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A. C. A. Membership. 
New Members Proposed. 
Atlantic Division:—Milton H. Tidd, 237 Pearl 
St., Trenton, N. J., by E. B. Ayres; Raymond 
D. Vroom, Prospect Place, Bound Brook, N. J., 
by james S. Cawley. 
New Members Elected. 
Atlantic Division:—7010, J. William Durman, 
1038 Newkirk St., Philadelphia, Pa.; 7011, James 
W. Burch, 2000 H. St., N. W., Washington, D. 
C.; 7012, Harry V. Rouse, 1437 Park Road, N. 
W., Washington, D. C.; 7013, Frank C. Craig¬ 
head, 926 B. St., S. W., Washington, D. C. 
Proposed for Associate Membership. 
Mrs. Guy L. Baker, Buffalo, N. Y.; Miss 
Edna Van Riper, Highland Park, Ill.; Miss 
Ethel Van Riper, Highland Park, Ill., all by C- 
A. Spaulding, seconded 'by John S. Wright and 
C. Fred Wolters, Jr. 
LEO FR1EDE, INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION, 
SUGGESTS CHANGES IN RACING RULES. 
RULE IV 
Sec. 4.—No sail shall be rigged on what is 
known as hollow spars except it be a practical 
hoisting, lowering and reefing rig and so used 
by crew aboard amidship. 
RULE XI 
Sec. 3.—Entry numbers. The Regatta Com¬ 
mittee will assign a number to each contestant 
in the sailing races and such number must be 
sewed or painted on a sail so as to be visible 
on both sides. Such number to be at least 18 
inches in height. 
RULE XIII 
Sec. 3.—Place on the “Record.” To obtain a 
place on the “Record” or qualify for a prize in 
a “Record” event, a contestant must finish in 
all three Record events, unless disabled. The 
first canoe to finish in each event shall receive 
as many points as there are starters in the first 
event; the second canoe one less, and so on, 
and in addition the winner shall be given a pre¬ 
mium of 25 per cent, of the number of start¬ 
ers in the first event 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 awarded for 
all three events, added together, shall give the 
credit number on the “Record.” Any com¬ 
petitor not finishing an event through his canoe 
being disabled shall receive zero for that event, 
but all those finishing shall receive credit for 
beating him. 
Sec. 4.—2. Decked Sailing Trophy, distance 18 
miles in 3 heats of 6 miles each. Two heats 
shall be on the triangle, and one shall be over 
a windward and leeward course of not over 1 
mile. Time limit two and one half hours for each 
heat. 
To obtain a place in the Trophy race, or 
qualify for a prize in any of the heats, a con¬ 
testant must start in the first heat. 
The first canoe to finish in each heat shall 
receive as many points as there are starters in 
the first heat; the second canoe, one less, and 
so on; and in addition the winner shall be 
given a premium of 25 per cent, of the number 
of starters in the first heat 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 award¬ 
ed for all three heats, added together, shall give 
the credit number for the trophy. Any com¬ 
petitor not finishing a heat or is disqualified 
shall receive zero for that heat, but all those 
finishing shall receive credit for beating him- 
4. The Open Canoe Sailing Trophy Race, dis¬ 
tance 9 miles in 3 heats of 3 miles each. Con¬ 
ditions same as Decked Sailing Trophy Race. 
LEO FRIEDE. 
American Canoe Association. 
Fellow Canoeists: 
With October 1st the new year of canoeing com¬ 
mences. The American Canoe Association has been 
developing on a sound basis; the previous administra¬ 
tion has continued the good work, and with the sup¬ 
port of the members, greater strides will be made. 
Why not start the ball a-rolling immediately? 
The Executive Committee meeting will be held at 
Buffalo the middle of October, when questions of 
great interest will be discussed and decided. In addi¬ 
tion, i.t will afford a splendid opportunity to make and 
cement friendships that will last a life time. The At¬ 
lantic Division should have a large representation. 
