March 4, 1886 J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



"no bird." In each and all such cases another pair of birds must be 



Rule 17. Tie Shootine.— All ties shall be shot off at the original 

 dis'ance and at the number of birds agreed on by the contestants. 

 10, however, the contestants cannot agree promptly on this point, 

 tue referee shall fix the number, and his decision shall be final. The 

 rules prescribed for single and double bird shooting shall prevail in 

 tie snooting. 



Rule 1H. Challenge-No challenge shall be considered unless the 

 parties challenging is a contestant. 



1110 01 100-6 

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nno oioi— ~ tnoumoo-6 

 loiiinin— o oiomom— r 



1011004111- 7 1 111' '1 1 ooi— ~ 

 1111111111-10 OOOllOOOiO-S 



1100111100-6 

 0001001COO-1 

 0100 OllCO-3 

 011101111O- 



ET.JZABETH. N J — The Elizabeth Gun Club have lately procured 

 permanent shooitrg exounds and have ju«t completed the erection of 

 a cluo house. The grounds are conveniently located, about ten min- 

 utes' walk from the depot,. The club had their holiday shoot on 

 Washington's Birthday The targets used were "bats." made at 

 Location N Y-. and tue unanimous opinion of the club is that they 

 are tue be.-t targets in use for trap-shooting. The club have used 

 several kinds or* targets during the past eighteen months, but they 

 prefer the bats to any other target. Our sboois are htld every Thurs- 

 day afternoon and on every holiday. I send you the scores made by 

 the club: 



1st shoot. 2d s^oot. 8 1 shoot. 4th shoot. 



/Utfalk ... 10H 1-4 10101—3 1111101011—8 1111111011— 9 



W Parker ' 11011-4 11011-4 11H111111-10 0111111111-8 



Stanshu'v" 11111-5 11110-4 01111000J1- 6 1100101010-5 



Richardson. 01101-4 lOlllw -4 



ohe'wuod icon— a niii-5 oonnooii-6 



Boou 00110 - 2 000)0-1 



Burns'..: 01111-4 



Hazard 11J11-5 



Laurence 11101-4 



Bernard 11010—8 



Ha- sell ...11100—4 0100011111— fi OOliillllU-7 



Dackermaii niOlt-S 0111110:00— 6 0!*J0l 11J 11— 7 



More.vood ' ' 011-8 0110 OOlll - 5 OilllllOOl— " 



«• Parker " 11111-5 110.001110— 5 1011100010- 1 



Oorhett. '. K.OjIOOIOJ - 8 



oS 0110101011- 6 



T 'Vet- 11000111X10- 4 



New'beck".'.:' — 0101101111— 7 



ouonooii-6 



i>ou„hue mm loio- 8 



ji irtiu moiooioi-6 



WORCESTER, Feb. 23,— There was a 1ar?e number of local sports- 

 men at the Ouai Mine Brook range of the Worcester Sportsmen's 

 Club to-day to participate in the clay-pigeon and blackbird tourna- 

 ment Among tJbosa p-esentwere O R. Dickey, D. Kirkwood and 

 Richard ^chaef, • f Boston; O. M. Stark, of Duubarton. », H ; H. W. 

 Kitrer of Marlborough: R H. Aldoes. of Brockton; A. K. Bcwdish, 

 oi Oxford; C W. Diuiiok, of Lowell; Geore-e A. Fowler and C. W. 

 Burbank. of Leominster. A good part of the dav was spent in shoot- 

 ing for sweepstakes, with resul s as follows: Seven clay-pigeons— 

 > ag< r and Smi h divided first. Seven blackbirds— liugg and Bon dish 

 divned tirst. Seven clay pisreoi s— Davis and Adams divided first 

 Font pairs of clay pigeons— Dean and Perry aivided firsc. Thiee 

 purs of blackbirds— Davis and Dean divided first. s,even clay- 

 pi ;>-eons— Stars first. Single and two pair eliy-pigeons, for 15( shells 

 given b» the Lowell Cartridge Company— Emerson first. Five clay- 

 pigeons- Stark first. Five blackbirds straightaway-Stark first, 

 bree pair clay-pigeons— Davis and Dean divided first, 

 After a good dinner the orineipal event of the day was shot. It was 

 the contest for the Knoxville blackbird Badge of the New E • gland 

 Trap Shooters Association, held by M. D. Gilman, of Wo cester. 

