Dec. 80, 188a. j 



of St. Laurent, followed with 1. A first-class wing shot, Mr. Boa 

 cannot get on to the Peoria; perhaps his Run does not pattern 

 close enough for this style of shooting. "Uext man," atin Mr. 

 Horsley steps to the score, his first bird escaped untouched, the 

 next (tare pulverized. Ferguson only succeeds in breaking 3, fol- 

 lowed by Thaeltwell 3, Pariseau 4 and Brault 3. Just as the match 

 concluded Mr. Cameron arrived on the ground, and a sweep at JO 

 birds having been got up, Mr. Oamerou shot his gun score in the 

 sweep and succeeded in breaking 16, leaving Horsley the winner 

 of the gun f or the second time. The following a.re the scores. 20 

 Peorias. 18vds. rise, Mr. Doig referee and scorer: 

 Or Tolls J01101 ! 1 llQlOl 110010—13 Thackw'lllOllOtll 1010101111111-1-1 

 SlBor .00010110011001100100- 8 Pariseau..l0313003ini 100300001-10 

 Horslev. . .0111111)1 11110111111-18 Brault. . . .0011 LI 01111 10 1 110100 13 

 Ferguson. 01011111111111111010-16 Canieron..0U13 3101013113113113-36 



LTSwVlL bh * d8 . : .l0lll1llll-0 WLumsden 0011110101-0 



C Horsley 3101101131-8 Pariseau 1001010110 -5 



Brault . . 11 0111 1011- 8 Dr Tolly 11 00000111-5 



W Ferguson 1011111100-7 



Horseley second. 



^Ssden. 13 !:" 33 : 11111-5 Brault JggCHB 



Hoi's! ey second. 



Ottawa, Dec. 15.— The St. Hubert's Gun Club have now got 

 fairlv to work for their season's shooting, and on the 20th propose 

 holdiug a big Held day at the clays, when extra prizes wiirbe 

 offered. To-dav they shot two sweepstakes with the following 

 results. Sweep at 10 Ligowsky clay pigeons, 18yds. rise, 5 traps: 



J Deslauriers 9 9 Trudeuu 6 



A Throop 8 E King 5 



W J Johnstone 7 Scott 5 



E White 6 Mulrooncy 4 



Sweep at 10 Ligowsky clays, same conditions: 



J Deslauriers U A Lett 5 



W Johnstone 8 B White. 5 



A Throop I King 5 



G Mulrooney 7 G Trudeau 5 



B Thomson 6 



ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 8 —Dr. Crenshaw won the gun shot for at 

 Athletic Park to-day. The contest was one of the closest and 

 most oxcitine ever witnessed in Atlanta. The shooting began at 

 10:80 o'clock with a, day favorable for shooting. The gun shot for 

 was won by the Atlanta team at Columbus several days ago, and 

 the members or' the winning team were the contestants in to-day's 

 match. Dr. Crenshaw won by one bird. The contestants were 

 Dr. Crenshaw, W. A. Hemphill, Dr. Holland, Mr. Lyons, Mr. Har- 

 per, Mr. Alston and W. A. Hemphill, Jr, Mr. Alston was taken 

 sick after he had shot at 25 hirds and was compelled to give up. 

 Number ten guns were used by all of the contestant s except Mr. 

 Harper, who used a No. 12. Dr. Crensbaw used his 10)£lb. Lefevre 

 gun. which he has called •'Anarchist." A memorable feature of 

 the shooting was the uniformity. The lowest score, as will be 

 seen, was within 6 of the highest. The score was as follows: 



Lvons. 00101100001111001111 1111101 11110111110110111110101 



1101010111 1 10111111 U i 101101 1 1111011010100010011110—70 

 Crenshaw OllioillOlOllllllOl 1 lllOlllOlllOlOlOlODinU H11101 



liioiinoioioiiiiouoiimioiii] 101111111111110111—75 

 Hemphill. Jr noooiooiioionoomomiioiiiojoixjoioiooiiiiiiioi 



311101011 11111 lllOllOlOOlllOUlO 1 1 1 loiu k>10! IU1111— G9 

 Holland 1111 1 3 1 1 011101 1 1 , Oi nil 1 1 00 1 1 10 1 1 1 1 1 0101101 101 111) 



