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[April 25, 1908. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. Officers. 
Frank J. Gould has been elected commodore 
of the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C. to succeed 
E. C. Benedict. He is the second member of 
the Gould family to be placed at the head of 
one of the big yacht clubs, George Gould having 
been commodore of the Atlantic Y. C. a few 
years ago. 
The Seawanhaka tars met at the Midday Club 
at No. 25 Broad street on April 7. Mr. Gould's 
name was the only one proposed for commodore 
and he was unanimously elected. Francis S. 
Smithers, owner of the steel steam yacht Kis¬ 
met, was made vice-commodore; Francis S. 
Hastings, who owns the ketch Peggy, was again 
elected rear-commodore. 
Mr. Gould’s steam yacht Plelenita will be his 
flagship and will be made ready for the open¬ 
ing of the club at Oyster Bay on May 20. 
Helenita is a white steel yacht of 304 gross 
tons and was named after Mr. Gould’s wife, who 
was Miss Helen Kelly. The yacht is 185ft. over 
all, 154ft. on the waterline, 22ft. 4 in. beam and 
9ft. draft. She is equipped with triple expan¬ 
sion 3-cylinder engines. 
The Oyster Bay tars believe Mr. Gould will 
do much to help racing this summer. 
Shadow Burned at Chelsea. 
DINGHY RACES OFF TORONTO, CANADA. 
I. E. Smith, the well known boat builder of 
Cow Bay (Manhasset Bay), is just completing 
a new 30ft. launch for M*r. C. E. Bloom. The 
hull is white and red with handsomely varnished 
mahogany cabin. All her deck fittings are of 
nickled brass, consisting of chocks, cleats, rails 
and searchlight. She is fitted with a 10 horse¬ 
power Buffalo motor and a weedless wheel. 
Mr. Smith is also building a 40ft. by 161’t. 
houseboat for Mr. W. P. Trench from plans by 
designer C. D. Mower. 
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stiffness, having none of that crankiness often 
found in a poor shaped canoe, and also for their 
fine, easy paddling model. P'or those who 
want a non-sinkable, non-capsizable canoe, this 
firm puts out a sponson canoe, and for the up- 
to-date man- motor canoes. 
These famous make of Old-Town Maine canoes 
are sold by the New York Sporting Goods 
Company, 17 Warren street. New York city. 
Yacht Sales. 
The disastrous fire that on April 12 swept over 
a part of the town of Chelsea, Mass., destroyed 
the once-famous Herreshoff sloop Shadow, 
owned by Frank D. McCarthy, of East Boston. 
Shadow was built thirty-seven years ago, in 
the spring of 1871, and was the only sloop able 
to beat the cutter Madge that invaded American 
waters in 1881. 
Shadow was laid up between the Chelsea 
bridges and was burned to the water. Her 
owner expects to raise her. not for the purpose 
of rebuilding, but for her lead keel. 
The sloop Fearless, recently purchased by 
Mr. B. M. Stoddard, of the New Rochelle Y. C., 
arrived at her moorings Saturday morning, 
April 18. from Bridgeport, Conn., completing 
the trip from Newport, where she was pur¬ 
chased. 
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The new catalogue, of the W. H. Mullins Co., 
of Salem, Ohio, is not only handsomely gotten 
up, but is useful to a man who uses motor boats 
as a book of instructions. Complete informa¬ 
tion interestingly told about all the boats and 
engines handled by this firm is to be found in 
this book. They also send out a large circular 
printed in colors, showing their famous pressed 
steel boats of various sizes and models, from the 
11ft. dinghy or 14ft. duck boat to a 22ft. speed 
boat. 
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A very ingenious device for insuring long 
life in a canoe is the bevel-lapped edges of the 
cedar planking used in the construction of 
White’s canoes. Any one who has used canoes 
will appreciate this fact. No sand or dirt can 
get in the seams to cut through the canvas 
covering. White’s canoes are noted for their 
The following yacht sales have been made 
through the office of Stanley M. Seaman, 220 
Broadway, New York: Herreshoff sloop Game¬ 
cock, Mr. E. Q. Trowbridge, New York, to Mr. 
R. P. Tyler, New Haven, Conn.; schooner yacht 
Elizabeth, Mr. M. A. Mosle to Mr. F. W. Mc¬ 
Allister, Baltimore, Md. She is now on her way 
to her new port in charge of Captain Chambers. 
Gasolene cruiser Laurena, Mr. D. N. Armstrong, 
to Mr. J. J. MacMulkin; Herreshoff cruiser 
Joker, Mr. Geo. F. Dominick to Mr. S. A. 
French; knockabout Knot, Mr. C. E. Davenport, 
Port Washington, L. I., to Mr. S. F. Ward, 
New York Stock Exchange, New York. 
The following yachts have recently been sold 
by Henry J. Gielow: 
The schooner yacht Miladi for Mr. S. H. 
Mason to Mr. Geo. W. Scott, of the New York 
and Larchmont yacht clubs. 
Yawl Scapha, Mr. E. T. Hall to Mr. L. H. 
Armour, who is installing a 17-horsepower 
gasolene engine. 
Yawl Janet, Mr. F. H. Adriance to Mr. W. 
II. Dixon: the yacht is now being fitted out at 
the Marine Basin, Bath Beach. 
Yawl Ebisu, Mr. Harrison W. Smith to Mr. 
Henry F. Aim. 
Sloop Possum, Messrs. E. C. and R. P>. 
Seward to Mr. H. Beverley Robinson, who, 
with some friends, will sail the yacht about the- 
middle of. May to her new home port, St. John, 
New Brunswick. 
Cabin launch Runaway, Mr. W. B. Craighead 
to Mr. L. Arnson. 
Hunting cabin launch Kilkare, Mr. Charles 
M. Gould to Mr. F.• R. Smyth; and hunting 
cabin launch Irene, Mr. S. W. Granbery to Mr. 
Alfred Mestre. 
Auto launch Yvonne, Mr. J. R. Robinson, Jr., 
to Air. Wallace T. Foote, who has taken the 
boat up to bis camp on Lake Champlain. 
The cruising motor yacht Ida Belle has been 
chartered for the season for Mr. Louis Kahn- 
weiler to Air. S. A. Adler. 
The Origin of the Sail. 
Continued from page 62G. 
Arabia Pethoea is the rocky northwestern area. 
Sinai is included therewith and my second trac¬ 
ing shows it as a central range of considerable 
extent. Arabia Deserta is the great central 
desert. Arabia Felix, the felicitous southwest. 
Yemen is the modern name of the last. Sana 
is its capital. Heodeida, Loheia, Mocha are 
among its most prosperous seaports. Sur has 
an excellent harbor, but is otherwise unim¬ 
portant, except as a convenient place from 
which to explore the interior. “Arabia has been 
inhabited by the same race since the earliest 
times, and has changed less, in the course of 
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