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FOREST AND STREAM 



[Dec. 6, 1888. 



LAKEWOOD, O.. Nov. 29.-The members of the Locksley Gun 

 Club held a special shoot to-day. The day was very disagreeable, 

 being rainy the greater part of the flay, and the. clnh ground, was 

 nmddv, but despite, the disagreoability of the weather a large 

 crowd" of spectators were present. Match and sweepstake shoot- 

 ing was going on the greater part of the forenoon. In the alter- 

 noou the shoot was for the club badge, in which three members 

 scored the same number. The ties were shot off for the badge, 

 resulting in favor of ,). H. Byer, who will wear the same until 

 beaten by some other member of the club. The conditions were 

 20 standard targets at lOvds. rife. The scoresf^w: 

 C Mailc. . .011111101110! 1110010-14 BeoWft?M4mafl^lMOT131r-M 

 A Tints mnOOOOinoninill— ]■ Andrews. .10110110111111101111— 15 

 IH Bver 11111 OK 1 11 11-17 Hntohkiss 10101101 1 10101010001—11 

 E Pease ' HflfflHli UXnuH-a t *.lohnson..l011101000l 11 1100110-13 

 Tegarfine lMllffi C Harris. .01110101 110110101111-14 



E &onley.0Q1011O10I00IllHlll-13 



♦Visitor. A. Jenks, referee. 



WALLINGFORD. Pa , Nov. 39.— The hills of Wallingford re- 

 sounded with the sharp crack of the shotgun to-day. Fifty of 

 the crack amateur shots of Pennsylvania and New Jersey ac- 

 cepted the invitation of the Wallingford Gun Club to spend 

 Thanksgiving Hay on their grounds, twelve miles out on the 

 Central Division of the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore 

 Railroad. Shooting began at 9 o'clock and lasted until dark. 

 Twenty-nine marksmen entered for the main shoot, the prize for 

 which was a solid silver salad bowl. There was great rivalry 

 between the members of the four clubs represented, the Cinna- 

 minson and Ri vert on Gun Clubs, of New Jersey; the Maple Run, 

 of Media, and the Wallingford. The Cinnaminson Club had the 

 largest representation, thirteen of its members participating in 

 the shoot, and one of them, W. M. Thomas, carried off the prize. 

 The shooting was at blue rocks, clay-pigeons, and the marksmen 

 were handicapped according to the bore of their guns. Tom 

 Allen, a crack shot of Media, was a strong favorite at the start, 

 hut his score was beaten by fourteen of the contestants. Allen 

 was anxious to shoot at 50 live birds with any of the marksmen 

 present, but uot one of them would accept his challenge. The 



present, ~- 



full score of the match was as follows: 



W M Th omas 22 L Carner 



R W Downing, Sr 18 J M Baker 



R W Do wning, Jr 13 EH Hall 



W C Downing 18 FT Downing. 



16 



16 



16 



..16 



J L Thomas IV J Hollingsworth 1(3 



L A Flanagan 17 H Ingram 16 



IWKemble 17 W Troax 16 



J J Eastman 17 F Baker 16 



H C Marshall 17 L K Lodge 16 



Joel Rollings worth 17 J M Rogers 15 



WD Thomas 17 A Mattis 15 



John Sanderson 17 George Heap 15 



Henry Geiurig 17 WREllison... 15 



Tom Allen 16 J C Roop 14 



A Dorrance 16 



At the conclusion of the match a number of sweepstakes were 

 shot off, and W. C. Downing gave an exhibition of fancy shooting. 

 He broke six out of seven glass balls, standing with his back to 

 them and wheeling when they were thrown, and hit a coin thrown 

 in the air three times in succession. 



CHESTER, Pa., Nov. 29. -The 

 to-day at live and (day birds. Li 

 darv, use of both barrels: 

 William Paul. 11011 0111110H1— 13 

 Wm II Hall. . . 100011111111111-13 

 F W Harrison 111110011101111-12 

 D B McClurc ..11 101))] 10101111-11 



Clay-birds, for the gold badge: 



John Paul 1111111111—10 



William Panl 1111111101- 9 



Joseph Wood 0111101111- 8 



D McClure 111101U10- 8 



McClure Guu Club had a shoot 

 ve birds, 21yds. rise, 80yds. boun- 



S Hollywood. .101100101111101— 10 



J Paul 1 01101 111111000 — 10 



Jos Wood 11111000010 )111- 9 



Jas HollywoodlOlOOlOllOlOlll— 9 



F W Harrison 1011111001— 7 



James Hollywood.. 11 0101 0101— 6 

 Sam Hollywood .... 1001101011— 

 W H Hall 0001100100- 3 



BALTIMORE. Nov. 21.— A number of the shotgun marksmen 

 were present to-day at the Arlington Driving Park to see the 

 match between William H. Graham, of England, and Mr. Fred- 

 erick Kell, of Baltimore. The match was for 850 a side, Hurling- 

 ham rules, the birds to be released from any of five ground traps. 

