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FOREST AND STREAM 
Dec. 21, 1912 
yacht Grace II.; Secretary, Edward C. Griffin; 
Treasurer, Robert E. Robinson; Trustees, Class 
I 9 r 5 , Wilson Marshall and Leonard Richards; 
Nominating Committee of 1913, G. S. Runk, S. 
T. Hodgman, G. W. Scott, J. F. Lovejoy, Butler 
Whiting, L. H. Spence, R. K. Plum, R. H. Hal¬ 
stead, H. N. Fletcher. 
INTERSTATE YACHTING ASSOCIATION. 
Thirteen clubs of the Interlake Yachting 
Association were represented at the annual 
meeting held in Cleveland, Ohio. Officers for 
1913 were elected as follows: Commodore, Geo. 
H. Worthington, Cleveland Y. C. (fourth term) ; 
Vice-Commodore, S. O. Erickson, Jr., Toledo 
Y. C.; Rear-Commodore, G. B. Ford, Country 
Club, Detroit; sail yacht Major, H. W. Card, 
Lakewood Y. C., Cleveland; power boat Major, 
R. L. J. Wager, Sandusky Y. C., and Fleet Sur¬ 
geon,' Dr. C. W. Jenning, Country Club, Detroit. 
BAYSIDE Y. C. 
At the annual meeting the following officers 
were elected: Commodore, G. Waldo Smith; 
Vice-Commodore, Elmer G. Story; Rear-Com¬ 
modore, Archibald Nesbitt; Secretary, William 
H. Johns; Treasurer, Frederic Floyd-Jones; 
Measurer, Joseph E. Hill; Governors, William 
Teller and James Nash Webb for a full term; 
Russell A. Field for three years and C. William 
Bergen for two years. 
INDIAN HARBOR Y. C. 
At the annual meeting of the members of 
The Indian Harbor Y. C., held at the club house, 
Greenwich, Conn., on Wednesday evening, the 
following were elected officers: Commodore, 
William H. Childs; Vice-Commodore, Lorenzo 
D. Armstrong; Rear-Commodore. A. Gardiner 
.Cooper: Secretary, Walter A. Hughes; Treas¬ 
urer. Richard Outwater; Measurer, Morgan Bar¬ 
ney: President of the Corporation, Charles T. 
Wills: Directors (term expiring 1913), Charles 
T. Wills, John D. Chapman ; Regatta Committee, 
F. Burton Hart, Chairman, Henry C. Pelton and 
Abbott P. Brush. 
Yacht Sales and Charters. 
Messrs. Cox & Stevens, of New York, re¬ 
port an unusually active market for the pur¬ 
chase and charter of yachts of all types. Among 
their recent transactions are the following: 
The ioo-foot cruising power yacht Mona, sold 
for estate of William Campbell Clark, of New¬ 
ark, N. J., to Uzal H. McCarter, New York Y. C. 
The 81-foot gasolene cruiser Faalua, sold for 
Sherburn M. Becker, of New York, to Edwin 
J. Steiner, of New York. Her name will be 
changed to Wanderlust. 
The 105-foot auxiliary schooner yacht Haida, 
chartered for Max Fleischmann, New York Y. 
C., to a prominent Philadelphia yachtsman for 
Southern cruising. 
The 105-foot gasolene houseboat Captiva, 
chartered for Payne Whitney, New York Y. C., 
to E. Mapes, who is now cruising in Florida 
waters. 
The ioo-foot gasolene yacht Mona, chartered 
for Uzal H. McCarter, New York Y. C., to a 
New York yachtsman. She will cruise in Florida 
and West Indian waters and recently left New 
York for the South. 
The 70-foot power yacht Gladiola, sold for 
Geo. B. Spearin, of New York, to Coburn Has¬ 
kell, of Cleveland, Ohio, who will use her at 
his summer home at Blue Hill, Me. 
