May 4, 1901.]' 
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Notice. 
All communications intended for Forest and Stream should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper. 
American^ Ganoe Association^ J900-J90J. 
Commodore, C. E. Britton, Gananoque, Can. 
Secretary-Treasurer, Herb Begg, 24 King street, West Toronto, 
Canada. 
Librarian, W. P. Stephens, Thirty-second street ana Avenue A, 
Bayonne, N, J. 
Division Officers. 
ATLANTIC DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., Henry M. Dater, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Rear-Com., H. D. Hewitt, Burlington, N. J. 
Purser, Joseph F. Eastmond, 199 Madison street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
CENTRAL DIVISION. 
Vice-Corn., C. P. Forbush, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Rear-Com., Dr. C. R, Henry, Perry, N. Y. 
Purser. Lyman P. Hubbell, Buffalo, N. Y. 
EASTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., Louis A. Hall, Newton, Mass. 
Rear-Com., C. M. Lamprey, Lawrence, Mass. 
Purser, A. E. Kimberly, Lawrence Experimental Station, 
Lawrence, Mass. 
NORTHERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., G. A. Howell, Toronto, Can. 
Rear-Com., R. Easton Burns, Kingston, Ontario, Can. 
Purser, R. Norman Brown, Toronto, Can. 
WESTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Com., Wm. C. Jupp, Detroit, Mich. 
Rear-Com., F. B. Huntington, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Purser, Fred T. Barcroft, 408 Ferguson Building, Detroit, Mich. 
Official organ, Forest and St.keam. 
The Field commenting on the challenge received by 
the Royal C, C. from the Winchester Boat Club, says: 
The challenger intends to race in a racing-machine 
type of canoe, with sliding seat. If it is true that the 
canoe is to be designed by Mr. B. B. Crowninshield, we 
may expect a very perfect model; and we can only regret 
that that very able designer of extremely fast and pretty 
yachts is not called upon to produce a canoe of the R. 
C. C. cruising class, instead of a skimmer plank-balanced 
machine. 
The slackness of the R. C. C. in not taking .advantage 
of opportunities will now be driven home with real effect 
in that club. It has been admitted by almost every canoe 
sailor in England that the racing machine, with its slid- 
ing seat and chronic capsizing habits, was the direct 
cause of the late downfall of canoe sailing; that the 
machine transformed canoe sailing into an acrobatic per- 
formance, absolutely confining success in the races to the 
acrobat against the sailor. The racing of canoes has been 
resuscitated in the cruising canoe class, and racing canoes 
have died down to one or two old boats which occa- 
sionally put in an appearance. All that was said when it 
was some two years ago proposed to cut the class out, 
and to substitute a class of useful little "traveling" 
canoes. "Let them alone, they will die out." And so 
they would were it not for cup challenges. The danger 
is that the best racing men are now in the cruiser class, 
and it may be that, in order to meet the American chal- 
lenger, some of them will be drawn back into building 
new racing machines, and thus revive the craft which 
nearly killed canoeing. On the other hand, if the sailing 
men stick to the cruising class canoe, there maj' be in 
the cup races wind and circumstances giving a certainty 
to the machine. 
The best policy for the club, in the interests for future 
sailing, is to decide and to publily state, before anything 
is known of the American racer, that this shall be the 
last year in which machines will be admitted to the cup 
races. It will be too late to do so after the event, even 
if the cup remains in England, as it would' scarcely be 
fair to thus dictate that any future challenge must be in 
an English cruiser class canoe. The Quincy cup of the 
R. C. C. is confined to the cruising class, and therefore it 
seenis odd that the challenger should have elected to come 
in with a canoe which is only eligible to compete for the 
one cup. 
Two Days* Race Meet at the Pan-Amefican 
Exposition* 
The Committee on Sports of the Pan-American Ex- 
position have included in their schedule a two days' race 
meet for canoeists. The races are to be held Jtine 24 and 
25, and are to be under the auspices of the Central Division 
of the American Carvoe Association. The following well- 
known canoeists have been appointed- to act as an ad- 
visory committee on canoeing : C. P. Forbush, chairman ; 
G. A. Howell, E. E. Coatsworth and J. S. Wright. 
The events are open to all members of the American 
Canoe Association. 
The following is a list of the races : 
June 24. 
1. Tandem, single blade, J4 mile with turn. 
2. Single, double blade, ^ mile with turn. 
3. Relay, single blade. % mile, over triangle course. 
4. Tail-end, single blade, % mile, over triangle course. 
5. Club fours, single blade, mile with turn. 
6. War canoe, 3^ mile with turn. 
7. Single, single blade, j4 mile with turn. 
8. Tandem overboard, single blade, J4 mile with turn. 
9. Hurrj'-scurry, looyds. run, looyds. swim, 200yds. 
paddle. 
