Aug. 12, 1886.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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OAMDEN, N. J., Aug. 3.— A delegation from the "Wilmington 

 Rifle Club to-day visited the West PMlndelphia Rifle and Gun 

 Club at Stockton Rifle Range. Stockton Park, of which the range 

 forms a p 

 ing horse 



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resort. It is about two miles from the ferry in Caraden, and easily 

 accessible. The range Is fitted up with every convenience. As the 

 visit Avas an informal one, the members of both clubs joined in a 

 general practice match, with the following conditions: Massa- 

 chusetts target, 200yds., off-hand. The following is the full score 

 out of a possible 120 points. The members of the Philadelphia Club 

 are marked with an asterisk: 



*P Wood 8 1110 11 6 10 10 10 8 11-9,5 



H B Seeds 8 10 8 9 13 10 11 8 8 9-9-^ 



U Fuller 9 10 5 9 10 8 10 10 10 12—93 



S J Newman 10 10 8 II 9 10 10 9 12 3-9} 



C Heinel, Sr II 12 4 10 9 8 8 9 8 12—91 



*W Twaddell 8 5 13 7 7 lo 9 11 10 12—89 



C Heinel, Jr 8 6 II 7 10 9 9 7 II 10-88 



JE Seeds 9 2 10 11 9 11 8 10 3 10-85 



*J L Weatlierly 7 10 11 « 10 9 5 10 7 8—83 



*B T SlumwcU 8 10 9 7 7 9 7 7 10 7-81 



WF Seeds 13 975 10 7896 7-80 



*E Twaddell 11 11 7 4 6 i 9 8 9 7—76 



*W Bennett 10 97969784 9-69 



J E Newman 9 5 7 6 5 5 10 9 10-66 



W A Bacon 4 .5 4 10 7 9 5 7 13-6.3 



W Floyd 8 4 7 10 9 9 4 8 0-.59 



H Simpson 3 4 9 3 2 9 11 II 5—56 



W O'Connor 97 10 60 5 094 2-53 



* Oliver " 025666286 8—49 



W Mahler 5 0094822 9-39 



To make the shooting more interesting two teams were selected 

 indiscriminately from the two clubs for the second match, of 

 which the conditions were the same as at the first. Teams ^vere 

 selected by W. F. Seeds and W. Twaddell, the former "s\'inniiig by 

 sixty-fonr" points. Twaddcll's tc;ini sturtod out linely, and :il the 

 end of the third round was twenty points ahead, but the gradually 

 lost grotmd until the end of the match. The following is the score 

 in full: 



AVF Seeds,.,.-. 8 11 10 10 8 9 5 8 6 9-84 



C Heinel, Sr 8 10 8 43 9 8 8 10 8 9-90 



HP. Seeds 10 9 10 9 7 13 8 9 10 10-94 



S J Newman 5 10 7 10 11 11 9 10 9 10-93 



CHeinel, Jr 7663778 10 8 10-73 



B T ShimweU 8 7 5 II 10 8 5 11 8 l!*-a5 



J E Newman 9 7 6 II 7 7 9 9 9 9—81 



WFlovd I. ..10 8 4 11 9 9 7 10 8 2—78 



W O'Connor 8 9 9 6 4 7 7 7 5 10-73 



Oliver 540674349 4—45 



Ct Walton 8 7 10 10 10 II 10 10 11 8-95-888 



W TwaddeU 9 8 4 10 11 9 7 9 7—74 



U Fuller 6 11 10 11 9 11 9 11 7 9—94 



J L AVeatherly.. 12 11 8 13 6 8 19 9 7 10-93 



P Wood 10 10 7 13 11 II 10 9 11 8-99 



E Twaddell 10 3 4 13 9 11 13 11 9 9—90 



J E Seeds 10 7 2 9 6 7 9 7 3 10-69 



W Bennett..^ 8 10 886947 6 10-79 



W Baker...... ' 10 9 10 7 6 6 5 10-63 



H Simpson 9 8 9 3 9 11 6 2 9 0-70 



Ruppman 10 13 3 9 3 5 3 3 3-49 



W Mahler 311 II 3 5 2 4 2 6-47-824 



WTLIVIINGrTON, Aug. 5.— Matches for special practice were held 

 bv the Wilmington Rifle Club at Schuetzen Park this afternoon. 

