July U, 1887.] 



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BRISTOL. Tenn., Julv 7— Bristol Gun Glut) with a part of Knox-; 

 \iRe Gun Club. Match at Knoxville blackbirds. . All matches at 

 lSyds. rise and 45yds. boundary, shot under National Gun Asso- 

 ciation rules, four prizes: - _ 



Winston 001111010-5 Woodbury 111111111-9 



Eldridge 11010U00-5 Rhea 111101111-8 



Kins 111110010-6 McNeil 1110010110-4 



Ross St llHlUOl-8 Lewis 111111100-7 



Sparger 1H001 101-6 



Woodbury first, Ross and Rhea divided second, Lewis third, 

 Sparger fourth. 



Match :xi 5 pair doubles, Cleveland targets: 



Ross .. - .11 11 10 11 11-9 Woodbury 11 11 10 10 10-7 



Dickey 11 11 01 01 11—8 Rhea 11 11 10 11 11-9 



Eldridge 11 10 10 11 11-8 Sparger 11 01 11 11 10-8 



King./. 00 00 11 10 01—1 Winston 11 11 11 01 01-8 



McNeil 11 11 11 11 01-9 Lewis 11 11 11 11 01—0 



Ties on 9 for first at 2 pair double birds. 18yds.: 



Ross 11 10-3 Rhea .11 11-4 



McNeil 11 10-3 Lewis 00 00-0 



Ties on 8 for second at 4 double birds, 18yds.: 



Dickev 11 01-3 Sparger 00 00-0 



Eldridge 11 11—4 Winston 11 11-4 



Winston and Eldridge divide. 



Third match, Cleveland target and trap: 



Ross 111111-6 McNail 111100-4 



Dickev 111101-5 Franklin 111010-4 



Eldridge 001111-4 Woodbury 111000-3 



Winston 100111-4 Rhea ^ 



King OlllH-5 Sparger lllllO-o 



Pepper 111111—6 Lewis 11110l-n 



Ties on 6 for first at single birds, 18yds: Ross 2, Pepper 0, Rhea 

 1. Ties on 5 for second at single birds, 18yds.: Dickey 5, King 4, 

 Snarger 3, Lewis 2, Ties on f for third at single birds. 18yds.: 

 Winston 1, rest missed. 



Fourth match, Cleveland target and trap! 



Dickev. 11101 01100-8 McNail 1100101000-4 



Ross.;. 1101011101-7 Rhea llllllOHl-9 



Winston. . : : 1001100001-4 Woodbury 1111110000-6 



Franklin. . : 1000000110-3 King 1110001001-5 



Eldridge. . . . : : 0110101111-7 Sparger 0111011110-7 



Ross second. AVoodbury, third. 



Match at Cleveland target : 



Ross 11111H1-8 Franklin 11010100-4 



McNeil 11001110—5 Lewis 10110111-6 



Eldridge 11000111-5 Mort .00000110-2 



Woodburv 00110110-4 Miles 11011 00O-4 



Rhea 11111101-7 King 11110000-4 



Dickev 01111111-7 Sparger 01011110-5 



Ross wins first ; Dickey and Rhea divide second, Lewis third, 

 Eldridge fourth. 



Second Dai/: First match at Cleveland target and trap: 



Ross 10111 1 1-0 Eldridge DID 11-7 



Dickey 1001111 -5 McNeil 0011100-3 



Wood bury 1111010-5 King 1110110 -5 



Winston 0111101-5 Rhea ... lOHill-6 



Rhea and Ross divide second. Dickey wins third, McNeil 

 fourth. 



Cleveland target and trap: 



Ross 111011111-8 Kiug 101001111-6 



McNeil 111010000-4 Winston 111111010-7 



Eldridge 111011011-8 Rhea 111110111-8 



Woodbury 0000U110-4 Dickey 110011110-7 



Ross wins first on tie. 



Four pair double Cleveland target and trap: 



Ross 10 11 11 10-6 King U 10 10 11-6 



McNeil 01 11 10 11-6 Winston 11 11 01 00-5 



Eldridge 01 10 11 11—6 Dickey 10 11 11 11-7 



Woodburv 11 11 11 00-6 Sparger 10 11 11 11—7 



Rhea .. 11 10 11 01—0 Lewis 11 11 11 11—8 



Lewis first, Dickey and Sparger second, Ross third, Winston 

 fourth. 



