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Y. R A. of M<issaehusctts. 
TUS &«tiual meeting of the-Yi R. A. of MftSgadhUsfettS 
Was held on March 15 at Young's Hotel, Boston. The 
following dates were announced: 
South Boston, May 30; Hull, Mass., June 18; Mosquito 
Fleet, July a; Columbia, July 3; City oi Boston, July 4; 
Burgess, July 26; Manchester, Crowhurst cup, July 27; 
Jubuee, July 28; Manchester, Aug. 7; American, Aug. 14; 
Aunisquam, Aug. 16, 17 and 18; East Gloucester, Aug. 
20: i-iymouth, Aug. 23; Kingston, Aug. 24; Duxbury, 
.vug. 25; Cape Cod, Aug. 27; Wellfleet, Aug. 28; Nahant 
Lory, Sept. I. 
1. he following amendments were adopted: 
- To amend rule 3. section 5, to read: "Any club may 
receive special entries for their race from yachts not 
uwned by members of clubs of the Association, but such 
yachts must conform to the rules of the classes m which 
ihey sail, and shall not be entitled to any of the priv- 
ileges of the Association, and shall not affect the per- 
centage of any regularly entered yachts." 
To amend rule 7, classification, by adding a new claiss, 
under the name of the i8ft. knockabout class, class I, 
yachts conforming to the limitations of the i8ft. knocka- 
bout association. 
To amend by inserting a new rule incorporating the 
Association percentage in the racing rules as follows: 
Percentages will be figured as follows: 100 per cent, for 
first place, 65 per cent, for second place, 35 per cent, for 
third place and 15 per cent, for each other yacht com- 
pleting the course within the time limit. 
Only open races which have been duly scheduled and 
accepted by this committee in advance of the race, and 
which are sailed under the rules of the Association, shall 
be counted for percentage. The total amount of per- 
centage will be divided by the number of starts. In fig- 
uring percentages it will be assumed that a j'-acht shall 
have started in at least half as many races as the yacht 
iiaving the largest number of starts in her class, and in 
no case will any championship be awarded to a yacht 
which has finished in less than five races. The racing sea- 
son will commence on Memorial Day and end the second 
Saturday in September. 
An amendment limiting the record races to events 
sailed over courses with such deep water as would ad- 
mit all the Association yachts was defeated. The follow- 
ing resolution, offered by Walter Burgess, was adopted: 
■ Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that the 
limitation on cabin yachts, schooners and yawls having 
been established and accepted by the yachting public, 
no further changes be made within two years." 
The following officers were elected: Pres., A, Henry 
Higginson; Vice-Pres.. Henry M. Faxon; Sec'y, A. T. 
Bliss; Treas., I. H. Wiley; Executive Committee, J. E. 
Robinson; L. M. Clark and Walter Burgess. Since the 
vote was passed admitting yachtsmen as association mem- 
ber.s six have joined, among them being Mr. Faxon, 
secretary of the Quincy Y. C, 
The America Cttp. 
Early last week the Boston Herald pubUshed, on the 
authority of a Scotch correspondent, a long story of an 
a.leeed interview with Sir Thomas Lipton, who has lately 
I eturned to England. According to this yarn, which is 
in no way more reliable than the numerous preceding 
loncoctions from the same source, Sir Thomas Lipton 
will not only rebuild Shamrock but will build a new Wat- 
son cutter, to be named Erin, both being towed to this 
lountry early in 1901 and raced here, the faster being 
selected as the challenger. A denial of the story, as well 
as of an alleged telegram to a New York paper, was 
promptly given by Sir Thomas Lipton, and it is prob- 
ably but a wild guess. The necessity of trying several 
yachts against each other in order to compete success- 
iuay against a defender worked up to form, as Vigilant, 
Defender and Columbia have been, is perfectly obvious. 
This idea, already discussed by yachtsmen, coupled with 
various rumors to the effect that Mr. Watson would de- 
sign the next challenger, affords a fairly safe foundation 
for the alleged interview of the Herald's correspondent. 
