July 3i, i89o.] FOREST AND STREAM. 4i 



SITE OF THE A. C. A. CAMP, JESSUP'S NECK, LONG- ISLAND. 

 (By permission, of New York World.) 



A. C. A. MEET. 



J7R0M the returns already received it is evident that the coming 

 meet will be the largest and in some respects the most inter- 

 esting in the history of the Association. The success, which now 

 seems assured, has been attained through so much expense and 

 after so many unusual difficulties incident to locating nn salt 

 water, that it may be some years before the experiment will be 

 repeated. Canoeists are therefore advised to make every effort to 

 avail themselves of being present at this meet, and are urged to 

 help make the occasion the success that it deserves to be. 



A number of canoeists, including ex-Com. Gibson, Secretary 

 Dunnell and Messrs. Foster and Brown, of the Knickerbocker, 

 have visited the camp site, and all concur with the camp site 

 committee in their favorable impression of the site. 



Work is progressing rapidly and all essentials will be completed 

 on Saturday, Aug. 2. Next week will be devoted to the making 

 of tent floors and floats which have been ordered. Those who 

 have not ordered either, and need them, should send their orders 

 at once. Tent floors will cost S3 to 86 each, according to size, and 

 floats will cost $1.50 per canoe, 4 or 5 canoes to a float. These cost 

 a trifle more than during previous years, because of increased 

 length, necessitated by the rise and fall of the tide. The floats 

 will be made after a plan worked ont by Mr. Everett Masten, of 

 this committee, and constructed under his special direction. 



A dock 400ft. long has been built into deeD water, so that 

 steamers may land without difficulty. Two wells have been dug 

 and bricked in to a depth of 25ft., and pure cold water found in 

 abundance. A substantial kitchen building, with ice house and 

 store-room beneath, has been erected and a camp store building 

 is under construction. A great amount of labor has been ex- 

 pended in filling in holes and clearing underbrush. 

 > The camp committee have been on the ground since July 1, 

 when tbe lease was obtained, and watched anxiously for the" ap- 

 pearance of the vagrant mosquito. So far these pests have not 

 appeared, although the weather has been hot and favorable for 

 them. The committee helieve that their prediction, that the 

 narrowness of the Neck and the strength of the wind will prevent 

 the settlement of mosquitoes on the Neck, is being borne out by 

 the facts. The big camp fires may draw them, however, and 

 members are advised to have their tents properly equipped with 

 netting. 



Members are also requested to bring Chinese lanterns for the 

 night parade audalso to lay in a supply of fireworks, although the 

 latter will.be sold at New York prices in camp. It is suggested 

 that ladies, as well as gentlemen, bring bathing Buits. 



Clubs are requested to continue the pleasant feature of dis- 

 tributing club badges, and to send one of each to this committee 

 for file. Members who intend coming to the meet will please 

 apprise the committee as soon as possible of their intention of 

 coming. 



Everything has been done and will be done to make this camp 

 comfortable, the committee recognizes that the growth of the 

 meets, the attendance of ladies and the multiplicity of amuse- 

 ments make it necessary to supply good meals and good service. 

 A first-class caterer has been obtained, and it is hoped that most 

 of the members will join in the camp mess, even at the expense of 

 foregoing the pleasures of a private mess, because the patronage 

 largely affects the character of the supply. 



The camp will be made exclusive as possible and outsiders ad- 

 mitted only upon personal invitation and by badge or ticket. 



The New England members can arrive at camp most readily by 

 steamer Sunshine from Hartford, Saybrook. Mr. N. D. Biel, of 

 Springfield, Conn., will answer all inquiries as to New England 

 transportation. 



This committee has acknowledged all letters received to date, 

 so that members who have written and not received responses 

 will know that their letters have miscarried and will please com- 

 municate again. R. B. Burchard, Chairman, 



Committee on Camp Site and Arrangements. 



No. 338 Broadway, New York. 



NEW YORK C. C. 



THE new club house at Staten Island is now completed and the 

 club has sold the old one, built in 1885, to a rowing club at 

 Hoboken. The new house is built on a large scow, a convenient 

 and roomy building and far better than anything the club has had 

 in the past. The opening ceremonies, set for June 21, were spoiled 

 by the storm on that day, but the postponed sailing race was held 

 on July 19. On this occasion the wind was very heavy, Toltec losing 

 a mast before the start, while Eurylda capsized, her owner having 

 some trouble in bringing her in. The only starters were Bat, L. B. 

