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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 12, 1888. 



AUBURN VS. SYRACUSE.-The following score was made at 

 the grounds f the Onondaga Gun Club in Syracuse on April 7, 

 and is the result of the third and "rubber" match between the 

 Auburn Gun Club and the Onondoga Gun Club of Syracuse. The 

 first match, shot at Auburn, resulted in a victory for the home 

 team with a score of KM to 1!50. Syracuse took the second on her 

 own grounds with a score of 133 to 130, a severe snow storm great 1 y 

 interfering with good shooting. The final match gives the Au- 

 burn Gun Club the championship. The. Auburn Gun Club has 

 the honor of administering to Syracuse the only defeats she has 

 ever sustained, -while Syracuse has beaten Auburn the only match 

 our team lias lost . 



Auburn. - Syracuse. 



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Kerr 11101111011101111010 -15 Spaugler.. 1101(11001 Kmi 1111111-17 



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F Steele. .111110 1111110001 111-15 Fuller. . . . 011 1111 1 01111101 1 101—1 fi 



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162 143 

 BROOKLYN, April 7— The adjourned monthly shoot of the 

 Fountain Gun Club took place to-day at Woodlawn Park. This 

 heing the sixth shoot for the monthly cup prizes offered by the 

 members, only the star shooters competed. M. J. Kearney car- 

 vied oil the honors by killing seven straight birds and winning 

 the cup. 



EATON, Pa., April 3,— In a $200 pigeon match to-day between 

 William Bercaw of Easton and James Smith of Hackettstown, 

 fifteen birds each. Bercaw killed fourteen and Smith thirteen. 

 In a similar match between George Givens, Easton, and George 

 VTeit, Hackettstown, N. .T., for $200, twelve birds each, Givens 

 killed eleven and YTeit ten, 



SPRINGFIELD, N. I., April 2.— Union Gun Club, fourth regu- 

 lar monthly badge and prize shoot, 19 entries. 25 blue rocks, 3 



19, Newman 13, R. Morrison 25, Joe Bryant 19, E. Sickley 10, Zip 

 Savre 16, W. Wade 17. Diamond badge, first prize, R. Morrison, 

 25 straight: E. D. Miller, gold badge, second prize; J. M. Roll, third 

 prize, silver badee. Ties on 19 for fourth, won by W. Parker; ties 

 on 18 for fifth, won by Sopher; ties on 17 for sixth, won by Lightipe; 

 ties on 10 for seventh, won by E. .Sickley. The day was warm and 

 clear, but a strong wind blew across the score from left to right, 

 which made the right quarter birds very hard flyers and difficult 

 shooting. The score, of R. Morrison, with 25 straight, is accounted 

 for bv the way he pointed his new Parker gun, which he shot for 

 the first time. The club holds a grand prize and sweepstake shoot, 

 with 11 events on programme, on the 18thinst,to which all shooter 

 friends are invited. Miss Oakley is to be present on that day if 

 she can arrange her engagement*. 



MANCHESTER SHOOTING CLUB.— Manchester, N. H., April 

 3.— The annual meeting of the Manchester Shooting Club was held 

 at Hotel Windsor on the evening of April 2, and the following 

 officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Chas. S. 

 Tewksburv; Vice-President, Henry Gray; Secretary, Henry A. 

 Herricks: * Treasurer, Chas, H. Darrah; Executive Committee, 

 Joshua B. Estey, Thos.;R. Varick and C. E. Gove. At the last 

 annual meeting it was voted te give medals to those making the 

 three best scores during the year, three cards to count, 20 birds to 

 a card. These were won as follows: Gold medal, Thaddeus 

 Richards 55; silver medal. C. E. Gove, 53; bronze medal, H. A. 

 Herrick, 50. Richards used an Ithaca gun, Gove a Parker and 

 Herrick a Lefevcr. 



