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FOREST AND STREAM. 



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*rowth of what appears to be blue Warts upon Inside 0f het' mouth, 

 principally Upon the lips, (probably ulcers instead of wnrtsh thby 

 seem to be sore so she will notgnnwabbnci Her condition i9 bad-, 

 and although I have tried Fowler's solution she docs not Improve, 

 although her apuetite is fairly Rood; Ana. Got a Stick of nitrate 

 Of silver (lunar caustic) and touch each wart or ulcer every morn- 

 ing* Get the following < 



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Mixj Sigi One feaspoonful three times daily: 

 Wi W-. Med— I have a valuable Irish setter 4 years old afflicted 

 With a k'dnoy or bladder trouble; has constaut desire to urinate, 

 teaching as many as 100 efforts daily. Is otherwise healthy, but 

 appetite nearly gone; keeps in good floah and spirits but is con- 

 stantly fatigued. Received a blow across the oack last Api-il 

 which crippled him for an hour, but after that until about two 

 mouths ago snowed no effects of the injury. Have been treating 

 him with turpentine and pumpkin seed tea but got no permanent 

 benefit. Ans. Get the following; 

 R. Tr, nucis vom. 



Tr. belladonna aajii 



Tr. opd .3i 



Syr. simpllois Jss 



Ag. q. s. ad 5 ii 



Mix. Sig. Due teaspoonful three times daily. 

 Feed mostly milk and oatmeal, little meat. 



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RANGE AND GALLERY. 



PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA. 



PHILADELPHLA., Aug. 18.-Editor Forest and Stream: The 

 regimental team match of the Pennsylvania N. G. was shot 

 at Mti Gretna on the 10th and 11th inst., during the encampment 

 of the N. G. P. at that place. 



The match was open to any regimental, batallion or separate 

 company, teams of 4 men, distance 200, 500 aud 600yds., 7 shots at 

 each distance. The First Regiment (located at Philadelphia) were 

 the victors after a very hard struggle, with the Sixteenth Regi- 

 ment only 2 points behind. The famous Thirteenth Regiment in" 

 Scruuton had heretofore been the victors in this match, and this 

 Was the only time they wore ever defeated. It was expected before 

 the match that the, fight would be between the Thirteenth, Six- 

 teen I h and First Regiments in the above order: At the finish of 

 the 200?. s. range the three highest were: First Regiment 117, 

 Thirteenth lit!, Sixteenth 115. At the close of the 500yds. range It 

 stood; First Kogimenr 224, Sixteenth 223, Thirteenth 312. Owing 

 to the arrangements of the targets the First Regiment were com- 

 pelled at each range to wait until both the Sixteenth and Thir- 

 teenth Regini'nt had finished their scores. These three teams be- 

 ing so close all the spectators and marksmen not actually tiring 

 kept close to their firing point. After the Sixteenth and Thirteenth 

 Regiments had finished their scores at fSOOyds. the score sheets 

 show ed that the Thirteenth had been downed at last, their grand 

 total being: Sixteenth Regiment 328, Thirteenth 312, 



It was now the First's time to shoot at 600yds., and the crowd 

 surged to that regiment's firing point. The First Regiment's team 

 to win was obliged to make a total of 105 points, or average 20 

 points each man, which on an entirely new ground and with no 

 sighting shots was no easy thing. Walton and Linnan led off and 

 put up as follows; Walton 23 and Linnan 20. Root and CVmlston 

 took their turn, knowing that they had to make an average of 28 

 each to win, and by good holding made one point better, thus win- 

 ning the tnateh by only two points. Bolow are the individual 

 scores of the wiuners m their order of shooting: 

 Yds. 



