Feb. 26, mi,] 



FOREST AMD SITREAM. 



Canvas Canoes and hoiv to Build Tlicm. By Pa/rker B. Meld. 

 Price SO cents. Canoe, and Boat Bidldimi. By W. P. Stevhem. 

 Price $2.00. The Canoe Aurora. By C. A. Ncidc. Price, 01. Canoe 

 Ha.ndlino. By C. B. Vaux. Price $1. Canoe and Cam era. By T. 

 S. Steele. Price 1.50. Four ]yiontl)8 in a Sncalfbox. By JV. H. Bishop. 

 Price $l,oO, Canoe and Gamv Cookery. Bu '■^Seneca." Price $i. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest awO 

 Stbeaii therr addresses, witti name, meinViership, sigual, etc., of 

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and ra,;e8, and 

 report of the same, ("auoeists and all interested in oanoeini? are 

 requested to forward i.o Fokest and Sxreait their addresses, with 

 logs of criiiaes, maxis, and information concerning their local 

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

 items relating to the sport. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Officebs, 18!X>-91. 

 CosnioDOEE: Wai-teii U. Lawson, Boston, Maas. 



Secretaky Tbeasckku: Ralph F. Brazee, 47 Central iatreet, Iiowell, Mass. 

 Regatta Committek: J. A. Glage, Lowell, Mass.i W. G. MacKendrick, 



Torour.n; Ij, b. PcUmfir. Newarlr, N. J. 



NORTHERN DIVISION. 

 Officers: 



VioE-COM.: W. H. Cotton, Kingston. 

 Rear Com.: J. C. Edwai-ds, Lindsay. 



Ex. Com.: Colin Praser and F. H. 

 GIsborne. 



ATLANTIC DIVISION. 



VicE-COM.; I. V. Dbrland, Arlington 

 EbakCom : E.D.Anderson, Trenton 

 Furseb: Rieh'dHobait, Newark N..r 

 Ex. Com.: H. L. Qiiick and H M 

 Kreamer. 



CENTR4L DIVISION. 



VlOK-CoM.: C.V Winnf. Albany, N.y. 

 Reab-Com.: T, p. Gacidis, Dajton, O. 

 Pcbskr: Howard Biown.Albany.NY 

 EX. Com.: .I.iC. Bakewell and H. JSt, 

 Stewart. 



EjiSTERN DIVISION. 



Offlcerfi: 



VlCE-COM.: J. Cartwright, Jr. 

 Reab-Com.: a. h. Faimele, Hartford. 

 PtlBSFH: H. Aiioiloaio, Wiuoheater. 

 Ex.CoM.: Paul Butler, E. S. Towne 

 and .Sidney Bishop. 



Applications for meniciersnip must be made to division purserf), accom- 

 panied t)y the recommendation of an aetivo member and the sum of $2.00 

 for enti'ance tec and due* tor oiurent year. Every member attending 

 the general A. 0. A. camp shall nay Sl.OO for camp expenses. Applicatioii 

 Heat to the Sec'y-Treas. wUI be forwarded by him to the proper Division. 



Persona residing In any Division and wishing to become members of 

 the A. C. A., will be f lunishea with printed forms of appUeatlon by address- 

 ing the Purser. 



WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



ComiDOdore— D. H. Crane, Chicago, III. 



Vice-Commodore— N. B. Coolc, Chicago, 111. 



Rear-Commodore— 0. A. Woodruff, Davton, O, 



Secretai-y-Treasurer- J. H. Ware, m Rialto Building, Chicago, III. 



Applications for membership should be made to the Sec.-Treas., on blanks 

 which may be obtained from him, and should lie accompanied by $2 as 

 initiation fee and dues for the current year. 



FIXTURES. 



MAY, 



W. Bayonne, Anmial, Bayonne. 



JXTNE. 



H, Hoisting Sail Competition, 20. Marine & Field, Open, Bath 



Brooiflyn. Beach. 

 13. New York, Annual, S. I. 87. Brooldyn, Ann., Bay Ridge. 

 211. New \'oik, Sandy Hook Race — . lanthe. Spring, Passaic Kiv. 



•JULY. 