NEW HOPE, Pa. — At the second annual meeting of the New 

 Hope Gun Club, the following officers were elected for the ensu- 

 ing year: President, John S. Thornton, M. D.; Vice-President, 

 Wm". Closson; Secretary and Treasurer, C. C. B. John; Captain, 

 Thomas Auld; Director, Joseph Peaker. The blue rock constitu- 

 tion and by-laws were adopted for the ensuing year. 



A PHIL A L) E LPIA TOURNAMENT.— The North End Gun Club 

 of Frankford, at its monthly meeting, April 21, decided to hold a 

 tournament on May 28, 29, 30 and 31, at the Gentlemen's Driving 

 Course. The prizes will aggregate §750, and there will also he 

 donated prizes of sporting goods. The tournament will be open 

 to all clubs now organizing in the United States and Canada. 

 There will also be sweepstake shooting. A special prize, a very 

 handsome diamond badge, donated oy Vandegrift & Hicken and 

 to be contested for by amateurs only. Cash prizes guaranteed to 

 teams of 10 men from any regular organized gun club in the 

 world: $100 to first, $50 to second, $25 to third and $25 to any mem- 

 ber of a team breaking 25 straight single and double birds. There 

 will also be handsome merchandise prizes awarded to members 

 of each team shooting as follows: One prize to highest individual 

 score, one prize to highest straight score, one prize to highest 

 double bird score. There will also be special prizes for teams of 

 5 and 2 men each. Matches will be shot under National Gun 

 Association rules, making it class shooting aU the way through. 



BROOKLYN, Match 31.— The first clay-pigeon shoot between 

 picked teams of ten from the Flatbush Gun Club and ten from 

 the Flatlands Neck Athletic Club, both of which have been re- 

 cently organized, took place this afternoon on the grounds of the 

 latter club. The contest was a friendly one, the conditions being 

 :.'4 pigeons each at 20yds. boundary. It was not a cold day for the 

 birds: Flatbush Gun Club— D. Rumpf 6, J. Norton 0, E. Skidmore 



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H. J. Selover 8, .1. T. Schenck 13. J. D. Remsen H, G. Van Wyck 

 15, J. R. Lott 12, J. Ryder 10. F. Wyckofl 10; total, 121. 



WELLINGTON, April fi.-The shooters labored under great 

 disadvantage at the Wellington range to-day on account of the 

 wind. In the merchandise matches points were made by the fol- 

 lowing persons: Shumway 17, Bill and Bond 10, Snow 15, C. B. 

 Sanborn, Baxter, Brown and Bert 14, Bradstreet 13, Swift, Melcher, 

 Lee, Chase and Payson 12, Phelps, Garfield, Schaefer, Frank and 

 Nichols 11, Hart, Scott and Stanton 10, The Grimes prize was 

 taken by Baxter. A number of sweeps followed. 



CARD, Mich., April 6.— The Caro Gun Club shot to-day with a 

 high wind to keep the. score down. Peorias at 21yds. rise, under 

 National rules, 1C birds each: B. F. Nettleton 3, N. Lester 3, B. F. 

 Harris 5, F. H. Baillie 5, G. W. Smith 7, J. R. Mason 6, D. Cooper 8. 



SAN FRANCISCO, April 1.— To-day the California Wing Shoot- 

 ing Club held its second shoot of the season at San Bruno. The 

 day was most propitious for the sport. The birds were a strong 

 lot and flew swiftly. The following is the score of the club shoot: 

