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and white oak ribs j in- square ; cover the deck with heavy 
duck, 18 oz. I find mine very handy ; it will carry six very 
nicely, aud is light also, weighing only 92 pounds when 
finished, cushions, seats and all. The size of mine is as fol- 
lows: Length, 12 ft,; beam, 8x4 in., depth of pit, 10 in. 
Set the mast about three feet from the bow. I find my sail 
very useful when any distance from camp, 
George R. Squire. 
Dauntless Boat Club Entertainment. — Those who en- 
joyed the amateur minstrel entertainment of the Dauntless 
Boat Club last year will bo pleased to learn that a similar 
treat is to be given at the Lexington Avenue Opera House to- 
morrow evening. The talent is composed of members of the 
Argonauta, N. Y. Athletic, Pioneer and Our Own Clubs. 
The tickets admitting lady and gentleman are $1. 
—The Neptune Boat Club, of the same city, has the fol- 
lowing officers : Pres., Michael N. Lane, Vice-Pres., Ed- 
ward L. Fanning; Sec., James Doherty; Treas., Stephen 
Moran ; Capt., John Moran ; Directors, John Murray. Geo 
Brown, William White, John Moran, 2d. 
Courtney and Trioebtt.— Courtney has accepted the 
challenge of Trickett, the Australian oarsman, for a race 
£1,000 a side, aud allowing Trickett £300 for expenses.’ 
Courtney is to name the water. 
and Yonkers Athletic clubs met at tbe Sturtevant House 
Monday evening and perfected the organization of the Ama- 
teur Association of American Athletes with the following 
officers: Pres., H. M. Gilligan, Plaiulield Club; Vice-Pres., 
John Gath, American Club ; Sec., William McEwen, Scottish- 
American Club; Treas., K. W. I. Keudrick, Harlem Club. 
College Atitletios. — The third annual convention of the 
Athletic Association of American Colleges will be held at the 
r ifth Avenue Hotel on Saturday, April 20. 
The Prospect Park ball fields are now open to all amateur 
clubs securing a permit from the Park office, at the Coney 
Island Railroad depot cutrance. No field on the Parade 
Ground can be used without a permit. 
Harvard University Foot-Ball Club.— T he officers 
newly elected are : Pres., Mr. W. S. Otis; Vice-Pres., Mr. 
G. R. Sheldon; Sec. and Treas., Mr. P. T. Barlow. A new 
practice field has beeu engaged, and some good play from the 
Harvard boys may be looked for this season. 
M cw itublwitioifg. 
Harvard Athletics. -The following were the winners in 
the second athletic meeting : Horizontal bar, F. B. Keene, ’79- 
light-weight sparring, first bout, F. W. Sharon, '80; second 
bout, L. A. Plummer, Jr., L. 3. S., ’79; third bout, N. E 
Teschemacher, ’78 ; Indian clubs, J. T. Howe, '80 ; vaulting 
with two hands, J. H. Tyng, L. S., G ft. 9 in.; tug of war, 
79 vs. '80, won by 79, first heat in 10 sec., second heat in 7 
sec. ; 78 vs. *81, first heat won by 78 in 17 sec., second heat, 
’81 in 1 min. 41 sec., third heat, *81, in 1 min. 44 sec The 
third meeting resulted as follows : Standing high jump H 
L. Morse, of the Scientific School ; light-weight wrestling w’ 
A Gaston, *80; light-weight sparring, V. W. Sharon, *80 : 
middle-weight sparnDg. W. Churchill, 78. The tug of war 
between the Juniors and Freshmen was won by the former. 
St. George’s Cbicket Club.— The club grounds at Ho- 
boken have been put in a complete order by Mr. S. Giles, the 
professional cricketer. The annual dinner of the club is held 
at Delmonico's next Monday evening. The sport will begin 
somewhat earlier than usual this season owing to the mild 
weather. 
.Amatecb Association of American Athletes.— Dele- 
gates from the Amateur, Adelpbi, American, Fanwood, Green- 
point, Harlem, Knickerbocker, Plainfield, Scottish- American , 
Boating at New Orleans.— It is rumored that the St. 
