June 13, 1889.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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the benefit of the, wind. Indeed, a match with the wind against 

 the birds is seldom, if ever, allowed in England, the traps being 

 changed promptly, in accordance with the direction of the wind. 

 The general rule that governs all the shooters in England is to 

 load not over 4drs. powder and IV40Z. shot, and to hold the gun 

 just as the shooter pleases. This is susceptible of explanation. 

 The. shooter goes to the traps, has the privilege of taking aim, and 

 can hold the gun to his shoulder or not, as he pleases. This rule 

 is followed everywhere, and the idea of holding the gun below the 

 elbow until the bird is on the wing, is laughed at by English 

 sportsmen. The gauge of gun is limited to a 12, and any weight 

 not over 81bs. I did hot see a 10-gauge gun in use. and only a few 

 at the gun stores, where 1 was told they were used for duck shoot- 

 ing. I told them that tens were used "a great deal in the United 

 States, not, only at the trap, but in the field, and that many sports- 

 men thought that eights, sixes and fours were the proper things 

 for ducks, at which much surprise and amazement were mani- 

 fested, and the expression was made, "We would call that punt- 

 ing!" The punt gun is a big gun mounted on a swivel, and used 

 principally by sailors who hunt ducks, and want to get enougl 

 game with one or two discharges to last for a week! 



Yo,u ask me which guns stand at the head in England? The 

 Purdev is first in workmanship, the Greener gun first in shooting 

 qualities; Riley of Oxford street stands very high. W. & C. Scott 

 & Son are not recognised in London, and it is well known that 

 their trade is principally among Americans, with whom, it is 

 undei 'Stood, their guns have given satisfaction. The guns of 

 London makers are considered far ahead of all others made in 

 England; Birmingham manufacturers, with one or two excep- 

 tions, are not classed with anything but rubbish. This is prob- 

 ably a little too severe, as Westley Richards, who is a Birming- 

 ham maker, undoubtedly turns out a good gun. 1 saw only one 

 Westley Richards gun in use during my shooting througho. t 

 England, and was told that most of their guns were made for 

 foreign trade. Clabrough is another one of the unknown guns in 

 England with an American reputation. I could say more that 

 might be interesting, but I do not want to be considered personal. 

 A nuiuoer of prominent English gun makers are exceedingly 

 clever mechanics of means in London, who have shops connected 

 With their residences, and employ from ten to fifteen workmen, 

 and only turn otvt guns to order, putting any name on the gun 

 that is desired. Thus thousands of gnns are turned out by these 

 expert mechanics, and named To suit the whim or wishes of the 

 purchaser. With the exception of the Oolt Company (which has 

 - a stoie in London), the American gun3 are comparatively un- 

 known, not only in London but throughout England. Our system 

 of manufacture is laughed at as being rough, clumsv and defec- 

 tive in nearly every respect. Our guns are called" clubs. This 

 criticism is on a par with the wholesale condemnation of tue Bir- 

 mingham makers. 



MASSACHUSETTS STATE SHOOT. 



THE Massachusetts State Shooting Association will hold its 

 tenth annual summer tournament on the grounds of the Ja- 

 maica Plain Gun Club, Clarendon Hills, Mass., June 17 and 18 

 Shooting on the regular programme will begin promptly at 9 

 o'clock A. M. on each day as follows: 



