FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Feb. 27, 1909. 
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Shiye&sa IV. Launched. 
The 6o-foot schooner Shiyessa IV., built for 
Commodore Alfred Douglas, of the Boston 
C., was launched at I.awley’s last Saturday. 
Shiyessa IV. was designed by Fred. D. Law- 
ley, and is 90 feet over all, 60 feet waterline, 17 
feet 6 inches beam and 10 feet draft. She will 
be the flagship of the Boston Y. C. the coming 
season, and will replace the schooner Shiyessa 
of 50 feet waterline. 
When launched, Shiyessa IV. was practically 
completed except for rigging, spars and sails, 
and entered the water with a wooden frame on 
deck for a canvas covering. This covering will 
be stretched immediately, and the schooner will 
remain in the basin until spring, when her spars 
will be added in preparation for fitting out. 
Jeffries Point Y. C. Officers. 
The annual election of officers of the Jeffries 
Point Y. C. was held at East Boston, and these 
officers were chosen: Commodore, Fred II. 
Seavey; Vice-Commodore, W. S. McLauthlin; 
Fleet Captain, E, A. Skinner; Measurer, A, A, 
Martin; Secretary, Alfred E. Wellington; Treas¬ 
urer, W, S. McLauthlin; Regatta Committee— 
Ambrose A, Martin, Jacob Rood, Charles L, 
Joy; Directors—Fred H. Seavey, William B, 
Pigeon, Charles L, Joy, W, B, Starkweather, 
A. A. Martin, Jacob Rood, Alfred E. Welling¬ 
ton, Walter S. McLauthlin, Henry E, Bellew, 
John Marno, Wilbur W, Barnes, E, A. Skinner, 
William C. F, Driscoll, E, E. Welsh; Delegate 
to the Massachusetts Y. R, A., Ambrose A. 
Martin, 
Yachts Change Hands. 
These transfers of yachts are reported 
through the agency of Hollis Burgess: 
Class Q yacht Ariel, formerly May Bee, sold 
to Walter P. Keyes, of Boston, Ariel was 
owned by Flollis Burgess, and was raced in 
several regattas on Narragansett Bay, and off 
Marblehead last season. 
The 21-foot raceabout Scapegoat, owned by 
Walter P. Keyes, sold to a Boston yachtsman. 
Sonher boat. New Orleans, sold by E, E, 
Winslow, of Boston, to W. J. Bullivant, of 
Boston, 
“GRISLY” OR “GRIZZLY” BEAR. 
The fact that the Latin names of the great 
brown bear of North America are Ursus horri- 
hilis, U. horriceus, and U. ferox suggests that 
the proper English title of the animal is “grisly” 
(meaning terrible or fierce), instead of grizzly 
(meaning, in the usual acceptation, grizzled or 
grayish), although the latter word is given in all 
modern English and American works on natural 
history and sport that I have been able to con¬ 
sult. On turning, however, to Lewis & Clarke’s 
“Travels in Missouri,” published in 1814, I find 
that the name used is grisly, which was no doubt 
the current spelling at that date, although I have 
not been able to consult the American edition 
of “Guthrie’s Geography,” in which the name 
Ursus horribilis was first applied to the species 
by Ord. As “grisly” is a somewhat unfamiliar 
word, while Ursus horribilis has a more or less 
gray coat, there would seem to be little doubt 
that the original term became corrupted into 
“grizzly,” more especially as “grizzly” is also 
an alternative spelling for “grisly” in its proper 
sense. When this change took place I have been 
unable to ascertain, but the fact that the name 
Ursus griseus is one of the later synonyms 
of the species may be taken as a proof that the 
ordinary rendering of the English name is in¬ 
tended to refer to the hoary color of the ani¬ 
mal’s coat, and not to its ferocious disposition. 
For the future I propose to revert to the early 
spelling and signification of the name, as, in¬ 
deed, I have already done in a sporting work 
of which I have recently passed the proofs for 
press.—Field. 
Canoeing. 
Red Dragon C. C. 
Phtladelphi.a., Feb. 20. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: Looking back to the just completed 
twenty-fifth season of their club, the Red 
Dragons can be proud indeed to belong to such 
an organization. In many respects it has been 
one of the most successful years they have had. 
Five new active members were admitted to the 
ranks of lovers of the canoe and paddle and 
aquatic sport in general. The promising and 
encouraging feature of having a waiting list is 
not far off, which fact always speaks well for 
any club. 
During the past year individual members 
cruised under the dragon burgee along the 
Hudson and from Easton down the Delaware, 
and did some exploring on their own hook, like 
“Ed” Merrill, accompanied by Mrs. Merrill, 
through the Saranac Lake region. Merrill, as 
commodore, was also one of the leading spirits 
on a good many club cruises. 
