[Mat 15, 1891 
The New Tork Conference. 
The list of delegates -which we published last week gives a 
very inadequate idea of the nature of the representation at 
the conference of yachtsmen. Through the associations 
there given were really represented 110 yacht clubs in the 
United States and Canada. The full list of these clubs is as 
follows: 
The following summary shows the clubs, 110 in number, 
which were represented: 
Through thf Yacht Racina; Union of Long Island Sound — 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C, American, Riverside, Yale 
Corinthian, Horseshoe Harbor, New Y'ork Athletic, Stam- 
ford, Indian Harbor, New Rochelle, Knickerbocker, Hugue- 
not, Bridgeport, Corinthian Fleet, Harlem, New Haven. 
Douglaston, Sea Cliff, Huntington, Park City, Hempstead 
Harbor, Norwalk, Stamford Corinthian. Twenty-two clubs. 
Through the ITacht Racing Association of Massachusetts — 
Massachusetts, Hull, Boston, Dorchester, Quincy, Winthrop, 
South Boston: Savin Hill, American, of Newburyport; Com- 
monwealth, Chelsea, Jeffries, Manchester. Atlantic of Bos- 
ton, Cape Cod, Duxbury, Lynn, Cohasset, Columbia of Bos- 
ton, Revere, Squantum, West Lynn, WellEeet, Old Colony, 
Mosquito Fleet, Plymouth, Kingston, Burgess, East Glou- 
cester, Squam, WoUaston, Fall River. Thirty-two clubs. 
Through the New York Yacht Racing Association — Pa- 
vonia, Yonkers Corinthin, Columbia, Jersey City, Graves- 
end Bay, Newark, Kill von Kull, Ossining, Hudson River, 
Audubon, Tappan Zee, Bayonne City, Tower Ridge, Y""onkers, 
Greenville, New Jersey Athletic, Newark Boat Club. 
Eighteen clubs. 
Pacific Interclub Yachting Association — San Francisco, 
Pacific, Corinthian, Bncinal, California. Five clubs. 
Lake Yacht Racing Association. — Bay of Quinte, Buffalo, 
Kingston, Oswego, Rochester, Queen City, Royal Canadian, 
Royal Hamilton, Victoria. Nine clubs. 
Interlake Yachting Association — Citizens, Cleveland Y". 
A., Put in-Bay, Sandusky, Toledo, West End, Buffalo, De- 
troit, Erie. Nine clubs. 
Lake Michigan Y''achting Association — Lincoln Park, 
Columbia, Chicago, Milwaukee, Racine, Green Bay, Mani- 
towoc, Marinette and Menominee. Eight clubs. 
Through the Yacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes — 
Three associations above. 
Through separate representation — ^Atlantic, Larchmont, 
Marine and Field, Corinthian, of Philadelphia, Great South 
Bay, Brooklyn, Hempstead Bay. Seven clubs. 
Letters from .Southern, Carolina, Royal St. Lawrence, 
Royal Nova Scotia, New l^'ork. Eastern, Albany, Minne- 
tonka, Philadelphia, Shelter Island, Rhode Island, River- 
ton. 
In addition to the above, letters were received from the 
Rhode Island Y''. C, Riverbon Y. C, of Riverbon, N. J.; 
Royal St. Lawrence Y. C, Keystone Y. C, of Long Island; 
Minnetonka Y^ C, Shelter Lsland Y. C, Eastern Y. C, 
Southern Y. C, of New Orleans; Carolina Y. C, of Wilming- 
ton, N. C; New York Y. C, Albany Y. C, and Royal Nova 
. Scotia Yacht Squadron. The New York Y. C. wrote to the 
effect that it was impossible to be represented, as the matter 
could not be laid before the club until the meeting later in 
the month; the Eastern Y'". C. was not disposed to send a 
representative, and one or two of the smaller clubs wrote to 
the effect that they were not in a position to take any action, 
for various reasons. Nearly all of the letters, however, were 
in accord with the telegram of the Philadelphia Y. C, 
printed last week, expressing an interest in the work and a 
desire for its success. The Minnetonka, Royal St. Lawrence 
and several others had appointed delegates who were unable 
to be present. 
The expressions of opinion both from these letters and 
from the delegates at the meeting were almost uniformly in 
favor of some scheme of union; very few clubs have ex- 
pressed themselves as opposed to the general idea. The prin- 
cipal issue at the meeting was as to the time for organizing, 
immediately or in the fall. This was settled in favor of the 
latter view, thus postponing the discussion of a still more 
important question, the character of the future organization. 
