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FOREST AND STREAM 



[April 19, 1888. 



Montreal Gun Club to shoot a match at 20 Peoria blackbirds, 5 

 men on each side, the scores to be ascertained by telegraph. The 

 following compose the Toronto team: A. Wyness, &. Briggs, E. 

 W. Sandys, D. Blea and John Townson. 



WORCESTER, Mass., April 11.— The Worcester Sportsmen's 

 Club went down to Coal Mine Brook Range vesterday. The occa- 

 sion was the first in the series of classification shoots. For position 

 Bis strings of five birds. Clay-pigeons (CP.) and blue rocks (B.R.) 

 were shot from screen traps, and for the class score clay-pigeons. 

 The work of each man was as follows: 

 Classification. 

 CP. B.R. CP. B.R. CP. B.R. A. 



HW Eager 5 4 4 5 4 4-26 10 



ARBowdish 4 3 4 4 3 5-23 10 



EF Smith 4 5 5 5 4 4-27 9 



W L Da vis 4 5 4 4 4 4—25 9 



GN Wheeler 5 5 5 4 5 5 -29 8 



GJRugg 5 3 5 4 5 5-22 7 



E P Whittaker 3 3 4 4 5 3- 22 6 



A B Franklin " 1 5 5 2 5 3-20 5 



E F Swan 3 5 3 1 3 5-20 5 



G W Russell 5 4 8 3 5 5-25 w. 



Geo Sampson 4 5 5 2 4 5—25 w. 



CRBOlahin 3 3 4 2 4 5-21 w. 



B. 



M 1) Gilman 4 5 2 3 3 1—18 9 



J B Torgus 3 4 3 2 3 3—18 7 



Dr Frank 1 2 2 2 3 4-14 6 



CS Morse 1 11 0-34 



GS Davis I 1— 2 4 



CCrompton 1 2 2 2 2 1—10 4 



F Stone 3 3 3 2 1-12 3 



V D Kennison 5 2 3 3 4 2—19 3 



H Colvin 1 4 3 4 4 3-19 3 



GCrompton 1 2 0— S 2 



LSKiiourn 2 3 3 2 5 5—19 1 



LB Hudson 1 2 2 1 w. 



BROOKLYN, April 11 —One of the best shoots of the season 

 took plac e to-day at Dorler's Park. Jamaica Plank Road. Twenty- 

 one members of the Unknown Gun Club competed for the club's 

 championship badge, which was won by M. Brown, who killed 7 

 birds straight. H. Cahill and H. Knebel, Jr.. killed 6 each and 

 divided second money. Eleven killed 5 each, and on shooting off 

 the ties J. Horsman won third, killing all his birds. C. Plate and 

 E. Vroome tied at the last shoot lor second prize, each killing 10 

 birds, and to-day they shot at 4 birds, Plate winning with 3 killed. 

 In the match between H G'lman and C. Hopkins the former won 

 by one bird on skootiug off the tic, the latter missing his first bird 

 on the shoot off: 



J Horsman (25) 1101110-5 1-1 Paulsen (25) 0111101—5 



M Brown (20) 111111 1-7 J Jumbo, Jr (25) 11 10011-5 



J Boyle (21) 1000101— 3 E Vroome (28) 1111100—5 



J Ranken (23) 0011010-3 H Kold (21) 1000110-3 



W Skidmore (25) 1101101-5 J Rathjen (28) 1010100—3 



C Plate m 1110000-3 H Gilman (23) 0011111-5 



H Von Stader (28) 0011111-5 C Hopkins (25) 1111001-5 



J Bohling (25) 1110100-4 H Knehel, Jr (25) 11111' 1-6 



H Behrman (22) 1011110-5 H Knebel, Sr (25) 1011011-5 



H Cahill (23) 1111101 — fi J Schroeder (25) 1011011-5 



C Ring (21) 1001 00-3 



In a sweepstakes that followed thirteen entered, miss and out. 

