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noon Inst week while Mr. Oyer was plowing, his pocket 
book, comfortably filled with greenbacks, made an excur- 
sion down his trouser leg and out into the furrow, its loss 
not being discovered until several furrows had been turned 
over it. Then Mr. Oyer called his dog, and showing him 
ns near as he could guess, the spot, bade him hunt for it, 
and went ou with his plowing. The dog went to work and 
by the time his owner came around on the next furrow he 
had found the pocket book, opeued it, and was investiga- 
ting the contents with more interest than skill. That dog 
is not for sale. — Eaton , (Pa.,) Free Press. 
Arsenic in Hydrophobia. — In a late number of the 
Correspondent- Blatt, Dr. Guisan gives a number of cases 
showing the value of arsenic as a prophylactic in hydro- 
phobia. and even as a remedy also after symptoms are 
marked. lie relates that a rabid dog, between the 7th and 
9th of June, bit thirteen persons in various towns of the 
canton Freiburg. All were recommended to be treated 
with one-twentieth of a grain of arsenic morning and even- 
ing, as a prophylactic measure. Eight submitted to this 
prophylactic measure, and none were affected. Four de- 
clined or were not allowed to take the arsenic. Of those 
four, two remained unaffected, ami two died, One began 
the arsenic treatment, but speedily left it off; she was 
attacked, but at a much later period, and died. Dr. Guisan 
recommends not only the entcrnal employment of the 
arsenic, but that the wound should be dressed with it. 
$Hchtmg and j§oatinq. 
AU communications from Secretaries and friends should be mailed no 
later than Monday In each week. 
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— Mr. Garner’s new yacht, Mohawk, was successfuly 
launched on Wednesday last from the yard of her builder, 
Mr. Joseph Van Deuser, who was also the constructor of 
the Fleetwing, Magic, Columbia, and other celebrated 
yachts. At half past one the hist block was knocked from 
under her and the magnificent vessel glided from the 
ways. As such great expectations have been formed of 
the’ Mohawk, a brief description of this largest and latest 
addition to our yacht fleet may not be uninteresting to our 
readers. The observer is first struck by the immense 
height of her spars. The dimensions of these are as fol- 
lows: — 
Length of mainmast 
Length uf mnintopinast. 
Length foremast 
length of foretopinnst 
Length of main boom 
Length of main gaff 
Length of fore boom 
Length of sqtmresuil yard 
Length of bowsprit out board 
Length of jihboom from cap to hounds 
Extreme length of bowsprit 
The dimensions of the schooner’s hull are: — 
Feet. 
.Ob no 
.00 oo 
.91 00 
.55 00 
no oo 
.41 00 
.39 00 
.A3 00 
.30 00 
24 00 
.42 00 
Length over nil from knight heads to tnffrnll 150 00 
Length on deck 144 00 
Length on the water lino 121 00 
Length of keel 118 00 
Breadth of beam 30 04 
Depet hot hold 9 04 
Length of centreboard 21 00 
Length of overhnnglng stern 18 00 
Length of rttke of stern — 14 00 
Her mainsail alone contains 4,U00 square feet of canvas, 
and her balloon staysail 4.300 square feet; her foresail con- 
tarns 2,400 square feet and her jib 2,000 square feet. Such 
is (lie extreme length of her spars that the topmasts will 
have to be housed to permit of their passing under the 
Brooklyn bridge. In the cabin all the resources of the 
decorator’s art have been lavished. The saloon is twenty- 
eight feet square and seven feet high. The walls are fitted 
with paintiugs of marine subjects, executed by De Haas, 
the artist. The Vice Commodore’s stateroom is on the 
starboard side and measures eighteen feet by thirteen feet. 
On the opposite side are three slaterooms, each measuring 
nine feet by seven feel, aud fitted with hot and cold water, 
steam heating pipes and an electric call bell. Forward is 
the pantry, ice boxes, kitchen, rooms for captain, mates, 
steward, boatswain, and a roomy forecastle for the men. 
