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FOREST AND STREAM. 



lJune 9, 1887. 



POUGHKEEPSTE TOURNAMENT.— The shoot of the Pough- 

 keepsie Gun Glub came off on Thursday, May 26, and was attended 

 by quite a number of promineut shots, and on the Whole proved to 

 be quite an enjoyable affair. Dr. Gardener, of Albany, took the 

 $100 Colt's hammerless. The shooters were favored, to a remark- 

 able extent, by the weather, for, although it could be seen to be 

 pouring on all sides, not enough rain fell on the grounds to inter- 

 fere in the slightest degree with the shooting. Colts Manufactur- 

 ing Company's match No. 2, 25 clay-pigoons, 18yds.: 



M Jones 0110111000101101111111000—15 



W R Smith 1100111111110111011111110—20 



Dr Gardener 1111111111111111110111111-24 



G Ruesser 0100111101011001111111111-18 



T Huet 1100011111110111110101011-18 



E Harp 11100101 K 1 1 1 iji "Mil Q001U111 — 13 



E Eames 1111110111111111111111010—22 



Paul 001 1 111 1 1 1 01 011 1 1 01 11011 1 -19 



S Goggirj oillll miomiionilll011-20 



O Thome 0110111111111111111111111-23 



Beckwith 1010111101101011111011110-18 



W H Pierce inilllllllOlOOllliJlOllll-20 



Colts Manufacturing Compacr's match No. 1, 10 clay-pigeons: 



M Jones 1111110110—8 T Huet 0011101010—5 



O Pluckrose 1101001111-7 R Carroll 1110111110-8 



O Thorne 1011101111-8 J W Bain 1101111110-8 



J Hancock 1110000000—3 W H Pierce 1101111111—9 



Patton 01000110J 0-4- C Irish 1001000010-3 



S Goggins 0111111101-8 E Folsom 1111011111—9 



Pane ? OlOlUOlll— 7 W H viand 1010011100-5 



Dommer 101101 1011—7 Beckwith 0011110010—5 



J M Godiuez H01100010— 5 W R Smith 0101101111—7 



A Parker 1010010101-5 E J Peck 0011011011—0 



E Eames 1111111110—9 M Condit 1100011010—5 



Dr Gardener 1011111110-8 



Eames. Pierce and Folsom shoot off for first, Folsom wins the 

 tie but is protested as a professional; referred to Forest and 

 Stream. Thorne second Smith third. 



MILFORD, Mass., June 2.— At a meet this week of the Sports- 

 man's Club guests were present from Worcester, Upton, Ashland 

 and Frankliii, in this State, and Woousocket, R. I, First event, 5 

 pigeons: Swan 5, Howe 0, C. Whitney, Warren, Saddler, each 4, 

 Keniston, Wilkinson, each 3, G. Whituey 2. Second event, same: 

 Swan, Keniston, Fletcher 6, Warren, Bass 3. Third event, 5 black- 

 birds: Bailev. C. Whitney 5, Kingman, Bass 4, G. Whitney, Cole- 

 man, Fletcher 2, Smith 1. Fourth event, 5 pigeons: Howe 5, Snow 

 4, Wilkinson 3, Warren, Bass 2, Keniston, Saddler 1. Fifth event, 

 5 blackbirds: Fletcher, G. Whitney, Kingman, Bailey, Bass 4, C. 

 Whi" 

 ever.. 

 Swan, 



Saddler 2. Seventh event, 5 blackbirds: F. Eames, Blake, Ken- 

 iston 5, Wales, II. Eames, G. Whitney 1, Warren, Darling, Aid rich 

 3, Manchester, Saddler 2. Eighth event, same: Bailey, C. Whit- 

 ney, Eames 5, Fletcher, G. Whitney, Coleman, Warren 4, Gilo, 

 Bass, Kingman 3, Redlield 2, Smith 1. Ninth event, same: Bailey, 

 Gile, Snow, Keniston, Aldrich, Howe, H. Eames, Fletcher 5, Wil- 

 kinson. Wales, Warren, F. Eames. S. Earnes t, Joslin, Ballou, C. 

 Whitney, Saddler, Blake 3, G. Whitney, Manchester 2. 



