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A. — Two inches.' Between 2 
A.— The part underneath the 
A.— Along there, that placa 
A.— It was somewhat aft of 
The position was about there 
By Mr. Whitney: 
Q — How much in inches is a degree f 
and 2Min. 
By the chairman: 
Q.— You say it would take two tons? A —In the neighborhood of 
two tons. 
By Oapt. Mahan: 
Q,— Is that the result of calculation you have made since, or is it 
simply an estimate still? A.— Simply a partial estimate. I made a 
rough calculation of the amount before. 
By Mr. Whitney: 
I Q.— How many did she carry in her crew 1 
Mr. Herreshoff— During the Cup races? 
R Mr. Whitney— Yes. 
ET A.— There were fifty, I think. I am not positive, but about fifty. 
Q.— Some fifty men ? A.— I think so. 
By Mr. Choate: 
Q — You were present at the remeasuring on Sunday? A.— Yes, sir. 
Q — In what capacity were you there? A.— On behalf of Mr. iBelin, 
to see that the measurement was carried on correctly. 
Q —Mr. Watson was there, was he not? A. — Yes, sir. 
Q— Representing the Valkyrie? A.— Yes, sir. 
Q.— Were you present at the marking that took place at that time 
on the stem, and the placing of the disc on each side of the Defender? 
A.— Yes. sir. 
Q.— Were they correctly marked? A. — Yes, air. Satisfactorily. 
Q.— And Mr. Watson oversaw it with you? A.— Yes, sir. 
Q.— There was one question suggested to me by what has occurred 
since you were on the stand. Could there have been any lead other 
than what you saw in the canter of the boat when the floor was taken 
up and you examined it on Friday morning, and you not see it? A. — 
No, unless it was stowed in under the wings. 
Q. — What would be the sense in stowing it under the wings? A. — 
There would be no sense in it particularly. 
Q.— Why not? A.— It would only increase her stability to a moder- 
ate amount, compared to the increase if it was stowed lower down on 
the keel. 
Q.— You agree with what Lord Dunraven said, that to have any 
effect upon the stability of the vessel, it must be as low down as pos- 
sible? A.— Yes, certainly. 
By the chairman: 
Q.— What do you mean by the wings? 
cabin floor, at the sides. 
Q.— Here (indicating on the model) ? 
just underneath the floor. 
By Mr. Choate: 
Q.— When the remeasurement took place, or at any time, did you 
and Mr. Watson look down under the floor? A. — Not at the remeas- 
urement. 
Q.— When? A.— Before the first measurement on the 6th. 
Q —Did he look with you? A.— Yes; I went there. I had the cabin 
floor taken up the whoie length of the vessel and we inspected it. 
Q — Before the first measurement? A.— Yes, sir. 
Q.— What was done with this extra ton, as we have called it, of lead 
that was then on the cabin floor? A.— That was only the middle part 
of the floor that was taken up, leaving the lead under the Btern at 
either side. 
By Mr. Whitney: 
Q.— You spoke about a disc being marked on the boat; what was 
that? A,— A circle, painted with red paint. 
Q.— What did that indicate? A.— It was placed bo that the lower 
edge of it was at a tangent with the surface of the water. 
By Mr. Choate: 
Q —The lower edge of it just touched the water? A.— Yes, sir. 
By Mr. Whitney: 
Q.— What part of the boat was it on? 
amidships. 
By Mr. Rives: 
Q.— On each side? A.— On each side, 
(indicating). 
By the Chairman : 
Q.— From the waterline up? A.— Yes, sir. 
By Mr. Whitney: 
Q.— That is considerably aft, is it not? A.— Yes, sir; as far aft as it 
could be painted well and seen. It would be difficult to get it under 
the stern and make a mark there; so that we substituted the two discs 
instead of making the mark at the stern, as being inaccessible. 
By the Chairman: 
Q— At tbe second measurement? A.— Yes, sir; directly after the 
second measurement. 
Q.— That is the re-marking that is referred to P A.— That is the only 
marking. 
Mr. Choate— That is all, unless Mr. Askwith wishes to ask some 
questions. 
Mr. Askwith— I prefer to ask Mr. Herreshoff some questions on 
Monday morning, if there is no objection. 
Mr. Choate— All right. He had hoped to leave, but he will have to 
stay until Monday morning, or be back Monday morning. I will call 
Mr. Leeds, who wishes to leave town this afternoon. 
