Feb. % 1889.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 30. — Philadelphia Sportsmen's 

 Club, on their grounds at Fe.rnwood, Jan, 24. In the contesr, 25 

 Ligovvskys, from 5 traps, Mr. Edward Maher with his new 12-bore 

 Greener, laiely purchased from Capt. John Brewer (and with 

 which Brewer won the championship of England), after missing 

 his first bird, made the enviable score of 24 straight breaks. Mr. 

 Maher is really entitled to 25 straight, as his first bird was picked 

 up and found to have two shot marks through the center of it. 

 Other good scores were also made. Our now grounds at Pern- 

 wood are conceded to he the tiucst and best appointed club 

 grounds in or about Philadelphia. The members are all gentle- 

 men and substantial business men, who realize there are many 

 things in t his world besides a gun, but nevertheless greatly enjoy 

 their weekly shoots. The members all have very nice guns, and I 

 give the make each man shot as a matter of interest to raiders, 

 who think the Quaker boys maybe haven't got, through with the 

 old hammer gun, and ain't up to the times; t he guns are all ham- 

 merless. At J5 singles and 5 pair blnerocks: 



Penn, 10 Smith 111101111111111 00 11 11 10 11—21 



Maher, 12 Greener 0111U11011U111 10 01 11 11 11—10 



Brallier 12 H. & R 110110011101101 10 10 01 10 10-15 



Brown, 12 H. & R 111111011100111 00 10 10 01 11—17 



French. 12 It. & R llllOIWUOlloi 01 11 11 01 11-19 



Smith, 10 Clabrough 1 101 10110011011 11 10 00 II 01—16 



McKinnev, 12 Scott.... 011101110011011 11 00 01 11 11—17 



Nebeker, 12 H. & It 001011111011010 10 00 10 10 01—13 



Twenty-five Ligowsky clays, National rules, 5 traps: 



Penn 1111111111001111111111111-23 



Maher 01111 111111111111 11111111-24 



Brallier lUilOlltlOlllOinioillOiolO-15 



Brown 1010110111111111010111010-18 



French 01 111010111 10101101 110101-17 



Smith. . 10101 101 OOlOOotH 10101111 1-15 



McKinney lOlOllol'niUlOl 1 10luii0ll-16 



Ne bekcr 101 1 1 01 001010 1 1 01 1011001 -1 4 



Gibbs, 12 Scott,.. 1110111011110111111110111-21 



Davis, 12 Greener 0111111011111111011110111-21 



Sheppard, no name on this gun 1011111011110111111111001-20 



Barrows, 10 Parker llllllliniOlllllllw. —19 



CLARE MONT, Jersey City, Feb. 2.— The fine weather still 

 brings large numbers of shooters to the Suburban Shooting 

 Grounds. Keystone traps were used Saturday. Most of the 

 shooters preferred to practice, although a number of sweeps were 

 shot, of which the following arc the principal, each at 10 singles. 

 50 cents entry, ties div.: 



Siegler llllll 11 11 - 10 Simpson 01 1 100 1 01 1-6 



Liudsley 1000110011— 5 Hathaway 001010101)1-4 



Mort 1011101101— 7 



Sweep No. 2: 



Lindsley 1000111001-5 Simpson 001011111 1-7 



Siegler : 1 1 11 111 i 01- 9 Mort 101 1 11100 1 -7 



Hathawav 1101010001—5 Fox 0011000010 -3 



Sweep No. 3: 



Lindsley ..1111111111-10 Mort 1111100001—4* 



Siegler 011)110101- 7 Simpson 1110011111-8 



Hathaway 1011011111— 8 



Sweep No. 4: 



Lindsley 1010110000—4 Hathaway OOUOlOll t-ti 



Siegler 01 1 1 ill 01-8 Simpson 0111101111-8 



Mort.... 10U01W110— 5 



Shooting every Saturday afternoon. Parties wishiug to visit 

 the grounds during the week, by sending notice to office, 291 

 Broad waay in advance, can always secure attention. 



