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tion to any penalty the owner may be liable to for a 
breach of these regulations, all expenses connected with 
such detention may be recovered from the owner. 
The foregoing regulations shall not apply: 
(n) To any dog under the control of any iiersoii and 
wearing a collar upon which the name and address of the 
owner are legibly inscribed. 
(b) To sheep dogs with a shepherd and in charge of 
sheep. 
(c) To dogs be'ng taken to or from exhibitions, shows 
or other places, if confined in boxes, cages or hampers so 
constructed as to render it impossible for them to bite. 
(d) To packs of hounds while being used for sporting 
purposes or while being exercised under the control of 
servants of the hunt. 
The expression "public place" in these regulations in- 
cludes any street, thoroughfare, public bridge, park, gar- 
den or pleasure ground, uninclosed land or other place 
to which ihe public for the time being has access. 
Dogs which are not three months old are not to be 
seized. . ,,_ 1/ .ilia.! 
nnacmq. 
American Canoe Association^ J 899-1 900. 
Commodore, W. G. MacKendrick, 200 Eastern avenue. Toronto, 
^'Secretary-Treasurer. TTerbert Be(?K, 2* King street. Toronto, Can. 
Librarian, W. P. Stephens, Thirty-second street and avenue A, 
Bayonne, N. J. 
Division Officers. 
ATLANTIC DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., H. C. Allen. Trenton. N. J. 
Rear-Com., Lewis H May, New York. 
Purser, Arthur H. Wood. Trenton, N. J. 
CENTRAL DIVISION. 
Vice-Corn.. John S. WrtRht, Rochester, N. Y. 
Rear-Com.. Jesse J. ArtnstronR, Rome, N. Y. 
Purser, C. Fred Wolters. 14 East Main street, Rochester, N. Y. 
EASTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., Frank A. Smith. Worcester, Masa. 
Rear-Corn.. Louis A. Hall. Boston. Mass. 
Purser, Frederick Coulson. 405 Main street, Worcester. Mass. 
NORTHERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., J. McD. Mowatt Kingston, Ont., Can. 
Rear-Com.. E. C. Woolsey. Ottawa. Ont., Can. 
Purser, J. E. Cunninpham, Kingston. Ont., Can. 
WESTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com.. Wm. C. lupp. Detroit, Mich. 
Rpar-Cnm F R Hiintinirtrin. Milwaukee. Wi«. 
Purser, Fred T. Barcroft, 408 Ferguson Building, Detroit, Mich. 
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Regatta Committee: R. Easton Rums, Kingston, Ont., Can., 
chaiman; Harry Ford, Tornto; D B. Goodsell, Yonkers. N. Y. 
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Meet of 1900. Musknka Lake, Aug. 8-17. 
Official organ. Forest and Stream.. 
Fixtures. 
July. 
14. Toronto, paddling and sailing races. 
2L Toronto, races and hop. 
August 
3-17. A. C. A. meet, Muskoka. 
September. 
1-3. Toronto, club cruise. 
8. Toronto, fall regatta. 
15. Toronto, sailing races. 
The two drowning accidents reported this week are by 
no means all that have come to our notice this spring, 
from canoes and boats. Most of them are clearly trace- 
able to preventable caUF.es, being due to ignorance, reck- 
lessness, lack of knowledge of swimming and faulty boats. 
In the Yonkers accident the canoe was fully capable in 
size, model and build, and one of the party was a canoeist 
and swimmer. The cause seems to be the attempt, pre- 
sumably on the part of a novice, to set a jersey on a 
paddle by way of a sail, and to his fatal grip on his com- 
panion, who tried to save him. In the Toronto case the 
canoe did not capsize, and the probabilities are that the 
canoeist, overexerting himself by a bicycle ride, and pos- 
sibly a hard spurt of paddling, was taken with heart 
failure and fell from the canoe in a helpless condition. 
