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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct. 8, 18dl. 



Welsh Oim— 4 Thurman , 01222—4 



Cooper 11111—5 All ties di v. 



Individual championship of Pennsylvania, at live birds, priz°, 

 beautiful diamond badge, valued at. $260, presented by the citir-ens 

 of William sport. To b>i contested for annually under tbe follow- 

 ing conditions: Each contestant sball be a hona-flde member of 

 a club or association, members of the Pennsylvania State Sports- 

 men's Association, or an individual member of the same. En- 

 trance fee SIO (birds extra), 40 per cent, of the entrance money 

 shall go to the donors or holders this year, the balance shall be 

 divided into three prizes, 50, 30 and 20 per cent. First prize, the 

 diamond badge, to the person makintr the highest score, the next 

 three highest scores to receive the nO, 80 and 20 per cent, respec- 

 tively. The winner of the badge this year to receive 40 per cent, 

 of the entrance money next year, the balance to be divided as 

 above. Each contestant shall shoot at 15 live birds, under Ameri- 

 can Shooting Association rules, with the exception of lJ4'^a- shot 

 allowed, 12-hore gups. lA bond in the sum of shall oe giveu 

 by the winner of tae trophy to the club under whose auspices the 

 association shoot is given. Provided, liowever, there be no asso- 

 ciation shoot given, it shall revert to the Williamsport Rifle and 

 Gun Olub, of Williamsport, Pa. 



Fulford lloll2ailllllU-H Clavton 122122110212110-13 



Hall 010012201112111—11 McMillan 2ol22212o221 131-13 



Warfield lom&022122122-13 Cooper 111012112111131 -14 



J Wolstencr'i:i020m221121112-14 Sober 011211011122110-12 



Welsh 022211122112222 -14 Thurman 11 02olli222 1 222-13 



Smith 031011211110221-12 Hill 112mol.)2ol213-13 



Clover 022221111o21211-13 Edwards 012102021112110-10 



Duston 211212221102311-14 Rohrbach 021201101111212-12 



W Wolst'ncr'f tll2022222110211-H Laurie 021210121121220-18 



Denney 12o21221021112o-12 Cody .111012120101133-13 



Huflf 122o01101002ol2- El Hughes 211031't22120Ill-13 



Ties for badge, miss and out: JTulford 8, Duston 7, Cooper 5, 

 Welsh 4, J. Wolstencroft 3, W- Wolst.encroft 0. Ties for second 

 prize, miss and out: Tnurman 11, Wai field 10, Clayton.2, McMillan 

 a,nd Hill drew pro rata. Third and fourth div. 



This shoot was shot in with the State shoot, and those that he- 

 longed to the State Associatinn and paid double entrance their 

 scores counted for this the S'ame as on the State shoot, entrance 

 $10. Appended are the scores; Fulford 14, J. Wolstencroft 14, 

 Clayton J3. McMillan 13, Cooper 14. Soher 13, Speer 10, Lindsley II, 

 Quimby 12, Stewart 14, Miller 15, Green 14, Brooks 13, Apgai- 13, 

 Penrose 14. Miller first, Fulford on shoot off won second, third 

 and fourth div. 



ROCHESTER ROD AND GUN CLUB. 



Rochester, N. Y.— Tbe fir-st annual open tournament of the 

 Rochester Rod and Gun CUih was held in the Driving Par !<; in this 

 city on Oct. 2. The attendance wa^i a surprise even to the most 

 sanguine, and the shoot was a success in every way but one, that 

 was that the entries were so numerous and the consequent length 

 of time taken to shoot ofl the events so great, tbat the programme 

 was only a little more than half shot off by 7 o'clock P. M. In 

 contest No. 3 alone there were 77 entries. 



