JaFc 16,- 1890.) 



FOREST AND STREAM, 



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WEST JERSEY GUN CLTJB.-Camden, N. J., Jam L-fcWtur 

 Forest and Stream; The West Jersey Gun Club, having j'unt closed 

 an eminently successful year, w« tlrnk it rating to eend you a 

 brief summary of our work, and ask if any similar orgnnlzat son 

 can r< port a, more active and prosperous period. To our member- 

 ship we have added twenty active name?, and established a rev- 

 euue much in excess of our clnb needs. Our records disclose that 

 ov«-r 25 0..KI targets have been shot chirms; the year from our 

 grounds, not including those used in oar fcoasn matches with 

 other r iuhs. On Christmas Da> we shot. 1.7011 targets. Our new 

 year opened to day with our regular modal suoo% and over 2.010 

 targets were shot, the number being limited only by our trapping 

 capacity. Our t- am average for the year is 73 per cent. We arc 

 now arranging our schedule of matches tor thus vcr, ami will be 

 pj eased to hear from clubs in this vicinity.— WasT Jfrsby Gun 

 Club. 



WYALUSTNG, Pa.— The Wyalosing Bod and Gun Club was 

 organized * 

 J. 



TJ . 



M. Alls, A. W, Savage Regular practice shoots at bluerock 

 pigeons will be held weekly. Only members and guests of the 

 club from a distance alio we'd" to sh -ot. If ales of the American 

 Associ -.tion were adopted. Tne following officers were elected: 

 Pres., ?m. H. Allis: Vi -.e-Pre^., Fisher Welles See.-Treas., J. S. 

 Hamaker; Executive Committee, ■). S. Hamaker, cbaiimar.; J. A. 

 Shumau. N.A.Welles. The club has been shooting for about 

 two mouths past without being organized, and Bomo very good 

 good scores male. One object of t he club is to see that: the game 

 la«s are enforced] as they ha ve not been in this vicinity. 



NEWARK. Jan. P.— At Erb's Park to-day the members of the 

 Newark Gun Club beid their first regular meeting of the year. 

 Regular clui match. 10 birds each man, Hurlinghaai rules, modi- 

 fier, 10 gov* rn. A money investment was made by each man of 

 $5, so that the competition was really a sweepstake as well as a 

 monthly club match. The purse was divided into three moneys 

 —for the 10 per cent., 9 per cent, and 8 per cent. John Erb and 

 Carl Von Lengerkegot clean sjores and divined first money with 

 10 killed b^rds each wan. Sam Castle and Chris Reiuhardfc cap- 

 tured second money on a tie of S tilled each, and divided. John 

 R'ggoit took third money. C. M. Hedden killed 4, J. Pent?; and 

 tins Frerhe 5 each, while J. Wh?aion, C. Heath and W. Hoilis 

 had to content themselves with 4 kills each man. Immediately 

 at the conclnsiou of the cluh event, sweepstakes were got up and 

 rapidly fought to a conclusion. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., Jan. ll.-The storm to-day kept a good 

 many gunner* away from th« regular weekly shoot of the Well- 

 ington Gun Club., although there was a Kuflicienfc number pres- 

 ent to make the sport, interesting. lu the silver pitcher match, 

 at 7 blueroeks and 8 < lay-pigeons: Meloher won with a clean score. 

 The other scores in this match were; Pei rv and Bond 13, White, 

 Sanborn. Brooks and Cause 11, Lee 10, Dill, Short and Bradbury 0, 

 Warren 7, The second shoot in the merchandise match, which 

 was opened last Saturday, the scores in the 'silver pitcher match 

 counting as t he first contest, was shot at 16 hluerocks. The con- 

 ditions of the match are that the man making the best three 

 scores out of four at the one! of the month to be declared the 

 winner. The scores in this match to- lay were: Perry, White 

 and l>ill 13, Bond and Brooks 12. Sanborn, Chase and Warren 11, 

 Short 9, Bradbury 7. Sweepstakes followed. 



SOUTH SIDE GUN CLUB.— At the regular semi-annual meet- 

 ing of the South Side Gun Club, of Newark, N. J., Jau. 9, 1890, the 



jjiers are waiting for the 

 sh before entering into an- 

 ,y Rolla Hefkes scored 86: 

 if a, possible 100. 



