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Wild L,mv-P07iliac. G. W. Lovell's (Middleboro,:Ma8S.j pointer 

 bitcliWild Lilly (champion King of Kent— l^ass of Keni) to his 

 cbaiiiDioTi PoDtiac (Milton Bong TL— Olimax). Nov. 16. 



Wanda— Pontiac. G. W. Lovell's (Middleboro, Mass.) pointer 

 hitch Wanda (champion Graph! n—L^dy Virniie) to his champion 

 Pontiac (Milton's Bang II.— Climax), Nov. 3. 



WHELPS. 



Fvepsred Blanks sent free on applloatton. 



Qeorgiana. Glendyne Kennels' (Bristol, R. I.) Irish setter bitch 

 Georgirina (Bisbye Ruby— Victoria), Oct. 3, seven (six dogs), by 

 their Glen Jarvis (Elcho. Jr.— Maid). , , , 



iAedan. Glendvne Kennels' (Bristol, R. I.) Irish setter bitch 

 Sedan (Chester D. Herald— Nancy), Oct. aS, one dog, by their Glen 

 .Jarvis (Elcho. Jr.— Maid). , . , 



Dimples. Albion Beaerle Kenneth' (Toronto, Ont.) beaele bitch 

 Dimples (Dnster—Binglett), Nov. 16, five (two dogs), by HornPU- 

 Harmony Kennels' champion Royal Krueger (champioa Banner- 

 mon- Cora). 



Zmttfka. Hempstead Farm's (Hempstead, L. I.) Rusman wolf- 

 hound hitch Zmeika, Oct. 15, fourteen (eight dogs), by Duchess of 



Woo(ima.nsiterne Deborah. Hempstead Farm's (Hempst^ead , L. I.) 

 colJie bircli Woodmansterne Deborah, f^ept. 21, eight (four dogs), 

 by Rev. HaT^s F. Hamilton's Woodmansterne Crack, 



LricUle Kirlie. A. Borie's (Louisville, Ky.) pointer bitch Lucille 

 Kirke, Oct. 30, ten (seven dogs), by Hempstead Farm's champion 

 Duke of Hesser. , . , 



Lou. E. A. Carrier's (Westchester, Conn.) English setter bitch 

 Lou (Gpu, Ely's Breeze— Bessie Dale), Nov. b, eleven (four dogs), 

 by V. L. Bossa's Bow Bondhu (Gus Bond hu— Bo Peep). 



SALES. 



Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Cinch's Pride. Black, white and tan ticked English .setter dog, 

 whelped Sppt. 8,1893, by CiTich out of Delaware Girl, by Liberty 

 Kennels, Hvattville, O., to Rosenfeld Bros., Delaware, O. 



Seacrofl- Ronviilm, Fox-terrier dog, whelped Aug. 3, 1891, by 

 D'Orsey nut of Damson., by G. S. Hanks, Manchester, Mass., to 

 Prince Galltzin, Ru'^aia. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Tfiere is no chwoe for aimv&rino questions under this head. A II 

 questions relating to ailments of dogs 'Will be answered by Dr. T. O. 

 Sherwood, a member of the Royal ColUge of Veterinarii Surgeons. 

 Communications referring to other matters connected with Kennel 

 Mananement and dogs will receive careful attention. 



C. H. W., Baltimore.— I have a fine young thoroughbred Scotch 

 collie. He is ia first class trim and very intelligent, but he has 

 one fault, and about this it is I ask you kindly to give m^* infor- 

 mation. He runs to every one that comes to the house, and is 

 friendlv to a wild degree. Can anything be done to prevent this? 

 He is live months old. Do you think he will learn better as he 

 grows older ? I have tried to keep Mm away by kindness and by 

 whipping, but with the next comer it is the same thing over 

 again. Would be greatly oblleed to you for any advice. Ans 

 Mr. Hammond, in his "-Training vs. Breaking," relates that he 

 has cured such cases by having the persons to whom the dog 

 makes up thrash hitn, or by other severe measures rebuke his ad- 

 vances. If your collie finds by bitter experience that strangers 

 are to be distrusted he will give over his friendly advances. 