WELLINGTON, Feb. 2— There was a large attendance at the 

 grounds of the Wellington Club to-day and some good scor__ 

 were made in the merch'andire and pitcher matches. In the 

 pitcher match Stanton in.ule a clean score at 15 birds and will 

 have to -stand back at the next shoot 21yds. from the trap, as this 

 is according to the conditions of the match. In the merchandise 

 match at 9 bluerocks and 3 pair clay-pigeons the following scores 

 were made: Ohoa<e 13, Chase 9, Lang 10, Sampson 10, Baxter 7, 

 Schaefer 14, Bond 8, Perry 12, Sanborn 14, Bradstreet 9, Field 10, 

 Snow 11, Stanton 11, Webster 3, Short 9. Lee 10, Melcher 11, West 

 6, Conant 7, Savage 8, Warren 8, Swift 10. The scores made in 

 the match for the silver pitcher were as follows: Choate 12, Chase 

 9, Lang 14, Sampson 9, Baxter 8, Schaefer 12. Bond 12, Perry 14, 

 Sanborn 11, Bradstreet 11, Field 12, Snow 11, Stanton 15, Webster 

 4, Short 9, Lee 10, Melcher 10, West 9, Conant 10, Savage 9, Swift 

 11. The winners in the sweepstake matches were: Six bluerocks, 

 Choate; 6 bluerocks, Chase, Perry and Choate; 6 clav-pigeons, 

 Choate and Bond; 6 Macombers, Perry; 15 bluerocks, Bond and 

 Perry; 6 bluerocks, Choate; 6 clay-pigeons, Chase; ft Macombers, 

 Perry; 6 bluerocks, Chase, Lang, Baxter and Field; 3 pairs clay- 

 pigeons. Schaefer and Sanborn; 9 bluerocks, Choate; bluerocks, 

 Choate, Field and Short: 8 clav-pigeons. Swift, Perry and Stan- 

 ton; 6 Macombers, Reese; 7 bluerocks, Sanborn, Lang, Snow and 

 Stanton: 6 bluerocks, Choate; 6 clay-pigeons. Short. 



HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 2.— To-day Ithe much-talked-of live 

 pigeon match between Messrs. Whiteman and Shoop, of the West 

 End Gun Clubhand Messas. Anthony and Hepler, of Steelton, 

 came off at the Stock Yard Hotel grounds and resulted in victory 

 for the West End team. Owing to the strong wind blowing and 

 the fine quality of the birds (which were as flue a lot as were ever 

 put in a trap) the score was not so bad for amateurs at 21yds.: 



Whiteman 111011101111010-11 Anthony 1111011 10111010-11 



Shoop 011111010111111—12 Hepler 110100010101101- 8 



23 19 

 FLATBUSH, L. 1., Jan. 26.— The third match between the Flat- 

 bush Gun Club and the Amersfoort Athletic Association came 

 off to-day with a very large attendance. The interest manifested 

 in the shoots between these clubs has been on the increase, and 

 considerable exeiiernent has been snow n. The first mateli was 

 Won bj the Flatbush Club, the second and third by the Amers- 

 foorts. Appended is the score of the third match, 25 bluerocks 

 each: 



Amersfoort Club Score. 