 MesstSi Hand and Jones served as judges with Mr. Weatherhead as 

 referee. The contest was at 9 single and 3 pairs, and the result in de- 

 tail was as follows: 



M D Gi'man 110101111-7 10 11 01-4-11 



RH Aldoes 101 101011-6 10 10 10-8- 9 



M O Whittltr 110001101-5 10 10 10-8-8 



WL Davis .llllllllO- 8 10 00 10 - 2—10 



B Fmuklin 111001010-5 10 10 11-4- 9 



W S Perry 111111010-7 11 01 01-4-11 



W R D an 100010000 2 00 11 0i-8- 6 



fl\,i„a 010)11010-4 10 11 10-4- 8 



D Ki it wood (11111011-7 10 10 11-4-11 



CuEolden 11:100011-6 1 1 10 10-3 - 9 



K Scbaef .OllOlOtlO-5 00 10 00-1—6 



II W Eager 010100111-5 11 10 10-4- 9 



OR Dickey 110110111-7 10 11 10-4-11 



jonFH 110110101-6- 11 10 10-4-10 



LR Hudson 1101 Oil 01-5 00 01 00-1- 6 



E t Mnith , 101111100-0 00 01 00-1- 7 



CMStark ...101111111-8 10 01 10-8-11 



Emerson HOlinOl-7 00 01 10 - 2 - 9 



C A Tarker 010000110 - 8 00 01 00 1— « 



H k Rice .001001100 - 8 CO 00 00- 0- 3 



H A Webber.'.' 010001011-4 00 11 01-8- 7 



J B To^us.... 100001100-3 01 11 C0-3- 6 



The five contestants who tied at ll shot off at 3 singles and a pair; 

 Oilman 2. Perry 8. Kuk*ood S.Dickey 4, Stark 4. Messrs. Dickey 

 ard SLark were' tied at 4, they shot at 8 singles and a pair, Mr. Stark 

 winning the badge. 



BOSTON, Feb. 24 —The attenuence at Walnut Hill to <'ay was small. 

 Appended are the results of the diflV rent sweeps: 1 Five clay biros 

 —Adams fi st. 2. Five clay birds— Adams first 3 Five clay birds— 

 Lovejoy first. 4 Three pair double— Faulti er first. 5. Team match. 

 5 clay birds, 5 traps— First team, Sno * 4, Allen 4, Adams 4—12. Sec- 

 ond team. W«rd well 4, Faulkner 4, Lovejoy 2 -10. 0. seven clay birds 

 —Faulkner first. 7. Five clay birds, sstraigh' awav - Faulkner and 

 Allen divided first. 8. Novelty match— Adams first St Five clay 

 birds— Allen, Adams and Lovejoy divided first. 10. Five straight- 

 away birds. 30yds.— Ru sell fi'st. 11. Novelty match— Snow first, 

 la. Five olaclcbirds— Russell fi'St. 13. Five blackbirds— Russell first. 

 14. Thiee p.iirs double Faulkner first. 15. Five blackbirds— Adams 

 fir-t. 10. Five clay birds— Ward well first. 17 Five birds straignt- 

 „ way— Adams first. IS. Five clay birds. 30yds — Ward well firs t 16. 

 Five blackbirds-S"OW first. 20. Novelty match— Faulkner first. 21. 

 Five clay birds— Allen first. 22. Five birds— Lovejoy first. 



