FOR5:ST AND STREAM. 



I Aug. 20, 1885. 



NEW YACHT CLUBS -A yacht club lias been organized at New 

 Eoclielle, tlie name beine the New Rochelle Y. C. The officers are: 

 Commodore, C. Pryer; Vice-Commodore, J. H. Eyley; Secretary, P. 

 J. Kraeicel; Treasurer, Eugene Lambert; Trustees,' N. D, Lawron. 

 ^. J. Alder Another club has also i>een formed at Cold Spriner Har- 

 bor. New York, under the name of the Gleuada Y. O. The officers 

 are: Commodore. J. C. Bingham ; Vice-Commodore, Everett Dole; 

 ^^^^Commodore. Shepherd F. Knapp, Jr., and Secretary, .James E. 



fn'^Pw^'^^^S^n*^^ ™® CORONET.-The large cruisinp schooner 

 that Messrs. Podlon have been building for Mr. R. T. Bush, was 

 launched successfully on Monday afternoon, taking the water yery 



Coronet IS intended solely for cruisio'^, mid her owner will make a 

 ■ wiuferof uestspriug. Her length 



IS IvJJtt. on deck, 118ft. waterliue, 2m. 4in. beam and her di-aft is 12ft. 

 oin. 



YACHTING NOTES.-Huron has had a new mast lately . Ileen 

 will soon be out with her masc 18in. shorter and 2ft. further aft, also 

 with additional lead on her keel. ITer boom now 1.^ 57Uft long 

 Begina, sloop, is hauled out at Lawler's for overhauling, the 

 schooueT Altama is also on the same ways. . . .The damages sustained 

 by the Mohican in the Goelet Cup race have all been repaired ... 

 JBedoum has her new bowsprit and arrived off the S. C. Y. C. house on 

 luesday afternoon. . . .Polynia has been on the screw dock for several 

 days. One blade was broken from her i^ropeller and her shoe was 

 can-ied away by striking some rock or old wreck in the East River 

 The Nooya has also been on the dock to change her screw. 



GREENWICEI Y C. REGATTA.-The first annual regatta of this 

 club will be sailed on Aug. 3H, starting ac 10 A. M., off Greenwich, 



boats under 18ft. Besides these there will be rowint; races, a canoe 

 race, swimminlf and tub races and orher sports, for all of which 

 prizes wiU be given. The entries close on Monday nignt. 



■'RUDER TTND SEGEL ALMANACH."-Tbe \\-i,s><ersportha.s lately 

 issued a neat little book with the above title, containing a list of the 

 various clubs in Germany. Austria and other European countries; 

 also of the rowing and sailing races of 1884, with a list of yachts in 

 German and Austrian waters. The book also contains other matter 

 or interest to yachtsmen, making a very useful little volume for all 

 who are fond of water sports. It can be ordered from the Was.ser- 

 sport, No. Neue .Takob strasse. Berlin, Prussia. 



BAR HARBOR Y. C— This new club lield its first regatta on Aug. 

 15, at Bar Harbor, Me. The yachts were in three classes, schooners 

 and sloops over ,33 and under 6Gft., schooners and sloops over 22 and 

 under 32ft., schooners, sloops and cats under 22ft. The wind was 

 tresh from the westward all day. At 11 A. M. the gun fired for the 

 start for llrst class, and at 11:1.") for second and third classes. Gwen- 

 dolen won in first class, Little Nell in second and Lulu m third. 



DEATH OF A NEW Y^ORK Y'ACHTSMAN.— Mr. Wm. H. Thomas, 

 owner of the large schooner Rambler and a member of the New 

 York Y. C, died at his residence at Bay Ridge on Thursday last 

 shortly after his return from the cruise of the N. Y. Y. 0. His funeral 

 took place on Sunday at Christ Church , Bay Ridge. A large number 

 of yachtsmen were present besides tne crew of the Rambler. 



