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BaRCES Be Zeek 
Famous Yacht Broken Up. at Man- 
chester _ 
At» the D,. Fenton, Co. boat. ard 
at. Manchester, is a famous racing 
yacht of former days—brought there 
last "week to be broken up and to 
pass to ‘the scrap heap and _ junk. 
This is the well-known English cut- 
ter Shona, called by those of the 
North Shore?“who knew the yacht 
in her best days ‘‘The Toothpick.”’ 
This yacht. has been laid: up at 
Frazier’s yard, Marblehead, for so 
many years, that when she was ex- 
amined lately it was decided that it 
was not advisable to transport the 
old cutter on her own bottom from 
Marblehead: to. Manchester. _ Thus 
last week the Shona was loaded 
aboard one of-the Rockport granite 
sloops and ¢arried to the David Fen- 
ton Company at Manchester, where 
she will be broken up. The lead 
has already been removed. It is 
proposed to cut off the stern and 
the bow, to keep as mementos of this 
old style of racing craft. 
It is understood, that as the 
Shona was brought over on a steam- 
er. duty was paid on the yacht when 
she passed through the customs at 
New York. Thus, she is not being 
broken up by her owner because of 
yachts, ‘put rather became she 
passed from usefulness. At Man- 
chester her lead: keel -will- be res 
moved to be later melted down for 
use on a newly built yacht. The re- 
mainder: of the yacht :will-be sawed 
up and sold for junk. 
In 1886. the Shona was bought - on 
the other side of the . 
Charles H. Tweed of New York,-who. 
has continued to own the cutter 
down to the present day. She-was | 
‘the proposed , new street. and . the 
built; at Largs, Scot., by J. MeQuis- 
tan, from ‘designs of G. L: Watson, 
in 1884, and for the two ‘yéars: raced 
in English’ ‘waters had a fine record. 
Not onlyis the Shona well known 
for her own history, but she is also 
inter-woven in the earlier racing rec- 
ords of Capt. John Barr, and his. still 
more famous younger brother, Capt. 
‘““Charlie”’ 
imported - 
yachting. 
Capt. John Barr came over to this 
country first with the English cut- 
ter Clara, followmg. in-1887 with the 
American cup challenger Thistle, 
skippers in. American 
butzof all the many racing,,yachts_. 
that Capt. John Barr skippered, the 
Shona was- the longest: “under ~ his 
command.. From the late ’80’s up 
to within‘ five’ ‘years of: -hig Odeath, 
which occurred in, 1909, Capt. . John 
with one of his boys had the Shona 
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In her earlier days ‘‘Charlie’’ 
Barr served aboard the Shona as 
part of her racing crew, and in many 
a race off Marblehead between the 
40 to 46-foot sloops,. part of. the 
racing crews were recruited from 
the Shona in every contest. 
_ Probably the best-known win of 
the Shona was that from the famous 
Shadow, off Marblehead, Sept. 4, 
1886. In those days the cutters and 
sloops, or. rather the centerboards 
and the keels, were raced in differ- 
ent classes. In this race of the Bev- 
erly Yacht Club the Shona and 
Shadow sailed in different classes, 
but the real race of the regatta was 
between these two, yachts .for_ the 
lead of the fleet. In the rattling 
good breeze the Shona _ beat the 
Shadow by three minutes. 
The Shona, for her length, is 
probably one of the narrowest eut- 
ters ever built. With an_ overall 
length of 42 feet, a waterline length 
of 33 feet 9 inches, she has a beam 
of only 5 feet 11 inches, while the 
yacht’s draft is 5 feet 10 inches, 
within one inch of her beam. 
Opposed to Construction of New 
Street and Abandonment of 
Proctor Street 
‘The hearings at the Selectmen’s 
rooms, {in ‘the Manchester Town 
hall yesterday afternoon, on the 
question of widening and re-locating 
Proetor street, on the construction 
of a new way to. Smith’s Point, and 
on the proposed abandonment of 
Proctor street, were - well: attended, 
and though the. sentiment. was 
_strongly.in favor of the widening of 
Proctor street, there was much op- 
position against the construction -of 
consequent abandonment of Proctor 
street. 
The hearings were purely prelim- 
inary, and were. simply -for the pur- 
pose of obtaining an expression of 
the public sentiment, as the select- 
men are endeavoring to make some 
plans for the improvement of the 
manner of reaching Smith’s Point. 
James Means was in favor-of 
widening Proctor. street, but he was 
decidedly opposed to the abandon: 
ing of this street: and the construc- 
tion, Instead, of a new way. 
Stoughton. Bell, representing a 
nam, Richard. Stone, B. A.-Beal, S. 
a Bremer and others, favored the 
improvement. of Proctor street, but 
opposed its -abandonment. .. He - op- 
posed the construction of a new 
street, as proposed, saying that such 
little bey of» his father. 
was the answer, 
pee will eet used ‘to ‘them. 
number.of the summer residents on © 
Smith’s Point, including W. L. Put- 
own hair was enough without a rat. 
é street would hold out an invitation 
to motorists and others who came to 
the shore as sight-seers, to drive 
over to Smith’s Point. As the road 
around the point was narrow and 
full of curves such additional travel 
would necessitate the widening of 
this private road. Smith’s Point 
held out an attraction to the resi- 
dents there for the reason that it is 
off the main line of travel and is — 
exclusive. It would be a distinet 
disadvantage to open it up any more 
than it is now. Then again, if Proe- 
tor street. were abandoned how 
would people on this part of the — 
point get to the beach and _ the 
ehurches. A road such as is pro- 
posed would be more of an avenue, 
and not a rural road such as adds to 
the attractiveness of this locality. 
He favored the widening of Proctor 
street. and a possible cutting down 
of the Masconomo hill. | 
J. Warren Merrill coincided with 
everything Mr. Bell had said. 
Russell Codman, a new-comer to 
this town, wanted to remain neutral, 
as the widening of Proctor street 
would take some of his property. 
A representative of the Smith es- 
tate was against the new road. 
It was estimated that the new road 
would cost $40,000 beside land dam- 
age. The widening. of Proctor 
street on its eastern end would cost 
ee six and seven thousand dol- 
ars. 
W. C. Rust didn’t see the need of — 
a new street, but favored widening 
Proctor street. és 
The hearing closed at 2.45, after 
45 minutes’ session. If anything 
further is done on the matter suffi- 
cient notice will be given for hear- s 
ings, ete. : 
Mr. Mfilivonae ‘Whiskey is the | 
standard value. - It niver fluctuates, 
and that’s funny too, seein’ that so 
much of it goes down.’ 
The widow who marries the sec- — 
ond time doesn’t deserve to be one. 
The apparel of the woman oft ~ 
proclaims the man. 4 
— Why does the bank have big iron j 
bars ‘across the. windows, asked a 
‘“Hush,.”” y 
‘‘that is so the % 
A lady” in Buffalo ene gave aa 
her husband a dose of Rough ‘on 
Rats because he intimated: that: her, 
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the man who lives on. it, 
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