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FOREST AND 
[Nov. 7, 1903. 
with H. Lansing Quick as president and H. M. Stewart 
as recorder. 
The Board of Governors also met, with R J. Wilkin, 
President; Paul Butler, Recorder; Wolters (and Forbush 
later) from the Central Division, MacKendrick, from the 
Northern Division, and Morse from the Western 
Division. 
Complete audited reports were read and accepted from 
the outgoing pursers of the five divisions — a matter for 
pride and congratulation on the part of the Executive 
Committee. Reports were also read from the Board of 
Governors, the outgoing Regatta Committee, and the 
Camp-site Committee. 
Mrs. Fred. W. Donnelly, of Trenton, N. J. ; Mrs. John 
E. Plummer, of Brooklj'n, N. Y., and Mrs. and Miss 
Armstrong- of Rome N. Y., were elected to associate 
membership. A conmiittee of three, to be named by the 
commodore, was authorized to revise the existing asso- 
ciate membership. 
It was imanimously decided to hold the next camp — 
the twenty-fifth in the history of the Association — at its 
home. Sugar Island, in the St. Lawrence River, from 
August 5 to August 19, 1904. 
The "Squaw-Point Flag" was, by vote of the commit- 
tee, made ofhcial, to be hereafter one of the several bur- 
gees of the A. C. A. and its officers. 
The Committee on Revision of the Constitution and 
By-Laws reported through its chairman that it was not 
ready to submit the revision for adoption, and asked for 
more time in which to prepare the amendments, which it 
hoped to be able to submit for final approval bj' the Ex- 
ecutive Committee not later than January i, 1904. The 
extra time was, accordingly, granted. 
_ A number of recommendations made by the Regatta 
Committee were referred to the Racing Board for con- 
sideration. No questions pertaining to sailing or paddling 
regulations were considered; all such questions being laid 
over for the Racing Board's action. 
A vote of thanks was given retiring Secretary-Treasurer 
H. Lansing Quick for the very able and efficient manner 
in which he had discharged the duties of his office, sub- 
sequent to the death of Mr. Simpson. 
Mr. Begg. on behalf of the Northern Division, made a 
report on that division's condition, its growth in member- 
ship, finances, etc., at the present time, which was of a 
most gratifying character, and of great interest to the 
committee. (A synopsis of this report will be published 
later.) 
The Cam.p-site Committee in its report showed perma- 
nent improvements made at Sugar Island last summer 
which form an asset of the Association, including the 
dock, camp-store, mess floor and kitchen, ice-house, pump, 
piping, etc., and aggregating in all, allowing 10 per cent, 
for depreciation, over $600. The chairman of that com- 
mittee also reported very Avelcome subscriptions to the 
permanent improA'cment fund from members of the A. C. 
A., many of whom had not even attended the camp. 
When they do so they will feel more than repaid for any 
expenditures they ha^-e made. 
Forest and Stream was indorsed as one of the official 
organs of the Association for the coniing year, and it 
behooves every member of every division to support the 
official organs by news or races, cruises and camps, and 
maps, photos, and general canoeing news. 
It was recommended to the officers and Board of 
Governors to take whatever steps m.ight be necessary tc 
copyright the letters "A. C. A." as a title of the Associa- 
tion — now in use for over twenty years. 
A number of other matters pertaining to the Associa- 
tion and its island Avere discussed, and sundry questions 
brought to a vote, and passed. It seemed to be the 
general opinion that never had the Association been in 
better condition, and the utmost enthusiasm was ex- 
pressed by the members present, over the camp pros- 
pects for 1904. 
At the close of the business session, during a recess, 
of which luncheon was served in the lower floor of the 
hospitable Rochester Canoe Club House, to the visit- 
ing delegates, launches and canoes were brought into 
requisition to carry the members of the R. C. C. and 
the guests of that club and the Irondequoit C. C, to 
the latter's new club house, across the bay, where din- 
ner was served at 7 o'clock. The entire lower floor 
was given over for the banquet, and was beautifully 
decorated with flags, autumn leaves and flowers, with 
innumerable lanterns, enhancing the effect. Commo- 
dore Wolters presided, aided by his affable secretary- 
treasurer, Jack Wright. During the dinner Captain 
Willard Rich, of the R. C. C, presented the commo- 
dore with an official cap, with the A. C. A. insignia, on 
behalf of the club, while Mr. Freeland, of the I. C. C, 
did the same, on behalf of his club, to Mr. Wright. 
