Nov. 25, 1899.]' 
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M the bay the changing shades of the water revealed 
exy shalloAv or hidden rock. Most of the party looked 
kance when I proposed a row, but Baby's mother, with 
a confidence begotten of some years of experience, vol- 
unteered to join me. Then began a struggle which 
stretched the shoulders, stiffened the fingers and made 
the forearm harden like a board. Right into the wind's 
tya we went till Chief's gave us a welcome lee. Welcome 
indeed, as when the rush of wind came strongest our 
craft scarce held her own or at best bored through the 
wall of wind with a slowness like the piercing of a block 
of granite by a diamond drill. Then, sheltered from the 
lierce blasts, we paused, glowing with the exertion, the 
Hide caressing of the wind^ and the warm touch of a Sep- 
tember Sim. 
Streaks of cloud shadow raced across the water, touch- 
ing the waves with a shade of purple. Through the trees 
ic wind whistled and sung, sending stray puffs through 
iuiy glades or around corners of the rocks to streak the 
; lieltered waters with ruffled darkenings running out to 
join the dancing wave crests in the open. What a pleas- 
in-c it was to loiter in the quiet waters, basking in the 
L-c.nial sun and drinking in the breezj' panorama of green 
islands with their waving plumes, dark waters running 
ith never weary creamy ridges, and the deep, deep blue 
i the sky across which the clouds sailed in majestic 
fi;itta1ions. Then for a dash into a channel where the 
. ind invited us to a struggle from which we could at 
ly time retire with honor and renew just when and how 
■.' e pleased. 
A good finish often atones for much that is disagi-ee- 
l le in what has gone before; but when it follows a suc- 
1 ssion of pleasurable experiences it is like the sugar 
r nd cream placed on the top of a dish of luscious berries. 
We crowned our morning's enjoyment with a' dashing 
run before the wind just after a hard row a short distance 
up the windward channel between Cliff and the main- 
land. A most fascinating run it was, for nature flatters 
yon when yoii are rowing or paddling before the wind 
.Hud easily deludes you into believing that the rapid mo- 
lion and the presto change of landscape are due to the 
tingling life which reaches from your heart's core to the 
very blade tips of your oars. 
I still held my victim and poured much more into his 
cars of which I will spare you the recital. Then I shook 
liim a little to arouse him from the dazed condition into 
which he had been reduced hy the gradual upsetting of 
In is most cherished ideas, and addressed to him these fare- 
veil words: 
"My friend, I have shown you that it is possible to 
ive a good time without breaking a single record or 
knowing how many miles you have covered in a given 
i Lumber of hours. I have shown you that startling inci- 
dents and hairbreadth escapes are quite unessential to 
lioliday enjoyment. I have shown you that you have 
gone along all the days of your life with your eyes blind 
to many sources of pleasure which lay all around you, 
Hiid finalty I have demonstrated in my own person that 
is possible for a man to come back from our lake 
gions without looking as though he had just been down 
inr thirty days' hard labor breaking stones at Kingston 
1 cnitentiary and living on skilly and dry bread. Prom- 
ise me the next time you come back from a holiday you 
won't say a word to me about how far you traveled or 
how long you took to do it, or I'll stop you right up and 
(raightaway tell you about ever5fthing I did all summer." 
This alarmed him, and he hastily promised me all T 
desired; then took me around the corner to drink the 
^ Iicalth of "Doing Nothing" in a special quantity of 
"nectar" he happened to know about. 
J. Emv. Maybee. 
Toronto, Sept. 30. 
Atlantic Division, 
A MEETiJifG' of the executive committee of the Atlantic 
Division was held on Nov. 18 at the residence of Vice- 
Con\. H. C. Allen, Trenton. There were present Rear- 
Com. May, Purser Wood and Messrs. Smythe, McMur- 
ray, Hewitt, Wilkin, Hattersley, Rickey, Stephens, Fritz 
and Wilt. The guests were entertained at dinner by 
Com. Allen, the business affairs of the division being 
taken up informally with the coffee. The Atlantic Divi- 
sion is now in a very prosperous condition, with a good 
membership,, a balance in its treasurj' and an active exec- 
iitive committee which has given due attention during 
the past year both to the local interests of the division 
L'nd to its Association interests at the annual meet. After 
a discussion of the affairs of the division, it was decided 
to hold a division meet on the same date as last year- — ■ 
Decoration Day — and after the plan which then proved 
iSO successful. Two or three days will be given to a 
short cruise down the Delaware River, while May 29-30 
will be spent in camp at Park Island. Races will be 
held during these two days, and arrangements were made 
for securing suitable prizes. Most of those present have 
planned to attend the A. C. A. meet at Muskoka in Au- 
gust, and every effort will be made to take a large delega- 
tion from the Atlantic Division. The meeting adjourned 
in time for the visitors from New York and Philadelphia 
to catch their trains at 11 P. M., after a very pleasant 
evening. ' 
The Eastern Division Repott. 
