2Iovembee25,1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



337 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



i:i the rnilKl States 



iiaci Can- 

 ,-., N. Y., 



on tbe ;; 



Asaocial! i-litutiuu 



aud by-1: 



( mimodore— W. L. AUen, of tlie New York Canoe Club. 



\ico-Comniodore— Nicholas LougwortU, of the Cincinnati Canoe 

 Club. 



Kear-Coramodore— Kobt. D. Wrokoop, of the Joraoy City Canoe 

 Club. 



Secretary— Natbaiiiel H. EiBhop, Xake Goorge, Wswen Co., N.V. 



TreasurAr- -J. Jlunia Mfereditli, Eodlou, l&>e. 



COKsTirUTIOX fiF TTH; AMIlHUAS l'ANiiE ASSOCUmON. 



Article 1— >Juujo :iiiJ 01>j.x't. -Tliis aaauciutiou shall be eailod 

 The Aiucriciin Cuiioe Asboeiatj.jn, aud itB object sbaU b<i the id-o- 

 raotionof cunoeing. 



Article 2— CftuoL.s.— A cauoo. in order to be placed on tli? nhf^.,- 

 elation liat and to be eulered for'races, niUMt beaboat wiKu;. at lioth 

 euda and not more than thivty-Kix incheti in width ou deck, ^^]l'. 

 jnay be propelled by sails or paddlti, or liotti ; but she ujiihI lie ci- 

 pable of being efficiently proi>eUed by a double-bladed pi-jldle. 



Article 3— Membership.— Any perKon ruay become a rjiembej 

 of this aBsociatioii who has been elected by a tbree-riftbH vole oJ 

 the Du-ectorB, or has become a uietiiber of a Brauch Cluti, and who 

 has thereupon paid hia initiation fee and ammal duea foi- the en- 

 euing year : but onlv ciuine nmern riliall vote at aB6uciuiiun nieet- 

 iilpSorbeeligibli.' i-i- ui >■. 



Article l-Bni:. "-- - i ■... v'ruioe cl;ih coimectm;; iiscll_ iviih 

 the association >).;!. , ■:'.; _ . .: .' .-;i-i-retary ur trcaHnrcr ibe ei;ti.Tti.iU 

 fee and annnal diiu. ;cr lu.L u£ it.i mcmbera. It h!.:i11 li.ereiipon 

 become a branch of the Anicricun Canoe .^RHOoiation, and may 

 adopt any rules not. in contiicl with tlio.-.c of the ah.^-ocnition. Al! 

 members of the assocnition shall have the right to teiMiioraril-' nse 

 the boat-houses of Brancli clubs. 



Article 5— Officers.— The officers of this ass'i. i 

 Commodore, a Vice-Commodore, a Kear-Comme i 

 and a TreaBurcr. They shall be elected l>yb^:!i 

 meetine <." ''i-'i -''ir- ■"'•-'i shall hold office nntii 

 are ele(^r " . !! couHtitiite the Board of '•' 



gnchKli;^. — vlittuds the general govern 



mtionaie: i!n i- ■.-: ..j elect members. 



Article 6— Hoiioriiiv llembern.-Houorary ij 

 elected by the nuanimous ^'ote of the Dn-eeter-, 

 memherBOf Kranch clubs at the lime of tlie adooi 

 atitution shall be theieby made honorary rnemb-iv . 

 tion. 



Ar-ticlc 7— Initiation Fees and Dues.— Tbe mitiation tee shall be 

 one dollar, and tbe annual dues shall be one dollar, paykblo in ad- 

 vanceto the Secretary or Treasurer. 



Ai'tiole S- Pulilieations.— It shall bo the diiiv el' the S-ielv-rv rn 

 pnbhNh annually, in the month of DeeetnlKi . ,;,: ■,-; .„■; ;,,, c ■ ,, :,.; 

 and Ibe ijiinoe rilfl, two copies of each o! v. ' i ' i cl ■ : i ; ;, i. . i i i : . 

 to each member, ?■'") tbe t-etietiuin!T cmi'-j l-i ■'■■ ■. 



