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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct. 8, 1885. 



forehateh is an opening; in the floor, leadinj? not into a couflned and 

 dirty bnge, but into a large space extendins tlie entire length of the 

 ship. Below the floor of this lower liold are the hallast spaces, 

 between the iron floors, one of them being marked "hose for pump" 

 in the drawing. What bilge water there is collects here, and the hold 

 IS kept dry and sweet. Forward are Uupt various stores and provi.sions; 

 then there is a bin for coke, the cliain lockers next to the foot of the 

 mast, and abaft the latter is the fre.-h water tank, holding- g-allnns 

 Abreast of the tank are stowed each day the fori^ca^tle beVls tlnis 

 gettmg them entirely out of the way. A hatch abreast the mast on 

 port side srives access to this part. Near bv is the icv room and bin 

 for vegetables, and still further aft are the sail bios where nil extra 

 canvas is carried. A hatch in the deck and one directly below in the 

 floor gives access to the sail bins, which are raused on each side of a 

 central passage. Eacd sail in its liap: is seut down and stowed in its 

 proper place, and the saloon is kept enrireh clear. All weitrhly 

 articles, chain, waterianks, ice, etc., are stowed far below trie wator- 

 iine, where then- weight does some good, and in the construction the 

 upper works have been kept as light as is consistent with strength. 



ihe keel, stem and sternpost are of wood, while the frame is of 

 steel. The floors, angle fi-ames and deck beams are shown in section. 

 The mside ballast, only two tons, is stowed between the llooi-s 

 directly on top of the Keel. Last winter ten Ions of ballast were re 

 moved from inside, the lead shown in the present drawing was 

 dropped 8in, and in this space, between it and the Awort keel, the ex 

 tra ten tons were placed, increasing the outside ballast to 70 tons. 



On deck the fittings are no less perfect than below, the iron work 

 being specially noticeable. The bowsprit ships in the center, the 

 gammon h-on and span shackle for forestay making one verv neat 

 forging. The heel of the bowsprit ships between strong but light 

 wrought iron bit ts, the starboard one being hinged to allow the he<-l 

 lo swing to one side in unshipping the bowsprit. To these bitts the 

 forestay is set up with a double tnrnbuckle. The brass capstan is 

 small and compact, but very poweiful. The ironwork about the 

 mast, the spiderbands and goosenecks formain and spinnaker booms 

 all show the same care in design and workmanship that is evident in 

 all parts of the ship. 



Galatea, whom we shall probably see here. next season, is similar to 

 (Sene.sta in model, but is Sft. longer with the same beam and built en- 

 tij-ely of steel. Her interior arrangements are somewhat dlEEerent 

 and her fittings are much more elaborate, as she is the home of Mrs. 

 Henn, who always sails with her husband. Both vachts were designed 

 by Mr. J. Beavor Webb, well known from the success of the 40-tonner 

 Tara. Besides these three !ie has also designed a number of other 

 yachts, large and small. Carmen and Medina, steamers, the little 5- 

 tonner Freda, a fast 20 of the same name, a steam launch also a 

 Freda, the V^entura, Medusa. Dandelion, Maggie, Whitewing, Partridge, 

 Tern, Fulria and many smaller yachts well known abroad. 



Address all copimimications to th^. Forest and Stream I*u,blisli- 

 ing Co. 



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

 club meets, information about canoeable waters, and other conunu- 

 nications of interest. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are req^uested to send to Forest and 

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

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and i-aces, and 

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

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream their addresses, with 

 loge of cruises, n^aps, and information concerning their local waters, 

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

 to the sport. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



SECRFTARY— Dr. G. A. Neide. Schuylerville, 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. 



THE REGATTA PROGRAMME FOR 1886. 



THE new Regatta Committee have begun work in good season for 

 next year and are now busj* with the race programme. The 

 following letters contain some good suggestions, which are open for 

 general discussion and commei-it as an aid to the committee in their 

 work. The success of this year's programme, chiefly due to Mr. 

