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Boston Letter. 
Rating Class for Cape Cod. — Members of . the 
Wianno Y. C. are promoting a class of small racers, 
which will be built to by the summer residents of 
Wianno, Osterville and nearby Cape Cod places. It is 
not intended to have the boats from one set of plans, 
three Boston designers having been consulted in re- 
gard to the lines. It is believed now that the boats will 
be built to rate in Class R, under i8ft. This would give 
a boat of about 21ft. waterline, with good accommoda- 
tions for both afternobn sailing and for cruising. If 
this class is built there will be an opportunity of settling 
a much mooted question of whether or not the uniform 
rule will apply consistently to boats of i8ft. rating or 
less. 
One-Design Class for Quincy Bay.— Meetings of 
the Quincy and Wollaston yacht clubs were held Satur- 
day night to consider plans of a one-design class of 
15-footers to be built for the two clubs from lines of 
Messrs. Small Bros. The design submitted is that 
which has been accepted by the new Hingham Y. C., 
which will race the boats next season. It has been prac- 
tically decided that twelve boats will be built by the two 
Quincy clubs, and in this case there will be the pros- 
pect of some hot inter-club racing in Quincy Bay and 
Hingham Bay next season. The boats will appeal to 
those who desire plenty of racing in boats whose cost 
is not prohibitive. These boats will have knockabout 
rigs, of small area, and will be in type something be- 
tw.een the sailing dory and the conventional knockabout, 
the cost to build being about $175 each. They are 22ft. 
over all, 15ft. waterline, 6ft. 6in. breadth and ift. 3in. 
draft. 
New Launch by Small Bros. — Messrs. Small Bros, 
are designing a new launch for Mr. Richard Hutchin- 
son, owner of Highball, one of the competitors in the 
long distance power boat race the past season. The 
new boat will be essentially a cruiser, having a hunt- 
ing cabin, the topsides being carried up to form the 
trunk, in turtle back fashion. As there will be con- 
siderable • boat a bridge has been arranged across the 
cockpit, over the engine space, from which the boat 
will be controlled. She will be 39ft. qin. over all, 33ft. 
waterline and 9ft. loin. breadth. There will be 6ft. 
of headroom under the cabin trunk. Mr. Hutchinson 
has considered naming her Davy Jones. 
Tuna Sold. — The 86ft. power yacht Tuna has been 
sold by Mr. W. B. Smith Whaley, of the Boston Y. C., 
to Mr. John J. Ingalls, of Port Inglis, Fla. She is now 
at Murray & Tregurtha’s having alterations effected, 
among which will be the reducing of draft for use in 
Florida waters. Tuna was built by Murray & Tregurtha 
in 1903 and has made cruises in southern waters. She 
is a staunch craft with good accommodations for 
cruising. 
Schooner for H. A. Morss Ordered. — Vice-Com- 
modore FI. A. Morss, of the Corinthian Y. C., who is 
also a member of the Boston and Eastern yacht clubs, 
has placed an order with Lawley for a 56ft. waterline 
schooner to be built from plans of Messrs. Tams, 
Lemoine & Crane. The boat will be built under the 
new uniform rating rule and will be of good substantial 
type for cruising alongshore and for long-distance 
racing. ' The deck, rails, companionways and skylights 
will be of teak. She will have a moderate sail plan 
and will have fine accommodations below decks. 
Twenty-tw^o Footer for Larchmont. — Mr. B. B. 
Crowninshield has received an order for a 22ft. water- 
line cruiser to be used at Larchmont. This boat will 
conform in design to the new uniform rule, but will not 
be figured at the top of any of the rating classes, coming 
midway between the top limits of Class Q and Class 
R. - She will be 33ft. bin. over all, 22ft. waterline, 9ft. 
extreme breadth and 5ft. 3in. draft. She will carry 
600 sq. ft. of sail. There will be 4ft. bin. headroom in 
the cabin. It is expected that she will be built at 
Marblehead. 
