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FOREST AND STREAM 
bitches ; sired by Ripple (Pride of the Border— Jessie). Sir. 
E. Orgill’8 Romp, winner in the champion class of New 
York, bad twelve puppies, nine dogs, three bitches, all 
lemon and white, on the 2d of July, by Rush. 
— Rev Wm. McGuinness, of Brooklyn, N. Y., has placed 
in Mr. Wannmaker’s hands, for thorough breaking, his all red 
Irish setter dog Tara, by Rufus, out of Belle Mead. Tara is 
10 months old, very handsome and promising, and won 
second prize in his class at late N. Y. Bench Show. 
padding and boating. 
HIGH WATJBR FOR THE WEEK. 
Date. 
Boston. 
A'etfl 
York. 
Char Its to 
B. 
M. 
H. 
M. 
u. 
M. 
July 12 
•2 
44 
M 
11 
15 
s 
24 
12 
44 
11 
63 
4 
i 8 
1 
28 
12 
43 
Jaly 16 
4 
62 
2 
12 
1 
27 
r, 
86 
2 
66 
2 
11 
July 17 
6 
20 
3 
40 
2 
66 
July 18 
7 
14 
4 
24 
3 
49 
FITTING OUT FOR A CRUISE. 
For “ plotting ” or laying out a course made or proposed, as 
well as for obtaining bearings, do not fail to have a parallel 
ruler and a pair of ordinary dividers. A log-book, with full 
record of events and sailing, should always be kept on a 
cruise. Overhaul your ground tackle, have marks put on at 
certain intervals, so that you may know the amount of chain 
you are riding to, and be prepared to “ slip ” in the event of 
sudden emergency. Keep what powder and flash signals or 
rockets you may deem needful in a safe dry place, not to be 
opened except by the skipper or his deputy, and to contain no 
other article but explosives. Finally, see to it that every man 
on board knows his duties, has a place to stow his duds and 
to bunk at night ; assign him to his place at mess, and have 
him provide himself with ample clothiDg, light and heavy, 
and a set of tarpaulins. Take along a sea chest of medicines 
(homeopathic are easiest to administer, if you can only screw 
up your gullibility to the necessary point), and remember 
that in all cases the perfect seaman should bear in mind that 
“an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure," and 
that with the skipper “forewarned should be forearmed.” 
Preserve discipline among the hands before the mast and order 
among the cock pit tars. Under such circumstances, cruising 
will not degenerate into a genteel mob afloat on a spree, but 
will result in a vast deal of benefit to both body and mind, 
and will be remembered by all with advantage and pleasure. 
Cabin stores and a full outfit, with all the advice which long 
experience can give, maybe obtained from Messrs. Wheelock, 
Sloner & Co., of this city. Their card will be found in 
another part of the paper. 
The time being near at hand for our yacht squadrons to 
heave up and head to the eastward, they will do well to over- 
haul not only their provisions, but the boatswain’s locker also. 
There may have been cases on record where provender ran 
short, there never has been a case where the brandy (taken 
along for medicinal purposes, of course) came to an end be- 
fore the cruise ; but it is just as certain that the boatswain’s 
and navigator’s departments have been found seriously lack- 
ing the very first day away from regular moorings. We re- 
member, for example, during the cruise of one of our most 
prominent clubs, to have sent all round the fleet for a spare 
double block, and there was not ODe to be had. Spun yarn, 
seizing stuff, watch tackles, binnacles, charts, sailing direc- 
tions, leads and logs, yes, even such small things as a sheath- 
knife, marlinspike or palm and needle, were as scarce and 
far between as sperms in a wash tub. With the spread of 
Corinthian knowledge and the jack-tar spirit on the increase 
from year to year, we hope to see a little more regard paid 
to the first elements of sound seamanship, hitherto sadly ne- 
glected among our amateur sailors. When you are about to 
make sail for foreign parts observe the following : Select 
what you will most need of such a class and kind that will be 
within your means from the list subjoined, and what else your 
experience has taught you to be of service and likely to be 
wanted. In the way of spare spars take as little as possible, 
as light sticks can be procured and made at any port along the 
coast, no matter how small. Take account of stock of pro- 
visions and water, and don’t trust to luck that you may have 
enough. There are some handy little arrangements in the 
market which will distill salt water and may come into re- 
quisition should the regular tanks run dry through want of 
