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FOREST AND STREAM 



[Aug. 14, 1890, 



Event No. 6, 50 singles, $10 entrance. 5 moneys: 



Breintnall 10111111110111111101110110111111111111111111111111-45 



Kelsey Ill 11111111 1111111111111111111 111 1111H1011111U11- 49 



Whitney 11111111111111111111111110111111111111111011111111-48 



McMurchy 11111111111111111111011011111111111111111111110110-46 



Hudson, Sr 11111011111111110111111111011100111111111111111111-45 



Spangler 111111011110110111 11001111111000011111111111111110-40 



Buck 11111110111011111101111111111111111111111101111110-45 



Levingston 01111111111111111111011011111111111111111111111111-47 



ST. LOUIS, 



St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 7.— The flrst tournament of the Star Gun 

 Club was held last Saturday under most favorable auspices. The 

 weather was pleasant and a good crowd of local trap-shooters 

 were present, all of whom expressed themselves thoroughly 

 pleased with the programme dished up for the benefit. All events 

 were at bluerock Targets and the rules of the A. S. A, governed. 

 The traps were screwed up to a high notch, which accounts for 

 the scarcity of straight scores. The scores follow: 



First shoot, 10 bluerocks: 



Haggerty 8 P Hauck 4 Sahomherg ..4 



Secardi 7 Hespos 6 A Predock 7 



Beeherer 4 D Hauck 4 E Predock St 



E Sprinamovcr 5 (4 W Reed ,8 N Predock 7 



T Barca 1 C Kvmz 5 C H Prior 6 



A EStoll 6 Ryan 1 



E. Predock first money, Haegerty and Reed second, Secardi 

 third, Stoll fourth. 



Second shoot, 10 bluerocks: 



Haggertv 8 Stoll 7 Becberer 5 



E Predock 9 Reed 8 A Predock 7 



Secardi.. 8 Kunz 5 N Predock 8 



E Springmeyer 3 T Barca 6 Schomberg 6 



Hespos 8 D Hauck 4 Seltzer 7 



Prior 5 P Hauck 4 



E. Predock first, Haggerty second, Seltzer third, T. Barca and 

 Schomberg fourth. 



Third shoot, 5 pair bluerocks: 



Haggerty 7 Wolf 3 Hunckler 4 



Secardi 5 E Predock 5 Kunz 8 



Stoll... 5 Prior 5 Hespos 4 



Reed 5 N Predock 5 Beeherer 4 



Seltzer 4 A Predock 3 Morgan ...5 



Kunz flrst, Hagerty second, N. Predock third. 



Fourth shoot, 15 bluerocks: 



Haggerty 12 Beeherer 7 A Predock 12 



Secardi". 12 T Barca 8 King 14 



Stoll 7 Kunz 8 Hill 14 



E Predock 14 N Predock 11 H Wolf 3 



Seltzer 10 P Hauck 6 E Spriug'uyer 8 



Reed 9 Prior 12 Morgan 12 



Chance 7 Hespos 7 



E. Predock, Hill, King, first; Hagerty second, N. Predock third, 

 Seltzer fourth. 



Fifth shoot, 10 bluerocks: 



E Predock 9 Morgan 8 Heffberger 7 



Wolf 5 D Hauck 3 Stoll 8 



Ki ng 7 Barca 4 Hespos 7 



Secardi 7 Reed 5 P Hauck. fi 



Seltser 9 Beeherer 6 Hugly 4 



Henry 8 A Predock 8 Spr.ck 7 



Weber 9 Hill 9 E Sprtngmver 8 



Kunz 6 N Predock 4 Judill 3 



Hill first. Stoll second, Secardi third, Beeherer and P. Hauck 

 fourth. 



Sixth shoot, 10 bluerocks: 



E Spriugmyer 3 Henry 9 Prior 8 



Heed 7 A Predock 8 Hespos 7 



E Predock 5 G Spriugmyer 4 Hugly 3 



SeGardi • • • 8 Been erer 5 S pr i ck fi 



Seltzer 8 Barca 8 Heffberger 5 



N Predock 7 Kun z 7 M organ 8 



King 9 Stoll 6 Weber 6 



Hill 8 



Hen tr and King first, A. Predock, Prior and Morgan second, 

 Reed, Kuuz, N. Predock and Hespos third, Sprick fourth. 



Seventh shoot, 10 single and 3 pairs bluerocks: 



King 13 Weber 9 Prior 9 



Henry 11 Reed 9 Stoll 8 



Hespos 12 N Predock 8 Secardi 9 



E Predock 10 Seltzer 10 



King and Hespos flrst, Henry second, E. Predock third. 