The danger of canoeing is that of all boating, somewhat 
lessened by the fact that a well-modeled canoe is as 
staunch and able a craft as anything of her size afloat, 
more so than the average rowboat; and. further, that the 
canoeist sits, or should sit, on the floor, the center of 
gravity being consequently much lower than when seated 
on the thwart of a rowboat. One fruitful cause of acci- 
dents is the lack of knowledge of swimming — fatal alike 
to the subject and his companion, who endeavors to save 
him. Unless a person can swim he has no business in a 
small pleasure boat, as his helplessness when in the water 
is usually supplemented by clumsiness and recklessness due 
to ignorance, while still in the boat. A very large pro- 
portion of boat and canoe accidents are due to the attempt 
to pass and change places or to the fool trick of rocking 
tlie boat in order to frighten some one. To move about 
safely in a small boat and to pass by other persons in 
going from end to end. is as much a matter of skill as 
balancing a bicycle or walking a rope; and the results of 
failure are usually much more serious. As to skylarking 
of all kinds in small craft, especially with women aboard, 
it is a criminal performance that is just as deserving of 
severe punishment as the pointing of weapons in joke. 
The overloading of small craft is one common cause of 
disaster, especially in canoes. There are many canoes 
which, though small and of poor model, are safe enough 
" for one skilled canoeist under all common conditions, but 
^yitk n secC(nd passenger crov^ded ipto the &Xti^\l cockpit 
the canoe is loaded beyond a safe limit, and unfit for any- 
thing but absolutely smooth water. When the passenger, 
as is usually the case, is unused to a canoe and unable to 
swim, there is but one result in the event of a little wind 
or a tide rip. 
Our mails at the first of the month, immediately fol- 
lowing the publication of the Canoeing Number, bring us 
a number of cominunications intended for that number, and 
these must either wait for a month or appear in the 
second number of each month. The Forest and Stream 
goes to press on Tuesday, and it is necessary that all 
matter should reach the office by the first mail on Tues- 
day morning, while in the case of long reports and com- 
munications, Monday rnorning is the latest. When 
Wednesday is a holiday, as in the case of Decoration Day 
and the Fourth of July this year, we go to press on Mon- 
day instead of Tuesday. If correspondents will bear this 
in inind all important news will appear in the Canoeing 
Number. 
The Atlantic Division at its annual hieeting on May 28 
elected the following officers: Vice-Com., Henry M. 
Dater, Brooklyn C. C. ; Rear-Com., H. D. Hewitt, 
Lakanoo C. C, Burlington, N. J. ; Purser, Joseph F. East- 
mond, Brooklyn C. C. ; ex-Com. L. W. Seavey, Knicker- 
bocker C. C. ; H. L. Quick, Yonkers C. C, and M. D. 
Wilt, Red Dragon C. C. 
On June 30 Joseph C. Gibson, of Toronto, an accountant 
in the Dominion Bank, was drowned from a canoe in 
Humber Bay, near Toronto. He had hired a canoe for a 
paddle on the lake, and in some way he fell out of the 
canoe about half an hour after he started out without 
capsizing the canoe. He was seen in the water, but sank 
before aid could reach him. The body was recovered by 
grappling, and the doctors who examined it and found no 
water in the lungs, were of the opinion that death was 
due to heart failure, which caused the fall from the 
canoe. Mr. Gibson was thirty-two years old and un- 
married. 
Eastern Division Meet. 
WORCESTER, MASS. — LAKE QUINSIGAMOND. 
June 16, 17, 18. 