NEW YORK CITY, June 4.— Washington Heights Gun Club, on 

 clnb grounds. One Hundred and Sixty-ninth street and Twelfth 

 avenue. Mr. Keppler's shooting is remarkable, it being his sec- 

 ond appearance with the club; he is 19 years of age, a son of Mr. 

 Keppler, the editor of Pud;. Match at 15 blue rocks and clays, 2 

 traps, 18yds. rise, club rules, for club badge: 



G Snooks 111101110111111-13 W Keppler . . . . 111111111100111-13 



E H Fox 011101001100111— 9 Wagner 100000001001011- 5 



C Davidson. . . .lodiumCllulOl— H Harrison . . . .110101111101110-11 



C Parsons 010010001000000— 3 C Terwilliger.-OIUHOOUOIOOO— 8 



E Roe 011 101011101000— 8 Sauer 010110011111101—10 



Snooks and Keppler tied again on 4 out of 5, and on miss and 

 out Keppler missed first, Snooks broke, winning badge for second 

 time; he must win it three times in order to hold it. 



BRADFORD, Ont., June 2.— The first shoot for the W. M. Cooper 

 cup, which has to be won three times before it becomes the 

 property of the winner, was shot for to-day by the members of the 

 Bradford Gun Club. Following is the score made at i0 black birds. 

 N. A. St.. Clair 9, P. Knoblock 8, D. Sutherland 8, T. Edmanson 6, 

 James S. Boddy 6, James A. Neilly 5, Wm. Lowery 5, J. F. Lilli- 

 crop 5, James St. Clair 4, John Armstrong [4s, Robert Weill y 4, B. 

 Kilborn 4, Wm. Holmes 5, Samuel Neilly 4. 



BRIGHTON, Mass., Jtme 4.— The fourth shoot for the Rivett 

 diamond medal, presented to the Brighton Gnn Club by Edward 

 Rivett, of Fanenil, was held at the Faueuil grounds this after- 

 noon. O'Connell made the highest score yet made for this medal. 

 15 clays and 15 bats: 



O'Connell 454 445-26 J Coyle 325 324-19 



McDonald 344 444-23 Temple 012 355-16 



M Coyle 343 534—23 Grace 133 324—15 



WINCHENDON, Mass.. June 2.— At the last regular meet of 

 the Winchcndon Gun Club out of a possible 10 birds the following 

 were broken: H. J. Lawrence 8, H. M. Eaton 7, A. H. Felsh 7, L. 

 T. Earle 7, A. D. Lawrence 4. 



NEWARK.— The Woodside Gun Club held a clay-pigeon shoot 

 on Monday, May 30, and entertained a delegation from the South- 

 side Club/ The' Woodside Club shoots every Saturday afternoon, 

 and invites members of other clubs and unattached marksmen to 

 attend the shoots and take part in the sport. 



At the shoot held by the West Newark Gun Club, May 30, the 

 following scores were made with 40 blackbirds, 21yds. rise: J. 

 Adleman 87, C. Dotv 35, G. Deisler 30, C. Burgess 27, A. Wade 25. 

 O. Hornieh 23, J. Lamb 19. L. Bishop 17, L. Reiber 17, and J. Weber 

 broke 17 out of 25. 



UTICA, June 3.— The Oneida County Sportsmen's Club had a 

 shoot at Riverside to-day for the Kirkland-Divinc prize. The 

 scores were as follows: 



Scott OOmtOlOlOOltO— 8 Christian 111111110000000—8 



Beckwith lOOlOlllUlOOll— 10 Candee ! 1010 iiOOi 01001—8 



Booth 1 101 111 10110 1 11 — 10 Howe 0111 liOOOllOOOl— 8 



In shooting off the tic for first Dr. Booth won. This is the third 

 time that he has won this prize, and the contest is therefore 

 closed. The prize is a haudsome fishing rod. In shooting off the 

 ties for second Scott won. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., ot 

 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. 



June. 



18. Brooklyn, Annual, Bay Ridge. 

 25. New York, Annual, Staten Island. 



THE DELAWARE RIVER MEET. 



THE first meet of canoeists on the Delaware River was beld this 

 year on May 28-30, at Burlington Island, opposite Burlington, 

 N. J, The rain of Saturday delayed the canoeists from Philadel- 

 phia, but four members of the Trenton C. C. arrived at the island 

 on Saturday morning and went into camp. Later five canoes 

 and six men from the Keystone C. C. arrived, but the Quaker City 

 C. C, with fi ve canoes, did not reach the camp until noon on Sun- 

 day. Decoration Day was cloudy and threatening, but the race 

 programme was carried out as far as practicable. At 9 A. M. 