On the regular matches Rhea broke 73 birds out of 83, Ross 70 

 out of 83. Rhea gets the special club prize, a handsome gun case. 

 Ross gets second special prize, cartridge belt, Eldridge third 

 special prize, bag of shot. 



WHITE CITY, Kau., July 2.— In shooting off tie for third prize 

 of your Decoration Day Trophy match, the boys wore all in good 

 trim and had a lovely day to shoot. Had the 30th of May been as 

 nice our team would have been in for the Trophy. I inclose scores 

 of some sweepstakes shooting done in the afternoon, the Forest 

 And Stream shooting being done in the morning, before the heat 

 of the day. The blackbirds and live birds are new targets for 

 our club, this being the first time we have ever used blackbirds 

 on our own grounds, while with three exceptions the live birds 

 were faced by the greenest of green shooters at that kind of tar- 

 get. First shoot. 10 Peoria blackbirds, 18yds. rise: 



E Baer 1101111110 -8 Brush 1110010031-5 



Hyman 0111111111-9 Weirich 0111010011-6 



C Baer 10010111 1 1—7 Merritt 1110100110-6 



Green Walt 1111100011—7 Bangler 0111010010—5 



Ties, C. Baer 101110-4 Greenwalt 101010—3. Hyman first, E. 

 Baer second, C. Baer third. 

 Second, shoot, 5 clay-pigeons, 18yds. rise: 



EBaer 11111-5 Brush 01100-2 



Hyman 11111-5 Weirich 11111-5 



C Baer 01111—4 Merrill 11011—4 



Greenwalt 11001-3 Bangler 11100-3 



Tie«, E. Bear 0. Hyman 111111111-9. Weirich 111111110-8. Hy- 

 man first, Merritt second. Greenwalt third. 

 Ten Peoria blackbirds, 18yds. rise: 



EBaer 1111111110—9 Brash 1111001010— 6 



Hvman 1101011000—5 Weirich OHOOOOIU— 5 



C 'Baer 1011011000-5 Merritt 1111111111—10 



Greenwalt 1111110101—8 Bangler 0111010010- 5 



Merritt first. E. Baer second, Greenwalt third. 

 Five live birds, 30yds. rise, both barrels: 



E Baer 21111—5 Brush 10200—2 



Hyman 11011—4 Weirich 00100-1 



C Baer 10110—3 Merritt 02101-3 



Greenwalt 1:3210-4 Bangler 12001-3 



E. Baer first, Hyman and Greenwalt second, C. Baer third. 

 THE FOUNTAIN GUN CLUB.— The monthly shoot of the 

 Fountain Gun Club took place amid heavy showers of rain. 

 Nevertheless the gunning was fairly good considering the shifting 

 light of the rain-cloud background. The birds were strong, most 

 of them springing from the traps like Fourth of July rockets. 

 Last Monday electric traps were tried, but owing to weak batter- 

 ies and bad insulation were not a success, and were abandoned 

 for the usual traps. The following were the events: 

 Club handicap, 7 birds, both barrels, 3 cash prizes: 



L Daveuport (28) 1110111-6 G Eddy (30) 1101111-6 



W Shields (30) 1 111111-7 M A Stewart (26) 0111110-5 



C S Kendall (27) 0100011-3 H P Donnelly (23) 0110111-5 



H McLaughlin (26) 1111111-7 C W Jones (30) 1111101—6 



G L Edwards (23) 0111111-6 H Kearney (28) 1101101—5 



J E Lake (23) 1111111—7 



In shooting off ties, W. Shields won first prize, Davenport and 

 Jones-divided second and Kearney took third. 



Club sweepstake, 25yds. rise, 3 birds, both barrels. Three cash 

 prizes: 



L Davenport 111—3 H McLaughlin 101—2 



M A Stewart 111-3 H P Donnely 010-1 



W Shields 111—3 J E Lake < 111—3 



GEddy 111-3 C W Jones 010-1 



C S Kendall 100—1 



In this event Davenport gained first prize in the shoot off, Jones 

 second and McLaugulin third. 



