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[DeG. II, 1890, 



WATSON'S PARK.-Burnside, 111., Nov, 29.— Score made by 



tlie Gun Club at 10 live pigeons, Illinois State rules: 



C E Willard 12? 1 210023-8 Ed brooke 2332120222 - 9 



B Rock .1110121112-9 J O'Brien .2111113323-10 



Babeiif 1121113210-9 Cap Anson 1033321210- 8 



O B Di' l;;-- Li .'322220-0 L M Hani 1002000022- 4 



EdStack 1 L ll-O RG 1 il .rth 13323-10 



On shoot-off Wadsworth won first, Stack second. 



At 20 Pe< iria black birds: 

 Wadsw'h i 11 1 1 11011101110— 14 L M Ham.1011 1010111000010110—11 

 B Rock.. .11101111111111010111—17 E WillardlllilOOOOlllllOOOlOO- 9 

 }7A suKi 1 iiK-r, ■ (iiji- \::XU 10 -13 C Anson . .01 IWlliWinnilUtlO- -12 

 JOT.,. 1 1 li LO00 I HlO-14 BBabeuf.OlOllllOlllOllOOmO-13 

 CBDicks.QlOOlllllOllOllOlUl— 14 . _ ,.- , 



Dec'. 3.— Scores made here to-day |by Chicago Shooting Club, Il- 

 linois State rules: 



G Kleinman 113121211122-12 E Steck 111221112311-11 



M J Eich 201312111112—11 Smith 110021101111- 9 



f. \ R-v/f:, 1 . li a ti n .. 123012301.131—10 



R B Wadsworth. 213131322011- 11 



G. Kleinman aud E. Steck will shoot off tie for medal in nest 

 club shoot. 



Same day, 20 eeoria blackbirds: 



E Steck. . . ". 1110111110111111111101101-21 



R B Wadsworth 1000010111111011111111011-18 



6 Kleinman 111111(1101111 1111 1111 110-23 



M J Eich - - i i.01 01 :0i. 1 1 1 iM. 1 0 : ; i S ;i ! ! n 1 - i 0 



A W Reeves 1110011011110010111111111—18 



Cap Anson 1010111111011011110111111—20 



Sweep, same day at 5 live pigeons: 



R B Wadsworth ..21112-5 E Steck 10221-4 



AWReeves.... 01121-4 G Kleinman 11111—5 



Smith 00101-3 Ike Watson 11212-5 



Cap Anson 12112—5 



Tie for first won by Wadsworth with 13 straight.— Ravelrigg. 



NIAGARA, N. Y., Dec. 1— Niagara River Gun Club. Match 

 No. 1, at 7 live birds, entrance $2, ground trap, 30yds. rise, 80yds. 

 boundary, use both barrels, money div. 50, 30 and 20 per cent.: 



Geo Margetts 1111121-7 S M Brooks 1120001-4 



Patterson 2121011—6 John Few 0021201-4 



Case 2221110-6 P Ellis 2110101-5 



McBean 1120111-6 



Shot off tie on second in nest match. 



Match No. 2, same as No. 1: 



Kellogg. 1131211—7 McBean 1101111—6 



Marget ts 1111112—7 Brooks 2000110 -3 



Patterson 0121111-6 John Few 0111111-6 



Case 1111111-7 Ellis ...1010100-3 



Ties all div. 



Match No. 3, at 5 live birds, money div. 60 and 40 per cent.: 



Geo Margetts 11111—5 McBean 11111—5 



Patterson 11122-5 Brooks 11210—4 



Case 12111—5 Ellis 11220-4 



McBean and Margetts div. first on shoot-off; second div. 