The Division meet of the Eastern Division, A. C. A., 
held on Lake Quinsigamond on June 16, 17, 18, was most 
successful in point of attendance and in the number and 
interest of the races. A very good representation was 
present from the entire division, and the interest was by 
no means local. The camp was pitched on Flagg's Point, 
a wooded promontory S.E. of the Tatassit C. C. house, 
opening on Saturday. The first to arrive from a dis- 
tance was Com. MacKendrick, who in spite of his busi- 
ness engagements came down from Toronto for the meet, 
staying until Sunday night. It is needless to say that 
his visit was appreciated by the canoeists of the Eastern 
Division, many of whom had the pleasure of meeting him 
for the first time. Vice-Com. Allen, Atlantic Division, 
was also in camp, with Paul Butler. The total number 
registered during the three days was 115. The prelimin- 
ary arrangements were well carried out by Purser Coul- 
son and other local canoeists, and everything possible was 
done for the comfort of the visitors. Saturday was spent 
in getting settled and in the evening the visitors were 
entertained by an impromptu musical entertainment by 
the amateurs of the Tatassit C. C. The division meeting 
was held on Sunday morning, the following officers be- 
ing elected: Vice-Com., Louis A. Hall, Wawbewawa 
C. C; Rear-Coni.. C. M. Lamprey, Lawrence C. C.; 
Purser, A. F. Kimberly, Lawrence C. C. Executive 
Committee — A. V. Coulson, Lakeside C. C, Worcester; 
F. H. French. Quinniboguin C. C, Dedham; C. F. 
Dodge. Medford C. C. The different clubs and cottagers 
around the lake extended every hospitaUty to the canoe- 
ists; in particular Mr. J. G .Vaudreuil placed his launch 
Gertrude at the service of the visitors and runs were 
made around the lake. In the evening there was a large 
camp-fire, with music. 
The races were set for Monday, the general paddling 
races in the morning and the war canoe race at 2:30, when 
the greatest number of visitors was looked for. The 
Wawbewawa C. C. objected to this on the ground that 
its war canoe crew would be tired after the members had 
taken part in all the other events, as they proposed to do, 
and in no condition to meet a fresh crew. After a discus- 
sion it was decided to begin the programme with the 
war canoe race at 2:30. following with the other races. 
The long programme was run off promotly and success- 
fully, most of the honors going to the Wawbewawa C. C. 
a club that i? notable in the Association as well as the 
Divi ion for the individual training and excellent crew 
work of its racing men. The events were as follows: 
War canoe race, distance one mile straightaway — First, 
Wawbewawa, nf Auburndale; second, Tatassit, of Wor- 
cester; third, Quinniboquin. of Dedham. Time, 6m. 45s. 
Won by three lengths. Wawbewawa — Stroke, John B. 
May: 2, Daniel S. Pratt. Jr.; 3, Daniel A. Johnson; 4, J. 
A. Nolte: 5. G. C. Scales; 6, Edward Lawrence, Jr.; 
7. O. J. West; 8. E. R. Adams; he'msman, L. S. Drake: 
average weip^ht, iSSlbs. Tatassit — Stroke, A. H. Lang; 
2, Everett Wood; 3. E. W. Maynard; 4, Frederick Coul- 
son; .s, J. Perley Kilgore; 6, P. W. Southgate; 7, A. D. 
Windle; 8. Hervev Lainb; helmsman, E. J. Somers: 
average weia-ht. i52lbs. Quinnoboquin — Stroke, H. M. S. 
Aiken ; 2, Edwin Easterbrook ; 3. S. L. Capen ; 4, R. K. 
Rodgers; Ed\'''ard Baker; 6, John Ward; 7, Edgar W. 
Ward; 8. Fred Notman; helmsman, F. H, French; aver- 
age weight, I561bs. 
Single canoe, single blade, distance one-half mile — 
First, F. H. French, Quinniboquin C. C. of Dedham; 
second. F. T. Hovey. Innitou C. C, of Woburn. Time. 
5m. 16 I -5s. Won by ten lengths. 
Club fours, single blade, distance one-half mile — First, 
Wawbewawa. of Auburndale; second, Medford, of Med- 
ford: third. QuinniboQuin, of Dedham. Time, 3m. 481^5, 
Won by 5ft. First Quinniboquin and Lawrence fours 
also started. Wawbewawa — D. S. Pratt. D. A. Johnson, 
J. A. Nolte. Edward Lawrence. Jr. Medford — ^J. B. How- 
ard. W. E. Chick. M. M. Holbrook. Arthur G. Mather. 