 Both barrels of the guns were used. Kell stood 30yds. from the 

 traps, and Graham, who shot with one hand, stood 28yds.; the 

 former to use a 10 and the latter a K-gauge. Twenty-five birds 

 were released for each shooter, and as each killed 20 of them, and 

 darkness prevented a renewal of the match, the contest was de- 

 clared a draw. Kell killed his fifteen birds and lost his sixteenth, 

 nineteenth, twenty-second and twenty-fourth bird. He used bis 

 second barrel thirteen times. Graham missed his first, fourth, 

 eighteenth and twenty-second birds, and used the second barrel 

 seven times. When ho went to the score to shoot his twenty- 

 second bird he forgot to load his gun aud the bird was scored 

 lost. Kell used a heavy 10 gun that would make a less powerful 

 man wear v to handle, even with less loads than be had in his shells. 

 Graham used alight twelve gun. Before he ordered the bird re- 

 leased he would throw t he gnu to his shoulder and point it, using 

 both hands; then he would recover his gun and order the trapper 

 to pull Then, dropping his left hand to his side he would raise 

 his gun, and, taking a quick aim, shoot. His score shows the 

 result. Mr. Kell had the worst luck in birds, though but few of 

 them were what are known as "drivers." The fourteenth bird at 

 which Graham shot was mortally wounded and flew into the cor- 

 nice of the judges' stand and fell back dead. One of Kell's birds 

 fell but a few yards outside the 80yds. boundary. Both scored as 

 lost. Mr. Graham's wife and children were interesting lookers-on 

 at the shooting. After the match another Baltimore shooter 

 challenged the English champion v,o shoot him a match, same 

 conditions, same grounds, Nov. 29. On the same date Kell will 

 shoot the champion to secure a settlement of their undecided 

 match. Mr. John Williar refereed the shooting. The scorer was 

 Mr. T. W. Knox. 



WELLINGTON. Mass., Dec. 1.— The first shoot at Wellington 

 in the December matches was largely attended at the range to- 

 day. In the shoot for turkeys, Frank, Scott, Snow and Bert 

 captured some fine birds. In the merchandise matches the eight 

 prizes were won as follows: First, Frank and Bond. 18; second, 

 (irimes and Swift. 17; third, Chase and Schaefer, 16; fourth, Bert, 

 Choule, Scott, Snow, Field and Nichols, 15; fifth, Moore and Her- 

 rick. 11; sixth. Melcher, Shumway and Stone, 13; seventh, Stanton, 

 12; eighth, Webster, Savage, and West, 11. In the badge match 

 Scott won with 19. First prize winners in the other events were 

 as follows: Six bluerocks, Snow and Shumway; 6 pigeons, Scott; 

 '■ bluerocks, Bert; ti bluerocks, Schafer; 6 pigeons, Swift: 10 

 ligeons, Frank, Herri ok and Swift; 10 bluerocks, Stanton; 3 pairs 

 duerocks, Bert; 7 bluerocks, Frank; 3 pairs bluerocks, Choate- 

 10 bluerocks. Scott; 10 pigeons, Scott; 6 bluerocks, Shumway 

 Bert, Scott. Moore and Chase; 6 bluerocks, straightaway, Stanton, 

 Melcher and Snow. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I., Nov. 29. -The sixth annual Thanksgiving 

 shoot of the Narragansett Gun Club was held on their grounds at 

 the old Washington Trotting Park on Broad street to-day and 

 was favored with a good attendance, including many out of town 



marksmen. The shooting, which began at 10 A. M, continued 

 dy 5 o'clock in the evening, consisted of 21 evi 



until nearly 



xv. i±uufsJi»uu, t L.itto iJi^cuu^, LfuAiitu ctuu CTi iunn; o, 4 pairs 

 birds, L. H. Houghton; 7, 7 clay-pigeons, E. C. Griffiths; 8, 7 blue- 

 rocks, C. M. Sheldon and E. S. Luther; 9, 7 bluerocks, E. C. Grif- 

 fith; 10,7 clay-pigeons, E. C. Griffith: 11, 7 bluerocks, B.W: Tinker; 

