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Oct. 6, 1900.] 
less expenditure for prizes, although those of us who 
were fortunate enough to capture prizes are more than 
pleased to have such handsome souvenirs to add to our 
collection. 
Another matter in connection with the race^ which to 
•^e seems desirable is that our paddling races (not sail- 
ing) take place the last two or three days of the first 
week. I have found from experience that if a man is in 
camp ten days before the races he is not in^ the best 
condition for racing. It is impossible in the first place 
to provide food suitable for men in training; but I do not 
believe that the A. C. A. should be run solely for the 
benefit of the racing men. If a member now desires to 
compete successfully he should come to the meet al>out 
a day before the races, and will then be in a position to 
meet others who come simply for the racing, and are in 
the best of form. It has been said that if we have the 
paddling races the first week a greater part of the mem- 
bers will leave camp right after the races. We find that 
thirty out of about two hundred take part in races, and 
a number of these are men who thoroughly enjoy the 
good fellowship of camp. We do not think it a good 
objection, for those who merely came to race and go 
home immediately after. We should say, let them go 
if they desire. As the races are not witnessed by many 
of the campers', nor is there a great deal of interest taken 
except among the contestants, those of us who would 
be left in camp could haye a very good time among 
ourselves. 
I trust that you will bear with me for this lengthy lack. 
Harry C. Allen. 
Vice-Corn. Atlantic Div., A. C. A. 
Toronto C C. Fall Regatta. 
TORONTO ^TORONTO BAY. 
Saturday. Sept. 8. 
TuF. Toronto C. C. held its fall regatta on Saturday. 
Sept. 8. Tlie weather was all that could be desired and 
I he attendance fair. A large number arrived after the 
races were over to attend the dance which is usually a 
feature of this club's race days. The club championships 
which are paddled for at this regatta in various classes 
have usually brought out a large number of contestants, 
and the small number of entries for some of the events was 
very marked. It would almost incur the suspicion that 
there was some understanding among the paddlers. 
The. fottrs in three heats made a series of interesting- 
races. The winning crew, profiting by their experiences 
at the Muskoka meet, changed their style, and as events 
])roved, with considerable advantage. 
The war canoe race between crews in the old and 
new boats was close and the finish quite exciting. Had 
A. m'NICHOL. 
Winner of Single-Clade Championship. 
the crew in the new boat spurted sooner they would have 
won : as it was they pulled down a lead which the old 
boat had at 50yds. from the finish, of a length to 2ft. 
The results of the races were: 
International Trophy Race — Won by E. A. Mimiett. 
R. R. Woods second by two lengths. Two starters. 
Championship Singles — Won by A. McNichol. 
Championship Tandem — E. McNichol and A. Mc- 
Nichol. Tw^o starters. 
Champion Fours, ist Heat — G. W. Begg, S. A. Syl- 
vester, A. A. Begg, H. Begg. 
Second Heat— E. A. Blackball, A. McNichol, J. J. 
Vaughan, R. S. Dill. 
Final Heat — Won by E. A .Blackhall's crew. 
The war canoe race was won by the old boat, S. A. 
E. A. MINETT. 
Winner T. C. C. International Paddling Trophy, Double Blades. 
Sylvester stroke, and G, W. Begg coxswain, by about 2ft. 
Duck Hunt Race— Won by E. McNichol. 
Tilting Tournament — Won by E. H. Richards and E. 
McNichol. 
The regatta committee included Messrs. E. A. Black- 
hall, R. S. Dill. G. H. Begg, S. A. Sylvester (secretary), 
H. A. Sherrard (chairman). 
The race officials were: Starter, J. R. Marlow; judge 
at finish, H. J. Page ; judges at turn, A. L. Young. A. J. 
Muirhead, E. J. Hathaway : referee, E. Bell ; clerks of 
course, A. M. Kennedy, A.' F. Sprott, C. F. Lobb. 
The club has for some years occttpied leasehold prop- 
erty on the Esplanade, where land is very scarce and 
vlauable. Within a few months ex-Com. Tilley has 
negotiated for the club the purchase of the property on 
which the club house shown in our illustration is located. 
