July i, 1905 .] 
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ance as thus determined, all yachts, except those of the 
most pronounced racing type, will receive an arbitrary 
handicap, to be fixed by the Regatta Committee. 
All entries are to be made in writing on blanks fur- 
nished by the committee, and must be received not later 
than June 24, to enable the yacht to receive the full han- 
dicap to which it is entitled. Yachts should be presented 
for measurement either Saturday, June 24; Friday, June 
30, or before 9 A. M., Saturday, July i. No boat will be 
allowed to start which has not been measured or has not 
presented a satisfactory certificate of measurement. 
Each yacht will be allowed to carry only the sails al- 
lowed by club rules for that rig, and shall not have on 
board more than one man for each 5ft. of racing length 
or fraction thereof. F.ach yacht must carry a moderate 
cruising outfit, but no tender need be taken. The course 
will be from starting line off the club house, down East 
passage, to and around black buoy on Great Eastern Rock 
about miles east of Montauk Point, leaving mark to 
starboard, and back to starting point by same course, a 
total distance of 88 nautical miles. 
The time of all yachts will be taken from the starting 
signal. All entries should be addressed to Wallis E. 
Howe, Secretary Regatta Committee, Bristol Y. C., Bris- 
tol, R. I. F. H. Young. 
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Officers of A. C. A., J903. 
Commodore — C. F. VVoIters, 14 Main St. East, Rochester, N. Y. 
Secretary — H M, Stewart, 85 Main St., East Rochester, N. Y. 
Treasurer — F. G. Mather, 1(54 Fairfield Ave., Stamford, Conn. 
ATLANTIC DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore — W. A. Furman, 846 Berkeley Ave., Trenton, N. J. 
Rear-Commodore— F. C. Hoyt, 67 Broadway, New York. 
Purser — C. W. Stark, 118 N. Montgomery St., Trenton, N. J. 
Executive Committee — L. C. Kretzmer, L. C. Schepp Building, 
New York; E. M. Underhill, Box 262, Yonkers, N. Y. 
Board of Governors — R. J. Wilkin, 211 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
Racing Board — H. L. Quick, Yonkers, N. Y. 
CENTRAL DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore — Lyman T. Coppins, 691 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y. 
Rear-Commodore — Frank C. Demmler, 526 Smithfield St., Pittsburg. 
Purser — J. C. Milsom, 736 Mooney Brisbane Bldg., Buffalo, N. Y. 
Executive Committee — F. G. Mather, 164 Fairfield Ave., Stamford, 
Conn.; H. W. Breitenstein, 511 Market St., Pittsburg, Pa.; 
Jesse J. Armstrong, Rome, N. Y. 
Beard of Governors — c. ±'. Forbush, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Racing Board — Harry M. Stewart, 85 Main St., East Rochester, 
N. Y. 
EASTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore — D. S. Pratt, Jr., 178 Devonshire St., Boston, 
Mass. 
Rear-Commodore — VVm. W. Crosby, 8 Court St., Woburn, Mass. 
Purser— William E. Stanwood, Wellesley, Mass. 
Executive Committee — Wm. J. Ladd, 18 Glen Road, Winchester, 
Mass.; F. W. Notman, Box 2344, Boston, Mass.; O. C. Cun- 
ningham, care E. Teel & Co., Medford, Mass.; Edw. B. 
Stearns, Box 63, Manchester, N. H. 
Racing Board — Paul Butler, U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass.; 
H. D. Murphy, alternate. 
NORTHERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore — Chas. W. McLean, 303 James St., Montreal, Can. 
Rear-Commodore — J. W. Sparrow, Toronto, Canada. 
Purser — J. V. Nutter, Montreal, Canada. 
Executive Committee — C. E. Britton, Gananoque, Ont.; Harry 
Page, Toronto, Ont. 
Board of Governors — J. N. MacKendrick, Galt, Ont. 
Racing Board— E. J. Minett, Montreal, Canada. 
WESTERN DIVISION. 