 Conditions at hrst match. National Standard target, 200yds. olT- 

 hand. Two teams were selected by Bacon and Simpson, the former 

 winning by 31 points. The score is as foUows out ot individual 

 possible 100 points, and team possible 500: 



W A Bacon 544341720 4-54 



C Heinel, Sr 96695 5 8 10 6 7-71 



WFSee(is 3 7 9 6 6 5 8 9 10 8-71 



H Heinel 4 5 9 8 7 6 2 4 6 10-71 



E M Clark 3 3 5 1 6 4 3 7 3 2-37-274 



H Simpson 372752563 2—41 



UFuUer 774846894 5—58 



J E Newman 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 7 5 6—48 



W O'Connor 198356343 B— 4a 



W Floyd 10 6 3 447363 5— .51-243 



Conditions at second match, National Standard target, 100yds. 

 off-hand. Two teams were again selected by Bacon and Simpson, 

 and this time the latter won by 37 points. The full score is as fol- 

 lows, out of same possible as first match: 



W A Bacon 6 5 6786 746 9— 64 



W F Seeds 9 6 9 7 8 8 6 7 7 10—76 



H Heinel 10 10 8789759 4-77 



W Floyd 5 6 6 10 6 g 9 6 6 8—70 



J R Seeds , 49855 6 859 8-07 



C Smith 6 6 6 8 8 7 8 8 8 5-70—434 



H Simpson 486548666 6—59 



G Heinel, Sr 9 9 8 10 8 9 10 8 10 10-91 



U FuUer . 10 7 9 7 10 9 10 9 8 7—86 



J E Nemnan 4 7 6 6 6 8 6 9 7 9-68 



H B Seeds 7 10 7 9 10 6 9 6 7 8-79 



E M Clark 89 5 857749 6-C8-4.51 



At a meeting held after the close of the matches it was decided 

 to accept a challenge of the Topeka (Kan.) Rifle Club to shoot a 

 telegraph match on Thurday, Aug. 12, 8 men in each team, Massa- 

 chusetts target, 200yds., off-hand, also to shoot a friendly match 

 with a team of four men from the National Guard of Penn.sylvania 

 on Monday, Aug. 16. 



ASHBURNHAM, Mass.. August 4.— At the recent annual shoot 

 of the Rise Guards, Co. E, 6th Regiment, M. V. M., there was a 

 good attendance and Interest. The meet was at Riverside Range. 

 The best totals out of a possible 35 were as follows: Private Ed- 

 ■i\ ard Brooks 24, Will Harson (6 shots) 23, Capt. Chas. H. Pratt 33, 

 Corp. Ed. Nutting 23, Lieut. Fulford 33. After the shoot there was 

 a supper at the Armory. 



THOMASTON, Conn., Aug. 7.— Subjoined are the scores of our 

 weekly shoot, July 24. 



W H bunbar 9 7 9 10 9 7 7 6 6 7—77 



G A Lemmon 9 3 5 8 10 9 8 7 6 9—77 



E Thomas 7 7 8 10 6 6 7 8 10 4-73 



CTWiUiams 668677766 9-68 



Scores of July 31. 



WH Dunbar 6 5 9 9 7 6 10 9 6 10—77 



E Thomas 5 10 6 6 9 9 6 8 8 8—75 



G C Gilbert 9 9 6 6 8 8 10 5 7 6-74 



G C Canfield 5 8 7 7 7 5 8 10 7 8-72 



C F Williams 5 5 10 4 8 8 7 6 6 9-68 



H Canfield 695839355 9-63 



Aug. 7.— Shoot in the rain which gave a very bad light. No wind: 



WH Dunbar 10 6868698 10 9—80 



FA Perkins 6 5 7 6 10 9 8 10 10 8—79 



G A Lemmon 10 9 6 8 8 9 6 6 7 9—78 



FCarr..., , 9 65656964 8-64 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for puUication slwuld be made out mi the printed Nanhs 

 prepared hy the Forest and Streom, and furnished 0-atis to club 

 secretaries. 



Cnrrespondeiits who favor its loith dub scores are particularly re- 

 quested to turtle on one side of the paper only, 



A MUCH NEEDED REFORM. 



EdAtor Forest and Stream: 



In your valuable paper of 5th inst. an article headed "A Much 

 Needed Reform" attracted my attention, and I fully agree with 

 "Reformer's" views in regard to professionals. 



