April 3, 1909.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
545 
Smith’s 
Spar Coating 
Appearance 
The week after, even two months 
after, there probably will not be very 
much apparent difiference between the 
best and half a dozen favorably 
known brands, but thereafter every 
week counts, every month makes 
the inherent difference clearer. 
SMITH’S SPAR COATING stands 
severe winter weather so successfully 
that those using other brands are in¬ 
credulous. 
Durability 
Spar Coating is much like Port 
Wine. The latter must be of a good 
vintage, the former of good ma¬ 
terials; and both must be aged but 
not until matured are they really 
“worth while.” SMITH’S SPAR 
COATING is never sold until it is 
without question “worth while.” 
Cost 
To “age” Spar Coating properly 
means extra cost, but nowhere near 
as much as its additional value to 
you. The difference in your bill is 
slight, the difference in durability and 
appearance is great. 
Verification 
SMITH’S SPAR COATING was 
used on the International Cup De¬ 
fenders, and has the endorsement of 
the leading Naval Architects, Boat- 
Builders, and Owners, at home and 
abroad. 
Winners 1908 
Giving names of winners of last 
season’s races, club officers, etc. Free 
on request. 
Edward Smith & Co. 
Varnish Makers for 82 Years 
CHICAGO NEW YORK 
Canoeing. 
Detroit to New York by Canoe. 
It seems to me it all started by a conversa¬ 
tion during the winter about canoeing. Some 
one must have said, “You can't do it.” That 
in itself was enough to get us into the idea of 
going to New York in a canoe. 
At first we considered paddling to Sugar 
Island on the St. Lawrence River, crossing both 
Lake Erie and Lake Ontario to attend the 
American Canoe Association’s annual meeting. 
I sent a letter to one of the officers of the 
association, asking if he thought such a trip 
possible. 'VVe have since laughed at his reply. 
He said, “Well, if you had all summer before 
you, I think it would make quite a trip.” Little 
did he know of our canoeing feats. Why! 
Didn't we paddle from Detroit to St. Clair 
Flats and back in one day? About eighty miles 
by the way. We would cross Lake Erie in a 
week! Later events proved this possible. 
One August evening my chum, together with 
a fair companion, left the Solvay Boat Club and 
paddled to Amherstburg, a historical Canadian 
town located at the mouth of the Detroit River. 
It was from here on the day following, Aug. 8, 
that we started, without any ceremony except 
the taking of a couple of snap-shots with our 
camera, and placing at the bow of the canoe our 
pennant, reading, “Detroit to New York or 
Bust.” We felt that with good weather and no 
serious mishaps we could put our canoe lolanthe 
into New York tlarbor inside of three weeks— 
the limit we had set for the trip. Soon we 
cleared Bar Point Light and headed our frail 
craft toward Buffalo, 350 long miles across the 
lake. 
We reached Colchester at 6 o’clock, and after 
making some purchases at a country store, par¬ 
took of our first meal. Soon we were on our way 
again and passed Oxley Beach, a summer re¬ 
sort, about dark. About 9 o’clock we came up 
to a corn roasting party on the beach, and 
around a large fire could see many happy faces. 
We decided not to lose any time by stopping, 
however, and were just slipping easily by when 
one of the party spied us. Of course, we landed 
and were at once surrounded by the merry party 
offering fresh roasted corn, candy, etc. Before 
leaving, we discovered some of our Detroit 
friends, who, when they found out where we 
were bound for, gave us lots of encouragement, 
besides cautioning us about the dangers of 
treacherous Lake Erie. We shall not forget 
the send-off they gave us, as we pushed out into 
the darkness and headed for Kingsville Light, 
just discernible across the bay. They sang, 
“Good-night,” about forty strong, and you may 
be sure it touched our hearts. We put in at 
Kingsville at 10:45, after safely hiding our 
boat, slept at a large frame hotel next to where 
the famous “Metawas” used to stand. This was 
our first day, and we were pleased to think we 
were so many miles on our way. 
The next day was Sunday, but we were off 
soon after daylight, and being slightly stiffened 
from our first day’s paddle, gladly welcomed an 
off-shore wind, which rapidly increased after 
we hoisted our small sail. We always paddled, 
even with a fair wind, as we lived in constant 
fear of a three-day’s east wind, against which 
we could make no headway, and our time was 
too short to stand a delay of this kind. 
We were running along with a free sheet to¬ 
ward Point Pelee, which our chart showed was 
one of the worst on the lake, when we sighted 
and soon overhauled canoe Mishon, which con¬ 
tained two adventurous young fellows headed 
for Cuba, over the same course we were taking. 
They were making bad weather of it in the 
heavy seas now running, expecially dangerous 
as they were nearing the point where we could 
see large breakers for about a mile out. They 
were glad to take a line from us, and by trim¬ 
ming in our sail and running close-hauled, we 
soon landed them on the sandy beach at Point 
Pelee Life .Saving Station. We found them 
poorly equipped for the trip they were under¬ 
taking, having no charts whatever, except a 
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