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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Nov. 18, 1911. 
Ice Yachting. 
The recent cold snap tingled the ears of New 
Jersey ice yachtsmen, and, besides putting little 
icy cobwebs in still corners of the Shrewsbury 
River, it brought out the pent-up enthusiasm of 
the owners of the white-winged flyers. 
Things are humming in the neighborhood of 
Red Bank, around which town radiates all the 
sailing on skates in New Jersey. 
Several important races are to be sailed this 
season. One is for the championship of the 
North and South rivers and another for the 
championship of America. These are held by 
the North Shrewsbury Club, but were both won 
by the Imp, which the owners last year sold to 
the South Shrewsbury Club. It is reported that 
Edward Willis and Charles Burd, who built and 
raced the two championship winners, the Drub 
and Imp, both of which were later sold to the 
other club, will have a new creation for this 
year. Then there are many races scheduled for 
the Commodore’s and Red Bank Merchants’ 
cups. 
The North Shrewsbury Club will soon hold 
their annual meeting and plan a big season of 
racing. Thomas Henry Grant is the Commo¬ 
dore; W. Harold Powers, Vice-Commodore; 
Irving Hance, Secretary, and Henry N. Supp, 
Treasurer. The Regatta Committee includes 
Mr. Powers, chairman; H. N. Supp, Augustus 
W. Haviland, Harry G. Hamlet, and Charles A. 
Minton. 
Club Elections. 
SOUTH SHREWSBURY ICE BOAT AND YACHT CLUB. 
The South Shrewsbury Ice Boat and Yacht 
Club held its annual election last week. The 
officers elected are: Commodore, Benjamin P. 
Morris; Vice-Commodore, William R. Joline; 
Second Vice-Commodore, Jacob W. Edwards; 
Secretary, Aaron Edwards; Financial Secretary, 
E. J. Mapes; Treasurer, J. J. Manolt; Fleet Cap¬ 
tain, Myron L. Campbell; Assistant Fleet Cap¬ 
tain, William H. Lewis; Motorboat Captain, 
Charles L. Howland; Measurer, E. J. Mapes; 
Assistant Measurer, William Lewis; Steward, 
John F. Van Note; Trustees, Charles Whitty, 
Asher L. Wardwell, James P. Throckmorton, 
Austin B. Yale, and R. Meeker. 
INDEPENDENCE ICE Y. C. 
The Independent Ice Y. C., Shrewsbury, N. 
J., met this week and elected the following 
officers: Commodore, Everett Asay; Vice- 
Commodore, M. Cree; Rear-Commodore, Fred 
Fisher; Secretary and Treasurer, B. B. Sickles; 
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer, Harry Asay; 
Executive Committee—Allen Hesketh, Harry 
Asay; Regatta Committee-—Fred Wagner, J. 
Allaire, R. Brown, Allen Hesketh; House Com¬ 
mittee—PI. Chamercy and A. Copeland. The 
club will build a houseboat 20 by 30 feet. The 
houseboat will be built on pontoons and will be 
placed in the river for a club house. 
Motor Boat Show. 
Henry R. Sutphen, chairman of the show 
committee of the National Association of Motor 
Boat Manufacturers, under whose auspices the 
Motor Boat Show will be held, says that up to 
the present time 9 7 per cent, of the total floor 
space, which will be devoted to the exhibition of 
boats and engines, has been applied for, while 
92 per cent, of the total balcony space has been 
reserved. 
The show is to open in the Sixty-ninth Regi¬ 
ment Armory on Saturday, Feb. 17, and will 
close Saturday. Feb. 24. The products of sev¬ 
eral boat building firms from the far West will 
be shown for the first time in any Eastern ex¬ 
hibition. 
Particular interest will be shown in the hydro¬ 
plane exhibits. This style of craft, some of them 
only fourteen and fifteen feet in length, will at¬ 
tract attention. A number of the exhibitors have 
stated that they will make a special effort to 
show several different designs of this new type 
of speed boat. 
American Motor Boats. 
The hacknied expression, “I told you so” has 
been relegated to one of Bill Edwards’ full after- 
dinner ash cans for once. The instance being that 
of the International Motor Boat races atHunting- 
ton Harbor, L. I., during the past season. Be¬ 
fore the race a prominent English yacht racing 
authority was asked what he thought of 
America’s chances. Said he: “To be quite 
frank, I don’t believe America has a chance. 
Maple Leaf is, in my mind, the fastest boat of 
her feet ever built, and Pioneer, though slightly 
less speedy, is absolutely reliable. One or the 
other should win. There is not a boat in your 
fleet that can be counted on, even if she has the 
speed, to cover the course without a break¬ 
down.” 
This opinion, based on past years, was pretty 
general among American motor bbat men. 
