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FOREST AND STHEAM. 



[Sept. M, 1885. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



AKSaiTLAR meeting of T.hf> Ej-eeutive Committee of the Ameri- 

 ca;. Cauoft Association will be held at the Doolittln House, Os- 

 wego. N. Y , on Saturday, Nov. 7. 18S5. at 10 o'clock A. M. All meiu- 

 DPrs of lUG A. C. A. are cordially invited to be present eiiber in person 

 or by letter, viith any suga^estious or ideas for action of the coormittee 

 that ( hey may deem of benefit to the Association. 



The followin.e-named member.s constitute the Regatta Committee 

 for 18^5-5; .1. B. McMundcb, Oswetfo, N, Y.. Chairman; S. T. Fairt- 

 louifli. Ivinji'ston, Out., Reade W. Buiiley, rittsburgh. Pa. 



The above Committee will meet at the call of the Chairman, to pre- 

 pare such matter as it may deem advisable to submit for the action 

 of tue Executive Committee. :\lembers ore respectfully requested to 

 address all couimnuications relative to matters m the jurisdiction of 

 the Regatta Committee to the Chairman thereof on or isefore Oct. 

 By order of the Commodore. Chas. A. >Jeide, Sec'y A.O.A. 



Dbseronto, Out., Sept. 18, 1885. 



A MEET ON THE PACIFIC COAST. 



C. Boiryer Vav.r, Esq.. Secretary A'ew Yorl- C. C: 



The Grand A_rmy of The Republic will hold their next annual en- 

 campment at San Francisco in Tuly next, and to meet the demand 

 for low fares the Northern Pacific Raib-oad Company" has fixed the 

 rate for iirst class at S30 for round trip, beriveen St. Paul and 

 Tacotna, soO'i f'^r sixty days, with privileges of a stop-off ac any 

 point west of Yellowstone Park. 



It seems to me cdat an> thing like concerted action on the part of 

 ttie American Canoe Association should be able to secure an exten- 

 sion of the same rates as the G. A. R. eet. The Knifjht Templars iu 

 18S.S g:ot a round trip rate to San Francisco for $75, from Chicago. 

 The round trip rates of ISSG will not exceed $60 from New York or 

 any other Atlantic city: but I thiuk it would take a guarantee of at 

 least canoeists to induce the company to extend the same rate to 

 canoe clubs as to the G- A- R. 



Owinp to the great distance between the two oceans it would l>e 

 impossible to get canoes carried free. If a round trip rate of $.S 

 from St, Paul, Sf) from Chicago, and $10 from New York can be had, 

 it is as good as can be asked 



The idea is to have a fourteen days' bivouac on Puget Sound, the 

 finest and smoothest sheet of salt water in America; and a ten days' 

 encampment at some point on the Willamette River, not far from 

 the city of Portland, with from three to Jive races per day for souvenir 

 prizes. 



Hopinsr you will bring this matter before your club and instruct 

 your delegates to bring it to notice of the American Canoe Association 

 at its next meeting, I am yom-s truly, 



Tuos'. B. Mbrry, Com. Oneonta C, 0, 



PORTLAJCD. Oi'egQn. 



BROCKVILLE C. C. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Owing to bad weather the full programme could not be carried 

 out on the dates announced, hut the races came off as follows: 



Thursdy.v Sept. 10. — Sailing race for skiffs. Distance, 5 miles. 

 Wind K.B. blowing a anle. Seven starters, three Itnished. First, 

 Moise Sam e; second, H, B. Coates; i:hLrd, (i. Crawford McClean. 



Tuesday Sept. 15.— Reaching race for skiffs, nine starters. First, 

 Jas. Findlay; second, B. W. Richards (cauoe Grebe); third, .T. E. 

 Chrysler. 



ReacMog Race for Canoes.— First, B. W. Richards, Grebe; second. 

 G. B. Willdnson. Swan; third, F. M. furner, Kmily. 



Paddling Race.— Single. 1 mile. First, Edward Pitfc; second, J, E. 

