Sept. 16, 1893. 



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and which must be returned. Working saUs only to be used. The 

 races to be under the direction of the Seawanhaija Corinthian T. 0. 

 race committee, and their rulings and judgments are to be final and 

 binding on all parties. The committee reserves the right to refuse 

 entry of any boat which in their opinion is so fast as to outclass the 

 average Any protests or objections must be made to the committee 

 immediatoly at the finish of the race and will be judged then and 

 there, and the committee will declare which boats are the winners and 

 will pay the prizes to the captains on board of them. 



There was a good, westerly breeze and the race was in every way 

 successful. Start at 11:11: 



Florence. .Tames Brii 



Empress, - 



CIJISS B— UNDER 28fT. 



L. A. Wilson, Chas. Underhill. . . 



Elapsed. 



Corrected 



2 06 50 



1 58 20 



8 11 26 



2 01 16 



2 la 32 



2 OG 27 



2 18 08 



2 07 38 



2 15 06 



2 08 86 



2 19 1:3 



2 08 43 



.2 13 33 



2 10 03 



..2 13 m 



2 11 20 



2 14 18 



2 12 18 



8 IK 25 



2 12 55 



2 20 47 



2 13 47 



2 IG IT 



3 16 17 



2 26 50 



2 16 20 



2 27 00 



2 19 30 



2 24 29 



2 20 59 



2 22 .38 



2 22 38 



2 S7 42 



2 23 12 





2 .37 49 



.3 .39 03 



2 88 03 



.2 do .35 



2 40 35 



2 40 36 



2 40 80 



2 47 S3 



3 43 53 



Oakley wins SlOO, George O. Wood !§50, Lucy D. $75, Jennie $25. 



St. Lawrence Y. C. 



MONTREAL — ST. LAWRENCE TtlVER. 



Saturday, Sept. $. 

 The postponed race for the Sir Donald Smith challenge cup race, 

 for yachts enrolled on the squadron lists of the St. Lawrence Y. C, 

 open to the A, 30ft. and 15ft. classes, was sailed on Sept. 2 on Lake St. 

 Louis. The first attempt to sail this race on .Tuly 1 failed, there not 

 being wind enough to carry the boats over the first half of the course. 

 The second attempt on Aug. 25 was even less successful from the same 

 cause, there being hardly wind enough to carry the boats over the 

 line. 



This time, however, there was a strong gale from the west, w'ith 

 heavy jjuffs off the land; and it was blowing harder at the start than 

 it has ever done, when a racing fleet was sent across the line on Lake 

 St. Louis. The members of the sailing committee, present were called 

 together immediately before the race, and in consideration of the 

 heavy weather, and the rejiorted disappearance of the Chateauguay 

 Buoy, decided to shorten the course and send the boats around a buoy 

 off Pomte Claire, making the course practically to windward and re- 

 turn 



The start was as follows: 



Length. 



Chaperon,.^;. Jarvis 30.03 



Valda, G. H. Duggan ,23.56 



Molly Bawn, W. Kavanagh 25.12 



Dream, A. Irving 32.36 



Coquette, A. Hamilton 



Zulu. W. Evan 



Undine, G. Marler 24.11 



All the boats carried three reefs down and No. 3 jibs, 

 Valda went across the line to windward of Chaperone and Molly 

 Bawn, and quickly jiassing Molly and gained steadily on Chaperone. 

 Both boats were taking short tacks along shore to keep out of the sea, 

 and within a mile of the start Valda had established a lead. She went 

 ahead on starboard tack close in shore, and Chaperone to windward of 

 her but astern, did not go about in time to clear, and Valda hoisted a 

 protest flag. Chaperone improved her position after this, shook out a 

 reef and established a clear lead. Valda hung on to her tucks a little 

 longer and got into trouble w hile shifting jibs, and before she got go- 

 ing again Coquette had passed her and taken second place. 



