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FOREST AND STREAM 



[Sept. 15, 1887. 



BOSTON, Sept. 7.— There was a large attendance of trap 

 shooters at the range at Walnut Hill to-day. A high wind pre- 

 vailed. Below are the records: 



Macomber Bad ge Match . Merchandise Match. 



10 singles. 3 pairs. Tl. 10 singles. 3 pairs. Tl. 



♦Swift 7 



♦Warren 6 



♦Wilson 6 



Bailey 7 



Nichols 5 



Snow 8 



Stanton 5 



Cross 5 



Adams 4 



12 Warren... 9 



13 Stanton . ..0 



♦Scored one point for badge. 



Swift 7 



Adams 5 8 



Snow 7 6 



Nichols.. ,.3 3 

 Wilson . ...7 8 



Non-Members. 



Cross 6 



Bailey 7 



16-A 

 16 — A 



14- B 

 13-0 



13— C 

 6-D 



15- G 



14- H 

 13 



Sweepst ake event— Five'clay birds, Stanton first. 2. Five clays, 

 Stanton first. 3. Five clay birds, Stanton first. 4. Five clay birds, 

 Nichols first. 5. Five clay birds, Stanton and Snow first. 6. Five 

 clay birds, Snow first. 7. Six clay birds, Swift and Nichols first. 

 8. Three clay birds, Warren first. 9. Ten Maeombers. Swift, Wil- 

 son and Bailey first. 10. Five pairs of Maeombers, double, War- 

 ren first. 11. Ten clay-pigeons, Warren and Stanton first. 13. 

 Five pair bats, double, Adams and Cross and Wilson first. 13. 

 Six elay birds, Swift and Stanton first. 



SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4.— The range at San Bruno to-day 

 presented an unusually animated appearance, the occasion being 

 the final shoot of the California Wing Club. A better day for 

 pigeon shooting could not be wished for, and as a result, the scores 

 throughout were excellent. In the regular club shoot at 12 birds 

 Coffin carried off the honors by a clean score of 12 birds with only 

 four second barrels. Robinson captured second place with 11 and 

 DeVaull third with 10 kills to his credit. In the average for the 

 season's shooting Coffin won the first place and DoVaull the sec- 

 ond. Haas and Slade shot off for third place, the match resulting 

 in the favor of Dr. Slade. Following is the score of yesterday's 

 shoots: 



Robinson 112201122111-11 Cross 122010011390— 8 



Fav. 100111210221— 9 Osgood , 101111003000-6 



Coffin 111221121112-12 Liddie 111201100010- 7 



Slade 111221100110- 9 Forde 102001000320- 5 



DeVaull 112210011111-10 Shaff 210011022100- 7 



Haas 011011111201— 9 Parks 113022011101- 9 



At the conclusion of the regular match the members arranged a 

 sweepstake shoot at 12 birds, $2.50 entrance, the stakes to he di- 

 vided into four parts. Robinson, Fay, Coffin, DeVaull, Haas, 

 Cross, Osgood, Fanning. Venet, Smith withdrew before the close 

 of the match. Slade, E'ord and Shaff divided first, second and 

 third money. In the freeze-out for fourth money Hass won on 

 the sixth bird. The pigeons supplied were strong flyers. The 

 Bhooting was judged by Charles B. Smith, of Stockton. 



BATON ROUGE, Sept. 5.— Following is the score made between 

 the Manchac and St. Gabriel Clubs in a match at St. Gabriel's 

 to-day: 



Manchac Club. 

 Sin- Dou- 

 bles. Total. 



John Terrell — 5 

 Howard Lytle..6 

 WB Walker.... 7 

 WS Walker.... 7 

 Henry Fuqua...2 

 Henry Wolfe...7 



13 

 11 

 It 

 15 

 8 

 13 



St. Gabriel Club. 

 Sin- Dou- 

 bles. Total. 



