Jan. 20, 1912.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Ticks from the Ship’s Clock. 
“The captain swam ashore,” reported a 
country newspaper, describing a wreck, “as did 
also the stewardess. She was insured for 
$15,000 and carried two thousand tons of pig 
iron!”—Tid-Bits. 
Every flash from the “Flashlight” of the Erie 
Y. C. grows brighter. If the twelfth flash is 
much brighter than the first, there will be a 
glow like the Aurora Borealis on the southeast 
shore of Lake Erie. Incidentally, they slipped 
in a new editorial lighthouse keeper when our 
telescope was turned elsewhere; he is in three 
sections now, namely, George T. Bliss, George 
R. Oberbolzer and William S. Foster. Ex- 
Editor Nick has gone to the devil, with one 
Perrin—he is in the advertising department, 
and the back pages show his speed. 
Announcement is made that New York 
Motor Boat Show will be held in Madison 
Square Garden instead of 69th Regiment 
Armory, as originally intended. The date, Feb. 
17-24, remains the same. This is good news, 
as the Garden is roomier and more accessible. 
Another setback has run afoul the small rac¬ 
ing schooner class through the sale of Princess, 
nee Irolita, to J. F. Crofoot, of Omaha, by 
Demarest Lloyd. Although Princess was not 
in commission last year, it was hoped, when 
Mr. Lloyd recently purchased her from the 
estate of J. Roger Maxwell, she would brace up 
the small _ schooner class in races along the 
coast. It is quite certain she will not be raced, 
as her new owner summers at Penobscot Bay, 
Maine, and is not interested in yacht racing 
to any great extent. 
In his speech of acceptance of the prize for 
the winnings of Peter Pan IV., last evening, 
James Simpson suggested, that because of the 
increase in flotsam in the lower Hudson, and 
the increased danger to small speed boats there¬ 
from,_ that races next season be run higher up 
the river, perhaps starting from Yonkers. Mr. 
Simpson also announced the glad news that a 
new Peter Pan, to make 36 miles an hour, tvould 
be built in time for the coming season. 
The Chicago Y. C. will build a challenger for 
the Yacht Racing Union cup, offered by Com¬ 
modore Richardson, of Toledo Y. C., in a race 
with the yachts entered by Royal Canadian Y. 
C.,_of Toronto. The racing committee of the 
Chicago Y. C., known as the hustlers of the 
Great Lakes, is enthusiastic over a recent letter 
sent by Secretary MacMurray, of Toronto Y. 
C.. in which he voiced enthusiastically the 
strong sentiment in the Canadian organization 
in favor of a renewal of friendly relations with 
Chicago Y. C., on whom, as he says, depends 
much of the success of these fresh-water inter¬ 
national contests. 
Ice Yacht Races. 
At Long Branch two ice yacht clubs sailed 
their first races over the Shallow Point course 
on Jan. ii, X. L. N. C. and Drub winning first 
'honors. In the race of the Long Branch Ice 
Boat and Yacht Club over the 15-mile course, 
nine yachts faced the starter. Drub won easily. 
_ After the Long Branch Ice Boat and Yacht 
Club race had been finished the South Shrews¬ 
bury yachtsmen sailed a lo-mile race for the 
Commodore’s cup, the Terhune yacht, X. L. 
N. C., winning. She led from the start and 
was never headed. Say When was second and 
Hazel L. third. Ex-Commodore Gibbons’ In¬ 
genue dropped out after sailing the second 
round. The summaries: 
Commodore’s Cup.—South Shrewsbury Ice 
Boat and Yacht Club, 10 miles—X. L. N. C., 
Capt. Henry S. Terhune, sailed by Capt. Charles 
Irwin, elapsed time 28m. 55s.; Say When, Capt. 
Henry H. Mimro, sailed by Capt. Asher War- 
dell, elapsed time 31m. 31s.; Hazel L., Capt. 