 At the end of the second round C Plate, C Hopkins, H. Knebel, 

 Sr., and H. Von Stader were even with 4 each, but on account of 

 the scarcity of birds did not shoot off and divided the stakes. The 

 management of the Unknown Gun Club, not to be outdone by 

 their rival shooting organizations, had a band of music playing 

 during the afternoon, and a substantial collation was provided 

 after the shooting. The referee was Mr. R. N. Still well and the 

 scorer Mr. J. Boyle. 



SAN FRANCISCO, April 4.— The perfection of weather greeted 

 the California Wing Shooting Club on the occasion of their 

 second shoot at San Bruno to-day. There was just sufficient 

 breeze to blow away the smoke and allow the shooters to use their 

 second barrels with great effect . The birds were a very tine lot, 

 being specially strong in the wing, consequently a great many of 

 them died out of bounds. In the "club shoot" some very fine 

 scores where make. The following is the complete score: 



James 11 U010111.il- <-) Slade 011011010011— 7 



Sprague 001111101011— 8 W. D j Vaull 111100111111-10 



Coffin 1111 11111111-12 Brown 10111 1111111-11 



Haas 0111011 1110- 9 Parker 100100001111— 6 



Ford 111110011101— 9 Johnson 011110001111— 8 



Meily 1U11110H11— 11 Randall I'iOlllllOOOO— 6 



Foster 111010C011 0- 6 Jones 0100111111CO— 7 



After the shoot for the club medals, a six bird match was in 

 order. Fifteen men put in $2.50 apiece, and Messrs. Randall, 

 Ford aud Smith divided the pool, each winner killing his lull 

 complement in fine style. Both matches were shot under Hur- 

 lingham rules, 80 yards boundary, those using a 10-borejgun firing 

 at 2S yai'ds, and 12 bore at 30 yards. 



JERSEY VILLE, 111., April 1C— At the regular weekly shoot for 

 the clay bird medal, the following scores were made. Owing to 

 the strong wind the scores were not extra good: 



Twentv Ligowskv rlav-pigeons. 18vds., 3 trap?i: 



HutehisnnlimnoiiillirimilO— 1G Smith 01011111011111110011—15 



Skellv ... Uioi 110011111010111— 15 Burleigh.. 10001010011011110010-10 

 "D.-..u'gl iis"H II 110011 11110111101-15 Chappell.. 01011111190011101101— 13 

 Beatty. . . .01101011010111100111—13 



Trial at slandard targets, as follows: 



Hutchison OlOlllllll-S Chappell 11111-5 



"Douglas" 1101111011-8 Beatty 01010-2 



Smith O1O01UO01— 5 Burleigh 001011—3 



Skelly 01010-2 



At 10 standards: 



Beatty 011101 H 100-5 "Douglas" 0101001010—4 



Hutchison 0110111111-8 Kellar 10011 lirmO— 5 



C h ap pell 0100100101—5 Rogers 00000000 11—2 



Smith 1111100011—7 



A1 5 standards: 



Beatty 11101—4 "Douglas" 10101—3 



Smith 11111-5 Chappell 11111—5 



Rogers 01001—3 Kellar 11100—3 



Hutchison 11111-5 



Hutchison first, Beatty second. 



The new standard targets gave good satisfaction and proved to 

 be excellent breakers when hit, breaking all to pieces.— Hammer- 

 less. 



WELLINGTON, Mass.. April 14.— Lovers of the shotgun rallied 

 in full force to-day, and passed over five hours in bieaking the 

 birds. In the merchandise, march the following shooters scored 

 points: Bond, 18; Schaefer, Scott and Stanton, 16: Chace, Stone 

 and Baxter, 15; Brown and Nichols, 14; Edwards, Bill, Chnnin and 

 Hammond, 13; Phelps, Hart, Moore, Swift and Melcher, 12; 

 Conant 11, Snow 10. The Grimes prise was taken by Chase. 

 The wiuners in other events follow: Six bluerocks, Scott; 6 

 pigeons, Stanton and Schaefer; 6 bluerocks, Scott; 6 pigeons, Bond, 

 Melcher and Schaefer; (i bluerocks, Ohapin and Bradstreet; 6 

 pigeons, Baxter; 6 bluerocks, Scott and Phelps: 10 bluerocks. 

