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[Jan. 10, 1889. 



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CLAREMONT, Jersey City, Jan. 1.— The fine day brought out a 

 large iiumher to the Suburban Shooting Ground?, many of whom 

 preferred to use the set of targets reserved for practice and pri- 

 vate matches. The large number of new shooters present show 

 that these grounds will be well patronized as (hey become better 

 known. The follow ing are the principal sweeps: 



Sweep No. 1, losing side pays for bluerocks, 9 singles: 



Peck 1010111111-7 Douglas 111101110-7 



Mort 01101100-5-12 Tell 010111000-4-11 



Sweep No. 2, 10 bluerocks; entry $1: ,«■„„,•, « 



Purrington ] 111 1 111 11— 1 Shernit 0010111 101—6 



iiiciKu-i- mioQom- ? umam-Ji 



Mort lllOOllUO— 7 Douglas 0III1010110— 5 



Richards second. 



Sweep No. 3, same conditions: ties div.; 



Collins 1111111111—10 Pock 



Purrington 1111101111— 9 Richards. 



Sherri ff Ill 00110101 0101— 9 



Sheriff was allowed 5 extra birds. 



Sweep No. 4, same; ties div.: 



Sherrilf 11110101100111—10 Palmer 11110001011 0010- 8 



Tell - 010111011011101-10 Daly 0110010111- 6 



Collins limomi- 9 Purrington 0011100111- 6 



Mort . , OllllOOlim— 9 Richards 1110010111- 7 



Sweep No. 5, same: 



Peck 1111111111-10 Purrington 0110110110- 



Mort 1111110011- 8 Richards 1100111000- S 



Collins 0111111100- 7 Tell 1110100001- •", 



Palmer HlllOOOOOlOOlO- 7 Daly 0011010000- 3 



Peck first, Mort second, Collins third. 



Sweep No. 6, same: 



Purrington 1111111111—10 Peck 0111011111 -8 



Collin3 1111111111-10 Richards 1110110011- 7 



Daly 1111111111-10 Gill 1011101100- 



Mort miUlOll- 9 Tell 0111010110-6 



On shoot-off Daly 5, Collins 5, Purrington 6. 



Sweep No. 7, same, ties divided: 



Mort 1111111111-10 Tell ... ..HlOllOtill- 7 



Dalv 1011111111— 9 Richards 0111101010- 6 



Purrington 1111111011— 9 Peck 0111100000— 4 



Collins 1001011111— 7 



Sweep No. 8, same: 



Purrington. .1111111111—10 Gill 0011111110—7 



Peck HllOOim— 8 Tell 1001101010-5 



Richards 0010111111- 7 CollinB 10111O010O-5 



Daly 1101011110- 7 Mort, 11001100 w. 



Tie won by Richards, 5 to Daly's 4. 



Sweep No. 9, same: 



Dalv 1111111111-10 Mort 1011011011-7 



Purrington 1011011111-8 Collins 1 II 10 H101-7 



Richards 1110101111-8 Gill OiHlOOlOll-5 



Ledcr .-. .0111011101- 7 Peck - . .lOOllOlOw. 



Tell 0101011111- 7 



Purrington second, Leder third. 



Sweep No. 10, 4 singles and 2 pairs ties; div.: 



Richards 1111 11 11— 8 Peck 1101 00 00—3 



Collins 1110 11 11—7 Leder 0101 00 10—3 



Mort 1111 10 11-7 Tell 0100 00 10-2 



Purrington 0111 00 00—3 



OMAHA, Dec. 29. — The shooters are taking advantage of this 

 pleasant midwinter weather to keep their hand in. There were 

 several fine shots on the club grounds this afternoon, the scores 

 of which will be found subjoined. 



The first event was a 100 bluerock race between Prank Parmelee 

 and George W. Ketcbem, which resulted as follows: Kctcheni 96, 

 Parmelee 89. 



