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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 8, 1887. 



CAPITAL CITY GUN CLUB, Washington, D. C.-Amerioan 

 Clays No. 1, 5 traps, N. G. A. rules: 



Record. 



Williams 1111U111101011— 13 WUson 101110111111100—11 



CoUison 1001111I01U111— 12 



' , First Team. 



Mills 11111-5 Wilson 



Williams 11110—1 Woodbridge 11101—4 



Whitman 00011-2 CoUison 11000-2 



DuBois 01000-1 Goldsborough 10000-1 



Davison 01111—1—16 Green 00111-3—10 



Second Team. 



Mills 11111-5 Wilson 



Williams 1 1011-4 CoUison 01111-4 



Whitman 11110-4 Woodbridge. 10110-3 



Dubois 11101-4 Goldsborough 10111-4 



Davuxm 10010—2-19 Green 10110-3—14 



Third Team. 



Wilson 11101-4 



Woodbridge 10110-3 



CoUison 11011-4 



Goldsborough 11000—2 



Green 00111-3-16 



J M Green 



Edw Godey 1 



E Daw 1 



"."ft 



1-3 

 1-4 



8=S 



Mills 01101-3 



Williams 10111-4 



Whitman 01111—1 



DuBois 11110-4 



Davison 00000-0-15 



Aug. 23.— Same conditions: 



Record. 



Williams 111100110101111—11 Wilson 010111111101000— 9 



CoUison 111111111111110-14 



Miscellaneous. 



(Toldsborough 11111—5 Cunningham 11111—5 



First Team. 



Cunningham 11111—5 Mills 10101—3 



Williams 01001—2 CoUison 11100—3 



Thompson 00101—2 -9 Goldsborough 10000—1—7 



Second Team. 



Mills 1111111011—9 Cunningham. . .1111111111— 10 



WUliams 1111110111— » Wilson 1111111100- 8 



Whitman 1011110000—5 Thompson 1101011110— 7 



Goldsborough.. .1100011101— 6— 29 Thompson 0110111111—8—33 



Aug. 30.— American clay birds No. 1 ; 5 traps, unknown angles, 

 N. G. A. rules: 



Record. 



Williams. ..,.100111111110111—12 Wilson 110111110010111—11 



CoUison 101111101011111—12 



Miscellaneous. 



Will iams 11001—3 Flack 10010—2 



CoUison 11110-4 Thompson 11110—4 



S C 11101—4 



First Team. 



Cunningham 11111—5 Wilson mio — i 



CoUison 11100-3 Williams 11111— 5 



Thompson 10001—2 Du Bois 1 1000—2 



Green 10101—3 Woodbridge 01001—2 



Thompson H10C— 3— 16 Whitman 01000—1—14 



Second Team. 



Mills 11101— 4 Cunningham 11101—4 



Williams 11011-4 Collison 1 1010-3 



DuBois 11111—5 Thompson 10100—2 



Bainbridge 10100—2 Green 10011—3 



Whitman 10001—2—17 Thompson 00010-1-13 



Third Team. 



Cunningham 11011—4 MiUs 11111-5 



WUliams 01011—3 Collison 10111-4 



Woodbridge 1D.01—4 DuBois 11111—5 



Thompson 01111—4 Whitman 10100—2 



Green 00110—2—17 DuBois 10101—3—19 



This shoot ended the club season for record on the club prizes, 

 and resulted in Mr. E. L. Mills winning the championship prize, a 

 solid sUver flask. Mr. Seymour Cunningham won the first prize, 

 a pair of field glasses, and the Henshall-Vau Antwerp reel, given 

 for second prize, was won by Mr. Geo. W. CoUison. The contest 

 was a close one throughout, and was watched with mncii interest. 



Aug. 31— Birds ordinary, second barrel counts H. Match at 

 live pigeons, two traps, 24 and 26yds. rise, 80yds. bound. N. G. A. 

 rules, sweeps prizes : 



First Sweep. 