Monday, June 17.— 1. Individual Subscription. 6 clay-pigeons, 

 entrance 50 cents. 2. Individual Subscription, 6 bluerocks, en- 

 trance 50 cents. 3. Grand Championship, for the. individual chal- 

 lenge gold badge of the Association, f L 

 optional 

 straight 

 bluerockj, , 



amateur team gold badge of the Association, 6 clay-pigeons and 

 5 bluerocksper man, open to any number of teams of 5 men from 

 each club oelonging ro the Association, entrance free, optional 

 sweepstakes. 7. Individual Subscription, 5 pairs bluerocks, en- 

 entrance 50 cents. 8. Grand Championship, for the glass ball 

 team gold badge of the Association, 10 blue rocks per man. open 

 to any nutnher of teams of 5 men each belonging to the Associa- 

 tion, entrance tree, optional sweepstakes. 9. Individual Sub- 

 scription, 5 pairs clay-pigeons, entrance 50 cents. 10. Individual 

 Subscription, bluerocks at 21vds., miss and out, entrance .50 cents 

 Tuesday. June 18.— 11. Individual Subscrintion, G clay-pigeons, 

 entrance 50 cents. 12. Individual Subscription. bluerocks, en- 

 trance 50 cents. 115. Grand Championship for the Ligowsky gold 

 badge and the individual clay-pigeon championship of the Asso- 

 ciation, 15 single clay-pigeons per man, entrance free, optional 



challenge gold badge of the Association. Sclav-pigeons and 7 blue- 

 rocks, entrance free, optional sweepstakes. 17. Individual Sub- 

 scription, 6 single and 2 pairs bluerocks, entrance 50 cents. 18. 

 Grand Championship at clay-pigeons, for the team gold hadge of 

 the Association, open to any number of teams of 5 men each from 

 each club belonging to the Association, 10 birds per man, entrance 

 free, option sweepstakes. 19. Individual Subscription. 6 blue- 

 rocks, entrance SO cents. 20. Individual Subscription,clay-pigeons 

 at 2£yds., miss and out, entrance 50 cents. 



The Association will donate two valuable prizes, suitably in- 

 scribed, to the shooter in his respective class making the best 

 average for the two days in shooting at 50 clay-pigeons and 50 

 bluerocks each day. In case of ties, 10 birds per man till won. 



A meeting of the delegates will be held on the evening of the 

 17th. Chas. Hartwell, Sec'y, Gardner, Mass. 



N. Y. SUBURBAN SHOOTING GROUNDS ASSOCIATION - 

 Claremont, .lersey City.— June 8.— Lefever trophy, match at 35 

 singles, 25 ceuts entry; 



Johnson 1111011111111111011111111—23 



Richards 1110100110001001010001000—10 



Collins 1111111111011011111101111—22 



Hathaway J 0101 imioioi l 1 ?cuil0100J— 10 



Nixon 101 1000311 101 1] 00100001 00—11 



Allen 011000 1 0111 1 0! 1100001000— 11 



Fox lOOllUUHllTOlOHlIUiO— 20 



King 10111101101001 .10010110011— 15 



Dittmar llllOOlOOOiilOoOllllOllOlO— 13 



I'r iu ai e 111111 001 111 1 H1101111H1— 22 



Zorn 011111 1 111 Oil 00 1 11 1 100110-18 



Jersey 1101111101111i011iillill0-21 



Sweeps, 10 singles, 50 cents entry, all ties div. No. 1: 



Johnson 1111111111—10 Richards 1100100010— 4 



Jersey 1101110111— 8 Hathaway 1010000010— 3 



Collins OOOOOillOl- 9 Allen 1101011001— 5 



King 1101111111- 9 



No. 2: 



Johnson .1111111111— 10 Richards 1001110111— 7 



Jersey UOOliOlOl— 6 Hathaway 1111111101— 9 



Collins 1111111111—10 Allen 1111001100- 6 



King 1111101011- 8 



No. 3: 



Johnson 1111111111-10 King 1000110000— 3 



Jersey 1111111110— 9 Richards 1011000100— 4 



.Collins. . . . : 0111011111- 8 Hathaway 1010111001- 6 



No. 4: 



Johnson 1111111101— 9 Collins 0111HU11— 9 



.Jersey 1100011010— 5 Hathaway 1111001110— 7 



King ...1111110111— 9 Allen 0101110111— 7 



Johnson and Collins div. first on shoot oil. 



No. 5, same: Johnson 8, Jersey 10, Collins 8, King 5, Hathaway 

 JO, Allen 5. 



No. 5: Johnson 8, Jersey 10, Collins 8, King 5, Hatha wav 10 

 Allen 5. 



No. 6: Johnson 8, Jersey 9, Collins 8, King 6, Pringle 10, Hatha- 

 away 4, Zorn 4, Allen 9. 



No. 7: Johnson 9, Jersey 10, Zorn 6, Collins 9, Dittmar 7 

 Pringle 7. Second divide. 



