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that time, be having the privilege to refuse to shoot, for it oftenc 

 than once every two months. Live birds will be used in the match, 

 each mau bo s hoot at one hundred birdJ - fifty at single and the same 

 number at double rise. 



Send ten cents for handbook of The National Gun Association to 

 F. 0. Bishop, Secretary, Box 1293. Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 testimonials: 

 "The very best and most complete rules." 



April 8, 1885. (Signed) Gancho, 



"Very satisfactory comments from different parties " 



April 18, 1885, (Signed) Gloan. 



"We want a lmional law and national officers to enforce it." 



April 27, 1885. (Signed) Axsto. 



"Fairly started and its future success depends entirely upon the 

 manner in which the sportsmen throughout the country respono." 

 April 18, 1885. | 4#t>, 1 (signed) V. M. Stahk. 



<Hsmweing. 



FIXTURES. 



.Tune S to 10— Canadian 0. C, First Spring Meet. 



.Time ?4— Vesper Hon' Club, Animal Regatta. 



June 35— Jersey City T. C, Regatta. Special Class for Canoes. 



June 27— Eastern Meet. Merritnac River. 



July 18. 88— Western Meet, Ballast Island, Lake Erie. 



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



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



SECRETARY— C. A. Neide. Schuylerville. N. Y. Candidates for mem 

 bership must l or ward their names, with $2 for initiation fee and 

 first y«ar's dues, to the secietary, who will present the names to the 

 executive committee. Money should be sent by registered letter or 

 money order. 



SUGGESTION TO REGATTA COMMITTEE, A.C.A. 



AT the '84 meet the sailing race for Class B canoes, no limit of sail 

 and ballast, brought out the largest number of entries, some 

 twenty in all. The prospect for this year is that the entries for this 

 race (No. 0) will he still more numerous. Starting the canoes all at 

 one time, no matter how their positions at the start are fixed, cannot 

 work fairly for some of the canoes, as was discovered last year. 

 This race is a test of canoes and men, not a gamble for position or 

 flukes. Over such a course as is laid out on Eel Buy not over six 

 canoes could start in such a race and have equal chances of winning, 

 This event is one of the most import-ant. if not the most important, 

 on the programme to a majority of those taking part in the races. 

 If there is a good breeze on the. day of the race it would be much 

 better, in my opinion, to make the race six miles instead of three- 

 two rounds— in which case ten eunoef. could be started at a time wu'th 

 fairness, I should also suggest, in any event, to divide this race into 

 heats— as many as the number of entries warrant; the winners of the 

 hea.ts then will be pretty sure to be good boats and sailors, and a final 

 heat of six miles, contested by five or six of the crack boats at tne 

 meet, would be an event to be remembered. This would be a better 

 way than taking the time of the canoes over the course, as it is im- 

 possible then to tell till long after the race who has won. I should be 

 pleased to hear inofficially "from members of the committee on this 

 point. C. B. Vatjx.- 



HARVARD C. C. RACES. 



THE third regatta ©f the Harvard C. C. was held on May 37, and 

 was the most interesting of the three which have been held 

 bv this infant club. The course was round a triangle of a third 

 of a mile or more on a side, in the lower basin of the Charles River, 

 starting from the house of the Union Boat Club in Boston. The fol- 

 lowing canoes were entered in Class B: Genesta, quondam Girofle 

 (Springfield). F. L Proctor; Beatrice (Racine Shadow), Commodore 

 T, Dun nam: Gretchen (Nautilus), G. A. Webster, and Pilgrim (Racine 

 Shadow), R. F. Coombs. Class A: Phyllis (Stella Maris). E. K. Dun- 

 ham, and Germaine (Stella Maris), A. G. Webster. The Class A boats 

 were started after the Class B. the times of sta ting being: t lass B., 

 11:04 A. M.: Class A, 11":07. The large canoes continued hunched to- 

 gether until they rounded the first buoy, in the following order: Pil- 

 grim, Beatrice, Genesta, Gretchen. The windward work then began, 

 and Genesta and Beatrice passed Pilgrim, while Gretchen fell to the 

 rear. In the meantime, in Class A, Phyllis had passed Germaine but 

 after rouiiaiug the buoy and getting on the wind, Germaine quickly 

 walked past Phyllis, and drew up on the big boats. By ma.<ing a 

 long tack German, e gained a whole tack on the Class B boats Scrap- 

 ing barely round the buoy, she squared away before, the wind and 

 completed the first mile, a third of a mile ahead of Class B. 



