June 15, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
Acciba, A. C. Basset . 3 25 35 1 10 35 
Lady Betty, G. N. Moran. 3 20 19 1 11 19 
Gray Hare, A. Haas . Did not finish. 
Corrected times: Bnnk III., 0.40.28; Merlin, 0.49.22; 
Elsie, 0.50.11; Acciba, 1.02.51; Lady Betty, 1.06.58. 
Speed Boats (Displacement)—Start, 2:30—Conrse, 30 
Miles. 
Gunfire, Jr., W. J. Brainard . 3 45 5114 1 15 5114 
Edith II., A. E. Smith. 3 50 1514 1 30 1514 
Vita, Paula H. Blackton . Disqualified. 
(Torrected times: Gunfire, Jr., 1.15.3214; Edith, II., 
1.19.1414. 
Speed Boats (Hydroplanes)—Start, 2:35—Course, 30 
Miles. 
Tiny Tad, H. Z. Pratt . 4 05 2714 1 30 2714 
Skid, S. S. Breese . Disqualified. 
Corrected times: Tiny Tad, 1.30.2714. 
Cabin Cruisers—Start, 2:55—Course, 10 Miles. 
Kitsix, F. H. Gheen . 3 49 22 0 54 22 
Caroline, M. F. Dennis. 3 58 18 1 03 18 
Spindrift, C. R. Butler . 4 03 22 1 08 22 
Fabian, W. Thomas . 3 55 47 1 (0 47 
Peter Pan, Sr., J. Simpson . 3 41 16 0 46 16 
I’ixen, R. L. Raynor . 3 58 36 1 03 36 
Thistle, J. H. W'allace . 4 01 05 1 06 05 
Senorita, J. M. Rutherford . 3 55 36 1 00 36 
I'ictoria, S. Mordwetz . 4 15 35 1 20 35 
Squaw, P. Duffy . 3 50 15 0 55 1 5 
Respite, \'. C. Peterson . 4 12 51 1 57 51 
Yo Ho, A. E. Brion. 4 12 50 1 57 50 
Corrected times: Kitsix, 0.38.25; Caroline, 0.39 31; 
Spindrift, 0.39.50; Fabian, (1.42.53; Peter Pan, Sr., 0.--3.-''3; 
I'ixen, 0.45.25; Thistle, 0.45.56; Senorita, 0.48.00; ' ic- 
toria, 0.50.01; Squaw, 0.55.15; Respite, 1.23.00; Yo H •, 
1.31.20. 
Semi-High Speed Boats—Start, 3:15—Course, 15 Miles, 
Question, Tienken & Briggs, Jr. 4 20 24 1 05 24 
Velte.x, T. S. Young . 4 16 51 1 01 52 
Prodigy, J. B. Miller . 4 08 33 0 53 33 
Rookie, C. S. Baeder . 4 28 54 1 13 51 
Esolanie IL, J. H. Flagler. Did" not fin'sh. 
Sispud, J. B. Cousin . Disqualified. 
Corrected times: Question, 0.39.26; N'eltex, 0.43.09; 
Prodigy, 0.44.05; Rookie, 0.58.21. 
Nassau County Y. A. 
The Nassau County Yacht Association, made 
up of Long Beach Motor Y. C., Keystone Y. C., 
of Woodmere; Nassau Y. C., of Rockville Cen¬ 
ter, and Hempstead Bay Y. C.. of Freeport, wdl 
try an honor system of handicapping, because 
of the chaotic condition of the American Power 
Boat Association rules. No handicaps based on 
rating's are to be used by the Nassau yachtsmen, 
but the boats will be raced on the basis of maxi¬ 
mum speed. The owners will make statements 
of the best time made over a measured mile 
course and the boats will accordingly be classi¬ 
fied. 
A boat which exceeds the maximum speed 
as certified to by its owner more than 5 per 
cent, will be disqualified. It is expected that 
this system will work out well. W'thout time 
allowance the first boat home in each class will 
be the winner. 
The first race under these conditions will 
take place on the Long Beach Channel on July 
4, at the second annual regatta of the associa¬ 
tion. Entries are being received by Capt. 1 . 1 . 
Dal Molin, of Rockville Center, secretary of the 
association. S’milar rules will be used for the 
regatta of the Long Beach Motor Y. C. for the 
Long Beach challenge cup, now held by W. A. 
Moffitt’s Willow Brook, of the Bay Shore Y. C. 
