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in training under direction ot Mr. Crocker, their coach. As 
the crew contains some good material a dose race with the 
Cornells is not unlikely. 
World's Chamfion.— Trickett has lost two fingers of his 
left hand through handling a beer keg in his hotel. It is pos- 
sible that this mishap may put an end to his career as an oars- 
man, in which case the question arises as to whom the title 
rightfully belongs. Until Courtney shows up a little more 
among the professionals of England and settles matters with 
Hanlon, he can hardly lay claim to it. The sooner he gets to 
actual work the better. 
Canoe Racing.— Would it not be a good plan for the New- 
ark oarsmen to incorporate in their annual regatta in August 
an open match for canoes under canvas or paddle ? Such an 
event, we know from parties interested, would be certain to 
draw to the waters of the Passaic many fine canoes and afford 
an opportunity for comparing their merits. In view of the 
many new models and devices in the canoeing line, brought to 
light since the adoption of the sport in America, an open trial 
of the claimants to public favor would be welcomed by those 
interested and by the public in general. We hope canoe men 
will see to it that something may come of it, since it is only 
required to familiarize the public with the wonderful range of 
usefulness and capacity of these boats to have them rapidly 
take hold of the sport en masse. Newark claims among its 
citizens the originator of the canvas canoe, a type which, for 
lightness and cheapness, cannot be surpassed, and quite a fleet 
of these is to be found on the Passaic ready to take part in any 
event on its waters. 
ROWING RIPPLES. 
The London Field is all mixed on American amateurs 0. 
E. Steel won in the singles’ race of the Crescents on the 
Schuylkill, May 18; time, 7 in. 20s.; course one mile The 
Twilights*won in the double-sculls, and the Chamonni crew 
the race for fours. In the six-oared barge race the Falcons 
were victorious. Time, 5m. 8s Winona Boat Club, of 
Jersey City, has moved into its new boat-house foot of Hen- 
derson street, erected at a cost of $5,000. Their opening 
takes place June 1 New Orleans Club is in a flourishing 
condition, and owns one four-oared paper shell, one cedar 
ditto, one paper single, three four-oared gigs, two barges, two 
pairs, and three doubles Higgins, the English champion, 
rows Elliot June 3, from Putney to Northlake Hanlon will 
beat Morris over the Hulton course, Pittsburgh, June 20 
Palisades will enter an eight-oared barge for the Manhattan 
Regatta Great times ahead at Silvcr Lake, Boston, May 30. 
The jaw-breaking Shocwaecacmette four will row at 
Watkins Morris, of Pittsburgh, had better forfeit the 
money up ; to pull Hanlon is simply ridiculous Boston 
thinks Hanlon can beat Courtney — hardly Colored men 
take to the oar in the Hub Potomac boys are alive and up 
to the times ; they are doing much to popularize rowing at 
the capital The Analostans are in training for the race 
with the Undines of Baltimore. White, Campbell, Page and 
Burdette, bow, will form the crew. The Potomacs have no 
outside matches on hand. 
THE “HERALD” CANOE. 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
Perhaps it will not be out of place If I offer your readers the results 
of some fifteen years' experience with almost all kinds of canoes. The 
desirable points for ell her a hunting or cruising canoe, are speed, buoy- 
ancy, strcuglh, lightness and convenience for Btowing dunnage. The 
Utrald prob .bly meets the secoDd, third and fifth points as well as any 
canos that Is built. In point of strength It Is probably unequaled, but, 
unfortunately, for a burning canoe it Is too heavy, and. as Mr. Alden 
remarks, her full bow makes her throw a good deal of spray In a head 
sea. This seeming fault, when reduced a very little by making the bow 
lines a shade finer, as In the canoes built by Mr. Wm. English, of Peler- 
boro, Ont.. proves to be one of the very best qualities a canoe can have 
In a heavy Lead sea. It gives her great buoyancy, and enables her to 
rise on and ride over the waves like a true Indian “bark" canoe; 
whereas, a canoe with very fine lines forward cuts Into and goes 
through the waves, rendering a deck an absolute necessity, and In tbe 
case of heavy breakers or white caps, very likely to call into play the 
alr-Ught compartments, while the canoe with greater buoyancy would 
* ride the waves like a duck. To Illustrate this: A double canoe of the 
English pattern carried two friends of mine last November over a lake 
eight miles long and fonr miles wide, In a heavy gale — a very heavy sea, 
and white caps on every wave— and carried 85olbs. of venison, tent, 
blankets, etc , In addition to the two paddlers, whose united weight 
was 320lbs.— In all, 670lbs. carried through a heavy sea by a canoe which 
only weighs C21bs., having no more dock than the Herald, and, as was 
often proved on the same trip, being very much superior to the Herald 
In point of speed. The dimensions of this canoe are: Length, 16ft. 
