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FOREST AND STREAM 



[Sept. 25, 1890* 



Thiele 12 



Westervelt. . 



BEEVILLE, TEXAS. 



Bbevixlb, Sept. 5.— At the Beeville Gun Club's two (lavs' shoot 

 here the boys bad a general good time. One of the features of the 

 occasion was a hig barbecue each day on the grounds, provided by 

 the home club. Tips divided unless noted. 



Event No. 1, 13 f ingle blnerocks. a traps: 

 St Hubert 111111110111—11 Dr Stephens 000 r i00000010-l 



Skougs ouiiioooiio- 7 *** : oiooo looHOOo-a 



Critzer 011111111011—10 Guessaz 110101101010—7 



Holtzapfel llOIOlllJOll- 9 Mint 001001000COO-2 



Vaosickel 00111 111 0000- 6 Thiele 1110001100 0 -6 



Mushaway 011100001010— ft Cook 011101101000-6 



B»asley 011010L00010- 5 Nutt 00UO000I0O0-3 



Westervelt 011101 101010- 7 Parr 0011 10100101— 6 



McCormaok 000100001011 - 4 Licht. . . 111111001000—7 



Klipstein 011010101,010— 5 Blanco 100100110010 -5 



Match at 5 live birds, 26 entries, prize and 3 moneys,80yds., Amer- 

 ican rules: 



St Hubert 00011-2 Parr ,. 1 1010-3 



Skaggs 00000-0 Mushaway Hull— 4 



McCormack 01011-3 fore 00060—0 



Smi th 101 1 0-3 Klirtpsteiu 0111 1—4 



Cri tzer 11101-4 Hol'zapfte 0111 1 —4 



Stephens. 10 11-3 Sbiele 10110—3 



Beasley 00000-0 Miret 11011—4 



Nutt II 1101 —3 *** 00000—0 



Vansickley OOP 0—1 Scott 00000— 0 



Westervelt .11111—5 Blanco 11111 - 5 



Cock 10000—1 Leicht 01110—3 



Guessaz 09101—2 McChurdv 00000 0 



Armstrong 00110-2 Barr 01011—3 



Most of the hirds fell dead out of bonds. 



Match at 9 bluerocks: 



Armstrong 4 Sbiele*. 7 Mr-Cormick 9 



Parr. 3 MeChurdv 4 Mushaway 9 



Critzer 8 Cook 5 Klipstein 7 



Wertervelt 8 Ssaggs.. 5 Stephens 2 



Beaslep 5 Barr. 6 Miret .5 



Vansickle ,2 Guessaz 7 BUnco ....7 



Holizapple S St Hubert 8 



Second Bay.— Weather fair and good attendance. Nine single 

 bluei-O' ks, 5 oluerock traps, American Association rules, one prize 

 and three moneys: 



Holzapel ... .010111101-6 St Hubert 111010100-5 



Le.icht. 010011010-4 Westervelt 010001100*-3 



Barr 010000110-3 Miret OOOOIOIOO-^ 



McCor mac k 000111 010-4 Cook 0100 10000—2 



Thiele 011011111—7 Nutt ...roOOOOnlO-l 



Skaggs OiOOiUOOO 2 Fowler 000000110 -2 



Beasley 010011110-5 Parr 011110010 -5 



Stephens 000010000-1 Law 000O "10000 -0 



Scott 110100000—3 Armstrong 1100101 10-5 



Grussaz OJ1100011— 4 Oltzef OlllliillO— 6 



Blanco OiOOOOlOO— 1 Klipstein OUOlOOOO— 8 



Mushaway 101111001-6 Smith 110110000—4 



Ten singles and 5 pairs oluerocks, 5 traps, American Association 

 rulp, one prize and three moneys: 



StHuoert 11 MeCnrmiek ,.11 Blanco 4 



Thiele 13 Cri'zer .12 Skaggs 8 



Beasley 6 Mushaway. 10 Stephens 6 



Westervelt 10 Miret 8 Armstrong 4 



Guessaz 7 "Bond 7 Leicht 6 



Cook 7 Halzapel ..,..13 Smith 8 



Fifteen singles: 



