OOT. 4, 1888. j 



FORfiSf AND STREAM. 



TORONTO, Sept. 29.— The following are the scores in the tw 

 days Owl Gun Glub tournament, which was finished to-day: 

 First Class. 



A-Ellis 111111111111111-15 G Carruthers..OlOH 1010101111—10 



J Butler 0101111 0011103— 9 J Douglas U1010101101110-10 



OJLo'ideu 10 1 101010 11111—10 W Rice 001101101111111—11 



W Humphrey. 10;ilj01lllll10— 12 H Humphrey. .000111010010111— 8 

 V Vau Ylack..llimillll0iC0-12 * 

 S<?o ud Class. 



ASTymon....ll1lllll 1 00m0— 12 F Peterson .. .010011100111011— P 



GKemp aOOOinminoi U — 8 W T Stewart. .11000:011110111— 10 



BLoigbottom.OlOllllOllOiOll— 10 W Clark 11111000:011001—9 



W Lush 011100.01111001- 9 C B Harrison. .11111110lll0i00-ll 



W Smith lllltlOUOiOjOl— 11 W McDowell. .111010011111011-11 



Third Class. 



A Austin 10010:0111-6 R McKay 1001010111-6 



JFitz^immons 1100010111— ft W Beatty.... 1101100010-5 



Fourth Class. 



J Lenox 1010011110-6 



PITTSBURG, Pa , Sept. 26. -There was a live pigeon match to- 

 day between Miss Anuie Oaklev and John L watt, of Allegheny; 

 it took place at Exposition Park before a few invited guests. Wm. 

 McCrickart, of the Htrron Hill Gun Club, acted as referee, and 

 8. 8. D. Tuompson as trap puller. Miss Oaklev won the contest, 

 killing 26 birds out of 30 at 25yds. rise. Mr. Lovatt killed 17 out of 

 88 hjrds at 30yds. The wind was strong and the birds good. 

 : W. GRAHAM, th<> celebrated English shot, and L. S. Carter, of 

 Hammond, 111., have been matched to shoot at St. Louis, Oct. 6. 

 *Phe stakes will be $200 a side, 100 birds each, with ground traps. 



and 

 at 



.~«20 

 and Greene 14. 



BROOKLYN, Sept. 28.-The members of the Glenmore Rod ano? 

 Grin Ciuo had a splendid day's shooting at Dexter Park to-day. 

 Seventeen went to the trap to shoot for the Midas diamond badge 

 -aun an elegant table decoration in the form of a cake basket given 

 by Mr. Caarles Magee as a flrst prize. The full score of shoot as 



T. F Edgerton (29) 1111110-6 W Linnington (25) 1111011-C 



|W Sclover (28) 1111110 -6 J D Bennett (25) HllJOl-6 



|J Bennett &i) lllliU-T C Craft (25) 1111110-6 



J Ocbs (:;6). 1111111-7 J Y Van Wicklen (28). . 1111111-7 



E Helgane(29) 1010100-3 George U Forbell (28) . . 1 111011-6 



|W Lewis (2o) 1100111—5 W Bennett (23) lUO'01-5 



P Sutter (29) 1110011-5 M J Bonrke (25) 1111111-7 



[£\? n Er eale (26) 1101111-6 E Scheillein (24) 0111111-8 



'C Magee (25) 0010111—4 



I Ties for badge and first prize won by J. Bennett. 

 L SPRINGFIELD, N. J., Sept. 29.— A very pretty little team race 

 between six of tae Union Gun Club boys was shot here this atter- 

 noon, and although Johnson, Roll and Conover were badly beat n 

 according to the ether side, they are still game, and have named 

 toext Saturday for the return matcti, and we hope that our opp"- 

 Jieuts are not so set up t hey will fail to come to the scratch. M 1- 

 Jer, the champion of the Chamberlin 00 class, was on hard, and 

 ^liot a winning race from start to finish. His ne w anti-hot hand 

 protector bad undoubtedly something to do with his making 47. 

