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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan. 80, 1897. 
The Massachusetts f. R. A. 
The Boston Globe commenta as follows on the action of the Mass. 
Y. R. A. in regard to its 17ft. i.w.l. class; At a meetins: of the execu- 
tive cotDmittee of the Yachc KaeiDg Association of iVtassachusetts, 
held recently, was dpclared that the vote of the Association at its 
meeting Dec. 31, extending the limit of the fourth class to 18ft., was 
illegal. The secretary was instructed to notify all the delegates of 
this action, and also that the motion for a change in the limit had 
been withdrawn. This disposes of the matter permanently, and the 
limit of the class remains at 17ft.. as established in October. 
This action of the executive will be good news to yachtsmen who 
have already built, or are intending to build, in the fourth class. The 
motion was orieinally made on the supposirion that several Seawau- 
haka 20-footers and comparatively few Y. R. A. 17-footers would be 
built, but since it has been shown that the reverse is the case, and 
that no 20-footers are in sight, while nearly a dozen of the others can 
be cotmted, the maker of the motion cheerfully withdraws it, and 
hopes to see the 18ft. class fulfill all the promises of sport it now 
gives. So the 17 f ooters are all right for at least another season. 
And the class is indeed a promising one. Lynn alone will contrib- 
ute at least five new boats to the class, while last yeai"'s champion, 
Alpine, is being remodeled and improved in the effort to retain her 
championship honors. Rumors ot a couple of new boats come from 
further down the North shore, while Boston will contribute quire a 
fleet, prominent in which will be C. B. Pear's Ripple and H. H. Lin- 
nell's new one of his own design. Harold Faxon's Gnome may also 
be fairly ranked as a new boat in the class, since she has been given 
a new and larger sail plan, and will be sailed with three men instead 
of the two for which she was originally designed when intended for 
the Seawanhaka 15ft. class. She was tried under her new rig last 
fall, and was shown to be much faster under a gafE mainsail than 
imder her original leg of mutton. 
[Gnome has never carried a leg o' mutton rig.— Ed. F. & S ] 
The latest announcement of a new boat in the class is one for C. D. 
Mower, of Lynn, head draftsman for designer Arthur Binney in this 
city. The boat was built last fall by Mr. Mower from his own designs, 
and was launched prior to Dec. 31, 1896, so as secui-e whatever time 
allowance may come her way. She proved well able to carry her 
sail, and he hopes for a good record the coming season. The boat is 
25ft. over all, 15ft. waterline without her crew, 7ft. Sin. beam, and 
7in. draft. She is lightly built, and has only J^'n. planking. She 
carries about 550ft. of sail in a jib and mainsail rig. Her board is a 
wooden one, with about lOOlbs. of lead on the bottom. She is a well- 
turned model, with a bilge inclining toward hardness, and but little 
flare to the topsides. Her fore and aft lines B,re very pasy. 
The Sound Y. B. U. 
The following notice has been sent out by the Long Island Sound 
Y. Ii.ir.: 
Office op Secretary of Oouncil, Y. R. U., ) 
88 Park Row, New York, Jan, 18, 1897. f 
NOTICE TO represbntativbs. 
Dear Sir— A copy of the Forest and Stream of the issue of Dec. S6, 
1896, containing a report of the general meeting of the Yacht Racing 
Union of Long Island Sound, held Dec. 19. 1896, is mailed you under 
separate cover. This report should be placed in the hands of the 
chairman of the regatta committee of your club. 
Action should also be taken by tbe club as soon as practicable on 
the amendments to the rules adopted by the Union at tbat meeting. 
Copies of the amendments for club distribution can be obtained 
from Messrs. Thompson & Co., printers. No. 55 Day street, at $2 per 
hundred. 
The CouncU recommends the following changes in the amendments 
to the rules adopted at the last general meeting: 
Alter addition to Rule II., Section 2, by striking out the wordJ "All 
yachts in the 30ft. and lower classes," and substitute "yachts in 
classes 25ft. and under of sloops and all classes of catboats." 
Strike out Section 3 of Rule HI., readinK "I'achts launched prior to 
Nov: 1, 1896, not exceeding the limit of the SOfi. or lower classes by 
more than .5 of a foot, and that have not been increased in sail area, 
measurement since that date, shall sail in such class." 
