Jt;ly 8, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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; The Manchester (MassO Y. O. held its annual meeting on June 2 

 and elected the following officers: Com., E. P. Stanley; Vice-Com., 

 A. H. Higglnson; Rear Com., Ohas. Jackson; Sec'y and Treas., Ohas. 

 A. Cooley, and Meas., E. A. Carter. The club voted to accept a chal- 

 lenge cup offered by Vice-Com. Higginson, to be sailed for every year 

 over an outside course. The club has a very bright future before it. 

 It has now three challenge cups, two for the 21 ft. class and one for the 

 35-footers. Its race for the Sunset Hill cup on June 17 was sailed in a 

 very heavy S.E. breeze. Its fixtures for this year are so far, July 6, 

 annual race, open; July 22, cup race; Aug. 20, 2" and Sept. 3, cup 

 race. There will also be several other races later on, the dates of 

 which are not yet decided on. The club's headquarters are at Pul- 

 sifer's Point, Manchester, Mass.. and the anchorage in West Manches- 

 ter harbor is very good, The club sails under the Seawanhaka rule, 

 *'Sall area+waterline. 

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For the past two years the International Pubhshing Co., of New 

 York, has had in preparation a work entitled "The Yachts and Yachts- 

 men of America," the first volume of which is now nearly ready. 

 There will be two volumes, the first dealing In particular with the his- 

 tory of yachting and the evolution of the sailing vessel from the most 

 primitive forms. The history and details of every American yacht 

 club will be given, with views of the club houses and i>ortraits of 

 prominent members, this part of the work being divided between the 

 two volumes. The main feature of the second volume mil be a treatise 

 on steam and other motors used in vessels. The work is being pre- 

 pared with great care, a special corps of photographers having been 

 at work all last season, and it promises to be a very valuable book 

 of reference. Dr. Hem-y A. Mott is the editor. 



The jubilee celebration of the Eayal Southern Yacht Club was quite 

 one of the events of the year, and the fine display made by Valkyrie 

 in the trial to windward was quite the best thing seen this season. 

 It seems almost incredible that a vessel could be made so much 

 superior by the wind to the other new vessels and the old craft Iverna: 

 and the superiority is not only in the manner she can be laid on the 

 wind, but in head-reaching also. But then one of Watson's best ves- 

 sels always seems at least two seasons ahead of the others, and this 

 year he has quite surpassed himself in producing Britannia and Val- 

 kyrie. With a northwest wind the big craft will have a good stretch 

 of water to turn over this day (Saturday) outside the Mersey Bar, 

 and the record may be altered by one of the unlucky ones; but as the 

 case at present stands Valkyrie is the fh-st vessel of the year.— Field, 

 June 2k. 



Dr. C. D. Miller, the designer and builder, is just completing at his 

 yard at Poughkeepsie a steam yacht for Wm, R. Sands of New flam- 

 burg. The hew craft will be lOGft. over all, 80ft. l.vr.l., 16ft. beam and 

 5ft. Oin. draft, the hull of wood. The engine is 9, 14}^ and 32 and 22x 

 14in., with a Roberts safety watertube boiler. The yacht is well ar- 

 ranged below and handsomely finished. Dr. Miller has also buUt this 

 year a special yacht tender of his own design, 2.5ft. over aU, 5ft. beam 

 and 3ft. depth, with a triple compound engine which, with its pumps, 

 weighs but 225lbs. The yacht has a light coU boiler and the hull is 

 very lightly but strongly built, the total weight heing under 2,5001bs. 

 The engine indicates 18 H.P. 



The second annual regatta of the Baltimore Y. C, on Jvme 24, re- 

 sulted as follows: 



Start. Finish. 



Albatross (schr) 2 10 45 4 58 18 



Leona (schr) , 2 10 45 5 01 28 



Ibis fschr-) 2 10 45 5 09 20 



Lagonda rsloop) 2 10 45 5 10 55}.^ 



Flossie (schr) 2 10 45 5 12 27 



Gaetina (schr) 2 10 45 5 14 38 



Nepenthe was ruled out by the judges for not rounding the buoy at 

 the turn. 



The regatta of the Rhode Island Y. C. on June 2-1 had but few start- 

 ers. Victor winning in the first class cats and Rarus in the second. 