Genesta and Beatrice were having a lively scrimmage at the sec- 

 ond buov, Genesta getting arouud first, while, Gretchen had fallen 

 out of the race. During the second mile. Germaine getting out into 

 the force of the strong ebb tide, Genesta began to gain the lost 

 ground, having drawn far ahead of Beatrice. Phyllis gave up on the 

 first mile. It now became interesting to see if Germaine could hold 

 her own against the ninety feet of canvas of tne other two boats. 

 Genesta and Germaine made the tw r o miles in the same time, but on 

 the third lap the tide took Germaine into a mudscow, and she again 

 lost a tack through over-confidence in rounding the buoy, and Beat- 

 rice caught up. Beatrice and Germaine linisned the three miles in 

 the sanm time to a second, seven and a half minutes behind (ienesta, 

 which won in Class B, and Germaine in Class A. All three carried 

 the Mohican rig. 



Genesta. Beatrice. Germaine. 



Start 1104 1104 1107 



First mile 1134 .... 1131 



Second mile 11 50 .... 13 02 



Third mile 1132}^ 12 30 12 33 



The paddling race was replaced by au upset race, by Gretchen. 

 Pilgrim, ex-dirotU, and Germaine. Wou by Germaine. The best 

 boat in the club, Tarantula, was un fortunately not in the race on ac- 

 ount of the illness of her captain, the vice-commodore. 



The club hopes to have several cauoes in the canoe race at the 

 City of Boston yacht races on July 4, and hopes to have a larger depu- 

 tation than last year at Grindstone. Germaine. 



novice race under the disadvantage of a very bad start. The contest 

 for the record cup to be decided by the result of all races sailed this 

 season, thus starts with Katrina, 7 points (one for each starter), 

 Marguerite 6, Lady Jane 5, Freyja 4, Whiffler 3, and Tiger 2. 



PITTSBURGH C C. RACES. MAY 30. 



OWING to the rain only one race was sailed on Decoration Day by 

 the Pittsburgh C. O. The course was on the Monongahela 

 River, one mile to leeward and return. The starters were Marguerite, 

 G.-H. Singer, 14x30, balance lug rig of 85ft. ; Whiffler, W. E. Wood- 

 well, 14;<30, and Katrina, R. W BaiUy, 14.0X31, both Mohican rig, 

 of about 75ft.; Tig<-r. W. W. Lawrence, and Freyja, C. F. Headship, 

 both 14.6X30 and both Mohican rig of 4(jft.; Ariel, T. H. Guilds, 14.4X 

 30, and Lady Jane, B. C. Bakeweli, 14x36, both lateen rig of 30t't. 

 The first three carried dandies, the others mainsails alone. Lady 

 Jane entered against the larger boats, because the only Class A canoe 

 present, and this was her sole chance to race; also, every point made 

 counts on the record. Freyja and. Ariel are novices, sailing for the 

 first time, and the others had not sailed since last season. At the 

 start Lady Jane and Katrina got over the line together, though on 

 opposite sides of the river, the others being badly strung out, with 

 Freyja at the tad end. Tne Class A canoe earned away her deck- 

 tider just as the second shot was fin-d, but contrived to sail the race 

 out with the foot gear. Marguerite lo^t the use of her rudder at the 

 start, the yoke turning loosely upon the round rudder-stock until the 

 crew w r ent aft and tightened the thumb-screw. 