03111 1001 1 13 1 lOiOlOll 00011 1 01 011 1 lllllOi 0111 11101 1 —70 

 Hemphill, Sr 0111 11 1111 10110011101 11301100013110011311330011111 



101111001)11111111111101111111003100111011101011011—74 

 Harper 03330110131111 1 111 01 0'.JlllUll313( H 031110 1 L13031101 



101 1001101133110101131) lOlllOOOllllllOlOlOlOllllll— 74 



WELLINGTON , Dec. 15.— Good scores were made to-day in the 

 merchandise and badge matches. The scores wera: 



Merchandise match: Snow 16. Melcher 14, Baxter 11, Perry 19, 

 Chase 16, Moore 16, Bert 18. Schaefer 19, Herrick 12, Savage 10, 

 Scott 18, Bradstreet 14, Edwards 36, Stanton 35, Bond 18, Swift 19, 

 Grimes 11, Sanborn 10, Chapiu 17, Conant 11. 



Badge match: Snow 18, Melcher 13, Baxter 11, Perry 18, Chase 

 13, Moore 34, Bert 18, Schaefer 16, Herrick 9, Bradstreet 12, Edwards 

 Hi, Stanton 11, Bond 13, Swift 13, Grimes 10, Sanborn 10, Savage 16, 

 Scot 16, Chapin 16, Conant 12, Nichols 12. 



The winners in the several eweeepstake matches were: 30 clay- 

 pigeons, Bert and Scott: 10 biuerocks, Swift and Chase; 6 blue- 

 rocks, Perry; 6 clay-pigeons, Schaefer and Baxter; 6 clay-pigeons, 

 Bert and Perry; 6 oluerocks. Snow and Schaefer; C biuerocks, 

 Swift, Snow, Perry and Schaefer; 3 pairs clay-pigeons, Schaefer; 

 30 clay-pigeons, Perrv, Bert and Schaefer: 3 pairs clay-pigeons, 

 Scott and Perry: 6 biuerocks, Stanton; 6 biuerocks, Stanton; 10 

 biuerocks, Edwards, Chapin and Stanton: 3 pairs biuerocks. Ed- 

 wards and Perry. • 



An all-dav shoot will be held next Thu rsday, when the on allonge 

 individual amateur clay-pigeon badge will no contested for, and 

 also the challenge amateur team badge will be. shot for hy the 

 Jamaica Plain Club, the Wellington and ether clubs. 



Dickey leads by one point for the individual badge, with Wheeler 

 second. <' . . . 



During the Afternoon a match was shot between Bert and Chase, 

 the former at 25 doubles and the latter at 50 singles. Bert won, 



H. G.' Wheeler, of Marlboro, and John Congdon, of New Bed- 

 ford, will shoot a match at Fall River, Dec. 35, at 150 clay-pigeons, 

 for a purse of $200. 



BROOKLYN, Dec. 12.— Although a very high wind was blowing 

 to-day at Woodlawn Park, Gravesend, L. L, the members of the 

 Coney Island Rod and Gun Club did some good shooting. The 

 birds furnished by Blattmacher were good strong ones and, 

 aided by the wind, went from the traps very fast. During the 

 shoot some additional excitement was caused hy a large chicken 

 hawk hovering over the grounds. The hawk did not seem to be 

 at all scared by the number of shots fired at it. At last Mr. J. J. 

 O'Brien with a long shot broke its wing, causing the hawk to 

 tumble. The bird fought hard when down and had to be hit on 

 the head before he could be captured. He measured 4ft, 6in. 

 from tip to tip of the wings and will he stuffed and added to the 

 collection of club trophies. Sixteen members went to the traps 

 to shoot for the Blattmacher medal and extra prt;--.-s. Conditions. 

