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RECORD OF 1908 SEASON FOR THE HANDICAP CLASS ON LONG ISLAND SOUND. 
2. Yachts in a handicap race shall sail in 
cruising trim, and in addition lug foresails in 
schooners shall be barred. 
3. Yachts shall be rated for handicapping ac¬ 
cording to the average of actual speeds in sec¬ 
onds per nautical mile in five races sailed, which 
races shall be selected by the handicap commit - 
tee. 
4. The percentages which the fastest yacht 
shall allow any other yacht shall be calculated 
by the formula: 
Percentage equals Q (1 divided by F minus 
1 divided by Q) multiplied by 10, where Q is 
the speed of the yacht in question and F the 
speed of the fastest yacht in seconds per mile. 
For convenience the nearest one-tenth of 1 per 
cent, shall be used. 
5. The handicap committee shall have power 
to" omit for handicapping purposes races in 
which the speed in seconds per mile of the 
fastest yacht in the handicap class exceeds 150 
per cent, of F. ... 
6. The elapsed time of a yacht which finishes 
ahead and is disqualified for any reason will not 
be used in determining the value of F. 
7. A yacht not starting in one or more races 
shall retain the last handicap assigned to it. 
8. Yachts \Vhich have no suitable racing 
record will be arbitrarily handicapped accord¬ 
ing to the judgment of the handicap committee, 
which judgment shall be final until such yacht 
has sailed five races. 
9. The racing rules of the club shall govern 
the class, with the exception of those rules which 
specifically refer to rating measurement and 
time allowance. 
10. The handicap committee may divide the 
vaults into two divisions: one for schooners and 
one for sloops and yawls. The committee may 
further divide each division into classes accord¬ 
ing to speed. The matter of such division shall 
be left with the committee with power, and the 
decision shall be final. 
11. A committee of three will have charge of 
the races of the handicap class, of which com¬ 
mittee the measurer shall be one. 
Canoeing. 
Canoeing Down the Connecticut. 
Continued from page 506 . 
That night I went to bed feeling an apprehen¬ 
sion that something was going to happen. Bert 
and I had been obliged to pitch our tent some 
distance from the others, because while they 
needed an open space for their tents, we were 
absolutely dependent upon the limb of a tree to 
fix the location of ours. So on going to bed I 
placed a good stout limb of hickory just outside 
the tent flap, where my hand could easily reach 
it in case of need. All was quiet when we 
turned in. It seemed as if we had only been 
asleep a few minutes, when suddenly we were 
aroused by the shout of a man and the plunging 
of something, as if it were coming through the 
underbrush at us. Instinctively I reached my 
hand out and clutched the stick, thanking my 
lucky stars I had had the forethought to put it 
there. “Whoa,” came the shout of a man’s 
voice. “What’s this, an Indian encampment?" 
“Not quite,” Bert replied; “just a party of 
canoeists camping here over night." Peering 
into the darkness, we could see by the light of 
their lantern that there were two men and a 
wagon. “What are you, cambers also?” said 
Bert. “Yes,” replied the man. “We have a 
camp over on the island opposite.” “Look out 
for the tent pegs,” answered Bert, and with 
that, on they drove, and soon we heard the 
horse go splashing through the water that 
separated us from the island, and we knew the 
river must be shallow there to allow them to 
ford the passage. 
Tuesday morning we were paddling along 
close to the Vermont bank of the river, when 
Lou called our attention to a graceful head 
peering at us over the tops of the brush, and 
two large trustful eyes that were gazing at us 
in half-shy unconcern. It was a deer-—the first 
we had seen. Soon another came bounding into 
view—a large buck with great, fine, spreading 
horns. There they stood on the bank not over 
sixty feet away, calmly lpoking at us. Bert 
made a move to get his camera, which lay under 
the front seat, and away they bounded. We ran 
our canoes on the shore, hoping to get another 
view of them, and perhaps a picture, but the 
pretty creatures were too shy and nimble, and 
were soon lost tO' our view, although Bert and 
Billy both ran after them, up through one of the 
most beautiful glens of the many we saw along 
the river. A clear cold stream came tumbling 
down the steep bank, a tiny silver thread of 
sparkling water, clear as crystal. It was very 
cool in there, and as wild and rugged as one 
could well imagine. 
Paddling on down the river again, about one 
o'clock we came to a space where there were 
great white birch trees, so big that when you 
attempted to clasp them in your arms your 
hands failed to meet. Here we had lunch, re¬ 
maining for some time in the cool shade, gather¬ 
ing “Indian pipes,” birch bark, etc., until we 
had cooled off and rested. That night we 
reached Chesterfield, N. H. Here we saw one 
of those quaint primitive ferries so character¬ 
istic of the Connecticut River. A wire cable 
stretches from shore to shore. On the lower 
side of this is fastened a flat-bottomed boat that 
looks like a raft with a two-foot rim around it, 
the current furnishing the motive power for 
crossing. One end of the raft is hauled in close 
to the cable, and the other allowed to slip out 
some distance, thus setting the boat at an angle 
to the stream. Then with a shove from a long 
pole, the ferryman always carries with him, they 
are off. Just as we reach Chesterfield, the ferry 
was coming across with a horse and wagon, 
and a few passengers. At the stern stood the 
fat, jolly-looking ferryman. We hailed him and 
asked where we could mail some post-cards. He 
informed us he would take them along with 
him, as he usually carried the mail up to the 
station. So we handed over the cards, and 
there he stood, deliberately looking them over, 
one at a time, commenting on the beauty of 
some of the scenes depicted. Then he started 
to read the little notes appended. This was too 
much for our sense of humor, and we laughed 
outright. On being asked if he usually read 
the cards entrusted to his care, the jolly ferry¬ 
man naively replied, “Why, of course, what else 
do you suppose I would do with them?” That 
night we camped on a low, grassy bank, under 
sqme willow trees that grew close to the river. 
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