Nov. 14, 1889.] 



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NEW BEDFORD, Nov. 5.— Sky and wind were favorable for the 

 tournament of the Now Bedford Gun Club, which took, place on 

 the club grounds T.n-day. The events follow: No 1,6 clay-pigeons: 

 L. A. Plummer, "Bishop" and Dr. Post first; J. T. Ball, of Kayn- 

 ham, second. No. 3, 6 bluerocks: "Bishop" first, Hall, Plummer 

 and Post second. No. 3, 6 clays: "Hall first. Post and Plmnmer 

 second, "Bishop" third. No. 4, 10 rocks: Hall first, Post second, 

 Plummer and "Bishop" third. No. 5, 10 clays: Hall and "Bishop" 

 first. Post second, Plntnnier third. No. 6, 10 rocks: Plummer 

 first, "Bishop" second, Hall third. No. 7. 10 clays: Plummer first, 

 "BiRhop" second, Post third. No. 8, C rocks. This was an excel- 

 lent contest: 



Plummer 111111 -fi S Eggers, Jr 111111-6 



Post 111111 -6 Morgan 111111-0 



Hall 111111-6 "Bishop" 110111—5 



No. 9, 6 rocks: Plummer, Post and Hall first, Eggers and Mor- 

 gan second, "Bishop" third. No. 10. 10 rocks: Plummer first, 

 Post second. Hall third. No. 11, fi rocks: Hall first, H. V. Davis 

 and Plummer second. No. 12, 6 rocks: Hall first, Davis and 

 Plummer second. No. 13, 6 rocks: Davis first, Hnli and Post sec- 

 ond, Plummer third. No. 11, I! rocks: Post first, Da vis, Plummer 

 and Eggers second. Hall third. No. In, ti rocks: Hall, Davis, 

 Plummer and Post first, Eggers second. No. 16, 6 clays: Hall 

 and Plummer first, Post, and Eggers second, Davis third. The 

 best thing was in the next three events, each for 10 rocks. No. 17: 



Hall 1111111111-10 Plummer 1111111111-10 



Post 1 mil 1111-10 Davis 1101111111- 9 



No. 18: 



Hall Ill 11 111 11— 10 Plu mmer 111111111 1—10 



Post 1111111111-10 Davis 1110111111— 9 



No. 19: 



Post ill 1111 1 1 1 -1 0 1 1 all HQUlllll— 9 



Plummer. 1111111111-10 Davis. 11011 111 11—9 



Nos. 18 and 19 were considered as shoot-off for No. 17, and Post 

 and Plummer div. the first three moneys. No. 20, 6 clays: Hall 

 and Post first, Eggers second, Plummer third. No. 21, 6 clays 

 Davis first, Plummer and Post seeoud, HaU and Eggers third, 



MADISON COUNTY TROPHY.— Eaton, N. Y.. Nov. 7.-The 

 trophy shoot of Madison county was held at Canistota, Oct. 28. 

 This cup has been twice won by the Eaton Club, and quite a. 

 friendly rivalry exists. The bovs are trying hard to winter it in 

 the northern part of the county. The Oneida boys "were very 

 tardy and the cup shoot was not called until about 2 o'clock, when 

 it should have been the second shoot on the programme. The 

 forenoon was occupied with the other events on the programme, 

 the cream of which was taken by Curtis, Briggs, Short and 

 Roberts. From 3 o'clock until dark the shooting was done in a 

 driving rain and at the close it was found that Eaton's and 

 Oneida's first, teams tied on 81, while Eaton's second team was 

 only one behind. The tie will bo shot oft' in the near future. The 

 following is the score, 15 singles and 6 pairs, 3 traps, Association 

 rules: 



Eaton, First Team. Eaton. Second Team. 



Hall 20 Short ....18 



Peot 24 Briggs 23 



Curtis 16 Tryer 18 



Cole 21—81 Briggs 21-80 



Oneida, First Team. Oneida, Second Team. 



Markham 23 Bailey 15 



Clark 19 Marble 15 



Devreaux 20 Markham 11 



Maxwell 19-81 Chase U-55 



Canastota, First Team. Oanastota, Second Team. 