In Valois Bay the breeze flattened out sufficiently to let all the boats 

 shake "ut reefs, and the Pointe Claire buoy was rounded under all 

 plain sail. On the run Chaperon and Coquette set spinakers to port 

 and Valda a ballooner. and although Valda came up somewhat on the 

 leaders there was no material alieraticin ia their position before the 

 finish. The summary of the race is as follows: 



Start. 

 3 31 37 

 3 32 n 

 3 82 00 

 3 32 10 

 3 33 08 

 3 36 25 

 3 34 80 



Start. Finish. 



Chaperon 2 31 87 4 47 40 



Coquette 3 33 08 4 51 53 



Valda 3 32 11 4 55 56 



Molly Bawn 3 82 00 5 00 44 



Dl-eam. 3 33 10 5 02 52 



Undine ■ 3 34 30 5 11 05 



Lulu 3 30 25 Withdrew. 



Valda did not enter a protest at the finish, but the question has been 

 raised, whether the conditions upon which the cup is held, it is legal 

 for the sailing committee, formally or Informally called, to alter the 

 course, and the prize has not been awarded, and cannot be until the 

 three members of the sailing committee qualified to sit on the ques- 

 tion have met and come to a decision. 



Elapsed. 

 1 16 03 

 1 18 45 

 1 23 45 

 1 28 44 

 1 30 12 

 1 36 35 



Corinthian Y. C. of Philadelphia. 



The race committee beg to announce that races have been arranged 

 for the foUowiug dates during September and October, for prizes pre- 

 sented by members of the club; 



The Riverton Y. C. have extended a special invitation to yachts of 

 the Corinthian Y. C, under :30ft. water-line length, to participate in 

 their fall regatta on Sept. 16. The committee particularly request 

 that all yachts of this class will be entered for this race. 



Sept.^23.— For yachts over 30ft. and not over 40ft. corrected length. 

 Under *the same rules as si^ecified for the annual race. Prize: A 

 silver cup presented by Vice-Oom. C. H. Brock, to be awarded to the 

 yacht winning two out of three races. I'he Narina won one leg for 

 the cup in 1893, and if necessary the third race will be sailed on Oct. 14. 



Oct. 7. — Handicap race for yachts under 30ft. water-line length. 

 Prize: A silver cup f)resented by Isaac W. .leanes. 



Oct. 21.— Handicap race for yachts under 30ft. water-line length. 

 First and second prizes: Cups presented by W. Barklie, Henry and 

 J. C. Ubler. 



Oct. 28.— Handicap race for yachts under 30ft. water -h'ne length, 

 Prize: A cup presented by Com. O. D. Wilkinson. 



In the above races, excepting that of Sept. 23, club topsails will be 

 barred, and yachts must be sailed by amateurs. In the race of Sept. 

 2;J, there will be no restrictions as to sails or helmsmen. Otherwise 

 the racing rules of the club will govern. 



The start of each race wfil be as near 2 o'clock P. M. as piraeticable. 

 The course and other particulars will be announced one hour before 

 the start. 



Entries for each race, and as belmsmaji or crew of the club boats 

 Curlew, Petrel and Teal, will be received by the committee at the club 

 house. 



The race committee is Addison F. Bancroft, chairman; George M. 

 Freeman, William E. Ellison. 



Lake Geneva Y. C. Sheridan Prize. 



LAKE OESETA. 



Satttrdaij, Aug. 25. 

 The twentieth annual race for the Sheridan prize was sailed on Aug. 

 26. The course was fourteen miles, weather fair, and the wind light 

 and fluky during the first half of the race, which was a beat to wind- 

 ward, freshening somewhat on the stretch home. Expert made the 

 fastest actual time, being 15 seconds ahead of Precept, but the latter 

 won bv flfty-four-one-hundi-edths of a second, owing to her time 

 edlowance over Expert of 15 54-100 seconds: 



Length. Actual. Corrected. 



