474 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[JA^i, tt, 1887. 



BROOKLYN, Dec. 30.— The Coney Island Rod and Gun Club held 

 a special shoot to-day at the half-mile track, Parkville, L. I. Fif- 

 teen members competed for the Donnelly medal. There was a 

 large attendance of members and spectators. In Class A, M. 

 Kearney, 27yds., and L. Duryea. 39yds.. tied, kilUng 7 out of 10 

 ■each. H. McLaughlin, 35yds., killed 7 out of 10 in Class B. Judge 

 Courtney did the same in Class C. Only one barrel being allowed, 

 the score looks very small for the class of shooters. Several made 

 a mistake, depending on the second barrel to kill. On account of 

 darkness the ties in Class A -were not able to be shot off, aud on 

 the prop ~>sition baiug made to give the club the badge for future 

 competition, all hands agreed, so that the badge belongs to the 

 club, to be competed for during the ensuing season. The following 

 is the score of the match: 



Class A. 



L Duryea, 39yd8 1101101011—7 A Schwartz, 27yds. . .1011001101—6 



B Mon.sell, 27yds. . . . 0100111101— H M Kearney, 27vda. . . .1110101011—7 

 .1 Schlieman, 28yds. .1110001010—5 



Class B. 



H McLaughlin,2oydsll00111U0-7 E Bucknell, 35yds. . .1110111000-6 

 G L Ayers, Siyds. . . .1111100100-6 



Class C. 



J E Orr, 21yds. .... . .0100001011— 4 F L^nzar, Slyds 0011 UOWh-o 



J Cotirtney, 21yds. . .1111100101 -7 R Hyde, 21v'ds laXlOO —1 



HPEonneUy,22y-ds.00100001 —3 J Shevlm, 2,1yds 1001110100-5 



H Monsees, 21yds. . . . 0011001100-4 



Referee, C. Wiugate; scorer, L. P. Van Pelt. 



PORTLAND. Me., Dec. 35.— Tliere was a ball shooting match at 

 Cape Elizabeth to-day, resident marksmen taking part. Each 

 shot at ir. halls, Siivds. riste. Following is the score: 

 H L Parrott. , ItXiOlllLKXUOUlti- C C Jordan. .. iboOlinifaUOlO— 8 

 O Hanuaford. .110010110111110—10 G Cushman. . . .lOUOOOiOOlOOlll— 6 



H B Pcn-y 100111111111111-13 M C Jordan . . . .llOllUKaOlOOl-lO 



F Patterson.. .101111010010110— S A Jordan OOlOOlOlOlliniK)- 6 



F Peterson OmiOlOlCKXiOOO— 7 H Jordan. . . .lOOiOKKlllOini- 7 



J Peterson 101111111101111—13 E Brown 111110111101111-13 



E Verrill niulOiOlXMiniOO- 6 B Bro\vn 001101011101010— 8 



C E Bremon. . .1C»C1 01110000100— 6 



Ties for first position— H. B. Perrv, 101—3; E. Brown, 100—1; J. 

 Peterson , 100—1 . Ties for second position— O. Hannaf ord, 100001—2: 

 W C Jordan, 100000—1. 



t)EX\"ER, Col., Dec. 35. -The pigeon shoot at JeweU Park to- 

 day was a great success. The pigeons were strong flyers, and a 

 stiff breeze from the left quarter assisted them materially. The 

 programme was varied and well carried out. Below is the score 

 of the regular matches; 



Shoot No. 1. 5 single birds, 21yds. rise: 



Pray 10111—4 J P Lower 11111-5 



Edbrooke 00111-3 Miller 00011—3 



Buttei-s 01001—2 Owen ton 10000—1 



Dow 11010— .3 Bostmck 11111—5 



J N Lower 11111-5 Heald 11101-4 



Compton 10101—8 Kcnnicott 10111—4 



J. N. Lower. J. P. Lower and Bostwick divided the first prize^ 

 and Prayj Heaith and Keunicott the second. 



