Nov. SO, 1890.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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during visitors' day. The present rules require the three record 

 races which are for the all-around canoeists; the sailing trophy 

 and Pecovraic Cup races for the extreme sailors, and the paddling 

 trophy for the extreme paddlers. So no other races are absolutely 

 necessary except for the sport they afford spectators as well as 

 contestants. 



The novice, race might well be a race by itself, say once around 

 the triangle, for nowadays they lose, sight of one another and are 

 lost sight of themselves by being obliged to take chances in the 

 large sailing race. 



The innovation this year was the signal code, so ably conducted, 

 and it should be continued, if possible, as it facilitates matters 

 very materially, especially in tue announcement of races. 



It is desired that the proposed amendments submitted herewith 

 will be carefully considered at the executive meeting, as they em- 

 body the different views that have been expressed. 



Edwin L. Fuench, Chairman. 



PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE SATUNU REGULATIONS. A. C. A. 



Change title|to Racing Rules. 

 (Change recommended by Mr. MacKendrick and not by Messrs. 

 Goddard and French.) 



Rule I. After the'paragraph on measurements, insert instead 

 of last paragraph: 



"The general-purpose canoe shall be one which conforms to the 

 above conditions and in addition has a well not less thanlSin. 

 wide for a length of four feet, With a sleeping space of six feet, of 

 which at least five feet shall be clear, there must be no projecting 

 centerboard when housed and no sliding seats or standing sails. 

 The regatta committee may Tule out any canoe, which in their 

 opinion does not conform to the spirit of these regulations. 



"The foregoing rules of measurement, shall not be interpreted to 

 disqualify any canoe built prior to Jan. 1, 1891, which conforms to 

 the rules prior to that date." 



(By Mr. Mackendrick.) 



Rule II. Change second paragraph to read: 



•'A member can enter but one canoe for races at any one meet, 

 except for the sailing and paddling trophies and Pecowsic Cup. 

 and no other member shall be permitted to enter the same canoe. 1 ' 

 (Proposed change to Rule V. recommended by Mr. Goddard and 

 Mr. French.) 



Rule V. should read: 



Flags shall be given for prizes as follows: A first prize in each 

 race .and a second in each race where more than two finisb. 

 The winners of the paddling trophy, tbe sailing trophy and the 

 highest record score soa.ll be given blue bunting dags CIO"--. 21m. ) 

 with the race and year sewn in white letters in each flag. And 

 the five highest record men shall be given the five best, flags in the 

 gift of tbe committee. A large A. C. A. flag, size 36x21tn., with 

 the word "club" and the year sewn in white letters on the red 

 field shall be given to the club whose three members win the 

 largest aggregate number of points of the record. Prizes d onated 

 for special races or competitions may be accepted at I be discretion 

 of the regattacommitt.ee, but no prizes of money shall be raced 

 for. 



(a) Races.— There shall be three record races. No. 1, combined 

 paddling and sailing; No. 2, Paddling; No. 3, Sailing; and the 

 combined race shall be contested for first. To obtain a place on 

 the record, a contestant must enter and finish in all three record 

 races, using the same sails in both races. Should any accident 

 occur, however, tbe committee may permit another suit, of sails 

 to be used if necessary. And such contestant shall receive a 

 credit number according to position, relative to each other in 

 each race. Thus, the highest number given in each race, being 

 equal to the nuinoer of contestants finishing, the next one less, 

 and so on; the three numbers being added together give the credit 

 amount of the record. The contestant obtaining the highest 

 aggregation of points becomes the leading honor man of the year. 



(b) There shall be a race for the paddling trophy, distance one 

 mile, straightaway. Tbe number of entries shall be unlimited. 

 This race shall be exempt from the provision in Rule II., that a 

 member can enter but one canoe for races at any one meet. 



(e) There shall be a race for the sailing trophy, distance 7^*5 miles 

 on the triangle, with a time limit of three hours. No limit to rig 

 or ballast. This race shall be exempt from the provision in Rule 

 II., that a member can enter but one canoe for races at any one 

 meet. 