Alter Section 3 of Rule SH. by striking out the words "in classes 
30ft. and under" and substitute ''in classes 25ft. and under of sloops 
and in all classes of catboats" 
The Council finds that it -will be expedient to place yachts in the 
30ft. class of sloops, cutters and yawls under the sacrie regulations 
that govern classes above 30ft. This will make it practical and de- 
sirable to eliminate the provision allowing 5ft. excess in this and 
lower classes. To dispense with the necessity of calling a special 
meeting of the Union to act upon these changes, the Council asks for 
a mail vote of the representatives. You are therefore requested to 
notify the undersigned on or before Monday, Jan. 25, whether you 
are in favor of their adoption or not. 
The Council reports that the Corinthian definition has been amended 
to read as follows; "Corinthianism in yachting is that attribute 
which represents participation for sport as distinct from gain, and 
which also involves the acquirement of nautical experience through 
the love of sport rather than through necessity or the hope of gain. 
In this respect the following general definition is given: No person 
who follows the sea as a means of livelihood or who has accepted re- 
muneration for his services rendered in handling or serving on a 
yacht shall be considered a Corinthian yachtsman." 
Applications for dates for special races for the season of 1897 should 
be submitted to the Council before April 1. 
The Council should also be furnished before that time with a list of 
the sailing yachts in your club that will require racing numbers for 
tbe coming season. It is intended to issue a list before the com- 
mencement of the racing season of all yachts to whom racing num- 
bers have been allotted. On account of changes in the lettering of 
the classes new numbers will have to be allotted for this season. The 
list of yachts should comprise the following information: name, 
owner, address, rig, 1896 racing length, cabin or open. 
Frank Bowme Jones, Sec'y of Council. 
The Lake Associations. 
Up to the time of going to press last week we were unaware of the 
sequel to the long fight on Lake Ontario from the time of the Roches- 
ter meeting up to the close of the special meeting, which only ad- 
journed after dark on Saturday. As stated last week, this meeting 
was followed later in the night by a second session of the Council of 
the new Yacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes, which was unable 
to complete the work begun at the morning session until it was 
known what action would be taken by the L. Y. R. A. in the matter 
of the limitation of midship section and also that of measurine- the 
I.W.I. and that of Corinthian crews. As told last week, the L. Y R. 
A. meeting resulted in the adoption of a minimum seclion of 3.3}^ 
per cent, for the 3?f t. and larger classes, 20 per cent, for the i7tt. 
class and 12 per cent, for the 22fl.; in the rejection of the proposal to 
measure with crew on board, and of the admission of professionals, 
both as helmsmen and crews, except in the former capacity, and in the 
83ft., i!7f t. and 22ft. classe.s. These amendments were no more ac- 
ceptable to the Lake Erie representatives than to the Ontario men 
outside of the Hamilton Oswego combination, and when they came 
up at the night meeting of the Y. R. U. Council they were all re- 
jected, the Council retaining the original rules concei-ning the dis- 
puted points, with one or two additions, theresult being; 
First, that the area of midship section in all classes recognized by 
the Y. E. U. shall not be less than 35 per cent, of the parallelogram— 
the 22ft. class is not recognized, but the £7ft. class is. Second, that 
the Ootmcii shall have power to impose an extra allowance on exist- 
ing yachts which fall under the limit. Third, that all yachts shall be 
measured with crew on board, existing yachts which do not exceed 
the limit by over 5ft;. being retained in their old classes, but giving 
time for the excess of measurement. Fourth, that all yachts in the 
42ft. and smaller classes shall be steered by Corinthians, and that not 
more than two professionals may be carried in any crew. 
The Council then named the following yachts as subject to special 
allowance: Vencedor, Canada, Vivia, Eva, Hiawatha and Myma. 
All of these are of reduced section, Canada being 28 per cent , 
Hiawatha 19, Eva 32, and Vencedor probably about 23 per cent. The 
latter was included in the list only because she has within the past 
two weeks been enrolled in the fleet of the Victoria Y. C, of Hamil- 
ton. 
The final action before adjournment was the presentation by Mr. 