 James 9, Spraguc 8, Coffin 12, Haas 9, Ford 9, Melly 11, Foster 6, 

 Slade 7, W. de Vaull 10, Brown 11, Parker 6, Johnson 8, Randall (i, 

 Jones 7. A six-bird match came after the club shoot. Out of the 

 fifteen contestants the pot was divided between Randall, Ford 

 and Smith. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 



Choice Hunting and Fishing.— Sportsmen can ascertain by 

 experiment, to their entire satisfaction, that rare facilities for 

 healthful recreation and profitable sport with dog and gun or 

 hook and line, are distributed all over the area traversed by the 

 main lines and branches of the "Great Rock Island'' system, in- 

 cluding the "Famous Albert Lea Route," This territory once 

 constituted the favorite game preserve of the aborigines, and its 

 rivers still teem with fish of large size and delicate flavor; its 

 lakes with bass, pike and perch, as well as duck, geese and wild- 

 fowl; its prairies with quail, grouse, partridge and chickens, and 

 its woods with all the varieties of wild game. Some resorts are 

 of course more especially favored than others. At Joliet, the fish- 

 ing in the Kankakee and Desplaines ri vers is exceUent. At Sen- 

 achwine Lake (Henry, 111.) pickerel and bass bite freely. At 

 "Gilbertown Rocks,'' near Davenport, bass, pike and cat are 

 abundant. At the "eddies" near Rock Island, splendid wall-eyed 

 pike arc captured, and the finest bass, perch and sunfish are taken 

 from ponds in this vicinity. The gamy muskalonge (from 5 to 30 

 pouuds) is found in nearly all the waters of the Northwest. At 

 Spirit Lake the capture of the noblest fish affords exciting sport. 

 The lakes near Watertown, Shell Rock and Worthington are 

 almost, equally as attractive to the angler, while the fame of 

 scores of lakes on the Albert Lea Route to Minneapolis, St. Paul 

 and beyond has spread all over the continent. In nearly all sec- 

 tions of North Iowa, East Dakota and Minnesota trained dogs 

 can he had, and ducks, geese, cranes, partridge and quail are 

 abundant. Sportsmen who wish to shoot the coming season 

 further north and northwest or south or west whore elk, hear, 

 antelope, mountain sheep and deer are found, should avail them- 

 selves of the round trip tourist excursion tickets, procurable at 

 any time, offered by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway 

 at greatly reduced rates to and from Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, 

 Idaho and Montana. Half rate round trip excursion tickets are 

 also announced by this road for sale April 24, May 8-22, June 5-19 

 (limit, thirty days for return passage) to and beyond designated 

 points in Iowa, Minnesota and Dakota. For further information 

 address E. A. Holbrook, General Ticket and Passenger Agent at 

 Chicago, 1U. Also inclose to same address a 2-cent stamp for a 

 copy of "Hunting and Fishing" on the Rock Island and Albert 

 Lea routes.— Adv. 



Address all communications to the Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 



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 and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local 

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

 relating to the sport. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Okficebs, 1887-88. 



Commodore: R. W. Gibson ( A i han ~. •» v 



Secretary-Treasurer: F. L. Mix. S A1Cmn y >^- Y 



Vice-Corn. Rear-Corn. Purser. 



Central Div..R. "W. Baiter W. R. Huntington J. K. Bakewell, 



110 Diamond St., Pittsburgh. 

 Atlantic Dtv. Henry Stanton. . .A. S. Pennington . E.W. Brown, 146B'way, N.Y. 



Eastern Dlv..L. Q. Jones Geo. M. Barney.... W. B. Davidson, Hartford. 



N'thernDiv. .A. D. T. IffieSachen. W. G. HeKendrick. S. Britton, Lindsay, Can. 



Applications for membership must be made to division pursers, accom- 

 panied by the recommendation of an active member and the. sum of §2.01) 

 for entrance fee and dues for current year (§1.00). Every member attending 

 the general A. C. A. camp shall pay $1.00 lor camp expenses. Application 

 sent to the Sec'y- Troas. will be forwarded by him to the proper Division. 



Persons residing In the Atlantic Division wishing to become members of 

 the a. C. A., will be furnished with printed forms of applicati on by address- 

 ing the Purser. 



WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Commodore-James Fanning Latham, Chicago, HI. 



Vlce-Commodore^l. R. Bartlett, Fremont, Ohio. 



Rear-Commodore— T. J. Kirkpatrick, Sprfaigfleia, Ohio, 



Secretary-Treasurer— Geo. A. Warder, Springfield, Ohio. 