 Class IV. paddling was started, the course being about }4 mile, 

 with turn. There were ten starters, the winner being Kit, T. C. C, 

 with Volusia, of Bridesburg, second, and Malta, Quaker City, 

 third. Kit is a light canvas canoe, Volusia a light open cedar, and 

 Malta a Sunbeam with plate board. The first and second prizes 

 were silk flags. At 11:30 the Class B sailing race was called, with 

 8 starters, course 1]4 miles, triangular. Bubble was first across, 

 then Picnic, Pilgrim, Malta, the latter soon leading. On the first 

 leg Malta's deck tiller was disabled, but she led at the first mark, 

 Bubble passing her before second was reached, and finally win- 

 ning, after a close race, by half a length, with Lenore third. 

 Bubble carried 95ft. and Malta 85ft,, a Mohican rig. The latter is 

 a new boat and not fully fitted out. Though small in numbers 

 and with cold and unpleasant weather, the first meet was a suc- 

 cess, and will be repeated next season, it is hoped with a larger 

 attendance. The number of canoes on the Delaware is increasing 

 rapidly, both in Philadelphia and Trenton, and in the many small 

 towns. 



CANOE RACING ON THE SHREWSBURY. 



AN open race was sailed on the Shrewsbury on May 30. Three 

 minutes after the starting signal was fired 23 canoes, -of all 

 sizes and rigs, out of the 25 entered were over the line, presenting 

 a pretty spectacle to the hundreds of interested watchers stationed 

 on the neighboring wharves, boats and river banks, and provided 

 with programmes showing the racers' numbers. 



The wind, mainly astern for the first stretch of the three-mile 

 triangular course (to bo gone over twice), was variable and full of 

 flaws, which would quickly drop down pretty hard on either side 

 of the sails and as quickly leave the canvas flapping without a 

 breath. It was such a bad day, indeed, that, had the canoes been 

 classified, the poorest would have had a fair chance for first place. 

 As it was, the broad beams, which could better take the flaws, won 

 the day. 



The Daisy, with her big blue lateen rig and double crew, the 

 two-man Problem, the 15x40 jib-and-mainsailNoName, the Rival, 

 Vixen and Medusa soon sifted out from the rest of the fleet and 

 turned the first stake not far apart; bui in the windward work 

 that followed the first three gamed a lead which they held 

 throughout the second round to the finish, although the Problem's 

 crew wasted two minutes cooling off in the shade of an oyster 

 stake, which they permitted to attach itself to their rudder yoke, 

 until a passing cathoat came to their rescue. 



The No Name, Problem, Daisy and Vixen finished in the order 

 named, but the second aud third, prizes went to the Daisy (Mon- 

 mouth Club) and the Vixen, as the Problem was ruled out for 

 accepting assistance. It is thought that because of his boat out- 

 classing the entire fleet, the owner of the No Name (Monmouth 

 Club) will do the graceful thing by relinquishing his right to the 

 champion pennant. 



An unpleasant feature was the conduct of a number of yachts 

 with parties on board which, probably through ignorance, moved 

 among the canoes, often effectually blanketing them. Another 

 drawback to exact sailing was a number of pretty girls who were 

 gliding about in all manner of boats, and whose proximity few 

 skippers could refrain from acknowledging. One jack tar re- 

 ported a narrow escape from an upset when he doffed his cap to a 

 pair of blue eyes that appeared alongside simultaneously with a 

 good-sized flaw, * * * 



Red Bank, N. J., May 31. 



THE WRECK OF THE RESTLESS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Those who at Haddam island meet were anxiously watching for 

 Thornton Smith in his yawl Restless, as well as many of your 

 readers who have heard of the Smith's Island Schooner Club 

 and their Hell Gate pilot boats, will be interested in the following 

 extracts from a private letter, showing why the Restless did not 

 come to camp, and her sad fate since. Oahu. 



