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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan. 28, 189t. 
SEAWANHAKA CORINTHIAN Y. C. 
Thb annual meeting of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C, 
was held at the town club house, 19 East Twenty-second 
street, New York, on Jan. 12, with Com. Rouse in the 
chair. The ordinary routine business of the annual meet- 
iflg, the reports of officers and committees, election, etc., 
was carried through, the following officers being elected: 
Com.. Henry Clark Rouse, schr. Iroquois; Vice-Com., S, 
Van Rensselaer Cruger, sip. Indolent; Rear-Com.. Henry A. 
Van Liew, steam yacht Aquilo ; Sec'y, Charles J. Stevens ; 
Treas., Walter C. Hubbard; Meas., John Hyslop; Fleet 
Surgeon, Valentine Mott, M.D ; Fleet Chaplain, George R. 
Van De Water, D.D. ; Race Committee: Oliver E. Crom- 
well, D. Le Roy Dresser, Walter C. Kerr, Charles A. Sher- 
man and C. W. Wetmore. Trustees: William Foulke, 
Walter C. Hubbard, Walter C. Kerr and Bayard F. Foulke. 
Committee on Lectures and Entertainments: Clarence 
Goadbyj Herbert L. Satterlee and Walter T. Owen; Com- 
mittee on Lines and Models: .John Hyslop. A Cary Smith 
and W P. Stephens. Law Committee: Alfred Ely and F. 
de F. Foster. 
The retiring secretary, Mr. H. W. Hayden, has held the 
bfflce for three years; except in this office and that of 'rear- 
commodore but few changes appear in the officers and com- 
mittees. The trustees announced the election of Messrs. T. 
A Lord, S. T. Shaw, P. T. Dodge, Chas. Olmstead and 
Wm. Phelps Eno, making the present membership .359, 
With a fleet of 194 yachts. As part of the miscellaneous 
business, the club accepted with thanks several recent dona- 
lions; Com. Rouse has presented a very fine crayon portrait 
of the late Robert Center; Mr. Cornelius Roosevelt, one of 
the old members, pi-esented a handsome oil painting, by A. 
Cary Smith, of the first Corinthian match between the sloops 
Ad die V. and Vision in 1875; and a non-member, Mr. J. S. 
Mucklp, of Pniladelphia, tendered to the club iu a gracefully 
worded letter a silver cun as a special prize for the winner 
of the trial races of the club in the 20ft. class next summer. 
The club formally adopted a pattern for a hat ribbon, of 
blue with small white stars. 
The various reports showed a much more prosperous con- 
dition of the club's affairs than at the end of last year. The 
fcub-committee on club boats and transportation presented a 
very complete and satisfactory report covering the work of 
the year in its department The location of the c^ ub staiion, 
on an island, involves at best a heavy expense for steamer 
and launch eervicp, and makes the matter of transportation a 
difficult one. It would appear from the report that much 
has been done toward a satisfactory solution of it. 
The proposed amendments to the racing rules, to conform 
to the amended rules of the Sound Y. R. U., were passed 
without discussion. 
The most important feature of the meeting was the report 
of the regatta committee, a lengthy document, but neverthe- 
less listened to by all present with an attention seldom ac- 
corded to papers of this sort. The report was accepted with 
a vote of thanks to the committee for the report itself, as well 
as for its work during the year, and ex-Cona. Benedict made 
a motion, which was carried, that a sufficient number of 
copies for distribution to yacht clubs and others who might 
be interested should be printed and distributed at his personal 
expense. We give the report in full, as follows: 
Annual Report of the Race Committee of the 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club for 
the Year 1896. 
New York, Jan. 12, 189r. 
To the Seawanhaka CorintMwri Yacht Club: 
The following specified races were sailetl under the auspices of the 
club, and under the direction of the race committee, during the 
yachting season of 189t): 
RACES. 
Dates. Description of Race, 
May SO, Decoration Day 15ft. class and club catboat race. 
June 6. Saturday , Olnb catboat race. 
June 18, Saturday, ,,,...,...Ciub catboat race. 
June 80, Saturday,., ..Club catboat race. 
.June 2 ^ a3, 24. 26. .Incernaiional challenge cup trial races. 
..tune 27, Saturday Annual race. 
July 4, Saturdaj'^ Club catooat race. 
.July 11, Saturday Club catboat race. 
.Tuly 13, 14, 1.5 International challenge cup matoh races, 
.July 18, Saturday Alfred Eoospvelt Memorial cup race. 
