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of a stone fort. The natural color of the wood was left 
in places, and by the use of black, red and yellow, the 
fort at a distance of 20yds. would pass for a very 
good piece of scene painting. The pagoda was decorated 
by several rows of Chinese lanterns around the different 
roofs. The part of Li Hung Chang was taken by Mr. 
Seavey himself, with various Boxers to support him in 
the defense of the fort. The allied fleet, of war canoes 
and other craft, was headed by the British war canoe, un- 
der command of Admiral Wicksteed, the American in 
command of Admiral Wilkin, the Japanese under Ad- 
miral AUerton, while the German navy was under the 
personal command of His Imperial Highness, William 
n., impersonated, without permission, by W. F. Gouin- 
lock, of the* Toronto C. C. What, with torpedo boats, 
sampans, junks, dispatch boats and other small craft, a 
very formidable fleet was mustered in the bay at sunset. 
Owing to a lack of harmony among the allies, it was 
nearly 9 o'clock before the fleet advanced, the band, a 
cornet on the shore, proudly pealing "God Save the 
Queen." The American navy was greeted with "Star 
Spangled Banner" and "Yankee Doodle," while William 
II. led his warships into action to the stirring and ap- 
propriate national anthem, "Ach Du Lieber Augustine." 
The iiring began from the fort, and was returned with 
spirit by the fleet. One rocket from a warship struck 
squarely in the center of the fort, in close proximity to 
the fleet of Li Hung Chang. The battle lasted for about 
half an hour, making a beautiful spectacle, the many 
rockets crossing nnder the dark skies. In the end the 
forts were fired, but being built of wet lumber, they 
burned slowly, and long after midnight they were smol- 
dering, though only a pile of ashes remained in the 
morning. The photo was taken by leaving a plate per- 
manently exposed in the camera during the entire en- 
gagement. The affair passed off most pleasantly, the only 
drawback being the presence in camp through the rest of 
the night of a large horde of Boxers, who in language 
and manners quite sustained the reputation given to them 
by the newspapers. The efforts of the Commodore suc- 
ceeded in driving them to their tents at last, but even 
then it was nearly sunrise before the camp was quiet. 
The subject of rowdjdsm in camp came up again this 
year in more public form than usual, and in spite of the 
earnest efforts of the executive to secure a reasonable 
amount of quiet, decency and order in camp. After the 
disgraceful lack of discipline last year, a number of mem- 
bers who are not teetotalers or more than ordinarily 
rigid in their ideas, were of the opinion that some change 
was necessary if thd camps were to be kept up. In view 
of this feeling, quite generally expressed by old mem- 
bers, and of his own ideas on the subject. Com. Mac- 
Kendrick has for the past year used his personal in- 
fluence to induce men to come to camp without the 
private and club bars, and to assist him in restraining 
the few turbulent ones who are certain to turn up at any 
large gathering. The result was not specially gratifying, 
as the vaudeville performances began on one of the first 
nights in camp by the singing of an obscene song to an 
audience, including some of the officers and more 
prominent members, who accepted it without rebuke. 
With this beginning, the noise and disorder increased 
to such a point within the first few days that Com.. Mac- 
Kendrick called a meeting of the executive committee and 
tendered his resignation of the oifice. This was not 
accepted, and promises wfere made that every aid would 
be given him in maintaining his authority and suppressing 
the growing disorder. This year, as in the Hay Island 
camp of last year, the ladies' camp was so close to the 
main camp that the singing and foul language about the 
camp-fires late at night could be plainly heard — in fact, the 
sort of noise which has characterized many A. C. A. 
camps between taps and sunrise can be heard only too 
plainly for upward of a mile on a still summer night in a 
clear atmosphere. 
