CANOEING. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION 



1897-98. 



Commodore, F. L. Dunnell, Brooklyn, 

 N Y. 



Sec'y- Treas. , C. V. Schuyler, jog Sixth 

 Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



PURSERS. 



Atlantic Division, Win. Carpenter, Sing 

 Sing, N. Y. 



Central Division, Laurence C. Wood- 

 worth, Gouverneur , N. Y. 



Eastern Division, F. J. Burrage, West 

 Newtown, Mass. 



Northern Division, Edgar C. Woolsey, 

 37 Charles St., Ottawa, Can. 



Annual dues, $1 ; initiation fee, Si. 

 Date of meet for i8q8, Aug. jth to igth, 

 Stave Island, 1000 Islands, N. Y. 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP. 



Applications for membership may be 

 made to the purser of the division in which 

 the applicant resides on blanks furnished 

 by purser, the applicant becoming a mem- 

 ber provided no objection be made within 

 fourteen days after his name has been offi- 

 cially published in Recreation. 



The fifteenth annual meeting of the 

 American Canoe Association was held at 

 the Clarendon Hotel, Brooklyn, N. Y., Oc- 

 tober 16, 1897. Commodore Frank L. Dun- 

 nell presiding. 



The meeting was called to order at 10.30 

 a.m. The roll was called by Secretary- 

 Treasurer Schuyler, 21 Officers and Mem- 

 bers of the Executive Committee being 

 represented out of a possible 24; as fol- 

 lows: 



Commodore, F. L. Dunnell ; Secretary-Treasurer, C. "V. 

 Schuyler ; Librarian, W. P. Stephens. 



Atlantic Division : Vice-Corn. Thos. Hale, Jr., Rear 

 Com. F. M. Pinkney, Purser W. M. Carpenter, Executive 

 Committee, F. C. Moore (proxy J. B.Mowrey), G. P. Doug- 

 las 



F.a stern Division : Vice-Corn. L. S. Drake, Rear Com. 

 R. H. Hammond (proxy L. A. Hall), Purser F. J. Burrage. 

 Executive Committee, P. C. Wiggins, A. W. Dodd (proxy 

 R. A. Polonnio). 



Central Division : Vice-Corn. J. R. Stewart. Rear Com. 

 A. H. McNabb (proxy H. Williams), Purser L. C. Wood- 

 worth, Executive Committee, H. C. Morse, F. G. Mather. 



Northern Division : Vice-Corn. D'Arcy Scott, Rear Com. 

 G. A. Howell (proxy J. W. Sparrow), Purser E. C. Woolsey. 



This was an unusually large attendance, a 

 record which we believe has never been 

 equalled. 



Heretofore annual meetings have been 

 held later in the season, when it is generally 

 cold and disagreeable, especially for travel- 

 ling, and the result of this year's meeting 



shows that it is advisable to hold same 

 earlier than has been the custom. 



The full Board of Governors was also 

 present as follows: 



R. J. Wilkin, president ; C. V. Winne, recorder ; Pau 

 Butler, J. N. McKendrick. 



The reports of each division, Secretary- 

 Treasurer, Regatta Committee, Camp Site 

 Committee (the Camp Site report being as 

 complete and comprehensive as any ever 

 presented by any officer or committee of 

 the American Canoe Association, thanks 

 to Mr. H. C. Morse, Chairman), Transpor- 

 tation Committee, Librarian and Board of 

 Governors were read and accepted as pub- 

 lished below. 



The following were elected associate 

 members: 



Mrs. M. T. Bennett, Mrs. C. W. Lansing, Mrs. E. S. 

 Towne, Mrs. C. V. Schuyler, Mrs. J. W. Sparrow, Mrs. 

 Louis S. Drake, Miss Libbie Pearsall. 



Recreation was adopted as the official 

 organ of the association, and a contract has 

 been signed with Mr. Shields to send to 

 each member a copy every month, also to 

 print the Year Book for 1898 and to give 

 the Association 2 pages each month for 

 official notices. 



Changes were made relative to the limit 

 of paddling canoes as follows: 



To be eligible to the paddling races, canoes must be 

 within the following limits : 



One and 2 men (Single and Tandem) — Maximum length, 

 16ft. ; minimum beam, 30m. ; minimum depth, 10m. ; min- 

 imum weisht, solbs. A deficiency of weight to an amount 

 not exceeding slbs. may be made up by ballast. 



This limit also applies to the canoes used in the trophy 

 paddling race. 



4 Men — Maximum length, 20ft. ; minimum beam, 30m. ; 

 minimum depth, i2in. ; minimum weight, yolbs. 



War Canoes — Maximum length, 30ft. : minimum beam,, 

 36m. ; minimum depth, 17m. ; minimum weight, i2olbs. ; 

 maximum crew, 9 men. 



These limits shall not apply to war canoes built prior to 

 Oct. 1, 1897. 



Stave Island was selected as the place for 

 the 1898 Meet (this was the site of the 1889 

 Camp), and the date, August 5th to 19th, 

 selected. 



Considering the short time in which the 

 Association had to transact practically a 

 year's business certainly a large amount of 

 work was turned out, and in a very satis- 

 factory manner. 



A dinner was given at the Crescent Club, 

 which was attended by about 50 members, 

 and while no formal speeches were made, 

 Commodore Dunnell gave the members a 

 hearty welcome in his opening address. 

 Ex-Commodores Winne, Wilkin, McKen- 

 drick and Lawson gave the members some 

 good advice in. reference to the affairs of 

 the Association. Mr. Hogan, Chairman "of 

 the Regatta Committee, told in a humorous 

 manner how he would sail the course 

 around the contestants if they refused to 

 sail ovei the course. The party broke up 



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