Am. 19, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



73 



Now, in order to give tWs movement practical effect, amateurs 

 evcvvwlicre should publicly announce tuoir opinions and oxneri- 

 enccH, cspcc] alii,' through ttie pveas. Futni-c conimittoos on tom- 

 xiamcutB wtU thus be evwibled to arrange toui-nament conditions to 

 the satisfaction of the large majorily of amateurs. Nemo. 



CLKVBLAJfD, O,, Aug, 14. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In your issue of Aug. S, a letter from "Reformer," on the snb- 

 jeot of some needed changes in trap-shooting tournaments aa re- 

 gardp the small attendance of 3trictl\ .■un itr'nv -lun-l sruen, was 

 read by mc with great satisfaction, rn- ' i -^i'i ■ 'i' also, t am 

 Klad some one has broken the ice in : vhirc shqot- 



mg touniamen ts are both enjoyable u,' ,: the partici- 



pants, if properly condiioted, It is plainly e\ i< lent that the ordin- 

 ary shot will not attend the shoo Is in question, knowing that he is, 

 generally speaking, simply a contributor to purses for a tew ex- 

 perts to shoot for. I liave no envy m-r h.nvi i\H.') ing low.-ird those 

 fortunate fellows who constitute th- l.iss ot shots wlio 



attend such tournaments. But th',' i most of us will 



not lie able to see any fun in simpl\ < oii<tiiiunig t tie "bank" for 

 the experts, who many times do nothing else liut shoot, to draw 

 upon. It is o\ idrnt, Iha.t it is ;i souiewliat difficult problem to 

 solve, to satisfactorily adjust this juatter; but 1 will advance the 

 followiuK 03 a "starter": 



Nearly every .State has a Stale sportsman's association. Now let 

 the national organization take cogni/.ance of these State organiza- 

 tions, and let e\-ery tournament conducted I)y national, Slate, or 

 local assoeiatiou become a matter of i-ocord, and class tlie shooters 

 by that record. That is to say. after the lapse of a sufficient time, 

 one vear say, the members can bo placed in classes according to 

 the skill manifested duriut,' the year past, and purses arranged for 

 classes of different deecreos. In a word, adopt the plan of the 

 National Trotting Association as far ps practicable. Thus, rl a 

 man shoots at any tournament, liis score, or scores, constituf es has 

 •'record," and bars him from entering to shout in classes with men 

 whose "record" shows tliem to be less sliilled in. the use of the gun 

 than himself; but at the same tinie does not ba r him from enteiing 

 classes made, for those who had showed greater skill pre^■iously. 

 This may be objected to on account of the time and labor involved, 

 but something must be done, or we shall have no grand tourna- 

 ments. 



We have here in the east the New England Trap-Shooters Asso- 

 ciation, and several tournaments were vyeU attended, a dozen or 

 so did all the winmng, and the tournaments can not now command 

 but a meaii're attendance. I believe the plan to be feasible, because 

 just. There ai'e many men of good sense, who are interested in 

 trap-shootiTig, aiul tliey can I'eadily invent some plan. Bu.t I ven- 

 ture the assertion, that no plan will apply better than the one I 

 mention. Nob'bast. 



Auburn, Me., Aug. 9. 



CLEVELAND CARTRIDGE TOURNAMENT. 



Editor Forest and Stre-am: ^ . 



Will j-QU kindly grant us space in your columns to explain some 

 matters that seem to have been somewhat misunderstood, relating 

 to the rules and conditions that are to govern the tournament of 

 the Cleveland Cartridge Co. this year. In our contest last year, 

 the prizes went to the highest score sent into us by contestants. 

 In this year's contest, the scores sent in simply indicate the classes 

 in which the contestants are entitled to compete. 



For example, the prize money is divided into three classes, 

 known as the 90 class, the 80 class, and the 70 class. The prizes 

 appropriated to the 90 class will be divided into .50, 30, and 20 per 

 cent., to those who send to us scores that are 90 or better. Under 

 this condition some have supposed that if scores were sent in res- 

 pectively 98, 99, and 100, that the money appropriated to tills class 

 wotild go to those three scores. Sucn is not the case. A person 

 sending a score of 90 will shoot in the ties to di\dd6 this money 

 on a par Asdtli a iiersou sending a score of 100. In other words, all 

 persons ha-^dng scores of 90 or betteij will shoot in the ties at CTevo- 

 land to decide the division of the $1,000 in the 90 class. In the 80 

 class all persons having scores of 80 and less than 90, will shoot in 

 the ties in Cleveland to decide the di%lsion of the $850, in the 80 

 class. In the 70 class all scores of 70 and less tha^^ will shoot in 

 the ties in Cleveland to decide the division of the $700 in the 

 70 class. The advantage of a high score sent to ua simply applies 

 to the crfra money added in each class for the best score made in 

 each class. 