foresight or accidental leakage. lt*is a good plan in large 
yachts bound on a long cruise to keep a regular account of the 
water on hand and the amount daily issued. Coils of spare 
rope should be 60 stowed that any one of them may be readily 
got at separately ; hawsers or tow-ropes should be specially 
supplied, for o use the running gear of a vessel for any other 
than its proper purpose .will be found more expensive in the 
end than an outfit of towing and anchoring gear. See that 
your spars are properly stayed, rigging set up for a full due, 
gaskets, stops and furling lines on hand as required, the ends 
of all running rigging neatly whipped or hitched ; — nothing 
looks more slovenly than fagged rope-ends. Reeve off life- 
lines on cabin trunks, taffrail and ladders, knot ends of all 
ropes likely to unreeve during a squall or through carelessness, 
and put “square marks" on jib sheets and other gear on 
6ails that cannot be readily seen by the skipper aft, so as to 
know when they are “down ’’ or “ home. ” See that sails are 
securely bent and fully “ hauled out ” by the easings, that 
spare sails and light canvas is fitted ready for use before being 
consigned to the sail room, and that they are tallied, if many. 
See that all dead-eyes are set square, that sheer-poles run with 
the sheer of the rail, that awnings, boat sails, oars, painters, 
fenders, and plugs are in place, the latter attached to a line, 
balers for each boat, hand jigger and spare tackles supplied. 
In general, that all blocks and thimbles shall be well 
slushed and work easily and noiselessly, and that chaffing- 
mats and battens are seized on to save the gear whpre re- 
quired. If about to go to sea, be prepared to secure every- 
thing, such as galley, spare spars, anchors, etc., and have 
tarpaulins at hand to batten down in case of meeting rough 
water, and have stops and staples in place for that purpose. 
Provide life-buoys, one on each quarter, lightly lashed to the 
bulwarks or in the cockpit with split ropeyarn, or, what is 
better still, fit your vessel out with deer-hair mattresses and 
cushions, which form the best life buoys known, beinglighter, 
more buoyant, and neater than any other, as well as cheaper. 
Keep a liberal amount of oil and wick for lamp use in stock, 
and do not overlook side-lights and deck lanterns. See Gov- 
ernment Regulations on this head, as well as for fog-horn 
called for by the Rules of the Road. Have an assortment of 
tools on board, which should include an ax or hatchet, saw, 
hammer, steel wedge, small handspike, marlin-spike, serving- 
mallet, large knife, Bcrews and nails, a few sheets copper or 
zinc, old bolt of canvas, palm and needles, with sewing 
twine, beeswax pencil and combination rule, paints, and as 
many more articles in this line as you can conveniently stow, 
or have found necessary by experience. Have also spare 
thimbles, sister hooks, blocks, and small stuff to suit the size 
of the vessel. Before getting under way ascertain beyond 
doubt that the pumps are in good working order, that all 
openings can be closed, and have a spare tiller at hand. In 
relation to navigation instruments, very much depends upon 
'lit discretion of the captain, as long as we confine our cruis- 
ing to home waters, where “dead reckoning," at most, will 
come into plav. The more water you draw, the greater 
should lie the detail and variety of your charts ; one general, 
a set of detail and harbor charts make up a full complement. 
Use only a good, reliable compass, placed 6lrictly tore and- 
aft in a binnacle furnished with ample facilities for lighting ; 
the liquid compasses of Ritchie are the best. For ascertain- 
ing speed and distance run a patent log is preferable, and a 
lead Tine, properly marked, should be deemed indispensable. 
Thk Prettiest Yaoht in Ameeioa.— Certainly Mr. James 
Stillman is to be congratulated upon the possession of what 
is undoubtedly not only the prettiest yacht in America, but 
also the best fitted and most seaworthy afloat. She was not 
built for speed, but with a view to wholesome cruising on or 
off soundings in fair or dirty weather. That she will come 
fully up to expectations on these points there can be no ques- 
tion, for, designed by Mr. A. Carey Smith in close resem- 
blance of the finest type of the British cutter, neither too 
narrow nor too deep, the experience of our cousins across the 
sea in such craft is enough to assure us of the perfect sea- 
going qualities of this new craft without waiting for her trial. 