ITie annual opening of the Tacoma Y. C. took place on June 17. 

 Arrangements are being made for a sailing race open to all yachts of 

 the different clubs and members of the International Yachting Associ- 

 ation. It is proposed to raise by subscription about S400 for prizes and 

 for entertaining the visitors. It is understood that the yachts partici- 

 pating in the regatta of the International Association at Port Town- 

 send on July 4 have bpen invited to a regatta at Seattle on the 5th, and 

 it is the intention of the Tacoma Y. C. to bold their regatta about July 

 7. The races will be sailed under the rules of the International Yacht- 

 ing Association. 



The accomuiodations for yachts at Tebo's Docks, Twenty-third 

 street. South Broolclvu, are now being greatly increased, a new pier 

 1,600ft. long being built on the mirth aud dredged to a depth of 14ft., 

 while a new drydock is now under way, to be completed in September. 

 It will be 20(1 by Sift., and will take on anything up to the largest steam 

 yachts. Tfbo'B has become most indispen.<;able to New York yachts- 

 men, and the jirn.sent improvement will still further increase its use- 

 fulnss. 



The old schooner yacht Countess, after many vicissitudes, will be 

 broken up for junk. The last people who attempted to keep her in 

 commission were some young men in Kenwood, but they soon tired of 

 the expensive sport. After lying in an niinois Central sli|,i for three 

 yeai'S, the Countess v. as taken to the ship yard at South Chicago tlie 

 other day. It. \v'as Imped sbe could be titled out for World's Fair 

 service. The e.\-amination of her timbers shows them to be I'otten 

 and the old hulk was not worth repairing. It is now being stripped of 

 rigging and equipment preparatory to aibandonment. — Chicago Even- 

 ing Journal. 



The St. Lawrence River Skiff, Canoe and Steam Launch Co. has just 

 completed for Chas. P. Lyon of Ogdensburg a very handsome "Scare- 

 crow," built from Mr. Stephens' design in the Forest and Stream. 

 She has a fin-keel of tifiOlbs. wdiicli can be hoisted by an ingenious i\3r- 

 rangement devised by the builders, The sail plan, made for her Ijy 

 Mr. Stephens, has 450sq, ft. in a mainsail and jib. The boat was 

 launcJied on June 20 and was under way at once, carrjdng her sail in a 

 good breeze. 



The Thirty-flfth annual regatta of the Jersey City Y. C. on July 24 

 was spoiled by light winds, wljile the finish was so late that the pro- 

 posed reception m the evening was postponed, The winners in the 

 different classes were as follows; Class C, Forsy the, Alexander Roe; 

 Class Dj Beulah, Jolm Collins, Jr. ; Class B, Bessie, Van Horne; Class 

 F, Knight Teniplai-, Robert Oonshea: Class G, Greta, Lyons & Ziegler; 

 Class H, Lizzie B,, G, W, Bowker; Class I, Anita, J. J. Voorhees. 



The skiff sailors of Lake Ontario held a meeting on June 23 at the 

 house of the Toronto Sailing SldlT Club, and it ^^•as decided to form an 

 organization for the promotion of skiff sailiug, to tie modelled after 

 the Lake Y, R. A. The first formal meetnit: ',vas set for July 5 at the 

 same place. It is hoped that all on the lake ^vhe are interested in 

 sailing skiffs will unite to m.ake the as.sociatir.u a suece.ss. 



Elsemarie, the schooner designed by A_. Cary Smith for Jerome B. 

 King, of New York, and built by John P. Smith, of Nyaek, was 

 launched on June 28. The yacht is a centerboard, 90ft. over all, 70ft. 

 l.w.l., 21ft. 2in. beam .und 8ft. (liu. draft, of the usual wooden construc- 

 tion. Cnpt. Peter Darby will he in couimand. 



The high speed steam yacht built last summer by Wood & Son of 

 City Island for HULrh J. Baxter is just completed, and has been named 

 Nada. The huh ^^'as ver\- full.y deseribed in a recent number of the 

 FoRE.ST AiVD Stream. The diineTisions are .S5ft. 9in. over aU, lift. Gin. 

 beam. The engine.s, desisued by C. D. Mosher, are S, 12 and 18xl2iu., 

 and she has a Mosher boiler. 