In plaiu and simple terms our tournament, as arranged this year, 

 amounts to a sweepstake coutest, where the money is divided into 

 three classes, namely, one class for the best shots, one class for the 

 medium shots and one class for beginners, with a condition that 

 each contestant shall decide before coming to Cleveland in which 

 class he desires to compete by sending to us a score which we pre- 

 sume represents his ability as a shooter. On receipt of these scores 

 we place all those whose scores are 90 or better in the 90 class, those 

 whose scores are 80 and less than 90 in the 80 class, and those whoso 

 scores are 70 and less than 80 in the 70 class. 



We have heard some complaints that our rules and conditions 

 were not equitable. For instance, one correspondent says lie is a 

 beginner and should not be comoelled to compete with Stice, 

 Teiple and others of that class. We answer that he is not com- 



Eelled to compete with these men. Both Messrs. SticQ and Teiple, 

 y reason of their scores made in our tournament last year, are 

 placed in the 96 class, and no beginner need compete in this class 

 unless he feels competent to do so. He may enter in either the 80 

 class or the 70 class, as he chooses, by sending us scores lliat prop- 

 erly place him in these classes. We think these conditions to be 

 equitable and just. They also are extremely liberal. Our prizes 

 aggregate 83,000, while the entrance fee is only $5. This is a lower 

 entrance than was ever before known for a like amount of prizes. 

 There is no pro-rating and no condition that there shall be a cer- 

 tain number of entrances, or anything of that sort, and all the 

 prizes will be paid in full, regardless of the number of entries in 

 the several classes. The Chajibehlin Caktbidge Co. 



Cleveland, O., Aug. 12. 



GALVESTON, Aug. 6.— The grand shooting tournament which 

 is taking place just outside of the drill grounds, is not proving as 

 great a success as was anticipated, from the fact of its being more 

 or less overshadowed by the Interstate drill. About 30 sportsmen 

 were in attendance, and yet some of these are considered the best 

 shots in the State. Winners of prizes at the shoot yesterday: 

 Shoot No. 1, 31 entries at $2.50— Erichsoii first, Stuart second, Reese 

 third, Worts fourth. Shoot No. 2, 37 entries at S5— Erichson first, 

 Holland and Parkinson second, ^^^leeler third. Shoot No. 3, 29 

 entriesat $3— Holland first, Dollarhide second, Warren third, Reese, 

 Warden and Given fourth. Shoot No. 4. 30 entries at $7.50— Hol- 

 land and Givens first, Pettit and Erichson second, Crawford third, 

 Downey and Dustan fourth. Shoot l-io. 5, 18 entries at $3— Downey, 

 Stuart and Warden first, Leicht second, Holland, Yoacum and 

 Erichson third. Shoot No. &, 28 entries at |7..50— Holland, Erichson 

 and Reese first, Dollarhide, Wheeler and Downey second, Ellis and 

 Henholl third, Pettit fourth. There were 6 sweepstake shoots run- 

 ning from ^1 to 85 entrance. 



THE NATIONAL GUN ASSOCIATION.-Macon, Ga., July 27. 

 —Editor Forest and StrcMm: WiU you kindly publish for the 

 National Gun Association the follo^ving in regard to the proposed 

 International American Championship contest for the diamond 

 badge donated by the Ligowsky Clay Pigeon Company. The 

 National Gun Association is pledged to redeem this badge for $2r>0, 

 and accepted theiofter of tJic Ligowsky Clay Pigeon Company as the 

 simplest means of fulfilling its pledge, and at the same time adding 

 an interesting feature to the tournaments to bo held under its 

 auspices. However, the conditions of the contest do not seem to 

 strike the trap shooters favorably, for, in spite of a very liberal 

 distribution of circulars, etc, the entries have been so few in num- 

 bers as to make it virtually no contest, and the executive com- 

 mittee has decided to withdraw the offer and make this match a 

 special feature of an International Tournament 1o be held at Bos- 

 ton in May, 1887, of which more hereafter.— F. C, Etiikridge, 

 Secretary. [The foregoing was inadvertently omitted from an 

 earlier issue.] 



