446 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 18, 1891. 



Wooster 14. Ties on first div. $31. Ties on second «hot 5 and 

 Kazoo, Nnrth. Woosfer, Marshall, Powers div. $23 25. Ties on 

 third riiv. '$15_50. Ties on fourth sliot and Gardner won wim JO 



^^(fpfn\rail Rwe-p,15 Peorias. S3: Smnke 10, He.ikes 13, Parn- 

 phr-ylS, Hart 12, G. Kleinman U. W. S. Duer U, L. Willard 15, 

 Atwatc-r 13, Black 14, E. M Garrtunr 15. Merrill 11, R. Duer 14, 

 Olemenf 13, Pn-.vevs lij, Ambrose 14, Budd 14. Burnbatn 11, Strawn 

 14 Schilllnsr 13, OarmicHael IS, PMnington 14, Williams 14, Hain- y 

 15, R'lble 15,Mir.sha.]l 15, Eavlo' 13, H. Bahconk 13. A. \V. Adams 

 10 Deterline 13. Ties on 15 div. firit. 829.55 Ti^s on 14 shot 5 and 

 Black. Budd, Strawn, PHrtingfon and Waii«Tn? div. seeond, S22 15. 

 Ties on 13 iv. rhird. $14.75. Ties on 13 shot 16 birds, and Hart and 

 Deterline div. fourth, $7.40. 

 This closed the day. 



Saturday, Sixth Day, June IS. 



Another heaut'fnl day. Shooting began at rnce in the $250 

 euaraniee purse, op"n to all. To ihe purse there was addea by 

 agreemeni all surplus lefn from shoot No. 5. The $500 guarantPe 

 Bhoot closed yeat^rday. The entry closed at thf- neat total nf 55. 



Eleventh contest, Si50 euarHnt*ed t>y the Audnhon Olnb of Chi- 

 cago, 7 liv ■ birds, eu' ranee $10, birds included; $100 to first, |75 to 

 second, $50 to third and $26 lo fourth. E. I. Du 1\ ut de Nem urs 

 & Co. d^'aaie, in addition, to the winner of Grfi money, a special 

 prize of $25; to the winaer of second, $15; to the winner of third, 

 $10. Th. Hcore: 



GO Buck 2.312222-7 



A U Loyd 2103111-6 



J p Finn 2002120-4 



DLailtn 2011310-5 



ND Meade 2211232-7 



W SDuer 112.231—7 



LM Jackson 2303033-5 



liv« Wats n .....0i)33.v 



BBOrgaa 3:il2i23 7 



CE Wiliard ...1111111 7 



Pt.nl Nonh U03J3.3U-4 



M r H»rt ...1303S31-6 



RO H'-ikes 1210013 5 



C E FelLou 23-03..'3-6 



F C'lrter O011O22-4 



NBowe 1013:ij2-6 



A friee 0333031—5 



J Hofmann 20ul2 1 5 



B Kock ll^lFi-^ 



HLoveday 1122210-9 



KPrce ^'^J^^'i^rl 



RuHsel 2303O13-5 



Flemmmg 000 010-1 



MtDubo 1013301-5 



W L Sh-pard 13RM:il-5 



CD Will OU0:O 0-3 



A E Thomas 22U3U33— 5 



Ties on 7: 



GC Beck 0 



G Kleinman. 213 



W dHale 10^ 



ND Meade 



O H Porter 3222111-7 



W J Raker 2U1212-8 



W D Price 0113013—5 



F A Place. 0300303—3 



A D Oairn. rose 01 02in 4 



Ahe Kl"inman 1013110—5 



U D Gimmoo 2113131—7 



G- ulileinoian 1131311—8 



O Vol Lengerke 03uH0l— 4 



A J Atwat^r U010321— 4 



O M Po wi-rs 312l3i0-e 



A H Chapman 101112^-0 



W H Hale 1333133-7 



C H W'.oster 0111113-6 



John Watson. 1211013—5 



W M Gardner.. . 



A vv Reeve" 



J E Pumpurey.. 