 Gibson, adds weight to his suggestions given below. It is evident 

 that the pro.^,Tarnme of regular races was too long, as any continued 

 bad weathex makes it difficult to carry it out. Mr. Gibson's plan for 

 shortening it will meet the ideas of many, especially as if it should 

 prove too short there are always extra prizes to be i aced for. The 

 best feature of it is that it calls for no change of the rules, which now 

 seem to work perfectly in practice, the demand for even trifling 

 ctianges being less each year. Thus far only one change has been 

 suggested this ^season, an extension of the limit of depth of keel, 

 which we discuss in another place. The donbling up of the paddling 

 races wHl be a decided advance, as it is now pretty well settled that 

 the two leading sizes of canoe.s will be 8rf and 30in. 



It is fairly within the province of the Association to determine 

 which are the proper sizes to encourage and to enact such arbitrary 

 rules as may gradually exclude the odd sizes from Ihe ofQcial pro- 

 gramme, thus simplifying it greatly. Already the majority of boats 

 will race very evenly in the 3S or 80in. class, and the few that will not 

 can easily be accommodated with an extra race, for instance, of Kob 

 Roys. The rights ©f ail must be kept in mind, but still, at this date, 

 the building of odd sizes must be restricted as much as possible. 

 Builders are at last waking up to the importance of building to exact 

 size and not selUng a 293^in. or 30% boat for a SOin. one, and canoeists 

 must look to it in pnrchasins that then- boats are of the guaranteed 

 size. We all know that a 2754in. boat or a 39in. boat is no better tJmu 

 a 28in . one, and it only means a httie more care on the part of builders 

 and users to secure a uniformity that will greatly simplify the rules 

 and lessen the labors of the regatta committee and measui-ers. Two 

 sailing, two paddling and one combined race are enough for the 

 record, and any extra races can easily be arranged, as the time may 

 make desirable. The annual races now are of interest to all canoeists, 

 whether they take part in them or not, and they serve to a great 

 extent as models for club regattas, so it is desirable to make them as 

 perfect as possible and to this end we wlfl be glad to publish any 

 comments or suggestions calculated to aid the committee. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



Inclosed I hand you a letter from Mr. R. W. Gibson, Chairman 

 Regatta Committee A. C. A., 1885, written at my request, and as I 

 have his permission, I desire it published, that the regatta committee 

 for 1886 may avail themselves of the comments upon it and sugges- 

 tions of others, in their meeting (Nov. 7} to arrange for programme 

 for 1880 meet. J. B. MoMurrich, 



Chairman Regatta Committee, A. 0. A. 



Oswego, N. Y., Oct 1, 1885. 

 J. B. McMurrich, Chairman Regatta Committee, A. C. A.: 



I congratulate, not you, but the A. C. A., upon your appoint- 

 ment. I have been out of town or would have answered your letter 

 earlier. I now gladly take the first opportunity to respond to your 

 invitation to suggest changes in rules or ijrogi amme for 1888. 



I think the only cliange in rules which has been demanded is to 

 allow more keel in order to give keel boats a better show against 

 ccJiterboards. It might be well (I don't urge it, bowever,) to allow 

 added tci keel clause an allowance of 3in. more for a length not ex- 

 ceeding 4ft. for rockered keel. But I do not believe more than one or 

 two men want it. Keels are going out, not because of the superiority 

 of boards in safiing, but on account of handiness and light draft, and 

 to "let well alone" in this rule may be best. 



As to programme, I have a decided opinion that it should be 

 shortened if possible; as with all the prearrangement and early com- 

 mencement it was hard to get it through this year and harder to get 

 off extra races. In sailing races I would try omitting no ballast 

 racers and would leave theni for extra prizes, if members wish to 

 encourage them in that way. I have always been the advocate of 

 no ballast principles and methods, and have the satisfaction of seeing 

 them extend rapidly, and would advocate the careful retention of 

 the rules relating to them; but since the "no ballast" canoes show 

 tbemselves so able in competition with heavier craft I believe it 

 would be well to drop their special races for one year, as an experi- 

 ment at least. The limited sail races give them some advaniage. 