No. 9: Johnson 8, Jersey 8, Pringle 6, Collins 6. Hathawav 9 

 Evans 6, Dittmar 6, Allen 5. Collins won third on shoot off. ' 



BATON. N Y., June 8— Eaton Gun Club. Match at Id single 

 kingbirds. 3 traps, 18yds., for badge: 



Richardson.. ..001011110101111-10 Bell 111000000110100— 6 



Peet 111111111111111-15 Briggs 000001000110010- 4 



Haniliu 000100101000011- 5 Stone 10000000010H 10- 5 



Curtis 011101111101110-11 Short 101111001101111— 11 



Peet won badge on 15 straight. Five pairs doubles: 



Richardson 11 11 10 11 11-9 Briggs 10 01 10 10 00-3 



Peet 10 00 11 10 10-5 Stone 10 10 10 00 10-4 



Hamlin 00 10 00 10 01-3 Short 00 10 10 10 10-4 



Bell 00 11 10 10 10-5 



The most fun of the day was when Richardson and Curtis chose 

 sides, o pairs kingbirds: 



.Richardson.. 11 00 11 10 10-6 Curtis 00 00 01 10 00—2 



Short 10 10 10 10 10—5 Peet 11 10 11 U 00-7 



Briggs 00 10 10 00 10-3 Bell 11 10 11 11 01-8 



Stone 10 10 10 00 00-4-18 Hamlin 00 10 00 00 00-1-18 



The tie not shot off. 



Every week we are obliged to defer to the next 

 week trap scores which come in too late for pub- 

 lication in the current issue. It is particularly re- 

 quested that scores be sent us as early as possible. 



POMPTON PLAINS, N. J.— The animal "shaking up 1 ' of the old 

 residenters, who quietly while away the time in solid enjoyment, 

 of the beauties with which nature has surrounded their homes so 

 snugly located on the Plains, was celebrated by the Pequannneks, 

 the local gun club, on Thursday, May "0, By a little extra labor 

 and expense the event was announced through circular*, which 

 brought together young and old— shooters and lookers on— by 

 wagon, on foot, cross lots and other unknown ways, until a hun- 

 dred people, were enjoying the sport, and backing some favorite 

 shooter with a dime or quarter that had lain dormant since a year 

 ago. It is amnsing and as good as a ciicus to attend such an 

 event, and witness the jolly good feeling among all present. But 

 woe be to that class whose ambition to "scoop the pile" and un- 

 willingness to divide a small prize with a whole-souled shooter 

 manifest I hemselves at such places— all such can get accommo- 

 dated on the spot, and generally return home wiser, but poorer. 

 The day opened with light rains, which prevented some from get- 

 ting out in the morning, but as the old hills echoed back the sound 

 of the guns at ten o'clock, and the mist cleared away, thej began 

 to gather from far and from near. The puffy winds of the after- 

 noon made the bats very orratic. and, as many of the shooters had 

 never seen a bat thrown from the trap, thoy were bothered some 

 in their efforts to find them. The following events and scores will 

 show the day's doiugs: 



First event, 10 Loekport balls: 



Taylor 1101101111— 8 Demorest 1011101000- „ 



Smith 1111101011- 8 Ford 1111111111-10 



Clark 0100000100- 3 Card 1111111111-10 



(•urtis 1010000000- 2 Gormley 0011001111— 



All ties divided. 



Second event, 10 bats: 



Taylor.. Ill 1110011- 8 Card 0010110111— (5 



Smith 0101110011- Kahart 1111111010- 8 



Post 1000001001- 3 Perry 1100001011- 5 



Kiersted 1110111111- 9 Cook 1111000001— 5 



Mead 0110000111- 5 Ford 1111111111-10 



Gormley 0110010000— 3 Curtis 0111011010— (5 



Demorest 0000010100- 2 All ties divided. 



