CANOEING. 



OFFICERS OF THE A. C. A., 



1897-98. 



Commodore, F. L. Dunnell, Brooklyn, 

 N. Y. 



Sec'y- Treas. , C. V. Schuyler, 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, Francis J. Burrage, 

 West Newton, Mass. 



Northern Division, Edgar C. Woolsey, 

 37 Charles St., Ottawa, Can. 



Annual dues, $1 ; initiation fee, Si. 

 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. 



The following have applied for member- 

 ship: 



EASTERN DIVISION. 



George C. Scales, Centre Street, Newton, Mass. 



Wilson S. Dakin, Northampton, Mass. 



James S. Thorndike, 147 Main St., Brockton, Mass. 



Robert J. Bowie, 204 High Street, Lawrence, Mass. 



Frank M. Seamans, 43 South Street, Boston, Mass. 



Harry L. Morse, Wawbewawa Canoe Assn., 8 Ash- 

 ford Street, Allston, Mass. 



George R. Heckle, Wawbewawa Canoe Assn., 55 

 Moreland Street, Roxbury, Mass. 



Edward B. Carney, Vesper Country Club, 39 

 Plymouth Street, Lowell, Mass. 



G. Colburn Clement, Pemigewasset C. C, Haver- 

 hill, Mass. 



Fred T. Harrison, 503 Essex St., Lawrence, Mass. 



Charles S. Titcomb, Pemigewasset C. C, 15 Bart- 

 lett Street, Haverhill, Mass. 



Charles W. Knapp, Wawbewawa C. A., P. O. Box 

 2339, Boston, Mass. 



W. H. Greut, 22 Spruce Street, Waltham, Mass. 



Paul Lynch, Waltham, Mass. 



Adolphe J. Klar, 64 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Geo, A. Ellis, Jr., 832 President St., Brooklyn, 

 N. Y. 



Wm. M. Carpenter, Purser. 



ATLANTIC DIVISION. 



(For active membership.) 

 William A. Mairs, 68 Sackett St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



(For associate membership.) 

 Edith De G. Twining, 39 South St., Morristown, 



N.J. 

 F. A. Chapman, ->ao Clinton A v., Brooklyn, N.Y. 

 "Wm. A. Holcomb. 185 So. Broad St., Trenton, N. J. 

 Club, Park Island, C. A. 



OTTAWA, ONT., CANOE CLUB NOTES. 



The Ottawa Canoe Club held its annual 

 meeting on March 7th and elected the fol- 

 lowing officers for the ensuing year. 



Patron, His Excellency the Governor 

 General; Vice-Patron, His Worship Mayor 

 Bingham; Commodore, David McLaren; 

 Vice-Commodore, W. Y. Soper; Captain, 

 J. A. McDougall; Hon'y Secretary, K. F. 

 Clayton; Hon'y Treasurer, E. B. Holt; 

 Secretary of Racing Committee, R. W. 

 Paterson; Executive Committee, W. McL. 

 Mainguy, A. A. Dion, J. M. Hurcombe, E. 

 C. Woolsey and E. C. Amoldi. The sec- 

 retary's report showed the club to be in a 

 flourishing condition. During the year 

 many improvements had been made at the 

 club house, for the comfort and conven- 

 ience of members. The membership of the 

 club for the year was 324. The report of 

 the treasurer showed the financial standing 

 of the club to be all that could be desired. 



The report presented by the secretary of 

 the racing committee was a most interest- 

 ing one. It showed the great interest taken 

 by the members of the club in this branch, 

 not only at home but abroad; several of 

 our members having won laurels at outside 

 regattas and meets. Mr. D'Arcy Scott hav- 

 ing again won the double blade champion- 

 ship of America at the A. C. A. meet, and 

 the International paddling trophy at To- 

 ronto in September last. Mr. W. T. Law- 

 less at the A. C. A. meet won the Swim- 

 ming Hurry-Scurry and Canoe Upset 

 races; and at Montreal, in August last, 

 again won the 100 yards Swimming Cham- 

 pionship of Canada. 



Our war canoe crew won the handsome 

 cup presented by the Britannia Boating 

 Club at their annual regatta. 



The outlook for the coming season is a 

 bright one, and gives promise of being one 

 of the most successful in the history of the 

 club. K. H. Clayton. 



TO. THE MEMBERS OF THE A. C. A. 



It may not be amiss, at this time, when 

 the canoeists are busily preparing for the 

 Annual Meet, to be held at Stave Island, 

 August 5th to 19th, to say a few words re- 

 garding the coming camp, and to review, 

 briefly, past events since last- fall. The an- 

 nual meeting and banquet, of October 16th 

 last, were well attended and a great deal of 

 new and old business acted upon, the pres- 

 ent administration starting the year in ex- 

 cellent shape. 



Following closely upon the annual meet- 

 ing came various smokers and club ban- 

 quets, at which the greatest enthusiasm 

 prevailed, all of which promises well for 

 the success of the '98 Meet. From Canada, 

 Buffalo, Rochester and Boston come re- 



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