WELLINGTON, Mass., Dec. 6.— A pewter cup match was opened 

 at the. grounds of the Wellington Gun Club to-day to take the 

 place of the monthly merchandise match. The conditions of the 

 match are that the man making the highest score at 15 single 

 and 5 pairs bluerocks is entitled to a cup each Saturday, aud that 

 the shooter winning the greatest number of cups by the last Sat- 

 urday in February will receive SjnO in gold or its equivalent in 

 plate. In this match to-day Perry and Gore tied with 20 each, 

 and in the shoot-off Perry won. The other scores in this match 

 were: Moore 19, Dill 18, Hooper 16, Covvee 15, Stone 13. Ten 

 rockets, shot at in the dark: Perry and Bradstreet 9, Dill 8, 

 Hooper 7. A practice match, at 15 bluerocks, from 3 unknown 

 angles, will be opened at the grounds of the Wellington Gun Club 

 next Monday. This match will close on the last Saturday in Feb- 

 ruary and the. 10 best scores are to count for the prizes: The first 

 prize $25, second $80, third $15, fourth $10, and six prizes of $5 

 each. 



"LOST, STRAYED OR STOLEN."— Years ago when a farmer 

 lost a sbeep or colt from his pastures it was the custom to write 

 out notices similar to the heading above and then nail the notices 

 along the road side, where the papers would be apt to catch the 

 eye of those passing along. In these days we do matters better, 

 and catch the eyes of thousands of readers by a single notice in the 

 columns of the Forest and Stream. Jack Elliott, of Bartow-on 

 Sound, the man who is known to all as "Happy Jack Elliott," is 

 in trouble. His Parker gun is ''lost, st rayed or stolen." At Erb's 

 Park on the last day of the tournament some one exchanged guns 

 —we will say unintentionally— taking Elliott's "mascot" gun and 

 leaving_ a Parker, it is true, but not Jack's. His was a nearly new 

 one: this is well worn. As Elliott is to shoot two races this week 

 he is naturally worried. The number of the missing gun is 60794, 

 so if any one has it not knowing the owner it cau be returned as 

 above. Elliott wants to win bis matches with Daly and with 

 Ryan, but will lose the forfeit, rather than shoot with a strange 

 gun.— Jacob Pentz. 



THE A. C. A. MEET OF 1 890.-V. 



rpENTS AND CAMP OUTFITS. -There were tents of all styles 

 JL and sizes, aud in large numbers too, at the camp; but among 

 them all was nothing especially new or striking. The ordinary 

 army wall tent, from the 7X9 to the. 12X14. size, was very generally 

 used and served fairly well, thought devoid of any original or 

 especially meritorious features. The men either bought or hired 

 them of tent makers as the easiest way of procuring a tent, and 

 with no regard to their fitness. Being large and unwieldy, and 

 offering a good hold to the wind, they furnished excitement aud 

 exercise on many a breezy night, all hands turning out for tent 

 peg drill, perhaps to extricate some sufferer from the ruins of his 

 home, and to pitch it anew for him. The maddest man in camp 

 during the entire meet was one whose tent did not blow clown, 

 though, he was called away in a hurry from the minstrel show by 

 the news that it had. The larger of these tents were in many cases 

 very neatly and tastily furnished, and through the half open flaps 

 a very cosy interior Was displayed to the passerby. One of the 

 Mohican tents in particular attracted general attention. Tne 

 smallest, form of wall tent, the serviceable little Clyde, with its 

 floor sewn in, was used by many of the less pretentious campers, 

 those who carried to camp little save the simplest and most essen- 

 tial articles. The single pole square pyramidal tent was also used 

 by many of the same class of campers, among them the Ianthe 

 and Brooklyn men. The little 1 -Mini" tent, described in the For- 

 t ST akd Stream of April 24, 1889, was represented by a very neat 

 piece of handiwork, built from the published drawings by Mr. J. 

 S. Wright, of New Bedford. The tent is so neat and compact, and 

 so easily set, up, that it is excellently adapted for canoe use; while 

 it needs no pegs, and so may be pitched on a rock or a wharf or 

 any level place. 



Of canoe tents proper, to fit over the canoe, but few samples were 

 seen, a,nd these showed no improvement over the original ones at 

 Grindstone in 1884. In fact it is undeniable that so far as the 

 meets are concerned, improvements in tents and campoutfits have 

 practically ceased within the past three years. Men waste little 

 time or thought over tents or camp furniture, but take what is 

 easiest to be had of the regular dealer. Most of the tents are more 

 completely furnished than in the past, board floors, rugs, curtains, 

 cots, chairs, etc., considered mere matters of necessity now, where 

 once they were looked upon as the highest degree of luxury. 

