Aug. 15, 1896. 
FOREST AND STREAM^ 
188 
The Viper, the last year's holder of the cup, was much 
in the same swim as Prucas; her gear and sails are capable 
of renewal, and where serious sailing is contemplated it 
is unfair to the club and country to "spoil the ship for a 
ha'porfch o' tar." The Viper has a heavy lead bulb keel, 
she has a long slide seat, and every one expected great 
things of her in a blow, and for light breeze looked to 
Prucaa or Dragon to ghost along with Yankee. 
The report of the racing we publish below is from the 
hand of an able canoe man, who attended closely upon 
each race. The report gives merely the outline facts; but 
it cannot be denied that in two, if not three, of the cap- 
sizes it was providential that assistance happened to be 
at hand. The ebb tide would undoubtedly have swept 
the men out into the open sea, and if not soon washed off 
the upturned boats exhaustion of the human frame must 
set in, and with it the end. We have steadily put out 
and n«ver wavered in our opinion, that for open water, 
estuary or coasting, there is no excuse for sailing in a cap- 
sizable canoe-yawl, and under present rules there is none 
of the old-time necessity for a sailing canoe to be unbal- 
lasted; indeed she may easily be fitted so as to be uncap- 
sizable. And further, if common sense and general sport 
are to be supported, and canoe sailing is to be conserved 
as a reasonable sport for ordinary men, gymnastic mon- 
keying or dangerous implements must be effectually dis- 
couraged. It can be done by the stroke of the pen, and we 
venture to say that the Burnham racing has furnished 
the warning to act, because any further warning must 
come from a coroner's inquest. 
So far as the canoe is concerned, though, no doubt, a 
small thunder clap would be fired off by the racing 
machine owners — say three men — the class would die an 
immediate and quiet little death if the sliding deck seat 
were abolished; at least, and in fairness to moderate men 
—non-scorchers— the sliding seat length should be limited 
to the beam of the canoe, as it is already in the cruiser 
class, and no built-up or box wells should be allowed in 
any canoe; a canvas bucket well may be movably fitted, 
and will save a fill up, but the actual well of the canoe 
should be clearly enough to sit down in. The canoe 
without a well at all, or fitted with a self-draining, built- 
up, saucer well, with no possibility of putting anything 
but a sponge below, is nothing but a necessary flotation 
evil to float and connect a sail, a center-plate, and some 
animal ballast. The sliding seat in moderation as to 
length of slide is a great comfort even for cruising; but 
when it comes to a full length stretch of some 5 ft. or 
more, it is merely a monkeying machine, whereby the 
aquatic acrobat is enabled to manage a large sail on an 
inflated cylinder to more racing advantage than a sailer 
can manage a fair rig on an honest boat. 
In the challenge cup race the Yankee displayed won- 
derful speed on the reach, and, as two-thirds of the course 
was in a reaching wind, no doubt she was at her best; but 
her time win of 27m. Sis. is not really "cut 'em down" 
time when we see the lamentable condition of each and 
all her con'petitors. Here we may point out one impor- 
tant thing. It is, that each of these canoes had traveled in 
very hot weather on railway trucks, uncased, i. e. , bump- 
ing; whereas the Yankee had traveled slung on canvas in 
a case, and from experience of these delicate craft we can 
certainly say such treatment makes all the difference be- 
tween a dry and a leaky boat. 
We have on former occasions very fully described the 
Yankee, but many now reading of her may not have 
heard of her before. She is very fast, straightaway 
through the water; that is the utmost that can be said in 
her favor. She is a racer or nothing. The man is always 
outside her; he is above her so long as he can keep there. 
