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filled it witli akdhol, the Colonel cut three pieces of can- 
vas from the roll of duck of a size sufficient to cover the 
hole — one single piece being too large to quickly and con- 
veniently handle. In the meantime George, liaving con- 
tributed his share to the process by preparing a couple of 
little chisels or scalpels cut from a yi'm. limb from the 
nearest sycamore and flattened at one end to a knife-kke 
blade, with which to plaster on the patch, made ready with 
the kodak to catch us in the act. 
All being ready, I lighted the alcohol lamp, and, holding 
the ladle, in which I had placed two or three table- 
spoonfuls of resin, over the blaze, I soon had the resin 
reduced to a seething liquid, whose fragrant, aromatic 
odor diffused itself in the air around. I then took about 
half a teaspoonful of lard from the lard can in the mess 
chest and dropped it in the melted resin, stirring it in 
with one of the flattened sticks. When it was thoroughly 
melted in, I poured a few drops of the mixture into a 
cup of river water which Lacy held for me, kneading the 
cooled drops between my fingers to test its consistency. A 
little more lard was added, and the water test again ap- 
plied, until the compound had lost its brittleness and was 
about the consistency of fairly pliable shoemaker's wax, 
when it was pronounced ready to use. 
A piece of the canvas was immersed in the boiling com- 
pound until thoroughlj'^ coated and saturated, when it was 
lifted out between the two flattened sticks and quickly 
placed over one end of the break and plastered smoothly 
down. The other end of the break was next fixed in the 
same- manner, after which a patch was placed over the 
remaining open space in the middle, a little hot compound 
poured over the completed patch and quickly plastered 
over the entire surface (rapid work is necessary, as the 
mixture cools and hardens rapidly), and the job was 
done, and the Mary Lou — her beauty considerably dis- 
figured by the big resin-colored patch on her cheek — was 
again waterproof. An examination of her frarrie inside 
revealed less damage than the Colonel had at first sup- 
posed. One of her stout inch-pine cross sections, or 
moulds, was shattered, however, but we could not con- 
veniently repair this, and as it did not materially impair 
her efficiency, we did nothing to it. 
The river makes a great ox-bow bend to the right and 
background to the left again of several miles in ex- 
tent; clear around the front of the Walker _ place, and 
coming back below to a point considerably in the rear 
of the place, before again bending sharply to the right and 
resuming its course down the valley. 
We found the first reach, of a mile or so around the 
bend to the right, full of reefs. The river was wide, swift 
and very shallow, and great patience and care were re- 
quired in order to safely negotiate this reach, particularly 
in the upper part, and hang-ups were by no means in- 
frequent. At the bottom of the reach, in the great crescent 
to the left, is a mile or so of eddy, as the still reaches are 
incorrectly termed, in local parlance, and at the present 
stage of water we found this reach as currentless as a mill 
pool, and a tedious half an hour's paddling was required in 
order to work our way through it. The river impinges 
against the base of the outlying spurs of the Blue Ridge 
along here, and the right bank rose to a considerable 
height, densely clothed with trees and broken by the 
longitudinal straight line of the Norfolk & Western Rail- 
road, as it lay in an ugly, red clay gash, high up above 
the water. 
A couple of gentlemen fishing from a big white skiff 
about half way down this reach proved to be Dr. Tom- 
kins and Mr. Avis, of Charleston, W. Va., who were 
spending a few summer weeks at the Walker place." They 
showed us a fine catch, among which was a huge 5lb. 
bass. It was the biggest one I had ever seen, and I took it 
up and handled it with great interest and respect, specu- 
lating meanwhile with the Colonel as to how he would 
feel at the business end of our light flv tackle. 
We told the fishermen that we would camp at Three 
Springs, some three miles or so below, and invited them 
to visit us in the evening, which, a,s it was not over a 
mile across the country from their stopping place, they 
readily agreed to do, and the Colonel and I paddled on 
after George and Lacy, who were by now some little dis- 
tance ahead. 
