Jan. 81, 1889.] 



FOREST AND STREAM 



85 



PURITAN C. C. 



OUTSIDE the chilling northeaster is whirling around t he house, 

 endeavoring to tear it from its underpinnings. The windows 

 4a.tt.le and the building shake*, hut inside all is light, warmth and 

 comfort. Lying back at ease, propped up by numerous canoe 

 cushions, I idle away the time and meditatively watch the blue 

 rings of smoke curl lazily out of my old cruising companion, my 

 brier. That old pipe is like a voice from another land; and as I 

 ait in the warm and cheerful club room of the P. C. O. my mind 

 drifts retrospectively over the cruises of a past season of enjoy- 

 ment. More than half the enjoyment of cruising is in the remin- 

 iscences which pass iu review before one's senses; and thus sit I 

 here deep in study, drowsily dreaming: over the cruises and races 

 participated in or vividly portrayed by the tales of my brother 

 members. Here are some of them, taken by members of this club 

 in 1888: From New York city through the rivers and lakes to the 

 Thousand Islands, 000 miles, by T. L. Batchelder, Jr.; from Boston 

 to Cape Cod, 30 miles, by Messrs- Ij. Hedge and F. A. Heyer; from 

 Boston to Monument Beach, 70 miles, by Com. F. T. Baxter; from 

 Boston to Nashua. N. H., Ocean and Merrimack rivers, 110 miles, 

 by your humhle servant, alsn one from Boston up the Charles, 

 down the Sudbury, Concord, Merrimack and Plum Island rivers, 

 up the Ipswich and down the Essex to Gloucester and to Boston, 

 900 miles, by the same. Besides these countless short cruises by all 

 the members t o Marblehead, Cohasset, Hull, and about the harbor 

 and bay. In racing not much has been done, since the last was 

 our first season, but 1839 will show a full racing schedule. 



The club now numbers twenty-five active and twelve associate 

 members, and is free from debt. The location is unsuipassed 

 both for paddling and sailing, and we look forward to the time in 

 the near future when the Puritan C. 0. wilt be one of the largest 

 and most successful clubs in the country. The fleet of canoes 

 numbers eighteen, of all kinds, makes and sizes, only two being 

 canvas. There are four or Robertson's Twilights, and racing is 

 decidedly interesting between ihem. 



The first annual meeting and dinner were held a t Vorcelli'a on 

 Jan. 12, thirty members and friends being present. The dining 

 •hall was decorated with flags, paddles and other articles of canoe- 

 ing interest. I inclose a copy of the menu. The following officers 

 were elected: Com., Francis T. Baxter; Vice-Com., Charles E\ 

 Dodge; Rear-Corn., Joseph S. Dean; Sec, James W. Carl right, Jr.; 

 Treas.. Lotbrop Hedge; House Com., Baxter Brown, Hedge: 

 Membership Com., Lothrop Hedge, W. S. Partridge and Cart- 

 wright; Meas., John R. Robertson. 



Francis T. Baxter is to build a 15x30 cauoe. J. S. Dean con- 

 templates a 16x13 cruiser. The club house at City Point, adjoin- 

 ing the Boston Y. C, is open to traveling canoeists for the period 

 of one week, and all are welcome. IijRX. 



SOME CRUISING EXPERIENCES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I have been asked to jot down a few hints to canoeists, to guide 

 them in selecting a cruising kit, and in putting it into use. My 

 experience has been confined to the open canoe, as all my cruising 

 with one exception has been done in Canadian waters, but still I 

 dare say that some of the matters to which I will refer may not 

 prove uninteresting to those who use the decked canoe. The 

 canoe most generally found in Canadian waters is what is known 

 as the No. 5 Peterboro canop, the dimensions of which are 16ft. 

 long, and 30xl2in. beam and depth. This canoo carries t wo per- 

 sons comfortably with their cruising outfit; it is an easy paddler, 

 and not too heavy to l e carried over a long portage. It is also a 

 cnuoe t hat travels well under a small lateen sail, saj about 40ft, 

 of canvas, and as a "girling" 1 cinoe It is, I think, unequalled. 



