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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. 21, 1911. 
A Tempest in Albany. 
Ominous signs hover over and threaten to 
shiver the timbers of the Hudson River Yacht 
Racing Association unless some heed is paid to 
the complaint of the Albany Y. C.’s conten¬ 
tion that the Elmer L. II. has been getting a de¬ 
cidedly rough passage on its way to supremacy 
in the naturally placid waters of the Hudson. 
The Albany Argus chronicles the brewing storm 
thus: 
“The Albany Y. C. will withdraw from the 
Hudson River Yacht Racing /-Association unless 
some attention is paid to its protest and com¬ 
plaint concerning the manner Albany Y. C. mem¬ 
bers and boats have been treated for the last 
three years. The c'imax came this year when 
Elmer L. II. was deprived of the prizes and 
races she won in the Labor Day regatta on tech¬ 
nicalities. There was some strong language used 
at the meeting of the yacht club, and after Cap¬ 
tain de Long, Commodore McCarty and others 
had told of the occurrences at Yonkers this year, 
the members unanimously carried a motion di¬ 
recting the secretary of the club to write to the 
officers of the association protesting against the 
rulings of the award committee in giving the 
race in which Elmer L. II. p'ainly outsailed Peter 
Pan on a technicality relating to equipment when 
other technicalities which might have been raised 
against Peter Pan would have barred her also. 
A review of the decisions even in the Ellicott cup 
race, which Elmer L. twice won before last year, 
is also asked, to the end that the strict technical 
ruling against the Albany boat shall also be ap¬ 
plied to the boats from clubs south of the Pough¬ 
keepsie Bridge. 
“The club furthermore voted that if a respect¬ 
ful answer to its protest was not received and 
the officers of the Hudson River Yacht Racing 
Association did not review the awards of this 
year's races, as specified, the Albany Y. C. with¬ 
draw from the association and participate no 
more in its regattas. 
“There is no disputing the fact that the Albany 
Y. C. has contributed more boats and done more 
for the success of the Hudson River Yacht Rac¬ 
ing Association races than any other club on the 
river. That has been acknowledged by officers of 
the association and members of other clubs. Last 
year the Albany Y. C. was the only club whose 
boats appeared in fleet formation, and the on’y 
club which had boats enough at the regatta to 
do so. The majority of the officers and com¬ 
mittees of the association come from down the 
river clubs. They have been disgruntled ever 
since Elmer L. went down there in 1908 and 
beat out their fastest speed boats. In 1909 she 
ran circles around them again, and carried off 
the second log of the Ellicott cup. But last year 
they chartered a ringer from down the river and 
beat Elmer L. out. This year they brought in 
Peter Pan, which is touted in all the ads for the 
spark plug, engine or hull builders who put their 
goods into her as a 33-mile an hour boat, and the 
Albany boat, Elmer L. II., was handicapped by 
an outrageous time a'lowance to Peter Pan and 
jockeyed out of the Ellicott cup race after beat¬ 
ing the ringer over the course. This despite the 
fact that Elmer L. does not claim to go more 
than twenty-six miles an hour. Then, after beat¬ 
ing Peter Pan in the free-for-all by several 
minutes, the Albany boat was disqualified because 
it inadvertently left its anchor behind, which' is 
part of the equipment under the racing rules. 
The fact that another rule that each boat shall 
display a number or be disqualified was not 
noted by the partisan judges. The vote in the 
award committee stood five to two against E mer 
L. Moreover, it is known that Peter Pan was 
not raced by its owner, but by a man who mere y 
chartered her for the race." 
Chester Y. C. 
Ten thousand persons lined the banks of the 
Delaware River on Oct. 14 and occupied craft 
on the river to witness the closing event of 
Chester's carnival week. 
The races were started opposite to Market 
street, the principal point of the city. The 
classes of racers were fishing skiffs, open boats, 
cabin cruisers and semi-speed boats. The boats 
were all well matched and each race was of an 
exciting character. Former Senator John J. 
Coyle, owner of Cyram, brought to this city a 
party of friends and acted as one of the judges. 
The race was ideal and the officials of the course 
had no trouble in deciding the winner. The 
summaries: 
Fishing Skiffs, distance 3 miles—Won by 
Edna, owned by F. Pierce, time 28.16; sec¬ 
ond, Florence May, owned by Foster Webster, 
time 30.18; third, Little Dick, owned by Abner 
Walker, time 32.14. 
Open Boats, 6 miles—Won by The Sylvan, 
owned by L. McCall, time 35.15; second, Helen, 
owned by L. Kuss, time 39.21; third, Agnes M., 
owned by W. Marron, time 41.16. 
