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FOREST AND STT=IEAM. 



[Jan. 19, 1891 



Onr of two resiilU must, follow this retrogressive action of the K. 

 V. (J.: if tliecluh is .-il)!!- to retrtiii auy of its former influence over 

 British canoeing, wliii'b is veiy doul)tful; tJien that, hifluence must act 

 to ret;ii'(t the improvciuent. of racinj< canoes and the develox^ment of 

 the .speed necessary to successful competition with America.- If on 

 the other hand the otiier British eliibs [leruiit the use of the sliding 

 seat and refuse to follow the lead of the R. C. C all interclub racing 

 hetween tliern and the lattei- cluh nurst cease, to the, injury of both 

 parties, but. especially to the R. C. {.-. (Canoeing is not in a pi-osperous 

 state in England, and it requires for its existence the stimulus derived 

 from active I'acing and the intelligent co operation of all the Bi'itish 

 clubs: failing this, the modern descenilants of the l^ob Roy and Nautilus 

 are likely to have a hard sti-ife foi' existence against the eanoe yawl on 

 the one hand and the open Canadian eanoe on the otlici-. 



While restricting I be development, of the ItVxSO .janoe, the R. C. C- 

 has adopted a new and l>etter l ule for the canoe .vawl. the most formi- 

 dable rival of the racing canoe. The i-esult likely to follow from this 

 very sti'ange action on the part of a caiioe cluli is I'hat men will give 

 up the eauoe and take to the canoe yawl. 



Royal C. C. 



The a.uuual meeting of the Royal (_'. (J. for m.)2 assumed a specia' 

 iniportauce from tlie facts that for the fii'st time since its organization 

 in 186(3 the club ha.s been called upon to elect a captain: and further, 

 it has had to consider teh question of modernizing antl amending its 

 measureiuent and sailing rules. 



The f)t1fice of commodore has always been a pui'ely nominal antl 

 honorary one, held l»y the Prince of Wales since the eai-ly days of the 

 club. The executive' head of the did) has been the capta.ni. the late 

 John MacCSregor. the founder of the club and almost tlie originator of 

 modei'n canoeing. (.'aptain Macthvgor's interest in the cluh and 

 canoeing, which was always that of the cruiser and non-racer, has 

 naturally decreased with age. and in fact for foiu- years or more prior 

 to liis death his ph\'sieal disabilities have been such as to separate hiui 

 entirely from the cluli. the business being carried on Ijy the subordin- 

 ate officers. 



The death of (.!ai:itain Maetiregoi' made it necessary to elect a new 

 captain and at the meeting on Nov. 24 two candidates were ncmiiuated, 

 Mr. fleorge Herbert, the oldest meiid)er of the club, and Mr. AV. Badetl 

 Powell, also an old nieiubei- and one of llie most active of the racing 

 men. A proposal wds iimde to discuss the qualiflcatioris of the candi- 

 dates, but as It wa.s iili]ei tHil to. IJaden Powell witlidrew lus name, 

 and Mr. Herbert was declared elected. The otlier ofHcers elected 

 were: Mates, Percy Nisliet and (Jeorge "Websrer; Purser, (J. T. Wright, 

 i-e-elected; Cook, F. Tuckett. re-elected: Secretary. T. ti. F. Winser. 

 re-elected; Auditoi-, P.. deQ. Qumcy, re-elected; t'onunittee, AV. Baden 

 Powell. A. B. Ingram, E. A. LeaiOi, F. T. Mdes. A. ,H. Nichol, R. detj. 

 Quincy. Col. Howland Roberts, E. B. Trcdwen. Paul W.aterlow. Hoii- 

 orarv Committee. Dixon Kemp. Pord Jvimiaird. AV. ,1, Clayton. 



After the election the following proposals for cli.ingmg the rules 

 w^ere introduced. Bv AA'alter Stewart: -'That in future in sailing races 

 of the R. C. C. there 'be no restriction placed upon Tlie use of appli- 

 ances by means of \\-hich the weight of the canoeisr's Imdy may Vie 

 most advantageously used to add to the sail carrying power of any 

 eanoe competing in such races." 



