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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[April 6, igot. 
Yacht Ouh Notes. 
Commodore Cass Ledyard presided at the second gen- 
eral meeting of the New York Y. C, which was held at 
the club house, on West Forty-founh street, on Thursday 
evening, March 28. 
The committee on the new club house made its final 
report, and received a vote of thanks for the dil gence 
and ability which it had shown in carrying out its work. 
Upon the suggestion of Secretary Oddie the date of issue 
of the club book was postponed from June i to July i, so 
that the many changes occurring in the fleet and other- 
wise may be correctly given. In the future the private 
signals of the non-yacht owners will be omitted from the 
book, but provision will be made for the permanent dis- 
play at the club house. 
Owing to the Cup races being set to begin on Aug. 
20, it was decided that the fleet should rendezvous for the 
annual cruise on Monday, July 22. The place was not 
announced, but it will probably be at Glen Cove, as usual. 
The constitution was amended so that the price of life 
membership will be $500. The amended article now reads : 
"Article VIII. — Life members — Any member whose 
name shall have been upon the role of the club, and who 
shall have paid annual dues for fifteen consecutive' years, 
shall be en'itled to become a life member on the payment 
of $500, which shall be in lieu of any further annual dues." 
Changes in the racing rules were ratified by the club. 
These chiefly are as follows: 
"Rule I., section 7, page 180 — ^.^.fter 'halyard block,' 
in line 13, add 'if in the judgment of the measurer there 
is any question as to the location of the hounds, the lower 
point of measurement for the toomast will be the upper 
side of the sheave in the upper throat i halyard block." 
"Page 181 — Insert after first paragraph a new para- 
graph, to read: 'In pole-masted yachts and those not 
carrying topmasts, the distance between the under side 
of the sheave in throat halyard block and the under side 
of the sheave in the uppermost halyard block or sheave 
in the mast shall be used for determining the length of 
the base line, in the same way as is the topmast, when 
one is carried.' " 
- "Page 181 — Strike out last paragraph and substitute: 
'When in any case, owing to peculiarity of rig, the sail 
area of a yacht cannot, in the judgment of the measurer, 
be fairly measured in the cutomary way, he may, wi;.h 
the sanction of the Regatta Committee, take such meas- 
urements as will enable him to compute the actual area 
of sail carried or that, may be carried on the spars used.' " 
"Rule XVII.. Section 3, Page 193 — Alter the present 
section to read: 'Should a yacht, after having been 
ofificially measured, take on board any dead weight as 
ballast, or make alterations in her sail plan by lengthen- 
ing any of the dimensions which have been measured, 
and start in a race without a remeasurement, or without 
notifying the Regatta Committee, in writing, that such 
changes have been made, together with a request for re- 
measurement, she shall be disqualified.' " 
Secretary of the Navy J. D. Long was elected an 
honorary member of the club. He was proposed by Com- 
modore Lewis Cass Ledyard, and seconded by former 
Commodore J. Pierpont Morgan. Honorary members 
have to be elected at two meetings. This was the second, 
election of Secretary Long. 
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The Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound 
held its general meeting at the Yachtsmen's Club, West 
Forty-third street, on Tuesday evening. March 26. Mr. 
Charles T. Pierce, of the Execu ive Committee, was in 
the chair. Slight amendments to the racing rules were 
made: One was to provide for the measurement of yachts 
rigged like the AltaT and the Shark, and another amend- 
ment was that a yacht after having been measured must 
not take in ballast without being remeasured, and a re- 
quest for remeasurement must be majde before a yacht 
may start in a race. 
The following Executive Committee was elec'-ed: 
Charles T. Pierce, Chairman; Frank Bowne Jones, Rob- 
ert C. Mitchell, C. H. Crane, E. M. MacLellan, T. H. 
Macdonald and Charles P. Tower, Secretary. 
The following schedule of races for the season was 
adopted: 
Saturdav, May 18, Huguenot Y. C. ; Saturday, May 25, 
New Rochelle Y. C; Thursday, May 30, Harlem Y. C, 
Indian Harbor Y. C. and Bridgeport Y. C. ; Saturday, 
June I, Knickerbocker Y. C. ; Saturday, June 8, Man- 
hasset Bay Y. C; Saturday, June 15, Norwalk Y. C; 
Saturday. June 22, New Rochelle Y. C. ; Thursday, Fri- 
day and Saturday, June 27. 28 and 29, Seawanhaka Y. C.; 
Tuesday, July 2, Indian Harbor Y. C.; Thursday, July 4, 
Hartford Y. C; Saturday, July 6, Riverside Y. C; Mon- 
day. July 8, Norwalk Y. C: Saturday, July 20, Corinthian 
Y. C, of Stamford: Saturday, July 27, Sea Cliff Y. C. and 
Northport Y. C. ; Saturday, Aug. 3, Hempstead Harbor 
Y. C. ; Saturday, Aug. 10. Bridgeport Y. C. and Horse- 
shoe Harbor Y. C. ; Saturday, Aug. 17, Indian Harbor 
Y. C. ; Saturday, Aug. 24, Huguenot Y. C. ; Saturday, 
Aug. 31, Hartford Y. C. and Huntington Y. C; Monday, 
Sept. 2, Norwalk Y. C. and Sachem's Head Y. C; Thurs- 
day. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 5, 6 and 7, Seawanhaka 
Y. C; Saturday, Sept. T4, Indian Harbor Y. C. ; Satur- 
day, Sept. 21, Manhasset Bay Y. C; Saturday, Sept. 28, 
Riverside Y. C. 
The_ racing circuit begins on June 22 and ends July 6, 
Including the New Rochelle, Seawanhaka, Indian Harbor, 
Hartford and Riverside clubs. 
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Owing to the difficulty the several clubs having their 
anchorages and races in Gravesend Bay have had during 
the past few years it is probable that there will be an 
association formed for the mutual protection of the clubs 
in that vicinity, to be known as the Gravesend Bay Yacht 
Racing Association. Last season it was not unusual for 
two or three of the clubs to hold races on the same days 
and over the same courses, and unfortunate complications 
arose owing to the confusion that was bound to exist. 
As the interest in yachting is steadily increasing in that 
vicinity it is essentia] that steps should be taken at once 
to avoid further friction. At no time since the decline of 
the former organization has there been the same interest 
and rivalry that exists in the other waters of Long 
Island Sound at the present time. 
Thie clubs so far intferested in the moVemfent are the 
