.FOREST AM_£3L STREAM. 
(June 2i, 1062. 
English Letter. 
Our racing season opened on May 30, and already it 
has been marked by the collapse of the first class. Sy- 
barita received so manv decisive beatings from Kanad m 
the Mediterranean that Mr. Kennedy has decided to fit 
out Maid Marion for handicap racing, rather than con- 
tinue an uninteresting series of matches in the open class. 
This is unfortunate, but, when all is said and done, Kanaa 
and Svbarita would yield but very moderate sport and 
•give rise to no enthusiasm. Therefore our racing fleet is 
represented by two new 52-footers— Lucida, designed by 
Fife for Mr. W. P. Burton, and Camellia, by Payne, for 
Mr Coats. They are nearly of identical hull dimensions, 
but' Camellia has a slightly smaller d masurement— 1. e 
there is less hollow in her midsection. At the time ot 
■writing they have sailed five matches, and Lucida has 
won them all. However, I am not by any means sure that 
Camellia has yet been seen at anything like her best, bne 
is clearly the faster boat with the wind abaft the beam, 
but Lucida has so far shown better weather qualities. 1 he 
difference between them is about a mmute in twenty miles 
—apparently not more, and I fancy that over a square 
course in a steady breeze they would sail so evenly that 
the one getting off first would be the winner. Mr. Burton 
sails his own boat, and he sails her well. Beyond doubt 
Camellia is a vast improvement on Gauntlet, the .Payne 
52-footer of last season. She is a prettily sheered boat 
and carries her sail well. . 
These two sailed a sensational race m the New I hames 
Y C Channel match from Southend to Harwich on May 
31 Camellia got the best of the start, and with a beam 
wind reached away from the other. The wind headed 
them half way, and Lucida got ahead, but they had a reach 
•and a run to finish, and the Payne boat drew up until she 
was only 17s. astern at the finish of a whole day's sailing. 
Col McCalmont's new steam turbine yacht was launched 
on May 24 by- Messrs. Yarrow & Co., at Poplar. Thames. 
She is built from designs supplied by Messrs. Cox & 
King, a firm of yacht agents which is fast taking a lead- 
ing place in designing our finest steam yachts. She is of 
a purely torpedo-boat shape, and has three shafts with 
three propellers on each shaft. The boilers are of the 
Yarrow type. ^ ■ A 
The Fife-designed schooner Cicely, built by Messrs. 
Fay for Mr. Cecil Quentin, was launched on May 22. 
Much is expected of this fine vessel, which will sail her 
first match in the German Emperor's cup race from 
Dover to Heligoland on June 21. All her spars are hollow 
with the exception of the lower masts and the bowsprit. 
She is composite built, the planking being teak and Amer- 
ican elm. At Messrs. Summers & Payne's yard, Southamp- 
ton, the Emperor's new yacht, Meteor III., is fast getting 
ready for sea. Her new mainmast has been stepped, and 
Messrs. Waring are getting on with the decorations. 
Our daily papers ten days ago contained a glowing account 
of the "magnificent spectacle" presented by this vessel as 
she passed Dover on her way to Germany. I wonder 
what rid hooker the scribe mistook for her. 
Sir Donald Currie's new steam yacht Iolaire ran her 
preliminary trial on the Clyde on May 30, with great suc- 
cess, the mean of two runs over the tneasured mile show- 
ing 14^2 knots an hour. She is to be under the command 
of Capt. Ganday, late master of the Castle liner Greek. 
In the Solent racing so far, the new Fife 36-footer 
Nyama, Capt. J. Orr-Ewing, has proved uniformly suc- 
cessful. She seems to sail, or probably is sailed, rather 
unevenly, for Girleen at times hunts her pretty hard. 
Mr. Froude's new 24-footer Campanula has been unsuc- 
cessful so far, but at times she shows promise. I fancy 
she is rather toe beamy a boat for her small d measure- 
ment. However, it is early yet to form any opinion, be- 
yond that any failing she may show is due more to an 
error in the selection of dimensions rather than to the 
design. 