Private Geo R Walton i , . ,200 5 3 4 6 4 4 4-29 



500 4 3 5 3 2 3-20 



000 3 5 4 5 4 2—23- 72 



Sergt E T Linnan 200 .5 5 3 4 4 5 3—29 



500 4 3 3 4 2 5 5—26 



600 .3 4 4 2 5 5 3—26- 81 



Sergt Geo F Root 300 at 4 4 3 4 4 4—27 



500 4 5 5 4 4 5 3-30 



600 5 3 5 4 5 4 3—29— 86 



Lieut Geo W Coulston 200 5 5 4 4 4 5 5-S3 



500 5 4 5 3 5 5 4—31 



COO 4 3 5 5 5 3 3—28- 91 



330 



10th Regiment S38 5th Regiment 263 



13th Regiment 312 City Troop 255 



State Feneibles 292 2d Regiment 247 



10th Regiment 281 15th Regiment 231 



lith Kegimeur. 277 8th Regiment 217 



12th Regiment 203 4th Regiment.. 177 



AMERICAN RIFLEMEN ABROAD. 



LONDON, England.— Editor Forest and Stream : As I have no 

 doubt many of your readers will want to kuow how the 

 American rifle shots Messrs. Huggins and Cartwright have got 

 along over here, I thought I would write through your paper and 

 let them know. At Wimbledon they both did very poor indeed. 

 In the first place they had just arrived after a teu day's vo , a ge 

 and went straight to the range, and then they were not feeling 

 well; and they left before the tournament finished for Geneva, 

 Switzerland, to attend the Tir Federal. They were more fortun- 

 ate there as both won good prizes, the lion's share of course falling 

 to that phenomenal rifle shot J. A. Huggins. The distance snot 

 was about 330yds., with open sights, rifles under 121bs., no milking 

 stool allowed. Several of the contests were for either offhand or 

 from the knee, but the two American representatives shot offhand 

 and won a great deal of praise by their fine shooting. Mr. Hug- 

 gins won a very handsome gold medal for making 300 4in. cartons, 

 there being only two others who won gold medals out of the 22,000 

 shooters; he also took a gold watch, a bronze medal, and 300 francs 

 on the target of honor and two other targets. His prizes will be 

 forwarded to him in Pittsburgh as Boon as the awards have been 

 made. 



Mr. Cartwright won a silver medal and 150 francs In cash; he 

 only shot one day, as business called him back to London. It must 

 be understood that they had to use the Swiss rifle, using the Swiss 

 government cartridge, which is a rim-fire bottle-necked cartridge 

 of .41-cal. The sights were open, with a screw to alter wind gauge, 

 set locks were allowed, but in the military match those using 

 single locks were allowed 12}£ per cent. Mr. J. C. Huguenin, of 

 San Francisco, Cal., was present and did some good shooting, and 

 won a fine gold cup and 250 francs in cash. A great drawback to 

 the success of Messrs. Huggins and Cartwright was the fact that 

 tliey could not speak t he language, and consequently were not 

 posted on the ways of rifle shooting in Switzerland. Some of the 

 cracks of Switzerland were using three different rifles on the same 

 number of targets. At Wimbledon on the 4in. buUseye at 200yds. 

 pool target on one occasion, of all the hundreds of shots that were 

 fired, Mr. Huggins with his Bullard Military made the only bulls- 

 eye that was made all day. Bullseyes that dav were worth about 

 56 shiUings. Mr. Cartwright submitted the Bullard Military to 

 the Wimbledon council, and theo allowed it to be used in all M. 

 B. L. competitions. They would not allow him to use his Spring- 

 field with a Buffington sight, as they had decided against the 

 Butlington. The Bullard rifles are taking finely with the rifle 

 shots over here. 



Miss Annie Oakley, who is giving exhibitions with the shotgun 

 with Buffalo Bill's Wild West at the American Exhibition, is 

 meeting with great success; her shooting is very good indeed. 

 The Prince of Wales highly complimented her on her shooting on 

 the occasion of his visit to the show with the Princess, the Prince 

 aud Princess visiting Miss Oakley in her tent after the perform- 

 ance. Miss Oakley gives a great many private exhibitions to 

 some of the leaders of fashion over here, as it is a great thing to 

 see a lady step up to the trap and kill bluerock after bluerock; it 

 is something that is not often seen here. At the grounds of the 

 London Gun Club she gave an exhibition, and the members were 

 so pleased that they presented her with the club gold medal 

 valued at §250. She also won at the same grounds $250in a sweep- 

 stake at live blu» rocks. The Prince of Wales on handing Miss 

 Oakley the medal said, "I know of no one more worthy of it." 