11-'2B. W.C.A. Meet, Ballast Island. 



AUOCTST. 



6-21. A. C. A. Meet, Lake Champlain. 



SEPTBMBEB. 



7. lanrhe, Ann., Passaic River. 5. Orange, Ann., Passaic River. 



WHITE SQUALL'S '88 CRUISE. 



[ConcludeA from Page 9S.J 



AS we pushed into the stream, we saw a woodboat under way 

 about 300yds. ahead. Slie ran out of her way to speak the A. 

 Gribson and we got near enough to spell out the name Zephyr on 

 her stern. Then I Fettled back with the remark, "'That's the last 

 time we'll be able to spell that name to-day." The wind freshened 



and it W'as even so. Then we trimmed our sheets more carefully, 

 hitched up to windward, a.nd the mercury in our barometer went 

 up about ten degrees. Still the wind breezed up; the streak of 

 foam changed to a pale brandy-colored wave, and in five minutes 

 the nose of tlie Squall was lapped on tlie Zephyr's quarter. 



Her captain evidentiy not liking the turn affairs were taking, 

 held his head in air and steadily resisted all onr attempts to get 

 acquainted. "He despises im on account of our size," said one of 

 the Squall's crew. " He doesn't know we have paced the quarter 

 deck, rolled the wheel and 'taken sight' along the compass card, 

 or perhaps he wouldn't put on so many airs. Now suppose we 

 give him a hint that we were once of the brotherhood, by Vreak- 

 ng out one of those rollicking old sea shantees?" "Shenanadore," 

 "Lowlands," and "Whisky Johnny," were in tirra rejected, but 

 there was "Renzo," none could find any fault with that— it was a 

 good humble sea song. And his rich beary-tone voice rolled forth 

 on the first line: 



"0! my Renzo was no sailor," 

 But he never went any further. Like most amateur performers, 

 he had kept one eye on the audience to note the eflfect. "When he 

 saw the worthy captain darken his brow and make a motion to 

 flatten the singer by throwing a bunch of lath on him, he resolved 

 to postpone the ''shipping" of Renzo "on hoard a whaler" until a 

 more convenient season. The one who did not do the singing .says 

 that it was the quality of the music which disgusted the captain, 

 while the performer as stoutly maintains that hia quick mind 

 had drawn a parallel between Renzo and the Zephyr, which was 

 also no sailer. 



We passed the wood boat and luffed out across her bow, getting 

 a stick caught squarely across the board in the process, which so 

 ■hindered our progress that we were in some little danger of being 

 run down. After we passed Lincoln we erred by steering too 

 •close to the right bank, thus losing some of the force of the wind 

 and current; and when we drew out of the race at Oromocto 

 Island the wood boat was 100yds. ahead. But this does not alter 

 the fact that in an 11-mile race we beat a loaded boat of 75ft. 

 waterline, with a stitf whole sail breeze, part of the time on her 

 quarter and the rest dead aft. Had there been any sea on we 

 could not have done it, and until I saw it I would not have be- 

 lieved that it could be done at all. 



Before we reached our camping place two boom men hailed us 

 with a long drawn Hello! and then shouted, "Eel-grass ahead." 

 "All right, pass it on over to the wood-boatmen, they're interested 

 in. eel-grasB, it don't affect our craft a mite." A chuckle from one 

 of them announced that the answer struck him favorably; and a 

 moment later one of them shouted, "How yer makin'itV" "0! 

 we've a good fair wind, plenty of grub, and the cook's sober— first- 

 rate, first-rate." When d' y' leave Fredericton?" "Four o'clock, 



same time as that woodboat." "By , yer holdin' her well." 