Shooting tournaments will never be a success, no matter how 

 organized or under what auspices^ so long as the majority of trap 

 shooters feel as they do now — viz., that a few professional pot- 

 shooters are certain to carry off the prizes either by skill acqtured 

 by continuous practice, as a matter of business, or by unsportsman- 

 like combinations. Amateur trap shooters should continue to 

 "taboo" all shooting tournaments, until professionals are barred 

 out entirely or made to shoot in a class by themselves for separate 

 prizes. Then if an amateur feels that he can shoot well enough, 

 he can enter that class and compete with them, he will al\\'a>'s be 

 welcome, like the lambs in Wall street, and probably get fleeced 

 just as surely, only it will be optional ydth him, wheras at present 

 he must either forego the pleasure of shooting in a tournament, or 

 go in, handicapped -^^nth the knowledge that the result is a fore- 



fone conclusion, and thus he falls an easy prey to the pot-shooters, 

 trust this matter will be fully ventilated by Forest and Streajii 

 and that the managers of future tournaments wiU consider the 

 propriety of encouraging amateur trap-shooters. Algonquin. 

 New Yobk, Aug. 7. 



ST. LOUIS, August I.— An interesting match between the West- 

 ern Gun and Diana Hunting clubs was shot this afternoon at the 

 Red House, East St. Louis, the Westerns proving victorious, as 

 shown by the following score. The conditions Avere twenty men a 

 side, to shoot at 30 Peoria blackbirds each. 18yds. rise. The weather 

 was very hot and made shooting rather uphill work, but a pleasant 

 time was liad, nevertheless: 



Diana Hunting Club. Western Gun Club. 



EdMeyer. .11110110100101110001-13 H Nagel.. . .01011111110110110111-15 

 Brenecke. .10100110110011000001- 9 McGiveny .01111100101111111111-16 



WaUich. . . . 100101 11011110010101-12 Baker 010001 11001000000110- 7 



M Weinh'r.00010010100001010001- 6 Crayon 0I1010111in0100]101-13 



H'sfurther.OlinilOOOOllOinnOOl-lO Siominskie.OllOOOlllllOinoiin-14 

 Dengler. . ..00011110111101111100-13 S'b'nm'n,sr 01101111001)110111101-13 

 Wilhehn. . .01111000111110010000-10 S'b'nm'n,jr 01101110000101010101-10 

 M^'esthus . . . lOllllOl 1 01011010111-14 Thurber .... 11110101110] 10100111-14 

 DWeinh'r. 10110111101111101110-15 Milt'nb'Ker.lllllllllIlOlOlIllll-17 



Pillon lOOOOlOlOOllllOOlUO-lO Lenliarth . . .01110001101100010011-10 



Herold . . . .01011100110O3UXX)101- 9 Le Faivre. .11111101110101011111-16 

 Fuegler. . . .01000100010001011011- 8 Williams. ..011000110101011111x1-13 



Dasch lllllOllOOlOlllulllO-14 Heithaus. ..01010001110001100100- 8 



Fiala OOOOCOOO(XX)0000(X)100- 1 Hill lOllinOlOlOlllllKXKll 



M Schaaf . .00001011110000110101- 9 Bauer 1011 1110111010010111-14 



Niemann. ..11001110000010010101- 9 Scheer OlOlOOOtXmiOlOOllOl- 8 



Conze 0100010001010101 0011- 8 Kacer lOlOllllllOOllOlCOlO-l;? 



Hebn 01011010111100110011-13 Labadie . . . .00101011001111110001-11 



Junge 01101010101111000100-10 Caryoisier..01111101111101010100-13 



Walter 00001000000000(X)0010- 3 LooateD .... 10011011011100011011-12 



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ST. PAUL, Aug. I.— At last Aveek's shoot of the St. Paul Gun 

 Club. Olson won the club badge and Wilson the Macombor badge. 

 The tollowinfc scores were made: Club badge, 10 single and 5 pair 

 Peorias: Olson 18, Hubert 18. Skinner 17, Bonte 17, Dax 16, Chant- 

 ler 13, Burkhard 13, Wilson l3. Macomber badge, 15 metal birds: 

 Wilson 11, Dax 11, Olson 11, Bm'khard 9, Hubert 9, Skinner 9, Henry 

 7, Bonte 7, Ohantler 6, Bird 5. 