 Palmer; Leida, Schuyler Schieffelin; Yagabond, C. J. Stevens: 

 Pterodactyl, Com. Nadal, and Mr. W. D. Anderson, in his new 

 Ruggles boat. The course was the regular 3 mile triangle. Leida 

 led for a time, but was finally beaten by Bat, the difference being 

 but one second. Vagabond was third. 



No date has yet been set for the cup race, as Mr. Jones has not 

 yet ai rived in New York. It will be sailed some time after the 

 close of the A. C. A. meet. The trial races will be sailed on Friday 

 and Saturday next, being started as late as possible in the after- 

 noon to accommodate men who are. busy in the city. They are open 

 to all members of canoe clubs. As there is but one challenger for 

 the cup, one representative will be selected by the New York C. C. 

 to meet him, with one or two substitutes. Mr, Ford Jones, the rep- 

 resentative of the challenging club, the Brockville C. C. of the city 

 of that name on the St. Lawrence River, is an old member of the 

 A. C. A. and a constant attendant at the meets for some years past, 

 being known as a skilful and daring sailor. For several seasons 

 he sailed the Ramona, but last year he brought to the camp a new 

 canoe, the Cannuck. This boat, like Ramona, was built by Mr. 

 Sauve, the skiff and canoe builder of Brockville, but it is of Amer- 

 ican type and does not differ in hull or rig from the average racing 

 canoe. In her, Mr. Jones did some very fast sailing last year, win- 

 ning the A. C. A. sailing trophy. 



This trophy, it will be remembered, was established in 1S86, the 

 year of the first international race, being won then, as well as in 

 the following year, by Com. Gibson. In 1888, at Lake George, it 

 was won by Mr. M. V. Brokaw, and last year by Mr. Jones. The 

 two previous races for the New York C. C. international challenge 

 cup, sailed in 1886 and 1888, differed from the coming one in that 

 the challengers were Englishmen, and the canoes of English build. 

 In the original races, in 1886, there were ■ ■. _ ^ i 

 W. Baden Powell and Walter Stewart, members of the Royal C. 

 C. of London. The canoes in these races, Nautilus and Pearl, were 

 of distinctively English model, of large displacement and carry- 

 ing heavy centreboards and lead ballast. They were rigged with 

 two balance lugs, and were sailed with the crew lying down in the 

 bottom of the boat and steering with the feet. The races at the 

 meet, which preceded those at New l r ork, proved that the Amer- 

 ican canoes, with little or no ballast, and with the crew seated on 

 deck, were immensely superior in speed to the English boats, and 

 in the races for the New York C. C. cup the two challengers dis- 

 carded their ballast and adopted the deck position. The represen- 

 tatives of the New York C. (5. in these races were Mr. C. B. Vaux, 

 of that club, and Mr. Wm. Whitlock of the Brooklyn O. C, and 

 through their efforts the cup was retained by the club. 



In the races of 1888, the Royal C. C. was again the challenger, but 

 iu this case with but one representative, Mr. Walter Stewart again, 

 who sailed a canoe designed by himself after t he American type, 

 carrying no ballast and using the deck position. The cup was de- 

 fended this time by Mr. R. W. Blake, of the Brooklyn C. C, the 

 winner of the trial races, who finally defeated Mr. Stewart very 

 easily, In each of these series of contests there has been sufficient 

 difference in canoes and methods, apart from the nationality of 

 the challengers, to create a strong interest; but in the present case 

 the international feature is more nominal than real, the challenger 



being an American, and using the same canoe aud rig as the defen- 

 der; so that the technical issues which were so prominent in the 

 first races have disappeared entirely. At the same time the 

 friendly rivalry between the canoeists of the two neighboring 

 countries, and also between the members of the various clubs that 

 will start m the trial races, promises to make the New York C. C. 

 cup one of the events of the year. 

 The conditions governing the cup and trial races are as follows; 



CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE RACES. 



. The canoes competing must come within the limits defined bv 

 the N. Y. C. C. rules. 



2. The cup is to be held as a perpetual challenge trophy. 



3. The competition is open to not more than three authorized 

 representatives of any canoe club sailing under foreign colors, as 

 many canoes representing the club holding the cup as the challen- 

 ging club. 



4. Two victories to be necessary to either win or hold the cup, the 

 same canoes competing in each. 



5. The races to be sailed on the waters of the club holding the 

 cup. & 



0. Races sailed iu the United States will be contested on waters 

 in the vicinity of New York city under the. auspices of the N. Y. 

 G. C. 



?. The distance sailed over in each race must not be less than 

 eight nor more than ten miles, and within a time limit of three 

 hours. The course to be mutually agreed upon. 