0—1 Yl S Cunningham. 1 



1 J|— 4 FSMead.. 



Cunningham first, Godey and Daw second. 



Second Sweep. 



Edw Godey 1 Oil 1—4 J M Green 



E Paw 1 1 Yt 1-3^ F S Mead 



S Cunningham. 1 1 1 3 1—5 

 Cunningham first, Godey and Mead second. 



Third Sweep: 



FSMead 1 1 1 1 0-4 E Daw l l 



J M Green 111 1—4 Edw Godey 1 



S Cunningham. 1 111 1—5 



Cunningham first, Mead and Green second. 



Sept. 2.— Shoot for the consolation prize, open only to non-prize 

 winners, American clays No. 1, 5 traps, N. G. A. rules, WUliams 

 21yds., others 16yds.: 



Williams. 01111110111111011101-15 Edelin ....1001100010 w 



Daw 101011000011101 w Carter 1000110010 w 



Hart 110000001 010010 w Carson. . . .1100001110010101 w 



Whitman. 110111000110010 w Thompson. 0101111101111 1000 w 



Green 01 Willi 101 101 10 w Taylor 00111011COO w 



Meyers . . - 00U111101011101 w Godey 1100011010 w 



H. L. Williams won first prize.— Quirt. 



SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28.— The blue rock pigeon tournament 

 at Adams Point to-day att racted quite a large attendance of rep- 

 resentative sportsmen to the shores of Lake Merritt. The shoot 

 was arranged for the purpose of testing and introducing the "blue 

 rock pigeon" to the cracksmen of the Pacific coast. The shooting 

 commenced at 10:30 and continued without interruption through- 

 out the entire day. The scores were good considering that many 

 of the shooters were unacquainted with the actions of the new 

 "discs." W. L. Eyre, the manager of the tournament, acted as 

 judge and referee in all the matches. Following are the leading 

 scores. Sweepstake, 8100 entrance, three moneys : 



Cate 01 11 1 10011-7 Fanning 1000001111-5 



Laing 0011010011-5 Scovern 11100000U-5 



W Golcher Gni010i;00—4 O'Leary 1100101101-6 



Cate and O'Leary divided first and second money. Laing, Fan- 

 ning and Scovern shot a freeze-out for third. Won hy Fanning. 



Sweepstake, $25 entrance, four moneys: 



Cate. 11100001100010110000— 8 Scovern. ..11001110001011011001— 11 



Scott 11111011011101010101—14 O'Leary... OOllUOlOolOlUlUOKl-ll 



Lambert. .10011111111110101010—14 Ingalls. . .. 11001111010111000110-12 

 Fanning . . 1010011 1011 1 0101 1 001—12 



Stakes divided. Double-bird match, $100 entrance, three moneys, 

 divided: 



IngaUs 10 10 10 10 00- 4 Long... 00 10 11 10 10-5 



Cate 11 11 10 10 10-7 Scott 00 10 11 10 10-5 



Lambert 01 11 11 10 00-6 Fanning 10 10 11 10 10-6 



Short 10 10 00 10 11-5 



Sweepstake, 8100 entrance, three moneys, divided: 



Ingalls 0111110111-8 Cate 1011110110—7 



Lambert 10110010H— 6 Wade 1101001011—6 



Fanning 1000110011—5 Scovern 1111100001— 



Scott 1011 111111-9 



Single 10-bird match, 8100 entrance, two moneys, divided: 



Ingalls 0101 101011— Lambert 1110101011 -7 



Fanning 0011011011—6 Scott 1111111001—8 



Double-bird shoot. SI 00 entrance, two moneys: 



Ingalls 11 10 10 11 11-8 Lambert 10 10 10 11 10-6 



Cate 11 00 00 10 11-5 Scott 11 10 10 10 10-0 



Fanning 11 10 11 00 11-7 



The last shoot of the day, for 20 birds, proved highly interesting. 

