FOREST AND STREAM: 
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petitor in the Lipton Cup ocean race to Bermuda. 
The keel of the 65ft 54-rating schooner for a 
prominent member of the Boston and Eastern Y.- 
C.’s is set up. She will be called Taormina. In 
the west shop the 8sft. auxiliary schooner for Mr. 
C. H. Clark, Jr., of Philadelphia, is plated and 
the deck has been laid. The frames are out for 
the 122ft. steel steam yacht designed by Messrs. 
Cox & Stevens for Mr. Roswell Eldridge. In the 
boat shop a number of launches are in various 
stages of completion. The 24ft. racer designed 
by Mr. C. F. Herreshoff is planked. A 21-footer 
for the Lipton Cup on the Great Lakes, designed 
by Messrs. Small Brothers for a Cleveland syn- 
dicate, will be built at Lawley’s. A 17ft. auxil- 

iary knockabout is to be built for Dr. F. 1. 
Proctor. 
Sr—EAM YACHT FOR BROOKLINE Man.—At the 
yard of the O. Sheldon Co., Neponset, a steain 
yacht is being built from Mr. Arthur Binney’s de- 
sign for Mr. William J. Sullivan, of Brookline. 
She will be 112ft. over all, 9oft. waterline and 
1sft. breadth. Her construction is quite heavy 
and her 300 horsepower engine is expected to give 
her 14 knots. She is a neatly turned boat with 
exceptionally good accommodations. She will be 
flush decked, save for the forward deckhouse, to 
be used as a dining saloon, and will be schooner 
rigged. The owner’s quarters consist of a saloon 
and four staterooms. There is a roomy galley 
and forecastle. 
GERMAN-AMERICAN MatcH Boats.—Three of 
the American boats for the German-American 
match have been ordered built at Marblehead. 
One of these will be built by Messrs. Burgess & 
Packard, another by Messrs. Stearns & McKay, 
and the third by Graves. 
Fast AuTospoat.—Messrs. Swasey, Raymond & 
Page have received an order for a 4oft. automo- 
bile launch for Mr. James Pratt, of Brooklyn. 
She will have a 70 horsepower engine and is to 
make 24 miles an hour. The same firm has or- 
ders for a 27{t. cabin launch for Mr. J. S. Poyen, 
of Amesbury, Mass.; a 30ft. cabin launch for a 
Southern man, and two 6oft. cruisine launches 
for New York parties. Joun B. KILieen. 

Sailing on the Thames. 
ONE of the pleasantest amusements open to 
Londoners is that which is provided by sailing 
on the Thames. It is a less expensive sport 
than yachting, but it has all the charm of that 
fascinating occupation. The boats used cost, 
on an average, from £100 to £200, according 
to the size, and it is usual for them to be sailed 
by their owners. The Thames Sailing Club has 
arranged many competitions, and receives a 
good deal of encouragement from outside. In 
the spring of 1904 the Crown Prince of Portugal 
gave a cup, to be called the Bragancga Cup, to 
be sailed for by first-class boats. It was de- 
cided to make this gift a challenge cup, to be 
held by the first-class boat making the best av- 
erage in the five open matches sailed at Tedding- 
ton during Easter week. This gave unusual 
interest to the races. The owners of smal! boats 
assembled in great form and in considerable 
numbers at Teddington in Easter week, where 
the talk was all about designs for new boats and 
the improvement and upkeep of the older ones. 
The majority had an eye on the much-coveted 
Queen’s Cup, which is the chief prize at the 
June meeting. It would be difficult to imagine 
a prettier sight than a dozen of the well-found 
raters that sail under S. B. A. rules gybing and 
tacking about during the interval between the 
first and second guns, and with the sound of the 
last lufing or bearing away for the imaginary 
line that stretches from the flag ashore, through 
the starting buoy, to the mark on the opposite 
bank. Across this line no parts of the boats or 
gear may be apparent to the officer of the day 
before the sound of the last gun has died 
away. Skill with the helm is the first essential 
to success with these boats, and never does it 
come in more usefully than in making a well- 
judged start. In nine cases out of ten it gives 
the fortunate boat a clear course to deal with 
as she pleases, while her rivals are blanketing 
one another for half the length of the reach. 
‘So keen is the racing, and so well matched are 
the boats and their owners, that a gain of even 
a second or two is of the utmost value. There 
is no lack of cups and prizes to encourage the 
competitors. In addition to the cup given by 
the Crown Prince of Portugal, there are the 
Duke of Connaught’s Cup and the Queen’s Cup. 
There are also the Muir Cup, the Dumage Cup, 
and the Houston Bowl. The Thames Valley 
Sailing Club owns the Yeves Plate, the Hamp- 
ton Bowl, and the Silver Burgee, a quaint if 
somewhat useless looking prize. 
Despite all these inducements to join in a 
sport at once honest, healthful and charming, 
the number of sailing boats of first-class char- 
acter is smaller than it was ten years ago. Why 
is not quite clear. The age is an indolent one in 
its pleasures, perhaps, and small-boat sailing re- 
quires perseverance, skill and some pluck. The 
latter qualification there is no doubt about; but 
it is to be feared that modern young men have 
not the perseverance to acquire the necessary 
skill. They join the clubs in fair numbers, get 
a boat, and then, finding they do not immedi- 
ately win prizes, drift away into the mazes of 
golf, the wild career of the motor car, or, worse 
still, the chug-chuging power boats; otherwise, 
bridge holds them fast and sailing knows them 
no more for the time being. It is a pity, be- 
cause when means and disposition in after years 
incline them toward yachting proper, they will 
miss the quickness of eye, hand and judgment 
that upriver sailing teaches. There is no better 
school. 

