would “dare .handle~-such “a” -hea'vily-idressed .
craft, and the riiarvel of it is that one never
quite realizes Cameron’s grit until in meeting
him one is stunned to notice the brave
tenov has onlygiene am. a s i H .

5 The Cataraqgi also turns outcome pretty
and jaunty gl1'l-:§;_t:hough the Kingston .-laasies j

J : with fewexceptions cannotvie with their Amen?
ican cousins as far as paddling goes. Theyare
brown as berries, and as bonnie a"; lot of girls

I asyou could desire to see. They-swore outing
caps, flannel dresses, and left their jewelry at
- home. They handle apaddle witliskillfui ease
* and one instinctgively loves them -for the smel-
. ble way in which they take to life, leav-
L ing their frills and flowers of far a
; hind them as appropriate tifiother times. ;,
v it After the idlegdays comes race Theft-j
‘‘ ‘bugle calls andffyou snatch up your cap” and
' rush down to Tithe wharf from__,- which the
_' judge’s yacht isflslowly bearing gway. The
boys are getting-jout with sail and paddle and
f you see your faiéorite wearing up?-towards you. .
You shout andghis canoe -skims alongside .

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pen of Lowell, Their merry hosts,

lllgllligg bonfire and, 'del__.iclous‘ cup.
gzgened , the way tejémany s3;cceeding,»_g:blly,;
ts gin the various clusterslof - club ,%‘,f;tents:§

_ ' ‘ p_.~_.,x.-1-g;.,»:v._.,.,,.,r...».»::seh-iyg“ “’l‘he‘ canoes are§'swarming,’and you can’ ‘scarce ‘

all sporting men. They came to the meet for
the object for which it was instituted. Their
and racing men are of hthekind that

«__,,§»,1_)lse ‘f frills,” but dispense as genuine ..”"andr

-- u _§lospitality,..g._as’;—. possible ,_under_canvas.é,

9 a'EIi3§mast..d1at1ngu1shed=%man- in a camp’ was a

“Vesper ” through and through, a son of Gen.
Butler, and a millionaire. , The winner of the
trophy,’ and above all a straight, honorable
sportsman and canoeing A‘ enthusiast; young;
$1.10‘
. t,he;day..h‘e?p tched’-:.‘ti1i the hour:

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if grmmpggae is‘?-nota knight,

use magic letters?-
srou to any we

Thejlmerican Canoe ‘;Association was organ-

izediii-Z1880. The rachsié of the auoeiansngi ,,.{

Mr. .N";ZH. Bishop of George, originated-
the “ general Meet” with the object of “ uni.

ing amateur canoeists.-forl..purposes..._,"', 3
pleastgfe, health or explijrations, by meansofi

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h5nd13f".f'0d. sun. saflblttffisddlei ’*

frequently at their camp, neither is he even
bordering on a suspicion of a mug hunter, not-
¢ .121”. .,m*sni,fl¢_°n* rig: union
, H0 to
passiouln life--sailing,§?;?3and‘ any day
M-gmight havgrfbew ‘seen potterlng about his

. . ‘ha wbuld Tfaiif«hnv'ei*'i?eén“‘;him‘ more

, -?,"ad oilin rub 2: down his
wo,n_d_erful?.littleg,Spau- 3’ bl‘ 3 Y
. .ar the
and I‘ 5.11.. "hour ‘
efyinggijil w‘inds

,"latc‘r'

"meetings for business,''..*.; camping, ‘paddling; and weather 0% in the

sailingfrand racing, an§} by keeping logs of
voyages, records of waterways and routes, de-
tails, drawings and dimg_nsi_ons of boats, and;
collecgbns of maps, and books.” *1?‘
{,1 '1'l1e’+eporting _world .. no: _org , _,
.1;ion~ ’tliat ‘ h’as'*-' been " i-more - phenomenal " ar-
g:-- and success than the A. C. A.
membership enrolls frames from all por-
tions -or the civilized’-75 world, names that
are synonymous witli-_-_,-3 honor and integrity
afield afloat, names whose owners have
been the means of bringing this healthful and
recreatlve sport from ltd‘! obscure little ‘corner.-
of 15 ago, and siifnaking it one of
most ifiopular pastimeifof today. The ' _
eral divisiona‘l.mee_,t_s of the Associatigili.

open, with 1811 feet of
canvas spread: to a -
ibre_egleV,that difove the I
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id9WI1_‘~ the; island .5§riV- :.

