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AND STREAM. 
Boston Letter. 
Boston, Nov. 24.— In spite of the fact that the or^an- 
■izers of the new 22ft. class have declared their inten- 
tions of going ahead and building, and ha\c called upon 
those interested to help out m the work, there has not 
been such a complimentary showing as was at first sup- 
posed. It Avas understood that Burgess and Lawley 
each had three orders, for boats for the class, but it has 
developed that such is not exactly the case. With one 
exception the.se orders were entirely provisional. One 
boat, for Sunmer H. Foster, has beeen ordered froin 
Burgess. Another of Burgess' clients has decided to 
inuld m the J 8ft. knockabout class, while the third is 
shll undecided about going into the class. Lawley has 
three provisional orders for 22-footers, but has not been 
commissioned to go ahead with any of them. One of 
these boats is for a South Shore yachtsman who has 
been very active in the organization of the class, and it is 
thought that he will build. In that case definite orders 
for the other two boats may follow. 
There is no doubt that the refusal of the Yacht Racing 
Association of Massachusetts is responsible for the un- 
certainty in the minds of some of the yachtsmen who 
would have otherwise built for it This is another in- 
stance of the moral efifect of the attitude of the Associa- 
tion upon matters pertaining to yacht racing. As in all 
new features, this class has come in the line of an ex- 
periment. This in itself would tend to cause uncertainty 
in the minds of any but the most fearless yachtsmen or 
those with unlimited means. It is now believed by the 
organizers of the class that it will be adopted at, the 
spring meeting of the Association, but there is sure to 
be a warm contest over the question. 
Yachts for the Y. R. A. restricted classes are still 
limited to three, with the exception of the i8ft. knock- 
about class. This class, while adopted by the Associa- 
tion, is really under control of an association of the 
same_ name. The three new boats are for the 25ft. class, 
and it is needless to say that they are extreme. Up to 
date there has not been one new 21-footer heard from. 
As thJs was the star class last season, it would seem 
that there must be some strong reason for the failing off 
m interest. Still, there are yachtsmen who will say that 
existing rules are all right and should be maintained, but 
the present conditions do not seem to indicate any great 
degree of confidence in this belief. 
The refusal to entertain changes in the rules was prob- 
ably in the same spirit in which anything new is received 
by the Association's delegates. It is very hard to get 
them to adopt an.v changes, and, no matter how much the 
lorrn of the proposed new measurement rule may be 
modified, it is likely that there will be much opposition 
to its passage if it is again proposed. The unsettled 
condition of affairs at present is not doing the Associa- 
tion any good, nor is it of any benefit to the sport. Those 
of the delegates who voted against the change in meas- 
urement rule as a result of any thought, took the atti- 
tude that was taken hy some of the delegates of the 
Long Island Sound Yacht Racing Association that, 
vhile the rule would work out all right in the larger 
classes, it would not be a good one for yachts of 30ft. 
and under. Those who wanted the changes are not quite 
^o certain of this distinction. 
The latest rumor in Boston is to the effect that Han- 
ley has plans for a centcrboard 90-footer and that he 
lias good prospects of forming a syndicate for her con- 
struction. With the knowledge of the centerboard go- 
footer that was surely to be built in 1901 in mind, I am 
^ery much averse to the belief that any such boat will 
be built. There are many yachtsmen who believe that 
un out-and-out centerboard 90-footer would be in the 
l imning with any\ of the keel boats, and not a few who 
iicHeve that such a boat would prove superior. JBoston 
yachtsmen would thoroughly like to see the East repre- 
sented in the trial races and with the representative cen- 
terboard boat, but there are feAV indeed who would in- 
\ est any cold cash in the venture. In Boston, like other 
rities, there are probably a number of naval architects 
who have more or less definite plans of 90-footers which 
they would like to build if somebody Avould produce the 
money. 
At I ^awley s the Hart jcruising 30"footer is about coni- 
I'leted, and Avill probably be hauled out of the shop in a 
few days. A 30ft. ketch for J. H. CromAvell is nearly all 
; lanked, and the deck is being laid. J. H. Protor's 
launch is finished. The frames are out for C. H. Clark's 
r,oft. schooner. Keel and frames have been turned out 
for the 34ft. yawl for F. H. Adriance. C. A. Fletcher's 
i56ft. steamer is about one-third plated. A 50ft. schooner 
for Major L. S. Bent, of Philadelphia, is being laid down. 
Frank N. Tandy has added a drafting department to his 
brokerage office. He has associated with him J. -R. 
Daniell, formerly with CroAvninshield, and is prepared to 
take orders for the designs of yachts. 
