New York

The old O. & W. railroad is no more, but its now-silent roadbed beckons to hikers as it meanders through lovely country, running along such streams as the Beaverkill and the Neversink

The older Choate boy had had all he could take from that perpetual dormitory noisemaker, young Jack Kennedy, so he set out to fix him. Reported 15-year-old Jack in a letter (below) to a friend at Lawrenceville: "The...

SHYING LIKE HORSEMEN

Stephen Bell, 9½, carried on a family tradition by serving as crew for Arthur Knapp Jr., 56, who won the Larchmont Yacht Club Dinghy Championship. Knapp won the same championship 21 years ago with Stephen's father...

BOATING—WEATHERLY, driven by a crisp 10-to-20-knot west-northwest wind, easily beat Gretel in the opening race for the America's Cup before 20,000 happy spectators who watched from 2,000 assorted craft (see page 28).