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FOREST AND STREAM. 



NICHOLAS LONG WORTH. 



IT will be sad news to many an ola member of the A. C. A. that 

 the leader and ruling spirit of the Association in its early davs 

 is dead, while not yet past the prime of life. In all the early 

 meets of the young Association at Lake George the central figure 

 was Com. Nicholas Longworth, of the Cincinnati C. C. who in the 

 second year was chosen commodore of the Association. Com. 

 Longworth was already a canoeist of some years standing, and a 

 regular visitor at Lake George, when in 1879 he became interested 

 through Mr. N. H. Bishop in the latter's project for a national 

 association of American canoeists. Entering into the idea with 

 the enthusiasm and energy which were his marked characteris- 

 tics, he came to the lake iii 1S80 to the organization of the A. C. A., 

 with a number of canoeists from Cincinnati, and worked then, as 

 for several years afterward, to place the young Association on a 

 permanent basis. His manliness, his kindness of heart, and his 

 wonderful versatility soon won him as great a degree of popularity 

 among canoeists as had already been bestowed on him in his 

 native city and at Harvard, where he had graduated in 1864, when 

 but twenty years old. 



Com. Longworth was the eldest son of Mr. Joseph Longworth, 

 a prominent and wealthy citizen of Cincinnati. After his gradu- 

 ation he spent some time abroad and then settled down to prac- 

 tice law in Cincinnati, where in 1876 he was elected Judge of the 

 Court of Common Pleas, and in 18S1 Judge of the Supreme Court. 

 The latter office he resigned in 1883. After his father's death in 

 the same year he abandoned his profession, being possessed of a 

 large fortune. Much of his time was taken up in traveling, 

 yachting and canoeing in this country and Europe. In 1887 he 

 visited England with his family and spent the summer in a 

 cruising yawl along the English and Scottish coast. He made 

 similar cruises at times along the Atlantic coast, and some five 

 years since he built a very shoal stern-wheel yacht, in which he 

 explored many of the Western rivers. Of late years his time has 

 been given to yachting rather than canoeing, and last winter he 

 built the sloop Minx, in which he spent the summer on Lake 

 Erie. 



Com. Longworth was not only a man of remarkable ability, but 

 his attainments covered an unusally wide range; and whatever he 

 undertook he made himself thoroughly proficient in. He made 

 himself a reputation both at the Bar and on the Bench, he was an 

 orator of rare eloquence, he was recognized as an equal or super- 

 ior by professional chemists and photographers, he might have 

 attained fame as an author; while he was an adept in most 

 mechanic arts. Not the least remarkable of his gifts was his 

 memory, to which was joined a sincere love for poetry and a 

 hearty admiration of Scott's poems. Among the many pleasant 

 recollections of past camps, the pleasantest by far are the nights 

 beside Lake George, when his magical voice seemed to people the 

 silent water with all the dramatis personal of Marmion and the 

 Lady of the Lake, endowing the old favorites with undiscovered 

 beauties. A week in camp with him was something to think of 

 and look back to with pleasure for years. 



Of his own works the first was a metrical translation of the 

 "Electra" of Sophocles from the original Greek. This work was 

 published in 1878 by Robert Clarke & Co., and had been kept in 

 the original manuscript for ten years before its author would 

 publish it. Then he thoroughly revised it, and, strange to say, 

 made very few corrections. 1 he translation showed a high order 

 of literary merit, and was everywhere received with commenda- 

 tion. "The Marquis and the Moon," an Italian story, beautifully 

 idealized, has been selected by Miss Braden as the subject of a 

 painting. His last novel is entitled "Silas Jackson's Money," a 

 romance of Anderson's Ferry, and on the title page has a quota- 

 tion from his favorite author, Walter Scott's "Lay of the Last 

 Minstrel." It is a charming story, being founded on an incident 

 of the late war, and the preface bears date Nov. 15, 1889. 



Of his skill in photography a friend speaks as follows: "He was 

 no common amateur photographer, who went about pointing his 

 machine at everything, from a yellow dog to a meeting house; 

 but he was a scientific photographer. He was a skilled chemist, 

 and made many valuable discoveries of the greatest value to the 

 art. He was the first in the West to procure from Dr. Monck- 

 hoven, of Ghent, in Belgium, the first dry plates that ever came 

 to this country. Such a man was a benefit to photography." 



