[July 14^ 1900. 
It seems that the two young men had planned to spend 
part of the day on the New Jersey shore, Longbotham 
going as the other's guest. They^ started from the Yon- 
kers C. C. house at Glen wood at about 10 o'clock, in an 
i8ft. open Canadian canoe, which holds two persons, and 
is considered to be a safe boat, on account of its large 
size. Bissell took his position in the stem seat and 
. handled the paddle. Longbotham sat in the bow seat, and 
used a paddle as directed by Bissell. 
The tide was on the ebb, and a strong southwest wind 
was blowing, which made the surface of the river very 
rough, but they crossed in safety. The tide, had carried 
them down some distance below Alpine, and they desired 
■to land further up. In order to make better progress, it 
seems that Bissell took off his sweater and passed it over 
to Longbotham for him to use as a sail. According to 
the statement of those who witnessed the accident, Long- 
botham adjusted the ends of his paddle inside the sweater 
and held it up in the wind. In doing this he lost his 
balance and leaned too far to one side, overturning the 
canoe, which remained bottomside up. 
Both men got hold of the overturned ' boat and held 
fast for a minute, and then Longbotham lost his hold. 
There was a commotion in the water, as though Bissell 
•was endeavoring to save his chum from drowning. The 
accident happened just below McLean's house, which, is 
the last house south of the Mill Dock, and far enough 
from the shore to be in deep water. The tide was about 
half down, and there was a depth of about 10 or 12ft. of 
water at the point where the upset occurred. 
Frederick Peene and F. M. Berry, of the Palisade. Boat 
Club, were rowing, with two young ladies, close to the 
New Jersey shore, and were about a quarter of a mile 
away when they saw what happened to the canoeists. 
They immediately rowed with all. their strength toward 
the men in the water, but in a little more than a minute 
after the canoe was overturned nothing could be seen of 
either of the canoeists. 
Bissell had been seen to rise to the surface and then 
disappear suddenly, as though drawn down, and the sup- 
position is that in endeavoring to rescue Longbotham 
the latter held fast to his legs. When Peene and Berry 
reached the scene of the drowning, Peene reached out and 
righted the overturned canoe. They picked up the fatal 
sweater, the paddles and other articles, which were float- 
, ing- about, and, after taking the ladies to the shore, they 
went out again in search of the bodies. 
They were joined by two small boys from Mr. Mc- 
Lean's house, who witnessed the accident and had put out 
in a . boat as quickly as possible. The catastrophe trans- 
pired in so brief a space of time that it was impossible to 
fender assistance to the unfortunate young men. 
Joseph Walsh, of 93 Hawthorne avenue, went out next 
day to the place where the accident occurred and began 
grappling for the bodies. At about 11 o'clock his grappling 
irons became fast in some object which jnelded as he drew 
up the line. When near the surface of the water he saw 
that there were two bodies on the line, and It appeared to 
him that the arms of one man were clasped about the 
legs of the other; but before he could get them to the 
boat, the body which was held by the legs slipped away 
and sank again. The other bodv," which was held fast by 
the grapple, proved to be that of Clifford Longbotham. 
Walsh brought the body to Yonkers and informed the 
police, who notified Coroner Schafmeister, and the body 
was given in charge of the Yonkers Undertaking Com- 
pany. 
The bodies were found close to the place where they 
went down. Longbotham's watch was stopped at 11:16. 
Walsh intended returning to grapple for the body of 
Bissell. 
This was the first drowning of a member of the Yon- 
kers C. C. in the history of the club— sixteen years. A 
special meeting of the club has been called, to take action 
in regard to the sad occurrence. 
With Apologies to Canoeists. 
Of course we all bow to the inscrutable wisdom of the 
editor, when it comes to making up the paper, but I have 
been wondering whether he ought not to he asked to 
apologize to the genuine canoeists of the Forest and 
$TREAM for putting the series headed "Down the Raisin'.' 
in their department. It is true mv cruise was made in a 
canoe, but it is also a fact that there was a fishing rod 
concealed inside her, the which, had it been employed 
more effectively, might haA^e landed the Little Pilgrim in 
the. columns of "The Fishing Tourist." 
Jay Beebe. 
A. C A. Membership, 
• Atlantic Division— Geo. I. Eddie, Frederick W. Ches- 
brough, Morgan R. Howe, Engiewood, N. J." 
CANOEING NEWS NOTES. 
A war canoe race was paddled on July 3 at Brockville 
between the crews of the Brockville Rowing Club the 
Y. M. C. A. Athletic Club and the Bohemian Club. The 
Bohemians won after a good race, with the Y. M. C. A 
second. 