With her plate lifted and her sails lowered and with no man 
on board, Yankee would not float upright. She is a shallow 
V-sectioned canoe, 16ft. long over all, and nearly the same 
in the water; 30in. beam, very small freeboard, and very 
little sheer. The deck seat is raised up like ^garden seat, 
and the side plank, for sliding the man out to wind- 
ward, is about 5ft. long; the well is only a few inches deep, 
and drains any water into the centerboard case. The spars 
are stumpy, and of ridiculous and unnecessary diameter; 
her masts, booms and gaffs are hollow, but about half 
their diameter would give ample size for equally light 
hollow spars if built in fair quality of wood. The wooden 
jaws to the booms, battens and gaffs are cumbersome, 
and had far better have been made even in sheet brass; 
the rigging has very much of the toy shop look, bar one 
fact, that the sails certainly stand well. The reef gear as 
fitted, which is the old loop-draw-through gear, is not 
novel; it is simple, but we found similar gear in days 
gone by worked well enough in fine weather, but kinked 
and snarled in wet and refused duty; yet such loop gear 
is very handy for a cruising sail, but is not close enough 
for racing. The rig is mainsail and mizzen, nearly of 
equal area; the mainmast is stepped right in the eyes of 
the canoe, and the mizzen not far aft of midships; hence, 
in order to get the lateral resistance center sufficiently far 
aft for such a sail plan, the center-plate has to be dropped 
through the boat right in the well and amidships, thus 
putting an end to any possibility of having a sit-down 
well or any other pleasure or comfort, or cruising fit- 
ments. 
Perhaps this is as it should be allowed in the unlimited 
racing machine; but the whole contrivance is foreign to 
one's feelings as to a genuine boat; she is a machine, she 
is raced as a machine, she comes to England for a partic- 
ular pot race, she sails in no other race (this year) and she 
is packed up and goes away. Dragon in shape and fit- 
ment is but little better from the useful point of view, 
and has not proved as good from the racing view. It 
must be devoutly hoped the club will not encourage any 
further building of these useless things; the cup can be 
just as sportingly raced for in a useful type of canoe. 
The only source of life to these racing machines lies in 
the extraordinary long slide of the deck seat; this in bal- 
ancing outboard of crew is about equivalent of 6ft. beam, 
whereas the rule only allows 30in. ; but if the slide seat 
were limited to the width of the canoe, the extreme end 
could only run out about 1ft. beyond the side, and then the 
sail could not be carried on the machine except in very 
moderate weather. 
The defaulters in the canoe-yawl class were both of 
semi-sharpie type— wretched, shallow, uncomfortable and 
dangerous things; no good even for speed. The canoes 
beat them in fine weather and smooth water, and in 
rough water they capsize and risk their crews' lives. Ex- 
cept lightness of hull for transport, and perhaps cheap- 
ness of first cost, there is little to be said in their favor. 
It is a pity that one or more of the powerful canoe-yawlg 
were not down and sailing the Buxy course, just to have 
exhibited the difference of behavior, but probably the 
crews of Meryl and Rogue experienced enough to know 
how certainly they would be drowned if a similar acci- 
dent occurred in a rather more open and less frequented 
place. 
Be it remembered, these boats were not in novices' 
hands; they were manned by some of our smartest canoe 
sailers, and probably got all the handling the poor things 
were capable of receiving. One is a "total loss" — a wreck 
— and the sooner the others go the same track the better 
for genuine canoe-yawl sailing and cruising. 
The Grindstone Meet. 
Com. Httntinoton and Mr. Robertson, of the camp site 
committee, went to Grindstone Island last week and es- 
tablished the camp. Though Friday is the date of the 
formal opening, the camp has been ready all this week. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
Applications for memberahit) may be made to the purser of the 
diviaion in which the applicant resides on blanks furnished by purser, 
the applicant becoming a member provided no objection be made 
within fourteen days after his name has been ofiQoially published In 
the Forest and Stream. 
Name, 
A. "W. Mc Adams. 
EASTERN DlViaiON. 
Sesidence. 
Newton 
Club. 
CENTRAL DIVISION. 
...Rome, N Y 
Jesse J. Armstrong 
ATLANTIC DIVISION, 
E. H. Stockwell.... .New York City Knickerbocker C. C. 
L. S. Stockwell....-,.,.. New York City Knickerbocker C. C. 
J. W, VCattg New York City Knickerbocker C. C. 
Perry D. Frazer New York City Knickerbocker C. C. 