Precept, T. Hodgkins 24.051.^ 2 45 39 2 44:31,66 



Expert, Julian Rumsey 24.07 2 45 24 2 44 :32.20 



Tattler, O. W Norton 25.00 2 46 59 2 46 59 



Lorna, G. T. Francis 24.04 2 50 18 2 48 50 



YACHT NEWS NOTES. 



Valkyrie's racing spars and saUs arrived in New York on the Berlin 

 on Sept. 11, and Lord Dunraven will sail on Sept. 16, but the yacht has 

 not been reported since she was well clear of the English coast. She 

 passed the Lizard on Aug. 34, and is now due, but it is qmte possible 

 that she may be delayed by bad weather. Lord Dunraven will be ac- 

 companied by Countess of Dunraven and the Ladies Wyndham-Quin, 

 the Marquis of Ormonde, Lord Wolverton, the Hon. Hercules Robert 

 Langrishe and the Hon, Arthur Paget. The racing crews of Lord 

 Dunraven's other yacliT«i L'Esperance and Deirdre will assist on 

 Valkyrie, 



FIXTURES. 



SEPTEMBER. 



16, Toronto.International Paddling 16. Red Dragon, Delaware River. 

 Trophy Eace. 



The Ladies' Cruise and Camp. 



This is how it was planned : The wife of the skipper of Night Hawk 

 was chaperone and general manager, and she invited the ladies. One 

 was to sail with her in Night Hawk, one was to go as passenger on 

 Scarecrow, and the invalid was to come down by train to the camp on 

 Saturda.y afternoon in charge of the Blooming Dude to spend one night. 

 Mr. Night Hawk was to have a club member as helper to trim sheets. 

 Mr. Scarecrow also arranged for a foremast hand, and the Infanta 

 was to carry her owner, a couple of friends and considerable luggage. 



The start was to be made on Friday at noon for Cheesequake Creek, 

 fifteen miles across the Lower Bay, where a camp on the beach was to 

 be made, the return trip being scheduled for Sundaj^ afternoon. 



It was all very pretty in theory, the girls Were delighted at the pros- 

 pect of campmg out, and the weather promised to be all that one 

 could desire. 



This is how it turned out: The crew of Night Hawk found he could 

 not be away from the office either Friday or Satm-day. and not one of 

 four other men asked could accompany the expedition. Word was 

 sent to the captain of the club, but he had not been heard from up to 

 Thur.sday noon. The Infanta was not in commission, and the sail- 

 maker was so far behind time that she had to remain at her moormgs. 

 Her owner and crew were prevented by business at the eleventh hour 

 from going in the other boats. Then, finally, Mr. Scarecrow got a 

 telegram that called him to town and his crew likewise. Thursday 

 night everything looked blue for Mr. Night Hawk— three ladies to pro- 

 vide for and no one to help him. It seemed as though the long ex- 

 pected trip would have to be abandoned. He wandered down to the 

 club house after dinner in a low state of mind, but was somewhat 

 cheered when ho reached there to find the captain waiting for hiii*, 

 ready and anxious to go on the trip, although he had the use of his 

 left arm only, his right being in a sling and slowly recovering from a 

 bad dislocation. 



The Captain settled it. Go they would in one boat; and there was a 

 faint hope that others would follow them later. The Night Hawk was 

 large enough for five and all their belongings, including the camping 

 outfits. 



All of Friday morning the Night Hawk was alongside the float being 

 loaded with tents, provisions, water, extra wraps, cots, blajikets and 

 many other useless and useful articles. 



The weather was perfect— bright sunshine and a gentle breeze, not 

 enough wind to make the water uncomfortably rough, and yet strong 

 enough to blow the little ship across the bay in three hours or less with 

 the favoring tide. 



The start was made after lunch, a fond father and a devoted mother 

 waving adieu to the Uttle party, and unconsciously convej ing to the 

 mind of Mr. Night Hawk a fuUsenseof the responsibility he had under- 

 taken. Everything promised well. No one coiUd remember anything 

 that had been forgotten, but all knew that something had been, as is 

 always the case on such occasions. The sWpper did recollect later on, 

 when going back was out of the question, that five cans of soup were 

 quietly reposing in his locker at the boat house instead of being in the 

 snip's hold. 