Fvery 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 snores he sent us as early j?s possible 



The list of officers and directions for jotuhig the A. C. A. and 

 W. O. A. will oe found in the first js^no of each month. 



Secretaries i 

 Stream iheir 

 their clubs, an 

 report of the. e 

 requested to f< 

 logs of crui=e 

 waters, drawn 

 vela ling to uhr 



eru>8 are requested io send to Forest and 

 is, with ntme, membership, signal, etc., of 

 itices in advance of meetings arid races, and 

 auofists ai d all inierestod in canoeing are 

 o Forest akd Stream meir addresses, with 

 , and inform i tion concerning their local 

 icriptions of boats and liftings, and all items 



l.oOO MILES IN AN ADIRONDACK BOAT. 



PART in. 



7RIE CANAL. Sept. H.-S"nday.- A cold, foggy morning. I 

 j had to endure the critic) ms of the boatmen as well as the 



E 



low temper 

 blankets. 'J 

 tempting or 

 myr.i. react 

 Sunday moi 

 in p'aying h 

 guests. Tin 

 at Fre 



, and was loth to turn out of the 

 3 1 iiiftl lie re is very clear and limpid, 

 irfl ng bath. 1 rowed one mile t') Pal- 

 , 15, but had to await the 8 o'clock 

 The intervening rime yvas employed 

 ano, thus effectually arousing all the 

 jopd, however, and i started on again 



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TMi cfci -wtoo r\n wind In.ri „ \r 1,11 1" a -J t "—n „ iimiu,..' ■ . r.-n I * ...... ,. , 



the eel grass, at places oosctirinf 





large islands. At the first Big] 





stop to my trip unies3 some com 

 aud viewed the situation witl 





finally the thought of elevalin 



! the hoat's cutwater above the 



surfaco presented itself, and it 



whs carried out by removing my 



trapB ana baggige to the sten 



i. The rowing was harder and it 



prevented tne uoa.c runnirg so fa 



st, hut J. observed the satisfactory 



result with aelight. Tne litiln 



boat would not hold inside i. p., 



ui.der the dei-.k, all the biggage i 



ind fruit, so I had to put much on 



the rttck abaft cue coaming, a la 



tne oox of plums and other such 



delicacies making qu»te a pile. 



Tnis induced every one to think 



thatl was peodhm-', and was pr 



u .).,mive of much mirth at my 



txpeuse. Aiy joy was great at c 



trending the eel grass, it being 



a po. itive pltasure to row over 



the mai ted masses of the pestil- 



iftious weeU without detention. 



Tiie canal boats are often difft- 



cult to pass, and the delay thus 



caused is quite an item against 



my time. 





At tne end of the level, ne;u 



Macedonville, I passed through 



four locks < lose togrtiiKr. taping 



titans ushered on a seventeen-mile 



3iretch, ihree mnes nf which 01 



oukIic me 10 Monroo cunty, ana 



as far bej ond the line w:»s i he 10 

 to Busbueli's Basin, thence tw 



wn of Fairport. Then four miles 

 o miles 10 Carterdville. and one 



mile 



appeared Pittilord, where 1 amvea at 2 P. M., making from Pal- 

 myra nineteen mne* and from bivouac twenty miles. Some of 

 these little towns are beautiful, being well laid out, and having 

 many pietty residences, br^ad, shady lanes and fine trees, mostly 

 elms and maples. 1 passed many superb orcuards to-day, mostly 

 of Baldwin apples. The landscape, especially the last few m le3. 

 was charming, toough the imus^f were lew. At F»Trparl the 

 camil turns nt-arly south, having oecn northwest from Busbnell'e 

 Bas n; aficr lettVing PittfctOiO H foes nun a to JBrighton, thence 



strikiu 

 Thei 

 the tt. 

 too. 1 

 The fa 



icy of bass a 

 I saw some ! 

 ht running 

 the little wo 



; from 

 lugbt, 

 eight. 



which the uumerous lanes and roads cross ibe canal. The bass 

 lie in theshado under these, and the fishermen lie flat on the 

 boaras above, with nothing but thtir beads visible. Sometimes a 

 bridge would be lined with heads and poles extending thus. 

