CANOEING. 



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Event 

 No. 



14. Sailing \\ miles; time limit, i.J hours. First and 



Second prizes. 



In Events No. 13 and 14 the sail area is limited to 

 40 square feet. No rudder, or seat which projects 

 beyond the gunwales allowed. One pair of detach- 

 able Lee- boards may be used. 



These races are arranged for the encouragement 

 of those members who have open canoes for general 

 use. The Regatta Committee reserve the right to 

 rule out any canoe which in its judgment has been 

 built with the idea of developing these canoes into 

 racing machines. The same canoe and sail will be 

 used in both events. 



15. Trophy paddling. One man, one mile straightaway. 



First and Second prize in addition to Trophy. 



16. One man, single blades. \ mile with turn. First prize. 



17. Two men, single blades, i mile with turn. Two first 



prizes. 



18. Four men (Club or Division), single blades. I mile 



with turn. One First prize. 



19. War Canoes, i mile with turn. First and Second 



prize. 



20. Relay race (Club or Division) in one man open canoes, 



single or double blades at individual option. Three 

 men from each club or division will compete. Course 

 around regular sailing triangle. The starters paddle 

 to and turn the first buoy, when they will pass some 

 article to the second men, who will paddle to and 

 around the second buoy, passing to third men, who 

 finish. Three first prizes. 



21. Tail end race. Single blades. Paddlers must kneel 



in extreme stern, facing astern and paddle stern 

 first with the wind. 



22. One lady paddling, single blades. \ mile straightaway. 



First prize. 



23. Two ladies paddling, single blades. \ mile straight- 



away. Two first prizes. 



24. Upset paddling, paddles optional. First prize. 



25. Hurry Scurry, paddle optional. First prize. This race 



will probably vary from the usual run, swim and 

 paddle. 



26. Tournament. Two first prizes. 



27. Swimming 100 yards. First and Second prizes. 



The Regatta Committee will be glad to have suggestions 

 tending to the improvement of this schedule. 

 R. Apollonis, ) 



C. Howard Williams, > Committee. 



Percy F. Hogan, Chairman, ) 



APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. 



Thrift Burnside, Deer Park, Toronto, member of the Royal 

 Canadian Yacht Club. 



Mr. Samuel Raynor, Yonkers, N. Y. 



Mr. Arthur M. Reese, New YorK. 



John B. May, 272 Centre St., Newton, Mass., of Wawbe- 

 wawa Canoe Ass'n. 



John R.obson, Fells, Mass. 



Edward Denham, Union St., New Bedford, Mass., Island 

 Canoe Club. 



Mr. Ernest G. Budington, Cranford, N. J. 



Stedman Smith, 87 Milk St., Boston, Dedham Boat Club. 



David Foster, 63 Maple St., West Roxbury, Mass., Ded- 

 ham Boat Club. 



Mr. Hobart D. Hewitt, 209 Penn St., Burlington, N. J. 



BROOKLYN CANOE CLUB, NEW YORK. 



Officers for 1898 : 



Commodore : Henry M. Dater. 

 Vice-Commodore : Morton V. Brokaw. 

 Purser: Jos. F. Eastmond, 68 Broad St., N. Y. 

 Measurer : Walter N. Stanley. 



Boat House, foot 56th St., Brooklyn. N. Y. 



13th Annual Dinner of the Club, January 12, 1898. 



Club Totem, Alligator. 



Club Colors, Red, White and Blue. 



t A. C. A. Committees for 1897-1898. 

 Camp Site : 



H. L. Quick, Yonkers, N. Y. 

 Henry C. Morse. Peoria, 111. 

 F. S. Thome, Chairman. 



Transportation : 



William E. Harlow, Chairman, Sing Sing, N. Y. 



Chas. V. Winne, Albany, N. Y. 



Louis A. Hall, Newton, Mass. 



F. S. Rathbun, Deseronto, Canada. 



Regatta : 



P. F. Hogan, Chairman, 243 Pearl St., N. Y. 

 Raymond Apollonis, Winchester, Mass. 

 C. Howard Williams, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Signal Officer : 

 Harry M. Stewart, Rochester, N. Y. 



Assistant : 

 W. J. English, Peterborough, Canada. 



Committee on Literature : 



Atlantic Division : H. H. Smythe, 3 So. William St., New 



York City. 

 Central Division : T. G. Mather, Albany, N. Y. 

 Eastern Division : F. J. Burrage, West Newton. Mass. 

 Northern Division : E. B. Edwards, Peterborough, Canada. 



OFFICE OF THE REGATTA COMMITTEE, A. C. A. 



243 Pearl Street, New York. 



In so far as it is possible for any base ball 

 umpires, or Regatta Committee, whatso- 

 ever, to have any opinions of their own, on 

 any subject (they being selected on account 

 of their absolute lack of intelligence), it is 

 the opinion of this Regatta Committee that 

 many members of the A. C. A. have ab- 

 sented themselves from the meets because, 

 wanting to race, they were debarred by the 

 expense, time and physique necessary to 

 possess, equip and handle the modern rac- 

 ing canoe, and by the impossibility of com- 

 peting against that creation (which in the 

 opinion of the aforesaid R. C. is of no use, 

 whatever) with the older " general pur- 

 pose " canoes. 



Those members who were at the 1897 

 Meet will remember that several men 

 brought to camp open canoes, equipped 

 with one sail, and a pair of lee-boards, of 

 handy design; that an interesting race was 

 sailed which aroused the dormant energy, 

 and fired the sluggish blood of a lot of 

 " has-beens." The lee-board outfits were 

 all strictly hand and home made, were very 

 simple and at the same time effective. In 

 this race the last man (being partially dis- 

 abled) crossed the finishing line because 

 the Regatta Committee had forgotten to 

 take it in out of the wet, and it was in his 

 way. He therefore won second prize. 



Now the Regatta Committee proposes to 

 arrange more races for this type of canoe, 

 because there is lots of fun in such races, 

 and there is, in such craft, something like a 

 return to the old fashioned general purpose 

 canoe, which in the opinion of the aforesaid 

 R. C. is the proper caper, and which we 

 can all own and handle. 



Now why not get down your old Can- 

 vasback, or any other old open canoe you 

 may have, or can steal, and stick any old 

 sail and a pair of lee-boards on it, and 

 bring it to the Meet, next summer? 



