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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 2, 1887. 



CARVER VS. BREWER -Philadelphia, May 23.— The flrst of a 

 series of three ma tches between John L. Brewer, of New Jersey, 

 and Dr. W. F. Carver, of California, took place this afternoon. 

 The shoot began at 3:10 and ended at 6:05. with an intermission of 

 ten minutes after fifty birds each had been shot at. Hurlingham 

 rules with Monaco boundary, 18yds. a.nd 21in. from the center 

 trap. The pigeons were a poor lot, but the wind blowing across 

 the traps made some of them hard to gather inside the bounds. 

 Brewer used an L. 0. Smith gun, Carver a Greener hammerless. 

 Following is the score: 



Carver.. 2211232021 1213211211 Brewer.. lo22122111 olU212111 

 2221112122 1222o21oll 2211112222 23202111111 



2112221012 012oimio 1220120022 021 lol 2202 



221122o2ll 201o>21222 22112132o2 112002o22o 



2221221212 0o212o0211-86 0111202210 1201111220— SO 



47 hit with second barrel. 39 hit with second barrel. 



2 denotes birds killed with second barrel, o birds that fell dead 

 out of hounds but inside of 80yds. 



May 21. — The second match between Carver find Brewer was to 

 have been shot this afternoon at Pastime Park, but just as they 

 were about starting a representative of the Society for the Pre- 

 vention of Cruelty to Animals appeared aud informed the prin - 

 ciples that if the match were begun they would arrest every one 

 connected with it. As there were a large number of gentlemen 

 who had paid their admission to see the match, and not wanting 

 them to be disappointed, Messrs. Brewer and Carver shot at 100 clay 

 pigeons each, 30yds. rise, use of both barrels, both using the same 

 guns that they used at Monday's match. The birds were thrown 

 from three traps. Brewer defeated Carver by a score of 87 to 77, 

 as follows. Brewer taking the lead on the sixteenth bird and 

 keeping it to the finish: 



Carver : . 11121 1 0223 1111 101010 

 0011102101 0111010111 

 2100111111 0111120012 

 1211110111 1112110111 

 1001102111 0110221211-7' 

 14 hit with second barrel. 



Brewer .0121111111 1121221 111 

 1102111112 2211101201 

 1101111111 2130111011 

 2112110221 1110111120 

 2221210111 1221122010-87 

 21 hit with second barrel. 



Dr. Carver will to-morrow enter suit against the Society for the 

 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to recover damages to the 

 amount of §10,000 for their stopping the matches of to-day and to- 

 morrow between himself and Brewer.— H. T. 

 AVON, N. Y., May 25.-Matoh.es at Peoria blackbirds, 15yds.: 

 First String. 



C Goodrich 11011 01-5 F Fisk 1001010-3 



WmGugg 0000011—3 WM Hyde 0111110—5 



S T Vary 1000001— 2 E H Clark 1111101— % 



N Dann 1100110-4 D Gugg 0100011-3 



R J Nesbit 1001101—4 



Second String. 



E H Clark 10000001 11-4 N Dann 001111 0001 -5 



C Goodrich 1101110111—8 S T Vary 0001000000— 1 



W M Hyde 1011011000-5 F Fish 0100101110—5 



R J Nesbit 0000111000-3 Wm Gugg 1110111111-9 



Third String. 



Wm Gugg 1111101 —6 E II Clark 0000001—1 



C Goodrich 0001111—4 R J Nesbit 1000011-3 



W M Hyde 0110111-5 S T Vary 0001011-3 



N Danu 0111011—5 A Tripp 1101011—5 



F Fish 0010100-2 



Sweepstakes. 



NDann... 1000000010010100001- 5 S T Vary . .0011110001101000111-10 



R J Nesbit.100010100110 w — 5 F Fish Olni.mn v. n i i kmii — r, 



CGoodrichlonillOOlOiniOni-14 W M Hyde.OlllOOOlllOllO w — 8 

 Wm Gugg. 0101011 100011110111-12 EH Clark. 1001111111X1110 w -9 



Sportsman. 



