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RECREA TION. 



entertainment consists of Louis S. Drake, 

 Francis J. Burrage, W. V. Forsaith, L. A. 

 Hall, L. G. F. Hoffman, and C. W. Knapp. 



WHAT THE BUFFALOES ARE DOING. 



Buffalo, N. Y. 



Editor Recreation: The phenomenal 

 growth of the Buffalo Canoe Club is a mat- 

 ter of general comment. In October, after 

 the close of our summer club house, which 

 is located in Canada, on Abino bay, 12 

 miles from here, the limit of membership 

 was raised from 100 to 150, and up to the 

 present time we have had 40 applications 

 for membership. Our new limit has al- 

 ready been reached. 



We are now planning our fifteenth an- 

 nual dinner, which will probably be held 

 February 19th, and we are looking forward 

 with pleasure to a visit, at that time, from 

 Commodore Dunnell, and a delegation of 

 Brooklyn and New York canoeists. "Stave 

 Island, August, '98 " is our war cry, and I 

 expect to corral a herd of at least 20 " Buf- 

 faloes " for that event. 



The past year has been the banner year 

 of our existence, from a boating stand- 

 point, our sailing races being especially 

 well contested and the paddling races were 

 interesting. We are planning to get at least 

 12 new paddling canoes next season, and 

 there is some talk of buying 2 or 3 addi- 

 tional decked racing canoes. 



Eleven of our boys enjoyed their visit to 

 the A. C. A. Camp, at Grindstone island, 

 so much that the enthusiasm they brought 

 back with them, and the glowing accounts 

 of the royal good times they had, has done 

 much toward increasing interest in the 

 club. 



The club not having a suitable winter 

 club house, meets each Saturday night, 

 during the winter, at the home of the Vice- 

 Commodore, where old times are talked 

 over, and plans for next season discussed. 



C. H. E. 



THE A. C. A. SKATING CLUB. 



The A. C. A. Skating Club has been or- 

 ganized, with a membership of 50, repre- 

 senting the Yonkers, Brooklyn, New York 

 and Ianthe canoe clubs, with headquarters 

 at the Ice Palace Rink, 107th Street and 

 Lexington Avenue, New York City. 

 Through the courtesy of Mr. E. H. Bar- 

 ney, of the Springfield C. C, the privileges 

 of the rink, including admission, use of 

 skates and a private room for meetings, 

 has been accorded to the members. The 

 club meets every Monday evening, at the 

 rink, and those who so desire are served 

 with dinner, from 6.30 to 8, at a moderate 

 cost. The club fills a long-felt want in 

 providing a convenient meeting place for 

 canoeists, and every Monday night a good- 



ly number may be found at the rink, re. 

 hearsing the scenes of the '97 meet and 

 forming plans for '98 and " Old Stave." 



All members of the A. C. A. are eligible 

 for membership, and any member who will 

 communicate with Louis Simpson, Presi- 

 dent, Yonkers C. C, or W. N. Stanley, 554 

 Quincy Street, Brooklyn, Secretary-Treas- 

 urer, will receive all particulars. 



In reply to Mr. L. B. Palmer's remark, 

 in January Recreation, to the effect that 

 there is no paddler on the Regatta Com- 

 mittee, the R. C. beg to say that one of 

 their number is willing to race him, from 

 10 feet to 10 miles, for a bottle of Seagrim, 

 and he can arrange the conditions to suit 

 himself. The Regatta Committee. 



In the proposed schedule of races, to be 

 run at the A. C. A. meet in August, 1898, 

 which was recently published, the limita- 

 tion of crews of war canoes, to a maximum 

 of 9 men, was an error. There is no limit 

 to crews of war canoes. 



Percy F. Hogan, 

 Chairman Regatta Committee. 



Vice-Commodore D'Arcy Scott, cham- 

 pion paddler '93 and '97, won the inter- 

 national paddling trophy at Toronto, de- 

 feating the representative paddlers of the 

 Detroit Boat and Canoe Club, and of the 

 Toronto Canoe .Club. 



The Toronto Canoe Club hold informal 

 monthly hops, at the club house, during 

 the winter, which are very popular. 



Judge Dartnell, of Whitby, Ont., A. C. 

 A. 492, has been dangerously ill with 

 apoplexy. 



APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. 



Addison Wilmurt, 54 E. 13th St., N. Y. 



Wm. D. Cram, Box 608, Haverill, Mass. 



Jno. Robson, Fells, Mass. 



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



Stedman Smith, 87 Milk St.. Boston, Mass. 



David Foster, West Roxbury, Mass. 



Jno. B. May, 272 Center St., Newton, Mass. 



LOVERS ONCE, BUT MARRIED NOW. 



The sky was blue 



And full of sun. 

 Rang wedding bells 



And two were one. 



A stress of storm 

 Kept all things blue. 



Divorce courts yawned — 

 And one was two. 



—Judge. 



He — Would you be mad if anybody 

 should see me kiss you? 

 She — Is anybody looking? 



— Lincoln Union. 