Vice-Commodore — Burton D. Munhall, care of Brooks Household 
Art Co., Cleveland, O. 
Rear-Commodore — Charles J. Stedman, National Lafayette Bank, 
Cincinnati, O. 
Purser — George Q. Hall, care of Bank of Commerce, Cleveland, O. 
Executive Committee — -Thomas P. Eckert, 31 West Court St., 
Cincinnati, O. ; Dr. H. L. Frost, 10 Howard St., Cleveland, O. 
Board of Governors — Henry C. Morse, Peoria, 111. 
How to Join the A. C. A. 
“Application for membership shall be made to the Treasurer, 
F. G. Mather, 164 Fairfield Ave., Stamford, Conn., and shall be 
accompanied by the recommendation of an active member and by 
the sum of two dollars, one dollar as entrance fee and one dollar 
as dues for the current year, to be refunded in case of non- 
election of the applicant.” 
Across Nova Scotia in Canoes. 
{Concluded from page 463.) 
Fish were scarce below the dam, so we spent some time 
taking photographs and inspecting the “fish ladder” built 
to allow fish to pass up stream, all the while keeping a 
sharp lookout up stream for the missing members of the 
party. H. N. T. had found by telephoning to Liverpool 
that the Senlac was due to arrive at 2 A. M. the following 
morning and the last train left at 3 P. M. this afternoon. 
Two o’clock came and still no sign of them, and we com- 
menced to feel anxious, remembering their previous mis- 
fortunes in the rapids and the difficult one they had to pass 
just above us. We made up our minds to hike back along 
the shore with paddles and poles to see what had become 
of them. First, however, we loaded the boat and dufffe 
on the flat car by the mill so that it would go on down 
to Liverpool that afternoon, and while the Scribe was 
shacking the last of the stuff down from the canal em- 
bankment Arthur ran up to the dam to take one last look 
for the others. A few minutes later his mate, putting the 
finishing touches to the things on the car, was interrupted 
ih his work of wedging the sloping ends of pulp logs 
under the boat, by a shrill “coo-e-e” from the skipper, 
and looking up, saw with a great relief the missing two 
disembarking at the end of the canal. 
From that moment all was bustle. A short three-quar- 
ters of an hour was all the time we had to load the rest 
of the stuff on the car and get some lunch. Chocolate 
had come in very acceptably during the few hours pre- 
vious, tobacco also, in warding off the pangs of hunger. A 
camp site was found under a clump of pine trees on a 
slight rise beside the track and water was gotten from 
the brook, a short distance below. Time did not admit of 
an elaborate lunch, but we baked cornbread, and made' 
tea, sharing the former with some of the residents of the 
village who gathered around to see the fun. 
Enthusiastic comments were made about the cornbread, 
and we got our first scraps of news of the outside world 
we had been away from so long. They told us of a great 
■disaster in New York Harbor — the loss of the General 
•Slocum by fire, killing some nine hundred people. Carl 
asked about the fate of Port Arthur, and learned that_ it 
was still holding out. The Scribe asked the present price 
of pig iron at Pittsburg, but this was too much for them. 
After a jolly lunch and hearty farewells to our brief 
acquaintances we were called hastily off by the whistle of 
the ridiculous little locomotive standing with the train a 
short distance down the track. This train was made up 
of two flat cars, a baggage van and a passenger coach, 
the latter a metamorphosed trolley car set on railroad 
trucks — we traveled on the flat car with our belongings. 
We went jolting off with shrill toots of the engine, across 
wooden trestles spanning ravines, through deep gorges 
and pine forests, following first the creek and then the 
Liverpool River, which we picked up again a mile or two 
belowG Just as we crossed the river on a rough log trestle 
. W'6 caught a glimpse of a magnificent view up stream. 