 The entrance was increased to $5, hut the shooting waB even 

 poorer than the preceding matches. Following is the score: 



Lambert.. 1001001101111001 0010— 10 Scott 00111010010100100101— 9 



Ingalls . . . 01100101111100111101-13 Cate 11011001111000011010-11 



BROOKLYN, Sept. 1— The Glenmore Rod and Gun Club had its 

 annual bay outing to-day. There were many games with a shoot- 

 ing contest in the afternoon. The score stood at live birds: 



J K PoweU 0110001-3 P H Reid 0111110-5 



J F Walsh 1101111-6 P P Van Dreel 1111110-6 



H Littlejohh 1011111—6 J Maguire 1011111-6 



J Ochs 1110110-5 J Bass 1111111—7 



N W Linington 1111011-6 H Nickmann 1111000-4 



PSuter 1110111-6 AMcAvov 1111111—7 



HBoehme 1111100-5 RMcAvoy 1101110-5 



E Schiellein 0011111-5 J Welde 1011101-5 



T T Edgerton, Jr 1111111-7 D Van Wicklen 11111 11-7 



GJardin 0111110-5 G Schiellein 1111.011-6 



H Bookman OllllU-6 H Schlichtner 0001110-3 



C Bennett OG01100-2 J Cook 1.01110-5 



M J Rowke nilllO-6 E H Madison Tllllll— 7 



Mr. E. H. Madisou having withdrawn from the contest, the 

 shooting stood as follows on the shoot-off at 30yds.: 

 T T Edgerton, Jr. .111— 3 1110-3 Arthur McAvoy. .111-3 1110—3 

 Jacob Bass 111-3 1110-3 D Van Wicklen 111—3 1111—4 



The officers of the Glenmore Rod and Gun Club during the 

 present year are: Samuel A. Livingston, President; Mortimer C. 

 Earl, Vice-President; A. A. PhiUips, Jr., Secretary; Joseph Ochs, 



Treasurer; Simon Nager, Steward; Executive Committee, Peter 

 Sutter, Chairman; J. K. PoweU, Secretary; Herman Schlichtner, 

 J. J. Garrity, Charles Magee. 



THE JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS GUN CLUB will hold their an- 

 nual tournament at their club grounds at Marion, N. J., on Friday 

 and Saturday the 16th and 17th of this month. "Old South Paw" 

 has his weather eye open and it is fuU of fire, and he proposes to 

 give the brethren of the steel tubes a rattling good time, both at 

 animate and inanimate targets. The exercises will open at 10 

 A. M. at the clay saucers, to be alternated as the shooters desire 

 with live birds, a fine lot of which Al has on hand. While shoot- 

 ing at the baked disks two or three sets of traps will be in operat ion 

 at a time. One set at least for tho shooting off of the ties, that 

 there may be no delay in the programme. As Marion is so handy 

 for the shooters from both New York and New Jersey, and the 

 J. C. H. G. Club, with Old South Paw to supervise things, are so 

 well known for hospitality and a good time, a large attendance is 

 expected. — Ja c O bst aee. 



WINOHENDON, Mass., Sept. 28.— Regular meet of the Win- 

 chendon Gun Club, possible 10 birds: E. M. Whitney 8, H. J. 

 Lawrence 8. J. Sntherland 7, Dr. Henrv 7, A. C. Lawrence 6. F. E. 

 Mann 6, S. F. Martin 6, F. F. Hopgood 5. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forkst and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., of 

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and 

 report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing a,re 

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of onuses, maps, and information concerning their local 

 waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items 

 relating to the sport. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Commodore: R. W. Gibson 1 w v 



Secretary-Treasurer: F. L. Mix. C -^uany. * ■ 

 Vice-Com. Rear-Cam. Purser. 



Central Dlv.. Henry Stan ton... R. W. Bailey E. W. Brown, New York. 



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



N'them Div. . A.D.T.McGachen.W. G . Mc-Kemlrlek.S. L. Brittou, Lindsay, Can. 



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

 panied by the recommendation or an active member and the 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.00 for camp expenses. 



