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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Feb. 17, 1887. 



NEW JERSEY SHOOTING.— The match between L. R. Camp- 

 bell, of Little Silver, and W. W. Lever, of Elizabeth, came off on 

 the 8th inst. at the grounds of the Middlesex Gun Club, Dunellen, 

 and proved quite an exciting affair. Considerable money changed 

 hands, the betting being: largely in favor of Campbell; in fact, 

 until the 25th bird was shot at the odds were 10 to i. Campbell be- 

 came demoralized and missed his 28th, 29th and 30th; he also lost 

 one bird shot on the ground and one dead out of bounds. The fol- 

 lowing is the score at So birds, 30yds., one barrel, gun below elbow, 

 5 traps. Campbell furnishing all the birds. Quinlan Judge tor 

 Lever, Van Schaick judge for Campbell, John Bishop, referee; 

 John P. Lay, trap puller; W. J. Ritch, scorer: 



Campbell 01 1 11 111 111 11010100101 11 10100O1 1 110-24 



Lever 11111010111000111111111101011011101—26 



Campnell had 10 drivers, killed 13; 6 incomers, killed 6; right 

 quarterers, killed 2; 7 left quartern's, killed 3. 



Lever had 14 drivers, killed 9; 6 incomers, killed 5; 5 right quar- 

 terers, killed 4; 10 left quarterers, killed 8. 



They were a fair lot of birds, and considering 30yds., 5 traps, 1 

 barrei and the excitement, the shooting was good. 



The regular monthly shoot for the cup of the Jersey City 

 Heights Gun Club took place on their grounds at Marion on the 

 10th inst., and was as usual a pleasant affair. Previous to the 

 shoot for the cup and to get the boys in good trim the following 

 sweeps were had: First sweep, 8 birds, S3 entrance, J. C. H. G-. C. 

 rules; 



W Siegler 1 



Hughes ..0 1 1-2 



Collins 11 0—2 



South Paw 1 1—3 



Quinlan 0-0 



Taylor and Terry divided first. 

 Second sweep, same conditions. 

 Collins HI 0— m Cummins 1 1—2 



W Taylor 11 1—3 



W Terry 111-3 



Blauvelt 1 0-1 



Cummins 10 1—2 



Quinlan.. 111-3 



Terry 111—3 



Tavlor ^0^—1 



Burdett... 1 1-2 



Siegler 111-3 



Ties divided. 



Third sweep same conditions. 



Collins 1—1 



i 1 0-1 



Hughes 



J Von Lengerke. . 

 Cannon. . 



Hughes. . 



Ritch 



J Yon Lengerke 



J Wrong 



Lager 



..1 H0~ 1H 

 ..10 1—2 

 .0 1-1 

 . .0 0-0 



Blauvelt 



Burdett 



Jones 



Siegler 



Moritz 



.1 1 1-3 

 .1 I 0—2 

 .1 1 1-3 

 .1 1 1—3 

 .^1 1-ZH 

 .1 1-2 

 .11 1-3 



...10 0-1 

 ...0 1 1—2 



V,l 1— 2J-£ Badgely... 



Cummins 1—1 Ritch 



Terry 1 1—3 



Fourth sweepstake, same conditions: 



Cannon Hi 1-2J6 Burdett 1 1 0-2 



Siegler 1 1-3 Collins 10 1-2 



QuinlRU 1 1 0-3 Badgely 111-3 



Moritz 10 0-1 Hughes 111-3 



Lindsley 10 1-2 



Fourth regular shoot for the cup for the vear: 

 Quinlan, 28yds. 1110 10 0—4 Y'nL'g'e, 27yds 1 1 1 1 1 1 0—6 

 Siegler, 28vds. . 1 1 1 0-3 Lasrei\ 22vds. .. 1 1 OH 1 

 Heritage. 20vds w Tavlor, 27vds.. 1 IHH 1 0—1 



Cannon, 27 yds. W 1 OH 1 0-3 Ou'mins, 25yds. 1 I 11^ 0-4J* 

 Cramer, 27vds.'0 VA 1 1 t—M Lindslay,20vds. 1 1 w 

 Burdett, 25yds. 1 w Wrong. 23yds. . 1 1 w 



Terry, 23yds. . .110 111—5 



Von Lengerke cup and first money, Terry third, Cramer and 

 Cummins divided third. 