GERMANTOWN, July 5.— I went on the afternoon of the 4th to 

 Frankford, which is the Twenty-third Ward of Philadelphia, to 

 visit the ^North End L4un Club, which was to have a grand shoot- 

 ing match at clay pigeons; and they had made great preparations 

 for having a good afternoon's sport, having plenty of eatables on 

 hand, also about sixteen special prizes for the shooters. But I 

 was very much disappointed on arriving on their grounds to find 

 that Mayor Filler had ordered them not to shoot or they would 

 all be arrested, as he had given orders that no fireworks or fire- 

 arms of any kind were to be fired off in the city limits on the 

 fourth of July. I tell you, it is getting to be very hard on shoot- 

 ers in Philadelphia, what with the Society for the Prevention of 

 Cruelty to Animals stopping pigeon matches, and now the Mayor 

 stopping clay-bird shooting on the Fourth. I saw Dr. Carver since 

 his eyes have got all right, and he says the accident was caused 

 by the rim of a shell splitting and allowing the powder to blow 

 out. He was making a hip shot at the time, and had his eyes 

 right over the breech of the gun. It was not the fault of the gun, 

 as published in some of the papers, as it might happen with any 

 make of gun.— Harry Thurman. 



KINGSTON, N. Y., GUN CLUB.-Shoot, July 4, 20 Maconibers, 

 18yds.: 



Short 011110H110110001010— 12 



Hoveland 1111110. 11C01101001-13 



Decker 011 ' 011 1 10100100011 1-12 



Van Buren 00100101010010000111— 8 



D. C. Overbaugh... 1001000100 w, 



t 



HAMILTON, Ont., July 4.— The regular quarterly shoot of the 

 Wild Fowler's Gun Club came off to-day on Dyne's grounds on 

 Burlington Beech, at 25 blackbirds: 



T Stephens 00111 1 1 1 1 1 111 111111 1 11011-22 



J Smith llOllHlllllOlllllllOlOll -21 



S Hipkins 0111111111011111im00101-20 



Hunt 101011101111 11 11011111011—20 



Morris OllllOllilll 1111110011110-20 



Hunter lllllOlUOHllH 1 100U001— 19 



Bowron 1001011111101111110101011-18 



Brant 100101 110111110110D110U-18 



Pett 001 11 1 1 1 1 101001 11 01101011-17 



A Smyth 01011111011011 10010101110-16 



Geo S'mvth OOHikhioI llOOiKioi ill 1 1 1 11 — It 



Booker.* 1000001111001111000100110-12 



Stephens first. Smith second, ties divided. Second match: 



Pelt 01011—3 Hunter U110-4 



A Smyth 11011-4 Hunt -01111—4 



J Smyth 11100-3 Stephens Oil 00-2 



Braut 10UC-3 Morris 11110-4 



Bowron Hill— 5 



Ties for second, miss and out, Morris 2, Hunter and Hunt tied on 

 2 and again on 3 and divided. 



CHATHAM, N.Y., July 4— Chatham Gun Club match against 

 Wilbor Gun Club, of Chatham Centre: 20 glass balls each, whirl 

 trap, 20yds. rise; shot under Forest a n d Stream rules, no prizes: 

 Chatham. 



G J Spengler 11101101100111110001-13 



Will Colpaugh 1 1 11101111 1 1 01 01 111-15 



Pat Mealev 1100011 1 HO lioi 11110 — 14 



Geo Skidmore 11111111011101 10011 1—16 



Irving Lauphear 101111001101010011 10-12 



John Traver 0000000111 1000110100- 7 



A B Ford 11001110111101111111-16-93 



Wilbor. 



