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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan. 23, 1909. 
Bensonhurst Y. C. Officers. 
The annual meeting of the Bensonhurst Y. 
C. was held in Brooklyn last week. Reports 
by the officers showed that the club last year 
had the best season of its history. It was 
decided that the cup offered by Rear-Commo¬ 
dore Schussel for a cruising race to Giffords 
and return should go to Richard Rummell, 
owner of Careless. The race ended in a drift¬ 
ing match and Careless was the first yacht 
home. The committee called the race off but 
it was not resailed during the summer. Mr. 
Rummell announced that he would, this year, 
offer a cup for a series of cruising races. The 
annual dinner of the club will this year be 
held on Saturday, February 6, and the com¬ 
mittee in charge is L. A. McTighe, George R. 
Le Sauvage and W. W. W. Roberts. Commodore 
William H. Childs will this summer be abroad, 
but he was re-elected. He will have his sloop 
Joy in commission, and that yacht will be 
sailed by J. P. Currier and his new Sender 
class boat, which will be in charge of her de¬ 
signer, Charles D. Mower. The election of 
officers resulted as follows: Commodore, 
William H. Childs; Vice-Commodore, William 
J. O’Neil; Rear-Commodore, Samuel Coch¬ 
rane; Secretary, W. W. W. Roberts; Treas¬ 
urer, C. H. MacKrell; Measurer, Alfred Mac- 
Kay. Race Committee: G. L. Beston, Chair¬ 
man; W. T. Remmey, F. M. Arnold, H. F. 
Eggert, Louis Wunder; House Committee: 
H. D. Scribner, Chairman; W. M. Kettner, C. 
L. Atkinson. Nominating Committee: W. W. 
W. Roberts, Chairman; C. L. Dingens, M. B. 
Hoffman, R. B. Moore, G. R. Le Sauvage; 
Auditing Committee: W. R. Sainbury, Chair¬ 
man; L. A. McTighe, A. H. Hawkins. Dele¬ 
gates to the Gravesend Bay Yacht Racing As¬ 
sociation: G. L. Beston, G. R. Le Sauvage; 
Delegates to the Power Boat Association: W. 
M. Bieling, A. T. Wells; Board of Directors: 
C. H. Clayton, Chairman; R. W. Rummell, 
William Inslee; Executive IBoard: R. W. Rum¬ 
mell, Louis Wunder, L. A. McTighe, H. T. 
Lane, A. H. Hawkins, C. H. Hamilton, E. 
Alfred, C. L. Atkinson, C. H. Clayton. 
Orient Heights Y. C. Officers. 
At the annual meeting of the Orient Heights 
Y. C., these officers were elected: Commo¬ 
dore, Alfred H. Downing; Vice-Commodore, 
Frank G. Crowley; Treasurer, Byron C. Down¬ 
ing; Secretary, James H. Cline; Directors— 
James F. Gunnerson, Joseph S. Donnell, A. 
Dudley Bagley, James A. Carr, C. H. S. Wet- 
more; Entertainment Committee—George W. 
Baker, B. Fred Bates, W. W. Davis, Louis P. 
Nolan, C. H. S. Wetmore, C. V. Elliott, J. 
Edwin Watkins; Regatta Committee—Erederick 
L. Baker, C. V. Elliott, William S. Bronson, 
Thomas Aykrody, J. Edwin Watkins, Hiram 
A. Downing, John Black, Jr., L. P. Nolan, 
Leon H. Linnell; Measurer, Arthur H. Noble; 
Harbor Master, Charles H. Riley, Jr. 
Harlem Y. C. Officers. 
At the annual meeting of the Harlem Y. C., 
held last week, these officers were elected: 
Commodore. George W. Jarchow; Vice-Com¬ 
modore, E. D. Newton: Rear-Commodore, W. 
L. Fowler; Treasurer, E. J. Martin; Financial 
Secretary, H. B. McAllister; Recording Sec¬ 
retary, A. G. Archer; Measurer, John Wimmer; 
Fleet .Surgeon, T. A. Martin, M.D.; Chairman of 
Race Committee, W. S. Sullivan; Trustees, E. 