They were a magnificent lot of birds, never better on the Jersey 

 grounds, and they beat the guns badly. They were the get-up-and- 

 get kind. Some of them twisters and grounders and good carriers 

 of lead, especially until they got jost beyond the boundary. 



There is expected to be a big time at the Middlesex Club tour- 

 nament, at Dunellen, next week. 1 hear from one of the members 

 of the Middlesex committee that they now have 12 and they con- 

 fidently expect, to have 16 or 18 entries for the big $112.50 sweep- 

 stake on the 22d. I hope to he there.— JauobstAff. 



CHATHAM, N. Y., Feb. 12.-Chatham Center Gun Club's first 

 trial of shooting from the trap, and it was a cold, windy day. 

 Match at 100 Peoria blackbirds, 21yds. rise, New Long Island 

 rules: 



Milton Powell 1111100110—7 F M Fowler OOOOIOOOIO— 2 



Jesse Goodrich 0030010000-1 G eorge Bogardus .... 0001X100000— 



A B Chichester OOOOiWJOOO-O Charles Minsee 0101000010-3 



J V Williams 0100000000-1 Bert Lamberco 1101111111—9 



A H VanAlstyn 0100000000-1 E T More 0100100010-3 



The officers of the club are: President, J. J. Wilbur; Captain, 

 Milton Powell; Secretary, A. B. Chichester; Treasurer, J. D. Good- 

 rich. 



SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30.— Today John Ferguson, of San Fran- 

 cisco, and H. L. Harland, of Pleasauton, shot a match at twenty 

 single birds. 30yds. rise, Rurlingham rules, for $50 a side, at Bird's 

 Point. Alameda. The morning was foggy and the birds hung on 

 the trap, the ma jority of them being incomers, but still the shoot- 

 ing was above the average. Off the twenty birds both men killed 

 eighteen and tied, when it was agreed to shoot off the tie at four 

 singles. Again the men tied, and as neither one felt much con- 

 fidence in beating the other jt was agreed to call it a draw. The 

 money was then returned by the stakeholder. W. L. Eyre acted 

 as judge and referee. Messrs. Ferguson and Feltis shot a match 

 against Messrs. Harland and Bardolph at six birds, $5 a side. The 

 first match resulted in a tie, and the stakes were doubled and a 

 similar match was shot over again, Ferguson's side winning, lu 

 a similar match under the same conditions Ferguson's side again 

 won by two birds. 



TORONTO, Feb. 10.— The West End Dog Sports and Gun Club 

 had an afternoon's shooting to-day on the grounds of the Dufferin 

 Hotel. The. weather being fine there was a large turnout of mem- 

 bers. The competitors were divided into two classes, the first of 

 which, it will be seen by the undermentioned scores, did some 

 rattling good shooting. First class— At Peoria blackbirds, 31yds. 

 rise, 15 birds each: Dollery IS, Bailey 14, Brown 13, Clark 12, Wilson 

 11, Carruthers 10. Davies 8. Second class— At Peoria blackbirds, 

 31yds. rise, 10 birds each: Spiller 7, Beatty 7. Howell 0, Hill 6, Bos- 

 well 4, Bull 4, Tonnersall 4, Gorman 2. Gentleman 2. In shooting 

 off their ties at 7, miss and go out at 24yds. rise, Spiller hit 2 and 

 Beatty missed his second; the former, therefore, took first prize. 



WELLINGTON GUN CLUB. — The Wellington Gun Club held 

 its regular weekly shoot on the 12th, and the pleasant weather 

 brought a large number of gunners to the grounds. In the medal 

 match, Shumway won in Class A, Bancroft in Class B, and Has- 

 kell in Class C. Following are the winners in the other events: 

 1. Swift and Ames first. 2. Shumway first. 8. Shumway first. 4. 

 Stanton first. 5. Swift first. 6. Bancroft. Nichols and Stanton 

 first. 7. Shumway and Stanton first. 8. Haskell first. 9. Swift 

 first. 10. Stanton first. 11. Swift and Stanton first, 12. Stanton 

 and Haskell first, 13. Shumway and Stanton first, 14. Stanton 

 and Snow first. IB. Stanton and Snow first. The Wellington club 

 will hold an all day shoot on February 22, and on February 24 a 

 picked team will visit Brockton to compete with a local team 

 there for the Massachusetts glass-ball badge. 