NEW YORK GERMAN GUN CLUB, at New Dorp, S. I., May 25. 

 —Match at live pigeons. H and T ground traps. 21. 25, and BOydet. 

 rise, 80yds. bound. Shot under club rules. Gold medal prize. 

 Bierbaum. 25yds. . . . 1111011111— 9 Boesenecker (21),.. .11110111(10- 7 



Hassinger (21) 1100111110- 7 Klein (21) 1111111111—10 



Schlicht (25) OOllllllll— 8 Kunz. F. (25) 1001100101— 5 



Bohling (30) 1101011101— 7 Kunz, H. (21) 0101111010— 6 



Lucas (21) 0110010101— 5 Breen (21) 1010100101— 5 



Sauter (21) 1010110111— 7 Plaender (25) 1110101110— 7 



Hunt (211 0100101011- 5 Schiller (21) 1101111001— 7 



ScJunitt (25) 1111111111-10 Fischer (21) 1011111110— 8 



(Ireituer C'l) 1111100010- Strube (21) 1110111110- 8 



Ties on 10 for first at 3 birds, 21 and 35yds. 

 Schuiitt, 25yds 110— 2 Klein, 21yds Ill— 3 



Gold medal to Klein. 



PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 21— Match at Ligowsky clay- 

 pigeons ; one Ligowsky clay-pigeon screened trap; 18 yds. rise; W. 

 G. C. rules. 



Sam) Davis 011111 0101— 7 P F Yost 1110110121-8 



F Messier 1101101111—8 G Hessler 0001110010—4 



I Jackson 1111100110-7 G Scargle 1 111111000-7 



T Scargle 1011010110-0 Jas Sparks 1011010101— (5 



Wm Ulary 1101101011-7 H Kane 011111110(1-7 



.TWSidel 0122201201-7 T MacNamara 0111001111-7 



H Graham 1122001010-6 C Bpiney 0120010011-5 



Miss and out, P. F. Ycst 2, 1. Jackson 1, C. B. Briney 0, S. Davis 

 6, H. Graham 0, T. MacNamara 2, H. Kane 1, T. Scargle 6; tie won 

 by Davis. 



Match, same conditions, May 28: 



F Hessler 1110111111-9 A Ulary 1001011011- 9 



E Handsbury 0000101011-4 S Davis 1111011211- 6 



W Ulary 2110111121-9 J Jackson 0110111000— 5 



T Scargle 002i010111-6 H Kane 0110001000— 3 



H Graham 2202001101-6 G Hessler 2111121111-10 



J Sparks 1U01110U— 8 PFYost 0000001100 -2 



KENT, O., May 13.— Kent Rod and Gun Club's bi-weekly shoot 

 for the gold medal. Weather fine; 20 blue rocks, 3 traps: 



Underwood. 10110100001110000010- 8 Allen 00010101101001101000- 3 



Wal dron 1U11011 1 1 011 1101101-16 Rouse 0101100000011 01 10110- 9 



Caris 110111111 1 ■ : 1110 11 France . . .11101100101111110110-10 



West 01110111111111101111-17 C II Kelso. 010100101111000111 11 -12 



Ball 11101111001001011111-14 Clemans. . .11011110111110110010-14 



MiiR-er 00100001001101100111- 9 E S Kelso. .01100001111011001101-11 



Clancy 10O1OO111O0Q1O111U1-12 E Creogor.lOllOOOlOOOUimiOO-ll 



Tie on 17: Caris 111—3; West 101-2.— Sport. 



CARVER VS. DAVENPORT. — Brooklyn, May 28.-On account 

 of the rain the match between L. I. Davenport and Dr. Carver to- 

 day was reduced to 50 birds each, instead of 100, as arranged. L. 

 I Davenport was first to the score and succeeded in killing 37 out 

 of 50. Dr. Carver only missed 3 out of the 50 shot at. The follow- 

 ing is the score: 



Dr Carver 1111111111-10 L I Davenport 1101011010- 6 



1111110011- 8 1111111100- 8 



1111110111- 9 1110110111— 8 



llllllim-10 0111111110- 8 



1111111111-10 1111000111- 7 



47 37 

 Drivers— Dr. Carver, 10: Davenport, 7. Right quarterers— Dr. 