Shoot jMO, 3,S single birds. 20yds. rise: 



Butters OOOlOlOU-3 Edbrooke 11110011—6 



Dow 001 11111 —0 Su vdam 11111000—5 



Pray lliJOlOll— 5 J P Lower 10101111—6 



Compton 11111111—8 Kennicott 11110111-7 



J N Lower 101101i»-4 Bradbury UOlOOll— 5 



Heald 01011111—6 King 10010001—3 



Bostwick.. llOUOll— 6 Shirley 10001111—5 



Compton won first pilze, Kennicutt second and third was 

 divaded. 



Shoot No. 3, 4 double birds. $6 entrance: 



J P Lower 0110 10 01—4 Bostwick 01 10 00 11—4 



Pray 01 11 00 01—4 Kennicott 01 GO 11 11-5 



Dow 10 11 11 10—6 Shii-ley 01 00 11 10—4 



J N Lower 11 10 01 01—5 Suydam 11 10 11 10-6 



Edbrooke 11 01 11 01-6 Bradbury 11 11 01 11-7 



Compton 01 01 11 00-4 King U 01 00 12-5 



Heald 10 01 01 10-4 H G Da vis 10 11 10 01—5 



OAvens..- 10 00 01 11-4 



Dow, Ediirook and Suydam di rfded first prize and J. N. Lower, 

 Kennicott and Davis dlAnded second prize and in shooting off for 

 third Compton won. 



Shoot No. 4, 10 single birds: 



Suvdam 1111111111-10 Compton 1111101010- 7 



Bost^vick Olimooil— 7 JN Lower 1111111110— 9 



Dow 1111101101— 8 Shirley 0111111101— 8 



Edbrook 1111011111— 9 J P Lower 0111110111— 8 



Suydam took first prize, Edbrooke and J. N. Lower second and 

 Dow, Sliirley and J. P. Lower divided third. 



NEW DORP, S. I., Dec. 21.-Emerald Gun Club of New York 

 City. The birds were an excellent lot. live pigeons, 5 grou nd traps, 

 21, 25 and 30yd9. rise, 80yds. boundary, club rules, 4 prizes: 



R Reagan, 21 1111111110— 9 G Remsen, 21 0111111111— 9 



J H Voss, 35 mOllllOl- 8 G V Hudson, 30 1111111110-10 



P J Keenan. 21 1101011010- 6 P Butz, 25 1101110111— 8 



N Maisel, 30 1110110101— 7 C Grainger, 25 1111110111- 9 



J Sidlev. 35 0101101110- 6 J W Godfrey, 25. . . .OlllOliOU- 7 



J Howard, 31 1011010011- 6 J Glaccum, 30 1111111111-10 



B Lynch, 31 1111111111-10 L Gehering, 31 1111111111—10 



L Schermerhorn, .30.1111111111—10 M \Y Murph v, 21 . . . .1101111011— 8 

 Thos Cody, SO 1101100111— 7 A McHaE. 31 1010110110— 6 



The prizes conssisted of two gold meda^ls, one silver medal and 

 ten doU ars in gold. Ties on 10, 25 and 30yds.: Schermerhorn won. 

 Ties on 9, 25 aiid oOyds.: Remsen won. Ties on 8, 31 and SOyds.: 

 Voss won. Ties on 7, 31yds.: McHall won. 



FLEmNGTON, N. J., Jan. 1.— New Year's day shoot of the 

 Flemiugton Gun Olub. Weather cloudy, cold and windy, 25 clay 

 pigeons, 18yds., 1 trap. 3 angles, for four prizes. Tlie day was so 

 ■windy that, although the trap was set to throw them slow, tJiey 

 went fast and about 50yds. from the trap. 