A number of guests from the Buffalo C. C. and other 
canoe clubs in the vicinity of Rochester— the Sa-wen- 
nis-hat. Genesee, etc.. were also present. The ex-chair- 
man of the Regatta Committee presented four special 
shields, of the pattern oft'ered as prizes at Sugar Isl- 
and last summer, to ex-Commodores Edwards, No. 3; 
Gardner, No. 5; J. N. MacKendrick, No. 663, and 
Thorn, No. 2,987, for their valiant record in the single- 
blade club-fours' race last August; he added that he 
thought it wise to bestow prizes whenever it tended 
to encourage the novices, and bring out the younger 
clement of the Association. 
Other speeches, songs and music by an orchestra 
helped to make the time fly, and at the close of a de- 
lightful evening a number of the guests were escorted 
back to the Rochester C. C. ; the remainder, stopping 
over night at the Irondequoit House. Sunday was 
given up to cruising and sailing around the nooks and 
corners of Irondequoit Bay — and the bay was in a blaze 
of glory with its rich autumnal tints — and partaking of 
a bountiful dinner at the Rochester C. C, and late in 
the afternoon the visitors were escorted up. to town, 
where the sights of Rochester were shown them from 
tally-hos, under the guidance of Jack Wright, at whose 
house the guests took supper, before leaving for their 
homes late that evening. 
At the meeting of the Racing Board, lots were drawn 
for terms of office, as follows: 
H. M. Stewart, Central Division, to retire 1904; Paul 
Butler, Eastern Division, to retire 1905; H. L. Quick, 
Atlantic Division, to retire 1905; E. J. Minnett, North- 
ern Division, to retire 1906; ■ , Western Division, 
to retire 1906. 
Sugar Island Photos. 
Photographs of Sugar Island Camp, August, 190.^ 
by tjae official photographer, A. W, Scott, may be ob- 
tained from him at No. 5 West Thirty-first street. New 
\brk: prices, 5 by 7 inches, solio, 25 cents; velox, 30 
cents; 4 by 5 inches, solio or velox, 15 cents each, 
mounted or unmounted. Quotations on large orders 
on application. 
1. The official group. 
2. Group of officers and ex-officers. 
3. Ex-Com. 'tliorn and ex-Com. Gardner. 
4. Squaw Point. 
5. Divine service at headquarters. 
6. Divine service at headquarters. 
Y. After service; crowds at headquarters. 
S. Evening view, west from headquarters; cloud effects verv 
hue. 
9. Yonkers Club at mess. 
10. Secretary Ouick's tent at Squaw Point. 
11. Squaw Point flag. 
12 ^ iew from headquarters. 
13. View from Top of Sugar Island. 
14. Grand Trunk Boat Club in war canoe. 
15. Grank Trunk Boat Club, group in tent. 
Ifi. Grand Trunk Boat Club, group, in tent. 
4x5. 
17. Ladd sailing. 'j 
IS. Vlurphy and Goodsell sailing. 
19. Goodsell and Kretzmer sailing. 
20. Moore sailing. 
21. Group at headquarters, the Commodore's family and Crosby. 
22 Guarding the colors — Crosby, Wyer, etc. 
23. Hoyt and Hand surveying the paddling course. 
24. View of Sugar fsland and adjacent islets. 
25. "A letter from Wilkin"— Hyatt, Quick and Hand. 
2ti. Unloading canoes from A'aleria. 
2(. Unloading canoes from Valeria. 
28. Unloading canoes from car at Clayton. 
29. Building the Knickerbocker do»k. ' ■■ ' 
30. His Majesty's customs officer. 
31. Murphy and his canoe. < 
32. Hoyt and Turtle sailing open canoe. 
33. Squaws paddling. 
34. "l^op" Moore's tent. New York Bay. ; 
35. Mr. and Mrs. Plummer sailing. 
36. Views of Mudlunta Island, the camp of 1901. ' , 
37. Guests at Com. Britton's, Mudlunta. 
38. Group at New York C. C. camp. 
39. Charlie Arcliibald and visitors from Yacht Squadron. 
40. Knickerbocker C. C. landing. 
41. Mrs. Parson, N. Y. C. C. 
42. Mrs. Taylor's Papoose. 
Also two A. C. A. groups Rochester C. C. ; Irondequoit Club 
from Bay; two groups at Wewauntah Rest; group on Com. Wal- 
ter's yacht; liochester club house, and Rochester C. C. flag from 
club house. 
In Memoriami 
To the Members of the American Canoe Association: 
A sadder duty has seldom fallen to my lot than to 
chronicle the death of my dear friend, Mrs. Mary Vir- 
ginia Hyatt, the wife of our Commodore of 1903, who 
passed from this life at Ossining, N. Y., on Monday, 
Oct. 12, 1903. 
To all of you who met her at Sugar Island last sum- 
mer, she was a friend; and won your affections by her 
charm of manner, her popularity and her devotion to 
her husband and children. To one who has known her 
as I have, since our childhood, the loss comes as hard 
as to anyone outside of her immediate family. 