The 70-foot gasolene yacht Wanderlust sold 
for Edwin J. Steiner, of New York, to Albert 
C. Middleton, for use on Barnegat Bay. 
The 140-foot steam yacht Osceola, chartered 
for Robert Stuart, New York, to a member of 
the New York Y. C. 
The no-foot steam yacht Ava, sold to New 
York parties for Walton Ferguson, of Stam¬ 
ford, Conn., for passenger service. Name is 
changed to Manhattan. 
The 70-foot gasolene houseboat Mary Anna, 
chartered for H. Ashton Little, of Philadelphia, 
to C. M. Meyer, New York Y. C., for the winter 
for Florida cruising. 
The 75-foot gasolene yacht Achelous, char¬ 
tered for E. P. Lawson, Columbia Y. C., to a 
New York yachtsman. 
The 65-foot gasolene cruiser Mittie, sold for 
Henry N. Richards, of Boston, to A. C. Battelle, 
of Ottawa, Kan., for service among the Thou¬ 
sand Islands and Great Lakes. Will be renamed 
Emily. 
The no-foot steam yacht Duchess, sold for 
estate of L. J. Busby to New York parties for 
commercial purposes. 
The 6o-foot auxiliary yawl Katherina, sold for 
C. A. Godshalk, of Philadelphia, to Gardiner H. 
Bell, Washington, D. C., and resold to Frank 
Burgess of Quincy, Mass., for cruising in East¬ 
ern waters. 
Class P sloop yacht Corinthian, sold for 
Howard C. Smith, New York Y. C., to Charles 
B. Keeler, M.D., Norwalk Y. C. Corinthian won 
the championship in her class last season and 
will race again on the Sound in 1913. 
The 65-foot auxiliary sloop yacht Mermaid, 
sold for Charles Sooysmith, Larchmont Y. C., to 
a Southern yachtsman for cruising on Chesa¬ 
peake Bay. 
The 65-foot gasolene yacht Weow, char¬ 
tered for E. E. Gray, of Boston, to a Phila¬ 
delphia yachtsman. 
The 52-foot gasolene cruiser Wistaria, sold 
for A. G. Chesbrough, Northport, L. I., to C. N. 
Jelliffe, of New York. 
The 45-foot power boat Psyche IIP, sold for 
M. S. Bentham, of New York, to Frank B. 
Bower, of Philadelphia. Her name has been 
changed to Mie. 
The 6o-foot gasolene yacht Manzanita, sold 
for Joseph R. Grismer, of New York, to William 
Baker, of Chincoteague, Va. 
The 6o-foot raised deck cruiser Ethel May, 
sold for Charles Coryell, of Bay City, Mich., to 
John J. Harty, of Kingston, Can. Name changed 
to Aurora. 
The 45-foot auxiliary yawl Gladys sold for 
G. Outwater, New York, to Harold W. Browne, 
of New York. Has been renamed Nirvana. 
The 40-foot raised deck cruiser Arab, sold 
for Gardiner H. Bell to C. A. Godshalk, of 
Philadelphia. 
The 36-foot raised deck cruiser Meadow 
Lark III. sold for Julian Mitchell, of New York, 
to the U. S. Life Saving Service for use at Gal¬ 
veston, Tex. 
The 40-foot power boat Opitsah, sold for 
J. J. Harty, Kingston, Can., to Charles Coryell, 
of Bay City, Mich. 
Motor 
Power Boat Race Reform. 
At the annual meeting of the American 
Power Boat Association, which was recently held, 
a complete plan to reform racing methods was 
adopted for all competitions held under the rules 
of the association. In addition to revising the 
rules, the delegates defined the amateur status 
of a motor boat owner and adopted a ruling 
eliminating all professionals from competition in 
races. It was also decided to prohibit the offer¬ 
ing of cash prizes except in deep-sea races of 
600 or more miles. 
The future of the American Power Boat 
Association under the revised rules promises re¬ 
newed vigor and will make absolute the organi¬ 
zation in controlling all competition. In adopt¬ 
ing the new plan, the definition of an amateur 
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