June 8, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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Manhasset Bay Y. C. 
The annual regatta of the Manhasset Bay 
Y. C. will be sailed on Saturday, June 8, for all 
regular classes of schooners, sloops, one-design 
and handicap classes. 
ST.\RTING AND FINISHING LINE. 
The race will be started off the red and 
black buoy to the northward and eastward of 
Execution Light. 
The starting and finishing line will be be¬ 
tween a white flag on the committee steamer 
and a stake boat flying the club burgee, start¬ 
ing from west to east, finishing from east to 
west. 
STARTING SIGNALS. 
The starting signals will be called by gun 
or whistle. 
Will Sail Course No. i: 12:00 m. —Warning; 
a square white flag. 12:05 P- M-—Preparatory; 
blue peter. 12:10 p. m.— Schooners; all regular 
classes; one red ball. 12:15 p- m.—C lass K; one 
white ball. 12:20 p. m. —Classes L, M and N; 
one blue ball. 
Will Sail Course No. 2: 12:25 p. m.—C lass 
P; two red balls. 12:30 p. m. —N. Y. Y. C. 
thirties; two white balls. 12:35 P- M-—Buzzard’s 
Bay, one-design class; two blue balls. 12:40 p. 
M.-—Long Island Spund one-design schooners; 
one white and one red ball. 
Will Sail Course No. 3: 12:45 P- m.—A mer¬ 
ican Y. C. raceabouts; first and second divisions, 
handicap classes; one white and one blue ball. 
12:50 p. M. —Larchmont Interclub class; one 
blue and one red ball. 12:55 P- M.—Third and 
fourth division, handicap class; one red, one 
white and one blue ball. 1:00 p. m. —Classes Q, 
R and S; one red ball under white flag. 1:05 
p. M.—Manhasset Bay twenties. Jewel S class; 
one white ball under white flag. 1:10 p. m.— 
Bayside bird class, Manhasset raceabouts and 
New Rochelle one-design classes; one blue ball 
under white flag. 
Will Sail Course No. 4: 1:15 p. m.—M an¬ 
hasset bug and star one-design class; one red 
and one white ball under white flag, i :20 p. m.— 
American dories, Stamford Y. C.. Bayside Y. 
C. and Port Washington Y. C. one-design 
classes; one blue and one white ball under 
white flag. 
Each starting signal will be class prepara¬ 
tory signal for the next class to start. 
Postponement of the start of the race, if 
necessary, will be for fifteen minutes, or a mul¬ 
tiple thereof, and will be signalled by code flag 
“G” 
If it should be necessary to sail course in 
opposite direction, it will be signalled by code 
flag “B”. Marks will then be turned to port. 
Should a yacht cross the starting line be¬ 
fore her starting signal is given, she will be 
hailed and must return, giving way to other 
yachts crossing the line at the proper time. 
Race off for the day will be signalled by 
code flag “H”. 
All yachts in regular classes must file 
measurement certificates. 
This does not apply to one-design, restricted 
or handicap classes. 
No protest of any kind will be considered 
unless made in writing and given to Race Com¬ 
mittee prior to noon of June 10. 
Special prizes have been presented by flag 
officers and members. If two or more yachts 
start in a class a first prize will be awarded. If 
four or more, a second prize, and six or more, a 
third prize will be awarded. No sailover prizes 
will be given. 
The rules of the Yacht Racing Association 
of Long Island Sound will govern, except where 
otherwise specified. 
Entries must be received by the chairman of 
the Race Committee at 29 Broadway, New 
York, before 4 p. m. June 7. 
No special classes will be arranged on the 
day of the race. If owners of two or more 
yachts not provided for wish to arrange a 
special match, arrangements must be made at 
least twenty-four hours prior to the start. No 
sub-divisions of one-design classes will be made. 
SPECIAL NOTICE. 
Racing number with class letter or class 
distinction mark directly above them must be 
displayed on both sides of the mainsail. They 
must be painted in dark color of clear-cut block 
type on rectangular pieces of canvas and secure¬ 
ly attached to the sail, so that the bottom of the 
number wilt be on horizontal line with throat 
of sail and midway between luff and leach, and 
parallel to waterline. The size of the numbers, 
letters or distinction mark shall be not less than 
15 inches each in height for yachts of 30 feet 
and under waterline, and not less than 18 inches 
each in height for yachts over 30 feet waterline. 
Time may not be taken if this rule is not com¬ 
plied with. 
The Race Committee consists of James W. 
Alker, Chairman; William Gardner and A. W. 
Nilsson. 
Waterways League. 
President George J. Vestner, of the Water¬ 
way League of Greater New York and Long 
Island, has sent a letter to- the clubs in the 
league telling of its work and what it wishes to 
do. He says the league now has 1,670 active 
members in 194 clubs and hopes that before the 
year ends that the members will be far in the 
thousands and the influence of the league in¬ 
creased, and wishes to unite boatmen in the 
greatest of all leagues of loyal and public- 
spirited men; to purify and improve our waters 
for public health and common good, and to 
compel a just consideration of the needs of 
boatmen. In addition to our efforts this winter 
to stop pollution and collect drift, to connect 
the bays of New York and Long Island, an op¬ 
portunity should be offered to our vast army of 
boatmen to become more proficient in naviga¬ 
tion. In my judgment our members would wel¬ 
come a move in that direction. 