S^N FRANCISCO, Feb. 21.— The pigeon shooting contest between 

 W. L. E\ re and Jonn Kerrigan, whicu was arranged last week, came 

 off at Bird's Point to-day. The match was for $100 a side. Eyre has 

 not. stood before the trap for some years, and many of his frienis 

 were surprised to s«e him pit himself against a man in such good 

 trim as Kerrigan. The match was uncier thu Hurlingham rules. 50 

 birds of which 30 were to be shot at a^ single birds, at 10yds. rise, and 

 20 as double birds, at 18yds. rise. Eyre won first shot on the toss off 

 and winged bis bird, Kerrigan imitating his example. On the third 

 shot Eyr^ made an unlucky miss and added two more ciphers to his 

 score. Kerrigan. s'eenaea Hurried and missed an easy oird on the Attn 

 shot, ard in the first round made only 6 kills out of 10. In the second 

 round he rt covered himself and did net make a miss, bri'giug down 

 his birds witu gieac neatne.-s. On the third rcu id Eyu made some 

 bad pusses, and ihe?e ot)s u t the advantage he bad gained in the first 

 rni,nd The following are the scores of tue single birds, which placed 

 Kerrigan 2 Kills ahead : 



w, e 11000 1 1111— 7 1110111111— 9 0110011011— 6—22 



Kerrigan 1111010010—6 1111111111-10 (111111110—8—21 



Eyre again led off in tue double-bit d shoot, 18yds. rise and p'unge 

 traps. He made 2 clean kills. It was thought he could regain what 

 he bad lost on the single birds, as * hooting at pairs had always been 

 his for e. He did not carry out the expectations of his friends, how- 

 ever, ana made a poorer score than in the single-bird contest. Ker- 

 rigan did not shoot well in the douule-Dird contest, showing bad judg- 

 ment la the selection of the first bird to shoot at. The following are 

 the scores, which gave the match to Kerrigan by seven hir.'s: 



Kyre 11 00 10 11 10-6 00 00 11 10 00-3- 9 



Kerrigan 11 10 ul 11 11-8 11 01 01 11 00-6—14 



LEAVENWORTH, Kan.-Last Monday, Feb. 8, was such a pleasant 

 day with us some of our clubrustiel a small cro« d together for a 

 little practice at the Maeomber metal targets, and the annexed score 

 was ibe result of the match, The wird was quite strong and some of 

 the birds sailed from 50 to 70 yards, and unless the gun was raised on 

 the word "pub," the shooter did not stand much show to open the 

 birds. Mr. Hiuinan is a very qu.ck shot and succeeded in making a 

 fl'ie score: 



W O Hinman 1111111111111101110111111-23 



GeoGoff Ill0nilltl0ll0l1i.il w —17 



ChasGrats UlillCOllinlllOllOw -16 



John Dippel lOililOlOOtlOlOU Ollw —12 



Jas CWeumn 11010 tllOlOll'iOllOlw —12 



Henry L-.ni'.z HUllllOllOUOlOllOw —15 



CARTEREf GPN CLU«.— The match at double birds, shot at the 

 Carteret Gun Club's grounns on ihe 22d, which was won by Mr. Henry 

 rt suited in a match between that gentleman and Mr. Williams, one 

 of the club , s beet shot*, on the 27th. Iney mutually agreed to shoot 

 at 10 pairs. 535vdg. rise, traps 25yds. apart, the fence the boundary. 

 A fter shooting at two pairs for practice, the mat'eu was, begun v. lift 

 Williams leading fr>m the si&rr, At 1 pairs Henry •wiihdretWj leaving 

 Wi'lUms to shoot out the match with thefollowing result; 



Williams .10 11 11 11 10 11 00 11 10 10-14 



Henry 00 00 0J 10 10 10 llw. —4 



The birds were an excellent lot. quick and strong on the wing. 



NEW DORP. H. I.. Feb. 26.— T he members of the Jeannette Gun 

 Clun held a shooting tournament ar Sea View Park here to day. 

