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of access, and the work of serving is greatly simplified. 
On the second floor there is a gallery running around 
the main hall which is a most attractive feature. There 
are servants' stairs entirely separate, running from the 
basement to the second floor. There are nine bedrooms 
on the second floor, varying in size from 6 by 9ft. to 9 by 
12ft. There are also two linen closets, two separate toilet 
rooms and two bath rooms, one of which is fitted with 
shower baths and the other with a porcelain tub. 
On the attic floor there are three bedrooms, it by 12ft., 
II by 13ft. and 13 by 16ft. respectively. There is also a 
large space left unfinished for a store room. The deck, 
which is located on the top of the house, is reached from 
the attic by a ladder. 
In the basement, on the east end of the main building, is 
located the billiard room, which is 16 by 30ft, with a toilet 
room adjoining. Directly under the lounging room is 
the locker room, 16 by 24ft., and in the west end of the 
basement is the furnace and bins for coal and wood. 
The big hall, or lounging room, on the first floor, will 
be a very handsome apartment when completed. The 
club has among its members some very well-known 
artists, and they all have agreed to contribute some of 
their work to help decorate the interior. Around the 
lounging room above the wainscot will be panels painted 
by such men as Julian Rix, Carleton Chapman, Charles 
Dana Gibson and Guy Standing. 
The stable will have accommodations for five horses and 
carriages. Connected with the stable will be a large coach 
house, where there will be room for some thirty carriages. 
A large building of this sort was necessary, as many 
of the members drive from their homes in the surrounding 
country on race days and leave their horses and carriages 
in the club stables for the day, while the owners are away 
on some of the boats. All the buildings on the grounds 
are to be lighted by electricity, and arrangements will be 
made for a charging station for automobiles. 
On the upper floor of the coach house there will be 
four bedrooms and a domitory for the club servants. Two 
grass lawn tennis courts and a bowling green will be 
laid out. 
The new dock, which will be built to take the place of 
the old one, will be 150ft. long and 8ft. wide. It will be 
T shaped, so that a landing float can be be placed on 
each side and be sheltered. One side will be for the use 
of the crews and taking provisions and luggage to and 
from the yachts, and the other for the owners and guests. 
Western Yachts. 
Cabin Type fof Colombia Y. C. 
Chicago, 111., Jan. 22. — The committee of the Colum- 
bia Y. C. has decided upon the 21ft. class, cabin yachts, 
as the type for the races for the Lipton cup. This caused 
some comment from those who favored the earlier knock- 
about type, but the committee holds out the argument 
that the cabin type is far more seaworthy, is of stronger 
construction, allows wider range to the designer, and is 
altogether better suited for the conditions which prevail 
on the Great Lakes adjacent to Chicago. 
The type was not selected without consultation with 
authorities both East and West, and it was developed 
that in the heavier waters of the Eas-t the cabin type was 
preferred to the knockabout or raceabout model, the 
cabin type being considered many years in advance of 
the other model so far as progress in naval designing is 
concerned. Questions were submitted to Eastern de- 
signers by the committee as below: 
1. Which is the more seaworthy boat? 
2. What is the relative cost? 
3. What are the relative cabin accommodations? 
4. Which is the faster boat? 
5. Can a freak be built under either rules? 
6. Which has proved the better all-around boat in your 
locality? 
7. Which class would be the better and easier to 
develop? 
Mr. Burgess, the well-known Eastern designer, reply- 
ing to the above, stated that the cabin class is stronger; 
second, that the M. Y. R. A. boat is a trifle more costly 
but gives better accommodations and can produce the 
faster boat. He thinks a freak would hardly be possible 
under either rule, but is more apt to turn out under the 
raceabout class. Small Bros., naval architects, replied 
much as above, but placed the cost of construction for 
the cabin class as about fifteen or twenty per cent, greater 
than in the raceabout. They favor the cabin class for 
cruising conditions. 
Secretary H. B. Simonton, of Columbia Y. C, stated: 
"We believe that raceabouts like Colleen, Spray and 
Katie H. are not stiff enough for the heavy weather of 
this lake. They are lighter built than the new boats will 
be, and are much less roomy. We think that in settling 
upon the cabin class we have determined upon a type 
which will be strong in construction, very seaworthy, and 
in every way much more suitable to the conditions of 
this port." - E. H. 
