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model with a board pivoted in modern fashion in 1809. 
It is shown that in Prescott's "History of the Conquest 
of Peru," mention is made of centerboard craft having 
been seen by Pizarro in 153S, and that again they are 
described in Ulloa's Voyage, 1735. 
In these accounts that which seems to have been essen- 
tially a centerboard of the dagger kind, is described as a 
sliding keel thrust through the bottom of the vessel or 
raft. It appears quite reasonable to suppose that a 
traveled seaman like Captain Schank may have been ac- 
quainted with the methods of the primitive races, and may 
have borrowed his conception from them. Be this as it 
may, his use of the centerboard seems to have been the 
earliest in the United States of which there is any cur- 
rent knowledge, and Boston, not Cherry street, Cape 
May county, or Nyack, appears to have been the locality 
of its inception. John Hyslop. 
New York City, Feb. 7. 
YACHT CLUB NOTES* 
The annual meeting of the Riverside Y. C. was held 
at the Arena, West 30th street, New York City, on 
Friday evening, Feb. 6, and the following officers were 
elected: Commodore, George G. Tyson; Vice Com- 
modore, William A. Hamilton; Rear Commodore, Geo. 
J. Bascom; Treasurer, George T. Higgons; Secretary, 
John G. Porter; Measurer, T. E. Ferris; Trustees for 
term ending February, 1906, Frederick Beltz and W. 
A. Hamilton; Trustee for unexpired term ending Feb- 
ruary, 1905, W. J. L. Davids; Regatta Committee, 
Charles P. Tower, George T. Higgons and Edwin 
Binney; Membership Committee, Robert Rutter, J. H. 
McKenna and George E. Marks; Entertainment Com- 
mittee, Frederick Beltz, George E. Williams and Dr. 
H. H. Tyson, Jr.; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. H. H. Tyson, 
Jr.; Chaplains, the Rev. George C. Houghton, D. D., 
and the Rev. Charles F. Boylston. 
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At the annual meeting of the New Rochelle Y. C, 
held at the Hotel Manhattan on Saturday night, Feb. 
7, the following officers were elected: Commodore, 
Charles Pryor; Vice Commodore, Evans Rogers Dick; 
Rear Commodore, J. C. Donovan; Secretary, William 
E. Moore; Treasurer, John A. Van Zelm; Measurer, 
F. R. Farrington; Regatta Committee, O. H. Chell- 
borg, J. E. Stockman, L. D. Huntington, Jr., D. W. 
Thomas, S. M. Seaman; Trustees for three years, W. 
A. Stapleman, C. T. Pierson and W. M. Bazier; Law 
Committee, Charles F. Lambden and S. H. Seacord. 
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Members of the Stamford Y. C. elected the follow- 
ing officers at their annual meeting, held at the Subur- 
ban Club, Stamford, on Tuesday evening, Feb. 3: 
Commodore, James D. Smith; Vice Commodore, Wal- 
ton Ferguson; Rear Commodore, James S. Herman; 
Treasurer, Charles H. Leeds; Secretary and Assistant 
Treasurer, Herbert Lawton; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. Samuel 
Pierson; Measurer, L. Franklin Wardwell; Chaplain, 
Rev. C. M. Addison; Board of Directors, H. P. Bart- 
lett, Albert C. Hall, George H. Hoyt, Schuyler Mer- 
ritt, A. H. Scofield, E. E. Bruggerhoff, Edward C. 
Hoyt, Walter S. Hoyt, Alfred S. Pitt, Wallace D. 
Barclay. 
The Nominating Committee of the Larchmont Y. C. 
has decided on the following ticket to be voted upon 
by the members at the annual meeting to be held at 
Delmonico's on Wednesday evening, Feb. 18: Com- 
modore, Frederick T. Adams; Rear Commodore, Fred- 
erick M. Hoyt; Secretary, A. Bryan Alley; Treasurer, 
William Murray; Measurer, John Hyslop; Trustees 
(to serve three years), Augustin Monroe and Edward 
S. Hatch. 
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At the annual meeting of the Milwaukee Y, C, held 
on Jan. 3, 1903, the following officers were elected: 
Commodore, Edward P. Vilas; Vice Commodore, 
Joseph E. Uihelin; Rear Commodore, Albert J. 
