K'ov, 4 1899-] 
FORiaST AND SfHEAM. 
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Rule II, sails— To amend by adding a new section to 
read: "In the 21ft. cabin class only working sails shall 
be allowed." 
Also to strike out, "In no case shall the area of the 
mainsail and maintopsail exceed 80 per cent, of the entire 
area allowed." 
To amend by adding to exceptions, "21ft. knockabouts, 
conforming to the limitations of the Knockabout Asso- 
ciation, may race in the 21ft. cabin class." 
The official record of the year's racing has just been 
issued in a neat pamphlet bv Sec'y Bliss. The Associa- 
tion fleet now numbers eighty-five yachts of 30ft. down 
to 15ft., divided as follows: 30ft. cabin class, 4; 25ft. open 
class, 4; 25ft. cabin class, 17; 21ft. open class, 10; 21ft. 
cabin class, 12; knockabout class, 10; i8ft. open class, 17; 
15ft. open class, 11. The Association ended its season 
with the usual rendezvous at review, at Hull, two hundred 
yachts being present. During the sea.son twenty-five race- 
have been sailed tmder its rules. 
The executiA'e committee awards a bronze medal and 
pennant to the yachts winning the highest percentage in 
their respective classes, as follows : 
Class B, 30ft. Cabin Yachts. — Meemer, Com. Roland C. 
Nickerson. , , 
Class D, 25ft. Cabin Yachts. — Hermes, Com. A. W. 
Chesterton. 
Class S, 2ift. Cabin Yacht-.— Arab IV., Willard F. 
Scott. 
Class L, 2ift. Open Yachts.— Heiress, Charles Hayden 
and Arthur H. Parker. 
Class T, 18ft. Yachts.— Dauntless, R. M. Benner and 
Patten. Perhaps, J. E. Robinson. 
Knockabout Class. — Pirate, B. B. Crowninshield. 
Association PeTcentages, Season of 1899. 
Class B— 30ft. Cabin- Yachtg. 
Total Associat'n 
.Sec- Percent- Percent- 
Starts. Firsts, onds. Thirds. Blanks, ages. ages. 
*Meemer 9 7 1 1 0 765 . 85 
Ashumet 9 4 2 3 0 -530 . 60 5-9 
Emma C. 3 0 0 2 1 30 .06 2-3 
Elfreda 2 0 0 1 1 IB .031-3 
Class D— 25ft. Cabin Yachts. 
*Hermes 20 10 4 2 4 1265 .63 3-4 
Little Peter 18 5 7 2. 4 945 .52 1-2 
Eleanor 15 4 1 1 9 520 .34 2-3 
Thordis 6 2 1 3 0 305 -301-2 
Teannette 10 1 3 3 3 305 .30 1-2 
Areyto 4 1 1 2 0 180 .18 
Early Dawn.... 2 1 0 1 0 125 .121-2 
Class L— 21ft. Yachts. 
*Heiress 20 14 3 0 3 1580 . 79 
Hostess 8 4 2 0 2 515 .511-2 
Rooster 4 1 1 2 0 180 .18 
Bud 4 0 2 2 0 140 .14 
Tbelma 6 0 1 0 5 110 .11 
Class S— 21ft. Cabin Yachts. 
* Arab IV 18 9 2 2 5 1095 .60.5-6 
Harriet 15 5 6 1 3 845 .561-3 
Privateer 19 5 8 1 5 9oo 5-19 
Spartan 3 1 0 1 1 115 .11 1-2 
Dafila 6 0 0 4 2 70 .07 
Class T— 18ft. Yachts. 
■^Dauntless ..... 7 5 0 0 ' 2 515 .7.3 4-7 
*Perhaps 7 4 2 0 1 515 .73 4-7 
Helmi 4 1 1 3 0 200 . 50 
Duchess 4 0 1 0 3 50 .121-2 
Class X— 15ft. Yachts. 
Ray 5 3 3 0 0 0 300 1.00 
Attilla 1 0 1 0 0 50 .331-3 
Bess 2 0 1 0 1 50 . 25 
Knockabouts. 