M Powell 0010101 1 11 11 11 111 001 -1 4 



J Goodrich 11010100111111111111-16 



J Williams 11100100111001111111—14 



F Fowler 01 1 1 0HU 11 1 11 01 1 1111—10 



B Lam moree 101 01 1 1 11 1 i 10 1 01 111 1-10 



G Bagardus onoia>10lii]i,0;lioi 10- s 



A Van Alstyne 0110001 1000010100100— 6-90 



SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.— The California Wing Club shot their 

 fourth medal shoot at San Bruno to-day. Hurlingham rules 

 governed the event. Fav was first at the score, but made a bad 

 showing, scoring only 7, but his birds were hard. Haas also shot 

 worse than usuallv. De Vaull missed his second and then made a 

 run of nine straight. Slade killed h ; s first nine and then flopped, 

 missing his last three clean. Liddle, one of the old-time shots, 

 scored 10 and tied de Vaull for first prize. Day scored 11, the high- 

 est figure of the day, including a run of 9, but being a non-mem- 

 ber, shot only for honor and glory, taking no profit. The third 

 medal was won by Slade with 9. Liddle and do Vaull shot off 

 their ties at 4 birds each, according to Hoyle, when de Vaull 

 played second fiddle to the veteran, missing his first, while Liddle 

 grassed a straight four-. A sweepstake was then disposed of, eight 

 members putting up $2.50 each to make a pool, the money being 

 divided into pots ot §10, 87.50 and §2.50 respectively. The shoot 

 was supposed to be at 12 birds each, but at the last round it was 

 found there were not enough pigeons to go around, and therefore 

 the three ties, Haas, Liddle and Day. alone shot at their 12 birds. 

 Haas and Day again tied, each killing, and so divided first and 

 second money. Liddle made a miss and had to content himself 

 with third place. Horace Briggs was judge, and Rice, trapper. 

 There was a fair audience including a few ladies. The weather 

 was favorable for shooting, though the wind was occasionally 

 strong. Following are the "scores: 



Club shoot. 12 birds, 80yds. boundary: 



Fav (30) 011110110001- 7 Culver (30) O11011010101— 7 



Haas (28) 011110101110-8 Liddle (30) 111101101111-10 



De Vaull (30) 10111111.1110-10 Bogart i26) 010101101111- 8 



Slade (30) 111111111000- 9 Day (30) 110.11111111-11 



Osgood (28) 110111000110- 7 Shaft (28) 110111011011- 9 



Twelve-bird handicap, 80yds. boundary, -?2.50 entrance. 



Fav (30) 11111010111— 9 Osgood (28) 101111010110—8 



Haas (28) 111111111101-11 Liddle (30) 111111110111-10 



De Vaull (30) 011110110110- 8 Day (30) Ill 111111011—11 



Slade (30) 101111110 w - 7 Shaft (28) 101100110110- 7 



INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 9.— Match betwoen Mr. Winston, 

 of Covington, Ky., and Mr. Beck, of this city, for glOO a side, 100 

 bluerocks each, 'half singles and half doubles, 5 traps. Mr. Wins- 

 ton shot a No. 12 Scott, and Mr. Beck a No. 10 Greener gun: 

 Winston. 



singles iimiiiiimnimminiiiiioimiiiniioiioioii-46 



D'bles.ll 11 11 11 11 10 10 11 U 11 10 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11-46 



92 



Beck. 



Singles 11111101111111111110111011111111(101111011.111111011-43 



D'bles..l0 11 11 1011 10 00 01 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 10 00 11 11 10 10 10 11 11 11-37 



80 



Richmond. 



MERIDEN, Conn., July 7.— As the members of the Parker Gun 

 Club held several shoots for prizes before the list was complete, I 

 now send the official scores and list of prizes. The first prize is a 

 Parker gun made to order. Other prizes consist of a silver ice 

 pitcher, bronze table lamp, silver fruit dish, vase lamp, hunting 

 suit, pair of trousers, lady's gold lace pin, comb and brush, box of 

 cigars, also a prize for the one who shoots the most holes in the 

 air, most likely a leather medal gotten up in "the highest style of 

 the art." There will be 11 shoots, winner of first prize to have 

 highest average; 25 American clay-pigeons, 18yds. The largest 

 number broke handicaps the shooter or shooters back 3yds., and 

 24yds. the limit: 



First shoot, May 23: H. Venter 13, 1. L. Baker 17, H. E. Burgess 

 13, Ed. Avery 17, A. Stokes 21, E. Goodrich 10, C. Johnson 10, Ed. 

