CANOEING. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION 

 1897-98. 



Commodore, F. L. Dunnell, Brooklyn, 

 N. Y. 



Secy- Treas. , C. V. ScJinyler, jog Sixth 

 Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



PURSERS. 



Atlantic Division, Wm. M. Carpenter, 

 Main St., 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, $1: 

 Date of meet for i8q8, Aug. 5th 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. 



WINNERS OF LAWRENCE CANOE CLUB 

 PADDLING TROPHY. 



Walter B. Perkins, the winner of the 

 Trophy in 1891 and 1893 is well remem- 

 bered among the canoeists during 1888 to 

 1894. He was especially fast with either 

 single or double paddle, always in condi- 

 tion, and ready for a contest. He was 

 several times a winner in the New England 

 Amateur Rowing Assn. regattas, and Man- 

 hattan Marine and Field Races. He is a 

 member of the Vesper Boat Club of Low- 

 ell, Mass. Time, 1891, 8^4 minutes; 1893, 

 9 minutes. 



William O. Russell, the winner in 1892, 

 is a well known member of the Lawrence 

 Canoe Club, Lawrence, Mass. Time 10 

 minutes 30 seconds. 



Marcus Butler, the winner in 1894, is a 

 member of the Lawrence Canoe Club- 

 Lawrence, Mass. Time 10 minutes 15 sec- 

 onds. 



Fred'k H. Harrison, winner in 1895 and 

 1896, is a member of the Agawam Boat 

 Club, Lawrence, Mass. In 1895 he had 

 •as competitor L. A. Taylor, but easily won 

 in 10 minutes; in 1896 no contestant ap- 

 peared, and the Trophy was awarded to 

 Harrison. 



Louis S. Drake, the winner in 1897, is 

 the well known Captain of the Wawbewa- 

 wa Canoe Club, Newton, Mass., and Vice- 

 Commodore of the Eastern Division, 

 A. C. A. Four contestants entered — F. H. 

 Harrison, Robert Bowie, Mose Colon and 

 L. S. Drake, and until the turning stake 

 was reached it was anybody's race. Drake 

 then pulled out, winning easily in 9 min- 

 utes. 



This Trophy, according to the terms un- 

 der which it is offered by the L. C. C, is 

 competed for under the auspices of that 

 Club on its race course on the Merrimac 

 river at Lawrence. The start is about 200 

 yards above the big 35 foot dam in the 

 Merrimac, and opposite the L. C. C. house. 

 The course is up stream straight-away one 

 half mile to turning stake, and return. The 

 river at this point is over a quarter of a 

 mile wide, and the race course is one of the 

 finest in New England. 



WAWBEWAWA "SMOKER." 



The Wawbewawa Canoe Club house on 

 the Charles river, Auburndale, Mass., was 

 the scene of a jolly gathering of Eastern 

 canoeists on Saturday evening, December 

 11, the occasion being the club's second 

 " Smoker " of the winter season. 



Chairman of the house committee Hoff- 

 man, with the assistance of Messrs. Wiggin 

 and Hines, furnished good music with 

 piano, harmonica, mandolin and banjo, 

 and Clarence B. Ashenden rendered sev- 

 eral songs in his usual pleasing manner. 



Many members of the A. C. A. were on 

 hand to talk over affairs of the Association 

 and to participate in the entertainment. 



Among those present were Vice-Com- 

 modore Louis S. Drake, Raymond Apol- 

 lonio, Chas. F. Dodge, Louis A. Hall, L. 

 G. F. Hoffman, Purser Francis J. Burrage, 

 Clarence B. Ashenden, Parry C. Wiggin. 

 H. Carleton Wiggin, A. W. Ashenden, F. 

 S. Ashenden, Henry W. Langley, E. T. 

 Brigham, John B. May, W. W. Crosby, 

 Wellington Wells, Chas. W. Knapp, W. V. 

 Forsaith, A. T. S. Clay, H. Stewart Bos- 

 son, A. W. McAdams, Roger D. Smith, 

 W. L. Plimpton, David Foster, Stedman 

 Smith, Julius B. Waterbury, and Geo. B. 

 Smith. 



About all the active clubs in Eastern 

 Massachusetts were represented, including 

 the Shuh-Shuh-Gahs, of Winchester, the 

 Vesper Boat Club, of Lowell, Fish-Brook 

 Association, and Lawrence Canoe Club, of 

 Lawrence, Innitous, of Woburn, Bradford 

 B. C, of Cambridge, Dedham B. C. Puri- 

 tan Canoe Club, and Boston Athletic As- 

 sociation. 



The committee in charge of the winter's 



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