Oct. 13, 1887.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



233 



CLEVELAND, Sept. "9.— The dav was too dark for good shoot- 

 ing from most or the members of the Cleveland Gun Club who at- 

 tended f he regular shoot of the (dub to-day. Keys, however, did 

 not seem to mind ihe darkness and he broke 20 straight birds in 

 fiue style. The expert shooting of Keys m« matched by Mr. Auld. 

 a visitor at the riiool, who also broke 20 straight birds, and in the 

 team shoot wiiieh followed, Auld added another run of 10 birds to 

 bis remarkable score. First badge, Class A, was won by Keys, and 

 F. Henry won the second badge. Class B. 



Club Shoot. 



L O .Tones. M00l10nni11l0"ll 1-11 Galhoon. .11111111110110011101-1(5 



Robe rt*. .111 1 '1 111 1 1 iH 1 01 1 ion -l :i si lsby 1 : ;oi > '( 101 mill loom 1-13 



F Albert.. 010111 '1011111011110— 1 r . G1iddeu...lU)Oll]0lO010O100111 — 11 

 F Hen rv. .11101110001 '1 1010111 — 1-1 Bitssett . ■ . . llOllOGJIOOll 111 1 UH1 

 StmiemanllloU 11 111001111110-16 Johnson.. 111111011011 11110011— 10 

 Kev- ..11 1 1111111 1 111111 .Ul-;'0 1) Auld... .11111111 11) 111111111-20 

 Tamblyn.. 1001:1101101010000011- 10 Wherry .01101001011110010111-13 

 Auld arid Keys were (he choscrs for the team mateh, which was 

 shot at 6 singles and 2 pajr doubles. The team chosen try Keys 

 won the tCffi toll bv two birds. The score, follows: 



Ke> mm h oi— ti Auid mm 11 n— io 



Roberts 011110 1101-7 Johnson Will 10 11—7 



Albert 101 100 10 10-5 L O Jones — 000011 01 11— R 



Basset HUH 11 11-10 Silsbv 011011 10 10-6 



F IJeur: 100001 111 11- 5-36 Wherry 111001 00 11— 6-34 



WASHINGTON, p. Oct. 1.— An informal -hoot was held at 

 the Cosmopolitan Club under the auspices of Mr. Wills at liyc 

 birds, 3 traps, 24 and :20yds. rise. SOydBi boundary: 

 First match, second barrel count 



Cunningham 110 1 1—1 Hnlrarad 0J$£ 1-2 



Green 1 1—2 Schroth 1111 1—5 



Jones C 1 1 1Ja-3J! Wagner Hll l>£-4 



Godcy 0)4 1-1J4 



Cunningham and Warner second. 

 Second match, one barrel; 



Gieen 00111—3 Scannell .00111-3 



Cuonin bam 11011—4 Godcy 11101-4 



Holm' ad 10113-2 Schroth 10111-4 



Jones 111 11 —5 W agncr 11111—5 



Jones and Warmer first. Cunningham and Schroth second. 

 Third match, one barrel: 



Cunningha.ni 11111— > Holmead 10011-3 



Greeu 1 1100-3 Wagn >-r 10101-3 



Jones 11111-5 Schroth 01100—2 



Oodey 01001—2 



Cunningham and Jones first, Holmead and Wagner third. 

 Miss and nut,— Jones 2. Cunningham 5, Oodey 1, Birtlett 2, 

 1 Woodbridge 0, Green 2, Schroth 2, Holmead 4, Wagoer 3, Doyle 3, 

 Talbott 0, Simpson 0; Cunningham won. -Tim Heiidooule. 



a Gun Club. — Bonden found the 



BROOKLYN, Oct. 5.-F( 



birds, and th( 



The 



on, preventing 

 , having won a 

 ,0 McLaughlin, 



first prize, was not eligible to take another: it 

 ■ and Lake took second: 



Dv Shields (301 0111101— 5 J Beacham (23) IIUOIIO — + 



W Stuart (20) 1011110-5 H Thorpe (25) 1111011-0 



J E Lake (23) 1111111—7 H McLaughlin (20) 1111111—7 



E H Madison (30) 01001O0— 2 L Davenport (28) 1101111— fi 



.1 H Sawyer (21) 1011010- 4 C Wheeler (21) 0011010-3 



R Well s '(21 ) Ill 1 011 -6 C Carlos (27) 1011011-5 



A Crooke (21) 1110011-5 



Kearney, Cooke and Langc withdrew. 