In consequence of the inability to shoot off the entire pro- 

 gramme, it was decided and annotmced on the grounds that the 

 club would give another shoot in about a month to finish the pro- 

 gramme. All contests were shot under American Association 

 rules, rapid firing system, at 10 traps. Events with over twenty 

 entries divided into five moneys, 30. 35, 20, 15 and 10 per cent.; ail 

 other events 40. 30, 20 and 10 per cent. The men shot in Equads of 

 ten. In all but third event ties were not shot off. Kingbirds 

 were used in all events. Following are the scores: 



No. 1. 15 singles, entrance $1: 



W A Hill 14 W C Hadlej 



G A Mosher 14 Orange 



No. 3. 10 singles, entrance $1: 



Wilkinson 9 MoKee 



Davenport 9 Elliott 



Walzer ..9 Bruck 



Miller 9 Hartley .- 



Gregg 8 McVean 



Waguer 9 Borst 



Sprague 9 Orange 



Stuart 9 Smith 



Mann 8 Martin 



Mosher 8 Barnard . . 



Babeock 8 Van Ostrant 



12 



0 Van Ostrand . . 



.10 



9 



13 



A W Starr 



,13 



W H Davenport. 



. 9 



.11 



W W Harmon 



9 



,11 



J Roche 



9 



10 



0 U Goodrich 



8 



10 



W Hill 



. 7 



10 



A Schmidt 



. 7 



10 



George Borst 



. 7 



,10 







.10 



G Jeffrey 







R'climonii. 





8 





6 



.8 



Ely 





..7 





























5 









-.7 



Boyd 













Truesdale 



.3 



.7 







Lane 8 Burns 7 Barry 2 



La Force 8 No rton 6 



In No. 3 first won by Sprague, second div. by Segerts, Smit h and 

 Mosher, third, Fulton; fourth, Martin; fifth, Li Force; sixth, 

 K. G. 



No. 4, 20 singles, entrance S1.50: 



Mosher 20 Rchmist 16 Hill 13 



Richmond 19 Orange 15 La Force 12 



Wagner 18 Smith 15 Adams 11 



Hicks ...Its Wilkinson 15 McVean 11 



Crug 18 Hyde 15 Roche 11 



Keel 1" Walzer 15 Aman 11 



Van Ostrand 17 Reissenger 14 Harmon 10 



~ ' "■ ~ ■ 10 



Boyer 17 Foley 14 Boyd 



Wellknown 17 Youngs 13 CReissinger 10 



Miller 17 Bunk 13 Meyle 9 



Hooley 10 Babeock 13 



No. 5, 15 singles, entrance $1: 



WeUer 15 Davenport 11 LaForce 9 



Wagner 15 F L Smith 11 Norton ... 9 



McKeel 1=^ Hyde 11 Stuart S 



Boyer 13 Worver 11 McVean 8 



Andrews 13 Foley 10 Hill 8 



Brinsmaid 13 Honch 10 Martin.. a 



Mosher 13 Kay 10 Heissinger 8 



Wilkinson 13 Babeock 10 Rickman 8 



Lane 13 Hayes 10 Goodrich 8 



Moon .12 Redmond 10 Cook- 7 



Hicks 12 Rabmor 10 Schwikert 7 



Harmon 13 Gregg. 10 Williams 6 



Hadley 13 Evershed 10 Halfmr C 



Reissinger 13 Borst 10 Roche 6 



AS Smith 11 Adams 10 Weyle 5 



Mapee H Bchmidt 9 Starr 5 



'• " . 9 Rngg 4 



Sprague U Judson, 



JEUliott . 



11 Orange 9 



O. S. B. 



BROOKLYN TRAPS. 



Bbooklyk, Sept. 29.— The regular monthly shoot of tbe Atlantic 

 Rod and Gun Club, -which was postponed from the third Tuesday 

 of the month, was shot off this morning at the West End grounds. 

 Coney Island. The competition was tor the Quimby gold badge; 

 five men entered, each to shoot at 20 bluerocks. C. Morris won 

 the trophy with a score of 17. D. Monsees second with Ifi. In the 

 afternoon the regular moiuiily shoot at live birds was held for the 

 Engeman and Bonden medals, witti extra prizes, twelve men en- 

 tered, each to shoot at 7 bU-dp, club handicap. <J. Morri.s and D. 