Following this came live bird shoot, 5 birds each, modified Eng- 

 lish rules, entrance 85. The score: 



Hardin 11U1— 5 Brown 11110—4 



Blake 11111—5 Hunt 01111-4 



Gwin 11111-5 Converse 01011—3 



Ketchem lllOi— 4 Dumont . . 00101-2 



Parmelee 11510-4 Field 10101—3 



Ellis 11101—4 Hockenberg 10011-3 



Hardin, Blake and Gwin divided first money; Parmelee shot 

 out the tie for second, and field for third. Another similar match 

 was won by Hardin, Hunt, Ellis and Gwin clinching second, and 

 Dumond and Blake third. Hardin, who had his Shooting clothes 

 an, also won a 25 bluerock race by a score of 21, among teu entries, 

 and divided first in three additional live bird shoots. 



Third event, sweepstakes, 5 pair, half Keystone and haU ! Ma- 

 comber targets: 



Rumsey ........ .10 10 00 00 01—3 Addington 11 10 11 11 00-7 



Field 10 01 11 10 11—7 Moore 11 10 10 10 10—6 



Gadv 10 00 10 00 10—3 Smith 00 10 00 00 00—1 



J Coles 10 00 01 00 00-2 Shepley 11 11 00 10 10-0 



Homer 10 11 00 10 11-6 Colville 10 01 01 11 10-6 



Addington first, Moore second. 



Fourth event, 10 single Maeomber targets: 



Rumsey 1011111001-7 T Coles 1001010010—4 



Field llOOilJOOl— 6 Addington 1100111111—8 



J Coles 1101110101—7 Anderson 0001010000—3 



Homer 0101101111—7 



Addington first, Homer second after a shoot-off. 



Fifth event, 10 single Maeomber targets: 



Rumsey 0100000110-3 J Coles. 1110001100—5 



Field 1110111001-7 Colville 0O01HO0H— 5 



Gady 000000] 01 0-2 Addington. . .. 1011101011—7 



Homer 1111000010— 5 Moore 01 11010111— 7 



Moore took first, Colville second.— Unser Fritz. 



ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 1.— Editor Forest and Stream: New Year's 

 Day was a most delightful one for a trap shoot, and several mem- 

 bers of the St. Louis Gun Club took advantage of it at Compton 

 Avenue Park. Tne Maeomber tin target was used and proved 

 quite satisfactory. It is the cheapest target, because it can bo 

 gathered and made to do service many times. The onlv disagree- 

 able feature of the shoot was the small supply of the Macomhers 

 which trie club had, and the members were obliged to do duty as 

 i-etrievers very often. When Ike twenty-five or thirty were 

 thrown and shot at, all hands hied to the field and picked them 

 up, when the shooting would be proceeded with. They were 

 thrown from a Keystone trap with perfect results. It was the 

 first meeting of the clans since the opening of the game season, 

 and very naturally all had experiences to relate of hunting trips 

 which they had been on. One had had this occur to him, and 

 another something else. Some of them related how a young 

 puppy had acted on his first covey of birds, while others told of 

 some peculiar thing done by an old dog. To one not interested in 

 field sports, of course, the conversation would have been very 

 boorish, but to confirmed "cranks," such as they are, it was 

 "mighty intorestcu" and was thoroughly relished by all. Field 

 shooting, generally speaking, had been so very unsatisfactory of 

 late in this part of the country that many of the gentlemen hoped 

 for the opening e>f spring that they could once more meet regu- 

 larly at Compton Avenue Pack and indulge in their shoots. 



First event, sweepstakes at 10 Keystone targets: 



LM Rtimsey 1000110100-4 J Addington 1111111101-9 



WE Field 1011111110-8 G Anderson 1QQUQ0QUM 



HGady lOlOiilJll-8 Col Moore Hill 1101— 8 



J Coles 1111101011-8 T Coles 1001010111-6 



W Horner 0001101011-8 



Addingion.first, Col. Moore second. 



