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FOREST AND STREAM. 



November 17, 1881. 



WHAT RICE LAKE CANOES MIGHT BE. 



tBaHtor Ffrext and Stritm I 



In your Issue of tho 3d lust. " Red Laker " invites the " commodore 

 Mid lUe cook " id express themselves regarding Klco Luke canoesTas 

 compared with modern and alleged Improved types. I regret to say 

 Him. neither i in- " cin-rub" nor the " Iieckv Hlmrp " survives to vin- 

 dicate their Individual characters. Tlie former went up in the 

 •flames of an uiiiortumite boat house, and me l all or was wrecked In a 

 terrible gale in He- Mastic .us us coast. For myself I shall proba- 

 1):y always h-beve that the •' Iiecky Sharp" was tho fastest eraft of 

 her luetics mutci sail thai ever floated, in her day she easily beat, 

 evcryliilng that she ever sailed with. I had her rigged with two 

 leg-o'- mutton shai pie sails (sprits, not boomsl, and I steered herwlth 

 a paddle, usli-n a leeliourd oi abiut. two square feet area hung a little 

 forward of amidships. With a free wind she would very nearly steer 

 herself. I do not pretend to assert that she could, had she survived, 

 outsail the Dot or I he Wraith, but I wish I could see her try It, 

 vonr editorial ivmail.s as to model closely describe the under-water 

 lerboro or nice Lake boal. and I think that if Canadian 

 d tic p Tsuaded to alter (heir gunwale lines at stem and 

 at on such decks as are laid on canoes of the shadow 

 i-ould produce a type of boat that would give a hard 

 ly canoe ationt. ot course a keel or some equivalent 

 essary to prevent leeway. As a rule a keel Is supcrtluous 

 k. l regard two sails as every way superior to one. A 

 •iii to steer with than is a paddle when ll is 

 ', bui a puddle Is every way effective, and lr used li.ibttit- 

 iy with an awkward addition to the paraphernalia ot a 

 cml.-e llavim.' -is brleily as pn^ihii! answered " Red Laker's" ques- 

 tions, I subscribe mvself, sill, loyal to the Becky Sharp's memory, 



THB COMMODOllE. 



line of 

 builder: 

 stem, a 

 class, i 

 tussle 

 would I 

 in rive 



iitly doc; 



the out-haul and set It up taut Ne 



the after leach was viec. then the luff 

 up snug, itesuli., as " Hit " a inalnsa: 

 When you want to tie down a re 

 acicle and settle away mi I he hnlllari.- 

 comes home, and you mav sit down In 

 in your reel at your leisure. Thisls 

 who has wrestled with a 3s.fr. Doom In 

 If you happen to lie uui in a " regular : 

 Slllp the boom and stow P along't lie ra 

 when close-reef' a is BO Still aud heavy 



in'cvler v I.. ! I \uUr v, .■",.'- i ;;'• 



The sail has I lit- .irivciiiiuvv c 

 easily handled In any weather, previa. 

 flush-deuked. 



The salt is not well suited for yach 

 cause Itwlll not set well unless It I-. ui 

 lack. Not warning aii open boat I h 

 trunk ot my cabin coming fourteen lnc 

 covered that a loose-looted mainsail 

 beieni.se when cut to hang lair with tin 

 so 1 ilgged it like an ordinary mains 

 Forgot to mention thar In working the . 

 shift tho tack over the boom ev« v i u 

 sail shall always hang to leeward of th- 

 in conclusion, liiern 1 wiils.ir to im 



lards were set up till 

 i hooked on and set 

 uug over any yacht, 

 le out-haul and luff- 

 en lire sail at once 

 ... i or the boat and tie 

 i great advantage, as any one 

 a chopped sea can vouch for. 