BROWN'S SHOOTING PARK, Long Island, Oct. 8.— The great 

 match for the Livingston Cup. presented to the New York Olnb, in 

 1SP0, by Ellis Livingston, came off to-day and was won after an 

 exciting struggle by Mr. Allan Nichols. Never before were so 

 many ladies on the grounds; fully two score occupied the vine- 

 covered portico of the new club house, with their escorts. The 

 New York clubs were well represented and many famous names 

 were registered on the club's guest book. The weather was per- 

 fect. The occasion was one of rare Interest to 1 he New York Club, 

 and nearly one hundred gentlemen were present to extend a wel- 

 come to their comrade, their "old reliable," just returned from a 

 three, months' yachting cruise— Mr. Allan Nichols, who has four 

 times defended successfully the Club cup, the genial traveler and 

 sportsman. To win the match of this morning, heavily handi- 

 capped by lack of practice, Mr. Nichols ha d need of the "nerve 

 reserve" that bas made his name familiar to lovers of sport 

 throughout the world, for, be it known, he hasshot game, large or 

 small, in every country on the globe. Opposed to Mr. Nichols was 

 the crack shot of the Hurling ham Club, of London, the great 

 hunting man and well-known artist, "Lightning Harry" Trevor, 

 whose face is familiar to many American sportsmen. Gordon 

 Gordon was selected as referee. The birds were furnished by 

 Capt. Brown an. 1 were strong and swift. The conditions of the 

 match were: Fifty birds each, 30yds. rise, J-Oyds. boundary, both 

 barrels. Both gentlemen shot with ha mine ideas Scott guns (71bs. 

 lOoz.) and used 4drs. powder, P4 shot. (The flgure 3 indicates 

 second barrel.) 



M r Nichols 1 11 11 1 1 11 li 12 ! 13 11 1 11 1111201 1 11 1 11 12 1 11 201 111 21111— 4S 



Mr Tre vor 1211111111112320100111111 1111 222200111112131111122— 45 



SAN FR ANCISCO, Oct. 1.— The shooting season was brought to 

 an end this afternoon at Adams' Point. By the members of the 

 Blue Rook Club. Being the final shoot, a much larger number of 

 marksmen were in attendance than at any of the pre ious club 

 gatherings. W. J. Fox won the first prize, a Winchester rifle, 

 having the highest average during the year. Second prize, a gun 

 case, won by Charles D. Laing. Third prize won by S. T. Kellogg. 

 Fonitli prii'.e. 200 shells, won by W, G. Gra ndad. Following is the 

 score of to-days' shoot, 20 birds each: Kellogg 12. Golcher 11. 

 Laing 14. Tabbs 13, Orand.nl! 0, Kellogg 13, Leviston 5, Golcher 9, 

 Beaver 5, Kellogg 14, Grand all 3, Fox 1(1, Abbott 8, Harris 12, Putz- 

 man 0. 



CANTON, O., Sept. 20.— The third in the series of three matches 

 between the Canton and Kent gun clubs was shot on the grounds 

 of the former here this afternoon, with teams of 13 men on each 

 side, 25 single birds. Canton won with ISO to Kent's 100. 



Address all commumcaUonx to the Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 



FIXTURES. 



November. 



0. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 



December. 



4. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 



DRIFTING. 



TN a quiet way we of the Y. C. C. have been having a very enjoy- 

 JL able summer In our boats. While the warmth of spring was 

 still grateful, and its fresh green verdure still a novelty, we were 

 smitten most by the charms of Nature. So Saturday afternoons 

 found us, with camp kit packed, drifting for the lonely Jersey 

 shore under the Pal Lades at the enticing snot called Egg Beach. 

 There, leisurely and undisturbed, we cooked the simple, frugal re- 

 past of a canoeist (usually eggs, bacon, toast and coffee), smoked 

 a miet pipe, and when the mcsqui.oes insisted upon it, left. Then 

 a lazv drift home with the tide, for we of the Y. C. C. were then a 

 philosophic set, never paddled when we could avoid it, and always 

 arranged to have the tide with us. Aye, verily, in those days we 

 loved best to imitate the peaceful calm of the good old Dutchmen 

 whose drowsy influence ■ still lingers along the Jersey coast here- 

 abouts. 



