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FOREST AND STREAM 
Dec. 21, 1912 
Resorts for Sportsmen. 
Alaska. 
Bear Hunting 
I am prepared to take parties 
out in the spring of 1913. 
A. Hasselborg Juneau, Alaska 
Florida. 
Oakland Hotel 
OAKLAND, FLA. 
On shore of the charming Lake Apopka, second largest 
lake in Florida. 
The Sportsman's Opportunity.— Where he can 
get his full bag every day of Quail, Duck, Jacksnipe, 
Oswego Bass, Brim and Trout. In a territory not 
•rercrowded and little shot over. 
The man from Missouri is the one we want be¬ 
cause we will show him or refuse his money. 
Climate delightful. Write now for terms and reserva¬ 
tion, information or booklet to 
OAKLAND HOTEL. 
Winter Sport with Rod and Gun 
Sportsmen, spend your winter vacation here. Good 
•hooting; thousands of ducks; plenty of quail. Both 
fresh and salt water fishing can be had within a short 
distance of the house. Booklet sent free. Correspond¬ 
ence invited. Address 
THE RENDEZVOUS, Homosassa, Florida, 
T. D. BRIGGS, Proprietor. 
GASPARILLA INN BOC F ^ D A A NDE 
First Season First Class Write for Booklet 
Everything New and Modern. Opens January 1st. Under 
Management of MR. FRANK H. ABBOTT. 
Through Pullman Buffet Sleeper leaves Jacksonville daily 
9:30 P.M.; arrives Boca Grande next day 1 P.M. Beautiful 
Gulf Beach; Surf Bathing; Boating; Fishing; Hunting. 
Maine. 
MACHIAS LAKE CAMPS, Ashland, Me. 
Best Moose and Deer hunting in Maine. Remote camps. 
MACHIAS LAKE CAMPS, W. P. McNally, Prop. 
North Carolina. 
HUNTER’S LODGE! 
Good Quail Shooting! 
Choice accommodations for ladies and gentlemen. 
Best Chef south of Potomac 
Terms: $3.00 per day; $75.00 per month. 
GEN’L FRANK A. BOND - - Buies, N. C. 
PINE TOP LODGE 
Halifax County - - - - North Carolina 
Finest quail country in the Old North State. Thousands 
o< acres and tens of thousands of quail. Guides, dogs, 
teams, telegraph and telephone. Fine automobile roads. 
Leave New York at night and arrive at Halifax follow¬ 
ing noon. Bring your wife and have rare sport in the 
Sunny South. Till Nov. 1 st, address C. & L. P. Blow, 
at Virginia Beach. After Nov. L at Tillery, Halifax 
County, N. C. 
Advertisers wishing to try out a new propo¬ 
sition, but not willing to spend much money on 
it until they can satisfy themselves how it strikes 
the public fancy, or can arouse the interest of 
consumers, are usually confronted with the ques¬ 
tion, what mediums to use. To such advertisers 
Forest and Stream appeals. 
POWER BOAT RACE REFORM. 
Continued from page 790. 
as laid down by the Amateur Athletic Union and 
other amateur organizations was accepted. 
The appointment of a racing commission of 
three members of the organization is important 
in cleaning up the now demoralized sport. Wild¬ 
cat races will be eliminated and an effort will 
be made to prevent bogus records through official 
certification of short courses. 
Special races were authorized and penalties 
prescribed for entries at unofficial and unauthor¬ 
ized races where national records are sought. 
Nautical miles will be the official designation of 
the association instead of statute miles. A slid¬ 
ing scale for cruisers will be determined accord¬ 
ing to the breadth and length. This will rule out 
boats which heretofore have raced in cruising 
classes, when in reality they were speed boats. 
The definition of an amateur, as adopted by 
the association, follows: 
“An amateur in power boating is one who 
participates for sport as distinct from gain; one 
who acquires nautical experience through the 
love of sport, rather than through necessity or 
the hope of gain. No person who follows the 
sea as a means of livelihood, or who has ac¬ 
cepted remuneration for service in handling or 
serving on a yacht or power boat, except as a 
cash prize, shall be considered an amateur.” 
Under no circumstance will a boat steered 
by any other than an amateur be eligible for a 
certificate. 
