July 14, 1894] FOREST AND STREAM. 39 
Boyal Canoe Club Cup. 
From the Meld. 
On Tuesday morning, June 20, the postponed canoe yawl race was 
sailed off, and in the afternoon the race for the sailing challenge cup, 
always an event of interest. On this occasion the entry of a competi- 
tor from the New York 0. 0. bade fair to give the race an international 
character, and ihere was a good muster of spectators on the river 
bank in anticipation of an exciting contest. The Northern C. C. also 
sent a representative in the person of Mr. G. U. Laws, who raced in a 
new canoe of sharpie model. The only other canoe built for the race 
was Dragon, belonging to Mr. B. de Q Quincey, but as neither Mr. 
Laws nor Mr. Quincey had their boats delivered before the 18th inst., 
they were necessarily at a great disadvantage 
The wind in the early morning had been light and variable, but by 
noon it had come right down the reach, thus giving half the course 
dead to windward and the other half a dead run to the lower buoy. 
Half ah hoilr before the start the executive were surprised to receive 
a bote from Mr. Howard withdrawing his challenge on behalf of the 
New York C. C, on the ground that the course was suitable for an 
International contest. This unexpected and somewhat extraordinary 
action on the part of the American visitor was disappointing, but the 
spectators were rewarded by seeing a very pretty race between the 
three leading canoes,- Battledore securing a meritorious win, while 
Stella, last year's winner, finished second. Mr. Baden Powell acted as 
officer of the day, assisted by Mr. Paul L. Waterlow, who officiated at 
the upper buoy. The captain, mates, secretary and most of the com- 
mittee were also in attendance. 
The entries were: Curlew, Mr. G. U. Laws, Northern C. C. ; Yankee, 
Mr. W. WiUard Howard, New Yo-k C. O; Whizz, Mr. Walter Stewart, 
R. 0. C; Dragon. Mr. B. de Q. Quincey, R. 0. 0.; Stella, Mr. G. E. Web- 
ster, R. C. O; Battledore, Mr. R. A. Hinckley, R. 0.0. Yankee, as 
stated above, did not start. Curlew was first over the line with a good 
lead. Dragon next, while Stella was in the rear. Turning to windward 
Up the reach, Whizz went into first place, with Dragon second, and all 
Speedily passed Curlew, who got lapped in the fourth round by Battle- 
dere and Whizz. The breeze freshened very steadily during the race, 
and Battledore, making up to it, gradually gained on Whizz, passing 
her in the third round after a grand tussle. The breeze still increas- 
ing, Whizz was losing ground to Stella, who took second place in the 
sixth round; and Dragon, who was doing no good with an ill-sitting 
sail, here retired. Whizz capsized soon after rounding the lower buoy 
for the seventh time, leaving Battledore and Stella to fight it out. 
Battledore still continued to gain, and scored a very popular win after 
a hard-fought race, void of flukes throughout. Stella sailed it out to 
the end, and capsized immediately after the finish. The times were: 
1st 3d 3d 4th 5th 
Round. Round. Round. Round. Round. 
Battledore (winner) 1 53 lo 2 23 48 2 41 44 2 59 25 3 18 85 
Stella -1 62 56 2 24 33 2 43 36 3 02 14 8 22 85 
Whizz 1 51 21 2 32 31 2 42 36 3 01 50 3 21 10 
Dragon 1 52 55 2 25 15 2 48 24 3 08 50 3 30 44 
Curfew 1 66 35 2 27 28 2 52 11 Gave up. 
6th 7th 8th 9th 
Round. Round. Round. Round. Finish. 
Battledore (winner) 3 38 26 S 57 12 4 15 40 4 33 09 4 48 51 
Stella 3 42 27 4 01 46 4 20 51 4 38 50 4 £8 57 
Whizz 3 44 11 4 04 49 Capsized. 
Dragon 3 04 00 Gave up. 
Next day Mr. Howard started in a race for sailing canoes: Battle- 
dore, Mr. R. A. Hinckley; Yankee, Mr. Willard Howard; Dragon, Mr. 