THE A. C. A. CONSTITUTION. 



THE foUowing is an official copy of the last amendments to the 

 Constitution, adopted at the meet. In all other respects the 

 wording is the same as was published in the Forest and Stream 

 of July 14: 



article i. 



Application for membership shall be made to the Division 

 Purser, and shall be accompanied by the recommendation of an 

 active member, and by the sum of $2, SI as entrance fee and $1 as 

 dues for the current year, to be refunded in case of the non- 

 election of the applicant. Pursers shall forward names of appli- 

 cants to Vice-Commodore. Each subsequent annual payment 

 shaUbe$l, and shall be payable Jan. 1. If not paid the purser shall 

 notify the members in arrears, and if by the first of April the 

 dues are still unpaid the membership shall be forfeited and the { 

 member's name stricken from the roll, except in case of absence 

 from the country or other sufficient reason. The eutrance fees 

 and dues shall be received by pursers, 70 per cent, for the divisions 

 and 30 per cent, for A. C. A. treasury; except that the division in . 

 which the A. C. A. camp is held shall contribute its entire receipt " 

 for that year, less purser's expenses of collection, to the A. C. A. 

 treasury. Every member attending the general A. C. A. camp 

 shall pay $1 for camp expenses. 



ARTICLE II. 



There shall he an annual meeting and camp of the Association, 

 and if practical of each Division (except of the Division in which 

 the A. C. A. camp is held) for business, camping and racing, the 

 date and places to be subject to the approval of the commodore. 

 Division annual meets shall, if possible, be held before the A.C.A. 

 Camp, and so as not to interfere with one another. 



THE CANOES OF 1887. 



STROLLING t hrough the fleet of canoes and boats that lined the 

 shore of Bow-Arrow Point in the early morning, before the 

 camp was astir and the early birds had launched for a quiet pad- 

 dle or a dash under canvas unobserved by possible rivals, the first 

 idea that strikes one who has visited the previous meets and is 

 familiar with canoes is that the canoeist is an inventive animal. 

 Each year gives new evidence of the fact in novelties, many of 

 them smaU and comparatively trifling, hut showing an earnest 

 study of minor details and a steady effort toward their pei-feetion. 

 By the time, however, that the stroller has walked up and then 

 down the long line, and has recalled some similar expeditions 

 through the camps of '86 and '85, his conclusion is that if some 

 canoeists are inventive, hy far the greater number are imitative 

 to a degree that fully justifies the comparison which we once 

 made, of a flock of sheep ready to f oUow any leader. 



Of the imitative canoeists there are two kinds, one the man who 

 reasons thus, "Pecowsic is a very fast boat; I will buy a new Pecow- 

 sic, the best her builder can produce, and next year I will win the 

 A. C. A. Trophy, the limited and unlimited races, and the first 

 Record prize." It is needless to say that only disappointment 

 awaits this gentleman, and that he returns from the meet con- 

 vinced that Pecowsic is a much over-estimated boat. His brother 

 imitator goes a little further. He says, "Pecowsic has a light bilge; 

 I will cut away the bilge of my new boat, the Hull-Downer, and the 

 Trophy is mine." Or he sees that Pecowsic has a peculiar sail, 

 and at once devotes all his energies to copying that. Needless to 

 say, he does not fare much better than the other. 



To the inventive mind there is plenty of food for serious thought 

 and study during the winter to be had in a single trip through the 

 fleet or a view of a few of the races. There is still much that is 

 crude and unsatisfactory, much to he learned on minor points, 

 much that is indeterminate and indefinite; and even the best in- 

 formed are apt to be misled in their conclusions. We do not mean 

 that canoeing is behind any other water sport in its development, 

 hut the truth is that, as in yachting, while the present cralt have 

 reached a degree of perfection that is wonderful when compared 

 with the boats of but ten years since, the field for research and 

 improvement is stUl infinite, and the further we go the more iis 

 possihilities are apparent. Thus far, the canoe of to-day is a suc- 

 cess; she answers well her purpose, both as a racer and cruiser. 

