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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June 1, 1895. 
New York hotels and restaurants. But the very finest 
oysters in the world are taken from Huggin's Bar in the 
Potomac River, Md., Cherrystone Inlet on the east- 
ern shore of Maryland, Hampton Bar in Hampton Roads, 
and Lynnhaven Bay in Virginia. These are famous and 
known the world over. I might name other localities 
whose brands are greatly prized, for the Chesapeake is 
rich in its oyster beds; there are the Severn and Wye 
rivers, Oxford and Cambridge on Eastern Bay, the 
Patuxent River, Harper's Straights, Tangier Island and 
Crisfield, all great oyster producing points and handling 
thousands of bushels of this toothsome fish every season. 
We did not stay long in the Piyankatank, h owever. At 
daybreak in the morning we were standing out for the 
Wolf Trap, a bleak, desolate-looking lighthouse many 
miles from land, and marking the treacherous shoals of 
that name in the Chesapeake directly in the path of in- 
coming and outward bound ships. 
As we sailed out the river Tom began to sing, and a 
negro on board a schooner also bound out took up the re- 
frain, his voice echoing with peculiar sweetness on the 
clear morning air: 
Way down yander on de Piyanlratank, 
Dat's whar de niusrats jump from bank to bank. 
Oh my, de yaller gals look so sweet, 
Brack eyes and great big feet. 
Down on Piyankatank's bank. 
We passed the Wolf Trap at sunrise, and shortly after 
the wind died completely out, leaving us becalmed in the 
broad Chesapeake at a particularly unfortunate place. 
There was nothing to do, however, but to make the best 
of it until we did get a breeze, and if it proved too strong 
to make New Point Comfort or a harbor somewhere in 
Mobjack, both places being abeam. 
The early morning scene was charming, the water 
smooth as glass, and as I looked down in its clear depths 
I should liked to have taken a plunge; but there are too 
many sharks playing around the shoals of Wolf Trap to 
make it safe — savage, man-eating specimens, such as are 
encountered on the banks of the Bahamas. Off to the 
left lay a big, full-rigged ship bound in, her square, white 
sails hanging limp against her spars, lazily drifting with 
the tide. Numerous other sail dotted the horizon, and 
the Carolina, one of the Bay Line steamers, came forging 
down, passing close, on her way to Norfolk. 
Pretty soon, however, as I glanced to the eastward I 
could see the ripple of a breeze. The big ship caught it 
first, and as her vast area of canvas filled I could see her 
heel and gather way, a most beautiful sight, her clipper 
fines melting gracefully in the sunlight and starting up 
the bay like a race horse. 
At first I was apprehensive that it might prove too 
strong and kick up an ugly sea, but it soon settled to a 
steady blow, the Scud taking the long, loping waves with 
great ease. 
With three whole sails drawing and Tom and I perched 
on the weather washboard, we passed the lonely, isolated 
lighthouse on the outer edge of York Spit in great shape. 
I was proud of the Scud before, but her splendid seagoing 
qualities were showing now, and I felt like dancing with 
glee. 
The big ship was now hull down, and we were head- 
ing due south for Hampton Roads. It is a long reach 
from the Wolf Trap, thirty miles straightaway from land 
to land; but I was not afraid, and determined to push on. 
Tom ran up the pennant "The Cruise of the Scud" when 
the ramparts of Fortress Monroe, with its griei, frowning 
guns, began to loom up, and shortly after noon we crossed 
the shoe, ran in under the lee of Old Point Comfort, and 
tied up at the wharf of the. Hygeia, being well satisfied 
with the day's run and the first half of our cruise. 
I met a number of friends from New York at the 
Hygeia, people like myself who were fond of boating and 
fishing, and several days were passed in cruising about 
the Roads, visiting the Rip Raps, Lynnhaven Bay and 
Newport News. 
Newport News is destined to become a great place, and 
I found much business there. Within easy access of the 
ocean and on one of the finest harbors in the world, it is 
always crowded with vessels and ships of all nations. Be- 
sides its oyster industry, which is enormous, the Chesa- 
peake Construction and Dry Dock Co., of which C. P. 
Huntington is president, have their vast yards here, and 
shipbuilding is carried on to a considerable extent. Back 
in the village is a splendid hotel, while along its streets 
are many fine houses and attractive stores. It is also the 
terminus of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, and the 
Old Dominion Steamship Co. touch there tri- weekly, 
bringing its inhabitants in close connection with Rich- 
mond and the great cities of the North. 