ST. PALTj, Aug. 10.— The St. Peter Field and Trap Club opened 

 its first annual tournament at St. Paul to-day: $1,730 wiU be dis- 

 tributed in cash prizes during three days. Marksmen from all 

 over Minnesota and Iowa have signified their intention of taking 

 part in the shoot during the meeting, 



GARDNER. Mass., Aug. 5.— The recently organized Gardner 

 Sportsmen's Association were out to the Hackmatack Range to- 

 day and shot at clay-pigeons. Out of a possible 10 the following 

 are the totals broken: Alex Priest 8, T. P. Perley 7jC. S. Knight 

 7, E. C. Dodge 6, 1. N, Dodge 6, A. F. Eaton 5, G. F. Rogers o, Ben 

 Holden 5. 



FITCHBURG, Mass. , Ant?.!.- Members of the Fitchburg Ri flc and 

 Gun Club went out to the River street Range to-day to break clay- 

 pigeons. Out of a possible 30 the following totals were made: G. 

 W.Weymouth 19, B. W. Maokay 10, A.W. Baker, Jr. 15, E, H. 

 Spencer 9. 



HARTFORD, Conn,, Aug. 5.— The match between the RoekvlUe 

 and Hartford Gun Club was shot off on the grounds of the latter 

 club this afternoon, and resulted in a victory for the Roclcvilles, 

 by the foUomng score: 



Rockville Club. East Hartford Club. 



C Sterry. ..11111011100010101111-14 C Bur'h'm.OlllllllOUiOllOllOOO-13 

 J Burton . . OOOOOlIOoOlOOOlOOlOO— 6 H Bur 'h'm UIOUOOOIUOOOIOIOOO— 8 

 G Geiser . . .10000100110001110111-10 M Curtis . . UOllOOOOOOOOOOOOOOlO— 3 

 A Holmes . OOllOOOOlUOlOllOOUO— 8 O Treat. . . .lOOolOllOOlOOOlOOOlO— 7 

 C Emory.. 10011110111101110000-13 .Hollister. .OlUUOOiUOOOOOOlOOOO- 5 

 Thompson OOOlOllOlOOOOOUOlOO- 7 M Ensign.. 00111110101101010100-11 

 G Talcott..l0111010100100000100-U A House. . .11011000110101010101-11 

 C Merrick.OOllIOlOlOOlOOOOOlOO— 7 F Risely . . .IIOOIOOOOOOOIOIOIOII— 8 



74 65 

 The date of the return match was not decided upon. 



COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 6.— Regular Aveekly shoot of the Shennan 

 Gun Club to-day. Mason, who has held a mortgage on 15 for the 

 past live weeks, settled down to work and captured the badge in 

 Class A; Sprig took Class B badge. Single American birds. 

 National rules governing: 



Badge Contest, 



Mason 10111111111111111111-19 Hugo UlIOlOlOlllllllllll— 17 



Siebcrt. , . .11111011111100111111-17 Ross 11011010011000110001-10 



Ward 01111101011111101100—14 Hunt 01100011110100011011—11 



Swan 00110110100101011110-11 Miller 01000010110101011011-10 



Mooue 00101010100110100111—10 Brown .... 11011010111111011011-15 



Fisher lOOOlllOOUOlllOlOlO-ll "Sprig". . .11111100010111001101—13 



Fink IlOOlOOOllOmilOOlO-11 Flowers . .111011101 001110(X)010— 11 



Irwin llOllOOllllimiinOl-ln 



After the badge contest sweepstakes took place, which finished 

 as follows: First event— Siebert and Brown divided first. Ward 

 and Sprig divided second and Mason took third. 



Second event— Siebert first, MiUer and Fink second and Brown 

 third. 



A return match will take place with the Zanesville Club on their 

 grounds at an early date. 



AUGUSTA, Ga,, August 6.— Weeklv practice of the gun club: 

 Team No. 1. 



Duncan 1111110101—8 II 11 00 10 11—7 



Sancken 1111101110—8 11 10 01 10 10-0 



Stucker 0000000110-3 00 00 00 10 00-1 



BathweU 0010010011—4 01 00 00 10 10-3 



Bussey 0001101010-4 10 10 11 00 01—5 



John Sancken 0001010100-3 10 00 00 00 00-1 



Stephens 1010001101-5-34 10 10 00 II 10-5—28 



Team No. 3. 



