FOREST AND STREAM. 
JtTLV 2S, 1903.1 
Philadelphia-Cofinthian Y. C 
Philadelphia, July i6.~The Race Committee an- 
nounces the following squadron runs during the an- 
nual dub cruise. When the commodore has ordered 
the squadron underweigh, the committee will establish 
the start and finish lines, which will be between a white 
tlag on the committee boat and the points indicated 
below: 
Saturday, July 25. — Glen Cove to Oyster Bay. 
Sunday, July 26. — The fleet will remain at anchor at 
Oyster Bay. 
Monday, July 27. — Oyster Bay to Morris Cove. 
Tuesday, July 28. — Morris Cove to Shelter Island. 
Wednesday, July 29. — Shelter Island to New London. 
Thursday, July "30. — Races at New London for gigs, 
dinghys, launches and small sail boats belonging to 
yachts of the squadron. 
Friday, July 31. — New London to Newport. 
Racing Signals. — 8:55 A. M. Preparatory signal — 
Blue Peter. 9 A. M, White Ball — Start for classes G, 
H, J, K, L, M, of sloops, cutters and yawls. 9:10 A. 
M. Red Ball— Start for class F of schooners. 9:20 A. 
M. Blue Ball — Start for classes A, B, C, D, of schoon- 
ers. 
For more specific details reference should be had to 
the racing rules of the club. 
Rendezvous (July 24). — The John Nichols, ocean-go- 
ing tug, will leave Adams Express Co.'s Wharf, Penn- 
sylvania Railroad, Jersey City, after the arrival of the 
train leaving Philadelphia at i o'clock, via Pennsyl- 
vania Railroad. Yacht owners (and guests) wishing 
to reach the rendezvous with the purpose of making 
the cruise, may avail themselves of her privileges, noti- 
fying their gigs to board her on reaching Glen Cove. 
The John Nichols will serve as the Committee Boat 
during the cruise. Members (and guests) wishing to 
use her for runs from port to port, will notify the com- 
mittee, who will be on board on the evening preceding 
the run. 
Addison F. Bancroft, Chairman; 
Harvey J. Mitchell, 
John A. Inglis, 
Race Committee. 
Sales and Chartefs. 
The following sales have recently been made througli 
the agency of Mollis Burgess, of this city: 
The 46ft. waterline auxiliary yawl Alborak, owned 
by W. Starling Burgess, of Boston, to the Hon. Frank 
W. Rollins, of Concord, N. H., ex-Governor of New 
Hampshire. 
The 30ft. waterline yawl Katharine, owned by the 
Hon. Frank W. Rollins, of Concord, N. H., ex-Gov- 
ernor of New Hampshire, to W. Starling Burgess, of 
Boston. 
The Bar Harbor 2S-footer Redwing, owned by T. G. 
Condon, of New York, to Dr. Chas. H. Frazier, of 
Philadelphia. 
The 2ift. knockabout Bogie, owned by lioward Whit- 
comb, of Boston, to E. W. Judd, of Hebron, Maine. 
The 2ift. raceabout Scapegoat, owned by C. H. W. 
Foster, vice-commodore of the Eastern Y. C, to Wal- 
ter P. Keyes, of Hull, Mass. 
The 18ft. knockabout Ayaya, owned by Walter P. 
Keyes, of Hull, Mass., to Henry D. Sharpe, of Provi- 
dence, R. I.- 
The 30ft. waterline yawl Katharine, owned by W. 
Starling Burgess, of Boston, has been chartered 
through the same agency, to George L. Batchelder, of 
Boston. 
Mr. Thomas A. St. Johnston, of this city, has 
chartered for Mr. George W. Childs Drexel, of Phila- 
delphia, his steam yacht Alce.do to Senator John F. 
Dryden, of New Jersey. This yacht measures 200ft. 
over all, 174ft. waterline, 24ft. 6in. beam, 13ft. depth 
and lift. 6in. draft. It was built of steel in 1897 by 
the Harlan & Hollingsworth Company, of Wilming- 
ton, Del., for Mr. Drexel. It has triple expansion en- 
gines li»y the same company, and four Almy water tube 
boilers. Signal letters K. N. C. R. 
The following sales, charters, etc., have been effected 
through the office of B. B. Crowninshield, of Boston: 
Design of 50-ton fishing schooner for the Mobile 
Fish & Oyster Co., of Mobile, Ala._ This vessel will 
be called the Virginia Lyons, and will be very similar 
to the schooner Stranger, which was recently built 
.and launched for Mr. Crowninshield, et al, and will 
be one of a fleet that will be built and launched for 
this company for use in the Gulf of Mexico. 
