FOREST ANt> STREAM. 



ptov. 29, 1888. 



this 



were fiir^llrTRTScottTetecfds referee to every one's satisfac- 

 tiontion; The shoot was at 10 birds, 21yds. rise, and the following 



10 f Stewart \ 



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*B°- 3 MMuir % 



W °ilmour 8 A Soott V 



WOa^htey.::::.::. 8 A Freedham 3 



CMuir 7 



NEWARK (N. J.) TRAP NOTES.-The old Essex County Gun 

 Oluh Association, which is essentially dead, is about to be re- 

 placed in shooting circles by the organization ot a new society, 

 possibly under the old name. A temporary organization was 

 effected ou Friday evening last. It is intended to change the 

 rules governing the old association and place each club on an 

 eaunl footing in sbootmg, thus doing away with one serious ob- 

 jection which was encountered. At the meeting held at Von 

 Lengerke & Detmold's on Friday night four clubs were repre- 

 sented, and resolutions were passed requesting all clubs m the 

 county to have representatives present at the organization 

 meeting, to be held at the same place on Friday evening, Dec. 14. 



The Southside Gun Club shot m a general telegraph tourna- 

 ment on Nov. 21 and in a possible 250 scored as follows, each firing 

 at 25 flying targets: BrientnaU 24, Hobart 22, Geoffrey 21, O. \ mi 

 Lengefke 23, E. R. Bellman 23. Beam 23, Dukes 24, Heritage 24 

 Yeaman 18, J. Von Leugerke 22; total 224. The members feel 

 confident that this will prove to be t he winning score. 



THANKSGIVING DAY SHOOTS.— The Wawaset Gun Club, 

 Wilmington, Del., will have a grand gala day on Thanksgiving 

 at ctay-pigeon3 and bluerocks. A cordial invitation is extended 

 to all sportsmen to be present and enjoy the fun. Shooting will 

 begin at 9 A. M. and continue all day. 



A trap-shooting carnival will be held on the grounds of the 

 Wavne Gun Club, rear ot Mid vale Steel Works. Philadelphia, on 

 Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 29. Shooting to commence at 

 8:30 A. M., will con tinuc all day. Prizes consist of turkeys, ducks, 

 cnickens and cash sweepstakes. Targets, bluerocks and olay- 

 pigeons. Ammunition on the ground at cost prices. Any friends 

 wishing to joiu in the contest are cordially invited. 



There will be a big shoot at Newark, N. J., at the grounds of the 

 Bloonifield Gun Club, at live birds and flying targets. Members 

 of the Woodside Gun Club and several other Newark organiza- 

 tions will part icipate. 



A number of open sweepstakes at live birds will be shot atErb's 

 grounds in Newark on Thanksgiving Day. 



HEIKES. — Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 22.— Rolla O. Heikes is doing 

 astonishing work in practice for his live-bird match with Al. 

 Baudle that is to come off here Thanksgiving Day. 100 live pigeons 



rid 



times that he was at the score he only used his second barrel 

 twelve times.-W. X. Y. Z. 



THE NEW YURK SUBURBAN GROUNDS, Claremont, Jer- 

 sey City, will be open for a tournament Thanksgiving Day. It 

 was erroneously piinted week before last that the sweepstakes 

 percentage to be paid to the Association would he 10 per cent. It 

 should have read 5 per cent. Shoots are held every Saturday. It 

 is proposed for the present to permit clubs to use the grounds 

 without charge, prescribing, however, that the targets used shall 

 be purchased on the grounds, 



KEYSTONE TOURNAMENT— Cor ry, Pa.. Nov. 20-EdUor 

 Forest and Stream: Please insert in your columns the following 

 notice: All those who took part in the individual championship 

 contest of the First Annual Keystone Tournament ou Friday, 

 Sept. 22, 1888, will please send us their photograph before the 1st of 

 January, 188!», if possible, and oblige— Keystone Mfg. Co. 



THE NEW JERSEY ATHLETIC CLUB has a trap team in 

 which is good material. They will be heard from. 



(^mating. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

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

 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 cruises, 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-Coumiodore— D. li. Crane, Chicago, HI. 

 Rear-Coinmotforo— C. 0. Stedman, Cincinnati, Ohio, 

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



Executive Committee— C. J. Bousfleld, Bay City, Mien.: T. P. Gaddis, Day- 

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



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Officers, 1887-88. 