Accredited representatives of foreign clubs, not exceeding five 

 in number, shall be eligible. The total number of starters shall 

 not exceed fifteen, and the ten or more vacancies (after deducting 

 the foreign entries) shall be filled by competitors in a trial sailirig 

 rice as follows: Tbe first ten at the finish and the balance if any 

 shall be selected by the regatta committee. 



Rule XII— Omit words "for back strokes to leeward in tacking 



Rule XXII. should Tead: 



These rules may be amended by a majority vote of the entire 

 executive committee, provided the proposed amendment has been 

 reported ou by the regatta committee, and has been published for 

 four weeks in the official organs. 

 This last amendment is strongly recommended. 

 Edwin L. French, Chairman, ) 

 D. S. Godd ard, - Regatta Committee. 



A letter to the executive committee from the Ianthe C. C, ap- 

 pealing from the decision of the regatta committee in regard to 

 the paddling upset race, was then read, and on motion Of Rear 

 Com. Parmele, seconded by Mr. Stephens, the appeal and the re- 

 port wt re both laid on the table. The following report of the 

 librarian was then read and accepted: 



REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 



To the Commodore and Executive Com mittee of the American Ca noe 

 Association: 



Gentlemen— As the work allotted to your librarian on his ap- 

 pointment last year was merely the. custody of the records of the 

 Association, there is little for him to report. It would occupy un- 

 necessary time to enumerate in detail the property turned over to 

 his custody by Sec'y-Treas. Dunnell, but it may be briefly sum- 

 marized as follows: Old record and account books, various dates 

 from 1880 downward; applications for membership and votes on 

 Batne; vouchers and cancelled cheeks; reports of pursers: reports of 

 stanaingand special committees: private signals and club books 

 of 1881 and '82; old year hooks; old camp programmes; old camp 

 badges; printed eopies of former constitution; blank envelopes- 

 blank steamboat certificates, 1887; blank receipt and measurer's 

 books; general correspondence and reports, of various dates; and 

 lastly cruises reported by members. This some what miscellaneous 

 collection, constituting the archives of the Association, is now 

 stored by your librarian at his home, the various documents bein 

 neatly assorted and docketed. 



As your librarian has been severely criticised in regard to the 

 conduct of his office, a brief statement in reply may not be out of 

 place. It has been stated that he has done nothing'toward carry- 

 ing out the work indicated in Art. II. of the Constitution; and 

 the abolition of the office is suggested. A sufficient answer to this 

 is found in the motion under which the office of librarian was 

 created at the. annual meeting of 1889, which read as follows- 

 Resolved. That Mr. W. P. Stephens be appointed librarian of the 

 A. C. A., to put records, etc., of the secretaries, and other papers 

 belonging to the A. C. A. in proper shape, and to take custody of 

 them. Tne minute hook further states -'The usual compensation 

 was granted Mr. Stephens." Art. II. specifies as one of the ob- 

 jects of the Association the "keeping of logs of voyages, records 

 of water ways and routes, details, drawings and dimensions of 

 boats, and collections of maps, charts and books." 



Beyond the cruises mentioned in the first portion of this report, 

 the A. C. A. possessesnone of the property enumerated in Art. II., 

 there are no records of water ways, drawings of boats, nor col- 

 lections of maps and charts. In defining the duties of the. librarian, 

 no mention of Art. II. was made, no appropriations were made for 

 the purchase of booKs or charts, nor was the librarian authorized 

 Or instructed to establish a library at his own cost or on an 

 eleemosynary basis. His duties, as in the motion above quoted 

 were purely those of a custodian, and these he respectfulU sub- 

 mits he has endeavored to fulfil, and is willing to lav down or un- 

 dertake further at the pleasure of the Association. 