 Chrysler; third, Mr. Lowe. 



Three-paddle Race.- One mile. First, F. M. Turner, G. B. 'Wilkin- 

 son and J. H. Bagg; second, Pitt, Lowe and llcCuUough; third, Ault, 

 Dresser and Field This was a very close and interesting race. 



Upset Race.— First, G. B. Wilkinson: second, F. M. Turner. 



Wednesday Sept 1(5.— Sailing race for Class B canoes, 5 miles. 

 First, B. W. Richards, Grebe; second, F. M. Turner, Emily; third, 

 G. B. Wilkinson. Swao. 



Tandem Paddling Race.— One mile. First. Pitt and Burt; second, 

 F. M. Turner and G. B. Wilkinson: third, McCullough and Dresser. 

 This was the closest and moat interesti.og race on the programme. 



Portage Race.- First. Pitc and Burt: second, R. E. and G. B. Wil- 

 kinson; third, McCullough and. Dresser. 



Hui-ry Sciirr,y, with Swim.— First, G. B. Wilkinson; second, F. M. 

 Turner; third, iSdward Pitt. Allan Ttjbneb, Sec'y. 



NEW YORK C. C— 14TH ANNUAL REGATTA. 



XT.EXT to the A. C. A. meet at Grindstone, the regatta of the J3ew 

 York C, held last Saturday afternoon, off tbeir club house at 

 New Brighton, Staten Island, was the canoeujg event of the season. 

 Although it was the fourteenth annual regatta of this, the oldest 

 Atuerican canoe club, it was iu many respects the most notable of 

 thi-m all In it were met the crack canoes of four crack clubs— the 

 Mohican. Hartford. Kni -kerbocker and New York. The Mohicans 

 sent R W. Gibson and his famous Rushton-built canoe Snake. From 

 Hartford came Commodore Jones with the Venture, a canoe built on 

 the Harlem by George Ruahr, and formerly owned in the New York 

 club but now the champion of the Connecticut River and all Eastern 

 waters' She sailed awav from all the canoes at the A. C. A. meet of 

 a year a°-o and has easilv beaten St. Lawrence skiffs and New Haven 

 sharpies" Tlie ICnickerbockers sent Brown with his Everson-built 

 "Sunbeam" Irertia; and, to meet thes<i, New York sent Vaux with 

 his new Lassie, built by Everson on the ''Daniel Webster" model. 

 Besides these came canoes from Brooklyn, Bayonne, Newark, and the 

 Staten Island Athletic Club, , , . u ^ ,.■ , . u 



The day was perfect and i:he upper deck of the floating club house 

 was crowded with fair .spectators, who ere sufllciently well up in 

 canoemg matters to be thoroughly interested in the races, and tbeir 

 male escorts, most of whom were members of canoe or yacht clubs. 

 Messns. Munroe, Vaux and C. J. Steven.'j formed the regatta commit- 

 tee having charge of the races, W. P. Stephens acted as starter and 

 A. O- ]\IcMm-ray as judge at the finish. 



The first event of the programme was the sailing race for classes 

 A and B and novices, or those who had never won a sading race. 

 The starters were Venture, L. Q, .Tones. Hartford C. C; Snake, R. 

 W Gibson, Mohican C. C; Inertia, E.W.Brown. Knickerbocker C. 



J Stevens, and Sea Urchm, B. H. Nadal, all of the N Y. 0. C. 



The wind was light from S.W, in shore, but blowing a good salliag 

 breezf o\it in the Bay. The course was from a flag off tne cltib house 

 to and around can buoy No. 17, off Robbin's Reef, and i-eturn, to be 

 sailed over twice, or three miles in all. 



A premonitory toot of the Vice-Commodore's flsh horn warned the 

 racers to make ready, and two minuten later a second toot sent them 

 skimming across the line with Psyche first and the others close after 

 her Psyche held her lead for nearly half a mile, and then was passed 

 by Lassie, Venture and Snake in the order named. The run out wa.s 

 made close-hauled, and the three leaders turned the mark almost in 

 a bunch. Lassie tacking and the others jibing around it. The run in 

 with lifted sheets, was one of the prettiest sights ever seen in a canoe 

 race Lassie maintamed a slighi lead, but Venture was dose beside 

 her and Snake not far behind, until the first round was completed. 