Mr. Baden Powell intrfiduced the following three proposals: 



Fii'st— That the i-ule relating to canoe yawds be amended so as I (j 

 embody the followin.g clause: ■■l^'or i-acing purposes a cauoe^awl 



.shall not exceed the pi-esent Y . R. A. rating of 0.5, found hy 



in accordance wdth Y. R. A. rules, The certificate of such rating 

 granted bv the Y. R. A. or the Thames Boat Sailing .Association ("same 

 rule) shall Ine deemed the yawPs rating, subject to verification by the 

 R. C. C. committee if necessa.ry. 



The waterline length shalJ lie marked at each end, and such mai-ks 

 shall be ahove water when the yawl is lying-in smooth water in .•om 

 plete and usual racing trim. 



Second— (New class) General purpose canoe. That the following 

 dimensions .shall constitute the class, with such additional vs-ording as 

 may be necessary: Not over 16ft. long; not over aoin. depth, decli to 

 bottom of keel; not over 30in. beam: not less than ^Tin. beam; not 

 less than 1.5in. in deijtli, taken anywhere in middle third of length: no 

 liallast outside except center plates; shah be fitted with tw'o bulkheads 

 not less tlian 4ft. apart; well hatchway not less than :-!Oin. long by h5{n. 

 wide, and 2lt. 6in. of well floor in length shall be clear of centerboard 

 case: center plates .shall be housalilc within the canoe, and all .spai'S 

 .shall be stowable within the canoe; no other restrictions-, 

 - Third— In the event of No. II. being withdrawn or not passed: That 

 Rule 2d,, second class, be altered by striking out the words '-and to he 

 clinch-built Cplank edges overlapping and forming lands";. 



Mr. Stewart's proposition, which was practically to admit the Butler 

 sliding seat in the club races, was seconded by Mr. Baden Powell and 

 suppoi'ted by some of the sailing men, including the winner of tlie PS!);.' 

 elialleuge cup. but it failed' to secure the necessary twn-thu-ds 

 majority and thus did not pass. The rule for canoe-yawls was carried 

 with bt'it one contrary vote, but a question arose over the nest prfi- 

 posal as to whether a liare majority or a majoi'ity of" two-thirds wa.s 

 neces.sary, the residt being that Nos. 11. and III. were postponed to a 

 future meeting. 



This took place on Dec. 9, 'botli proposals being defeated, leaving the 

 rtiles as they have been fot- some years. 



iiig the metal from its combinations as formed in nature The ore of 

 iron has only to lie thrown into a bias! furnace, along with a flux, and 

 the metal Hows; but it is othei-u ise wit h tlie ori' of aluminum: it has 

 liitherto declined to be treated so expeditiously. \ cheap method of 

 attaining the end in view has been the quest of' chemi.sts and metallur- 

 gists for years. This long-sought-after process has been at last dis- 

 covered liy a Dr. Bleyer. 6t Berlin, by ^vhich the metal can be produced 

 at about twopence per pound (in IK38 the pi-ice was .tiPOOO per pound); 

 t he pi-ice to-da.y is aliout 4s. per pound. 



The time, therefore, seems not to be far' distant when aluminum 

 n Wl take the jilace of iron, copper, and lirass in tlie construction of 

 everything whi^re strength, Ughtiiess and durability are essentials, and 

 it would be hai-il to mention any engineering construction intended for 

 use on land or w a.ter, and it might he added in air, whei'e t.lie.se three 

 (p-ialities are 111 it a. necessity. Sebkop. 



— JEiigineeriny. 



The W. C. A. Winter Banquet. 



Chicago. III., ,lan. S.-^lt is usually supposed that a welkin is some- 

 thing that lives out of doors, bii't this is not the case. There was a 

 line, large welkin at the AVellington Hotel here last night, and il was 

 made to ring, whetlier it wanted to oi- not— yoti kuo\\' a welkiu has to 

 be ntade to ring, it never does it willingly— not only once, but several 

 times. No eanoe banquet is all right without a welkin, and this one 

 was all right, because it was gi\'en by the Cliicago Clanoe Cluh to the 

 members of the W, C A,, on the occasion of the winter lueetlng of the 

 e.vecntive committee and the presence of a nil mber of visiting canoe- 

 ists. 



The description of a canoe banquet is luuch like the description of a 

 battle— it can be done beat by a man who wasn't there. Atthi.s writing 



of the proper conduct of a canoeist. A A'oice: "Yoii were away off 

 there. "J 



Mr. Munger called for Mr. Spencer of Bloomiiigton. Mr, Spencei- 

 spoke briefly. Two years agit he had had to shoulder the respousi- 

 bilil)- of making a speech in place of the Forest and Stre.vm man, 

 who was absent. AAYiuld the latter now make the speech he had had 

 up his sleeve for two yeai-s? The chairman promised ■ 'apple orapor- 

 tunity" for tliis as soon as tlie back numbers of Forest and Strka.u 

 could be olitained, His pronunciation v,'as corrected, but he said he 

 couldn't say apple omportunity any better than that, and he didn't 

 believe anybody else could. If so the.y .should have apple ompor- 

 tunity. all of them. 



