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THE BLACKWATER REGION. 
Deer Park, Mn„ Aprils, 1875. 
Editor Forest and Stream.— 
I eeud you the following in format lou on the Black water region, the 
cost of getting there, the route, Ac:— 
The fare from New York to Deer Park la about fifteen dollars; It Is 
the same from New York to Wheeling, W. Va,, so If yon buy a ticket 
to the hitter place It can be disposed of at Deer Park or Oakland for n 
couple of dollars. Messrs. Cook, Son & Jenkins, of 201 Broadway, 
Issued ticket* last Summer from Now York to Deer Park and return for 
$19.80. It can easily be ascertained whether they will do so again. 
All trains of the Baltimore A Ohio Railway stop here in the Summer 
Most of the sportsmen who liuve beeu over this louto to the Blackwater 
have started from Oakland, hut the “Glades Hotel.” (famous for It* table 
and general excellency.) was burned to the ground last Full. The dis- 
tance from Deer Park to Oakland Is but six miles, and those who prefer 
to go on the old road cun go from here. 
There Is n largo hotel here owned and operated by the B. A O. It. R. 
It is a flrst-claee house, newly built, with “all modern impro'eweuts;" 
the charges arc from $3 to $3^0 per day. 
The sportsman need not burdeu himself with much luggage; let him 
hriug his rod and gnu, mid if the latter be a breech louder, his cartridges 
also, for he cannot get them here. Other kinds of ammunition, Ditmar's 
wood powder and others, all kinds of shot, wads, Ac., he enn get; also 
tolerably good lines and flies. A blankot will not be amiss, ns cold nights 
are the (to he Irish) “order of the day.” Coffee pots, frying pans, Ac., 
can also bo had here. It will not be necessary to take much food from 
here; and a couple of hams, some bacon, coffee, sugar, Ac., will be sup- 
plied at very reasonable rates. Good guides can bo had for $1.50 to $1-75 
per day; they will do the cooking, Ac. Horses will cost somewhere in 
the neighborhood of $1,50. 
There Is a tract of land called the "Dobbin Estate. ” where parties gen- 
erally stay. It has upon it a good frame house, which is partially fur- 
nished uud a lot of about twelve acres of pasture land for the horses. 
Nothing Is charged for the use of house or lot, and as it is but three 
miles from the North Fork, and on the banks of the South, and four 
miles from the fumous "Falls of the Blackwater," it is the best plan to 
mnke this headquarters. The distance to this house from Deer Park is 
thirty-six miles, from Oakland, thirty. There are no fish to speak of, 
except trout In the Blackwater at this place, and they are, as a rule, 
small, but are very strong and fight well. There are immense nutnbers 
ofihem. One party last Summer, composed of three gentlemen and 
their guide, caught In one day -18(1 trout, without counting the little ones, 
that they threw back. Near the Fulls the fish are much larger, one being 
caught weighing three pounds and two ounces. 
If the sportsman goes in the Fall of tho year he will llud game in 
abundance; deer, bear, grouse, squirrels, turkeys, wood ducks, Ac., be- 
ing very numerous. If anyone wishes to know anything further of tills 
region, I shall be happy to do whatever lays in tny power for him. Ad- 
dress the undersigned at Deer Park, Garrett county, Md. 
Alleguany. 
Q achfing and Ranting. 
All communications from Secretaries and friends should be mailed no 
later than Monday in each week. 
HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEK. 
Committee, W. H. Bangs, Jr., Nathaniel Wales, Coolitige 
Barnard, Walter Burgess aud W. P. Halsall. It was voted 
to adhere to last year’s rules, after which the meeting ud 
jourued. 
List of yachts belonging to the Beverly (Massachusetts) 
Yacht Club:— 
Nanio. 
Owner. 
Rl*. 
1 
II 
Si 
Port. 
Ariel 
W. D. Sohlcr 
Cat .... 
o. n 
23.lt 
Beverly. 
