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and can talk of their Inns and wonderful shots instead of having only 

 failures and "try, try agains" ta mourn or laugh at. 

 But 1 confess that lam somewhat surprised when many of these 



conditions of uncei t.n'nly are removed— when, within certain limits. 

 a uniformity of conditions is assured — that so many good marksieen 

 fail in making more and nearly perfect scores; 



I refer to cia.y -pigeon Shooting, In this sport, it is an assured fact 

 that the target will start from a given spot, and thai it will sta> i. i -: 

 fcnown and arranged instant, ami that in all human probability th^re 

 Willi- to secure aim and to kill, and that it cannot fly 



beyond the range of your gun (if you have one which is what it 

 ought to be fo'- such sport). And yet good shots as well as poor ones 

 will miss again and again chances which are all in favor of the 

 shooter, and which at other limes thev tutve no difficulty in making. 



In other words, I am surprised that there are not more phenomena! 

 shooters., whose scores are continually high and nearly perfect. I 

 wonder at myself that I do not do better; I am amazed at my friends 

 and their failures. Pome of us are fairly good shots; we burn a good 

 deal of |)owder, we are enthusiastic and regular in our shoots, and 

 ■•go in" for all we're worth to force the average of our scores up near 

 the "clean" line, and we are not as yet happy. 



Now, why does not this smashing of the clays become more me- 

 chanically uniform and successful to those who shoot continually? 



Is there anybody "sure?" audit' so will he please "rise in his place" 

 and tell us how he loads, how he holds on or ahead; in fact, just how 

 ft, It Avili be instructive and interesting reading. B. 



RECEPTION OF THE EXETER TEAM. 



THE citizens of Exeter. X. 11., turned out to give, the victorious 

 team a lifting reception on their arrival from Chicago, Mon- 

 day. June 2. The Kxcter Xewx-Lettc, describe it as follows; 



"At 8 o'clock the band, accompanied by a large number of torch 

 |ii pvers, inarched to the armory, where the members ot Company D 

 had assembled, anil the procession was formed. They marched to 

 the depot, wliere the team found on their arrival a large crowd gath- 

 ered m welcome, them home. Each member of the team was pre- 

 sented with a handsome houu.net, and they were placed in an open 

 barouche drawn by lour horses, and escorted in triumph to the 

 snmire. The read was thronged with people, and their congratula- 

 tions oi the learn were enlivened with the firing of crackers and 

 Cftnnon. The band played well, the soldier lads looked finely, the 

 crowd was enthusiastic and the victorious marksmen were proud, 

 fired and happy. Mr. Getchell can congratulate, himself on theeom- 

 plctc success of the affair, for not a single suggestion of addition or 

 change in the programme could bo thought of by the most continued 

 grumbler thai would no! have marred the. reception. When the pro- 

 cession reached the square in front of the Town Hall, they found a 

 huize bonfire kindled. Mr. Ilervey's house and G.Weston Leavit.t's 

 stoic were decorated with lanterns and the windows of the house 

 tilled wilh admiring spectators. The sidewalks were quickly ill led 

 with the. crowd, and after the carriage containing the team had 

 stopped in front of the Town II all, lion. John I). Lyman made the 

 address ol welcome, as follows: 



"Gknti.kmkn oi' tjik iLxiitEU Si'Outsmen's Glob: Welcome, 

 thrice welcome home! The military and citizens, yea, and the ladies 

 come lorih 10 bid you welcome lis victors and to rejoice with you 

 over the blushing honors and triumphs won, while torches and illu- 

 ininalions fittingly light up these sc.ences of our congratulations. 

 No emotion is uiore natural to generous souls than that which 

 prompts them to welcome home the victors of heroic or artistic 

 achievements. We come out to-night to welcome the victors, as the 

 Greeks and Romans and every noble people of antiquity were wont 

 to do. If Che Greeks, the most cultured of all the ancient nations, 

 and Irom off whose altars American civilization is now daily pluck- 

 ing live coals to add to the brilliancy of its own enlightenment, 

 thought it not unworthy fo compute their time from c rata marked by 

 their sports ami Olympian games, we may well heed their example 

 in duly developing 'the. wonderful physical powers with which a 

 kind Heavenly Father has endowed us. Greece is scarcely better 

 remembered fur her Socrates and Dcnmsthenes I ban for the marvel- 

 lous pfcill ol her citizens with bow and javelin. The chisel of Phidias 

 is as immortal as the pen ol Homer, and iu sacred story the sling oi 

 David as the savings of Solomon. 