 Sopher, as usual, held up his end in great shape. Sicklev's 10- 

 hore Parker, with his little loads of Westminister C, somehow or 

 other seemed to get there just in time to leave only a spot of dust 

 of what was once a full-fledged bluerock. Something was evi- 

 dently the matter with Roll's Lefevr ,-, although be had it loaded 

 With plenty of deadshot and a handful of 6's, but the bell rang 

 long and often. Conover had just come up from the pond after 

 trying his hand at ducks, and seemed to find some difference he- 

 twee u i he flight of ducks and blue rocks. Johnson failed to catch 

 on the lefthanders once in a while. The conditions of the matches 

 lyere as follows: Best two out of three matches, the winners to 

 of shot apiece. First match at 50 bluerocks per man, 

 second, 50 clay-pigeons, third, 50 Lockport bat. Following is the 

 score of tne first match, screened trans: 



Scpher 1 11110111110011 II U1111011 11111111111 J 111111111111—45 



Sickiey niiiiioiiiooioiiiiiimnitanMiniiiimnmooii— 4i 



Mil ier in 1111 111111 1 1111 toimoii iimiimmmi 11011 1—47—133 



Roil liooioaioiouioiii 1 1 mioum 11 100111 iimmiooo-37 



Johnson. . . Homooioiiiiimiimiimiiiiuiioioimioiioii-42 



Conover. . . .111100110011111111 1011 1001 101110111001111110111111—38-117 

 NEW VOHk, N. Y.. Scot. 27.— Emerald Gun Club of New York- 



Dr Hudson (3m) 12U00O;00— 4 J Howara (21) 1011102012— 1 



11 Nichols (21) 0001 101000- 3 JR Voss (30) 11 222 ill 12— 10 



FSchraider (3 ) ...-'121101101— 8 M McMunn (30) ...0022110111— 7 

 JMeasel, Jr(3:j)....12 1 00112— 7 AMciiale (21).... . .0100001100— 3 



P J Keenan (25). ... 112120; 121— 9 G Hemsen (30) 1212110111— 8 



R Regan (25) 200 ti 00000- 3 L C Gehering 30). .0011112121— 8 



P Bcuz (30) 1001120101- 6 John Bade (25) 20220100.0— 5 



H Rubino (?5) 12i IZlOOU- 6 S McMahon (25). . . .021 020x010— 5 



N Measel (30) 02,2100 20- 5 J Klein (25) 00i2ull012— 6 



TMacKenna (25)...20:.'0i0200i— 5 



John H. Voss wins first prize (a gold medal) for third time, and 

 it becomes his personal property; P. J. Ketnan wins second prize 

 for the first time; John Howard wins third prize, for first time. 

 2 meaiin used second barrel.— T. T. MacKenna. 



NEW YORK SUBUBAN SHOOTING GROUNDS ASSOCIA- 

 TION. Office 2d. Broadway, New York, Sept. 20.— Editor Forest 

 and Stream: An erroneous impression regarding liability of 

 stockholders in New Y^rk Suburban Shooting Grounds Associa- 

 tion seems to prevail in the minds of some persons. 1 therefore 

 wish to say through the medium of your columns that the law 

 undf-r winch this association is organized limits stockholders' 

 liability to tae amount of their holding, so that after paving in 

 the amount of their subscription there is no further personal 

 liability.— Uhas. Richards, Pres. 



THE SOUTH SIDE GUN CLUB, of Newark, N. J., announces 

 for its winter season matches every Saturday at artificial targets, 

 shooting to commence at 2:30 P. M., elub rules to govern. En- 

 trance fees are from 15 cents to $1. For particulars address W. R. 

 Hooart. 