 Monsees lied with 7 straight ff>r tlie Engeman badge, and a good 

 race took place on The shoot-ofT, Morris killing 11 to Monsees 10. 

 R. Dwyer won the Bonden meaal with a score of 16 out of 17, J. B. 

 Voorhees taking the thii'd prize with a score of 10 out of 12. 



The postponed monthly snoot of the Ridgewood Gun Club was 

 held to-day at Deckelman'e Ridgewood Park, Long Island. The 

 club shoots at 7 live birds each, modified Hurlingham rules, 25ydH. 

 rise except L. C. Gehring, the holder of the medal, who was hand- 

 capped 3vd8. Two killed their 7 stra-'ght. They were P. Kramer 

 and J. Welz. In the shoot-otf Kramer killed 3 to his opponent's 3 

 and took the medal. 



The Diana Gun Club had its regular monthly shoot at Dexter 

 Park, Long Island. The club shoots at 15 bluerocks in two claFse?, 

 28 and 30yds. C. Minich and C. Rings tied tor the first medal in 

 Class A and shot off. In the shoot-ofT Minich won by a score of 

 9 to 7. In Class B J. Hartman and L. Garner tied with 7 each and 

 had to shoot off. Three times they shot, and :at last Hartman 

 won by a score of 11 out of 21 shot at all told. 



FLORIDA CHAMPIONSHIP.— The annual tournament of the 

 Orlando Gun Club will be held at Orlando, Fla.. Oof. 15 and 16. 

 Bluerock targets. First day.— Team match for Florida State 

 champloDBblp silk banner, now held by the Orlando Gun Olub; 

 also Individual sweeps. Second day.— Individual sweeps, Bapid- 

 ptin$ BystesQ. Amsrieaii Asaociation rules of 1880 to govern. 



NEW JERSEY TRAP SHOOTERS. 



Last April the clubs of Essex county organized the Trap Shooters' 

 League of Essex county, for the purpose of holding monthly prize 

 contests for teams ot six men each. The last of this series of shoots 

 was held two weeks ago, the Maplewood Gun Club winning first prize. 

 The league met with such flattering success and the sport received 

 such an impetus that the projectors have resolved to try and extend 

 their field, and are now perfecting plans for the formation of an or- 

 ganization that will excel anything ever attempted in this country. 

 They propose to go into forming an immense league that will take m 

 every club in Essex, Hudson, Bergen, AVarren, Morris, Sussex, and 

 rassaic counties, and bring the shooters from those sections together 

 in a series of contests that will interest the entire country. Every- 

 thing in the way of preliminary details has been carefully considered, 

 and it is expected tbat the organization will be formed so that the 

 opening shoot may be held next month. 



The plan is to form what will be known as the Trap Shooters' League 

 of Northern New Jersey, which all the clubs in the above named coun. 

 ties will be urged to .lorn. These clubs number about seventy-flve. 

 Each club joining the league will pay an initation fee of $2, and the 

 annual dues will be ten cents for every name on the rolls. A series of 

 tournament shoots will be held, one on tlae grounds of each club until 

 every club has had its turn. Previous to the opening of the series 

 each club will pay $5 or SlO into the league treasury, the amount to 

 form a prize fund. At each shoot there will be a contest for teams of 

 five men each from the various clubs, each man to shoot at twenty- 

 five artificial targets, under such rules and regulations as may be 

 ordered by the league. At the conclusion of the series of shoots, the 

 club that has won the greatest number of contests will be declared 

 the champion of northern New Jersey, and a prize valued at thirty 

 percent, of the prize fund will be presented to the successful men. 

 The second, third, and fourth clubs in order will also receive prizes 

 valued at twenty, fifteen, and ten per cent, of the prize fund. 