Lowell, Mass., Nov. 6. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
[ notice that the report of the American Canoe Association 
gives' the purser of the Eastern Division the credit for 
not turning over his report. It perhaps will be only 
ustice if you will publish a statement to the effect that 
his accounts are ready and have been for some weeks 
iwaiting attditing, but this has thus far been impossible. 
For the Secretary-Treasurer of the A. C. A. has failed to 
•orward certain receipts to him. When this is done he 
vill see that his part is completed. 
Wm. W. Crosby, Purser 189S-1899. 
Haverhill, Mass., Nov. 8. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
\propos of your comments on the recent Year Book, the 
irst three items that T had occasion to look up all con- 
ained errors, although copied from the 1898 Year Book. 
This would seem to justify the assassination of the proof- 
■eader< at least, and one is reminded of the notice which 
is said to have been displayed on a time in a Western bar 
room : "Don't shoot the pianist ; he is doing the best he 
can." 
I have received no copies of the "OfBcial Organ of thei 
American Canoe Association" (large letters, please) for 
several months, but I am going to try arid worry along 
through the cold snap, as though I didn't care, nor "let 
concealment, like a worm i' the bud, feed on my damask 
cheek'' (or table cloth, either). 
Seriously speaking, I think it about time the American 
Canoe Association, if it can afford no journal of its own, 
should bank on some reliable journal, with a reputation to 
sustain, to represent its interests, instead of trading with 
every boy that has a whistle to offer. Very truly yours, 
C. J. H ALP EN, 
A. C. A. 2968, Vice-Corn. Peraigewasset C. C. 
CANOEING NEWS NOTES. 
Com. MacKendrick spent Monday, Nov. 6, in Ottawa 
Out., looking up some old A. C. A. metnbers. It is 
possible that Mr. D'Arcy Scott will spare time from his 
aldermanic duties to get himself in shape for the A. C. A. 
paddling trophy in Muskoka. 
Mr. F. H. Gisborne and Mr. Baldwin are figuring oti 
spending their holida3^s at the next A. C. A. camp. 
Members who were at Play Island Avell remember W. 
T. Lawless, captain of the Britannia war canoe crew, who 
carried off a ninnbcr of prizes, among them the first 
swimming prize. Mr. Lawless holds the rank of captain 
in the Governor-General's Foot Guards in Ottawa, and 
is now first lieutenant in the Ottawa company en route 
to the Transvaal to assist in pounding reason and en- 
lightenment into the cranium of one Oom Paul. In the 
same company, acting as second lieutenant, is Gordon 
Stewart, of Ottawa. Their experiences should make good 
story telling around the camp-fires at the next A. C, A. 
meet in Muskoka. 
Rear-Com. Edgar Woolsey, of the Northern Division, 
is laid up for a few repairs to his face. Being of an in- 
quisitive turn of mind, he went to inspect the fire in the 
carbide factory in Ottawa. He arrived in time for the 
explosion, and now poses as an authority on the- bursting 
properties of molten carbide. 
On the Shell Mound Range. 
San Francisco, Nov. 13. — Yesterday at Shell Mound range was 
turkey day in addition to the regular matches. Three shots are 
allowed to each member in both the Germania Club and the 
Schuetzen Verein. Those making 70 rings or over get an order for 
a 151b. turkej'; between 60 and 70 rings, a 13Ib. bird, and under 60, 
a 101b. bird; 108 members of the Schuetzen Verein competed, but 
only a few got heavy birds. Scores of the Verein: 
Ciiampion class, F. P. Schuster 432 rings; first class, John Gefken 
405; second class, J. D. Heise 410; third class, Otto Lemcke 397; 
fourth class, John Beuttler 377; Ijest first shot, H. Zecher, 24; 
best last shot A. Mocker, 25. 