Jarvis, on behalf of the owners of Canada, of the silver cup won by 
her last sum mer, to be held by the Y. R. U. as a perpetual challenge 
trophy under the following conditions: 
To all to whom these presents sh all come, greeting: 
Whereas, we, the undersigned, are owners of the yacht Canada 
and of the cup hereinafter mentioned, and members of the Royal 
Canadian Y. C, Toronto; and 
TT/iereas, our said yacht Canada did on the 86th and 27th days of 
August, 1896, off Toledo, O , in an international sailing match with 
the yacht Vencedor, otthe Lincoln Park Y. C, of Chicago, III., win 
the silver cup hereinafter mentioned; and 
T'Vhereas, we are desirous that said cup shall be preserved as a per - 
petual international challenge cup for friendly competition between 
representatives of yacht clubs of the two nations bordering on the 
Great Lakes, and to encourage the building of larger fleets by foster- 
ing class racing, and that the ^ame shall be known as the "Canada's 
Cup." 
Now know ye, and these presents wltnesseth, that we do hereby 
give, grant, bargain, sell, assign, fransfer and set over unto the Royal 
Canadian Y. C, of Toronto, to their successors and assigns as trus- 
tees, the said silver cup, in trust, to preserve said cup as a perpetual 
international challenge cup for friendly competition between sailing 
yachts, representatives of yacht club? of the two nations bordering 
on the Great Lakes, and subject to the following rules and condi- 
tions: 
(1) That said cup shall be known as the Canada's Cup. 
(2) That any yacht belonging to any of the yacht racing associa- 
tions on tbe Great Lakes affi'iated with the Yacht Racing Union of 
the Great Lakes shall be entitled to challenge for the cup, provided 
that such challenge shall be ma<le and match sailed in accordance 
with the terms and provisions of this instrument. 
(3) The cup shall be held by the club to which tbe winning yacht 
belonss, and such club shall be responsible for its safekeeping. 
(4) Should the club holding the cup at any time go out of existence 
or should the association to which such club belongs withdraw from 
the Yacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes, it shall hand over said 
cup to such club eligible to hold the same as above as it may elect, 
upon the written demand of the Royal Canadian Y. C, of Toronto, 
their successors and assigns. 
(5) Matches for the cup shall be limited to yachts belonging to the 
so called ii, 37 and 32ft. claS5 of the Yacht Racing Union of the 
Great Lakes as such classes exist at the time of this instrument. But 
should in the future the method of classification in the Yacht Racing 
Union of the Great Lakes be altered, or should the said union go out 
of existence, the classes in which matches for the cup may be sailed 
shall only include yachts of substantially the same size as repre- 
sented by the above mentioned classes-?', e., yachts having a load- 
waterline length between 25 aad -lOft., the same being fixed from 
time to time by the Yacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes, and 
should said union go out of existence, by the Lake Yacht Racing 
Association of Lake Ontario, and in the event of said association 
golDg out of existence, by the Royal Canadian Y. C, of Toronto 
(6) All matches shall be sailed under the sailing regulations of the 
Yacbt Racing Union of tbe Great Lakes, and in the event of tbe said 
union eoine out of existence, under the sailing regulations of the Lalte 
Yacht Racing Association of Lake Ontario, and m the event of said 
association going out of existence, under the sailing regulations of 
the challenged club, but subject to the provisions of this instru- 
ment. 
(7) All matches shall be sailed between a single yacht on behalf of 
the challenging club and a single yacht on behalf "of the challenged 
club. 
(8) The challenging club shall give ten months' notice in writing, 
naming the dates for the proposed races, and no races shall be sailed 
between the 15tb day of September and the 1.5th day of June. At the 
time of the giving of the challenge it must be stated the class in 
which the match is to take place, subject to the rights given in Clause 
11. 
(9) The challenging and the challenged club shall each name its 
representative yacht by written notice to the other at least one week 
prior to the races. 
(10) The match shall be decided by the winning of not less than two 
out of three or three out of five races, as may be agreed on between 
the clubs interested. 
(11) The club holding the cup shall have the right to name the class 
in which the race is to take place for a period exteuding over three 
matches only. 
(12) The challenged club must accept a challenge duly made under 
the terms and provisions of this instrument within sixty days of its 
receipt or surrender the cup to the challenging club. 