F Edgar 



C St- awn , 



FE Willard. .. 

 LC Wiliard.... 



C W B'ldd 



G l" Farmer 



C.B Dicks 



Jobu Ruble. ... 

 R A Turtle 



F Edgar 



C Strawn 



LC Willard.... 



W J Baser 



. ...311 O H Porter., 

 ....212 " 



..0113U33-5 

 ,..0111120-5 

 . 2133:^33-7 

 ..2t3331:i-7 

 ,..1111331-7 

 . 0331313—6 

 .. 2112231-'/ 

 ,..2230111-6 

 ..03110U1— 4 

 ..0011U23— 4 

 ..3231201-6 

 . .3101113-6 



220 



30 



131 



131 



....313 



W T Duer ^ 



R B Wadsworth 213 CD t-^ammon lU 



CE Willed r-'O B^.ck 313 



JC Pamohrey 310 E Price 0 



It, bemg desired to make on. more shoot; and to nntsfi the pro- 

 Bramme, the men lef in the ties at this point, 9 in all, agreed to 

 divide the amount, $114, left in the purse, eacD tie man having 

 drawn out his t-mratiCt , $10, before the shootmtr in the tie tii gHit 

 The ties on 6, 13 in all, di v. $201.73; ties on 5, 14 in h11, div. $134.50; 

 tieson4. Sir. ail. div. $62.25. . ^, ^ , ^ ^. , . u . 



Eotrances wt-re now nurriedly taken for the closing shoo*^, it 

 being now well in in the afternoon. There were 56 entries, 



^'FouVte'=nth event, 5 live birds, entrance $5, birds included: 40, 

 go, 20 aiid 10 per cent, 



R O aeikfes 20022-3 



OB Difks 33:i01 4 



R B Wadsworth 13211-5 



L M Jackson 00331-3 



Jim Riley 03320 3 



E M Gardner 12133— ,t 



LW Whitney.. . , 22000-3 



C E Willard 21321-5 



Ed Price 12101-4 



B Rock 00332-3 



W u Hale -.03033-3 



C H Porter 33300—3 



A W Reeves 03301-3 C D Gammon 11201—4 



Haine V 2>J010 - 3 P North 30100-2 



At) Price 33031-4 G C Beck 203re-4 



J K Finn 00013-3 McDufT ....01133-4 



J E Pumphrey 0113''-4 T L-.flin 11001 - 1 



G Kleinman 03013-3 A E Thomas 23333-5 



J A R E 11 ioit 1 3333-5 A B .Id win 21320-4 



w D Price 01103-3 F A Place 11203-4 



F E Willard 12133-5 A D Cairncross 1331 



Edgar _ 



J A Ruble 



FMevnik... . 



.00033-3 

 .31331—5 

 .03033-3 

 .13111—5 

 .10111-4 

 .11303-4 

 .13002—4 

 .202C1-3 

 .11312-5 



LO Willard 13330-4 



KA Turtle ^^^f*]-? 



AHCUHpman... ,...20313—4 



HWLoveday 11131—5 GT Farmer... 



DrNR'iwp 00302-2 F Carter 



W H Fleming 01001—2 C Kern 



A J Alwaier. 02331-4 O E Feltou .... 



EMSteck 03032 - 3 WNLow 



Geo Hnfifmann 20il2— 4 W J Baker.... 