The wind soon increased in power and a reef was turned in the 

 mainsail before reaching the main channel. Eough water was en- 

 countered ruiming across the ship channel when clear of the point 

 and it came on to blow harder and harder. Spray came aboard, the 

 mast bent, the boat plunged along and rolled about uncomfortably. 

 The skipper did not want to run even the chance of getting his fair 

 passengers wet, and the outlook promised even worse, so he brought 

 the boat about, eased sheets and ran back under the lee of the iJoint. 



The ladies were silent. They feared the retm-n meant home and not 

 camp. Not so the skipper. He had made up his mind to give them a 

 camping experience even if the tents had to be pitched in the back 

 yard. 



"Captain, I propose we land on the beach here, put up the tents and 

 give the girls a camp supper. What do you say? " 



"All right, skippex. Then we can stay aU night if the ladies agree. 



They all agreed with enthusiasm; the Night Hawk was run into 

 shallow water and the anchor let go. Then the ladies were taken 

 ashore one by one in the little canoe that had been towing astern and 

 the duffle, tents and provisions followed. 



The passengers were requested t-o gather drift wood and build a fire 

 while the two men put up the tents, unfolded the cots, got out the 

 blankets and cooking utensils and then set to work cooking supper. 



The camp site was a suitable and pretty one with a fine view across 

 the bay to the west, sheltered from the stj-ong easterlj^ wind by a 

 sand ridge higher than the tents, and quite out of the usual avenues of 

 travel, although in sight of the town and the club house across the 

 inner bay. Norton's Point is a part of Coney Island, and yet of the 

 thousands who go to the Island every day in "summer, probably not 

 over a dozen wander as far as the little camp on tlie Point to the 

 northward of the inner pier. Sailboats are constantly passing the 

 spot, people fish from rowboats anchored off shore, steamers land 

 several times a day at the pier, but the only ones who set foot on the 

 beach are occasional swimmers and the shore inspectors, who keep the 

 beach clear of all refuse, except the clean di-ift wood that comes in 

 with every tide and lies in heaps at the high water line. The beach 

 slopes off very gradually and at low \vater one can wade out a long 

 distance, thus making very safe bathing at all stages of the tide. The 

 sand is hard, white and clean. 



A good hot supper cooked over the open fire put the entire party in 

 flue spirits, and the ladies said "no" very forcibly when the question 

 was put to them "Shall we go home?" That settled it. The problem 

 was solved. The camp would remain where it was. All gathered 

 about the fire- not for warmth surel.r— and watched the sun go down 

 over Staten Island. The fishing boats out for the day came sailing 

 home past the Point. The red revolving light on the extreme point 

 blinked I'egularly at the happy five seated on cushions and camp chair 

 about the hot embers of the camp-fire, and the Ught of the town 

 across the bay along shore came out one by one as darkness gradually 

 settled over all. 



"How shall we let the Invalid know where we are," exclaimed Miss 

 Novice, "so she will not go bytnain to-morrow down to Cheesequake?" 



"We must send word over to-nightto the other men who wweto join 

 us to-morrow," remarked the chaperone. 



"And I want that canned soup in the boat house," put in the Cap- 

 tain, "we will relish it to-morrow." 



"Isn't it fun to think that we are here in camp, right near home and 

 no one knows anything about it," said Miss Avis, "and how surprised 

 and amused they will aU be when they do hear." 



"If Miss Novice will go with me as foremast hand and the Captain 

 will remam to guard the camp, the ladies and the contents of our pre- 

 cious ice box, I will sail over, notify the fellows at the boat house of 

 our whereabouts, send word by them to anxious relatives and friends 

 and get the soup. The trip can be made in less than an hour with 

 this breeze." So spake Mr. Night Hawk, and so it was arranged. 



