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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 34, 1886. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Fokest 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. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are 

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream their addresses,~with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local waters, 

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

 to the sport. 



FIXTURES. 



Mohican Races every Thursday through the" season. 



June 26— N. Y. C. C, 2d Race' Commodore's Trophy. 



July 3-5— N. Y. C. C, Trials International Races. 



July 8-24— W. A. C. A. Meet. Lake Erie. 



July 10— Brooklyn C.C.. Paddling Race. 



July 10— N. Y. 0. C, 3d Race Commodore's Trophy. 



July 24— N. Y. C. C, 4tb Race Commodore's Trophy. 



Aug. 7- N. Y. C. C, 5th Race Commodore's Trophy. 



Aug. 7— Brooklyn C. C, Paddling Race. 



Aug, 13-27— A. C. A. Meet, Grindstone Island. 



Aug. 21 -Lake St. Annual. 



Sept. 4— Brooklyn C. C, Paddling Race. 



Sept. 4— N. Y. C. C, International Cup Races. 



Sept. 11— N. Y. C. C, 6th Race Commodore's Trophy. 



Sept. 18— Brooklyn C. C, Sailing Races. 



Sept. 25— Brooklyn C. C Challenge Cup. 



Sept. 25— N. Y. C. C, 7th Race Commodore's Trophy. 



Oct. 2— N. Y. C. C, Fall Regatta. 



A SUMMER'S SAIL. 



/~\UT of the dusty city and its cares 

 ^-^ Bear me, my bonny boat, 

 Beneath the azure canopy of heaven, 

 Where fleecy cloudlets float. 



Where fresh sea breezes whisper in mine ear, 



Adown the echoing strand, 

 And laughing wavelets fling their diamond shower 



Upon the golden sand. 



How sweet to listen to the ocean's voice, 



Singing its ceaseless lay. 

 And watch the white-winged vessels speeding on 



Across the sunlit bay. < • 



And saiiitg on sweet mem'ries of the past 



Blend with the summer wind, 

 And present cares of life for once are left 



In tancy far behind. F. G. 



THE HUDSON RIVER MEET. 



CODDINGTON'S DOCK, the scene of the Hudson River River 

 spring meet of 1886, was well chosen and admirably adapted for 

 a canoe camp. Here the river is wide and the hills not so high as to 

 make squally winds. The beach is all that could be desired with 

 camping sites on the hill in the shade or on the sandy beach. The 

 first comers, the Dock Rats, of Newburgh, arrived Friday night, coming 

 to Roudout bv steamer Mary Powell (Captain Anderson, of the Powell, 

 is an active member of the Roudout C. 0.) and paddling up to camp, 

 five miles away, under convoy of three R. CO. canoers the same 

 evening. 



Saturday morning dawned bright and fair with a lively breeze from 

 the south, bringing with it Tramp (Stevens), of New York, who 

 had harbored at Rhiuecliff the night before. During the morning 

 the Shattemucks arrived from the north, having run by the camp at 

 two bells in the morning watch. Presumably the watch on the t'gal- 

 lant foc'le was asleep, and booms being off the port the man at the 

 wheel did not see the camp as he passed by. They made land a mile 

 north and beat back Saturday morning in time tor breakfast. Later 

 the Mohicans arrived via Barry town and also Captain Ruggles, of 

 Rochester. Saturday was agreeably passed in gettiug up tents, over- 

 hauling gear aud grub chests, and in the afternoon the sailing cracks 

 were out for a tussle. A number took a sail over to Barry town, two 

 miles away, for ship stores, with a quartering breeze, a delightful 

 run and an exciting beat back. By evening the camp was completely 

 settled and looked like a miniature Grindstone, for the point some- 

 what resembles that renowned cauoeing ground. On the south side , 

 which is open, were the Albany, Newburgh and New York men, on 

 the north shore, the Shattemucks, and on the ridge between the Rond- 

 out c'ub and on the extreme end were the headquarters. 



Sunday was quietly spent. The fresh breeze from the south lured 

 out the sailing devotees and the broad river was dotted with sails, 

 Tramp with her 45ft. storm lug sail only did some remarkable wind- 

 ward work. Slippery Thetis flashed in and out here and there, and 

 Peggy. Grant Eugar's new boat, flitted about under a cloud of sail, 

 presided over by the doughty Dock Rat. 