The Minnetonka Y. C saih rl a race on July 1 in which Onawa did 

 not st.art. Alpha beat Kite, ^^'ith Apakwa third. Mr. Dyer, biiOder of 

 Onawa. has completed another hoat for an unknown owner. She is 

 27ft. over all, 22tr. Gin. l.w.l. .Sft. beam and 2ft. Gin. depth amidship, 

 with an iron centerboard and a sail plan of 075ft. 



The steam yacht Carlet has jiisr reached Boston after a cruise to 

 Chieagc and return, some I. (Hiu miles, with a party of students from 

 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, under the leadership of 

 Bertrand R. Collins, instructor in mechanical engineering, who planned 

 and managed the trip. 



The cabin cat designed by Philip Ellsworth and built by Capt. Louis 

 Tonns at Alariners"" Harbor. Staten Island, for the Ellsworths, was 

 launched on July 1 aud cliristened Mary. She is a lai>re, powerful 

 boat, of the Cape style, and ha* a second centerboard in her deadwood 

 aft. She will enter the races this week. 



Barraeouta, steam yacht, recently l airchased in England by R. Wil- 

 loughby Weston, is now in commission in New York waters. She ar- 

 rived in New Yoi-k on June 20, making the passage from Cowes in 15 

 days G hours, iu spite of some bad weather. 



The report has been generally circulated and promptly denied that 

 Mr. James Gordon Bennet t has given the order to the Cramps for a 

 steam yacht 340ft. long to steam 2:1 knots and to equal the new Van- 

 derbilt VaUant. 



Linta, cat yawl, built by Pryor for J. \V. Hill from designs by the 

 Boston Yacht Agency, has been completed and launched. Pryor is 

 now busy with a GOft, steam launch for Mr. Goodyear, also designed 

 by the Boston Yacht Agency. 



A new boat has been built at Newburyport by Paul J. LoweU from 

 designs by V. D. Bacon, of Barnstable, a Cape cat with the modern 

 bow. She IS 31ft. over all, lOft. l.w.l,. 9ft, 4in. beam and 2ft. draft, with 

 8001 bs. of inside and l.OOOlbs, of outside ballast. 



On June 24 the Amei'ieau Y. C. gave a lawn party at the club station, 



Milton Point, a large mimber being present. The harbor was full of 

 yachts, while many guests drove m from different points in the 

 neighborhood. 



Capt. Wm. McKay of Newburyport has completed a racing boat of 

 the Alpha tj^pe, named Cornet, ;:10ft. over all, 19ft. l.w.l., 8ft. 6ft. beam, 

 1ft. Gin. draft. Her hoist is 20ft., boom 28ft., gaff 18ft. and bowsprit 6ft. 

 outboard. 



The Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C. fared very badly on July 1, the 

 d.ate of its annual regatta, there being no wind all day, although there 

 was a very good fleet of racing boats in the harbor. As it was calm 

 on the Sound as weU as inside, no attempt was made to sail the race. 



In the event of the training ship St. Marys being put out of commis- 

 sion by the city of New York, Mr. James Gordon Bennett has offered 

 to take twelve of the boys on his st-eam yacht Namouna. 



New Jersey, steam yacht, recently purchased by H. M. Farr, of Leon 

 Abbett, was bui'ned at Holyoke, Mass., on June 29. The yacht was 

 insured for §5,000, or .some 152,000 less than the price paid by Mr. Ifarr. 



We have to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of year books from 

 the Hull Y. C. the Larchmont Y. C, and the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht 

 Squadron. 



Gadabout, stmr., the third or fourth yacht of the name owned by 

 E. M. Fulton, Jr., has arrived at New York from Montreal, where she 

 was buUt from designs by J. Beavor Webb. 



Dare Devh, the open boat once owned by the late Com. Dil worth, 

 of the New Jersey Y. 0., has been completelj' rebuilt at New Haven, 

 and wUl be raced this season. 



Comanche, steam yacht, has recently been fined .$100 by the collector 

 of Chicago for an alleged violation of the anchorage regulations at 

 that port. 



