Sept. 20, 1913. 
FOREST AND STREAM 
371 
plank inch; deck. 3-16 inch; bulkheads, 34 
L.W.L.XSA 
inch. Rating not to exceed 0.25-=R. 
6000 
In calculating the rating, the figures beyond the 
second place of decimals shall be ignored. Sails 
—The certificate of rating shall be for one rig 
and suit of sails only, which may include a storm 
sail not exceeding 75 square feet area. Only one 
certificate may be held at a time. The L.W.L. 
shall be marked upon the canoe to the satisfac¬ 
tion of the official measurer. 
Rule X. Sec. 3. Amend by adding the 
words: This rule shall not apply to the novice 
sailing race. 
Rule XIII. Sec. 2. Amend by striking out 
the whole section and substituting as follows: 
There shall be three races of six miles each 
for the decked sailing trophy. Two races shall 
be over a triangular course, and one over a wind¬ 
ward and leeward course of not over one mile. 
Time limit for each race two and a half hours. 
The trophy shall be awarded to the canoe scor¬ 
ing the highest total of points in these three 
events. Disqualification or failure to finish in 
any one event shall not affect the standing in 
the other events of the trophy series, except 
that the canoe disqualified or failing to finish 
shall score zero for that event. The first canoe 
to finish in each race shall count as many points 
as there are canoes finish in that race, the second 
one less, and so on, the last canoe to finish count¬ 
ing 1, and in addition the first shall be given a 
premium of 25 per cent, of the highest number 
of points awarded for that race, the second a 
premium of 15 per cent, and the third of 7 per cent 
Sec. 4. Amend by striking out the word 
“Record’’ in last line and substituting the words 
decked sailing trophy. 
Hermann Dudley Murphy. 
A. C. A. Executive Committee Meeting. 
The next meeting of the executive commit¬ 
tee of the American Canoe Association will be 
held in Chicago, Ill., on Oct. 18, 1913. The exact 
time and place to be announced later. 
F. B. Huntington, Commodore-elect. 
Wanaque River Trip 
A S I told you previously, we finished the 
Ramapo trip at Mountain View, N. J., on 
Sunday, the 30th of March, and before 
taking the train for New York, we reshipped the 
canoes and paddles to Sterling Forest, Green¬ 
wood Lake, N. J., for the next week's trip, which 
was planned to follow the outlet of Greenwood 
Lake through “The Glen” and into the Wanaque 
SHOOTING—SHOT. 
River, finally running into the Ramapo again a 
little above Mountain View and ending at the 
same place as the week before. 
We took the 4:22 from Jersey City, and I 
had toted my double blades along, as I would 
have to manage my boat alone, and the other 
fellows were Ed. and Jack, Charley and Hugh. 
The best connection we could make got 11s out 
to Sterling Forest about 6 730, so we planned to 
stay some place for the night and start out early 
in the morning. The train ride was not par¬ 
ticularly interesting, but toward the end of the 
ride we could notice that we were climbing some 
By LA CHELITO 
pretty steep grades, and so we began to watch 
the stream through the car windows, and believe 
me, we saw some pretty tumbles. When we got 
to Hewitt, the station at the end of “The Glen” 
(four miles below Sterling Forest) we found 
the canoes lying on the platform there, but as 
there was no place in Hewitt to stop over night, 
we went on to Sterling Forest and there found 
a very nice German hotel on the edge of the 
lake and at the terminal of the railroad. 
The hotel was not open for the season, but 
they fixed us up with two rooms, one of which 
had two double beds in it and the other, up¬ 
stairs, with one big double bed, so Ed. and my¬ 
self took the upstairs room and left the other 
three to fight it out over the other. Charley 
drew the lucky straw for the odd bed, so Jack 
and Hugh had to double up in the other. Did 
you say supper? Well, now. Germans may be 
funny about something, especially desiring music 
with their meals, but they have the right idea 
about eats, and this place certainly could give 
that “Wop” hotel in Suffern a few pointers on 
feeding. We had about everything that one 
could want to eat and no less than four help¬ 
ings of everything. Roast beef by the platter 
full, “potats,” apple butter, Chile sauce, string 
beans, peas, hot homemade bread, soup (we all 
played “Die Wacht am Rhine” while Charley ate 
his), hot mince pie and good coffee. The boss 
was a nice, cleanly German woman, and the 
waiter was a typical German, and we had lots 
of fun talking German (?) to them. Charley 
was right at home and in his element, and the 
rest of us tried out the few words that we knew. 
After supper there was not much to do, so 
we lit up the parlor and found that they had a 
phonograph with all kinds of records, and if we 
didn’t have some dancing. Charley has been 
taking lessons for about a year and dances beau¬ 
tifully, and he was right on the job with a 
Turkey trot and lots of that rough stuff, but his 
specialty was the grape vine dance. After awhile 
they began playing cards, so I sneaked away and 
made up two “apple pie beds” in their room, 
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A PERILOUS POSITION. 
