May 31, 1888.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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MIDDLESEX GUN CLUB— The champions of New Jersey, the 

 Middlesex Gun Club, of Dunellon. N. ,1., shot an interesting team 

 Tace with nine members of the MeCcer Gun Club, of Trentou, N. 

 J., on the grounds of the former last Thursday. Thocoudilious 

 were 10 men a side, 10 live birds each, loses to pay for birds. But 

 nine men from Trenton came, however, and therefore both teams 

 consisted only of nine persona each. The Trentonitcs were hand- 

 somely entertained on the grounds with chowder, sandwiches aud 

 "soft stuff," and after the match taken in stages to Force's Hotel, 

 Plainfield, where a tine supper was served. The visiting team 

 were hightv pleased wi,h their visit, and will invite a team from 

 the Middlesex to Trenton shortly to have revenge. The Middle- 

 sex proudly claim the honor of champions of New .Jersey, having 

 defeated the heretofore champions, the Jersey City Heights, and 

 all other comers. They have yet to suffer defeat . Below is the 

 score: 



Middlesex Gun Club. 

 First Squad. Second Squad. 



Williams 2121102121— 9 J Frost OO^llOSLni— f, 



SG Smith 1221111020— 8 Quinlan 2112212121-10 



Chas Smith 1101112011— 8 WSiegler 1111111111-10 



Forrest 2020122122— 8 G Mani tz 110111 1011— 8 



J D Yoorhecs 2111011100- 7 — 



— 31 

 40 



Mercer Gnn Club. 

 First Squad. Second Squad. 



Shrieves 2011001011- Zwerlein 1120112210- 8 



Van Camp 0200022001- 4 Williams 12222120:20- 8 



Fox 0002020000- 2 Leigh 2111111000- 7 



E Updegrove 2000000210— 1 De Mont 1100221021— 7 



Geiser.'. 0110112021-7 



30 



HO 



Tee Kay, scorer; G. Huff, referee. 



After the team race came the following sweepstake, f 10 en- 

 trance, three moneys: 



Quinlan 02211—1 J L Voorhoes 01210-:t 



C Smith 1C111— 4 E Updegrove 12210-4 



Forrest... 



.11102-4 Zwerlein 01111-4 



W Cannon 11211-5 Fox 00200 1 



G Manitz 11202-4 



Shrieves 11113-5 



M Williams M:'l- 5 



W Seigler 11112—5 



SG Smith 21112-5 



1, Te.rrv 02102-3 



Cannon, Shrieves, Williams, Smith and Seigler divided; in the 

 shoot off for second Forrest, Manila and Zwerlein divided; L. 

 Terry third. Then came a match between a representative of the 

 Middlesex and a representative of the Trenton clubs, for $5 a side, 

 R birds each. T. K. killed 1 and E. Updegrove 4. Great disappoint- 

 ment to T. K. There were interesting sweeps before the team race. 

 A return match will shortly he shot.— The Crank. 



SYRACUSE, May 23.— The sweepstakes contests at Onondaga 

 Valley to-day were participated in by an unusually large repre- 

 sentation of marksmeu. In the shoot at 12 kingbirds Hookway 

 killed 11. Mosher 10, Elliott 10, Gavitt 11, Luther 9. Montgomery 10, 

 Richmond 9, Felton 11, Ay res 8. Prettie 11, Parshall 9, Forsyth 10, 

 Walters 10, Lefever 11. Span tiler 0, Schermerhorn 6, Steele 9, 

 Strange 9, Whitney 10, Smith 9, E. Hudson 11, K. Hudson, Jr., 8. 

