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ii.ay be gathered from the fact that the building has near- 
ly 7,000 sq. ft. of verandah space, beside the bridge, 
dock and landing stage. 
Messrs. Holabird & Roche, the architects, have em- 
bodied in the plans many unique features, tending to 
the comfort of the members in the use of the club house ; 
fcir instance, all the porch railings are made solid, with 
scuppers inside to drain the floors, thus acting not only 
as a shelter from the wind, biit allowing the porches to 
be screened in with wire or glass, by simply inserting a 
frame in the openings. On the east verandah the projec- 
tion of the reception room is for the purpose of affording 
a windbreak, so that no matter from what direction the 
wind may blow, a lea is always provided in the shelter, 
where the verandah sailor may find comfort. Tliis is a 
very essential provision in a climate such as this, where 
the high winds make an unprotected verandah uninhabit- 
able during manv of the finest nights of the summer. 
G. H. A. 
Western Yachts. 
The Fourth at Chicago, 
Chicago, 111., July 5. — The tenderness of the average 
modern yacht was well brought out in the races off this 
port yesterday, where no less than three accidents marred 
the quality of the sport offered. The weather was warm 
but clear, the wind a bit puffy, but not impossible as a 
yachting breeze. Under such conditions Vencedor lost 
her main mast at the start in the Pfister cup race; Colleen 
split her mast in the same race, and in the first of the 
Lipton cup series, Sprite, which was giving the favorite. 
La Rita, a good hard run for the decision, lost her rudder 
and fell out of the race. 
The Lipton Cop Series, 
The win of La Rita, Mr. Peare's new yacht, was a 
somewhat hollow one, as Arab IV., second, was r8m. be- 
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