 There were a number of simple cooking kits about the camp, used 

 by those who were fortunate enough to be indeuendent of the 

 mess tent, but they were little different from the many which we 

 have described at various time?. 



Most can oeists areffisfr ous enough to improvise all needed camp 

 furniture from eon*~.on pine boards, tables, chairs, etc, being 

 quickly thrown togefflfer, and for this purpose a good supply of 

 cheap planed boards is necessary. Tnis year the supply was 

 limited and the prices high. A very handy addition to a camp 

 Chest is a saw handle with three interchangeable blades, the largest 

 being heavy enough to cut thick plank or timbers, the whole tak- 

 ing up practically no room. With such a saw, a sharp hatchet, 

 and a tew sizes of wire nails, which the canoeist should carry with 

 turn, the tent floor can be quickly built and table, etc., rigged up. 

 There are always carpenters to build the floors and do similar 

 work, but they are in such demand at times that it is worth while 

 to do one s own fitting up. The men who obtain the greatest 

 amount ot enjoyment, and experience the fewest vexations at an 

 A. O. A. meet, are the ones who go with the smallest, most com- 

 pact and complete camp outfit, everything carefully packed to 

 save weight, bulk and number of packages; thus lessening the 

 inevitable oifhculties ot expressage and transiv.rtation. At the 

 same time this outfit, should be so complete as" to make the man 

 entirely independent ot outside aid save in the furnishing of raw 

 materials. It the Association can give reasonable transportation, 

 sufficient cheap lumber for floor and float, and such supplies as 

 milk, meat and bread, they ask nothing more. Aman so equipped 

 is not likely to worry oyer the shortcomings of the camp caterer, 

 or to spend a day m the ram because he has no floor to pitch his 



tent on; nor will he be troubled with an avalanche of baggage 

 wheu he breaks camp. One model camper of this sort is that old 

 campaigner Capt. Ruggles, whose iunocent looking camp chest 

 contains wonders in the shape of a tent, a bed, and even a whole 

 portable camp floor. 



A. C. A. FINANCES. 



THE following abstracts of the treasurer's aud purser's reports, 

 for which we are indebted to the Sail and Paddle, complete 

 the financial reports of the Association, the reports of the camp 

 site and regatta committees having already been published: 



A. C. A. TREASURER'S REPORT, 1890. 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance from former treasurer (see Year Book) $131 04 



By purser Atlantic Division, full income 329 36 



By purser Eastern Division, 30 per cent 135 90 



By purser Central Division, 80 per cent 60 00 



By purser Northern Division ($75 due, but unpaid) 



By camp dues at meet. 248 members @ $1.00 248 00 



By camp site committee account 636 00 



By interest to date < ... 1 87 



$1,543 07 



EXPENDITURES. 



To expressage on box from ex-treasurer $3 30 



To postage stamps 58 15 



To stationery 16 55 



To membership certificates 16 50 



To stamps and printing, commodore's use 32 10 



To badges for camp use 41 37 



To secretary's expenses 25 00 



To regatta programmes 2 50 



To buoys lost at camp (replaced) 11 50 



To regatta committee's account 63 23 



To camp site committee's account 1,223 24 



Balance 48 60 



$1,542 07 



Bills to the amount of $153.65 on camp site account are still un- 

 paid, but provided for by an advance from the Atlantic Division. 

 If the Northern Division had paid its dues to the A. C. A, treas- 

 ury the expenses would still have exceeded the receipts by $30.08. 



F. L. Dun well, Sec'y-Treas. 

 Audited and found correct, James R. Steers, 



Morton V. Brokaw. 



ATLANTIC DIVISION PURSER'S REPORT. 



RECEIPTS. 



By cash from former purser $217 12 



By dues and initial ion fees, 1890 376 00 



By dues from 1 885 to 1894 32 00 



$625 12 



EXPENDITURES. 



