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[April 15, 1905. 
quaint old towns like Wiscasset, seldom seen by the casual 
tourist, every minute was a pleasure. The girls became 
enthusiastic sailorwomen, and so expert as almost to 
deserve the title of ''able seamen." Finally one fair night 
and day carried us around the Cape from Provincelown 
to the Vineyard, and from there the way was all too 
short to the anchorage at Black Rock, where the dinghy 
carried them ashore and their cruise was ended. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. 
Yawl Cherokee Sold.— The auxiliary yawl Cherokee 
has been sold by Mr. Bancroft C. Davis, of Boston, Mass., 
to Mr. Arthur G. Thompson, of New York city, through 
the agency of Stanley M.. Seaman. She was designed and 
built in 1902 by the George Lawley & Son Corp., Boston, 
Mass., and is 48ft. over all, 30ft. waterline, 12ft. beam, 
5ft. draft. A 14 horsepower BufiEalo engine gives a speed 
of 7 miles an hour. The yacht leaves Boston, where she 
now is, about the loth of April for home waters. 
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Steel Yacht Shipped to Mexico. — The Racine Boat 
Manufacturing Company have shipped by steamer to 
Frontera, Mexico, a 75ft. shallow draft, steel steam 
yacht, the purchase price of which was $40,000. This 
boat was erected at their works at Muskegon, Mich., then 
taken down and shipped in sections on four 50ft. cars 
to New York, where they were transferred to the 
steamer. 
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Dories for Shelter Island and Hartford Y. Cs. — 
A class of one-design dories are now being built for 
members of the Shelter Island Y. C. They are i8ft. 
over all and 5ft. breadth. The members of the Hart- 
ford Y. C. are also going to have a class of one-design 
dories. These boats are 21ft. lin. over all, 15ft. water- 
line, 5ft. loin. beam, 7in. draft (with board down, 3ft 
4m.); sail area, mainsail, 214 sq. ft.; jib, 36 sq. ft. 
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Bay View Y. C. Election. — The Bay View Y. C. has 
elected the following officers for the ensuing year: 
Com., Edward R. Karutz; Vice-Com., Edward Effinger; 
Rear-Com., George C. Miller; Fleet Capt, Harry 
Groth; Sec'y» W. A. De Whitridge; Fin. bec'y, Paul 
Rosa; Treas., John Fraas. The Regatta Committee 
comprises Paul Rosa, W. A. De Whitridge and Rudolph 
Fuehrer. The club house is on Jamaica Bay, off 
Hollands Station. The club will go into commission 
on Decoration Day. 
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Work by the Huntington Mfg. Co. — The Hunting- 
ton Mfg. Co., of New Rochelle, are to turn out two 
boats for the Brooklyn Y. C.'s ocean race. One of 
the boats Mr. Huntnigton built for himself, and she 
will sail under the flag of the Brooklyn Y. C. The 
boat is known as Gauntlet, and is 28ft. over all, 22ft. 
2in. waterline, loft. 2in. breadth and 5ft. 6in. draft. She 
will have 5it. headroom below, and there are two tons 
of iron on her keel. 
The second boat is for Mr. Frank Maier, owner of 
the yawl Fanshaw, which boat Mr. Huntington built 
last year for the race to Marblehead. She is 38ft. over 
all, 30ft. waterline, 12ft. breadth and 6ft. draft. The fol- 
lowing boats that were built at this yard this spring have 
been completed : Class Q boat for Mr. W. H. Childs : Class 
Q boat for Mr. George Reiners; iSft. raceabout for 
Mr. Edwin Cutwater; a 25ft. and a 23ft. launch for Mr. 
Henry Darlington; an i8it. catboat for Mr. James D. 
Sparkman, and a 14ft. launch for Mr. E. T. Birdsall. 
K 9t m. 
J. Montgomery Sears Purchases Sultana. — Messrs. 
Gardner & Cox have sold the three-masted auxiliary 
schooner Sultana for Mr. John R. Drexel to Mr. J. 
