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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 5, 1908. 
Yachting in the Pacific. 
San Francisco, Aug. 29. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The annual meeting of the delegates to 
the Pacific Interclub Yacht Asociation was held 
on Aug. 10, and much business of importance 
was transacted. The meeting was called to 
order by Vice-President Herbert Hauser, and a 
resolution of condolence on the death of the 
late President, Peter J. Winegar, was adopted 
and ordered spread on the minutes and a copy 
foi'warded to Mrs. Winegar and to the Vallejo 
Yachting and Boating Club, of which Winegar 
was the representative. 
After the report of Douglas Erskine, chair¬ 
man of the auditing committee, and the filing of 
reports of officers and committees of last year, 
the delegates elected officers according to the 
usual custom. This meant that the presidency 
would go to the Aeolian Y. C., and the result 
was that Herbert Hauser was chosen. The vice¬ 
presidency should go to the Sequoia Yachting 
and Boating Club, and as there were none of 
the delegates present, and as Secretary Much- 
more was absent on a pleasure trip up the # 
Sacramento River, the delegates had to lay over 
the election of a vice-president until his return. 
H. F. Muchmore, of the San Francisco Y. C. 
was elected Secretary, and Stuart Middlemas, of 
the Corinthian Y. C., was elected as Treasurer. 
The members of the Regatta Committee were 
elected as follows: Roy C. Ward, of San 
Francisco; Douglas Erskine, Corinthian; Dr. 
D. M. McRae, California; Wood O. Watson, 
Vallejo Yachting and Boating; Louis Landgren, 
Aeolian; unnamed, Sequoia Yachting and Boat¬ 
ing, and Louis Sutherland, Golden Gate. It 
was decided to postpone the annual regatta 
from September 9 (the date scheduled) to Sept. 
12. It was also decided to compile and issue a 
new association book, to contain the constitu¬ 
tion, by-laws, racing rules and signal numbers 
of the yachts. The data concerning the yachts 
will be in conformity with that required by 
Lloyds’ American Yacht Register. The work 
will be handled by a committee composed of 
Dr. E. M. McRae, Douglas Erskine and R. R. 
l’Hommedieu. 
The chief event in coast yachting circles dur¬ 
ing the present month in the racing line has 
been the regatta held by the South Coast Y. C. 
at Santa Barbara, and this proved to be a highly 
successful affair. The opening race of the sec¬ 
ond annual regatta of the club was won by K. 
R. Bradley’s Venus and was one of the prettiest 
contests ever waged in the history of the organ¬ 
ization. Three classes of boats competed. 
Mischief I. and II., sloops, Class N; Minerva 
and Arrow, yawls, Class P; Wasp and Venus, 
Class Q. The course was triangular, 2 j 4 miles 
over each leg, constituting a reach, a dead beat 
to windward and a broad ballooner reach home, 
twice around, 15 miles. A fair breeze with 
smooth water and clear skies formed ideal 
weather and water conditions. The finish was 
close and in the following order: Venus, first; 
Mischief I., Wasp, Minerva, Mischief II. and 
Arrow. The judges were Stuart Laughlin, 
Chairman of the Regatta Committee, and A. 
Lester Best, Secretary. The race held on the 
second day of the meet was won by Mischief 
I. by a margin of 3m. 28s. 
The third day’s race was a handicap event, 
in which all the boats competed, and was won 
by Venus. A. Squire’s sloop in the same class 
fouled it at the finish and was disqualified; 
Walter Folsom’s sloop Mischief II. was second; 
Commodore Spaulding’s yawl Minerva, third; 
Warren D. Wood’s sloop Mischief I., fourth; 
Francis Haye’s yawl Arrow, last. 
The race was a magnificent one, over an L- 
shaped course, intended to be a beat to wind¬ 
ward, spinnaker run and ballooner reach—12 
miles over four legs. The three local catboats 
started first, but they were soon overtaken by 
the larger boats, and the race soon developed 
into a contest between Venus and Wasp. In a 
close tack almost at the home line Wasp fouled 
Venus, which crossed the line winner. The 
other boats came in in close order, and the en¬ 
tire six contestants finished less than five 
minutes apart. In the evening there was a 
grand ball at the Potter hotel, and the cups 
were presented to the winners. 
The ocean race that is to be held from San 
Francisco to Santa Cruz, comencing to-day, 
Aug. 29, is attracting much attention from local 
yachtsmen and already a number of boats have 
been entered for the contest. Those signed up 
so far are Yankee, Monsoon, Nixie, Iola, 
Harpon, Mischief, Edna and Nautilus. An 
elegant silver trophy is to be awarded to the 
yacht winning the ocean race for two con¬ 
secutive years. The first prize will be a 
binnacle and a compass, and the second prize a 
silver cup. A race will be run from Santa Cruz 
to Monterey and return, and a silver cup is 
offered to the winner of this. Commodore 
Fulton Berry, of Nixie, who is the chief pro¬ 
moter of the event, is now in Santa Cruz mak¬ 
ing arrangements for the event. A. P. B. 
