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thian Y. C. series on Oct. 24 at Essington. 
The rivalry between these two boats has caused 
no • little argument, extending over two yachting 
seasons. This victory gives Eleanor 31 points, 
while Tomboy finished with 29 points. This after 
a long series of races in good and bad weather. 
In light zephyrs and a blow only two points 
separated the fleet little craft. 
The course was from the club anchorage to 
the Red Buoy, off Eddystone, thence up river 
to a buoy off Billingsport, returning to a buoy 
off the club wharf; distance, ten miles. 
The wind was northerly and fresh and the 
boats skimmed over the course in a fraction over 
two hours. Young Barrie handled Eleanor like 
a veteran and outsailed his rival, being first across 
the finish line by three minutes. Summary: 
Start, 1:45:00. Finish. Elapsed. 
Eleanor . 3 45 06 2 00 06 
Tomboy ... 3 48 06 2 03 06 
Bug Class for Pacific Coast. 
Warren D. Wood, vice-commodore of the 
South Coast Y. C., Los Angeles, Cal., is head¬ 
ing a movement for a series of small boat races 
to be held this winter. The idea is to promote 
the building of boats of not over 13 feet in 
length, the cost of which will be limited to a 
comparatively small sum. 
Wood is of the opinion that there is a big 
chance for such events, as a variation from the 
large boat races. Although the idea of small 
boat races is not a new one, Wood proposes to 
add a new phase to it by limiting the amount of 
cash which may be expended on the outfit. The 
aim of this limitation is to popularize the sport, 
and to add to the membership of the club. 
The type of boat which will be chosen for use 
in the races has not been settled upon, but it 
is likely that it will be of the “bug-boat” design. 
The “bug-boat” is a short, round-bottomed af¬ 
fair without any centerboard, the canvas of which 
is balanced by a heavy iron casting attached to 
the bottom. In speaking of the plan, Wood said: 
“The South Coast Y. C. feels that something 
should be done toward popularizing the sport of 
yachting. I believe that there are a large num¬ 
ber of people who can be interested through races 
between boats which will cost but a small 
amount, say $100 to $200. The average novice 
at yachting does not feel like making a very 
large investment in anything which he knows 
but little about, and for this reason I believe 
that races with the cost of the equipment limited 
would add greatly to the membership of the 
club. 
“The dory races which we held year before 
last were not all that we had hoped for, and we 
will choose another type of boat for the next 
small boat races. A round bottom “bug-boat” 
seems to come nearest to what we need in local 
waters. They are much safer than the dory, and 
are no more expensive. If the scheme goes 
through, it is probable that the dimensions of 
the hulls will be specified, but the rig left to 
the ingenuity of the owner. 
“The dory is a dangerous boat for anyone 
who is not thoroughly acquainted with its pe¬ 
culiarities. When a novice is handling it, the 
dory’s favorite stunt is to turn flipps, but in the 
hands of an expert there is no safer sea boat. 
“Those of the Gloucester type are admittedly 
the safest of all small craft, and it is said that 
the way it will ride out a gale is little short of 
wonderful. There are two difficulties in the way 
of the use of dories on this coast. The first of 
these is that there are but a couple of real ones 
in this locality. 
“There are any number of boats here which 
have been built by those who thought that they 
could improve on the Gloucester type, but the 
most of them have been used for fire wood. 
“The dory is a type of boat which has been 
modeled and modeled by years of evolution, and 
any attempts at radical changes in it are doomed 
to failure before the first mold is set. The dory 
cannot be less than fourteen feet in length and 
its proportions cannot be varied. The second 
obstacle in the way of dory races is that the 
men we want to attract into the sport are not 
sufficiently adept in their handling to have any 
chance when competing with experts, and be¬ 
sides it might not be the safest thing imagin¬ 
able for an inexperienced man to try manage one 
in rough weather. 
“While it is of course the races which we talk 
about most, the real thing is the building of the 
boats themselves. If we can get a man to fre¬ 
quent the boat building shops and listen to the 
men talk while his boat is being built, I feel 
sure that he will contract some of their enthu¬ 
siasm and then we will have new yachtsmen in 
the field.” 
Enterprise Pays Tax as a Pleasure Craft. 
With the receipt of a New York draft for 
$2,100, Collector of Customs Clarence Hebert, 
of New Orleans, made the first collection under 
the new law which imposes a tax or duty on 
yachts and pleasure craft of a foreign build. 
