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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 24, 1890. 



...16 



McGinness 11 



Ken more 11 



Kenmore 8 



McGinness 7 



Hollis 7 



Bemis 7 



CATSKILL, N. Y„ April 19.— The fifth trap shooting tourna- 

 ment to-day proved a great success, and Manager Geo. F. Tolley 

 was delighted with the fine weather, excellent attendance and 

 the generally auspicious opening of the new shooting grounds. 

 The arrangement of the traps, pits, trap-pulling devices and facil- 

 ities for the scores were all that could be desired: the only draw- 

 hack to the day's enjoyment was the raw, cutting wind that, 

 chilled the participants during the morning, but which toward 

 the latter part of the day died out, to everybody's great relief, 

 and the sport was continued until the ten contests outlined on 

 the programme were sbot out, and two extra sweepstakes were 

 indulged in besides. The Catskill sportsmen were especially 

 gratified at the liberal number of strangers present, the list in- 

 cluding eight from Albany, live from Saratoga, one from Gohoes, 

 and there were also representatives from Philmont, Chatham 

 and Saugertips, and also one from Park Ridge, N. J., and a capi- 

 tal fellow and good shot he proved to he. The contests were shot 

 out on the rapid firing system. Following are the leading scores 

 which show the wiuners. All ties divided, except in two events 

 as shown below-. 



First event, 10 kinghirds, four moneys: 



Bemis 9 Buck 8 Hall :...6 



Mattice 9 Hollis 8 Geyser 8 



Beach 8 Kenmore 7 Dingman 8 



McGinnis ...8 Pike.... 6 



Second event, 10 kingbirds, four moneys: 



Beach .10 McViker 7 Bemis 6 



Mattice 9 Eilpee 7 George 6 



pike 8 Kratz 7 Hall 6 



Post 8 Hollis 7 Buck 6 



McGinniss 8 



Third event, 15 kinghirds, four moneys: 



Bemis 14 Mattice 13 Pike 10 



McGinuiss 14 Hollis 12 Ellpee 10 



BfcVioker . .13 Post .11 Adams J.0 



Hall 13 Buck 11 



Fourth event, 10 kingbirds, 4 moneys: 



Beach 9 Mattice 8 Elpee 6 



Pike 9 Buck 8 Hall 6 



Bemis ...9 Hollis 7 Kenmore 6 



McGinnis 8 McVicker 0 



Fifth event, 20 kingbirds, 4 moneys: 



Hall 19 Kratz 17 Bemis 16 



Hollis 38 McVicker 16 Elpee 15 



Pike 17 Mattice 16 Kenmore 15 



Sixth event, 15 kingbirds, 4 moneys: 



Beach 13 Bemis 13 Pike U 



Mattice 13 Hall 13 McVicker ..11 



Elpee 13 McGinnis 13 Hollis 11 



Seventh event, 20 kinghirds, 4 moneys: 



Mattice 19 Hall 18 Kenmore.... 



Bemis 19 Hollis 17 



Eighth event, 15 kingbirds, three moneys: 



Mattice M Buck 11 



Pike 13 Hall 11 



McVicker 11 Bemis 11 



Tie for third: Buck 5, McVicker 4, Bemis 3, Kenmore 3, Mc- 

 Ginness 3, Hall 1. 



Ninth event, 10 kingbirds, three ruoueys: 



Mattice 9 Beach .8 



Buck 9 Post 8 



Bemis 9 Hall 8 



Tenth event, 10 kinghirds, three moneys: 



McVicker 9 Buck 9 



Mattice 9 Pike 8 



JERSEY CITY, N. J.— Trap shooting both at animate, and in- 

 animate targets is still booming. The magnificent trip of the Car- 

 tridge Company's champions, and the admirable account thereof 

 in your paper by Hough has added not a little to the impetus. 

 Things in the gunning line are looking very healthy just now. A 

 number of the younger shooters of the Heights recently got to- 

 gether and a fine new club was the result, to be called the "Jersey 

 City Field Gun Club." Its object, practice at the traps for Bhoot- 

 ing in the field and brush alone. Among the rules, the principal 

 one, a natural position at the score, as one would take behind a 

 dog in the field or brush, gun below the elbow until the bird rises. 

