Joke 18, 1891.] 



FOREST ANt) STREAM. 



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Cf»Se, however, tin's same programme, the same plain and well 

 known coiiditionsfollowpid by the same discouraging resulis. has 

 been regularly followed sincp 'he annual June regat'abecamo an 

 estaljkshed fixture in 18T9. New York Bay inside the Narrows is 

 a very poor place for a sailing race of any kind, it, has been aban- 

 doned, ny nearly all the yacht clubs, who have gradually workfd 

 down the stream from Hoboken uutil they were well outside the 

 forts, and canoeistH would be fortunate if thev too could gft out 

 9? lighL and fickle winds and sirone tides and eddies. It is a 

 difficult mat' er on most days in summer to snil one really Rood 

 raci' of 6 or 8 miles 'u a morning or afternoon nfE Srat^n tpland. 

 and it lias proved practically impossible to sail a series of thrt-e 

 or four races with any degre" of punctuality. In spite of this fact 

 the club has 8] ways followed the same programme for its regattas. 



race, and many of them on that account will enter none of the 

 miscellaneous events, the canoes are rigged for sailing early in 

 the day, and it is too much trouble to strip them for paddling. 



The friends of the cluh have always stood by it bravely, there 

 has been no lack of orelty sisters and cousin-^ and sweetheHrts, 

 with oanoeisis rom other clubs who have dared the passage of 

 the fetaten Island ferry to visi' the old house at St. O^orge, or the 

 later ones further dosvn. There is usuallv, as on Saturday last, a 

 very good attendance by 2 P. M. of visitors who are specially in- 

 terest ed in canoeing or caaoelsts. Some time after this hour the 

 great sailmtr race i? Ptarted, the fleer gets out In a strong tide, the 

 wind fails, some drift one way and some another, nobody on SQore 

 knows whai, rhn?e afloat are doing or tr\ingto do, finally the 

 gues'B become tired and bored, and when after an hour or two the 

 competiK rs come straggling in under paddle or in tow, a number 

 of thum have lett in disgust with a very poorop-nion of the canoe. 

 The men aiK tired and disappointed, and not m a humor to enter 

 the other races, a poor showing of paddling by two or three cewa 

 is made. vvitD a few to witr ess it, ard when evening comr^s the 

 pr ■srinnm^ is unfinished, tl'e Kuent* have departed in sorrow and 

 disiippom.'m''ni, aU't the officers and memh rs of the clun are left 

 toasaa refil z=«riou of the tact i hat the aflEalr has covr red them 

 with anything btir i redic. 



'l'he^^ nre many old members who can bear witness that this is 

 a truttf al picture of the majority of the t^aat regattna of the club, 

 and the case ia worse to-day than in 1880 or in 188G. la thn«e 

 days there were a number of canoeists who still used the canoe 

 for canoeing— Vaux, Munroe. Whitlock, Cooke, Stephens, Norton, 

 Bailej— and these men could be relied upon to start in the pad- 

 dling, tandem, upset and other miscellaueous races which afford 

 so much spurt to spectators. As machine racing has been devel- 

 op^^d and i^xpandfd by the club, to the neglect of paddling, they 

 haveeiliier dropped entiielyout of racing or have made a spe- 

 cialty of match sailing, th(-y no longer stnrt in tne general racen, 

 nor have new men C"me in to take their places. The result Is, 

 that vv»iil«- the sailing canne of 1800 la a far m re eiTlcieDt ma^ taine 

 for negotiating the Lides of the Upper Bay than mat of 1880, and 

 makes a mur.h beitei- showing wuen there is any wind at alJ, the 

 general standard of th^ regaxtas is still lower than of old. 



The worst drawhaok that canoing in America had to contend 

 with arose from the attempts to sail races with the light k^el 

 canoes of tbe early sevemies in the strong tides of New York 

 Bas, the rpsult being to spread the opinion among ihe yery men 

 who might have become recruits to the new mosquito navy, ttiat 

 thecaui e was a worthless toy. No one could draw such a con- 

 clusion from witu' sstng a good race of the modern fl\ ers, even on 

 the Bay, but sucb rHCt-s are very seldom seen as a part of the rt- 

 gattHB, and the result of such displays a* the present are merely 

 lo injure canoeing as a sport. In the face < f this plain and indis- 

 putable fact, Ihe New York C. C. has followed the Sftme course 

 year after year, until it has becftme a serious ques' ion whether, if 

 no otiier programme can be arranged, it would not he best to 

 drop the annual tailnre that goes by the name of a regatta. 