May 31, 1887.— Dear Oahu: I sent a telegram to Vice-Commodore 

 Butler yesterday morning to Haddam Island, stating my regrets 

 in not reaching camp, so I will toll you why I failed to got there: 

 I started Friday at 6 A. M. from New Rocheile, with my sister, 

 Mrs. C., in the Restless. The wind was light and south, with 

 prospects of a strong southerly before afternoon. I was pro- 

 visioned and well packed for a long cruise and had everything 

 aboard in good shape. It was 3:45 P. M. when we drifted by 

 Smith's Island in a hot sun, 18 miles in 9 hours; so, rather tired 

 for one day, we went ashore there and remained aU night in our 

 house on the island, as there was no wind to go any further with 

 that dav. I had the yawl ready for a 3 o'clock A. M. start Satur- 

 day. We arose at 2:30 and went out. Wind east and thus dead 

 ahead. Concluded to wait until daybreak to see if the wind 

 wouldn't shift. We waited until 8 A. M. and started out through 

 the islands under reefed mainsail, dandy and small jib. We ran 

 well off sbore out into the Sound. It then blew harder with a bad 

 sea, and I took in the dandy and kept ber at it. The seas were too 

 chcrppy for progress, though not wet. We stood about at 10:30 

 A. M. to work in shore, and reached the sbore again by Soutbport 

 at 11:45. Then I calculated the distance to Saybrook 45 miles, aud 

 25 to Haddam Island, and saw that we couldn't reach camp in 

 time while the wind was ahead. Then 1 left it to Mrs. C. what we 

 should do, and there was nothing else but to give it up; and as I 

 lifted sheets to turn back it went as much against me as anything 

 vou can imagine. 



We reached Smith's Island again at 12:30 and scudded before the 

 wind very fast. We lunched in the boat on shore under the lee, 

 and lamented over our unsuccessful attempt to get to Saybrook. 

 At 2 P. M. the. wind had increased, and then seeing there was no 

 chance of a change in it to south'ard. and not a vessel of any kind 

 bound east, we left shore with our minds on Saybrook and what 

 the Oahns would say at our not coming and what they would say 

 at New Rochelle at seeing us return so soon. I reefed the dandy, 

 stowed mainsail, set the small jib, and started for New Rochelle. 

 It bowled when we got off Stamford and here we scudded very 

 fast. At 5:50 wo were in our port and Pop met us. He saw we 

 couldn't accomplish our trip, and he felt as badly as we did. It 

 broke me all up. Last year 1 ran 52 miles in 10 hours, andthought 

 I could make 95 miles in two days with any kind of leading wind; 

 but luck was betting against the prow of the yawl, and she never 

 was in better trim either. Yours, Restless. 



June 2, 1887.— My Boar Oahu: If you know not already, then let 

 me tell of the sad hews of the wreck of the Restless at 5:30 A. M. 

 yesterday during that hard gale. Like all other good craft, she 

 was good for any ordinary summer weather; but a gale like that 

 caused ber to drag and go ashore, and what was a few minutes 

 before a beautiful specimen of a well-equipped small cruiser, was 

 in less than five minutes a sorrowful wreck, mixing itself up in 

 the rocks and seaweed. I spent the entire morning collecting, not 

 the boat, but sails, rope, brass and a thousand other things that 

 she was fitted out with to attend the Eastern meet, to which she 

 started, but ill luck on Saturday compelled her to return to what 

 has proven her grave. * * * Of course, the kid is knocked out, 

 but only for a short time. Other boats can be built, only it is hard 

 luck to throw away bo much time, to say nothing of the $ * * * * 

 Yours, Restless. 



The races were all well contested. The prizes were presented by 

 the Sbattemuc C. C. Monday afternoon and evening a number 

 left camp, others stopped until Tuesday morning, and by after- 

 noon all had left. On Monday a count of those in camp showed 55 

 canoes and 70 canoeists present. The following clubs were repre- 

 sented: Mohican, Rondout, Amsterdam; Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, 

 Yonkers, Troy, Knickerbocker, New York, Columbia CoUege, 

 Essex and Sbattemuc. 







THE HUDSON RIVER MEET— MAY 28-30. 