To office expenses. $61 24 



To A. C. A. treasurer (By-Laws, Chap. I., Sec. 2) 329 26 



To balance (Nov. 7, 1890) 234 63 



$625 13 



MEMBERSHIP. 



Membership Nov. 4, 1889 331 



New members — 89 



Reinstated... 1 



Transferred from other Divisions 4—94 



Dropped for non-payment 23 



Resigned 5 -28 gain 66 



Total Nov. 7, 1890 297 



William R. Haviland. Purser. 

 Audited and found correct, Theodore S. Oxholm, 

 Robert J. Wilkin. 



CENTRAL DIVISION PURSER'S REPORT. 

 receipts. 



By balance from former purser $130 77 



By dues of members for 1890 162 Of) 



By back dues 5 00 



By dues for 1891 100 



By initiation fees 22 00 



$320 77 



EXPENDITURES. 



To office expenses $34 75 



To expenses of Division Meet 98 45 



To A. C. A. treasurer 60 00 



To balance Oct. 1, 1890 137 57 



$320 77 



MEMBERSHIP. 



Membership December, 1889 , 184 



Dropped and resigned 44 



New members 23 loss 22 



Total membership October, 1890 162 



James K. Bakewell, Purser. 

 Audited and found correct, Thomas W. Bakewell, 

 C. F. Holdship. 



EASTERN DIVISION PURSER'S REPORT. 



RECEIPTS. 



By balance from former purser 



By dues of members for 1890 



By initiation fees 



By back dues 



EXPENDITURES. 



To office expenses 



To expenses of Division meet 



To A. C. A. treasurer (30 per cent, of income, $453).. 

 To balance Oct. 1, 1890 



$52 23 

 396 00 

 146 00 

 11 00 



$505 23 



$75 18 

 150 06 

 135 90 

 144 09 



$505 23 



MEMBERSHIP. 



Membership Oct. 11, 1889 168 



New members .146 



Reinstated.. 9—155 



Dropped for non-payment 33 



Transferred to ot her Divisions 2 



Resigned 2—27 gain 128 



Total membership Oct. 1, 1890 296 



Ralph F. Brazer, Purser. 

 Audited and found correct, R. F. HemenwAy, 



Frederick F. Walsh. 



NORTHERN DIVISION. 



The report was not forwarded in full, but from memoranda 

 sent on by Purser Chas. M. Whitlaw the accounts stand as fol- 

 lows: 



receipts. 



By balance from former purser $50 20 



By dues of members for 1890 180 00 



By initiation fees, 71 new members 71 00 



$301 30 



The expenses of the meet and office expenses used this up and 

 left a deficit to be made up by the subscription of members. The 

 Division was unfortunate in holding the meet during bad weather 

 and arranging for many more members than attended. 

 Income, $261, 30 per cent due A. C. A $75 30 



MEMBERSHIP. 



Number of members on roll at end of 1389 .... . ..171 



New members 71 



Dropped 63 gain 9 



Total at end of 1890 {so 



BROOKLYN C. C.-On Dec. 3 the Brooklyn C. C. gave a very 

 pleasant smoker at which a number of guests were present. The 

 subject of camp fire and canoe cooking, with practical illustrations 

 by Messrs. Wilkin and Weeks, filled the entire evening. 



olnbhonsl? °" 0,-On Dec ' 6 an inform al smoker was held at the 



GENERAL PURPOSE" CANOES, 



iMtor Forest and Stream: 



In your issue ot Nov. 27, "Pecowsic" says: 'Tu my opinion the 

 A. C. A. is entirely on the wrong track in trying to encourage 

 what is termed an 'all around canoe.' Who ever heard of an all 

 around horse." 



Several millions of people have heard of the "all around horse," 

 and quite a number have owned him. I am one of them. This 

 horse was 6 years old, a bright bay with very heavy black mane 

 and tail. He stood nearly sixteen bauds and weighed l.SOOlbs. 

 He was so gentle a child could handle him, and in driving it 

 made no difference whether the reins were tight or loose. 'He 

 feared nothing, and could be driven alongside of a moving train. 