 Miss Oakl*y has had some very flattering offers to go to Monaco 

 and Boulogne, France, and Brighton, England. It is a pleasure 

 to go to Miss Oakley's tent and spend an hour talking to the little 

 American wonder, aud one is sure there to meet some of the best 

 •wing shots of England, aud some of the nicest London people, as 

 Miss Oakley by her ladylike ways has won hosts of friends over 

 here, who always make it a point to visit her tent when at the ex- 

 hibition. Miss Oakley is the only person to whom the London 

 Gun Club has presented their medal. America. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for publication should be made out. on, tht pMntyd blanks 

 prepared by the Forest and Stream-, and furnlmal vrails to club 

 secretaries; Correspondents who fdvor Us with c/ttb scores are par' 

 Hcularly requested to uTilc on one Side of the paper only. 



A VETERAN TRAP-SH^T. 



TN last week's issue was printed a challenge from the veteran 

 A pigeon shot, Mr. Wm. King, to Dr. Carver. The chaUenger ia 

 well known to the older generation of trap-shooters, but to young 

 men his record is less familiar than are those of shooters like 

 Bogardus and Carver. William King was born in Winterslow, 

 near Salisbury, Eng., Feb. 18, 1818, being now 70 years of age. He 

 came to America in 1850, and in the ten years following shot 57 

 mat flies, winning 50 of them, and many were for "big money." 

 His record is as follows: 



Shortly after his arrival in the United States bet 8100 that he 

 would break to pieces 95 bottles In 100 shots, with No. shot, viz., 

 the hard, black sherry bottle. He shot this at Mount Pleasant, 

 Charleston; hit and broke to pieces fairly In the air, 100 bottles in 

 succession, shooting as described, with gun 14-bore, loz. shot. 



In support of Mr. Ring's claim to having made the best score in 

 12 ma tches, the following records are adduced: 



King v. Wells— Shot at Red Bank, N. J., 1854 — Kins shot at 10 

 double birds, killed 20; Wells killed 20. In the shoot-off at 10 

 double birds, each killed 19 birds, and the stakes were drawn.— 

 Ucpurkd by Old Spirit. 



King v. Cornell— Match for $500, shot at Germantown, Philadel- 

 phia, 1855.— King shot at 15 double birds, killed 28; Cornell killed 

 24. Won by Ki ng.— Old Spirit. 



King v. Cornell— Match for $500: shot at Germantown, Philadel- 

 phia, 1855 — King shot at 15 double birds, killed 27; Cornell killed 

 23. Won by King.— Old Spirit. 



King v. Cornell— Match for $500; shot at Long Island, September, 

 1885.— King shot at 100 single birds, killed 94; Cornell killed 93. 

 Won by King.— Off' Spiril. 



King v. P.. Duncan— Match for $5,000 a side; shot at Cincinnati, 

 October, 1855.— King shot at 75 double birds, killed 129: Duncan 

 killed P'0. Won by Duncan.— Louisville Courier and Old Spiril. 



King v. Tat ham— Match for §1,000; shot at Bloomingdale Road, 

 N. Y., September. 1857. — King shot at 25 doublo and 50 single birds; 

 King killed 97. Won by King -Old Spiril. 



February, 1858, won $100 by killing 40 birds out of 25 double at 

 Ward's. Conev Island, R. Robinson bet ting against 38. 



King v. Shannon— Match for 1 1,000; shot at St. Louis, 1859.— King 

 shot at 30 double birds, killed 6uj Shannon killed 45. Won by King, 



"Sweepstakes, shot at St. Louis, April, 1859 -20 sub., $10 each; first, 

 second and third prizes: King shot two chances; won the first and 

 second prizes, killing 44 birds in succession. H. Fulson won third 

 prize, killing 43 birds out of 44. S.fme sweep, next day, King took 

 first and second prizes, killing 06 out of 08. Shannon took third 

 prize. King also killed 40 single birds in 40 shots, and 35 double 

 birds in 36 double shots.— Clipper. 



King v. Duncan— Match for $2,000; shot at St. Louis, April, 1859. 

