New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-18
SOLITARY voYAGERs MULTIPLYING

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE sPoRI-iffho o'
cRAFr-CosT-A CANOEING EXHIBITION.
aThere is society where none lntrudes, says
Lord Byron who certainly an authority on society
matters in his time and the proposition is prefaced
and supported by tue remark that
a Tb.re Is a pleasure In the painless woods;
There Is rapture on the lonely shoro
This the creed canoest his Thirty nine Articles
and his collect for day OF the year NOT tnat 'ne
lover Of this sport grabbed hermit or or
even that social phenomenon. u" crank" Like byron
who II he had advantages Of his readers day
would probably have been the original oanoeist-he
loves not IN an the less but Nature more Nor should
wicked aud perverse generation who know not canoe
ing and the delights thereof, hug TO themselves tn"
deusion that all canoests wear long hair and tr-do ""
collars while they 70 about quoting Byron rhe roich
ing canoe songs whose choruses rolling through the
dnsky soudes the primeva forest or float over the
lake at twilight; little marine conventions. whose
hundred dot the of Lake George or the ST.
association meets, all give the lie 10 snch
assumption. In fact the average canoeist Is an
intensely practical His thoughts by day ana MS
dreams by night are with drop rudders and folding
centreboards and sliding gnnher." Every one OF the
2 900 canoeists n the land can build his canoe
from keel to truck THINKS he can, ana is qni'e ano
and willing give the aker points IN tue matter
all his practical sense logical analysis leaos
unsvoaably the conclusion that the true canoeist
must be a poet, though possibly voiceess one lie
deliot To cut himself Oh from tns roaimill q fe with
ia narrow round its and division OF
labor and tor week at least to minge with the
nu,ver se" self contained, sefdepeDdent sell sucieh|
The canoeist is true child OF natare-whether Ike
Yum Yum he takes after his mother is question too
delicate for present discussion.
The father OF all Canoeing WAS Rob Roy Mac6tegoi
Nearly every on. whether canoeis or not has read MS
tales of solitary padding and sailing rhe hrSt 10
introduce tue snort in America was W L. Alden, whlion
Commodore OF American Canoe Association ana now
Consul General to Italy. He began experimenting
about 1868 After him n II. Bshcp who might
be called the great apostle of canoeing for his books
we're read FAR and wide AMI gave the sport mighty
impetus From Montreal he sailed IN paper canoe
through Lake Champl,in, down the Hudson ana along
the coast Florida He also sailed down the ONO anu
Mississippi sneak box-a sort OF marine hitirOn
in shape-and his descriptive OF the journey had IN
enormou sale. He practically tho originator OF the
American Canoe Association. which had its fist meet
at Lake George in 1850. when twenty members were
gotten together second and trd years the asSo-
citation met at the place. and Ill these years respect
lively turned forty five and one hundred strong.
the Last year largely through the Efforts oi FRANK
AT tile Tnonsan Islands As this il IA rayiDg p"nt Tor
Yankees ana Canadians. it was the most prospectus
The wa % that beautiful lte archelago aud they
are going there again this year The meet occurs the
-" Tie National Association numbers 1000 members
ehout county There alc from forty to nifty
different local clubs. Inc knickerbocker Club is
the strongest in this cry. nu"perihg Loly,m ny
members and has cuS-n9ns a. hTndredI SnS
nifty sesond-s and Nor'n HI rrco.lyn NeSsrk
sing sing Kondout and Albany also nave ihelr Gums
Title meets" generally III the spring in imitation Of tue
Nationa, organization The Hudson iHVer c'uos "ee.
OHIO kiger clubs at Pitsourg. and so on There Is q
general belief that canoene is costly spot nul nrel
not necessarily fhe wealthy cano"st often makes
it costly because he is not happy unless he has
specimen OF craft that tn" rerle brain 81 r tno
daay
bimseI,. lie rs continually getting new canoes and
,Iinn of his old ones at Laf pfce He mus. hase
Ts,x device and attachment that patent stricken
uventors can produce. But the no buys second
hand canoe with complete cruising outfit for from 40
+" $50 and holds on to it, instead OF paying 500 $3.50
Tor a new every month, who does his own repairing
need never feel the sport a burden
The ds"n STYLES OF are esDn I"sr Sr sc
bark ranoes; there are keel and centrebosrd
there are ri:ged ranoss and cutter
ied c,mocs and canoes whose rig has no counterpart
ya. an Eussn style %HS9 has p, PTEGiis from D
tHon,i'n , to, i,no WIN ,rnrn tonr 10 ak feet
6ea tho no retaining pecuares q the eanOe
model mo a The H"v o1 oy fG1'W OF hens Woe
doe OF the New York canoe cub and fully aescrled III
Aedn cssoes FOR sa . Ac the Ss spec
eH of Mr 1 sa' who male s MS
Sos spm ssa an Tue for aud pleasure
slesred without rudaer laais OF arag eni s
n s s%@ bS the and by
cafeo Wien sailing along the cargo. which 10 he same
Is @ % sn and S . :. S ne"
mr. easing of sheet controls the sail.
Wien about TO Jack shu the crew 90 forw ard and
r., A., h.u,sd I'm rhen the wind acting on the stern
81 The Snai which /, hiyh ont OF water and on the sail
vi the ooa VIII" 20 V W.. W. "a,r,,r, ..
blows the former arouni "heh everything IN snshIn
in ne wind the crew move aft tho how is T. US ted OUT
OF water wind blows the boat around on the stern
as on pVot, t.e snee. % eass ,r ' ,t ,er tacL
his away anu oa s, IN, sy Yspe rIca ant Of The
These Doss are . 20 s aJ My TsVor announces his
canoe rscs .,t yoa,' ao.r.,a e. for them AT the
| nnmtna meet ~ i
sava,al mer,bers Of the ROYAL Came Club OF ENGLAND
| are Gaming over tins summer among them W. Baden
Powell who is greatest among canoests after Rob Roy
M,cGre the second style In order OF
chronoIogv known as the Nautilus canO. stimulate
canna,no cntmnsiasm and give tine public an idea OF what
,ann, ~ men c.nocsfs ara the Knick Club
~ this CITY Is eettiug IN an exhibition OF canoes and
oarna .,nnms,t II viii be held IN the Harvard Rooms
Fort = second ar and 81 III ava on April "a All the