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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 21, 1898. 
Amefican Canoe Association, 1897-98. 
Commodore, F. L. Dunnell, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Sec'y-Treas., C. V. Schuyler, 309 Sixth avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Librarian, W. P. Stephens, Bayonne, N. J. 
PURSERS. 
^Adantic Division, Wm. M, Carpenter, Main street, Sing Sing. 
Central Division, Laurence C. . Woodworth, Gouverneur, N. Y. 
Eastern Division, F. J. Burrage, West Newton, Mass. 
Northern Division, Edgar C. Woolsey, 37 Charles street, Ottawa^ 
Can. 
Annual dues, $1; initiation fee, ?1. 
Western Canoe Association, 
Commodore, C. F. Pennewell, Detroit, Mich. 
Vice-Commodore, Nat. H. Cook, Chicago, 111. 
Rear-Commodore, E. H. Holmes, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Sec'y-Treas., W. D. Stearns, Detroit, Mich. 
Executive Committee: R. M. Lamp, Madison, Wis.; C. J. St«ad- 
man, Cincinnati, O.; F. W. Dickens, Milwaukee, WU. 
The Evasion of Rtiles. 
The Field comments as follows on some proposed 
open flagrant violations of the rules of the R. C. C. cruis- 
ing class, intended to bar the racing machine and to turn 
canoeing into new channels of prosperity; an end Avhich 
it now promises to acliieve. The condition of canoeing 
in England this season is in marked contrast to this 
country, there a veritable revival of racing is under way, 
weekly races having been held on the Thames for the 
past six weeks, with good entries. Mr. Linton Hope 
has returned to canoe racing, sailing his own canoes, and 
this alone is likely to add much to the interest in the 
sport. The evasions mentioned in the Field would, if 
permitted, at once wipe out the rule. We have always 
been of the opinion that if .American canoeists had acted 
with ordinary foresight and good judgment over a dozen 
years ago in at once prohibiting all canoes without 
sleeping space in the cockpit, there would still have been 
canoes and canoe racing in this country to-day. 
There never was a rating rule made which could not 
in some way be evaded in the spirit and intention, while 
the letter of the rule was obeyed; that is to say, that 
where every possible evasion is to be guarded against 
in anticipation, the rule must necessarily occupy pages, 
of the club book of rule's, and certainli^ would be a 
most difficult thing to pass through a general meeting,, 
where amendments maj"- be sprung upon almost every 
sentence. The simple and effective plan adopted by the 
Yacht Racing Association of the council giving instruc- 
tions to the measures as to the carrying out of the rule, 
or reporting evasions for its decision, has nipped in the 
bud many a letter-perfect breach of the spirit of the 
rule. 
The Royal Canoe Club has followed the Y. R. A. in 
this connection, and on the arising of certain question- 
able modes of reading the Classification Rules, has an" 
swered the intending builder's arguments, and has in- 
structed the official measurers how to act in the matter 
within the fair reading of the rule. A new canoe is about 
to be built for the challenge cup races, and her designer 
very fairly admitted that racing was his intention, and 
that he preferred to build, for racing, a canoe of the 
"cruising class," probably becanse of the extra six inches 
of beam allowed in that class, and also that the class 
permits an underbody rudder. 
But he wanted to 'go one further in the racing machine 
direction, while yet claiming to be a "cruiser," in that 
he wanted to have a long dagger center-plate, the case 
for which would extend from end to end of the required 
"sleeping compartment," and would thus cut such com- 
partment completely in two. The rule requires that in a 
cruising canoe there shall be a sleeping compartment of 
not less than 5ft. 6in. in length, with hatchway thereto 
of not less than i8in. in width for a distance or length 
of 3ft. The committee decided and instructed that if jt 
vyas the intention of the owner that the sleeping space is 
to be on one side only of the C. B. case, then the open- 
ing or access thereto must be not less than i8in. by 3ft. 
Therefore the coaming of the hatchAvay would come out 
inconveniently near to the side of the canoe, unless the 
C. B. case was kept inconveniently low in its height 
above waterline. 
