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gram, in which he expressed his satisfaction at being 
elected an honorary member of the club. The fol- 
lowing were elected members: Lieut. E. T. Fitzgerald, 
U. S. N.; Samuel Heilner, Benjamin F. Keith, David 
H. L3ron, Charles A. Towne, Bexley Hocombe, George 
K. Kirkham, Dr. Henry F. Owsley, L. G. Schroeder, 
William D. Hoxie, Ensign Charles E. Courtney, U. 
S. N.; Dr. Edmund Le Roy Dow, Joseph J. O. Dono- 
hue, F. Gilbert Hindsdale, Ensign W. S. Case, U. S. 
N.; Midshipman Caspar Goodrich, U. S. N.; William 
R. Wilcox, Robert Olj^phant, William B. Simonds, 
Stephen Baker, Jr., William R. Coe, Dr. Ambrose L. 
Ranney, Edward Field Goltra, C. H. Simonds, Henry 
P. Hall, Walter Hauxhurst, William W. Montgomery, 
Henry Richmond Taylor, Moses Taylor, George W. 
Elbeins, Lewis Cass Ledyard, Jr., Elliott Johnson, 
Harold P. Brown, Henry R. Sutphen, John Mulligan, 
Edward E. Roberts and J, Donald Cameron. 
The initiation fee of the Brooklyn Y. C. has been 
suspended until June i. The trustees have appointed 
Sound, was held at the Arena, West Thirty-first Street, 
New York City, on March 30. 
The officers for the coming year were elected: 
President, Thomas H. Macdonald, Bridgeport Y. C. 
Secretary, Charles P. Tower, Riverside Y. C. 
Treasurer, Edward M. MacLellan, Manhasset Bay 
Y. C. . • . . 
Executive Committee — Charles T. Pierce, Riverside 
Y. C; Frank Bowne Jones, Indian Harbor Y. C. ; 
Clinton H. Crane, Seawanhaka Y. C, and Robert C. 
Mitchell, Sachem's Head Y. C. 
A number of amendments to the racing rules were 
considered and discussed. The amendment to adopt 
the rule of measurement of the New York Y. C. was 
lost, as was the amendment to change the associa- 
tion's present measurement rule. 
The motion "To amend the first paragraph of Sec- 
tion 3, Rule IL, by substituting the following in place 
of the amendment adopted at the November meeting, 
was passed : 
"In pole-masted yachts which carry the upper halyard 
block on a pennant, the upper point of measurement 
specials and fall, 
Sept. 19, Manhasset Bay Y. C. fall. 
Sept. 26, Riverside Y. C. fall. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and ilL 
The steam yacht Niagara, owned by Mr. Howard 
Gould, arrived in New York on March 24, after a 
fourteen weeks' cruise in the Mediterranean. 
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Messrs. R. Wallins' Sons, of Bensonhurst, are build- 
ing an i8ft. catboat from designs by Mr. William H. 
Hand, Jr., for Mr. George Reiners, of Brooklyn. The 
boat will be raced on Gravesend Bay. 
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Eugenia, steam yacht, has been sold by Mr. John 
B. Herreshoff, of Bristol, R. I., to Mr. T. W. Wheeler, 
of New York City. 
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The Metropolitan Boat and Launch Co., Astoria, 
L. I., has built nine boats for the Red Bank Y. C. one 
design class. They are owned by the following mem- 
bers of that club: Thomas Byrnes, Andrew Freed- 
man, Jacob Siegel, John G. Gillig, Andrew B. Murray, 
Whitney Kernochan, Otto Wagner, Adolph Hupfel 
and Conrad Stein, 
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Mr. Harrison B. Moore has chartered his steam 
yacht Zara, through the agency of Messrs Gardner & 
Cox, to Mr. Henry S. Shipley. 
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At Byles' yard, City Island, there is building a 
cruising auxiliary yawl from designs by Mr. Charles 
D, Mower for Mr. William P. Trench. The boat will 
be named Yabwoc. She is 32ft. over all, 24ft. water- 
line, gft. 6in. breadth and 3ft. 3in. draft. She will 
carry 640 sq. ft. of sail, and will have 2,400 pounds of 
ballast on the keel. The power will be furnished by 
a 5 horse-power Lozier motor. 
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The Marine Construction and Dry Dock Company, 
Mariner's Harbor, S. I., are building a 56ft. auxiliary 
for Mr. A. A. Blow, of London. The yacht will be 
fitted with a 20 horse-power gasolene engine. She 
will be used by her owner on Chesapeake Bay. 
MONALOA. 
Designed by Arthur Binney. Owned by Chauncey B. Borland. Photo by N. L. Stebbins, Boston. 
the following committees: House Committee, John 
E. Demund, J. A. Voorhees and William A. Maxwell; 
Reception Committee, Sydney Grant, Edward Salt and 
E. H. Avery; Finance Committee, Cornelius Fergue- 
son, C. H. Humphreys and John E. Haviland. 
The board of governors received bids for an ex- 
tension of the present quarters at Bensonhurst to he 
35 by 70ft. This is to be used for dining and enter- 
tainment purposes. It is proposed to give entertain- 
ments every two weeks during the season of 1903. 
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The Regatta Committee of the Larchmont Y. C. 
is composed of Charles P. Tower, Chairman; Frank 
Hardy and H. C. Perrin. Com. Adams has appointed 
Gen. Thomas L. Watson Fleet Captain and Dr. Will- 
iam E. Bullard Fleet Surgeon. 
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The certificate of incorporation of the Bensonhurst 
Y. C. has been approved of. The incorporators of the 
new club are: George Ashton Kay, William R. Sains- 
bury, George D. Eggert, George Waters, James C. 
Nicholson, Clarence H. Clayton, Arthur R. Wells. 