The Field of March 10 has the following: 
It is said that Sir Thomas Lipton,' although he has made 
no arrangements at present, is desirous of renewing his 
challenge for the America Cup in 190L Sir Thomas is 
reported to have said that "there will be little difference 
in the lines of the new yacht and those of Shamrock, but 
iha; tliere may be less aluminum and more of another 
metal. The new craft will measure more on the water 
line than Shamrock, which, although intended to have 
measured SgfL sin. on l.w.l., was 2ft. short of that when 
she raced Columbia." We hope, if a challenge is made, 
Sir Thomas Lipton will not be so ill-advised as to at- 
tempt to bring back the cup with an untried vessel. 
Yachtsmen of experience are well aware that the success 
of a racing yacht does not rest with the fact that she is 
constructed of more or less mysterious and precious met- 
als. What is required is a vessel in proper trim, and in 
urder to obtain this a systematic series of trial races 
should be arranged. This has never been done, but we 
believe well-tried boats like Britannia and Valkyrie II. at 
her best were equal to any of the Plerreshoff yachts of 
their period. 
Portland Y. G. 
The annual meeting of the Portland Y. C. was held at 
the c!ub house, on Merchants' Wharf, on Wednesday, 
March 7. There was a large attendance and much inter- 
est was manifested in the meeting. The following officers 
were elected: 
Com., Lincoln C. Cummings; Vice-Corn., John W. 
Bowers; Sec'y, J. C. Fox; Treas., C. F. A. Weber ; Meas., 
D. W. Fox; Fleet Capt., Nathan Clifford; Fleet Surgeon, 
Dr. W- H. Bradford; Trustees, William Senter, James C. 
Hamlin, Chas. W. Bray; Membership Committee, E. H. 
Rice, F. S. Macomber, F. S. Bullard; Regatta Commit- 
tee, Fred S. Vaill, Wadsworth Noyes, Nathan Clifford, 
Chas. W. Small; House Committee, Wm. W. Gould, 
Philip I. Jones, John W. Richardson. 
A committee was appointed to make arrangements for 
the annual banquet to celebrate the thirty-first anniver- 
sary of the club, which falls on April 26. 
POftSST AMO STREAM. 
It wais decided to hold the annual cruise in June, etart^ 
ing on the 14th and returning on the 17th, 
The secretary's report showed the membership to be 
about 300, with a fleet of about seventy-five boats. 
The treasurer's report was very satisfactory. The club 
is in an excellent financial condition, it being free from 
debt. The past yea^r has been quite expensive, as there 
has been a large amount of repairing necessary. The 
house is now in fine condition. P^lectric lights were put 
in during the year, and they have proved very satisfactory. 
Dr. C. W. Bray, who has served as commodore for 
eleven years, was given a unanimous vote of thanks for 
the impartial manner in which he has conducted the 
affairs of the club. There was an informal discussion 
regarding the advisability of securing an uptown club 
house for use during the winter months. The matter will 
be invesigated further before formal action is taken. 
Lancet. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
The new 7o-£ooter recently launched at Bristol for 
E. D. Morgan has been sold to Cornelius Vanderbilt. 
Another order is reported for a cutter of 53ft. gin. over 
all, 35ft. l.w.l., 12ft 6in. beam and 6ft. 6in. draft for John 
P. Elton, New York Y. C, who will name her Umbrina. 
The cutter for John H. Meyer will be 73ft. 7in. over all, 
4Sft. l.w.l., 14ft. 3in. beam atid loft. 3in. draft, and will 
be named Altair. 
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Enterprise, steam yacht, recently purchased by Messrs. 
Perin, of Baltimore, is at the Morgan Iron Works, New 
York, where her engines are being overhauled, and two 
Ahny boilers are being installed, with a new electric light 
plant and an ice machine. 
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Calypo, schr., formerly Her Royal Highness, recently 
purchased by Com. J. E. Fletcher, Bristol Y. C, is at 
Brown's Yard, Tottenville, where a i6-horse-power Globe 
gasoline motor is being fitted. 
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The Greenville Y. C. has elected the following officers : 
Com., Charles J. Leach; Vice-Com., A. G. Roemer; Sec'y, 
C. N. Pinkney; Treas., Oscar Grief; Fleet Capt., James 
S. Queen. 
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The New Haven Y. C. held its annual meeting on March 
14, electing the following officers: Com., Mortimer F. 