 The second barrel to count only as a half bird. The club contains 

 fifteen members, mostly new shooters, with a few of the older 

 shooters to give advice to the younger members. Half of the 

 shooters take their places before the 5 traps, and each shoots his 

 5 birds while the other half have their positions in the field out- 

 side the boundaries to save the birds missed by those at the score. 

 At the end of the shoot all birds are brought in and equally 

 divided, thus giving all, both the amateurs and new shooters, a 

 chanqp with the others. The following officers were elected for 

 the ensuing year: Pres., D. N, Tibbies; Vice. -Pres., Dr. F, A. 

 Cummins; Treas . N. D. Taylor, Jr.; See'y, Geo. B. Eaton; Execu- 

 tive and Finance Committee, Dr. F. A. Cummins, J. J. Maher, 

 Geo, B. Ealon. The club has engaged the. grounds of the Jersey 

 Citv Heights Gun Club for these monthly shoots for the coming 

 year. The initial shoot of the club took place on the before-men- 

 tioned grounds on Saturday, the 19 Lh inst. Owing to the small 

 supply of birds only ten of ihe members faced the traps, 10 birds a 

 man, 25yds. rise, no handicap in regard to guns, as the game in the 

 field is not supposed to lay any closer for a 12 than a 10-bore. cali- 

 ber. The birds were a fair lot, some duffers and some corkers, the 

 get up and git and twist ones. Some good stops were made. Cas- 

 well, at his first appearance at trap-shooting, did himself credit, 

 his first bird, killed with the second barrel was very good. Moran 

 astonished himself as well as his friends. Van Buren started off 

 splendidly, but got chilled when out on the skirmish line aud went 

 all to pieces on the last 3 of his second 5. Otherwise he would 

 have been top notch. He says he will be there next time. Smith 

 had been visiting, he said, the night before, and couldn't get them 

 all. Dr. T. don't want a word said when he goes to the score, and 

 a very little chaffing of the boys will throw him off. He was badg- 

 ered some, and he says hence his score. The following is the 

 score: 



J Moran 1111110 0 1%-1)4 



Wm Smith 1 0 1)4 1 10 1 1^-7 



R Dynes 1111010 fiflfr-* 



J Collins 0 l¥M 1 1 0}4 1 0-5U 



S Van Buren 11 1 1M 1 1 0 0 0-6j| 



G N Tibbies 10101^101 1-6}| 



Dr Cummins M OHM 110 1 1-6^ 



G Caswell ^ 0 1 1 0 II 1 1 1 0-5Vg 



N D Taylor. Jr 0 0 0 1 0 1 0J£ 1 1-4^ 



Geo. B. Eaton referee and scorer. As the bojs killed more than 

 half of their birds, and most of the missed ones were stopped and 

 brought, in by the skirmish line. 1 hey feel pretty well pleased at 

 the result of their first shoot. They will try if again on the 16th 

 of next month.— J AOOnsTAPff. 



LONDON, Ont., April 15.— Shoot No. 19, on London Gun Club 

 grounds. A very interesting shoot took place to-day on the club 

 grounds; the match was for the cost of ta-gets and expenses, and 

 really ment a race between thB well-known crack shots and 

 champions of this city Evans aud Trebilcock, Evans taking a 

 "C" man on his and Trebilcock taking Grigg, a "C" man. The 

 race was very exciting from the start, being a regular club shoot- 

 ing day, and the score was close all through; but Trebilcock, or 

 better known as "Redpath" at the trap, got down to his steady 

 work and pulled his side out with considerable credit to himself, 

 making a very favorable score. The five new Keystone traps and 

 Indicator was used, and the Keystone targets were thrown about 

 60yds., which made trap-shooting rather difficult. The London 

 Gun Club expects to hold a tournament in July, open to the 

 world, and will offer $1,000 in gold and $500 in prize3. 



