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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 10,.,18&0. 



MAEIQITITA.— The lead keel of Mr. Belmont's 40-footer will be 

 removed and recast in a different form. The keel was made but 

 5in. wide at bottom when the yacht was built last year: the same 

 width as Tomahawk's. Both of these boats proved very tender, 

 the former especially, and to remedy this the new keel will be 

 about double the width of the old one, thus lowering the lead 

 materially. 



ATLANTIC Y. C— The date of the annual regatta is June 17, 

 Monday, and uot June 11, as previously announced. The liberal 

 policy lately inaugurated is aDt to bring out a large fleet, includ- 

 ing the cracks of the 40 and 30ft. class. The work of building the 

 new basin and of dredging out the old is progressing rapidly. 



IN COMMISSION.— Liris has been in commission for some time 

 at Norfolk, and will soon return to New York. One of the first 

 yachts out at Boston is the schooner Widgeon, Com. Cook, Great 

 Head Y. C, which left Lawley's Basin on Fast Day morning. 



CORONET, schr., Mr. R, Bush, will be sold at auction on April 

 12. 



§mwqing. 



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

 W. C. A. will be found in the first issue of each month. 



1,500 MILES IN AN ADIRONDACK BOAT. 



PART XV. 



CHAMPLAIN CANAL, Oct. 18, Saturday.— At 0:30 A. M. it 

 was raining hard, but it stopped at 7:30, and made a com- 

 mendable effort to clear off. After breakfast an old man whose 

 acquaintance I hod made the previous evening showed me some 

 memorable relics of the Revolution, and then took me to the Rev. 

 Geo. L. Neide's house, introducing me to him and his son Dr. 

 Chas. A. Neide, the secretary of the American Canoe Association, 

 who. cave me a letter to Mr. R. W. Gibson, of the Mohican C. C. 

 of Albany. Having had an interesting chat with them, I went to 

 see the fine residence of Gen. Schuyler, a pretty spot on the outlet 

 of Saratoga Lake, which comes into the Hudson near by. Sara- 

 toga itself is but 6 miles from Schuylerville. My hotel is built on 

 the scene of Burgoyne's surrender, and the whole country abounds 

 in historic facts, and incidents of the war. The monument com- 

 memorating the surrender of the British Army is a large one, at 

 the summit of an eminence in the town. 



I got off at 8, taking some fine smokehouse and russet apples 

 for company: and reached the next lock, 14 miles, at 11 o'clock, 

 having tarried at a cider mill on the way, and filled my coffee 

 pot with the delicious juice. Besides this I waited to pluck some 

 wild grapes aloug the bank. On one occasion while passing me 

 a canalboat slewed around with her stern, and came within a foot 

 of smashing my boat to a pulp against the bank, and for a moment 

 my heart jumped in much the same way as when I was descending 

 the Long Sault Rapids; as I could do nothing to escape the im- 

 pending disaster, merely depending on the momentum of the 

 boat to take her out of danger in time. 



The side of the can aj opposite to the "tow path" is called the 

 "■heel path," probably a standing joke. I saw one solitary wood 

 duck in a lagoon off ttie canal, and shortly afterward I passed a 

 canalboat With Philadelphia on her Btern, whereupon a brotherly 

 regard came over me for the two roughs who were navigating 

 her. The first chaff at my expense came at Stillwater, two miles 

 from the end of the level, when a bright-minded youth, one of a 

 "gang," admonished me to get out and push, with some opprobrious 

 epithets thrown in. Mechanicsville is a mile further on, and 

 beyond this is a lock. 



The country is beautiful and very hilly; the valley of the Hud- 

 son being broad; and one has a fine view all the way. The "still- 

 waters" on the river are especially pretty. The canal itself is high, 

 and from it I could see all over. The water was covered with 

 leaves in some places, and plenty of sticks and sawdust from the 

 mills were floating along. I passed but few houses, the region 

 being mostly devoted to grazing, and having considerable wood- 

 land. Occasionally, however, a farm house appeared, and Quan- 

 tities of stock fed along the banks. Between Schuylerville and 

 Stillwater there is no railroad for some distance, and a line of 

 packet steamers runs from Albany and Troy to the former place. 