W R Fleming -'^V^-^ W L Sliepard 



A T Lovd 33033—4 C Strawn 11201—4 



Abe Kleinman 31312-5 C M Povvers IV^l^-* 



C H Woo8t;er. . llUll-4 J P Card 11131-5 



Xi6S on 5* 



RB Wadsworth 1310 A E Thomas 2230 



E M Gardner 122320 A D Cairncross 213212 



JAR Elliott mill J A Ruble 2-2111 



F E WiAlard 0 Geo T Farmer 20 



K W Lovedav 0 W J Baker 10 



1 Kleinman.^. 111122 W L Shepard 212320 



C E W 1 Hard 0 J P Card 111133 



Elliott, Kleinman, Cairncross, Ruble and Card div. first, 



CB Dicks*.' 211 GO Beck 121 



Ah Piice . . .• Ii2 W vv M> Dull 322 



Association, In many ways a most memorable event. A look 

 through the pages nf history now accessible in tte minds ot those 

 present dofs not show anything to compare with it since the da^s 

 of ground traps. The big Cnnev Island, New York, shoot hnd 201 

 f-ntrif-s, but I undprstand that was at plunge traps. Entripsin the 

 Louisville Hotel Stakes, I think it was the year Andy Meaders 

 won the championship, ran over 100, but that was alt^o a.i wild 

 birds. At wild birds also we once had an entry in Illinois shoot of 

 180 odd, plnng" traps. That was before the grf at fire. Mr. E. 

 Price savs shooters were here from all over the Union. In spite 

 of thpse facts, -we must, in view nf recent tendencies at the trap, 

 call this a truly phcnomt-nal shoot. 



Phenomenal though it be we have reason to expect that next 

 year this shoot will he yet larger. It would seem beyond questien 

 the wiser plan to confine the shoot to four or five davs, and to 

 run two sets of live bird traps and two batteries at targets. Men 

 waited around here all week to get to shoo' less than 20 hirris. 

 The whole week, full of hard work as ithasheen for raanagemeiil 

 and shooters both, for shooting through a mixed tournamrnt is 

 not easy work, has left all pretty well tired our. We ought to 

 have more action in less time. Plenty of money went away 

 from here which was brought along to bo used in entrance fees, 

 but could not get. a chance. ... 



The winnings, eveti in so hot a class, have run large for to-day. 

 Budd won over $150 in cash. Heikps won $202.85 in cash, and 

 over SlOO in plunder. Other winnings niust have Iveen gond. 



Tc-day a match was concluded between Jack W ns^nn, of St. 

 Loui=, and Geo. Kleinman, of this city, 100 live birds, $100, to be 

 shot Tuesday. On the Irain coming in atiothf-r mstcb was con- 

 cluded between Winston and Geo. Hofman 100 birds, $100 to be 

 shot next Thursday, the former to stand at SO ds., using loz. ot 

 shot, the latrer »o stand at 88, using any loi-d dfsirpd; 12-gauge 

 guns, American Association rules 10 govern, •"-—-■■■i--" -^""^ 

 races il shot will he duly given. 



Particulars of ihese 

 E. HotlGH, 



MR NICHOLS WILL SHOOT FOR CHARITY. 



CousTBY Clxjb, Long Island, June 15 — Editor Forest and Stream; 

 The m.iich at 5(1 birds each betueeii Mr. 11. St. George, of London, 

 and Col. T. N. Gray was shot off her>> to-day and was won by Colonel 

 Gray, who snot all around the London Gun Cluo representative, kill- 

 ing all but two of his birds, winniug the match by four bird-i. Me. 

 Allan Nichols was referee and his famiharity wltu the spoi-t, together 

 with his iuternaticnal repuiatiou as an expert shot, gave the con- 

 testants confidence in his decisions Mr Gordon was scorer. The 

 traps were in charge of Leroy Parkhurst, Jr 



After the match about fifty of the club memners and their friends 

 attended a banq iet, served by Delmouico, in a marquee under the 

 great trees on ilie lawn, and given in honor of Mr. AUan Nichols by 

 Mr. Walter P. Braith. the well-known yacntsman. 



There was a smack of romance about the affair to those who re- 

 called th" story of M.r. biaiih's gallant rescue by his friend from tbe 

 waters of Long Island Sound. June 8. The score, Hurlingham rules, 

 80vds. Doundary, 26yd«. rise: 



061 cray .. . ..ii]iiiniioiiiiiiiiiiiiiinonniiiiiiiimiiiiiii-48 

 Mr St George ....iinioiniiiiiodnmniooiiminouiinninjin^4 



The birds were retrieved by Mr. Parkhurst's Dash. There has been 

 POmp talk of a match at 100 Dirds eacb between Col. Gray and Mr. A. 