Most old cruisers prefer this canoe made of basswood and 

 painted, as it then stands a good deal of rough nsage and is not 

 so sensitive to scratches and other minor accidents as is the var- 

 nished cedar canoe. The latter is of course a prettier boat, aud 

 probably preferable for ornamental paddling and racing, but for 

 the hard work nt cruising the painted bass.vood will be fouud 

 more serviceable. 



On long cruist s I have always carried a tent, usually a ridge- 

 pole tent, 7ft. square and the same height. A tent this Bize i« 

 large enough for four, and very comfortable, and roomy for two. 

 Tlie tent and pegs can be put into a canvas bag that will stow 

 across the canoe amidships and take up very little room. The 

 poles are not inconvenient and should be placed in the bottom of 

 the canoe. A good rubber blanket is also essential, although the 

 size may vary; and if the cruisiug party consists of four canoeists 

 in two canoes, each canoe should have a rubber blanket large 

 enough to cover half the floor of the tent. Over this I usually 

 spread a thick woolen rug or a pair of heavy gray blankets, and 

 carry another pair of blankets to use as a covering. All the bed- 

 ding should be packed in the rubber blanket, as this protects it 

 from the almost inevitable splashing of water from the paddles 

 and from unexpected showers. 



The cruiser's wardrobe is of course a matter dependent to a 

 great extent upon individual taste, but it should be as limited as 

 possible. The great charm of genuine cruising is the feeling of 

 relief from all restraint in the matter of dress, the wearing of old 

 rough clothes about which one has no feeling of anxiety, and 

 whicu can be thrown into the rag bag at the end of the trip. In 

 the same way toilet requisites should be confined to actual neces- 

 saries, and every superfluous article dispensed with. A small 

 army dunnage bag should be sufficient to carry everything in- 

 cluded under the last two heads. In the same way elaborate 

 cooking utensils should be carefully avoided. With a good fry- 

 ing-pan and a couple of pails, an experienced camp cook will do 

 wonders in the culinary line. 



You will also need a few granite ware plates and cups, and a 

 supply of common knives, forks and spoons. A tin pail is a very 

 useful article, as it can be used for many purposes, one of the 

 most important of which is the washing of the dishes. Don't 

 forget that this has to be done, and be careful to provide your- 

 self with disn cloths and a bar of common soap. Above all tilings 

 sec that you have a good hatchet or small axe, as there are always 

 tent pegs to be driven and fire wood to be cut. As to provisions, 

 it is difficult to aaviae, but I can only repeat the caution to keep 

 the weight down as much as possible. For myself, I was fully 

 content with a small supply of such necessary groceries as tea. 

 sugar, salt and pepper, with a oound or two of bacon, and enough 

 butter and eggs to cany me to" the first farm house. Some bread 

 or biscuits according to the locality, and then such luxuries as 

 jam, pickles or marmalade, as individual taste may suggest. A 

 canoeist will always carry a trawling line or such iishing tackle 

 as will provide him with a constant supply of fresh fish, and be 

 content with this dainty diet during his cruise. 



A point of great importance as contributing to the pleasure of 

 the cruise is the judicious selection of a camp ground. Upon 

 many routes there are. camp grounds which have been used ever 

 since the days of the pioneers: delightful spots situated near well- 

 known springs, or in the vicinity of a good fishing ground. In 

 the selection of a camp site there are many points to consider, 

 and it is well as early iu the afternoon as 4 o'clock to be on the 

 watch for the best Diace for the night's camp. Unless one i« very 

 familiar with the ground and certain of a spot ahead, it is unwise 

 to push on until sundown, as there are manv things to do which 

 can best bedone by daylight. The place, selected should not be too 

 far from the water's edge, nor difficult of access, as everything in 

 the canoe must be carried up at night and carried back 'again in 

 the morning, and so far at least as I am concerned, I have no 

 faith in over-exertiou as conducive to enjoyment. The ideal 

 camping ground is a well sodded glade on a bank about 4ft. above 

 the water, and about 12ft. from the water's edge. The trees near 

 enough to protect the tent from the wind, and far enough away 

 not to attract mosquitoes and flies. A hundred yards further in- 

 land a clear spring in the dim recesses of the leafy wocds. A suf- 

 ficient supply of driftwood on the beach to make a good eamph're, 

 a pleasant outlook, One weather and good company. 