RACES AT TORONTO.-A race for the third class yachts of 

 the Toronto Y. C. for the McGaw Cup will be sailed on Aug. 22, at 

 2:30 P. M. A match has been arranged between the sloops Meteor 

 and Mischief, to be sailed on Aug. 29, over the third class course, T 

 Y, C. rules, but with shiftmg ballast, anchor start from the T. Y. C. 

 house at 2:30 P. M. 



PERSONAL.— Mr. Edward Laptborne, the English sadmaker, 

 arrived in New York this week, and will remain until after the races. 



He will sail on Genesta and look after her canvas The Oswego Y". C. 



will visit New York in September and will accompany the races on 

 the tug Indian, which they have chartered for their exclusive use. 



BURLINGTON BAY" CHAMPIONSHIP.-The second race was sailed 

 on Aug. 1. The starters were Cruiser. Whistlewing. Brimette, Nep- 

 lune. Cacique, Coquette and Metis. The wind was S.W. and very 

 light. Whistle\ving finished first, but Cruiser won on coirected time. 

 Whistlewing is second and Brimette third. 



REGATTA AT OLD POINT, VA.— A series of rowing and sailing 

 races will be held on the Elizabeth River, at O'd Point, on Aug. 19 

 and 20. Besides the shell races there will be sailing races between 

 the large canoes used on Chesapeake Bay, and also races for sloops 

 and catboats, and possibly pilot boats. 



THE LAST OF THE NEPTUNE. -The doiy Neptune, which sailed 

 some time since from Penzance for America, with a crew of one, a 

 Norwegian named Johnson, has lately been picked up off Cape Clear 

 by the bark Wyoming. A gun, comiiass and some money were found 

 on board, but her owner was missing. 



EASTERN Y. C. CRUISE.— The fleet will rendezvou s at New Bed 

 ford on Aug. 29 for a cruise to New York. 



BANNERET AND LIZZIE F. DALY.— The matches between these 

 boats have been declared oft". 



Address all communications to the Forest and Stream Publish 

 ing Co. 



Canoeists are invitmi to send us notes and full reports of cruises^ 

 club nu'X'.ts, inforiimtion about canoeable waters, and other commu 

 nicutions of interest. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Fohkst and 

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

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

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

 requested to forward to Fobe.'st and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, iiaaps, and information concerning their local waters, 

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

 to the spi trt. 



FIXTURES, 



Sept. 19— N. Y. 0. C. Regatta, off New Brighton. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



SECRETARY— Dr. 0. A. Neide. SchuylervUle, N. Y. Candidates for 

 membership must forward their names, with $2 for initiation fee 

 and first year's dues, to the secretary, who will present names to the 

 the executive committee. Money should be sent by registered letter 

 or money order. 



ANNUAL DUES OF THE A. C. A. 



To the Members of the A. C. A.: 



I respectf iilly call your attention to the fact that Article I. of the 

 by-laws of the American Canoe Association was so changed at the 

 recent meeting at Grindstone Island, that the second paragraph now 

 reads: "Each subsecjuent annual payment shall be two dollars, etc. 

 I hope the members will forw-ard their dues promptly, as such action 

 will materially faciliiate the duties of the secretary-ti-easurer. A 

 copy of the Association Book for 18S5 has been sent to each member 

 of the Association. Please notify me of any error that may occm- to 

 you. Fraternally yours, Chas. A. Neide, Sec'y A. C. A. 



SOHOYLSRVILLE, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1885. 



THE RECORD AT THE A. C. A. MEET. 



THE Record was introduced for the first time at the meet last year. 

 Previou.sly it had been found that in events where sldlled sail- 

 ors or paddlers entered with the best oliaiices of winning very few 

 entries could be secured, and the races lacked interestfor want of con- 

 testants. The ijaddlers were content to take one or more fli'st prizes 

 and leave the sailing races alone, and the sailors left the paddling 

 races alone. Thus a paddling class and a sailing class of canoes 

 began to grow up at the expense of the best all-round canoe . If 

 allowed to go on in this way the result would have been finally, pad- 

 dling machines and sailing machines. The Record gave the oppor- 



tunity for a middle man to go in all races, and though not taking a 

 single first prize, to get the best average for the meet, and therefore 

 the best prize. This Mr. J. L. Weller did last year. He did not win 

 first prize lu a .single paddhng event. The Record worked well, though 

 not generally imderstood, and very much increased the interest in the 

 races, and induced more men to enter. The man who last year came 

 m second on the Record did not enter a smgle sailing race, but by 

 usmg two canoes managed to get three first prizes, or thirty points. 

