The sun., 1891-10-04
4 GLANCE OYER THE CANOE CAMPA1GM.
No IDprovoments Over Former Years In
Speed, Rigging or Fittings.

No IDprovements Over Former Years In
Speed, Rigging or Fittings.
With the exception OF the Marine and Field
races. the Knickerbocker cruise and races. and
one or two other events. the canoing season
is practically over. Whether this year has
proven a success In the canoing line Is
somewhat Of q question. 1t has certainly been
an active one. and one Of remarkably good
feeling among canoists. but 1t cannot be said
that the craft has made any perceptible ad-
vance in the direction Of speed. or in the i'm
provement OF rigging or fittings.
With tho exception OF the recent defeat Of
Canuck by Toltee at the International races.
Ford Jones has held his supremacy for the
past three years with his Canadian flyer.
Looking at It from this standpoint, It would
seem that advance had been stopped for three
years. but this can hardly be said. for the
racing feet has been improving In general
and largely increasing ever year. But the
same old boats that led the feet last year and
the year before continued to do 80 this season
also. with exceptions IN one or two instances.
though there were room for, question as 70
slsr ballast ssd shs' Ike. Or rs Something she she
could DO every time.
was praiseworthy fleet, yet not one Of the
boats pFSSysd winner tnat St could ~ be relied
canoes, were fast and eDle. and had it not been
decide whether or not the racing canoes have
Butler Bee and Murphy's Iquana were the
OF the important races. Butler was looked up
on as possibl winner over Canuck in the race
M race W hole was st5vc in his ss Canoe which h pre- @
vented him from entering. Butler won the
at
Cup. BY only 2 few seconds. although he was
sailing Sa oeurss Hator aso severs sa
race; ts ETstS5n PISslGn eSs
tSe s %aee 81 AND ed sia and s r Sshss
Gubs last BE y bent psfaa asa
from anything in the canoe line; Bhe has a
hard bilge with Y-shaps midship and while
other racing canoes. her aft portion Is entirely
iauSns, owned By H ?: Muir Murphy also L he helped
4. e K. record at the recent meet In addition
ts this she won the race for The SPECIAL prize
and % also the wi visitors race, co@bined race, and
upset padding race at the Eastern Diylsl9p
fss aoSes oSas
and rHdder;, She is built q white pine. with
smooth calked seams Her most striking
peculiarly is the midship section. which %
very round. having almost no bearing at all.
The canoe runs and reaches finely, but does
OF the older boats many showed up exceed
ingly well-in fact, many did better than In
their first season.
OF the Ruggles boats. Theodore Oxholm's
Beta has met with probably the best success.
Oxholm CAPTURED several prizes this season
the meet Beta led the feet in the Trophy
race for four rounds. but was beaten In the
end by Canuck. Beta was built last spring by
Capt. Ruggiss OF Rochester, and is very similar
70 Eclipse. the record and trophy Wlnner OF the
Though H. L. Quick OF Yonkers has raced
but little this year. yet his entries have been
quite successful. He won the champto1ship
ished we'll up In several Of the races at the re-
cent meet He took the frat place in ths COM
Uno Is counterpart Of Beta. and both have
made good records. -