720 FOREST AND STREAM 
Forest and Stream Again Chosen as Official Organ. 
Association Goes in for Championship Races 
Interesting Meeting of Executive Committee at Buffalo — Forest and 
Stream Again Chosen as the Official Organ 
Buffalo, N. Y., November io, 1915. 
Editor Forest and Stream : 
I enclose the minutes of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee meeting of the American Canoe Associa¬ 
tion, held at the Buffalo Canoe Club, Abino 
Bay, October 23, 1915. 
I desire to point out that a very important 
change in the constitution has been made in re¬ 
lation to division of dues. The adoption of 
this resolution is a vast step forward, as no 
division is at any time deprived of more than 
50 per cent, of its dues, even if it has the Com- 
modoreship. Unfortunately, it has been imag¬ 
ined by many members of the Association that 
the adoption of this resolution prevents a pro¬ 
gression of the Commodoreship, as noted in 
the constitution. In other words, they feel that 
the constitution no longer applies in that each 
division in its turn, as prescribed in the Year 
Book, has the right to the Commodoreship and 
the task of holding the general camp. This 
idea is an incorrect one and the only r?ason 
for the Commodore this year succeeding him¬ 
self was that owing to unsettled conditions in 
Canada the Northern Division waived its right 
to the Commodoreship. 
The most important feature of the meeting 
however, was the resolution giving the Commo¬ 
dore power to waive certain rules, regulations 
and precedents, and placing in his hands the de¬ 
tails for arranging a series of paddling races 
at Sugar Island next August for the champion¬ 
ship of America. The prestige, the age, the 
size of the American Canoe Association, war¬ 
rant it assuming championship races, and while 
there are certain formalities which will have to 
be gone through before the matter can be offi¬ 
cially announced, the Commodore wishes to go 
on record at the present time as stating that the 
races will receive wide publicity. Paddlers, 
whether members of the American Canoe Asso¬ 
ciation or not, will be invited to enter without 
the obligation of joining the Asociation, unless 
they so choose, and canoe clubs throughout Can¬ 
ada and America will be asked to send their 
best paddlers, so that the question of who has 
the right to the claim of the championship may 
be seetled. Tentatively, it is proposed that 
there shall be junior, intermediate and senior 
races in the single paddles, tandem paddles and 
fours’ events in a one day Championship Pad¬ 
dling Day. It is my intention to send you in 
time for your next issue, complete plans for 
what should be the biggest canoe paddling day 
in the history of the sport. In the meantime, I 
would be obliged if mention might be made ol 
it in Forest and Stream, with the hearty invi¬ 
tation for anyone interested in canoe club mat¬ 
ters to write to me and give me their views 
C. A. Spaulding, Commodore. 
MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 
MEETING. . 
Minutes of the Executive Committee meeting 
of the American Canoe Associatiop, held at the 
Buffalo Canoe Club, Abino Bay, Ontario, Octo¬ 
ber 23, 1915. 
Present:— 
Commodore, C. A. Spaulding; 
Secretary, W. B. H. McClelland. 
Atlantic Division:— 
Edmund von Steeg, Jr., by himself; 
John B. Clarke, by himself; 
F. Edward Ahrens, by H. Lansing Quick; 
Frederick Grant, by Robert J. Wilkin; 
Ben W. Hill, by Percy F. Hogan. 
Central Division:— 
E. S. Dawson, Jr., by himself; 
Meredith W. Scatcherd, by Alfred J. Bell; 
Julius P. Gordon, by Jesse Armstrong; 
S. O. Hall, by himself; 
C. F. Wolters, Jr., by C. F. Wolters, Sr.; 
A. F. Saunders, by John S. Wright. 
Eastern Division:— 
Wm. A. Heath, by J. R. Robertson; 
A. Ritchie, by W. W. Heckman. 
Northern Division:— 
W. G. Sparrow, by himself. 
Western Division:— 
R. F. Abercrombie, by F. B. Huntington; 
F. W. Hough, by Oscar J. West. 
Guests and Members Present:— 
Aubrey E. Ireland, Toronto, Ontario; 
Farnum F. Dorsey, Rochester, N. Y.; 
Clarence P. Moser, Rochester, N. Y.; 
O. T. Wilson, Arcade, N. Y.; 
Mr. Chadburn, Yonkers, N. Y. 
Meeting called to order at 11:25 A. M. by the 
Commodore. 
Mr. S. O. Hall, of the Buffalo Canoe Club, 
spoke a word of welcome to visiting members 
and guests. 
Motion made by Mr. Huntington, seconded by 
Mr. Quick, that an expression of sympathy be 
sent to A. F. Saunders, Syracuse, N. Y., who 
was unable to attend the meeting on account of 
being ill. Carried. 
On motion of Mr. Wilkin, seconded by Mr. 
Armstrong, the freedom of the floor was ex¬ 
tended to the Board of Governors and visiting 
members. Carried. 
Minutes of Executive meetings, held at Sugar 
Island on August 14 and August 15, 1915, were 
read by the Secretary and were approved as 
read. 
Mr. Quick read report of Board of Govern¬ 
ors and spoke on conservation of forest lands 
in New York state and asked that the Associa¬ 
tion do what they could to defeat the measure, 
to be voted on at the coming election. Judge 
Wilkin gave his views on the subject but did 
not. think that much could be done by the As¬ 
sociation as a body. The Commodore also 
spoke, pointing out that much as the Associa¬ 
tion desired favorable action on the subject, it 
must not be overlooked that the proposed con¬ 
stitution should be looked upon in a broad¬ 
minded fashion because of the many admirable 
provisions contained in it. 
Mr. Heckman moved that report be accepted 
and filed as read, seconded by Mr. vom Steeg. 
Carried. 
Judge Wilkin moved that it was the sense of 
the Executive Committee, that the Regatta Com¬ 
mittee each year at the end of the races at the 
General Meet, shall notify the Board of Gov¬ 
ernors which trophies, if any, are delivered to 
the winners. Those not so claimed and a bond 
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