If the club considers that the regatta is a desirable feature, 

 there is a way of remedying the present evils that is certainly 

 ^'orth trying. In the first place, the regat ta committee should 

 issue an order that no canoe is to be taken out of the house under 

 sail daring the afternoon except to start in certain specified 

 events. At, the same time every member, should be requested to 

 he preset t and to enter on« or m^rn of the events, whicti in a club 

 of some 70 members Mhonld bring out a goodly number. The pro- 

 gramme mit;ht include such races as single paddling, senior and 

 junior; twridem paddling, hand paddling, club fours, paddling up- 

 set, a moht popular race; hurry-scurry, if the location admits; 

 standing paddling, duck chase, gymnastics, tournament, tug of 

 war; and when these are over, sailing upset, manueverluti, and 

 standing on deck. The course for the principal paddling races 

 must be laid out so as to fji ve the best possible race, out first of all 

 to ketp within yiew of tlie club house, even though a turn be 

 necessary. The cfjurfes for the hand and standing paddling, upset, 

 hurry-scurry and such events will be direc ly in front ot the 

 spectators; while fhe nature of the events is such as to allow i hem 

 to be promptly run off, and they are all most popular with such an 

 audience as a canoe regatta attracts. 



A strict enforcement of the rule that no canoe shall go out 

 under sail will prevent the usual excuse for not entering any but 

 the main sailing races, and the men thus kept asbore will very 

 gl'idly take tiart in the eeneral programme. If the time from 3 to 

 5 P. M. can be given to a selection of six or eight of the above 

 races, every one of which oan oe seen and undertitood by persons 

 entirely ignorant of the nice points of match sailing, there would 

 be no objection, if the wind hold, to turning the sailing fleet loose 

 for a review under sail, or the unlimited race; but the proper time 



understand the uncertainties of ihe winds, and if it is a failure 

 they are not soecially disappointed; and they depart with very 

 different feelings from the ignorant guests who are inveigled to 

 a sailing match under the disguise of a regatta, and who waste an 

 afternoon in seeing no more tnan was shown on Saturday. It can 

 hardly be expected that one such experiment as we have outlined 

 will undo the work of years and bring out a whole field of crack 

 paddlers and canoe experts, but it can easily be tried, and if per- 

 sisted in for two or three seasons it will give an impetus such as 

 is greatly needed to all-around canoe handling, and will bring 

 into the r^ces many old hands who have no use for the special 

 sailing machine that is killing legitimate canoeing and giving 

 nothing in its place. 



The New York C. C. occupies a peculiar position in American 

 canoeing, as the oldest and one of the largest clubs, and for 

 many years the leading club in every way. From this position it 

 has certain resiSonsibillties which are shared by none of the 

 younger dabs, and which, it is sad to say, it has not lived up to. 

 It could and should have continued to exert a powerful and bene- 

 ficial influence on American canoeing, an influence which cer- 

 tainly is not. visible at present. With a large membership, a tine 

 new club house, and a location that has many advantnges, es- 



fiecially that of accessibility from New York, it is merely a large 

 oeal club, and in no way the power that it once was. At home 

 its influence i- directed almost exclusively to racing under sail 

 betwei^n the club house and Clifton Ruoy, its boats being fitted 

 for that sole purpose to the exclusion of every good quality of a 

 canoe. Abroad it ranks astern of smaller and vounger clubs in 

 influence and reputation, and in racing its reputation is confined 

 to a handful of sailing experts, with not a paddler In the cluh. At 

 this time, when every club which aaoires to more than local 

 prominence finds it necessary to work in close unn.y with the 

 American Canoe Association, the Now York C. O. has practically 

 disappeared from the meets »nd the councils of that body Last 

 year the showing was beaer than for a long time, witu the com- 

 modore and a fair attendance of members in camp, but not since 

 1884 has the New York C. C. sent a representation to the A. C. A. 