Roberts 20 Bishop 8 



Clow 19 Graham 9 



Suits 14 Barrett 15 



Ward 16-69 Salisbury 17-49 



Canastota, second team, has 12 pairs yet to shoot. Stopped by 

 darkness.— G-eo. F. Bell. 



POTSDAM, N. Y., Nov. 8.— The Potsdam Gun Club invited their 

 friends to join in a team match at kingbirds, the losing side to 

 pay for birds and supper. The following score shows how it was 

 done. Match at 9 kingbirds, from 3 traps, 18yds. rise, National 

 rules: 



Heath, Capt 011111100-6 Holmes, Capt ...111100110—6 



FA Ward 000110011- 4 Seete , 101111011—7 



Lewis 111111001-7 Witters 000100100—2 



Watkins 110100111—6 W R Weed 111111010—7 



McKay 110110101—6 Cox 101110011- 6 



Eastman 001101010—4 Swift 100011001— 4 



Bonney 110101001—5 Clark 111111011—8 



Everett 001000000— 1 Ad ams 100000000—1 



Wegant 001110101-5 Cassety. 001000100-2 



Bro wneU 010000001-2 Loveland 1000001 00 -2 



Britton 010000010—2 Nichols 100111111-7 



Brown 100010010—3 Huggard 010000000—1 



Sisson 001111111—7 Williams '• 



O'Hara 000001000—1 Gurley 110010091-4 



Fred Fay 103000100-2 Baum 111111101—8 



Butler 011100101—5—66 E A Fay 000000100 -1— 67 



TORONTO, Nov. 9.— The shooting match between Charles and 

 Emond, at 100 birds— 50 bluerocks and 50 live pigeons— took 

 place at McDowall's grounds this afternoon, and proved to be one 

 of th.fi most exciting and evenly-contested matches shot in To- 

 ronto for years. The score iu the bluerock shoot was remarkable, 

 the contestants killing 45 and 14, respectively. In the live-bird 

 match it was see-saw from the start until the last bird was called 

 " dead " by the referee, the total score then standing 82 to 81 in 

 favor of Charles, Phil Wakefield was the referee. The follow- 

 ing is the score: 



Charles. 



Artificial birds.. 1111111111011 111101111 1111110101111101111101111111-44 



Dive pigeons lllOmimiOllOOimiOlllOOlOlOll.lOlllOOillllllll-38 



Emond. 



Artificial birds.. 11110111111101111101 111010111111111111111111111111-45 

 Li ve pigeons 11101000111111111101110111010110110010111110101111—36 



TROY, Ohio, Nov. 5.— The result of the match between a picked 

 team of 5 shooters from Dayton and the same number from Troy , 

 which occurred in Troy to-day, resulted in a handsome victory 

 for the Daytonians. The Dayton team consisted of Messrs. Rolla 

 O. Heikes, Capt. W. Scott McDonald. Wm. Pratchett, Ed. R ike 

 and Walter Keenan. The Troy team of Messrs. Ed. Ruck, Capt. 

 Senour. Sheets, Prill and Magle. The day was ugly for shooting, 

 a stiff breeze blowing directly across the range, and the scores 

 made indicate excellent shooting. Each man shot at 50 birds. 

 Capt. Heikes led shooting with a 16-gauge gun, loaded with but 

 Moz. ot shot, while the other shooters had guns of large gauge 

 heavily loaded. Heikes, handicapped thus, made a magnificent 

 score. He started the ball rolling by killing his first three, 

 quickly followed by Keenan, Pratchett, McDonald and Rike, all 

 killing their first birds. In fact the first run of the team was 29, 

 the 30th bird being missed. 