 Below Schuylerville are three small villages, Van Deusen's Land, 

 Wilkin's Basin, and Bleeker's Basin. 



This morning near the canal I observed two slabs commemorat- 

 ing the battles of Bemis Heights and Van Weiss. The stuff in 

 the water, added to a head wind, impeded me considerably dur- 

 ing the morning. After a long level, I came on a four miler and 

 then one of one mile, on which I took a hearty lunch, consist ing 

 of crackers and cheese, cider, chestnuts, chocolate and apples. 

 The next level was 3 miles long, then a quarter mile stretch opened 

 on a two miler on which is Waterford, near the last lock. At 

 one of the locks I carried around, as one of the canalboats got 

 stuck and another in turn was ahead of me, thus reaching Water- 

 ford at 2 P. M. The village of Lansingburgh is on the far side of 

 the Hudson opposite Waterford. 



I first went to the Clifton House, hut was told that, the fire was 

 out and the help had "bolted," so finally had dinner at the Mor- 

 gan House. The lock keepers were generally obliging, hut needed 

 the usual waking up. It is necessary to have a pass, though the 

 canul in reputed free; in the absence of one the lock keepers 

 would undoubtedly give one much trouble. At 3:30 P. M, I left 

 Waterford and passed down three locks opening into each other 

 to the river, instead of continuing on the canal, which goes 

 through Cohoes, thereby avoiding the very objectionable Cohoes 

 public. During the morning 24«s miles had been rowed. 



The tender of the first lock of the three had enough whisky on 

 board to make him very irritable and he swore with all his 

 energy that he would not let "that that boat down; no, not by a 



sight." When I produce my clearances and remonstrated 



mildly, he flew into a rage, rushing at me twice and once striking 

 full at my face. Parrying this, I was about to give him a clipper, 

 when his fellow lockrneu rushed in between us and carried the 

 old man off bodily, having quite a struggle, as he was a big burly 

 chap. I never before saw a man quite so crazy on so small a 

 provocation. Finally they agreed to carry the boat down to the 

 last lock, which was much quicker. This lock was an extremely 

 deep one, 20ft.; standing ou the stone pier I guided the boat 

 through by the painter, the tenders managing the lock gates. 



While walking down a steep grade on a broad granite wall 

 above the water, and below the lock, my feet suddenly went from 

 under me, and I sustained a severe fall. It was so sudden that 

 one of my hands caught and the third linger was broken at the. 

 joint, making a most painful hurt. Nevertheless I rowed three 

 miles to Troy, and the canal around the dam being blocked by 

 boats, I hauled my boat over the dam breast to the water below. 

 The place was very slippery, but finally I managed to drag the 

 boat over, the only mishap being the upsetting of my cider inside, 

 which made a rather unsavory mess. During the afternoon the 

 west wind blew cold and fiercely, and on the way to Albany I 

 hugged the shore on that side. 



Just below Troy I passed the lock of the Erie Canal, and halted 

 a moment to reflect on the various adventures encountered since 

 entering it six weeks ago, and the great distance that watery 

 highway extended over the country. When within four miles of 

 Albany dark fell, but the wind did not, and as I had broken one 

 of the glasses in my Buckeye lamp I had to keep it under the 

 deck to prevent, it being blown out. The once white fabric of the 

 canvas deck had become, dirty and begrimed, and the light did 

 not show as of yore. On nearing Albany, therefore, I had a couple 

 of narrow escapes from being run down by tugs, as their pilots 

 could not see me. At one time a tug bore down rapidly in my 

 direction, and I was not able to avoid it, so I showed my light 

 above the deck for a second, the tug slowing up and the captain 

 shouting vigorously, but not daring to forge ahead until I was 

 well past. 



Rowing around the upper pier I put my canoe on a boat house 

 float, and then went to the Delavan House, where valise and letters 

 were awaiting my arrival. A druggist next claimed attention, 

 who triced up the broken finger. I did some shopping also, hav- 

 ing my watch repaired, it having been generally smasheu up. 