J Bennett 1110110111010300011111101—16 



GSR Remsen.. llllllOOOCllillltllllOOU— 19 



J Van Wyek 001001 1 111011101111111101— 18 



I Wyckoff .... . . 1111001001010100010100111—13 



CStilwell lJ100101101111111()100mi-]8 



H Selover , 0000101001010010101010111—12 



J Ryder. 10011100100911111111 10110-16 



G Van Wyck 100110110001000101101 1111-14 



S E Eldert. 1001011101 111110] 11 101 111—19 



A V Suydain 0010011010001111100001011—12 



J D Remsen UOlllOilOllllllOiOOOllOl— 17— 174 



Flatbush Gun Cluo Si ore.| 



D Rumph 1111010111100100011101111 -17 



H Balzer 11D lOlOUllllillOOGOlllO— 18 



ABalzer 01 1U01 1001 1 1 101 1 110010 01—11 



E Skidmore lOlOOOOHOOlOOlOlOlOOICOl-10 



FHegeman 0011011101111111110001011—17 



W Smith. lOOllloOlllOOClOlOlOllllO-14 



F Connelly lllllllOllOOullOllOilOOll-17 



E Martin OllllOlOOOlOOllOHOOOOllO-13 



E Miller 1101011 111110001111011110-18 



G Hegernau 10111000001 0010000001010 1— 9 



H Cook 101010110 1000011010011001—12—158 



BROOKLYN, Jan. 28.— Match between Martin Schottler and 

 Peter Kunzweiler, at Cypress Hills Park, for $25; 25 bluerocks, 

 21yds., one barrel: 



Schottler Oil 1001111 OlOOOOOl 11110110-13 



Kunzweiler 101100101110011 1101111011—17 



Sweep No. 1, 6 bluerocks, 21yds.: 



Schottler 111011—5 Wissell 011101—4 



Kunzweiler 011111—5 



Ties, miss and out: Schottler 0, Kunzweiler 1. 



Sweep No. 2: 



Kunzweiler 110101—4 Schottler 101011—4 



Wissell 010101—3 



Tie: Schottler 0, Kunzweiler 1. 



Sweep No. 3: 



Wissell: 011100-3 Kunzweiler 011001-3 



Schottler 101101—4 



Sweep No. 4: 



Kunzweiler. . 111111—6 Schottler 111011—5 



Wissell 100100-6 Snap Shot. 



CLASSIFICATION OF SHOOTERS.— The Keystone Mfg. Co. 

 have in view a new system for the classification of trap-shooters; 

 a scheme which in their opinion will equalize the chances of the 

 amateur snot with those of the experts. It will probably be 

 tested at their tournament next fall and they feel will result in 

 a much larger entry list from the amateur ranks. When the 

 plan is perfected, it will be gi ven to the shooting public through 

 our trap columns. 



EATON SPORTSMEN'S CLUB.-Eaton, N. Y., Feb. 2.-Frank 

 Short offered a rooster for the best score on Saturdav and the 

 following scores were made in a strong wind: 



Hamlin. 0010010000-2 Curtis 1000000101-3 



Bell 0001111011-6 Short 0010001001—3 



Briggs 1011010110-0 Whitney 1111011001—7 



Richardson 1110011111— 8 Bonnev 1011110011—7 



G, F. Bell. 



FRANKFORD, Phila., Feb. 2. — Quite an enjoyable shoot took 

 place on the North End Gun Club grounds. A team from the 

 Cinuuminsou Gun Club, of New Jersey, came over as the guests 

 ot the N. E. Club, to try conclusions with them in a friendly 

 match. A high and blustery wind prevented good scores. As a 

 consequence ground-hog day and weather came" in for a good deal 

 of dissatisfaction. An appetizing lunch was served at the club 

 house by that prince of good caterers. Will Mather, and was 

 enjoyed by all. It has been darkly hinted that one gentleman ate 

 ten big hunches of celery to obtain the proper nerve before going 

 to shoot, and that another, having no faith in celery as a nervine, 

 Pack-ed away thirty large sandwiches for the same effect. After 

 careful investigation 1 am inclined to think that they are entitled 

 to the "Scotch verdict." The conditions were teams of 12, 20 blue- 

 ri >cks: 



Cinnaminson Gun Club. 



C W Davis 01.001 UOOOOI10U0111— 11 



WM Thomas 110011011)1111111011-16 



J Thomas OOlllOlOlllOouonoO— 12 



W Rookafellow. 1101011001100101 1001— 11 



C C Kelnhard .0001010101001 10011 10— 9 



L A Flaingen 10001 1 00001011 101001— 9 



H J Keene. ...01000101 10010Q HXM01— 7 



L Corner 110000110)1011000111-11 



W J Mcllhenny OlOOOlolOUO NJ001001— 7 



F B Frishmuth 00001100011100111100- 9 



II Thomas 01010 000101 IJiilOOlO- 1) 



L C Cook 1101101101100101 1110— 13— 124 



North End Gun Club. 