There is undoubtedly a wide field indicated in the l'ast clause of 

 Art. II. which the Association has never properly tnken up, but 

 which might be productive of much benefit to members. At the 

 same time the experience of your librarian for a number of years 

 in a similar work of collecting and distributing gratuitous infor- 

 mation leads to the beliet that such work can onlv be thoroughly 

 done by a salaried official, and at some cost, unless the Association 

 should be fortunate enough to find a member with the leisure and 

 means to carry it out at his own expense, or unless some of the 

 Journals devoted to canoeing will generously undertake the task. 

 The only scheme yet suggested for meeting the salary of the lib- 

 rarian and the expenses of the office is noticeable solely from its 

 novelty and not from its merit, being to the effect that the librar- 

 ian should advertise himself as a dispenser of information on the 

 plan of the familiar and humble "nickel in the slot" machine; put 

 a quarter in the slot and hear the librarian inform.. 



..While certain work might be done, there is much of that in- 

 dicated in Art. II, which is now unnecessary. The collection and 

 Publication of drawings of canoes, an expensive detail, is very 



fully covered by the canoeing journals; a library of books and 

 charts, which would necessarily be fixed in one locality, would 

 prove of little use to such a body as the A. C. A., whose member- 

 ship is so widely scattered, and might become a source of discord 

 and jealousy between various sections. The collection and pub- 

 lication of logs of cruises depends much on the individual mem- 

 bers who have with hardly an exception neglected it. To obtain 

 such cruises in a form that would make them of any value, would 

 require a large amount of correspondence on the part of the officer, 

 which would be greatly increased by the labor of arranging and 

 classifying all the information acquired, and the accompanying 

 task of imparting his information to inquirers. 



Should it be deemed desirable at this time to endeavor to carry 

 out the work indicated in Art. II., your librarian would suggest 

 that in the first place this work be limited solely to the collect ion, 

 preservation and. if possible, distribution of information relating 

 to the inland water ways of tho country; and that further, this 

 work should be placed in the hands of an officer in each Division, 

 who should be appointed for a term of several years. Two years 

 since, when Vice-Corn, of the Atlantic Division, your librarian un- 

 dertook on his own responsibility a work of this kind, securing 

 good maps of the Atlantic Division and making a classified list of 

 all eanooable waters, arranged under various heads, as lakes, 

 rivers, canals, etc. Each of these was traced on the map and 

 colored in a way to indicate whether suitable for sailing or pad- 

 dling, the plan possessing other details which would take too long 

 to describle now. Unfortunately this work was stopped by other 

 Division duties, and has never been resumed. There is a vast 

 field here for the A. C. A. to carry out one of the favorite ideas 

 of its founder, Mr. N. H. Bishop, in the collection of information, 

 both technical and historical, concerning American rivers and 

 watercourses; and should such a task be put into successful oper- 

 ation the good results will not only redound to the benefit of the 

 Association, but will in the future be. useful alike to the historian 

 and the student. W. P. Stephens, Librarian, A. C. A. 



At 1 P. M. a recess was taken, the entire party visiting the 

 house of the Boston Athletic Club as the guests of Com. Lawson. 

 After a lunch and an inspection of the elegant club house, the 

 party returned to the hotel, and the business was resumed at 

 3 P. M. 



The first subject introduced was that of an increased member- 

 ship of the Association, Com. Lawson outlining a scheme for the 

 publication of six supplements per year to the Sail and Paslclie, 

 containing all A. C. A. news, and mailed to every member of the 

 Association. It is proposed to i Delude in each a blank proposal for 

 membership, with a request that each member will endeavor to 

 interest otner canoeists. A very full discussion followed, the 

 members all approving of the plan. Tbe question of expense of 

 mailing the supplements, and also the year books, was also dis- 

 cussed, and in view of the small percentage paid by each Division 

 to the general treasury, 30 per cent., it was decided that this ex- 

 pense should be borne by the Divisions. On motion of Vice-Corn 

 Dorland, seconded by Mr. VV. J, Stewart, Com. Lawson was em- 

 powered to arrange for the supplements, the expense of mailing 

 them and the year books being defrayed by the divisions. 