Canoeing. 
Rochester C. C. Dinner. 
THE twentieth annual dinner of the Rochester 
C. C. was held at the club house on Irondequoit 
Bay, Feb. 17. The event was marked by the 
interest displayed concerning plans for the com- 
ing season. 
In the absence of our captain, Hiram H. 
Rogers, Mr. Nevin, our mate, acted as host, 
and Mr. Gibson took charge of the commissary, 
displaying ‘“‘heap big knowledge” in culinary 
skill. He must believe ‘‘the way to reach a 
man’s heart is through his stomach,’ for he 
certainly won our hearts, and we parted with 
our coin with a readiness that surprised him. 
Early in the afternoon the boys started com- 
ing, to take advantage of the excellent weather 
and fine ice for ice-boating, which taken in large 
doses is conducive to large appetites, a fact 
which few overlooked. 
As the evening shadows gathered, encom- 
passing the night, only to heighten the brilliancy 
of the myriads of stars dotting the heavens; the 
waters of the bay bound in icy fetters, fringed 
on either side by dark green pines; the old 
club house sitting in a niche, as it were, bright 
with many colored lanterns, could any more 
fitting place be found, where, with the recollec- 
tions of the past summer, we should gather to 
plan for the future. 
There were assembled a goodly number, not 
in evening clothes, but in the picturesque tog- 
gery of the canoe man. The color scheme for 
the table was red and white, with the ceiling 
decorated in green. The centerpiece was the old 
Canoe Club cannon, banked amid carnations and 
smilax. 
It was a sight for old eyes; what memories 
of A. C. A. camps it recalled, where it spoke its 
little piece at sunrise and sunset, started many 
a canoe, and announced the victor; of how it 
proudly graced the deck of the old war canoe 
“Huff? under the skillful guidance of Harry M. 
Stewart she cleared away under sealed orders 
for ports unknown. And how joyful were our 
feelings when the old cannon announced port was 
in sight, and some one was going to buy 
Those days linger sweet in memory. 
After a toast to our absent captain, H. M. 
Rogers, and one old-time and never absent 
friend, Fred Wolters, who is now touring Cali- 
fornia, we all fell to. Mr. George McTaggart, 
of New York city, one of the old-timers, was the 
guest of the evening, and it was with much 
pleasure that we listened to his reminisence of 