BROOKLYN. Feb. 10— The Unknown Gun Club, of Brooklyn, 

 had a shoot to-day at Dexter Park, L. I., which was remarkable 

 for the number of shooters. Twenty-six names were put down to 

 compete for the prizes. The shooting was not first-class, as out of 

 the 196 birds shot at, 9* escaped the gunners. The first prize was 

 won by J. Tomford, 25yds., with a clean score of 7 straight kills. 

 H. Knebel, Jr., 23yds.. won the second with out of 7, and R. Mon- 

 sees, 25yds., the third, with 8 out of 10, after tieing with four others. 

 The scouters had a good time. 



HYDE VS. HALL. — In a pigeon shooting match at Bartow- 

 on-the-Sound on Feb. 10, Ike Hyde, the noted Long Island 

 wing shot, defeated J. Hall, an Englishman, by a score 

 of ITtq 13 out of 18 pigeons shot at by each. They shot under 

 Hurlingham rules at SOyds. rise, for a stake of $200. Considerable 

 money changed hands. 



KNOXViLLE GUN CLUB.— Knoxville, Tenn.— The officers for 

 1887 are: Sam B. Dow, President: J, W. Slocum, Treasurer; C. M. 

 Woodbury, Secretary. 



Hammond, 111., Jan. 20, 1887. 



U. •$. Cartridge. Co., Lowell, Mew.: 



Dear Sirs— To-day I made a test of shells and settled in my 

 mind a long disputed fact in regard to the amount of times the 

 U. S. shells could he reloaded. I took five shells from a box of 100. 

 and shot them as fast as I could get them reloaded. The following 

 is the result: First shell, 9 times; second, It times; third, lOtimes; 

 fourth", 13- times; fifth, 9 times. I could have loaded and fired some 

 of them again, bur the above result settled' the question of their 

 reloading qualifies in my mind. I anl sure all hunters. and shoot- 

 ers ought to .know of the' good qualities Of this shell, ami I give 

 yo'uliberf-y to publish this, and will. further say .1 am not in any 

 way interested in any shell company, 'and give this letter for the 

 benefit of all 'sportsmen.. I am sure we are all seeking for the best, 

 and if I can assist any one to find the best 1 will gladly do so, and 

 this is my reason for sending your company this letter. Wishing 

 you everv success; I am, yours truly, 



*** " . • (Signed), L.13. Caktek, " 



A. C. A. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



T3URSUANT to the call of the Commodore a meeting of the 

 X Executive Committee of the A. C. A. was held on Feb. 12 at 

 the rooms of Mr. William Whitloek, in New York. The members 

 present were Com. Wilkin, Vice-Corn. Gibson, Rear-Gom. Barney, 

 Pursers Brown and Davidson, and Messrs. Parmele and Whitloek 

 of the Executive Committee, besides Mr. C. B. Vaux, of the 

 Canoeist, Mr. W. P. Stephens, of the Forest and Stream, and 

 Mr. Matt, Augle of the Rochester 0. C. Mr. Whitloek was ap- 

 pointed secretary pro tern. Much business was transacted, the 

 details of which will be given as soon as the secretary's minutes 

 are revised. The principal action taken was the election of a 

 secretary-treasurer in place of Dr. Neide. Mr. Whitloek 

 nominated Mr. Wm. M. Carter of the. Crescent C. C. of Trenton, N. 

 Y., seconded by Vice-Corn. Gibson, and Mr. Carter was elected. 

 A letter was read from Mr. E. B. Edwards of Peterboro in regard 

 to the formation of a Nort hern Division, whose boundaries should 

 not be political, but which should, if possible, embrace both shoves 

 of Lake Ontario. 



Messrs. Gibson, Parmele and Brown were appointed a commit- 

 tee to further amend the constitution to meet the growing want 

 of the Association, The following recommendation was made to 

 the committee: That they devote special consideration to the 

 limiting of A.C.A. expenses to a minimum for the publication of 

 annual book and of camp programme, and the payment of actual 

 disbursements by officers and committees for* preparation of 

 camp, the payment of secretary's expenses and disbursements, 

 and for the hire or construction when necessary of a landing 

 place, an official A. C. A. marque and proper sanitary camp ar- 

 rangements. All other camp requisites such as steamers, store, 

 eamp tires, etc., to be made self-supporting, remembering that it 

 is the policy of the A. C. A. to return as soon as possible to the 

 rate of subscription of $1; the committee to consider the practica- 

 bility of holding a meeting of new executive committee at the 

 annual camp to elect a commodore and to do general business; 

 new commodore not to assume office, however, until annual meet. 



