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CREEDMOOR, New York, Aug. 8.— The seventh of the series of 

 marksman's badge matches of the N. R. A., was shot at Creed- 

 moor on Saturday, Aug. 6. The weather was very hot and sultry 

 during the day with rain, and a mild 3 o'clock wind made it very 

 favorable to the competitors, the scores made were very good. 

 The gold marksman's hadge, which becomes the property of the 

 competitor who wins it the greatest number of times dnring the 

 season, has been won by a different man in each match so far. 

 Major H. C. Brown acted as exocutive officer. Following are 

 scores of 42 and over. the. winners of the match being marked.* 



20Gvds. 500vds. Total. 



J McIIenry + Co C, 14th Regt 



H D Hamilton,* Co 1, 23d Regt.. 

 W A Robinson,* Co A, 23d Regt . 

 C L Hoffman,* Co H, 7th Regt... 



G P Brower,* Co B, 23d Regt 



H W Kraft * Co K, 13th Regt 



J B Frothingham,* 2d Brig Staff. 

 A C Saunders,* Co K, 23d Regt.... 

 R M Kalloeh,* Co Tl, 7th Regt.... 



H C Brown, Staff, 13th Rcct. 



J M Tallman,* Co A, 7th Regt.... 



S W Merritt * Co. B, 7th Regt 



O E Dudley,* Co F, 7th Regt 



W G Elliott, Co G. 47th Regt 20 



F T Cooke,* Co I, 23d Regt 20 



H B Thompson* Co C, 7th Regt 21 



F Van Lennep, Co K, 7th Regt 21 



G S Scott, Jr. Co A. 23d Regt 23 



C W Thorn, Co F, 7th Regt 33 



G A Lane, Co A, 13th Regt 23 



J Watson, Co F, 13th Regt 19 



C A Jones, Co G, 7th Regt 20 



A L Ely, Co G, 7th Regt 21 



W A Hockemeyer, Co I, 23d Regt 21 



G W Lotz, Co G, 13th Regt 34 



J. Manz, Jb., Ass't, Sec'y, N. R. A. 

 HAVERHILL, Mass., Rifle Club, Aug. 6, record match, 200yds., 

 off hand, standard target. Weather condition cloudy with 

 showers : 



J Busfleld 7 



A Edgerly 9 



S Johnson , 8 



H Tuck 9 



NEW JERSEY MILITIA.— The present month is a busy one at 

 Sea Girt camp, and the crack of the rifle is constant. The rifle 

 range practice began on Aug. 1, Colonels Vanvalen, Howard, 

 Owens and Capt. Walker, officers in charge of arrangements. The 

 first thirteen days of August will be occupied by troops of the 

 Second Brigade (Gen. SeweU's) in practice, and the rest of the 

 month bv the First Brigade (Gen. Steele's). The State promotes 

 this practice in the most generous way, being anxious to afford 

 every facility to the National Guard to perfect, itself in the use of 

 the rifle. There are five grades of marksmen. The third class 

 comprises all who have never shot on the range, and all who have 

 shot and failed to reach the required standard. The second class 

 comprises those who in practice at 100 and 300yds have failed to 

 score 25 out of a possible 50. The first class is made up of those 

 who have scored 25 or over in 100 and 300yds. The marksmen 

 coming next are those who have scored 25 or over in 20Q and 500yds, 

 The sharoskooters are those who score 42 or over in a possible 50. 

 These latter are given a silver badge by the State. There are only 

 two at present, no others last year reaching the standard. They 

 are Capt, Haddcnhorst, of the Second Regiment, of Hoboken, and 

 Col. Howard, of the Division Staff, both crack shots. 



BOSTON, Aug. 6.— There were several riflemen present at the 

 range at Walnut Hill to-day. A high wind and frequent showers 

 interfered wit b 1 he scores. Following are the scores: Rest match 

 -S. Wilder 112, John Gun n 108. W. ft. Oler 105, R. S. Simonds 88, 

 J. P. Cutts 83. Revolver match— F. Bennett 81. O. E. Berry 79, B. 

 Crawcow 79, J. B. Fellows 78, W. Bennett 76, W. H. Oler 70. State 

 militia, match— F. A. Shaw, 18, 18, 20, 19. Won the bronze medal. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for publication should he made out on the prin'sil blanks 

 prepared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished gratis to club 

 secretaries. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are par- 

 ticulai'hi request eel to write on one side of the paper only. 