B. de Q. Quincy ; Curlew, Mr. G. U. Laws. Wind S.W., light and vari- 
able; start 4:42 P. M. The American canoe for the first time made an 
excellent start, and for the first few boards sailed well, but before 
reaching the top buoy, was passed by the wind-eating Battledore. As 
the race proceeded Dragon and Curlew crept up to the American, who 
evidently wanted more wind. Battledore eventually won by 4m. off 
Dragon, the latter being 4m. ahead of Curlew. 
1st Round. 2d Round. 3d Round. Finish. 
Battledore (winner) 6 02 08 5 27 45 5 40 20 6 20 30 
Dragon 5 03 05 5 29 00 5 59 50 6 24 45 
Curlew 5 04 46 5 36 00 6 03 30 6 -.'8 44 
Yankee 5 03 03 5 32 43 6 05 00 Gave up. 
On June 31 was sailed a handicap race for canoe-yawls and canoes ; 
five rounds: Worry, canoe-yawl, Mr. F. G. Todhuuter; Snake, canoe 
yawl, Mr. C. C. Lyman; Vestal, canoe-yawl, Mr. Percy Nisbet; 
Dragon, canoe, Mr. B. de Q. Quincey; Yankee, canoe, Mr. W. Willard 
Howard. Wind, light, down stream. Mr. B. de Q. Quincey, officer in 
charge. Snake arid Dragon got away first, followed by Worry and 
Yankee, while Vestal got a poor start, Stewart, in the Dragon, 
worked out a slight lead ,v f Worry, and they had a close run down to 
the lower buoy, Worry being ahead; but Dragon cut and seemed to 
hold her own going to windward. The wind falling light, Worry 
went away; Dragon's sail was baggy, and did not sit well. Worry 
took first prize and Dragon second. By the handicap, Worry allowed 
Snake 12m. 30s., Dragon 15m., Vestal and Yankee 20m. The times 
were: 
1st 2d 3d 4th 
Round. Round. Round. Round. Finish. 
Worry 11 28 13 11 56 10 12 24 32 12 53 19 1 19 3 
Dragon 11 28 15 11 58 23 12 32 1 12 59 23 1 36 57 
Yankee. 11 46 45 12 16 33 13 55 32 1 35 29 gave up. 
Snake 11 36 38 13 10 31 13 53 18 gave up. 
Vestal 11 54 38 12 44 46 . 1 38 52 gave up. 
Race for sailing canoes ; five rounds: Whizz, Mr. W. Stewart; Dragon. 
Mr. B. deQ. Quincy; Curlew, Mr. G. TJ. Laws; Yankee, Mr. W. Willard 
Howard; Battledore, Mr. R. A. Hinckley. Wind light, downstream; 
Mr. Percy Nisbet, officer in charge. Whizz made a good start to wind- 
ward of the lot, and was closely followed by Battledore and Dragon, 
Yankee and Curlew bringing up the rear. Soon after the start Battle- 
dore got the lead, and on the run down again increased it. Yankee 
was going very badly to windward, being very slow in stays as usual. 
During the second round the wind fell to almost a calm, relieved by 
occasional slight puffs, Dragon managing to draw ahead of Whizz 
before rounding the buoy for the second time Curlew was some 
distance astern, and Yankee a bad last. In the third round Whizz 
was run down by the steam launch Leonora, and capsized. Battledore 
kept the lead while Dragon was second, and Curlew third. Yankee 
only sailed four rounds, and was then a round and 3m. astern of Cur- 
lew: 
1st 2d 3d 4th 
Round. Round. Round. Round. Finish. 
Battledore 3 57 05 4 26 20 4 53 30 5 18 20 5 48 30 
. Dragon 4 00 30 4 31 15 5 06 00 5 38 25 6 08 05 
Curlew 4 01 00 4 35 30 5 06 10 5 45 27 6 11 00 
Yankee 4 11 35 4 54 16 5 37 42 6 14 00 gave up. 