The Aseociatioij ;, ■ i ■ !• iH ■ n. i !• ■ i i • ■ : c 



hers of the asaoc. n " 



tions ; a list of ti I ■- ■ ■ ■- •■ i' 



flags of officers uiiu [.ii.aie t,i,^i.:.,.-, i.ii-. .i. ..... • !^ 



niemliers of eacli Branch. Thu Ciiiuit. J-'ii'ii ^hv.]', .ii ■ i i 

 counts of cruises of canoes, and other matters oi' um' ' , ;, i- 

 fteists. 



jU-ticle il-ClnbSicnal— Tlie .\afiQciatiou Sigualslu.il bu u ijuiuejo 

 burgee, titteen iiiclicsiong and tenwide. of red, «>tUalongitiiiJiua. 

 striiie of white two iiehcj ^\ide, on wtiieh shall be dhsplayod, in 

 red, tbe b tr.-i„ .\. C. A. 



Art.ci, •. ■- ■ -•:-'-i.^' -TIn.;'eM ."-.:.■,•:- o, u-:! -'c'l ' , .1 



broad ; c. ■ .■. li :. , : ' 



with tv.i' 



NETTre. 

 this i- 

 tbey.ce 



water-! 



Padelford in 

 shipped twelvi 

 of tbeFiei.eb 



u-Couimodcij 



> shall h.'Lvf 



I ■ ;■ I---'. ■ ■■ Signals. — Each 

 rectangular 1:1 Hliape, fifteen mcbes b-iic; 1 . . •' , ,. 

 ;c of wbieh must be filed with the hiecretii: 

 ■lat mii4- be carried at the mainiiiast-hea.! - 

 . .1... ..L Lke mani-pealt. ^ir the lea<>h of the maiu.iail -;.'.. 

 ttigual at the 0.. -i;-- u :: i-i:....:iL, When paddling, tic; h:-,.rn-r;nr,„ 

 fiignal shall be cai - : . , ■ in the step of the mainmast, and 

 the officers' and i- - . . 1 11 a Btaff of the dandy-maBt. 



Ai'ticle 12 — Ilai.i..-- I'i.c Uc.i oliicerB of the ansociation shall rank 

 the fleet officers of the Branch clubs. The fleet officers of the 

 liranch clubs shall raidi according to seniority. 



Article 13 -Amendments.— The constitution, by-lawa and sailing 

 regulations may be amended, on the recommendation of the Di- 

 rectors, by a majority vote at the annual meethig. 



BV-LAWS. 



1. The annual meethig of the aasi 

 of each year, at such time and iiiic 

 nate. 



2. The Commoclore, imniediat' 

 aKegatta <;.,-;-^\t':<',' ,.i .i,.,.,. ,r, 

 ■of alia---'- ■ - • ■' 



3. Tli' , ' .,!!■:■ 



tron^^r- 



li money only on the draft of the 



'rm-uih± tlie Secrrtarv. prior to the 



,vith accounts .d' such cruise.s as the^ 

 ir, for piiUiciilion in the Cvoiec Zi7u/. 



■latic 



Kball ho 



eidi: 





g the 



THE CA>"OE IBL.MvLIS. 



now' perfected and ready tor -sTork, the duba 

 being enrolled as branches of the asBoeia- 

 iB receiyed most cheenng promises of snp- 



Hl,"on lbe"('nic.e Isia . ■ 



owned by members who have reserveu liieni lor 

 =0. 



MEltBBBSHTP. 



.'OfiK'ctalile character, of any age. who possees a 



UKOATTA or iMSi. 



ra. C. F. Gardiner, Edgar Swain 



,1 to niemberHhip, as" the aHsociation is UMt a .iu.jrtiug cluli and 

 it connteuajic© bettinj; or gumbliiig at Its races. 



C01lTIESfO>,-nEKCK IXVIIED. 



I iipLlation Of the Association Book, 



' . vs. etc.. an early response to this 

 1. Mcmhera will please furnish the 

 ,1 ■_,:■: - made by them. 



Nathamzi. ll. Bishop, Secretary, 

 J i'.,' George, Ww-en Co.. JV. I'., A'eu. 1, 1880. 



. . ,«H . 



CtSTBE-BoABD TOR Cakoeb. — We have receiyed from Mr. Gar- 

 duier Skinner, of Clayton, N. Y., the .•Vtwood patented centre- 

 board tor cauoeB, a di&giaim and desctiptiou of which ^viU soon be 

 jiubliBbed, 



YACHTINa NWES. 



