June 22, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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and the motor boat club. He commended the 
energy of both the yacht club and motor boat 
club members. 
Thomas Armstrong praised the good work 
of Commodore Wilson, former Commodore 
William E. Hexamer and Vice-Commodore 
Charley J. Curran. 
There was a reception and dance at the club 
house. 
M©lL©ir B©aiLmi 
Cleveland Power B. C. 
The Cleveland Power Boat Club, of Cleve¬ 
land, Ohio, is having a busy racing season. The 
club course is on Lake Erie off Gordon Park, 
and is a triangular one of three miles. The 
handicaps are figured by the Race Committee, 
each boat being taken over the course by a 
member of the committee in order to establish 
its rate of speed. In the actual races the 
slowest boat in each class starts first, each 
other entrant starting on its handicap time. 
The number of the boat to start is displayed 
from the committee stand. The various classes 
are Class B, open boats up to 20 feet; Class C, 
open to boats over 20 feet; Class D, cabin 
cruisers, and Class E, speed boats. There will 
be races during the season on June 30, July 4, 
July 21, Aug. 4, Aug. 24 and 25. On Sept. 8, 
under the auspices of this club, will be held the 
Ohio State championship race for speed boats. 
The club will wind up its racing season on 
Sept. 25, when the final events will be held for 
all classes. 
The Cleveland Power Boat Club has a 
membership of eighty-two prominent yachtsmen 
in and around Cleveland, and its officers are as 
follows: Commodore E. E. Haefele; Vice-Com¬ 
modore, C. C. Wadsworth; Rear-Commodore, 
C. Johnson; Secretary, P. L. Stoller; Treas¬ 
urer, Ferd. W. Eiche; Fleet Captain, Paul 
Erdman, The Regatta Committee consists of 
Chas. Randall, Chairman; Joseph Lucas, Harry 
Squires, Paul Erdman and Edw. Daniel 
Marylands’s 200-Mile Race. 
On June 29 the Maryland Motor Boat Club 
will hold a 200-mile race, open to any power 
boat, wether affiliated or unaffiliated with any 
club. 
The club proposes to make this even an 
annual affair, to be held the last Saturday in 
June. In this 200-mile race there will be three 
classes, known as A, B and C. The boats will 
be rated under the American Power Boat As¬ 
sociation rules. 
Class A will be boats rating 50 feet and 
more. 
Class B—Boats rating more than 40 feet 
and less than 50 feet. 
Class C—Boats rating 40 feet and less. 
The boats contesting must comply with the 
Federal regulation as to equipment. Each boat 
must carry a crew of not less than four. The 
races are confined to power boats propelled by 
internal combustion engines. The race will 
start on the afternoon of Saturday, June 29, 
from the stake boat off the club house. The 
course will be to Point No Point and return. 
Caini©©5inii 
Canoe Cruising on Rancocas. 
BY BENJAMIN A. SLEEPER. 
The third annual cruise of the Atlantic 
Division, A. C. A., on the Rancocas Creek was 
held on May 25 and 26, and proved very suc¬ 
cessful and enjoyable to those participating. 
The clubs represented were as follows: Laka- 
noo B. C., twenty members; Chippewa C. C., 
three; Philadelphia C. C., three; Yapewi 
Aquatic Club, tw'o; Inwood C. C., one; Red 
Dragon C. C,, one; Keystone Y. C., one; 
Coatesville (no club), two; Philadelphia, (no 
club), three. 
Those present for a whole or a part of the 
cruise numbered thirty-six, as follows: Vice- 
Commodore H, B, Fort, Rear-Commodore A. 
D, Berning, H, T, Mooney, H, H. Baylie, E. 