Herbert C. Leeds, called as a witness on behalf of Mr. Iaelin, testified 
as follows: 
Examined by Mr. Choate: 
Q — You were on the Defender all summer, from the time she was 
built, were you not? A.— Yes, sir. From start to finish. 
Q.— That is, you sailed all the trial races? A.— In every race. 
Q.— In every race? A.— Yes, sir. 
Q — Will you tell the committee what, if any, ballast she had during 
the trial races? A.— She ne^er had any ballast until the Cup races. 
Q.— Where were you from the time that she was measured on the 
Friday until she was remeasured on the Sunday? A.— I was with Mr. 
Iselin and the rest of the party. 
Q.— You attended the first measurement, did you, on Friday ? A. 
Yes, sir; on Friday I was present. 
Q — You were there with Mr. Iselin? A.— Yes, sir. 
Q— What attention did you pay to the measurement, if any ? A.— 
None. 
Q.— Before the measurement did you observe the Defender to see 
whether she had any list on or not? A.— I did. 
Q —How long before the measurement? A.— It may have been half 
an hour ; it may have been an hour. 
Q.— What did you observe? A.— I noticed that she had a list to star- 
board. ; 
Q —Did you do anything in consequence of that observation on your 
^part? A.— I told Mr. Iselin of it, and requested him to throw the boom 
over to port. 
Q — Was that done? A.— My impression was that it was done. I did 
not see it. 
Q.— You boarded the Defender, with Mr. Iselin, on the morning of 
Saturday, down at the Horseshoe, did you not? A.— Ves, sir. 
Q.— At about what hour? A.— My recollection is it was after 8 
o'clock. 
Q.— What familiarity and experience have you had with yachting 
and with other boats than the Defender? A.— I sailed the Vigilant; 
was on the Vigilant in 1893 ; I sailed the Gloriana other years, and in 
different races. 
And from your previous experience in the summer of 1895 you 
had become entirely familiar with her? 
Mr. Leeds— With the Defender? 
Mr. Choate— With the Defender. 
A.— Certainly. 
Q.— You had seen her as she lay in the Erie Basin at the time she was 
measured the day before? A. — Yes, sir. 
Q.— When you boarded her on Saturday morning, did you observe 
that she was immersed lower in the water than she had been on Fri- 
day in the Erie Basin? A. — No, 
Q.— Do you remember on which side of her you boarded her f. A.— I 
could not say positively. 
Q.— How long was that before Lord Dunraven put Mr. Henderson on 
board? A.— I should state it was about three-quarters of an hour at 
" rough estimate. 
Q.— Will you state how the weather was at that time, and from that 
time until Mr. Henderson came on board? A.— I think the water was 
what you call a little choppy; there was a little swell on. As Mr. Her- 
reshoff says, caused by pasting steamers, and also by the sea rolling. 
Q —Did you observe whether there was or was not any wind? A. — I 
think there was a little wind. 
Q.— As to tbe motion of the Defender at that time when you and Mr. 
Henderson came on board, what kind of a motion was it? A.— It would 
be a slight motion. 
Q.— On the previous trial races had you observed any habit of Mr. 
Iselin as to examination before the race began? 
Mr. Leeds— Examination of what? 
Mr. Choate— Of the inside of the Defender. 
A.— Yes, sir. 
Q.— What had been his habit? A.— It was bis custom always to ask 
If there was any water in the boat, and look himself to see, down be- 
low; not only at the trial races, but all the season. 
Q —Did you take any part in the examination which Mr. Herreshoff 
□as testified to, made by himself and Mr. Iselin and Capt. Haff. that 
morning— taking up the floor and examining the lead, whether it had 
been properly packed ? A — I examined the lead, but I catnot state at 
what hour, whether it was that morning or not. 
Q.— What did you observe? A— I observed that the three tons were 
shere, practically. I could not say exactly three tons. I remember 
the lead being there. 
Q— Had there been any larger quantity, would you have observed 
it J A.— Yes, a considerably larger quantity. 
Q.— You know that what we call the extra ton had been brought in 
at the Erie Basin ? A. — Certainly; I saw it. 
Q —And set up on her deck or cabin floor, above where it was to be 
finally placed? A.— I saw It there. 
Q — What part of the cabin floor was that? A.- My impression is it 
was over the forward part of the cabin floor, or the after part of 
what we called the sail room floor. I should think probably the sail 
room floor. About amidships. 
Q.— You went on the race that day and came back with the boat? 
A.— Yes, sir. 
Q.— What time did the Defender get up to Bay Ridge? A,— I think 
about 8 o'clock. 