*Pirate 5 2 2 0 0 300 .60 
Persimmon ...... -21010 115 .46 
Tunipoo 5 1 2 1 0 215 .43 
Lizana 4 1 0 3 0 155 .381-4 
Colleen 4 0 0 3 0 o5 .13 3-4 
Hazird 30020 40 .131-3 
'Championship winners. 
The book contains the official decisions of the Asso- 
ciation in different cases of protest referred to it. 
The present year has been rather a trying one in the 
Association, as the changes of rule during the winter 
aroused some opposition, and apart from all question of 
good or bad legislation the Boston fleet has been_ for a 
couple of years in a transition period which has of itself 
hurt the racing. All things considered, the racing has 
been quite as good as was to be expected, and the rules are 
now in such shape that there is plenty of inducement to 
build to the racing classes. 
Clearing: the Yacht Course. 
Washingtok, Oct. 27.— The following query is made 
by a reader of the Evening Post : 
"Now that the vicht races are over, and Columbia has 
successfully defended our cup, is not the question pertinent 
as to the legal right of the Treasury and the Navy De- 
partments to order the arrest and cancellation of certihcates 
or licen=;es of pilots and masters of vessels who, by cross- 
ing certain prescribed lines of water, might interfere with 
the racing yachts? Is it not something quite new to detail 
naval men 'to act ac stewards of races, and send gunboats 
to clear a race track? And would the Government be 
sustained in an action brought against the Departments for 
damages resulting from losses accruing to such cancella- 
tion and interference? Of course, Government has juris- 
diction over all vessels under its flag whereA'er they may 
fee found, but it seems somewhat doubtful if such an 
authority extends to infractions of the rules of a yacht 
club. Every sportsman and every one possessing a particle 
of pride in our success in the international contest would 
readily condone almost any action in this regard, but in the 
legal point of view the case might be quite different if the 
issue were presented. Indeed, it does seem to the writer, 
a very old sailor and yachtsman, that Teddy Rooseveh 
might with equal proprietj^ appear AVith his Rough Riders 
on a Long Island race course as Fighting Bob appeared 
with his torpedo boats on a yacht course on the high seas 
outside of national jurisdiction." . 
The Navy Department was not concerned m any way 
in the preliminaries or details of the recent yacht races. 
All arrangements for keeping the course clear were made 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Treasury, 
who may be said to have borrowed Capt. Evans and his 
craft from the Navy Department, for the time being, to 
execute the Treasury regulations. There is nothing more 
out of the way in this act than in the loan of the revenue 
cutters in certain emergencies by the Secretary of the 
Treasury to the Secretary of the Navy, to perform what 
is technicallv naval service. The '•"gulations which Capt. 
Evans was designated to enforce htwt been adopted, not 
for the purpose of interfering with any one's private rights 
or in the interest of any form of sport or coterie of sports- 
men, but for the protection of the public who go to witness 
the sports and who are practically helpless in the hands of 
the masters and pilots of the vessels on which they go. 
Congress, therefore, some years ago enacted a law "to 
provide for the safetj' of passengers on excursion 
steamers," which maj^ be found in the twenty-ninth vol- 
ume of the statutes at large, page 122. It declares : 
"That in order to provide for the safety of passengers 
on excursion .steamers, yachts, oarsmen and all craft, 
whether as observers or participants, taking part in re- 
gattas, amateur or professional, that may hereafter be held 
on navigable waters, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and 
is hereby, authorized and empowered in his discretion to 
detail revenue cutters' to enforce such rules and regula- 
tions as may be adopted to insure the safety' of passengers 
on said excursion steamers, yachts, oarsmen and all craft, 
whether as observers or participants, taking part in such 
regatta." 
This discretion is about as broad as words can make it, 
and, in view of the purpose Congress had in mind in 
investing the Secretary of the Treasury with it, the courts 
would probably give the statute a verA^ liberal construc- 
tion. It, is impossible on such occasions as an interna- 
tional yacht race, in which so many thousands of people 
are interested, to keep good order and irisure the safety 
of everjrbody without doing some things that appear more 
or le=;s harsh. Where human life is at stake, and great 
rr'iltitudes of people are massed together, the importance 
of the regulations for safety will often excuse, in the eyes 
of the courts the infliction of penalties upon persons wil- 
f.-llv disobedient which would not be tolerated under con- 
ditions ordinary and normal. — New York Evening Post, 
American Canoe Association. 
