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petitora making the throe highest scores wiU receive as prizes 30, 

 80 and 10 por cent of the entrance monies. 



Match No. 4, champion mai-ksmfin's badge match, open to mem- 

 l)ers of the national guavfl of the State of New York who have 

 qualified at 100 and 300yds. in the marlcsman's qualincaf ion matcli 

 or with the organization to which thcv belong, and to meml>ers of 

 the Third DiAHsion Rifle Associatioti, Mlyds. at third class and 

 BOO.vds. at second class, 5 rounds at each distance, entries m\liniited, 

 scores not to be crossed, standing atid off-hand at 200yds., prone at 

 400yds., Remington rifle, New York State model, entrance fee 50 

 cents each entrv. 



■ Match No, r>, tenth battalion match, open to all members of the 

 tenth Ijattalion; 200 and ijOOyds., rounds, 5 at each distance; posi- 

 tion ut 200vds., standing and off-hand; at 500yds., any, with head 

 to the target; Remington rifle, Ivew York State model. Unlimited 

 entries, fee 50ets. each entry, prize, the champion n\arksnuin's 

 badge of the tenth battalion, presein ed by Gen. Amasa J. Pai-ker, 

 Ji\, president of the Association. 



The jiroLcramnie for the second day of the meetnig contains two 

 events as follnwr^: IMan U No. 6, open to teams of fi commissioned 

 oflicers or regularly enlisted soldiers, from any battalion or sepa- 

 rate company of infantry in the Third division, N. tt. 8. N. Y., 

 entrance fee '$1 for each man; 200 and fiOOyds.; rounds, .^i at each 

 distance; positions standing at 300yds., any with head to the target 

 at500yds., Remingi,on, Ne\v^'ork State model, prize to the organi- 

 zation whose team makes the higlicst aggregate score, a trophy 

 valued at .*f 100. JMatcli No. 7, jnid-ran^'-e, open to all comers; (WOyds., 

 rounds, 1^; position, any witliont artilicial rest; weapon, any rifle; 

 entrance fee $1. Prizos— To fho com])etii ors making the 3 highest 

 scores, 30, 20 and Id per cent, of lite entrance moneys. 



NATIONAL RIVLK CLUR.-Bellows Falls, Vt., Sept. 13.— 

 EcJitnr Fnre.^t and Stream: The National Rifle Club held their 

 twcnt:\ -niDtli annual inceting at Vernon, Vt., Sept. 7 and 8. The 

 follownia; were the prize winners: String No. 1, D. A. Brown, Urst, 

 11 l-16lnr: W. V. Lowe, second, lli-lin.; 1). H. Cox, 13 7-lfiin. String 

 No. 2. N. S. Brockwav, first, Ui3-l(!in.; L. Park, second, 13in.; E.B. 

 Stephenson, third, 'l'll.5-10in. String No. 3, L. Park, first. 0ll-16in. 

 N, S. Brockway. second, ISl^m.; E, B. Stephenson, third, ISJ^in. 

 Tlie club medal was won by N. S. Brockway, whose 30 shots meas- 

 ured 37 l-16in.— N. S. Btiockway, Sec. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for puhlifatAon Hhoidd br made out on the prmted blanks 

 prepared Inj the Forest and Stremn, and furni><hed (jmlig to cluJj 

 Re^jrinries. Con-e.'ipondcnti* ivho favor %is mih dnh ;',eorcs are par- 

 tifMhtrly requeMcd to ivrit.e, on one side of the paper only, 



TRAP-SHOOTING REFORM. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The several articles written recently on reform in toui-na- 

 ments have attracted my attention, and they demand the intelli- 

 gent and positive action of those who give or mana.ge tournaments. 



For some unaccountable reason even flrst-class shots demiir or 

 get the "buck fever'' as soon as they learn that Stice, Kimball, 

 Tui^ker, Stark, Brewer and shots of tliis class are shooting or are 

 to shoot fifcainst them. 



