Oct. 4, 1913. 
FOREST AND STREAM 
447 
Caimoemi 
American Canoe Association. 
The following amendments to the Constitu¬ 
tion, By-Laws and Racing Regulations have been 
proposed: 
Amend Artic'.e VI., Sec. 10, of the Constitution, by 
substituting in place of “They shall revise and amend 
the present Racing Regulations of the Association” in 
lines 6 and 7, the following: “They shall be responsible 
for, and have power to enforce, the Racing Regulations 
of the Association.” 
Amend Chapter IX. of the By-Laws by adding after 
word “Camp” in line 19, Sub-Div. 6 , the words “subject 
to enforcement of rules by the Racing Board.” 
RACING REGULATIONS. 
Amend Rule XIII., Sec. 2, to read as follows: 
Place in “Record”.—To obtain a place on the 
“Record” or qualify for a prize in a “Record” race, a' 
contestant must start in all three Record events, and no 
competitor who has not started in each previous event 
(if any) shall be allowed to start in any subsequent 
event. The first canoe to finish in each race shall re¬ 
ceive as many points as there are starters in the first race; 
the second canoe, one less, and so on, and in addition 
the winner shall be given a premium of 25 per cent, of 
the highest number of points awarded for that race, 
for winning; the second, a premium of 15 per cent, of 
the same number, and the third, a premium of 7 per 
cent, of the same number. The total numbers awardel 
for all three races added together, shall give the credit 
number on the “Record.” Any competitor not finishing 
a race shall receive zero for that race, but all those 
finishing shall receive credit for beating him. 
Amend Rule XIII., Sec. 4, Sub-Divisions 2 and 4, by 
inserting in place of words “for points counted the 
same as for the “Record” the following: “For points 
earned and counted as provided for the ‘Record’ in Sec¬ 
tions 2 and 3 of this rule.” 
Amend Rule XXII., Clause 2, by substituting the 
word “bow” for the word “amidship” in line 3 ; and 
Clause 9, after the word “tack” add the words “or alter 
her course.” Clause 10, in place of words “shall not 
alter her course so as to prevent her doing so,” substi¬ 
tute “shall not so alter her course as to involve the 
risk of fouling.” At the end of Clause 13 add: “A 
canoe under way (including another canoe racing) of 
which the canoe concerned has to keep out of the way, 
ranks as an obstruction for th purpose of this rule.” 
Geo. P. Douglass, 
Chairman Racing Board. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Central Division.—Samuel Thos. Cottrill, 
1017 Texas avenue, Houston, Texas, by F. C. 
Buchenberger. 
PROPOSED FOR ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP. 
Mrs. Kathryn Crane Coggin, 946 Montrose 
boulevard, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. S. H. Walker, 286 
Anderson street, Hackensack, N. J., and Mrs. 
Frank J. White, 12 Pascal street, Buffalo, N. Y., 
all by C. A. Spaulding; Mrs. Ida Barker Spauld¬ 
ing, 818 Ashland avenue, Buffalo, N. Y., and 
Miss Mae A. Zuk, 4061 Hill avenue, Bronx, New 
York city, both by C. F. Wolters; Mrs. Leo 
Friede, 615 West i62d street, New York city, 
by Elmer B. Ayres. 
At the National Conservation Congress, 
to be held in Washington, Nov. 18-20, the 
subject of forestry will be handled by a main 
committee, with sub-committees which will 
report on Federal and State forest policies, 
foi est taxation, fires, lumbering, planting, 
utilization, forest schools and scientific forest 
investigations. 
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