Avo. 1885.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



93 



THE TRAP. 



Correspondents lolw favor ns idth club score* are particularly re- 

 quested to iltrite on one s^ide of tke papBr ontp. 



PIELD DAY AT VICKSBUftG. 



E<kifh\ForHt and Stream: 



This Has been a gala day fw Vicksburg. there liave been a gl-eat 

 number of yisitofs in the city and the citizens turned out in large 

 numbers. The attractions *ere, first, a liompauy drill fol- the State 

 Championship and a pur.-e of S-^.W and erate money between the West 

 Point Eifles, of West Point, and ibe Volunteer Southrons,- Of this 

 place; second, a tilting toui-namentf and, thirds a team shoot at glass 

 balls and clay-pigeons. 



The drill was judged by three Competent pfflcers from the U. S. 

 Army and resulted in a victory for the West Poiat Rifles, vdth a score 

 Of 83.33 against 77.33 for our company. The programme for the drill 

 wSs made by the judging olflcers and handed to the captains of the 

 companies just before goiug into the field. Some of the maneuvers 

 were difficult and admirably es:eeuted. 



Imtnediately after the company drill adfillwas had to determine 

 the best drilled man. This re-snlted also ih a fictoty for the West 

 Point Ritles, several of the Rides remaining iiiline after tite Southrons 

 had been motioned out. This was also .Judged by the ai-my officers. 



As. the tilting tom-nament is something new probalily to most of 

 your readers, I will briefly describe it. Three posts about lOft. 

 high, 15yds. to 20yds. apart, placed in hue or otherwise^ have 

 each a horizontal arm about 4ft. long at the top. From the 

 extremity of each arm depends a wire aft. or more long, at the 

 lower end of which is a clamp also generally made of wire. Into 

 each clamp is placed a ring Sin. diameter, with the open part at right 

 angles to the line of posts, and so delicately held that the slightest 

 touch releases it. The lance consists generally of light wood, is 

 about 8ft. long, round. Sin. diameter at the lai-ger end, and tapering 

 to a point at the other end, where it is tipped with metal. This lance 

 is held by the rider near the balancing point in his right hand, the 

 rear end extending on the under pai-t of the arm from the hand to 

 the elbow. With this: Inuee the rider sweeps by the posts at full 

 speed, taking the rings us best he can. Eacli rider is called a Knight 

 of so and so. with a dre.ss appropriate to his name. The South is 

 noted for her graceful and skillful riders, and the "tilting tonrna- 

 meuf - requires not only that, liut an accurate eye and a steady nerve 

 as well, aided by practice more or less thorough. 



Sometimes the tom'nament affords considerable amusement in ad- 

 dition to the interest by observing tiie skill of the contestants. On 

 this occasion the steed of W. H. Tillman, Knight of the Plains, at one 

 time became obstinate, and instead of sweeping by the posts on the 

 beaten track, indulged in some gymnastic exercise not down on the 

 programme, converting his back into an elastic springboard, his tail 

 into a whipcracker, and his body into knots of various complications. 

 Evidently he compi-ehended the title of ''Knight of the Plains," and 

 entered into the spirit of, if, indeed, he was not one in fact. 



The prizes consisted of $100 to first, $50 to second, and $-5 to third. 



The total distance to be ridden was 100yds., time not to exceed ten 

 seconds, each knight to haA'e three rides, having a possible of nine 

 rings. The time actually made was from five seconds for the quick- 

 est trip, to nine for the longest. 



Ten knights entered for the contest. The first prize was won by 

 H. L. Foote. Knight of the Gun Olub; second by J. H. Robertson, 

 Knight of the Red Bone Club ; thu-d, by J. .1. Ii-win. Knight of Omega. 

 The rings taken were 8, 7 and B, respectively. The following ladies 

 were crowned Queen of Love and Beauty by the winning knights: 

 Miss Georgia W.addLll by Foote, Miss Lizzie Wright by Robertson, 

 Miss Bazinsky by Irwin, and Miss Maggie Burnett, of Port Gibson, 

 Miss., by John Parkinson, Knight of Claiborne Light Guards, who 

 won fourth honor. 



The team shoot originally was to have been for a purse of S150 to 

 winning team, but as no regniar team was entered, except the Vieks- 

 burg Gun Club, SKX) offered by this club was withdrawn. Two other 

 teams were organized on the ground, the Natchez and Omega. The 

 shooting done was csDsiderably below the average, owing mainly to 

 the unfavox'able grounds shot on. The dark background of the 

 Vicksburg hills rendered the clay-pigeons especially very indistinct. 

