which began in February and extended to the first week 
in September, with the exception of the month of May. 
For the last five or six years very few British racing 
yachts have visited the Riviera, and the argument does 
not, therefore, hold good. It is difficult to see why owners 
fight shy of the western ports, for the harbors are good 
and safe, the courses in every case are laid out in the 
open in deep water, and are infinitely superior to any 
of the courses inside of the Isle of Wight, where tides 
and shoals abound, or for that matter to any of the 
courses on the east coast. Moreover, the clubs which pro- 
vide the bulk of the sport are of good standing, and the 
prizes offered are of good value. It can only be assumed 
that the same apathy which allows British yachtsmen to 
swell the already enormous fleet of yachts which take 
part in the German regattas in the Baltic at the end of 
June, at the expense of their own national fixture, the 
Clyde Fortnight, and which has also been the means of 
killing the once flourishing Irish regattas, permits of their 
ignoring more and more the efforts made by the western 
clubs to provide them with adequate sport in their own 
waters. Kiel is a beautiful place, and the Baltic regattas 
are most enjoyable functions in every way, but yachting 
is one of Britain's national pastimes, and anything which 
militates against the success of the racing season in 
home waters should be severely discountenanced by its 
votaries. The Germans are perfectly able to run their 
own regattas without our assistance, whereas the Clyde 
Fortnight suffers more and more through the absence 
of our vessels in German waters. The sooner the situa- 
tion is faced the sooner will there be a revival in British 
yacht racing, for not only will the Clyde be the gainer, 
but the presence of the racing fleet in British waters 
throughout the season would mean the resuscitation of 
the Irish regattas. 
Fife's new schooner Susannne has been hauled up at 
Sandbank after a very successful season in German 
waters. Enthusiasts on the Clyde acclaim her as Fife's 
chef d'ceuvre in the way of a two-sticker, and even go 
so far as to compare her with Ingomar, to the latter's 
disadvantage. Now, there is no doubt that susanne is a 
very slippery boat in her own weather, but that happens 
to be light weather, whereas Ingomar was good all 
round — good enough, in fact, to win prizes under all con- 
ditions of wind and sea. Fife's schooners are handsome 
vessels, and fast, "too, but they are lacking in stability— 
at any rate as compared with Ingomar. This fault, in- 
deed, has been noticeable with nearly all Fife's new boats, 
and both White Heather and Susanne suffered badly from 
it, while Cicely was none too stiff. On the other hand, 
Ingomar could carry her jackyard topsail when a big 
ship like Meteor could only put up a sharp header, and 
her performance in the long, hard thrash from Dover to 
the West Hinder Lightship against Navahoe, in the race 
to Ostend last July, was something that neither of the 
other schooners above mentioned could hold a candle to. 
In this long beat of fifty-two miles in a strong easterly 
wind and nasty sea, the schooner beat the yawl by no less 
than iom., and it is quite safe to say that no British 
schooner yet built would have equalled this wonderful 
performance. The fact is Ingomar is a vessel in which 
are combined the greatest amount of driving power and 
the maximum of stability, and the combination, taken in 
conjunction with a shapely hull, enables her to- be very 
fast in all weathers. 
The talk about the America's Cup challenge has died 
down again, and it is generally felt that there will be no 
further races, unless the New York Y. C. discards the 
obsolete rating rule in favor of the new. 
E. H. Kelly. 
[In the English Letter appearing in our issue of Sep- 
tember 10, Clyde week is mentioned. This was a mistake, 
and it should have read Ryde week. This was an unfor- 
tunate error, as the Ryde week races are important, and 
as there is no Clyde week, readers may have confused 
this series with the Clyde Fortnight, which takes place 
in July.] 
Sport and Advertising. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
I was rejoiced to see your comment in the issue of 
October I on the editorial in The Yachtsman relating 
to the America's Cup. I did not suppose that I was the 
only one who entertained the same views, but I have not 
seen them expressed in print before. If the trophy is to 
become a "Tea Cup," let us fill it with tea from Boston 
Harbor and let who will have it. 
J. E. Hindon Hyde. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
For advertising relating to this department see paces ii »nd Hi. 
Picayune Sold.— The 35ft. waterline cabin sloop Pica- 
yune has been sold by Rear Commodore Leonard Nichol- 
son, of the Southern Y. C, to a party of scientists who 
will explore the northern coast of the State of Colombia, 
South America, where she will be taken on the deck of a 
steamer. The sale was made through the agency of L. D. 
Sampsell, secretary of the Southern Y. C. Commodore 
Nicholson, in conjunction with his brother, York Nichol- 
son, will replace Picayune with a 70ft. schooner yacht of 
Crowninshield design. 