Billy Fi'iese. aus Milvowka. told a touching story of the love affair 

 of a certain Corinthian sailor, and then there was a song to the eft'ect 

 that •■There Is a Tavern in Cur Town." at the first burst'of which the 

 entire Dago orcliestra on hand rose and fled in a bod>% deserting their 

 instruments. which became spoils of war. 



Mr. PI. C, (_'rane expressed regrets for the Cincinnati brethren v, ho 

 could not be present at the banquet or at the summer meet, tint 

 l^romised to have them all there at Ballast next July, 



MORE MUSIC. 



Mr. A. AA'. Kitchin was now called on to sing about the man with the 

 hat which had a woollen string for binding, Mr. Kitchin inforrnecl 



the audience that^ — 



•■There was a little man and he wa.sn't very rich. 

 And when he died he didn't leave much; 

 But he had a little hat with a great trig brim. 

 All boxmd round with a woollen string." 



The fact that the deeea.seil gentleman had a penchant for w ool in 



Alumijium and Aluminum Boats. 



DanieIj J. G.4.LANArGH. the Philadelphia boat buiUlei-. is constructing 

 the first eight-oared racing shell ever built from aluminum metal. It 

 is intended for the use of the CorneU College ere\\- and will be finished 

 the latter part of March. Oalanaugli is the first boat Imilder to expe- 

 riiuent with alunihium in the construction of i^acing shells. His first 

 effort was on a shigle-scnll shell for the use of (leorge AV. Statzell. 

 commodore of the Schuylkill Navy and .ex-champion single sculler of 

 the Schuylkill River. It is proved to be a very strong boat and some 

 41bs. lighter than those constructed from anj' other material hithei^to 

 used. "The shell was loaned to an oarsmen who was entered at the 

 Newark (N. J.') regatta, and there Charles E. Courtney, the Cornell 

 trainer, saw it. He was much taken with the new style of shell and 

 urged its adoption so strongly and so per.sistently that the Cornell 

 boating anthoi-ities finally appointed a committee to go to Philadel- 

 phia and interview the maker. CJalaiiaugh felt so jiositive that he 

 could build a shell at least ten seconds faster than one constructed of 

 .either paper or cedar that be agreed to take the ri.sk of building an 

 .eight at his own expense, and if it does not prove ten seconds fa.ster 

 than any other shell the crew can get they need not take it. 



The keel and guuwale are now laid m his shop on the banks of the 

 Schuylkill. The boat will be h2tt. m length ovei^ all. 2im. beam amid- 

 ships, 8:^in. deep amidships. U'/^m. deep forward, and 6U,in. deep 

 aft- The shell will be composed entirely of ahinmium with the ex- 

 ception of the washbox. which will be of w^ood. and the outriggers, 

 which are to be of steel tubing, cold drawn. Phe shell will weigh 

 17'51bs- all told. Ordinary paper and cedar shells weigh about 3,dolbs.. 

 and AA''aters. the famous sheU builder ot Troy. N. \ .. claims that a 

 3001b- eight-oared .shell is an exceedingly light one. 1 lie aluminum 

 shell will be built m two piece-s. being divided tore and aft and thi^n 

 joined together amidships. It is designed to carry an average weight 

 of IT.'^ilbs. per man. 



The aluminum from wduch tlie shell is being made is one-twentieth 

 of an inch thick and weighs about seven ounces to the square foot, 

 (iatmaugh's contract calls tor completion ot tlie boot l>y the latter 

 part of March, when the Cornell crew will come to Philadelphia to try 

 tlie shell on the Schuyllall. It it is satisfactory (xalanaugh will receive 



$noo. 