 Pigeons were thrown from three traps, set in the fom'th notch, and 

 balls from a single Mole's rotatmg trap. The following is the score: 

 Vicksburg. 



Pigeons. Balls. 



Bookout 1001110111 1111111111—17 



Tllltoan OlOllOllll 0111111101—15 



Hebron 1111111111 1101111111-19 



Dorsey lOOOlllOOO lioiililil— 1.3 



Foote 01111 1111 1 11 111 n 1 1—18- 8-2 



Natchez. 



Arrighi 1000101101 1111011111-14 



Baker lOlOlOOlOO 1111110111—13 



Ta.ylor OODll 001 1111 11 101 1—13 



Casey .1100011110 1111111110-15 



Edrington 1111011111 1110111101—17—71 



Omega. 



Batehelor OOiOllOllO 1011101111—13 



M P Irwin ,1010110000 1011110101—11 



Gilfoil OOllOOOliO 0001010110— 8 



J J Irwin 0100101000 1011100111-10 



Goff 1101110001 1111000011—13—54 



During the entire day there were order, harmony and the best of 

 spirits. During the drill the West Point Rifles, as well as the Volun- 

 teer Southrons, were cheered lustily by the crowd. W. L. P. 



VicKSBUHG, Miss., Avig. 17. 



GEORGIA TOURNAMENT. 



The National Gun Associatioii, Cincinnati, O.: 



In behalf of the members of the Association who participated in the 

 Third Inter-State Tournament just closed here, we desire to express 

 our thanks, and at the same time to impress upon all sportsmen one 

 prominent advantage of its membership, viz.: The facility and free- 

 dom from expense with which local tournaments can be organized 

 under the auspices of the National Association. Heretofore there 

 has been a lack of local tournaments on account of the preliminary 

 expense attending the same, and the fact that the local sportsmen 

 hesitated to assume the financial responsibility for tlie same. Now 

 this is changed. The National Gun Association in case any of the 

 members wish to organize a tournament, advance to them the cash 

 required for preliminary outlay, and guarantee its members who 

 manage the tom'nament against all financial loss. Traps, targets and 

 all necessaries are shipped from the home office, and any information 

 or suggestions always kindly given by its officers and members 

 wherever located. 



This was well illustrated in the case of the tournament of Aug . 10, 

 11 and 13, held at Macon, Ga., under the auspices of the Association. 

 By unavoidable circumstances the other four members of the execu- 

 tive committee, who had the management of this tournament, were 

 unable to attend, and the writer, although alone, had no difliculty in 

 completing all the preliminaries and drawing together a large num- 

 ber of sportsmen from diHerent States, who enjoyed the spoj-t, and 

 which residted in forming many ties of friendship between the par- 

 ticipants, and creating a strong desu-e to have all brother sportsmen 

 join the Association in order that sttch a meeting may become more 

 general. 



The Cincinnati ofiftcer of the Association supplied us with all requi- 

 sites in abundance, and seemed determined that we shoidd want for 

 nothing. 



The sportsmen in attendance were a jolly set of fellows, and we 

 kept up the firing from 10 A. M. until dark each day, not even stop- 

 ping for dinner, but lunching on the groimds. The visitors were much 

 impressed with the location and arrangement of the gromids, and 

 will return on the occasion of the Georgia State fair tournament, 

 beginnmg Oct. 26 next, under the auspices of the National Associa- 

 tion, at which time we hope to see more of your Easternand Western 

 members. Very respectfully, ]\Iatt R. Freeman. 



Macox, Ga., Aug. 17. 