Whizz 3 58 40 4 53 00 run down by steam launch. 
The sailing races of the Royal C. C. at Bourne End were brought to 
a close on Friday, the 221 inst. It was the first "racing week" of the 
club in its twenty-eight years of existence and will probably not be 
the last, if we may judge of its chances by the excellent sport 
obtained. Whether the locality chosen has proved satisfactory to 
the majority in the club is a question which cannot be definitely 
answered till next year's spring meeting. Two quite opposite elements 
will enter largely into the question. The first is, that the canoe 
entries this season were due almost entirely to the American chal- 
lenge for the cup race; in the second place, the "open J^-rate race" 
brought in entries which would not have been admitted had the race 
been confined to canoe-yawls only, because nearly all the J^-raters 
have their rudders hung considerable inboard, or have, in other 
words, a counter. 
The blot of the meeting, of course, was the withdrawal of the New 
York C. C.'s challenge at the last moment by Mr. Howard, the Ameri- 
can canoe sailer; but as the canoe Yankee was sailed by Mr. Howard 
in five races some reliable ideas may be formed as to her perform- 
ance in light wind and smooth water. It is claimed that she would 
perform better in a breeze and on open water, but she is far away 
the lightest and least stable of the canoe * in the Bourne End races, 
and it will be seen from the official times, published above, 
that she has a rare lot to make up even to come level with the 
slowest, and when level with the best we should rather place our 
fancy on the bulb keel Battledore as an open rough water performer. 
The times between the leading canoe and the American canoe Yan- 
kee, in each race, at the end of the round previous to her giving up or 
ending the contest, were: First race, Yanke 10m 56s. behind Whizz in 
(estimated) four miles, and then gave up; second race, 2m. 58s. behind 
Battledore at finish— five-mile course; third race, 10m. 40s. behind Bat- 
tledore at end of third round (about three miles), and then gave up; 
fourth race, 36m. 6s behind Dragon at end of fourth round (about 
four miles sailed, and then gave up ; fifth rac°, 55m. 40s. astern of Bat- 
tledore at fourth round (about four miles sailed), and then gave up. 
These time differences may seem peculiar, but they are taken from the 
official return, and if we take the difference between the next boat to 
her in the last race, Yankee is actually 28m. 33s. astern of Curlew in 
four miles. 
The wind in most of these races was light or moderate, and though 
the time taken to do the course was rather long, it should not be for- 
gotten that the wind was down stream, and a beat up against a light 
wind and adverse current is always slow progress over the ground, 
but not necessarily slow through the water. And, after all. there is 
the barefaced fact that all the other canoes were sailing in similar cir- 
cumstances, but traveled faster. 
The Yachting World gives the following statement by Mr. Howard: 
"My racing with the Royal C. C. at Bourne End ended with Thurs- 
day's two races. I have sailed five race", and in no race has the speed 
of the winning boat been more than three miles per hour. In Amer- 
ica if we do not make six miles an hour ^ call it a slow race. In all 
of these five races the wind was yery light, being merely eatspaws of 
air, with long streaks of calm sandwiched in between. Only at the 
start of one race was there wind enough to bring out the superior 
speed of my boat, and in ten minutes of short tacking to windward I 
drew well away from the others and gained steadily until the wind 
died away. Upon my withdrawal of the New York C. C.'s challenge 
[for the ?] cup the Royal C. C. promptly withdrew the special cups 
for three races on open water in August. That left me without any 
prospect of fair, open racing with this club, so I challenged Mr. 
Hinckley, winner of the challenge cup, to a sailing match on open 
water. Mr. Hinckley declined on the ground that I had refused to 
race for the cup. To this I have replied that as I have sailed five 
races in water suited to his canoe, it was not inconsistent with the 
tradition of English fair play that I should ask for at least one race on 
water suited to my canoe. Having thus failed to get a test of my 
boat on a fair course, I shall be compelled to issue a general challenge 
to English canoeists to race on a body of water large enough to lay 
out a triagular course with half mile sides. Failing in that, I shall go 
to the British Canoe Association camp in August and go in against 
the half -raters and other big boats. It is conceded that on a fair 
course my canoe is the fastest ever seen in England." 