On this point quite a difference of opinion exists, the 
majority of the clubs, including many that are noted for 
their active part in racing, are apparently in favor of a defi- 
nite and permanent organization for the general regulation 
and encouragement of yacht racing throughout the country, 
on the plan of such organizations as are in existence in con- 
nection with other sports. On the part of some of the larger 
clubs, however, there is evident a feeling somewhat similar 
to that displayed in the recent report of the special commit- 
tee of the New York Y. C. on this subject, an overwhelming 
sense of the importance and prestige of the particular club, 
and a fear to trust anything so fragile and delicate as this 
prestige to the rude jostling of smaller and less prominent 
clubs. 
However natural this feeling may be on the part of those 
who by long exertions have built up a large and successful 
club, we believe it to be without foundation, and in no small 
degree unjust to the smaller clubs. We have enjoyed toler- 
ably extended opportunities for observation throughout the 
whole country, and, so far as we have been able to gauge the 
general feeling of yachtsmen and of the clubs at large, there 
is no jealousy or envy on the part of the smaller clubs 
toward the large ones such as the New York, Eastern, Larch- 
mont or Seawanhaka. That ill-feeling which is at times evi- 
dent is purely local, the result of some small personal or in- 
terclub quarrel, and is not of the sort which would interfere 
with one national union of the clubs; in fact the tendency to 
such local differences would be diminished. The repeated 
successes of the New York Y. C. in the international vic- 
tories of Puritan, Mayflower and the other great cutters 
down to Defender have developed no jealousy or rivalry on 
the part of other American clubs, great or small; on the 
other hand all have rejoiced in the triumph of the great met- 
ropolitan club. 
We do not pretend to speak for the large clubs; the posi- 
tion of the New York Y. C. has been plainly and definitely 
set forth by its special committee, and the positions of the 
other clubs will be disclosed in time. As for the "small" 
clubs, however, by which we include all save the New Y''ork, 
Eastern, Larchmont, Seawanhaka Corinthian and Atlantic, 
we can say confidently that there is no disposition whatever 
to injure or interfere with the larger, or to presume in any 
way upon such positions as they might have through repre- 
sentation on a fair proportional basis. There is, in our 
opinion, no danger however remote of a coalition of the small 
clubs to pass rules merely tp harm the large ones. 
The future action of the "small" clubs depends entirely 
upon the position now assumed by the larger ones; if the 
latter hold aloof entirely, it seems certain that the new 
movement will be carried through without them. If they 
fall in with the movement, but attempt to run it themselves 
by right of size and standing, they will stir up the united 
opposition of all the other clubs. If they make it plain that 
tney are willing to go in and work disinterestedly for the 
good of the organization, and the encouragement and exten- 
sion of yachting, they will receive that deference from the 
smaller clubs to which greater efforts, proportionate to their 
size and higher .standing entitle them. They must, how- 
ever, leave their prestige at home for the decoration of their 
club houses, and come to the meetings of the Association 
simply workers for the general good. 
The Kingston Y. C, of Kingston, Ontario, held its annual 
meeting on May 3, electing the following officers: Com., 
Frank Strange; Vice-Corn., H, W. Richardson; Rear-Com., 
C. L. Curtis; Sec'y, J. H. Macnee; Treas., W. C. Kent. The 
club will request of the Lake Y. R. A. that the racing 
circuit of 1897 be opened with a race at Kingston on July ly. 
The New Twenty-Footers. 
So far as numbers go, the 20ft. class is likely to show up 
very well by the middle of J une; comparatively little has 
been said thus far about new boats on this side of the line, 
and it looked for a time as though Canada was doing all the 
building; but quite a fleet, and a representative one at that, 
is now materializing, with bows pointed toward Oyster Bay. 
Whether the trial races will equal the record of the loft, 
class last year — twenty-nine boats at the line for the first 
race— is doubtful; but it is certain that the new class will be 
the main feature of the Sound racing and will provide some 
good sport by the middle of J uly, when the trial races will 
be sailed. It is too soon yet to discuss the advantages and 
disadvantages of the new boats, but there ia every reason to 
fear that they will differ from the 1.5-footers only in being 
bigger, uglier, and more costly in proportion. 
