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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[SEi"r. I, 1900. 
THE TAKU FORT— SEEN FROM THE CAMP. 
Event No. 11— Atlantic Division Cup.— Aug. 16. Wind W. by 
S.t moderate; start 3:48:05. 
1st Round. 2d Round. Finish. Elapsed. 
Pioneer II 4 10 05 4 29 20 4 48 05 1 Ob 00 
Az Iz 4 12 35 4 30 55 4 48 45 1 00 40 
Chance 4 12 30 4 31 20 4 51 10 
Vana Broke rudder — withdrew. 
Event No. 12— Central Division Cup.— Canceled ; no entries. 
Event No. 13— Eastern Division Cup.— Canceled; no entries. 
Event No. 14— Northern Division Cup— Canceled; no entries. 
Event No. 15— Paddling Trophy.— Aug. 15. Wind S.W. by W., 
light; water smooth; start 11:42. . , -r-i j 
^ Finish. Elapsed. 
R. R. Woods , 11 50 57 0 08 57 
' E T Minett 11 51 16 0 09 16 
' T HcD Mo watt 11 51 28 0 09 28 
; -E. McNichol 115145 0 09 45 
F. C. Bloorafield..,. 11 52 05 0 10 Oo 
, M. D. Wih ^'Xi^l^'J'''^^'^- 
^ D. McNichol Withdrew. 
H. C. Allen Withdrew. 
Event No. 16— Novice, Single Blade.— Aug. 13. Wind light; 
water smooth; start 3:42. -r-. ■ , -n., „a 
Finish. Elapsed. 
, p T Svms 3 46 511-5 0 04 51 1-5 
; g: W. McTaggart ... 3 46 59 0 04 59 
^ J Simpson Disqualified tor louling. 
Event No. 17— Open Canoe, Single Blades.— Aug. 15. Start 
2:33:35. 
Elapsed. 
0 04 10 1 
0 04 13 2 
3 
■ 4 
5 
6 
.... 7 
8 
Finish. 
E. T. Minett 2 37 45 
R. ±). Woods 2 37 48 
A. McNichol 
T. Henry 
F. C. Bloomfield 
R. N. Brown 
E. McNichol 
J. J. Vaughan 
Event No. 18— Open Tandem.— Aug. 14; start 10:00 
F. C. Bloomfield and Minett ,,..0 03 48 1-5 
R. Woods and T. Henrv 
E. McNichol and A. McNichol 
E. R. McNeil and W. R. Percival 
A. L. Lynch and L. Turcotte. 
R. N. Brown and George Dill 
Event No. 19— Decked or Open Canoes; Single, w-ith Double 
Blades.— Wind light; water smooth. Aug. 13; start 3:00. 
E. T. Minett, disqualified --X ax no "° 1 
H. C. Allen 0 04 02 1 
E. McNichol , i 
T. McD. Mowatt " ..c.:..., ^ 
F. C. Bloomfield • * 
M. D. Wilt... Ar:i,'y 
A. McNichol ; ■ V V ■ • V • • • • u ••Withdrew. 
E. J, Minett was disqualified for fouling buoy at turn. 
Event No. 20— Rescue Race.— Aug. 13; start 5:00. 
S. A. Minett and E. T. Minett Disqualified. 
E. McNichol and A. McNichol i 
A. L. Lynch and D. Pratt...... • ^ 
E. R. McNeil and W. R. Percival ,d 
R. D. Woods and T. Plenry ■„•,•,••• •■ 
Minett brothers disqualified for failing to fill canoe on capsize, 
as per racing instructions. 
Event No. 21-rours.— Aug. 13; start 3:30. 
P:. R. Neil. W. R. Percival, L. Turcotte D J. Lynch 1 
n. Tacks, D. Pratt, J. J. Vaughan, R. Woods... 2 
G. E. Dill, E. McNichol, A. McNichol, R. N. Brown 3 
Event No. 22— Tail-End Race.— Aug. 15; start 11:30. 
E. McNichol • • • i 
T. Henry i 
A. McNichol ^ 
F. C. Bloomfield * 
G. W. McTaggart % 
W. R. Percival - • 2 
Geo. H. Dill ' — i 
R. D. Woods , 
Event No. 25— Hurry-Scurry.— Aug. ,15; start 5:30. 
A. L, Lynch 1 
E. McNichol i 
D. Pratt ^- •• ^ 
W. R. Percival 4 
F. C. Bloomfield f 
A. McNichol ' S 
M. D. Wilt •" I 
J. W. Sparrow ° 
Event No. 26— Tournament.— Aug. 16, 6 P. M. 