The fa.ct ot (!ornell's ordering tins shell lias cjaiised considerable 

 comment m college boating circles, and Harvard intends having one 

 as soon as possible. A number ot oarsmen from that college visited 

 Philadelphia last .Saturday, the result ot which was the ordering of 

 .an aluminum shell tor the Harvard crew. t4alauaugh has orders no^v 

 for twelve aluminum boats— two tour-oared, two eights, one double 

 and seven single shells. ( )ne ot the sliells is tor a Portland (^Ore. ) club, 

 and one ot r.iie siimles goes to the Narragansett CUih of Providence, 

 R. l—Fhitadeltjhiii Hemrd. 



liONDON. Dec. (i. X?m.— Editor thiqiiifennq: The tollowmg facts and 

 flgiires will doubtless be interesting to many of your readers. I he 

 niet.ll aluminum. 4if which the general public sees so httle. is nevei- 

 it.hele.s,s the mo.st abundant of all metals. Not a hill nor valley exists 

 jn the universe which does not contain it. 



Those who have not made minerals and metals a special stud\-. will 

 he startled- when told that there is ten tunes more ot this metal in the 

 world than Wxeve is of iron. lead, copper, zmc. nickel, gold, and silver 

 combined Besides being abundant, aluminum possesses m itselt 

 ipialities peculiar to no other individual metal. It is stronger than 

 iron, while it is malleable as copper: it is as hard as silver, while it is 

 rtnly one-fourth the weight of that metal: it is white as polished steel, 

 while- unhko thaKmetal. it is unaffected by the atmosphere— that is, it 

 does not corrode or rust. It xnax well tie asked. It aluminum is so 

 plentiful, and it it possesses so manv excellent qualities, -why is it not 

 more extensively usedr The answer i.s. it is too dear. Its higii price 

 l^as arisen from the difficultv. wlueh Intherto has existed, in separat- 



Jan yj2 ,8ci5 



Chicago 



time IS brief, and any description must be curtailed. It was a plenty 

 good banquet, and a regular canoeing time, and that covers t he case 

 perfectly. 



The lianquet was in the ladies drduiary ot the U ellingtoii, and the 

 committee ot the ('hicago chib lia.d done their work admirablv, as well 

 as the management of the hotel. Mr. Lee ;iiid Mr. AVare are at home 

 in ceremonies, from a hanging bee ki an installation, and (. hictigo had 

 nothing to regret, 'the menu was good, the tallies tastefully decorated, 

 and P- F. Munger was at the front end ot the assenilily. 



There were pre.st as hosts the tollowmg members ot the t hicago ( . 

 C,: Messrs. P. F. Munger. Dr. C. F. Matteson. J. H. Ware. C. AV. Pee. 

 L, J. Marks. D, It. Crane. A. AV. Kitchin, R. P. Marks. A. .I.AVhite, 11. 

 B, Cook. J. ^I'nrrell. H. C. Waters. D. M. Lord. The guests were; 

 Messrs E- IT- Holmes, F. B. Huntington. F. \\ . Dickens. Eniil ll;uisen. 

 Hugo Hauseii. A. VV. Friese. Chas. Ihomp.son, Ceo. Nash, a. F. tiregg, 

 and A. P, Chapman. Jr.. aU ot Mdwaukee: Judge Maxweh, ot Cmcm 

 nati: Mr. T. . I, Kirkpatrick. of Springfield. (J.; Mr. H. D. Spencer, of 

 Bloomington. 111.: Mr. H. C. Crane, ot Cmeinnati: Messrs. AA . H. Craw- 

 font () ,'\, W'oodriilt' and N. II. t'ook. allot Dayton. (».: Messrs. 1;. .M. 

 (larrhier and Chas, Rogers, both now of Chicago. There were also 

 present at different tunes several repi-eseutatives of the dail\- press, 

 all of whom Mr, C, AA' . Lee dutitidlv assisted iii their labors. 



"Do you see that gentleman over there at thi> head ot the fabler 

 Mr, Lee would say to the press men. pointing to the dignified hgure ot 

 Mr L- .1. Marks, "I mean the man wuh the long auburn whiskers. 

 AVell that is L. .1, Marks, a member of the hte saving service. He 

 saved live lives atone tri)) out on Michigan last simmier- - 



brought em all in. five ot em. oft from a capsized yacht, all in his 

 canoe, \ es, a canoe is much safer than a vacht. Yes. it is too had 

 atiout Mr. Alarks (with regi^et m his voice) we have to bar him m all 

 the paddlmg races at the summer meets. He will insist on wearing 

 whisl.-ers, and you know we don I. allow any sails oi- any undue advan- 

 tage you can readily see what the result would lie it we allowed hmi 

 to go into a r.'ice. The wind would follow hmi all over, \ ou nva\ tell 

 thepulihc th.at stern justice is the watchword ot ihe AA . c. A. A\ e 

 plav no favorites. Now. what are you going to have'; The results of 

 Mr, Lee's coaching are not vet apiiarent m the morning papers, but 

 the hkehest guess is that tney won t have anything at all. if the press 

 boys could use all the hospitality that was ottered them. 