Fanita, the Ellsworth sloop, for some years owned in Boston, has 

 just had her rig cut down, the mainsail being reduced 4ft. In hoist. 



The annual challenge cup regatta of the Portland Y. C. on June 19 

 had but two starters. Chaos and Delia, the former winning easily. 



The annual regatta of the Schoodic Y. C, of Calais, Me., was sailed 

 on June 22, King Fisher winning. 



Wanderer, schooner, is refitting at Lawley's Basin, and in accord- 

 ance with the pre.vaUing fashion will come out in a w^hite coat. 



Clytie. schr., has recently been sold to Partelow Bros., the builders, 

 of Marblehead and Boston, w^ho will use her themselves. 



The annual regatta of the Corinthian Mosquito Fleet wlU be sailed 

 on Aug. 26 off the club station. New Rochelle. 



The June number of the Century Magazine contains a very interest- 

 ing article on yachting in Florida, by Lieut. Henn. 



Norah, sloop, of Belleville, has been rebuilt about the deck and a 

 new cabin house. 



Whim, schr., has been chartered through Hughes Agency to 

 H. C. Daniels. 



Alert, schr., has been chartered by John N, Lunlng to Geo. W. Weld, 

 owner of Gitana. 



The fifth annual regatta of the Yonkers Corinthian Y. 0. was sailed 

 on June 17. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Fore.st and 

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

 clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and races, 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. 



FIXTURES. 



JUI,Y. 



I- 15. At.Div.Meet,Climmon's Island. 15-30. W. C. A. Meet, Ballast Island, 

 29. Red Dragon, Delaware River. 22, Toronto, International Pad- 

 dling Trophy Race. 



AUGUST. 



II- 26. A. C. A. Meet, St. Lawrence River. 



septksiber. 



2. Orange An., Arlington, N. J. 4. Holvoke, Fall. Holyoke. Mass. 

 4. lanthe. An., Passaic River. 16. Red Dragon, Delaware River. 



A Canoe Trip Through Iowa. 



HAViNa cruised down the Des Moines River in the spring of 1892 

 from Humboldt to Des Moines, a distance of over 200 miles, and hav- 

 ing had such a pleasant time, the De^ Moines Canoe Club (consisting 

 of 'two members) decided to finish up the river this year to the Missis- 

 sippi. 



The fleet and crews were as follows: Canoe Dabchiek, a 14X28 

 Racine veneer, crew Tac Hussey, and canoe Tumsie, a 15X30 clinker- 

 built cedar, crew, the writer. We each had our canoe tent and outfit 

 for a week's cruise, probably about 75lbs. baggage apiece. 



We had arranged to start at 8 o'clock on June 1-3, but it was nearly 

 9 before everything was stowed and the word was given to go ahead. 

 Part of the dam had been washed out this spring, so we dropped 

 through the gap, passed the nme bridges and said fareweU to Des 

 Moines. The day was very hot, and being our first day out, we both 

 suffered considerably. The country through which we passed was 

 very pretty, but was all, or nearly all, farm lands, with a fringe of 

 thnher along the banks. 



There had been heavy rains north of us some tw^o or three days be- 

 fore, and the river had risen about ,5ft., and had since gone down again, 

 leavmg the banks very muddy, and when night came we had great 

 trouble in finding a place where we could get our canoes up on shorp, 

 but finally we found a sandy beach, up which we carried our boats, 

 and made our first camp under the shelter of a small grove of trees. 

 After a good supper we felt better and turned in about 9 o'clock with 

 the whippoorwills singing us to sleep. 



Any one who has camped out will know how one feels the first night 

 out; now the bugs come thump! against the tent; how a stray mouse 

 wUl get inside and run over your face, and various other minor dis- 

 comforts. And how, just as you have dozed off an owl will come and 

 perch on a tree close by and awake you with a screech that makes 

 your blood curdle, and makes you think a band of Apaches are after 

 you. Anyhow, I thought that first night was terribly long, and I was 

 glad when daylight came and it was time for us to turn out. 