,Jaly 18, t>aturday Club catboat i-ace. 
July 25,.Saturday Ladies' cbi'a catboat race. 
Aug. ij^turday Club catboat race, 
Aug. 6, Saturday ...Club catboat race. 
Aug. 15, Saturday Club catboat race. 
Aug. 2-3, Saturday Club catboat race. 
A^g. ii9, Saturday Commodore's and Eear-Commodore's 
cups race. 
Aug. 31, Monday Robert Center Memorial Cup, and Special 
20ft. class race. 
iSept. 5, Saturday ...Club catboat race, 
. Sept. 12, Saturday..;, Club catboat race. 
Sept. 19, Saturday .Club catboat race. 
Bept. SO, Wednesda.y. ^^ifft. sloops race. 
'SiTMMAiiy.— Number of races sailed. 27; number of yachts starting, 
r2n ; number of prizes awarded, 46; value of prizes awarded, $'3,640. 
Prizes —Through the generosity of individuals, your committee 
have been enabled to offer, in addition to the regular club prizes, the 
special prizes mentioned below, for competition during the past 
yachting season: 
Commodore's Cup, value $500, presented by Com. Rouse; won by 
schr. Colonia, Aug. 29, 3896. 
Vice-Commodore's Cup, value $250, presented by Vice-Com. Cruger; 
won by schr. Elsemarie, June '-i7, 1896. 
Rear Commodore's Cup. value $350, presented by Rear-Com. Tod; 
won by Hera, Aug. 29, 1896. 
Robert Center Memorial Cup, value $.500, presented by Mrs. M. C. 
Ludlow; won by schr, Colonia, Aug. 31, 1896. 
First prize ladies' club catboat race, presented by Com. Rouse; won 
by Mrs. D. Le Roy Dresser, July S5, 1896. 
Helmsman's prize for trial races, presented by Capt. T. C. Zerega; 
awarded to Charles Olmstead, Esq., sailing Riverside. 
Helmsman's season prize club catboat races, presented by C. A. 
Sherman, Esq.; won by D. Le Roy Dresser, Esq., May SO to Sept. 19, 
isi-.e. 
Your committee desire to record their personal appreciation of the 
generous spirit which prompted the giving of these prizes, and 
recommend that the thanks of the club be formally extended r,o the 
several donors. 
Comments on Races. 
Decoration Day Race, Saturday, May 30, 1896.— The principal race 
■for the opening day of the club's racing season was appointed for the 
151t. class, with the view of giving an early impetus to the racing in 
•that class, in anticipation of the trial races set for June -ii, 23 and 24, 
to select a defender of the Seawanhaka International Challenge Cup 
in the match with the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C, of Montreal, which 
was to follow on July 13, 14 and 15. 
There were eight starters, namely. Hope, Trilby, Willada, Two 
Step, Paprika, Olita, Gnome and Terrapin, and the race was won 
•by Hope, Capt. Arthur Iselin; with Trilby. Capt. G. G. Tyson, second. 
TatAL Racks to Sgi.bct the Defbndbh for the Seawanhaka Inter- 
national Challenge Ccp, Junk 22, 23, 24, 189B.— On tue first day of 
ihe trial races there were twenty- nine starters, which is believed to 
toe the largest number of yachts ever started in a single class in these 
waters. Many widely different and some extraordinary types were 
represented, and there was every evidence that the event had 
aroused wio'espread interest, and had greatly stimulated origmality 
and ingeauity m design and rig. 
The number of starters diminished somewhat on the second and 
third days, but on each day it was sufficiently large to afford a most 
interesting and beautiful spectacle. Piveof the contestants, namely; 
Riverside, Capt. G. G. Tyson; Ideal, Capt. H. 0. Havemeyer, Jr.; 
Vesper, Capt. Paul Butler: Paprika, Capt. Sherman Hoyt, and El 
Heirie, Capt. C. H. Crane, were pelected, because of the excellence of 
I heir performances in the three races, to compete again on June 26 in 
a final contest. The races were sailed in a variety of weather con- 
ditions, ranging from calms to fresh breezes, so that the committee 
were able to select the yacht which seemed to them under all con- 
ditions to be the best performer. The result was the choice of El 
Heirie, owned and designed by C. H. Crane, Esq., of this club, and 
sailed by him and his brother. 