 Bond; 10 pigeons, Schaefer, Stone and Baxter; 6 bluerocks, Scott; 

 S pigeons, Stanton, Brown and Snow; 6 bluerocks, Stauton and 

 Schaefer. The Wellington Gun Club will hold a tournament on 

 its grounds on April IS, at which time the linal contest for the 

 Climax Diamond Badge, held by J. fe\ C Swift, \will take place. 

 Shooting will begin at 9 o'clock A. M. There are three Shooters 

 who each have won the badge twice, and if one of the three should 

 win it on the 18th, it. will then become his properly. The gentle- 

 men who have won it twice each are H. G. VVheeler,T..f .Beaudxey 

 and H. W. Eager. All sweepst ake matches will be shot under the 

 rules of the Massachusetts State Scooting Association, being 

 divided into three classes. 



CLEVELAND, April 11.— Tho Kirtland cup contest is over, and 

 the. veteian clay-pigeon shot, C. M. Roof, carried away the Davis 

 prize wit n a score of 31 out of 40. The shoot l ook place on the 

 Kirtland Range. The shooting contest was open to members of 

 the Kirtland Gun Club only, yet a large percentage of tho mem- 

 bership of that club entered into competition for the prize. A few 

 months ago Mr. Davis, an ex-member of the club, now residing in 

 Chicago, visited the range and offered a silver cup to the member 

 breaking the most birds in a contest open to th3 Kirttands. His 

 gent rous offer was accepted, and to-day was set apart for tne 

 trial. Fully fifty elay-pmeon shots took part in the club content 

 and in the sweepstake events, which were also held. Twenty-sis 

 members entered the contest, shooting at 40 blue rocks from 5 

 traps at di ITerent, distances. A committee had charge of the con- 

 test and arranged the distances at which each markiniau was to 

 shoot. The committee took into consideration the previous scores 

 of some of the contestants and their exnei irnee in trap and trigger 

 shoots, and moved some of them back 5yds. further from the trap 

 than some of the less experienced marksmen. One or two con- 

 testants intimated that they were somewhat handicapped by the 

 distance they were lequived to shoot with light guns. The match 

 was to have, been for the highest score in 50 singles, but approach- 

 ing darkness induced the contestant, to close the contest at 40. 

 Four sweepstakes followed. 



BOSTON— April 11. The Boston Gun Club held another shoot 

 to-day. The principal event was the handicap contest for the 

 amateur championship gold badge for 100 clays. Many of the 

 best shooters in New England tried their luck. Mr. H. A. Bax- 

 ter of Jamaica Plain, was the successful man at 17yds. distance, 

 with a score of 79 birds, closely followed by Bond at 21yds., and 

 Hutchinson, 15yds., with 77 birds each. Lang, 19yds., was third, 

 with 75; Conuell, 18yds., fourth, with 74, and 1 ^erry, 20yds., fifth, 

 with 72. The rest of the entries were in the following order: 

 Kirkwood sixth, Nichols seventh, Shepard eighth, Chase ninth, 

 Rogers tenth, "VVurms and Ilorton eleventh, Buck, Payson and 

 Pierce twelf th, and Grew thirteenth. At the conclusion of the 

 match, Mr. D. Kirkwood, secretary of the Boston Gun Club, de- 

 livered a speech, and handed Mr. Baxter the gold badge repre- 

 senting the amateur championship at 100 clays. Mr. Baxter re- 

 sponded in a pleasant manner. 



Several "sweeps" were then shot, resulting as follows: 1, five 

 clays, Grew first. 2, seven Peorias, Rogers, Wurms and Kirkwood 

 first. 3, seven clays. Bond first. 4, seven |J eorias, Nichols first. 

 5, five clays, Wurms first. 6, seven Peorias, Wurms first. 7, seven 

 clays, Kirkwood first. 8, seven Peorias, Wurms and Chase first, 

 9, five straight Peorias, Chace first. 



The shoot was in every way a success, and on April 25, a similar 

 match and badge for the championship at 100 Peorias will be shot 

 for on the grounds at Wellington. 



