Makch H, 1892.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



£88 



could get my shells in the procession n wived. Of course I became 

 excited and'felt in the wrong pocket for shells, and did what a well- 

 rattled man always will do under similar circumstances, snapped my 

 gun once or twice on an empty shell and made derogatory remarks; 

 but on the whole gave them a warm greeting, and knocked over four 

 or five, which, with one exception, went over the falls and were lost. 

 We saved one apiece. It 1 could have got my canoe around the poin t 

 we could have bagged the whole lot. In fact, we had them already 

 bagged, but the siring was not on. 



On these lakes and rivers one rarely tires, for there is frequent 

 change both of scenery and conditions. Fu*st there is a dead water, 

 then rapids to shoot, or perhaps a fall that must be carried. A carry 

 affords a chance to recover from the cramped position of the canoe, 

 also an opportunity to pick blueberries, which may be found in 

 abundance in their season, The ground along the trail in many 

 places is blue, and the berries grow in bunches as large a3 a walnut. 

 This was the first time I had seen blueberries when I felt sure some 

 one had not been there before me, This sense of freshness is a great 

 pleasure. In excursions about home you see little that others have 

 not seen, but here you take nature first-hand, and hy going one or 

 two miles from the rivers you can find regions that have not been 

 visited at all. 



I have been used to the white cedar or arbor vitas from boyhood, 

 but I had no idea of the possibilities of this tree till I saw it in these 

 woods. One day we went about three miles away from Caucomgouioe 

 Lake, beyond an almost impassable range of hills, hoping to reach 

 some spot the lumbermen had not disturbed. Near the streams large 

 enough to float logs in the spring freshets the pine and cedar have 

 mostly been cut, but in spots more remote and in valleys surrounded 

 by steep rocky hills the original pines and cedars have been spared. 

 Such spots are rare, but thev may still be found. It is simply a 

 question of dollars and cents. It the hauling will cost more than the 

 trees are worth at the landing, they are left. In such an inaccessible 

 spot we found the cedar at its best, often 2ft. in diameter and 30 or 

 40ft. to the limbs. Sometimes the trees were so close together that 

 the tops touched I think the lumber on one acre, if on the Merrimac, 

 would be worth $5,000. 



The pine is a fit emblem for Maine, and has no peer among New 

 England trees. I hope again to see such pines as our fathers used to 

 haul to the sea for masts. I have seen a pine log nearly 4fc. in diam- 

 eter at the butt and 100ft. long, a shaft like the wand of Milton, 

 hewn on .Norwegian hills to be the mast of some great admiral. 

 Maine has still a good deal of pine timber, and it is increasing every 

 year. Young trees are fast growing to take the place of trie old 

 growth. I think it is generally believed that when a pine forest has 

 been cut off a hard wood growth follows and the pine are not re- 

 newed. I am convinced by observation that this is not true. Our 

 deciduous trees, when cut, send out a multitude of suckers about the 

 stumps, and thus for a few ye irs have a great advantage over the 

 pine which starts only from the seed. In five years after the land 

 has been cut over hardly aDy pines can be seen, but in ten years the 

 pines begin to appear, and in twenty and thirty years take the lead; 

 and finally the regions will be heavily timbered with pine. I think 

 Maine will again become worthy of its name— tho Pine Tree State— 

 and I hope some wise legislation, such as freeing growing forests 

 from taxation, may help to save this noble tree from the almost uni- 

 versal greed of gain. 



Another very interesting tree of the Maine woods is the canoe 

 birch, which grows to be 2ft, or more in diameter: our guides cut one 

 on Caucomgomoc Lake and took from the trunk an unbroken piece 

 of bark eft. wide and! 6fr. long and large enough to make an entire 

 canoe without a splice. This birch, which is not common in Massa- 

 chusetts, as far as I know, is found abundantly here, and on one oc- 

 casion afforded us a rare exhibition. Close to our camp was quite a 

 grove of these trees, which were unusually large and tall. The bark, 

 unlike the black or gray birch, is thin and papery, and curls up along 

 the mint and brancnes into soft rolls, giving the tree a shaggy ap- 

 pearance, and causing them to look much larger than they really 

 are. 



