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C. C.; third, E. 1 !. Demmler and W. O. Ams- 
Icr, Duquesne C. C. 
Event No. 6, Tandem, Double Blade, Cruis¬ 
ing Class, Half-Mile. — First, W. H. Valient 
and R. W. Copeland, Algonquin C. C.; second, 
N B. Gardner and W. S. Sprague, Algonquin 
C. C. 
Event No. 7, One-Man, Double Blade, Rac¬ 
ing Class, Half-Mile.—First, W. F. Hoffman, 
Algonquin C. C.; second, Sidney R. Gittens, 
Crescent C. C.; third, F. A. Bumpers, Sylvan 
C C. 
Event No. 8.—Overboard, One-Man, Sin¬ 
gle Blade, 150 Yards.—First, Earl W. Gardner, 
Aspinwall C. C.; second, Alex. H. Bovard, 
Crescent C. C. 
Event No. 9, Tandem, Double Blade, Rac¬ 
ing Class, Half-Mile.—First, J. G. Bunker and 
Frank Graf, Algonquin C. C.; second, R. F. 
Gettinger and T. E. Simpers, Sylvan C. C. 
Event No. 10, Tandem, Single Blade, Cruis¬ 
ing Class, Half-Mile.—First, D. G. Fullman and 
C. B. Cooke, Sylvan C. C.; second, W. F. 
Fowler and J. M. Frazier, Sylvan C. C.; third, 
R. W. Copeland and W. H. Valient, Algonquin 
C. C. 
Event- No. ix, One-Man, Single Blade, 
Racing Class, Half-Mile.—First, E. L. Morris, 
Crescent C. C.; second, Frank Graf, Algonquin 
C. C. 
Event No. 12, Tail End, One-Man, Single 
Blade, 150 Yards.-—First, H. H. Martindale, 
C. C.; second, J. E. Clune. Tippy C. C.; third, 
J. G. Bunker, Algonquin C. C. 
Event No. 13.—One-Man, Double Blade 
Cruising Class, Half-Mile.—First, C. C. Ed¬ 
mund, Duquesne C. C.; second, J. P. Rigsby, 
Sylvan C. C.; third, W. E. Fowler, Sylvan C. C. 
Event No. 14, Tandem, Single Blade Rac¬ 
ing Club. Half-Mile.—First, W. F. Hoff-man 
and Arthur Graf. Algonquin C. C.; second, 
L. L. Wright and A. D. Kirk, Sylvan C. C.; 
third, E. L. Morris and A. H. Bovard, Cres¬ 
cent C. C. 
Event No. 15. Hurry Scurry, One-Man, 
Single Blade, Cruising Class.—First, E. L. 
Morris, Crescent C. C.; second H. H. Martin- 
dale, Sylvan C. C.; third, J. G. Bunker, Algon¬ 
quin C. C. 
Event No. 16. Tilting.—First, L. L. Wright 
and J. H. Caldwell, Sylvan C. C.; second, E. L. 
Morris and A. H. Bovard, Crescent. 
Wants to Build a Canoe. 
Newark, N. J., July 25. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: A young man, whose annual attack of 
“canoesia - ’ is of much greater severity this sea¬ 
son than usual, would like to hear from you or 
any of your readers as to the advisability of 
undertaking to build a sailing canoe such as de¬ 
scribed by Mr. Stephens, in his book on canoe 
and boat building. 
Not being an experienced wood worker, we 
wonder whether an amateur could make a pre¬ 
sentable job at laying the strakes and such de¬ 
tails. As we would rather not tackle the job 
than to make a half way apology for a canoe, 
we would indeed appreciate any information you 
would care to favor us with. 
I would also like to get an approximate cost 
of the material for a boat, say, 14 feet by 30 
inches (decked). 
Blersey Jue. 
Maryland C. C. 
The Maryland Canoe Club held its third an¬ 
nual regatta and carnival on the Patapsco River, 
opposite its new club house on the Cromwell 
estate near Brooklyn, Md., last Saturday. Single, 
double and quadruple races were held in the 
afternoon. The winners of the various contests 
were: 
Single Straightaway Race — First C. C. 
Krouse; second, J. L. Botts. 
Double Straightaway Race—First, Charles 
Winters and Lawrence Ogle; second, Leo Battes 
and George Parr. 
Canoe Battle—Paddles of winning canoe, 
George Parr and Alfred Black. 
PARKER GUNS 
Wear Well, Shoot Well and Handle Well 
Wear well because they are made of the best material by the most skillful craftsmen. 
Shoot well because they hold the charge compactly together at extreme ranges. 
Handle well because the greatest attention has always been paid to the distribution 
of wood and metal, to insure perfect balance and the most symmetrical outline. 