 This two canoe busmess seemed to the Regatta Committee unfair, 

 and this year the rule was made that it should be one man and one 

 canoe for all Record races. It worked admirably, as the result shows. 

 The first Record prize this year was won by Mr. Gibson, the only man 

 who went into every event he was entitled to enter— seven in all. He 

 w^on one first prize sailing and one first priz3 for the combined race, 

 coming in on the other five events twice second, once third, once fifth 

 aud once sixth, making iu all some fifty -three points. 



From the fidl Record, which will be published next week, it will be 

 seen that the men standing well up towai-d the front, won their points 

 aU or nearly all, in paddling races alone, or saihtig races alone; thus 

 Mr. Nimick, of Pittsburgh, stands at. 30 points, being the result of 

 three first prizes in Class A sailing races, while the Class B races 

 were each won by a different man. and where 10,13 and 18 canoes 

 were entered aud sailed. Mr. Johnson has twenty or more points, 

 and thcsi? were won all in the paddling races. U'^n error occurred in 

 the record of the upset race in our issue of last week. Mr. Johnson 

 paddled Invincible and came in fourth, not Mr. E. W. Brown as re- 

 ported.] The above facts are not ijrought up to detract from the 

 credit due to Mr. Niimck for winning three straight races— for in one 

 of them, if the record of time was correctly takfsn, and there seems 

 no doubt but that it was, he made the best saiung time of all canoes iu 

 Record races A or B rotmd the course once— 24 minutes 10 seconds, 

 the next best being Sea Bee, twice round in 50 minutes 30 seconds- 

 hut it is noted to show that the arrangement of races is not yet per- 

 fect for a fair record and the encouragement of all-round work. 



The combined race, saihng and paddling, was to have been one of 

 the leading events; but the length of the programme made it neces- 

 sary to start this race when many of the men were much exhausted 

 after the heavy weather sailing race, aud thei efo.-e but three entries 

 were secured, and the race resolved itself into a contest between a 

 Class B boat and a Class A boat, the heavy wind and rough water 

 favoring the B canoe, so that it won easily. There islittle doubt that 

 the B boats, as a rule, .sail better and faster than the A canoes; but 

 it is not at all certain that if they meet on equal terms, that is. an A 

 canoe entering all of its seven events and the B entering its seven 

 events, the A canoe will not come out ahead, In fact, had Nimick 

 gone into the four events he might have, but did not, ne certainly had 

 a better chance of getting more points than Mr. Gibson, with but one 

 saihng prize to his credit against Nimick's three. It seems too bad, 

 also, that the A canoes are growing less each year and the heavier B 

 boats are increasing. What is the reason? Is there a remedy? 



SUGGESTIONS TO THE INCOSIING HEGATTA COMMITTEE. 



Are there not too many events now on the Record? Suppose the 

 Recoi d \^'as based upon three events only, one paddling, one com- 

 bined and one saihng. Make these races' the principal ones of the 

 meer. give plenty of time for them and staitthem each and every one 

 under favorable conditions and well apart, so there will be time to 

 rest between them. A & B will enter different class paddling events 

 —and sailing events of com-se- but come together on the combined 

 race. Have as many other events on the programme as seems desir- 

 able—this vear's hst is a model, thoughtfully worked out and carried 

 through— but make the three events above "noted the events of the 

 regatta, and give the five Record prizes for them only. If it seems 

 desirable, the three events might be made five byaddmg one paddling 

 and one sailing, but this should be very carefully looked into first. 