After this trouble was settled for the time, there came 
to camp a member of one of the largest canoe clubs, a 
man who had not been to the meets before, and in spite 
of the presence of ladies about the island by day and of 
the neighborhood of the ladies' camp at night, had his 
own ideas as to the amount and kind of both language 
and liquor which were appropriate to a gathering of 
gentlemen sportsmen. After two nights, a second meet- 
ing of the executive committee was called and the offender 
was invited to leave camp, which he did, one of his fellow 
club members, though not directly censured by the com- 
mittee, accompanying him. Prior to this, however, the 
noisy all-night revels of this party disturbed a camper, a 
tnerabcr of tjie Toronto C. Ci who und^rtooH to f^rgue 
with the party, and met with some pretty striking 
language. He left camp next day and returned to 
Toronto, taking up the matter in the paper with which 
he is connected. This article aroused a great deal of 
feeling among the members, and resulted in several letters 
to the various Toronto papers. 
The earnest efforts of the Commodore and some others 
to maintain order in camp have met with a very dis- 
couraging reception from the men at large, even though 
they do not partake in or approve of the disorder. In 
almost every case a few words at the outset from any of 
the officers or the older men would stop matters before 
they were fairly under way, but most men will at least 
hang around the crowd to see what is going to happen. 
We remember well the quiet, gentlemanly and decided 
way in which at a very pleasant camp-fire at the meet 
of 1889 at Stave Island, Mr. D'Arcy Scott, of Ottawa, 
then quite a young man, requested a .gentleman to stop 
a song he had just begun. The evening had passed up 
to that time with music by mandolins and banjoes, and 
the singing of "Alouette" and the regular camp songs, 
but one then popular member had come to camp with a 
private repertoire of his own, A very few words at the 
right time settled the matter for that evening at least. 
Offenders in these cases are of three kinds. First, the 
common hoodlum, who shows just what he is by day, as 
well as by night ; fortunately such are quite rare, as 
there is little in canoeing to attract them, and they are 
usually so bad that there is no trouble in expelling them. 
Second, the younger men who are not particularly bad 
in themselves, but who think there is something smart in 
playing the "bad man," so far as liquor and bad language 
will let them. They are generally as easily influenced 
for good as for evil, and if kept within bounds by the 
example of the older men and the officers, and a judicious 
word now and then, they make little trouble. The third 
class is composed of men of good social and business 
standing at home, prominent in social and other clubs, 
sometimes active canoeists. For fifty weeks of the year 
they masquerade as gentlemen, but they come to the meet 
for a couple of weeks of relaxation, with a trunk full 
of bottles and a mind well stored with choice songs and 
stories. It is this class which makes the trouble in 
camp. Secure in their recognized position, these men can 
laugh at the efforts of a few of the officers to discipline 
them. In fact it has even at times happened that th^y 
controlled the executive committee. To oppose them at 
all requires a great deal of nerve and moral courage on 
the part of the Commodore, and to oppose them success- 
fully a great deal of tact is also necessary, as they are 
clever and apt to secure the sympathy of a great many. 
Even in the present case, there were quite a number of 
men who professed to be in favor of a clean and decent 
camp, and yet thought that it was very hard that a man 
should be expelled from the camp for merely being pub- 
licly drunk and offensively and foully noisy. The popular 
idea seems to be that the unquestioned harm to the 
Association, the direct insults to the officers and to the 
ladies in camp, and the annoyance to the men who wish 
to sleep at least between midnight and 7 A. M., and who 
object to a . continual flow of foul and senseless noise, all 
count as nothing if the offender is known as a "good 
fellow." 
This year the division meetings were held within the 
divisions, except the Northern, which met on Aug. 14 
and elected the following officers: Vice-Com., G. A. 
Howell, Toronto; Rear-Com., R. Ea'ston Burns, Kings- 
ton; Purser, Norman Brown, Toronto. Committee — ■ 
Walter English, Peterborough; E. D. McNeill, Britannia 
Bay. 