SAN DIEGO, Cal. April 1.— A large number visited the San 

 Diego Guu Club grounds to-day to witness the bird-shooting 

 match between W. A. Hamilton and Wi'liam Francis, both local 

 shots. The match was for ?25 a side, 100 blue rocks. The men 

 were troubled some by the stiff wind that blew in off the bay, but 

 in spite of that fact some splendid work was done. Hamilton 

 breaking 94 out of 100 targets, and breaking the first 3.2 blue rocks 

 out of the trap. Francis made two runs of 13 each. Hamilton's 

 run of 83 was followed up by one of 22. W. C. Hinman aud M. 

 Chick acted as judges, and J. K. Hamilton was referee. 



SAN FRANCISCO, April 7. -The Blue-rock Gun Club held its 

 monthly meeting for the season to-day at Birds Point, Alameda. 

 The traps were in good working order and threw the birds satis- 

 factorily, but occasionally a gust of wind would catch the hirds 



Sibwerin 13, Melia 3, Leviston 2, Tubbs 7, Dewing 4, Adams 8, 

 Hawks 7, Fox 9, Melvin 3, Gould 10, Abbott 7. 



The following prizes have been offered by the club for the best 

 aggregate score of the season: First, geld watch charm medal, 

 presented by the club; second, Winchester repeating rifle, by the 

 club; third, split bamboo fishing-rod; fourth, dogskin water- 

 proof hunting coat; fifth, Victoria leather gun cover; sixth, por- 

 trait "California Belle and nuppies"; seventh, pair of leather 

 hunting boots; eighth, fine silk umbrella; ninth, sole leather car- 

 tridge case; tenth, 250 Standard shotgun cartridges. 



AUBURN, N. Y., April 16.— The thirtieth annual tournament of 

 the New York State Association will be held here on the week 

 beginning with May 28. The association will convene at the 

 Osborne House Monday eveniug, May 28, at 8 o'clock. All dele- 

 gates are requested to be present. The first contest of the tourna- 

 ment will commence Tuesday morning at 9 A. M. sharp. The 

 prizes, both merchandise, and cash, will be by far the largest ever 

 given at any tournament in this State, and the entrance tees the 

 lowest. The new mode of classifying the contestants will give 

 the beginner an equal chance with the older shots, inasmuch as 

 he will only shoot against men of his own class. All clubs desir- 

 ing programmes of the tournament will please notify Charles E. 

 Kerr, Secretary Auburn Gun Club, and they will be mailed to 

 their address free of charge. 



HOOSICK FALLS GUN CLUB.-Hoosick Falls, N. Y., April 11. 

 —At a recent meeting of the Hoosick Falls Gun Club the follow- 

 ing officers were elected: Pres., Chas. H. Palmer; Sec'y, C. A. 

 Johnston; Treas., Wilmer J. King. 



THE ILLINOIS TOURNAMENT.— The Central Illinois Sports- 

 man's Association will hold its tenth annual tournament, open to 

 the State, at Sportsman's Park, Jersey ville, July 24, 25, 26 and 27. 

 The officers for the year are as follows, and^they promise to make 

 this the biggest tournament of the season: C. W. Parent, Presi- 

 dent, Jerse>viU>. HI; Dr. Chas. Henry Vice-President, Jackson- 

 ville, 111.; John Fox. Treasurer, Jerseyville, 111.; Directors— C. M. 

 Powers, Decatur, 111.; L. E. Brown. Delavan, 111.; I. W. Budd, 

 Crescent City, 111.; L. S. Carter, Hammond, 111.: W. C. Smith, Mt. 

 Zion, 111.; James Perrings, Jerseyville, 111.; Executive, Committee 

 — L. S. Hansell, Geo. Beatty, G. R. Smith, H. L. Stoeckel, Al.Tack, 

 Jerseyville, 111.— Cam R. Hutchison, Sec'y, Jerseyville, 111. 



April 12. — Only twelve members entered the contest this after- 

 noon for the Cle'veland Gun Club badge on the club range, yet a 

 lively interest was manifested both in the competition and also 

 in the team shoot which followed. According to the rules, the 

 winner has the privilege of keeping it in his possession until the 

 next shoot comes off, or until he shoots and loses in a badge con- 

 test. W. Roberts, who has before won the badge, was again a 

 winner, he having defeated F. H. Walls in shooting off the tie. 