POUGHKEEPSIE. Aug. 20.— Second competition for the gold medal 

 presented by the Wappinger's Falls and Rough keepsie gun clubs; 

 medal to be won twice to become the property of the winner. It 

 was won flrst Ijy E. Decker, of Poughkeepsie, with a score of 15 out 

 of 21. The terms of the matcn are:"lO single rotary glass balls. Card 

 trap, ISyds. and 5 pairs doubles 15yds. The contest to-day resulted 

 in a victory for Max Condit, one of the best clay-pigeon shots in 

 Dutchess county. We were favored with beautifiil weather, every- 

 thing worJdng smoothlv, combined to make a very pleasant shoot: 



M Condit 8 9-17 J A Kunkel 6 7—13 



DrWRCase 8 8—16 H Meyers 5 8—13 



GMGodinez 7 9-16 GATalmage ..6 6—12 



Anderson 7 9—16 Dr. Wm Baxter 5 6—11 



CClapp 8 8—16 HCrozier i 6-10 



E Decker 8 7—15 T C Wakeman 3 6—9 



WTSeary 7 7—14 T Crozier 2 w.— 2 



Five clay-pigeons, 18yds., fourth notch: Max Condit 4, J. M. God- 

 inez 3. Anderson 3, E. Decker 3, Dr. W. R. Case 2, H. Meyers 2, 6. A. 

 Talmage 2, W. T. Seary 2, J. Kunkel 1, 0. Clapp 1, H, Crozier 0, Dr. 

 Wm. Baxtero. We have now quite a flourishing little club and would 

 be pleased to arrange a team match of two, three, five, eight or ten 

 men on a side with any club along the river between New York and 

 Albany, either at single and double glass balls or single clay- pigeons. 

 —A. C. Gallup. 



MOBILE, Aug. 16.— Mobile Gun Club mat^jh at 7 single leatber-wing 

 bats, 31yds. rise, class shooting: 



Vass inilll— r McDonnell 1011011—5 



Boltz 1111101—6 Custa 0110111—5 



Sartore...., 1111110-6 Burch. • lllloOf — 1 



Drey 1101111—6 Nichola.s 1100000-2 



Dumont 0111111—6 



W. T. Vass first, Boltz and Sartore divided second, McDonnell and 

 Custa divided third. 



Second match, team and class shoot combined, 10 single leather- 

 wing bats, 21yds., and 5 pair doubles, 18yds. : 



Team No. 1, J. H. Stewart, Captaio. 



Stewart 1110110111 11 11 11 00 11-16 



Boi>! 1111110111 11 01 11 10 11—17 



C Sartore llllllllOl 11 11 11 11 11—19 



Dumont 1111111111 10 00 00 11 00 -13 



Wagoner 0111101111 01 10 ll 11 11-16 



J Sariofe 1111111001 11 01 11 11 10-16 



J Burch 1100100110, 10 00 11 00 lO— !>-106 



Team No. 3, J. Custa, Captain. 



CiJsta 0111100111 10 11 11 01 11—15 



McDonnell 1101111111 10 00 10 00 11—13 



Drey... 1011111110 01 11 10 10 11—15 



Burch llllOOllll 10 01 10 11 It— 15 



Nicholas 0000110011 10 10 10 11 10-10 



Vass 1111110001 11 11 11 11 11—17 



Crabtfee 0111011010 10 11 10 11 01—13- 98 



C. A. Sarlofe flt'st, Vass and Boltz divided second, and Stewart ana 

 \Vagner divided thifd. 



Thu-d match, 6 Single American day-birds, 18yds., 3 different 

 angles, class shooting i 



Wagner llllll— 6 McDonnell. 011110—4 



Cuista 101111—5 Vaafs 011011—4 



Burch 111101—5 Boltz 011101—4 



Antone 111101-5 Drey 011001—3 



Dumont 011101—4 Nicholas...., 000011—2 



Stewart 001111—4 J Burch 000110—2 



vSartore 010111—4 



T. Wagner fii st. Custa and Burch divided second, and Vass won 

 third on two scores of 3 birds each. 



Fourth match, 6 single leatherwing bats, 31yds„ class shootinsr: 



CiLsta 11111— Sartore 11110—4 



Vass 11111—5 Dumont 11001—3 



Boltz 11110—4 Wagner 01101—3 



Burch 10111-4 McDonnell 11100—3 



Custa and Vass divided flrst, Sartore and Burch divided second and 

 Wagner won third. 



WORCESTER, Aug. 21.— There was a large attendance at the sec- 

 ond and final day of the tournament at the grounds of the Worcester 

 Sportsmen's Cltib to-day. The following were first prize winners in 

 the different events: 



Seven clay-pigeons, 27 entries — M. O. Whitiier. 



Seven pigeons. 23 entries— A. R. Bowdish and H. W. Eager. 



Seven pigeons, 24 entries -Joseph Beaudry, H. W. Eager and E. T. 

 Smith. 