Heikes 11111111111111110111111101111110111111111110111101-45 



Keenan 11111111111111111111101111110111111111111111111111—48 



Pratchett... .miiiimimiioiiimioiiiiLimimmmmiH— 48 



McDonald. -.11111011111111101101011111110111111111111111111111-45 



Rike iimmioiimiiiiomiioiiiimiioiimiimmo-45-231 



The Trov team given in totals is as follows: Senour 36, Sheets 

 30, Prill 43, Ruck 45. Magle 41; total 196. From the score of 231 out 

 of a possible 250, to 196, it will be seen that the Dayton men had 

 no difficulty in winning the match, it was theirs from the start. 

 On the grounds t hey challenged the Troy Club to a team shoot, of 

 10 men to come off in Dayton, giving them the privilege to pick 

 their shooters from Troy, Tippecanoe and Piqua. The challenge 

 was accepted, and the match will come olf within two weeks, and 

 will be under the same conditions as that of to-day. The Dayton 

 shooters challenge any city in the United States to a team shoot 

 of 10 men. The prospective team to back this challenge is as fol- 

 lows: Rolla Heikes, captain, Wm. Pratchett, Walter Keenan, W. 

 Scott McDonald, Ed. Rike, Adolph Sander, Ed. King, Charles 

 Tippy. Wes Troup and Mr. Knight.— C. G. N. 



CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 11.— The shots here look upon the Day- 

 ton, O., challenge as a wild offer, and were it not that its captain 

 and team were intoxicated at their victory over the Troy country 

 team— a man of which has not shot at the traps for more than one 

 year at most— shooters in this city, Cleveland, Toledo, Springfield 

 and, aye, even the Canton, O., team might give the challenge 

 some consideration; but as it is, the shooters here look upon the 

 Dayton team's challenge as only talk. Mr. Rolla O. Heikes, cap- 

 tain of the Dayton Club, dare not make the challenge open to 5 

 men and the targets half and half— 35 champion clay and 25 stand- 

 ard. If he will, Cincinnati may accommodate him with a team 

 race inside of the next month, either at Davton, 0., or this city 

 for, as the "constant challenger" puts it, "either glory or money!" 



AMERICAN SHOOTING ASSOCIATION.— Stewart Building, 

 N. Y., Nov. LI.— Editor Form and Stream: The American Shoot- 

 ing Association expects to make, if necessary, revision of their 

 trap shooting rules about Dec. 15. With this view they ask tbat 

 clubs and individuals throughout the country will give such ex- 

 pression as they may care to concerning them, or for any desired 

 change either in the rules for target or live bird shooting.— THE 

 American Shooting Association, J. M. Taylor, Manager. 



BROOKLYN, Nov. 6.— This afternoon, at Woodlawn Park, the 

 members of this well-known shooting club of Long Island held 

 their regular monthly contest. The Fountain Club's men have 

 the reputation of scoring more victories as a. club than any other 

 in this vicinity. In the years gone by, after being victorious over 

 all the neighboring clubs, they boldly chartered a train and at- 

 tended the Slate Sportsmen's meeting, held at Seneca Falls. 

 There the (earn of the club captured every prize worth the win- 

 ning— the Dean Richmond cup, the diamond badge, and the largest, 

 cash prize in every contest for which the Fountains entered. 

 Never was seen so sweeping a victory. This led to the formation 

 of the Long Island Sportsmen's Association, this association tak- 

 ing to its bosom alt the better known clubs of this part of the 

 State. Then came the shooting meeting at Coney Island, when 

 more fun and hurrah were had than in any shooting meeting be- 

 fore or since. Men came from all over the State to compete for 

 the magnificent lot of prizes furnished for the occasion. In cash 

 alone there was over $5,000 distributed to the winners in the dif- 

 ferent events. Then came a lull. The Fountain Club bad reached 

 the highest notch as a shooting club. Members died and no new 

 ones took their places. It became a social club, and the shooting 

 men were relegated to the background. Then caroo another time 

 for an election. The old shooting element came to the front, the 

 "socialists" stepped to the rear, and the men of the club are now 

 once more putting their shoulders to the wheel, and hope to re- 

 place the club upon the plane it occupied a, short time ago. To- 

 day ten men faced the traps and shot for the massive gold badge 

 emblem of shooting supremacy to the one who wears it. The 

 weather was pleasant for the season. The sun shone out brightly, 

 but the wind was chill and penetrating, the stove in the club 

 house being much sought after. It was a shot outside, then a 

 shoot for the fire on the part of each contestant. 