 There were a number of small matches but the mterest was cen- 

 tered in the fou> -handed contest in which Capt. ordes and H. Vetter 

 encountered John Hubert and «. Busch. The srrong wind interfered 

 wi'h the shooting of Capt. ('ordes, but it did not seem to affect the 

 skill of the other men. Vetti-r, however, was too h avily handi 

 cupped by t' e pnor work of his partner, and the result was tnat 

 Hubert, and Butch won as follows: . s A * , 



Hunert..l 11111110 0-8 Cordes.,.1 1 1 1 0-4 

 Busch... 1 11110 111 0-8-16 V«tter.. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-9—13 



Capt. Cordes was not satisfied with the showing he made, and he 

 challenged Buscn to a matoh, which will be snot at an eany day. 



ELIZ ABETH GUN CLUB.— This club is in very good working- trim 

 a*td prepirire for a season of active work. Tne club was organized 

 t-ept. 5. 1884, w'th 20 members, and secured rooms in the Arcade. Its 

 progress bus been steady, and it now owns a club house in the sub- 

 urbs. The club doubled its members the first year and b ds fair to 

 increase the same ratio the second. All the members are active, and 

 then- aim is to encourage trap ^hooting in all its brandies. The new 

 nlub bouse was inaugurated on Feb 2i. Vi itors are alwavs welcome. 

 The club will ha ve weekly shoots and extra programmes for all holi- 

 days. The officers are: R. E. Chetwood, President; J. W. Hall. Vice- 

 President: Wm. M. Parker, Treasurer; C F. Parker, Financial Secre- 

 tary; J. Hasko d, Corresponding Secretary. 



CAMPBELL VS. CAVANAGFf.— There was a large attendance of 

 shooters on the 25th ub ar, Little Silver, N. J., to witness the 8300 

 pigeon match between J. Cavanagh, of Madison, N. J., and L B. 

 Campbell, of Little Stiver, N. J. The rain poured in torrents, but in 

 spite of that the birds furnished and handled by Miles Johnson lor 

 Cavanagh and thoss manipulated by J. Van Brackle for the home 

 shooter were fine, strong fivers. The betting was in favor of Cava- 

 uagh. Tueir favorite start "d off w>nll, and when twelve birds had 

 been shot he led Campbell two birds. From this point the North 

 Jers y man became demoralized and missed hi d after bird. He was 

 shot out on the twenty-ninth round. Campbell killed 22 out of 29 birds 

 shot at. and Cnvanagh 15 out of 28. Captain Tindle, of Amboy, was 

 referee; J. Erb, of Newark, was judge for Cavanagh and Hank 

 W'dte, <>f Red Bank, for Campbell. The score was as follows:' 



L B Campbell 10111 10111 0)011 01011 10101 11101 11111—22 



JCavanagh ..11111 01111 11000 01000 OJ010 101 —15 



A return match will be shot at Eib's grounds, Newark, at an early 

 date. 



EMERALD GUN CLUB —The regular annual shoot of the Emerald 

 Gun Club, of this city, took place on the 25th int., at New Dorp, S. I. 

 The members and their fri nds were out in full force. Some remark- 

 able exhibiti ons of skill were exhibited by m my of the members who 

 took part in the series of contests laid down on the programme. The 

 club medal was won by John H. Voss. who succeeded in killing 10 

 birds straight, handicap rise. George Remsen carried off ihe second 

 prize, killing 9 birds. For the third prize Charles M. Granger, nr. 

 George V. Hudson. Phillip Bu z and Thomas Cody tied, each killing 8 

 birds out of a possible 10. H. Gebei iog w on the fourth prize. 



RANDOM GUN C LUB.— The Random Gun Club, of E ist New York, 

 held a shoot at Glendale on the 22d ulr. Each member shot at seven 

 birds with the following result: C. R. Kolyer 6. J -hu Kolyer 6, Rich- 

 ard Phister 6, R. Baxter 6, W. H. Pickering 4, R. Kolyer 4. E. Watson 

 4, W. D. Hamilton 5, J. Deboo 6, J. Willis 5. 