There are also two staterooms, each twelve feet by eight 
feet, located on each side of the companionway. The sail- 
room is right in the stern and is reached from the deck by 
a scuttle. The water tanks, four in number, with a capa- 
city for 1,500 gallons, are located beneath the cabin floor- 
ing. The rigging is entirely of steel, manufactnred especi- 
ally in England, and the ballast is of lead, moulded to 
suit. The centreboard and sails are worked by band 
cranks, especially adapted for the purpose. It is scarcely 
to be expecled that the Mohawk will be near enough com- 
pletion to take part in the regattas of this week, but her 
first appearance as a competitor will be looked forward to 
with much interest. 
—.The Brooklyn Yacht Club held a meeting at their 
rooms on Thursday evening last. For the regatta *,o take 
place on the l'Jtli iiist, the following yachts had up to that 
time entered: Madeleine, Sea Witch, Clio, Cornel, Gipsy, 
Vision, W. F. Lee, Victoria, Florence, Sadie, Undine, Pe- 
trel, Libbio B., Elizabeth, Emma T., Lizzie L., Sophia, 
Playful and Maggie B. 
The course for schooners and first class sloops will be 
from anchorage to slake boat S. W. Spit, passing it from 
westward to southward, iWenco to lightship, turning same 
on the starboard band and return to home stake boat, which 
will be off Buy Ridge dock. 
For second class sloops, from anchorage to stake boat at 
S. W. Spit, passing it from the westward to southward, 
tlieuce around stake boat at outer bay buoy in Gedney’s 
Channel, rounding same from southward to eastward, 
thence to home stake boat. 
For third class sloops (open boats) from anchorage to 
stake boat at S. W. Spit, rounding same from westward to 
southward, thence to home stake boat. 
The winning yacht in each case must make the race in 
eight hours to oe entitled to a prize, 
Commodore Dickerson announced that the annual cruise 
would take place about July 19th, the date being so ar- 
ranged as to accommodate those members wishing to take 
part in the Cape May regatta, July 12th and 13th. 
On the day of the regatta the steamer Neversink will 
convey guests of the club down the bay. 
Rear Commodore Davidson announced the presentation 
to the club by a Mr. Merrill of a silver or nickel plated log 
to be sailed for as a prize. 
It was resolved that it should be sailed for by yachts of 
the schooner class. 
Mr. S. L. Blood then presented to the clulr an elegant 
flag for the club house, 10x15 feet in dimensions. 
It was announced that. Mr. Garner's new yacht, the Mo- 
hawk, would uot be completed in time for the regatta. 
— The annual regatta of the Brooklyn Yacht Club will 
be sailed on Saturduy.the 19th inst. over the usual courses, 
starling from the stake boat off Bay Ridge. Four classes 
of boats in all will participate, there being two prizes for 
each class. Among the yachts mentioned ns likely to take 
part in the regatta are the schooners Madeline, Tidal Wave, 
Sea Witch, Idler, Comet, Clio and Gipsy; sloops Vision, 
Sadie, Petrel, Undine, W. T, Lee, Lizzie L., Screamer, 
Playful, Victoria, Brooklyn, Florence, Maggie B., Libbie 
B., Elizabeth and Emma T. The event promises to be 
one of the most successful ever inaugurated by this popu- 
lar club. 
Tiib Seawanhaka Corinthian Race.— Tbc fifth re- 
gat I a for sloops of the Seawanhaka Yacht Club was sailed 
on Monday last under most favorable auspices. For such 
of our readers as may be unfamiliar with the term we 
would cxplaiu that iu *' Corinthian" matches the entire 
crew, from the hands at the wheel to the cook at the fore- 
sheet, are amateurs, no professional sailors being allowed 
on board. For the race in question but two sloops were 
entered, as follows:— 
Mean length 
Name. Owner. feet. Aren. 
Addlo Voorhte C. & U. L. Roosevelt (VI 03 1,210 90 
Vision J . J . Alexandre 69. JJ 1.237.23 
The Addie Voorhis carried as crew — Captain, C. Roose- 
velt; first mate, A. Cary Smith; second mate, Robert Cen- 
ter; crew, Gouverneur Morris, Robert Cornell, Samuel J. 