AUBURN VS. GENEVA— Auburn. N. Y., Aug. 4.— In the return 

 match between the Auburn Gun Club and the Lako Shore Club, 

 of Genova, the Auburn Club again won. Ten hats or kingbirds 

 at 18yds., ten at 21yds.: 



Auburn Team, 



18vds. 21yds. 



Howland UlilUlU 1100011101— 10 



Steel 1101111100 1111111111— 17 



Ferree 0111111111 0111111111— 17 



Tuttle 1 111110111 UU011010— 16 



Embody 1011111100 111001U1H-14 



Church : 1011111011 Oioillllll-IG 



Brigden Ill 1111101 1111011000—15 



Sinclair 0110111110 lOlllllOOl— 14-125 



Geneva Team. 



Stacey llllllllll 3 111111100-18 



Barnes 1111101000 1110111111-15 



Stevens 1100011101 1111111001-14 



Crawford 1111111110 1011001101-15 



TenEvck 1111111100 00111110 0-14 



Whitney lllHHUl 1110001111-17 



Stacev, Jr 111010110 1001111111—14 



St apleton 1101111111 1111110110-17-134 



The Auburn Club have adopted the kingbird as the target for 

 State shoot. 



AVON, N. Y., Aug. 3.— The Avon Springs Gun Club had a sweep- 

 stakes shoot on their grounds this afternoon. Warm weather was 

 the cause of so small an attendance. Artificial targets 15yds. rise. 

 First string: 



F Fisk 0110100010-4 S T Vary 1110111010-7 



R JNesbit 0110101100-5 E Brayton 1110111110-8 



N Dann 0000010011—3 G B Quackenbush . . .0010111100-5 



J W Quackenbush. .1011100010— 5 



Third was taken by G. B. Quackeubush. Second string, 10 birds: 



E Brayton 1101011100-6 N Dann 1011111010-7 



S T Vary 1011110101-7 F Fisk 1101001110-6 



J W Quackenbush.. 01 01000100—1 G B Quackenbush... 0011011100-5 

 R JNesbit .... 



Firt divided, E. Brayton second. Third string, 7 birds: 



S T Vary 1111101-6 F Fisk 1101001- 4 



E Brayton 1000010-2 R J Nesbit 0101010-3 



J W Quackenbush O0C0011-2 G B Quackenbush 1011010-4 



F. Fisk second, J. W. Quackenburh fourth. Fourth string, 5 

 birds: 



F Fisk 11011-4 E Brayton 10101-3 



S T Vary 10011—3 J W Quackenbush 10011—3 



R JNesbit 00000—0 Second.S.T.Vary— Sportsman. 



LEONIA, N. J., Aug. 4.— Match between George W. Gladwin, of 

 Leonia, and Dr. John A. Wells, of Englewood, 50 American clay 

 birds, 3 traps, N. G. A. rules: 



Gladwin 01101110011110011001101011111111101101110110101000-31 



Weils omoiiiiioooiiiiiiiiiimiiommiommimioi-42 



THE MARKSMEN.— Capt. Bogardus and the young Bogarduses 

 are giving exhibitions with Forepaugh's show at Staten Island, 

 N. Y. Dr. Carver is traveling on his own hook, boating the world's 

 record. He killed 50 pigeons straight, English rules, at Lynch- 

 burg, Va,, last week. Chevalier Ira Paine and wife are with 

 Bobbin's circus, last heard from at Montreal, Can., where the Post 

 of that city reports some of the local shots tried their hand with 

 Paine. At SOvds., Smith & Wesson army revolver, Paine scored 

 45444—21. Mr. N. P. Leach, with the same arm, 45554—23. Mr. 

 McCane, secretary of the Montreal Gun Club, and Sergt. Marks 

 also did their part to uphold the credit of the town. 



ONE-HANDED SHOOTING.— A remarkable score was made by 

 L. Davenport, of the Fountain Gun Club, last week, at Woodlawn, 

 Long Island . He shot at, 37 birds, killing 12 out of 13 from the 28yds. 

 mark, 10 straight from the 25yds. mark, and 11 straight from 27yds., 

 using only one hand. He won the club's championship badge and 

 was second in a sweepst akes. 



THE YONKERS (N. Y.J GUN CLUB hold a tournament to-day 

 at the Yonkers Driving Park. 