Redpath 38 Evans 30 



T K Grigg 16-54 Lyman 19-49 



Match at 30 singles: Rigby 13. Brock 9, Botnian 14, Bl«ckburn 12. 



April IS.— Fine but windy; Straps, Keystones. 16yds., 15 singles: 



Davey OlllOOOOHOOlOl- 7 Brock 000010000003100- 2 



Redpath. . .111101111111010-13 Evans 110111101111011-12 



Avey 011111110011101-11 Griffith. .. .101001110001101- 8 



Rigby 011000011001000 - 5 Tee Kay . ...001010001001000— 4 



Brewer .... 111010100100000- 6 Walsh 100000100000101- 4 



Drake 000111001000000- 4 -45 Whittaker.OOOUOl 00001101— 7—31 



MT. VERNON, N. V.— The sportsmen here have organized a 

 gun club and duly incorporated it as the Mount A r ernon Gun Club, 

 for the purpose of "social, mutual benefit, yachting, hunting, fish- 

 ing, or other lawful sporting purposes, and to prevent any unlaw- 

 ful hunting, fishing, or other unlawful sporting, to aid in the 

 suppression thereof, and for the punishment of offenders in this 

 behalf." The club managers for this year are Leonard D. Tice, 

 Peter Magee, William H. Mackey, Richard H. Cassebeer and 

 Mott Ernigh. 



LANSING, Mich-, April 19.— At the regular weekly shoot of the 

 Lansing Rod and Gun Club to-day at 30 singles and 5 pairs doubles, 

 Smith came in after the first 10 had been shot. The weather was 

 good and clear. The score was as follows: Chatter I on 23, Davis 

 21, Hall 24, Nichols 26, Shillings 23, Wright 19, Smith 9. On the 

 doubles, Chatterton 4, Davis 7, Hall 3, Nichols 7, Shillings 6, 

 Wright 6. Smith 2. Totals, Chatterton 27. Davis 28, Hall 26, 

 Nichols 33, Shillings 29, Wright 35, Smith U.-G. M. K., J». 



OAPT. BOGARDUS.— The veteran shot is out with another 

 omnibus challenge and now says: "I am ready to make a match 

 with any ten, fifteen or twenty men in America to shoot at 100 

 pigeons, anv rules, double or single birds, for from $100 to $500 a 

 side each match; matches to be shot after close of my season with 

 the Forepaugh show. I will shoot these matches in succession, 

 one match each day until the series of ten, fifteen or twenty is 

 finished." 



PLEASANTVILLE, N. J„ April 21.-The Pleasantville Gun 

 Club made the following scores this afternoon at their regular 

 shoot, each man shootiug at 25 bluerocks: El wood Adams 21, D. 

 M. Ingersoll 17, R. M. Willis 12, Mark Sanders 13, Elmer Leeds 12, 

 C. Hackett 9. The following score was afterward made at 

 doubles: Mark Sanders 19 out of 25, Elwood Adams 10 out of 12, 

 R. M. Willis 6 out of 10, Elmer Leeds 7 out of 10, D. M. Ingersoll 

 7 out of 10. 



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. 



FIXTURES. 



Mat. 



i. Red Dragon, Spring Regatta 39-June 1. Passaic River Meet, 

 and Trophy Caps. Newark Bay. 



30. South Boston, Open. 



JUNE. 



7. Marine and Field, Bath. 21. New York, Annual. 

 14. Ianthe. Spring. 28. Brooklyn, Annual. 



17. South Boston, Club. 



JULY. 



1-15. Central Div., Lake Chau- 13. South Boston, Open. 



tauq.ua, N. Y. 12. Yonkers, Open, Yonkers. 



5. New Jersey Athletic, Bergen 26. South Boston, Club. 



Point, Second Aunual. — . Northern Div. A. C. A., Lake 

 12-26. W. C. A. Meet, Ballast of Two Mountains. 



Island. 



AUGUST. 