When she comes out her beauty will not be denied, even by 
the greatest stickler for the stereotyped American sloop. 
Concerning her speed we are not at all loth to give an opinion. 
She will outsail our sloops twice out of three times anywhere 
outside of a mill-pond, on the wind and off the wind ; we ex- 
pect her to do wonders in smooth water. This new craft is 
of the full-blooded cutter type, no compromise with the sloop 
whatever, and we could sit for days on the pier, alongside of 
which she lies, without getting tired of looking at her. To 
those who may wish to see what a real yacht, a perfect little 
ship in fact, ought to be, we would advise a trip to the foot 
of Kent street, Greenpoint, where the new cutter now lies 
fitting out. Be sure and go early, for you will not be able to 
tear yourselves away from such a pleasure as a view of her 
affords. It does one good to look at the wholesome stuff that 
has been put into her, double frames of siding and molding 
that come very close to the figures called for by “ Lloyd’s 
Yacht Register,” and clamps of yellow pine and deck beams 
of a size and kneed as they would be in a big sloop of twice 
her size. There is a look of business about the whole boat, 
model, scantling and rig, that puts to shame the flimsiness of 
our smooth-water, fair-weather sloops. She seems to speak 
to one all over with an air of “Go thou and do likewise.” 
When she gets out to sea in a little bit of a kick-up, there will 
be no parting of gear, no drawing of cleats, twisting of rud- 
der heads, filling of cock-pit and leaking at the seams ; not 
much. She can stand a gale, she can ride one out in safety 
and with ease of motion ; she can cruise to Australia and 
back. As tor the ioiner-work, outside and in, take a look at 
it and let us know where else you can see the like. Nothing 
gaudy, but tasty and substantial, the workmanship on the 
new cutter may be equalled, cannot be surpassed. We think 
yachtsmen generally will agree with us on this if they once 
cast their toplights on this beauty. Only 40ft. on load line, 
46 over all, with Oft. 3m. beam, and 7ft. Gin. depth of hold, 
she is the most perfectly planned and fitted yacht in our 
waters. Small, is she ? Don’t you believe it, friend reader. 
She looks like a very small concern end on, or for that matter 
even right abeam, but just step aboard with us. Do you no- 
tice the ship-shape fashion she is got up in from stem to 
stern ? Here we are on the quarter-deck ; look forward and 
examine her beautifully-laid flush deck ; no big cabin trunk 
rising like a six-story hotel to bark your shins on ; no narrow 
gangways to balance along on like a tight-rope dancer ; no 
ugly cock-pit to take up valuable stowage room below, 
but broad gangways, plenty of room to cross from 
side to side before and abaft the hatches. An honest, stout 
stick for bowsprit, to rig in or out at will, and thut without 
blistering your hands or raising your ire, by simply taking a 
turn with the fall around a windlass and heaving away, a 
stout pair of bits and a large forecastle hatch to supply air 
below. Mast nearly amidships, with a neat little file rail 
round it, to which all the gear will be belayed, doing 
away with the plugging of cleats to the mast itself. Next, 
the main saloon skylight and the companion-hatch in one, 
and abatt that, a low combing on deck, to keep the helms- 
man's feet dry. Inside of this combing there is a circular 
deck scuttle of brass leading to the sail-room below, and in 
which the man at the tiller can stand in heavy weather, and 
abaft all a clear counter for handling the main sheet. Comb- 
ings are kept narrow and take up little room, so that the cut- 
ter may be said to have a genuine spar deck to her. But how 
about her below ? Can so small a craft have much accommo- 
dation? Well, 6ee for yourself. Descend the companion. 
Forward, in the “ eyes," are the boatswain's lockers ; next, 
the forecastle, with a galley that would do a sloop-of-war no 
discredit, a sink and a pump, and two berths for the crew. 
