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FOREST AND STREAM 
[March 27, 1909. 
incidents and diversions. In addition to the 
over-night stops, gasolene will be taken on 
every six or eight hours. This will enable the 
boat to make brief stops at many important 
towns and cities on both the Ohio and Mis¬ 
sissippi. Some idea of the distance to be 
covered by this run will be realized when it is 
known that the distance from New York to 
New Orleans is 1,699 miles—only a little more 
than 100 miles in excess of the feat mapped out 
for Bre’r Fox II. This Cincinnati to New Or¬ 
leans run exceeds by 327 miles the run from 
New York to Havana and is more than half 
the distance between New York and Liverpool. 
This will be the greatest feat ever attempted by 
a speed boat and one that will be watched closely 
by every one interested in motor launches and 
the development of inland water courses. 
Cutter Eclin Sold. 
The English-built cutter Eelin has been sold 
by Gordon Dexter, of Boston, to Lindsley Lor- 
ing, of Westwood, through the agency of Hollis 
Burgess. Eelin was built by Summers & Payne 
in 1899. She is 84 feet 6 inches over all, 60 feet 
waterline. 16 feet beam and ii feet 3 inches 
draft. She carries 3,500 square feet of canvas. 
She is to be used as a cruiser. 
Another Boat for Bermuda Race. 
A 60-FOOT power boat is being built by the 
Nilson Company, at Baltimore, for Commodore 
Carrollton M. Fleagle, of the Baltimore Motor 
Y. C., which will be entered in the race to Ber¬ 
muda. This new- yacht is 12 feet beam and 4 
feet draft. It will be fitted with a 40-horse¬ 
power motor, and its name will be Neuska. 
Canoeing. 
The Proposed Wilkin Testimonial. 
The following letter from Robert J. Wilkin 
to H. Lansing Quick, chairman, and F. L. 
Dunnell, secretary and treasurer of a commit¬ 
tee appointed to arrange for a testimonial to 
Judge Wilkin, is self-explanatory: 
“Word has come to me that recently a cir¬ 
cular letter has been sent to every member of 
the American Canoe Association throughout 
the United States and Canada, stating that it 
is proposed to give a testimonial to me, and 
requesting that subscriptions for the same be 
sent to a committee consisting of the ex-com¬ 
modores of the association, who are to pro¬ 
vide therewith a suitable gift. 
“The by-laws of the association. Chapter 2, 
provides that no assessment shall be levied for 
any person whatever, and while I appreciate 
that the above notice cannot be official, I am 
informed that its form partakes of that nature 
and would convey that intent to one not being 
familiar with the workings of the organization. 
While it is true my acquaintance and, I trust, 
friendships in the association are very extended, 
at the same time of necessity, there must be a 
large number of the members who only know 
of me, if at all, through my official connection 
with the board of governors, and I feel quite 
sure that they could have no interest whatever 
in such a movement as the one proposed by 
you. 
“While I am aware that testimonials and 
other marks of friendship may be obtained and 
presented in some organizations, you must ad¬ 
mit that it is- true that no movement of this 
kind has ever been suggested or countenanced 
in the American Canoe Association. I can 
understand where a meeting of the executive 
committee is to be held in a city, how a circular 
letter can be sent to the members of that par¬ 
ticular city for subscriptions to entertain at a 
dinner the guests who come from a distance, 
but this has always been in such an impersonal 
way that in reality the benefit was for the as¬ 
sociation at large and all of the members who 
could attend the meeting. 
“There are times when an officer of a club 
has accomplished a great work at the end of 
his term of office, when the members, his per¬ 
sonal friends, in the exuberance of their spirits, 
have gotten together and given a dinner in his 
honor, whereat some souvenir of the occasion 
is presented. Also, it might happen where one. 
has retired or is about to retire from active 
duty that some sort of a jollification, in which 
all of the members might participate would be 
given and which would be entirely from among 
his personal friends. But, I am really at a loss 
to see how a general request for subscriptions 
sent broadcast over the whole association can 
leave anything but an unpleasant sensation be¬ 
hind it in the minds of many of the members. 
“I am very loath to write you this letter, be¬ 
cause I am quite confident that the action taken 
has been the emanation of a feeling of warm 
personal regard for myself, and I do not know 
of any members of the association who are 
nearer my heart than those whose names I am 
informed appear at the foot of this circular, 
and it is, therefore, a doubly difficult task for 
me to write even what appears to be an un¬ 
grateful letter. I must honestly say, however, 
that I hope that you will find some way of 
discontinuing this effort of the members at 
large of the association, and will feel that I am 
only honest in my regrets that this most kind 
and well-intended compliment should have taken 
a form that was distasteful to me. 