There were two young men, however, who 
said little, and none of that little carried any 
such suggestion as above quoted. These men 
were the Crane brothers, one the designer of 
the engines and the other the architect of Dixie 
IV. They had builded well and they knew how 
well, as did nobody else, until the races were 
over. This proved the speed and reliability, but 
didn't dislodge the opinion that there was more 
or less frailty in Dixie’s construction. Acci¬ 
dentally the opportunity came to show how tre¬ 
mendously well the little racer was put together. 
In the well remembered and deplorable accident 
at Buffalo, when she ran ashore at a speed of 
forty miles an hour, she came pretty near caus¬ 
ing a physical separation of the United States 
and Canada. The impact was so terrific when 
she struck the rocky beach that she was lifted 
clean out of the water, landing high and dry. 
To everyone’s surprise, instead of kindling wood 
and metal junk, the hull was damaged almost 
not at all, while the engines were not damaged 
a particle. A few days’ work put the fine little 
ship in working trim. This surely offers con¬ 
clusive proof of her durability and physical 
strength. 
Another and smaller craft that made a won¬ 
derful showing was the little sixteen-foot hydro¬ 
plane Hazel. She not only won consistently over 
short and long distance courses alike, but gave 
an exhibition of reliability and seaworthiness in 
a 75-mile match with the steam yacht Helenita 
that is unparalleled in the history of motor boat¬ 
ing. She averaged well over twenty miles an 
hour in this race, although rough water had to 
be traveled during a good part of the trip, and 
went through without a hitch. Think of such 
a performance from a 16-foot cockle. 
Among the cruisers equal improvement was 
witnessed. The winning craft in the important 
events showed uniform increase in speed over 
former years and engine troubles were mini¬ 
mized in marked degree. The New York-Hali- 
fax 600-mile race stands out as the feature 
of the season, for three boats journeyed part of 
the course through a terrific storm that wrecked 
a number of large vessels along the Nova Scotia 
coast, and came out unscathed. For several 
hours the wind blew sixty miles an hour and 
the waves rose to a height of fifteen to twenty 
feet, yet through this frightful weather the boats 
kept on without pause and never once did the 
engines stop. Look back on other ocean races 
of this kind and note the difference. Few in¬ 
deed are the instances when a single boat, let 
alone the whole fleet, did not have to lay-to for 
repairs. 
There is talk now of a run across the ocean 
from New York to the Canary Islands next 
winter for a trophy to be presented by the King 
of Spain. Americans have the boats to get there. 
Any craft that can weather such a storm as the 
Halifax racers encountered off Cape Sable can 
safely undertake the crossing. The race should 
be a success, if properly handled, for our skip¬ 
pers are nothing if not fearless, and several have 
already pronounced in favor of the event. 
Motor Boat Club Elections. 
BAY SHORE MOTOR B. C. 
At the annual meeting of the Bay Shore 
Motor Boat Club these officers were elected: 
Commodore, W. H. Moffat; Vice-Commodore, 
Dr. W. A. Hulse; Secretary, W. H. Schwab; 
Treasurer, J. J. Gibson; Board of Governors— 
W. H. Moffat, W. A. Tucker, E. M. Rockworth 
Dr. W. A. Hulse, H. van Wyckoff, W. Schwab! 
Dr. I. W. Furman, J. J. Gibson, C. C. Brewster, 
G. E. Raynor and J. W. Ennis. 
AMERICAN POWER BOAT ASSOCIATION. 
The Buffalo section of the American Power 
Boat Association was formed recently by 
motor boatmen of that locality. The officers 
are: Commodore, Edward Michael, Buffalo Y. 
C.; Vice-Commodore, Albert F. Dohn, Buffalo 
Launch Club; Secretary, Robert H. Mason, Buf¬ 
falo Y. C.; Treasurer, John F. Ellsworth, Motor 
Boat Club of Buffalo. 
CLIFF MOTOR BOAT CLUB. 
The Cliff Motor Boat Club, of Sea Cliff, L. I., 
has elected these officers: Commodore, H. O. 
Grieshaber; Vice-Commodore, L. J. Harvey; 
Rear-Commodore, J. F. Thibaut; Fleet Captain, 
Arthur Tilley; Secretary, William Murshon; 
Treasurer, C. W. Sniffen. 
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Houseboat For Sale 
45 x 20 on deck. Living room, 15 x 12. Three state¬ 
rooms with beds; one stateroom with berths; bath 
room, store room and kitchen. Partly furnished. 
Kitchen utensils, stores, anchors, etc. Boat was 
thoroughly repaired last autumn. Now at Wilming¬ 
ton, North Carolina. Will sell cheap. 20 
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Tenth edition. Published 1904. We have a copy in 
fairly good condition, published at $12, which we will 
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