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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

,inued edEing upward until 1t reached
% ~ and closed at CSC, being an adj
vahce Tor the day OF a-sc. The $50
Per nushel advance caused corn to close
i l.so higher.
the export clearances OF se5,o00
bushels from New Orleans was feat
ure OF the movement which attracted
some attention. The visible supply de-
creased $4,000 bushels, against an In
crease year ago OF 1874 900 busheis,
anu the total now is 60i7,o0o bushels
us against 100000 bushels last year.
Oats opened a shade easier for May,
out rallied afterward in sympathy with
wneat snd corn and closed very steady.
lust where 1t did Saturday.
PROVISIONS were still suffering from
TOO much hog. but recovered a trifie
when wheat showed Its teeth to the
Esstimated receipts for tomorrow.
Meneat, 20 cars; corn, $50 cars; oats,
H'O cars. hogs, $4,000 head
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

ST. Louis. Dec 9--Cattle--Rccelpts
ai0O; shipments. 1000, Market steady,
but prices ranged i0616c lower than a
week ago. Fair to choice shipping
steers, &3,75Nie5; coarse heavy steers,
ss.4O05.65; dressed beef steers. s2SOa
9.lQi steers under 1000 pounds, SlTbg
orally N.75a2.A0; canning cows. 1880
200, calves, 2i,00aT00; Texas stecrs,
grass, s2.S0d2.75; Texas fed, s3,90d3,'6
cows. si.7bQ3,0O.
Elogs-Reccipts. 1000; shipments, 1900;
market atcady. Heavy, SsOOU3.5O. mix
cd s3,25G3i5; light, SJ.25d3i0
sheep-Reoelpts. 500. shipments. 100.
Market strong on light supply. Ma
tive muttons $240GS25; hulk OF sales.
s2.50u3.00; common, N200220: South
ern aheop. a2.00M9.0O.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

new York. Dec. 9.-The DEALINGS In
Ky railway list today were relatively
ihssnnllleant beside the operations in
al ~ industrials. Out OF the aggregate
49, OF the day OF a little over $40 600
Ma. W. Tobacco counted for over 2oS,-
~ ~ shares. Speculation began with an
s se,iye market and lower tendency to
si,,ss' Naturally enough after the ex-
,,"ns episode In Tobacco on Saturday
srsage crowd OF traders conferred
r.vunl the post" In that stock this
.o,Ihing. and anxiousiy awaited the
~ u OF the gong. The first transact
/, pn recorded was 1000 shares AZ from
~ as against 81 is for the final
~ and then ranged between q and CO
I'm, the afternoon. when an unIper-
milking" process carried the
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

Kansas City. Dec. s.-Cattlc - Re-
celpts. 1900 shipments. 1900; markets
steady TO strong. Texas steers. 81. 500
3.00i Texas cows, sl.75d2,50: beef
9.25; stockcrs ana feeders, 50 t0u3. 80:
bulls 81 .i0a8. 90
Hogs Receipts. 1905 shipments.
none, Market steady 10 strong: bulk OF
sales. s.. $685. 10: heavlcs. 81. 30m
s,dI i-2; packers, 81. 359S AZ l-2; mixed
81. 20I3. 35. light, 81. TOdS IS; yorlsrs,
50 .90il3.f0; pigs. S3.0oI3, 80.
Sheep Receipts, 1900; shipments,
700 Market steady: lambs. S3.bOU375i
muttons. 81. 50d13.3 80
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

liverpool. Dec 9.--Cotton-Spot. good
kuslness done, Prices higher. Ameri-
ssn mldiling fair j1-iGd; good mid
mag. lil-iGd: American middling.
se.ssd. low middllng. 1-2d; good or
slnary, 4 $50. oronary. 3-i6d. The
ssles OF the day were 1900 bales, OF
shlch 1000 bales were. for speculation
sna export and Included 1850 Amer
Ian. Receipts. 81, 900. all American.
Futures opened quiet but steady. and
closed firm at the advance. American
adding L. NJ c.. December, All; De-
amber and January, 4.30; January and
february, 4.a9ql30; February and
yarch, 42ad4,SO; March and April, i,20
$40; April and May, $50; May and
June. 4.Sl June and July. i32; July
ma August, 4.32ui.33; August and Sep
tsniber. 48s, The tenders OF todays
deliveries were 100 bales, new dock
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

