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FOREST AN© STREAM, 



[March 7, 1§8». 



COBBY, Pa., March l.-Thc Corry Gun Club held their weekly 

 shoot at Itee club grounds yesterday afternoon at Kevstonte tar- 

 gets, Keystone rules. Blydenburg won t he gold medal and Parker 1 

 the leather medal. Following is the store in detail* 



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Palmer , 010](M0110010110011011110-13 



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WOLVERINE CLUB.— Benton Harbor, Mich,, Feb, 25,— About 

 twenty sportsmen met at Dr. Rockwell's office last evening to 

 form a pun club for the purpose of promoting the practice of field 

 sports. It was decided to call it the Wolverine Gun Club of Ben- 

 ton Harbor. The following officers were elected for one year- 

 President, H. C. Rockwell; First Vice-President, O. B. Hipp: Sec- 

 ond Vice-President, ,1. P. Nicholas; Secretary and Treasurer, Geo. 

 B. Thayer. The president appointed a field committee of three 

 to serve three months, as follows: W. A. Boswell, J. Hamilton 

 and Geo. Lake. After deciding to hold weekly shoots on each 

 Tuesday afternoon, the club adjourned to meet on the evening of 

 the third Thursday in March. 



NEW YORK C. O. 



AMONG those fortunate members of the New York C. C. who 

 are able to enjoy the Sport \p winter as well as summer, are 

 Messrs. O. L. Nortto noW in Florida with Mr. and Mrs. Munroe; 

 Mr. Nadal-, wjffi writes iis as below from Bermuda, where he is 

 In cqj&a&hy with another old member of the club, Mr. Suther- 

 land Staiith; while Mr. Bigelow has just returned from a trip 

 among the Caribeos with his canoe. 



March 2.— Only six members of the club faced 

 . A mist aud log hung over the grounds, making 

 rather indistinct. 25 standards, 3 traps, Cham- 



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Chippewa. 



. Lafayette, Ind., Aug. 21, 1888.— IT. 8. Carirlduc Co., Lowell, 

 Mass.: Dear Sir— 1 inn pleased to be able to give you a most sat- 

 isfactory account of the paper shells you sent me. 1 have used 

 Schultze powder altogether for the last seven years, with Elev's 

 shells, and yours are tie first perfect substitute I have found, and 

 I shall take care to recommend their use. (Signed) W. Grah\m, 

 Champion Shot of England.— Adv. 



SEVILLE, O., 

 the traps to-day. 

 the targets look 

 berlin rules: 



Matteson 



DeWitt... 



Leland 



High 



Egoert 



Day 



iwoetnq. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

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

 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 cruise*, maps, and information concerning their local 

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

 relating to the sport. 



WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Commodore — J. R. Bartlett, Fremont, Ohio. 

 Vice-Commodore— D. H. Crane, Chicago, 111. 

 Rear-Commodore- C J. Btedman, Cincinnati, Ohio, 

 Secretary-Treasurer— O. H. Root. Cleveland, Ohio. 



Executive Committee— O. J. flousneld, Bay City, Mich.: T. p. Gaddl" Dav 

 ton, O.; T. J. Kirkpatrick, Springfield. O. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Officehs, 1887-88. 



Commodore: H. C. Rogers ) ,, . . . 



Secretary-Treasurer: Geo. W. Hatton { 1 eteroorough, Can, 

 Vice-Corn. ]}ear-Cmii. Purser. 

 Central Div..W. R. Huntington. E. W. Masten T. H. Stryker, 



Atlantic Dlv.W. P. Stephens L. B. Palmer F. h. Dunnefi, N ' Y ' 



„ —._ *, „ . 186 Jerolemon St., Brooklyn. 

 Eastern Dlv. .H. E. Klce, M. B. . . .Maxton Holmes H. D. Marshy 



N'tUorn Biv. .Robert Tyson S. S. Robinson Colin l^aser^Toronto S ' 



Applications for memoership must be made to division pursers, accom- 

 panied by the recommendation of an active member and the sum of B$ 00 

 for entrance tee and dues for current year. Everv member attcmHin 

 the general A. C. A. camp shall pay $1.00 for camp expenses. Application 

 sent to the Sec'y-Treas. will be forwarded by him to the proper Bivlsion. 