We got started about 7 o'clock and passed through a different style 

 of couhtry to that we had gone through, Farms got scarcer near the 

 river and the banks got rocky and heavily timbered, at places the 

 river running between high bluffs. About 10 we were treated to a 

 veiT heavy thunder shower, the rain coming down In torrents. We 

 kept right on, with deck batches fastened down and rubber capes on, 

 and did not .ship a drop of water. Just after the shower we passed a 

 deserted quarry on the left bank. We lay to for a tune to admire the 

 beautiful picture made by the old quarry. The rocks rise up from 

 the river almost perpendicularly to the height of about 150ft., being 

 dark red with a few layers of a lighter color, and dark green shrubs 

 and foliage growing out in places, and capped by a heavy growtti of 

 good-sized trees. The yiart which has been worked is to the south, 

 and hiifce slabs of roek are lying round just as they had been cut 

 out. About ■;!iH:)yds. south of the quarry is the town of Red Rock, 

 Bt:m entirely desei-ted, the stare buildings and hou.ses still standing, 

 but all unoccu] lied; a ferr^rnian and his family are the only inhabi- 

 tants. Only a few years ago this was a prosperous Uttle village with 

 a boom on; now it is dead. 



During the afternoon we had a narrow escape from what might 

 have been a senons aceideut. In .askinfc information from a man we 

 passed, we learned that we could save' about three miles by going 

 through a cnt-olT just below. Wlien we came to the entrance it looked 

 nice and wide, so we turned doivn. After going about 50yds. it took 

 a sudden bend, at the same time narrowing and rushing over a ri£Be. 

 We then saw our mistake, and Hussey who was in the lead caUed to 

 me to go back, but we found it easier to say than to do, and we were 

 carried down, through rocks, stumps and trees at a quicker rate 

 than we Uked, but managed, about SOuyds. down, to turn into an eddy 

 .and run to the bank, grasping the overhanging branches of a tree and 

 holding on for dear life Just below was an uprooted tree thrown 

 right across the stream, and if we had failed to stop when we did we 

 would have had the pleasure of being smashed to pieces. After 

 about a half hour's hard work we f-ot back to the main channel and 

 we did not try again to sav- ^isr , - going through cut-offs. 



Late in the day we pass - : larry at Harvey; this is in oper- 



ation, but is not at all a jjr - ... i ^ .i 



About G o'clock we fouml a S'jod .::araping place and proceeded to 

 cai'ry up. .lust as we had everything piled up in confusion we heard 

 a shot fired some distance up the river and saw a large flock of jjeli- 

 caus coming straight toward us. I had with me a very light single 

 12-gauge gun which I had had made specially for canoeing, but un- 

 fortunately my amuiunition was covered up, and I only had' one cart- 

 ridge at hand, and that a small load of No. 7. I fired and hit one, but 

 he only dropped behind a little. There were sixteen in the flock. 



Along this part of the river.we saw abundance of quail, which are 



very tame, and in several places I almost kicked them up. We also 

 saw lots of wood-ducks, but we could not find a squirrel or anything 

 to shoot. Turkey buzzards, owls, hawks, eagles and other sucli birds 

 were plentiful. 



Thursday morning we got a good start, both feeling considerably 

 better than the previous day, having had a better night's rest. We 

 still had heavily timbered banks on both sides, with an occasional 

 clea.ring. During the forenoon we came up to a peHcan which ap- 

 peared to he partially crippled, and was probably the one I hit the 

 night before. After chasing him about two miles he got away without 

 my getting near enough for a shot. 



About two we reached the town of Eddyville, where we stopped for 

 about an hour to get suppHes. We had quite a crowd down to see the 

 canoes, which w-ere great curiosities to the people all along the river, 

 the only boat which the majority had ever seen being the home-made, 

 flat bott-omed variety, which usually leaked so much that it was neces- 

 sary to take along a man ju.st to keep baling out. The questions they 

 asked were innumerable and very often hard to answer. A small 

 brass boat-hook which I carried was the cause of considerable con- 

 jecture, most of them thinking it was a new kind of fish spear. They 

 hung around till we pushed off, and even when we were half a. mile 

 down stream, we looked back, and they were still watching us from 

 the bridge. Jttst below the town we came upon one of the native 

 boats with three boys in. They were of the ordinary tj'pe of country 

 boys, barefooted, clothing not of the newest, etc. After asking of us 

 ail about the canoes, one of them got quite enthusiastic over them, 

 and finally declared that he'd be "gol durned if he didn't have one of 

 them tilings before next spring." But after hearing the probable cost 

 of one he was not quite so much inclined to talk. 