Colgate; W. B. Simonds, H. W. Reid, John F. Adams, A. 
Roosevelt, W. E. Roosevelt, H. L. Roosevelt, J. E. Roose- 
velt, W. S. Wood. 
The Vision— Captain, J. J. Alexandre; first mate, J. F. 
Toms; crew, H. S. Gimbernot, J. H. Alexandre, Lclund 
Hopcoclc, J. V. S. Oddie, J. B. Duer, W. Foulke, jr. , 
B. F. Foulke, W. Beekman, jr., F. de Foster, D. Crocker, 
Giraud Foster, G. T. Bunker, Brian Foulke. 
Both yachts are ’’ notorious" for their speed, the Vision 
in light winds in particular, but yesterday the victory was 
not to be hers. The wind in the lower bay was variable, 
and at times almost calm, although the race was begun and 
finished with as much wind as the yachts wanted. The 
first gun was fired at lOh. 38m., but it was thirteen minutes 
later before the starting signal was given, the Addie cross- 
ing the line first at 10b. 53m. 43 sec., followed by the Vis- 
ion at 10b. 56m. 15 sec. The Corning, of the Eastern 
Yacht Club, was to have taken part in the race, but her 
owner not considering her in proper trim to compete with 
such renowned racers, preferred to participate only as a 
spectator. On the run to Buoy No. 10, or as it is more 
familiarly known, the Southwest Spit, which point was 
turned first by the Addie Voorhis, nearly four minutes 
ahead of her competitors, the wind was fresh enough to 
bring lee rails under. From here the Vision began to 
overhaul the Addie, and closed the gap until her boom was 
nearly over the Addie’s taffrail. In tacking to make the 
light ship the Vision stood on the longest, and again opened 
a gap. 
The turning of the light ship was as follows: 
H. M. 8. I n. M. s 
Addle Voorhis 1 15 54 Coming I 24 30 
Vision 1 17 52 | 
At 1 :40 the Vision was ahead, but hero her luck deserted 
her. Running out of the wind she lay becalmed, while the 
Addie, only a few hundred yards away, carried a moderate 
breeze- Before the Vision got it her adversary was a mile 
ahead and to windward. This advantage she kept, iu 
spite of all the efforts of the Vision’s crew, and the home 
stake boat was passed according to the following sum- 
mary : — 
Elapsed Coanted 
Name. Start. Finish. Time. Time. 
H. M. S. II. M. 8. H. M. 8. 11. M. 8. 
Addie Voorhis in 53 43 4 2 23 5 08 4(1 4 58 26 
Vision 10 56 15 8 7 03 5 10 48 5 no 31 
The Addie is, therefore, u winner, by counted time, by 
2m. 5s. The Coming came iu five minutes astern of the 
Vision. 
In the runtothcS.W. Spit itseeined to us that the Captain 
of the Addie V. erred in not keeping his sails full, os they 
were shaking from the Hospital lo the Spit. Iu running up 
from the light ship he showed his judgment, however, in 
netting under the land, where the wind hauled more to the 
west, and he had a better tide. The Addie was better 
manned than the Vision, but the Captain of the latter fol- 
lowed his opponent too much. It was the day to briug out 
the Vision’s best qualities. 
The cup was duly presented on board the accompanying 
steamer, and congratulatory speeches made. The Sean- 
wanhaka Club deserves great credit for inaugurating these 
Corinthian races, and we look for a large fleet and much 
sport on the occasion of the Schooner Regatta to be sailed 
under their auspices on the 24th inst. 
Seawanhaka Yacht Club.— The Commodore and 
Rear Commodore of the Seawanhaka Yacht Club, offer 
prizes for a schooner race, to be sailed from Sandy Hook 
Thursday, June 24th, at 10:30 o'clock, A. M. The race will 
be open to all schooners belonging to the New York, East- 
ern, Brooklyn, Boston, Atlantic aud Seawanhaka Yacht 
clubs, and will be governed by the sailing regula- 
tions of the Seawanhaka Club, with lime allowance, and 
will be under the supervision of the Regatta Commiltee. 
