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FOREST AND STREAM, 



[Nov. 23, 1895. 



has ever known, their one great charm was in the familiar intercourse 

 of many old comrades, practically the same set of men attending each 

 year. This inner circle of canoeing has long since been broken, and 

 the old men — those who made the A. C. A., Bishop, Oliver, Vaux 

 Bailey, Richards, Rathbun, with Tyson, Jack Weller, Neilson, Bald" 

 win, Ford Jones, Whitlock, Phil Wackerhagen, Kirk Munroe, Westcott 

 and Andrews, all of the old Grindstone's party— are seldom seen at the 

 meets. We hope that this year may bring back many, but it wil 1 

 bring them back, if at all, older, busier, and long out of racing; and noth" 

 ing can bring back, in one short year, the old-time fellowship that did 

 so much to strengthen (he A. C. A. in its earlier years. 



The financial report of the year is most gratifying, not only in that 

 it shows that the past year, with a meet quite equal in the perfection 

 of its arrangements to the previous ones, the Association has actually 

 made nearly 8600, and has now a sinking fund of over $1,000 in place 

 of a debt of $500 just four years ago; but because it shows that, with 

 ordinary economy and good business management, there is money 

 enough to conduct a first-class meet, to provide adequate transporta- 

 tion between the camp and the nearest town, and to purchase instead 

 of begging all prizes; with a neat balance over each year toward the 

 purchase of a permanent camp site. Commodore Witherbee has 

 every reason to be proud of an administration which, while suffering 

 nothing in comparison with the previous ones in the management of 

 the camp and meet, has at the same time made such a successful 

 financial showing. 



The excellence of the work of the camp site committee of 1895 has 

 been recognized by all who attended the meet, and it is highly gratify- 

 ing, after the large sums spent at times in preparation of the ground 

 for a two weeks' camp, to find that the net cost to the Association 

 this year has been under $100. While all of the members of the camp 

 site committee were presant during the meet, each doing his share of 

 the work, the credit for the excellent business management of the 

 committee's finances is due chiefly to the present commodore, then 

 chairman of the committee. 



The question of transportation between Clayton, Ganan oque and 

 Grindstone would be a very simple matter if it were not for the wise 

 and beneficent regulations made by this Government apparently for 

 the annoyance of American citizens. By a law of long standing, no 

 Canadian vessel i3 permitted under heavy psnaltiss to call at two 

 American "ports" in succession. In other words, the small steamers 

 plying between Gananoque on the Canadian side, and Clayton, cwned 

 by the company of which ex-Gom. Rathbun is the head, could and 

 would make the trip from Gananoque to Clayton, taking on pas- 

 sengers, and then to the camp, just on the boundary line; the service 

 being reasonably expeditious and convenient and quite cheap. Here 

 the law steps in; having taken on passengers at the American port of 

 Clayton, the vessel is not allowed to land them at the American port 

 of the A. C. A. log dock at Grindstone Island. Canoeists from Clayton 

 might take the boat, stay on it while it stops at the camp and lands its 

 passengers from Gananoque, proceed to that port and return on a 

 later trip, but such a loss of time is out of the question. Unless that 

 ancient and probably useless restriction is waived for this special 

 occasion by the Treasury Department, some independent and more 

 expensive means of transit between Clayton and the camp must be 

 arranged. 



American Canoe Association. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 13TH ANNUAL MEETING. 



Borne, N. T., Monday, Nov. 11, 1895. 



Prior to 1P83, the business of the American Canoe Association was 

 transacted at a "pow-wow" around the camp-fire or in the wigwam 

 at Lake George, the pipe of peace— a veritable calumet of the Dela 

 ware Indians— being passed around the circle. When a more complex 

 organization was found necessary, in 1883, an executive committee 

 was created, to meet in the fall of each year and select a camp site 

 elect general officers and attend to other business of the Association •' 

 this plan being further elaborated with the formation of divisions in 

 1886. Since then the annual meetings of the executive committee have 

 been held in various places, as designated by the incoming commodore 

 —Albany, New York, Boston, Toronto, Kingston, 03wego, and finally 

 in Rome, the home of Commodore W. R. Huntington and of the Deo 

 wainsta C. C. 