John Boat Club will hold a grand Southern regatta some- 
time in June or July. Participating crews are expected from 
j harlestou, Savannah, and other cities. The affair certain- 
y might be made an important event in aquatie circles. 
The Wa-Wa-Yanda Club. — A new club has been formed 
in this city, of which Shepard F. Knapp has been chosen 
President ; Charles E Loew, Treasurer, and Daniel Jackson, 
Secretary. The club has rented at Greenwood Lake tbe Jen- 
ness Cottage, on Willow Point, which will be entirely reno- 
vated and furnished as soon as tbe improvements are com- 
pleted. The club will put on the lake a number of pleasure 
boats for use during their stay at the club bouse. The cuisine 
will be in charge of an experienced caterer. 
New Canoe Seat.— Com. R. L. Ogden, of the San Fran- 
cisco Yacht Club, has invented a new seat for canoe pad- 
dles. The improvement on sitting on the bottom of the 
boat is simply a child’s rocking chair with a low back. The 
rockers are prevented from any lateral motion or working 
by being confined in two parallel grooves of the width of the 
rocker, the bottom being flat rubber, to prevent wear and 
creaking. Over the forward end of the rocker, and screwed 
to the bottom, are two loops of rubber, which, as the 
motion of the body inclines the chair backwards with the 
stroke of the oar, the rubber loop resists sufficiently to 
bring the chair back with the forward motion, and tbe back 
of tbe chuir is consequently flat to tbe back of the rower all 
tbe time, thus overcoming the greatest point of fatigue, that 
ot the back, consequent upon the shallowness of the boat 
obliging the thwart to be low, and doubling the rower up 
which promotes back-ache. This chair seat is of course not 
intended so much for short work as long pulls. It supplies 
Mie universal want felt by long-distance rowers, a support 
for the back. With this rocking seat, rowing is thus made 
easy. It is not adapted to shell boats, as there is scarcely 
space for placing it. 
The King of Siam’s Yacht.— This is the kind of a 
yacht the King of Siam is to sail in. We take the descrip- 
tion from Land and Water : 
This yacht, ji^t built by Messrs. Day, Summers & Co. of 
Southampton, has made a very successful trial trip, although 
under uut.woralile circumstances of weather. She is named 
Vesatri, which, being interpreted, means “ most excellent " 
an aspiring, but in her case perfectly true, title. Her dimen- 
sions are as follows: Length over all, 144 ft. ; ditto between 
perpendiculars, 120 ft.; breadth (extreme; 22 ft. 14 in - depth 
from top of keel amidships, 13 ft. 2 in. ; ditto from top of 
floors, 11 ft. 2 in. ; tonnage (builder’s measurement) 275 tons- 
druagbt of water forward, 8 ft.; do. aft, 11 ft. Her bull is 
of best Staffordshire iron, and all wood used is of teak with 
the exception of tbe maple and mahogany in the’ main 
saloons, and she has been built under survey of Lloyd’s. 
Her engines are of 40-horse-power nominal, on the compound 
principle, with all the latest improvements. At the prelim- 
inary trial, on the 30th of January, the engines developed a 
horse power of 2G4. Steam is only intended as an auxiliary 
as the Vesatri has a hoisting propeller of 7 ft. 6 in in di’ 
ameter, with a pitch of 10 it. She is fore and aft schooner 
rigged and provided with full sail power, and should be 
fast under canvas. Her accommodation is very good and 
she is elegantly fitted up throughout. ’ 
The articles on the “Evolution of Ceremonial Govern- 
ment," by Herbert Spencer, which are now appearing In the Popular 
Science Monthly, are of absorbing Interest to the thinking reader. The 
/acta which the writer brings forward, will prove new to most people, 
and the reasoning employed is so clear aod simple that It can be fol- 
lowed without too much effort. The present paper, which Is the third 
of the series, treats of Mutilations, and Is extremely thoughtful and 
Instructive. 
Another pleasant article, and one which Is to be particularly recom- 
mended to readers In California and the Southern States, Is on "The 
Eucalyptus of the Future," by Rev. Samuel Lockwood. The cultivation 
of this tree Is now being carried on to a very large extent on the Pacific 
Coast; and, Indeed, It Is thought by many that this wood Is, In the 
future, to supply fuel for the whole Southern portion of California. 