The entry of such a large fleet was conclusive evidence of the lively 
interest in small yacht racing aroused by the establishment by this 
club of its international challenge cup, and of the popularity of the 
15ft. class, which has practically been created by this club. Your 
committee regard these small classes as the nursery for future Cor- 
inthian yachtsmen, and recommend that they should be liberally 
recognized during the coming season, both in the number of racing 
events and in the allowance of prizes. 
Annual Race, SatobdAy, June i;7, 1896. — In this race there were 
fifty-five entries and fifty starters in thirteen classes, ranging from 
the bSft. classes of f chooners, represented by Colonia and Emerald, 
to the 15ft. cla=s, in which there were seven starters. The largest 
number of starters in any class was eight, in the SOft. special class. 
The Vice-Commodore's cup was offered for schooners of 'iSft. rac- 
ing length and over, competed for by Colonia, Emerald, Iroquois, 
Amorila and Elsemarie, and won by the last named. 
The number of entries and starters was larger than in any annual 
race ever held by the club, and it promised to be a most interesting 
contest. Unfortunately, however, the breeze, which was lightatthe 
start, fell to a calm before the completion of the second leg of the 
triangular course, and the result was a tedious drift and a Buky and 
unsatisfactory contest. Only about one-half of the starters finished, 
many oC them not until after 8 o'clock in tbe evening. Had the 
weather conditions been favorable, this race would have been the 
most successful one in the recent history of the club. The number 
of entries and the interest aroused evidence the beneficial effect upon 
the club's racing, of its association with the Yacht Racing Union of 
Long Island Sound, to which special reference is hereafter made. 
Seawahhaka International Challenc4e Cup Match, July 18, 14, 
15. 1896.— Won by Glencairn, tne representative yacht of the Royal 
St. Lawrence Y. C, of Montreal, against El Heirie, in three straight 
races. Glencairn was the property of Com. James Ross, of the ch'al- 
lenemg club, and was sailed bv G. H. Duggan, Esq., with F. P. 
Shearwood, Esq., as crew, members of that club. 
Prior to the race a long correspondence had been conducted be- 
tween your committee and the sailing committee of the Royal St. 
Lawrence Y. O. of Montreal, relating to the conditions and details of 
the proposed match, and the final agreement governing such details 
is found in the documents hereto annexed. 
Messrs. Duggan and Shearwood were received upon their arrival as 
the guests of the club, and facilities for transporting Glencairn from 
Morris Dock (the place of consignment) to Oyster Bay were provided 
by the club. The privileges of the club were extended during their 
visit to Rear-Com. Fitz Gibbon «,nd J. C . C. Almon, secretary of the 
sailing committee of the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. 
The match was sailed on the three consecuiive days, under condi- 
tions varying from the lightest airs to a fresh southwest breeze and 
a sharp squall, and the decided superiority of Glencairn under all 
conditions of weather and on almost every point of sailing was con- 
clusively proved. The match was lost to a faster yacht, and not be- 
cause of any want of care or skill in the preparation or handling of 
the defender. Great praise, indeed, is due to the captain and crew of 
El Heirie for the patience and care with which every detail of prepa- 
ration was made, and for the seamanship and steadiness with which 
they .sailed a losing match. 
No doubt Glencairn is the fastest craft of her dimensions and sail 
spread ever produced on this side of the Atlantic, and represents the 
most extreme development of power on a eiveu waterline yet at- 
tained—a type which txor designer, it may be remarked, emphatically 
condemns, and which has to some extent been legislated against in 
the regulations for the coming match. 
After the match our Canadian guests were given an opportunity to 
see the start of the postponed Larchmont annual regatta and to par- 
ticipate in the Alfred Roosevelt Memorial cup race, on Saturday, 
July 18. In the evening of that day a dinner and reception were given 
to them at the club house, and the international challenge cup was 
tendered by Vice-Com. Cruger, who presided at the dinner, to Mr. 
Duggan as the representative of his cluti. This was the last formal 
incioent of the match. 
Upon the conclusion of the match a challenge was immediately 
issued on behalf of the club by Com. Rouse for a match to be sailed 
in the season of 1897. A copy thereof is annexed hereto. 
This challenge has been ratified by the club, accepted by the Royal 
St. Lawrence Y. C. for the 20ff. cla-<s, and will be sailed about tbe 
middle of August next on Lake St. Louis, St. Lawrence River, near 
Montreal. 
After full correspondence and personal conferences with Messrs. 