Joe Grassin 7 



A A Browne 6 



DD Mire 5 



A J Pritchard . ,-6 

 Dr O G Browne.6 

 Thco. Hingel...6 



15 

 12 

 13 

 10 

 13 

 10 



T3 73 

 Judges— Messrs. Mankey, Matta and Jamas L. Lobdell; scorer, 

 Richard Thomas. 



WORCESTER, Mass., Sept 8.— At the meet this week of the 

 Worcester Sportsmen's Club, at Coal Mine Brook Range, there 

 was a large attendance and good shoot ing. The interest centered 

 in the 100 bird race. The birds were shot in strings of five. The 

 work of each man in detail follows: 



E T Smith 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5-96 



Geo Sampson 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5—94 



W L Davis 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 4—93 



H W Eager 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 5 4—93 



Jos Beandry 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 3 4 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 6 3-92 



W D Dean 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 5 3-84 



M D -Oilman 5 2 5 5 5 5 5 2 5 * 4 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 5 5-84 



Dansercau 4 444 5 4444544 3 4 5 3543 5—82 



W S Perry 5 5 54 5 3544425 5 352234 5—80 



G N Wheeler 5 5 43434553545453 5 04 4—79 



The score of Smith is said to be the best record on the grounds. 

 The remainder of the dav was sncnt in shooting sweepstakes, of 

 which there were eleven events. In the 100 hird race there were 

 two sweepstakes of 21 birds. In the first. Davis and Beaudry were 

 first. Eager and Dean second, Hoiden, Smith and Whittaker third; 

 in the second, Davis and Smith first, Beaudry and Whittaker 

 second, Eager and Gilman third. 



BROOKLYN, Sept. 8.— The Unknown Gun Club held its regular 

 shoot at Dexter Park, L. I., to-dav. There was a large attendance, 

 but the Shooting was hardly up to the mark. Sixteen members 

 competed for the club badge, which Was won by E. Vrooman, with 

 a score of 9 out of 11 shot at. The birds were first-class, which 

 probably accounts for the fact that only 85 Were killed out of 134 



shot at. Tli e score is as follows: 



.1 Rankine (-21) 1100111-5 H Meyers (23) HUlOll-o 



R Still well (22) 1001001-3 J Boyle (21) 1010111-5 



M Brown (25) 1010110-4 H Lee (23) 0110010-3 



W Ponlson (23) 1111110-6 A Hass (23) 0011010-3 



J Tomford (25) 1011110-5 E Trooman (25) 1111011-6 



H Rathien (25) 0011111-5 R Monsees (25) 0101110-4 



HVanStaden (23)... .0001111-4 H Knebel, Jr (23) 0111011-5 



I Housman (25). 1110011-5 J Schroeder (25) 1010101-4 



Ties for badge and first prize: W. Poulson 2, E. Vrooman 3. 

 Ties for second prize: J. Rankine 9, J. Tomford 3, IT. Ralhjen 3, 

 I. Housman 1, 11. Meyers 1, J. Boyle 0, H. Knebel, Jr., h Referee, 

 Mr. Van Staden; scorer. Mr. R. Still well. 



J. C. H. GUN CLUB TOURNAMENT.— The tournament or two 

 days' shoot, of the Jersey City Heights Club was the subject of 

 much windy discussion at the club room on Newark a venue Satur- 

 day afternoon, at which time many of the boys drop in to look 

 over gun and dog, chaff Old South Paw, and trade fish stories and 

 other lies. If the weather proves fair the boys expect a good time 

 as a fair attendance has been assured from different quarters. Al 

 Heritage has everything arranged to accommodate all who ap- 

 pear. The following is the programme, to be changed to suit the 

 shooters if required. The club has five sets of clay-pigeon traps, 

 as well as every stvle of the live bird traps that have appeared on 

 the market of late years, and there is plenty of room on the 

 grounds for three sets to work at the clay saucers. Of course 

 when shooting at live birds but one set of five traps can be used. 

