lAN.7,i9os.r POk£St AND STRtlAM. l§ 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. 
Yawl Watanga Sold.— The auxiliary yawl Watanga, 
owned by Mr. George K. Kirkhanij has been sold to 
Mr. D. M. Bedell. 
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Valhalla Entered in Ocean Race.— The Earl of 
Crawford's yacht Valhalla has been officially entered 
through the Royal Yacht Squadron in the trans-Atlantic 
race for the German Emperor's Cup. This is the first 
entry to be filed. Valhalla is a big square rigged vessel 
240ft. in length. 
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New Schooner for Robert Olyphant. — Mr. Robert 
Jacob has secured the contract for the schooner 
designed by Messrs. A. Cary Smith and Ferris for Mr. 
Robert Olyphant, and wOrk on the boat has already 
commenced. She is 65ft. over all, 45ft. waterline, 15ft. 
breadth and 9ft. 6in. draft. The boat will have a flush 
deck, and will have a liberal spread of canvas. 
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Two Challengers for Canada Cup. — Mr. Alfred 
Mylne has gotten out plans for a Canada Cup boat for 
Mr. James Worts, and Mr. William Fife has turned 
out a design for Mr. Frederick Nicholls. Both boats 
will be framed up in English yards, then knocked down 
and shipped to Captain Andrews' yard at Oakville, 
Canada, where there will be built. Both boats will be 
overboard by June i. 
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An Auxiliary Scooter.- — Something entirely new in 
the "scooter" line made its appearance in the bay, 
ofif East Moriches, recently. It is a craft of the or- 
dinary "scooter" type, but fitted with auxiliary power. 
The boat was designed by Ketcham Bros., of Eastport. 
The auxiliary power is furnished by a gasolene engine. 
The propelling device is in a trunk, similar to that which 
ordinarily surrounds a center board. 
Within the box a driving wheel, with a rim of teeth- 
shaped cogs, runs on a horizontal shaft, the boxes of 
which fit snugly at the bottom and sides. At the top 
of the boxes are coiled steel springs to hold down the 
driving wheel, giving siifficiently to allow the wheel 
to raise when uneven ice is met. Two bands, running 
from the flywheel of the engine to the ends of the 
driving shaft, complete the propelling device. The cogs 
on the driving wheel take a firm grip on the ice and 
the boat moves along at a good speed under power 
alone. The device is not patented and any one can 
employ it. — Brooklyn Eagle. 
Forest and Stream^' Designing 
Competition No. IV. 
Sixty-foot Waterliae CtuiHog Power Boat« 
$225 In Prizes. 
The three designing competitions previously given by 
Forest and Stream have been for sailing yachts. In 
this competition, the fourth, we are to change our sub-, 
ject and give the power boat men an opportunitjo The : 
competition is open to amateurs and professionals, except" 
that the designers who received prizes in any of the three 
previous contests may not compete in this one. 
The following prizes will be given: 
First prize, $100. 
Second prize, $60. 
Third prize, $40. 
Fourth prize, $25, offered by Mr. Charles W. Lee for 
the best cabin arrangement. 
Mr. Henry J. Gielow, N.A., has very kindly agreed to 
act as judge. In addition to making the awards, Mr. 
Gielow will criticise each of the designs submitted; and 
the criticisms will be published in these columns. 
The designs will be for a cruising launch propelled by 
either gasolene or kerosene motors, conforming to the 
following conditions: 
I. Not over 60ft. waterline. 
II. Not over 4ft, draft. 
III. A signalling mast only to be shown. 
IV. Cabin houses, if used at all, to be kept as low 
and narrow as possible. 
V. Construction to be of wood, and to be strong, 
simple, and inexpensive. The cost of the boat complete 
in every detail must not exceed $9,000. 
VI. The location of tanks and engine or engines to 
be carefully shown. Either single or twin-screws may be 
adopted. The power and type of the motor must be 
specified. 
VII. The boat must have a fuel capacity sufficient to 
give a cruising radius of 700 miles at a rate of 8 miles 
an hour. The maximum speed shall not be more than 14 
miles nor less than 10 miles. The estimated maximum 
speed must be specified. 
