May 9, 1903.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
B7S 
Flzttires. 
May 19-21.— Montreal, Can., Canine Association's show. 
May 29-30.— Hempstead, L. I.— Open air show of Ladies Kennel 
Association of America. 
Oct. 6-9.— Danbury, Conn., Agricultural Society's show. . ' 
Nov. 3-6.— New York.— Annual show of Ladies' Kennel Associa- 
tion of America. t • i in i 
Nov. 9.— Fourteenth aniiual beagle trials of the National Beagle 
Club of America. Charles 'R. Stevenson, Sec'y. 
National Beagfle Club. 
At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the 
National Beagle Club of America, held in New York 
city on April 12, 1903, it was ordered that the foitrteenth 
annual trials of the club commence on Mondaj', Novem- 
ber 9, 1903, the place of holding the trials to be deter- 
mined at a subsequent meeting. 
Chas. R. Stevenson^ Secretary. 
Reliance left Newport early on Thursday morning, 
April 30. She was off Fisher's Island about two o'cl9ck 
and at that time the wind began to freshen. The wind 
kept increasing in force and by three o'clock it was blow- 
ing very hard from the northwest and Reliance Avas mov- 
ing along at a fast clip. About five o'clock Sunbeam, 
the yacht's tender, took her in tow. The heavy wind had 
kicked up a lumpy sea and the two boats spent the night 
inside the breakwater at Glen Cove instead of going 
directly to their moorings off Mr. Iselin's house at Pre- 
mium Point, as was originally planned. Early next 
morning Sunbeam towed Reliance across the Sound to 
her moorings off New Rochelle. 
Columbia and Constitution are now at Glen Cove, 
which place they will make their headquarters for the 
next few weeks. 
On Saturday, May 2, Reliance was given a trial that 
lasted the better part of the day. In the morning the 
wind blew hard, but as the day wore on it moderated 
quite a little. Reliance left her moorings about_ half-past 
ten; at this time the wind was E.S.E. and blowing about 
twenty miles. Reliance stood across the Sound with the 
wind abaft of the beam; when under the Long Island 
shore sheets were flattened down and she stood down to 
the eastward. At this time she had a gaff topsail set 
over the lower sails and under this canvas traveled along 
handsomely with her lee rail just awash. She stood up 
to her work in excellent shape and the hard puffs did not 
lay her out at all. As she moved into the nasty sea she 
threw considerable water but did not pound any. After 
making several hitches to windward, sheets were eased 
well off and a small spinnaker was set. Running before 
the wind she moved very fast and after ten minutes the 
spinnaker was taken in. Sheets were trimmed a little 
and Reliance was headed into Glen Cove, where she 
anchored just before noon time. 
About half-past two Reliance left her anchorage and 
ran over to where Constitution Avas lying with her main- 
sail hoisted. Reliance held along under the Long Island 
shore until she was abreast of Center Island, when she 
was put about on the port tack and headed for Larch- 
mont. The wind had hauled around to the S.W., and 
was blowing about half as hard as it did in the morning. 
Reliance was headed for Glen Cove again and sailed 
twice around Constitution. As she stood out of the 
harbor the second time Constitution followed. Reliance 
was a long distance ahead, and after holding the course 
for a while they both came about and stood in to the 
harbor. Constitution did not have a topsail set and was 
jogging along under lower sails. Reliance followed Con- 
stitution about for a time, but Capt. Rhodes apparently 
did not care to try conclusions with the new boat, and 
carefully avoided her. After several unsuccessful at- 
tempts to draw Constitution into a scrap, those on Re- 
liance gave it up as a bad job and the big spinnaker was 
set and she was headed for New Rochelle. The mooring 
was picked up about half-past four and the yacht was 
snugged down for the night. 
It is apparent that the three boats will not meet until 
the first race to be held on May 21 under the auspices 
of the New York Y. C. 
The following article is from the Boston Herald, and 
a speaks for itself. The several mishaps that have 
occurred on bourd the big racing boats during the last 
few years has prompted the owners of Reliance to take 
every precaution in case of accident: 
"Dr. Thomas Monahan, of this city, graduate of Har- 
vard, and a former well known 'varsity football player, 
has been appointed surgeon on the Reliance. He has 
been at the Massachusetts General Hospital for years, 
and also with Dr. Pfaff. who speaks highly of his ability. 
He joins the Reliance Sunday, and will be on her until 
after the cup races are over. This is the first time that 
a physician has been engaged for a probable cup 
defender." 