 Soper 17, G. A. Strong 8. E. B. Booth 10, A. H. Mcrriman 16, O. C. 

 Burgess 16, D. C. Pease 14, J. Phtenix 13, Ed. Birdsey 14, F. Brown 

 20, L. J. Gaines 10, C. P. Bradley 9, J. F. Ives 17, J. A. Thomas 13. 



Second shoot, Jun° 8: F. Brown 10, Ed. Soper 13, C. Johnson 9, 

 A. H. Merriman 17, Ed. Avery 14, G. A. Strong 9, 1. L. Baker 15, A. 

 Stokes 17, E. Goodrich 7, U. C. Burgess 17, D. 0. Pease 14, G. F. Ives 



18, Eli Booth 13, C. P. Bradley 9, HT E. Burgess 12, Kinnie 8, F. Ste- 

 venson 8. G. H. Wilcox 11, D. C. Burrows 8, Dr. E. W. Smith 10, 

 Amos Ives 20, C. S. Howard 4, C. P. Morse 8, J. A. Thomas 13, L. J. 

 Gaines 14, H. C. Venter 7. 



Third shoot, June 25: Ed. Soper 10, E. Goodrich 4, J. Brogden 

 13, Eli Booth 9, C. P. Bradley 17, Ed. Avery 18, C. Johnson 12, 

 Amos Ives 14, 0. C. Burgess 15, G. A. Strong 12, 1. L. Baker 12, A. 

 Stokes 16, Ed. Birdsey 17. G. H. Hill 9, D. O. Pease 9, F. Brown 20, 

 D. C. Burrows 12, C. S. Howard 9. W. B. Hall 8, Geo. Savage 6, L. 

 J. Gaines 16, A. H. Merriman 15. 



Fourth shoot: C. P. Bradley 11, D. C. Burrows 11. Geo. E. 

 Savage 10, Ed. Avery 20, Amos Ives 16, F. Brown 17, C. Johnson 15. 

 G. H. HiHs 8, I. L. Baker 21, A. H. Merriman 14, J. A. Thomas 10, 

 Kinsey H, C. P. Morse 7.— Silver Citt. 



SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.— The match between John Kerrigan 

 and Peter Walsh was shot at Birds Point this afternoon. The 

 match, originally arranged for fifty birds, was reduced to twenty- 

 five by consent of both parties. The weather was all that could 

 be wished for, the wind being very light. Walsh came to the 

 score first, with a 10-bore gun, at 30yds. rise. He killed his first 

 bird on a single barrel. Kerrigan faced the traps under the same 

 conditions, and scored No. 1 on his second barrel. Walsh was 

 evidently in shooting humor; he had a clean score up to No. 13, 

 with only four second-barrel shot. Kerrigan shot very well, but 

 six of his birds died out of bounds and one over time. Out of a 

 score of eight lost hirds only one escaped without injury. After 

 luncheon Walsh broke his score on the fourteenth, and repeated 

 it on an easy No. 15. Kerrigan scored lost birds on Nos. 15, IS, 



19, 24 and 25. Every bird dropped outside except No. 25, the only- 

 bird that got away. After missing No. 20 Walsh killed live 

 straight, and won the match by a score of 21 to 17. Kerrigan's 

 shells were decidedly imperfect. Appended is the score, the 

 figure 2 denoting the use of the second barrel : 



Walsh 111211 11221 1200211 00111 11—21 



Kerrigan 21011011011 llli 0110111100— 17 



LONG ISLAND CLUBS.-The long talked of match between 

 the Glenmore Rod and Gun and the Coney Island Rod and Gun 

 clubs, the two most prominent shooting organizations on Long 

 Island, took place on July 8 at Dexter Park, L. I. The match was 

 originally made for 15 men a side, but so many of the respective 

 clubs were present that the limit was extended'to 22, to shoot from 

 the 25yds. mark. The shooting was much above the av erage. On 

 the Coney Island side C. W. Edwards, Dr. Shield, C. Wise, A. 

 Williams, Capt. Crammer, A. Schwartz, C. F. Russel, J. E. Lake 

 and L. Davenport each killed 7 straight. On the other side E. H. 

