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FOREST AND STREAM 
Feb. io, 1912 
Eustis B. C. 
Washington's Birthday will bring on a big 
aquatic day at Eustis, Florida. The yacht club 
and Board of Trade have combined to make 
the regatta the big annual affair of the South. 
.A^t 9 A. M. will come the yacht parade, followed 
by yacht, motor boat and small boat races. In¬ 
vitations have been issued to yacht owners in 
Leesburg. Tavares, Mt. Dora, Lane Park, Lake 
Flarris, Lake Grifffn, in fact everyone living near 
enough to get there has been welcomed. The 
club officers are: George Scott. Commodore; 
Joseph Wiggins. Vice-Commodore: Charles 
Isted, Secretary. 
All entries should be sent the secretary not 
later that Feb. 17. 
Dowm the Florida Coast a number of promi¬ 
nent northern yachtsmen have arrived at Lake 
Worth. Of these several went on to Key West, 
among them Gray Duck. Capt. James King 
Clarke, of Philadelphia, and Captiva, Capt. E. 
Mapes, of Minneapolis. Captiva w'as formerly 
Ruffhouse, which Payne Whitney had dowm 
there last season. Mr. Mapes had on board 
with him a party of friends, including L. S. 
Gillett. C. P. Bratnober, Dr. J. Matthews, and 
John Birkholtz. 
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Fisher, of the Cleveland 
Y. C., arrived in their yacht June after a .tooo- 
mile trip through the Great Lakes, the Erie 
Canal and Hudson River, and the inland water¬ 
ways south from there. 
Motor-Driven Ice Boats. 
The accompanying pictures show two unique 
motor ice boats that have made speed records. 
They are distinctive in type to the extent that 
in the case of the Greene boat the cause pre¬ 
cedes the effect, while in the Roe scooter the 
effect precedes the cause. The Greene flyer was 
built by Philliiise Greene, an enthusiastic ama¬ 
teur ytichtsman ;it Shrewsbury, N. J. Weather 
conditions have been so bad that he has had 
only one opportunity to speed her iq). In that 
trial he drove four miles in 3 minutes and 50 
seconds on a straightaway course. The Hyer 
dimensions are: f.cngth 8 feet, beam 5 feet. 
Her keel is cut from spruce and weighs 16 
pounds. Total weight of boat. 200 pounds. She 
is drawn by a 4-foot 6-inch propeller, driven 
800 turns a minute by a 12-horsepower Buchet, 
air-cooled motor. 
Mr. Greene is putting on a 5-foot propeller, 
with w'hich he thinks he can get at least one- 
third more speed. 
The motor scooter, built by Nat Roe for 
service on Great South Bay. has made 90 miles 
an hour, gone over 100 feet of open wmter and 
coasted over a mile after power w'as shut off. 
.She is 20 feet long, 4 feet wide, driven by a 35- 
horsepower Fiat motor. She is propelled by a 
spiked wheel, fitted in the centerboard trunk. 
THE GREENE FEVER ON SHREWSBURY RIVER. 
NAT roe's motor SCOOTER ON GREAT SOUTH BAY. 
One Measurer for all Clubs. 
The Eastern Y. C. regatta committee sent 
letters last week to the yacht clubs in the vicin¬ 
ity of Boston, suggesting that each appoint 
Harold A. Everett as its measurer. The letters 
said the Eastern Y. C.. Corinthian Y. C. of 
Marblehead. Boston Y. C. and the Yacht Rac¬ 
ing Association intended to appoint him, and 
that such an appointment w'onld be of benefit 
to yachting in Massachusetts Bay. 
Mr. Everett is assistant professor of naval 
T here are no barriers to the complete enjoy¬ 
ment of the woods and lakes and rivers if 
you own a good canoe. There is no flare back 
to complete canoe enjoyment if your canoe is an 
The “Old Town Canoe’ ’ is the modern perfection 
of the red man’s birch bark. It is true in line, 
true in balance, light, strong and durably con¬ 
structed. Properly cared tor, it never warps, 
bulges, splits or leaks. 
It is the choice of experienced campers, hunters and 
professional guides. It is known the world over. 
Wherever canoes are much used the owners of Old 
Town Canoes are the envy of the others. We have 
agents everywhere. 2000 canoes in our storehouses 
insure prompt deli veries. 
OnrilhiRtrnted rntnUn], fnU of canoe jdrturnt 
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ARCTIC HUNTING 
For charter, ship fully equipped, specially built 
for ice work, for one or more months’ cruise in 
Greenland or Spitzbergen and Franz Josef’s Land 
waters, will accommodate party of 5 to 15. Polar 
bear, reindeer, fox, seal, walrus, Arctic birds, 
fishing. 
ARCTIC* 1004 Oliver Bldg., Boston, Mass. 
A R T HT; R B I N N E Y 
(Formerly Stewart & Binnev) 
Naval Architect and Yacht Broker 
Mason Building. Kilby S(.. BOSTON, MASS. 
Cable Address, "Designer.” Boston 
COX (SL STEVENS 
Yacht Brokers and Naval Architects 
15 William Street - New York 
Telephones 13f5 and 1376 Broad 
YACHT and BOAT SAILING 
"By the Tate "Dixon K.emp 
Tenth edition. Published 1904. We have a copy in 
fairly good condition, published at $12, which we will 
sell for $9.00. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