Two new boats by new builders are here and so are their respective 

 builders, Iris of Ruggles build excites the envy of the cultured eye 

 by her fine lines and a future of glory is predicted for her. Oaro, by 



Buckhout, the son of the ice yacht builder of Poughkeepsie, shows 

 herself worthy of notice and consideration and looks as if there was 

 no end to her capabilities in a seaway. During the afternoon a shower 

 swept the river and caught a number unprepared. Thetis and 

 Caro were far away from camp to the south, so took shelter with a 

 shad fisherman, and after the blow and rain had a little skirmish to 

 see who would get home first, Thetis came in first, but Caro is a good 

 boat just the same. 



In the evening the camp-fire melodies were interrupted by a terrific 

 shower and the campers were wooed to sleep by the patter of the 

 rain on their canvas tents. 



The races were set down for Monday, and in the early hours of the 

 morning heads were protruding from tent openings inspecting the 

 weather and taking notes of the prospect for wind. No one was dis- 

 appointed in the wind, it was out from the north and coming butt 

 end first. 



The Regatta Committee had settled upon seven races, the first to 

 start at 9:3), providing the committee had breakfasted and washed 

 up their dishes at that hour. They did not come to time, and it was 

 10 A. M. before the first race, Class A, sailing, was called. Won by 

 Peggy, Grant E. Edgar; Helena, Grant Van Deusen, second. 



Commodore Bartlett, of Newburgh, had arrived previous to the 

 race and acted as judges' boat and life-saving station, lending assist- 

 ance to four capsized mariners. 



II.— Class B, Sailing— Won by Caro, Grant Van Deusen; Peggy, 

 Grant E. Edgar, second. 



Before this race and at the start the wind was heavy and a high sea 

 running. Tuelis, Tramp aud Iris went out under storm sails, other- 

 wise the result might have been different. 



in.— Novice Sailing- Won by Mystic, W. A. Stephens. 



IV. — Consolation, Sailing— W on by Thetis, B. M. Wackerhagen. 



V. — Paddling, Class 2— Won by canoe , J. K. Hand. 



VI. -Paddling. Class 4— Won by Mystic, W. A. Stephens. 



VH.— Paddling, Tandem— Won by J. S. Poyntar and Grant Van 

 Deusen in Nike. 



During the three days meet the wind was all that could be desired, 

 the water not too lumpy, and the temperature just right. Fifty men 

 with thirty-five canoes camped during the three days, and though 

 there was a good hotel just over the river at Barrytown, not a mem- 

 ber of the camp took a meal that he did not assist in some way in 

 preparing. 



After the races a general moving took place. The little village of 

 canvas quickly disappeared, and like the Arab, the canoeist quickly 

 folded his tent, but not like him did he quietly steal away, but amid 

 the din of steam whistles, the toot of horns, and to the tune "We 

 part to meet again" the Mohicans paddled to Rondout to ship their 

 canoes the following day by steamer. 



The Shattemucks departed by special steamer for Sing Sing, and 

 the Dockrats by Commodore Bartlett's steam yacht for Newburgh, 

 and when night had settled down scarce one was left to tell the tale. 



THE NEW NAUTILUS AND PEARL. 



THE coming international races have directed the attention of 

 American canoeists to the boats which will come from the other 

 side to meet ours, and the victories of the new Nautilus have excited 

 much curiosity here, as nothing has been known of her lines or de- 

 tails. We have just received the fifth edition of Mr. Dixon Kemp's 

 "Yacht and Boat Sailing," in which, with other new matter relating 

 to canoes, are two plates of the New 1836 Nautilus, with sketches of 

 rudder and other details. The new boat is a marked departure from 

 previous models, and especially from her immediate predecessors of 

 the name. Her dimensions are: Length, 1 4ft. 6in.; L. W. L., 14ft. 

 3in.; beam, 32in.; depth at gunwale, 12}^in.; sheer at bow, 8J^in.; aft, 

 5J^in. The extreme draft, 7in., is at a point less than 5ft. from the 

 stem, while at the stern the draft is only SJ^in., the keel raking up. 

 The trunk begins 2ft. 6in. from bow and ends 6ft. 6in., so that the 

 board, a single plate of 56 pounds, is very far forward. The metal 

 drop rudder is very large and of a novel form. The floor is quite flat 

 and the sides flare very little. The hull contains five water-tight 

 compartments, three being entered by hatches from the deck. The 

 sail plan shows two balance lugs, 70 and 15ft., many of the details of 

 rigging being novel and very ingenious. All cleats for the mainsail 

 are on a small forehatch, fitted also with a folding tray for the slack 

 lines, all being detached from the canoe and made up with the sail in 

 stowing. The following descriptions!' the new ^eari is given by her 

 owner in the Field of June 5: 



The new Pearl, to compete in the International race? of the "tfmeri- 

 can Canoe Association and the N. Y. C. C, is now being built by R. J. 