 The results were classified and shot off. Hudson won in the first., 

 For? vth in the second, Luther in the third and Schermerhorn in 

 the iourth. In the first contest of the nine-bird shoot the record 

 was: Hookway 8, Gavitt 0, Steele 9, Ay res 5, Whitney 9, Spnngler 

 9, Forsyth 8, Luther 7, Strange 5, Hudson 8, Hudson, Jr., 7, Lefever 

 8, Prettie 7. The ties were shot off, Whitney winning first, the 

 second was divided, Hudson, Jr., took the third a nd Hudson, Sr., 

 the fourth. The second bout at 9 birds resulted. Smith 8, Hook- 

 way 9, Mosher 5, Elliott 9. Gavitt 7. Luther 7, Montgomery 8, 

 Richmond 7, Felton 5, Schermerhorn 5, Prettie 8, Parshall 5 Put- 

 nam 5, Forsyth 6, Walters 9, Lefever (5, Spangle 6, Ay res 8. Steele 

 5, Staulhaum 5, Strange 5, Whitney 7. Walters and Hookway 

 divided first, Prettie. Ayres and Montgomery second, and Whit- 

 nev wou third and Forsyth fourth in shooting off the ties. The 

 final shoot, at nine birds, resulted: Hookway 7. Mosher 5, Elliott 



7, Gavitt 7, Luther 9, Montgomery 8, Richmond 5, Felton 7, Prettie 



8, Parshall 7. Walters 7, Forsyth 0, Tomlinson 5, Lefever 0, 

 Spangler, 7. The first money was awarded to Luther, the second 

 was divided between Montgomery and Prettie, Hookway won the 

 third, and the fourth was divided between Forsyth and Lefever. 



PHILADELPHIA, May 28.— Match at 100 blue rocks per man, 

 between J. H. Sivad (Davis) and A. Lawrence: 

 J H Sivad . . . .000001 110101 lOOOfu 011 111 1 i 1101101 1 1 11101110110111-33 



oiiii ii mm looi oiooooiiiiii i ooioui iiniiooiooioi— as - m 



A Lawrence. Ill 001 hmiooi HOnllOtlnn 1 1 1 UOU0101 iOil'iolOimi-33 



011011 1 1 01 1 1 11 01 101 1111 1001 1111 01 11111 11 101 1111110— 40-73 

 Match at 15 blue rocks per man, batween W. H. Wolsteneroft, 

 of N. E. G. C, using one hand only., and li. Jacobs, of Fraukford 

 Gun Club, using both hands: 



Wolsteneroft . .0101 111111 101 U-12 Jacobs 001 lOllllUlOlO-10 



Blue rock sweep: 



Geo E Elmer 111011-5 Dr R Howe 111011-5 



WmM Pack Ill 01-5 J H Davis 111101—5 



J Wolsteneroft- 111111-6 J Gibb 110101-4 



WmHPack. 111111-0 H Jacobs 101110-4 



S Richards 011101—4 A Lawrence 111011—5 



Wm Wolsteneroft 111111-6 J Shoch 001011- 3 



J. Wolsteneroft, Wm. H. Pack, Wm. Wolsteneroft fieing for 

 first, money divided. Ties for second money shot off was won by 

 Dr. Rowe. Ties for third money shot off aud was won by S. C. 

 Richards. 



CINCINNATI, May l8.-Joe H. and Wick met to-day in a match 

 for $25 a side at fifty pairs American clay biros. The day was 

 bad, a drizzling rain falling during the entire shoot, seriously af- 

 fecting the score as well as the tempers of the shooters. Wick 

 shot a winning race clear through, aud though somewhat rattled 

 at times by his opponent's kicks i at judgments, etc.. held his 

 head sufficiently to maintain the lead obtained early in the race. 

 Mr. Parnell of Toledo, Ohio, a well-kuown double-riser, was 

 referee and made every effort to keep good feeling between the 

 participants. The birds were thrown poorly, many darting into 

 the dark background, making it very difficult to judge, much 

 less break the targets. The scores: 



Joe 



00 00 11 11 00 01 10 01 10 10- 9 

 11 10 11 10 10 00 10 01 10 10-12 

 10 11 00 11 01 01 10 10 00 01-10 

 10 10 11 00 11 10 01 11 01 11-13 



01 10 U 10 01 11 11 01 11 10-14-58 



Wick. 



11 10 11 11 10 00 10 11 11 11-15 

 11 11 11 11 01 11 11 11 10 10-17 

 00 10 00 10 01 01 00 11 00 11- 8 



10 10 11 11 10 00 11 00 10 11-12 



11 00 10 00 10 01 11 10 10 11-11-63 



Time of match— One hour and forty minutes. Judges— P. Kes- 

 sler and "Blue Dick." Referee— A. S. Purnell, Toledo, Ohio. 



(^mating* 



"TARPON 1 ' AND HIS RAG CANOE. 



FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 8.— Editor Forest and Stream: 

 We left Miami on May 2 and expected to he at Lake Worth in 

 twodavs, but we arc not there yet. Struck this place about noon 

 on the '3d, and as it was blowing strong, with heavy sea, we ran on 

 the beach to wait for better weather. We are still waiting. 

 Nothing to shoot here hut horse flies. No settlement within 

 thirty miles to go to gave an Indian town in the everglades some 

 twelve miles from here. We visited that yesterday, and a.* some 

 of your readers may like to hear about it I will try and tell you 

 the story. 



