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Inter lake Yachting Letter. 
Cleveland, O., June 30. — The 21ft. class of Detroit 
leads all others this summer. The last of the five restricted 
boats was received last week. She was designed by Mr. 
Chas. L. Seabury, and has the earmarks of a comer. She 
is owned by Messrs. J. H. Smedley, Jr., and. Northam 
Warren. She has been named Ventura. Mr. Cothrell, 
official measurer of the Columbia Y. C, of Chicago, who 
was called upon to measure the boat, says of her : "She 
is the boatiest boat of the lot." He further states her to 
be the most wholesome, without any attempt being made 
to- infringe on the rules or the spirit thereof. 
In the very first trial she looked up well, footed fast, 
reached splendidly, and ran well. She compared very 
favorably with the rest of the fleet, and it is safe to 
assume that when thoroughly tuned up will hold her own 
with any of the other boats in the class. 
The new class is having considerable trouble, according 
to Measurer Cothrell, of Chicago, in that not one boat of 
the entire lot will meet the restrictions placed upon the 
class. Eyota, a Burgess. & Packard design, with a bunch 
of reverse curves, etc., has settled so much that it is a 
grave question whether she will ever be allowed "to par- 
ticipate in any of the races. The limit of the waterline is 
21 ft, and Eyota runs considerably over that now, while 
the probabilities are that she will approach 22ft. before 
she has finished. Another of the class is so long on the 
waterline that her builders have decided to substitute an 
aluminum centerboard and rudder in place of the iron one 
she originally carried. About a foot of her deadwood 
will have to be cut away, and then it is a question if she 
can make the class. 
Another is two inches too* long on deck, and so on 
through the fleet. The Seabury boat comes nearest ap- 
proaching the class for which she was built. However, 
enthusiasm is rife, and most of the yachting interest of 
the Inter-Lake Association is centered in this class. 
Several preliminary races have been sailed, but to date 
Pirate, a Detroit creation, seems to have had the best of 
the argument. She was designed and built at Wyandotte, 
a suburb of Detroit, by Mr. Joe Pulliott, and is practically 
a copy of the Little Shamrock, a Small Bros, production. 
She went to Detroit from Chicago and won the cup hands 
down. Mr. E. L. Ford admired the type and style, and 
immediately contracted with Pulliott to build l.im a sim- 
ilar craft with some improvements. Her success so far 
justifies Mr. Ford's shrewdness and good judgment. In 
Chicago the interest seems to be lagging, and ' not a 
single boat has been built. One was built for Commodore 
Villas, of Milwaukee, which has been named Mendota. 
George R. Peare, owner of LaRita, twice-winner of the 
Lipton cup at Chicago, was refused a racing certificate 
on the grounds that LaRita was • something over 2ft. too 
long on deck. The committee are very strict this season, 
and no new boats -will be permitted to compete that do 
not meet all requirements governing the class. Not even 
can the spirit of the law be evaded. No new boats have 
been built for the class at Chicago this year, and there is 
some danger that some of the newboats may carry off the 
coveted trophy, which may explain, in a measure, the 
strict adherence to the rules. C. W. Schmidt, Jr. 
Erie Yacht Burned* 
The new yacht Tonkawa, Captain Bens, was destroyed 
by fire off Conneaut harbor, the first harbor west of Erie, 
on the night of the 30th of June. The Tonkawa and 
several of the larger yachts had started on a cruise up the 
lake, and while the boats were at anchor off Conneaut a 
tank of gasolene on the Tonkawa exploded, destroying the 
FOREST - AND STREAM. 
boat. Captain Bens and his two guests, Wells and 
Widener, barely escaped with their lives, losing guns, 
clothing, and everything they had on the yacht. 
They were lucky to have their tender towing astern at 
the time, and escaped in it. 
The yacht was a new one buiJi-Jby the captain himself, 
and he feels his loss keenly, lit valued the boat at $1,000. 
Cabia Blanco. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. 
Moriches Y. C. Racing Dates. — -The Moriches Y. C. 
has announced the following schedule: 
Club regatta, Saturday, July 9 — Two classes, AA and 
A, open only to members ; helmsman must be amateur 
club member. 
Annual cruise Saturday, July 30— Special orders for this 
event will be issued later. 
Ladies' race, Wednesday, August 10 — In two classes, 
AA and A, open to all; "one man only may be in crew, 
but he shall not touch the helm." 
Special members' race, Saturday, August 20 — In two 
classes, AA and A; helmsman and crew must all be 
amateurs. 
Association regatta, Saturday, August 27 — Open to 
members of organized yacht clubs of Great South and 
Shinnecock Bays. 
Open race for Moriches boats, Labor Day, . Monday, 
September 5 — In one class; open' to amateurs in East and 
Center Moriches. Under a resolution of the club the 
Memory, Dodo, and Esther are debarred from entry, this 
race being especially for the general utility catboat of east 
bay waters. 
