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FOREST AND STREAM 
Nov. 9, 1912 
thing in her visible lines, her sheer, her low bul¬ 
warks, her narrow, graceful stern and general 
set of spars and rigging that at once engaged 
the attention of the deep water yachtsman. But 
failure to recognize her superior plan and build 
as she plowed under full spread of canvas the 
tumultuous waters of the Caribbean almost into 
the teeth of a strong northeast wind that at times 
freshened into little less than a gale, would cer¬ 
tainly have been quite impossible in one not truly 
a “land lubber.” 
We sailed from Bluff a few minutes after 
9 o’clock, the night of Saturday, Aug. 24. Had 
expected to put out during the daylight, but 
fresh from the northeast—many seas broke over 
her port bow and washed over her flush deck, 
sail was not shortened, except when the wind 
blew out the jib topsail, and ample opportunity 
was given to admire her fine sea qualities. 
It was not until well toward mid day Mon¬ 
day that the weather cleared and the wind abated, 
but even then the heavy sea, now more abeam, 
caused the vessel to roll heavily. Land was 
sighted shortly after noon, and before 3 p. M. 
we were anchored in the bight fronting the sea 
wall which extends from Colon to Cristobal. The 
port physician and Customs inspector were soon 
on board, and before 3:30 we were ashore. The 
MRS. R. C. black’s YACHT NIAD. 
owing to the disturbed conditions in Nicaragua, 
and evident friction between the Governor of 
Bluefields and the representative of the Ameri¬ 
can bankers (who are trying to control Nica¬ 
ragua) in charge of the Custom House at Bluff, 
clearance of this, an American, vessel was not 
obtained until this late hour. Fortunately an 
almost full moon was shining from a fairly clear 
sky, so anchor was weighed, head sails set, and 
as she swung off and headed for the bar, fore¬ 
sail and mainsail were run up. By the time we 
were outside, topsails were added, and after 
passing the U. S. S. Tacoma, which lay outside 
the bar, the course E. S. E. was laid for Colon, 
Republic of Panama. A heavy swell was run¬ 
ning, and by midnight the moderate breeze had 
increased to a strong wind, and a heavy sea was 
rolling in from across the reaches of the Gulf. 
The vessel was heavily loaded, and though 
during the night and throughout the following 
day—during which the weather remained un¬ 
settled with occasional rain and the wind blew 
Atlantic, heavily loaded, had made the run, in 
bad weather and under sail alone from Bluff, 
Nicaragua, to Colon, Panama, in forty-two hours. 
The auxiliary schooner Atlantic is known 
along the Caribbean coast as one of the smartest 
and ablest crafts in that trade, and why not? 
She was formerly the racing sloop Atlantic, 
built at Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1887, as an aspirant 
to international cup honors. She is 96 feet long 
and of eighty-six tons register, though now in 
schooner rig she still spreads a large area of 
canvas. Her big lead fin was removed and she 
was rebuilt to her present rig in 1904 for Mr. 
Rector, the New York restaurateur, as a deep 
sea cruiser and a 80 horsepower Richmond motor 
installed. She is now owned and managed by 
Capt. A. Sandberg and engaged in the Caribbean 
and Gulf trade, principally in live turtle traffic, 
though occasionally carrying cocoanuts for New 
York to Colon from the Nicaragua and Hon¬ 
duras coasts. She still flies the United States 
flag, her home port being Key West. 
A talk with representatives in prominent cartridge 
companies brings forth information that never before 
has the demand for shells for field shooting been as 
great as in the present season. 
Harvard University Gun Club matches are as fol¬ 
lows: Nov. 2—Harvard vs. Princeton at Cambridge. 
Nov. 9—Intercollegiate shoot at New Haven. Nov. 23— 
Harvard vs. Yale at Cambridge. 
* 
Thanksgiving Day will bring joy to Ossining trap- 
ists. A merchandise shoot will be held. Start will be 
made at 1 o’clock sharp. Further particulars from Chas. 
G. Blandford, Captain, Ossining, N. Y. 
m, 
When Charley Hyde gets the rest of the ducks 
along the Sound the trap season will open at the Port 
Washington Y C. Everything else is ready but Charley; 
at least, that' is what one of the peevish aerosaucer 
experts writes us. 
>1 
The newly organized Monmouth Beach Gun Club, 
designated in our trap columns last week by a generally 
unerring compositor, as Monument Beach, held its 
first election of officers last Saturday. The club already 
has nineteen members and barrels of enthusiasm. 
Geo. W. Wakeley, president, writes that the regular 
shoots of the Orange Gun Club will be held on the 
second and fourth Saturdays, and that on Thanksgiving 
Day the club will hold the annual club championship 
event at 100 targets with suitable trophy to the winner. 