Horace said, "Who is that fellow?" •'! don't know." "Why you 

 seemed to talk like old acquaintances," "Ah, my son, you miist 

 not put on any airs, or affect any stiffness, when talking with 

 lumbermen; and, above all, be civil— even polite. I need only have 

 said, 'Go to blazes,' when he first hailed, to have heard a torrent 

 of abuse, mingled wiih a smell of sulphur that would shame a 

 volcano." And the above is true, in my judgment. The outer 

 may, in his camp life, approach as near that of the savage as seems 

 to him desirable; but in his intercouise with his fellow men, no 

 jmatter what their station in life, he should never forget his good 

 breeding. If he does, he vdil some day run up against some one 

 •who will make him regret It. If, however, he is treated uncivilly 

 Iby any of the natives, and thinks he can come out as the Chinamen 

 say, "topside," in a word scrimmage, without using any language 

 ithat he will be ashamed to repeat when he gets home, let him sail 

 in, if he wants to, and .success to him. But the game i.g rarely 

 worth the candle. 



Opposite the head of Oromocto Island Horace hailed the deal 

 boat Seattle, bound to the Nashwaak, commanded by Capt. Will- 

 iams, a friend of his. By this time the wind had veered around 

 to the south and we were sailing close-hauled. The cantaln 

 begged Horace to tif r, sheets and return to Fredericton; and fail- 

 ing to persuarie him tired as a parting shot, "Surely you're not 

 going down river in that thing! How heavy a life insurance do 

 you carry?" I wanted Horace to put the canoe about that we 

 might follow and kick him, but he steered for the island, and we 

 were a.11 snug in capip an hour before sundown. As I wish to go 



on record as a perwon who can mention the mosquito withou'^ in- 

 dulging ill hyperbole, I wiU attempt no estimate of the numbers 

 that assaJled us that evening. It is enough to say that we were 

 obliged to eat close up on the lee side of the camp-fire, and even 

 then they were unlrc-nable. Prospects for a night's rest were 

 slim, but we beat tJjem by a very simple exiiedient. We gathered 

 two bundh s oi' cedar bark from diift "phingle-shims," and plac- 

 ing a live coal in the end of each, laid them in the tent door, and 

 we were troubled ni) mare, The pungent .smell of the smoke was 

 too much for them. 



The next day was Sunday and Horace did not want to travel, so 

 we lay in camp and saw a gale of fair wind howl by nearly all day. 

 We cooked potatoes to dinner, and just as I v^as lifting them off 

 the fire, which 11, wp- ohunliing up" with a board edging, two 

 tablespoonsiul of r d were liippcd from 1 be end of said edging 

 info the pot. Wc • re more suocfssfal in our aecond attempt, 

 thongh the pot boil dry so nuickly that we had to keep adding 

 water f roiu a kettll. .vhich wo Kept boiling. In the after uoim we 

 viBitOil the mainland for gpviiiK water, and had a chat with the 

 men at one of the hooui houaes. While we were getting supper a 

 boating party, consisting of tAvo men and a half dozen ladies, 

 saluted U9 by raising liati ami waving haudkerchicfs. which £0 

 rattled Horace that he tried 1 o sn i teh a poi: from my hand to wave 

 areturn, while I \va« floffing niy rin-e.i-nt t'clt in answer. T had to 

 threaten to kick him l)cforc he 'lesistcd. and dove into the tent for 

 a towel, wbich he whirled till it looked like a Caihetiiie wheel. 



After Slipper more mosquitoes and cedar bark, ft may be worth 

 mention ttiat we whittled the latter into shreds two feet long and 

 corded it tightly into bundles the thickness of a man's wrisr, two 

 such lasting allnight. We were on the neutral ground, near the 

 border of dreamland, when we were aroused by a sound of sing- 

 ing, and the writer caught the following words from, an old hymn 

 in the collection used by the Episcopal Church: 

 "Here in this body pent 

 Absent from thee I roam, 

 And nightly pitch my moving tent 

 A day's march nearer home." 



We thought a church choir had gone adrift; but it proved to be 

 our boating party on its way back to Upper Maugerville, They 

 rendered some fine pieces of sacred music, and wound up with old 

 "Coronation." Horace said: "They differ from most vocalists in 

 free concerts; they can sing," and then reflectively, "I never 

 saw such a place for singing as this St. .John River; we've had a 

 serenade every uight since we left home, and this is the best of 

 the lot." 