"Gentlemen, ihe art ol shooting is the art of national defence. It 

 is the art practiced so well by the heroes of the old French and In- 

 dian wars, some of whose headstones are hid from view- very near 

 where we now stand; and again so well by Gen. Folsom and "Light. 

 In lanl ry Poor and their comrades in flic Revolution and the later 

 heroes Of 1ST2; and never better than by those whose graves bear 

 fresh decorations and the veterans who are here to welcome you to- 

 night, Long, long may they live to enjoy the land they saved! Were 

 not the harrier between tho'se departed heroes of old and the living 

 impassable, Ihey might he here to-night to greet those who practice 

 so well the art of shooting, by which they maintained the national 

 liberty. As the law ot Jehovah came lorth from amid the thunder 

 ami lightning of Sinai, so liberty had her birth, and is maintained by 

 the thunder and lightning of men who shoot. So far in this bloody 

 world, shooting has seemed to be oneof Ihe fundamentally necessary 

 arts, and the same steadiness of nerve and accuracy oi sight that 

 hits the glass balls in your contests will cause the nation's Iocs to 

 fall at our conn fry's call. 



■' l Do good fo those who hurt you,' say you, my good friend Chase. 

 Well, no man on earth ever tortured me worse than you have, Dr. 

 Geirish. Now I apply the good pastor's rule and say most earnestly, 

 may your joy over this triumph of the skill of yourself and gentle- 

 tlemen of the club be as intense and far more lasting than was my 

 anguish when you applied your remorseless steel to iny strongly- 

 rooted molars.' Language can wish no greater. 



"You, my friend St irk, won the diamond badge. Well, you could 

 do no less and keep up the reputation of that Stark who taught the 

 Indians of our wilds and the red co.its at Bunker Kill, and both at 

 Bennington, ot his shooting qualities. You, Taylor, may proudly 

 bear the name of him before whose shooting qualities the hosts ot 

 Mexico fled in despair. Cooper and Jenkins are worthy of such as- 

 sociates. At. Concord bridge, a century since, a few patriots fired 

 shots that wove heard around the world as quickly as horses and 

 sails could speed, but Jove flashed your victory over continents and 

 under oceans in the twinkling of an eye. In presence of this vast 

 audience, standing close by the historic spot whsre the first govern- 

 ment upon the American continent in independence of Hie mother 

 country was instituted, facing the venerable building where Wash- 

 ington was entertained, near by the resting place of heroes of the 

 old and recent times, and in the presence of veterans from battles 

 as nobly fought as any in the annals of time, we pray that your suc- 

 cess, gentlemen, in all noble. enterprises may be as great as that of 

 your shooting at. Chicago. 



"Dr. Charles II: Gerrish responded on the part of the club: 



"I thank you lor the kind reception you have accorded us on our 

 return from Chicago, and can assure you this welcome is for us the 

 proudest feature of our trip. We left here a week ago last Saturday, 

 as you all know, to represent the Exeter Sportsmen's Club at the 

 Lhfowsky Clay-Pigeon Match at Chicago. At Worcester we met 

 the club from that city and continued in their company until we left 

 them at Worcester on our return. And let me pause here to pay 

 these gentlemen a well-deserved tribute for the large pari thev con- 

 tributed toward making our visit and our journey pleasant. "Their 

 kindly wishes for our success and their cordial congratulations when 

 success was achieved will long be remembered by each ol us, side 

 by side with this llatfering reception you have accorded us. We ar- 

 rived salelv in Chicago, and put up at the Palmer House, where 

 many of the clubs made their headquarters. Tuesday the wind blew 

 a gale, so it was decided to postpone the shoot until the next day. 

 Wednesday morning when I arose I raised ttie curtain and saw a 

 pennant Standing out straight from its staff with the lorce of the 

 wind. I turned to mv room mates— I may remark there were three 

 of us in the room— anil said, 'Boys, it blows like the devil. Our 

 chances are good.' We shot and scored thirty-five. It was not a 

 large score -it was a very poor score not one of the teams who 

 were present would have accepted. They would rather have shot. 

 Yet when the thirteenth team" finished, thirty-live led the list. The 

 next morning when 1 arose I looked out ot the Window and saw that 

 same, pennant standing out as flat as a pancake. 'Hoys,' said I, 'it is 

 blowing hard, We. have a good chance' We shot and scored thirty- 

 three. It was not a great score. No team present would have ac- 

 cepted it, yet it was enough. The team has taken in prizes over 

 SI. 400 in the tournament, including the. grand prize of $750 and the 

 diamond badge awarded to the best individual score, valued at 8250. 