The other point, relating to the same canoe, was the 
length of mast. A very short waterline was to be given to 
the canoe in order to get a large sail area, under the rat- 
ing of L. W. L. X sail area; but the rule, in order to 
discourage extremes, or machines, limits the length of 
any spar to be not longer than the L. W. L. of the 
canoe's rating, consequently where a very short water- 
line is attempted it is found to give inconveniently short 
spars on which to set the large sail area obtained. To 
override this, the designer desired to measure his mast 
qua spar onlv, and then to stick that 12ft. spar into a 
metal tube standing high above the deck, so as in efifect 
to get a mast hoist of, say, 14ft. from deck to truck. _ 
Clearly this was an evasion of the spirit and intention 
of the rule; had the mast been stepped, as in nearly all 
canoes and boats, fairly down through the deck to the 
keelson, and then had it been fitted with a ferrule at 12ft. 
from heel, and a mast headpiece shipped into the ferrule, 
so as to lengthen the workable hoist to 14ft. above deck, 
it would, without question, be a breach of the rule. Then 
if this same jointed mast were turned bottom up and 
the mast headpiece stepped into the deck, the nature of 
that jointed spar would not be changed, and the evasion 
would remain unaltered. So. in fact the committee un- 
animously fotmd, and ordered that in the case of a mast, 
the length will be taken from the head of the mast to the 
bottom of the heel support or step. 
Louisville Revolvef Clob. 
Louisville, Ky., May 12. — The members of the Louisville Re- 
■\-olver Club met at the Armory Tuesday evening, May 10. The 
.attendance was good. Seven members shot in the three events, 
swhich were witnessed by the large crowd present. 
Friday noon the 1st Regiment leaves for Le-xington, Ky., for 
mobilization, and the local club will practice in earnest for the 
coming match with the Brooklyn Cluls, which will come off on 
.May 24. There have been such large crowds at the Armory lately 
,that very little practicing among club members has taken place. 
Mr. Lou Scott, an old sportsman, and representing the Burrell- 
Walker Clay Mfg. Co., of this city, was present and gave out 
.samples of King's Smokeless and Semi-smokeless powders. Lou 
has many friends in the club and they had him to act as scorer 
■ during the evening. 
Mr. R. S. Witherspoon, of the firm of Witherspoon Bros. & 
Co., a new member, made a very good score with a .38, 3^in. 
'.barrel S. & W. hammerless, for his first target shooting, and it 
'is predicted he will soon be near the top as a marksman. 
It is an acknowledged fact that one of the best shots of the 
■ club made the poorest score at the beginning of any member that 
has joined the club. We are especially anxious for more of our 
business and professional men to join to learn how to shoot. Tt 
is quite an art to be a good marksman in revolver shooting. 
The club will meet on Tuesday evening of each week during the 
month for practice. Mr. H. S. Gilbert expects to leave in two 
•weeks for Tatum Springs for the summer months. Messrs. With- 
■erspoon, Miller, Gilbert, Taylor, Board, Burnett and Dye have 
formed a Smith and Wesson Pistol Club, using .22cal." S. & W. 
!10in. barrel pistols exclusively, and as soon as the range is com- 
pleted on the Kentucky Shotgun Club's grounds they will be 
pleased to hear from clubs, especially Stevens clubs, using the 
;above caliber pistols, to arrange for a match to come oflf in j^une. 
Below are the scores of the last shoot in full: 
Event No. 1, 10yds., 2in. bullseye counts 10: 
H S Gilbert 10 8 7 10 10 8 10 10 10 10—93 
J: B Dye , 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 7 1—86 
S Watkins 6 S 9 9 10 9 10 ]0 8 fi— 8.5 
M Board .....10 7 7 5 9 7 9 9 9 9— Si 
R S Witherspoon 5 10 9 S 9 8 7 10 3 10—79 
F M Taylor 5 6 9 1 6 8 8 5 3 10—61 
Event No. 2, 15yds., 4in. bullseye counts 10, 20 seconds for each 
■5 shots: I 
:S Watkins 0 9 8 8 5 10 10 10 9 6—84 
H S Gilbert 10 8 8 8 5 10 10 8 8 8—83 
F M Taylor ...rt.. 9 ■ 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 7 .5—75 
E B Dve 99743 10 987 6—72 
R S Witherspoon 51000 10 10 99 7—51 
Geo Kneblekamp ... i I. ....... .10 10 8 7 1 9 9 5 6 2—67 
All shots well within time limit. 