The 2i-footer Bohemia, for Eliot Wadsworth, to 
Francis Parker. 
An order for a design, for an 18ft. knockabout, to 
comply with the i8ft. Knockabout Association rules, 
for F. D. Bowden. 
The 6oft, launch Kiwi, sold to A. J. Van Nostrand, 
of New London, Conn. 
The 30ft. sloop Tsatsawassa, sold for O. B. Cole, 
of Boston, to William Borden, of Chicago. 
Chartered the schooner Adrienne for Mr. Harry 
Smith to Mr. M. J. Markham. 
Daxbttry Y"* G 
DUXBURY, MASS., 
Saturday, July iB. 
In the club race of the Duxbury Y. C, sailed in Dux- 
bury Bay on Saturday, July 18, in a moderate southwest 
breeze, Aspinquid won in the i8ft. knockabouts, and As 
You Like It won a close race in the handicap class. The 
summary : 
18ft. Class. 
Elapsed. 
Aspinquid, C. M. Foster 1 07 52 
Osprey, A. Train 1 OS 55 
Wink, Goodspeed Bros , 10910 
Miladi, F. A. Adams 1 09 30 
Handicap Class. 
As You Like It, W. T. Whitman 1 03 10 
Solilaire, Dr. Amesbury 1 03 25 
Aureolus, H. Kellogg 1 12 45 
Johonset. A. B. Holmes Disabled. 
All communications intended for Forest and Stream should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 
New York, and not to any individual connected with the ptper. 
Savin Hill Y, C. 
DORCHESTER, MASS., 
Saturday, July 18. 
A handicap race of power boats was given by the 
Savin Hill Y. C. on Saturday, July 18, in which Vivace 
easily led the fleet. The summaries: 
Elapsed. Corrected. 
Vivace, J. A. J. Smith .,0 50 45 0 50 45 
Wide Awake, J. H. Ricker .■ 1 15 09 0 51 30 
Alma, W. J. Ross 1 07 27 0 55 51 
Dorothy, J. H. Turner 1 08 29 0 56 57 
Spray IL, A. L. Kidd 1 22 40 0 58 17 
Aikane, A. A. Swallow 1 40 50 1 03 50 
Nad, E. L. Skinner 1 40 15 1 04 15 
Helen, A. O. Bradford 1 47 28 1 07 28 
Geisha, E. E. Carr 1 23 45 1 08 45 
Harriett, C. E. Durgin 1 26 12 1 14 12 
Mattapoisett Y. C« 
MATTAPOISETT, MASS., 
Saturday, July 18. 
The Mattapoisett one-design class of is-footers were 
given a try out in a strong soutwest breeze with a choppy 
sea on Saturday, July 18. There were eight starters, and 
less than three minutes separated the first and last boats 
at the finish. The race was close throughout, No. 3 win- 
ning by 32s. The summary: 
Finish. Elapsed. 
No. 3, J. L. Stackpole, Jr 5 05 00 1 32 00 
No. 2, W. S. Lathrop 5 05 32 1 32 32 
No. 1, S. D. Warren, Jr 5 06 00 1 33 00 
No. 5, C. A. King 5 06 28 1 33 28 
No. 8, Edward S. Stone 5 06 39 1 33 39 
No. 10, Cecil Barnes 5 07 13 1 34 13 
No. 6, A. G. Maury ,.5 07 15 1 34 15 
No. 4, William Swan 5 07 33 1 34 33 
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A, C. A. Amendments. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., July 17. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
The following amendments to the Constitution and By- 
laws of the American Canoe Association are proposed, 
to be published for the specified time, and then acted 
upon by the American Canoe Association and by its 
Executive Committee at the annual camp at Sugar Isl- 
and, Aug. 7 to 21, 1903, as per Article XIL of the Con- 
stitution and Chapter XIV. of the By-laws. The refer- 
ences hereafter to pages and to lines on said pages are 
according to the Year Book for 1902. 
Robert J. Wilkin, 
A. C. A., No. 47 
Constitution. 
Article III. Amend fourth line by substituting "Treas- 
urer" for "Division Purser." 
Article V., Sec. i, in second line, substitute "a Secre- 
tary and a Treasurer" for "a Secretary-Treasurer." 
Sec. 2, in first line, put "and the Secretary and the 
Treasurer" for "and the Secretary-Treasurer." Strike 
out all after the word "Committee" in third line, to and 
including the word "elected" in eighth line, and substi- 
tute therefor: "The term of ofBce of the Commodore 
shall be for one year from the first day of October in 
the year in which he is elected, and the terms, of office 
of the Secretary and of the Treasurer shall end when 
their successors are elected." 