* * * 
Cruising Launch for C. W. Lee. — There is being built 
at Mr. Robert Jacob's yard, City Island, a cruising launch 
for Mr. Charles W. Lee. The boat was designed by Mr. 
Henry T. Gielow, and will take the place of the 40ft. 
launch Javelin, now owned by Mr. Lee. The new boat is 
59ft. over all, 53ft. waterline, 10ft. 6in. breadth, and 3ft. 
gin. draft. She will have a single screw, and will be 
driven by a 25 horse-power Standard motor. A speed 
in excess of 10 miles is looked for. The boat has two 
low cabin houses of mahogany, one forward and a larger 
one aft. Between the two houses the deck is flush. This 
adds greatly to the boat's strength, and not only gives a 
good place from which to steer, but serves to separate the 
engine space and crew's quarters from the owner's cabins. 
The fuel tanks are in the eyes of the boat. The crew's 
quarters are under the forward deck, the galley and en- 
gine room are under the forward house, The owner's 
POftESTcAND STREAM^ 
quarters, located under the after house, are roomy and 
comfortably and simply fitted. The boat can steam 500 
miles at a 10-mile clip without refilling her tanks. She 
will be completed January 1, 1905. 
* * * 
Vingt-et-Un to Race Abroad.— Mr. Willis Sharpe 
Kilmer, owner of the motor boat Vingt-et-Un, has gone 
abroad, and has taken the boat with him. She will be 
raced on the Mediterranean during the winter. 
K It It 
The Center Moriches Country Club has acquired 
three acres of shore front at Center Moriches, L. I., and 
will build a club house 30ft. by 80ft. The club is to give 
special attention to yachting and has on its roster of 
officers two enthusiastic small boat sailors — Mr. Harry 
Growtage, secretary, and Mr. John L. Havens, treasurer. 
Dr. William E. Carr is president. 
New York Y. C. Meeting.— The fifth general meeting 
of the New York Y. C. was held at the club house, West 
Forty-fourth street, New York city, on Thursday evening, 
October 6. Commodore Bourne presided. After the 
usual reading of committee reports, other business was 
transacted, and nine new members were elected. The 
meeting was the largest held in many years, some twenty- 
seven yacht owners being present. The following gentle- 
men were elected to serve on the Nominating Committee: 
Ex-Commodore Lewis Cass Ledyard, steam yacht 
Rambler; Charles T. Minton; William M. Lovering, 
schooner Mavis; Philip T. Dodge; Edward Eyre, steam 
yacht Viva; Stephen Peabody, Ashton C. Clarson, sloop 
Chiquita; Hunter Wykes, John E. Wayland, auxiliary 
yawl Pawnee ; Robert L. Forest. 
In order that the club's racing rules, measurement rules, 
and time allowance tables shall be uniform with those of 
other clubs and associations, a committee is to be devoted 
to that end. The following resolution was adopted: 
That the chair appoint a committee of eight on racing rules 
and measurement for time allowance, with power in their discre- 
tion to confer with other clubs, which committee shall also have 
power to appoint a sub-committee to advise with them as to the 
proper formula for time allowance for races between steam and 
power vessels, both large and small. 
Small racing boats are such a factor in the sport to-day 
that it was deemed advisable that such craft be encour- 
aged. In order that this matter be given immediate at- 
tention, this resolution was adopted : 
That the chair appoint a committee of three for the purpose of 
interesting members of the club in the building of yachts in the 
one-design or restricted classes, and of sizes either entitled to 
representation or not entitled to representation, with power to 
procure from naval architects designs and estimates and to submit 
the same to the members who may contemplate building in such 
classes. 
Medals are to be given to the owners of boats winning 
challenge cup. The following resolution deals with this 
matter : 
That the chair appoint a committee of four, of which the sec- 
retary of the club shall be one, to report in general upon a 
proper medal for the Bennett Challenge cups, the Navy Alumni 
Association challenge cups, and also as to a club medal fdr minor 
prizes. This committee to report at the December meeting. 
Mr. James R. Steers presented an oil painting of the 
schooner America that was painted by a man named 
Hausen under, the direction of Mr. Steers' father, the 
builder of the famous vessel. 
Mr. Howard Gould offered $5,000, the income of which 
was to be put yearly into trophies for power boat competi- 
tion. The races for these prizes will be for vessels in the 
neighborhood of 100ft. in length. 
tOct. 15, t0l 
Old Mill Y. C. 
Jamaica Bay, L. I. — Sunday, Oct. 2. 
The wind-up race of the season on Jamaica Bay was sailed on 
Sunday, Oct. 2, under the auspices of the Old Mill Y. C. 