I? *S *t 
Several canoe races were on the programme of ■ the 
Canadian Association of Amateur Oarsmen in the twenty- 
first annual regatta at Toronto on July 2. In the tandem 
canoe race, C. McLean, of the Grand Trunk, was first with 
Michael— was first, with the Grand Trunk Boat Club 
second and the No. i Toronto crew third. In the single 
canoe race, C. McLean, of the Grand Trunk, was first with 
R. N. Brown, of Toronto, second, and E. McMichael 
third. In the fours, Toronto No. 3— E. N. Richards R 
A. Brown. J. R. Gay and E. AIcNichol— was first with 
Toronto No. i second, Toronto No. 2 third and Grand 
Trunk fourth. In the war canoe race Toronto No. i beat 
Toronto N. 2. 
Yachting Fixtores, J900. 
Secretaries and members of race committees will confer a favor 
by sending notice of errors or omissions in the following list and 
also of changes which may be made in the futtire. 
JULY. 
11. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. 
12. Newport, ladies' day, Newport, Narragansett Bay. 
12. American, ladies' sail, Newburyport. 
12-13-14. New York, Newport series, Newport, off Brenton's Reef. 
14. Sea Cliff, annual. Glen Cove, Long Island Sound. 
14. Bridgeport, annual, Bridgeport, Long Island Sound. 
14. Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
14. Royal St. Lawrence, 22ft. cruising, 5-rater, 20ftv, 17ft. and 
dinghy classes, Beaurepaire, Lake St. Louis. 
14. Queen City, Tupper cup, 22ft. class, Toronto, Toronto Bay. 
14. Haverhill, fishing trip, Haverhill, Mass. 
14 Penataquit Corinthian, special, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
14. Winthrop, handicap, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 
14. Savin Hill, handicap. Savin Hill, Boston Harbor. 
14. Quannapowitt. 
14. Duxbury, 18ft. class, Duxbury, Mass. 
■14. BeverlV; Monument Beach, Buzzards Bay. 
14. Corinthian, championship, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
14. Seawanhaka Cor., Roosevelt cup. Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
14-15. California, annual cruise, Sacramento River. 
16 and alternate following days, Newport Y. R. A. 70ft. series, 
Newport, off Brenton's Reef. 
16-17-18. Quincy, challenge cup, Quincy, Boston Harbor. 
15. East "Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. 
21. Queen City, World cup, 17ft. special class. Toronto, Toronto 
Bay. 
21. Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
21. Canarsie, open, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
21. Stamford Corinthian, annual, Stamford, Long Island Sound. 
21. Mosquito Fleet, club handicap. City Point, Boston Harbor. 
gl. Norwalk, club, Norwalk, Long Island Sound. 
21. Penataquit Cor., special, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
21. Jamaica Bay, open, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
21. Kingston, club, Kingston, Lake Ontario. 
2L Winthrop, swimming and rowing races, Winthrop, Boston Har- 
bor. 
2L American, club, Newburyport, Mass. 
21. South Boston, handicap, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
21. Columbia, championship, Boston, Boston Harbor. 
21. Duxbury, 18ft. class, Duxbury, Mass. 
21. Quannapowitt, commodore's cup. 
21. Seawanhaka Cor., Center Island cup, Oyster Bay, L. 
T. Sound. 
Hester, cutter, Rear-Com. C. F. L. Robinson, New 
York Y. C, was spoken on July r in lat. 48-2 north, long. 
42-51 west, by the British steamer Lumen, Capt, French, 
from Dunkirk for Philadelphia. The cutter was then 
thirty-five daj^s out from Glasgow, bound for Halifax, and 
both food and fuel were exhausted, the crew having had 
no food for three days. The j'acht reported calms and 
light weather on the voyage. An offer to tow was de- 
clined, but the steamer supplied provisions and fuel. 
Capt. Sycamore, the noted English racing skipper, who 
held the tiUer of Valkyrie III. in the races for the Amer- 
ica Cup in 1895, sailed from Liverpool for New York 
on the Servia on July 7. It is not reported whether he is 
traveling for his health or merely for pleasure. 
As examination of the 8o-footer Rainbow on the rail- 
way at Bristol has disclosed nothing wrong with the hull, 
and her poor performance is laid to the sails, which have 
been badly stretched, presumably from the fact that Capt. 
Parker is unfamiliar with the new crosscut sails. The 
canvas has all been recut and the yacht is once more 
sailing. The quartette will meet in the races off Newport 
this week. 
One of the old Cup defenders, the schooner Madeline. 