 When a wily fisherman wants to change his ground he jumus 

 from his perch on to a passing boat, and is thus carried to the 

 m%t bridge. 



Ahout the middle of the morning I bought a watermelon of a 

 farmer and ate it, together with a sprinkling of six or eight 

 apples oud rlom- , nearly • ating out the iardey of the amall hotel at 

 Putsford, wheie 1 dined, besides. I was advised to-day by a 

 canalboat Kent, who seem-d to take a lively interest m me, and 

 whose ri quot-tfor the article had been lvfused, to huckster whisky 

 alone:, thereby supnlying thirs y sonln, as a good living could 

 be easily mide by ko doing. The advice was well-meant, but I 

 could not rel'sta it; doubtless it was sound, too, as everybody asks 

 for a drink, and seem surprised at being refused. Tbo prevailing 

 opinion regarding mv expedition is that I am going fishing, 

 though sometimes 1 am a peddler, or rowing on a bet. This last 



ororaleot. when. 1 am pulling hard, and is peruaps the favorite 

 ide.a: everybody becomes gloomy wh^u told to the contrary. The 

 following questions are put to me from canal boats 1 meet and 

 continue to be shouted out as long as I am within hearing dis- 

 Tance: 'Whar you goin 1 ?" "Whar you from?" "Rowin' on a 

 bet?"' ''What d' thar thing cost?" "How fast can she go?" 

 "Got any whisky?" -Why don't, you hitch on to a light boat?" 

 Af.er this, sometimes, 'Tdon'c begrudge you the rowin', but l 7 i 

 hue to have that there boat." Aud, "What'll you take for her?" 

 Then the chaff element begins: "Say, boss, whar did you get 

 thai boat?" '\n Philadelphia." I reply. "'Now, then, come out 

 o" that an' I'll la-rn yer," etc. On two occasions I just avoided a 

 fight, the language becoming unbearable, and dignified silence 

 having been ot no" avail: but generally the men aud boy« are a 

 good-hearted set of roughs and would do a kind turn for one if 

 necessary. 



I left Pittsford at 4 P. M., and after the two miles to the end of 

 the level there came five locks within a mile or two of each other, 

 and at each gathered a curious crowd "to see the ..little skiff go 

 through the lock." This last ushered me into a 60-mile level. I 

 passed Brighton, at the end of one of the above snort, levels, and 

 one mile from the last lock brougnt the handsome city of 

 Rochester. 1 had to row some distance through the town, where 

 the \ anal crosses the roaring Genessee River on a huge aque- 

 duct, and a short, distance further I stopped at a drawondgo in 

 the center of the city. I arrived at dusK, but the electric lights 

 made everything very bright. It is but a short distance from 

 Rochester to Lake Ontario, iroadequmt Bay comes far inland, 

 and Its head is near Brighton: the river forming it crosses the 

 Erie Canal but a few miles west, of Fairport. Rochester is 8 miles 

 west of Pittsford by canal, and I have rowed to this point to clay, 

 28 miles. There was but little eel grass in the water for the last 

 7 miles, and I made good time then by trimming the boat, on a n 

 even keel. 



At Rochester I left my craft in charge of the bridge tender and 

 went to the Powers Hotel for supper. This is a very fine house, 

 and the appearance of. the city about the square reminds one of 

 the best part of Boston. While writing up my log in the elegant 

 reaimg-room a reporter appeared, note-book in hand; I tried hard 

 to bounce him, but he would not be bounced; I therefore gave, 

 him my loeas about, matters in general and nothing in particular, 

 but it all appeared in the leattng paper next day, for 1 wa3 shown 

 an account of it two days later 6U miles beyond. This was the 

 first defeat of the kind, as I generally succeeded in getting off 

 without committing myself. I was told, however, that my advent 

 was heralded in a llcchesSer paper two weeks before I appeared; 

 but bow it was known is a mystery, as I always make a point of 

 being very reticent. The reporter met me with, " You are" here ac 

 last ? We have have been expecting you for some time." 



