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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 6, 1905. 
trophy, provided, however, that at the discretion of 
the Regatta Committee, existing yachts not conform- 
ihg to the spirit of the restrictions adopted in 1904 may 
be barred. 
The first race for tine trophy will be sailed Saturday, 
July 15; the second race, Saturday, Aug. 26. and the 
third race will be one of the events of Regatta week, 
in September. The trophy will be awarded to the boat 
making the highest total percentage in the three races, 
percentages to be computed according to the table 
adopted by the Country Club for the Country Club 
Competitive Cup races. Entries close July 10. 
The Inter-Lake Yachting Association rules for the 
i6ft. class provide for a keel or centerboard open boat, 
with a maximum load waterline length of i6ft., and a 
maximum over all length of 25 6-ioft., and a maximum 
extreme beam of 8ft. 6in., and maximum sail area of 
400 sq. ft. 
A boat built to these rules is handy, fast and able 
and well adapted to afternoon sailing, racing and short 
cruises in sheltered water. As a school for young 
sailors it is unsurpassed. 
The first cost of a boat of this class is small and the 
expense of maintenance insignificant. 
Small Brothers, of Boston, the designers of Spray, 
Little Shamrock. Wrinkle and many other winning 
boats, give ap approximate figure of $850 for a boat 
built in the best manner, with double planking of ma- 
ho'-any, and for a substantial boat with less expensive 
fittings, $550 to $650. 
Tams, Lemoine & Crane, of New York, designers of 
the St. Claire, give an approximate figure of $600 for 
a boat built in the best manner, and 10 per cent, less 
for a boat with plainer finish and fittings. 
A boat can be built by Schweikart, of Detroit, with 
first-quality sails, rigging and fittings, from designs by 
Wilby, for about $500. 
The Yachting Committee believes that the encourage- 
ment of small boat racing by the younger members is 
essential to building up a permanent love for the sport 
in the Country Club, and it urges upon members in- 
terested in yachting their consideration of this class. 
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Port Huron-Mackinac Race for Cruisers.— At the 
request of many prominent yachtsmen, the Country 
Club will hold a long distance race from Port Huron 
to Mackinac. The race will be held in conjunction with 
a similar race from Chicago to Mackinac, under the 
auspices of thie Chicago Y. C. The two races will 
start at 2 o'clock P. M., Saturday, July 29. 
The distance by steamer course from the Port Huron 
lightship to Mackinac is 240 miles. 
The race is open to any sail or auxiliary yacht of 
the Great Lakes having an over all length of 30ft. or 
more. Contesting yachts will be divided into two 
classes: Class A, yachts above 50ft. over all length, 
an^ Class B, yachts 30ft. to 50ft. over all length. A 
handsome trophy will be awarded to the winning yacht 
in each class. Entries close July 15. 
Time allowance will be computed by the rules of the 
New York Y. C. 
Owners expecting to enter their yachts are requested 
to obtain from their designers or by measurement the 
necessary data for computing their rating, and to for- 
ward such data to the secretary of the Yachting Com- 
mittee at an early date. 
Address entries and all communications to Franck C. 
Baldwin, secretary, 1103 Union Trust Building, Detroit. 
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Enterprising Designers. — Messrs. Burgess & Packard, 
of Boston, are among the most enterprising of America's 
naval architects. Not only are they skillful designers and 
engineers, but they are also coming to the front as build- 
ers of yachts. The birth of the building enterprise un- 
doubtedly emanated from the installation of a model 
making plant, which Mr. W. Starling Burgess established 
in connection with his designing office, in order that he 
might have the benefit of model experiments while he was 
still working out the lines of various yachts. Soon after 
the admission of Mr. A. A. Packard to the firm, shops 
were acquired at Salem, where 15 and i8-footers were 
built, and also several launches. Last year the 30-footer 
Sauquoit was turned out at the Salem shop. The auto- 
boat Mercedes, U. S. A., showed how skillful these men 
are not only at designing but at building. Finding that 
the Salem shops were a bit removed from the center of 
yachting interest, the firm secured the Charles W. Parker 
estate, of about three acres, at Marblehead, where they 
are now establishing a building and repair shop, machine 
shop, ship chandlery and marine railway. They are also 
to maintain a tank boat for the benefit of launch owners. 