Denning 0111111010-7 11 11 01 01 11-8 



Smith 1011011110-7 00 11 10 11 00—5 



BiTan OOllOUlOl— 6 11 10 11 00 11-7 



Butcher 1010010010—4 10 10 11 00 11-6 



Nurenberger 0110110010-5 11 10 00 10 01—5 



Jackson IIIIIOIOU— 8 00 10 90 01 11-4 



Hunt 0001001010-3-40 11 10 00 11 00-5-40 



WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 6.-The members of the Capital City 

 Gun Club made the f olloAving scores at the regular weekly shoot 

 to-day: 



Mills 111111111011111—14 Green 101100001111001—8 



Young 101011000111011— 9 McLeod 101100111001100-^8 



LA SALLE, N. Y., Aug. 5.— Niagara River Shooting Club, com- 

 petition for club medals Nos. 1 and 3, also Port Colborn cliallenge 

 badge; 15 Niagara blackbirds, for gold badge No. 1 : 



Hopkins 101101101101100— 9 Vogt 000001101111011— 8 



S Kellogg 190111101111111—13 J HJewett ... .100111101111111-12 



B Treat 111011111110101-12 E H Smith 110110111011101-11 



G Barke 001001110111111—10 Jenne, Jr 011111111111000-11 



E M Moodv. . . .110111110111101— 13 



Ties on 13: Kellogg, 1110—3; Treat, IIIUI— 6; Moody, 111110-5; 

 Jewett, 111101—5. 



Port Colborn challenge badge, 15 bats, 10 clay-pigeons; E. M. 

 Moody challenged G. Barker 



Barker IlOlllllllUlll 1100110111-31 



Moody imOllIllOlllO lUlOlOOOl— 18 



Barker stiU holds the badfre. 



Club gold medal No. 3—15 Niascara Falls blackbirds, 18yds: 



Moodv UllOmilimiO-lS Jenne, Jr OlloillllimiO-13 



Treat 010101111111110—11 Jewett 111100111001111-11 



Barker 101111100110111—11 Vogt 100110100111011— 9 



Hopkins 001111101101101-10 KeUogg 101111111110110-13 



E H Smith 111110001111111—13 



Ties on 12: Moody 0, Kellogg 111111—6, vrtns; Smith IIIO— 3, Jenne 

 111110-5. 



Team shoot;, 5 bats, 5 blackbirds, ISyds.: 



Bats. Blackbirds. Bata. Blackbirds. 



Moody, Capt. IllOO 11110-7 Smith, Capt.. 11101 11011-8 



Treat lOllO 11111-8 KeUogg 10111 11111-9 



Barker UlOl OlUl— 8 Jenne 01111 11110-8 



Hopkins 10011 IlUO-7-30 Jewett 10101 01111-7-33 



Forest and Stream Fables. 



FIXTURES. 



AUGUSX. 



Mohican Races every Thursday 20. Tippy C, Chicago, Annual. 



through the season. 21, Lake St, Louis, Annual, La- 



13— 27— A.C.A. Meet. Grindstone. chine. 



September. 



4. Brooklyn, Paddling. 18. Brooklyn, Sailing Races. 



4. New York, International. 2.5. Brooklyn, Challenge Cup. 

 II, New York, Sailing Trophy, 25. New York, Sailing Trophy. 



OOTOBBB. 



2. New York, Fall Regatta, 



MY PADDLE GLEAMED. 



BONDllAU. 



"TITY paddle gleamed, the light canoe 

 lYX rjij^g river's waters glided through 



With scarce a.sound to fret tlie air. 



The sun shone bright, the morn was fair 

 And from the sotith soft breezes blew. 

 O'erhead the swallows darting flew, 

 Then dropt to earth to brush the dew 



From off tlve tangled grasses there, 

 My paddle gleamed! 

 In form as perfect, fresh and new 

 As when they first in Eden grew 



God's gifts, before, lay everywhere. 



Behind, the city's toil and care; 

 Content, I joy's full measure knew. 



My paddle gleamedl 

 Indianapolis, Ind. Will Meredith Nicholson. 



THE WESTERN MEET AT BALLAST ISLAND. 



CANOEING in the West is groAving rapidly, as indicated by the 

 increased attendance at the second annual meet of the W, C. 

 A., held at Ballast Island, Lake Erie, O. This Association has in- 

 creased its membership during the year to 135, aU enthusiastic 

 canoe owners. 



