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Manitou Spot—John Wootton's black, white and tan 
setter dog (Val Lit— Cam Sing). 
Rosa Bondhu — ^John Wootton's black, white and tan 
setter bitch (Dick Bondhu II.— Maud A. Rose). 
Sport — W. S. Cottingham's black and white setter dog 
(Dan — ^Jess). 
Ella Wheller — A. C; Reid's black and white setter bitch 
(Ponto — Scwab). 
Burlington Route — Dr. J. S. Browns black. »white and 
tan setter dog (Count Featherstonc — Topsey F.). 
Jubilee Flo — Thos. Johnson's black setter bitch (Little 
Billie— Belle W.). 
Nellie — Thos. Johnson's black, white and tan setter 
bitch (Ponto— Bess). 
Duke's Rush — Winnipeg Kennels' brown and white 
setter dog (Duke of Manitoba — Cam Sing). 
Maid of the Morn— W,. F= Ellis' blue belton setter bitcii 
Val Lit — Cam Sing). 
Silver Lace — W. F. Ellis' blaclc arte' white setter bttch 
(Val Lit — Cam Sing). 
Exasp.erator — W. F. Ellis' black, v'nte and tan setter 
dog (Duke of Manitoba— Dora M.^ 
Blackie — Hsrvj Holman's blacl.: aid tan setter dog. 
Fairview Bell — W. Gould Brokaw's liver and white 
setter bitch (Edgemark — Bell). 
Fly — W. Gould Brokaw's black and white setter bitch 
(White B.— Queen). 
POINTERS. 
Nana — Charlottesville Field Trials Kennels' liver and 
white pointer bitch (Ch. Rip Rap — Toxie). 
Ranee — Charlottesville Field Trials Kennels' hiack and 
white pointer bitch (Ch. Rip Rap- — Toxie). 
Lad of Jingo — D. E. Rose's (Agt.) liver and white 
pointer dog (Jingo — Dot's Pearl). 
Alex. C. — D. E. Rose's (Agt.) liver and white pointer 
dog (Glenleight — Saddle Bags). 
Fairview Tom — W. Gould Brokaw's liver and white 
pointer dog (Sir Walter — rVan's Pride). 
Bang III, — Hamber & Code's black and "white pointer 
dog (Rector — Dinah). 
Mac Hamber — Hamber & Code's black and white 
pointer dog (Croxteth Ned — Miami). 
Manitoba Belle — Hamber & Code's black and white 
pointer bitch (Croxteth Ned — Miami). 
Ned B.- — Dr. J. S. Brown's black and white pointer 
dog (Rap— Lady Grace). 
Jubilee Prince — Thos. Johnson's black and white ticked 
pointer dog (Rector- — Dinah). 
Jubilee Princess — Thos. Johnson's black and white 
ticked pointer bitch (Rector— Dinah) 
Jubilee Diana III. — ^Thos. Johns""' s liver and white 
pointer bitch (Rector Dinah). 
Prince Ightfield— Paul A, Gale's livfjr and white pointer 
dog (King — Frankie). 
Sport — Jos. Lemon's black ana white pointer dog 
(Buster— Bell). 
Wm. C. Lee, Sec'y-Treas. 
Points and Flushes* 
Entries to the All-Age Stake of the Continental Field 
Trial Club close on Oct. 15. Mr. Theo. Sturges, 141 East 
Eighteenth- street, New York, is the Secretary. 
The premium list of the second annual dog show of the 
Texas Kennel Club can be obtained of Mr. Geo. W. 
Claj'ton, Supt., P. O. Box 914, Chicago. His address 
after Sept. i will be Dallas, Texas, care of Texas State 
Fair Association. The dates are Oct. 9 to 13. Entries 
close Sept. 25. 
making. 
The war canoe races of the A. C. A. meet came very 
close to the highest record in aquatics, there having been 
105 contestants in the crews of the seven big canoes. We 
believe that some years ago in a race at Detroit ten ten- 
oared barge prews started, and there may be other simi- 
lar records in rowing, but in canoeing such a fleet is 
unique. The finest sight of the day, surpassing even the 
races, was the closing in of the seven crews after the 
finish, when all tossed paddles and cheered Com. Thorne. 
to whose efforts, aided by Vice-Com. Howell, (he success 
of this new event was due. 
American Canoe Association. 
TwenHeth Annual Meet. 