I could fill page after page with the beauties of Old 
Point and its charming environments, but already are my 
readers familiar with this noted spot. The garrison of 
Fortress Monroe, with its artillery school and visiting war 
ships, make the magnificent Hygeia in the evenings, its 
spacious ballroom and verandas, brilliantly gay with the 
uniforms of the army and navy, while the peculiar in- 
fluence of the saline atmosphere imparts a healthful vigor 
to the invalid, making, with its manifold attractions, a 
watering-place especially desirable for the ever-changing 
and luxurious tourist. Before leaving Hampton Roads 
I hauled the Scud out and gave her bottom, which was 
becoming foul, a good coating of verdigris. This added 
greatly to her sailing qualities, and I consider it as a 
preparation the best thing in the world for canoes, pre- 
serving their bottoms and making them very smooth. 
On a Monday morning, with a clear sky and a south- 
westerly wind, amid the waving of handkerchiefs and a 
merry bon voyage, we bade adieu to Old Point. Once 
more the Chesapeake was before us, its shimmering sur- 
face gleaming in the sunlight. Toward the eastward lay 
the broad Atlantic, while the barren hills and dunes of 
glistening sand around Cape Henry were just visible 
above the horizon. These sights and scenes of the lower 
Chesapeake soon faded from view as we sped on, leaving 
only a gray outline of the fast receding shore. We bade 
farewell to them with reluctance, but our regrets were 
soon lost in the pleasure and delights of our far home- 
ward cruise. 
The run back was leisurely made and uneventful, being 
practically the same, with probably a few more stops. 
After a brief stay at my old home, where I left my canoe 
for the following summer, I was back at my desk in New 
York city after an absence of five weeks and three days, 
brown as an Indian and strong as an ox. So ended my 
"Summer Cruise Along the Chesapeake." 
Brooklyn C. C. 
The Brooklyn C. 0., foot o£ Fifty-sixth street, Brooklyn, N. Y., 
sends us these fixtures for 1895: 
Sailing races, 55sq. ft. limit, and Budington trophy, May 18, June 8, 
June 22, July 20, Aug. 3, Sept. 7. Paddling races, Rudd trophy, May 
25, June 15, June 29, July 13, July 27, Sept. 14. Spring cruise. May 29- 
June 2, Susquehanna River; no races. Annual cruise, July 3-7, Pagan 
cruising trophy race on Long Island Sound. A. C. A. meet, Lake 
Champlain, Aug. 9-24. Closing races, Sept. 21, tie records (if any) will 
be paddled or sailed off. 
The races for the Budington and Rudd trophies will only be held 
on dates given above and not unless challenges are before the com- 
mittee. 
Any event may be omitted at the discretion of the regatta com- 
mittee. 
The 55ft. limit race may be sailed with any style of canoe; but the 
rule is, one man, one canoe, one rig. No sliding seat. It will be 
sailed over a short course, under handicap to be hereafter decided 
upon. A special prize will be given at the close of the season to the 
winner of the greatest number of these races. The record will be 
made up from every race on the above list. The winner of each race 
will receive as many points for the record as there have been starters. 
Second man, one point less, etc. 
After the races, it is proposed to cook supper and eat it. With that 
idea, let every member keep in his locker such comestibles and the 
necessary tools and machinery to eat them as may seem to him best 
suited to delicate constitutions. 
The officers are: Com., M. V. Brokaw; Vice-Corn., C. R. Lester; 
Purser, W. McK. Miller. The Regatta Committee: Robt. J. Wilkin, 
Chairman; W. McK. Miller, J. P. Eastman. 
New York C. C. Cup. 
No. 70 William Street, N. Y.— Editor Forest and Stream: Refer- 
ring to the dates given to the various races of the New York C. C, I 
beg to inform you that the date of the first trial races for the inter- 
national challenge cup, originally set down for June 22, has been 
changed to June 27, in order to better suit the convenience of canoeists 
living at a distance from New York city who may wish to participate 
in this race as well as in the two following ones. 
There seems to have been some misunderstanding as to what is 
meant by holding the second series of trial races, scheduled for June 
29, in conjunction with the Marine and Field Club. This means not 
that separate races will be held on June 29, but that the work of 
canoeists sailing in the Marine and Field Club races on that day will be 
taken into consideration by the committee in its selection of the Cup 
defender. Louis L. Coudhrt, Sec'y Regatta Committee. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
Eastern Division: Fred. H. Grover, Lowell, Mass. ; H. A. Adams, 
Worcester, Mass.; H. L. Trafford, Worcester, Mass. 
md 0nlkw. 
Cincinnati Rifle Association. 