Regular club match, 7 birds each man, modified Hurlingham 

 rules to govern; handicap rises. Scores: Alfred Purdy, 30yds., 7 

 straight, the gold t rophy; Thompson and B. Weld 6 each; Blatt- 

 machcr, Allen, Blenksley, Shiels and C. Wingert 5; Orr 4 and 

 Wheeler 3. 



First Sweepstakes, 10 entries, 5 birds each, $5 entrance, three 

 moneys, 50, 30, 20 per cent, respectively: Wild, Allen and Win- 

 gert 5; tie miss and nut. Stuart missed his fh'Bt pigeon, and then 

 the ot her two men divided. Purdey took secoud money with 4. 

 For third money Shiels, Wheeler, Blankley, Thompson, Blatt- 

 macher and Orr all tied with three each. On the shoot off Allen, 

 Blankley and Orr went to the rear on the first shot, Blattmacher 

 and Thompson on the second, Wheeler on the fifth, Shiels win- 

 ning by a straight score of five kills. 



Second sweepstakes, same, conditions as the preceding one, hut 

 at 8 birds each: Allen Wingert and Orr killed all, and shot the 

 tie off miss and out. Allen dropped out on his second bird, Ori- 

 on his third. Wingert took first money. Second money was tied 

 for by Shiels, Wild, Wheeler, Blanksley, Purdy and Blattmacher. 

 It was altogether too smali for a division, and so was shot for 

 again miss and out. Shiels missed his third; also Wheeler, 

 Blanksley missing their fourth, Wild his fifth. Purdy and Blatt- 

 macher as the birds gave out had to divide, much against their 

 wishes. 



The birds were only a fair lot. Some were extra good flyers, 

 some were slow in getting off, but corkers when they did start, 

 Others were poor, so that the effort to get them up was weari- 

 some both to the shooters and the lookers on. This uneven char- 

 acter of the birds, however, tested the capacity of the members 

 to the utmost, for when prepared for a hustler of a bird they 

 would get a loafer and shoot ahead of him, and when getting a 

 rasper shoot as far behind him as they did in front of the slow 

 fellow. 



SPRINGFIELD, N. J.-The Union Gun Club held a tourna- 

 ment at live pigeons on the 12th inst. The day was beautiful, 

 with warm bright sunlight and balmy air, but despite such favor- 

 able conditions, few were on hand to participate in the sport. 

 The first sweep started with four entries, and only one more man 

 put in an appearance during the afternoon. The birds were of 

 first quality, some of them "screamers" that with dodging and 

 rapidity of flight combined, would have required a charge of 

 electricity to stop them. Five sweeps were shot, and It is of note 

 that not a single bird was dropped for a place, although several 

 tempting chances offered. This is as it should be and it is hoped 

 that at some future time the same may be said of all tourna- 

 ments, both largo and small. 



Event No. 1, at 8 live birds, $4 entrance, two moneys: 



MFLiudsley 21121222—8 B Freemen 11211112—8 



E D Miller 21112111- 8 J Riggotts 22111211-8 



No. 3, same conditions: ties in No. 1 to be decided also: 



Lindsley 12222212-8 Freeman 02002423-5 



Miller 12112111-8 Riggotts 11211112-8 



First in Nos. 1 and 2 div. by Lindsley, Miller and Riggotts, sec- 

 ond in both won by Freeman. 



No. 3, at 10 live birds. $5 entrance, two moneys: 



Lindsley 2201231212— 9 Riggotts 1111110110—8 



Miller 11121 13111-10 Cannon 0221103111—8 



Freeman 310ol22001- 6 



No. 4 same as No. 3: 



Lindsley 12H202200-7 Riggotts 3120221121-9 



Miller 1111110151—9 Cannon o312o03221-7 



Freeman 2011211121-9 



No. 5, same conditions: 



Lindsley 0012001120-5 Cannon 0111221211—9 



Miller 22U111101— 9 



Ties div. 