The draft was received from Frank L. Perin, 
of Cincinnati, and paid an ad valorem tax on 
the yacht Enterprise, valued at $6,000. 
Under the law enacted at the last Congress, 
owners of yachts, pleasure craft and all vessels 
not used in trade, constructed in a foreign coun¬ 
try and brought into this country, must pay a 
duty equal to $7 per gross ton, or an ad valorem 
duty of 35 per cent. 
The law requires that the duty must be paid to 
the collector of customs of the port nearest to 
where the vessel is owned. As Cincinnati, St. 
Louis, Pittsburgh and other cities are in the 
district of New Orleans, the payment had to be 
made there. 
Loses Appeal in Motor Boat Race. 
The executive committee of the Delaware 
River Yacht Racing Association, at a meeting 
on Oct. 17, presided over by Dr. C. S. Street, 
president of the association, unanimously sus¬ 
tained the action of the racing committee in dis¬ 
qualifying Cyram in the race for “The Record” 
speed boat trophy at Torresdale on Sept. 23. 
Owner J. J. Coyle, of Cyram, was present at 
the meeting to present his case, but he had no 
additional evidence to show why Cyram should 
not be disqualified. 
Eight of the fifteen clubs comprising the Dela¬ 
ware River Yacht Racing Association had dele¬ 
gates present at the committee meeting as follows: 
Yachtsmen’s Club, Farragut Club, of North 
Cramer Hiil, N. J.; Ri verton Yacht Club, Key¬ 
stone Yacht Club, of Tacony; Flat Rock Motor 
Boat Club, Camden Motor Boat Club, Westville 
Motor Boat Club and Delaware River Club. Five 
members constitute a quorum. 
It was shown that the boat to denote shoal 
water was in its regular place, and that Cyram 
turned this instead of the regular stake boat. 
Senator Coyle says he will now take the case 
before the American Power Boat Association, 
but the members of the D. R. Y. R. A. declare 
that there is no appeal from their decision. 
Toledo Power B. C. 
Members of the Toledo Power Boat Club hope 
to hold their annual meeting and election of 
officers to-night in their new club house in Bay 
View Park. 
The exterior of the snug little home has just 
been completed, the floors and partition studding 
are in place, and it is expected that the interior 
will be finished and ready for occupancy when 
the 1912 boating season opens. 
The building is beautifully located on an acre 
and a half of land, leased from the city, between 
the Toledo Y. C. and Casino grounds, and close 
to the lower entrance to the park lagoon. Its 
double-decked porches, both front and rear, com¬ 
mand a fine view in every direction and especially 
of the bay and lower river. 
The T. P. B. C., organized in June, 1905, was 
one of the first exclusively power boat clubs on 
the Great Lakes. It is distinctively a boat owners’ 
club, with a few rocking chair sailors enrolled. 
Of its membership list of about 100. nearly 90 
per cent, are owners, or part owners, of motor 
boats, ranging from the smallest open launches 
to cabin cruisers designed to withstand the buf¬ 
feting of severe lake storms. Upon completion 
of the club a large part of this fleet will be 
moored in Bay View Park. 
Until the new quarters are ready for occu¬ 
pancy, the club will meet in the city boat house 
at Riverside Park. As its expenses are light, 
the initiation fee is almost nominal, $3 a year, 
with $1.30 quarterly dues. 
Motor Yacht for Texas. 
A notable addition to the fleet of motor yachts 
owned in Southern waters will be a new one of 
the largest of that type for Camille C. Pillot, of 
Houston, Tex., an enthusiastic yachtsman, who 
for several years has owned Russara. His new 
yacht, which is now in frame, is from the de¬ 
signs of Gielow & Orr, of this city. She will 
measure over-all 103 feet; load waterline, 98 feet 
4 inches; beam, 16 feet and draft, 4 feet. 
The yacht will be equipped with two Standard 
engines, with six cylinders, and developing 100 
horsepower each, driving twin screws especially 
designed for her. She will have three boats and 
a complete electric light plant. Forward there 
will be a deckhouse 24 feet long, in which will 
be the dining room, having in its after end a 
stairway leading to the owner’s stateroom. 
The yacht will be built of wood, the frames 
being of oak and hackmatack and the planking 
of yellow pine. She has four watertight bulk¬ 
heads of steel and one collision bulkhead of 
wood. A stateroom 9 feet long, and extending 
the whole width of the yacht, will be found 
abaft the engine room, which is 16 feet long. 