Persons residing In any Division and wishing to become members of 

 the A. C. A., will be furnlshea with printed forms ot applicati on by address- 

 ing the Purser. 



FIXTURES. 



May. 



May 27 to June 1. Delaware River Meet, Delanco. 



June. 



8. lanthe, Spring, Newark. 15. Brooklyn Annua). 

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

 Isla nd. Pet ticks Island. 



July. 



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



August. 

 — . Pequot Meet, Thimble Islands. 

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



SEPTEMBER. 



14. lanthe, Annual, Newark. 



SLIDING SEATS FOR PADDLING. 



"Editor Forest and Stream: 



I was glad to see "Narka's" letter on sliding seats for canoes in 

 the Forest and Stream of Dec. 13, 1888. for though his is only a 

 qualified approval of the sliding seat, he says enough to induce 

 others to try it, those who paddle merely for pleasure and exer- 

 cise, and do not race, the great majority of paddling canoeists 

 after all. 



The unsatisfactory thing about canoe paddling, as heretofore 

 practised, is undoubtedly the want of exercise lor the legs, which 

 get very unwholesomely cramped in a long day's paddle. If the 

 prevention of this only can be attained by the' use of the sliding 

 seat, it will be very much; but 1 think more is to be got out of the 

 idea. 



To slide, with the heels about level with the seat, is undou btedlv 

 hard work, therefore I propose to try, as soon as I can get the 

 opportunity (t am just now far from my canoe and any canoeing 

 water) a slightly raised seat, and with the after end of the slide 

 somewhat higher (say ihan the forward end of it. It is the 



getting forward on the slide that is trying, and the higher seat, 

 as well as the slope downward to the front of the sliding appara- 

 tus, will, I think, make this much easier, as will also foot straps 

 that come well over the foot, and not only over the toes. 



led up to the slide now in common use, and the earlier "slides' 

 were nothing like so long as they are now made. My idea, and 

 my instructions to the builder of my canoe, were to have a slide 

 only some six incites long, but he put in a much longer slide. I 

 was going to shorten this, but as I found after trial that it worked 

 well enough, I left it alone. 1 will now for experiment try a 

 shorter slide. The alteration of the length of a slide, as well as 

 the fitting of a slide to any canoe, is, as all boating men will un- 

 derstand, a very simple matter. Whether it was the printer's 

 devil or my writing that was to blame I know not, but my last 

 letter did not come out in type just as I wrote it. I hope I have 

 given the devil no handle this time. C. A. G. 



India, Jan. 31. 



while the annual meeting of the Biscayne Bay Y. C. was in pro-- 

 grcss at the house of Secretary Munroe. Since then he and Mr. 

 Munroe, in the hitter's yacht Allupatfca, have cruised about the 

 Bay and into the Everglades. 



On Feb, 1(5 a party of Indians, bound south Ort a hunting expedi- 

 tion, camped for the night beside a large Spring in frbilt of Mr. 

 Monroe's house, and one was persuaded., to sail a rate ih his bier 

 cypress canoe against the Kittiwake. The latter was successful 



l. n making 



aloUe by cahoe to Jupiter. 



Mr. Nadal, who lately sailed for Bermuda with his canoe, 

 writes as followfe from Hamilton under date of Feb. 20: 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