But. some Yankee skippers up river a bit held what they called 

 a "meet." Inasmuch as the tide was that way we naturally 

 thought It mete tor us to be there, so thoughtlessly drifted up. 

 There we found them trying to see which boat could go the fast- 

 est. It seemed a most absurd idea, but we were off for a lark, so 

 took a hand. There's no tide in Sing Sing Bay, however, and we 

 couldn't get any headway on. 



But we got bees in our bonnet, nevertheless. -The treasury, for 

 which we hitherto had had no use, was scooped dry to buy medals; 

 and thereafter Saturday afternoon found the Y. C. C. sailing and 

 paddling around two cr three red tin cans, like a dog chasing its 

 tail. True, some of us more conservative members occasionally 

 sighed for a drifting match, but we were quickly silenced by the 

 vonng and progressive members (especially that wild young Irish- 

 man Patsy, who sails every race in lus bathing suit and is always 

 glad of it). Bat still we nut our heads togetuer and concocted a 

 cunning plan. Wo managed to prohibit the use of ccnterboards; 

 and as we still, from force of habit, calculated the tide, we who 

 didn't like racing enjoyed the drifting part immensely. Some 

 said the prohibition was because there was only one boat that had 

 a board, but we who fixed it knew better. At any rate it takes 

 away the main ob jection to this racing business— the speed. 

 • On Labor Day, thinking we ought to do some work, we decided 

 to take a drift up river, as the tide was up. So in the morning a 



...3 33 00 

 . . .3 32 30 

 ...3 35 2G 

 ...3 37 05 



.'.'.'3 36 50 

 ...3 39 12 

 . . .3 38 00 

 ...3 39 05 

 . .3 35 20 



Finish. 

 4 11 30 

 4 12 20 

 4 12 30 

 4 13 10 

 4 13 45 

 4 20 20 

 4 20 SO 

 4 22 10 

 4 23 30 



Not timed. 



Not timed. 



Withdrew. 



fleet of nine- red dolphins, with sails spread to dry, was slowly 

 drifting up stream. It was like old times: but die'sehreeMichen 

 Kitahai wanted to race again, so they calculated the tide, and 

 drifting on the Jersey side where the tide runs fastest beat us all 

 np. 



But on and on we drifted, past Groystone, Hastings, past the 

 Jersey line into the Tappa.n Zee, past the rusty little hamlet of 

 Rockland (Wr/m Fremiti, if you ever go to Rockland and sit down 

 on the ghost ly limbers of the old sloop on the beach, you'll fall 

 asleep in five minutes), hut the tide turned then and we had to go 

 home -home, the sometime dwelling place of Yoncker PhiUipse. 



___ YONKEHS. 



A. C. A. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 



THE below named gentlemen are hereby appointed Regatta 

 Committee for the ensuing year and will be respected and 

 obeyed as such: Chairman, G. B. Vaux, New York; Paul Butler, 

 Lowell, Mass.; W. A. Leys, Toronto, Canada. And the below 

 nat&ed arc hereby appointed Committee on Camp Site and Ar- 

 rangements: Macomb G. Foster, New York: C. M. Shedd, Spring- 

 Held, Mass. These gentlemen will add to the committee a mem- 

 ber of the Northern Division. The committee will meet at the 

 De-lav an House, Albany, Nov. 13, at 10:30 A.M. The Executive 

 Committ ee will receive reports of the other commit tees at 11 A. 

 M., or as may be arranged. The Mohican Club extends a cordial 

 invitation to all members of the A. C. A. on that dav and the fol- 

 lowing. Robert W. Gibson, Com. Elect. 

 •Albany, Oc t. 6, 1887. 



NEW YORK C. C. FALL REGATTA, OCT. 8. 



THK best and most successful canoe race ever sailed on New 

 York Bay was that of Sat urday last, the race for the sailing 

 trophy at the New York C. C, lately illustrated in the Forest 

 an D STREAM. The conditions were unusually favorable, a strong 

 wind up the Narrows and an ebb tide, thus giving the benefit of 

 the tide on the windward work, while the fleet of 13 canoes was a 

 representative one, including Pecowsic, Rat, Minx, Sunbeam and 

 Essex, each with at least a local reputation. The first event of 

 the day was a sailing race for unclassified boats, over the same 

 course as the canoe race, but only one round, 4 miles, starting at 

 2:21. The times were: 



Finish. Elapsed. 