Lowell, Mass.. Sept. 25. 1 888. — U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass.: 

 Gentlemen— 1 used some paper shells on the coast of Maine last 

 week in a heavy fog and rain. We tried Eley Bros, and your 

 Climax shells. Yours were tne only ones which did not swell. 

 The priuieis were effective, no misses, and in every respect the 

 Climax paper shells were superior to the others." Very truly, 

 (Signed) Geo. J. Carney.— Adv. 



Canvas Canoes and how to Build Tnem.. By Parker B. Field. 

 Price 50 cents. Canoe and Boat Building. By W. P. Stephens. 

 Price $1.50. The Canoe Aurora. By C. A. Meide, Price $1. Canoe. 

 Handling. By C. B Vaux. Price $1. Canoe and Camera. By T. 

 S.Steele. Price 150. Four Months in a Snealrbox. By N. H. Bishop. 

 Price $1.50. Canoe and Camp Cookery. By "Seneca." Price $1. 



THE A. C. A. MEET OF 1888. 



(Continued f rom page 196.) 



ARRANGEMENT. 



NEXT to th* model, the most important detail of canoe design 

 is the division of the space in the canoe so as to best tit the 

 boat for som- specific purpose. The ordinary Class A or B canoe 

 is usually fitted for one of three ends— cruisiug only, bruising and 

 racing, or racing ..nly: and each year the dividing line b tween 

 the second aud third is more clearly drawn. The first canoes were 

 arrauged and fitted up solely for cruising, the space being divided 

 so as 10 give plenty 01 room for life ,<n board as well as for stow- 

 age of tae necessarv stores and clothing. With the growth of 

 s 1 iling aud the 1 iegii n ntr of canoe racing, new metho s of division 

 were i itroduccd, but st 11 plenty of space for man and stores was 

 preserved. Of late years, however, with the increase' of racing, a 

 hew method of arrangement, or, more properly, a lack of any 

 method, has come iu; making of the racing canoe nothing but a 

 sailing machine. Iu these canoes the flrst consideration is a light 

 hall, to attain which everything is sacrificed— no bulkheads, no 

 mast tubes, not even a ring in the stem or a cleat on deck. The 

 main feature in these boats is the center board, unlimited in size 

 and placed where it is most easy to obtain a good balauce of hull 

 and sails, regardless of crew or stowage space. Added to this the 

 well is either so ridiculously small as to prevent the man from 

 sitiiug below or paddling in comfort, or, on the other hand, it is 

 large, but unprotected oy hatches, subjecting the boat to t' e 

 danger of swamping in rou-sh water. We uo uot mean to say that 

 ah or even a majority of the racers at the meet possessed all of 

 these bad points at the same time; some had one and some an- 



CANOE FITTINGS. 



t Western Deck Seat. 2. Curved Deck Seat. 3. Barney Mizen Block. 4. Rushton Rudder Brace. 5. Butler Mizen Sheet Traveler. 



other, while some had two or three; but these features were the 

 prominent ones m the canoes present in the races. 