W Wolstencrof t 1 111111111111 1 101111-19 



A L Lumb 1111 1010 1001 J 1 1 011 1 0—1 4 



H Ridge 11101011111110110011-15 



F Barron 1 1 1 100 1 J 1 00 1 ] o 1 1 (XXX)— 1 1 



S Richards 100011 1011 10011 1 UU— 14 



J Crowther 11101 11 10101 11111101 — 16 



Wm Garvin 01101101101111111011—15 



OS Buckins 10011110110000001001— 9 



Dr Monaco 000001 1 ] 11 000001011 1- 9 



E Ridge 100 1000 11 00101000101^- 7 



Jas Wolstencroft 101111 1111 101011 1100-15 



W M Pack 101 10 1 01 1 1 0111 101 1 10—14—1 58 



A return match wiU probably be shot at an early date on the 

 Cinnaminson Club grounds. The N. E. Club have, through an 

 ingenious device, invented by three of the members, Messrs. 

 Wolsleiicrofts and Soley, fixed the traps to be sprung by elec- 

 tricity, and they work like a charm.— J. C. S. 



M1LLBERTHA, N. J., Jan. 31.— A match was shot here to-day 

 between Miles Johnson and James Sampson, at 15 live birds each, 

 Long Island Rules, 25yds. rise, 80yds. boundary, trap a nd handle, 

 $25 a side. It resulted in a victory for Sampson by one bird, as 

 see following score: 



Johnson 100 11011001 1 011-9 Sampson 11011111 '.000011-10 



At t he completion of this match a Mr. Turfort challenged Samp- 

 son to shoot at 10 live birds, 30yds. rise, use of both barrels, for S25 

 a side. Sampson, nothing loath, accepted the proposition, and 

 distanced his opponent, who withdrew at the eighth round: 



Sampson 1112012-6 Turfort 01201000-3 



M. 



NEW YORK, Feb. l.-The weekly shoot of the Mt. Morris Guu 

 Club took place to-day at Oak Point. The feature of the day 

 was a sweepstakes match at 20 live pigeons each, 25yds. rise, 

 80yds. boundary, entrance fee S25 each, Hurlinghaui rules, the 

 winner of a previous match to be handicapped 5yds.: Straps. 

 The following gentlemen entered the match: A. Litchenhein, 

 A. W. Mott. P. Mullen, J. L. Mott, Jr., and P. McKeon. There 

 were several side bets made between individual Shooters. One 

 bet between Mr. Mullen and Mr. Litchenhein for a basket of 

 wine was that they each would beat the other. There was also a 

 bet of $50 between the Mott brothers as to their respective merits 

 as pigeon shots. W. Frank Banham, of the Crib Club, was 

 referee: 



Live Pigeons. 



P Mullen 11110010111011001110—13 



P McKeon 1001 llOlOiOlOOlOOl 11— 12 



A W Mott 11110101 111 1010] 11 11—16 



A Litchenhein lOlllOOUOlBllCllOrl— 13 



L Beck 101001 1101 10110111 11—14 



Clay Birds. 



A Litchenhein 0001110010- 4 L Contort 1011100010- 6 



A W Beck 1100100101- 5 P Mullen UOOlOlOlO— 5 



A W Mott 10 1 1010111- 7 



P McKeon 11111010011111—11 F Mullen 10101111101110-10 



Mr. McKeon and Mulien tied and shot the tie oil, miss and out. 

 Mr. McKeon won. This was a sweepstakes, $10 a man. This was 

 the most successful meet the club ever held. 



TORONTO, Eeb. 1.— The sixth semi-aununl handicap shoot for 

 the Moore Challenge Cup was concluded t o-day at C. Stark's ath- 

 letic grounds, and was won by Mr. Charles for the second suc- 

 cessive time. The birds were fairly lively and the competition 

 very keen, no less than five men tieing and having to shoot off 

 before the victory was finally settled. The following are the 

 scores: 



For the Moore Cup. 