Shamrock lll.'s new steel mast was stepped at 
Greenock on April 30. New and much heavier rigging 
screws will replace the ones that were used before the 
accident. Shamrock III. will in all probability resiune 
her trials with the first Shamrock on the Clyde about 
May 6. 
Messrs. Lapthorne & Ratsey have received orders 
from the owners of the three trial boats — Columbia, Con- 
stitution and Reliance — for complete suits of sails. This 
firm has turned out such superior work it is only natural 
that the owners of the big boats should want the best 
sails procurable; good canvas is necessary to get speed 
out of any boat. When the report reached the other 
side that Messrs.. Lapthorne & Ratsey would make sails 
for the American trial boats the British press had much 
*tO say on the subject, and several of the papers intimated 
that we were taking an unfair advantage in ordering 
sails from an English firm, and that it was necessary for 
us to use English sails to keep the Cup. As a matter of 
fact these sails are English in name only, for they will be 
made on American soil (Messrs. Lapthorne & Ratsey's 
plant being located at City Island) and by American 
workmen. Now that this subject has come up, it might 
be recalled that the blocks, the hollow wooden spars and 
the steering gear used on Shamrock III. are all of 
American make. 
Crttfse of the Yacht Delight. 
Winner of the Judge's Prize in "Forest and Stream" Cruis- 
ing G)mpetitfOD. 
BY H. P. VICBORN, WYANDOTTE, MICH. 
All winter we had been dreaming and talking of 
our summer's cruise. Where should we go? The Doc- 
tor and the Cleric were longing to get into Lake 
Huron, to them an unexplored water. So it was set- 
tled we would go to Mackinac Island. 
On Friday, July 11, just before the noon whistles 
blew, we slipped away from our anchorage at Wyan- 
dotte, a dozen miles below the city of Detroit, for our 
three weeks' outing; with Mackinac Island, at the head 
of Lake Huron, as the objective point. 
The party consisted of the Doctor, being the owner 
and captain, his wife, and son. Fred came next, who 
for trustworthy usefulness is hard to beat. With the 
strength of a young giant — which is useful on a yacht 
— Fred was always willing to work overtime, running 
the galley, or scrubbing ship, or taking an extra trick 
at the wheel. The Cleric made up the balance of the 
crew. 
The craft is a centerboard cruiser, yawl-rigged, 
about 25ft. on the waterline, 38ft. over all and loft. 
6in. beam. ' Without the board she draws 3ft. Her 
design is by W. H. Hand, Jr., New Bedford, Mass. 
(Her lines were published in Forest and Stream 
March 9, 1901.) She proved herself a good weatherly, 
tight, and fast' boat. 
THE yawl DELIGHT. 
We had figured on a tow up the river as far as the 
city of Port Huron to save time. In this we were dis- 
appointed. When the time came the friendly master 
of a freight steamer couldn't make his time fit ours, 
and we decided to go it alone up Detroit River, across 
St. Clair Lake, and then against the swift current of 
the St. Clair River, trusting to the chance of picking 
up a tow, the seventy-two miles or so between our 
starting point, and Lake Huron might take up so 
much of our vacation time that Mackinac could nut 
be reached. 
A light wind took us past the city of Detroit about 
three o'clock, but there was so little of it that at five 
o'clock, at the head of Belle Isle, we scarcely had steer- 
age. We didn't like the prospects, and began to cast 
anxious eyes astern to see what might come along 
in the shape of help. If a tug had happened along at 
that time,- I think we would have offered altogether 
too much to get into Lake Huron by morning. Pres- 
ently an old wooden barge, with two more in tow, 
range lights, DETROIT RIVER. 
came in sight. Our hopes ran high. Would they take 
a line? The Doctor worked the yacht out into their 
course, and for a few minutes we waited in suspense 
while Fred got a line ready. "The captain says No," 
was all that we got for a response. We didn't have 
much of an opinion of that particular captain, who- 
ever he might be. "She was an elegant tow, too," said 
Fred, "going so slow, it would have been no trouble 
at all to get a line aboard." We were not sorry long. 
In aboyt ati Ijpur th« ^m4 picjc^^ up quite fy^sl\ fof- 
some time, and we had the satisfaction of bowling; 
along across Lake St. Clair, and nearly catching that: 
disdainful barge entering the ship canal. It was get- 
ting dark as we entered the river, but as long as the: 
wind held enough to make any head against the swift: 
current, we were not going to stop. By eleven o'clock, 
abreast Tashmoo Park, we were going so slowly, how- 
ever, that we decided to come to anchor and get some 
sleep. 