 12, 7 clay-pigeons, E. S. Luther; 13, 7 bluerocks, L. H. Houghton; 

 14, 4 pairs double birds, hi. S. Luther; 15, 7 bluerocks, Potter and 

 Luther; 16, 7 elay-pigeons, Houghton and Griffith; 17,10 bluerocks, 

 straightaway, Houghton; IS, 5 bluerocks, A. Wilkinson; 19, 5 blue- 

 rocks, E. C. Griffiths. There will be a meeting of the club Thurs- 

 day afternoon, Dec. 6, when the shooting will be open to the 

 public. 



READING, Mass., Nov. 29.— The Reading Gun Club held a 

 well attended shoot on their grounds at Reading tn-dav when 

 the following events were contested: Five clays, E. Eames first, 

 Killam second; .5 Peorias, Collins first, E. Eames and Loring sec- 

 ond, Willis and Davis third; 3 pair clays, E. Eame3 first, Killam 

 and Channell second; Pe — •'" 

 Weston; 5 bluerocks, &. E, 

 Willis and Channell thit 

 Coilins and Tuttle second; 5 clays. Bancroft first, Killam and Da- 

 vies second; 5 clays, Kil lam first, Tuttle second; 2.1 Peorias, for $10 

 gold piece, donated by Mr. H. E. Cox for best score, won by C. A 

 Loring on score of 19 birds; 10 Peorias, Consolation match .'keg of 

 Dead Shot powder, donated by Mr, R. 11. Drake, won by P. S. Kil- 

 lam, 12 out of 15 birds; 15 clays, All-Comers' match, first prize, 

 ^v??, 11 °y w - IL Willis, 13 out of 15, second prize, 82, won by P. 

 S. Killam, i2 out of 15. 



MOORE'S, Pa., Nov. 39.-The following scores were made at 12 

 £r , T l ' ds , ? shoot llere t0 -day: E. Bramble 11, J. L. Price 10. S. 

 W ood 10 D. G. Yates 10, S. Harper 9, J. Gardner 9, E. Ward 7, Dr. 

 C ' d 5 UeS league 6, B, Rearden 6, H. B. Nones 5, H. 



AVILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 29.— The Wawaset Gun Club held an 

 all-day shooting contest at their grounds. The contest m the 

 morning was at clay-pigeons, each man shooting at 5 birds. Ap- 

 pended are the scores: First. round — R. Miller 5, CM. Buckmaster 

 4, P. Ambold 3, H. Buckmaster 4. Second round— R. Miller 5, P. 

 Ambold 3, L. Fox 4. W. H. Hartlove 5, J. Ewing 4, C. Buckmaster 4 

 J. Callahan 4, A. H. Stout 3. Third round-P- Ambold 6, C. Buck- 

 master 4, L. Fox 4, J. Ewing 4. EL Miller o, G. Shank 3, G. Miller 3. 

 Fourth round— P. Ambold 4. R. Miller 5. G. Shank 4, T. Weldin 4, 



G. Miller 4, C. Buckmaster 3, M. B. Hill 4. H. Buckmaster 5. Fifth 

 round— L. Fox 4, J. Ewing 4. C. M. Buckmaster 3. W. H. Hartlove 

 3, R. Miller 5, A. H. Stout 3, H. Buckmaster 5, P. Ambold 4, J. Cal- 

 lahan 8, J. D. Underwood 3. 



In the. afternoon it. was shooting at blueroek targets, each man 

 shooting at. six targets, First round— C. Buckmaster 5, G. Miller 

 6, R. Miller 6, T. Weldin 1, C. Melchior 5, G. Shank 4, H. Buck- 

 master 4, J. Ewing 6. Second round— R. Miller 6, P. Ambold 6, 



H. Buckmaster 5, L. Fox 6, W. H. Hartlove 4, C. Buckmaster 6, 

 J. Callahan 5, J. Ewing 5. W. B. Hill 4, J. Underwood 5, A. H. 

 Stout 4, C. Pvle 6. Third round-,). Ewing 5, C. Buckmaster 6, R. 