On the run up Lady Jane made much the best time and was first to 

 turn tne buoy. Jiatrina, reefed, second, with Marguerite, Whiffler 

 (reefed) and tiger in a bunch at ner stern; and finding the race so 

 cose, both Katrina and Whiffler shook out their reefs as they began 

 the wind ward work. Lady Jane was again in trouble, breaking the ful- 

 crum of the lever at aft end of her Atwood board and starting quite 

 a bad leak, but sailed the race out to tbe end. Marguerite was knocked 

 down by a puff and shipped enough water to cover her door, which she 

 carried tnrough tne rest of the race, in wmch sue secured second 

 place, Katrina, winning in 38m., while Lady Jane got in third, with 

 Freyja, Whiffler and Tiger fo'lowing. Whiffler was caught by a 

 passing steamboat or would nave been one or two places better, Ariel 

 did not finish. Katrina was using her last season's rig throughout 

 while all the other skippers were more or less unfamiliar with their 

 new gear. Marguerite and Lady Jane deserve much credit in view of 

 their several mishaps, the latter especially, as competing with much 

 more powerful boats than herself, as also Freyja. who sailed her 



THE NEWBURGH MEET. MAY 29-31. 



MOST of those who were present at Camp Nate Smith last year, 

 were glad to be back in the old spot on Friday morningfor another 

 three days' camp. The Mohican, New York. Knickerbocker, Rondont, 

 Amsterdam and Middletown clubs wvre all represented, with the 

 yonngfir clubs, the Newburgh Dockrats. Shatemuc, of Sing Sing, and 

 Brooklyn C. and S. Club. The camp this year was a little further up 

 the beach and nearer the spring, and most of the tents weie pitched 

 along the shore, only a few being up in the old fort. The Commo- 

 dore's signal floated under the A. C. A. flag, and on either side were 

 the signals of the various clubs. A number of canoeists arrived at 

 Newburgh on Thursday night, and proceeded down to camp against 

 astroug southerly wind that made paddling very difficult. Tents 

 were pitched and fires made and all soon settled down to the ordinary 

 round of camp duties. 



Friday morning broke clear and cool, briuging a number of addi- 

 tions to the camp from up and down the river, Com. Oliver and 

 Secretary Neide, the latter just back from a, winter in New Orleans, 

 were both present, but the soldierly figure and pleasant countenance 

 of Fior di Lice, remembered by all at last year's camp, were missing. 

 The tent of the Kit Kats. with its novel cipher, was abseut; but the 

 Hiawatha and her skipper came down on Friday afternoon. All 

 arrangement bad been made in advance by the Newburgh C. O, and 

 the steam launch of Commodore Bartlett was on hand to bring down 

 canoes and to follow the races. 



A special feature of the meet was the presence of half a dozen new 

 canoes, whose performances were looked toward to with more than 

 ordinary interest. The flagship Marion B., a Mohican No. 3, repre- 

 sents the latest in canoe model and fittings, and much was expected 

 from her. She is one of the most completely fitted canoes yet pres- 

 sent at any meet, and does great credit to the ingenuity of her owner 

 as well as to her builder. Her rig is a Mohican settee, of course orna- 

 mented with a large figure, a sun with the letter M, in the center. 

 Another new model that has excited no less interest this season is 

 the Sunbeam, illustrated in Forest and Stream of Jan 29. of which 

 three specimens, the original of the name, Inertia and the Sea Bee 

 were present. Two of these only entered the sailing races. Both of 

 these were fitted with the new balance lugsails of a peculiar out, the 

 invention of Mr. Vnux. The four spars, boom, yard and two battens, 

 are all of the same length, ihe portion of the sail above the second 

 batten heine almost au equilateral triangle, the cloths running par- 

 allel to the leech, which is a broken line, making a peculiar looting 

 sail, but a very eifective one. Iu other respects it is a balance lug of 

 the usual rig, with reefing gear. The rig of the Sea Bee and Inertia 

 consists of a mainsail of Toft., a niizzen of Holt, and a unwll storm 

 mizzen. used when the large mizzeu is set forward. This arrange- 

 ment gives a good area of sail for racing and a snug rig for heavy 

 weather or easy cruising. Many of the boats present were fit ted with 

 the new metal drop rudders and clamping deck tillers, and all of the 

 new ones had the Radix board. Of the old boats Snake has discarded 

 her jib and shifted her mast forward and came out in a handsome 

 suit of new sails, a Mohican settee of 60ft. and lateen of 15ft. Each 

 of these is provided with a bonnet of 30 and 10ft. respectively, fitted 

 with spars that hook on to the booms for light wind:-. Both Guenn 

 and Tramp were on hand, but arrived too late for the first day's race. 