S Reed 1111111010111011111110001-19 



Hyde 1100010101101111101100011-15 



GShepard OlOlOOOOllDOlllllOOlOOlUl-12 



Potts 0110010001011110011001001—13 



Shepard llOOOllOlOOUlOOOOOllOlOO-11 



Reading 0000011011100100010100101 —10 



Emmons lOCaiOlUXIOOOlOOOlOTOOOll— 9 



Boss 1000100100010000100010101- 8 



Potts lost his 31st bird h-y not having his gun cocked. 



CIKCn-TNATI. Dec. 28.— The members of the Price Hill Gun 

 Club witnessed the (inesi; .shooting ever seen on their grounds or 

 any other, as all previous recoi'd.s were completely lost sight of in 

 the one of Mr. J. E. Miller, who made tUe wonderful record of 158 

 straight clay birds out of five traps. He missed his 15!.tth bird on 

 account of darkness. He was advised by tho.se present to stop at 

 his 150th bird, as it was getting too dark to do any more good shoot- 

 ing. C.^^iristmas morning he broke 97 out of 100, and the week 

 b^ore 95 out of 100. His scores have always been made in club 

 shoots. To-day every bird hit went into fragments, leaving no 

 room for discussion as to their being broken. The members shoot- 

 ing all did excellent shooting, the day was clear, cold, and but 

 little wind. Yet the birds were thrown hard and low. i'ive traps, 

 18ydg. rise: First marrh. ;iO singles: -J. E. Miller 20, O. Toft' 20, J. 

 E. Maynard 16, Mark 17. E. Shott 16, Robinson 16. Wick 17. K. Waiy 

 14. RobbLns 13, C. Smith 15. Second matcli; J. E. Miller 30. O. Tolf 

 is; J E. Mavnarrt 16, E. Srott 18. Mark 16, Robinson l^i, Walz 1.3, 

 Armstrong 'r.', Wick 18, Itobbiris 15. Third match; J. E. Miller30, 



18, Maynard to. Shott 18, Walz 10, Williams 13, Mark 16, Robinson 

 IS.-W. A. L. 



NEWARK, Jan. l.—Tha Essex and Middlesex Gun Clubs met at 

 Erb's grounds on Thursday last and shot a return match at live 

 birds. Twenty men on each side shot at 10 birds each. Messrs. 

 Eaton and C. M. Hedden were judges, and WilUam Sigler was 

 referee. The Essex Club won by killing 157 out of 200 birds. The 

 Middlesex Club kUled 147. Of the Essex Club, Hayes and Stewart 

 killed 10 each ; Kinsey, Belcher, Hunt, Burnett, Nicholas and Von 

 Lengerke killed 9 each: Edwai-ds, Hauck, Heath, Carrmgton and 

 Wiuteliead killed 8 each: BreintnaU, Baldwin and Heinisch killed 

 7, and Beck and TerriniiiUed 6, Freehe and Theurich eacn killing 

 4 birds. In the Middlesex team, Campbell, Wyckoff, Greeley and 

 Lever each killed 9: Dav, Pilkmgton, Quinlan, Fores, Jobs and 

 Terr T killed 8; Clark, V/ilson, Gaddis, Craft and Miller killed 7; 

 Canon, Voorhees and Dickens killed 6, and Cameron and Squires 

 killed b. . . .The West Newark Club held its lii'st annual glass baU 

 shoot this morning. The bails were sprung at 31yds., and each 

 man shot at 25, The best score ^vas made by D. Burgess,^ wlio 

 broke 16, and the second best wa.-i G. Doieler's score of 1.5. .7. J-.amb 

 ■ -oke 11, A. As.sman 13, A. Wado 10 and H. Habig 10. L. Reiber 

 made a clean score— of misses. 