It may seem arbitrary, but for the general good I think that a 

 competent and unparticipating committee should state plainlyby 

 name, national and local celebrities with the gun who shall be 

 classed by them.sePes in sliooting for prizes at tournaments held 

 in any locality handicapped by distance. Puxl. 



PlliliADELTHLrV, Aug. 27. 



jEditor Forci>l and Stream: 



There is one point in particular to Avhiph amateurs have not yet 

 had their attention called thi-ongh your valuable columns, and 

 that is that as a rule the professional "crack" shots usually enter 

 into a combination of two elements: First, to di \ide their ■nin7"iings, 

 and secondly, to increase the latter by dropping into dill'ercnt 

 classes by intentionally missing one or more bir ds, so that one of 

 the combination will take first money, another second money, 

 .another third money and so on throughout the list. This was 

 even done wiih reference to the Chamberiin Cartridge Co.'s prizes 

 at Cleveland in 1885, and is attempted wherever there is "no 

 shooter barred" and any one is invited to come and shoot with the 

 local amateur. How long will any of the latter submit to such 

 disgrace? Herald. 



Albant, N. Y., Sept. 4^^ 



AN INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE. 



Reginald Herbert, Eaq., of the Kanelagh Club, Bennett street, St. 

 James, S. W., London, Eng.: 



Sir— Kno-wing that the various clnbs with which yon are con- 

 nected contain some of the best shots of Great Britain, I take the 

 liberty of submitting throiigh you a challenge to the sportsmen 

 of Great Britain to the following effect:s| 



First— That a team of 5 (or 10), with 3 alternates, the whole 

 selected f i-om the country at large, be formed ill Great Britain, to 

 be known as the British team. 



Second— A similar team be formed in the United States, to be 

 knovim as the American Team. 



Tliird— That one similar team may be admitted fi-om any other 

 country. 



Fourth— That said teams meet in friendly contest for the inter- 

 national shotgun clay-pigeon championship, at Boston, Mass., 

 during the third international shotgun, wing-shooting, clay- 

 pigeon tournament, undei' the auspices of the National Gun Asso- 

 ciation, to be held at the grounds of the Boston Gun Club, Boston, 

 Mass., June 1, 3, 3 and 4, hSST. 'I'lie Executive Committee are: 

 Judge M. R. Freeman, Macon, Ga.: C. M. Stark, North Dunbarton, 



D. Kirkwood, Boston, Mass.; J. S. Sawyer, Oambridgeport, Mass.; 

 C. W. Diniick, Boston, iVIass.; William Read, Jr., Boston, Mass.; 

 Dr. W. H. Vincent, Montpelier, Vt.; H. L. Palmer, Providence, 

 R. L 



Fif t)\— That the conditions of the contest shall be that each con- 

 testant shall shoot at 100 Ligowsky clay-pigeons, viz., 50 singles 

 and 26 doubles, shooting at one-f ourtn of same only on each of the 

 four days of the tournament, the rules of the National Gun Asso- 

 ciation t o govern (a copy of which can be obtained by addressing 

 the uudersif^ned). 



Sixth — If desired, sweepstake purses can be subscciuently ar- 

 ranged as per agreement between the teams when formed; ditto as 

 to any change of tlie rules which may be mutually agreed upon. 

 • Seventh— If the challenge is accepted, the undersigned guaran- 

 tees, on behalf of the embryo American Team, to accept a return 

 challenge for rhe year 1888. 



Eighth— This challenge must be accepted, if at all, by notif jdng 

 the undersigned prior t o March 1, 1887. 



Our brethren of l lic rifle have set an example worthy of emula- 

 tion in the above regard. If your fellow-countrymen will deign to 

 accept this challenge, we guarantee them a cordial reception, a 

 pleasant %dsit and a royal bon voyacjc. upon parting. All matters 

 wliich tend to make the sons of .iulm Bull and Uncle Sam better 

 acquainted with each other individually will undoubtedly 

 sti-engthen the enfenfe cord?cUc between the nations collectivelv. 