Canvas Boats. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
In your issue for S»pt 9, 1893, my attention is called to the subject 
of canvas boats by "Kelpie," who expresses a good idea in relation 
thereto. Too many of the canvas boats put upon the market have a 
very poor quality of canvas, which is often unsafe after the first sea- 
son's use. It pays to put on the very best. I have been using canvas 
boats in my bass fl«hing and duck shooting for the past twelve years, 
and have never been upset, thrown out nor swamped. T consider 
them much safer and far more convenient than any wooden boat. 
But, as "Kelpie" says, they do .not need to be very long or deep, the 
former makes them unhandy in turning, the latter unmanageable in 
the wind. I have made and used several and also sold a great many, 
but by experience I have found about what gives the best service and 
is easiest managed, both on the water, on a portage or in a stiff breeze. 
For the benefit of your angling readers, I will give description of the 
last one I made. I got a pine board 10ft. long, 16in. wide, %\n. thick. 
I rounded one end from the middle back toward the center 3ft. The 
other end had the corners rounded off for a short distance, so as to 
leave the after end of the boat 8in. wide. On the bow I put a 
triangular block 1ft. long (made up of 2X4 soft pine). On the stern 
I put a J^in. pine piece, 8in. at bottom and 10 at top, 1ft. long. From 
the triangular block to the top of the last-named board fasten two 
pieces for gunwales J^in.xMin. about 12^ft. long. Bind the two 
strips with cross pieces 1 and 3ft. from either end; just the right 
lengths to give the boat a nice shape. 
Across the bottom board of the boat nail strips of tough wood 3 i 6 in. 
Xlln., bend them and fasten to gunwales so as to give your boat a nice 
shape and the proper depth, 9in. in center and 12in. at ends. These 
may be 20 or 24in. apart. 
Take strips of the same tough wood 3 ](I Xlin., long enough to reach 
from the triangular block in the bow to the stern board, and nail eight 
of them equi-distant on either side of block, board and ribs. This 
makes a good, strong and light frame upon which to put the canvas. 
Procure a piece of heavy canvas, wide enough to cover the boat. 
Tack it along the gunwales to the bow and stern, with copper or 
plated tacks—iron soon rots the canvas. 
Paint the canvas after being tacked on, first coat, white lead and 
yellow ochre equal parts, thinned with pure raw linseed oil. Force 
in all the canvas will hold. Give from four to eight days to dry, then 
coat again with any color desirable of good lead and oil paint . Two 
coats are enough— better than more. I have used one painted as 
above, for nine years; every season I rub it over with raw oil. The 
boat I have now only weighs 161bs., is 12ft. long, 9in. deep and about 
3ft. wide, has a flat bottom and sits very steady, and is wonderfully 
handy. Two large men can ride it with perfect safety, and in a wind 
it will climb the waves much better than a heavy wooden one. On a 
portage, I can carry it for two or three miles without a rest. 
Not more than two should ever be in a boat when fishing for black 
bass, and I am almost persuaded that one is enough. With one of 
these boats you can steal gently along, casting here and there in so 
quiet a manner that success is sure to follow. I could not do without 
my canvas boat when casting. One of its advantages is that it cost 
me less than g5. S. M. Harper. 
Greenville Defeats Excelsior. 
An interesting team match was shot off on the Greenville range on 
Saturday of last week. The competing teams were Plaisted and Col- 
lins, of the Greenville Rifle Club, against Hansen and Boyce, of the 
Excelsior Rifle Club. It was the second match in a series of best two 
out of three, the first of which was shot off duriDg the past winter 
and resulted in a victory for Greenville. The match on Saturday 
drew together quite a number of the members of the two clubs, many 
of which brought along their rifles and indulged in informal practice. 
The weather was clear and cool with a strong southwesterly wind. 