 Turk, Kingston, I mention this to afford any one desirous of »e» ing 

 the mode of construction adopted in these little boaus, an opportunity 

 of doing so to tne best advantage. Like last year'" .FSasl, tfc:» present 

 one is founded on the lines of the Peari, published 4ft,' Y'uoht 

 and Boat Sailing," with some slight alterations. As stated In " Yacht 

 and Boat SailinR," 1882 Pearl had a rising floor in order *uat. bhe 

 might carry fixed ballast to advantage m 'life matches. of the Th^oies 

 Sailing Club and the T. V. S. C. where no shifting Ballast allowed. 

 The present canoe, being designed solely to compete in canoe races 

 with shifting ballast, has lin. less dead rise than the 1882 model. The 

 1882 boat was 14ft. long, and the 1885 was 14ft. 6"m., the extra length 

 being obtained by spacing the same moulds further apart in equal 

 proportions. In tho canoe now building the lift. 6in. length is ob- 

 tained by throwing the extra 6in. entirely into the middle of the boat, 

 the first mould each side of midships being spaced fin. from the mid- 

 ship mould, all the other moulds being spaced 6in. apart. The water 

 lines in the fore and aft bodies Of the new canoe are therefore the 

 same as in the 1882 model, but the midship body is longer. As most 

 of the races are sailed in narrow smooth waters, the after center- 

 plate, which is chiefly useful to steady the boat in a seaway, 

 has been omitted, and the area of j the fore centerplate pro- 

 portionately iucreased. The new boat should be closer winded 

 than the last, and quicker in stays, but not so good for rough 

 water cruising, in which the after plate is very useful. 



The boat is framed with alternate sawn and bent timbers spaced 6m. ; 

 the sawn timbers are cut from natural oak crooks, lin. moulded and 

 J4in. sided. The steamed timbers are of ash, J^in. moulded, 

 sided. The bilge is further strengthened with a piece of oak 2m. wide 

 by J^m. thick, turned round between each frame. There are four 

 ribbons J^in. by %m. cedar from end to end; these are let into the 

 sawn frames, but the bent timbers are let into the ribbons. All this 

 framing is set up before plankiug is commenced, so the design is 

 accurately carried out. The plank up to the 6in. level amidships and 

 the 7iu. level at bow aud stern, is of oak l-12in. thick in three widths; 

 the topsides of 3-16in. cedar. The keelson is cut away for ISin. amid- 

 ships, and the ballast well-constructed as in the 1882 boat. 



The leading dimensions are: Length, lift. 6iu.; beam, 2ft. 8}^m. ; 

 depth, gunwale amidships to rabbet-line. 14in.; sheer forward, 4ft. 

 J4in.; aft, Sin.; round of deck at fore end of well, Sin. ; we'll, 12in. 

 wide at fore-end, lOin. at widest part; flap side-decks, 7in. wide. The 

 rabbet-line is straight for a length of 9ft., and is cambered for 2ft. 

 9in. at bow and stern, the camber being more than in any previous 



P Tbe design has been carried out with the utmost care and exacti- 

 tude by the builder, Mr. R. J. Turk, leaving nothing to be desired in 

 these respects, and it is a great satisfaction to see the work so 

 thoroughly well done. E- B. Tredwbn. 



[We may mention that we saw this canoe in frame last Saturday, 

 and thought it one of the cleverest specimens of the shipwright s 

 craft we had ever seen.— Ed. Field.] 



TORONTO C. C. CHALLENGE CUP.— The combined paddling and 

 sailing challenge cup of the Toronto C. C. was raced for on June 12 

 at 3 o'clock. The wind was light, but the race throughout was very 

 exciting and closely contested. Of the five entries four were new 

 canoes that had not competed against each other before (all having 

 been built during the winter) and considerable speculation was in- 

 dulged in as to which model was the fastest. The Boreas and Yane- 

 wah have 50 pound boards, the Mac and Maggie 15 pound plates and 

 the Una a wooden one. The following is the order of the finish: 



Owner. Canoe. Mainsail. 



1. Will G. McKendrlck.. Mac 73 sq. ft. 



2. Com. H. Neilson Boreas ...95 sq. ft. 



3 D. Byron Jacques Yanewah 95 sq. ft. 



4. W. A. Leys Maggie 75 sq. f t. 



5. Colin Fraser Una 75 sq.ft. 



In a scrub sailing race held after the combined, Boreas came iu a 



winner by about a quarter of a mile in a 4 mile course, Yanewah 

 finishing second. The club will offer a novices trophy for those who 

 have never sailed a canoe before this year. — Will G. McKendrick, 

 Secretary T. C. C. 