J. H. Armstrong Sing Sing, N. Y Rhattemuc C. C. 
Albert Rivers Qenet Sing Sing, N. Y Shattemuc C. C. 
Lloyd Titua Philadelphia, Pa Red Dragon C. C. 
Wm. B. Pieraon Brooklyn, N. Y .Orienta B. C. 
NORTHERN DIVISION. 
Wm. Monk, , Montreal. , , 
W. F. Lawless Ottawa 
R. W. Parkinson,....,., .....Toronto..., 
J. Herb. Redpath Montreal. ., 
Fred R. Gilbert Brockville, 
J. F. Chapman , Gananoque 
Geo- Howell Toronto Toronto 
W. Barclay Stephens Montreal Royal St. Lawrence Y. 0. 
Miss Edith Parkinson Toronto 
.Pte. Olafa-e 
Ottawa 
....Toronto 
.Brockville 
Bisley Revolver Competitions— July, 1896. 
In all the competitions, except the aegrpga<-«B, 42 is the highest pos- 
sible score, bullseye2in. at SOyds. and 4in. at 50yds. 
Military Series I, sliding target, SOyda.: First, Walter Winans39; 
second, A. Bosling 38. 
Military Series II., disappearing target, SOyda,, at Intervals of 3 sec- 
onds: First, Walter Wlnans 42 (best on record); second, A. Bos- 
ling 41 
Military Series III., rapid firing, SOyds., 6 shots in 12 seconds: First, 
Walter Winans 88 (equals his previous best on record); second, A. 
Bosling 38. 
Military Series IV., limited entry, stationary target, SOyds. : First, 
Lieut. Stanton 40, Walter Winans 39. 
Military Series V., 50yds. target: Walter Winans and Lieut. Staun- 
ton tied on 38. 
Military Series VI., advancing target, 50yda. to SOydS.* First, Walter 
Winans 38 (best on record now); second, W. B. Joynt 37. 
"Any" Series I . sliding target, 20yd8.: First, Walter Winans 38; sec- 
ond, A. Bosling 37. 
"Any" Series II., disappearing target, 20yds., at intervals of 3 sec- 
onds: First, Walter Winans 41 (equals his- previous best on record); 
second, L. Pritchard 40. 
"Any" Series III., rapid firing, 20yd8., 6 shots in 13 seconds: First, 
Walter Winans 39 (equals his previous beat on record); second, A. Bos- 
ling 38 
"Any" Series IV., limited entry, SOyds., stationary target: First, W. 
B. Joynt 42; second, Walter Winans 41. 
"Any" Series V,, SOyds. targe' : Walter Winans and Lieut. Staunton 
tied on 39. 
"Any" Series VI., advancing, 50yds. to 20yds.: First, Walter Wi- 
nans 43 (beat on record, target inclosed) ; second, Lieut. Pritchard 
41. 
Military Aggregate, highest possible score 253: Ist, Walter Winans 
234; second, A Bosling 226. 
"Any" Revolver Aggregate, highest possible score 253: First, Walter 
Winans 240; second, Lieut. Pritchard 280. 
Revolver Grand Aggregate (revolver championship of England), 
highest possible score 504; First, Walter Winans 474 ; second, Lieut. 
Pritchard 453. 
It you want your shoot to be announced hsr^a 
send In notice like the following: 
FIXTURES 
Aug. 19-20.— Warsaw, Ind.— Third annual tournament of the Lake 
City Gun Club. 
Aug. SO,— Chicago, III.— Heikes versus Gilbert, for the world's cham- 
pionship at targets. Watson's Park, Burnside, 111.. 3 P. M. 
Aug. 25-27 —BiNQHAMTON, N Y.— Binghampton Gun Club's tourna- 
ment for amateurs; fwo days targets, one day live birds. Money 
divided under the Rose system, H. W. Brown, Manager. 
