The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-26
HARRY WHITNEY TO SAIL AGAIN
 NORTH IN JUNE
Expedition Solely for Hunt ing Purposes and Expects to Bring Back Live Game Next October.

New Haven, May 26-Harry Whit ney, the well known sportsman ana hunter, has just given out the first authorized details of his coming ex- petition. to the Arctic. At the head of the expedition with MT. Whitney, will be Paul J. Rainey, one of the best pony polo players in the cOun- try and himself an enthusiastic hunt MT. Whitney in stating the details of the expedition also made number of important announcements. Per haps the first in importance is that the expedition is solely for hunting pur- poses This sets at rest talk Of a dash for the pole and the matter Of bringing back the Cook records when questioned on these subjects, MT. Whit ney emphasized the fact that the ex- would not commit himself further.
 Second in importance perhaps was the statement that Capt Robert A. Bartlett, the Arctic navigator, who Will command the WhitneylRainey ship, will make a dash for the South Pole ready been discovered. Mir. Whitney returned from New York early last evening, having completed the last or the important details for the dash north and for details the expedition will probably be wonder. It will sal from Sydney, c. B.. about June 20. and expects to return the following Octo- Der.
 Tn the first place Messrs. Whitney and Rainey have chartered the Boethlc, owned by lobe & Co.,. of New Found land. It is guaranteed to go through ice five inches thick at a speed Of four miles an hour and is one Of the most heavily protected vessels in the world and the heaviest for that matter.which AT ind of, aside from warship.
 The Boethic is fully sheathed with siX-inch steel plates. She Is l,6OO tons and can carry enough coal to make one continuous trip around the world at a rate of ten knots an hour. In her trial trip she made fourteen knots. She is 251 feet long and will carry crew of 30, including the commander and other officers.
 The commander will be Captain Rob- ert A. Bartlett, with whom MT. Whit ney has already made four trips to the Arctic and who was with Peary on three trips to the north, including the one in which Peary gathered in the pole. Bartlett is considered one of the ablest ice navigators in the world Captain Bartlett has been featuring in England but will return to this coun- try on the Mauretania. sailing from England June II.
 MT. Whitney stated last night that MT. Rainey and himself will go north to Sydney, Cape Breton, to meet the Boethic June 8, where she will take on 300 tons of coal. The ship will then be brought to Boston. where she will be provisoined and loaded with many things necessary to Arctic hunting. Enough provisions for a year will be taken in case the expedition should get damned in the ice and be unable to get out or should be wrecked.
 From Boston the Boethic will sail back to Sydney where she will take on all the coal she can carry. It is the plan now to sail northA from Syd- ney some day from June 20 to 25. The first stop will be Labrador river where the expedition will indulge in salmon fishing and also visit Dr. Grenfell. the well known missionary of Labrador
 From Labrador the expedition will sali directly north for the west coast Of Greenland, returning the following October if all goes well.
 MT. Whitney this time intends to bring back as many live specimens of game of the Arctic regions as pos sible for geological purposes. For this he is taking along great cages and tanks for the different animals. MT. Whitney will also take up many arti- cles, including rifles. etc. for the Es- quimaux who befrienGed him during his last trip.