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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 18, 1907- 
Charles H. Haswell Dead. 
Charles Haynes Haswell, of New York, 
died May 12, at the age of ninety-eight. 
Mr. Haswell’s death resulted from a fall to 
the floor in his home, when he dislocated his 
shoulder and suffered a shock from which he 
was unable to rally. 
He was the oldest and doubtless the most dis¬ 
tinguished civil and marine engineer in the 
United States. His launching of his steam yacht 
Sweetheart in 1832 earned for him the title of 
the “Father of the Steam Yacht. 
He was a member of the American Yacht and 
Union clubs, the Engineers’ Club of Philadelphia, 
the American Society of Civil Engineers, the 
Boston Society of Civil Engineers, the Society 
of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers of 
the United States, and the Institution of Civil 
Engineers and Naval Architects of Great Britain. 
A New Sewell Cup Racer. 
The Huntington Mfg. Co., of New Rochelle, 
are building another racing catboat for Mayor 
Weaver, of Philadelphia, Pa., from the designs 
of Mr. C. D. Mower. 
Three years ago Empress, another Mower cat, 
won the championship of Barnegat represented 
by the Sewell cup. Two years ago Old Maid, 
a mahogany planked Mower cat, fitted with two 
bilge boards and rudder, beat Empress. 
So last year Empress had double centerboards 
and rudders fitted into her and she again won 
the trophy, beating Old Maid. So this new boat 
is expected to do up Empress. 
A new' yacht club, to be known as the White- 
stone Y. C., has been formed at that place with 
the old Williams property as its location There 
is no reason why this should not develop into 
one of the foremost clubs if site is any guaran- 
tee of success, for Whitestone is a natural rcn- 
dezvous for all yachts bound up or down the 
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Tanya, Mr. Geo. P. Granberry's new sloop, 
arrived in Echo Bay, New Rochelle, at 4 o clock 
on Sunday 12, having left Newport at 7 A. M. 
Saturday, anchoring over night at Sachem s 
Head. The previous week she had come from 
South Portland, Maine, to Newport, R. I. 
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Mr. Cable’s new houseboat was launched at 
the Western Launch Company’s yard on the 
Harlem River last week, and in tow of the launch 
Nan C. starts for her anchorage on the Shrews¬ 
bury River, Saturday, May 18. 
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The season so far has been a very backward 
one, so that very few yachts will be ready for 
the first races unless the yards do phenomenal 
work in fitting out and launching. 
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Hyperion, the new yawl built for the Bermuda 
race for Com. Frank Maier, was launched at 
New Rochelle, on Saturday, May u. 
canoe ready, and W. G. Harrison, Herbert 
Moore, Louis Reichert and Carl Moore, of the 
knickerbockers, will all be found at the starting 
line. There will be some keen competition for 
the Elliott trophy, as it has never been won by 
anyone outside of the New York Canoe Club, 
and this year the up-river men are determined 
to wrest it from G. P. Douglass, the present 
holder. Commodore Douglass did not intend lo 
sail for it this year, but as there seemed to be 
some doubt about anyone else from his club try¬ 
ing for it, has determined to keep the record 
unbroken, if possible. Frank C.. Moore, of the 
same club, has won it several times and ought 
to sail for it this year, and it is possible he may 
still be found on hand when the starting gun is 
fired. 
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Canoeing . 
The End of the Nonpareil. 
Poor old Nonpareil, the once powerful and 
handsome yawl that was built by Camper & 
Nicholson, at Gosport, England, in 1882, now 
lies as shown in the accompanying sketch halt 
sunk, stripped of all valuable metal work, on 
the shore at South Brother Island She was 
sailed across the ocean to become the property 
of Mr Harold A. Sanderson when Bedouin and 
such cutters were being introduced into this 
country by Mr. John Harvey. 
The boat was sold lately to a rich young Cuban 
who started to convert her into a fruiter. He 
THE WRECK OF THE NONPAREIL AS SHE LIES AT 
SOUTH BROTHER ISLAND. 
Canoeists in this vicinity are bending all their 
efforts just now in preparations, for the forth¬ 
coming meet of the Atlantic Division at Hermit 
Point, opposite Spuyten Duyvil, on Decoration 
Day. Chas. F. Daymond, of the campsite com¬ 
mittee, is now in camp and daily diiecting the 
preparations that are being made to get the 
°round in good condition for the campers, it 
fs more than likely that every one will be sur¬ 
prised at the number that will attend this meet, 
for already more than fifty applications have 
been sent ’in for campsites, and there is every 
likelihood that over one hundred will be enrolled 
on the camp register. 
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The members of the New Tork Canoe Club 
have taken an unusual interest in the meet and 
will send a large delegation with canoes sail¬ 
ing dinghies, launches and yachts. The club has 
chartered a large boat to> take the canoes and 
camp equipment up the river and the members 
will cruise up in the larger boats. . They wi 
have quite a large number of entries in the races. 