 Friendly meetings in contests such as the above can undoubtedly 

 be numbered among such matters. It is, therefore, hoped that 

 this challenge will result in a meeting which wUl prove the pre- 

 cursor of many future similar occoasions. I beg leave to remain, 

 yours faithfully. J. E. Bloom. 



No. 68 W. Third St., Cincinnati, O., U. S. A. 



SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. .5.-The open tournament held by the 

 Golden City Gun Club at Bay View to-day was a success. The day 

 was all that could have been wished, vitli the exception, of course, 

 of the wind— a dra\\djack tiiat rarely fails to be felt at tliis sporting 

 resort. Better records have been made, but the contestants were 

 in a measure satisfied with the result, iaasmuch as the defective 

 or "out of trim" condition was a failing of all rather than of a few. 

 Single birds, 18yds. rise: 



First Match. 



Fanning. . 111101111111101-13 O'Brien IIOOIIIOIOIOIIO— 9 



Dunchee 111110110111011-13 Burns lOiBDllUOOlOlO- 7 



Pegullan OlllllHOUOlll— 13 Brown llOltlOOOllOOllO- 7 



McCarthy 001110111011111—11 Adams 100000010101101- 6 



T Fannin.c: 101110001 111101-10 



Fanning HOllKllll-8 Pegidlan llOOlOlOll-fi 



MeCartliy 0101111111—8 Burns IIIOOOIOU-O 



Dunchee,.... 0010111111-7 T Fanning 1001100111-6 



Brown. ....... ^ . ^. . llllOlOOlO— 6 Adams 0101 101011—6 



Third Match. 



McCarthy 1011111111-9 Burns 1011010110-6 



-PeguUan 1110011111—8 T Famiing 1101010101 -6 



Fanning 1011011111—8 Bro \vn 100001101 l—h 



O'Brien IIOOHIIIO— 7 Adams lOOOlUOlO— 5 



Fourth Match. 



"McCarthy" 111111 -6 Fanning 010111—4 



T Fanning 111101—5 Adams 010011—3 



P^:ullan 111011—5 Bunts 000101—3 



Brown,. . . .111101—5 



ST. LOUIS, Sept. 9.— The members of the Excelsior Gun Club 

 held their monthly medal shoot to-day at Rinkehille. Geoi'ge 

 Rlnkel carried off the club medal and also the Tresc her gold medal 

 for average. It can be scon by the subjoined scoi'e that he made 

 the pood accounting of 24 birds in 25 shots. 



Medal shoot, 10 Ji\'e birds, 2(i and Slyds. rise, plunge traos: 



G Rinkcl 1 1 1 1111 101-9 F Polilman 111110001 0-6 



J a Schaaf 1011111 101— 8 Pettker 0111100101—6 



Griesdieok 0101011111—7 Fisher 1100110000-4 



Loorke 10ni(X)lll-7 T Rick 1OO0O10011-4 



Fink 1011110101-7 



G. Rinkcl won gold medal, ,1. G. Schaaf silver medal. 



Second shoot, 5 birds, 28yd,s. rise, two moneys: 



a Rinkel 11111-5 Bradford 11 101-4 



Griesdieck 11111—5 F Pohlman 10101-3 



Schaaf 01111—4 T Rick 11001-3 



Loerke ..11110-4 



G. Ptinkel and Griesdieck divided first, Schaaf, Loerke and Brad- 

 ford divided second. 



Third shoot, same terms: 



T Rick lini-.»> F PoMman 11101-4 



G Rinkel 11111-5 Bradford 11001-3 



J fi Schaaf, 11111-5 Griesdieck lUlOO- ^ 



L Loerke 11101-4 



Rick, Rinkel and Schaaf divided first, Loerke and Pohlman 

 divided second. 



Fourth shoot, same terms. One money: 



G Rin kel 11111-5 L Loerke 11101—4 



J G Schaaf 11111-5 



G. Rinkel and J. G. Sh.aaf divided. 



Fifth shoot, 5 Pooria blackbirds, 21yds. rise, two moneys; 



J G .Schaaf 10111— i Fink, Sr 00001-1 



Griesdieck .........01111-4 Fisher fJOOOl-1 



F Pohlman , 00111-3 Rick OOw. 