SAIITH VS. DE FOREST.— New Year's day in Babylon saw the 

 pig'eon-^liootiDg match between Jesse Smith, of Havemeyer's 

 Point, ani Wheeler De Forest, of Babylon, for S150 a side and a 

 wine Bupi;er at the Watson Hou;se, Babylon. Both men are re- 

 maTkahl^■ -I'oo'l shots and belting was lively, ■with Jesse Smith 

 Slightly the favorite. Thirty-five birds were to be shot at, 21yds. 

 ipjee. At the Slat bird Da Foorest led by two birds, and the men who 



had been backing Mr. Smith began to feel like hedging. The ex- 

 citement seemed to unsettle Mr. De Forest, who made three misses 

 at the next four birds, leaving the two men tied on 28 birds each, 

 out of the 35. Five birds more were given each man, and the rise 

 lengthened to 26yds. De Forest missed one of his five birds, while 

 Ml'. Smith killed all live, winning the match bv one bird. Dp For- 

 est made the best run, killing 14 birds success! velv, while Smith's 

 highest run was 10. The referee was Mx. Stellenvferf . of Islin. and 

 the scorer, Theo. C. Fletcher, of Babylon, Fred Conklin trapped 

 the birds. The shooting took place on the Crescent grounds, and 

 was witnessed by a very large crowd. Another match A^-ill be 

 arranged between the parties in a few days. 



WELLINGTON GUN CLUB.-The leading event at the meet- 

 ing on Jan. 1 of the Wellington Cxun Club was the first shoot for 

 medals which were taken as follows: Class A, Schaef er; Class B, 

 Snow; Class C, Henry. First prize -ivinners in other events: 1. Ten 

 pigeons— Stanley. 2. Six sigeons— S^\ift and Sanborn. 3. Sis blue 

 rocks— Snow and S\vift. 4. Six pigeons— Wilson and Schaefer. 5. 

 Six blue rocks- Sanborn. 6. Six pigeons— Stanton. 7. Six black- 

 birds— S\vift and Sanborn. 8. Six pigeons— Wilson, Stanton and 

 McCoy. 9. Six pigeons— Stanton and Short. 10. Six blue rocks— 

 S-wlft and Moore. U. Six pigeons— Swift. 12. Six blue rocks- 

 Snow and Stanton. 13, miss and out— Bro^wn. 



^mtamtg. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to FonEST and 

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

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meeting's and races, aud 

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

 requested to forward to Forest axd Stream their jwldresses, ■witli 

 logs of cruises, maps, and Information concerning their local 

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

 relating to the sport. 



CANOEING IN 1886. 



THE year Just ended has been the most important by far that 

 American canoeing has yet passed through; for the first time 

 tlic work of our canoeists in designing, building and sailing has 

 been tested by a foreign standard; and, looking back, it is gratify- 

 ing in every way to find that the victories have been on the side of 

 the American boats. Further than this, ho-vvever, is the fact that 

 the races, hotly sailed and stoutly contested by both parties, have 

 not only borne testimony to the increased good feeling that pre- 

 vails between the canoeists of both nations, but have wrought 

 substantial benefits to canoeing on both sides of the water. 

 Furthermore, it is pleasant to see that outside of racing, canoeing 

 has grown during the year; the popular interest has increased; 

 new clubs have been formed: and, outside as well as within the 

 Association, its growth has been greater than in any previous 

 year. 



As the most prominent, though not the most important depart- 

 ment of canoeing, racing claims the first place. The season opened 

 with a number of new Ijoats ready for trial, and, as most of them 

 v,ere more or less known to canoeists, their possibilities and future 

 performances were generally discussed in advance, adding much 

 to the interest in the subsequent contests. Lassie, for instance, 

 had raced a little the preceding autumn, and her lines had 

 appeared in the Forest and Stream, so she was well kno%\-n both 

 here and abroad. Vesper, a new model by her owner, and suc- 

 cessor to the famous Snake, was known to canoeists through our 

 columiis,and a canoe of her mo J el was shown at the canoe exhibition 

 in New York, which was so successful last spring; so hei' first trials 

 were eagerly looked for. As embodying the results of a long ex- 

 perience in the old Snake, as well as being the design of the lead- 

 ing advocate of the "no ballast" theory, a special interest attached 

 to her success or failure. With her was a sister craft, Marioti 4, 

 B 2, (to speak accurately, fourth of the name and secon d of the class) 