Duggan and Hamilton in New York, the conditions governing the 
matcn for the coming season have been agreed upon in every detail, 
the trial races to select the representaiive yacht of the club have 
been set for July 12, 13 and 14, and your committee have issued and 
distributed to the j^acht clubs of the coimtry a circular giving ex- 
tracts from the Declaration of Trust, the regulations governing tbe 
match and a full programme for the trial races. 
Simple as the regulations governing the match seem to be, the 
limits of sail and draft, and the details of raeasu'^ement, were agreed 
upon only after the most elaborate discussion of every phase of the 
questions involved; and it is believed that the result will be produc- 
tive of a type of yacht more wholesome and satisfactory than 31en- 
cairn and most of the American 15ft. cla's. 
Several 20 looters are already designed and in course of construc- 
tion, and it is hoped that members of the club will specially interest 
themselves in encouraging tne building of others to compete for the 
honor of representing the club on the St. Lawrence. 
While we reerret the defeat of the American yacht, and the conse- 
quent loss of the cup, in every otner respect tne match has been a 
source of the greatest satisfaction. It was conducted upon a high 
level of fair, generous and considerate rivalry, without a single inci- 
dent occurring to mar the pleasure of the event. We also desire to 
place on record our appreciation of the Uheral and sportsmanlike 
spirit exhibited by the Canadian committee in arranging the details 
of these matches and our pleasure in tbe establishment of such 
cordial relations with the Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. The match of 
1896 may well serve as a model for future matches. 
Alfred Roosevelt Memorial Cup Race, Saturday, July 18.— 
For the last two years this race has been opened to all yachts belong- 
ing to the club of 60ft. racing length and under, and has been sailed 
over the inside course, starting and finishing off the club bouse. 
While this regulation has admitted of the entry of boats of gre.^t 
disoarity in size, which under recent racing conditions might not 
ordinarily come in competition, and for some of which the course is 
perhaps not well suited, the purpose has been to bring into the con- 
test especially the racing yachts in the harbor of Oyster Bay which 
belong to the old friends of Alfred Roosevelt, whom he often met m 
friendly contests, and to saQ the race in the waters with which he 
was so long associated, with the view of identifying the event more 
fully with his memory. We think that this result has been effected, 
and that the interest thus aroused has made the eveut really a 
memorial. 
This year the race was won in a smart breeze by El Heirie after a 
most remarkable exhibition of speed. We feel sure that to all the 
other participants the disappointment of failure to win was light- 
ened by the feeling of gratification that the prize had gone to our 
associates of the El Heirie, who tried so ably and conscientiously to 
save tbe cballenge cup for the dub. 
CojaMODORE's Cup and Rear-Commodore's Cup Race, Saturday, 
Auo. 29, AND RoifeRT Center BIemorial Cup Race, Monday, Aus. 31, 
1896.— The first of these races was appointed for a lime which it was 
thought would best suit the convenience of racing yacht owners 
near the close of the season; and when, after this date had been 
fixed, the Robert Center memorial prize was placed at the disposal 
of your committee, it was believed that by bringing these two evi^nts 
together the value of the prizes awarded and the afCectionate inter- 
est attaching to the memory of Robert Center would result in a large 
number of entries. Special invitations by letter were sent by your 
committee to the owners of all the eligible schooners from New York 
to Boston, and no eifort was spared to make these events successful. 
The result was a disappointment. In each contest only three 
schooners were entered- Colonia, Emerald and Amoritain the first, 
and iu tbe second Ainorita, Colonia and Ramona.. In view of the 
importance of these events, the conclusion seems to be clear that the 
superiority of Colonia over her competitors, which Jiad been so ef- 
fectually established in the earlier events of the season, haa out- 
weighed substantially the other considerations which your committee 
believed would lead to a conspicuously successful event. 
Club Catboat Peaces, Saturdays, Mat 30 to Sept. 19, 1396. -The 
ofifermg of tne Sherman cup for the helmsman winning the highest 
percentage of races during the season aroused decided irterest. 
Fourteen races were started, two failing for lack of wind. Many of 
the contests were most spirited and interesting, and the series was 
greatly en,ioyeu by the contestants It is to be noted, howeyer, that 
the number of helmsmen who tried for the prize was altogether 
smaller than it should have been. It seems to your committee that 
these races deserve more liberal support than they have received, 
and th^t if members generally had appreciated the pleasure which 
was afforded, the patronage would have been much larger. The con- 
ditions governing the cup were so arranged that a participant in only 
three races might have won the prize, and thus regular attendanna 
was unnecessary. We intend that the catboats shall next season be 
put in thorough racing trim, and that these races shall be made more 
of a feature than ever before. 