Match between Miller and Cannon for $10 each: 



Miller 1112311112—10 Lindsley 1121123221—10 



Cannon 0312200112- 7 



Miller won. 



Friendly match at 3 pairs live birds: 

 Miller 01 10 ol-3 Lindsley 10 10 11—4 



WELLINGTON, Mass., Nov. 9.— In the silver pitcher match at 

 the Wellington range to-day, Sanborn scooped in his second 

 third of the trophy. The scores in this match of eight and over 

 were: Schaefer and Bradstreet, 8; Warren, 9; Moore and Melcher, 

 10; Bradbury, Cady and Chase, 12; Cowee and Sanborn, 13. The 

 winners of first moneys in the other events follow: Six blue rocks, 

 Chase: five pigeons, Ingersoll and Chase; six bine rocks, Chase; 

 five pigeons. Bradbury, Chase and Ingersoll; five blue rocks, 

 Cowee and Chase; five pigeons, Ingersoll and Chase; six tin birds. 

 Chase, Porter and Sanborn; six blue rocks, Schaefer, Cady and 

 Ingersoll; five blue rocks, Cowee and Chase; 10 pigeons, Melcher 

 and Bradbury; six blue rocks, Chese and Sanborn; five blue rocks, 

 Chase and Cady; five pigeons, Chase; five tin birds, Chase; seven 

 bluerocks, Sanborn: eight pigeons, Cowee and Bradbury; five 

 pair blue rocks, Warren; six tin birds, Chase, Cowee and San- 

 born; six blue rocks, Chase and Bradstreet; five pigeons. Porter, 

 "Warren and Sanborn; ten pigeons. Keystone target, Sanborn; six 

 blue rocks. Warren and Sanborn; five pigeons, Schaefer and San- 

 born. 



CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 8.-Mr. R. B. Organ, of this city, and the 

 champion, Mr. C. W. Budd, will within the next thirty days shoot 

 a match at Kansas City with Messrs. Jas. Riley and*!. A. R. El- 

 liott, and at Omaha will shoot a match with Messrs. Parmalee 

 and Williams. This seems to be about the only outcome of the 

 great talk of a 10-men match between Chicago and Kansas City, 

 or Illinois and Missouri. It is the opinion here that the Kansas 

 City folks didn't want to shoot. If they did or do want to shoot, 

 why didn't they agree to some sort of a decmt compromise about 

 the handicap for 16-gauge guns, and come up to the score like lit- 

 tle men? They seemed more anxious to issue challenges and to 

 fight on paper than to have a shooting match. The Chicago boys 

 thought they could win, but they also thought enough of the 

 chances of their opponents not to wish to give them aU there was 

 in the match. Why not adjust the matter by a reference com- 

 mittee, make up the matter, go ahead, ami have the shoot?— E. 



HOUOH. 



LINCOLN, Neb. — The first annual shooting tournament of the 

 Lincoln Gun Club will be held on the State fair grounds, Nov. 28 

 and 29, open to all comers. Ten dollars entrance fee entitles one 

 to shoot in all prize matches, for which they receive a card not 

 transferable. No combinations will be allowed. Prise and 

 sweepstakes may be shot at the same time. Private or other 

 matches can be arranged for on the grounds. All matches 

 governed by American Shooting Association rules. G. A. Bush, 

 Captain; C. C. St. John. C. H. Clarke, Sec'y, Committee. 



BALTIMORE.— The first tournament of the Standard Gun Club 

 will be held Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, at Stowman's Park, Bal- 

 timore, commencing at 9 A. M., weather will not prevent. All 

 shooting will be under the Keystone system and American Shoot- 

 ing Association rules. People's line of cars from City HaU via 

 German street, twenty minutes to the grounds direct, foot of 

 Ridgely street. For further information inquire of C. W. Gross, 

 secretary, or Chase's, 2 Light street. 



