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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan, 5, 1888- 



E ASTON, Pa., Deo. 26.— The Eastern Gun Club held a large 

 meeting to-day. Messrs. Kleinz, of Pennsylvania, and Graham, 

 of England, shot their double race, the conditions of which 

 were 25 birds each, Hurlingham rules, Kleinz to use 10-gauge gun 

 and stand 83vds., Graham 12-gauge, 28yds.. 2. r i birds eacn, Long- 

 Island rules, Kleinz to stand BSjfds., Graham 34yds.; total score m 

 both matches to count; race to be for $150 a. side, play or pay: 



First Match. • 



Kleinz 21U 2011 210321 111 1232022-23 



Grtham 1110iTi?.lll] £112011211101-32 



Second Match. 



Kieinz uoiumuioioomiiion-20 



Graham i ill 1 ! I ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i •.'•1 1 ! 1 1 : 1 : • 



Graham thus winning by 4 birds ou the total score. KMnz'S 

 shooting, according to Long Island rules, was not up to his usual 

 standard, while Graham's was particularly good. Previous to the 

 double race between J. F. Kleinz, champion of Pennsylvania, and 

 Wm. Graham, champion of England, a sweepstake at live birds, 

 open to Easton Club members and visiting trap shots, was 

 arranged, and George Givens "opened the ball" by making the 

 first kill: e 



G Gi vens 4 Jacob Young 5 



HWCooley 4 F Bean 4 



J F Kleinz 5 J Sommers 3 



H Sage 3 H Kinsey 2 



W Graham 4 CBorcaw 4 



G Wilhelm 3 F Davis. 3 



JPascoe 1 A Post., 5 



H Dye 4 WNSeitz 3 



J Young 3 JEEbner 3 



F R Sage 5 



Ties divided. 



DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. 3.— The pigeon match for a purse of $500 

 between Captain Bogardus and .1. L. Winston began here at 3 

 o'clock to-day, but was stopped by darkness when only half sbot. 

 The conditions were 100 tame pigeons each, 5 traps, 30yds. rise and 

 80yds. boundary. Bogardus used a 7'ilb. 12-gaujgje Scott gun: 

 Winston used a'9J41b. 10-gauge Smith. W. L. Oolville, of St. Louis, 

 was the referee. Both men had shot at fifty pigeons when dark- 

 ness stopped the match. 



The morning was occupied in the contest between Al. Bandle, 

 of Cincinnati, and Rolla B. Heikes, of Dayton, which was 100 birds 

 each, £100 a side, 5 traps, 30yds. rise, 80yds. boundary. It resulted 

 in a victory for Heikes, he winning by a score of 76 to 75. 



Jam. The Bogardus— Winston match was concluded this 

 afternoon. Winston lest by allowing his 49th bird to get beyond 

 the boundary before it dropped. The score stood, Bogardus 83, 

 Winston 81. 



NEWARK, Jan. 2.— There were nearly a thousand persons 



The original agreement called for ICO birds a side, but when the 

 men came on the grounds they decided to shoot at 50 each. The 

 conditions governing the match were 30yds. rise, 5 traps, 80yds. 

 boundary; two barrels and Hurlingham rules, barring restric- 

 tions as to weights and gauge of guns. The match began atone 

 o'clock, and occupied an hour and three-quarters. The birds 

 were all strong flyers and the shooting very clean and good. 

 Although Class was made the favorite in the betting, owing to his 

 many excellent performances of late, Thompson came out the 

 wanner by 3 birds, killing 44 out of his 50, while the Jerseyman 

 onlv killed 41. The score was as follows: 



G Thompson 1121110ll::i-i2ll0211-.'li.«ino;'212221021111222l0mil-44 



Frank Class 11121010220221102111110231111111202021011111123301-41 



Referee, John Erb, of Newark. The rest of the afternoon was 

 spent in shooting sweepstakes at live birds, 



A NEW SHOOTING GROUND.— Mr. Wm. McDowell, the genial 

 gunsmith of Toronto, has a project on hand for the establishment 

 gt shooting grounds in the city after the fashion of those at 

 Notting Hill and Hurlingham, in London. As he says, at present 

 sportsmen are being driven from one part of the city to another 

 to enjoy a pigeon shoot, and have no definite abiding place. With 

 five gun clubs in the city, having 500 members between them, Mr. 