The North Sea cup race, from Dover to Heligoland, has 
fallen through, owing to want of entries. No doubt the 
main cause of this is the counter attraction of the Corona- 
tion Naval Review at Spithead. The German Emperor 
has stated his intention to enter Meteor III. for the match 
from Heligoland to Dover, for Mr. Carl von Buch's hand- 
some cup, value £6oo. This is the sort of race in which 
Meteor will show up best, and it is a pity that under the 
conditions of this match Cicely cannot enter, or that 
Meteor cannot race in the Emperor's own match. A very 
bad easterly gale prevailed on the Clyde on May 31, m 
which Mr. Walter Runciman's new Fife-built schooner. 
Asthore, was within an ace of being wrecked. She 
dragged her anchors right across from Fairhe to the 
Cumbrae Island, and they brought her up just on the 
verge of the rocks. A river steamer towed her away, but 
two of the crew were injured and Asthore punched two 
lioles in the steamboat's stern with her bowsprit. Many 
yachts were driven ashore, and the force of the gale — the 
•worst for thirty years— was such that a large furniture 
van at Roblesay was lifted right into the sea. An im- 
mense amount of damage was done, including the wreck 
of the schooner yacht Gossamer, 45 tons. 
E. H. Hamilton. 
South Boston Y. C* 
CITY POINT, BOSTON HARBOR. 
Saturday, June 14. 
The first of the sailing tender series of the South Bos- 
ton Y. C. was sailed off the club house Saturday, June 
14, m a light easterly breeze. The summary: 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Wienman 1 08 38 0 53 38 
Calson 1 02 00 1 02 00 
Merrill 1 04 32 1 02 28 
Sear 1 12 18 1 08 48 
French 1 04 32 Not meas. 
The 4J J footer Effort had not filed her measurement 
according to the new rule when she raced against Mira 
in the Knickerbocker Y. C. regatta, held on June 7. 
In consequence, the winner of the race could not be 
determined until Effort was measured. The measure- 
ments of the two boats are as follows: Mira, Mr. Charles 
Lane Poor, 40.58 feet; Effort, Mr. F. M. Smith, 43.57 
feet. The correct time for tbe course, 14^ miles, for 
the Mira was 2h. 15m. 9s.; for the Effort, 2h. 11m. 30s. 
This gives the race to the Effort by 47s. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
A copy of the Beverly Y. C. book has been received 
at this office. Special attention is called to changes 
made in the by-laws and racing rules. 
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Mr. John Pierce, New York city, has purchased from 
Mr. Al Hayman, also of New York, the steam yacht 
Sapphire. The sale was made through the agency of 
Mr. A. J. Mcintosh. 
There was launched on June 14 from the' yards of 
Messrs. Thomas S. Marvel & Co., at Newburgh, N. Y., 
the house-boat Nirodha. The boat, which is one of the 
largest and most complete of her kind ever built, was de- 
signed by Mr. M. Hubbe for the late Mr. Pierre Loril- 
lard, who died while the vessel was under course of con- 
struction. Nirodha remained on the stocks in an un- 
completed state from the time of Mr. Lorillard's death 
up to the time she was purchased by Colonel Sheffield 
Phelps, who has had her interior completed according 
to his own views. Nirodha is 125 feet long over all, 23 
feet breadth and 3 feet 6 inches draft. She will be used 
along the Sound during the summer, and in the winter 
will be taken to Florida waters. 
J£ 
Lloyd's Register for 1902 has been sent to its sub- 
scribers. The book is more complete than ever before, 
and is the only accurate and reliable record of American 
and English yachts of over ten tons published. 
YACHT CLUB NOTES. 
Commodore Lewis Cass Ledyard presided at an ad- 
journment of the third general meeting of the New York 
Y. C. held at Delmomco's, Beaver street, New York 
city, on Thursday, June 12. The principal business was 
the electing of thirty-two new members. The club now 
has 2,002 members. The new members elected are: 
W. de Forrest Wright, Lieutenant Warren J. Terhune, 
U. S. N.; George C. Foster, A. H. Boarman, W. R. 
Fleitman, Henry R. Sheldon, Philip Mesier Lydig, 
Thomas E. Stillman, Charles D. Owen, Jr.; George J. 
Jackson, Clendennin Eckert, Asa B. Davis, M. D.; 
David H. Gaines, Henry S. Fairbanks, J. Price Wither- 
ill, Clifford W. Hartridge, Sheffield Phelps, Lenox 
Smith, Winslow S. Pierce, Edwin Hall Shethair, Lieu- 
tenant Frank H. Brumby, U. S. N.; George McKesson 
Brown, Norman W. Dodge, Lieutenant Frederick R 
Payne, U. S. N.; Daniel H. Kane, Robert Winsor, E. 
