Affitt 30, 1904.J 
FOREST AMfi ifftSAM, 
day and night signals showing her number for identifi- 
cation. Yachts to be requested to show their numbers 
if they pass near enough to Highland Light to be maide 
out. . . - 
Measurements and Rules. — All yachts to be rated ac- 
cording to rules of measurement of the Eastern and New 
Yprk Yacht clubs, and allowances to be, figured from the 
rating according to the table of allowances of the Eastern 
Y. C. No restrictions on sails or crew, except that, club 
tQpsails would not be allowed. The race to be sailed 
under the racing rules of the Eastern Y. C, except as 
they may be modified especially for this race, such modi- 
fications to be noted in printed instructions. 
,: It is believed that this race would be a test of seaman- 
ship and the weatherly qualities of yachts rather than of 
speed, and it is hoped that many men who do not care for 
ordinary racing, but who own stanch, able cruising yachts, 
will take an interest in the race, and those, owning such 
yachts are urged to enter their yachts for the race. 
> In order to make arrangements for the race, the com- 
mittee must have a definite knowledge . of the probable 
number of starters; therefore all owners interested are 
requested to send in their names, as soon as possible, even 
if they, are not sure at the present time that they could 
start. 
Privileges. — Privileges of the floats and club house of 
the Eastern Y. C. at Marblehead would be extended to 
captains and guests of yachts participating in the race. 
. . The annual regatta of the Eastern Y. C. wiU be held 
of? Marblehead, Friday, July JS, and the .club squadron 
will start on its annual cruise from Marblehead to Bar 
Harbor on Saturday, July 16. All yachts sailing in the 
ocean race will be invited to enter the annual regatta, and 
also to join the squadron on the cruise and compete for 
the prizes in the runs from port to port, , \ 
For further information apply to Henry A. Morss, 110 
Slate street, Boston, Mass., secretai-y special ' ocean race 
committee. W Henry Howard,; .Ch^iJrman, 
George At-kinson, Jr.> 
■ ' --' . - ' s. W. Sleeper, 
Louis M. Clark, Secretary, 
. ' V ' ' H'egatta Committee. 
' F^or advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. 
Southern Elects Officers.— The Southern, Y. C, of 
New Orleans, held its fifty-fifth annual -meeting a short 
time ago and the following^ officers were elected: 
Com., Albert Baldwin; Vice-Com., A. ^ M. ^ Cpoke ; Rear- 
Com., L. K. -Nicholson ; Treas., J. J. Hooper-;- Sec.,. L. D. 
Sampsell ; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. R. L- Riley ; Megisurer, 
Holmes Harrison; Governing Committee: A. H. Clem- 
ent. P. F. Donnes, Jr., T. D. Miller, S. F. Heaslip, D. H. 
Holmes. ■ ' 
Com. Morton F. Plant Sells Stoap - Nellie.— Mr. 
Heni-y F. Parmelee, New Haven, Conn., has purchased 
the sloop yacht Nellie from. Com. .Morton F. Plant, 
through Mr. Stanley M. Seaman. She was designed by 
G. Herreshoff and built in 1903 by; Herreshoff Mfg. 
Co. She is 52ft. over all, 36ft.' watefline, i3ft.' beam, 7ft. 
6in. draft. The same agency has also sold. the cruising 
catboat Jolly Roger to Dr. Mary H. Cotton, this city, for 
Mr. J. Wheeler Mallaby, Port Chester, N. Y. • 
New Rochelle Y. 'C. Fixtures.— The regatta commit- 
tee of the New Rochelle Y. C. has arranged for the fol- 
lowing races: May 28, sp ring. regatta ; June 18, power 
beat race; July 2, annual regatta; July 30, club race; 
Aug. 6, ladies' race; Aug. 27, club race; Sept. 3, "4 and 5, 
dub cruise, and Sept. 10, club race. 
Unqua Corinthian Y. C. — At a recent meeting of the 
Unqua Corinthian Y. C. the following' officers were 
elected : Com., Delancey T. Smith ; 'Vice'-Com.,' Francis 
Williams; Treas., Marshall Woodman; Sec, George F. 
Booth. Regatta, R. Bleecker, Charles F. Hart, R. J. Ire- 
land. Entertainment, W. A. Critter, E. S.' Wingate and 
William Tuervy. House Committee, Edward Bleecker, 
William Bleecker, F. B. Dalzell, E. P. Foster and J. H. 