Idle gorge above was very rocky and deep, the current 
dashing down the narrow, steep channel and under the 
bridge ; far up stream, about a half mile aw^ay, was a high 
fall, the entire volume of water tumbling through a nar- 
row space with high rocks on either shore. This was one 
of the finest bits of scenery we had run across, and a 
person would be repaid by taking the short trip up from 
Liverpool just, to see this spot. In fact, the entire ride 
all the way was a continuous panorama of fine view's 
punctuated by quaint, picturesque vdlages, where the 
jovial conductor kept the train waiting while he chatted 
with his friends. Milton proper, about two miles below 
the mill, was a lumber town, with piles of lumber stacked 
about everywhere, and the river full of sawdogs. We saw 
several booms and log jams on the way down which con- 
firmed the warning Louis had given us, namely, not to 
try to reach Liverpool by boat. One or two boats were 
anchored in the stream below the bridge at Milton, the 
fishermen trying for grilse. This used to be a famous 
place for them until the sawmills and the pulp mills ruin- 
ed the sport with their refuse. 
At Milton the conclucior collected sixty cents from the 
crowd as the cost of the private car. Shortly afterward 
we were running into Liverpool, the harbor lying smooth 
and peaceful under the afternoon sunlight, its two light- 
houses on either side of the outer roadstead standing 
white against the dark green of the rocks and woods.. We 
arrived there at 4 o’clock and set about carrying our boats 
and duffle over to the river, so as to drop down a quarter- 
mile to the steamboat dock. Charles O. kept watch over 
things in a little cove beside the drawbridge, while the 
other three ruffians went up into the town to the post- 
office and sent letters and telegrams to our various fami- 
lies, announcing our safe arrival out of the wilderness. 
This duty done, we returned to Charles O., and, leaving 
a small boy to watch our possessions, although with some 
misgivings as to “guis custodiei ipsos custodes,” we cross- 
ed the drawbridge to a little store on the far side and had 
ice cream all around to celebrate our return to civiliza- 
tion. We also bought a few food supplies, among them 
onions — at last. This reminded us that we had saved a 
few onions the Scribe had secured at the Indian Gardens 
until too late to use them, a matter of great chagrin to 
the Philadelphia contingent. 
Returning to the boats we put out into the stream and 
paddled vigorously (on parade) down past the various 
wharves to the steamboat dock. This was deserted and 
quite high out of the water, making it necessary to hoist 
our duffle up a steep stone embankment. We had decided 
to keep next to nature as long as possible, and no one 
wanted a civilized supper that evening, so we sorted out 
the duffle, taking only the cooking tools and dope bags, 
and leaving the rest by the dock. Then dropping into 
our canoes, we paddled across stream to a high, rocky 
slope, topped wdth pine trees and evergreens, overlooking 
the harbor entrance. The Scribe unlimbered his camera 
and took some photographs of the beautiful view sea- 
ward. It was shortly before sunset, and the ruddy light 
tinted the white sails and lighthouse, and threw deep 
shadows from the huge rocks clustered around the shore 
at the base of the slope. On a point of rocks extending 
out a short distance into the harbor was tlie skeleton of 
an old wreck, and we had no trouble collecting an ample 
supply of drift wood for our last camp-fire. The shores 
around the harbor were heaped with sawdust to a point 
far above the waterline, making a very curious beach, al- 
though soft and clean. This sawdust was. responsible for 
the ruin of the fishing in that part of the river, below the 
lumber and pulp mills. 
We very quickly had our camp-fire started and set 
about cooking our last supper. The Scribe had charge of 
the long expected dish of friend onions, and everyone 
hovered around the fire in anticipation of the feast, appe- 
tites whetted by the fragrant aroma. Unfortunately, in 
his anxiety to have them just right, the Scribe over did 
them slightly, so that the best results were not secured. 
We baked two batches of cornbread in anticipation of 
our vigil on the steamboat wharf until the boat arrived, 
which we had learned would be sorrie time early the fol- 
lowing morning. 
