owned by members of different clubs. Considerable in- 
terest is being manifested in the proposed match, and jt 
is possible that bj' the time the races are called there will 
be as many as six boats on each side. 
It has been suggested that the series be sailed in neutral 
waters for the first race, and Provincetown has been men- 
tioned as a possible meeting place. If this place were 
selected the Buzzard's Bay boats would have further^ to 
sail than the North Shore boats, and also in more trying 
waters. Provincetown appears to be the only place be- 
tween Marblehead and ' Buzzard's Bay, however, where 
these little boats could be reasonably tried. It may be 
possible that the first series will be sailed in the waiters 
of one of the contesting group, a return series to be 
sailed in the waters of the other contestants another 
season. 
During the winter a nautical school has been estab- 
lished at the Boston Young Men's Christian Association 
for the benefit of yachtsmen. The subject matter taken 
up is along the lines of the school established by Capt. 
Howard Patterson in New York. There are courses in 
naval architecture, alongshore and deep sea navigation, 
seamanship, and the study of gasolene engines. It is not 
a money-making affair, but is established for the benefit 
of those who wish to seek knowledge on the subjects. 
The instructors are men who stand very high in their 
professions, coming from the U. S. Navy and from the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The assessment 
levied is only sufficient to pay the instructors as nearly 
as possible, and the amount is very small. , _ 
The school has really been established for some time, 
but it was not until this winter that sufficient confidence 
was felt to take up all of the main branches of the 
science. The school has been of great benefit to those 
who have attended it in the past, and some nice work 
has been shown in designing and seamanship by some of 
the veriest amateurs. There is no doubt that it will prove 
of immense value to amateur yachtsmen of Boston and 
vicinity in coming years. 
The Regatta Committee of the Eastern Y. C. has 
issued, in pamphlet form, a complete record of races 
given by the club during the season of 1903, including the 
squadron runs on the annual cruise and the special race 
off Newport. By the . records it is shown that _ in the 
special open races givin for smaller classes during the 
season, the championship cups, offered by Commodore 
Laurence Minot have been won by Sally VII. in Class 
D, Medric, in class E, and Question in class I. 
These boats are 25-footers, 22-footers, and i8-footers 
respectively. 
l\Iuch interest is being shown in the new 30ft. class, 
but at present only three boats are in sight. For a brand 
new proposition even this number gives encouragement, 
and it is likely that the class will be a go. The designers 
are receiving queries all around, and it is expected that a 
few more orders will be forthcoming before long. 
Messrs. Murray & Tregurtha have an order for a 47ft. 
torpedo stern, cabin launch for Mr. George P. Prior, of 
Winthrop. The yacht is now under construction. She 
will be equipped with a 16 horse-power engine. They 
are also building a 22ft. launch, with a 3 horse-power 
engine for a Halifax yachtsman. 
John B. Killeen. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. 
There is building at the yard of the Greenport Basin 
and Construction Company, a 2Sft. waterline cruiser 
for Mr. Benjamin Atha, who spends his summers at 
Shelter Island. The boat was designed by Mr. Theo- 
dore Brigham. 
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A meeting of the South Coast Y. C. was held at 
Los Angeles, Cal., on the evening of Dec. 14, and the 
following officers were elected: Com., J. J. Jenkins; 
Vice-Com., Hays Rice; Rear-Com., Eugene Overton; 
Post Captain, George Rice, Jr.; Regatta Committee, 
E. F. Doran, Chairman; Blake Gregory and Edward 
Hyans; Board of Directors, J. J. Jenkins, Hays Rice, 
Eugene Overton, W. S. Morse and Victor Stewart. 
It is probable the club will accept the informal offer 
of the Salt Lake Railroad, which has tendered them 
the use of the old Catalina Club House on Terminal 
Island as temporary quarters for the club. 
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There is building at the yard of the Herreshoff 
Mfg. Co., at Bristol, a 43ft. speed launch for a New 
York yachtsman. The boat was designed by Mr. C. 
F. Herreshoff. She will haye oak frames and mahog- 
any planking, will be 43ft. long and 5ft. breadth. Two 
20 horse-power engines are expected to drive the boat 
at about 20 miles an hour. 