3. South Boston, Open. 30. Orange, Annual. 



8-22. A.C.A.Meet, Jessup's Neck 30, 31, Sept. 1 , South Boston, Har- 

 23. South Boston, Open. bor Meet. 



SEFTEMBEH. 



20. New Jersey Athletic, Bergen 

 Point, Fall. 



1. Ianthe, Annual. 



1,500 MILES IN AN ADIRONDACK BOAT. 



part xvn. 



"VTEW YORK BAY AND RARITAN RIVER. Oct. 24-Friday. 

 1> —Having had a hearty breakfast, 1 started off at 8:30, against 

 the tide, and before long had my hauds full dodging the steamers 

 and other numerous craft plying about. There was a strong west 

 wind, and with it a cold day, ice having formed during the night 

 on shore. I kept along the Jersey City front, rowing in a lively 

 manner, occasionally, to escape the ferry boats. Frequently four 

 steamers, tugs, etc. would be bearing down on me at once from 

 different quarters, when it became very awkward to know what to 

 do. Usually I lay on my oars while they would i nsh by, just graz- 

 ing me, and so uncomfortably close that often mv boat, followed 

 in the eddy of their wake, drawn suddenly in that direction; after- 

 wards the little swashy waves followed, making everything ex- 

 tremely disagreeable. Many were the warning whistles blown for 

 my sole edification, the only thing was to stop and wait for the 

 vessel to steer clear. This soon became a constant source of 

 worry and I breathed freer after Bedloe's Island was passed. 



From here I made direct for New Brighton. Staten Island, 

 where the Strait of the Kill von Kull begins. Crossing the bay 

 from Hoboken to Staten Island is a distance of seven miles, and 

 the wind being very strong I was shaken up considerably, the boat 

 making much leeway. Three miles takes one through the Kill 

 von Kull to Newark Bay and Eli zabethport.a town on the other 

 side of the bay at the entrance to Arthur Kill, or Staten Island 

 Sound, as it is now called. On entering Newark Bay, I stopped at 

 the Bergen Point Light, a stone house built in the water some 

 little distance from shore, and, clambering up to the stone plat- 

 form bv a *ope ladder, had a good look at my surroundings. The 

 lighthouse was a large granite structure, very solid in appear- 



aI At'lP. M. I arrived at Elizabethport, 13 miles from Hoboken, 

 having had the wind ahead or across my course for the entire 

 time. Traveling closer to the shore on this account than I other- 

 wise would have done, I came a considerable distance out of my 

 way in trying to avoid the wind and waves from the west; but got 

 quite wet, nevertheless, and the salt water is noticeably longer in 

 drying off one's clothes than the fresh eleineut. While crossing 

 New York Bay if became very rough indeed. There is no current, 

 through this Strait, it being slack water. [The writer does not 

 know what he missed in not striking a foul tide through the Kills. 

 —Ed.] Elizabethport is a short distance beyond the entrance to 

 Arthur Kill. . '"I j , Z 



Observing a number of sloops unloading oysters, I embraced the 

 golden opportunity and landed for dinner. Repairing to a littlo 

 restaurant, I at once ordered a dozen "fresh" and a big stew; 

 then some pork and beans, then a sizeable beefsteak and some 

 potatoes, ending finally with pumpkin pie. I expressed my 

 regrets to the friendly proprietor that human capacity forbade 

 my sampling his clam chowder, and then left for my boat after 

 the biggest dinner for years. The chance of getting some milk 

 was not overlooked, and I carried off two bottles full, laying in a 

 stock of fresh water also. 



1 got off at 2:30, and proceeded down the Sound, which is a 

 curious place, at first resembling a small river, winding in and 

 out in all directions through great grass flats, this continuing for 

 5 miles. The stream is narrow, and the. many curves ;o sharp" that, 

 on turning a bend the Sound ran in almost the opposite direction 

 to that of the previous reach. Large schooners, two and three 

 masters, were sailing through; and very much out of place they 

 looked, causing much wonder as to how they managed the short 

 curves. The banks were a few feet above high water mark, and 

 on them grew naught but rank grasses, the flats extending on all 

 sides for miles, and the air being saturated with the flavor of salt. 