Cincinnati. O., May 19.— The following scores were made 
bera of the Cincinnati Rifle Association at their range to-day 
tions: 200yds., off-hand, at the standard target (7 ring black)' 
Gindele 10 8 9 10 10 9 7 10 
10 10 10 6 9 10 8 10 
10 6 8 9 9 10 10 10 
7 10 9 10 9 10 10 9 
Louis 8967760 10 
59878 10 88 
83978959 
77678869 
Payne 99989986 
96996689 
69668989 
10 10 8 8 7 7 8 6 
Weinheimer 7 10 9 6 7 8 5 10 
10 9 5 8 9 6 10 4 
58788777 
48755 10 67 
Trounstine 9 4 8 7 6 7 8 8 
14686899 
46866665 
47454489 
Topf 7 4 10 4 5 9 9 9 
8 10 786356 
6 10 766568 
„ ^ 948 10 6683 
Hake., 7 6 10 7-6 8 8 10 
46 10 68976 
948456 10 8 
65996575 
Wellinger 8 10 6 9 9 8 4 9 
8 6 6 8 10 10 8 8 
86889699 
10 10 6 9 7 7 6 8 
Randall 89678868 
578 10 7977 
5 9 8 7 8 6 6 
„ „ 56768869 
Drube 9 6 10 8 9 9 9 6 
5956 10 898 
97778778 
59768886 
0 
by mem- 
. Condi- 
8 10-91 
8 9-90 
7 9—88 
9 9-92 
7 10-76 
6 6—75 
10 6-74 
6 6 
9 9—85 
9 10—81 
8 9—78 
5 8—77 
5 7—74 
10 5-76 
6 8-69 
8 8-68 
8 4-69 
4 5—60 
7 4-58 
6 5-56 
8 8—73 
8 10—71 
10 5—69 
6 5-65 
10 8-80 
6 9—71 
8 6—68 
4 9—65 
8 9—80 
8 6-80 
8 8—79 
5 10—78 
9—78 
7-74 
5-67 
8 8—71 
9 6-81 
9 6-75 
4-71 
8 5 
5 7-69 
Rifle at San Francisco. 
San Francisco, May 12 —Editor Forest and Stream: A large num- 
ber of riflemen attended the various club shoots at Shell Mound Range 
to-day. Several militiamen made good scores at 200yds., two making 
47 and several reaching 46 
There is much enthusiasm among the users of the Springfield rifle 
in this city, and much curiosity is felt as to the shooting qualities of 
the new Krag-Jorgensen arm. 
Germania Schuetzen Club scores: Champion class medal won by 
Dr. L O. Rodgers with 214 220-434. First class— J. E. Klein 408. Sec- 
ond class— A Jungblutt 412. 
Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club— Medals and cash prizes, open to 
the world, rifle. 200yds., re-entry: Target riflp, Kuhnle medal- Dr L 
O. Rodgers 10 9 10 10 8 9 10 8 8 9-91, A. H. Pape S6, D. W. McLaugh- 
lin 84. F. O. Young 84, Geo. Schultz 76, Jacobsen 68. 
Military rifle, Glinderman medal (circular 8in. bullseye)- F O 
Young 44, A. H. Pape 43, F. Gehret 43, A. Fetz 43, M. Hinzman 41,' 
Rest shooting, Young medal: F. O. Young 100. 
For members only, no re-entry: Champion class— D. W McLaugh- 
lin 87, F. O. Young 86, Dr. Rodgers 80, A: H. Pape to. First class— 
C. Perry 72, J. E. Klein 69. Second class— A. Kennedy 79 A Fetz 74 
J. E Gorman 66, E. Jacobsen 64. ' 
Medals for members only, pistol, 50yds., no re-entry: Champion 
class— C. M. Daiss 91, E. Hovey 89, F. O. Young 84, A. H. Pape 84. First 
class— J. E Gorman 84, A. Gehret 84, Dr. Rodgers 81, F. Poulster 79 
Second class— C. Perry 76, F. Dennis 72, A. Fetz 70, W. UDfred 57. 
Open to all comers, re-entry, pistol, Blanding medal: E Hovey 94 
8. Carr 92, C. M. Daiss 92, J. E. Gorman 92, F. O. Young 92, Dr. Rod- 
gers 88. Roekl. 
Revolver Shooting- in England. 
Mat 4.— At the North London Rifle Club the below scores were made 
in revolver shooting. 
Twenty yards stationary target: Walter Winans 6 7 7 7 7 7—41 
Clementi-Smith 38, Maj. Munday 37, Gould 36, Maj. Jones 34, Luff 33. ' 
Mr. WinaDS's score is the best made this season in revolver shooting 
at any of the clubs. 