Cook 6 Mushaway 7 Fowler 4 



St Hubert 13 Armstrong 5 Gugenbeim.. . 1 



Critzer 13 Scott ; 1 Parr 0 



Holtzapel 13 Barr 7 ~ 



Beasley...- 4 Texas Field 10 



Klin- tern 9 McCormack 3 



Fift' en single bluerocks: 



Holtzapel 11 Thiele 11 Barr 8 



Beasley. 9 Mush* way 14 Texas Field 7 



C'i zer 11 McCormack 10 Stephens 3 



Klipstein 1 



Ten single bluerocks: 



St Hubert 7 Barr 5 Texas Field 6 



Fowl-r ........ 2 Westervelt 2 Texas Jack 8 



Beasley 7 Mushaway 7 Stephens 3 



Cook 3 Thiele 8 Armstrong 4 



Nu't 2 Jltfrot 8 Smith 5 



Scott ...2 McCormick 2 Davidson.. 2 



Cntzer 5 



Three single live pigeons, teams of two: 



San Antonio. Cuero. 



Thiele 011-2 Holtzapf-d 111—3 



Guessaz ..110— 2— 4 Harmon 0 0—1—4 



Beeville. Coipus Christi. 



Beasley 011—2 Westervelt 101—2 



Cook 001-1-3 White 001-1-3 



San Diego. 



StHubert 110—3 Miret.. 001—1-3 



Five single bluerocks: 



McCormack 4 Cri'zer 3 Holtzapfel... 4 



Mnthaway 5 Davidson 1 Pnrr 2 



Beasley 3 Barr 1 Tex Field 4 



Tbiele 2 



Five single bluerocks: 



Criiz^r 3 Mushaway 4 Barr 0 



Beasley 5 Holtzapfel 2 Tex Field 4 



McCormack 1 T. J. Skagqs. 



CLAREMONT SHOOTING GROUNDS, Sept. 20.-10 blue rocks, 

 50cts. entry: 



128U66189 



Collins 7 8 5 6 



Quimby 7 5 5 9 7 7-. 



Si der 910" 



Lindsley... 7 7 



Hathaway 5 7 



Simpson 6 4 



Monev 7 



Johnston 10 



Hunt 5 



R- se 7 



Thompson 9 



Enelewood 9 



CrAft 7 



Evans 5 6 



Moffatt 6 5 4 



Nicols 4 6 



King 7 



Lawrence 9 ,. .. 



Wanda 4 



Sweep 10, 5 pai"s: 



Simpson 00 10 10 11 10- 5 Thompson 00 00 00 11 00- 6 



Monev 00 01 00 00 11- 3 Lindslev 10 01 00 00 01- 3 



Sweep 11, 10 singles, 35vds. rise, both barrels: 



S'mpson 1110000110 5 Thompson O000001100— 2 



Money 0011111111-8 Lindsfey 1100000001— 3 



Conditions, 4 live birds, 13 en! ranee: 



Quimby. 1121—4 Poiter 0100 -1 



Johnston 2121—4 Hathaway 1122-4 



Collins 1121—4 Lindsley 2110—3 



Wanda .0211—3 Money 1212—4 



Englewood 0101—2 Thompson 0000—0 



Sigler 1122—4 Simpson 1111—4 



S weep No. 2, same: 



Quimby 1111—4 Potter 1000— 1 



Lindsley 2000 2 Simpson 1112-4 



Collins -.1211—4 Thompson 1021—3 



Johnston IM'1— 4 Englewood 2021 3 



Wanda .1020-2 Evans 1100— 2 



Money .1221—4 Sigler 1101—3 



Hathaway 1100-2 



RED BANK, N. . I., Sept. 22.— Inclosed find score of the River- 

 side Gun Club's shoot of Sept. 19. The weather was fine and some 

 good scores were made. The shooting was from 5 traps, pulled by 

 indicatory. Match at 10 bluerocks, A. S. A. rules: 