Let us suppose a party of four in two canoes reaching such a 

 spot at about half past four in the afternoon, just as the wind 

 which has been behind them all day and made their journey a 

 pleasant one, is beginning to go down with the sun. As soon as 

 the keels have grated on the. shore, all set to work to carry the 

 baggage to the camp grouud. Two of the party should then be 

 detailed to put the tent up and in order. Another will construct 

 the camp kitchen aud get the. water boiling, while the fourth is 

 sent, out to fish for the evening meal. Let us see how the two 

 cruisers whom we have detailed to arrange the camp are pro- 

 ceeding. They first select the. smoothest and softest piece of 

 grass on a slight rising giouud if possible, so that should a storm 

 occur, the ram will run from the tent and not into it. This sug- 

 gestion will likely be unnecessary to any A. O. A. men who at- 

 tended the last camp at Long Island, as thev had enough expe- 

 rience in wet weather precautions to last them a life time. The 

 tent should be evenly set and the pegs well driven in, after 

 which prudence has usually suggested a row of small boulders 

 around the curtain which keeps the wind from blowing in and 

 creating unpleasantness during the night. If the camp is to be at 

 all a permanent one, the floor may be spread with soft voung 

 branches, but so far as my experience has gone, this is a purely 

 theoretical way of adding to the comfort, as the branches are apt 

 to grow larger and thicker during the night than one would 

 Imagine possible when they were cut, and to intrude themselves 



mist unpleasantly. After a day's hard paddling, one. should not 

 have any difficulty in sleeping on any ordinary camp ground. 

 After the tent is pitched the rubber blanket should he spread and 

 the woollen nigs placed in position but not unrolled, as they are 

 apt to be more or less dirtied if spread on the tent floor before 

 bedtime. The dunnage bags and the provision boxes should be 

 brought into the tent, aud a stick driven near the center on 

 which to mount the candle. By this time the camp fire will bo 

 started, and the fisherman should have returned with at least 

 one good fish. There are one or two things to be learnt even 

 about, the cleaning of fish, and although it is not a pleasant job, 

 there is a right way to go about it. in the first place the scales 

 should be carefully removed b> scraping the fish from tail to 

 head with a large knife. Then the fish is split down the back aud 

 the bones cut out, the head, backbone and tail being removed iu 

 one piece. The fins are then cut off and the fish thoroughly 

 cleaned. You then have all that is good of the fish in one piece 

 and its future treatment depends of course upon the size. If the 

 fish is a very large oue, a dainty picking for the cook may be 

 made by boiling the backbono and the head, alter which the 

 cheeks and pieces about the backbone make very good eating. 

 The rest of the fish is usually fried with bacon. The success 

 of a meal in the open depends to a very great extent upon having 

 it served hot. and the cook's skill will be displayed as much in 

 this matter as in the mere cooking of the rood. If there are 

 several things to be cooked, one should always select that 

 which takes the longest time for the first so that there may be as 

 little waiting as possible. 



It will hardly be necessary for me to attempt any description of 

 camp dishes, as every canoeist knows more or less about cooking 

 in general, and there is no better way to become an adept, 

 than by experience. It may be well, however, to give one or t wo 

 cautions against mistakes which the beginner is apt to fall into. 

 For instance, it is injudicious to attempt to make your tea in the 

 same pot in which you have boiled potatoes. The result will be 

 a mixture known to old campers as "the famous hair oil tea." 



Another point of great difficult y will be the cleaning of the fry- 

 ing pan, and I have heard very many plans suggested for accom- 

 plishing this job. The best I know of is to fill the plan with water 

 and boil out as much of t lie grease as possible, first of all scraping 

 it fairly clean. After tins the water should bo thrown out and the 

 pan put on the fire again empty and thoroughly heated. If it is 

 then plunged quickly into the river it will come out quite clean 

 and dry. The washing up of the dishes should be done immedi- 

 ately alter the meal, and everything should be. made bright and 

 clean before being put bask into the canoe. The canoe itself 

 will be treated with the greatest consideration by every true 

 canoeist. 



