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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 26, 1888. 



EMERALD GUN CLUB, of New York city, regular shoot at 

 Seaview Park, New Drop, Staten Island. April 18, Eight live 

 birds, 5 ground traps, 21, 25 and 30yds. rise, EOyds. bounds, Emerald 

 fiun Club rules, three tcold medals: 



Wm Glaceum (30) .... Ill 11111-8 J H Vass (SO) 11110101- 6 



Geo Remsen (30) 00111011—5 P Butz (30) 01101001—4 



Dr Hudson C O) 11111101-7 N Measel (30) 10111001-5 



L G-eheriug (30) 11010111-0 T P MacK enua (25) . . . .01 1 J 101 1-0 



J White (30)' . . . .011 101(H)- 1 Dr Vandegrift (21). ... 01100111 - 5 



Thomas Coder (30).... 1011 1010-5 J Bade (25) 1H01011— C 



Martin Cherry (21). . . .11 111010-0 M W Murphy (25) 10101111—0 



John Measel (30) 00111101-5 S McMahon (25) 01011111-0 



J Sidlcv (25) 11110001-5 Austin McHale (21) . .01111010—5 



HRubi"no(25) 01100101—4 M McMuiin (30) 11111100—6 



R Regan (25). 11101100-5 



Wm. Glaceum wins first prize, a gold medai: killed 8 birds 

 straight. Miss and out, second barrel V> bird, for second, also a 

 gold medal at 25yds., was won by S. P. MacKenna. Martin Cherry 

 wins third prize. 



W1NCHENDON, Mass., April 19— The Winchondon Gun Club 

 began yesterday afternoon its regular weekly meet. Each man 

 had a possible score of 10 birds, the work in detail was as fol- 

 lows: 



J G Henry 1101101011—7 P S Davis 1110011100-0 



H J Lawrence OOlllOUll-7 A D Lawrence 0111000)10-5 



F F HopKOOd 11 1 0111001-7 E M Whitney 1000101001-4 



TOPSHAM, Me., April 23. -The annual shoot of the Riverside 

 Shooting Club, of this place, was held on the Pair Grounds Fast 

 Day, April 10. and although the weather was all that could be 

 desired, the attendance was small compared to what it usually 

 is. The match was at 25 single clays and blue rocks, 18yds., for 

 3 club badges, and was very much enjoyed by those who partici- 

 pated: 



A Q Good 1111001100111111001101111—138 



C H Winslow 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 101 1 o 1 oo i o 1 1 Kii noi - 17 



M C Hall _ 11111 10101 111 1 11100] ] 00 M-10 



s stout ftionimwnr.ioi loioi iiiit-u 



G E Keen 11 11 1 01 01 1 1 0011001QW0101-15 



A E Hall 0101101101111010.111 101101-17 



Ties on 17: C. H. Wiuslow 10101-3, A. E. Hall 00100-1. -Cuas. 

 Govd, Sec'y. 



CARO, Mich,, April 13.— Gun club shoot at 10 Peoria. blackbirds, 

 18yds. rise: 



F H Baillie O0111HO1O-0 B F Nettleton 0011010011-5 



B F Harris 0110111110-7 J R Mason iOOOHHll-7 



N Lester 1100100011-5 D Cooper UllllOlii— 9 



SOLOMON CITY. Kan., April 17.— Independent Gun Club at 

 blue rocks, 21yds. rise. Very blustering day, and every break 

 well earned: 



C H Smith 111111010010110-10 Jno Kraeuchi. 00001101 1010011— 7 



E E Crooks. . ..001100001111100- 7 M Robecker. . .0111010.0010000- 6 

 T J Edworthy. 100011 HOOnOlO- 8 



The tie shot off by Crooks and Kraeuchi, mis3 and out, Kraeuchi 

 won. 