Third event, 5 balls: 



Van Saun 11011—4 Card 11110—4 



Hopper 00000 -0 Cook 10111—4 



Fourth event, 5 balls: 



Hopper 00000-0 Perry 11001—3 



Van Saun 00011—2 



Fifth event, prize shoot No. 1, 10 balls, entrance 25 cents; first 

 prize, 351bs. shot; second, 3lbs. powder; third, 100 shells; fourth, 

 500 wads: 



Ford 1111111101— 9 Kiersted 1011111011— 8 



Taylor 0111111101— 8 Kahart 0101110111— 7 



Smith 0111111111— 9 Card ,.,..1111111111-10 



Curtis 1101111101- 8 Cook 1111111111-10 



Post 0101110101— Gormley 0101010110- 5 



Mead 0011111100— 6 Perry 0001111111- 7 



First, second and third divided, ti^s on 7 won by Kahart. 



Sixth event, prize shoot No. 2, 15 hats, entrance 50 cents; first 

 prize, 221bs. turkey; second, pair fowls; third, $1 cash; fourth, 50 

 cents cash: 



Ford 010111111101100-10 Kahart 011110001001001- 7 



Smith 100110010001U1- 8 Card 000110111011110- 9 



Taylor 00101111 111 11 01-11 Gorinlev 101100100010011— 7 



Mead 110100001101111- 8 Dcmarest 100100000101)11- 7 



Kiersted OOOOlli 0111)100— 7 Curtis 11 000001 01 OH ill- 7 



Post mooionidioo— o c->ok 100110111111011— 11 



Doremus lUOllOOlllllll-12 Perry 0001 11 1001 11001- 8 



Clark 11 1000100001 001- (i Stanley 010110100000101- 6 



Ties on 11 for second won by Taylor; on 9 for fourth by Post 

 Seventh event, 5 halls: 



Card 01101-3 Curtis 11101-4 



Demorest 00101—2 Cook 10111—4 



Smith OOOOO-O Ties div. 



Eighth event, 5 pairs hats: 



Taylor 01 10 11 11 11- 8 Ford 11 11 11 11 11— 10 



Smith -01 10 11 11 U- 8 Curtis 00 01 11 00 11- 5 



Clark 11 10 10 01 11— 7 Ties div. 



Ninth event, 5 balls: 



Curtis 01111-4 Van Vorhees 10111—4 



Targets used: Balls 282, broke 187, per cent 66 3 , . Bats 440, 

 broke 2b2, per cent 80— Fohd, Newark, N. J. 



MONTGOMERY, Pa., June 6.— The second annual shoot and 

 barbecue oi the Capital City Gun Club took place at Jackson's 

 Lake to-day. A large number of visitors were present from dif- 

 ferent, sections of the State and the shooting was good all round. 

 The team match was as follows, 4 from each club, $20 entrance 

 double birds, 2iyds. rise: 



Clanton Team. Montgomery Shooting Club. 



Foshee. . . 10 01 00 11-4 S Westcott 11 11 10 11-7 



Callen 10 00 10 11-2 Dickerson 11 00 11 00-4 



HCallen 10 01 10 10-4 Frazier 11 00 10 10-4 



Gallahern 11 10 10 10-5-15 W H Taylor. . . .11 10 10 10-5-20 



Dallas Gun Club Fort Deposit Gun Club. 



Field 10 11 11 10-6 Rogers 10 01 01 10-4 



Norris 11 01 10 10-6 Weaver 01 11 11 10—6 



Pettus 00 10 00 11 3 Tyson 00 00 11 11-4 



Hosker 00 11 10 11-5-20 Walker 00 00 10 10-2-1C 



Loundes Gun Club. Capital City Club. 



Robinson 11 11 10 00-5 Abercromhie. . .01 11 11 10-6 



Russell 11 11 00 11-6 R Holte 10 11 10 11-6 



Curtis 00 11 11 00-4 Roberts 01 10 11 11-6 



Haynes 00 11 00 10-3-18 B Holt 11 01 01 11-6-24 



Birmingham Team. Snowdown Club. 



Ceesly 10 11 11 (X)— 5 Mastin.... 10 11 11 10-6 



Warren 00 (X) 00 00 - Leigh 10 00 00 10-2 



Enbank 010110 10-5 Olen 1110 10 10-5 



the Dallas and Montgomery clubs. 



