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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Nov. 12, 1910. 
tails of cost of operation furnished and sus¬ 
tained on demand. The field is not a quick 
buyer and deliberates carefully before taking up 
anything new. It is for this reason that the 
English firm spoken of by Vice-Consul Beecher 
is sending -traveling men here, speaking French 
fluently, to visit all the fishing villages along 
the Norman coast and the trade in Havre itself. 
American makers who require specific details 
are urged to send a statement of their explicit 
needs to the consulate, which will gladly enter 
into as detailed a discussion as may be neces¬ 
sary. Catalogues might be sent to the con¬ 
sulate for comparison with the correspondence, 
but are useless on any other basis. Manufac¬ 
turers thinking of sending over boats (or en¬ 
gines, either) should remember that their pro¬ 
duct will come into direct comparison with the 
best French stock, which is noted for its high 
finish in every small detail. The consulate calls 
special attention to this item, as it is a matter 
of record that in one European country a few 
years ago an American exporter effectually ex¬ 
terminated the promising beginnings of a good 
trade in motor boats by placing on exhibition 
in competition with local craft some hulls of in¬ 
ferior workmanship. 
There is on file in the Bureau of Manufac¬ 
tures in Washington a list of yacht clubs and 
boat builders and dealers in Havre, supplied by 
this consulate; and at the same bureau the table 
of French tariffs can be consulted. The atten¬ 
tion of shippers might be called to the ad¬ 
vantages of Havre as a port of importation into 
France or other parts of Europe, through the 
several lines already sending ships here and by 
means of the new service about to be instituted 
between this port and Baltimore, with de¬ 
partures from both termini every two weeks. 
Motor Boat Men Honored. 
The members of the Motor Boat Club of 
America last week entertained Vice-Commo¬ 
dore Frederick K. Burnham, at dinner, and 
during the evening presented him with a gold 
cigarette case in appreciation of his services 
with Dixie II. in successfully defending the 
British International trophy against the Pioneer 
and other British challengers last summer off 
Larchmont. The dinner was served in the as¬ 
sembly room of the Automobile Club of 
America and about seventy-five members were 
present. 
One of the features of the evening was the 
presentation of a cup to Samuel Cochrane, 
owner of the power yacht Eronel II., which 
won the last motor boat race from New York 
to Bermuda. The trophy was given by a mem¬ 
ber of the New York Y. C., who also donated 
a cash prize of $1,000 to the winning craft. 
H. H. Melville, commodore of the Motor 
Boat Club, was th6 toastmaster, and presented 
the cup and the case. After this moving pic¬ 
tures were exhibited for the first time by the 
Vitagraph Company of America of the elimina¬ 
tion trial races off the Chateaux des Beaux 
Arts, the Larchmont race and the special events 
held off the Thousand Island Park, together 
with the aviation contests at Belmont Park. 
The following were present: Thomas F. 
Chesebrough. Walter L. McCorkle, John M. 
Shaw, Frederick K. Burnham, H. H. Melville, 
Franz A. Wittig, C. R. Butler, Frank Dennis, 
Samuel Cochrane, Charles E. Fosdick, Ira 
Hand, James A. Blair, Jr., Albert William 
Arthur, August Heckscher, Z. M. Heckscher, 
Henry R. Sutphen, L. Alexander, G. M. Mc¬ 
Cracken, J. Stuart Blackton, William T. Rock, 
John V. Rice, Harris Hammond, Morris M. 
Whitaker. Charles P. Tower, Edward S. Mac¬ 
Donald, Charles Francis, Du Prat White, Andre 
Bustanobv, General George F. Randolph, 
Senator James Shaw and Mr. Atkin. 
Geographically Speaking. 
The class was being questioned on the 
cardinal points of the compass. 
“If I turn to the east and look at the rising 
sun, what is behind me?” 
Boy—Yer shadder.—Manchester Guardian. 
Fast Boat for Moosehead Lake. 