SAN FRANCISCO, July 31.— The largest gathering of sportsmen 

 that has assembled before the traps at San Bruno was present to- 

 day to witness the great team match captained by ex-Judge Hale 

 Rix and M. Ault. Although the toss for first choice was won bv 

 Captain Ault, he experienced rather hard luck in many of his 

 selections. The hopes and fears of the rival teams were on the 

 ebb and flow for the first three or four rounds, but Captain Rix 

 finally led his men on with renewed vigor, whining the match by 

 a total of 194 birds to 187. The two captains had selected the best 

 pigeon-shooters m tins city and Oakland, teams which represented 

 ( wcuty-tbree men a side. A few of the best men chosen on either 

 side failed to put in an appearance, but their places were satis- 

 factorily tilled by good shooters who were present in masses to 

 witness and enjoy the sport. The shooting commenced promptly 

 at to o'clock and the popping was kept up without intermission 

 until the gong souuded as a signal to 'let up" on the slaughter of 

 the innocents and repair to the lunch compartments. 



The spectators and compet itors returned to the city on the 5 

 o'clock train highly satisfied with their dav's sport and the gen- 

 eral management of the team shoot. The shooting was governed 

 by Hurliogham rules, 5 ground. traps, 30yds. rise, lOCyds. bouudnrv. 

 The. competitors faced the traps five at a time, and according as 

 their names were announced by the referee W. L. Eyre, whose 

 judgment gave entire satisfaction, they blazed away. The birds 

 provided by Murphy were an excellent lot and in the early part of 

 the shooting, when the blue-rocks were very abundant, 'the. con- 

 testants were on their mettle ho stop them within the boundary. 

 The average shooting was firsUclass, considering that many of the 

 contestants had not shot in a piigeon match for several months be- 

 fore. The day was all that could be desired for trap shooting. Tho 

 following is a summary of the fceam-mateh shoot, the figure 2 rep- 

 resenting when the second barrel was used : 



Rix Team. Ault Team. 



Rix 21101000)110- 6 Ault 021200221220— 8 



Pierson 1 122020] 1 1 21 -10 Smith 102110112100- 8 



Slade 180100001111— 7 Lambert 111210121020- 9 



Kerrigan 112100011211— 9 Laing 011122210102— 9 



Walsh 110101211122-10 Adams 202210121211-10 



Spencer 101101112111-10 Jellett 111200221202- 9 



Brooks 102102131201— 9 Putzraan 111201)2011 101— 7 



Browell 2221111110:3-11 Fox 201112002012— 8 



Golcher, W 111120020111— 9 Bohan 202011022002- 7 



Wilson 021110212210— 9 De Vaul, Jr 112211121021—11 



Dunshee 121021122121-11 Fdwards 002000111111- 7 



Bogart 120101222120- 9 KeUy 010012111221- 9 



Liddle 111120101(103— 8 Osborne 00001101 12U— 7 



White 201011110101- H Ferguson 111022112011-10 



Heath 102021000021- 6 Brown, H R 110121212000- 8 



Briggs 102001121011- 8 Frost 231002010002— 6 



Weinman- 21.1 1 11221121-13 Bohrs 000120000002- 3 



Meilly 001003231220 - 7 Mulle.r 010120121212- 9 



Feigle 1 300020031002- 5 Shaft 111201100110- 8 



Gillette 010010221003— 6 Meyer 120222100002- 7 



Kittle 010012122110- 8 Golcher, H 220012022211- 9 



Cate 102132021032- 9 Peterson 120021012113- 9 



Shorten 212mil3010-10 Brown, B 212212101002- 9 



194 187 

 WELLINGTON, Aug. 6.— The range was well attended to-day, 

 and some fine scores were made. The winners: Six bluerocks, 

 Nichols; six pigeons, Schaefer; six bluerocks, Gerry; six pigeons, 

 Nichols; six pigeons, Schaefer and Nichols; six blackbirds, 

 Schaefer; six pigeons, Gerry; six bluerocks. Warren and Nichols; 

 six pigeons, Schaefer; six bluerocks, Gerry: six pigeons, straight- 

 away. Perry; six bluerocks, Schaefer; six pigeons, Gerry and 

 Perry; six pigeons, Gerry; six bluerocks, Nichols. 



HOUR OF SHOOTING.— It would be a great convenience to the 

 readers of your paper if you would publish the hour at which the 

 shooting matches published in your paper are held. Some are 

 held in the morning, others in the afternoon. Probably your cor- 

 respondents omit the hour. If so, a request in your paper for 

 vour correspondents to write the hour at which the matches begin 

 would supply the omission hereafter.— R. E. C. 



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 meetinge and races, and 

 report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are 

 requested to forward to Fobest and Stbeam 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. 



FIXTURES. 



