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Biffiin, who has been her mate for years, will go as 
second hand in Sir Thomas Lipton's Cup challenger 
Shamrock"' 
Designs Recently Published in Forest and Stt«am. 
25-footer Flirt, Oct. 13-20. 
2i-footer Tattoo, Oct. 27. 
Minnesota, Nov. 17. 
19ft, sailboat, Nov. 24 and Dec. i. 
Cutter Isolde, Dec. 8. 
Catboat Lazy Jack, Dee. 15-22. 
Raceabout Jolly Roger, Dec. 29. 
Bald Eagle II, and ice boat, Jan. 5. 
25-footer Brigand, Jan. 12. 
Canadian ice boat and 14ft. cutter, Jan. 19. 
38ft. cruising launch, Jan. 26. 
25ft. shoal draft sloopj Feb, 2. 
i8-footer Broncho, Feb, 9. 
25ft. cruising sloop, Feb. 16. 
32-ft. fast cruiser, Feb. 23. 
House-boat designs, March 2. 
Schooner Endymion and yawl Ellida, March 9. 
20ft. cruising yawl, March 16. 
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Official organ, Forest and Stream. 
'Mid Reef and Rapid.— IV. 
BY F. R. WEBB. 
We slipped easily through the big break in the old 
Rippetoe Dam — ^now fast going to pieces, much to our 
satisfaction, for it was always a particularly mean dam 
to portage — and for the first time in our experience had 
to wade down the two or three hundred yards of swift 
rapids below it, with our canoes, lightened of our 
weight, drifting ahead of us at the length of their stern 
painters, and at about 5 o'clock in the evening we made 
a landing at our old camp ground under the rocky bluff 
at the big spring, half a mile below the dam, and never 
were canoeists more glad to reach camp than were we. 
for our imusually arduous day's cruise had about used 
us up. The first day out on a cruise is generally fatigu- 
ing; the unaccustomed exercise and the unusual ex- 
posure to the hot sun are very exhausting to even the 
most robust, and our day's cruise had been particularly 
fatiguing, owing to the unusual amount of hard work 
we had to do in order to cruise at all. 
We all scrambled hastily ashore, dragging our canoes 
after us half up on the rocks, and, taking off the 
hatches, began removing their cargoes, which were piled 
— each man's camp duffie^ — near the spot he had selected 
for his canoe. 
The now nearlj^ empty canoes were easily carried up 
the bank bj' the four of us and placed in position on 
the beautiful, rocky shelf below the bluff for the night, 
after which the last remaining drops of water in then] 
were carefully sponged out, the rubber sheets spread in 
them to keep all possible dampness from reaching the 
bedding, the mattresses drawn from their oiled canvas 
envelopes and placed in the canoes. 
The Colonel, with his constitutional indisposition to- 
ward anything in the nature of superfluous exertion, also 
because it saved time — the Colonel is great on saving 
time; he is always the first man to have his canoe ready 
at night or packed in the morning — I say the Colonel 
had last year insisted that it was a work of supererogation 
to pull the matresses out of the bags, and that they slept 
just as well in the bags as out, but two or three nights' 
experience with the cold, rough, unsympathetic oiled 
canvas between his blankets and the soft hair mattress 
did more to convince him of the fallacy of his theory 
than all tlie logic at my command — the Colonel has fre- 
quent gleams of excellent sense — he can see a thing and 
learn a fact or two, as well as anybody — when he bumps 
his head against it real hard. 
The beds of blankets were then made up on the 
mattress and the air pillows inflated and placed at the 
head, after which the tents were erected over the 8ft. 
open cockpits, and the fore and aft hatches replaced and 
folded back, leaving a little shelf some 12 or I4in. wide 
at each end of the tent, upon which to place things, and 
the camp was in order. 
"Where will you have the camp stove, Commodore?" 
said Lacy, as he approached with the sheet iron box 
containing the culinary outfit of the expedition, which, in 
cruising, is assigned to his canoe. 
"Right by the spring there," said I, as I approached 
with the mess chest which belonged to my canoe. 
"Here's the mess table, too," said the Colonel, taking 
from the Mary Lou two thin pieces of poplar 4ft. long 
by I4in. wide, which in transit were carried flat on the 
floor of his canoe. 
"Well, it will go alongside of the camp stove by the 
spring, also," I replied. 
"You can't drive pins in this rock," objected the 
Colonel, as he laid the boards down in the place in- 
dicated. 