6tn,; width, 2 Cin.; depth amidships, liejln , and at the bow and stern, 
131n.; has a shear of BVJln.; built of 3-16 boards; ribs, ’jx^ln., 71n. 
apart; Carvel built, or smooth on tbe outside ; Joints battened on Inside 
with lx 1 ; in. elm; wide bottom boards, on Inside buttoned down to 
ribs, so can be taken out handy ; two thwarts, 3^ln. wide, and shaped. 
Said thwarts are always nsed to sit on, Mr. Alden to the contrary not- 
withstanding, and a very great rest they give the paddler, who some- 
times sits on the thwart, his knees on a cushion, and his feet under the 
thwart; at others, sitting square on the thwart, his legs extended In 
front, or again, in the same positlou us when slttlDgon a chair. The 
, expert paddler in this position, being so high np, and having the freest 
possible use of the upper portion of his body, and bracing himself well 
with knees and feet, can apply the whole power of the body, aided by 
the legs, to the paddle, and in this position can get twenty-five per 
cent, mure power on the paddle with the same expenditure of force 
than can be got when sitting down fiat or nearly to, say eight or nine 
inches lower In the canoe on a cushion. I quite agree with Mr. Garfield 
In tho desirability of having your load stowed In an open space In pre- 
ference to having it under a deck or In a locker. This Is found to be 
especially the case In a canoe trip up the back lakes and rivers of Can- 
ada, where a portage or carry is met with every few miles, and on 
some good trout streams, every hulf a mile. 
I have made eorne fifteen or twenty canoe trips, of from fifiy to one 
hundred miles and return. In a very rough and rocky country, and have 
used and owned canoes of six or seven different patterns and makes, 
from the b'jch bark up, and have yet to see the equal, for general pur- 
poses, of the canoe I have d- scribed above. I have one now, the 
Emma, a single, lilt. 6ln. long, ‘.Min. beam, llln. deep amidships, weighs 
451bs., will carry 250 to 275lbs., and I don't think can be beaten for 
speed, strength nud buoyancy. English builds five or six sizes, at from 
$25 to $35, others for special purposes to order. Tom Gordon, of Lake- 
field, Ont , near Peterboro, builds a very similar canoe. Its one fault 
Is that it Is rather cranky. I prefer the English to the Herald, because 
the former has somewhat finer lines forward, giving greater speed with 
about the same buoyancy, weighs nearly one-third less, and, having 
bottom boards on top of ribs, you can take in a lot of spitsh or rain 
without tbe discomfort of having the blankets wet, or being compelled 
to kneel in a pool of water. Permit me to say In conclusion that I am 
In no way Interested In the English or Gordon canoe. The three last I 
have owned I built for myself, and am therefore quite Independent of 
all professional builders. G - 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
I noticed in your Journal of the 2d , and 9th Inst., also In Harper' t 
Monthly for April, that the merits and demerits ot the Herald canoe 
are pretty well ventilated. Not so thoroughly, however, but tbat I think 
there Is room left for further profitable discussion. In the first place, 
Mr. W. L. Alden Is decidedly unfair In comparing the Herald with 
the cruising canoes mentioned In Harper's, tor this reason : The Herald 
is not, and never was, Intended for a cruising canoe, but la built 
and used in tbls country almost exclusively for fishing and hunting. 
On our Inland lakes and rivers, for deer or duck hunting and fishing the 
Shadow (which, according to Mr. Alden, Is perfection) would only be 
a nuisance. In shallow water the Herald certainly has an advantage In 
paddling through the rice and mud beds In the marshes. When duck 
shooting, the rice lake boat will move with more ease and less noise; and 
In trolllDg you certaloly have more space In which to “ land” your fish. 