That the committee be instructed to give the fullest publicity to 

 these suggestions. 



Thefollowiug were also carried: That the A. C. A. hereby ex- 

 tends a cordial invitation to the W. C. A. to unite as a Western 

 Division of the Association, making such proportionate contribu- 

 tion to the general fund as this and the other divisions may, with 

 the Ai C. A,, mutually agree upon. 



Further, that the secretary-treasurer be directed to communi- 

 cate this invitation to the secretary of the W. C. A., together with 

 a. copy of the resolution directing the committee on constitution 

 to consider the desirability of returning to the rate of subscrip- 

 tion of $1.00. 



The committee will proceed at once with the work of revision. 



A "NEW INVENTION" FOR CANOEISTS. 



CANOEISTS are by no means ungrateful, and are willing to 

 make every acknowledgment in aid of those inventors whose 

 skill or ingenuity has been exercised in t heir behalf, but there is 

 little doubt as to the way in which they will receive the latest 

 benefit that has been conferred upon them. It takes the shape of 

 an "invention" patented by the "inventor," Mr. W. N. Griswold, 

 of New York, and described by him as follows: 



"A. Represents reef boom, made of good tough material. When 

 in use the reef boom is inserted in a pocket formed by stitching a 

 cloth of the same material as the body of the sail at the reef band, 

 flat. This pocket should be no longer than required to take the 

 boom. The boom need be no larger than say one-quarter the 

 diameter of the main boom, as every inch of it is braced by the 

 sail. The boom is fitted with a jaw of wood or rod iron as thought 

 best, which, when the boom fits on the mast, prevents springing 

 forward. 



"B. Represents the down hauls, which also act as spilling lines 

 as the sail comes down— in numbers as found convenient— pass- 

 ing through thimbles set iu the sail, over and CLOSE to the reef 

 boom, with the standing part made fast to the main boom on one 

 side, and the running part through cleats or thimbles attached to 

 the main boom on the other side, then to a block at the mast, and 

 then aft to the hand of the man steering, or made fast to cleats 

 on centerboard, trunk or rail. C. represents main boom. D. 

 represents mast. 



"This invention explains itself at once to the eye of an expert. 

 First— At all times and under all conditions, the sail is under the 

 absolute control of the man at the tiller. Without leaving his 

 seat, without losing steerage way, at a moment's notice, he can 

 put his boat or canoe under short sail, or from short sail make all 

 sail without leaving HIS seat. All that he has to do is to 

 slack away the halliards and take in the slack of the down hauls. 

 When the reef boom is down on the main boom, make fast down 

 haul— then the sail is reefed. To make sail— let go the down hauls 

 and hoist the sail up. All this can be done with the boat on or off 

 the wind without changing course. Second— The boat or canoe 

 can be sailed closer to the wind by one-half point, for the reason 

 that the 'bag' is taken out of the sail by the reef boom. Third— 

 The boat or canoe can be handled— no matter bow large— by one 

 person, for the reason that uo earrings are to be pulled out or 

 reef points tied. There is no drifting off to leeward, rolling in -c, 

 sea way, anchoring or running ashore to shorten sail. In a mo- 

 ment the work is done without the trouble or the danger always 

 attendant reeling as in the past. 



"Parties wishing information will have it gladly extended them 

 on application, either in person or by letter. 



"The expense of rigging a boat or canoe with t he boom is merely 

 nominal, rarely exceeding $5 or $6." 