 The conditions wore fifteen singles ami five pairs of clay birds at 

 eighteen varus rise. The scores follow: 



F Chambers 111111011110011-12 01 00 01 11 00- 4—16 



K D Bishop' ••• 1C01111 11011111-12 00 11 10 01 10— 5-17 



W Roberts 111111111101111-14 11 11 11 10 11- 9-23 



J Moser C110' 0000011 101— 7 10 00 11 10 10- 5—12 



O F Wheal 111101101011111—12 11 10 10 10 11— 7—19 



L O Jones OOOOiuimillOO- 8 11 00 11 10 10- 5-13 



F H Walls 111100111111111-13 11 11 11 11 11-10—23 



J .1 White.. 111110111110111-13 00 10 11 00 00- 3— !6 



W Tamblym HOIOllOlOOOlU— 13 00 10 11 00 00— 3—10 



M F Selsby 111100011111010-10 11 10 01 11 11— 8—18 



W A Bassett 111101111110101-12 10 01 10 01 10— 5-17 



Following the badge shoot, F. H. Walls aud W. Roberts, who 

 stood the highest in the badge shoot, divided the members and 

 conducted a team shoot, five singles and five pairs, which result- 

 ed in favor of the former's side, 56 to 49. 



HOOSICK FALLS. New York, April 14.— First match of the 

 Hoosick Fulls Guu Club in a series of ten. Match shot in a driz- 

 zling raiu. Bats and pigeons, 5 of each from trap. 18vds. rise: 



Chas Palmer 00110 11000-4 L Willis .01010 001(10— 3 



Wm Mills 01000 10101— 4 Henry Lovell 00103 Oh '00— 2 



GtoHagan 00110 00000 - 2 C A Johnston HU1 11111—10 



ST. LOUIS, April 8.— At the Compton Hill Gun Club's grounds 

 to-day several sweepstake shoots were contested with the follow- 

 ing result: First shoot, 10 clay-pigeons, 18yds. rise— Weaser won 

 first and Moser second money. Second shoot, same conditions — 

 Christopher first, Weaser second. Third shoot, 10 Peoria black- 

 birds, lSyds. rise— Moser first, Weaser socond. 



WASHINGTON, D. C, April 13.-The Capital City Guu Club, 

 bluerocks, 5 traps, N. G. A. rules. Team shoot at 50 singles per 

 man: 



Green (16) 11111001 1 1110111 11001001 1 1110001 H1 100101110111110-35 



Mills (16) 11110111111111100110111101011111011111011110111101-41 



Hunter (10) OllimillllllltXllOHllllOllOOlllOllllllllllllilll-W 



Cuimiiigham(l3).llllli0111111001101110001i01110011111l01101H010a-o5 



77 



ABILFNE, Kan., April 12. —This afternoon at 1 o'clock, at the 

 grounds of the Abilene gun club, occurred the much talked of 

 match between Captain A. H. Bogardus, and W. S. Irwin, the 

 champion wing shot of Kansas. The weather was bright aud 

 clear, and an immense crowd of spectators, including a large per- 

 centage of prominent sportsmen, was in attendance and all tho 

 conditions were favorable for an exciting contest— just what the 

 match proved to be. The match was for $200 a side, 100 Ji ve birds 

 for each man, and at thirty yards rise, use of both barrels, Eug- 

 lish rules to govern. When 50 birds had beeu shot at Irwin led 

 by 7 birds, but, before 60 had beeu reached he had missed 5 straight, 

 the score standing at 60: Irwin 49; Bogardus, 47. From that on 

 until the finish the contest was close and very exciting. The 78th 

 bird Irwin missed and Bogardus killed, tieiug the score which 

 stood 03 birds each. Irwin then steadied down, killing 12 straight, 

 while Bogardus lost 2, the score standing at 90 birds: Irwin, 75; 

 Bogardus 73. In the last 10 Irwin and Bogardus each missed 

 t heir fust; then hotn killed; Irwiu missed the next and Bogardus 

 scored, making the score (0 and 75. The next two birds were 

 killed, and the next missed, and on the 100th bird Irwin missed 

 and Bogardus killed, and the match was announced a tie, each 

 contestant having killed 80 birds. 