 Sailing, unclassified canoes, had no entries this year and can well be 

 (Uspensed with. . , 



In padicHing races I would strongly urge racmg Classes II. and III. 



together— that is, boats under 30in. would race in one .set and boats 

 SOin. and over in another. There is very little difference in crui-sing 

 canoes between 38in. ("the prevalent Class III. size) and 20iu. or yrin. 

 boats, and there are fewer evei-y year of these small boats. There is 

 more inequality in Class I\\ now than there woidd be in Classes 

 II. and 111. together. T»yo classes in sailing seem to be sufficient, and 

 much wdl be gained by havincr only two sets paddling races. But I 

 would leave the classillcatiou rules just as they arc, simply altering 

 programme -Event No. I (for example) Paddling Classes If' and HI.. 

 I irnle instead of as on this year's card. 



These chaiig(\s wlllent out live races and will give for each canoe 

 two paddling, two sailing, and one combined race for record, without 

 the upset race, wliicli sUouM be retained, but may be made a record 

 race or not. This pnrdy meets a suggesl ion made by a member that 

 tlie record should be based on fewer races. 



But the greatest beuetlt would be in cutting down the programme 

 to sixteen rices without disturbing rules and without barring any- 

 body. 



I wa« contemplating writing such a letter as this to Fobidst and 

 Stream, so if you think your committee would be assisted by com- 

 ment upon these suggestions by other members you are qiiite at 

 liberty to send it for publication. 



Anything further in my power to aid your work you mav command 

 of uie. Robert W. Gibson. 



Albanv. N. Y., Sept. 32, 188S. 



THE RECORD AGAIN. 



A CORRESPONDENT writes that in his opinion the Record should 

 be done away with, and asks us if this is not our opinion also. 

 His reasons are: "A Class A man beating another man only scores 

 10 points, whdea Class B man. beating twenty others, also scores 10. 

 That this is wrong is proved by the fact that the second man in a 

 Class B race may score 9>3 points, but the second man in a Class A 

 only scores from 1 up, according to number of starters. [He means 

 here, not sla i ters, but those who finish. -Ed.J. As an instance, last 

 year four started in the heavy board race, Isabel won. scoring 10, 

 Boreas was second and got 1, but if the other two had punished them- 

 selves by <Ii-ifting along until they had finished Boreas would have 

 had a prize and scored 7 in the Record, putting her up quite a distance. 

 I think I've .studied the Record more than most people and it devel- 

 opes some astonishing things. I don't think the upset should be a 

 Record race. There are mail? men like myself who do not care to 

 upset and have not the physical strength to do it prop.erly. I hold 

 that muscle has too big an advantage in the Record, and skill has 

 very little show. A rnau like .Johnson can be certain of winning aU 

 his paddling races, but in these (la\ s of t'ood sailors no one can be 

 certain of winning a sailiu.s; race or even of having a place in it." 



That the Record asit uow stands is not perfect let us admit at once. 

 It has been improved since last year in one point, that of counting 

 tne starters, irrespective of whether they finish or not, in calculating 

 the points credited to those who finish. 'The record is designed to be 

 as fair as possible to all. It is unfortunate that the winner must 

 always get 10 no matter how many start— but any other way yet 

 suggested is not as good. If the winner's points depended on the 

 number of canoes entered in all races, the- winners of the three B 

 races would be sure to get the prize for record, as so few compara- 

 tively start m other races. When he takes a case of two canoes in 

 Class A, and twenty in Class B, he comments upon a rare case. More 

 than two canoes usually start in the A races. He does not say that 

 91^ points are too mucli for a second in B, but infers that 1 is too Lttle 

 for the A man. In any other case than this the Record is fair, being 

 a mean between the scheme of counting points by entries and that 

 of counting the first boat 10, the second 9, the third 8. etc., or some 

 similar plan, no matter how many starters there may be. If any im- 

 provement on the second boat getting 1 can be suggested, the regatta 

 committee will no doubt greet it with open arms, as it has again and 

 again come up in dub records, where but few start anyway. The 

 example our correspondent cites is valueless, as at this .year's meet 

 the rule was changed as noted above, and had the gentleman sailed 

 Boreas at the meet with the same result as last year he would have 

 received the 7 points. 