“So far as any recognition of what little I 
have been able to do in my interest in the as¬ 
sociation is concerned, I feel that that is amply 
shown in my many times repeated re-election 
as a member of the board of governors by the 
members of my division and my election as 
president by the members of the board. 
“The American Canoe Association has long 
been dear to my heart, and I rank among its 
members many of my warmest personal friends 
and dearest companions. I am writing you this 
open letter as I feel in no other way can I let 
the members of the association know how I 
feel in relation to this matter, and I hope you 
will believe me when I say that it emanates as 
well from my high personal regard for you 
and the other friends who have thought this 
action would please me.” 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division—F. E. Ahrens, 224 Church 
street. New York city, and John F. Ahrens, Jr., 
71 Fifth avenue, New York city, both by James 
McCahan; Robert J. Romlein and Jos. M. 
Romlein, both 540 W. 159th street. New York 
city, and both by Harry J. Dietrich; Henry L. 
Jones, 307 Church street. New York city, by 
Irving V. Dorland. 
Central Division—Ernest C. Emrich, 703 
Homewood avenue; Henry H. Martindale, 6805 
Kelly street, and W. J. Clawson, 541 Clawson 
street, all of Pittsburg, Pa., and all by H. D. 
James; Wm. J. Donovan, 464 Ellicott square, 
Buffalo, N. Y., by layman T. Coppins; E. V. 
Dunlevie, Prudential Building; J. P. Wright, 402 
Fidelity Building; Ray B. Kurtz, 214 D. S. 
Morgan Building; W. A. Bissell, 380 Franklin 
street, and E. Michael, 618 Brisbane Building, 
all of Buffalo, N. Y., and all by F. S. Thorn; 
Arthur Amsler and George Rector, both of 
Pittsburg, Pa., and both by W. H. Crofts. 
Eastern Division—Eugene T. Eield, 10 Porter 
street. Providence, R. L, by Edgar T. Sellew; 
Crosby J. Wells, i Whittemore place. Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., by S. B. Burnham. 
Western Division—Martin Guest 1127 Eliza¬ 
beth street. La Fayette, Ind., by George Steely; 
Fred Gardner, 125 Michigan avenue, Chicago, 
Ill., by Jesse J. Armstrong. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Atlantic Division—5676 Ben. W. Hill, 548 W. 
156th street. New York city; 5679, Ernest Block, 
37 Maiden lane. New York city; 5692, Edward 
C. Ehni, Raritan, N. J. 
Central Division—5680, Roger D. DeWolf, 
Wilkinsburg, Pa.; 5681, John R. Sanborn, Pitts¬ 
burg, Pa.; 5682, Felix P. Eysmans, Edgewood 
Park, Pa.; 5683, George H. Garcelon, Wilkins¬ 
burg, Pa.; 5684 Emil Ruppel, Pittsburg, Pa.; 
5685, L. 1 . Wright, Pittsburg, Pa.; 5686, William 
Murdoch, Pittsburg, Pa.; 5687, Herbert Arm¬ 
strong, Pittsburg, Pa.; 5688, Henry S. Carr, 
Pittsburg, Pa.; 5689, Edw. L. Wilson, Pitts¬ 
burg Pa.; 5695, William B. Foote, Geneva, N. 
Y.; 5696, Jas. W. Herron, Pittsburg, Pa.; 5697, 
Chas. P. Donahue, Wilkinsburg, Pa.; 5698, Ross 
W. Copeland. Wilkinsburg, Pa.; 5699, Edwin 
Lehr, Wilkinsburg, Pa.; 5700, Wm. H. Valiant, 
Wilkinsburg, Pa. 
Eastern Division—5677, Nath. B. Allen, 
Providence, R. L; 5678, R. O. Allen, Provi¬ 
dence, R. I.; 5690, R. G. Saville, Medford, 
Mass.; 5691, Charles E. Barker, Providence, R. 
I. ; 5701, Ernest M. Whitney, Providence, R. L; 
5702, Louis W. Stringer, Auburn, R. L; 5703, 
Ralph C. Garland, Providence, R. I.; 5704, 
W. A. Bowers, Providence, R. L; 5707, E. C. 
Taylor, Providence, R. I.; 5706, W. B. Carpenter, 
Providence, R. L; 5705, James W. Welsh, 
Providence, R. I.; 5708, W. Harry Midgley, 
Arlington, R. 1 . 