Event No. 3, 20yds., standard American target: 
H S Gilbert 8 9 9 7 7 6 6 7 7 8—67 
E B Dye ,..jji..i.-i!tT.. 4 8 6914 5 87 7—59 
M Board ^ 9 8! 1 7 4 1 1 6 10 6—53 
S Watkins !v& i 4 1 4 8 7 1 3 8-40 
F M Taylor ■4 2 7 1 4 1 4 7 3 3—36 , 
Geo Kneblekamp 1 4 10 3 4 1 1 10 1 6-^1 
R S Witherspoon 1 3 1 1.3 4 1 7 1 1—23 
E, B. Dye. 
Rifle at Shell Mound. 
San Francisco, May 9. — Yesterday was club medal day for scv- 
■eral clubs who shoot at Shell Mound range. Two of Germania 
Club's marksmen distinguished themselves. F. P. Schuster broke 
the club record. Only one entry of twenty shots is allowed per 
month. Schuster made 454 rings, thus beating Dr. Rodgers' record, 
which was 445. In the 3-shot re-entry match Aug. Jtmgblut made 
'75 rings, the possible. 
In the Schuetzen Verein shoot A. H. Pape made the fine score of 
444 yesterday — -only one entry allowed. 
Scores of the Columbia Club: Columbia target, rifle. 200yds., 
champion class (only one entry) — D. W. McLaughlin 47, F. E. 
Mason 61, Dr. Rodgers 69, F. O. Young 75. First class— A. B. Dor- 
Tell 71, Gorman 75, Bremer 92. Second class — Barley 82, M. T. 
White, 104. 
Rifle, re-entry— Dr. Rodgers 45, Pape 58, McLaughlin 66. 
Rifle, re-entry for lower classes — Dorrell 57 and 64, Gorman 63. 
Pistol, Columbia target, 50yds., champion class (only one 
entry)— Dr. Rodgers 50, Daiss 53, White ,55, Gorman 57, Dorrell 62, 
Young 64, Pape 68. First class— McLaughlin 63, Mason 65, 
Barley 72. 
Revolver — ^Yauttg made 44 in 10 shots — ^a fiiie score. Militia 
.practice was almost nil, as most of the boys are now United States 
vclunleers and arc expecting to go immediately to Manila. 
ROEEL. 
The Forest and Stream Publishing Co. are the largest 
publishers and importers in America of Books on Out=. 
door Sports. Their illustrated descriptivf catalogue 
Wfll be sent free on request. 
If you want your shoot to be announced here send in 
notice like the following: 
Fixtufes. 
May — . — ^Louisville, Ky. — Tournament of the Kentucky Shot- 
gun Club; three days; two at targets, one at pigeons. 
Mav 17-19. — Macon, Miss. — Tenth annual shooting tournament of 
the Noxubee Gun Club. C. M. Scales, Manager. 
May 18-19.— Crawfordsville, Ind.— Tournament of the Crawfords- 
ville Gun Club. C. E. Lacy, Sec'y. 
May 20-22, — Butte, Mont.— Montana State Sportsmen's Associa- 
tion's tournament, on grounds of Butte Gun Club. Birds and 
targets; $500 added money. C. M. Smith, Sec'y. 
May 24-27. — Omaha, N eb.— Twenty-second annual tournament of 
the Nebraska State Sportsmen's Association. F. S. Parmelee, 
Sec'y. 
May 25-26.— Findlay, C— Annual tournament of the Magautrap 
Gun 'Club. O. B. Marvin, Sec'y. 
May 25-27. — Owego, N. Y. — Owego Gun Club's tournament. Two 
Itays 'at targets, third day at live birds. Frank B. Tracy, Sec'y. 
Rlay 30.— Canajoharie, N. Y.— Decoration Day shoot of the Cana- 
,/ioliarie Gun Club. Targets. Charles Weeks, Sec'y. 