An Unrivalled Route. 



" Thehe is no better route between the West and East than the 

 Chesapeake & Ohio, a railroad which reaches more health and 

 pltasure resorts, passes through more grand and beautiful scen- 

 ery, near more great battlefields, and over more historic ground 

 than any other line in America. The famous F. F. V. LimUed, 

 running between Louisville. Cincinnati and New York via Wash- 

 ington, Baliimore and PhiladelphiH, is worthy of the road. It is 

 a solid vestibuied, electric lighted train, with through dining car 

 ventilated with electric fans, and the handsomest, steppers ever 

 turned out by the Pullman Company, affording every possible 

 comfort and luxury, and is conceded to be without a i-ival. even in 

 this day of railroad perfection. For time tables and full inform- 

 ation call on your nearest ticket agent, or address H. W. Fuller, 

 General Passenger Agent, Washington, D. C.—AdH). 



ROD AND GUN AND CAMERA. 



As a recognition of the important place of amateur photography 

 in itis relation to sports of the field and prairie and mountain and 

 forest and stream, the Forest and Stbeajvi offers a series of 

 prizes for meritorious work ^vith the camera. The conditions 

 tinder whlcn these prizes will be given are in brief as here set 

 foi-th: 



There will be ten prizes, as follows: First $35. Second |2ti 

 Third $15. Fourth $10. Six of $5 each. 



The competition will be open to amateurs only. 



The subjects must relate to Forest and Stbeam's field— game 

 and fish (alive or dead), shooting and fishing, the camp, cnmpers 

 and camp lite, sportsman travel by land or watei-. 



There is no restriction as to the time when the pictures may 

 have been or may be made— whether in 1893 or in previous years. 



Pictures wiU be received up to Dec. 31, of this year. 



All work must be original; that is to say, it must not have been 

 submitted in any other competition, nor have been published. 



There are no restrictions as to make or style of camera, nor as 

 to size of plate. 



A competitor need not be a subscriber of Forest and Stkea m. 



All photographs will be submitteed to a committee, shortly to 

 be announced. In making their awards the judges will be in- 

 structed to t.ake into consideration the technical merits of the 

 work as a photograph, its artistic qualities; and other things 

 being equal, the unique and difficult nature of the subject. 

 Photographs must be marked only with initials or a pseudonym 

 for identification. With each photograph should be given name 

 of sender, title of view, locality, date, and name of camera. 



The photographs shall be the property of the Forest and 

 Stream. This applies only to the particular prints sent us. 



From time to time we shall reproduce by the half-tone process 

 samples of the work submitted, and shotild the interest in 

 Forest and Stream's Amateur Photography Collection prove 

 to be what is anticipated, we may ask for an expression of opinion 

 by a vote of all our readers after the manner of the successful 

 and famous "Camp-Pu-e Flickering Vote." Such popular vote 

 will be qttite distinct from the award by the committee. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



L. D. H.. Hartford, Conn.— 1, Is there a law protecting the hair 

 seals found ofiP the Maine coast V and if so, wnat is it? 2. When 

 do they breed? 3, Do thf«y remain there all of the year, or do 

 they migrate ? and if so, where ? 4. Can the skin be used for any- 

 Ihing, or is it too oily ? Ans.— 1. No. 3. On rocky points and out- 

 lying ledges along th« shore. 3. They remain throughout the 

 year, 4. Yes, for cl ""thine and covering trunks. The flesh is con- 

 sidered very palatable in Greenland. These remarks apply to the 

 common harbor seals (Phoca vitulina). 



W. P. S., Philadelphia.— Can you give me any Information as to 

 rearing and keeping game birds in confinement? Are there any 

 beoks on the subjpct, and what are they? Ans.— You wil! find 

 something in our Natural History columns to-day, a continuation 

 fmrn last week. There are other papers on the subject in Forest 

 AND Stream, Sept. 3 and Sept. 24, 1891. 



