gust 4, at 11 o’clock a. m., divine service will be held by Itae 
club, under the direction of one or more of the chaplains on 
board the flagship. All members with their guests, and as 
far as possible their crews, will be present Monday, August 
5 — Upon signal from the flagship the squadron will get under 
way and proceed to New Haven harbor, and anchor in Morris 
Cove. Tuesday, August 6. -Upon signal from the flagship 
the fleet will sail for New London harbor, anchoring near the 
city. Wednesday, August 7. -Upon the usuft signal the 
fleet will sail for Greenport. Thursday, August 8— Regatta 
day. —All yachts not entering in the regatta will accompany 
the racmg fleet and be prepared to receive guests to witness 
the regatta, for which purpose they will report to a reception 
committee, to be hereafter appointed. The Regatta Commit- 
tee will issue full instructions as to course, restrictions, etc., 
as soon as their arrangements are completed. Friday, August 
9,_Orders for the future movements of the fleet will be 
issued. Ail signals for starting will be as follows : 1'irstgun, 
to prepare ; five minutes afterward, a second gun, to start. 
Al l yachts must be at anchor, with jib down, at starting gun. 
No yacht, without permission, may take a flying start or 
leave the fleet during the cruise. 
Open Regatta at Greenport. — In connection with llieir 
cruise, the Atlantic Yacht Club will hold an open regatta at 
Greenport, L. I., on Thursday, Aug. 8, under the following 
rules : The race is open to all cahin-sloop yachts of the At- 
lantic Club, and to those Dot enrolled in any regular organi- 
zation, as well as to any cabin sloop belonging to regularly 
organized clubs east of Throng's Neck. There will be three 
classes — 45ft. aud over, 35ft. to 45ft., and 25ft to 35ft. 
Limited to plain sail, as in Corinthian matches. Course from 
main dock to and around slake boat off the buoy on Crow 
Island Shoal, thence around stake boat off Orient Point 
Hotel and home. Time allowance according to Atlantic Club 
rules. Measurement for length, from a plumb at water line 
forward to extreme after end of counter or overhang. En- 
tries to be in Greenport post ofllce by 8 p. m. of Aug. b at 
latest. One prize in each class, valued at $100. Full infor- 
mation, with printed sailing directions, to be had from the 
committee the day before the race. The regatta committee is 
composed of Messrs. Wm. Peet, Latham A. Fish and Ed. 
Arnold. 
Boston Yaoht Clur. — This club held its seccmd annual 
excursion in Boston Harbor, Tuesday, the 16th inst, in the 
steam yachts Minnehaha , Annie S. and Dawn. A dance and 
a moonlight sail in the evening finished up a delightful day. 
Look to Your Rigging Aloft. — The amount of brains of 
which some yacht builders and riggers can boast is not always 
liberal, consequently owners will do well to do a little of the 
t hinkin g themselves and should occasionally cast an eye aloft. 
The number of jacks or cross trees which can be found cock- 
billed in a fleet is sign of a lamentable lack of capacity on the 
part of the riggers who put their work together in such a 
slovenly manner, and is not over complimentary to the watch- 
fulness of owners and skippers. A large cutter sloop lying 
off New London, not many days ago, had her cross-trees “all- 
a-starboard, ” but no one seemed to notice it. But perhaps 
the most ridiculous sight to a sailor's eyes is the jack of a 
yacht, which, instead of spreading the topmast rigging, ac- 
tually pinches or draws it inboard, being therefore worse than 
useless, a positive drawback to the spar and serving a purpose 
the' very reverse of what it is intended for. Such an affair 
has been carried by the sloop Blanche this whole season, and 
Dot one in a hundred has even casually observed the palpable 
shortcommiogs of this prominent part of her rig, and we ques- 
tion whether, to the present day, her skipper is aware of the 
funoy figure bis boat cuts up aloft. One might travel through 
the entire British yacht fleet without seeing a display of such 
lubberliness as that, and pray is it not time that yachtsmen 
in America may be expected to have acquired enough seaman- 
ship to do away with a veritable greenhorn's rig ? 