 Meet that ft could really be proud of. In tnat year, under Com 

 JVlunroe, with a club camp and a fuU quota of men in the attract- 

 ive uniform of archer's green, the New York t;. 0. challenged 

 comparison wita any present. Since then, though some of its 

 m> mbers have always Deen pres' nt, it has been usually as in- 

 dividuals, un-ofBcered and not aa repr- sen tn lives of the club. 

 There is not a canoe club in this country to-dav witb the possi- 

 bilities and the future before it of tlie New York C. C, but if 

 either are to be. realized It must be through hard and earnest 

 work, and in many directions other than machine racing on New 

 York Bay. 



YONKERS C. C.-The regatta of the Yonkers C. C. on June 6 

 result'=d as follows: Single paddling race, half mile— Uno. H. L 

 Quick, first; Alpha, P. B. Bossire, second. Paddling upset race, 

 100yds. with turnirig— Alpha, P. B. Rossire, first; Mit x, D. G- 

 Hoibrook, second. Tandem paddling race, half mile— Uno, II. L 

 Quick and Louis Simp-on, first; Collette, P. B. Rossire and Wm 

 H Haviland, second. Tournament Wm. H. Ha vi land and Louis 

 Simpson in Dolphin. One hundred yards swimming race— Louis 

 Simpson first, Ko^t. Egar second. 



Canvas Games and how to Build Them. By Parksr B. MeM 

 Price SO cents. Canoe arid Boat BuiUiing. By H'. P. Stepkem. 

 PricejS.OO. The Canoe Aurora. By C. A. Neule, Price $1. Canoe 

 Handhng. By C.B. Vaux. Price $1. Canoe and Camera. By T. 

 S-Stfic. Price 1.60, Four Months in a Sneakbox. By N.H. Bishop. 

 PHce $1,60, Canoe and Camp Cookmi, By "Seneca." Price $1, 



DOWN THE SUSQUEHANNA. 



THE north branch of the Susquehanna River was talked of in the 

 clut) at vbe beginning of the canoeing seasoa and was booked 

 as the upxt crniae. The season having opened, the hoys dropped 

 out one by one and I wa= left, either to make the cruise alone or 

 give U|) the idea entirely. Since I had enjoyed forrapr trips altme 

 my mind was soon male up, and ns the month of July came 

 slowly around I ivas bu^dy at work overi'auling mv outfit. That 

 1 Have one of tiip beat aU-amund .sailing and cruising canoes is 

 to be douhted, as any canoeist who has 



encountered very low water and had to recross. During my 

 several cruises I have always found the best cliannel on the side 

 of the river bordering a mountain, and so far on this trip 1 found 

 that it held true. 



[to be continued.] 



ATLANTIC DIVISION MEET, JUNE 27-JULY 6. 



a^'Rushton'^VeOT i 'T'HE following proiiramoie and camp circular have been sent out 

 model, can testify, 'Mv- outfit consisted of'several oiled' canvas ' ^ within the past week: 



b'igs, containing camp utensils and blankets, and one extra bdig . To the Members of the Atlantic Division A. G. A.; 

 for provisions, and in the water-tight > towage was clothing and ; Permission to occupy tn» old camp site at Checsquake having 

 personal effects usi d and carried by all cruisers. I also carried a been secured, your committee would call tne attention of ail the 

 caooe tH-nt which had seen plenty of service. division to the accessibility of the location. It is wUhin about M 



Shipping my canoe to Wilkesbarre, Luzerne county, P,<i., on I of a mile of Morgan Station on the N. Y. & L. B. R. R.. and o' ly 

 Monday, J uly 14 I followed it on Wi-dneaday; and on my arrival 3 miles across the Bay from Perth Amhoy. N. J. Tne Central R. 

 laid in a stock of provisions. Packing my canoe I shoved off R. of N. J ;tnd Pennsj Ivania R. connect with, and run their trains 



from the steamboat land'ug on my lone voyage upon as brauil- 

 ful a day as a canoeist could wish. The river at this point l.^ very 

 deep, having been dug out to allow the steamers to ply up and 

 down, earn ing coal and otiier freight between the towns below 

 on Che opposite side of the river. All the way down to the Nanti- 

 coke dam is a goud f beet of water, interspersed here and there 

 with a few Islands. 