(13) The course shall be an open liike course, having at least 15ft. 
of water over its entire length, and shall be leeward or windward and 
return, and triangular. 
(14) All races shall take place under the management and auspices 
of the club holding the cup. 
(15) The club challenging for the cup and the club holding the same 
may, by mutual consent, make any arrangement satisfactory to 
both as to dates, course, number of trials, management of races "and 
other conditions that do not alter the sense or spirit of this instru- 
ment, and may also waive the ten months' notice mentioned in para- 
graph 8. 
(16) For the first race the Royal Canadian Y. C. shall be deemed 
the holders of this cup, and, in the event of the Royal Canadian Y. C. 
selecting the yacht Canada to defend the cup in the first race, the 
representative of the challenging club shall not be required to fulfill 
Rule No. -1, restriction on area of midship section, page 16, rules of 
Yacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes, and, in this event, in place 
of 35 per cent. 28 per cent, may be substituted, being the percentage 
of the area of the yacht Canada's immersed midship section 
of her beam at load waterline multiplied by her extreme draft. 
And we, the undersigned, the Royal Canadian Y. C, of Toronto, do 
hereby accept the above trust. 
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals, and 
the Royal Canadian Y. C. has hereunto set its corporate seal and the 
band of its commodore and secretary, this 16th day of January, A.D. 
1897. George Gooderham, 1 
George H. Gooderham, | 
S. F. MoKlNNON, I 
J H. Plumjibk, j- Donors. 
F. J. Phillips, | 
Jambs Ross, I 
jEmilius Jarvis, J 
Fifteen-Footers on Lake Ontario. 
That Hamilton will lead the rest of the Dominion in the matter of 
half-raters next season seems now almost assured. P. E. Walker, 
vice-com. of the Victoria Y. C., started the interest in this type of 
boat when he acquired by purchase the possession of the slippery 
Sothis, beUeved by many to be the fastest boat in her class afloat 
not even excepting the international champion, Glencairn. Other 
yachtsmen, however, did not propose that Mr. Walker should have a 
walkover in half rater competitions, and a number of them early in 
the fall began preparations to build in this class, with the result 
that already three or four boats, whose owners have championship 
aspirations, are completed, v/hile others are well under way. 
Of those finished the most likely appearing is one now lying in the 
Bay street shop of L. H. Bastien. She is a creation of G, H. Duggan. 
designer of Glencairn and Sothis, and was built by Mr. Bastien for T 
J. Carroll, ol tbe Hamilton Brass Mfg. Co. She has been christened 
Ethel, and will fly the burgee of both the local yacht clubs. 
Ethel is a typical half-rater, as may be seen by reference to the 
following dimensions and particulars of construction: Length over 
all, 23fc.; l.w.L. laf t. 6in ; beam, Gft.3in.; draft, 6in.; draft with cen- 
terboaro, 5ft. 6in.; mast, 20ft.; sail area, aOOsq. ft. 
The sail plan calls for a greater mainsail, jib and a spinaker, all of 
the best India silk. The boat is finished in natural wood, ship-lapped 
and smooth, the huU being white enameled. The weight, exclusive 
of spars and rig-ging, is exactly ;3501bs. The spars, which are hollow 
weigh 401bs., and the running and standing rigging, all of the lightest 
possible material, when in position will add but 25lbs. to the weight 
of the boat. 
The construction is as follows: Frames of oak, %ln.X%m.; plank- 
ing of cedar, %m. in thickness; deck of cedar, ship-lapped and 
finished naturally, ^isin. in thickness. 
The centerboard and rudder, which are now being cast expressly 
for Mr. Carroll, are to be of bronze, lisrht and durable. 
As has been previously stated, there are to be a number of races 
a' ranged for boats of the Ethel type next season. The R. H. Y. C 
andV. Y. C. will probably each schedule three events in this class' 
and arrangements are well under way to bring off five special events 
of $50 each exclusively for half-raters. —ITamiiion. Herald, 
Xiake Minnetonka. 
