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Rhode Island Letter. 
Providence R. I, July 16.— The Chase Pulley Company, 
of this city, has just completed an unusually handsome 
auto-boat for its own use in demonstration, from designs 
by Mr. Charles F. Herreshoff, of New York. It is be- 
lieved to be the first auto-boat designed entire— hull, en- 
gine, and all— by one man. The boat has been named 
Vision, and was designed for a speed of 24 miles an hour. 
The engine, built from Mr. Herreshoff's own plans, is a 
40 horse-power motor, and has a number of patented im- 
provements especially adapted for a craft of this type. 
It is said to weigh less per horse-power and to be more 
compact than any motor in the world. The propeller is 
a two-bladed affair about two feet in diameter, and is 
situated aft of the rudder. The boat has three small 
cockpits, with a 12ft: turtle deck forward. The stern 
is of the canoe model. The dimensions of Vision are : 
40ft. over all, 37ft. 6in. waterline, 4ft. beam, . and Sin. 
draft Despite her very narrow beam, there is nothing 
freakish in her model, the bilges being extremely full, and 
the lines drawn out easily forward and aft. The free- 
board-is very high, especially at the bow. The boat is 
double" planked in mahogany, finished bright, and is an 
unusually handsome boat. The construction, both of hull 
and engine, is substantial, being designed to stand wear 
and tear for some years. 
At the same shop an auxiliary sloop, Buccaneer, has 
just been finished for Prof. A. Laurence Lowell, of Har- 
vard, from designs by Messrs. Burgess & Packard, of 
Boston. _ She was designed for a cruiser, but has lines 
that indicate a good turn of speed. The overhangs are of 
good length, and the counters are flat. She is fitted with 
an auxiliary motor of . the De Dion-Bouton type, tf/i 
horse-power, located under the cockpit and has a sail 
spread of 1,1.30 square feet. Buccaneer's dimensions are: 
43ft. 6in. over all, 26ft. waterline, 12ft. beam, and 2ft. gin. 
draft. 
The Newport 30- footers started their season this week, 
and three sweepstake races were sailed in Narragansett 
Bay. Three of the fast Herreshoff boats participated— 
Carolina, Mr. Pembroke Jones ; Raccoon, Mr. J. R. 
Drexel; and Breeze, Mr. W. .G. Roelker, Jr. In the first 
race, Wednesday, Carolina, sailed by Mr. Herman B. 
Duryea, won, defeating Raccoon, sailed by Mr. Reginald 
Brooks, by 32s., and Breeze by nearly 2m. Breeze won 
the second race, sailed Thursday, by nearly 6m., and on 
Friday Carolina, sailed by her owner, Mr. Jones, de- 
feated Breeze by 26s., Raccoon withdrawing. 
It is understood in Bristol that matters are shaped to a 
degree", where there is no doubt that the Herreshoff s will 
build "a new schooner-yacht for the German Emperor that 
will be a duplicate of Ingomar. The craft will be begun 
next December, and is to be finished in season to cross the 
Atlantic early in the spring. The construction material is 
all that , is needed to begin work after the order is placed, 
as all the molds and patterns of Ingomar were preserved 
at the shop when that schooner was built last year. 
The old Cup defender Volunteer was a visitor at Bris- 
tol last Wednesday evening, leaving early the following 
morning. 
Captain L. H. Tillinghast, formerly sailing master of 
the schooner Esperanza (the original Ingomar), has sold 
his sloop Diamond to Thomas Dillon and son of Auburn. 
Diamond was formerly a crack racing craft, having won 
twenty-one first prizes and three seconds in twenty-four 
starts, and winning the Harvey J. Flint challenge cup for 
three consecutive seasons, thus securing permanent pos- 
session. Diamond is an old boat, but was entirely rebuilt 
about three years ago. 
Vice-Commodore Church's sloop Rufina, of the Rhode 
Island Y. C, has been fitted with a pole-mast and new 
sails,: in place of the tall rig and topmast heretofore 
carried. 
The annual criuse of the Rhode Island Y. C. starts next 
Saturday, and the itinerary will be as follows: 
Saturday, July 23 — Squadron rendezvous in Newport 
harbor in the evening. 
Sunday— Run to Stonington. 
