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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 11, 1886. 



Address all communications to the Forest and Stream Publish' 

 ing Co. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



WORCESTER, Mass., Feb. 4.— Within a few weeks there has been a 

 decide ! movement in this vicinity to revive the interest in the rifle. 

 The first event of the ^eelc was rhe first of a series of six eotisecuiive 

 meetings at the South End Gun Club range. The'e meets are on 

 Tuesday afternoon: at each meet there are to be five regular events 

 as follows: 5 glass balls, 5 Macomber targets, 5 blackbirds. 3 pairs 

 doubles. 5 day pigeons. The club offer 10 cash prizes that aggregate 

 $100, also a special prize of one-half keg of powder. The arrange- 

 ments are in the bands of Ocrren Doone, E P. Swan and A. B. F. 

 Kinney, It is the intention of the committee to keep the individual 

 score as near a secret as possible until the end ; in that way it is hoped 

 to increase the interest. This week the contestants were: Albert 

 Houghton, Cyrus Holden, Oorren Doone, R. Jones, W. R. Dean, Wm. 

 L Davis, B. rrar.kPn, M. D. Wbittier, J. U. Tongos, II. W.Webber, 

 E.T. Smith, M. D. Gilman, E. P. S*an, C. H. Parker, E. S. Knowle*, C. 

 S. Day. It is generally understood that the best store was 21 out of a 

 possible 26, mixed shooting. 



At the meet to-day of the Worcester Rifle Association at Pine Grove 

 Range the wind was unfavorable and very cold. The American stand- 

 ard target was used: 



Record Match. 



Brown 8 6 10 7 10 9 8 6 8 10—82 



Morse 7 86585757 7-65 



Clark 7 9 5 5 6 5 5 3 8 9-62 



Leighton 8 86475788 6—62 



Fuller 6 66675475 9—61 



Jones 8 65436677 8-60 



Practice Scores. 



Brown 8 10 8 10 9 9 8 5 9 5-81 



Fuller ...7 7 7 6 10 8 6 9 9 9—78 



Leighton 6 7 10 6 7 8 10 4 7 8-73 



Jones 3 S 7 9 6 8 4 10 5 10—72 



Clark 5 996984 10 4 5-69 



Morse 7 55777946 8-65 



GARDNER, Mass., Feb. 4.— Regular meet of the Gardner Rifle Club, 

 H'T-v atack Range, standard American target, off-hand, distance 

 200yd8: 



G i<' o-.isworth 79 77—158 Geo Warfleld 72 77—149 



W C I.oveland 77 78—155 C N Edgell 78 63—141 



G C Go .dale .77 74—154 Chas Crabtree 57 63—120 



A Ma' hews 78 76-154 



NEW YORK. Feb. 2,-Zettler Ride Club, weekly shoot, rine target, 

 100ft. range, off-hand, possible 120: M. Dorrler 117, M. B. Engel 118. 

 B. Wahlter 113. G. Zimm rman 108, D. Miller 105, O. G. Zettler 113, B. 

 Zettler 107. H. Hoiger 111, T. C. Noonel07, L. Flack 113, C. W. Karcher 

 108, M. L. Riggs 113, G. W. Blaisted 105. 



WALNUT HULL, Feb. 6 - The riflemen met at Walnut Hill to day 

 for their weekly shoot. The conditions were not good for fine shoot- 

 ing, and though the number of entries in the matches was large, but 

 few scores were finished: 



Military Match. 



W Henry 66 10 79C95 5 10—73 



A C Gould 6 8 7 7 7 6 8 9 6 8-72 



E Carter 7 7 7 4 9 8 8 8 5 7-70 



WC Johnston 588 3 88788 6-68 



HA Lewis 7634697 10 6 6-64 



Victory Medal Ma'cb. 



J B Fellows 898997 10 10 6 9-85 



H Gushing 7 9 8 8 8 9 9 10 8 6-82 



A Howard 6 6 7 10 7 9 10 8 8 7-78 



N F Tufts 6 9 9 .0 5 7 9 5 8 9-77 



H Joseph 7 10 7 5 6 7 10 9 fl 5-75 



B Davis 5 10 5 7 9 10 10 7 7 4-74 



Decimal Off Hand Match. 