 The fun will begin at 10 o'clock, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 16 and 

 17, on the club grounds at Marion, N. J. First event, 10 American 

 clavs, second, 5 pair American clays, third, 6 singles and 2 pairs, 

 fourth, 10 single clavs, fifth, 10 live birds. Saturday: First event, 

 10 clavs, second, 5 pairs clays, third, 6 singles and 2 pairs, fourth, 

 8 live "birds, fifth, 8 live birds. All ties at 5 clays; J. C. H. G. C. 

 rules on live birds. There may be other sweeps besides the above 

 should time allow.— Jacobstakf. 



MESSINA SPRINGS, N. Y., Aug. 30;-A live sparrow shoot was 

 held this afternoon. Tn the first shoot, at five birds each, Lutber 

 killed 5, Avling 5, McOormick 5, Storrs 4 and Ayers 4. In shooting 

 off the ties Luther and McOormick divided after three trials at 

 three birds each. Howlett and Hookway tied iu a match at three 

 birds each. Hookway won in shooting off the tie. In the second 

 five bird Match Luther killed 5, Hookway 5, Ayling 5 and Howlett 

 4. In shooting off the ties Luther won by killing 5 birds straight 

 to Hookway's 1. At ten blue rocks Luther and Howlett divided at 

 7 birds each, the other entries being Hookway, McOormick, Ayers 

 and Storrs. Hookway, Luther, McOormick, Ayres and Howlett 

 made another match at ten blue rocks, which was won by Luther 

 with a score of 10, Ayers second with 9. Luther, Ayres and Hook- 

 way shot n tch at ten blue rocks, which was won by Luther 

 with a score of 9, Hookway second with 6. A second match be- 

 tween the same parties resulted in Hookway breaking 9 and Lu- 

 ther 8. The last match between Luther and Hookway resulted m 

 a score of Hookway 10 and Luther 7. 



NEWARK, N, J.— The Union Gun Club's shoot at Springfield 

 on Sept. 5 for the club badge resulted as follows: Miller, 19; A. 

 Sickly, Marshall and Haines, 16 each; Sopher, 12; Jobs, 15: Terry, 

 12- Pudney, 11; Roll. 9; Johnson. 14; E. Sickley, 14; Hooley, 9. Mil- 

 ler was awarded the gold badge, and in the shoot-off for second 

 honors between A. Sickley, Marshall and Haines, the latter won. 



The West Newark Gft}& Club shot its monthly match on Sept. 5 

 at Peoria blackbirds. 25 each at 21yds. The result was as follows: 

 M. Ulbright, SI; J. A dolman, 19; G. Densler, 19; C. Doty, 18: F. Hil- 

 fers, 15; P. Munn, 14; J. Weber, 14: A. Assman, 13; J. Lamb, 10; M. 

 Adelman, 9; M. Botelmay. 7. . . .The next monthly contest of the 

 Essex Countv Syooting Association for the Essex county and 

 Wood6ide trophies, will be held on the grounds of the Woodside 

 Gun Club on Thursday, Sep. 27. An open sweep and a class shoot 

 will follow. The Essex County Association is now composed of 

 the South Side Gun Club, the East Orange Gun Club, the South 

 Orange Gun Club, the Mountain Gun Club, the Nimrod Gun Club, 



the Mountainside Gun Club and the Woodside Gun Club, 



AUGUSTA, Ga., Sept. 8— The Augusta Gun Club were ably rep- 

 resented at the shooting match in Millen yesterday by Messrs. 

 AHie Berokmans, Sam Denning and Albert Stulb, but Savannah 

 sent np a team which carried off the medal from both Millen and 

 Augusta, making a score of 46 out of 60 birds, while Millen made 

 43 and Augusta 40. in the principal match. The shooting was 

 pretty and very close all around, but a little nervousness on the 

 part of Mr. Stubb, who usually makes a big score, lowered hia 

 record and lost Augusta the prize. Mr. Berckmans led the score 

 and made a fine record all day, getting in all about 36 of 44 birds, 

 not counting tie's. In the sweepstake he tied with the Savannah 

 leader so often that they were sent back for a 60yds. rise, and as 

 our hoy only had No 9 shot, they could not carry enough force to 

 break the birds at that distauce. On some other ocoasien he wiU 

 be ready for the big guns, and show Savannah and Millen what 

 Augusta's champion can do. At a recent contest up in Rome he 

 paralyzed the town by a score of 19 out of 20 birds and made a big 

 reputation. Sam Denning made a good record, and the team with 

 a little practice will be able to match any in the State. The dele- 

 gation reports a good time among the crack shots of the low 

 country. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., Sept. 10,-The weekly shoot of the WelL 