 King shot at 20 double biro's (40yds. riso), kiUed 21; Duncan (same 

 rise) k illed 20. Won by King.— Clipper. 



King v. Duncan— Match foT $10,000; shot at Louisville, May 29, 

 1859; 30yds. rise, 25 double birds each. King killed 42, Duncan 24.— 

 Clipper. 



King v. Duncan— Match for 81,000 aside; shot at Lou isville, June, 

 1859; 30 single birds. King killed all; Duncan, 28 out of 30.— Louis- 

 ville Courier. 



Great International Match; shot October, 1859, at Newmarket, 

 Eng.; 50 single and 50 double birds. 250 sovereigns a side. King 

 killed 42 of the 50 siugle birds, and 87 of the 50 double birds; Freere 

 killed 39 of the 50 single birds, and 07 of the 50 doublo birds.— Bed's 

 Life. 



Oct., 1868, at Dexter's, L. I., won sweepstakes of $50 each, shoot- 

 ing at 8 double birds, kiUing 14, against R. Robinson and H. 

 Hartshorn, shooting at 10 single. 



At Springfield, 111.. Sept., 1809, defeated A. H. Bogardus in match 

 at 10 single and 10 double birds each, killing 10 straight singles, 

 and 19 out 20 doubles— total. 29 out 30. Bogardus killed 9 Bingle 

 and 17 out 20 double— total, 26. 



At Dexter's, L. I.. Jan., 1879, Mr. King won $100 Bweepstakes, 10 

 double birds, killing 19 out 20; defeated B. West and Dr. Wynn. 



At Hiram Howe's, L. I., beat S. Reading, at 25 single birds, 25yds. 

 rise, ground traps; King killed 23, Reading 31. 



Defeated C. Ditmus, same grounds, King shooting at 25 double 

 birds, Ditmus, 50 singles. 



Mr. King is of magnificent physique, and in spite of his seventy 

 years is not yet shelved as a double bird wing-shot. If he suc- 

 ceeds in getting on a match with Carver there wiU be a notable 

 gathering of old-time trap frequenters to see how their favorite 

 holds his own with the new comers. 



OHIO TRAP-SHOOTERS' LEAGUE. — An Open Letter to Ohio 

 Sportsmen: Gentlemen — T address you as an individual and not as 

 one interested in any particular target. Together with many 

 others. I am desirous of seeing an Ohio State Association duly 

 formed. An attempt in this direction is now under way. An 

 "Ohio Trap Shooters' League" was organized in February, 1887, at 

 Columbus. The executive committee was chosen, comprising 

 among others Mr. J. E. Miller, the traveling representative of the 

 American Clay Bird Co., and Mr. J. J. Wightman, agent of the 

 Cleveland Blue Rock Co. At that meeting an attempt was made 

 to adopt those two targets as the targets of the League. This move- 

 ment was ignomiuiously defeated, showing that Obio shooters do 

 not propose to be "bamboozled" by any target manufacturers. 

 Now the next meeting and tournament of the League is to be held 

 at Columbus. Sept. 16, 17 and 18. In answer to an inquiry as to 

 what targets are to be used at the tournament, the secretary 

 writes; "The matter of targets is entirely in the hands of the ex- 

 ecutive committee, Mr. Miller is getting up the programme, etc." 

 Mr. J. E. Miller being addressed on the subject, writes as follows: 

 "Yours of Aug. 15; in reply will say that the executive committee 

 held their meeting some few weeks ago, and decided to use the 

 blue rock and American clay bird for the coming State shoot. 