The property selected is most admirably situated at the 
head of Marblehead Harbor, on the town side, and near 
everything the yachtsman needs ashore. There is a depth 
of 14ft. outside the marine railway, which has a capacity 
up to 300 tons at low water. Mr. Packard was formerly 
with the Herreshoffs at Bristol and has benefited by the 
experience obtained there. He worked on the laying 
down of Columbia, Constitution and Reliance, and also 
worked on the construction of Columbia and Reliance. 
Schooner for C. L. F. Robinson.— The flush deck 
schooner buildino- at A. C. Brown's yard, Tottenville, 
S. L, from designs by Messrs. Tams. Lemoine & Crane, 
is for Mr. C. L. F. Robinson. New York Y. C. She is a 
centerboard boat S4ft. waterline, 19ft. breadth and 4ft. 
6in. draft. The boat is in every sense a cruising vessel 
and was built mainly for use in Florida waters. 
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Vitesse Launched.— The high speed steam yacht 
Vitesse built for Mr. Brayton Ives bv the Gas Engine & 
Power Company and Chas. L. Seabury & Co., Consoli- 
dated, was launched from the yard of the builders on 
Saturday evening, April 29. A special train brought the 
owner and his guests from New York. The yacht was 
named by Mrs. Herbert Parsons. Vitesse will be used 
mainly by her owner as a ferry between his country 
place at Ossining-on-the-Hudson and New York city. 
Occasional cmises will, hrwever. be taken on the Sound 
and around the Cape. Vitesse is Ii8ft. over all, 114ft. 
walerline, laft. breadth and 4ft. sin. draft. She is splen- 
didly built and thoroughly equipped and is a sample of 
the superb work turned out by this firm of builders. 
Two Seabury triple expansion engines and a Seabury 
water tube boiler comprise her propelling power. Dyna- 
mos will furnish electric light. 
Vitesse is finished on deck and below with mahogany, 
aft of the machinery room is a double room and cabin. 
The owner's room extends the full beam of the yacht. 
The passage from the owner's stateroom to the saloon 
has a toilet room on the starboard side,- and on the port 
side the intervening space is occupied by wardrobes. 
N. Y. Y. C.'s Measurer's Schedule.— Mr. Francis W. 
Belknap, the Measurer of the New York Y. C, an- 
nounces that, weather permitting, he will be prepared to 
measure yachts enrolled in the club at any one of the fol- 
lowing- niarp<5 on the dates named: 
May 5, Larchmont. i j j 
May 12, Larchmont. 
May 16, Station No. 10, Glen Cove. - 
M;iv tfl, T''"'"1 
May 23, Station No. 10, Glen Cove. ' 
May 26, City Island. 
In order to facilitate the work, members are requested 
to notify the Measurer in writing at an early date as to 
which of the above places they will select. 
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Penelve and Shawana Sold. — Mr. Adam D. Claflin, 
Eastern Y. C, has sold his auxiliary schooner yacht 
Penelve to ]\(Ir. Rudolph Oelsner, of New York city, 
through the agency of Mr. Stanley M. Seaman, New 
York. Penelve is a keel boat sgft. over all, 40ft. water- 
line, 14ft. beam, 6ft. draft, designed and built in 1900 by 
Messrs. Read Bros., of Fall River, Mass. Her 16 horse- 
power Murray & Tregurtha engine drives her about six 
miles an hour. The same agency has also sold the hunt- 
ing cabin launch Shawna for Mr. George G. Williams, 
of Hartford, Conn., to a New York yachtsman. 
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Finish of the Ocean Race. --Mr. Allison V. Armour, 
of the American sub-committee of the Imperial Y. C, 
received a cablegram from Mr. C. L. F. Robinson, an 
associate member of the committee, who is now in Lon- 
don, saying that the En.elish sub-committee had decided 
to place a stake boat at the finish line of the transatlantic 
yacht race at the Lizard. The stake boat will remain at 
the line until the winners of the four prizes have crossed 
the line. In the absence of a stake boat the finish line 
was to have been a line north and south through the 
lighthouse. 
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Across Nova Scotia in Canoes. 
{Continued from page 845.) 
Wednesday, June 15. 
The voyagers rose about 6 A. M. after a sound night's 
rest, although Charles O. complained of having slept with 
his head in a valley and the rest of him on a ridge. This 
came very nearly causing him apoplexy about 2 A. M., 
but by wriggling around a bit he managed to get into a 
more comfortable combination of surface, and thus got 
his much needed night's rest. 