A slight brte/e had sprung up and the pennants stood out, mak- 

 ing quite a spread and attrac'ing considerable attention from the 

 passengers on ihe many dounle-deck' d steamer.? that I passed. 

 To the right, along Plymouth and Nanticote, could he seen the 

 coal breakers and (he outside workings of the many mines tor 

 which this part of the country is noted. 



Tne wind, getiing stronger, and blowing as it did, directly up 

 the river, made paddling anything hut pleasure, and being on the 

 Nanticnke dam. to make the catroe move at all one had to pui 

 some muscle into play. Arriving at the bre-tst of the dam 1 found 

 vtrry little water running over it, and iiardlv any ruuniinj- 1 hrough 

 the shute. Giving up the id' a of runnin;rthp shute, I paddlui 

 across to the hend of the canal, passing and counting over fifty 

 cannl boais, ti-^d up waitint/ their cargoes ot coal, 



Goingup to the lock-keeper to ask for a lift m making a portage, 

 he informed me that it would be a better plan to he locked through 

 from the river into the cannl. and then make a carry some dis- 

 tance below, where there was only a distance of a few feet between 

 the canal and river. Waiting some time for a boat to leave the 

 los'k, I was at laet put through and soon was looking out for a 

 suitable place to maae a portage. I finally found a good place, the 

 river being about thirty feet distant from the canal. 



Having passed the canal boat which left the lock before me, I 

 awaited the mule driver, a tall, lanky, bare-footed fellow and 

 asked him for a lift. Togethur we made the portage, he at tfie 

 stem and I at the stern, he in tne meanwhile bringing forth re- 

 marks such as "Not too fast, now, Misterl Don't rush the 

 mourners," etc. 



Giving him fifteen cents, I said, "Here Is a little change, you 

 chu buy three cigars." -'Y-s," replied he, lookii g at it, "five 

 timis three." and then bidding me good-bye, he started on a run 

 down the towp<ith after his mules. 



Getting seated comfortably, I moved off and found this p^irt of 

 the river low but very rapid, not, however, too low to allow mo 

 free passage. Old Sol was shining into that valley with all bis 

 f rce, and it was getting very uncomfnrtanle, t e breeze that I 

 h(*d against me on the dam above having blown itseli out. so there 

 was not the slightest ripple on the river's glassy surface. Cruis- 

 ing along the shore at a rapid rate for some distance, I run across 

 to ati island opposite the village of Shickishinny, which 1 after- 

 ward discovered whs the name of tde place, on looking at my 

 chart, and there decided to camp for the night. 



This spot Is an ideal camping place, moit beautifully situated 

 on an island in the middle of the river, with a large mountain 

 T'J^J! bordering the river on the left, towering above at least 

 l,0O0ft., and on the right the town of Shiokshinny with a mountain 

 range In its rear. Tue river makes several large turns, and look- 

 ing to all points of the com pass one can see uotoing but mountains 

 the river secerning to have no outlet. 



Taking the luggage out of the canoe and pulling it up on shore 

 under a bunch of shady willows. I made a fire for supper. While 

 waiting for the fire to settle into a bed of Hot coals, 1 put my fly- 

 rod together, and in a short time had no difficulty in landing three 

 nice specimens of Susquehanna black bass, caught from off the 

 sfiore of tbe Island. While cleaning the fish 1 was surprised by a 

 visit from an old fisherman, and in answer to my inquiry if the 

 fish were very plenty about here, he replied that they wore this 

 summer, and invited me to the other side of the island to see his 

 string, Which contained some of the largest salmon aud bass that 

 I ever saw taken out of the Susquehanna River. 



Retuining, I soon had supper prepared, aud sat down on the 

 ground and relished a good meal after f'e hard paddle during the 

 day. Throwing some large logs on the fire, I sat down on a rubber 

 olanket and lighting a pipe, my sdent but consoling friend, lis- 

 tened to the noises o< the night, in which the crickets, the katy- 

 dids, the screech owls, the bitterns and the dogs in the distant vil- 

 lage all took an active part. When ahout to buckle my canoe 

 tent and turn in, I heard the cry of a wildcat on the mountain 

 sid^. Recalling a story wiiiteu by Wm. Murray Graydon on 

 Down the Susquehanna," I happened to think tnat I was 

 camped on the same island that his party had had a terrific fight 

 with a catamount, which necessitated a second look at my fire- 

 arms before throwing myself into the cockpit of my canoe for the 

 night. 



