Oct. 7, 1911.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Diamond Y. C. 
The celebration of Commodore Day by the 
members of the Diamond Point Y. C. last Mon¬ 
day was under most trying conditions of 
weather, a stiff easterly wind, shifting to south¬ 
west and bringing with it a heavy downpour of 
rain, prevailing throughout the day. The en¬ 
thusiasm of the tars that sail the boats and 
run the power craft could not be dampened by 
the weather, and when Chairman Humphrey of 
the regatta committee fired the preparatory gun 
at 2 P. M., every boat owner was ready to 
make a start. 
It was a tough race for the small craft, es¬ 
pecially the sailing division, which, under three 
reefs and with large crews, tried the strength 
of the half gale in going over the course of 6 
miles. But one boat, the cabin catboat Diana, 
crossed the finish line in this class, the weather 
being more than the little craft could stand up 
against, and they withdrew. 
Trouble with motors on account of the rain 
put several of the power craft out of commis¬ 
sion. The course was the regular one of the 
Yacht Racing Association of Jamaica Bay, and 
the sailboats had a run before the wind on the 
first leg, with a beat to windward on the next 
and a short reach and another run finishing the 
course. 
After the race the members and many of their 
friends gathered in the club house to pay their 
respects to Commodore G. A. Cooper. The 
summary: 
Cabin Calboats—Start, 2:05. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Diana, II. Beyer. 4 00 00 I 55 00 
Girlie, C. Doetzler . Did not finish. 
Alert, H. Esquevell. Did not finish. 
Siren, C. Merritt. Did not finish. 
Cabin Launches—Start, 2:10. 
Brisk, Yenger & Menges. 3 05 00 0 55 00 
Mike B., M. Bush. 3 11 30 1 01 30 
Fidelity, A. Baumgartner . 3 17 30 1 07 30 
Gracie, C. H. Greene. Did not finish. 
Ooen Launches—Start, 2:15. 
Anna Grace, M. Clyde. 3 10 00 0 55 00 
Bill Morrison, H. Hamm. 3 11 00 0 56 00 
Alabama, H. Hamm . 3 12 00 0 57 00 
Kay . 3 15 00 1 00 00 
Smarty, M. Hines. 3 17 00 1 02 00 
Margaret F., C. Franklin. 3 18 30 1 03 30 
Emily B., W. Boshold. 3 25 30 1 10 30 
May, M. Golly. 3 59 00 1 44 00 
Ella & Elsie, P. McDonald. Did not finish. 
were Otto Wagner’s Widow, J. Frank James’ 
May Win, both knockabouts, and Chris Hop- 
pel’s Dolphin, and John G. McGillig’s race- 
about. Widow crossed the line with a slight 
lead, when the yachts became scattered, as they 
had to tack to make the lower stake. Each 
amateur owner sailed his own boat, and at times 
they had an exciting time, as the yachts would 
heel over and take in water and almost swamp. 
Mrs. Wagner, who is quite an expert sailor, 
held the sheet rope on the Widow. The racing 
throughout was very interesting, and was wit¬ 
nessed by many ladies and gentlemen from the 
club house. The race was for points in the 
September series, and was won by Pappoose, 
which was the smaller yacht, and had a large 
handicap. She sailed over the course in ih. 
50m. 41s., beating the second yacht, Dolphin, 
by 15s., whose elapsed time was ih. 30m. 22s. 
May Win finished third, 9s. ahead of Widow. 
Club Elections. 
The recently elected officers of the Milford 
Y. C. are: Commodore Lauren Wilcox; Yice- 
Commodore, H. A. Taylor; Secretary, Ray- 
mpnt Stoddard; Treasurer, W. F. Askam; 
Board of Governors—Dr. E. C. Beach, 1 . J. 
Falls and Charles E. Perkins. 
The Bayswater, N. Y„ Y. C. has named the 
following officers for 1912: Mr. Frank M. 
Cronise, Commodore; Edward J. Steiner, Vice- 
Commodore; Charles Whitson, Rear-Commo¬ 
dore; Ploughton Wheeler, Treasurer; Lee Rich¬ 
mond, Secretary; Trustees—Daniel Whitford, 
J. W. Leib, Edward J. Steiner, Andrew 1 . 
Sullivan, Enrico Stein, Oliver Whitson, Isidore 
Heilman and J. Lieberman. 
The following officers were elected at the an¬ 
nual meeting of the Tacoma Y. C.: Commo¬ 
dore, John B. Lomasny; Vice-Commodore, 
Harry W. Lang; Rear-Commodore, H. F. 
Norres; Secretary, James Bashford; Treasurer, 
Fred E. Hilbibber: Trustees—John B. Lomasny, 
James Bashford. Fred E. Hilbibber, B. J. 
Jacobs, C. W. Lundberg, J. S. Brown, R. R. 
Protsch, C. A. Foss and Alf Larson. 
Tacoma Y. C. 
The Tacoma Y. C. is looking for a site on 
which to build a $30,000 club house. The money 
for the new club house is practically raised and 
there is little doubt that another spring will see 
the organization in more commodious quarters. 
W. H. Crump and C. F. W. Lundberg, in 
charge of obtaining a location, have been asked 
to report on a Day Island site and locations 
near Hylebos Creek and Brown’s Point. Ac¬ 
cording to some of the club members the Day 
Island site is admirably suited for the purpose, 
being within easy reach by the 6th avenue car 
line. There are minor disadvantages. 
The T. R. & P., it is said, will later extend 
its tracks toward Hylebos Creek, making this 
place advantageous. The little embayme.nt on 
the other side of Brown’s Point was considered 
when the present club house was built and is 
being discussed, favorably, again. 