W nharles, 10 9 6 9 7 9 10 9 7 7—83 



C E Berry, A 8 9 7 9 4 10 6 6 7 10-76 



A B Andrews, C 4 7 8 9 9 6 6 9 5 6-69 



W C Johnston, Jr. Mil 455669259 4—55 



Rest Match. 



S Wilder. A ....9 9 10 9 10 8 10 10 10 10-95 



W Gharles. F 10 10 10 8 8 10 10 10 « 9-94 



S Winchester, A 9 10 8 10 8 6 7 10 10 10—91 



TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 4.— Topeka Rifle Club's weekly shoot. The 

 day was cloudy, with good light, slight wind blowing from 12 o'clock, 

 target same as the Hinman, without the fractions: 

 First Score. 



J L Paine. 32-40 Rem match 769559658 8—68 



G J Royce. .32-40 Rem. match 6 7 10 596855 7—68 



Reed McCarter. .38-S5 tfal Pac 9 7 5 6 6 7 4 7 10 8—68 



F H Martin. .33-55 Union Hill 7 5 7 6 6 7 7 8 9 0-63 



Robert Thompson. .32 40 6^ P G Bal.. 8 9463 10 497 4— SI 



O C Trimmer. .38 55 Union Htll 6 3 5 2 4 6 6 8 10 4-55 



J T Williams, .33-55 Union Hill 10 62353546 8—47 



Second Score. 



Reed McCarter 8 7 6 10 9 10 5 5 7 7-74 



J L Paine 10 5 9 5 5 8 5 8 8—72 



Robt Thompson 3 6 10 8 4 10 6 8 5 6-66 



CO Trimmer 7 8 5 9 6 6 6 7 5 8—66 



FH Martin 7 6 5768674 6-62 



J T Williams 648666647 7—61 



GIRoyce 9 7 5 6 4 6 6 4 6 6-59 



— Third Score. 



Robt Thompson 9 8 5 10 8 10 9 8 7 5-79 



F H Martin 7 7 7 2 8 7 9 3 9 4 63 



CC Trimmer 76685567 7 5-62 



GIRovce 4 10 6 10 54564 5—59 



J T Williams 666877484 6-57 



Reed McCarter 10 38549465 3-54 



J L Paine 2 7 8 2 5 2 3 6-85 



THE TRAP. 



Correspondents who favor us with club scores are particularly re 

 guested to write on one side of the paper only. 



BERGEN POINT, N. J,, Feb. 3.— Following are some of the excel 

 lent scores made by two youths 18 years of age: 



First 5 single and 2 pair glass balls. 

 La Roche 11111 11 11— 9 Stevens 10111 00 11— C 



Second, 12 glass ball' : 

 La Roche 111111111111—12 Stevens 100111111111-10 



Third, same conditions: 

 La Roche llOllHOlUO— 9 Stevens 111111111111-12 



Fourth, 12 glass balls, shooting with one hand: 

 LaRoche 101011111110-9 Stevens 1100.0601111— 6 



Fifth, 25 single glass balls: 



La Roche . . 11111111111110110 1110111-22 



Steven < 1011111111111111111111101—23 



Balls thrown in five different directions, use of one barrel only.— 

 Witness. 



MEDFORD, Feb. 3.— Ahont a dozen members of the Boston Gun 

 Club assembled on their grounds at Wellington this afternoon for 

 their practice shoot. Following are the result?: 



1. Seven clay pigeons— W. A Allen first. 2. Seven clay pigeons 

 — Kirkwood first. 3. Seven blackbirds— Law and Kirkwood divided 

 first. 4. Seven Macomber targets— Law first. 5. Seven blackbirds- 

 Law first. 6. Seven claybirds— AJdoes first. 7. Seven blackbirds— 

 Wardwell and Henry divided first. 8 Seven Macomber targets - 

 Spencer first. 9. Seven blackbirds— Tirrell first. 10 Seven clay 

 pigeons— Tirrell fiist. 11, Seven clsy birds— Wardwell and Allen 

 divide first. The regular weekly shoot of the Wellington Gun Club 

 was held Feb. 0. Following are the results of the several sweeps: 