On the other hand, we are told by others equally enthusiastic on the 
subject of Eucalyptus culture, that timber furnished by this tree is sub- 
stantially Incombustible, and that houses bniltof It will be virtually fire- 
proof : who shall decide which of these views Is the correct one ? 
Other Interesting articles are Prof. Marsh’s “Address on Vertebrate 
Life In America,” “On Weasels," "Edison’s Talking Machine (the 
Phonograph),*’ Living Corals,” etc. 
The Editor’s Table is lively aud attractive, and the Literary Notices 
and Popular Miscellany full of Interesting matter. 
De Wjtt’s Base Ball Guide. This handbook claims to 
be a complete manual of the national game and certainly contains 
enough matter to entitle It to that claim. There are full Instructions, 
records aud ruins ; we commend the book as all that Is necessary Pub- 
lished by Clinton T. Dewitt, 33 Rose St., N. Y. frice 10 cents. 
Game No. 3».— VIENNA OPENING. 
The first seven moves are the same as in the preceding game: 
White. 
8— B o Kt3 
Black. 
8— Kt-K KIB 
9-Q l£ B3 9— q Iks Q P 
10- q tbs B P ch 10— K-Q 
11- K-K2 11 — Q-K-l 
12- q-qs Ch- 12-q tka q 
White. 
13— Kt Iks q 
14- P-K R3 
16— K R-K B 
16— B tks K P 
Black. 
13— B-Q B4 
1 1— Kt-K B7 
16— K R-K 
16— B tks H 
While has the best game. 
Gome No. 40.— VIENNA OPENING. 
The first moves are the same as In Game No. 88 : 
White. 
2— Kt-q B3 
5- P-K Bl (a) 
4— Kt-K B8 
6— B-q B4 
6— Castles 
T-P-q4 
8- P-K Kt3 
9— R-K B2 
Black. 
2- Kt-Q B3 
3- P tks B P 
4 - P-K Kt4 
6— B-K KtS (b) 
6- P-q3 (O) 
7— P-K R3 
8— B-K 1(6 (d) 
9- P-KK16 
White. 
10-P-Q4 
H-K1-Q4 
12— B-K15 oh 
13— Kt-K2 
14— Kt-K Bl 
15— B Iks Kt 
Black. 
10— Q Kt-K2 (e) 
11— P-K B6 
12— K-B 
13— Kt-K KtS 
14 — Kt tka Kt 
15— B-K4 
Black has the best game. 
NOTES. 
(а) The Quarterly Chronicle, 1ST1, p. 320, gives the following continu- 
ation : 8— Kt-K B3, 3-B-q B4 ; 4— Kt tks K P, 4— B tks B P ch ; 6-K 
tks B, G-Kt tks K ; 0-P-Ql, fl-q-B3 ch ; 7-K-Kt ?, 7-Kt-K Kt6. 
(б) In a game between Earl Czernln and Frlederlch, Black attains a 
position similar to the Muzlo Gambit, In which he lias the advantage 
by 6— P-K KM ; 6-Castles. 
(e) If 0— P-K Kt4 ; 7-Kt-K, and the K B P cannot be maintained. 
Lowenthal, 1864, p. 8, moved 7— P-Q6 7, and P-QB7 
(<f) 8— P-K KM gives no advantage here. This variation, which la 
taken from a game In the Schach Zeitung, 1881, p. 886, Is Identical with 
the KlDg'a Gambit. 
(e) Snble and Neumann, 1866, p. 193 , consider 1J— Kt-q R4 better. 
Game No. « I. -VIENNA OPENING. 
The first three moves are the same as In Game No. 40 : 
White. Black. 
4— P-q4 (a) 4 — Q-R5ch 
6- K-K2 6-P-Qi (b) 
0— Kt tksQP? (0 G— B-K KtS ch 
7- Kt-K BJ 7— Castles Q It 
5- BtksKBP(d) 8— Kt-K B3 
9— B tks q B P 9— 
10- PtkSK 
11- B-K5 
•R tks Kt 
10— Kt tks P 
11— Kt Iks B 
White. 
12— P tks Kt 
13— O-K 
14 — K-Q 
16 — B-Q3 
16 — q tks Q 
17 — K R-K B 
Black. 
