FOREST AND STREAM. 
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best known of local speeders, and has won 
many races. Mr. Anderson will build a new 
racer with a six-cylinder engine, which is ex¬ 
pected to show great speed. R. A. McCall, of 
Hulton is having a new hydroplane built, and 
half a dozen other speed boats are ordered at 
Oakmont, while Messrs, Snider and Barr and 
nearly a score of others will have new com¬ 
fortable pleasure boats. 
The largest and finest pleasure boats in Pitts¬ 
burg waters are the two steam yachts, Mr. 
Rodgers’ Troubadour, 97x135/2 feet, and Mr. 
Painter's Wahneta, 82x8 feet. Of the gasolene- 
driven craft the largest is C. A. Van Dusen’s 
boat, of the same name. It is a striking ex¬ 
ample of the comfort, convenience and even 
luxury to be had, and of the ingenious utiliza¬ 
tion of every inch of space, yet no crowding is 
apparent. 
The boat is 54x10 feet over all and makes 16 
miles an hour driven by a six-cylinder ioo-horse- 
power aluminum engine. The forward cabin 
is 12 feet long, the engine room 10 feet, and the 
rear cabin 14 feet. Davits on the upper deck 
carry a small power launch. Electricity for 
lighting is manufactured on the boat, and it is 
perfectly equipped and adapted to extended 
cruising. On Dec. 28, 1910. Mr. Van Dusen, ac¬ 
companied by his family, left Pittsburg, travel¬ 
ing down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to 
Helena, Ark., where they spent some weeks 
hunting and fishing, returning home after a 
three months’ trip. The C. A. Van Dusen 
cruised 4,000 miles on this trip, and it is said 
to be the only boat of its class which ever took 
such a long journey and returned under its 
own power. 
The Van Dusen was accompanied by the Joe 
Scott, one of the two largest boats hereabouts, 
last summer, to Helena, where it was sold by 
Mr. Scott and will no more be seen in Pitts¬ 
burg waters. 
As to the fastest local boat, there is much 
diversity of opinion, but M. N. Vrydaugh’s 
Rowena appears to have the best claim. It not 
only vanquished all local rivals, but proved 
faster than the Brer Fox II., the Cincinnati 
champion of the Ohio River. 
Perhaps no local boat has won more races 
than R. C. Price’s Sprinter, although Rowena 
and other newer boats are now crowding it out 
of first place. The Sprinter was built at Price’s 
own boat works, is 30x35/2 feet, and with a four¬ 
cycle 24-horsepower engine, covers a mile in 
25/201., or at the rate of 24 miles per hour. Mr. 
Graff’s Sport, a boat 30x4 feet, with a 60-horse¬ 
power engine, has shown a speed of 2654 miles 
an hour. 
Other winners of races in past years are F. 
N. Murray’s Sago, J. P. Kesler’s Charlotte, the 
Gazelle, Tranter, Hornet, Fox I., Fox II., 
Hist I., Hist II., M. J. Gannon’s Ellen S. K. 
M. Probst’s Katy-Did is one of the well-known 
older boats. 
A prominent boatman asserts that Pittsburg 
has one of the finest waterways of any inland 
city in the country with its three slackwater 
rivers, and it is to be hoped that time will soon 
come when our city can equal the immense 
motor boat regattas held by much smaller 
cities, such as Peoria, Ill., and Dubuque, la. 
Some owners contend that prizes for this 
branch of sport should be more valuable owing 
to the great initial investment for a racing 
launch and the expense and labor required in 
preparation for a race. 
To Define Mufflers. 
Commodore H. H. Melville, of the Motor 
Boat Club of America, has written Mr. W. A. 
Jupp, secretary of the Royal Motor Y. C., ask¬ 
ing for an official interpretation of the rule re¬ 
lating to the muffling of engines in boats com¬ 
peting for the British International trophy. The 
American yachtsmen heretofore have been 
under the impression that the rules require that 
the engine or engines shall be effectually 
silenced, but in order to eliminate all doubt 
Commodore Melville is desirous of having the 
Royal Motor Y. C. pass on the question. 
Sparks. 
The 45-foot cruising motor boat, building for 
Loren P. Bradley at the Stamford Motor Com¬ 
pany’s works, is from designs by Morris M. 
Whitaker and not by Whittelsey & Whittelsey, 
as was stated. Mr. Bradley is a member of the 
New Rochelle Y. C. The yacht, which is to be 
named' Mollie, is of the raised deck type and 
is to be fitted with a 4-cycle, 4-cylinder motor 
which will drive it 11 ^ miles an hour. The 
yacht is nearly finished. 
Echo River, designed for scout service along 
the Ohio River and its tributaries, has just been 
put in commission. This boat was built by the 
United States Government and measures 40 feet 
over all. Echo River is a glass cabin cruiser 
and is equipped with a 60 horsepower T. & M. 
motor, which drives the boat from 16 to 18 
miles per hour. The boat will be used by the 
Government for the inspection of interior water¬ 
ways, particularly Green and Barren rivers, and 
has accommodations for four persons. Her 
final test was a trial trip of 399 miles to Mam¬ 
moth Cave, Kentucky, and return, and the aver¬ 
age speed was a little better than sixteen miles 
an hour with the surprisingly low gasolene con¬ 
sumption of only 62/100 gallons to the mile. 