 ington Club had a good attendance to-day, and some good scores 

 were made at clay-pigeons, bluorocks and blackbirds. The follow- 

 ing are the first prize winners In the several events: 1. 6 clay- 

 pigeons— Wardwell. 2. 6 clay-pigeons— Ward well. 3. 6 clay- 

 phreons— Ward well. 4. 6 blackbirds— Wardwell, 5. 6 blackbirds 

 — Wardwell. 6. 6 clay-pigeons— Gerry and Sanborn. 7. blue 

 rocks— Snow. 8. 6 bats— Snow and Stone. 9. 6 blue rocks— Snow 

 and Chase. 10. 6 clay-pigeons— Wild and French. 11. 6 blue rocks 

 —Stone, Sanborn and Gerry. 12. 8 bats— French. 13. 6 clay- 

 pigeons— Wardwell. 14. 6 bats— Snow and Sanborn. 15. fl black- 

 birds— Wardwell and Snow, 16. 6 clay-pigeons— Gerry and San- 

 born. 17. 6 blackbirds— Sanborn and Melcher. 18. 6 blackbirds-- 

 Wardwell. 19. 6 bats-Sanborn. 20. 6 clay-pigeons— Snow and 

 French. 



CAMDEN GUN CLUB.— Camden, N. J., Sept. 12.— In order to 

 bring the various gun clubs of th Is part of the East together, and in 

 this manner increase the present interest displayed in amateur trap 

 shooting, the Camden Gun Club will hold its first annual clay-pig- 

 eon tournament, Oct. 6. 7 and 8, attheMerehantville Driving Park. 

 Merchantville, N. J. (Pensaukin Station P. R. R.). The grounds 

 secured are roomy and in every way calculated for the purpose, 

 besides being but a few minutes' ride from Market street ferry, 

 Philadelphia, so that visiting teams can, compete in the tourna- 

 ment and return to their homes same day. For programme ad- 

 dress W. L. Fortinbr, See., 430 Federal street, Camden, N. «L 



NORWICH, Conn., Sept. 10— The High Rock Gun Club of Nor* 

 wieh, Conn., will hold a two days' tournament on Sept. 27 and-28, 

 open to the world. Clay birds and bluerocks will be used. A 

 guaranteed cash prize of $100 is offered for the best score- made on 

 25 clay birds and 25 blue rocks.— H. Potter, Secretary. 



§momn$. 



Canvas Canoes and how to BuUd Ttiem. By Parker B. Field. 

 Price 50 cents. Canoe and Boat Building. By IV. P. Stephens. 

 Price £1.60. The Canoe Aurora. By O. A. Midi. Price $L Canoe 

 Handling. By C. B. Yaux. Price $1. Canoe and Camera. By T. 

 S. Steele. Price 1.50. Four Mon ths in a Sveakbox. By N. H. Bishop. 

 Price $1.50. Canoe and Camp Cookery* By "Seneca. Price $1. 



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 meetings and races, and 

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

 requested to forward to Forest ash Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their loeal 

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

 relating to the sport. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Commodore: R. W. Gibson ) Aihanv n v 



Secretery-Treasurer: F. L. Mix. J A1Da »y> «• *• 

 Vice-Corn. Rear-Com. Purser. 



Central Div..Henrv Stanton.. .R. W. Bailey E.W. Brown, 146 B' way, N.Y. 