Again, I think the captain of a Shadow would find some difficulty lu 
taking a deer aboard when killed any distance from camp. The Herald 
canoe, as bnllt at Rice Lake, is not Intended for open water cruis- 
ing ; It Is rigged with one sail, the size of which Is left to the discretion 
of Its owner. It Is very simple in construction, can be set In a moment 
and Is quickly taken down. Mr. Qarfleld Is perfectly correct In saying 
what he does about the sail (as far se concerns the Herald), for with 
It no dandy or Jib Is required. Notwithstanding Mr. Alden, the Herald 
with this sail will run close to the wind tack And go about without 
aid from the paddle, If properly handled. Mr. Alden Is right when he 
says the thwarts are necessary to hold the aides of the craft In position, 
but they also take the place of a seat for the paddler, os his position Is 
partly kneellDg and partly sitting. The middle thwart, however, Is 
sometimes made to fasten with a couple of hooks on the under side, and 
can be taken out at pleasure, if it Is desired to make up a bed, but in 
ibis country no one thinks of sleeping In or under his canoe, save the 
Indian, or trapper of the class that cannot afford a tent. The comforts 
of a good canvas tent thst Is both waterproof and flyproof are tco well 
known to give the preference to a canoe, when we wish a good night’s 
reBt, and add little to the weight of your cargo and occupy a small space 
when packed ; and the trouble of pitching the camp and striking It again 
Is no great hardship. As a rule here with camping and hunting parties 
the double hunting canoe carries two men, with their tent, blankets, 
provisions, cooking ntenslls, shooting and fishing tackle, dogs, etc., yet 
according to Mr. Aldcn's Idea of a canoeist these men, In order to main- 
tain the dignity of the craft, must sleep in their boat. The "wobbling” 
tendency In the Herald, mentioned by Mr. A„ Is disposed ot In Mr. 
Garfield's letter, and he might have added, the slight turn given the 
paddle to keep the craft In her proper course Is no fatigue to an experi- 
enced paddler, In fact no one becomes perfect In the use of the paddle 
till that slight tom of the wrist is acquired, and It la no more a hin- 
drance to the speed of a Herald than It is to a Shadow. There are 
other canoes In thlB vicinity quite as well known as the Herald and 
In some respects superior. The English, the Gordon and the 
Stephenson canoe are all good boats, resembling the Herald In ap- 
pearance, but for strength, beauty of model and speed under sail or 
paddle, the Stephenson Is in advance of any portable hunting canoe 
manufactured from wood. These boats are one and a half feet longer 
than the Nautilus or Shadtno and carry their bearings muoh bet- 
ter than the shorter boats, and If we are to Judge ot the deck plan ot the 
several boots, as represented In Harper's, tho Herald does not ex- 
hibit that tub-like appearance noticeable In the Rob Roy, Nautilus and 
Shadcno. Tho builder and designer of the Stephenson Is now finish- 
ing a new style of hunting canoe, which of course has yet to be tried, but 
If It meets the anticipations of the builder It will really be tbe substance 
of all Shadows yet turned out. In and about the city of New York the 
Shadow may be the perfection of a canoe, but here In the woods It 
would be looked upon as a kind of a cross between a skiff and a small 
sail boat. She has this advantage, however, of being converted Into a 
Saratoga trunk, a sleeping berth, or a packing case. U the New York 
canoeists can boast of a Shadow we In tiie backwoods of Canada claim 
the substance and, of coarse, are happy. C. A . Post. 
Peterboro, Canada, May IB, 1878. 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
I notice In the edition of May 9, F. and 8., a communication from 
W. L. Alden, In which he attacks my article on the Herald canoe pub- 
lished May a in F. and S. He says that the Herald patent canoe cannot 
be built without thwarts, and remarks that Mr. Herald Is the authority 
tor this statement. I allow that Mr. Herald knows as much about his 
canoeB as I do, and I have the written statement from Mr. Herald that 
hlB canoes are made without thwarts If so ordered, and I still maintain 
that the thwarts are for the convenience of the paddler, and not to 
hold the sldeB of the canoe In position. I am well aware that if the 
canoe be turned bottom side np In the water It will not sink, and I still 
hold that If It bo filled wltb water the canoe will not sink, and there will 
be buoyancy enough In the craft in this condition to keep two persons 
from drowning. 
Mr. Alden says my statement about having the sails in one shows that 
I know nothing whatever about sailing a cAnoe. I will answer that In 
maklDg that statement I had In mind general cruising, and still adhere 
to that assertion, and havo the testimony of one who has had practical 
experience for twenty-five years In cruising and hunting In a canoe. 
I am perfectly aware that In an open bay where a steady breeze can be 
had, more than one sail can be used to advantage; but on rivers and 
streams, as a general thing, more than one sail on a canoe is an abomi- 
nation. It should be as simple as possible, so as to be easily shipped In 
a moment's notice, and take np but little room. 
Hr. Alden says the Herald, after being fitted up with alr-tlght com- 
partments, etc., is a strong, Bwlft, safe and commodious canoe, and 
says that this fitting np must be done by the purchaser. This Is not 
necessary, as Mr. Herald will do all the fitting up that the purchaser 
may want, in the way of alr-tlght compartments, etc., when so ordered. 