Kansas City. Dec. e.-wheat-steady
and unchanged, No. hard, 80: No. :
red, GO 1900; No. spring. 81 l-2g5s,
No. 8 spring. 5eG5s l-2.
Corn-Aotive. higher: No. mixed,
% 3-4G23; No. white. % S-i9s%
oats-steady; No. 2 mixed. IL ~
No. 2 white, Is 1928.
rye : STEADY: No. nomlnaily.
% H la; timothy nOSia; pra-
''i Bu Ter creamery, 1907; dairy
Egga-Bareiy steady: fresh. IS. =,
Receipts-wheat, 5000: corn, sl'ooo
oats. 10000. "a
shipments-wheat, so,7OO; corn. 49,
200. oats, 5000.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

| NoTlCE-If the party who was seen
taking my bicycle from the rear or
once nothing win be said. u not. he
will be prosecuted. G. NJ. Brown,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10
cbIcaro Grain.

Chicago. Dec. s.--wheat had a steady
career for the day and closed at an
advance OF 1901 3-sc per bushel. The
local scalpers, big and little, had me
market ali TO themselves in the nrst
hour and q half. and appeared 70 think
That IL the visible supply should show
~. they fully expected II would, the
market would not be able 70 stand up
neainrt such revelation. The price
took a spurt up after the yiainle was
sbo,yn 10 have decreased $4,000 bush
rs instead Of increasing 100000 bush
els. The decrease In the visible was
by far the most important OF the DAYS
announcements. The price mere con-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

New York Dec. s.--Cotton--steady.
Niddling, S7-l6c. Net receipts, 1889
+ bales: gross. 1914 bales: exports to
France. 500 bales; continent. 447i bales
forwarded, i759 bales; sales. S5s bales
oplnner $50 bales: stock. 177,l7l bales.
Total today-Net receipts. 1902
bales. exports to Great Britain. 6ili
bales; France, 1888 bales: continent,
rsf bales stock. 953.27S bales,
Consolldated--Net receipts. S0,lG2
bales; exports to Great Britain, 2i,202
bales: France. 29i65 bales; continent.
N.sA bales.
Total since September met receipts.
l1ss.G5l bales; exports to Great Brit
sin 762.50i bales: France, 233,25i bales
continent, COS 1856 bales,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10
b 4 FEW POINTS.
:. yon,s corroS CLOSED MUCH
riRMER.
LIN influence brought Up the
price but 1t Added Very
Little Confidence.

v.v York. Dec. e.-The advance of
/, 70 points in futures at Liverpool
~ the we'll sustained demand for
-, cotton In that market CAUSED an
.ayspce OF . to 10 points here without
-.,,nv the market active. as specula-
=. were disposed to act with caution
~,rs to unsettled condition of polit-
~, soalrs in Europe. Al the same
80 the feeling was firm, as Manches-
v. sah ,siness was said to be favorable.
larger movement Is expected at the
m,s,arlor towns with corresponding
~svsment at the ports. The market
'nsed steady at n net advance OF to
X noInts. SPOT, 1-l6c higher.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

Liverpool. Dec. e.-wheat--spot.
quiet; demand poor; No. . rcd winter,
% "a; No. red spring stock exhausted:
NO. ! hard Manitoba. IS %. No. Calf
fornia, 6s l-2d.
Futures unchanged TO lid lower:
December 5s . 3-id: January, IS 9 Lad;
February, 5s Id; March, 5s 4 SD;
April. rs Lid; May. 5s led.
Corn-Spot quiet but steady; Ameri.
can mixed, new. 30 4d.
Futures. Id lower: December, rs
z Id January, February and March,
Ss i-sdi April and May, 3s 2 SID.
Flour-Steady demand moderate.
st. Louis fancy winter. Is.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

New York, Dec. 9.--Money on call easy
at ! l-2us i-2; last loan 2; closed per
cent. Prime mercantile paper, aus l-2
per cent Sterling exchange steady,
with actual business IN bankers tilla
at 4:S l-S@4 $50 for demand and l.Si 81
gi;ss for sixty days. Posted rates,
ASS 1-21i.s SO and A. 80 l-efll 80
Commercial bills. i.SI.
I61.
Government bonds firm and higher.
Railroad bonds easy. State bonds, dull.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10
Live stock.