Montgomery Sears, of Boston. Sultana was designed 
by Mr. J. Beavor Webb and built at Brooklyn in 1890 
for Mr. Trenor L. Park, who made extended cruises 
in her. She is 187ft. over all, 155ft. waterline, 27ft. 6in. 
breadth and 15ft. draft. Captain Peter Derby will 
command the vessel. 
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Houseboat for W. J. La Roche. — The Morse Dry 
Dock & Repairing Company, of South Brooklyn, are 
building a houseboat 75ft. long and 23ft. wide, for Mr. 
W. J. La Roche, of Brooklyn. 
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The Royal Arcanum Y. C. — The Royal Arcanum Y. 
C, formerly the Royal Arcanum Shore Club, has de- 
cided to move from its present quarters, Remsen lane 
and Gravesend Beach, Bensonhurst, and locate on the 
newly made ground at Ulmer Park, foot of Twenty- 
fifth avenue, Bensonhurst. The club has leased a plot 
- of ground sufficiently large for the errection of a 
handsome club house and for the storage of, during the 
winter months, at least fifty yachts. Contracts for 
the work have been let, and the work of building the 
club house will commence this week. The building 
committee expects that the house will be ready for use 
Death of N. Y. Y. C's Oldest Member. — ^Joseph Pea- 
body, of Boston, died at Augusta, Ga., on Thursday, 
April 6. Mr. Peabody stood No. i on the club's mem- 
bership list, having been elected a member on July 
14, 1846, two years after the- club had been organized. 
No member ever took a more active interest in the 
club than did Mr. Peabody, and he saw the organiza- 
tion develop from its small beginning in Hoboken to 
the largest and most powerful yachting club in the 
world. Mr. Peabody had been personally acquainted 
with eighteen commodores, and had seen all the races 
for the defense of the America Cup. Mr. William Butler 
Duncan, elected on Jan. 29, 1852, now becomes No. i 
on the membership list. 
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Houseboat Idlewild Burned. — The houseboat Idle- 
wild, owned by Miss Carrie Smith, of New York, was 
destroyed by fire while in winter quarters on the 
easterly shore of Sheepshead Bay near the Oriental 
Hotel. The houseboat Bessing, owned by Mr. George 
Bessing, of New York, which was nearby, was also 
damaged. 
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Schooner Verona Launched. — The schooner Verona, 
designed by Messrs. A. Gary Smith & Ferris, for Mr. 
Robert Olyphant, was launched from the yard of the 
builder, Mr. Robert Jacob, on Saturday afternoon, 
April 8. The yacht was named by Miss Sophie V. 
Olyphant, a daughter of the owner, and she will be 
enrolled in the fleet of the New York Y. C. She is 
6sft. 6in. over all, 45ft. waterline, 15ft. breadth, 9ft. 6in. 
draft and 3ft. 2in. least freeboard. The boat has a 
large amount of accommodation under a flush deck. 
The companionway leads to a steerage, which is used 
as a chart room. On the starboard side is a toilet room, 
while aft there is a ladies' cabin running the full width 
of the boat. 1 he main cabin is reached from the steer- 
asre. Forward of the main cabin on the starboard side 
is the owner's room, while opposite is a small cabin 
for the sailing master. Forward of these rooms come 
the galley and forecastle. Two boats will be carried 
on davits, a market boat loft. long and a 13ft. sailing 
tender. Messrs. Lathorne & Ratsey furnish the sails. 
The boat is beautifully built, and the construction 
throughout reflects great credit upon the builder. 
Permanent Racing Marks on Long Island Sound.— 
The Lighthouse Board, a branch of the Department of 
Commerce and Labor, has agreed to set out buoys, 
which will serve not only as marks for navigation but 
racing buoys as well for all clubs that race on the western 
end of Long Island Sound. This is a very courteous 
thing for the department to do, and will prove not 
only of great convenience, but a saving of great ex- 
pense for the Sound clubs. 