May S. — Twenty yards stationary target: 
Comber 677776—40 Clementi-Smith 776446—34 
Maj Munday 676767—39 Luff \ 557754— 33 
Chicken 677557—37 Ricketts \ ! 762755 — 32 
Knapp 776655— 36 Frost ! 1737267— 32 
Lieut Richardson ,,.476765—35 Thompson ..... 656453—29 
Carter 754775—35 Capt Evans , .352577-29 
May S. — At the South London Rifle Club the following scores were 
made at the revolver ranges Twenty yards: 
Walter Winans 775777—40 C F Lowe 774576-36 
Lieut Varley 577657—37 Capt T W Heath 666665-36 
E Howe 766656-36 
Mr. Winans's score is the highest made this season at the club 
Fifty yards: 
Walter Winans 765766-37 C F Lowe 457765—34 
Lieut Varley 575746-34 E Howe 556456-31 
Rifle at Rochester, N. Y. 
The eleventh annual shoot of the Schuetzengilde, June 5 and 6, will 
be shot on the Monroe avenue grounds. Four targets will be used, 
American standards for rest and for off-hand, two of each. No limit 
to the number of times a contestant may re-enter. The two best 
cards will be scored. Distance 200vds., five shots, off-hand. A peg 
rest may be used in contesting for "the cash prizes if the contestant 
so desires. Distance 200yds., three highest cards to count. This will 
be shot off at the end of the tournament. Shooting begins at 1 P. M, 
Mr. C. Harvey is the secretary. 
All ties divided unless otherwise reported. 
If you want your shoot to be announced here 
send In notice like the following: 
FIXTURES. 
June 3-8.— Chicaqo,I11.— niinois State Sportsmen's Association annual 
ournament. Convention at Sherman House, June 4. 
June 11-13.— Memphis, Tenn.— Memphis Gun Club's annual tour- 
nament; $2,000 added money. 
June 12-13.— Janesville, Wis.— Fifth annual shoot of the Janesville 
Shooting Club; live birds and targets. H. H. McKenney, Sec'y. 
June 13-14.— Fargo,' N. D.— First annual tournament of the North 
Dakota State Sportsmen's Association; targets. Programmes ready 
May 15. W. W. Smith, Sec'y. 
June 13-15.— Omaha, Neb.— Annual tournament of the Nebraska 
State Sportsmen's Association; $500 added money. F. S. Parmelee, 
Sec'y. 
June 13-15.— Portland, Ore.— Eleventh annual tournament of the 
Sportsmen's Association of the Northwest, under the auspices of the 
Multnomah Rod and Gun Club. D. L. Williams, Sec'y, Portland. Ore. 
June 14.— Worcester, Mass.— Seventh and closing tournament of 
the New England Shooting Association, under the auspices of the 
Worcester Gun Club. 
June 15.— Wilmerding, Pa.— Tournament of the Wilmerding Gun 
Club. A. A. Mackert, Sec'y. 
June 19-21.— Cleveland, O.— Chamberlin Cartridge and Target Com- 
pany's second annual tournament; $1,200 in cash added. 
June 20-22.— Portland, Ore.— Multnomah Rod and Gun Club's 
eleventh annual tournament. D. L. Williams, Sec'y. 
June 24-28.— Saratoga, N. Y.— Annual tournament of the New York 
State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the Saratoga 
Gun Club. H. M. Levengston, Sec'y. 
June 26-27.— Vicksburg, Miss.— Tournament of the Interstate Asso- 
ciation, under the auspices of the Vicksburg Gun Club. 
June 29.— Marion, N. J.— Fifth tournament of the New Jersey Trap- 
Shooters' League, under the auspices of the Endeavor Gun Club. 
July 10-12.— Altoona, Pa.— Third annual tournament of the Altoona 
Rod and Gun Club at Wopsononock; targets. W. G. Clark, Sec'y. 
July 17-18.— Macon, Ga.— Tournament of the Interstate Association 
under the auspices of the Macon Gun Club; $200 added. 
July 17-18.— Belfast, Me.— Second annual tournament of the Belfast 
Gun Club; $125 in cash guaranteed. 
Aug. 9-10.— New Orleans, La.— Tournament of the Inter-state As- 
sociation, under the auspices of the Louisiana Gun Club; $200 added 
money. 
Aug. 20-24.— Holhesburg, Pa.— Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's 
fifth annual tournament, under the auspices of the Keystone Shooting 
League of Philadelphia. John C. Shallcross, Sec'y, Frankfort, Pa. 
Aug. 27-29.— Charlotte, N. C— Tournament of the Interstate 
Association, under the auspices of the Charlotte Gun Club. 