 Carver, 16; Davenport, 7. Left quarterers— Dr. Carver, 17; Daven- 

 port. 17. Incomers— Dr. Carver, 4; Davenport, 4. Referee, Mr. 

 Von Lengerke. Trapper, W. Mills. 



BROOKLYN, May 25.— The Glonmore Rod and Gun Club had a 

 very pleasant afternoon's sport at Dexter Park, Long Island, to- 

 day. Besides the ten members who shot for the Bernard Midas 

 diamond badge, there were upward of thirty members of the club 

 and their friends present. Chris Dussler found the birds, and 

 although they were young they flew very welL Out of 76 birds 

 shot at 55 were killed. Both barrels were used. Ex-Supervisor 

 Forbcll tied with Phil von Drale for the badge, and in the shoot- 

 off Forbell let his last bird go, after killing 6 straight, and let Von 

 Drale win it. The score is as follows: 



E A Forbell (27) 1111H1-7 BRausch(24) 0101111—5 



.1 Solo vor (27) 1011100-4 F Ochs (27) 1011011-5 



P von Drale (24) 1 111111- 7 W Wilte (21) 0110000-2 



P Sutter (27) 101U11-6 D Powell(27) 0011001—3 



C Magee (24) OlilllO— 5 W Linington (27) 1 1H110-0 



ST. LOUIS. May 21.— The Mound City Gun Club held their 

 weekly shoot at the Cote Brilliaufe race track to-day. The Mound 

 City's have adopted National Gun Aassociation rules and use five 

 traps for all their shooting. 



First sweep, 10 blackbirds, 18 yards rise : Thurber 7, Blue 5, Mc- 

 (xivney 2, Fox 4, Bright 6, Brawner 6, Hill 9, Wells 6. Hill won first 

 and Thurber second. 



Second sweep, 10 blackbirds. 18 yards rise: Thurber 7, Blue 3, 

 McGveny7 7, Fox. 7, Bright 4, Brawner 4, Hilli 10, Wells 7, Mc- 

 Dowell 6, Flynn 5, Simpson 3, Horner 7, Weber 4, Henry 5, Meyer 7, 

 James 8. Hill won first, Fox and Horner divided second. 



Third sweep, 10 clay-pigeons, 18yds. rise: Thurber 8, Blue 7, Mc- 

 Givney 6. Fox 7, Bright 4, Brawner 6, Hill 8, Wells 6, McDowell 9, 

 Flynn 5, Simpson 4, Horner 7, Weber 5, Henry 4, Meyer 4, James 6, 

 Fabcr 6, Bohn 6, Jacks 5, Louis 5. Hill won after an exciting 

 shoot-off with Thurber, Fox and Horner divided second, McGivney 

 and Wells divided third. 



Fourth sweep, 10 clay-pigeons, 18yds. rise: Blue 2, McGivney 6, 

 Hill 9, Wells 7, McDowell 4, Flynn 5, Horner 5, Weber 7, Henry 4, 

 James 4, Faber 1, Bohn 4, Louis 5, Adams 3, Bradford 7. Hill won 

 first, Wells second and McGivnev third. 



Fifth sweep, 5 clay-pigeons: Horner 1, Wells 4, James 2, Flynn 

 2, McGivney 2, Adams 2. Wells won. 



SOLOMON CITY, Kan., May 20.— At the semi-monthly shoot of 

 Solomon Gun Club the following scores were made, and there was 

 a small turnout on account of weather and heavy winds. The 

 club anticipates a good time at blue rocks and live birds on Decor- 

 ation Day: 



Dewad 111111111121110—14 Kraeuchi 001100110110100- 7 



Edworthy 022200010100020— 6 Crooks 111101010210120-10 



[We have received a photograph of the club members on their 

 shooting grounds at Solomon City, Kan. There are ten in the 

 club and as many more in the group who may, in process of time, 

 develop into gunners and join the club. The ' picture is a pleasing 

 one.] 