Commodore: H. C. Roqehs } r,»»„„K„.«.,~i, r% 



Secretary-Treasurer: Geo. W . Hatio.n $ Peterborough, Can. 

 Vice-Corn. Rear-Corn. Purser. 



Central Div..W. it. Huutlngtou.E. W. Masteu T. H. Stryker, 



Rome, N. Y. 



Atlantic Div.W. P. Stephens L. B. Palmer F. L. Dunnell, 



186 Jerolemon St., Brooklvn. 



Eastern Div. .H. E. Rice, M. D . . . .Maxtou Holmes H. D. Marsh, 



Springfield. Mass. 



N'thern Div.. Robert Tyson S.S.Robinson... . ..Colin Fraser, Toronto. 



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

 panied by the recom inundation of ao active member and the sura of $3,00 

 for eutrance fee and dues for current year. Every member attending 

 tbe general A. C. A. camp shall pay §1.00 lor camp expenses. Application 

 sent to the Sec'v-Treas. will be forwarded by him to the proper Division. 



Persons residiug In any Division and wishing (o become members of 

 the A. C. A., will be furnished with printed forms or appllcatl on by address- 

 ing the Purser. 



A. C. A. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 



THE report of the executive committee meeting in our last 

 issue suffered severely at the hands of the printer, the para- 

 graph regarding the term of office by division officers being 

 entirely wrong. The report shr-uld read as follows: 



"Vice-Corn. Stephens then offered the following amendment to 

 Article V., Sec. 2, of the Constitution: To omit all of the last 

 elause after the word 'herein,' and substitute as follows: 'The 

 term of office of all division officers shall begin with the termina- 

 tion of the A. C. A. meet, and end with the termination of the 

 A. O. A. meet of the following jear.' The followiug amend- 

 ment was suggested by Purser Fraser, and after discussion was 

 accepted by Vice-Con. Stephens, the new amendment being 

 •seconded by V ice-Corn. Huntington: The term of office of all 

 division officers shall begin with the meeting of the executive 

 committee in October or November, and shall end with the execu- 

 tive committee meeting of the following year. This amendment 

 was approved by the eight members present, and tne vote of the 

 other members will bo taken by ballot." 



All the members pre.seut were in favor of the change and voted 

 font. The resolution concerning special racing appliances was 

 seconded by ex-Cotn. Rathbun and not by Purser Fraser. We 

 have in preparation a map of Sugar Island, the proposed camp 

 site, which will appear next week. 



IANTHE C. C— This club has enjoyed a very prosperous season, 

 the racing being specially lively, owing to the record svstem 

 ado; ted. The last of the recoid races were not held on Election 

 Uay, as there was not sufficient wind to take the canoes over the 

 course. The record for the season is as follows: 



Atalanta, L. B. Palmer, lanthe If 



Bachelor, Barron. Fredericks, Ianthe 10 — 10 



Essex, D. W. Cox, Essex _ 9 9 



Will oUhe Wisp, W. D. Anderson, Essex. — 3 3 



— — — , W. Meyers, Bayonne — — a 



Falcon, H. S. Turuer, Ianthe .2 — 8 



ldlemere, J. L. DouglasB, Jr., lam he — 1 1 



Oyn.!ska,R. Hoi art. Ianthe.. 1 _ } 



n£f an ^v 0m6 silk hags were presented to Mr. Palmer, winner of 

 record! recold ' aud to Mr - Fredericks, winner of the paddling 



THE A. C. A. MEET OF 1 8S8. 



EQUIPMENT. 



IContinued from pO>0& 555.] 

 r PHE chief point in such an outfit as we considered last week Is 

 JL not only to have all the articles, but to have them ready and 

 close at hand, so that when even a short trip is to be made ail " ill 

 be put aboard as a matter of course, hatches, oilers, aprons, mess 

 chest, bed, tent and canoe stove. Each should have its allotted 

 place in the canoe, aud should always be carried there, so that 

 there will be no unpacking of 0110 compartment for something 

 that has heen put in another. By having each article made up 

 into a compact package much time is saved in stowing and un- 

 loading. Many canoeists have a full outfit such as described, but 

 it is kept in such bad order that it is reaUy too much trouble to 

 get it out to pack it unless for a long trip, so that half the time 

 the most indispensable articles arc left ashore. The proper way 

 is to have everything that is at all likely to be needed in the canoe, 

 either for racing, afternoon sailing and paddling, Saturday and 

 Sunday runs, or for long cruises, kept in perfect order and ready 

 to stow at a moment's notice. The anchor, though often useful, 

 is not indispensable in a canoe, the boat being beached or housed 

 rather than left afloat; but at the same time it is sometimes 

 needed, and one can be carried with little trouble below the Hour 

 hoards, where the weight is an advantage. With it there should 

 be at least 50ft. of strong cable. 



