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FOREST AND STREAM 
Nov. 30, 1912 
strong wind at our backs. As the weather 
was getting too cold for canoeing, we rushed 
to Cincinnati, where we ended the trip, which 
should have started a month earlier. 
For appetite, muscle and general health, no 
recreation can improve on a trip like this. We 
each gained from ten to twelve pounds. We 
had adventures with mountaineers and moon¬ 
shiners. The mountaineer, as a rule, are very 
kind and hospitable people. But a moonshiner 
is always suspicious of a stranger. Sometimes 
it was necessary to climb mountains to fill our 
grub box. Oftentimes we were in danger of 
being robbed by negroes and “river rats,” as 
they sneak along the river nights in a dugout 
looking for anyone who might have anything 
of value. 
From Ashland we passed the towns of 
Greenup, Vanceburg and Maysville, Ky., and 
Portsmouth, O., and on the third of November, 
at 5 p. m., we arrived at Cincinnati in one 
month’s time, after approximately seven hun¬ 
dred miles of paddling, without a single carry. 
As far as we can discover we have the 
record for a long distance canoe trip. We 
passed over the wickets of nine dams in the 
Ohio River, saw a lot of country at a total ex¬ 
pense (including outfit, except canoe) of about 
$115, and much of this was spent sight-seeing in 
cities en route. 
AT DENVER, 1912 
HANDICAP, SEPT. 10-13 
Mr. R. H. Bruns, shooting his 
LEFEVER 
made the marvellous run of 
283 without a miss. 
On the 700 single targets, in¬ 
cluding handicaps, Mr. Bruns 
scored 683 out of 700. 
The second day of the tourna¬ 
ment on the day’s program of 
200 targets, Mr. Bruns and 
his Lefever gun scored 200 
out of 200. A world’s re¬ 
cord for ten traps. 
On the 500 single 16-yard 
target for amateurs, Mr. Bruns 
scored 494 out of 500. 
ANOTHER WINNER AT THE 
PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP 
Mr. L. H. Reid, shooting his Lefever gun, won 
second high average with 381 out of 400, 
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23 Maltbie Street Syracuse, N. Y. 
We left our canoe with “The Kentucky 
Launch Club,” at Newport, across from Cin¬ 
cinnati, where we packed it for shipment back 
home. Thus ended a most glorious vacation. 
SCHOONER YACHT ELSANA. 
To be a good skipper is no unusual oc¬ 
currence. Good artists are found in almost 
every city. A most unusual, in fact, one might 
say unique combination, is that of sea captain 
and painter. On the cover of this issue ap¬ 
pears a photograph of a painting by Captain 
Thomas Petersen of the yacht of which he is 
captain—Elsana, owned by Henry C. Pearson, 
of New York city. Critically, we opine that 
Capt. Petersen’s work compares favorably with 
that of Zogbaum and other prominent marine 
artists. This sea-dog-painter is a Norwegian. 
A description of his charge is interesting in 
that she represents a “new” type of yacht taken 
from the lines of a modern fishing schooner— 
a build that is bound to increase in popularity 
among conservative yachtsmen. 
Elsana is sixty feet over all, fifteen feet 
wide and seven feet draft, is of the flush-deck, 
keel type, having both inside and outside bal¬ 
last. She has cruised extensively along the 
coast and has proved a wonderful sea boat. 
Her equipment consists of a twenty-five horse¬ 
power engine, which gives her a speed of seven 
miles an hour under power, an independent 
electric light plant and all the comforts and 
conveniences of a modern yacht. All deck 
houses and interior finish are of solid ma¬ 
hogany. 
THE SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS 
AND MARINE ENGINEERS. 
The twentieth general meeting of the So¬ 
ciety of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers 
was held in Engineering Societies Building, Nov. 
21 and 22, 1912, with a banquet at the Waldorf- 
Astoria as a final good taste. Papers read were 
decidedly interesting, provoking considerable con¬ 
troversy. 
1. “Experiments on the Fulton and the 
Froude,” by Prof. C. H. Peabody, Member of 
Council. 
2. “The Design and New Construction Di¬ 
vision of the Bureau of Construction and Re¬ 
pair of the Navy Department,” by Naval Con¬ 
structor R. H. Robinson, U. S. N., member. 
3. “Engineering Progress in the U.S. Navy,” 
by Captain G. W. Dyson, U. S. N. 
4. “Marine Lighting Equipment of the 
Panama Canal,” by James Pattison. 
5. “Notes on Life-Saving Appliances,” by 
W. D. Forbes, member of Council. 
6. “Developments in Oil Burning,” by E. H. 
Peabody, member. 
7. “The Preservation of Metals Used in 
Marine Construction,” by Lieutenant-Commander 
Frank Lyon, U. S. N. 
8. “An Electrically Propelled Fireproof Pas¬ 
senger Steamer,” by W. T. Donnelly and G. A. 
Orrok, members. 
9. “Notes on Fuel Economy as Influenced 
by Ship Design,” by E. H. Rigg, member. 
10. “Active Type of Stabilizing Gyro,” by 
Elmer A. Sperry, member. 
11. “Rudder Trials, U. S. S. Sterett,” by 
Assistant Naval Constructors R. T. Hanson, U. 
S. N„ and J. C. Hunsaker, L T . S. N„ Juniors. 
12. “Logarithmic Speed-Power Diagram,” 
by Thomas M. Gunn. 
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