 Madison, H. Borkman, G. W. Forbell and C. Bass did the same. 

 Out of 308 birds shot at only 63 escaped, a remarkable event in an 

 interclub shoot. The Coney Island Club was the favorite from 

 the start and odds of $50 to $20 were laid that they would win 

 by 20 birds. The score is as follows: Coney Island Club— Killed 

 127, missed 27; Glenmore Club 118, missed 36. 



BROOKLYN, July 9.— A pigeon-shooting match took place to- 

 day at Woodlawn, L. I., between members of the Brooklyn Riding 

 Club. Mr. Kirboe was the winner with a score of 8 killed out of 

 10 shot at, Mr. Miller coming next with 7. The traps were sprung 

 by electricity. The following is the score. Referee, H. Blatt- 

 machcr: 



Kirboe 1101101111-8 Webber .0010103110-4 



Bush 0011010101-5 Speisser 1011011001-6 



Miller 1011011101-7 Leib 0010011101-5 



NEWARK, N. J., July 4.— The East Side Gun Club shot glass 

 balls to the following extent: Out of 25 balls Chas. Walter broke 

 22, Philip Schilling 21, Philip Schork 20, John Schilling 20, Frank 

 Sona 18, C. Ramsberger 15, A. Martin 14. .. .The Elizabeth Gun 

 Club shot a sparrow match, 12 birds each, 21yds. rise, and followed 

 it with a clay-pigeon match at 20 birds each. The shooting was 

 excellent throughout, and R. S.Williams killed all of his sparrows, 



whiic the others killed 10 and 11 each The Fifteenth Avenue 



Trap Shooting Club, at 20yds., made the following score on Peoria 

 blackbirds, shooting at 25 birds each: P. Trautuetter killed 24, J. 

 Weber 21, W. Drastal 22, A. Krauss 21, G. Deissler 21. E. Jaquin 21, 

 C. Mussel 19, L. Spann 19, F. Pippert 17, L. Schilling 17, T. Weber 

 17, M. Bauer 13, P. Derzbacher 12, J. Gerst 11, W. Heller 9, J. Sene- 

 oaro 6. 



WELLINGTON, July 9.— To-day has been ladies' day at the 

 Wellington range, there being nearly as many of the fair sex 

 present as shooters. The winners were: Six pigeons, Gerry; 6 

 blackbirds, DeRochemont and Gerry; 6 maconibers, Brown; 3 pair 

 blackbirds, Dc Rochmont; 6 pigeons, Warren and Brown; 6 black- 

 birds, Stone and Gerry: 6 macombers, Warren and Gerry; 6 

 pigeons, straightaway, Brown; 6 blue rocks. Brown; 6 pigeons. 

 Warren; 6 blackbirds, McCoy; 6 pigeons, Nichols; 6 blackbirds, 

 Brown; 6 blue rocks, straightaway, Warren; 6 pigeons, Warren. 



New York City, May 18, 1887. 

 The 17. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass.: 



Gentlemen— I wish to thank you for the very excellent shell 

 you are putting on the market. I refer to the "Climax." I swear 

 by it, not at it, as I l.ave had to do with other makes. It has given 

 me unqualified satisfaction ever since I first began to use it, and 

 that is since its introduction. Don't allow it to deteriorate, and 

 sportsmen will call you "blessed." Very truly yours, 



—Adv. (Signed) C. W. Cushier. 



'mnoewq. 



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 fit tings, and all items 

 relating to the sport. 



FIXTURES. 



July. 



16. New York C. C, Annual, Staten Island. 

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

 24. Oakland, Mayrisch Badge. 



August. 



1-12. Northern Division, Stony Lake. 



7. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 

 12-26. A. C. A. Meet, Lake Champlain. 

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



September. 



4. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 



October. 



9. Oakland, Edwards Cup, Mavrisch Badge. 



November. 



6. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 



December. 



4. Oakland, Edwards Cup. 



A. C. A. 



FOR membership apply to the Secretary, W. M. Carter, Trenton, 

 N. J. Required age, 18 years or over. Application to be ac- 

 companied with g3 and recommendation of an active member. 



