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Being private property, with a summer cottage in the 
midst of the grounds, and held at the regular summer 
rental, the camp site was selected only after a thorough 
search had failed to discover anything else at all suitab 1 
The island, for it is practically such, though nominally 
peninsula of Big Island, is entirely too small for a 
A. C. A. camp. The ground is quite high in the cente . 
very rough and rocky for walking. The tents in mai 
cases were pitched on an incline. Only portions of tl 
shore gave access to the water, and there was but o- 
beach where the canoes cotild be hauled up easily ana 
safely. Though the racing courses cottld be seen from 
the wharf, which was in a convenient and central loca- 
tion, many of the tents liad of necessity no outlook over 
the water, owing to the growth of trees in front. ^ 
leasing the ground, the Association was obliged to giv( 
guarantee that no trees should be cut or injured, 
shown by the sketch, the camp ground was excellent 
its general layout, but it was entirely too small. T' 
main camp and Squaw Point were within easy earsh 
and everything was a Httle too crowded. Had the islr 
been about double the size and had it been possible to tn,.. 
out all underbrush and many of the smaller trees, it would 
have made an excellent camp ground. The wharf was 
conveniently placed, with the camp store, headquarters and 
the mess tent near at hand; the ladies' camp was on a 
pleasant hillside well up over the water, and the men's 
camp would have been all right with a little more room to 
spread. The house was, of course, out of place in the 
midst of a woodland camp, but it was there and could 
not be dispensed with. During July Com. MacKendrick 
and his family occupied it, also living there during the 
meet. The drawing room served for the business meet- 
ings, and the wide piazzas were very pleasant of an after- 
noon, all being welcome when Mrs. MacKendrick dis- 
pensed tea. The neces.'^ity of locating the mess tent im- 
mediately alongside the house was unfortunate, as it made 
the tent very hot by .shutting off the breeze. Of the mess 
itself, run by a caterer from Toronto, it is only neces- 
sary to say that it was better than la,st year, but by no 
means satisfactory in the quality of the food and the 
nature of the cooking. 
In comparison Avith the Thousand Islands, there is 
very little" to be said in favor of Mtiskoka for an A. C. A. 
meet. While the climate niay be superior, the change i.'; 
one that is felt but slightly by those from the coast. 
To a man from Boston or New York, the difference Ln 
sky. water and air on the St. Lawrence and on Muskoka 
is a small matter; both make a change from the salt air 
that is grateful for a time. In the matter of scenery there 
is little to choose, but the broader waters of the St. 
Lawrence, with the shores now wooded and now in open 
meadows, have nothing to fear beside the steeper and 
m.ore densely wooded shores and the narrower waters 
of Muskoka. Either place is good enough for a summer 
outing, probably the best to be found among the summer 
resorts of the East, but in the two important points of 
accessibility from the States and Canada alike and of the 
number and excellence of the camp sites, the advantages 
are entirely on the side of the St. La-wrence. Those who 
hg.\e seen iVluskaka tliis year through the medium of the 
ipeet, will never regret it; b'til where the tune is limiteH tq 
two weeks, one could see the three lakes to far better 
advantage by omitting A. C. A. meet for one year and 
sinply making a thorough tour t)f Muskoka. 
Of the administration this year, it can with justice be 
said that it has been energetic, business-like and sys- 
tematic, and so far as can be seen prior to the annual 
financial reports, the Association has been maiiaged suc- 
cessfully. A great deal of work has fallen upon the 
shoulders of Com. MacKendrick. and for this year at 
least the office has been no sinecure. The various com- 
mittees were made up of good and reliable men. but it 
has so happened that many of them have been able to do 
but little work. The immediate arrangements for the 
camp, preparing for •wdiarf,'tent floors, etc., were in' the' 
hands of Mr. R. Osier Wade, of Toronto, who 
after doing the preliminary work was prevented by' 
a change in his business from attending the meet, 
so that in the absence of all but one of the original 
committee, this work fell upon Cora.. MacKendrick per- 
sonally. His lieutenant and .aid was his nephew,_ once the 
little Mac of the Jessup's N?_ck meet, now a strapping ^^oung 
man. The arrangements in this department were very 
.satisfactory. Those who' ordered in advance found their 
tents ready pitched, with floors and cots, the tents and 
cots being rented. The regatta committee, after the 
many-sided troubles 'of last year, was picked by Com. 
MacKendrick with great care, and was an exceptionally 
good committee, but at the last moment Mr. R. Easton 
Burns was detained at home by business, leaving only 
,Mr. Goodsell and Mr. Ford to manage the thirty races. 