 The former has been reduced in size to the A. 0. A. limits, and the 

 latter has received a new after e'enterboard during tbe winter, a new 

 mainsail of 105ft. and a roller mizzen of 40ft. 



Two causes have operated to mar the very interesting series of 

 races promised. Many had ordered new boots and sails late in the 

 season and were not yet fully prepared, while the late spring had 

 prevented all who were ready from practicing with their new craft, 

 and the first race was. in reality, a trial trlD for several boats. 



On Friday afternoon the wind was southea t and the tide was just 

 falling when the first races, for classes A and B, sailing, were called. 

 The course laid out by Mr. Smith on the ice, was a three-mile triangle, 

 one sifle across the river, and was marked by large white flags. The 

 entries were: 



CLASS B. 



Snake R. W. Gibson..... ....Mohican C. C. 



Marion B Com. Oliver Mohican C. C. 



Thetis P. M. Wackerhagen Mohican C. C. 



Arno H. C. Cushman Mohican C. C. 



Sea Bee C. B. Vaux New York C. C. 



Inertia E. W. Brown Knickerbocker C. C. 



Minx M. V. Brokaw Brooklyn C. C. 



Iolus W. Van Dalfsen Newburgh C. C. 



CLASS A. 



Dido Grant Edgar Newburgh C C. 



Helena .Grant Van Deusen Rondout C. C. 



The judges, Messrs. LI >yd Thomas, Mohican C. C, W. P. Stephens, 

 K, Y. C. C, and T.J. Han-*, Jr., Shatemuc C. O, with Dr. Neide as 

 starter, followed the boats on the Commodore's launch. At 3:16:30 P. 

 M, i be first whistle was blown, and one minute later the starting 

 signal. Sea Bee held the best place at tbe line, and by go»d judg- 

 ment went over it quickly just as the whistle blew, securing a good 

 lead to windward. Marion came next, with Snake close behind. 

 Across the river was a reach, and all went along merrily for first 

 turn. Meanwhile the A boats hud been started at 3:33:30, Helena 

 going off with a good lead in the wake of the loiterers of Class B. 

 Sea Bee was first to jibe around the mark in a good breeze at 3:30:15, 

 with Marion at 3:30:35, Snake 3:31 and Inertia 3:31 :10. When lolus's 

 turn came she jibed and went over at the same time, and hardly had 

 a crew gone to her help in a rowboat before Arno, after rounding 

 well and running a short distance, followed suit and capsized, owing 

 to her Mohican boom slipping from the mast. Dido came round at 

 3:35:30, with Helena so close that it was difficult to time the difference. 

 Down the w.nd soon made a regular procession of the fleet, which 

 reached second buoy with Sea Bee well ahead. Inertia a dozen lengths 

 astern, and the others spaced at the same distance from each other. 

 The times were. Sea Bee 3:44. Inertia 3:44:30, Marion 3:45:10, Snake 

 3:45:32, Thetis 3:47. The leader stood out into midstream on starboard 

 tack, but the others broke tacks as they pleased. Dido turned at 

 3:55:20, and Helena at 3:56:15. The beat home was very interesting as 

 the boats changed places on the various tacks. See Bee held her 

 place for some time, but was finally passed by Snake. Tne times of 

 finish were: 



Start. Elapsed Start. Elapsed 



Snake 4 07 50 50 20 Inertia 4 10 36 53 06 



Marion B 4 08 20 50 50 Dido 4 20 45 58 15 



Sea Bee 4 08 30 5100 Helena 4 22 08 50 38 



Thetis 4 09 00 5130 



The prize for Class B was a pennant offered by the Shatemuc C. C , 

 and that for Class A a pennant offered by the Mohican C. O. 