We finally worked through this mile or more of eddy, 
which ends in a broad flat bar, which stretches across 
the breadth of the river in a gravelly beach, mostly above 
water, until the lower end of the eddy looks more like 
the bottom of a long, narrow lake or pond than the con- 
tinuation of a river. At the left a deep, narrow channel, 
not more than a few boats' lengths in width, carries all 
the water iu the river over the bar in a strong, deep 
stream, which then pitches away down hill in a glorious 
tapid, a quarter of a mile long, with the usual long, semi- 
circular fringe of stones, boulders, etc., piled up across the 
lower end. We plunged swiftly in a shouting procession 
down this surging shoot and pitched head first and one 
at a time over the rockj' fringe at the bottotn, escaping 
with a few thumps apiece, and were buried in the suds 
below, which rolled in sheets from our decks, leaving them 
glistening and shining, mirror-like, ni the sun. 
From here on down to where the river flows deep, still 
and lake-like in the broad expanse of the Shaver mill 
pool, some three or four miles below, is one continuous 
rapid. We have had fine sport in running this stretch of 
river on former cruises, but on the present phenomenally 
low water we had all we could do to get througl7 it at all, 
for it is literally ribbed and seamed with reefs, huge 
sections of which project in great masses, high out of the 
■ water, scattered here and there over the surface of the 
river in picturesque confusion, and as might be ex- 
pected, great caution was required in order to navigate 
this water at all, and many and frequent were the bumps, 
thumps and hang-ups scored by each and every one, al- 
though all succeeded in getting through without having 
.• to get out. 
The scenery down along this reach is vfery beautiful. 
We had turned our backs upon the ugly red scar upon 
the mountainside in which lay the railroad tracks, and in 
front of us, as the river wound to the left, the banks on 
the right rose in a high bluff, upon which, and command- 
ing a fine river prospect, stood a large, fine looking brick 
farmhouse, the massive white columns supporting the 
porch in true Southern style standing out conspicuously 
against the red brick background. To the left the banks 
were low, and we looked out over pleasant, well-tilled 
fields, with the handsome brick Weaver residence in the 
forcfTQuad, while immediately behind it rose the majestic 
peak in which the Southern end of the Massanutton range 
springs from the valley, whose portals we were just en- 
tering, the grand, imposing slope of the peak being strik- 
ingly beautiful, while every tree and bush on the mnuntain- 
sidc stood out in distinctness in the clear, pure atmos- 
phere, while the picturesque masses of rock scattered 
freely around in the river bed, around and ariiong which 
the swift, clear waters rippled caressingly, breaking into 
pearly foam, made up a foreground charming in its 
beauty. 
I had a clumsy, troublesome time of it getting over the 
big fish dam opposite Weaver's, and half a mile above 
our camp at Three Springs. I had lagged some distance 
behind the others, and they had slipped over the dam, ap- 
parently without trouble or delay, some little time before I 
even reached the couple of hundred yards or so of slack 
water above it. I was familiar with the location of the 
shoot, and merely noting that each canOe, as it approached, 
turned to the left and disappeared over the dam with a 
parting glimpse of the shoulders and helmet of the occu- 
pant, and the uplifted, sharply pointed stern of the 
canoe, I paid no special attention to the exact spot, but 
drove my canoe swiftly through the slack water above 
down upon the dam, intent only on getting over and catch- 
ing up as quickly as possible. Approaching the dam I 
gave a glance down the usual place, then, closing my 
Iia.tches and pulling up my apron^ — ^for the shoot was 
about a boat's length long, with a drop of 3 or 4ft., and 
quite rough — I drove my canoe briskly over. 
In my careless haste I went over a yard too far to the 
left, and my bow brought up with a crash on a sunken 
rock just below the crest of the dam and held fast. The 
swift rush of water caught the stern of my canoe in its 
relentless^ grasp and swung it resistlessly round and 
hurled the canoe down over the dam sidewise. As soon 
as the bow hung I threw off my apron and hatch in anti- 
cipation of the inevitable capsize, and prepared to jump. 
The stern crashed down on the rocks and hung- up like- 
wise, leaving the canoe broadside on, across the full flow 
of water over the dam, and over she went. 
[to be continued.] 
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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. 
11. Manhasset, Bay, first series race for Jacob cup, Port Washing- 
ton, Long Island Sound. 
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. 