Executive Committee— H. G. Hodge, Dayton, O.; G. F. Pennewell, Cleve- 

 land, O.; C. J. Bouslleld, Bay City, Mich. 



The annual meet (or 1888 will be held at Ballast Island, Lake Erie, July 7 

 to 23. Regatta begins Tuesday, July 10. 



FIXTURES. 



May. 



Juste. 



30-July 5, Passaic River Meet. 



30. Pittsburgh, Opening. 



10. New York, Annual. 

 9. Knickerbocker Annual. 



July. 



7-23. W. C. A. Meet, Ballast Is. — . Northern Div. Meet, Lake 

 — . Atlantic Div. Meet. Coucbiching. 



August. 

 10-24. A.C. A. Meet, Lake George 



PRIMITIVE BOATS OR CANOES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The "dugout" to which "Retaw" alludes as the progenitor of 

 the Canadian canoe and which I mentioned in my last letter to 

 you as being in use on the Trent chain of lakes, is not a primitive 

 dugout at all, but one made by a civilized man, with civilized 

 tools, who has had some previous knowledge of canoes or boats to 

 guide him. 



I do not think the dugout has been evolved from the raft. No 

 doubt the South American Balza. the Singalese out-rigged canoe, 

 the "flying Proa," the Madras "catamaran," etc., are all modified 

 rafts, but in that most primitive of all primitive dugouts, the 

 Andamese canoe, (wrongly described in Folkard's "Sailing Boat" 

 as a handsome, well modelled canoe), there is no evidence of the 

 savage islanders having used a raft before they hollowed out a 

 log into the shape of an exaggerated pig trough, and put to sea 

 in it. 



A writer in one of the magazines a year or two ago gave an 

 amusing imaginary sketch of the origin of the first boat. A sav- 

 age of advanced ideas is trying to balance himself on a log while 

 a fine old conservative wader is looking on, and jeering at his 

 efforts. "Yah! There you go, trying your new-fangled notions. 

 Why can't you be content with wading, as your fore-fathers did? 

 You'll never do anything wit h it, except get yourself laughed at." 

 By and bye, however, when the advanced savage has to got the 

 length of hollowing his log out, and converting his pushing pole 

 into a paddle, he has the laugh on his side, and the old conserva- 

 tive is obliged to admit there may be something in it after all. 

 (Something to this effect, I haven't the magazine by me, to 

 refer to.) 



The progressive steps by which the ship grew out of the dug- 

 out, I have fancied 1 could trace in some of the boats I have met 

 with on eastern waters. They are as follows: First, rudimentary 

 ribs and washboards, raise the. sides of the dugout and give it 

 more freeboard, as in the Burmese canoes. In the next step the 

 bottom of the boat only is hollowed out of the solid log, to this 

 ribs, stem and sternposts are nailed, the dugout forms, in fact, a 

 rudimentary keel and garboard strakes; the planks, which form 

 the siding, are continuous into the hollowed log, and are fastened 

 to the ribs. This mode of construction is seen in the Siamese 

 canoe. This latter is a very handsome little open canoe, by the 

 way, propelled by a double blade paddle 10 or lift, long, with long, 

 narrow and very flexible blades. Lastly, we have the boat of 

 civilized nations, in this the log, instead of being hollowed out to 

 mdke the canoe, forms the keel, on which the vessel is built up. 

 As the anatomist recognizes in some, rudimentary process of the 

 human skeleton an important bone of one of the lower animals, 

 so we see the dugout of the savage, in the keel of the ship. 



But the dugout is only one form of primitive boat, there is at 

 least one other class of primitive boats, which is quite distinct 

 from the dugout, and which appears to have been conceived 

 under different conditions. This is the "hide boat." Some indeed 

 suppose it to have been the primitive boat. 



"Of twisted osiers the first boats were made, 



O'er which the skins of slaughtered beasts were laid, 



With these the Britons on the ocean row, 



And the Venetians on the swelling Po." 



