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fifty years. The book will be preserved as a valuable souvenir by all 
who are fortunate enough to possess a copy. 
We have received from George Wilson, 23 Sherwood street, Picca- 
dilly Circus, London, his very complete catalogue of yachting requi- 
sites, including charts of all waters, books, nautical instruments and 
every description of yacht fitting and furnishing. 
The year book of the Stamford Y. C. is a neat volume in fine white 
canvas, containing, with other matter of the usual nature, a chart of 
the club courses on Long Island Sound, and also one of Stamford Har- 
bor. The club has prospered well in the four years of its existence, 
and is now in a very satisfactory condition. It sails under the Seawan- 
haka rule, with waterline classification. 
One of the most attractive club books which we have received this 
year is that of the Corinthian Y. C. of Philadelphia, prepared by the 
club's energetic secretary, A. P. Bancroft. The make-up of the book 
is particularly clean and attractive; it contains a picture of the club 
house at Essington, on the Delaware River, and a chart of the river 
with the club course. The club uses the Seawanhaka rule. 
The American Y. C. of Newburyport, has celebrated its ninth 
annual regatta by a souvenir book that is well arranged and inter- 
esting. 
The "Signal" march is the name of a new "two-step" composed by 
Walter A. Dolane and dedicated to the officers and members of the 
Brooklyn Y. C. It is published by R. B. Treacy, 56 Court street, 
Brooklyn. 
FIXTURES. 
SEPTEMBER. 
3. Holyoke, Ann., Holyoke, Mass. 
3-5. Passaic River Meet. 
5. Ianthe, An., Passaic River. 
15. Red Dragon, Fall Regatta, Del- 
aware River. 
However unsatisfactory the outlook in canoeing may be, and com- 
pared with the keen enthusiasm and big racing fleets of even five 
years since, there is much reason for regret; there is still some com- 
fort in the thought that three great gatherings of canoeists are 
celebrated duly each year. The meets of the American Canoe Associa- 
tion and the Western Canoe Association, both successful affairs, have 
just terminated; and now a similar meet is under way in England, 
that of the British Canoe Association, which opened at Salcombe 
Harbor, on the Devon coast of the Channel, on July 30. This year 
the B. C. A. will "continue the surroundings" for three weeks, closing 
on Aug. 20. The location is very picturesque, and a pleasant meet is 
anticipated. One of the features of the meet will be the presence of 
Mr. William Willard Howard, with his fast canoe Yankee. 
Battledore. 
The tendency of canoe designing in this country has always been 
toward the production of all-around models, that are equally at home 
whenever they are called on to race; all being built primarily for 
racing at the A. C. A. meet; which might be on Lake George, the St. 
Lawrence River, or in half a dozen other places; while in the club 
racing of each spason the Vesper boats visited New York and raced 
successfully on the Bay, or the New York boats were taken to the 
Hudson or the Connecticut River. It may fairly be said that the ex- 
isting conditions in America since the establishment of the sailing races 
for canoes have been against the creation of special types, and ia 
favor of the boat that could do good work on any fairly open water. 
In England, however under different conditions, the reverse has been 
the case; and not only has there been a difference in the general char- 
acteristics of the racing canoes of the two countries, but the tendency 
abroad has been toward the creation of a number of local types. 
The American canoe, as the result of open courses and long 
straight legs in the more important races, has been built almost 
straight on the keel; some, such as all of Mr. Howard's boats, being 
absolutely straight from end to end, with a deep forefoot and heel. 
There is no doubt that this distinctive feature has been often carried 
too far, though under the circumstances the result has been less hurt- 
ful to speed than the other extreme would have been. 
The English canoe is built first of all for comparatively narrow 
water with many turns to the courses and very short tacks in such 
windward work as is had; and to this end she is rockered to excess, 
too much so for anything but this special work, as was proved by 
Nautilus, Pearl and Charm in America. Further than this, the model 
is affected by the particular narrow river on which the canoe is sailed, 
the Thames, above or below bridge, the Mersey, the Clyde or the 
Tyne, each having developed its special type or model. The British 
Canoe Association, the national body, is strictly a cruising associa- 
tion, with no racing rules and but little racing at its annual meets: the 
principal club, the Royal C. O, is a local body, though its position and 
influence are greater than those of any cue American club in this 
country, and more like that of Jibe A. C. A. What racing there is — 
and it has fallen off materially since the days of the old Pearl and 
Nautilus— is mainly local; and each canoe is built primarily for some 
one locality, rather than to be taken anywhere with a good chance of 
winning. The canoe here illustrated, for which we are indebted to the 
Model Yachtsman and Canoeist, is a good example of one local type, 
designed for use in local waters, though it must be said that she has 
shown her speed in many other places, as have others of her type. 