the “times when there were doings.” Mr. Otis, 
known as the General, made merry with his 
stories in the old German brougue, which, by the 
way, fits his face. One, in particular will remain, 
long in the memory of those who heard it, his 
story of the “Catching of the Cheese Fishes.’ 
Of how he and his friend Fritz went down by 
Charlottenberg and bored auger holes in the 
waters, set pieces of cheese by the holes and 
snecked them as they came up. Other stories 
and talks followed, ending with a friendly ex- 
hibition of the manly art of self defense by 
Messrs. Booth and Stillman, otherwise known as 
the “social secretary,’ and the “count.” It was 
great for those looking on, but the count de- 
clared the secretary gave him too much lip. 
After this we all adjourned to the reception 
room above, where the writer had prepared a 
roaring log fire; gathering about its warmth, we 
drew nearer as friends. 1 i 
Catching the strains of Mr. Boller’s violin, an 
unexpected pleasure, we all joined in singing 
“He’s a Jolly Good Fellow.” ‘ 
With the songs and music blending with the 
crackle of the wood tre, we lived and loved 
and vowed never to part. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW LIFE MEMBER. 
68, William Ovenington, Jr., Frankford, Pa. 

NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Eastern Division—W. _ Starling Burgess, 
Marblehead, Mass., by H. D. Murphy. 
Western Division—J. E. Dixon, Chicago, IIl.; 
A. M. Peabody, St. Paul, Minn.; Denis Follett, 
Hastings, Minn., all proposed by W. H. Yardley; 
J. W. Simpson, Riverside, Ill., by A. W. Friese; 
W. H. S. Wright and W. S. Shirwood, both of 
St. Paul, Minn., and both by W. H. Yardley; F. 
W. Friedland, Chicago, Ill, by W. H. Piggott. 
Central Division—H. V. Baxter and A. B. 
McVay, both of Pittsburg, Pa., and both by 
P. W. Shephard; J. P. Rigsby, Wilkinsburg, 
Pa., and G. B. Rosenblatt, Butte, Mont., both 
by A. W. Allyn. 
Atlantic Division—Elwood B. Jordy, Trenton, 
NN. js bye We ou. Ale: 
Atlantic Division—H. McCaughey, New York 
city, by H. S. McKeag. 
Western Division—A. M. Callman, A. P. 
Houston, Jr., and R. Lockerbie, all of Chicago, 
Ill., and all by W. H. Piggott; A. E. Nielson, 
J. P. Norton, J. P. Elmer, H. D. Smalley and S. 
C. Cook, all of St. Paul, Minn., and all by W. H. 
Yardley. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Atlantic Division—s5047, J. W. Bronner, Balti- 
more, Md.; 5048, H. C. Beauchamp, Brooklyn, 
N. Y.; 50490, H. C. Hauser, Baltimore: ids 
soso, H. F. Noah, New York city. 
Eastern Division—so46, L. S. Woods, Leo- 
minster, Mass. 
Western Division—5o045, G. Steely, Lafayette, 
Ind.; 5051, W. W. Hinkley, Chicago, IIl.; 5052, 
F, W. Hansen, Chicago, Ill.; 5053, R. C. Eddy, 
Milwaukee, Wis.; 5054, W. Esch, Milwaukee, 
Wis.; 5055, M. Messner, Milwaukee, Wis.; 5056, 
W. C. Rhode, Milwaukee, Wis.; 5057, R. J. 
Sonei, Chicago, IIl.; 5058, S. Thatcher, Mil- 
waukee, Wis. 
Atlantic Division.—5065, Elmer B. Jordy, Tren- 
tON, EN a 
Central Division—so63, H. M. Baxter, Pitts- 
burg, Pa., 5064, A. B. McVay, Pittsburg, Pa. 
Eastern Division.—sos9, W. S. Burgess, Mar- 
blehead, Mass. 
Western Division.—5060, J. E. Dixon, Chicago, 
Ill.; 5061, A. M. Peabody. St. Paul, Minn.; 5062, 
Denis Follett, Hastings, Minn. 
Parson—Good morning, Mrs. Stubbins. Is your hus- 
band at home? Mrs. Stubbins (hanging recently patched 
trousers on clothes line)—’E’s ’ome, sir; but ’e’s a-bed. 
Parson—How is it he didn’t come to church on Sun- 
day? You know, we must have our hearts in the right 
place. Mrs. Stubbins—Lor’, sir, ’is ’eart’s all right. It’s 
is trouziz.’’—Punch. : 
“Will you come into my parlor?” said the spider to the 
y; 
“T am getting up a programme and to you I apply 
To advertise therein, at ’steen dollars per ad., 
And I’ll stand by you through thick and thin, through 
good luck or bad.” 
Quoth the Raven: “Nevermore.” 