A little rain tell du ing the latter part of the race, and, as it con 

 tinued for a time, the spectators rapidly disappeared. After supper 

 a large camp-fire was kindled on the beach and all the canoeists 

 gathered about it. A motion of thanks was passed to Mr. Verplanck 

 for his loan of the grounds to the canoeists, and others to the New- 

 burgh C. C. for their work in preparing for the camp, and to Commo- 

 dore Bartlett and his sons, who kindly placed their fast launch at the 

 service of the racers. Saturday morning broke with clouds and mist 

 over Storm King, but soon cleared away. A number of canoeists and 

 visitors arrived, and by tbe time of the races the shore was well 

 crowded. The first race called was for Class 4, paddling, one half 

 mile down the beach, before agood breeze and agaiust the flood tide. 

 The entries were: 



Daisy G. O. Totten. Jr., Newark, N. J, 



Snake R. W. Gibson Mohican. 



Chum H. S. Crispell Rondout. 



Sunbeam W. P. Stephens New York. 



Minx M. O. Brokaw Hrooklyn. 



Tiptop R. J. Wilkin Brooklyn. 



'Ihe start was made at 11:31:30, and the race was very close 

 throughout, the boats finishing v» ell together. Daisy won in' Brain., 

 with Snake lapping her and Chum third. The next race, for Class 2, 

 was for one mile with turn and brought out 



Pixie...... F. B. Smith Newburgh. 



Day Dream H. L. Thomas Mohican. 



Pixie won after a closely fought race. Tbe start was made at 

 11 :47:30, the time being 13min. 30sec. The prizes were, flags offered 

 by the Rondout and Brooklyn clubs respectively. The judges, Messrs, 

 N, S. Smith, Newburgh C. O, and W. M. Walsh, with tne timekeeper, 

 Dr. Neide, accompanied the racers in a rowboat. 



The main event of tne meet was a sailing race between representa- 

 tive models, intended to be a test, but fluky winds and calms deprived 

 the race both of interest to the spectators and of value to canoeists. 

 The four leading models of the previous day were entitled to enter, 

 and the Guenn and Tramp were aiso allowed in, as they would have 

 raced on Friday but for a delay in getting down their racing gear. 

 The full list was: 



Name, Dimensions. Model. Owner. Club. 



Snake 14.6x30 Mohican R. W. Gibson M. 



SeaBee 15 x30 Sunbeam C. B. Vaux N. Y. 



MarionB....lo X30^. . ..Mohican No. 2 Com. Oliver M. 



Thetis 14.6x30......Lansingburg P.M.Wackerhagen. M. 



Guenn 15 X31J4 Wm. Whitlock B. 



Tramp 14 X33 Pearl No. 6 C.J.Stevens N. Y. 



The Snake, Marion and Thetis carried Mohican sails, the Sea Bee 

 her new lugs, and Guenn and Tramp each a balance lug of 105ft. , the 



latter with a roller mizzen. The Snake has an Atwood board, the 

 Marion, Sea Bee, Thetis and Guenn all have Radix boards, and the 

 Tramp has an iion plate of 45 pounds and a brass afterboard of 8 

 pounds. 



At 3 P. M. on Saturday the weather was clear though rather cool, 

 with a light northeast wind in Newburgh Bay. inducing all to start 

 with full sail, the Snake hooking the bonnet in her mainsail. At the 

 Fame time vessels coming up the river in the narrow reach below 

 Storm King, hardly a mile away, were winged out before a strong, 

 southerly breeze, which left them just below Pollapel Island. The 

 lide wasTat a standstill, the ebb just being felt inshore, with a flood 

 running in the center, 



One whistle was blown of S;43;35 and a second one a minute later, 

 and all started off, Snake beiug first away, with Guenn, Sea Bee. 

 Marion, Thetis, all on starboard tack, the order being to leave all 

 buoys to starboard, so as to gain as much help as iiossible to wind- 

 ward from the decreasing flood tide. Sea Bee soon struck out for 

 open water and, tacking, ran through Guenn's lee, for the windward 

 berth, and all went, off on port tack, the wind Still holding northeast. 

 After a short time Snake was well ahead, Sea Bee and Tramp next, 

 then Marion and Thetis, while Guenn seemed to have lost, ground. 