After a hearty supper we cleaned things up leisurely 
and sat around the camp-fire until twilight, when we 
packed up the bags and embarked again for the steam- 
boat wharf. The tide had gone down considerably, and 
we had to dodge the sunken rocks and the sawdust shoals 
until we got out into the stream, and there we encoun- 
tered long, smooth .swells rolling in from the sea, which 
swung the boats easily up and down as we paddled slow- 
ly across. The whole western sky close down by the 
horizon was a deep ruby color, and somewhere out in the 
water to seaward of us somebody was playing an accor- 
dion, and singing. Sounds carried very distinctly across 
the water, and we could hear laughter from the direction 
of the lighthouse, possibly half a mile away, and from 
somewhere up in the town came sounds that resembled a 
merry-go-round or a hurdy-gurdy. We slipped in ghostly 
fashion close up under the steamboat dock in the half 
light, our voices echoing strangelv among the piling, and 
dragged our boats one after the other up on the inclined 
gangwaj', which sloped down to within four feet of the 
water. Our boats left the water for the last time here, 
and we pulled them up under the lee of the warehouse on 
the deck, and stacked all our duffle underneath them. 
We had not yet been able to find the exact time of sail- 
ing on the Senlac, so the. four of us decided to ramble up 
through the town and look up the steamboat agent. This 
we proceeded to do, after returning a borrowed tin bucket 
to a housewife at the shore end of the dock. We were 
an uncouth looking crowd as we strolled through the 
main street of this pretty little town, and sorrie of the 
more respectable looking citizens regarded us with suspi- 
cion. h. N. T. had ventured up into the town just before 
leaving for the supper camp, and had had numerous en- 
counters with dogs who resented his appearance. An 
attractive looking drug store furnished soGa water for 
all hands, and we 'spent some time looking over the 
things for sale. Artour bought a costly bit of jewelry, 
showing the Nova Scotia emolems, but had the misior- 
tune to lose it later on. The Scribe laid in a supply of 
English cigarettes at a neighboring tobacconist, as Ar- 
thur’s supply of Rameses II. had been exhausted. We 
then ran across the town constable resplendent in uni- 
form, badge, and a strong English accent, who finally 
located the steamboat agent in a saloon, learning from 
him that the boat left at 2 A. M. Tuesday. We had be- 
fore us the prospect of a cheerful wait somewhere during 
the next six hours, and as all hands vigorously opposed 
any idea of stopping at a hotel, we returned to the dock, 
finding a stiff breeze blowing in from the sea, almost un- 
comfortably cool. 
We sat around and talked for a while and then un- 
packed our sleeping bags and turning our canoes over so 
as to shelter us from the wind, we crawled into the bags 
and were quickly asleep. About ii o’clock in the night 
Arthur and the Scribe, who were sleeping the sleep of 
the just under the Mic-Mac, were awakened by somebody 
roughly turning the canoe over. With the quick instinct 
that comes of close contact with nature, both sleepers 
were instantly wide awake, and discovered ,the startled 
face of the agent peering down on them. He had been 
spending his time m the convivial company of his cronies 
at the cafe, and was evidently just a little uncertain of 
himself by this time. The apparition, therefore, of two 
apparent corpses, hidden underneath a boat on his dock, 
was thoroughly alarming to his befuddled wits. We 
quickly reassLirred him that we were not "dead ones,” 
and he invited us inside the warehouse to make ourselves 
comfortable until the boat came along, a couple of hours 
later. This we did, and again slept soundly on the hard 
boards of the warehouse floor, being awakened about 
3 o’clock by the whistle of the boat. 'I urning out at that 
time in the morning was a very painful operation, as we 
were pretty stiff and and sore from our exertions of the 
previous day, and fairly drugged with sleep. We man- 
aged to get our things together, however, and haul them 
aboard the boat in the gray light of the early morning, 
cold, hungry, dirty, unsnaven, and generally uncomtort- 
able. The constant paddling had made the joints of our 
fingers very stiff and cramped, and our feet were still wet 
from the day’s work. Vv e hastily bundled our things 
down to the cabins assigned to us and turned into a 
civilized bed for the first time in a week. It seemed a 
bit strange at first, but it was not long before we were 
sound asleep, and we finished out the rest of the night 
comfortably. 