 The programmes are printed and are being distributed. In fact, 

 the use of targets for this tournament was left somewhat to the 

 club at Columbus, the committee acting upon their suggestion, as 

 it was the wish of the committee to please the majority of the 

 clubs belonging to the League and also the club at Columbus. I 

 am only one of the committee and did not have control of the 

 board. This shoot is not a test of targets, as none thought of that: 

 when it was brought up at the meeting all targets were mentioned, 

 and it was first thought best to use all, but it was voted down, 

 and as the shoot was for two days the two targets used by the 

 clubs were adopted as the targets for the tournament to the satis- 

 faction of all. (Signed) J. E. Miller." Now, I appeal to all shoot- 

 ers, is this fair to you? Shotdd not all target manufacturers been 

 invited to attend? Should not the Peoria Target Co., the Look- 

 port Bat, the Ligowsky Co., the Niagara Co., the Maeomber 

 Target, or at least some of them have been also used, especially in 

 the face of the castigation received at Columbus, when a resolu- 

 tion was voted down to use only these very two targets? It this 

 League is to be supported it should be managed fairly. If at any 

 of its meetings its members see fit to adoptany particular targets, 

 no one could object. Ohio men have a world-wide reputation as 

 being "square." I am confident the Ohio snortsmen will uphold 

 this good name by taking due action at their next meeting. All 

 such associations Bhould adopt a motto "No managers of target 

 companies, guns, etc., or any one interested in such competing 

 articles, shall be eligible as an officer of the association." Very 

 respectfully, J. E. Bloom (Cincinnati Aug. 18). 



NEW DORP, Staten Island, New York, Aug. 18— Emerald Gun 

 Club. Match at live pigeons, ground traps, 21, 25 and 30yds. rise, 

 80yds. bound. Emerald Gun Club rules ; four prizes. McMunn 

 30yds., Dwyer, Voss and John G14eeum 25yds.. rest 21yds. : 



Wm Glaccum 1111111101— 9 John H Voss 1111111101— 9 



H Nichols 0110000001- 3 John Bade 1011111001- 7 



Dr Hudson llllllltll— 10 8 McMahon lOlllOtOCO— 5 



Johu Howard 1000000000— 1 L C Gehering 0110U1111— 8 



R Regan 10101 IH00— 6 Thos J Osuker 0010000100— 2 



Thos P Mackenna. .1111111010— 6 Geo Remsen U100111H— 8 



Dr Dwyer 1111111010— 8 Philip Butz 1100 '111 11— 8 



M McMunn UOilOlllO— 7 John Glaccum 0001011011— 5 



P .1 Keenan 0011001010- 4 T Codey 1000001010— 3 



John Marael 10111 1001— 6 H Rubino 0101110110- 6 



Dr. Hudson won first prize. Ties on miss and out for second at 

 liye birds, 25yds.; Dr. Dwyer 1, L. C. Gehering 3, won, Geo. Remsen 

 tyi, Philip Butz 1. Ties on miss and out for third at live birds, 

 21yds.; M. McMunn 1, won, John Bade 0. Ties on miss and out for 

 fourth, or Osukir Trophy, at live birds, 21yds.; R. Regan 1, won, 

 H. Rubino 0.— Thos. Codey, Rec, Sec. 



IRONTON, O., Aug. 15— Team shoot between Iron City Gun 

 Club and Ashland Gun Club, of Ashland, Kv., 20 American clay 

 birds: I ronton Club— Walbert 12, Williams 7, Morgan 6, Flin 13, 

 MiUer 10, Khen 14, Skeltou 11; tota' 73. Ashland Club— A. J. 

 Crawford, 13, Jenkins 12, Clawson 14, J. Crawford 6, Burnette 6, 

 Lawrence 13, D. Crawford 4; total 70, 



WASHINGTON, D. O;, Aug. 17.-Capital City Gun Club, match 

 at American clay pigeons, No. 1 ; Straps, W. G. A. rules. Club 



^ilfiams.: llOOlOlllOHOlO- 9 Green 0000110001 w 



CollLson..:....:lllillllll 10011-13 Wilson 11011 1101 Hull— 13 



. . Team Shoots.— No. 1. 



Mills. .... ..... . .10111011)1-8 Cunningham. . . . 11101U011— 8 



Woodbridge.. . :: 00110} 01 11- 6 Wilson.. 1011111111-0 



Collison . . . . : 1001011111-7 Williams. ll0ill0011-7 



Whitman 1110000101-5 Thompson. 01111 1 1001-7 



Green 011 1011 110-7-34 Du Bois 1110101101-7-38 



No. 3. 



01111-4 



10010—3 



U100-3 



0111 0-3-1 g 



11111-5 



11101—4 



HI 10 — 4 



10011-3-16 



No. 2. 