One night things were getting rather dull about camp, and 1 called 

 Mark's attention to these trees and their combustible habiliments. 

 He took fire at once, and started for them with me as an active 

 second. 1 think Mark could enter upon an enterprise of this kind 

 with more enthusiasm than any other person I have ever met. He 

 would never leave a dry stump till the last root was burned, nor a 

 wet one till his last match had been tried upon it. When I say be 

 took fire, I mean it in a double sense, for we made a torch of a roll 

 of bark and a green stick, and lighting it rau from tree to tree, set- 

 ting- lire to the light, papery bark on the trunks. The result was sur- 

 prising. For a short time the gloomy aisles of that- old forest were 

 lighted as no theater ever was. Imagine if you can a half hundred 

 columns of tiame branching out into aluminous network, and form 

 ing a canopy or fire with a background of pale, beautiful green, sucti 

 as is never seen by the light of day. It was indeed an inspiring 

 scene, and I question whetner there was ever anything like it before. 

 It is said there is nothing new undtr the sun, but under the moon, 

 the pale, retiring moon, things have happened which the sun in all 

 his boasted splendor never looked down upon. Mark stood leaning 

 against a big shaggy birch, and as the darkness began to fall, 

 stretched out his hand over an imaginary audience with the impres- 

 sive gravity of a professor addressing his first class in physics, and 

 saidf ''GfeaUemen, you will observe, by what simple means these 

 extraordinary pyrotechnic phenomena are produced." He touched 

 his torch to the tree behind him, and with a loud crackling and roar 

 the fire climbed the trunk and limbs, and rolled out a vast cioud of 

 smoke, making the forest once more as light as day, while we retired 

 from the scene, he like Prometheus after he had taken fire from 

 heaven, and I like little Julus toddling behind his father, noil passi- 

 bus aaquis. 



About half a mile below us ou the lake, a party had been camp- 

 ing for several weeks. Upon inquiry we found the prospect for 

 fishing was very poor. Tuey haa tried various places about the 

 lakes, and had gone up the stream with no success. We asked 

 them about Avery Pond of which we had heard favorable reports, 

 aud found they had tried it in vain. Avery Pond is connected on the 

 north to Caucomgomoc Lake by a small stream three miles Jong. 

 In spite of Lhe unfavorable reports we concluded to go up and see 

 the country. At that season the stream was very shallow, and only 

 one person could be lloated in each canoe; so the most of us made 

 our way along the tote road bordering the stream. As I carried the 

 only gun in tue party it was suggested that I with my guide and 

 canoe push on and see if I could not shoot some ducks in the pond, 

 of which we were in need to help out our stock of provisioas. So we 

 burned on, and found a small pond of about a dozen acres which we 

 crossed, hoping to find some ducks iu the water-grass that grew 

 along the shore. We approached quietly, but found no ducks. A 

 small brook entered here, making an open channel among the lily 

 pads, and as we came near, I saw frequent ripples such as a swallow 

 makes when he touches his wings to ihe water. But there weie no 

 swallows, and I told the guide to stop. 



He thought I saw a duck, and expressed surprise to see me un- 

 load my gun, and take my fishing rod. He pushed the canoe into 

 the lily pads, and around near the open channel, where he quietlv 

 lied tue canoe to the setting pole thrust into the mud. Meanwhile I 

 had got my rod together, and found Mack had put a fly on my line; 

 although I had fished from boyhood with a bait, I had never at- 

 tempted to casta By. Being naturally ingenious, I took a piece of 

 salt pork, which the guide had in the canoe, and put a bait on the fly, 

 so that a fish could take his choice. This idea I think was entirely 

 original and I give it freely to my brother fishermen. I'm not the 

 kind of a man to keep a thing like that to myself, I hesitate to tell 

 ■what happened when that combination struct the water, but I can- 

 not trample on the truths of history. Dozens of trout weighing from 

 1 to 2lbs. came for it, making the water boil for quite a space around, 

 and when I drew in the first one, several followed almost to the 

 canoe. My bait was seized as soon as it touched the water. It re- 

 minded me of throwing a kernel of corn to hungry chickens. Per- 

 haps the other canoes came up in about five minutes, during which 

 time I had caught eleven of i he size mentioned above. From that 

 spot we caught forty -four, and I have no doubt we could have caught 

 more, but we had all we wanted both for ourselves and our ncighboi s 

 lathe other camp. 