SAN FKANCISCO, April 15,— To-day came as near being per- 

 fect, from a sporting standpoint, as any they had yet encountered 

 at Alameda Point. The attendance of the Lincoln Gun Club 

 was unusually large, and although the majority of the scores 

 were by no means wonderful, still the marksmen took the matter 

 good-naturedly and attributed their lack of success to the fact 

 that the season was now at its beginning and consequently they 

 were not thoroughly "brokeu in." The clay pigeons worked to 

 the satisfaction of all. The match of the first class began shortly 

 after 10 o'clock, lit teen members on the score. The shooting was 

 rather commonplace, but Rudolph Wenzel captured the hand- 

 some club trophy for the season of 18S8 with a score of twelve 

 kills to Ins credit. 



C. Gate 111110100101110-10 Parks OOOir'OOOO0 11011— 5 



Ford OOlllOlOOltOlll— 8 Campbell UOOOlUOllilOOl— 8 



Wenzel 111101100111111—12 Scovern 111101110010000— 8 



Venker 000101110111111-10 Mellish 1000 ilOlCOJ M0— 8 



Lee 00010111.010 101— 7 Fanning lOllOlOlllllOlO— 10 



Kichter 0)0010110011011— 8 



In the second class the scores were slightly better, the trouhv 

 being won by Kearney with a score of hileen straight kills. This 

 is the first time in the history of the club that fifteen straight 

 have heeu broken, many members going so far as to assert that 

 it was the UrsL lifteen straight clay pigeons that have been 

 demolished on this coast. After Karney came F. Venker with 

 eleven kills to his credit. 



Bovee 01 00001 00 J 1 0000- 1 Holmes 110111101110110—11 



F. Venker OoiminOhlOl— 10 Quiuten 0001 11101001 101— 8 



F. Gate illOOOdOluOlOlO- Horber 001001100110001— 6 



Karney 111111111111111—15 Brown 101010011 01016 1— 8 



At the conclusion of the regular club shoot, and after the prizes 

 had been awarded, a sweepstake match was arranged for ten sin- 

 gle birds, 50 eeuts entrance, three moneys. There were eighteen 

 entries. Parks wou first mouey, and in a tie shoot-off for second 

 place at three pair of doubles, Bob won with four out of a possible 

 six. 



CABVEB-KENKECCT.— Denver, Col.— Dr. Carver shot a 

 match against Vick 11. Kennecutt, champion of Col. The condi- 

 tions were 100 live birds. Hulingham rules, except weight and 

 gauge of gun, S100 a f ide. The birds were only a fair lot, gene- 

 rally easy to kill. At 91 birds, the score was a tie, each shooter 

 having killed 83. As there were not enough birds to finish the 

 match, and as a lively rain was falling, a draw r was agreed upon. 

 Mr. Kennecutt was handicapped in his gun— a lOg. Smith ham- 

 merless, which would partiallyt open on the first fire, leaving the 

 cap of the second barrel shell above the reach of the plunger. 