 7 birds each, club handicap; Dr. Shields, 30yds , A . F. Quimby, 

 28yds., and P. Daly, Jr., 28yds., killed 7 each, tying for the medal 

 and first prize. Shields and Quimby shot off for it, Daly not 

 being eligible. Quimby won, killing 3 out of 3 more hirds. W. 

 A. Stewart, 26yds., R. Monsees, 26yds., Dr. Schwartz, 29yds., and 

 H. Blattmacher, 25yds., killed 6 each for second prize. Monsees 

 and Schwartz killed 3 each and divided. C. Duncan, 20yds.. out- 

 shot four others for the third: prize, killing 11 out of 13 shot at. 

 Messrs. Avers and Plate divided fourth, killing 4 each, and J. J. 

 O'Brien took fifth, with 3 killed out of 7. 



CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 12.— The Kirtland Shooting Club held 

 its regular shoot on the club grounds, near the Brooklyn bridge, 

 this afternoon. The conditions were 20 single targets at 18yds. 

 rise. Three visitors, Messrs. Paul North, of the East Ends, 

 Weaves and George, of the West Ends, took part in the regular- 

 badge shoot and the four sweepstake events which followed. 

 Prechtel again won the badge, his score being 19. The scores: 

 Preohtel . . II r 1 1 111111330331333 — 39 Upson. . . . 31011110113331133303-17 

 Bennett . .33030113333033101113—36 Forrester.00101010111111313331— 35 



Wood 33010010110013111113-14 Phillips . . 30111100001103111011-13 



Weaver.. .11110133100300311110— 14 Bell Ill 011111331 03013311—1? 



George.. .. 3010900011010 ^001001— 8 Closse 0100imm00fll3110-14 



Roof 03010133110101103003-32 North 03333313111110111111-18 



Dec. M.-The attendance at the Cleveland Gun Club was smaller 

 than usual to-day, owing to the weather, but the competition wa s 

 as strong as usual. The conditions were 15 single biuerocks and 

 5 pairs, 5 traps, usual rises for the distances. The following scores 

 were made: 



Upson 011111111111111 10 01 10 11 01-20 



Wheal. 111000001110101 10 11 11 13 11—17 



Calhoun 111131111011111 II 10 11 11 33-23 



Wall 313033110100001 11 11 00 10 01-15 



Allyn 111001001101010 10 10 10 30 00-34 



Bassett 033133331111333 11 11 11 33 30-23 



Caryell 111111100010111 01 11 10 11 11-19 



• Bassett and Calhoun tied for the first badge, and in the shoot- 

 off the latter won, breaking 5 straight to Bassetts' 4. Upson re- 

 tains the second badge. After the club shoot one sweepstake 

 event was arranged. The conditions were 5 single biuerocks and 

 2 pairs at the usual distances. The score: 



Bassett 11111 1111-9 Wheal.... 11111 1110-8 



Caryell 11111 10 10-7 Calhoun 11111 1111—9 



Upson 11111 10 10—7 



The shoot-off also resulted in Calhoun's favor. The members of 

 the Cleveland Club are determined that the East Enders shall 

 not boast that they cannot got a match, and have practically 

 given notice that there will be a contest for the birds, or for more. 



NEWARK, N. J.— The Woodside Gun Club will hold a tourna- 

 ment on Christmas Day, beginning at 9 A. M. 



JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS.— The regular annual meeting of the 

 Jersey City Heights Gun Club was held at their club rooms, New- 

 ark avenue. Jersey City Heights, on Wednesday, the 12th jnstv, 

 and the following officers were elected for the ensuing vear: Fred 

 W. Quimby, Pres.; M. Lindsley, Vice-Pres.: A. Heritage (Old 

 South Paw), Sec. and Treas.; Dr. J. S. Burdett, F. W. Mitchell 

 and Geo. B. Eaton, Executive Committee; Wm. D. Reynolds, 

 Official Scorer. Reports were made by the executive committee 

 and treasurer, showing the club to he in a flourishing condition 

 financially, but a lack of enthusiasm of late at the traps. Meas- 

 ures were proposed to promote enthusing the members, regular, 

 weekly meetings, prizes, etc., and a different manner of handi-, 

 capping. As heretofore tire amateurs and medium shooters have 

 had little shows at the traps against such old veterans as Sicgler,- 

 Quintan. Lindsley and a host of others; thev have therefore staid 

 away. They are now promised an opportunity. The grounds of 

 the club are now occupied monthly by the Essex Club of Newark, 

 a hue lot of fellows and crack shots. Application has been made 

 bv three other clubs, two German clubs from New York city. 