After the hour was dulv adv.anced Toast Master P. F. JIunger made 

 .■1 tew solemn remarks and asked Mr. R. P. iVlarks to continue the 

 exercises ity .-i briet talk on canoes. Mr. iMarks said he didn t know 

 a canoe trom a summer girl. » iiir;e he was mil in a canoe over ;it 

 Ballast with a girl i.vA oice: es. and it was mv girl, too! ) and 

 they really knew so little about canoeing that ihev hugged the shore. 

 (Cries and loud exclamations ot surprise and disgust at his ignorance 



' present 



id 



The 



cry mncli, lor there was 

 al e.vclaiiiat ion in niusou 

 orchestra came hack when - 

 iiildti I .see anv dittereiice ili 



decorat'ion seemed lo interest tin. 

 a stampine- or teet iii chorus. . 

 about the character ot saiil strii 

 iMr. Kitcliin got to Mietwehth v, 

 anv of the ver.ses. 



iMr. I ). .A. W iiodrutt ( ■•The Slivi-r i was callwl up. but said he had no 

 ideas, exci-pt tliat he thought Mr. A\ hite s camera ought to be barred 

 aftHi-this. He wiiuldcallon his triend Mr. Rogers, the man with the 

 wooden let;-. 



Mr, Rogers said that he toiuid a wooden leg \'ev\ useful in ivuiler. a.s 

 it nevei- got {•old. and also usetul lu simimer canoeing, as it couldn t 

 <m\<. ,A1s(i. II could not be pulled. He had heiu^d the whole crowd 

 was ]inlli'd :ii I islikosii. I'liev couldii t have pulled him il he luul been 

 there, not on his wooden leg. 



Ilie orcliestra now ventured inside the door, and with some trepirta- 

 iion assisted in t'le rendition ot the .Alricaii ana knov.n as ••Hear Deiu 

 Bells.-- 



All'. Harr\- ( 'ook. who has only been married two weeks, was called 

 on to tell what he Iniew about married hte. He eariiesih' endeavored 

 to ehicidate some tew truths as to domestic tiliss. t-jut ^^ as nr.it e(|ual to 

 it. and hnallv burst into tears and sat down. ±Mr, A. J. ^^ lute, 

 bachelor, failed also when asked to tell what he didn t know about 

 married hh^. Mr. D, M, Loril. who hves in the same neighborhood 

 ••Feather \\ are. wished to enter an indignant denial ot the fact that' 

 Mr. Ware ha.d onlv gamed lib. in weight in ten years, lie was satis- 

 ned Air. Ware was picking up nghi along. 



CANOI^aXO k Pl'RE SPORT. 



ot Ohio, spoke clearly and handsr.niely lor' 



Mr. T. J. .Kirkpatrick 

 canoeing as a. sport. It was the onh' pure sport 

 was stru'tly and unqtiestionalih' amateur and at 

 -svas interested in a bicycle manufactory. biU he Wi 

 bicvchng was no longer a clean amateur sport. He 1 



".il i./iactice. 

 leproach. Hei 

 ii'i'v to say that 

 ved the eaiioe- 



bit of bunting was ot more value tor a prize than anj 

 gold or silver or anv coiivertable prize. 



Air. D. H. Crane now told a story about ( harlie Lee. He said he 

 once saw Mr. Lee measure ott a place on a board, which he was mak- 

 ing into a shduig seat, and then go to work and saw along tlie mark, 

 He heai'd a large, round, sinful swear word tall trom Mr. Lee s hps 

 he .stood there unobserved. In short. Air. Lee had left the rule lyiii^ 

 on the boar<l and had sawed both the rule and board m two. He was 

 satisfied that Mr. Lee was the boss absent-minded man. 



.Judue Ataxwell. ot (_'ineiniiati. made a scholarly and able sjieeeh or 

 .Association matters. He was fond ot Ballast Island, fie i\ as satistieo. 

 that wlieu the angel (.Gabriel was skating an.iiind nver L-.ikr Pi'ie m the- 

 early days, with his hands lull of lewels, he stnlibed his toc- and spil 