ID. Tilting, heats, 
June 25. 
1 r. Single, single blade, i mile with turn. 
12. Single, double blade, i mile with turn. 
13. War canoe tug of Avar. 
14. Tandem, single blade, i mile with turn. 
15. Pursuit races, fours, i mile with turn. 
16. Novice race, single blade, mile with turn. _ 
17. War fanoe, Pan-Arnerican Championship, i mile 
jyith turn, ' 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
18. Combination (lady and gentleman), single blade, i 
mile with turn. 
19. Upset, gentleman, ^'mile, 
20. Tilting, gentleman, trial. 
First and second prizes will be awarded to each mem- 
ber of first two crews in all races having three entries or 
more. 
Event 6, individual prizes to first and second canoe. 
Event 13, two flags to winning boat. 
Event 17, trophy cups to first and second boats. 
Entry list will close June 15 for war canoes and fours. 
Captains must include name of each member of crew. 
Entry blanks can be obtained from the chairman of the 
Advisory Committee on Canoeing; Chas. P. Forbush, 
Vice-Commodore Central Division A. C. A., 164 Crescent 
avenue, Buffalo, N. Y., who will gladly answer any ques- 
tions relative to the races or conditions. 
All prizes will be carefully selected and will be em- 
blematic of the Pan-American Exposition. It is the inten- 
tion to make this the best and largest canoe race meet 
held. 
The races will be on the Park Lake, within the Exposi- 
tion grounds, on a quarter-mile course which will be 
carefully laid out and buoyed. 
A. C. A. rules and limits to govern. 
A typical canoe camp will be arranged and tents erected 
for the cotrvenience of the contesting canoeists. In addi- 
tion to the races, an illuminated parade will be held Mon- 
day evening, 'June 24. followed by a regulation camp-fire 
at the camp. 
International Canoe Race* 
The plans for Sn international canoe race between boats 
representing the Ro3'al C. C. of England and the Win- 
chester Boat Club, of Winchester, took definite shape 
when the following challenge was mailed: 
To the Honorable Secretary of the Royal C. C. 
Sir : At a meeting of the directors of the Winchester 
Boat Club, of Winchester, Mass., held on March 29, 1901, 
it was voted to challenge the Royal C. C. to sail a series 
of races for the sailing challenge cup of said Royal C. C, 
subject to the rules and conditions governing such con- 
tests, in the year book of 1900 of said Royal C. C. At the 
same meeting it was further voted that the Winchester 
Boat Club be. represented in this series of races by Her- 
mann Dtidley Murphy, member of said Winchester Boat 
Club. Therefore, .1 hereby make such challenge in be- 
half of the Winchester Boat Club. I have the honor to 
remain, very truly yours, 
C. F. A. SlEDHOF, 
Secretary Winchester Boat Club. 
Winchester, Mass., April 2, 1901. 
Thomas W. Lawson has ordered another canoe to be 
built for Hermann Dudley Murphy, the challenger for the 
Royal C. C. cup, to be sailed at Langsdon Harbor, Eng- 
land, next August. The boat will be turned out by W. F. 
Stevens, of Bath, Me., the builder of the noted Fleet, 
owned by Paul Butler. The second boat will have more of 
a dead rise, without the fullness of lines of the first boat, 
now building at the Atlantic Works. Both canoes will be 
ready by the first of May. Paul Butler will bring his 
fleet of canoes here from the Vesper Country Club at 
Lowell and trial races will be held on Mystic Lake. But- 
ler is the most noted sailer of canoes in this part of the 
country, and Murphy's two boats will thus receive a fine 
trying out. 
Brooklyn C. C* 
The Race Meet Committee of the Brooklyn C. C. has 
mapped out an interesting programme for the coming 
season. The feattire of the season will be the novelty 
race, under what the committee terms "get there" rules. 
These will be three in number, any canoe, any trim of sails, 
starting at signal and going one mile to windward and 
return. Contestants can use sail or paddle. 
The following is the schedule : 
May II, Paddling Races — Paddling and sailing com- 
" petitions. 
May ,30 to June 2 — Spring cruise up the Hudson River 
with Atlantic Division of the American Canoe Associa- 
tion. 
June 8 — Sailing trophy races off club house, Gravesend 
Bay, L. I., over club courses. 
July 3 to 8 — Annual cruise to Huntington Harbor, L. I., 
and contest for the Pagan Cruising Trophy, three miles 
triangular, sailing a mile to a leg. 