A Book for Cbcisers. — For a cruise “down East "you 
cannot do better than take along Capt. Wm. A. Pratt's Book 
of Reference. This will give you complete and reliable sail- 
ing directions for all ports on your route, lights, their order 
and height, etc., and will serve to a large extent in place of 
charts. 
Yachting at the Exposition. — From our enterprising con- 
temporary in France, Le Yacht , we learn that yachting and 
boating interests have received full attention at the Exposi- 
tion, more so, perhaps, than at aoy similar show. Many will 
no doubt recollect the meagre and shabby display made at 
the Centennial of our own nautical interests, our vast yacht 
fleets and extended boating interests being summarily dis- 
posed of by the exhibition of a couple of steam launches and 
one or two shells, yachtsmen and the boating fraternity hav- 
ing laid themselves open to a charge of neglect and lack of en- 
terprise not likely to be brought against our French cousins. 
Le Yacht gives in its latest issue a diagram, showing a large 
amount of space devoted especially to nautical interests, and 
adds to it a long list of exhibitors who confine themselves 
strictly to the sphere of yacht and boat building and the allied 
branches of navigation, life-saving, etc. Fishing boats, col- 
lapsable boats, steam yachts, patent blocks, full-sized cutters, 
yachts’ guns, lights, sails, and all kinds of boats, together with 
innumerable fittings especially adapted to la navigation de 
plaisance , form a display upon which those unfortunate indi- 
viduals, compelled to remain at home, will cast their thoughts 
with envy. Concerning all that is novel or useful in this de- 
partment, our special correspondent in Paris will send us in- 
formation in subsequent numbers. 
Yaoht and Boat Sailing. — Mr. Dixon Kemp, well known 
in connection with the London Field, and as author of the ex- 
cellent book on “Yacht Designing," the standard work of its 
kind, has just brought out a new volume on “ Yacht and Boat 
Bailing," which gives in a popular manner much of the ground 
gone over more scientifically in his first book, and besides a 
large number of plans and “lines” of the different types of 
vessels in use about the British coasts. The new work will 
also contain in exhaustive treatment the subject of sailing and 
handling boats of all kinds. The great success of Mr. Kemp’s 
first work will insure a reception as well merited and popular 
for his second. 
Yachts’ Windlasses — Yachtsmen know too well by ex- 
perience what a hard job it is to break out an anchor by hand, 
when the windlass won't work. The teeth on the barrel are 
likely to snap off, and the pall in the shipper too apt to rust 
and jam fast, while the noise the ordinary rachet windlass 
makes when at work is au obstacle to a quiet steal on the 
rest of the fleet of a fine summer morning. To obviate these 
defects, Thayer bas patented a new windlass, which, though 
in the market for some years, has not yet been adopted by 
yachtsmen to tbe extent its many excellencies would seem to 
warrant. The ratchet, or teeth in the barrel, are done away 
with, aB is also the pall inside the handspike shipper. In their 
place a clamp is made to grasp the rim of the barrel, and a 
FOREST AND STREAM 
socket on the clamp receives the handspike, or windlass bar. 
If regular breaks are preferred, the lever is fixed to tbe bitts 
in the centre, and a link is run down from each arm to tbe 
clamps. These links cau be shifted in and out on the lever, 
thereby gaining either time or power as desired. As there is 
no gearing about tbe device, there is no noise, no clogging or 
rusting, and consequently no repairs, the windlass being 
operated by friction altogether. 
New York Yacht Club.— M r. Vcrmilye, of the schooner 
Atatanta , and Dr. H. Birney Hare, of Philadelphia, who has 
chartered the Resolute , have been elected members. Ibc an- 
nual cruise will start from Glen Cove, Aug. 6. 
A Large Steam Yacht.— T he Ilcrreshoff Manufacturing 
Co. is building a fine steam yacht, 100ft. long, .for Baltimore 
parties. She is to be very fast, opd will bo built on the com- 
posite principle. Internal arrangements will combine comfort 
and elegance. 