The Chamber of Commerce syndicate, headed by Hal P Watson 
skipper of the white-huUed sloop Marie, has ordered from Arthur 
Dyer, of Deephaven, a first-class sloop to be ready for launching as 
soon as the ice is out The new craft is to be practically the same 
over-all length as Marie, but what her beam will be or whatever 
peculiarities are to enter into her construction will not become ap- 
parent if Dyer can help it until the boat is put afloat A well known 
yachtsman, who may be expected to know as much of the plans as 
any one except the owners, asserts that Dyer is intending to intro- 
duce an even more starthng innovation in yacht construction than 
the divided stem in Peet & Dunwoodie's phenomenal 'Tartar Tbe 
sensational career of the latter craft last season was a surprise to 
nearly everybody, including her owners. She did not surprise Peter- 
son apparently, for very early in the season, before the trial races 
with Kite had been sailed, the Ejscelsior man said he had something 
that would make the critics open their eyes. Tartar did everything 
her builder claimed she would do, and nine out of ten yacht-imen be- 
lieve that nothing will be put up this season, either at Deephaven or 
Excelsior, that can show the black-hulied ciaftalead. At all events 
Messrs. Dunwoodie and Peet are qaite satisfied to nail their colors to 
Tartar's masts for this year at least. 
The Chamber of Commerce syndicate intended building a new rac- 
ing boat last year, but it was put off untfl it was too late, and Marie 
did duty instead. In the new boat just ordered the purpose i= of 
course, to get something that will beat Tartar, and certainly Dyer 
vrill put forth every effort to produce Che fastest boat ever turned out 
of the Deephaven vard. None of the details of this contract, closed 
yesterday, can be learned. Hal Watson, when asked about the mat- 
ter this morning, said that he didn't know what material was to be 
used in constructing the new boat, as the whole thing has been left to 
Dyer. The syndicate is offering a bonus for a boat able to perform 
certain necessary feats during the season of 1897, and if Dyer suc- 
ceeds he will get a fancy price for his work. 
There is a healthy rumor that Peterson has been commissioned by 
a Minneapolis yachtsman to consti'iet a boat able to beat Tartar, and 
that the Excelsior man has accepted the commission When asked 
about the matter, Peter.son simply says that he has several orders in, 
but that he is not at liberty to talk about any of them. He seems to 
believe, though, that Tartar can be beaten out of the same yard, and 
very likely Capt. Peet will not have such an easy time in the coming 
season as many of his friends anticipate for him. So far there are 
only three first-class sloops under order for next summer, but sis or 
seven of the one-rater class will be ready for launching In AprU.— 
Minneapolis Journal. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
On Jan. 19 the members of the Seawanhaka C. Y. C. listened to a 
very interesting lecture, the first of a series of three, by Commander 
Casper F. Goodrich, U. S. N., the subject being "The Sailor in the 
Revolution." The other two will deal with the sailor in the war of 
1813 and the sailor in the rebellion. 
The American Y. C, of Newbur^port, Mass., has elected the fol- 
lowing oflicer.?: Com., Charles H. Shackford; Vice-Corn., William 
Balch; Rear-Com., G. W. Rodigrass; Sec'y, E. N. Follansbee; Treas., 
H. W, Bayley; Meas., E. P. Durland; Delegate to Massachusotts Y. 
R. A., H. W. Little; Executive Committee. C. H. Shackford, William 
Balch, E. N. Follansbee, H. W. Bayley. E. G. WordweU, H. W. Little 
and L. P. Balch ; Regatta Committee, IT. W. Little, D. P. Page, A. T. 
Gould, L. W. Rodigrass, James P. Chase. 
The American Y. C, of New York, held its annual meeting at Del- 
monico's on Jan. 19, the following officers being elected; Com, 
Charles A. Gould, steam yacht Neaira; Vice Com., William A. 
Hearst, steam yacht Buccaneer; Rear-Cora., William U. Butler. 
Steam yacht Porget-Me Not; Sec'y, Thomas L Scovill; Treas , William 
Porter Allen; Fleet Surgeon, Charles I. Pardee, M.D,; Meas., Charles. 
H. Haswell; Consulting Engineer, George W. Magee, U 8. N.; Trus- 
tees (to serve three years), P. R. Lawrence, Wiliam H. Parsons and 
William Porter Allen ; to serve one year, J. Howard Wainright and 
Charles I. Pardee, M.D. 