 The row past Troy and down to Albany was not a pleasant one at 

 all, the pain in my finger being fairly agonizing as I had to use it 

 in rowing, the wind meanwhile blowing great guns. The city of 

 Albany, all lighted up with electric lights, was a fine sight from 

 the river. It is ten miles from Waterford, and this made 34*4 

 miles traveling for tho day. 



Thus ended the fourth stage of my journey; just six weeks ago 

 this morning I left Albany, having traveled in that time 1,205 

 miles. The delays from Montreal amounted to 2% in 11 days, 

 stoppages for sight and other causes. The summary of the 

 fourth stage was 292t* miles, portage 14*6 miles, total 307 miles. 



Hudson River, Sunday., Oct. 19.— I started from Albany at 

 10:30 A. M., taking for solace a fine basket of pears and grapes. 

 The tide was falling, but its rise and fall being only one foot, the 

 current was not noticeable. A strong Bouta wind soon com- 

 menced, increasing to a gale in, the afternoon, A steady pull of 



9 miles brought me to Castleton, east shore, a pretty little village 

 perched on a hillBide, and here the tide turned, coming up very 

 strong with the south wind. Another three miles and Coeyman's, 

 a town on the west shore, appeared. Here I ate lunch, tying up 

 to one of the dykes out in the river. These Government dykes 

 extend from Albany to New Baltimore, 19 miles altogether. 



Just beiow Coeyman's I passed by a la,rge rock, part of an 

 island from which old Kroon, the agent of K. Van Rensselaer, 

 used to shoot at all vessels which did not dip their colors to him 

 in the old Dutch days. On the west lies a range of mountains, 

 the Helderbergs. The dykes, constructed in 1868, render naviga- 

 tion on the Hudson comparatively free from bars, which before 

 were serious impediments. The country all along is a beautiful 

 rolling region and very fertile. Numerous ice houses of huge size 

 were passed on each bank. On the west side, 7 miles below, I 

 passed New Baltimore. 



The wind and tide were so strong against me, and the pain in 

 my finger so excruciating that progress was made for much of 

 the way at not over one mile per hour, and hard work at that. 

 There are two or three large islands covered with woods in the 

 river above New Baltimore. Two miles further south came Stuy 

 vesant, a small place on the east bank, and another two miles 

 below on the opposite bank was Coxsackie. While off Stuyvesant 

 night fell, the wind, too, increasing to a small blizzard. 



About 7 P. M. I became entangled in some extensive reed beds, 

 several hundred acres in extent, and was some time in getting ex- 

 tricated. However, observing a light, I managed to reach the 

 open water, and then rowed over to the west bank. It was a wild 

 night, the wind and tide both being boisterous. Gaining Four- 

 mile Point, on which is a lighthouse, I landed on an ice pier at 8 

 P. M., wild with pain, and tired and sore with hard labor. The boat 

 tied up, I took a blanket and started to find a house. The first 

 found was abandoned, but one mile further up a steep hill and 

 through some woods was discovered the lighthouse keeper's abode, 

 also shut up. Sitting down on the steps, covered with the blan- 

 ket, and trying to forget the windy storm, I began reading the 

 Bible by the light of the lantern, instead of attending church. 

 In an hour, becoming numb with cold, I tried my fists on the door 

 again aud succeeded in waking up the old fellow, who gave me a 

 bed in his hut. I have rowed to-day 26 miles from Albany, but 

 the time and labor expended would have carried me 40 miles in 

 smooth water. My finger was excessively painful, and made me 

 howl all day long. 



Hudson River, Oct. SO, Monday— Up at 6:15 and away at 8, after 

 a poor breakfast, which was especially trying as I went to bed 

 supperless last night. The wind was strong from the south again, 

 and I found the boat full of water, a large yawl having ridden 

 over it during the night. They had been tied side by side in a 

 quiet place, and it seems strange how it could have occurred. 

 My traps were drifting all about in her, andthe provisions were 

 utterly ruined. I sorrowfully threw them away, but was very 

 thankful that the boat was not damaged materially. The tide 

 was on the ebb, but the wind was so strong that it would blow me 

 rapidly up the river as soon as I ceased rowing. 