Pettker 00111-3 Rinkel 11101- 4 



Fink, Jr 01000-1 Bruno 1001O-3 



Br.adford 00001-1 



J. G. Schaaf first, F. Pohlman and Pettker divided second. 



Sixth shoot, Same terms: 



Sehaaf 10111—4 Bradford 00000-0 



G Rinkel 00111-3 Fink, Sr 0(1001-1 



Pohlman 00001-1 Stroh 10100-3 



Pettker 00100-1 Fink, Jr 00001-1 



Griesdieck 00100-1 



Schaaf first, G, Rinkel second. 



SeventJi shoot, same terms: 



a Rinkel 11101-4 Bradford 00100—1 



G riesdieck UOOl-3 Stroh OOOOl-l 



Schaaf 11000-3 Pettker 00000-0 



G. Rinkel first, Griesdieck second. 



FITCHBURG, Mass.— The Climax diamond badge vnW be com- 

 peted for by Worcester county sportsmen here on Sept. 21. The 

 rule is that the Climax badge shall be shot for 13 times -within 13 

 months, and the person winning it the greatest number of times 

 in the contest mil become the owner. H. W. Eager, of the Wor- 

 cester Club, has won it in two out of four matches which have 

 been contested. 



FREMONT, O,, Sept. &.— Fremont Shooting Club's eighth weekly 

 shoot: 



John Gottron 1011110111110001001001110-l.f) 



A Moos 1001100(11 1011 11 11111(11011-16 



JosLesher 0011011011001011111101101—16 



Phil Gottron 1001001 1 110101 1 UIOOIOIOO— 1 4 



n F Dwelle 0110011010111111010101111—1'. 



J T MiUer 1110110111111011110011011-19 



John Worst OlOlOlOOOOOfXUOlOOllOllOl-lO 



John Weber lOOOOOOOOOlOOOOlOinillOOO- 7 



R L Swartz 0111011011001011010111010-15 



Adam Gottron 0111001101100111110110101-16 



J. T. Miller, Sec'y, 

 The Forest and Stream' Fabler are for aalc by all neicsdealcrg. 



^madng. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., of 

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

 report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are 

 requested to forward to Forest AJSV Stream their addresses, \vith 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information conceming their local 

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

 relating to the sport. 



FIXTURES. 



SEPTE5IBER. 



Mohican Races every Thursday 



through the season. 

 18. Brooklyn, Sailing Races. 



25. Brooklyn, Challenge Cup. 

 25. New York, Sailing Trophy. 



THE NEW YORK O. C. CUP. 



FINAL RACE, SEPT. 8. 



AFTER the failure of Monday the final race was set for Wednes- 

 day, at 3 P. M. There was a good breeze from the south with 

 a flood tide rumiing at that hour, but start was delayed as Isoth 

 the English boats had broken their deck tillers. Mr. Whltlock was 

 quite ill and unable to race, so Mr. Vaux only started against 

 Messrs. Powell and Stewart. At the line Nautilus had mizzen 

 stowed and a single reef in main, for the beat down shore, while 

 the Pearl and Lassie each cai-ried a single reef in main and mizzen. 

 At 3:03 came the preparatory whistle with the final gun at 3:07. 

 Pearl made a pretty start as the smoke left the gmi, going over on 

 starboard tack, but standing out a Urtle distance toward mid- 

 st I'eam. Nautilus was some 300ft. astern, but as she passed the 

 buoy Lassie cut in on her weather very neatly. On port tack 

 toward the new pier Lassie led with Nautilus next and Pearl last. 

 Above the pier all tacked again. Lassie leading by some 200ft., with 

 Pearl half as far astern of Nautilus. As the boats worked the 

 short tacks inshore Nautilus gradually drew ahead tmtil she took 

 the lead from Lassie. They were not timed at the weather mark, 

 but as they began the second leg, with booms well oft to port 

 quarter. Nautilus was timed in passing a vessel at anchor as Imin. 