 McDowell justly thinks that well-managed shooting grounds 

 should prove a good investment. 



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CRUISING CANOES AT THE MEET. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



It is easy to see what Mr. MacKendriek is aiming at in a general 

 way, be is raising the cry against racers and in favor of cruisers 

 and cruising, that we have so often heard; but from what he has 

 said thus far 1 am unable to determine the specific evils which he 

 is complaining of, or the remedies he would advise. He does 

 specify the abolition of the 75ft. limit race, but offers nothing in 

 its place; for the rest, barring the very good recommendation of 

 prizes for cruising gear, his criticisms are merely general. The 

 whole tenor of his letters is against the '"cranky machines," 

 Pecowsie and her kind; and he suggests rules that would debar 

 these boats. I am no friend or advocate of Pecowsie, but it seems 

 to me that Mr. MacKendriek, beyond some assertions, has proved 

 no case against, these boats, and until this is done it would be very 

 unfair to legislate in any way against them. It may be that thev 

 are dangerous and cranky machines, and that no honest, all- 

 round boat can hope to beat them, but before we pronounce them 

 so there are some points to be considered. 



Mr. MacKendriek lays the entire merit for Pecowsic's success 

 to her limited dimensions and fine lines, making her a racing 

 machine. Now rf he is familiar with Pecowsie and Lacowue and 

 their owners, ho must know that these two boats represent an 

 amount of careful study and experiment that has been expended 

 on very tew other canoes in the Association. For four or five 

 years the Messrs. Barney have experimented not only with 

 models, but with sails and fittings, until to-day their two boats 

 are the most perfectly fitted for racing of any canoes in the Asso 

 ciation, bar none. Every detail is worked out with the utmost 

 oaro, smoothness of bottom, thin plate board of polished brass, 

 beautifully made sails of extreme, lightness, special steering gear 

 and fittings of the beat form. The boats, too, are well sailed. 



In spite ot all this, to those who have watched the racing it does 

 not seem certain that any one of a dozen boats out of tbe fleet 

 could not be made to push Pecowsie verv hard i n most races, cer- 

 tainly to have a good show in the record. Rough hulls, clumsy 

 folding boards or chunks of rough boiler plate, loose, baggy sails 

 and slipshod fittings are found in nearly all the would-be racers 

 which seek to beat these two perfectly fitted boats. Notus and 

 Vesper bave been the best of Pecowsic's rivals, and both have 

 given her and her sister some hard races, Until other canoes are 



fitted for races with the care, skill and ingenuity displayed by 

 Messrs. Barney it would be very unfair to pass any rule that 

 would hamper their boats, in fact, it is a very awkward thing in 

 any case to make rules that bear hard on a winning boat; it looks 

 as if she could not be beaten by fair sailing. 



In the case of Pecowsie there are natural limitations, which do 

 not seem to have occurred to Mr. MacKendriek. In one ra je last 

 year Pecowsie started with too little sail and Lacowsic with too 

 much, and as no extra sails were carried, and it would probably 

 have taken too much time to stop and shift in any case, one boat 

 was luffing and begging in the puffs, while her sister was wishing 

 for more wind. All this was to the advantage of the boat with 

 reefahle sails, but further, the small, light Pecowsie was obliged 

 to luff up and bail out at intervals, while in one case she capsized. 

 All this shows the chances wbich such boats must take compared 

 with the abler craft. I understand further that in spite of Pecow- 

 sic's success as a racer her owner has this winter built a bulkier 

 canoe, though I am unable to give details; this fact, if correct, 

 proves much. 



But Pecowsie and Lacowsic. w ere not the only small canoes at 

 tbe meet, there were others of the same build and of far better 

 model and workmanship than the original; did any one hear of 

 them as winners? I think I am correct in stating that the fleet at 

 the last two meets showed a large number of well-modeled canoes 

 of good proportions, 15x30 and 31, but nearly every one badly 

 handicapped by lack of care and preparation or by bad fittings. 