Mr. Coman (keeper of the house of refuge at this place), my 

 companion and myself made up the party. We left the station 

 earlv, walked across to New River, and taking a small skiff, struck 

 out for the "glades." New River is narrow but of good depth, and 

 is in places quite rapid. Fish are not very plenty. A few tarpon, 

 scattering mullet, gar, bream, black bass a,nd mud fish were alt 

 we saw. now an then and alligator, hut they have been shot at so 

 much they are very wary. Birds were wanting, as beyond a king- 

 fisher or a crow or so we saw none, or, at least, none on the river. 



Some two miles from the landing we came to the "Cooly" Ham- 

 mock, where the Cooly familv were killed by the Indians during 

 the war with the Seminoles. Later on we passed a large camp of 

 Indians engaged in starch making. I am told that these Indians 

 are quite industrious, making large quantities of starch from the 

 compty root, and raising manv vegetables, etc. 



We were soon above the cypress swamps, and here we came to 

 the rapids, where the water forces its way through the limerock 

 formation found everywhere around the everglades, and here the 

 real work began. The river is very narrow- and crooked, the cur- 

 rent strong, and obstructions of every kind abound. I am told 

 that during the rainy season there is no trouble, but now the 

 water being very low we had to work all ways to get along. Row- 

 ing, poling, paddling, pushing and wading we worked bur way 

 through the rapids and out on the level of the glades. 



Some idea may be formed of our difficulties when I tell you that 

 sometimes we had to wade twenty or thirty feet in just water 

 enough to float the boat, and then without any warning the depth 



would increase to twenty feet aud over. Onee we were tugging 

 away t o get the boat over' a flat, H. was near the how a nd took one 

 step to get a better hold, when there, was a plunge and in went, 

 poor H. over his head. 



We worked along bravely, however, and when we were once 

 above the rock thought we were out of it all; but no, the channel 

 was narrow and more crooked, besides almost closed with the 

 pack of the row lily, or "bonnet" as it is called. Some two miles 

 of this work and we came to the end, or at, least to the end of our 

 boat journey. At this point the wafer so thoroughly mixed with 

 mud that we found it impossible to force the boat any further; so 

 taking off our trousers we started in single file to wade two miles 

 through mud and water to the Indian camp. 



Coman went ahead, H. next, and your humble servant in the 

 roar, a post, if not of honor, at least of greater safety, and there 

 was heaps of fun in it, too. The most of the way was in mud and 

 water ;i little over our knees, but now and then there would be a 

 lunge, aud a gasp, and down would go one of us up to the neck 

 perhaps, to flounder around, spit out the water, and go on. 



Rut all things have an end, and after two hours' hard work we 

 came in sight of some canoes, then a hog or two ran granting 

 away. Next the tops of the palmetto houses, when the dogs spied 

 us and the din began. 



We advanced cautiously and soon caught sight of some squaws, 

 one of whom was driving away the dogs. Coman, who was 

 acquainted, took the lead and we marched in. We found no one 

 but squaws and babies at home, and as they seemed very pleasant 

 and good-natured we ventured to talk a little and look about us a 

 bit. There was a compact collection of houses, perhaps twenty in 

 all, surrounded with little fenced-in patches for gardens. The 

 houses were merely palmetto roofs, supported by forked stakes, 

 with a platform built underneath, on which the occupants cat. 

 sleep and pile their plunder. Hogs roamed around under the 

 platforms, t he children climbed over them, the squaw stood around 

 laughing good-naturedly, and we in our undress uniforms made 

 up the picture, the background of which consisted of banana 

 plants, canes, deer skins drying on stakes or smoking over a slow 

 nre, strings of gourd shells, rattles made of the small box turtle 

 shells, brass kettles, etc., etc. 



The squaws were not very talkative, but they meant business 

 all the same; one turned and spoko to a hoy. Iu a moment he 

 had cut and brought a bunch of bananas. "Half dollar." said 

 the squaw, and we. paid it. Another throws down a deer skin. 

 "One dollar." We bought that also; and for fear they would next 

 offer to sell us a baby or two we gracefully took our leave. We 

 noticed one thing which looked like carrying the love of finery to 

 extremes. Two of the squaws had beads round their necks, piled 

 on, string upon string, quite up to their oars, making a roll that 

 certainly was 6in. through. How they can manage to carry that 

 weight is past my comprehension. 