After purchasing some, canteloupes, 1 Jett about8:;Ki. Tho canal 

 for the next 2 miles led through the city, and was gloomy and 

 dismal, with a great many street swing bridges. Under all of 

 these I could pass but one, and that was raised for me after much 

 shouting. This was a p mderous railroad affair, and worked by 

 water p wer. Rowing 214 miles beyond Rochester, camp was 

 made in the ooat. moored to the hank by meaDS of a handy fence 

 post. My run for the da v was 31i4 miles. 



Erie, Qcmal, Sep/. 15. Monday.— I sh-pt very soundly until 7 A. M , 

 ami was not so chilly as the previous night, t hough the weather was 

 very com, having made some improvements, suggested by expe- 

 rience, in my sleeping arrangements. Rowing half a mile to the 

 "four-mile grocery," a small shanty that distance from Roches- 

 ter; where forim rly was a canal-boat supply store, I prevailed on 

 the Hutch proprietress to give me some breakfast. The result 

 was altogether so filthy that I was forced to draw from my own 

 larder, tuough the old lady was willing and obliging enough. It. 

 was a d rty little, hovel, and I was glad to escape it, though in my 

 haste 1 accidentally leftray beloved coffee pot; nenceforth no more 

 chocolate. 



1 then rowed to Brocfeport, 16 miles from " four-mile grocery," 

 passing Hpencerport, aud Adams's Basin. At Brockport begins 

 Orleans county. The town has 1,000 inhabitants, and is a pretty 

 place, with many nice residences. I went to the Betty House, a 

 quarter of a mile from the canal and from the railroad too, where. 

 I had a very good dinner. Since leaving Rochester the country 

 nas oe n flat, and covered with fine orchards, principally apple. 

 The trees are well headed, with the "branches well pruned and 

 symnn trical, and the ground remarkably weil cultivated. At 

 Adams's Basin thpre is scarcely any otuer occupation than apple 

 raising, aud from this pla.ee great quantities are snipped to Pui la- 

 delphia The apple yield in western New York alone tins fall will 

 exe. ed 4,000,000 oarrels, representing about $10,000,093. Ther a was 

 a bad curreuc on this level, which kept me back marly 1 mile in 

 every 5 or 6 rowed; while toe grass was so troublesome that I had 

 to elevate the bow a3 before. 



I left Brockport. at 3 P. M., and rowing on, passed the towns of 

 Holley, TnttUs, Halonrton, Br.jckville, Hin,7.sburg and Albion. 

 Toe last mentioned was a- large place, and boasted a drawbridge 

 over t he canal. Beyond this town 1 went two miles, and camped 

 at dark, making 32fe miles to-day. Though the current, of course, 

 continued strong, tueie was little head wind a nd eel grass during 

 the afternoon. Tue country is a beautiful farming region, and 

 besides splendid orchards and crops, L saw much lino stocK. ot 

 various kinds. Frequently the whole barnyard population is 

 gathered on the hanks, lining tne water for some distance; while 

 the peddling portion of ihe community would be in the canal 

 itself. They all regarded me with unmixed astonishment tt nd 

 perplexity. The account of tu6 trip in the Rochester Herald has 

 evidently preceded my comiug, as in several of the towns mmv 

 people lan together at the sight of the boat, and frequently woull 

 line the bridges. The questioning I had to underg > was fearful; 

 but as it is important to keep on good terms witn everybody, all 

 queries had to be anBWrred. In one or two cases men actually 

 rushed our from their work, 200yds. oi so distant, with such ex- 

 cJamatiohS as, "Tne re he goes B !!," "Here ho is." or "He's a 

 cotninV and without except on they would shout out to know the 

 size of the bet, this being the all-interes.iug part of it to their 

 I minds. Among the boating part of the community this or 

 whisky is the first question, but I think that the balance is a 



Clouds came up during the afternoon, and at dark looked very 

 fhreateningj so when night came I "lit up" and went to work to 

 sling the tout. Having found a nice grassy ban*, in a lonely spot, 

 t hauled tho boai our,, and after lixm« the tent over it 1 took a 

 swim; then crawling into my quarters I ate a dozen nice peaches 

 and crackers, and spent the rest, of the evening in reading. The 

 light attracts an infinite number of insects, great and small; and 

 these creep over everything. The tent cover itself seems io be 

 moving, as tho bugs completely cover it while running about. 