The conditions of the match called for 50 shots per man, the stakes 
refreshments and range expenses. The result was another victory 
for Greenville by a margin of 34 points. Scores: 
Plaisted 
Collins. 
Hansen . 
Boyce. 
Greenville team. 
18 24 18 18 20 
23 22 14 19 21 
22 2 22 22 24 
18 21 20 20 21 
23 22 20 22 21 
20 24 18 20 15 
23 20 23 20 19 
24 18 21 19 19 
17 28 15 15 19 
9 20 22 23 22 
Excelsior team. 
25 22 22 24 10 
21 20 25 18 23 
23 18 20 25 22 
24 24 21 12 20 
20 20 14 22 lfi 
23 25 20 20 13 
11 15 21 24 20 
22 18 21 22 17 
24 23 25 25 14 
23 21 20 15 17 
20 21 20 17 22-198 
25 23 30 18 22-206 
19 23 22 23 23—233 
20 21 23 17 19—200 
23 33 33 31 33—219-1046 
15 18 19 22 22—193 
15 17 30 24 18-199 
33 33 31 19 19—205 
21 33 22 21 23—199 
23 32 18 21 18-197- 
18 22 23 
22 21 18 
22 22 0 
23 20 18 
23 15 22 
25 19 18 
20 16 21 
23 20 24 
21 18 24 
21 18 21 
24 25 
15 21 
23 24 
20 20- 
22 25 
18 13 
17 17- 
17 23 
15 20 
11 20- 
Marcellus Wauters was official scorer. 
- P93 
2039 
-224 
-204 
-199 
-202 
-199-1028 
-194 
-182 
-206 
-208 
-187- 977 
2005 
Revolver Shooting in England. 
The South London Rifle Club had their first fine day for revolver 
shooting on June 26 and good scores were the result. Below are the 
details of the scores made (Mr. Winan's 41 is the best score made this 
season at 20yds.). 
Stationary target, 20yds. : 
Walter Winans 776777—41 F Rand 777557—38 
Capt Heath 777577—40 Dr E Howe 547676-35 
Clementi-Smith 677577—39 
Disappearing target, 20yds.: 
Walter Winans , 7 6 7 6 7 7—40 
50yds. target: 
Walter Winans,, 767677—40 
Capt Heath 677765— 38 
FRand 777665—38 
At the 50yds. Mr . Winans's score equals his 
at Bisley last year. 
At the North London the leading scores for the revolver champion- 
ship of the club now stand: 
20yds. 50yds. Total. 
Walter Winans 41 41 40 40 40 39 30 29 300 
Skilton 40 39 39 39 8K 38 27 27 287 
Rand 40 38 38 38 38 38 26 25 285 
C F Lowe 40 39 37 37 86 35 27 28 285 
Capt Cowan 38 38 38 38 37 36 27 26 278 
Major Munday 39 37 36 36 36 35 26 25 270 
Ashby 36 85 34 33 32 32 28 22 253 
Capt Richardson 39 36 35 34 34 34 35 34 260 
Carter 36 36 36 36 35_34 24 21 ^a.258 
Clementi-Smith 645666-33 
Dr E Howe 551566—31 
•best on record" made 
Cincinnati Rifles. 
Cincinnati, O , July 1. — The Cincinnati Rifle Association held its 
regular practice shoot at its range to day and made the scores ap- 
pended. Conditions 200yds. off-hand, at the standard target: 
Gindele 8 10 8 10 6 8 8 8 8 8-82 
10 977898 10 6 6-80 
689589898 9—79 
10 8 7 8 10 10 7 8 9 9-86 
♦Payne 788685897 9-75 
10 10 9 4 7 10 6 9 7 8—80 
857977698 6—70 
57785536 10 10-66 
tWellinger 9 10 6 9 7 8 10 6 10 8-83 
7 7 8 10 10 8 10 7 6 10-83 
87769 10 689 9—79 
997997698 3—76 
Drube 968 18 78 10 87 8—81 
7 10 68 7 6798 10—78 
6776888 10 7 9—75 
869689966 5-72 
Hake 5 8 7 7 5 5 9 9 10 7—72 
10 399 9 7665 6-70 
85488 10 10 66 5—70 
839658994 8-67 
Topf 4688484786 -63 
95 7 57654 10 4-62 
645256778 7-57 
67675 6284 6-57 
t Open sight. * Marlin repeater, .38-55. 