E M Cooper 1110111101— 8 A Ivins 111111 1111—10 



D Belsbaw .1000011010- 4 W Conover 1001111110- 7 



John Cooper 1 1111111 il -10 A Whaymer 1111011111— 9 



Shoot No. 2, 10 bluerocks 



E M Cooper 1111111011—9 A Ivins 1011011101—7 



D Belshaw HillOOOlO— 6 W Conover 1100110011—6 



John Cooper. 1011111111—9 A Whaymer 1101111001—7 



Shooi No. 2, 5 pair^ bluerocks: 



Ed Cooper 11 11 00 11 11— 8 A Ivins 11 10 01 11 11-8 



D BfKhaw ....01 10 10 11 11— 7 W n 0 uover 11 10 00 01 10—5 



John Cooper ...11 11 11 11 11—10 A Whaymer 11 11 11 00 11-8 



Shoot No. 4, 10 bluerocks; 



Ed Cooper. 1111011111—9 W Conover 1110110110-7 



John Cooper......... 1111111 110- 9 A Whaymer 1010101110-6 



A Ivins 01Ulli0100-5 • 



7 10 10 10 8 7 '8 

 "7 8 8 7 7 



7 

 7 



9 8 8 

 3 5 8 

 8 9 5 

 8 8.. 

 6 7 8 



5 10 8 



6 8 



9 7 



7 4 

 9 8 



7 9 8 



8 7 . 



WATSON'S PARK. Burnside. 111., Sept. 18.-The following is 

 ! the score made here to-day by Fort Dearborn Gun Club at 15 live 

 1 pigeons for cluh med»l: 



, Geo Kleinman. 211012201121111-13 F O Griffin... . 0001 01000022010- 5 



| H Eblers 212112220002122-12 C Netschke. ...222100202122102-11 



Abe Kleinmanll2ll011212U 11-14 C McCammon. 291220000022010- 7 



O B Dicks 222222211020122—12 O D Gammon.. 1LI10200111126L-11 



W N Low 222120022012102-11 *B Hoffman. . .122102211212210 -13 



Geo Airey 111201211222212-12 *J A Ruble. . . .121212211200000-10 



H W Lovedav.011210111121210— 12 *J E Tonev 000102210200000— 5 



M Hutchinson. 12 •210210012020— 9 *A W Reeves.. 212111112100000-10 

 W P Mussey.. 102222112111212— 14 *G Hoffman. ..211211121200000-10 

 C E Willard... 311011111211101— 13 



♦Withdrew. The tie for the medal was postponed, and the next 

 was at 20 Pennsylvania blackbirds for club medal: 

 Geo Airevimiim0imi011H-18 Abe Klein- 



Geo Klein- man. . . . 000011111111 11111101—15 



man 011 11111 1 1111 01 11 111—18 C B Dicks. HlOllllOllOlOHOOlO— 13 



W. P. Mus-ey, H. W. Loveday, O. E. wii JaT d, J M Hutchinson, 

 C. Netschke. C. D Gammon, T. O. Griffin, W. N.Lowe, B.Hoff- 

 man, A. W. Reese and G. Hoffman withdrew. 

 Ties on 18 lor meaal: 



Geo Kleinman .11111— 5 11110-4 Geo Airey 11111-5 11111—5 



Ravelrigg. 



EAST SIDE GUN CrjJB.-Newark. N. J., Sept. lS.-The new 

 management of the Ea«t Side Gun Cluh is doing well, and no 

 doubt will soon havo the club at its old standing again. The 

 sboo'ing to-day at Standards and American clays, 3 standard 

 traps, club rules, resulted as follows: 



Club shoot: 



F Kilters 000111110110111—10 Chip 100111001 001 111— 9 



J Fischer 111011 101011110 11 P Sehork 111101111111001—12 



A Water 111111110000111-11 A Bitz OOO.OU100000101-4 



Schork first. Water and Fischer second. 



Sweep for 50 cenis entrv: 



Fischer 1001001011—5 Schork 0100101001— 4 



Chip 0111101110-7 Hilfers 1101111111— 9 



Water OlOlllllOl— 7 Koegel llllllUll— 10 



Sweep for 50 cents entry: 



Fischer 1111111011— 9 Schork 1101101111— 8 



Chip 1110111111— 9 Hilfers 1001111011- 7 



Water 1111111111-10 Koegel 1111111111-10 



Sweep for 50 cents entrv: 



Fischer HOlOOOfill— 5 Heifers 0111111011—8 



Chip 1111011111-9 Bitz OlOOOw. 