In the name of the men and women of the A. C. A., 
I have given our good friend, Nat, the sincere assur- 
ance of our grief and sympathy, and this sad hour, for 
himself, for her family, and — saddest of all — for her 
two little ones. She would always have been a welcome 
addition to the little coterie at Squaw Point, and I 
would have counted it my chiefest pleasure to have 
helped in her election to our roll of honor — the Asso- 
ciate Membership List. 
From her friend of many years, J. K. Hand. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 28. 
Ametican Canoe Association* 
Western Division officers, American Canoe Associa- 
tion, 1903-4: 
Vice-Com., Burton D. Munhall, care of Brook's 
Household Art Co., Cleveland, O.; Rear-Com., Chas. 
J. Stedman, National Lafayette Bank, Cincinnati, O.; 
Purser, George A. Hall, Bank of Commerce, Cleveland, 
O.; Executive Committee, Thomas P. Eckert, 31 West 
Court .street, Cincinnati, O.; Dr. H. L. Frost, 10 How- 
ard street, Cleveland, O.; Board of Governor.s, Henry 
C. Morse, Peoria, 111.; Racing Board (To be elected). 
A. C. A. Membership. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
I beg to inform you that the following were elected 
life members of the American Canoe Association: 
No. 18, Dr. W. J. Nellis, Albany, N. Y. No. 19, 
Frederick B. Yard, Trenton, N. J. No. 20. Nathaniel 
S. Hyatt, Os.sining. N. Y. No. 21, William R. Havi- 
land, Yonkers, N. Y. 
Robert J. Wilkin, 
President Board of Governors. 
If you want your shoot to be aanouaced here send a 
notice like the following : 
Fixttffes. 
1904. S 
Jan. 12-15.— Hamilton, Ont., Gun Club tournament. , 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for 
'publication in these columns, also any news notes they 
may care to have published. Mail all such matter to 
Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broadway, 
.New York. Forest and Stream goes to press on Tues- 
day OF EACH WEEK. 
main event at 50 targets, distance handicap, was won by Mr. S. 
M. Van Allen, of Jamaica. 
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Mr. J. L. AVinston, famous as a skillful trapshooter. has decided 
to domicile at West Baden, Ind., where he will establish per- 
manent trapshooting grounds and a kennel of pointers and 
setters. • , , . ■ 
A distinguished group of sportsmen from Wilmington, Del., 
were visitors in New York last week. They were Messrs. A. 
Dupont, Herbert Taylor, J. Skelley, C. C. Gerow and Percy 
Smith. 
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In a match at 50 sparrows, 25yds. rise, 15yds. boundary, between 
Mes.srs. C. K. Knight, of Camden, N. J., and Fred Miller, at the 
Point Breeze race track, near Philadelphia, lasf week, each killed 
29. In the shoot-off at 15 sparrows, the scores were: Knight 8. 
Miller G. 
In the final contest for the Crescent Athletic Club October cup, 
Oct. :31, at Bay Ridge, L. T , 25 targets per man, handicap allow- 
ance, Mr. W. W. Marshall and G. W. Hagedorn tied on 25. Mr. 
Marshall had the three best scores of the month's cup competition, 
and therefore was the winner and owner of it. 
On Tuesday of this week Mr. T. W. Stake, of the firm of 
Messrs. Schoverling, Daly & Gales, and distinguished further 
in the trapshooting world as a skillful contestant in the amateur 
shoots of the Crescent Athletic Club, of which he is a long time 
member, sailed on the Kronprinz for Europe, where he will 
sojourn about five weeks. 
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In the five 20-sparrovv- events, 100 sparrows in all, at the shoot 
of the National Gun Club, West Baden, Ind., Oct. 26-31, Mr. 
Ed. Voris won. He and W. H. Hser tied on 90. In the shoot- 
off, 50 birds, Voris scored 45 to Heer's 43. The other leaders" 
scores were: Phellis S9, Elliott 87, Waters 83, Washburn and 
Marshall 82. Mr. J. M. Hughes won the cup race, 100 targets, by 
a score of 99 out of 100. 
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Mr. Edward Banks, secretary of the Wanderers, informs us that 
there will be six separate contests for the Smith gun, won and 
donated by Capt. Money, to the \^'ande^^rs as a prize. The 
contests will be held as follows, two on each of the following 
club grounds: Brooklyn, North River and South Side. The 
dates are Dec. 12, 19; Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30. 
The regular weekly shoot of the Montclair Gun Club was 
held on their attractive grounds Saturday afternoon, Oct. 31. 