Rifle at San Antonio. 
Off-hand medal shoot, 200yds , July 1: 
Texas Field 4 9 4 10 
A Giesecke 10 10 
4 6 
5 4 
3 6 
6 6 6 10 8 5-68 
7 6 5 7 4 9—68 
9 8 5 
5 4 10 
9 
9 9 
5 7 
8 7 
6 7 
5 10 
4 6 
7 5 
8 4 
4 9 
6 6 
8 9 
5 6 
7—69 
7-60 
0—65 
7—65 
6-67 
3-G1 
A Guenther 8 8 
A Steves 8 4 
EDo&ch 7 8 
A Altmann 7 8 1 
A Uhl 6 5 
G Heye 9 6 
Rest medal shoot, 200yds., July 1: , 
G Giesecke 7 8 11 11 9 8 7 8 8 8- 84 
A Ouenther 10 9 10 12 9 10 11 10 11 9—101 
A Steves 10 9 9 8 12 7 11 9 9 9- 93 
E Dosch 12 9 8 11 6 7 9 12 9 9— 92 
AAltman..... 9 12 9 9 12 10 7 7 8 13— 95 
FRennert 9 10 6 8 6 9 7 10 9 8— 82 
A Uhl 8 9 10 7 11 7 11 9 7 10- 89 
July 4, practice shoot, 200yds., off-hand: 
G Altman 989 10 577 10 9 9-83 
Texas Field 8 86 10 98667 6-75 
A Steves 4 6 
ESeffel 6 7 
E Dosch 7 5 
C Hummel 4 9 
7 10 6 
8 9 6 
3 7 6 
0 6 7 
7 7 4-68 
8 10 7—77 
6 5 5—53 
6 5 7—54 
O. C. G. 
Independent New York Schuetzen Corps. 
The Independent New York Corps, Captain Wm. V. Weber, he Id its 
monthly shoot in Glendale Park, on Friday of last week. Heavy 
showers during the day kept many of the members away from the 
park, and the consequence was the attendance was small. The mem- 
bers who were present were highly pleased with the commodious 
shooting bouse and the many accomodations that are connected with 
the range for the comfort of riflemen, Owing to the heavy showers 
Capt. Weber did not open the shoot until 2 P. M. B. Walther was 
credited with the first flag although it was an open question as to 
whether Ignatz Marten had not as good a title to it, both men firing 
their shots at nearly the same moment. The most flags were made 
by Ignatz Marten, Wm. Hayes was second; the bes_t score on the ring 
targets was made by Wm. Haves. On the man target Messrs. Stein, 
Marten, and Walther tied for first place with 57 each. 
Ring target, 5 shoots, possible 125: Hayes 114, Marten 105, Krauss 
104, Walther 102, Greiner 94, Toell 91; Hotz 90, Bauer 88, Krons- 
berg, 78. 
Man target, 3 shots, possible 60: Stein 57, Walther 57, Hayes 56, 
Krauss 55, Greiner 52, Marten 67, Bittschier 48, Bauer 48. 
Point taruet, 5 shots, possible 20: Hayes 18, Marten 18. Walther 18, 
Bittschier 17, Greiner 17, Krauss 17, Begerow 17, Stein 16, Bauer 14, 
Soell 13, Hoffman 13, Hotz 12, Kronsberg 12, Hencke 11, Kurtzer 9, 
Stemkopf 12, Schmitt 12. 
Greenville Rifle Club. 