The. illustrations are merely very crude cuts of two boats with 

 battens in their sails and the vertical parts of the reef lines 

 shown, without blocks, rings or other gear. Accompanying this 

 modest document is the following which will be still more inter- 

 esting to the hundreds of canoeists, yachtsmen and boating men 

 who have used battened sails in America for the past eight or ten 

 years, both with and without reefing gear attached: 



New York, Feb. 9, 1887.— Mr. , I enclose herewith circular 



describing the Patent Reefing Invention of W.N. Griswold. The 

 patent has been examined by some of the most expert patent 

 lawyers iu this country, who have pronounced it perfectly good, 

 and controlling in all cases where a sail is reefed by the use of 

 wooden slats or booms, one or more, set in the sail. The royalty 

 paid by large vessels, per year, is $5 and upward for each sail 

 upon which the invention is applied. For canoes, the royalty will 

 be 83.30 per year per sail. I am informed that you are using it: if 

 so, please call here and receive a license to use the patent, which 

 will be given on payment of the royalty. An early answer will 

 oblige your obedient servant, G.S. Yam Pklt, Attorney and Coun - 

 sellor at Law, 71 Broadway. 



These two circulars have been sent to canoeists iu Newburgh, 

 Hartford, New York and elsewhere; now step up, gentlemen, and 

 pay from §10 to $15 per year for your racing and cruising rigs, to 

 this benefactor of the sailing world. Mr. Griswold's patent, re- 

 corded in the OJltcial Gazette, vol. 21, pp. 883, is numbered 253,371, 

 and was applied for on Dec 5. 1881 and granted Feb. 7, 1882. To go 

 into the history of the batten sail is unnecessary, it is well known 

 that the idea was derived from the Chinese and has been in gen- 

 eral use in England for a dozen years. Several methods of rig- 

 ging it were described In the first edition of "Kemp's Yacht and 

 Boat Sailing," in 1878, while two years previously, in 1S76, the 

 Nautilus canoe with battened sails and reefing gear was illus- 

 trated in a large plate in "Yacht Designing" by the same author. 

 Later, in 1879, a series of articles appeared in the London FU id, 

 from the details in which Mr. W. P. Stephens, at Kan way. New 

 Jersey, in the winter of 1878-80, rigged the pearl canoe Queen Mab, 

 with two sails having three battens in the mainsail and a hand- 

 reefing gear on the lower batten; and for four years he continued 

 to rig, use and sell sails rigged in the same manner. In Brenta no's 

 Monthly for May, 1880, Mr. Stephens described the batten lug sail 

 as used by Messrs. Baden-Powell and Tredwen, with reefing gear, 

 the battens being shown in the accompanying illustrat ions. The 

 description is as follows: "They (battens of light wood) are in- 

 serted iu pockets sewn across t he sail, as at (h), and are parreled 

 to the mast, the reeling points being made fast .to them, or else a 

 reefing gear is rigged, so that simply pulling a line while halliard 

 is eased off takes a reef snugly m." In the spring of 1881 Mr. 

 Stephens also issued a catalogue of canoes in which the same gear 

 was fully illustrated. The batten in the sail may be traced fuiv 

 ther back and is of general application, being used on the yawl 

 yacht Emerald in San Francisco. 



In an interview with Mr. Griswold he professed an entire ignor- 

 au8e of ahy published description of the d evice as well as of the. 

 literature of the subject, including the standard worh8'We'4iav.e 

 mentioned, and he also stated that his device had been approved 

 as a Valuable novelty by the.boatclnbs.'ot" Staten . Island, tbj very 

 spot where it was first generally used, in American canoes two 

 years before the date of his patent. He claims that the device 

 has been passed upon by experts and the patent pronounced good, 

 and declares his intention to enforce his asserted rights, but 



offers now to make liberal terms with those who are willing to 

 recognize them. 



The principle involvod, however, is one that every sailor in the 

 country is directly interested in. as if Mr. Griswold's patent can 

 be sustained it opens a wide field to "inventors" who possess a 

 similar ingenuity aud search as diligently into the previous his- 

 tory of their devices. If the batten is patentable then the mast, 

 the gaff, the oar, or the tiller must come under the same ruling. 



THE LOSS OF THE ZEPHYR. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I at first concluded to make no mention of the loss of my son's 

 canoe, but on reflection, as time has softened the excitement and 

 distress of the occurrence, I see that it may be a service to some 

 youug members of the fraternity. If ihe boys can only be persuaded 

 t hut, they are not expected to sail for all they are worth every 

 time they get into their boat, but to go along slowly and comfort- 

 ably, much of the risk would be overcome. The Zephyr was, I 

 think, about the first sailing canoe brought to this coast;' I got her 

 just about ten years ago— in October, 1870— and she had been here 

 a year ©r two I think. She was considered about the prettiest 

 model in our fleet and has made the best time over our racing 

 courses. W. W. Blow. 



