144 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan. 25, 1908. 
for pitv’s sake what is the small man to do? 
And when two able men both measure the same 
yacht at the same time and get different results 
there must certainly be something wrong with 
such a rule. 
The results under the rule seemed to work 
well at times. For instance, Gauntlet, a big- 
bodied, heavy displacement sloop, and little Ham¬ 
burg, a slim-bodied littfe one-rater, both under 
this rule, rate the same, and in going over the 
course it was found these two sailed almost neck 
and neck, showing the principle of the rule was 
right. But though the principle may be right 
the application seems to be wrong. 
A simpler method of measurement taxing the 
same elements, but doing so in a way that is 
practical, seems to be what is wanted, and while 
we are discussing this subject let us look at all 
sides. Why was it, for instance, this deficiency 
in all the Lipton boats and Class Q boats could 
not have been discovered' and remedied before 
instead of after a season’s use. That surely can¬ 
not be the blame to our much-maligned rule. 
That is someone else’s fault, and as we have 
before argued in this paper, it seems to call for 
one official, practical measurer who can make a 
business of measuring yachts and leave no ex¬ 
cuse for a boat sailing all season unmeasured. 
Harlem Y. C. 
The Harlem Y. C. held its annual election 
on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at the Harlem Casino, 
with the following result: 
Commodore, George W. Jachow; Vice-Commo¬ 
dore, John J. Delaney; Rear-Commodore, Fred 
D. Newton; Treasurer, E. J. Martin; Financial 
Secretary, H. B. McAllister; Recording Secre¬ 
tary, A. R. Sayre; Fleet Surgeon, T. A. Martin, 
M.D.; Board of Trustees (to serve two years), 
Frank H. Newton, Allen Gibson and R. V. 
Friedericks. 
On Friday evening the club held its annual 
entertainment and reception at the Harlem 
Casino. The entertainment consisted of a min¬ 
strel show, followed by dancing. 
The East and West to Meet. 
A series of five races is being arranged be¬ 
tween western and eastern yachts of the 18ft. 
knockabout class for 1908. 
The Lakeside Y. C„ of Cleveland, and the 
Eastern Y. C., of Boston, have consented to race, 
and the Atlantic Y. C. has been asked to partici¬ 
pate. Each club is to enter two boats, their 
records to be figured on the percentage basis. 
The eastern men have promised to reciprocate 
by going out to race on the lakes in 1909. 
T he above is an excellent likeness of the new 
22ft. speed boat being manufactured and widely 
featured by the W. H. Mullins Co., of Salem, 
Ohio, manufacturers of pressed steel rowboats 
and launches. 
It is guaranteed to make 15 Z2. miles an hour, 
the fastest stock boat in the world of its size 
and horsepower, without resorting to eggshell 
construction. Dry, seaworthy, comfortable and 
safe, it is as staunch and durable as a small 
battleship and magnificently finished, combining 
all the desirable features of a pleasant family 
launch with great speed at a moderate price. 
The interior arrangement is a new departure 
and certainly makes an attractive and pleasant 
boat. The engine is installed well forward in 
a special compartment separated from the cock¬ 
pit by a handsomely paneled oak partition on 
which is placed the special automobile steering 
wheel, also spark and throttle control levers, 
thus the passengers will not come in contact with 
the machinery or moving parts. 
The engine is both started and controlled from 
the steersman’s seat, the efficiency and simplicity 
of the control of the engine being the same as 
that of an automobile, a feature that will be 
appreciated by those who have used boats where 
it is necessary not only to crank the engine in 
starting, but to be brought closely in contact 
with it. 
The motive power is a three-cylinder 16-20 
horsepower Ferro engine equipped with special 
Mullins starting device, reverse gear, Mullins 
silent under water exhaust, automatic quick 
starting float feed carbureter, spark and throttle 
control levers, pressure sight feed oiling system, 
dashboard coils in special case, batteries, spark 
plugs, wiring and switch. 
H. C. Squires Sons, general sales agents, 44 
Cortland street. New York city, will exhibit the 
Mullins boats in the National Motor Boat and 
Sportsman’s Show at Madison Square Garden, 
New York city, Feb. 20 to March 7, 1908. 
F. A. Ballou, sales agent. 879 Main street. Buf¬ 
falo. will represent the W. H. Mullins Co. at 
the Power Boat and Sportsman’s Show in Buf¬ 
falo, N. Y„ Feb. 7 to 8, 1908. and at the Toronto 
Automobile and Sportsman’s Show to be held 
in Toronto. Ont., March 21 to 28, 1908. Their 
interests will be in the hands of N. R. Thomp¬ 
son, of Brantford, Ont., who has the general 
agency for the province. 
Notes of the Bermuda Race. 
Mr. J. Dalzell McKeel, of Pittsburg, a promi¬ 
nent member of the Atlantic Y. C., has informed 
the Bermuda race committee that he will take 
part in this year’s ocean race either with the 
schooner Esperanza in Class B or with a larger 
craft in Class A. 
Commodore W. E. Meyer, of the St. George 
Y. C., of Bermuda, has decided that the sloop 
Isolt, owned by him, shall be a participant in 
the coming races, as she was in last year’s, and 
is now looking around for a crew for the boat. 
So the outlook is verv promising. The race 
could not be in better hands. The Corinthian 
Y. C. men are experienced and energetic and 
will give that wholesome attention to all com¬ 
peting owners -that the character of the race 
reciuires. The start off Marblehead and the 
finish off St. David’s Head will be given much 
attention. Competent men will be in charge of 
this portion of the work and there should not 
be a single lapse in the arrangements. The en¬ 
tries close with Henry A. Morss, Secretary Ber¬ 
muda Race Committee, No. no State street, 
Boston, on May 20. By that date it is expected 
that there will be such an interesting fleet to 
compete for the various valuable prizes, the race 
will really he the leading yachting event of the 
coming season. 
Four classes have been arranged for and will 
be known as A, B. C and D. The A boats will 
consist of all yachts over 90ft. rating, the B boats 
all over 70ft. and not over 90ft., the C boats 
those not over 70ft., but over 50ft., and the 
D boats those not over 50ft. Auxiliaries may; 
enter at their rating, but their engines must be 
sealed. 
The rating measurement in classes A, B and 
C will be computed by adding the length over 
all and the load waterline and dividing that suirn 
by two. In Class D the rating will be the over 
all length. 
Time allowance will be figured at ten minutes 
per foot of rating in Class A, fifteen miutes in' 
Class B, twenty minutes in Class C and thirty 
minutes in Class D. 
Robert Jacob has the little class R boat, 
building for Mr. Donald Abbott, nearly finished.' 
She is from designs by Mr. C. D. Mower, and| 
is the same clean-lined, fine-ended craft char¬ 
acteristic of all that designer’s boats. 1 
She is a handsome shape, handsomely built, 
and now the owner is getting the lay outjnside 
to suit himself. Just to the left is the'stove, 
ice-box. etc., while to the right a small toilet 
room with a double-jointed door. so hung as 
to shut up all the galley, making it invisible, or; 
to open and separate the cabin forward from the 
galley. In the cabin are two good-sized tran¬ 
soms, which, in spite of the small size of the 
boat, will 'make comfortable sleeping possible. 
On deck is a good-sized well cockpit, with 
coaming out on the deck far enough to have a, 
seat inside of it. For an R class boat she is a 
little beauty. 
Kahma being broken up at Jacobs’ yard, City Islam' 
