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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Dec. 24, 1910. 
the crew of the motor boat was washed over¬ 
board and rescued with great difficulty. One 
man had his leg sprained by the rough seas, and 
several had fingers broken, but no one was seri¬ 
ously injured. 
Motor Boat Club Meeting. 
A meeting of the Motor Boat Club of America 
was held last Monday night at which the ocean 
race to Bermuda and the contests next summer 
for the British International cup were discussed. 
Vice Commodore F. K. Burnham, owner of 
Dixie, presided. The Bermuda race was the 
subject of much discussion because it was felt 
by the members that it was not properly sup¬ 
ported. The prize, a $2,500 challenge cup and 
$1,000 in cash, should attract owners of craft 
able to go to Bermuda, and in spite of these 
valuable considerations the largest number of 
starters has been four. A committee consisting 
of F. K. Burnham, Flenry R. Sutphen, James 
Craig, Jr., Thomas Fleming Day and Charles 
P. Tower were appointed to manage the race, 
and to see what was needed to give it a boom. 
This committee is a remarkably good one. 
Thomas Fleming Day promoted the race, James 
Craig, Jr., was owner of a former winner. Mr. 
Sutphen can tell about construction and held 
things along in the way of getting boats ready, 
so that those who contemplate taking part in 
this race should be able to get all the best ad¬ 
vice possible. 
The International race, too, was discussed, and 
the members were urged to start in as soon as 
possible in making plans for the defense of the 
trophy for which the British are coming here. 
Plans are already being made for fast boats, 
and details of these racers will be announced as 
soon as they are well under way. Among the 
new members elected were: W. K. Vander¬ 
bilt, Jr., and F. G. Havens. Twelve in all were 
elected. 
Sparks. 
E. A. Strout, of New York city, has ordered 
a 35-foot launch for use in Maine next summer. 
The boat, when finished, will be a very hand¬ 
some affair, the hull being entirely of mahogany. 
The cockpit space will be unusually large, the 
engine, a 6-cylinder 60 horsepower affair, being 
located forward. A bulkhead will separate this 
forward compartment from the cockpit, and the 
control levers, as well as the steering wheel, will 
be attached to this bulkhead. Mr. Strout has 
been guaranteed a speed of twenty-two miles 
for this boat, and a trial trip held recently 
showed a speed of close to twenty-four miles 
per hour. The boat when delivered to its owner 
will be ready to serve him as comfortably and 
readily as a modern automobile serves on land. 
Godwell Naceo, of Manzanillo, Cuba, has or¬ 
dered a 30-foot express launch for use in mahog¬ 
any trading along the Cuban ( coast. This boat 
is very strongly constructed and will carry a 12 
horsepower 2-cylinder engine. Her beam is 6 
foot 6 inches, and the cockpit space, which is 
so arranged that it can be entirely inclosed with 
storm curtains, will be large enough to carry 
twenty-five people comfortably. With this load 
the boat will attain a speed of ten miles per 
hour. The boat was shipped via the Ward Line 
on Dec. 21. 
George B. Clenson, of Middletown, N. Y., is 
having constructed a 23-foot express launch with 
a 40 horsepower 4-cylinder motor. The boat is 
to be used in Florida this winter by Mr. Clenson, 
and is of a special design, the most unique part 
of which is the extreme beam, namely 7 feet. 
With the motor located forward under a hood 
and separated from the cockpit by a bulkhead, 
this unusual beam affords a very large seating 
space for the owner and his guests, the seating 
arrangements being comfortable wicker chairs. 
All the control levers will be operated from the 
steering column, so that the owner may operate 
the boat from the cockpit. This is Mr. Clen- 
son’s second purchase of a motor boat of this 
type, his boat of last year being a 35-foot model 
with a speed of twenty-four miles per hour. The 
new boat is to be named Pioneer and will be 
shipped on Jan. 1 to be used for fishing trips 
and > general utility at the owner’s winter home 
at Tarpon Springs, Fla. 
George M. Allen’s twin screw motor yacht 
Alpha, which has been in commission on Lake 
Champlain, has been shipped to a New York 
yard for a general overhauling preparatory for 
next season’s service. 
Major C. Ewen has sold his 28-foot hunting 
cabin launch Bessie to H. Anderson, of Phila¬ 
delphia. 
Having twice outgrown its factory building and 
manufacturing facilities, the Gray Motor Co., 
of Detroit, Mich., the largest producers of 
marine engines in this country, is moving to a 
new plant which has been erected on Oakland 
avenue, Detroit, on a tract of land owned by 
the United States Motor Company. Less than 
five years ago manufacturing was begun in a 
rented building. After a little more than a year 
a two-stcrv building was erected in a new loca¬ 
tion, and this was followed a year later by the 
construction of a five-story building. This in 
turn has been rendered too small by the enor¬ 
mous growth of business, and the Gray Motor 
Company is now taking possession of its new 
plant, 1,000 feet long and 150 feet wide. 
The. company recently affiliated itself with the 
United States Motor Company, and its products 
of marine and stationary engines ranging from 
3 to 36 horsepower reaches the furthest corners 
of the globe. 
Boats that are built for use in tropical waters 
have some very peculiar requirements. The 
proprietor of a Hacienda at Tuxpam, V. C., 
Mexico, who grows oranges, lemons and grape 
fruits for market, and supplies nursery trees, 
wanted a boat of shallow draft for use on the 
Tuxpam River between Tuxpam and Tampico. 