There were a numb, r of canoes whose owners kept them solely 

 for racing, cau es with standing rigs that must be stepped care- 

 fully beside a float, as the boats would not stand up under sail un- 

 less the crew was aboard, and that wuen afloat could be used for 

 no purpose save fast sailiug. In some cases the owners of these 

 boat were men who had absolutely no conception of canoeing as 

 it was flrst made known to the older canoeists through the writ- 

 ings of MacGregor and Baden-Powell; to whom the charms of 

 cruising, camping and canoe life wore a sealed book, and who 

 have takeu up the canoe because it was the most convenient form 

 of racing machine for their purpose. As long as canoe racing 

 remains m the hands of ihe men who love cruising, theie need be 

 no fear of a dangerous over-development of the sport, no matter 

 how keen the lacing may become; but in the hands of men who 

 never cruise, who never take an outing in their boats unless with 

 some one alongside to try their speed with, there is every danger 

 that the honest all-around canoe, the boat that has been perfected 

 in this country by such men as Vaux, Munroe, Gibson, Norton, 

 Bishop, Farnham, M >rse, Longworth and Wulsin, the canoe t at 

 has made American canoeing, will be replaced by a craft iu which 

 canoeing in its best and broadest sense is impossible. To 

 us, who learned canoeing long ago from the delightful 

 writings of the early canoeis's, and to whom the task of im- 

 proving the canoe and of extending canoeing has been a most 



ALBANY DROP RUDDER, 



pleasant and engrossing one for years, it is a disappointment to 

 see the entire current of thought and invention turned in the di- 

 rection of racing, to the neglectof cruising aud general canoeing. 

 It would be a good thing for some modern canoeists if they would 

 take up a course of aucient history this winter and read, in many 

 cases for the first time, with what care the first and second Rob 

 Roys were planned over twenty years since, or post themselves 

 on practical details from Baden-Powell's "Canoe Traveling," 

 published seventeen years since. 



In those days, and fortunately for many years after, the ques- 

 tion of arrangement was an all-important one; how to subdivide 

 the little ship so as to make her perfect in every department. 

 Given a canoe of 15 or 16ft. in length, and the average canoeist of 

 oft. 9 or 10in., the first point in a cruising craft is to secure 

 room for the canoeist by day, room to sit or recline in com- 

 fort, to stretch one's le^s, to cook or fish, if need be. This 

 demands at least 3ft. 9in. of the middle of the canoe, unob- 

 structed by a truuk above the floor. It is claimed on behalf of 

 tne new boats that the trunk, 30in. long and 6 or 7in. high, is not 

 in the way, as it is between the man's legs when seated, but how- 

 ever true this may be for an hour's paddle, it is not so when the 

 cauoe is used day after day on a cruise. In very short cruises, 

 Saturday night and Sunday or a day's run under sail, the crew is 

 mostly on deck and does not feel the need of room in the boat, but 

 let him be storm-bound for a day in some place where he is forced 

 to find shelter in his canoe aud under a canoe tent, aud he will be 

 ready to pitch hoard aud 1runk overboard before noon. In short, 

 it is ea3y enough to stow oneself away beside a board for a short 

 time, and when sailing on decu one does not need room below; 

 but for all real cruising the canoe must give ample leg room for 

 her crew, whatever his height may be. 



Not only must there be room for sitting in comfort, but for 

 sleep as well, in order that the canoe shall All til the uses of a 

 cruiser. Many dislike sleeping on board under any circumstances, 

 and in the main it is generally pleasaater to sleep on shore beside 

 the canoe, but at the same time there are many occasions in cruis- 

 ing when a better bed can be made on board under the canoe tent 

 than anywhere else. The minimum length for sleeping is about 

 6ft., but if the canoe be of good dimensions the feet can go under 

 the deck beside the trunk for a short distance, so that a space of 

 5ft. 6in. from after bulkhead to the after side of the trunk will be 

 sufficient as economy of length in this point is most important. 

 In addition to sitting and sleeping room, good stowage spaces are 

 necessary at the end, with bulkheads and openings of some kind, 



so that bedding, tent, stores, etc., can be carried in such places as 

 to be accessible when under way. 



Besides the space within the boat, the size of the opening in 

 the deck, the well, is most important, in order to sleep below it 

 is necessary to have movable hatches over the after part of the 

 wed, and one is also nee led ax the fore end. In sleepmg the well 

 must be open for a length of 5ft. cr more; in paddling or sailing 

 in rough water the, well must be nearly covered by a secure and 

 watertight hatch: and in shippiug it must be entirely covered. 