MANCHESTER. Conn.— The East Hartford Gun Club shot a re- 

 turn match with the Manchester Club on the grounds of the latter 

 Aug. 10: 



Manchester. East Hartford. 



M White. 11000111110110000110— 11 OBur'h'm.UlOOOllOllOlllOOlOl— 13 

 C Robeson 01111010111011011111-15 HBur'h'mOlOOllOOOOUKJOOlOlO- 8 



W Cheney 10010000111101010001— 9 Treat 01101011111101001001—12 



F Watkius 10011110010111001011-13 A House . . 00000010101111001000- 7 

 E Cheney. 10111110111010110101— 14 SBurTi'm. 00100100110010011101- 9 

 L Carey . . .11110111011111000001—13 Farnham . OOOOOllUOlllOOlOlOl-lO 

 Schlidge... 11000110111100111010-12 J Newton. 00011111100101000100- 9 

 A Hyde . . .11011100110000111110-13 M Ensign-llOmiOllllllllOni- 17 

 O Treat . . . 11111111111011111111-19 HoHister . .01110011101011111010—13 

 J Shewry . .101111111 01111110011—10 W Foley . . IIOOIIOIOIOOIOIIIOII- 12 



135 109 

 CRESTLINE, C— The Crestline Gun Club will hold a tournament 

 on their grounds, McGuire's gpringB, Aug. 85-^, artificial targets, 

 N.;G. A. rules aaid live birds. 



JAMAICA PLAINS. Mass., Aug. 12.-Match between the East 

 Boston and .Tamaica Plains Gun Clubs, on the groimds of the lat- 

 ter. The day was tine and the shooting was exciting to the flnieli. 

 At the close of the match a friend of the club presented them 

 witli an elegant sign for their new club house, which is nearly 

 Rnish(!d. The clnh has been very auccessful since its organization 

 for amateurs; they have stiot five matclies and won four. Clay- 

 pi sreons, 18yds., fourth notcli: 



Jamaica Plains Gun Club. East Boston Gun Club. 



Cillev 11111.11100— 8 Fielding llinillOl-9 



Cleveland .1011111111- 9 If irkwood h)l 1 1 1 1011—8 



Brown UOllOllOl- 7 Dimick 1101111011-8 



Bangs 1110111011- 8 Flanagan IhUllOOll— 7 



Henry 1011011010- 6 Philbrick 1010110011-6 



IngorsoU 1110101011— 7 llargrave 1001001001—4 



Charles 0110111011- 7 Morse 1001111010-6 



Arthur 00011111 ) 1 - 7 Wasgate 1101001000-4 



Boolhbv OOOlOllOO*]- 3 Norton 1011000001-4 



10 Blackbirds. 10 Blackbirds. 



Cillcv llllJlllll-10 Fielding 1111111110-9 



Cleveland 1110111101- 8 Kirkwood 1111011101-8 



Rrowu 1110111101— 8 Dimick 1001110111-7 



Bangs inOOllOll- 7 Flanagan 1001011111-7 



Henry llllOOnil— 8 Pliilbrick 1110111101-8 



Incersoll 0111011011- 7 Hargrave 01I0H1111-8 



Charles lOlOOlllOl- 6 Morse OlOUOlOll-C 



Boothbv OlOOmOlO- 5 Wasgate 0100010111-5 



A r thur". 1110101010- (5 Norton 0100101110-5 



l28 ll9 

 GENESEE SPORTSMEN'S CLUB.— Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 13- 



—The Genesee Sportsmen's Club yesterday finished the flftli and 

 conelufliug contest in a series whoi-e the prizes were valued at 

 «;?tiO, to l'eo]-ia blackbirds: Evershed SO, Fleisclier, Kl, Stowell 75, 

 Ditmar 74, Williains 73, Green 70, ]Masou (i9. Peck 09, HilltiO, Adams 

 63, ReissiuKi-r f''-', 'lersey 02, QravaT, Burns .5.5, Rickman 54, LaB''orce 

 54, Riclunon.i 51. 11 icks 4(1, liickuiau 33.-E. R. 