Eighth shoot, 10 bluerocks: 



King 8 Seltzer 9 P Hauck 2 



Huguly. 5 Secardi 6 Prior 7 



Kuuz 5 Hespos .6 Barca 9 



Beckerer 3 E Springmyer 5 Morgan 6 



.ludeli 4 Stoll 5 Sprick 5 



E Predock 9 Weber ..7 Heffberger (5 



Henrv 10 N Predock 7 Reed 7 



D Hauck 7 Fink 8 



Henry first. Barca, E. Predock and Seltzer second, King and 

 Fink third, D. Hauck, Weber, Reed, N. Predock and Prior fourth. 



One of the prettiest live bird matches shot in this city for some 

 time took place last Wednesday between James Hagerty and H. 

 C. Dick. The birds were extra strong flyers and both gentlemen 

 made several long kills with their second barrels. The match 

 was to have been at 100 birds, but owing to a careless boy who 

 allowed a number to escape, but 85 were shot at by each party. 

 A, S. A. rules applied to the affair. Tbe score: 

 Haggerty 111112121111111111111 111211ol2111111111111 



2i2imiimiioii2tiii2mi2in:>2imm-s3 



Dick 022oH11211122oll21 21110121211111112111101 .. 



2122U11111111111111111111111121211121211— 80 

 Unser Fbitz. 



WATSON'S PARK. 



Bubnside, 111., Aug. 7.— The following is the score made here to- 

 day by tire Audubon Club for club medals, 15 live pigeons, handi- 

 cap rise: 



A Torkington a (30) 212112012001211-12 



R B Wadsworth a (33) .223211202211201-13 



J J Kleinmau a (33) 122110022110221—12 



() F Malcolm (30) 211110210112222-13 



C S Wilcox (32) 1211000:a212212-12 



,1 E Price (33) 222112122011102-13 



ft W Foss c (32) 101211221112210-13 



D G Deiter c (28) 111112110011111-13 



Ties on 13: Wadsworth, 022222-4; Malcolm, 22222—5; 2100w.; 

 Price. 21121-5; 21020-3; Foss, 13212-5; 22232-5, medal winner. 



a Twelve ga. under 81bs.; h 13 ga. under 81bs.; c 13 ga. under 71bs 



' Aug. 8.— Score of the Gun Club of Chicago for club medal, 10 

 live pigeons per man, 30yds. rise, 80yds. boundary; 12-gauge, 81bs. 

 and under, 29vds.: 



C E Willard (29).. . .2211111121-10 Dicks (30) 2002111200- 6 



Wadsworth (2ft) ...1111201221— V) Hamline (30) 0101102102— G 



Wells (30).... 0022012211- 7 F E Willard (29)... .0011211110- 7 



Esklers (30) 2<i]2121112— 9 Steck (30) 1323221122-10 



Two 5-bird sweeps, $3 and 52 respectively, in which all ties were 

 divided: 



Wadsworth 21211—5 11111—5 



Steck 20212-4 22222-5 



F Willard 11121-5 12111-5 



Hamline 12111-5 012w. 



Eecklers 21112-5 21201-4 



Wells 12012-4 21111-5 



C E Willard 11210-4 111U-5 



B Dicks 01111-4 11221-5 



Ties on 5. miss and out, 34yds.; Wadsworth 2, Steck 0, F. Willard 

 1, Wells 0, C. E. Willard 5, Dicks 1. 



C. E. Willard won medal and divided second money with Dicks 

 in first sweep and first money with Wadsworth in second sweep. 

 Wadsworth divided first with F. E. Willard in first sweep; Eck- 

 el's won second money in Becond sweep. 



Aug, .9.- Score of the Chicago Shooting Club for diamond stud, 

 25 live pigeons, 30yd«. rise, 80yds. boundary, 12ga. 81bs. and under, 

 29yds., under Tibs. 27yds.; 



R B Wadsworth (29) 1131r212312213011 12212222— 24 



II Kleinman (29) .. .2211111111132131113130120-23 



WH Haskell (27) 1110211222231102231200101—20 



John Watson (29) 1111121211120111112111112—24 



MJ'Eioh (29) 2311113111211311112111121- 25 



L Hamline (30) 1112^21120111002112111012—21 



7 ;-: 'V-i;,l-' :."-■/■■ ■". ' <::■■■ . ^ ■■■ 1 " ; 



/■ ,v r,.. 