We rose in time for a hearty breakfast the next morn- 
ing, and found the boat making slow progress through a 
dense fog, which kept with us all the way to Yarmouth. 
This trip around the South Shore occupied a day and a 
half — lost time, we thought, but we found clear weather 
at last on the run back to Boston over night from Yar- 
mouth via the S. S. Prince George. Arrived at Boston 
our party lost no time in disembarking, and after passing 
customs inspection went their various ways — the two 
captains to work, and the two fishermen to Plymouth, 
there to have a try at the bass and trout for a few days. 
[The author of “Across Nova Scotia in Canoes”, Mr. 
Holhnshead N. Taylor, of 308 Chestnut street, Philadel- 
phia, Pa., has very kindly consented to answer any queries 
that our readers might wish to ask regarding the trip. A 
letter addressed to Mr. laylor will receive his prompt 
attention.] 
A. C* A. Membership. 
Atlantic Division— 4934 Edward Polasek, New York city; 4935, 
George Willing, _ New York city; 493(1 A. C. Hagerty, Brooklyn, 
Vvilliam F. Hagarty, Brooklyn, N, Y.; 4938 C. C. 
Wilson Philadelphia, Pa.; 4941 George F. Busch, New York city; 
494o Charles L. Hancock, Trenton, N. J.; 4944 Robert Andruss, 
New York city; 4948 Charles A. Iracy, Bordentown, N. J. ; 4949 
Richard Rank, Kingsbridge, N. Y.; 4952 George G. Brower. 
Bordentown, N. J. 
Central Division— 4939 C. C. Edwards, Rome, N. Y. ; 4940 George 
H IVmntgomery, Buffalo, N. Y. ; 4942 Lee Richmond, Rochester, 
N. Y.; 4946 Arthur R. Selden, Rochester, N. Y.; 4951 H. H. 
Cummings, Jr., Rome, N. Y. 
Eastern Division— 4946 Arthur W. Blunt, Providence, R. 1 . ■ 
4947 Charles H. Northup, Providence, R. I.; 4950 Louis' w’ 
Boutelle, Providence. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division— Charles M. Van Kleeck, New York city by 
E. T. Keyset. 
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Fixtures. 
July 24-29. — Newark, O. — Second annual of the Ohio State Rifle 
Association. 
July 26-Aug. 1.— Creedmoor, L. I.— Second annual of New York 
Rifle Association. 
Aug. 7-8.— Springfield, Mass.— New England Schuetzenbund. 
Aug. 11-18. Fort Des Moines. — Iowa Rifle Association annual 
meeting. 
Aug. 24-28. Sea Girt, N. J. — National rifle and revolver matches. 
Aug. 29-Sept. 9. Sea Girt, N. J. — National Rifle Association and 
New Jersey State Association. 
Union Sportsmen's Club. 
Brooklyn, N. Y.— The rifle team of the Union Sportsmen’s 
Club, of Brooklyn, met and defeated the well-known team of the 
Tanawadeh Outing Club, at Scarsdale, New York, on Saturday 
last. ^ 
After a series of defeats during the last two years the Union 
Sportsmen’s Club has finally gotten together a team that will be 
dangerous in any event they enter. 
Under the able guidance of the captain and coach, Wm E 
Tufts, the team has developed from practically green men into a 
first-class rifle team. The scores were as follows: 
Union Sportsmen's Club. 
Lodge 114 1-5 
Dalton 103 1-5 
Dumont 145 
Harper 90 
Tufts, captain loo 4-5 
Tanawadeh Outing Club. 
Hanf 93 4.5 
Gillen 124 4.5 
bidder 105 3-5 
Case 106 
Stepath, captain 144 3-5 
.. nwni tiic J. aiiawciaen v_,niD, Mr. 
Lodge won a Marble hunting knife, Mr. Tufts a paddle and Mr 
Dumont a medal for the high score. 
Mr. Humphreys acted as referee, and Mr. Nammack as field 
marshal, and through their valuable assistance, the affair was 
expedited m a most satisfactory manner. 