AUGI7STA, Ga., Aug. 13.— This aftenioon a good crowd assem- 

 bled oo see the gun club practice. Groat interest is taken in the 

 club, espec'ially on account of the grand tourtuiraent which is to 

 take place at the park of the A.ohletie Association on the 19th, to 

 be participated in by two clubs from Savannah, one from Jack- 

 sonville and one from Millon, Thetournament will bring together 

 the finest sportsmen in the South. To-day's contest shows a 

 marked improvement in shooting. The following is the score: 



Team No. 1. 



Denning 1000001110—4 



Moore 1111010101-7 



Hunt 0100101101—5 



Dutcher 0001000101-3 



Stucker OOOIOIOOOO— 2 



John Sancken 0000000000-0 



Nur nberger 0010110000-3 



Jackson.' 1001001011-5- 



Team l<!o. 2. 



Sancken .llOOOOOUl-5 



Weigle 1101100011-G 



Bignon 1010010010-4 



Pope 0001101000-3 



Dicks OOOnOOOllO— 2 



Waterbury 1001110001-5 



Harrison llOOlllCOO-5 



Jackson 1001001011—5-35 



NEW BEDFORD, Aug. 5.— The New Bedford Gun Club defeated 

 the Dighton Club easily at the former's grounds to-day. The wind 

 was strong from the southwest, which interfered somewhat with 

 the shooting. Following are the scores, each man having 10 clay 

 pigeons and 10 blue rocks: 



New Bedfords. 



L A Plummer 1111111000-7 



A A Butts 1111101111-9 



H P Bryant 1011110111—8 



Dr WiUiam Post 0110101011—6 



Dightons. 



G Smith 1001100000— ;i 



GH Davis 0101111001-6 



W Barstow 0010101010—4 



O Hill 1001000000-2 



J Davis 0110110110—6 



GREEN ISLAND.— The Union Gun Club will give a tournament 

 (artificial targets) at Green Island, Sept. 2. 



TOPSHAM, Aug. 16.— Riverside Club match for club badges. 

 July 29: 



Alexander 110101111 11 11000111110011-18 



A E Hall lOOOOllOlOlOllOOlOlOlOOOl— 11 



Go ud n 111101000001 110111 10111—17 



S Strout 1000000011100010100010110— 9 



M C Hall 0100111101111111111111111-31 



G Strout 01111111101101000011001001-13 



Crocker 0001000001010110000101001— 8 



Aug. 12: 



M C Hall 1111111111111011011011111-23 



Go.-d 1000111010001111010011011—14 



A E Hall f lOOlOOlOOOlUOOlOllOllOOO— 11 



Strout lOOOOlUOOtXllOmOlOlOlOO— 11 



BALTIMORE, Aug. 6.— The Baltimore Gun Club to-day visited 

 V>^estminster, where they succeeded in winning from the West- 

 minster Gun Club two clay-pigeon matches and one glass ball 

 match. The ground where the shooting was to take place was a 

 meadow about half a mile south of tlie town. The Baltimore Club 

 selected a team of 10 men, but allowed their opponents to select 

 12 men to shoot, and from the 13 to select the 10 highest scores. The 

 first match was shot at 10 clay-pigeons, 18yds. rise, with the follow- 

 ing result: 



Westminster Clnb. Baltimore Club. 



H Roberts 1010110001—5 C S Wertsner . . . .1111110011—8 



J Reifsnider 0110000111—5 J Williar 1111110011—8 



J Long OlOlOlOOOl— 4 D Franklin 1001111111—8 



R Gist 0001110100-4 W Evans 1011011110—7 



RFrizzeU 1010110011—6 W Buckbeo 1111010111—8 



T F Englar. ..... 0100011010-4 S Wilson 0011110001—5 



V Reese 1110111111-0 BiU Linthicum. .0100101111—6 



W B Thomas. . . .0010111011-6 Wm Fieles 1011011111—8 



Sam Roop 1111011100—7 Wm Norris lllOOlOOlO— 5 



H Gist OlOmOOll— «-.56 Cleveland 1101001111—7—70 



The second match was at 10 glass balls each, same distance and 



10 00 n 11 01-6 



10 10 10 00 00—3 

 00 10 11 11 10-8 

 00 00 00 10 CO-1 

 10 00 10 10 10-4 

 00 01 00 00 01—3 



00 00 00 on oo-o 



01 01 10 10 01-5—37 



10 10 10 00 11—5 

 01 10 10 10 10-5 



10 11 11 11 10-8 

 01 10 11 00 01-5 



00 01 10 11 10-5 



11 00 11 11 11-8 

 11 00 00 10 11-0 



01 01 10 10 01-.^46 



1010100101-5 

 1110111110-8 



oimiiou— 8 



lOOUOllll-7-70 



1100010010-4 

 0001101111-6 

 1000101101-5 

 0000100000—1 

 1101001119-6-43 



making a total of 70 out of a possible 100. For the Baltimore Club 

 Mr. Wertsner broke 8, Williar 8, Franklin 10, Evans 9, Buckbee 5, 

 Wilson 8, Linthicum 7, Fieles 8, Norris 10 and Cleveland 8, making 

 a total of 81 out of a possible 100. 