Eight pigeons, 28 entries— W. L. Davis and W. J. Bradley. 

 Six pigeons, 28 entries— W^. J. Bradley. 

 Five pigeons, 28 entries— W. Parker and W. J. Bradley. 

 Seven pigeons, 27 entries— H. W. Webber andM. D. Gilman. 

 Five pigeons, 29 entries— O. R. Dickey, II. W. Webber and A. F. 

 Cooper. 



Six pigeons, 27 entries— Joseph Beaudry and G. G. Tidsbury, 

 Five pigeons, 37 entries— E. W. Bufldngton, H, W. Eager and H. W. 

 Webber. 



Seven pigeons, 34 entries— G. G. Tidsbury and W. J. Bradley. 

 Five pigeons, 28 entries— G. G. Tidsbury and W. J. Bradley, 

 Five pigeons, 28 entries — H. W. Eager and A. Parker. 

 Five pair pigeons, 16 entries— O. R. Dickey and E. T. Smith. 

 Five pigeons, 80 entries— H. W. Eager and A. F. Cooper. 

 Five pigeons, 16 entries— Joseph Beaudry. 

 Five pigeons, 14 entries— H. W. Webber. 

 Five pigeons, 14 entries— Josetih Beaudry and H. W. Webber. 

 Five pigeons, 13 entries— H. W. Webber and O. R. Dickey. 

 Five pigeons, 13 entries— H, W, Webber and A. F. Cooper. 

 Five pigeons, 11 entries— H. W. Eager and M. O. Whittier. 

 Freeze out, 11 entries— R. Graham. 



The last 9 events were extra numbers. The SlOO offered by the club 

 in cash prizes of $10 each, for the best scores made in the regular 

 events of the two clays' tournament, were divided in accordance with 

 the following score: 



Broken. Lost. Broken. Lost. 



1. H. yv. Eager 107 10 6 E. T. Smith 96 31 



3. H.W.Webber 105 12 7. Joseph Beaudry 93 24 



3. W.J. Bradley 101 16 8. A. F. Cooper ." 92 25 



4. W. L. Davis 99 18 9. A.Houghton 91 80 



5. E. W. Buflington... 98 19 10. T.S.Hall 90 27 



NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Aug. 17.— Aug. 14 another trap-shooting 

 walking match by members of the Hamburg Gun Club took place, at 

 clay pigeons, screened trap, distance 35 to 18yds.: 



T Puddicombe .111011110101111-13 F Bourne 111101111010111—12 



AF Spring. ..,111110010111101—11 E Sauers 101011010111011—10 



S G HoUey 101110111010111—11 J Clancy 110100101100110— S 



Puddicombe and Bom-ne tie. l}4-ounce shot allowed. A. F. Spring 

 has only the use of his left arm, and makes remarkably clean breaks. 

 Holley in this match and in the former used 1 ounce of No. 6. The 

 regular match for the silver cups, first and second prizes, took place 

 Monday. Aug. 10, at clay-pigeons, 18yds. rise, first notch, screened 

 Ligowsky trap: 



T Puddicombe 1111101111—9 F Boui-ne 1111011011—8 



A F Spring lOlOllOlOl— 6 E Sauers 0101000111—5 



SG Holley 1111110111—9 



The tie was decided at next regular match to-day, same conditions: 



T Puddicombe 1111111111—10 F Bourne 1101111011— 8 



A F Spring lOllllllOl— 8 C Sauers llOllOOlll— 7 



SG Holley lllinOlll— 9 J Clancy 0101100100— 4 



The flrst cup scores: Holley won. S.Puddicombe 4, Bourne 1, Spring 

 1. The second cup goes to second man.— Saxcho. 



FRANKLIN, Pa., Aug. 33.— Franklin Gun Olub, National Gun As- 

 sociation rules, first badge shoot at 15 clay-pigeons : 



Sibley 111111010000111-10 Brasheai- 1011110010 w 



Cunningham.. ,111111111011111— 14 Fenletter 1011101111 w 



May llOinOJIl w Lamberton 011111111110 w 



Bowser 1001001011 w Hineman 1010011011 w 



Vincent 1011111011 W 



Cunningham won badge. 



Match at 3 live birds, ties on clays, trap 3, 37yds. rise: 



Birds. Clays. Birds. Clays. 