982 Motor Boat Accidents. 
Washington, Dec. 11.—There has been an 
increase in the number of motor boat accidents 
in the last year, according to the annual report 
of S. L. Kimball, general superintendent of the 
lifesaving service in his annual report made pub¬ 
lic to-day. A total of 982 accidents were re¬ 
ported from lifesaving stations last year. The 
boats involved carried 3,221 persons and were 
valued at $1,525,887. 
While a much larger number of disasters 
were reported last year than in any previous 
year, only sixteen lives were lost out of a total 
of 7J93 persons on board the 1,730 vessels which 
suffered accident. All these vessels except fifty- 
nine were aided by the lifesaving service. The 
total estimated value of the vessels and cargoes 
was $13,248,305, of which amount $2,093,135 rep¬ 
resents the value of property lost. 
Mr. Kimball attributes a large measure of 
the success of his service to the motor lifesaving 
boats now used. Of 3,678 persons brought ashore 
2,669 were carried in power boats. The net ex¬ 
penditures for the maintenance of the service 
last year amounted to $2,346,861. 
New York C. C. 
The forty-first annual meeting of the New 
York C. C. was held at the Astor Hotel on Dec. 
12. The following ticket was elected: Commo¬ 
dore, E. A. Bennett; Captain, S. R. Church; 
Measurer, H. M. Humphryes; Secretary, A. 
Rossa; Trustee (three years), A. M. Barnes; 
Trustee of Sinking Fund, B. V. R. Speidel; 
Auditing Committee, W. Gould and E. H. 
Patrick. 
It was decided to accept the international 
challenge for the sailing canoe trophy from the 
Gananoque Canoe and Motor Boat Club of 
Gananoque, Ont., Canada, and the races for 
same will probably be held in July next off the 
club house on Gravesend Bay in the lower harbor. 
ROBIN HOOD, THE BOLD BOWMAN OF 
SHERWOOD FOREST. 
Continued from page 792. 
and well-kept park land, all combine to make 
up a scene at once pleasing to the eye and de¬ 
lightfully refreshing to the senses, and Sir 
George Armytage deals kindly and with a rev¬ 
erent care with the historic landmarks of his 
fine old estate. 
Archery in Pittsburgh. 
Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 10. —Editor Forest 
and Stream: W. H. Wills, an enthusiastic 
archer of New York, was with us during the 
week and divided his time between the conven¬ 
tion of the warehouse men at the Plotel Schenley 
and the various bowmen of the vicinity. 
A match between Mr. Wills and Mr. G. W. 
Postgate, arranged for Saturday afternoon, af¬ 
forded much entertainment for those who wit¬ 
nessed it. 
The New Yorker was handicapped by having 
to use a strange outfit and also by the Pitts¬ 
burgh atmosphere, which seems to have a 
peculiar effect upon visitors, especially those at¬ 
tending conventions in the vicinity of the P. F. F. 
and the Schenley Hotel. 
Mr. Postgate was behind in the race until 
the beginning of the last twenty-four arrows, 
when by a strong recovery he finished in the 
lead. The scores: 
Ninety-six arrows, 00yds.: 
G. W. Postgate... 15 57 17 05 15 61 19 93 66 276 
W. H. Wills.17 58 17 73 14 64 13 51 58 246 
Mr. Wills attributes his low score to lack 
of practice, having done no shooting since the 
Boston tournament in August, when he finished 
in second place. 
The scores of the archers shooting on the 
other targets were as follows in total: 
Ninetv-six arrows, GOvds.: 
Jas. C. Patch.31 113 H. Anceduk . 20 60 
T. R. Hartley.29 111 O. L. Hertig.91 475 
A good many archers were away on hunt¬ 
ing trips which accounts for the small number 
present. 
Mr. Wills and Mr. Postgate will in all prob¬ 
ability shoot a second match in the near future. 
Mr. Postgate is quite willing to allow his op¬ 
ponent to use tackle with which he is familiar, 
but positively insists that the race be shot under 
the same atmospheric conditions as those prevail¬ 
ing on Saturday afternoon. O. L. Hertig. 
A Correction. 
Boston, Mass., Dec. 14.-— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The scores of Thanksgiving day shoot, 
as published in the issue of Dec. 14, should not 
have been headed “Boston Archery Scores,” as 
they contained all the scores at that time sent 
to the National Secretary, and were intended to 
show after each archer’s name the place at which 
he shot, which information was omitted by the 
publisher. G. P. Bryant. 