Thursday, July 17, 6 A. M.. found me astir, arousing the dying 

 embers of the camp-fire In preparation for breakfast. 



Putting things in ship-shape condition after breakfast I 

 launched the canoe and paddled down to Mocanaqua, which is 16 

 miles by rail below Wilkesbarre, where I made; a short stop. Rc- 

 embarkmg, I cruised down the river on the left shore, thH river 

 being rapid and shallow in some places, but I had little trouble in 

 getting through. Running in on shore under the bridge at Ber- 

 wick, 10 miles below Mocanaqua I went into town and made 

 som« purchases. Directly below the bridge are the Berwick 

 rapids, a little troublefome in low water, but no trouble will be 

 experien. ed by taking the raft channel in th middle of the river 



Leaviug the roar of the rapids fiir to my rear I fastened the 

 paddle to the deck and prepared and ate a light lunch, ttllowing 

 the canoe to take its own course. Cruising along the left shore 

 saw a suitable camping site on a small island, and running across 

 to the lower end made camp. Examining mychari,I found that 

 1 had made 16 miles, it being only 2 o'clock. 



Spreading my blanket on the ground, I laid down and must 

 have fallen asleep, for I was awakened by the noise of Ihe wind 

 and the swish of the waves as they washed up on the shore 

 Awakening to the realization of what was going on, I had barely 

 time to string my tent over the cockpit of the canoe, when a 

 thnnderstorm broke Upon me in allitsfufy. The thunder and 

 lightning was terrible, the rain coming down in sheets, driving in 

 against the tent with sui-h violence that it was difficult to hold it 

 from being torn loose from its fastenings. The lighting was es- 

 pecially severe, the air seeming to be lull of electricity, and as I 

 afterward learned doing great, damage in the surround ing countrj- . 



Looking out through the small window m the tent I could seo the 

 whole surface of the river covert-d with foam bea'en by tne wind 

 and ram, and the large white caps roili gSand fifr. up on the 

 shove. The storm lasted fully an hour, and when it cleared up 

 and the sun came out for a short time and then sank down beyond 

 the hills. I witnessed one of the beautiful sunsets that are often 

 to be seen along ihe Susquehanna. 



After some difficulty with the wet wood t prepared a fire and 

 made supper. Finishing supper, I paddled across to Creasy 

 which was just opposite the island, ond obatted with several of 

 the natives till dusk, and then re-embarking I crossed to the island 

 and turned in. 



Friday, -July 18, opened up with a clear aud beautiful morning. 

 After taking a good bath in the river In tbe cool of the morning 

 I started a fire and then crossed the river for some fresh milk. 

 Returning 1 soon bad breakfast underway, which was disptitohed 

 with a good appetite. Clearing away thf remains I again started 

 on my voyage, the river being considf-rablj swoUen on account of 

 the rain of the day before, which must have extended through 

 the country above, giving me no t.rouule in pas.smg ov r the low 

 places and the rapids that abound below Creasy. Keeping to the 

 left shore, I skirted along at the base of the mountain, resting 

 ever and anon on my paddle, to admire the wild fasclnaHn" 

 m9Untain scenery and to breathe in large draughts of the exhilar- 

 ating air, intermingled with the healthy periumn thrown ont by 

 the pine trees growing along the shore, bordering ihe river 

 Every living being in the country surrounding seemed to be 

 asleep, ^'-' . . 



■eji. Not a sound was to be hewrd save the alternating dip of 

 naddle as I moved along. In fact it was loneliness parsrmifled. 



All the distance from Stonycown Ferry, one mile below Creaky* 

 down to Bl.iom-,burg, nine milrs below, 1 saw not a living 

 creature, except a few sand snipe, boring iu the sand and mud 

 along the shore in search of their moraing meal. The channel in 

 the river wa** clear all the way with the exception of a small 

 rat>id and a stretch of low water 100yds. above the Catawissa 

 bridge, four mil^s below Bloomsburg. 