 Nichols. Keferriiig to this rumor your correspondent gained from 

 Mr Nichols the statement that he would under no cir umstances 

 shoot at hv.- pigeons with Colonel Gray. Mr. Nichols said he would 

 make a match wiiU Colonel Gray to shoot at glass balls or clay 

 pigeons, unoer any conditious satisfactory to the Colonel Mr. 

 Nichols added: "The enthusiasm over the prosp-ct of a meeting 

 before the traps betwei^n Colonel Gray and myself is occasioneo by 

 the fact that, although each of us have held the club trophy for 

 several years, we have not been able to arrange a contest hitherto. 

 Colonel iJray is aware that I am averse to shooting at live pigeons, 

 in fact. 1 absolutely dechned to shoot at hve birds and fully stated 

 mv objection. Way do I object to making a match at live pigeons? 

 Why, because I am a member of the Humane Society, as every 

 sportsman should be. . ^t. ^ , . . 



"Col. Gray was reaorted in a daily paper as saying that I had 

 thrice evaded his overtures for a match. I would hke to state pub- 

 licly that I will arrange a match at gla^s balls or clay pigeons with 

 Col Gray or any of his Ensrlish friends. I will permit them to choose 

 the referee and make all conditions, save that the match must be 

 shot at 30yas. rise and the loser to pay $5,000 to a charity to be agreed 

 upun. I have no desire to shoot a match but will do so in order to put 

 a stop to an otherwise intermiuible discussion." 



NOTICE OF DIVIDEND, JESSUP'S NECK, SAG HAHBOR 

 AND GREENPORi NAPHTHA TRANSPORTATION CO,-The 

 president of the Jessup's Neek, Sag Harbor and Greenport 

 Naphtha Transportation Co.. Mr. E. W. Brown, has declared a 

 dividend of $1 50. which will be payable at his office, 146 Broadway^ 

 New York, on July 1. 



THE ATLANTIC DIVISION.— The camp circular of the Atlan- 

 tic Division of the A. C. A. is this year sent out with a very good 

 map of the entire division, showing the large extent of canoeable 

 waters included in comparati%'ely limited territory of the division 

 and with the location of each oanoe club plainly marked. 



Ah 



J E Pumphrey 



..113 ABiildwin .30 



FA Place 10 



CE Felton.... 213 



F Carter 231 



30 



C Strawn 131 



CM Powers HI 



L C Wlilard 122 



A H Chapman 0 



A J At water 232 



Geo Hofmann 310 C Ken 



ATEoyd .120 



Ed Pr^ce 113 



C D Gammon 132 . . , , ^ . , 



At this po nt the birds were beginning to run low and night 

 approaching. The 13 men remaining n therefore agreed to aiv. 

 the amouni, $83. „ ^ ..^ ., r ».r f , . t^t 



The ties on 3 were Messrs. R. O. Heikes, L. M. Jackson. A. W. 

 Reeves, Geo. Kleinman, W. D Price, W. R. Fleming, R. A. Turtlp, 

 O H Wooster, B. Rock, W. H. Hah , O H. Porter, Tom Laflin, F. 

 Mevrick, W. N. Low nnd E. M. Stock. These 15 div. $43. 



The ties on 3, Mcbsrs. Haine.\, J. K. Finn, Dr. N. Kuwe, W. H. 

 Fleming. L. W. Wuitney, Paul Nortu and F. Edgar div. the gloi y 

 andthemoney. $2L . x. t 



This closed the shooting, and the party broke, greeting with 

 cheers the president's invitation to all 10 be present next year. 



THE TARGETS. 



Following are the target scores 01 the day: 



Open sweep, 5 Peorias, $1,9 entries; Hart and Park div. first, 



^'open''sTeep?irPporias, $3: Hart 8, Loyd 9, Shepard 9. N. O. 