The Fohest and Stream has no doubt frequently heard of 

 Bermuda, but perhaps not as a place suitable for canoeing, The 

 writer received many warnings as to the danger and uselessness of 

 bringing a sailing canoe CO Bermuda, the squalls Were represented 

 to be heavy and sudden; but my experience. While here is that 

 the wind, while constant and frequently Rtlif -, is hiuOh steadier 

 than, in any place where t have MJleft, and with miichless sea 

 relatively to the force of the wiUd. Lake phatilolain and Lake 

 George can ceria.iuly give Bermuda long odds as to squalls-. The 

 temperature is certainly delightful. Even during a'thfee-davs' 

 gale the softness of the ail' was extremely pleasant. Mr. Suther- 

 land Smith, who is a well-known and enthusiastic, paddiiug.canoe- 

 tst. fortunately for me, accompanies hie here. Being well known 

 in Bermuda and having been over mauv pomonsof the island, he 

 is a complete gU1.de-, philosopher and friend to a novice. Hamil- 

 ton harbor Is ttn Ideal piece of water for canoe sailing, containing 

 every variety of sheltered and open water. With its many islands* 

 IV more resembles a lake than a harbor. 



The beauty or Harrington Sound, Castle Harbin' and St. George's 

 Harbor are too well known to need mol'e than a ihere -m'enti'oh' 

 Harrington Sound is an immense sheet Of wafer of, I believe,' 

 unknown depth, surrounded by high h11rs-,.a,nd connected with an 

 inlet of the ocean by a sluice Way, say 35ft, in width, through 

 Which the tide ru*he*» at a great rate. One of Mr. Smith's amuse- 

 ments is running this reversible rapid in his 301 bs. canoe, A good 

 sailor should bring his whole rig, storm and racing. He may 

 have Btbirny weather, or he may have a succession of the most 

 lovely days, which quite repay him for the bad weather. As to 

 temperature, the gardens are full of flowers, and you sit with all 

 the windows open and listen to the chirping of the birds. There 

 is a Utile landlocked harbor at the back of the Princess Hotel 

 where my canoe is moored with absolute security. The Princess 

 is perfectly kept, and the only hotel where a canoeist has this 

 accommodation. I may be too enthusiastic, and certainly repre- 

 sent an experience of only two weeks as to weather, but of the 

 beauty of the island and its waters I can speak without reserve 

 B\ H. KaBaL. 



"MAC" AND THE REGATTA COMMITTEE. 



Editor Forest and Slttawr: 



As my friend Mr. Vain wishes to retire from the little contro- 

 versy In which We have been engaged, on account of the field 

 heing"tOo large-," 1 wish to correct some of his mis-statements 

 before, seeing him lay up for the winter. 



Mr. Vaux, in the Forest and Stream of Feb. 7. with reference 

 to some of my previous letters, says: 



1. Mr. MacKendrick made specific, charges of lack of courage 

 and woeful neglect on the part of the Regatta Committee of the 

 A. C. A. 



3. I do not wish to debate with so prolific a writer as Mr Mac- 

 life is too short and his field too large. 



3. When 1 write that I would not oppose certain changes in the 

 rules it seems to me an unwarranted deduction to infer that I 

 would favor such changes. 



With regard to his assertion No. 1, the specific charges of woeful 

 neglect must exist in a diseased imagination, as I find on refer- 

 ring to my letter that I did not so much as even mention the '89 

 regatta commit te of which he was chairman, and for whom I pre- 

 sume he is speaking. 



With regard to article No. 3, Mr. Vaux says in the Forest and 

 Stream of Jan. 3 with reference to the hiker seat: "Yet I would 

 not oppose its being ruled out if it extended beyond the side of the 

 canoe; likewise 1 would not oppose a rule forbidding the center- 

 board coming above, the deck." 



As a usual thing canoeists are made of the stuff that does not 

 care to dangle with one leg on each side of the fence, and I took 

 Mr. Vaux for a thorough canoeist, who was either "wid us" or 

 "agin us;" but that is where 1 made my mistake, and I beg to 

 apologize for presuming that he was "wid us," though by his own 

 words he said he was not "agin us." 



Wit i regard to No. 3. In starting this discussion I named three 

 evils that I thought the incoming regatta committee should try 

 to curb as much as possible. They were the hiker scat, the cen- 

 terboard above the coaming, and the standing sail question. 



In answering, Mr. Vaux said he would not oppose the first two 

 and the only point then remaining that I had debated was the 

 standing rig. In my last I went in for the standing rig question 

 and now instead of endeavoring to controvert. th<» arguments 

 brought forward, Mr. Vaux complains that mv field is too large 

 and that I am too prolific a writer. 



