FOREST AND ^ STREAM.^ 
tMARCH 12, 1934. 
the engine is new, as- it is more liable to cut than the 
bronze bearing. Once the surface of a cast iron bearing 
has by careful use become glazed — that is, highly pol- 
ished — it makes an almost indestructible bearing. We 
are sorry to note that a great many of the builders 
do not propoi'tion the bearings on several sizes_ of 
engines, and for this reason we often hear complaints 
that engines of a certain size and of a certain make 
always give trouble in these parts; the fault, of course, 
is apparent. 
Cranfc Shafts, Coanectiag Rods. 
Drop-forged crank shafts are now almost universally 
used by all the larger concerns. They make a very strong 
and cheap crank shaft, and, as the metal in being drop- 
forged is first bent to the shape of the crank shaft, it 
goes without saying that they must be necessarily much 
stronger than a crank cut out of the solid stock, part of 
which will be cross-grained. Connected to the crank 
shaft we have the connecting, or what is sometimes called 
the Pitman rod. In some engines this is made of iron 
or steel, but in the great majority the usual practice now 
is to make the whole rod of bronze, as this does away 
with the necessity of adding the usual bronze boxes for 
the crank shaft connection. While on this subject, we 
v/ould caution you against purchasing or building an en- 
gine that is what we call short connected ; the connecting 
rod should be not less than twice the length of the stroke 
—and, in fact, two and a quarter times the length is much 
better. A great many builders are making their connect- 
ing rods only one and a half times the length in order to 
bring the center of gravity of their engines as low as 
possible. 
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YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. 
Designiog Gsmpetitfon. 
We have reason to congratulate ourselves on the out- 
come of the third designing competition given under the 
auspices of Forest and Stream. Twenty-seven designs 
were received and thev have been turned over to the 
judge, Mr. Clinton H. Crane. Mr. Theodore C. Zerega 
will collaborate with Mr. Crane in judging the cabin 
plans. Owing to the large number of drawings submitted 
the task of passing on the drawings and awarding the 
prizes will be a difficult one, and will occupy considerable 
time. The judges' report will be published in Forest and 
Stream as soon as decisions are rendered. 
Royal Canadan Y. C. Fixtares, 
Royal Canadian Y. C. racing fixtures, season 1904: 
May 24, Tuesday.— Second class; i6ft., ballasted class; 
i6ft. skiff class; 12 and 14ft. dinghy class. _ 
June 4, Saturday.— Cruising race. Fleet m two divis- 
ions: First division, 35ft. and over; second, all under 
35ft. 
June II, Saturday.— Fleet maneuvers; i6ft. skiff class; 
12 and 14ft. dinghy class. 
June 18, Saturdav.— First class cruising race. 
. June 25, Saturday.— Second class; i6ft. ballasted class. 
July I. Friday. — Queen's Cup. 
■ July 2, Saturday. — Handicap cruising race, entire fleet. 
July 9, Saturday.— i6ft. skiff class; 12 and 14ft. dinghy 
class. 
July 16 and 23, Saturday.— L. Y. R. A. _ 
July 30 to August I, Saturday to Monday.— Cruising 
race. Fleet in two divisions: i6ft. skiff class; 12 and 
14ft. dinghy class. - , . 1 
August 6, Saturday.— Second class; i6ft. ballasted 
clS-SS 
August 13, Saturday.— First class cruising race. 
August 20, Saturday.— i6ft. skiff class; 12 and 14ft. 
dinghy class. ., ■ , n 
August 27, Saturday.— First class (15 mile triangle). 
September 3 to 5, Saturday and Monday.— Handi- 
cap cruising race, entire fleet. 
■ September 10, Saturday.— 'Prince of Wales" cup race, 
all classes. 
September 17, Saturday.— i6ft. skiff class; 12 and 14ft. 
dinghy class. 
September 24, Saturday.— Handicap cruising race, en- 
tire fleet. , ' ^ , 
N. B.— First class comprises yachts of 35it. and over; 
second class comprises yachts of 30ft., 25ft., and 20ft. 
Rhode Island Y. C. 
The annual meeting of the Rhode Island Y. C was 
held in Providence, on the evening of Feb. 28. Vice- 
Commodore Church presided until the election of of- 
ficers, after which Dr. F. T. Rogers assumed the duties 
of commodore. The following officers were elected: 
Com., Dr. F. T. Rogers; Vice-Com., Dr. William P. 