Julv 27— Club competitions off club house, Gravesend 
Bay, "L. I. 
Aug. 2 to 16 — American Canoe Association meet, Thou- 
sand Islands. St. Lawrence River. 
Sept. I to 4 — Fall cruise to Huntington, L. I. 
Sept. 7 — Open races given by club, sailing and paddling, 
off club house on Gravesend Bay, L. I. 
Sept. 21 — Closing races of the season off the club house, 
Gravesend Bay; sailing and paddling, tandem paddling 
and clitb fours, the latter invitation events. 
Knickerbocfcef C* C» 
Thk Knickerbocker C. C. at a meeting held April 11 at 
its club house at West Fifty-second street and Hudson 
River, decided to hold a meet on Decoration Day at some 
place on the Hudson River to be selected by the Regatta 
Committee. Egg Beach, the- regular camping ground of 
the club, which is almost opposite Mount St. Vincent, will 
probably be chosen. The Atlantic Division of the Amer- 
ican Canoe Association will also hold a meet on the Hud- 
son at Lime Point on the same date. 
A* C. A* Membership. 
The following gentlemen have been proposed for mem- 
bership to the Central Division of the A. C. A. : Irving 
V. Earle, Syracuse, N. Y. ; James P. Watson. Buffalo. 
N. Y. ; Stttart A. Lansing, Buffalo, N. Y.; Arthur R. 
Gregory. Buffalo. 1^. Y. ; Geo. H. Voss, Buffalo, N. Y. 
The Forest and Stke.xm is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
)3test by Motid^y Anti as ipucb earlier as practicable. 
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Notice. 
All communications intended for Forest and Stream should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper. 
Yachting Fixtures, t90t. 
Secretaries and members of race committees will confer a favor 
by sending notice of errors or omissions in the following list and 
also of changes which may be made in the future. 
■ MAY. 
18. Huguenot, special. New Rochelle, Long Island Sound. 
25. New Rochelle, special, New Rochelle, Long Island Sound. 
.30. South Boston, club race. City Point, Boston Harbor. 
.30. East Gloucester, club race, Gloucester, Massachusetts Bay; 
.30. Atlantic, Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
30. Harlem, annual regatta. City Island, Long Island Sound. 
30. Indian Harbor, special, Greenwich, Long Island Sound. ' 
.30. Bridgeport, special, Bridgeport, Long Island Sound. 
30. Canarsie, opening and parade, Carnarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
30. Brooklyn, opening, Gravesend Bay. 
30. Staten Island, Stapleton, S. I. 
SO. American, opening, Milton Point, Long Island Sound. 
30. Burgess, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
30. Seawanhaka Corinthian, races for raceabouts, Seawanhaka 
knockabouts and club catboats. Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
JUNE. 
1. Knickerbocker, annual. College Point, Long Island Sound, 
1. Atlantic, Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
5. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. 
8. Canarsie, pennant championship, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
8. Manhasset, annual, Port Washington, Long Island Sound. 
5. Brooklyn, open, Gravesend Bay. 
8. South Boston, club handicap, City Point, Boston Elarbor. 
12. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. 
15. South Boston, club cruise. City Point. Boston Harbor. 
15. New York C. C, annual, Gravesend Bay. 
1.5. Larchmont, spring regatta, Larchm^ont, Long Island Sound. 
15. Seawanhaka Corinthian, first race. Center Island cvp, Oyster 
Bay, Long Island .Sound. 
15. Burgess, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
15-17. Boston, cruise. City Point, Boston Harbor. 
16. South Boston, cruise, City Point. Boston Harbor. 
17. Duxbury, club race, Duxbury, Mass. 
17 ITulI-Massachusetls, classes over ISft., Hull, Boston Harbor. 
17. T)orchester, classes 18ft. and under, Dorchester, Boston Harbor. 
17. Corinthian, first club championship, Marblehead, Mass. 
17. East Gloucester, club race, Gloucester, Mass. 
17. Brooklyn, annual regatta, Gravesend Baj'. 
17, Pavonia, annual, Bayonne, Ne'vark Bay. 
17 Burgess, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
18 Atlantic, annual. Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
19. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. 
20. New York, annual. New York Bay. 
20. Duxbury, ladies' day, Duxbury, Mass. 
22. Marine and Field, open, Gravesend Bay. 
22. New Rochelle, annual. New Rochelle, Long Island Sound. 
22. Atlantic, special. Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
22. Seawanhaka Corinthian, second race for Center Island cup. 
Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound. 
25. American, Newburyport, Massachusetts Bay. 
25. New York, Glen Cove_ cups. Long Island Sound. 
26. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. 