Reported by the Standard Commits
sion company. Union stock yards:
as in good demsnd; stocEers' Il, SSsf
225. stays, si.50Ul.T5; bulls. $4,000 90;
good fat cows, S2.0042.25: medium cowH,
si.6o9l.so; heiters. ii.75Q2.0o; calves.
,2.5093.
Fat hogs--Heayies. t3151ae5. good
demand: tat mast hogs. s2.7513.00; light
hogs, sJs,Dff3.i5: good demand: wagon
hogs, ysO0Ua.i0, in good demand.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

New York. Dec. 9.-Evening Posts
financial cable
London-stagnation characterized the
stock market today.
There are no signs at present Of a
revival OF speculation, the only favor.
able indication being the prospect OF
cheap money for long period. Amerl-
cans were fiat, closing at the lowest.
This was notably for Reading on APP
prehenslons Of n heavy assessment
Paris and Berlin markets quiet.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

In the local market yesterday 70
celpts remained about the same, with
the following quotations..
Low mlddllng. 7 i-Sc.
Strict low middiing. i-4c.
Mlddiing s-sc.
Strict middling. lie.
Good middllng. 5-sc.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

New York. Dec. 9--cotton-spot clos
"a steady, Middllng uplands, S7-lGc:
middllng gulf. Use.
Futures closed steady. Sales. 1879, 500
bales. January. s.25: February. $50:
March. s.sj; April, $40: May. S.45; June.
US; July, $40; August. $50. Septcm-
bsr s-23; October. S.ls; December, S.23.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10
New York Dry Goohs.

New York. Dec. 9.-Thcre was n
moderate volume OF sales effected, as
the request OF small assortment of
spring speclaltiea In NIL departments
and many orders were sent In by mail,
Aside from such requirements there
was little doing In business.
Printing cloths in demand, with
sales Of 1000 pieces. January to April at
Use.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

b. nEDgIEi.D d BON.
General Insurance, Heal Estate nnj Rental
Agents; hotgry 10 once Ardmore. !. Y.
ChfLbOS a Co. Hsnrlstta, ciny county,
Texas, noli aud eAchapge farms, faueh.s
-. ltefefrifss; FORMERS SAiienal Bank.
Henrlctta. First sstianni ii4i.k Fnff
Worth. Tand "~T $3.50 r-ry - T--ss
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

New Orleans. Dec. 9.-Cotton-rlrm,
sll-lsc: low middllng. Slice; good or
binary. 7l-2c. Net receipts. 1929
bales: gross, ls.is7 bales. exports to
fmnoe, 1854 bales; coastwlse. g55 bales;
sales. 1000 bales: stock, SOC, 0SO bales.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

London. Dec. 9,--Consois for money,
1O6 1-2; do for the account, 1906 9-16.
Bar silver, 30 7-l6d; Money. l-iai-2 per
cont, The rate OF discount In the oren
market for short and three months
bills, 3-i41-S per cent.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

Standard dry salt, short clear. ss.ss:
standard short clear bacon. 1913; hams.
medium. 1915. hams, small, 1880: break
bacon. se.T5; dry salt shoulders. $500:
California hams, $500; pure lear lard,
s6.eo '
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

New York. Dec 9.---The total gnles
OF stocks today were: 3G7375 shares.
including: American Sugar. 1900;
states Leather, preferred. 1920.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

AGENTs--A snap for you. $3.50 week
ly. $1,000 yearly. No experience re-
qulred, failure impossible. Our scheme
n new one, particulars FREQ. Address
=. o. box hs0a Boston, Mrss.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

WiL.I.lAM u, I,E.,Dst.suN. cOulsciOr.nt.
law aud solicitor " American apd foreign
paieuts, trade iunrkn aud inteis, Room.
" streets. Washington, u. q. Seveuteon
years experience. ;hciuding sssrloe In. "a.
smining corps b.. y. patent ofncs. send
sfetch OF model for report % 70 patent.
ability. Correspondence inytird Mention
Ossefte
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10
MANrIin-TO HENT.

MANUFACTURED unfurnishcd room
with bath and board In private family
by man and wife. OF three good nnfuf-
nishcd rooms for Hight housekeeping;
would prefer near hotels or post o3ficr.
stnte price. Addrrss "Boardersy box
1ss. city.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

81. Louis Dec. 9.-Cotton steady. Mid
onhg. l'Sc; sales, 500; receipts, 1868;
'pments, 1901; stock, 5S,05i.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

New York, Dec a.--Bar silver, GO i-2c
Mexican dollars. SO 3-Ic.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

HEATING stoves cheaper than my
house In the city on easier pnymentn
than ever heard OF before Mt N. A.
CunninghRm's. 70g Main street.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

NO AID LESS THAN TWO lines.
NO CHARGES LESS THAN IS CENTS
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

FOR sALE-t'ive room house. LOT 50S
40 feet, W. wcathortord street, Price
$500. 5000 cash. balance $50 monthly
KNIGHT & BLACKBURN,
No. POS lluuaton street,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

wANTED---The names and nddresses
OF music teachers. vocal and instru'
mental. II VIII interest you. Write
Lockney, Texas.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10
ron sAlp-nnAI rsrArn.