The meeting was called to order by Com. Huntington at 10 A M on 

 Monday, in a parlor of Stanwax Hall, the following members answer- 

 ing to the roll as called by Sec'y-Treas. T. H. Stryker- Librarian W 

 P. Stephens; Atlantic Division— Vice-Corn., James K. Hand- Rear' 

 Com., W. C. Lawrence, by C. V. Schuyler, proxy; Purser, H M 'Dater- 

 executive committee, H. L. Quijk, H. H. Smythe and P. F Hosan' 

 Central Division— Vice-Corn., H. D. McVean, by L. C. Allen proxv : 

 Rear-Corn., A. T. Smith; Purser, W. H. Martin; executive committee' 

 H. V. Backus. Eastern Division— none; Mr. Paul Butler, of the Board 

 of Governors, as proxy for Howard Gray, of executive committee 

 Northern Division— Vice-Corn., A. H. O'Brien; Rear-Corn D'Arcv 

 Scott; Purser, D. H. McDougal, by W. G. McKendrick; executive com 

 mittee, F. C. Johnston, by J. W. Sparrow, proxy. Dr. W. J Nellis of 

 the Central Division executive committee, arrived during the meetine 



The minutes of the annual meeting of November, 1894 were read 

 and approved, also the minutes of the two meetings held in camn last 

 August. The following reports were then read; we have been unable 

 to obtain a copy of the secretary-treasurer's report: 



REPORT OF CAMP SITE COMMITTEE, 1895. 



Expenditures. 



Labor and teams . «iqr m 



Tents for headquarters **R % 



Tentpegs X'^.mI'm 3 50 



252 63 



Nails j 5 gg 



Dismf octant . .' .' '. '. .* .' .' .' ." ,' ." ." .* .' .' ,' .' .' .' | ■ ».'*","*,'.* [ " .' o £5 



Closet paper ' 8 



Barrels , , , ..,",'.* ", ', \ \ l 20 



Total expenses !$647~58 



Beceipts. 



Floors and labor «qg Q aa 



Lumber and nails *"S & 



Tents sold after meet , .'.'!!.' .'.'.'!!!!! ' 120 00 



Total receipts .$511 89 



Net expenditure ,t KQ 



Material on hand, tent, etc ' 43 78 



Total of Camp Site expenses , t ."" $91~91 



W. R. Huntington, Chairman, 

 Clarence Ashenden, 

 J. R, Robertson, 

 L. W. Francis. 



Reports of Pursers. 



Atlantic Division. 

 Nov. 1, 1894, to Oct. 1, 1895. 

 Beceipts. 



Balance from Purser F. L. Dunnell « 9R , , 



Dues for 1891 " " If. 



Dues for 1895 9 ^ 



Dues for 1896 4a \ 



Entrance fees for 1894 ,o Xn 



Sale of Code Books M " t * [ 4 



I Expenditures. $329 14 



1 "ice expenses.... «,» » n 



i Election charges 21 VI 



—Mailing and postage on Year Books lfi 



S?c'y-Treas. , Chas. E. Cragg, 30* dues, etc 04 



Balance 192 85 



Oct. 1, 1895, balance to Purser Henry M. Dater ^198 gg 



Membership. 



Members, Nov. 1, 189* 275 



New members 19 



Reinstated 29—48 



323 



Resigned... 10 



Deceased..... , 1 



Dropped 61—72 



Total membership Oct. 1, 1895 251 



Thomas Hale, Jr., Purser. 



Audited and found correct. 



Wm. M. Carpenter, 1 All( , ft . or _ 

 Henry M. Dater, f A- udltors - 



Central Division. 



No report. 



W. S. Hackett, Purser. 



Eastern Division. 

 Beceipts. 



Balance Nov. 5, 1894 $ 18 66 



Dues, 1893 2 00 



Dues, 1894 „ 34 00 



Dues, 1895 321 00 



Initiation fees , 62 00 



$4371(3 



Expenditures. 



Stationery and printing, etc t . . . $ 85 72 



Sundry office expenses 18 75 



Eastern Division flag 7 00 



Mailing Year Book , 17 91 



Eastern Division meet, labor, etc , .$100 88 



Prizes , 51 69 



$152 67 



Camp dues , 75 00 



Net expenses of Division meet 77 57 



E. D. headquarters. Bluff Point 12 98 



Thirty per cent to S icretary-Treasurer 125 70 



Balance Nov. 1, 1895 142 03 



$437 C6 



Membership. 



Members, Nov., 1894 281 



Reinstated 34 



New ,,,,, 62 



377 



Resigned 9 



Dropped 47— 56 



Total Nov. 1, 1895 sii 



R. N. Cutter, Purser. 



Northern Division. 

 Beceipts. 



From former purser «48 80 



Dues. 1894 7 00 



Dues, 1895 77 00 



Initiation 4 00 



$137 80 



Expenses. 



Printing and stationery , gig 88 



Sundries , „,„ ' 155 



Postage .' 5 22 



Circulars, postage, Montreal , 1 06 



Circulars, postage, Toronto , \\ . 1 00 



Circulars, postage, Ottawa 2 00 



Thirty per cent, to Secretary-Treasurer '. .'. 25 20 



Postage on Year Book e 76 



Cash on hand , 78 19 



„ >. ,.. $137 80 



Membership. 