Monday— Run to Watch Hill. Dinner, dance, and fire- 
works at Watch Hill House in the evening. 
Tuesday — Run to Shelter Island. 
Wednesday— Joint regatta, Rhode Island, Shelter 
Island, and Sachem's Head Yacht Clubs. 
Thursday— Joint run with Sachem's Head squadron to 
Block Island. Dance at Hygeia Hotel in evening. 
Friday— Lay at Block Island. Dinner and entertain- 
ment at Hygeia Hotel in the evening. 
Saturday— Run to either Newport or Bristol. 
Sunday, July 31— Club bake at Potter's Cove, arid end 
of cruise. ; H - Young. 
An Ocean Racer on the Ways. 
Port Jefferson, L. I., June 16.— The famous yacht 
Vesta, the real winner of the first great Transatlantic 
ocean race in 1867, is on Mather & Woods' ways, being 
changed from a centerboard to a keel yacht. On the ways 
the graceful craft shows all her fine lines, and elicits a 
flood of recollections from the- old sea captains who have 
cast anchor in the port, and they exchange interesting 
reminiscences of her. , ..- 
"David Carll built her in 1866," one leads off, _ at City 
Island for one of the Lorillards— Pierre, I thmk— and 
she was, I suppose, the best built and best appointed 
yacht in commission up to that time. There had been a 
deal of chaffing of yachtsmen as 'fair weather, sailors 
by deep sea skippers, and in 1866 the owners of the 
Vesta and of another crack yacht, the Fleetwmg, ar- 
ranged for an ocean race between the two yachts from 
Sandy Hook to the Needles, and in the dead of winter, 
to show the sea-going qualities of the vessels and their 
crews. James Gordon Bennett owned a yacht, the Hen- 
rietta,' that he thought could whip anything aftoat,_ and 
he persuaded the two principals to let her come m at 
$30,000 a sicfe, the winner to take all. 
"Those were the flush times just after the war, and 
there were thousands of men in New York, and, in fact, 
the country over, with money to burn, consequently bet- 
ting on the three little game-cocks when the race was 
announced was something fearful to see. The very 
audacity of the thing tickled the popular fancy, and there 
never was an event in sporting circles that aroused such 
widespread interest and enthusiasm as did this._ The 
Herald fanned the flame with columns of stuff— it was 
a great advertisement for that paper— and the other 
journals followed suit. My ship was lying in New York 
at the time, and I well remember the excitement the day 
the racers sailed. Each had been overhauled in the mos't 
thorough manner ;; every man in the crew was picked, 
and to further stimulate his zeal was promised a certain 
percentage of the stakes' if his boat won— enough to make 
him comfortable for life. It was a cold, raw January 
day, with the wind nor'west and blowing half a gale that 
heeled the yachts oyer until you could see the green cop- 
per on their bottoms. Very few ever expected to hear 
of their safe arrival on the other side, In fact, bets were 
offered and accepted as. freely on their never making 
land as on the winning, boat. I should really like to 
know how much money was staked on both propositions. 
"Well, sir, from the day they disappeared into the 
cold gray haze of the ocean off Sandy Hook until they 
made land on the other side — sixteen days — not a word 
of the racers came out of the deep; nor did they sight 
each other; yet all raised the Needles within about two 
hours of one another. Storm after storm beset them on 
the voyage, and as their captains held on every stitch of 
canvas they could carry, they were half under water 
most of the time. The Henrietta lost several men, and 
the Fleetwing one, but the Vesta never parted a rope 
yarn. The Vesta actually sighted land first, but through 
an error of her navigator she made it too far to the east- 
ward, and had to beat back twelve miles, which gave the 
race and the $90,000 to the Fleetwing." 
The later history of the Vesta is interesting. After 
many vicissitudes she was purchased by the Rev. -Father 
Dougherty, of the Catholic Protectory, in New York, as 
a school ship for his boys. But the project was aban- 
doned after a time, and he sold the Vesta to Major 
Frederick Ackerman, of the Atlantic Y. C, who had her 
rebuilt at Hawkins' yard in Port Jefferson. ' During his 
ownership _ she has won several of the Atlantic Y. C. 
races. This season she has been changed to a keel boat, 
as before remarked, and thoroughly overhauled and re- 
fitted, and has been leased to Mr. Shillito, of Cincinnati, 
Ohio. . • 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
For advertising relating to this department see pares ii and iii. 