 He could draw a big load, or could cover forty miles of hilly 

 country road in five hours, and go the' last mile as free as the 

 first. On a good level road he could cover eleven miles in an 

 hour. He was a splendid "all around horse " What has a horse 

 to do with a canoe? Nothing, only that the writer considers 

 Pecowsic" is wrong on both. 



There are many good all around canoes at the present time. 

 Take one of them, Vesper. This canoe was designed by Mr. Gib- 

 son in 1886 and won the trophy race against thirteen of the best. 

 American and English canoes, including Pecowsic. Next day she 

 lost a W2 miles to windward and return, being beaten by about 

 two minutes by Pecowsic; and Pecowsic was built to go. Since '86 

 a great many Vespers have been built and all have given good 

 accounts of themselves, whether in races or on the cruise. 



Who will say that Vesper is not a good "nil around canoe." 

 And Vesper is but one of the many good models that can be ob- 

 tained within a 16x30in. limit. 



,^ In ^ si ^ e the limit of ,ae cruising canoe "Pecowsic" suggests 

 15X30. Make it 16x30; 15x30 will shut out many good canoes; and 

 when you take subscriptions for a cruising trophy put the writer 

 down for $25, if agreeable to the committee in charge. 

 Canton, N. Y., Dec. L J, H. Rushton. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In your edition of Nov. 20, giving an interesting account of the 

 proceedings of the late executive meeting, there is an error which 

 1 write to correct. Under the head of changes proposed by 

 myself you print "The foregoing rules of measurement * * * 

 shall not disqualify any canoe built prior to Jan. 1, 1891," etc. 



The letter press copy of my letter shows that 1 wrote 1890, which 

 on examination will be found to be the same as incorporated in 

 the > 89 J year book. The reason why it was inserted in the year 

 book still holds. 



I also proposed that under the head of "Races" should be in- 

 setted "All races, with the exception of the sailing and paddling 

 trophy and Pecowsic cup races, shall be open to such canoes only 

 as shall come within the definition of the general purpose canoe." 



I believe that my letter as written would not lead any one to 

 suppose that there would be any partiality shown to the racer of 

 1890 and denied to that of 1891, and that the objeciionsof Mr. 

 Quick published, m ;: : e i"oitiw akii Stream are without 

 foundation. My intention was that the A. C. A. should recognize 

 what we already have, viz.: paddling racers, sailing racers and 

 general purpose canoes, and show by their programme that they 

 wish to encouaage the general canoe. Some object that the. pro- 

 posed changes are too radical. In answer I would ask: Would 

 the attractions of the meet decrease? Would the interest in the 

 races be lessened? Would the annual attendance be diminished? 

 The answer to all can be given in a decided no. 



I was pleased to read in the Forest and Stream of Nov. 27 a 

 letter from "Pecowsic," advocating among others these proposed 

 changes. His proposition to institute a cruising trophy should 

 recommend itself to many who believe that the cruising canoe 

 has not had its just share in the programme. 



I hope your readers may be favored by letters from others on 

 thepomts raised in "Pecowsic's" letter. J. N. MacKendrick. 



CTlt, Out., Nov. 30. 



COLD CANOEING. 



THE reader must not expect an account of a journey in an Es- 

 kimo kayak. The writer has never seen the Arctic zone nor 

 experienced anything more frigid than a last summer's bill for 

 ice. Tnisis an account of a trip in our own latitude, but a cold 

 one, nevertheless. 



I was living in Rochester, N. Y., then. Being an inveterate 

 Canoeist and having friends equally affected— I won't say af- 

 flicted—we could not allow a holiday to pass any time of the'year 

 without, if possi ble, indulging in our favorite sport. We had been 

 counting on Thanksgiving for an all-day's praise up the Gene- 

 see River. We were to leave our boat wherever night shou Id over- 

 take us, and the following week take a day from business to go up 

 on the cars and leisurely run down with the current. Luck was 

 against us, frost set to work long before we could start. Unsea- 

 sonable and unreasonable weather we thought it, despite the sat- 

 isfactory remarks of the poultry dealers about an "old-fashioned 

 Thanksgiving." 