The next matter brought up was that of the dues of members 

 joining after the close of the canoeing season, and after discussion 

 Messrs. W. .3. Stewart and W. P. Stephens were, appointed to draw 

 up an amendment to Art. 1 of the By-Laws, Sec. 3. The committee 

 reported the following amendment, which was adopted: Members 

 joining the Association after Sept. 30 shall pay no dues for the 

 current year. 



The question of amendments and by-laws was next taken up 

 and after discussing a number of proposed changes a motion was 

 made by Mr. Brokaw, seconded by Mr. W. J. Stewart, for the 

 appointment of a committee to arrange the various proposals 

 Messrs. Brokaw, Stewart and Cartright were appointed by the 

 commodore. 



A petition for the rescinding of the late motion concerning the 

 standing sail was then read and laid on the table. A letter from 

 Ex-Oom. Stanton was then read, in which he strongly recom- 

 mended a permanent camp site. Letters were read from Vice- 

 Corn. White and trom the now purser of the Northern Division 

 Mr. Porteous, announcing the latter's in ability to serve, and on 

 motion of Mr. Towne, seconded by Vice-Corn. "Winne, to the fol- 

 lowing effect, was passed : "Resolved, that the executive com- 

 mittee of the Northern Division be vested with the power to elect 

 a successor to Mr. Porteous, as purser." 



The committee on amendments reported a number of amend- 

 ments to the constitution and by-laws in brief as follows, which 

 were carried: To add the word librarian to the list of officers in 

 Art. V., making his term of office for three years and defining his 

 duties; providing that in the absence of tho commodore the other 

 officers shall take command in order of rank; providing that the 

 pursers shall forward money to the secretary-treasurer before the 

 general meet, and changing the wording of Art. XII. in regard to 

 publication in the official organs. In the by-laws a change was 

 made in accordance with a motion by Mr. Stephens, inserting in 

 the book an amendment passed in 1SSS in regard to visitors in 

 camp, a change, however, being made on motion of Mr. Brokaw 

 by making the limit one instead of two nights. On motion of Mr 

 Stephens Art. IX.. defining the duties of the regatta committee" 

 was amended to accord with the amendment of Rule XXII. of the 

 racing rules. A clause in regard to the secretary's badge was in- 

 serted in Art. X. The words "or librarian" was added m Art XI 

 alter the words "official organs." 



Mr. Stephens was then nominated for the office of librarian for 

 three years, but declined to accept the office save as a custodian 

 of the records of the Association. An effort was made to induce 

 Mr. Vaux to accept the nomination, but he declined, and Mr 

 Stephens was unanimously elected. 



Mr. Buddington, of the camp site committee, had promised to 

 be present, but did not appear. Mr. Bu tier, also of the committee 

 reported on Willsborough Point, just below Port Kent, on Lake 

 Champlain.a spot lately visited by him in company with Com 

 Lawson and Messrs. Buddington and Winne. The site promised 

 so well from the reports of these gentlemen, backed by Mr. Mead 

 that a motion was made by Vice-Corn. Cortright, amended and 

 seconded by Mr. Stephens, to the effect that tho commodore and 

 camp site committee should be instructed to hold the meet here 

 if all satisfactory arrangements could be made; if not, to select 

 another spot without securing a vote from the committee. After 

 some discussion, the date of the meet was set for three weeks, as 

 lately proposed by Mr. Wilkin, or from Aug. 6 to 27. A number of 

 lady members were then elected. On motion of Vice-Corn. Winn6 

 seconded by Vice-Corn. Dorland, the sum of $100 was appropriated 

 for the use of the regatta committee. 