Looking across the broad brown expanse, it was impossible to 

 define the tortuous course of the Sound save by the sails of the 

 sloops and schooners sailing along. Only their spars and rigging 

 could be seen above the flats, and they presented a curious appear- 

 ance, sailing through a country where no water was visible. 

 Though narrow, the chaunel is proportionately deep. After 

 several miles of this, however, the place widened out, and two 

 small towns and several chemical works and fertilizing factories 

 were passed. These latter doubtless find the wild barrenness of 

 the flats more suitable for their horrid odors and noxious smells; 

 humanity not tolerating them in any closer neighborhood. 



Occasionally I sa w clumps of trees and woods, but these were 

 scarce; otherwise not a landmark broke the monotony of the sur- 

 roundings. Nature had her own peculiar beauty, however, which 

 the varied shades of color in the changing grasses and distant 

 clumps of trees enhanced not a little. After the first village 

 Chelsea, navigation widened, and the Sound became more straight, 

 one being able to see a couple of miles ahead and a mile across 

 the water. Many sloops and small schooners cruised along, 

 picking up their skiffs which were engaged in oystering or fishing. 

 The ovster skiffs were very numerous, the men in them using 

 tongs 12 to 18ft. long, and scooping in the bivalves bv dozens. The 

 best are picked out and the others returned to their native element. 

 On one of the vessels was a skipper at the wheel with a stovepipe 

 hat on, not by any means in the best condition; and not being 

 particular how he wore it the effect was ludicrous in the extreme, 

 contrasting as it did with his filthy^ioat. 



Just before reaching Perth Amboy I passed some huge coaling 

 piers, opposite which the Sound became quite wide. It Is but 13 

 miles by my reckoning from Elizabethport to Perth Amboy; but 

 I am to'ld that the distance is 16 miles by water. The town is on 

 the right hand side of the Kill, and has considerable shipping. 

 The water is but a quarter of a mile wide, having narrowed again; 

 but beyond the city Rari tan Bay opens, whence I struck out for 

 the mouth of the Raritan River, with a final good bye to the State 

 of New York. Arthur Kill flows between the State of New Jersey 

 and Staten Island, belonging to New York, and its tides at certain 

 times run with great rapidity, though not over one mile per hour 

 when I was in them. 



The mouth of the Raritan River is marked by a long tailroad 

 bridge with a draw, and is not. over a mile from the outlet of the 

 Sound. Entering the river, 1 had a strong current against me, 

 as the tide was now running out. While in the Bay. I could see 

 the Atlantic Ocean, toward Sandy Hook; the last place where 

 sea and sky met was on Lake Ontario. Raritan Bay has shallow 

 water, there being but one or two deep channels in it. Several 

 miles across, a short distance from Perth Amboy, its surface as 



far as it can be seen is covered with stakes extending about 10ft. 

 above the surface of the water, and presenting much the appear- 

 ance of a forest of dead saplings. 



These placed in regular order, mark great oyster beds, each man 

 having his lot thus marked out, hut it is quite a mystery to me 

 how they could possibly find their own deposits, there being no 

 mark or sign on the stakes. Those having the outermost beds 

 have to travel several miles to reach them. A remarkable sight 

 it was to see the hundreds of boats dotted over this wide expanse, 

 while sloops and larger vessels were tacking about and picking 

 them up. Having asked one of the fishermen how they managed 

 to drive the poles down so firmly, he told me that it was only 

 necessary to stick them down into the mud, the next morning 

 they were so fast as not to be pulled up again. Planting the 

 oysters is as extensive a branch of the business as afterwards 

 fishing for them. 



While about to enter the Raritan River, 1 met a large tow 

 coming down. The stream wound about in every direction in 

 long bends, being at the start about H mile wide, afterward 

 increasing to % and even 1 mile at a certain point, contracting 

 again gradually. Its banks consist of oozy mud, salt marshes 

 stretching thence for long distances on either side, to hard ground 

 beyond. It was a lonely place, there being no sign of life save 

 some fish leaping out of the water here and there, and a few men 

 on the bank building a seine across, being meanwhile up to their 

 knees in mud. The sunset, which came shortly after entering the 

 river, was beautiful across the mud flats and marshes, and lit up 

 with a crimson light the wet banks, recently covered with water. 