Sales.— Mr. Henry A. Bishop, N. Y. Y. C, has char- 
tered the auxiliary schooner Planet from Dr. A. L. Ran- 
ney, of this city, through the agency of Stanley M. Sea- 
man, New York. The same agency has also sold the 
speed launch Reliance for C. Oliver Iselin, Esq., to Mr, 
A. C. Stratford, Jersey City, N. J. Dr. Stephen Peabodft 
New Haven, Conn., has purchased the cruising catboat 
Hobo. 
Combined Fleets of Sewanhaka and Philadelphia 
Corinthian Y. C.'s to Cruise. — On Saturday, July 30, 
and_ Sunday, July 31, 1904, the fleet of the Philadelphia 
Corinthian Y. C. are to be the guests of the Seawanhaka- 
Corinthian Y. C. at Oyster Bay. A reception will be held 
on the flagship Aloha on Saturday afternoon, followed by 
a dance at the club house in the evening. On Sunday 
divine service will be held on the flagship at 11 A. M. 
The flag officers of the Philadelphia Corinthian Y. C. and 
the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C. have arranged that the 
S. C. Y. C. boats accompany their fleet from Oyster Bay 
eastward for a few days. 
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Power Yacht Zorayda Sold.— Mr. W. Ryerson Kis- 
sam, Bay Shore, N. Y., has sold his 60ft. power yacht 
Zorayda to Mr. E. Barnett, of New York city, through 
the agency of Stanley M. Seaman, New York. The same 
agency has also sold for Mr. W. N. Bavier, New Rochelle 
Y. C, his knockabout Knave to Mr. E. Hope Norton, of 
New York city. 
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Chewink III. Reaches New Orleans. — The Massa- 
chusetts Y. R. A. restricted 25ft. class cabin sloop Che- 
Wink III. arrived on the Morgan Line steamer at New 
Orleans Thursday, July 15. Her new owners are very 
much pleased with her appearance. She will sail her first 
race in the South at Biloxi, Miss., Saturday, July 23. 
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British Schooner Elmina Arrives.- — The British 
schooner Elmina arrived at New York on July 12, four- 
teen days out from San Juan. She is owned by Mr. Wil- 
liam Exshaw, and she flies the flag of the Royal Thames 
Y. C. Elmina left England last February, and since that 
time has been cruising in the Mediterranean and the West 
Indies. 
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Hartford Y. C. Races. — Three special races will be 
sailed over the Hartford Y. C. courses at Fenwick, Conn., 
on July 23, August 20, and September 3, respectively. The 
preparatory signal will be giverf at 2 P. M., wind and 
weather permitting. The races will be sailed under the 
rules of the Y. R. A. of Long Island Sound. They will 
be open to yachts enrolled in any recognized yacht club. 
Entries must be made in writing by the owner or his 
representative at least forty-eight hours before each race 
to J E. Stewart, chairman race committee, P. O. Box 846, 
Hartford, Conn. Prizes are offered in the following 
classes where one or more boats start in a class: Sloops, 
36, 3Q, 25, 21 and 18 foot racing length; Seawanhaka 
knockabouts; special cla ss ; one-design cl asses. 
Yachting Fixtures for J 904. 
Members of race committees, and secretaries, will confer a favor 
by sending notice of errors or omissions in the following hsf, and 
aiso changes which may be made in the future. 
JULY. 
20. Larchmont, race week, Larchmont. 
20. Eastern, cruise to Islesboro. 
21. Larchmont, race week, Larchmont. 
21. Eastern, cruise to Bass Harbor. 
22. Larchmont, race week, Larchmont. 
22. Eastern, cruise to Bar Habor. 
23. Corinthian, club race, Marblehead. 
23. Larchmont, race week ends, Larchmont. 
23. Hartford, L. I. Sound Y. R. A., special, Fenwick. 
23. Manhasset Bay, power boats, Manhasset Bay. 
25. Eastern, regatta at Bar Harbor. 
27. Boston, Mass. Y. R. A., Hull. 
28. Boston, midsummer series, M. Y. K. A., HulL 
29. Quincy, Mass. Y. R. A., Hull. 
30. Boston, midsummer series, M. Y. R. A., Hull. 
30. Indian Harbor, L. I. Sound Y. R. A., annual, Greenwich. 
30. Atlantic, power boats, Sea Gate. 
30. Eastern, power boats, Marblehead. 
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The Palma Trophy. 