The Record was intended to add interest to all the races included 

 In it, and sm-ely it has accomplished much, as the last meet showed. 

 The upset race was not included in '84, but the committee decided to 

 put it in '85 progrrmme, and because some men do not care to go in 

 it is certainly no reason why it should be taken out. Many men have 

 not the physical strength to paddle a race, but paddling races shotdd 

 not be dropped therefore. The Record is to show the best all round 

 men and canoes, and does not interfere with the regular prizes in 

 such races, but adds to them. If Johnson should drop out and some 

 one appear with a canoe that could take all the sailing races our cor- 

 responcJent's argument would then fall through. This is just as likely 

 to occur as it is that Johnson in future will be sm-e of winning every 

 race he goes in, becau.se he has done so for two years, when he hacl 

 specially set out to win and not another man who paddled against 

 him had done so. 



It seems to us that the results thus far have justified the existence 

 of the Record, added to the interest of regattas, induced men to enter 

 races who otherwise would not have gone in, brought out weak and 

 strong points of certain models, and put a check on the over active 

 tendency to buUd paddling and sailing machines, pure and simple. 

 We therefore still favor its retention. 



SMALL CRUISING YACHTS VS. CANOES. 



Editor ForeM and Stream: 



I have read the late articles in your paper concerning the respective 

 merits of cruising canoes and small cruising yachts with interest, and 

 am glady to see the ready response of numerous canoeists on the 

 subject, although any person at all acquainted with canoeing would 

 not abandon it for the reasons set forth by "Deja" in his several 

 letters. In "Deja's" first letter he takes rather extraordinary ground, 

 or at least it would appear so to the average reader. He starts out 

 with the bold and sweeping assertion that canoeing is ruined, and all 

 on the account of a certain German canoeist who, in some sUght fit 

 of insanity, put forty pounds of lead on the keel of his canoe, prob- 

 ably as an experiment, which, I dare say, has proved a failure before 

 this time, as it would destroy one of theSprincipal good qualities of 

 a canoe— namely, buoyancy. Not content wdth this, he starts out on 

 another long tack, discussing canoes in general according to his 

 somewhat limited experience, as his succeeding articles have proved, 

 and says that a canoe is lacking in nearly all respects, having no free- 

 board, depth, etc ; in short, lacking all quaUties which she should 

 possess. Just here I would like to interrupt him and ask the ques- 

 tion, What is a canoeV As he has shown that he is unable to answer 

 that question, I will try and answer it for him. 



A modern cruising lianoe is a boat which combines to the greatest 

 pxtent the qualities requisite for both inland and open water cruis- 

 ing; in the former including the running of rapids, traveling on 

 canals and shallow streams, as well as broad river work; in the latter 

 coasting, with a moderate amount of rough water usage, although 

 canoes have been known to stand up in a gale where aU other boats 

 twice their size woulci be at a discount. This has been fairly proved 

 and is now generally known by the boating pubHc, although it does 

 not seem to have reached "Deja" yet. He then goes on to relate 

 that "the present models of canoes before the public" are all in some 

 particular, which he has found out, wanting, and he "having spent 

 considerable time and money on them," has given them up as a bad 

 job. and with the valor of a knight of old comes to the rescue with 

 the 7ie p?MS idtra of a criusing craft, namely, one with 21in. draft 

 and a hundred pounds of lead on the keel, with sails as the propelling 

 power, looking down with scorn upon the poor canoeist who finds it 

 to his advantage to use the paddle if the wind gives out, or in an 

 emergency like that described by "Deja" in his article of Sept. 10. 