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■ The formation of a yacht racing association among 
the clubs on the south side of Long Island was agi- 
tated last summer and, while permanent organization 
Has hot yet been effected, the various chibs have mani- 
fested so much interest in the proposition that such 
organization will shortly be made. 
. South side yachtsmen are interested iti one-design 
class racing, and a committee representing the several 
clubs has adopted the plan of boat which will appeal 
to every yachtsman, and which will enable all to take 
part in a purposed annual regatta for a trophy. The 
several clubs have elected representatives to a commit- 
tee, which closely examined a number of plans and 
drawings of boats adapted to the uses in south side 
bays. The committee is composed of Vice-Com Frank 
K. Walsh, of the Keystone Y. C; Com., MHler, of 
Freeport; former Com. Charles Southard, of the 
Hempstead Bay Y. C, and William Titus, of Hemp- 
stead. 
The plan for a one-design class boat, decided upon 
by this committee, is a 25ft. catboat, having a breadth 
of 7ft. 8in., a draft of isin., with I2in. least freeboard, 
and the choice of the committee has been adopted by 
the various yacht clubs. 
It is purposed to build five of these boats before 
next season, one for each club on the south, side, and 
B. series of races will be held each season, with a re- 
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gatta tit the close to determine the champi9nship. _ It 
is thought that the one-design class will give an im- 
petus to yachting in these waters, and that in another 
year many more boats will be built. 
The Philadelphia Y. C. has made a change in the 
club burgee. • The new pennant is a pointed flag 
around the edge of which is a blue band. In the center 
of the burgee is a red keystone. The club's old pen- 
nant was exactly the same except for the blue border. 
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Mr. Cyrus Curtis, of Philadelphia, is to have a steel 
steam yacht built at Morris Heights, N. Y. Mr. 
Curtis formerly owned a small wood steam yacht 
named Philomena. Mr. Curtis' new yacht will be 115ft. 
over all, 95ft. waterline, i6ft. 6in. breadth and 7ft. 6in. 
draft. She is to be a flush deck vessel with a single 
funnel and two pole masts. There will be a large deck 
house forward, w^hich will be used as a dining saloon. 
In the after part of the -deck house will be the pantry, 
which will connect with the galley by dumb waiter. 
Aft of the machinery space are to be the owner's and 
guests' cabins and bath rooms. Forward of the engine 
room will be the galley, staterooms for the officers 
and the forecastle. The deckhouse, companionways, 
decK fittings and Owner's ana guests' rooms will be 
finished in mahogany. 
The yacht will be fitted with a Seabury triple expan- 
sion engine, with cylinders 8^in., I4in. and 23in. in 
diameter by I2in. stroke. Steam will be supplied by a 
Seabury water tube boiler. The speed of the yacht 
will be at least fourteen miles ^n hour. She will have 
a complete electric light equipment. The owner pro- 
poses to name the yacht Machigonne, after the original 
Indian name for Portland, Me., his birthplace. 
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The following regulations have been forwarded to 
us by the Club Nautique de Nice relating to King Edward 
Vll.'s Mediterranean cup : 
'Tn accordance with His Majesty's desires,- this 
trophy, to be called King Edward VII. 's Mediterran- 
ean Cup, is to constitute the prize of an international 
race from Gibraltar to Nice, which will take place un- 
der the following conditions: 
"i. All yachts, irrespective of nationality or rig, meas- 
uring at least forty tons, according to Thames meas- 
urement, will be admitted to participate in the race. 
"2. The course will be divided into three heats: (i) 
Gibraltar-Palma (Majorca Island); (2) Palma-Mar- 
seilles; (3) Marseilles-Nice. 
"3. The start will take place at Gibraltar on Monday, 
Feb. 8, 1904. Full instructions concerning the de- 
parture from Gibraltar, the arrival and departure from 
Palma and Marseilles and the arrival at Nice will be 
issued to yachts participating in this race. 
"4. The final classification will be decided by the com- 
putation of the relative duration of each heat. 