In the turkey shoot those who will get fowls and the scores 
made were: E.Goetze 65, A. Tungblut 65, Charles Thierbach 65, 
John Utschig 64, R. Stettin 64, "H. Zscher 63, H. Stelling 62, J. C. 
Waller 61, F. P. Schuster 61, J. D. Heise 61, A. H. Pape 60, Louis 
Bendel 60. 
The programme of the Germania Schuetzen Club included all 
kinds or rifle competition — class, medal, special prize and turkey 
shooting. In the three-shot annual contest for cash prizes the race 
for the $100 in gold is close. Dr. L. O. Rodgers leads with 723 
rings in ten scores, followed by D. B. Faktor with 721 and F. P. 
Schuster with 720. The Germania's scores in the several events 
were as follows: 
Class medals, 20 shots, German 25-ring target: First champion 
class, J. Utschig, 431 rings; second champion class, R. Stettin, 403 
rings; first class, John Gefken, 432; second class, A. Jungblut, 380; 
third class, FX. Lilkendey, 370; best first shot, C. Thierbach, 25; 
best last shot, J. Gefken, 25. 
Best scores ou the special cash prize re-entry match, three sliots, 
German 25-ring target: F. P. Schuster 73, D. B. Faktor 72, N. 
Ahrens 72, D. W. McLaughlin 72, L. Haake 71, J. Utschig 70. 
Bushnell championship medal, 10 shots, German 25-ring target, 
one entry a month : D. B. Faktor 226, F. P. Schuster 223, Dr. 
L. O. Rodgers 221, D. W. McLaughlin 216. 
Turkey shooting, 3 shots, one entry, German 25-ring target, 
highest scores: F. P. Schuster 70. H. Huber 68, J. Utschig 64, 
W. Ganns 63, Dr, L. O. Rodgers 63, J. Gefken 62, C. Thierbach 
61, L. Siebe 60, J. Hartman 61. N. Ahrens 60, L. Ritzau 65, H. 
Zecher 60. L. Klotz 60. A. Jungblut 59, W. Glindemann 58, E. H. 
Goetze 58, L. Bendel .59, R. Stettin 57. 
There was a full attendance of the members of the Golden Gate 
Rifle and Pistol Club, and the shooting on the 200 and the 50yd. 
ranges was up to the average. On the pistol range Dr. L. O. 
Rodgers made eight 10s, of which five were successive. A change 
of light gave two low shots. The scores were as follows: 
Rifle class, 200yds., 10 shots, German 25-ring target: D. W, Mc- 
Laughlin 226 rings; F. W. Belknap 222, 209; F. E. Mason 221; Dr. 
L. O. Rodgers 220; C. M. Henderson 213, 196; J. E. Gorman 204 
191; G. Tammeyer 204; J. F. Bridges 202; J. Kullman 189. 
Pistol, class medal, 50yds., 10 shots, standard American target: 
F. E. Mason 90, J. E. Gorman 90, Dr. L. O. Rodgers 94, G. 
Roberts 77, J. F. Bridges 77, J. W. Tompkins 70, J. Kullman 50, 
C. M. Henderson 83, D. W. McLaughlin 80. 
On Election Day^ Nov. 7, several of our good shots met at 
Shell Mound to engage in a lOO-shot contest for the individual 
championship. LTnfortunately only three of our champions turned 
up, but they had a fine race. Conditions, 100 shots. 25-ring target, 
entrance $2.50; highest score to win. Messrs. Henderson and 
Belknap also entered the match and did remarkably well for be- 
ginners, McLaughlin had an accident to his rifle which weakened 
his score somewhat. Scores: F. E. Mason 2,209, F. P. Schuster 
2,204, D. W. McLaughlin 2,181. 
All hands partook of a fine dinner after the shoot. Roebu 
Iroquois Rifle Club. 
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 18. — Following are the scores made for the 
week ending Nov. 18: 
Members' Medal Match. 
H L Botn 39 37 37 43—1.56 B Kestner 40 38 42 46-166 
37-38 39 39-153 37 35 40 38-150 
39 43 39 36—157 O L Hertig 42 41 43 44-170 
. , ^ „ 48 39 39 44-170 
Daniels Cup Scores. 
R R Bennett .40 46 43 44—173 W Riebling 40 30 33 44--147 
37 42 39 43-161 -in 
Members' Record Mtach. 