 The influence which the English models once exerted toward big 

 and unwieldy craft, with immense weight of boards and ballast, 

 has disappeared; and while the question of some baUast or no bal- 

 last is in dispute, the fact that an unballasted canoe can cruise or 

 race in company with both the heavy baUast and light baUast 

 canoes is fully proven. 



As regards Pecowsic's success, a most important question just 

 now, it may be attributed not to one but to many components; an 

 easy model with fine, which does not of necessity mean hollow, 

 lines, a smooth, hard surface to the bottom, a polished plate 

 hoard placed where sailing dictates, without regard to room, a rig 

 that is light in the extreme, and that is perfect in all details; and 

 perhaps most of all, that the two boats, Pecowsic and Lacowsic, 

 are sailed by men who are thoroughly in earnest, who, having had 

 the brains and patience to produce the two boats, are fully com- 

 petent to sail them and win races. The boats are kept in thor- 

 ough shape, and they are always ready at the line in good time. 

 Put the average canoeist in possession of either for a month before 

 the meet, and ne would do no more with them than with his own 

 poorly fitted craft. Apart from racing, the boats are not the kind 

 which, for the advancement of canoeing, we should desire to see 

 in general use. Much of the tali about racing machines is simply 

 nonsense, and is certain that in Mr. Barney's hands either is a 

 very good boat. He uses them for general sailing about home as 

 weU as for racing; but even this is not quite the work necessary 

 for a test from a cruising standpoint. The two are sailed up and 

 down the Connecticut River to the vorious local meets, the full 

 outfit of sails, five in number, is carried, and the sails are shifted 

 or stowed as required whUe under way, and the pair are saUed in 

 rough as well as smooth water. In rough water they are wet and 

 uncomfortable boats; it is necessary to stop at times when racing 

 to haU out; and in this respect the model is capable of much im- 

 provement, whUe compared side by side with their successful 

 rivals, Notus and Vesper, it is easy to see the great superiority of 

 the latter from a standpoint of cruising and general use; carry- 

 ing a cruising load of moderate bulk and weight, giving comfort- 

 able room for sailing or paddUng at ease day after day and for 

 sleeping at night, and for takhig an occasional passenger. In 



hese points there are many boats that are far superior to Pecow* 

 sic, and that they are slower is mainly due to obvious imperfec- 

 tions in finish and rig, to a lack of the skill, care and ingenuity 

 which has made Pecowsic so successful. 



This year there were several Pecowsics at the meet, all differing 

 a Uttle, and two or three, if appearance goes for anything, of bet- 

 ter model and build thau the original, but they did nothing. The 

 best in model and finish was the Albatross, a handsome boat and 

 apparently larger and abler than the original, though supposed to 

 be a duplicate. She had a wide belt of blue around the gunwale, 

 in fact the entire upper streak was painted, and the effect was 

 very good. Her rig was entirely experimental, the Cook sprit- 

 sails, and she suffered accordingly from lack of preparation. 

 Others of tho model were visibly inferior to the original. 



The Lacowsic is a new boat built on the old model hy a local 

 builder under Mr. Barney's direction, a double skin craft with the 

 inner planking diagonal and the outer fore and aft. She is out up 

 considerably at the stern, evidently with a desire to make her 

 quicker in stays. At stem and stern brass handles are recessed in, 

 a convenient plan but ruinous to the looks of the boat. She has a 

 single plate board and the same, rig as her sister. The method of 

 building was not a success. The boat is heavy, she is not true to 

 the model, and further tho planking has warped in places. 



Notus, which divided the honors of the meet with the two 

 Springfield boats, is already known to our readers through her 

 lines, lately published in the Forest and Stream. In model she 

 is far handsomer than her immediate predecessor, easier and 

 fairer Unes, less bilge and floor. Successful as a racer, she at the 

 same time is a model cruising canoe ; and whUe it would be too 

 much to pronounce her perfect, the model is one that may very 

 safely be followed by aU who wish a good aU-round racing and 

 cruising boat. 



