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It has also been proposed to greatly improve 
the property of the Corinthians. The club house 
will likely be improved during the winter months. 
An old Dutch fireplace will take the place of the 
old one and a big colonial porch will be built 
around the entire house. If the members de¬ 
cide to have the new station, the improvement 
will not likely be made on the old property for 
the time being. The club will hold its annual 
oyster roast on Oct. 29. This will mark the clos¬ 
ing of the outdoor sports. 
Istalena at Fault. 
The regatta committee of the New York Y. 
C. has rendered its decision in the matter of 
the collision of the sloops Istalena and Juanita 
at the start of the race for the Astor cup for 
sloops, off Newport, on Aug. 10. The follow¬ 
ing is the closing clause in the committee’s 
decision: 
“After weighing all the testimony it is the 
opinion of the committee that the circumstances 
just before the collision did not justify Ista¬ 
lena in calling for room; that Istalena could 
have continued her course on the port tack 
and to the weather of Juanita for some distance 
further without paying off before there would 
have been risk of a foul with Avenger; that if 
by continuing a risk of a foul with Avenger 
had been imminent then Istalena could have 
made a choice of either going about on the 
starboard tack and still have cleared the light 
vessel, or of passing under the stern of Avenger. 
“It is therefore the committee’s finding that 
Istalena was at fault.” 
Aloha Crosses Ocean. 
Queenstown, England, Oct. 12.—The auxiliary 
yacht Aloha, owned by Commodore A. C. James, 
of New York Y. C., arrived here to-day, having 
crossed the Atlantic ocean from Sandy Hook in 
twenty days. She used power only one day when 
she met strong head winds off the Irish coast. 
Aloha is 160 feet over-all. She was built in 1899 
by J. N. Robins & Co. after designs by Tams, 
Lemoine & Crane. 
New York Motor Boat Club. 
Six motor boats competed on Oct. 14 for the 
prizes offered by the New York Motor Boat 
Club for a four mile race on the Hudson River. 
The course was from off the club house, foot of 
West 147th street, to and around a stakeboat off 
the long dock, two miles up the river on the 
New Jersey shore, and return. The tide was the 
last of the flood and the water smooth. 
R. F. Swazey’s Alma proved the winner. She 
covered the four miles in 23m. 10s., defeating 
Kid II., owned by C. H. Douglas, by 58s. W. F. 
Randolph's Amorita was third, P. Klein’s Arroit 
fourth, C. F. Chapman’s Consort fifth, and Wil¬ 
liam Newburger’s Diana, sixth. 
Loop races of five times around the committee 
boat for special prizes furnished amusement for 
the spectators and for the crews of the eight 
boats that competed. Eastern Star, owned by 
E. L. Finch, did the five turns in im. 42s. 
Amorita was second and Consort third. 
On Oct. 15 the members and families of mem¬ 
bers of the club made a gala day of it in cele¬ 
bration of the most successful year the New 
York Motor Boat Club has thus far had. It 
a so was “going out of commission day,” and a 
number of interesting and exciting racing events 
were scheduled. The first was a 100 yard dash 
for motor boats, which was won by E. L. Finch’s 
Eastern Star, with IT J. Leek’s Ariel second. 
In the quarter mile dinghy race for men, M. 
Kellogg was the winner, with R. Martine second. 
The women’s race was won by Mrs. E. E. Barney 
by 5s. over Mrs. W. R. Fleming. Kid'll. was 
the winner in the “slow” race. She finished 
one second behind Louisa D. 
A close contest was the signal race, in which 
the fastest boat, Monreve, started first, and at 
a given point signaled for the others to start. 
The course was three miles up the river and re¬ 
turn. The success of the handicap was evident, 
for the first four boats finished within four sec¬ 
onds of each other. A’ma, owned by F. R 
Swazey, was the winner by is. from Kid II. 
Fifteen boats started in the relay race. There 
were five teams of three boats each. The win¬ 
ning team proved to be Rex, owned by H. J. 
Allen; Alma, R. F. Swazey, and Ariel, H. J. 
Leek, known as the red team. The yellow, blue, 
white and black teams finished in that order. 
The winners of the season prizes were: 
Albany Race; July 1 to 3; Class A—Monreve, 
E. E. Barney, winner; Respite, V. C. Pedersen, 
second; Excelsior, T. Trolsen, third; Chum, A. 
C. Clapp, fourth; Arlington, J. Klipper, fifth. 
Shields were won by the owners of Debut, 
Thistle, Rosina, Jolly Roger, Kid II., O. I. C., 
Leonie, Augusta A., Ouida, Rita and Water Boy. 