At the weekly gallery shoot of the Greenville Rifle Club which was 
held at headquarters July 6, seventeen members were present and 
participated in the competition for class prizes. Scores: First class, 
J. Boag 243, C. Boag238, Collins 237, Purkess 236, Robidoux 234, Schee- 
line 227. Second class, Lutz 238, Charlock 234, Chase 233, Chavant 233, 
Agneau 226. Third class, E Wuestner, Jr., 226, Daniels 222, Hill 232, 
Holzapfel 317, F. Wuestner 214, E. Wuestner, Sr,, 197. 
Schlicht Rifle Club. 
West New York, N. J., July 2.— At the weekly shoot of the Schlicht 
Rifle Club held at headquarters this evening, the class medal winners 
were: Fred Lambrix cnampion medal, Geo Dorr first class, M. Dans 
second. John Dedrick third. Scores: Geo Schlicht 241, Fred Lam- 
brix 330, M. nans 230, John Dedrick 228, Geo. Dorr 228, Wm. Schlicht 
227, Geo. Richert 227, Jacob Schlicht 217, L. Dorr 215, E. O. Brellen- 
thine 214. 
RIFLE NOTES. 
After the close of the Independent New York Schuetzen Corps 
shoot at Glendale Park last week, the members formed themselves 
into a committee of observation- for the purpose of examing the park 
as to its adaptability f^r the great international festival in 1895. Pass- 
ing down through the park to the rear end, the visitors found that the 
Manhattan Beach Railroad tracks constituted its rear boundary, with 
the ground well situated for a way-station rightat the park boundary. 
The running time on the Manhattan road from this point to the Thirty- 
fourth street ferry is said to be only ten minutes. The next point of 
interest to the observers was where the forty or sixty targets could be 
placed. A strip of ground was pointed out which is well situated for 
the purpose. The park throughout is heavily timbered with oak and 
chestnut trees. The central pavilion is large and commodious, and 
contains the dining room, with accommodations to seat 1.800 guests. 
All of the other buildings and fixtures in and about the park are built 
upon a most liberal scale When the committee returned from the 
tour through the grounds and various buildings contained in the park 
the prevailing opinion was that it was the most available spot in or 
about New York for the holding of a successful festival. The trans- 
portation facilities from Brooklyn to the park are good. The surface 
road (dummy) from Ridgewood to Richmond Hill passes the front end 
of the park. It is reported that the Myrtle avenue trolly line will be 
extended to Richmond Hill, making one continus line from all the 
Brooklyn ferries. 
The Brooklyn Independent Corps and the Brooklyn Schuetzen Corps 
will hold a joint festival in the Glendale Park on Wednesday of this 
week. 
The New York Schuetzen Corps holds its monthly shoot in the Union 
Hill Park on Friday of this week. 
The Zettler Rifle Club will hold its bi-monthly shoot in Wissel's 
Cypress Hills Park on the 15th. 
The New York City Corps will hold its annual festival and prize 
shoot in Bruminer's Union Park July 17. 
Teams from the Portchester and Greenville rifle clubs will meet rn 
the Greenville Schuetzen Park ranges Saturday, July 21. 
Gus Zimmerman, in writing to a friend in New York, informing him 
of his experience and success at the festival in Mainz last month, 
says: "In making my preparations for entry in the quick-firing match 
on the opening day I found that my sights were missing and I was 
compelled to use a German rifle on that day." There have been many 
conflicting rumors as to Zimmerman's winnings at the Mainz festival, 
but so far as we can learn he has been quite successful. When he 
left America he had great hopes of winning first position in the rapid- 
firing match. We understand he was the sixth on the list of winners. 
He got first prize on the field target, making 59 out of a possible 60 
(2 shots, no re-entry). He also won second prize on the Leipsie tar- 
get. He says of the Mainz shoot that he won 25 of the principal prizes, 
so many in fact that he was afraid the Garmans would accuse him of 
being a pot-hunter. 
Armbrtjster's Greenville Schuetzen Park has fine facilities f r salt 
water bathing. Bath houses are located foot of park, on New rk Bay 
shore.— Adv. 