The morning turned out to be quite cold and foggy, so 
we waited for it to clear, taking things easy around the 
camp, and cooking a very enjoyable breakfast. Finally, 
about 8:30, we put out the fire and embarked for the 
morning's journey. After crossing a small, shallow lake, 
we ran into a succession of very narrow rapids, pounding 
the canoes hard. This morning's run took us through 
beautiful winding stretches of the river, not very broad, 
more like a good-sized creek, but densely wooded^ along 
the shores, very clear water, and an almost continuous 
quick current. We were all impressed by the total ab- 
sence of mud, since this section of the country is chiefly 
made up of stones from -the size of a small house down 
to the size of a walnut, with now and then a gravelly or 
sandy patch. As a result, the water is very clear but 
always with the prevailing brown tint which is charac- 
terisiic of the country. Very few of the places we passed 
through bore names by which they could be located 
geographically; some, in fact, were known to Louis by 
Indian names, but we, were wholly unable in most cases 
to understand what these names were, so grotesque was 
his pronunciation of them. One particularly beautiful 
spot which we reached about 10:30 in the morning, was 
known to Louis as Upper Dukeshire Falls, at least this 
was as near as we could make it out. The stream dashed 
over several high ledges at this point with a final fall of 
about fifteen feet. It was necessary here to shack the 
canoe down the ledges, which' we did with some difficulty, 
and while we were at this work, Louis unlimbered his 
fishing rod and caught several big trout out of the pond 
below the falls. In getting from rock to rock around the 
ledges, he showed almost acrobatic agility and sure-foot- 
edness. In one place, a point of rock projected right in the 
center of the edge of the falls, separated possibly five or 
six feet from the nearest footing on either side._ The 
water was rushing over this rock to a depth of ten inches, 
falling into the pool some fifteen feet belov/. Although 
the rock was no more than a foot or so wide,_ Louis care- 
fully judged the distance and jumped from this slim foot- 
hold. He struck it fairly and crouched for a moment to 
catch his balance, the water roaring around his knees, and 
then with a second jump he gained the opposite side. 
Five minutes later he had two trout, weighing possibly 
three-quarters of a pound apiece. 
Just below Dukeshire Falls there was a swift current 
which ran straight into a rocky face, and Was deflected 
sharply of? to one side. Charles O.'s boat went through 
first and was carried against the rock, turning partly 
over and filling half full of water before the canoeists 
could -get it free. They managed, however, to ride 
through the rest of the rift by carefully balancing the 
boat and pulled her ashore to empty out the water. 
Arthur and the Scribe then came through, and very 
nearly met the same fate, shipping about two or three 
inches of water, which, however, was quickly disposed of 
a mimjte or two later at the end of the rapid. The party 
then went on down stream without further mishap, the 
trees in some places almost meeting overhead, and the 
weather warm and delightful. It was certainlv splendid 
going, and everybody was in high spirits except Arthur, 
who had unfortunately lost his favorite pipe, a small Irish 
dudeen, in coming through the excitement at the Falls. 
Arthur has a pet habit of getting parted from something 
in this way in passing through some particular excite- 
ment. ■ 
The next notable event of the morning occurred when 
the party halted for a short time above a stretch of very 
rocky rapids, with numerous deep pools and big boulders 
obstructing the stream. The Scribe was clambering around 
one of these large rocks to get at a likely looking pool 
some distance beyond, and managed to lose his footing 
on the side of a huge rock, sliding down with a tremen- 
dous splash into the deep pool below. The rest of the 
party thought that he had simply dislodged a stone, and 
were not prepared for the sight of him swimming around 
the corner of the rock, blowing like a porpoise. Fortu- 
nately he. lost none of. his valuables — they were mostly 
tied to him with strings — and even his silver watch was 
uninjured, keeping on doing good work through the rest 
of the trip. From this point down to our lunch camp the 
going was even rougher than before, and Louis had much 
difficulty keeping the water out of his birch bark. We 
halted for lunch on a narrow, flat stretch by the water's 
edge near some fallen trees. The party stripped off most 
of their clothes and dried out in the hot sun, as we were 
all well soaked. Louis improved the shining hour by 
pulling his canoe Out and patching up the holes which 
had been punched in it by the morning's run with pitch, a 
small can of which he carried with him for just such 
emergencies. 