J. Hartman, P. J. Fox and J. J. Delaney. 
Augusta Y. C. Officers. 
The members of the Augusta Y. C. have 
elected these officers and committees: Commo¬ 
dore, Edwin A. Getchell; Vice-Commodore, 
Guy P. Gannett; Secretary, John H. Hopkins; 
Treasurer, Robert Partridge; Directors—A. M. 
Goddard, William Moyes, T. M. Jewett; Fleet 
Surgeon, L. J. Crooker, M.D.; Regatta Com¬ 
mittee—E. L. Ripley, A. G. Hopkins, F. E. 
Hinton, B. E. Getchell, Joseph Hodgkins; 
Measurer, Earle Moyes. 
Dixie II. to Race at Monaco. 
E. J. Schroeder has had the fast power 
launch Dixie IL, winner of the British interna¬ 
tional cup and of the challenge cup of the 
American Power Boat Association, entered for 
the racing at Monaco. The entry on behalf of 
the Thousand Islands Y. C. was made through 
the Automobile Club of America. The new hull 
for Dixie II. is almost finished at Lawley’s. 
It is built of mahogany. As soon as it is 
shipped to this city the motor will be installed, 
and after a few trials, the launch will be sent to 
Monaco in charge of Capt. S. Bargley Pearce 
to be tuned up for the races. 
Mr. Schroeder has entered his boat for the 
International Grand Prix and for the Nautical 
Mile and Plying Kilometre. The rules for the 
Grand Prix allow any racer regularly entered 
for the meeting to take part in the international 
championship for the nation whose flag it 
carries. The distance is too kilometres, or 62.10 
miles, with sixteen turns. The prizes are: 
Eirst, io,ooof.; second, 2,soof.; third, i,50of., and 
fourth, i.ooof. The qualified boats must have 
their hulls painted in the following colors: 
Germany, white; America, black (pot lead); 
England, green; Belgium, light yellow; Erance, 
wood natural; Italy, red, and Switzerland, 
iron gray. This race is fixed for the sixth rac¬ 
ing day of the meeting. 
The fixed nautical mile and the straight kilo¬ 
metre competition will take place on the 
seventh and last day of the meeting. These are 
open to the boats having finished one of the 
courses of 50 kilometres, whether scratch or 
handicap, or having covered the same distance 
in the Championship of the Sea, or the Inter¬ 
national Grand Prix, eliminations or final. 
The same helmsmen and engineer will have 
charge of the Dixie IL in the races at Monaco 
as were in charge at Huntington. L. I., last 
summer, when the boat successfully defended 
the British International cup—namely, S. 
Barthley Pearce, helmsman, and Albert Rap- 
pahun, engineer. 
Mr. Schroeder expects to be at the races, 
and among other Americans that will take the 
trip to Monaco for the purpose are Commo¬ 
dore Gilbert T. Rafferty, of the Thousand 
Islands Y. C., and T. A. Gillespie, of New York. 
Pacific Coast News. 
San Erancisco, Cal., Jan. 15.—At last definite 
steps have been taken toward an improvement 
at Santa Barbara that has been discussed for 
many years, and which, when completed will 
make that port one of the most alluring yacht¬ 
ing resorts on the coast. The project in ques¬ 
tion is to dredge the old Salinas lagoon, and 
make it a quiet, protected harbor where yachts 
would be safe from the storms that come in 
from the southeast during the winter months. 
Four enthusiastic yachtsmen, William Miller 
Graham, John Edward Beale, Walter Hawley 
and Alfred Edwards are taking a keen interest 
in the proposed improvements and have sent 
for dredger experts who will make an estimate 
on dredging the lagoon. It is planned to give 
it a uniform depth of from 9 to 12 feet, so that 
the largest yachts can be taken care of, while 
the lake will be made large enough for smooth 
water boating. Weather conditions in the 
Santa Barbara channel are almost ideal for 
yachting almost the entire year, but a number of 
boats have been washed ashore and wrecked 
during the winter storms that occur occasion¬ 
ally, and this has deterred many from engag¬ 
ing in the sport, as San Pedro is the nearest 
place where yachts can be properly cared for. 