There wasn't much wind to tempt us to up anchor, 
on Sat-urday morning, yet we got off as soon as possi- 
ble. We solicited tows from several passing barges, 
but the milk of marine kindness seemed to have soure'd. 
It would do no good to tell of the many times our 
hopes of getting into the lake by nightfall were shat- 
tered. However, we kept at it all day, and by seven 
o'clock we were into the deep blue water of Lake 
Huron. We didn't have a gale of wind, but out of the 
swift current of the river it would count for more.. 
We got our suppers, and then sat out in the cockpit, 
until dark. The light wind from the south, which we 
had all day, swung round to the westerly a bit, and! 
also freshened considerably toward midnight. With) 
the wind off shore, there was no sea, and it turned' 
out to be as beautiful a night's sail as any one could 
wish. One man was all that was needed on deck at a 
time, so by dividing the night into watches of three 
hours, every one had a good chance to sleep. When 
the Cleric relieved Fred at three o'clock in the morn- 
ing, we were doing some fine traveling, and to "go 
one better" up went the balloon jib. At daybreak we 
were so near to Harbor Beach light that we could 
make out the breakwater without the use of the glass. 
All hands on deck to take in balloon jib, and we ran 
inside of the breakwater and let go the hook. 
Harbor Beach is an artificial shelter built by the 
Government, and is the best of places to make for 
when cruising up the west shore of Lake Huron. The 
distance from Port Huron is sixty miles. 
As soon as we came to aiichor, the Madam and the 
Cleric went ashore in the dinghy, to get some neces- 
sary daily bread, as we had made no stop since leaving;: 
Tashmoo Park, and it was our intention to proceed! 
with the favorable wind as soon as breakfast was over. 
Although it was Sunday morning, the merchants are 
so accustomed to vessels putting in the harbor for shel- 
ter that we got all we needed in the way of bakedl 
stuff, meats, fruits and ice. Back to the yacht, and 
breakfast; and as we were all hungry, we made the 
best of the opportunity. We could not tell when again 
would come the chance of eating a good meal with the 
boat on an even keel in sheltered water. 
We got away through the north entrance to the har- 
bor by nine o'clock under jib, jigger and two reefed 
mainsail, the wind freshening all the time, and swing- 
ing round to the west. We made the lighthouse on 
Point-aux-Barques, fifteen miles, in good time, though 
we had to shorten sail still more before we got out of 
sight of Harbor Beach. From the Point we laid a 
straight course across Saginaw Bay, for An Sable, 
and started across at 10:45 under jib and jiggei", decks 
to, and as we got awaj'^ from the shelter of the Point 
the waves came higher and higher, and regular 
"granddaddies" came over our port bow. 
PUE REEF LIGHT SHIP, SOUTH CHANNEL. 
Half-Avay over, we put three tucks in the mainsail 
and ran it up. Though the water came over in a 
vengeance, completely covering the Doctor, who had 
the wheel, it was a glorious sail, the yacht demonstrat- 
ing her seaworthiness to our complete satisfaction, as 
she plunged into one sea after another. She seemed 
like a fiery race horse, determined to get there. Every 
one of us was willing to give the river sailing of a 
whole season for one such sail as we had on this Sun- 
day afternoon. 
We made a good landfall, and by five o'clock got 
ready to come to anchor at Au Sable, fifty miles from 
Jiarbor Beach. Not being familiar with the tortuous 
channel into the small river, we had the bad luck to 
get on the bottom. Fortunately, the bottom is hard 
sand, or we might have come to grief, as the waves 
lifted us up, and then let us down with a thump. It 
wasn't comfortable, anyway. Then by dint of much 
muscle we got her off without any apparent hurt. By 
this time we were disgusted with Au Sable and her 
shelter. It needed but a moment's fanning to blaze 
the spark, "Let's get out of this!" That is why we 
squared away and started for our next port, Alpena, 
deciding to get supper on the way. It was no go, 
however. Before we had gone half a dozen miles a 
suspicious feeling got into the air. It began with a 
hot ofT-shorc puff or two; then it suddenly swung 
round to the north, and we turned tail and ran back 
to the shelter of the lately despised harbor at Au 
Sable. Taken altogether, there isn't much shelter to 
speak of. Most boats of any dimensions generally 
Hn^ke for Tawas ii^ event oi heavy storiiiSs whic^ ii 