Hollis Burgess has sold the 45ft. gasolene launch 
Haidee, OAvned by Mr. W. F. Beal, to Mr. A. P. Loring. 
llaidee A\'as designed by CroAvninshield and built this year 
hy Roger Eccles, of Beverly. She is of the torpedo boat 
s'.yle and is supplied with tAVO dummy funnels. 
John B. Killeent. 
High. Speed Yacht for Mu Gould. 
■ Mh. Howakd Gould, N. Y. Y. C, has ordered a steam 
yacht Avhich he intends to name the Niagara IV. This ncAV 
i)-iat is designed to take the place of the Niagara III., 
,\hich he recently sold to his brother, Edwin Gould, and 
Aviil be used in service on the Sound, betw^een Mr. Gould's 
country estate at Port Washington, L. I., and New York 
city. 
The Niagara IV. is from the plans of Mr. Chas. L. Sea- 
l:>ury, and will be built by the Gas Engine and Power Co. 
and Chas. L. Seabury & Co., at Morris Heights, on the 
Harlem. The yacht will be of the high-speed type, and 
licr guaranteed speed will be tAventy-three miles per hour ; 
this practically means twenty-five miles, as the contract 
^peed Avill undoubtedly be exceeded, and she Avill be the 
fastest vessel of her type in service. The yacht Avill be of 
steel and Avood, double planked, with twin screws and tAvo 
smoke stacks. The general dimensions are : Length over 
all, iioft. ; beam, 12ft.; draft, 4/4ft. She will be fitted 
with triple expansion engines and Seabury Avater tube 
boilers of latest design. The contract calls for delivery on 
April I, and the builders propose to have her finished and 
the hnal speed trials made before that time. As far as 
practicable the general design of the Niagara III. has 
been followed in the new model, There Aviil be a com- 
modious forward deck house, Avhich is to be used as break- 
fast room. Mr. (iould's quarters will be aft, very roomy, 
handsomely furnished and comfortablv finished. It is 
intended that the decorations shall be of the finest quality 
with unnecessary display. There will be a bath and toilet 
rooms, wardrobe and a large saloon, which may be used as 
a stateroom if necessary. Ah of the salooirvvill be a com- 
modious cockpit, A\ith easy chairs, and abaft of this a 
roomy deck. Seven men will be carried. The Niagara IV. 
when running at full speed is likely to present a very in- 
teresting appearance. 
New York Y, C. Measurement Rule* 
New Y'ork, Nov. ZQ.—Editor Forest and Stream: The 
measurement rule of the Ncav York Y, C. is of interest 
to yachtsmen in general, due to the fact that a universal 
measurement rule is very desirable, and of interest to de- 
signers and owners of yachts because they must design 
and build under it, 1 therefore offer the following dis- 
cussion as of great interest at the present time: The 
racing rule is 
liacing measurement = 
V'S.^ may riot exceed x.35 L. 
It may be admitted that every designer will take the 
maximum of sail area so that the formula may be re- 
Avritten as follows : 
Racing measurement = ^ ^ ^'^ or - 
If Ave apply this formula to Class J, in which the limits 
are betAveen 40 and 51ft. racing measurement, we find 
that the sail area and displacement may range between 
the limits of 6,000 pounds with 1,225 sq. ft. up to 90,000 
pounds with 3,850 sq. ft. Assuming that the designer 
would Avish to build up to the top limit of the clas.s, that 
is 5 1 ft. racing length, he may take any combination be- 
tween. 15,000 pounds displacement Avith 2,130 square feet 
of sail, and 90,000 pounds displacement with 3,850 sq. ft. 
of sail. 
Heretofore the endeavor has been to eliminate time al- 
lowance and to foster racing between boats of practically 
the same size. It is said that the rule favors a large dis- 
placement boat — evidently from the above the exact con- 
verse is true. 
Will not some of the gentlemen who haA'e expressed 
themselves in favor of this rule show how it meets these 
objections? ' Geo. Hii>l. 
YACHT CLUB NOTES. 
The annual meeting of the Manhasset Bay Y. C. will be 
held at the Hotel Manhattan on Tuesday, Dec. 2, for the 
election of officers for the ensuing year, and for action on 
amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws. The regu- 
lar ticket to be voted on is as follows: Com., Alphonse 
H. Alker, .steamer Florence; Vice-Com., Charles W. Lee 
(building); Rear-Com., H. Winslow White, sloop Coya; 
Sec'y, Edward M. MacLellan; Treas., Guy W. Buxton; 
Meas., Charles D. Mower; Trustees (class of 1905}, 
James R. Thomson, Hazen L. Hoyt. After the meeting 
the annual dinner will be served and the prizes won in 
races given by the club during the past season Avill be 
presented to the Avinning owners, 'l he Manhasset Bay 
challenge cup will be on exhibition during the evening. 