R S Cox, Jr (29) 1012111101101112022011102-19 



Ed Steck (30) 1112111220100011221320122—20 



W 0 Payson (30) 1311011111ini31112211111-24 



RAVBLBIGG. 



UTAH VS. NEBRASKA. 



Editor ■■Forest and Stream: 



The sweeping challenge issued by Utah was promptly accepted 

 hy the Grand Island, Neb., club, and on Aug. 1 the match was 

 snot and the Utah team won. It was a telegraph match, and, as 

 is so usual in such matches, the conditions and circumstances 

 surrounding the contesting teams were different and unequal, and 

 the match was no real test of the comparative merits of the two 

 teams. The Grand Island club is everywhere recognized as one of 

 the best in the United States, in shooting merit, and Utah felt that 

 she had some work cut out for her, and she had. The Grand 

 Island Club shot under adverse circumstances, there being a 

 heavy wind and the air being filled with dust. The match would 

 no doubt have boeu closer, and mignt possibly have resulted diff- 

 erently, had Nebraska favored Grand Island with a litUe of the 

 glorious climate of Utah. The match was at 30 bluerocks, As- 

 soiation rules: 



Grand Island. 



Parry 111111111111111101111111111101-28 



Smith 11111111111111011 11 1 1111101 111—28 



Raynard 111111101111111011111111111111-28 



Williams 111110110111111011111111111111-27 



Harrison 1111111111001011111111111 11101-26 



Fleek 111111111111101110111101100111 25 



Coyle 100111111111111011101111101100-23 



Stouf er 11111111 1111101110110101001011—23 



Richter 1111011011)1111101001101101101-22 



Gerspacker 1011110111111101 110011 10101110-22— 252 



Utah. 



S Browning 111111111111111110111111111111-29 



Dermody 111111111111111111111111111110-29 



Sharp 111111101111111110111011111111-27 



J Browning 1111101 111111 11 0 1111111011 11 U —37 



Wright 110111111101111111111111110111—27 



Ensign 10011101111111111111111111 1111-27 



Spencer 010111111110111111110111111111—26 



Tremayne 101111111111011111111110911111-36 



E Browning OlllllOlllllllllllOllllOllOlH— 25 



Bradley 111011111011110010111111111UO— 24— 267 



WAYNE VS. GERMANTOWN.-Germantown, Pa., Aug. 9.- 

 Inclosed find score of the second shoot between the Wayne and 

 Germantown gun clubs at bluerocks, 5 bluerock traps, 16 and 

 18yds. rise, on the Wayne club grounds. The Wayne boys having 

 lost the first match got out their best team for this match, and 

 felt certain of victory, but the fates or better shooting of tbe 

 Germantown hoys decided otherwise. The visiting club all de- 

 clare themselves delighted with the royal way in which they 

 were treated by the Wayne boys, and everjbody seemed to be in 

 a good humor and bent on having a good afternoon shoot: 

 Wayne Gun Clnb. 



W Ulary 0111011 11111111011 110110 1-20 



J Jeffries 1011010110101000101111011-15 



H Kain 111001111 1101100111101111-19 



E Betson ..10111 101 01101011 1 101110 11—18 



Timm llOlUllOOlllllOlllllOUl-20 



Barron 1111011111111111111001111—22 



O Briney 0111011 111111001000010001—14 



F Hessler 1110011 1 10111110010001111-17 



Born e Ill 1 111111000101101111101— 19 



Cheyney 1111111000101010011011101-16-180 



Germantown Gun Clnb. 



Leutz iiomiimiiiiiiommi-23 



B Royds 1011001011010101110100001-13 



S Balentine 1101101000001010100110111—13 



W Greenwood 1111111111111111110110111-23 



W Fay 0111110111111111 110010111—20 



J Royds 0011X111101001011100100111—13 



E Gilbert 1111011011110111001110101-18 



T Balentine 0111110000011010111111101—16 



J Thur man 11 1 11111111011001111 Hill— 33 



H Thurman 011101 1 1111111 11111 110111—21 -183 



H. T. 



WHITE HOUSE, N. J., Aug. 8— The third of the series of 

 matches between the Flemington and White House gun clubs, 25 

 bluerocks. 3 traps, resulted in favor of the White House Club. 

 This was the second race they have won from the Flemington team 

 and decides the series. On Sept. 3 the White House team will 

 meet the famous Union Gun Club, from Springfield, N. J., at the 

 White House grounds: 



White House Gun Club. 