 In short, to sum it up, he expects to make his Slin. draft cutter-canoe 

 with her 100-pound lead keel run rapids, walk over sandbars, and 

 pufi herself out on .shore at the word of command, as he carries no 

 paddle nor oars to give her a lift on such occasions, but expects the 

 wind to "do his blowing. ' How he is to get to shore if the wind 

 leaves him on an open stretch of water is a mystery, unless he un- 

 ships his mast and resorts to some of the much-dwelt-on poling, or 

 rides at anchor all night, with the cheerful prospuct of being run 

 down by some steamer, together with numerous other incidents 

 which go to make joyful the life of a cutter-canoeist. 



In response to the candid questions asked by "Rob Roy" he makes 

 rather a weak defense it must be confessed; what he ^vill do if other 

 (ianoeists bring up some more of the qualities of the canoe is hard to 

 determine. He says that his boat will admit of landing anywhere a 

 canoe can be landed. I would like to beheve him, but I hardly see how 

 it is to bo done. According to his drawings his cutter canoe is nearly 

 4m. in draft at bow, with an additional extension of 6in. Now, sup- 

 pose he is coming before the wind just fast enough to make a lauding 

 without smashing things, and is headed for a shelviug sandy beach. 

 8in. deep 10ft. of shore (not an uncommon instance oh the sea shore). 

 He gets within 5ft. of the shore and owing to the peculiar shape of 

 the keel grounds hard and fast; not having a paddle he stays there 

 or wades ashore. Take the canoeist in a canoe of Gm, draft. He ap- 

 proaches the shore under moderate headway, and grounds 7fi. off 

 shore; thanks to the buoyancy of his craft, and with a few more well 

 directed thrusts reduces'the distance to 3ft. ; he now steps nimbly on 

 deck with the i^ainter in his hand (the canoe I'emaining upright due 

 to her flat bottom) and jumps quickly ashore, afterward hauling his 

 canoe up high and dry. _ 



In making a carr.y as well as in sailing "Deja" takes it for granted 

 that a cart and a breeze are always on hand when wanted ; hut in my 



few experiences I have found it just the reverse. His proposition 

 about the haymaker's barn is so ridiculous that it deserves little 

 notice. I was not aware that farmers had formed the somewhat 

 pecuhar custom of planting barns at points along or near water- 

 courses where cutter canoeists were to be found without a breeze, 

 anil as to that rouianiic idea about walkitig home I don't think 

 "Deja" would enjoy the "golden twilight'' so much as he might 

 after he had tramped the five or six miles between his last acquaint- 

 ance with a breeze and his home, particiilarly at the end of a hard 

 day's erui.se. One short trip by rail doesn't amount to much: but 

 one every other time yon take a cruise during the summer would 

 make canoeing nearly as expensive as yachting; it is cruising by rail 

 and not by water, and consequently it' is away from the subject of 

 canoeing. In his reference in regard to the sleeping accommoda- 

 tions of a canoe nothmg need be said. It is a well known fact that 

 Dr. C. A. Neide in his 3,400 mile criuse used his canoe almost regularly 

 for that purpose, and if his looks go very far it is safe to say that he 

 didn t lose very much sleep on the voyage. W. K. S. 



Omaha, Neb., Sept. 29^ 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



"Deja," having sought to kill a mosquito without buildmg his trap, 

 seems to have set the whole swarm buzzing about his ears. He will 

 not get much .sympathy either. I imagine, if for no other reason than 

 his attempting to detract from Puritan's grand performance by call- 

 ing her a ciitter. Has he ever paused to consider? Have any of our 

 ' upland sailors." who have so much to say, considered the fact that 

 Puritan is about oue sisth smaQer than Genesta, and yet allowed 

 time to the latter? IToweyer. "Dot," Rob Roy." and other represent- 

 atives of the iiretty littie butterfly boats have swooped down on him, 

 and one thousand to one are heavy odds even against a man who has 

 the genius to design lead keel boats with planking one-eighth of an inch 

 thick. Why don't he try his hand on fiddles? So, "Deja" having 

 stated that he : cannot race this season, and some wielders of the 

 paddle seeming to hanker after victims new, I would like to take 

 "Deja's" place, for this occasion only, and offer to match a loft, sharpie 

 against "Guenn's" 1.5ft. canoe (if such be her length), the loser to 

 8ub.scribe $25 as he proposes. My boat is very close to 15ft. extreme 

 length, and draws 6in. wa ter, centerboard up. I built her for my own 

 use two weeks ago, as a ducking and pleasure boat. 