The boat must also on occasion be capable of 
cruising outside of the mouth of the river tor 
a distance of 150 miles. This included crossing 
a bad bar at the mouth of the Tuxpam River, 
where there is only seven feet of water at low 
tide. The order has been filled by a builder in 
New England and the description of the boat 
is very interesting. The craft is of the dory 
type, 25 feet long, and sheathed with copper; 
the rudder, shoe, etc., being of' bronze. The 
interior of the boat is arranged with side locker 
seats and between the forward seats for a dis¬ 
tance of something over 6 feet, extensions 
were arranged so that the cushions from the 
after seat may be fitted in, making a comfort¬ 
able bed, large enough for two persons. The 
cockpit is covered With a canopy top. and may 
be entirely enclosed with side curtains as de¬ 
sired, forming snug sleeping quarters. 
Canoeing. 
Old Canoe Peopled. 
A novel scheme of exhibition now being 
arranged at the American Museum of Natural 
History is the filling of a ceremonial Haida 
canoe 64^/2 feet long with Indian figures, about 
forty in all, and representative in physique, garb 
and action of the various tribes of the north 
Pacific Coast. The body of the boat was hol¬ 
lowed out of a section from a single tree by the 
Indians, according to The Sun. 
The idea of peopling this Indian canoe, which 
has a history, with native figures arrayed in 
their ceremonial robes and regalia was origi¬ 
nated by Director Herman C. Bumpus, and the 
scientific details are being evolved under the di¬ 
rection of Lieut. George T. Emmons, who has 
spent some thirty years among the Indians of 
the Northwest coast, where he made an ex¬ 
haustive study of their culture. The technical 
work is being carried out by Sigurd Neandross, 
an American sculptor of Norwegian parentage 
who is represented by a monument in a public 
square in Copenhagen, depicting an imaginative 
figure of a nymph singing the song of the 
V ikings. 
The ceremonial Haida canoe was made many 
years ago on the Skeena River, near Port 
Essington, on the Alaskan coast, and formed a 
part of the Powell collection secured by the 
museum in 1883. 
The canoe was paddled by Haida Indians to 
Victoria and then carried by schooner to Port 
Townsend. From this port it was transported 
to San Francisco and then by Pacific Mail 
steamer to Panama. It was then taken across 
the isthmus on the Panama Railroad to Colon, 
whence it was shipped on the deck of a Pacific 
Mail steamer to New York. In crossing the 
isthmus to avoid injury during sharp turns the 
canoe was adjusted on two platform cars, being 
fastened securely on the forward car and swing¬ 
ing loosely on greased guys on the rear car. 
Free transportation was contributed by the 
president of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com¬ 
pany. 
For many years the huge boat hung from the 
ceiling of the hall, taking its present place about 
two years ago. It was decided this year to con¬ 
vert it into a great exhibition case in which to 
illustrate the primitive culture of the North¬ 
west Indians, and the idea advanced by Lieut. 
Emmons is that the exact expression of the ex¬ 
hibition should take the form of an institution 
known as “potlatch,” a ceremonial allowing 
effective use of the rich Northwest coast 
materials in the collections of the museum. 
The time represented by the scene is about a 
century ago, when the Haida Indians first came 
in contact with Europeans. The canoe is sup¬ 
posed to have reached the surf on the beach, 
being kept in position there by the paddlers 
holding the bow, and stern men operating the 
poles, while ceremonial speeches and dances are 
being rehearsed. 
The positions chosen for the paddlers and 
polemen gives opportunity for mechanically 
bracing the boat, so that there can be no vi¬ 
bration of the exhibit, the poles being anchored 
in the floor and the paddles riveted in the 
cement base forming a support for the canoe. 
The work as a whole has a number of tech¬ 
nical problems to be solved, for here must be 
reproduced some forty figures for exhibition, 
without the protection of glass cases, in the 
center of the North Pacific Coast Hall. The 
lack of protection * means that the garments, 
the furs, masks and regalia in a few years would 
suffer great deterioration. Therefore every de¬ 
tail from the smallest ivory ornament to the 
most elaborate ceremonial robe must be repro¬ 
duced in durable materials. 
In the figure work a new method has been de¬ 
veloped so that perfect life casts can be made. 
A paraffin spraying machine, the idea of which 
was obtained by Director Bumpus in Europe, 
has been utilized to cover the model with a 
coat of wax preliminary to the application of 
the plaster. 
Other decorative features in the North Pa¬ 
cific hall are the Stokes Eskimo paintings on 
the wall at the far end, the mural canvases of 
North Pacific Indians in preparation by Will S. 
Taylor, to take position in the spaces of the 
windows at right and left, and the totem poles 
set to form sections representing the various 
tribes, the Haida canoe being in the center. 
The arrangement of the technical exhibits in 
the cases is the work of Harlan I. Smith, as¬ 
sociate curator in the department of anthro¬ 
pology. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division. — Egerton W. Gunther, 2980 
Marion avenue, Bedford Park, New York city, 
and Morris F. Barth, 192 Woodworth avenue, 
Yonkers, N. Y., both by U. M. Van Varick; 
J. F. Werner, 439 East Fifty-second street, New 
York city, by H. Lansing Quick. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Atlantic Division. — 6125, James H. Calisch, 192 
Woodworth avenue, Yonkers, N. Y. 
Western Division.—6126, Bill F. Sykes, Rock¬ 
ford, Ill. 