 There is room for more. The club grounds are easy of access, to 

 the city and from Newark, and are amply equipped with all the 

 traps and appliances of artificial targets. The Jersey City- 

 Heights Gun (hub members congratulate themselves, that after 

 the ups and downs and various vicisitudes of a club existence of 

 nearly twelve years, they find themselves with an enviable repu- 

 tatation, being champion Of all clubs with whom they have con- 

 tested, a membership of nearly one hundred, free of debt, money 

 in the treasury, a well and comfortably furnished club room, 

 where they are glad to welcome sociably all visiting sportsmen, 

 a commodious club house in inclosed grounds, and almost every 

 conceivably-known trap for sending off the inanimate birds— 

 and all paid for. We prophecy under the management of its 

 present able officers, with their well-known vim and courtesy, a 

 renewed and permanent success.— Jacobstaff. 



THE NEW YORK SUBURBAN.— New York, Dee. 15.— .Editor 

 EYiresi ami Stream: The bright sunny afternoon brought about 

 llj spnrtsmen over to the weekly shoot of the New York Suburban 

 Shooting Grounds Association, at Claremont, Jersey City, whose 

 grounds are rapidly reaching a completed condition. The follow- 

 ing are the principal scores. Quite a little interest was mani- 

 fested in the 50 bluerock contest between Messrs. Albee and San- 

 ford as one team against Messrs. Quimby and Mort, the losing 

 side to pay for the biuerocks: 



Quimby... 1110111111111000111111011—20 



U111101001 11001)00113031 1-16-36 



Mort 1 111 1 1 101 1 110003 01 1 00111-17 



1011111111 101 1 11111 011101 — 21 — 38 — 74 



Albee 1010010111111100101 111111-18 



11110011 OlllllUlK 1 U 1101-20-38 



Sanford 1.11 10000101 131333 10010110—16 



1010101110010110101010000-12—28-66 

 Practice. 



Smith 1 1 1 01 1 1 1010111(01 1 1 01 0111— 18 



001 1 11033001 1 00103) 11 011 1-16-34 



Lindsey 1011113111011111113101001-20 



1011103311110111111311101— 23— 41 



Sweep No. 1, entrance 50 cents: 



Quimb v 1111 11) 10-8 Smith 101111000-5 



Albee . ' 1 H0111 13-8 Daly 030100101-4 



Lindsey 111001110-6 Schmidt 100\v 



Mort 011010011-5 Bassione OilOw 



First, second and third divided. 

 Sweep No. 2, same conditions as before: 



Smith 111111011—8 Quimby 100100111-5 



Daly 110011 1 11—7 Schmidt 011000011—4 



Albee 111011 101—7 Hathaway 111001001—4 



Lindsey 311111010-7 Bassione OOOw 



Ties for second divided. 

 Sweep No. 3, same as above: 



Daly 110111101-8 Hathaway 001101100-4 



Lindsey 001111111-7 Mort 100010000-2 



Quimby 110001110—5 



All matches at three traps. Three additional traps were devoted 

 to private practice. The grounds will be open all day Christmas 

 and New Years. Sportsmen are invited with their friends. 

 Special provision for amateurs. Sweeps and practice. A warru 

 club house and fine restaurant. All makes of shotgun ammuni- 

 tion for sale.— Ardon. 