Schooners will be divided into two classes, as follows: — 
First class, those measuring more than 90 feet over all; 
second class, those measuring 90 feet and under. 
Owner's measurements will be received for all vessels 
not belonging to the Seawanhaka Yacht Club, and in case 
a question arises concerning the measurement of any boat 
it will be remeasured by that club. There will be a prize of 
the value of $300 for the first-class, presented by the Com- 
modore, and another of the same value for the second-class, 
presented by the Rear Commodore. No race unless there 
are at least three entries in each class. 
The course will bo from buoy No. 6, off Sandy Hook, 
twenty miles to windward and return if the wind permits' 
or twenty miles to leeward and return. Yachts will pn«* 
the Judge's steamer and buoy going out and coming borne, 
at which points the time will be taken. After starling the 
yachts, the steamer will proceed to, und be stationed at tho 
turning point, and yachts in rounding will leave her on 
the starboard hand. 
The start will be a flying one, and the signals which will 
ne given from the Judge’s steamer will be as follows: — For 
preparatory signal, a prolonged blast of the whistlu, and 
lowering of the club flag. Fifteen minutes later, for the 
start, the same signals will bo repeated. Fifteen minutes 
will be allowed for crossing the line, after which no yachts 
time will ho taken. 
All yachts in tho race will fly their privalo signal from 
the main peak. 
Entries must bo in writing, should be addressed to the 
Secretary of the Regatta Committee, Mr. M. Roosevelt 
Schuyler, at his oflice, 52 William street, and will bo re- 
ceived until noon of the day prccooding Hie race. 
Members of the Seawanhaka Yacht Club are invited to 
accompany the Judge’s steamer, which will leave the Barge 
Office Warf at 7 o'clock on tho morning of Hie race, stop- 
ping at Tompkinsvillc Landing, Staten Island, at 7 30. 
Regatta Committee, Frederic G. Foster, M. Roosevelt 
Schuyler, Win. Krebs, James II. Elliot, L. De Forest 
Wooodruff. 
—Tho Williamsburgh Yacht Club bold their firth annual 
regatta on Tuesday last; the report reaching us loo late for 
our last issue. There was very little wind but an excellent 
days sport was afforded the spectators. The boats passed 
the home stake boat in the order named below, the Yicto- 
ress won the prize for the yachts of tho first class, the 
Sorceress for yachts of the second class, the Sawyer for 
the third-class, and the Pidgeon for the fourth class. The 
Sawyer also won the club pennant as the first yacht home, 
irrespective of classification: — 
Yacht. H. M. 8.1 Yacht. n. M. 8. 
J. M Sawyer 6 no 00 Molvlna 6 31 00 
Favorlta 6 15 18 Jeannette 8 42 30 
Nettle 6 15 SO'John Lanthier. 6 43 80 
A . J. Brush 6 27 1S|S . M. Rogers (1 48 80 
Pidgeon 6 27 40iHorccrei‘* 7 (X) 30 
Victoress 6 30 16|S.J. Colahan 7 05 00 
South Boston Yaciit Club.— The first champion regatta 
of this club was held on Thursday, but owing to a lack of 
wind was not tho success of anticipated. At 3:50 P. M. 
the first class, comprising the following yachts were 
started : — 
Yacht and Captain. Measurement. 
Eva, Barry . .25.01 
Naiad Gnccn, Kllnor 28.01 
Lydia, Whorf ... 21 00 
Yacht and Captain. 
Nautlln-, — . . 
Gaol, McCormack 
Starlight, P Wright 
Measurement. 
as oo 
35.08 
The gun for the second-clo9s race, for all yachts, twenty, 
four feet water line or less, was fired at 4 :10. Yachts en- 
tered in the following order; tho first throe having centre- 
boards and the last four keels: — 
Yacht and Captain. Measurement. I Yncht and Captain. Measurement. 