The Council of the National Rifle Association of Great Britain 
met at Bisley on Tuesday of last week and formulated a reply to 
the recent letter of the National Rifle Association, of America, 
dealing with the return of the Palma trophy, as follows: 
■ . -'Bisley Camp, July 12, 1904. 
Sirs — I am directed by my Council to acknowledge the receipt 
of your letter of June 18 and report the safe arrival of the Palma 
trophy. I am further instructed to say that they accept the reso- 
lution passed at the meeting of your , executive committee, which 
accompanied your letter, as a generous "admission that the rifles 
used by the American team did not conform with the conditions 
of the match, and that by returning the trophy, it is their inten- 
tion that the match of 1903 should be regarded as null and void. 
It is a matter of regret for my Council that the rifles in ques- 
tion were not officially submitted, in -accordance with his instruc- 
tions, by the captain of the American team to the captains of the 
ot er competing teams at their meeting previous to the match, 
a in view of the material difference which is now known to exist 
between the rifles used by the American team and those issued to 
Lmted States troops it would not have been possible under the 
conditions of the match for the former to have been allowed to 
be used in the competition, . and thus, the unfortunate " discussion 
which has since taken place would have been avoided. 
"My Council having in previous correspondence disavowed any 
wish to reverse the result of the match, or claim the trophy, are 
consequently unable to accept it as accredited winners for 1903, 
but they are prepared to act as its custodians provisionally, arid 
pending any future arrangements which may be made in connec- 
tion with another match. 
"I am to inform you that the Council of the National Rifle As- 
sociation are unanimously in accord with the American com- 
mittee as to the importance, in the interest of international rifle 
shooting, of terminating the correspondence regarding this con- 
troversy as speedily as possible. 
"I am desired to point out that one medallion' of the trophy is 
deficient. This will doubtless follow. 
(Signed) "C. R. Crosse, 
"Lieut-Col., Sec'y National Rifle Assn." 
It will be noticed that, in courteous but clear terms, the Coun- 
cil coolly takes for granted that the American team" violated the 
conditions of the match at Bisley last year, notwithstanding that 
the National Rifle Association of America placed itself on record 
by resolution at its recent meeting as ratifying all the Statements 
made by General Spencer in a letter of March 7, 1904, to the N. 
R. A. of Great Britain, wherein he, in substance, held that the 
rifles in question were service rifles. 
In the "Report of the National Rifle Association of America" 
for 1903, there is a reprint (page 54) of an article taken from the 
"Volunteer Service Gazette," of England, and credited to "The 
well-known English rifle expert, Mr. R. L. Tippens." From it we 
take the following excerpt: 
"The contest is popularly supposed to show which are the best 
rifles and the best men. In some senses it does; but not so com- 
pletely and clearly as the general public supposes. 
"Although fired with the 'national arm of each country,' the 
specifications were not in all particulars strictly followed. The 
British shot strictly with rifles inspected and passed by a Govern- 
ment viewer, as in all respects identical with the Govemnment- 
made rifles. They used exactly the weapons and appliances al- 
ways allowed at Bisley for Service rifle competitions. The rifling 
was absolutely identical with Government pattern.- The Ameri- 
cans used a rifle which in action and general coristrvtctjon is of 
Government pattern, but in the really vital matter .of the rifling 
is of entirely different construction. It is not the Krag-Jo'rgensen 
barrel, but a special Stevens-Pope barrel." 1 * "' '" 
By the publication of the foregoing in its. report for 1903 without 
any demur, it would seem as if the N. R. A. of A. had given it 
their official approval. 
Ladles Shooting for Charity. 
One of the great attractions of the Victoria Hospital Charity 
Bazaar, at the Royal Albert Hall, London, the other day, was the 
miniature Bisley, conducted by Messrs. Walter Winans and H. 