Aug. 26-27.— Bdrungton, Vt.— Tournament of the Interstate Asso- 
ciation, under the auspices of the Lake Side Rod and Gun Club. 
Aug. 26-87.— Kalamazoo. Mich. — Tournament of the Celery City Gun 
Club, In connection with Michigan Trap-Shooters' League, 
Aug. 31-Sept. 3. — Atlantic C3ity, N J — Tournament of the Atlantic 
City tJun Club, on Young & McShae's pier. For programmes address 
Harry Thurman, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa, 
Aug. 31-Sept. 3,— St. Paul, Minn.— Annual tournament of the St. 
Paul Gun Club, at S'ate Fair Grounds. B. F, Schurmeier, Sec'y. 
Sept. 2-4.— Buffalo, N. ?,— Tournament at Audubon Park, Targets 
and live birds. B, F. Smith, Manager. 
Sept. 7.— Marion, N, J.— Sixth annual tournament of the Endeavor 
Gun Club. Targets. J. A. Creveling, Sec'y 
Sept. 8-9 —Marion, N. J. — Tournament of the Interstate Associa- 
tion, under the auspices of the Endeavor Gun Club of Jersey City, 
N. J. ; $150 added money, 
Sept. 8-10.— Galt, Ont.— First annual tournament of the Ontario 
Rod and Gun Club; $800 to $1,000 added money. 
Sept. 10.— West Lebanon, N. H.— All-day shoot of the West Lebanon 
Gun Club. 
Sept. 15-16.— Kansas Citt, Mo.— Third annual tournament of the 
Schmelzer Arms Cotnpany; $750 added money. 
Sept. 29. -Oct. 2.— HABRisBURa, Pa.— Tournament of the Pennsyl- 
vania State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the Harria- 
burg Shooting Association. First three days, targets; fourth day, 
live birds. 
Oct 6-8.— Indianapolis, Ind.— Autumn tournament of the Limited 
Gun Club, Open to amateurs only. Two days, targets; one day, 
pigeons and sparrows. Royal Robinson, Sec'y. 
Oct. 7-9.— Newbubgh, N. Y.— Annual fall tournament of the West 
Newhurgh Gun and Rifle Association; targeta and live birds added 
money announced later, 
1897. 
March 28-35.— Nkw York Orrv.— The Interstate Association's fifth 
annual (3rand American Handicnp at live birds. 
June (third week).— Cleveland, O.— Fourth annual tournament of 
the Chamberlin Cartridge and Target Company. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
B. F. Smith is making every effort to have a successful shoot at 
Audubon Park, Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 1-5. Tuesday, Sept. 1. is preoa- 
ration day; Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 2 and 3, target dava; Fri- 
day and Saturday, Sept. 4 and 5, are live-bird days. At least $500 will 
be added to the purses in the target events; $750 guaranteed in the 
live bird handicap, all surplus added. An item if interest to amateurs 
is the announcement that the management will have events in eachi 
day's programme open only to shooters who cannot break more than 
75 per cent There will be eight events each day open to all. Of 
course the Rose systPm of dividing purses will be used at this tourna- 
ment; B. F. Smith knows a good thing when he sees it. and Is glad tO' 
push it along. Another special feature ti Smith's statement that: 
magautraps will be used in all the open events. The Buffalo ahoot 
Of Sept. 1-5 promiaes to be a good one. Keep your eye on "Buffalo" 
Smith. 
The victory of Bert Claridge in the Du Pont trophy shoot at Chicago 
last week is a very popular one among Eastern shooters. Claridge is 
a consistently good shot, and has always made good record" on his. 
home grounds at Baltimore. In the shoot for the Du Pont trophy last 
October, on the grounds of the Baltimore Shooting Assoeialion, 
Claridge was strongly fancied as a probable winner, his mark being; 
28yd8. His 9th bird, however, fell desd out of bounds; bis 10th ale© 
escaped, but he finished with 23. In this year's Grand American 
Handicap he was placed back 1yd.. his handicap being SQyds. At the 
end of the SOth round i here were only two straights, Carl von Lengerko 
and Claridge Both lost their 21st birds, while the Baltimorean fol- 
lowed the precedent he established in the Du Pont shoot by losing bis 
22d, and going out with 23. His mark at Chicseo last week was 28yds. 