Running on shore by the side of a cool stream of Bprine water I i ..j.vio.uu; ouu vrarujuer 

 had a light lunch, I tben crossed the river to avoid tUe bend but i Gardiner, Garden City, N. y. 



over this road, making frequent and easy communication with 

 the camp; i he steamer-* Meta and New Brunswick leave New Y'ork 

 daily for Perth Amooy aud bave ample accommodation for canoes. 

 Those who v.Qm>- from the southern part of ihe division can havo 

 their canoes and duffld come by canal from Philadelphia or Tren- 

 ton, aT»d are only a short distance from camp when they arrive at 

 South Amiioy. It is hoped that many members of rhe division who 

 cannot spend their days during the meet at camp will arrange to 

 send (heir duffl.^ to camp, and go back and forth from New York 

 each day, spending th« nights at camp, aud aa many days as 

 possible. 



it is proposed to have steps from the level of the beach running 

 up to the bluff where most of the tents will be pitched, also o have 

 a number of ois er floats run out fr im the beach, so that it will 

 be. possible toland at all tid^s without getting inio the mud, which 

 will e appreciated ny those ivno were in camp two ye;irs ago. 



A grocer and nutcber from Perth Amboy will cairai c;.mp f ach 

 day and deliver v\ bat goods m ..v nt; neetU d by those wn.. piovide 

 tiitirowu mess, whilr thi at wno do not care to cook, can be ccLm- 

 raodatn d at, "Pop Appitgate';" near the i-t.ution. 



Tne camp will open on Saturday Jur e 21, aiid break up M nday 

 .Tuly 6. All mail should be audresstd to care of Atlantic Div. A. 

 C. A., Camp Sou. h Amnoy, N. J. 



The Ladies' Camp will he located at the same place as at our 

 last meet at Cheesquake, and stairs to the beach will be provided 

 for I hem also. 



If any of those who intent being at the m'-et, are desirous of 

 having a board flooi for their tents, and will advitc Br. F, W. 

 Kitchel, Perth Amboy, N. Y., tbe boards will be provided at aa low 

 a o:i3t as possible. 



The Atlantic Division map wlich accompanies the circular will 

 give I hose who are not familiar wlib the location an opp.jriunuy to 

 study up the matter, and we trust that every memoerofthe 

 division that can, will be in camp at li-ast for a day or rvvo. 



B. H. Nadal 1 

 F. W KiTrHETj. 

 W. F. Lawkbnce. 



|>-Site Committee. 



RECORD EVENTS. 



No. 1.— Paddling, 1,000yds., straightaway. 

 No. 2.— Sailms, miles. 



No. 3.— Combineu: paddle. 3^ mile; sail, ^ mile; paddle, 3^ mile; 

 sail, mile; paddle, 3^ mile; sail, mile— :3 miies in all. 



OTHUB EVENTS. 



No. 4.— Paddling, any canoe, oud mile. 

 No. 5.— Paddling, tandem, or;e mile. 

 No. 6. — Paaa ling, r-lub fours, mile. 

 No. 7.— Upset Paddling, 200} ds. 

 No. 8.— Hurry Scuri , swim, paddle, run. 

 No. 9.— Swimming, SOCyds. 

 No. 10.— Sailing, Novices, \% miles. 

 No. 11.— Sailing, "General purpose" canoes, 3 miles. 

 No. 13 —Sailing Upset, mile. Each canoe must carry two sails, 

 and before passing a mark to be placed 3^ of a mile from 

 finishing line, tipped over until lop ot tallei mast tom-hts the 

 water; then to be righted and croas finishing line under sail. 

 No. 13,— Sailing, man overboard, mile. Each canoe mu.-.t carry 

 a pHBsenger, ana before passinu a mark to be placed of a mile 

 from flnis'iing line, pa^,senger must be dropped overboard 

 and canoe continue around home buoy (eiiher wa.j), then return 

 and pick up passenger above fiaishing ime and cro.^s as usual. 

 No. 14.— War canoes. Crews limited to 10 paddles and a st ersman. 



Mr. Geo. P. Douglas afvii-es us that alsteamer has been chartered 

 to carry the Sunday School of Curist Episcop.il Ciiurcn, of Belle- 

 ville, on a picnic to Boynton Beach, Sewaren, on June 27; ana tbat 

 with the appioval of Yice-Com. Dorland he has made arrange- 

 ments by which canoeists may go from Newark to Boynfon 

 Beach, but six miles from the cauup. Tne fare tor man Hiid canoe 

 is $1,25. the boat leaving King's wharf, below Erie H. R. bridge at 

 8.15 A. M. Those who decide to go ov this boat will please notify 

 Mr. Douglas as soon as possiole at 136 Libsrty street, N. Y. 