 5sec. ahead of Lassie, and 4mn. lusec. ahead of Pearl. On the 

 reach Lassie soon drew up on the leader. At 3:52:30 she stowed 

 mizzen, Nautilus doing the same, and a little later she passed the 

 English boat. The times at second mark were: 



Lassie 3 .56 40 Nautilus 3 .56 .50 Pe.aii 4 00 45 



All jibed at the mark, Lassie turning inside of Nautilus. Both sot 

 their mizzens again and laid a course across the wind and a very 

 strong flood for the home buoy. Lassie luffed out in every puir, 

 and held to windward in spile of the tide, while Nautilus took a 

 more northerly course. The latter held to her whole mainsaU, 

 but Lassie hauled in one reef near the mark. The round ended 

 thus: 



Lassie 4 06 39 Nautilus 4 07 05 Pearl 4 14 35 



The beat down was a repetition of the first leg. Nautilus again 

 heading Lassie and turning as follows: 



Nautilus 4 48 33 Lassie.. .4 49 03 Pearl 4 .59 00 



The spectators in the club house were now greatly excited, as 

 the result of the whole series of contests was seen to depend on 

 Lassie making up her loss to windward on the remaining three 

 miles with lifted sheets. Eagerly they watched the pair disappear 

 behind the anchored vessels oil: Clifton and reappear again in a 

 minute with Lassie gaining, and at 4:54 she passed to windward of 

 Nautilus and headed her for the last time. Barring accidents, 

 the Cup was safe for this season. At the last buov the times of 

 jibing were: 



Lassie 4 50 11 Nautilus 4 59 48 Pearl not timed , 



The last leg Was soon covered, Lassie continuing to gain until 

 she led by Im. 3s. as she crossed the line amid a heartv round of 

 cheers for her skipper. Nautilus soon followed, and her crew was 

 cheered even more lustily as he sailed over to congratulate the 

 winner. Pearl \^'as far astern, the times being: 



Lassie 5 10 13 Nautilus 5 11 14 Pearl 5 37 50 



It is due to IMr. Stewart to say that he sailed pluckily a losing 

 race and covered the course though -ivithout any hope of mnnin.g. 



The records show two wins for Lassie and one for Nautilus, so 

 the Cup rests for the present with the donors, who have so well 

 defended it. The honors, however, are very even, as Nautilus 

 sailed a good race on Monday and would have scored a verv cred- 

 itable win had she finished in time. In the las t race Mr. Baden- 

 Powell tried the deck position in reaching and running, though 

 lying below when on the ^vind, and since then he has tried hisboat 

 entirely without ballast and reports her as moving very fast. The 

 entire tendency of British canoeing has been to throw men into 

 one rut and to keep them there, and the competition that has 

 lately taken place between the heavy c;raft and a totally different 

 claias of boat is Just wlat was needed to Bhdw the eVils of their 



methods. That the two gentlemen who have vl.sited us this season 

 will profit greatly by their experience here is very certain; in the 

 interests of canoeing generally we hope their brother canoeists at 

 home will accept as freely the lessons of the late races and so profit 

 by thern that the great skill and care they have devoted to their 

 present craft shall he diverted into wider and less restricted chan- 

 nels. As to tile AmeTican canoeists, they have learned much from 

 tlie boats and rigs seen here for the first time, and we feel safe in 

 predicting that, while no one of them will build a Nautilus or 

 Pearl, their influence vrill be very apparent in our canoes at the 

 next meet. 



Otir Tisitors both promise to be vildt us at the next meet and to 

 brint^ new boats, which shall approximate more nearly to the 

 American type. On our part wo have seen wh;it can be* done in 

 the way of light and neat rigging, while the wonderful turning 

 and maneuvering po\vers of the Nautilus hiive made a deep im- 

 pression on all who have witnessed lier sailing. It is safe to say 

 that next season our best canoes, and nearly all the racing men 

 are ready for new boats, will be rifefKcd aiul especially sparred 

 better than tlicy have been, and will turn more quickly, 'while Mr. 