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Explosion on the Schooner Grilse. — A bad explosion 
occured on the auxiliary schooner Grilse, on Thurs- 
day, April 6, while in winter quarters at Tebo's Basin, 
South Brooklyn, and four of the sixteen men on board 
were injured. The boat's deck aft was ripped off and 
the entire stern will have to be replaced. Several men 
were working in the lazarette with a lighted lamp, in- 
stalling some new gasolene tanks. Leakage from the 
old tanks or drip pans allowed enough gas to generate 
to cause the explosion. New gasolene engines will 
probably have to be installed and considerable work 
will have to be done on the boat's hull and interior 
in order to put her in shape again. After the explosion 
the boat caught on fire and the flames spread to the 
dock and the steam yacht Mindora, which boat was 
moored close by. Mindora, owned by Mr. Albert Rich- 
ards, received considerable damage. Grilse was built 
in Yarmouth, N. S., and is owned by Mr. John T. 
Pratt, of Brooklyn. 
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S. C. Y. C's Assistant Measurer. — Mr. J. Clinton 
Work has been appointed assistant measurer of the 
Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C. by the Board of Trustees. 
Four Entries in Race Around Long Island. — The 
race around Long Island, to be sailed under the auspices 
of the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C, will start off the 
Atlantic Y. C. at Sea Gate on Monday, Aug, m. The 
four boats already entered in the race are as follows: 
Tito, owned by Mr. Colgate Hoyt; Nike, owned by 
Mr. Victor I. Cumnock; Regina, owned bv Mr. F. 
G. Stewart, and Peggy, owned by Mr. Frank S.' 
Hastings. 
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First Entry in K. Y. C's Power Boat RACE.~The 
first launch to be entered in the Knickerbocker Y. C;'s 
powerboat race to Marblehead is Coyote, owned by 
Mr. Harold Wesson, of Camden, N. J. Coyote was 
designed by E. H. Godshalk & Co., of Philadelphia, 
and built by the Excelsior Launch Co. She is 32ft. 6in. 
over all, 32ft. waterline, 4ft. loin. beam and ift. 3in. 
draft. This race will start on July 22 off the Knicker- 
bocker Y. C. club house at College Point. 
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Gregory at Ponta Delgada. — The motor boat Gregory 
arrived at Ponta Delgada on Tuesday, April 5, from 
Bermuda. A heavy N.N.E. gale, which lasted from 
March 24 to 26, made it necessary to heave the boat to. 
The boat was in no danger, as she lay to a sea anchor 
without difficulty. 
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Boats Building at Patchogue.— Three auxiliary cruis- 
ing sloops are being built in George H. Miller's yard 
at Patchogue, L. I. The largest of the trio is for Mr. 
Joseph Physioc, the well-known scenic artist of New 
York. This boat is Soft, over all, and will be fitted with 
a 10 horsepower gasolene engine. She will be enrolled 
in the Manhasset Bay Y. C. The second boat in point 
Entries ia Ocean Race for German Emperor's Cap. 
Name. 
Valhalla 
Ai>ache 
Ailsa 
Hamburg . . . . 
Utcwana . . . . 
Sunbeam . . . . 
1 lustle 
Atlantic 
Hiifit-gfrde .. 
Ftewr de Lys. 
Endymion ... 
Type and Rig. L.W.L. - Owner. 
.Aux. Sliip 24C{t Earl of Crawford 
.Aux. Barque 1b!>ft Edmund- Kandolpli 
.Yawl S8ft Henry S. Redmond 
.Schooner 116ft. .....German syndicate .... 
.Aux. Schooner. . 155ft Allison V. Armour ... 
.Aux. Barque 154.7ft Lord Brassey 
.Schooner lUift. Robert E. Tod 
.Aux. Schooner.. J o5ft Wilson Marshall 
.Schooner in.^.4ft. ... Kdward R. Coleman... 
iSchooner 101ft... Lewis A. Stimson 
•Schooner 8G.6ft.,..,.. George Lauder, Jr..., 
Club. 