 Pornuhately it is too cold for them, or else the mosquitoes would 

 be thicK also, as the. country further back is quite swampy and 

 uncultivated. • 



Erie Canal, Se-pt. 1G, Tv.eadoiy. — I was up ai; 5:45, the wind blow- 

 ing a gale, b it the tent, atood firm, and 1 had been undisturbed 

 during the uight. save by the roaring overhead, I tighteued up 

 my canvas decuing. preparatory to launching, on account of hav- 

 ing rontmually put, heavy articles on it, using it for drying 

 blanke.ts, tent, etc.. which had sagged it somewhat. I rowed one 

 mile against a powerful west wind to Eagle Harbor, a little ham- 

 let, where 1 had breakfast at a amall cottage dignified by ^ he 

 name of "ilotel." It was as neat and clean as could be, and the 

 old fellow who kept it showed me some stuffed owls and loons he 

 had shot on Lake Ontario, 



I Jeft ar, 8:30 and tried to row on, hnt. the wind was fearful, pre- 

 venting me from making a third of my usual speed. Growing 

 stronger by degrees, it finally became so violent that to pull 

 against it was impossible, and afier striving hard for a mile from 

 Kagle Harbor 1 got out and towed the boat, fastening one line 

 amidships and taking a turn about my waist and taking the bow- 

 line in my hand, thus causing the boat to run parallel with the 

 bank. This was contii ued until Middleport was reached, a small 

 town 14 miles from Eagle Harbor, where I dined and rested a pair 

 of weary legs, as the w r ind makes a serious undertaking o* an 

 attempt to walk against it; and all the morning I had this hard 

 labor, while huge clouds of du«t blew over the country. A few 

 canalhoats tried to run, hut by far tue most of them wers tied 

 up. I passed many large quince orchards with beautiful Print, 

 they seeming to fi mnsh as well as the apples. 



At Middleport the New York Central R. R. again meets the 

 Canal, having deflected at Brockport. I passed this morning 

 Knowlesville, Medina and Shelby Basin. At Medina, quite a large 

 town, Oak Orchard Creek feeder comes in; this creek has been 

 j. lined to Towanda Creek, several miles south, by a cut. The 

 stream rises near Attica, and flows west into the Niagara River 

 near Towanda, "Old Shelby" ie a $lac« of twelve ancient houses, 



and here tho scene of the exploits of Mark Twain's character 

 Retell is laid, and this is the (-pot thai the famous character 

 hailed from. The village looked as if it could produce some, more 

 like him too, as I ^eheld many nondescript specimens of human- 

 ity. But 8 m 4 les stretches betwn n the shore of Lake Ontario and 

 Shelby Village. I. wa« much impressed with P. having approached 

 the venerable hamlet so suddenly, and longi d to have a compan- 

 ion for a minute or two to talk it over. Instead of this I stopped 

 a curious old r-hap who lived near at hand, and told him the story 

 of Nicodemus U»dg->, the above-mentioned hero, but he remained 

 unmoved, merely" remarking "Ther be some folks be that name 

 hereabout 0 ." 



Not very much of the country could he seen, as the dust and 

 wind were s» Winding. I left Middleport again at. 3 P. M., row ed 

 two miles, a^ first keeping close to a high bank which partly broke 

 the force of tho hurricane, but after leaving this shelter i could 

 not make a foot against it, and during several gusts to .recover 

 one's oar was an utter impossibility. Of course the only thing 

 •was to foot it again, so disembarking I trudged on once more, 

 passing two or three towns, atone of which, Orangeport, 1 hap- 

 pened to see a pretty lass m a small store hard by, I was feeling 

 very much in want, of comfort in some shape or other, and so 

 went in. This Western New York Hebe, however, was uncommu- 

 nicative, save in shy glances and an embarrassed smile; so I drank 

 a glass cf cider to her heahh and went on my weary way. I 

 rf ached Lockport, 13 miles from Middleport and 26 miles from 

 the last bwouae, at 7:30 P. M., footsore and exasperated, having 

 rowed but, 4 miles all day. 