Carver 11122D lii-10 Kennecutt 2113201111— 9 



1110112222- 9 8818112011— 9 



1111210121- 9 1011112111- 9 



11112U1H— 10 1111221111-10 

 0111111112-9 1111011111-9 

 0101211111—8 1211211211—10 

 lllllOllLi— 9 1U22100U- 9 



0220111111- 8 1211120201- 8 



1222211211-10 limillll-10 

 1 — 1—83 — 0—83 



BOSTON GUN CLUB April 19. -The Boston Gun Club's 

 grounds at Wellington were crowded to-day by more than 150 

 members a nd their ladies who came tolwitness the female shooter, 

 Miss Annie Oakley, demolish glass balls, clay pigeons and Peo- 

 rias. A better day could not have been wished for. The shotguns 

 used by the lady were t wo beautiful 20-gauge guns built expressly 

 for her by Charles Lancaster of London, a Spencer repeating 13- 

 gauge, arid one Stevens 33-calibre rifle of American manufac- 

 ture. The varied exhibition of the young ladv was voted a great 

 success, and at the conclusion of her work the club's secretary, 

 Mr. David Kiikwood, in a few complimentary remarks presented 

 Miss Oakley, on behalf of the Boston Club, a pair of elegant gold 

 bracelets. Following the exhibition shoot came a contest for 

 sweep3takes. The scores: 1, five clay pigeons— Stark and Kirk- 

 wood first; 2, seven Peoria blackbirds, Baxter first: 3, five clays, 

 Nichols and Chase divided first, 4, sevenPeorias, Swift, Nichols 

 and Snow divided first, 5, three pairs Peorias, Swift. Sogers and 

 Kirkwood divided first, 6, five straightaway clays, Nichols first, 

 7, seven Peorias. Baxter first, 8, seven clays", Pay sun first, 9, three 

 pairs Peorias, Kir wood first, 10, five glass balls, Kirkwood 

 and Grew (divided ) first, 11, three pairs doubles, Snow and Pay- 

 son first, 12, seven clays. Swift first. 



THE OHIO LEAGCE.— The first meeting of the Ohio Trap- 

 Shooters' League will be held at Galion, Ohio, May 8, 9 and 10. 

 Programmes can now be obtained from the secretary, Mr. George 

 L. Graham, Columbus, Ohio. In the S500 Smith Individual Cham- 

 pionship Cup the entrance will be $5 per man in place of $3. The 

 entrance fee total in the. coming shoot will go to the League, the 

 winner of the cup, in addition to the honor ofbeing the individual 

 champion shot of Ohio, receiving an order from the League 

 treasurer for the total entrance fee the following time the cup is 

 put up— six months thereafter. The cup isahandsomely engraved 

 gold and silver affair, standing some SOin. high, and in weight 

 alone is worth $350. The shooting for the cup will be at 30 single 

 blue rock pigeons, 18yds. rise, under the Ohio League rules. 



WELLINGTON, April 21.-There was a good attendance of gun- 

 ners at the grounds of the Wellington Club to-day. In the mer- 

 chandise match Shumway, Stanton and Hart were first with 17. 

 Boud, Sanborn and Baxter second with 15, Swift and Scott third 

 with 14, Chase, Schaefer and Moore fourth with 13, Bradstreet. 

 Brown and Perry fifth with 11, Phelps, Colony, Melcher and 

 Nichols sixth with 10, Conant and McCoy seventh wilh 8, Snow 

 eighth with 6. In the sweepstake matches the winners were as 

 follows: First, blue rocks — Moore, Scott and Henry first. 

 Second, 6 clay-pigeons— Schaefer an-1 Scott first. Third, 6 blue 

 rocks— S f an ton first. Fourth, 6 clay -pigeons— Brown and Bond 

 firs'. Fifth, blue rocks— Scott, Schaefer and Phelps first. 

 Sixth, 10 clay-pigeons, merchandise match— Bond. Shumway and 

 Sanborn first. Seventh, 10 blue rocks, merchandise match— Stan- 

 ton, Scott and Hart first. Eighth, 6 blue rocks— Snow and Stan- 

 ton first. Ninth, <j blue rqeks— Moore, Sanborn and Stanton first. 

 Tenth, 6 clay-pigeons— Moot© and Baxter first. 



LEOMINSTER, Mass., April 20. -The Leominster Gun Club 

 have held their annual meeting and elected officers for the ensu- 

 ing year. The treasurer and secretary made very satisfactory 

 reports. The financial condit ion is good. The club has real and 

 personal property valued at $150. The officers elected are: Presi- 

 dent, 1. F.Graham; Vice-President, A. W. Wood; Treasurer, A. 

 G. Powers; Secretary, R. B. Andrews; Directors-S. M. Harris, E. 

 F. Blodgett and A, McDonald. 



NEWARK, N. J., April 23.-The West Newark' Gun Club held its 

 monthly shoot to-day at twenty-live Loekport bats each. The 

 scores are as follows: .fohn Adelmann 20, M. Adelmann 21, C. 

 Von Lengerke 24, F. Hilfers 19. B. Ulrich 19. C. Compton 19, F. 