Second event, 5 pair, half Keystone and half Ma' omber: 



Rumsey 10 00 10 00 01-3 Addington II 10 01 11 11-8 



Field 00 10 11 10 11-0 Moore 00 11 01 10 00-4 



•••10 '» 00 01 11-1 F Smith 00 00 00 00 00-0 



J Coles 10 11 00 10 10-5 J Shepley 10 10 11 11 11-8 



Horner 11 11 10 10 01—7 



Addington took first after a shoot-off, Horner second. 



PHILADELPHIA, Jan. l.-The newly-formed Galena Gun Club 

 had its first shoot to-day at South Broad street and Pennsylvania 

 Railroad. Dark coming on the ties were not shot off: 

 tut First Round. Second Round. 



J McAfee 1111010110-6 J McAfee.. otil01001-G 



gApker 10011.01110-6 F Apker ClOOllTlOl-6 



R Little 0011010110-5 D Beriman. 100 1 000 11-5 



w Walter 1 U0110001-6 E J Ford OOOOH 0001-3 



S ?w lm . an 1110000110-5 W Avil 1011000001-4 



EJEord 0111001110-6 W Walter 1011011010-0 



W Avil 0011110111-7 R Little 0111101 101-7 



THE UNKNOWN GUN CLUB held its annual dinner and 



valued at $ 80, emblematic of the highest season's score. The party 

 toasted the health of the lucky father and son as a fitting climax 

 to the evening's festivities. At a meeting held Jan. 3 officers were 

 elected as follows: President, Henry Knebel, Sr.; vice-president, 

 J. Arkhurst: secretary, R. W. Stillwell: treasurer, H. Van Sfcaden, 

 Sr. Henry Knebel, Jr.. having headed the list of shooters duriag 

 the past year was presented with a gold badge. Vice-Prosident 

 J. Arkhurst, the oldest member of the club, made the presenta- 

 tion, which was accepted by Mr. Knebel in a few well-chosen 

 remarks. Messrs. H. Knebel, Jr., Van Staden, Cahill, Munsees, 

 Dittlesan, Plate, Rampper, Rohling. Chichester, Haas, Skidmore, 

 Brower, Gillmann, Henry Knebel, Sr., Hilmer, Behrmann and 

 Hopkins were also winners of prizes, which consisted of all kinds 

 of smoking articles. At the close of the meoti.ig a fine repast 

 was served. 



BROOKLYN. Dec. 31.— The regular monthly shoot of the Glen- 

 more Rod and Gun Club for the Midas Diamond Badge, was held 

 at Dueller's Park, on the Jamaica Plankroad, on Wednesday 

 afternoon, Dec. 26. To make the shoot, more interesting Michael 

 J. Burke, the president of the club, put up a special prize, to go 

 to the winner of the. badge for the last three months by members 

 of the club. On this occasion there were fourteen shooters on 

 hand, and a lively contest was the result. P. Howard Reid was 

 the winner of the badge and the special prize, while William J. 

 Bennett captured the leather medal. The score was as follows: 



James Bennett, 30 vds. .1001100-3 F A Reid, 25yds 0111111-6 



William Levetts. 20yds .0110110—4 M J Bourke, 26yds 0110100-3 



Lee Helgans. 30yds 1001110-4 P H Reid, 85yds 1111111— 7 



Emil Schielteim 2lSyds„101llll-tt W J Bennett, 23yds. . . .0000011—2 

 Peter Sutter, 28yds .. .0111000-;; J Van Wicklen. 29yds.. 1001111— 5 



Charles Magee." 11(10011-4 W R Sclover, 30yds. . . .1001110-4 



Joseph Ochs, 25yds 1011010-4 J D Bennett, 26yds 1010111—5 



* Referee, John J. Garrity. Scorer, William J. Bennett, Then 

 came the match of the. day. It was between two sides, one of 

 which was captained by Peter Sutter and the. other by Charles 

 Magee. Each side was to shoot at 49 birds, the loser to pay for 

 six bottles of wine. At the conclusion nf the match it was found 

 that there was a tic, each side killing 30 birds. The matter was 

 amicably settled, however, both captains doing the honors. 