"5. The prizes are as follows: First prize, a challenge 
cup presented by His Majesty the King, and called 
King Edward VII. 's Mediterranean Cup, with 2,soof. 
in specie added by the Club Nautique de Nice; second 
prize, a Sevres vase, offered by the President of the 
French Republic, and i,25of. added by La Societe 
Nautique de Marseilles; third prize, 750f., offered by 
the Club Nautique de Nice; fourth prize, 50of., offered 
by the Club Nautique de Nice. 
"6. Entries for the race will be received by the secre- 
tary of the Club Nautique de Nice, 93, Quai du Midi, 
up to Dec. 31, 1903, either by letter or telegram. Such 
entries, however, will not be accepted unless accom- 
panied by the entrance fee of 2Sof., said sum to be re- 
turned in case the race does not take place. 
"7. The race, by speqial agreement, will not take place 
unless there are at least five competitors at the start. 
''Mr. Andrew Thomson has kindly consented to act 
as handicapper." 
Mr. A. D. Proctor Smith, owner of the speed launch 
Vingt-et-Un, has accepted the challenge made by Mr. 
C. H. Tangeman for a motor boat race. Mr. Tange- 
man is of the firm of Hollander & Tangeman, the 
American agents of the Fiat automobile, which is 
manufactured in Turin, Italy. Mr. Tangeman has 
ordered the Electric Launch Co., of Bayonne, N. J., 
to build a hull for him, and one of his own motors 
will be installed in it. 
The performances of Mr. Smith's remarkable little 
boat vingt-et-Un, have been recorded in these columns. 
The match will be held under the auspices of the 
American Power Boat Association at a date between 
March 15 and May 15, 1904.. The race is for $500 a 
side, and it is probable that the money will go toward 
purchasing a cup that will be a perpetual challenge 
trophy. 
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Favorable editorial comment was made in a recent 
number of our British contemporary, the Yachtsman, 
in regard to an employment bureau, which has been 
established at Southampton, England, for the purpose 
of supplying owners of both power and sail yachts 
with capable and reliable men to fill all positions on 
these vessels. The editor said in part: 
"It seems to us that a great future is in store for this 
firm, for in the absence of any competition at the 
start, it has the chance of securing the hearty co- 
operation of owners, and can afford to pick the best 
men and discard any of inferior clay. So long as such 
a policy is continued the bureau must be of great ad- 
vantage to employers and men alike. At present, we 
know it to be a fact that a large number of men of the 
best sort in various parts of the country would gladly 
take up yacht service, but that they do not know how 
to set about it." 
A very similar bureau has been established in New 
York City, and as it is to be conducted on sound lines 
and by one who has had considerable experience in this 
work, the idea ought to commend itself to owners, and 
they should in the future be free from the annoyance 
of securing capable hands. The bureau ought to be the 
means of giving employment to reliable sailors, and there 
•ire many to be had. Owners have never known just 
where to look for them, and in many cases the crews are 
it 
picked up by the officers at the ship yards and along the 
waier front. 
The American yacht "intelligence bureau, which we 
refer to, is to be conducted by Mr. Hefman Irving 
Locwy, who has been with Messrs. Tarns, Lemoine & 
Crane for eight years, and during that time looked 
after that firm's employment department. The refer- 
ences of all men furnished will be carefully and rigidly 
investigated, and as only steady and reliable men will 
be furnished, these will be of such a character as to 
obviate the unpleasant necessity of constant changes. 
The charges made for furnishing heads of departments 
and assistants are moderate, and owners will gladly 
pay these fees in order to get trustworthy men, who 
are qualified to do the work. 
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Mr. W. Starling Burgess, senior member of the Boston 
firm of Messrs. Burgess & Packard, has opened an office 
in London at 20 Endsleigh street, Gordon Square. Mr. 
Burgess is to make a specialty of designing racing yachts 
for the British Y. R. A. classes. 
Designing Competition. 
$225 In Prices. 
Two designing competitions have been given in 
Forest and Stream. The first was for a 25ft. water- 
line cruiser; the second was for a 15ft. one-design class. 