I fear 1 have already exceeded what the editor may consider a 

 reasonable limit, and in closing I would only express the hope that 

 all who read this may before long have an opportunity of learning 

 from their own experience how great, is the enjoyment and bow 

 lasting the physical benefit of canoe cruising. Carl FtrtLBR. 



MoN'J Ht al, Jan. 18. 



THE ROYAL CANOE CLUB OF ENGLAND. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



It is with a feeling of pain and vexation that I read in the FOR- 

 EST AND Stream of Dec. 27, under "New Rules A broad, a para- 

 graph reprinted from the English Model Yachtsman, ami Cannei»U 

 and your comments thereon, wherein if is asserted that "the 

 spirit of the new rules was to bar any of the Yankee flying 

 machines that might come over," etc., etc. 



When I read that pa ragraph in the Canoeist I was simply dis- 

 gusted, and wrote to contradict it in January number, 



I was the proposer of the whole of the new rules. During the 

 discussion American canoes were frequently referred to, in that 

 some of them were examples exposing the fact that racing con- 

 siderations, if unchecked, might entirely override all cruising 

 desiderata. 



It was pointed out that even at preseut American canoes had, 

 in some instances, gone beyond desirable limits; in tact, thev had 

 ceuterboard cases right iu the middle, rendering sleeping aboard 

 impossible and even sitting down a cramped position; that they 

 had standing rigs, sliding-out deck seats, and that there was 

 nothing in the rules to prevent small "bucket wells," low-ended 

 cigar-shaped hulJs, and many other monstrosities, which, though 

 quite allowable from a pure racing point of view, must lie detri- 

 mental to the popularity of canoe sailing and cruising. 



None of these questionable fitments had as yet appeared in 

 English canoes, except perhaps the extreme shallowness of hull 

 found in the Charm, but this was the very reason for at once 

 slopping the possibility of their appea ranee, i.e., legislating before 

 vested interests could stand m the way. Each of these fitments 

 and their general tendency had been freely and fully denounced 

 over and over again in the Forest and Stream iu America and 

 in the Field in England; and at the R. C. C. meeting the new 

 rules, conserving cruising qualities and barring "machine" 

 tendency, were passed unanimously; and 1 see the executive com- 

 mittee of the A. C. A. has also unanimously given the same 

 opinion and ordered the regatta committee to take steps in that 

 view m framing the race conditions for 1889, 



Now, sir, in bringing in those new rubs I was moat careful to 

 avoid barring any existing cauoe in America or England; for we 

 might possibly be granted the pleasure of seeing (after such a 

 record) either Eclipse or Fly and others come over to England 

 during 1880, and we therefore added at the end of the rules of 

 classification a note that "the above limitations shall not affect 

 adversely any canoe built prior to November, 1888, which might 

 have, been eligible to sail in the R. C. C. matches under the rules 

 iu force in 1888." 



Tnerefore, 1 hope sincerely that American canoe sailers will 

 acquit, the Royal O. 0. of the mean and unsportsmanlike senti- 

 ments attributed by the Mode! Yachtsman ami donnc-M to the 

 members who passed the new rules- 



sliding out deck scats and centerplal.es to house within the canoe, 

 t, t\, apt stand uo above the case, and that the new '89 rules add 

 to these that "the committee has power to order in some races 

 that sail or sails shall be kept lowered for a time previous t o the 

 starting signal," i. e,„ practically a bar to standing rigs, if it be 

 tound desirable to use such a bar. 



Thus every American "flying machine" existing up to date is 

 eligible to race in R. C. C. ma tches if she either complies with 

 the rules in force up to 1888 or with the new rules. 