To make the contests still more interesting, the men breaking the 

 first, second, and third most targets in order in three-fourths of the 

 contests will receive prizes valued at ten, eight, and seven jjer cent, 

 of the prize fund, A number of prizes contributed by firms and in- 

 dividuals will also be disposed of in a manner to be decided by the 

 league. At each of the regular shoots there will be a number of m- 

 dividual contests. 



As the final touches will not be put to the scheme within a fortnight, 

 it is not possible to say what clubs will enter. There is every reason 

 to believe, however, that there will not be less than twenty five clubs 

 in at the first shoot. The prospects are that the following clubs will 

 sign the roll as charter members: South Side G. C, Woodside G. C, 

 East Side Mutual G. C, Amateur G. C, Roseville G. C, West Side G. 

 C, Independent G. C, VVaverly G. 0., all of Newark; East Orange G. 

 C, Endeavor G. C. Leonia G. C, Maplewood G. 0., Paterson R. and 

 G. C, Boiling Springs G. C, Cherry QUI G. C, Caldwell G. C, Verona 

 G. C, Newton G. C, Hackettstown G. C, Harrison G. C, Englewood 

 G. C, Gentlemen's R. and G. 0., Jersey Oity Heights G. C, New Jersey 

 Shooting Club, Durham G. C, and Sufferns G. C. 



THE STOCK PATENT DECISION, 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Your readers and the sporting world generally will be inter- 

 ested to know that the Cleveland Target Company has finally 

 won the suit which the Peoria Target Company brought against 

 it, for infringement of what is known as the Stock patent for 

 traps. 



This case has been in the courts for a long time, .since January, 

 1888. In May, 1890, an opinion was rendered by Judge Ricks sus- 

 taining the patent, and ordering an injunction and a reference to 

 a master. In November, 1890, a petition for a rehearing was 

 argued before Judge Brown, now upon the Supreme Bench of the 

 United '.States, and Judge tRicks. The rehearing was granted 

 by them, and the injunction which was ordered by Judge 

 Ricks in May was dissolved upon the giving by the defend- 

 ants of a bond for .¥10,000. This bond was promptly eiven, being 

 filed the same day. The case was heard in May, 1891, at Cleve- 

 land, before Judge Jackson, of Nashville, Tenn., and Judge Ricks. 

 Tbe Peoria Target Company sent down to argue its case one of 

 the most distinguished patent lawyers in the United States. 

 Judge Lysander Hill, of Chicago. 



Judge Hill aided Major Taylor E. Brown, who had conducted 

 the case up to that time. Judge Jackson filed his opinion at 

 Cleveland, Sept. 24, 1891. 



Judge Jackson concludes his opinion as follows: 



"Our conclusions, in which Judge Ricks concurs, may, therefore, 

 be summarized as follows: 



1. Tbat defendants do not infringe the first claim of thexe-issned 

 letters patent sued on. 



2. That claims 3 audi of said re-issued letters patent are void, 

 because there was no accident, inadvertence or mistake in either 

 the specification or claims of the original patent, and because said 

 claims cover patentable inventions which were not embodied or 

 intended to be embodied in tbe original patent, but are for new, 

 distinct devices which formed the stibject of separate or distinct 

 patents. 



3. That if said claims 3 and 4 constituted valid re-issues, the 

 device they describe and seek to have patented, was first invented, 

 that is, conceived and reduced to successful public practice by A. 

 H. Hebbard, prior to the date at which Stock invented his pivoted 

 device, and consequently no valid patent thereon could be issued 

 to said Stock, either under the original or re-is?U6 application. 



It therefore follows that complainant is not entitled to the relief 

 sought by its bill, and that its suit should be dismissed, with costs 

 to be taxed. It is accordingly so ordered and adjudged. 



HowEt-L E. Jackson, Circuit .ludge." 



Sept. 21,1891. 