All who have camped at an A. C. A. meet will agree that the 

 small and compact cruising outfit that can be carried within the 

 cance is not what is needed for a permanent camp of ten days or 

 more, but at the same time, with so many cruisers at the meet, it 

 is strange that there is not one full and complete outfit such as 

 is described above. Some men had one thing and some another, 

 but we failed to fiud a single canoe in which the owner could 

 start out for a comfortable cruise, independent of hotels and farm 

 houses. There was more or less cruising done by many about the 

 lake, either before or after the meet, but those who looked to see 

 one completely equipped cruising canoe were disappointed. It is 

 a fact that the inventive genius of canoeists has of late been 

 turned in the direction of racing rather than cruising, and that in 

 the latter department improvement has to a great oxtent stopped. 

 It would help to revive it if the clubs as far as possible would go 

 back to the old plan of large or small club messes, and to en- 

 courage men to take care of themselves, rather than to depend 

 on a mess shed, as was this year the case. Prizes alone for camp 

 kits, etc., do not seem to meet the case, hut a general sentiment 

 in favor of cooking in camp will probably show good results next 

 year if! the camp be so far from hotels that men are kept in it, and 

 have something else to do than dress up to receive visitors. There 

 is plenty of civilization to be had at home, in fact, a good deal too 

 much of it, and the majority go to camp for a change. For their 

 benefit the form of primitive camping should be retained as far 

 as is consistent with the fact that they are mostly city men, and 

 to a certain extent "tenderfect." As for those who come to camp 

 for anything else than the open air life, the meeting with old 

 friends, the enjoyment of the races and the exchange of ideason 

 canoeing, there is a wide field of usefulness open to them on the 

 beaches and hotel piazzas of Narragans.'tf Pier and Newport, and 

 their absence cannot fail to be very precious to their friends under 

 canvas beside, the St. Lawrence or Lake. Chainphuu. 



In the interests of canoeing at large it is certainly most desir- 

 able that each of the many useful features of the cauoe shall be 

 developed to the fullest extent, and at the same time that canoe- 

 ists shall be led to follow the sport in all of its branches, as in that 

 way only can the greatest good come. Neither the racing man 

 who does not cruise nor the cruising man who never races is doing 

 all that he should for canoeing. The natural tendeucy is toward 

 specialization, to the development of fast racing machines, both 

 sailing and paddling, and of roomy but slow cruisers: and all the 

 efforts of the A. C. A., of the clubs and of individuals, should be 

 directed toward the production of the all-round canoe, and the 

 training of the camping, cruising aud racing canoeist. Thus far 

 racing has, as a matter of course, claimed the most prominent 

 place, and received the most attention from the clubs and the 

 Association, hut there is now every indication of a revival of the 

 interest in cruising and camping, and it is very probable that 

 some good results will be apparent in a year or two. 



It is a noticeable fact that live years ago the journals devoted to 

 canoeing published many more illustrations and descriptions of 

 purely camping and cruising appliances than at present, and the 

 question is often asked us why the Forest and Stream does not 

 give more attention to such details. The reason is that it is a very 

 difficult matter to sit down deliberately and devise such cruising 

 gear; most of it is the result of much practical cruising work, 

 which in itself takes time, and it can be bad in no other way. It 

 is on the canoeists themselves, the men who have leisure for long 

 cruises and weeks in camp, that we must rely on for sucn addi- 

 tions to the cruiser's outfit. There are many who could offer 

 valuable contributions to the store of knowledge so highly prized 

 by cruisers, and to them our columns are always open. There is 

 hardly a detail of the camping outfit, whettier for the canoe or for 

 a camp at the meet, Avhieh is not capahle of real improvement, 

 but it must come from the men who are actually cruising and 

 camping. , 



Concerning the distinction between cruising and racing canoes, 

 the following letter, from a well-known racing man, as well as 

 cruiser, puts very plainly a question that we have heard several 

 times of late: 

 Ed itor Forest, and Stream: 