Church; Rear-Com., W. O. Todd; Sec'y and Treas., 
George E. Darling; Measurers, Scott C. Burlmgame, 
H A. Capron; Directors-at-large, Frank P. Eddy, 
Arthur E. Austin, John M. Richmond; Race Com- 
mittee, Frederic S. Nock, Bradbury L. Barnes, Dr. H. 
B Potter, William F. Boone, Charles H. Mathewson; 
Committee on Admission, E. L. Fuller, E. M. Clark, 
Gustavus Taylor, H. A. Munroe, N. B. Horton, H. B. 
Wright, G. R. Alexander, Percy A. Harden, A. T. 
Vigneron; House Committee, W. W. Bloomer, A. L. 
Young, H. B. Wright; Potter's Cove Committee, F. L. 
Davenport, George E. Darling, John Schleicher; Social 
Committee, Scott C. Burlingame, Fred A. Barnes, Chas. 
G Easton, Miles A. Carter, Percy A. Harden. Brad- 
bury L Barnes, Frederic S. Nock, and Scott C. Burlm- 
game were appointed delegates to the Narragansett 
Bay Y. R. A. 
Boat Building at City Island. 
At Robert Jacobs' yard. City Island, there are three 
power boats building, all from designs by Mr. Jacobs. 
The largest of the trio is for Mr. W. Gould Brokaw. She 
is 65ft. over all and 7ft. breadth. Her power will be fur- 
nished by a French automobile engine of 200 horse- 
power. 
The second boat is for Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt, and is 
40ft. over all, 35ft. waterline, and 6in. draft. She will be 
fitted with a 60 horse-power Mors motor, and it is ex- 
pected that she will develop a speed of about 20 miles. 
_ Mr. James E. Martin is the owner of the third boat. 
She is 40ft. over all, 35ft. waterline, and 6ft. breadth. A 
35 horse-power Smith & Mabley engine will drive her at 
about 18 miles. 
Mr. Jacobs has also closed contract with Messrs. Tams, 
Lemoine & Crane for a large cruising launch, which boat 
will be driven by a Smith & Mabley engine. She is 57ft. 
over all and 50ft. waterline. 
The schooner Amorita, Mr. Richard Mansfield, owner, 
is to receive a new deck, and she will also have a new 
suit of Ratsey & Lapthorne sails. 
The schooner Sea Fox, Mr. Anson Phelps Stokes, owner, 
has received extensive alterations. Her interior has been 
changed and refitted, and her centerboard has been cut 
down so that the top of the trunk is now flush with the 
cabin floor. The work on both of the latter boats was 
done at the Jacobs yard. 
At Frank Wood's yard, which has been greatly enlarged 
and improved by the addition of new machinery, several 
boats are building. The largest is a good sized steel 
steam yacht from Messrs. Gardiner & Cox's designs. The 
30ft. waterline cruising yawl from Messrs. A. Cary 
Smith & Ferris' designs is completed. Two speed launches 
are being built from designs by Messrs. Tams, Lemoine 
& Crane. 
Tragic End of Yachting Cruise. 
Australian advices bring details of a tragic conclusion 
to an attempt to cruise round the world in a two and a 
half ton yacht named the Kia Oro. In high spirits Mr. 
Horace Buckridge, who - saw active service in South 
Africa with Thoneycroft's Horse and the Imperial 
Mounted Infantry, and Mr. G. H. Sowden set out on their 
adventurous voyage from Gisborne,- in New Zealand. 
London was their first great objective, and until the sev- 
enth day of the voyage they were confident of reaching 
it. On that day their troubles began. First Mr. Sowden 
was struck on the head by the boom and had to give in, 
and a few hours later Mr. Buckridge, while taking in the 
sail and clearing away the gear, fell from aloft. It was 
not a great fall, but his injuries terminated fatally on the 
following night. For three days Mr. Sowden kept the 
body of his companion on board, but at the end of that 
time he had to consign it to the deep. To do so — Mr. 
Buckridge Aveighing 192 pounds — he had to rig up a 
tackle, and hoist him by that means over the side, attach- 
ing pieces of iron to the body to weigh it down. Mr. 
Sowden decided to return after that, but the weather was 
so bad that he almost gave up hope of ever reaching land. 
For eighteen days and nights he had no sleep, being con- 
tinually at the tiller, and lived on biscuits, all the fresh 
food having -gone bad owing to the stuffiness of the 
cabin. He ultimately reached Gisborne, more dead than 
alive. — Philadelphia Telegraph. 