Sailors and Knives. 
"I wonder why it is," said a cotton sampler who prides 
himself on his close observation, "that the Italians have 
acquired such a sinister reputation as knife fighters. The 
facts don't bear it out. I have been knocking around the 
wharves for a good many years and have seen plenty of 
fighting among sailors, roustabouts and desperate men of 
all kinds, colors and nationalities, and never but once did 
1 see an Italian use a knife. Even then the weapon was 
thrust into his hands by a companion, after he had started 
blithely into the melee with a stick. 
"As far as my observation goes, the people most addicted 
to cold steel in the settlement of their little differences are 
Norwegian sailors. The most formidable knife wielder 
I ever met in my life belonged to that class. He was a 
big, yellow-haired, rather melancholy looking chap, who 
came here on a Liverpool tramp and invested some small 
savings in a lodging house not far from the old fruit 
wharves. I got acquainted with him soon after he set up 
in business and took quite a fancy to the fellow. Like 
many seafaring men of his nationality, he was passionately 
fond of music, and, strange to say. he had heard nearly 
all the great singers and was familiar with most of the 
famous operas, although he was otherwise uneducated 
and could barelv read and write. I sized him up as a 
gentle, simple-minded giant, and labored under that delu- 
sion until it was rudely 'dispelled by a tragic episode of 
which I chanced to be an eye witness. Three drunken 
seamen dropped into his place one evening with the 
avowed intention of raising a row, and one of them set 
the ball rolling by kicking over the stove. Instantly my 
Norwegian friend leaped over a little counter, at the same 
time drawing an i8in. dirk from somewhere back of his 
neck, and went to work on the trio. The fracas occu- 
pied possibly half a minute, at the end of which time the 
sailors had disappeared and everything in the room was 
more or less spattered with gore. I never learned how 
badly they were hurt, but there was certainly some promis- 
cuous carving while the row lasted. Later on, the lodg- 
ing-house keeper showed me how he carried his knife. 
He kept it in a sheath seAved to the inner side of his 
vest, just under the collar. It seemed an outlandish place 
for a weapon, but he could draw it like lightening and, as 
he remarked, it was apt to be overlooked in a search. 
He also gave me an exhibition of dirk throwing— at which 
some sailors become astonishingly proficient. He would 
hold the blade open on his right palm, the point to the 
left, and launch it through the air with a sudden, in- 
describable swoop. At a dozen feet away he could strike 
a circle 6in. in diameter with unfailing accuracy, but with 
all its- dexterity there was something so barbarously un- 
couth about the performance that it made my blood run cold 
to watch him. He got into several knife fights afterward, 
and his fondness for that diversion eventually led to his 
departure between suns. If he were still here I think I 
would select some other illustration for my remarks."— 
New Orleans Times-Democrat. 
Chester Gfiswold. 
Chester Griswold died suddenly at his home in New 
York City on Jan. 23. Mr. Griswold was a well-known 
yachtsman, and had been a member of the New York 
Y. C. since 1876, and in 1880 he was elected to serve on 
the Regatta Committee. Mr. Griswold was a member of 
the committee in 1881-82-83, and then declined renomina- 
tion. In 1889 he again served on the committee, and 
with the exception of the years 1896 and 1897 Mr. Gris- 
wold has been on the Regatta Committee ever since. He 
had declined re-election on the committee this year. 
During his term of club service he had been one of three 
judges during five international matches. Mr. Griswold 
was born in Troy. N. Y., in 1844. He was a member 
of the following clubs : Union, South Side, Sportsmen's 
Club of Long Island, Down Town Association, Racquet, 
Sons of the Revolution, Church Club, Suburban Riding 
and Driving, Metropolitan and the Meadow Club of 
Southampton, Long Island. 
Yacht Club Notes. 
At the annual meeting of the Indian Harbor Y. C. 
the following officers were elected : Com., Frank Tilford, 
steam yacht Norman; Vice-Corn., Alfred Peets, sloop 
yacht Enpronzi ; Rear-Corn., George F. Dominick. steam 
yacht Varuna; Sec'y, Charles P. Bruch; Treas., Richard 
Outwater; Trustees, John H. Downing and Charles E. 
Simms; Meas., Charles E. Mower; Regatta Committee, 
Frank Bowne Jones (chairman), Charles F. Kirby, 
Charles E. Simms, Frank C. Henderson and R. Babcock. 