The third and last match was at 5 clay birds each, same teams. 

 In this match Mr. Roberts, of the Westminster Club, broke 2, 

 Reifsnider 3, Long 2, R. Gist 3, Fri/.zell 3, Englar 2, Reese 2, Thomas 

 2, Roop 3 and H. Gist 5, making a total of 26 broken out of a possi- 

 ble 50. Of the Baltimore team, Mr. Wertsner broke 3, Williar 4, 

 Franklin 3, Evans 3 Buckbee 3, Wilson 3, Linthicum 2, Fieles 4, 

 Norris 0, Cleveland 3. Total 27. 



ST. LOUIS, Aug. 13.— The shooting match to-day at Winstanly's 

 Park between Jerome Wlnstauly, of the St. Clair Rod and Gun 

 Club, and J, Bridges, of the Indian Lake Club, at Peoria black- 

 birds, created great interest: 



Bridges. 

 1 0100000101-3 



2 0110010010—4 



3 0110000100-3 



4 (1000010001—3 



5 1010111101—7 



6 0100111000-4 



7 1001101101-6 



8 0001001100 -3 



9 1011100110-6 



10 0110101101-6-44 



Winstanly. 



1 0010011111-6 



2 0111111111-9 



3 1000111111—7 



4 1110000010-4 



5 1010001010—4 



6 1111101001—7 



7 1101110110—7 



8 0101110010-5 



9 0111100110—6 



10 1111000111-7-63 



PARIS, IlL, Aug. 12.— The Paris Gnu Club gave a shooting tour- 

 nament to-daj'-. Peoria blackbirds and clay-pigeons -were used in 

 the morning shoot, and live birds were used for the afternoon 

 programme. Indianapolis and Paris won most of the prizes. 



FITCHBURG, Mass., Aug. 11.— A few of the members of the 

 Fitchburg Rod and Gun Club were out to the River street 

 range to-day. Out of a possible 30 clays the best shots were 

 as follows: E. N. Cummings 27, G. W. We^miouth 23, A. W. Baker, 

 Jr., 17, G. A. Colony 13. The club at a meeting held this week voted 

 to hold a two days' tournament on Aug. 3 ) and 31. The committee 

 of arrangements is Messrs. C. H. Brown, G. W. AVeymouth, E. N. 

 Cummings, W. I. Fox, H. I. Wallace, A. W. Baker, Jr., and Dr. D. 

 S. Woodward. 



WmCHENDON, Mass., Aug. 11.— Winchendon Gun Club went 

 to the club range. The totals out of a possible 10 clays were as 

 follows: H. Lawrence 8, B. M. Whitney 7, J. Sutherland, Jr., and L. 

 F. Earle each 6, P. S. Davis, C. iJoughtoB, A. Lawrence and A. H. 

 F«ich e5«"h 5. 



ST. LOUIS, Aug. 12.— A large number of members of the Excel- 

 sior Gun Club and their visitors were present at Rinkleville this 

 afternoon at the monthly shoot of the club. Joe Pope acted as 

 referee and scorer. The competitions for the medals was keen and 

 resulted in Jack Schaaf having to give up the two golden trophies 

 which he has held for three mouths past. Henry Gricsedieck won 

 with a clean score. The shoot-off for the silver medal took but 

 little time, Schaaf 's bird perching on the shed roof when full of 

 shot, and Weiber killing. Sweepstakes followed as shown below. 