Away we go lor our tramp back to the boat, Coman ahead with 

 the bananas on his shoulder; H. with his gun (he said it weighed 

 81hs. when he started, aud a ton before he got back), and the 

 scribe wilh a bundle of deer skins and breeches, bringing up the 

 rear. Coman took the wrong track and led us into the sawgrass, 

 from which we not out with some thousand scratches, more or 

 less. Next, II. sights a moccasin, shoots it. and on we go again. 

 Then Coman stops; "Hold on," says ho, "there's a lug snake." 

 "Where?" we ask: but (be water is so dirty that nothing can he 

 seen, and we finally plunge along, expecting every moment to 

 step on a moccasin or feel li s fangs. But no such thing happens, 

 and when nearly to the boat we sight the first edible bird we have 

 seen— a "limpkin," or crying bird . H. bangs away and down goes 

 the bird just beyond a thicket of sawgrass. IT. starts to go 

 through the grass, paying due attention to his bare legs, aud 

 after five minutes of crawling and scratching, sights the bird on 

 the edge of a slew just in time to see an immense alligator gobble 

 it and disappear. 



But here we are at the boat. Now we'll slip on our inexpressibles 

 aud down river. While work i Tig through the tortuous windings 

 at the head of the cypress, we sight a canoe with three Indians — 

 Cypress Tiger, Tom Clarke and one stranger. They were in full 

 dress, that is, calico shirt and an immense turban composed of 

 red and yellow handkerchiefs. They appeared to bo very good 

 natnred aud as social as their limited knowledge, of English 'would 

 admit. It was hard to realize that these Indians were of the same 

 tribe who showed so much cruelty in their wars with the white-; 

 but perhaps they were partially justified; let us hope they believed 

 so, at all events. 



Their canoes are made from cypress logs, and are some of them 

 very good models; they are narrow, however, and cranky to a 

 degree. Mr. Coman tells me that the Indians as a rule are honest 

 and law-abiding, that, they arc fairly industrious and support 

 themselves without any aid from the Government, something to 

 their credit when we consider their Western brethren. 



Our trip down the river was void of any incident. We arrived 

 at the station quite late, and our supper, our talk of the day's trip 

 and our smoke and sound sleep afterward are matters of course. 



May 9.— The bad weather still continues. We are hoping for a 

 change, but the prospect is far from good. Still, we bear it 

 bravely, and as turtles and turtle eggs are plenty we have no 

 immediate fear of starvation. Tarpon. 



[The paper alluded to iu "Tarpon's" letter last week is a stained 

 and torn copy of a Signal Service blank for meteorological 

 observations at sea. On it is written: "This bottle was thrown 

 overboard from the British steamer Mozart on Dec. 25, 1884, at 8 

 P. M,; latitude 3° 54' N., longitude 29° 33' W.— W. Sphatly." 

 Captain Kendall picked up the bottle on Sands Key, Fla., on 

 April 29, 1888.] 



THE SPRINGFIELD C. A. CUP. 



THE cup shown above was presented by Mr. Geo. M. Barney, to 

 be sailed for during the present season, under the conditions 

 given below. The cup, made by D. W. Granherry & Co., New 

 York, is of oxidized copper and is ISfsjin. high, loin, wide and 12in. 

 handle to handle. On one side is shown the Pecowsic and on the 

 other a canoe rigged in the old manner. The handles are imita- 

 tions of canoe cordage, with similar' work around the top and 

 surrounding a panel beneath each handle for the names of win- 

 ners. The A. C. A. and Springfield C. A. flags are introduced in 

 the handles. Altogether the cup is a very artistic, piece of work 

 and will make a troppy well worth winning. Programme of 

 races for the Springfield cup: June 16, July 4 and Aug. 4, Calla 



Shasta course, Springfield; A. C. A. meet, Lake George, date will 

 be fixed at the meet: Sept. 15, Calla Shasta course; final race 

 Oct, 6, Calla Shasta course. Races called at 1 P. M. Course six 

 miles, three miles to leeward or windward and return. Time 

 limit three hours. 



In case of there being no race on any of the. fixed dates, either 

 through lack of wind or expiration of lime, limit, the rare will be 

 postponed to the following Saturday. The first five races are trial 

 races, each winner barred from further contesting in a trial rare. 

 The sixth and last race will be for the possession of Hiccup, aud 

 he competed for by the live winners of the trial races. Open to 

 members of the A. C. A. Cannes, Bailing classes A and B, no 

 limit as to rigor ballast. Races governed by the A. C. A. sailing 

 rules. Entries to bo made one week previous to above dates to 

 G. M. Barney, chairman of the Springfield Regatta Committee, 

 Springfield, Mass. 



