Dm 18, 1883.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



397 



ILEF.N The mnirnilii-.-ii* performance of Ileen. and her owner's 

 delight in the acquisition "I the grandest sea boal in i.merica» 



are now matter 

 Herald, which eagerly published derogatory paragraphs- by gnmg 



il mderirig and -■■ 

 good care not to ad vine their readers of the troth which has 5m f* 



to nail fal--ehoodsin p lain' English. 



THE NEW BOSTON Vai HT. TheTOtt, pacb.1 Sn.iin has inhand 

 at Smith Huston has many litorioiis features Sli. has boon e:v. n 



buoy'lm . 'ii'|..iit l Mt-!»n!s"ide!-a.| She has I" 



•;;;;;,:i 



he torestayBail and jibs»1 flying on its luff. Theatickol rtmbBjfrom 

 which the mail: keel was UUl measured 36in. square by 50ft. in 

 length. 



NEWYACHT CLUB.- The AmeriCUSY. C. has been organized in 

 Washington. 1 1. r The incorporator- ire: I u i;...|iiv> I-..]. 

 • keman.8. G. Emgsley, Wash. Sudor. O. A. Jones, 



cntiip ground being situated on the «te3t 

 mam points of great Interest are within ai 

 camp is wry easy of access— yet too, it isr 

 Columbia K. R-, terminating at Fishkill. wil 

 almost to the spot. The Erie and N. V. ivn 

 near the ■.'.•imp and tap the north and west c 

 can bring the New York and A] baby men t 

 oheaply 



Mr! Smith the. ownersai 



' pad will id) ■•■ ■ oi interest as the 



1 mi:.- .iii.i more . 



Now, which einii u ill be first fcostart 

 rhc.-oi.i weather? \v j . 



BUILDING NOTES. 



THE PERFECT CAN0K. 



THE two following letters from canoeists who have tried thoroughly 

 the Pearl i lei continue the discussion on the sol 



(^mwemg. 



To insure prompt ati , unications should be ad- 



dressed to the Forest and Stream P,<hl,\hi,u, Co., and not to 

 whose nteciiw /raw the office matters of im- 

 portance ore liable to delay. 



FIXTURES. 

 Winter Camp-fire.— Deo. 14, S JP. M., No. S3 East Fourteenth street, 

 New Tort, Subject: "Cruising Da»o ■■ 



Secretaries of canoe eh 



Small their a". ■ ■-- - 



then- clubs, and also until 



reports 



requested to forward to 



log-, "f el-l i-o-. -;■:. | - .■., I 



drawings or descriptions r 

 to the sport. 



TORONTO C. C. 



ORGANIZED Pee. 11. 1S80. Signal, a pointed burgee, red field, 

 with narrow- wl Ite border, bearing the letter- T, C-. C, diuiinish- 



al'I to point. 

 Present membership, fourteen— and fUe honorary members— nine- 

 1,- ;. all. Number of canoes, eleven, chr I wl Bh are kept 



ieim tie -ii- addresses, with 

 ■•■■. .ng th.-lr local wafers, 

 ings. and all item) 



away from Toronto. Officers-. Hugh Neilson. Commodore; E. Leigh. 

 Vie-" i ■onimodoie; Robert 'I - -, son. Secretary; John Hague. Treasuier: 

 F. K, Nicholson, Librarian. These five form the Executive Com- 

 mittee. 



Nov. 30, 1883. 



CRUISERS AND THE AMERICAN CANOE AS- 

 SOCIATION. 



Oi lei Hon was changed for the preSt 



Its wording, while Iceepl 

 that has lowered rowing, ana whose it 

 whenever small jai itaSri rai ed, ivoul I 

 bertothe Association vrto, being all e 

 great eld to it. while many, DO doubt. 

 adopted the 

 many 



- tor their purposes. He 



in the a. C, A 



of die sneak-box. the skill, the small s 



the error oi their ways: and who will quest 

 Thai they will hrir.g eatbonts, scows. ( ' 

 etc.. into the Association to the 

 the contrary, they are a bulwark 

 tk-nl" canoeists, racing, as all 

 They have nothing in common w 

 no union or organization of the 

 found on all waters, doing the re 

 out to do. Why should they no 



ig.".:.astth. 



•am launches, 

 is absurd ; on 



THE A. C. A. MEET, 



"After all the fuss and 



managers to havenextsumti)' , n. 'i Lake Memphremagog 



The meeting of the club is an attractive feature, one that draw 1 

 my to Lake George,, and il i-- to be regretted that the managemen 



fixe Star i_ _ 

 incorporated b 

 in LakeGeorgi 



M r. K. ■:. Orosl 

 his hotel lawn 



forthal meer. 

 G rgi ti 

 the.Iiidge Edn 

 Bisters ,f an I st 

 . il, i 

 obtained. 

 H was never 



D I Itt n - 



.i ., stood 

 Brsi el ..n :- 



tie in spend a qui 



lav do— is i 

 nday in cam 



• A. Neipe, Secretary A, C, A. 



LOCAL MEETS. 