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 and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local 

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

 relating to the sport. 



FIXTURES. 



The Royal C. C. will sail their Challenge Cup Race on Hendon 

 Lake, on June 11, 1887, and invite American canoeists to attend 

 and compete. 



June. 



5. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 



18. Brooklyn, Annual, Bay Ridge. 

 25. New York, Annual. Staten Island. 



July. 



3. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 



4. Passaic Meet, Dundee Lake. 

 18-31. W. C. A. Meet, Ballast Island. 

 24. Oakland, Mayrisch Badge. 



August. 



1-12. Northern Division, Stony Lake. 



7. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 

 12-20. A. C. A. Meet, Lake Champlain. 

 13. Lake St. Louis Chal. Carps, Lachine. 



September. 



4. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 



October. 



9. Oakland, Edwards Cup, Mayrisch Badge. 



November. 



6. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 



December. 



4. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 



A. C. A. 



? OR membership apply to the Secretary, W. M. Carter, Trenton, 



Davidson, Hartford, Conn. Sec'y'W. C. A., J. O. Shiras, Cin- 

 cinnati, O. 



THE A. C. A. MEET OF 1 887. 



FROM the foUowing report of the Committee on Camp Site it 

 will be seen that an excellent location has been found, and at 

 very small cost, the use of the ground being given free. The ar- 

 rangements for supplies, camp steamer, etc. are very satisfactory, 

 and there is now every promise of a most successful meet in 

 August, It is very doubtful whether our English friends will be 

 with us this year, as nothing has been heard from them, but 

 they may yet decide to return for another race for the trophy. 

 The programme we published last week offers some good racing and 

 will at the same time make an attractive exhibition for the spec- 

 tators. Of course there will be a "Squaw Point" this year and 

 many of the old dwellers in the grove at Grindstone Will pitch 

 their tents there. Already several parties are made up and the 

 attendance will probably be quite large. The arrangements for 

 meals makes it possible for those who wish to camp to do so with 

 little trouble, as no cooking need be done. The regatta committee 

 has requested Mr. Nate Smith of Newburgh to serve as clerk of 

 the course, and he has consented t© act. The report is as fol- 

 lows : 



R. J. Within, Commodore : 



Your committee have the pleasure to report that on the 24th and 

 25th of May a visit was made to Plattsburgli and Bow and Arrow 

 Point, Lake Champlain, and arrangements commenced for the 

 18S7 camp. An unusually late resumption of navigation prevented 

 any earlier efforts. 



The site in question was found to be one desirable in the ex- 

 treme, a well wooded wild point almost an island sloping down to 

 an easy beach on one side and up to precipitous bluff on the 

 other. 



Headquarters will be at S. E. end. For sailing or paddling the 

 surrounding bays are incomparable, several islands giving shelter 

 for those who prefer it to the grander cruising of the open lake. 



A good site offers for ladies' camp at the N. W. end. 



There are no houses on the point and very few near. It is owned 

 by Mr. J. A. Dodds, farmer. North Hill, Vermont, who agrees to 

 give the A. C. A. its exclusive use during the camp in considera- 

 tion of the advantage of publicity which such use will bring him. 



The steamer Maquan, Capt. Hawley, is a large well appointed 

 boat plying between Plattsburgh and Maquan. Captain Hawley 

 will erect a small wharf and will touch at camp each trip. Fare 

 25c, baggage and canoes free, distance 7 or 8 miles. 



The Foquet House is a first-class hotel opposite the railway 

 depot, kept by Mr. Phelps Smith of Adirondack fame, who will 

 erect the necessary shelters, tables, etc., and board A. C. A. men 

 in camp for one dollar per day. Breakfast of meat.eggs, coffee or 

 tea, milk, cakes, etc., etc. Dinner— Soup, roasts and vegetables, 

 pastry, etc., etc. Supper— Cold meats, etc., sweets, tea or coffee, 

 etc. 