JxchHng. 



FIXTURES. 



June. 



. Savin Hill, Club. 21. 

 . Southern Annual, N.Orleans. 21. 



Mira.michi, Cup. 

 Larchmout Spring Pen. 

 Buffalo Club. 

 Great Head Open. 

 Shack ama xon , Spring. 

 Atlantic, Annual, 

 Columbia, Annual N. Y. 

 Jersey City, Annual. 

 Rhode island Opening, 

 Quincy, Pen. 

 Monatiquot, First Pen. 

 South Boston Club. 

 Cor. Marblehead Pennant, 

 Portland Annual Challenge. 

 Savin Hill, Open. 

 Brooklyn Annual, N. Y. Bay. 

 Cape Ann, Gloucester Pen. 

 Chelsea, Dorchester Bay. 

 Bay View, Club. 

 Quaker City Anuual. 

 Dorchester, Open. 

 West Lynn, Annual. 

 New Jersey Annual. 



New York, N. Y. Annual. 

 Oswego, Ladies' Day. 

 Great Head Moonlight Sail. 

 Bay View Moonlight Sail. 

 Savin Hill. 



Rhode Island, Ladies' Day. 

 Se a wan 1 ta k a. Annual . 

 Hull, Hull Pennant, 

 Pic on, Cluh. 



Cape Ann, Gloucester Cup. 



Yorkville. 



Eastern Anuual. 



Eastern Annual, Marble- 

 head. 



Quincy, l?t Cham. 



Cor. Marblehead, 1st Cham. 



Great Head Pennant. 



Monatiquot, Club, Fort Pt. 



Dorchester Club. 



Savin Hill, Club. 



July 2. Quaker City, Cruise, 

 Up River. 



July 4. Portland Cruise. 



Hull, Club Cruise. 



THE COMING YACHTING SEASON. 



n.— YACHT CLUBS AND YACHT RACING. 



WE spoke last week of the national aspects of yachting and its 

 organization as a compact and coherent body; we propose 

 now to consider the yacht clubs which must be the prime elements 

 of such a body, and the racing which is the essence and soul of 

 yachting. The following list includes all the regularl v organized 

 yacht, clubs of the United States and Canada, that is, all clubs 

 with a hoard of officers, a. fleet and races during the season, There 

 are some so-called yacht clubs, small social organizations owning 

 a sailing or steam yacht in which a weekly excursion is made, 

 but which do not hold races, and these we have not included, as 

 they are not really yacht clubs. 



YACHT CLUBS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Albany Albany, N. Y. Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wis, 



American (steam) — New York. Mobile Mobile, Ala. 



American.. Newbury port, Mass. Monatiquot. .Weymouth, Mass. 



Americus New York. Montgomery. ...Norristown, Pa! 



Atlantic Brooklyn, N. Y. Narragansett Newmort, R, I. 



Bar Harbor — Bar Harbor, Me. Newark Newark, N. J 



Bay View Boston, Mass. New Bedford. New Bed ford. Mass 



Beverly Beverly, Mass. New Haven. .New Haven, Conn. 



Bijou New Jersey Hoboken, N. J. 



Biscaync Bay.Biscayne Bay, Fla New Rochelle, 



Boston Boston, Mass. New Rochelle, N. Y. 



Brooklyn Brooklyn, N. Y. New York New York. 



Buffalo Buffalo, N. Y. Oconomowoc.Oconomowoc.Wis 



Bunker Hill Boston, Mass. Ohio Toledo, < )hio, 



Cnnarsie Canarsie, N. Y. Onondago Syracuse, N. Y. 



Cape Aun Gloucester, Mass. Oswego Oswego, N. Y. 



Cape Cod, Oyster Bay Oyster Bay, N. Y r . 



Dennis and Orleans, Mass. Pacific Sau Francisco, Cal 



Carolina Wilmington, N. C. Palatka (colored) . . Palatka, Fla. 



Carolina ..Charleston, S. C. Pavonia Jersey City, N. J. 



Cedar Point . . Saugatuck, Conn. Pentucket Haverhill, Mas? . 



Chesapeake Easton,Md. Phoenix Chicago, 111. 



Chicago Chicago, 111. Pleon Marblehead, Mass. 



Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio. Portland Portland, Me, 



Clinton Clinton, Conn. Providence. . . Providence, R. 1. 