 Messrs. Gage and Palmer, of the new regatta committee, now 



of the paddle, and the amendment to Rule XXII., were gener- 

 ally approved of. In regard to Rule XXII. there is an unanimous 

 feeling that the recent unauthorized change should be remedied 

 at once, and the rule restored in a more stringent form than it 

 originally had. The protest of the Ianthe C. C. was next con- 

 sidered, and on motion of Dr. Gage the race was declared void, 

 the conditions not having been properly posted. 



The following petition was then taken from the table: 

 To the Executive Committee of the American Canoe Association: 



Gentlemen— We, the undersigned, respectfully petition your 

 body to reconsider the motion passed at the meeting of the execu- 

 tive committee on Aug. IS in regard to standing sails. Our prim- 

 ary reason for asking for this reconsideration is that we believe it. 

 prejudicial to the interests of the Association that any change of 

 importance should be made in the sailing regulations without 

 some notice being given of the proposed change. In our opinion 

 the passage, without due publicity, of any rule that antagonizes 

 a considerable number, tends to destroy the confidence that has 

 always been placed in tho executive committee. We therefore 

 consider it desirable that the motion herein referred to be re- 

 scinded, and that the question be taken up at the executive com- 

 mittee meeling in October, after a publication in general terms of 

 the proposed change. 



reported on the proposed changes of the rules, based upon the re- 

 port of Mr. French and the letter of Mr. MacKendrick. As it 

 was nearing the hour for the dinner there was not time to de- 

 cide on the many important points, but they were discussed as 

 fully as possible in order to bring out the views of the members, 

 the task of putting the amendments into proper form being left 

 to the new committee, to be voted on finally by mail. We cannot 

 give the discussion in full, but the leading points were as follows: 

 The recommendation of Mr. MacKendrick in regard to a general! 

 purpose canoe, with a cruising well, a centerboard that houses 

 within the canoe, a sliding seat limited to the beam of the canoe, 

 and a rig that can be hoisted and lowered, was generally favored, 

 Com. Lawson stating that out of a very large number 'of letters 

 from canoeists received by him on the matter of the racing rules, 

 nearly all favored the recognition of such a boat. The question 

 of the races into which such a canoe might enter brought out 

 many opinions, Mr. Quick pointing out that it would be very 

 unjust to limit certain of the present races to this new class 

 and to the existing canoes or those built before Jan. 1, 1891, as 

 proposed by Mr. MacKendrick; as in such a case, while it inflicted 

 no injury on the present racers, depriving them of no races 

 it would work to exclude all new racers, the result being that the 

 present sailing canoes, which would almost to a certainty win 

 from the general purpose canoes in most races, would be without 

 any new competitors, no new racers being allowed to enter against 

 them. In this way the present racers would have a monopoly of 

 the racing, being practicaUy unlimited. The final decision of the 

 members was in favor of leaving the racers in possession of tbe 

 present programme for next year, but at the same time establish- 

 ing the limits.of a class of general purpose canoe, one or two races 

 for which should be arranged by the regatta committee. 



Mr. Stephens then moved that the limits for the racing canoes 

 be made only 16ft. long and SOiu. beam, with the present sliding 

 scale, and that the present limits to drop of board, depth of keel 

 and keel band, weight of centerboard.?, depth of keel, weight of 

 board and ballast, should be removed; which motion was lost. 

 Mr. Butler then moved that a special race should be given at the 

 meet for a canoe uuder such limits as proposed by Mr. Stephens, 

 in order to allow full scope for all experiments in the direction of 

 speed alone; which motion was carried. Dr. Gage proposed a 

 limitation of depth, in order to prevent the building of a cutter 

 canoe, his suggestion being that the lowest point of the keel should 

 not be more than loin, below the level of the lowest point of the 

 sheerlioe; thus in a canoe having Sin. freeboard a draft of lOin. 

 would be allowed. The suggestion was approved by the meeting 

 but was not incorporated in the racing rules. The minor 

 changes proposed in the committee's report, the change of title 

 to racing rules, the dropping of the clause concerning the use 



W. P. Stephens, Paul Butler, 



R. W. Gibson, M. G. Foster, 



B. H. Nadal, I). S. Goddard, 



R. W. Bailey, H. O. Bailey, 



.las. R. Steers, Jr., L. G. Seavey. 