A prominent grocery firm, Nichols & Co. of Plattsburgh, will 

 provide tent or other shelter and run a general store at usual 

 prices, for all other necessaries beyond the meals supplied by res- 

 taurant. Farm produce from Mr. Dodds, the owner, will be re- 

 tailed at the store, and orders for fresh meat or any other requisites 

 not in stock will be taken in consideration of there being no other 

 store in camp. 



The railway depot is on the lake shore with side tracks on wharf 

 by which special cars when used can be run alongside the steamer. 



Gen. R. S. Oliver and Mr. C. V. Winne of the Mohican C. C. can 

 give valuable, assistance, in making arrangements with the D. & 

 H. Railway Company, whose representatives are always most 

 courteous and obliging, aud also with the connection at Albany 

 with down riyer steamers, all of which land alongside the D. & 

 H. tracks. 



The camp of 1887 will enjoy advantages unsurpassed before and 

 the above arrangements have been made without incurring any 

 expense to the A. C. A. 



The confirmation by the Commodore of the agreements above 

 stated is awaited by the contracting parties. 



Your committee and the A.C. A. are deeply indebted to the friend- 

 ly assistance of the Rev. H. M. Smyth for introductions and in- 

 formation, also to Mr-. Ross W. Nichols and Mr. W. L. Foote who 

 put their yacht Dream in commission for the cruise about the site. 

 And it is a pleasure to acknowledge the courtesy and good will of 

 the gentlemen with whom arrangements were made, and to report 

 that Plattsburgh extends so cordial an invitation. 



Mr. Frank Hubbard of this committee reports that absence from 

 the country prevented his attending, but a valuable letter of infor- 

 mation represented him. All of which is respectfully submi tied. 



Robert W. Gibson. 



Albany, May 27, 1887. 



THE SPRING MEETS. 



THE races this year coming on Monday we are obliged to leave 

 a full report until next week. The meet at Haddam Island 

 was well attended and the racing was good, but both there and at 

 Croton Point the cold and disagreable weather made the first 

 camping of the season less pleasant than it would otherwise have 

 been. The Hudson River canoeists turned out in good numbers at 

 Croton Point and a successful regatta was held on the Shrewsbury 

 River. 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP. — Trenton, N. J., May 28.- Editor Forest 

 and Stream: The following named gentlemen have applied for 

 membership in the A. C. A.: Dr. H. E. Rice, Springfield, Mass.; F. 

 J. Tate, Lakefield, Can.; W. Lister, Lakefield, Can.; C. S. Bying- 

 ton, Albany, N. Y— Wm. M. Carter, Sec'y. 



THE NORTHERN DIVISION MEET. 



r rtiH programme for the races at the Northern Division Meet< 

 X July 31 to Aug. 12, is as follows: 



PADDLING RACES. , 



1. Classes II. and 111.— Open canoes, single blades. 



2. Classes IV. and V.-Open canoes, single blade. (See Note B). 



3. Classes A, B and 0— Sailing canoes that are decked and fitted 

 with a centerboard . 



4. Classes II. and III.— Open or decked, any blade. 



5. Classes IV. and V.-Open or decked, any blade. (See Note A). 



6. Classes II. and III.— Tandem— Open canoes, single blades; 

 decked canoes, double blades, 



7. Classes I\ . and V.— Tandem— Open canoes, single blades; 

 decked canoes, double blades. 



8. Any class or paddle, three paddlers in a canoe. 



9. Any canoe or paddle, lady and gentleman's tandem, n 



SAILING RACES. 



10. Classes A, B and C— Decked canoes, unlimited rig or ballast: 

 3 miles. 



11. Classes A, B and C— Open canoes, unlimited rig or ballast; 3 

 miles. 



12. Classes A, B and C— Decked, unlimited sail, ballasted with ;i 

 passenger weighing at least 1251bs. (See Note C). 



13. Classes A, B and C— Open canoes; ditto. 



14. Classes A, B and C— Man-overboard race, to be started in 

 the usual manner; at a pistol shot sails are to be lowered and skip- 

 pers all jump overboard, regain their positions and finish the 

 race. 