-Mr. !■;. 51. Padelford arrived at Ei.Iliinove, Sept. 10, i 



.. the West Indies in her and has 

 .V. Captain Da Tergc, formerly 

 nd. 



hfn-ald saya 

 yon," already 



ugh water, and only 

 The rig and ec(uip- 



1 sii arc nioHt uf the 



an.l -rl- ■ II i: • nf 



small b'l : .,'...■. C ., I- I'r .,:. :.!:o 



press o: .. : , ,..,.--....-■ 



The 77:,--.. .,.;. i -.,.-. ■ • . "■!. -I'.H 



bonzon.' We 'cai^'iK.w' add '..:'. ■;-> 



found nut that we hii\e much Ij.. 'c 



in America. 



Xnw Yacht.— Mr. Clapham, of Ko.dym, L. I , Jc 

 Nonpareil, to he yawl-rigged. Sportsmen na^■J,:: 

 waters of Southern bayous will find the Nonpui ni .;;■ j ■ ic 

 thing. 



New CtrriER.— Ml". J. 0. Keddie, Wemyss Bav, N. B., has gent 

 an order to Fife & Son. of Fairlie, Scolland, for a 20-ton cntter. 



\ 111 be ,50lt, 4in. stem to nt-r i, ,■ . , ' c ; ■ i i ■-■ me beam, 





KuVAL Cas^oia^^.— The club has i 

 K/peranza, 15 tons, G borse-povver, fr.i 

 Slieii-topiTbeticcpnthenec- club h< 



litter for 



. . jrit important po 

 .c.-i -i>|iiiinied to ^v^ 



|irhici])al duiii 



ICl 1 .Ipj'Oi. ■ 



iaJly 



ated bvlJie boiler ivai, carefully mciHicvd bvPiij] 



strncted for the pm-pose, and all the eoa! car. accurately Meighed, 

 bag by bag, as it was brought on board for iminediate consump- 

 tion. " 

 The results of this rigid trial are as follows : 



Total (pianlitv of c,:,al ccir.Hiimod 4,400 lbs. 



Total uuantitv :,': fci -i vciicr pumped into boiler 35,114 tlis. 



A>i-rrc ' ■ : I ' 346K lbs. 



\'.r.r:,, -Urn 2(% 



■rvi-rrc Mir I83X 



,\', . i; : ' I auur per square 



11.98 



led horse power........ 67.7081 



I couenmed per hom- per indicated horse 



2.7115 



i I . ; ci water consumed per hour per indicated 



:r- pi 1 .1- 21.63871 



,:■ :,, ^, -Says the TerontoJfoi/: -What to our mind is (he 



nf Ka 



; oiu' own port it v.a., .pcci.-t ma'. 

 an name andintereshi war the (7itv 

 ,1 atthe t me, the regaUa lield ib-re 



opportunity ol aekno 

 committee, and to asi 



eume to auv assiBtonce or aOMce wr can gn e. , -C 



Tiuw, as a matter nf course, the ru-estabUsiiniont ci luc ....uju.go.u 

 Yacht Club ^^ill fclluw. 

 J'tTinf in Ti io'l'iii;.p — Here is tlie latest English ten tonncr design- 



edbyi'ci" '■ ''' . ^ m! tbinneT rhmi onv ef ber predeeoSSOrS : 



Leupiii ■ I ■ ■, ' Pmic.i I.- 1: :.; the Bams. 



HerVc-, . . cj -t, 11 tons 



of will ■ I _. i: c ;, Lhepecu- 



, I ,Ml! c'.i oiii.ecemmg thin- 



M . . . . . Lave no '•i-lHi.b-," al ail! 



-, I .. iiv y. ..1-: c-il , rr ■■ • I iit,liBb alter their rule and 



malte iCB thnu factor niuepenuem oi ueam would be interesting to 

 know. But it cannot bo long before "voatod interests'' have to 

 give way to common sense. 