Eastern Yaoht Club.— T he race for first class schooners, 
which failed for want of wind at the regular annual regatta, 
was sailed over again. July 17, in Boston harbor. Course, 
28 ; } miles. Halcyon won iu 41i. 12 hl, beatiDg Foam 29m. Gs- 
The Cutter Muriel.— M r. Stillman’s new cutter is about 
finished. Her joiner work was completed early this week, 
aud she is now in the hands of the painters. Captain 
Dand, of the Wanderer, ba9 made as neat a job of the rig- 
ging as can be seen in New York. The way her main 
rigging bas been “turned in ” and “ set. up " is a handsome 
piece of work, which many sloops might imitate to advantage. 
On her recent trial trip the cutter is said to Lave performed 
remarkably well, though lier canvas was only temporarily 
bent and not stretched. She goes about “like a cat-boat,” 
and is as easy on her helm as any vessel can be, certainly 
much more so than our bard sailing sloops, which require a 
wheel to handle them. Not long ago Mr. Hurst had a finely- 
carved and brass-mounted tiller sent over from England for 
his sloop Active, but upon trial he was obliged to fall back 
again upon hie usual steering wheel, the sloop being too bard 
on her helm. The English type of vessel is always a haudy 
craft, for they us* tillers even in cutters of 100 ton9 and over, 
whereas we find it convenient, if not necessary, to supply a 
wheel even to the little flve-tonner. 
Cruise of the New York Yaoht Club. — M r. Ph. Schuyler, 
fleet captain, has issued the following orders for the annual 
cruise of the New York Yacht Club from ihe flagship Restless, 
dated July 19: General Order No. 1 .— The squadron of the 
New York Yacht Club will assemble for its annual cruise at 
Glen Cove, L. I., on August 6. Signal for captains to report 
on board the flagship will be made at half-past eight in the 
evening of that day. The Commodore will suggest, as an out- 
line of the cruise, that the following ports be made : New 
London, Shelter Island, New Bedford, Edgartown, or Oaks 
Bluffs, and Newport, leaving their order to the decision of 
the meeting. Certain harbors will be entered in specified 
orders of sailing ; and, in addition to the customary regattas 
and boat races, one day will be set apart for squadron evolu- 
lutions. The Commodore hopes that all yachts in commision 
belonging to the club will join the fleet, and will regard the 
presence of the steam yachts as a desirable addition to the 
squadron. 
N. Y. Bat Regatta.— T he protest of the sloop Chemaun 
against the Nettle in the Bay regatta, June 27, has been de- 
cided in favor of Nettle. It was claimed that she had fouled 
a stake-boat, but the captain of the Nettle asserted that his 
boat, being on the inside and overlapping Chemaun, was 
nearest lo the buoy, and Chemaun should have given way for 
her, and not forced her onto the stake-boat. After taking the 
sworn statement of the time-keeper in the boat, the judges 
declared against the protest. It was also decided that Fidget 
wins the prize in her class. 
Nettle wants a Race. — T he wonderful Nettle, of whose 
speed and weatherliness we have had something to say before, 
is out with a challenge to sail Clara 8-, Mr. Jos. Steiger, a 
race for $500 a side. Ex-Commodore Jos. Nobles has also ac- 
cepted a sweepstakes race proposed by Mr. Munn, owner of 
tbe Martha M. Possibly Thistle, Clara S., Jennie Bilks, 
Chemaun and others of the class may be entered, in which 
case an interesting race would be sure to result. 
TAOHTING DRIFT. 
On some of the recent cruises collapsable boats would have 
been very handy on board the smaller yachts What has 
become of the dory that started across the pond some time 
ago? Mr. Louis L. Lorillard has had a jib-and-mainsail 
built at Newport, on which he will hoist his flag as commo- 
dore of the Newport Y. C. She is 27ft. loDg, lift, beam, 
and is supplied with a cabin Mr. Arthur M. Jones has 
also had a yacht built at the same place 24ft. by 10ft 
Schooner Clio, Mr. John R. Platt, has gone into commission 
Mr. A. T. Serrell, of the Brooklyn Y. C., has purchased 
the Oypsie schooner from Mr. Herman T. Livingston. The 
Oypsie was built by Wm. Foulks at Greenpoint, in 1870. 
She is 73ft. over all, 63ft. 9in. water line, 18ft. 5in. beam and 
6ft. hold Tidal Wane is to have more head sail set on a 
fljing jib-boom. This will improve her looks Catamarans 
are coming into vogue on the lakes Mr. Treadwell's sloop 
America has been cruising to the eastward New Rochelle 
annual regatta middle of August Schooner Clylie, Mr. W. 