Anderson 1111110001101111111111111-21 



Bishop 1111101100101110111110100-1 7 



Woodin .0110111010111100010011111-16 



Large 1000111001100101111001011-14 



Woodruff 0000010111111101011110111-16 



Cole 010100011 1 011101111111101—17 



F Cramer 1100100100011111110101111—16 



Geo Cramer 111011 1011111111111111111-33 



T Welsh 111111111010011101111111-22 



Pic k 1 a 001001101 11111 11111001001—16—178 



Flemington Club. 



Chamberlain 0111111110111011010011011—18 



Loi t 0111111101010111001100101—16 



Mr <uv .7- : 7H77.7 I 7 : 7'7 - 



Henzler 1101010111011110011110110-17 



Pyatt OOOOOlOOHlOOHll 11 101110— 14 



Gumere OHim01tBH0111010U.ill-.18 



Sutphen 1001111010111001010100111—14 



Holcomb 1111010111011111101011110-19 



Emmons 1010111010011101110111101-17 



Stout 111011100101111111 H11011— 30— 169 



CLEVELAND. O., Aug. 7.— The regular shoot of the East End 

 Gun Club was held this afternoon, and the members did some 

 excellent work. Twenty singles and 10 doubles was the rule, and 

 the scores were high. It was a fine day for shooting, and the blue- 

 rocks sailed out of the traps as big as balloons, with an invitation 

 all over tfieir backs asking to be pulverized. The score of the 

 shoot was as follows: 



Wherry 01 1 01110110111001011 



Brockway 11.111101111011110111 



Sweetman 11111110111111011111 



Jones 11111111100111011111 



Story 11101011011111110111 



Bloom 00111000011011011010 



Barnes 1 1 1 111110010101 11111 



Jenks 111011111111101 11 111 



Rudolph 11110111101111111111 



King 10011011111100111111 



North 11111111111111111111 



Hay cox Ill 11111111111111111 



Turner 00100011111000011101 



Visitors. 



L O Jones 00001111110011111110 



Darcie 01110000100001111111 



El worthy 11111101111111111111 



Richardson 11010111111110101101 



Saffold 11101111111101011111 



11 11 00 11 00—19 

 11 10 00 11 H— 24 

 11 10 11 10 11-26 

 11 10 10 01 11-24 

 10 10 10 10 10-21 

 10 00 11 00 11—15 

 10 11 11 11 10-24 



10 11 11 11 10-26 



11 11 11 11 11-28 

 11 10 11 10 01-21 

 11 10 11 11 10-28 

 10 10 10 10 11-26 



10 10 01 01 00—14 



01 01 10 10 01-18 



11 11 11 10 10-19 

 11 10 10 11 11-27 

 11 01 11 10 11-34 

 01 11 10 .10 01—23 



PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 9.— There was a shooting match at clay 

 pigeons to-day between tbe South End Gun Ciub, of Camden, and 

 the Gloucester City Gunning Club, on tue grounds of the former. 

 The conditions were each man to shoot at 15 single and 10 double 

 hirds, three traps to be used and Association rules to govern. The 

 South End men won by 13 birds. The score follows: 



South End Gun Club. 



S 



Biderman 8 



Countis 8 



Peschman 11 



Valentine 5 



Lichtenberg 5 



Buzine 3 



Lightcap 1 



Wood ... 8 



Lane 13 



Peak 7 



Gloucester City Gunning Club. 



S 



3 Cheeseman 



6 McQuaid 6 



4 Groves 1 



2 I Budd 8 



2 Hewlings 6 



4 Lazarus 8 



4 Owens 7 



6 C Budd 4 



5 Haskins 4 



4 Lofield ,.6 



68 40 56 39 



KRUEGER VS. MILLER— Albert Krueger, of Christiana, Pa., 

 and Frederick Miller, of Pasehatlville, have arranged a match at 

 50 clay-pigeons per man for $50 a side. The shoot is to come off 

 this week at "Blue Bell," Paschallville. under the management 

 of E. T. Calvert, of that place. Much interest is taken in this 

 match by members of the different local gua clubs, as both are 

 expert short. 



WINSLOW GUN CLUB.— Winslow, A. T., Aug. 5.— At a meet- 

 ing held in Winslow, Arizona, July 30, we organized a gun club, 

 with 37 charter members, for the purpose of protecting the game 

 in Arizona from the depredations of Indians and pot-hunters, and 

 the perfecting of the members in trap shooting. President, E. 

 McCammon; Vice-President. G, Page; See'y and Treas.. M. L. 