12 — B Q Bl 
13— Kt-K B5 Ch 
14— K It Q ch 
16- Kt tks Kt P 
16 — Kt tka Q 
17— Kt tks Kt 
Black has a winning game. 
NOTBS. 
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Problem No. 12. 
Tourney set, No. 8. Motto : E plurlbus duo. 
(а) Tbls quaint and, In appearance, highly dangerous move, Stelnltz 
first introduced at Dundee, Scotland, In 1S67, and afterwardB at Baden- 
Baden In 1870. It Is similar to an antiquated gambit In the days of 
Lopez and Selenus, viz.: 1— P-K4, 1— P-K4 ; 2— P-K B4, 2— P tks P ; 
3-P-Q4. 
(б) Zukertort continues the game (Xene Berliner Schach Zeitung, 1371), 
giving Black the advantage, which, however, Is not the case. 
(c) The following continuation Is of no benefit : 6— P-K5, 6— B-K Kt5 
ch; 7-Kt-K B3, 7— Ca«tles Q R ; 8— B tks K B P, 8-P-K B3 ; 9-B-K 
Kt3, 9— Q-R4; 10— P tks P, 10— Kt tks P, with a good game. Or, 6— P- 
K R3, 6 — P tks P [6— B-K Kt5 ch ; 7— P tks B, 7— Q tks R ; 8— Kt-K R3, 
8— P tks P ; 9— Kt tks P, 9— Castles Q R ; 10— P-Q B3, and the Q cunnot 
be retreated without making a sacrifice], whereby Znkertort gives Black 
a good game by the following continuation : 7— Kt tks P, 7 — Q-K2 ; 8— 
K-B3, 8— B-K B4;9— Kt-K B2, 9— Castles QR; 10— P-Q B3.10— P-K KM. 
(rf) The following yields White no advantage: 8— P-Q B3, 8-P-K B4; 
9 — Q-Q3. 9-P tks P ; 10 — Q tks P, 10-P-K KI4 ; 11-B-Q2, 11-B-K Kt2! 
In next week’s issue we shall conclude the variations on this Vienna 
Opening, and commence the publication of the Uaiulbuch variations on 
the Roy Lopez Opening. 
White. 
1— P-K4 
2— Kt-K B3 
3— Kt tks P 
4— Kt-K B3 
Game No. 42.— PETROFF DEFENCE. 
Black. White. 
1— P-K4 
2— Kt-K B3 
3— P-Q3I (a) 
4— Kt tks P 
Black. 
6-Q-K2 5 — Q-Ki 
6- P-Q3 6— Kt-K B3 
7— Q tks Q ch 7— B tks Q 
Even game. 
NOTES. 
(a) This move was first published by Cozlo, 1706, vol. I., p. 214; and In 
1842, after Petrol! had played It often, closely analyzed by Jaenlsoh. 
Game No. 43.— PETROFF DEFENCE. 
The first four moves are the same as In the preceding game : 
White. 
6-P-Q3 
6- P-Q4 
7- B-Q3 (a) 
Black. White. Black. 
6— Kt-K B3 18— Castles 8— Castles 
6 — P-Ql 9-P-Q B4 9-P-Q B4 
7— B-Q3 . j Even game. 
NOTES. 
(a) The position Is obtained in the Queen's Gambit by the following 
moves: 1-P-K4, 1-P-K4 ; 2-P-Q1, 2-P-Q4 ; 3-P tks P, 8-P tks P • 
4— Kt-K B8, 4— Kt-K B3, etc. 
White to play and give mate in two moves. 
SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS— NO 10 
1-Q-Q5 Ch ! Any ’ 
*— Mates accordingly. y 
Game No. 38.-VIENNA OPENING 
m!ZuTh': thG f °' l0WlDg 8ameS are varlallonfl translated from the 
White. 
1— P-K4 
2— Kt-Q B3 
3 — P-K B4 
4— P-Q3 
5 — P tKS K P 
6— P Q4 (b) 
7 — B-Q B4 (C) 
8— B-Q Kt3 
9— Kt-K 2 
Black. 