Western Division—5693, Philip G. Sanger, 
Milwaukee, Wis., 5694, Wm. Zellweger, Chi¬ 
cago, Ill. 
MEMBER TRANSFERRED. 
5083, Lansing R. Robinson, 33 Broad street, 
Boston, Mass., from Western Division to East¬ 
ern Division. 
MEMBER DECEASED. 
Northern Division—420, Lt. Col. James Z. 
Rogers, Peterborough, Ont., Can., died March 
II, 1909. Col. Rogers was the founder of the 
Peterborough Canoe Co., was long a member 
of the A. C. A., and was for many years greatly 
interested in the welfare of the Northern 
Division of the association. 
Traps hooting. 
If you want your shoot to he announced here 
send a notice like the following: 
Fixtures. 
March 28.—Jersey City, N. J.—Hudson G. C. T. H. 
Kelley, Sec’y. 
April 3.—Tuckahoe (N. Y.) G. C. 
April 3.—Princeton, N. J.—Harvard G.C.-Princeton G.C. 
April 6-7.—Lincoln, Neb.—Capitol Beach G. C.; $200 
added. Geo. L. Carter, Sec’y. 
April _ 7.—Montclair (N. J.) G. C. third annual champion¬ 
ship Metropolitan clubs. Edward Winslow, Sec’y. 
April 10.—Cambridge, Mass.—Harvard G. C.-Palefaces. 
April 11.—Jersey City, N. J. —Hudson G. C. T. H. Kel¬ 
ley, Sec’y. 
April 13.—Bergen Beach (L. I.) G. C. 
April 17.—Tuckahoe (N. Y.) G. C. 
April 21-22.—Indianapolis (Ind.) G. C. H. W. Denny, 
Sec’y. 
April 25.—^Jersey City, N. J. —Hudson G. C. T. H. Kelley, 
Sec’y. 
May 1.—Tuckahoe (N. Y.) G. C. 
May 8.-—New York.—Intercollegiate shoot. 
May 11.—Bergen Beach (L. I.) G. C. final shoot of 
series for Hendrickson cup. L. H. Schortemeier, 
Sec’y. 
May 13-14.—Sistersville, W. Va.—West Virginia Shooting 
Club. Ed. O. Bower, Mgr. 
May 15.—Cambridge, Mass.—Harvard Gun Club-Norfolk 
Country Club. 
May 19-20.—Auburn, N. Y.—Cayuga County G. C. J. N. 
Knapp, Sec’y. 
May 31.—Newport, Mass.—Aquidneck G. C. C. M. 
Hughes, Sec’y. 
May 31.—Englewood, N. J.—Pleasure G. C. C. J. Wes- 
tervelt, Sec’y. 
June 5.—Montclair (N. J.) G. C. anniversary tournament. 
Edward Winslow, Sec’y. 
REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS. 
March 29-30.—Cedar Bluffs (Neb.) G. C. F. B. Knapp, 
Sec’y. 
March 30-31.—Holmesburg Junction, Pa.—Keystone Shoot¬ 
ing League. F. M. Fames, President. 
April 5.—Garden Prairie (Ill.) G. C. H. O. Sears, Sec’y. 
April 6-7.—Lincoln, Neb.—Capital Beach G. C. Geo. L. 
Carter, Mgr. 
April 6-7.—West Lebanon (Ind.) G. C. C. R. Bowlus, 
Sec’y. 
April 7-9.—Columbus (O.) G. C. Fred Shattuck, Sec’y. 
April 9.—Exeter, Ont., Canada.—Huron Indians. W. 
John, Sec’y. 
April 9-10.—Toronto, Ont.—Parkdale G. C. F. A. Parker, 
Sec’y. 
April 12.—Atlantic City (N. J.) G. C. A. H. Sheppard, 
Sec’y. 
April 14-16.—Lamed, Kans.—Kansas State tournament, 
under the auspices of the Lamed Gun Club. J. T. 
Whitney, Sec’y. 
April 15.—Schenectady, N. Y.—Mohawk G. C. J. W. 
White, Sec’y. 
April 15.—Phillipsburg, N. J.—Alert G. C. Edw. F. 
Markley, Sec’y. 
April 16-17.—Reading, Pa.—South End G.C. H. Melchior, 
Mgr. 