 They h&ld the same order on the second outward run, and all three 

 iibing around the buoy, they again weut flying home, and had iieared 

 the finish before some of the fleet had made the first tm-n of the outer 

 mark On this stretch Lassie and Ventm e took a decided lead of 

 Snake, and most of the way Venture held a slight advantage over her 

 New York rival. She was magnificently handled, and would undoubt- 

 edly have scored a victory had not Lassie, at the last moment, shot 

 in under her stern and run her pert Uttle no-:e over the line less than 

 two feet ahead of the Hartford beauty. Snake was only a few lengths 

 behind, and the whole race was one of the most closely contested ever 

 sailed in New York waters. Lassie thus scored her maiden victory. 

 Inertia came in fourth, Ps.yche fifth, Minx sixth, Surge seventh, and 

 the rest straggled in after them. ■ ^ 



Psyche won in Class A, Lassie m Class B, and Minx the prize tor 

 novices. The prizes awarded iu these races were, for Class A, an 

 alligator skin lunch case; for Class B, a handsome toilet case of 

 similar material for first, and a canoe compass for second, and for 

 novices a small library of books on canoeing 



The paddling race for Classes -i and 4 brought out as starters Laura, 

 M G Foster, Knickerbocker C. C. ; Sioux, T. Garret, Bayonne 0. O. ; 

 Daisy, G, O. Totten, Essex C. C; Mist, Vienot, Bayonne C. C ; Lassie 

 and Psyche, N. Y. C. C. Foster, after a long summer of paddling on 

 Lake George and Hudson waters, was in such prime condition that 

 he was able to lead from the start and finish a safe winner with Tot- 

 ten second. As the distance was not measured, no time was taken. 

 The prize in this race was a Blate glass canoe lantern of latest design. 



In the tandem paddling race which followed, and which was one or 

 the prettiest and must closely contested events of the regatta, Foster 

 and Vaux In the Laura won, after a hard struggle with Hurd and 

 CoUins of Bayonne, who occupied the Waterwitch, and Wilkin and 

 Brokaw, who iu the Mms came in third. The prizes in this race were 

 a handsomely framed canoeing picture by Burns, and a small canoe- 



°f he*lianci paddling race was a novelty in canoeing, and occasioned 



Murray , in Larlc. Foster won, and as a prize received another lantern, 

 a buUseye. Totten came in second, 



Another novelty in the Shape of a standing paddling race, was also 

 won by ft'oster in Laura, with Psycho secimd and Sea TJreliin third. 

 As a memento of this race Foster was presented with a small pocket 

 flask. 



The concluding event of the programme was a paddling race for 

 Class II , for which the entries were; Lark, A. McMuTav: Daisy, G, 

 O, Totten; Clytie, A. P. Stokes; and Blacic Maria, H. G. Paine. It 

 wa.s ueatiy won liy McAliu-r.ay, with Totten, in a Class IU. canoe, 

 making a close second. The prize in this race v.-as a book on camp 

 cookery. 



After the races were over the guests assembled in the "forecastle" 

 of ihe club house, and Commodore Munroe, with a few touching re- 

 marks to each one, distributed the prizes to the several winuers. 



The match between Com. Jones in the Ventm-e and Mr. Vaux in 

 the Sea Bee was postponed for want of wind. 



SMALL CRUISING YACHTS VS. CANOES. 