An inspection of the boat hottse, a large building with a capac- 

 itv to accommodate under cover 1-50 canoes, showed 37 new boats, 

 all built this year, mostly of Class B size and up to the limit SIJ^X 

 15. This Association made an experiment of the Tredweu time al- 

 lowance table, based on the cubic contents of the canoes contest- 

 ing. The Regatta Committee reports that Uie rule was a success, 

 giving general satisfaction to all, and that they will recommend to 

 the Association the adoption of it for the all-class canoe sailing 



The clubs represented this year were the Tippy C. C, of Chicago; 

 Bay City C, C, Bay Citv, Mich.; Detroit C. 0., Toronto C. C, Ruck- 

 awa C. 'C, of Dayton, O.; Jabberwock C C, of Springfleld. O.; 

 Sandusky C. C, Miami C. C, of Cincinnati, O.; Cleveland C. O. 

 and the Cincinnati C. C. 



The week of the races turned out to be a grand success, as to 

 wind and bright skies, !;i\ing all of the former that could be wished 

 for 1)V tlie boldest and oldest sailors, but a little too much for the 

 novices, who predominated at the meet and who had not yet learned 

 how to ride their boats in a seaway, and did not know how staunch 

 the little things were. But they learned before the week's races 

 were over, and now they are "vets," anxiously awaiting next year's 

 meet and hoping for plenty of wind and sea that they may show how 

 much they profited by this their first year's experience in a canoe. 

 The following is the result of the races, together with the time of 

 the first and second prize winners. 



Wednendai/, Jidy i4.— Class B, 3-mile triangular course. Wind 

 from the north, blowing half gale, big sea, 8 starters: 



G. Harrv Gardner, Cleveland C. C, Mohican canoe 32 42 



O. H. Boot. Cleveland C. C, Mohican canoe 33 10 



First mile 9m., second mile, wind free, 6m., third mile, heat to 

 windward in 3 long legs, made in 17m. 43s. 



Class A, 3 mile triangular course, 4 starters: 

 O. A.Woodruff, RuckawaCC, Dayton, O., Birdie Kane canoe. 53 00 



No second was made in this race owing to the wind and sea in- 

 creasing to such an extent that this class could not weather it and 

 thev were picked up and taken out of the wet by the yacht in at- 

 tenclance. The following day the second prize was sailed for by 

 the starters that did finish, and was won by C, J. Bowsfield, Bay 

 Citv C. C, in a Grayling canoe, in Ih. .5m. 73^s. 



Thursday, June J5.— Class I, paddling; }4 mile straightaway 

 course, 3 entries: 



A. W. Kitchen, Tippy C. C, Chicago, Douglass canoe 05 45 



Glass in., paddling; H mile straightaway course, 3 entries: 



R. P. McCune, Tippy C. C, Chicago, Douglass canoe 07 15 



G. Harrv Gardner, Cleveland C. 0., Mohican canoe 07 18 



Class ll., paddling; 14 mile straightaway course, 5 entries: 



A. W. Kitchen, Tippy O. C, Chicago, Douglass canoe 05 08 



C. J. Bowsfield, Bay City C. C, Grayling canoe 05 40 



Friday, July if;,— All classes, time allowance, 3-mile triangular, 

 no limit sail or ballast, 13 starters: 



0. A. Woodruft", Ruckawa C. C, Birdie Kane 46 17 



Geo. B. Ellard, Cincinnati O. C, Princess 48 03J2 



A steady light wind ^vith little sea prevailed during this race. 



All classes, 1 mile sail, 1 mile paddle and 1 mile sail, 10 starters: 



G, Harry Gardner, Cleveland O, C. Mohican canoe 56 33 



R, P, McCune, Tippy C, C, Chicago C. C, Douglass canoe,. .1 00 62 



In this race Mr. O. A. Woodruff of the Ruckawa C. C. came in 

 first in 50m. and 3.3s,, but was ruled out by the judges on account of 

 his lowering his canvas before reaching the first mile stake. 



Race, 14 mile paddling, tandem, 3 entries: 



A. W. Kitchen and R, P. McCune, Tippy C. C, Douglass canoe. 3 33 

 G. H, Gardner and O. H. Root, Cleveland C. C, Mohican canoe. 3 38 



In this race the second position was hotly contested for by Mes-srs. 

 Wood and Woodruff, of the Ruckawa C. C, who lost it only by the 

 fraction of a second. 