The winners of last year's trial races, Messrs. C. H. and 
D. M. Crane, will be well represented this year in the new 
class; Mr. C. H. Crane, the designer of El Heirie, will sail a 
centerboard boat of his own design, now nearly completed at 
Lawley's yard, where El Heirie was built. The new boat 
will be similar in a general way to El Heirie, but will carry 
the Scarecrow leg-o'-mutton rig. The boat is not a beauty, 
but her chances of success are so much the better on that 
account. Mr. Crane has also designed a second boat, also a 
centerboard, which is building by the Spalding St. Lawrence 
Boat Co. at Ogdensburgh, for a syndicate in which he is in- 
terested. Mr. D. M. Crane, who is living in Boston, has 
tried his luck with a fin-keel 20, also built by Lawley. This 
boat. Pioneer, also carries the Scarecrow rig; she has been 
under way for a couple of weeks about Boston Harbor, and 
is sailing very fast, as judged by the local fleet in the general 
Terona. 
The accompanying reproduction, from a photo by N. L. 
Stebbins, of Boston, shows the handsome cruising knock- 
about which was illustrated in the Forest and Kteeam of 
Jan. 33-30. Verona, as she has since been named, was de- 
signed and built by the Marblehead Yacht Yard (W. B. 
Stearns) for C. B. Tucker, of Boston, and is 33ft. 9in. over all, 
21ft. l.w.l., 7ft. Sin. beam, and 4ft. llin. draft. She has lately 
been tried in both light and heavy weather, and has proved 
fast and very easy on her helm. As the plans showed, she 
has a great amount of room inside, which is disposed of to 
the best possible advantage for the comfort of owner and 
crew. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
We have received the first number of a new monthly 
journal named Marine Engineering, published by the 
Marine Publishing Co., New York. It is devoted, as the 
subtitle sets forth, to "vessel construction, propulsion and 
allied interests." The new paper is of a convenient size for 
handling and reading, and contains forty pages; well printed 
and with numerous illustrations. Among the descriptive 
articles is one on the new steam yacht Marietta III., one of 
the new engines for the U. S. Cruiser Chicago, and one on 
the new Hamburg-American steamer Pennsylvania. Dr. R. 
H. Thurston contributes an interesting article on high- 
pressure steam for marine uses, and Col. E. A. Stevens 
writes of the origin and development of the ferryboat. We 
wish all success to the new venture, as there is room for it 
in the wide field of marine engineering. 
Gleaner, sloop, has been sold by P. O. Wellington, of Bos- 
VEROJN'A. 
Knoclsabout designed and built by W. B. Stearns for C. B. Tucker. 1897. 
scrapping about the harbor. She will come to Oyster Bay 
for the trial races. 
The first boat launched about New York has been named 
Kenneu. She was designed and built by L D. Huntington, 
designer of Question and Paprika, and is similar to the lat- 
ter; she is owned by M. H. Clark, of New Rochelle, who will 
saii her in all the Sound races. Mr. Huntington has under 
way another 20-footer for Mr. Irving Cox, who designed her, 
following the model of Paprika, which he has been sailing 
for some time. 
Mr. Sherman Hoyt, who sailed Paprika so well last season, 
will this year sail a fin-keel 20 footer, designed by Gardner 
& Cox, and now building bv the Spalding St. Lawrence 
Boat Co. She will be owned by Com. Rouse and Mr. Col- 
gate Hoyt. Still another fin-keel has been designed by Chas. 
Olmstead, designer of Riverside and Trilby, and built by 
the Montauk Construction Co., of which he is manager, at 
the old Mumm yard. Bay Ridee. She is for Philip T, 
Dodge, owner of the Olmstead 20 footer Eos, built last year, 
and will be named Asthore. Messrs F. B. Jones and Irvine 
Zerega will sail with Mr. Dodge in the rnces. Mr. Olmstead 
has also another 20-footer under way at Bay Ridge. 
Mr. William Willard Howard, now in this coxmtry, is 
building a 20-footer at Clayton, N. Y., the boat being dp- 
signed and btiilt by Fry, who did such good work on Mr. 
Howard's 1.5-footer Ulmec. 
The Indiana Y''achting and Boating Club, of Wawa.see 
Lake, Indiana, will be represented at Oyster Bay by a 20 de- 
signed by Mr. H S Hicks, a member of the club, and now 
building at Racine, Wis. 