August. 



1-12. Northern Division, Stony Lake. 



7. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 

 12-20. A. C. A. Meet, Lalce Champlam. 

 13. Lake St. Louis Chal. Cups, Lachine. 



Septembeb. 



4. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 

 34. New York, Sailing and Paddling. 



OCTOBBB. 



9. Oakland, Edwards Cup, Mayrisok Badge. 



November. 



6. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 



December. 



4. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 



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A. C. A. 



OR membership apply to the Secretary, W. M. Carter, Trenton, 

 N.J. Required age, 18 years or over. Application to be ac- 

 companied with $3 and recommendation of an active member. 

 Sec'y A. C. A. Central Div., E. W. Brown, 4 Bowling Green, New- 

 York. Sec'y A. C. A. Eastern Div., W. B. Davidson, Hartford, 

 Conn. Sec'y Northern Div., J. B. Collins, Peterboro. Sec'y W. 

 C. A., Geo. A. Warder, Springfield, O. 



NOTES ON THE WESTERN MEET. 



RACES 7, 8, 10, 13 and 16 on the programme could not be started 

 the first or race week of the meet for lack of time. They were 

 worked in the early part of cruising week, except Event 13, with 

 the foUowing results: 



Race No. 7.— All classes, 3 miles, sail first half mile, paddle sec- 

 ond, sail third, paddle fourth, sail fifth and paddle sixth to finish: 

 Name. Cauoe. Club. Time. 



Miles Johnson Sireu Sandusky 30 44 



R. B. McCune Kabeyun Tippy 30 33 



W.i A. Leys Toronto 27 53 



First stake was passed as follows: Johnson, Leys and McCune. 

 In second half mile Leys and McCune both passed Johnson by 

 superior" paddling, and 'on homestretch Leys left both the other 

 canoes badly. Wind blowing half a gale and big sea running. 



Race No. 8.— Double, paddling (two menin each canoe), Class IV., 

 half mile: . , • 



Name. Canoe. Club. Time. 



F W P S VeU : !" Algonquin Cleveland 5 10 



8: w^laeffer:::::: [<wng stillwater 5 05 



G Hessert Une f Kabeyun Tippy Did not finish 



Bace No. 10.'— Sailing, all classes, mile and a half course, open to 

 novices only: . „,. 



Name. Canoe. Club. Time. 



C W Lee . Tippy 21 40 



H. Theobald'. 120 Stillwater 20 40 



G M Clark Miami Did not finish 



FM Keith Psyche Cleveland. . Did not finish 



Race No. 16.— Hand paddling, 100ft.: 



Name. Club. 



G. S. Schaeffer Stillwater E lfth ;^ 



H. G. Hodge Stillwater Fourth. 



John Daven Stillwater First. 



R. Dewese - Stillwater ^i ?' 3, 



F. W. Keith Cleveland Third. 



The A. C. A. rules recognize two classes of sailing canoes— B, 

 the larger class, being over 28iu. in beam, and A, 28m. and 

 under in width. The class B canoes have been built usually oOra. 