HAY ISLAND — ST. LAWRENCE RIVER, 
Aug. 4-18. 
'With an exceptionally good camp ground and the 
best possible weather, the meet of 1899 promises to be 
remembered as a most pleasant and successful one. The 
general location of the camp, close to the great routes of 
summer travel, has made it easily accessible from the vi- 
cinity of New York and from Boston as well, though 
but few New England men are present. For the great 
body of fresh water canoeists between Buffalo and Mon- 
treal the location is specially advantageous, and they 
have availed themselves of it in large numbers. The 
war canoe races have helped greatly to swell the camp 
register far beyond the usual figure, but even with the 
seven crews of fifteen men each deducted, the register 
3hows_ a great increase over the past half dozen years, the 
total figure for the two weeks being 340. 
The weather has been as nearly perfect as is ever found, 
even among the Thousand Islands — clear, dry, with a 
bright, sunny sky all day and starlight at night. For once 
the old tradition of a meet at full moon has been aban- 
doned, the new moon being still on its way to the first 
quarter. Throughout the' day the temperature lias been 
high, but tempered by a mild breeze, and in the evening 
it has not been chilly enough to call for a coat or wrap, 
while the ground is dry, with no dew. 
The layout of the camp ground, one of the chief factors 
contributing to a sociable and -united camp, has never 
been surpassed; the two divisions— main and ladies' 
camps — are entirely distinct, each accessible without pass- 
ing through the other, and both close to the central 
part, the wharf, mess tent and headquarters. 
The camp is made up distinctively of campers, people 
who come with a full knowledge 0I both the pleasures 
and discomforts of open air life, and who are prepared to 
make the most of the former and the least of the latter. 
The hotel and tourist elements are entirely lacking, and 
on the one hand there are no troublesome visitors and 
on the other there is nothing save the mild attractions 
of Gananoque to take men from camp. 
The dress question, so often discussed, seeths at present 
to have settled itself very satisfactorily; there is nothing 
dudish in the dress of the men, and fortunately there ii= 
nothing of the fashion of the 1896 meet, when sleeveles' 
jerseys were the vogue all over the camp and men evet 
came to the public mess tent with bare arms and shou 
'ders burned to running sores. This year the popuL.r 
dress is the s'jrktly yachting costume of blue serge coat, 
white duck troUiers and yachting cap; good enough in its 
way, but fa' less suitable for a canoe camp than the pic- 
turesque and negligee club uniforms such as the Mo- 
hicans WOP a dozen years ago. Tlie most discordant de- 
tail of this costume is the modern ten-story stiff collar, 
which is worn by many. Those who care more for con- 
venience and comfort than for the camp fashion content 
themselves with a jersey in place of coat and collar, or 
even the plain sailor's working suit, of rough canvas 
blouse and overalls. The dress of the ladies is of the 
every-day, sensible sort — short waists and short skirts, fit 
for the canoe or for a tramp over the rocky hills and 
shores, and in nn way over-elaborate. 
The camp amusements are of a wild sort that hardly 
need to be catalogued; there is nothing special to do, but 
all hands are pleasantly occupied from early morning 
until "taps," or even later. The batliing is excellent, in 
clear, clean water of any depth; there are numbers of 
:0pen canoes on the different beaches for those who wish 
to paddle about among the many beautiful islands of the 
vicinity; there are several small yachts at anchor off the 
camp and under -way every day, and there is good fishing 
close by. With no outside attractions and few set enter- 
tainments in camp, the time still passes quickly and pleas- 
antly. 
On Aug. 10 there was a dance in the mess tent, and oi. 
Saturday night Mr. Wright, of the camp site commi+Lee, 
had the tent arranged and gave a very interesting exhi- 
bition of lantern slides, many of the pictures being taken 
by him in a trip around the world, a number of A. C. A. 
pictures being also shown. On Sunday evening service 
was held in front of headquarters, in the open air, by the 
Rev. F. R. Sexson, of Gananoque, assisted by the Rev, 
G. L. Starr, of Kingston. 
The so-called "Visitors' Day," Monday, Aug. 14, passed 
off very pleasantly. The presence of the war canoes 
brought many strangfrts to camp from Brockville, King- 
ston, Gananoque anr" other nearby places, but the crowd 
was ver3' well behavei and orderh^, and the arrangements 
were such as to confine all strangers to the central space, 
keeping them from overrunning either camp. 