TujE PaocYOK.— Mr. McMullin writes that elnce the publication 

 of his •'Experimental Cruise," he has been to sea in the Procyon 

 for forty-two days on a stretch, passing only two days and two 

 nights in port. More than a month was spent ci-uising oH and on 

 betneen the Sonth Foreland, French Coast and Brighton, The 

 weather at the time was so bad that with the exception of a couple 

 or mghts the httle 27ft. yacht was imder reefed canvas, 



^UL 



The KATE.-Thefo: 

 5rr. Jli.lcUeo.u sailed r 

 i.ingle-liaiid„d sailors 

 aft, ."Ift. ;i. arP !■ .1 .-r i 

 anirciii . 

 iusjd. 

 sail, 1: 

 sail ha:..,: 



tvveen each rmv ijf \<'< 

 the leach, with a singl 

 about 7ft. hoist with o 



: : - ■: ■ ,i- -.teinwhieh 



interest to 



It.; draft 



1 her keel, 



: lo lit the bents 



1. IB.iBtof mnin- 



loui,- gaff. The 



1 : being 2ft. 6in. he- 



.1. Tlif jib ir» fift. en the foot and 13 ou 



:ef2rt. np. The roizzeu was a lug sail, 



lecf hand 2ft. from the foot. 



Bbitisti Wi>T.TNa.s.— The famona steel cutter Viinrlunrfl, 90 ton.", 

 heads the hat for 1880 with 85,000 to her credit for tlie year. Her 

 rival, Samoena, counts up her winnings at .?il,8un The yawl 

 Lntonn,, 160 tons, conies next with S4,«5 Cutter Ni:r>:cMe 40 



torr-i, is fiiurth with 4-1.030. Scboouer Miranda, b" ' ' 'ith 



with .yl. Olio. Yawl bloriiida, lal bjUB. sixth witii -, , - 7 ' .cut 

 Breda, 20 tond, follows witb it, 830. Then the I .. :. m : i i, I .....cie, 

 16 tons, with •¥!, 015. or ueariv half her otiginsl c.iai. ! 7MiPb on 

 the hst is the 10-ton Madge, pocketing -y t,.500, also nearly half her 

 first cost. Coryphee, 4ti-ton cutter, nins the Banie amount, and 

 theji the rest of the racing tleet follow with sums to their credit 

 ranging from §25 up. 



SfEED OF Yachts.- The crnising schooner Asteroid, 92 tons, 

 logged I2b< kuots. or 15 miles, ''with little fuss," off the west 

 ooastof Ireland. She is 76. 5ft. between perpendiculars, 17lt. beam, 

 and lift, extreme draft. 



Cabin Locki;k.— Area of sails for fast sailing canoe : mainsail, 

 30 sc|.ft., and uiizzen, 21 sq.ft. ...For spa— ly- -•-' :t , Large lig, 

 hoist ecpial length on water hue or a hi 7 :|uaIonee 



and a .piarter the water hue : gaff eqna" : cr cent, of 



water lino. For cnusing, ctit down to tbi . or area. 



^mivcrn ta ^arresffon dents. 



ir&" No jVoHcc taken of Auonyiuous Cuuiiuimtcations. 



A. G. B., Emlenton, Pa.— We should be happy to explain why 

 yom' article does not appear if we had your name and could write 



to you. 



H. 17., Darilj.'!;- , (7inu.— 1. Axe bitches worth as much as dogs? 

 ■7. .Are nine piipr. tee many for a bitch to rear ? .Yus. 1. Not ordi- 

 narily. 2. .Y bitch cannot do justice to more than eight at most. 



J. N.— 1. We have heard the gun Mghly i eccimiicrulcd, and be- 

 lieve it to be weU made and safe. 2. Biack i:::wdcr does not lose 

 its strength with age if kept dry, but sometuues rather improves 

 with age. 



Vi'. T. C, Providence, E. I.— 1. You can procure the dog coUnr 

 of the dealers iu sportsmen's goods advertised in our columns. 

 2. Chas. A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun, has some fine 

 dcerhounds. 



S. C, Marshall, Texas.— Please inform me v.Sicic I c.i.i ibbiiu 

 photographs of bird dogs? Ans. You can g: ' of 



some celebrated pointers by writing to Messrs. ;S::t:y ci y li c^ne, 

 189 Broadway, New York. 



HEMATrrE, Lakeville, Conn.— You will probably hitva to take 

 your dog with you and put him in tbe baggage car. It will Cost 

 you something in lees to the baggage master, hut will he chenpr 

 than sending by exproaa. You cannot take your dog in the car 

 with you. 