NEW YORK. March 1.— At the annual meeting of the Springfield 

 Gun Club, this city, neld Feb. 85, the following officers were elected 

 for the ensuing year: James D. Davis. President; John A. Dinkle. 

 Vice-President; Charles Janle, Secretary; Michael Englert, Pur- 

 veyor. 



Join the National Gun Association.— Send 10 cents, for handbook 

 giving all inf Drmation, to the Secretary Matt R. Febeman, General 

 Manager. F. C. Ethepiuge, Secretary and Treasurer, Macon, Ga. 

 Board of Directors: Dr. L. E. Russell, Springfield, O.: C. M. Stars, 

 Winchester, MaBS ; J. Von Lengerke, New York city; Washington A-_ 

 Coster, Flatbush, L. I ; "Wm. G. Cooper. Savannah, Ga.; E. A. Craw 

 ford, Tallahassee, Fla.; M. R Freeman, W. W.Parker and F. C* 

 Etheridge, Macon, Ga.— Adv. 



<l£mtaeing. 



Address all communications to the Forest and Stream IhtblisTi- 

 ing Go. 



Canoeists are invited 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 the same. Canoei-ts and all interested in canoeing are 

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, i>.aps, and information concerning their local waters, 

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

 to the sport. 



THE A. C. A. TROPHY. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In response to \ our invitation in this week's issue I would like to 

 say a few words in regard to the A C. A. Trophy. 



Before taking up the main q lestton. I will premise that all organi- 

 zations of tne general character of the A. 0. A such as athletic and 

 boating clubs are governed, and their conduct ou'lined and directed, 

 by a very small proportion of the total number of active members, 

 who often obtaiu such control that iDey aie able to carry through 

 any measure whicn they favor, even when such measuras may be 

 detrimental to the be=t interests of tne club. 



There are various reasons operating to bring about this state of 

 ihiugs. It is fair to presume that in many cases the men wuoget 

 coutiol are those who exhioit the most ability, but a very frequent 

 cause is apathy of a large mdj.nity aud auotuer reason is, that after 

 a certain set have beccnie eaabhsned in powei% it often happens that 

 they form a clique whicn by united effort can defeat the will of any 

 unorganized opponents. 



When it was announced that the Regatta Committee of the A. O. 

 A. were going to offer a valuable prize to be sept by the wiuner, it 

 seemed to the writer ttiatit was a oontridicuon of the teachings and 

 professions of tne Ai-sociation, as set f oi Ui in previous manifestoes 

 and most of the canoeing iiierature. You. Mr. Editor, have very .ably 

 on more than one occa&ion exposed tne danger to be apprehendei 

 in awarding prizes which &huuld ae valuable enough to pervert a 

 contest for them from one of generous rivalry to oue of greed. It 

 has been represented that this occasion is expectional, and that it 

 would make tne Association appear mean not to offer a generous 

 prize, as one of the visiting strangers might win it. having once es- 

 tablished a precedent of this kind, now do we know how of'en we 

 might be called on to repeat it, and now long would it be before the 

 fligs which have heretofore been so highly prized as trophies, woull 

 fail to call out enough canoeists to make a decent competition, 

 because they would not bs wortu the trouole. 



The writer knows personally of an instance in one of our athletic 

 clubs where a very handsome aud expensive gold medal was pre- 

 sented Jo be competed for every montn in the season, and the douor 

 was compelled to alter the terms of the gift as the "boys" would not 

 take tne trouble to compete f jr it unless the winner ojuld keep it. 



Bv all means k-t us discourage such a conoi ion ot affairs in our 

 Association aud as a first step religiously exclude all races for 

 valuable '"keeps," as being a domoralizmg element calculated to 

 Injur it. 



ihe proposition to make the trophy a challenge prize, seems to me 

 to be ihe only way to put the Associa 1 ion in a position consistent 

 with f ormer professions of it< aims and objects, and I nope your in- 

 vitation will call for oh so strong au expression of opinion in this 

 direction as will leave the officers of the Association iu no doubt as 

 to the feeling of the members at large, and as u conscqueuce of their 

 plain duty in the premises. o. 