The effect of this opinion ie, of course, to end the liligatlon so 

 far as the Circuit Court is concerned. It may be regarded as a 

 complete victory for the Cleveland Target Company, and as justi- 

 fying the confidence with which they have assured the trade and 

 the sporting community throughout tlie country, that they would 

 ultimatelv succeed in this suit, and that the threats which have 

 been indulged in by the Peoria Target Company might be disre- 

 garded by the trade and by all interested in trap shooting. 



The Cleveland Company have endeavored to supply the trade 

 and all those who enjoy shooting, facilities for this sport at a 

 reasonable, fair profit, and have been satisfied with a fair manu- 

 facturer's profit. They propose hereafter to continue in this 

 course, and they hope to merit in the future, as in the past, the 

 continued confidence of tbe trap-shooting fraternity. 



The Cleveland Target Company. 



Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 26, 



ONEIDA GUN CLUB.-Oneida, N. Y., Sept. 30.-The members 

 held a shoot this afternoon for a fine pressed leather ammunition 

 case. This case, together with a pressed leatiier gun case, were 

 presented to the club by Mr. Emigb, of New York. The contest 

 for the gun case occurred some time ago, in which B. I). Moot had 

 the good fortune to win. In to-day's match F. Petrie won the 

 ammunition case; and by virtue of the handicap agreed upon, F. 

 B. Cheney won second, a box of E. & L. linen collars, donated by 

 Munroe& Parsons, a locnl clothing firm. Scores as follows, 25 

 kingbirds, Keyctone system: 



Maxwell 0111 11111 lOOllllOmillll-21 



Tuttle 1010000110010111001101111—14 



Petrie lOllllllllllllllimillU-24 



De vereus OOlllllOOlllllllOUllOlOO -17 



Moot llOUOOlllllOlimillllll -21 



Markham IIIIIIIIOIOIIUIIOIOIIUI— 21 



Ransom 0011010110100100111111101-15 



Cheney OlOllOlllllOOimOllllOlO-17 



LONG BRANCH, N. J., Sept. 39.— A big crowd of enthusiastic 

 shooters gathered at Long Branch to-day, in spite of the rain, to 

 witness tbe second match at live birds between Frederick Hoey, 

 of Long Branch, and Louis T. Davenport, of New York. The shoot 

 was for $1,000 a side, and considerable money was wagered on the 

 result. The conditions were 100 birds each, 80yds. rise, 21yds. 

 boundary, 5 traps, and the use of both barrels allowed. A raw 

 wind swept across the grounds, to the great discomfort of the con- 

 testants and the spectators. Mr. John S. Hoey was the referee 

 and Mr. Harold Wallack the scorer. The birds were strong, quick 

 and erratic flyers. Tbe men shot about evenly throughout the 

 entire match, and amid much excitement brought down their 

 last bird and tied on a score of 88 killed. Under the circumstances 

 the record was excellent, a number of the birds dropping like 

 stones a few inches over the boundary fence. The first match 

 between Mr. Hoey and Mr. Davenport was won by Mr. Hoey by 

 one bird, the score being 85 to 84. A third match has been arranged 

 for a date about the middle of this month. 



INTER-STATK TEAM SHOOT.-The next Inter-State Team 

 League shoot will take place on the grounds of the Newark Gun 

 Club, at Newark, N. J., on the 15th inst., and the final shoot at 

 Woodlawn Park, under the auspices of the Fountain Gun Cluh, 

 on tbe second Thursday In next mouth. 



TORONTO, Sept. 30.— The scores at the Victoria Gun Club's 

 shoot this afternoon at Davison's farm were, at 10 birds: R. Har- 

 nett 10, Warington 7, Haines 7, Taylor 6, McCready 8, Swift o, 

 Evans 5, Knowles 8, Miles 7, Boswell 7, J. Barnett B, Oben 6, 

 Underwood 5. 



Camas Canoes and how to Build 27; em. By Parlmr B. Field. 

 Price SO cents. Canoe and Boat BMding. By W. P. St&pliens. 