"No; but you can pile i:p a few rocks and place the 
table on them," I replied. 
The well-regulated canoeist generally tries to make a 
fairly early camp, and always makes it a point to first get 
his bedding fixed and tent up for the night, with things 
fixed snug and shipshape about his camp. His wet clothes 
are then removed and dry ones put on. If the evening is 
chilly and if he is particularly wet and fatigued, the 
dry clothes matter is attended to first and the tent and 
camp next, after which he sets about preparing supper. 
Our camp being duly fixed, we proceeded to invest 
ourselves in warm, dry clothing, the which being done 
we set about our supper preparations in our usual sys- 
tematic manner, each man having certain recognized duties 
to perform. George took the axe and at once climbed the 
bluff in search ®f firewood for the camp stove. Lacy 
proceeded to fill the expeditionary tin pails and tea kettle 
with water from the spring close by. and placed them 
close to my hand. The Colonel spread out the table 
and placed it securely at a convenient elevatiori on stones 
gathered and piled for the purpose by himself and 
Lacy, while I placed the camp stove in position and fitted 
the pipe to it, measured the proper quantity of water 
into the coffee pot and wetted up the spoonful of coffee 
for each man, with one for the pot, in a tin cup, ready to 
pour into the pot when the water should boil, prepared 
the ham, and George having by this time returned with 
an armful of wood, which he threw down alongside of 
the stove and then went back for a further supply with 
which to get breakfast, I started the fire in the camp 
stove with the assistance of a little coal oil judiciously 
applied, and put my coffee pot and tea kettle on to 
boil, while I went on with my preparations for a bounti- 
ful supper, assisted by the Colonel, who broke and beat 
the eggs and chopped up the cheese for an omelette, while 
I fried the ham, and in a short time, after a good, re- 
freshing washing of our hands and faces and sousing of 
our heads in the river, we were seated on our camp stools 
around the board, doing justice to a royal supper, for we 
were very hungr}} as well as tired. 
Supper over, George and Lacy — whose duty it is to 
"clean up" — took care of the supper utensils, while I put 
things to rights around the camp for the night. Re- 
turning the oiled canvas bread bag to my canoe and plac- 
ing the mess chest, egg bucket and bags containing 
vegetables high up on the rocks, well out of reach of 
predatory pigs, with which we have had some experience 
at this camp, T lighted the lanterns, which were placed 
one at each end of the camp, after which our evening 
smoke was in order. 
The evening was a beautiful one as viewed from our 
unusually beautiful camp. Seated itpon our camp stools 
upon the solid rock floor with the river rippling placidly 
in front of us, its gentle murmur as it caressingly played 
around and over the big boulders of an old broken-down 
fish dam a short distance above, falling on our ears in a 
soothing lullaby, while the nearly full moon riding high 
overhead in a cloudless sky shed a soft, silvery radiance 
on all around, which was reflected in countless points of 
light from the ripples below and fell in curious and beau- 
tiful little patches of lights and shades on the rocks 
around us, and on our tented canoes, through the leafy 
boughs of the overhanging trees, which climbed in somber 
wall of dense shadow high up on the side of the steep 
bluff behind us. No sound broke the quiet of the night 
but the musical murmur of the water and the gentle 
rustle of the breeze. 
We were tired out, however, and did not sit long to 
enjoy the tranquil beauty of the night. We quietly and 
without much conversation finished our smoke, and by 
half past eight were all snugly ensconced in our little 
cabins, and the only signs of life about the camp were 
the dim gleams of light from the lanterns, placed on the 
rocks at each end of the camp; the dull twinkle of the 
coals of dying fire through the door of the camp stove 
and the gentle sigh of the kettle on the stove. 
[to be continued.] 
There will be a meeting of the Executive Committee of 
the Atlantic Division, A. C. A., at the Astor House, New 
York city, on the evening of Saturday. March 23, 1901, 
at 8 o'clock P. M. 