T-^wence-rriy, :p;. I^irnberley, W. I-.. Valter, F, A, Weisst 
G M. Littlefield. First Quinniboquin— Fred W. Not- 
man, S. H. Capen, R. K. Rodger, F. H. French. Sec- 
ond Quinniboquin— H. M. Aiken, Edgar W. Ward, Ed- 
ward S. Baker, Edwin Easterbrook. 
Tandems, single blade, distance one-half tnile— First, 
First Wawbewawa, of Auburndale; second, Innitou, of 
Woburn; third. Second Wawbewawa, of Auburndale. 
Time, 4m. 12 i-5s. Won by ift. Lawrence and Quinni- 
boquin also competed. First Wawbewawa — D. S. Pratt 
and D. S. Johnson. Innitou— H. V. Dimick and F. W. 
Fowle. Second Wawbewawa— A. A. Brown and N. C. 
Billings. Lawrence— L. D. Sherman and H. P. Poore. 
Quinniboquin— Fred W. Notman and S. H. Capen. 
Club fours, double blade, distance one-half mile— First, 
Wawbewawa, of Auburndale; second, Medford-Innitou 
combination. Time, 3m. 40s. Won easily. Wawbewawa 
— L. S. Drake, J. B. May, D. S. Pratt, E. R. Adams. 
Combination crew— W. E. Chick and M. M. Holbrook. 
of the Medfords; H. V. Dimick and F. W. Fowle, of 
the Innitous. 
Standing paddling, distance about one-sixth mde— 
First, F. H. French, Yuinniboquin; second, J. B. May, 
Wawbewawa; third, F. H. Hovey, Innitou. Time, 2m. 
los. Won by a length. 
Tandem, double blade, distance about one-sixth mile — 
First, First Wawbewawa; second, Innitou. Time, im. 
los. Won easily. Second Wawbewawa also started. 
First Wawbewawa— E. R. Adams and J. B. May. Inni- 
tou — H. V. Dimick and F. W. Fowle. Second Wawbe- 
wawa — W. C. Billings and A. A. Brown. 
Single canoe, double paddle, distance about one-sixth 
mile— First, E. R. Adams, Wawbewawa; second, J. W. 
Worthington, Quinniboquin. Time, im. 38s. Won easily. 
Relay race, distance one-half mile, three relays — First, 
Wawbewawa; second, Innitou; third, Quinniboquin. 
Time, 6m. 28s. Won by half canoe length. Wawbewawa 
— E. R. Adams, John B. May, L. S. Drake. Innitou — 
Fred T. Hovey, F. W. Fowle, H. V. Dimick. Quinni- 
boquin— Fred W. Notman, H. M. S. Aiken. F. H. 
French. * 
Man overboard, distance one-sixth mile — First, Quin- 
niboquin: second, Wawbev/awa. Time, 2m. 2 1-5S. Won 
easily. Quinniboquin — E. S. Baker and F. H. French. 
Wawbewawa — J. B. May and L. S. Drake. 
In an exhibition of upsetting h s canoe, E. R. Adams 
tumbled out, turned the canoe around a full turn and 
clambered in again in four seconds. 
Silver cups were presented as individual prizes.. A sil- 
ver shield was given as a crew prize. 
The officials of the regatta were: Referee, Howard 
Frost; clerk of the course and starter, A. V. Coulson; 
judges and timers, Walter W. Crosby, of Innitous; Fran- 
cis J. Burrage, of Wawbewawas; Allen W. McAdams, of 
Newton B. C. 
The division regatta committee, having general charge 
of the races, w^ere: A. V. Coulson, Lakeside B. C. ; A. H. 