Our holiday dawned clear and sharp. "Never mind the tem- 

 perature," said Harry Gordon, the friend whom I had invited. 

 "I guess if people can take rides in a. sleigh, where they can't ex- 

 ercise, wo can, with warm clothing, brave the weather in a canoe 

 where one of the conditions is to keep moving like a windmill." 



From the boat house we carried to the Erie canal, up which we 

 intended to go for afew miles until we could portage into the Gene- 

 see aboye the rapids. The canal boats, after some unprofitable 

 buffetings among the ice, had a day or so previously laid up for 

 the season, and the cakes made by their movements were now 

 connected by a thin sheet nearly half an inch thick. Though cur 

 caDoe, an open one, was one of the best that Rogers of the Peter- 

 borough Canoe Co. could turn out, and had withstood m/wiya 

 strain, we looked upon this test of strength with misgivings. 



Finding an open spot we got afloat; I took the stern paddle 

 while Gordon in the bow with a tough maple blade adroitly thrust 

 aside the impending cakes in the open water or as vigorously cast 

 about him as we advanced on the new ice, which reached in many 

 places from shore to shore and obstructed our progress. 



The boat proving its honest Canadian workmanship by many a 

 hard knock we at last got safely into the river, where fortunately 

 the strong current had prevented the ice from forming to anv 

 extent. 



Good, steady work until noon made our mid-day meal very wel- 

 come. There were few that day that did not sit down to a more 

 elaborate Thanksgiving dinner; but there could have been none 

 that enjoyed with a more hearty appetite what they had than we 

 did, as we partook of the few simple viands in our canoe moored 

 along the snow-clad banks. 



The river flowed through an alluvial bottom with many a bend 

 and twist. The banks, lined with a fringe of tall trees which 

 every now and then multiplied into a grove, was of a uniform 

 height just sufficient to prevent us from seeing beyond them. We 

 had hoped that night to have reached Avon, twenty miles above 

 Rochester, but the windings of the river and the frequent accel- 

 eration of the current into miniature rifts, combined with our 

 being necessarily encumbered with considerable clothing, made 

 our most vigorous efforts unsatisfactory. 



Before we knew it the early winter twilight was upon us. The 

 holding of these Genesee bottom lands by a few wealthy men, and 

 their leaving tbein in a state of nature, while making charmingly 

 picturesque scenery, keeps the houses remote from the river. We 

 had encountered hardly any one all day. Now night was ap- 

 proaching. We could not see further than the banks, no house 

 was near, no person within hailing distance. 



It became dusk. The narrow river, with its gigantic trees 

 reaching their branches to each other on the opposite banks, was 

 nearly inclosed. We traveled through the frame work of a 

 summer house. The night was clear. The ground was covered 

 with snow. The reflection of the trees and of the whitened ground 

 was perfectly reproduced in the placid waters over which we 

 moved. So sharplySdefined was the imagery on this mirror that 

 we could not tell the counterfeit from the genuine, and would fre- 

 quently run aground in our gropings for the channel. 



The silence of death hung over the deserted scene. Paddling 

 swiftly onward without a word, impressed with the sense of isola- 

 tion, Ave suddenly felt a shock and heard a rush of water against 

 the canoe, and into it, as we supposed. We were sure we must 

 have struck a snag, and already were anticipating an icy plunge. 

 We pushed ashore at our best speed, to have our fright allayed by 

 the discovery of a branch across the bow. 



We were in for it now. We knew we could not get back that 

 night, and so determined to take to-morrow from business and 

 push on to Avon. The river soon ran close to a hill. A light ap- 

 peared. We left the canoe, and found several houses; the small 

 hamlet of Rush. Applying at several places we at last found one 

 that was willing to accommodate us, and we soon became a part 

 of the party of holiday merrymakers that tbe old farmhouse 

 contained. 



The morning dawned threateningly with a much higher tem- 

 perature. We had been under way but an hour or so, when a 

 drizzle commenced. We donned our rubber coats and covered up 

 the gun. This did not prevent us from taking it out immedi-. 

 artery and killing a gray squirrel. The game lay dead in the top 

 of a high tree entirely devoid of branches until the top was 