The completion of projects now in view will 
probably mean that a handsome fleet of modern 
yachts will make its headquarters at Santa 
Barbara. 
The annual dinner of the Corinthian Club was 
held at Tiburon on New Year’s Day, as usual, 
but this year’s event was an especially notable 
one, as since the last time the mernbers met in 
this fashion the ground upon which the club 
house is built has become the property of the 
club, and they felt as though they were attend¬ 
ing a house warming. At the close of the 
sumptuous banquet Commodore W. E. Stone 
made a short speech in which he congratulated 
the members of the club on being able to sit 
in their own house and on their own land and 
introduced several former commodores, in¬ 
cluding Harry D. Hawks, Tom Jennings, Louis 
Chapman, Theodore E. Tracy and Edwin F. 
Sagar. An interesting musical programme then 
followed, and at a late hour the club men and 
their guests wended their way homeward well 
satisfied with the manner in which the new 
Year was opened. 
Winthrop Y. C. Dinner. 
The Winthrop Y. C. celebrated its twenty- 
fifth anniversary with a dinner at the club house 
at Winthrop which was served on Saturday, 
Jan. 16. Three hundred and fifty members and 
fifty guests were present. After the dinner 
Commodore Edgar H. Whitney introduced 
Charles G. Bird, who has been secretary of the 
club for twenty-three years, as toastmaster. 
Among the speakers were Commodore E. P. 
Boynton, Boston Y. C.; Commodore Henry 
Cook, Cottage Park Y. C.; Commodore H. W. 
Robbins, Quincy Y. C.; Commodore Gilbert 
Soule, South Boston Y. C.; Commodore William 
Drew, Squantum Y. C.; Henry E. Turner, 
Albert W. Torrey and Samuel C. L. Haskell. 
• The annual meeting of the club was held last 
Tuesday evening. These officers were elected: 
Commodore, Henry B. Whittier; Vice-Commo¬ 
dore, David M. Wilseley; Secretary, Charles G. 
Bird; Treasurer, Joseph J. Devereaux; Meas¬ 
urer, Frank H. Byrne; Directors—Edwin D. 
Cox, Harry E. Blanchard, Lewis B. McKie, 
Edward S. Snow; House Committee—Edwin D. 
Cox, Lewis B. McKie, Harry E. Blanchard. 
15-Rater for Morton F. Plant. 
Eormer Commodore Morton E. Plant, of the 
Larchmont Y. C., has commissioned William 
Fife to build a 15-metre cutter, which he will 
have raced in British regattas. It is said that 
Capt. Charles Barr will have charge of this 
yacht. Commodore Plant is now in the Medi¬ 
terranean cruising with friends on his steamer 
lolanda. He intends to go t9 Constantinople 
and into the Black Sea, and will then return to 
witness the power boat races at Monaco and 
later be in British waters in time for the open¬ 
ing of the season there. 
Canoeing. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
new members proposed. 
Atlantic Division.-—Dr. Chas. F. Jones, iio 
Madison avenue. New York city, by_ Frank C. 
Hoyt; Wm. W. Lighthipe, care of Otis Electric 
Elevator Co., 17 Battery place. New York city, 
by H. Lansing Quick. 
Central Division.—Alexander England. 428 
Biddle avenue. Wilkinsburg, Pa., by C. Harry 
Smith; Rev. William R. Parmer, 440 Maple 
avenue, Edgewood, Swissvale P. O., Pa.; 
Walter V. Turner, Box 92, Pittsburg, Pa., both 
by R. E. Emery. 
Eastern Division.—George H. Berry, 68 
I,aura street. Providence, R. L, by Arthur E. 
Neill. 
NEW MEMBER ELECTED. 
Eastern Division.—5644- John P. Smith, i 77 
Linwood avenue. Providence, R. I. 
MEMBER DECEASED. 
Eastern Division.—3177. Erederick T. Hovey, 
Woburn, Mass., died Dec. 22, 1908. 
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