As to the general excellence of the models seen this year, tho old 

 boats are rapidly giving way to a much better class of canoe. The 

 influence of Pecowsic is seen in a number, the bilge being cut 

 away more than was formerly the case, but the general character- 

 istic of the models of the day is a strong resemblance to the 

 Canadian canoes. These beautiful boats, the result of a long con- 

 tinued evolution, have been present at every meet for a number 

 of years. Thrown carelessly up on the bank when not in use, 

 bottom upward, and their cleanly moulded hulls in full view, 

 they have won the admiration of all who saw them. In their 

 natural state, uudocked, with a grotesque sheer, the stem and 

 stern rounded away so that a rudder could not he used, with 

 neither keel nor hoard, they were purely paddling and not sailing 

 craft. The leading features of the model, however, could not 

 fail to charm the eye of every builder or designer, and these feat- 

 ures have to a great extent become incorporated in the decked 

 sailing canoe. The flat floor, easy hut stable bilge and the fair 

 and flowing character of the waterUnes, neither full and bluff on 

 the one hand nor cut away iuto a knife bow on the other, are seen 

 now in many of the best canoes. The sailing features have been 

 added, an after deadwood and rudder, a Uttle different stem, a 

 fairer and easier sheer, a hoard and a deck, but stiU the easy 

 Unes and good bilge, with a moderate floor, not cut away into a 

 sharp V nor yet carried so far fore and aft as to make a tuh, are 

 noticeable in the majority of the boats. To sum up, the old hol- 

 low bow of the first Nautilus, the bluff ends of some EngUsh and 

 American models and other features and fads that at various 

 times have been carried to extremes, are no longer seen, and 

 canoeists have become better educated in the matter of form, the 

 result naturally being that the models are aU fairer and better 

 proportioned and resemble each other more closely than in the 

 old days, when each man was experimenting crudely on his own 

 account. 



To go hack to Pecowsic, only a few years ago the canoeists of 

 the Connecticut River were loud in the praises of a model evolved 

 by some of their number, one of the bluff-bowed follows that 

 would now be voted a tub. These boats were failures from a rac- 

 ing standpoint, and it is easy to see how the search for something 

 different nas resulted in Pecowsic, the direct opposite of the old 

 boats, going from one extreme to the other. One or two of the old 

 craft were present this year, and looking from them to Pecowsic, 

 as they lay near together, the question naturaUy suggested itself, 

 How much are these heavy tubs responsible for the introduction 

 and perfection of the new and smaller model; and had the former 

 been foUowed by a medium boat, more like some of the prevailing 

 15x30 models, would not the skill and ingenuity that have made 

 Pecowsic famous have done still more in the medium boat? The 

 old Princess model, once a great favorite, is a good example of a 

 number of features carried to extremes, and plenty more might- 

 be added. Now the tendency is to avoid extremes and special 

 features, and to rely for success on a fair and harmonious com- 

 bination of all parts. 