Mr. Linton Hope has designed and built a 20-footer for an 
American owner, and .^^he will probably race in the open 
events, though not eligible for the trial races. It is likely 
that another English boat will also be sent over. 
The new boats are all built up to the limit, of 17ft. 6in, 
l.w.l. and SOOsq. ft. of sail, with from 6 to Sft, beam, and a 
number of them will tise the Scarecrow rig. 
The few existing boats in the 20ft. class. Bogie and Eos 
being the only modern ones, are practically outbuilt, having 
a waterline of 19ft., with but 440sq. ft. of sail. There is 
some talk of the Boston Rooster, owned by the Adams 
Brothers, being adapted to this class and entering the trial 
races. The English l-rater Shrimp, a very fast Sibbick boat 
that was imported two years ago and altered to race in the 
21fb. special class, with an enlarged bulb and sail plan, has 
recently been altered in the other direction to bring her into 
the soft, class, and she will be sailed in the regular races. It 
is almost certain that some boats as yet unreported will be 
added to the list, so that fifteen or even more starters may 
be looked for in the trial races. 
ton, to L. F. Gates, of Oshkosh, Wis., who will race her on 
Lake Winnebago. She has been remarkably successful in 
Boston waters, last year winning the bronze medal and pen- 
nant of the Massachusetts Y. R. A. in the second class. 
Telfer, schr., recently purchased by Mr. Wood, of Castine, 
Me., sailed from the Atlantic Y. C. at Bay Ridge, N. Y., on 
May 1 for Bangor, Me., with Capt. Trask, two seamen and a 
cook aboard, and also Harry Wood, the fourteen-year-old 
son of the owner. At a little after 1 A. M. on May 5, 
when off Faulkner's Island in a dense fog, the yacht was 
struck by the Sound steamer City of Fitchburg, and nearly 
cut in two, sinking in a few minutes. Capt. Trask and the 
cook, who were on deck, launched the dinghy, and the 
others, wakened by the crash, came from below, all reaching 
the steamer in safety, and coming to New York on her. 
Wivern was built in 1866, from their own model, by Pierce 
Bros., at East BostoJi. She was a keel boat, 53ft. Sin. over 
all, 48ft. 4in. l.w.l., 15ft. beam and 6ft. 5ua. draft. In 1885 she 
was lengthened and renamed Telfer. She is well-known 
about New Y'^ork, Boston and Philadelphia. 
Penelope, steam yacht, ex-Sapphire ll, , n6e Cleopatra, now 
owned by H. S. Converse, of Boston, has been for some weeks 
in the West Indies, and reached Sandy Hook about 11 A. M. 
on May 5. As she came up the Swash she met the big moni- 
tor Terror coming down the Ship Channel, outward bound 
for five days' target practice at sea. Signals were exchanged, 
but the two vessels came together, the monitor losing her 
davits and the captain's gig. The yacht was less fortunate, 
losing her foretopgallant mast and smashing her bulwarks, 
with other minor damage. She proceeded to Tebo's for re- 
pairs, 
Lorelei is the name selected by Chas. A. Schieren, Jr., of 
the Great South Bay Y, C, for his new sloop building at 
Greenport from a design by H. C. Wintringham. The new 
yacht is intended to race in the class with the Herreshoff 
sloop Bonnie Doon, owned by Messrs. Mills, a very success- 
ful boat. She will be 44ft. lOin. overall, 30ft. l.w.l., 13ft. 
beam, 2ft. 5in. draft, including a lead keel of two tons. The 
forward overhang is 6fb. and the after overhang Bft. lOin. 
The mast is 42ft., boom 40ft., gaff 24ft., and bowsprit 9ft. out- 
board. The hull is double-skinned, of white cedar, the inner 
skin 7-16in. and the outer 9-16in. There is a permanent cabin 
7ft. long, with berths, etc., and abaft it a "summer cabin" 
Sft. long, the remainder of the cockpit being 13ft. long. 
The Riverton Y. C. of Riverton, N. J., held its annual 
election on May 4, the following ofl&cers being elected: Com., 
WiUiam R. Ellison; Vice-Corn.. A. M. Taylor; Sec'y, E B. S. 
Myers; Treas., James S. Coale; Meas., H. Mcllvaine Biddle; 
J'inance and Elective Cdmmittee: John C. S. Davia, Chair- 