ROTON POINT, the scene of the Hudson River spring meet 

 of 1887, is a beautiful spot, well chosen for a canoe camp. The 

 camp site is on the southeast side of the point, where is found a 

 good sand beach, a fine place to pitch tents on the meadow behind 

 it, and good spring water in abundance. Close at hand there is 

 also an old two-story house on the beach which had been cleaned 

 up for the occasion, serving as a hotel, where a number found 

 comfortable quarters. The camp was opened Friday evening by 

 the Shattemucs, who awaited the coming of the visitors. Satur- 

 day morning brought some of the Newburgh club to camp, they 

 hiving cruised down in the yacht Vision. Mr. Grant E. Edgar 

 arrived in the afternoon in his new canoe (a beauty of his own 

 build), having cruised down, the balance of the Dock Rats arrived 

 soon afterward on Mr. Bartlett's steam yacht. The Amsterdam 

 delegation were the next to reach camp, haying sailed over from 

 Haverstraw. The Yonkers Club arrived from the south, having 

 cruised up. By this time the camp had the appearance of an 



A. O. A. meet; the evening was spent around the camp-fire. Sun- 

 day morning the Mohicans arrived, having stopped in Haver- 

 straw over night. From the south came the Essex Club, of New- 

 ark, they having cruised to camp. In the afternoon a number 

 cruised up tbe Croton River, under guidance of one of the Shatte- 

 mucs andenjoved the beautiful scenery found there, others availed 

 themselves of the breeze, and a number of new and peculiar rigs 

 were seen on the bay. The evening was spent around a huge 

 camp-fire. Monday morning, after breakfasting and putting 

 camp in order, every one was ready for the races. The day was 

 all that could be desired for such a purpose, the wind blowing 

 from the south in sufficient strength to make the races very in- 

 teresting. Tbe f ollowing was the programme with results: 



First, 9:30, sailing, Class A, triangular course, 1J-6 miles; prize, a 

 banner, won by A. Kayne, of the Dock Rats, in the Dido. 



Second, 10:30 A. M., sailing, Class B, triangular course, twice 

 around, 3 miles; prize, a gold medal, given by Com. F. Brandreth, 

 of the Shattemucs; second prize, a banner, 14 starters, won by P. 

 Wackerhageu in his new canoe; G. E. Edgar, Rat, second; G. Cox, 

 of the Essex Club, third. This was a beautiful race from start to 

 finish. 



Third, 11:30 A. M., sailing, novice, miles; prize, a banner, won 

 by F. W. Bartlett, of the Dock Rats, in the Dido. 



Fourth, 1:30 P. M., sailing, any canoe, barring winners of Class 

 A and B, triangular course, IJ^a miles; prize, a banner, presented by 

 the Newburgli C. and B. A.: second prize, a camp knife and fork, 

 presented bv G. Van Deuse'n, of Rondout, won by G. E. Edgar in 

 the Rat; C. Cox's Vesper second. 



Fifth, 2 P.M., sailing, special, any canoe, IK miles; prize, a 

 banner, won by P. Wackerhagen, of Albany. 



Sixth, 2:30 P. M., paddling. Class II., piize, A. C. A. pm, won by 

 C. Stern, of the Essex C. C. - 



Seventh, 3 P. M., paddling, Class IV.; prize, a banner, won by F. 



B. Smith, of Newburgh. 



Eighth, 3:45 P. M., paddling tandem, Classes III. and IV.; prizes, 

 two singleblade paddles, won by Barlow and French, of Sing Sing. 



THE EASTERN DIVISION MEET, MAY 28-30. 



THE members of the Eastern Divison, A. C. A., turned out in 

 good numbers for the spring meet, which they have made a 

 Division fixture, under the Division officers, a course that the 

 other divisions are likely in time to follow. The camp was at 

 Haddam Island, in the Connecticut River, below Rock Landing 

 and some 25 miles from the mouth. Besides the members of the 

 Eastern Division, there were present Com. Wilkin and Sec. Car- 

 ter, of the A. C. A. Saturday and Sunday were spent quietly in 

 the regular routine of camp life and Monday was given up to busi- 

 ness and racing. The meeting was called in the morning and the 

 Division officers elected, as follows: Vice-Corn., L.Q. Jones, Hart- 

 ford C. C; Rear-Coni., Geo. M. Barney, Springfield C. C; Purser, 

 W. B. Davidson, Hartford C. C; Member of the Executive Com- 

 mittee, Nathan Gibbs, of Norwich, Conn. The races of the day 

 were as follows: 



First Race— 9:50 A.— Paddling, % mile with turn: First, C. M. 