HJymiaring. 



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



Canvas Canoes and how to Build Them. By Parker B. Field. 

 Price 5v cents. Canoe and Boat Building. By IF. P. Stephens. 

 Price $1.50. The Canoe Aurora. By C. A. Neidi. Price $1. Canoe 

 Handling. By C. B. Vaux. Price $1. Canoe and Camera. By T. 

 S. Steele. Price 1.50. Four Months in a Snealibox. By N. H. Bishop. 

 Price $1.50. Canoe and Camp Cookery. By "Seneca." Price $1. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Fohest 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. 



Officers, 1887-88. 



Commodore: R. W. tirasox > aiv,ot,„ w v 



Secretary-Treasurer: P, L. Mix. J ^ Dan y- «• * 



Vice-Corn. Rear-Corn. Purser. 



Central Div..R. W. Bailey W. R. Huntington J. E. Bakewell, 



111) Diamond Sc., Pittsburgh. 

 Atlantic Dlv.Henrv Stanton.. .A. S. Pennington. KW. Brown. 1-16 B* way, N.Y. 



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



N'thernDiv. .A. D. T. McGaehen. W. G. JIcKendrick. S. Button, Lindsay, Can. 



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

 panied by the recommendation of an active member and the sum of $3.00 

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

 the general A. C. A. camp shall pay S1.00 for camp expcnsi s. Application 

 sent to the Sec'y- Treas. will be forwarded by him to the pi oner Division. 



Persons residing in the Atlantic Division wishing to become members of 

 the A. C. A., will be furnished with printed forms of application by address- 

 ing the Purser. 



WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Commodore— James Fanning Latham, Chicago, 111. 



Vice-Commodore— J. R. Bartlett, Fremont, Ohio. 



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



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



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

 land, O.; C. J. Bousfleld, Bay City, Ni-h 



The annual meet for 1S8S will be held at Ballast island, Lake Erie, July 7 

 to 23. Regatta begius Tuesday, July 10. 



FIXTURES. 



May. 



24. Toronto, Cruise, Mimico. 30. Pittsburgh, Opening. 

 June. 



9. Knickerbocker Annual. 23. Brooklyn, Annual, 



16. New York, Annual. 30-July 5. PassaicRivcr Meet. 



Judy. 



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

 — . Atlantic Div. Meet. Couchiching. 



August. 

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



A NEW CANOE SAIL. 



Every person who is sufficiently interested in the National 

 Park to do his share toward securing protection for it, is i«- 

 vited to send for one of the FOREST and Stream's petition 

 blanks. They are sent free. 



THE advantages of the old-fashioned leg-o'-muttou sail in the 

 important points of light weight aloft and simplicity of rig, 

 were so apparent that it is not surprising to find that while 

 models and rigs were at first imported from England, the lug and 

 ttunter sails were soon discarded in America for the less compli- 

 cated leg-o'-muttou, which, about ten years siuce, was the sail in 

 general use here by canoeists. Both the lug and guuter required 

 some care fn ringing and more blocks and gear, but the plain 

 triangular sail of the sharpie was easily made, after a fashion, 

 and rigged to match, by any tyro. Up to IS7o t his sail was used on 

 almost all canoes in the United States, but as racing became 

 more popular I he lug was introduced and scon drove it out. The 

 faults of the leg-o'-mutton sail were that the mast mu't be very- 

 long in order to obtain the area, and the sail was difficult to hoist 

 and lower owing to the number of mast rings required, making it 

 a slow and uncertain matter to reef or shake out. A mast of 14 

 to 15ft., such as was necessary for a 65ft. sail, was a very trouble- 

 some stick in a narrow boat, even if of bamboo. Naturally the 

 idea of cutting this stick In two had suggested itself, leading to 

 the sliding gunter rig, but a mechanical difficulty was mot that 

 caused the gunter sail to be abandoned by all. It was found to 

 be impossible to rig a gear of any sort that would slide on the 

 lower mast aud carry the topmast without either binding and 

 jamming fast, or on the other hand, being so loose when hoisted 

 as to allow the topmast to wobble to an unbearable degree. Brass 

 slides of various forms were tried, as well as other devices, but 

 besides the weight aloft, they never could be relied on to hoist and 

 lower quickly, while they permitted a great amount of play in 

 the topmast. 