Tern, H. R. Averill. Brooklyn 3 07 45 46 45 



Vixen, J. Johnson, Brooklyn 3 13 35 51 25 



Terrapin, J. B. Fosdick, New York 3 16 00 55 00 



Goquel I e , M. V. Wood worth, New York Withdrew. 



Tern is a Jersey beach boat, J8x5ft., with balance lug, Coquette 

 an open rowboat, Vixen a Baruegat cruiser, and Terrapin a sneak- 



The race for Classes A and B together was started at 2:45:30, by 

 which time a strong wind was blowing up the Bay. The course 

 was. as in the international races of last year, from club house to 

 a. buoy in midchannel, thence to buoy near Staten Island shore at 

 Clifton, and home, the first leg being to windward, the second a 

 close reach, and the third free, two rounds, 8 miles in all. The 

 times were: 



1st Round. 



Pecowsic, Geo. IT. Barney, Snriugfield 3 30 45 



Kssex. Geo. W. Cox, Essex 3 33 50 



Ret, Grant Ed car. Jr., Newburtc 



Latona, Win. : Width "k, Brooklyn... 

 Sunbeam. H. E. Ward, Brooklyn.... . 



Atalnnta,L. B. Palmer, lanthe 



Ndo, W. Burling, lanthe 



Tramp, G. J. Stevens, New York 



Purilan, Clarence Eagle, New York.. 

 Idlemere. .1. L. Douglas, lanthe. - ... 



Natchez, E. H. Piatt, New York 



Minx, M. V. Brokaw, Brooklyn 



Sea Urchin, B. H. Nadal, New York Withdrew. 



The elapsed time of the leaders was: Pecowsic 1.26.00, Essex 

 ] .26.50, Hat 1.27.01 Minx and Sea Urchin, overrating the force of 

 ihe w ind, star led with small sails and were unable to keep up. 

 Pecowsic carried two sails of her well-known rig, and sailed as 

 fast as usual. 



In the tauden canoe race the starters were: 



Minx, Blake and Brokaw, Brooklyn 1 



Atalanta, Palmer and Burling, lanthe.. 2 



Lassie, Rice and Nickerson, Springfield 3 



The race, was a close one, Atalanta leading nearly to the finish, 

 when Minx by a hard spurt won by 2ft. 



The last race, paddling, single, Classes III. and IV., brought out 

 but three starters: 



Pecowsic, H. E. Rice, Srringfield 1 



Atalanta, L. B. Palmer, lanthe 2 



Hermit, W. P. Stephens, New York 3 



The course had two turns at right angles, which hindered the 

 lone, narrow Pecowsic somewhat, as she used no rudder, but on 

 the straight courses out and in she ran away from both the wider 

 boats, whining by three lengths from Atalanta, with Hermit last. 

 A large number of spectators were present, while quite a party of 

 canoeists camped in the club house over night, sailing for home 

 next dav. The prizes, besides the cup, were silk flags. Through 

 the. kindness of the Corinthian Y. C, the guests of the N. Y. C. C. 

 were euabled to view the races from the balcony of the C. Y. C. 

 house. 



PITTSBURGH C. C. FALL RACES, OCT. 5-8. 



THE Pittsburgh C. C. held two sailing races to wind up the 

 season on Oct. 5 and 8, the first being unlimited, and the sec- 

 ond a handicap based upon the result of the former. The course 

 was on the Allegheny between bridges— about Y% mile and return, 

 the number of rounds to depend on the weather. As many of the 

 canoes are still at Conemaugh Lake, several of the craft entered 

 were sailed by members other than their owners; in some in- 

 stances bv men who had never been in them before. Wednesday 

 was a cold, blustering day, with a strong N.W. wind coming in 

 puffs and a feeling of snow in the air. Close reefs were the order 

 of the day, and owing to the discomforts of the cold wind and fly- 

 ing spray it was decided to sail one round only, a half mile to 

 windward and return. The starters were G. H. Singer, Marguer- 

 ite; J. K. Bakewell (the attorney for the defense), Lorna; W. W. 

