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SAIL PLAN OF CANOE "SNAKE." 



PHCENIX Y. C. — A new yacht club was organized in Chicago, III., 

 Jan. 28, under the name of the Phoenix Y. C. The following officers 

 were elected: Commodore, T. M. Bradley; Vice-Commodore, Oscar 

 Krause: Rear-Commodore, Edward Hennessey: Secretary, J. J.Wil- 

 son; Treasurer, Chas. E. Brown; Measurer, Isaac Canney. The fol- 

 lowing yachts were represented: Ina, J. M. Bradley; Zephyr, Hen- 

 nessey Bros. ; O. K., Oscar Krause: Clara B., Chas. E. Brown; Frolic, 

 McCarty& Larson; Peri, R. P. AIcDonald; Clio, Martin & Sonnewend ; 

 Wasp and the cutter Verve imported from England last season. 



r TJLERIN.— Mr. E. M. Padleford, of the S. C. Y. C, former owner of 

 the Mona, 10-tonner, has lately purchased the famous 10-tonner 

 Ulerin. She will he shipped across on a steamer. 



SCHOONERS FOR SALE.— Besides Crusader, both Montauk and 

 Fleetwing are for sale through the deaths of their owners, Rear- 

 Commodore Piatt and Mr. R. S. Elliott. 



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ISP" No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



H., Columbus, Miss. — There are no collies registered in the "Na- 

 tional American Kennel Club Stud Book." 



H. B. W.— We doubt if you can purchase a bark canoe in Philadel- 

 phia. For other canoes see our advertising columns. 



L., Brooklyn, N. Y.— What preparation can I use to preserve land- 

 ing nets? Ans. Nets are often tanned with hemlock bark; take them 

 to a tannery. Do not use tar as it makes them too stiff. Mr. W. A. 

 Wilcox, of the American Fish Bureau, Gloucester, Mass., has some 

 preparation for waterproofing nets ; write him. 



Rex, Volusia Co., Fla.— What specimen of bass are the inland lakes 

 of this country stocked with? We take them from three pounds to 

 twenty pounds in size. They are light on the belly and dark green 

 on the back, very large mouth and very gamy. Some call them 

 black bass, some Oswego bass, and "Crackers" call them trout. To 

 me they are identical with the Oswego bass. Please enlighten me. 

 Ans. The fish are black bass of the big -mouth species, which is mis- 

 called Oswego bass in some places. 



J. S. R., Philadelphia.— It is impossible to fix upon any one pattern 

 as a standard by which to gauge the shooting qualities of individual 

 guns, because of so wide a diversity in the degree of choke. Wehave 

 therefore selected the two extremes, a cylinder bore and a very full 

 chokebore, and give below such patterns as good guns of each class 

 (12 and 10-bore) should make. Between the limits of 110 for cylinder 

 and 210 for extreme choke most of our readers will probably find their 

 records to accord with the divergence of their guns from these two 

 bore. A cylinder bore gun loaded with lj^oz. No. 7 shot should put 

 1 10 pellets 'into a 30 inch circle at 40 yards. An extreme chokebore 

 gun, loaded with IJ^oz. of No. 7 shot should put 240 pellets into a 30- 

 inch circle at 40 yards. A good chokebore, for general shooting, 

 should put between 180 and 200 pellets into the same circle under the 

 same conditions. The patterns given above are with the following 

 charges of powder: 



Twelve-Bore. Ten-Bore. 



&/-> lbs. to 7 lbs. ...2^ dr. to 3 dr. 7%lbs. to81bs 3^ dr. 



7 lbs. to IVn lbs 3 dr. to 3}^ dr. 8 lbs. to 8}4 lbs 3J^ dr. to 4 dr. 



7Mlt>s. to H% lbs... m dr. to 4 dr. 8J4 lbs. to 9 lbs 4 dr. 



9 lbs. to 10^ lbs. ...4 dr. to 5 dr. 



PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



Cruising and Blockading. By W. H. Winslow. Pittsburgh, Pa. : 

 J. R. Weldon & Co. This is a story of life at the Naval Academy and 

 of experiences on a man-of-war during the Rebellion. The hero, who 

 achieves a lieutenancy for meritorious conduct, is, we take it, the 

 author himself. The chapters are capitally well written, giving very 

 graphic pictures of how officers and crew acquitted themselves in 

 engagements and in unevenftul weeks of blockading. There is a re- 

 freshing quality of truthfulness and honesty about the book; it is 

 written because the author had something worth writing, and he 

 keeps up the interest to the end. This is a volume to be cordially 

 recommended to boys (old and young). There is none of the demor- 

 alizing "Oliver Optic" nonsense about it. Much of the time was spent 

 on the west coast of Florida, and several of the chapters contain de- 

 scriptions of shooting and fishing there. 



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FIXTURES. 



March 17— K. C. C. Camp-fire, 106 West Forty-secoud street, 8 P. M. 

 March 31— K. C. C. Camp fire, 106 West Forty-second street. 8 P. M. 

 May 30, 31— Hudson River Meet. 



July Western Meet, Ballast Island, Lake Erie. 