Ripple, Macomber 22.01 Moses, Dolbeure 31.00 
Mabel. Com. Roberta 19. 02| l’eurless, Griffin 20.05 
Posy. McKee 21 03|Baushoo, Orcutt 2) 05 
Gertrude, Tattle | 
Three other craft were entered but soon dropped out. 
The whiff of a breeze soon died away, and for five mortal 
hours the yachts dragged along the seven mile course. The 
Starlight returned at 9:15 o'clock, the Eva at 10:3, the Gael 
at 10:11, and the Mabel at 10. Thus it was shown Unit 
there was just wind enough for a crack boat to make 9) 
miles in five hours and twenty-two minutes. The Star- 
light, ex-Commodoro Wright, undoubtedly can claim (lie 
prize for the race among the first-class keels, and the Eva 
the same among the centre-boards of the same, and tho 
Mabel, Commodore Roberts, among the second-class centre- 
boards. 
— The Neried Boat Club, of Brooklyn, held their Spring 
regatta on Saturday. The course was from the foot of 
South Court street to the Bay Ridge Dock, a distance of 
two miles. The first race was betsveen four-oared gigs. 
There were two crews composed as follows: — 
Endora— Colors Red. 
W. P. Earle, bow. 
D. C. Brown, No. 2. 
A K Brown. No. 3. 
J. P. Earle, stroke. 
J. C. Egerton, coxswain 
Panope— Colors Blue 
Wrn Fchr, bow 
J L. Gludwin, No. 2. 
W. D. Johnson, No. 8. 
G. H. Earle, stroke. 
W. J. Cowing, coxswain. 
The Eudora crew won the race in llmin. 28sec. There 
were two entries, the Erald and Thetis, for the pair oared 
race. The crew of the Erald, whose color was red, con- 
sisted of H. C. Brown, bow, aud Win. Wise, stroke. The 
Thetis men (color blue) were C C. Brown, bow, and P. A. 
Hardy, stroke. The blues took l ho lead and kept it to the 
end, winning in 12min. 48sec. There were entered for the 
single scull race, J. P. Earle, color red; F. B. Rogers, 
color blue, aud Arthur K. Brown, color white, and the 
contest was for a silver challenge cup. presented by Mr. 
Charles J. Stewart for the season of 1875. The course was 
a little less than two miles. Brown gradually pulled away 
from the other two, and kept the lead to the end, winning 
iu 8m. 21s. The contest between Rogers and Earle was 
spirited, but the former came in second. After the race 
the contestants and their friends assembled on tbc steamer 
Fort Lee. Mr. Brown 5vas presented with tho challengo 
cup, and Mr. Frank Lawton made a speech. 
— The Passaic River Amateur Rowing Association, in 
which are comprised the Eureki, Triton, Passaic and 
Mystic rowing clubs, held their regatta on the Passaic 
River on Saturday. The courso was a mile and a half, extend- 
ing from a point just above Hie Erie Railway bridge, and 
extending up to a point a little below the midland Railroad 
bridge. The first race was betwen the six-oared gigs of the 
Passaic and Eureka clubs; distance 1* miles straight away; 
prize, a stand of colors. The Eureka crew won by twelve 
lengths; time, 9min. 59sec. J. W. Kennedy, of Hie Passaic, 
and E. D. Small, of the Triton Club, contested the single 
scull race; same distance as the first. Smull came in the 
winner by a length; time lOmin. 41sec. The great event 
of the day wa3 tho four oared shell race between all the 
clubs. The following are the crews: — Passaic, E. M 
Roberts, bow; F. R- Fortmeyer, C. H. McCormick, C. II. 
Romer, stroke, and Captain. Triton, L. II. Smith, how, 
F. C. Townley, W. A. Brintzenhoffer, Alexander Hardy, 
stroke. Mystic, W. W. Beebe, It. W. Adams, A R. 
Pomeroy, £). E. Tuthill, stroke. Eureka, John Young, 
Captain und bow; Hudson Ryno, George Clark and John 
Augilman. The distance was three miles, being up and 
down tho course. The Eureka's won after a good race, 
Triton's second. The time was not given out. 