Arrow 
11. B. Jackson 
Sloop... 
G. It Jl.lt 
Avis 
WC Haskell 
"at .... 
C. B. 
J«.G 
Bessie 
W. W. Lewis 
Cat .... 
C. B 
10. 1) 
So. Boston. 
Bluebell 
l W. A, Jeffrie- 
) W. Lloyd Jeffries.. . 
Cat .... 
O. B. 
IC.O 
Swuinpacott. 
Curlew 
Herbert Tappan 
Cat ... . 
C. B 
18 7 
Elbe 
J . T. L'oolidgo, 3d 
Cat . 
G B 
IS 
Evu 
W. II. Bangs, Jr 
Sloop... 
G. It. 
23,4 
Fanchon. . . 
Arthur Burgess 
Sloop.,. 
G It. 
25.6 
Firefly. 
G. 11. Batch 
G II 
•.'1 0 
Frolic 
N. 11. Gibbs 
(.’at 
C. ll. 
16.0 
Swnmprcott. 
llebe 
G. A. Goddard 
Gut .... 
G B.! 18.0 
lln- 
H. C. Leeds 
fat 
G B. 
19.5 
Jennie 
Win. H. Bings. Jr 
Sloop.. . 
21.6 
Lina 
Ebon Dale. .. 
Sloop,, . 
G B. 
I'Mi 
Gloucester. 
Louyse 
J. T. Coolidge, Jr 
Cut .... 
G It 
12 2 
M ink- line. . . 
John Borland, Jr 
Nnlinnt. 
Boston. 
Marcposa . . 
F. H. l’euuody 
Sloop... 
C. It 
£1 
Merlin 
3. 8 Gray 
Cat .... 
G. B. 
17 
Minna.... 
Francis Amory 
Sloop.. 
Keel.. 
18.8 
Mona .... 
H. B. Richardson 
Gat . ... 
O B 
IS 
Myth 
J. T. Coolldge, Jr.. ... 
Cat . ... 
G. B 
19 
Niebln .. . 
Stanley Cunningham. . . 
Oat ... 
G. B. 
19 
Nora . 
Franklin Dexter 
Cat ... 
G. It 
)6. 1 
Peri 
T. W. Burgess 
i 'at 
0. It. 
IS. 6 
Rocket 
B. F. Bum 
Cat 
G Lt 
15.5 
Quincy. 
Sadie 
W I). Hodges 
Cat .... 
C. B. 
16.6 
Shrimp . , . 
A. T. Perkins 
Cat ... . 
C. B. 
12.2 
Cotult. 
s Pn»y 
iT. W Preston . . 
Sloop... 
C. B. 
23.11 
Boston. 
Spray 
Coolldge Barnard 
Cat .... 
C. B. 
18 
Dorchester. 
Surf 
'/ A. P. Luring 
Sloop... 
C. B. 
21.0 
Beverly. 
Sylph 
A. Hemenwuy, Jr 
Cat . . . 
C. It. 
16,9 
Nowporr. 
Thetis 
A. B. Denny . 
Cat .... 
G It 
19 
Sivampscott 
Tulip . , 
Walter Burgess . 
Cut 
G. B. 
16.0 
\ anilus ... 
F. C. Welch 
Schr 
Keel.. *7.0 
\ lclor 
J. Brooks Parker. . 
Cat 
C. It 
18.0 
V Irglnia. . 
C. II. Plimpton 
Cat ... 
C. It 
10.4 
Waif 
h. W. Codiiinn.. 
Sloop.. 
C. It 
28.7 
Waquolt . . . 
A. T. Perkins 
Gat 
C. It 
20.11 
Water Lily. 
P. Grant, Jr 
Cat . . . . 
C. B 
1)9 
N« limit. 