Oohasset Cohassct, Mass. Province-town, 



Columbia Now York. Provincetown, Mass. 



Corinthian, Put-in-Bay...Put in-Buv, Mich. 



Coopei's Point, Camden, N. J. Quaker City . . .Philadelphia, Pa. 



Corinthian Chicago, ill. Quincy Quincy. Mass. 



Corinthian. .Marblehead, Mass. Raritan Perth Amboy, N. J. 



Corinthian New York. Rhode Island . . Providence, R. I. 



Corinthian . . San Francisco, Cal. Rochester Rochester, N. Y. 



Detroit ..Detroit, Mich. Salem Bay Salem, Mass. 



Dorchester. ...Dorchester, Mass. Sandy Bay Roekport, Mass. 



Eastern Boston, Mass. San Francisco, 



East River New York. San Francisco, Cal. 



Eclipse New York. Savannah. Savannah, Ga. 



Edge water Duncdin, Fla, Savin Hill Savin Hill, Mass. 



Empire New York. Seawanhaka Cor New York. 



Essex Shackamaxon. Philadelphia. Pa. 



Florida- lacksonville, Fla, Sippican Marion, Mass. 



Great Head — Winthrop, Mass. Southern New Orleans, La. 



Greenwich — Greenwich, Conn. South wark. . . Philadelphia, Pa. 



H arlem New York. South Bos ton Boston, Ma ss. 



Hudson River New York. Staten Island A. C., 



Hull Hull, Mass. West New BriErliton, N. Y. 



HvdePark Hyde Park, 111. St. Augustine. 



Isle of Hope Savannah, Ga. St. Augustine, Fla. 



Jeffries East Boston, Mass. St, Johns Palatka, Fla, 



Jersey City . . ..Jersey City. N. J. Toledo Toledo, Ohio. 



Knickerbocker New York. Volunteer 



Lake Champlain.. Burlington, Vt West Lynn.. .West Lynn, Mass. 



Lake George Caldwell, N. Y. Wi lliamsburgh . . Brooklyn, N.Y. 



Larchmont. . ..Larchmont, N. Y. Windward Canarsie, N. Y. 



Lynnn ... Lynn, Mass. Y r ale New Haven, Conn. 



Man hattan New York. Ybnkers Yonkers, N. Y. 



Michigan Detroit, Mich. Yorkville New York. 



CANADIAN CLUBS. 



Bay of Quinte . . .Belleville, Ont. Quebec Quebec. 



Hamilton Hamilton, Ont. Royal Canadian. .Toronto, Ont. 



Kingston Kingston, Ont. Royal Nova Scotia. Halifax N.B 



Louguieul Montreal. Toronto Toronto, Ont. 



Miramichi — Millerstown, N.B. Toronto Skiff Toronto, Out, 



Montreal Montreal, St. Lawrence Montreal. 



RECAPITULATION. 



United States 110 



Canada 12 



Total 123 



Besides the above organized clubs, racing is carried on regularly 

 every season at Bayhead, N. J., on Barnegat Bay; Shiunecook 

 Bay, Long Island; Shrewsbury River, and Sewaren. N. J.; Matta- 

 poisett, Onset Bay, Wood's Holl, Fall River, Martha's Vineyard, 

 Mass., and Oleander Point, Florida. 



Of the total of HO clubs, 71 are included in the North Atlantic 

 fleet, from Maine to Delaware; 15 are in the Lake 8 \ stem, 12 are 

 in Southern waters, 3 on the Pacific coast and 6 are on the smaller 

 inland waters. No close figures are to be had its to the numbers 

 of members and yachts, hut at a rough estimate the former may 

 be placed at an average of 50 members to each club, or from 5,00*0 

 to 6,000 men directly interested in yachting. As to the fleet, about 

 3,000 yachts are entered on the list, and the total number of 

 decked and half decked craft may be placed at something over 

 this figure, making with the open boats used for racing and sail- 

 ing, somewhere about 4,000 vessels, large and small, used for 

 pleasure sailing and steaming in the United States and Canada, 

 canoes and rowboats of course not included. The condition of 

 these clubs varies within wide limits from the live club with a 

 list of active and enthusiastic yachting men and plenty of racing, 

 down to the club which drags along with little or no improve- 

 ment from year to year. In the main, however, the majority of 

 the clubs are fairly prosperous, with a club house and anchorage 

 of some kind, in a fairly good conditiou financially and able to 

 hold their own, if not to grow somewhat each year. There are 