 A half hurricane from the northwest closed proceedings very sum- 

 marily at about half past 5 o'clock. The club medal , 10 live pigeons, 

 26yd3. rise, 10 miss and out at Slvds. Three medals: 



J O Schaaf 1111100111— 8 Nolting IIIDIIOOU- 7 



G Rlnkel llllUlOll- 9 Fink, Sr 1111001100- 6 



Krueger 0011100111— 6 H Gnesodieck .1111111111—10 



Loerke 0011111001— 6 Petker 1110011010— 6 



McDowell 0100110100- 4 Rosch 1000011011- 5 



Fisher OOlOOHlOl- 5 L Spelbrlnk 1111000111— 7 



J Weiber 1101101111- 8 



II. Griesedieck first gold medal, G. Rlnkel second gold medial 

 J. Weiber silver medaL 



Second shoot, 5 live pigeons, 26ydB. rise, 3 moneys, ties at 31ydg. 



Schaaf 11101-4 J Weiber UlOO— 3 



G Rlnkel 1 1111— 5 Griesedieck 00111-3 



Kruge 00111—3 Spelbriuk 11110-4 



Loerke 11111-5 Ittel 10111-4 



Fischer 01011—3 Herman 00111-3 



Rinkel and Loerke divided first, Ifctel .second, Griesedieck third. 



Third shoot, 5 Peoria blackbirds, 18yds. rise, 8 moneys. 



Pettker 11000—2 McDoweU 00011—3 



Fink, Sr 00110-3 Dieck 00111-3 



Staley 01010—2 Gross 01001—3 



Nollker 10010—3 ReiflEert 10111—4 



Mnk, Jr 01010-3 G Rinkel 10101-3 



Strop .01100—3 Schaaf 01010-2 



Reiffert first, G. Rinkel and Dieck divided second, Schaaf third. 



STILLWATER., Minn., Aug. 11.— The Stillwater Sportsmen's 

 Club held a double shoot this afternoon for the gold badge and the 

 Willman cup. 0. W. Hitchcock won the badge and R. M, Ander- 

 son and W. C. Masterinan tied for tho cup. It required two shoot- 

 offs to settle the tie, Anderson proving the winner. In both matches 

 Macomber birds w^ere used, 15 sngles and 5 doubles, at 18yds. rise 

 for singles and 15yds. for doubles. The following are the scoi'es in 

 detail: Badge shoot— 



Masterman 9 7—16 Monsel 2 0—2 



Castle, Ira 11 7-18 McPherson 4 3-6 



Heisel 11 6-17 Nouciuist 13 7—19 



Anderson 13 6—19 Hitchcock 13 7—20 



Pennington 9 7—16 Weisel 10 7—17 



Holconib 11 4—15 McKusick 13 6—18 



Carli 8 6—14 Butler 13 6-18 



Willman 9 9-18 



Cup shoot— 



Masterman 13 9-22 Butler 13 7—19 



McKusick 11 0—11 Neuquist 10 9—19 



Pennington 10 .5—15 Castle, J N 11 9—30 



Carli 13 6—19 McPherson 7 4-11 



Anderson 14 8—23 Mouse 11 4 0—4 



Heisel 9 7-10 Davis 8—17 



Holcomb 9 7-16 



ST. PAUL, Aug. 9. -At last week's shoot of the St. Paul gun 

 club both the club and the Macomber badges were won by Pflster. 

 The scores made were: Club badge, 10 single and 5 pairs Peorias: 



Pfister 10 7—17 Cummings 9 6—15 



Olson.- 9 7-16 WUson 7 7—14 



Dox 9 7-16 Biggs 3 1-4 



Macomber badge, 10 metal birds: Pfister 14, Cummings 13, Wil- 

 son 6, Hardup 8, Biggs 3. 



Forest and Stream FaWes. 



CANOEING. 



{Continued from Page S9.) 

 OAKLAND C. C.-LADIES' CRUISE. 



FOR a long time tliere has been a mild, though positive protest 

 from the wives of some of our canoemen. These little skips 

 up tho creek with the young ladies and a night or two camping at 

 Goat Island with the boys has sharpened the senses of the better 

 halves to the point of insisting on being taken along the very next 



time a cruise was on the tapis. So when the gallant skipper of the 

 Shadow proposed, a few days sigo, to take a run over to Goat Island 

 his frau put her foot down, "Well PR go too." The commodore also 



found a ijositive female determined to brave the perils of the bay, 

 and thus the "ladies' cruise" took sharpo. Tho fleet consisted of 

 the Mystic (flagship). Flirt (vice-commodore), Shadow and Falcon, 

 all canoes, and the yawls Nettie and NautHus. Six bold mariners, 

 and each with a wife, or a sister, or a cousin, making an even 

 dozen. The understanding was that we should start prepared to 

 camp out, take a sail down the creek, and if the bay was reason- 

 ably smooth, run over to Goat Island and spend the night. 