The Tarolinta.— The schoouer Tarolinta of the New 
York Yacht Club, with Mr. Kent and party of friends 
on board, arrived at Havana on the 2d iust. For the 
benefit of our readers who may have similar trips in view 
we give the following abstract of her log 
Sailed from New York on the 80 tit of January and 
arrived at St. Pierre, Martinique, February 13 ; ’sailed 
for Barbadocs February 10 and arrived 17th ; sailed 23d 
for Port Spain, Triuidad, and arrived 24lh ; 27th, at 11 
A. M., sailed for Brea (Pitch Lake) and arrived same day 
at 1:15 P. M. ; same afternoon sailed for Port Spain, 
Trinidad, and anchored at 7 P. M. ; sailed for Grenada 
28th and arrived March 1. 
Vale. 
Boston. 
AVio Fork. 
Charleston. 
n. 
M. 
H. 
M. 
H. 
M . 
April 15 
7 
•18 
4 
33 
3 
4H 
April 10 
8 
■11 
5 
26 
t 
41 
April 17 
9 
25 
6 
It 
5 
25 
April !« 
10 
06 
6 
52 
6 
OH 
April 10 
10 
45 
7 
iG 
0 
45 
April 20 
11 
21 
8 
03 
7 
21 
April 21 
11 
55 
8 
as 
7 
55 
Yachting on the Lakes. — The International Yacht 
Club, having its headquarters at Detroit, are preparing for 
a vigorous campaign during the comiug season, its list of 
yachts and members having increased in an unprecedented 
manner. The following officers have been elected for the 
coming year:— Commodore, K. C Barker; Vice Commo- 
dore, W. II. Burke; Rear Commodore, George S. Davis; 
Secretary, P. II. Van Bureu; Treasurer, A. G. Lindsay; 
Measurer. D. Reanme; Executive Committee, W.G. Thomp- 
son, E. Brush, Edward Lyon, J. V. Moran, and L. I). 
Rucker; Regat'a Committee, A. H. West, L. L. Hotchkiss, 
A. Brush, and E. Locke. 
The Cora, Commodore Barker’s flagship, wasjmilt by P. 
McGiehan, builder of the Meta and Kaiser Wilhelm, at 
Pumrapo, Ne\y Jersey. We saw the Cora while on the 
stocks, and admired her lines. The by-laws of the club 
provide for six regattas during the year, one in each of the 
months of May, June, July, August, September, aud Oc- 
tober, that in June being the grand event of the season. 
The following list will show of what the fleet consists, and 
how, in numbers at least, it compares with our Eastern or- 
ganizations: — 
Name. 
Cura 
Lena 
Inn 
Plinun 
A. Culhbert, 
Fleetwlng — 
Coral 
Lady Stanley. 
Oriole 
Mystic 
Phantom 
(Building).... 
(Building) — 
Adelaide... . 
Lolliiltookh.. 
Adele 
Alice Bark. . . 
Henrietta 
Nettie 
Carrie 
Clara Burk . . . 
Lulu West... 
Fuuuio 
Two Sallies. . 
Mamie 
No Name 
Wcnonn 
TiUie 
Kinran — 
Maggie 
Mattie 
Atny 
Owner. 
K. C. Barker 
John Ondeti 
A. D. Shaw 
George Hill 
Alex. Culhbert 
James Craig 
J. E. ItoberUon. 
C. J. Sheffield 
J. Crulg 
A. A. Turui r 
Brush A Thompson 
C B. James 
Geo. S. Davis.. 
W. U. Burk 
George Hacked 
Charles B Hull 
K. C. Bnrker 
W. H .Burk 
A. U. West 
T. B. Fargo 
Janies A Field 
Edward Lynn 
J . V . Moran 
Elliott A l’lquelte 
L. D. Rucker 
Reaume A Tmnx 
II. Hacked 
A. II. West 
Cowan A Taylor 
Place from . 
.. Grosse lie, Michigan. 
.. Detroit. 
. . Toronto, Ontario. 
.. Detroit. 
. . Cohort:. '.Milano. 
.. Dotroit. 
. . Toronto. 
. . Toronto. 