H. E. Rice, E. W. Brown, 



F. W. Kitchell, G. L. Parmele, 



E. C. Knappe, W. B. Davidson, 



H. 0. Ward, 

 J. K. Bakewell, 

 T. G. Buddington. 

 Wm. Whitlock, 

 R. N. Dennison. 

 C. L. Norton, 

 L. B. Palmer, 

 F. F. Andrews, 



E. H. Barney, J. N. McKendrick, F. L. Mix, 



F. A. Nickerson, W. G. McKendrick, R.S.Oliver, 



W. B. Wackerhagen. 



Mr. Butler moved that all legislation in regard to the standing 

 sail and sliding seat should be declared void, which motion was 

 seconded by Mr. Quick. The question of the vote of 1889 was first 

 taken up, Com. Lawson ruling that as this vote was not recorded 

 in the minutes of the Association aud only appeared m the form 

 of letters from the members of the executive committee, tbe pres- 

 ent meeting could take no cognizance of it. Mr. Butler then 

 moved that the resolution passed at the meeting of Aug. 18 be re- 

 scinded, as requested in tbe petition. On this point tbe commo- 

 dore ruled that as the motion in question was made without a re- 

 commendation of the regatta committee, and as it was not made 

 as an amendment to the sailing rules, it was inoperative, and no 

 reason existed for its repeal, it being in fact but an expression of 

 opinion ou the part of the committee. In answer to a question 

 the commodore stated that the motion was simply a part of the' 

 minutes and would not appear in the year book. A great deal of 

 discussion took place, a very strong statement on the part of a 

 member of the Northern Division being quoted, to the effect that 

 the rescinding by the present committee of the motion passed by 

 the preceding one would give offense to the Northern Division 

 and might lead to a separation. The result of the discussion was 

 that Mr. Butler's motion was dropped, no vote being taken, and a 

 motion to lay the petition on the table was immediately carried 

 after which the meeting adjourned. 



It was nearly 7:30 by this time and all repaired to the dining hall 

 of the Thorndike, where tables were lain for about 50, including 

 delegations from the surrounding boat and canoe, clubs, Vesper 

 Newton, Union, Holyoke, Shuh Shuh Gab, Puritan. Lawrence and 

 Springfield. The evening passed pleasantly wit h songs and stories, 

 the party breaking up at 10:30. 



On Sunday morning about fifteen of the visitors took an early 

 train to Lowell under the pilotage of Com. Lawson and other 

 members of the Vesper B. C. as the guests of the club and of Mr 

 Butler. The first visit was to the Vesper B. C. house, which, with 

 its new canoe annex and bowliug alley is probably the finest canoe 

 house in the country. The canoea-oom takes in the largest sails 

 without lowering, while in the large basement in the rear are 

 racks tor dozens of canoes. From the club house the party went 

 to Mr. Stevens's shop near by, where, a very handsome new canoe 

 for Mr. Butler was inspected. This canoe, winch is one of the 



straight deadrise. a V floor, with a very hard bilge. The bow is 

 sharp and beautifully moulded, but very long, and the stern is 

 proportionately short and round, being fuller than any of the 

 present canoes above water. The planking was a most difficult 

 matter on account of the quick turns. The skin is of Spanish 

 cedar, a little over * a3 in. thick, but before being put in place each 

 plank is backed on the inside with thin canvas laid in a cement 

 compounded by Mr. Stevens. After leaving the shop the party 

 were, driven through the suburbs of Lowell, visiriug the park and 

 enjoying the maguificent view of the city and the Merrimac 

 River, stopping at Mr. Butler's for lunch a'nd a chat, and finally 

 returning to Boston m time to take the evening trains. 