The Herald canoe is In no danger of having her bottom ripped ont 
when running a rapid, as there Is no keel to strike on the rocks, and it 
does not scrape along on the bottom of shallow streams as is the case 
with other canoes. 
Mr. Herald having seen my article In F. and S. of May 2 on the 
Herald canoe, informs me that he fully Indorses my statements. I re- 
ceived from hlm a letter. In which he informs me that he has Just com- 
pleted a canoe without thwarts, and equipped with alr-tlght compart- 
ments; also, cover for open space In the centre of canoe buttoned on 
for sleeping under, and also one to use In case of heavy sea to keep out 
spray. This canoe Is for Mr. Smith, of New York city, a canoeist by 
reputation. Mr. Alden will no doubt be pleased to meet him and have 
the pleasure of examining a Herald canoe without thwarts and with tho 
air-tight compartments, all completed, at Mr. Herald’s work shop. 
Wm. B. Garfield. 
Fob Ladies Only.— English ladies in India engage in 
shooting matches. At Sangur, in the Central Provinces, last 
November, twelve ladies competed in a match with gentle- 
men. The majority of the ladies made very good scores. Miss 
Hanlon, a Bister of the Canadian oarsman, offers to row any 
woman in the United States or Canada, for a purse of $500 
over a three mile course. It is said that she can defeat her 
brother in a mile race. 
M etv i!ttl>licatwi)s. 
On the Ebb : A Few Log Lines from an Old Salt— Ohas. F. 
Hotchkiss. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, Printers, New 
Haven, Conn. 
This Is a little volume of experiences, written In a style peculiarly 
quaint nud original, and sold by subscription cblefiy. There Is a great 
deal of Information in It which will prove serviceable to salt water 
aDglers, and a perusal of the book will more than compensate for the 
price of subscription, which Is $1.00. The book Is one of those curiosi- 
ties of literature which gentlemen should desire to add to their libra- 
ries. Here Is an extract from the author's preface, by which the author’s 
estimate of hls own work may be gauged ; 
•• It is my business, and mlDe alone, to work up some of the Incidents 
of seventy-three years, put it In pamphlet form, pay the printer, and 
sell U, provided It has merit. It stands on li a own bottom. If the pur- 
chaser, after getting possession, has made a satisfactory bargain, we 
are even ; aua if he, sne, or It, Is not suited, we are even again, it’ was 
my barrel of Dour, or my string of fish, and as I never recommend the 
quality, they should have looked the horse In the mouth. I do not seud 
nsh to market In a wheel-barrow, trumpeting the quality or klud— it Is 
yonr business to open Its gbls ; for who would cry • Stale fish 7 ’ l am 
too old to meddle with fiction lu any shape, lor It is much ea-ler to 
catch fish with good, clean, live bait than an old dead wiukle. Fish are 
not tools always, neither are the majority of the hurnun family full of 
wisdom. My experience, pHcatorlaliy (as my friends will Indorse), has 
been large, long and deep, and at my standpoint of life, I have conclud- 
ed that game fish are much more smart than the human family, for 
they never take stinking bait In their mouth, consequently they never 
vomit. No, never! Mankind swoops up everything of the book species 
that Is announced, provided It comes uuder Turkey, Morocco und Gold 
Leaf. I send this book out lu Its plain Quaker garb, extracting from It 
all the scales, Dippers, backbone, head und inwards, leaving ibc pur- 
chaser the clean marrow. In fact, It is like a Connecticut River s. ad, 
all washed clean of fiction, well bloated, and ready for broiling." 
The style of the author Is worthy of Mark Twain. The information 
which he gives about fishing In Long Island Sound is Just what many 
anglers have long desired, and those who wish to take a summer cruise 
cannot do better than to follow the precepts contained In the first 
chapter of the book. All the best localities are designated, and the 
best methods and times of fishing also. For sale at this office. 
Poganuo People, by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. New 
York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert ; 1878. Price $1.60. 
Though Mrs. Stowe's “ Uncle Tom’s Cabin ” was written for grown 
folks, It has been read and re read by thousands and thousands of chil- 
dren. With the little onet this writer has ever been a favorite, and 
now she has given us a new story, “ Pogannc People," written, we pre- 
sume, especially for their delectation. We can unhesitatingly com- 
mend the book to the youthful readers of this paper. They will find In 
It reading of a pleasant character that will do them no harm. It’s Just 
the kind of a goody book for a Sonday-school library. 
Birds of a Feather Flock Together ; or, Talks With 
Sothern, edited by F. G. DeFontaine. New York : G. 