. . Toronto. 
.. Cleveland. 
. Cleveland. 
.. Gibraltar. Michigan. 
. . Treutou, Michigan 
. Detruil. 
. . 'Detroit. 
. . Detroit . 
. . Petite Cote, Ontario. 
.. Detroit. 
.. Detroit. 
.. Grosse He, Michigan. 
. . Petite Cote. Outurio. 
. . [Petite Cote, Ontario. 
..'Detroit. 
. . iDetroll. 
. . Giosse He, Michigan. 
..I Detroit. 
. . 'Detroit. 
.. iGiosse lie. Michigan. 
. . Trenton, Michigan . 
Atnlientl.lmrg, Michigan. 
Petite Cole, Ontario. 
I Detroit. 
Dorchester Yacht Club.— A t the annual meeting of 
the Dorchester Yacht Club held last week, the following 
officers were elected : — Commodore, William H. Bangs, 
Jr. ; Vice Commodore, Nathaniel Wales ; Fleet Captain, 
II. S. Mann ; Secretary and Treasurer, U. R. Pettingill ; 
Measurer, -William W. Lewis; Trustees, William T. 
Adams, W. H. L. Smith, Charles E. Folsom ; Regatta 
March 2, sailed for Frederickstadt, St. Croix, anil ar- 
rived 4th ; at 10 A. M. on the 0th sailed for St- Thomas 
and arrived same day at 2:20 P. M. ; 15th, at 0 A. M., 
sailed for St. John, P. R., and arrived same tlay at 3:40 
P. M. ; 18th, sailed for St. Domingo and arrived 19th ; 
22d, sailed for Kingstou, Jamaica, and anchored in Car- 
lisle Bay 27th March. 
The wind being ahead, with a heavy head sea, did 
not proceed to Kingston. 
On March 28, at 11:30 A. M., sailed for Havana and 
arrived April 2, at 3 o’clock P. M. 
Yacht Club for Gloucester. — The Cape Ann Ad- 
vertiser is trying to arouse the population of Gloucester and 
the Cape generally, to the advisability of organizing a 
Yacht Club. To us it seems a mystery why it has not been 
done long since. With splendid cruising grounds close at 
hand, a fine fleet of boats for a nucleus, and a population 
almost web-footed, the Cape should be able to support a 
club which would, through its fleet, do honor to the com- 
munity. 
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN YACHTS. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
That there is a wide difference between English and American yachts, 
so far us their general model is concerned, I* well kuown, Each nution 
cling* tenaciously to its own style, and each ha* it* own good reasons 
for so doing. The English yacht*, us n rule, are of great depth aud 
small beam, being very deficient In this last respect when coinpured 
with Hie average American yacht, whiclt ha* great beam and doc* not 
draw much water. Of course the fact that ninny of onr yacht* have 
centre boards t* a partial explanation of thi*,bnt even our keel boat* will 
bo found to draw much lus* water than lho*c of English build. Tho 
natural explanation of this is, that in Endur'd most of the yachting I* 
done in deep water and pretty well oat to soa. It I* here that depth 
count* aud great beam Is a discount. In onr country, however, moat of 
the races take place in harbor*, where the full benefit of the wind I* not 
obtained, and where the water i* comparatively smooth . Under those 
circumstances, and with a slid breeze blowing, our yacht* travel along 
at a high rate of speed, while those from the other side of the water, 
with their great volume under water, would make slow work of It. But 
take It in n heavy breeze, with a high sea running, and 1 doubt very- 
much If the result would bo the same. True, the Now York Yacht Club 
huve many races which take them into rough water, and their bout* 
"cleaned out" the Livonia and Cambria, which wore considered among 
the fastest of Hie English clippers. But there have not been enough 
races between tho two to decide which Is the faster, the English, or the 
American model. Apart from speed, there Is no doubt that a deep boat 
is the beet and roost comfortable In rough weather, being very atcady, 
while one of the flat-bottomed persuasion rattles and flops about In n 
manner by no meuns pleasant. Not tbnt onr yachts behave badly when 
It blows heavy, for several of them have made the trips to England, and 
have done credit to their builder*; but they arc not equal to those deep, 
sharp-floored craft with their ballast packed down close to the keel, 
which can carry sail till the mast* arc taken out of them 
An article In the London Field, copied in your paper some time ago, 
in spcuklng of the improvement* In Etigllsh yacht*, slated that yachts- 
men in America had begun to look more to the question of sea going 
qualities than they had previously dose, and that the wide and shallow 
model was growing unpopular. No doubt this i* true to a certain ex- 
tent. If trips to Europe iu yachts nre to become common there will bo 
some change, ltis likely, but it is hardly probable that the genuine En- 
glish style will be adopted, but something approximating thereto, and 
retaining the more desirable feature* of Ute present American »tyle. 