 Price ^2.00. Canoe HandJing. By C. B. Vaux. Price $1. Came 

 and camera. By T. S. Steele. Price 1.50. Four Months in a Sneak- 

 box. By N. H. Bishop. Price $1.50. Canoe and Camp CooTceri/. 

 jBj/ '^Seneca.^' Price $1. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., of 

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and raoes, and 

 report of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are 

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local 

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

 items relating to the sport. 



CHANGE OF RACING RULES. 



OUT five or six weeks remain before the annual meeting of the 

 executive committee, and those having suggestions to make 

 relating to changes of the sailing rules will need to submit theta 

 very shortly to the chairman of the regatta committee. It will be 

 remembered that as the rules now stand, all proposals for changes 

 must be suhmittedto the regatta committee, and by it to the com- 

 modoreiin the annual report of the committee, and this must be 

 done in season to insure at least fourteen days noticein the oflSclal 

 organs before being voted upon by the executive committee. 

 Those having changes to propose wiU do well in the first place to 

 put the amendments in complete shape, as far as possible, and 

 then to ascertain by inquiry and oy reference to year books and 

 canoeing publications whether the same proposals have been 

 made before and possibly rejected for good reasons. After this is 

 done the amendment may be sent to the chairman of the regatta 

 committee, but a little preliminary work of this kind may save 

 much trouble and loss of time at the meeting of the executive 

 committee. Taken altogether, the racing rules, with one impor- 

 tant exception, are now in very good shape, though several amend- 

 ments are awkwardly worded and some minor points might be 

 improved. With Rule I. excepted, the rules can well be left for 

 another year exactly as they stand, thus avoiding that annual 

 change which is so undesirable. 



There are two or three points which, though quite important, 

 hardly call for special amendments to the rules, hut can be as 

 effectively dealt with through a plain condemnation in the report 

 of the regatta committee. One of these is the "pumping" with 

 sails which created so much stir at the meet. Another is the 

 interference with a leading boat by one in the race, but one or 

 more rounds astern. A mere mention of each point in the report 

 win, with the publicity already given, serve as an efl'ective cau- 

 tion, and avoid the fnrther cumbering of the rules. Among the 

 less important defects in the rules may he mentioned the .absence 

 of any provision concerning the bonds for the two trophy cups, 

 now given by each winner; the use of a red flag for two purposes 

 at the start of a race, to indicate the port course, and also the 

 one minute signal; and the punctuation and wording of Rule XII. 

 relating to the use of the paddle, which is now in very indefinite 

 shape. It has also been proposed to omit all the first sentence of 

 Rule XVI., and to permit of a change of rules at any time by 

 means of a vote by mail. There are other minor details of word- 

 ing or punctuation in which the rules might be materially im- 

 proved, but at the same time no necessity of any radical changes 

 is apparent, and it is a question whether, with Rule I. corrected, 

 the rules might not be allowed to stand exactly as they are for at. 

 least a single season; being taken up carefully in the fall of 1893 

 and revised in principle and detail by the aid of next .season's 

 experience. 



OLUB HOUSES BO RNED.- After several unsuccessful at- 

 tempis, the canoe house of the New Jersey Athletic Club, at Ber- 

 gen Point, N. J., was burned one night about two weeks since. 

 Tae N, J. A. C. is a large organization, formed some four years 

 ago, partly from the old Argonauta Rowing Club, of Bergen 

 Point, and the Viking Boat Club, of Elizabeth. The Argonauta 

 house was moved from the Kills to the new club grounds on the 

 Newark Bay shore, near the long bridge, and used for the shells 

 and rowing boats of the new club, the house and boats being leased 

 for five years by the old club, which still retained its organization. 

 At tbe same Time the smaller house of tbe Viking B. C, was pur- 

 chased and moved from the New York Bay shore at Bayonne to 

 the club grounds beside the other house, being used mainly by the 

 canoemen of the N. J. A. C. Several attempts have recently been 

 made to burn the house, one at last proving successful. Nearly 

 all the canoes and boats were burned, the building being very 

 rapidly consumed. 