However, being an accommodating sort of fellow, I will narrow 

 myself down to a question to suit his capacity, and discuss any 

 one or all of these questions that I have brought forward, either 

 in the columns of Forest and Stream or privately by letter and 

 see if we cannot come nearer one another's ideas by a little quiet 

 discussion. W. G. MacKendrick. 



Toronto, Feb. 14. 



LThe discussion has reached a point where it ceases to be of in- 

 terest to canoeists, or of benefit to canoeing, and while desirous 

 of giving fair play to both parties, we cannot afford space for any 

 lengthy continuance of it. The letter from the chairman of the 

 new regatta committee in our last issue defines the real points 

 at issue very clearly, and we will give as much space as is possible 

 to their discussion, only calling attention to the necessity for 

 limiting the area of letters.! 



CHANGES IN THE A. C. A. RULES. 



THE following letter is the only one thus far received in answer 

 to Mr. Edwards's suggestion of last week. We would be glad 

 to have similar expressions of opinion, especially from the racing 

 men, as It is only by this means that the Regatta Committee can 

 arrive at any conclusion as to what is really desirable. Now is 

 the time to speak out, and not later when the rules for the season 

 have been settled. 

 Ed itor Forest and Stream: 



Acting on the suggestion given by Commodore Edwards in vour 

 last issue. 1 would like to slate briefly my individual opinion' It 

 is very desirable for the Regatta Committee to make any neces- 

 sary suggestions in time for this year's Executive Committee to 

 act upou, 1 cannot see that anything would be gained by delay 

 Personally, 1 have used the standing rig, but judging from the 

 results of many contests, notably with Mr. Butler's Fly, which is 

 fitted with a lowering rig,I am convinced that the latter is, when 

 well made, equally good for windward work, and is in every way 

 more desirable. I believe the question of ceuterboards protect- 

 ing above the deck will settle itself. I consider my boat as good 

 for pure windward work as any, and in my case 1 have succeeded 

 in placing it where I have sleeping room, and where it does not 

 project above the deck. The question, also, of sliding seats is one 

 that I do not consider as important as many seem to. I can hold 

 my own boat up, carrying 98ft. of sail, in any weather in which I 

 could carry the sail at all, without the aid of such extra appli- 

 ances. If others wish to use it, thinkincr that (hey thereby gain 

 an advantage, as far as I am concerned, they are welcome to. It 

 is certainly a drier seat than the side of the boat, and as such is to 

 be commended. Finally, 1 think it would be well it other individ- 

 uals would express themselves in response to Commodore EJ- 

 wards call, aud if they act on his suggestion to be brief, the 

 Forest and Stream will no doubt be glad to publish the views 

 of men from all parts of the country. A final suggestion, and I 

 have done. Cannot the Association follow the lead of the Atlan- 

 tic Division in proposing one important race for boats combining 

 the all-round essentials? I think it would then be soon demon- 



strated that the fastest possible type need not necessarily be 

 different from the boat suitable for cruising and all-round work. 

 New \ ork, March i. Wm. Whitlock, Guenn. 



A CRUISE IN A DORY. 



CHIPS FROM THE MONA'S LOO, 



LConeluded from page m.} 



IT was a gray, chilly morning when We awoke. Over the cove 

 hung an obscuring fold of mist, and from the chimneys of the 

 nttbJ Village the sinoke dropped lo.we.r and lower in its ambit! oh 

 to make a veil for Smutty. Nose-. We, 1 i fi the oil stove for war ' 