Ready AnofT. 
The difference between the American and English yachts 
was commented upon in our columns a few weeks since. 
—Ed. 
YACHTING NO TES F ROM BARNEGAT. 
Uahneoat. N. J., April, 187*. 
editor Forest and Stream:— 
A* pleasant weather approaches, our yachtsmen are bringing thoir 
craft* out of Winter quarters, preparatory to overhauling, and natu- 
rally tho merits of their different yachts are being overhauled also. 
From conversation* gathered there will bo numerous races and plenty of 
excitement this Summer, In calling over the names of the different 
yacht* I find no lew than 78 from Tom. River to Barnegat. a distance of 
eighteen miles, counting no yachts lore than 18 ft, keel— from 22 to 28 
U the prevailing sire. Th'ny-oneof that number hall from the village 
of 1 om* River, amt fifteen from Bnmognt Several new ono« will make 
their appearance this Spring, and numerous changes have taken place in 
the ownership of other*. The Tom. tUvor Yacht Club will giro th. lr 
flr*t regatta In Juno, Their prteos generally amount in value from $a« 
to $250. Tho club numbers but nine yachts, yet all are entitled to enter. 
To hold tlm challenge cup. valued st $1(0,1* the height of all tho 
captains' ambtiton. Mr. Charles Potter, secretary of the club, aud ono 
of Its most culliusiastle members, has purchased no less than flvo yachts 
-to hold thO *std cup being his sole object. Hu has now bought tho 
saucy little Vapor, winner of the enp In four race*, and although »otno 
ten year* old, ls a lough customer to tncklo. Mr. Joseph Condrlck will 
bring out hi* new yacht, Boole Turner, when her qualities are to bo 
tested. The Oscar Robinson, winner of the enp In one regatta lost Sum- 
mer, will be dispose, I of ut a fair to ho given ul Bariiognl m aid of a now 
hall. She 1* put up at (813). g 
A FAMOUS YACHT. 
I N glondiuj al Ihu puges of n very ngoil journnl wo find 
therein n sketch of a yacht which was famous In her 
time, for she attracted, probably, more attention than any 
of our modern clippers that havo crossed the stormy At- 
lantic. Tlte writer of the article, Col. J. S. Sleeper, know 
the charming bout which ho describes, atul us his feeling* 
about her ure of tho kindly enthusiastic order, be present* 
a picture which to us seems iu the highest degree romantic. 
Thu owner of the Cloopntra’i Barge, for such sho was 
called, was Captain Geo. Crowninshiold, of Salem, Mass- 
achusetts, a gentleman who had reaped much fame untl 
fortune in the war of 1812, he having proved a perfect 
scourge to the British merchantmen in the well-known 
privateer America. 