At the annual meeting of the Dorchester Y. C , on Jan. 13, the fol- 
lowing officers were elected: Com., Franklin L. Codman; Vice-Com., 
Arthur Merritt; Sec'y, Frank A. Dewick; Treas., George H. Oollyer; 
Meas., Clifton W. A. Barllett; Directors -Hartford Davenport, Wm. 
H. Swift, C. H. Nute, Franklin L. Codman, Arthur Merritt, Prank A. 
Dewick, George H. Collyer; House Commitlee-Hjalmar Lundberg, 
W. F. Abbott. Henry D. Wing: Membership Committee- James F. 
Moody, Charles P. Hosmer, Fred P. Hayward, G. A. Critcherson, 
Frank A. Dewick; Regatta Committee— John P. HmaU, C. B. Pear, 
Arthur P. Nute, Theodore Hallett, Oliver F. Davenport. 
At the annual meeting of the Cormthiau Y. C^ of Philadelphia, 
on Jan. 13, the following oflcers were elected: Com., Clement A 
Qnscom, schr. Alert; Vice-Com., Joseph de F. Junkin, schr. Colum- 
bia; Rear-Corn., Dr. Hobart A. Hare. schr. Elfin; Sec'y, Addison 
P. Bancroft; Meas., George Herbert Millett; Race Committee: Addi- 
son P. Bancroft, Isaac W. .leanes, Henry S. Jeanes; Committee on 
Admissions: Charles H Brock, Alexander Van Rensselaer, G. Her- 
bert Millett, Brereton Pratt. Frank H. Rosengarten; Trustees (to 
serve for three years): Joseph de F. Junkin, Brereton Pratt, George 
H. Kirkpatrick, Alfred C. Harrison. These with the following con- 
stitute tbe full board : Clement A. Griscom, Edear T. Scott, John W. 
Brock, RusseU E. Tucker, Addison P. Banoroit, Robert K. Neff, Wm. 
L. El kins, Jr., Richard P. White. 
Murray & Tregurtha, South Boston, Mass , report business fairly 
good, considering the present general depression. They have 
recently shipped a 5 H. P. gasoline motor to North Carolina, and a 
41in. Tregurtha boiler to Buenos Ayres, Soisth America, Among con- 
tracts at present in hand are a 33ft. cabin yacbt, schooner-rigged, 
equipped with a 10 H. P. gasoline motor for Mr. George Skene, to be 
used at Chatham, Mass. ; a set of macntnery consisting of 12 H. P. 
compound engine and Tregurtha boiler, for a high speed launch for 
Mr. Ernest H. Rogers, of Brookline; a 4'in. Tregurtha boiler for Mr. 
G. C. Stickney, of Beverly, and a 10 H. P. gasoline engine for Mr. W. 
H. McLeod, of Boston. 
Adrienne, schr., designed by Stewart & Binney for members of the 
Southern Y. C, and successfully used for several years about the 
Gulf ot Mexico, has been sold to Chas. E. Graham and J. A. Kelsey, 
New Haven Y.C. Cn the voyage from New Orleans to New Haven 
she was overhauled by a revenue cutter under suspicion of being 
engaged in filibustering, and later she put into Jlliami, Pla., where 
she will remain until April. 
The auTual meeting of the Chicago Y. C. was held on Jan. 16 at 
the club house of the Chicago Athletic Association; the following 
offioers were elected: Com., Fred W. Morgan ; Vice-Com., iTank K. 
Bull; Sec'y and Treas., Charles H. Thorne. Executive Committee: 
Com. Morgan, W. Vernon Booth, Charles E. Kremer, Elliott Durand 
and James H. Channon. The ofBees of fleet captain and fleet surgeon 
wUl be filled hej-eafter by the executive committee. 
Under the laws of the Chicago Y. C. all of its members must be 
members of the Chicago Athletic Association. The dues are merely 
nominal. $1 a year, and no initiation fee is charged. This is amply 
sufttcient. as the club's expenses are also nominal only. The mem- 
bership now numbers 90, but a large increase is anticipated during 
the coming season. 