Fancy the Indian in his birch canoe, paddling 
across the placid waters of Moosehead Lake, 
say thirty years ago, meeting on a fine spring 
morning a swift and silent yacht of 65 feet length 
■—bigger than the ships thjt first brought the 
white man to his native shores! 
Surely he would be a surprised Indian. It 
would be devil-magic to him, that strange craft, 
parting the pure water without oar or paddle 
to move her, says the Boston Globe. 
Time's magic makes its changes slowly, but 
they are none the less striking, and next spring 
a yacht 65 feet in length, 10 feet 6 inches wide, 
and having a steam engine in it of 300 horse¬ 
power, will course its way up and down and 
across the 40 by 10 miles of Moosehead Lake. 
At is masthead will fly the commodore’s flag 
of the Moosehead Y. C., which has a fine club 
house at Kineo. Its present commodore, C. M. 
Clark, of New York, has ordered the yacht de¬ 
signed by a Boston firm, Swazey, Raymond & 
Page. The boat will be built near Boston, will 
proceed next spring to the Maine coast under 
her own steam, and will be shipped inland, 
probably from Searsmont, on two flat cars, from 
which she will be launched at Greenfield. 
Size and Weight of Ships. 
The gross tonnage is arrived at by dividing 
by 100 the whole interior capacity of the ship 
(stated in cubic feet) together with her inclosed 
deck houses. Net tonnage is derived from gross 
tonnage by subtracting from the total capacity 
the spaces not used for freight or passengers. 
These two items are different from register 
measurements, says the Maritirhe Journal. 
Displacement is the measurement of weight 
of water which is displaced by the submerged 
portion of the ship. This varies, of course, with 
the amount of cargo aboard. For purposes of 
uniformity an artificial point is assumed as the 
ship’s mean load draft. In theory it means that 
the average amounts of coal and other stores 
are aboard, a purely arbitrary condition. The 
only fair comparison is with all coal and stores 
aboard. Displacement is stated in tons of 2,240 
pounds. 
Register tonnage is an artificial system first 
created by Act of Parliament in 1835. It in¬ 
volves a long and complicated series of meas¬ 
urements designed to establish the cubic con¬ 
tents of the ship below the tonnage deck, which 
is the second from below. To this is added the 
cubic contents similarly discovered in all in¬ 
closed spaces above the tonnage deck. Divid¬ 
ing this sum by 100 gives the gross register 
tonnage. Deductions are made from the sum 
of the cubical contents after an artificial method, 
in some cases the actual area is deducted, in 
others an arbitrarily established percentage of 
the gross tonnage. From the remainder after 
these deductions the net register is derived. 
Canoeing. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Central Division.—Richard M. Harris, 415 
East avenue, Rochester, N. Y., by H. L. Crit¬ 
tenden; C. Fred Wolters, Jr., 58 Rowley street, 
Rochester, N. Y., by C. F. Wolters. 
Eastern Division.—Dr. Francis W. Palfrey, 
88 Beacon street, Boston, Mass.; Dr. John B. 
Hawes, 2d, ^95 Beacon street, Boston, Mass.; 
Dr. Hugh Cabot, 87 Marlborough street, Bos¬ 
ton, Mass.; and Nathaniel Farwell Ayer, 518 
Beacon street, Boston, Mass., all by Hermann 
Dudley Murphy. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Central Division.—6117, Meredith M. Watson, 
115 Trenton avenue, Wilkinsburg, Pa. 
Northern Division.—6118, William Bearance, 
493 Princess street, Kingston, Ont., Can. 
Traps hoofing. 
If you want your shoot to be announced here 
tend a notice like the following: 
Fixtures. 
Nov. 23.—Columbus (O.) G. C. L. Fisher, Sec’y. 
Dec. 13.—Bergen Beach (N. Y.) G. C. L. H. Schorte- 
meitr, Sec’y. 
. 1911. 
Jan. 2.—Bergen Beach (N. Y.) G. C. eighth annual 
merchandise handicap. L. H. Schortemeier, Sec’y. 
REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS. 
Nov. 15.—Downs (Kans.) G. C. W. H. Charles, Prei. 