Q.— Was it light or dark at that time? A. — Dark. 
Q.- What kind of a night was it? A clear or a dark night? A.— A 
dark night. 
The Chairman— Do you wish to inquire any? 
Mr. Askwith— I will assist the Commission by asking a few questions, 
taking up the attitude which was suggested this morning. 
By Mr. Askwith: 
Q.— What position have you held on the Defender? A.— No official 
position. A friend of Mr. Iselin. 
Q— You accompanied him in yacht races? A.— I have for two 
years. 
Q.— Both on the Vigilant and the Defender? A.— YeB, sir; on the 
Vigilant in 1893. 
Q— Had the Defender any tanks? 
Mr. Leeds— Water tanks? 
Mr. Askwith— Yes. 
A.— Yes. sir. You mean at the early part of the season? 
Mr. Askwith— Yes. 
Mr. Leeds— Yes, sir. 
Q.— Can you tell me their weight? 
Mr. Leeds— The weight of the tank itself? 
Mr. Askwith— Yes. Mr. Herreshoff has spoken of three tanks, I 
think? Can you tell me the weight of them? 
A — No, I am not familiar with the weight. 
Q.— Were those tanks taken out with the 7,0001bs. weight that was 
taken out? A.— My impression is that they were, at New Rochelle. 
Q.— You do not know, to be certain? A.— I did not see them taken 
out, but they were not there that day. 
By Mr. Choate: 
Q — You mean on Friday ? A.— No. He means previously to that, 
Wednesday or Thursday, up at New Rochelle, I presume. 
By Mr. Askwith: 
Q —Yes, I think that is the time that you took out the furniture and 
fittings of the boat, was it not? A.— She was stripped two or three 
davs before she was measured. 
Q.— Three days before the race? A —Before she was measured. 
Wednesday or Thursday, Ithink,_she was stripped. 
Q.— Had she raced with those tanks previously in the course of the 
year? A. — Yes, sir. 
Q.— Were they full or empty then? A.— I think, as a rule, we car- 
ried a little water in them. 
Q.— How were they supplied with water? 
Mr. Leeds— How do you mean, how were they supplied? Fresh 
water, you mean, I presume? 
Mr. Askwith— Yes. You do not know their size? 
A. — I do not know how much they contained. 
Q.— Several questions were asked of Lord Dunraven and Mr. Glennie 
with fregard to the trial races of which they knew nothing— as to 
whether information had been given to them about the trial races. 
Had there been any complaint of the Defender in the trial races? 
A.— I never heard of it'. 
Q — You do not know? A.— I do not know of any. 
Q —Neither did they. When you examined this lead— when was it? 
A.— I said I could not tell you that. 
Q — You also said you could not say exactly how much there was? 
A.— Certainly not. 
Q.— The lead was in half pigs? A. — Yes, sir. The. lead was in pigs 
cut in two. 
Q.— Roughly cut in two? A, Yes, sir. 
Q.— Without counting them it was very difficult to estimate how 
much was exactly there? A.— To estimate exactly, certainly. 
Q.— Did you go on board in the morning on Saturday? A.— Yes, 
sir; the morning of the first race, you mean? 
Mr. Askwith— Yes. 
Mr. Leeds— Yes, sir. 
Q— About 8 o'clock? A.— I should think shortly after that. 
Q— Had you left the boat previously to that, at the same time Mr. 
Herreshoff did? A,— Yes, sir; precisely. 
Q.— From New Rochelle? A.— No. 
Q — I thought he said that he left at New Rochelle? A.— He was on 
board when they measured her on Friday. 
Mr. Choate— He came down to the Erie Basin on Friday morning, 
he said. 
Q— Had you been present at that measurement? A.— Yes, sir. 
Q,— Had you been present between the time the furniture and the 
tanks were being taken out at New Rochelle and the first measure- 
ment? Had you been on board the boat? A.— Yes. sir. 
Q —You had? A.— Yes, sir. 
Q.— Had you come down on the boat? A,— No; I came down, I think, 
on the Neckan. 
Q.— What is the Neckan, a tug ? A.— No, just a yacht Mr. Iselin had. 
Q— How long had you been on the Neckan? A.— Practically all 
summer. 
Q.— We are at cross purposes, I think. I am asking you, between 
the time when the furniture was taken out at New Rochelle and the 
time when the first measurement was had at Erie Basin, were you on 
the Defender during that time? A.— I was on the Defender, I think, 
on Thursday afternoon when she went for a sail from New Rochelle. 
That is my impression. 