Charles H. Parsons, Arthur C, Bellows and Richard 
W. Rummell. 
The quarters of the Bensonhurst Y. C. will be at 
the new basin, in process of- construction, just below 
Ulmer Park. 
The pennant of the club has alternate red and white 
vertical stripes, beginning at the hoist and ending with 
a red triangle at the outer point of the pennant. In 
all there are four red and three white stripes. 
The club's membership will be restricted to 150. 
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The Bergen Point (N. J.) Y. C. was incorporated 
a few days ago. The trustees are: Alfred W. Booth, 
Newton H. Day, Lucius F. Donohue, William R. 
Wilde, Thomas J. Parker, Middleton S. Borland, Henry 
A. Wheeler, William W, Gerrett and James D. Boyd. 
The club will have a station on Newark Bay, and 
they will build a clubhouse there. 
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The Larchmont Y. C. has laid out the following 
schedule for the coming season: 
Saturday, June 13. — Spring Regatta. 
Wednesday, June 17. — Races for Reliance, Consti- 
tution and Columbia. 
Saturday, July 4. — Annua! Regatta. 
Saturday, July 4, to Saturday, July 11.— Race week. 
Monday, Sept. 7. — Fall Regatta. 
Saturday, Sept. ig. — Schooner Cup race. 
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The Gravesend Bay Y. R. A. is now made up of four 
clubs, Brooklyn Y. C, New York C. C. Marine and 
Field C. and the Bensonhurst Y. C. The boats will 
race under the rules of the Y. R. A. of Long Island 
Sound, and the clubs have laid out the following racing 
schedule: June 6, Marine and Field Club; June 20, 
Brooklyn Y. C; June 27, New York C. C; July 11, 
Bensonhurst Y. C; July 25, Marine and F. C; Aug 
I, Brooklyn Y. C; Sept. s. New York C. C. : Sept. 
19, Bensonhurst Y. C. 
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A general meeting of the Y. R, A., of Long Island 
shall be the point at which the pennant is fastened to 
the mast." 
The following additions were made to Rule XV: 
4. — The signal to indicate the end of the starting 
line on board the race committee's boat shall be a 
white burgee. 
5. — The race committee's flag shall be rectangular, 
of blue, with a foul anchor and the letters "R. C." in 
white. 
The following racing schedule was adopted: 
May 23, New Rochelle Y. C. special. 
May 30, Harlem Y. C. annual, Indian Harbor Y. C. 
special, Bridgeport Y. C. special. 
The Palma lotefnational Rifle Match. 
Under date of March 18 the State Department has received from 
the British Embassy, Washington, copy of a circular invitation 
from the secretary of the National Rifie Association, embodying 
the conditions under which the forthcoming competition for the 
Palma international rifle trophy will be held at Bisley on July 11, 
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The general conditions for the match are: 
1. Teams. — Each team shall consist of eight men. Members of 
the various teams participating must be native born citizens and 
residents of the countries they respectively represent, except in 
the case of teams representing a provincial territory of a gov- 
ernment, in which case a residence in the province will be suffi- 
cient, provided the member is a native born subject of the parent 
country. 
2. Rifles.— The national military arm of the country the team 
represents. 
Designed by W. J. J. Young. 
PANTO O SET. 
Owned by A. S. Bigelow. 
Photo by N. L. Stebbins, Boston. 
June 6, Knickerbocker Y. C. annual. 
June 20, New Rochelle Y. C. annual. 
June 25, 26 and 27, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C. 
specials and annual. 
June 29, 30 and July i and 2, Manhasset Bay Cup races. 
July 3, American Y. C. annual. 
July 4, Hartford Y. C. annual. 
July II, Norwalk Y. C. special. 
^ July 18, Riverside Y. C. annual; Corinthian Y. C, of 
Stamford, special. 
July 25, Hartford Y. C. special, Hempstead Harbor 
"!>:. C. annual, Bridgeport Y. C. annual. 
Aug. I, Manhasset Bay Y. C. special. 
Aug. 6, 7, and 8, Indian Harbor Y. C. specials and 
annual. 
Aug. 8, Shelter Island Y. C. annual. 
Aug. IS, Horse Shoe Harbor Y. C. annual, Hunting- 
ton Y. C. annual, Hartford Y. C. special. 
Aug. 29, Huguenot Y. C. annual. 
Sept. 5, Indian Harbor Y. C. fall regatta. 
Sept. 7, Norwalk Y. C. annual. Sachem's Head Y. C. 
annual. 
Sept. 10, II and 12, Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. C. 
3.--Distances.— Eight hundred, nine hundred and one thousand 
yards. 
4 Size of Target.— Rectangular, 12 by 6 feet. Dimensions; 
-buHseye, circular, 36m, diameter; inner, circular, 54in. diameter - 
magpie, square, 72in. ; outer, remainder of target. 
5. Number of Shots.— Fifteen at each distance bv each com- 
petitor. 
6. Position.— Any, without artificial rest. 
7. Entrance Fee.— Per team, £3 5s. ($15.81). 
The circular adds: 
"The council of the National Rifle Association hope that as 
many nationalities as possible will take part in the match and 
they cordially invite the United States to send a team Long-- 
range accommodation at Bisley will be placed at the disposal of 
the competing teams before the- match for practice and all ar- 
rangements for their convenience and comfort will be forwarded 
Ihe secretary of the National Rifle Association (Bisley Camn' 
Brookwood, Surrey) will be glad to answer any inquiries and to 
give any further information in his power." 
The $2,500 appropriated by Congress for the purchase of a troohv 
and other prizes, will be placed by the Secretary of War in the 
hands of a committee to be composed of two Armv officers and 
nineteen officers of the National Guard of several States Col 
Hall will be chairman of the committee. 
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