Ruwe. 
The opening regatta will be held on May .30. 
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■ "Laurita Chartered.— -The stearti yacht Laurita, owned 
by Mr. George J. Smith,, has been .chaftere'd "through the 
agency of Mr. Frank Bowne Jones, of this city, to Com. 
George G. Tyson, Riverside Y,.C 
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Yachts at St. Louis. The officials in" charge of the 
exposition at St. Louis have arratlged' "matters so that 
yachts, launches and houseboats liaVe been grarrted free 
wharfage space along the river fronf ait St: Louis during 
the World's Fair. The concession lasts' during the seven 
months of the exposition. The circula'r'"rea'ds *in -part as 
follows : 
"Yachts and steam launches— Yachts, Steam' launches 
and all boats propelled by their owfl' pOwer ' will be as- 
signed wharf space between Chouteau avenue on the 
south ' and Biddle street on the ilOrth. ' NcJ' charge will 
be made for wharfage. ' - - -~ , - 
'"Houseboats — Houseboats will be assigned' '#harf space 
north of Biddle street, and also south of Chouteau avenue. 
>Jo charge will be made for wharfage.' 
"Application for wharf space— ^Application for • wharf 
space should be made ta Joseph P.- Whyte,- ha-rbor -and 
wharf commissioner. City Hall, St. Louis. 
"Telephone service — Free telephone service , will be 
furnished to visitors at the harbor, office, foot o-f Market 
street.",,. , , . ; ' 
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Scat Sinks at San REMo.--^The Seawanhaka one de- 
sign 15-footer Scat, owned by. CoL.Fraacis^L. "teland, 
was capsized at San Remo, Italy, in -a- squall- -and sunk. 
Those on board were rescued by a boat' "from 'the ' Italian 
battle-ship Lepanto. , , , , ' - 
Com. Lyon Buys the SxELLARTT^The steairi yadit Stel- 
lar, formerly owned by Mr. Truman Beckwith, of Provi= 
dehce, R. 1., has been sold, through the agency of Henry 
L GielOw, to Rear-Com. Whitney Lyon, of the Colum- 
bia Y. C. . 
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Hartford Y. C.'s Ocean Race.— At a meeting of the 
Hartford Y. C, held at Hartford, Conn , on April 13, it 
v.-as voted to have an ocean race open to :^achts enrolled 
in the clubs of the Yacht Racing Association of Long 
Island Sound. There will be clasSeS for boats of 36 feet 
and less in length ovfef all and for boats of from 36 to 
50 feet over all. 
The competing yachts will sail in cruising trini. The 
course will be from the Fenwi(?k Station of the club at 
the mouth of the Connecticut River around Block Islatid 
and return. The date and Conditions will be announced 
later. Substantial prizes will be awarded to the winners. 
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Racing Schedule of the Y. R. A. of Gravesend Bay. — 
A meeting of the Yacht Racing Ass'n of Gravesend 
Bay was held in Brooklyn on the evening of April 23, and 
the following dates for special events were decided upon : 
June 4^ — New York C. C. ; spring annual. 
June 14 — Atlantic Y. C. ; annual. 
June 18 — Marine and Field Club ; annual. 
June 25 — Brooklyn Y. C. ; first championship. 
July 9 — Bensonhurst Y. C. ; annual club races. 
July 16— Bensonhurst Y. C. ; second championship. 
July 30— Marine and Field Club ; third championship. 
Aug. 13 — Brooklyn Y. C. ; club regatta. 
Aug. 20— Atlantic Y. C. ; fourth championship. 
Aug. 27 — New York C. C. ; fall regatta. 
Sept. 5 — Atlantic Y. C. ; club regatta. 
Sept. 10 — Bensonhurst Y. C. ; open handicap. 
Sept. 17 — New York C. C. ; fifth championship. 
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Steam Yacht Roxana Reaches New York. — Mr. John 
W. Gates' steam yacht Roxana reached New York on 
April 10 from Chicago. She made the trip via the Mis- 
sissippi River route. Roxana was built in the West last 
year. 
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West End Y. C— The West End Y. C. elected the fol- 
lowing officers on April 13, and the installation will 
be held at the club house on April 27, at 9 P. M. 
Com., John Fleming ; Vice-Com., Fred Gegges ; Fin. 
Sec., John Meyers; Cor. Sec, Wm. Ridley; Treas., 
Andrew Marshall; Steward, Adam Marshall; Meas., L. 