Sibley 011-2 0111— .3-5 Brashear 011—2 0111-3—5 



Cimningbam . .011— 3 010—1—3 Finletter 111-3 



May 011-3 00 —0—3 Lamberton. .. .111— 3 



Bowser 011-3 0110—3—4 Hineman 011—2 010—1—3 



Lamljerton and Finletter divided first. Sibley and Brashear divided 

 second. 



Match at 3 pairs double clays: Sibley, Bowser, Vincent, Brashear, 

 1; Ctmningham 3, May 1, Baker 0. Ties of 1: Bowser 3, Vincent, Bra- 

 shear 1, Sibley 0.— Quirt. 



BOSTON GLTN CLUB.— There was a large attendance of shotgun 

 men at the grounds of the Boston Gun Club on the 2ad. and some 

 spirited contests took place. Prof. Snow made a clean score of three 

 straight sevens, a total of 21, while Ward and Mitchell tied on 31 , War- 

 ren, Spencer and PhUbrick running a close race for third place. The 

 sport was made interesting by the fine style in which the birds took 

 flight. 1. Seven birds, 18yds. one trap- Lander first. 3. Seven singles 

 —Ward and Mitchell first. 3. Seven singles— Mitchell first. 4. Seven 

 birds— J. Philbrick and H. C. Warren flrst. 5. Seven single birds- 

 Ward first. 8. Seven birds— Ward, Warren, Philbrick and Lander 

 flrst. 7. Seven singles— Ward and Warren first. 8. Seven birds- 

 Ward and Lander first. 9. Thi-ee pair doubles— Ward and Lander 

 first. 10. Seven birds— Mitchell first. 11. 8ev(.n singles— Warren and 

 Philbrick fli-st. 12. Seven birds— Snow first. 13. Seven singles- 

 Ward first. 14. Seven birds— Philbrick and Ward flrst. 15. Seven 

 singles— Snow and Ward first. 16. Seven birds- Snow^ fli-st. 



MT. KISCO GUN CLUB, Aug. 31.— 15 clay-birds, 16yds. rise: 



J Wood OOtWOOOOOOOOOOi)- Petton OOlOOOOl 00001 01— 3 



E Bailey 000001010000010- 3 Barnard 11100011000000*1- 5 



Warner OOllOlllOlOlllO— 9 Finch 010011101001001— 7 



J Reed 001010000001010— 4 Burr 011010000001000— 4 



E Carpenter... 001010110000000— 4 A Reed 110000101001100— 6 



H Bailey 011011110010000- 7 Hart. 000000100000001— 2 



A Sai-les 100101101111101—10 



WHITE MOUNTAIN SPORTSMAN'S CLUB.— Littleton. N. H., Aug. 

 18.— Barrett and Whittaker handicapped six feet, 18yds. rise, clay- 

 pigeons, Ligowsky screened trap, four fUghts: 



Collins 111111111111111-15 Coburn ....010110100000001—5 



Parker OiOOllliOlOOlOO- 7 Whittaker.. 110101001001100- 7 



Amsden .... IIIOIOIIOOOIOU— 9 Bellows .... 111011100100911— 9 



Lane 100110000011010— 6 Ide IIIIOIIIOIOIOOO— 9 



Bnvvett 101110010101011— 9-46 Young 010010110101011— 8-8S 



P SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTHWEST.-The first 

 meeting and shooting tournament was held at Seattle, W. T., last 

 Friday, Saturday and Sxmday. 1 



TROY VS. HOOSICK FALLS.-Teams of 10 men picked from each 

 club, 15 balls each. The scores of a possible 150 were as follows: 

 Troy Club— S. Goggins 15, J. Titcomb 13. N. Lewis 12. G. Bnesser 14, 

 A. Paul 14. W. Dommer 18. J. Richardson 14, J. Sickles 12. J. Hancock 

 13, C. Pluckrose 15; total 1-35. Hoosick Falls Club-P. Ke-aruey 11. C. 

 Palmer 8, J. Hilton 9, H. Gross 13, L, Allen 10, W. Rich 7, B. Tandecar 

 P, G. Stemp 12, L. A. Austin 11, S. Sipperly 12; total 102. 



MOBILE, Aug. 16.— There was a well contested series of matches 

 at Cass' Garden to-day at bats and clays. The scores ran : First 

 match— 7 single leather wing bats, 21yds. rise, class shooting. Vass 

 7, Boltz (i, Sartore 6, Drey 6. Dumont 6, McDonnell 5, Custa 5, Burch 

 4, Nicholas e. Vass wins flrst money, Boltz and Sartore .'econd, 

 McDonnell and Custa third. 