 Lowden (27yds)110011011U 1110-11 C Charles (27). .011011001110111-11 

 Carruthers(31).0010mil011101— 10 A J Tymoni27).110111101001ret— 8 



W Stewart (2-fUOl 110101 ret. — 6 C Avre (27) 110110111110010—10 



J Douglas (27).. 1 1 101 HOOOOret — 6 F Peterson (24)110111001111101—11 

 F Mailed (21) ..0110111 HlolUll-11 H Jackson (27).1100101010111(X) - 8 

 Staneland (27). 011001111111110-11 J Gotdd(34)....11110001010ret.— 6 



BRADDOCK, Pa.— The sportsmen and lovers of glass ball 

 shooting here have just formed a club to be known as the Brad- 

 dock Gun Club. The following officers were elected: President 

 Richard Stevens; Vice-President, A. Baxter; Secretary, F. G, 

 Kendall; Treasurer, John Shaddick. 



BEAVER FALLS, Pa.— At the annual meeting of the Spring 

 Chicken Gun Club, the following officers were elected for the 

 ensuing year: President, J. F. Kurtz; Vice-President, B. E. Surls; 

 Secretary and Treasurer, H. W. Nair; Executive Committee, 

 Messrs. Kurtz, Surls and Nair; Captain, H. W. Nair. 



ATHENS, Pa.— The Athens Gun Club held its annual meeting 

 at its headquarters, and elected tne following officers for the year 

 1889: President, Frank Fuller; Secretary and Treasurer, W. K. 

 Park; Committee, E. W. Davies, N. J. Kuasboro and Frank 

 Sherman. Although the club is not in very active condition, a 

 few members meet as often as twice a month; as soon as good 

 weather comes, they will meet once a week. 



THE MANHATTAN GUN CLUB has elected for the vear 1889 

 Jos. A. Hoffmann, President; Frank I. Lambrecht, Vice-Presi- 

 dent; John W. BByer, Secretary; John N. Gennerich, Treasurer; 

 Henry Schmid, Referee. Meeting rooms at John Maisenholder's, 

 505 Sixth street, City. 



FIXTURES. 



June. 



8. lanthe, Spring, Newark. 15. Brooklyn Annual. 

 22. N. Y. C. C. Annual, Staten 16-17. South Boston, Local Meet, 

 Island. Petticks Island. 



JULY. 



10-19. W.C.A. Meet, Ballast I'd. 10-22. Atlantic Division Meet. 



•August. 

 — . Pequot Meet, Thimble Islands. 

 16-30. A. C. A. Meet, Sugar Island, St. Lawrence River. 



SEPTEMBER. 



14. lanthe, Annual, Newark. 



THE A. C. A. REGATTA COMMITTEE.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: To carry on a newspaper debate to anv advantage it is 

 necessary at the start to define the limits of the subject. I had 

 no intention of entering on a debate which would cover in its 

 scope the entire subject of canoe racing, when I tent a reply to 

 a letter written by Mr. MacKendrick. (MacKend rick's letter 

 appeared Dec. 27, and mine Jan. 3). Mr. MacKendrick made 

 specific charges of lack of courage and woeful neglect of duty on 

 the part of the regatta committee of the A. C. A. These charges 

 I answered briefly and to such effect, that Mr. MacKendrick in 

 the column (Corinthian order of architecture) he hurled at me in 

 your last week's issue, did not think it advisable to put iu one 

 word about the subject under discussion. I do not wish to debate 

 with so prolific a writer -as Mr. MacKendrick; life is too short 

 and his field too large. When I write that I would not oppose 

 certain changes m rules, it seems -to me an unwarrantable deduc- 

 tion to infer that I favor such changes, as MacKendrick assumes. 

 The time for changing the rules is between the end of the meet 

 and Jan. l;f ollowing, so as not to interfere with the building of 

 new canoes— C. B. Vaux. 



1 889-CANOE1NG-1 889. 