May 30.— Newburgh, N. Y.— Glerimore Rod and Gtm Club's holi- 
dav shoot. „^ 
May 30.— Woodlawn.— All-day shoot of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club. E. G. Frost, Sec'y. 
May 30.— Plainfield, N. J.— All-day shoot pf Independent Gun 
Club. 
May 30.— Newark, N. J.— Decoration D^y phoot of East Side 
. Gun Club; live birds; open to all. 
May 30.— Oil City, Pa.— Decoration Day totltnaraeril of the Oil 
City Gun Club. H. C. Reeser, Sec'y. 
June 2.— Peekskill, N. Y. — Trophy shoot, Hudson- River Trap- 
Shooters' League, on the grounds of Peekskill Gun Club. J. B. 
Rogers, Manager. 
June 1-3.— Springfield, O. — Open-to-all tournament of Ohio Trap- 
*;hooters' League. 
June 2-3. — Alton, 111. — Second annual bluerock tournament of 
Pi'asa Gun Club. F. C. Riehl. Sec'y. 
June 7-8. — Wilhnar, Mmn. — Willmar Gun Club's third annual 
amateur tournament. 
June 7-8. — Indianapolis, Ind. — Annual tournament of the In- 
diana Trap-Shooters' League, of Indiana, on the grounds of ^he 
Limited Gun Club. 
June 7-11. — Peoria, 111. — Anmial tdurnament and convention of 
Illinois State Sportsmen's Association. 
June 8-10. — Parkersburg, W. Va.— Second annual tournament of 
the West Virginia State Sportsmen's Association. Address all 
communications to Ed O. Bower, Sec'y, Sistersville, W. Va. 
June 14-15. — Stillwater, Minn. — ^Tournament of the Stillwater 
Gun Club. 
June 14-15.— Grafton, N. D. — Tournament and meeting of North 
Dakota S. S. Association. 
June 14-16.— Ottawa, Kans. — ^Annual tournament of the Kansas 
State Sportsmen's Association. W. L. Beardsley. Sec'y-Treas. 
June 15-16. — Portsmouth, Va.— Tournament of the Interstate As- 
sociation, under the auspices of the Portsmouth Gun Club. W. 
N. White, Sec'y. 
June 15-17. — Cleveland, O. — Fifth annual tournament of the 
Cleveland Target Co. Bluerocks thrown free of charge. Profes- 
sionals and manvifacturers' agents barred from programme events. 
June 20-24. — Rochester, N. Y. — ^Annual tournament of the New 
York State Association, under the auspices of the Rochester Rod 
and Gun Club. Live birds and targets. \ 
June 21-23.— Sioux City, la. — Fourth annual amateur tournament 
of the Soo Gun Club. iThree sets of traps. W. F. Duncan, Treas. 
June 21-23. — Sioux City, la. — Soo Gun Club's tournament. E. 
R. Chapman, Sec'y. 
June 25. — Long Branch, N. J. — Opening shoot of Hollywood 
grounds. Live-bird shooting every Saturday afterward. 
^June 27-July 3. — Milwaukee, Wis. — ^Tournament of Milwaukee 
Gun Club, carnival week. Live birds' and targets. $1,000 added 
money. 
June 30-July 1. — Milwaukee, Wis. — National Gun Club's tourna- 
ment. 
July 1. — Sherbrooke, Canada. — Grand annual toumametit. Tar- 
gets. Regular sweeps, variety and merchandise. C. H. Foss, 
Sec'y. 
July 6-7. — ^Meadville, Pa. — ^Tournament of the Interstate Associa- 
tion, nnder the auspices of the Meadville Gun Club. Chas. Stein, 
Sec'y. 
July 7-9. — Denver, Colo. — First annual tournament of the Over- 
land Association. Open to all. Inanimate targets. Added money. 
John W. Kane, Manager. 
July 15. — ^Poughkeepsie, N. Y. — Trophy shoot, Hudson Rivei* 
Trap-Shooters' League, on the grounds of the Poughkeepsie Gun 
Club. J. B. Rogers, Manager. 
July 14-15.— Bedford, Ind.— Tournament of Bedford Rod and Gun 
Club. 