H. W. G., Philadelphia.- Ar-e there any double-barrelled breech- 

 loading rilles made iu this country ? Wotdd it weaken a cyhnder 

 bore, double-barrelled hreech-Ioading gun, 7J.3 lbs., to have it 

 choke-bored? Ans. We do not know of any. No, if the barrels 

 are of usual thickness. 



F. H. K., Montpelier, Vt.-l. Where can I obtain beagles? 



2. What would be tlicir probable costy Aiib. 1. \\,j refer you to 



the advertisement of Oeo. Pownall, Christiana, LancaBter (.'ounty, 



I .-. Ivertisement appeared iu our issue of Nov. 11. 2. 



nd ou age, wdietiier broken or not, etc 



cPi, t.7.0.11.— Ihavo a double breecb 



shoot 

 lilioly 

 cut d' 



er, Parker. 

 ininro the 

 might very 

 r a 30-inch 



■B, and 



to 20 inches without alterhrg the Bliuoliug ; 



B. E., New Yotk.-l. Do ail choke, 10-boreguns re. 

 charge uf ijowder and shot? 2. What quantity o 

 etfiectivi:;- .\.i:,. .\lr:iOBt every gnu lias its own idiof 

 the proper .hiarge li.r it can only be dct-rmiiied by experiment. 

 2. That depends ou the weight of the gun and what yuu with to 

 Bhoot. 



TmitD.— You will find a ftdl exptSsition of the dangerous nature 

 of the Pittninr sporting powder, in our issue of Sent. 'IM. You 





|.|f -. 



.. p:-: 



teresting and mstructive reading respecting that uilro-celiuluse 

 detonating compound. 



H. W., Baltimore, Md.— I have a fine Scoff gun wliich scatters 

 shot Iradly. Ho yon think it ad\ isable to have it full choked ',' It 

 is a modified choke now. I use tlie gnn for geiiera! shooting— 

 dijckr, 17r:7.c :..:cc-r:-1 land rabbits. An.-c ".■ - c" = c7 have the 

 [run 0-7. ,..;:: . '. 1 I'licJ alter vc.ry i. .yieriments 



tbat n . ■. -".ir badly. \\r j,..., ■.■.mnt that 



the faiu. IS pi ■ . ■• •■ ■ '.'i-doic. : , . crges. 



- :..:p. ..7 :. i ... . ,- , cold, has a 



. : .7. -. ::. o.c J... I -...;. ... ■;..«(. [lud Up. 



[enip,.r ^vhcn ciyliL ncinlJia eld, and this 

 1 after. It is tiionght it rcoilted Ircm 

 remedy? Ans. Your dug has cb. fea. 



A complete cure Is improbable, but tlio followuig treatment may 



help him : Give him ;« grain nirx vomica, with two grains (iniitine, 



three times a day for a few weelts. 

 N. O. W., Charlottesyille, Va.- 1. Will yon be kind enough to 



give me your own opinion of the lake Istoltpoga (Florida) region 



E. L. H. 



nervous twiti'b I 

 Ue had an lUtack oi 

 twitching was noticed 

 distemper. Is there 



iiitr> 



2- Ihav( 





illtbti:..: ,-,■.. ... 



erally c 



I»itn..:, .; 



ahovo named 1 



sonallyknow .: 



country. 2. . 



"A177. 



for tb 



has he- : , 



themselves o : 



dcbtedness. 



CoSBTAST I.n...-l.i., _ - 1 -:.L 

 The fleh so-caUcd nj Sew i 

 Cynosdjon regalis. It is the 

 coast, and is called ohequit 



nications 

 ters gen- 

 nrdinglv. 



lip (0 the 



ritiu. 



ij hia infoi-matiou 

 1 B who have availed 

 .. p -1 .7: J :,ckuov.ledged their in- 

 :iry, FcbrnarY andilaj eh. 

 Mc- Vv'hat is a weaktish? Ans. 

 k market and its yicmity is the 

 salt « ater trout " of the southern 

 chickwit to the eastward of Long 

 Island Sound, squete^gue or sqnitt in parts ol New England, and 

 blueflah about Cape May. The uame fleakfish is said to be a cot- 