Some ten days later while we were campjd on Ripogeuus Carry, 

 having visited a small lake, I found a nice lot of trout and tried in 

 vain to catch them. I told Mark of my discovery and he found but 

 little difficulty iu getting quite a number of them. 



There is as- much difference iu fish as there is in men. One of 

 the best places for fishing ou the West Branch is said to be 

 near the mouth of Sourdnohimk River, or just below at the mouth 

 of Aboljaeknagesie Scream. A portion of our party had great suc- 

 cess here the year before. Thoreau found good fishing in the same 

 spot in '57, and an acquaintance of mine in '85. We caught nothing. 



Opposite the Aboljacknagesie is a fine camp ground in full view of 

 Mt. katadin. From here is the best road to the mountain. The 

 path is six or seven miles through the woods, ascending gradually 

 to the foot of a slide, by which tne ascent is made to the summit. 

 Thoreau went up the mountain in U'J.Jand speaks of going up a stream. 

 So I concluded the slide must have taken place since that time. We 

 made the ascent in one day, but were not fortunate in a view, as it 

 rained nearly all the time. Still there were occasional breaks m the 

 clouds, and ive caught glimpses of t ue unbounded outlook from this 

 mountain, which, in a, sense, is an isolated peak, rising from a vast 

 plain overlooking a larger area than any other spot on the Atlantic 

 coast. The top is a plateau bordered by wdd ravines and gulches. I 

 had hoped to srive some attention to the geology of the region, but 

 my lime as well as ability was limited. The horse-bocks (so-called) 

 were no doubt the most interesting formations in Maine. An excel- 



lent work upon the geology of Katadin was published a few years 

 since by the late Prof. Hamlin of Harvard. 



Four of us came near spending tbenighton the mountain, but were 

 prevented by the size of the feet of one of our guides. The guides and 

 a portion of our party started to go dowu, thinking the rest could 

 easily follow. But when we tried to find the pai h we somehow lost it. 

 aud drifted aimlessly about in the dense fog. It was getting toward 

 night aud we had just time to reach camp. Any time lost in starting 

 would at best compel us to spend a rainy night in the woods without 

 shelter. The prospect was not cheering. One of us had been on the 

 mountain before and he became convinced we were on the wrong side 

 of the plateau, and two started for the. other side, an experiment 

 which would certainly have cost us a shelter for the night. Mark 

 and I were inclined to hunt the region where we then were, and by 

 accident we found a hole made by a. staff in the soft, wet moss and 

 beside it a foot mark, which we at once recognized as belonging to 

 one of our guides. Fortunately the others were not out of hearing 

 and by following the footprints we soon found the place of descent, 

 which was not thirty rods away. To say we were glad is using a 

 very feeble adjective. I have never spent a night on Mt. Katadin iu a 

 driving storm, with no coat, no matches, and no food. If any one is 

 ambitious to try it, he need not secure our guides, for tbey said they 

 would never leave a party again under such circumstances, and I 

 believe it 



The falls and rapids are a serious obstacle to manv, as they cause 

 a great deal of labor in carrying and involve not a little danger. One 

 soon gets used to tbem, and with a good guide the feeling of fear 

 soon gives place to an excitement, the. pleasure of which is intensi- 

 fied by a little danger. But a guide iu whom you have confidence is 

 of great importance. To pick your way while moving like a race- 

 horse among visible and invisible rocks is no mean accomplishment. 

 The path must be selected rods ahead, and no mistake made; a 

 boulder must be avoided on the right and a sunken rock on the left. 

 Sometimes a course must be selected between two rock* just far 

 enough apart for the canoe to pass. But suopose the rocks are too 

 near or that no suitable channel can be found. The guide, who 

 stands in the stem, must see all this, and be prepared for it. But if 

 a mistake is made, what then! The setting pole is always a,t hand 

 and the canoe may be stopped with it if the water is shallo w enough ; 

 if it is not he must jump to the nearest rock and stop the canoe, and 

 if that fails there is still a trust in Providence. I do not wish to un- 

 derrate Providence in such a crisis, but would say that a setting pole 

 is considered a very good reliance. 