, Royal Yacht Squadron... 
. New York Y. C 
. New York Y. C 
. fmperial Y. C 
. New York Y. C 
. Royal Yacht Squadron.. 
. Atlantic Y. C 
, Nevv York Y. C 
..Philadelphia Cor. Y. C. 
..New York Y. C 
..Indian Harbor Y. C 
Year 
Designer. 
.W. C. Storey 
.J. Reid & Co 
.William Fife, Jr 
.George L. VVatson 
.J. Beavor-Webb 
.St. Claire Byrne 
.Henry Winteringham 
.Gardner & Cox 
.A. S. Chesebrough 
.Edward Burgess 
. Tams, Lemoine & Crane 
Built. 
.1892... 
.1890. . 
.1895... 
.1898.., 
.1891.., 
.1874.., 
.1901.. 
.1903.-. 
.1897.. 
.1890.. 
.1899.. 
Net 
Ton. 
...648 
...307 
...116 
...185 
...267 
...227 
...235 
...206 
,...146 
.... 86 
of size is for Mr. W. B. Henry, of Philadelphia. She is 
36ft. over all, and will have a 6 horsepower engine. 
Mr. Henry will use the boat in the waters near Atlantic 
City. The third boat is for Mr. L. A. Fuller, of the 
Bergen Beach Y. C. She is 33ft. over all, and is 
equipped with a 5 horsepower motor. 
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Belle Harbor Y. C. — The newly organized Belle Har- 
bor Y. C. is making great progress. A site for a club 
house has been purchased to the westward of the 
Rockaway Park property, and a $15,000 club house will 
be erected at once. The building will be 60 by 85ft. 
in size and will be three stories high. A 12ft. piazza 
extends along the front and sides. The first floor will 
include a reception room, parlor, dining and grill room 
and buffet, while the kitchen is in an L. On the second 
and third floors are forty-eight sleeping rooms and 
lavatories. The attic contains several sleeping rooms, 
although mainly given up for lockers and storage pur- 
poses. The members expect to be at home to friends 
Decoration Day, although the new building will not be 
entirely finished by that date. The membership roll 
now numbers 132, the limit having been fixed at 150. 
The officers for the coming year are: Com., H. F. 
Hewlett; Vice-Com., Louis Bossert; Rear-Com., A. W. 
Courtland; Fleet Capt, L. M. Pearsall; Treas., R. J. 
James; Fin. Sec'y, E. J. Christopher; Sec'y, George W. 
Fash; Chairman House Committee, C. C. Pearsall; 
Chairman Regatta Committee, Walter Smith; Chair- 
man Entertainment Committee, P. M. Schaffner. 
Board of Directors — William Scheer, H. F. Hewlett, 
W. W. Butcher, Frank G. Bush, L. M. Pearsall, George 
W. Fash, William G. Gallagher, P. M. Schaffner, 
William A. Courtland and R. J. James. The club pen- 
nant is triangular in shape, the colors being red, white 
and blue. 
A* G A. Membership, 
new life members. 
No. 42, Harry M. Stewart, Rochester, N. Y.; No. 43, Edward 
F. Wyer, Woburn, Mass. ; No. 44, Frederick VV. Donnelly, New 
York city. 
new members. 
No. 4890,Edward J. Fonda, Rochester, N. Y., Central Division; 
No. 4891, Irwin N. M. Cubberly, Trenton, N. J., Atlantic Division; 
No. 4892, George O. Groll, Cleveland, O., Western Division; 
No. 4S93, Carleton N. Bonfils, New York city, Atlantic Division; 
No. 4894; Frank Fell, Trenton, N. J., Atlantic Division. 
applications for membership. 
Eastern Division.— Daniel R. James and H. S. McCormack, 
of Providence, R. I.; Harry L. Peabody, Wellesley Hills, Mass. 