Editor Forest and titream: 



"Deja" has contributed to your columns the design of a small 

 cruising yacht as a substitute for a canoe, and in your last issue "Rob 

 Roy" finds fault with it on account of a number of evident faults, and 

 lauds the sailing canoe because the latter excels in thopoinisof 

 portability, etc , which "Deja's" craft lacks. Now, I think I have a 

 singlehand cruiser that has all the good points of "Deja's" boat and 

 of the sailing canoe combine i, some improvements on both of them, 

 and none of their faults. She was built for me nearly a mouth ago 

 ago by .Tohn D. Gifford, of Tuckerton, N. J., and on a short cruise 

 from which 1 have just retm-ued, I have had ample opportunity for 

 testing her in all sorts of weather. Iu all my experience with single- 

 hand cruisers and canoes (I have canoed and cruised since '7i) 1 have 

 never seen a boat so near perfection for open water cruising as my 

 new one. She is of a new design, and is called a "Barnegit 

 eruising boat," being an improvement on the well Icnown Barnegat 

 sneakbox. In shape of hull she follows the sneakbox model except 

 that her lines are shaped to make her a better sailer, and to prevent 

 "pounding" in a chop sea going to windward. She has no storm 

 apron like the sneakbox, but instead a removable washboard running 

 all arounci gunwales (Sin. high at midships, 7in. at bow) which makes 

 it almost or quite imposible for her to take water into her cockpit, 

 her cambered decks assisting also to keep seas out of her inside. 

 Just forward of the well, which is 5ft. long, is a steel hanging center- 

 board of good area housed in its trunk entirely out of the way. It is 

 only ?4ui. thick, which allows the use of a very thin trunk, and of 

 course there is never any trouble from i's warping, swelling or stiek- 

 ing fast like the ordinary wooden ones. The dimensions ai"e: Length, 

 14ft. ; beam, .53iu. ; depth (from top of combing to floor in well) 20in. 

 Her mast is stepped in a copper tube 22in. from bow, and I use a 

 balance lug of llSisq. ft . although my next sail will coutaln 130ft., 

 which she can easily stand. W'ith centerboard up she only ilraws six 

 inches of water, and can be hauled on shore anywhere. 



Now here is a boat that wfll sail a^ wefl as "Deja's" cruiser, and is, 

 I think, less apt to capsize, and which, I give you my word for it, 

 rows easier than a Sunbeam canoe paddles. A canoe that draws six 

 inches can be run ashore, but you have to step iuto the water to get 

 to dry land from the well, whereas, when my Barnegat cruiser is 

 run ashore her bow, owing to her peculiar shape, is a foot or more 

 on solid ground and you can walk right over i he deck and step ashore, 

 something impossible in a safiing canoe or in "Deja's" criuser. I 

 have greater stowage capacit.y than "Deja," greater depth inside for 

 sleeping and taking comfort, greater beam for stability tmder sail 

 and loin, less draft. I can carry as much sail as he, go as fast either 

 free or to windward, take any weather that he can and keep as dry, 

 and when wuid fails I can get along as fast as a canoe and with as 

 much ease. My boat will he flat when hauled ashore for sleeping, 

 or ride at anchor during a nor'wester with comfort. I carry no bal- 

 last except the weight of the centerboard and my stores, and can 

 haul up in a boat house easily by u=ing a light snatch block tackle 

 and a single roller, Idon'tbeheve there is so safe a boat built as 

 the Barnegat cruiser, and I am sure the most careless man with my 

 boatandmyll2-ft. sail couldn't cap.size her if he tried except under 

 a combination of adverse circumstances, like a squall from all direc- 

 tions, a tide current bucking the wind wavns and the swell from four 

 or five Coney Island steamers all going in different directions at once. 

 With all the above conditions existing at one time a very careless 

 man might get her over. As to cost, my boat is certainly 40 or .50 

 percent, cheaper than "Deja's" and will come under the price paid for 

 the best built fully fitted canoes. Seneca. 



Editor Forest and Utreani: 



Modesty is a great charm in a man. If that man knows something 

 and is willing to communicate his knowledge to the interested, how 

 eagerly they will listen to him. But if a man professes to know some- 

 thing, and knocks all other fellows' pins from unaer them by assert 

 ing at the beginning that thej'' know nothing, and that anyone who 

 pretends io loiow anything is a.U wrong, then I say he fails to get 

 followers and hsieners. 