 Lawrence. Edith Adele: C. F. Holdship, Amaryllis; A. K. Nimick, 

 Nirvana "B", and W. N. Murray, in the old Nirvana "A" of 1835 

 fame. A very fair start was made with all on starboard tack ex- 

 cept Lorna, who was caught on the wrong tack and compelled to 

 pass astern of the other five. She was caught again on her return 

 by a passing towboat, so that her real start was almost three 

 minutes behind the rest; and as her gear was out of order and an 

 experimental false keel hindered her handling she retired a little 

 later. Meanwhile the others were stretching over toward the 

 Pittsburgh shore. Marguerite, to leeward at the start, was first 

 to come about, aud after a short leg to starboard was forced 

 around again by the same towboat that discomfit ted Lorna. She 

 was doing well in the ehopp v water (she was designed for New York 

 Bay) and on next stretch managed to cross the bow of Amaryllis 

 by a very scant margin: but when she reached Edith Adele she 

 could not quite make it, and as the skipper of that craft was too 

 bu«y watching the puffs to look under his boom, the result was a 

 pretty smart bump; Marguerite catching the other's stem on her 

 lee bow, abreast of the mast. This of course ruled out the port 

 tack boat, but she kept on to the end of the race for the fun of the 

 thing. The two Nirvanas were having a private fight all this 

 time,' in which the smaller, with a new brass blade in place of her 

 former Atwood hoard, was steadily gaining; the new one being 

 probably too strange toher owner to do her best to windward. 

 The little Glass A canoe went on, gaining on every tack, untd the 

 bridge was reached, when to avoid a gibe she turned the pier the 

 wrong wav, aud ended her chances of winning, though she finished 

 first Marguerite worked into second place near the bridge, but 

 being compelled to make a short tack to weather the pier lost it 

 again and turned just astern of Nirvana B. Once before the 

 wind, which was falling a little, both shook out reefs, in which 

 operation Marguerite lost her main sheet overboard, and was 

 obliged to come around head to wind to recover it, which decided 

 the contest for first and second place. The other two contestants 

 were having a moft interesting race between themselves, Amaryllis 

 beating on the wind, but losing her advantage by tacking m place 

 o f gibing at the pier, and Ed ith Adele managed to beat her out by 

 iust 10 seconds at the firish. The elapsed times were as follows: 

 Nirvana A, 22m. 15s.; Nirvana B, 23m. 25s.; Marguerite, 25m. 15s.; 

 Edith Adele, 28m. 20s., and Amaryllis, 28m. 30s. 



The dav for the handicap race was very different; warm and 

 (dear ai r, 'with so little wind that it seemed like folly to attempt 

 to sail over the course, and both Marguerite and Nirvana A de- 

 clined to start. In addition to the entries of Wednesday, Eurylda, 

 W. E. Wood well, aud Notus. R. W. Bailey, appeared and were 

 started at scratch, the handicap being arranged after the fashion 

 of a sprint race for the sake of novelty, and as this was to be twice 

 over the course, the allowances were double the intervals between 

 finishes in the former race. Thus Amaryllis and Lorna were first 

 sent off together, then Edith Adele 20s. later, then Nirvana B 9m. 

 50s. later, and after 2m. 20s. more, the scratch canoes. As a mat- 

 ter of fact, however, the calm completely spoiled the allowances, 

 for Eurylda, favored with a slant, got actually a better start than 



Nirvana; and the first starters were less than 200yds. away when 

 the last crossed the. line. Then the wind went round to east, mak- 

 ing a reaching race of it, and blew in very mild streaks and puffs. 

 Notus seemed most favored by these, and after starting at scratch 

 and last to cross the line, slipped through Lorna's Ice just at the 

 bridge, and was first to make the turn. Nirvana also managed to 

 work through the doldrums at the bridge, and get away en the re- 

 turn just ahead of Lornn. while Edith Adele next drifted under the 

 lee of a pier and was completely becalmed while all the rest passed 

 and got well away for home. The wind headed off Nirvana and 

 Lorna, and drove them clear over to the Allegheny shore, and 

 then came back and gave Eurylda a lift that brought Wr close un 

 to Notus's stem before that craft got it atalL The leaders carried 

 this puff up to and around the home stake, and Notus was well 

 started by it onher second round; but then ft failed her, and both 

 Eurylda and Nirvana, the latter once more in second place, almost 

 overtook her at the lower turn. In fact, all three were under the 

 bridge at the same time, but Eurylda was on the wrong side, of the 

 pier, and before she could work around it, Notus had nicked up a 

 breath, and drew away, finally finishing first in lb. 2m. elapsed 

 time, for a race of two miles only, with ho windward work Nir- 

 vana finished 0m. 10s. behind, and Eurylda third by about same 

 amount. Lorna and Amaryllis sailed almost a dead heat, and 

 Edith Adele, after her sad experience on first round, did not at- 

 tempt a second. 