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The annual meeting of the American Y. C. was held at 
the Waldorf-Astoria on Jan. 21. The meeting was ad- 
journed to May 30, as there was not a quorum present. 
Several matters of interest were informally talked over, 
and much satisfaction was expressed over the two new 
one-design classes that are now being built. Five of the 
larger and seven of the smaller boats have been ordered. 
The following nominations of officers for the ensuing year 
have been made, and these will serve without being for- 
mally elected : Com., Henry W. Eaton ; Vice-Com., Will- 
iam H. Browning; Rear-Corn., Stuyvesant Wainwright; 
Sec'y and Treas., William Porter Allen ; Fleet Surgeon, 
Dr. Samuel B. Lyon; Meas., and Consulting Eng'r, 
George W. Magee, U. S. N. ; Trustees, Class of 1904, 
William G. Nichols ; Class of 1905, H. De B. Parsons, 
Edwin H. Weatherbee and William H. Beers. 
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The Jefferson Y#. C, of Holland Station, Rockaway 
Beach, has elected the following officers for the ensuing 
year: Com., George Kern; Vice-Corn., Henry Hoyt; 
Fleet Capt, Oscar L. Schwencke; Fin. Sec'y, George H. 
Pladwell ; Treas., John Swan ; Serg't-at-Arms, Thomas 
Daily ; Board of Directors, Christian G. Moritz, Thomas 
F. Gaynor, Thomas F. McCaul, Morris Feigel, George 
Kern, Henry Hoyt, Oscar L. Schwencke and John Swan ; 
House Committee, Edward J. Brady, Bartholomew F. 
Donohue and John W. Ennis. 
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The annual meeting of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. 
C. was held at Delmonico's, New York City, on Jan. 27. 
The following officers were elected: Com., Arthur Cur- 
tiss James, auxiliary brigantine Aloha; Vice-Corn., 
Henry T. Sloane, auxiliary schooner Idler; Rear Com., 
William J. Matheson, steamer Laverock; Sec'y, Francis 
G. Stewart; Treas., Frederic P. Moore; Meas., John 
Hyslop; Fleet Surg., N. Bowditch Potter. M.D.; Fleet 
Chaplain, The Rev. George R. Vandewater, D. D. Race 
Committee: Charles W. Wetmore, Clinton H. Crane, 
Johnston de Forest, Daniel Bacon and Allen E. Whit- 
man. Committee on Lectures and Entertainments: Wil- 
liam Crittenden Adams, P. K. Hudson and Wilson M. 
Powell, Jr. Committee on Lines and Models: John 
Hlslop, A. Cary Smith and J. R. Maxwell, Jr. Law 
Committee: Arthur D. Weekes, Henry R. Hoyt and 
Frederic Coudert, Jr. Trustees, to form the class of 1905, 
in place of that of ,1902, whose term of office expires: H. 
M. Crane, Alfred Ely, Frank S. Hastings and Walter 
Jennings. , 
Some additions were made to the racing rules to 
govern centerboards. These new rules are as follows: 
Yachts may have the use of centerboards excepting 
as these are affected by the provisions which follow: 
Centerboards shall not have more Weight than is 
needed to insure their sinking into proper position for 
use, and the limit shall be considered as reached when 
the centerboard has a weight twenty-five per cent, greater 
than that of the water displaced by it. 
Centerboards weighing less than 150 pounds shall be 
exempt from the provisions of this rule. 
Vessels having use of centerboards of the prescribed 
weight at or prior to July 1, 1901, shall be exempt from 
the foregoing specified requirements. 
Owners of centerboard yachts shall, when required, 
certify to the measurer that the centerboards used are 
within the limitations stated. 
The members have talked for some time past of having 
a town house. The company of club members that have 
the matter in hand reported that a suitable piece of prop- 
erty on which to erect the building will soon be secured. 
The scheme now under consideration is to erect a building, 
the lower floors of which will be used by the club and 
the upper floors to be rented to club members for 
bachelor apartments. > , 
The club membership is now within ten of the limit, 
and these will be elected as soon as the new officers 
enter upon their duties. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Another rumor reaches us from across the water to the 
effect that Sir Thomas Lipton has already ordered an- 
other Cup challenger from William Fife, Jr., the de- 
signer of the first Shamrock. Positive information on 
the subject is not forthcoming at present, but the matter 
is undoubtedly under consideration, and it would be no 
great surprise if the third Shamrock came from the 
board of the eminent Fairlie designer, William Fife, Jr. 