1 Five blackbirds-Sturt first. 2 Five clay pigeons— Wardwell 

 first. 3. Five blackbirds— Scoafer and Holden divided first. 4. Hive 

 clay pigeons— Schaefer, Pond and Adams divide first. 5. Five black 

 birds - Schaefer first. 6. Five clay pigeons— Stanton, Pond and Ward- 

 well divided first. 7. Five blaekoirds-Schaefer, Snow and Stan' on 

 divided first. 8. Five clay pigeons— Wardwell, Holden and Schaefer 

 divided first. 9 Fiveblackbiids— Duffer first. 10. Five clay pigeons 

 —Sanborn. Duffer and Schaerer divided first, 11. Five blackbirds- 

 Swift, Parker and Wardwell divided first. 12. Five, clay pigeons— 

 Wardwell and Schaefer divided first. 13. Five blackbirds, straight 

 awav— Bradbury and Davis divided first. 14. Five blackbirds, 

 straight away— Wardwell first. 15. Five blackbirds— Snow and Par 

 ker divided firs 1 ". 



WINDSOR. Conn.. Feb. 6.— MoDtlily shoot of the Spencer Repeating 



CrSeueer^ .0111111111011101111111111-22 



Milan W Bull 0011111111011111111101111-21 



Geo W Miner lllOllllllllllelllliMll-sM} 



J C ! Griswold : UMWlWlWnWW-20 



Wwtfrercote mi raw,-WAT,,poi.j£, 



HAMILTON, Feb. 2.— The pigeon shooting tournament., under the 

 auspices of the Wild Fowlers Gun Club, was opened at the Halfway 

 House, Dundas road, this morning. Over a hundred sport»men 

 at tended. The weather was very cold, and the experts needed all their 

 enthusiasm to carry them through. The shooting was at 21 birds 

 each, and the men divined into squads, occupied two days in dispos- 

 ing of the match. Tbe record stood: 



First Squad — E. M. Moody (Loekport) 14, W. H. Case (Lockport) 

 7, J. A. Andrews (Lockport) 12. Wallace Price. (St. Williams) 15, I. Koch 

 (Buffalo) 16, O, Bessor, Jr. (Buffalo) 6, Alf. Downs (Buffalo) 11, E. 

 Smith, (La Salle) 13. 



Seeond Squad.— C. Carter 14, C. M. Stark 10, D. R. James 11, A. 

 W. S. ~ 



send 13. 



Garner 4, 



. Perry 15, W. Schiebert 12, W. Can-others 5, J. Town- 



Third Squad. — A, Baker 15, A. Whitney 15, R, Perry 15, W. Watts 9, 

 C. Humphrey 11. 



Fourth Squad.— E. T. Hetherington (Toronto), 7, retired ; H. Graham 

 (Hamiltoni, 2. retired; G. Harrison (St. Cathariees) 6, retired; McFar- 

 lane (Huron, Diik ), 10; T. Westbrook (Brantford), ll;Chapman (Syra- 

 cuse, N Y ). II; C. Hunt (Hamilton), 12; Squires (Jackson, Mich ), 11. 



Fifth Squad— P. Wakefield (Carlton West). 8, retired: C. Smith (Al- 

 gonac, Mich.). 9, retired: Harwood (Woodstock), 7, retired; Ward 

 (Dundas). 14; Williams (Rochester) 12; Luther (Syracuse), j5; Neff 

 (Port Colborne), 16. 



Sixth Squad— iheridan (Sayre, Fenn.), 8; Wilhelm (Buffalo), 5, re- 

 tired; Crooks (Hamilton), 6, retired; G. H. Smith (Port Colboine). 7 

 reared ; McAvoy (Hamilton). 7. retired ; Courtney (Syracuse), 10; D. 

 Blay (Toronto), 10; Jones (Buffalo). 5. retired. 



A sweepstakes match, 10 smoked glass birds at 15yds. rise, was won 

 by F. A. Crowell and C. Gregory. 