Woodwell promptly challenged "Nervy Anna" as he called her, 

 to sail a match on Oct. 12, and both agreed to let in Notus on an 

 allowance of 5m. per round. Then the regatta committee rose up 

 in their might, and announced that, as the weather bad prevented 

 a satisfactory race, the whole thing would have to be sailed over 

 on the 13th, so weather permitting, the fun of the season is not vet 

 ended. ' 



BRITISH CANOES OF 1887. 



THE collection nf canoes of the first British canoe meet, though 

 small in point of numbers, was most, interesting as au index 

 of the coming types of canoes in British waters, especially so when, 

 the influence of the international matches of last year are con- 

 sidered. For the past ten years, while there have been canoes of 

 all types in use, the representative British canoe has been the 

 Thames racing craft, the wide and heavy boats like Pear] and 

 Nautilus. Other types have existed, the small hack paddling 

 canoe, the. long and narrow canoes of the Humber, the keel canoes 

 of the Clyde, but the racing has been confined mainly to a, few 

 heavy canoes built under the R. C. C. rules. That they could not 

 hold their own in point of speed with the smaller and lighter 

 American craft was clearly proved last year, and as might be ex- 

 pected, the new boats have been largely modified in accordance 

 with American ideas. The deck sitting position, smaller and 

 lighter hull, finer lines, and an abandonment of much of the 

 ballast are the'main points in which the influence of American 

 ideas are. shown. From the following description of the canoes at 

 the meet, taken from the Field, it will be seen that two widely 

 different classes of canoes are coming to the front, and that the 

 comparatively small but heavy lead ballasted canoes of the 

 R. C. C, with large and complicated rigs, are likely to give 

 place, as far as general canoeing goes, to boats more like the 

 American craft, while in addition a class of larger boats, the so- 

 called "canoe yawl," is rapidly springing up. These boats are 

 from 16x4ft. to 20v5^ft., the larger boasting quite a cabin, and 

 capable of really serious work in open water. There is plenty of 

 room for such boats in America, and while they can never super- 

 sede the canoe proper, they are well suited to the wants of many 

 who have outgrown canoeing and wish a larger craft, or who are 

 located on waters too open and exposed for safe and comfortable 

 work in a small canoe. The Field savs: 



Every variety of canoe and canoe-built boat was represented at 

 the meet on the Norfolk Breads, and a comparison of their merits 

 and demerits may prove of interest. 



The Charm naturally claims attention first, because she is the 

 representative of the last development of canoeing, and because, 

 in point of speed, she surpassed every canoe at the meet, whether 

 large or small. She is 15ft. 4in. by 2ft. fiin., with lOin. moulded 

 depth amidships. - Within these dimensions it is certainly possible 

 to build a very wholesome cruiser, but this, the Charm, certainly 

 did not prove herself to be. Her bow is very long and sharp, with 

 very little flare aloft, and she has very little round in her deck, so 

 that she has nothing like the stowage » ccommod ati ons that might, 

 be provided within her dimensions. There can be no manner of 

 doubt that her under-water sbanp is very nearly perfection— the 

 nearest to perfection that has hitherto been attained— for speed 

 through the water, and, although she has considerable dead rise 

 in her floor, the turn of her bilees is so sharp that she has very 

 nearly her full beam at the waterline and a midship section that 

 gives her great stability. If she had more sheer, more freeboard, 

 or more round to her deck, she would then be capable of carrying 

 a reasonable amount, of stores and equipment, whereas she now 

 can carry only a small proportion of ber owner's outfit. Her lug 

 mainsail was as good, if not better, than any other sail at the 

 meet. A comparatively short mast, with long boom and high 

 peak, made a very effective and driving sail. She had reefs fitted 

 with "Pearl" gear. She is certainly well handled by her owner, 

 who seems to be able to make her do anything but talk and carry 

 stotes. 