July 34 to Aug. 8— A. C. A. Meet, Grindstone Island. 



SAIL PLAN OF THE SNAKE. 



AFTER being used from the days of Macgregor on canoes of all 

 models, the jib practically disappeared from use about 1879. 

 The newer ries of lugs and lateen were all used without it, and when, 

 in 1883, the Snake first sailed under a yawl rig, and made a high 

 record with it, some surprise was created among canoeists at the 

 apparently retrograde movement. In order to carry any area of 

 sail on the Snake it was necessary to use a jib, as her mast tube was 

 so far aft. With this rig Snake has raced successfully for two seasons. 

 The mainsail, of 50ft., is a Mohican settee, rigged as described in 

 the Forest and Stream of Nov. 13, 1884. The dandy is a lateen of 

 12ft. and the jib contains 13ft., making 89ft. in all. Mr. Gibson has 

 decided to abandon the jib this season, as it is useless before the 

 wind, and will use a Mohican settee of GOlt., mast 19in. from bow, 

 and a lateen dandy of 15ft., both being fitted with bonnets to lace on 

 for light winds. As he has sailed the Snake so long as to know her 

 perfectly, Mr. Gibson will be able this season to compare closely her 

 performances with and without a jib, and to add some valuable facts 

 to our knowledge of sails and rigs. 



A SCHEME FOR CANOE PILOTAGE. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Frequently we read of complaints that all A. C. A'ers are thinking 

 of racing and that little is thought of the cruiser. Now I want to ask 

 you to give me a little space in the interest of cruisers. 



I think that there are very few who will question the statement 

 that a knowledge as to trains, condition of rivers, cruisable or not, 

 best season of year to cruise, distance of station or train depot from 

 river, etc.. etc., are important to every canoeist contemplating a trip 

 and also that few people, except canoers, really know much about 

 small streams which may be canoeable or the reverse. For some 

 time plans have been suggested and tried to provide for the gather- 

 ing of this information in the publication of cruises, etc., but nothing 

 of practical utility has thus far been devised. 



As suggested in a note to you in June last I feel that I have a plan 

 which will systematize the gathering and dispensing of this informa- 

 tion and be a boon to all cruisers. 



My idea is that at the next annual meeting of the A. C. A. to have 

 an officer elected to be known as chief canoe pilot or some similar 

 title, whose duties might be to have charge of the pilot bureau of the 

 A. C. A. After this was done, or before at the camp, let the different 

 clubs hold State meetings, the Hartford, New Haven, etc., clubs for 

 Connecticut, the Rochester, Albany, New York, Knickerbocker, etc., 

 clubs for New York State, and so on, and each of these State meet- 

 ings elect a State pilot, whose duties would be to have charge of the 

 pilots of the State, and also he would appoint in certain districts in 

 different parts of the State district pilots. 



Now this may seem to be a great trouble but I am sure such a sup- 

 position is a mistake, for hi New York State where there would be 

 more districts and pilots than anywhere else, the total number need 

 not be more than twenty. In a rough way I send you herewith a list 

 of canoe pilots in New York State as an example. The use of the 

 names is unauthorized, but I have taken the liberty to put them in as 

 they are mostly well known in canoeing circles, and by so doing 

 better illustrates the system. 



Now, in conclusion, Mr. Editor, I want to say that such a system as 

 I here have formulated if applied to a united American Canoe Associ- 

 ation, there would be very few places either in Canada or the United 

 States that all particulars could not be gotten by letter in a few days. 



I have only one point to add and that is in States where there were 

 no representatives present at the A. C. A. general or local camps I 

 would have the chief canoe pilot appoint a State pilot who would 

 then serve as any other State pilot duly elected. 



To the cruising canoeists I wish to present this simple method to 



assist them and I am anxious to hear the views of others more com- 

 petent than I, on this subject, in criticism. Robert J. Wilkin. 

 Brooklyn, Feb. 25, 1885. 



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N. Y. C. C. AFLOAT AGAIN.— The heavy ice in the Bay and Kills 

 has prevented the Marmalade Lodgers from paddling this winter, ex- 

 cept one or two trips, but the warm weather of last week cleared the 

 Kills of ice. The season of 1885 was fairly opened on Saturday night, 

 by Dot and Siren in the Jessica, and Jersey Blue in the Lark, who 

 started from the Lodge between 11 and 12 P. M., and enjoyed an 

 hour's paddle by moonlight up the Kills. The new See Bee will 

 come out with a suit of balance lugs of a novel shape, new steer- 

 ing gear devised by her owner, and several other new features. 

 She will be padaled down as soon as the Bay is free from ice, and 

 will be rigged at Marmalade Lodge. The Tramp has a new suit of 

 balance lugs, 105 and 40, the latter a roller mizzen. She will prob- 

 ably have an after centerboard added, as well as airtight tanks. The 

 Mime, late Mosquito, will be practically a new boat, and Guenn, be- 

 sides bemg made smaller, has been changed inside, her floor being 

 raised about 6in. above garboards, another air tank added, and a suit 

 of Mohican sails. 