FUN SALR-HEAh NSHAT1s
FOR Exchange The foilowing stockp
OF merchandise Tor black lard farms;
st'vo aud 5000 general stocks. $4,000
nerdware: y. I. Hare, Fort Worth.
a TRACT OF 1850 acrea In Wiehlta
county. partly fenced and cultivated.
susceptible TO irrigation, four room
hourc, TO exchange IN whole or IN
pat for good town property. Addrssu
Eox %, Wichita Falls, Tex.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGING
have two brick store houses In town
OF Ennis. Tex. TO sell or exchange for
good farm. Apply 10 W, l.. Lyon a.
Co. $40 Main street
tG6 HOUSES and lots and over 1000 va.
cant lots IN the city to sell and trade
IL you want bargain call on me.
700 Main street
THE best OFFER ever made--elght corner
lots b0Xi00 feet $3.50 and s5np: easy
payments and furnish money TO build
houses. See siEn board tive biockii
west OF University, II you want
home and have anything to trade call
on Nj. 4. Chambers, 200 Main street.
GET A HOME CHEAP A rare
chance for thirty days only--We havn
exclusive control o, 100 chicc lots IA
Fields Hillside addition. six blockn
days only ut prices from 400 TO $50,
Small cash paymcnts, balance small
monthly payment. Can loan you
money TO build house Ellis Real Es-
tato Exchange, s0S Main street.
j, A. THORNTON, EOS Houston street,
the leading real estate man OF Fort
Worth. has exclusive control OF some
of the most desirable property In tho
city. can sell YOU bargain any time,
nlno farms. Ycu can save money to
see him before you buy.
FOR SALE--t'ive room house. lot bOS
ITO feet, W. wcathorlord street Price
$500, 5000 cash, balance $50 monthly
KNIGHT 4 BLACKBURN,
No, s0S llnuaton street.
FOR SAIIG---Now ia the time to buy
block OF ton or twelve norrs OF or
chard or garden lNnd near Fort Worth
Make you good home ana money
all the year round, We have 800 aercn
In ONE mile OF the city, on two piked
roads cut up into small tracts and TOT
! sale chonp. Never mind about terms
/ We can flS that all right smooth san.
dy loan soil and rich and Just like
| living In town, WIN give you the best
| chance you ever had
200 acres OF the very best OF level
| black wake prairie land on publ,
road and IN one milo OF u depot with
| three railroads lah acres In cultivation
NIL tlllrhic and the best Good house
| stables and water and nine miles from
Fort Worth. 10000, terms $500 cash
| remainder any way you want II NJ
| per cent interest, Az of the time you
want and any way you want II. re
member.
First class black prairie land In nny
Hised tractH, unlmproycd. mud from
eight TO fourteen miles of Fort Worth,
ana from one to three miles OF depot at
! from Alh 10 lHO lInnInN Cd
farms, beat Of black wRXin prairie
lands NJ from $50 10 SO per acre easy
terms Long time and low Interest
Fine pasture OF 1000 acres In nine
miles Of the city ut 50 per acre
Sandy post oak lands and fine for
farming ut 81 per acre,
HUFFMAN & co,
Fourth street Fort Worth, Tex.
FOR sALE-rrut farm OF 1925 aorca,
| 40 In cultivation unnnn nnni Nlnnn
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

wANTED---Four experienced solicitors
big money, call before . o'clock. Mon.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

WANTED-Two men of any age, with
or without experience TO solicit for two
good weekly papers state and
county paper, both 81 u year on good
commission. Address p. o. BOX 4as
Corsicann, Tex.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

E%pERiENcEp canvasscrs wanted on
the latest aud best selling subscription
works published, also for blbiea and
albums; good territory and liberal
terms given. Address the j.. Singer
Book company. 2ei2 Market street, Gal.
weston, TEX.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

wANTED--Life insurance men. roI
figures. Management OF agents, Ne
liability on unpaid notes Liberal nd.
vances, Bay state OF Massnchusotts
organized 1881. Low rates W. ]
Minton, general agent. Dallas. Tex.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

TO EXCliANGE-ia acres smooih
black land, fairly improved, 800 In cui
tlvation, implements to run farm,
eight marca and mules, ak miles north
OF Claude. An for S26oe and some cash
for ntpck OF groceries. W, 4. Brewer,
Cleburnc Texas.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

wANTED--Lady or gentleman to can.
vass and appoint agents. saicry go
per month and commissions. The Ma.
tional company, Fort Worth, Tex.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