After the close of that war ho returned home, ami hav- 
ing no family he concluded to still roam over the clerocut 
he loved so well, and with tills object in view, lie called for 
models of a pleasure yacht from all the shipbuilder in 
Massachusetts. He Anally adopted ono designed by Beckct 
of Salem, a prominent shipwright, ns that combined speed, 
strength, safety, comfort, and clcgr.nco. We quote:— 
“The Cleopatra’s Barge, a high sounding name, was about 
two hundred tons burden. She was rigged in an unusual 
and remarkably neat ami beautiful style, as an hermaphro- 
dite brig. Site was elegantly painted, and tho decorations 
on her stern and cutwater were conceived in exquisite tasto 
aud admirably executed. The accommodations beneath 
the deck were spacious, and fltted up in a manner truly 
magnificent. The principal apartment, or grand saloon, 
was especially worthy of admiration. It was finished arul 
furnished in a style of almost oricutul splendor. Its di- 
mensions were nineteen by twenty feet, ana it was lined on 
all sides with the richest polished nmhogauy, lulald with 
various kinds of ornamental wood. The settees and chairs 
were of ingenious workmanship, with backs modeled from 
the ancient lyre, and tho seats were covcrctl with wide edg- 
ings of gold lace; u large aud costly mirror, richly framed, 
at each end of tho saloon, and a superb chandelier, manu- 
factured for the occasion, suspended over tho centre of tho 
apartment, gave a richness of effect which had never been 
equaled in vessels of any description in those days, when 
steam packets, like gorgeous palaces in size and decora- 
tions, were not even dreamed of. Tlte steward’s apartment 
and the cooking apparatus were models In their way, and 
furnished with everything requisite to enable that import- 
ant functionary to display his culinary skill, and lay a table 
in a style of almost regal splendor. 
When this vessel was completed and lying at llio wharf 
she excited unbounded curiosity. Her fame extended far 
and wide. Crowds of people, not only residents of Salem, 
but of the neighboring towns, visited and admired this 
beautiful specimen of naval architecture and her sumptuous 
accommodations. It is said thill eighteen hundred ladies, 
attracted by curiosity, boarded this beautiful* vneht in ono 
day, and were charmed with tlte elegance displayed and 
the courtesy of the officers. 
It was in this gem of u vessel, profusely provided with 
everything which could be devised for comfort and luxury, 
that Captain Geo. Crowuinshiehl undertook a voyage to 
ports in the Mediterranean for pleasure, observation and 
improvement. He engaged a relative, on whose skill and 
judgment he could rely, to act as sailing master, in ordorto 
relieve himself of all trouble and responsibility. The other 
officers were men of tried worth and experience, and tho 
crew, comparatively few iu number, were selected from tho 
hundreds of seamen who thronged tho wharf, anxious to 
be employed, and were ull young and ambitious, active and 
intelligent. Accompanied by a few friends lo charm away 
Hie gloom of solitude, Captain Crowninsliield embarked 
aud suited from Salem on the 30th day of March, 1817. 
On t lie passage across the Atlantic he touched at tlte 
Azores, and astonished and charmed, by the magnificence 
of liis vessel, the simple inhabitants of Fuyul, and on tho 
first of May he arrived at Medeira, where he was kindly 
welcomed, and treated by the authorities with respect and 
hospitality. After a stay of a few weeks on 'his beautiful 
island lie proceeded on IiLs cruise, and visited Gibraltar, 
Curthagenu, Barcelona, Marseilles, Toulon, Genoa, Naples, 
Givlta Vcccbia, and other ports in tho Mediterranean, ex- 
amining much which was curious and interesting In nature 
and art, and exercising the most unbounded hospitality 
towards all who visited the vessel, attracted by her grace- 
ful proportions and elegant appearance, and tho report of 
the magnificence of her equipments. 
Wherever the Cleopatra s Barge appeared the owner and 
his friends met with tlte warmest welcome from the author- 
ities and the people, uud were treated with the greatest 
consideration and respect. The brig was visited by persons 
of tlte highest rank, and multitudes of all classes freely 
availed themselves of the general permission to board the 
vessel and examine tlte accommodations. They were ull 
charmed with what they saw, and with the kind manner in 
which they were received and the urbane deportment of 
the owner and the other persons on board, 
