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YACHTING NEWS NOTES.] 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. 
■* "Insurance Company to Repair Delaware.— Commo- 
dore F. G. Bourne, New York Y. C, will have his small 
steam yacht Colonia repaired and refitted at once, so that 
he can use her as a flagship next season. Delaware was 
so badly damaged by the fire that much time will be con- 
sumed m putting the vessel in shape to turn over to her 
owner, ihe work will be done by the insurance company. 
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Unwarranted Criticism.— Our esteemed English con- 
temporary, The Yachting World, mistakes when he 
observes that we ''appear to confuse the matter some- 
what between the high, speed motor vessel and the one 
merely fitted with a high speed automobile type engine- 
two things by no means synonomous." We cannot see 
anything m the article in question to lead one to suppose 
anything of the sort. American high speed autoboats are 
usually built ^ry light, and their engines are frequently 
of the automobile type. No one could suppose that such 
a craft would long, survive hard usage, but a high speed 
heavier engine, with any ordinary care, would not be 
short-lived. We have no quarrel against the autoboat, 
nor are we unthinking." 
Cxuising Schooner Blacfchawfc, 
Last week we published the lines, construction and sail 
plans of the cruising schooner Blackhawk. This week 
we reproduce the cabin plans and details of iron work 
and rigging. 
The accompanying plans have been very carefully 
worked out, and the unusual amount of detail drawing 
will appeal to those who have had experience in yacht 
building. Many times there is too much left to the discre- 
tion of the builder, and the results are apt to be disap- 
pointing. 
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New York, Feb. i8. — Editor Forest and Stream: Mr. 
Frazer's article on "Camp Medicine" in February i8 
issue puts me in mind of an experience I had last 
August, during the A. C. A. meet on Sugar Island. It 
was the second day of our arrival on the island, when 
I was taken sick right after supper, and if it wasn't for 
that little bottle of Sun cholera drops friend Louie hap- 
pened to have, I believe I would have died. Never in all 
my experience have I suffered as I did that night, and 
it was more than four days after before I felt like myself 
again. To this day I don't know what to blame for 
that attack of cholera — whether it was the grub at the 
mess or the water of the St. Lawrence. But anyway 
I will never again leave the cholera drops out of my kit. 
I would also suggest Friar's Balsam in place of shellac 
or varnish for cuts, it beinfr an antiseptic and very healing. 
And never travel without a small pair of tweezers — the 
kind jewelers use. For extracting thorns and deep-seated 
splinters it can't be beat; and after a blackberrying trip 
they will prove themselves to be a Godsend sure. 
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CANOEING NEWS NOTES. 
The officers of the Hiawatha C. C. for 1905 are as fol- 
lows: Com., George Gorman; Vice-Com., George R. 
Stark; Sec'y, Arthur C. Brandt; Treas.,H. F. Donaldson; 
Meas., W. A. Roos, Jr. The club now numbers 32 mem- 
bers, with boat house at Hiawatha Bay, Kingsbridge, and 
club house with bowling alley on Johnson avenue. Marble 
Hill. 
Fixtures. 
. July 24-29.— Newark, O.— Second annual of the Ohio State Rifle 
Association. 
July 26-Aug. 1.— Creedmoor, L. I.— Second annual of New York 
Rifle Association. 
The Indoor Championship Match. 
One of the most important matches to be shot annually by the 
riflemen of New York City and vicinity is the championship 
100-shot gallery match, now in progress at the headquarters of 
the Zettler Rifle Club, 159 West Twenty-third street, this city. 
Although the 100-shot championship at 200yds., shot every year 
on Election Day, is regarded as the true test of a marksman's 
ability, so much interest is taken in indoor shooting — and this 
interest is increasing year by year— that the annual tournament 
held by the old Zettler Club during the Sportsman's Show is 
watched closely by riflemen everywhere, and those who cannot 
attend consider themselves unfortunate indeed, while those who 
do attend revel in powder smoke and rifle talk every day for 
almost a fortnight, and are happy. This indoor shoot differs 
from the Election Day affair in that it is really a tournament in 
which the 100-shot championship is the principal event of several 
in which cash and valuable merchandise prizes may be won by 
those who try hard enough. That all do make strenuous efforts 
is evident after the affair has warmed up, for scores are close 
and the interest at fever heat. 
This year's tournament began at 10 o'clock on the morning 
of March 1, and will continue until 11 o'clock Saturday night, 
March 11. It is being shot with all sorts of rifles, but there 
is a limit on the kind of cartridges that may be used, so that all 
must shoot the .22 caliber short cartridge. Heretofore telescope 
sights have been barred, too, but these are admitted this year, 
and numerous marksmen who have become accustomed to using 
these sights on other ranges are happy. But if this record shows 
(it is too early now to say anything further) that the glasses did 
not make as good a showing as their advocates predicted they 
would, it must be remembered that a number of the marksmen 
have not had much practice with them, and some did not have 
sufficient time to learn the peculiarities of their new telescopes 
did not feel absolutely certain they could do as well with them 
as with their old peep sights, and stuck to the latter pending 
more thorough practice. But now that the glass is to be usedi 
SCHOONER BLACKHAWK CABIN PLAN. INBOARD PROFILES AND SECTJON§, 
Designed by Norman L, Skene for Charles C. Gibson, 