A great deal of work was disposed of in the course of the meet- 

 ing, but the time was too short for a full consideration of all ques- 

 tions, and the amendments to the racing rules were of nece^sity 

 turned over to the regatta committee for completion. We must 

 defer to a future issue the full text of the reports and amendments 

 as they are still m the hands of the secretary-treasurer. Through- 

 out the whole meeting the question of the standing sail was not 

 once touched on save in connection with the two attempts to pro- 

 hibit it. No attempt to argue the case on its technical merits wa3 

 made by any one. but in all the discussions there was an unani- 

 mous agreement as to the propriety of leaving the rig untram- 

 meled in the principal races of the Association, save as it is limited 

 by the conditions of the combined race and similar natural re- 

 strictions. The feeling was also unanimous that the new general 

 purpose canoe should be restricted to lowering sails; but outside 

 of this no action was taken. 



THE A. C. A. MEET OF 1 S90.-IV. 



Proposed Changes in the Meets— Before proceeding to a consider- 

 ation of the canoes and racing there are two or three new ques- 



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eiation shall purchase a piece of land and establish a permanent 

 camp, the suggestion being called forth by the difficulty and ex- 

 pense attending the selection and preparation of the present site 

 It is clear that there are some very great advantages in such a 

 scheme, the transportation arrangements, made over the same 

 route every year, would be far better, while the boat service be- 

 tween camp and the railway would be on a more nermanent basis 

 the negotiations for the mess, the camp store, the supply of 

 lumber and other material would be carried on with the same set 

 of tradesmen, more or less known to the officers, instead of ex- 

 ploring an entirely new lerrritory each year, and the very heavy 

 investment for wharf, underbrushing, docks, skids and kitchen 

 and mess building would be lessened very materially in an aver- 

 age of five years. 



In following out such a plan the grounds would be underbrushed 

 and graded, a strong and permanent, dock, a substantial kitchen 

 an icehouse, servants' quarters and a large mess shed, to be used 

 for meetings and in rainy weather, with a photographic laboratory- 

 would be built by the Association. All this would be very much 

 more convenient than the present temporary arrangements, and 

 the whole outlay would probably not exceed that of two years of 

 the present camps; but even if the scheme went no further it 

 would give a set character to the camp that would detract from 

 it in the estimation of genuine canoeists, It would be impossible 

 however, to stop the advance of civilization in a permanent camp' 

 at any fixed point. The buildings would soon include a Troy 

 laundry, a telegraph office, some sort of a hotel, and probably an 

 alleged Eastern bazar for the sale of Oriental and Japanese goods 

 made in Connecticut. If the business part of the camp partook 

 of this character, the residential portion, if the term is admiss- 

 ible, would be even worse in a very few years. The canvas tent 

 with a board floor, now the height of luxury, would very soon 

 give place to samples of the cheap and convenient portable houses 

 these being followed by such cottages as abound in Cottage City, 

 on Martha's Vineyard, while the ornate summer villa of the 

 Thousnnd Islands and Lake George would spring up. Such a 

 "camp" might be popular with many as a novelty in the way of 

 summer resorts, but so far as the rank and file of the A. C. A. is 

 concerned we should be greatly mistaken and disappointed in 

 them if they did not with common consent pack their blankets 

 and tents, scour up the disused frying pan, lay in a store of bacon 

 and hard tack and flock by themselves in some locality wilder 

 and more isolated than any in which a meet has yet been held. 



There can be no harmony between the spirit of canoeing and 

 camp life on the one hand, and on the other such a summer resort 

 as a permanent camp would soon become; a fact that is pretty 

 well proved by the experience of the Western Canoe Associa- 

 tion. The W. C. A. started in 1885 in a permanent camp, a spot 

 possessing every possible advantage, but already occupied as a 

 private summer resort, with cottages, dining hall, wharf and 

 other conveniences. To-day the W. C. A. is a very pleasant little 