Now. where the new rules pinch some existing American 

 canoes is solely, 1 believe, in regard to position of the lenterplate 

 ease. The new R. C. C. rules say "the after end of the case— ex- 

 cept in the case of bilge plates and center board r-ases that do not 

 rise more than 4in, above the inside of the garboards alongside 

 the keel— shall not be aft of the center of length." This did not 

 exist in the rules in force iu 1888. Possibly the "minimum depth 

 up to within 2ft. of cither end, from top of deck to lower edge of 

 garboard not less than Win.," mav not include some, Vaga bond 

 for instance, but here again this was not in 1888 rules, so' Vaga- 

 bond is not hurt. 



I think it will be admitted '.that no existing canoe is cut out; 

 and I feel sure if will also be admitted bv all who really have 

 the popularity of canoe sailing at heart that the "canoe of the 

 future" is not hurt, What have we done, simply we have said 

 and ordered that it. shall be possible in future for a man to race 

 with a fair chance in his one canoe both in paddling and in sail- 

 ing races; hence we institute bu t 3 classes, and order maximum 

 and minimum governing dimensions. Then we say also, this 

 man shall not be driven by one or two racing men to build or tit 

 in a manner antagonistic to the more general and useful branches 

 of canoeing; we therefore order certain minimum depth to be 

 fixed so as to insure a reasonable amount of stowage capacity and 

 buoyancy. We order at least space to sit down m and we limit 

 center plates to a handleable and stowable size, and sail area to a 

 reasonable racing limit ; leaving the designer otherwise unfettered 

 as to model, building, proportions, balancing aud sail plan. As 

 to 'flimsy building," "apparatus of a light character" nothing 

 was ever mentioned at the R. C. C. of such a nature; substance or 

 mode or building were not touched upon, and purposely, "match 

 box ' construction soon becomes consumptive and, unless repeat- 

 edly patched and strengthened with extras, dies an early death. 



I think you, sir, will admit that the Nautilus of 1887 was no 

 flimsy construction, and her sisters since, though actually much 

 lighter as a whole, have in reality been much stronger by being 

 more perfectly fastened, and all superfluous wood and metal 

 banished, and if the craft in racing trim weighs not over 200ibs., 

 I am satisfied (though "1888" was 401bs. lighter). 



Whatever the near future may in "unlimited Amerloa" pro- 

 duce in the racing machine direction, it will ai least he of great 

 interest and value to those who think as 1 do, that canoe sailing 

 is the highest and most intelligent -form of sailing, the most in- 

 teresting and the most healthy branch of Bailing and indeed anv 

 sport. 



Though wo conserve cruising qualities for the popular benefit 

 of canoeing in general, we welcome any novel device brought out 

 by the keenness of racing, so it be compatible with cruising. 



Sailing a light canoe under a cloud of sail is the nearest ap- 

 proach by man to the Controllable flight of a bird and the govern- 

 able passage of the fish in the water, and all that can be legiti- 

 mately introduced to perfect such action should indeed be wel- 

 comed. W. Baden-Powell, Nautilus, R. C. C, England. 



[Our comments applied only to the changes aud the reason for 

 them as first reported. Since we have learned their real nature 

 we heartily approve of them. We hope that what we had already 

 written last week, before the above letter was received, will serve 

 as sufficient apology.] 



SOUTH BOSTON C. C. 



THE annual meeting of the South Boston C. C. was held on Jan. 

 2, at the club house. City Point, South Boston. The follow- 

 ing officers were elected and committees appoint cd for lsvtl: Com., 

 .lames YV. Craddock; Vice-Corn., Allan M. Hird: Sec'v, John J. 

 Martin; Treas,, Joseph A. Frizzell; Meas., Vincent B*. Johnson. 

 Geo. F, FriRzell, Samuel M. Wales and Thomas Acklaud, together 

 with the above officers, were chooscti a Board of Directors. Mem- 

 bership Committee, Corn., Sec'y, J. A. Fnzzcll, V. B. Johnson, A. 

 M. Hird, Thos. Ackland and Ceo. Frizzell. Regatta Committee, 

 Allen M. Hird, chairman; William Bunlett, John J. Kclleher, 

 t«co. Frizzell and Chas. McNeil, John J. Martin, V. B. Johnson 

 aud George Armstrong were appointed a committee to maki 

 arrangements for the annual dinner which will take place on Jan. 