L. Brooks, has been lying off Greenwich, Conn North 
Star, Mr. Chas. A. Stevenson, crui6iDg eastward Schooner 
Triton, Commodore Thayer, will lead the Atlantic Y. C. on 
the cruise Schooner Nettie, Mr. T. P. Osborne, has re- 
turned to New York S. 8. Mystic , Mr. A. D. Cordova, is 
cruising eastward. 
OAR AND PADDLE. 
grand stand kept abreaBt of the contestants from start to 
finish, affording an excellent view of the whole of the strug- 
gle- In the centre of this train were stationed the referee, 
umpires and the timekeepers. In the early morniDg CornelL 
won the choice of positions, and took the west shore or inside, 
which gave them a little advantage both as to wind and 
course, the inside having a quarter ot a length's lead, owing 
to the starting line being a diagonal one. Up to noon the 
Cambridge men ruled the favorites, but shortly after dinner' 
the men from Cornell were the choice in the betting. Making 
my way to the boat house of Harvard, which was located! 
about fifty yards north of the starting buoy, I examined the 
crew as critically as my limited time would allow. The men 
were a fine, athletic looking 6et of young fellows, and al- 
though aggregating less than their opponents, they had the 
appearance of being much heavier than their adversaries. A 
visit to Cornell’s headquarters revealed the fact that the crew 
were a wiry set of men, who seemed capable of enduring con- 
siderable fatigue, although they were not of tbe cumbersome 
build. The boats used on the occasion were twin paper 
boats, 57ft. long by 24}in. beam. Almost with the 
striking of 4 o’clock the boys of Cornell were seen pad- 
dling to tbe starting buoys. Harvard seemed in no especial 
hurry to come to the post, and kept her antagonist in the sun 
for fully fifteen minutes. In the interval of waiting I was 
enabled to form some idea of the strong points and weak spots- 
of the Cornell eight. Tbeir stroke was the characteristic one, 
a long drag through the water, with a stiff arm to the finish, 
and the same old jerk of the head. The weak spot in the 
boat was No. 2. He slid too soon, aud did not seem to be 
able to pull bis 6troke all the way through. No. 6 also rowed 
very wildly at times. No. 3 was rowing in splendid form, as 
was also stroke, their work being done well and cleanly. 
When Harvard came down to the starting point almost every 
movement betrayed the presence of Bancroft. The same 
clean, well-pulled stroke which was observable as in tbe Uni- 
versity crew, and bad their physique been on a par with their 
tuition the odds are that they would have reversed the verdict 
of the 18th inst. The make-up of the two boats was aa fol- 
lows : 
COBNELL. 
Name. Residence. Weight. Age- 
Bow— Curtice Moravia. N.Y 139 22 
No. 2— Foster Ithaca, N.Y 137 22 
No. 3— Waterbury ReDsselaer, N. Y 166 20 
No. 4— Cowles Cleveland, 0 168 19 
No. 6-Ailen Aurora, N.Y m is 
No. 6— Jaynes North Norwich, N. Y 165 21 
No. 7— Cole St. Louis, Mo 16o 20 
Stroke— Shlnkie New Rochelle, 111 174 21 
Coxswain— Bllatum Cincinnati, 0 108 18 
Average weight of crew, 157 6-8 lbs. ; average age of crew, 
about 20 years 4 months. 
HARVARD. 
Bow— Atkinson Brookline, Maes 189J4 19 
No. 2— Freeland Syracuse, N. Y 168 21 
No. 3— Hammond Nahant, Mass 148 19 
No. 4— Hawkins New York 149 18 
No. 6— Foster 139 19 
No. 6— Hooper Boston, Mass 166 20 
No. 7— Boward Worcester. Mass 161 21 
Stroke — Brandegee Utica, N.Y 179 20 
Coxswain— Browne Bosiod, Mass 103 19 
Average weight of the crew, about 152£ lbs. ; average age 
of the crew, 19 years 7 months. 