The up-river clubs are also making elaborate 
preparations, but being nearer home, can reach 
the camp more easily. The Knickerbocker club 
will probably have the largest attendance of any 
club, and their racing men are busy getting their 
boats in condition. The same may be said of 
the Hiawatha, Fort Washington, Inwood, Algon¬ 
quin and Yonkers clubs. 
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The New York Canoe Club will go into com¬ 
mission May 18 with the usual formalities and 
the opening dinner at the club house in the even¬ 
ing. The first races of the season are scheduled 
for the afternoon, opening with a race for sail¬ 
ing dinghies. The new ones have not -yet arrived 
from the builder, John Robertson, of Auburn- 
dale, Mass., and it is possible that this race may 
be postponed for a week or two. 
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The American Canoe Association Year Book 
comes to us from the secretary, William A. Fur¬ 
man, its editor. This is the twenty-sixth of 
the series, the association being twenty-seven 
years old. It contains appeals from Commodore 
Douglass and Secretary Furman to all canoeists 
to join the Association and. attend its meet, on 
its property, Sugar Island, in the St. Lawrence 
River, near Clayton, N.. Y., Aug. 9 to 23 in¬ 
clusive, 1907; lists of division meets; constitution 
and by-laws; racing regulations, committees, 
numbers, names and addresses of members 
(there are 895 active, 77_life. 103 women or as¬ 
sociate, and 7 honorary, in all 1082) ; reports of 
officers and committees; programme of the forth¬ 
coming meet and camp; detailed information, 
maps, etc. The Year Book is profusely illus¬ 
trated and a credit to the Association and its 
editor. 
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The friends of Edward M. Underhill are very 
much afraid he has been drowned as his canoe, 
in which he, with a party of other canoeists, was 
returning from a day’s outing at the Lime Kiln 
point ok the west shore of the Hudson opposite 
Yonkers, was found water logged Monday morn¬ 
ing on the long railway pier that runs out 
into the river at Piermont. Two tandem and 
three single canoes formed the party and. all 
had a hard time crossing the river in the vicious 
squalls that swept over it Sunday afternoon. 
Central Division Meet. 
had the large cabin put on her aft, but it was 
never finished as his money gave out. He re¬ 
turned to Cuba, the boat was sold at auction, 
bought by a member of the Morrisania Y. C. 
and' beached on the island where that club has 
their home. 
Planked with teak, copper bolted and all, she 
still represents some money lying there neglected 
even with her lead removed. She is 80ft. over 
all, 67.11 load waterline, 15.9 beam, 11.6 draft. 
Not the least of the surprises that have been 
planned by various clubs and individuals, inde¬ 
pendently, will be some well trained crews for 
the tandem and club four paddling races, as well 
as single entires for the McLister trophy Each 
one of these clubs has evidently intended to 
spring a surprise by quietly getting some crews 
in good condition, but due to the unusual en¬ 
thusiasm that is being shown all around m 
canoeing circles this year, other clubs have been 
doing the same thing, and nightly crews may be 
seen paddling over courses on the Hudson, Har¬ 
lem and Hackensack rivers. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
I desire to announce that the Central Division 
American Canoe Association will hold its annual 
meet on Lake Chautauqua, New York, July 12 
The details are not fully worked out, but we 
expect to have a number of interesting races 
both sailing and paddling, together with a general 
good time, and are already assured of a large 
attendance. Low excursion rates to this popular 
resort can be had after July 1 from all points. 
Copy of our circular will be ready for publica¬ 
tion’ before July 1. All canoeists welcome. 
S. B. Hughes, Vice-Com. 
The Knickerbocker Y. C., of College Point, 
L. I., has purchased land for a shore station at 
Manhassett Bay near the Manhassett Club. 
Their club house at College Point was opened 
for the season with a dinner and entertainment 
on Saturday, May 11. 
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Joy has been re-rigged this year with a lower 
rig longer on the foot and under the care of her 
designer, Mr. C. D. Mower, is being tuned up 
for the season’s racing. 
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The extreme backwardness of the season has 
caught the sailing men unawares and they seem 
to have suddenly realized that there is but two 
weeks more time to get boats and sails, ready. 
Vice-Commodore Ohlmeyer expects his new 
racing canoe from the builders in another week, 
and ex-Commodore Quick is putting the finish¬ 
ing touches on his new racer. Walwin Barr also 
of’ the Yonkers club, who is one of the latest 
recruits to the sailing fleet, expects to have his 
new members proposed. 
Atlantic Division.—Eugene C. Kelly, N M 
Citv by H. J. Dietrich; D. J. Finn, N. Y. City, 
bv T B. Lutham; Frank W. Baldwin, N. Y. City, 
by H. Lucas; George F. Denhard, N. Y. Citv, 
by J. A. De Camp; Lloyd Vosseller, Raritan, A. 
J., by B. F. Cromwell, Jr. 
APPLICANTS FOR REINSTATEMENT. 
Central Division.—Charles A. L’Hommedien, 
Harry L’Hommedieu, Clarence E. West, Edwin 
Y awger. 