It will give me great pleasure to try conclusions with "Guenn" in a 

 windward and leeward race at any point between here and New York 

 city, on East River, Harlem River, or Long Island Sound. My oft'er 

 is made in good faith, and if the canoeists begin to personally abuse 

 me because I do not believe their craft capable of beating Genesta 

 outside of Sandy Hook, well, I'll run 'em down with my sharpie the 

 first time I catch them off Boslyn Harbor. Thomas Claphajt. 



ROSLYN, L. I., Oct. 8. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I cannot help believing "Katrina's" frank avowal that his knowl- 

 edge of the .sneakbox is limited when I read his accompanying asser- 

 tion that a canoe "wiU both outpoint and outfoot the box to 

 windward, in rough or smooth water, and also beat her comfortably 

 running free." A sneakbox of 14ft. length can stand up under 

 almost twice as much canvas as any canoe of the same length, and I 

 never sailed one that would not compare favorably with a catboat in 

 gomg to windward. With my Barnegat cruiser I overhauled and 

 passed an oyster sloop of four or five times my burthen and three 

 times mj' spread of canvas running free last week, from Sewaren to 

 Perth Amboy, on the Staten Island Sound. The oysterer was "run- 

 ning light" to Prince's Bay for a cargo and was a trim built and 

 finely modeled craft, too. I don't for a moment beheve that the 

 Barnegat cruiser vrill take the place of the light canoe. Their fields 

 are entirely distinct. The fight canoe and the paddle for river 

 cruising, rapids and portaging is stiU, as it always has been, my 

 favorite; but for open water work, where sailing is a constant factor, 

 or for a long criuse, nart sailing, part rowing, and no portaging, a 

 canoe or a canoe yawl cannot compare with the Barnegat cruiser for 

 safety, comfort, ease and certainty; and if you want speed— which. I 

 do not so much care for— there is certainly no comparison between 

 a canoe and a Barnegat cruiser. For paddling about a club bouse 

 afternoons and for eliciting the admiration of one's lady friends the 

 canoe will always hold its own, because the Barnegat cruiser to the 

 unnautlcal eye is the "homeliest" boat that floats; but cruisers who 

 do not incline to be dudes and aU men who go afloat for the love of 

 Dame Natm-e will, if they understand boats, admire such craft as 

 mine. "Handsome is as handsome does," you know. 



I could better convince "Katrina" of the excellent points of the 

 Barnegat cruiser if he were to see her. As we do not live so very far 

 apart it might be possible for him to drop in on me and take a look 

 at her, or perhaps a shoit cruise in her. I should be alway s glad to 

 exhibit her to any man of "Katrina's" stamp, although she is not yet 

 fully pquipped and fitted up. My address can be had from Forest 

 AND Stream, and a card from that paper is a sufficient introduction. 



Seneca. 



KNICKERBOCKER C. C. FALL REGATTA. 

 rpHE annual fall regatta of the Knickerbocker C. C. took place at 

 -L the club house at the foot of 152d street and North River on 

 Saturday, Sept. 26. 



The first race was a special one for paddling in open boats betweea 

 Messrs. M. G. Foster and Edwin Gould, distance one mile with turn, 

 over a very rough course, and was won by Mr. Foster, leading by 15 

 seconds. 



The second race was for sailing, and was called at 4 P. M. Course, 

 a triangular one of about three mfies. Entries; 



Time. 