Ridley; Fleet Capt, Howard Lawson; Fleet Surgeon, 
David Garrick ; Trustees, Philip Grauer, John Dalton, H. 
Grueling, John Homam. 
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British Yacht Sybarita Purchased by W. Gould 
Brokaw. — Mr. W. Gould Brokaw, N. Y. Y. C, has pur- 
chased the famous English yawl, Sybarita, from Mr. M. 
B. Kennedy. Sybarita was designed by G. L. Watson 
and^uilt by D. & W. Henderson, Glasgow, in 1900. Mr. 
Brokaw will race Sybarita in the British and German 
regattas this season. 
No notice taken of anonymous commnnloatlona. 
Subscriber, Reading Terminal, Piiiladelphia. — Will you inform 
me whether what is called a king rail is the same species as the 
bird called a mud hen; if not, will you kindly describe each, 
male and female, pointing out the differences? The question from 
the commoner standpoint is that the king rail is the same , as the 
mud hen. Ans. The question is one difficult to answer. In 
difi^rent parts of the covintry these two English names may be 
applied to two very diti'erent birds. "King rail," as the term is 
usually understood in books and by ornithologists, is a large 
long-billed bird belonging to the genus Kalhts. It is brown above, 
striped with brownish black, changing to reddish brown on the 
sides, with the brownish or dvisky flanks barred with white. Its 
length is from 17 to 19 inches, and the bill measures from 2Vs to 
2% inches. It is usually found in fresh-water marshes. What is 
comnionly called "mud hen" belongs to the genus Fulica, the 
coots. It is uniformly slaty or plumbeous in color, the head and 
neck darker, , nearly black ; the bill whitish with a frontal shield, 
which is dark brown in summer, running from the bill on to 
the forehead. If may be known as by having the toes lobed; that 
is to say, with flaps of scaly skin on either side the toe, which 
form a partial webbing. This is the bird commonly called"mud hen. 
It has many other names, as sea crow, crow-billed duck, flusterer, 
blue-peter, and so on. It may be known always by the toes and 
the frontal shield. We have heard the Florida gallinule called 
■ king rail, and mud hen is a term that is often applied to rail 
of various species. Compare Trumbull "Names and Portrait's of 
Birds whiich Interest Gunners." 
li yoa waat youf sboot to be aanouaced hete send a 
aotice like, the folio wlojgt 
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'. Fbsitiites* 
April 26-29.— Kansas City.— Spring target tournament at Blue River 
Park. R. S. Elliott, Mgr. 
April 27-28.— Americus, Ga. — The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Americus Gun Club. H. S. 
.' McCieskyV Sec'y. . - . 
April' 30.-^Princeton, N. J.— Team shoot: Princeton University vs. 
■ ,. Crescent Athletic Club, of New York. 
.May 3:4.— Wabash, Ind., Gun Club tournament. Austin Flynn, 
Sec'y- 
♦May 3-4— Derry, Pa., Rod and Gun Club. 
May 3-5.— 'Junction City,, Kans. — Kansas State Sportsmen's Asso- 
ciation annual tournament. E. L. Wetzig, Sec'y. 
Ikiay^T-S.— Rochester, N. Y., Rod and Gun Club spring tournament. 
May 4-5. — Nashville, Tenn. — The Interstate Association's tourna- 
, ment, .under the auspices of the Cumberland Park Driving 
^ , JJlutj. , .Charles Eastman, Sec'y. 
May Y.-^New Haven, Cbnn.^ — Intercollegiate shoot. 
May 11-12.— Springfield, O., Gun Club's target totirnamcnt., Geo. 
I... Morgan, Sec'y. 
^I^ay ll,-j3.-;^^Spirit Lake, la. — Iowa State Sportsmen's Association 
' toiirharrienf. J. Burmister,' Sec'y. ' ■ 
May 12-13. — Wilmington, Del.— Wawaset Gun Club annual spring 
V tournament. . W. W. Foord, Sec'y. 
May. 16:18.— Sotithern Trapshooters' Association's thirteenth tourna- 
ment at targets, under aiuspices of Vicksburg, Miss., Gun Club; 
••■$600 added.- J.J. Bradfield, Sec'y. 
i May. '16-21,— York, Pa.— -Tournament of, Pennsylvania State Sports- 
men's Association', under auspices of York' City Gun Club. 