Water 1101111110 8 Koegel .lOOllllUl-8 



Schork 1101111010-7 



Sweep for 50 cents entrv: 



Fischer ...10 11 10 11 10—7 Hilfers 11 11 11 11 11—10 



Chip .01 11 10 11 01-7 -Koegel 10 01 11 11 11- 8 



Schork 11 11 11 11 10—9 Hague 10 10 11 10 11- 7 



WALNUT HILL, Sept. 14.— A more disagreeable day could not, 

 well be imagined than was experienced by the small party of trap 

 shots who met at the range to day. There was no heavy rainfall 

 at anv time, but a constant drizzle, accompanied by a nonheast 

 wmd and heavy fog, which kept everything in a half dissolved 

 condition. The main interest of the occasion centered in the 

 tenth competition in the diamond pin match, in which Mr. Ben- 

 net took the lead with the. creditable score of 27 out of a possible 

 30. He also won the champion gold medal. 



Diamond pin match, 20 single Keystone targets, Keystone sys- 

 tem, and 5 pair standard targets; 



Bennett 11111 111111011111111— 19 11 10 11 11 10-8 27 



Bowker 11111111111111101111-19 10 10 10 11 10-6-25 



White 11111111111011110101—17 11 11 10 10 10-7-24 



Black 11101111111011101111-17 11 10 00 10 11-6-23 



Parkham 11111121110001 100101—13 10 11 10 10 10-6—19 



Gale .001110i010HOimilO-13 11 01 10 00 11-6-19 



Nichols mOi.ulllll0010llOOL-13 00 10 00 10 00—2—15 



The next meeiing for shotgun shooting at Walnut Hill will he 

 held Wednesday, Oct. 1, when in addition to the current matches 

 a new match will be op-ned for an elegant gold trophy of rare 

 design and much intrinsic worth, presented by the Keystone Tar- 

 get 0 >.. to the trap-shooters of tne Massachusetts Rifle Associa- 

 tion, and intended to be worn as an ornament on a gentleman's 

 watch chaiu. 



ST. LOUIS, Mo , Sept. 19.— An interesting live-bird match took 

 place at Clomp trtn Avenue Park, this city, last We dnesdav after- 

 noon, between J. E. Hagerty and J. E. L'tsham, both of this 

 place. Hagerty's work was ceHainly a very grand exhinition of 

 shooting, a»d with just a hint of luck he would haved scored a 

 clean a ore. The three birds that he lost were hard hit and fell 

 dead just a. few yards over tbe hound «ry. The weather was cool 

 which made the bird« Quite frisky, making them what might he 

 called a good lot, in fici tbe best that have been trapped in this 

 city tor a long time. Toe conditions were 100 live birds each, Hur- 

 li ogham rules, §100 a side: 



Hagerty 11121111211111131 1111111imilU221o211121ollll21 



lllUllli212211111121112lolll;21111122212U322111-97 



Latsham HU1H1021 1-202 1111112U2tl21:.H12i02U2111111o 



2.-112122110.0111111221111111011111111111111111111-93 

 Unser Fhitz. 



MIDDLESEX ANNUAL. — The sixth annual tournament of the 

 Middlesex Gun Club, that will open at Dunellen, N. J , Tuesday 

 S* pt. 30, promises, from present indications, to eclipse ail previous 

 efforts of the club. The grounds have been put in splendid condi- 

 tion, and will present a verv pretty appearance. Every comfort 

 of the shooters will be looked after, and the system of making 

 entry and the prompt payment of prize moneys will be a feature. 

 The first two days will be entirely devoted to inanimates. The 

 last two to live birds The $30Q-sweepstake at 25 live birds on 

 Friday, t"e last, day, will draw together a large entry list, and as 

 all surplus!^ added, it will surely fill to over $500. The programme 

 pre>ents a long list of events at 10, 15 and 20 targets, and in 

 addition, if it is desired hy the shooter, some events at unknown 

 angles will be introduced. 