Somebody calling himself "Deja" wrote a letter which appeared in 

 FoHB.S'r AND Stream of July 9. In this letter he knocks all canoes 

 attempting to sail clean out iu one round, and in the hit;hest possible 

 strain looks down with scorn and a drop of pity upon the poor devil 

 that paddles. Then, with some exrra exertions at word painting, he 

 sets the pins up in the other alley by asserting that he can "show 

 you a perfect little ship capable of holding on in agale and riding the 

 seas with tne ease and grace of a petrel." Note, he says "perfect," 

 and he also adds: "I have expended considerable time and money ex 

 pprimentiug with all of the models now before the public, not only in 

 canoe, but row and sailboats also, and I write advisably when I assert 

 that none of them are satisfactory under canvas. For punting, row- 

 ing and paddling they are all right, but to sail well, a vessel, however 

 small, must possess some body, and to exhibit any degree of speed, 

 she requires an application of wave lines, not only in her loogitudlnal 

 body, but athwartships also. Some degree of concavity therefore 

 becomes indispensable, and the moment these are intelligently ap- 

 plied, she ceases to be a canoe iu everything except her size." When 

 a man says he has tried everything and found all wantine, and then 

 goes on to sav that he has invented something that is perfect, a 

 modest man niav have his doubts about it all, but he quietly holds 

 his tongue till this only bit of perfection the world has ever seen is 

 published. . ^, „ ^ „ 



"Deja" made a mistake in publishing those lines m the Sept. 10 

 issue. Had he kept them to himself we all would have believed he 

 had reached perfection in a boat — because he said so. Describe 

 heaven and it becomes ridiculous. It is the heaven of but one mind, 

 if it is even that. Had "Deja" but described his boat and left to his 

 hearers or readers the task of supplying adjectives, no fault could be 

 found with him; but when he attempts to cram down the canoeist's 

 throat the only kind of corn this g 50se "Deja" eats he cannot find 

 fault if the canoeists do rebel against being fed Thanksgivmg-turkey 

 fashion. He don't give a man a chance to have any opinion of his 

 own, but states everything as fact, when hi reality it is but the 

 opinion of one man of limited experience, as his numerous mistakes 

 show conclusively, 



"Canoeing is ruined." Not for some of us— a thousand or two— at 

 least just yet. She has "hues which enable her to stand up and hold 

 her course under sail." Manv canoes carry with ease m good strong 

 breezes as much sail as "Dej.a's^' yacht carries, according to the 

 drawings. Is this the pockt-i: handkerchief he alluded toy '-Liepih. 

 freeboard, where are they?" Tliev are there all the same, and tn 

 sufficient quaniity to bring a Shadow along the entire Labrador coast 

 in safety, a cruise you v.rould pause before attempting in your pi-r- 

 fect ship, Mr. "Deja," I take it. Aiid yet you sneer at the seaworthi- 

 ness of a canoe. You don't know her, my boy. 



When a tired paddler sees the perfect yacht sail, "De.ia' says: 

 "Tliat man is ready to learn. He will see points without much ado, 

 I can teach him someihiug and he will be an apt pupil. Oars and the 

 paddle are too slow and too primitive. No sooner does a fellow learn 

 them than he speculates on making the wind do his work, and the 

 moment he succeeds he leans back to grin at the ease with which the 

 breezes do his blowing. Once educated to that, ho never afterward 

 contents himself with a boat which floats on a light dew or voyages 

 on rivulets, for those he can wade; and if he is a genuine .sportsman, 

 an inch or two of water doesn't deter him from casting a tly into any 

 of the shady coves '-deep, dehcious pools' where trout aud salmon 

 tempt the trial of a fisherman'ts skiU." Now turn to the end of 

 "Deja's" letter in the issue of the 10th, M'here he de.scribes getting 

 upset and nearly losing his life. The canoeist could teach him there 

 that paddles or oars are not too slow and primitive at times, for the 

 wind will not always do all the work. Yes, "Deja," you perhaps can 

 always raise the wind, but even Genesta and Puritan are less f>jr- 

 tunate. A man of your kind informeti me once he never paddled, be 

 always sailed, aud had his boat built accordingly. Three hours later 

 I rescued that man Jrom an all-night outing on the river, with a head 

 tide and wind, no landing place for a mile or more, and no gi'ub on 

 board. The big canoe cutter-yawl-substitute was anchored out of 

 barm's way and her crew taken on board m\- o*vn etuioe, with all bis 

 camping traps, and in less than half an hour we were both comCorr- 

 ably in caiop two miles down river and eatiug a well cooked supper. 