Mr. H. R. Tilley took Mr. Burns' place, and proved a 
i capable and efficient substitute. The committee was 
further strengthened by Messrs. W. J. English and W. C. 
Jupp, as starter and judge, and by Mr. C. F. Wolters, as 
clerk of the course. The judges were both experienced 
and skillful, and in the hands of Mr. Wolters the records 
were kept in perfect form, every event being recorded in 
full in the book immediately on the return of the com- 
mittee from the finish. The regatta work was done en- 
tirely from the shore or from boats and canoes, no launch 
being hired. There were few protests and no general com- 
plaints. The races were bulletined in season and run off 
as nearly to the schedule as the weather permitted. 
The work of the transportation committee, owing to 
various circumstances, was practically done by two mem- 
bers, Mr. D. D. AUerton, of New York, and Rear-Com. 
Hall, of Boston, the local arrangements with the Grand 
Trunk Railroad being made by Com. MacKendrick. It 
is but fair to say here that in addition to his other duties, 
and through Sec'y-Treas. Begg being unfamiliar with this 
work, Com. MacKendrick edited the Year Book, and 
personally secured the very large number of advertise- 
ments which it contains. 
In accordance with the wishes of the executive com- 
mittee, a very simple arrangement was this year adopted 
for the headquarters. A small tent was pitched for the 
Commodore and a double one beside it, with a fly in 
front, for the Secretary-Treasurer, who was in attend- 
ance all the time. In this tent the trophies were dis- 
played and the office and post office were located. On 
the platform in front, beneath the fly, a long table of pine 
boards was built, where pens, ink and paper could be 
found at all times, a great convenience that was duly 
appreciated by men and ladies alike. For those naturally 
th:rsty ones who had accepted 'the hearty invitation of 
the Commodore to leave their bars at home, a big, new 
washtub was filled with official lemonade, a truly tem- 
perance beverage that was free to all. The contracted 
area and the nature of the ground, made in part of de- 
cayed trees, left but few places, for camp-fires. There 
was one in front of headquarters and one in Squaw Point. 
The attendance this year was distributed between the 
Northern, Atlantic, Central and Eastern divisions, the 
Western Division sending but two men, one, of course, 
being Vice-Com. Jupp. The Northern Division was 
naturally well represented, especially from Toronto and 
from summer residents of Muskoka, who took part in the 
races. The A,tlantic Division sent a party of over fifty, 
including a number of ladies, the New York C. C. party 
numqfering about twenty. Among those present were 
Vice-Com. Allen, M. D. Wilt, R. J. Wilkin, P. F. Hogan, 
L. J. Hall. J. J. Armstrong, C. F. Wolters, H. R. Tilley. 
Hugh Neilson, J. N. MacKendrick, C. P. Forbush, J. 
McD. Mowatt, R. B. Burchard. W. P. Stephens, R. J, 
Wicksteed, L. W. Seavey, Paul Butler, R. N. Cutter. 
S. R. Upham, F. C. Moore, H. H. Smythe and C. V. 
Schuyler. Mr. Butler had no canoe, but lived on a 
house-boat with his nephew and nieces, the brother and 
sisters of Mr. Butler Ames. The list of old members 
who were not present would be a very long one — Vaux, 
Whitlock, Gibson, Oliver, the two Wackerhagens, Fred- 
dy Mix, Winne. Barney, Ford Jones, Edwards, Col. 
llarry Rogers and many more who once were the A. 
The following was received during the meet from two 
old members: 
Dawson City, Aug. 10, via Toronto. Aug. 17. — Regret 
being unable to attend. Kindest remembrance to old 
friends. 
Edwin E. French. 
Constance G. French. 
The sailing canoe, so far as the evidence of this meet 
goes, is a thing of the past. There 'vvere in camp eight 
decked sailing canoes, one being a new one. Mr. Arch- 
bald had his famous Mab, and with her was the older 
Mab I.-, sailed by Mr. G. T. McMurrich, a Toronto 
yachtsman, but a novice in canoe sailing. Mr. Moore ' 
had a liew canoe. Pioneer II., a very handsomely built 
boat of Spanish cedar, the work of a local builder on 
Coney Island Creek. She \vas of much the same model 
as the f6ur canoes built for the New York C. C. last year, 
with little fr.eeboard and no sheer at all, but greatly su- 
perior workmanship. The old Az Iz was present, also 
Mr. Sparrow's old Eel, and hidden away in a clump of 
bushes near headquarters, apparently not floated this 