Class B—Bunk III., winner; shields won by Ya’e, 
Peggy and Edith M. 
Tarrytown Race, June 18—Rex, winner; Mon¬ 
reve, second; Arlington, third. 
Rockland Light Race, Sept. 24—Louisa D., 
winner; Anna V., second. Cups were also won 
by Rex, Genevieve, Crescent and Twin Kid. 
Captain J. Klipper’s Arlington won the club race 
of Sept. 24, and the owners of these yachts won 
shields for competing in the New York to Cam¬ 
den race: Respite, Wachusett, Eugenia, Seneca 
and Tranquil. 
Vice-Commodore E. E. Barney in his own 
inimitable way made neat little speeches as he 
presented the season’s winners with such trophies 
as they were entitled to, bronze cups to firsts and 
shields to the runners up. 
Baltimore Powerboat Owners to Organize 
A meeting will be held next week by the dif¬ 
ferent clubs and individuals interested in power 
boats to incorporate what will be known as the 
Southern Power Boat Association. Lee S. Myer 
has been appointed attorney to incorporate the 
organization. Owners of motor boats will likely 
be eligible for membership. Tentative plans have 
been arranged and no dues will be charged for 
membership. The object of the association is 
to promote races and cruises, and to forward 
legislation of interest to motor boat owners. 
The association will aid in advertising Balti¬ 
more, as other cities will likely challenge the 
local motor boat club for races. There are many 
motor boat owners here that can give a good 
account of themselves in races and many more 
are expected to join in the sport after the organi¬ 
zation is perfected. 
Columbia Y. C. 
Four power boats started Oct. 14 in a special 
race arranged by the Co.umbia Y. C., Eighty- 
sixth street and the Hudson River, to Ardsley 
and return, twice around, or sixty nautical miles. 
Peter Pan IV., owned by James Simpson, was 
the only starter that finished, the others having 
met with engine troubles, and were withdrawn. 
The starting signal was to have been given at 
ten minutes after 1 o’clock, but the committee 
waited in vain for Bug and Edith II., and it was 
an hour and fifteen minutes later before the 
boats were sent away. 
Gunfire Junior, Wiiliam J. Brainard; Mos¬ 
quito, Rear Commodore J. Stuart B ackton, 
Motor Boat Club of America; Breeze, S. S. and 
R. P. Breeze, and Peter Pan were the starters. 
Gunfire Junior was first over the line, closely 
followed by Peter Pan, Breeze and Mosquito in 
the order named. Mosquito, with her owner at 
the wheel, attempted to make a standing start, 
and was slow in getting away. 
After reaching Yonkers, Mosquito quit and re¬ 
turned to the finish line. Breeze also gave up, 
and Gunfire Junior stopped at the end of the 
first round. Peter Pan continued and completed 
the course in 3h. im. 22s. 
The Race Committee in charge was composed 
of S. A. Ha'sey, Chairman; Russel Dart, W. W. 
Brinckerhoff and E. E. Mott. 
Carondelet Motor Boat Club. 
With an average speed of 37.6 miles an hour 
over the twenty-mile course, J. J. Ryan’s Reliance 
IV. beat Kitty Hawk II., Pronto, Missouri III. 
and Leading Lady in the regatta at St. Louis last 
week. Kitty Hawk finished a good second. A 
second race was arranged over a twenty-five-mile 
course in which, after a close race for twenty 
miles, Reliance gave way to engine trouble, Kitty 
Hawk finishing first in 43m. 5 1-5S. 
Missouri III. turtled in over 9m. later and re¬ 
corded second place. The 20-footers put up a 
pretty race for twenty miles which resulted in 
Leading Lady staying in the spotlight most of 
the way and being first to receive the applause 
at the finish. Her time was 34m. 50 1 - 5 S., or 
about three minutes slower than the average of 
Reliance IV. over the same course. Pronto was 
second in 35m. 26 4 - 5 S., with Pathfinder bringing 
up the rear. 
A. C. A. 
The thirty-first annual dinner of the American 
Canoe Association will be held at the St. Denis 
Hotel, Broadway and Eleventh street. New York 
city, on the evening of Saturday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. 
A reception will be held in the Colonial rooms 
at 6 p. m. at which, in addition to the many ac¬ 
tive members of the association, it is promised 
that many of the old-timers will be present to 
welcome the inauguration of Commodore Kretz- 
mer’s administration. 
This will be a real reunion, and members are 
earnestly urged to be present. 
The annual meeting of the executive commit¬ 
tee, to w'hich all are invited, will be held at the 
hotel at 10 a. m. 
Luncheon will be served at 1 o’clock. 