At 11 A. M., when the flood began, I had a hard time making 

 any headway at aU, and hugged close to the east shore to get out 

 of the current as much as possible, the tide being so much stronger 

 in midstream. The river became much larger where it forms an 

 angle at Hudson, a large place, opposite to which is the town of 

 Athens. The former occupies a high position, commanding a fine 

 view up and down the river. I saw several long tows steaming 

 up, canal boats from New York bound for Buffalo, one of them 

 consisting of about 50 barges drawn by a powerful steamboat and 

 five tugs. The many ice houses on the bank are of enormous size. 

 Mount Merino, an elevation just below Hudson, is very pictur- 

 esque, and the scenery was beautiful, particularly when the Cats- 

 kiBs hove in sight. 



I had a noble view of them all the morning, but a haze which 

 came on later spoiled them for the afternoon; though the Hotel 

 Kaaterskill, several miles distant, a white speck perched high on 

 a mountain 3,000ft. above the river, could still be seen. 



At a small village on the west shore 4 miles below Catskill Land- 

 ing, the Hudson expands and becomes very wide. Seven miles 

 more brought me to Germantown, a little place at whose inn I 

 had dinner at 12:30, and where a political row was in progress 

 between two fair damsels. From Catskill down I again favored 

 the east shore closely to avoid the tide. Rowing down stream of 

 course brings the flood quicker, and I accordingly bad but little 

 advantage from the ebb. Besides this the tide runs up for seven 

 hours and down for only five. Countless orchards and vineyards 

 lined the hillsides above the river, and the appearance of the 

 country was lovely. I made during the morning 15 miles to Ger- 

 mantown, leaving again at 3 against wind and current. 



A stop made at a little pier a few miles below resulted in the 

 acquisition of a large basket of Isabella grapes, crates and boxes 

 of which were piled about the place a waiting shipment. About 

 4:30 P. M. the tide turned, but the wind quite deprived me of any 

 advantage from it. The gale was exceedingly strong and steady, 

 and, blowing against the tide, kicked up a nasty slosh y sea. in 

 which the boat pounded and ducked without intermission, fre- 

 quently splashing the water over the fore deck, and as often send- 

 ing the spray down my back. Numerous fine residences and villas 

 were built along the Hudson on either side, and many of their 

 parks, weB kept up, presented a charming appearance. I left the 

 last of the Catskill Mountains in the rear about dark, 0 P. M, 



The air became thicker, being henceforth more hazy and the 

 atmosphere murky in the extreme. Before long Saugerties on 

 the west and Barrytown and Red Hook were passed, and at 6:30 1 

 tied up to a buoy and ate some bread and milk laid in at German- 

 town. The wind for some time prevented me from lighting the 

 Buckeye, a very necessary thing, as many vessels were now about, 

 but once lit, the wind was unable to blow the lantern out, and 1 

 felt much more secure with it lashed to the fore deck. At 8:30 

 came my day's destination, Rhinecliff, a little town 15 miles below 

 Germantown. The town itself lies two miles inland, and imme- 

 diately opposite Rondout on the west shore, whose lights I saw 

 across the river. The Delaware and Hudson Canal connects these 

 two rivers, having its terminus at Rondout, or the city of Kings- 

 ton, as it is called. Vast quantities of coal from Pennsylvania are 

 shipped north from this point. 



At 7 P. M. I passed a large steam yacht, probably Astor's, whose 

 country place is near where she lay at anchor. Numberless wild 

 ducks were on the water and flying up country to-day, but they 

 are more educated than those further north, allowing no famili- 

 arities whatever. Near Rhinebeck is a quaint old stone structure 

 known as the Beekman house, built prior to 1700 as a defense 

 against, the Indians, I have made 30 miles to Rhinecliff, the 

 wind putting me baCk at least 10 miles. 