In your editorial of Sept. 6, upon the recent meet of the A. C. A„ 

 you touch upon the subject of racing and cruising canoes, and state 

 that "no one need bring a cruiser to camp to wiu first prizes. " Now 

 let me say this is not written in a spirit of unbridled fault-finding 

 and harsh criticism, hut of inquiry; and I want to know wherein 

 Eclipse fails to fill the requirements of a cruiser. If my memory 

 serves me she has a cockpit 6ft. long (1 know it gave room enough 

 for a tandem paddling crew), and her racing outfit did not include 

 a deck seat of any kind. She had indeed a ceuterboard in middle 

 of cockpit, hut it was fitted with a removable trunk, and as Ihave 

 for the past two seasons owned a canoe similarly fitted, 1 am in a 

 position to assert that the board and trunk can be taken out, 

 and a brass plate put in to close the slot in keel for paddling and 

 cruising or sleeping, all inside of two minutes, thus placing the 

 canoe in the condition of one which never had any board at all. 

 The standing rig with which she was fitted is a device in which I 

 most heartily join you in condemning; but this is not now under 

 discussion, as I understand your article to refer only to hulls. 

 Now my point is this, there were several most exceUent models 

 at the meet which showed speed enough to place them in the 

 front rank, with proper rig and handling, and which would at 

 the same time make unexceptionable cruis, rail fitted to that end. 

 I believe that any one of these, fitted like Eclipse, with removable 

 trunk board, aud a proper apron to protect their long cockpit (tne 

 lack of such protection almost lost Lclipse the cup), can be taken 

 to an A. C. A. camp with a good chance of winning. If I am 

 wrong in thiB belief, or if, in my hasty inspection of Eclipse, I 

 have overlooked an important feature in her, I shall be much in- 

 debted if you will set me right before I lay my plans for next 

 year's campaigu. V. 



in commenting on the oanoes at the meet it has been necessary 

 to class them in a general way, and we have put Eclipse in with 

 the racers not because she is in any way open to the charge of 

 being only a racing machine, and not capable of cruising, but be- 

 cause in the condition in which she has heeu sailed t his summer 

 the racing requirements have had precedence over all others. In 

 build and model she is very much superior to some of the racing 

 craft we have criticised, in a general way her arrangements are 

 not unsuited for a cruiser so far as they go, and as lor rig, we 

 recognize the propriety of her using the standing rig tor racing, 

 and the possibility of fitting a different rig for cruising. At the 

 same time, Eclipse, as she was ut the meet, would bw a very poor 

 sort of craft to start off on a month's cruise in She has a long 

 and roomy cockpit, but with no provision for covering any part 

 of it. For the sake of stowage and tor comfort in bad weather, 

 as well as mere safety at times, it would be necessary to fit a 

 hatch and sliding bulkhead aft, increa- ing the stowage room, ai d 

 one or two hatches and an apron forward. A foot steering gear 

 of some sort is an absolute necessity in crusing, where a certain 

 amount of paddling must be done, no matter how fond of sailing 

 a man may bo, and with it must be a seat and back rest of some 

 kind, but Eclipse has none of these. It is true that the hoard 

 can be removed or replaced in a few minutes, and this is all very 

 well from our correspondent's point of view, his work is on a 

 river where sailing is poor at best, and not good enough to make 

 it worth while to carry sails on a cruise. For his purpoBe the 

 movable tnuik answers very well, it is kept in the boat for sail- 

 ing about the club waters, no cruising under sail being done, and 

 it is removed and left at home when the canoe is sent on a cruise, 

 thus leaving the well clear for sleeping. In wider waters, how- 

 ever, especially where strong tides and mud are to be found at 

 times, this sort of board will uot answer at all for cruising. 

 When on a cruise of a week or more on the Sound, the Hudson, 

 the St. Lawrence or the Lower Delaware, wheie a grtater part 

 of the time is spent in the canoe, it is absolutely necessary to 

 have the well clear and unobstructed for sitting and sleeping, 

 and the fact that the trunk can be removed by going ashore, when 

 no sailing is to be done, is by no means enough. 