William R. Joline, sailed by Capt. Robert Cur¬ 
tis, elapsed time 32m. 29s.; Ingenue, Capt. J. 
C. Gibbons, sailed by Capt. John Bates, with¬ 
drew. 
Commodore’s cup. Long Branch Ice Boat and 
Yacht Club, 15 miles.—Drub, Edward Fiedler, 
sailed by owner, elapsed time 45m. 57s.; Snow¬ 
flake, Capt. James O’Brien, sailed by Capt. 
Charles Blair, elapsed time 49m. 12s.; Ingenue, 
Capt. J. C. Gibbons, sailed by Capt. John Bates, 
elapsed time 51m. 8s.; Isabel, Capt. Walter Con¬ 
tent, sailed by Capt. William Buxton, elapsed 
time 52m.; Blanche, Carl C. and Imp withdrew. 
Corinthian Y. C. 
Both branches of the United States service 
were well represented at the twenty-first annual 
meeting and banquet of the Corinthian Y. C., 
held at the Racquet Club, Philadelphia, Jan. 15. 
Commodore E. Walter Clark presided, and in¬ 
troduced Admiral Buehler, U. S. N., who re¬ 
lated amusing nautical yarns. Captain Grant, 
commandant of the League Island Navy Yard, 
responded to the toast of the sailors, and gave 
a review of the evolution of the United States 
Navy and made a plea for the merchant marine. 
He was followed by Colonel Barnett, of the U. 
S. M. C., who alluded to the marine corps as 
an auxiliary to the navy. Commodore August 
Heckscher, of the Seawanhaka-Corinthian Y. 
C., patted yachtsmen on the back, as did Rear- 
Commodore Wilson, of the Larchmont Y. C., 
and A^ice-Commodore Harold S. Vanderbilt, of 
the Seawanhaka. They announced that the 
waters of Long Island Sound and their ports 
and anchorages always extended a welcome to 
the Corinthian Club fleet. 
Edward Walter Clark, schooner Irolita, was 
unanimously re-elected Commodore. Other 
officers chosen were: C. Howard Clark, Jr., 
schooner Savarona, Vice-Commodore; Robert 
Toland, sloop Grilse IV., Rear-Commodore; 
Addison F. Bancroft, Secretary; Henry S. 
Jeanes, Treasurer; George Breed, Measurer; 
-Addison F. Bancroft, George Breed and Charles 
Longstreth, Race Committee; Trustees to serve 
for three years—Dr. Richard H. Harte and Ed¬ 
ward H. Johnson. 
The report of the treasurer showed the or¬ 
ganization to be in a prosperous condition 
financially. The report of the secretary and 
chairman of the Race Committee developed that 
there are 196 members enrolled in the club and 
III yachts flaunt the club burgee. The fleet is 
divided up into 7 schooners, ii auxiliary 
schooners, 23 sloops and yawls, 8 auxiliary 
sloops, 7 raceabouts, 8 open boats, 14 steam 
yachts, 29 motorboats and 4 houseboats. 
There were two series of raceabout regattas 
held during the regular yachting season, the 
spring series being won by W. Frazier Harri¬ 
son’s Quakeress III., with six firsts; Robert 
Toland’s Grilse IV. was second, with three 
firsts and four seconds; Paul H. Barnes’ Tom¬ 
boy was third, with one first; Nathaniel Hatha¬ 
way and George Breed’s Natoma, Addison F. 
Bancroft’s Ellanor and W. Barklie Henry’s 
Cyrilla being a tied for fourth place, each hav¬ 
ing a second to its credit. 
The fall series resulted in a tie between Tom¬ 
boy, Ellanor and Natoma, each havin.g two 
firsts, while Grilse IV. brought up the rear with 
one first. 
In a special race for the Commodore’s cup, 
W. Frazier Harrison’s Quakeress HI. was vic¬ 
torious. 