 Now if Pecowsie and Lacowsic be ruled out on account of their 

 dimensions, what is to prevent their owners going into slightly 

 larger craft and fitting them up as thoroughly as the old boats 

 were, in which case the ruck of the fleet will still be astern, and 

 next year we shall hear the same tune with new words about the 

 well-rigged and fitted canoe called the racing machine, defeating 

 the "honest cruiser," who comes to camp with a hull as rough as 

 the side of a barn, and finishes the rigging of his new experimental 

 sail on the morning of the ra«e. 



I am for the cruiser every time, but let us have fair play for the 

 men who put brains and time into racing craft for the benefit of 

 all kanoodledum. It may be that Pecowsie is as Mr. Mac- 

 Kendriek believes, but we must at least acknowledge a heavy 

 debt to her and her owner for much that we have learned from 

 then. • 



Mr. MacKendriek suggests that a race with crews inside, in the 

 "early English" fashion, would be an improvement over the 75ft. 

 limit, but there are few cruisers, to say nothing of racers, who 

 would be willing to give up tbe great advantage of the deck 



fosition, for the very doubtful advantages of an inside seat, and 

 am not sure that even here, Pecowsie would not have the best of 

 the larger boats with more canvas. I have heard of a narrow, 

 cranky little canoe named Elfin, with two baby leg-o'-muttons, 

 that in old times used to warm the fleet of a certain canoe club, 

 ballast and deck seat notwithstanding. Her crew sat below, I 

 doubt whether he could have stayed on her deck. 



Mr. MacKendriek speaks of the success of the meet in England 

 this year, a cruising meet; but if I am correctly informed the 

 camp included a small party, twenty or twenty-five only, the 

 ladies being on a sailing yacht, where some of the cooking is done. 

 Such a cruise might easily be a success, but it is a very different 

 matter to manage a party of one hundred and fifty, or more, with 

 some eager and able to turn out at o'clock and make thirty miles 

 in a day, while others wish to turn out at 11 A. M. and dawdle 

 over ten or twelve miles. 



There is nothing of as much benefit to a club as a sturdy, con- 

 scientious kicker, and I think that I understand and appreciate. 

 Mr. MaeKendrick's motive; the advancement of cruising; but I 

 submit that he has not yet made his case plain against the ra«ers, 

 he has specified neither the exact evils nor their remedy. 



Cruiser. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I have read the Forest and Stream and the Canoeist faithfully 

 these many moons, and for one am tired of growls from dis- 

 gruntled racers and consequently would-be cruisers because 

 racing men will not build boats with a bilge like a wash boiler a.nd 

 use old-fashioned lug sails with total area of something like 50ft. 

 Most of these shots are directed toward Mr. Barney, but he has, I 

 believe, never acknowledged a hit in anj T way, either on himself 

 or his boats. As I happen to know something of both I Lake it 

 upon myself to speak in their defense. 



First, the statement, either open or covert, that Pecowsie is a 

 "racing machine" is all humbug, for her owner uses her for gen- 

 eral all-round sailing on a river where any one who has ever 

 raced or sailed will acknowledge that sailing is no child's play, 

 the winds being very variable and puffy and a big sea being 

 lacked up in a few minutes; in fact the very place where the 

 much-lauded cruising sail is the one to be desired. Mr. Barney 

 and his son are out nearly every day during the season, but I have 

 yet to hear of either being capsized. Last Fourth of July, with 

 the wind blowing a gale, a race started with seven canoes cross- 

 ing the line, and only two came home, Pecowsie leading as usual, 

 the others having been blown over clown the course. 



Second, there are in the same club t wo other canoes of Pecowsie 

 model, LeCid and Volunteer, both of which are used by their 

 owners as regular cruising boats, going under sail or paddle many 

 miles up and down the river, carrying sometimes a passenger anil 

 duffle enough for any ordinary camp usage just as safely and much 

 more easily than some other boats in the same club which are 

 built with the above-mentioned wash-boiler lines. I owned a 

 boat of this class last season, a new model of the "cruising" type, 

 and conceded by many to be the best all-around boat; but by actual 

 comparison she proved herself much less seaworthy than Pecow- 

 sie, and not so dry in choppy water. 