SPRINGFIELD, N. J., June S.-Scores made by the Union Gun 

 Club at its sixth monthly badge and prize shoot held on its grounds 

 here this afternoon. Twelve of the members faced the traps and 

 found that the targets to be used were Ligowsky clav-pigeons, 

 and thrown as far and as hard as it was possible to make the traps 

 do. The boys caught on first rate, as the following scores will 

 show. The shooting off of the ties was quite exciting, Conover 

 having to break 49 out of 50 before claiming {lie Keystone trophy 

 But he got there all the same. Following are the scores, 18yo s. : 



Miller.. 111111111111110111111011111111- -.^ 



Johnson 111111111111111111111101111111—29 



Conover limilllllllirilJllllllllllOl-29 



Ron , uiiiiiimoimiQiiiiioiiim-27 



A Sickley 111110111111000011111111111111— 25 



H Sayre llllllinoilllOlllOllllOiin 11— 29 



Williams llllioiimiiiiiuimimuno-:7 



Terry 111111111110111000111111111110-25 



G Pudney , OllOlllllOOKXM 101111111111011-22 



Dumcan 11 01 HllOOnOlllOiUOlll J i 1 1 1 —83 



Eager .11 01111101 1 1001111 1 1 101110011 0-22 



Riggott 1111111111 1101110111111 101111 1-27 



Ties shot off on 29: Johnson missed his 19th and Conover won 

 with 20 straight. Miller 2d. On 3d, at 5 each. Roll 3, Williams 

 and Riggott 5 straight; Williams 4 and Riggott 5 and won 3 f 

 Sayre 1th. On 5th at 5 each, Sickley 4, Terry 3. Duuiean 6th On 

 7th at 5, Pudney and Eager 4 each, then Pudney 5 and Eager 4 

 Next match July 1.— 12-Bore. 



WILLIMANTIO, CONN., ROD AND GUN CLUB, June 4 - 

 Fifth shoot for merchandise prizes, 15 bluerocks, 5 traps, and 10 

 Ligowsky clay birds, 3 traps, 18yds.: 



- , B.R. Lig. Tl. B.R. Lig. Tl. 



Dunham 13 9 22 Thompson 8 8 16 



Ross 10 10 20 Alpaugh 8 8 16 



Culverhouse 13 7 20 Smith 6 8 14 



Webb 12 7 19 Larrabee 7 7 14 



Crane 11 7 18 Clark 7 6 13 



JMaefarlane 11 7 18 Alford 4 7 11 



Taft 10 7 17 Johnson 5 4 



Baldwin 10 6 16 



BREWER'S CHALLENGE. — John L. Breweris out with a gen- 

 eral challenge to all shooters as follows: This fall, when the birds 

 B ?M?!? od ' 1 Wl11 shoot, any man in America or in the world a race 

 gU, 00 °J 300 D1 V ds ' 30 or Szyds- rise, London Gun Glub rules, for 

 $500 a side, match to be shot under the auspices of the Mercer 

 Gun Club, Middlesex Gun Club or .Suburban Shooting Associa- 

 tion, or any other organization of equal prominence. I want to 

 give every champion a chance to meet me, and I don't bar anv 

 one. * 



BROOKLYN, June 8.— The Fountain Gun Club is old in years 

 yet ever young m good works and encouragement of shooting. 

 h or the present year it has a rush of prizes, and at the meeting 

 of the club last week no less than six valuable prizes were offered 

 The first prize for the best marksmen of the season was given bv 

 Mr. Abel Crook, a Parker hammerless gun, especially designed for 

 the club members, being a No. 12 gauge and weighing onlv seven 

 and one-half pounds, costing about $100. The second prize is a 

 handsome hand-painted medallion scarf pin byBierstadt, the sub- 

 iect being a quail just found by the dog. It was presented by Mr 



C. N. Wingert. For the third prize Mr. J. Beacham gave a piece 

 of solid silver of a design known to sportsmen. Mr. Augustus W. 