The Executive Committee Meetiogt 
Toronto, Saturday, Oct. 28. 
THT.niTGH the kindness of Mr. Charles Hallock we are 
able tu print an old picture, taken in 1874, which is of 
especial interest just now, at the close of the twentieth 
year of the American Canoe Association. Some few of 
the older members may recognize it, but to most of the 
thousand members it will be necessary to introduce it as 
the portrait of the founder of the Association, N. H. 
Bishop. Throughout the year 1879, and on to the summer 
of 1880, Mr. Bishop labored unceasingly for the forma- 
tion of the American Canoe Association, all the work 
being done personally in the third .story of his home at 
Lake George. Aided by a small printing press which he 
N. H. BISHOP. 
operated himself, Mr. Bishop sent out the first call to the 
canoeists of America, in answer to which a little party of 
thirteen gathered in August, 1880, at Crosbyside, Lake 
George, and adopted the first constitution of the Asso- 
ciation. Nearly all of Mr. Bishop's time for two years 
was given to this work, hundreds of letters being written 
by him to canoeists in the States, in Canada and in 
Europe, while all of the plans for the first meet were made 
bv him. 
'At that time Mr. Bishop was greatly interested in two 
subjects — canoe cruising and the study and charting of 
American waters; and it was always his intention that 
the one should be auxiliary to the other. In his own long 
cruises he occupied himself with the collection of facts and 
statistics concerning the waters and the adjoining country, 
and he was in close communication with the Coast Survey. 
As planned by him, the Association, in addition to cruising 
and racing in canoes, was to enlist the services of each 
member in securing information about the waters of his 
locality and in correcting and improving maos and charts. 
Though no longer an active canoeist, Mr. Bishop is still 
alive and well at his home on Lake George. , 
The annual meeting was called to order at 11 :30 A. M. 
on Oct. 28 ]?y Com. W. G. MacKendrick in the Toronto 
C. C. house, Toronto. There has been a general reluctance 
on the part of members to accept the ofhce of Secretary- 
I'reasurer of the Association this year, as it is pretty well 
understood how much work has been done by Mr. Forbush 
in the past year, both in the way of routine work 
throughout the season and special work of all kinds while 
in camp. Com. MacKendrick has been unable to find 
anj'- one willing to accept the position. Mr. Herbert 
Begg, of Toronto, who was present at the meeting, was 
chosen secretary pro tem. The roll call showed the 
following officers and members of the executive com- 
mittee present: 
Com. W. G. JNlacKendrick, Librarian W. P. Stephens. 
Atlantic Division — Vice-Com. H. C. Allen per R. J. Wil- 
kin, Ex. Com. C. V. Schuyler, H. H. Smythe proxy. 
Central Division — Vice-Com, John S. Wright, Purser C. 
F. Wolters, Ex. Com. F. G. Mather, C. P. Forbush. East- 
ern Division — Rear-Com. L. A. Hall. Northern Division 
— Vice-Com. J. McD. Mowatt, Rear-Com. E. C. W^oolsey, 
W. J. English proxy, Purser J, E. Cunningham, Ex. Com. 
D. J. Howell. Western Division — Vice-Com. Wm. C. 
Japp. Board of Governors — R. J. Wilkin, J. N. Mac- 
Kendrick. Mr. Hugh Neilson, one of the old A. C. A. 
men, was also present during the meeting, with ex-Com, 
Thorn. 
'the minutes of the previous meeting at camp on Aug. 
15 were read and approved, with a correction to the effect 
tliat Mr. bmythe t-huuld not be recorded as voting for the 
resolution lavonng a meet in tne Western Division in 1901. 
I'he. report of the :3ecretary-'l reasurer was then read, and 
the following paragraph was referred to Messrs. Forbush, 
llall and MatUer as a special committee; "i understand 
that Com. 1 horn and Vice-Com. Morse have an agree- 
ment with the Western Division to refund to it $100 irona 
the receipts of this year." 
The report of the regatta committee was read and re- 
ceived, also the report ot the Board of Governors. 