Mills.... 11111-5 



Woodbridge 10001—2 



Collison 11101—4 



Whitman 01101-3 



Green 11101—4—18 



Cunningham ... 11 1 01—4 



Wilson 1H11—5 



Williams 11100-3 



Thompson 10111—4 



DuBois 10111-4-30 



On Aug. 19 an individual match between W. L. Williams and 

 Seymour Cunningham was shot for $5 a side, and expenses, 50 birds 

 each, 30 singles and 1C pairs of American clay-birds, No. 1, 5 traps, 

 under N. G. A, rules. Traps Nos, 1 and 4 were very erratic, throw- 

 ing very low, and the bulk of the misses came from this cause. 

 Messrs. Whitman and CoRison acted as judges, with Mr. Mills as 

 referee: 



H. L. Williams. 



Singles 101011110001111110111011011011—81 



Doubles 10 11 10 11 11 11 11 10 11 01—16—37 



S 6 y m o ur C tu m i n gh a m . 



singles inn m i.ni oi on union ooi 101-23 



Doubles 11 11 10 11 11 01 01 01 11 11-16-39 



Quirt. 



SOLOMON CITY, Kan., Aug. 19.— Scores shot by Solomon Gun 

 Club, 10 singles, 5 pair doubles, blue rocks and blackbirds, 21yds. 

 rise, 9 A. M. cloudy and foggy: 



C F Dewar 11 11 11 10 01-8 



E E Crooks 10 11 11 10 11-8 



T JEdworthy 11 11 10 01 11 — 8 



John Krauschi 11 11 11 10 00—7 



Henry Gould 10 10 10 11 01— 6 



11111 11100— 8-16 

 11110ini0-8— 16 

 11 11101111-9-17 

 1111101010— r— 14 

 1000011101—5—11 



T. J. Edworthy, Sec'y and Treas. 



GREENSBURG, Pa., Aug. 18.— Live pigeon shooting held in 

 North Greensburg by several members of the Greensburg Gun 

 Club' 



Chasl'Ebalt.. ■. % U 1 1 % 1 l-Rtf 



WSGesSler..::v... ,...:! 1 1 1 1 1 1— f 



H F Thomas. .:....... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-6 



Match Aug. 19 at live birds, 21yds., plunge, traps : 

 Shaner...]^ 111 Brunot...H 1 1 1 % 1 1-6 



Gessler... 1 1 1£ l-3>^ Berlin... M 1 % 0—2 



Birds killed with the second barrel scored half a bird. A chal* 

 lenge has been issued and accepted for a match at 10 birds apiece, 

 between the two local teams with Ehalt, Thomas and W. S. 

 Gessler on one side, and Shaner. Brunot and John Gessler on the 

 other, the match to take place as soon as all arrangements can be 

 made. Eightmembers of the Scottdale Gun Club will visit Cleve- 

 land, -where some of them will be contestants in the match for the 

 big prizes offered by the Chamberlin Cartridge Co. The Scott- 

 dale shooters are sard to be in good practice. 



CAPE MAY.— The Cape May City Athletic Club was organized 

 this summer, and on Thursday, Sept. 1,2 and 3, one of the finest 

 athletic, grounds in the country will be thrown open to the public, 

 when over $1,500 will be expended for prizes, fireworks, etc. Fri- 

 day, Sept. 2, 10 A. M., there will be a clay-pigeon shoot (continu- 

 ing all day) for the title of "Amateur Champfon" and the C. M. C. 

 A. C. $100 solid silver cup; 100 birds each. Conditions on applica- 

 tion.— Buhr W. McLnxosh (Oape May, N. J.). 



WINSTED GUN CLUB. — Annual tournament at Willowbrook 

 range, Winsted. Conn., Wednesday, Aug. 31, commencing at 9 

 o'clock, A. M. Artificial targets. 



gmorittg. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Foresi and 

 Sxileam 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 Foresx 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. * 



THE A. C. A. MEET. 



AFTER four vears absence from its birthplace and early home, 

 the American Canoe Association has returned to the neigh- 

 borhood of the Adirondacks for its eighth camp aud meeting. 