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The prizes won in races sailed under the auspices of the 
Indian Harbor Y. C. last season are now on exhibition in 
the store window of the Gorham Manufacturing Co., No. 
21 Maiden Lane, where they will remain displayed till 
Feb. r. They include the prizes presented by Com. Frank 
Tilford for the open races, the Tod cup and the club 
prizes won in the handicap races. 
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The turbine yacht which the Hon. C. Parsons is build- 
ing for Mr. A. L. Barber, will be about 1 400 tons bur- 
den, says the foreign correspondent of the New York 
Sun. Her length is designed to be 260ft. 8in., and her 
maximum breadth 33ft. 31'n. A comparison of the fuel 
consumption of the turbine steamer King Edward and 
the paddle-wheeler Duchess of Hamilton, both of the 
same class, made by the same builders and plying on 
the Clyde, shows that the turbine boat does not suffer 
when one considers her higher speed. The figures for 
the season show that the King Edward burned 1,429 
tons 16 cwt. of coal, and covered a total mileage of 12,116, 
meaning 8.47 miles per ton of coal used, and an average 
speed of i8j^ miles per hour. The Duchess of Hamilton 
consumed 1,758 tons 13 cwt. of coal, covered 15,604 miles, 
being 8.87 miles per ton, and an average speed of i6^4 
miles per hour. 
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Messrs. Huntington & Seaman have sold the twin-screw 
naphtha launch Gemini for Mr. Clarence J. Osborn, of 
Norwalk, Conn., to Mr. Davis J. Pancoast, of Camden, 
N. J. The yacht will be used by her hew owner on 
Barnegat Bay. 
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Mr. Frank Bowne Jones has sold the raceabout Jolly 
Roger for a syndicate of Northport Y. C. yachtsmen to 
Mr. T. V. Bleecker, Jr. 
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Messrs. Samuel Avers & Son. of Nyack, N. Y. f are 
building for Mr. Frederick G. Bourne, N. Y. Y. C, a 
high-speed launch. The boat was designed by Messrs. 
Gardner & Cox, and is 67.10ft. waterline, 9.9ft. breadth 
and 3.8ft. draft. 
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The class of one-design boats for the Horseshoe Harbor 
Y. C. will be built by the Lachine Boat Co. Six members 
of the club have agreed to build. The boats are 18ft. 
over all. 
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Word is received from Jacksonville, Fla., that the cat- 
boat Dandy and the sloop Teal arrived there on Jan. 20, 
after a seven weeks' trip down the coast. Both boats were 
originally owned on Long Island Sound. 
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Mr. L. D. Fiske, of Hartford, Conn., has sold his high- 
speed steam launch Genevieve to Mr. S. V. R. Thayer, of 
Boston. 
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The English yawl Ailsa, owned by Mr, Henry S. Red- 
mond, will appear next season in a new and larger rig. 
The changes in her sail plan will be made under direction 
of Messrs. Cary Smith & Barbey. Last season Ailsa was 
hardly a match for Vigilant and Navahoe in light weather, 
owing to her much smaller pail spread. If her larger rig 
improves her speed in light air, she should be more than 
a match for either of her competitors in any weather, for 
in a breeze and a sea she always had matters pretty much 
her own way. 
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The Marine Engine and Machine Co., of Harrison, 
N. J., will equip the tenders for Mr. A. S. Bigelow's 
steam yacht Pantooset with three and five horse-power 
alco-vapor motors. This firm has also an order for a 
two-horse-power engine for Mr. T. W. Hine, of Eureka, 
Cal., which will be installed in a 20ft. launch. Mr. A. L. 
Belfield, of Philadelphia, will furnish his 30ft. launch, now 
building, with a seven-horse-power motor, made by the 
Marine Engine and Machine Co. 
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At the Townsend & Downey Shipbuilding Company's 
yard at Shooter's Island, S. I., a shed has been erected 
over the schooner building for the German Emperor. This 
was done so that bad weather would not interrupt the 
work. The plating is now nearly completed. The cabin 
and deck fittings have been made in the shops, and as soon 