In this connection it may be stated that on every Saturday during 
the season, unless some more important event had been previously 
announced, your committee offered a prize for the local yachts in the 
harbor, and that only once was this offer availed of, namely, on Sept. 
26, when Meteor, Nameless and Secret sailed. It is a matter of much 
regret that tbe persistent efforts we have made to establish success- 
ful Saturday racing among the local yachts have met with so little 
encourageoient. 
RAOIN& Rules —The experience of the past season has more than 
ever emphasized the probability that racing in the larger classes, 
both of sloops and schooners, will continue to be limited to a very 
small number of contestants, if indeed it does not cease altogether, 
unless some legislation can be secured which will correct the faulty 
tendencies of recent racing designs and establish some basis upon 
which the older and more wholesome type of yachts can meet the 
extreme racing types of the season with at least the possibility of 
occasional success. 
On Sept. 17 last Com Rouse addressed a letter to your committee, 
a copy of whicb is annexed to this report, emphasizing the impor- 
tance of this subject and suggesting, amons other things, a formula 
for a modification of the present rule of measurement, by which tbe 
features of excess of depth and overhang fore and aft over the nor- 
mal would be taxed, and advising that the matter be taken up; tbe 
incidental purpose being that ibis club, whicb had originated a rule 
of measurement so admirable at ihe time and until lately so satis- 
factory, shotdd, when that rule seemed no longer adequate, take the 
initiative in reforming it, and formulate and propose tbe adoption of 
a new or modified Seawanhaka rule of measurement. Your com- 
mittee acted at once on this suggestion and called the expert design- 
ers of the club to their aid. Conferences were held and the 
elements and difficulties of the problem were evolved and 
thoroughly analyzed, starting with the formulse proposed by 
the commodore and Mr. Irving Cox as a basis. Mean- 
time it became known that a modification of the racing rules, 
merely imposing certain arbitrary class limits upon draft of hull, was 
about to be adopted by the New York and Larchmont yacht clubs. 
Feeling that a comprehensive and scientific revision of' the rule of 
measurement which this club would be willing to propose, with the 
expectation of general adoption and permanence, involved so much 
consideration and dlfHculty that it would be impossible to formulafe 
a satisfantory conclusion m time to influence the winter's building 
or to secure its general adoption to govern next season's racing, your 
commitlee have thought it wise to acquiesce for the present iu the 
action taken by the clubs referred to. which has .=ince been followed 
by the Yacht Racing Union, and not to attempt icnmediately to pre- 
pare a new rule of measurement. We feel, however, that tue active 
coL'Sideralion of the subject should be pursued with the definite pur- 
pose in view above referred to To that end it is our intention to 
formulate a nile lor practical trial in the next annual race and 
possibly in some special events, which, if found to be satisfactory, 
may then he propo.--ed for general adoption. The recommendation 
made by the commodore in his letter, above referred to, that if a 
race be not started promptly at the designated hour it shall be started 
only on the half hour or even hour thereafter, falls wiihin the juris- 
diction of the race committee and will be adopted in next season's 
racing. The other recommendations of the letter, not .<;peciflealty 
touched upon, will receive full consideration at a later aay 
Annexed to this report are certam amendments and additions to 
the racing rules which have been adopted by the Yacht Racing 
Union, the most important of which regulates draft of hull, and 
has just been alluded to 
Touching this amendment, while it does not seem to be a correct 
principle to liiHit arbitrarily any dimeLsion, and while the limits fixed 
seem too lioeral, if the object be to discourE^e the present extremes 
of the canoe body and fin keel type, and on the other hand to be 
comparatively unfau- to the keel type, in that the draft of center- 
board is unlimited, yet your committee feel that for the sake of uni- 
formity and harmony wi h the Union and the clubs that have already 
acted in the matter, these objections should not prevail against it. 
The amendments reducing the number of classes and abrogating 
time allowance seem to us in tJie line of improvement. The same 
may be said of the minor changes which need not be specifically 
alluded to 
Your committee therefore recommend the adoption of the amend- 
ments as proposed. In conclurimg this subject, it may be said that 
the Yacht Racing Union has adopted the restrictions on draft for the 
sake of uniformity ana as a temnorary expedient only, and not be- 
cause it believes that a permanent and satisfactory solution of the 
pi'Oblem involved has been reached. 