"Canoe club, ahoy!" was heard by the club members gathered about 

 the lamp half an hour later, and Night Hawk rounded the pier and 

 came up alongside the float. 



"Hello I" "Where are you from?" "'Where is the rest of the party?" 

 'What are you doing here?" "No accident, 1 hope!" were a few of 

 the exclamations hurled at the skipper even before he stepped ashore. 



"Too much wind. Camp on Norton's Point. Going to slay there. 

 Come over to-morrow. Notify the rest of the fellows. I want a jug 

 of water and the cans of soup, that's all." 



"'Nough said," was the reply, "that is gay. Who thought of it? 

 We'll be over to-morrow." 



'And how do you like it, Miss Novice?" 



Oh, it is just fun. I was only afraid we would have to come home 

 when we turned back, bu^t is just perfect over there, and I don't be- 

 lieve Cheesequake is any ■ _tter." 



■Is that all vou need no w , skipper ?" , 



•Yes, shove us off. Don't forget to tell the Blooming Dude of our 

 change of plan. Good night." 

 "Good night and good luck." 



The Night Haw^k slowly worked out to windward with a reefed sail, 

 taking the big seas easily and without throwing spray on board- The 

 camp-fire on the beach, a mere speck at first, grew larger and larger 

 as the boat drew nearer, and finally the group about it could be plainly 

 seen, with the tents for a background. 



The rest of the evening was spent pleasantly in chatting and singing, 

 and at a comparatively early hour aU retired for the night behind 

 mosquito nets under canvas roofs. 



The first night in camp is seldom one of profound or restful slum- 

 ber, except for old campaigners, and therefore the girls were quite 

 ready for a morning bath at 7 when the Captain ealled thern. It was 

 a new sensation for them to go into the salt water before breakfast 

 and requu-ed courage; but the exhilaration produced amply repaid 

 them for the sUght shock to their nervous systems and atoned for an 

 hour or two's loss of sleep more or less. 



While, at breakfast rain began to fall and by 8 o'clock it was a 

 -■egular downpour, with a strong southeasterly breeze blowing. It 

 looked blue and the faces of the ladies took on a sad expression, and 

 one said in a faint whisper something about home. The Captain 

 came to the rescue, settled them comfortably in their t^nts, kept up a 



running fire of talk, nonsense and song, taking the storm as a mat- 

 ter of course, something they should not miss m a camping trip, and 

 in half an hour banished the'blues effectually. 



Before noon a skiff sailed up to the anchorage with the two boys on 

 board, just returning from a ten days cruise to the eastward, and 

 they were glad enough to come ashore and join the party, helping the 

 Captain and Mr. Night Hawk prepare dinner. 



The rain stopped, the breeze died away, and the sun shone out 

 bright and warm before 1 o'clock. The Night Hawk was sailed over 

 to the club house early in the afternoon for more provisions, an extra 

 tent and fresh water. It brought back the invalid. Miss Avis's sister, 

 the irrepressible club tenor, extra tents, blankets and camp chairs, 

 and also word that Scarecrow was coming with her captain and crew. 

 By supper time a goodly company had assembled, four tents were up 

 and eleven sat down to the evening meal, after which a roaring camp- 

 fire of drift was kept going the whole evening. 



The Blooming Dude made his musical voice heard after aU had re- 

 tired. He had paddled over fi-om the club, missed the camp, gone 

 rotmd the Point out into the ocean, and was on his way back to the 

 club when a fishing party guided him to the camp-fire. Everybody 

 had to come out and welcome him, which meant another horn* of jokes, 

 songs and chat around the fire. 



Bathing, cooking, saUing, reading, sleeping and loafing comfortably 

 under an awning on the beach made up the programme for the last 

 day of camp. Every one did as he or she pleased, talked or was silent, • 

 sailed or reclined on the sand — whatever seemed most restful and as 

 different from every-day occupations as possible. Mr, Night Hawk 

 kept movin.g, doing an odd bit of work here or s+raightening up some- 

 thing there, until his activity actually tired the other, and he was 

 ordered to sit down, which command he failed to obey, and was 

 promptly accused by the Tenor of having nervous pedestrianism in 

 consequence. 