The Mac, belonging to Mr. W. G. McKeudrick, of the Toronto 

 Canoe Club, arrived just after the commencement of the cruise, 

 too late to compete in the races; but she is certainly a very fast 

 boat, and an example of the influence Pecowsic is having on 

 canoeing in Canada and America. She has the same fine lines 

 and rising floor as Charm, and is even less steady to set, but hav- 

 ing plenty of sheer and freeboard, she was able to carry ber 

 owner's tent and camping outfit. Her length and beam are about 

 the same as Charm's, and she is rigged with high peaked sails 

 that are entirely abaft the masts. A specially noticeable leature 

 in her outfit was a tin box shaped to the boat, that was carried 

 amidships, and served both as deck seat and store box. In the 

 bead of her sail was the red circle, the "totem." or signal of the 

 Toronto Canoe Club. She was roughly built compared with the 

 canoes of Turk's or Bond's workmanship, but her gear was all 

 strong and serviceable. On a reach or a run she is extremely 

 fast; but when it came to a turn to windward in narrow waters, 

 she was not up to the form of either Charm or Daisie, and her 

 owner always preferred paddling under these circumstances. 

 One peculiarity about her was that she was always paddled with 

 the crew sitting on a seat placed across the combing, and with an 

 extra long paddle she traveled in a wonderful way. 



The second boat in point of speed was Mr. Livingston's canoe 

 Daisy, built by himself. She is about two feet shorter than Charm, 

 but, haviug no hollow in her waterlines, and plentv of body above 

 water, she carried easily everything necessary on a trip of this 

 kind, and she is at the same time a handsome, well-built boat, 

 that would take the eye directly it was looked at; all her outfit 

 was strong and suitable, without being heavy. In a heavy blow 

 she went very well under a small mizen set on her mainmast, and 

 looked, as she no doubt was, a most comfortable cruiser. All the 

 Mersey canoes present were good, wholesome cruising canoes. 

 Mr. Williams's Gipsy, 15ft.x31in. (also from the Mersey), is a very 

 different type. She'is all boat from end to end, very flat floor, and 

 plenty above water, and, with a boat tent, her owner slept on 

 board, and seemed to be very comfortable. Mr. Madan's Carmen 

 is built from lines of cruising Nautilus, given in "Yacht and Boat 

 Sailing," and she certainly combined to a great extent ease in 

 paddling, with very fair sailing capabilities. This pretty well fin- 

 ishes the list of noticeable second class canoes. 



The double canoes, Irene and Buttercup, proved very good 

 cruisers. They are about 17ft.x2ft. 6in., and llin. moulded depth. 

 They were rather too crowded when carrying the gear and effects 

 of a double crew, but when used as Irene was by Mr. Nisbct alone, 

 there was plenty of room, and the extra length of these boats en- 

 abled them to hold their way in lumpy water; they paddled easily, 

 and sailed very well, except when the wind was from before the 

 beam; but even then, under sail and paddle, they would pass the 

 whole fleet. These canoes were always hauled out on the bank at 

 night, and' tbe sleeping arrangements of the Irene were most 

 comfortable, and well deserved the prize awarded in the competi- 

 tion at Teddington last year. 



The boats which ran second and third to Charm and Daisy in 

 the regatta at Oulton were of quite a different type. The Brownie 

 and Doris are 16ft. by 4ft. and 17ft. by 4ft. respectively, and have 

 every feature of the Pearl type of canoe, but with extra beam. 

 These large canoes are likely to become popular; they are as easy 

 to sail as a Pearl, and, propelled by sculls, will go as fast as the 

 smaller canoe under paddle— their disadvantage being that they 

 are too heavy to be hauled about and handled on shore like their 

 smaller prototypes: but their larger size makes them tbe better 

 suited for being slept in lying afloat. These boats will sleep two 

 on board, and carry with the greatest ease all the luggage and 

 stores for two on such a trip, and during the day two can sail on 

 board very weU. The- Doris and Brownie have hatchways 6ft. 

 long and 2ft. broad, and the hatches, which are hinged in breadths 

 of about ISin., in two sets, stow under deck when not in use. In 

 the well are two boxes, each 2ft. by 12in. wide and 12in. deep, the 

 lids fitting over with very deep coamings, so that no water can get 

 in, and these serve as seats at fore end and aft end of well, one 

 making a steering seat, the other a rowiug thwart, and carry the 

 bedding and other dry stores. Their masts lower, a great advan- 

 tage where bridges have to be encountered. These boats will go 