General Review. — The organization of your committee has con- 
tin uea with but one change .since January. iv5, and we feel that it is 
not inappropriate at this time to review briefly our administration 
and to aUude to some of the purposes which we have had in view. 
At the time of our appointment racing had fallen to a low ebb, and 
the club was in danger of losing the position of influence and respect 
which it had so long occupigd. It seemed to us that the trouble lay 
largely iu the want of co-operation with otber clubs and in the 
neglect to cidtivate the racing in smaller classes, the school of de- 
velopment for tbe Corinthian or amateur spirit which the club was 
founded to promote. We sought, therefore, for opportunities to re- 
turn in this regard to the best traditions of the past. Ic happened, 
fortunately, that a movement was on foot for an organization of the 
clubs of Long L-.land Sound into a uuioii for the promotion of the in- 
terr-sts of yacht racing. While the credit of originating this move- 
ment does not belong to your committee, it so happens that its mem- 
bers have been instrumental in aiding the orgaoizatiijn of the Yacht 
Racing Union and that the chairman of your committee has been the 
chairman of the Council of the Union, aud we have contiDuou=ly 
given to it our active support. From timid beginnings the Union has 
come toa position of acknowledged strength and influence. We need 
not dwell upon the results that have been acconJplished in establish- 
ing uniformity of racing rules and numbers, harmonious arranee- 
ment of oates for open races, and in the general stimulus given to the 
sport, but desire only to emphasize the fact that the cordial support 
of the Seawanhaka Club, its considerate treatment of its younger and 
less powerful associates in various matters and its hospitable attitude 
have won for it the confidence and esteem of its fellow members in 
the Union, vpith the result that on their part they have generously 
contributed to tie support of our racing events and acioiowledged 
even a greater sense of obligation to us than is perhaps our due. 
Thus the purpose aUudeH to, of establishing co-operation with other 
clubs, has been accomplished. A continuance of this policy is 
strongly recommended. 
We are also indebted liirgely to good fortune for throwing in our 
way an early opportunity of re-estabUshing the club as a patron of 
Oorinthia.nism. 
As you will remember, in January, 1895, a letter from England 
was received, addressed jointly to several members of the club and 
of the New York Canoe Club, suggesting an international race in the 
so called half -rater or 15ft. class. Your committee eagerly and 
promptly accepted the suggestion, as affording the opportunity 
which was needed. Quick aud generous response was made to the 
appeal for subscriptions, and the Seawanhaka International Chal- 
lenge Cup was established under a formal declaration of trust, which 
was framed in the spirit of generous encouragement of international 
competition in the smaller classes. The history of the matches 
which followed need not be again alluded to. We feel that the result 
of the establishment of thi* trophy has so far been indeed remark- 
able. A great class has been established, which, even if it does not 
develop further, has certainly afforded great pleasure and aroused 
the liveliest interest; new problems in designing have arisen and 
been sol 7ed, new ideas evolved, and above all the true Corinthian 
spirit has been aroused, as is most strikingly exemplified in the his- 
tory of last' year's defender, designed, superintended in every detail 
of construction and fitting, and sailed by her youthful owner; and 
also in the rapid development of young boys to a degree of seaman- 
ship qualifying them to compete with men of long experience and 
established reputation as racing helmsmen and sailors. 
While the club certainly has reason to congratulate itself on the 
results that have been accomplished in the directions indicated, yet 
the club's racing as a whole has fallen far short of the success which 
should have attended it. To some extent, no doubt, this is due to 
the unfortunate business conditions which have prevailed for the 
last turee years, and to the effect of the progressive cost and refine- 
ment of construction, and to the development of extreme and unde- 
sirable types in racing yachts; but it seems to us that it is also 
largely due to a want of interest on the part of the members of the 
club. There have been races and prizes enough to make a brilliant 
yachting season, if only the member.s of the club generally had lent 
the aid of their attendance and enthusiasm. 
It is a fact that they have not done so, and that the measure of 
success which has attended the club's racing has been due more 
largely to the members of otber clubs than to our own. 
It seems to us that the difliculty lies largely in the fact that many 
members of the club who were active racing men a few years ago 
have more or less withdrawn from the sport, and their places have 
not been filled by younger men, and that the great necessity of the 
club is young blood -boys in their early enthusiasm for the sport, 
who will be easily inspired by the best traditions of tne club, and 
whom a few years of association and experience will qualify to take 
the places of leadership in the conduct of the club's affairs. We 
hope the importance of thus developing our membership will be 
realized, and that an earnest effort to that and will be made. 