Amidships, where, a la White Stars, “the motion ot the ves- 
sel is least felt,” we find a snug main saloon, with broad and 
easy sofas on each side, and, what is more, no prison wall 
centreboard to keep you in close confinement and prevent 
talking across the ship. On the starboard side is the owner's 
private stateroom— small, to be sure, but still bulkheaded off 
from the rest ; on the port side the pantry. Just forward of 
the stateroom and reaching into the forecastle, is a spacious 
ice-house. Aft of the grand salon, on either side of the 
companion ladder, we find a w. c. and a wash-room, and att 
of those again the ladies’ stateroom. The latter will be fur- 
nished with large bunk and sofa, and has a dead light in the 
ceiling. This cabin is bulkheaded off from the run, the fine 
ends being devoted to the stowage of sails, gear, etc. A best 
and second best bower of Martin's patent, with chains lead- 
ing into lockers under the floor, constitute her ground tackle. 
Aloft, this craft is rigged as a full cutter, short lower mast, 
long topmast, fitted to house, its shrouds spread by a hard- 
wood cross-tree, three wire shrouds a side rattled down and 
set up by stout tarred rope lanyards that will do some real 
service and not be merely for show, brass sheer poles and 
rudder cap. Dimensions of spars : Mast, 32ft., deck to 
hounds; boom, 84ft.; gaff, 20ft.; topmast, 25ft.; and bow- 
sprit outboard, 18ft. Gin. She has only a short rig for cruis- 
ing. But no description can give an adequate idea of the ap- 
pearance as a whole of this pretty cutter. One must see her 
close by to fully appreciate her many excellences. She was 
built by Mr. Henry Piepgrass, and, as may be expected, is tho 
apple of bis eye. Mr. Roosevelt Schuyler superintended her 
construction, Captain David, of the Wanderer, has in charge 
her rigging, and A. B. Sands furnished the plumbing work. 
We have been thus particular in the description of Mr. Stilll 
man’s new cutter, as we regard her as the forerunner of a 
class which we are most anxious to see introduced into our 
waters. They will do more to promote honest yachting and 
make seamen of our amateurs than any other type. This 
cutter will make many converts this season, to whom an en- 
tirely new chapter of yacht sailing will be opened by her 
a dvent. 
YACHTING NEWS. 
Boston City Regatta. — As customary, July 4 was cele- 
brated in Boston by our open regatta for prizes offered by the 
municipality. There was a large list of entries, and the wind 
was fresh from the N. E., but unfortunately died away dur- 
ing the afternoon ; and the boats of the first class, which 
sailed over an eight-mile course, did not make the race within 
the stipulated time and no prizes were awarded them. The 
following is a summary of the race : 
SBCOND CLASS SCHOONERS. 
Actual 
Corrected 
Yacht. 
Owner, Length. h. 
M. 
S. 
H. 
Anonyma.-. 
.N. D. Sohler 26 00 5 
39 
25 
Loiterer.... 
.W. W. Kelleit.... 30 04 5 
41 
13 
5 
03 
09 
SECOND CLASS CENTREBOARDS. 
White Cap.. 
.J. M. Forbes 84 lOtf 4 
36 
23 
4 
Shadow 
. J. Bryant 33 06 4 
40 
66 
4 
06 
42 
SECOND CLASS KKBLS. 
Annie 
,W. M. Anderson 27 06 6 
10 
27 
B. a. West 
.A.E Gill 32 06>y 6 
13 
20 
4 
40 
14 
THIRD CLASS CENTREBOARDS. 
Fannie 
.W. L. Dean 21 05 1 
40 
19 
1 
11 
Rebie 
J. P. Phinney.... 22 00 1 
41 
88 
1 
13 
Posy 
11. J. McKee 21 03 1 
46 
23 
1 
16 
01 
THIRD CLASS KKBLS. 
• 
Unknown... 
.J. G. Chambers. . 23 ul 1 
65 
25 
1 
28 
Sanbeam... 
.W. s, Nickerson.. 24 os l 
64 
41 
1 
28 
Veronica 
.b. chamberlain.. 20 11 1 
69 
11 
1 
29 
20 
FOURTH CLASS CENTREBOARDS. 
Fancy 
.P. Grant 19 05 0 
54 
51 
0 
41 
Psycne 
.King and Clarke 18 oo 0 
51 
33 
0 
mold 
P. A. Drew 18 07 0 
59 
32 
0 
49 
19 
FOURTH CLASS KEELS. 