Q —On Thursday afternoon? A.— Yes, sir. 
Q.— When did she leave New Rochelle? A. — She left New Rochelle 
Friday morning. 
Q.— Did she come down straight to Erie Basin? A.- She went 
straight down, yes, sir. I think she left early in the morning, and 
we left on the steam yacht. 
Q— Had she been a long time at New Rochelle before Thursday? 
A.— I do not recollect. 
Q — How long before you started down to the measurement had the 
ballast in the shape of tanks and furniture been taken out of her? A. 
—I think it was only completed the day before we went down. 
Q —On Thursday ? A.— I would not state that positively. I think it 
was completed on Thursday. 
Q.— How long was your sail on Thursday ? A.— Thursday afternoon 
—I could not state exactly. 
Q —You do not remember? A. — No. 
Q — When was the furniture taken out? A.— I think on those pre- 
ceding days. 
Q —Before or after the sailing ? A. —Before. 
Q — Did you sail with her perfectly light? What had she in her? 
Any ballast? A.— My impression is that it was 2 tons of ballast. I did 
not look to see. 
Q.— You do not know? A.— No. 
Q,— You do not know whether it was lead, or what it was ? A.— I did 
not look to see. 
Q.— Was that sail a sort of trial, to see how she went? A.— No. It 
was to try the sails. 
Q.— Do you often alter a boat two days before an important race by 
changing the form of her ballast? A.— I do not alter any boat. 
Q — You are not responsible for any thing of that kind ? A,— No. 
Q — When did Mr. Iselin acquire the habit of examining the interior 
of the boats? A.— That I could not tell you. 
Q.— Had he always done it in all of the important races that the De- 
fender had been in? A.— I should say almost invariably. 
Q —Perhaps I had better ask this: Do you suppose that he acquired 
the habit and began that practice because he suspected there might 
be such a thing as ramping habits? A.— I don't know what it means. 
Q.— You have beard of ramping horses, surely; it is a well-known 
term? A. — I am not familiar with the expression. 
Mr. Choate— What does that mean? 
Mr. Askwith— Preparing them, in a way, such as— 
Mr. Choate — As you suspect here? 
Q — Do you think he thought there might be a possibility of a fraud? 
A- — I do not think so. 
Q —That was not his object? A. — I do not think so. 
Q — Wnere were you when you say that you noticed this list to star- 
board of the Defender? A.— On the naphtha launch. 
Q —At what time? A. — About half an hour or an hour before she 
was measured 
Q. — When was she measured? A.— On Friday. 
Q —What time? A.— I could not tell you. I think it was somewhere 
along 1 or 2 o'clock. 
Q.— When you came down in the morning you went on board about 
8:30, you say ? A.— That was Saturday I am talking about now. She 
was measured Friday. 
Q.— When you came down to the measurement" on Friday, was not 
the time that you came down at 8:30— that was Saturday? You came 
down to the measurement on Friday at 1 or 2? Was that the day that 
you noticed the list? A.— No ; it was the day of the measurement— on 
Friday. 
Q —Before she was measured? A. — Yes, sir. 
By Mr. Choate: 
Q.— In the Erie Basin? A.— In the Erie Basin. It has nothing to do 
witA Saturday. 
By Mr. Askwith: 
Q-— You state you made a remark to Mr, Iselin about it? A.— I cer 
ainly did. 
Q —But you do not know of yourself whether anything was done or 
not ? A. — My answer is, my impression was that the boom was flung 
over. I do not remember. I remember making the remark. 
Q — The vessel, when it was measured, would have to be measured 
true? A.— Yes, sir. You say it would have to be— I suppose she 
should be. 
Q — Can you answer, as an experienced yachtsman, this question: If 
the trim was merely altered, the vessel put 2in, or lin. by the head, 
how much would that lengthen her waterline? A,— It would depend 
on the veBse), I should think. 
Mr. Askwith— Take a vessel of the profile of the Defender. 
Mr. Leeds— If she was 1 or 2in. by the head? 
Mr. Askwith— Yes; Sin., or lin. by the head. 
Mr. Leeds— I should not think it would make any perceptible differ- 
ence m the length of her waterline. If she came out that amount by 
the stern, I suppose you mean ? 
Q— How much would it be if it was put 3 or 4in. by the stern? 
Mr. Leeds— And the bow coming out 3 or 4in.? 
Mr. Askwith— Yes. 
A.— I am not familiar with the lines as they run there; I do not 
know. 
Q.— In fact, you have simply got your experience in yacht racing in 
company with Mr. Iselin, as a friend? A,— Exactly. 