8. The races must be sailed at atime mutually agreeable to the 

 challengers and the holders of the cup; but one series of races to 

 be sailed in any one year. 



9. The N. Y. C. C. rules to govern the races. 



10. The club holding the eup to be responsible to the N. Y. C. C. 

 for its safe keeping. Should it. dissolve its organization, the cup 

 will then revert to the N. Y. C. O. 



CONDITIONS GOVERNING AMERICAN CONTESTANTS. 



11. The representatives of the holders of the cup must be selected 

 after a series of trial races open to all members of canoe clubs in 

 the United States . The regatta committee of the club holding the 

 cup shall have the right to select the competitors for the inter- 

 national races irrespective of the result of the trial races. 



12. Should the cup be won by the American contestants in the 

 international race: First, an active member of the club holding 

 the cup must score one victory to entitle that club to retain it. 

 Second, if a member (or members) of any other club wins two 

 races, his club will hold the cup. Third, should the two races be 

 won by members of two clubs, neither being the holder of the cup, 

 the tie will be sailed off subsequently to determine which club 

 shall take the cup. 



The New York Canoe Club International Cup Trial Races, 

 ongiuallv set for to-morrow aud Saturday, have been postponed 

 to Aug. 29 and 30. the week following the A. C. A. meet, in order 

 to enable canoeists generally to enter them and to ship their 

 canoes direct from the meet, by steamer, to the N. Y. C. club- 

 house. The final races will probably be sailed Monday, Sept, 1 

 and following da ys. 



A. C, A. TRANSPORTATION. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Arrangements have been completed with captains and owners 

 of steamer Eagle to transport canoes and duffle from Newark, 

 Yonkers and New York Harbor to Jessup's Neck. Steamer will 

 call at club houses and other places for canoes on Wednesday and 

 Thursday, Aug. 6 and 7. All canoes and duffle must be ready for 

 shipment not later than the morning of the 6th, and all stuff must 

 be ready when boat calls for it or it will be left. 



The charge far each canoe to camp and return will be So. Canoe- 

 ists who do not send freight money before boat leaves must pay 

 captain of the boat or Mr. G. P. Douglass, A. C. A., who will have 

 entire charge of loading and unloading canoes and duffle, and will 

 start with and remain on board steamer Eagle until canoes are 

 unloaded. This boat runs to camp wharf, Jessup's Neck. 



Canoeists with canoes arriving after the 6th can send their boats 

 to foot of Beekman street, East River, to steamer Shelter Island. 

 Freight on canoes on this steamer will be 82 one way, return 

 trip same (S2) unless 150 boats are shipped, in which case return 

 ra te will be 81- The fare to camp by steamer Shelter Island is 

 gl.25 each way. State rooms with two berths $L Supper on 

 board a la carte. This steamer leaves foot of Beekman street. 

 Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5 o'clock P. M„ and on Saturday at 2 

 o'clock P. M., arriving at camp about 6 A. M. State rooms should 

 be engaged at least two days ahead, longer if possible. They can 

 be had on board steamer foot of Beekman street and by letter to 

 same address. Steamer Eagle has no staterooms. 



Canoes shipped to Long Island City to Long Island Railroad Co. 

 will be carried to Sag Harbor and returned, freight 50 cents each 

 way. Round trip tickets via Long Island Railroad to Sag Harbor 

 and return 84 each to members of the A. C. A. 



Steamer Sunshine will leave New London three days in each 

 week for Sag Harbor. It is not yet determined whether she will 

 stop at A. C. A. wharf and camp, but it is probable that she will 

 do so. The camp, however, is but a short; sail or paddle, from Sag 

 Harbor. Negotiations are now being made for a steam launch to 

 run between Sag Harbor and camp. Steamer Manhansett runs to 

 Sag Harbor from New London daily. It is probable that she will 

 stop at A. C. A. camp wharf. 



M. T. Bennett, Jr., for Trans. Com. A.C.A- 



C. A. MEMBERSHIP. — Atlant ie. Division: Delavau C. Sco- 

 ville. Sag Harbor, N.Y.: Everett W. Frazar, Orange, N. J. North- 

 ern Division: R. C. Helles, Geo. G. Robinson, J. H. Routh, W. A. 