FOR SAbli--For the next fow days. 10
acre truck farm at u bargain, two md
one-halr miles cast OF the city Apply
to w. l., Ligon n Co. go Main street
WE have the lnrgent list OF improved
farms In the city, and are better pre-
pared TO show them. Parties wishing
to buy Will do wen TO SEQ US before
purchasing. W, l.. Lyon & Co. 80
Main street
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

FOR sALE-Fruit farm OF 1925 acrcs,
30 In cultivation, House cost 1900
Located ilvc mllcn routh OF Grapeviue
Price $1,000; easy terms, T.. l.. Wit
ten. Grapevine. Tex.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

t4o per month guaranteed energetic Ia !
dies and gentlemen for canvosning. CAN
or address Albert Phiipot, Saint 10,
Tex.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-10

PROFESSOR IVAN llERKHoFF,
Pianist, experienced teacher. practical
tuner. Satisfaction guaranteed, Mod
crate terms. Address postal card No.
ltle TnNlor strCet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-14
!. II. DAHLMAN,
AUC TIONEER.
YORK
COACH HORSE AND COB co.

have on show at all hundred head az the
obtanable. consisting Il four-in hands
DENIS matched and croSsmatched pairs. single horses.
s,ddlc horses and roadsters. bought
a special action. speed and conformation that is
fautesS. horses handled. bttei. and con
duioncd at our training stables Greeuvile Penn. We
have all forty pairs. from fourteen
10 seventeen hands, 81 almost every desirable color. All
the lot are thoroughly broken accm1t-d and ready for
immediate. We guarantee TO show more breeding
quality style conformation ant phenomenal high all
rou,d Soers than have ever offered sale IN his
country.
Telephone No g. Columbus. Address No. 25s West
Goth At. New York city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-14

the military tastes OF their ancestors Every frih'"
OF their house IS !ps) faCto solder am th"N nav"
been reminded OF This since their earhes; infancy.
While their training has been essentially military
II has not been permitted IN any way - interfere
with that softness of heart that generous impnSN'-
ness and that .ngonuousness which are 80 "nl'ai'S
in children. And although they invariably greet
their father with the correct military salute, Yet
this is Immediately followed by thoroughly boy1sA
and loving hug.
II IS on attaining their tenth year that they nrst
enter the army. and on the birthday tabI" n very
Prince Of the House OF Prussia ON mat anniversary
are always 70 be found The cituI't~, ~" s"'' J
ami the sash OF Lieutenant OF u" first company 90
the first regiment o. foot guards a ms ''i .s
composed exclusively of the ta..est men Z" d." ''Nil
In H. length and breadth # The German Empire.
the contrast between the tiny royal !eutenants aii
their gigantic fe.l0Y-otcers and soldiers IS exceed
ingly entertaining.
OF all the Emperor's sons the one who's" military
tastes are the pronounced is the crown iTlhce.
and no Is quicker than b. 20 detect any aunt IN
drill any defect in the uniform or equipment. IN
deed. he gives promise Of proving cN"niut.f 4Ai"
much OF military martinez a. his father, VIII
lam
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-14

While IT has always been held that racing and the
winning of prizes was not the chief charm Of
canoeing yet all the regattas and meets OF the
canoeists seem to have been arranged in the last
few years mainly for the benefit Of few acrobatic
performers who by long training were enabled TO sail
a canoe from the narrow end of a ten-foot plank
as well anywhere else.
AS early as the year 1852 William Whitock in
THE American Canoeist" warned his brethren
follows:
The prominence given TO racing at the conven-
ton in New-York last summer. and the
number the entries at Lake George. while indi-
eating the popularity Of races, were by some
strued as a menace to what l. in common with all
ardent canoeists. acknowledge 10 b. the chief end
Of sport. namely. cruising.
So much consideration has been given to racing
that the modern canoe is nothing more than
racing machine lacking both comfort and useful
ness.
George c. Forrest, OF Hartford. Conn: Frank Sar
gent Grant. OF this city. well as many other of
the most noted and enthusiastic canoests. are in
favor OF canoe which gives the designer a chance
TO embody strictly true lines. whether for the tenn
porary excitement of racing the continuous en-
]oyment OF cruising and sailing.
The Regatta Committee of the American Canoe
Association. composed OF NJ e. Brokaw. a. c.
Nickerson and H. r. Tilley. has already prepared a
provisional programme for the races to be held at
the annual meet. and will be glad to hear Of any