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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June 6, 1908. 
About four o’clock we saw a line of telegraph 
poles ahead of us, and picking up heart at the 
sight, we pushed along faster. “Surely we are 
near civilization now,” I thought; but after 
traveling several miles from pole to pole, and 
then seeing nothing but the same line of poles 
as far as we could see, our spirits suffered a re¬ 
action. 
“If we could only get up on that cussed wire 
and ride on it,” said Hans, “we might get 
somewhere.” . 
“I vonder if ve can hear vot dem is saying? 
said Joe, and he laid his ear to a post and 
listened. 
“I only wish they would telegraph us some 
water,” said I. But I dare say they are tele¬ 
graphing the police to look out for us if any¬ 
thing.” . . 
This set the others in a stew for fear such 
might be the case, and Joe suggested, “Let’s 
climb hup and cut de dom vire.” 
“Yes,” I said, “then you’ll have some one 
come and help us in a hurry.” 
There was a wagon trail following along the 
line of poles that looked as if it might have 
been made by the wagon and men that first 
erected these poles. At last we came to a more 
hilly district and followed the poles toward a 
line of hills ahead. Here as we mounted a 
hummock of earth we saw a road running from 
inland out toward the sea and saw a wagon train 
just disappearing in a cut in the hills going west. 
My head was burning up with feverish heat, and 
my whole system seemed on fire, but at the 
sight of the moving horses and men ahead, we 
three broke into a run. We soon gave that up, 
however, and when we finally struck the road 
the caravan was nowhere in sight. 
The road sloped steeply to the west and dis¬ 
appeared in a deep gully between the moun¬ 
tains. We followed it down, down until I 
thought every moment we would emerge into 
sight of the sea. We supposed we were within 
a mile of the coast, while as a fact we were away 
inland behind a mountain range. The road was 
deeply worn by the wheels of heavy wagons, and 
dust lay nearly a foot deep on the road. Every 
step took us down, down into 1 the gorge be¬ 
tween the mountains until I began to think we 
must be going down into some mine. The steep, 
vertical sides of the mountain rose on either 
side so abrupt it was impossible to see the tops 
of them. 
We were beginning to despair of ever finding 
water and were well nigh played out, so when 
we came to a slight widening in the gorg;e and 
saw a low hill to our right we painfully climbed 
it in hopes of seeing some aid. Right at our 
feet was a small hut nestled against the side of 
the hill, and a branch road running past it 
joined the one we had been following a little 
further on. We ran down the hill, but came to 
a halt as a large blood hound made a jump at 
us. His barking brought two Spaniards out of 
the hut, who stared at us in surprise. We held 
up our empty bottles and asked for “agua,” 
but they knew well enough what we wanted, 
and while one of them held the dog so he would 
not break his chain, the other pulled aside some 
pieces of sheet-tin, exposing a large, round 
iron casting, like a basin, full of water. We 
dropped on our knees around the edge and 
plunged our faces, nose and all under water and 
drank our fill. 
[to be continued.] 
Canoeing. 
A. C. A. Fixtures. 
June 13-14.—Atlantic Division Cruise.—Rancocas Creek. 
July 10-24.—Western Division Camp.—Spring Lake, 
Grand Haven, Mich. 
July 11-19.—Atlantic Division Camp. — Plum Point, 
Cornwall-on-Hudson, N. Y. 
-.—Central Division Cruise and Camp.—Alle¬ 
gheny River. 
Aug. 7-21.—A. C. A. Camp.—Sugar Island, St. Lawrence 
River. 
Sept. 6-7.—Atlantic Division Camp.—Hermit Point, Hud¬ 
son River. 
- —.—Central Division Cruise and Camp.— 
Allegheny River. 
HOW TO JOIN THE A. C. A. 
Article III. of Constitution.—Membership.—Any gen¬ 
tleman over the age of eighteen, and a competent swim¬ 
mer, may become an active member of this Association 
fourteen (14) days after his application has been an¬ 
nounced by the treasurer in one of the otficial organs 
of the Association, and approved, as provided. 
(Note: Forest and Stream is the official organ ) 
Chapter I. of By-Laws—Membership.—Sec. 1. Applica¬ 
tion for membership shall be made to the treasurer, and 
shall be accompanied by the recommendation of an 
active member and by the sum of two dollars, one dollar 
as entrance fee and one dollar as dues for the current 
year, to be refunded in case of non-election of the ap¬ 
plicant. ., t, , 
Treasurer—S. B. Burnham, Box 23, Providence, R. 1. 
Officers of the Divisions and secretaries of the various 
clubs are requested to forward dates chosen for camps, 
cruises, club openings, regattas, and other items of 
interest for publication. The selection of dates well in 
advance may prevent clashing at times. 
Annual Meet of Eastern Division A. C. A. 
Paddt.ers of the Dedham B. C. were the star 
performers in the seven closely contested events 
at the annual meet of the Eastern Division A. C. 