The sail here shown whs designed last year by Mr. C. J. Stevens, 

 New York C. C, for the canoe Tramp, but the sail plan shown is 

 adapted to the canoe Guenn, whose lines and fittings have lately 

 appeared in our columns Curiously enough this new sail, a com- 

 bination of the leg-o'-mutton and sliding gunter, was evolved 

 directly from the balance lug. The first steo was to sling the 

 ordinary round-headed balance lug sail abaft the mast, of course 

 retaining the peak, the yard being very much rounded, as shown 

 in the sail plan of the Forest ani> Stream cruiser. This made 

 a very good sail, but it was evident that the peak, falling more or 

 less to leeward and out of the plane of the masts, was a decided 

 disadvantage in so narrow a boat on the score of stability, what- 

 ever advantage it might possess to windward over a. jib headed 

 sa'l. The next step then was to cut away entirely the angle 

 between luff and head, the throat of the sail, substituting a moder- 

 ate curve to the upper part, 



The most serious difficulty was the hoistiug and holding in place 

 of the yard, now transformed into a sort of topmast, but after a 

 number of trials a method was devised that is at once effective 

 and ingenious. The object sought was to bind both mast and yard 

 so firmly together that they became for the time a single stick, 

 avoiding the play of the gunter, as well as the weak construction 

 due to the short gunter brass with its direct strain on the mast 

 head. The details of the present plan are shown in the smaller 

 drawing. On the mast two cheek blocks are securely lashed, 

 leading fore aud aft. On the yard are two similar blocks, also 

 leading fore and aft. The halliard is double; a knot is first tied 

 in the center, then the two ends are rove, one throueh each of the 

 blocks on yard and then through corresponding block on mast, 

 the bight of the line with the Knot c being around tho fore side of 

 mast. It is evident that a pull on the two parts of the halliard 

 will jam the spar firmly against the mast, practically making one 

 spar of the two, as ea?h braces the other. The size of each is so 

 proportioned that the stiength of tiiA 2iu. mast is retained 

 all the way to the mast head, the yard growing larger as the 

 mast grows smaller. Tho halliard was first used without the 

 knot c, but it was found that in hoisting tho bight was held 

 close to the mast, thus jamming at times. The knot was then 

 tied in so that the halliard could not unreeve through either 

 block; and now in hoisting the strain is taken only on one hal- 

 liard until the yard is fairly in place, then both halliards are set 

 taut and belayed. The canoeist takes both halliards in hand, 

 lea\ ing one with some (Sin. slack, then hoists away, the yard rising 

 easily, as the bight is entirely loose around the mast. When well 

 up, a pull on both halliards a, a, sets all snug. The result is the 

 same when set at the masthead for full sail, or lower for a reef. 

 The boom and battens are fitted with jaws of the size and shape 

 shown in the smaller cut. which represents the full size of the 

 pattern, the casting being a little smaller when finished. The 

 battens are round in section, a ad each is ferruled with brass, the 

 jaw then being driven in. To hold the jaw to the mast a hollow 

 brass curtain ring is used, lashed to the batten just on top of the 

 jaw. This allows the boom or batten to be folded clos.; up against 

 the mast in stowing. The fourth batten may not be needed" if the 

 sail is properly cut; in any ca-e it Ins no jaw, but is merely 

 slipped into a pocket. The halliards. A, A, lead from the mast- 

 head to blocks at deck on each side of the mast, thence to a cleat 

 near the well. They may be led through a double block near the 

 stem, thus acting as a forestay, provided the mast is not too far 

 forward, but the present, practice is to place the mast trom 9 to 

 12in. from stem, in some cases still closer. A tack line is used to 

 hold the boom down, being led through a block at deck abaft the 

 mast. The toppinglift is made fast to an eye at masthead, lead- 

 ; tig down each side of the sail, and spliced together just below the 