Following in an humble sort of way Mr. Phil Robinson's lead I 

 will try and imagine the origin of this boat. A savage hunter 

 having killed a deer, finds he has a deep and rapid river to cross; 

 an idea strikes him. "Buoy myself up with the intestines, of the 

 animal and get over in that way." Finding this not quite satis- 

 factory on mature consideration, he sews up the skin and inflates 

 it; this is a great improvement; it is not so perishable, and he can 

 more easily carry it about with him, so convenient does he find it 

 that his successors continue to cross and float down rivers with 

 its aid at the presentday. Inflated hides ("sarniss" or "somiiiees") 

 are still extensively used on some of the rivers of the north of 

 India. Then some Inventive genius hit on the plans of making a 

 wide framework of boughs, and stretching the skin over this. 

 Straightway he advertises on the periodical palm leaf of the 

 period, "Eureka!" "Great invention." "Only try it." "The last 

 new patent, nothing comes nigh it." "A sure preventive against 

 loss of lower limbs from alligators." The ancient British "coracle" 

 (corium, a skin), the Esquimau "kyak," the skin boats of Western 

 America, etc., are aU evolved probably from the same parent 

 stock, and I tnink the bark canoe of the North American Indian 

 may he included in the same category, bark being so much more 

 easily obtainable, having taken the place of the hide covering in 

 the same way that canvas has done in the Welsh "coracle" of 

 the present day. Our modern canoes are, I think, the offspring 

 of the hide hoat and have not been evolved from the dugout. 

 Portability, which the dugout does not possess, is the distinctive 

 feature of the hide boat, and so it should he of the canoe, that 

 which majnly distinguishes it from the skiff. C. M. Douglas. 



Lakefield, Ont., March 38. , 



A CHALLENGE FROM THE GR AC IE. -Editor Forest and 

 Stream: I will sail "Twinsharp" over the course of the M, S. C. 

 and agree to sail around his ducker six times during the race and 

 beat him over the finish line or pay his fare to Norristown and 

 back and also the freight both ways on his ducker. I will sail 

 the 12ft. skiff Gracie. 1 would suggest the date of April 21 at 

 1:30 P. M. The race to be under M. S. C. Rules.— E. A. Leopold 

 (Norristown, Pa.). 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP.— Eastern Division: Frederick T. 

 Mason, Norwich, Conn. Northern Division: .1. A. Priteherd and 

 S. Hushes, Lindsay, Out. Atlantic Division: Robert £. Molloy, 

 C. V. Schuyler, Stephen Rogers, Jr., W. H. Geib, I. V. Dorland, 

 Arlington, N. J. 



DEATH OF COM. WHI.TCHER.-Mr. W. F. Whitcher, of 

 Ottawa, whose obituary appears on another page, was commo- 

 dore of the Ottawa C. C. and a lifelong canoeist. 



ATLANTIC DIVISION MEET. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Dr. Kitchcl refers to me in his recommendation of Cheesequake 

 Creek as the site for the Atlantic Division meet, and says I know 

 all about it. He is right. I know Cheesequake better than I 

 know my catechism. For three years I have made Pop Apple- 

 gate's old inn— a quaint hostolry two centuries old— ray cruising 

 headquarters, and after trying the Knickerbocker clubhouse on 

 the Hudson, the New York clubhouse on Staten Island, Marma- 

 lade Lodge on the Kills, Perth Amboy and the Shrewsbury and 

 Rahway Rivers, I am satisfied that Cheesequake is the pleasant- 

 est cruising headquarters within easy reach of New York. For 

 a lazy cruiser like myself it is a paradise, because, no matter 

 which wav wind or tide are serving. I can always sail for a day 

 with ith' these elements in my favor. I can cruise up the Rari- 

 tan a.id bark, up Staten Island Sound and back, to the Narrows 

 and back, to Sandy Hook and back, or in any one of as many 

 directions as there are points to the compass, the course aU de- 

 pending on the direction of the wind and the state of the tide. 