Late in the afternoon the tents were rolled up and put aboard the 

 boats, together with everything except the cushions, chairs and cook- 

 ing things. A dehcious supper was served at sunset and the last camp- 

 fire started directly after it. At 9, by moonlight, the little canoes fer- 

 ried the joUy party to their respective boats, sails were hoisted, and 

 before a gentle breeze the fleet saOed home, a happy, healthy and 

 thoroughly satisfied pa^-ty of young people, with faces burned to a 

 rich brown, and all eager and ready to go again, though the trip 

 had not tm-ned out exactly as planned. The Cook. 



The Electra Episode. 



Chicago, III., Sept. 5.— The yachting and canoeing editor of Forest 

 A>D Stream is very kind in making explanations for my being imposed 

 upon at the W. C. A. meet by the bogus Electra canoe and her owner. 

 Appreciating this, I still do not wish credit for a wisdom I do not pos- 

 sess. It is true that a much wiser man might have been imposed on 

 under the circumstances, for at a canoe meet one is disposed to take 

 unquestioningly the word of the men he meets, and there had till this 

 time never been any cause to look for ringers. Still, I wish it made 

 plain that I would not have known Glenwood anyhow, if her name 

 plate was off, and no one need apologize for an ignorance of which I 

 am not ashamed. 



What one must complain of is the manner and the nature of the 

 imijosition as jjracticed. Mr. Friese told me specifically that he had 

 the Davis Boat & Oar Co. build him the new canoe and that he gave 

 her the name of the old Electra because he was "stuck on the name. " 

 He knew that I would credit the Davis Boat & Oar Co. with the build, 

 and linew this after repeated conversations with me. This is the 

 part that goes hard with me, for it is an imposition not on me alone 

 but on the public. Say that the above firm and Mr. Ruggles build 

 boats of exactly equal excellence, none the less each should have 

 credit for its own goods, and no others. When the imposition takes 

 this form it becomes hard to forgive, because it has done pubfic 

 injustice and vitiated for the time a public record. It was known that 

 Mr. Friese was agent for the former Arm. 



Yet, under these circumstauces, Mr. Friese finds for his course an 

 excuse and an apology. He owes me no apology. I can take care of 

 myself. But he owes the public this apology and therefore to the 

 public it must go. It should be equally public with the imposition. 

 His letter of Aug. 24 reads as follows below. Let each reader make 

 up his own opinion on it with such charity as he may. And then let 

 us have no more such episodes. It was a very cheap sort of glory 

 that was sought hexe. The glory of all our racing cups will be too 

 cheap if things like this occur: 



"Milwaukee, Aug. 24. — ^At the A. C. A. meet I intended disclosinff 

 the identity of my canoe, but that has been otherwise accomplished! 

 Y'ou probably remember how unmercifufiy I was guyed at the 1892 W. 

 C. A. meet about my canoe and poor sailing. I resolved to be "in it" 

 and be among the leaders, and last winter purchased Glenwood from 

 Oxholm, of Yonkers. with whom I had a very pleasant correspond- 

 ence. I kept her name dark and called her Electra, and enjoyed all the 

 spring the criiicisms aimed at her by the boys here who know all 

 about canoes and canoeing. Nat Cook, Mercer of New York, and 

 Oxholm and myself were the only ones who knew the truth. To all 

 others she was Electra, for I wanted to surprise and paralyze the fel- 

 lows who had hooted at me the preceding summer, and give them the 

 race of their fives, then go to the A. C. A! and see what the critics had 

 to sa.y here after they learned what canoe I had. 