M. Farnsworth, John Hitchcock, C. H. Taylor, Jr.; 
R. W. Emmons, 2d; Edgar Palmer and H. Yale Dolan. 
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At the annual meeting of the Atlantic City Y. C. 
the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: 
Commodore, Louis Kuehnle ; Vice-Commodore, Emory D. 
Irelan; Rear Commodore, Herman G. Mulock; Fleet 
Captain, David R. Barrett; Fleet Engineer, John A. 
Manz; Secretary, Harry Wootton; Treasurer, Emory 
D. Irelan; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. James M. Barton; Trus- 
tees, Colonel Thomas Potter, Lewis P. Scott, Charles 
Fortner, John Donnelly and David Holland. 
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Fixtures. 
July 7-8— Meriden, Conn.— South New England Shooting Bund's 
tournament, under the auspices of the Meriden Rifle Club. 
Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club. 
San Francisco, June 1.— At the Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club's 
regular shoot there were fair weather conditions, and the range 
was full of shooters and visitors. Fine shooting was done. Com- 
petition was keen on short range. Capt. Kuhnle, Daiss and Dr. 
Twist had it nip and tuck with the .22cal. rifle. The Captain and 
Daiss tied on 18, but the old veteran had the next best score (19) 
and took second place on ten best scores with 216, Daiss leading 
with 207, and the Doctor 221. This is the Captain's first shoot of 
the year, and he promises to make the youngsters hustle. Bran- 
nagan. Barley Young and Hovey came out in the order named 
with the pistol' after a hard struggle and fine shooting, \oung 
tried for the record with military rifle, and came within two points 
of it making 234 in 50 shots and making the Creedmoor possible 
on liis fourth score. This pleased him very much, as he is fifty 
years old. He won the highest expert's gold bar in two shoots, 
with a score of 471 out of 500, Creedmoor count, on 22 entries. 
Scores, off-hand, on Columbia target: 
Rifle 200yds.: F. O. Young 57, A. H. Cady 59, W. G. Hoffman 
60, 67, Dr. Twist 99. „ _ rn , 
Military rifle 200yds., Creedmoor count: F. O. Young, d0 shots, 
for record, 47,' 46 46, 50, 45—234 ; 45, 47, 47; the last three scores 
were consecutive. The possible (50) score counted 57 rings, which 
was high. Young fired 83 sho.ts, 3 more than are scored above. 
Young used King's semi-smokeless (45grs.) and No. 4 smokeless 
(lOgrs.) in his .45 Sharps military, 61bs. pull and open sights, 
no cleaning. Bullet weighs 432grs. It is the 500 Government bul- 
let with base cut off. The shells were uncrimped. 
Pistol, 50yds.: A. J. Brannagan 34, 58, 41; G. M Barley 36, 53, 
37. 45; F. O. Young 36, 44, 45; Ed. Hovey 38, al, 5o; R. Schneider 
67* 70 72 75 79 
Revolver: ' F.'o. Young 47, 55, 57, 58, 59; L. C. Hinckle 50, 54, 
53 '.22 6 'and leaf' rifle? Capt. Fred Kuhnle 18, 20. 21 21 25, 25, 25, 
19, 21, 22 24; C. M. Daiss 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26; Dr. J F .-Twist 
21 22 30 31; W. G. Hoffman 25; E. A. Allen 33, 33, 34, 38, 38; 
L.' C. Hinckle 41, 59. . _ _ „ , 
Fred. O. Young, Sec y. 
The New Springfield Rifle. 
The troops of the United States are to be supplied with a new 
gun which for range and power exceeds any known weapon in 
military use to-day. The new gun may be said to be a developed 
Krag-Jorgensen, since it possesses all the good points of that arm, 
coupled with ideas which experience in the field have dictated. 
Five hundred of the new weapons, it is announced, will shortly 
De issued, and from this number the ordnance authorities hope 
to be fully enlightened on any defects which may develop in active 
service Under existing arrangements the Navy uses the same 
infantry arm as the Army, hence the change is likely to affect the 
former, as well as the latter service. , 
The present weapon, the Krag-Jorgensen, has been greatly im- 
proved since its first introduction into the United States' service. 