CALLA SHASTA CAMP, JULY 4-. 



THE weather was fine, a good south wind blowing through the 

 entire meet, and a happier lot of canoeists seldom came to- 

 gether, they numbered about 75 with 28 canoes, among which 

 were the foRowing : Paul Butler and Mr. Nichols, of Lowell; Dr. 

 and Mrs. Parmele, Messrs. Davidson and Hubbard, of Hartford ; 

 Messrs. French and Gilfillan, of Northampton; Mr. Bennett, New 

 York; and from the Springfield C. C, Messrs. E. H. and G. M. 

 Barney, Shedd, Nickerson, Knappe, Walker, McKnight Russel 

 S. and F. D. Foot, Marsh, Bowles, Patterson, Read, Cooley, Saf- 

 ford, Ireland and Dr H. E. Rice. 



The committee in charge were Messrs. Nickerson, G. M. Barnoy 

 and Knappe. On account of scarcity of water, Mr. Jones, of 

 Hartford, did not reach here in time to take part in the races. 

 The races w r ere as follows : 



1. Single paddling, 1 mile, 3 entries : 



LeCid, H.E.Rice 14 45 



Hornet, C. H. McKnight 15 52 



Ella C, F. D. Walker 15 53 



2. Tandem paddling, 1 mile, 2 entries : 



Narka,Rice and Knappe 7 53 



Hornet, McKnight and Davidson 8 53 



3. Limited sailing, (75ft. area), 3 miles. 8 entries : 



Pecowsic, G. M. Barney 35 30 



Blanche, Paul Butler 35 59 



Hornet, C. H. McKnight 37 50 



Le Cid, E. C. Knappe 38 07 



F. D., F, D. Nichols 38 20 



Narka, H. E.Rice Time not taken. 



Ella C, A. C. Pat terson Did not finish. 



Northampton, F. French Did not finish. 



4. Upset race, SOOvds., 2 entries : 



EllaC, F. A. Nickerson 8 10 



Hornet, C. H. McKnight 8 45 



5. Canoe gymnastics, 2 entries : 



F. A. Nickerson and C. H. McKnight being the only entries, 

 Mr. Nickerson did some very pleasing feats, w inning very easily. 



6. Open sailing, 3 miles, 7 entries, gale blowing : 



Pecowsic, G. M. Barney 35 20 



Ghost, F. A. Nickerson 10 45 



LeCid, E. C. Knappe : 47 10 



Hornet, C. H. McKnight Capsized. 



Blanche, Paul Butler Capsized but finished 110 00 



EllaC, A. C. Patterson Cap ized. 



Northampton, F. French Capsized. 



7. Standing paddling, 300yds., 2 entries: 



Ghost, F. A. Nickerson 3 12 



Hornet, C. H. McKnight 3 24 



The sailing of Pecowsic was remarkable, the heavier the wind 

 blew the more she seemed to fly, taking the lead at the start she 

 seemed to leave the others out of the race. 



Ghost (Vesper model) acted bravely 7 in the heavy wind, carrying 

 more sail than Pecowsic. 



The capsizing of Blanche was due to shcal water, her center- 

 board striking ground. 



Le Cid and Hamlet (Joyner) acted bravely through the heavv 

 wind, carrying more sail than necessary. 



The wind blew a regular gale throughout the race and the above 

 race could be compared with the Stony Lake meet of the A. C. A. 

 when so many capsized. 



The meals were served in the open air by Farmer Lester, and 

 seldom did canoeists enjoy a meal more than there. 



After selecting prizes the canoeists started home, many being 

 towed up by Mr. Barney's launch, others taking train from Long- 

 meadow, which is just across the river. E. C. K. 



MOHICAN C. C— We have received a copy of the constitution 

 and by-laws of the Mohican C. C, a very neat little pamphlet in a 

 blue cover, with the club device in gold. The club now numbers 

 forty-four active members, with twenty-seven canoes. 



VESPER BOAT CLUB. — The annual regatta of this club was 

 held on June 22 at Lowell, Mass., tw o tandem canoe races, junior 

 and senior, being on the programme. 