E. McNichol and R. N. Brown 1 
M. D. Wilt and D. Pratt, Jr 2 
H. C. Allen and A. McNichol 3 
E. Minett and T. Henry ; f 
N. A. Powell and J. McD. Mowatt 5 
G. W. McTaggart and F. C. Moore 6 
Event No. 27— War Canoe Trophy.— Aug. 14; start 5:30; wind 
S.W., strong with sea; course almost to windward. 
Toronto C. C— R. N. Brown (stroke), A. McNichol, E. 
A. Blackball. George Dill, D. Cuff, T. Simpson, H. Jacks, 
J. J Vaughan, R. Woods, H. Dillmuth, W. R. Percival, L. 
Turcotte, E. McNichol (coxswain) 0 07 54 
Park Island C. A.— F. C. Bloomfield (stroke), E. T. Minette, 
D. Pratt, Geo. W. McTaggart, T. Henry, W. W. Crosby, 
R. R. Woods, Wm. Alexander, E. R. McNeil, A. L. Lynch 
H. C. Allen, Wm. S. Garter, W. J. English (coxswain) ... .0 07 59 
Event No. 28— Tug-of-War, War Canoes.— No entries. 
Event No. 29— Division Race, War Canoes.— No entries. 
Event No. 30— War Canoes, Picked Crews.— Aug. 13; start 4:30. 
Wind very light; water smooth. 
A. C. A. Crew— R. N. Brown (stroke), Geo. Dill, A. Mc- 
Nichol, J. J. Vaughan, D. Pratt, A. Cuflf, H. Tackes, F. 
Simpson, J. McD. Mowatt, E. R. McNeil, A. L. Lynch, 
\\'. R. Percival, L. Turcotte, P. J. Syms, E. McNichol 
(coxswain) 06 06 4-5 
Muskoka Lakes Association Crew.— T. Henry (stroke), B. 
Minett, A. G. Bell, S. McK. Brown, J. D. Dunn, G. 
Monteith, M. Henry, A. Minett, J. McCulloch. V. 
Robinson, W. A. Smith. P. S. Blackford, W. Woods, E. 
Minett, J. D. Murrich (coxswain).^. 
Extra Race— Ladies' Hand Paddling.— Aug, l6j start 11:00, 
Miss Jessie Ames................. 1 
Miss S. H. Ames 2 
Miss Bertha Allen 3 
- Miss Powell 4 
Mrs. H. C. Allen 5 
Mrs. M. D. Wilt 6 
Special Event— Oufl wale Paddling.— Aug. 16; start 6:30. 
E. McNichol f;. 1 
A. McNichol ..... ...n .... . ... 2 
G. VV. McTaggart r..i»v..r.-t. 1... . 3 
R. N. Brown 4 
Port Carling Cup — Paddling. — Aug. 16; start 4:00. 
E. R. McNeil, W. R. Percival, L. Turcotte, A. J. Lvnch....... 1 
R. Woods, R. N. Brown, T. Henry, E. McNichol 2 
Geo. Dill, A. McNichol, J. J. Vaughan, E. H. Blackball 3 
As will be seen from the above list, the entries were 
almost all for the paddling events, and in open canoes 
without names, the day having gone by when a canoeist 
was known as a mark of fame by the name of his canoe. 
The races began on Monday, Aug. 13, and continued 
until Thursday night. There were no outside spectators, 
the camp throughout being remarkably free from visitors, 
only an occasional party in a launch or sailing boat stop- 
ping for a time. The record races fell through entirely, 
only two men competing, and only one of these finishing 
in two of the three races. The trial race, Event No. 4, 
was dropped for lack of the requisite ten entries, as there 
were but six qanoes entered for the sailing trophy. This, 
the great race of the meet, was practically a duel between 
Messrs. Archbald, who has held the cup in 1894, 96, 97 
and 99, and Moore, of New York. The race was sailed 
in a moderate and rather puify breeze, with clear weather 
and smooth water, the second leg of the course being 
free and the first and third reaching, Mab II. took the 
lead at the start, but Pioneer II. made a good race over 
the first round, being but 35 seconds astern. They sailed 
very evenly on the first and second legs of the second 
round, Pioneer catchting Mab at the second mark; but 
here Mr. Moore's slide broke and dropped him many 
fathoms deep into the drink. He came up and righted his 
canoe, but she rolled over the other way; then he re- 
gained his slide, floating at a little distance, and again 
mounted the canoe and tried to ship it, this time split- 
ting it into two separate pieces. After his withdrawal, it 
was only a sail-over for Mab. The other sailing races 
were uninteresting — ^the novice sailing and the cruising 
classes had no entries ahd the Dolphin trophy and the 
Atlantic Division races were very tame, the other three 
division races failing entirely. 