 Miller 5, T. Weldin 4, H. Buckmaster 6. Fourth round— P. Am- 

 bold 4, C. Buckmaster 6, R. Miller 4, B. Melchior 5, G. Miller 5, H. 

 Buckmaster 6, T. Weldin 4, J. Cloud 3, G. Shank 5. 



NEWARK, N. J., Nov. 29.— The East Side Gun Club held an 

 all-dav shoot on its new grounds adjoining Fischer's woods to- 

 day. Excellent shooting was done at live birds and Hying targets. 

 The first shoot of the day was at flying targets for members only. 

 Each person shot at IB targets with the following result: Henry 

 Langstaff 15, H. Koegel and F. Ferment 13, F. Hilfers 12, J. Schil- 

 ling, H. Rein hard t and C. Weeks 11, C. Walter and P. Ulrick JO, 

 C. Laubenstein 9.P. Schork and H. Heinrich 8, C. Fahrer 6. The 

 second was a club shoot at 5 birds each. Heinrich, Schorck, Has- 

 singer and Reinhardt killed 5 straight, Walter, Langstaff and 

 Laubenstein 4 each, Hilfers, Koegel, Schilling and Richard 3 each, 

 C. Fahrer 2. Next came a match between Heinrich and Hi! fore 

 at 5 birds each, The former scored 5 and the latter 4. Koegel 

 and Hilfers next shot a match at 5 birds each, Koegel killing 4 

 and Hilfers 3. Heinrich aud Koegel then shot a match at 3 birds 

 each, Heinrich killing 3 and Koegel 2. A number of sweepstakes 

 were shot at both live birds and flying targets. Out of 11 live 

 Hilfers killed 10 aud Koegel and Goehring 9 each, H. Heinrich 6 

 nut of 6. At flyiug targets, 5 bluerocks, each, P. Schork scored 5, 

 Koegel and Schilling 4 each, Weeks 3, Perment and Hilfers 2. A 

 match shot af 10 flying targets each between Perment and Weeks 

 resulted in both men scoring 6. In the shoot-off Perment scored 

 5 straight and Weeks 4. The club has forty regular members 

 aud L0 honorary. The officers are: Chas. Walter, President; 

 □has. Laubenstein, Vice-President; Henry Reinhardt, Secretary; 

 Philip Schork Treasurer. 



PllILADEPHIA.Nov. 29' -The North End Gun Club had an en 

 joyable time at their club grounds to-day. Sweepstakes and 

 shooting for turkeys and chickens were the order of the day. 



First Sweepstake, SI entrance, 11 entries; class shooting, at (i 

 bluerocks; 50, 20 and 30 per cent: Wm. H. Pack 4, Jas. Wolsten- 

 croft 5. John Crouther 0. Wm. M. Pack 0, Sam'l Richards 4, Win. 

 H. Wolstencroft 0, Geo. Elmer 4, Henry Jacobs 2, G. L. Garsed 3, 

 Howard Ridge 6, R. C. Monnico ti, Crouther, W. M. Pack, W. 

 Wolsteucroftiand Ridge divided first money, J. Wolstencroft sec- 

 ond, W. C. Pack and Monnico divided t hird. Refeece, Isaac Wol- 

 stencroft; judges, Harry Carter, Joseph Dauser. 



Second shoot, for turkeys and chickens, at 12 bluerocks and 13 

 clay-pigeons, 14 entries: Wm. H. Pack 15, Jas. Wolstencroft 32, 

 John Crouther 23, Wm. M. Pack 24, Samuel Richards 15, Wm. II. 

 Wolstencroft 23, Geo. E. Pack 17, Harry Carter 10, G. L. Garsed 

 12 R. C. Monnico 20, H. Ridge 17, D. H. Argousy 13, A. L. Lumb 

 19, Henrv Jacobs 15, Ties were shot off, resulting as follows: W. 

 M. Pack first, W. H. Wolstencroft second, J. Wolstencroft third, 

 R. C. Monnico fourth. A. L. Lumb fifth. Judges— John Levis, 

 Jos. Dauser. Referee, Thos. Roork. 