Last October Fred Gilbert was placed on the 27yds. mark; at Chicago, 
be stood at SSyds. 
The Interstate Association's tournament at Burlington, Vt., promises; 
to be an Interesting affair. The programme of events for the first 
day calls for 175 targets, all In 15 and 20 target races, somo at known 
and some at unknown angles, with a total entrance fee of $17.50; $40 
will be added to the purges on t,bia dav. On the second day the pro- 
gramme consists of 10 events, the first 9 being similar to those on the 
programme for the flrst day; the 10th event is a handicap event, 25 to 
83 targets per man. $2.50 entrance, $25 added to the purse in this 
event; altogether $60 will be added to the purses on this day. In all 
events there will be 4 moneys, and all purses will be divided under 
the Rose system. la the first two events on each day, a OJ^Ib. keg of 
Hazard's Blue Ribbon will be add<»d to first money. Information 
relative to the tournament, etc , will be cheerfully furnished by J. S. 
Denning, the secretary of the Lake Side Rod and Gun Club, Burling- 
ton, Vt, 
The annual shoot of the Hell Gate Gun Club was a monster affair. 
It took place at Dexter Park. L. I., on July 28, flfty-seven shooters 
facing the traps. In eleven out of the twelve months in the year the 
club meets once each month, the members present shooting at 10 live 
birds per man for yearly prizes, handicaps being awarded to the more 
skillful shots. On July 28, it being the annual shont, each man shot at 20 
birds, no handicap. There were twelve prizes offered for competition, 
S. J. Held and J. P. Dannefelser, the latter the well-known gunsmith 
of Chambers street, tied for first place with 16 out of 20, Tom Short 
and Eugene Doeinck being next with 15 each. On the shoot-off at 10 
birds, Dannefelser defeated Held by 9 to 6 The twelve winners were: 
Dannefelser, Held, Short, Vosa, Doeinck, Qunther, Sands, Steffens, 
Webber, Himmelabach, Paynter and P. Woelf el, 
Thursday, Aug. 20, 2 P. M,, and Watson's Park, are the date, hour 
and place' for the contest between Rolla Heikes and Fred Gilbert for 
the world's championship at targets and for the cup emblematic of 
that championship presented by the American E. C. Powder Co. The 
conditions are; 50 singles, unknown aDeles: 50 singles, expert rule, one 
man up, 5 traps down and retire, and 25 pairs As noted in our issue 
of Aug. 8, Fred Gilbert readily accepted Heikes's challenge, naming 
date, hour and place asabove. Heikes and Gilbert will probably meet 
in front of the magautraps at Detroit this week; Jack Parker's shoot 
always draws the boys together. 
The programme for the Interstate Association's tournament at 
Marion, N. J.. Sept. 8-9, will soon be in the hands of shooters. It will 
be found that the Endeavor Gun Club, of Jersey City, the club under 
whose auspices the shoot will be given, has decided to do its best to 
make the shoot an interesting one. A special feature will be the re- 
vival of the Novelty rule, a atyle of shooting that has been neglected 
too long, and that is really one of the most sporting ways of shooting 
at targets that has ever yet been devised. The club will add $75 a 
day to the purses— $150 In all. 
G. S. McAlpin, of this city, won the Brookdale handicap on the 
Hollywood, N. J., grounds on Saturday last, Aug. 8. by killing his 15 
birds. Edgar Murphy was second with 14. McAIpin was at 29ya8., 
Murphy at 30yds. The other shooters with their handicaps were: 
Bland Ballard (SO), T W. Morfey (30). Branch (26), Count (26). White 
(28), P. Daly, Jr. (29), L. FInletter (30), Clancy (26), Edwards (29), 
Fred Hoey (30), A. L. Ivlns (30), 
Last week's extremely hot weather spoiled many of the club shoots 
in this neighborhood. It is all very well to say in winter: "I prefer 
hot weather for target-shooting." But there's a limit to the degree of 
heat referred to, and if E 8. Rice broke the live-bird tournament 
record in Chicago, Sergeant Dunn, the weather prophet of New York 
city, elves the credit of heat record-breaking to the week of Aug. 2-8. 