VIII. All weights must be carefully figured, and the 
results of the calculations recorded. A thousand-word 
description of the boat and a skeleton specification must 
accompany each design. 
The design must be modern in every particular, with- 
out containing any extreme or abnormal features. We 
wish to produce an able, safe, and comfortable cruising 
boat, one that will have ample accommodations, so that 
the owner and his wife and two guests, or three or four 
men, can live aboard, and one that can easily be managed 
at all times by two or three paid hands in addition to the 
steward. The draft is restricted to 4ft. in order that the 
boat may have access to nearly all harbors, canals and rivers 
North and South, and may thereby widely increase the 
cruising field. We have in mind a boat that can be used 
North in the summer and South in the winter, and a 
craft well able to withstand outside passage along the 
coast in all seasons of the year. 
Special attention must be given to the cabin arrange- 
ment. The interiors should be original, but devoid of any 
impractical features. Arrangements snould be made for 
a direct passage forward and aft without going on deck. 
Drawings Required. 
I. Sheer plan. Scale, J4in.=ift 
II. Half breadth plan. Scale, %'m.=jh. 
III. Body plan. Scale, J4in.=ift. 
IV. Cabin plan and inboard profile and at least one 
cross-section. Scale, J4in.=ift. 
V. Outboard profile. Scale, 54in.=ift. 
The drawings should be carefully made and lettered; 
all drawings should be preferably on tracing cloth or 
white paper, in black ink. No colored inks or pigments 
should be used. 
The drawings must bear a nom de plume only, and no 
indication must be given of the identity of the designer. 
In a sealed envelope, however, the designer must inclose 
his name and address, together with his nom de plume. 
All designs must be received at the office of the Forest 
and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broadway, New 
York, not later than February 3, 1905. All drawings will 
be returned. Return postage should accompany each. 
The Forest and Stream reserves the right to publish 
any or all the designs. 
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Officers of A. C. A., J905. 
Cotnniodcre— C. F. Wolters, 14 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. 
Secretary— H. M. Stewart, 85 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. 
'J reasurer— F. G. Mather, 30 Elk St., Albany, N. Y. 
ATLANTIC DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore — W. A. Furman, 846 Berkeley Ave., Trenton, 
N. J. 
K ear-Commodore — F. C. Hoyt, 57 Broadway, New York. 
Purser— C. W. Stark, 118 N. Montgomery St., Trenton, N. J. 
Executive Committee — J. C. Maclister, U. G. I. Building, Phila- 
delphia, Pa. ; L. C. Kretzmer, L. C. Schepp Building, New 
York; E. M. Underhill, Box 262, Yonkers, N. Y. 
Board of Governors— R. J. Wilkin, 26 Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Racing Board- H. L. Quick, Yonkers, N. Y. 
CENTRAL DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore — Lyman T. Coppins, 691 Main St., Buffalo, N.Y. 
Rear-Commodore— Frank C. Demmler,' 526 Smithfield St., Pittsburg. 
Purser— J. C. Milsom, 736 Mooney Brisbane Bldg., Buffalo, N. Y. 
Executive Committee— F. G. Mather, 30 Elk St., Albany, N. Y.; 
H. W. Breitenstein, 511 Market St., Pittsburg, Pa.; Jesse J. 
Armstrong, Rome, N. Y. 
Board of Governors — C. P. Forbush, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Racing Board— Harry M. Stewart, 85 Main St., East Rochester, 
NY 
EASTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore — D. S. Pratt, Jr., 178 Devonshire St., Boston, 
Mass. 
Rear-Commodore — Wm. W. Crosby, 8 Court St., Woburn, Mass. 
Purser — W. S. Stanwood, Wellesley, Mass. 
Executive Committee — Wm. J. Ladd, 18 Glen Road, Winchester, 
Mass. ; F. W. Notman, Box 2344, Boston, Mass. ; O. C. Cun- 
ningham, care E. Teel & Co., Medford, Mass. ; Edw. B. 
Stearns, Box 63, Manchester, N. H. 
Racing Board — Paul Butler, U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass. ; 
H. D. Murphy, alternate. 
NORTHERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore — Chas. W. McLean, 303 James St., Montreal, 
Can. 