After purchasing the property for $5,000, i\Ir. Tilley was 
offered $15,000 for it. In addition-to the club house, the 
rtroperty includes the water lot and other build'ngs. A 
rfieeting of the club was held on Sept 22. at which the 
■property committee made a formal report of the purchase. 
A special committee was appointed to devise a plan for 
amending the constitution and creating a board of gov- 
ernors to care for the extensive interests of the club. 
Steps will also be taken to give fitting recognition of the 
services of Mr. Tilley. 
British Canoe Association Meet. 
Tiiii fullowiiig account of the iuurlecnUi annual meet 
of the British Canoe Association is by Mr. E. A. Wale, 
the newly elected secretary-treasurer, in the Field. 
This interesting and enjoyable event has proved, So 
far, the most successful camp of recent years. Both in 
the number of members and in their craft there is a very 
welcome increase. To anyone who knows the infinite 
variety and charm of cruising and camping in such well- 
organized gathering it is strange that the numbers 
cannot be counted by hundreds instead of scores. 
Tbanks to the excellent arrangements made by the in- 
defatigable Mr. Perc)^ Nisbet, who has engineered so 
many camps, we have a splendid site among the trees 
of a private park, and not only is the "tented field" 
picturesque in itself, bttt the view across the water to 
Hamble is extremely pretty. So far the weather has 
not permitted of any extended cruises, but most of us 
have had some .delightful day excursions up the beauti- 
ful Hamble River, round to Southampton, down to 
Calshot Castle, and other interesting places. Up to the 
present about twenty tents have been erected, and be- 
tween thirty and forty members have been present. 
Among the craft there are two canoe yachts, Trill, 
Mr. Fair, and Lynx, Messrs. Alison and Benist. The 
latter is a fine hard-weather boat, and we may expect 
to see the type increase in popularity. Of canoe yawls 
we have the well-known Galatea, Mr. P. Nisbet; Cray- 
fish, Major Todd and Mr. Quinn; and Porpoise, Mr. 
P. Oliver. Of the R. C. C. cruiser class canoes. Slaney, 
Mr. Cooper, was present for the first half of the meet, 
the only other one being the Solitaire, Mr. Wale. Among 
the smaller canoes we have the Prucas, Mr. Laws, who 
has again shown us her remarkable speed in open waters; 
Rose, Mr. Holbeche, a new member from the Midland 
Sailing Club; LttcHth, Mr. Kipling; Rona, Mr. Patterson; 
and the eighteen-year-old Lily of our veteran skipper, 
Mr. Bartley. From the above list it will be seen that 
every type of modern canoe was represented, and in 
addition there were se\'eral nondescript craft which do 
not come with'n that definition. On the whole, the 
vveatber has not been good till recently, but now bids 
fair to be very pleasant. Comfort in camp life is so de- 
pendent on tins factor that the present improvement is 
;nost heartily welcomed. 
Saturday July 28. — The opening day found everything 
in order, ihe large marquee and galley erected and the 
camn steward ready for his duties. Galatea, with Messrs, 
Nisbet, Sr. and Jr.. and Mr. Hodder, had arrived over- 
night, and Trill. Mr. and Mrs. Fair, came round from 
Southampton during the day. The B. C. A. flag was 
run up and properly saluted. 
July 29. — A very stormy day and not much cruising 
done, as a heav}^ thunder shower and a gale of wind 
made saihng too uncomfortable. . 
July 30.— Wind still strong but not enough to prevent 
Mr. Kipling sailing round from Southampton in the 
canoe Ludith, one of the Clyde C. C. craft. In the 
afternoon we received a w^elcome visit from Mr. J. S. 
Wright, vice-commodore of the American Canoe Asso- 
ciation. 
July 31. — Fine day, but strong winds. Galatea, Ludith 
and Rose had a fast sail up the Hamble River and found 
the scenery remarkably pretty. Camp steadily increasing 
in numbers. 
Aug. I. — A wet morning and a hard breeze all day. 
Galatea had a dusting while sailing over the cup course. 
The other craft had plenty of smart sailing in the river 
and up _ Southampton Water. Mf.>srs. Oliver and Car- 
dell arrived with the Porpoise and Mr. Cooper with the 
Slanev. In the evening a very jolly sing-song was held 
in the big tnarquee. 