 Founded in 1880 at Lake George, for the two following years its 

 meets were held on the Canoe Islands, near the upper end of the 

 lake. The next year a long excursion was made into Canadian 

 territory, with a large camp at Stony Lake. In 1884 the camp was 

 held on Grindstone. Island, a beautiful member of the Thousand 

 Islands of the St. Lawrence River, a site that was so well liked 

 that the two following cattrpa. '85 and '86, were held on the same 

 spot. Though the location was in many respects a desirable one, 

 there were many who preferred to visit a new snot, and in accord- 

 ance with the general wish it was decided at the Executive Com- 

 mittee meeting in New York last November to visit Lake Cham- 

 plain. The site, of all proposed, which met with the most favor, 

 was Bow-Arrow Point, on the south end of North Hero Island, 

 and the verdict of all present at the meet has fully justified the 

 choice. 



Beautiful as the former camps have been, this is the equal or 

 rather the superior of all, in natural advantages. There is more 

 shade than at Grindstone, and none of the tents are exposed to the 

 sun, while the ladies' camp is on higher ground. How the winds 

 will serve is not yet known, but there has been plenty thus far, 

 aud the courses are specially good. The point is a Jong, narrow 

 peninsula, joined to the main part of the island by a neck of low 

 ground, merely a stony beach some 20yds. across. Along the south- 

 east shore the ground, rising to a bluff some 12ft. high in front of 

 the ladies' camp, is but 3 or 4ft. high along the front of the main 

 camp, the beach being composed of flat pieces of slaty stone, 

 easy to walk or beach a canoe on. From the low bank along 

 the beach the ground rises gradually, until on the opposite shore 

 a bluff from 20 to 40ft. high rises perpendicularly from the beach. 

 This portion of the island is covered with a grove of straight and 

 slender-trunk ed young hickory trees, with little underbrush. A 

 rough wagon track winds along some 30ft. from the beach on the 

 lower side of the point, and most of the tents are pitched bet ween it 

 and the beach, extending nearly half a mile from the little wharf on 

 the extreme point to the end of the grove. The tents, of all sizes 

 and shapes, from the big wall tents of the larger clubs down to the 

 Btriped canoe tent pitched for the time on shore, are all comfort- 

 ably and cosily furnished, as this point is better done by far than 

 in the early days of the Association. Many tents have board 

 floors, nearly all boast a folding cot, some camp chairs, a table 

 built on the spot, and the furnishing includes many handy little 

 knickknacks devised specially for the camper's use. This year some 

 genius has devised a shelf, a board hung just beneath the ridge 

 and running from pole to pole, in all the tents high enough to per- 

 mit it, on which clothing, hats, shoes, etc., are stowed out of the 

 way. Across the wagon road are strung the large club banners, 

 in front of each tent or group of club tents is a rough table and a 

 stone fireplace, and on the beach is a landing stage of the usual 

 pattern that has proved so useful at the former meets, thr^e or 

 four saplings laid on the beach at right angles to the shore and 

 rough planks about Sin. apart nailed to them. As the stage has 

 the same incline as the beach, and the outer end is below water, a 

 canoe can be readily hauled up or launched. A wharf of logs has 

 been built for steamboats to land at, aud near it are the officers' 

 and regatta committee's tents. 



Altogether there are. up to Sunday 78 tents, not including the 

 small canoe tents, on the ground, besides some 25 in the ladies' 

 camp and about the Point outside the main camp. There are now 

 125 men in the main camp. It is worth noticing that this year 

 there is an unusual number of small wall tents similar to 

 that used by Mr. Baden-Powell last season. These are from 

 6J^ft. square and the same height at ridge, to 8ft. square and high. 

 The ladies' camp has a number of new visitors besides those who 

 have visited Squaw Point for so long. This year the Canadian 

 contingent, which has been represented at every meet since 1881 

 by some of the most earnest workers in the Association, has but 

 one man, Mr. Leys, Toronto C. C. The meet of the Northern Divi- 

 sion at Stony Lake, which lias lately closed, has naturally attracted 

 tJie Canadians, This year for the first time the far West is repre- 