FLORIDA.— Dr. Neide writes us from Jacksonville as follows: ' We 

 have just returned from a long trip in the Aurora from Mosquiio In- 

 let up the Httlsboro River, througu Mosquito Lagoon, ttie HanX-ive 

 Canul aud down the Inuian River to Indian R'ver Inlet, thence back 

 to Ro'ckledge and made the carry of three m les over to Lake Poin- 

 sett, and then making the run do.ro the St. Johns River to Sanford. 

 I have seen crooked livers hj. my day, but never anythiog to quite 

 equal the tipper St. Johns. We encountered a bear and ailigarare in- 

 ntimerable while on the river. Deer are plentiful, and we Broiled 

 some venison over coals made from wild orange wood Millions of 

 dead fWi he along the shores o£ the beautiful Indian River, having 

 been killed by the sudden change in the temperature of the water 

 duiing the 'Florida freeze."* 



THE CANOE EXHIBITION. 



A NUMBER of canoeists were present at the Harvard rooms on 

 Feb 2% pursuant to the cab sent out by the Knickerbocker C. 

 C. Com. Fowler was chosen chairman, and the meeting was cul'ed 

 to order wi'h Mr. Brown as the secretary and Mr. Stanton treasurer. 

 It was decided to bold an rxhibition of canoes and all pertaining to 

 canoeing at the Harvard moms, on April 24 next, the ernenses to be 

 shared by the Knickerbocker, New York and Brooklyn club', tf the 

 receipts are nut suffl ient. The scope of the propoB- d exhibition is 

 f.hown by the following li-t of departments and committees. Articles 

 may he sent direct to the gentlemen in charge or the. section foi which 

 they are intended: 



Managing Committee Tf<lwin Fowler, chairman, Harvard rooms, 

 7,'9 ttixih avenue. New York; L. W. Sea vey, 81 Washington Place; 

 Hen'V Stanton, 8-1 Nassau street 



Treasurer, Henry Stanton, 34 N»ssau street (to whom subscnp- 

 tions should oe sent and bill rendered for settlement;. 



StJB-COMMlTTEES. 



I. Sailing Canoe, fully rigged, one or more models— C. Bowyer 

 Vaux 81 Cortlar dt smer. 



2 Paddling and Racing Canoes, felly equipped: Ontario, Peter- 

 boro, '-Nessmuk.*' biicb, etc.. wirh specimens of diffeient paddles- 

 id. G. Foster. 84 Full on street; Mr, Cox, Newark. 



3 Cruising Oanoe, with full outflti-E. W. Brown, 17 West Thirtieth 

 street. 



4. Canoe Arranged for Sleeping, with tent, bedding, night and 

 riding lamps, etc , also shore lent suitably fitted up— J. F. Newman, 

 1ft John street. 



5. "The Boy's First Canoe"— J. L G-eenleaf, 66 Pirk avenue. 



6. Canoe and Tamp COOK.EPY: Camp kit and utensils, fuod in bulk 

 audpacked as f jr sailing. Illustration of cooking on board by alco- 

 hol f*mp. Various modes of preparing camp-fires, wi'h stones, 

 crotefcBTl sticks. "Nessmuk" logs, etc —Capt. Nate Smith, Newl urgh ; 

 W. Dormit2er, 27 East Seventy-fourth street: C. V. R. Schuyler, 8t0 

 Broadway. 



7 Canoe Costume: A fully dressed canoeist, with heltorFcarf, knife, 

 bugle, suit of oilskins, beat cape, etc.; also the various badges worn 

 by club members and officers— S. V. Hoffman, 426 VVe?t Twent.y-t.hiid 

 street. - 



8. t \anoe Inventions, Appliances and Fittings: E.g.. centerboards, 

 blocks, crop rudders, cleats, sliding gun-.er, etc , labelel wi'h name 

 of inventor and date of invent on— R. P. Martin, 43T West Twenty- 

 second street; b. A. Renton, wilham-bur 'h. 