 With three events the races woidd certainly be weU contested, and a 

 fuU hst of entries secured— and no sailing "canoe only would have a 

 chance for first place— not a paddling canoe only, either. If five 

 races are decided on, the paddling race should be the upset— 100 

 yards, rather than the cruising trim race, as it gives more variety— 

 and the sailing race should be limited sail, 75ft., rather than no bal- 

 last, for the majority of canoes carry no ballast anyway. At the '84 

 meet the combined race did not come off on account of a calm. This 

 year the race was not a test, as it was designed to be. for reasons ex- 

 plained before. Cannot this be fully remedied next year? 



One more point. Are not the A. C. A. pi-ize hags getting a little 

 common, what with first and second prizes in all races having more 

 than two startei-s and five Record prizes? Would it not be better to 

 limit the giving of second prizes to those races where at least five 

 canoes finish? 



By basing the Record on three races only, it would go far toward 

 making the A and B canoes compete on more even terms than they 

 now do. A good A canoe now stands twice the chance that a B canoe 

 does, from the fact that it has fewer canoes entered against it, and 

 that in ihree races makes uo a hard handicap to beat. But give them 

 one saihng race only, and the fewer entries does not affect the result 

 much, since the second and third B canoes get much higher rates 

 than the same A canoes. What has this year's committee to say to 

 these suggestions ? Let us hear from them . 



NOTES ABOUT THE MEET, 



THE safirng races this year at the meet certainly were the most 

 successful the Association has ever had charge of. The rules 

 have been tested and the men were familiar with them. A number 

 of the best canoes from the clubs doing most sailing were present, 

 and in no case was it a foregone conclusion who would win. Albany, 

 with Snake and Thetl«, Rochester with Sofronia, Pittsburgh with 

 Nivaua aa 1 Katrina, Brockville with Grebe, Deseronto with Star, 

 New York with Sea Bee, Brooklyn with Guenn and Knickerbocker 

 with that "real canoeist," novice though he is, and the FUt— all made 

 it clear before any racing began that the contest was to be close. 



In a scrub race for a Rushton paddle on Saturday before regatta 

 week, Katrina showed her windward quahties in a light breeze and 

 smooth water by winning against ten starters, Thetis, the Albany 

 wonder, coming in second and Sea Bee third. Monday morning 

 proved stormy and no races were sailed. Tuesday oper ed bright and 

 windy, and the bay looked pretty rough for novices when their race 

 was called. Mr. Stanton, in the Flit, seemed entu-ely free from any 

 anxiety, and when the pistol for the start was heard he was off like a 

 rocket. His two competitors upset before completing the round, 

 but he paid no attention to them. On the second leg of the triangle 

 he jibed the sail over as unconcernedly as though it was a fiat calm. 

 When windward work began he fastened his sheets well out of reach 

 and then kept FUt to her work, never luffing, but just climbing out to 

 windward himself when the squalls hit him, and brought the canoe 

 aci'oss the home line, her centerboard at times plainly seen by those 

 on shore, in just nineteen minutes from the time he started. This 

 was five raioutes quicker than any other time dm'ing the whole meet. 

 It is just, hov.'ever, to say that the wind favored him on the windward 

 leg, since he had but two tacks to make where other canoes had from 

 four to six laid out for them. When on shore Mr. Stanton was picked 

 up by several of his club men and carried around camp on their 

 shoulders. He remarked in a modest sort of a way, "It is easy 

 enough to win you know, but what I like is coming in with the other 

 canoes out of sight as it were— hull down, you know," as of com-se 

 they were, having both upset. 



The regular class B, no limits, was sailed in almost a gale of wind 

 the same afternoon, and the smaU rig and splendid seagoing qualities 

 of the New York canoe Sea Bee brought her in an easy winner. 

 Seventeen canoes started, eight finished, three upset, one was dis- 

 abled, and the rest gave up and paddled home. AU the canoes jibed 

 at the flr.st turn on the first round, and this proved fatal to several. 

 At the same turn on the second round Sea Bee, bemg well ahead of 

 the Snake— the second boat— tacked so as to run no risks, the wmd 

 and sea being very heavy. This maneuver caused some remark 

 among the canoei.sts. as many supposed not to jibe always showed 

 lack of spunk, but nearly all admitted that under the circumstances 

 in this case a tack was the best way to get round— safely. Wednes- 

 day the no-ballast race waa sailed, light wind, smooth water, thirteen 

 B canoes started. Thetis had it all her own way after the first wind- 

 ward tack ended. Sofronia and Sea Bee sailed together all around, 

 four times passing each other, Sofronia finally taking second place. 