The question of the meet of igor proved quite a serious 
one. At the meet of last year the prospects were dis- 
cussed, as is usual, and it was decided that as the North- 
ern Division was willing to take the present meet out of 
its turn, the meet of 1901 might be open to the new 
Western Division should it prove willing and able to take 
it. The matter came up again at the annual meeting of 
last November, most of the memlDers being favorable to a 
meet in the West, provided the conditions were favorable. 
This year the Western Division sent but two members to 
the meet, and there was no indication that it would be 
able to manage a general meet next year. This being 
the case, it was the" turn of the Northern Division, accord- 
ing to the regular rotation. The other divisions were not 
particularly anxious for the meet, the Eastern having in 
view a possible salt-water meet in a year or two, but not 
being ready for it now. The Northern Division agreed 
to take the coming meet, and nominated Mr. H. R, 
Till^yi of the Toronto C, C, fof Commodore, hut Mf, 
Tilley, who was in camp, declined to serve for private 
reasons. The meeting for the election of officers was 
held on Aug. 14 and adjourned to the following day. 
As Mr. Tilley then declined the nomination, Mr. C. E. 
Britton, pf Gananoque, was nominated, and notified by 
by telegraph. A final meeting was held on Aug, 23, and 
Mr. Britton having accepted, was unanimously elected. 
The election of Secretary-Treasurer was left open until 
the Commodore-elect could be consulted as to an asso- 
ciate officer from the same locality. It was the unanimous 
opinion that the next meet should be held on the St. 
Lawrence in the immediate vicinity of Gananoque and 
Clayton. A number of points in connection with the 
administration of the Association were discussjed at the 
meetings, and a special committee was appointed to pre- 
sent a uniform system of accounts for the Association in 
all years and for the divisions. The executive commit- 
»tee will meet again in October or November at the call 
of Com.-elect Britton, and probably in Kingston or 
Gananoque, so that it can inspect such sites as are pro- 
posed for the next camp. 
The prizes were presented on the evening of Aug. 23 
in the mess tent, the regular prizes being shields of gold 
and silver mounted on polished oak, the design of Mr. 
J. D, Kelly, of the Toronto C. C. Special votes of 
thanks were passed to Mr. Cockburn and Mrs. Eaton for 
prizes donated and to the donors of the war canoe trophy, 
also to Mr. Seavey for his labors in amusing the camp. 
The photos were taken by D. J. Howell, 5 King street, 
west, Toronto, who has a large number of views of this 
.and previous meets. 
Yachting Fixtares, J 900. 
SEPTEMBER. 
1. Quincy, open and club handicap, (Juincy, Boston Harbor. 
L Mosquito fleet, club handicap, City I'oint, Boston Harbor. 
1. Indian Harbor, iall regatu, Greenwich, Long Island Sotyid. 
1. Hartford, special. 
1. Larchraont, special classes, Larchmont, Long Island Sound, 
1. Hudson KiVer, fall cruise. New Vork, Hudson Kiver. 
1. Hull-Massachusetts, club, Boston Harbor. 
1, yueen City, cruising race, Toronto, Lake Ontario. 
L Heverly, open. Monument Beach, Buzzards Bay. 
1. Winthrop, handicap, Winthrop, iioston Harbor. 
1. American, club, Newburyport. 
1. South Boston, sailing dinghies. City Point, Boston Harbor. 
1-2-3, Columbia, cruise to Marblehead, Boston, Massachusetts Bay. 
1-2-3. Squantum, cruise. 
1-2-3. Corinthian of Marblehead, cruise. 
1. Seawanhaka Corinthian, Center Island cup. Oyster Bay, Long 
Island Sound. 