SO. 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. Canarste, opening and parade, Carnarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
30. Brooklyn, opening, Gravesend Bay. 
30. Staten Island, Stapleton, S. I. 
30. American, opening, Milton Point, Long Island Sound. 
30. Burgess, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
30. Manhasset Bay, second series race for Jacob cup. Port Wash- 
ington, Long Island Sound. 
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. 
8. Brooklyn, open, Gravesend Bay. 
8. South Boston, club handicap, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
12. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. 
15. South Boston, club cruise, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
15. Beverly, club. Monument Beach. 
15. New York C. C, annual, Gravesend Bay. 
15. Larchmont, spring regatta, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
15. Seawanhaka Corinthian, iirst race, Center Island cup, 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. Beverly, open sweepstake. Monument Beach. 
17. Duxbury, club race, Duxbury, Mass. 
17. Hull-Massachusetts, classes over 18ft^ Hull, Boston Harbor. 
17. Dorchester, 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 I?ay. 
17. Pavonia, annual, Bayonne, Newark 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. Beverly, Corinthian, Monument Beach. 
22. Marine and Field, open, Gravesend Bay. 
22. Manhasset Bay, third series race for Jacob cup, Port Washing- 
ington, Long Island Sound. 
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. Seawanhaka Corinthian, special, Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
29. Boston, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
29. Atlantic, annual. Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
29. Burgess, Marblehaed, Massachusetts Bay. 
29. Seawanhaka Corinthian, annua! race for Leland challenge cup 
for raceabouts. Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound. 
JtJI-Y. 
2, 4, 6. Newport, Y. R. A., cup defender class, Newport. 
2. Indian Harbor, Greenwich, Long Island Sound. 
3. Columbia, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
3. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. 
3-8, Brooklyn C. C., cruise, Gravesend Bav. 
4 Beverly, open sweepstake. Monument Beach, 
4. DuxburVj^ club race, Dttxbury, Mass. 
4. Boston City, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
4. Corinthian, second club championship, Marblehead, Mass. Bay, 
4. East Gloucester, open, Gloucester, Mass. 
4. GF»vfi$^4 Bay V. K, first opcii regatta. Graves^d Jay, 
4. Larchmont, annual regatta and schooner races for Gblt cup, 
Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
4. Hartford, annual, Saybrook, Long island Sound. 
4. Seawanhaka Corinthian, club, Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound. 
4. Pavonia, Mclnnis cup, Bayoone, 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. Bay. 
13. Beverly, club, Monument Beach. 
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. Beverly, Buzzards Bay. 
17. East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. 
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. Beverly, Corinthian, Monument Beach. 
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. Beverly, open sweepstake. Monument Beach. ' 
27. Corinthian, fourth club championship, Marblehead, Mass. Bay, 
27. Shinnecock Bay, special, Shinnecock Bay. 
27. Sea Cliff, annual. Sea Cliff, Long Island Sound. 
27. Northport, annual, Northport, Long Island Sound. 
27. Seawanhaka Corinthian, fifth race for Center Island cup, Oyster 
Bay. Long Island Sound. 
27. Manhasset, fourth series race for Jacob cup. Port Washing- 
ington. Long Island Sound, 
29. New York, Astor cup races, Newport. 
29- 30. Busgess, open, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
30- 31. New York, trial races to select America Cup defender, 
Newport. 
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. Duxbury, club, Duxbury, Mass. 
3. Beverly. Corinthian, Monument Beach. 
5. Moriches, association regatta. 
3. Atlantic, Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
3. Hempstead Harbor, annual, Hempstead Harbor, L. I. Sound. 
3. Seawanhaka Corinthiari, Robert Center memorial cup races, 
Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound. 
3 Manhasset Bay, special. Port Washington, Long Island Sound, 
5, 6. Manchester, West Manchester, Massachusetts Bay. 
7. Misery Island, Salem Bay, Mass. 
7, 8. East Gloucester, Gloucester, Mass. 
7, East Gloucester, evening race, Gloucester, Mass. 
9. 10. Annisouam. Ipswich Bav, Mas.s. 
10. Beverly, Van Rensselaer cup, open. Monument Beach, 
10. Westhampton C. C, association regatta. 
10. Brooklyn, Gravesend Bay. 
10. Horsehoe Harbor, annual, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
10. Bridgeport, special, Bridgeport, Long Island Sound. 
10. Seawanhaka Corinthian, sixth race for Center Island cup, 
Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound. 