 Roaoh; Executive Committee, Harry McCarty, Frank Gibson, 

 F. P. Secrist, A- S, Coom W, G, McNail,— M. D. Roach. 



9 9 10 9 9 9 10 



7 9 9 8 9 8 10 



8 10 8 10 9 9 9 



6 .... 



9 7 6 7 8 



4 6 8 3 



7 _ 

 9 4 



NEWARK, N. J., Aug. 9 — At Erb's to-day the first event wasi 

 the match between Gus Griff en, of this city, and William Hollis,: 

 of Kearny, the conditions being twenty-five pigeons each mau,;j 

 twenty-eight yards rise, modified Hurlingham rules to govern, for* 

 a stake of $25 a side. The birds used in this race were of a fair 

 grade, though not as good as usual. The result of the race follows, 

 Hollis being shot out on his eighteenth bird: 



Gri ff en 2111123002121122121221111-23, 



Hollis 10212102111o0212110o2 -15. 



Chris. Reinhardt was referee. 



The event of the day, and one on which a considerable amount 

 of money was wagered, was a match for $25 a side between Frank- 

 Class, of Pine Brook, and E. Jones, of this city, each man shoot-, 

 ing at fifteen birds, at twenty-eight yards rise. The men tied, and: 

 shot off at five birds each, the result bpmg annexed: 



Jones H1110210121100-11 11111—16 



Class 222022202122o20-ll 212o2— 15- 



C. M. Hedden and John Erb were judges and Chris. Bernhardt 

 was referee. 



A number of open-to-all sweepstakes, $5 entry, four birds each, 

 were shot, the results being appended: First sweep, Erb aDd Leddy 

 divided first; Class, second. Second sweep, Wheaton and Erb' 

 divided first; Class and Hedden divided second. Third money | 

 went to Reinhardt. Third sweep, Hollis and Wheaton took first, 

 Erb and Wheaton second. During the day Hedden killed 23 out I 

 25 birds shot at; Class 51 out of 60; Jones 39 out of 45; Hollis 41 out', 

 of 51; Campbell 16 out of 20; Wheaton 15 straight; Erb 25 out of 27; I 

 Reinhardt 9 out of 15; Griffeu 33 out of 41; Leddy 10 out of 14. 



MIL FORD, N.J. — A two-days' live pigeon match will begiven . 

 here Aug. 26, 27, by mine host M. H. Rupell, of the Milford House. ,| 

 Come and try your luck and skill.— Go-Bang. 



CLAREMONT SHOOTING GROUNDS, Aug. 9.-Ten hluerocks, I 

 50 cents entrance: 



1 ~8 2 



Sigler 8 8 9 



Thompson 7 10 



Collins 10 8 10 



Hunt 4 6 7 



Howard 8 6 5 



Money 7 9 9 



Lindsley 9 7 10 8 . 



Four live birds, entrance $3.50, ties divided: 



Howard 1000-1 Lindsley 1111— i 



Simpson 1220—3 Money 2120—3 



Collins 1112—4 Sigler 1110-3 



Three birds, $1.75 entrance: 



Howard 010—1 Lindsley 211—3 



Simpson 110—2 Money . 222—3 



Collins 112—3 Sigler 103—3 



THE OMAHA GUN CLUB'S last weekly shoot, 25 bluerocks, 

 21yds. rise, resulted as follows: 



Dunmire H11111111111111111111011-24 



Parmalee 1111111111111111111111111-25 



Brewer 1111111 11111 11101111 111 01—23 



Townsend 1111111111111111111111111-35 '. 



Kennedy mi001111111110111111011-31 



Brueker 1111111111110111011111111-23 



Field 1111101010111111111111111-22 . 



Hughes : 1111111111111111111111101-24 



Fogg 1111111111011111101111111-33 



Smi th 0111011011001110001111011—16 ' 



Stagg 1111111111101110111111110-23 



Hummel 0011O01H010O0101 10110111— 14 ' 



Borland milllllll 11111111111011— 34 ' 



Jones OOOlOOOllllOOllOOlOCOlOU -11 



S. G. V. G, 



WELLINGTON, Mass., Aug. 9.— A strong wind blew across the 

 traps to-day, and it was quite difficult to judge the flight of the , 

 targets, and as a consequence there were more poor scores than 

 good ones In the second merchandise match for August, at 10 ' 

 singles and 5 pairs hubs White was first with 17. The other scores 

 were: Bennett and Bond 16, Bradbury 13. Field 13, Bradstreet 11, 

 Sanborn and Hooper 10, George 9, Dill 7, Porter 6. Tbe winners 

 in the sweepstakes matches follow: Six hubs, Sanborn; 6 hubs, 

 Sanborn; 3 pairs hubs, Bradbury; 6 hubs, Bradbury, Field and 

 Bennett: 6 hubs. Sanborn; 6 hubs, Hooper; 3 pairs hubs, Sanborn; 