2. Haverhill, race and chowder, Haverhill, Mass. 
3. Atlantic, 36ft. and smaller classes. Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
3. Larchmont. fall regatta. Larchmont, Long Island Sound, 
3. Quincy, handicap, Quincy. Boston Harbor. 
3. Nahant, dory class, Nahant, Massachusetts Bay. 
3. Sachem's Head, annual. Sachem's Head, Conn.; L. I. Sound. 
3. Norwalk, annual. Long Island Sound. 
3. Canarsie, ladies' race, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
3. Newport, club, Newport, Narragansett Bay. 
3. Norwalk, annual Norwalk, Long Island Sound. ' 
3. Taunton, club, Taunton, Mass. 
3. Penataquit Corinthian, fall race. Bay Shore, Great Sotltll Bay. 
3. Jamaica Bay, club, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
3. Corinthian (Phiia.), club, Essington, Delaware River. 
3. Portsmouth, club, Portsmouth, N. H. 
3. Winthrop, swimming and rowing, Winthrop, Boston Harbor. 
3. Lynn, open, Nahant, Massachusetts Bay. 
3. Beverly, open. Monument Beach, Buzzards Bay. 
3. Ouannapowitt, yacht and canoe races. 
4. Quincy, club, Quincy, Boston Harbor. 
7. Hull-Massachusetts, club, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
8. Hull-Massachusetts, invitation race, Hull, Boston Harbor. 
8. Seawanhaka Corintliian, fall regatta, Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
8. Larchmont, schooner cup, Larchmont^ Long Island Sotind. 
8. Queen City. 22ft. knockabout class, Toronto, Toronto Bay. 
5. Haverhill, club, Haverhill, Mass. 
8. tt-rntaquit Corinthian, special, Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
8. Manchester, handicap, Manchester, Mass. 
8. Columbia, cruise to Hull. 
8. Winthrop, cruise to Hull. 
8. South Boston, handicap race to Hull. 
8-9. Y. R. A. of Massachusetts, rendezvous at Hull. 
8-9. American, cruise, Newburyport. 
8-10. California, cruise to Suisun, San Francosco Bay, 
11. New York, fall sweepstakes. New York, off Sandy Hook. 
15. Manbasset. closing race, Port Washington. Long Island Sound. 
13. Atlantic, fall race. Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
15. Atlantic, club. Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
15. South Boston, sailing dinghies. City Point, Boston Plarbor. 
22-23. California, cruise to Martinez, San Francisco, San Francisco 
Bay. 
22. Riverside, fall regatta. Riverside, Long Island Sound. 
22. Canarsie. Commodore's cups.' Canarsie. Jamaica Bay. 
22. Haverhill, fourth championship, Haverhill, Mass. 
Inland Lake Y. A. Regatta, 
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Aogosjt 20-23. 
Lake Geneva, Wis., Aug. 20. — The third annual re- 
gatta of the Inland Lake Y. A. began this morning un- 
der very pleasant auspices, and if the outlook shall fulfill 
its promise of this date the event will prove all that 
could be asked. This is a very pleasant and suitable 
place for the regatta, the lake itself quite large enough 
and deep enough to give good sea room and steady 
breezes, and the local arrangements of a nature to make 
ever34hing run smoothly. This is one of the most dis- 
tinguished of the Northern summer settlements, and the 
pretty sheet of water is surrounded with the pleasure 
palaces of men who can afford to have chocolate ice 
cream and pie for breakfast every day if they want to. 
The local club is endeavoring to give all the visitors a 
good time, and doing the best it can, as are the local 
hotels, to take care of an unexpectedly large contin- 
gent of outside tourists and yachtsmen. The enterpris- 
ing Northwestern Railroad with good foresight some 
time ago issued a pretty and valuable little folder de- 
scriptive of the lake and of the proposed regatta, and this 
of itself has done much to bring a handsome crowd of 
handsome people. The village bears a very prosperous 
look to-day. 
The weather promises to be better this week than it was 
last, during the extremely hot spell, and if the wind 
holds to we shall see keen work here this week. The 
races are set for 11 and 11:05 daily for the two classes — 
the twenties and the seventeens — this allowing ample time 
for the finish and a long afternoon for rest and enter- 
tainment A busy programme of excursions, dances, 
stag parties, smokers, etc., has been laid out for the 
pleasure of the visitors, and it i§ likely tl^ai; tWngs will bQ 