New Smith & Ferris Steam Yacht. 
There is building at the yard of Messrs. J. M. Baylis 
& Son, Port Jefferson, L. I., a wooden steam yacht from 
designs by Messrs. A. Cary Smith & Ferris. The yacht 
is 87ft. 6in. over all, 78ft. waterline, 17ft. 4in. breadth, 
5ft. 10 in. draft, and least freeboard, 3ft. 6in. 
Efl King in Collision. 
Mr. A. E. Tower's steam, yacht, Erl King, put into 
Newport News., Va., on March i badly damaged, having 
been in collision with the steamship Orion during a thick 
fog. The yacht was on her way to Florida with her owner 
and several guests on board, but she will be repaired be- 
fore proceeding. 
Robert W. Rotherfurd Dead. 
Robert Walter Rutherfurd died suddenly at his home 
in New York city on March 3. He was a member of the 
New York Y. C. 
Steam Yacht Candida Sold. 
The following transfers have been made through Man- 
r.ing's Yacht Agency: The British-buih steam yacht 
Candida has been purchased by Mr. J. L. B. Mott, of 
New York city ; the schooner yacht Meteor has been sold 
to Mr, Edward Rogers ; the schooner yacht Triton has 
been sold, and will be used as a pilot boat at Apalachicola, 
Fla., and the 6oft. launch Sigma has been sold to a 
Philadelphia yachtsman. 
New Launch fir A. Sleln, 
There is building at the Greenwich yacht yard a 25ft. 
launch from designs made by Mr. Morgan Barney for 
Mr. Alexander Stein. She will be equipped with a 14 
horse-power Buffalo engine. 
Launch Pharamocd Sold. 
Mr Frank Bowne Jones has sold the large gasolene 
launch Pharamond for Mr. W. T. Rainey, N. Y. Y. C, to 
Mr. William H. Briggs, vice-commodore of the 
Rochester Y. C. 
Eicfaantress Purchased by an American. 
The following sales have been made through the 
ao-ency of Mr. A. J. Mcintosh: British-built steam yacht 
Enchantress, purchased by Mr. N. L. McCready; sloop 
Louise, Mr. James Corrigan to Mr. PI. W. Merrill; 
Launch Clara to Mr. H.' E. Bemis ; knockabout Wriggle, 
Mr G. Searing Wilson to Mr. F. F. Catlin ; sloop Outing, 
Mr. John Waterhouse to Mr. George W. Titcomb, and an 
electric launch to Mr. Charles G. Gates. 
The Bailey Bill. 
The Bailey bill provides for a channel between Jamaica 
Bay and Great South Bay, and appropriates $200,000 to 
carry out the work. Delegations from many of the larger 
towns on the south side of Long Island have already ap- 
peared before the different committees having the bill m 
charge urging its passage. In connection with the project 
Congressman Townsend Scudder has introduced a bill at 
Washington appropriating $150,000 for a like purpose. 
This has the indorsement of the War Department as pro- 
viding ways and means for transporting munitions and 
supplies. 
Colombia Y. C. 
The annual meeting of the Columbia Y. C. was held a 
short time ago at the club house, foot of -West Eighty- 
sixth street. New York city, and the following officers 
were elected : • Com., Charles A. Starbuck, steam yacht 
Carmen; Vice-Com., Charles G. Gates, steam yacht 
Charmary; Rear-Com., Whitney Lyon; Sec'y, George R. 
Branson; Treas., James Stewart; Meas., John H. Mcin- 
tosh; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. M. O. Arnold; Trustees, A. 
Kroger and J. V. B. Clarkson. The first match for the 
American Power Boat Association's challenge cup will be 
started off the Columbia Y. C. clubhouse. The match is 
scheduled for June 23, 24, and 25. 
Anglesea Yachtsmen Organize. 
The yachtsmen of Anglesea, N. J., have organized an 
association with the following officers: President, Captain 
John Taylor; Secretary, Harry H. Hoffman; Treasurer, 
Plarry McGinley. 
Another Entry for Harmsworth C«p. 
Mr. A. D. P. Smith, of Messrs. Smith & Mabley, is to 
have another entry in the race for the Lfarmsworth cup. 
The second* boat will be built at once, and probably from 
designs made by Mr. Clinton H. Crane. 
Yawl Veery Sold. 