 I will do the Rame for you some day, Mr. "Deja." 



I admit fianldy that a boat's Imes drawn onpapex do not convey to 

 my mind any adequate idea of her speed on water under sail. My 



education in this line has been neglected. But I will venture to ex- 

 press an opinion that I have ai-rivod at, namely, that my canoe, which 

 is not a Shadow (acknowledged to be the best imder sail .'iccordiug to 

 "Deja"), will ride it out in a gale as long as the substitute, and will 

 stand rough water as well. I should only be too delighted to try 

 conclusions iu a I'ace on either the upper or'lower New Tone Bay. A 

 cauoe well handled could beat your perfect ship round Staten Island, 

 say paddle or sail according to wind, any day over an hour easily 

 The later sailing canoes do not carry bones in t heir tepth -' Deja" 

 seems to think a bone something very fascinatiug— when tbev are in 

 fast motion, then enter and leave the water with lianlly a ripple. 



If tiny poor benighted mortal takes fco heart "Deja's" gratis advice 

 about the substitute for a canoe and gets one, may be be fully pre- 

 pared to find that ho has substituted all that makes canoeiue enjoy- 

 able—some of which points "Rob Roy" touched upon last week— and 

 that he has got all of the worries and bothers of a larger sailttoat and 

 none of its advantages. Think of going trout fishing in a boat where 

 oars and paddles are tabooed and with Slin. draft. This casting a 

 fly into shady pools, etc.. is oulv the high light throwu iu to give 

 character to the noble pictui e. it is pretty, very pretty— but absurd 

 —yes, on a par with most of this letter of "Deja's," 



When "Deja" talks about a racing rig for his boat he is miserably 

 at sea in his calculations. Thirty-six square vards, iuri.'eii. for one 

 square foot of midship section! That is 3CI5 io.' I t,, .md hia published 

 rig IS but HOsq. ft. If his rules are carried out the sail area would be 

 over .500sq. ft. Now note the length of spars he gives for this spread. 



"Deja" cannot have ever seen a .good sailing canoe, well rigged, or 

 he would be a little more modest in his statemi iits. Does he know 

 that Com. Jones in Venture easily beat a ci-aek Clnyt:on skiff with two 

 men aboard last year at the meet'? The skiff was sailed bv an expert. 

 The skiff was 18ft. or over, and had a beam of lOiu. to the canoe's 

 30in. 



There i<< but one skitt" at Brockvillo, on the St. Lawrence, that has 

 succeeded in beating the cunoe Grebe. Yet the Gh-ebe was beaten 

 at the meet by some four or live canoes. The relative .siieed of this 

 substitute and .a canoe can easily be tested. "Deja'' cfi n't live verj' 

 far from one of these four place:;— Pittsburgh, All, any, Hurtford and 

 New York, There are canoes m all four places that will be only too 

 glad to get a chance at Mr. Brag and give him every opportunity to 

 substantiate his sweeping statements about speed. Dot. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I am vry sorry to have trod upon "Rob Roy's" heels, but I h.ad to 

 step somewhej-e, and if he will stop swearing in Latin which is bad 

 taste) we will 'cuss the subject in Anglo Saxon. I mirst plead guilty 

 to never having worked over the eel grass in the bav hp nientious, 

 but I have taken many a hf'ader in such brooks as the Hudson, the 

 Potomac and the James without finding it necessary to use chocks or 

 tow ashore boat. 