10-15. Chicago, races for the Canada cup, Chicago, Lake Michigan. 
12, 13. American, Newburyport, Massachusetts Bay. 
17. Manhasset Bay, club series races for points; open to knock- 
abouts (21 and 18ft.), cabin and open catboats, bay boats, 
Manhasset raceabouts and sailing dories, Port Washing- 
ington. Long Island Sound. 
17. Moriches, open. 
17. Wollaston, Ouincy Bay, Boston Harbor. 
17. Corinthian, Bfth club championship, Marblehead, Mass. Bay. 
17. South Boston, club handicap. City Point, Boston Harbor. 
17. New York, New York Bay. 
17. Indian Harbor, annual, Greenwich, Long Island Sound. 
17. Seawanhaka Corinthian, seventh race for Center Island cup, 
Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound. 
17. Canarsie, Corinthian regatta, Jamaica Bay. 
17. Columbia, Chicago, Lake Michigan. 
30, 22, 24, 27, 29. American cup races, Sandy Hook. 
24. Shinnecock Bay, association regatta, Shinnecock Bay. 
24. Corinthian, sixth club championship, Marblehead, Mass. Ba>. 
24. South Boston, ladies* day. City Point, Boston Harbor. 
26. Cape Cod, Provincetown, Mass. 
27. Wellfleet, Wellfleet, Mass. 
29. Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass. 
30. Kingstown, Kingstown, Mass. 
31. Duxbury, Duxbury, Mass. 
31. Beverly, Corinthian, Monument Beach. 
31 Westhampton C. C, open. 
31. East Gloucester, club, Gloucester, Mass. 
31 Marine and Field, Gravesend Bay. 
31. Hartford, annual, Saybrook, Long Island Sound, 
31. Huntington, special, Huntington, Long Island Sound. 
31. Manhasset Bay, club series races for points; open to knock- 
abouts (21 and 18ft.), cabin and open catboats, bay boats, 
Manhasset raceabouts and sailing dories. Port Washing- 
ton, Long Island Sound. 
31. Larchmont, special, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
ISEPTEMBER. 
2. Beverly, open. Monument Beach. 
2. Dux:bury, ladies' day, Duxbury, Mass. 
2, 3. Corinthian, cruise, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
2. Lynn, Nahant, Massachusetts Bay. 
2. Gravesend Y. R. A., all classes, Gravesend Bay. 
2. Norwalk, special, South Norwalk, Long Island Sound. 
2. Sachem's Head, annual, Saybrook, Long Island Sound, 
2. Larchmont, fall regatta, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
2. Atlantic, special. Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
2. Pavonia, special, Bayonne, Newark Bay. 
2. Canarsie, ladies' day, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
2. Seawanhaka Corinthian, Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound. 
2. Burgess, Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
2 Chicago, Chicago, Lake Michigan. 
3. Shinnecock Bay, open, Shinnecock Bay. 
5, 6. Seawanhaka Corinthian, open special, Oyster Bay, L, I. 
Sound. 
7. Beverly, open. Mattapoisett. 
7. Seawanhaka Corinthian, fall regatta. Oyster Bay, L. I. Sound. 
7. Atlantic, Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
7. Lynn, Y. R. A., rendezvous. 
14. Brooklyn, fall regatta, Gravesend Bay, New York Bay. 
14. Larchmont, Larchmont, Long Island Sound. 
14. Indian Harbor, fall regatta, Greenwich, Conn. 
14. Manhasset Bay, club series races for points; open to knock- 
abouts (21 and 18ft.), cabin and open catboats, bay boats. 
Manhasset raceabouts and sailing dorses. Port Washing- 
ton, Long Island Sound. 
14. Atlantic, fall regatta, Sea Gate, New York Bay. 
21. New York C. C., fall regatta, Gravesend Bay. 
21. Manhasset Bay, fall regatta, Port V/ashington, L. I. Sound. 
21. Canarsie, commodore's cup races, Canarsie, Jamaica Bay. 
28. Manhasset Bay, fifth series race for Jacob cup. Port Washing- 
ton, Long Island Sound. 
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