The Waterway League objects are: Inland 
waterways connecting bays and rivers with New 
York Harbor and Long Island Sound; lighted 
buoys for all navigable waterways; closer re¬ 
lationship of boat, yacht and sporting clubs; 
purification of waterways and protection of 
water food; stocking and protecting fishing 
grounds; widening, deepening and clearing chan¬ 
nels; removing grass, rocks and sandbars; se¬ 
curing just laws beneficial to those who use 
the waterways for health, pleasure or profit; 
supporting and encouraging water sports and 
racing; securing stations for communications 
and supplies at reasonable rates; securing a 
cosmopolitan winter club house with meeting 
halls, model rooms, bowling alleys and gym¬ 
nasium; protecting members through admiralty 
board; taking care of their grievances, righting 
their wrongs and fighting for their rights. 
Members will have the right to fly the league 
flag—emblem of good fellowship, signal for help 
in times of distress, sign of safe moorings in 
welcome harbors. 
Drips from the Paddle. 
Tippy Canoe Club, with its new $12,000 club 
house at Glen Over, on the Allegheny River, 
went into commission on May 29. On the 30th 
an interesting program of races was given. 
The Toronto Canoe Club, having won the 
Shea shield, emblematic of the war canoe cham¬ 
pionship of Toronto, three years in succession, 
the shield has become their property outriglit. 
F. H. Gooch, father of the well-known 
Toronto Canoe Club paddler of that name, has 
donated a shield to replace the Shea trophy. 
The Gooch trophy will be competed for at the 
spring regatta of the Toronto Canoe Club on 
June 22. 
The Maryland Canoe Club has under con¬ 
struction a modern canoe club house on the 
south side of the Patapsco River, near Brook¬ 
lyn. The new home of the club will be 
equipped with mechanical devices for handling 
canoes. The club was incorporated in 1911 and 
has done much to encourage canoeing in local 
waters. Its weekly canoeing parties up the 
river every Saturday afternoon are popular. 
1 he officers of the club are’ W. T. Haydon, 
President; Elmer C. Smith, Vice-President, and 
E. G. Hooper, Secretary, and Treasurer, 
Washington 1. C. A. 
The tenth annual regatta of the Washington 
Intercity Canoe Association May 30 at Syca¬ 
more Island, on the broad water course, was 
marked in every respect with pronounced suc¬ 
cess. Performances of R. Rutherford, of the 
Washington Canoe Club, and Charles H. 
Wagner, of the Potomacs, were commendable, 
but the canoe club star may claim the honors 
of the afternoon by three single victories and a 
win with his boatmate. Crane. In the double 
events Mrs. Charles H. Wagner and H. Rivero 
won from W. Crane and Miss Hardell. The 
summaries: 
Novice, Singles—Won by P. D. Gibson, 
Tech-Analostan; second K. Hansen, Y. M. 
C. A. 
Tail-End Race—Won by Thurston John¬ 
ston, Washington C. C.; second, C. D. David¬ 
son, Washington C. C. 
Association Championship, Singles—Won 
by C. H. Wagner, Potomac B. C.; second, F. 
H. Pleidenreich, Washington C. C. 
Novice, Doubles—Won by E. P. Ansley and 
R. B. Miller, Washington C. C.; second, G. Law 
and K. Hansen, Y. M. C. A. 
Association Championship, Doubles—Won 
by W. R. Crane and R. Rutherford. Washing¬ 
ton C. C.; second, W. R. Rogers and R. Garrett, 
Washington C. C. 
Mixed Doubles—Won by Mrs. C. H. 
Wagner and H. Rivero, Potomac B. C.; second, 
W. R. Crane and Miss M. Hardell, 'Washing¬ 
ton C. C. 
Club Fours—Won by Potomac B. C. (Van- 
dergrift, Wagner, McDonald and, Chamberlin) ; 
second, Tech-Analostan. 
Upset Race—Won by R. Rutherford, Wash¬ 
ington C. C.: second, K. Hansen, Y. M. C. A. 
Expert Singles—Won by R. Rutherford, 
Washington C. C.; second, F. H. Heidenreich, 
Washington C. C. 
Cruisers Race—Won by H. Rivero and H. 
T. Chamberlain, Potomac B. C.; second, G. Law 
and K. Hansen, Y. M. C. A. 
Expert Race, Doubles—Won by W. R. Gar¬ 
rett and F. H. Heidenreich, Washington C. C. 
Tilting Contest—Won by R. Rutherford and 
W. R. Crane, Washington C. C.; second, C. H. 
Wagner, and H. T. Chamberlin, Potomac B. C, 
A. C. A. Cruise on Ramapo River. 
On May ii and 12, forty-five members of 
the American Canoe Association cruised down 
the Ramapo River from Suffern, N. Y., to 
Mountain View, N. Y.. Many rapids and dams 
were encountered, the water was running quite 
swiftly. There were numerous spills, and in 
general, the cruise was very exciting. The 
party stopped at the Norton House at Pompton 
for dinner, and at the rapids below the dam, 
many a good canoeist met his fate. The cruise 
then continued to Mountain View, N. J., which 
was reached in a heavy rain storm. A luncheon 
was served here, after which the cruisers dis¬ 
banded. A. D. Berning. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division—Raymond C. Odell, 23 
Hooker avenue, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., by H. 
Jorgensen; Dr. Edmund Y. Hill, 445 West End 
avenue. New York city, by Louis Reichert. 
Eastern Division—Charles H. Shippee, Jr., 
206 Smith street. Providence, R. L, by A. W. 
Plazard. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Atlantic Division—6426. Chas. V. Beaver, 
288 East 164th street. New York city; 6427, John 
S. Hallam, 502 West 173d street. New York 
city. 
Western Division—6428, Dr. Wm. M. 
Thompson, 32 North State street, Chicago, Ill. 