October, 1894 95 



Reinstated .... ' 7 



New 4 



Dropped 27 



Resigned 2—29 



Total Nov. 1, 1895 77" 



Edmund F, Burritt, Purser. 



Oct. 11, 1895. 

 Audited and found correct. 

 R. H. Haycock, I 

 D'Arcy Scott, '[Auditors. 



Begatta Committee— Financial Beport, 



Record flags c 6 O o 



Entry blanks and prize tickets 2 CO 



Three barrels for buoys , /,".*"." 2 25 



Rope, rings, paint, etc., for buoys 2 67 



Services of man on boat 1 , r...», 2 00 



$14 97 



The purser of the Central Division made no report of any kind, and 

 a motion was made and passed to the effect that he be requested to 

 forward a formal report, the commodore and secretary-treasurer 

 being empowered to receive it if properly audited. The purser of the 



Eastern Division forwarded merely a press copy of an informal state- 

 ment of his accounts, which was accepted conditionally on the pre- 

 sentation of a properly made out and audited report. The pursers of 

 the Atlantic and Northern Divisions presented reports in proper form 

 ana duly audited, which were accepted by the committee, with the re- 

 ports of the secretary-treasurer, camp site committee and regatta 

 committee, the latter being laid on the table for future action on the 

 proposed changes of rules. 



The following new committees for 1896 were then announced by Com 

 Huntington: Camp Site-J. R. Robertson, chairman; J. S. Wa'rdwell! 

 Rome, N. Y.; F. F. Andrews, Rochester, N. Y., and J. G Frazer Oe- 

 densburg, N. Y. Transportation— J. K. Hand, New York, chairman- 

 C ,X- w, £? e > Albany, and F. S. Rathbun, Deseronto. Regatta Com- 

 mittee— W. C. Witherbee, Port Henry, N. Y., chairman; E. D. Edwards, 

 Peterboro; Butler Ames, Lowell, Mass. ' 



Mr. Wardwell made a verbal report for the new camp site commit- 

 tee, recommending the old camp ground on Grindstone Island, which 

 was received with hearty applause. He reported that the site could 

 be had from Mr. Will Delany, who would furnish ice, etc.; that 

 arrangements for transportation between Gananoque and Clayton 

 ™ er £ m P r ??res8, and that Mr. Mulvany, who managed the mess at 

 Bluff Point last summer, would be willing to undertake the me3s at 

 Grindstone. 



No arrangements had as yet been made for providing electric light 

 for the camp, and it may not be possible to do so, consequently the 

 committee recommended that the date be made from Aug. 14 to 28 in 

 order to get the benefit of the full moon. This provoked a very long 

 discussion, some favoring the middle two weeks of Aug.. 7 to 21 but 

 the original date was finally chosen after a close vote. No objection 

 was made to the proposed site, and no others were mentioned. 



A. recess was taken to permit of a meeting of the Board of Governors ! 

 only Mr. Paul Butler, of the Eastern Division, was present, the other 

 divisions being represented by proxy. After the meeting the board 

 reported that it would continue the arrangement made last year 

 allowing to the officers and committees 80 per cent, of the total 

 receipts for the present year to cover running expenses; at the same 

 time advancing $250 to the Sec'y-Treas. until money was received 

 from the divisions in the spring. 



The question of the Year Book was taken up, bringing out a num- 

 ber of proposals, most of them impracticable or undesirable. As the 

 report of the secretary-treasurer shows, the book is now not only 

 self-supporting, but an actual source of profit to the Association It 

 was proposed that the book be published with no advertisements- 

 that it be published with just enough advertisements to pay the cost' 

 leaving no profit; that it should include the flags, in colors, of all the 

 clubs, a complete list of all clubs and the dimensions and class of all 

 canoes. If all these improvements were adopted, it is probable that 

 there would be a loss of $500 per year as compared with the present 

 method. It was finally decided after much discussion that the book 

 should be published, as now, with the advertisements, and that each 

 division purser should furnish to the secretary-treasurer a list of 

 clubs and club officers in his division, to be printed in the book and 

 that the proofs of lists of members should be sent to each purser for 

 final correction before printing. 



The associate list was then taken up and some changes made the 

 following ladies being elected: Miss Cartwright, Miss Mary F Cart- 

 wright Kingston; Miss Wright, Miss Marion H. Wright, Miss Mar- 

 tin's W " gbt > Miss Martha J - Robbins and Miss Lillarene R. Hop- 



Vice-Com. Hand offered a resolution to the effect that the executive 

 committee disapproves of the use of the A. C. A. burgee with any letter- 

 ing other than as prescribed by the by-laws, which was carried with 

 very little discussion. Mr. Hogan recommended that the regatta com- 

 mittee be instructed to provide boats to patrol the course and lend aid 

 in the event of capsizes. The discussion showed that such a provision 

 was generally approved, it being suggested that two good rowboats 

 in the middle of the triangle, or two or more war canoes of suitable 

 size, with crews of about four each, would make the most efficient life- 

 saving corps. No formal action was taken, the matter being left to 

 the regatta committee. 