A Worthy Representative. 



HaeboPw Grace, Newfoundland, Nov. Id.—l take this 

 opportDuity to congrattilate yoti on the many improvments 

 made during the past year and to say how thankful I am 

 for such a clean and healthy paper— a worthy representa- 

 tive of all manly sports, and "especially worthy in that you 

 have "the courage of your convictions" and always uphold 

 the right hfecause it is right. I have been a subscriber from 

 your first year, have watched your progresg ^ijid can apeak 

 uoderstandingly, Ri o, 



The Cruise of the Elsa. 



{Concluded from page son.) 



Passing PrescotA and Ogdensburg, the cuiTent becomes stronger 

 and the river begins to break up into differ ent channels, and choos- 

 ing the one nest the Canadian shore as being sure to bring us into 

 the Galop's Canal, we shortened sail In view of possible shallow 

 water and housed the centerboard completely— none too soon! for 

 soon, clinkety-clink went the rudder on the stony bottom over which 

 we were flylrig along 7 miles an hour. The skipper's heart carae into 

 his mouth and he reduced sail still more, but the boat swept clear in 

 this and several more small rips, and as dusk came on we hugged the 

 shore close looking out for the entrance to the canal. 



Soon an isolated crib with a flagpole, and beacon appeared ahead, 

 which we rightly conjectured to have some connection with it, and 

 dropping can lously pasl, for it was now quite dark, we espied 

 lights close by, and hailing found n e were actually in the canal itself 

 and that ah was clear ahead to the first lock, two miles. Hoisting 

 sail again we soon covered the distance and ran into a slip behind a 

 neat steam yacht, mooring "head and tail" for the night opposite the 

 village of Cardinal. 



The place was full of canal navvies, for the enlargement was in pro- 

 gress, and for the first time on the cruise it seemed likely that we 

 should pass an uncomfortable night, but we finally found a quiet 

 little inn close to the water and were fed and shelt.ei-ed. 



At 8 A. M. Elsa was duly entered in the canal office books, and paid 

 twenty-five cents for a pass to Moutreal. Armed with this dociment 

 she passed tnrough everv lock west of Lachlne without delay, except 

 where other vessels were actually in the chamber before us, and in 

 no single ease was there a murmur froiu the tenders at being obliged 

 to open the heavy gates for so tiny a craft. 



Speeding down the wide canal below the locks with a fair breeze 

 behind us and no anxiety about tacks or shoals, now chasing a 

 flock of geese and anon exchanging salutations with the farmers and 

 teamsters upon the towpath, Elsa and I were glad to acknowledge 

 that -contrary to our expectations the passageof the canals, while not 

 exciting, was by no means the least pleasant of our experiences. 



Five miles brought us to another lock at the lower end of the 

 canal and we passpd again ont on to the great rolling river for a short 

 distance, when we entered the Raplde Flat at Mbrrisburg Canal. 

 Here steam shovels and dredges were at work at intervals all the 

 way along, and we experienced some little delay In getting past 

 them, especially at one point where we met the steamer Alexandria 

 coming up just where a large dredge occupied half the channel. 



Hanging in the wind for a minute, Elsa waited until the big fellow's 

 stem was clear and then hailed the captain upon his lofty perch and 

 asked If she could pass. The august officer not returning any an- 

 swer and the gap widening, the helm was put up and we darted for 

 the opening, when lo! to the skipper's disgust, a line was hove from 

 the steamer to the dredge, across our bows. Fearful of carrying 

 away a spar and perhaps Ijeing dragged foul of the steamer's wheel, 

 Elsa's helm was promptly laid hard .across her, and leaving no room 

 to come up in, she crashed into the bank with a thad which made 

 everything on board jump. 



The skipper for the fir.st time on the voyage stood upon his quarter- 

 deck and roundly abused the exalted commander on the steamboat, 

 the more so as a clumsy deckhand had on his touching the bank 

 jumped aboard the little yacht in order the better to be able to grasp 

 and carry ashore another hne from the vessel's bows — and was chew- 

 ing up Che dainty varnished foredeck with his great hobnailed boots. 