'jf.rVcri 



jfli'l 



mly 



mil 



r boat is either open 



e about, s 

 lends, If y 



THE AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION, 



Editor Forest and Stream; 

 In answer to the query of Oraupe Frazer, in fohest and Stream of 



Nov. 3. 1 can say that at the list annual meeting of the A. C. A., 

 roiiiinoij. re Longwortli, on being informed of his election, and at the 

 same time of the appointment, of a. regatta committee, playfully an- 

 nounced that there should be no more committees, as he w as Commo- 

 dore, and '• the i tonunodore was boss.'' This, however, was c.eany 

 the right and the duty ot the Commodore under the constitution. 

 Accord nc >, I c i - i- 1 1 ■ ■ i ■ ' ' ' -c i e rniuneeil the appointment of Messrs. 

 Litclen Wiillslu and (,eo. 11. Eilard, of the Cincinnati C. <.'., and Mr. 

 W. 1'. Stephens, of i he New York c. C, as the ltejjatta Committee for 



1SS2. This Is a comp'-tent and, 1 h- li ,.• tenuous committee, 



who will take all part? of Mr. Fr.izer's suggestions iuto consideration. 

 The Executive Committee, appomted at the last annual meeting, 

 held on Lorna Island, Lake George, on August 18, issl, were empow- 

 ered to prepare a new constitution, by-laws, sailing directions, cias- 

 slllcntinii -if canoes, etc., and submit, the same in print to each mem- 

 ber of the A. ('. A. be-fore December next. Each member 10 be ln- 

 siruete l to send in his vole upon the acceptance ot I he new constitu- 

 ting i . i rules to Cue secretary. If a two-thirds vote of all the mem- 

 bers he east In the affirmative, the new constitution, by-laws and 

 i ules snali be adopted by the association. 



By vote it. was decided to instruct the secretary of the pasi year, 

 Mr. N. II. Bishop, to publish In December next the association book, 

 Inserting the new constitution, It adopted, and the list of names ot 

 members and tle-ir canoes. The se> rotary was instructed by vole not 

 io e '.■',] -i i : 1 1 1 ■-' i.v- .-ii- i, ' : o-.ic... -; e-:i 1 1. -,i, to let such a pub- 

 lication be undertaken by nil- ate individuals. It being too costly a 

 work for an association of limited Income to undertake. 



T-... i , us. i-iii.eeio e iii'vv red, by illness ot one of 



its member.-. In the work assigned them, but I am Informed that they 

 now have their work about ready tor printing, so that we may rea- 

 sonably expect to hear from them In a short time. 



Bltngerlandx, - v - r. cms. A. Neide, see. A. c. A 



MAINSAILS LOOSE ON THE FOOT. 



fer that tucv are uncommon In your waters, and for the benetlt ot any 

 who may anticipate n-dug tiiem I will state a few of their advan- 

 tages and dls idea-cage- a s 1 found by owning and handling o ,c. 



Two years ago I purchased Irom one of the fishermen a boat 

 six9 B-lta" Sue like all of the lish-boats about here, was cutter- 

 rigged and'i- lined a loose-footed mainsail. All our nsh- boats are cn- 

 tlrelvopen with tile exception of a 12 or 14-inch "wash-board " In- 

 side of each rail. i\s long as 1 sailed her as an open boat 1 touud the. 

 loose-footed m dns-.UI lus' what was best suited for such a boat. The 

 -all w-isen 1 -ii Hi it I le- tack set up eighteen inches below the jawsot 

 the biom For this we had a sinali luiT-tackie made fast toaneye- 

 tiolt lit it o .in ■ tiiion-li tin: not of the mast. The out-haul consisted 

 of an iron riu" surrounding the b-om, and was worked by a line that 

 passed around a -lu-ave Inserted in the end of the main-boom, and 

 set up to a cleat under the laws. To set the sail we bitt hooked on 



QUESTION OF TYFE. 