The attendance is made up largely from members who" 
have joined within the past ten years, or even less, but 
there are many who are well known to each other through 
frequent attendance at the more recent meets. The high- 
est number on the membership roll is now about 3,500, 
and the registry book shows but a dozen names whose 
numbers are lower than 1,000, as follows: W. P. Ste- 
phens, R. J. Wilkin, L. W. Seavey, J. N. MacKendrick, 
W. G. MacKendrick, Paul Butler, Ford Jones, W. R. 
Huntington, C. F. Wolters, Wm. M. Carpenter, H. M. 
Carpenter and G. W. Ruggles. The new Western Divi- 
sion is represented by six members — H. C. Morse, F. B. 
Huntington, W. C. Jupp, W. M. Clarke, E. B, Nellis 
and Wm. Campbell. 
There are two unpleasant features of the camp which 
are too prominent to be passed over — ^the mess and the 
dispute between the regatta committee and the sailing 
men. The mess, managed by a caterer from Kingston, is 
bad enough to recall unpleasant memories of that at Jes- 
sup's Neck in 1890. The food is of poor quality, very 
badlv cooked, and the service is of the same sort, the 
waiters, though polite and attentive, being inexperienced 
and too few in numbers. The charge is the regular one 
of $1 per day for breakfast, dinner and supper, not an 
exorbitant one, but it has been repeatedly proven that 
with honest intention and reasonably good management 
a caterer can satisfy the campers and at the same time 
make - profit, even in the States, Avhere the cost of food 
and labor is higher than in Canada. That the dverage 
A. C. A. member is not difficult to satisfy in the matter 
of food is shown by the comparatively mild complaints 
i.i tlie present case. 
The trouble with the regatta committee hat, created a 
good deal of feeling on both sides, and has been un- 
pleasant to even the majority of disinterested members. 
There are two sides to the dispute, which has grov/n ap- 
idly from an insignificant beginning. 
With all its advantages there is one serious drawback to 
Hay Island, in that the natural racing course, to the 
south, is a very poor one, both for sailing and paddling, 
the winds being broken and fluky and the courses ob- 
structed by shoals from each shore. The contestants in 
the war canoe races all complained of the serious drag 
due to a depth of only 4 to 5ft. over portions of the course, 
especiallj' inshore, and the sailing canoes are in frequent 
danger oi grounding. 
The race programme for the meet, published in the 
Forest and Stream of April 8 is different in several 
important respects from all previous programmes. The 
long-established custom of beginning the important races 
on the second Monday of the camp has been departed 
from for the first time, some of the best races being set 
for the first instead of the second week. Another change 
is the fixing of the dates of the races some months in 
advance, making no allowance for weather. The saiHng 
races, too, have been reduced in number, while the pad- 
dling races have been increased. This is in part but a 
natural recognition of the decline of canoe sailing, so 
apparent at all recent meets, and the coincident revival 
of the interest rn paddling. A part of the trouble is due 
to the fact that no member of the committee had had 
any experience with races at a meet. The early publica- 
tion of the programme gave ample opportunity for criti- 
cism and suggestion on the part of the racing men, but 
apparently no one took any interest in the races prior 
to coming to camp. The progratnme is as follows: 
Sailing and Paddling Races — Decked Canoes. 
Event No. i, — Record Combined. — Paddling and sailing, 
half mile alternately, three miles; time limit, one and 
one-half houre; start to be made under paddle, Aug. ro, 
A. M. , 
Event No. 2.— Record Sailing.— Fottr and one-half 
miles; time limit, two hours; same rig and seat to be used 
n events Nos. i and 2. Aug. 10, P. M. 
Event No. 3.— Record Paddling.— One-half mile 
straightaway. Same canoe as events Nos. i and 2. Aus 
II, A. M. 
Event No. 4. — Novice Sailing. — Three miles; time l.mit, 
two and one-half hours. Open only to member? who 
have never contested in any but their own club mailing 
races. Aug. ri, P. M. 
Event No. 5. — Trophy Sailing.—Nine miles; time limit, 
three and one-half hours. See Rule 5 of Racing Regu- 
lations. Aug. 12, A. M. 
Event No. 6.— Dolphin Sailing Trophy.— Seven and 
one-half miles; time limit, three hours. Canoe winning 
first place in trophy race will not compete in this event. 
Aug, 12, A. M. 