9. Regatta and Club Tuophies: Challenge cup« ard models, prizes, 

 cluo totems, flags, signals, ornamental paddles, badges, etc., prop- 

 erlv labeled -R. B. Burehtrd. 21 West fortieth street. 



10. Manufacturers' and Builders' Exhibit*: Various models and 

 styles of building, "wtiertignis," sails, applUnces, catalogues, busi- 

 ness cards. *to. 



II. Canoe Photography: Cameras and outfits, photographic v'ews 

 and groups, based on A. tJ. A., local and club m^ets. cruises, typical 

 models, etc. Stereopncon views of same with illu-iira ive remarks— 

 L W. Seavev. 81 Washington place. 



12. Canoe Literature: Lioes and models ^f boats, books on cruis- 

 ing, building, etc., canoeing articles an 1 illustrations, volumes of 

 Forest and g tream, Canoeist, e c , cluo note paper, menus, arms, 

 etc.— W. P. Stephens. 8J Park row. 



13. Placards and Labels - William "WhiMoek, 80 West Twentv-sec- 

 ond street (upon whom f rqut«iti >ns mav be made by exhibitors, stat- 

 ing size and wording of placards required). 



14. ALLOTMENT OF SPACE AND FLOOR t OMMITTEE. With power to ap- 

 point ushers, receive applies ti< nsfor and assigu space to exhibitors 

 —J. L Greenleaf. 66 Park aveuue. 



15. Hall Decorations: E. C. Delavan, S3 Nassau street— B. H, 

 Nadal 358 Lexington avenue. , 



16. Music and Singing: Canoing songs and choruses— R. J. Wilkin, 

 148 Henrv street, Brooklyn. 



17. Imitations: Preparirg and printing cards of invitation 8nd 

 programme and sending tbem to all canoeis's within reasonable dis- 

 tance of New York, supplying same to all desiring them for thtir 

 private friends or to any gentleman interested in boating or canoeing, 

 attending to journalasnc no'ices and articles before and after the 

 exposition, supplying all nece.-sary information to tepresentaiives of 

 tbepre-s Col. Norton, A. Brentano, 5 U"i"n Square. 



Reception of Exhibits at the Hall— Edniu Fowler, 729 Sixth 

 avenue. 



Clubs or individuals who have anything of interest to exhihit are 

 earnestly requested to communicate with the gentlemen in charge of 

 the. special department to which it would belong, or if rot included 

 unrbr any of tnem, wiite the chf.irmau of the Managing Committee. 

 Such exhibits should be fully labeled «icn the addres- of the sender 

 and any information of interest. Every care will be taken of them 

 and they will be duly returned after being exhibi ed. Applications 

 for tickets and programmes should be sent to the Invitatiou Com- 

 mittee. Eich sub-committeo is requested 10 send in its exhibits, if 

 bulky, on Thursday, April 22 (aftei 3 P. M.) or on Fiidav, £3; if mnall 

 tuey may be sent at any time. Thev are also requested to bavo-iheir 

 departments in good order for the public expo-ition on the afternoon 

 and evening of Suurday, April 21, a..d to remove them not later than 

 Monday, April 26. 



A SUMMER CRUISE IN LONG ISLAND SOUND. 



OUR two canoes were put into the Connecticut River for a pro- 

 lorged cruise down the river and through Long Island Sound. 

 Tue hoats were of go>t mo lei 14 6 feet long, 32 inches wide, and 

 rigged with later n mainsail and danoy of 48 »nd 17 feet. 



We left Uartford J ily 7, 1885, at 2 30 P M. with a head wind but 

 succeeded in making about ten miles by six o'clock. We had l a'dly 

 got ashore and ready for the night when it began to rain. It con- 

 tinued until twelve o'clock, that is, until we bad been soaked 

 through and all our clothes, provi-ions, and blanket?. We did r ot 



th°n cooked a. good breahfa- 1 an 1 in a short, time launched our ca- 

 noes and started under p ddle as th» re was nor a oreath of wind. 