 Schmidt 16, Geo. Disler 14. Afterward two sweepstakes were shot 

 With the following result: First sweepstakes, five birds each, first 

 money. John Adelmann; second money, C. Von Lengerke: third 

 money, M. Adelmann. Second sweep, five birds, first, M. Adel- 

 mann; second, F. Hilfers; third, John Adelmann, .. .The West 

 Newark (inn Club has completed arrangements for a tournament 

 of trap shooting, to take place at the grounds on Springfield 

 avenue on May 38, 29, 30 and 31. The main contest will be for 

 three valuable prizes. The tirst is a large copy in oil of Landseer's 

 "Stag Hunt," handsomely framed and valued at &300. The pic- 

 ture is 36x52iu. The other prizes are in cash. 



RICHMOND, Mich., April 10. -We have organized the Rich- 

 mond Gun Club and Game Protective Association with the fol- 

 lowing officers: I. S. Roberts, President; Geo. A. Bailey, Vice- 

 President: W. E. Walton, Secretary; A. Martin Keeler, Treasurer; 

 W. E. Walton, Captain; Directors— Dr. E. J. Walton, Dr. W. D. 

 Clark, John H. Pound. We have some thirty members, and have 

 adopted the blue rock artificial pigeon for our regular weekly 

 shoots. 



LOUISVILLE, April 18.— Fred Erb, of Lafavette, Ind., de- 

 feated William Graham here to-day; Erh brought down 78 blue 

 rock pigeons out of 100 and Graham scored 70. April 20.— To-day 

 Erb and Graham shot their second pigeon match under Monaco 

 rules. The score was: Graham 60, Erb 03. It was very windy and 

 raw. Tweuty-five birds fell ju»t outside bounds. The conclud- 

 ing match wiU be shot at Connorsville, Ind., May 2. 



NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 18.— Editor Fores/, and, Stream: A 

 team of five men, composed of members of the New Haven Gun 

 Club, hereby challenge any five men of any one organized gun 

 club of Connecticut, to snoot a friendly match or for a purse and 

 the championship of the State, the rules and conditions of the 

 match to be left to the accepting team.— J. H. Gould, Secretary 

 New Haven Gun Club, Box ma. 



REMOVAL, 



The offices of Forest and Stream are now at No. 318 Broadway- 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 StkjsAM their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., oi 

 I. heir 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 t o Forkst 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. Gibson lAiimnv n v 



Secretary-Treasurer: F. L. Mix. J -A-ioany, ss. x 

 ' Vice-Corn. Rear-Coin. Purser. 



Central D1V..R. W. Bailey W. K. Huntington J. K. Bakewell. 



110 Diamond S(„ PittSburgH. 

 Atlantic Dlv.Henrv Stanton.. .A. S. Pennington . E.W. Brown, UOB'way, N.Y. 



Eastern Div..L. Q. Jones Geo. 31, Barney.... W. B. Davidson, Hartford. 



N'theruDiv .A.D. T. Mcilachen. w. G . McKendrlek. S. Brirton, Lindsay, Can. 



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

 panied by the recommendation of an active member and tne sum of §2.00 

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

 the general A. C. A. camp shall pay Sl.UU for camp expenses. Application 

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



Persons residing in the Atlant ic 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 Funning Latham, Chicago, 111. 



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



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



Secretary-Treasurcr-Geo. A. Warder, Springhalt!, Ohio. 



Executive Committee— H. G, Dodge, Dayton, O.; C. F. Penueweli, Cleve- 

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



The annual meet for 1888 will be held at Ballast Isloud, Lake Erie, July 1 

 to 23. Regatta begins Tuesday, July 10. 



A CRUISING MEET. 



AS a result of the agitation in favor of cruising that has been 

 carried on in the Forest and Stream during the past win- 

 ter, the interests of the cruisers arc lo be looked after this sea- 

 son to an extent that should leave no grounds for complaint in 

 the future. Their wants will be specially considered in the pro- 

 gramme of the A. C. A. meet, the genera l tendency being now to 

 favor the cruiaable canoe in the racing; the Northern and Atlan- 

 tic divisions will have, special events for cruising canoes; and 

 the Eastern Division has arranged for a. strictly cruising meet 

 as the opening of its season. The matter is uow in the hands 

 of Vice-corn. Jones, who win be in command, and under his 

 leadership the first American cruising meet in apt to prove a suc- 

 cessful experiment. The programme thus far arranged makes 

 the rendezvous at the big club house of the Hartford C. C, on the 

 afternoon of May 20, where a camp fire will be lighted at night. 