THE local meet business comes on a pace. The ever-entliusiastie 

 'ee I'M', • lire \.('.A, pill.- llille I • •! Ilg ll pn>- 



moU-i and his pen is Hying tor its benelir. hy-nli: Mr. Smith, of 

 Newbnrgh. a niembei- of the A. C. A., has interested himself to the 

 extent of looking up all the points along the river m his neighbor- 

 hood suitable f. it- a camping ground. Three points have 1 ■■.: 



one in Fish kill, one norm of Newburgb thelasl I 11 IJ far the most 

 suitable, about two and a half miles south of the steamboat dock at 

 Newburgh. and just across the creek north of Cornwall. At this 

 point the West Shore Railroad runs behind a high hill back from the 

 , ' astern slop -■>!>• I: ■ the water's 



edge. About twenty feet above high-tide mark is a plat- _ . ...--,. 

 of an Old revotoUonary earthwork, There is a 1st -. road fr 

 .;.- ,i-.. ■ ■ Che level B] at is of ample 



ei number or tents, with spare room for 

 those men Who prefer to sleep in their canoes. Drift wood isplenty. 

 A laeding stage could be easily and cheaply built, A few rods above 

 the ii away is a sandy beach when- canoes could be 

 drawn out. Right there is a Spring Of 



The river there is perfect for either paddlmg or sailing races—the 



CRUISERS AND 



Editor Fores-/ and Strec 

 Is there no room in I 

 boats other ' 



THE CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



','.' \ , : , ,i Canoe Association for am . II 



pose 



1 coll par en 



own similar 



' , , , , , . 



mself on l-eeoivi : 



xnd Stream: 



much interested in the diseussiot 



hi. .nu " :!•■ - ' 



lists of n. ■, ..t ;>.•■-■• . yacht cltii 



-hip in the rowing .-lobs, I •'■ 



creasing: class of small I.....; ■ ■ "i ' -. 

 among the estahiisl.cl club,- -t a-----, 



Must they form an organization m 

 lake them in ami thus incorporate in 

 ,- i.uigei- ,,f being diverted in 



Is the A. C. A. an association of X 

 men of kindred tastes" 



For my owti part. I would rath 

 "cruiser'" the red. white and o i i. .v 

 any existi: .■ ■ . ol similar 



Hear tbrougli your colunn 

 subject,. Do they want us or tuust. « 



of a peculiar model, or of 



• at the masthead of my 

 fthcA. C. A., thai 

 eter, and I should like to 

 of A. C. A. men upon this 



THE CHART LOCKER. 



H- CONNECTICUT BTVEB 



EB«or Fores* a 



oi theSSd ult., 



it. II is :i successful -:-. 



the only -u - -hi 



Why does Mr. Whitlc.i 

 as I ,W square feet when 

 that area is a 11 that a la 

 ing perhaps a srinmaker 

 feet "mmiza.n re . ve 

 mast— nearly - 

 for cruising. I think th 

 all but the small 



:,:: , 



and rightly 



r> a high maiu- 

 ■ ' ■ o , ■- r ! i ng 

 - ol i 

 KOBT. TSSOIT. 



Nol-the 



i Kuilr. 



. Ne- 



\ t. : then 



i oad, which le . 

 ssiO.A. M.; stof h ; n our for dinner at 



-ils' River; then i 

 Ion, Concord & M. ''-.■ 



to Wing Ko: : rain for " 



mail 1 



i to 



Mo 



. eacbed about . _ . 

 again to the Cram: Trim:.- ttailroad, reaching Not-t 

 at 7:ia p, M. 

 It would be well to spend the night here at the 



... : i . ."!! ■ ' i ..:.■;..■ I ■.. . i : , 



twenty miles further by « agon to West Sten are ,,,... M _ ,, ,],,_. 

 ist can start from North Stratford, but the scenery of tie 

 t«cntv miles should nor u- . 



..I about the "Kfteen-Mile Falls," but thii 

 are, passable by canoe. It is my impression that Mr. John 

 O'Reilly, of B i ir two other gentlemen have m 



trip the past summer. 



There will be a carry at "Oleott's Falls," at Ilau , 

 has been a. dam built the past year, and aUOtherttl Kellow ■-- y : . 

 ad o ,, :,; Turner's Falls, Mass. 



1 o -,!,h ,,oiue one who has made the trip may see the quest 



.-'1, 



^-'s 



r dui i os -i 





. IL, 



the sailing menu 



din . i , in ,i i e 



Stony Lake this 



The logs will have got 

 may be troublesome Pel 



There is no game to h 

 lating the laws, and no 

 River at any time, as tl 

 Possibly a shot at a. stra 



1 do not think there 



-ell do- 



i toward White River by July, but 



makers h .- 



American style of 

 d "cedar rib" prin- 

 53. rine is 14ft. 3in. 



.11 



but 



'I -• 



...Id like to get one mysi I 



Hampshire can be I id i \ /|n n ,niou to Ed 

 ord, N. H. Von W. 



THE WINTER CAMP-FIRE. 