John S. Dickerson, the winner of the third match with the 
Countess of Dufferin in 1876, has been sold for service as 
a trader in the West Indies. She is now at Greenport, 
where her centerboard will be removed and a keel sub- 
stituted by her new owners. 
The reported arrival at City Island of the cutter Isolde 
was an error, the other 6s-footer Astrild being mistaken 
for her. Isolde arrived at Halifax, N. S,, on Juljf 2, after 
a passage of thirty-two days from the Clyde. Her racing 
spars arrived before her on the steamer Assyrian. Mr. 
Hoyt met ' her at Halifax and will bring her to New 
York, having sailed from Halifax on July 4. 
_An^ Oregon old-timer says the first "poem" ever "in- 
dited" in that country was by a Yamhill woman. It reads • 
"The Willamette Valley is the prettiest place that ever 
was made. It lies between the coast range and the Cas- 
cade. In the spring of the year, just after the fains, there 
are lots of wild geese and a few blue cranes."—^ i Fran- 
cisco Chronicle. 
Columbia Y. C. Regatta. 
Chicago, III., July 4. — ^The big regatta of the Columbia 
Y. C, of Chicago, was sailed to-day under ideal conditions, 
and proved to be a success fully up to the expectations of 
all, and to the high standard which the announcements 
of the club had set for the event. The weather has been 
hot here for several days, and it was very hot to-day, the 
thermometer going above 96 degrees. The sky was clear, 
however, and the wind was exactly right, not too strong, 
and yet strong enough. The wind was off shore, west- 
southwest, steady, and increasing in stiffness during the 
afternoon. There was at no time sea enough to render it 
risky, and it was just right for the little fellows. At no 
time was there a calm; so it was a sailing match all the 
day through, and not a drifting match, for each and every 
individual of the big fleet that started. 
As stated earlier, there were ninety-six entries for the re- 
gatta. Of these more than sixty started. Several boats failed 
to get here in time, including two or three from up the 
lake, and one which was "becalmed" in the drainage 
canal. This start is the record for the racing of this cit}--, 
and the occasion, although big enough to tax the re- 
sources of the club, was pulled off with such success that 
the organization is to be highly congratulated. That 
there should be some little confusion connected with the 
handling of so great a fleet of boats is a matter of course 
and is of no concern. This regatta was like all regattas 
to some extent,, in that the starting of several classes at 
once is confusing to the lay spectator, who comes to see 
a yacht race and finds no race visible, but only a mass of 
canvas clouding the water. None the less, in spite of the 
heavy entry and the combined starts, there came out two 
or three of the prettiest yachting duels ever seen in this 
harbor, and the -whole day was replete with exciting in- 
cidents. 
The 'Winners. 
' To get at the gist of the news at once, the winners 
were as follows: 
Class I, schooners over soft: Two starters; won by 
Sallie, owned by Savidge brothers, Columbia Y. C, 
Chicago. 
Class 2, schooners under 50ft.: Four starters; won by 
Myrene, owned by Y. J. Hermann, Columbia Y. C, 
Chicago. 
Class 3, racing sloops and cutters over 45ft.: Class 
abandoned; Siren alone, owned by George R. Peare. 
Columbia Y. C, Chicago. 
Class 4, cruising sloops and cutters over 45ft: Two 
starters; probably won by Charlotte R., owned by F. 
N. Price, Columbia Y. C, Chicago. A protest is pend- 
ing against Phantom in this class. Phantom is owned by 
A. B. Schuette, Manitowoc Y. C, Wisconsin. 
Class 5, racing sloops and cutters, 31 to 4Sft.: Four 
starters; won by Prairie, owned by F. A. Tripp, Co- 
lumbia, Y. C, Chicago. 
Class 6, cruising sloops and cutters. 31 to 45ft.: Four 
•starters; won by Peri, owned by Com. F. H. Skinner, 
Columbia Y. C, Chicago. 
Class 7, racing sloops and cutters, 25 to 31ft.: Four 
starters; won by May B., owned by Lewis. Baker & 
Dutton, Columbia Y. C., Chicago. 
Class 7j4f racing sloops and cutters, 22 to 25ft.: Four 
starters; won by Spray, owned by William Avery, Co- 
lumbia Y. C, Chicago. 
Class 8, cruising sloops and cutters 22 to 3itt.: Nine 
starters; won by Vixen; owned by Com. F. D. Porter, 
Columbia Y. C, Chicago. 
Class 9, racing sloops and cutters 22ft, and under: 
Won by Query, owned by George W. Baker, Columbia 
Y. C, Chicago. 
Class 10, cruising sloops and cutters 22ft. and under: 
Nine starters; won by Atlantic, owned by W. H. Reeves. 