SOUTH OYSTER BAY, L. I., Dec. 29.— South Oyster Bay has a 

 splendid array of crack shots among its young men, and a club 

 was formed last Thursday evening to be known as the Bluerock 

 Gun Club. The first pigeon shoot of this club occurred this after- 

 noon, with the following result: 



Frank Kiirain 0100110001-4 H Shepard 1001101110— 6 



E Barteau 1111101111-9 P Kiirain 1111111100-8 



D Quilfeldt 1011011101-7 W Wilson 1101111100-7 



JWhitHendricksontmillOH-9 G Scha.rd 1101110100 -6 



Barteau and Hendrickson shot-off twice each. The first round 

 both hit one and missed one. The second shoot-off Berteau hit 

 one and missed one, and Hendtickson was declared the winner, 

 haying killed one bird, and the other Hew to within three feet of 

 the boundary before it dropped, and it is thought both birds were 

 hit from the second barrel of his gun, as both flew near together. 



EATON, N. Y., Jan. 6.— Eaton sportsmen mot in a friendly con- 

 test on New Year's Day for the club badge. They have been in 

 competition for this badge for some months, and it has been won 

 by nearly every member, Doctor and Professor excepted, who 

 can't quite get there with their new hammerless guns. There 

 have been some remarkably good scores, but at the last shoot all 

 seemed a little off. The quick shooting of Morse is often ap- 

 plauded as he knocks down his nine straight. Kingbirds, one 

 trap, three angles, lKvds.; following is New Year's score: 



Richardson 0111111100-7 Short 0010001100—3 



Briggs 1100101 [111- J} Hamlin 0000 1 01100— 3 



Bell. 0101110111-7 Curtis 1001111011-7 



Morse 1100101111—7 



In shooting off ties Briggs won. 



ZIONSVILLE, Pa.. Jan. 5.— To-day the money was placed in the 

 hands of the stakeholders for the long talked about, match 

 between two of Lehigh county's best shots. Mr. Leon W. Mazurie 

 of Dillingersville and Albert Neil of Zionsville: 100 e.lav birds, 3 

 screened traps, 13yds. National rules, for $100 a side. There has 

 been a great deal of money put up by friends of the shooters as to 

 the results of the match, so all hre waiting patiently for the 

 match to come off, Jan. 12. Although Mr. Mazurie is known to 

 be the best field shot in these parts, and this being his first 

 attempt at tne saucer shooting, his friends say although he very 

 seldom fails to kill his grouse or quail he puts up, the clays may 

 get him rattled at first. I shall mail you full accounts of the 

 match in due time.— tlHSBB J ,» con. 



Canvas Canoes and how tn Build Them. By Parker B. Field. 

 Price 50 cents. Canne and Boat Building. By W. P. Stephen?. 

 Price $1.50. The Canoe Aurora. By C. A.Neide. Price $1. Canoe 

 Hojidiiny. By C. B. Vau.c. Price $1. Came and Camera. By T. 

 S. Steele. Price 1-50, Four Month* in aSnedlibox. By N.H. Bishop, 

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



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest And 

 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. 



FIXTURES. 



June. 



23. N. Y. O. O. Annual, Stateu Island. 



July. 



- . W. C. A. Meet, Ballast Island. 

 — . Atlantic Division Meet. 



August. 



16-30. A. C. A. Meet, Sugar Island, St. Lawrence River. 



SPECIAL RACING APPLIANCES. 