Article^ VI. Strike out all after the word "Division" 
in fifth line of Sec. i, to and including "Association" in 
seventh line, and substitute "The officers of the Associa- 
tion, and the Division Vice-Commodores and Pursers 
shall constitute the Executive Committee of the Associa- 
tion." In ninth line of Sec. i, substitute "a Secretary 
and a Treasurer" for "and Secretary-Treasurer." 
In Sec. 2, substitute "five" for "seven" in first line. 
Section 5, substitute "Treasurer" for "Secretary-Treas- 
urer" in fifth line. 
Strike out the word "Secretary" in amendment passed 
last fall, relative to Life Membership (not published in 
igo2 book). 
Article VII, in twenty-second line, substitute "the Sec- 
retar3''s and the Treasurer's" for "the Secretary-Treas- 
urer's." 
Article IX, Sec. i, strike out the word "Treasurer" in 
first and second lines, also, all after "Book" on fifth line, 
and substitute a new Sec. 2, as follows : "It shall be the 
duty of the Treasurer to receive all moneys due the As- 
sociation from every source, to pay all proper bills on 
the written approval of the Commodore, and to make an 
annual report of the finances." 
Substitute new Section 3 for present Section 2. 
Amend new Section 3 by inserting after the word "re- 
ceive" on the first line, the words "from the Treasurer." 
In the third line, strike out "from the members" and 
substitute "their Divisions." 
In the fourth and sixth lines strike out the word 
"Treasurer." 
Strike out all the section after the word "Division" in 
the eighth line. 
Strike out the word "after" in seventh line of that 
section and substitute therefor, "prior too." 
By-Laws. 
Chapter I, Sec. i, strike out "Division Pursers" in sec- 
ond line, and "Purser" in fifth line, and insert "Treas- 
urer" in each case. 
In sixth line of same chapter, strike out the word 
"Vice." 
In Section 2, second line, after the words "January ist," 
add "to the Treasurer." In third line, add, after "if not 
paid," the words "by February iSth." In fourth and sev- 
enth lines, substitute "Treasurer" for "Purser." In 
seventh and ninth lines, strike out the word "Vice." In 
eleventh line, substitute "Treasurer" for "Purser." 
Section 2, first line on page 22, strike out all on first 
and second lines after the word "year," and substitute all 
of the "note" now at the end of_ Chapter I, commencing : 
"The receipts for the Division in which," etc. In sixth 
line, page 22, strike out "and Secretary-Treasurer." 
Chapter V, seventh line, strike out the word "Treas- 
urer," and add : "that of the Treasurer to be blue, with 
'"'^-'■^''if'^rilrWirTiff''"-~^"-'T'l~"' 
the same device in white." In fourth line of same chap- 
ter, strike out "a star," and insert "three stars." 
Chapter VII, strike out the word "Treasurer" in first 
hne. In second line, strike out "after each annual meet- 
mg of the Executive Committee" and substitute: "each 
year, as soon after April 15th as may be possible." In 
sixth line, add, after "and shall send," the words : "a suffi- 
cient number of copies to the Pursers of each Division 
for distribution to the members thereof ; the postage to be 
paid by said Divisions." Add to Chapter VII, the fol- 
lowing: "The Secretary shall publish, each year, not 
later than July ist, a "prospectus" of the forthcoming 
annual camp, with all requisite data from the Camp-site, 
Transportation and Regatta Committees, and shall mail a 
copy to each member of the Association. 
Chapter VIII, third line, page 23, strike out the word 
"Treasurer." 
Chapter IX, twenty-eighth line, strike out "Treasurer." 
In twenty-ninth line, add: "and a detailed report of the 
expenses of such regatta, with accompanying vouchers to 
the Treasurer." 
Chapter X, sixth line, strike out the word "Treasurer." 
In seventh line, add: "And of the Treasurer, the letters 
A. C. A. in silver, supported by a quill in gold." 
Chapter XI, substitute "Secretary" for "Librarian-Cus- 
todian" in first line. 
Chapter XII, eighth line, strike out the word "Treas- 
urer." 
A* C, A, Membership. 
The following have applied for membership to the 
A. C. A: 
Atlantic Division— F. M. Crispin, Paul McMichael. 
Edward Muller, Purser. 
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The United States Revolver Association. 
New York, N. Y., July 15.— Herewith I send you the scores of 
the second Franco-American revolver match; also the details of 
the new revolver record made by Dr. William H. Luckett, of this 
city. A. L. A. Himmelwright. 