,, _ _ er, till like a large but. "
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its restless though rest-
ful wings. dain-
ty, (though nag as vig-
orous) in his selling is
George Douglgajs-of the
Ianthe Club, ;;Newark,
N. J. He is bieyond a

d;_J]_1_bt,,,the most grac'e- A '
- are institutions thafiflseep the sport abreast’ .fln7"‘1el°’ in :5

of the times, when man}*_l100ts man in »- a -- :’mh°$7 p°’;f°°tl

mon interest, when hagids clasp in good fel-
lowship and friendly contest with sail and
paddle prevails for two Afejntire weeks. ~ ;_
Seldom has the Association recorded ~a
more successful camp" than that of this
season 'on the St. Lawrence near King'-
ston. On one of its loveliest islands whose
margin was indented with bays, quiet la-
goons, still reaches and bold rocky points,
90tents lifted their snowy canvas likeahuge
field of mushrooms. Thrice 90 gorgeous burgees
flung their vari-colored folds in the stiff, clean
breeze, and fully a thousand tiny pennants
played from mast-head to mast—head, from
tent top to wharf, from meadow to shore.”
The totem .bursee.o1.s seoro.,O1

‘__,below,,and ,:,,huge_,;. en3igns,,=»j.beax'ing§*-zt ~
and Striples; British lion‘-and Union ‘Jae mm:
gled in asgfriendly a combination of (‘,fil"t7.~at-I
did their respective allies in comradeship.

Perhaps the most brilliant bit of color on the
groundswas the daily signal service at head-
quarters, which comprised the tents of the
commodore, -secretary and general registry.
Twenty-one pennants, of various pattern and
color, constituted_ the signal, set adopted by
the Association. , Dali‘ business notifications,
meetings, weather signals, races and happen-
ings of general interest were announced by a
combination of several flags, the minute de-
tails of such matters being posted on the bul-
letin board below. ° .

The camp is always run on a semi-military
basis. A buglersounds reveille at sunrise, at
xmess hour, when races are called. and at set of
sun, at which hour all colors are lowered at
headquarters.

The commodore of the year, Col. W. H.
Cotton of Kingston, was the flrst to greet all
incoming canoeists. “Commodore Cotton and
his Kingston allies may congratulate them-
selves that the meet under their immediate
supervision, proved itself an ideal rendezvous.
to all those who were fortunate enough to
pitch their tents and beach their cafiuoes at

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proclaimed the identitygof-_.;in_ ‘ .1

The first under canvas is a veritable
period of lotus eating. You idle through the
mug, yellow August days, living a happy-go-

cky, vagabondish life, the very memory of

which brings a certain care-freeness into your '

busy afterdays, when with your return to
town and its attendant shackles of business,
formality, and fashion you would give half
your years to i see the broad St. Lawrence, is-
land-dotted, sail—sprinkled, stretching calm and

cool at your feet.

athlete. Ilieuglas
seems to impaift to his
canvas .some_’tl_iing "of
his own identity, his
hiking, though not as
daring as Butl§r’a who
in heavy weather hikes
four inches of his
windward guirwale, is
‘$3; jaun tiesti‘ bit of
"_,:ca‘_n'oema-nship e v e r
idonej on "Canadian wa-
'”ters. Under his guid-
ance his slimglittle ra-
cergthe Cricket could
' dsily;»..-{I10 mat-
Mrhit ..,\veatl1er,_ Old »
gs.-wasu_z,_3loading ..
on ns,"sk'irtlng'”'th’e sur-
face 0"‘?-
‘ poem in whi
and mahogany; fragile as a cobweb, dainty.
‘as aflower, swift and true an arrow,
her positive directness of course and speed
being commented /upon by all. '