It was probaoly the hardest day's tramping I ever had. The 

 towpath being uneven, it was all that I could do to walk against 

 the wind, and this pushing against my right side while the noat 

 pulled the left around, made very laborious work. Some amus- 

 ing scenes occurred among the few canalhoats that were'ende av- 

 oring to run, particularly when they passed each other. The 

 wind at such a juncture Invariably caused a collision, and after- 

 ward tangled their lines in great confusion. She country gener- 

 ally was flat, but fine and fertile; here and there were peach 

 orchards, but, apples still predominated. 



At Lockport I once more got into the boat, and as it was very 

 dark, and The prospect ahead was gloomv, 1 bribed some boys to 

 run up and tell the lock keeper thar. a man with a pass wanted to 

 he locked up. Five locks are here of large s^ze and connected to- 

 gether, forming as many large step*, so it appeared at a distance. 

 The walls of solid granite made an impressive sight, tending 

 much to raise one's respect for the great, Erie Canal. As all t hese 

 lo"ks are double, there are actually ten water compartments, 

 each having 14ft. rise. They looked really terrible In the dark, 

 with the water roaring through them like heavy thunder. It 

 was fortunate that I found the boys, as no one would either have 

 heard or noticed me in such a place, my boat being a mere speck 

 in the great f>asin. The first lock, damp, reeking and cold, with 

 dim lights 20 or 30ft. above on tho parapet, together with the 

 lower gate of the next, also 30ft. high, with the water thundering 

 over its upper gates into the chasm where I waited, was a 'sight 

 to unnerve one. I could neither see nor hear any one while going 

 through, naught but the troubled waters, the huge gates appear- 

 ing to work by magic or of their own accord. 



When the last chamber is gained a singular sight meets one in 

 looking down on those below. It is strange that a boat could rise 

 so high on water in such a short distance. The heavy granite 

 balustrades, steps and platforms presented a very fine appear- 

 ance. I went to the .Tudson House, ate a hearty supper, a' d then 

 pushed on west at 9 P. M. The canal, beginning half a mile from 

 Locknort, is cut out of the solid rock for two miles, the walls 

 rising fcOit. on either side; one could not get out of the water if 

 swimming, as the walls extend upward in a perpendicular line. 

 It is a dark, silent and loholy place. A ghos t ly canalhoat or two 

 passed by here and I saw- a tug steaming toward bockport, a sure 

 sign of approaching Buffalo, Hierh hanks lined the water even 

 after passing tne cut, and the journey throughout was a very 

 solitary one. The wind had nearly gone down, hut there was an 

 unusually strong current against me. 1 passed a fine guard lock at 

 Sulphur Sprines, 5 miles from Lockport. and after rowing 1M 

 miles beyond tins 1 tied up to a sttep bank. 



The nifdit was very cold, not a house had taeeu visible since leav- 

 ing Lockport. While taking a swim about. 10:30 P.M. I found the 

 current so strong that I could scarcelv swim against it. I have 

 made miles to-day, rowing 10?^ miles and walking 22 mile?; so 

 that I am .iustly tired. From Buffalo to Lockport there is but one 

 level, divided into ihree divisions by two grand locks; so to-nigbt 

 I went to sle°p -wi^h the happy consciousness of being on the last 

 stretch of this stupendous canal, and having come, nearly 830 

 mile* from Albany. Just before n aching Lockport I passed luio 

 Niagara countvj after Pendleton, balf a mile west of my bivouac 

 to-night, Erie county begins. This is my longest day's work so 

 far, as I have been "going it" since 5:15 A. M.. or 1&% hour?. 



Philadelphia, Pa. M. B. 



[to be GON'rxNtrjm.l 



CORINTHIAN MOSQUITO FLEET. 