1- P-K4 
2- Kt-K B3(a) 
8 -P-Q 4 
4— P tks K P 
5— Kt-K Kt6 
6— P-K6 
7— Kt tks K P 
8— B-K KtS 
9 — Q-R6 ch (d) 
White. 
10- P-K Kt3 
11- B tks K P 
12- Kt tks Kt 
13- K-Q2 
14- Q tks Q 
15- K tk« 6 
16 - K R-K B 
Black. 
10— Q-K B3(e) 
11 — Kt-BU cli 
12— Q tks Kt 
13— q tks Kt ch 
14— B tks q 
15 — B K2 
16 — P-K B3 
Even game. 
NOTES. 
i B ilnJ!r n P ,TV- K I , B47 ’ then6 - p tkB P follows, and the game 
la similar w a Bishop s or King’s Gambit, without, however, having the 
advantage of Kt-Q B3. Dr. M. Lange recommends B-Q Kt 4 aa the best 
continuation for Black on his third move. 
isS? f! 1 ”!!-, 8 !! N „TT COntlnnei1 <*«* Berliner Seluxeh Zeitung, 
1679, p. 248) Kt tks I>, 6 Kt tks P ; T-P-Q4, 7-Kt-K Kt 3 ; S-Kt-K B 3 , 
(e) This variation Is taken from a game between Guretzky and Pauls, 
KuT-a i nn n i' 1 ?V , i* 188 >, t» « B ‘ UCk move then tt-B Q 
C 1 1 t 9 “ K - B ’ et0 ’ “ ln me Quarterly Chronicle, 
1670, p. 165; also In “ Lowenthal," 1861, p. 7 . 
(d) if 9— Kt-K Kt3 the game 1 b about equalized 
(*) TUe Allowing gives White the superiority, viz.: 10 -B tlm Kt • 11 
— Q tka B, Q tks q p, or Q-K8 ; 12— B ties K p. 
CHES8 DIRKOTORY. 
The following Is the locale of the several chess clubB and chess rooms 
of New York and Brooklyn : 
New York Chess Rooms .— 101 East lith at., corner of Union Square • 
Captain McKenzie, Manager. 
Turner Hall Chess Club.— Nos. 66 and 63 East 4th st. 
New York Chess Club.— Cafe Cosmopolitan, No. 1% Second ave. 
Manhattan Chess Club.— Cafe LogellDg, No. 49 Bowery. 
The Brooklyn Chess Club meets Wednesdays and Saturdays at 7 p m- 
In the Mercantile Library Building, Montague st. 
Wllllamsburgh Phllldor Chess Club.— No. 212 Graham ave. 
CUR80RY JOTTINGS. 
-The chess players of Great Britain engaged In the International 
Match are “ dealing out destruction ” to the American team having 
already scored 3 games to 2. This great contest appears thus far to 
have been negligently and carelessly conducted on the part of the 
American team. Bro. Belden should “ coach " them up a bit, and be 
right smart about It, too. 
-The New York Chess Club handicap tourney Is now In full operation 
One game only Is played. There are thirty contestants, and the follow- 
ing players take the lead : 
Won. Lost. Dr’wn. Won Lost 
Mr. Burke 7 l 2 Mr. Limbec. «’ n* Dr „ mi ’ 
Mr. Ettllnger... 6 8 3 Mr. Ryan ,'" fl 3 * 
Mr. Henshel 11 2 4 0 3 8 
Three money prizes are offered, $ 50 , $30, $ 20 , and a fourth consisting 
of an Inlaid chess board, has been promised ; the first prize of *30 and 
the chess board being presented by Mr. H. Hoenack, the liberal propri- 
etor of the Cafe cosmopolitan, where the New York Chess Club has its 
rooms* 
-The Brooklyn Club tourney Is proceeding slowly, it would not be 
consistent for It to go fast. A consultation match is on the tapis for 
next Saturday night. 
-Mr. W. A. Shlnkman carries off the prize for the best two moves, 
dnd Mr. F. W. Martlndale tics with an unknown for tho best four 
moves, entered in the Hudersfield College Magazine Problem Tourney 
Just ended. The enterprising editor of this popular and attractive publ 
llcatlon announces another tourney, wherein several prizes are offered 
for a set and single problems, not to exceed three In number forward, 
ed him within the time limi ted, 