Later in October a meeting of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee of the Atlantic Division will be called at which 
time the program for the year will be arranged. If 
any one has any suggestions to offer, kindly com¬ 
municate with the Purser, Mr. Clemens Schroeder, 
355 West 145th Street, New York City. The scheduled 
events (of which due notice will be given) will be as 
interesting as possible, but without the hearty co-oper¬ 
ation of “The Boys” we cannot hope for success. 
Every canoeist has undoubtedly made one or more 
trips this season, when one of our “Pardners” or some 
“live one” we met enroute was unfortunately not a 
member of the American Canoe Association. 
Do not forget to take him along with you ,to our 
dinner, etc., and let him share in the good times. 
Again, you know we all have a few trips in view, 
but possibly yours might appeal to us more than the 
ones we have “doped out.” Why let our official or¬ 
gans represent us in name only? The editor wants to 
publish your account of “the” trip and your fellow 
canoeists will be more than pleased to read of it and 
see some good pictures. You do not have to be a White 
—just write the story as you would tell it, were two 
sitting by a low fire—your pipes filled—you willing, 
the other desirous. 
And you lazy Secretaries and Chairmen of the Re¬ 
gatta Committees! Get some life into you and. send 
the editor your program—tell him what you intend to 
do and what you have done. Don’t say we do, but 
he never publishes it. If you want the readers to 
know something, they want it now, not two weeks 
after it has happened. 
Put your shoulder to the wheel and be a “live one.” 
Canoeingly, 
F. EDWARD AHRENS. 
Vice-Commodore, Atlantic Division. 
[If you want reports published we should have them 
not later than Monday morning.—Editor.] 
Annual Race Meet, Atlantic Division, American 
Canoe Association. 
The home of the Red Dragon Canoe Club, at Wissin- 
oming. on the Delaware, never looked prettier than 
yesterday, when the grounds and Old Norris Mansion, 
now used as the clubhouse, were thrown open for the 
annual race meet of the Atlantic Division of the Ameri¬ 
can Canoe Association. The old oak, maple, ash and 
buttonwood trees furnished delightful shade for the 
visiting canoeists and made the races on the river more 
eniovable. 
In the forenoon the wind was stiff, blowing half a 
gale from the southeast, kicking up a choppy sea and 
making it hard to navigate the frail craft. During the 
single paddle race, for crews of four, one of the canoes 
capsized 100 yards from the finish line, the four men 
disappearing under the water. But all were crackaiack 
water dogs and they soon came to the surface and clung 
to the overturned craft until rescued by a motorboat 
crew. 
Owing to the choppy seas the mixed single paddle 
race, in which three pairs, ladies and gentlemen, had 
entered, was changed from a half to a quarter-mile. 
The crew of the Associated Canoe Club of the Hud¬ 
son River, composed of Ahrens, Knickerbocker C. C.; 
Schroeder. Inwood C. C.; McMahon, Inwood C. C., 
and Kelly, Fort Washington C. C., showed most brawn 
and skill, winning a maiority of the contests. Schroeder 
won the one-man. doubles, was in the winning club 
fours, single paddles; second, with Ahrens, McMahon 
and Kelly, in the club fours, double paddles; second in 
the I Iudson-Delaware, singles, and first, with McMahon, 
in the tandem doubles. 
For the Algonquins, the Gregorys, Black and Fine 
showed excellent skill, and Eugene Kelly, of the Fort 
Washington Club, was a team in himself, despite hav¬ 
ing a heavy canoe. 
In the man-overboard contest five started paddling 
down the river a quarter-mile, taking an overboard leap 
and then scrambling back into the canoe at the report 
of the club cannon. Kelly, from Fort Washington, 
went overboard and back in one minute, without ship¬ 
ping a drop of water, and won the contest. 
Among the other stunts, “flipping” the canoe proved 
entertaining. E. K. Merrill, a member of the Red 
Dragon Club, gave a wonderful exhibition of this feat. 
He dipped his canoe, turning it over in the air and 
landing it right side up without taking a drop of water 
aboard, in 4I/2 seconds. 