Its range and accuracy have been wonderfully increased, the former 
through improved ammunition and the latter by the introduction 
of sight attachments for drift and windage, with the net result that 
the general ballistic properties of the piece compare favorably with 
the best of foreign arms. , .. 
The new rifle, it is understood, will be called a Springfield, and 
will be further known by the year of its model. From the fact 
that it is a developed Kriig, it is necessarily a better weapon than 
the type now in service. It weighs less, is simpler in construction, 
and its. range is said to be effective at 4 "00 yards. 
It will be recalled that when the 0frmy of Santiago was at 
Montauk Point a board of ordnance omcers questioned officers of 
the returned troops regarding the working of the Krags. The 
opinion was very generally expressed that a clip attachment was 
desirable to admit of greater rapidity in loading. A device of this 
order has been incorporated in the new design, and by providing 
a central magazine-feed does away with the side-box arrangement 
on the Krag. 
The velocities lor theKrag-Jorgensen during the war with Spain 
were 2,000 feet per second. The Spanish Mausers yielded 2,200 
feet per second. Experiments made with the Krags demonstrated 
that 2,200 feet per second could be secured without materially in- 
creasing the pressure in the barrel, and accordinglv a cartridge 
giving an initial velocity of 2,200 foot-seconds was ordered. 
Experience taught that the ordinary nickel-steel jacket of the 
Krag bullets could not be depended on at velocities of 2,200 feet 
per second, and that the tendency was to strip. In consequence, 
cupro-nickel was substituted, and under velocities as high even 
as 2,500 feet per second at the muzzle, cupro-nickel is found to 
answer admirably. 
For the new gun the muzzle velocities will, it is said, be main- 
tained at 2,300 foot-seconds. It was at first proposed to employ 
2,500 foot-seconds, but the resulting pressures in the gun barrel 
were deemed inadvisable. At 2,300 foot-seconds at the muzzle, the 
corresponding pressude does not exceed 45,000 pounds to the 
square inch. 
In appearance the new weapon is very handsome, and is a' 
marked improvement in this respect over the Krag. The bay- 
onet and ramrod have been united in an ingenious fashion, thus 
doing away with the necessity for a bayonet scabbard. In this 
particular our authorities seem to have taken up the Russian idea, 
since for many years the practice in the Russian army has been to 
always keep the bayonet fixed.— Lieut. Godfrey L. Car'den, R. C. S., 
in Springfield Republican. 
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, June 8. Conditions, 200yds., off- 
hand, at the German ring target. Gindele was declared champion 
for the day with the good score of 226. Weather fine; thermometer 
50 degrees; wind 9 o'clock: 
Gindele .....226 222 208 207 201 18 21 24—63 23 25 24—72 
Hasenzahl 222 217 207 206 204 22 21 25—68 24 21 18—68 
Nestler 220 213 209 206 205 23 22 19—64 24 24 23—71 
Bruns 219 208 190 186 
Roberts 216 207 207 204 197 19 20 23—62 20 17 21— 58 
Strickmeier 215 214 207 202 199 24 19 19—62 20 24 20—64 
Drube 214 185 
Jonscher 208 194 197 188 185 • 17 18 19—54 14 23 24—61 
fj.ux 204 200 198 188 187 21 24 15—60 11 18 15-44 
Hofer • 203 198 193 191 187 22 18 15-55 19 9 14—42 
Odell 197 193 192 190 186 20 16 18-54 19 IS 13-50 
Speth 194 193 192 190 
VVeinheimer 194 193 185 178 173 18 21 15—54 14 22 i4— 50 
Hoffman 189 185 173 19 19 11—49 11 9 11—31 
Irounstine 188 186 177 172 
Uckotter 180 163 
T""£ 186 178 153 149 141 18 5 18—41 !.'.'.' 
j^mpshaating. 
Fixtures, 
Jun,_ m.— 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 19-20.— Fort Dodge, la.— Annual tournament of the Fort 
Dodge Gun Club. C. H. Smith, Sec'y. 
June 19-22.— Denver, Colo.— Colorado State tournament. 