Oakland, Cal. 



Doubtless one would think that after the rough treatment the 

 O. C. C.'s received in their trip on the bay when the Spray was 

 lost and the other craft suffered such humilitation is that these 

 canoemen would be a little shy of those treacherous waters. But, 

 it required yet another lesson and it was taught as follows: On 

 Nov. 21 Mystic, Flirt and Zephyr set out with a fair wind and tide 

 to go to Goat Island. There was just a good lively breeze, which 

 made a reef comfortable, and starting about 11 in the morning a 

 nice run was made for a mile or so down the creek, when the 

 breeze died out. As the tide was favorable and would turn about 

 2:30 P. M. to come back with, our voyagers kept on under paddle. 

 But not for long, for soon a catspaw from N. W. came creeping 

 over the water, gradually increasing. With a hitch and a leg 

 they soon reached the mouth of the creek, and by this time the 

 wind and adverse tide had kicked up a nasty sea. Flirt and Mystic 

 stopped to consult, and after reefing, concluded the outlook was 

 too risky for a pleasure trip. Zephyr, meanwhile, sailed by the 

 Commodore's la- year-old son, had made several tacks out into the 

 hay, and was clear out of hailing distance. The wind had been 

 steadily increasing aud Flirt had squared away for the creek. 



Zephyr had probably gotten nearly a half mile away and to 

 windward, with never a fancy but that the larger boats were, 

 behind. Mystic had just finished tying in a close reef, and com- 

 menced to draw ahead, hoping to be able to overtake the youngster 

 and perhaps be of service in the rough weather, when Zephyr, 

 looking back, noticed the Flirt squaring away and Mystic, appar- 

 ently waiting for him to come back. By this time the wind was 

 blowing a gale, and the boy's only chance to turn was by lowering 

 sail. The Zephyr, 14ft.x28in., had small chance of keeping right 

 side up, sailing with that wind and sea. behind her, and scarcely 

 had the youngster attempted to fill away before over she went like 

 a flash. It was a cold, raw day, and it seemed as if nothing but a 

 miracle could save the hoy. Frantically Mystic yelled to Flirt 

 (who by this timo was well to windward) and signalled in the 

 direction of the capsize. Taking in the situation immediately, the 

 gallant little Briton brought his boat up into the wind and dashed 

 to the rescue. If over men prayed and toiled, t hose two in the 

 Flirt and Mystic did in the endeavor to save that life. Imagine it! 

 a little follow, fift een years of age, out iu the middle of San Fran- 

 cisco Bay, fully a half mile from the nearest landing, capsized in a 

 gale of wind and on a miserable cold day. Imagine the father's 

 feelings to have witnessed the whole proceeding and with no help 

 but these frail canoes in sight. But they did not despair; with 

 coolness and determination they pressed to the rescue, the Flirt 

 impelled by the bravery and fidelity of a true man, the Mystic by 

 the tie of kinship, to save his first born and only son. 



From Flirt's position at the start, she was enabled to head up 

 nearly to where the lad was struggling, while Mystic had to make 

 several tacks. The boy held to the canoe as best he could at first, 

 but was washed off several times. He then found she was get ting 

 loggy and finally began to sink, and seeing the other boats coming 

 to him concluded to swim for it. He managed to get his coat oft' 

 and struck out. Fortunately he had been taught to swim early, 

 and was a strong swimmer. The first that Flirt saw of him he 

 had t'Jro wu his arm up as he mounted a wave and hallooed for help 

 about a. hundred yards off Ore port beam. Promptly tho Flirt 

 went round on the starboard tack, and a few minutes later was 

 put back on port tack within afew feet of the now thoroughly ex- 

 hausted lad. Carefully Flirt approaches. It is not so easy to take 

 any one into a canoe from the water, especially when lashed to a 

 foam in a gale of wind. He reaches a paddle out but the boy is so 

 weak he cannot grasp it. Finally, by laying out on deck lie can 

 just reach him with his hand, and balancing ro a nicety drags Pirn 

 into the boat. All honor to the skipper of the Flirt, for he lias 

 saved a life at the risk of his own. All this is wit nessed from the 

 Mystic, a hundred yards or so astern. 