Nov. 24.—West Forest Park (Md.) G. C. Richard T. 
Collins, Sec’y. 
Nov. 24.—Grand Island (Neb.) G. C. F. F. Kanert, Sec’y. 
Nov. 24-25.—Sikeston (Mo.) G. C. W. H. Tanner,, Sec’y. 
Nor. 30-Dec. 1.—Rising Sun (Md.) G. C. H. L. Wortk- 
ington. Mgr. 
Dec. 2.—Salem, N. J.—Salem County R. and G. C. 
H. W. Bossier. Sec’y. 
Dec. 8.—Atglen (Pa.) G. C. Lloyd R. Lewis, Sec’y. 
Dec. 8-9.—Clinton (Ont.) G. C. J. E. Cantelon, Sec’y. 
Dec. 16.—Pottsville (Pa.l F. & G. A. F. Coleman, Sec’y. 
Dec. 31.—Wellington, Mass.—Palefaces G. C. H. C. 
Kirkwood, Sec’y. 
1911. 
Jan. 2.—White House, N. J.—Crescent G. C. R. C. 
Stryker, Sec’y. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
The next shoot of the Hudson Gun Club, of Jersey 
City, N. J., is fixed to be held on Nov. 20. All trap- 
shooters are welcome to attend. 
* 
In a five-man intercollegiate team contest, on Yale 
Field, New Haven, Nov. 5, the Yale team scored 445 
out of a possible 500. Princeton was second with 390. 
University of Pennsylvania, 377. High individual score, 
94, was made by George Dimock, of Yale. 
S», 
Twelve contestants took part in the weekly shoot of the 
Eagle Gun Club, Nov. 5, at Manoa, Pa. Of these, D. 
Paul scored straight alone in the 10-bird handicap from 
the 30yd. mark. Pratt, McCullough and Bivens tied on 
9. Murphy, Felix and Slear, usually in the lead, tied 
on 8. 
* 
The Boyertown, Pa., Gun Club, for its annual tourna¬ 
ment, to be held on Saturday of this week, has provided 
a program of four 15-target events and six events at 20 
targets. A three-man team contest for a silver pitcher 
will be a special feature. On Dec. 31, the club will hold 
its annual live-bird shoot. 
K 
The Newton, N. J., Gun Club has fixed upon Nov. 
12 for a target shoot. Beginning at 10:30, two Jack 
Rabbit events will be shot. Seven events totaling 150 
target, $10 entrance, will comprise the afternoon pro¬ 
gram. High averages, $5, $3 and $2. Ship shells, etc., 
to A. B. Brickner, Newton. 
Our Cincinnati correspondent writes us as follows: 
“Nothing doing at the Cincinnati Gun Club grounds on 
Nov. 5. Weather was too raw. The club will give a 
money-back shoot on Thanksgiving Day, program con¬ 
sisting of ten 15-target events, and a special event at 50 
targets, two strings at 15 targets each and one at 20 
targets, for a gun.” 
* 
The Hamilton, Ont., Gun Club, D. A. Wilson, secre¬ 
tary, will hold its annual tournament on Jan. 10 to 13, in¬ 
clusive, and it is the largest winter shoot held in 
Canada. “Our program, which totals up to $1,700 guaran¬ 
teed, is very attractive, and would be glad to mail a 
copy to any of your readers. The feature is the Grand 
Canadian Handicap of 25 birds, $700 guaranteed, $200 to 
high gun, $100 to second, and balance divided Rose 
system.” 
Owing to the severe storm of last week, it was found 
to be impossible to get the grounds at Bay Ridge, Brook¬ 
lyn, in readiness for the Crescent Athletic Club’s open¬ 
ing shoot of the season, fixed to take place on Saturday, 
Nov. 5. The Shooting Committee, however, fixed upon 
Nov. 8, Election Day, for it. Many trophies rewarded 
the skill of the contestants. The Holiday cup was the 
main event. The first contest for the November cup will 
take place on the 12th inst. 