 Phelps, who has already donated a handsome club flag, gave a 

 championship medal for competition by the members of the club, 

 the winner of the most shoots at toe end of the season to claim 

 the ownership. Mr. John H. Sawyer, the late president of the 

 club, who has just recovered from a severe attack of sickness, 

 presented to the club, as a special member's prize for the July 

 shoot, a handsome solid silver tankard by Tiffany & Co., of New r 

 York, with a wish that one of the old men would win it and keep 

 it as a memento of the Fountain Gun Club. Several other mem- 

 bers present signified their intention to donate prizes at each 

 shoot of the year, so that the momiiera will have a strong induce- 

 ment to shoot for them. No one member will he permitted to 

 take a second prize. The Seddons medal, which has been com- 

 peted for during the past season, has not yet been awarded. The 

 late secretary, Mr. 0. Lange, and the present secretary, Mr. John 

 Carney, have the disposal of the emblem, and their decision will 

 be given at the next meeting. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., June 8.— Several clean scores were 

 made to-day in the sweepstake matches of the Wellington Gun 

 Club, and in the silver pitcher match at 8 clay-pigeons and 7 

 bluerocks Bond and Field were tied with 14 each, and in the 

 shoot-off Bond won. In this match the following scores were 

 made: Roxton, Choate, Chase, Meloher, Schaefer anil Baxter 13 

 each. Snow and Swift 12 each, Bradbury, Stanton, Dill and 

 Chapin 11 each. Warren 10, Short and Snow 9 oach, VVetherbee 7. 

 The scores in the merchandise match wcro as follows: Schaefer 

 and Field 15 each, Sanborn and Chapin 14 each, Bond, Chase and 

 Snow 13 each, Stone and Warren 12 each, Dill and Bradbury 11 

 each, Robinson and Coy 10 each, Meloher and Stanton 13, Swift. 

 14. The winners in the sweepstake matches were as follows: Six 

 bluerocks: Chase. Five clay-pigeons: Bradbury. Five clav-pigeons: 

 Bradbury, Baxter and Choate. Six bluerocks: Chase. Five clay- 

 pigeons: Baxter and Perry. Six bluerocks: Choate. Seven blue- 

 rocks: Bond. Eight clay-pigeons: Chase and Swift. Five clav- 

 pigeons: Warren, Stanton and Snow. Six bluerocks: Warren 

 and Bowker. Five clay-pigeons: Stone, Chapin, Schaefer, Swift 

 and Warren. Six bluerocks: Dill. At a meeting of the directors 

 of the Wellington Gun Club this afternoon, Messm. Perrry aud 

 Snow were chosen delegates to attend the annual meeting of the 

 Massachusetts State Shooting Association at Youug'a Hotel, 

 Juno 17. 



SMALL BORES AHEAD— Kansas City, Mo., June l.-The 

 great State shoot has drawn to a close, and some fine work has 

 been done. J. H. McGee of the Sixteen Club, Kansas Citv, won 

 the big medal with his little 10-gauge yesterday against sixty-four 

 competitors, killing 10 straight and 14 out of 15 on the tie shoot. 

 This is a great victory for small bores over the "spatter guns."— 

 Tile. 



NEW HAVEN. — Pres. Chas. B. Bristol issues an order thus: 

 "Attention battalion! You are hereby warned to appear on the 

 New Haven Gun Club grounds, armed and equipped as the law 

 directs, to shoot in the several events on July 4; Keystones, shoot - 

 ing at 9 o'clock A. M.— Chas. B. Bhistol, President." 



THE TEAM FOR ENGLAND.— Within ten days the team 

 which is to go from Massachusetts to measure shooting skill with 

 the British riflemen will be on the ocean carrying trusty rifles 

 and lots of skill and hope with them. The, team is a good one, 

 and it is understood to be practically the same which has repn- 



wicke of Devonshire as honorary secretary of the team while in 

 England. The gentleman has a splendid reputation, and will un- 

 doubtedly do the team full justice. The shooting engagements 

 are now complete, aud comprise Berkshire on July 2,' London 

 Rifle Brigade, July 3; South London, July 4; Sussex, July 5. and 

 either the Honorable Artillery Company or the Lincolnshire team 

 on July 6. The following two weeks will be devoted to individual 

 work at Wimbledon, where the team will be iu camp. Many 

 courtesies are being showered upon the team, a notable one being 

 the tendering of a handsome private car by the Loudon & North- 

 western Railway from Liverpool to London. Major Frost has 

 declined many offers of escort to the depot with thanks, prefer- 

 ring to slip away without demonstration. He has been a quiet 

 hard worker all along, and for some time past the team has been 

 rolling up rattling big scores in private practice. 