Of the twenty-four power and sailboats that started in the race, 
all but three were timed at the finish. Mr. Willliam Gallagher's 
raceabout Jennie, of the Jamaica Bay Y. C, won the cup offered 
by Mr. George McLean. Nip captured the commodore's cup. 
The other winners were Diana, Bozzie, Alert. Pet, Lottie M., and 
Naomi. The wind was fresh from the W. by N. 
The course for sloops and raceabouts and sloops was from the 
starting line at the entrance of Spring Creek, down Main Channel 
to the red spar buoy off Barren Island, and return. 
The course for all other classes was from the same starting line 
to a flagged buoy in Main Channel, near the Canarsie break- 
water; thence to a flagged buoy off Howards, to the starting 
line; sailed over twice. 
Sloops — Special Class — Start, 1:55. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Ianthe Disabled. 
Jennie 3 12 32 1 18 32 
Marion 3 18 30 1 23 00 
Kismet 3 17 08 1 20 08 
Sloops — Class A — Start, 1 :55. 
Emma L 3 32 30 1 37 30 
Nip C 3 28 00 1 23 00 
Cabin Cats — Class B — Start, 1:56. 
Diana 3 14 00 1 18 00 
Helene 3 17 00 1 21 00 
Folly 3 16 10 1 20 10 
Mignonette Not timed. 
Open Cats— Class C— Start, 1:59, 
Pauline B 3 07 52 1 08 52 
Bill Nye 3 08 15 1 09 15 
Bozzie 3 03 40 1 04 40 
Sharpies— Class G— Start, 2:02. 
Alert o 16 35 1 14 35 
Free 3 18 35 1 16 35 
Lester Not timed. 
Clyde Not timed. 
Reliance 3 22 25 1 20 25 
Launches— Class H— Start, 2:05. 
Pet 3 06 00 1 01 00 
Launches — Class L — Start 2:00. 
Eagle 3 05 05 0 57 05 
Lottie M. 3 04 12 0 56 12 
Bum ■ Disabled. 
Launches — Class M — Start, 2:11. 
Naomi 3 02 45 0 51 45 
Amaranth 3 04 30 0 53 30 
Rhode Island Letter. 
Providence, R. I., Oct. 8. 
Every year at the fag end of the season there is a sweepstake 
race arranged for catboats, and it often provides some highly 
interesting sport. It did this season. The race was held last 
Sunday, off Conimicut, the course being laid from Riverview 
across the bay to Nayatt Point and return, a leeward and wind- 
ward course, sailed twice over, giving a total distance of about 11 
'"There was a smashing good W. breeze, and the race was one of 
tbe best of the season. In the 30ft. class, Elizabeth, the cham- 
pion of the season, had an accident early in the race, and al- 
though the damage was slight and soon patched up, she finished 
last of the four entries, nearly 12m. behind the leader. Mblem 
put up a good race, and completed the first round just one second 
ahead of Emeline; but the latter forged ahead on the second 
round, and finished winner by 2m. 
Emeline is one of the best-known racing cats in the bay, but 
this was the first time she had been raced in more than two 
years. She is somewhat longer than the others in the class, and 
on account of her model is under a handicap under the 2 per 
cent, measurement rule that governs the class. She is a very 
fast boat, however, and it was her weather in every way. She 
sailed on equal terms with the others on this occasion, as the 
race was boat for boat, and length did not count for allowances. 
In the other two classes the winners were Nobska and Janice. 
The summary: 
30ft. Class— Start, 1:30. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Emeline, J. A. Wolf 3 13 30 1 43 30 
Mblem, G. E. Darling 3 15 32 1 45 32 
Scatt, H. B. Scattergood ...3 19 10 149 10 
Elizabeth, W. D. Wood. 3 25 11 1 55 11 
25ft. Class— Start, 1:32. 
Nobska, W. J. Rooks 3 21 30 1 49 30 
Ina, N. C. Arnold 3 21 34 1 49 34 
Marguerite, J. D. Peck 3 25 11 1 53 11 
18ft. Cats— Start, 1:34. 
Janice, H. Duckworth 2 47 30 1 13 30 
No Name 2 52 40 1 18 40 
Una 2 59 20 1 25 20 
The last of the three special races for 30ft. cats of the Edge- 
wood Y. C. was sailed Oct. 8, and Elizabeth was the winner. 
This makes Mr. Woods' boat the champion of her class for the 
season, and the winner of the club's cock-of-the-walk pennant. A 
triangular course was laid out to be sailed three times over. 
Near the outer mark, however, Mblem withdrew and sailed in 
to her moorings in Pawtuxet Cove. Elizabeth finished the first 
round, and was declared the winner without sailing the other two 
rounds. F. H. Young. 
\m$e mid %%lhtQ. 