 Early next morning the fleet will start down the Connecticut 

 River, a camp being selected in advance at some convenient 

 point. Arrangements will be made for sleeping quarters for all 

 who do not care to camp out so early in the season. Sunday will 

 be spent, in camp and on Monday morning the cruise be resumed. 

 By Tuesday noon, or sooner, the last camp, probably just above 

 Deep River, will be reached, and the fleet will camp until Thursday; 

 Wednesday being given up to racing. Those w r ho cannot join 

 the cruiae can reach Deep liivcr with their canoes by N. Y., N. 

 H. and H. R. R., or by boat from New York. The programme is 

 a most attractive one, combining both racing, cruising and camp- 

 ing, and canoeists will watch with much interest the success of 

 the experiment. No move has yet been made toward a local 

 meet of the Atlantic Division on Decoration Day, but a similar 

 cruise could be easily arranged. The rendezvous could be at the 

 Horse Shoe, on Sandy Hook, reached by steamer from New York 

 in an hour, then a cruise up the Shrewsbury or Navesink, down 

 and along the Jersey shore of Baiitan Bay, stopping for a day to 

 race, and returning by way of Staten Island Sound to New York; 

 those, whose time is limited taking the steamer from Amboy or 

 Rossville. Such a course would be convenient to all, including 

 the Passaic River canoeists. 



ATLANTIC DIVISION MEET. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



1 have been pleased to note that among other places suggested 

 by contributors in recent issues of your paper as desirable sites 

 for the meet of the Atlantic Division of the A. C. A. favorable 

 mention has been made of certain points on Raritan Bay. 



Having spent two weeks of last summer on a cruise along the 

 ■Jersey coast from Perth Amboy to the Shrewsbury River, and 

 back again, in company with my old cruising mate ''Seneca," I 

 can fufiv indorse his letter setting forth the advantages afforded 

 by the south shore of Raritan Bay, and especially the immediate 

 neighborhood of Chesequake Creek, as a site for the meet of the 

 Atlau tie Division. , . , 



He has in no wise overrated the many features which combine 

 to render that point, all things considered, a most convenient and 

 desirable one. .„ , ... 



Should the meet be held there, it is more than likely that it will 

 be attended by some of our Washington canoeists. 



A letter to you 'from one of us which appeared in your issue of 

 the 20th of March held out a cordial welcome to such canoeists as 

 might choose to honor us with a visit, and at the same time sug- 

 gested the selection of some point ou the Potomac River as a place 

 for the proposed meet. . . ' 



The canoeists of Washington are pleased at all times to extend 

 a hearty welcome to their brothers of the sail and paddle, and 

 would spare no pains in their efforts to aid in the success of the' 

 meet should it he heid on our homo stream or elsewhere, but in 

 the desire to air our hospitality we should not allow ourselves to 



be led into holding out misleading inducements to prospective 

 visitors, or be tempted to exaggerate the meagre advantages af- 

 forded by our river for cruising and camping. All are welcome 

 to the best we have, but to my often expressed regret that best 

 is but a poor substitute for what may he nad on Northern w r aters. 



We are ail liable to err, sometimes, and had your correspondent 

 ( U J. R. L.") ever camped and cruised on some of the lakes and 

 streams of the Northern States, or along the coast in the vicinity 

 of New York city, he would have hesitated, inspiteof his evident 

 desire that the meet should he held here, ere he indulged so en- 

 thusiastically in praising a stream so ill-suited for cruising and 

 whose shores are so sadly lacking in the requirements most con- 

 ductive to a comfortable and convenient camp. 