Plant; Vice-Corn., Abner Hendee; Rear-Com., Charles 
E. Graham; Fleet Surgeon, W. W. Horton ; Meas., L. M. 
Cooney; Sec'y, and Treas., F. A. Guion; Trustees, J. D. 
Sargent, C. S. Hamilton, F. L. Nettleton; Regatta Com- 
mittee, C. N. Rawson, L. A. Elliott and F. G. P. Barnes. 
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Letters from the steam yacht Virginia, owned by Mr. 
Isaac Stern, N. Y. Y. C, dated Alexandria, Egypt, Feb. 
22, have been received in this city. The yacht's voyage 
from New York to Bermuda, thence to Gibraltar, and 
through the Mediterranean, was very pleasant, but not 
eventful. Everything worked nicely, there being good 
weather experienced throughout the trip of 5,500 miles, 
during which the yacht averaged 11 knots, an excellent 
record for a vessel just from the builders' hands. Mr. 
Stern and party were enjoying themselves. They were in 
Cairo at the date mentioned, having just returned from a 
trip of 600 miles up the Nile. They were, expecting to 
go to Beyrout for a journey to Damascus, and returning as 
far as Joppa, would make an excursion to Jerusalem. 
Then the yacht could go on to Cyprus, Rhodes, Smyrna 
and Constantinople. That this programme has been car- 
ried out the special cable dispatches to the Herald re- 
garding the movements of the Virginia show. From Con- 
stantinople the yacht will proceed to Athens, Corinth, 
Corfu, Brindisi, -Messina, Palermo and Naples, where she 
is expected to be on April 14, when the owner and family 
will leave for Rome and Paris. The Virginia will then 
go around to Southampton, where she will be refitted, and 
remain until July i or thereabouts. Havre will then be 
made, where Mr. Stern and party will rejoin the yacht for 
a visit to the North Cape. After that it will be homeward 
bound. — New York Herald. 
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Amaryllis, naphtha yacht, F. D. Hughes, has been sold 
to F. D. Heyward, Cold Spring, L. I., who will rename 
her Princess. 
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The St. Lawrence Company, of Montreal, has received 
its charter, and elected its first board of officers as fol- 
lows : G. Herrick Dtiggan, Chairman ; Messrs. J. S. 
Buchan, James Paton, Arthur Drummond, D. A. Poe 
and J. J. Riley, Jr. F. P. Shearwood was appointed sec- 
retary. 
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The executive committee of the Yacht Racing Associa- 
tion of Long Island Sound held a meeting on March 14 
at the Yachtsmen's Club, 47 West Forty-third street, to 
confer with owners of knockabouts and raceabouts con- 
cerning the proposed changes in the rules. It was agreed 
that the spinaker pole should be carried on the mast, in- 
stead of on the rigging. It was also decided that the 
spinaker sheet should not be carried outside the fore- 
stay. In the case of new boats entered for races, it was 
agreed that the certificate of the designer that the boat 
equaled or exceeded in weight the limit prescribed 
(5,90olbs.) be accepted, instead of weighing, but in case 
of protest the boat is to be weighed. It was agreed that 
knockabouts and raceabouts built prior to 1900 will be 
allowed to race as they are, or may qualify under the new 
rules. It w^as determined, however, that all boats, new' or 
old, be remeasured this year. All boats will race in one 
class, and there will be no division, as has been the case 
in former years. 
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Edwina II., formerly Trilby, has been sold by Vice- 
Com. Gould to Simeon Ford, who has also bought the 
small fin-keel Dusky Queen. 
On March 10 a joint meeting of the representatives of 
the Brooklyn Y, C. and the Gravesend Y. C. was held, at 
which it was decided to consolidate the two clubs. The 
estate of Dr. S. Fleet Spier, at the foot of Tv\renty-third 
avetiue, will be leased atiti a statidti established. 
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The order has been placed with the Harlan & Hollings- 
worth Company by Charles Fletcher for a steel steami 
yacht 212ft. over all, J77ft. l.w.l., 26ft. beam and 12ft. draft, 
from designs by A. S. Cheseboro. 
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Satanella, steam yacht, formerly' Golden Fleece, has 
been chartered by Perry Belmont to the Earl of Warwick' 
for a cruise in Florida waters. ' 
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Midge, knockabout, has been sold by F. W. Boyer to W. 