July 19-21. — Palmyra, Mo. — Eight annual tournament of the 
Missouri Amateur Shooting Association, under the management 
of the Palmyra Gun Clufj. Targets and live birds. Added 
money announced later. W. N. Bates, Sec'y. 
July 26-28.— Little Rock, Ark.— Eighth annual tournament of the 
Arkansas State Sportsmen's Association. Paul R. Litzke, Sec'y. 
July 27-28.— Meriden, Conn.— Tournament of the Interstate As- 
sociation, under the auspices of the Parker Gun Club. C. S. 
Howard, Sec'y. 
Aug. 11.— Marlborough, N. Y. — Trophy shoot, Hudson River 
Trap-Shooters' League, on grounds of Marlborough Gun Club. 
J. B. Rogers, Manager. 
Aug. 17-18.— Waterville, Me.— Tournament of the Interstate As- 
sociation, under the auspices of the Waterville Gun Club. E. 
T. Wyman. Sec'y. 
Aug. 17-18.— Warsaw, Ind.— Lake City Gu'n Club's tournament. 
J. S. Campfield, Sec'y. 
Aug. 24. — M'^arwick, N. Y. — Special shoot, Hudson River Trap- 
.Shooters' League, on grounds of Warwick Gun Club. J. B. 
Rogers, Manag-er. 
Aug. 24-25. — ^Minneapolis, Minn. — Tournament of the Minneapolis 
Gun Cluh. G. T. McGraw. Sec'y. 
Aug. 24-27. — Omaha, Neb.— Indian tournament, on grounds pf 
Omaha Gun Club; three days targets; one targets and live birds, 
Sept. 7-S. — Kingston, N. Y. — Tournament of Hudson River 
League, on grounds of Kingston Gun Club. 
Sept. 7-8.— Haverhill, Mass. — ^Tournament of the Interstate A.s- 
sociatton, under the auspices of the Haverhill Gun Club. Geo. 
F. Stevens, Sec'v. 
Oct. 4-6.— Newburgh, N. Y.— West Newburgh Gun and Rifle 
Association's fall tournament. 
Oct. 12-13.— Greensburgh, Ind. — Greensburgh Gun Club's tour- 
nament. W. Woodfill, Sec'y. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Clui secreiaries are invited to send their scorbs for publication in 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to hatie printed. Ties 
i n all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. Mail 
all suck matter to Forest and Stream Publishing' Company, 346 Broad- 
way, JVew York. ' 
The programme of the Owego Gun Club's tournament, Owego, 
N. Y., May 25 to 27, can now be obtained of the secretary, Frank 
B. Tracy. The first and second days will be devoted to blue- 
rocks; tlie third to live birds. The target extents number twelve 
for each day, six at 10 targets, six at 15; $1 and $1.50 entrance re- 
spectively. There are four live-bird events on the last day, as 
follows: 5 birds, $5, three moneys; 7 birds, $7, the moneys in 
both these events being divided 50, 30 and 20, birds deducted. 
No. 3 is at 10 birds, $10, 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent., birds deducted. 
No. 4 is a miss-and-out, $2. "The programme contains the follow- 
ing information for the club's patrons: "The grounds of the 
Owego Gun Club are within five minutes' walk of D., L. & W. 
.■station, and one mile from Erie and Lehigh Valley stations. Car- 
riages will meet each incoming train. Lunch served on_ the 
grounds. Arrangements have been made to have ammunition 
for sale. The shooter's platform is under cover, with comfortable 
house attached. Rain will not interfere with shooting. Targets 
are thrown toward the northeast, and nearly all angles give sky 
birds. It is strictly an amateur shoot and all professionals and 
experts are barred from competing, though the)' will be permitted 
to shoot in the events by paying for the targets. All amateurs 
are cordially invited. Ship ammunition care of Ahwaga House." 