Eastern Dlv. .L. Q. Jones (3eo. M. Barney. . . .W. B. Davidson, Hartford. 



N'thernDiv. .A.D.T.McGacheii.W. G. McKendrick.S. L. Brltton, Lindsay, Can. 



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

 panied by the recommendation of an active member arid the sum of 8&0O 

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

 the general A. C. A. camp shall pay $1.00 for camp expenses. 



Persons residing In the Central Division wishing to become members of 

 the A. C. A., will be furnished with printed forms of application by address- 

 ing the Purser. 



NEW YORK C. C. SAILING CUP. 



IN order to make a raoe in good Bailing weather, the summer 

 regattas having been failures as far as the wind was con- 

 cerned, the New York C. C. has offered a handsome trophy for a 

 sailing race over the club course, the; winner to be the permanent 

 holder of the trophy. Invitations have been sent to other clubs, 

 and the entries are free to all memhers of canoe clubs, so a good 

 field of starters is expected. The matter of silverware has. been 

 so overdone that, it is difficult to obtain anything, both novel and 

 artistic, in that metal without expending a large amount, of 



money, and as the offering of valuable prizes is discouraged by 

 clubs and the A. C. A., the New York C. O. started to find some 

 suitable substitute for the usual homely and unsuitable pitcher or 

 cup. In this they were aided by Mr. D. W. Granberry, of Maiden 

 Lane, New York, whose art work is widely known. Mr. Granberry 

 suggested an antique cup of beaten copper, and has made for the 

 club a very handsome and artistic trophy of . that metal. It is. a 

 fact not generally recognized that the baser metals so called, at 

 the head of which stands copper with its richness of color, are far 

 better adapted to artistic purposes than gold or silver, and lend 

 themselves readily to the skill of the metal-worker. The cup 

 shown above is about 5in. diameter and Bin. high, with the in- 

 scription on one side and a canoe under sail on the other. The 

 date of the race is Oct. 8. 



AN INSTANTANEOUS VIEW ON THE HUDSON.-;Scene, 

 upper end of Newburg Bay, a river Steamer and a steam launch 

 bound down. Launch passes close to canoe under sail with two 

 men on board; canoe takes the seas broadside on. rolls over to 

 port, then rolls over to starboard, then righted, but with, only 

 one man on board. Launch stops to aid the canoe, and the amused 

 spectators in the steamer lose sight of them. 



THE CANOES OF 1S87.-II. 



NEXT to the oonterboard themostimportant detail is the rudder 

 with its accompanying gear, a part of the equipment that 

 has been brought to a very lair degree of perfection. The metal 

 drop rudder is universally used, being made in several different 

 patterns by various makers, but all on the same general plan. 

 Those on the new Albany boats seem to be the best thus far in 

 construction. The rudder is strong and stiff, and the connection 

 to the boat is very good. In some instances the rudder is held far 

 away from the sternpost and large projections of metal are found 

 in place of small and neat castings. The Ruggles boats all have 

 the brass tube hanging, invented by Mr. Barney, and placed by 

 him on the old Ibis. A short piece of brass rod is also carried, to 

 be slipped into the tube when the rudder is unshipped, to protect 

 the tube from injury. The rudder yoke most commonly used now 

 is of brass, with a small sheave for the hoisting line for the blade. 

 Some of these yokes are badly secured, the head of the rudder 

 stock twisting off under strain, but most of them are both light 

 and strong and answer very well. Of course there is the liabilitv 

 to foul the mizen sheet. This is avoided in the small grooved 

 wheel on top of the rudder and taking the rudder lines, such as 

 Pearl and NautiluB were fitted with last year, and several of these 

 were seen this season. The wheel makes a very strong and com- 

 pact gear, the rudder can be held in backing, and the mizen 

 sheet cannot possibly foul. 



The deck yokes now are of brass, with a socket for a tiller. 

 Some of the tillers are fitted with a short handle hinged to the 

 tiller, so as to be in easy reach when the crew is nut to windward. 