Columbia Y. C, Chicago. 
Class II. 20-footers: Three starters; probably won by 
Harriett H., owned by Henry L. Hertz, Columbia Y. C", 
Chicago. Protest is filed by Harriett H., against Bald 
Eagle for fouling her. 
Class 12, 17-footers: Three starters; won by Triton, 
owned by Dunn, Scudder and Gait, Saddle and Cycle Y. 
C, Evanston. 
Class 13, open boats. Naval Reserve; divided into two 
sub classes— 30ft. cutters, first class; 24ft. cutter whate- 
boat and dinghy, second class: Won by the 24ft. cutter 
sailed by Coxswain Erich in the second class. This boat 
won an actual and corrected time. The fourth division 
cutter, sailed by Boatswain's Mate Davies, won in the 
first .class cutters. 
The above announcements pend the action of the 
judges on protests. The win of Myrene in Class 2 was 
a hollov/ thing, because Tartar and Nomad sailed the 
wrong course by mistake. Tartar and Nomad made a 
pretty fight of it for the first two legs of the course and 
made the first turn almost with locked yard arms. 
The Course. 
A]\ starts were made from the Breakwater Gap, and the 
first leg was to the four-mile crib; thence 'to Carter 
Harrison, or Lake View Crib, thence home, the wind- 
ward work being done on the last leg. The judging was 
done by judges posted at the different cribs and by 
patrol judges, the latter making more or less futile 
efforts to get the proper positions to watch the race. The 
long course was that around the Lake A'icAv Crib and 
return. 
The Officers. 
The following was the personnel, etf,i of the ttia'nage- 
nient: 
Official judges: Geo. W. Rodgers, Walter D. Paym;. 
Richard Summers, David B. Carse, E. G. B. Havmon 
Fred Farwell, W. S. Bougher,.Ge0., Martin, D. L. De-la- 
Fontain. 
Official timers: Joseph Ruff and J. B. Ruft. 
Committee of arrangements: F. H. Osborne, Si. Mayer 
W. H. Quinlan, Wm. Corey, A. J. Rohan. 
Press boat, V. C. Seaver's Kid: iudges' boat, J. W 
Broughton's Thetis: dispatch boat, John B. Car.se's 
Gladys. 
The Prizes. 
The prize list was a generous one. Especial interest 
attached to the big cup offered for the little fellows bv 
ex-Com., W. D. Boyce, a very handsome piece of plate 
indeed, standing more than 2ft. high, on a solid ebony 
base. This was much coveted by the 20-footers, and h 
may be imagined that Harriett H. and Bald Eagle 'were 
fighting for blood in their exciting finish. The prize list 
follows below: 
Class Ai: First prize, Walker silver cup, donated bv 
Hiram Walker & Co. 
Class B2: First prize, natural wood finished diiighy 
donated by Truscott. Boat Mfg. Co., St. Joseph. Mich. 
Class A3: One box La Flor de Martinez cigars, do- 
nated by Berriman Brothers, Chicago and New York. 
Class B4: First prize, Atwood silver water service 
donated by F. M. Atwood, Chicago. 
Class A5: First prize, Pabst trophv. donated by Capt 
Fred Pabst, Milwaukee. - 
Class B6: First prize, Mayei" silver .cup, donated- bv 
Mr. Si. Mayer, Chicago. 
Class A7: First prize, Browning, King & Co, silver 
cup, donated by Browning, King & Co,, Chicago. 
Class A7J4: First prize. Hunt cup, donated bv In- 
spector Nicholas Hunt, Chicago. 
Class B8: First prize, one silver-trimmed cut-glass 
cigar jar, donated by Hyman, Berg & Co., Chicago. 
Class^Ag: First prize, mammoth jardinere, donated by 
Robt. E. Young. Chicago. 
Class Bio: First prize, imported German stein, donated 
by Albert Pick & Co., Chicago. 
Special Classes — Twenty-footers: First prize, .th^; Boyce 
cup, donated by W. D. Boyce, Chicago. 
Seventeen-footers: First prize, one "cedar dinghv, nat- 
ural wood finish and brass-trimmed, donated by^ Racine 
Boat Mfg. Co., Chicago, 111., and Racine, Wis. 
Illinois Naval Reserve cutters: First prize. 6ft, Ameri- 
can yacht ensign, donated by the S. McFadden Co. 
New York. 
History of Colombia Y. C. 
The Columbia Y. C. was organized June 5^, 1892. The 
promoters and charter members of the club were Richard 
Summers, Chris. Duggan, Walter D, Payne George 