R R Bennett 40 41— SI O L Hertig 42 40_82 
W Riebling 38 41-79 15 loZgo 
42 45—87 B Kestner .-.'.39 40—79 
LPIttd 46 49-95 42 Is^SS 
48 48—96 R F Phillips ...47 47—94 
Henrv Sperltng, Sec'y. 
Coolio's Gallery. 
There will be prize shooting for Thanksgiving ijt Coiilin's 
gallery, !il3 Sixth avenue, for rifle and revolver at long and 
sliort range. All amateurs are cordially invited to visit the gallery 
read the rules and regulations see the prizes and try their skill 
nt shooting, Th? s]iopting -will en4 J^py., 30. 
James S. Gonlin, 
If you want your shoot to be announced here send In 
notice tike the following: 
Fixtures* 
Nov. 22.— Ridgewood, N. J.— All-day shoot at live birds. H. 
Blauvelt, Mgr. 
Nov. 23-24. — Chatsworth, 111. — Chatsworth Gun Club tournament. 
Nov. 28-29. — Chicago, Ohio. — Deer Lick Gun Club's live-bird tour- 
nament; 
Nov. 28-29.— Springfield, III.— Merchants Thanksgiving; tourna- 
ment, under auspices of the Illinois Gun Club. W. Colvin, Sec'y. 
Nov. 30.— Newark, N. J.— Smith Brothers' grounds; 25 live birds, 
$10 entrance, and miss-and-outs. 
Nov. 30.— Buffalo, N. Y.— Fourth annual Thanksgiving Day tour- 
nament of the Bison Gun Club. F. P. O'Leary, Prest. 
Nov. 30. — Chicago, HI. — Thanksgiving Day shoot of the Garfield 
Gun Club. Live birds. J. VV. Meek, Sec'y. 
Nov. 30.— Hutchinson'is'Mills, near White Horse, N. Y.— Thanks- 
. giving Day shoot of Walsrode Gun Club. Geo. N. Thomas, Sec'y. 
Dec. 5-6. — Railway, N. J. — Live-bird shoot of the Rahway Gun 
Club. Clarence Lambert, Mgr. 
Dec. 5-8.^ — St. Thomas. Ont. — Thomas Donley's third international 
tournament. About .$1,500 guaranteed. Targets and live birds. 
Dec. 12-15. — Burnside Crossing, 111. — Watson's Park tournament. 
John Watson, Station R, Chicago, 111, 
Dec. 16.— Batavia, N. Y.— E C cup contest for championshilj at 
targets, between Messrs. W. R. Crosby, holder, and Mr. Fred 
Gilbert, challenger. 
Dec. 31-Jan. 1. — Milwaukee, Wis. — Amateur tournament of the 
Wisconsin Gun Club. P. Himmelstein, Sec'y. 
Brooklyn Gun Club.— Third Saturday of each month, Frahcotte 
gun contest. Fourth Saturday of each month. Grand American 
Handicap free-entry contest. 
Watson's Park.— Burnside Crossing, 111. — Medal contest tjje first 
and third Fridays of each month. 
1900. 
.Tan 16.-19, — Hamilton, Ont., Can. — Annual tbtirnarnent of Hie 
Hamilton Gun Club; $1,500 in prizes. Open to the world. H. 
Graham Sec'y. 
Feb. 13-17. — Hot Springs, Ark.— Third annual midwinter tourna- 
tnent; $1,000 added; 2-cent targets (Rose system) and live birds 
(high guns). Capt. A. R. Smith, Sec'y. 
April 2. — New York Vicinity. — Interstate Association's Grand, 
American Handicap. Edward Banks, Sec'y. 
April 18-21. — Lincoln, Neb. — Third annual amateur tournament 
of the Lincoln Gun Club. Live birds and targets. W. S. Stein, 
Sec'y. 
May 7.— Chicago, 111. — ^Twenty-sixth annual convention and tour- 
nament of the Illinois State Sportsmen's Association. W. B. 
Leffingwell, Sec'y. 
June 3-8.— Utica, N. Y. — Forty-second annual tournament of the 
New York State Association for the Protection of Fish and Gaftic, 
Henry L. Gates, Sec'y. 
June 5-7. — Columbus, O. — Ohio Trapshooters' League tourna- 
ment. J. C. Porterfield, Sec'y. 
June 11. — New York Vicinity. — Interstate Association's Grand 
American Handicap target tournament. Edward Banks, Sec'y. 