 The tide running out strong here, my progress was slow. It is 

 strange to see the sails of an occasional sloop or schooner over the 

 marshes, in reality but a few casts of a stone in a bee line, but at 

 least, a mile by the tortuous river. 



I passed three or four of. the Goverment dykes, built like long 

 piers up the stream to prevent the mud deposits from forming 

 into bars; and thus preserving the channel intact. Even with 

 these, the south side of the River is very shoal, and several times 

 I ran fast aground, which was exceedingly exasperating. For a 

 short time, too, 1 was in much anxiety about my course, as the 

 river became very wide, and, to make matters worse, a large 

 affluent came in, making it something of a puzzle to know where 

 to go; hut by sticking to the north bank I came out all right. 



Night fell, and at about 6:30, at low water, I ceased rowing, and, 

 settling myself on the floor of the boat, began to discuss supper. 

 I had barely got comfortably under a blanket to ward off the 

 chilling air, when a huge sidewheel steamer came wheezing along, 

 and before I knew it, was bearing directly down on me as my boat 

 happened to be in the narrow channel, which rau very close to the 

 right bank. I quickly showed my light, not having sufficient time 

 to get out into the river further, and this had the desired effect, 

 the steamer suddenly veering off the instant the light was ex- 

 posed; but she nevertheless passed extremely close, hear enough 

 to make me hold my breath and thank Providence for the twen- 

 tieth time during my journey for a very narrow escape from 

 annihilation. The breaking roller that followed from the steam- 

 er's quick turning aside nearly put an end to my meal, however. 



Before tea was finished, another little scare came, which resul- 

 ted in the upsetting of my milk pot. After the steamer was gone, 

 and the silence was again death-like, 1 was startled by a most 

 fearful and realistic groan within a few yards of my boat, appar- 

 ently coming from under the muddy bank. Striving to ascertain 

 the cause of the horrible sound, and expectiug momentarily to 

 find myself confronting one of Captain Kidd's victims, once mur- 

 dered here, I discovered that the noise was caused by the slowly 

 rising tide, which had turned during my repast, the air and water 

 contending for the possessian of a small hole in the mud. 



By the retreating steamboat's sparks and lights I could see 

 where the course led, and it was interesting, though rather dis- 

 couraging, to notice how she wound about through the mud and 

 marshes. The groan was my warning that the flood had begun, 

 and I took advantage of it. Before long the river contracted to 

 J4 and then % of a mile, and hard ground appeared in place of 

 tbe swamps. Heavily wooded ridges on the left, and a farm- 

 house or two on the right, became visible; and I rowed on steadily 

 up the dark stream, guided only by the light of my Buckeye lan- 

 tern shining on the shore; until, about 4 miles beyond the first 

 hard ground, the lights of New Brunswick shone out. 



It was so pitchy dark, however, that I rowed past the entrance 

 lock up the river to the Pennsylvania R. Ft. bridge; where, the 

 river being shallow, I landed and aft- r some trouble obtained the 

 information that there was the second lock on the Delaware and 

 Raritan Canal, nearly a mile above its entrance into tidewater. 