Y. R. A. Meeting. — It is expected that there will be 
considerable discussion at the annual meeting of the 
Y. R. A. of Massachusetts on Thursday evening, chiefly 
upon the proposition to adopt the new uniform rating 
rule and classes up to and including Class M. Opinion 
regarding the value of adoption is by no means unani- 
mous, and it is likely that strong opposition will be 
offered. It is likely that the chief objection will be 
in regard to the absence of scantling restrictions in the 
new rule. The Y. R. A. classes have had scantling re- 
strictions for years and the racing men have come to 
regard them as a protection. The matter of displace- 
ment would have some natural bearing on scantlings, 
depending upon the sense of the designer in desiring to 
turn out a boat that would last a reasonable length of 
time, but it may be that the racing men will want some- 
thing that is more direct and binding. 
John B. Killeen. 
Starboard and Port, 
We find the following in the New York Sunday 
Sun of Oct. 15: “‘Why is the right hand side of 
a ship called starboard and the left hand side 
port? — H. H. C.’ Starboard offers little difficulty to the 
investigator. In early forms of modern English it is 
recognizable without special philologic training as ‘steere- 
boord,’ the side on which the steering was done when 
the rudder had not become fixed in its pintles on the 
sternpost and the helmsman governed his ship by a sweep 
or paddle .over the right hand quarter. Its correlative, 
larboard, has been -a puzzle to generations of delvers after 
the roots of words and the solution is no nearer now than 
when they first began their research. Its similarity to 
starboard called for a nicety of pronunciation that was 
too much to ask of a mate conning a ship with her lee 
rail under, and the confusion in sound gave rise to dis- 
aster. For this reason the word ‘port’ was suggested, 
adapting to this new use an obsolete steering direction. 
Official recognition was given to port by George Bancroft 
as Secretary of the Navy by an order dated Feb. 18, 1846, 
in which he ordered the substitution of port for larboard.” 
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YACHTING NEWS NOTES^ 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. 
Motor Boats Wanted. — Consul-General Schuyler, of 
Bangkok, reports an opening in Siam for steam launches, 
motor boats, etc. He writes : “The city of Bangkok has 
more launches plying upon its waters than any other city 
in the Orient. These launches are for the most part 
heavy, clumsy, Chinese-built teakwood boats, fitted with 
old-fashioned steam engines burning wood. There is 
undoubtedly a, great future here for the light motor 
launch of American make, which ought to be introduced 
without delay. Motors using kerosene (petrol) would 
be the best type, as that can be obtained all over the coun- 
try, while engines using gasolene can only be employed 
near Bangkok. Manufacturers of launches and engines 
are requested to send catalogues of motor launches and 
boats for distribution and for use in the catalogue library 
of this consulate-general, such catalogues to include de- 
tails of fittings, separate motors without boats, terms of 
sale, and prices.” 
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Hempstead Bay Y. C. — At a meeting of the Hempstead 
Bay Y. C., held recently, the following officers were 
elected: Com., Floyd Weekes; Vice-Corn., I. R. De Nyse; 
Rear Com., R. H. Mayland; Sec., E. J. Mortimer; Treas., 
C. R. Lush; Meas., William E. Clowes. Board of Gov- 
ernors — I. N. Carman, I. W. Williams, John A. White 
and Joseph Rollins. Regatta Committee — DeWitt C. 
Titus, George W. Weekes and I. W. Williams. House 
Committee — Alanson Abrams, Ernest C. Mincke and 
James Dean. Auditing Committee — B. R. Carman, S. L. 
Pettit and H. S. Gray. Membership Committee- — George 
W. Weekes, I. N. Carman and L. C. Smith. Fleet Capt., 
I. N. Carman. 
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New Firm of Designers. — Messrs. C. Sherman 
Hoyt and Montgomery H. Clark have formed the 
partnership of Hoyt &■ Clark for the purpose of carry- 
ing on a business as designers of all classes of yachts 
with offices at 17 Battery place, New York city. 