 6 hubs. Cowee; 3 pairs hubs, Bradbury and Hooper; 6 hubs, San- 

 born; 6 hubs, Sanborn; 6 hubs, Hooper, Bradstreet and Bond; 10 

 hubs, merchandise match. White; 6 hubs, Bond; 6 hubs, Bradbury . 

 and Bond; 6 hubs, White; 3 pairs hubs, Sanborn; 6 hubs, Bond and | 

 Bradbury; 5 pairs hubs, merchandise match, Bradbury, Bennett, 

 White and Bradstreet; 6 hubs, Bradbury and Bond: 6 hubs, Brad- 

 burv and Bond: 6 hubs, Bradstreet, 3 pairs hubs, Bond; 6 hubs. 

 White. 



WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.— The first bluerock tournament of the 

 White Plains Gun Club, to be held on the North End Driving i 

 Park, White Plains, Sept. 4-5. For programmes, etc., address C. 

 P. Rowley, 241 Broadway, New York. 



<H/%naqing. 



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. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Fobest and 

 Stbeam their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., of 

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, and 

 report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are 

 requested to forward to Fobest and Stbeam their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local 

 waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all 

 items relating to the sport. 



FIXTURES. 



AUGUST. 



8-22. A.C.A.Meet, Jessup's Neck 30. Orange, Annual. 

 73. Smith Boston, Open. 30, 31, Sept. 1, South Boston, Har- 



23. Plymouth, Cruise, Cape Cod bor Meet. 



Bay. 



SEPTEMBEB. 



I. Ianthe, Annual. 20. New Jersey Athletic, Bergen 



1. Arlington, Ann., Arlington. Point, Fall. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



ALL of the ten annual meets of the American Canoe Association 

 held since its organization in 1880 have been held on fresh 

 water and away from the coast. The first meet, at which the 

 Association was formally organized, was at Lake George, and for 

 the two following j ears 1881-2 the meets were held on the Canoe 

 Islands in that lake. In 1883 the Association went to Canada, 

 the meet being held at Stony Lake, near Peterborough. 



Next year, after much discussion over the propriety of making 

 a permanent home at Lake George, rather than of visiting differ- 

 ent localities in turn, the camp was located on the St. Lawrence, 

 on Grindstone Island. This spot was in itself so beautiful and at 

 the same time convenien t for camping and conoeing that three 

 successive meets were held there in 18S4, 5 and 6. 



In 1887 Lake Champlain was visited, and in 1888 the A. C. A., 

 now a body of some 700 men, returned to its birthplace at Lake 

 George, camping on Long Island, near tbe old Canoe Islands. In 

 1889 another viBit was made to the St. Lawrence, the site of the 

 camp being on Stave Island, on the Canadian side of the channel, 

 but facing the old camp ground on Grindstone Island. In all 

 these years the possibility of a meet on salt water had been dis- 

 cussed, and in 1887 a serious effort was made to have one there, 

 but the many difficulties that attended the search for a suitable 

 spot caused the plan to be abandoned. 



When the turn of the Atlantic Division came to hold the meet 

 in 1890, the idea of a salt water meet was at ouce revived, some of 

 the best portions of the Atlantic coast, being in this division. The 

 search for a suitable location has been going on quietly for 

 several years in view of such a meet, but the tide has proved a 

 most serious obstacle, and caused many otherwise eligible spots 

 to be passed over. 



After a long and thorough search, the officers decided on 

 Peconic Bay, the locality first proposed by Mr. Poultney Bigelow 

 in 1886. The particular spot chosen is a tongue of green and fer- 

 tile ground, in height from 3 to 50ft. above the beach, aud tapering 

 out to a spit of sand under water. This peninsula, known as 

 Jessup's Neck, has been generously loaned to the Association by 

 Mr. D. C. Scoville, who has done everything possible to prepare 

 and beautify the grounds and to make them suitable for the 

 Association camp. Through his many efforts in their hehalf Mr. 

 Scoville has earned the gratitude and respect of every canoeiBt in 

 camp. 



Canoeists have generally agreed that Grindstone Island was in 

 all ways the most charming location at whiph a meet has been. 