Claude Hay, and which proved not only a great attraction but a- 
distinct success, and the interest exhibited in the shooting was 
far greater by the ladies than by the men, and their average score's 
much better. The givers of prizes were Messrs. Winans and 
Hay, the Union Metallic Cartridge Co., and the Winchester Re- 
peating Arms Co. 
At the close of the shooting on Thursday afternoon it was found 
that four ladies had tied for the first prize, the diamond and sap- 
phire bracelet, with scores of 23 each out of a possible 25. The 
shooting of these ties was witnessed with great interest, and even- 
tually the first prize went to Mrs. Strachey; the second, a dia- 
mond brooch, to Miss S. Graham; the third, a diamond lace pin, 
' to Mrs. Henry Tate, and the fourth, a miniature rifle to Miss 
Parbury. 
In addition to the above, excellent scores were made by the 
Countess of Scarborough, the Countess of Coventry, Lady C. 
Stewart Richardson, Lady Barbara Smith, Lady Mabel Smith, 
Lady Barrington, Lady Oranmore and Browne, . Lady Sophie, 
Scott, the Hon. Cicely Drummond, the Hon. D. Sturt, and many 
other ladies. 
Taking into consideration that the position in the shooting was 
standing, the above scores must be considered most excellent. 
Mr. Walter Winans was indefatigable in his exertions to pro- 
mote the shooting, and his coaching and assistance was greatly 
appreciated by a large number of ladies, who probably would 
not have shot if it had not been for his encouragement. . 
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If you want your shoot to be announced here send a 
notice like the following t 
Fixtures. 
July 20-21. — Charlottesville, Va. — University of Virginia; Gun Club 
tournament. "~ " ' 
July 20-21.— Armada, Mich.— Tournament of the Eastern Michigan 
Gun Club; $100 added. E. W. Sutton, Sec'y. 
July 21.— Rockville, Conn. — Fourth Consolidated Gun Club of 
'Connecticut tournament. F. Elliott Metcalf, Sec'y. 
July 25. — Olney, 111., Gun Club tournament. 
July 26-29. — Mexia, Tex., Gun Club tournament. . 
July 27.— Norwich, Conn.,- Shooting Club target. ..tournament.;. .1. 
P. Taft, Sec'y. 
July 27. — Sandusky, O., Gun Club tournament. 
July 27-28. — Avon, N. Y., Gun Club tournament. Jay Greene, Sec. 
July 27-28.— Grand Forks, N. D.— The Interstate Association's 
tournament, under the auspices of the Grand Forks Gun 
Club. W. M. Ferguson, Sec'y. 
July 28. — Richmond, Mo.— Missouri League of Trapshooters. ' 
July 29-30.— Newport, R. I. — Aquidneck Gun Club two-day tourna- 
ment. J. S. Coggeshall, Sec'y. 
July 30.— Chicago, 111., Gun Club tournament: 
Aug. 2-5. — Love Point, Md. — Malone's summer tournament; targets 
and live birds and added money. Capt.' James R. Malone, 
Mgr., 2671 Pennsylvania avenue, Baltimore. 
Aug. 9-10.— Litchfield, 111.— Consolidated Trapshooters' Congress. 
Aug. 9-10. — Raleigh, N. C. — North Carolina; Trapshooters' Associa- 
tion tournament. "'. 
Aug. 9-10. — Birmingham, Ala. — Alabama tournament. 
Aug. 9-12. — West Baden, Ind.— Indian tournament; $1,000 added 
money. 
Aug. 10-11.— Allentown, Pa.— Two-day target tournament at Duck 
Farm Hotel. C. F. Kramlich, Mgr. 
Aug. 10-11. — Rolling Fork, Miss., Gun Club tournament. 
*Aug. 10-11. — Bradenville, Pa., Rod and Gun Club. 
Aug. 10-12. — Little Rock, Ark.— Arkansas State Sportsmen's Asso- 
ciation tournament. Paul R. Lltzke, Sec'y. ; 
Aug. 11-12. — Olean, N. Y., Gun Club two-day tournament. " ;B. D. 
Nobles, Sec'y. "". '• :'. 
Aug. 10-12. — Brantfordj Ont. — Dominion of Canada Trapshooting 
and Game Protective Association's fourth annual tournament. 
A. B. Cutcliffe, Sec'y. 