The paddling trophy race was well contested, and in 
good water, the course being straightaway. Unfortu- 
nately the boats were thrown together near the start by 
the lack of room between two islands, and several fouled 
and either spoiled their chances or withdrew entirely. 
Mr. Minett led for over half of the course, but was finally 
passed by Mr. Woods, who sat in his canoe and paddled 
a very short, quick stroke, which he held from start to 
finish. It was not a graceful or apparently an effective 
stroke compared with the long steady swing sometimes 
seen, but being sustained steadily it drove the boat to the 
front in the last quarter. 
The paddling race for decked or open canoes with 
single or double blades resulted in the disqualification 
of Mr. Minett for fouling the mooring line of the buoy 
at the turn with his paddle, and thus swinging the canoe 
around quickly, In the Rescue race he was also dis- 
qualified for tossing his canoe over q[uickly without fill- 
ing her with water and then emptying her, as the in- 
structions demanded. Several war canoe races were 
schediiled, the principal one being for the permanent 
war canoe trophy presented this year by Messrs. Mc- 
Caskill, Dougal & Co., of Montreal. This is a large 
panel of polished oak bearing a copper shield very 
handsomelj' etched, the central portion bearing a photo- 
etching of a war canoe at speed. It is the work of Mr. 
R. Hemsley, also of Montreal. The Toronto C. C. made 
up a club crew, and Vice-Corn. Allen undertook to make 
up a second crew from such paddlers, regardless of divi- 
sions, as were in camp. The result was that two men 
from the T. C. C. fifteen had to go with the eleven 
men, all that could be mustered for the other crew, thus 
making two crews of thirteen men each. The course was 
a mile straightaway, and as it happened, to windward in 
a fresh breeze and a lively sea, the boats being in pretty 
rough water at times. The T. C. C. crew won, after 
a well-contested race. 
During the first part of the meet the members made 
excursions about the lakes. One day a number went over 
to the Muskoka Lakes Association at Beaumaris, where 
the two war canoes with scrub crews paddled a race. 
The principal entertainment of the meet was the storming 
of the Taku forts, of course under the management of 
Mr. Seavey. The whole affair was entirely impromptu. 
While about the camp, with nothing to occupy his time, 
Mr. Seavey noticed the small, rocky island about a hun- 
dred yards from the point, and made plans to utilize it 
for the benefit of the camp. Sufficient funds were raised 
by a public subscription to purchase a supply of boards 
and joists and to send to Toronto for rockets, Roman 
candles, red fire, etc. With the aid of some volunteers, in 
particular Mr. R. J. Wicksteed, of Ottawa, one of the 
old A. C. A. men, a high fence was built, in the outline of 
a fort, surraiounted with a very celestial pagoda. A few 
dry colors were procured and with but one old paint 
brush and some rags and sponges, the amateur artists 
set to work under Mr. Seavey's instruction, and by literal 
daubing turned the " structure into a very fair imitation 
10 53 45 
10 53 50 
Event No. 23-Relay Race.-Aug. 16; start 10:37:49 
1st Mark, 2d Mark. Finish. 
E. McNichol 10 42 40 
R. N. Brown......... 10 49 30 
A. McNichol........ 
R. Woods 10 42 30 
T. T. Vauehan 10 49 20 
\\ Henry 
R. J. Minett .If) 48 42 
r. C. Bloomfield „-.„..,,. 10 49 10 „„ ^ 
D. Pratt 10 53 58 
Event No. 24— Ladies' Tandem.— No entries. By request a 
tandem race for tandem canoes, roile straightaway, open, single 
blades was sailed, 
A. McNichol and Miss .Mien. ..v, %,',>.,.>,. .,i...O 02 01 1-5 1 
£. McNichol and Miss FowelI<..i<><.>>f'ti....... . .> 2 
3)1. D. Wilt 'ifji, Wilt-.x ...,.<...,.... -. ,, ^ 
•^JIJE STORMING OF THE TAKU ¥QTLJ% 