Cabin Cruiser, 9 miles—Won by Pickaninny, 
owned by J. B. Bell, time 57.33; second, Anna 
C., owned by H. Campbell, time 57.34; third. 
Muskrat, owned by H. Morgan, time 58.41. 
This race was protested. 
Semi-speed, 9 miles—Won by Yekonga, 
owned by Chester M. S. Company, time 36.20; 
second, Bixby, owned by J. B. Fryer, time 
36.44; third. Raccoon, owned by J. S. Truitt, 
time 54 52. 
Speed Boats, 15 miles—Won by Carolina II., 
owned by E. J. Dumee, time 37.45; second, 
Cyram, owned by John J. Coyle, time, 40.05; 
third, W. S. Vade, owned by George K. Hogg, 
time 44.45. 
Jubilee Y. C. 
Yachting enthusiasts of Beverly, Mass., 
gathered at the club house on the evening of the 
10th to join in the festivities in connection with 
the presentation of the season's trophies. 
The Vittum cup, the chief trophy for power 
boat owners, was won by A. Gustafason, of 
the Dolf, Gustafason had been racing his power 
boat for nearly four years, but this was the first 
that he had a chance at the prize and carried 
it off with a total of seven points—a first and 
two seconds. Charles R. Prichard, owner of 
the speedy Elsie, was unable tq, get in most of 
the races and had one first to his credit, while 
A. B. Emerson and A. White, the present hold¬ 
ers of the Vittum cup, this year won five- 
points, on two seconds and a third. John T. 
Doyle and Chester Waitt were third with two 
firsts, while H. H. Marston was fourth with two 
seconds to his credit. 
Charles R. Pritchard, the Vittum cup winner 
in 1909. won the Adams cup this year, while 
Doyle and Waitt. in Pythian, won the Councilor 
Gove and the E. S. Cameron cups. A. Gus¬ 
tafason of the Dolf, winner of the Vittum cup, 
captured the handsome cup offered by Repre¬ 
sentative Saltonstall, while E. A. Enibree, in 
Ferre, wins the Congressman Gardner cup. 
In the power boat division, Dolf gets the first 
club cup for the season percentages, Doyle and 
Waitt the second and Emerson and White the 
third. I11 the sailing dory race R. R. Butler 
wins the handsome cup offered by Alderman A. 
P. Loring, Jr., and also wins the first club cup 
for the season’s races. J. J. Mackintosh wins 
the second club cup and A. B. Magee the third. 
In the special Alpha-Jubilee races for a cup 
offered by the Jubilee Y. C., the winner was 
Fred Rosenu in the fast sailing dory Tramp. 
Corinthians May Get New Quarters. 
The members of the Corinthian Y. C., of Bal¬ 
timore. are discussing the advisability of having 
a station nearer the city so the members of that 
organization may get to their boats without going 
to the club. The Corinthian Y. C. is situated at 
Curtis Bay, and considerable time is lost by the 
members in going to the club. A place near 
Ferry Bar is under cover, and the club will likely 
acquire the property before the spring opening 
is held. 
The quarterly meeting of the club will be he'd 
on Oct. 20 and the matter will be brought up. 
Many of the members will push the proposed 
station, as they think it will greatly help in mak¬ 
ing the club one of the best in the State. “The 
Corinthian Y. C. has one of the best anchorages 
in the State, and the boats are never in danger 
of being dashed to pieces, as the water around 
the club is calm at all seasons,” said a prominent 
member of that club this morning. 
“We will begin an active campaign this winter 
and hope to bring our organization up to the 
standard of the many clubs in the North. Many 
of the members get off Saturday afternoon for 
a cruise down the river or bay, and much time 
is lost in going to the club. If the proposed sta¬ 
tion is built, it will save at least half an hour.” 
ARTHUR BINNEY 
(Formerly Stewart & Binney) 
Naval Architect and Yacht Broker 
Masen Budding. Kilby Street, BOSTON, MASS. 
Cable Address, “Designer," Boston 
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Yacht Brokers and Naval Architects 
15 William Street - New York 
Telephones 1375 and 1376 Broad 
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Plans, Specifications and Estimates furnished for Construction 
Alteration and Repairs. Large list of Yachts for Sale, 
Charter or Exchange; also Commercial Vessels. 
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15 Exchange Street, Boston, Mass. 
Telephone 23 Main 
SAILING, STEAM, GASOLENE AND AUXILIARY YACHTS 
OF BVERY TYPE AND SIZE FOR SALE AND CHARTIt 
Mail 10 cents in stamps jor a Copy oj our 
Magazine and. Catalogue. 
YACHT and BOAT SAILING 
"By the late "Dixon Kemp 
Tenth edition. Published 1904. We have a copy in 
fairly good condition, published at $12, which we will 
sell for $9.00. 
POREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