 identical with Vesper in hull, but with a different arraugement uf 

 board 



Another new craft hailed from the North— Mona, of Broek\ille — 

 the result of much careful labor on the part of one of the most 

 earnest and enthusiastic sailors in the Association. Several of the 

 new Ruggles boats, all smooth-skins, were to make their first 

 trials, among them Mr. Bailey's Delight, beside Mr. Andrews's 

 Sofronia, seen the preceding season. The old Dido, of Newburg, 

 has been replaced by a new and handsome double-board craft, 15x 

 ;J8; Mr. Whitlock had on the stocks a 16x30 and a 15x28, and in the 

 East Mr. Barney had ready a new and unknown craft. Of this 

 fleet not one was the result of a ha.sty or ill-considered order, but 

 the lines and details of each were the subject of much careful 

 study on the part of some earnest canoeist, and the same may be 

 said of a niunber of other boats of hardly^ less impoi tancc. 



With this fleet , in readiness, and several of the best English 

 cracks about to -vi.sit us, the racing prospects were more brilliant 

 than the records of canoeing have ever known, and the pei iorm- 

 ances of the season in no way discredited them. The racing 

 throughout the year was the most successful in the annals of the 

 sport, and the results must be hailed as a substantial benefit to 

 legitimate canoeing. The issues involved were such as to make 

 the contests doubly interesting: between the two nations was the 

 question of heavy vs. light displacement, with the hardly less im- 

 portant one of position, lying do^vvn in the boat on the one hand 

 and relying on lead ballast for stability, or, on the other hand, a 

 position on deck where the full Aveight of the body was available 

 as ballast of the most valuable kind in a boat of such limited 

 depth. 



At home there Avas also an imi^ortant question to be settled; the 

 boats were all very different from the English in carrying far less 

 ballast, but there has long been a difference between some who 

 sail entirely without ballast and others who contend tlmt a mod- 

 erate amount of lead is necessary. 



On the international issues the results have been decisive, and 

 they are admitted by both parties. The two gentlemen who raced 

 at Grindstone and New York admitted the superiority of the light 

 displacement boats in their determination t<i alter tlieir own 

 models before another season; and, further than this, the leading 

 advocate of the hea-vy ballast boats, the one wlio has designed and 

 built the most successful racers of the class, Mr. Tredwen, 

 although not sharing the opportunities for comparison which 

 Messrs. Baxien-Powell and Stewart had, has attcepted the same 

 conclusions to a great extent, and -writes thus in a late issue of t he 

 London Field: 



'•The recent international contests appear likely to have a gi-eat 

 ctTeet on canoeing in England, and will probably tend largely to 

 increase the number of contestants in our sailing races. If has 

 been clearly established that the deck position enables a very bccht 

 canoe, that is very easy to paddle, to beat the heavily baUasted 

 canoes with large sails, that have hitherto been regarded here as 

 the only ones that could race successfully. The result is that the 

 sailing races can be competed for by the most cruising paddlcr. 

 No one could have been more bigoted than I was against the deck 

 position of sailing; but, ha-ving tried it, I am convinced that it is 

 by uo means such an acrobatic feat as one w^ould imagine. - * * 

 *" * The Pearl will be sailed next season without ballas;t, and 

 mth 411bs. centerboard in place of .5Hlbs,, the sail area being 

 proportionately reduced, the same huli being used which Mr. 

 Stewart sailed at the A. C. A. meet, except the new thicker plank 

 below the waterline." 