Along in the afternoon we passed an exctirsion party from Ottumwa 

 in a small stern-wheel steamboat and had pressing invitations to stop 

 awhile, but the looks of the crowd— all men— was enough for us, so 

 we excused ourselves. Good camping spots were again at a premium, 

 and it was past seven when we found one to otir liking. It was on a 

 small island, and in running in we both had narrow escapes from an 

 upset; Hussey getting jammed on a sunken log. and I being swept by 

 the current sidew^ays on a rock. But we finally got camped, and after 

 a hasty supper turned in. We were disturbed later in the evening by 

 the excursion party mentioned above returning home. They were 

 shooting off guns, yelling and making themselves pleasant in general. 

 What queer ways some people have of enjoying themselves. 



Next morning we paddled down to Ottumwa, about 6 mUes. The 

 river for 5 miles above the city is very pretty, being very wide, and 

 hardly any current. It is a beautiful piece of water for boating pur- 

 poses, and I am surprised that there is so little interest taken in the 

 pastime. We found that the dam here, which is a fine one, was not to 

 be shot safely, and that the carry was very long, so we hired wagons 

 and bad our canoes hauled round, and after partaking of a square 

 meal for a change, and transacting what business we had to do we 

 prepared to depart. 



Rather an amusing incident occurred just as we were getting ready 

 to start. We had unloaded our canoes, etc., from the wagons close to 

 the bridge, and were carrying them down to the water, a good-sized 

 crowd looking on, when a policeman made his way up to me and 

 asked me if we were the two fellows from Des Moines. I said yes. 

 and he then said that the sheriff at Des Moines had telegraphed to 

 stop us. I was rather surprised and somewhat annoyed, as the crowd 

 had heard the conversation and were passing remarks freely. After a 

 little talk we found that the policeman was a little too previous. The 

 sheriff had given Hussey the description of an escaped prisoner who 

 was supposed to be in hiding somewhere down the river, asidng him 

 to look out for him, and having captured him in some other direction, 

 had telegraphed the chief of police at Ottumwa to look out for us and 

 notify us of the fact. It was about 1 o'clock when we left Ottumwa, 

 and from there down to the town of Eldon, which we reached at 5, the 

 country is nearly all cultivated right up to the river. Eldon, as seen 

 from the river above us, is a very picturesque little town, built on a 

 high bluff, surroimded by thick limber. From here on the river banks 

 were mostly timbered. That night we camped in the corner of Davis 

 county. 



Saturday morning we passed several small viUages in Van Buren 

 county. Near the middle of this county the river takes a bend in the 

 shape of a horseshoe, the distance round being about sixteen miles, 

 while across from the entrance to the finish by land is only two and 

 one- half mUes. Keosauqua, the county seat, is about half way round 

 the bend, and we reached there about 2 in the afternoon. The town is 

 a very quiet, old-fashioned town, and, although there were a great 

 many farmers in for market day, there was not much life. We tried 

 to get a meal, but none of the restaurants would take the trouble to 

 cook us one at that time of day, though most of them were doing 

 nothing, so we made our purchases of ice and supplies for Sunday 

 and shook the water off our paddles on the place and departed. 



Below Keosauqua the river grew more picturesque, one bank rising 

 abruptly from the water's edge about 60ft.. capped with large trees, 

 and the other being low, with a heavy growth of brush, occasionally 

 interspersed with fine farm lands, showing a prosperous country. 

 About 5 o'clock we found an ideal camping place and proceeded to 

 make special preparations, as we intended laying up all Sunday. The 

 place we chose was a grass-covered bluff, about 20ft. above the water, 

 well shaded, with a high hfll sloping up behind, covered with thick 

 trees; the river was crescent-shaped, w^e in the center of the arc, 

 giving us a view both up and down for about two miles. At the ex- 

 treme point in sight, two miles below, were two villages, Bentonsport 

 on one side and Vernon on the other, looking very pretty with the 

 white houses and churches thereon in rehef against the dark green 

 background of a high bluff. We enjoyed a very quiet Sunday, lying 

 in the shade and resting. In the afternoon we had quite a number of 

 visitors from the surrounding country. 



