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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 19, 1889'. 



NEW YORK CANOEING. 



THE present month is an active one in canoeing about New 

 York, a number of important regattas being arranged, but. 

 the severe and continuous storm of last week has caused a general 

 postponement. A great deal of damage has ><een done to floating 

 property of all kinds, and in common with the yacht and rowing 

 clubs, the canoe clubs have suffered by loss of floats, flooding of 

 houses, etc. The Marine and Field Club, at Bath, whose first 

 canoe regatta was to have taken place on Sept. 14, has suffered 

 the worst, losing floats and bulkheads, so the regatta was post- 

 poned until Sept. 21, at 2:30 P. M. The Mew York C. C. house was 

 exposed to the storm for several days, the old bulkhead which 

 should have protected it being deep under water with a heavy sea 

 running over it. Fourteen hawsers were needed to hold the house, 

 several of them parting at times, but it rode the gale out in safety. 

 Dr. Grant, of the cltib, and Janitor Staples were on the watch 

 throughout the worst of the storm, and the safety of the house is 

 largely due to their exertions. The fall regatta of the club, open 

 to all members of canoe clubs, will be held on Oct. 5, at Stapleton, 

 Staten Island. The regatta of the Ianthe C. C, at Newark, set 

 for last Saturday, was postponed to Sept. 28, on account of the 

 lack of wind and the high water in the Passaic. 



As there was quite a good sized and expectant audience at the 

 club house last Saturday , it was decided to have some paddling 

 record races and scrub races, that the spectators might not go 

 away altogether disappointed. 



CJass 1. paddling, was won by G. P. Douglass in the Scoot, W. J. 

 Stewart second. 



The senior record paddling was won also by Douglass in the 

 Neenemooska, B. Fredricks second. 



The junior paddling was won by E. Edinger, Crescent O. C, in 

 Syhil, W. B. Daly, Arlington C. C, in Kisco, second. There were 

 tliree crews in the tandem paddling, but one upset at the turn 

 and the other two went to the rescue, so the race did not finish. 

 The hurry-scurry race was well contested, being won by E. Edin- 

 ger, with B. flobart second. The canoe regatta of the New York 

 Athletic Club will be sailed at Travers Island on Sept. 28. 



CANOEING ON THE POTOMAO.-A correspondent who pro- 

 poses to cruise up to the headwaters of the Monongahela Biver, 

 and then to strike the North Branch of the Potomac, desires to 

 know how far up the latter is canoeable, and at what point it 

 will be best to strike it. 



IANTHE C. C— Of the active membership of this growing club, 

 25, all but 6 are A. C. A. members. 



OTTAWA C. C— On Sept. 7 the second sailing race for the 

 Ottawa C. C. cup, from Nepean Point to Gatineau Point, was 

 sailed, the following canoes starting: Mirabel. A. Maingy; Ira, 

 T. H. Gisborne; Iolanthe, W. Maingy; White Wings, E. King; 

 Musette, H. Roy; Natchez, C. De Lanaudiere; Nixie, P. B. 

 Symes. The wind was very light, and it took two ho u-s to reach 

 Gatineau Point, hut it freshened later, and Mirabel won. 

 Musette and Mirabel each have one leg. 



The Lansdowne cup was sailed for in the afternoon, the entries 

 being Musette, Eira, Nixie, White Wings, Natchez, Unknown 

 and Irene. The light breeze that came from the east kept steady 

 till the finish. After a fair start the Nixie took the lead and 

 passed the first buoy first, and was followed by Musette and 

 Irene. The former and latter beating windward, passed the 

 Nixie at the second buoy. Then the Irene overtook the Musette, 

 went ahead, and kept her lead till the finish. At the second 

 round the Unknown took the second place, and kept it till the 

 stopping place. In turning the second huoy at the second round 

 Musette was stuck in the sawdust, and lost five minutes in 

 struggling with the sawdust refuse. The Ira, soon gained a con- 

 siderable speed, and passed the Nixie and Mirabel on the home- 

 ward tack, and was soon found close upon the Unknown's heels. 

 The Irene, sailed by K. H. Baldwin, reached the winning post 

 first in thirty-seven minutes. Unknown came in second, Ira 

 thiid, Nixie fourth, Mirabel fifth. Musette sixth, White Wings 

 seventh and Natchez last. Mr. Baldwin also won the cup last 

 year. 



VESPER B. C— The Vesper Boat Club, of Lowell, Mass., has 

 lately issued a very attractive year book, giving a history of the 

 cluh since its formation in 1875. Though organized as a boat club, 

 the Vespers owe most of their fame to their strong canoeing con- 

 tingent, including Messrs. Paul Butler, Brazer, Gage, Goddard 

 and Walsh. The club owns a very handsome and convenient 

 house on the Merrimac, at Lowell, with an active membership of 

 150 and a club fleet of 19 shells and canoes, in addition to a private 

 fleet of 20 rowing boats and 48 canoes. The book, compiled by 

 Secretary Hemmenway. a canoeist, contains a good picture and 

 plans of the house, and a history of the club and its races. We 

 are glad to see that a page is given to a very good notice of the 

 A. O. A. 



The G a.hden'8 Stoby; or, Pleasures and Trials oe an Ama- 

 teur Gardener. By George Ellwanger, New York. D. Appltton 

 and Company. The writer tells us in his preface that there are 



not half enough contemporary works on the subject, that in fact 

 there cannot be too many; and if all works on the garden were 

 as pleasant and instructive reading as that under review, we 

 should be disposed to second the author's verdict. The well or- 

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 of flowers is evidence of a refined and sensuous nature and incom- 

 patible with a sensual one, and he who describes flowers as our 

 author does, in language which renders us familiar with, and 

 compels recognize their excellencies, and to love them for 

 them, deserves well of his kind. And Ellwanger does all this and 

 more, for while he tells of the flowers, he tells of the birds and 

 insects that are suggested by talking of the flowers, and then of 

 what the poets say, and of ancient fable, until the reader feels that 

 he has got into the company of one who is not only enthusiastic 

 about flowers, but a cultivated, enlightened and genial conversa- 

 tionalist. The chapter entitled " Warm Weather Wisdom " is 

 decidedly cool and refreshing. 



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 Cupples & Hu#d. Price $1.50. This is the first volume of the 

 Adirondack Series, a series of tales of the wilderness, in all of 

 which John Norton the trapper, a brave, simple, honest son of 

 the forest, plays a leading part. That John Norton was modeled 

 on, or at least suggested by Fennimore Cooper's "Leatherstock- 

 ing," is beyond question, but it is not too much to say that in his 

 delineation of the character, and in the interest of his situations 

 Murray has shown himself in every respect up to the level of his 

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 less sharply and boldly delineated, and the man that didn't know 

 much, the long, lank, ungainly, humble, pious lad, who could 

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