MINOTA, DESIGNED BY H. C. McLEOD, ESQ., 189a 
New York Y. C. 
The annual meeting of the New York Y. C. was held on 
Feb. 8, with Com. J. P. Morgan in the chair. The re- 
ports of officers and committees showed a very prosperous 
condition, the membership being 1,474 and the fleet in- 
cli:ding 2S8 yachts. The financial reports showed an ex- 
penditure of about $20,000 for the America Cup races 
and a balance of $2,000 after an appropriation of $25,000 
had been made from the general treasury to the building 
fund, all apart from the invested funds. 
After the report of the America Cup committee had 
been made, the following resolution was adopted: 
The New York Y. C. desires to recognize the part taken 
by Com. J. Pierpont Morgan and Capt. C. Oliver Iselin 
in the defense of the America Cup upon the occasion of 
the challenge of the Royal Ulster Y. C. 
Upon the receipt of the challenge, Com. Morgan, with 
a generosity which the club deeply appreciates, offered 
to bear, not only the cost of building and racing Colum- 
bia, but also the expense of fitting out Defender and rac- 
ing her in the trial races. 
The keen interest taken by him in the contest is well 
known to all the members of the club, and it is to his lib- 
erality, enthusiasm and public spirit that the successful 
result of the contest is, in large measure, due. 
Capt. Iselin for the third time assumed the responsible 
management of the vessel chosen to defend this trophy. 
His well-known skill and experience, his indomitable 
pluck, his love of fair play and keen sense of honor made 
him a most acceptable representative of the interests of 
the club. 
It is with the utmost pleasure that the New York Y. C. 
acknowledges the obligation under which these gentle- 
men have placed the club and all lovers of the sport of 
yachting. 
The annual election of officers resulted as follows: 
Com., Lewis Cass Ledyard, schooner Corona (Co- 
lonio); Vice-Com., August Belmont, cutter Mineola II.; 
Rear-Com., C. L. F. Robinson, cutter Syce; Sec'y, J- V. 
S. Oddie; Treas., F. W. J. Hurst; Meas., John Hyslop; 
Fleet Surgeon, Morris J. Asch, M.D.; Regatta Commit- 
tee, S. Nicholson Kane, Chester Griswold and William 
Butler Duncan, Jr.; Committee on Admissions, C. Oliver 
Iselin, Henry C. Ward, James C. Bergen, Frederick Gal- 
latin and James A. Wright; House Committee, Harrison 
B. Moore, Thomas A. Bronson anid Francis H. Davies; 
Library Committee, Theodore C. Zerega, Arthur H. 
Clark and Paul Eve Stevenson; Committee on Club Sta- 
tions, William H. Thomas, Frederick H. Benedict, F. 
August Schermerhorn, L. Vaughan' Clark, Charles Lane 
Poor, Frederick P. Sands, Harison B. Moore, John P. 
Duncan, Amzi L. Barber and Edward R. Ladew. 
Lieutenant-Commander J. A. H. Nickels, U. S. N., was 
appointed an associate member of the library committee. 
The date for the annual regatta was not set, being left 
until the next meeting, which will be held on March 22. 
A special committee, consisting of the regatta commit- 
tee and Messrs. E. D. Morgan, H. F. Lippitt and Archi- 
bald Rogers, was appointed to revise the racing rules and 
yacht routine, and to report to the club not later than the 
May meeting. 
A letter was read from the Boston Sportsmen's Asso- 
ciation asking the club to let the America Cup be placed 
on exhibition at the show to be held next month at Bos- 
ton. The club decided to decline the request. 
Sir Thomas Lipton, the Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of 
War, and Capt. Robley D. Evans were elected honorary 
members, after proposal at a previous meeting. 
The following new members were elected: Lieutenant- 
Commander William G. Cutler, U. S. N.; Wallace T. 
Foote, Jr., Morton W. Smith, Hugh Hill, J. B. M. Gros- 
venor, H. G. S. Noble, Lieut. Gregory C. Davison, U. S. 
N.; Samuel H. Griffith, U. S. N.: Charles Waldo Has- ' 
kins, William Lawrence Green, Lieut. Irvin V. Gillis, 
U. S. N. ; Commander Morris R. S. Mackenzie, U. S. N.; 
Frank Tilford, Herbert Livingston Satterlee, Lieut. Will- 
iam A. Moffett, U. S. N. : Frederick H. Rohl, John P. 
Eltoni, J. D. Probst, Jr., Commander Daniel Delehanty, 
U. S. N.; Allen C. Bakewell, Roland C. Nickerson, Jo- 
seph B. Bourne, George Callendine Heck, Theodore Ber- 
dell. Commander Abraham B. H. Lillie, U. S. N. 
Com. Ledyard has decided to change the name of Co-. 
Ionia to Corona. 
MINOTA. 
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