All the success of Pecowsie as a racing boat is not due, however, 

 to her fine lines and simple but. perfectly working rig. There were 

 at the last A. C. A. meet at Bow Arrow Point several canoes of as 

 good model and fine lines, and which, had they had as smooth 

 hulls, as simple a set of sails, and, most important of all, been as 

 well handled, would have made it hot for that, famous boat. It is 

 easy, after one has been outsailed by the Barneys, to go home, and, 

 with pipe in mouth and pen in hand, think up pungent articles for 

 tbe canoeing press, without giving credit where it is justly due, 

 without taking into consideration the stimulus which the suc- 

 cesses of Mr. Barney and his boats have added to canoeing and 

 canoe building all over the world, without thinking of the hun- 

 dreds of dollars, months of time and many failures which have 

 all combined to evolve the present Pecowsie. 



If the disgruntled want Mr. Barney's scalp, why don't they 

 come and take it? There are Pecowsie models without number, 

 her sails are measured many times at each meet, nothing about 

 her is patented, and her owner is always ready and willing to 

 show with kindly interest, anything connected with his boats. 

 Canoe racing has come to stay, as we all know, and the term 

 racing implies speed, so let us have boats that can show a certain 

 amount of it, are still seaworthy, (more so in fact than ordinary 

 cruisers) and easy to handle under sails or paddle. But. few 

 racing machines have been produced under the present A. C. A. 

 rules and those have proved themselves unable to cope with 

 Pecowsie. 



Perhaps the purely cruising interest has been neglected at the 

 annual meets, but the regatta committee have done their best, 

 and it is so much easier to criticise others than to suggest new 

 methods. Commodore Gibson's manly letter shows that he is 

 ready and willing to do anything in his power to aid the cruisers; 

 so let them act and they will find ready support. But let the men 

 who prefer racing, enjoy it under rules with which they are evi- 

 dently satisfied. H these kickers prefer cruising in big, pot- 

 bellied boats to cruising in good clean-modeled ones, it is their 

 own lookout. Only let them not be dissatisfied when they find 

 they cannot bring every one to their own terms. Paddle. 



A SPRING CRUISE. 



THE Queen's birthday being a public holiday, the members of 

 the Ottawa C. C. thought it a good opportunity for a club 

 cruise. It was therefore arranged that the members should meet 

 at the club canoe house on the evening before at half past four. 

 Some of the members, however, preferred to start earlier in the 

 day, and it was agreed that we should meet at the foot of the 

 Leonard Islands about fifteen miles from town, camp there and 

 paddle on next day to Thurso, another fifteen miles, returning to 

 town by the S. S. Empress, which passes Thurso about 3 P. M. 

 When the time came it was noticed that there was a thunder 

 storm rolling down tbe Ottawa Valley: but canoeists always trust 

 to luck in these matters, so off we started in seven canoes. Arriv- 

 ing at the light house, seven miles down, a little after 6, wo deter- 

 mined to land and take a bite to soothe the wolf within. This we 

 did at a float, where we found a French Canadian raftsman in a 

 palatial hut over which was a sign reading "The Queen's Hotel." 

 During the summer enormous rafts of square timber are towed 

 down the Ottawa to Quebec, where tbe timber is shipped to all 

 parts of the world. These rafts require a large crew to manage 

 them, and they live in little huts that look like dog kennels. Over 

 the doors of these they amuse themselves by printing grandilo- 

 quent titles, "The Palace Hotel," and bo forth. On a clear night 

 a raft is a very picturesque object, bright fires are kept burning 

 all night on hearths of atone and earth, and the light-hearted 

 raftsmen while, away the hours with fiddle and song. 



As the weather began to grow more threatening it was deemed 

 advisable to put for camp, and off we started at full speed. The 

 thunder storm came rapidly up, and I never saw a grander sight; 

 the purple and leaden-colored clouds rolled over the blue sky, 

 spreading out from the Laurentian Hills that bound the river on 

 the north. Here and there the blood- red and golden rays of the 

 setting sun bursting through the dark clouds would form fiery 

 caverns that would have delighted the weird soul of Dante. But 

 anticipations of wet jackets and damp beds scattered us in head- 

 long flight, three or four of us dashed into the inner channel 

 through the Leonard Islands, a couple kept to the. main river and 

 took refuge in a house; I am glad to say they were punished for it 

 by the mosquitoes, and slept not a wink. Several times slight 

 showers of heavy drops fell, and several times we hailed what we 

 thought were the camp-fires of our comrades, butwhich proved to 

 be fishermen's camps, fishing with night line and net in open de- 

 fiance of the law. 