NORTH SIDE GUN CLUB.— Twenty-fourth monthly shoot, Feb. 3, 

 27yds (Chevallier 29yds), for badge: 



Chevallier 1011111—6 Duryea 1111111—7 



Winholz 1110101-5 Biglow 0001100-2 



Pfaender 0110110-4 Wahlen 0001010-2 



DrFrenz 1111001—5 Lyon 1111101—6 



Jerrett 0111111—6 Smith 1100011-4 



Manning 101101 0-4 Grau 1 111110-6 



Eoerhsrdt 1101010—4 



RIVERSIDE SHOOTING CLUB. Topshani, Me— At the annual 

 meeting of the Riverside Club held on Feb. 1 the following officHrs 

 were elected for the ensuing year: President, M. C. Hall; Secretary, 

 Chas. Goud; Treasurer, A. Q Goud; Assistant Treasurer, A. S. Alex- 

 ander. The club is in a flouri-bing condition ana the members are 

 expecting to enjoy sport before the traps the coming season, which 

 will cpen with us in April.— Chas. Goud, Sec. 



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

 bers desirous of organizing tournaments in their vicinity, under the 

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

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

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

 annually. Claim your dates now. General office and headquarters, 

 Macon. Ga.— Matt R. Freeman, Vice-President and General Manager; 

 F. C. Ethfidge, Secretary, Macon, Ga, Send 10 cents for hand book 

 containing rules, constitution, 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.— Adv. 



<Hsatioeing. 



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

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

 nications of interest. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

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

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

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

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, t-;aps, and information concerning their local waters, 

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

 to the sport. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



O ECRFTA RY— Dr, C. A. Neide\ Schuy lerville, N. Y. Candidates for 

 IO membership must lorward their names, accompanied by the re- 

 commendation of an active member of the A. C. A., together with 

 the sum of S3 for initiation fee and first year's dues, to the secretary, 

 who will present ibe names to the commodore. Money should be 

 sent by registered letter, or money order ob Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 



WIDE OR NARROW CANOES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In Mr. R. W. Gibson's very sensible letter, published by you this 

 we- k, the writer seems to infer that a wide and comfortable sailing 

 canoe must necessarily be too cumbersome for easy handling, and 

 also have an excessive draft of water. As my name is mentioned by 

 bim in this connection, will you permit me to reply by giving the 

 dimension 13 , etc., of a sailing canoe which I have now nearly finished 

 for my own use, and -which it is my intention to take to the A. C. A. 

 meet next summer, where I trust she will have an opportunity to try 

 conclusions with otner double-enders worthy of her beam. 



In designing this boat, the model of wnich, so far as I know, is 

 quite original, there has been no attempt made to attain extreme 

 lightness at the expense of strength. Part of her planking is J^in. 

 thick, the balance 5-16in. It is of clear white pine; therefore heavier 

 than cedar. Her timbers are of butternut wood J^m.x%ia., with 

 deck beams of same material J4in.x2in., all fastenings being brass 

 screws, she weighs complete, exclusive of her centerboard, 115 

 pounds, which is a weight easily handled, out of the water, by any 

 ordinary man. Tne shape of her bottom, below the waterlioe, is 

 somewliat like a longitudinal slice cut from the under side of a very 

 stout cigar. She will draw Sin. water at midship section, and noth- 

 ing at bow and stern, when carrying over 300 pounds. The rudder is 

 of the balance variety, guided by a regular tiller, with no tiller ropes, 

 steamboat fixings, or unhandy kickshaws ot any kind. The dimen- 

 sions of the canoe are: Length 14J^ft., depth amidship 12in., beam 

 4rin.. sail area, for cruising, 104 sq.ft. I shall probably use this suit 

 of sails for racing also with, possibly, the addition of a staysail I 

 would gladly send you her lines for publication, but prefer to test 

 brr mv self before others experiment and tinker with it. Besides 

 "Deia's" experience in that line is a warning. As Mr. Gibson says 

 the A. C. A. will offer races to sailing canoes of any size, and as 

 number- of canoeists seem incliued to exchange crankiness for com- 

 fort, it would seem admirable for all members of the A. C. A., so dis- 

 posed, to step forward and respectfully request an opportunity to 

 race their boats, as a right, and not by favor of "vested interests." 



For my part I can see no valid reason why wide sailing canoes 

 should not enter against narrow ones of same length on equal terms, 

 or perhaps with a time allowance based on sail area only, wii bout, 

 regard to size of boat. If this latter course were pursued there woidd 

 at once be a damper put on the present ridiculous over rigging, and 

 there would then be no need for more than two classes of sailing 

 canoes. Thomas Ciaphah. 