With the crew on the weatherdeck; in a good breeze* the board 

 1b out of the way and does not give any trouble, hut tins state of 

 affairs does uot, last all day in cruising, nor would a, man care to 

 sit on deck and sail all the time. When ho sits inside to paddle 

 for an hour, the board is not in the way; but the longer he is seated 

 In the canoe, and in cruising day after day, he will spend many 

 hours below deck, the worse nuisance the board becomes. He 

 may much prefer to sleep ashore under a snore tent, hut there 

 will be many times when a bed in the canoe is dryer and mere 

 comfortable, to say nothing of other occasions wl>n a low tide 

 finds him at Dighl fall with nothing more stable than a mud bank 

 or marsh to land on, and a snug bed on board would look very in- 

 viting, with sleeping bag spread, tent snugly stretched, and lan- 

 tern hung beneath the ridge. With the hoard further forward, a 

 good foot gear and hatches, and a lowering rig, Eekpse would 

 make a very good cruiser, and in this she differs from the extreme 

 "canoe-hiker," which cannot in any way be used for cruising; but 

 as she is now she must be classed as a racing canoe. Another 

 canoe that goes in the same category is f lic Fly, a, boat of excellent 

 model, a safe, able and comfortable cruiser iu all respects save 

 that her well is given up to a big board, there is no foot gear, a,"d 

 the en' ire build of boat is too light for anything save the most 

 t; a rt ful handling. In rig and model she is a cruiser, save, in the 

 area of sails, but as she really is no one would thiuk of subjecting 

 her to the rough work of a cruise. 



There is a very good reason, too, why the chances of a canoe 

 that is really used for general cruising would he small in the 

 races, she would probably be considerably heavier than the racing 

 machines, and at the same time her bottom would not be in any- 

 thing like the line condition of the hest racing craft. Of course, 

 this latter is a matter that might be remedied by proper prepara- 

 tion at camp, and as for the extra weight we do 1101 know that in 

 all cases that would be a serious hindrance, but still the odds aU 

 are very strongly in favor of the biat that is built, fitted and kept 

 exclusively for racing, as against the boat of equally good model 

 which is fitted and used in real cruising. There was one cauoe at 

 the mset which we should class as a cruiser, and which at the 

 same time should have done very much better than she did in the 

 races, had she been more thomughly fitted out aud tried before 

 the. meet. This is the last Cuenn, a very handsome c anoe in 

 build and model, with ample room for sleeping and living on 

 board, and in all ways a good open water cruiser. But little 

 would be necessary to change her from a racer to a cruiser. 

 What she would have done iu the races had she been in as good 

 racing form as Eclipse or Fly is a matter of conjecture, but it is 

 certain that she is a fast canoe, and also a legitimate cruiser. 

 We would be glad to think that we have spoken" prematurely in 

 the seutence quoted by our corresponded, out we do not look to 

 see it proved next year or the year after; m fact the prospects 

 now are that oven the moderate boat, like Eclipse, the mean be- 

 tween the racing machine and the fully equipped cruiser, will 

 have to give way to the former in the sailing races. 



A SLIDING SEAT FOR CANOES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Will you permit me, through the medium of the Forest and 

 Stream, to address brother canoeists in America on a point of 

 canoeing? Somt tune ago it occurred to me that a sliding seat 

 might be. worked to advantage in a canoe, particularly decked 

 canoes, I mean, driven by the double-bladod paddle. 1 could not 

 find many who would couutenance the idea at all, and none who 

 could be made enthusiastic over it. However, 1 had a canoe built 

 in England fitted with a sliding seat, aud sent out to me here, in 

 India; and I have now tried the cai.oe, and consider that the slide 

 is a success. 



The sliding is hard work undoubtedly, at first, but it stum gets 

 easier by practice, and then, there is no obligation to slide, you 

 can, if you like, just sit ou the sliding seat, aud paddle as if it 

 was not there; or run out the slide and put it forward, under the 

 knees, or stow it away in the hold. The objects I had in view 

 were leg exercise and increased speed; about the leg exercise 

 there is no sort of doubt, and I think that the slide, when 

 properly used, does increase the speed very considerably. 



How to use the slide will be apparent enough to e very canoeist, 

 immediately he fries; he must get forward on the slide ("which 

 may be 15in. longer even more) befoie dipping his paddle, and 

 then, when he has got hold of the water, he should slide back 

 strong to the back rest; exactly how to run the slide forward 

 and backward and get the hang of the thing, a very little prac- 

 tice will make plain. 