The various A. C. A. meets and gatherings 
were visited by representatives, members Wil¬ 
son, Flaud and Quasebart, flying the Red 
Dragon colors at the Sugar Island meet on the 
St. Lawrence River. 
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SUNDAY MORNING SIESTA. 
“we want food.” 
the baron SCHLOSS. 
A series of open canoe sailing races was held 
with much success during the summer. 
In the fall a club regatta was held off the club 
house, on the Delaware, many clubs from the 
neighborhood sending crews to compete and 
friends to visit. A large delegation from the 
Philadelphia C. C., the Beverley Y, C., the 
Riverton Y. C., and the Monte Christo C. C. 
joined us in the fight for supremacy with the 
paddle, while, for instance, a number of our 
friends hailin,g from Park Island “loafed it 
down” on Fred Donnelly’s yacht Buckaneer to 
visit. And in turn small fleets attended events 
of these friends, again partly to visit and partly 
to win or not to win. 
To see the Dragons really at their best, one 
must go and hunt them up in their lair. Lair 
is really somewhat not the right name, as it is 
one of the snuggest places a canoe club has ever 
nestled in. 
The club house, surrounded by a grove of 
magnificent, old shady trees, is in itself an at¬ 
traction, but the ground around it is what gives 
this club its distinction. It gives the members 
a rare opportunity for bungalow sites, which 
has been taken advantage of by a number of 
them. 
Week-end parties at these cabins, which, as 
a rule, are cozily and artistically fitted up, 
spread a Bohemian spirit among the members, 
and sitting in the evening around a crackling 
camp-fire, listening to one of Joe Murray’s 
scientific arguments about the betterment ot 
this world, or to Plarry Fleischmann’s recital 
of some “Dutch sauerkraut” anecdote, or to the 
Baron’s “Schnitzelbank,” and with jolly songs 
and good cheer in general make of them a con¬ 
genial, big-hearted family. 
Harry Blumner won the high mileage record 
cup, having paddled over 500 miles, while Logan 
and Wilt were the winners of cups, having 
paddled each over 250 miles. 
The tennis tournament, recently completed, 
was won by T. S. Edgar, who received a hand¬ 
some cup. 
Monthl}^ oyster-roasts in the club’s snug har¬ 
bor, and Saturday afternoon shoots of the Red 
Dragon Schuetzen Verein, always attract a 
number of good fellows during the winter 
months, which proves that this club does not 
hibernate. 
The slate for the coming year reads as fol¬ 
lows: Commodore, E. R. Coleman; Vice-Com¬ 
modore, J. A. Edgar; Purser, W. PL Logan, Jr.; 
Quartermaster, Frank T. Wilson; Measurer, M. 
D. Wilt; Fleet Surgeon, F. O. Gross, M.D.; 
Correspondent. H. A. Johnson; Trustee, Plarry 
W. Fleischmann; House Committee—C. A. 
Tauke, W. T. Scott, C. T. Mitchell, W. C. 
Thompson. 
Now, fellow canoeists, do not forget we are 
always glad to shake hands with a good fellow, 
and it is up to you to follow the excellent words 
of Bob Peebbles, who once sang the morning 
after: 
“For in the gloaming, lets all go a-roaming 
To old W'issinoining, 
The lair of the beast.” 
Theodore Quasebart. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Central Division.—Carl Feik, 513 Sheridan 
avenue, Pittsburg, Pa., by H. D. James; F. S. 
Kaulback, care of Standard Mfg. Co., Pittsburg, 
Pa., and R. S. Parsons, Ingram, Pa., both by 
C. Plarry Smith; Leo A. Hower, Rome, N. Y., 
by PL S. Sturdevant. 
Eastern Division.—Arthur W. Peace, 32 
Prairie Ave., Providence, R. I., by Edgar F. 
Garland. 
Western Division.—Edward Balch Barr, 575 
High street, Oshkosh, Wis., by M. Meissner; F. 
A. Fraser, 314 17th avenue; G. R. Ploffman, 
718 Cramer street.; Wm. F. Hoffman, 718 
Cramer street; Walter Kettner, 360 Ellen street; 
Henry Arndt, 668 Second street; M. K. Mac- 
Pherson, care Gugler Litho. Co.; Oscar Matz, 
933 Plumbolt avenue; Alfred J. Lafleur, 320 
Reservoir avenue; Herbert A. Mueller. 227 
Twenty-sixth street; Plugo J. Ackerman. 73 
Lloyd street; all of Milwaukee, Wis., and all by 
W. C. Rohde. 