 Sea Bee third. 



The Hmited sail race came off in the afternoon. Smooth water, 

 light wind, eighteen starters. The only bad start of the meet was re- 

 corded m this race. Katrina, Thetis. Sofronia, Isabel and some others 

 getting foul of each other just on the hue, and were thus much ham- 

 pered in getting off. Snake and Sea Bee got the best of the start. 

 Snake won, Thetis and Katrina making up splendidly on the fleet 

 when once off, got second and third places, Grebe coming in fourth. 



The consolation race on Friday for canoes never having taken an 

 A. C. A. prize was won by Guenn, five starters. Guenn and Grebe had 

 a close race of it all through, wmd very tight, and often passed each 

 other. Grebe got home but ten seconds behind the winner. A reach- 

 ing race was attempted m a cahn. Nivana got over the course, So- 

 fronia second. A scrub race of five canoes on Saturday was won by 

 Thetis, Guenn second. Grebe third, a paddle for prize. Light wind 

 and smooth water. 



Of the six B sailing races Thetis took two. Snake one. Sea Bee one, 

 Guenn one. Katrina one. Honors were, therefore, pretty easy all 

 round. Knickerbocker s-ot the novice race and Pittsburgh, with 

 Nirvana, took all three of the Class A sailing races. For light winds 

 and smooth water, Thetis, (^Lausingburgh canoe) with the Mohicnn 

 sail and Phil Wackerhagen to sail her, is not to be beaten every day 

 by the best canoes and men the A. C. A. can boast of, and it does 



seem that the honored Tredwen himself, in his famous English Pearl, 

 would have a hard row to hoe to get ahead of little Wack. As here- 

 tofore the heavy canoes, with big iron boards aud lead mines of bal- 

 last, have done nothing to prove that they are worth the labor and 

 worry expended on their construction rig, and especially the iacon- 

 venience of their safe transportation. 



THE CONSOLATION PRIZE. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I notice ia your last number the inquiry of Mr. John Henry Hull, 

 President Brooklyn C. C, as to the fate of the "Consolation'' prize 

 he so liberally offered to the A. C. A regatta list. Although the same 

 issue gives an account of the race and winners, I shall be obliged if 

 you will kindly announce that the A. C. A. regatta committee bad no 

 wish to appear to neglect President Hull's welcome prize, but the un- 

 favorable weather having crowded back many of the regular races, 

 the extra prizes were rather late in being ari-anged and competed 

 for. Probably the same day that Mr. Hull wrote his inquhy, Mr. R. 

 J. Wilkin, of his club and of the regatta committee, reported from 

 the regatta. The impossibility of deciding until the last day or two 

 was the only reason that the offer did not receive immediate accept- 

 ance. It was doubtful whether the extra races could be sailed, but 

 there was no doubt of the acceptability of the consolation prize. It 

 was probably a printer's error which made President HuU's letter to 

 you say the prize was offered for a paddling race, as the offer of the 

 secretary (through whom I heard ot it) stipulated a sailing contest. 



The A. C. A. is indebted to Mr. Hud for a valued prize and a good 

 idea. The race for those who have not won prizes before was a very 

 welcome one, and will undoubtedly be repeated, as it gives to many 

 good sailors the much desired opportunity to race without competing 

 against the "cracks." Robert W. Gibson, 



Chairman, Regatta Committee, 1885. 



Albany, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1885. 



THE PACIFIC COAST MOSOUITO FLEET, 



THE canoes and boats about San Francisco that constitute the 

 "Mosquito Fleet," have been sailing a number of races this sum- 

 mer and the interest in the sport has been very active. The first race 

 for the champion pennant was sailed on May 31, the course being two 

 miles, running out and beating home. The entries were: 



Talisman, Racine, 13ft.x2Sin., F. Pixley, Oakland C. C; Undine, 

 carvel, 15ft.x30in.. R. Cooper, Oakland C. C; Sunbeam, canvas, 

 13ft.x24m,. W. Pixley, Oakland C. C. : Betsv, carvel, 13ft.x28m.. R. 