 and over to a length of 15ft., and are always most numerous at a 

 meet. Until the" meet of 1885 it was thought that the class a 

 canoes could always sail faster than class A canoes, as they could 

 stand more sail. Little Nirvana, sailed by Nimick, of Pittsburgh, 

 upset this idea by making the course in less time than the major- 



ity of the class B canoes. Since then several A canoes, built with 

 a View to speed have held their own with the B boats' on even 

 terms, and why? Speed depends principally on length. Tho A 

 and B canoes arc about tho same length. If tw.» canoes are the 

 same in length, and of as good lines, but differ in beam, the 

 smaller, one will sail aa last as the larger with less sail, as there, is 

 less resistance offered to it. When all sailing was done with skip- 

 per in the. cockpit, stability could only be got by giving the canoe 

 considerable beam. Now, that all race sailing is done "with 

 the skipper on deck, stability is. of course, increased the 

 greater the beam, hut partially at the expense of speed. The 

 weight of the. skipper is the main factor to be considered. A man 

 pi ISolbS.. and under can get greater speed out of a good A canoe 

 than he can m a B. It over that weight a B canoe" he must have 

 to attain the maximum speed . This is generally stated and there 



may arise ron- c^-r;, sit = / ; „ V| ; . . ,. , 



heavy man no matter how ballasted, and a light man cannot sail 

 a B canoe on an even keel or anywhere near it, as his weight is out 

 of proportion (too little) to the necessary sail spread. Then whv 

 have two classes? The races at Ballast Island plainly illustrated 

 that A and B canoes were about equal. To be sure a class B won 

 the free for all and the Gardner cup, and a man under 1351hs 

 sailed her. But Cook's canoe and rig, and his sailing ahilil ies were 

 superior to those of any one else— and the winds were light An 

 A. canoe came in second in both B races (sailing in the B class), 

 hating the fleet of B boats Cook barred, an A canoe won the 

 W. C. A. trophy, beating all tho B canoes at the meet, except one. 

 Down the wind the A canoes were faster than even Cook's canoe 

 and on the wind but little slower, and that owing largely to im- 

 perfect rig— the A canoes, of course, carried 20 to 80ft. less sail than 

 Cook's boat. The point was raised, "Should A canoes be allowed 

 in the B races?" and several gentlemen argued that thev should 

 not. giving as one of the reasons that the A canoes in light winds 

 had an advantage over the B boats. This puts the hoot on the 

 other leg and credits an inferior class boat with better sailing 

 qualities than the superior. In yachting the length of a boat 

 classes it. Sailing canoes of same length should be put in the 

 same class. I his has been done by the 1887 Regatta Committee of 

 the A. C. A. All the canoes are to sail in everv class at Bow- 

 Arrow Point, and the prizes go to the winners irrespective of 

 class. 



At Ballast Island there was quite a fleet of very excellent 

 canoes, auy one of which practically as fair and good' as the win- 

 ners. The Douglas boats particularly came out strong— well 

 built, good lines, common sense eenterbo&rds and every "device 

 perfect to make them fast. Two modified Pecowsics were also in 

 the races, and a beautiful specimen of a boat from Ruggles. Why 

 did they not do better in comparison with Cook? They were not 

 sailed, as well for one reason. Handling has very much to do with 

 the racing results. The correct trim of sails, when to come about 

 to make a buoy — not fall short of it, nor lose by going too far— cor- 

 rect ballasting, sailing a true course— a straight line is the short- 

 est, distance between two points— taking advantage of puffs, never 

 get ting under the lee of the shore or another canoe— all these 

 points and many more come into play, and the proper solvin" of 

 each problem gives its inch of help toward the general result? A 

 crack racing sailor is perhaps born, not made, but the majority of 

 those who sailed at Ballast can very much improve their sailing 

 by practice, and the same thing can he said about those who sail 

 at the A. C. A. meets. 



Baden-Powell showed the A. C. A. men last vear a well rigged 

 canoe. Taking his for a model there was not "even a fairly well 

 rigged cauoe at Ballast, except Cook's — and he could not reef his 

 sails. The builder is responsible, for the canoe and the owner for 

 the rig. A sail cannot be got to sit perfectly in a day. The vacht 

 sails take weeks of tinkering and adjusting to get them to sit fiat 

 and perfectly. Canoeists as a rule don't seem to understand this. 

 The spars are too heavy, too light, heavy in the wrong place; masts 

 are too high: the sails are too baggy, or pulled out at the corners 

 into nigger heels. Halliard blocks are not strongly fastened and 

 reef blocks clumsy. The cordage is poor, and knotted instead 

 of spliced, wound or whipped. And thus it is through the 

 list. Cook could have w^on every race that he did win in any 

 one of fifteen canoes there on Ballast Island, if he could have 

 rigged the. canoe himself, and got a few spins in her for prac- 

 tice on the water. Too much attention has not been paid to 

 good lines, a fair, strong and well built canoe; but too little 

 thought and work have been given to sails, rig, and the proper 

 handling of both. This applies to canoeists generally and not par- 

 ticularly to the Western men, for the same faults are illustrated 

 every year at the A. C. A. meets. It is a question which is most 

 important in a race, boat, rig or man. If the man is— and there 

 can hardly be a question about it— then boat and rig are a bout 

 equally important, for a good rig can work wonders even on a poor 

 boat, but a poor rig will relegate a good boat into the tail end of 

 the procession. 