W. Carleton & Co ; 1878. 
This volume, as its name Imports, Is made up of choice stories from 
an almost Inexhaustible fund, concerning the dally life, theatrical ex- 
perience, practical Jokes, and the many different phases of character 
exhibited by Sothern, Dundreary and the Crushed Tragedian. Any one 
who knows anything about Sothern knows that a dozen books might be 
written about him. Mr. DeFontaine has exerolsed commendable good 
Judgment In hls selection from the vast amount of material at hls com- 
mand, and the result Is an entertaining book. Those who havo seen 
Dundreary— and who has not?— wlU enjoy these papers. 
Canada Under the Administration of Lord Dufferin.-- 
Mr. George Stewart, Jr., well known throughout Canada, and to a less 
degree to readers in the United States, Is engaged upon a history of 
Canada under the Administration of Lord Dufferln. The rare good 
Judgment with which that excellent statesman fulfilled the responsible 
trusts given him, hls popularity with the people under hls rule and with 
the United Slates, and the prosperity of che Canadian Dominion during 
hls term, afford ample material for a most worthy contribution to 
Amerlcan-Brltlsh history. The publishers are the Rose-Belford Pub 
Co., Toronto, Can. 
Upland Game Birds and Water-fowl of the United 
States, by A. Pope, Jr. Scribner, Armstrong & Co 
New York. 1878. Part Y. 
How can the criticism of this excellent series of birds be otherwise 
than descriptive? Now, here Is the pinnated grouse-ihe prairie 
chicken, the Cupidonia cupido, the beloved ot all sportsmen, the bird 
par excellence which onr English cousins cross the ocean to shoot, aud 
which they would like to Introduce Into their own moors. Mr. Pope 
has made the bird erect, and almost the size of life. The bird turns 
hls game head Just a little on one side, as If ready to make that pecu- 
liar noise which Is called “ tooting.” The two narrow feathers which 
overlie the neok are In repose now. There he stands, Just prepared for 
swift flight. Come bat a little nearer to him and he Is off, sklmmlDg 
the prairie, to alight some three hundred yards off. Both cock and hen 
are perfectly true to nature in their coats of brown with the mahogany 
t lutings. To bag such a fellow you would walk miles over the prairies 
and the semblance of him In the picture must recall good times with 
dog aud gun. In contrast with him Mr. Pope has given us a brace of 
red heads, the true American pochard. As to hls appearance, hls red- 
lsh head allows tho artist a nice bit of coloring, for he Is really a hand- 
somer bird than the canvas baok. Feeding, as he does, on the same 
Juicy water plants as the canvas duck, he Is quite as good to eat He 
Is well kDown to be a thief, and steals what he can from hls companion 
ducks. Of course, the suggestive element of a picture may strike peo- 
ple so differently. If, In seeing Mr. Kllbourne work for that future 
publication, which la to be called "The Game Fish of the United 
States," we should watch him In the act of addlug that little bit of frost- 
ing to the sides of a Connecticut salmon so that it should be of silver, 
we hardly think green peas as an accompaniment to the salmon would 
be uppermost In our mind. It must be a coarser taste, then, which 
brings to our memory the sweet savor of a well roasted red head. Still, 
the picture Is good enough to muke one think of cluttering ducks ami 
blinds and No. 10 guns and Chesapeake Bay dogs and all that kind of 
thing. As Messrs. Scribners' pictures reach us we have them framed 
and they ornament onr rooms. If we can’t shoot ourselves, we can at 
least keep looking at the “ Game Birds of America." 
Jordan's Vertebratss.-Wc are happy to be able to an- 
nounce the appearance of a second edition of Prof.D. S. Jordan's Man 
ual of Vertebrates, and to recommend it once more to our readers. We 
know o no book which is more needed by the very large and constantly 
SnrtTfmJ 5 wh0 at P reBent *now little or nothing of 
fnd T na malS,bUt W “° are read * anxious to observe 
and learn if they can only have some reliable work to which to refer 
nomntoMh that h ! tlere 18 no b00k from w| iich an Individual wholly Ig- 
norant of the subject can so easily acquire a knowledge of our animals 
wnrfwm 6 ,. dl8CuaBlon ’ ana tlluB0 who make use of Prof. Jordan’s 
h a !’ P r te 118 ValU6 ' Tne flalies ara favorite study 
of the author and the portion of the book devoted to this class has been 
scr nUon P nr ,°i "°°“ m A on<l8 lbe work to the angler Is the detailed de- 
. . American Salmonid*, with an account of the 
habitat and range of each species. The copious bibliography and the 
glossary of scientific term, are other addition, which much Increase 
the value of the Manual, 