About four miles further up Newark Bay, at Greenville, is the 

 Crescent O, C, a new organization, in part a .successor to the old 

 Essex C. C, of Newark. About a year since the house of the club 

 was burned at night, all the canoes being destroyed. A new and 

 larger house was built last winter,with good floats and approaches, 

 and a new fleet ot some 20 canoes was made up. At about 1 A. M. 

 on Oct. 2 this house was discovered in flames, and was burned 

 before any oC the contents could be saved. The fire was of in- 

 cendiary origin, but no motive nor clue is apparent. Eighteen 

 canoes were burned, some being insured. The house was partly 

 insured, and will be rebuilt. 



PURITAN O. C, OCT. 4 — Fir.st race wind E., light, distance 3 

 miles. The war canoe Googoozenia. under the guidance of Purser 

 Apollonio, of the Eastern Division A. C. A., started tbe races and 

 accompanied the fleet. Tbe finish was in almost a calm: 



Start, Finish. Remarks. 



Renah, J. S. Dean 1 4 163^x36 yawL 



lona, J. E. Hill 3 2 161.^X36 yawL 



Hex, C. E. Cartwrlght 3 . Disabled. 



Sachem, E. S. Gilmore 4 .. Withdrew. 



Imp, J. W, Cartwright, Jr 5 1 16x30. 



Iris, L. Hedge 6 3 161-^x36 yawl. 



Urehin, G. R. Underwood 7 5 12x28 



XXX., G. A. Wills .. Witndrew. 



Isis, F. B.Wheaton .. Withdrew. 



The series wiU be continued on Oct. 11, 18 and 25.— James W. 

 Cartwright, Jr., Sec'y. 



ALUiVUNUM FOR CANOES.— Cleveland, O.— Editor Forest and 

 Stream: I am much interested in "Muskekewano's" article on 

 aluminum canoes and, like him, think it would work a revolution 

 in boat ing. But the cost of ;.the metal is in my e.stimation a bar 

 we will have trouble in eetting over. Will "Muskekewano" 

 kindly give us the name of the producers of whom we can buy 

 aluminum at fifty cents per pound? I understand tbat the Cowlos 

 Co., of Pittsbureh, the largest producers in this country, if not in. 

 the world, list the metal in bulk, wholesale, at 82..''.0 per pound. 

 Any light on this subject will be most gratefully received by Don 

 F. Babtlett. 



MARINE AND FIELD RACES.— The open races of the Marine 

 and Field Club will be started at 2 P. M. on Oct. 10 at the club 

 house, Bath Beach. Messrs. Butler and Goddard with the lead- 

 ing New York canoeists will compete. The club hou=e may be 

 reached hy the Thirty-seventh street ferry to South Brooklyn, 

 from South Ferry, New York, and the electric railway to Bath 

 Beach. 



A. C. A. AUDITING COMMITTEK.—Fditor Forest and Stream: 

 TheA. C. A. committee to audit the Secretary-treasurer's ac- 

 counts is hereby appointed as follows: Rodney F. Hemenwayand 

 Frederick T.Walsh, both of Lowell, Ma.ss.— Walter U. Lawson, 

 Commodore (Boston. Mass., Sept. 30). 



PASSAIC RIVER CARNIVAL.-The club four race set for 

 Sept. 29 did not take place, but in the evening a large number of 

 canoes and boats tm-ned out for the lantern procession, which was 

 a great succes?. 



DOWN THE DANUBE.-Mr. foultney Bigelow has returned 

 to Loudon after a long canoe trip down the Danube with Messrs. 

 Alfred Parsons and Prank D. Millet. 



KNICKERBOCKER C. C. OAMP.-The Knickerbocker C, C. 

 held a very pleasant camp at Egg Reach on Oct, 3 and 4, a large 

 number of local oauoeists beipg present. 