Event No. J'.— Sailing, Live Man Overboard. — Decked 
sailing canoes, one-half mile. At the discharge of gun 
the passenger will go overboard, the canoe will pass 
around the quarter-mile buoy, pick up the man, and then 
sail to home buoy. 
A. C. A, War Canoe Championship Races* 
Event No. 8.— War Canoe^.— A. C. A. championship, 
one mile straightaway. Aug. 14, 10 A. M. 
Sailing Races — Open Canoes. 
Event No. 9. — Open Canoe Sailing. — One and one- 
half miles; time limit, one and one-half hours. Open or 
partially decked canoes allowed. 
Event No. 10.— Combined Sailing and Paddling.— One- 
half mile alternately, one and one-half miles; time limit, 
one and one-half hours. Start under sail. Single blades. 
Open or partially decked canoes allowed. 
Note. — In events 9 and 10 the sail area is limited to 40 
sq. ft. No rudder, or seat projecting beyond gunwales 
allowed. One pair detachable leeboards may be used. 
The paddle can only be used for steering except in event 
No. 10 on the paddling leg. The same canoe, sail and lee- 
boards will be used in both events. Canoes may have 
the usual bow and stern decks of about 32in., and side 
decks of about 2in. wide with combing about i^^in. high. 
Canvas covers or other substitutes for decks will be meas- 
ured as decks. 
Division Sailing Races. 
Event No. 11. — Atlantic Division cu@.. T 
Event No. 12. — Central Division cup. 
Event No. 13. — ^Western Division cup, 
Event No. 14. — Northern Division open canoe sailing 
for Orillia cup. 
Note. — Division sailing cilp faces will be sailed on 
Aug. 15, weather permitting, provided they have not been 
sailed at division meets, and will be sailed under the rules 
provided by each division, which will be posted on the 
bulletin board day of race and called in the order pub- 
lished. Division regatta committees will run their own 
sailing races. (See Chap. 9.) 
Division Paddling Races. 
Event No. 15.— Western Division.— Gardner cup, pad- 
dling. 
Event No. 16.— Northern Division.— War canoes; open 
to A. C. A. members only. Aug. 14, 3 P. M. 
Paddling Races. 
Event No. 17.— Trophy Paddling.— One mile straight- 
away; paddles optional. Aug. 15. 
Event No. 18.— Paddling.— Double blades, open canoes, 
one-half mile with turn. 
Event No. 19.— Tandem Paddling.— Single blades, open 
canoes, one-half mile with turn. 
Event No. 20.— Relay Race.— Open paddling canoes, 
single blades; one and one-half miles, over sailing course; 
three men from each club or division. Starters paddle to 
and around first buoy, pass an article to second man, who 
paddles to and around second buoy, passing to third man, 
who paddles to the finish. 
Event No. 21.— Paddling.— Single blades, one-half mile, 
with turn. 
Event No. 22.— Novice Paddling.— Single blades, open 
canoes, one-naif mile with turn. Open only to members 
who have ne^'cr contested in any but their own club pad- 
dling race.' 
Event jNo, 23.— Four Men Paddling.— Single blades, 
open caiioes one-half mile, with turn. 
Event No. 24.— Tandem Overboard.— Single 'olades, 
open canoes, one-fourth mile. At the discharge of the 
gun both men will jump overboard, clear of the-> (anoes, 
regain their seats in same and paddle to home buoy. 
Event No. 25. — Tilting Tournament. — Sparring poles 
will be provided by the regatta committee. Each sparrer 
will stand immediately aft the forward thwart. Both con- 
testants must be on their feet giving and taking. 
Event No. 26.— Upset Paddling. — Single blades, open 
canoes- 
Event No. 27. — Hurry-scurry. — Single blades, open 
canoes. Run, jump, swim and paddle. 
Event No. 28.— Ladies' Paddling.— Double blades, 
open canoes, one-fourth mile. 
Event No. 29. — Ladies' Tandem Paddling. — Single 
blades, open canoes, one-fourth mile. • 
Event No. 30. — Swimming, — One hundred yards. 
Notes. 
First, second and third prizes will be awarded in all 
events except N os. 2$, 28, 29 and 30, in which two prizes 
will be awarded. Two starters to win first, three starters 
to win second, and four starters to win third. 
Flag prizes will be awarded sailors and paddiers 
A banner emblematic o£ the "A. C. A. Canoe Cham- 
pionship," together with a suitable "follow" prize, donated 
by Com. Thorn, will be awarded the winning crew in the 