With the Lloyds’ Harbor freezeout race uncorked, 
New Rochelle Y. C. will get after the scalers next 
Saturday. So much envy over Joe Donovan’s Du Pont 
medal has been suppressed all summer, to about the 
same extent as a man’s size yawn under a lady’s hand, 
that there will be a case of by and large in the way 
of effort for “one of those” this season. Who knows 
but what Ed Locke may bag one with his single¬ 
trigger Lefever. 
W. G. Beeoroft. 
Buffalo Audubon Club. 
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 2.— Buffalo Audubon Club 
members, nineteen strong, turned out for to-day s sport. 
Covert was the bright shining star with a good SO. 
which is going some, the last two events being distance 
handicaps, and he at 20yds. A strong 50yd. target was 
thrown, which was affected by the wind. Scores: 
Targets: 
Fish . 
Kelsey .... 
Rogers 
Jmmel . 
Ebberts ... 
Ward . 
Wacker ... 
Blackmer .. 
Wright .... 
Cummings . 
Imhoff 
Covert . 
Rommel ... 
Mosher 
Savage 
Lambert ... 
Seymour .. 
Burgwnrdt 
Wootton ... 
W. C. 
15 20 20 20 25 
. 14 16 18 17 19 
. 9 13 12 13 20 
. 15 17 16 17 18 
. 14 15 17 15 21 
. 15 15 19 16 21 
. 9 14 14 14 15 
. 13 13 17 16 19 
. 12 13 15 17 21 
. 14 18 20 15 19 
. 11 17 17 16 18 
. 11 14 15 18 19 
. 14 20'18 18 20 
. 11 17 17 14 20 
. 1 15 12 12 .. 
. 11.21 
. 12 17 14 14 21 
. .. 13 17 14 .. 
. 13 11 14 15 24 
.21 
Wootton, Sec’y. 
If you want your shoot to be announced 
here, send a notice like the following: 
Fixtures. 
REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS. 
Not. ZLS2 .—Clinton (Ont.) G. C. J. E. Cantelon, Sec’y. 
Dec. 2-6.—St. Thomas, (Ont.) G. C. W. J. McCance, 
A«st. Mgr. 
1913. 
Jan. 1. —Utica, N. Y.—Genesee Gun Club. E. J. Lough- 
lin, Sec’y. 
Jan. 22-25.—Pinehurst (N. C.) Country Club. Leonard 
Tufts, Pres. 
July 8 -13.—Cedar Point, O.—The Indians’ tournament. 
D. H. Eaton, Sec’y, Cincinnati, O. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
The lure of the open was too strong to go unheeded 
by trappers at Smith Gun Club last Saturday, so there 
was no shoot. The regular shoot will be held to-day. 
*, 
Louis Colquitt lost the New Jersey State champion¬ 
ship so quietly that one hardly knew it had changed 
hands. There is being more noise than success, how¬ 
ever, in taking it away from the present holder, 
Ernest Von Lengerke, of Orange Gun Club. Looks as 
though it preferred class Orange to cosmopolitan 
Newark. 
Bergen Beach Gun Club. 
Dr. Martin and P. Von Boeckman tied for high 
gun at the Bergen Beach Gun Club on Oct. 26. The 
event was at 100 targets, and each nimrod had a total 
of 94. The shoot-off was captured by the Doctor. The 
scores: 
Targets: 
Dr Martin . 
P Von Boeckman 
R Morgan . 
J Gaughan . 
Dr Sauer . 
A V Suydam. 
W L Skidmore.... 
II D Bergen. 
J H Vanderveer.. 
W D Francott.... 
H W Drever. 
W Weilbacher ... 
H Ilewens . 
W L Groll. 
\V Simonson . 
H D Tracy. 
C Schroeder . 
D Healy . 
T Rhode . 
25 25 25 25 Handicap. Total 
18 20 18 IS 
20 
94 
23 22 25 22 
2 
94 
23 23 21 22 
2 
91 
22 23 23 15 
6 
89 
23 22 21 21 
2 
89 
22 22 18 22 
4 
88 
15 20 19 22 
10 
86 
19 15 21 21 
10 
86 
19 23 21 17 
5 
85 
24 20 18 18 
5 
85 
17 19 19 18 
10 
83 
17 13 15 18 
10 
83 
16 19 11 17 
17 
80 
19 17 17 17 
10 
SO 
19 19 20 19 
2 
79 
13 11 19 16 
16 
75 
10 12 14 14 
20 
70 
12 15 12 12 
20 
68 
12 9 12 12 
20 
65 