Mr. Askwith— I think those are the only questions I wish to ask. 
Mr. Choate— Mr. Askwith, Mr. Herreshoff is, for personal reasons, 
very desirous of returning to his home in Bristol to-night, if you could 
possibly cross-examine him. 
Mr. Askwith— I am afraid I cannot ask the questions. I have not 
followed his evidence with that in view, and it requires careful exam- 
ination. 
Mr. Choate— We will call Mr, DeLuze. 
The London Yachting Exhibition. 
The fourth annual yachting exhibition, which is now being held at 
the Royal Aquarium, Westminster, London, is hardly as extensive as 
last year's show, and may be said to be more an exhibition of yacht 
accessories, as there are but few yacht models or half models exhibited 
this year. 
The only real show of yacht models in the exhibition now running 
is that of Messrs. Cox & King, naval architects, of 5 Suffolk street, 
Pall Mall, London, who on their elegant stand show a beautiful half 
model and plans of a high-speed twin-screw ocean-going steam yacht 
designed by them, the dimensions of this vessel being length over all 
255ft.; breadth, 32ft, 6in.; mean draft loaded, 13ft. 6in.; tonnage 
yacht measurement, 1,200 tons. The propelling power consists of two 
completely independent sets of triple expansion engines to drive the 
yacht at least 18 knots per hour on the measured mile, and at a speed 
of 16 knots per hour at sea in moderate weather. The special features 
of this yacht are the complete variation in design from any steam 
yacht at present constructed, the result being a thorough ocean- 
going vessel specially protected from retaining heavy seas, capable of 
steaming in all weathers and carrying some 350 tons of coal for long 
cruises, combined with a maximum of accommodation, which com- 
prises an open and extended promenade awning deck about 150ft. 
long and unique interior arrangements with saloons and sleeping 
cabins on the main deck, having intercommunication fore and aft. 
The equipment and outfit provides every modern improvement and 
convenience, including electric lighting with accumulators, search 
lights (2), electric side lights, n asthead and other lights, steam and 
hand steering gear, refrigerating machinery and ice houses, fresh 
water distilling condensers, laundry and other offices, also steam heat- 
ing and ventilating arrangements throughout of a special character. 
Machine guns and ample boat equipment, including steam launch and 
lifeboats, etc., etc. 
In addition to the above, Messrs. Cox & King exhibit several other 
half models of beautifully modeled yachts, including a screw steam 
yacht, length over all, 189ft. 8in.; breadth, 22ft., with a draft of water 
of lift. 6in. ; a screw steam yacht, length over all, 169ft. Sin. ; breadth, 
21ft. 6in., with a draft of water of 10ft. Gin.; both of which are de- 
signed to maintain a speed of twelve knots per hour at sea in moder- 
ate weather. They also show a half model of the screw st«am yacht 
Perlona, length over all, 88ft.; breadth, 14ft., with an extreme draft of 
water of 5§t. This yacht has just been built by Messrs. W. White & 
Sons, of Cowes, from their designs for Capt. J. H. Anderson, and is 
intended for cruising in the Mediterranean. The very moderate draft 
adapts her for canal use and cruising on inland waters, while at the 
same time she is in every way a safe and good sea-going craft, and 
behaved exceedingly well on her maiden voyage from Plymouth to 
Paulliac on the Garonne, when she steamed a distance of 450 nautical 
miles in forty-eight hours in a heavy gale from the east. 
The half model of an auxiliary steam yacht, length over all, 147ft 
9in.; breadth, 22ft. 7in,, and draft of water 12ft. 9in., shows the lines 
of a handsome and powerful vessel now building, which will be ringed 
as a topsail yard schooner and hare a lower sail area of about 6,150 
sq. ft. of canvas. This yacht will be fitted with triple expansion 
engines to develop 340 indicated horse power and drive her at an 
average speed of ten and one-half knots per hour in moderate weather . ' 
The same firm also exhibit half model of a powerful cutter yacht of 
light draft and of 44.72 linear rating by the English Y. R. A. new rule 
This yacht is now building from their designs by Houston, of Row- 
hedge, to the order of Monsieur Eugene Burm, of Zele, Belgium, and 
it is intended for cruising generally on the rivers and inland waters 
of Belgium, and also for occasional racing under the flag of the Yacht 
Club d'Anvers, which club will adopt the new English rating rule. 