But notwithgtanding such mggp as Butler,
Goddard and Grey of the Vespers, Howard of
the'New-York Canoe Club, ltiooregpf the Knick-
erbocker, Doufglas of the Iajnthe, Archi-
bald of Montr"'al, Sparrow of 'l;(f‘;ronto and a

‘ , there was
. still a great ifontingent of gay moths of
fashion who lady-lovers playjed as import-
ant ». part in " camp as theiriinore faddish
comrades. Most of these gentlexneu were from
Kingston, Ont—-‘.,‘}= and floated C:_,_:_,_'
colors above luxurious 13”‘
might have do without some hings, but
the Cataraqui was not one
It may _have been that the meet vjggas in home
wat‘er,_s, or thatfl-the boys felt duties be-
coming hosts djevolving upon them, or it may
have been theirggblg warm souls deep wide
pockets, but wélijhtever the reason was, they
treated us royai 11 y, and to their iiinceasin

L forts the entire meet owes much

Their camp with its array...

bunting, flre wifgrks, transparencies, rollicking
, songs and jollfdances, has no recorded rival
in all the annals of the A. C. A. -_.:Nor was this
all they could do. They turned otiij a sailor, and
a paddling tandem that were notito be sneezed
at, the sailor, Kenneth Cameron ing one of
the most daring and successful men in Eastern
Ontario. He carries the largest in Canada,
. 210 feet of canvas, which in heavy weather he
I exchanges for a 170-foot stretch. Few men

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Youilean far over, ‘shaking his
hand, saying while, “ good luck, old boy.”
He [smiles {up jeonfldently at ‘you, and some
way or other yen think your llfejls happiness
depends on his iiinnlng. He slips away soon,
the minute booms, and you hear the
momentous words: ff‘ »
7 " Are you ready?-—Go.”

For the next ow moments go‘

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identify him. Then somehow the wee tip of
a slim nose pllilils ahead; you fly-down shore
imploring someone tolend you a eiarine glass;
an elderly man hey-dey of canoeing is
past offers you? his; you snatch it -excited,

and oh! blessed} relief, the- flrstA=-glance shows

you a well-knowgn canoe half alength ahead.
You drop the Q-Eglasses, and rush madly on.
Your shouts of?‘ go it, old man, it, go it!"
are supplemented by applausef'f__- and cheers
from a score of ;,_men who also fairer him, and '
at the last, one .;~;brief moment seems an
eternity to you your boy run ‘between the

‘flags a full mi'nr_i?'te aheadof his second. Then

you wish you 10 caps to fling" -into the air
and 20 handkerehiefs to flourisl1;_-~‘.:5“'_ You won-
der why he does§:{}';;not come in instead of daily-

'ing about the judge's launch ;" afterwhat

seems an A lnteriiiinable lags -he hsacsior the .
wharf, and youicrowd down wlthgho men and * --

' surround him Oddly sees youra

through the miscellaneous collection of on‘.-
stretched hands, and yours gets the first cla; p,
and through all the uproar you hear him as ' ,
“ you are my mascot.” Then on that I've"
night of the meet when the beautiful silkml
pennants are awarded to - fortune’s favoritt 5,
you too feel a strange glow of pride in his suc-
cess, and you tell yourself it is just became
you are so mad about canoeing-—nothing elm.

And after a clay or two when the tents are
growing numerically less, when the b g
steamer wharf is covered with packed canoes,
bales of blankets and “dead” sails, you look
down the long sweep of the St. Lawrence that
will always mean so much to you now. You
say goodbye to the jolly sportsmen who have
been your messmates for two ideal weeks.
From the steamer’s deck you watch the old
camping ground fade into the blue and pur-
ple of distance; perhaps one face looks out at
you, framed in the moonlight and sunshine of
your holiday; perhaps one set of sails, one
paddle blade, one starry night comes vividl 1
before you, and you tell yourself that Paul
Butler is not the only one at the A. C. A. wl 0
has won a sterling trophy.

E. PAULINE JOHNSON. 6

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