Outing . the steak, nothis face, as most amateurs do. As themelting bacon fat drips off, quickly turnthe steak, keeping this up perhaps fifteenminutes. That steak ought to be superb. Coffee ? By all means. Rake a smallpile of embers between two flat stonesand you have a splendid stove for thecoffee pot. Time everything so the corn will beeaten first. Follow with potatoes andsteak, capping the climax with strong,black coffee. No plates for the them open and let everybody eatout of the half-shell. A lump of buttersoon melts in such a cup. As for theroasting ears, the husks should
Outing . the steak, nothis face, as most amateurs do. As themelting bacon fat drips off, quickly turnthe steak, keeping this up perhaps fifteenminutes. That steak ought to be superb. Coffee ? By all means. Rake a smallpile of embers between two flat stonesand you have a splendid stove for thecoffee pot. Time everything so the corn will beeaten first. Follow with potatoes andsteak, capping the climax with strong,black coffee. No plates for the them open and let everybody eatout of the half-shell. A lump of buttersoon melts in such a cup. As for theroasting ears, the husks should bestripped back for a handle and the restis a delight. Serve the steak as you will,though clean, flat rocks have servedas platters. The advantage of building the fire inthe manner described will be evidentafter trying it. Heat is kept in the ashesmuch better when confined and cookscan approach the fire without beingscorched. [608] RACING IN SMALL SAIL BOATS BY L. DE B. HANDLEY Illustrated with Photographs. A SPINNAKER BREEZE * VER since the introductionof the power boat into the—a field of racing, alarmists have been predicting theearly disappearance of the competitive sailing yacht,but somehow, as season follows season,there appears no indication of the illprophecy coming true. In fact, interestin the sport seems to be growing yearly;more and more men are taking it up, andthe number of racing sailboats is increas-ing instead of decreasing. One has but to glance over the news-paper files of 1910 to verify the correct-ness of this statement. Not only wasthe season the most successful in history,but the Larchmont Week Regatta,which may well be taken as the barom-eter of yaching matters, brought togethera record fleet of one hundred and twelveboats, the greatest ever chronicled. It may suit the pessimist to see in theabandonment of the huge racing freak offormer days a sign of the decadence ofthe sport, but the growing popularity ofthe smaller classes proves conclusivelyhow bias
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