SPRINGFIELD, N. J., Dec. 15.— Miller and Johuson of the 

 Uniou Gun Club shot their third match for the Atlantic Ammu- 

 nition Co.'s trojfhy here this afternoon and it resulted in a vic- 

 tory for Miller by'a score of 98 to Johnson's 93. . The shooting of 

 Miller was superb from the start, he only missing his 60th and 

 89th bird. His run of 59 straight is the largest ever made on 

 these grounds and was received with great applause. Johnson, 

 although defeated, is still game. Another match will probably be 

 arranged for the first Saturday in January or very near that 

 time. Following is the score: 



ED Miller ; 1111111111 1111113333313331133333111133311111111111 



11111111101113111111111111111111111111011111111113-98 

 C H Johnson, Jr. 110 tliOlil 10111111111113111011 11111131331111111111 



llllllOlltll 11111111111111111110011111111111111111—93 

 Miller shot a 10-gauge, L. C. Smith hammerless, rival shells, 

 loaded with 3% drams dead shot and l}4oz. No. 9 chilled shoU 

 Johnson shot a 12-gauge L. C. Smith hammerless, U. S. shells, 

 with 3 drams of Schultze and lkioz. No. 9 chilled shot. We were 

 very glad to see our friends Manitz and Zeamaus from South 

 Orange, who turned up just after the match commenced. General 

 sweepstake shooting was starred at the close of the match and 

 kept up until dark. All hands shot tip top. — 32-BoRE. 



BROOKLYN, Dec. 34.— The Unknown Gun Cluh, of Brooklyn, 

 held a shooting match at Dexter Park, Jamaica plank road, L. L, 

 yesterday, twenty-one of tne members competing. The shoot 

 was for a gold medal and money prizes, and the conditions were 

 7 birds, one barrel, gun below the elbow. H. Kncbel, Jr., and J. 

 Bohling, 27yds., killed all their birds, and the former won on the 

 shoot-off, killing 30 straight. H. Cahill, 22yds.; D. Monsees, 

 28yds., and J. Hubbell, 83yds., divided second prize, killing 6 birds 

 each, H. Van Stateri and H. Skidmore killed 5 each and shared 

 third money. 



SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5.— Shooters here are talking with ad- 

 miration of the score reported on Dec. 3 from Menio Park hy H. 

 A. Bassford, for the Shelby medal in open competition at 50 

 singles. 15yds. rise and 5 traps. In the competition Bassford 

 killed 49 singles and 49 doubles, winning the medal with something 

 to spare. 



ROYERSFORD, Pa., Dec. 14.— Score made by H. E. Buckwalter, 

 of this place, who is improving in his shooting very fast. Mr. 

 Buckwalter is a newbeginner at the trap, lie started trap-shooting 

 in 1887, has shot several matches and won every match. He went 

 out to-day to try his new gun on standard targets and succeeded 

 in parting 98 out of 100 with a very strong wind, missing his 

 seventh and thirty-sixth birds.— C. L. 



ARTILLERY TARGET PRACTICE— The success of the rifle 

 competitions in the army has stimulated the authorities in the 

 matter of practice with the large arms, and Gen. Schofield has 

 issued an order to the artillery branch of the army providing for 

 more systematic and efficient artillery target practice. The com- 

 manding general of each military division is directed to desig- 

 nate an officer of artillery who shall act as inspector of artillery 

 practice. The order prescribes a uniform system of report and 

 marks of merit. At the seacoast ports the water in the range of 

 the gun is laid off and so markad that the range of an approach- 

 ing vessel can be obtained with great accuracy. 



Herniating, 



Canvas Canons and how to Build Tliem. By Parl'&r B. Meld. 

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

 Price $1.50. The, Canoe A urora. By C. A. Neide. Price $1. Caw* 

 Batvdling. Bij C. B. Vau.r. Price $1. Canoe and Camera. By T, 

 S. Stifle. Price 1.50. Four Mentha in a SnccddMx. By N. H. Bishop. 

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



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 CIFIC COAST, COLORADO, WYOMING AN 33 UTAH. 

 Railroad ticket agents of the Eastern, Middle and Western 



Vancouver or Victoria; also to Denver, Cheyenne, Colorado 

 Springs or Pueblo. For a special folder giving full particulars of 

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

 EUSTIS, GenT Pass, and Ticket Ag't, C. B. & Q. R. R„ Chicago, 111. 