The rest is soon told. With grateful hearts they fill away for 

 home, aud arrive there safely after a rough run before the gale. 

 The boy is a strong lad, and in a day or two fully recovered from 

 the shock and excitement. The poor little Zephyr has not since 

 been heard of. 



Now there are. some useful lessons to be taken to heart from this 

 mishap. First, let all canoemen devote much time to practice of 

 swimming; next, be absolutely certain of the quality and suffi- 

 ciency of air tanks. Those in the Zephyr were known to be defec- 

 tive, but they were to have been improved. Say to all canoe- 

 ists, don't go out another time until you have the floating capacity 

 of your boat assured. And be sure your rigging is all right. The 

 boy said he tried to take the sail down, but the halliards stuck in 

 the blocks, wouldn't ruu free. 



Also enter a plea for larger canoes and smaller sails. Most of 

 the canoes here are 33 to 36iu. beam, and they are small enough 

 for comfort and safety. Of course it will be a difficult matter to 

 persuade the racing paddlers that there is any fun paddling so 

 heavy a craft. But when you are cruising go a little slower, that's 

 all, you'll get there all the same, aud be much more comfortablo 

 all around. 



And, lastly, cruising is not racing, impress on all cruisers the 

 importance of keeping together. Keep within hailing distance all 

 the time, tack together, and when you find yourself ahead slack 

 off the sheets and wait for the others. The progress of a fleet 

 should never be faster than its slowest boat. An upset amounts 

 to nothing when help is near, but when a quarter or a half an 

 hour elapses before a rescue it opens too widely the portals of 

 eternity. 



MOHICAN C. C. 



THE Mohican C. C. held their second meeting in 1887 at the 

 house of the very active Turtles, Will and Phil Wack, around 

 the new canoe, built for their captain, R. S. Oliver, by Charles 

 Piepenbrink and J. Herrick, of Albany; Plep. may be recollected 

 by many canoedlers who attended the A. C. A. meet last su mm er. 

 He is on the high road to rival friend Rushton as a builder. 



Oliver's new canoe is a beauty in looks and lines; what she will 

 be able to do on the water later reports will tell, when the ice has 

 left us. 



The new secretary, who has acted as such since bust summer, 

 when Fernow resigned, has not told canoedom of the flourishing 

 condition in which the Mohicans found themselves at their annual 

 meeting in January. Thirty-three members with twenty-one 

 canoes in commission and a goodly sum of money in bank. The 

 officers for this year are ihe same as last year: Captain, R. S. 

 Oliver; Mate, H. R. Pierson, Jr.; Secretary-Purser, W. H. Brown. 



The business t ransaeted at the last meeting was slight. Corres- 

 pondence from outside was looked over and answers decided by 

 vote. Fernow resigned from the club because he is opposed to 

 "deadwood" in a flourishing organization like the Mohicans and 

 is obliged to consider himself as such on account of his illness. 

 He was elected "houorary Turtle" and voted the thanks of the 

 club for past services. 



J. Herrick, already mentioned, had sent to the meeting a new 

 centerboard model cont rived by him. Cle :er in a way, but your 

 correspondent fails to see its claimed superiority over the Atwood 

 and Radix. 



Rushton had sent a 00ft. sail of his new pattern, which was dis- 

 played half reefed in Oliver's new boat. It looks nice, but maybe 

 liable to bag very much. The Foiiest and Stream contained a 

 description of it a few weeks ago. A Pair of Shoes. 



A. C. A. MEMBERS.— The following names have been sent to 

 the secretary for admission as active members to the A. C: A.. 

 George Bullock, Cincinnati, O.;- Harry Inman, Amsterdam, N. Y.; 

 Jas. 1. "Latham; Chicago, 111.'; Eldridgo \V. Graves, Dubuque,- la.; 

 R. C. Brown, Troy, N. Y. j 



OBITUARY;— Mr. Frederick Good, known to our readers by his 

 nom de plume "iEgir," died last month at Hull, Eng., where he 

 was the Danish Consul. Mr. Good was the author of the sketch 

 "Humber Canoeing," in our Christmas number, and of "A Winter 

 Reverie, 1 ' published a year ago. 