The Thames at Oxford is a stream such as Americans have no idea 
of. as they would not for a moment think of racing on it, even if 
nothing better were at hand. With all of its disadvantages in the way 
of narrow, winding reaches and broken, squally winds, this part of 
the Thames is the home of some very hard sailing; and that at a sea- 
son when the American canoeist has not even begun to look up the 
price of varnish, the racing beginning in February and lasting into 
December. The canoe Battledore, interesting to Americans as the 
winner of the R. C. C. challenge cup this year, and also of several 
races in which the American canoe Yankee took part, is of a type 
which had its origin at Oxford, and which has been developed to a 
high state of perfection there, but of which the underlying principles 
are distinctly American, being found in the sharpie and skip-jack. 
Many small craft of this general form, notably the Red Jacket, have 
been built by Thomas Clapham, and old canoeists will remember the 
two or three experimental canoes, the Coffin was one, which Paul But- 
ler had at Bow-Arrow Point in 1887 and at Lake George a year later, 
with nearly fiat floor, straight, flaring sides and a sharp chine at the 
bilge. None of these craft, however, have made any special reputa- 
tion, and the type has attracted little attention in America. 
Whatever its origin, the development of the sharpie-canoe must be 
credited mainly to the Oxford builders, H. C. Smith and Theo. Smith, 
the former being the designer and builder of Battledore, while the 
latter produced the famous Snake and the earlier boats of the type. 
Battledore is specially notable as the first canoe sailed with a Butler 
sliding seat in British^waters, the seat being used in the Oxford races, 
though until this year not allowed in the races of the Royal C. C. 
down the river. Without it, however, she won the challenge cup in 
1892, her first year, being sailed from the deck, but without a slide. 
She is lightly but very strongly built, and carries a 601bs. centerplate, 
the only ballast. She has a bucket well. She was built for Mr. R. C. 
Hinckley, who still owns her. The details are clearly shown in the 
drawings; the sail plan is limited by the R. C. C. rule to 112ft. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
Atlantic Division— Hugh M. Hallenbeck. Eastern Division— Geo. 
B. Freeland, Bangor, Me. Central Division— Jas. T. Van Dalfsen. New- 
burgh, N. Y ; Rev. E. Gay, Fernandina, Fla.; Frederick W. Lewis. 
U. S. M. A., West Point, N. Y. 
Here is a Score. 
San Francisco, Aug. 6.— Editor Forest and Stream: I inclose a 
score made yesterday in pistol practice by Smith Carr, one of the 
"reliables" of the Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club. Mr. Carr had his 
brother, Howard Carr, who is an expert gunsmith, fix up a pistol as 
follows: A .22 rifle barrel having a quick twist and chambered for 
the .22 long rifle cartridge, was cut off, leaving the barrel lOin. long. 
The latter was then "turned" down until of correct size to be inserted 
into a .45cal. S. W. revolver of about 31bs. weight, i. e., the revolver 
barrel had the lands bored out leaving it a smoth bore into which and 
through one aperture of the cylinder passed the little .22 lOin. barrel. 
The sights used are of the open variety. The trigger pull was much 
below the regulation, being only about lib. Of course this score is not 
official, but it is genuine, and is, so far as I know, the best 100 consecu- 
tive shot score ever made. Here it is: 
Smith Carr 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 7 10 9—90 
10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10—99 
6 7 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10—92 
10 10 10 10 9 9 10 9 10 8—95 
9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10—99 
9 8 9 10 7 10 8 10 10 10—91 
10 10 10 10 9 10 9 10 9 9—96 
98 10 89 10 989 9—89 
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10—99 
9 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10—98—948 
You will observe that there are three scores of 99, a clean 100 in ten 
consecutive shots in third and fourth strings, with a 10 on the eleventh 
shot of this particular series. Frank Poulter, one of our most expert 
rifle and pistol shots, acted as "running mate" to Carr in his last 5C 
shots a«d made a fine score— 93, 95, 88, 93, 94. The shooting was done 
on our regular 50yds. range at Shell Mound, on the standard Ameri- 
can target. 
I was sorry to learn from a recent issue of the Forest and Stream 
that the challenge of the Columbia Club for an all around match 
would hardly meet with a response. Roeel. 
New York Schuetzen Corps. 
The monthly shoot of the N. Y. Schuetzen Corps, Captain Henry 
Offerman, was held in the Union Hill Park, Aug. 10. The scores are 
appended: 
Ring Target: F. Schmidt 217, Aug. J. Christen 201, John Hainhorst 
. 197, Wm. Hahn 196, B. Zettler 195, Ph. Feigel 195, Henry Hanschen 187, 
John C. Bonn 186, John Bunz 181, Chas. Grosch 178, John D. Wilkens 
177, H. Lohden 175, F. Facompre 175, H. Buthfer 173, G. Mehrenberg 
174, H. B. Michaelsen 167, F. Plump 159, E. Bindewald 155, H. Offer- 
mann 154, John J. Thoelke 151. 