As usual, there was much delay in getting off, and instead of 

 leaving the boat house at 10 o'clock, as proposed, the start was 

 made at 11. There are tw'o drawbridges just west of our boat 

 house, about 250yd3. apart, and wo have generally (unless we ar« 

 lucky enough to find a steamer or large craft going through) to 

 paddle under these yvith sails all down and rig up m midstream 

 below them. In this case both wind and tide were against us, and 

 it was fully half an hour before we were ready to fill away. Then 

 the Flirt met with a mishap. The breeze having freshened materi- 

 ally, her mainmast snapped, and she had to put back for repairs. 

 The Shadow, Nautilus and Falcon were making slow progress 

 down the creek, and the crews of the Mystic and Nettie were in- 

 vited on board the U. S. steamer Hasler to await the return of the 

 Flirt. The officers of the Hasler were very polite and haspitable, 

 and the hour spent on board slipped away very quickly. 



Finally, between one and two o'clock the Flirt hove insight with 

 another mainsail, and the three started to catch up with the 

 leaders. As a general order is in force for no fleet from the canoe 

 club to leave the creek and go out upon tho bay until all the 

 stragglers should come up, so that the fleet may be compact and 

 the canoes handy to render assistance if required, we were cer- 

 tain to assemble at the mouth before attemiJtiug the run to Goat 

 Island. About four o'clock the belated ones arrived a ad found the 

 others awaiting them. The tide had turned but the wind was still 

 ahead, so that there was some little sea, but the breeze was moder- 

 ate and it was quickly decided to go on. The distance from the 

 mouth of tho creek is about two miles and a half, and we had a 

 very pleasant trip, all hands landing at five o'clock. And now we 

 found the great advantage of having ladies in camp. While the 

 men were engaged in hauling up the boats beyond the high water 

 mark, setting the tents and making all secure for the night, tho 

 ladies bugled them.selves in getting supper ready, and it was, 

 to put it very mildly, a great convenience to be spared the 

 pangs of cookery, washing dishes, etc., to say nothing ot the great 

 improvement of our bill of fare. And then the time saved. We 

 had finished a most sumptuous repast, had wood gathered for a 

 camp-fire .and the tents all set, beds made and time for a nice walk 

 over the island before dark. Then a roaring camp-fire, songs and 

 anecdotes, witli milk punch, candies, etc., for refreshment. Not 

 quite as much roUicking as we had been accustomed to perhaps, but 

 jolly enough for all vv^eU-minded canoeists. About 10 o'clock tho 

 eyelids began to get heavj% and the problem of stowing away for 

 the night was solved. In the Mystic two sweet little damsels, just 

 in their teens, were snugly tucked in just like sardiaies. In the 

 Flirt two more, of maturer gro\vtlL, found plenty of room by 

 pillowing the heads at each end of the Avell under the deck and 

 mixing the feet a little in the middle. In the Nautilus the planks 

 which served for a table were transferred to the thwarts of that 

 noble bark, and covered with cushions made a splendid couch for 

 the matrons of the party. At each end of the camp a canoeman 

 was snugged away in his usual den— as protectors— Avhile the rest 

 of the mariners spread a tent up on the hill overlooking the beach, 

 and soon there came a great calm. 



At daylight next morning the younger men aroused from their 

 slumbers and tramped over the island to the northern beach, 

 where they took a delightful plunge in the bay. At least, they said 

 it was delightful, although blue lips and chattering teeth suggested 

 a chLLl in the waters not altogether the thing for comfortable bath- 

 ing. About 8 o'clock we had breakfast of chops, ham and eggs, 

 with stewed onions and tomatoes, coffee, and et ceteras too numer- 

 ous to mention, and a powerful appetite to make it all taste well. 

 By the time the meal was finished and the camp kit cleared up the 

 ticle had set fair for a good run home, so the order was given to 

 break camp. By 10 o'clock all preparations were completed, the 

 boats packed and launched, and with a fair wind we set out on the 

 return trip. It was all plain sailing, and wo arrived at the boat 

 house in an hour, after a delightful run. To say that the ladies 

 enjoyed the cruise is but a faint expression. They had no idea 

 how'ioUy canoeing is, and express a determination to go hereafter 

 on all occasions. It is probable that the married members vnR be 

 obliged to keep two cagoes instead of one from this time forward. 