 Munn, Montreal; J. H. Carnegie, Coboconk: R. P. Wilkinson, 

 Goderich; Henry Tot ten, Stratford; Geo. Barry Montreal 



The following order has been sent to the customs officers at Bur- 

 liugton, Plattsburgh. Ogdensburg. Cape Vincent and Suspension 

 Bridge: "Treasury Depai tmeut, Office of the Secretary. Wash- 

 ington, D. C, July 29, 1890.— Collector of Customs: Sir— The De- 

 partment is in receipt of a letter from Mr. M. T. Bennett, Jr., 

 member of Transportation Committee of the American Canoe 

 Association, in which he states that the annual meet of said Asso- 

 ciation will be held at Little Peconic Bay, Long Island. N. Y., on 

 the 8th of August, and requests that, as quite a number of Cana- 

 dian canoeists will attend said meet, instructions be given to 

 allow them to bring their canoes, with necesssary outfit, over the 

 border free of duty and free of bond. The Department having 

 heretofore granted similar requests, you are authorized to pass 

 the canoes and necessary outfits thereof of Canadian canoeists 

 arriving at your port or in your district en route to said meet free 

 of duty and without requiring bond for their return, on produc- 

 tion of the usual oath for the free entry of personal effects. The 

 customary examination should be made, however, to prevent any 

 frauds upon the revenue. Respectfully yours, O. L. Spatjdding, 

 Assistant Secretary." 



FUN AHEAD. 



AC. A. CilMP HEADQUARTERS, JESSUP'S NECK, 

 . Long Island, N. Y. Wanted.— Talent in every line for the 

 great A. C. A. triple allied monster aggregation. All are re- 

 quested to bring their own wardrobe. Salary sure. Only mem- 

 bers of the A. C. A. need apply. All applications to be made on 

 the grounds.— L. W. SEAVEY, Director of Amusements. 



THE NORTHERN DIVISION YEAR BOOK— The Northern 

 Division of the A. C. A. has this year published a particularly neat 

 and attractive year book, the work of one of its members, Mr. 

 Hugh C. McLean, of Montreal. The book is embellished with a 

 number of large photographs, including portraits of the division 

 officers and views of the A. C. A. and Northern Division meets of 

 1689. Extra copies of the book will be sent to canoeists on receipt 

 of 20 centss. 



^mwer L H to (^orrezyontlmte. 



{SIT* No Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents. 



J. K. W., Southampton.— See game seasons as given in our Bhot 

 columns. 



C. E. W., Troy.— We have instituted inquiry in your behalf, and 

 will report in later number. 



P. W. D., Hamlet. 111.— Thank you for the clipping. See portrait 

 of pheasant in our game columns. 



E. J. R., New York.— Inquire at the office of the Supervising In- 

 spector, Post Office Building, New York, where you can obtain a 

 copy of the U. S. laws relating to licenses. 



E. L R., Gilbert, Ohio.— It will probably be necessary to scrape 

 off all the varnish. In re- varnishing, make sure that the wood is 

 thoroughly dry, and allow time for each coat to become hard be- 

 fore putting on another or using the canoe. 



Constant Reader, Baltimore, Md.— Please give me the name 

 of the fish called speckled perch in the fresh-water ponds of North 

 Carolina. Ans. The name is used for the calico bass, which is 

 shown on page 4 of For KST and Stream, July 24, 1890, and de- 

 scribed at some length. 



S. H. C, Rockland, O.— What will prevent gun barrels from 

 rusting when laid away for a long time'? Ans. Apply common 

 beef tallow without, salt. You may melt the tallow and pour into 

 the barrels; when the gun is wanted for use pour hot water on 

 barrels and the fallow will slide out. 



J. A. M., New York.— Will you kindly inform me if there has 

 been any law made prohibiting gunning in Orange county. N. Y., 

 for the ensuing five years, and would two young men meet with 

 any difficulties from that source in a three days' outing in that or 

 any of the adjacent counties? Ans. We know of no such law, and 

 in absence of one you would have no trouble. 



H. T. H., Coolidge, Wis.— I wish you would send me the address 

 of some manufacturer of fishing outfits. I have a plan for a trol- 

 ling hook that I think will eclipse anything of the kind for catch- 

 ing large fish. How much would it cost to get a patent ? Ans. 1. 

 Communicate with the firms whose addresses are given in out- 

 advertising columns. 2. Patent will cost $35. 



G. Y. S., Westfield, N. Y.— 1. Can you inform me what kind of 

 small game there is in northeastern Massachusetts'? 2. Is the 

 game very scarce'? 3. Also give open season on woodcock, grouse, 

 squirrel and rabbits in Massachusetts. Ans. 1. You will find the 

 game rj'amed iu your third question. 2. Depends upon where you 

 go. 3. See list of seasons in our game columns. 



A Constant Reader, Montreal.— Will you please give me the 

 benefit of your information on the subject and tell what, in your 

 opinion, is the best thing to use to make a blind for shooting 

 ducks from a boat— iomething to resemble a small island'? Ans. 