THE growth of canoeing in America has been surprisingly rapid 

 within the last few years, and to meet its demands the Canoe- 

 ing Department of the Forest and Sthbam was established in 

 1883 in the hands of a veteran leader and expert. Since this time 

 the Forest and Stream has published more news relating to 

 canoeing lhan has appeared in all other periodicals during the 

 twenty years or more that canoeing has been recognized. The 

 series of papers on 



CANOE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, 



written originally for its columns, has met with the most encour- 

 aging success, having now reached its fourth edition in book 

 form since Us completion in the paper, and being accepted as the 

 authority on all pertaining to the design and construction of 

 canoes and the finer . lasses of boats. The great event of the 

 yea r in the canoe world is the 



MEET OF THE AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION, 



and its full and elaborate reports of this event have long been a 

 special feature of the Canoe Department of the Forest and 

 Stream. The last meet, in particular, furnished material for 

 the most thorough and exhaustive series of canoeing articles ever 

 published, covering not only the meet itself from both social and 

 technical standpoints, but such subjects as 



BUILD, MODEL, FITTINGS. EQUIPMENT AND SAILS, 



The collection of designs of American and English canoes is 

 the most extensive and complete ever published, each design 

 being specially prepared for the use of the 



AMATEUR CANOE BUILDER. 



It includes such famous craft as Dot, Sunbeam, Lassie, Snake, 

 Vesper, Notus, Vagabond, Charm, Pecowsic, Guenn, with many 

 special types of racing and cruising canoes. The larger members 

 of the canoe family, the 



CANOE YAWLS, 



are also well represented, different specimens of this new class 

 which is rapidly attaining a well-deserved popularity being given 

 while we shall add to t he collection as fast as new designs appeal- 

 Besides the many distinct classes of pleasure craft mentioned in 

 detail, there is always a demand for special designs for various 

 purposes, many examples of which will be found in our columns' 

 This feature we propose to continue, giving designs for such uses 

 as may suit the wants of our readers, and also giving special 

 prominence to such craft of local reputation as the 



SNEAKBOX, DUCKER AND TUCKUP, 



little known, save through the Forest and Stre4m, to yachts- 

 men at large. 



CANOE AND BOAT BUILDING FOR AMATEURS. 



IF any proof be needed of the strong and vigorous growth of the 

 mosquito fleet, in which maybe included all craft small enough 

 to be handled by one man, whatever their difference in model it 

 may be found in a comparison of the first edition of -'Canoe and 

 Boat Building for Amateurs," published in 1884, with the hand- 

 some volume just issued, the fourth edition. In size it has grown 

 from 168 pages to 263, the plates being increased iji number from 

 24 to 52. The book itself is a complete index of the march of im- 

 provement and development ot smaU craft, showing in what 

 directions the greatest changes have been made. The principles 

 of boat and canoe building have altered little within the last Ave 

 years, and consequently little change has been made in the first 

 part of the book. The. details, however, of model, construction 

 and equipment of canoes have changed very materially which 

 changes are fully described and illustrated by the addition of the 

 latest designs of canoes and sails. All the minor details of con- 

 struction and fittings are thoroughly explained in connection 

 with special designs. Among the additions are found such famous 

 canoes as Vesper, Pecowsic, Notus and Vagabond, with sail plans' 

 also the latest details in the way of drop rudders and eenterboards' 

 In the first edition the part devoted to boats contained very 

 few examples outside of the conventional rowboats, the only 

 other distinct types, the canoe yawls and the sneakboxes being 

 represented by but two or three examples. Of the former class 

 there have been added three very good examples of different 

 boats, the lone, a large canoe, ISft.xSoin • the Annie a still 



— collection of 



canoe yawls now includes six typical boats, of all dimensions 

 from Mft.XlOin. up to ISft.xGlin., both keel and centcrboarci 

 craft. 



The family of sneakboxes, represented in thefirst edition by the 

 primitive little craft of Barnegat Bay, has been increased by the 

 addition of three new designs, all produced since the date of the 

 first edition, the Barnegat cruiser, the Forest and Stream 

 cruiser and the Delta. Each of these represents a decided step in 

 the development of a very handy general purpose cruiser from the 

 primitive ducking boat, the best qualities of the latter being re- 

 tained and the undesirable features eliminated until a verv satis- 

 factory cruising craft has been produced. Two of these boats 

 were specially designed and built by the author of the book for 

 the purpose of experiment, and after continued use both have 

 been pronounoed highly successful. A very interesting addition 

 to the designs are the full lines and description of the Delaware 

 River boats, the duckers and tuckups. Both of these boats 

 though enjoying a local reputation, have hardly been known to 

 boating men at large, and neither had ever been described at 

 length. The lines and full details of construction of each are 

 given, for the first time; and with two other sailing boats make 

 this branch of the collection auitc complete. 