ers. But we must cross Ipswich Bay and get south of Eastern 

 Point before nigbt, so we bad no alternative. The ballast bags 

 were filled with SOolbs of gravel, and two large flat stones weigh- 

 ing at least 1001 bs. each were lashed to the floor of the boat. The 

 wind had dispelled the mist while we were stowing ballast, and 

 the unmistakable signs of heavy weather warned us to lea ve no 

 chance for shifting ballast. The rudder wttS Jashed SO iteottld 

 not jump from its fastenings, and as a precaution a steering oaf 

 wftsjashed to the Washboard; 8 

 VVbcTl W6 were ready to start the wind had f resheiied arid Was 



in . t( ?.J& e ? fe 9 s ''£ 0V i ahd i then, smothering a Broad space "of water 

 arotlfid her as she plunged into the sea with a tremehdbiis 

 swash. We got into our oil jackets id short order, for it promised 

 to be a wet day." A fleet of fishermen and two timber laden 

 coasters were working to windward on our .port quarter, crowding 

 the trembling mass of foam under their ponderous bows. A 

 few gulls were balancing themselves against, the streaming wiftd 

 as they snatched their breakfasts from the eurliilg w 2 |-,i. t. 

 Right ahead was a small ydolit wallowing.t,broueh the seas under 

 reefed fflmw a. l and fitayson with a .couple of fellows in. outers 

 geated to windwa and a, third crouched at the long curved tiller. 

 Rhe^vas the Athlon, Boston'. . 



We bowled along for two hours and then had to reef. Filling 

 away again, the Mona was pitching and flinging the green seas 

 in showers over the forward deck. The lee rail was awash, and 

 we were deliberating whether to put in another reef when the 

 wind began to abate. The bold coast line of Cape Ann was on 

 our starboard bow, and sheeting in the mainsail we rushed along, 

 both of us hanging out to windward, easing her to meet the 

 heavy puffs. The staunch little Mona mounted swiftly upward 

 with a steady heave upon the brow of a curling sea and then de- 

 scending into the green valley beyond showered Us with sprav- 

 WUI was laid out m anguish away up forward, moaning for a bit 

 of land to stand upon. The spray trickled upon his prostfatc 

 body and soaked him through and through, and He was supremelv 

 miserable. In a short time we. Were dp with Thatcher's aiirfrM 

 into smoother Water between it and Milk Island. Then Glpuces" 

 ter Harbor was ehtered, and With.bopms Wide out, we FaqSd hetoffe 

 wind and. .sea, up the reach. Many, vessels were coming and 

 going, toWboaxs puffed, about in quest of a job, a bark, scarred 

 wjf,h , signs ,o± a storm and hurling seas was smothering up the 

 harbor, evidently from some salt port the other side of the world 

 and a passenger steamer was just making her dock. We rowed 

 into the inner harbor, and just as we were entering a dock we 

 had no end of trouble with a tugboat doing its bast to hack out 

 Her rapidly revolving screw filled the narrow space with boiling 

 waves, which set our oars flourishing like a pair of knitting 

 needles in the hands of an expert and nearly dislocated our necks 

 Making fast we visited Higgins & Giff ord's boat shop, where the 

 famous dories Centennial, Nautilus and Dark Secret were con- 

 ceived and put into shape. Then we climbed into the sanctum of 

 the Daily Breeze, were reported and had a chat with Manager 

 Haskell. We never let the chance go by to visit a newspaper 

 office, for we are both newsmongers by trade. 



The wind moderated after dinner and we ran out of the harbor, 

 passed the Cut and in an hour were off Magnolia, and in a short 

 time dropped anchor in front of the Masconomo House, Mam 

 Chester. Here we spent the night, and next morning set sail fof 

 Salem Harbor. At 9 we were up with Baker's Island, and sped 

 by the Misery, and five miles more run out astern found the Mona 

 under the Beverly bridges bound Under oars up the North River 

 to Danversport to visi t a canoeist frieud. Then dropping down 

 the muddy stream we crossed Beverly Harbor and landed at, Jtmi= 

 per Point, and did some flirting with t he best portion of a picnic- 

 the girls. 