I was told that I could not expec t the slide to be of any use in a 

 canoe "because the action of paddling is altogether different from 1 

 that of rowing;" but the sktletou of the thing is identical in both 

 cases, in both the power is obtained in the same way, viz., by the 

 sweep of the blade from bow to stern, though in the rownoat the 

 point of application of the power is fixed, the rowlock; while in 

 the canoe it is, I take it, in some shiftin r point. Ju the case of 

 the rowboat, when we slide back— that is use tO" slide to effect— 

 we slide in the direction in which we are pulling, and in the 

 canoe one (fori don't feel justified in saying we) slides hack in 

 the direction in which one is pushing the water, by the combined 

 action of the arms, and this action of the arms is effective, 

 whether the body be at one end of the slide or the other, or 

 moving back in it; and the arms are powerfully assisted iu their 

 task by the. forcible drive backward (by means of the leg thrust) of 

 the whole body; but thiris theory, audthougn 1 think true theory, 

 a ton of such is not so persuasive as an ounco of practice. There- 

 fore, as the trial wiU not cost more than say two dollars 01' so, 

 I hope some American canoeist may be induced to try a slide and 

 let us know bow he finds it answerable. 



The straps to the footboard are of course requisite, and the foot- 

 board had better be slightly inclined, instead of vertical, as it is 

 commonly made. C. A. G. 



India, Oct. 15, 18SS. 



[We believe that the sliding seat, as used in a rowboat, has 

 never been tried in America on a canoe. The sliding seat men- 

 tioned at times in our reports is a thwartship deck seat, used sole- 

 ly for sailing. The fitting of the ordinary sliding seat to a canoo 

 would be a simple matter, and some of our readers may be in- 

 clined to try it, and advise us of the result.] 



ESSEX CANOE CLUB. 



NEWARK, N. J., Nov. 19.— In contemplation the Essex Canoe 

 Club, of Newark, N. J., is negotiating for a site on Newark 

 Bay on which to locate their club house, and from present ap- 

 pearances is in a fair way of accomplishing it. 



The present sailing ground on tho Passaic. River is very unsat- 

 isfactory to the active canoeists, as it is very small on account of 

 numerous bridges, and being inclosed with high ground on either 

 side tne wind is very puffy and unsteady, making canoeing some- 

 what of a bore instead of a pleasure, not considering the tide, 

 which runs about sis miles an hour 



Newark Bay is one of the best sailing grounds anywhere in this 

 part of the country, having an area of about two miles wide by 

 about six miles long of open water, free from bridges or other 

 obstructions; of course there is some tide to overcome, but as the 

 channel is in the west side of the bay, it leaves a large area of 

 comparatively still water. The location (Greenville) is couvement 

 to Newark, New York, Jersey City, or anywhere on tne Central 

 R. R., also by water to the several canoo clubs in and around 

 New York and New Jersey. 



The members are in high glee over the proposed change, and 

 will use their utmost endeavors to carry the scheme through and 

 make a success of it. It is the intentiou of tee club to take in as 

 members, owners of small sailing craft, and not confine the class 

 of boats to the canoe alone as heretofore. After we are all settled 

 in our new quarters we propose to nave a grand house Warming 

 and regatta to let our fellow canoeists know that the heretofore 

 almost unknown Essex C. C. is alive and willing to help the good 

 cause along. Several things of a social character ate talked of, 

 and numerous regattas ano races are under discussion, among the 

 rest the skipper of the Addie S. has challenged the skipper of the 

 S X to a race in sailing canoes, the distant e to be ten miles 011 a 

 triangle; (this course is laid out m the bay by the Newark Yacht 

 Club). The skipper of the Addie S. has an idea that he can teach 

 the older and more experienced skipper a thing or two in regard 

 to sailing on a large sheet of water; but the. proof of the fact is in 

 the sailing of it. He may find that sailing on Newark Bay with a 

 strong wind and rough water is a little more difficult than floating 

 with the tide on a narrow stream. However, tne club will be on the 

 move as soon as spring opens, and we hope to see the S X burgee 

 flying at the mast head of more and abler craft than ever before. 



The committee in charge of th-* proposed change are working 

 to get the whole matter in shape to have final action taken at the 

 annual meeting iu the early part of January. 



On e of the Com 



ALICE ENRIGHT~ VsTciTY OF THE STRAITS.— A match 

 betsveen the Alice Enright, of Toledo, and the City of the Straits, 

 of Detroit, was sailed on Nov. 13 over a course of 15 miles to h e- 

 ward and return, starting from Turtle Light, off Toledo; the 

 stakes being |2.£0 per side. The wind died out and the race was 

 not finished within the required time, so a second effort was made 

 on the next day, but with no better results, the race finally being 

 postponed indefinitely. 