 The positions of the minor details, mast tubes, deck hatches, foot 

 gear, etc., are all most important when comfort aud safety in 

 cruising are considered, aud were once matters of serious study 

 and trial. In many boats to-dav, however, these details are dis- 

 pensed with as far as possible, and where they must be retained 

 they are placed solely with a view to speed under sail. It is no 

 easy problem to arrange a canoe so that the fore and aft trim will 

 be correct when the crew is seated in the position which gives 

 him the greatest control of the boat when sailing, and also per- 

 mits of room for sitting and sleeping, retaining this trim when 

 light for racing as weU as when loaded for a cruise, and at the 

 same time to keep the center of lateral resistance of both hull 

 and board in a position where it will give the best results under 

 such a rig as is suitable for a cauoe Whether it is possible to 

 give a canoe the necessary cruising features without, in any way 

 impairing her speed, is an open question, and it is likelv to remam 

 so as long as men are not < oliged to look for a solution of it, but 

 can dodge it entirely by the simple method of ignoring cruising 

 eihireh and building boats that are fitted and used only for rac- 

 ing. If a man does not care to cruise there is no power in the 

 Association to make him do so, and if ne wants to race it is the 

 duty of the Association to aid him in racing as well as cruising; 

 but not to an extent that will in any way hinder the development 

 of the cruising canoe and the extension of canoe traveling. If it 

 be necessary, let there be races for canoes without any limits 

 save the essential ones of length and breadth, but at the same 

 time the rules should be so framed as to keep the majority of the 

 races open to the canoe that in build, arrangement, fittings and 

 rig is a cruiser as well as a racer. Last winter we spoke strongly 

 on this same subject (Forest and Stream, Feb 16) and what we 

 have seen since only serves to strengthen the views then ex- 

 pressed in favor of further restrictions which shall help the 

 cruising canoes. 



In this connectiou we may note that while there were many 

 canoes at the meet that had cruised to it or that made longer or 

 shorter cruises afterward, they were all "builder's canoes," im- 

 perfectly fitted up for cruising; in fact, we cannot refer to one 

 thoroughly and completely fitted cruising canoe. No matter how 

 thoroughly and honestly the builder may do his work, a canoe is 

 never ready for real use until the owner has pretty thoroughly 

 impressed his own individuality upon her in the way of fitting up 

 and furnishing. Some things must be changed, many things must 

 be added, before the canoe is fully fitted and the nei essaiy duffle 

 loaded on board for a cruise. What is necessary will come more 

 appropriately under the head of equipment, ann we need not de- 

 vote further space to it here, though it is a matter of arrangement 

 where and how the various articles of the equipment shall be 

 stowed. 



SITTINGS. 



The most important item of the fittings of a modern canoe, 

 either racing or cruising, is the eenterboard, in its position, form 

 and general arrangement. While convenient iu many wavs for 

 cruisiug, the various folding boards have gone out of use for rac- 

 ing, and even for cruising we should prefer some form of plate 



BARNEY CANOE PUMP. 



board. With a folding board the question of position is usually a 

 very simple one, as the board can be olaeed almost anywhere in 

 the boat without seriously interfering with the room; hut with a 

 plate hoard it is a very different matter. The average trunk is 

 from 30 to 36in. long, sometimes as much as 42in.. aud of varying 

 h -ights, being about Tin. high when placed in the center of the 

 web, and exteuding fro n keelson to deck when placed forward. 

 The Ruggles canoes, Eclipse, Narka and Buggies, had 30'n. plate 

 boards, with a trunk of sheet hrass so f astened with cam catches 

 that it can be taken out in a few minutes aud a flat piece of brass 

 substituted, closing the opening in keel and leaving the well un- 

 oostructi d. This plan answers very well up to a certain point; 

 if about to start on a river cruise where sails will not be used, the 

 trunk is removed and left at home; or for a tandem paddle it may 

 be removed, and also for sleeping on board, provided the canoe is 

 not afloat. It does not reach tne cruising question at all, as the 

 trunk is still in the way, except when temporarily removed for 

 some special purpose. In such cruismg as the Class B decked 

 canoe is best fitted and most commonly used for, the boat must be 