My finger is very sore, and more than once to-day I seriously 

 thought of returning to Philadelphia by train, as it really did not 

 seem worth while to endure such torture for a little fun; especi- 

 ally as the pain extended throughout both hand and arm, not 

 being confined to the unfortunate digit itself. Some men aided 

 me in hauling the boat up on a ferry slip which was lowered for 

 me, and stowing it away 1 repaired to a small inn near the rail- 

 road. The New York Central runs along the east side of the 

 river, sometimes appearing at the very edge of the water and then 

 striking through the back country. 



Hudson River, Oct. 91— Tuesday.— Quite an excitement was caused 

 by a horse jumping off the ferry pier during the night, He swam 

 several miles up the river against the tide, the owners being up 

 aU night trying to effect a capture. They succeeded eventually, 

 and when I left the horse was sate in the stable, apparently none 

 the worse for his ducking and swim. Starting at 7:05, 1 got out of 

 slip just in time to avoid the incoming ferryboat. The tide was 

 running down slowly and the air was balmy, warm and hazy, with 

 but little wind— 8 veritable lazy Indian summer day. What wind 

 there was, however, blew from the south, probably from con- 

 firmed habit, now. I soon caught up with a tow, but was half 

 an hour m passing it, its rate of speed being but one mile per hour 

 less than mine. It resembled a floating town, and consisted of a 

 variety of craft beside canalboats, the whole being drawn by two 

 huge steamers. Several small sailing vessels were bobbing about, 

 with occasionally a larger schooner. Beside these were many sail 

 and steam vachts plying about, 



Eucouraged by the calmness of the weather I pulled hard and 

 steadily, passing Staatsburg in 5 miles on the east hank. Below 

 the banks of the Hudson slope much more precipitously from the 

 surrounding hills, and the scenery is exceedingly fine. There are 

 many noble estates above the river, and the views from their 

 velvety lawns must be grand. The hills beyond were mountainous 

 and almost completely covered with forests, and these, together 

 with some stone cliffs hanging over the water, made the view one 

 of rare beauty. 



On the west bank I saw Port Ewen, or Deserted Village, and 

 Mr. Pell's great apple orchard, containing over 25,000 fruit-bear- 

 ing trees. There were many enormous vineyards, too, but mostly 

 on the southern exposure of the hills. Barnegat, on the same 

 side, is a great place for raspberry culture, and near it is a parti- 

 cularly large mass of ice houses, built on a point. Drawing near 

 Poughkeepsie I observed the River View Military Academy on a 

 noble site, and before long reached the city of schools and beauti- 

 ful residences as 10 o'clock, after rowing 15 miles from Rhinecliff 

 and eating five pounds of grapes on the way. 



Landing in a small creek which ran in about a hundred yards 

 from the river. I tied up and proceeded to the Morgan House, one 

 mije distant in the upper part of the olty, Washing and scrubbing 



up a little here, I walked out to the old stone house where Wash- 

 ington once had his headquarters. The proprietor, a sour Dutch- 

 man, remarked on my stating that I had come to see the house, 

 "You can see it bestfromthe outside," whereupon I informed him 

 that he was not remarkably polite, but this he did not seem to 

 mind, evidently being used to it. 



I took a horse car for Vassar College aud proceeded on foot 

 through its extensive grounds, walking on the way around the 

 pret ty lake and in the woods. The museum and art galleries 

 were very fine, but Hacked sufficient cheek to inspect the other 

 buildings. Enough of the inmates was seen, however, to make 

 one feel uncomfortable in such a costume, and while entering the 

 art building I accidentally stumbled into a studio, making a 

 hasty exit as a storm of laughter greeted my appearance. The 

 grounds occupy 800 acres in all, and from their lawns one can see 

 the mountains looking westward. Walking back to town I had 

 dinner and did some shopping, purchasing a peck of pears and a 

 large basket of apples, besides some jars of preserves, etc. My 

 watch also required mending again, having revolted on being sat 

 upon for the tnird time. 