1 awakened at dawn on Monday to find a light southerly wind 

 blowing, and after lighting the tire "chewed the bitter cud of re- 

 flection" on the folly of allowing a fair wind to go by while we 

 were observing the Sabbath, that we might have an opp*irtunity 

 to break our backs at the paddles on Monday. 



By six o'clock everything was stored in the canoe, apd we were 

 puslting out into the river. The southerly air had, now hauled 

 around to the sou'west, and we could make a straight course for 

 the fool of the island. Here we ran out of our codrse to speak 

 Commodore Weldon, who had onl.vmade four miles since we 

 passed him on our way up. By this time the vyind was westerly. 

 We rounded the foot of tne island, and with sheet well off headpd 

 for Middle Island, which we left on our starbo/'i.rd hand, as we did 

 all other islands on our way down. Then the wind came in fair 

 and about as hard as we wanted; and to make a long story short 

 the forenoon's sail was one of nnmarred pleasure. 



Of the many incidents that occurred I will only notice two. As 

 we parsed the small schooner Native, wnich was making her way 

 down under mainsail and jib, Horace said: "It's a good thing the 

 old man hasn't his foresail on, if he had there woitld be no way 

 for him to excuse a ghastly had defeat." This illustrates the 

 moral effect of victory. Because we had thrashed the Zephyr he 

 took it for granted that we could make short work of the snialler 

 craft. The undersigned would have felt the same way had he not 

 raced enough before to have had all such thoughts beaten out of 

 hira. 



The other episode was something unitiue in my experience. We 

 were rounding the lower point of Manger's (pronounced Mil-jors.) 

 Island when a little jet of water was flirted on the foredeck right 

 by the stem and later I felt something touch the rudder. Looking 

 back we saw a red squirrel sturdily making for the island, his 

 collision with the canoe having in no way changed his purpose. 

 We wished him good speed without inquiring whether like Cas- 

 sius he was swimming a race with some chicaree C'tesar, or, imi- 

 tating Leander, he was crossing "all for to see his dear." Instead 

 of returning by way of the "raging canawl" we sailed down 

 around "No man's friend" and made our noon camp on "Grimros's 

 JSfeck," nearly opposite the village of Gagetown, 



About 3 o'clock we started under paddle against a heavy sea. 

 We had gone, perhaps, a mUe, when we sighted a golden-eye 

 duck with a brood of very small ducklings. Seeing us she man- 

 euvered about 50yds, to one side of her brood, with the evident in- 

 tention of diverting our attention from her yoting. But" we were 

 not to be thus fooled. Heading straight for the little flock, now 

 hudiiled in a compact mass, we put on the muscle. The mother 

 bird, divining our purpose, raised her head high in air and seemed 

 to balance herself for a moment on her tail, then she dived like a 

 flash, and as she did so there was nothing but blank water where 

 the bitnch of ducklings had been. In a quarter of a second she 

 reappeared, and rising as before, craned her neck to see if her 

 little ones had obeyed her injunction. We trouljled them no 

 more. But I have many a time paid a dollar for the privilege of 

 looking at a poorer exhibition. 



In crossing the river near the mouth of Gagetown Creek we 

 shipped a gallon of water through the centerboard trunk, which 

 we had carelessly left open. Had the canoe filled in that sea our 

 earthly cruise would have been ended. It is needless lo say that 

 there were two scared boys in that craft, and we jammed a stop- 

 water in before she could make another thrash. At the lower 

 ena of the Friend we hoisted otrr reefed mainsail and drove down 

 the Lawson River. At the head of Colwell's Creek we made 

 everything snug and "rode out" a thunderstorm in a hay barn— a 

 mighty good harbor, by the way. We bowled down to the mouth 

 of the lake before a nor'west gale and lay to for some time under 

 Musquash Island Light, waiting for the wind to abate. But we 

 had to getsomewheie before we could eat another meal, as our 

 grub sack was entirely empty. We concluded we could meet the 

 raging of the skies, but not an empty larder; so we worked across 

 the broad bay at the lower end of the lake and arrived at a farm- 

 house, where fte had both been before. Here we took the first 

 civilized meal in five days. 