June 20-21.— Stone Harbor, N. J.— At Abbottsford Inn, W. H. 
Wolstencroft's target -tournament, open to all. J. K. Starr Mgr. 
June 24.— Allegheny City, Pa.— Opening tournament of the North 
Side Gun Club; $25 average money. R. Henderson, A. H. Ger- 
lach and L. B. Fleming, Tournament Committee. 
. June 25-26.— W. Alexandria, U.— Twin Valley Shotgun Club's 
jrst annual shoot. 
June 26-26.— Raleigh, N. C— The Interstate Association 's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Raleigh Gun Club. Jas. I. John- 
oojx. Sec y. * 
June 26.— Avon, N. Y.— Avon Rod and Gun Club's tournament. 
Jay Greene, Secy. 
June 26-28.— Portland, Ore— Eighteenth annual tournament of 
the Sportsmen's Association of the Northwest. 
^v ne TT 7 -T T Le ^ is >- on ' , HI.— Amateur shoot of the Lawiston Gun 
Club. H. H. McCumber, Sec'y. 
June 27-28.— Wellington, Mass.— Two days' tournament. On 
?? co , nd t?*¥> New En f Iand Interstate team matches; $60 added. 
H. M. Federhen, Jr., President. 558 Columbus avenue, Boston. 
June 29.— Saginaw, Mich.— Merchandise shoot of the East Side 
Gun Club. Herbert W. Merrill, Sec'y. 
June 29.— San Francisco, Cal— Live-bird shoot of the Union 
Gun Club. 
July 1-2.— Jackson, Mich.— Second annual State shoot of the 
Michigan State lrapshooters' League, under the auspices of the 
Jackson Gun Club. R. W. Smith, Sec'y-Treas 
July 4.— Richmond, Va.— Annual shoot of the East End Gun Club 
July 4.— Towanda, Pa.— Annual tournament of the Towanda Guii 
Club; targets. W. F. Dittrich, Sec'y. 
July 4.— Palmer, Mass.— Reunion of the Massachusetts Amateur 
bnootmg Association; amateur and professional match. Dr S B 
Keith, Sec'y. 
targets; one day live birds. 
July 4.— McKeesport, Pa.— Fourth of July shoot of the Enter- 
July 4.— Rutherford, N. J.— All-day target shoot of the Boiling 
Springs Fishing and Gun Club. C. B. Axford, Sec'y. 
^, Ju . ly !"~7? a y,F. r ,v in ' Mass— All-day shoot of the Haverhill Gun 
Club. S. G. Miller, Sec y. 
July 4-5.— Mt. Kisco, N. Y.— Third tournament of the Westchester 
County f rapshootmg 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 8.— Fremont, Neb.— Annual tournament of the Fremont 
Gun Club. 
July S-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 15-16.— Charlottes, Va.— Annual merchandise shoot of the 
Charlottesville and University of Virginia gun clubs. G. L Bruf- 
fey, 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 17-18.— Pensacola, Fla.— Two days' tournament of the Peters 
Cartridge Co., under the auspices of the Dixie Gun Club; $150 
added. V. J. Vidal ; Sec'y. 
July 21-23.— Winnipeg, Man. — Sixth annual trapshooting tourna- 
ment of the Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition Association. F W 
Henbach, Gen'l Mgr. 
July 22-23.— Greenville, Miss— Mississippi and Louisiana Trap- 
shooters' League target tournament. C. W. Walton, See's, 
Natchez, Miss. 
. July 23-25.— Bay Ridge A. A. Co., Md.— J. R. Malone's eighth 
annual midsummer tournament; $200 added money; two days 
prise Gun Club. Geo. W. Mains, Sec'y. 
July 28-Aug. 2.— Atlanta, Ga.— Peters Cartridge Company's tour- 
nament. 
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 Gs'T 
Club. R. M. Baugh. Sec'y. 
Aug. 13-14.— Brunswick, Me.— The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Brunswick Gun Club. L. C. 
Whitmore, Sec'y. 
Aug. 14-16.— Hamilton, Can.— Dominion Trapshooting and Gaaie 
Protectiv* Association's tournament. 
Aug. 19-30.— Vicksburg, Miss.— Mississippi and Louisiana Trap- 
shooters' League target tournament. C. W. Walton, Sec'y, 
Natchez, Miss. 