 Meade 10, Russell 8, Laflin lo, Gardner 10, G Kleinmnn 9, Finn 9, 

 Hal67 KnowlesS, Pwrk 8, Budd 10, Strawn 10, North 9, R utile 10, 

 Flickmger 10, AtwaterS, Powerf 9, Heikes 10, Howers 5, Edgar 7, 

 Pumphrey 0. Dicks 7, Haire^ 9, C. E. Willard 10, A. W. Reaves 9. 



"First di " - . _^ Tri. i xT^.K 



liv. $13 



TmuleSlTAt'waVrSirHairisT'v^^^ 22, Knowl^-s 30, Duer 20; 

 Hart 23, Strawn 25, L. WilUrd 31, A. W. Reeves 18, Fhcktnger 34, 

 Powers 24, C. E. Willard 23, Pumphrey 34, Hamline 33, Thatcher 

 16 Meade 18, Cairncross 31. Erigar 32, North 25. First, second and 

 third aiv., $31.20, $23.40 h nd $14.60, Ji'ourth shot off and Kleinman 



^mien ^bweep, 15 PeoiMas, $3: Duer 13, Flickinger 14, Laflin 13. 

 Powers 13, Pumphrev 15. Wooster 14, Strawn 15, Bowers 9, G. 

 Kleinman 13, RusScll 9, Shf-paid 11, Hamlme 13, Hurl 14. Heikps 

 15. M ad 12 Gardner 13. Hd,le 13. Knowles 14, Budd i5, Rnhle 14, 

 North 15, Atwater 14. Hainevl5, L. W^-llard 15, Edgar 14, Rt-eV'-s 

 13 F. W illaro 8. 0 Willard 14, Burke 9, Dicks 8. First div. $30.60. 

 Second stiot lO, and Woos;er, Kuowl 8, Bdg*r C, WiUard and 

 Ruole div. $33.95. Third div. $16.30. Fourtn div. $7.65. 



Some dchuitory shooting was kept up at the target traps till 

 evening, no records being liept of this. 



Thus ended the seventh annnul of the Jllingis Stat« Sportsme&^e 



BROOKLYN TRAP EVENTS.— .lune 9 —The New York German 

 Gun Cluo had a gr. at day at Dtxter Park. Tne gold medal was 

 won by H.Nohel. June 10.— Regular shoot of the Parkway Gun 

 Cluo at Dexter Park. Fourteen members shotforclubhadge and 

 a special prize. The donor was the only one to make a straight 

 score of 7, he let the 6c< bhoot off for it. There were 3 ties and E. 

 Helg-ins won. At thi- mouihU shoot of the Coney Ihland Rod and 

 GuD Club lo-dav at Wood^awn Park the diamond badge was fhot 

 for bT 33 members. No less thnn 8 made their 7 straight, and it 

 was ieft 10 the veteran Ike Hyde to win it by killing 6 more. P. 

 Leibaiger sei ond, third div. by H. W. Blattmacher and E. Bush- 

 licll June 11 —Seventeen members of the LTnknown Gun Club 

 shot at Dtxter Park to-day. H. Kuebel, Jr., A Vroonae and J 

 Rathien killed 7 straight. In the shoot-off H. Knebel, J-., kiled 

 3 straight and won first. D. Snipe second. June 13.— The five 

 clubs m the Inter-State Team Trap Shooters' League shot a close 

 race on the grounds of the Coney Island Rod and Gun Club to- 

 dHV. It resulted in a tie at 86 between the Central and Newark 

 clubs, which will be shot off on the last day of the series of shoots 

 in October. Just previous to the contest E. H. Garrison of the 

 Fountains and W. Sedgwick of the Larchmont shot a match at 50 

 livebir Js. Ganison 49 from 38yo. mark, Sedgwick 44 from the 

 80yd. mark. Hurli"gham rules governed. 



CLEVELAND, 0., June 11.— At the regular shoot of the Cleve- 

 land Gun Club this afternoon, there was a good attendance and 



"---^ -^"ih, second 



The Blue- 



rvuuiv .^^o.M,,.^.. V. — - afi-s chal- 



lenge and will shoot them a triendly match on the blue Rock 

 grounds, Thursday, June 28. At the regular practice shoot to-day, 

 Zupf won the badge. 