"I did not anticipate the annoyance it might cause you, neither had 

 I an idea that you would refer to it in the glowing terms in which you 

 expressed yourself, and I apologize to you for rnisleading you in this 

 matter. I felt very proud of the possession of Glenwood, for I knew 

 she was the fastest in this country, and hoped to spur the other fel- 

 lows in the club to better efforts in the racing line, which has been ac- 

 compUshed, as Holmes, Graw and Rogers, our best sailors, had 

 dropped out, but are now interested more than ever befora 



"Vaux writes in such a manner that readers would believe it was a 

 scheme to boom the Davis Co., whereas they knew nothing of ray pur- 

 chase untU I sent her to the factory this summer before the meet to 

 be pohshed and varnished. I wiU write Forest and Stream an expla- 

 nation to-morrow.— A. W. Friese." E. Houoh. 



Arlington Sixth Annual. 



Arlington, N. J., Sept. 5.— The Arlington Canoe Club held their 

 sixth annual re.gatta on the Passaic, in front of their boat house, near 

 West Arlington Depot, on the morning of Labor Day, Sept. 4. 



First Event.— Club fours, open canoes; won by Boggs, Stewart, 

 Brain and Farmer, second crew being Duguid, Archibald, Douglass 

 and Fredericks. 



Second Event.— Paddling tandem, deck canoes; won by Duguid and 

 Farmer in canoe Cricket, with Archibald and Fredericks second in 

 canoe Ithanel. 



Third Event.— Paddling, open canoes, single blades; won by Frank 

 McLees in canoe Edna. J. T. A twater second in canoe Snake. 



Fourth Event.— PadfUing, double blades, deck canoes; won by Joe 

 Stewart in canoe Ithanel, with J. Allen second in canoe Lilian. 



Fifth Event —Paddling tandem, open canoes, was the best event of- 

 the regatta. Had five cre^vs and was closely contested from start to 

 finish. Was won by Duguid and Douglas in canoe Wa-ta-wah, with 

 Fredericks .and Archibald second in canoe lanthe. 



Sixth Event.— Won by Farmer in canoe Cricket with McLees second 

 in canoe Golden Rod. 



Seventh Event.— Hurry-scurrry and upset, was won by Bane, with 

 McLees second. 



Eighth Event.— Swimming; was won by Bane with Roome second. 



Among our visitors were ex-Com. Wilkin of the A. C. A., Com. Blow 

 of Oakland, Cal., and Vice-Corn. Lake of the Atlantic Division. After 

 the regatta a luncheon was served in the club house. 



CANOE NEWS NOTES. 



Ml-. Harry Ford writes us that he is a member of the Toronto C. C, 

 and not of the Corinthian C. C, as printed in our report of the meet. 



Harper's Ferrv, W. Va , Sept. 7.— Messrs. Geo. N. Beall, E. Lacy 

 Gibson and the Commodore in canoes Shenandoah, Clyde and Frankie, 

 of the Shenandoah C. C i-eaclied this place at 6 o'clock yesterday 

 evening after an eventful and e-witing cruise of 18 days, in which time 

 they navigated the entire Shenandoah River from Mount Crawford or 

 North River (IC miles abo e the head of the Shenandoahj, to its con- 

 fluence with the Potomac at this place. F. H. Vv'ebb, Com. 



Greenville Rifle Club. 



The weekly gallery shoot of the Greenville Rifle Club, Of. Greenvliie, 



N, J., on Friday, Sept, 8, was well patronized by the regulars of the 

 club. The honors of the night were divided between Messrs. Collins 

 and I'laisted, each with a score of 243. Purkess, the leading man in 

 the race for first prize in the first class, is losing his grip. He is now 

 only 4 points ahead of the man following him, and unless he pulls him- 

 self together next week he will have to drop into second place. The 

 scores are appended, 10 shots, possible 3.50, distance 25vds-: W. C. Col- 

 lins 343, G. W. Plaisted 343, C, Boag 8-39, Geo. Purkess 3.36, J. Boag 235, 

 Capt. Robidoux 235, C- H. Cbavaut 235, J. Spahn im, James Dodds 230, 

 JohnHiUasr. 