Daisy, Cla.ss B, G. O Totten, Essex C C 85 17 



Freak, Class B, 0. V. R. Schuyler B. C. C 38 01 



Inertia. Class B, Edw. Brown Upset 



Nettie No. 2, Class B., B. Fowler .Did not finish 



Tiny, Class A, A. I. Gardner fonce around). 30 00 



Nettie No. 1, Class A, W. L. Green .33 35 



Nettie No. 3 withdrew from the race in order to help the Inertia, and 

 the Class A boats withdrew after going over the course once, and on 

 account of Mr. Gardner fouling one of the stakeboats, and the race 

 was given to Mr. Green. 



The third event was a tandem race, one mile with turn. Entries: 



Time. 



Laura, Messrs. M. G. Foster and E. C. Griffin 5 15 



Freak, Messrs. Schuyler and Brokaw, B. C. C 6 19 



No Name, Messrs. Totten and Gould 5 30 



The fourth race was for paddling, Class 4, one mile with turn. En- 

 tries: 



Time. 



Laura, M. G. Foster , 6 00 



Daisy, G. O. Totten 6 05 



Nettie, O. Lowenthal , Not taken 



The fifth event was an upset race. Entries: M. G. Foster, C. C. 

 Taylor and George Cox, lanthe C. C. The race was won by Mr. Fos- 

 ter, with Mr. Taylor a good second. Mr. Cox ijid not succeed in up- 

 setting his boat. 



"PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE."-The author of the song is Mrs. 

 Sarah T. Bolton, who is living, at the age of seventy-one, at St. Louis. 

 Of the author and the song the St. hovis Republican sa.js: "Her 

 volume of poetry, which appeared in 1680, contained 156 poems, a col- 

 lection of the best efforts of her long and busy Ufa, the most preten- 

 tious being that of "Leoline" and the one held in highest esteem by 

 William CuUen Bryant, "Left on the Battlefield." Singularly euough 

 very few people remember that Mrs. Bolton was the author of the 

 famous song, "Paddle Your Own Canoe." which has been sung 

 around the globe and paraphrased and distorted by alleged humor- 

 ists untfi to-day only a few are ablis to reciaU its dignifled, rythmical 

 versification, although every man, woman and child on this continent 

 would be qmck to resent the insinuation of unfamiUarity with it. 

 This song- was written imder peciUiar circumstances. 31r. Bolton 

 had been elected State Librarian of Indiana in 1817. and his duties 

 included the care of the State House and grounds. During the ex- 

 citement incident to the compromise legislation of 1850 Governor 



needed a new carpet. Mr. Bolton purchased the carpet, but help 

 could not be obtained to stitch it together, so Mrs. Bolton took the mat- 

 ter in hand, and sewed the carpet herself, working night and day 

 until it was finished. Then she wrote the song, "Paddle Your Own 

 Canoe." During the dark days from 1836 to 1845 she seldom wrote 

 anything to which she was not prompted by some great occasion, but 

 many of her poems of that description are worthy of remembrance, 

 amoiig them the poem written on the bringing home to Indiana of 

 the remains of Gen. T. A. Hov.'ard, who died at his post while charge 

 d'affaires at the republican court of Texas; the refusal of Gen. Jack- 

 son to accept the sarcophagus of Alexander Severus; the failure of 

 the revolution in Rhode Island ; the imprisonment of Gov. Dorr, and 

 the death of Gen. Jackson, 



MB. JOHNSON'S RECORD; A CORRECTION.- Our attention 

 has been called to an error in our notes on the record in the Forest 

 AND Stream of Aug. 20, iu which it is stated that Mr. Johnson made 

 his record in 1884 in two canoes. The mistake was entirely uninten- 

 tional, as the races that scored iu the record were all won in the 

 same canoe, and had the races won iu two canoes been scored Mr. 

 Johnson's average would have been much higher. 



HARTFORD C. C.-The Hartford C, 0, will hold their fall regatta 

 on Oct. 10. 