 Engelbrecht. Oakland C. C; Hattie Bell, lapstreak, 1.3ft. X29ui., W. 

 H. Byrnes, S. F. C. C. ; Zephyr, lapstreak, 14ft.x29in.; W. W. Blow, 

 Mosquito Fleet. 



The wind was very strong for the small craft, but at 2 P. M. they 

 were started, Hattie Bell leading, but Zephyr being first at the tuiii, 

 and also at the finish. The times were: Zephyr, 30m.; Hattie Bell, 

 34i^m.; Undine, 36m.; TaUsman, 50m.; Sunbeam, 50]4m.; Betsy not 

 timed. On June 14, a second race was sailed on the creek. The en- 

 tries were: Mystic, W. W. Blow- Mosquito, W. A. Byrnes; Bonito, 

 Capt. Moody; Ripple, T. Evans; Nettie, C. G. Yale; Ella, J. P. Mon- 

 tague. The race out was very close, but Mosquito took a good lead 

 coming home. The times were: Mosquito, 31}^jm.; BIystic. 3.3m.; Mr. 

 Yale, 3G}^m. A third race was sailed on June 29, between Zephyr and 

 Hattie Bell. The wind was unsteady and came in heavy pufis, one 

 of which upset the Hattie Bell, leaving Zephyi- to finish alone. On 

 July 12, another race was sailed, resulting as follows: 

 Boat. Sailed by 



Mystic W. W. Blow 



Mosquito John Purvis 



Bonita Capt. Moody 



Ripple T. Evans 



Zephyr Al. Blow 



JtUla M.D.Hyde 



On July in. the fleet made a day's cruise to Goat Island, t boats 

 takiii L I i n ■, Hattie Bell, Bonita, Ripple, Chiquita, Nellie and 

 Naut il i , was pleasantly .spent on the island, the fleet com- 



ing hoiu - J eeied at night. The full list of boats composing the 

 Mosquito licet is as follows; Mosquito, owned by AV. A. Byrnes; Iflirt, 

 Harrison; Mystic, W. \V. Blow; iVettie, Charles (4. Y'ale; Ella, Capt. 

 J. P. Montague; Bonita, Capt. Moody; Ripple, TaUesin Evans; Tali.-3- 

 man, Frank M. Pixley, jr.; Stmbeam, Edgar S. Fisher; Undine, E. R. 

 Cooper; Hattie Bell, Byi-nes; Two Sistere, Dr. J. M. Willey; Zephyr, 

 W. W. Blow; Chiquita, Evans; Burrito, 11. A. Powell; Emerald. W. 

 L. OUver; Outing, Mead; Dolphin, Alfi-ed Blow. 



New boats are being added and old ones improved as the interest in 

 the races increases. Mystic has lately put iu a Radix board, and Hat- 

 tie Bell has had a new and larger rig fitted to her. 



Tiu-ned. 



Position. 



Time. 



.. 1st 



1st 



49 



6th 



3d 



50 



.. 3d 



3d 





2d 



4th 





4th 



5th 



5th 



6th 



60 



CANOE ROUTES WANTED.— (IJ I saw in some paper recently the 

 name of a gentleman who resides iu Savannah, Ga., and connected 

 with a railroad there, who could give information about crossing 

 Okefinokee Swamp into Suwanee RIvhi-. If you do not know this 

 person, perhaps you can give the information I need from some other 

 source. I wish to take the trip next winter in my canoe. Cruised 

 last winter from St. Augustine to Lake Worth, back to Rock Ledge in 

 my canoe. I shall be greatly obliged for any information you can 

 direct me to the possession of in regard to Suwanee route to west coast. 