Again under sail, Marblehead Harbor was reached after Pars- 

 ing Bass River, Naugus Head and Lowell island, five miles sea- 

 ward, and we anchored for the night, A large fleet of yachts were 

 in the harbor, most of them cruising-. A storm was bfewmg, and 

 we rowed into the southern end of the harbor, close to the beach, 

 and anchored the Mona bow and stern, not caring to have niif 

 slumber disturbed by the promehaders on the beacbu There was 

 no rain, but when evening came it Was black as pitch. The rid- 

 ing lights on the yachts seemed like flickeringsoarkSiandt.be 

 numerous light towers m sight sent their strong rays far out 

 across the water. About 10 o'clock the wind began to rise! ahd 

 then the myriad of anchor lights were reeling ahd staggering 

 ■with a sweeping movement further down the hat hoi- where the 

 waves rolled in around the Neck. We could hear the tide swash 

 against the sides of our snug quarters, but there was ho niotion- 

 we were so completely sheltered from the Wind, whiOb shrieked" 

 oyer us with guat after gust, We were lulled to sleep by the sob- 

 bing of the ripples and nil occasional jar of our swinging" rudder 



We were away early next day in company with a dozen small 

 fry bound to Boston. It was a beautiful morning with just enough 

 wind for comfortable sailing. Will was as chipper as a lark, his 

 penchant toward sea sickness having left him with the run across 

 Ipswich Bay in the northeaster. It was a perpetual regatta and 

 I will say that the Mona was in the thickest of the bunch. 'Egg 

 Rock and Nahant were left astern and an hour was put in at 

 Revere Beach. Then w T e headed for Boston with plenty of small 

 craft all around us. We had a chat with a canoeist from Lynn 

 and he informed me there was nothing that could whip a dory 

 running off the wind, but to windward they were no good. That 

 nettled me. and shooting into the wind I asked him to pr ve it. 

 We beat him badly, so badly that he left us to bear off the palm 

 while he hunted up his club house. Lynn yachtsmen, I mean 

 Corinthians, own several of these sailing dories. Thev are sloop- 

 rigged, and one at least is a flyer, for we saw her coming up the 

 harbor past Nahant at a great rate. But the bowsprit, boom and 

 gaff are unfit for a cruiser like the Mona,. They are always in the 

 way when not wanted, more especially in portages, and when it is 

 desirable to put up the tent for a night afloat. 



Going into Boston Harbor we met a number of the Brew T ster 

 family, and a numerous, dangerous family they are in a thick 

 night, when sleet and rain obscure Boston Light, and the howl- 

 ing gale drowns the hoarse note of the warning horn. We were 

 out of our direct course, but it mattered little as there was plenty 

 of daylight, left. Will seized our fog horn, blew and puffed out 

 his cheeks like two red balloons that threatened to sail away with 

 him, doing his prettiest to salute an excursion steamer; but the 

 reed in the horn had rusted, and wouldn't work, and the merrv 

 passengers had a good laugh at our expense. Boston Harbor has 

 bepn so often pictured m ink that I won't force my feeble des- 

 criptive powers. We sailed through the maze of ferrv boats, 

 ocean steamers and schooners, passed under the railroad'bridges 

 into the Mystic, which we followed till dark, and then turned 

 into our cabin, and slept, not "as the tired eauoeist only can", 

 but uneasily, till dawn. A cup of coffee braced us up for the row 

 and carries which brought us to Winchester about noon. \n 

 express wagon, greased with a $2 bill, landed the Mona in the 

 pond in front of my house, and the cruise in a dory was a memory 

 of things that were. Geo. S. Hudson. 



ADDRESSES OF CORRESPONDENTS.-We have constant 

 inquiry for the addresses of our correspondents from readers 

 who wish to write to them. We do not give such addresses with- 

 out express permission, but in all cases we will forward letters 

 addressed to our care. 



IANTHE C. C— The first annual dinner of the lanthe C. C. was 

 held on March 3, at Morretti's restaurant. New York, about 30 

 members and guests being present. The evening Was passed very 

 pleasantly with songs aud stories after the dinner, several very 

 good poems being read. 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP.- Atlantic Division; Chas. Le Sassier, 

 Jr., New Orleans, La. Eastern Division; Paul B, Morgan, Wor- 

 cester. 