At last we struck the right camp, and two of us managed to get 

 up our tent before the rain fell in torrents. The veteran arrived 

 next, an.d he took refuge in one of the other tents till the first fury 

 of the storm was passed, as he depended on a canoe tent. The 

 captain arrived last, he was soaked through and through, but no 

 effort of his subordinates could induce him to change. He slept 

 in damp clothes, and, what was still more strange, was not a whit 

 the worse for it. After supper we collected in one of the larger 

 tents and told stories and sang songs. We hadn't a mosquito all 

 night, for we were encamped on a sand spit at the lower end of 

 one of the islands, and the wind blowing across kept the vermin 

 off. 



Next morning we were off again, five of the canoes under 

 canvas, the rest under spruce. The sailors had a dead beat down 

 the river. The veteran, who always will be in the fashion , had 

 his sails dyed a crushed strawberry color, while the Nixie was 

 clad in old gold. The other three were old-fashioned, aud stuck 

 to the white wings. At Cumberland wharf we found the com- 

 modore, who had missed the rendezvous the day before, and our 

 two stragglers. 



After a short rest we embarked again, bound for the Com- 

 modore's shooting box at Campbell's Bay for lunch. At lunch 

 there was a great gathering of the clans, the canoeists all told 

 numbering twenty-two. The commodore decided to stay over 

 and take the steamer at Rockland just opposite, but the rest of us 

 went to Thurso. The wharf here had been washed away by the 

 spring freshet, so we were obliged to embark on the Mouche de 

 Feu, a pre-adamite ferryboat, and from her we boarded the 

 Empress, commanded by the club's good friend Captain Bowie. 

 We gave our commodore three times three when we picked him 

 up at Rockland, and spent the rest of our time on the very enjoy- 

 able trip up the river in respectfully listening to the commodore 

 and the captain discussing the changes that time and sawdust 

 had wrought upon the river, the fish and the game. 



I may explain that the enormous mills at the Chaudiere and 

 Rideau Falls are allowed to throw their sawdust into the river, 

 and at most if not at all of the mills there are machines which 

 tear up edgings and refuse into chips. The sawdust and chips, 

 after floating about for a time, sink aud form enormous banks, 

 said to be in places 40ft. thick. Of course the lumber trade is an 

 enormous industry, and one that should not be hampered by any 

 unnecessary restrictions; but one cannot help regretting that no 

 means can be found to prevent the destruction "of the river aud 

 the killing of all the fish. Whitefish are still caught, but they 

 are all full of intestinal worms, rendering them useless for food. 

 The decomposition of the sawdust creates gas, which blows up 

 the water as the explosion of a submarine mine would do. Some- 

 times it has been violent enough to blow up the thick ice during 

 winter. Of course one hears of narrow' escapes, but I never heard 

 of an accident result ing from these explosions. The worst thing 

 I know about them is the smell, which resembles rotten egg(t 



Alcyone. 



A CLASS B RACING AND CRUISING CANOE. 



THE wide difference of opinion over details among men who are 

 thoroughly united on one main issue, is nowhere better illus- 

 trated thahiiy the warfare that springs up between canoeists each 

 winter after 'the sailing is suspended. The ordinary canoeist is 

 naturally a peaceable and sociable animal when at his usual pur- 

 suits, racing, c ruising and camping; but take away his paddle and 

 salt or fresh water, and give him a pen and a little ink, and at 

 once his whole nature changes, he drops his peaceful demeanor, 

 and charges furiously on the friend whose boat differs from his 

 own pet craft by a quarter of an inch. In this battle of the 

 various schools of canoeing thought, the man who sails a Class A 

 canoe looks down on the paddler in a Rob Roy, and fiercely 

 attacks the limited dimensions of the latter craft. Wet, narrow, 

 cranky, uncomfortable, these adjectives are piled on the hapless 

 Bob Roy in weight enough to sink her; and her owner can only 

 reply that he is a true canoeist, a follower of MacGregor. As soon 

 as a'Class B canoe comes in sight the battle changes, the Class A 

 boat now has all she can do to defend herself from just such an 

 attack as she lately made on the Rob Roy, as pretty much the 

 same charges are made by the skipper who believes in 31in. of 

 beam against the 28in. man, as the latter makes against the 26in. 