A. , on Lake Innitou, Woburn, Mass., May 29, 
3 °. 31. 
Starting with the war canoe race, Dedham s 
doughty wielders of the blade figured as prize 
winners in every event. Officers of the course 
were: William W. Crosby, Innitou, C. C., 
starter; L. S. Drake, Wawbewawa C. A.; E. 
Scott Morse, Dedham B. C., and W. A. Heath, 
Swastika C. C., Providence, R. I., judges at the 
finish; F. Leroy Pratt, Winchester B. C.; Fred 
J. Babcock, Innitou C. C.. judges of the course; 
L. S. Drake, clerk of the course. 
The finish in all the races was very close, and 
in the club fours, double blade, which was fin¬ 
ished just as the rain began to fall, only a foot 
marked the difference between the first and sec¬ 
ond canoes. The races were all half a mile, 
straightaway. The summary: 
War Canoe.—Won by Dedham B. C., Medford 
B. C. second, Waubewawa C. A. third. Time— 
3m. 16s. 
One-Man Singles.—Won by Arthur G. Mather, 
Medford B. C.; W. H. Simpson. Lawrence C. C., 
second; Fred Brodbeck, Dedham B. C., third. 
Seven entries. Time—4m. 34s. 
One-Man, Double Blade.—Won by W. E. 
Stanwood, Wawbewawa C. A.; Dudley A. 
Rogers. Dedham B. C., second; Brewer French, 
Dedham B. C., third. Seven entries. Time— 
4m. 10s. 
Tandem, Single Blade.—Won by Ames-Mer- 
ritt, Dedham B. C.; Ritchie-Halloran, Lawrence 
C. C., second; Cheney-Brodbeck, Dedham B. C., 
third. Eight entries. Time—4m. 26s. 
Tandem, Double Blade.—Won by French-Dan- 
iels, Dedham B. C.; Horn-Roberts, Lawrence 
C. C., second; Ritchie-Miller, Lawrence C. C, 
third. Six entries. Time—4m. 48s. 
Club Fours, Single Blade.—Won by Dedham 
B. C., first team; Dedham B. C., second team, 
second; Medford B. C. third. Seven entries. 
Time—4111. 3s. 
Club Fours. Double Blade.—Won by Dedham 
B. C., Medford B. C. second, Lawrence C. C. 
third. Time—3m. 52s. 
The races were held under the direction Of 
the regatta committee, L. S. Drake, of Wawbe¬ 
wawa C. A., chairman, a position he has held 
for fifteen years consecutively; E. Scott Morse, 
of Dedham B. C., and Hugh J. Walker, of 
Innitou C. C., Woburn. 
The open canoe sailing race, 40ft. limit to sail, 
was won by E. F. Myer, of the Innitou C. C. 
The meet was most successful, and Vice-Com¬ 
modore Fred E. Leathe, who has superintended 
the management, has received many compliments 
from the 108 members of the division present. 
Officials attending the gathering included John 
R. Robertson, of Auburndale, Commodore A. C. 
A.; Samuel B. Burnham, Treasurer A. C. A.; 
Fred W. Cramphorn, Secretary A. C. A.; James 
K. Hand, of Yonkers C. C.; Walter U. Lawson, 
of New York, Commodore A. C. A., 1891 ; L. S. 
Drake, of Newton; William W. Crosby, of 
Woburn, and D. S. Pratt, of Wellesley, ex-com¬ 
modores of the Eastern division, A. C. A., and 
Commodore Leonard M. Graves, Swastika C. C., 
Providence, R. I. 
After the races the Innitou canoe club enter¬ 
tained the division at the club house with a splen¬ 
did programme of indoor athletic sports, ar¬ 
ranged by Frank H. Sawyer, treasurer of the 
club. Mayor Blodgett, of Woburn, was a guest 
of honor. 
Fort Washington Canoe Club. 
Last autumn the Fort Washington Canoe CM 
built a new club house on the Hudson River at 
the foot of West 167th street, New York city, 
equipping it completely with lockers and canoe 
racks. In February last this house was de¬ 
stroyed by fire, and only three or four of the 
two dozen canoes that were on the racks wen 
saved. Camping outfits were also lost, and foi 
awhile it looked as if this young and active clut 
would disband. 
Energetic work on the part of a few optimistic 
members, however, resulted in the securing of : 
new site nearly opposite the old one, just belov 
Fort Lee, N. J. This encouraged the members 
and instead of the small amount they hoped tc 
raise for the building of a little shack until bettei 
days should come quite a snug sum was sub 
scribed. A contract was made, piles driven anc 
by this time a cosy club house is almost com 
pleted. It will be large enough for the needs 0! 
about thirty members, with plenty of canoe racks 
large lockers, electric lights and a float, while 
a cold spring nearby will furnish water. The 
dragon fly—the club’s totem—although slightl) 
singed, will follow the mosquito fleet this sea 
son, as usual. 
FT. WASHINGTON CANOE CLUB’S NEW HOUSE ON THE HUDSON. 