Aug. 2. — Another stormy day, but all hands got some 
cruising in variotts directions, mostly up river- and as 
about half a dozen more members had pitched their 
tents the camp began to wear a more substantial look. 
■A-Ug, 3. — A full gale with heavy rain in the morning. 
much to ihe disgust of all hands; still, some sailing was 
done by everyone .present. In the evening Solitaire, 
Messrs. Wale and Quinn, and other members arrived. 
Saturday, Aug. 4. — Apparently the wind had got tired 
of blowing' from the South, for to-day it came with un- 
diminished energy from the northwest. Mr. Hodder 
celebrated the change by falling xjverboard frotn Galatea; 
it merely made him a little wetter than before.. As the 
weather cleared somewhat in the afternoon, all hands 
got some most enjoyable sailing. " A particularly suc- 
cessful musical evening ended the week. 
Sunday, Aug. 5. — Wind back into the southard again 
and a nice morning, ending, alas! in a drenching after- 
noon. The usual .short cruises up or down the river 
were made in the better portion of the day, but on the 
whole the camp was very quiet. 
Monday, Aug. 6. — The opening day of the Cowes 
week, and, unfortunately, one of dreadful weather, and 
m.anj' little accidents to the vessels in the river. Several 
of them blew ashore, taking an occasional bowsprit out 
of some of the other craft they fouled on the way. Not 
much was done in the way of sailing, the principal event 
of the day being one of the celebrated crab teas for which 
Warsash is famous. What a pity the B. C. A. cannot 
change weathers with the R. C. C. ; our sort would do 
the cruiser class much more good than the usual drifting 
matches in light winds. 
Tuesday, Aug. 7. — Strong wind,, but weather improv- 
ing, and plenty of saihng done by all the members, ex- 
ceptin.g two or three who had to return home. A few 
more visitors arrived, and were entertained by Mr. 
Nisbet. 
W^ednesday, Aug. 8. — A really fine summer day at last, 
and all hands started off for Southampton, where the 
West Quay regatta committee were kindly giving us a 
race. After a nice sail up to Netley, the wind fell very 
light, and much difficulty was experienced in getting up 
to the line in time: in fact, several craft failed to do so. 
Rose and Solitaire arrived 3omin. after the starting gun, 
but there was such a calm on that only one boat had 
then crossed the line. This continued for half an hour 
longer, and then in a - moment up came a splendid 
westerly breeze, and all foamed off to a fairly equal start. 
With a reach over two legs of the five-mile course (two 
rounds) some fast sailing was done, and a very pleasant 
race resulted, as follows: 1st, a 14-footer, sailing in a 
class by herself; 2d, Galatea, winner in the canoe yawl 
class; 3d, Solitaire, winner in the canoe class. After 
sailing most of the way back to camp the wind died out, 
and a long and enjoyable day was ended with paddle and 
song. Much to our universal satisfaction we found that 
well-beloved skipper, Mr. Bartley, had arrived. As he 
is still suffering from a nasty accident, we had feared 
that he would not be able to be present. 
Thursday, Aug. 9.— A return to the old bad weather, 
wind and rain, and the sailing committee met to map 
out an ttp-river course for the Lougl\ Erne Cup race on 
the morrow, in the event of bad weather. Fortunately 
it was not required, as such a course would be vei-y 
squally and fluky in bad weather. Most of the day was 
spent in tuning up our craft for this important race, but 
some time was found for cruising in the evening. 
Friday, Aug. 10. — A grand day and a fine sailing breeze 
for the Lotigh Erne Challenge Cup. No less than nine 
entries had been received, and the course of eleven and 
a quarter statute miles in one round promised a fine 
sailing test. Unfortunately the wind dropped at the 
start, and three canoes were carried so far below the line 
by the .sluicing ebb tide that they retired, wrongly con- 
sidering their chances hopeless. The others got away 
well together to a pttnctual start at 2:05 P. M.. and soon 
ran down to the Hamble Spit Buoy: rounding this, they 
met the strong ebb running down Southampton water, 
and for a long time could make but little headway. 
Standing closer in shore than the others. Solitaire and 
Prucas worked out a useful lead, alternately holding 
pride of place. About 3:30 the breeze piped up strong, 
and Lynx came up and passed Solitaire, who was leak- 
ing rather badly from railway damage, Rounding the 