E. Peck. 
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The annual meeting of the Sound Y. R. A. will be held 
on March 29 at the Yachtsmen's Club. 
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The following Riviera fixtures have been arranged for 
1901: Marseilles, Feb. 3 to 10; Toulon, Feb. 16 and 17; 
Cannes, Feb. 23 to March 14; Monaco, March 17 and 
18; Mentone, March 21 to 24; Nice, March 27 to April 7. 
Genoa regatta will commence on April 12.— The Field, 
March 10. 
A, C, A. Membefsliip, 
Eastern Division.— Edward Ten Eyck, L. D. Sher- 
man, William Caffery, T. A. Weiss. 
Fked Coulson, Purser "E. t>. 
'mge mid 0nJlerg. 
Sportsmen's Association Rifle Tournament. 
The rifle tournament, which was in progress from March 1 to 17, 
resulted in some extraordinary high class competition, the scoreS' 
being of unusual excellence. 
The tournament committee were Messrs. H. D. MuUer, Gus Zim- 
merman and C. Zettler. The scores were: 
Bullseye Target.— Open to all, off-hand on 4in. bullseye; distance 
lOOft, any .22cal. rim-fire rifle allowed. Entrance 50 cents for tickets 
of 3 shots. Re-entries unlimited. The best single shot by meas- 
urement to count. Prizes are 25 in number, varying from $25 to 
?2 each: W. A. Lemcke 20.5, Gus Zimmerman 22.5, P. Kossek 
22.5, J. Schmitt, 22,5, C. Meyer 23.5, H. M. Pope 25, H. Schnibbe 
25.5, T. G. Dillin 26, L. C. Buss 26, H. D. Muller 26.5, W. Koch 
27.5, Z. C. Talbot 28, John Facklann 29, S. W. Burton 29, W. A. 
Hicks 29, Geo. Dorr 29.5, Geo. Schlicht 30, Alex. Stein 30, M. J. 
Dorrler 30, F. C. Ross 80, Wm. Rosenbaum 30.5, John Redhan 
31.5, T. H. Keller, Jr., 31.5, F. Kost 32.5, S. J. Lyon 33.5, Ignatz 
Martin 35.5, R. Gute ^6. 
The revolver and pistol programme embraced a championship 
event for each of tliese styles of arm, and continuous matches for 
various classes of revolver, as well as a continuous pistol match. 
Conditions for the championship events are as follows: 
Revolver Championship Match.— Any revolver with open sights 
allowed, trigger pull not less than 21bs. Strictly oflf-hand. En- 
trance fee .$5. No re-entry. Fifty shots in 10 strings of 5 shots 
each. Distance 20yds. Cleaning allowed between scores. Com- 
petitors can shoot their 10 strings during the tournament as they 
desire. Sportsmen's Association target. Prizes: Tiiree handsome 
trophies, which will be on exhibition during the tournament: 
Dr Sayres 41 40 '13 44 41 42 43 33 42 40^09 
J A Dietz 44 43 42 46 46 43 43 43 42 44—435 
J A Smith... 39 39 44 41 46 44 45 11 43 44—426 
Sergt Petty 44 45 40 36 42 38 42 41 4T 46—421 
G \V Waterhouse 49 39 45 47 47 45 49 44 43 47—445 
J B Cottrel 43 38 38 47 46 38 
ALA Hummelwright .........30 33 37 30 42 33 31 39 36 39—350 
The classes for the continuous matches are Match A, any re- 
volver; Match B, military revolvers; Match C, .22ca]. pistols; 
Match D, police revolvers. The prizes vary from $30 to $2, and as 
in the *iflc events, winners my t^e either cash or trophies as 
prizes: 
Match A, any revolver: 
•A Stein 48 50 49 Sergt Petty .....50 50 4S 
L Piercy 46 43 44 H Talbot 46 44 47 
J A Dietz 49 49 48 G W Waterhouse ...49 48 48 
J A Smith 49 49 49 H S Seely 45 45 45 
Dr Sayre 48 48 48 J B Crabtree 47 44 45 
J G Dillin 41 
Match B, military revolver: 
J A Dietz 58 56 58 58 ALA Hummelwright.. 54 56 54 
A Stein 56 53 54 Dr C D Napier 43 33 
Dr Sayre 57 58 57 
Match C, .22cal. pistol: 
Dr Sayre 48 46 J A Dietz 48 48 
J B Crabtree 48 49 VV Rosenbaum ..40 43 
A Stein .47 46 Z C Talbot * 45 47 
L Buss 35 G W Waterhouse 46 47 
J W Christiansen 49 49 T T Humphreys 47 47 
H M Olney 41 41 H S Seely .....46 46 
Match D, police revolver: 
A Stein 43 44 48 J A Dietz 41 41 40 
E Wilson... 41 42 46 Z C Talbot 34 33 39 
W Rosenbaum 43 40 38 G W Waterhouse........ 40 33 41 
A Hofer 4140 H S Seely... 42 41 41 
H M Olney ........36 36 37 J B Crabtree 37 37 39 
Individual Championship Match.— Open to all, 100 shots, off- 
hand, 25-ring targef; distance 100ft., any .22cal. rim-fire rifle allowed. 