N. M. McSherry, Sec'y. 
May 17-18.^Dubuque, lay Gun Club's fifth annual amateur target 
... -tournameot. i>. F. Heeb, Cor. Sec'y. 
May 17-19.— Davenport, la.—Cumberlafta Guti Club'a annual 
amateur tournament. VV. F. Kfoy, Sec'y. 
May 18.— Boston, Mass, Gun Cliib aflflual teain target shoot. H, 
Kirkwood, Sec'y, 23 Elm street, Boston. 
May 18-19.— Auburn, N. Y., Gun Club tourflament. Jos. H, 
Knapp, Mgr. 
May 18-20.— Columbus, Neb.— Nebraska State Sportsmen's Associa- 
tion's twenty-seventh annual tournament. G. A. Schrbeder, 
Sec'y. 
May 19-20.— Oklahoma City.— Territorial Sportsmen's Association 
fifth annual tournament; $300 added money. J. C. Clark, Sec'y, 
May 19-31.. — Minneapolis, Minn., Gun Club handicap target tourna 
ment. Fred E. McKay, Sec'y and iNIgr. 
May 20. — Charlotte, N. C, Gun Club tournament. 
May 21. — Princeton, N. J. — Princeton University vs. University of 
Pennsylvania. 
May 23-25. — Houston, Tex.— Texas State Sportsmen's Association 
tournament. 
May 24-25.— Marshalltown, la., Gun Qub two-day target tourna- 
ment. 
May 24-25.— Olean, N. Y., Gun Club two-day tournament. B. D. 
Nobles, Sec'y. 
May 24-25.— Natchitoches, La., Gun Club tournament. 
May 24-25. — Mt. Sterling, Ky. — Kentucky Trapshooters' League 
toutriament. Frank PragofT, Sec'y, Louisville, Ky. 
*May 26-26.— Brownsville, Pa., Rod and Gun Club. 
May 25-26. — Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club Spring shoot. S. C. Yocum, 
Sec'y. 
May 28-30. — Butte, Mont. — Montana State Sportsmen's Associatioa 
eleventh annual tournament at targets; $500 added. C. 
Smith, Sec'y. 
May 30. — Utica, N. Y. — Riverside Gun Club all-day target tourna- 
ment; free merchandise prizes. E. J. Loughlin, Sec'y. 
May 30. — Newport, R. I. — Aquidneck Gun Club's third annual 
tournament. J. S. Coggeshall, Secretary, Box 9, Newport, R. I. 
May 30.— Albany, N. Y.— West End Gun Club tournament. H. H, 
Valentine. Sec'y 
May 30. — Detroit, Mich. — Winchester Gun Club fourth annual 
Decoration Day tournament. T. M. Brodie, Sec'y. 
May 30-31. — Norristown, Pa. — Penn Gun Club holiday shoot. A. 
B. Parker, Sec'y. 
May 30. — McKeesport, Pa^- Spring tournament of the Enterprise 
Gun Club. Geo. W. Mains, Sec'y. 
May 30. — Ossining, N. Y., Gun Club Decoration Day target shoot. 
C. G. Blandford, Capt. 
May 31. — Dayton, O — Rohrer Island Gun Club spring target tour- 
nament. W. E. Kette, Sec'y. 
June 1-3.— Watertown, S. D. — South Dakota State Sportsmen's 
Association tournament. F. J. Cory, Sec'y. 
*June 7-8. — Ligonier, Pa., Rod and Gun Club. 
June 7-9.— Sioux City, la. — Soo Gun Club's tenth annual arnateur 
toiu-nament; added money. W. F. Duncan, Sec'y. 
June 8-10.— Huntington, VV. Va.— West Virginia State Shoot. F. 
H. Merrick, Sec'y. 
June 9. — Westchester, Pa., Gun Club target shoot. F. H. Eachus, 
Sec'y. 
June 13. — Middleton, Wis., Gun Club tournament. Frank L. 
Pierstori?, Mgr. 
June 14-15.— Wilkes Barre, Pa.— Hanover Park Shooting Associa- 
tion target tournament. E. L. Klipple, Sec'y. 
June 14-16.— Akron, O.— Ohio Trapshooters' League target tourna- 
ment. G. E. Wagoner, Sec'y. 
June 14-16.— New London, la.. Gun Club midsummer tournament. 
Dr. C. E. Cook, Sec'y. 
June 14-17.— Warm Springs, Ga.— Target and live-bird tournament. 
Chas. L. Davis, Mgr. 