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. 
Should the Use of Revolvers be Prohibited? 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
In reading the criminal statistics of the United States for last 
year I was struck by the wonderful increase in the crimes of 
murder and homicide. 
This suggested to me an inquiry as to why a people who boast 
the very highest civilization of any in the whole world, after 
twenty centuries of Christianity, exceed all others in the com- 
mission of homicidal crimes. 
I have resolved, with your permission, to submit a few queries 
for the consideration of the readers of Forest and Stream. I 
do so because these ought include a fair representation of the 
sanest and most intelligent people of the United States — a class 
that ought to typify the highest and most robust phase of our 
twentieth century civilization. 
The answers to these queries will be illuminating, and will shed- 
such light on the "point of view" as will enable the most casual 
observer to draw correct conclusions. 
The queries are to the following eifect: 
Are the Americans more bloodthirsty than any other civilized 
nation? 
If not, do they lack some necessary elements in their composi- 
tion that all other thoroughly sane and civilized men possess — 
something that would make them exercise their reason, their 
Christianity, a regard for the rights and life of others, that would 
restrain them from resorting to the extreme limit of taking fife 
when resenting wrongs, real or imaginary? 
, I do not here refer to crimes of lynching, which result from 
extraordinary excitement and from extraordinary causes. 
If they are not more bloodthirsty, less saue and less Christian' 
other people, how is it they are so "quick on the trigger"? 
than 
Regardless of the foregoing, I think the answer to the follow- 
ing will touch the crux of the whole matter. 
Are the Americans, for their own welfare and for the fair fame 
of the nation, too familiar with the use of revolvers and other 
small firearms? ■ 
Should ordinary citizens (especially in view of certain national 
tragedies, as Presidential assassinations) be permitted under any' 
conditions in cities and other populous places, to have or carry 
about their persons, revolvers or other firearms? 
Should the Government prohibit the total use of small arms, 
except to the military and police? 
Should revolver practice at targets be confined to the military 
and police? , 
Should the leading journals and moulders of public opinion dis- 
courage by every means the use of revolvers and small arms, by 
sportsmen, sporting clubs and reputable citizens generally? 
Are not the possession of small firearms, familiarity with their 
use, and the undue importance given in leading journals to scores 
made by revolver experts, all contributory causes of a large num- 
ber of homicides? 
Are there not many ordinary good (if hasty) men to-day suffer- 
ing untold remorse for murder or homicide, that never would 
liave been committed, if at the psychological moment a revolver 
was not at hand? 
Is it, then, not the natural depravity or degeneration of the 
American people, but their familiarity with small arms that is 
responsible for this grave stain on the fair fame of the whole 
nation? . , , , . 
If it were possible and permissible to compare small things with 
great, in order to get a result for comparison, I would instance 
this community of nearly a quarter of a million of people. For 
years we liave not had a single murder here; not that we are less 
violent or less prone to anger than other Anglo-Celtic people, but 
nobody thinks of carrying a icvolver for every-day use. The 
only crime of that kind we have had of late years was the killing' 
of a seaman in our waters by an American captain, who is now 
in penal servitude. His crew were noisy and disagreeable, as they 
had been dozens of times before, but one evil day he put a re- 
volver in' his pocket, with the result that where he had quieted 
his crew often bef are by fair means, he shot one of them who 
attempted to go ashore. u * ^i, a \ . 
The captain has since expressed himself to the effect that any 
legal punishment he would get as a consequence would not begin 
to compare with the tortures of '■emorse that he has since suffered, 
and that the few minutes he was unfortunate enough to have the 
revolver in his hands not only affected ,his victim and those de- 
pending on him, but also ruined his own life and affected seriously 
the welfare of his family of grown-up sons and daughters. 
I submit the foregoing to the readers of Forest and Stream 
as to a high court of appeal. The facts submitted are of particu- 
lar interest to the representative sportsman of the continent 