Coming from the source that it does this admission is most im- 

 portant, as Mr. Tredwen is one of the most expert amateur build- 

 ers as w'ell as an old and experienced racing man. The races have 

 shown beyond dispute that in most, if not all weathers, a canoe 

 with little or uo ballast is the equal in speed of a canoe carrying 

 several hundred pounds of lead and brass; and this, all must 

 admit, is a most important point. It means that a canoe so light 

 as to be easily Jiandled ashore, easily paddled with stores onboard 

 and useful for rail transport, for river cruising and ranids, for 

 short trips under sail or paddle; in short the all-round general 

 utility boat, may compete in open races as well as "no ballast" 

 and "cruising rig" races, with boats built solely for racing and too 

 cumbersome, heavy and costly for most canoeists. It proves that 

 an honest cruiser has nothing to fear from specially built craft, 

 Avhose presence in any numbers in our fleet would make an end to 

 racing as it is now, a most valuable adjunct to eruisine:. Some are 

 disposed to see danger in the other direction, fearing the success of 

 Pecowsic will lead to a fleet of very lipht racing machines, not only 

 unfit for cruising, but positively dangerous. A few such boats may 

 in time be tried, but they must develop more speed than the type 

 has yet promised to induce canoeists to put up with their obvious 

 defects. , , ^ x, • 4. 



The effect of the races on our visitors has been to turn their at- 

 tention te a lighter class of boat, more like the craft of ten years 

 since; to do awav witli the few expensive and complicated craft 

 which have monopolized the racing to the exclusion of the groat 

 majority of lotritimate canoes; and to make it possible for a much 

 larger number to race. Of course this must benefi.t British canoe- 

 ing, and must operate to awaken it from ■ihe lethargy into which 

 it naa fallen; but we in turn have reaped very great benefits from 

 the contests. V^'ith all their failings both in build and speed the 

 English canoes had many good points in which our boats were 

 lacking and whicli appeared plainly during the races. The most 

 important of these was handiness, as the English boats turned 

 Uke tops, wbild some 0f tbe bast of oura can at tun«a pat aboar 



•mth difllculty. In this respect there is Ukely to be a great im- 

 provement this year. In many details of build, fittings and rig 

 especially the latter, there was much to be learned from the 

 visitors, and our canoeists generally appreciated this fact, to 

 their advantage. 



Both of the visitors did such gond work that it was evident that 

 with some changes in tlieir boats they would be most dangerous 

 antagonists; and, as tiiey intend to revisit us next vear. American 

 canoeists must bestir themselves in time if tliev would still retain 

 the two cups. This time Mr. Tredwen will also" be over, and with 

 the exoerience of last season as a guide, they wiH make a hot 

 battle tor the cups. 



In our home racing the honors rest largely with the "no ballast" 

 canoes, owing to the brilliant performance of Vesper and Pecow- 

 sic at Gfindstone._ The races in New York, however, were won by 

 Lassie, a boat built fur and carrving a considerable amount of 

 lead. If It 13 a fact that the boats ^vith uo balla.st meet all the re- 

 qmrements of ;in all-around canoe, so much the better for canoe- 



tiqn of weight, tlioy .are loth to give up the boats which have cer- 

 tainly proved well adapted to their requirements. 



As last wmter, canoeists are now busy with new models, new 

 rigs and many mmor devices for the improvement of their craft, 

 and there wiU be a far finer fleet afloat next year than ever before. 

 All this improvement is not confined, as some would have us 

 think, to racing, but many ^vho ue-er race are as busilv at work 

 in the same line, a.5 was shown lately by the inquiries that have 

 come to us from cruisers in regard to the sail plan published ufew 

 weeks since. 