 I thank j on in the name of the team for your welcome home, and 

 hope that in l attire your welcome will be just as cordial whether we 

 come as victors or vanquished. 



"At the conclusion of the doctor's speech, he asked Mr. Stark to 

 arise and let. the people see the diamond badge won by him at the 

 tournament. He at once arose, amid the cheers ol the large assem- 

 blage, and the badge, which was fastened to the white satin ribbon 

 by which Mr. Stark gained admittance to the field, was plainly seen 

 attached to the lapel of las coat. The badge is of fine gold with a 

 large diamond in the center, surrounded by a laurel wreath finished 

 in colors. On the fop is a pigeon with extended wines, also linished 

 in color. It was made for the Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Co, On the re- 

 verse side is the inscription ; 



UO SATED BV THE 



Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Co., op Cincinnati, O.. 



to v. m. stark, 



Exeter Spobxsmens' Club, 



INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP, 



1st Int. O. P. Tournament, Chicago, May, 1884. 



"A I, the close of the tournament if was at the option of l\lr Stark 

 fo take the badge or fcfiU iu cash, fie took Ihe badge, 



The barouche containing fhe team was then escorted to the store 

 of Mr. Gelehcll wliere fbey alighted, and the crowd slowly dispersed. 

 At 10:80 the Sportsmen's Club entertained the "team" and a few 

 friends at Hervoy's. where a sumptuous repast was served, and an 

 hour was agreeably spent in hearing pleasant reminiscences of the 

 Chicago tournament. Regret was expressed by all present that Mr. 

 Hervev could not entertain a larger number at this time, so that the 

 club could have made the invitations more general. 



The club was organized several years ago to .shoot at. glass balls, 

 which took the. place of live, pigeons owing to a feeling in the com- 

 munity that the birds suffered during the sport. He fore the organiza- 

 tion of the club, there was an "annual pigeon shoot" that took place 

 on one or more May days, and the last one was so successful that it 

 was decided to organize 1 a. glass ball club for practice. A ground was 

 secured through the kindness of the late Mr, B, L. Merrill, on one of 

 his pastures near Little River, and the same sport was indulged iu 

 with more zeal than success. Messrs. Cooper, Taylor and (ierrish 

 were among the early members and have continued their interest in 

 the club ever since. The substitution of glass halls thrown from a 

 trait for birds took every objection from the sport and the club 

 flourished. 



After a year or two grounds were secured on the Kensington road, 

 and afterward they removed to the rear of the jail wliere permanent 

 quarters were established, and the roll of membership increased very 

 rapidly. A club room was seen red on Wafer st> eet where members 

 could meet and transa.ct business or talk over the incidents of the 

 sport. This was, however soon abandoned, and the bouse on their 

 grounds became their headquarters, About this time the club began 

 to feel strong enough to meet other oragnizations. One of the 

 strongest, organizations in this vicinity was the Pow.OW club, of 

 Aineshury, Mass., and with them they tried conclusions several 

 times, but were always overmatched. A short time ago a regular 

 summer shoot was decided upon, and the first proved such a success 

 that they have been kept up regularly. The home team has im- 

 proved so steady that they have always held their own against all 

 comers, and the' interest of the annual shoot has given an impetus to 

 the Interest in fhe club that has carried it through the year. The 

 club was never iu better condition than at present, and the skill of its 

 crack team won the respect of all with whom it has come in contact.' 



MAINE.— Topshani. June 9.— The third match for the Ligowsky 

 medal between the Riversides and Bethels, was shot on Tuesday, 

 June 3, at. the Fair Grounds iu Topsham, resulting iu favor of the 

 Riversides, the following scores being made, under the conditions 

 governing the medal, Bethels challenging: 

 Bethels. 



Wormwell 11 11011010 



Young 2111001 111 



Clark" 1011110110 



Powers 1111100111 



Billings 1111111221 



Riversides. 