 The canal, in tact, was above me. on the high red clay bank on 

 the south side of the river, and 1 got a man to aid in carrying my 

 boat. up. Again afloat, I went through a large lock in company 

 with a steamer aud entered on a 5 mile level. After two miles of 

 rowing on this. I found a lodging at a house near the canal at 

 9:30 



An old woman lived here, and it was difficult to convince her 

 that I was, as I claimed, a gentleman, and not a tramp or some 

 evilly disposed person. My appearanee much belied my statements, 

 for besides the general effect of my costume, a copious smearing 

 of Raritan mud did not make me a bit more respectable. After 

 a long argument she reluctantly gave me a bed, first narrating 

 for my benefit several stories about robbers and firebugs. Being 

 a very cold night, and as at that hour one could he tolerably cer- 

 tain that all the farmers' houses would be closed,! pleaded my 

 cause with all the eloquence at my command. During the day 

 a head wind had prevailed, and the tides for and against had 

 ju9t balanced each other. From Perth Amboy to New Brunswick 

 was a good 13 miles by my route, and now, being 3 miles beyond 

 the latter city, I had pulled 29 miles since, dinner, 42 miles during 

 the day. The old lady could not understand Why I did not stop 

 in the town for the night, and I am afraid that she did not sleep 

 well. M. B. 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



WAH-WAH-TAY-SEE. 



Floating on the limped water 

 Came, the firefly Wah-wah-tay-see, 

 Came the big canoe of Trenton; 

 On she came and then went onward, 

 Cutting sharp in beads the water 

 Of the placid Delaware. 



THE canoeists of Trenton, N. J., were in high feather on Mon- 

 day afternoon of last week, when twenty paddlers manned 

 the big war canoe Wah-wah-t <y-see and sent her on her trial 

 trip about the waters of the Delaware River Falls and up to Park 

 Island, the resort of canoeists is this section. 



It was a perfect afternoon and warm, also a quasi-holiday, and 

 canoeists and would-be. canoeists of all sha pes and sizes tumbled 

 in and bad a good time. Ex-Secretary Carter manned the big 

 paddle, beehive hats, long single blades, a cornet and a 36in. tin 

 tiorn completed the outfit. 



The crew drank nothing stronger than Delaware River water 

 and thus avoided any untoward mishap— though the many spec- 

 tators on the bridge predicted an upset. Many trips are already 

 being planned and gay times are expected. 



The Wah-wah-tay-see is 30ft. long, 50in. beam and 22in. deep, 

 and the Trenton canoeists claim the first one owned and pad- 

 dled in the United States, all other claims to the contrary not- 

 withstanding. Her builder is Rogers, of the Ontario Canoe Com- 

 pany, who has turned out another good neat boat to keep com- 

 pany with the already large fleet which he has sent to Trenton. 

 If a crew can be raised, the boat will attend the A.C.A. Meet. 



1640. 



PURITAN C. C— No, we are not "snowed under" because you 

 have not heard from us for some time. Quite the contrary is the 

 case, for our grass will have to be cut very soon. The winter here, 

 as elsewhere, has been very open, and every Sunday has found 

 some of the Puritans upon the deep in order more perfectly to 

 commune with nature. Since February we have kept a register 

 at the club house. If there is a canoe club within reach of t his 

 article that doea not, let it immediately mend its ways. The club 

 register is one of the greatest magnets known to attract the 

 members to the club. Every one is desirous of ha ving his name 

 appear as often as possible upon its pages, hence there is usually 

 a good attendance. During the month of Fehruary the daily 

 average attendance was six men, in March we went one better 

 and made it seven. Our fleet has been increased this winter by 

 the addition of five new boats. Four are Class C and one Class B 

 canoes, the former measuring 16.5ft. x36in.xl5in„ making very 

 able cruisers. The Class B boat is one of Joyner's racers, called 

 the Imp, a tidy craft and likely ti develoy some speed. One of 

 the new ones is an open canoe rigged for sailing. The club ho"se. 

 has been made more comfortable and attractive by a library, pic- 

 tures, a dark room and a shower bath for both men and canoes. 

 The shower for canoes is merely a pipe run from the water tap 

 to the front of the house, where the salt water may be washed off 

 of the boats and jewelry, both of which are more or less affected 

 by the salt. More accommodations will soon be added for the 

 fleet, as everything points to a busy season. Any canoeists wan- 

 dering in the vicinity of the "Hub" are sure of a welcome by call- 

 ing at 821 E. Sixth street, City Point, after 6 o'clock P, JAMES 

 i W, CabtwrighTi Jr., Secretary P. C, C, 