4^ 
At the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C.s' quarters in 
Forty-fourth street on Thursday, Nov. 20, Capt. Howard 
Patterson delivered an interesting lecture on "Charts 
and Chart Sailing as Applied to Domestic Navigation." 
The California Y. C. is preparing plans for a ncAV club 
house, and expects to be in its new quarters at the open- 
ins; of next season. 
— « — 
A Nation of Marksmen, 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
I* the days of Agincourt and Cressy those victories 
were the fruit of the marksmanship of the English bow- 
men. The archer with his long yew bow and cloth 
yard shaft made the English army what it Ava.s- — in- 
A'incible. 
The French had good reason Avhen singing their lit- 
any in church to include in same, "From the arroAvs of 
the English may the good Lord deliver us." 
History is repeating itself once more, and the battles 
of the future upon land will be won by the men behind 
the rifles. Close formation and point blank volleys are 
tilings of the past. Smokeless powder and long dis- 
tance rifles become of no immediate practical value in 
the hands of the inexperienced soldier. 
The English grew into the use of the long bow as 
did our Minute Men and Green Mountain Boys groAv 
into the use of the rifle, but under differing surround- 
ings. The English boy Avas at an early age through 
the stimulus of prizes, encouraged to shoot with the 
boAV at a mark erected on the A-illage green. Days of 
merry-making ahvays included the sport of archery upon 
the programme, and even Avas the practice at archery^ 
made compulsory by law. 
Our forefathers virtually ploAved Avith one hand and 
held a rifle with the other. The seal of Minnesota 
shows a husbandman at the plow, his infle and powder- 
horn upon a nearby stump and a skulking redskin in 
the distance. It Avas force of circumstances that made 
marksmen of our forefathers, defense against the In- 
dians and Avild beasts, and the necessity of supplying 
the larder from the forests. During our Civil War, 
soldier for soldier, we had no such marksmen in the 
ranks as in the Revolutionary War. Times had 
changed, men were recruited from the city and the 
workshop, and n«t .as of yore, from the frontier, where 
[Nov. 29, 190^. 
stood a rifle ready for instant use behind each door. 
The late Boer Avar \vas an illustration of pitting men 
unused to a rifle against those who understood the arm 
and Avere as familiar Avith it as a schoolboy with his 
jackknife. 
Now, as a geiioral rule, a few days' hard drilling Avill 
turn an awkward .squad into some semblance to a miU- 
tary company in carriage and step, but it means months 
of incessant labor to make marksmen of those unfa- 
miliar with the rifle. 
Compulsory practice Avith the rifle has been success- 
lully carried out in SAvitzerland, but it would not apply 
to the United States. The love of the rifle must be 
brought about in some other Avay. 
Now, as a suggestion. Make a reA\'ard sufficientlv 
lUAHting and there are those Avho Avill strive for it. 
Let us suppose that a yearly distribution of, say, $100,000. 
Avere made in prizes; $50,000 10 the marksman of the 
year; $25,000 to the second best; $15,000 to the third, 
and $1,000 to the next ten in rank. Whether the amount 
of $too,ooo per year was made up out of the United 
States treasury or came from other sources, makes no 
dift'crence. The question is, what would the eft'ect be 
upon the country after ten consecutive vears of such 
prize offering? 
I think every village in the country Avould have its 
rifle range, and few of the youths Avho could give the 
lime to practice but Avould become applicants and con- 
testants for the prize. 
The primary contests Avould be shot at the home vil- 
lages or cities. The Avinners woidd in turn contest 
among themselves within a certain district, and the suc- 
cessful one in each district be delegated to the final con- 
test, to be held at some central point. Here, under 
conditions that could admit of no charge of partiality, 
would the final contest be held. Targets at fixed and 
unknown distances, moving objects, etc., would call into 
practice the very highest skill of the marksmen. The 
prizes would certainly be more tempting than a marks- 
man's badge or a silver cup. In these days of $1,000,000 
salaries and "melon-cutting" dividends in Wall street, 
perhaps a $50,000 prize might not tempt some of our 
gilded youth to forego the golf stick and the tennis 
racquet for the rifle. Yet, when you come to think 
of it, there are those who, with perhaps a little truck 
farming to help out, might Avorry along peacefully Avith 
a prize of $50,000 in cold cash to their credit 'in the 
bank. So the grand prize of $50,000 with the great ma- 
jority of young men might be considered a tempting 
prize, enough so to warrant an investment in a rifle 
and ammunition and the giving over of a part of Satur- 
day to the weekly practice. 