I went down to Cheesequake yesterday as a representative of 

 the Atlantic Division. The Now York and Long Branch Railroad 

 (from foot of Liberty, Cortlandt or Desbrosses streets) runs along 

 the shore from South Amboy to the creek, distance two miles. 

 About midway betweon these two places there is a high wooded 

 bluff right on the shore, where a camp could be made. The rail- 

 road has been cut through this bluff, leaving enough space shore- 

 ward for twenty-five or more tents. A little dock would have to 

 be built out into the bay for fifty feet, as the bottom is soft when 

 the tide goes out. Another bluff two hundred yards to the east- 

 ward of the creek is about the same distance from the railroad. 

 It is partly wooded, and will accommodate one hundred tents. No 

 dock would be necessary here as the bottom is hard sand and 

 gravel, and there is ample beach in the highest tide to keep the 

 canoes out of the water under the face of the bluff. 



A sailing course of as many miles as desired can be had, and 

 there are few days in summer when there is not a sailing breeze. 

 The view from the bluffs is magnificent, taking in Sandy Hook, 

 the whole lower bay, Staten Island and the Raritan River. 



Pop Applegate can accommodate a few hotel canoeists if his 

 house, is not filled with summer boarders, as it frequently is. 

 There is a hotel hack of the second bluff mentioned above which 

 is now unoccupied, but it may be opened in the summer. Perth 

 Amboy, to which town I have sailed from Cheesequake in twenty 

 minutes, has three hotels and many boarding houses. Keyport, 

 about the same distance to the eastward, has two big hotels, one 

 of them— the Mansion— the best country house I ever put up at. 

 South Amboy has two hotels. 



Provisions can be obtained for camp at any of the above 

 places. Four trains each way on week days stop at Mor- 

 gan station, which is on the bank of the creek. 



I can obtain permission for the Division to camp on either side 

 by assuriug the owners of the land that the Division will behave 

 itself. I have a personal acquaintance with every man, woman, 

 child and dog in the country for miles around. All of 'em, dogs 

 and all, put their trust m me, and I in them. The natives are 

 fishermen, hunters, oystemien aud clammcrs, and they are honest. 

 I left my Barnegat cruiser in an open shed on the creek hank last 

 December with considerable cruising duffle in it, unlocked, and 

 when I opened the hatches yesterday not even a tin cup had been 

 touched. 



This site is a dav's cruise from the New York, Newark, Brook- 

 lyn and Red Bank clubs. The Knickerbocker and Passaic clubs can 

 make it in a day aud a half, and the Newburgs in two. The 

 Philadelphia canoeists can take the Camden and Amboy Rail- 

 road to within a mile of two or the camp. If the Washington 

 men wish to know something about the place they can ask F. H. 

 Moore ("Tonic") of the Potomac club, who came all the way 

 from Washington last November to spend two weeks with me 

 around old Cheesequake. 



The tide in the hay is not very strong, but the mosquitoes are 

 very robust. Seneca. 



Rahway, N. J., April 2. 



THE NEW A. C. A. CUPS. 



THE f oUowing letter wiU show that our correspondent "Paddle" 

 has not been idle, but has followed up his suggestions by 

 actual work, and in one club alone the sum of $03 has been raised; 

 which with Mr. Whitloc.k's subscription, makes a total of 867. 

 The A. C. A. will not undertake to receive the subscriptions, but 

 those wishing to subscribe can send the money to the Forest 

 and Stream, stating, of course, the purpose for which it is in- 

 tended. As soon as the requisite amount has been raised Com. 