The Tacoma Motor Boat Association, con¬ 
sisting of about seventy-five launch owners, is 
contemplating joining the yacht club in.a body, 
and committees from the two organizations are 
discussing plans for the union. This will in¬ 
crease the strength of the Tacoma Y. C. greatly 
and will, it is believed, be greatly to the benefit 
of the two associations, their interests being 
nearly identical. 
Red Bank Y. C. 
The week-end regatta of the Red Bank Y. C. 
was sailed this afternoon, covering a distance 
of 10 miles on a choppy sea and during the hard 
blow from the east. The start was from the 
floating club house on the north shore of the 
Shrewsbury River, sailing over a course op¬ 
posite Fair Haven twice over. The yachts were 
sent off with a one-gun signal in a bunch. They 
Commodore William Hale Thompson was re¬ 
elected commander of the Chicago Y. C. fleet 
at the election of officers for the season of 1912. 
The other officers chosen are: Vice-Commo¬ 
dore, George O. Clinch; Rear-Commodore, 
William A Laydon; Secretary, A. Sheldon 
Clarke; Treasurer. E. M. Mills; Trustees— 
James O. Heyworth and W. F. Cameron. After 
the election a formal dinner and dance was held 
at the club house. 
For the fifth time William L. McKee has 
been elected Commodore of the Bristol Y. C. 
Other officers chosen at a recent meeting for 
the ensuing year were: Vice-Commodore, Ed- 
ward F. Ely; Rear-Commodore, John F. Palmer 
2d- Secretary-Treasurer, Frank A. Ingraham; 
Measurer Charles H. Douglas; Executive Com¬ 
mittee—Dr. W. Fred Williams, Henry W. 
Hayes, J. Winthrop de Wolf, Walter S. Almy, 
the Commodore and Treasurer; Regatta Com¬ 
mittee-Waiter S. Almy, William B. M. Miller 
and Dr. Howard W. Church. 
Columbia Y. C. 
R. C. Stirton’s 35-footer Seboomook proved 
the star performer in the elimination race run 
bv the Columbia Y. C., held on the 29th ult. 
The contest, which is next to the last one to 
be conducted by the club this season, was 
entered by four boats—Seboomook, Naniwa, 
Widsith and Iroquois—and victory of the Stir- 
ton craft proved an easy one. The race was 
sailed around the 4-mile and Harrison cribs, in 
a fresh southwest wind. The summary, start 
2:30: 
Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
^ n °r ook .:::::::::::: i«I ill I ii?£ 
Widsith "". 4 09 33 1 39 33 1 33 13 
Iroquois . 4 18 10 1 48 10 1 48 10 
Pacific Interclub Y. A. 
At a meeting of the Pacific Interclub Yacht 
Association, held Sept. 19, the sloop Nixie was 
awarded first place in the class for the larger 
sloops and will receive one of the handsome 
Macdonaugh cups. W. G. Morrow’s Challenger 
was announced as the winner of the class at 
the conclusion of the race last Saturday, but 
Morrow said at the meeting that he had no 
intention of participating in the class when he 
started. He so advised the committee in charge 
of the race, but they did not take his statement 
into consideration when the winners were an¬ 
nounced. 
Challenger started fully 3m. ahead of the 
other boats in the class, and for that reason 
alone should not have received the trophy. 
She was eligible, however, for the arbitrary 
handicap race and took first prize in that event. 
Southern Y. C. 
Plans were perfected at the last meeting of 
the finance committee of the Southern Y. C. 
for raising funds for a seawall and to improve 
the harbor about the club house at West End. 
Thirty thousand dollars will be raised through 
a bond issue. To date pledges have been re¬ 
ceived for $12,000. With the proposed seawall 
erected, a harbor will be provided that will give 
safe anchorage to the club’s boats. The pro¬ 
gress already made in financing the work seems 
to give assurance that the improvements will 
be made. 
William Garic is chairman of the finance com¬ 
mittee. 
Chicago Y. C. 
Nearly one hundred members and their 
guests attended the annual Mackinac cup dinner 
at the Chicago Y. C. Commodore William 
Hale Thompson presided, and toasts were re¬ 
sponded to by several speakers. The Mackinac 
cup was presented to E. M. Mills, whose 35- 
footer Mavourneen won the last race for the 
trophy. The schooner prize went to Dr. W. L. 
Baum's Amorita, which broke all records for 
the long course, while the yawl prize was pre¬ 
sented to James O. Heyworth, owner of 
Polaris. 
Wethersfield Club House Finished. 
The new building of the Wethersfield Y. C. 
on the Wethersfield Cove was turned over to 
the house committee on the evening of Oct. 3. 
In honor of this occasion, the members of the 
club had a house warming sociable. The first 
meeting in the new club house was held last 
night. The building committee, who will turn 
the club house over to the house committee are 
as follows: E. A. V. Kendall, James A. Preu 
and Lewis Bosworth. Those who will be in 
charge of the building in the future will be E. 
W. Kipp, Dr. Joseph Cassidy and C. M. Lane. 
L. V. Harkness Plans Fine Trip. 
L. V. Harkness is to make a journey to the 
Mediterranean and possibly Australia, the trip 
to last from six months to a year, in his $500,- 
000 steam yacht, Wakiva, one of the hand¬ 
somest of its kind in the world. The yacht has 
been laid up since spring at the old Dyeworks 
wharf in East Boston and is now undergoing 
changes in the woodwork, decorations and fit¬ 
tings. A crew of forty men will be signed 
shortly and there is a refrigerating plant which 
makes it possible to carry food supplies for a 
year. While the yacht has quarters for twelve 
guests besides palatial apartments for the mem¬ 
bers of Mr. Harkness’ family, it is understood 
that only half a dozen will go on the trip. 
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