LONG BRANCH, N. J., Nov. 29. -The third meeting of the 

 Long Branch City Gun Club took place this morning. Eleven 

 members participated. Despite his handicap of 6yds., Maps won 

 after a close struggle. Fifteen rounds were shot at the usual dis- 

 tance, at both bluerocks and clay-pigeons. Maps having won two 

 matches out of three, seems destined to capture the medal, the 

 winner of the first three matches being entitled to it. The score 

 stood: Maps 12, W. Seaman 11, A. Seaman 9, Cubberley 8, Wilson 

 8, Van Dyke 7, Tabor 5, Northam 5, Ohasey 5, Bennett 2, Green 0. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., Nov. 29.— The hills around Medford and 

 Maiden vibrated with echoes of the shotguns as they blazed forth 

 incessantly from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. to-day. The attendance was 

 exceedingly large, and the contest for turkeys close. The follow- 

 ing succeeded in capturing turkeys: Snow (2), Somes, Chase, 

 Steele, ("boat, Tribble, Dickey, Shumway, Bert, Bond, Green, 

 Lowoand Moore. The winners in the other events were: Six blue- 

 rocks, Dickey; six pigeons, Choate and Schaefer; six pigeons, 

 Snow and Dickey; six bluerocks, Shumway; six pigeons, Choate 

 and Schaefer; six bluerocks. Chase and Somes; six pigeons, Green, 

 Perry, Choate and Shumway; three pair bluerocks, Shumway; 

 three pair bluerocks, Bert, Choate and Shumway; six bluerocks, 

 Nye, six pigeons, Bert; six bluerocks. Somes and Steele; six 

 pigeons. Slow; three pair bluerocks, Bert; six bluerocks, Choate, 

 Somes and Perry; six pigeons. Somes, Nichols aud Melcher; three 

 pair pigeons, Perry and Budd. 



BALTIMORE, Nov. 29.-At the Arlington Driving Park an all- 

 day shoot was held, and Mr. Wm. Graham, the English wing 

 shot, shot with Mr. H. Capron, 25 live birds each, Graham to use 

 one hand at 2Hyds. rise and Capron 30yds., the latter to use a 10 

 and the former a 12-gauge gun. Each killed 24 birds. In the 

 shoot-off Graham killed 11 and Capron 8, Graham's score being 

 35 out of 36, a remarkable score. Mr. E. C. Hall was referee to 

 the matck,whieh was for $50. The judges were E. V. Cordall 

 and Jack Williar. Scorer. T. W. Knox. In a match between 

 Mr. Graham and Fred Kell a shoot-off was necessary, and Kell 

 won the match by a score of 5 to 4. Capron won a match for $10 

 from Win. H. Linthicum. In a pool shoot at the Keystone targets 

 between Messrs. Painter, Catterton, Wroten, Cullen, Franklin 

 and Buckler, the last two divided the money. J. Williar won 

 from H. Dneker by a score of 7 to 6, each man' using a 10-gauge 

 guu. J. Williar won a match from Wm. Linthicum, H. Catter- 

 ton, J. Franklin, S. Hortncr and H. Ducker. 



ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 1.— Thursday was anything but a favor- 

 able day for trap shooting. It was cold and raw and a light 

 drizzling rain was falling in the morning. The Indian Lake Gun 

 Club of East St. Louis had issued programmes for a trap-shoot 

 foT turkeys aud about a dozen enthusiasts showed up to smash 

 targets. There were three dozen large, fat gobblers on the 

 grounds and all were disbursed in the sweeps with the exception 

 of one dozen even. Nearly every one present went home happy 

 and the possessor of one of the turkeys as an evidence of his ex- 

 pert ness with a shotgun. The St. Louis (tun Club had sent out 

 notices to Its members to assemble at Compton Avenue Park and 

 indulge in some sport at live birds and inanimate targets, but 

 this was called off on account of the unfavorable condition of the 

 weather. 



PITTSBURGH.— The team of ten belonging to the Herron Hill 

 Gun Club, Pittsburgh, did some excellent shooting recently in 

 their trials for the diamond trophy. The team's average for 25 

 bluerocks each was 21 1 io, the highest ever made on the grounds 

 for ten men. The individual scores are: George Snyder, 25; Elmer 

 E. Shaner, 34; G. B. Painter, 21; A. C. Kruger,23; George Cochran, 

 23; Charles Richardson, 31; Q, A. McClure, 21; Samuel Shaner. 21; 

 J. Winkler, 20; H. Penn, 16. 



A PAINFUL ACCIDENT.-Plainfield, N. J., Nov. 30.-R. F. M. 