 Snake wisely contented herself with making all she, could to wind- 

 ward in midstream. Marion and Thetis tried a similar course, but 

 with less success, and Sea Bee. followed closely by Tramp, reached 

 far to the eastward side, looking for the last of the flood and the 

 long expected s onth wind visible in the lower reuch, while Guenn 

 broke tacks and started boldly on an apparent wild goose chase well 

 over toward the west bank, so that, the fleet, was well scattered. The 

 wind, still very light, had gradually shifted to northwest, and under 

 it Snake worked up, thanks to ber kites, while Guenn also improved 

 her chances amazingly. Snake jibed round the north mark and ran 

 for the ea=t buoy, wi'h Guenn after hrr, while the wandering oies 

 to the eastward caught a taste of what they were looking for and 

 began to come up, as did Marion and Thetis. The times at the buoy 

 were: Snake 3:2!). Guenn 3:31:05, Marion 3:34:30, Thetis 3:38:45, the 

 others not being timed. 



Snake was first at the second mark, Guenn gaining 5 seconds on her 

 in the mile run, and tacked around, running off into a calm streak at 

 once, Guenn, close behind, profited by her fate and kept to the north, 

 holding a little wind, but. both waited a short distance from tbe mark 

 until the pack came. up. 'ihe times were. Snake. 3:44:15; Guenn, 

 3:40:15; Marion. 3:54:40; Sea, B e, 3:54:50; Thetis, 3:50:20: Tramp, not 

 timed. Snake fancied a squall coming from below and doused her 

 honnet, just as at 3:56 tbe first puff of the south wind struck Guenn, 

 then a, few yards ahead of her. and while all the rest lay idle, the. big 

 ship started oft as though with a screw under her. for the iasr leg. 

 Snake hooked on her bonnet and waited for some time until a fresh 

 puff struck her too, when off she went in a hopeless chase. Guenn 

 came in but crossed tbe line from the wrong side, and had gone some 

 distance before she discovered tbe mistake and recrosscd, losing 

 several minutes, by which time Snake was so close that the chances 

 were about even ; but a quick jibe threw Guenn across, the leader by 

 20 second'. Meanwhile the rest of the fleet were almost becalmed, 

 and an inopportune tow shut oue off altogether, so that none were 

 timed. The times at the finish were. Guenn, 4:09:50; Snake, 4:10,i0. 

 The judges and starter were the same as the previous day. The flag 

 won by Guenn was presented by the Knickerbocker CO. It was a 

 great disappointment to all that, the lack of wind should spoil a race 

 where all other conditions were so favorable, good weather, smooth 

 water, little tide, and an accurately measured course, and where so 

 many representa'ive boats were entered. 



At'night the big fire was lighted up in the old fort, and though a 

 light rain was falling, it did not penetrate the trees. The prizes were 

 presented to the winners, after which Commodore Oliver spoke of 

 the growth of the Association and of the necessity at, an early date of 

 such a reorganization as would induce additional members from the 

 West and permit, of a Western meet, mentioning the plan lately pro- 

 posed by him in the Forest and Stream, A motion was passed' to the 

 effect that the canoeists of the Hudson River recognized the import- 

 ance of a reorganization and extnnsion of the American Canoe Asso- 

 ciation to allow it lo include all Western canoeists; and ibat, provided 

 the canoeists a' sembled at Ballast Island in July would form a West- 

 ern branch, they would recommend the adoption of such a scheme as 

 should be most agreeable to all by the Association at the Grindstone 

 Island meet. 



Sunday morning broke with a rain that lasted until nearly noon, 

 after which time it cleared up. and by 3 o'clock the last man of the 

 visitors had packed and set, sail, some for the south, but most of them 

 for Newburgh, where they placed the canoes on steamer.i for Albany 

 and New York That the meet was In every way pleasant and enjoy- 

 able, was mainly due to the energy of the Newburgh C C who have 

 worked hard to lay out courses, arrange landing and other d> tails, 

 and who have won the thanks of all present. The success of the 

 spring meets is now well assured, and they will take place ar, one 

 point or another every year. A small meet next full at Rondout is 

 also talked of. The races were marked t hroughour, by the absence of 

 fouls or disputes of any kind, or by any violations of the sailing rules, 

 which are now becoming generally known and observed. The new 

 custom of placing tne canoeist's number on the A. C. A. lists in the 

 peak of his mainsail was generally observed . enabling spectators to 

 place the boats at any time, and by no means detracting from the 

 appearance of the sail. 