The lunch was particularly acceptable, as everybody 
was half starved, and ready to take a few hours' rest. 
We found a small expanse of grassy bank here which 
was very comfortable after the rocky, irregular, quarters 
we were rapidly becoming accustomed to. This lunch 
camp was dubbed '"The Dmky Camp," for obvious rea- 
sons. Just before reaching this stopping place Charles O. 
and Carl had another upset coming through an ugly little 
rift, and the former managed to lose his matchsafe. Inci- 
dents of this sort served to fix these various points in our 
memories, and the party would frequently refer to "the 
place where Charles O. lost his matchsafe," or "the Falls 
where Arthur lost his dudeen," etc. 
By this time Louis was becoming more and more pop- 
ular with the party and was proving himself an excellent 
traveling companion. When addressed he would gener- 
ally reply with a quick "Sir to you" which amused 
Charles O. very much, since it was hardly an expression 
to be looked for in such an out-of-the-way place. It seems 
he had picked it up from some one of his previous 
IDatrons. 
Louis spoke English rather slowly but with a good 
choice of words. His pronunciation was a little indis- 
tinct and thick and he had a strong Indian accent, but 
he was not particularly taciturn and made a very useful 
and enjoyable addition to the party. 
After things were well dried out, canoes patched, and 
the party refreshed by the hearty lunch, we set out for 
Maitland, which Louis reported not far ahead. We com- 
menced to discover signs of civilization again; at one 
time it would be a rough clearing, again there would be 
a small trail through the woods, and finally around the 
bend we came in sight of a low log bridge, which we took 
to be the Maitland Bridge, but Louis said that the town 
itself and the "big bridge" was some little distance below 
yet. Running quickly under the bridge we shortly came 
to a long slretch of dead water where the banks were 
lined on either side with whitened trunks and stumps of 
trees ; some were also scattered about in the current, and 
made us keep a sharp lookout for snags. This dead tim- 
ber proved to be the debris left by the lumbermen above 
a small lumber dam, which in turn was close beside the 
town itself. This log dam had been partly torn down, 
and damaged by fire. There was quite a heavy rift 
through the opening of the dam, and in running the big 
canoe through the Scribe smashed a paddle. Louis came 
through jauntily in his little birch bark and the crew of 
the big boat remained behind for a few minutes taking 
photographs, unlimbering the other paddle and getting the 
boat past the obstructions. 
In the meantime, Charles O. and Louis went up to 
"town" to arrange for shipping Louis' canoe back to Mil- 
ford. This was necessan^, partly because the going was 
too roitgh for a birch bark, and because there was no 
way of getting it back from the end of the trip. There 
was considerable difficulty encountered in making the 
necessary arrangements, during the interval ; the rest of 
the party waited around the high iron bridge crossing the 
stream, and tried to get some extra supplies. Finally the 
big canoe started off for Maitland Falls, or rather Big 
Mill Falls, as they are known there, although there is no 
mill anywhere within fifty miles of the place. 
Arrived at the Falls, we prospected around and admired 
the scenery, which was magnificent, taking a couple 
of photographs of the Falls, showing the Scribe fish- 
ing. The pool below was filled with large fish that could 
not get up the steep descent, as the water was too swift. 
The size of our catch was only limited by the time at our 
disposal, as it was possible to get a rise at every other cast. 
We had a little annoyance at this spot from black flies 
and gnats, but made out very well with the use of our 
fly dope. 
Finally, Charles O. and Carl arrived, and we unload- 
ed the canoes in preparation for the carry around the 
falls. We were undecided as to the direction of the carry, 
since there were several paths, and Louis was still back 
in the town making his arrangements. The Scribe ex- 
plored the most likely route for about half a mile, and it 
seemed to be as far from the stream as ever, so other 
short cuts were investigated, but without success, since 
the country was rugged and heavily wooded. Finally the 
party decided to push on by the long way, carrying all 
the duffie, although H. N. T. was in favor of a short cut 
which seemed to lop off about one-half mile of the carrj'. 
This discussion took place in a little clearing a few yards 
wide at the junction of two of the most likely trails some 
distance from the river. H. N, T. went back to look for 