 McKnight, S. C. C; second, Emil Knappe. S. C. C; third, Dr. H.C. 

 Rice, S. C. C; fourth, C. M. Murphy, Salem C. C. First prize, pair 

 spoon-blade paddles; second prize, silk flag. 



Second Race— Hand paddling, 150yds.: First. L. Q. Jones. II. C. 

 C; second, C. H. McKnight, S. C. G; third, G. C. Forrest, H. C. C. 

 Emil Knappe, S. C. 0., did not finish. Prize, silk flag. 



Third Race— Tandem paddling: First, E. Knappe and Dr. H. C. 

 Rice; second, C. H. McKnight and F. Walker; third, G. C. Forrest 

 and C. Talcot. Prize, two silk flags. 



Fourth Race- Novices' sailing: Narka, Dr. H. E. Rice. Prize, 

 pair paddles. 



Fifth Race— Standing paddling: First, E. Knappe, S. C. C; sec- 

 ond, L. Q. Jones, H. C. 0. C. H. McKnight, S. C. C, and G. C. 

 Forrest, H. C. C, did not finish. Prize, silk flag. 



Sixth Race— Sailing. 75sq. ft., limited, 3 miles: 



Start. Finish. 



Pecowsic, G. M. Barney, S. C. C 2 05 00 3 33 20 



Blanche, Paul Butler, V. B. C 2 05 00 2 3 3 45 



Le Cid, E. C. Knappe, S. C. C 2 05 00 2 34 30 



Venture, L. Q. Jones, H. C. O 2 05 00 2 35 15 



Hornet. U. H. McKnight, S. C. C 2 05 00 



Xnry, W. B. Davidson, H. C. C 2 05 00 , .. .. 



Ckrvst.nl, C. H. Murphy. Salem 2 05 00 



Dimple, G, Forrest, H. C. C 2 05 00 



First prize, silk banner; second prize, silk flag. 



Seventh Race— Unlimited sailing, 3 miles: 



Start. Finish. 



Blanche, Paul Butler 3 15 00 3 44 00 



Pecowsic, G. M. Barney 3 15 00 3 44 20 



Venture, L. Q. Jones 3 15 00 3 45 10 



Le Cid, E. C. Knappe 3 15 00 



Chrystal, C. H. Murphy 3 15 00 



Hornet, C. H. McKnight 3 15 00 



Dimple, G. Forrest 3 15 00 



First prize, silk flag; second prize, silk flag. 



Eighth Race— Unclassified sailing: 



Start. Finish. 



Blanche, Paul Butler, V. B. C 4 02 00 4 32 30 



Pecowsic, G. M. Barney, S. C. C 4 02 00 4 32 49 



Le Cid, E. C. Knappe, & C. C 4 02 00 4 33 57 



Stranger, L. Q. Jones, H. C. C 4 02 00 



Phyllis, W. F. Girard, H. C. C 4 03 00 



Chrystal, C. H. Murphy, Salem 4 02 00 



Wanderer, G. W. Burch, H.C. C 4 03 00 



Rambler, E. H. Fenn, H. C. O 4 02 00 



First prize, silk^ banner; second prize, silk banner. 



ISLE ROYALE.— Duluth, Minn.— I pity, yet sympathize with 

 "Ahmeek," especially as his wife had to suffer "the trials, the 

 tribulations, the difficulties" of that awful night, hunting for any 

 portion of beautiful Isle Royale, in big Lake Superior, but admire 

 the grit that determines to explore Royale from truck to keelson 

 this season. The next time he comes let him make his plans to 

 catch the. Lake Superior Transit Company's steamer China, India, 

 Japan or Nyack, at Bu ffalo, and come through to Duluth. From 

 this point I can put him on a steamer under a captain I have 

 known for years as a good and careful navigator, and who knows 

 every cove and inlet in Isle Royale, who makes two trips a week 

 to that isle. The steamer leaves Duluth harbor Wednesdays and 

 Saturdays. My wife would not think of going to Isle Royale with- 

 out taking a small .32-cal rifle to "pot wildcat;" there are abund- 

 ance of them on the island, and presume it was one of these ani- 

 mals that scared Mrs. "Ahmeek." You have my address; if lean 

 be of any service to "Ahmeek" I shall be happy to do so.— Nor- 

 man. 