CRUISE OF THE LAKE ST. LOUIS C. C. 



THE Lake St. Louis C. C. had a cruise up the Cbateauguay and 

 English rivers as far as Howick, about thirty miles from their 

 club house at Lachine, on Saturday, May 23, when the following fell 

 into line behind the commodore: Shawinigen, Rintoul (Commodore) 

 andT. Stewart; Marchioness, Brock and Phillips; Marion, Auldjo 

 and Robertson; lona, Stewart and Henderson; Lachine, Shearwood 

 aud Harrison; VivaD., Mitchell & Lockwood; Viva D.. Kohl Bros. 



The first camp was made at the foot of the first, rapid, it being then 

 about 9 o'clock, and the portage being over very heavy ground. 

 Next morning at 5 A. M. we had our first experience of portaging, 

 being the longest throughout the whole trip. Above these rapids 

 the seenery is perfect, and we had a run of about two miles before 

 strikiug our next rapid. People from every house along the river 

 came out to see us pass, and show us the easiest way up some of the 

 rapids. We arrived at St. Philomene at 9 o'clock and Ste. Martine 

 about 11:30, where we dined at, the hotel, and proceeded to Howick, 

 about twelve miles higher up, and situated on the English River. 

 We went about a quarter of a mile below the town and struck camp, 

 and in half an hour had the villagers around us to the number of 

 about fifty. They made themselves quite at home, lying around on 

 our blankets, inspecting canoes and tents. Many had never seen a 

 canoe before. 



Leaving Howick next morning, we ranall the rapids (six) and one 

 mill dam in safety, except the Lachine, which came to grief in the 

 last rapid but one, owing to the stupidity of some men fl-hing who 

 gave her crew the wrong course. She Struck a sunken rock, which 

 caused her to turn broadside, and before she got her bead round the 

 current brought her broadside on another rock; she then filled. 

 When we went to help the crew out we found tbe rock protuding 

 through her bottom. Some of the canoes having gone down ahead 

 of the Lachine. the Marion and lona had to divide up the wet blank- 

 ets and rig of the Lachine, and managed, by tying a rubber sheet 

 round her bottom, to get her down the remaining rapid, and tow r ed 

 her down to the steamboat landing at Cbateauguay, and from there 

 she was brought to Lacshine. 



We had numerous wettings in the rapids, the Marion being upset 

 while the crew were poling up one rapid, and great praise is due the 

 lona, she having run up one of the fastest rapids in the river, a feat 

 which no other canoe has succeeded in accomplishing. At St. Martine ' 

 we passed some brother canoeists on their way to Ormstown and ex- 

 changed greetings. 



We all arrived at Lachine on Monday evening well pleased with our 

 first cruise, and have planned one for next Saturday to St. Anns. 



Mahion. 



READ "CANOE HANDLING "—A marked improvement in the 

 general average of sailing is visible every year. At each meet there 

 is a larger number of fairly good sailors who make a hot fight for 

 third or foutth place at hast, and a man who would win must make 

 use of every possible advantage. How to do this is told by an old 

 racer, in "Canoe Handling," and should be carefully studied by all 

 canoeists before visiting the meets this year. The value of the advice 

 there given was well shown in one of the races at Newburgh, where a 

 Canoeist who evidently had not read the remarks on page 132, went 

 far off his course in search of wind, only to find none. Had ne fol- 

 lowed the advice given the result would.no doubt, have been quite 

 different, and would have well repaid an hour's study of Mr. Vaux's 

 excellent hand book. 



GRINDSTONE ISLAND.-Shortly before his death, Mr. Delaney 

 discovered a deposit, of very fine granite on the island, and tho indi- 



point lOf't. below the surface, but all have been earned away. Com 

 Oliver, with Dr. Neide and Mr. Gibson, will visit the island next week 

 and decide on a number of matters connected with the meet. New 

 courses will be laid out further from shore. A large number will be 

 pi esent this season and many preparations will be needed for their 

 accommodation. The. camp at Squaw Point will be larger than ever 

 before. Dr. Neide will visit Ballast Island in Julv, aud proceed from 

 there to Grindstone. 