Second match, team and class shoot combined— m single leather 

 wing bats. 81yds. rise and 5 pairs of doubles. 18vds. Team No. 1, .1 

 H. Stewart Captain: Stewart 10, Boltz 17, C. Sartore 10, Dumout 13 

 Wagner 16. J. Sartore 16, J, Burch 9; total 100. Team No. 3, J. Custa 

 Captain. Custa 15, McDonnell 13, Drey 15, C. Burch I.';. Nicholas 10. 

 Vass 17, Crabtree 13; total 98. Snftore wins flrst money, Boltz and 

 Vass second. Stewart and Wagner third. 



Third miitch Avas shot at 6 smgle American clay birds. 18yds. riser 

 Wagner 6, Custa 5, C. Burch 5. Antone 5, Dumont 4. Stewart 4, Sartore 

 4, McDonnell 4, Vass 4, Boliz4, Drey 3, Nicholas 3, J. Burch 2. Wagner 

 wins flrst money, Custa and Burch second, and third was won by 

 Vass on two scores of 3 birds each. 



MaLDEN gun club.— There was a eood attendance at the 

 grounds of the Maiden Gun Club at Wellington on the afternoon 

 of the 23d weekly shoot. Following is the result of the several 

 sweeps: 1. 5 clay -pigeons, Francis, Pond and Sanborn divided first. 3. 

 5 clay -pigeons. Snow flrst. 3. 5 blackbirds, Sanborn and Swift divided 

 first. 4. 5 clay-pigeons, Stanton and Perry divided flrst. 6. oblack- 



10. 5 clay pigeons, Warren, Goodwin and Sanborn divided flrst. The 

 ninth event was tbe medal match. Perry won the first with 9, Swift 

 the second with 8, and Bufifum the third with 7. 



EMERALD GUN CLUB.— Regular shoot. Aug. 17, Long Island City, 

 Schwalenberg's Park. Messrs. Codey, Sidling, Measel, Butz, Godfrey. 

 Lynch, Glaccum a.nd Sehernierliorn 3oyds., Granger and Hudson 

 .30yds., the rest 31yds,: Counsellor Cody 6, J. Sidling 6, J. Mea.sel 9, 

 P. Butz 7, J. Godfrey 8, B. Lynch 5. J. Glaceum 6. L. Schermerhom 

 9, C. M. Grainger 10, Dr. Hudson C, M. Cherry 4, M. McMunn 8, H. 

 Rubino 5, R. Regan 4, S. McMahon 6. J. P. Connor 8, J. Klein 7. P. 

 Kenan 4, J. Howard 7. Grainger first, Schermerhom second, Godfrey 

 third. 



National Gtis Association Tournaments.— Special Notice. — Mem- 

 bers desirous of organizing touniaments in their vicinity, under the 

 auspices of the Association, are requested to notify the undersigned. 

 All the expenses of the same wUI be paid by us. Make your arrange- 

 ments for 1886. We propose to estabhsh a circuit of tournaments 

 annually. Claim your dates now.— F. C. Bishop, Secretary, Box 1392, 

 Cincinnati, O. Send 10 centsf or liand book containing rules, conptitu- 

 lion. etc. "Fairly started and its future depends entirely upon the 

 manner in which the sportsmen throughout the country respond."— 

 C. M. Stark, April 18, 1885.— 



Address all comnmnicatiom to the Forest and Stream Publish 

 ing Co. 



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

 club vieets, information about canoeable waters, and other cormnu- 

 nicatio7is of interest. 



FIXTURES. 



Aug. 29-Buffalo C. C. Races. 



Sept. 5— Buffalo C. C. Races. 



Sept. 19— N. Y. C. C. Regatt^i. off New Brighton. 



Sept. 26— Jersey City Y. C, Canoe Race. ' 



BUFFALO C. C. 