About 6 o'clock we hoisted sail before a nice little southerly 

 breeze that had sprung up, and made home just at dark, thus clos- 

 ing a most enjoyable cruise with a day of rare good luck. 



The next day a sailor man who had crossed the Atlantic a half 

 dozen times, and circumnavigated this terrestrial ball once, bor- 

 rowed a 15ft. cathoat of his best girl's uncle, and tackled the 

 Squall when her crew was in trainin". In a puffy nor'wester we 

 outsailed him on every point; in fact, as an eyewitness put it, we 

 "made a holy exhibition of theoutfit." This was a glorious round- 

 off to our cruise. I have a suspicion that some may think the 

 account rather long-winded. To such 1 can only reply, that I have 

 done the best I could under the circumstances; but to show how 

 much I could abbreviate it if I chose, I will say: "We had a five- 

 day cruise on the St. .John, between Waahademoak and Spring- 

 hill." There, "you pays your money and you takes yottr choice," 



L. I. FliOW^EB, 



THE LIBRARIAN RECEIVES A CRUISE, 



WE take great pleasure in the facts that out of the thousand 

 members of the A. C. A. there are three who have made a 

 cruise last j ear, and one who has been energetic enough to write 

 it up and forward to the Librarian, as provided by the by-laws. 

 The percentage is not particularly large,! to 999; but still it marks 

 a distinct advance on the previous year, in which no cruise was 

 reported, so that presumably none was made. Through the 

 courtesy of the A. C. A, Librarian, Mr. W. P. Stephens, we are 

 enabled to publish the cruise, which is a model of condensed in- 

 formation. 



WALKILL BXVEB. 



hihrarian A. C. A.: 



DbarSiu— In compliance with Chapter XL, A. C. A, By-Laws, I 

 send you Herewith a record of a cruise made by three members of 

 the N. C. and B. A. du^rin.? this past season. We used on our 

 cruise three oanues, a Canadian basswood, partially decked, 165^x 

 33 and very light. A Mohican 'tic. 15x31)^, and an Ontario longi- 

 tudinal strip cruising canoe, loX.yi^^. Tne lighter basswood and 

 the lapstreak fared much better than the heavier smooth-skin in 

 the many stony places where the water was "thin." 



At 10:3U A. M., .July 8, 1890, we shipped our canoes and baggage by 

 Lake Erie & Western Railway to Hampton, 31 miles, foUowing m 

 a later train. The canoes arrived at Ilarhpton at about 6 P, M., 

 and were carried by wagon one mile to the nearest point on the 

 river, at a place where the wagon road crosses the stieam, '-Chee- 

 chunk" by name. 



Fare for three, $2.35; freiglit, 81,83. In running the mile to our 

 first catnp we passed three small gravelly rifts. Made camp in a 

 high pasture on right band side of river at about S o'clock. Farm 

 Jjouse % mile away, where milk and water may be found; river 

 'iYfttef 0.ot flt to dnnb. 



From camp to Phillipsburgh one mile, still water, with one fish 

 dam to cari'y over. Dam at Phillipsburgh with break at left end 

 which might he run at high water, but could not at present stage. 

 We carried o^ er. Below dam. quick water with rocks and stones 

 for half a mile, then still watet to Stonyford bridge, four miles, 

 and thence to Montgomery, eight miles. Left canoes at boat 

 house near the road, and di ied at hotel just across the way. 

 Dinner for three, $1.20. Tt'^re are two dam^ at Montgomery 

 about half a mile apart. Quick water over slate rock, with 

 occasional stones scattere'i about between the dams, but atihigh 

 water it would be well to e -famine them carefully before trying it. 

 The lower d.am, which is a double one, especially. 



From Montgomery to Walden, three miles, still water with 

 many large boulders. Keep a sharp lookout for those under 

 water. They are black and hard to locate. At Walden there ace 

 two dams and a fall between. We did not examine these, but 

 were assured that they were impassable. Made the carry in an ex- 

 press wagon. Three-quarters of a mile, at a cost of 50 cents ppp 

 boat. From Walden to Wallkill, four miles. Half the distance 

 rifts and slate ledges, balance back Water from Wallkill dam. 