Richter; Secretary-Treasurer, Dr. Charles R. Enos; 
Fleet Captain, Adam Strachan; Fleet Surgeon, Charles 
D. Collins, M. D.; Board of Directors, A. J. Richter, 
C. D. Collins, Harry Landauer, C. W. Beemer, Chas. 
R. Enos. 
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The annual meeting of the Atlantic Y. C. was held 
at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, on the even- 
ing of Feb. 9. Over one hundred members were pres- 
ent. The by-laws were amended, making the annual 
dues $50 instead of $40. The constitution was also 
amended in regard to the election of trustees. Three 
classes of two each are provided for, the first class to 
serve one year, the second class to serve two years 
and the third class three years. Commodore Tod an- 
nounced that he would again offer prizes for ocean 
races, which proved such a successful feature in the 
club's racing last year. 
The first race to be from Sea Gate to and around Fire 
Island Lightship, thence to and around North East 
End Lightship, and back to Sea Gate, 253 miles; the 
second, from Newport, at the end of the New York 
Y. C. cruise, starting at Brenton's Reef Lightship to 
and around Nantucket Shoals Lightship, and thence to 
Sea Gate, 297 miles; the third to be from Sea Gate to 
and around Nantucket Shoal Lightship, thence to and 
around North East End Lightship, off Cape May and 
return to Sea Gate, 552 miles. 
The annual cruise will be given up this year and in- 
stead a week's racing will be held at Sea Gate. 
The following officers and committees were elected: 
Commodore, Robert E. Tod, schooner Thistle; Vice 
Commodore, Edwin Gould, steamer AUeen; Rear 
Commodore, J. H. Flagler, steamer Alita; Trustees, J. 
Rogers Maxwell, Frederick T. Adams, Alfred W. 
Booth, J. Fred Ackerman, Spencer Swain, Robert P. 
Doremus; Secretary, Louis F. Jackson; Treasurer, 
Charles T. Pierce; Measurer, George Hill; Regatta 
Committee, Henry J. Gielow, Charles E. Schuyler, 
Frederick Vilmar; Membership Committee, William E. 
Sperling, George D. Provost, T. Alfred Vernon; En- 
tertainment Committee, Edwin Hollis Low, Clarence 
H. Eagle, William A. Barstow; Library Committee, 
S. L. Blood, Walter H. Nelson, Franklin D. L. Pren- 
tiss; Nominating Committee, Spencer Swain, Benjamin 
M. Whitlock, Henry J. Robert. Charles J. McDermott, 
S. Edward Vernon, Walter Nelson; Chaplain, Rev. 
George Weed Barhydt. 
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Mr. W. H. Ketcham, chairman of the Regatta Com- 
mittee of the Columbia Y. C, has sent a letter to the 
secretaries of all the yacht clubs in this vicinity urging 
them to co-operate with the Columbia Y. C. in form- 
ing a national motor boat racing association. The let- 
ter reads as follows: 
At a meeting held on Jan. 20, at the Columbia Y. C, 
to which were invited representatives of a number of 
nearby yacht clubs for the purpose of discussing motor 
boat racing, time allowances and governing rules, it 
was the unanimous opinion of those present that a 
national boat racing association should be formed. 
A committee was appointed to draft a constitution 
and set of by-laws; another committee was appointed 
to draw up a table of time allowances and set of rules 
to govern motor boat races, and a committee was also 
appointed to place the matter before all available yacht 
clubs, these committees to report at the next meeting. 
The object of this association is to promote the 
racing of power yachts and launches, and it is hoped 
that the co-operation of many clubs will develop the 
interest in and holding of interclub races, thereby bring- 
ing together many yachtsmen interested in this sport. 
It was also the unanimous opinion of those present 
that the association should be composed of the mem- 
bership of yacht clubs through regularly appointed 
representatives. 
The hearty co-operation of your club is desired, and 
we beg to ask that you bring the matter before your 
Board of Trustees or other proper authorities, with a 
view of having appointed a committee which will have 
power to act and which wilt attend the next , meeting 
to be held at the Columbia Y. C. on Wednesday even- 
ing, Feb. 25, at eight o'clock. 
Mf. J. K. Dering, of Chicago, is having a stern paddle 
v/heel launch built by the Palmer Boat Company, of 
Highland Park, 111. The boat is 31ft. 9in, over all and 
6ft. 3in. breadth. She will be driven by a 7 horse-power 
Sargent engine. 