Cosette 
.J. F. Robinson... 19 oo 0 
59 
40 
0 
46 
09 
Ruby 
K. Heard 19 07 1 
01 
01 
0 
47 
21 
Cheqnlta. . . 
John Buckley 17 00 1 
04 
01 
0 
48 
51 
Emma T — Early this season Commodore Baker gave due 
notice that he did not propose to race his sloop this year, and 
that her spars would be cut down. Consequently it is a little 
late in the year to take exceptions to her not appearing at the 
starting line in the recent regatta of the Columbia Club. Her 
owner proposes to enjoy cruising at his leisure, but even under 
her short canvas we understand that she holds her own with 
the best of them. 
Violet’s Cruise. — Mr. Chas H. Whiting has been cruising 
in New York waters in the Violet, purchased from Com. Frank 
E. Peabody of the Dorchester Yacht Club. He sailed again 
for Newport, July 1. The Violet has not been sold to New 
York part ies as previously reported. 
Empire Yaoht Club.— This club held a regatta on the na- 
tional holiday, but owing to the scant wind only four yachts 
entered. The Dart led across the line off the club house, 
Harlem, followed by Inspector, Emma D. and Lanihier. The 
course was from stake-boat at club house to Throgg’s Neck 
Buoy and return. The yachts had a fair wind both ways. 
Lanihier bore up for North Brother Island during a thunder 
squall, Inspector turned the buoy first and Dart close astern 
of her. This order was maintained all the way home, In- 
spector winning in 2h. 57m., Dart second In 3h. 17m., and 
Emma D. third in 3h. 22m. 
Lake Yaohting — Belleville, Ont., June 28. — In the annual 
regatta at Trenton on the 26th there were seven entries 
in the third class race, which resulted as follows : Idler, of 
Brighton, first ; Wideawake, of Trenton, second, and Mystery, 
of Kingston, third. The second class race had only three 
entries, and proved virtually another match between the 
Katie Gray, of Belleville, aud the Surprise, of Trenton, 
which the Katie again succeeded in winning, though by half 
a minute only. The wind was very light and variable, and 
greatly favored the Surprise toward fthe close of the race. 
The famous Annie Cuthbert, the champion of the lakes, has 
been sold to parties in Chicago for the paltry sum of §1,800.— 
A regatta is to take place at Kingston on Monday, when three 
yachts of the local fleet, the Surprise and a large number of 
other yachts from a distance will compete. Of the result of 
this race and that at Clayton, N. Y., on July 4, 1 will apprise 
you in my next. Port Taok. 
Belleville, July 3. — Another victory awaited the Belleville 
yachts in the regatta at Kingston on the 1st instant. There 
were a large number of competitors, but the Kathleen and 
Katie Gray, of this place, took the first and second pr izes, the 
third falling to the Victorine , of Alexandria Bay, a craft built 
in New York, with the intent of “scooping” all the lake 
boats, a feat which she has been unable to perform, although 
she is undoubtedly a fast one. The third class race resulted 
in the success of the Comet, of Chaumont, N. Y.; Wideawake, 
of Trenton, second, and Eclipse third. The Mimiie A., ol 
Belleville, which wa§ fourth, would have got a prize but for 
her sailing-master mistaking the course on the first round. 
There will be a race here about the end of the month for a 
silver cup, offered by ex-Gommodore Kelso, of the Bay of 
Quinte Yacht Club. ' Port Taok. 
yachting drift. 
San Francisco Yacht Club will soon be quartered in their 
new club house Vice-Commodore Harrison 6ails in his 
yacht Frolic in San Francisco Bay Resolute has been 
chartered by a Boston gentleman Steam yachts Ideal and 
Vidette are likely to have a match race ; who is going to sit on 
the safety valves? Volante, cutter, is in Boston waters ; 
also sloop Siren, which had been to Newport on a cruise 
Steam yacht Day Dream has arrived at Galveston via New 
Orleans Homebody doubts whether the next annual N. Y. 
Bay Regatta will be a success. Of course it will ; the Hoff- 
man House surely has nothing to do with next year's regatta 
Steamer Ibis, from Philadelphia, is at Newport. 