Editor Fittest and stream: 



I beg leave to say a few words in reference to what has ap- 

 peared in your paper, editorially and otherwise, about rigs for 

 racing canoes. I think it would be interesting to your readers to 

 know what the general opinion is among the fraternity, and I see 

 no better way of ascertaining it than for a number to express 

 their views pro or con, with your permission, through the medium 

 of your paper. 



The standing sail seems to be the principal object of attack in 

 the articles to which I have referred, and after that the oufrig- 

 ging deck seat. I have never used either of them, hut at the same 

 time 1 think them both perfectly proper and legitimate appli- 

 ances. It is admitted that under certain conditions the standing 

 sail is faster than any other rig. That in itself to my mind 

 justifies its use. You do not condemn racing; it is a vital, in- 

 spiriting and enjoyable part of canoeing. Well'," what is the chief 

 ooject in a race? It is to win, to reach the goal first; and the sail 

 ot whatever description that best helps to achieve this result is 

 the one to use. it seems to me that for one to object to the sail 

 with which another wins a race, is about as reasonable as it 

 would be for him to object to the prize going to the winner 

 because he had the fastest boat. As for the element of safety, if 

 the standing sail really is ttxoi'i dangerous to use than any other, 

 I do not think it should be considered in a canoe race. That 

 should be left entirely to the discretion of the one who uses it. 

 Every canoeist in a race takes his chances of a capsize, and all 

 are supposed and should positively be able to take care of them- 

 selves iu such an event; otherwise they have no business in a 

 race, irrespective of what rig they carry. 



Eliminate the risk from canoeing and you emasculate it. You 

 metaphorically turn your bicycle into a tricycle; to reduce it to a 

 positively safe basis, all your sails standing or otherwise would 

 have to be cut down more than half, and even then there would 

 be complaints from some of the sizes of other sails, or they might 

 claim that an unfair advantage was obtained by their competitors 

 sitting on deck or leaning out too far, and that brings me to the 

 deck seat. Admitted -that the sailor keeps the canoe up, and not 

 Dice versa (and no experienced canoeist will dispute this), any 

 device which increases the sailor's control over his craft seems to 

 mo perfectly legitimate and to be commended; and for that rea- 

 son 1 would as soon think of attempting to regulate the distance 

 to u DTP]} a piaa may 'lay «ut to wind'ard" as to condemn toe use 

 ot taa sluing seat. 



In expressing the above views I speak only for myself, and I am 



not largely interested in advocating the cause of the racers, who, 

 1 presume, are much better able to plead their case than I am. 

 At the same time I hope the Association officers will not be mis- 

 led into condemning the devices that have contributed so largely 

 to the fast records of the races, without being pretty positive that 

 they are in sympathy with a large proportion of the lay members. 



Ret/ttar. 