CLAREMONT, N J., June 13.— Half a dozen matches at clay- 

 pigeon shooting for prizes were contested by the members of the 

 New Jersey Shooting Club at Claremont this afternoon, Ihe 

 vFinuers were: Twenty bluerocks, Virden and Pope first; walkiug 

 match, 10 targets, Bigouey; 10 targets. Cnmpson aiid Virden; 20 

 singles, Compson; vealkmg match at 10, Compson; 10 clay-birds, 

 Conners. 



ENGLEWOOD, N. J , Junel3.— A match at 30 bluerocks each 

 was shot to-day by President E. H. Lyman, of the Lyman Car- 

 tridge Co., and D. W. S. Taylor, vice-pr. sidtnt ot the Wauregan 

 Gun Club. The match was won bj President Lyman. They each 

 broke 26. and in the sboor-off LymiU broke 3 to Taylor's 2. 



ELECTRICITY AND TRAP .SHOOTING. -The announcement 

 by rhe Cleveland Target Co., that tney have succeeded m putting 

 on the market » rtliable electric trap pull will bo hailed with de- 

 cided saiisfactiou. Tnis is something trap men have been wai ting 

 for, and we commend atteution to the Cleveland Co.'s advertise- 

 ment m another column. 



SEE THE DATES named in our Fixtures. 



NEW YORK C. C, JUNE 13. 



THE New York C. C. has done a great deal in the last dozen 

 years to s" ow how a canoe regatta should not be conducted, 

 and the event of Saturday last may be set down as one of the most 

 successful efforts in that direction- While m worse a failure per- 

 haps than a nuratier of others, the result was so very unsatisfa tory 

 as to suggest the desirability of the club abandonirg all attempts 

 at a TegHtta in the future. Last year, on the oceasion of the - pen- 

 ing ot the new club house, the weather was to blame, the rain 

 keeping everyone away, but on this occasion no such excuse could 

 he urged, the dav was as nearly perfect a-< even a June day can 

 be, wbile a number of ladies graced the club house by their 

 presence, to cheer and encourage the ma,ny expected competitors 

 in the seven •■ vents on thp programme, as follow.^: 1. Unclassified 

 sailing, 2. Tand- m oaddlmg. 3. Junior sailing. 4. Single pad- 

 dling. 5. Unlimited sailing. 6. Standing on deck satUng. 7. 

 Upset sailing. , ^ ^ , 



A me on thf programme stated that the races would be started 

 proniptlf .at 3 P. ar-d some time aft- r rh^'g hour the first race 

 was t^euL a\rav. Th^^ usu f l club coiirsie wa? li'id out, around a buoy 

 off Clifton, then around a sc-ond bu^'V in mid-sfivam ahrnast the 

 house, and home. ,ihout 3 inil.-f-; Mr. Wbitlnck's trim cutttr Kath- 

 1 en. gayly deconted with tiunt'ug, being moored to mark the 

 start and finish. Over a great part of the course the canoes were 

 at a considerable tlistance from the club nouse, while they were 

 lost at times amonK the docks in shore and the many vessels at 

 anchor, so < hat even .an expert who knew the starters was com- 

 pelled to watch them very closely in ord^r to follow the race at 

 all. To the ladies, whose amusement is nominally rhe chief end 

 of a regatta, the only points of the sailing races that were of the 

 least interest were t he start, the various turns of the home mark, 

 and the finish; and it is nrol ahle that not three of the many present 

 had a deflaite idea of what was being dor,e at any given time dur- 

 ing the af tern' on. In th>' first race there were but three starters; 

 Hornet, canoe, Wm. Whitluck: Poll , canoe yawl, W. C. Taylor; 

 and K woneshe, 1 anoe yawl, W, M. Br wnell; and as it was impos- 

 si blfs for the unpracticed eye to dibtinquish them, even when within 

 view, from the outside canoes that were sailing In all directions, 

 the race was entirely devoid of interest. The winner was Hornet, 

 with Kwoneshe second. 