 By the time that a "wide canoe," i. c, 31 to 86in. has arrived, a 

 canoe yawl or two sailed up, and a few sneakboxes, Barnegat 

 cruisers, duckers, tuekups and other small craft have anchored 

 within fighting range, the. battle becomes hot. enough to last until 

 spring, even without the help of "Deja" and "Red Jacket," those 

 famous free lances. Fortunately no one is ever injured in these 

 furious wars, and all are as good friends as ever when they meet 

 next year afloat, and the discussion serves each year to bring out 

 many good points, and to hasten the improvement of all the boats 

 by general criticism and an interchange of ideas. 



The question at issue just now is between the recognized canoes 

 of Classes A and B; and the lines here given of a canoe of the 

 latter class will prove specially interesting in this connection. 

 This design was made in 1883 for Mr. Wm. Whitloek of New York 

 by Mr. John Hyslop, and from it the well known Guenn was built 

 in the winter of '83-4, Unfortunately she was too large for the 

 A. C. A. limits, and in order to race she had to be shortened, 

 drawn in and re-decked after being in use for some time, which 

 altered the lines materially. Further than this, she was heavily 

 built, with a large keel and a fan centerooard, thus handicapping 

 her in racing. In spite of these disadvantages she has shown 

 good speed at times and there is every reason to believe that the 

 model is a fast one, though not fairly tested in the liuenn, 



In the present des.gn we have preserved the outlines of the hull 

 intact, but the raking sternpost of the Guenn has been replaced 

 by a straight one, in accordance with the latest practice, and the 

 exterior keel and the deep deadwood aft have also been cot: away. 

 We propose to give the scantling for a light but strong cruising 

 boat, and with the model and a suitable rig she should prove a 

 winner in the races as well. The hull is large and powerful and 

 well fitted to carry a largo load of stores and gear, or a heavy 

 board and some ballast for racing. Her place should be about 

 New York and on broad waters, rather than on the upper Hudson 

 and the Connecticut; and she will undoubtedly make an excellent 

 all-around boat and an able racer as well, even though she should 

 prove unable to master the Pecowsics in all weathers. The design 

 is the first that Mr. Hyslop had ever made for a canoe, a class of 

 boat with which he was not lamiliar. and the dimensions and 

 leading particulars were given by Mr. Whitloek, the designer 

 being responsible only for the lines of the model. 



It will be noticed that the drawing measures but 30? 8 m. extreme 

 beam, with planking. If the moulds are carefully made to this 

 size the boat when planked may be allowed to spread a little, 

 bringing her to 31in., leaving Jfifr insiue the A. C. A. limit before 

 the deck is put on. This, as described in "Canoe and Boat Build- 

 ing," is better than building to the exact width, as the boat will 

 always spread a little. At the same time it would be possible to 

 build a 30in. boat from the same moulds, using a little care in 

 drawing the sides together before timbering, and fastening thim 

 well until the deck frame is in. but it is always best to build a 

 light boat narrower rather than wider than she is to be, and 

 then allow her to spread a little. If a smaller boat is desired the 

 design may be cut down in depth, taking 2in. oft the sheer all 

 around without impairing its integrity. Such a boat would of 

 course need no ballast, and would be a very fair match for Notus, 

 Vesper and others of that class. The line shown for crown of 

 deck is simply drawn in with a batten to make a fair sweep, with 

 a crown of "in. at midships. This will not allow one beam mould 

 to be used throughout, as the round of the deck beams varies at 

 each station, but it will make a handsome deck. The dimensions 

 are: 



Length, extreme 15ft. 



Beam, extreme 2ft. 7m. 



Depth, amidships 1ft. OHn. 



a , „ I Bow 6 6 in. 



Sheer stern 



Draft, iucluding keel »J ,J in. 



Displacement, to above draft. 5351b9. 



Per inch immersion 1301bs. 



Area, midship section .965 sq. ft. 



Loadline plane 23.88 sq.ft. 



Lateral plane 7.33 sq; ft. 



C. L. R, from fore side of stein 7ft. 9*in. 



Waterlines, 2in. apart; stations, 1ft. apart. 