The Cornell representatives snatched a threc-foot lead from 
their antagonists as soon as the starting signal was given, row- 
ing an evenly-pulled thirty-six to the minute stroke they were 
half a length ahead ere one hundred yards had been sped over. 
At a quarter of a mile three quarters of a length separated the ri- 
vals, and at the half they were all but clear. Now commenced a 
series of spurts and counter spurts which lasted throughout 
440 yards. Harvard, taking her stroke up to 38, managed to- 
reduce the lead considerably, but, as tbe burst of speed died 
out, they fell further and further in the rear, and it soon be- 
came patent to every one that Harvard was destined to row- 
second on this occasion, and the only matter of conjecture 
was how far the crimsons would be beaten. This was finally 
solved by Cornell going over the finishing line 14s. ahead of 
Harvard. The winners’ time was 17m. 13js.. Harvard 
rowed the three miles in 13m. 27Js. Everything passed off in 
the most satisfactory manner, and every one was pleased es- 
pecially. AqUABIS. 
DOWN THE HOUSATONIC IN A 
CANOE. 
THE COLLEGE REGATTA AT OWASCO 
LAKE. 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
Reclining on the banks of the beautiful Lake of Owasco, 
at Ensinore, in company with William Blakie and Chas. E. 
Courtney, on the morning of the 18th, I lay anxiously watch- 
ing the driving clouds and speculating as to whether the ele- 
ments, with their usual capricioueness— especially when a 
college regatta was concerned— would cause a postponement. 
Surrounding us were thousands of spectators, whose train of 
thought ran in the 6ame groove as my own. The surface of 
the lake presents an almost unbroken face, despite the sharp 
puffs of wind. 
As tbe afternoon aged the wind became subdued and the 
water presented a most inviting presence to tbe shell-boat 
rower. The facilities for viewing the contest of the freshmen 
of Harvard and Cornell were of ihe best possible description. 
A long platform train had been provided, and this moving 
West Cornwall, Conn., July 14, 1878. 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
The Housatonic is without exception the ablest river for 
canoeing purposes to be found east of the Mississippi. It 
runs north and south, whereby one bank is sbady in the 
morning and the other at night. It is very narrow through 
all its upper course, so that the canoeist can paddle in the 
shade, except during the very middle of the day. It is full 
of variety, there being frequent rapids and long stretches of 
quiet water. Morever, it is bordered by a railroad, which 
transports canoes cheaply and carefully. Altogether it is a 
river which cannot be too much praised, and which must be 
navigated before the canoeist can feel that he has 6ounded the 
deepest bliss of canoeing. In order that future navigators 
may rise up and call the writer of this letter blessed and 
manifest their gratitude in various ways— such as Reina Vic- 
torias— the following notes of the cruise of the Lotos (G. L 
Morse) and the Violetta (W. L. Alden), two Nautilus canoes, 
belonging to the N. Y. C. C., are submitted : 
Tbe canoeist should start from Pittsfield, which he reaches 
at 2:25 by the 8 a. m. train from Forty-second street. Canoes 
must be carted from the freight depot to the river, at the 
bridge below Sullivan’s dam. A Mr. Guild— he can bo heard 
of at the Boston & Albany freight house— will cart them very 
carefully, and will charge only twenty-five cents for each 
canoe. Immediately after leaving the bridge the river runs 
with great swiftness, and though there are few rocks, a bright 
look-out must be kept for sunken logs. About half an hour 
will bring the canoeist to the best camping spot between 
Pittsfield and Lenox — a sort of amphitheatre amoDg Ihe 
hills — on the right bank. Here be will do well to camp and 
prepare for an early start the next morning. 
From Pittsfield to Lenox is eight miles by the railway and 
about 640 by the river. Tbe extent to which the stream 
winds is scarcely credible. If it sees a haystack a mile away 
to the northeast it will turn back, take two clove-hitches 
round tbat haystack, and then wander away in search of a 
hill around which to tie a bowline. In time, however, it 
reaches the dam at Lenox without indulging in rapids. This 
Is the beginning of a series of dams which will give the 
canoeist a good deal of work. The canoe must be taken out 
ree left corner of the dam and carried into the mill flume, 
i he flume is to be descended to the mill, where the canoe 
must again be carried into the river. The two carries are 