HPHE annual meeting of the Corinthian Mosquito Fleet will be 

 JL held at tho Sturte\ .*nt House, Broadway and Twentv-ninrU: 

 street. New York, on Jan. 20, at 8 o'clock P. M. The following 

 amendments have been proposed: 



B> -La.ws— Change Chap. L, headed "Meetings," to provide f«r 

 the second meeting in April instead of Mav. Chap. III., Sec. II., 

 change to read "three dollms" instead of "one dollar." Chap,' 

 III , Sec. Ill , strike - ! out "May" and insert "March"; strike out, 

 "June" and insert "April." Insert the folio ving under Chap. 

 VII.: Sec. 1— The commodore shall fly a rectangular blue pennant 

 having in its center a white star. Sec. 2— Tiie v ! co-commodore 

 shall fly aTeotangular red pennant having in its center a white 

 star. Change "Chap. VII." to "Chap. VJ.II." and to read as fol- 

 lows: These by-laws may be amended at any regular meeting of 

 the association by a two-thirds vote of all prese it. the proposed 

 amendment having been stated in the call for such meeting ten 

 days in advance. 



Sailing Rul a.— Rule II.— All boats shall be classified according 

 to their rig and liad wateiiine measurement, lime allowance, being- 

 given m their respective classes on load waieriine measurement, 

 except canoes, winch shall be classified and tailed according to 

 the ruh?3 governing regattas of the American dnoe Association; 

 this classification is subject to the decision of the regatta com- 

 mittee. Change the above and present rule to read as foJLiws: 

 All b iats, except canoes, shall be classified according to their rig 

 and load waternne measmement, time allowance being given in 

 tneir respective classes on load wateiiine measurement, Canoes 

 shall be classified and sailed according to the rules g iverning re- 

 gattas uf the American Canoe Associa ion, except wheo in com- 

 petition with other boats for fastest time nver the course, in wlrch. 

 event they will sail on the corrected time of this association, In- 

 sert the following under tne present heading "Prizes": When 

 five or more boats m a class start, a second prize shall be awarded. 

 A prize shall be awarded to the boat making the best corrected 

 time over the course in a regular regatta. 



The following names have been oroposed for membership: A. 

 de F. Wheeler, Straiforri, Conn.: M. T. Bennett, Jr., Garden City, 

 L. I.: Win. Boyce, New York. 



SOUTH BOSTON AND MASSASOIT CLUBS.— Editor Forest 

 ond St.reom: In the Forest and Stream ot Jan, 2 appeared an 

 article relating to the Massasoit C, C, of Boston, whicii contained 

 a flagrant misstatement which 1 desire to correct. The writer 

 says: "The cluo is really an offshoot from the South Boston C. 

 C, and includes the litter club's founders in its roll of members.'' 

 Whether made from ignorance or fr mi some less excusable rea- 

 son, the statement is grossly misrepresenting. The South Boston 

 C. C was organized with six founders Jan. 1, 1883: of tbuse six 

 founders, one, Wm, Barrett, left the club two joars ago, while 

 four of the remaining five, Jas. OraddoiJk, Thos, Atkiaud, C. W. 

 Hird and W J. Mai tin, are still active membirs of tbe South 

 Boston C. C. The fifth, J. A. Frizzell, is the onlv founder whoEe 

 name can be found on the rolls of the Massascit C. C.—Josy J. 

 Mabtib, Sec. S. B. CO. (Boston, Jan, II). 



WINTER CA^'OEIVG — The members of the Trrawadi C. C, of. 

 Davenport, la., have been making late fall cruises every year, out 

 thi3 seat on they have fairly beaten all previous reeordp. On 

 Thanksgiving Day the entire club had an all-day cruise, up the 

 Mississippi, and on New Year's Day several took a snort cruise 

 and weie not seriously incondenienced by tho cold and not at. all 

 by the ice, as there is none in the river at, this ooint. Tbe bovs 

 are preparing for an active campaign in the spring.— C. M. 

 Purce. 



A. C A., CENTRAL DIVISION. — Com. Stanton lias sent ont 

 the following notice: "To the executive committee and membt rs 

 of the A. C. A, Gentlemen— You are hereby notified teat in ac- 

 cordance with Article VI., Sec. 1, of the Constitution, I have this 

 day declared Mr. James K. Bakewell, of Pittsburgh, Pa., elected 

 purser of the Central Division, in the place of Mr, F, F, Andrews, 

 of Rochester, cresigued," 