 A very peculiar arrangement was seen on Mr. Butler's Blanche; 

 the deck yoke was over 2ft. long, the ends being shaped into 

 handles. Sitting on the sliding deck seat, an end of the th wart- 

 ship tiller or yoke is always in reach, and if required an ordinary 

 tiller can be shipped in a socket. 



The usual connection between rudder and deck tiller is by wire 

 rope or small chain, with a turnbuckle in each part for tighten- 

 ing. Some canoes had the rope finished with neat eye sockets of 

 brass, the end of the rope being soldered into the hollow of the 

 socket. 



One canoe was fitted with a combination of centerboard and 

 rudder, a balance rudder fitted in a case within 2ft. of the stern. 

 The rudder was held by a vertical spindle by which it could be 

 raised or lowered or turned when below the bottom. 



The deck seats have largely gone out of fashion, canoeists now 

 sitting on the side deck or hatch. They were heavy and clumsy 

 and are well dispensed with. Blanche still uses the sliding seat 

 described last year, but only one other was seen this season, and it 

 is not likely they will come into general use. 



The cleat board seen on the English canoes last year has been 

 adopted by several this season, and is a good thing. All the cleats 

 are screwed to a board about 4in. wide and long enough to run 

 across the well, being secured by two long brass thumb screws 

 which clamp it firmly at any point on the coaming. On thiB board 

 are arranged cleats and belaying pins and in some canoes, as the 

 Hornet, a traveler of brass rod for the main sheet is also fastened. 

 In stowing the sail the lines are left on the cleats, the board being 

 detached from the boat and made up with the sail. Of course it 

 is necessary that the fastenings should be very strong, as all the 

 pull of tack and halliards comes on them. It is Well in addition to 

 have the usual allowance of cleats on deck in case the board is not 

 used or another sail is set; or if this is not done there should be at 

 least four stout cleats well fastened to the deck frame for making 

 fast painter, etc. This year two new cleats were seen, both of 

 excellent design. The better of the two was made by Mr. Butler ; 

 one. end forms a hook around which a turn maybe taken and the 

 line hauled in, jamming afterward under the other end. which is 

 simply like the ordinary fixed jam cleat. Mr. Barney has a simi- 

 lar cleat but the book is replaced by a closed eye through which 

 the sheet is passed. Another handy little device is a jam clutch 

 for the mizen sheet, to be placed on the deck tiller. 



A very convenient thing is a handle of some kind at each end of 

 the canoe, by which it may be easily lifted and carried. That on 

 the Lacowsic is convenient but very ugly, disfiguring the boat 

 greatly. Another form is used on the canoes of the Mohican C. C, 

 a bail or handle of stout wire hung in brass plates screwed to the 

 stem and sternpost. The middle part of the handle is covered 

 with a short length of rubber tubing, giving a good grip. The 

 handle is a fixture on the boat and is not ornamental, though little 

 in the way. The Nautilus last, year carried four handles with 

 hook ends, and strong cyebolts were fitted on each side deck, for- 

 ward and aft, by which four men could easily carry tho canoe. 

 Something of this kind, a good detachable handle, would be very 

 convenient; it should fit in eyeholts in stem and stern, so that two 

 men could comfortably carry the boat. 



Canoe carriages and wheels have never been introduced in this 

 country, though used in England, a very light and compact little 

 vehicle with wheels like a bicycle being made specially for canoes. 

 With them long portages are easily made, but for general cruising 

 in decked, canoes whore portages are the exception, a very conven- 

 ient substitute would be a small wheel, say 4 to 6in. diameter, with 

 a face at least lin. wide, mounted in a light metal frame that 

 could be quickly attached to the forefoot of the canoe. With this 

 in place the canoeist could lift the stern and run the boat wheel- 

 barrow fashion without difficulty. In hauling up on stony beaches 

 or in moving about a boat house such a plan would be far better 

 than the usual method of dragging the canoe on its keel and 

 bilges. This year several canoes were provided with tho perman- 

 ent canvas covers suggested in our comments on the last meet, in 

 u -hh-h they were quickly laced up for shipmout. 