Ducks and Geese in Patagfonia, 
On either side of the long strag,gling settlement spreads 
the uninhabitated desert — uninhabitable, in fact, for it is 
waterless, with a sterile, gravelly soil that only produces 
a thorny vegetation of drawf trees. It serves, however, 
as a breeding place for myriads of winged creatures; and 
never a season passes but it sends down its hungry 
legions of one kind or another into the valley. During 
my stay pigeons, ducks, and geese were the greatest foes 
to the farmer. When the sowing season commenced the 
pigeons came in myriads to devour the grain, which is 
here sown broadcast. Shooting and poisoning them was 
practiced on some farms, while on others dogs were 
trained to hunt the birds from the ground; but notwith- 
standing all these measures half the seed committed to 
the eartii was devoured. ^^Hien the corn was fully ripe 
and ready to be harvested then came the brown duck 
m millions to feast on the grain. Early in winter the 
arrival of the' migratory upland geese was dreaded. It 
is scarcely possible to keep them from the fields when 
the wheat is young or just beginning to sprout; and I 
have frequently seen flocks of these birds quietly feeding 
under the very shadow of the fluttering scarecrows set 
up to frighten them. They do even greater injury to the 
pasture lands, where they are often so numerous as to 
denude the earth of the tender young clover, thus de- 
priving the sheep of their only food. On some estates 
mounted boys were kept scouring the plains and driving 
up the flocks with loud shouts, but their labors were 
quite profitless; fresh armies of geese on their way north 
were continually pouring in, making a vast camping 
ground of the valley, till scarcely a blade of grass re- 
mained for the perishing cattle. — The Gentleman's 
Magazine. 
Near the south end of Lake Welokennebacook is a 
sort of sea wall, built many years ago to facilitate the 
operations of the lumber men. A Massachusetts lady 
who came down to the lal^es on a fishing excursion went 
home and told her friends that one of the most curious 
things she saw was a wall in one of the lakes for the 
purpose of keeping the bullfrogs from jumping out and 
frightening the deer! Some wicked guide had imposed 
on the dear. — Lewiston (Me.) Journak 
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Leading dealers in sportsmen's supplies have advertised in our 
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If yott want yoaf shoot to be announced here send a 
notice like the following; 
Fixtures. 
March 21.— Newell, la.— Newell Gun Club's target and live-bird 
shoot. Henry G. Hall, Sec'y. 
March 25-26.— Ttinkhannock, Pa.— Two days' amateur tournament 
of the Tunkhannock Rod and Gun Club; targets and live birds, 
bpencer D. Reed, Sec'y. 
April 1-2.— Houston, Tex.— Two days' tournament of the Peters 
Cartridge Company. 
April 1;— Cleveland, O.— April shoot of the Cleveland Gun Club 
Company. 
April 9-12.— Baltimore, Md.— Seventh annual spring tournament 
of the Baltimore Shooting Association; two days targets, $100 
per day added; two days live birds, ?500 guaranteed. J. M. 
Hawkins, Sec'y. 
April 10.— St. Louis, Mo.— Contest for Dupont trophy at Dupont 
Park. 
April 12-13.— Newark, N. J.— Forester Gun Club's tournament. 
J. T. Fleming, Sec'y. 
April 16-18. — Leavenworth, Kan. — ^Annual tournament of the 
Kansas Sportsmen's Association. W. H. Koehler, Sec'y. 
April 18.— Newell, la.— Newell Gun Club's target shoot. Henry 
G. Hall, Sec'y. 
April 23-25.— Spirit Lake, la.— Klein-Barmeister's third annual 
target tournament; $50 added each da.y. 
April 24-25.— Binghamton, N. Y.— Amateur tournament of the 
Peters Cartridge Co.; ?150 added money. H. W. Brown, Sec'y. 
John Parker, Mgr. 
April 26-28.— Chicago.— Annual spring tournament of the Crescent 
Gun Club. John S. Boa, Mgr. 
May 7-9.— Peru, Ind.— Fifth annual amateur tournament of the 
Peru Gun Club; two days at targets for amateurs; one day at 
live birds. Chas. Bruck, Sec'y, 
May 7-10.— Tournament of the New Jersey State Sportsmen's 
Association. C. W. Feigenspan, Sec'y. 
May 7-10.— Lincoln, Neb.— Twenty-fifth annual tournament of the 
Nebraska State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the 
Lincoln Gun Club. W. D. Bain, Sec'y. 
May 14-17.— Allentown, Pa.— State shoot of Pennsylvania State 
Sportsmen's Association. C F. Kamlich, Cor. Sec'y. Elmer E,^ 
Shaner, Mgr. 
May 1-3.— Newell, la.— Newell Gun Club's annual tournament; 
targets and live birds. Henry G. Hall, Sec'y. 
May 14-16.— Elwood, Ind.— Tournament of the Zoo Rod and Gun 
Club. 