The East is bound to be in it some way or another. 
The South End Club, the Independent and the East End clubs, all 
trap shooting organizations in the city of Reading, Pa., have recently 
concluded a aeries of three interclub team races for the team cham- 
pionship of the city. The teams were of six men, each man shooting 
at 25 targets. The grand aggregate for the three matches— 450 targets 
per team— shows South End 356 breaks, Independent 300 breaks, and 
East End 294. 
The Binghamton (N. Y.) Gun Club's tournament. Aug. 35-27, is a . 
purely invitation shoot. The programme contains the following per- 
sonal note: "You are cordially invited to attend this tournament, 
which is strictly for amateurs, and no one Is eligible to participate 
without a personal Invitatiun." 
Steps are now bein^ taken to bring back to life the New Jersey 
State Association. This Association was in a healthy condition when 
it nuddenly ceased to breathe some ten or twelve years ago. With 
State organizations all round her. New Jersey should not be willing 
to remain behind the times in that line. 
Next Saturday the Endeavor Gun Club, of Jersey City, N. J,, and 
the Dunellen, N. J., Gun Club shoot the third and deciding match in 
their series of twelve-men team races. This one being the rubber, 
both clubs will do their utmoat to put their best teams in the field. 
The sh jot takes place at Marion, N. J. 
Mr. E. E. Lincoln, secretary of the Hingbam, Mass., Gun Club, 
writes us under date of Aug. 6 that the first monthly shoot of the 
Massachusetts State Shooting Association for the season of 1896-7 
will be held on the grounds of the Hingham Gun Club, Hingham Cen- 
ter, on Wednesday, Auer. 19. All persons interested in the sport of 
trap-shooting are cordially invited to take part. 
The Hazard tournament at Cincinnati last May was a record-breaker 
In its own particular line, and now here, comes the Du Pont live-bird 
tom-nament at Chicago making a new record in the way of attendance 
and number of contestants in any one live-bird event; and that, too, in 
the month of August 1 
If»there was not a large attf^ndanca at the recent tournament held at 
Worcester, Mass., on the grounds of the Sportsmen's Club, the quality 
of those present was quite warm enough. Van Dyke's work with the 
new Winchester rifle does not aeem to have spoiled his handling of the 
repeating shotgun. 
Jack Fanning, the Gold Dust representative from Ban Francisco 
has been doing some rattling good shooting while here in the East 
Last week he showed the boys in Chicago that he was iuat as well able 
to mow down live birds as any of them. 
The third shoot of the New Jersey Amateur Trap-Shooters' League 
will be held at Passaic, N. J., on Aug. 20, on the grounds of the Passaic 
City Gun Club. 
The V. M. C. Co. advise us that the new Acme shell noted in our 
laat issue replaces the Walsrode shell and not the Smokeless, as our 
note read. 
Aug. 11. 
Edward Banks. 
Western Traps. 
WINSTON— "davenport. ' ' 
Chicago, 111., Aug. 8.— On Monday next, Aug. 10, Jack Winston and 
Louis "Davenport," of New York Cay, shoot a 100-bird race, live 
birds, $100, side bet of $50. 
Qeorgo Eleinman may shoot Winston a race next Wednesday, Aug. 
13. Winston wanted to shoot Budd, Gilbert, Bingham and the whole 
wide world this month. It is hoped he wUI close some more races, as 
the boys here have their shooting blood warmed up a little and are 
not averse to a carnival of the old-time sport. 
Jim Riley will accept Jim Elliott's (forfeltless) challenge to shoot 
soon. 
A good entry is expected at Jack Parker's shoot next week. A 
number go on from here. B. Hough. 