On Dec 21 the Peoria Y. C, of Peoria, III,, was organized with the 
following oificers: Com, Lee Harrison; Vice-Com . W A Jones; 
Sec'y, O A Weiberg; Treas. E. J. Cressy; Board of Directors-Lbe 
Harrison, chairman ; W A. Jones, secretary ; F C. Howe, H, S. Mil- 
ler, B. N, Armstrong, W A. Sheehan, Joseph A, "Weil. The club baa 
ten sailing yachts and eight launches, and will add several 15 footers 
to its fleet. 
The Winthrop Y. C hss elected the following officers: Com , Geo. 
E. Leighton, sip Hyperion; Vice Com , Arthur W Chesterton, cat 
Myrtle; Sec'y. Charles G Bird; Treas , Luther T. Harrington; Meas. 
Harry Hutchinson; Directors- Clarence H. Bilhngs, Edgar A, Cook, 
Lyman S. Meston, Chas A Heney; Regatta Committee -Jas. R Hod- 
der. John MacConnell, .Jr , Wm. I. Kelley, Lyman J Gillies, Samuel 
J. Wflde; Membership Committee- Harry W. Hall, Hairy O Riggs, 
Wm W. ForJham, Frank H Richardson, Wm. H. Mirick, Minoi H. 
Beacham, John G. Cuthberison, Albert 8. Richards. Joseph L. Ran- 
kin, The club has a membership of 325. It has adopted the Massa- 
chusetts Y. R A. rules. 
Lawley has five orders on which he has not yet started: one 14ft. 
centerboard knockabout, two 14fc. cruisers, one 31ft knockabout, and 
the Crane Seawanhaka 20 footer. The wooden keel and stem and 
sternpost for the composite steamer have been got out, and the steel 
keel and fioor plates are being got out in the mill. The Peabody 21ft. 
knockabout is nearly in frame, and shows a sharp-floored boat with 
some "tumble home" to the topsides. The lead keel is very much 
bulbed. The Burgess 24-footer is planked and smoothed and the 
cabin house is partly on. The deck will be covered with canvas. A 
23ft. mahogany launch for A. E Lockharl's steam yacht Starhng is 
planked in the boat shop. The 25ft. mahogany launch built for the 
Hermione is completed, and is a beauty in design, workmanship and 
finish. Her5 H. P. alco-vapor engine is in a small cockpit by itself 
aft, leaving a clear forward cockpit nearly 12ft. long. 
Fenton & White, of Manchester, who are building tbe racing 31- 
footer for A. H. Higginson, have received an order for a 24ft. cruising 
knockabout from a Boston yachtsman. Tbe boat is from the designs 
of E. 0. Jewell, a weU-known Corinthian skipper, and is his first ven- 
ture into the field of de.sign in a large boat. She will be 43rt over all 
8ft. Cin. beam and 6ft. 2in. draft, with a sail plan of about l.OOJsq ft' 
In the matter of long ends, as well as in some other ways, she wQl 
differ from present knockabout models, and hence should make an 
interesting boat. She will have a good cabin, with 6ft. of head room 
under the cabin house, and will be used in Boston and Marblehead 
waters. The Higginson boat is in frame, and is a very promising 
looking article.— iJoafon, Globe. 
Sovereign, steam yacht, Mr. C. D. Borden, is wintering at her 
builder's yard, Erie Basin, where her Babcock & Wilcox boilers are 
being replaced by others o( the Sarrow type. 
Clermont, steam yacht, A. Van Sanivoord, is being lengthened 15ft 
forward. 
In March next, an exhibition of yachting and shipping will be 
opened at the St. Petersburg Aquarium, under the auspices of the 
Neva Y. C, of which the Grand Duchess Xenie Alexandrovna is 
patroness. The exhibition is being supported actively by the minis- 
ters of marine, finance, imperial domains and railwavs, and will be 
very extensive in character and scope. There will be fourteen 
sections, comprising Iwenty eight classes of exhibits, includiu'^ his- 
torical exhibits, ships, motors and machinery, rig and equipment 
life-saving apparatus, yacht racing, navigation and such like items' 
An important feature of the exhibition will be the assembling of the 
first Russian congress of yachtsmen, which will, in all probabiUtv 
awaken much enthusiasm in the breasts of the yachting fraternity' 
■ and may lead to farther developments in the sport in Russian wat«rs' 
The entire business of the exhibition is in the personal control of the 
Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch, who is honorary commodore 
of the Neva Y. C,—The Field, 