WhUe there are plenty of moderately large canoes in the racing, 

 boats tuUy able to carry lOOlbs. or more of lead, they are nearly 

 all sailing, and sailing well, with no baUast but the crew on the 

 weather deck. That the unb <Uasted canoe is the equal of the 

 moderately ballasted boat under all conditions is still denied by 

 some, but the light boats have decidedly the best of it this year, 

 and it now rests with the ballast men to prove their case. All 

 must admit that if it is possible to do nearly as good work in an 

 unballasted canoe, then a great po;nt has been gained, as baUast 

 is always a nuisance, an expense and a source of danger- 

 Looking now at the state of canoe building, it is very difficult to 

 decide among the leading methods now in use, and to say posi- 

 tively that one is better in all ways thau another. The ribbon 

 carvel build of the new Albany canoes, Notus, Baby Mix, Wa Wa 

 and Walulla is a return to a method introduced six years since, 

 which then attracted little attention. Theboats are of handsome 

 form, smooth skins, and apparently very strong, the doubtful 

 feature being the possible liability of the wide planks to check or 

 buckle. In the first boats built in this manner the planks were 

 from 4 to 4}^in. wide, but in the Albany boats the garboards are 8 

 or 9in. wide, there being but three planks on a side. This makes a 

 very good bottom, and if the fastening is close enough it should be 

 strong and durable. The method of building is the same as de- 

 scribed in "Canoe and Boat Building" except in the Notus, where 

 the planks are fastened with brass screws from the inside through 

 the ribs and into the planking, only a few being put in from the 

 outside. These boats are planked with white jrine. 



Directly opposite to these boats, with narrow planks in place of 

 wide, and caulked seams in place of the inside lap, are the Ruggles 

 canoes. The system certainly makes a strong, Ught and handsome 

 boat, and some of the new ones, the Eurylda and Nirvana, as well 

 as the Hornet, are very good in model. We have described the 

 method before, narrow strips, V.4. to 13-im. with timbers only 4in. 

 apart, the seams being caulked with cotton lamp wick, a very 

 neat and delicate job. Mechanically the boats are excellent speci- 

 mens of good workmanship, and the models have also improved 

 this year. In one point the boats are still defective, we have not 

 yet seen one that was properly finished for cruising or racing. 

 The woodwork is good, out the surface is rough, the grain of the 

 wood is not filled, and the seams are quite open. The best of these 

 boats at the meet were just ready to go into the finisher's hands, 

 they needed a thorough filling of the grain and seams, a severe 

 rubbing down, and then repeated coats of varnish, to complete 

 them. When this is done they will have a far better chance in 

 the racing than they have had, and the model and build will begin 

 to tell. Their strengt i and the ease with which repairs are made 

 is in their favor, the two garboards may be removed with Uttle 

 trouble and replaced intact. 



As a rule builders are not yet awake to the value of small and 

 apparently trivial features in finishing their boats. To meutiou 

 one point, a large number of canoes show but a narrow strip of 

 stem outside the ends of the planking, a piece with no particular 

 shape, and offensive to the eye of a practical boat build r. The 

 Notus is a good example of the reverse of this that the builders 

 could foUow with advantage, the stem is carefully shaped, as in a 

 yacht, the rabbet line and the outer curve of tho stem have some 

 relation to each other, and the waterUnes are carried out fair and 

 straight to the stemband, a narrow strip of metal. In the Ruggles 

 boats this latter is a flat ft. rip, %ix\. wide, a serious obstruction 

 for a racer. Another point which does not receive duo considera- 

 tion is the effect upon the sheer, as far as the eye is concerned, of 

 a heading about the gunwale^a wide upper streak of dark wood 

 or paint on the upper streak. The majority of canoes have a mod- 

 erate amount of sheer, and if it is desirable to increase this in 

 appearance it is easily done hy a strip of color or a dark upper 

 streak, the lower edge of which has a little more curve than the 

 upper which, of course, corresponds with the sheer. Notus, as 

 well as the Ruggles boats, is relieved in this way by a heading of 

 dark wood a couple of inches below the deck at the middle and 

 say TJ^in. at each end. Albatross, as previously mentioned, had 

 the upper streak itself painted blue, hut in this case the effect 

 would have been better had the colored streak been a Uttle. nar- 

 rower at the middle, decreasing the apparent sheer. Another 

 point is the finish of the stem and stern above deck, especially the 

 former. In some boats the stem is planed off close to the deck, 

 leaving no projection; in others a high spur rises up for an inch 

 or more. A Uttle is needed, and but a little; without it the effect 

 of the sheer is lost and the boat has a tumble-down look at tho 

 ends. The worst example of this was Lacowsic, the stem being 

 cut away entirely for the handles meutioued. 



The centerboard question is still unsettled, we heUeve, though 

 the majority of racing canoes at the meet seem to agree on one 

 thing, a light plate board in the center of the well. The two sides 