CLEVELAND, O., Sept. 18.— The members of the East End Gun 

 Cluo held their regular shoot this afternoon with following rt sub- 



AB Jones 21 Sweetman 22 King ,23 



Wntrry 17 Bloom 14 North 27 



Rrockway 23 Raker 17 J Turnpr 12 



Mago 22 Night 22 W Tamblyn '.12 



North won the class A uadge and Brockway the class B on the 

 shoot- ff with King. 



ALTOONA (PA.) TOURNAMENT.- The Irap-shooters of 

 Altoona, Pa., are to have a two-dayV tournament, Oct. 7 and 8 

 and a neat little programme is now ready tor distribution. A 

 spirit of liberality seems to pervade the managers, for in their 



6 8 , 



3 2 



realized enough to pay the expense of trappers, etc. After this all 

 targets will be furnished free. We intend this tournament for 

 tbe benefit of the shooters and not to benefit ourselves finan- 

 cially." This is somewhat unusual and seems to point to prepara- 

 tions for a "good time," rather than a desire to make all the 

 monev possible out of the visitors. There is a diversity of style in 

 the matches arranged and several live bird sweeps are to be shot 

 on the second day. Mr. G. G. Zeth, Sec'y, will furnish pro- 

 grammes and information. 



ALLENTOWN, Pa., Sept. 19.-Score of the Lehigh Gun Club, 

 Game and Fish Protective Association: 



John Benning.OOllllllOllllOO-lO M Leisering. . .101010100010110- 7 



JulBenning . .10 1011100 100101- 9 H Fink 001 10011110 1010 - 8 



H L Erdman. . OlOOlOlOOlOOlOl— 6 K George 10001 10111 10010— 8 



T Bray 010111101101010-10 AB Shontz....OU001ll001u011- 8 



H. Penning. ...OlOlllUOiOlOOO- 8 S Newhart, ..010110010110001-7 

 P C Blank 011001110010010- 8 A P Shontz. .. .100000101101110- 7 



MADISON COUNT Y.-Cazenovia, N.Y.-During the latter part 

 of this month the Madison County Sportsmen's Association wi.l 

 hold their sixth meet at Caz* nonia, N. Y., in Athletic Park under 

 the auspices ot the CazenoniaGun Club. A goodlv number of 

 prizes have been donated by the citizens and outsiders, for which 

 the club return their thanks, and will try to make this meeting a 

 pleasant one.— Hammerless. 



METHUEN, Mass., Sept. 22.- The Methuen Gun Club has been 

 recenilv organized with fifteen members and elected the follow- 

 ing officer : President, C. W. Doug as; Vice-President, F. A. 

 Wardwell; Secretary, Treasurer and Captain, John Ostler; Direc- 

 tors. G. B. Bradbury, F. J. Barrett and E. M. Buttle.— John 

 Ostler, Sec'y. 



GOLDEN CITY. Mo.— The sportsmen of this city have formed 

 a gun club, to be known as the Golden Citv Gun Cluo. It is 

 limited to 12 members and has for its officers W. L. Ganett, Pres.; 

 Dr. C. C Hankins, Vice-Pres ; and Roy W. Aldrich, Sec'y. Regu- 

 lar club shoots will be held and shooting interests generally will 

 be pushed. 



Every week we are obliged to defer to the next 

 week trap scores which corne In too late for pub- 

 lication in the current issue. It Is particularly re- 

 quested that scores be sent us as early as possible. 



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

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



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream 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 Forest and Stream 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. 



RACING RULES AND STANDING SAILS. 



