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RECREA TION. 



January 26th, in honor of Commodore 

 Dunnell, of the A. C. A. 



The guests were delightfully entertained 

 and greatly amused by an exhibition of 

 Russian marionettes, which were devised 

 and made up by Mr. Bennett. The figures 

 represented various members of the A. C. 

 A., and each gave a characteristic per- 

 formance of some kind. For instance, Mr. 

 Lafayette W. Seavey played a cornet solo; 

 Mr. H. M. Dater, of the Brooklyn C. C, 

 sang " The Bowery Girl; " " Pop " Moore 

 sang a canoeing song; Mr. Percy F. 

 Hogan gave an exhibition of heavy weight 

 lifting, and this part of the entertainment 

 closed with the crowning of Commodore 

 Dunnell, by one of the marionettes, repre- 

 senting a fair young lady. The music, 

 which was supposed to be produced by the 

 pasteboard figures, was rendered in a novel 

 and effective way, by a graphophone. 



There were also some interesting or- 

 chestral selections, piano recitals, etc. 



Among the many guests were the follow- 

 ing: 



Mr. F. L. Dunnell, Commodore; Mr. 

 Robert I. Wilkin, President Board of Trus- 

 tees; Mr. Thomas Hale, Jr., Vice-Commo- 

 dore Atlantic Division; Mr. F. M. Pink- 

 ney, Rear Commodore, Atlantic Division; 

 Mr. Percy F. Hogan, Chairman Regatta 

 Committee; Mr. H. M. Dater, Commo- 

 dore Brooklyn Canoe Club; Mr. Walter 

 N. Lawson, ex-Commodore A. C. A.; 

 Mr. Elbert A. Bennett, Captain N. Y. 

 Canoe Club; Professor Brenneman, N. Y. 

 Canoe Club; Mr. Paul E. Vernon, Brook- 

 lyn C. C; Mr. Wm. R. Haviland, Yonkers 

 C. C. and ex-Purser A. C. A.; Mr. and 

 Mrs. John E. Phimmer, N. Y. C. C; Mr. 

 Arthur Hurst, Miss Hurst, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Lafayette W. Seavey, Knickerbocker C. 

 C.j Miss Fannie C. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Marcellis. Brooklyn C. C, and Mr. and 

 Mrs. C. B. Vaux, N. Y. Canoe Club. 



Refreshments were served at 11.30 and 

 after this, dancing was indulged in until a 

 late hour, when the guests took leave of the 

 host and hostess, all having enjoyed a de- 

 lightful evening. 



FEEDING THE BROOKLYNS. 



The annual banquet of the Brooklyn 

 Canoe Club was held on January 12th, 

 Commodore Dater presiding. In addition 

 to the members of the club, several of their 

 friends, and other prominent canoeists 

 were present. The A. C. A. was repre- 

 sented by Commodore Dunnell and Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer Schuyler, and the Atlantic 

 Division by Vice-Commodore Hale and 

 Rear-Commodore Pinkney. 



The banquet-room was neatly decorated 

 with flags of the U. S., A. C. A. and the 

 Brooklyn C. C. At the dinner the prizes 

 won by the members, during the last sea- 

 son, were presented. The ninth race for 



the Rudd paddling trophy had been won 

 by J. F. Eastmond, with the canoe " King 

 Olaf," and he was presented with a red 

 silk flag bearing the name of the race. 



The thirty-second race for the Budington 

 sailing trophy was won by F. L. Dunnell, 

 with the canoe " Eclipse." He was pre- 

 sented with a corresponding blue silk flag. 

 The first prize for the handicap sailing 

 races, for the entire season, was won by 

 the " Eclipse," F. L. Dunnell, and the sec- 

 ond by the " King Olaf," J. F. Eastmond. 



Commodore Dater, for his opening re- 

 marks, took as a theme the cordial friend- 

 ship among the members of the club, and 

 congratulated them on having given to the 

 canoeing world a new race — the open canoe 

 sailing. 



Mr. L. W. Seavey was introduced and 

 gave a serio-comic address on the recent 

 developments in science. Commodore 

 Dunnell spoke in regard to the Stave Isl- 

 and meet in '98. Among the many other 

 interesting and amusing speeches were 

 those by Mr. R. J. Wilkin, on next sea- 

 son's racing programme; Mr. P. F. Hogan 

 on " Little Tammany; " Mr. C. V. Schuy- 

 ler on " Open Canoe Sailing/' 



Mr. Paul E. Vernon recited a dialect 

 speech, and Mr. M. M. Davis an original 

 poem. 



The dinner was voted a success by all 

 present, and equal to the former dinners 

 for which the Brooklyn Club has been 

 famous. 



The canoeists in the Eastern Division of 

 the A. C. A. are deeply interested in the 

 canoe contests to be held on the miniature 

 lake, in the big Mechanics' Building, Bos- 

 ton, under the auspices of the New Eng- 

 land Sportsmen's Association, March 14th 

 to 26th. 



Prizes will be offered for tugs of war, in 

 war canoes; club fours and tandems, and 

 all the various clubs in New England 

 are expected to enter crews in these events. 

 The feature of greatest interest is the idea 

 of arranging a tug of war, in war canoes, 

 between representative Canadian and 

 American crews; also a similar event in 

 club fours. 



Among the other events, for which suit- 

 able prizes will be offered, will be tourna- 

 ments, hurry scurry race, paddling upset, 

 hand paddling, tub races, swimming, etc., 

 etc. The show promises to be a veritable 

 " mid-winter meet " for canoeists. 



The annual meeting of the Shuh-Shuh- 

 Gah Canoe Club, of Winchester, Mass., 

 was held on January nth, last. The fol- 

 lowing officers were elected for the ensuing 

 year: Captain, T. A. Aoollonio: Lieuten- 

 ant, J. W Richards; Purser, R. Appol- 

 lonio; Secretary, R. N. Cutler; Member 

 Executive Committee, H. C. Holt. 