Our guide said that I once saved our crew from a wetting, if not 

 worse, and modesty does not prevent me taking for myself that, 

 credit which I think I deserve. The guide stood in the stern aud I 

 sat in the bow. Two men that are used to it act independently and 

 at the same time with a perfect understanding of each other, but a 

 green hand in the bow is always told to paddle straightahead.no 

 matter what happens, iu order that the guide may know what to 

 depend upon. I was so instructed, and meant to do it. We were in 

 the midst of a rough place that was making lively work for the guide, 

 as there were rocks all about us and the water was very swift. A big 

 rock lay directly before us, over the top of which the water was run- 

 ning, entirely covering it on our side but maKing a wild gulf below it. 

 We were heading for it and going fast. I could not imagine what it 

 meant, but paddled straight on till the bow of our canoe began to 

 rise, and my hair also; then with a quick stroke 1 reached well out 

 and threw the bow 3ft. to the right, and we shot like a pickerel over 

 the shoulder of that rock into the whire water below. It was a breach 

 of orders, but it succeeded, and I didn't have to Wait as long as Fitz 

 John Porter for justice and restoration. The guide hadn't seen the 

 rock. I had seen it, and meant to do just what I did do when the time 

 came. I had used a paddle since I was a boy and knew just what I 

 was doing. This sounds like brag, in fact it is brag, but no matter. 

 Although I can handle an oar or a paddle better than a Latin verb, I 

 could not. like our guides, take a canoe through a rough place without 

 danger. It requires an intuition born of experience in handling a 

 oanoe. 



I well remember an exhibition of skill and activity on the part of 

 Steve and Braak Davis, his guide, that commanded our admiration. 

 We had just crossed a carry and had launched our canoe, prepara- 

 tory to running some bad rapids. The river was very high, making 

 the descent more dangerous, and the guides were not acquainted 

 with the locality except in low water. Frank Davis was tne oldes 

 and more experienced guide, and he and Steve had the lightest 

 canoe; so they went ahead while the rest of us waited to see them 

 through and learn the best route. For a short distance the water 

 was comparatively smooth, but near the head of the rips it ran quite 

 swiftly and soon became feather white. They took the right snore 

 directly below where we were waiting, and when tbey had dirty en- 

 tered the swift water Frank discovered dangers he had not suspected 

 and turning in an instant shot directly across the river and held his 

 canoe on the very verge of the rips in water running like a mill tail 

 till he reached the other shore, where he went down in a. safer chan- 

 nel. It was a brilliant feat of skill and judgment which I have rarely 

 seen equalled, and which won both for himself and Steve our cheers 

 and plaudits, 



Mark and I followed in calm water well above the rapids, and 

 safely took the same channel on the left shore. Mack and his brother 

 Angus, who acted as guide for him, delayed till we had reached the 

 shore below the rapids, where we were waiting to see them cross and 

 follow our course, But for some reason they took the channel Frank 

 and Steve had declined. They were soon iu the wildest part, and we 

 could see them darting among the rocks with their paddles flashing 

 in the sun, until they had nearly reached the foot, when the canoe 

 disappeared and we thought they were lost; but in a moment thev 

 darted out at the foot of the falls, each sitting upright in the canoe, 

 which was filled and floating level with the water. Mack had lost his 

 paddle and Angus had his across his knees, while they came down 

 like a log. There was a high fall not twenty rods below, which they 

 were rapidly approaching. The guides quickly sprang into a canoe 

 to assist, but they were neither afraid nor injured, and soon reached 

 the shore. 1 never knew just how the accident happened, but sup- 

 posed a wave must have tilled them, as their canoe was too heavily 

 loaded for such a dangerous place; they should have known better. 