BdiUPt Forest mid Stream: 



I am greatly Interested In ; 

 especially in the tight you are it 



and double head rlsf. None Ouiera an: m 10 cruise, in my c 

 It some i if your knowing opponents could makeone or two r 

 cruises to the eastward, rounding cap.- i id and skirling the 

 coast, I am afraid they would lind it necessary to revamp tl 

 theories not a little. I suppose, however, the American style 

 ularly the New York style) of yacht answers very will tin 

 majority ot yachtsmen, whose yachting Is restricted bv bun! 

 cruises of only a few hours' sail with occasionally a day off. ai 

 a. season time enough t > get as far as Newport and back. The 

 know but little or tne true pleasures Of yachting, and with II 

 customers it Is difficult for me to see how builders can knoi 

 about either building or rigging a llrst-class cruising yacht- 

 Very many Fast erny. vat much havegoneovcr to your sale pa 

 the pa-t two years, but they seem very slow to learn how mticl 

 a «ft. boat with sit., beam would work In alt weather than o 

 wide. You are altogether too modest when vou say "<j ft. bean 

 give better satisfaction." if me victories of the Madge give t.l: 

 start in this direction that It should, our defeat win be a grea 

 ing to yachtsmen. c. 



JSFAM AND DEPTH HFI, ATI V ]■: TO LIONUTH. 



IT Is a common remark: "Measure length and then beam and 

 depth regulate themselves." The,- win not. Beam -will regulate 

 deplh, and vice rrr*,t. depth will regulate beam, but neither will regu- 

 late itself In any precise way to lengln, except thai under i he stunt- 

 ing rule of length measurement tin- maximum of both win bo chosen 

 Compatible wlih winning racs under ih.il rule, the builder finding 

 himself compelled to produce, the largest boat consistent with speed 

 in ordertobeeveu In resp.-ci lo •• power" with his rivals. Itlsseen 

 that only one general type, the widest and deepest on a certain 

 length, will prevail In the long run, the onesided operation of the 

 length ruledebarrlngaii rormsnol etmally extravagant. These are 

 the charges we in ike against the length rule: 



Fir 



.—It 



was successful. The officers tor year ending November. iss», are! 

 President, William Brookfteld; Vice-President, Walter S. Wilson; 



, L- .cen-l; ;. vi i ■- . -eer, ,1. 11. < IIlii, ,l ; i ipV.lii, \\ in \. !/, ui 11 lev ,- 

 Coxswain. Chas. E. Goodhue. Trustees— John H. Abeel, Jr., Charles 

 Badgley, Eusseil Murray, Henry P. Havens, E. D. Appleton. t'om- 

 mitteeon Admissions— H. S. Pratt, Percy wi-uer. H. 1{. Kretsclimar, 

 O. J. D. Vanderbill, E. P. Swe.nson, W. 6. Schuyler, .John Jewel', A. 

 T. KlotS, E. P. Meuougall, R. 0. Morse. Regatta committee— A. E. 

 Colfax, Geo. W. Scott. The fourteenth anniversary el nb dinner will 

 be given at Marti nelll's, on Saturday, tilth Inst. 

 MAP OF LAKE GEORGE.— Canoeists will be glad to learn ihai 9 



-f i v in:" and oscj.nl ecu ; -i nr piil.ll-dvl i . i: . v.Ve ;, ,, 



Glen's Falls, N. Y. It is on a large snah-, from ot Igtnal surveys and 



■ni'il; I, -"i M.M.IIC le..' I. ' it, .iJiralile n. I- TV ', e,i v ■ CO w 



or for tourists generally. Mr. Stoddard has ulv. ulioiographs of the 

 Canoe. Islands which will be certain fo charm those ... no have never 

 been there with the beauty ot these little gems and make them vow 

 to put in an appearance at the meet next .year. 



CUTTERS.— We call attention to ihe advertisement of Mr. 0, L. 

 Watson in another column. The success of Mr. Watson as a naval 

 architect and yacht, designer is known all the world oyer. His flyers 

 are not only the fastest, known, but also Ihe handsomest, to which 

 lie M adge now bears testimony m our own waters. 