Mr. Hoyt is entering the designing field after the 
■completion of the course in naval architecture, at Glas- 
gow University, and a very extended experience in yacht 
racing. His practical experience in designing has been 
gained in a number of well known ship yards, both 
here and abroad, notably, the Clyde Bank firm of John 
Brown & Co., the Eastern Shipbuilding Co., and the 
Townsend & Downey Shipbuilding Co. 
Mr. Clark has been in the designing business in New 
York for the past three years, first under the name of 
Liljegren & Clark and later under his own name. 
The firm will also do a brokerage business. 
The Pfovmcetown Hoodoo. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Mr., Barnard’s yarn about “The Provincetown Hoodoo,” 
like all of his stories, is very interesting, but he seems to 
have some misgivings about its being accepted by the 
readers of Forest and Stream as fact. I can testify to 
its truthfulness, however, as I encountered the same youth 
in Provincetown last year, and he afforded us consider- 
able amusement. We happened to be there over the 
Fourth in Escape, and he aroused our sympathy by tell- 
ing us a hard luck story, and that he was without the 
wherewithal to celebrate the day. Possibly our contri- 
bution of “two- bits” was enough to break the spell. 
J. D. Sparkman. 
New York City, Friday Oct. 13. 
Officers of A. C. A,, 1906, 
(Assumed office Oct. 1, 1905.) 
Commodore — H. Lansing Quick, Yonkers, N. Y. 
Secretary — William W. Crosby, Brighton Mills, Passaic. N. J. 
Treasurer — Frederic G. Mather, 164 Fairfield Ave., Stamford, Conn. 
ATLANTIC DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore — Woolsey Carmalt, 82 Beaver St., New York. 
Rear-Commodore — Matthias Ohlmeyer, Francis H. Leggett & Co., 
128 Franklin St., New York. 
Purser — Henry S. McKeag, 13 White St., New York. 
Executive Committee — William A. Furman, 846 Berkeley Ave., 
Trenton, N. J.; Louis C. Kretzmer, Schepp Building, New 
York; Clifton T. Mitchell, 46 E. Sedgwick St., Germantown, 
Pa. 
Board of Governors — Robert J. Wilkin, 211 Clinton St., Brooklyn. 
Racing Board — H. Lansing Quick, Yonkers,' N. Y., resigned. 
CENTRAL DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore — Flenry R. Ford, 45 N. Division St., Buffalo, N.Y. 
Rear-Commodore — Edward H. Demmler, 526 Smithfield St., Pitts- 
burg, Pa. 
Purser — B. Irving Rouse, 981 Lake Ave., Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee — John S. Wright, 519 West Ave., Rochester, 
N. Y. ; Lyman T. Coppins, 691 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y. ; Jesse 
J. Armstrong, Rome, N. Y. 
Board of Governors — Charles P. Forbush, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Racing Board — Harry M. Stewart, 85 Main St., E. Rochester, N.Y. 
EASTERN DIVISION, 
Vice-Commodore — H. M. S. Aiken, 45 Milk St., Boston, Mass. 
Rear-Commodore— Frank S. Chase, Manchester, N. H. 
Purser — Edgar Ward, 112 Highland St., West Newton, Mass. 
Executive Committee — Daniel S. Pratt, Jr., 178 Devonshire St., 
Boston, Mass.; Arthur G. Mather, 84 South St., Medford, 
Mass.; H. L. Backus, 472 Lowell St., Lawrence, Mass. 
Racing Board — Paul Butler, U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass.; 
Herman D. Murphy, alternate. 
NORTHERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore — J. McDonald Mowat, Kingston, Ont., Canada. 
Rear-Commodore — James W. Sparrow, Toronto, Canada. 
Purser — Russell H. Britton, Gananoque, -Ont., Canada. 
Executive Committee — Charles E. Britton, Gananoque, Ont., Can. 
Board of Governors — John N. 'MacKendrick, Galt, Ont., Canada. 
Racing Board — J. McDmin'd Mowat. Kincston, Ont., Canada. 
WESTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore — John A. Berkey. St. Paul, Minn. 
Rear-Commodore — George H. Gardner, 149 Kennard St., Cleve- 
land, O. 