AS the time has now come when men begin to talk Of something 

 faster for next year, and to dust off their drawing boards 

 and pull out piles of old designs, we submit the accompanying 

 preliminary design to those in search of a new "hull downer" or 

 trophy winner, with no guarantee that she will beyond question 

 distance the fleet, but merely as a suggestion that mav be worked 

 up to advantage, and also to show some of the possibilities of the 

 present A. C. A. rules. It will be seen that every requirement of 

 the rules is complied with, 16*30, not over 16in. depth from under 

 side of deck at fore end of well to garboard strake beside keel; out- 

 side keel not over 3in. , being a keel boat. We have been content 

 with a moderate draft, taking but 2ft.; at the same time it would 

 easily be possible to take another foot if desirablp, but we do not 

 believe in t xtremes, even for racing. Being a keel b at, the r> gu- 

 lar 3in. keel has heen taken; but bv carrying the rabbet line down 

 so as to leave but lJ4in. of keel below it, whifh would merely be a 

 detail of construction and would not alter the form, a center- 

 board of 601bs., dropping 18in. below the rabbet, could be added. 



The drawings are sufficiently correct to show the general form 

 of such a canoe, but th*- re are a, number of important details to 

 be considered before the boat could be bmlt with a fair show of 

 success. The form of midship section, rake of sternpost, displace- 

 ment, weight of ballast, area »nd disposition of canvas, and above 

 all the proportionate inereaseof sail and frictional surface, would 

 have to be verv carefully considered. At the same time, if any 

 good racer is reallv desirous of giving the model a fair trial, we 

 will see that he has no trouble in securing a design. In ballasting 

 it would probably prove best to use shot in bags, "towed as low 

 inside as possible, hut another plan would be to make a long and 

 narrow center-board of lead, COlbs. being allowed, whim should 

 house in a sham trunk in the keel, the board never to be lowered 

 but nominally fitted to do so in order to evade the rule; which, 

 while allowing a 601b*. centerboard. limits the total weight of keel 

 in a keel canoe to 36Lbs. As a metal keel band not exceeding J4in. 

 is allowed on a centerboard canoe, this band could be of lead an 

 inch wide in the middle aud running the entire length. In this 

 way about 751bs. of lead could be placed in the keel without com- 

 ing much above the rabbet. Sufficient inside ballast cm Id be 

 added to make the canoe stand up in a calm with her sails hoisted, 

 some 200f c. square, or more, leaving to the canoeist only the work 

 of holding up this canvas against the wind pressure by the aid of 

 his slid ing seat. 



The planning of this canoe has arisen from the evident desire of 

 manv to c^rry the larger sail aft, from the addition ot a scag to a 

 number of existing boats, and for the most practical demonstra- 

 tions which Mr, Fife has given in the cutter Minerva of the value 

 of such a l-i.teral plan". At the same time the idea U not a new 

 one, in 1879 Mr. W. Baden- Powell designed and built a similar 

 canoe, in which he won the R. C. C. challenge cun that year. 

 His canoe was different in dimmsions, rig and details from thiB 

 proposed crafi, but with the same leading feature of a deep heel 

 att, by which the limit of depth was evaded. So far as can be 

 foretold, from the success of similar features in yachts, from the 

 old Nautilus of 1879 in her races wi'h canoes of the conventional 

 type, and from a comparison of the elements ot this design with 

 those of the present lacers, there is a very fair prospect of the 

 success of such a canoe in good hands, and in weather not, dis- 

 tinctly uufavoraole to her type. Tnis being tbe casp, she is just 

 as mu b a product of the A. C. A. rules, and just as di recti" en- 

 couraged by them as Sea B=-e, Vesper, Guenn, Notu* and Thetis 

 were in their day. G ven such a craft, it matters little whetl-er 

 she. ba rigged with a t-tanding sail or not; for racing purposes, and 

 she will be used for nothing else, she would be as safe with one as 

 the other. 