Twenty-bore Parkers have set the pace for small bores in America, and are growing 
in popularity every year with the most progressive sportsmen. 
For further information regarding guns in gauges ranging from 8 to 28 , address 
PARKER BROS. Meriden, Conn. 
New York Salesrooms, 32 Warren Street 
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A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division.—J. Wilbur Hendrickson, 
321 Spring street, Trenton, N. J., by Elwood 
B. Jordy. 
Central Division.—Robert Livingston Allen, 
care of Archbald-Brady Co., Syracuse, N. Y., 
by C. H. Mattison. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Atlantic Division.—6506, Charles W. Fer¬ 
guson, 914 Agate avenue, Ossining, N. Y.; 6510, 
Paul Henry McBride, 968 Anderson avenue, 
New York city; 6511, Charles Henry Wright, 
4180 Broadway, New York city. 
Central Division.—6505, Charles H. Rice, 
285 Richmond avenue, Buffalo, N. Y.; 6507, 
Frank J. Geiger, 441 North Salina street, Syra¬ 
cuse, N. Y.; 6508, Albert V. Geiger, 441 North 
Salina street, Syracuse, N. Y.; 6509, William 
D. Bowers, Wilmerding, Pa. 
TO KILL FLIES. 
To clear a room of flies, pepper and sugar 
may be used in this way: Heat a shovel or 
any similar article and drop thereon pepper 
and white sugar, letting it dissolve. The fumes 
circulating through the room will kill the flies. 
A cheap and perfectly reliable fly poison, 
one which is not dangerous to human life, is 
bichromate of potash in solution. Dissolve one 
dram, which can be bought at any drug store, 
in two ounces of water, and add a little sugar. 
Put some of this solution in shallow dishes and 
distribute them about the house. 
Sticky fly paper and liquid poisons are 
among the things to use in killing flies, but the 
latest, cheapest and best is a solution of for¬ 
malin or formaldehyde in water. A spoonful 
of this liquid put into a quarter of a pint of 
water and exposed in the room will be enough 
to kill all the flies. 
To quickly clear the room where there are 
many flies, burn pyrethrum powder in the room. 
This stupefies the flies, when they may be swept 
up and burned. 
“RINGERS” IN THE WEEVIL MARKET. 
Txxe market for live boll weevils closed at 
Natchez recently with a total of 47.600 bought 
June 29, July 6 and 13, at fifty cents a hundred. 
These prices were paid at the Natchez cotton 
oil mill for weevils caught in Adams county. 
The oil mill, local wholesale merchants and 
banks, contributed the money for the purpose. 
It was reported that most of the insects pur¬ 
chased were not the genuine article, many of 
them having been taken from cockleburrs.— 
New Orleans Picayune. 
THAT FISHING TRIP 
Requires consideration 
for the following recent 
additions to this practical 
series of handbooks: 
FISHING KITS AND 
EQUIPMENTS-S. G. 
Camp. A complete guide 
to the fresh water angler 
on selections and pur¬ 
chases. 
THE FINE ART OF 
FISHING—S.G. Camp. 
_ Includes detailed in¬ 
structions in various forms of trout and bass 
fishing. 
BACKWOODS SURGERY AND MEDICINE 
—Dr. C. S. Moody. For use when out of 
reach of doctors. 
CAMP COOKERY—Horace Kephart. Selec¬ 
tion of provisions and utensils. Food val¬ 
ues. Preparation game, fish, beverages, 
desserts, etc. 
Purchase from bookstores or direct at 70 
cents a copy. Postage extra, 5 cents. Send 
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DO FLYING-FISH FLY? 
This much-mooted question is discussed, by 
William Allingham, in the Nautical Magazine. 
The orthodox scientific opinion is that the 
“wings” of the flying-fish merely serve as a 
parachute to sustain the fish for a brief period 
in the air, after he has launched himself out of 
the water by a powerful screw-like movement of 
his tail. According to this view the fish has no 
power of directing his flight after he has left 
the water. However, Mr. Allingham, who is a 
nautical expert attached to the British Meteoro¬ 
logical Office and is in constant intercourse with 
seamen, reports many observations that tend to 
controvert this opinion. Certain observers claim 
that the wing-fins are in constant rapid vibration 
and seem actually to serve the purpose of flight. 
One vessel master watched-a fish that had at¬ 
tained an altitude of twenty feet above the water, 
and was flying toward the rnizzen rigging of his 
ship when, apparently noticing the obstruction, it 
changed its course about 60 degrees, crossing the 
vessel’s stern to regain the water. Many other 
similar observations are mentioned. A series.of 
cinematograph pictures might solve this question 
once and for all.—Scientific American. 