A start was made at 3:45 P. M., aud I soon pa-SBed New Ham- 

 burg, Carthage, New Paltz and Marlboro, where the arbor vita or 

 white cedar of the North grows in great luxuriance. The tide 

 was ebbing, but another strong wind from the south blew all the 

 afternoon, making the ugliest kind of rowing and keeping me 

 back more than would appear possible. As the river was much 

 straighter and very wide now the wind obtained a furious sweep; 

 the waves, therefore, were quite high, rnakiag the boat jump and 

 preventing steady pulling in a long stroke, and to make it worse, 

 the water frequently would lop over the bow, splashing all over 

 me. 



At Po'keepsie, as they spell it here, the Hudson is but one mile 

 across, the river narrowing. Below and above that city, how- 

 ever, it is a great deal wider. At Marlboro begins Newburg Bay, 

 where the river is 3 miles wide. I kept in the middle here with 

 the ebb to avoid the young flood, which is apparent along shore 

 some, time before the general flood is felt. When it became dark 

 the lights of the city of Newburgh were visible, and I rowed 

 directly for them against a heavy sea and a roaring wind. It was 

 pitchy dark, and the only sounds that could be distinguished 

 were the pounding of my boat, the. swashing of the waters and an 

 occasional scream of a locomotive whistle afar off, echoing from 

 hill to hill. 



My lamp, though fastened to the fore coaming by heavy wire, 

 was knocked over by a wave, and one of the chimneys broken. 

 All that I could see in the dense darkness was the distant lights 

 and the spray as it flew past my ears. It was a Hard and discour- 

 aging pull, but I finally reached Newburg at 7:30, and tying up to 

 the anchjr of a large three-masted schoouer at the wharf, took 

 supper— bread, milk and preserves— in my boat. Then, rowing 

 along the docks, I found a slip which lowered with a pully, and 

 with the aid of some men I was soon in the city, putting up at the 

 United States Hotel near by. 



Newburg is on the west side of the river, having about the same 

 population as Poughkeepsie, about 20,000. It is 15 miles south of 

 the latter, and 30 miles from my last night's stopping place, 

 Rhinecliff. Matteawan and Fishkill are opposite Newburg, and 

 from the hotel can be had a noble view of the Matteawan Moun- 

 tains. 1 retired much fatigued from the hard struggle of the 

 afternoon. This rowing against the waves is not only tiring, but 

 equivalent to rowing up hill, then suddenly being pitched down, 

 each wave setting the boat back and destroying its momentum. 

 Rough water, if not too high, can usually be somewhat overcome 

 by a certain knack in handling the oars and pulling just, at the 

 right moment, but when the waves are caused oy a strong wind 

 against the tide, this cannot be done. At any time during the 

 afternoon the wiud was sufficiently strong to blow me up stream 

 against the tide, even when rowing gently; consequently 1 was 

 obliged to keep up a very vigorous strife during the entire run. 



PHILADELPHIA, Pa. M. B. 



THE A. C. A. MEET. 



WE have received the f oUowing from Mr. Bennett, of the trans- 

 portation committee: 

 Garden City, March SI— Editor Forest and Stream: I send you 

 herewith a copy of Traffic Manager Smith's letter about rates on 

 the Long Island Railroad, The steamer Shelter island wilt take 

 members of the A. C. A. to camp three times each week. Fare 

 $1.25 each way, staterooms $1. The Peconic Bay Steamboat Co. 

 will take us to the same place at $1 each and staterooms 81. 

 Steamer Sunshine will run from Hartford three times each week 

 to Sag Harbor, single fare $1.40, excursion $2.50. Steamer Man- 

 hassett runs to Sag Harbor uaily. 1 do not know what the fare is. 

 AU of the above lines will probably carry canoes free. Freight 

 cars with canoes can be floated f rom any terminus of any trunk 

 line to Long Island City and be placed on the tracks of the Long 

 Island Railroad, and run to Sag Harbor, which is only three miles 

 from the A. C. A. camp site. We shall undoubtedly have a launch 

 (either steam or uanhtha) at Sag Harbor to tow canoes to camp. 

 The Long Island Railroad will charge about 820 for each oar load 

 of canoes.— M. T. Bennett, Jr. 