Looking now at the Association and its work, evidences of » 

 substantial advaiice are also seen. The vear has been the moat 

 important that the A. C. A. has ,\ et passed through, as a great 

 change has been taking place in its organization. It has longbeen 

 evident that the original scheme was far too limited in its scope 

 for the needs of so large a territory as canoeing now covers; and 

 last year an effort to enlarge the plan of organization w-as inaug- 

 urated. This year has seen it put into practical operation throng 

 the application of the Eastern canoeists for the establishment of 

 an Eastern division, followed b;/ similar action on the part of the 

 main body, so that there now exists a, Central and an Eastern 

 division; while all seems ready for a further carrying out of the 

 plan by the formation of a Canadian division in tlie spring, fol- 

 lowed by further di-visions as the need for them becomes apparent. 

 The Western canoeists still retain their separate organization, 

 nowknoAvn as the Weslern Canoe Association, and have enjoyed 

 a very successful season, the meet at Ballast Island being well 

 attended,and they are doing good work in a very wide field. Between 

 them and the A. C. A. perfect good ■will exists, some canoeists be- 

 longing to both, and the two bodies are working with one end 

 only, the advancement of canoeing. 



Of cruising there is little to say, and why? Not because racing 

 is driving it out or because tliere is less cruising done, but because 

 thecraiser isa quiet fellow who goes off alone or with only a friend 

 or two, and finds his tdeasure in solitiiry wandering without any 

 great flourish of trumpets, perhaps telliiig his story "in .suchlogsas 

 we have published many ol during fAv year. 



The growth of canoeing is a verv difficult thing to estimate by 

 figures, but it has evidently been all that could be expected during 

 the year, advancing not by fictitious spurts, but tystu-e and steady 

 steps. Recruits are steadily coming in from all directions, we 

 hear of new clubs forming where canoeing has never been known, 

 and new localities are represented .at each meet. 



It is pleasant to notice that while the lai'fro body of canoeists 

 contains man_\- young and inexperienced members, the disasters 

 have been "ery few, and, in all cases of which we ha ve learned, 

 have been due to ignorance, recklessness, and a disregard of those 

 simple precautious which all i-j:]!--vf ( n!'i.:Msts recognize. The use 

 of .small, badly built canoes, n crowding two into a 



boar that was not safe for oik jmpts to sail such craft, 



are the causes which ha', e led iishaps of the year, and 



novices should heed the Iossmti. i.ii h nlintrmainlywithcanoe- 

 ing east of the Missibsipi'i, wc musi iu:t i.\ .Tlook Ihe great progress 

 made during the year on the Pacific '-(Kist, where one club, the 

 Oakland C. C, has placed canoeing on as proaperotis a footing as 

 it enjoys along the Atlantic, and after some years of hard work 

 are reaping their reward in the many pleasures, both social and 

 nautical, that belong to a well organized canoe club. 



Looking at it in all aspects the year has been a prosperous one, 

 and has departed with a promise of a still better one to follow; and 

 while congratulatiug them on what has been done, we can, with 

 every assurance of their fulfilment, offer to all canoeists our best 

 wishes for a Happy New Year. 



THE PECOWSIC'S CUP. 



E(?ito/- Fond mid Strfcim: 