Man Target: John G. Thoelke 57, Aug J. Christen 56, F. Schmidt 
55, Ph. Feigel 55, Chas. Grosch 51. 
Bullseye Target: Wm. Hahn 2, B. Zsttler 2. E. Bindewald 2, J. N. 
Herrmann 2. G. Wehrenberg, E. Meyer, J. E. Bonn, H. B. Michaelsen, 
J. H. W. Meyer, Chas Grosch, Aug. J. Christen, Fred. Schmidt. Henry 
Meyer, F. Facompre, F. Hoops, J, H. Hainhorst, F. Plump, H, Offer- 
jnann, John Bunz, each one. 
Walnut Hill Scores. 
Woburn, Aug 11. —The regular weekly shoot of the Massachusetts 
Rifle Association was held at the Walnut Hill range to-dav. The re- 
sult of the shooting will be found below. The scores were made at 
200yds., on the standard American target. Mr. Hadley won the silver 
pistol medal: 
Silver pistol medal: Won on 10 scores of 86 or better bv .T. Hadlev: 
86 90 86 93 89 89 88 88 86 '88 
All-comers' rest match: 
S Wilder 12 12 12 12 12 10 9 11 10 12-112 
(Telescope sight) 9 12 11 12 12 12 11 9 12 11—111 
WL Holmes 107 F J Martin 104 M T Day 101 
Seal medal off-hand match: 
JHadlev 8 10 '8 6 fi 10 7 8 10 10—83 
AW Hill 76 M T Day. 71 A S Sampson 64 
All-comers 1 off-hand match: 
CH Eastman 7 8 8 10 8 10 6 8 9 9-83 
W O Burnite, Jr (mm 7 89 10 77994 9—79 
JALawrence 78 A S Hunt 67 S D Martin 63 
' 'All-comers' military match- 
G Durward 5454445555—46 W O Burnite. Jr 4555445545 -46 
E A Stephens 42 S D Martin 41 O Moore 40 
A B Denny 42 M T Day 40 
Pistol medal match, 50yds.: 
J Hadley 8 9 8 9 10 9 8 9 10 8—88 
M T Day 86 AW Hill. 85 
Excelsior Rifle Club. 
Jersey City, Aug. 8.— At the weekly gallery shoot of the Excelsior 
Rifle Club, held at headquarters last night, eight members were pres- 
ent and participated in the competition. Scores: Jos. Hughes 238, 
Wm. Hughes 229. D. Duff 232. G. G. Williams 229. H. Walter 220, J. 
Binns 219. F. P. Thompson 213,Kastendick 214. 
Aug. JO.— Three members of the Excelsior Rifle Club visited the 
Schuetzen Park this afternoon to participate in the weekly practice 
on the 200yds. range. The weather was clear and warm, with a light 
westerly wind. Captain Hansen found himself in fine fettle and suc- 
ceeded in making some of the best scores in his experience as a rifle- 
man. Scores, 50 shots, German target: 
LP Hansen 216 223 224 228 231—1122 
Jos Hughes 191 202 205 208 211—1017 
O C Boyce 173 194 198 201 215— 981 
Schlicht Rifle Club. 
Gtjttenburg, N. J.. Aug. 7. — At the weekly gallery shoot held at 
headquarters last night, eleven members participated in the com- 
petition for class medals. The winners and scorns are appended: 
Geo. Schlicht, champion medal; Aug. Meyer, first class medal; George 
Reichert. second class medal; Charles Mever, third class medal. 
Scores: Charles Meyer 232, Wm. Schlicht 223, Fred Lambrix 219. Jacob 
Diehl 225. Conrod Schlicht 220. Geo. Reichert 232. Louis Dr>rr 213. Aug. 
Meyer 229, Geo. Schlicht 236, Capt. Dedrick224, Jacob Schlicht 224. 
The Columbia Challenge. 
San Francisco —Editor Forest and Stream: You inferentially 
state in issue of 28th inst., that the Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club's 
all-round challenge includes only Springfield rifle and pistol (or revol- 
ver). By reading the challenge again you will see that the fine or 
target rifle is. also included in this challenge. Moreover, we challenge 
(second choice) for pistol only; also (third choice) for Sprinefield 
rifle only, practically three distinct challenges, though we much pre- 
fer the acceptance of our all-round challenge. 
Dr. L. O. Rodgers, Pres. 
Greenville Rifle Club. 