 Chase, of New York, living at "Edgcwood," while trap snooting 

 Thanksgiving morning with some friends, met with a peculiar 

 accident. Failing to push his cartridge clean into the breech 

 while loading the gun, the cartridge exploded when the stock was 

 pushed back mto place and a piece of shell entered Mi-. Chase's 

 right eye, entirely destroying the sight. He was taken to New 

 Y ork immediately, where Dr. Herman Knapp removed the organ. 



FLATBUSH, L. I., Nov. 29.— The annual shooting match of the 

 Klatbush Gun Club took place to-dav at the grounds, corner of 

 v ernon and Flatbush avenues. An immense gathering witnessed 

 the sports and cheered the victors. The following gentlemen 

 captured the prizes in the five events: First match, Henry Balger; 

 secona, David Rumph; third, George Hegeman; fourth, William 

 Alston; fifth, Robert Heywood. The gun club have erected a 

 small cottage on the grounds where they will practice weekly for 

 the spring shooting. 



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 Vancouver or Victoria; also to Denver, Cheyenne, Colorado 

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 Price 50 cents. Canoe and Boat Build-in;/. By IV. p. Stephens. 

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Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

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 their elubs, 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 Forbst 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 

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WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



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

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

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

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



Executive CommJtt-e— C. J. Bousfield, Bar City, Mich.; T. P. Gaddts, Day 

 ton, O.; T. i. Kirkpatriclc, Springfield, O. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



OFFICERS, 1887-88. 



Commodore: H. C. RoOF,ns ) . _ 



Secretary-Treasurer: Geo. Vv . Hattos S Petei borough, Can. 

 Vice-Com. Rear-Com. Purser. 



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Springfield. Mass. 



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 sent to the Sec'y-Treas. will be forward ed by tarn to the proper Division. 



Persons residing in any Division and wishing to become members of 

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LEAKY CANOES-CRUISING OUTFIT. 



Editor Forest, and Stream: 



Having struck on a little wrinkle, and used it very successfully 

 in my canoe during the past, summer, I thought by sending it t'n 

 you it might help out some amateur who has had trouble with a 

 leaky boat. It has been my experience that all boats are liable to 

 leak, especially if they are built with a center board. I also have 

 found a great deal of trouble in makingniy dry stowage compart- 

 ment one in anything but name. My canoe is built with two 

 boards. When it wont into the water for the first time last spring 

 both trunks were leaking and the forward bulkhead. 1 originally 

 used a Radix board, and the slot I could not keep from leaking. I 

 plugged, painted, leaded and caulked it, but to no effect. The teak 

 was not much, perhaps a pint in a day would represent the amount 

 of water that would get in. I then tided bicycle cement, but 

 found that was alittle too brittle, and, in fact, would grow more 

 so as the water came in contact with it. 



After a good deal of research and experimenting I struck on the 

 following formula: "Burgundy pitch 3 parts, gutta-percha (in 

 sheets) % parts, pumice (powdered) 1% pans. The preparation is 

 quite simple, it being only necessary to heat the pti mice and gutta- 

 percha quite hot, and then add the pitch, aud cook until it is a 

 thick, viscous mass. Apply hot, as yon would white lead, and 

 then pass a hot iron over it. which will smooth it. It is not near 

 as heavy as white lead, and will stand a great deal more; water 

 does not affect it visibly; still, probably, it does to a certain extent. 

 It is elastic enough not to crack or break, and it will make a bulk- 

 head or centerboard trunk absolutely water-tight, and keep it so. 

 1 think it is well worth a triol in a leaky boat. 



Perhaps some of your cruising readers will be interested in a 

 description of my canoe and outfit. I think I see some of them 

 laugh when they read what my outfit is. I know all the friends 

 that helped carry it to the canoe did last summer. In fact I was 

 surprised myself when I saw till the things lying on the shore 

 ready to be packed in a hSxilO canoe. I started to pack them in, 

 and confess I folt disheartened when I saw how many there were 

 left, after the canoe was apparently full. I pulled everything out 

 and commenced over. A lady who was there to see mc off asked 

 "where I intended to put all those things?" I didn't quite know 

 myself, but answered that I had a place for everything and lots 

 of' room to spare." Well, first of all my stove went under the 

 footboards; next the lantern way up in the bow; then came blan- 

 ket, mattress (a cork one, which I intend to discard next year), 

 extra clothing, etc. In the stern came tripod, dry plates, fishing 

 tackle (which I'll never carry again) and tent. Partly under the 

 deck and hatch were two large provision boxes well filled. A can 

 of mushrooms, of which I anticipated a great deal, had a place; 

 and 1 think I had better tell the sequel to that now. One noon 

 when wo made camp (it was just below Mehoopanv, on the rocks) 