June 15-16.— Battle Creek, Mich.— Tournament of the Michigan 
State Trapshooters' League. L. K. Forscythe, Sec'y. 
♦June 15-16.— Millvale, Pa., Rod and Gun Club. 
June 15-17.— Lincoln, 111.— Illinois State Sportsmen's Association 
tournament. James Davis, Sec'y. 
June 21-24.— Indianapolis, Ind.— The Interstate Association's fifth 
Grand American Handicap at targets. One thousand dollars 
added to the purses. Elmer E. Shaner, Secretary-Manager, 
219 Coltart Square, Pittsburg, Pa. 
June 27-July 2.— French Lick Springs, Ind.— Tournament of the 
National Gun Club. $500 added money. John M. Lilly, Pres., 
Indianapolis. 
July 4.— Brunswick, Me., Gun Club all-day target tournament. G. 
M. Wheeler, Sec'y. 
July 4.— Richmond, Va.— East End Gun Club annual merchan- 
dise shoot. J. A. Anderson, Sec'y. 
July 4-6.— Winona, Minn.— The Interstate Association's tournament, 
under the auspices of the Winona Sportsmen's Club. Oswald 
Leicht, Sec'y. 
•July 6-7.— Kane, Pa., Rod and Gun Club. 
July 8-9.— Wausau, Wis.— Wisconsin League of Gun Clubs' State 
tournament. H. G. McCrossen, Sec'y. 
July 12-14.— St. Paul, Minn., Rod and Gun Club amateur han«- 
cap tournament. J. L. D. Morrison, Sec'y-Mgr. 
♦July 13-14.— Scottdale, Pa., Rod arid Gun Club. 
July 19-20.— Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club midsummer shoot. S. C. 
Yocum, Sec y. 
l^]^ O., Gun Club- annual handicap. 
July 27-28.-Grand Forks, N. D.-The Interstate Association's 
^?r"^??™l?*' auspices of the Grand Forks Gun Club. 
W. M. Ferguson, Sec y. 
Aug. 9-12.— West Baden, Ind.— Indian tournament: $1,080 added 
money. 
Aug. 10-12.— Brantford, Ont.— Dominion of Canada Trapshooting 
tT^J?^ Protective Association's fourth annual tournament. 
A. B. Cutcliffe, Sec y. 
oM^-"~^"%^°' Y.-New York State shoot. 
Aug. 24-25.-Hot Springs, S. D.— The Interstate Assosiation's tour- 
nament under the auspices of the Hot Springs Gun Club. H 
A. Gayhart, Sec y. 
♦Aug. 25-26.-Tarentum Pa., Rod and Gun Club. 
^^^■■7^P;^"^T^'''4'- Mass.--FaU tournament on Labor Day; $25 
added. C. L. Kites, Secy. 
GrubbT Sel'y:&i%rl!''''''°'"'"' tournaments. C 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for 
publication in these columns, also any news notes they 
may care to have, published. Mml all such matter to 
Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broadway, 
New York. Forest and Stream goes to press on Tues- 
day OF EACH WEEK. 
The next shoot of the Brunswick, Me., Gun Club, on the 
afternoon of May 19, at the Merry Meeting grounds. 
IS 
June 9 has been fixed upon by the Westchester, Pa., Gun Club 
as a date for a target tournament. Mr. F. H. Eae^ms is the se* 
retary. 
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Schenectady collogated Poughkeepsie and Ossining. In the re- 
cent team matches at Poughkeepsie, April 23, Schenectady defeated 
the Poughkeepsie team by 35 and the Ossining team by 47 points. 
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There was a large attendance at the shoot of the Trenton, N. J,, 
Shooting Association. About forty shooters participated. Mr. 
"Jenks" Taylor was high man in the averages, with tl^ excellent 
total of 157 out of 165. Mr. Lew Emann was second wifti 155. 
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At the shoot held by the South Side Gun Club, of Newark, 
N. J., on Saturday of last week, the first of the series ior aa 
automobile, there were eighteen entries. Mr. Cuas., W. Floyd, 
one of New York's most expert shooters., won with a score of 91 
out of 100. 
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Mr. J. A. R. Elliott, one of the most renowned expert shooters, 
of,- the Winchester Repeating, Arms Co., tarried a \^hile in New 
York on Monday of this week. He journeyed in the akernoon 
toward Pittsburg to attend the tournament of tiie Herron HflJ 
Gun Club. 