15. Classes A, B and C. — Combined paddling and sailing race, 

 open or decked; course 3 miles, the half miles to bo alternately 

 paddled and sailed, commencing under paddle. 



15. Hurry Scurry Race.— 200yds. race, 25yds. swim and 200yds. 

 paddle. 



17. Portage Race.— Course to be decided at the meet. 



18. Catcb'the Duck Race. 



Note A.— The best five flags will be given to the five competitors 

 making the best average or record in races 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 and 15; 

 canoes entering both 3 and 5 wiU have their best record in either 

 of these races taken. 



Note B.— The definition of Class V, paddling, and Class C, sail- 

 ing, is length not over 16ft., beam not over 32in. It has been added 

 to let in the majority of existing open Peterboro hunting and 

 cruising canoes 13x31 and 16x32. 



Note C.— The committee thought it advisable to have some kind 

 of a cruising load race: they thought of making the canoes carry 

 a certain amount of ballast, but came to the conclusion that it 

 would entail too much work on themselves weighing out rocks or 

 sandbags for each competitor. It was thought that the lady friends 

 of the contestants might enjoy a sailing match and at the same 

 time act as a good cruising load. 



Note D. -First and second prize flags will be given in each of the 

 events provided there are four starters. The above programme 

 may be altered by the regatta committee, who will be pleased to 

 receive suggestions from members of the Northern Division or any 

 one intending to be present at the meet. 



The events for each day will be posted on the notice board at 

 camp each morning before 8 o'clock. 



R. C. Strickland, Chairman, Lakefield. ) 



J. G. Edwards, Lindsay. v Regatta Committee 



W. G. McKendrick, Toronto. ) 



TORONTO C. C. NOTES. 



rPHE Masous, Tysons, Neilsons, Johnsons and all the other sons 

 JL and members of the Toronto C. C. have moved into their new 

 quarters in front of the Union station which command a magnifi- 

 cent view of the entire bay and the blue lake beyond. 



The new club house is a substantial building 50X25 two and half 

 stories high, with spacious balconies and a flat roof, from which 

 the aged and less enthusiastic members, together with lad y 

 friends and admirers, will view the attempts of the members who 

 will hustle for the five club medals. The first floor is filled up 

 with 48 racks for canoes. The second floor contains the club 

 room, 25x25, which is finished in pine, oiled and varnished, also 

 the locker room, 20x25, where each member has a locker 10ft. high 

 20in. deep and 18in. wide (and yet some of the boys want more, 

 room to stow away duffle), this room has been so arranged that 

 members can bring their canoes into it, hoist and work on a 100ft. 

 sail without any inconvenience, it is also used to hoist all the wet 

 sails and leave them to dry, twenty can he accommodated at once. 



In one corner of this room is a shower bath, which besides being 

 used to douse the boys, will be occupied by the photographers of 

 the club as a dark room. In the other corner is a stair leading to 

 the garret where about five of the boys have been roosting for two 

 weeks and spending all their spare moments rigging, etc. The 

 entire building is fitted up with gas and city water and on the 

 lower fiat a hose is connected with the latter so that members can 

 clean tLe sand out of their canoes without getting down on their 

 marrow bones and doing pendance. 



The club intends this season to keep up the reputation it 

 has gained in previous years as paddlers, as sailors, and. above all 

 as cruisers. In the paddling hue Johnson, Jacques, Leys and some 

 new blood will endeavor to bold up their end of the stick. In sail- 

 ing it is an open question who will do the holding up, as there has 

 been such a changing of bauds in the craft that until the first 

 race no one can tell where he will be in the list. But in cruising 

 each and every one of us get there with both hands. This is the 

 one thing in which every member of the club from the oldest to 

 the youngest can take a turn at and have as good a time as the 

 next fellow. A trip was arranged for and successfully carried 

 out on our Queen's birthday, May 24, ten members started out 

 on the Saturday afternoon and cruised along the lake shore, 

 returning on Tuesday night, and report having a glorious time. 