Cook designed and built his own canoe, and, therefore, does not. 

 care to make public her lines for others to copy exactly. No. 138 

 is a full-limit Class B canoe, lapstreak, with the outside plank 

 edges fined down very thin, good sheer, slight dead rise, fine en- 

 trance carried well hack, and with slightly hoUow lines. A heavy 

 steel dagger board, dropping exactly 18in. below keel, is used in a 

 low open-top trunk, the board lifting clear out of the trunk when 

 the canoe is running. Sixty pounds of shot ballast is carried in 

 bags on the floor of the canoe, placed in a sort of trough to pre- 

 vent its shifting when the boat iieels. The rudder is a very large 

 wooden one, thin, and perfectly smooth, dropping a little below 

 the keel. The keel is slightly rockered, stem and stern nearly 

 plumb to waterliue. Tho stem rounds quickly into the line of 

 keel just below the l.w.l. For the no-ballast race (an event that 

 should be banished from all regatta programmes) Cook used a 

 wooden dagger centerboard, as his steel one was over the 15-pound 

 limit. The canoe was painted inside, but varnished outside on 

 planking and deck. The surface below tke waterline was beauti- 

 fully smooth, the nail heads and screws being sandpapered and 

 filed down perfectly even with the wood, which was polished to 

 the very top notch. It is safe to say that a smoother canoe never 

 entered a sailing race in this country. The deck was not marred 

 with cleats. Two tiller lines and two sheets were the only ropes 

 used. The sails were fore aud aft spreet sails, laced to the masts, 

 having booms to which the sheets were attached in several places 

 by means of blocks, thus making an even strain from end to end 

 and requiring but very light lines to hold the sail. Tiny thimbles 

 were used instead of blocks in places. Long, thin spars were used 

 as spreets, keeping the peaks of the sails in place. Usually the 

 spreet is toggled to the mast: not so in Cook's rig— the lower end 

 of the spreet fits into a socket in the boom about Sin. aft of the 

 mast, and by this arrangement the sail is spread out very flat and 

 the boom kept from jumping up, especially when the canoe is 

 before the wind. The greatest fault the ordinary spreet sail has 

 is thus cleverly overcome. The sail is furled by rolling it up 

 around the mast. The only way of shortening sail when under 

 way is to take out the spreet. drop peak and let it fly, thus mak- 

 ing a mutton sail with a flapping leach —a very uushipshape 

 method. Cook has a number of suits of sails, differing in sizes 

 and suitable for every kind of weather; but once started in a race 

 he cannot make any changes, and if the force of the wind changes 

 considerably he must be hopelessly left. The wind held very 

 steady during the racing at Ballast, no reefing being necessary, 

 and as it usually does, this kind of rig will often win. Should a 

 smart thunder squall come upon the fleet during a race, how many 

 canoes would live through it, think you? Not many, and surely 

 not one in which reeling a sail is out of the question. Such a canoe 

 would have to down all sail and anchor or lay to till the squall 

 was over, while the canoes with well -work rug reef lines would be 

 making headway. 



Dream, the Record winner at the meet, handled by Leys, the 

 Canadian, is deserving of a word. The canoe was built by Rug- 

 gles in his peculiar method, smooth skin, narrow planks, caulked. 

 The canoe is very light, has no bulkheads and very few fittings to 

 add to her weight. Leys pot-leaded his canoe and thus got a good 

 racing surface. Narrow cockpits seem to have become a fashion 

 now, leaving as they do a good bit of deck on each side of the well, 

 and thus enabling "the canoe to go over till the sail touches the 

 water without shipping any of it. Leys's rig was a combination of 

 the Toronto fan sail and Stoddard's latest rig. The radiating bat- 

 tens and heavy brass work high up on the mast certainly do no 

 good. The good paddling points of the cauoe helped greatly to 

 push the Record points up into the big figures. Cook, of course, 

 entered no paddling races. With a light, weU-fitted rig, there is 

 no reason why Dream cannot hold her own with the best of them. 



Bousfield's canoe Peggy, built by McWMrter and Grant Edgar, 

 from Stephens's lines, has figured on the A. C. A. Record ana is 

 generally known. The 351b. board forward, with the necessary 

 ballast aft to trim the canoe, and the new experimental Pound 

 Boat rig used at the meet, are responsible for the only fairl> r good 

 record attained. With a light board and clean rig, handled as 

 well as Bousfield always sails a canoe, her record should be very 

 near the top notch, if not the top one. Jaques's canoe Dottrel! 

 also houses a heavy board, aud it is certainly a very good point in 

 this case, as everything is arranged for taking it into the calcula- 

 tions. B. W. Wood's Douglas canoe Vitum carried the next best 

 rig to Cook's at the meet, a pair of well fitting and fairly well 

 rigged balance lugs, and his good record is largely due to this 

 fact. As a rule, the canoes at Ballast Island spread more sail 

 than is now the custom at the A. C. A. meet. Cook and Wood 

 carried considerably over 100ft. in the two sails, and several other 