"Seneca"' spent two years in our city, and his opinions of the 

 Potomac, formed after a number of cruises both up and down the 

 stream, coincides entirely with my own. 



The Potomac. Canoe Club (of which 1 am a member) has shaken 

 off the drowsiness of the cold weather months, and the house is 

 being put into shape for the approaching season. 



The "dissolution" which "J. R. L." erroneously refers to as 

 threatening us is a contingency which we have little reason to 

 fear at present. While our membership is not large we manage 

 to hang together in tolerably good siiape and are very greatly wor- 

 ried that the offer (which of course was not accepted) from a 

 party here to purchase our floating canoe house should have given 

 rise to the rumor that owing to financial difficulties we were on 

 the eve of a smash-up. 



To counteract any false impressions in regard to our financial 

 affairs which may have been engendered by such rumor it might 

 be proper to add that our monthly dues are about to be reduced 

 from two doUars to one dollar, and that a number of applications 

 for membership are awaiting the action of the club. Tonic. 



Washington, D. C, April 18. 



Editor Forest, and Stream: 



I observe tfhat Dr. Kitchel and "Seneca," have committed them- 

 selves in favor of Chesequake Creek as a rendezvous for the At- 

 lantic Divison t his summer. Although not a canoeist, I am still a 

 boatman, and so I venture to put in my oar in commendation of 

 their choice. All they state concerning it is true, and more be- 

 sides. Chesequake has a powerful attraction and mysterious 

 charm for any one who has ever visited it. As for me I can't 

 keep long away from the place to save my life. Those who caro 

 lor a glimpse of its scenery, may obtain it bv looking in the files 

 of the New York Grajiliie, for February 2(5, .1887, where they will 

 find an illustrated article about the late William R. Travers, who 

 made his home hard by the creek for a number of years. One 

 more word. Girls! Perth Amboy is fuU of them, and they are 

 all perfectly lovely and bewitching, fond of the water, and they 

 think that a canoe is just too sweet for anything. They adore, a 

 clambake, too, and clams are cheap and plenty. Oh, yes; Chese- 

 quake Creek is the place for the meet. J. L. K. 



Pekth Amboy, N. J., April 20. 



[The committee propose to visit Chesequake Creek and the ad- 

 joining shores this week, and also the other proposed site, on Cow 

 Bay.] 



MALAY CANOES. 



Editor Forest and Stream : 



Will you allow mo to correct an error which appeared in my 

 1 et I er on primitive boats in your issue of April 12. 1 1 should have 

 read: "This mode of construction is seen in the Siamese canoe, 

 and in that used by the Malay fishermen." It is the latter which 

 is kn open canoe, propelled by a double blade paddle, and not tho 

 Siamese. This small Malay canoe deserves to have something 

 more said about it. it appears to bo much used by fishermen at 

 Siugapore and in the neighborhood, and is, as I said, a very hand- 

 some little open canoe. I was so much pleased with its appear- 

 ance, t hat 1 bought one, and used it. for some time on the rivers of 

 Burmah. My boat as far as I remember at the period, was left- 

 over all, and but 10ft. on the keel, so, it may be inferred, the stem 

 and sternposts had a great deal of rake. It had, indeed, the "tea- 

 pot bow" of the old Aberdeen clippcrin perfection. It was deep and 

 rather full forward and lean aft, atom 3ft. beam and nearly 2ft. 

 deep forward. (Dimensions aro only from recollection). It was, 

 as I said, propelled by a long double -blade paddle, and reading a 

 description of the paddle advocated by Mr. C. J. Farham in the 

 Ca mi, hi some time ago, I was struck by its resemblance to my old. 

 Siugapore friend, but the blades of the latter were, I think, still 

 narrower than Mr. Farham's and handle thicker. In using the 

 canoe, the native places tnmself a little abaft the midships, squat- 

 ting on his heels alter the manner beloved of natives generally, 

 and so abhorrent to the civilized white man; he paddles in the ap- 

 proved fashion and appears, to get a very fair pace out of his craft. 

