gun Club; first day, handicap and R. I. clam bake; second day 
regular programme. 
Aug. 26-29.— Okoboji, la. -'-Amateur shooting tournament, under 
management of Messrs. C. W. Budd and E. C. Hinshaw. 
Aug. 27-28.— Haverhill, Mass.— The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Haverhill Gun Club. S G 
Mailer, Sec'y. 
Sept. 3-4.— Nappanee, Ind.— The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices- of the Nappanee Gun Club. B B Maust 
Sec'y. ' ' 
Sept. 3-5.— Erie, Pa.— Erie City Rod and Gun Club's handicap 
tournament at targets. Open to all; $200 added. A. N. Aitkcn 
Sec'y. 
Sept. 9-12— Battle Creek, Mich.— Tournament of the Indians; 
open to the world. 
Sept. 15-20.— Blue River Park, Kansas City, Mo.— Twenty-fifth 
tournament of the Missouri State Fish and Game Protective As- 
sociation. Targets and live birds. Paul Franke, Sec'y. 
Sept. 23-25. — Cincinnati, O. — Second annual handicap target tour- 
nament of the Cincinnati Gun Club. Charles F. Dreihs, Sec'y. 
Sept 29-30.— Lewistown, 111.— The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Lewistown Gun Club. H H. 
McCumber, Sec'y. 
Newark, N. J.— South Side Gun Club target shoot, every Satur- 
day afternoon. 
Chicago, 111.— Garfield Gun Club's target shoot, every Saturday 
afternoon until October. Grounds, West Monroe street and 
Fifty-second avenue. Dr. J. W. Meek, Sec'y. 
First Saturday of each month for a year, Burnside.— Contest for 
the Troisdorf live-bird and target medals; 10 live birds; 25 targets- 
open to all. First contest, March 1. 
CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 
Interstate Park Queens, L. I.— Two miles beyond Jamaica on 
L, 1. R. R. Trains direct to grounds. Completely appointed 
shooting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 
practice. Caf£ and hotel accommodations. 