 Gibson will be requested to appoint a committee to select designs 

 and purchase the cups. With the example of the Springfield C.C, 

 before them other clubs should soon make up the required 

 amount: 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Some weeks ago I suggested in your columns that possibly a 

 solution of the cruiser versus racer problem might be found in 

 the offering of suitable and valuable prizes for other than purely 

 sailing races. Mv suggestion was that two cups of same value, 

 (sav $100 each) and appropriate design and finish, be purchased 

 hy popular subscription, to become perpetual challenge trophies 



to be offered for the combination races, as the one most likely to 

 bring the true cruiser to the front. Two of your correspondents 

 were pleased to comment favorably on the scheme, but no one 

 has made a move toward raising the necessary funds, go the Cii>pia 

 are as yet in embryo. Now, as a tangible proof that we are pre- 

 pared to back our words with the necessary lucre, I send you a 

 list of Springfield C. 0. men who have each pledged the following 

 amounts: H. E. Rice 85,. C^M. Shedd $5, F. p. FooteS5, E. II. 



Walker $3, W. C. Marsh $3, F. L. Safferd'^2; total, $02. 



If some public-spirited canoeist in each club will start out with 

 a list, the necessary funds will soon be raised, and we can turn 

 the amount over to the present regatta committee, or, better yet 

 (as the present regatta committee seems to be busy enough with 

 already heave burdens) petitiou Com. Gibson to appoint a special 

 committee to purchase, and assume charge of the cups until the 

 next meet, , _ . 



Now let us hear from the men who have been doing so much 

 missionarv work for the cruiser, and trying t o make a racer of 

 him. Let' Diem send their dollars instead ot tneir two-column 

 contributions finding fault with the existing state of things, and 

 with rules and regulations with which a very large majority of 

 us are well pleased. 



If Springfield can raise £03, the necessary SfSOO or $300 ought not 

 to be long in coming, and for that amount two very large and 

 handsome cups of oxidized copper can be provided. Paddle. 



PL'RITAN C. C— Boston, April 2.— Editor Forest and Stream: 

 A meeting of Boston canoeists was held one evening in January, 

 and they organized a club under the title of the Puritan C. C, for 

 which excellent quarters have been secured at City Point. The 

 club is duly incorporated under the statutes of Massachusetts, 

 and has obtained a five years' lease from the Boston Y. C. of the 

 commodious buildings, wharves, lockers and other property 

 (formerly used by the Pierce brothers, yacht builders, on Sixth 

 street) adjoining the Boston Y. C, thus acquiring ample accom- 

 modations and an incomparably beautiful water site. The object 

 of the club, as set forth m the certificate of incorporation, is "to 

 unite amateur canoeists for the encouragement of athletics for 

 the purposes of pleasure, health or exploration, by means of 

 meetings tor business, camping, paddling, sailing and racing, 

 and by keeping logs of voyages, records of waterways and routes, 

 details, drawings and dimensions of boats, and collections of 

 maps, charts and hooks." The club starts under very favorable 

 auspices, already numbering over twenty members, who are busy 

 planning pleasant cruises for the coming summer. The following 

 is a list ot" officers: Com., Francis J. Baxter; Vice-Com., Chas. F. 

 Hodge; Rear-Com., Lothrop Hedge; Sec'y., Hubert HuntiBgton; 

 Treas,, Francis B. Wheaton. These officers, with Samuel A. 

 Brown and Joseph E. Hill, constitute the board of directors. John 

 R. Robertson is measurer.— Hubert Huntington, Sec'y, 5 St. 

 ames av enue, Boston. 



A Dreraa Car Line to the Pacific Coast.— The completion of the all rail 



West, whether a lover of the rod or gun, naturally seeks this road, pene- 

 trating as It does the lake park region ot Minnesota, and running through 

 the valleys of such trout streams as the Yellowstone, Gallatin, Hell Gate, 

 Clark's Fork, Spokane, Yakima and Green Rivers, for a distance of fully 

 j s')0 miles, as well as lying immediately contiguous to the finest 

 grounds in the United States, viz., The Big Horn, Snowy, Belt, Bitter Boot, 

 Coeur D'AJene and Cascade Mountains. Information in regard totals 

 region can be obtained by addressing Charles S. Fee, General Passenger 

 and Ticket Agent, N. P. R. R., St. Paul, Minn,— Adv. 