We found a good camping spot on the left bank at head of back 

 water. Farm house on opposite side of river where excellent milk 

 and good water may be purchased. Between the camp and the 

 dam we passed .Borden's milk condensery. Below the dam at 

 Wallkill the rocks were bare. Hired man with hay wagon to 

 carry us quarter of mtle to end of tail race, SI. For half a mile 

 further slate ridges, stones and black boulders, those under water 

 being particularly troublesome. From Wallkill to Galeville, two 

 miles, quick shoal water rnost of way to backwater of dam. Water 

 not running over. Carried over at right hand side of river. 



Galeville to Libertvville dam, eight miles. Rapids and quick 

 waters most of the way. There are many large boulders iti stream 

 above the dam. Keep a sharp lookout for those below water. 

 The dam is in a bad state of preservation and full of projecting 

 iron spikes. We carried over, as usual, at east end of dam. The 

 river Ijelow the dam is fifed with immense boulders crowded so 

 closely together that it is with diifioulty that a passage can be 

 fonnd. From Libertyville to New Paltz, three miles, ttiere are 

 two or three rapids and at one place a drop of four or five feet 

 ovor a slate ledee. The best place to run it is near near the mid- 

 dle of the river. It looks bad but is in reality all right. After 

 yassin^ this there is still water. From New Paltz to camp, on 

 right Bide of river in a grove on high bank, three miles. Milk and 

 water on opposite side some distance back. 



From camp to Perrine's Bridge, five miles, the water is stiU and 

 river very crooked. Dashville H'alls, a half mile below the bridge, 

 about fifty feet fall, very fine, There are three falls within a little 

 over a mile, Dashville, Rifton and Buttermilk, We dined at the 

 hotel at Perrine's Bridge, at 30 cents a head and hired two teams 

 to carry the canoes around the three falls, by the road about three 

 mUes, at a cost of go for the three. Rather high, but in the hay- 

 ing season it is hard to get a man at any price. It might be possi- 

 ble to carry a light canoe around each of the three falls. We did 

 not try it. 



From Perrine's Bridge to Powder MiU Ferry, where wo put our 

 boats in the water i=i three miles. From Ferry to guard lock in 

 canal, three miles. Here we passed through a short canal and 

 were locked down into the Rondout Creek. Tide water begins 

 here. It is better to put your canoe on a canal boat locking down, 

 as this is a very busy spot, and they will not hold a loaded canal 

 boat to let a canoe go throueh. 



From canal lock to Rondout Light, four miles. The balance of 

 cruise was on the Huiison River. Our first camp on the Hudson 

 was on a rocky point west of Esopus Light. From camp to Pough- 

 keepsie, ten miles. From Poughkeepsie to Newburgh fifteen 

 miles. Total expenses. $13.6.8. 



In closing this report I would say that our cruise was made in 

 a very dry time, when the river was at least two feet below the 

 high water mark, making the wear and tear much harder on 

 both canoe and canoeist, particularly the former. With six inches 

 or a foot more water it would have been much better, although we 

 enjoyed it very much as it was. The river winds through 

 meadows most of the way, with distant views of the Mohunk, 

 Shandaken and Catskill Mountains. After passing Perrine's 

 Bridge the stream runs through a deep valley to the Hudson at 

 Rondout. I would advise any one making the trip to go as light 

 as possible. If intending to extend the trin to the Hudson, ship 

 sails and rudder to Rondout and call for them there. 



In the expense account I have not included the provisions taken 

 with us from home, nor the milk and eggs bought on the way. 

 Information in regard to stage of water may be had by inclosing 

 addressed postal to postmaster at Montgomery or Walden, I think 



The cruise, for a short one, is well worth taking. 



Yours fraternally, N. S. Smith, A. C. A. 1.53. 



CARELESS CANOEING. 



WE have frequently spoken of the danger of the ordinary 

 amateur-built canvas canoes, and of the manner in which 

 these canoes in particular are misused by boys without judgment 

 or experience, and who should not be permitted to go afloat 

 except in large boats and in company with experienced boatmen 

 The vicinity of Bergen Point, Bayonnne, and the bays on each 

 side, has been noted for this class of poor canoe, from which 

 serious, and in some cases fatal, accidents have occurred, the 

 latest one being on Monday of this week. That no one was 

 drowned was due only to the accidental presence of several 

 expert boating men and not to the efforts of the would-be 

 canoeists. 