Mr. W. P. Allen, St. Paul, Minn., has purchased, 
th rough the agency of Stanley M. Seaman, the yawl 
Veery from Mr. Geo. A. Suter. 
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Fixtures. 
June 12-20. — National Schuetzenbund Festival, . Union Hill, 
Schuetzen Park, N. J. 
The Annwal Indoor Rifle Townament-. 
The annual gallery rifle tournament, which was first started by the 
New York Sportsmen's Association some years ago, and which is 
now carried on by the Zettler Rifle Club, of New York, was begun 
at 159 West Twenty-third street on Feb. 27, and was continued 
daily (Sunday, Feb. 28, excepted), until Saturday night, March 5. 
The programme was much the same as that of last year, except 
that the donated prizes to the champion target were largely in- 
creased. 
Like the annual Election Day match, the annual gallery tourna- 
ment has become one of the rifle fixtures of the riflemen of New 
York. During the seven days of the gallery last week, there were 
riflemen entered in the champion match from five States, viz. : 
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsyl- 
vania. The men who were present and took part in this year's 
contest were the best and most expert marksmen that these 
States can produce, either in gallery shooting or on the outdoor 
range, 200yds. 
At the tournament of last year, L. P. Ittel, of Allegheny City, 
Pa., carried away the honors, as champion, with the score of 
2457, 100 shots. Ittel was again on hand last week looking for the 
honors, but the fates were against him, for when the tournament 
was closed, Ittel was only a good second. The honors went to 
Louis C. Buss, of Brooklyn. Buss is one of the younger group of 
riflemen in and about New York, who are coming to the front. 
While the winning score, 2456, is below the record of these tourna- 
ments, the averages of the men engaged in this year's contest were 
better. Of the forty entries in the champion match, twenty-six 
had an average of 240 or better. This speaks well for the indi- 
vidual as well as for his rifle and ammunition. The contest on 
the ring target and the bullseye targets was of the dog-eat-dog 
order. Three men finished tied for first place on the bullseye 
target, and there were also three ties for first place on the ring 
target. 
L. P. Ittel succeeded in carrying away the Zimmermann trophy 
after a sharp contest with L. C. Buss. 
Harry Fenwirth, of New York, won the Zettler trophy. 
The fine Stevens rifle' presented by the J. Stevens Arms &. 
Tool Co., was won by Mr. Ittel. 
The new champion, L. C. Buss, took the Peters Cartridge Co.'s 
gold trophy. 
The Zettler Rifle Club, under the leadership of its vice-president, 
tlenry D. Muller, after the close of the tournament, entertained the 
assembled marksmen to a lunch. 
The scores which are appended give a good illustration of the ., 
high quality of the shooting during the week: 
Champion match, 100 shots; possible 2500; 25-ring target; 75ft. 
distance; offhand: 
Tniiis C Buss Brooklyn, N. Y., Bal. -Remington— 
I.OU1S C. cuss, i.roo y ^^^^ 245-2456 
T mil's; V Ittel Allegheny City, Pa., Stevens-Pope — 
Louis i . xttei, g 3^^^ ^^g.g^^ 244 245 248 246 245-2455 
E Van Zandt, Bal.-Zettler-^ 
W A Tewes. Jersey City, N. J., Bal.-Winchester— 
\V A I ewes, jc y y,_^^^ ^j^. 248-2450 
r,iitp Middle Village, L. I., Stevens-Pope — 
K Uute, JNUQQie g , 2^,^ 1^^^ 245 244 249-2450 
Dr W G Hudson, New York City, New Remington, Schuetzen 
model— . 
248 246 244 248 243 242 243 242 245 245—2446 
Hnvrv M PoDC Springfield, Mass., Stevens-Pope — 
Hairy M. J- ope, c:.prin„ ^44 340 242 247 245 246-2445 
Theo R Geisel, Springfield,^ Mas., fiti^fi'fultim 244-2443 
Louis P Hansen, Jersey gty.^N. J-, ^Bal.Pope- 
n^n Srhlicht Guttenberg, N. J., Stevens-Pope — ■ 
Geo. bcnucnt, '-'""^""^'^'='245^ g^' 247 247 242 245 244 245 239 245-2436 
A J Huebner, Pittsburg, ^Pa.,^Stev^^^^^^^ 
M Dorrler, Jersey City, ^^^^^^l^^^^l^^ 239 247 247 245 240-2432 
E C Reed, Pittsburg, P-'m'^III 24r24T24l 237 243 242 247 243-2431 