FIXTURES. 



June. 



15- 17. Puritan, Annual Meet, 17. Puritan, Record Races. No.3. 



Nantasket. 22. N. Y. C. C. Annual, Staten 



15. Brooklyn Annual. Island. 



16- 17. South Boston, Local Meet, 29. Corinthian Mosquito Fleet 



Petticks Island. Larchmont. 



16. Puritan, Record;Races, No. 2. 



July. 



4. Puritan, Record Races, No. i. 10-22. Atlantic Division Meet. 

 13-29. W.C.A, Meet, Ballast I'd. 27. Yonkers, Annual, Youkers. 



AlTGtT8T. 



— . Peqnot Meet, Thimble Islands. 

 7-23. A. C. A. Meet, Sugar Island, St. Lawrence River. 



SEPTEMBER. 



8. Puritan, Record Races, No. 5. 14. lanthe, Annual, Newark. 



THE EASTERN DIVISION MEET, 



THE aunual meet of the Eastern Division of the A. C A will 

 he held at Calla Shasta, 4 miles below Springfield, Mass., on 

 the Connecticut River, on June 15-18. the races being on June 17 

 Meals can be had at a farmhouse by those not prepared to cook 

 and some extra tents and straw for bedding will be provided a' 

 launch will make regular trips between Howard street StJldne- 



Each one mile. The above to be one mile to windward or leeward 

 and return. 



Paddling races— 1. Classes A and B. Dscked, % mile straight- 

 away. 2. Class 1. Any canoe, % mile straightaway. 3. Tandem 

 Open canoes, single blades, 1 mile wi th a turn. 4. Hand-paddling 

 LCOydsr, 5. Tandem, decked canoes, 1 mile. 6. Upset. 250yds 7 

 Standing paddling. 300yds. The order of races will be announced* 

 as early as possible on race day, and will depend on wind and 

 weather. The usual rules will govern. 



R. E. Townsend, Chas. P. Nichols, John F. Sevin, Jr., 



Regatta Committee. 



DELAWARE RIVER MEET. 



THE camp of the Delaware River canoeists broke up on June 2 

 and though the weather had been very unfavorable during 

 the wole week, it having rained every day of the camp, about 30 

 experienced canoeists remained in camp the most of the week 

 and others came and went. 



It being too unpleasan t for sailing and cruising a good part of 

 the time, a good many plans were concocted to keep the ball roll- 

 ing. Upon one day the boys disguised themselves in as m-iny in- 

 genious costumes as the camp could provide, a striking one being 

 the camp ghost, made up with a model of a skull upon t he hearer's 

 head and draped artistically with one of the dude camper's sheets 

 This was a most appalling sight, as a good many of the natives 

 will testify who saw it at nignt, illuminated by green light* 

 parading the town, headed by buglers playing a most solemn air' 

 A good many of the races were cancelled, but the most important 

 were held. The unlimited was sailed in a little gale, as the fol- 

 lowing schedule will show. Mr. Bair, of the Mersey C. C. Eng- 

 land, viewed the races on Decoration Day. " ".' 

 The events were as follow: 



Start 2 P. M., Unlimited Sailing, 3 miles.— First prize silvpr 

 pitcher; second, silver cup; 



Naomi, Wm. Roberts ...Q. C. C. C Stamped Actual * 



Fern, F. Geizer R. p c. C Disabled. ' 



Valesca, H. Kreamer R. I). <J. C. Upset 



Bubble, F. Seigler Trenton .2 53 00 53 00 



Puzzle, J. A. Barten Q. C. 0. C Hwamped. 



Cigarette, F. W. Noyes R. D. C. C 2 42 00 42 00 



Malta, E. H. Barton Q. C. C. C Withdrew 



♦Lassie, H. La Motte It. D. C. C. .... .... linarew ' 



* Lassie stopped to help Naomi, who was sinking, 