As a pan of the long established policy of the cluh to encourage 

 match sailing at the expense of all other forms of canoeir g, pad- 

 dling has recciv d the col I should, r for many years, the result 

 being pla'ulv thown in this regatta Messrs Douglas and Gess- 

 ler were present with the Tempest to enter the two paddling 

 rnces, but there wt^re no entries from tlie New Y^ork C C. In 

 order to make a ra'-e for the visitors,, Mr. Barrii.gton, a new mem- 

 ber and pifitenr o^^uer of rlie racing canoe Tollec, with Mr. P:um- 

 mer, agrei-d to start against them i.'i the tandem race, the second 

 event. When it came to boating the home crew, it was found 

 that there was not a canoe out of the large fleet in the house that 

 was of modern dimensions and model and at thes <me time had 

 space in the well for two men to pnddle; so they were finally sent 

 off to he sacrificed in the old 15ft. Bullfrrg, without the least 

 practice in paddling together. The start "f the race was some- 

 where rround a comer near the Tompkinsville cotton docks, at a 

 long distance and entirely out of si^ln of the specta or-. After a 

 lung wait, in which the rai e was almost forgotten, the visitors 

 passing the timi' very pleasantly in conversation, in looking over 

 Stoddard's phoros of the Meet, and in sp-culating over the 

 niraeaof the ocean steamers pascing in and out, somebody an- 

 nounced that the boats were near at hand, and there was a good 

 view of the finish; the visiting crew in the lead, as a matter of 

 course, through the home crew had made a very good race under 

 the circumstances. T lero was much doubt among the spectators 

 as to whether the junior sailing race was started or not, but the 

 official score showf that it was, the c- ntestants being Outing, A. 

 W- Johnsou, and Edmee, H. B. McKeag, and the winner being 



The^ngle paddling race was an exact repetition of the tandem, 

 save that Messrs. Douglas and Harrington competed alone, the 

 former winning. , , , , 



These four unimportant events had taken .lust three hours, so 

 that it was 5 o'clock before the grand event of the day, the pride 

 of the club, its unlimited sailing race, was called. Tliere was a 



FIXTURES. 



JUNE. _ 



18. Rochester, Spring Regatta, 20. Marine & Field, Open, Bath 



Irondequoit Bay. „ Beach, d a 



20. New York, Sandy Hook Race 27. Brooklyn, Ann., Bay Ridge, 

 — . lanthe. Spring, Passaic Riv. 



JTJLY. 



4. SbrewPbury.RpdBank.N. J. 16-39. Northern Division Meet, 

 9. Rochester, Sailing Trophy, Pigeon Lake. „ 



Irondequoit Bay. 23. Rochester. Sailing Trophy, 



11-26. W. C. A. Meet, Ballast Irondequoit Bay. 



Island. 



AUGUST. „ „ 



6-37. A. O. A. Meet, Lake Cham- 37. Rochester, Sailing Trophy, 

 plain, Irondequoit Bay. 



SBPTEMBEH, ^ „ -n. 



5. Orange, Ann., Passaic River. 10. Roche'^ter, Fall Regatta, 

 7. lanrhe, Ann., Passaic River, Irondequoit Bay. 



7. lanthe, Annual, Woodside, 



antnngnam; ti.rimee, n. a. luciveag; n, , 



s' Elliort; Echo. G. W. Cox; Teaser, L. B. Palmer; Tempest, G. P. 