Early in the morning two boys, James Van Bueren and Charles 

 Collins, started from the house of the Newark Bay Boat Club, at 

 Bayonne, on a shooting trip, carrying two guns. They used a 

 canvas canoe about 10ft. long, built by one of them, of poor rnodel 

 and fitted only for one person. About 3 P. M., when in mid-chan- 

 nel and just abreast of the club house, the canoe capsized, as it is 

 stated, through one of the bo5'S standing up to shoot. Both were 

 thrown into the icy water, where they clung to the capsized 

 canoe, being carried down swiftly by a strong ebb tide. Thev 

 were seen by some young boys on shore and a man put out in a 

 small flatboat, with no rowlocks and but one oar. 



After the capsize two canoeists, Mr. H. C. Ward, of the Brook- 

 ly O. C, and his brother, happened to visit the beach, and while 

 they were looking for a boat they were joined by Mr. Hohbs, of 

 the N. B. B. O. The three quickly launched the first boat in the 

 club house and pulled off. They reached the canoe just after the 

 man with the punt, who had already taken in one of the canoe- 

 ists, but was unable to rescue the other. Both were quickly taken 

 into the yawl, and with the punt and canoe in tow the party 

 pulled in to the station of the Newark Y. C, half a mile below 

 where the canoe had capsized. The two boys were completely 

 exhausted, and for two hours the rescuers worked over them 

 aided by the club janitor and his wife, who provided warm flan^^ 

 nels and drinks. They finally recovered and were taken to their 

 homes. 



In spite of the pluck and promptness of the first rescuer his 

 work would probably have been in vain if other help had not 

 arrived, as even in case he had taken both boys into his boat it 

 would have been a long time before he could have reached the 

 shore again in an overloaded boat, with but one oar and carried 

 down in mid-channel by a strong tide. When taken from the 

 water the boys were so exhausted that immediate care was neces- 

 sary to save one, if not both. 



If properly built, and used with any care, the ordinary small 

 canoe of wood or canvas, is not specially dangerous; hut as these 

 boats are commonly built by boys they have no bearings at the 

 ends and are very cranky. In no case should one be usedjby a per- 

 son who cannot awim and who is not familiar with small boats. 

 In no case should more than one person be crowded into one' 

 and above all, a canoe even of good model, is an unsafe boat 

 for a boy to shoot from, as there is little room to handle a gun in. 

 The combination of two bOys, two guns and a small cranky canoe, 

 with the water at winter temperature, is simply an invitation for 

 a fatal disaster that would be laid to the blame of canoeing in- 

 stead of the ignorance a.ud recklessness of boys. 



MOHICAN C. C— The annual meeting and camp fire of the 

 Mohican 0. C. was held on Feb. Hat the i esidence of Mr. Howard 

 Martin. The election of oificers resulted as follows: Captain 

 Charles V. Winne; mate, William A. Wheeler: purser and sec'y 

 Williams. Hacketi; member of the executive committee, W. B 

 Wackerhagen. The following were elected members: Stewart 

 McKinley, Ben Worman, Theodore McLaughlin, 8. Howard Raii- 

 som and George Halcott. Later on a merry company sat at the 

 table, which was fairly loadert In the center was a large sea tor- 

 toise, the totem of the club, beautifully mounted and polished and 

 surrounded by smilax. During the evening the Turtle Mandolin 

 and Banjo Club gave selections, and songs were sung and stories 

 told. Mr. Martin ws voted a jolly good fellow and his hrqlth 

 was drank standirg in the famous Regents' punch of il e Fort 

 Orange Club. The Turtles are now iieginnlng to wake up and a 

 great revival of the sport is expected in the spring. P. M, Wack- 

 erhagen, a former member of the club, at present living in Kaclne, 

 Wis., has giA'en a fine silver cup to be s^iiled for at the next regatta 

 in June. 