The unfinished race of 1910 was concluded in 
a series of contests from Oct. 4 to 24, of 1911, 
and Ellanor captured first place with 31 points. 
Owners of the larger sailing craft carrying 
the club’s colors cruised to the eastward and 
took part in the New York Y. C. races. E. 
AValter Clark, at the wheel of Irolita, had the 
distinction of capturing the Commodore’s cup 
in a big race off Newport, one of the most 
valuable trophies ever offered. W. Barklie 
Henry, sailing his Class M sloop Dorello. made 
a clean sweep in many of the events, outsailing 
the entire New York Y. C. fleet in his class. 
Robert Toland and Edward Dale, in the 
schooner Dervish, also took part in the Long 
Island Sound races, and the events off New¬ 
port and Marblehead, as did C. Howard Clark, 
Jr., with his schooner Savarona. 
Vigilant’s Racing Flag. 
Mr. C. Oliver Iselin presented his old rac¬ 
ing flag, carried on the America’s Cup defend¬ 
ing yachts. Vigilant, Defender, Columbia and 
Reliance, to the New York Y. C. at its last 
meeting. 
This incident of the club’s meeting was told 
in the_ New York Herald at the time, but then 
and since, there may not have been many 
yachtsmen who have had in mind what this 
battle-stained private signal stands for, and 
what it recalls. 
That flag tells the story of the club’s efforts 
to safely hold the blue ribbon of the sea against 
the invasion of British challengers for ten 
years; it tells the story of the expenditure of 
more than $1,000,000, possibly a great deal more, 
to do so; it tells of races that may never be 
surpassed or equalled in earnestness and, in 
instances, heart-breaking closeness; it tells the 
story of magnificent fleets of accompanying 
yachts and excursion steamers carrying hun¬ 
dreds of thousands of interested men and 
women, and it tells the story of outbursts of 
A'ankee pride and patriotism that resounded the 
world over. 
The old flag stands for victory; it stands for 
the supremacy of the Herreshoffs in the design¬ 
ing and construction of the defending America’s 
Cup vessels; it stands for stalwart yachtsmen 
and skippers, many of whom have looked upon 
their last yacht race, and it stands for the gen¬ 
erosity of individual members and club syndi¬ 
cates that provided the means to construct the 
many costly vessels called for by the challenges 
for the cup. 
It recalls the generosity of Mr. W. K. Van¬ 
derbilt, who gave the club the Defender for its 
cup service, and recalls the generosity of Mr. 
J. Pierpont Morgan, who gave the Columbia 
for the same purpose, which vessel is still so 
well preserved it may again be used as a trial 
craft, if another challenger comes along. It re¬ 
calls the syndicate that built the Reliance, the 
last of the great defenders, that also could once 
more be pressed into club service if necessary, 
and the old flag recalls yachting controversies 
without parallel. 
AA’hat a procession! Yachts of marvelous 
speed, patriotic and generous club members, 
mighty fleets of excursion vessels on the broad 
waters of the Atlantic, untiring regatta com¬ 
mitteemen, skippers with no superior the world 
over, and quarter deck groups of amateurs full 
of hope and enthusiasm—an almost endless pro¬ 
cession. 
And so the C. Oliver Iselin flag, also telling 
the_ story of this veteran’s retirement from the 
activities of the sport, should have a conspicu¬ 
ous place in the N. Y. Y. C., that all American 
yachtsmen may not forget' what it stands for 
and what it recalls. 
Ocean Yacht Race. 
Invitations have been sent to all yacht clubs 
in this country by Warren D. Wood, Commo¬ 
dore of the South Coast Y. C., of Los Angeles, 
Cal., to participate in the trans-Pacific Ocean 
yacht race from San Pedro to Honolulu, start¬ 
ing from San Pedro June ii. 
The race, which will be the longest event of 
its kind conducted by any yacht club in this 
country, will be under the auspices of the South 
Coast Y. C. and the Hawaii Y. C. 