The exhibition, however, appeals more to the enthusiast in boating 
and river sailing than to the yachtsman proper, for the display com- 
prises steam launches, canoes, skiffs, punt«, yawls, gigs and dinghies 
and, as one might expect, the Thames builders are well to the fore, 
viz.: Dunton, of Shepperton; Hammerton, of Long Ditton; East, of 
Reading; Andrews, of Maidenhead; Turk, of Kingston; Shaw, of 
Marlow, and Simpson, of Teddington. Other builders too have excel- 
lent exhibits: Messrs. Simpson, Strickland & Co., of Dartmouth, show 
a nice 33ft. launch, fitted with Kingdon's patent engines, and a Thor- 
nycroft water-tube boiler of the newest type with water-tube fire 
bars. The Liquid Fuel Engineering Co., of Cowes, exhibit a highly 
finished pair of compound engines of 10 horse power to work at 600 
revolutions with 2501bs, steam pressure. The weight of these engines 
with pumps complete is 1851bs. According to the catalogue they in- 
tend to show before the exhibition closes a new 25ft. motor launch 
which they are now building for the Prince of Wales's yacht Britannia 
The British Aluminum Co. exhibit a launch constructed by Messrs 
Escher, Wyss & Co., of Zurich, of aluminum plates and fitted with a 
petroleum engine; and the Daimler Motor Co. are showing a smart 
33ft. launch, the property of the Hon. Evelyn Ellis (who for the last 
four seasons has had her in use for up-river trips), and also a Daimler 
motor carriage. The Daimler motor was fully described in the En- 
gineer of Dec. 20. 
Messrs. Sargent, of Wooton, Isle of Wight, exhibit a yawl-rigged 
boat with electric motive power as an auxiliary, which craft will run 
nine hours with one charge at a speed of five miles per hour. The 
New-Mayne Syndicate of Palace Chambers, Westminster, S.W., show 
their patent rudder motor, by the application of whieh any rowing 
boat may be propelled by electricity. This contrivance consists of a 
bulb-shaped reservoir for fitting on the base of the rudder, at the for- 
ward end of which is a propeller driven by electricity stored in cells 
placed under the boat's thwarts. Messrs, Glaser, Brewers & Co. are 
also exhibiting life buoys and deck and boat cushions as life-saving 
appliances, stuffed with reindeer hair in watertight cases, which ma- 
terial is considerably lighter than cork. There are other life-saving 
appliances on view, also sea anchors, oil distributors, line throwing 
apparatus and other accessories and utensils useful to yachtsmen. 
The catalogue of the exhibition contains an abridged history of 
yachting by Mr. E. A. du Plat, B. A., who organized the exhibition. 
Atlantic Y. C. 
The annual meeting of the Atlantic Y. C. wa3 held on Feb. 10 at the 
Waldorf, Com. George J. Gould presiding. In his report Com. Gould 
suggested the co-operation of the yacht owners of the club with the 
regatta committee in order that the races and annual cruise of the 
club might be made more interesting, offering to give prizes for 
events to be arranged by the regatta committee. He also suggested 
a repetition of the programme of last year, with a rendezvous at 
Larchmont on July 3, the cruise beginning on July 5 after the Larch- 
mont annual. An invitation from the Larchmont Y C. to rendezvous 
at Larchmont for the cruise was read. On motion of Fleet Capt 
Watson it was resolved that the commodore's report be printed and 
sent to all members. Sec'y Austen reported that the club numbered 
229 yachts, with a membership of 400, a gain of 30 yachts and 106 
members last year. Treas. Wintringham reported a balance of $4,000 
in the treasury above all indebtedness. The sum of $1,500 was appro- 
priated for the regatta committee and the date of June 16 was selected 
for the annual regatta. The following officers were elected: Com 
George J. Gould, str. Atalanta; Vice-Corn., Frederick T. Adams, schr' 
Sachem; Rear-Corn., John H. Hanan, str. Embla; Sec'y, David E* 
Austen; Treas., George H. Church; Meas., Henry J. Gielow; Trustees- 
Philip G. Sanford, J. Rogers Maxwell, Thomas L. Arnold, Alex p" 
Ketcham, J. Fred. Ackerman and Thomas L. Watson; Membership 
Committee: Louis F. Jackson, Spencer Swain and Henry W Banks 
Jr.; Regatta Committee: John L. Bliss, Henry J. Gielow, David E* 
Austen, W. L. Gerrish and George W. McNulty. 
On motion of the regatta committee the racing rules were amended 
the basis of the allowance tables being changed from 50 to GO per cent' 
and the following amendments passed: 