 — Adv. ^_ 



A Drxrus CAR Line to the Pacific Coast.— The completion of the all rail 

 line between Portland, Ore., and San Eraneisco gives the Pacific coast trav- 

 eler an opportunity to patronize tlie famous Dining Car and Yellowstone 

 Parle Line, the Xortberu Pacific Railroad. The sportsman traveling In the 

 West, whether a lover of the rod or gun, naturally seeks this road, pene- 

 trating as it does tlie lake park regioruol Minnesota, and running through 

 the valleys of such trout streams as the Yellowstone, Gallatin, Hell Gate, 

 Clark's Fork, Spokane, Yakima and Green Rivers, for a distance of fully 

 1,500 miles, as well as lying Immediately contiguous to the finest hunting 

 w-ounds in the United States, viz., Tlie Big Horn, Snowy Belt, Bitter Root, 

 Coeur D'Aleae and Cascade Mountains. Information in regard to this 

 region can oe obtained by addressing Charles S. Fee, General Passenger 

 and Ticket Agent, N.R, R„ P. St. Paul. Mhin.-4dt\ 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest ani> 

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

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

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

 Keerotarv-Treatiiirer— O. H. Root, Cleveland. Ohio. 



Executive CoKtfnlttee— C. J. Bousfield, Bay City, Mich.; T. P. Gaddls, Day 

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



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Officers, 1887-88. 



Commodore: H. C. ROGERS } Potorhnrnnrt fa-n 



Secretary-Treasurer: Geo. W. Hatton $ Petel bm ough> Can - 

 Vice-Cam. Rear-Cam. Purser, 



Central Dlv..W. R. Huntington. E. W. Masteu T. H. Stryker, 



Rome, N. Y. 



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



186 Jerolemon St., Brooklyn.. 



Eastern Div..H. E. Rice, M. D... .Mas ton Holmes H. D. Marsh, 



Springfield. Mass.. 



N'lhern Div. .Robert Tyson S.S.Robinson Colin Eraser, Toronto. 



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

 panied by the recommendation of an active member and the sum of $2.00 

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

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

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



Persons residing in any Division and wishing to become members of 

 the a. C. A., will be furnished with printed forms of applicati on by address- 

 ing the Purser. 



LEGITIMATE CRUISING APPLIANCES, 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I was much pleased in perusing the columns of the Forest and 

 Stream to see that the executive committee have taken the first 

 step 1 award encouraging cruising appliances, or rather deprecat- 

 ing the use of special racing appliances in our A. C. A. races by 

 offering a resolution to that effect to the coming regatta commit- 

 tee. 1 believe, in discussing the resolution, they made special 

 reference to three points which are now "the three greatest" and. 

 almost only evils which could be checked hy simple rules intro- 

 duced by tire regatta and passed upon by the executive commit- 

 tees. The evils mentioned are: First, standing sails; second,, 

 sliding or hiking out seats; third, centerhoards in the middle of 

 the cockpit and extending 6 or 8in. above same. One would 

 natuall v think, after seeing about 8in. of a circular saw projecting 

 above a combing, that it would just take the regatta committee 

 about fifteen minutes to see that if hy the sailing regulations they 

 ruled that "a centerboard must not project below the keel," that 

 thev had an equal right to legislate that they should not go to the 

 other extreme and run the board 6 or Sin. up through the deck or 

 cockpit, something that was never anticipated when the present 

 rules were framed, and so were not guarded against, but hy the 

 a'-tion, or rather want of action (in this line! of past regatta com- 

 mittees, one would think that the rules which were given us many 

 many years ago were so sacred that to offer or suggest a change to 

 the executive committee would be a most heinous crime, never to 

 he forgiven. 