 The c&ptain taking the abuse very meekly and dtsclaiming any inten- 

 tion of overlooking the rights of the pigmy half-tonner alongside, 

 Elsa's crew overcame their inclioation to run into and sink the 200- 

 tonner, and contented themselves with carrying the deckhand half a 

 mile down the canal before setting him ashore. This was the only 

 occasion on which Elsa met with discourtesy on the whole voyage. 



At Morrisburg we landed for a few minutes only, fearing after our 

 late start and numerous delays that we had lost too much time to 

 be able to afford a dinner ashore. So the steward purchased a large 

 bunch of grapes and off these and some crackers and cheese the 

 crew made a meal. 



So we flew along with a fair breeze and a current which ran at 

 times three or four knots. The channel was most puzzling, some- 

 times hugging one bank and sometimes swinging round an island 

 and over to the other, so that we had to jibe repeatedly and at times 

 haul close to the wind. The meal was consequently taken by fits 

 and starts in the intervals of straight running. 



Overestimating our speed, we ran into the Farran's Point canal in 

 mistake for the Cornwall and lost a half hour in locking when we 

 might just as well have run the rapid, but by 4 P. we were fairly 

 in the Cornwall canal, and landed on the tow path for a view of the 

 Long Sault rapids. 



While the Lachiue are the best known and most celebrated, and 

 the Cedars and Cascades probably more beautiful.and diversified, the 

 Long Sauit is, I think, the wildest and most turbulent of the St. 

 Lawrence River. One gets some idea of the volume and power of 

 the great river as he watches the mighty surges and reflects that 

 steamers of over 8ft. draft can pass over without touching. I believe 

 it is an established fact that the mail steamers run tnrough them 

 some nine miles in all at an average speed of thirty miles an hour. 

 As their speed is something less than fifteen miles in still water the 

 velocity of the current must be about the same, which in spite of the 

 picturesque accounts of travelers who shoot the rapids of compara- 

 tively paltry streams in bark canoes at "express train" speed, is au 

 enormous velocity for moving water. 



I got some idea as I looked of the labor of Che earlier settlers and 

 boatmen who started from Lachine with their Dedhani boats and 

 patiently "poled" and '-traciced"' with a line up the whole series of 

 "chutes." And what shah be said of the nerve of the voyageur who 

 first undertook to pilot one of the huge, unwieldy, square timber 

 rafts of former days through that appalhhg vortex of tumbling and 

 seething billows. 



One of the most exciting passages I have ever made was that of the 

 rapid of the same name on the Ottawa. The surges seemed paltry 

 compared to those I was looking upon, but 1 remember that at times 

 but little was visible of the forward portion of the raft except the 

 bodies above the waist of the rowers pulling like steam engines at the 

 great sweeps which steered her. Apart from the size of its "bouil- 

 lons," the long Sault Is an easy rapid to run, and few accidents have 

 occurred upon it. 



Evening was approaching, and wishing to have a clear day for 

 Lake St. Francis on the morrow we could not linger as long as we 

 could have wished over the fascinating scene. Starting again, the 

 wind fell light, and we drifted slowly down upon Mllle Roches, 

 stopping at the hotel upon the bank for supijer. Just at dusk a tug 

 came down with a huge scow, and paddling out to her she oblisingly 

 caught our painter and towed us some three miles further. Here in 

 a lock we overtook a tow of great grain barges and went through the 

 remaining locks and on to Cornwall in their company, airing our 

 French a little in convei-sation with the crew, all French Canadians, 

 It was midnight before the last lock was passed and we pulled out 

 on t© the moonlit river and nearly 1 A. M. before Etsa found a com- 

 fortable and safe berth; so after trying in vain to arouse the inmates 

 at three several hotels, we accepted gratefully a cot and a blanket in 

 the lock tender's barracks, and were soon fast asleep. 