 The mode of construction is somewhat peculiar; the basis of the 

 canoe is hollowed out of the solid log; to this stem and stern posts 

 and tour or more stout ribs are fastened, the planking is continu- 

 ous with the solid bottom. Tne boat is carvel built (smooth-skitO 

 and mine was as tight as a bottle. Its weight was about a cwt. 

 (estimated ), perhaps less. In conclusion I would recommend some 

 canoeist who has a friend in a skipper who voyages to Singapore 

 to ask him to bring him home one of these little craft; he will 

 find it useful as well as curious. C. M. Douglas. 



Sfuyten Duyvil, New York city, April 15. 



NAUTILUS.— On April 7 Mr. Baden-Powell sailed the new Nau- 

 tilus iu a race of t he Tamesis Club, on the Thames, against three 

 boats, winning by 2Vim. One of the boats. Arab, was a Clyde lug- 

 sail craft, 16ft. Sin. j.w.]., 5ft. 7m. beam, with UOOft. of sail. Lorn a, 

 ■mot Iter boat, is a Thames sloop. 13ft. Sin. l.w.L, 5ft. 8in. beam, 

 with about -150ft. of sail. The Nautilus is not the canoe sailed in 

 America, but a new one, 13x30, with lines nearer the American 

 model. The wind blew hard during the race. 



BABY MIX— This fast canoe is offered for sale on another page, 

 her owner having been called away by r business. 



ffnehting. 



REMOVAL. 



Tho offices of Forest and Stream are now at No. 318 Broadway. 



THE REIGN OF LEAD. 



THAT fine old crusted conservative, the average New York 

 yachtsman, has at last matte up his mind that lead is a good 

 thing, consequently he cannot have too much of it; and now the 

 Lead craze has set. in with a rush that leads one to wonder where 

 it will all end. There was no unseemly haste in the decision of 

 New York on the question; sleepily r and with due deliberation she 

 has seen her pet yachts with any sort of inside ballast defeated by 

 lead-keeled cutters; with sneers and derision she greeted the 

 daring attempt of a provincial town near by to build a yacht with 

 a bin lead keel; and not until she had been completely defeated 

 by Britain and Boston was she ready to accept the inevitable. 



'Only a few years ago the fact that a lump of i-OOlbs. carelessly 

 Spiked up under a schooner, so that it dropped off, was magnified 

 into a yarn of gigantic proportions and duly circulated among all 

 true believers in the cobblestone and baled hay theories. A lead 

 keel of 20 to .50 tons, so the yarn ran, had been dropped from a 

 yacht, and yet no difference was perceptible in Iter sailing. A 

 little later, when New York was called upon to do her best to 

 defend the Cup, the same old women's stories were passed about, 

 and those who paid the piper decided on the old way, no outside 

 ballast. 



At last, however, all this has changed. New York has awak- 

 ened to the great question of the day; lead she must'have at any 

 cost, and the fires are lighted under every old pot that will hold 

 metal, the augers throw out their chips merrily, the big bolts are 

 driven home, the torch, the scraper and the plane are set to work, 

 the black paint comes off in long shavings, and the painter gaily 

 slings a coat of white over everything within his reach. 



That lead is essential to speed is conceded now by all; but there 

 arc two schools of thought here, a wide division as to the best 

 method of its application. Some contend that it is most effective 

 in the form of pigs cast to shape and bolted under the keel; while 

 others hold that the proper method of application is in the form 

 of paint liberaUy applied to the topsides, most of the scientific 

 arguments advanced on each side being of about equal value. One 

 party holds that to obtain the very best results from a lead keel it 

 must be accompanied by a lengthening of the overhang aft, usu- 

 ally making a bad sheer stiU worse; while the other side presents 

 equally unassailable proofs that to improve a yacht's performance 

 all that is necessary is to paint the topsides white and to round off 

 and varnish the clumsy black balk of timber which did duty as a 

 bowsprit in the orthodox American yacht. 



Still another very important point is as yet unsettled, whether 

 either of these operations can be properly done in New York, or 

 whether it is necessary to success that the yacht should be sent, 