1 tliink tliat s ou and uvery fair-minded canoeist who ■visited the 

 A. C. A. meet last August will pardon me for giving a big growl. 

 I hiive waited four montlis, in the dullest part of the .season for 

 my business, hoping against fate almost that Mr. Rush ton wotdd 

 see the error of his ways in advertising in your columns that 

 Vesper won the International Cup race at the meet. Was there 

 more than one International Cup mce at that meet? I am certain 

 that Mr. Bai ney, in Pecmvsic, won a very nice cup on-«hicbis 

 engraved, "The International Cup of the A. C. A. Meet, 1886." I 

 have seen and examined it, and also Tiave an electrotype of it ; and 

 therefore fail to see -what right Mif. Rushton has to advertise 

 Vesper as the ■winner of this identical, individual cup. My adver- 

 tisement and Mr. Rushton's have both appeared in yo-ur pajier on 

 the same page, and both of ns have claimed the honor of building 

 the mnning canoe for a long enough time to exonerate me for 

 kicking at "this date. Now, ca.n it be possible that Mr. Rushton 

 has changed cuns? Surely Vesuer won the A. C. A. Perpetual 

 Challenge Cup, the onh one she did win, and, I believe, the only 

 race she won at the meet. Why does uoi Mr. Rushton advertise 

 the cup reaUy won by Vesper, and loa% e i\Ir. Barney in possession 

 of his own individual cup, fau-ly won by Pecosv.sic, and at the 

 same time leave me in undisputed possession of ray hard-earned 

 laurels, and stop a large amount of correspondence from t he pub- 

 lic not acquainted with the facts of the case, asking for an ex- 

 planation m regard to how it comes about that both of us claim 

 the honor of building the canoe that won the International Cup 

 at Grindstone Island? I have taken many a knockdowm, and 

 have turned and scud belore a flawy fale, but in this breeze, that 

 lias increased for so long a time, 1 have decided to head up and 

 ride it out if possible, rather than attempt a landing on a leeshore 

 in fuU view of the public. F. JoYNER. 



[The conditions governing tne cup won by Vesper are as follows: 

 "American Canoe .A.s.sociaflon Sailing Trophy, Classes A and B. 

 no limit to rig or ballast, time limit 3 hours, distance 7U mUes. 

 The race is sailed each year after the regular races at the annual 

 meet, usually held in August. Tltc prize be held by I lip win- 

 ner for one year, and then must be returned to the regatta com- 

 mittee for competition at the annual meet of the Association. 

 Accredited representati-. cs of foreign clubs not exceeding five in 

 number slitdl be eligible. In case of more than five foreign entries, 

 the first five feceived siiall be eligible to start. The total number 

 of starters sliall not exceed fifteen, and the ten or more vacancies 

 (after deducting the foreign entrie.s) shall be filled from those en- 

 tering, by a special 'record' prepared from the result r)f the A and 

 Braces at the meet, in case the entries exceed the vacancies." 

 The cup won by Pecowsic was a subscription cup, presented by 

 several canoeists, for a race between the two English visitors and 

 the two leading Americans, to be the property of the winner.] 



NEW YORK C. C— The New York C. C, held ameeting on Dee. 



— ~ - - —. Commo- 



Secretary. 



V. ... - - . and B. H. 



Nadal. The "constitution was amended so that in future no active 

 member of any other canoe club can be an active member of the 

 Now York C. C. It has long been the custom of the club to hold an 

 annual dinner, but tbis year a change was made and in answer tp 

 neat invitations, printed on thin -wood, over a himdred ladies and 

 gentlemen met at Clark's on Twenty-thii-d street, on Thursday 

 night, to join in a camp-fire of the club. The rooms were decor- 

 ated with flags, and through the kindness of Mr. Squires two of 

 Kushton'snew canoes, a Bucktail and Vesper, served to give a 

 homelike air to the scene. An exhibition of canoe photographs 

 bv means of a stereopticon was given by Mr. Burchard, after 

 ■svhieh followed music and recitations. After supper the floor was 

 cleared for dancing. The entertainment was in every way a suc- 

 cess and wiU probably take the iilace of the annual dinner in the 

 future. On Saturday Comm odore and Mrs. Mutu-oe left for 

 Florida. 



A MEET OF BRITISH CANOEISTS.—Mr.E.B. Tredwen makes 

 a suggestion throueh the Field that a meet be held on the Aiaei-i- 

 can plan, on the Norfolk Broads in July and August next. 



OWINCi to the pressni'e on our columns, the Regatta Pro- 

 gramme for 1887 and a continuation of the discussion of Saiung 

 Boats vs. Canoes, arc necessarily left until next week. 



WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION.-The Executive Gompit- 

 tee of the W. C, A. wUl meet »t tbe StiUnjian House. Clevela«d.OM 

 on J&iii 9 and l4 