Both competitions were very successful. The great in- 
terest taken in those competitions has prompted us to 
give a third one, open to amateurs and professionals. 
The prizes which will be given are as follows: 
First prize — $100. 
Second prize — ^$60. 
Third prize — ^$40. 
Fourth prize — ^$25, offered by Mr. Theodore Zerega 
for the best interior plan. 
The designs are for a yacht conforming to the fol- 
lowing conditions: 
I. Centerboard cruiser, 40ft. I. w. 1. 
II. Boat must not draw over 6ft with centerboard up. 
III. The lowest freeboard to covering board must 
be 3ft. 
Ihe design must be modern in every particular, with- 
out containing any extreme or abnormal features. The 
conditions have been made as simple as possible, that 
competitors might have all latitude and scope in work- 
ing out their ideas. We wish to produce an able and 
comfortable cruising boat, one that shall have ample 
accommodation for two or three men living aboard for 
a period of several months, and one that can be easily 
managed at all times by two or three paid hands. The 
draft is restricted to 6ft. in order that the boat may 
have access to nearly all the desirable harbors, and 
may, thereby, widely increase her cruising field. 
Drawings Required, 
I. Sheer plan, scale ^in.=ift. — showing center of 
buoyancy, center of lateral resistance and center of 
effort of both rigs. 
II. Half breadth, scale ^in.=:ift. 
III. Body plan, scale ^in.=ift. 
IV. Cabin plan, inboard profile and at least one 
cross section, scale %.in.=ift. 
V. Two sail plans, scale l4'm-='^^i-'j one as a yawl; 
one as a pole mast sloop. 
In the case of the yawl rig the position and height 
pf the mast and length of gaff are to be the same as 
in the cutter rig. Plans must show working topsai. and 
size of light sails. 
VI. All ballast outside on keel except amount neces- 
sary for triinming. 
An outline specification must accompany each de- 
sign. The drawings should be carefully made and let- 
tered. All drawings should be on white paper or 
tracing cloth in black ink. No colored inks or pig- 
ments should be used. The designs must bear a nom- 
de-plume only, and no indication must be given of the 
author. In a sealed envelope, however, the designer 
must inclose his own name and address, together with 
his nom-de-plume. All designs must be received at the 
office of the Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 
346 Broadway, New York City, not later- than March 
I. 1904. All drawings will be returned, but postage 
should accompany each. 
The Forest and Stream reserves the right to pub- 
lish any or all of the designs. 
Mr._ Clinton H. Crane, of the firm of Messrs. Tarns, 
Lemoine & Crane, who passed upon the designs sub- 
mitted for the 2Sft. whh great carfe, has again con- 
sented to judge the designs and make the awards. 
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Hudson Rifle CLb. 
New York.— The Hudson Rifle Club, oi Jersey City, N. J., 
at its annual meeting a few days since elected the following board 
of officers: W. A. Barker, President; \Vm. Gannon, Captain; H. 
J. McCartney, Lieutenant; J. Thompson, Secretary; Wm. O'Keefe, 
Treasurer. Captam Gannon is a lieutenant in Company C, Fourth 
Regiment, N. J. N. G. ; he is a first-class shot and an enthusiastic 
rifleman. 
The Hudson club has of late been in a condition of innocuous 
desuetude, but under the leadership of Capt. Gannon the club 
will probably take a new lease of activity in rifle shooting. It 
has the best club house in the State, and its gallery ranges are 
first class and up-to-date. 
Cincinnati Rifle Association. 
Cincinnati, O.— On Dec. 20 the following scores were shot at 
200yds., oflhand, 25-ring target. Nestler led with 221: 
Honor. 
Nestler ...............................221 218 21? 215 206 65 
Gindele ............................. .220 212 207 207 207 61 
Hasenzahl ...........................218 218 212 209 206 64 
Payne ............................... .215 215 214 213 213 63 
Hofman' ..............................209 206 199 195 186 ,58 
Bruns ................................203 197 196 194 191 57 
Freitag ...............................202 200 189 1S7 180 54 
Lux ..................................200 200 198 195 195 62 
Hofer ................................ 200 196 191 189 18? U 