The racing men to-dav constitute a very large and imoortant 

 contingent; the sixty canoes that enteied in th>- late races, with 

 many oihtrs of their class that were not present, rppresent a con- 

 siderable investment of money, no small part of it in the form of 

 standing rigs. The development ot racing has been left unre- 

 stricted for years by the Association in spite of strong eff >it* at 

 times to prohibit certain features, until, by virtue nf this long 

 immunity the racers have cmae to look at certain privileges as 

 rights which may not, be Idly infringed upon That the Associ- 

 ation has the powe>-, through certain reco£»niz°d channels, to de- 

 prive them of these rights, i« true; but the j astuse or policy of such 

 action maybe fairly questioned. This applies especial Iv to the 

 case of the standing rig; in the spring of 1889 the prohibition of this 

 rig was recommen l.-d by the r.gatta committee of the vear, the 

 measure being widely discussed; a vote by mail of the executive 

 committee was taken, and tie motion was killed hy the votes of 

 men who were opposed to the standiog sail, bui did not favor its 

 summary aoolition. Probahly as the resuli of this discussion at 

 the time when men were fit' i gout, but few standing rigs were seen 

 at the meet of 18S9; but with the encouragement of tlevirtua.1 

 indorsement of the rig by the executive committpe, and the en- 

 tire abandonment of the movement againsc it. the rig has come 

 to the front in full force this year, though not with such uniform 

 success as to snow that it is at all faster than the lowering and 

 hoisting rig. 



The racing canoe has long passed a point where it could 

 do aDy good to canoeing at laree or to cruising craft, the 

 r'gs, ihe appliances and the entire fitting of tbe modern racer are 

 of little use to the cruiser, and the model promises soon to be 

 something that the cruiser will m phice of imitating a-void as far 

 as possible. WMle this condition of affairs demands the immedt- 

 diate recogni ion of tne Association, it cannot be remedmn by 

 merely retracing lost wround, it is too late now to do what might 

 have been done iu 1887 or 1858, hut which the Association posi- 

 tively declined to do at tho?e rimes. To-day a different cours-e is 

 necessary, the racers must be left in the enjovment of all ihe 

 privileges so long accorded them, and if anything is to be done 

 for the cruiser— and all will agree that some action of the kind is 

 necessary— it must De by turning to a new and clean page, and not 

 by erasures and corrections on the old one. Ten vears ago the 

 American Canoe Assocition started out with no rules at all, and 

 with a most heterogeneous collection of primitive canoes to work 

 on. Looking over the history of the past it must be admitted 

 that the Association has done very well, that while some errors 

 are to be seen in looking backward, the men who made the rules 

 have succeeded much better than might have been expected. At 

 the, same time there is much to be learnt from the course of events 

 in the past, aud the Association is in a better position to-day than 

 it ever has been, to make a thorough reconstruction of its rules of 

 measurement. 



It has. to begiu with, one strong, vigorous and flourishing class, 

 the racers, to whom it owes mucn of the interest and attractive- 

 ness of its general meeis, and the best thing it can do with the 

 class is to let it alone to go as fast as it can and have as much 

 sport as possible. This, however, is not enough unless the Asso- 

 ciation is prepared to abandon entirely the various ends set forth 

 in its constitution and become simply a racing body with a week 

 of racing every summer. If it is to encourage an 1 prom ice cruis- 

 iug, and to assist canoeists to cruise, it must recognize in some 

 way a canoe which may be used for cruising, and this it may do 

 without auy regard to its racing class. The wav to do it we have 

 pointed to a number of times, to place amoug its racing rules a 

 definition of a cruising canoe, a boat with wlvch we are all fa- 

 miliar and which most of us have once used with a great deal of 

 pleasure, whose general features are recognized by all, whatever 

 difference may exist over the minor details. She should be a 

 canoe in which a man can sleep, cook, sail, paddle, carry a friend 

 or a load of duffle, run a rap'd.or'can beach easilv and launch 

 from a boat house unaided. Given such requisitions as these, it 

 does not matter how fast she may prove or how many prizes one 

 may win in her; she must be a cruiser first, however much of a 

 racer afterward. After recognizing and defining such a canoe, 

 the next step is to offer a little more positive encouragement by 

 establishing some regular races for her, or psrhaps giving a nrize 

 for the most perfect and complete cruising canoe at e^ch meet. 

 We know that these things have in a measure been tried at times 

 with but small success, but it would at least look well for an As- 

 sociation which n6minally offers so much to cruisining canoeists 

 if it officiatlv recognized a certain type of canoe as suitable for 

 crnising, if it established races for this craft, and a yearly com- 

 petition which should encourage men to improve their cruising 

 boats. It might be that little would result in a year or two, or 