 Baden-Powell's 1SS7 XauLilns will be lighter to carry, will have 

 less ballast and will j-un and reach hefter tiian the old. If our 

 canoeing has gained Tnuch from the presence of the visiting boats, 

 the A. C. A. has gained no less in the addition of two such true 

 sailors and jolly companions, and we know that every A. C. A. 

 member, from No. 1 to No. 1,020, will join us in wishing them a 

 pleasant voyage now and a speedy one back next summer. 



THE A. C. A. AND ITS DIVISIONS. 



THE America n Canoe Association is in the throes of reorgan- 

 ization. Now is come a time when the loyal friends of the 

 fraternity look doubtfully ahead and wonder what will happen 

 next. There is a potentiality for surprises in the present state of 

 things. How hig tlie clan has prown! "\Ai)at progress it has made! 

 What success it has achieved! And .with its now established 

 authority what i)ossibtlitics it faces. But, alas! some of them say 

 now the old times are gone and everything is at "sixes and sevens" 

 At the meet just terminated many a handsJiake was given in the 

 regretful belief that tlte 1886 camp would be the last of the grand 

 ones. Even some of the steady hands that have held the tiller in 

 the few years past and helped navigate even when olf duty, trem- 

 ble a little at the shoals and breakers around us and at the great 

 stir in the crew— a splendid crew— but of such enormous propor- 

 tions now and so full of life and action. Are the old cluefs afraid 

 because the tribe fcrows bi,a,-V It is young yet and still growing— 

 and now is the tihw when we want their judgment and nerve. 

 There are breakers ahead, and of course there are rocks in these 

 breakers; and doubtless the vessel is overloaded for running such 

 rapids. But after all running rapids is .splendid sport, and as to 

 the load have we not already equipped and launched one new bark 

 and can we not repeat the operation? There are good deep chan- 

 nels between the rocks for a \\-hole fleet. And this stir in the per- 

 sonnel is not mutiny, but only life, restless, energetic, but not in- 

 subordinate. 



Now let us abandon metaphor and attack actualities by their 

 proper names. The A. O. A. has gi-own so big that its membera 

 are spread over the whole cotmtry, the bread tit of a continent; and 

 its gatherings have reached proportions clearly as large as are 

 compatible with the objects in view. This last fact need not be a 

 troublesome one. It is becoming evident that our annual meets 

 will be much hirger than the recent ones. In '84, '85 and '86, the 

 populfction of the camp did not vary very much, nor will it in the 

 future. But there will be more camps. There's the rub. How to 

 get more camps for tlie m,any more canoeists and still maintain 

 the fraternal relationship. It must be done. It is wanted. The 

 West felt the want first, and when they found expressioji did it so 

 quickly that our answer came too la,te. Tlie West answered the 

 question for themselves, by themselves. But they will rejoin. 

 Now look Down East. Was not that a surprise? Let it be a lesson. 

 In a few months look to Canada and then to the sea coast, and 

 then to the South. The division question is answered and more 

 answers are coming. But need this bring ill to the A. C. A.? Yes, 

 if we try to oppose it; no, if we meet it fairly and wisely. 



One of the dangers is misdirected loyalty. " There is just now (for 

 a little while) a large division named the Central. It includes 

 nearly all the "old guard" of the meets and camps and commit- 

 tees that made the A. C. A. what it is. There is a tendency to feel 

 that the Central Division is the citadel of the old .\. C. A.; that the 

 allegiance is ovvint? there; a tendency to forcret that the A. C. A. 