Aug. 29-31.— Hot Springs, S. D.— Hot Springs Gun Club's second 
annual tournament. 
Sept. — .— Fredonia, N. Y.— Tournament of the Clover Trap and 
Target Company. $1,000 added money. 
Oct. 9-11.— Newburgh,N. Y.— West Newburgh G. and R. Association 
tournament. W. 0. Gibb, Sec'y. 
1896. 
April 1-3,— New York.— Interstate Association's Fourth Annual 
Grand American Handicap. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. 
O. MaeAlester and R. A. Welch, of the Riverton Gun Club, shot a 
match on Saturday last, May 25, with George Work and J. P. Knapp 
of the Carteret Club. The match was 100 live birds per man and was 
shot on the Riverton grounds. The Philadelphia team, Messrs. Mae- 
Alester and Welch, won by 7 birds, the scores standing: MaeAlester 
89, Welch 86; total 175; Work 87, Knapp 81 ; total 168. The Philadel- 
phians were the favorites, as the New York men have not been shoot- 
ing m any sort of form lately. 
The Rochester (N. Y.) Post-Express of May 22 notes the organiza- 
tion of a new gun club at West Rush, N. Y, It says: "The Rush Rod 
and Gun Club was organized Monday evening with the following 
officers: E. Mattern, President; Charles PfUtner, Secretary and Trea£ 
urer; M. Kinsey, Vice-President; F. Hough, Shooting Master. The 
club will hold weekly shoots throughout the season and some good 
scores may be looked for, as there are some good shots connected 
with it." 
In the programme of an ' amateur shoot" that was held May 30 at 
Bass Lake, Indiana, appeared the following note: "The management 
reserves the right to nrpose such handicap on shooters as circum- 
stances may require " The reservation is rather vague, but the 
management evidently intends to do the right thing— "Protect the 
amateur." 
Heikes won the championship of the State of Ohio at the Dayton 
shoot on May 15 by winning the L. C. Smith trophy with a score of 49 
out of 50. This trophy, which is emblematic of the championship of 
the State, was also won by Heikes last year with precisely the same 
score. 
Owing to pressure on the trap columns this week, scores for the fol- 
lowing shoots have been unavoidably held over until the next issue- 
Texas State shoot, Neponsett (III.) annual tournament. These scores" 
together with one or two others which will also have to suffer a like 
fate, will appear next week. 
The Schmelzer world's championship cup will be competed for at 
Fairmount Park, Kansas City, and will represent the championship at 
inanimate targets. The trophy is of elaborate design, is made of 
silver and gold and is valued at $500. On the top, in the attitude of 
shooting, is a statuette of Rolla Heikes, whose skill as a shooter is 
known to all. 
Those who contemplate attending the Memphis tournament and 
other sections in the South would do well to consider the excellent 
advantages offered by the Southern Railway Company Their 
tbrough train, Pullman sleepers, runs through from New York to Mem- 
phis without change, leaving New York at 4:30 P. M. and arriving in 
Memphis at 7:25 the second morning. 
A gun club of twenty members, known as the Ingram Gun Club of 
Ingram, Pa., was organized May 18. 1895, with the following officers- 
President, James L. Cravens; Vice-President, J. A. Evans; Secretary- 
Treasurer, W. O. Wallace; Captain, W. A. Kimmell ; Directors, John 
A. McCracken and Wm. S. Gilmore. 
Under date of May 19, Mr. H. H. McKinney, secretary of the Janes- 
ville ShootiDg Club, writes us as follows: "On account of conflicting 
with the Milwaukee shoot, the Janesville Shooting Club have post- 
poned their tournament until June 12 and 13." 
The Multnomah Rod and Gun Club offers a varied programme for 
its eleventh annual tournament. D. C. Williams, secretary, Portland, 
Or©. 
The Knoxville tournament brought together the greatest aggrega 
tion of trap-shooters ever gathered together at any shoot in this coun 
try. Nothing but the extraordinarily hard shooting doled out to the 
boys kept the scores down. 
Irby Bennett promises a good time, a square shoot and lots of 
money to all who attend the Memphis shoot next week. From what I 
heard at Knoxville, and judging from the way shooters were "talking 
Memphis," I believe they'll have a larger entry list at this tournf 
ment than that at Knoxville. Tennessee is right in line to boom trap- 
shooting. * 
Paul North is not saying much about the Cleveland shoot, June 19- 
21, but what he does say about it is to the point. He predicts a large 
attendance of shooters with plenty of money to divide. 
Missoula, Mont., will have the honor of giving the annual tournament 
of the Montana State Sportsmen's Association in 1896. 