THE EASTERN DIVISION MEET. 



THE meet of the Eastern Division was held at Tyng'a Pond, in 

 Dracut, near Lowell, June 5 to 7, the races l eing on Satur- 

 day resulting as foil >ws: 



1. Padoling, }^ mile: 



Heath, Wamesiu C. C \ 



Perry, Taiassit C. CS. . . . . Z 



Perkins, Vesper C. C . . . . . . H 



Tnis race was very closely contested, Mr. Heath winniiig^' by 

 but a foot. 



2. Combined pailing and paddling, 3 miles: 



Paul Butl' r. Vesper C. 0 j 



David s. Goddard, Vesnar C. C . " ' 2 



J. A. Gage, Vi^sper C. C '.'.['.'.'.'.'.'.'.['.' \ 3 



Howard <-^ray. Vesper C. C . 4 



H. D. Murphy, Shuh-Sauh-Gau C. C . ., 3 



i. Tandem, single blade, paddling, milt: 



Rolfe and Heath, Wamesit C. C... 1 



W. L. Perry and H. D, Murphy, Shuh-Shuh Gah C. C. . . " 3 

 Perkins and La Wi-on, Vesper C. C 3 



5. Upset sailing: ^ 



Paul BuUer, Vesper C. C 1 



Howard Gray, Vesper C. C , ' ' <> 



H. D. Murphy, Shuh-Shuh-Gah C. C . . ' 3 



6. Upset paddling: 



H. D. Murphy, Shuh-Shuh-Gah C. C • 1 



Lamson, Vesper C. 0 ." '' '"' 3 



In upsetting their canoes both men lost their paddies'and w'ere 

 obliged to dive overboard again and recover the blades. The 

 finish was close. Murphy winning by but halt a length. 



7. Sailing unlimited, for prizes presented by the Lowell & 

 Suburban Street Railroad Co.: 



Paul Butl -r, VoRi er O. C 1 



D. S. Gndaard, A^esper CO 2 



H. D. Murphy, Shuh-.Shuh-Gah C. C ' ■■" 3 



Howard Gray, Vesp r C. C . ' 4 



Winthrop Taylor, Vesper C. C *. 5 



8. Visitors' race; prize presented by Vespers: 



H. D. Murphy, Shuh-Shuh-Gah C. C 1 



Crosby ' ■"' ' j 



Con roy, Wamesit C. C . , * 3 



The prize off red by the Vespers for this face was a uniqiie'and 

 beautiful punch bowl supported hy three dolphins. In the races 

 Paul Builer sailed the Wasp, Dr. Gage the Uwl. Mr. Goddard 

 sailed Butler's new canoe, making a very creditable showing. 

 Howard Gray sailed the V. Herman Murphy sailed his new Har- 

 ris boat, iguana. 



On Saturday night a big camp-fire was lighted, and the iollitles 

 of the evening were simdar to those which all men attending tbe .-i 

 C. A. meet are familiar with, and which the men who have never 

 seen a meet cannot appreciate. Sunday afternoon ihe Boston 

 men left tor h' me, but tne camp did not eml till Mondaj 



The Owl, under the command of Dr. Gage, bad the urdimited 

 sailihi' in hand, but on the run to the finish htr mizeu traveler 

 pulled out of Che deck, leaving him in third place at the finish 



The mess, as furnished by tne railroad comp ny, which cr.ntrols 

 this lake, was very Que, hence there were no disgruntled ones at 

 the camp. 



.lames W. Cartwright, Jr., Ribt. P. Webber and Herbert W 

 Richards composed the regatta committee. 



vvisuiu, urtwicnce, luass.; ^. a. n-Dinson, ijawrence. Mass' 

 Thos. V|^ Eastham,L.wrei.ce, Mas-.; F. L. Leighton, Lawi nee 

 Mass.; Kimball C. C dby, Lawrenr e, Mass.; W. C. Murphy, Lawl 