By noon wt reached Middletown. twenty miles from Hartford and 

 securing our canoes had dinner and «ent up into the to *n We 

 bought a few provisions and starred off once more and oaddied 

 steadily until we reached Middle Haddam. where we lail by to await 

 the steamboat for Lyme, about four miles from the mouth of the 

 river. At eight o'clock the bait »rri<-ed; we then went on board 

 with the canoes, ana at eleven o'clock reached I yme. Here vi e 

 rigged our tents over the cockpits of our canoes and slept in inem on 

 the dock. 



July 9. -We KuDched our canoes and with a fiae breez > sailed to 

 Hatchetts' Reef a niatance of ten miles, in an hour *n i a q iarier. In 

 the evening we went to the depot to meet a party from Hartford 

 with whom we intended to camp. Wit i this addi'ion we enjoyed 

 two weeks of regular camp life, making short trips to different 

 places along ihe Sound. Among them was a trip to Osprey Beach 

 and Ne m Loudoo, on which occasion we witnessed the great steam 

 yacht race. „ , , 



We then packed uo prepxra'ory to a trip ahrjg the Sound down 

 toward New York. It was rather rough, wiih a southwest breeze 

 nearly dead ahead. When off Saybrook the wind veered to south 

 and we soon reached Westbrook, seventeen miles west of Hatchetts 

 Reef, where we intended spending Saturday and Sunday. In the 

 evening strolling along tne bench we met some pleasant Inends with 

 whom v e spent most of our time. At nine o'clock we were in bed. 



July 25.— We went around tryinz to buy something to eat. We 

 succeeded after a long se-irch in getting enough lor breakfast. With 

 the big sails of each canoe we went out sailing- in the morning. 



Oo July 27 we started at 9o'clocS for Indian Neck with a fine breeze. 

 The Arrow reached her destination, but the Maud, losing her way, 

 put into Short B^ach. This run of twenty-six utiles was made by the 

 Maud in the remarkable time of about three hours, which nip will 

 always be remembered as it gave her crew the utmost coi.fidence in 

 her ability i o stand any ordinary weather, 'the crew of the Maud 

 was kindly received ov friends tnat day and was asked, to remain 

 under cover but preferred sleeping in his canoe. 



Tuesday, July i?8, about 9 o'ctock A. M , a canoe was seen goirgpast 

 Short B ach, nliioh. on being hailed, came in shore, which proved to 

 be the Arrow. Wefoundasto e where «e increased our stock of 

 provisions and cooked a dinner fit lor a king. We turned in quite 

 early that night as we we. e rather tired, and on Wednesday we were 

 up very early, as a very jolly paity were making preparations for a 

 trip to Long Island. After their depar ure the place became very 

 quiet, so we decided to leave for the oay. "We took the Arrow for a 

 sail to ludiau Ntck; as we had a splenoid breeze we were not long in 

 reaching there. Walking to Branford we fouud some letters which 

 contained money, soun thing we wd'e in need of ju-t about this time, 

 About4o'coek we left for camp, which, by ihe way. we alw^ s left 

 unguarded, sometimes for t o or three days, aud always found in the 

 conoition we left it. 



On Friday we were joined by a friend from Hartford, who was to 

 camp with us, and. in the ofte*noon we received our Iarg« wall tent 

 whjcu was set up. That night our new camt) mate rt. slept in the 

 tent, while we slept ip our canoes rigged w ith , Mouican lepts. 9 he 

 pest day we went to work to builrl our beds. First w © a bundle 

 of hay and laid it in the tepc about.one foot thick, after which we laid 

 our rubbeV blankets over this, then our w oolen blankets, making our 

 beds complete. In the af t*ra6oa the owner of the Maud went hoine 

 to spend Sunday. 