Lange, Tatassit C. C; J. R. Gilfillan, Wish-ton-Wish 
C. C, of Northampton. Among those present were: 
W. G. MacKendrick, of Toronto, Ont., commodore of 
the" American Canoe Association; H. C. Allen, Trenton, 
N. J., vice commodore of the Atlantic Division; Paul 
Butler and Col. Butler Ames, Vesper B. C, of Lowell; 
Louis A. Hall, Louis Drake, Francis J. Burrage, Clif- 
ford Kimball, Edward Lawrence. Jr.; Daniel S. Pratt, 
Jr.; George C. Scales, John B. May, Daniel A. Johnson, 
Oscar J. Wert, Ernest R. Adams, Walter C. Billings, 
Arthur A. Browne, William V. Forsarsh, Wawbewawa 
C. C, of .A-uburndale; Frederick Coulson, A. H. Lange, 
Stephen Sawyer, Jr.; R. C. Cleveland, P. W. Southgate, 
J. P. Kilgore, Dr. C. A. Lakin, James Thompson, How- 
ard Frost, George A. Goddard, P. H. Hammond, E. W. 
Maynard, A. F. Pritchard, John E. Bradley. George E. 
Ryan, George W. Eddy, Arthur O. Knight, Everett 
Wood and A. D. Windle, Tatassit C. C, of Worcester; 
Leonard W. Gates, H. H. Ames, A. V. Coulson. W. G. 
Whiting, F. W. King. I. H. Verry, John E. Washburn, 
Frank S. Pierce, W. H. Fuller, G. W. Caldwell, George 
Clark, B. H. Robbins. A. C. Mirick, George N. Hall, 
James C. Mellor, J. Clarence Headman, F. H. Allen,. 
Lakeside B. C, of Worcester; M. M. Holbrook. A. W. 
Dodge, Roger D. Mansfield. John B. Howard, Walter 
E. Chick, Arthur G. ]\iartha. Medford C. C, of Med- 
ford; Charles M. Howe, Edward T. Brigham, F. H. Saw- 
yer, F. W. Cramphorn, Fred T. Hovey, -W. W. Crbsby,- 
H. B. Dimick, W. K. Fowle, G. W. Buchanan W. M. 
Robinson, Edward F. Wyer, C. C. Buchanan, Edwin S. 
Knowlton, Innitou C. C. of Woburn; A. M. McAdams 
and George S. Brazer. Newton B. C, of Riverside- Ste- 
phen W. Dimick and Charles F. Dodge, Puritan C. C , of 
South Boston; Charies M. Lamprey, A. E. Kimberly, 
W. L. Votter, F. A. Weiss, G. W. Littlefield. H. P. 
Poor, L p. Sherman, Lawrence C. C, of Lawrence; 
Frederick H. French, Henry M. S. Aiken, John Ward, 
Edgar Ward, Fred W. Notman, Robert K. Rogers Sam- 
uel H. Capen, Jr.; John W. Worthington, Edward S. 
Baker. Edwin ^. Easterbrook, Quinniboquin C. C. of 
Dedham; t-. xjr. Smith. H. E. Lamb, George M. Donald- 
son Jr.; O. G. Nutting, George W. Freeman. Arthur E. 
Richardson. Waeuntug C. C, of Worcester; R. N. Cutter, 
Shuh-shuh-gah C. C, of Winchester; Edwin S. Knowlton 
and F. A. Fowle^ Innitou C. C, of Woburn. F. A. Sears, 
of Worcester; C. P. Newhall. of Worcester, and H. G. 
Chamberlain, of Chelsea, unattached. 
A Fatal Canoe Accident. 
On June 24 a fatal accident occurred on the Hudson 
River by which two young men, one of them a member 
of the Yonkers C. C, lost their lives. The following ac- 
count IS from the Statesman, of Yonkers. 
Harry P. Bissell and Clifford Longbotham were book- 
keepers m the Citizens' National Bank of Yonkers. and 
.hey had long been chums. Bissell was about twenty-four 
years of age, and the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry 
Bissell. of North Broadway. Longbotham was the only 
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Longbotham, of 285 War- 
burton avenue, and was about nineteen years old. 
Bissell, who had been a member of the Yonkers C. C. 
/or about a year, was a good oarsman and a splendid 
swimmer, having several times displayed his abilitv to 
swim across the Hudson : but Longbotham was mt fat^i- 
W^r with c^i^oes a^i4 Qoulc^ not siwm. 