Fixtures. 
Novi. 8. — Greenville, N. J. — Annual 100-shot championship at 
Armbruster's Park. 
Promotion of Rifle Practice. 
A meeting of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle 
Practice has been called for the 22d of this month. It will be held 
at the War Department, and a full attendance of the members is 
expected. The principal matters which will come before the 
Board at this meeting will be the approval of the awards made 
at the recent shoot for the national trophy at Fort Riley, Kans., 
and the subject of what legislation Will be sought for at the hands 
of Congress during the coming session. At its last meeting the 
National Board adopted a most comprehensive plan for the forma- 
tion of a National Marksman's Reserve, including the encourage- 
ment of rifle practice in the State militia where necessary, in 
military and other schools, and among those individuals who 
may be called upon to serve in time of war. As a first step in 
this direction the National Board desires an appropriation of one 
million dollars per annum for five years, to be expended under 
the direction of the Secretary of War for the providing of ranges, 
their equipment and maintenance. The Board desires that these 
ranges should be open to use by civilians on every holiday and 
Saturday and at other times when possible, of course, under ap- 
propriate regulations. As an inducement for rifle practice in the 
schools, the Board proposes State championship badges and a 
national school trophy, recommending an annual appropriation 
of $5,000 for the former and $20,000 for the national trophy. 
The National Board has had this matter under consideration 
since its organization under the act of March 2, 1903, and for 
several years before that those who have been most actively 
identified with this project were engaged in mapping out the 
plans. At the coming meeting it is expected the National Board 
will take up the question of legislation, and a bill will be drafted 
to be presented to Congress in December. 
The interest which President Roosevelt takes in military rifle 
practice is shown by a letter which he has written to private 
Howard Gensch, of the First Regiment of Infantry, New Jersey 
National Guard, at Madison, N. J. Private Gensch recently won 
the President's match at Sea Girt, N. J., on the occasion of the 
annual meeting of the National Rifle Association. The letter, 
which was made public to-day, is as follows: 
"White House, Washington, Sept. 24, 1904. 
"My Dear Sir: I have just been informed that you have won 
the President's match for the military championship of the United 
States of America. I wish to congratulate you in person, and 
through you, not only the First Regiment of the National Guard 
of New Jersey, but the entire National Guard of New Jersey. As 
a nation, we must depend upon our volunteer soldier in time of 
trial, and therefore the members of the National Guard fill a high 
function of usefulness. Of course, a soldier who cannot shoot 
is a soldier who counts for very little in battle, and all credit is 
due to those who keep up the standard of marksmanship. I con- 
gratulate you both on your skill and upon your possession of the 
qualities of perseverance and determination in long practice, by 
which alone this skill could have been brought to its high point 
of development. 
"With all good wishes, believe me, 
"Sincerely yours, 
(Signed) "Theodore Roosevelt." 
It was forwarded to Mr. Gensch through Gen. Bird W. Spencer, 
president of the National Rifle Association. The President's 
match is shot for alt 200, 300, 500, 600, 800, and 1,000 yards, and 
carries with it the military championship of America, a medal 
and a number of prizes. Private Gensch won the match with a 
score of 192 out of a possible 210 points. 
New York City Schoeteen Corps. 
Last outdoor practice shoot of the season was held Wednes- 
day, Oct. 5, at the Union Hill Park. Scores: 
Ring target: J. Facklamm 219, R. Busse 216, A. Kronsberg 213, 
W. Grapentin 211, C. G. Zettler 205, R. Bendler 192, O. Schwane- 
man 191, R. Schwaneman 186, J. Keller 168, J. Moje 168, G. 
Schroeter 164, C. Wagner 155, H. C. Radloff 152. 
Man target: W. Grapentin 56, C. G. Zettler 56, A. Kronsberg 
53, G. Schroeter 51, R. Busse 50, H. C. Radloff 50, R. Bendler 50. 
Point target: R. Busse 12, O. Schwaneman 11, A. Kronsberg 
11, J. Facklamm 9, R. Beadier 7, R. Schwaneman 7, C. G. Zet- 
tler 7, Ch. Wagner 7, W. Grapentin 5, A. Wiltz 3, J. Keller 2, 
J. Moje 2, G. Schroeder 2, H. C. Radloff 1. 
Bullseye target, best bullseyes made during the season's con- 
test follow: J. Facklamm 7% degrees, R. Busse 25%, O. Schwane- 
man 27, R. Schwaneman 29, R. Bendler 36, W. Grapentin 60, H. 
C. Radloff 51%, A. Kronsberg 52%, J. Keller 107%, C. Wagner 
120, A, Wiltz 134, C. G. Zettler 136, G. Schroeter 145, J. Moje 160. 