A QGoud 1111301111 



G H Goud 1 112111111 



Keay 0121111211 



Alexander, - 11221 mil 



Hall 0100111111 



10 11 01 10 11—14 



11 00 11 01 00—11)^ 

 01 11 10 01 10—13 

 10 10 10 01 00—12 



10 io ii io oi— ib- my, 



n io ii oi oo— u% 



10 11 11 01 10-10^ 

 01 10 10 11 01-14 



11 11 11 10 11-18 

 10 01 11 10 01— ia— 76 



BLOOMING GROVE PARK. -Decoration Day matches at clay 

 pigeons: 



VanGelder HlOOOOlOw Nason 1111111111-10 



Baldwin 0011 00000 w Van Gelder 0001100000- 2 



Vyse 0001000 w Baldwin lllOlOOOH— 6 



Nason OllOimtU -7 Smith 0010000110— 3 



Hughes 0111110111-8 Hodgman 00100 w 



Fielder 0000000 w Dillingham 0100100110- 4 



Hodgman 01010000 w Yyse 1000100110— 4 



Smith OlllOlOOOw Dennis 01000 w 



Hughes O110O1HOO-5 



KORTRIGHT SPORTING CLUB.-Kortrigbt, N. Y.-May shoot. 

 Conditions: Standard traps, 18yds. rise: 



F J Bailey 00110111110011— 9 



A Turner 011110010 00110-7 



D S Jones 11 1 10006110000 1—7 



EH Davis 1 0110010010100 1-7 



CETurner... 10000110001000 0-4 



Wm Blake 00 00 0001111110-6 



JHaddon Id 111000111011 0-9 



E Dibble 0101011011110 0—8 



C A Jones 0111111111110 0—11 



J L Cleveland 1 1110101110011 0-10 



D Robiuson 1 0001000101110-6 



D. S. J. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., Jun« 7.— The sultry air of the city and the 

 incitement of the medal match tended to augment the number of 

 sbootists of the Maiden Gun Club at the Wellington range to-day. 

 The various events resulted as follows: 



First event, badge match— Buffum, Nicholas and Sanborn, fifteen 

 each, taking first, second and third respectively. 



Second event, five birds— Brown first, Lewis second, Hopkins third. 



Third event, five birds- Dickey first, Scott and Snow divided second, 

 Brown and Nichols divided third. 



Fourth event, seven birds— Hopkins first, Adams second, Pratt and 

 Nichols divided third, Warren fourth. 



Fifth event, five balls— Dickey first, Saunders and Brown divided 

 second, Hopkins third, Nichols fourth. 



Sixth event, five birds— Dickey first, Short second, Hopkins and 

 Warren divided third, Nichols fourth. 



Seventh event, three pairs birds— Hopkins and Saunders divided 

 first. Brown and Scott divided second, Nichols third, Pratt and Snow 

 divided fourth. 



Eight even t, five balls— Dickey and Hopkius divided first, Warren 

 and Shattuck divided second, Pratt and Lewis divided thud, Scott 

 and Short divided fourth. 



Ninth event, seven birds— Dickey first. Scott and Snow second, 

 Hopkins thud, Warren and Lewis divided fourth. 



Tenth event, five hirds- Snow first. Short and Brown divided sec- 

 ond, Shattuck, Hopkins and Warren divided third. 



Eleventh event, five birds-Dickey and Snow divided first, Adams 

 second. 



BOSTON, June 4.— To-day was shotgun day at Walnut Hill, and 

 notwithstanding the— for this season— unusually warm weather, the 

 attendance was fair, and the day was much enjoyed by the admirers 

 of the sport. All day long, with the exception of about half an hour 

 at noonday, was spent discussing fhe merits of festive and nutritious 

 baked beans and ample accompaniments provided by caterer Ken- 

 dall, a vigorous and well-executed attack was kept up on the harm- 

 less, featherless birds, and many w r ere the innocents that, by the 

 well-directed shots of the "skillful" marksmen present, were brought 

 to ground in a sadly disabled condition, never again so repeat their 

 rapid and delusive flight. The interest in Wednesday's shoot was 

 largely enhanced by the presence of several shots of celebrity from 

 neighboring clubs. One pleasing feature of the Walnut Hill shotgun 

 meets is the marked good fellowship that always exists among the 

 frequenters of this popular and cheerful place of resort, for lovers of 

 both the smooth and grooved barrels. Possibly the good nature and 

 cheerfulness so abundant there, is largely owing to the influence ex- 

 erted try the distinctive Boston diet, so freely and frequently in- 

 dulged in by the patrons of the place. The "spring meeting" of the 

 Rifle Association, which closed on Saturday the 31st ult., the details 

 of which you doubtless have received long ere this, was in all respects 

 successful. The attendance, although not as large as on some pre- 

 viousyears, was fair, the financial results satisfactory, andthescores 

 of the riflemen well up to the standard of former days. I think you 

 are correct when you say, "You Boston people appear to keep up 

 the rifle practice better than any other club." 