Rob Roys were out-built and superseded twenty years ago. I pre- 

 sume I have safied more of them than the taker of their name in vain 

 ever saw, even if he slips off his gloves and counts up ou his thumb 

 baud. The canoe has not been built that can outsail my boat before 

 the wind, especially if it blows. I have never had any difficulty iu 

 keeping out of the way of canoes close-hauled either. 



The round up both fore and aft in my boat admits of lauding as 

 readily as any canoe, and if she heels a little more she has bilge 

 enough to sustain herself without taking water as canoes do ujion the 

 slightest provocation, 



I cheerfully admit that the canoe "can be handled on shore by one 

 man," aud that is where most of them are handful. They are excel- 

 lent for navigating meadows, one fellow can sit on the fence till he is 

 sure no one is looking, and then boost the thing on his head .and tote 

 it. But I am not a porter, and if a cari-y is necessary find it an ad- 

 vantage to get a cart. However, every man to his taste. The ca.noe 

 under sail makes me tired. .She won't go about, as ;i rule, without 

 one or two dips of the paddle, while m.y boat sums round like atop 

 and is off on a new tack before her way is lost. On a long voyage, 

 except in very rare instances, it is unnecessary to house her. She is 

 not a trunk. 



The object I attain in her design is: Weatherly qualities, quick runs 

 and protection lor her crew, rain or shine, AYhii.e cedar a'osorb-: ver,y 

 httle water, and when she needs overhauling she gets it without a 

 grudge. Two boys, or a boy and a man, can lift her clear of the 

 water dry shod. One man can haul her out or floiit her without the 

 least risk of breaching himself, as one of my friends diu, trying to 

 carry an Irene through underbrush on the Sarati ic. He say s it liou't 

 pay to be a snaU and carry your house; and quite a number of ex- 

 perienced canoeists whom I know admit tliat their boats are poor 

 luggage. 



••liob Roy" may like drawing his sled up hill io slide down, Just as 

 he seems fond of stowing his sail and paddling home to supper. Per- 

 haps his ma don't allow bun to stop out nights and the good old lady 

 is right. He needs maternal care for some time yet. By and by, 

 though, he will "cast off" the home moorings, aud find that there are 

 "housen an' housen" in this world, and he can get good accommoda- 

 tions almost anywhere, providing he keeps his tucks aboard and does 

 not splice the main brace too often. What's tluit about winrl failing 

 and having to get home? Well, what's tlic matter wiOi a fiay maker'a 

 barn to keep your boat in a week or two till you can sail her home 

 again, and a quiet walk along the shore or over the hills tlirongh the 

 golden twilight. The exercise of a littlegood ju.lgmeut lu-evenrs such 

 excursions too often; nut when businessfpquir,-s it can be done. So, 

 too, if the distance is greater than he cares to wnllc, or it!, like myself, 

 he owns a Methodist foot and don t care lo (hiuee. ttiunk you ; rail- 

 ways latticework the land soeffectuallv tli.it, he ean •■ruip up" in tiine 

 to test the quality of the walnuts and t/ie wine au:l talk ihe eveniug 

 out with the girls, as goody boys ought. As a rule, houie i^, mueti to be 

 preferred instead of a strange bed : but on a ci nise my kmac a I niits of 

 "a sleep in" under all conditions of weather, wtdie ike little eauoe 

 does not. Deja. 



HARTFORD C, C— The regular fall meeting of the Hartford 0. C. 

 w.as held at the residence of Col. Green, on Tuesday evening, the 16fch. 

 After finishing the roiitme bu.siness the question of holding a regatta 

 this fall was talked over in an intorinal way. H: u as decided to hold 

 a captains' meeting early next week to talk ov.'i- u'it.h the regatta 

 committee the subject of a proper handicap for the big boats. 