The great v alne of the book to the canoeist, the boat sailor, and 

 above all, to the amateur builder, has been established by the 

 practical test of its success, and even professional builders' bear 

 testimony to the clearness and accuracy of its instructions 

 From it alone many very good boats, and some particularly fine 

 ones, have been built by amateurs and even novices. While it 

 wruld be too much to claim that any one could become a skilled 

 builder by purchasing and reading the book, there is ample testi- 

 mony to the fact that very many have produced most creditable 

 work, both in canoes and larger craft, with no other aid than its 

 pages afford. The chapter on designing and drawing, though 

 brief and elementary, has met with substantial praise, from ex- 

 perts for its clear exposition of principles that are applicable to 

 far larger work than canoe or boat design. Altogether the book 

 fills most- completely a very important place in the library of the 

 canoeist, the boat sailor and the yachtsman. In consequence of 

 the increased size of the book and the number of plates, the price 

 has beeu increas ed to $2. 



WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION MEET. 



THE following programme, has been decided upon for the 

 annual meet at Ballast Islaud, July 10 to 19: 



1. Sailing.— Twice around Ballast Island. Open to all canoes 

 A, B and C. ' 



2. Sailing. Class B. Three miles. Record event. 



3. Sailing. Glass A. Three miles. Record event. 



4. Paudling. Class II. One-half mile. Record event 



5. Paddling. Class HI. One-half mile. Record event 



6. All classes. One and one-half miles; sail first half mile pad- 

 dle, second hall" and sail third. Record event. 



7. Paddling. Class L One-half mile. 



8. Paddling upset. Classes I. and A.; 300ft. No special appli- 

 ances allowed. At signal each eauoe must be turned completely 

 over, righted, and with crew iuside paddle across the finishing 

 line. 



0. Sailing. Novices. All classes. One and one-half miles. Open 

 only to canoeists who never sailed a canoe prior to Sept. 1, 1888. 



10. Sailing for the Gardner Challenge Cup. Classes A and B. 

 Six miles. 



11. Sailing consolation. All classes. Three miles. Winners of 

 either first or second place in events 1, 2, 3, or 9 excluded. 



13. Man overboard. At a given signal the crew shall throw 

 overboard astern on the leeward side a paddle, pick it up again 

 and continue on the course across the line. 



13. Sailing for the W. C. A. Trophy Cup. Classes A and B, 7%£ 

 miles. Record event. 



14. Sailing for the Longworth Cup. Class C only. Course, dis- 

 tance and day of race to be announce?! by the regatta committee 

 before the race. 



15. The carnival will be called at the discretion of the com- 

 mittee. 



WINTER CANOEING.— Editor Forest and Stream: Judging 

 from Commodore Bell, of Brockville, Canada, in the Forest and 

 Stream of Jan. 17., I am led to think that he must have entirely 

 misunderstood my paragraph headed "Christmas Canoeing," in 

 your issue of .lau. 3. Surely it was not a boasting spirit that led 

 me to send the brief mentioning of our Christmas outing to the 

 I'oi'KST and Stream, but rather pure and unadulterated hilarity 

 at being able to indulge in our pet sport in the middle of a 

 northern winter. I hope Mr. Bell will quickly banish this errone- 

 ous idea, for being descendants of that old Puritanic stock, by 

 whom boasting m any sense was never tolerated, it behooves us to 

 at least try to follow their example in this line, and keep their 

 precept good. We are glad to know that our Canadian brothers 

 are enjoying this delightfully mild and pleasant winter, and it is 

 good to see that they are improving it in the interest and pursuit 

 of tbat most glorious of sports, canoeing.— Chokie (Puritan C, 0.), 