 I decided to try my "champignons blancs." 1 was a little unde- 

 cided as to bow they ought to be cooked. I remember, however, 

 seeing them fried, so out came the frying pan and into it went 

 the mushrooms. The fire was; poor, would not give out anything 

 but smoke. The pan was ou the fire, and gradually heated until 

 the mushrooms began to sizzle. I tried them every few minutes 

 with a fork, but they seemed tough. In fact, the more I cooked 

 them the tougher they got. When they were brown I took them 

 off the fire and passed them around. They each tasted one and 

 then said they guessed they did not care for mushrooms that noon. 

 I ate about half of them and then accidentally (?) knocked the fry- 

 ing-pan off the stove and spilt them. Mushrooms are never 

 spoken of now but what a sly smile goes around the circle, though 

 there is never a word said. 



Before 1 made my cruise I had some canvas bags made to go 

 along the side of the boat under the deck, to keep small things in. 

 I found them very handy, too. I kept soap, towels, lish lines, troll- 

 ing spoons, knife and fork, etc., in these, that always would have 

 been lost if I had put them anywhere else. Just under the bow 

 deck was a long rubber coat and detective camera. That is aU I 

 had, at least that is all I can think of. We were gone two weeks, 

 aud what a glorious time we had. It would be tedious to listen to 

 a long account of it, so will only give a few incidents of the trip. 

 One word of advice 1 want to give those anticipating a cruise on 

 the Susquehanna. Don't stop at the "Forest Castle" brewery, 

 just above Pittston. There is quite swift water below there a 

 short distance and a bad place to get through. I have been told 

 that people going down the river have stopped at the brewery 

 and then stopped again just below the swift water and wrung out 

 their clothes and fished up part of their outfit from the bottom of 

 the river. 



One little thing more I am going to tell you which happened to 

 the writer. It was getting very dark one evening, and we had 

 not yet made camp. The river was hemmed in by high moun- 

 tains, which gave it a sombre look. My companions were far 

 ahead of me, and I could hardly see them. In a moment I saw I 

 was just above a swift rapid full of dangerous rocks. By that 

 time it was so dark I could hardly see a boat's length ahead. 

 Suddenly all became, dark. Now don't stop reading and throw 

 down your paper in disgust. I am not going to give you the 

 "Indian Cave" storv. I confess I was frightened. I had lost my 

 paddle in the excitement and was vainly endeavoring to paddle 

 with my seat. I shouted: "Boys! boys!" No answer save the echo 

 of my own voice, "Boys! Boys!" "Boys, I say!" "When suddenly 

 I felt a hand on my arm and heard, "Dud, wake up— have you got 

 the nightmare?" It was my first night home after my trip. 



BlNGHAMTON, N. Y., Nov. 24, DUDLEY F. GREENE. 



uv*.<u6o ui a uwjui. x- ui a, BiiBuuu luiuei' giving iuu particulars of 

 these excursions, call on your local ticket ageat, or address P S 

 !L D fF s ' 6611,1 Pas& aad Ticket Ag't, C. B. & Q, li. R., Chicago. 111. 



OAKLAND C. C— The quarterly Mayrisch badge race, sailed 

 Sept. 7, resulted as follows: First, Frolic; second, Gypsy; third. 

 Dart; fourth, Mystic. Frolic is a new canoe imported by the 

 vice-commodore. 16x81%, Pecowsic model, from Joyner & Co., 

 and is making it very warm for the fleet. There is no lack of en- 

 thusiasm. Frolic's advent has set all the cracks thinking how to 

 go a little closer to the wind, and the fact of there being no lay- 

 ing up season on the Pacific coast keeps the ball rolling. A re- 

 gatta on Thanksgiving Day promises to be largely attended. 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP.— Eastern Division: Frank E. Pass- 

 more, Lynn, Mass. Central Division; Sidney B. Perkins and 

 Henry H. Perkins, Rochester, N. ¥. 