 Hit, at: the United States Hotel. 



During the past year the club has held a series of regattas with 

 both club and open races, which have been keenly contested, 

 showing that the racing spirit is an active one in the club. The 

 en trim in the open races were especially large, and gave the rac- 

 ing men an opportunity of meeting the best canoes in the vicinity 

 of Boston. In knocking about the harbor we noticed a very suita- 

 ble place for holding a local meet, with a good stretch of water 

 for racing. This is the southwest end of Pettiok's Island, which 

 has good camping facilities and a comparatively smooth beach. 

 We have decided to hold a local meet on June 10 and 17, the meet 

 to be held uuder the auspices of the South Boston C. C, aud of 

 course all neighboring clubs will be invited to participate and 

 mak' j things pleasant. 



While the interest in racing has been keen, the cruising men 

 have earned for themselves an enviable record as salt water 

 cruisers. The longest cruise undertaken by members this sum- 

 mer was sucoesstully made by Allan Hird, Fred Lovis and Yin- 

 cent Johnsou, who cruised from Boston lo Portland, Maine, in 

 July. They experienced fair weatner until the third day out, 

 When it began to blow. They put into Kittery, Maine, where 

 they were weatherbound for three days. The weather moderat- 

 ing, they resumed their cruise and reached Portland in two days,, 

 the last day being a inn of forty-live mites across to Casco Way 

 under sail from 4 A. M. to 4 P. M., the canoeists being sometimek 

 several miles from land. On reaching Portland Harbor th«j 

 made camp on Cushing's Island, where they remained for the 

 rest of their stay, returning home by steamer. 



Another cruise of similar character was made one month later 

 by Messrs. John J. Martin, John Lannou, James Me N alley and 

 John Ackland. It had been the original intention at starting to 

 reach Plymouth, but owing to unfavorable weather the progress 

 made was slow, and two of the party foreseeing that if t hoy "kept 

 on they would not have enough time to enable them to return 

 within their vacation, turned back after going about half wav. 

 Messrs. Martin and Cannon kept on, and although the sea was so 

 rough at times as to hide one boat from the other in the trough of 

 the waves, they finally reached Plymouth. The trip down occu- 

 pied six days, owing to the unavoidable delays necessitated by the 

 weather. 



After stopping a day at Plymouth the canoeists started for 

 home, making their first stop at Brant Rock. After wandering 

 about the place the trip was resumed. The weat her which had 

 been mild since leaving Plymouth now changed, and a southwest 

 breeze sprang up which soon developed into a mild gale. With 

 wind abeam the cruisers tore along under full sail with the lee 

 rail buried and the canoeists at an angle of forty-five degrees to 

 windward, doing their best to hold tne little craft right .-ide up. 

 There was a good sea on, and more than oue green comber found 

 its way on deck, but the skill of the sailors brought them throne h 

 all right. Putting into Scituate, where they ate dinner, the wind 

 showing no signs of abating they deemed it prudent to reef; so. 

 accordingly, two reefs were taken in mainsail, and mizen 

 stowed. They arrived at Black Rock, where they made a portage 

 to Straight's Pond, which connects with Weir River, thus avoid- 

 ing several miles of outside work, spending the remainder of the 

 time in camp at Weir River. Several short river trips were also 

 made up the Neponsef and Charles Rivers. These trips form an 

 agreeable change from the salt water cruises, as thev are always 

 made under paddle with specially light boats. 