Waking at dayhght, we found a light easterly breeze blowing up 

 tbe river and our tow of barges already departed, and wishing to 

 make Valleyfleld, if possible, that night, we pushed out at once Into 

 the great gray river, and were soon aided by the powerful current, 

 making good headway beating from shore to shore. Landing three 

 or fom* miles down we had breakfast at a farmhouse, and brought 

 aboard some delicious apples. Breeze still ahead and faiUng. and at 

 noon Elsa had only got fairly out on the lake and abreast of Lancas- 

 ter. With a light au' from tne south, just sufficient to give steerage 

 %vaj' but not enough to ruffle the polished steel metal surface of the 

 water, we drew slowly down the shaUow expanse, past several light- 

 houses on tiny artificial islands, praying for a breeze which never 

 came. 



AS the afternoon drew on the sky became overcast and threatened 

 rain, and at 5 p. m. we were fain to work, ashore n ar a lighthouse at 

 Pte. k Beaudet, just witloin the Province of Quebec. Our customary 

 good luck brought us to comfortable quarters again, Elsa swinging 

 in a shallow, reed encircled lagoon, and her crew reposing in the best 

 room of a comfortable farmhouse, whose owner obstinately refused 

 to receive any remuneration for his entertainment, 



It had been a long day, and the crew were thoroughly tired. The 

 morning broke rainy and dull, and it was Sunday morning withal, so 

 it was later than usual ere the skipper bestirred himself, and nearly 

 9 before he had things ready for a start. The weather had mean 

 time cleared a little, and a light northwesterly breeze was blowing, 

 so sail was made without delay, and Elsa was headed for Valleyfleld, 

 13 miles away on the opposite side of the lake. The big bridge over 

 theiriver at Ooteau soon began to loom up In the distance, and in an 

 hour the spires of Valleyfleld were in sight. 



The breeze almost died away at one time and we began to fear 

 that we should not have enough to stem the nasty cross current 

 which makes the Beauharnals Canal so awkward to enter, but it 

 luckily freshened again as we neared the range lights, and thread- 

 ing our way through the crooked channel we entered the canal a 

 little after 11 A.M, A big petroit propeller was coming out and we 

 «*pljaot?ed oeoapltmwtB with her oaptaia m ska swept by. 



At the guard lock we suflfered a few minutes' detention while some 

 barges which had come down ahead of us were locked through 

 and were the center of an admiring group of Sunday idlers. Then 

 the great gates opened and wo sbpped in alongside of another barge 

 which was awaiting her turn. In a few minutes we were through, 

 and the breeze having gained strength in the interval we bowled 

 merrily along the canal, which being retained on the north or 

 weatherside by au embankment for its entire length, offering no ob- 

 struction to the wind, afforded some fine sailing. 



A mile or two down we overhauled a pedestrian and took him 

 aboard, greatly to his delight. Occasionally we caught beautiful 

 glimpses of the rapids, and our friend pointed out the spot where the 

 Columbian got a=!hore and was with ereat difficulty got oft" again. 

 About five mdes' run brought us to the first lift lock, after which 

 they came at very short intervals, 7 or 8 in all. and at 4 P.M. we pad- 

 dled out on to the final reach of water. Lake St. Louis. 



Montreal Mountain showed up boldly ahead and It seemed as 

 though we should easily make Dorval. some thirteen miles off, be- 

 fore 7 o'clock ; but It was not to be. Getting abreast of Beauharnais 

 the wind backed to the north and then to the northeast and dead 

 aheail. It began to blow hard, loo, raising an ugly, short, choppy 

 sea; It was very cold and getting rapidly dark, and working under 

 the lee of Isle Perrot the skipper landed to inquire for a berth. 

 Some sportsmen with guns directed him to a wnarf about a mile 

 further back, behind which Elsa found a comfortable berth, and on 

 the bank above the crew found a house whose inmates agreed to 

 shelter them for the night. 



