Mat 8, 1897.] 
FOREST AND STREAM, 
873 
COLLEEN. 
Sail Plan. 
submit such plan to the difEereut clubs of America for their 
consideration; this plan then to be reported back to the said 
committee, which shall, after due consideration of them, 
formulate a final plan of organization to be acted upon at a 
meeting called during October of the present year: said final 
plan having been first submitted to the diflferent clubs so 
that they can instruct their delegates with power as to the 
action or position they desire to take. Mr. Jones seconded 
the motion. 
A general discussion followed, involving several points, 
especially the difliculty of any committee preparing a com- 
plete set of rules, etc., that would be accepted by all the 
clubs as a basis for an organization. During the discussion 
the secretary was repeatedly called upon to read the original 
motion. Mr. E. Langerfeld moved to amend by adding the 
word "associations" after clubs throughout the motion, 
which amendment was accepted. 
Mr. Prime objected to the motion and offered an amend- 
ment, that a committee of seven be appointed to draft a 
constitution for a national association and to submit it to 
the meeting after a recess; the motion was not seconded. 
Mr. Lovejoy's motion was finally carried unanimously, after 
which Mr. Langerfeld moved that the date and place be 
fixed by the same committee. 
Mr. Jones moved that a committee of five be appointed by 
.the Chair to consider the question of the racing rules, in con- 
nection with the original committee. A general discussion 
brought out the fact that some of the delegates, in accord- 
ance with the idea that the main object in view was the 
adoption of a uniform system of racing rules, interpreted 
Mr. Lovejoy's motion to mean that the committee of seven 
should prepare not only a constitution and by-laws, but a 
new measurement rule that, after being submitted to all the 
clubs for their scrutiny, would be accepted by them as a 
satisfactory basis for such a union, league or association as 
might be formed. It was stated by some of the delegates 
from about New York that their clubs would have nothing 
to do with an association unless it were positively known 
beforehand what the measurement rule was to be. 
Much diversity of opinion was manifest in connection 
with this discassion as to the form of the organization, a few 
of the delegates expressing themselves strongly against any- 
thing more than a loose union of the clubs in an agreement 
to use uniform racing and measurement rules. Mr. Clark 
spoke very strongly against the idea of framing a rule be- 
tween now and October which would be generally accepted 
and stated that such a movement would preclude the possi- 
bility of bringing in the Massachusetts clubs. Mr. Stephens 
spoke at some length, urging that the work of the commit- 
tee be specifically limited to the preparation of a scheme of 
organization, that the work at the fall meeting be limited to 
organizing with a suitable constitution, by-laws and officers; 
that the matter of unifying the general sailing rules be then 
taken up, and that nothing whatever be done, for the pres- 
ent, with the measurement question. He spoke of the 
absence of a satisfactory rule at the present time, the diffi- 
culty of any committee in addition to the other work fram- 
ing a good rule during the summer, and the absolute impos- 
sibility, even if a good rule were found, of securing its im- 
mediate acceptance by a majority of the clubs. 
Mr. Lovejoy finally offered the following resolution: Re- 
solved, That it is the sense of this meeting that the plan 
of organization referred to in the original motion shall in- 
clude a constitution, by-laws and sailing rules. This pro- 
voked another discussion as to whether the term "sailing 
rules" covered merely the general rules of the road in sail- 
ing and the methods of starting, etc., or whether they in- 
cluded a measurement formula Mr. Lovejoy explained that 
he intended the motion expres^y to include the formula. 
This was opposed by several, and Mr. Jones offered an amend- 
ment, that the committee be instructed to omit the measure- 
ment and classification rule. This was seconded by Mr. Clark 
and carried, after which the motion as amended was carried 
unanimously. The chairman announced the following com- 
mittee: Messrs. N. D. Lawton, Atlantic Y. C; C. T. Pierce, 
Riverside Y. C; A. Emilius Jar vis. Royal Canadian Y. C; 
L. M. Clark, Hull Y. C ; J. M. Macdonough, Pacific Y. C; 
A. J. Prime, Yonkers Y. C, and F. B. Jones, Indian Harbor 
Y. C. After an understanding that the committee was to 
fix the date for the October meeting, the meeting adjourned. 
In the evening a number of the delegates were entertained 
at a mess dinner at the Seawanhaka club house. It was in- 
tended to take the visitors up the Sound on Sunday, and 
they were invited to luncheon by the Larchmont Y. C, but 
a storm from the east interfered with this plan. 
The America's Cup. 
The great majority of rumors and reports of challenges 
for the America's Cup are of one or the other of two kinds, 
either with an after-dinner origin, like the noted case of Mr! 
Rose and the Distant Shore, or with no bona fide origin at 
all; the plain product of certain Anglo-American fake mills, 
specially manufactured when real yachting news is scarce 
We print the following merely because it has obtained a 
wide circulation through the daily press, it evidently be- 
longs to one of the above classes. The three gentlemen 
mentioned are not racing men, we are not aware that Mr 
Wollf is even interested in yachting, while Lord Dufferin 
has been known for over a generation as peculiarly a cruis- 
ing man. The Royal Uster Y. C. is little likely to under- 
take so momentous a venture as a challenge tor the Cup. 
One version of the story is to the effect that Mr. Sibbick 
whose work has been fentirely confined to yachts 20-rating 
and under, is to design the new challenger. 
Belfast, April 37.— It has been decided to build an Irish 
yacht to compete for the America's Cup. The boat is to be 
constructed in Hilditch's yards, Carrickfergus, upon the 
order of a syndicate composed of Gustav Wilhelm WolflE, 
M. P. for East Belfast and a member of the Belfast ship- 
building firm of Harland & Wolff, the Marquis of Dufferin 
and Ava, and the Marquis of Londonderry. She will be 
sailed under the auspices of the Royal Ulster Y. C, of which 
the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava is commodore. 
Belfast, April 39.— Mr. Gustav W. Wolff, M. P. for East 
Belfast, and a partner in the firm of Harland & Wolff, the 
well-known shipbuilders, says there is no truth in the story 
that he is connected, with a syndicate contemplating build- 
ing an Irish yacht to challenge for the America's Cup or the 
Queen's Cup. 
It is further stated that no member of the Royal Ulster 
Y. C, of which the Marquis of Dufferin, whose name was 
also mentioned in connection with the alleged syndicate, is 
commodore, intends to challenge for the America's Cup. 
Beverly Y. C. 
The Beverly Y. C. announces the following races for 1897: 
No. 246, June 17.— Club house, Wenaumet; first open 
sweep. 
No. 347, June 26.— Club house, Wenaumet; first champion- 
ship. 
No. 348, July 3.— Club house, Wenaumet; second open 
sweep. 
No. 349, July;5.— Clubhouse, Wenaumet; second champion- 
ship. 
No. 350, July 124.— Club house, Wenaumet; third open 
sweep. 
No. 351, Aug. 3.— Marblehead; first open regatta. 
No. 3.53, Aug. 7.— Club house; third championship. 
No. 253, Aug. 14.— Club house; fourth championship. 
No. 254, Aug. 31.— Marion, A. M.; Van Rensselaer cup. 
No. 2oo, Aug. 31.— Marion, P. M.; second open regatta. 
No. 256, Sept. 4.— Club house; fourth open sweep. 
No. 257, Sept. 6.— Club houst; third open regatta. 
No. 258, Sept. 11.— Club house; fifth championship. 
The Indian Harbor Y. C. has now under headway a new 
club-house on the site of the old Rockport Hotel, on Rocky 
Point, Greenwich. The work will be pushed so that the 
house may be available this season. 