Judging from the preparations that some of our racing men are 

 making, an exciting racing season ma v be expected. The com- 

 modore is hard at work on a design for a flying 10-footer, with 

 plenty of dead rise and fine lines all over. The vice-commodore and 

 measurer have just had built two 15-footers which promise to be 

 speedy. Both are. from designs by Mr. George Armstrong, a mem- 

 ber of the club. The treasurer says little, but goes about smiling 

 mysteriously when racing is mentioned, so the knowing ones pre- 

 dict that he will swoop down on them with something "to beat 

 'em all." Several other members are also building, and the open 

 race on Decoration Day promises to bring out a line fleet of new 

 boats. According to the time-honored custom of all clubs we 

 hold an annual dinner, though we do not, like some of our breth- 

 ren, attend in canoeing c»stume. Still, we can eat just as heartily 

 and tell as many whoppers in the canoeing line as i hough we were 

 in camp. John J. Martin, Sec. South Boston C. C. 



MOHICAN C, C— The annual meeting was held on Jan. 16 at 

 r he residence of ' 'apt. Palmer, the following officers being elected - 

 Captain, Robert Shaw Oliver; Mate, M. N. Rochester; Purser and 

 Secretary, C. Y. Winne; Executive Committee, F. G. Mather 

 After the meeting the members were entertained by Capt. 

 Palmer, the evening being passed with songs and stories. The 

 club is now in a properous condition, with -hi members, eveiy one 

 being also a member of the A. C. A. One new member, R. L. 

 Banks, Jr., was elected. On Jan. 18 Mr. W. C. Titus sailed six 

 miles down the river to the country house of the club and hack. 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP.— Atlantic Division: Frederic H. Cur- 

 tlss, Yonkers, N. Y.; Henry M. Dater, Brooklyn. N. Y.; H. E. 

 McCormick, Philadelphia, Pa. 



fachting. 



FIXTURES, 



June. 



1. Larchmont, Spring. 22. Beverly^Iarbieh'distOhaiu 

 3-6-7. Katrina-Shamrock, N. Y. 39, Corinthian, Marblehead, 



15. Corinthian, Marblehead. 29. Beverly ,Mou.B.->ach, 1st Open 

 18-20-22. Kairina-Titania, N. Y. 



July. 



4, Larchmont, Annual. 6. Sippican, Annual. Mai iou. 



4. Beverly, Mon Beach, 1st Buz. 13. Beverly, Mori.Beach.3d Open 

 , Bay ,- , 13 Corinthian, Marblehead, 



4. Beverly, Marbleh'd, 1st Cup. 20. Beverly, Marblehead, 3d Otto, 

 4. Hyde Park.Annual, Chicago. 27. Corinthian. Marblehead, 

 0. Beverly, Marbleh'd, 2d Cham 37. Beverly, Mon. Beach, 2d Buz. 

 — . Knickerbocker, 20ft. craft, Bay, 

 Ocean Race. 



August. 



8, Sippican, Club, Marion. 24 Larchmont, Oyster Bouts. 



3. Beverly. Marbleh'd, 1st Cup. 21. Corinthian, Marblehead. 

 10. Corinthian, Marblehead. 81. Beverly, Marbleh'd, 1st Open 

 17. Bevorly.Marbleh'd. 3d Cham 31. Sippican, Club, Marion. 

 24. Beverly,Mon.Beaeh,8d Open. 



September. 



2. Beverly, Mon.Beach,3d Open It Beverly, Mon. Beach, 3d Buz. 

 2. Corinthian, Marblehead. Bay. 



7. Beverly, Marblehead, 3d Cup 14. Corinthian, Marblehead. 

 7. Larchmont, Fall Annual. 31. Beverly, Marbleh'd, Sail Off. 



PLEON Y. Q.~ The annual meeting of the Pleon Y. C. was held 

 at the Parker House, Boston, on Jan. 23. with Com, A. Gt, Wood 

 m the chair. The officers elected for the ensuing year are: Com. 

 4t % Wood; Vice-Corn., W, O. Taylor; Sec, F. L. Rhodes; Treas., 

 W. T. Palmer; Meas., Howard Whitcomb. Regatta Committee, 

 Com. Wood, K L. Rhodes, Howard Whitcomb; F. B. Litchman. 

 B. B. Crowninshield. Entertainment Committee, H. W. Perry ' 

 H. Whitcomb, C. W Barker. The membership lee was raised 

 from. BJ to ,f2. A club book, containing list of members, yachts, 

 etc., will be published this year. ' 



