KANAWHA. WINNER OF BENNETT CUP, 1904. 



Nevertheless, the Larchmont Yacht Club, 

 probably the most popular and progressive 

 yachting organization on the Sound, came 

 next to the Marblehead club with n open 

 events and 390 starters. Then came the 

 Boston Yacht Club with 14 races and 386 

 starters; the Beverly Yacht Club with 15 

 races and 273 starters ; and the New 

 York Yacht Club with 20 races and 232 

 starters. 



The amount of yacht racing done each 

 year is usually underestimated, even by 

 those who keep up a connection with yacht- 

 ing events. According to the records of 83 

 yacht clubs between Cape Ann and Cape 

 May, 291 races were held last summer and 

 3-353 boats started. These figures include 

 the 43 races and 744 starters from the 

 clubs on Great South bay, the Hudson 

 river and the Jersey coast ; a portion of the 

 yachting fraternity whose doings are usu- 

 ally overshadowed by the accomplishments 

 of the larger and richer organizations. 



It is doubtful if steam yacht racing ever 



can obtain a hold on the yachting public, 

 on account of expense and time allowance 

 difficulties. Two handsome cups offered 

 last year were not competed for at all, and 

 H. H. Rogers' swift Kanawha, after her 

 defeat of Haouli, seems, with James Gor- 

 don Bennett's Lysistrata cup in her pos- 

 session, to remain mistress of the field. 



Motor boat racing is sure to become 

 more widespread than ever, and some 

 astonishing speed records may be looked 

 for from boats now building. At present 

 Commodore Harrison B. Moore's Onontio, 

 which established last autumn a record of 

 28 136 statute miles an hour, is at the top 

 of the heap. 



The races already mentioned, the Lipton 

 cup races at Chicago and San Diego, and 

 the races of the Gulf Coast Association, to- 

 gether with the long sought uniform meas- 

 urement rules for the Eastern clubs, prom- 

 ise much racing activity the coming season 

 and much development along the most 

 healthful lines. 



"How long have you had your new girl ?" 



"Which one? I've had 4 in the last 

 week." 



"Mercy ! I mean the new one you had 10 

 days ago." 



"I've had 7 since then." 



"I think her name was Mary." 



"I've had 5 Marys." 



"Goodness ! This one had freckles and 

 a turn-up nose." 



"Three of them had the same." 



"I give it up." 



"I've given them all up." — Cleveland 

 Plain Dealer. 



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