Purser — Wade Hampton Yardley, 49 Pioneer Press Bldg., St. 
Paul, Minn. ^ _ • _ 
Executive Committee — Lucien Walsin, The Baldwin Co., 142 W. 
Fourth St., Cincinnati, O. ; Augustus W. Friese, The Journal, 
Chicago, 111. 
Beard of Governors — Henry C. Morse, Peoria, 111. 
Racing Board — Frank B. Huntington, 90 Sheboygan St,, Fond-du- 
Lac, Wis, 
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Points and Flushes. 
It has been recently noticed that there has been a‘ 
considerable jncrease of dog stealing in France, andl 
an investigation into the circumstance has disclosed the' 
growth of a new industry. The dog stealers, it now 
appears, no- longer sell their prizes, but, after a littlei 
feeding, dispose of them to friendly butchers, who then' 
purvey them to the public as meat, the hind legs, in’; 
particular, of young dogs doing duty as “house lamb.” i 
It would be interesting to learn whether this branch of; 
dog stealing has extended to England. We all know' 
that the foreign restaurants are supposed to be free; 
buyers of torn-cats for the manufacture of jugged hare.; 
— Shooting Times. 
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Fixtures. 
Oct. 22. — Cincinnati, O., Rifle Association annual prize shoot. 
Nov. 7. — Greenville, N. J. — One hundred shot championship match.' 
Telescopic Sights. 
Miles City, Mont., Oct. 8. — Editor Forest and Stream: Will you 
liardon one who is merely an old-time hunter with the rifle, and in 
no sense a target shooter, for commenting on your recent inter- 
esting editorial “The Telescopic Sight.” I have never shot at a 
target on a regular rifle range, but during many years of big- 1 
ganie hunting and of Indian, wars in the West, I carried a rifle \ 
daily, and used it constantly in the procuring of food, or in . 
self-defense. 
I have never used a telescopic sight, and have seen but few . 
rifles fitted with them, but I remember distinctly the first one 
that I ever saw, shown me many years ago in Denver by Gove — : 
then a celebrated gunsmith of that town — and his enthusiastic - 
comments on the usefulness of the sight in hunting antelope on ' 
the plains east of Denver. I presume that Gove is no longer 
living, but there must be many of your old readers who will re- ; 
member, him and' his old shop on the banks of the South Platte f 
River. 
In the editorial to which I refer you say, “There are two es- 
sentials in successful rifle shooting, namely, steady holding and ■ 
accurate aiming.” Is this entirely true? Accurate aiming is un- 
questionably essential, but can the same be said of steady holding. 
We are all of us disposed to think that in shooting at any mark 
the sight should pause for an appreciable time upon the point shot 
at; but in a number of cases which have come under my notice 
nothing of this sort seemed to be required. I recall at least two 
men who were afflicted with some nervous trouble, which kept 
their hands moving and jerking constantly, who were yet about 
as good shots as I have ever seen. That is to say, in shooting at 
ordinary distances — or what in the old hunting days of the 'West 
we called ordinary distances — say from 50 to 125yds., they could 
. place their bullets together, shot after shot, in a space no larger ? 
than the heart of an antelope or a deer. Of course, this may be :■ 
very different from shooting at the long distances which I under- j 
stand are now in vogue. In like manner most men when shoot- j 
ing at a running animal made no pause on the target. 
T hese men pulled the trigger when they saw that the sight was 1 
just about to cover the target. Their rifles might be constantly in 1 
motion, but they were so familiar with their sights and with the j 
action of the rifle that they knew just when to pull the trigger so .J 
as to drive a bullet straight to the mark. In the same way in ’ 
shooting at standing game in old times, it was my practice to j 
raise the sight and pull the trigger just before the, sight fell on S 
the point I wished the ball to reach. J 
With due deference, therefore, to your remarks just quoted, I j 
should be disposed to say that in itself steady holding is not im- j 
pertant. Certainly I feel that it is not for the distances at which i 
we used to shoot at game in the good old times when there was | 
game to be shot at. On the other hand, I ought to say that it is ; 
a dozen years since I have hunted, and it may well be that new i 
discoveries have been made in rifle shooting, as no doubt new 1 
methods have come up, so that my opinion, drawn from the ex- j 
perience of years ago may be quite without value to-day. i 
Yellowstone. | 
Ohio Rifle Notes. ! 