In good time next morning Elsa shoved off. and started for her 

 last 10 mile sail, and an interesting and exciting one it was, with the 

 water bi-oken by reefs and shoals, and the wind coming in angry 

 gusts out of the northeast. Clearing the shoals at last we took a 

 longstretchto the northwest, and getting under the lee of the Montreal 

 Island with smoother water the crew sponged out the water and 

 shook the rppfs out of the mainsail, and away we went past Pte. 

 Claire and Vaiois Bay, until at 10 30 a Hne of "masts announced the 

 quarters of the St. Lawrence Y. C. fleet. Coming in stays opposite 

 them Elsa ran merrily In among them, and fifteen minutes later we 

 were at anchor and shaking hands heartily with the carefater, and 

 receiving his congratidalions on the successful termination of the 

 Toyasre. 



In spite of the persistent heavy weather which was experienced all 

 through Lake Ontario and the Bay of Quinie, the run had been a 

 thoroughly enjoyable one, which the writer hopes to repeat again 

 next summer in a still better boat, taking in if possible the A. C. A. 

 meet as he goes. The Thousand Islands and the Bay of Qulnte are 

 ideal cruising grounds for a singlehander, and he would have been 

 glad to spend more time among them than the day and a half con- 

 sumed between Kingston and Brockville. 



One great drawback experienced was the want of sleeping accom- 

 modations aboard. Not that the crew were subjected to any hard- 

 ship or discomfort, but because of the anxiety which a properly con- 

 stituted single-bander always suffers from when away from his 

 boat, To camp ashore is almost out of the question, so much time 

 being necessary to rig up and break camp, and cook. Elsa, or her 

 successor, will be so fitted next summer that the crew can .sleep and 

 cook aboard. 



I am repeatedly asked w'hether it is not lonely cruising by one's- 

 self all day. A man who can not find sufficient companionship in 

 his boat, books, charts and barometer, and. above all, in commu- 

 nion with nature and her works, is no stuff of which to make a sin- 

 gle hander, and had better ship aboard a big yacht with a few dozen 

 of beer and a ease of champagne. For m"yself, while I enjoy an 

 afternoon sail with a boon companion, and the excitement of an oc- 

 casional race with another boat, I find continual association with the 

 same individual in a small boat much more likely to become irk- 

 some than solitude. "Two hearts which beat as one" are cjuite 

 impossible to find, at any rate if they both belong to persons of the 

 same sex. I have never felt lonely on any of my solitary voyages. 

 "Never less alone than when alone." Hence, I have no use for any 

 boat too large or too unhandy to be sailed by myself. 



Six years ago I was one of Mr. Kunhardt's few supporters la his • 

 advocacy nf the yawl rig, and I am still of tbe same mind and can 

 find nothing which for all-round work is at all comparable with it. 



Elsa, as will be seen from her photograph, is a cat yawl, an en- 

 larged canoe, in fact. She is decidedly fast under the rig and handier 

 than most boats, but she has two decided faults— without a jib it is 

 diflicult to get enough sail and good balance without carrying it very 

 high aloft, which means diminished stiffness and a very heavy mast 

 right in the eyes, and again, in a regular snorter it is impossible to 

 stow a mere corner of the mainsail to lie to under without giving her 

 some of the mizzen as well, owing to tbe forward position of the 

 center of effort of mainsail, I purpose, therefore, coming back to 

 the regular yawl, with mast stepjied some 3 or 4i't. from the .stem, 

 and stayed if necessary. 



I can heartily indorse the sail plan of La Gloria as very nearly the 

 right thing. As for the model it is fine, but why cut the handsome 

 fantail square off and clap a transom on, when the lines carried out 

 fair would have allowed the boomkin to be dispensed with ; and what 

 is the objection to more dead rise and ballast where it would increase 

 the power and ability of the boat so greatly. The bow lines are a 

 trifle too full for my fancy, and I should imagine them rather con- 

 ducive to splashing and potmdlng, but evervthing depends on the 

 use and the waters for which the boat is intended. It is very pleas- 

 ant indeed to see that, after good-humored arguments over points of 

 design, the editor and the undersigned have so nearly touched one 

 another in their ideas of what constitutes a first-rate single-bander. 



