FOREST AND STREAM 
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Forest and Stream is Official Organ of the Amer ican Canoe Association. 
A 
CANOE RACES ON THE HARLEM. 
A meeting of the New York Rowing Associa¬ 
tion was held at the New York Athletic Club on 
the evening of Tuesday, March 9, in which 
delegation the American Canoe Association was 
invited to state their views on a regatta to be 
held on Decoration Day on the Harlem River. 
The proposition was favorably received and a 
committee was appointed to take up the details 
of the arrangements. 
As this is the first time that canoe races have 
been held in conjunction with rowing events 
under the auspices of the Associated Rowing 
Clubs of the Atlantic Division, this innovation 
promises to arouse considerable interest and will 
be effective toward increasing the popularity of 
canoeing in and around New York. 
Canoeing as a racing sport has been unknown 
on the Harlem River as no races have even taken 
place there. The events contemplated include one 
man single, one man double, tandem single, tan¬ 
dem double, and club fours both single and 
double—and it is the intention to alternate the 
rowing events with canoe races, thereby keeping 
a continued interesting program which is expect¬ 
ed to please the large concourse expected on that 
occasion. The results of this feature are looked 
forward to with considerable interest by the 
canoeing fraternity of the Atlantic Division. 
ANNUAL DINNER OF ATLANTIC DIVISION. 
The annual dinner of the Atlantic Division of 
the A. C. A. was held at Healey’s, corner 66th 
St., and Columbus Ave., New York, on Febru¬ 
ary 20. One hundred and thirty-five members 
and guests sat down and enjoyed the banquet 
which was served in the Jungle Room, and was 
voted one of the most successful social affairs 
ever offered by the Atlantic Division. 
The addresses of the speakers were therefore 
in perfect accord with the occasion, and when 
the first speaker, W. P. Stephens, A. C. A., No. 
32, of the New York Canoe Club, addressed the 
members on “Early Days of Canoeing,’’ he held 
the respectful and appreciative attention of h's 
audience, who showed by their applause that his 
words had struck the right key. 
NT Lansing Quick of the Yonkers Canoe Club, 
one of the successful defenders of the Interna¬ 
tional Sailing Trophy in the years gone by, spoke 
on “The Joys of Canoeing” and outlined the 
plans for the season 1915. In the course of his 
address he spoke feelingly on the loss through 
sudden death of former Commodore of the A. 
C. A., Irving V. Dorland, A. C. A., 1256, and 
paid a high tribute to our deceased friend and 
guide of former days. Geo. P. Douglas spoke 
on racing, and changes for sails and sailing races 
contemplated for the coming season. 
The principal speaker of the evening was then 
introduced by Percy F. Hogan, who acted as 
toastmaster and whose clever remarks were high¬ 
ly enjoyed by the audience, and for an hour and 
thirty minutes Capt. Anthony Frala the explorer 
entertained the assembly with an intensely in¬ 
teresting description of his trip of exploration 
through Brazil as a member of Col. Roosevelt’s 
expedition to the “River of Doubt,” and his sub¬ 
sequent experiences when he headed a division 
of this expedition and explored the Papagaios 
River and continued down the Rio Madeira and 
Amazon River to Manaos. His lecture was pro¬ 
fusely illustrated by stereopticon and moving 
picture views and the tribute he paid to the 
American Canoe as against the cumbrous native 
dugout elicited the keenest appreciative applause. 
The dinner was excellent and arrangements 
perfect. Vice-Commodore F. Edward Ahrens 
can point with pride to this most successful of 
all recent dinners. The dinner committee con¬ 
sisted of Edmund Vom Steeg, Jr., chairman. 
Frank S. Burnett, Harry W. Fleischmann, A. 
Roger Hart, Thomas B. Latham, Harold V. 
MacIntyre, Wm. P. Schoonmaker. 
CLEMENS SCHROEDER, Purser. 
A WILDERNESS CONTEST. 
One of the features which will attract much 
more interest than the ordinary canoe race is 
what might be called a “Wilderness canoe con¬ 
test” which will form part of the program of 
the next meet of the American Canoe Associa¬ 
tion at Sugar Island in August. Particulars of 
the contest are given in this department and are 
also referred to in another portion of Forest and 
Stream. Briefly, the contest is designed to make 
the canoeist show how much at home he is 
in the woods, how neat he is and with what 
dexterity he can take care not only of himself, 
but his entire outfit. Some people imagine that 
the modern day canoeist is simply a fancy pad- 
dler in or near city waters. The wilderness 
canoe contest will bring home the fact that he 
really is one of Forest and Stream’s “brethern 
of the woods.” 
There will be a handsome prize offered for this 
event, probably a silver shield—a prize, however, 
well worth an effort. 
To begin with, each man’s outfit must consist 
of the essentials necessary for cruising in the 
wilderness and we are to assume that the con¬ 
testants are making an extended cruise. The con¬ 
ditions at Sugar Island are ideal for such a 
contest. 
The contest starts off with the loading of 
canoes, and the points are given by the judges 
on the following things: 
The way packs are made up; way canoe is 
loaded; paddle around the Island to designated 
carrying place; unloading of canoes; selection 
of camp site; making camp; building fire enough 
to boil pot of water; neat and trim appearance 
of camp; breaking camp; making portage; again 
loading canoe and paddle home. 
The outfit of each contestant should consist 
of canoe, three paddles, tent, blanket, poncho, 
axe, cook pot, frying pan, coffee pot, plate, cup, 
knife, fork and spoon. 
Now all you cruisers, old and young, come 
up to old Sugar Island next August, enter this 
contest and show the racing men that the quiet, 
shy canoe cruiser can pull some interesting stunts 
as well as they. 
A. F. SAUNDERS, Chairman Regatta Com¬ 
mittee, A. C. A. 
[Forest and Stream will be pleased to add a 
trophy of its own to the winner of the above 
contest.—E d.] 
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