LTpset race: 



1. A. W. Kitchen, Tippy C. O., Chicago, Douglass canoe. 



3. J. O, Shiras, Miami C. C„ Cincinnati, Rob Roy canoe. 



Mr. .Shiras showed much skill in recovering his position in his 

 canoe, performing the operation in six seconds after the signal 

 was given, but the first place was taken from him by the speed 

 given to Mr. Kitchen's canoe by his strength in paddling. 



Saturday, July .Z7.— NoAace race, all classes, 3 mUes, with time 

 allowance, 18 starters: 



R. P. McCune, Tippy C. C, Chicago, Douglass canoe 39 31 



B. W. Wood, Tippy C. C, Chicago, Princess canoe 44 34 



All classes, 3-nule triangle, time allowance, 13 starters: 



W. D. Breed, Cincinnati C. C, Princess canoe. 50 44 



Geo, B. Ellard, Cincinnati C. C, Princess canoe 50 50 



Hurry-scurry: 



1. A. W. Kitchen, Tippy C, C, Chicago, Douglass canoe. 

 3. G, Harry Gardner, Cleveland C. C, Mohican canoe. 



All classes, 3-mile triangle, no ballast, time allowance, 16 

 starters: 



Geo. B. Ellard, Cincinnati C. C^ Princess canoe 1 08 25 



W. D, Breed, Cincinnati C. C, Princess canoe 1 09 65 



All classses, sail 1 mile, paddle 1 mile: 



G. Harry Gardner, Cleveland C. C, Mohican canoe 25 04 



J. W. Hepburn, Toledo 0. C, Toledo model canoe .35 37 



Monday, Jidy 19.— The event of the meet, the race for the Gard- 

 ner cup, a beautiful piece of workmanship in silver, of appropriate 

 design, was placed on the list as Monday's sport, the last of the 

 meet. A mistake was made here, as many of those who desired to 

 enter were called home; but, as it was, ten canoes crossed the line 

 in a gale of wind to contest for the cup's ownership for one year. 

 It was a six-mile race, or twice arotmd the regular three-mile tri- 

 angle. The vrind blew so fresh that at the mile stake but three 

 continued on their course, the balance either swamping, capsizing 

 or retiring through some accidents to their rigging. This cup was 

 presented to the Association by Com. Geo. W. Gardner, of Cleve- 

 land, O., and is to be retained by the A\anner's club one year and is 

 then to be returned at the next annual meet to be raced for again. 

 The race resulted this year as follows: 



C. J. Bowsfield, Bay City C, C, Grayling Canoe I 35 16 



C. F, Pennewell, Cleveland C, C, Mohican Canoe 1 36 24 



Mr, Bowsfield showed good seamanship, the result of his early 

 ti'aining on the rough Avaters of Saginaw Bay in this race, and 

 deserves much credit for the manner in which he won it. 



Two prizes were awarded in each race in the shape of flags made 

 by the lady friends of the Association. Tlie flags were beautiful 

 pieces of workmanship, and exhibited much taste in their combin- 

 ation ojf colors and ornamentation. 



On Friday night, July 16, a large camp-fire was started in camp, 

 and the members of the Association gathered around to have a 

 pow-wow, elect officers for the coming year to transact all busi- 

 ness, with the following results: Meeting called to order by Com. 

 Gardner. The following oflicers were elected for the ensuing 

 year: Commodore, Geo. B. Ellard, Cincinnati C, C; Vice-Com- 

 modore, A, W, Kitchen, Tippy C, C, Chicago, 111,; R«ar-Commo- 

 dore, Thos, P, Gaddis, Ruckawa C. C, Dayton, O.; Secretary and 

 Treasurer, James O. Shiras, Miami C. C, Cincinnati, O.: Execu- 

 tive Committee— Geo. A. Warder, Jabberwock C, C, Springfleld, 

 O,; O. H, Root, Cleveland C, C; Chas. R. Melville, Sandusky C. C. 



The thanks of the Association were unanimously voted to the 

 ladies who so kindly made and presented the prize flags. Also to 

 Com. Geo. H. Gardner and his associates, members of the Ballast 

 Island Club House, for the use of the island; and to the retii'ing 

 regatta committee and the judges of tlie races, 



Mr. Harry Gardner, on behalf of his father, presented to the 

 Assciation the Gardner Cup, stating that it was given to be raced 

 for annually at the meets, to become the property of the club to 

 which the winner belongs until the next annual meet following 

 the one at which it was won, when it is to be turned over to the 