I may he wrong in my estimate of the canoeists of to-day, hut I 

 lean to the opinion that there are in the A. O. A. men just as 

 capable, just as wise, and just as far-seeing as those who framed 

 th,: present regulations "many years ago," since when an entire 

 change has taken place in the ideas and manner of racing canoes, 

 is it then presuming too much to hold the idea that with the five 

 or six years experience to date, there could he some, probably 

 uiany, 'changes made in the present regulations which would he 

 for tlie general good? Methinks I hear not a dissenting voice to 

 that suggestion; while some one whispers, "I guess we do know a 

 little more about racing than we did six years ago." It does 

 appear disgraceful that for three years canoe racing has been 

 drifting in the wrong direction, without even so much as a single 

 rule being offered to stay its downward career. If then we are 

 now possessed of information that they did not have six years 

 ago and now see where we could improve on their work of that 

 date, I think the regatta committee owe it to the Association to 

 suggest changes that appear to them to be for the general good, 

 and I hope this year that we will have a committee with sufficient 

 backbone to do so. , . „, . . 



The standing sail problem, I believe, is now sufficiently ripe to 

 be pulled up by the roots and dissected to see what there is in it. 

 1 1 may be of interest to know that two of the executive committee 

 who passed the resolution deprecating racing appliances have, I 

 believe, used that class of sail this year, and I have talked with 

 many others who are using them, not because* they want 

 to, but because it is a faster sail, area for area, than you 

 can possibly get in a hoisting and reefing article. After due 

 deliberation the following conclusion has forced itself upon 

 me, i. e., that there are not half a dozen members in the A. C. A. 

 who, were the regatta committee to rule to-morrow that the 

 A. C. A. races would be open to hoisting sails only, would regret 

 such ruling, because after a season's trial they are heartily sick of 

 it, and would gladly exchange back to the hoisting article were it 

 not for the fact that one or two will not change hack, and would 

 thereby have an advantage over those who did. As it is now, one 

 standing rig man lias no advantage over his rival, who has also a 

 standing rig, and they would be both just as equal had they both 

 lowering rigs, they would sail very near as fast and have a sail 

 that was at. least safe. If this be the case (a postal card dropped 

 to each stauding-rig man will settle it), I think the regatta com- 

 mittee would be justified in ruling out rigs of the standing type, 

 as there can be no gainsaying the fact that they are detrimental 

 both to cruising and even racing interests. 



The same arguments apply with equal force to the hiking seat; 

 the first one introduced was required to equalize the balancing 

 power of her skipper as compared with others' skippers, hut now 

 that the other skippers utilize the same appliance there is no 

 benefit derived hy the introducer of it. They are just where they 

 were before; t. c, the heavy man has just as much advantage 

 over his lighter friend as he had when neither of them had the 

 extension article. I believe, there is no boating or yachting club 

 in America where such a tiling as a board slid out to windward 

 with the crew on it would be allowed for one moment. 



By the present sailing regulations, if we go half an inch over the 

 limit laid down for beam we would be summarily disqualified; 

 and yet we allow members to have practically the use of from 

 hhn. to 2ft. more beam than the law allows and no notice is taken 

 of it. All of which is respectfully submitted. 



TORONTO. W. Q-. MACKeNBRICK. 



NEW YORK C. C. 



THE annual meeting of the New York C. C. was held on Dec. 15 

 at Clark's, on Twenty-third street, w ith Vice-Corn. Burchard 

 in the chair. Com. Munroe was unfortunately obliged to sail 

 for Florida in the. afternoon, but left a farewell letter full of good 

 wishes to the club, but declining to be a candidate again for the 

 commodoreship, having held the position for the past four years. 

 Vice-Horn. Burchard was elected Commodore for the ensuing 

 year, with Dr. B. F. Curtis as Vice; while Mr. C. J, Stevens was 

 re-elected Sec.-Treas. Messrs. F. F. Grant and B. H. Nadal were 

 c I ee red to the Executive Committee. The new Commodore offered 

 two silver prizes, one for the best rigged sail produced hy the 



nandina to Biscayne Bay. On his return Mr. Bigelow will take 

 up his residence permanently 111 Berlin, and next summer will 

 make an extended cruise down tlie Danube in an American-built 

 canoe. After the meeting a supper was served. The club wiil 

 spend New Year's Eve at the club house on Staten Island. The 

 club is now in a prosperous condition financially and with a large 

 membership roll. The annual regatta will he held on June 28. 