The report of the regatta committee was then taken from the table 

 but owing to the recommendations not having been published for 

 fourteen days, no final action was taken. A number of proposals for 

 the change of the racing rules were taken up, however, and discussed 

 those approved by the committee to be passed upon by a mail vote' 

 Mr. Butler started with the proposal to drop from Rule I., Par 1 the 

 words "except the unclassified boats, etc.," and to substitute' a new 

 clause, "Sail area shall be limited to 130sq. ft." Mr. Quick seconded 

 the motion, which was generally approved and unanimously carried 

 The question of a limit of size for the so-called "club four" race or 

 more properly for canoes for four-men crews, was taken up and'dis- 

 cussed, the following amendment, proposed by Vice-Corn O'Brien 

 being Anally adopted: Add to Rule I., to follow Par. 5, "Canoes for 

 four-men crews shall not exceed 20ft. length and shall have a minimum 

 beam of 80in." On motion of Mr. Scott, it was recommended to 

 the regatta committee that it should insert in the race programme a 

 provision that canoes in the tandem paddling race, event 16, shall not 

 be less than 30in. in beam and 551bs. in weight. Mr. Butler moved 

 seconded by Mr. Quick, that Rule I,, Par. 2, be amended to read - "The 

 centerboard, when hauled up, must not project below the keel " The 

 words, "must not drop more than 18in. below the garboards " which 

 have been in the rules since 1881, are hereby omitted, the motion being 

 carried with no dissenting voice. Several members spoke in favor of 

 removing the limit of drop, as it has long since ceased to be of use. 

 On Mr. Butler's motion the following words were omitted from Rule I 

 Par. 5, defining the cruising canoe: "The sliding seat shall not be longer 

 than the beam of the boat, and." B 



Rule V., Par. 2, was amended by inserting after the word "men" on 

 fourth line, the words "provided ten or more men finish; prizes shall 

 only be given for each two or fraction of two finishing." The object 

 of this was to meet the contingency, never contemplated a few years 

 ago, but met with now, of but five or iess men competing for the record 

 each receiving a prize. The motion was passed and Mr. Scott then 

 brought up the matter of the lettering on the record flags suggesting 

 that the present lettering was insufficient, and that it be changed! 

 which was done by a proposal to omit in Rule V, Par. 2, lines two and 

 three, the words "with the year and race plainly marked thereon-" 

 and to substitute the worJs "paddling, sailing, or record, as the case 

 may be; the letters A. C. A. ; and the year, expressed in four figures " 



A motion was then made by Mr. Quick that the giving of silk flags 

 be abandoned and that a metal shield or some similar emblem be given 



GENERAL SUMMARY OF RACES, 1895. 



Az Iz 



Crescent., 

 Bug 



Fly 



Torment . 

 Zaidee ... 

 Kiowilla. . 

 Eel 



Kit 



Sea Gull.. 

 Oniko .... 



Mab 



Leila 



Az Iz 



J. R. Stewart 



O. Cartwright. ... 



Paul Butler ; 



D. G. Goddard.... 

 Howard Gray .... 

 Butler Ames .... 



F. C. Moore 



H. V. Backus 



C. E. Cragg 



J. W. Sparrow 



0. W. Lansing . . . 

 H. W. Treadway . 

 H. M, Carpenter. . 

 W M. Carpenter. 

 C. E. Archbald . . . 

 Ernest Bolton.... 



H. L Quick 



Wendel Andreas . 



R. O. King 



C. B. Ashenden. . . 



D'Arcy Scott 



Thos, Hale, Jr. .. 



F. J. Burrage 



Lewis A. Hall .... 

 W V. Forsaith... 



F. S. Howard 



W. V. Brown 



R. Appolonio 



J. H. Braine 



Club. 



No. of starters . 



Irondequoit 



Cataragui 



Vesper., 



New York 



Rochester 



Bulwagga ,,. 



Toronto 



Bulwagga ....... 



Carillon 



Sing Sing 



-ing Sing 



Pointe Claire 



Pointe Claire 



Yonkers 



Bngota 



Toronto 



Wawbowawa 



Ottawa 



Yonkers 



W'awbewawa 



Wawbewawa 



VVawbewawa 



Pointe Claire 



Shii h'-Shuh-Gah . ! .' '. '. 

 Ianche 



Trophy. 



•6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 H 20 11 aalgg 24 



5 I 



notmOTlTth^ Dovi ' e combined, hurry-scurry and war canoa-had no entries -or 



f D a^o^ twenty-four scheduled showed four or more starters. Sis 



CThe above table and summary are somewhat enlarged from the official report.) 