On his estate in Cincinnati he built some years since a "Palace 

 of Delight," as he called it: a building fitted up on the lower story 

 with lathes, planers, forges and metal and woodworking tools of 

 all descriptions, while the second story was given up to a fine 

 photographic laboratory. 



Although somewhat unwell, he last week attended the inaugur- 

 ation of Gov. Campbell, being a colonel on Gov. Foraker's staff. 

 A cold resulted from the exposure, leading to pneumonia, and on 

 Saturday morning the end came. Mrs. Longworth was in Boston 

 at the time, where one daughter was at school, the son being also 

 at Harvard, so that only his youngest daughter was with him. 



RED DRAGON C. C. 



Editor Forest and, Stream: 



The Red Dragons held their first "smoker" in their new quarters 

 Jan. 15, the object being general hilarity, and to throw the new 

 house open to their friends. It is needless to state that the new 

 house was warmed with all due ceremony the occasion required. 



The evening passed very pleasantly and all too quickly, as good 

 things do, with toasts, speeches and music. The commodore 

 secured the services of a quartette, of burnt cork artists, whose 

 music, singing and dancing greatly enhanced the pleaure of the 

 occasion. 



Several members performed on the guitar and one contributed 

 a hornpipe with several original features on his own. 



The vice-commodore stepped out upon the balcony and sent the 

 club's well-known bugle call ringing out over the waters for the 

 first time in '90. 



A collation was served in regular camp style and disposed of 

 with miniature single-blades instead of the customary table 

 articles. 



Among the invited guests were Messrs. Lucas and Sigler, of the 

 Trenton C. C; all who have had the good fortune to meet the 

 genial Bobby know what a great addition his presence was to the 

 pleasure of the entertainment. His toast, "The Trentons and 

 Red Dragons are one," was received with cheers and acted upon 

 with Red Dragon punch. 



Those attending the Atlantic Division meet remember this 

 famous beverage. 



Joy reigned supreme until it was discovered that the Philadel- 

 phia contingent must leave if they intended reaching home that 

 night. "Lights out" was ordered, and after locking the dragon 

 in the cellar, all dispersed with pleasant memories of first 

 "smoker" and admiration for the new house, where we hope to 

 hold many others, to which we extend a hearty invitation to all 

 members of the A. C. A. Max. 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP.— Eastern Division: Jas. B. Griswold 

 Lyme, Conn.; Francis B. Wheaton, Howard E. Jepson, James H. 

 Hutchings, Henry E. Stevens, all of the Puritan C. C, Boston. 

 Atlantic Division: Jas. P. O'Shea, New York. Northern Division: 

 A. J. Snow, Ottawa. 



BROOKLYN C. C. ANNUAL REGATTA.— The annual regatta 

 of the Brooklyn C. C. will take place on June 28. 



"TTest India Hurricanes and the Great March Blizzard.' 1 '' By 

 Everett Hoyden, U. 8. Hydrographic Office. Large quarto, with %S 

 lithographic plates. Price $1. Contains full history of the great 

 storm of March, 1888, with 'practical information how to handle a 

 vessel in a cyclone; use of oil at sea, etc. 



WHITE WINGS. 



THE yacht whose lines are here given is specially interesting at 

 the present time in connection with the proposed classifica- 

 tion, as she represents one type that, judging from her excellent 

 record, might be expected to prove fairly successful under a 

 classification by corrected in place of waterline length. While it 

 is impossible to make any satisfactory comparison between her 

 and the forty footers on the coast, it is certain that she is, in spite 

 of some serious drawbacks, a very fast boat, and if enlarged to a 

 corrected length of 48ft.. the measurement of most of the forties, 

 by greater lengh and sail together, she should prove a very lively 

 competitor. The boats of her class against which she has raced 

 are by no means equal to the new forties, but at the same time 

 her performance with such larger craft as Oriole and Wasp, of 

 70ft., is sufficient proof of her speed. If built up to 48ft. corrected 

 length, White Wings would be about 45ft. l.w.l., 15.5ft. beam, and 

 with 2,600ft. of sail; by ho means the narrow cutter which has 