The dates of the associated clubs are : 
Shinnecock Y. C. — Monday, July 4, club race ; Saturday, 
July 23, club race; Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 
August 4, 5, ahd 6, three days. 
Association regatta — Friday, August 19, ladies' race. 
Westhampton Country Club — Saturday, July 16, club 
race; Saturday, August 13, association race; Friday, July 
29, ladies' race ; Friday, August 26, ladies' race ; Saturday, 
September 3, open race. 
i£ 1^ 
Auxiliary Yawl Daily Launched. — A few days ago 
the auxiliary yawl Daily was launched from the yard'of 
the builder, W. P. Kirk, Toms River, N. J. The boat was 
designed by Mr. Henry J. Gielow for Mr. Robert Gallo- 
way, of Memphis, Tenn. She is Soft, over all, 65ft. water- 
line, 17ft. 6in. breadth, and 3ft. draft. Daily has a long 
rig with a long base, and very short mast. She is equipped 
with a Graig engine of 25 horse-power, which will drive 
her about 8 miles an hour. 
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Yawl Sybarita Reaches Newport. — Mr. W. Gould 
Brokaw's British yawl Sybarita arrived at Newport on 
June 29 ; she was twentv-five days out from Southampton. 
She proceeded to City Island to fit out, reaching there on 
July i- 
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New Jersey Bays Better Buoyed.— The yacht clubs 
along the Jersey coast from Bay Head south have taken 
up the job of staking out the bays and inlets, thorough- 
fares and channels, where Uncle Sam is too parsimonious 
to do it for the watermen, and have already begun the 
work. The matter has been discussed year after year by 
the amateur yachtsmen, and more or less has been done, 
but the staking will be more extensive and complete this 
year than before. 
tJxtLY 9, I904. 
From Bay Head south to the mouth of Toms River 
has already been staked by the Bay Head and Mantolok- 
ing Clubs. From the mouth of Toms River to Sloop 
Sedge the Island Heights and Sea Side Park Clubs are 
doing the work. From Sloop Sedge to the Bonnet draw 
William J. Thompson, who runs the Harvey Cedars Hotel, 
has arranged for the staking. Beach -Haven Y. C. has 
staked out the channel as far south as the Cedars, at Little 
Egg Harbor Light. 
From Little Egg Harbor inlet to the Main Marsh Thor- 
oughfare is a strip that no one has taken up, but it is ex- 
pected that the Atlantic Y. C. will stand responsible for it, 
and also that the Ventnor and Chelsea Clubs will arrange 
for the thoroughfares back of Absecom Beach. The 
Ocean City Club will care for the waters of Great Harbor, 
and the new Cape May Club is expected to do as well for 
its waters. — Philadelphia Record. 
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Rainbow to go in Commission. — The 70-footer Rain- 
bow will be put in commission by Mr. Cornelius Vander- 
bilt at once. The boat is now at New London, and work 
has already commenced. 
8£ J£ I? 
Cape May Cup Arrives.— The Cape May cup, which 
was returned by the Royal Yacht Squadron to the New 
York Y. C, arrived in New York a few days ago. 
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Palmetto on Long Cruise. — The cruising launch Pal- 
metto, owned by Mr. T. I. Snider, of Cincinnati, arrived 
in Chicago a few days ago from New Orleans. After a 
stop at New Orleans the boat came on to Chicago by way 
of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers and the Illinois and 
Michigan Canal. Palmetto will continue her cruise down 
Lake Michigan, stopping at Milwaukee, Mackinaw Island 
and Sault Ste. Marie, thence down the lakes through the 
St. Lawrence River and back to New Y6rk. 
J£ 8^ 
Augustin Munroe Dead. — Augustin Munroe, an ex- 
commodore of the Larchmont Y. C, died at his home in 
Larchmont on Sunday, June 26. Mr. Munroe has been 
identified with yachting for the past twenty-five years. 
He became a member of the Larchmont Y. C. soon after it 
was organized. He was commodore in 1884-5, and since 
that time has been a trustee and chairman of the house 
committee. It was through his efforts and untiring devo- 
tion that the Larchmont Y. C. became the foremost racing 
club in this country, and the most prominent yachting or 
country organization on Long- Island Sound. Mr. Munroe 
was a'Mason of standing, and was a member of many 
clubs. The funeral took place on July 1, and the services 
were attended by a large number of yachtsmen and club- 
men. The interment was at Woodlawn. He was forty- 
nine years old. 
Schooner Wayward Sold. — Colonel David E. Austen, 
of Brooklyn, has purchased the schooner Wayward from 
Mr. Frank W. Duryea. 
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Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C. Year Book. — We 
have received a copy of the 1904 book of the Seawanhaka- 
Corinthian Y. C. Jt is handsomely bound in blue leather. 
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Corinthian Y..C. Year Book. — We are indebted to Mr. 
Everett Paine, secretary of the Corinthian Y. C, for a 
copy of the club book for 1904. 
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A. C A National Meet, Sugar Island, Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence River, August 5-19, 1904. 