Aug. 28-30.— Arnold's Park, Okoboji Lake, la.— Budd-Gilbert 
tournament. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
In the absence of the Editor of this department all commu- 
nications intended for publication should be addressed to the 
Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
Clui secretaries are invited to send their scores for puhlication in 
these columns, also any news notes they may care io have printed. Ties 
on all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. Mail 
allsuch matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad- 
way, New York, 
Trapshooters who have attended the tournaments at Sherbrooke, 
Quebec, will regret to learn that Mr. J. W. McNicol, of the Sher- 
brooke Gun Club, who often acted as cashier, met with a serious 
accident on the 13th inst. while hunting at Little Magog Lake. 
Mr. McNicol and three other members of the club kad each 
started a deer and separated, A couple of hours later his deer 
joined one followed by one of the other men, and the two men 
came together just afterward. Mr. McNicol's companion stumbled 
and one of the hammers of his gun came in contact with a tree 
with sufficient force to break the half-cock and drive the firing 
pin clear through the primer. The heavy ball with which one of 
the shells was loaded passed through Mr. McNicol's ankle, shat- 
tering the small bones, but missing the actual joint and long 
bones. It was an hour and a half before his companion could 
get the rest of the party to the spot and the three-quarter-mile 
journey to the railroad was a painful one. A handcar was for- 
tunately just passing, and freight train and ambulance com- 
pleted the trip. The doctors hope to save the foot, but recovery 
will be long and painful. The accident was one which might 
happen to the most careful hunter, and emphasizes the caution 
necessary for the safety of ourselves and others. 
Mr. James Dupuy, of Ironton_, CJ., whom many of our readers 
met at the Cincinnati shoot, writes pleasantly of seeing the boys 
there: "I notice by the label on my old reliable that it is time to 
pay up. My, oh, my! how time flies. I really can't get along 
without the paper. I am still sick; hardly able to go at all. I 
do love to read of the others who have a good time afield. I 
went to the Cincinnati shoot to meet the boys, and the greeting 
they gave me did me good. By the way, I got a shell of each 
of them— the kind they were shooting then. I intend to frame 
them as mementoes of the shoot. This is grand, glorious weather. 
1 do not hear of any one killing any game. Report says that 
quail are plenty. How I wonld love to try it again, but I am de- 
prived. If you know of any one having secondhand hunting 
books for sale cheap will you let me know?" 
. Piatt Adams, who, although not exactly a resident of New York 
ju-'^t now, still belongs as much to this city as to any other portion 
of the United States, has taken to field shooting and finds that he 
never "fudges" on ruffed grouse. While hunting recently in the 
vicinity of Smithville Flats, N. Y., in companv with G. P. Finni- 
gan of that place, he made his debut as a '"partridge" hunter 
covering himself with glory and his shooting sweater with grouse 
feathers and burrs. Mr. Adams now has had an anti-fudging 
apparatus affixed to the triggers of his gun when target shooting 
and believes that it fills the bill; anyway he shot through the 
whole of Saturday afternoon last at the Crescent Athletic Club's 
^V'"*?, .^^y Ridge, N. Y., shooting better than ever without a 
single nmch. 
The Elliott-Doty match for the Republic cup, which is set for 
Saturday, Dec. 2, at Lyndhurst, N. J., ought to be of more than 
passing interest. Elliott, of course, has been doing some great 
work on hve birds recently, and will naturally be favorite for the 
match. Aaron Doty, however, is an excellent shot, and has made 
sorne big scores on the Lyndhurst grounds on Tom Morfev's fa=t 
birds; he will therefore have a good fighting chance, as "Morfev 
promises_ to provide some especially strong birds for the match 
in question. The match will commence at 1 o'clock. A.n all- 
day hve-bird shoot will be held on the grounds that day in con- 
nection with the match. 
interesting features in the trap world this week 
will be. the Ornaha-Kansas City intercity team race at live birds 
which takes place at Kansas Citv during the latter half of the 
current week. Kansas City managed to lower the colors of the 
Chicago shooters about two years ago, but F. S. Parmelee, colonel 
May the best team win. 
iing 
witnessing a great race. 
Thomas .Reynolds, a clerk at Spiccr-Fanning's, caught a laive 
,partridge on Nineteenth street near Tower,' last Sunday. Mr 
Spicer had the bird caged and taken over to his cottage on the. 
point, wherd, it is said, he will trv to teach it to talk "what he 
Wild waves are sayinf."-Superior (Wis.) Leader. 