The Costa Rican Government coast guard boat 
Santa Rosa narrowly escaped becoming a total 
wreck on her last trip to Colorado Bar from 
Port Limon, Costa Rica. A huge wave threw 
her on a sand bar, and but for the experienced 
hand of her American skipper, Capt. Edward 
Case, she would have been battered to pieces 
in short order. Her engines never faltered, how¬ 
ever, and Captain Case finally succeeded in back¬ 
ing off the bar and reaching port. Santa Rosa 
is equipped with two 36 horsepower Wolverine 
engines and has been in operation for over six 
years At the time of her delivery to the Costa 
Rican Government, she made the run under her 
own power from New York to Port Limon, and 
during the last stage of the trip was under 
way continuously for 150 hours without once 
stopping the engines. 
A. H. Schmidt’s new 50-foot Speedway motor 
yacht is ready for delivery. This boat will be 
used in the vicinity of Detroit. 
Henry B. Joy’s new 65-foot Speedway motor 
yacht is progressing rapidly. 
Mrs. E. V. Z. Lane has ordered a 30-foot 
Speedway runabout for use on Saranac Lake. 
The following steam yachts are having new 
Speedway yacht tenders built: Hiawatha, John 
B. Ford; Alicia, A. I. Dupont; Winchester, 
Peter W. Rouss; Kismet, F. S. Smithers; May, 
W. P. Bliss; Galatea, E. L. Ford, and the Zara, 
A. L. Stephens. 
E. S. Woodward has ordered a 30-foot run¬ 
about for use at Ardsley-on-the-Hudson. 
W.V. Kelley, of Chicago, is having a 32-foot 
Speedway runabout built for use at East Hamp¬ 
ton, L. I. 
A. V. Waring is having a 65-foot twin-screw 
Speedway motor boat built for use on Moose- 
head Lake, Maine. 
Canoeing. 
Eastern Division A. C. A. 
The annual camp of the Eastern Division will 
be held on Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, 
Mass., May 27 to 30 inclusive. We have secured 
the use of Blake Island and Wapiti Island which 
are handy to the Tatassit Canoe Club, and we 
want to make this a camp where the canoe will 
be more in evidence than it has been in most of 
the camps. 
We have the support of the famous Tatassit 
Canoe Club of Worcester and other clubs on the 
lake and it is our ambition to make this a record 
camp for attendance and good fellowship. In 
order to do this we must have the co-operation 
of every club and every member. There are lots 
of members of the Eastern Division who do not 
come to our camps and I wish every one would 
make it a point to come to this year’s camp and 
stay the full time if possible and bring some 
interested fellows with them. 
Worcester is central and easy to get to by 
steam and electric cars, and ought to be the 
largest camp we have had for a number of years. 
There will be something doing all the time, 
and in variety enough to suit all tastes. 
The transportation committee chairman is 
John E. Bradley, Tatassit Canoe Club, Wor¬ 
cester, Mass. Take steam trains or electric 
cars to Worcester, Mass., and then take electric 
cars marked Lake Shore and get off at the 
Tatassit Canoe Club, where a launch will be in 
waiting. Mark all shipments of canoes, duffle, 
etc., as follows: “A. C. A. Camp, Worcester, 
Mass., care of John E. Bradley, Tatassit Canoe 
Club.” 
The camp being located on islands will make 
it more necessary than usual to use canoes in 
order to go and come at will, and it is the wish 
of your vice-commodore that the members will 
use their canoes as much as possible. The regu¬ 
lar steamers on the lake will stop at the islands, 
and there will be a launch connected with the 
camp. Canoes may be hired at the lake, but it 
is hoped that members will send up their own 
canoes and outfits as far as possible, and make 
this a real canoe camp in practice as well as in 
name. 
Tuesday will be the regular race day for the 
Eastern Division canoe championships and the 
list is as follows: War canoe; single, single 
blade; single, double blade; club four, single 
blade; club four, double blade; tandem, double 
blade; tandem, single blade. It is also intended 
to run an open sailing canoe race Sunday if 
enough Canoes are entered to make an interest¬ 
ing race. 
Hackensack Cruise. 
The Hudson River cruisers, who started from 
Hermit Point at 10 a. m. May 7, to-day arrived 
at Nyack at 3 o’clock rather the worse for wear. 
The canoes and duffle were immediately carted 
to West Nyack and stored in a barn prepara¬ 
tory to making the run down the Hackensack 
River on May 13 and 14. 
Seventeen men slept at Hermit Point over 
Saturday night, and were rudely awakened by 
some misguided enthusiast in time to greet the 
rising sun. At 10 o’clock the vice-commodore 
gave the word, and the start was made with the 
usual bustle and enthusiasm. 
Near Alpine the state barge of Mayor Hop¬ 
kins was observed, and his son forcibly captured 
to complete a crew. A stop was made at the 
lime kiln for lunch, and after a good rest, the 
trip was resumed. At Piermont dock a short 
rest was taken to enable the overheated men to 
take a swim, after which the final stretch to 
Nyack was leisurely taken. 
Perfect weather made the trip most enjoy¬ 
able, and those men who had shipped their 
canoes by freight, fearing head winds, were uni¬ 
versally pitied. 
The following men made the trip: V. C. 
Tims, E. V. Walker. A. and F. Von Dohln, D. 
Finn, J. Marshall, Frank and Fred Baldwin, T. 
Zuk, “Van” Hopkins, J. Molnar, ^A. and H. 
Berning, S. Holmgren, Baker, E. Kelly and H. 
Noah. Harry F. Noah, Purser. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division.—Jas. M. Castle, 8820 Ger¬ 
mantown avenue, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, 
Pa., and Lewis Rushton, 324 West Duval street, 
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa., both by Walter 
G. Sibley. 
Central Division.—Raymond A. Duke, 1118 
Wallace street, Wilkinsburg, Pa., by H. D. 
James. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Atlantic Division.—6217, C. E. Lakeman, 49 
St. Nicholas Terrace, New York, N. Y. 