Rear-Commodore — J. W. Sparrow, Toronto, Canada. 
Purser— J. V. Nutter, Montreal, Canada. . 
Executive Committee — C. £. Britton, Gananoque, Ont. ; Harry 
Page, Toronto, Ont. 
Board of Governors— J. N. MacKendrick, Gait, Ont. 
Racing Board— E. J. Minett, Montreal, Canada. 
WESTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore — Burton D. Munhall, care of Brooks Household 
Art Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 
Rear-Commodore — Charles J. Stedman, National Lafayette Bank, 
Cincinnati. Ohio. 
Purser — George A. Hall, care of Bank of Commerce, Cleveland, O. 
Executive Committee — Thomas P. Eckert, 31 West Court St., 
Cincinnati, 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 Treasurer, 
F. G. Mather, 30 Elk St., Albany, N. Y., 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." 
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Fixtures. 
Jan. 16-20. — Pittsburg-, Pa. — First annual tournament of the 
Iroquois Rifle Club. 
National Rifle Board. 
The following has been issued by the Committee of Pviblicity 
of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice: 
A comparison is often made between the attitude of the Canadian 
Government toward rifle practice and that of the American Gov- 
ernment, many of the American riflemen contending that the 
Canadian Government is the most liberal in its provisions for 
rifle practice. The National Board for the Promotion of Rifle 
Practice, which is charged by Congress with the duty of preparing 
a plan for the encouragement of rifle practice in this country, is in 
receipt of the following commvinication from a Canadian source, 
which contains some interesting observations on the progress of 
similar work in Canada: 
"The education of every citizen to shoot straight and become an 
mpert rifleman is the foundation of Canada's defense, and the 
important feature in Lord Dundonald's project of a force of 100,000 
men in our first line, hence his desire for civilian marksmen; and 
an urgent reason that the Government provide rifle ranges all over 
the Dominion. But evert with the present ranges, further steps 
will have to be taken to popularize rifle practice by lessening its 
cost. 
"Militiamen and civilians are willing to devote their time gratis 
to become proficient in the use of the rifle, but they cannot be 
expected to spend money on it as well, a thing many can ill 
afford to do. The expenses are threefold: Ammunition, trans- 
port, and markers, which two latter items vary in cost according 
to locality; for instance, on the St. Joseph range at Quebec, there 
are twelve targets, with a range-keeper or superintendent and 
about three authorized markers, and if more of these are required 
those shooting have tO' pay for them. 
"To remedy this, perhaps, the following suggestion may be in 
order: The requisite number of cartridges could be easily served 
out gratis by the Government to the authorized recipients at the 
range through the caretaker, he taking the names and receiving at 
the end of the practice the empty shells, wiiich would be vouchers 
that these men had done their duty. 
"The Government might also engage, say, from May 1 to Nov, 
1, sufficient men for every target on the range, and pay these 
markers; thus every target would be in operation and much time 
saved, besides elimina;ting that charge for markers. 
The cost of transportation for the city corps (similar and suit- 
able arrangements could be made in the rural districts) could be 
lightened by the Government furnishing, through the care-taker, 
free return tickets, which would be given to those shooting after 
their practice was completed on checking over their names on his 
list and their returning the empty shells, and not otherwise. 
Surely the working out of such a system should not be a difficult 
matter. 
"Rifle shooting will never be the success it ought to be until 
the cost of these three items is materially reduced, then rifle clubs 
and associations would flourish and be more numerous than they 
are at present, simply by this reduction of cost to the members, 
as proficiency requires much practice." 