[While we can agree with our correspondent in the two general 

 propositions— that racing is good and that the object of racing is 

 to attain the greatest speed— there are in practice very serious 

 qualifications attached to each proposition, which have evidently 

 been overlooked by him. Racing is a benefit to canoeing in that 

 it is a very interesting and exciting branch of the sport that cau 

 be indulged in by those who cannot take time for cruising; it is in 

 its nature more striking and prominent than cruising, and does 

 much to attract popular attention to canoeing and to make new 

 recruits, being necessarily public, while cruising is essentially a 

 quiet and secluded sport. The spirit of rivalry engendered "by 

 raeiner has been a most valuable factor in the improvement of 

 models and rigs, as well as in leading each club to new efforts to 

 outnumber and outsail its fellows. So far, then, as racing is sub- 

 servient to the recognized aim of canoeing— the production of 

 safe, strong, fast and serviceable canoes, and the promotion of 

 general work afloat (sailing, paddling, camping and cruising)— it 

 must be recognized as a desirable feature. As soon, however, as 

 it leads to the building of canoes that are unfit for any purpose 

 but racing; to the use of sails which cannot be used for cru J sing, 

 and further act directly to discourage all improvements which 

 would he of use to the cruiser; and when these boats are sailed by 

 men who never touch a paddle, who care nothing for cruising or 

 tamping, and whose only aim is to win as many prizes as possible 

 in one of the two divisions, sailing or paddling; then it becomes 

 evident that racing has gone too far. Those who have attended 

 the last two meets will be ablo to form their own opinions as to 

 just how far in this direction canoe racing has gone; but it is cer- 

 tain that even if all three of the above extremes have not yet been 

 reached, they soon will be. Racing, then, is good so long as it 

 aids and does not hinder general all-around work in canoes, not 

 only by a few experts, but by all who are in need of just, such a 

 form of relaxation. Admitting then that racing is desirable, 

 there remains the second proposition, that the en d of racing is 

 the attainment of the greatest speed. However true this propo- 

 sition may be in theory, there are the cold facts to face in the 

 records of nearly all sports; that unrest' icted competition soon 

 leads directly to the death of racing. Yac-b ting has shown this 

 in scores of instances; a great deal of the racing about New York 

 for many years was done in open boats, with unlimited crews and 

 sail, and as inanv sandbags as the crew was reckless enough to 

 carry. The double result is seen too plainly to-day; not only has 

 the racing itself entirely died out, but it has left its marks on the 

 entire fleet of small vachts in the creation and perpetuation of 

 hundreds of bad and dangerous models, derived directly from the 

 old racing craft, though not. intended themselves for racing. The 

 same experiment has been tried among the hundreds of small 

 craft on the Delaware, until the absolute necessity of some limits 

 on sail and crews was beyond question. The historv of yachting 

 about Boston would tell a simila r story, while on the other side 

 of the water there is seen the unfortunate result of the let alone 

 policy in the dwindling down of the grand fleet of yachts that 

 raced but. half a dozen years ago to two or three racers sailing 

 alone. The history of canoe racing is too brief as yet to find an 

 instance there, but if the progress of the last three years con- 

 tinues in speed and direction there will he a very conspicuous 

 landmark for coming canoeists to take warning by. Under the 

 present rules there have appeared craft that a man cannot 

 sit inside of, little else but floating d«cks with sails that could not 

 be folded or rolled up, even on shore, and that would capsize the 

 boat as soon as th<yy were stepped unless held up by some 

 one on the float. Granting that with a sliding deck seat the9e 

 machines can be held up by sheer strength and skill, and 

 unless capsized by an unseen puff thev will outsail such canoes as 

 our correspondent, an old boating man, cruiser and racer, has 

 used; we think that he wPl agree with us that such machines are 

 a harm and a disgrace to canoeing. It is always a difficult task 

 for a man to retain certain cruising essentials in his canoe, and at 

 the same time to design a faster boat, than a man who aims solely 

 at speed, and the former has a right to look to the Association 

 which he alone formed, and which nominally regards his inter- 

 ests as of the first importance, for protection from the racing 

 machine. As long as his boat must race in competition with the 

 latter, so long must she nartake to a greater or less extent, of the 

 nature of the other, to the detriment of her cruising qualities. 

 Our correspondent brings up the question of safety; there is 

 always sufficient spice of danger about sport on the water to make 

 it. enjoyable, and no prudent sailor will neglect the least detail 

 which adds to his chances in case of an accident. To serve its 

 main purpose a canoe should as far as possible be a lifeboat, 

 strongly and staunchly built, and fitted with at least two com- 

 partments as large and as tight, as possible. In racing, however, 

 this honest craft must sail against an open shell of the lightest 

 possible construction, without mast tubes, bulkheads, batches, 

 and with a few bladders beneath the deck to comply nominally 

 with the rules. It would be imnossible to rule that, a canoe must 

 carry PO little sail that she could not ca.nsize; but it is only fair 

 That a boat which is used by her owner for all the manv purposes 

 of legitimate canoeing should be protected from a shell that is 

 only launched from a float for short runs over the club course. 

