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seems to be a crucial point. She may happen to be fiveS 
minutes slower, and if not any faster, wiiy, Shamrock III. 
is but a doubtful improvement. I cannot help thinking 
that one could with a good deal of safety venture the 
opinion that besides Reliance, the following, Columbia, 
Constitution, and Shamrock 11. can beat Shamrock ill. 
It wouJd be an interesting spectacle to see a race between 
these five boats, and perhaps the Shamrock 1. thrown in, 
Canadian. 
Abou T. Liptoa. 
Abou T. Lipton (may his tribe increase!) _] 
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace. 
And saw an angel with a fountain pen ~ 
bcnbbling upon a sheet of foolscap. Then, 
Kegaming his composure, Tom sat up . 
And asked the angelic one to have a cup 
01 his best tea. 'Ihe angel shook his head. , I 
"I'm on the water wagon, now," he said. 
Abou T. Lipton waved his hand. "I see, ' ^' 
but, by the way, what writest thou?" said he. ... ^ 
'the heavenly vision answered, "Well, I write 
tl ere on this little sheet, in black and white, 
'1 he man whose boat will get the needed place, 
'ihe winner in the coming yachting race." 
'the gallant Lipton brightened up. "Pray tell," 
He queried, "does the name begin with L?" 
"I'm sorry," said his guest. "It is a shame. 
But as things stand, 1 cannot write your name." 
T. Lipton made reply, "Would I were It, 
But put me down as one who never quit!" 
The angel wrote and vanished. The next night. 
He called on Tom again, but not to write. 
^Said he, "1 have on this large handsome chart, 
(.A hne example of the engraver's art) 
'the names of some true sportsmen — just the best." 
And lo, T. Lipton's name led all the rest! 
— William F. Kirk in Milwaukee Sentinel. 
Buzzard's Bay One-Design Class. 
PRAXILLA: 
Owned by John Parkinson. Designed and built by the Herreshoflf Mfg. Co., 1902. 
Photo by N. L. Stebbins, 1902, 
Sippfcan Y. C. 
MARION, MASS., 
Wednesday, August 12. 
The second ladies' race for the Reed cup was given by 
the Sippican Y. C. at Marion, Mass., on Wednesday, 
August 12. Miss Reed won easily, with No. 46. This 
is the second race she has won, and she takes the cup. 
The summary: 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
No. 46, Miss Reed 1 24 00 1 21 37 
Eleanor, Miss Brewer 1 24 30 1 23 27 
Shrimp, Miss Richardson 1 23 39 1 23 39 
Ariana, Miss Austin 1 24 44 1 23 51 
Sanpan, Miss Lionberger , 125 21 124 18 
Elsa, Miss Knowlton.. 1 26 24 1 25 26 
Snag, Miss Kutter.. 1 27 29 1 26 26 
Columbia were well known, while those of Shamrock I. 
could only be guessed at. She has had some changes 
since she was on this side in 1899, and it is asserted that 
she is ten minutes faster than she used to be. How do 
those who so assert know that they are correct? That 
Rifle Shooting at Old Guard Fair. 
The following press matter has been received by us: 
During the month of September the Executive Fair Committee 
of the Old Guard fair, which will fill Madison Square Garden 
from the floor of its basement to the roof, throughout the week of 
Oct.. 5 to 10, has planned to have "open house" every evening at 
the Old Guard armory, Broadway and Forty-ninth street, where 
the General Committee and all the sub-committees that are getting 
busy building the fair, can rendezvous. During the month of 
August the stay-at-homes have been meeting every Monday even- 
ing and devising many features for the fair, which will add to 
its attractions and swell the profits to form the nucleus of their 
Armory Building Fund. 
The latest sub-committee appointed by Major S. Ellis Briggs, 
Chairman of the Executive Committee, and Commandant of the 
Old Guard, is the Rifle Range Committee. This important com- 
mittee will be headed by Col. Leslie C. Bruce, of the Old Guard, 
who, more than any other one man, made possible the sending 
of an American rifle team, of which he was the captain, to 
Bisley, England, and defeated the picked sharpshooters of all 
competing civilized nations, and placed Uncle Sam in secure 
possession, probably for a long time to come, of the Palma trophy. 
Among Colonel Bruce's able colleagues is Lieut. Thos. H. Keller, 
who plays a valuable part in the triennial successes of the national 
shooting festival, which in 1904 will be held at Union Hill, N. J. 
The Rifle Range Committee, besides Colonel Bruce and Lieut. 
Keller, is composed of Capt. George E. Libbey, Capt. T. W. 
Timpson, Lieut. Fred W. Seybel, Mr. Fred T. Alder, Mr. James 
McNevin, Lieut. C. H. Rockwell, Capt. James C. Summers, Lieut. 
James W. Miller and Lieut. Lee R. Townsend, secretary ,f the 
committee. . ^ , ~'^ ir~T^"' 
Stuyvesant Y, C. 
New York, Aug. 31, 1903. — The fourteenth annual 
regatta of the Stuj^vesant Y. C. will be held on Sunday, 
Sept. 20, over the club course. Port Morris to Gang- 
way Buoy, starting at 11 A. M. Entries should .be 
addressed to J. Kraus, chairman Regatta Committee, 
East I32d Street and Locust Avenue, City, 
Coffespondence. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Permit me space in your columns for a few remarks 
on the challenger and challenged, or should I more cor- 
rectly say "defender," the Shamrock III. and the Re- 
iance. I have been struck by the claims made on behalf 
of these two boats by their respective partisans, resulting 
n some curiosity on my part as to the strength of the 
■oundation therefor. Dealing first with the Reliance, 
does it not seem that her superiority is to be gauged 
)y the_ amount by which she is superior to the Constitu- 
tion? in which case, though no doubt the best defender 
yet produced, she is not so very much so. I do not think 
that her superiority to the Columbia in the latter's ap- 
parent present form is the true test. It seems to be 
altogether out of the question that in two years of idle- 
ness the Columbia should have so much deteriorated or 
the Constitution so much improved as to account for the 
Columbia's being so much behind the Constitution in the 
ate trial races ; and I venture to submit the theory that 
:he difference is to be found in the handling. It must be 
)orne in mind that Barr — who appears to be unexcelled, 
if indeed equalled, as a yachting skipper — is transferred 
from the Columbia to the Reliance. I would like to see 
match between the Columbia with Barr back at her 
wheel and the Constitution. If the result of such a match 
JUt Constitution still as much superior to the Columbia 
is the recent trial races seemed to place her, it would 
be fair then to conclude either that the Columbia has 
gone back, or that the Reliance is really a wonderful im- 
)rovement on any racing machine yet built. 
Taking up Shamrock III., it has seemed strange that 
Sir Thomas Lipton did not use Shamrock II., already on 
this sid^ as a trial boat Hei: capabilities against the 
MIMOSA. 
Owned by T. L. Park. Designed by B. B. Crowninshield. Btiilt by the Geo. Lawley & Son Corp, 
Fhoto by N. L. Stebbins, Boston. 