 Heretofore all the canoes in the club have been built with the 

 prime object in view of being good cruisers, but this season Messrs. 

 W. A. Leys and W. G. McKendrick have left this hard-beaten 

 path and built racers, or what we hope will be racers, lGxSOin. 

 with rising floors and pretty fine ends. Now we do not propose to 

 call these craft cruisers. We leave that for those who tbink you 

 can get a good cruiser out of a 30in. craft with a rising floor. We 

 have built these racers to try to keep up with the A. C. A. pro- 

 gramme in which a cruising canoe man has no place and ap- 

 parently is not wanted. 



. Mr. Leys's craft is built by Ruggles off a design by Mr. W. P. 

 Stephens, and appears to be very much like the Motia, of Brock- 

 ville, and should be very fast. She will carry a suit of sliding 

 gunter sails of about 85sq. ft. Her board is a 101b. brass one and 

 fitted in a low wooden truuk. The '87 Mac is a rather peculiar 

 model 16x30x12, with a fine entrance of 9ft, and a full run of 7ft. 

 The bow has no flare above the Gin. waterline, while the stern has 

 considerable. Her bow at the keel is rockered 4in. and the stern 

 the same. The foremast tube is 9in. from bow and the mizzen 

 tubes 12 and 13ft., the bulkheads are 4ft. and 12ft. 6in. She is a 

 smooth-skin built by Wm. English, of Peterboro, from a design by 

 her owner, and is a splendid piece of workmanship and a credit to 

 her builder. Her trial sails will have an area of about 75sq. ft. 

 They are entirely behind the mast, and are hoisted by travelers 

 running in a brass tube let iuto the mast and securely fastened. Her 

 centerboard is of spring steel weighing 41bs., encased in a low brass 

 trunk; the drop rudder is of steel, of a new design, and with a 

 very large area. Her skipper is much the same as last year, thank 

 you, only with less hair on his head, owing to the way he racked 

 his brains and tore his wool trying to get some of the aforesaid 

 novelties to work satisfactorily. She will be ready for the first 

 race of the club on June 11, and in the meantime her critics, of 

 which there are many, are trying to calculate on which point, if 

 any, she will be fast, Most of them agree in thinking her st rong 

 holt will be "getting upside down quicker than anything in the 

 club." while several go one better by prophesying that in calm 

 water with a light breeze she will be fast, provided her skip- 

 per can keep inside of her. These members, it is needless to say, 

 have never seen a craft of the Pecowsic model. More anon. 

 Toronto, May 27. Mac. 



ROCHESTER C. C— Rochester, N. Y., May 20— Editor Forest, 

 and Stream: The Regatta Committee of the Rochester C. C. has 

 adopted the following programme of races for 1887, to be held at 

 Canoe Point, lrondequoit Bay. Course triangular, ^mile between 

 buoys; whole course 3 miles, A. C. A. rules govern all races. June 

 23, spring regatta andformal opening of new clubhouse. 11 A. M., 

 sailing cup race (first in a series of five for the Ward cup. The 

 four other races July 6, 20, Sept, 7 and 21); 12:00 M., dinner- 1:30 

 P.M., review of club fleet; 2:00, sailing, class B.; 3:00, sailing, "man 

 overboard;" 4:00, hand paddling, all classes, no paddles, course 

 straightaway; 4:30, upset, all classes, course straightaway; 7:00, 

 opening of club house.— Geo. H. Harris. Purser. 



OAKLAND C. C— On May 23 the Oakland C. C, of Oakland, 

 Cai., entertained at its hours the Corinthian Y. C, of San Fran- 

 cisco. The Corinthian fleet sailed up in the afternoon, being met 

 at the mouth of Oakland Creek by Com. Blow and the canoe fleet, 

 The ten yachts of the C. Y. C. fleet were escorted into the basin, 

 and, after a sail, anchored off the canoe club house, where the 

 crews were entertained at dinner. Late in the afternoon they 

 departed with the ebb tide for home. 