Our course from Mt. Katadin was through Pamedemcook. South 

 Twin and Quakish lakes. To avoid Grand Falls there is an ox carry 

 to Miliaockett Stream, which empties into the Penobscot not far 

 from Fowler's Farm. Ten miles below Fowler's the East Branch 

 unites with tue West Branch of the Penobscot, below which point 

 there is not much of interest, as it is partly settled. Having made a 

 quick trip to Metawamkeag, we took the train and sent our canoes 

 and guides by way of the river to Oldtown. 



SLIDING SEATS IN ENGLAND. 



TN spite of the cold and misty weather that prevails in England, the 

 A. racing has already begun, the Oxford University B. 0. sailing 

 two races on March 2 and 3. On the first day two canoe-yawls, Snake 



ilar to a sharpie or skipjack. Both are fitted with sliding seats 4ft. 

 long. The canoe yawls are of ,6 rating and the canoes of .3. The 

 course was 4 miles in a N.E. breeze, very fresh, and Snake at once 

 came to grief through too much canvas, retiring. 



The canoe covered the course in the best recorded time— 85m. 20s.— 

 for 4 miles, her actual time being 5s. better than the canoe-yawl. 



Next day the wind was strong N.W. and very cold, the water freez- 

 ing on deck during the race, Snake and Gipsy again started against 

 Battledore, Gipsy leading over the course and finishing lm. 30s. ahead, 

 but both she and Snake failed to save their time on the canoe. 



VESPER B. C. 



rpHE annual meeting of the Vesper Boat Club, of Lowell, Mass., 

 JL usually the embodiment of perfuuetoriness, was this year char- 

 acterized by all the active interest the most enthusiastic could desire. 

 It was held around a camp fire at the boat house on March 17. All 

 the annual reports made a good showing. The club had an income 

 of about $3,000 aud came out with about §100 to the good. Then the 

 officers were elected : President, Paul Busier ; Vice-Presidents, A. G. 

 Swapp and D. S. Goddard ; Treasurer. C, E. Goulding; Secretary, R, F. 

 Hemenway. Directors: J. A Gage, S. T. Whittier and G. H. Stevens. 

 The routine business was hurried through, and then Commodore J, 

 W. Cartright, of the Eastern Division A. C. A., described with tbe 

 skill of a second Stoddard some stereopticon views of A. C. A. meets, 

 not omitting to preach a little sermon to Vesper men on the duties 

 aud pleasures connected with A. C. A. membership. The Vesper 

 club has been represented at the anrual meets by some dozen to 

 fifteen members "at various times. This is hardly more than 10 per 

 cent, of the club's membership interested in canoeing, however, and 

 in this strong contingent Commodore Cartright's mi.-sionary work 

 found a fruitful field. This year's meet will see more Vesper men 

 present than have attended heretofore During Com. Cartright's 

 little talk the interest among the 100 or more men present gradually 

 worked up and wheu at the close an extemporized fife and drum 

 corps with a big transparency marched into the midst of the men, 

 they let themselves go in the fun of the moment, following the music 

 with applause and laughter to the lunch table. Afterward there was 

 more talk, banjo and guitar music and singing. 



During the evening the matter of the purchase of a piano came up, 

 and althougn the club has a contingent fund in the bank, the men 

 would not allow it to be touched, and starting a subscription paper 



raised $220 within a short time. The amount will be made up to 

 about $400 easily. During the past winter, while many other clubs 

 have had tbe privilege of open water and all the season canoeing, the 

 Merrimack has been frozen to a thickuess of 12 to lftin., and the em- 

 bargo will not be off probably until the latter part of April. In tbe 

 meantime the members have taken up bowling, supporting a club 

 in the Massachusetts League, that has done some splendid work, and 

 carrying on two club tournaments on its ot n alley. These tourna- 

 ments, bringing the larger part of the membership in contact with 

 mutually pleasant results, have had a very important influence on 

 the esprit du corps of the club. In its fraternal spirit , and indeed in 

 all other respects, the club is stronger today than it has ever bf en 

 during its something like 14 years' existence. There are now about 

 180 members. 



NEWS NOTES. 