There is many a "hundred thousand" that goes to 
make up the quota of a "billion-dollar Congress" that 
IS .spent for purposes far less meritorious than prizes 
for rifle proficiency among^ the youth of the country. 
What would be the effect of a plan of this kind being 
earned out after say, ten or fifteen years? That's the 
question. We hear of Peace Congresses, International 
Arbitration, Total disarmament, etc., etc., but we see no 
diminution of the standing armies and navies of the 
world. Improvements in war materials go on. We no 
sooner improve the unpenetrability of armor than some 
new shell is perfected with superior penetrating poAvers, 
and so the race goes on. Guns that carried 12 miles 
noAv carry 21. Not content Avith fighting above the 
Avater, the sea warfare of the future seems destined to 
be fought out beneath the waves. Rifles of greater 
penetration and carrying power are being successfully 
put forward. All this would seem to prove that for 
some years to come the theory will be held that the 
one best equipped on a Avar footing in time of peace will 
be virtually guaranteed from neighborly interference. 
And if all this be so, this country must keep abreast 
with the times. Her ships must be second to none, and 
Avhile our standing army need be kept to a minimum 
yet like the Spartans, every man in the Republic should 
be a brick, he should become expert in the use of a 
rifle, and if the time ever came when his country needed 
him, he could step into the ranks a soldier requiring but 
a minimum of preliminary drilling to bring him to a 
plane of soldierly perfection. 
Charles Cristadoro. 
Rille at OEsining. 
Ossi.VTNG, N. Y., Nov. 24.— During the week ending Nov. is tke 
following scores were made at the rifle gallery of the Gssining Gun 
Club; distance 50ft.; Mm. 2s-ring target; 10 shot.s: Geo. N. Tomp- 
kins 226, 236, 229; Wm. Wheeler 224; C. G. Blandford 233, 231. 
2iq, 240, 233, 230, 238; A. S. Harvey 189; Amos Bedell 2vi 
232; V\m. iMsher 221; \V m. Coleman 222, 224, 224. 2w T Hv- 
land -.28, ^ig, 226; Geo. Edgers 187; J. A. Stevenson ^i^; C. H 
.Sidnian 228, 227; Dr. E. B. hherwood 235; W. H. Smith 208! 
Pistol scores, lo shots soft., same target: J. A. Stevenson 82, C. 
11. Sidman 142, E. F. Ball 213. 
:Matches: D. Brandreth 224 vs. C. G. Blandford 219. C G 
Blandford 232, vs. IX Brandreth 227. C. G. Blandford 231," y?'. 
. Brandreth 230. C. G. Blandford 239, vs. Wm. Coleman ^3,'. 
\\ m. Coleman 234, vs. C. G. Blandford 230. 
rhf scores for week ending Nov, '22 were as follows- C 
Palmer 171: Miss Frances Gibson 218; C. G. Blandford 234, 2^- 
1. \\ yams 236, 232; Wm. Coleman 229; Warren Thompson ^Td 
1. M. Sheldon 230; D Brandreth 235, 237; Dr. E. B. Sherwoo I 
227, 230, 232; J. 1. Washburn 231, 236; J. Hyland 232; A. K. 
Kriegsiium 206. 
.\ series of niatches between D. Brandreth and C. G. Blandford 
ri suited in a victory for the former. 
.,.,^*^V' following ;ire high in the re-entry cup match, closing 
thanksgiving Day: 
Members: 1). Brandreth 240, Amos Bedell 237, I. T. Washburn 
236. 
Non-membecs: Geo. N. Tompkins 239, C. II. Sidman 230; F 
Tompkins 236, J. Hyland 232. 
Ladies: Mrs. E. F. Ball 236, Miss Frances Gibson 222. 
Cadets: E. H. Sherwood 229, R. Stancliff 218, A. E. Kriegsmann 
^o^- ^_ E. P. B. 
If yott waat yout ihoot to be anaouoccd here leid a 
aoHce like the followtngi 
Fixtures. 
Nov. 27.— Ossining, N. Y.— Inter-county seven-man team shoot 
and 100 target event for cup emblematic of championship of West- 
chester county. 
Chicago, 111.— Garfield Gun Club's target shoot, every Saturday 
afternoon. Grounds, West Monroe street and Fifty-second avenue. 
Dr. J. W. Meek, Sec'y.' 