The American team shot their scores at the Walnut Hill range 
of the Massachusetts Rifle Association, near Boston, Mass. ; the 
French team shot at Paris, France. The total scores of each team 
to be cabled to the other. 
Scores of the American team: 
O I Olsen 53 58 57 54 54 53 58 54 58 55—554 
B F Wilder 51 54 56 55 54 56 58 52 54 53—543 
R S Hale 51 54 56 53 55 59 57 49 50 56—540 
J A Dietz 54 57 50 50 50 57 50 57 55 54—534 
VV A Smith 52 53 55 48 58 52 52 .54 50 53—532 
C S Axtell 50 49 55 57 58 53 52 54 50 52—530 
L Bell 49 49 51 55 56 53 53 50 54 57—527 
T Anderton 51 53 55 53 54 54 53 52 46 52—523 
J B Crabtree 50 51 49 50 50 55 50 53 56 55—519 
J R Calkins 53 53 48 53 50 52 52 48 56 54—51-9 
£ E Patridge 51 49 59 52 53 51 53 49 50 50—517 
R H Sayre, Paris... 54 54 45 54 52 49 48 54 54—515 
J T Humphrey 56 54 43 53 52 51 54 56 51 43—513 
vVm Amory, 2d 46 47 54 51 51 52 53 52 56 50—512 
C L Bouve 46 49 41 57 49 54 51 53 53 58—511—7889 
A. L. A. Himmelwright, captain. 
Substitutes: C. F. C. Armstrong, A. R. Whittier, Wm. H. 
Luckett. 
Umpires representing the French team: Elmore A. Pierce, of 
the Associated Press, and W. F. Spencer, statistical officer of the 
Massachusetts Rifle Association. 
French team, total scores: M. Balme 469, M. Gaurrette 502, 
Capt. Chauchat 524, Count de Chastellajae 547, M. Dutfoy 541, 
M. Feugray 509, M. Recocq 502, M. Louvier 496, Molinier Paget 
526, Capt. Moreaux 529, Adj. Paroche 466, Commandant Py 542, M. 
Sartori 462, M. Dorien 522, M. Despasses 503; total 7640. 
Programmes giving the conditions of these matches may be 
obtained by addressing H. W. Ott, Box 162, New York city. 
The score and other details of the new 50-shot revolver record 
at 20yds., shot by Wm. H. Luckett, at the Manhattan Rifle and 
Revolver Association gallery at 2628 Broadway, on June 11, 1903, 
follow: 
W H Luckett 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10—91 
8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10—93 
8 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10—91 
8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10—93 
8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10—96—464 
The shooting was done on the regulation Standard American 
target, reduced for 20yd. shooting, with a Smith & Wesson .44cal. 
revolver, with an 8in. barrel and a trigger pull of 2i-ilbs. Plain 
open sights, reloaded smokeless gallery ammunition, with round 
ball. The first shot of the score was fired at 10:45 P. M., and the 
last shot at 11:31 P. M. The shooting was witnessed by Joseph 
E. SilHman, treasurer of the Manhattan Rifle and Revolver Asso- 
ciation, and Mr. B. F. Wilder. This score was fired strictly in 
accordance with the rules and regulations of the United States 
Revolver Association, and is recognized as the 50-shot revolver 
record. 
The annual championship matches of the United States Re- 
volver Association will be held simultaneously with the annual 
meeting of the National Rifle Association of America, from Sept. 
2 to 11, inclusive. These matches will be shot at the Sea Girt 
range of the New Jersey Rifle Association, at Sea Girt, N. J. ; 
at the Walnut Hill range of the Massachusetts Rifle Association, 
Woburn, Mass., near Boston; at Chicago, 111., under the auspices 
of the Chicago Sharpshooters' Association; at St. Louis, Mo., 
under the auspices of the St. Louis Sharpshooters' Association, 
and at San Francisco, Cal., at the Shell Mound range of the 
Golden Gate Rifle and Pistol Club. These matches are open 
to all. 
Rock Island Club. 
Rock Island, 111., June 16. — ^The club will hold at its Elm street 
range a class shoot with .22cal rifles, 100 shots. The contest will 
begin Saturday afternoon, July 4, will continue on Saturday after- 
noons for twelve weeks, and is open to all members in good 
standing. 
This shoot will be known as "the Stevens Rifle Contest," and 
the principal prize will be a fine rifle, donated by the J. Stevens 
Arms & Tool Co. 
The Standard American target, reduced to 100yds., will be used 
in this match. There will be no individual targets, but the mark- 
ing will be careful and scores will be verified by one of the follow- 
ing committee: Mitchell, Reidy, Harms, Junge and Helpenstell. 
Each contestant may fire, on any regular day, as many shots, 