The Miquononus C. C. was organized on Oct. 31, 1891, at a meeting 

 held at the Colonnade Hotel, in Philadelphia, at which were present 

 Messrs. C. H. Elliott, J. A, Barten, Dr. T. W. Buckingham. N. Bruce 

 Miller and M. D. Wilt. The following officers were elected to serve 

 for one year: Com., M. D. Wilt; Vice-Corn., C H. Elliott; Purser, 

 Dr. Buckingham, 1,800 Chestnut street. Philadelphia. The club now 

 numbers ten members, with a strong probability of more in the near 

 future. Temporary headquarters at the foot of Second stieet, Cam- 

 den, N. J , have been secured and the bouse put in fair condition of 

 repair. The flag of the club is a pointed burgee, 12xl8in., with white 

 field, a blue stripe 5in. wide bearing three white circles 3in, diameter 

 with the letters M. C. C. in blue. 



The following invitation has been received by Sec.-Treas. Wacker- 

 hagen: '-To ihe Members of the A. C A.: I cordially extend an in- 

 vitation to hold your annual camp on an inland 1 own. in the north 

 end of Lake Huron at as early a date as consistent with existing 

 arrangements. I will provide shelter for any number you desire, 

 good camp grounds, docks, fuel, steam tus to connect with the 

 mainland, and any other necessary features to make tbe camp enjoy- 

 able. I will also assist in getting rates of transportation, suitable 

 assistants, etc., etc., gratis. Respectfully, M. C. utolNTOSH." 



The Eastern Y. C. has in preparation a very interesting series of 

 races, to be sailed off Marblehead late in July, for the 21ft. l.w.l. 

 class and also the New York 2>,£-raters i f 25ft. sailing length. 

 Efforts will be made to iuduce such representative boats as Io, 

 Needle, Nameless, Smuggler and Pixie to visit Marblehead and race 

 with the .2) -footers, the sailing lengths of the various boats being 

 from 241.0 27ft. The regular fixtures of the E. Y. C. are: June 18, 

 spring regatta; June 27, annual regatta; Sept, 10, fall regatta; al! off 

 Marblehead, The club house on Marblehead Neck will open on 

 May 28. 



The visit of Com Winne, Sec'y-Treas. Wackerhagen and W. How- 

 ard Brown to Montreal on March 7 brought together a number of 

 canoeists to meet tte visitors at the City Club, A very pleasant re- 

 ception occupied tbe evening, enlivened by much caiioe talk and a 

 number of songs and recitations. Com. Winne spoke earnestly to the 

 Montreal canoeists concerning the Association and its aims, and of 

 the best means of enlarging its membership hixd at the sauie time of 

 increasing its value to each member. 



Mr. J. W. Sparrow has been elected to fill the vacancy caused by 

 the resignation of W. H. P. Weston, purser of the Northern Division, 

 and F, L. Duunell, ex-secvetary-treasurer of the A . C. A., and pitn-er 

 of the Atlantic Division in 188!), has been elected to fill the vacancy 

 caused by the resignation of Purser J. K. Hand. Purser Sparrow's 

 address is 87 Yonge street, Toronto, Can,, and Purser DunneU's is 

 180 Jerolamon street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



The idea has been suggested of a harbor of refuge at Chatham, on 

 Cape Cod, and if carried out the scheme will be of great benefit to 

 vachtsme.ii, making a break in the long passage between Vineyard 

 Haven and Provincetown. The chief difficulty lies in the doubtful 

 durability of any breakwater in the shifting sands of the Cape. 



Portraits of 40 Footers.— Yachtsmen will find in Part V. of Pea- 

 body's Representative FacMs, a collection of very handsome photo- 

 gravures of Gloriana, Beatrix aud all the 46ft. class. This part bound 

 separately in cloth can be had at this office.— Adv. 



One good result of the Seawanhaka rule in the small classes in the 

 East is shown bv the cutting down of the boom of the Mudgekeewis, 

 which was of abnormal length. It is not improbable that the yacht 

 may be improved all around by the alteration. 



The New York C. C. and tbe Marine and Field Club have agreed to 

 exchange dates in order to accommodnte the yacht regatta of the 

 latter club, the New York C. C. taking June 11 and the Marine and 

 Field June 18. 