Editor ForeM and Streams 



T am slowly reaching that point iu convalescence which j 

 one dgar daily, and am reading up back numbers of Ft 

 Stream, and the issue of Nov. n lies open before me. 



heavier than 

 light, Theyhavet 



roomy baggage con 

 wilh two lattcen sai 

 plates, pulley, etc.. 

 two inches of keel, 

 1,; e .icldie. anil 



with water. The one already built is 15ft. tun. long by ein'n. beam. II 

 is very light, For very rough water a canvas decking- might be put 

 oi- notice. - Toronto Ub.be. 



will pans, 



year or m 



I agree 



bur how t 



r oi : -.. i oi the L G C. I !, a 



"H.iwkeve's" point is illy defended. 



in vie? I : jckc. C, 



5. I"! the ;;■■.■:>. i nl • re, U . .- , 



I be'.l-se Hie | -jt -i, ;.gl 



f claim of the Iowa canoeists to the 

 o- -'Ka-rinu ' that distance not only 



mi i-leeice. Uiai will save them from future attacks of "Hawk- 

 a the East. 



lon't know how much I regret rav forced absence from the 

 res. but count me in ami send along the bill if an v there he. 



suggest that you engage the Bex of i 



int theKC 



■if Holi'u;:, 



i.'. have been changing the titles of their officers, 

 e as now u-ed by the i bder of Cruising Canoeists, 

 i is a ol responsible for the change? 

 us have ac<nference by mall of commodores, 



aiders, and see if we cannot come to some J.-i .,n,- 

 itanding in regard to burgee?. Ecu. A. GriLBEHT, M. I). 



IQtOL la. . Nov 85 



ling yonr reports of the first ■Winter Camp-fire, " I can 

 heartily congratulate the Foeusst aitdStj ifoi iring first sug- 



-- ,i ■ ' i . . ■- , the canoeists M--w York tor 



taking up the idea so promptly . and carrying itou u 



ting account Of the meeting e n ! . .., ■ ■■--n n 



awakens a feeling of envy in all oi ii- j e ,,! pt'eventedby 



distance from .ioinmg you lucky ones; hut we hope to rcapsomebene- 

 " ' ' - '- sofeach me, ling. 



Why should not all or our canoe cluh I tp-fires, notso 



, - Ft each club, no 



small, will only meet regularly each man making it a point to be 

 iresen even e ■■ .-.:.. part, It any difficulty 



i he start. I would. suggest that a meeting of the club be 

 I'! ; ,,me member's house, if the club lion , 

 in winter, and a- a start, that the repou EthoNev i Camfefire, 



in Foeestaxti Si i: i i-i. Sov. 60, be read aloud, after which ih'scaxssion 



and co iti U follow naturally. There in 



Hon and hv-I . ■ - ne ■-,,., toi I 



i ..! ■._ - o. and tins 



plan eaa be ca ledou - -.'■ by the youngest canoeists. Other 



IN FLORIDA. -The Psyche is at Mr, Stephens's shop 



ton, Staten island, for repairs, preparatory to her third 

 ;,!s Alongside ol herisanew boat to lie used by .Mr. 

 rploring the water courses of Florida, a arteai 



1)1 for cruising. :md will carry one or two 



e • olo , 1 lie ,:,., ,, i;|, 



e.g. for Ur. il. I.. WilloiigUny. ol thcA.C. A.,alsodcs- 

 i-ida tins winter, sue will cam balance lugs of la 



and SOft. 



AS ANCIENT CANOE. Accordin 

 has been un--ar:hed near Pulboroug 

 o i, lv : lade before the knowledge ■ 



is apparently hollowed out fr-: jl, 

 stone ax or fire. Ir v 

 Strata,, and while lie : 



apidated. tue stern 



and Stream: 



he old place. 

 i-h to atl aid 



o a , 



club 



r. twelve mile- Horn its mouth, go. in 



■ lakes. Onondaga. Seneca and Cayuga. A 



-is - i-USi '. :. I ' I t 



SENECA LASS, N. Y. — Must be a pars Ibi Fits, as it 



never freezes over. A member of the A. C. A. living <m its snores, 



writ"- i a trip iu his canoe every m, , 

 chasing her in 1881 



i -, i i - ' KOM -■ M rLEBVILLE.— Everything frosen np here 



now, an - , n to re an 



,,.,,,,,, \ -: 



THE W) iii ' -, s- in,! -The next camp-fire will be held on 

 Friday-Dec. M, at 8P.M., atW Broadway, ii- - 



sion w ill be "Ciuisiug Canoes." 



PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



Auamlne i - 1, e ., ii„ ■ i 



macofneia sosov i - hard \vur«. If this is wltn tie- 

 lien letir be with F.-a , ■■ rt t-itet h- -. 



LEATHEri Kim.I's kin-,- 'nl-olii ' -,. i I..- the 



head of "No Kubbers Needed" is In ;o- 



'■'I' ; HI 



it retain ii ■ o i i . i ■ . i , , 



■ - long much better and quicker win i 



wan-anted not to injure ,,„■ n 



finest kid. Henry C. Squiies has il for sale in this city .toV. 