No report was received from the transportation com- 
mittee. 1 he division reports were then called for, that of 
the Atlantic Division being read and accepted. The re- 
ports of the Central and Northern Divisions were read 
and ordered returned for correction, as the statements of 
members did not agree with the list of the Secretarj'- 
Treasurer. The Eastern Division sent no report, and a 
motion was carried to the effect that the Purser of the 
Eastern Division be ordered to forward his report imme- 
diately, and that the other officers of the Eastern Division 
be requested to make sure that this is done. The new 
Western Division sent no report. Mr. J. N. MacKen- 
drick made a verbal report as chairman of the committee 
on the ladies' camp. Messrs. Hall, MacKendrick and 
Mather were apopinted a committee to revise the asso- 
ciate membership list. 
The following ladies were elected associate members: 
Miss Florence Presbrey, Miss Clara Presbrey, Taunton, 
Mass ; Mrs. S. G. Raymond, Mrs. Wm. H. Samson, Mrs. 
Bernhard Liesching, Rochester N. Y. ; Mrs. F. B. Hunt- 
ington, Mrs. A. W. Friese, Detroit; Mrs- W. G. Mac- 
Kendrick, Toronto. 
A short recess was taken, during which luncheon was 
served in the club house. When the meeting reconvened 
the report of the special committee on the subject of the 
official organ of the Association, Messrs. Dunnell, Forbush 
and MacKendrick, appointed in October, 1898, was called 
for. Mr. Forbush reported that the committee had done 
nothing. A discussion followed, the members expressing 
themselves as greatly dissatisfied with the work of the two 
publications which in 1898 and 1899 had agreed to perform 
certain things in return for the exclusive title of official 
organ. The following motion, made by Mr. Wilkin and 
seconded by Mr. Smj^the, was adopted unanimously: 
"Resolved, That as there is at present no contract 
with any other journal as official organ, the Forest 
AND Stream be considered an official organ of the Asso- 
ciation." 
Ex-Com. Thorn then spoke on the subject of the new 
Western Division and its prospects of success. Mr. 
Wilkin, seconded by Mr. Smythe, moved a vote of thanks 
to ex-Com. Thorn for his personal efforts through which 
the new division was organized. The report of the camp 
site committee was then read and accepted, and bill = 
ordered paid from balance now in hand. 
The following motion, by Mr. Stephens, seconded by 
Mr. Hall, was carried unanimously: "Resolved, That it 
is the sense of the executive committee that the basis of 
representation for the division executiA'e committees, a-, 
referred to in Article VI., Section i, of the Constitution, 
shall be the annual reports of the division pursers for the 
preceding year, as published in the Year Book." The 
special committee on the arrangements between the West- 
ern and Central Division as to transfer of money witii 
members from the Central to the Western Division, re-^ 
ported that this was a matter concerning only the two 
divisions, and the paragraph alluding to it was ordered 
stricken from the report of the Secretary-Treasurer. 
The subject of the place and date of the next meet wa^ 
then taken up, and it was decided to hold the meet on the 
Mttskoka Lakes, the exact site not yet being selected. On 
motion of Mr. Stephens, seconded by Mr. Hall, it was 
decided to hold the meet from the first to the third Fridaj' 
in August. 
The following amendments to the constitution were 
then adopted : 
Article VI., Section 4. — Change in line four the word 
"four" to "three," and at the end add "but in case of 
tie he shall not vote." 
Article VL, Section 5. — ^In line eight strike out "regatta 
or." 
Article VII. — In twenty-first line before the ■ward "ac- 
counts," insert "and Board of Governors." 
The proposed amendments, as published in the Foiiest 
ANT) Stream of Sept. 30, 1899, were then taken up. That 
relating to a racing board was not adopted. Mr. English 
asked for a definition of a war canoe to prohibit canoes 
with square ends. It was decided that the definition of a 
canoe in Rule I covered the case. On motion of Mr. 
Wilkin it was resolved to insert the word "may" in the 
minute book to conform to the wording- of Rule V., line 
12, in 1899 book, the omission being a clerical error. 
After much discussion of the final clause of Rule V., re- 
lating to the trophy and trial races, the followmsr, pro- 
posed by Mr. Stephens and .seconded by Mr. Wilkin, was 
carried unanimou.'^ly. to substitute as a final clause the fol- 
lowing: There .shall be a race for the paddling trophy, a 
race for the sailing trophy, and if more than nine entries 