MOHICAN C. G— Editor Forest and Stream: Will you please to 

 announce through the columns of the Forest and Stream to the 

 brethren of the paddle and the world that tries to sell them all 

 kinds of things, more or less valuable or trashy, that owing to my 

 "weak understanding," caused by my illness two years ago, I re- 

 signed from the secretaryship of the Mohican C. C. last July, and 

 retired from the active list in February of this year, when the 

 good fellows of the Turtle Tribe made me an honorary crawler. 

 By doing so you will relieve me of considerable correspondence 

 and my messenger of carrying it.— Fernow. 



PEQUOT C. C— The Pequot C. C. will hold its second annual 

 meet at Morris Cove, East Side, New Haven, July 1 to 5. The club 

 assembles July 1 and camps during the night at the Cove, making 

 an early start July 3 for the Thimbles. Sunday will be spent in 

 camp at Morris Cove. Monday, July 4, will be race day. There 

 will be sailing and paddling races and an upset race. The club is 

 prospering and lias now twelve members. Canoeists in vicinity 

 are cordially invited to meet with us.— Parker Lewis, Secretary 

 (New Haven, Conn.). 



THE A. C. A. MEET AND THE ADIRONDACKS.— The near- 

 ness of Bow-Arrow Point to the Adirondacks opens up a new 

 cruising ground to the smaller canoes among the. beautiful lakes 

 of that region, Stoddard's new map of the Adirondacks has the 

 A. C. A. camp marked plainly, with distance circles up to ten 

 miles, and will be valuable to aU who intend to be at the meet. 



A. O. A. MEMBERSHIP— Trenton, N. J.. June 4,— Editor Forest 

 and Stream: The gentlemen named below have applied for mem- 

 bership in the A. C. A.: Nathan D. Bill, Springfield, Mass.: J. M. 

 Johnson, Norwich, Conn.; H. A. Cowles, Unionvflle, Conn.; Edward 

 C. Talcott, Hartford, Conn.; Chas. E. Curtis, New Haven. Conn.; 

 Maxton Holms, Norwich, Conn.— Wm. M. Carter, Sec. A.C.A. 



BROOKLYN C. C. ANNUAL REGATTA.— The annual regatta 

 of the Brooklyn C. C. will be sailed on June 18 off Fifty-fifth street, 

 South Brooklyn. The programme includes a novice race for club 

 members only at 11 A.M., a sailing race, 4J£ miles or over, no limits 

 to rig or ballast, open to members of all canoe clubs, and at 5 P. M. 

 an open sailing and paddling race, 3 miles. 



CAMP GROUNDS IN PENNSYLVANIA.— A correspondent 

 writes to know of a good location within 150 miles of Philadelphia 

 for a camping party, in a wild and mountainous region; also 

 whether there is such a place on the Juniata, and if so, how it 

 may be reached by rail. 



ftichtintf. 



FIXTURES. 



June. 



9. N. Y., Annual, N. Y. 17. Dorchester, 100th Regatta. 



10. Dorchester, 93th Regatta. 18. Cor. Penn., Hull. 



11. Sandy Bay, Pen., Roekport. 18. Brooklyn Annual, Gravesend 

 11. Buffalo, Club. Bay. 



11. Great Head, Open. 20. Cooper's Point, Corinthian, 

 11. S. C., Annual, Open, N. Y. Cruise down Del. River. 



11. Monatiquot,Cluh,Weymouth 21. Yonkers, Annual Regatta. 



13. Corinthian Annual, N. Y. 22. Monatiqnot, 1st cham., Wey- 



13. Quaker City, Annual, Phila. mouth. 



14. Dorchester. 99th Regatta. 23. Eastern, Annual, Marbleh'd, 

 14. LarchmontPen..Laichmont. 23. Columbia, Annual, N. Y. 



14. Atlantic, Ladies' Day. 25. N. J., Annual, New York. 



15. Quaker City, Ladies' Day, 25. Boston Glohc Open, Boston. 

 Phila. 25. Hull Club, Marblehead. 



16. Portland, Annual. 25. Oswego, Ladies' Day. 



16. Atlantic, Annual, New York. 26. Quaker City, Review, Phila. 



17. Cape Cod Y. C, Club. 28. Great Head, Pennant. 