Cape May Race Rules Issued. 
Peter Bentley, Harvey B. Griffin and Daniel 
Toffey, of the regatta committee of the National 
Y. C., have issued conditions to govern the an¬ 
nual race for motor boats of the club over the 
Cape May course. If eight or more start there 
will be two classes—60 to 80 feet and 40 to 60 
feet. If there are less than eight starters, there 
will be one class, 40 to 80 feet. All yachts en¬ 
tered must be approved by the regatta commit¬ 
tee before being allowed to start. They must 
carry gasolene in tanks or can, provided the cans 
are securely fastened. There must be water and 
stores on board suffic'ent for five days. 
Block Island Race. 
The New York Athletic Club’s fifth annual 
power boat race to Block Island for the Day 
cup will start on June 22, and a special class has 
been established to be known as the Viking 
class, limited to bona fide cruising boats, not ex¬ 
ceeding 40 feet over-all, with rating not exceed¬ 
ing ten times the square root of the load water¬ 
line, as defined by the A. P. B. A. rules of 1909. 
Entries close on June 18. Entrance fee $5. 
The crews must be composed of amateurs 
only, all of whom shall be members of bona fide 
yacht clubs. 
Each boat finishing the race within three 
hours of the actual time of the winner in this 
class will be presented with the Viking trophy, 
a fac simile of the Viking ship recently dis¬ 
covered near Christiania, Norway, and each boat 
owner and member of the crew will be admitted 
as a charter member of the Order of Vik ngs, 
to be organized at Block Island at the finish of 
the race. 
The course is from Whortleberry Island to 
West Harbor of Block Island, disregardilig 
buoys, a distance of one hundred miles, and the 
start will be at ten minutes of 5 p. m. 
The Block Island race was won in igo8 by 
Erovel, S. Cochrane; in 1909 by Martha, P. 
Kossek; in 1910 by Elmo IL, F. D. Giles, and 
in 1911 by Ruth IL 
Eastern Division A. C. A. 
Owing to the fact that it is impossible to 
make a satisfactory arrangement with a capable 
caterer, the Campsite Committee with the advice 
of commodore and purser have decided to run 
as a strictly camping meet the annual on June 15, 
16, 17 at Lakeville, Mass. It will be necessary, 
therefore, for the fellows to do their own cater¬ 
ing. King Philip's Tavern, a first class automo¬ 
bile house, is located on the trolley line about 
five miles from camp. There is also another 
road house. The Birches, somewhat nearer. Over 
at Lakeside Park is a small refreshment stand 
where sandwiches, ice cream and coffee can be 
obtained. At Sisson’s Grove, about six miles 
from camp, also on the trolley line, but toward 
New Bedford, on Sundays a clambake is run. 
At Harrington's store all kinds of groceries, to¬ 
gether with eggs, butter and canned milk can 
be obtained. It is difficult to obtain fresh milk 
near the camp, although eggs can he obtained 
from the farmers within half to three-quarters 
of a mile of the camp. 
The Dedham Boat Club propose to give the 
canoeists Saturday night a Dutch supper—lots 
of frankfurters, sauerkraut, rolls, doughnuts, 
cheese, and Pete Cormerais says, “beer and lots 
of it, and good beer.” 
Let us make this a regular camping meet, 
and certain members of the Campsite Committee 
and the commodore will he very glad to coach 
the amateur cooks, although they will not do the 
cooking. 
The committee advises clubs shipping canoes 
to send them over the road, provided they have 
enough for a load, but independent men are ad¬ 
vised to consult 'with clubs in their vicinity who 
may possibly be able to take along an extra .boat 
or two. 
The Transportation Committee has made ar¬ 
rangements for carrying canoes and duffie from 
Myrick’s and Harrington’s store. 
B. L. Goodwin, Chairman. 
English Entry at Chicago. 
One hundred horsepower hydroplane Baby 
VL, owned by Mawdleley Brooke, of London, 
has been officially entered in the championship 
events which are to be held in connection with 
the naval pageant of the Associated Yacht and 
Power Boat Clubs Of America, at Chicago. The 
craft will sail under colors of the Motor Boat 
Club of England in all the champ’onship races. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlanf'c Division.—John A. Mott, ig East 
ThTty-fourth street, Bayonne, N. J., by R. H. 
Nash. 
Eastern Division.—Arthur Boyle Cady. 85 
Homer street. Providence, R. L. by 'V\^illiam A. 