The programme of the Nebraska State Sportsmen's Association's 
twenty-second annual tournament, May 24 to 27, open to all, can 
be obtained of the managers, Messrs. G. W. Loomis, F. S. Parme- 
lee, or J. C. Read, Omaha, Neb. Each of the first three days will 
have ten events; the fourth day eight events, 20 targets each, $2.50 
entrance, $25 added; in all thirty-eight events, with a total of 
$950 added. In addition there will be cash prizes of .$10 for each 
of the five best general averages. Five moneys, 30, 25, 20, 15 and 
10 per cent. On the fourth day, besides the eight events, there 
will be two events open only to Nebraska shooters, namely, first, 
the gold medal event, 25 targets, the trophj' being emblematic of 
the championship at targets, entrance $3, four moneys, 40, SO, 20 
and 10 per cent. Second, at 15 live birds, 30yds. rise, for diamond 
badge, emblematic of the live-bird championship, $15 entrance, 
four moneys. Shooting commences at 8:30. Grounds will be 
open for practice on May 23. 
The tribe has issued a document which cedes a tournament to 
the palefaces of the world. It is signed by the renowned Chiefs 
Bald Eagle, Wipe Stick, Moonface, Heap Talk, Buffalo Hump, 
High Kick, Long Talk, Dago, High Ball and No Talk, known 
more commonly as the Indian squad. They set forth that in the 
third week of August, on the grounds of the Omaha Gun Club, 
thej' will hold their second tournament, to consist of four days 
of target shooting, ten events each, $2.50 entrance, $20 added, five 
monevs, 30, 25, 20, 15 and 10 per cent.; and $100 for the ten best 
general averages, as follows: $20, $15, $12, $10, $9, $8, $8, $6, $6, 
$6. Aug. 27, the last day, there will be a live-bird handicap, 26 
to 32yds., $25 entrance, birds extra, $100 in cash added, four 
moneys, 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. Professionals and experts will 
pay 50 cents extra in each of the target events, the purse thereby 
provided to be divided among the amateurs who shoot through the 
programme. 
J. S. S. Remsen, the president of the Brooklyn, N. Y., Gun Cluh, 
and also a member of the Carteret Club, has unlimited facilities 
for target practice at his home, Flatbush, L. I. In fact he has 
a little chib all to himself and his invited guests. With great 
ingenuity he has laid out grounds in a field near his home, and has 
put in a set of traps. Sergeant system, and has made a wire 
pull that cannot be baten for effectiveness. He inaugurated his 
jicw pull, etc., on Tuesday of last week. May 10, inviting Capt. 
A. W. Money, Edward Banks and a novice to try their hands at 
bluerocks from his traps. There was a strong wind blowing right 
in the faces of the shooters, making the shooting very difficult, 
but as goose eggs were distributed rather generously all around, 
no complaints were heard. To make things interesting, a series 
of team races were shot during the afternoon, Capt. Money and 
his partner, Mr. Remsen, getting "did up" by Mr. Banks and his 
side partner , who shall be nameless for this once. 
Mr. John B. Rogers, secretary and manager of the Hudson River 
Trap-Shooters' League, writes us as follows: "At a meeting of the 
board of directors of the Hudson River Trap-Shooters' League, 
held at the U. S. Hotel, Newburgh, N. Y., May 11, it was de- 
cided to hold onlj- one-day shoots in the future, and the following 
dates were fixed: June 2, Peekskill Gtm Club grounds, trophy 
shoot. July 15, Poughkeepsie Gun Club grounds, trophy shoot. 
.\ug. 11," Marlborough Gun Club grounds, trophy shoot. Aug.^ 24, 
Warwick Gun Club grounds, special shoot. Sept. 9, place unde- 
cided, trophy shoot. It was also decided to offer $25 averasrc 
money, to be divided as follows: $6, $5, $4.50, $3.50, $3, $2, $1, 
among amateurs only. Targets will be thrown free to all manufac- 
turers' agents. Programmes for the Peekskill shoot will be 
mailed the first of the week." 
Mr. O. B. Marvin, secretary of the M. G. C, Findlav. O., 
writes us that on account of the tournaments given at Indianap- 
olis, Ind., and Parkersburg, W. Va., on Jime 7-9, the Magautrap 
Gun Club, of Findlay, have changed their dates to May 25-26. All 
those wishing programmes will receive the Bf^Hie ;by ajjdressing 
Mr, Mgryin, " ' - ' • . ■ •» 