The change in rigs since last season was one of the most notice- 

 able features of the meet. The long bending yard, both of the 

 balance lug and Mohicans has gone, but as yet it cannot be said 

 that auv one sail has taken place of cither. It, will be remembered 

 that the balance lug and lateen together displaced the leg of mut- 

 ton sail about seven years since, and that later the Mohican super- 

 seded the lateen in the inland waters, while the lug still retained 

 its place on salt water. Both of these sails have been lately con- 

 demned on the ground that it is best to have all the sail abaft tho 

 mast; but this, whether true or not, does not reach the real 

 trouble. Both have always been cut with a wide head that re- 

 quired a verv long yard to stretch it, and this yard was unsupported 

 for the greater part of its length. Now to make it at all stiff it 

 "had to be heavy, and if moderately light it sagged off to leeward 

 in a disastrous manner, while at the same time the luff could not 

 be kept taut, A long swaggering spar, high up, bending in every 

 direction and failing to hold the peak, is bad in more ways than 

 one; it lessens by its weight and momentum the stability of the 

 canoe and also fails to get the maximum driving power out of the 

 sail. In the Mohican this long yard seems to be a necessity, but 

 in the balance lug it can easily be replaced by a lighter and staffer 

 spar that shall hold tho peak up and the luff taut, both essentials 

 to eood windward work. 



However, experiment has ceased, for a time at least, while canoe- 

 ists are now off on an entirely new tack. We have mentioned 

 that each of the old sails was superseded by something definite; 

 but at present, in giving up the fug and Mohican, canoeists have 

 not agreed on any one or two sails to take their place, but are ex- 

 perimenting in several directions. Few, if any, of the rigs at the 

 meet were more than experiments, more or less crude and un- 

 tested, if we except that on Pecowsic, which seems to have 

 reached the highest degree of perfection and efficiency. This 

 being the case, it is not necessary to describe all the different sails 

 in detail, but to look at tho leading characteristics in a general 

 way. All the rigs possess two points in common; the sails are abaft 

 the mast, and all are lighter aloft and the loftier parts of the spars 

 better supported than m the older rigs. Ab to the points in which 

 they differ, they may be divided as follows: 

 Sail Lashed to Mast— 



Pecowsic, leg-o'-mutton, with battens. 

 Cook's, sprit sail. 

 Sails Fitted to Hoist and Lower- 

 Hoisting on mast. 

 Hoisting on gunter yard. 

 Hoisting on long yard with short mast. 

 In the first division are the Pecowsic sails, all leg-o'-mutton in 

 origin, but with the area increased by light battens in pockets. 

 Each sail is permanently lashed to the mast, and can only be 

 taken in by unshipping the mast. The sails are tlat, sit well, and 

 are very effective, while their owners seem to use them without 

 trouble, but a sail that caaaot be reefed or stowed quickly from 

 the well is certainly not desirable for other than special uses. The 

 rigs of the two Barney boats are simply perfect in their way, light 

 and graceful spars, the sails laoed to small eyes driven in mast 

 and boom; and the foot of the mast, only extending about 5in. 

 below deck, fitted with a brass ferrule, so as to turn with perfect 

 ease, all the masts in a set, five in number, being interchangeable. 

 The boom jaw is shown in the cut. a brass casting with a socket 

 for the boom, a pin running through the maat and ends of jaws. 

 Of course both mast and jaw must turn together as the sail is 

 trimmed. The ten sails, the tent, a very good one, by the way, 

 and all the tent pegs and poles stow in a large box which lies by 

 the float in camp, with all sails ready to hand. They differ by 

 about 5ft. each in area, from 20 to 40 sq. ft., so any amount may be 

 set. There are no lines but the sheets, the two or three sails 

 heeded are taken from the box and dropped into their proper 

 tubes, and the rigging is completed. Certainly there is much to 

 recommend the rig on the score of simplicity. 