 Douglas; Pterodactyl, B H. Nadal; Guenn, Wni. Whitlock; and 

 Toltec, T. E. 11. Barrington. „ , , 



The wind was light and the tide juat on the first quarter of the 

 ebb when the starter, who was chosen for this imp'u-tant posi- 

 tion solel V on account of his musical abilities and his familiarity 

 with wind instruments ancient and modern, pi'epaied to give the 

 signals on a 4rt. tin fog horn. For the preparatory signal he gave 

 a very tinished rendering of Mime's Motive of Servitude, trom 

 Das Rheingoid, with such success that he was encouraged to fol- 

 low it four minutes later by the Motive of the Horn, from Sieg- 

 fried. Tnis attempt was so far from successful, however, that ne 

 abandoned his insa-nment and tripd to get a cowboy drop on the 

 club revolver, a harmless weapon of unknown ago and nicike that 

 (ould be warranted harmless even in the bauds of a "did not 

 know It was loaded'" idiot. Leveling the weapon at the fieet, 

 now bunched on the lin-, he pulled the trigger twice in vain, and 

 then in despair seized his horn and sent far across the sut -k'ssed 

 waters of the bay, with a fteling and pathos that calhd torth 

 maitdictions from the Italian crew of a garbage scow paRsuig by 

 Fort Hamilton, the last notes of the Deacd March f 'om D'e GOt- 

 t»rdammerung. Sent away at last in this inspi'dtiLg manner, the 

 flyet scattered in a way that made a really heautitnl sight, all 

 stauding out on the wind, the white and yellow sails diawmg and 

 the crews seated out on their piazzas. . , .x. ^ .1 4, 



As they took their phiccs in proi-essmn, Aztec had the lead for a 

 time, but was soon paasen by Bonnie, wh ■ took a go^d place and 

 was well ahead when ihe Clifton buoy was rounded. Winging out, 

 sbe ran up before a lignt breeze and led toe fleet at the end of the 

 first of the three rounds. The onler 01 the leading boa s here was 

 Bonnie, Lieda, Tempest, Pterodactyl, Guenn and Azicc The 

 latter canoe Htred with a vtrj light and flimsy woo ieu rudder, 

 t--ie whole steering gear being to i we, k fo. toe strain ot lacu g 

 with big sp^ls. On tbe 1,- st leg of the first round, the wire slipped 

 off the wheel on the rudderhead, being Djidly titted, and the rud- 

 der was useless. Com, Howard attempted to lie on deck and re- 

 place the wire, but naturally upset, throwing him into the water 

 and out of the rac. The wind was falling all the time, the tide 

 running stronger in mid-chanriel, and it was 6:30 P. M. before the 

 fleet came round again, Bonnie still leading, hut with Lieda dan- 

 gerously close to her when the size of the latter's sails, and the 

 falling wind were considered. Tnose who had not alread\ left the 

 club house were anxious that the I'ace shotdd be called at the end 

 of this round, the prospects of a finish b-lug very poor, but Com. 

 Howard was resolute, and much to Mr. \ aux's di.-gtist he was 

 compellpd to start off for the third round, which was finished at 

 7 P M Bnnnie winning. The final events w ere run off after all 

 the'guesis had departed, the last one b-ing finished by 8 P. M. Mr. 

 Douglas won the sailing upset, and Mr. SchielTelui the standing 

 sailing, otly these tw starting in the former, with Mr. Whitlock 

 la Hddition in the latter, 



T.ken both in derail and as a whole the regatta was a complete 

 failure in every way; the spectators were bored and disappointed, 

 while as a test of the many canoe* entered in the great race the 

 result was of no possible value. The two races which were sailed 

 were of no intercf^t to the spectators, and Mie same is true of the 

 two paddling races, while tbe Lttter in iiddiLioa served to show 

 the weakness nf the cluh in the two importmt points of general 

 canoeing and of racing paddling, Tbe unlimited sailing race 

 mad" a very creditable appearance at the start in number and 

 quality of canoes, Hoih tbe homean i visiting; bDaJS, * ut alter the 

 start it was a tiresome fizzle. Ttie two r vents which more than 

 all the others would have amused suca an audience as was pres- 

 ent, the upset sailing and th'- standing on deck sailing, were 

 spoih-ri by the delay incident to thn sai ing race.<. 



We do not pretend invariably to tell tho exact truth about canoe 

 regattas; failures from one cause or au' tht-r are by no means 

 rare, and it is usually pleasanter for us to speak only of the 

 bright side and leave the dark unnoticed, as wf should have done 

 in this case had it been a solitary or even an exceptional instance 

 I }n the history of tJie New York 0. 0. So far from this bBlng th • 