Monday morning we started early, feeling greatly refreshed with our 

 long rest. At Bentonsport we had to shoot the remains of a dam, not 

 a very difficult feat, but still just enough to make it interesting. A 

 httle before 9 we reached Bonaparte, where we found a high dam, 

 around which we had to carry. At this dam there is no fishw'ay, and 

 we found men engaged with huge dip-nets catching an enormous 

 quantity of fish; but the most of the catch is carp— not wwth much. 

 This da,m spoils the fishing for all the river above, and the parties 

 owning it should be made to put in a fishway. The town of Bonaparte 

 Is quite a lively little place, the most businesslike town we found on 

 the river. 



After leaving Bonaparte we passed through a wild-looldng country, 

 rocky and heavily wooded. Farmlngton was reached by noon, and 

 we stopped awhUe for supplies. As usual, we had a good-sized 

 crowd round us and we had to answer the usual questions. A few 

 miles below we came to the State line between Iowa and Missouri 

 Some distance down we passed two villages, one, Croton, on the Iowa 

 .side, and the other, Athens, on the Missouri shore. The latter is com- 

 pletely deserted. At Belfast, a small station on the Iowa side, I 

 stopped to buy some butter which we had forgotten. The fir.st man I 

 met was sitting on a fence whittling. I asked him if there were any 

 stores there, and he said, "Yes, two;" and aslied me what I wanted. 

 I told him, and he said, "Well, I guess the fellow at that first store has 

 got some; if not, holler to me. I keep the other store, and I wUl get 

 you some." I thought that was a good way to sell goods. 



That evening we had the worst luck in finding a place to camp, and 

 it was past eight before we found one. A heavy storm was coming up 

 fast and things looked very bad for a while. We hustled round and 

 made camp in a great hurry; just manged to get supper when the 

 storm broke, but fortunately we only caught the edge and it was soon 

 over, leaving us to sleep comfortably in our little tents. Tuesday 

 morning we paddled down the remaining fifteen mfies or so of the De.i 

 Moines. The country was not at ail prepossessing; flat, sandy and 

 uncidtivated. After reaching the Mississippi we had about four miles 

 up stream to paddle to get to Keokuk, which we reached about 10:30 

 A. M., thus making the trip of over .300 miles in a week. 



After spending the day looking around the town and the Govern- 

 ment canal, etc.. we put our canoes on board the cars and next morn- 

 ing found ourselves back home again in Des Moines, feeling greatly 

 benefitted by the outing, and promising om-selves another trip in the 

 future. Walter Wkatherby. 



The W. C. A. Meet. 



Chicago, 111., July 1.— Messrs. O. A. Wordruft" and Nat Cook, of 

 Dayton. O. ; Messrs. E. H. Holmes and W. Gregg, of Milwaukee, and 

 others of the Western canoe men are having a little reunionln Chicago 

 prior to their big reunion at Ballast Island a couple of weeks later. 

 The latter two gentleruen, together with the full quota of the Mahn-a- 

 wauks, of Milwaukee, will stai't a few days in advance of the opening 

 day of the meet, leaving Milwauliee by lake boat for Detroit. From 

 Detroit Commodore Davis takes them on liis yacht down the river and 

 across Lake Erie to Ballast Island. In this very pleasant trip the 

 members of the Chicago C. C. are invited to join. AU thmgs point to 

 a large attendance at Ballast this month. E. Hough. 



Atlantic Division Meet. 



The meet of the Atlantic Division A. C. A. is now in progress a;t 

 Climmons Island, near South Norwalk. A large number of canoeists 

 were present over July 4. Vice-Com. Lake was very unfortimateat 

 the begiiming of the camp, falling dowm stairs in a smaU farm house 

 on the island which is used by the canoeists. The fall dislocated his 

 shoulder but he contintied in camp, the parts being set in plaster. The 

 annual meetmg of the Division for the election of officers will be held 

 on Saturday, July 8, at 8 P. M. 



A. C. A. Prize Flags. 



CoNTHiBUTioss have been received since last aclaiowledgment, as 

 follows: Paul Butler 55, Brooklyn Canoe Club $5. 