Senator Proctor, of Vermont, Chairman of the Senate Com- 
mittee on Military Affairs, introduced a bill appropriating one 
million dollars annually for the promotion of rifle practice. This 
bill was prepared by the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle 
Practice, a body of twenty-one members, including officers of the 
army, navy, marine corps and militia and prominent civilians. It 
has been indorsed by the War Department and transmitted by 
Gen. Robert Shaw Oliver, Acting Secretary of War, and Presi- 
dent of the Board. The objects of the bill are briefly explained 
in General Oliver's letter of transmittal to Senator Proctor, as 
follows; 
"I have the honor to inclose, for the consideration of your com- 
mittee, a copy of the bill for the promotion of rifle practice pre- 
pared by the National Board, of which I am the president. This 
bill proposes the appropriation of one million dollars annually for 
training in rifle practice such citizens belonging to rifle clubs as 
desire to become efficient marksmen; for the construction and 
equipment of proper shooting galleries; for the acquisition, con- 
struction and maintenance of suitable national target ranges, and 
for the issue of arms and ammunition to schools and rifle clubs. 
Accompanying this measure will be found a memorandum giving 
somewhat at length the reasons which- actuated the Board in pre- 
paring and commending this measure to the favorable considera- 
tion of Congress. 
"I should appreciate it, therefore, if this proposed legislation 
could have the careful consideration of your committee, with a 
view to its introduction, should it be favorably regarded." 
Pf ovidencet R. I,, Revolver Clttb. 
Our Thursday evening shoot brought in quite a number of 
visitors, some of whom shot scores, but did not record them. 
The general shooting average of the regular men fell off con- 
siderably; the hall v/as cold, and overcoats were kept handy. The 
chief subject of conversation was a range of our own, and if a 
basement of suitable length can be secured this winter, the pros- 
pects are we will branch out on more independent lines. In the 
meantime we are looking forward to the good old summer time, 
because a shooting house at Cranston is already planned, and 
anticipation covers a multitude of annoyances. Be it to the 
credit of the regulars that the interest is growing among shooters, 
and this section is waking up. 
Down at Portsmouth the men are getting into line. Mr. 
William Almy, who stands at the head of the shots about here, 
has offered the use of his range to the members, and it^ is ex- 
pected that several pleasant Saturday afternoon trips will be made 
down on the "island." 
Our annual meeting takes place Jan. 12, and much of interest 
will be taken up, including the adoption of a neat medal for 
class qualification. Following are the scores recorded: 
Twenty-five yards rifle, on German ring target: Albert B. 
Coulters 235, 235, 233, 242, 234; C. L. Beach 219, 225, 233, 225; L. 
A. Jordan 230; W. Bert Gardiner 222. 
Twenty yards pistol and revolver, Standard American target: 
Wm. Bosworth 89, 83, 80; A. C. Hurlburt 75, 83, 78, 72; Arno 
Argus 68, 68, 76, 76. 
At Portsmouth, 20yds. Standard American target: 
Dec. 21, William Almy, 92, 91; Dec. 24, William Almy, 92; 
Dec. 26, William Almy 86, 84, 82, 87; A. C. Hurlburt 75, 79, 89, 
84, 82. z 
A. C. Hurlburt, Sec'y. 
Zettler Rifle Club. 
L. C. Buss and A. Hubalek had a rather exciting race for the 
honor of first place at the regular practice shoot held Tuesday, 
Dec. 27, at headquarters, 159 West Twenty-third street, New York. 
At the conclusion of 100 shots, Buss won out by a margin of one 
point. 
The majority of the contestants were content with firing their 
regular 50 shots. Scores follow at 75ft., offhand, on the 25-ring 
target: 
, One hundred shots : L. C. Buss 2425, A. Hubalek 2424. 
Fifty shots: R. Gute 1215, C. Zettler, Jr., 1209, C. G. Zettler 
1189, B. Zettler 1179, H. C. Zettler 1177. 
MassachtJsetts Rifle Association. 
Long range match, 1000yds.: F. Daniels 47, R. S. Hunter 38, 
W. Charles 36, F. Carter 32. 
Standard target, 200yds.: R. L. Dale 84, S. C. Sampson 81, S. 
Gleason 75, J. B. Hobbs 74, O. Moore 74. 
Ring target, 200yds.: R. L. Dale 225, A. Nieder 2^4, M. Alden 
214, S. C. Sampson 212, F. C. Fitz 209, S. D. Martin 209, F. H. 
West 208, M. T. Day 201, J. B. Hobbs 181. 
Pistol Match: E. E. Patridge 95, R. L. Dale 84, S. C. Samp- 
son 80. 