 still exists. But this must not be forgotten. The greatest evil that 

 could befall the A. G. A., would be a powerful domination of one 

 division. The divisions must be nearly equal and must be of geo- 

 graphical cliaracter. The present Central Division is a temporary 

 arrangement. One real division— the Eastern— of legitimate size 

 and origin and purpose has entered into existence, and this Cen 

 tral is the "remainder" waiting for another subtraction. Its con- 

 tinuance entire would be a menace to the A. C. A. This is the fact 

 we must remember. The A, C. A. stUl exists, whole and alive, and 

 F. S. Rathbun, of Deseronto, is still commodore; and when he 

 ceases to be, another commodore will reign in his stead. The 

 Eastern men have not deserted this banner and platfoi-m. Now, 

 therefore, let us look to it that no one else does. There is a good 

 committee ready for work. Let them elect a good commodore (by 

 everything afloat, let them elect a good commodore; we never 

 wanted him more than now), and then let the divisions organize 

 for Ontario and for the St. Lawu-ence and for the South, eaeh 

 according to its real needs; and next year each shall get its char- 

 ter and begin its career. But the A. C. A. wUI none the less 

 flourish. 



There is another course, one which leads over some of the rocks 

 we discussed a Avhile ago. Suppose the loyalists of the Association 

 without concerted action follow their present bent. A great many 

 would as members of the Central Division oppose further secession 

 (as they would term it) in a hope to keep things together that wav. 

 This will not do. It 'will end in opposition of the Central against 

 other divisions, Eastern, Western and Northern. (And by tlie way 

 would not "Northern" be a better title tlian "Canadian'"' for the 

 forthcoming fraternity.) Let us keep in mind that each one of us 

 belouKH now to two organizations, the A. C. A. first and the division 

 for administration next. And always lot the A. C. A. stand first, 

 else we shall break up. 



And now one other arKumont. It has been suggested that the 



well tfi stiinilate that the general meet should take place at a 

 given time (we ought to revert to the old customary time, the full 

 moon in August) and that the division meets shoul<i not interfere; 

 but it is useless to hope that the A. C. A. meet will be the only 

 fall meet and the division meets spring meets onlv. The very 

 beginning of this problem was the need of more meets in the fall 

 to lessen the distance to be traveled to reach them. The spring 

 meets are ditt'erent, they are club affairs in the main, or of a few 

 friendly clubs, and they will probably develop more into cruising 

 than racing gatherings in course of time. But the autmnn meet 

 is the canoeists' long vacation and the divisions are demanded to 

 enable the average A. C. A, member to reach a meet -without 

 spending all his time and money in "getting there." On the other 

 hand the A. C. A, organization for an annual meet must look for 

 support (and must get support) from those who wish and are able 

 to perpetuate its charming gatherings and their associations. What 

 if it is at first ten per cent, or so smaller? What if there may have 

 been, a week before, or is to be a week after, a di^ision meet in 

 New England or Canada with a hundred attendants? They wUl 

 have been in the main men who could not have come to the 

 A. C. A. meet, unless in the same neighborhood, and perliaps when 

 that occurs they might be merged in one. 



It is established that the divisions wUl organize, and that being 

 so we should see that they do so in away not to rival but to relieve 

 the A. C. A., and above all things to keep it entire. So shall we 

 have annual camps at which the veterans can fight their battles 

 o'er again in very fact, camps which shall have stUl the same rep- 

 resentative population from all points of the compass, without 

 regard to State or national boundaries, and very little for divis- 

 ional lines or limits. To sum up it is submitted that \ve want: 



First— Sucli regulation of this unavoidable dividing as -s^ill in- 

 sure fairly eciual geographical divisions, none strong enough to 

 claim domination. 



Second— Such recognition of the demands of divisions as will re- 

 tain them in allegiance with the A. C. A. 



Third— Such distribution of A. C. A. officers and movement df 

 the camp site as will give each division in turn the advantage. 



In such a course as this there need be no fear that the di\ision8 

 will break up the A. C. A. On the contrary, they, as feeders and 

 scliools, will make the annual meet more than ever the gathering 

 of old f liends and expert champions. 



Let the divisions fl.ourish and the A. C. A. will siu'ely do so. 



: R. W. Gibson. 



lANTHE C. C— At the annual meeting of the lanthe C. C, of 

 Newark, N. J., held Sept. 9, 1886, the following officers were elected 

 for the ensuing year: Commodore, Richard Hobert; Vice-Commo- 

 dore, F, L- Hatch; Secretary, H. S. Farmer: Treasurer, Frank 

 Bowles, 