Heath; Gordon L. Burrow's, 68 Chestnut street. 
Hi.'i 
Waltham, Mass.; Peter N. Graverson, 814 IMain 
street, Waltham. Mass.; William N. Stone, 342 
Crescent street, Waltham, Mass.; Fred J. Thomp¬ 
son, 144 Cherry street. West Newton, IMass.; 
George D. Brackett, Fiske avenue Waltham, 
Mass.; Edw'ard Hines, 58 Myrtle street, Wal¬ 
tham, Mass; Harry S. Blatchford 20 Woerd 
avenue, Waltham, Mass.; Wilfred W. Demara's, 
25^2 Ash street, Waltham, Mass., and Franklin 
J. Burke, ggl 4 Crescent street, Waltham, Mass., 
all by Fred Brodbeck; Clarence B. Phetteplace, 
153 Narragansett avenue. Providence, R. I., by 
A. W. Hazard, Jr.; S. G. Greenleaf, 344 Center 
street, Jamaica Plain, Mass., by Wm. G. Schmidt. 
GUINEA PIGS AS LAWN MOWERS. 
An agricultural writer for an English news¬ 
paper in a recent article says: 
“A curious, but successful experiment is being 
made on a number of private law’tis in Kent, 
and is about to he tried by a golf club in the 
neighborhood of Greenhithe. The idea is the 
novel one of substituting the .guinea pig for the 
mowing machine and the weed killer. 
“Around the lawn is arranged a low wire 
barrier, and into the inclosure are turned a 
number of guinea pigs; or better, a passage is 
made from their hutch to the lawn. The ani¬ 
mals at once attack all the worst weeds—the 
plantains first, then the dandelions and daisies. 
These broad-leaved plants, wdiich no mowing 
machine will touch, are killed by the persistent 
cutting of the guinea pigs' teeth. When they 
have finished the weeds, which are broad-leaved 
and succulent, they proceed to the grass. In a 
short time the lawn looks as if it had been cut 
by the closest machine. The persistent cutting 
of the leaves kills the weeds, wdiich can stand 
almost any other treatment, but does no harm 
to the grass. 
“One lawn, formerly a mass of weeds, has 
been made to grow nothing but the finer 
grasses. Another is still under process of treat¬ 
ment. The half of it in wdiich the guinea pigs 
were first set to work has been cut quite even 
and very close. For golfing it is as fast again 
as it was under the administration of the mow¬ 
ing machine, and not a w'eed is visible. Other 
half, where the animals have just been turned 
loose, is a mass of dandelions. 
“In this neighborhood it has been found that 
the guinea pigs do not suffer at all by being 
left to work in winter as well as in summer. 
Indeed they are healthier than under the usual 
treatment of those who keep them as pets. An 
astonishing demand for the animals has grown 
up in the neighborhood, and if the inland golf 
clubs, which have great difficulties w'ith plan¬ 
tains. take to the new method, the guinea-pig 
population is likely to go up in the ratio that the 
natural fecundity of the animal suggests.” 
SUCCESS WITH FISH. 
r KNEW a man who managed once a fine aquarium, 
.\nd asked for hints on his success, and so he gave me 
some. 
“7 keep my shad in shadow, and my sunfish in the sun; 
i^fy trigger-fish most carefully I fix upon a gun. 
'I'he bass in baskets you will find, and carp in carpets 
rolled. 
.\nd jellyfish preserved in jars will never, never mold. 
•I keep the skate on ice. of course; my perch on perches 
nerch. 
And when the daj’ is fine, I send the angel-fish to 
church. 
I file awav my filefish, so T know just where they are; 
IMy swordfi.sh in a «;cahbard lies, and thus escanes a mar. 
My sea-horse and my barnacle are always in the stable, 
And signs like these I keep in sight as well as I am 
able: 
“Please do not stir the sturgeon up, and do not poke 
the pike; 
And kindly do not maim the limpet by a careless strike. 
Pray, do not whale the gentle whale, nor rock the 
rcckfish small, 
And do* not fly the flving-fish; it \vould not do at all. 
Please do not muss the mussels up, nor saw the sawfish 
'ilim; 
And d'^ not smoke the pipefish — it would make an end 
of him. 
Please do not bVht my lamprey. These are just the 
hints you wish. 
I'ecause I follow them myself, T have success with 
fish.” 
— Youth's Companion. 