Entrance $5, including season ticket of admission to the Sports- 
men's show. Only one entry allowed each competitor. "To be shot 
in strings of 10 shots Competitors can shoot their 10 scores during 
the tournament as they desire. Prizes: First prize, championship 
trophy and $20. Fourteen additional prizes will be awarded, vary- 
ing from $25 to $4. Winners may take their prizes in cash or the 
value thereof in trophies: F. C. Ross 2429, Dr. Hudson 2420, L. C, 
Buss 2411, L. P. Ittel 2400, W. A. Ferres 2396, G. Zimmerman 2394. 
M. Dorrler 2390, L. P. Hansen 2385, W. Rosenbaum 2382, R. c! 
Kirschner 2SS0, G. Dorr 2378, P. J. O'Hare 2377, J. Rebham 2374, 
H. M. Pope 2370, E. S. PiUard 2369. 
Continuous Match.— Open to all, off-hand, on 25-ring target. Dis- 
tance 100ft. exact, any .22cal. rim-fire rifle allowed, entrance 50 cents 
for ticket of 3 shots. Re-entries unlimited, but only one prize ob- 
tainable by any one shooter. Two best tickets to count for prizes. 
The prizes are 30 in number, varying from ?50 to $2 each, with 
premiums for the first, second and third best 5 tickets: 
G Zimmerman 75 75 ST Lyon 70 70 
L C Buss 75 74 J G Ddlin 71 69 
M Dorrler 74 74 G Schlicht 70 70 
F C Ross 75 72 P J O'Hare..... 72 67 
W A Hicks 75 72 H D Muller 70 67 
E Berckm.ann 73 72 T R Geisel 69 68 
L P Ittel 72 72 Facklann ..• 69 68 
R C Kerschner 73 71 W A Ferres 70 66 
H M Pope .....73 71 G Dorr 69 67 
S W Burton 72 71 E T Pillard 70 66 
Dr Mehlig 72 71 C Zettler, Jr 68 68 
G Grenzer 73 70 C E Gensch 68 67 
J T Humphrey 72 71 L Vogel 67 66 
W Rosenbaum..,,.,, .i,..,. .71 71 Z C Talbot ..67 65 
R Gute 71 70 J Kaufmann 67 65 
Premiums for the three highest scores in the above were won 
as follows : G. Zimmerman 369, L. C. Buss 367, F. C. Ross 361. 
Point Target or Practice Target.— Open to all, off-hand; dis- 
tance 100ft., any .22cal. rim-fire rifle allowed. Entrance 25 cents 
per ticket of 5 shots. Re-entries unlimited. The target is a 2in. 
bullseye, dividing into 3 rings, counting 3, 2 and 1 point respec- 
tively. Shooters will be entitled to a fine trophy for every 60 
points scored. Trophies will be delivered immediately on com- 
pletition of score, and will be on exhibition at the range during the 
tournament. L. Piercy, W. H. Uhler, A. D. Shepard, Jr., J. B. 
Crabtree, T. H. Keller, Dr. Casev. C. H. Chapman. J. H. Smith, 
T. Ward, J. C. Summers, Z. C. Talbot, Dr. Sayte, G. W. Water- 
house, H. S, Seely, J. T. Humphreys. 