CLASS-DALY, JR. AGAINST KLEINTZ-IRWIN.— The team 

 race between Frank Class and Phil Daly, Jr., against J. Frank 

 Kleintz and Richard Irwin, has been postponed until Thursday, 

 the 14th inst. at 1:30 P. M., at Erb's Park, Newark, N. J. 



Every week we are obliged to defer to the next 

 week trap scores which come in too late for pub- 

 lication in the current Issue. It is particularly re- 

 quested that scores be sent us as early as possible. 



Secretaries of canoe cluhs 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 

 reanested to forward toFouKs/r .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. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



OFFICERS, 1887-88. 



Commodore: H. C. Bogkks ) t>.»„„v.„„_„„i, n„„ 



Secretary-Treasurer: Geo. W. Haiton j Peterborough, Can. 

 fice-Ccrm. Rear-Com. Purser. 



Central Di v., W. R. Huntington. E. W. Masten T. H. Stryker, 



Borne, N. Y. 



AtlantlcDiv.W. P. Stephens L. B. Palmer W. B. Haviland, 



yonkers, N. Y. 



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



Eastern Div.. H. 10. Ri«o, M. D Max ton holmes H. I) Marsh, 



Springfield, Mass. 



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

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

 tor entrance fee and clues for current year. Every member attending 

 t-he .{cneral A. C. A. camp shall pay $1.00 for eamp expenses. Application 

 sent to the See'y-Treas. 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 application by address- 

 ing the Purser. 



WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Commodore— C. J. Stedraan, Cincinnati, Ohio, 



Vice-Commodore— T. 3, Kirknacrlck, Snrinttfield, O. 



Rear-Commodore— Thos. S, Sates, Columbus, O. 



Secretary-Treasurer— J. B. Keogh, .14 Moi.vtauk Block, Chicago, 111 



Applications for membership should be made to theSee.-Treas., on blanks 

 which may be obtained from him, and should be accompanied bv.$2as 

 initiation fee and dues for the current year. 



HIS KINDNESS "REWARDED." 



HOW FARMER BROADCLOTH DfD NOT GO TO CHURCH TN A CANOE, 



A RATHER comical episode occurred on one of my canoe trips 

 last summer over which my friend and I have had many a 

 hearty laugh, it being so very ludricrous that at his request 1 

 write it out and send you. 



We were running one of our northern rivers in an 18ft. birch 

 canoe which I always use on our inland streams. We generally 

 camp out at night, not under tents but rolled up in our blankets 

 on a bed of piue boughs and with a lean-to to windward did we 

 get that refreshing sleep one always has in the woods. On this 

 particular morning, which, by the way, was Sunday, we had 

 started down stream, having had no breakfast. We carried little 

 provisions with us, depending entirely upon the farm houses we 

 were sure to pass. 'Phis morning, however, we paddled on for 

 several hours without seeing one, and were of course hungry. 

 Finally seeing one, we pulled up, and the writer went, ashore and 

 asked the good housewife it she could accommodate us with some 

 milk and bread. 



While she was telling us how sorry she was that the milk had 

 been collected by the creamery several hours before and that 

 while she could give us some bread she hardly had milk enough 

 for her own use, etc., her husband came in. U inding out what 

 we wanted he informed me that he was going down to the vil- 

 lage, two miles away, to church, soon, and if we would wait at 

 the second bridge he would show us where the creamery was. 

 Finding out that he was going down alone I asked him to get in 

 and go down in the canoe. O, no, he was not going to get into any 

 canoe. 1 finally persuaded him to come down and look at it, 

 which he did. He finally changed his mind and concluded that if 

 we would "jest wait 'til I get on my black clo'es and black my 

 boots," he would be with us. 



While he was "getting on his black clo'es" we had our break- 

 fast, which we were just finishing when he came down as slick as 

 you please, plug hat and all. We paddled off, with Farmer Broad- 

 cloth sitting sprawled out in the center of the canoe. Now this 

 river was full of small and shallow rapids so disagreeable to 

 cruisers, and we bad not been out five minutes before we struck 

 one of the worst of the lot, hut got through all right. The farm- 

 er's eyes began to open, and he had a grip on the gunwales as 

 though life deponded on it. 