A. C. A.— Commodore Nicholas Lcmgworth, ot i lnclnii. ,ri tool MS 

 ,,":d on 1 he bench ;' - .eve - ci ihe .' "licim ... . . . i.i V, dc-.- 



day, Nov. 9, to serve under appointment Dl Governor Foster unlll 



February 9 next, when his elective term of live years commerces. 



SMALL YACHT.— A gentleman on Lake George has a small coinbl- 

 ii.iinivii fin. I icv bog beat., -mil is.;, long, weighing 176 lbs. Include 



ic- -i" nc- be I'd ■•!,: i-n it-, v ..- i e,, i i. -i I 



oars or salL 



villi 



Jhtstvers to §orrespondmts. 



I»"NO NOTICE TAKEN OF ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATION 



I-:, a. c, Rodman, N. Y.— See answer to A. H. P. 

 "c. 11., Pittsburg, Pa. -See answer to A. II. S. last wick. 



.1. I„ c„ Pulaski, N. Y.— wears trying to Identity your seeds, bu 

 h ivo not yet succeeded. 



.1. M., Baltimore.—!. Has the "American Kennel club Stu. 

 vol. i" been Issued? % What is the price and when- ,- ui i gei 

 sent my dog'3 name on fir registry about two yearsslne t.u; ha- 

 heard nothing further of the i ook. Ans. 1. No. '2. Write to A 

 Joseph hi. Dew, Columbia, Tenn. 



W. II. W., Ithaca, N. Y— Will you be kind enough to publish a i 

 celpt for treating a dog wit Ii rhcumatl sm v Acs. It Is a difficult mi 

 terto prescrlbeln any case without fuller details than vou gh 

 Should an embrocation be necessary the following Is tin- 1 est thai 

 have tried: Spirts of turpentine, liquor of ammonia, laudnnu 

 half an ounce of each; to oe well mixed and thoroughly rubbei 



II. J. S., Oconomowoc, Wis.— A friend has n waterspanlei tin 

 deaf aa a stone wall. He Is not old and Is as lively a> ever, n 

 are c instantly running and emit an offensive odor. Du vou know 

 anything that win cure his deafness? Aus. 'l he animal is sutTerli 

 with canker In the ear. For treatment see answer in s. w. ii. in la 

 week's paper. We cannot say what caused the deafness, but are I 

 cllnedto think that the canker may hare something in do with I 

 Write again after thorough trial of the remedy. 



A. II. S., Ayer Junction, Mass.— A setter dog, about IS mom lis old 



seems apparently I 

 hours he will : ' 

 eyes look very 

 to three minute 

 have just such ; 





r le- till 





.villi him? 



An: 



Asa practical illtistraii.moi the second, ihe tact ih.it under a length 

 rule the victories of the Madge would have been siom of nearly all 

 the real Importance due them on the impartial comparison by size. 



NASSAU BOAT CLUB-— The fourteenth annual meeting of the 

 Nassau Boat Club, of this city, was held at the St. cloud Hotel, on 

 Monday evening, I4th Inst. Muii interest was nianiiest-d In tin 

 election of officers, and, ailcr a close vote, the "Independent" ticket 



after feeding until his rood has become digested. He slit 

 allowed to run loo.;e If possible. Should tlie tits continue 

 treated for worms. 



E. A. M., Toledo, O.—l. My pointer dog, l mom lis old 

 sores on bis bretist and forelegs. What slia:l I do for hii 

 toojouogto break? 3. A pointer owned hero has a "g 

 one eye is brown and Ihe other of a hluelsh color, will 

 hl-i hunting? 4. Should a pointers lull be cut? 5. Shot 

 fed with meat, and what is the best food for a voting dot 



Puppies 



oftc 



subject tc 

 giow older. 1 1 1 ho animal 

 his rood, giving blm cookctl 

 f thin add a little cod-llvci 

 training. 3. No. 4. Notuol 

 D. See article on rearing pu 



ski i 



t with oat- 

 ile In this 

 t It should 



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