At the monthly meeting of the Dayton Sharpshooters it was de- 
termined to celebrate John F. Beaver’s seventy-ninth anniversary,- 
Thursday, Oct. 26, by holding an all-day rifle tournament on their : 
range, to which all riflemen of the valley are invited. The pro- ' 
gramme will include free-for-all matches, offhand, and at rest, for | 
cash prizes, open, to everybody. The society king shoot, muzzle ■ 
rest, merchandise prizes, is open to members only. The regular 
monthly cup shoot, the last of the season, open to members only.. 
Neither of these contests will interfere with the free-for-all pro- ; 
gramme, as there are plenty of targets to keep everyone busy- 
All contsts will be at 200yds. 
After a rest of several months, the Euphemia Rifle Club, opened ! 
their medal contest on Oct. 9. Chas. W. Matthews won the 
medal with a score of 47 out of a possible 48. Fie followed up this; ; 
victory by winning two 20-shot contests. Mr. Matthews is prob- i 
ably the best posted man in the valley in,, the mechanism ^of a; .; 
rifle as well as the handling of the weapon.- The fact that he has ; 
held the championship medals of all the e'lubs time after , time 
marks him as a man whose knowledge' .'of the rifle is not all \ 
theoretical. The shooting was all at 100yds., offhand, and was 1 
done in a very strong cross wind. Matthews was challenged for a i 
20-sliot match by T. Parks and E. R. Keslering. Five events of 
four shots each, possible 48, aggregate 240. Matthews won with j 
42, 44, 42, 43, 46—217; Parks 40, 43, 43, 40, 41—207; Keslering 39, j 
38, 39, 39, 41 — ^196. Parks challenged the winner for another ] 
match, with the same result, although he improved on his pre- ' 
vious score by 4 points, and -Matthews fell doviui 1. Matthews ; 
scored 43, 42, 45, 42, 44 — 216; Parks 44, 41, 46, 36, 44 — 211. In both j 
of the closing offhand contests of last winter Matthews won and 
has held the championship since. His scores were: Feb 15: 39, 41, 
46, 46, 48—220. Feb. 22: 39, 41, 48, 46, 46—220. Members of the club 
will attend the shoot in Dayton on the 26th, to be held in honor 
of J. F. Beaver’s seventy-ninth anniversary. 
Many of the riflemen of the Miami valley have gone or will 
etart soon for thsir annual trips after big game. David Aukenny, 
U. S. Foutz, Theo. and John Grander, Amos Zehring and Frank 
Vandeveer, of Germantown, started on Oct. 17 for Aroostook 
county. Me., where they will hunt for several weeks. Their camp 
will be near Masardis. 
Dr. and Mrs. D. W. Greene, of Dayton, are in New Brunswick, 
with E. C. Harley and Frank Canby on a deer hunting trip. 
Claude Weaver and Lawrence Fry, of Arcanum, left on Oct. 15 i 
for a month’s hunt in the Temagami region of Canada, where 
moose, bear and deer abound. They will make their permanent 
camp in the wilderness far north of the frontier settlements, and 
will be lost to civilization until the hunt is over. 
W. H. . Orth,. Perry Bro'vn and Jonas Leatherman are in their 
permanent camp on the north shore of Lake Superior, about fifty , 
miles from Port Arthur, and will remain until about the first of 
November. A letter received from them says they have found 
game of all kinds very abundant. 
Dr. G. A. Hoebwalt and George Kalter, of Dayton, and Dr. 
George Brown, of Phillipsburg, have gone to Maine for a three 
weeks’ moose and deer hunt. 
The Greenville Offhand Rifle Club will hold regular shoots on 
every Friday afternoon. The shooting will be at 200yds. 
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