 The idea is to have a series of open paddliuL'- ai-"d sailing races in 

 addition to the club races for the Commodore's I 'uo .-Y nice little 

 lunch was served about 10, after which the talk drift: ir-rl lo reminis- 

 cences of vacations just over, and the cruises of venture, Vision, 

 Oahu and Outing to New York, Watch Hill aud Sag Karljor were 

 fully discussed and notes compared. Mr. Goodwin liiought much 

 welcome news from Grindstone Island, and "takitig one considera- 

 tion with another" the first camp fire for '85. as it may de called, was 

 quite a jolly one. Last Saturday afternoon several of the club cruised 

 up river, camping over night, and were met Sunday by Messrs, Shedd 

 and Wright, of Springtleld. Dinner was served at Scutitic, ttfter 

 which the whole party returned to Hartford, where the meoabets of 

 the S. C. C. took the night express home, "How is S. anyway ? Oh, 

 he's affright," 



THE NAUTILUS AT THE INVENTIONS EXHIBITION. -Mr, W. 

 Badeu-PoweH has been awarded the silver medal for improvements 

 in sails and riggiug applied to canoes and boats. The fii-st; rig lie ex- 

 hibited was a neiv design, combiumg partly the batteneo iia lance, 

 lug, and sliding gunter, the yard being sluag iu a novel uiaaner, 

 whereby a single liaUiard acts the part of hoisiiug geai- au l double, 

 or sling' and heel parreh the reefing gear being of the NautUus batten 

 reefing kind; and the tack, jtiekstav, and toppinglitt ou the Nautilus 

 lug principle. By this form of rig a short masted, high-peaked rig is 

 obtained, and the sail with its spars is detachable from the mast m 

 (jitiek time, while in working afloat it can bn reefed a la lug, or low- 

 ered as a gaffsail, or topped up and down the mast as in a "slidinif 

 gunter," aud thei-ebv furled ou the rutist iu a snug manner. The 

 second rig exhibited is t hat of the Chinese form of balance lug, or 

 battened lug, fitted with Nautilus gear throughout. The ciiiO" is also 

 fitted with the 300 years old idea of a "drop" or center-plate rudder, 

 but of new form or design. The Nautilus, now lu the exhibition, is 

 the winner of this season's 4'50 championship cup, and muaerous 

 other Royal C. C. prizes.— ioiido/i FiehL Sejjt. 5. 



JERSEY CITY Y. C— The postponed races f - r . ■;! q:-.-: hehl by the 

 Jersey City Y. O, wiU be sailed on Saturday n tries are: 



Lassie, I !.B, Vans, 15ft.; Guenn, W'm Whe,' miv, M. V. 



Brok.iv,', lift. 4in.; Tramp, C. J. Stevens, birr, _ Monroe, 



l ift • Fannv, S. B, Crane, l4fc. Course: Froui t^-aiicboat, near club 

 hoaso, tu and around the Piles, near the S. K. corner of Black Tom, 

 theucc to stakeboat. near Ellis IslaU'l, aud to starting point, ai-oiind 

 the erau'se twice, jUlowance, one minute to tne toot. Open to all 

 canoes. Start to be made promptly at 3 P. M, Regatta Committee— 

 Geo. Hawes, T. E. Bailey, I. S. Mettler. 



PERSONAL.— Mr. aud Mrs. Mix and Mr. Gibson, of Albanv, Messrs, 

 Van Dalf.sen and Edgar, of Newdaurg, and Mi'. Jonns. of Hartford, were 

 at the N. Y. C C. regatta oa Saturday. .Messrs. Do. id and Davidson, pf 

 Hartford, wore also present ou Stiuda,y at the house. Mr. Whitluck 

 returned from England on Sunday morumg aud was with the canoe- 

 ists in the afternoon. 



PASSAIC BIVER.-Newark, Sept. 19.-The canoe race for thfr 

 championship of the Passaic River, for wai.dithe Triton Boat OJub 

 offered a handsome prize at their annual rcgatbt, was won by G. B. 

 Hussey, iu the Elese, in two straight heats; George Cox, lUtheAellus, 

 second.— L. E. Lamm, Sec'y. 



CANOE BRASSWORtC— Messrs, Turner, of Albany, have issued B 

 reduced price list of lirassworfc of all kunds for canoes. Theymann- 

 facture a large line of canoe fittings of all descriptions. 