THE flrst of a series of three races of this club took place Aug. 32 

 the course being from the club house to the Bedell House dock, 

 about four miles down the river. The prizes for the series are: First, 

 an A. C. A. badge, presented by WiUiam Lansing; second prize a Mer- 

 riam life belt, presented by Capt. We^od; third prize, a canoe binnacle 

 also presented by Mr. Lansing. The canoes shall score by points, 

 and the canoe having the highest number of points to its credit shall 

 be deemed the winner of the series and the next highest the second 

 and so on. thus the flrst canoe in each race that crosses the finishing 

 line shall count four, the second three, the third two and the fourth 

 one. all other canoes entered shall not count. By this system all canoes 

 have an equal chance and no canoe will be especially favored, .as the 

 weather is unhkely to be the same onaUthe dates. In Saturday's 

 race the following canoes started and finished in the order named: 

 Otter — WilUams Lansing . . .Mohican No. 1. . .65ft. . .Radix Board. 



Nellie... .Frank E. Wood 14.6x30 g5ft 3in. keel. 



Helene. .Henry L. Campbell. ..14.8x30 53ft. .. .Folding Board. 



Elf Edwin L. French 14. x30 60ft.. .Ho. keel. 



At 5 o'clock the canoes started, all being well together but Elf, w^ho 

 did not hear the word and was about a minute later. 



The wind had been blowing quite fresh from N. W. all day. but 

 after starting it lulled down and it was then a race to see which canoe 

 would drift fastest, for the current in the Niagara River averages 

 three to four, and in some places it flows seven and eight mUes an 

 hour. All were bunched for fifteen minutes and then the Captain 

 with his high Mohican sails caught a breeze and sailed away ahead 

 of the rest, which lead he kept and would have won the race but went 

 too far down stream and had to work slowly back, but Otter kept 

 well to the Gi-and Island shore and drifting down let his sail catch on 

 the lower end of the dock and swung in. thus winning the fii-st race. 

 Elf passed within two hundred feet of the finishing line, but his case 

 was hopeless as the wind was shut out by the hotel and trees and he 

 was soon a half a mile below, but by edging in from the current he 

 soon re,gained his former position near the dock but not until after 

 Nellie and Helene had finished. 



Helene is a new canoe and this was her first day in the water, and 

 her owner is quite proud of her as he designed and built her himself. 

 She is fltted with several things of his own invention, among which 

 is a folding centerboard that houses in a box under the floor and is 

 raised and lowered by a simple contrivance aft of the forward bulk- 

 head and does away with a handle that soon rinds your backbone if 

 you sleep in yom- canoe. Also a novel foot steering arrangement, 

 and last but not least, his leg-o'-mutton sails, which by one pull his 

 dandy is hrailed up and his mainsail is reefed or furled.' 



Mr. Campbell used his cruising rig on this day. as he is yet unac- 

 customed to Helene, and all the participants expected an easy vic- 

 tory; but previous nautical experience enabled him to shut out one 

 canoe and make it close for tbe leaders. But after all the race can 

 hardly be called more than a fluke, as it was a mere drift; but more 

 wind is hoped for next week. 



lANTHE C. C. REGATTA. ' 



THE lanthe C. C, of Newark, N. J., held their flrst regatta on Aug. 

 23, on the Passaic River, at Newai'k. The first race, for canoes 

 24in. and under, paddling, had four entries, 1 mile: 



Achilles George Cox Essex C. C. 



Fi-olic W, F. Marvin . . lanthe C. C. 



Priscilla W. Burling .lanthe C. C. 



Achilles won in 13.50. The piize was a sUver cup. 

 The paddlm.g race for canoes of 24 to 2Sin. beam was won by Wm, 

 Hillier, Essex C. C, in 13.57. 

 The tandem race. 1 mile, for a pair of paddles, had four entries: 



Water Witch Hurdand Garrett Bayonue C. C. 



Oliver and Colhns Bayonne C. C, 



Allegretto Marvin and Honess lanthe C. C. 



Montauk Hither and Totten Essex C C. 



Won by Oliver and Collins in 13.40. 



The last race, for canoes over 2Sin., was won by Clmton Day in the 

 Dolphin, from George Cox in the lanthe. As there was no wmd, the 

 sailing race was abandoned. 



PITTSBURGH C. C— Some of the members of the P. C. C. are m- 

 teresred m the regatta and '^Feast of Lanterns" to be held by the 

 South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, on Conemaugh Lake, on Sat- 

 urday next. The programme includes, among other events, a sailing 

 race for canoes, a tandem race, upset and hurry-scurry races, to 

 conclude with an illuminated water parade of all the boats and 

 canoes. 