Long Island City, N. Y., March 21.— Mr. M. T. Bennett, Jr.. Gar- 

 den City, L. 1.; Dear Sir— To those members of the A. C. A. who 

 (upon presentation of the proper certificates) purchase straight 

 tickets from Long Island City or Brooklyn to Sag Harbor on 

 account, of the meeting to be held on Peconic Bay, we will issue 

 return tickets at about one-third of the regular rate, making '.he 

 fare for the round trip $4. Tnis concession is made with the un- 

 derstanding that there wiU be at least fifty members in attend- 

 ance. With reference to the transportation of the canoes, the 

 rate will be f rom L. I. City to Sag Harbor, provided they are not 

 over 10ft. long, $1 each. — H. M. Smith, Traffic Manager. 



HOLYOKE C. C— The Holyoke C. C. was organized and char- 

 tered as a club in the fall of 1888. From a charter membership 

 of 5, the number has grown to 35 with the limit placed at 50. The 

 Connecticut River coming down from the north flows over the 

 Holyoke Dam and makes a detour around the city. The canoe 

 club house is located on the right bank of the river, next the city, 

 at a safe distance above the dam. The present house is 18ft. wide 

 by 40ft. long, one story high, and has accommodations for twelve 

 canoes, though it can be arranged to accommodate more. The 

 club is preparing to build an addition to the present house 18x40ft. 

 and two stories high. This addition will accommodate twenty- 

 four canoes on the first floor and the second floor will be used for 

 dressing room and lockers, and also a meeting room, having long 

 low windows, from which a view up the river may be had. About 

 five miles north of the city the river flows down between Mount 

 Nonatuck and Mount, Holyoke, at which point the scenery is very 

 attractive. The club also has a landing place and house on the 

 east side, about two miles up the river, at a point where the water 

 is suitable for races. The river is navigable without portage for 

 a distance of about fifty miles above HolyoKe, taking into account 

 the many curves. There will be in the canoe house at the open- 

 ing of the season, a fleet of twenty as tine canoes as can be bought, 

 including 11 Rushtons, 2 Joyners, 3 Ontario, A Waterto wn, 1 Racine 

 and 1 Springfield. Races and meets will be held during the com- 

 ing season and the outlook for the "noblest of sports," canoeing, 

 in Holyoke is very bright, The officers are: Capt., Fred. H. 



LAKE ST. LOUI ■! C. C— The annual general meeting of the 

 Lake St. Louis C. C, of Lachine, Can., was held in the Windsor 

 Hotel, Montreal, on March 29, when the following officers were 

 elected for the year 1890: Com., Alex. W. Morris; Vice-Coin., Geo. 

 Auldjo; Rear-Corn., Sydney P. Howard; See.-Treas., John A. 

 Routh; Committee, H. M. Molson, Fred W. Stewart, S. P. Doran, 

 Stonewall Jackson. The site for the northern meet on Lake of 

 Two Mountains was freely discussed, and hints were given that 

 some of the members of the Lake St. Louis C. C. should have been 

 elected to the committee. This Out) has 90 members, and is not 

 even supposed to be dead. A motion was made to petition the 

 A. C. A. to hold this meet at Isle Perrott, on Lake St. Louis, being 

 more accessible than the Lake of Two Mountains, and better as a 

 camping ground. 



"SAIL AND PADDLE."— After several months delay, caused 

 by a change of ownership, the Sail and Paddle comes out for April 

 in anew form, being enlarged to twice the former size, with the 

 addition of a neat colored cover. Mr. Peuiz's place in the man- 

 agement has been taken by a weU-known and active canoeist, 

 while the editorial work is still in the hands of Mr. C. B. Vaux. 

 Canoeists will welcome the reappearance of this popular paper, 

 which it is to be hoped will be as successful as it deserves to oe. 



A. C. A. MEMBERSHIP.— Central Division: T. P. Daniels, 

 Davton, O. Eastern Division: W. S. Eaton, Boston, Mass. Atlan- 

 tic Division: Monroe Morrell, Summit, N. J.; Joseph Greaves, 

 Jersey City, N. J. 



NEWBURG C, C— Com. Smith has appointed to the regatta 

 committee Messrs. H. M. Waring. 0. L. Waring and T. C, Hall. 