Officers of A. C. A., \ 904. 
Commodore,— C. F. Wolters, 14 Main St. E., Rochester, N. Y. 
Secretary-Treasuier— John Sears Wright, 519 West Ave., Rochester, 
N. Y. 
ATLANTIC DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore— L. C. Kretzmer, L. C. Schepp Building, New 
York 
Rear-Commodore— W. A. Furman, 846 Berkeley Ave., Trenton, N.J. 
Purser— M. Ohlmeyer, Jr., 201 Palisade Ave., West Hoboken, N. J. 
Executive Committee— H. L. Pollard, 138 Front St., New York; 
N. S. Hyatt, Ossining, N. Y.; H. C. Allen, 54 Prospect St., 
Trenton, N. J. , „ , , 
Board of Governors— R. J. Wilkin, 164 Montague St., Brooklyn, 
N. Y. 
Racing Board— H. L. Quick, Yonkers, N. Y. 
CENTRAL DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore— H. W. Breitenstein, 511 Market St., Pittsburg, 
Pa. 
Rear-Commodore— Frank D. Wood, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Purser— Frank C. Demmler, 526 Smithfield St., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Evecutive Committee— Jesse J. Armstrong, Rome. N. Y.; 
H. C. H«yt, 26 S. Goodman St., Rochester, N. Y. 
Board of Governors— C. P. Forbush, 164 Crescent Ave., Buffalo, 
NY 
Racing Board— Harry M. Stewart, 85 Main St., East, Rochester, 
N. Y. 
EASTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore— Henri Schaeffer, Manchester, N. H. 
Rear-Commodore— H. M. S. Aiken, 45 Milk St., Boston, Mass. 
Purser, Edw. B. Steams, Manchester, N. H. 
Execative Committee— B. F. Jacobs, Jr., West Medford, Mass.; 
D. S. Pratt,' Jr., ■ Wellesley Hills, Mass.; Marcus Butler, 
Lawrence, Mass.; William W. Crosby, Woburn, Mass. 
Board of Governors— Paul Butler, U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, 
Mass 
Racing Board— Paul Butler, U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass.; 
H. D. Murphy, alternate. 
NORTHERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore-Chas. W. McLean, 303 St. James St., Montreal, 
Canada. 
Rear-Commodore— J. W. Sparrow, Toronto. 
Purser— J. V. Nutter, Montreal, Canada. 
Executive Committee— C. E. Britton, Gananoque, Ont.; Harry 
Page, Toronto. 
Board of Governors— J. N. MacKendrick, Gait, Ont. 
Racing Board— E. J. Minet, 125 Vitre St., Montreal, Canada. 
WESTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore— Burton D. Munhall, care of Brooks Household 
Art Co., Cleveland, O. ^ T . , 
Rear-Commodore— Chas. J. Stedman, National Lafayette Bank, 
Cincinnati, O. .- ■ - ■ • ' . . ", -.; ■ „, . . 
Purser— Geo. A. Hall, care of Bank of Commerce, Cleveland, O. 
Executive Committee— Thos. P. Eckert, 31 West Court St., Cin- 
cinnati, O.; Dr. H. L. Frost, 10 Howard St, Cleveland, O. 
Board of Governors— Henry C. Morse, Peoria, 111. 
How to Join the A. C. A. 
From Chapter I., Section 1, of the by-laws of the A. C. A.: 
"Application for membership shall be made to the Secretary, 
and shall be accompanied by the recommendation of an active 
member and by the sum of two dollars, one dollar as entrance 
fee and one dollar as dues for the current year, to be refunded 
in case of non-election of the applicant." , _ 
The Allegash Canoe Trip. 
Knowing no remedy for the fever that annually attacks 
a man just before the hunting season openes, other than 
a trip into the woods, a party of Boston sportsmen— H. 
E. Moore, H. B. Leighton, and G. H. Sperry— boarded 
the 9:45 train for Bangor, Me., on the evening of October 
I, 1903, all in high spirits at the-prospect of a canoe trip 
through the heart of Maine's best hunting region. 
Arriving there the following morning, we procured a 
fair breakfast at the railroad station, and were soon on 
our way to Greenville. The foliage all through the Pisca- 
taquis Valley was grand ; and standing on the car plat- 
form, inhaling the pure mountain air, one gets the first 
real taste of life in the woods. 
Reaching Greenville at 2 130 A. M., we donned our 
hunting togs and sought our guides, who had supplies 
and provisions at the wharf in readiness for the steamer,, 
which leaves for Kineo at 5 o'clock P. M. The guides 
were Algie Spearen, of Smyrna Mills ; Will McKenny, of 
Patten, and Warden Cummings'. son, Fred, of Houlton. 
The two first named have made the Allegash trip several 
times, and are thoroughly familiar with the entire coun- 
try through which we passed, and experts with the pad- 
dle and pole. Cummings can cook as well as many pro- 