 — Seth Diokey. (2)Iwantto getonthe Megalloway River at the highest 

 point where it is navigable by a birch canoe. Can you inform me what 

 town in Canada would be the nearest place to start from? Could we 

 buy a birch there? We were up the river as far as Rump Pond last 

 fall, and want to start from the highest point this year and descend 

 the whole stream if we can. Our plan was to go to the nearest place 

 to the sources wdth our stores and outfit, buy a canoe there, and sell 

 it if we could when we reached the settleme'nts.— Chas. G. Gibso.n. 



LAKE ST. LOUIS C. C. REGATTA.— A regatta will be held at 

 Lachine, Can., by the Lake St. Louis C. C, of Montreal, the pro- 

 gramme being as follows: Sailing race, 1 mile; portage, mile; 

 tandem race, boys under 13 years, mile; tandem race for challtnge 

 cups, 1 mile; girls' trandemrace; paddling race, single, >b nule; up- 

 set race, two upsets, 300 yards; paddling, single, boys under 18 yeai-s, 

 5^ mile; tandem race, club members, 1 mile: hm-ry-skurry race, 25 

 yards' swim and 200 yards' paddle; paddling for ladie-3 and gentle- 

 men, J4 miie. The last event wdll be climbing the greased pole, open 

 to members of all boating clubs. The challenge cups offered for the 

 tandem race are valued at $125, and must be won three times by the 

 same crew before becoming the property of the crew. The races for 

 them must be paddled over the Lachine course, under the manage- 

 ment of the Lake St. Louis C. C. and the crew winning them must 

 give security for i heir safekeeping unth June 1 of the next year. The 

 races will start at 2:30 P. M. 



"CANOE AND CAMP COOKERY."— A vacation passed among the 

 woods or along shore with your own camping outfit, is by far the 

 most enjoyable, independent and least expensive way of spending 

 the outing." But a necessary quaUfication is that the camper should 

 know how to properly prepare and cook his meals. Lucking this 

 quaUty, the delicacies of the season, instead of being ' nectar and 

 ambrosia," become "wormwood and ashes"— especially the latter. 

 As an aid to the tyro in cooking, the Forest and Stream Publishing 

 Company, of New York, have just issued "Canoe and Camp Cook- 

 ery," a practical cook book for the camper. The book contains 

 many well-tried and valuable recipes so plainly described that a fail- 

 ure to have well-cooked food in camp is almost impossible. In addi- 

 tion are hints concerning outfits, camp beds and other matters of im- 

 portance to the cruiser, camper.and outer.— 2Venfon (Y. J.) Cfazette, 

 Aug. 12. 



A RIVER AND CANAL CRUISE IN NEW JERSEY.— Two canoeists 

 of Washington, N. J., have lately made a very pleasant cruise, start- 

 ing from that place and going, by way of the Morris Canal, to Easlon, 

 thence by the Delaware River to Philadelphia and back as far as 

 Bordentown, where they entered the Delaware & Raritan Canal. 

 Passing through this to New Brunswick they entered the Raritan 

 River and then Staten Island Sound. In Newark Bay a storm over- 

 took and nearly wrecked them, but they finally reached Newark 

 safely, leaving "their canoes there for a tune. Next week they will 

 start agam at Newark and follow the Morris Canal to then- starting 

 point. 



CANOE FOR Sale.— We advertise this week a sailing and paddling 

 canoe, flttetl specially for safiing races. She is of the Sandy Hook 

 model with brass centerboard, and is carvel built. Her owner is 

 about to build a new canoe after some ideas of his own, and offers 

 her at a reasonable figure. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



NiMROD IN THE NoRTH, or Hunting and Fishing Adventures in the 

 Arctic Regions.— By Frederick Schwatka. New York: Cassell & Co. 

 1885. Pi-ice, S2,o0^ 



PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



Why He Pines.— I don't think you care much whether I live or 

 don't live, nor do I see any particular reason why you should. But 

 then I may have calamities and disajipointments from which you .ai'e 

 safe, and there is where I suffer. When I came up here Idh-ected the 

 Forest and Stream sent to this place. I have received two or three 

 numbers at long intervals and tliat is all. Now if that isn't a calamity 

 luiendra-able I should hke to know what would be.— Ozone. 