Dare, sloop, once owned by Mr. Maturin Ballou, was sold at auc- 

 tion by his assignee on March 16, being purchased by Vice Com. 

 Jos. H. Sterling, Larchmont Y. C, for $3,650. 



The Yorkville Y. C. will remove from its old anchorage, foot of E. 

 101th St., to the former station of the Knickerbocker Y. C. at Port 

 Morris. 



Choctaw, the Burgess 40 footer, has been sold to E. S. Wallbridge 

 and others of the Rochester Y. C, aud will go to Lake Ontario this 

 spring. 



Isis, cutter, designed by Mr. A. Cass Canfield and built by Poillon 

 in 1885, has been sold to C. G. Miller, of New Rochelle. 



Cricket, keel sloop, has been sold by J. T. Mott, present owner of 

 Pappoose, to J. S. Thompson of the Buffalo Y. C. 



The Clyde 'iy 2 rater reached New York from Bristol last week, and 

 sailed on the Ethiopia for Glasgow on March 19. 



The special sailing regatta of the American Y. C. will be held on 

 July 6 off the club house, Milton's Point. 



^zrtge mid 0aUerv. 



"FOREST AND STREAM" TOURNAMENT 



FOB NEW JERSEY BIELE CLUBS. 



Essex Indians Rifle Club vs. Excelsior Rifle Club, sbot on Essex 

 range, Newark, March 14, 1892, distance 25yds,: 



ESSEX INDIANS R. C- 



W Clark 25 25 24 24 25 25 23 25 23 24-243 



EMMcOraith 23 23 24 Si 26 32 22 25 25 25-286 



F Helms 21 22 23 23 21 22 22 24 23 25-2S8 



W Wadhams 23 23 21 84 34 25 23 25 24 24-286 



G Freitag 23 23 22 24 25 20 22 22 23 23-227—1188 



Captain, Frank Helms. Scorer, Geo. C. Variek. 



EXCELSIOR R. C. 



L P Hanson 24 25 23 25 22 21 25 24 22 25-236 



W J Hennessey 23 24 24 24 25 28 24 24 24 25—240 



Win Weber 24 25 £5 25 25 23 23 23 25 23—241 



WJChanning 5 25 25 23 S3 23 24-233 



O L Pinney 21 20 24 21 23 23 22 24 24 25-231-H85 



Captain, L. P. Hanson. Scorer, G. M. Freitag. 



Greenville Rifle Club vs. Our Own Rifle Club, shot on Greenville 

 range, March 14, distance 25yds.: 



GREENVILLE R. C. 



C Boag 33 23 22 23 23 20 32 25 24 23-228 



Geo Purkess 22 20 21 25 21 21 25 21 .21 23-220 



Jo-* Kaiser 21 14 20 23 23 22 24 1 21 21-217 



W~n Robidoux 19 23 24 22 24 21 23 25 24 24-289 



C Scheeiien ..18 25 25 23 23 24 2.5 2i 25 23-235-1129 



Captain, Wm. H. Robidoux. Scorer, W. O. Collins. Judge, 

 O. H. Chavant. 



OUR OWN R. C. 



F A Freiensehner 23 23 23 24 24 23 19 23 23 21-225 



J Bauder 25 24 25 24 25 22 25 24 24 24—242 



Geo Weigman 29 25 24 25 23 24 23 24 23 23-238 



F Fetting 22 20 14 23 22 28 23 25 23 17—212 



A Cherry 21 21 22 23 24 18 25 24 23 25-226-1143 



Captaia. John Bauder. Scorer, Fred Smith. 



Jefsen Rifle Club vs. Howard Rifle Club, shot on Jefsen range, 

 Friday, March 18, distance 25yds.: 



JEFSEN R. C. 



A Stenber 23 25 18 23 24 24 24 24 24 23-231 



W Jefsen - 21 22 19 21 18 20 19 19 23 1 2—194 



W Diteer 24 21 23 80 19 25 20 21 23 23-198 



F Seesman 19 21 23 . 5 23 ."2 1 J3 J5 20-224 



L Muhs 23 17 11 21 24 17 13 IS 20 31-188—1035 



Captain, Win. Jefsen. Scorer, i£. F. Wegener. 