The attendance at these shoots and the high degree of interest 
manifested indicate a healthy future for this club; and a close 
observation distinctly shows that this shooters' school will 
graduate some fast ones, ilessrs. Geo. F. Howard, Chas. L. 
Bush, Ed. Winslow, Geo. Batten, Chas. Boardman, H. F. Hollo- 
way, Mr. Cason, E. H. Holmes, Dr. H. W. Foster, P. H. Cocki- 
fair and I. Seymour Crane were present. Jlr. T. E. Batten, of 
Forest and Stream, was a guest of the club. Messrs. IToward,- 
Bush, Winslow and Geo. Batten shot in fast form, the latter 
getting 5 pairs, assisted by the light of the moon. Mr. Holmes, 
showed fast time, but was handicapped by using a brush gun. 
Bernard, Wate.r.s. 
ON LONG ISLAND. 
Brooklyn Gttn Club. 
Brooklyn, L. I., (_)ct. 28. — The prize shoot was at 50 target: 
tance handicap, and the prize, a toilet set, was won by Mr. 
A an .Mien, of Jamaica. Following are the scores: 
Events : 
Targets: 
Goetter 
Bergen 
Dreyer 
Hopkins 11 
Caunitz 
s, dis- 
S. M. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
15 
10 
10 
15 
25 
50 
25 
25 
9 
7 
9 
8 
3iJ 
9 
8 
9 
11 
35 
13 
10 
fi 
4 
11 
34 
16 
11 
10 
8 
11 
is 
35 
23 
is 
7 
7 
IS 
36 
18 
10 
11 
19 
41 
19 
16 
No. 6 was the prize shoot. 
Fulton Gun Clafa. 
Brooklyn, L. I., Oct. 25.— The scores made at the shoot of the 
Fulton Gun Club to-day are appended: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets : 15 15 15 15 15 15 25 Targets : 15 15 15 15 15 15 25 
Schorty 13 10 14 14 12 13 20 Nichols 13 9 11 
'^-etter 9 9 9 14 7 . . 18 May 10 12 11 18 
Davis 7 11 10 7 9 . . 14 T Short 8 9 10 
Schneider . . 10 12 10 12 13 . . . . Norris 5 3 
Moore 2 4 15 Woods 6 
Albert A.' Schoverling, Sec'y. 
Crescent Athletic Club. 
Bay Ridge, E. I., Oct. 31. — The final contest for the October 
cup resulted in a tie between Messrs. George W. Hagedorn and 
W. Marshall, each with a score of 23. Mr. Marshall, having 
the three best scores of the month, was the absolute winner. 
Final shoot, October cup, 25 targets, handicap allowance of 
misses added: W. W. ^Marshall (5) 23, G. W. Hagedorn (4) 22, 
Capt. A. ^\'. Money (2) 20, T. W. Stake (5) 16. 
Trophy shoot, 25 targets, handicap: W. W. Marshall (5) 25, 
W'. H. Deghnee (8) 25, Capt. A. W. Money (2) 23, T. W. Stake 
f5) 20, E. H. Lott (1) 20, H. B. Vanderveer (2) 19, D. V. B. 
liegeman (4) IS, G. W. Hagedorn (4) 18. 
Shoot-off, same conditions: Marshall 25, Deghnee 24. 
Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap: H. B. Vanderveer (3) 15, 
Capt. /\. W. Money (1) 15, Dr, J. J. Keyes (2) 14, W. W. 
Marshall (2) 14, FX. C. Chapman (5) 12, O. C. Grinnell, Jr. (3) 10, 
G. W. Hagedorn (2) 9, H. L. Meyers (5) 9. 
First shoot-off: Vanderveer 15, Money 15. 
Final shoot-off: Money 13, Vanderveer 15. 
Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap: Dr. J. J. Keyes (2) 15, 
Capt. A. W. Money (1) 15, W. W. Marshall (2) 14, G. W. Hage- 
dorn (2) 13, E. H. Lott (0) 13, O. C. Grinnell, Jr. (3) 10, D. 
V. B. Hegeman (3) 9, H. L. Meyers (5) 7. 
First shoot-off: Dr. J. J. Keyes 15, Capt. Money 15. 
Final shoot-off: Dr. Keyes 14, Capt. Money 13. 
At the shoot of the Brooklyn Gun Club, Oct. 28, the prize in the 
Yeast — And you say he is kind to animals? 
Crimsonbeak — Yes; why, whenever his wife commences to sing 
he always puts the dog out of the room. — Yonkers S'#tesman. 
Mother — How often have I told you, Tommy, that you should 
never let the sun go down on your anger? 
Tommy — I can't help it, mother; I ain't no Joshua.— Yonkers 
Herald. 