May 14-17.— Newton, la.— Annual tournament of the Iowa State 
Sportsmen's Association, under auspices of the Newton Gun Club. 
D. R. Tripp, Sec'y. 
May 21-25. — Springfield, 111. — Twenty-seventh annual tournament 
and convention of the Illinois State Sportsmen's Association. 
Chas. T. Stickle Sec'y. 
May 22-23. — Mechanicsburg, O. — Ninth annual tournament of 
the Mechanicsburg Gun Club. C. W. Phellis, Sec'y. 
May 28-30. — London, O. — Tournament of the London Gun Club. 
May 28-30. — Saginaw, Mich. — Tournament of the Michigan Trap- 
shooters' League, under auspices of the East Side Gun Club. 
John Parker, Mgr. 
May 28-June 1. — St. Louis, Mo. — Twenty-fourth annual tourna- 
ment of the Missouri State Game and Fish Protective Association,. 
Herbert Taylor, Sec'y. 
May 30. — Canajoharie^ N. Y. — Tournament of the Canajoharie; 
Gun Club. C. Weeks, Sec'y. 
May 30. — Auburn, Me. — Annual shoot of the Auburn Gun Club.. 
June 5-7. — Circleville, O. — Under auspices of the Pickaway Rod 
and Gun Club, annual tournament of the Ohio Trapshootera" 
League. G. R. Haswell, Sec'y. 
June 11-13. — Siouy City, la. — Sei piith an; u. ' amateur tournament 
of the Soo Gun <" ub. W. F. Duncan, Se<.'>. 
June 13-14. — Bellefontaine, O. — Fourth annual tournament of the 
Silver Lake Gun Club. B. G. Cushnian, Sec'y. 
June 17-20. — Warm Springs, Ga.— Southern Interstate tournament; 
two days targets, two days live birds. Chas. L. Davis, Mgr. 
June 25-27. — Walla Walla, Wash.— Seventh annual tournament 
of the Sportsmen's Association of the Northwest. W. G. Campbell, 
Sec'y. 
June — . — Columbus, Wis. — Tournament of the Trapshooters* 
League of Wisconsin. First week in June. 
July 17-18.— St. Marys, W. Va.— Fifth annual tournament of the 
West Virginia State Sportsmen's Association, under ahspices of 
West Virginia Gun Club. Mallory Brothers, Mgrs. 
July 30. — Dexter Park, Brooklyn. L. I. — Anntial clambake and 
handicap merchandise shoot at targets. Eugene Doenick, Sec'y. 
Newark, N. J. — South Side Gun Club target shoot every Satur- 
day afternoon. 
Chicago, 111. — Garfield Gun Club's live-bird trophy shoots, first 
and third Saturdays of each month. Grounds. West Monroe street 
at Fifty-second avenue. Dr. J. W. Meek, Sec'y. 
CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 
Interstate Park, Queens, L. L— Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 
L. I. R. R. Trains direct to grounds. Completely appointed 
shooting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 
practice. Cafe and hotel accommodations. 
April 1-5.— Interstate Park, Queens, L. I.— The Interstate As- 
sociation's ninth annual Grand American Handicap TTournament 
at Live Birds. 
Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; -$5 entrance. First contest took place June 20, Im). 
Interstate Park, Queens, L. I.— Weekly shoot of the New/ 
Utrecht Gun Club — Saturdays. 
INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION CONTESTS. 
Elmer E. Shaner, Manager. 
April 1-5.— Interstate Park, Queens, L. I.— The Interstate Asso- 
ciation's ninth annual Grand American Handicap tournament at 
live birds. Edward Banks, Sec'y-Treas., 318 Broadway, New York, 
April 17-18.— Jacksonville, Fla.— The Interstate Association's 
tournament, under the auspices of the Jacksonville Gun Club. B. 
VV. Sperry, Sec'y. 
May 8-10. — Memphis, Tenn.— The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Memphis Gun Club. 
June 19-21. — Cleveland, O. — The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment under the auspices of the Cleveland Gun Club. 
July 1-2. — Sherbrooke, I'. Q., Can. — ^The Interstate Association's 
tournament under the auspices of the Sherbrooke Gun Club. C. 
H. Foss, Sec'y. 
July 10-11. — Jamestown, N. Y. — The Interstate Association's 
tournament, under the auspices of the Jamestown Gun Club. Dr. 
C. Rawson, Sec'y. 