 We' have alreadv expressed our views as to the standing rig and 

 deck seat, and have not space, to go into the details of the ques- 

 tion now, but we will he glad to hear the views of canoeists on 

 either side.] 



OTTAWA C. C, 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The following were the events in our sixth annual regatta: 

 Seven-mile tandem — The course for this race was down the Ot- 

 tawa River; the current, though not very strong at this time of 

 the year, makes the time somewhat better than it otherwise 

 would be. This race excited a good deal of interest among the 

 local boating men; the OHawai Rowing Club sending a strong 

 team in Messrs. Ross and Batlgeley, the latter having been one of 

 the winning crew in the same race in 1887. The canoes were all 

 within the A. CI. A. limits except the ones used by Messrs. Dey 

 and Rogers, which was 17x27 and very light. Rogers, however, is 

 <mlv a hoy of 15. Dev. too, is I believe only 18. He is one of the 

 Dey brothers, boat and canoe builders of this city, and be himself 

 huilt the canoe used in the race. All the crew except the Messrs. 

 Stewart used fchp doubleblade paddles. The foUowing were the 

 entries and the time: 



Omime. F. H. Gisborne and C. G. Rogers... 53.00 



Volunteer, W. Dev and V. Rogers 53.30 



Yvonne. P. D. Ross and W. Bndgeley 54.15 



Clnrabpl, A. O. Wheeler and W. H. Oronk 54.30 



Dahinda, W. C. E. Stewart and R. Stewart Time not taken. 



Stella. S. Short and E. W. Gilbert Did not finish. 



Single-blade Single Paddling, 1 mile with turn: 



Omime, H. Howard 1 



Volunteer 2 



Clarabel, A. O. Wheeler 3 



Irene, R. W. Baldwin 4 



The Irene was the only fully decked canoe in the contest. 



Tandem Paddling Race. 1 mile with turn: 



Omime, Gisborne and C. G. Rogers 1 



Volunteer. Dey and V. Rogers 2 



Clarabel, Howard and Wiggins, 3 



Tug of war, four men in a canoe, two-minute heat«.— This was 

 one of the events of the season, the Ottawa Rowing Club sending 

 a splendid crew, which, as events proved, swept the Held. The 

 first tug was between this crew, composed of P. D. Ross, E. F. 

 Taylor, Dr. Hnrdman and F. H. F. Mercer, and a crew composed 

 of W. C. E. Stewart, A Hemming, A. F. Jarvis and H. N. P. 

 Chesley. all members of t.h* canoe club and of the Government 

 Post Office Department, The Rowing Club men were, however, 

 too strong, and soon had the other in tow. The two other canoe 

 club crews were broken up by the absence of two of their men, 

 and a crew was hastily made up consisting of R. W. Baldwin, F. 

 H. Gisborne, H. Howard and C. Wiggins. The new crow were given 

 a had start, and it was some little time before they were able to 

 rectify it; however, they stuck to it, both crews plowing up the 

 water, and finally the rowing club crew began to move astern. 

 Hours seemed to have passed, when at last the fastenings of the 

 two canoes gave out and the rone slipped off. The judge, that 

 genial and veteran Sportsman. W. Pittman Lett, was then ap- 

 pealed to — surely time was up and who had the best of it. With a 

 twinkle in his eye he said, " 'Twas too good a tug to stop, you've 

 paddled a few seconds over fifteen minutes, at the end of the 

 two the Rowing Club had the advantage." 



Gunwale race, 100yds.: 



Musette, Henri Rov 1 



Irene, R. W. Baldwin 2 



Jce, G. Rogers.... - < 3 



Team race v l mile with turn, three or more to.a crew: 



Joe, Rogers (G.), Dev and Rogers (V.) 1 



Howard, Gisborne Baldwin and Wiggins .. 2 



The Laadsdown.6 Cup Race— Sailing twice rouad a triangular 