Shooting out of the rapids the current was swift, and dead ahead 

 about 100yds. was a fence across the river, the first of the kind I 

 had ever encountered. It was made of pickets strung on wire top 

 and bottom, and was thrown across to keep the cattle from getti ng 

 up stream and crossing at low water later in the summer. Know- 

 ing of course that we should be obliged to carry around, 1 headed 

 the canoe for the bank, which the bow touched several feet from 

 the fence. The canoe of course swung around broadside against 

 the fence as I expected, and I was then going to throw the bow 

 around and run up alongside of the bank. But this was not to be. 

 Here was our friend Broadcloth's golden opportunity, and he im- 

 proved it. He was pretty well frightened, and according to his 

 idea that fence meant salvation, so he reached for it. Now, of 

 course, being strung on wire, when he pulled the top down the 

 bottom went up, Farmer Broadcloth, my friend and self over, and 

 the canoe under. I remember jusc before going down seeing his 

 legs waving frantically in the air, and nearly choked with water 

 laughing. When we came up we were all on the other side of 

 that fence. 1 started for the canoe which, bottom side up, was 

 Boating down in company with the farmer's centennial hat. 

 Pulling the canoe ashore and securing the hat I went back to the 

 scene of our mishap. Broadcloth was mad as a hornet, and swore 

 that we did it on purpose. My friend was explaining the accident 

 to him with a straight face, but when I came up with that hat 

 and clapped it on the back of his head it was too much, and we 

 both laughed till the tears came. He finally concluded it was all 

 straight and no conspiracy, and joined us; then, after thanking 

 us for his morning's entertainment in a way which belied his 

 words, he started for home. He did not go to church that day. 



A. H. FORBUSH. 



BROOKLYN C. C, NOV. 5. 



HPHE hardy canoemen of the B. C. C. engaged in a series of races 

 JL on Election day as follows: 



Paddling race, decked sailing canoes: 



Myth, H. C. Ward i 



Queen Bess, R. J. Wilkin 2 



Brooklyn, C. P. Weekes 3 



Vagrant, H. H. Smythe 4 



Bunch, W. H. Oammeyer, Jr. 5 



Niente, F. L. Duunell .,' 



Paddling; race, open canoes, single blade: 



Atla, It. J. Wilkin 1 



Mignon, M. V. Brokaw 2 



Wyandaueh, C. P. Weeks \. " "" 3 



Louise, F. L. Bunnell. ; ' 4 



Sailing race: 



Brooklyn. H. O. Ward. B.C. C 4 S |r 00 4* sj^OO 



Sylph, D. D. Gessler, K. C. C 4 27 00 4 53 00 



In tbe paddling race for decked canoes Mr. Ward had things all 

 his own way, but there was a hard fight for second place, Mr. 

 Wilkin winning by only about 2ft. 



Iu the race for open canoes Mr. Wilkin took the lead at the start 

 and won with ease. 



It was late in the afternoon when the sailing race was started, 

 with a strong N.W. wind blowing. The Brooklyn carried 70ft. 

 and the Sylph somewhat more and a sliding seat. It was a close 

 reach to the first mark, where Sylph almost caught Brooklyn, 

 but met with an accident at the turn and was slow in getting 

 around. On the run in Brooklyn widened the gap and won as 

 above. A large crowd gathered at the club house and wound up 

 the season in a very jolly manner. 



ATLANTIC DIVISION.-Mr. Bunnell, Sec'y-Treas.-elect, has 

 turned over the books of the Atlantic Division to the new purser, 

 Mr. W. R. Haviland, of Yonkers, and all applications for mem- 

 bership and correspondence on division business should be ad- 

 dressed to the latter gentleman. 



A. C. A. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.— Arrangements have 

 been made for a dinner to the members of the Executive Commit- 

 tee at Clark's, 22 West Twenty-third street, on the evening of 

 Nov. 2ii. The tickets for the dinner will be $5 each, and may be 

 obtained from the committee, Messrs, Brown, Whitlock and Bai- 

 ley, not later than Nov. 16, 