CoBouHO, Can. H. K, Wicksteed. 



Royal C. C. 



The autumn general meeting of the Royal ( !anoe Club was held, 

 or partly held, on Wednesday last; that Is to say, that, the business 

 before the meeting not having been concluded at a late hour, the 

 meeting stands adjourned to some day early in December, to be fixed 

 by the committee. The business of the evening was of an important 

 character in more ways than one; it resulted in a complete change 

 of officers, the adoption of Y. R. A, rating instead of over-all length 

 for canoe yawls, the non-acceptance of sliding seats in the first 

 class, and the passing by a majority of the new general purpose 

 class (subject, however, to further consideration as to the effect of 

 the rule in relation to majorities of votes). The election of captain 

 10 fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late captain, .lohu 

 Macgregor. was the first business. The names of Mr. George Her- 

 bert and of Mr. W. Baden-Powell ("Nautilus") were proposed. The 

 meeting by a small majority deckled that the election should pro- 

 ceed without any discussion as to qualifications. Mr, Baden-Powell 

 thereupon declined to stand for c|ie captaincy, and subsequently 

 declined to be nominated as a "mate." Mr. Herbert was elected 

 captain, and Messrs. Nisbet and Webster as mates. 



The motion for the admission of sliding deck seats produced a very 

 lively and long discussion, and when voted upon, though a. majority 

 was obtained, the requisite majority of two-thirds of the members 

 present was not obtained. We think in the interests of canoe sailing 

 that the loss of the motion is most unfortunate. The meeting then , 

 with only one dissentient vote, passed the alteration of the rule of 

 classification of canoe yawls, which now reads as follows: " A canoe 

 yawl shall not exceed SOfC. in length over all; she shall not be of less 

 beam than 3ft. ; the depth from upper side of deck to under side of 

 keel (measured at any point) shall not exceed 3ft. ; no ballast shall 

 be carried outside or below tne garboards, excepting centre plaies 

 or drop keels; no transom or counter-stern. For racing purposes a 

 canoe yawl shall not exceed the Y.R.A. rating of 0.5, found by 

 Leagthj^f L.W^j^all Area accordance wlth-.the Y.R.A. rules. 

 bOOO 



The certificate of such rating granted by the Y.R.A. or the Thames 

 Boat Sailing Association (same rule) shall be deemed the yawl's 

 rating, subject to verification by the R.O.C. committee at anytime 

 if necessary. The L.W.L. lengtfi shall be marked at each end, and 

 such marks shah be visible above water when the yawl is lying in 

 smooth water in complete and usual racing trim." 



The next business was the introduction of a new rulp, viz. : "New 

 class, general canoe." As this is not finally settled, we defer setting 

 it out till after the decision as to the voting has been settled. The 

 poi"t is possibly peculiar, and though we hold no personal doubt 

 thereon, the question being now under consideration we give no 

 opinion, but merely state the rule, thus: "No ? wZe of the club shall 

 be changed unless at a general meeting after due notice given of the 

 proposed change; such nKemtiOH shall be approved by two-thirds 

 of the members present at the time of voting"— the italics are ours. 

 The question to be decided is whether a new rule proposed which 

 does not chanac any existing rule of the club is subject to the ordi- 

 nary rule of a hare majority vote, or to the particular vote above 

 stated. The business In relation to proposed new club quarters on 

 the Thames, a ciuestion which probably includes that of the future 

 locaUty of the club races was, for want of time, adjourned, as also a 

 motion in the alternative of the "new class" is not passed. The busi- 

 ness at the adjourned meeting is, therefore, as important as that 

 which was taken on Wednesday.— Fieid. 



We learu with regret that Mr. Eord Jones, for so long one of the 

 leading sailors in the A. C. A., is out of canoeing for some years, la 

 all probability, as he leaves this week for Calgary, at the fppt at we 

 Boeky Mountains, to epter a legal partnership there, 