The record to-day stood : 



Birst event, five clay birds— De Rochmont and Evans divided first, 

 Hart and Cutting divided second, Nichols, third. 



Second event, five clay birds— De Rochmont first, Snow and Hart 

 divided second, Nichols and Adams divided third. 



Third event, live birds, five traps— De Rochmont and Hart divided 

 first, Evans second, Nichols third. 



Fourth event, five clay birds— Rowell first. Hart second, Snow and 

 Cutting divided third, De Rochmont fourth. 



Fifth event, five glass balls— Evans first, Snow and Rowell divided 

 second, De Rochmont third. 



Sixth event, five clay birds— Rowell and Snow divided first, De 

 Rochmont second, Belcher third, Cutting fourth. 



Seventh event, five glass balls— De Rochmont and Snow divided 

 first, Evans and Nichols divided second, Adams third. 



Eighth event, five birds, five traps— Nichols and Hart divided first. 

 Adams and Russel divided second, DeRocbmont and Stanton divided 

 third, Evans fourth. 



Ninth event, five glass balls— DeRocbmont, Evans aud Law divided 

 first, Snow second, Belcher third. 



Tenth event, three pairs birds— Evans and Hart divided first, Snow 

 and Nichols divided second. DeRochmont and Russell divided third. 



Eleventh event, five clay-birds— Hart and Snow divided first, 



DeRochmont and Cutting divided second, Nichols third, Evans and 

 Law divided fourth. 



Twelfth event, five glass balls— Law first. Snow and Rowell divided 

 second. Evans third. 



Thirteenth event, three pair birds- Law first, Snow- second, Nichols 

 and Howe divided third. Hart and Rowell divided fourth. 



Fourteenth event, five clay-birds— Law and Hart divided first, 

 Rowell second, Stanton third, Thompson fourth. 



Fifteenth event, five clay birds— Law first, Adams and Rowell di- 

 vided second, Stanton and Gooduow divided third, Nichols and Hart 

 divided fourth. 



Sixteenth event, three pair glass balls— Nichols first, Rowell and 

 Evans divided second, Law r third. 



Seventeenth event, five clay birds - Snow and Stanton divided first, 

 De Rochmont and Hart divided second, Evans third, Nichols and 

 Bowel! divided fourth. 



Eighteenth event, five birds, five traps— Law first, Hart and Stanton 

 divided second, Gooduow third, Nichols fourth. 



Nineteenth event, five glass bads— Law first, De Rochmont and 

 Snow divided second. 



Twentieth event, five clay birds— Hart first, Law and Stanton 

 divided second, Russell third. 



SACRAMENTO, CaL, May 25.-The Pacific Sportsmen's Club held 

 its monl hly shoot at Agricultural Park to-day, at a lot of fast-flying 

 birds, the 'following scores being made, first four at 20yds., rest at 

 21vds, : Routier 10, Graves 3, Nesbitt 7. Pedler 8, Bronner 7, Vaugban 

 S. 'King 8, Swan well (i, Chapman 8, Da vies 7. Routier won the first 

 medal, and in the shoot-off of those killing 8 Pedler won the second 

 medal. 



The supply of live birds having been exhausted, there followed 

 some clay-pigeon shooting, with the following result at twelve birds: 

 Chapman fi t Kunz 7. Pedler 9. Tebbets 7, Hopper 6, King 10, Routier 9, 

 Nesbitt 7, Dnvies li, Klohr 8, Morel 1 4. 



Another match followed, as follows, also at twelve birds: Tebbets 

 5, Chapman 7, Flohr li, PeiUer 6, Kunz 8, Ring 7, Routier 5, Bronner 

 0, Davies 6, Nesbitt 7. 



EXETER, N. II., June 12.— The Exeter Sportsmen's Club will give 

 a tournament on their grounds to-day that promises all who attend a 

 grand, good time. The programme is: Sweepstakes at singles, en- 

 trance $1: sweepstakes at doubles, entrance $1; team match, three 

 men. entrance $5. All at clay-pigeons, from five traps, constantly 

 filled aud changed. Sweepstakes at doubles, entrance $1, at cJay- 

 pigeons, from two fixed traps; sweepstakes at glass balls, entrance 

 50 cents, from single and double traps continuously throughout the 

 day. Ties will tie shut off under the same conditions as the matches 

 in which they occur. Ties of two divide, except by consent. Class 

 shooting, 50, 30 and 20 per cent. No postponement. 