D, Baylie, R. Y, Page,’ Lloyd Jones, F. E, 
Soule, A, C, Biles, M. E, Southard (Purser), 
Franklin Gauntt, W. M. Johnson, Wm. Par¬ 
sons, Ira Davis, E, R, Coleman, Lewis Fretz, 
A. E. Svenson, Millard Troxell, Mrs. Fort, B. 
A. Sleeper, J. B. Probasco, E. M. Simons, W. 
C. D. Gauntt, J. S. Page, J. G. Downward, 
Amos Creeley, Alonzo Shinn, E. B. Ayres, I. 
C. Hendrickson, “Mac” Blumner, Stanley Craw¬ 
ford. Walter Sharp, Harry Blumner, H. L. 
Walker, C. M. Swart, Jos. Broomhead. 
The vice-commodore, with J. S. Page, 
started the game by making camp at Browns- 
Mills-in-the-Pines on Thursday afternoon. 
These strenuous workers were so lonely that 
they decided to unload the entire carload of 
canoes and duffle and transfer them to camp. 
This action, while inexplicable to their inti¬ 
mate friends, was much appreciated by their 
fellow cruisers who wish me to extend to them 
our thanks for the saving both of hard work 
and of demurrage. 
Camp was made on the island in the lake, 
just above the dam, one of the prettiest spots 
and most suitable for the purpose, to be found 
in the State. After supper the advance guard 
started a mosquito crusade. This was evidently 
very successful as the mosquitoes did not bother 
us on Friday, but judging from the appearance 
of the crusaders it must have been a hot fight. 
Friday morning the second division 
arrived at camp, and after getting in supplies, 
all started for Hanover Furnace. I believe, of 
course, that all canoeists are truthful, but must 
certainly express my admiration for the 
imagination of anyone who says he has paddled 
all the way from Browns Mills to Hanover. 
Until within a half mile of Hanover the route 
is quite clear, although very narrow, swift and 
with a course much like that of some of the salt 
creeks along the “Shore” which were formed 
(according to legend) by the “Devil” chasing a 
snake. Very often we met ourselves “coming 
back,” and twice Commodore Fort had a head- 
on collision between the bow and stern of his 
canoe. Near Hanover the creek spreads out 
among the stumps and bushes, forming in¬ 
numerable channels, none large enough for a 
canoe over five feet in length. The writer at¬ 
tempted to find the course for the rest of the 
bunch by wading through the bushes. It’s 
great; you are knee-deep in the black water 
for two steps, on the third “splash” up to your 
neck, on the fourth step you put your shin out 
by colliding with a stump, then you climb up 
to wade again in water ankle-deep. Is it any 
wonder Commodore Fort likened me to a turtle 
(snapping variety), when I emerged in the nice 
wide stream at the Hanover Bridge? Above 
the bridge is quite a large and a very pretty 
lake, well worth the trouble in getting there. 
After lunch at Hanover, the pilgrims returned 
to Browns Mills and the camp, finding most of 
the stumps but without serious damage to any 
excepting one very old and rotted one, which 
was displaced by “Bill” Gauntt and his Peter¬ 
borough “Nancipoo.” “Nancy” is quite a 
frisky heifer and some stump finder. 
During the afternoon and evening there 
were several arrivals at camp. Two Coates¬ 
ville boys appeared, minus canoe and duffle, 
which they had shipped some time before, but 
which, according to the usual custom of the 
railroads didn’t show up until the morning 
after. Strangers at first, they soon became ac¬ 
quainted and added much to the enjoyment of 
the trip. A great commotion at the station 
caused us to think “Taft” had appeared, but 
proved to be only the longest man in the A. C. 
A., “Hike” Berning, from New York. 
After supper, a pilgrimage to the hotel was 
led by the Vice- and Rear-Commodore, where 
the annual pool tournament was held, “Hike” 
carrying off the honors, as usual. 
In the evening a thundershower threatened 
to cause trouble, but only resulted in satisfy¬ 
ing us that a good tent is waterproof, and 
Amos Creeley that a canoe will leak from be¬ 
low if bottom upward. Amos is willing to ad¬ 
mit that pine logs are hardwood, at least hard 
enough to use for a bed. 