ESSEX B. AND C. C. REGATTA. — This club will hold their first 

 spring regatta off their club house, north of the Erie R. R. bridge 

 over the Passaic River, Newark, on June 26, starting at 2 P. M. The 

 programme includes a paddling race for classes HI. and IV., a sail- 

 ing race for all classes, a tandem paddling race, a sailing race for 

 canvas canoes, a hand paddling race, an upset race and tub race. 

 The races are open to members of all canoe clubs, and the races will 

 be under A. C. A. rules, The committee are Messrs. George O. Tot- 

 ten, Wm. H, Hiliier and A. W. Evenden. 



NE VYBORG B. & C. C— The canoeists of Newburg held their first 

 outing on June 19, when a party of 27, including a number of ladies, 

 in ten canoes and row boats, left the clubhouse at 4 P. M , and were 

 towed by the steamer Alice to Clark's Dock, where supper was pre- 

 pared. The party rowed and paddled home by moonlight, arriving 

 at 10 P. M. 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP. — The following candidates have been 

 proposed: John E. Plummer, New York; W. A. Borden. Rochester, 

 N. Y.; W. R. Huntington, Rome, N. Y.; E. R. Perry, Albany, N. Y. ; 

 W D. Frothingham, Albany, N. Y.; E. J. Wheeler, Albany, N. Y.; W. 

 Wheeler, Albany, N. Y. ; E. R. Cassidy, Albany, N. Y. 



THE A. C. A. TROPHY subscriptions to date are as follows : F. 

 J. Baxter, $1 ; S. J. Banus, $1 ; Chas. F. Earle, $5.15 ; Frank M. Sin- 

 clair, $1 ; K. D. Shiras, 81; Geo. Burn, $!. Previously acknowledged, 

 $225. Total to date, $235.15. Wm. Whitlock, Chairman, 37 West 

 Twenty-second street, N. Y. 



CRUISES IN CONNECTTOUT.-Mr. E. J. Pope, Box 784, Ansonia, 

 Conn., would like to correspond with other Connecticut canoeists. 



Every pair of Allen's bow-facing oars warranted. Send for little 

 catalogue free. Fred A. Allen, Monmouth, 111.— Adv. 



^nnwtrji to §£omspondmt$. 



No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



G. D. S.— See last issue for Massachusetts game law. 



W. H. L.- You will do well to read Dr. Henshall's "Book of the 

 Black Bass." 



W. H. S., Troy, N. Y.— We believe that there Is no law in tuis State 

 protecting the English sparrow. 



Watt.— You will find bass, perch, pickerel and muskallonge, grouse 

 (ruffed and pinnated) and wild fowl, in season. 



Amateur Rifle Shot.— Kindly inform me if there are moose, deer 

 and fur-bearing animals in the north woods of Canada. Ans. Yes. 



H. B.— The arms are well made and give good satisfaction. Send 

 to the manufacturers who will supply illustrated catalogues of the 

 different styles and calibers. 



Bay Bird Resort Wanted.— I am anxious to find some good local- 

 ity for bay bird shooting. Would like to spend August in some nice 

 family, board reasonable. Can you give me an address? Nething 

 i'ancy, just clean, simple fare. — S. D., Troy, N. Y. 



EI S. O, Nebraska.— 1. We have heard it well spoken of. 2. Should 

 prefer a double-barreled gun. 3. There are half a dozen or more dif- 

 ferent makes, any one of which will last you a life time and your son 

 ?ft?r you. 4. They are advertised in our advertising pages, and can 

 be bad free any dealer. 



B. H. F., Canada.— 1. See mosquito preventive recipe in our last 

 issue, answers to- correspondent*, 2 The rifle you have ought to 

 answei the purpose. A gunsmith might remedy the fault you name. 

 The other rifle would be suitable. 3. Trap shooting is good practice 

 for field shooting, but nothing but actual experience in the field can 

 make you expert there. 



J. C. W., Paterson, N. J.— 1. Which is the most killing fly for brook 

 trout and black hass at this season of the year? 2. Also, which do 

 j'ou consider the best bait for chub? Ans. 1. There is no such fly; 

 all are more or less good at different times of the day and on differ- 

 ent waters. The best fly of yesterday is often refused to-day. 8. 

 Worms and grasshoppers. 



J. H. M., Newark, N. J.— Is there any known rule to determine the 

 crook of a gun stock— that is, to come up to the shoulder properly 

 on the line of sight? I am going to order a gun aud want to start 

 understandingly. Ans. You should by experiment with different 

 guns determine what drop of stock best suits you, i. e., enables you 

 to catch the center of rib quickly with your eye. Then lay a straight- 

 edge on the rib, extending it back, aud measure distance from 

 straightedge down to top of stock. 



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