27-28. Seawanliaka Corinthian, special. Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
29. Boston, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
29. Atlantic, annual. Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
29. Burgess, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
29. Seawanhaka Corinthian, annual race for Leland challenge cup 
for raceabouts. Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound. ' 
JULY. 
2, 4, 6. Newport, Y. R. A., cup defender class, Newport. 
2. Indian Harbor, Greenwich, Long Island Sound. 
3. Cokimbia, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
3. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass, 
3-S. Brooklyn C. C, cruise, Gravesend Baj'. 
4. Duxbtiry, club race, Duxbury,. Mass. 
4. Boston City, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
4. Corinthian, second club championship, Marblehead, Mass. Bay. 
4. East Gloucester, open, Gloucester, Mass. 
4. Gravesend Bay Y. R. A., first open regatta, Gravesend Bay. 
4. Larchmont, annual regatta and schooner races for' Colt cupj 
Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
4. Hartford, annual, Saybrook, Long Island Sound. 
4. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club. Oyster Bay Long Island Sound. 
4. Pavonia, Mclnnis cup, Bayonne, Newark Bay. 
4. Canarsie, parade, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
4. Penataquit Corinthian, annual, Bay Shore, L. I. 
4. Columbia, Chicago, Lake Michigan. 
4. Burgess, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
5-11. Atlantic, cruise. Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
6. Shinnecock Bay, club. Shinnecock Bay. 
6. Mosquito Fleet, City Point, Boston Harbor. - 
6. Riverside, annual. Riverside, Long Island Sound. 
6. Seawanhaka Corinthian, third race for Center Island cup, 
Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound. 
6. Burgess, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
6. South Boston, ladies' day. City Point, Boston Harbor. 
8. Norwalk, annual. South Norwalk, Long Island Sound. 
9, 10, 11. New York, Newport series, Newport. 
10. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. 
13. Moriches, club. 
13. Corinthian, third club championship, Marblehead, Mass. Bav, 
13. Larchmont, open, first day of race' week, Larchmont, Long 
Island Sound. 
13. Seawanhaka Corinthian, race for Roosevelt memorial cup, 
Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound. 
13. Manhasset, special. Port Washington, Long Island Sound. 
13-20. Larchmont, race week, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
17. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Slass. 
18, 20, 23. Newport Y. R. A., special races, Newport. 
20, Westhampton C. C, club. 
20. Winthrop, Winthrop, Mass." . 
2C. Duxbury, ladies' day, Duxbury, Mass. 
20. South Boston, club handicap. City Point, Boston Harbor. 
20. Stamford, annual, Stamford, Long Island Sound. 
20. Seawanhaka Corinthian, fourth race for Center Island cup. 
Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound. 
20. Trial race to select Canada cup defender, Chicago, Lake 
Michigan. 
20. Burgess, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
22 New York, cruise, rendezvous. Glen Cove.' 
22. Harvard, cruise, rendezvous, Morris Cove, L. I. Sound. 
22. Canarsie, open, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
23. New York, cruise to the eastward. 
24. Seawanhaka, cup race. Lake St. Louis. 
24. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. »- 
25, 26, 27. Hull-Massachusetts, invitation races, Hull, Mass. 
27. Corinthian, fourth club championship, Marblehead, Mass. Bay. 
27, Shinnecock Bay, special, Shinnecock Bay. 
27. Sea Cliff, annual, Sea Cliff, Long Island Soimd. 
27. Northport, annual, Northport, Long Island Sound. 
27. Seawanhaka Corinthian, fifth race for Center Island cup, Oyster 
Bay, Long Island Sound. 
27. .Manhasset, special. Port Washington, Long Island Sound. 
29. New York, Astor cup races, Newport. 
29- .30. Burgess, open, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bpy. 
30- 31. New York, trial races to select America Cup defender, 
Nevvport. 
31. Corinthian, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
31. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. 
AUGUST. 
1-3. Corinthian, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
1. New York, trial race to select cup defender," Newport. 
3. Du.xbury, club, Duxbury, Mass. 
3. Moriches, association regatta. 
3. .-Xtlantic, Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
3. Hempstead Harbor, annual, Hempstead Harbor, L. I. Sound, 
3. Seawanhaka Corinthian, Robert Center memorial cup races, 
Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound. 
3 Manhasset Bay, special, Port Washington, Long Island Sound. 
5. C. Manchester, West Manchester, Massachusetts Bay. 
7. Misery Island, Salem Bay, Alass. 
7, S. East Gloucester, Gloucester, Mass. 
7. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mas§,' 
9, JO, f^ppisquam, Ipswich Bay. Msgs, 