WINOHENDON, Mass., June 5.— The Winchendon Gun Club have 

 voted to purchase a Hold en glass ball trap. At the regular meet 



yesterday, clay pigeons, score was as follows: 



LF Martin 1111111101—9 P S Davis 1110010101— 6 



F F Hopgood 1111110110—8 G S Loud 1110101000-5 



James Sutherland. . .1101110111—8 F E Mann 001001H01— 5 



MENOMONEE, Wis., June 6.— The following is a score of a practice 

 shoot of a few members of the Menomonee Gun Cluh. The low score 

 is owing to the fact that a perfect gale of wind was blowing at the 

 time, making it almost impossible for the shooters to stand up at the 

 score, to say nothing of doing good execution. 



First shoot, fifteen clay-pigeons each, 15yds. rise, fourth notch, use 

 of one barrel: Wm. Wilson 13, E. F. True 13, R. J. Flint 10, L. J, Sea- 

 mans 10, G. R. Brewer 10, S. J. Bailey 10, J. R. .Matthews 9, G. H. 

 Seely 8, L. J. Hausen 5. 



Second shoot, 10 glass balls, 18yds. rise, rotary trap, use of one 

 barrel: L. J. Seamans 8, Wm. Wilson 7, E. F. True 7, G. R. Brewer 6, 

 R. J. Flint 5, S. J. Bailey 5, G. H. Seely 3, J. R, Matthews 3, L. J. 

 Hausen 3. 



(^anoeinq. 



Canoeists are invited to send us notes and full reports of cruisep, 



club meets, information about canoeable waters, and other commu- 

 nications of interest. 



Secretaries of canoe cluhs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signals, etc , of 

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, aud 

 reports of the same. Canoeists and all interested in cauoeiug are 

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, ixaps, aud information concerning their local waters, 

 drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items relating 

 to the sport. 



FIXTURES. 



June 14.— Knickerbocker C. C, Spring Races, 152d St., N. R. 



June 14 to lfi.— Merrimack River Meet. 



June 19.— Rochester C. C, Summer Regatta, Irondequoit Bay. 



June 21.— New York C. C, Spring Races, Staten Island. 



July 9 to 15.— Chicago C. C, Annual Cruise. 



July 14— Allegheny C. C, Cruise at Conneaut Lake. 



July 19— Chicago C. O, First Annual Regatta. 



July 24 to 26.— Lake George. Sleet. Lorna Island. 



Aug. 1 to 15.— A. C. A. Meet, Grindstone Island. 



HARVARD CANOE CLUB. 



COB1MODORE, Theodore Dunham; Vice-Commodore, Philip L. Liv- 

 ingston ; Secretary and Treasurer, Arthur G. Webster. Organ- 

 ised, 1884. Burgee 10x15, crimson ground, gold ring and shield, 

 black letter H. 



A NEW BOATING CLUB. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



After writing many articles on the subject and talking of its advan- 

 tages, a boat club has come into existence in Nashville. The practi- 

 cal pioneer of the movement was Capt. Fred Wright, an Englishman 

 by birth but for many years a prominent cotton buyer in this city. 

 True to his national fondness for outdoor sports, he was not long In 

 the city before he had possessed himseif of a new boat and enjoyed 

 the healthful exercise of a row on the beautiful Cumberland. The 

 temptation to follow suit was strong enough to induce others to order 

 boats, until the number reached a sufficiency to organize a club. 



The name has not yet been decided upon, though with such names 

 as those of T. R. Thurmati (president). James Bowron, H. B, Buck- 

 ner, Jr., L. R. Campbell, J. D. B. De Bow, A. J. Dyas, Van Dronillard, 

 Norman Re.ikman, Percy Kinnard and at least twenty more of the 

 most reliable young gentlemen of the city, the club's future is an 

 assured success. 



As yet the class of boats and canoes owned by the members are of 

 a composite kind, and not for racing purposes, though it is the inten- 

 tion of the members to secure at once shells for two, four and six 

 oars, build boat houses, and at once establish a first-class club. 



During the summer months the waters of the Cumberland are as 

 clear as those of a spring branch, the current is almost imperceptible, 

 and the scenery through which it Hows is equal to that of a. diminu- 

 tive Switzerland. I cannot imagine a stream better suited to canoe 

 excursions than it is. It abounds in game fish, and all along its 

 wooded banks, deer, rabbits, hares and doves can still be found in 

 abundance. I sincerely hope the club will prove a success, and . 

 know of no better source for its members to gain aquatic lore than 

 by studying the yachting and canoeing columns of the Forest and 

 Stream. j. d. H. 



Nashville, Tenn. 