 Use whatever is at hand, most convenient and best adapted to the 

 surroundings, cat-tail rushes, tree boughs, marsh grass, or any- 

 thing that will simulate nature. If in the. autumn, when the vege- 

 tation is brown, a gunny sack of dead grass color may be used. In 

 winter use white cloth to look like ice, etc. 



O. W. D., Boston.— Will you kindly let me know through the 

 columns of your paper whether or not it is prohibited in any of the 

 States or Canada to kill woodcock after sundown? Ans. Penn- 

 sylvania forbids taking woodcock or, other game "with torch- 

 light." District of Columbia prescribes that "no person shall 

 shoot at any bird or wild fowl in the night time." Quebec forbids 

 hunting woodcock "at any time between one hour after sunset 

 and one hour before sunrise." Maryland makes it unlawful to 

 kill grouse, woodcock or quail "m the night time, that is to say 

 from one hour after sunset until one hour before sunrise." Wis- 

 consin makes it "unlawful at any season to hunt, shoot, catch or 

 pursue" game birds including woodcock "in the night time." 



Ontjulta, Thompsontown, Pa.— I would like to know the 

 weight of a lOin. brook trout; also the scale of average weights by 

 measurements of tire same fish. Ans. The relation between 

 length and weight, of the brook trout varies according to the 

 nature of its Habitat. In still deep ponds they will be short and 

 deep, while in shallow swift currents they grow long and slim. 

 A lOin. trout will u-ually weigh a little less than 8oz. Herewith are 

 given lengths and weights of seven specimens which we have 

 weighed: 9in.. a^oz.: 9^in.. 3&oz.; lOin., 8oz.: 12in., 7Moz.; 12V£m., 

 12H07..; 13m., lloz.; 18in., 21bs. Sftoz. In large individuals the 

 weight increases very rapidly because the fish takes on great 

 depth and thickness. We quote from the records the proportions 

 of two big ones: 25in., 8}^lbs.; 30in., lOlbs. 



R. I. B., Milford, Pa.— Will you please enlighten me as to the 

 best process by which to preserve the color especially, and, if pos- 

 sible, the pliancy of the skin of trout, bass, perch, etc.'? Ans. The 

 best mixture known to us for preserving the colors of fishes, and 

 the bodies as well, consists of equal parts of alcohol, glycerine 

 and water. Dr. J. L. Wortman, formerly anatomist of the Army 

 Medical Museum, Washington, D. C, has amethod of keeping the 

 colors of integuments and soft parts, but we have not seen it pub- 

 lished anywhere. A letter addressed to him at the Cosmos Club 

 might be the means of obtaining the information. There is no 

 way of obtaining pliability in stuffed fish skins so far as we know. 

 Many museums would be glad to learn of a satisfactory method. 

 The treatment applied to mammal skins would remove the scales 

 of fish skins and oil would spoil the show surface. There seems 

 to be nothing but hard drying on a properly shaped body of some 

 suitable material. 



G. A, K , Netherwood, N. Y.— 1. I have a small lake of from 7 to 

 8 acres, and would like your advice as to the kind of fish that 

 would thrive well. Two brooks feed the lake (one of spring water) 

 and two springs near edge of lake run into it. The depth is from 

 3 to 8ft.— 10ft. when lake is high. The bottom consists of mud in 

 parts, and sand and gravel in balance. Plenl y of trees border the 

 lake. I have thought somewhat of trying s ellow perch. The lake 

 contains sunfish and plenty of minnows and shiners. 2. Will you 

 kindly give me the name and address of the Commissioner to 

 whom I am to apply r for fry, and also your advice as to the kind 

 of fish to put in lake'? 3. Is there any cost tor fry outside of ex- 

 press charges for same? Ans. 1. Write E. P. Doyle, Room 56, 

 Fulton Bank Building, New York city for a blank form of appli- 

 cation for fish, stating the particulars about your lake. 2. We 

 should expect that small-mouthed black bass would thrive in the 

 water described. Yellow perch are much inferior to bass. 3. No. 

 If you cannot obtain black bass from the State write to Geo. W. 

 Littleton, Sandusky, Ohio, who furnished the supply for the 

 Pennsylvania Fish Commission this year. 



Namjss and Portraits of Birds, by Gurdon Trumbull. A 

 book particularly interesting to gunners, for by its use they can 

 Identify without question all the American game birds which 

 they may kill. Cloth, 320 pages, price §3.50. For sale by Fosasi 



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