Saturday morning the cruise got under way 
about nine o’clock, and we had a very enjoyable 
trip down the beautiful Rancocas, stopping at 
Pemberton for lunch. Some especially enjoy¬ 
able features were added to the usual trip. 
Real fast water was found above the dam at 
Birmingham and in the raceway at Mount 
Holly, and we had the pleasure of shooting the 
dam at Birmingham. 
Camp for the night was pitched at Cedar 
Springs, below_ Mount Holly. By this time the 
number of cruisers had considerably increased. 
Arrivals during the evening made the total at¬ 
tendance for the cruise as listed above. After 
the long day’s journey, supper was very wel¬ 
come. Tents were pitched and everything 
made ready for the night. The grand camp¬ 
fire was lighted, refreshments were served and 
the hours of song and story passed very enjoy- 
ably. Special features were tales by “Mac,” 
Shakespeare by “Big Chief,” monologues by 
“Hike,” attempted firelight pictures by 
“Shinny” and the many songs led by “Whitey” 
and “Axle.” 
Sunday morning all arose early, getting 
breakfast in time to leave camp about noon. 
The cruise_ proceeded lazily with the tide, 
passed the industrious city of Centerton, where 
the “dead ones” were left, and paused at the. 
Rancocas Country Club. Here we were wel¬ 
comed in great style and certainly were made 
to feel at home. Would there were many more 
such clubs along our cruises. At the club 
house a very good lunch was enjoyed by all, 
after which the cruise continued to the Dela¬ 
ware- and up river to Burlington, leaving the 
cruisers here and there by the wayside. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division.—-William A. Bartholo¬ 
mew, Jr., W. 207th street, and Bolton road, In- 
wood-on-Hudson, N. Y., by Fred W. Baldwin; 
Theo. G. Alteneder, 2024 Ruscomb street, Ger¬ 
mantown, Philadelphia, Pa., by Victor P. Abel. 
Eastern Division.—Chas. B. Janes, 47 
Washington avenue; Ed. Prescott, 143 Crescent 
street; Edward MacDonald, 7 Brown street; 
Henry J. Colon, Endicott street; Roy B. 
Stevens, Crescent Park; Frank V. Carpenter, 
285 Moody street; Janies G. Burgin, 279 
Crescent street; H. H. Blanchard, 70 Chestnut 
street; Stanley West. 190 Moody street, and L. 
W. Furbush, Pumping Station No. i, all of 
Waltham, Mass., and all by E. A. Rolland; 
Clarence H. Hill, Howard, R. I., by Fred C. 
Rexford. 
Western Division.—Arthur Edward Sunny, 
4933 Woodlawn avenue, Chicago, Ill., by J. W. 
Barker; Charles C. Elliott, 851 Center street, 
Elgin, Ill., by Ralph Rogers; Albert H. Vilas, 
124 South East avenue. Oak Park, Ill., by John 
N. Deneau; Frank C. Pundt, Dundee. Ill., and 
Arthur L. Torrey, National Plouse, Elgin, Ill., 
both by H. L. Boynton. 
NEW' MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Atlantic Division.—6429, Raymond C. Odell, 
23 Hooker avenue, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; 6430, 
Edmund Y. Hill, 445 West End avenue. New 
York city. 
Eastern Division.—6431, Charles H. Ship- 
pee, Jr., 206 Smith street. Providence, R. 1 . 
NEW' LIFE MEMBERS. 
Western Division.—No. 91 (A. C. A. 385), 
J. Herbert Ware, Chicago, Ill. 
Atlantic Division—No. 92 (A. C. A. 2950), 
E. Howe Stockwell, New' York city; No. 93 
(A. C. A. 6280), E. C. Buchenberger, Brooklyn, 
N. Y.; No. 94 (A. C. A. 4632), Louis Reichert, 
New York city. 
MEMBER REINSTATED. 
Western Division.—385, J. Herbert Ware, 
647 Rush street, Chicago, Ill. 