Roslyn, L. I, Feb. 6. 



"KATRINA'S" NEW CANOE.— Mr. Ruggles, of Charlotte, New 

 York, has lately shipped a new canoe to Mr. R. W. Bailey, 340, of 

 Pittsburgh, a modification of Rear-Commodore Andrew's Sofronia, 

 out with a flatter floor. She is 15ft. long, m%m. beam, depth at gun- 

 wale, lOUin., and at fore end of cockpit, 14m. Just forward of the 

 cockpit is a bulkhead with brass door fastened with a thumonut. 

 Forward of this bulkhead about 17in. is a centerboard trunk, and in 

 the stern is another, the after eDd of slot being 2ft. from the stern- 

 post. On each side of the after trunk is a metal air tank. The boards 

 are each of l-16in. brass, hung like the Lassie's, and weigh under 6 

 pounds. The boat ib built after Mr. Ruggles's system of smootn skm 

 and narrow plank and presents a very handsome appearance. She is 

 not yet named. .Mr. Ruggles is pay? at work op djommpdore Rf-th- 

 bmj'js flagship. 



A WINTER EVENING'S REVERIE. 



WINTER is tbe time to gather in the memories of the season, and 

 garner them with the accumulated stores of a dozen years of 

 boating reminiscences. 



Reposing in m.v armchair with the pipe of peace, I have but to look 

 around my room for inspiration. A moment's glance would pro- 

 claim tbe tastes of the occupwit. Models of favorite canoes pic- 

 tures and photographs of canoes and canoemen recall many a joyous 

 cruise and many a friendship conceived and matured on home and 

 foreign waters. Here we st-e a group of the hold paddJefs of tbe 

 Mersey, a fitting pendant to a similar picture of the Clvdesmen and 

 their craft. There a bookshelf full of boating literature, from Tay- 

 lor's "Verie Merrie Wherrie Ferrie Voyage, ' the first account of a 

 genuine pleasure trip— forit is some three hundred years since Taylor 

 first set out— to the McGregors, Bishops and Stepbensons of the pres- 

 ent time. 



Then there are the charts and maps, the accumulation of many a 

 year's crwising, and with their assistance it is pleasant, sitting in my 

 comfortable armchair, to set sail once more and in imagination 

 thread the mazes of the thousand fir-crowned islands i f Stockholm 

 and Norway, er drift lazily down the winding stream of some fair 

 English river, flowing so peacefully amid woo led hills, pist mined 

 abbeys and quiet old country towns How it all seems to come, back 

 again, and as the smoke from my pipe curls upward I seem to trace 

 in its blue wreaths many a well remembered fine. Where are they 

 all, those pleasant companions of i he paddle? Drifted away. Some 

 to distant colonies and far-off foreign lands, carrying with them, let 

 us hope, the same golden memories of many a bright summer cruise 

 and joyous bivouac. Others have come to anchor in ihe tideless 

 harbor of matrimony, and find enough to do to paddle their own 

 canoes in the metaphorical rather than the literal sense. Like a 

 ghostly procession mv various canoes sail past, each in its day the 

 subjec r of anxious thoughts, each for a time, in its owner's eyes, 

 perfect, and each beloved with that love which only exist', I think, 

 between canoe and canoeist. But from it all one fact takes spe-i al 

 form— my first canoe. What a charm lies in these three words. Ten 

 years' familiarity may have blunted the feeliDgs with which each 

 succeeding favorite was thought out, planned, watched during build- 

 ing, and ushered into watery life, but nothing can break t be goldeu 

 spell which weaves itself around the memory of one's first canoe. 



How well I remptn*er when, now some fourteen yt-ars ago, 

 beieg from a boating points of view, cast away in the center of Ire- 

 land, I got hold, by chancy of that fascina'ing book "A Thousand 

 Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe " I rose from the perusal of that bonk 

 with a definite purpose in life, with one fixed resolve, come what 

 might, to possess a canoe and emulate in some bumble way the do- 

 ings and adventures of the pioneer of the paddle. She was a dainty 

 little craft twelve feet by two. and many a happy day I had in her. 