Kelly, of the Fort Washington Club, also gave an 
exhibition of expert upsetting. Filling his canoe with 
water, he then shook the canoe clear of water and was 
reseated in 12 seconds. 
The racing closed with the Red Dragon Club singing 
the favorite song, “Down to the Dragon.” 
“Then drain a flagon to Old Red Dragon 
'The subsequent ‘Jag On’ won’t matter the least 
For in the gloaming we’ll go a roaming 
To the Old Wissinoming, the lair of the beast.” 
The racing started at 10.30 A. M. with a contest be¬ 
tween one man doubles, and was followed by club fours 
at half-mile heats. 
One-man doubles, 3 starters—Schroeder, Inwood Canoe 
Club, New York, won; M. Gregory, Algonquin Canoe 
Club, Trenton, N. J., second; Black, Algonquin Canoe 
Club, Trenton, N. J., third. No time taken. 
Club fours, singles—Ahrens. Schroeder, McMahon, 
Kelly, Hudson River Associated Canoe Club, New York, 
won; Sevenson, Hunter, Durnan. Kerber, Philadelphia 
Canoe Club, second; Fine, Black, Reynolds, Rose, Algon¬ 
quin Canoe Club, Trenton, N. J., third. 
Tandem, singles—Clarke and Bartholomew, In wood C. 
C., New York, won; Rutherford and Burch, Washing¬ 
ton C. C., Washington, D. C., second; Fine and Black, 
Algonquin C. C., Trenton, N. J., third; Durnan and 
Kerber, Philadelphia C. C., fourth. 
Mixed tandem, doubles, one-quarter-mile—Miss 
Marshall and Harold Wilson, Ramapo Rangers C. C., 
N. J., won; Miss Zuk and Jules Marshall, Inwood C. C., 
N. Y., second; Mrs. Walker and H. Leroy Walker, 
Philadelphia C. C., third. 
Club fours, doubles—Inwood C. C., of New York, 
Marshall. Fisher, Bartholomew, Clarke, won; Associated 
Canoe Clubs of Hudson, New York, Ahrens, Schroeder, 
McMahon, Kelly, second; Algonquin C. C.. of Trenton, 
N. J.. M. Gregory, C. Gregory, Tidd, Rose, third; 
Philadelphia C. C., Kerber, Durnan, Sevenson, Hunter, 
fourth. 
Hudson-Delaware doubles—Inwood C. C., for the Hud¬ 
son, Marshall, Bartholomew, Fisher, Clarke, won; Algon¬ 
quin C. C., second for the Delaware, M. Giegory, C. 
Gregory, Tidd, Rose, second. 
Hudson-Delaware singles—Hudson. Ahhrens. Knicker¬ 
bocker C. C.; Schroeder, Inwood, C. C.; McMahon, In¬ 
wood C. C., and Kelly, Fort Washington C. C., won; 
Philadelphia C. C., Sevenson, Hunter, Durnan and 
Kerber, second. 
Tandem doubles—Inwood C. C., McMahon and 
Schroeder, won; Inwood C. C., second. Bartholomew 
and Marshall, second: Algonquin C. C., M. Gregory and 
C. Gregory, third; Algonquin C. C., Tidd and Humes, 
unattached, fourth. 
One-man singles—Bartholomew, Inwood C. C., won; 
Black, Algonquin C. C., second; Kerber, Philadelphia 
C. C., third: Rutherford, Washington C. C., fourth; 
Kelley, Fort Washington C. C., fifth; Fine, Algonquin 
C. C„ sixth. 
One man overboard—Kelly, Fort Washington C. C., 
won; Burch Washington, D. C., second; M. Gregory, 
Algonquin C. C., third; Sevenson, Philadelphia C. C., 
fourth. 
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records, which are riveted onto their legs at an 
early age and are never again taken off. Walk¬ 
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difficult, and necessitates keeping the legs far 
apart; while running is altogether out of the 
question. The discs are kept highly polished, 
and when the women walk in long files to mar¬ 
ket the sight of their anklets flashing in the sun 
excites the envy of their poorer but more com¬ 
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