Greenville, N. J.. Aug. 11. — The weeklv gallery shoot of the Green- 
ville Rifle Club, held in the club house last night did not have the 
usual attendance, warm weather and counter attractions are respon- 
sible. Scores: 
First class— Collins 240. C. Boag 239, G. Purkess 239, J. Boag 228. 
Second class— Gotthardt 228, Charlock 238, Chase 230, Agneau 231. 
Third class— Rinker 219, Graef 220, Hill 210. 
The Bluemthaler Co. No. 6 of New York 
Held their weekly shoot Aug. £11. Twelve members were present 
and did some fair shooting: 
H D Muller 238 238 235 234 230 229-1404 
W Hicks 242 235 234 229 226 223—1389 
FSchill 217 227 226 224 219 ...—1113 
F Norwicki 225 223 222 213 — 883 
Henry D. Muller. 
RIFLE NOTES. 
The Newark Shooting Society will hold a shoot in the Schuetzen 
Park on Aug. 21. The point target will be open for visiting riflemen. 
The Zettler Rifle Club will hold its bi-monthly shoot at Cypress 
Hills Park on Aug. 19. 
The annual festival nf the Plattdeutsch Verein will open at the 
Union Hill Schuetzen Park on Aug. 19. 
The late George Schalke, of Pottsville, Pa., gained an enviable repu- 
tation as a gunsmith; his rifles had a national reputation for their 
good shooting qualities. These rifles are to-day in the hands of our 
expert riflemen in almost every State in the Union. With his death 
it was thought that the Schalke system would continue only as a 
pleasant memory in .the minds of those riflemen who had had the 
good fortune to possess themselves with one of these famous rifles. 
We understand that Harry M. Pope, of Hartford, Conn., one of our 
expert riflemen, and whose name is familiar throughout the country 
in connection with the Columbia and Hartford bicycle, is about to 
commence the manufacture of rifle barrels on the same lines as car- 
ried out by Schalke. Mr. Pope is a thorough mechanic and was one 
of Schalke's most enthusiastic disciples. We have no doubt that the 
Pope barrel will maintain the excellent qualities held by those of the 
Pioneer of this system. 
The affairs of the National Shooting Association (Schuetzen Bund) 
are progressing in a satisfactory manner. Work will soon be started 
in the Glendale Park, L. I., preparatory to the building of the new 
range (45 targets) for the great festival next July. One of the Cali- 
fornia riflemen, a man who has been in the swim for many years, in 
writing to one of our Eastern sportsmen in reference to the coming 
festival, says: "We intend to take your king prize back to California 
with us next year." There is no doubt as to the ability of the Western 
riflemen to make a strong bid for the honor, but — 
The representative of a nitro powder manufacturing company was 
a visitor to one of our club shoots last week loaded with nitro and 
information as to its use, with his outfit, and he had a supply of thick 
felt wads cut from hair felt, to be used upon the powder as a cushion. 
The tanners in removing the hair from the hides in the process of 
tanning in most instances use lime to expedite their work. The felt 
from which the wads referred to were cut were made from hair 
removed from the hides by the lime process, and the wads were largely 
impregnated with lime dust. Now, it is a well-known fact that nitro 
with its high velocity has a tendency t" lead the barrel of either a 
shotgun or the rifle when using lead projectiles, and with the addition 
of a little lime dust deposited from the felt wads in the barrel, it 
seems to us as though the process of leading would be accelerated. 
It would be well for any of our riflemen who may be experimenting 
with nitro and using felt wads to consider this problem. One would 
think that the manufacturer in putting his goods upon the market 
would have covered all avenues that would lead to the successful intro- 
duction of his goods to the public, 
The proper primer for nitro in the rifle is still a matter of much vex- 
ation to those who would use nitro powder. We had a little experi- 
ence last week with a new primer just put upon the market to be 
used with nitro in the rifle, and which was said to be satisfactory for 
the purpose. We found them to be entirely unsatisfactory, not hav- 
ing the strength to properly ignite the powder, the interior of the 
barrel from chamber to muzzle having a deposit of unburned powder. 
This particular primer was recommended by the representative of the 
nitro powder company referred to above as being just right. 
Experience with the new Winchester No. 3 W. primer leads one to the 
belief that if this primer was made up from brass it would give better 
satisfaction and less liability to blow out. Our shotgun shooters 
speak well of it as it is; but in the rifle, with the heavy pressure neces- 
sary to force the bullet through the rifling, it is hardly up to the work 
required of it. 
The fall meeting of the New Jersey State Rifle Association, which 
opens at Sea Girt on Sept. 3, bids fair to be well patronized. It is re- 
ported that teams from New England and as far south as Georgia will 
be in attendance to compete in the Interstate match. One of the 
directors of the Association, in speaking of the coming meeting, 
informed us that he should try to have an extra prize of $25 put up 
on the schuetzen target as an inducement to draw out our New York 
experts. 