A little river formed tbe boundary of the es' ate where I lived, a 

 tributary of the historic Boyne, aboundingin miniature rapids and 

 natural and artificial obstacles, and this for sometime formed the 

 scene of my adventures, until ambition grew upon me. and one fine 

 day saw myself and canoe on the way to the lovely lakes of Kiliar- 

 ney, a very paradise for the canoeist. Thence westward toaliUle 

 visited lake in the far west. Lough Currane, separated from the sea 

 by a narrow strip of land. I could hear as I paddled over its quiet 

 surface the roar of Ihe Atlantic rollers as they beat upon the beach. 



Through the pa^t year comes the memory or the happy days sp-nt 

 on that peaceful lake, hemmed in by wild heathery mountains and its 

 surface dotted with little islands, one especially wh-re 1 spent 

 many a hour of day-dreaming. On it were the ruins of seven churches 

 and it still forms the burying place of the peasantry around. A pe- 

 culiarly peaceful idea to sleep one's lust sleep on that little, isbmd, 

 with the waters of the lake singing their ceaseless r* quiem and the 

 solemn mountains standing sentinel around. Sinee that time I haye 

 floated on the waters of many a sea, river and lake, ami trimmed ntfj 

 sail to thebre< z? in many and va-ious lands, but Lough Currane will 

 ever stand out distinct when ortv r scenes have blended in the harmo- 

 nious background of memory's landscape. 



Circumstances led me from the suDShiue and tpars of Erin's green 

 isle to the muidy banks of Humber. There I found myself welcomed 

 by an enthusiastic band of canonists, who had just formed them- 

 selves into a branch of the R. C. C. No longer a solitary votary of 

 the art, I found myself one of the many. 



The prevailing type of cauoe was the Rob Roy, which gradually 

 gave place to a boat more suitable to the Hurab-r's choppy seas and 

 the p eket handkerchief gave place to the scientific battened lug 

 and mizzen, and many a jolly cruise we had on the broad rolling I ide 

 of Humoer, exploring every creek and bay from Spurn to Trent and 

 Ouse, penetrating far inland on the latter rivers: and year by year, 

 as the summer holidays came round, saw myself and others bound to 

 the Baltic and Danish and Swedish lakes, rivers and fjords, reflect- 

 ing the blue flag of tbe R C, O, and th^ir fir-crowned isles echoed 

 our many songs. But dark days came upon us. Boathouse accom- 

 modation became a matter of increasing difficulty, and driven Jrom 

 place to place, the less enthusiastic members fell out of the race and 

 canoeing threatened to become a lost art on tbe Humber. But the 

 kindness of the owner of a shipbuild-r's yard euaolt-d us to build a 

 small boat house and slip, and our spirits recovered once more; hut 

 whether we find ourselves growing older or the Humber hasbecurue 

 rougher, the s nail canoes were replaced bv a larger class of boats, 

 mostly centerboard craft. 14ft.X3ft. 6in. or 4ft. These fine craft 

 spread a large area of sail, and sailing them has developed into a 

 science. The Cassy, the lines of which were published some time 

 ago in Forest and Stream, is a good example of tbe class. 



About tbis time, feeling ourselves le-s and les-i in f-ympathy with 

 the R. C. C, the connection was severed, and we formed ourselves 

 into a club entitled the Humber Yawl Club. Being blessed with no 

 finances to speak of and but the minimum of rules, it has so far en- 

 j yed a peaceful existence, and forms a bond of uuion between the 

 sailing men of tbe Humb'-r. 



Though living our boating life quietly and unostentatiously, we keep 

 a keen eye on the doiDgs of the canoeing world and hail with joy the 

 good tidings that come from aoro-s the Atlantic, and though far 

 away, follow with interest and appreciation the records of American 

 canoeing. We voteran paddlers seem through them to live again tbe 

 days of old, when life's duties and cares were less pressing and the 

 summer breezes seemed more balmy and the wavelets sparkled with 

 a merrier smile. We have not, like our Amencan friends, such a 

 wealth and choice of water. Our surly, brown old Humber gives no 

 encouragement to the picturesque side of canoeing. Clean sails are a 

 luxury enduring but for the first week of the season. Dainty silk 

 cushions embroidered with monograms are a refinement unknown to 



The cut at the head of this column is a reproduction of a Christmas 

 jwjid ^ gey Jew's card steal ua by the artist, the owper of ths> paster 