Iolanda in these Waters. 
Iolanda, the new steamship built on the other 
side for Morton F. Plant has arrived at New 
London. This is the third of the four built to 
come to this side. She went from Kingstown 
to New London in a little less than ten days 
and did well. 
Iolanda floated a homeward bound pennant 
220ft. long from her main topmast. The 
voyage from Kingstown was a rough one, but the 
big yacht maintained an average speed of twelve 
knots with two of her four boilers. Iolanda, 
according to Captain Bertun, her commander, 
is a fine sea boat, and had an excellent oppor¬ 
tunity to prove her seaworthiness in the howling 
gales of three days. The yacht was 9 days 15 
hours 52 minutes and 32 seconds crossing from 
Kingstown to New London Harbor. She re¬ 
ceived a great ovation from the steamer sirens 
and factory whistles when she made her ap¬ 
pearance in the harbor. 
After the health inspector and custom house 
officials had paid a visit to Iolanda, Mrs. Plant, 
with her son, Henry B., boarded the yacht and 
spent some time with her husband and party in¬ 
specting the palatial craft. A luncheon was 
served before the party was taken down the 
river in the speed launch Express to Branford 
House. 
Commodore Plant’s party consisted of Mr. 
and Mrs. W. Hamilton Busk, Mr. and Mrs. F. 
C. Sullivan, Miss Mary Harding, Lord Athlum- 
ney, Gilbert Elliott, A. Oliver Depree, C. L. 
Myers, Dr. G. M. Melville and W. F. Harding. 
Motor Boat Carnival. 
The National Motor Boat Carnival will be 
held on the Hudson River during the week of 
Sept. 21, under the auspices of the Colonial Y. 
C., which now has a house on the Hudson 
River, just north of 138th street. This carnival 
has become an annual fixture, and it is sure to 
attract the best of the motor boats, racing and 
cruising. As in former years, the programme 
will include mile speed trials, long distance 
races for racers and cruisers (the former going 
to Poughkeepsie and return and the cruisers 
turning at Peekskill), free-for-all races and 
three days’ series races for the championships 
in the different classes. In addition to the 
championship trophies, handsome prizes will be 
offered in all classes. Entries will close for 
these races with H. S. Gambel, 314 Madison 
avenue, or with the secretary of the Colonial 
Y. C. 
Grayling Wins at Oyster Bay. 
The usual weekly race of the Seawanhaka- 
Corinthian 15-footers was sailed last Saturday 
over the inside course off the club house at 
Oyster Bay. 
It was the fourth race of the second series 
and was sailed in a good southeasterly breeze. 
Grayling was the winner. The times: 
Grayling . 1 56 35 
Sabrina . 1 59 40 
Alys . 2 00 31 
Flicker . 2 00 42 
Water Baby . 2 03 10 
Imp . 2 07 30 
Hen . 2 07 4S 
Iris . 2 07 58 
Thelema . 2 11 00 
Labor Day RegaJt&s. 
It will be busy for yachtsmen everywhere on! 
Labor Day, and two big regattas which will 
attract the best of the racing craft in commis¬ 
sion will be sailed. On the Sound the Larch- 
mont Y. C. will hold its fall regatta, which will 
be started over the usual courses at 11:30 
o’clock. This regatta is for all regular special 
one-design and handicap classes. 
On the Lower Bay the annual event of the 
Atlantic Y. C., also for all classes, will be 
sailed, and it is possible that some of the 
larger sloops and schooners may make a trip 
Continued on page 399. 
Canoeing . 
A. C. A. Fixtures. 
Sept. 5-7.—Atlantic Division Camp.—Hermit Point, Hud¬ 
son River. 
- —.—Central Division Cruise and Camp.— 
Allegheny River. 
Western A. C. A. Doings. 
The Chicago Boat Club joined with the 
Columbia and other Chicago yacht clubs in 
making of the Lipton week a huge success. 
Saturday, Aug. 22, was devoted to water sports. 
There were boat races between the Naval Re¬ 
serve and Culver crews, yacht races, swimming 
races, shell races and canoe races. Practically 
all the boys in the canoe events were A. C. A. 
members. The most interesting event was the 
tilting match between Bob Lockerbie and 
Arthur Cabman. Allen Houston paddled for 
Cabman and Merkle for Lockerbie. Lockerbie 
won the match. 
Ralph Rogers, the newly elected purser of the 
Western A. C. A., with his wife, just completed 
a 400-mile cruise down the Wisconsin and 
Mississippi rivers. Mr. Rogers has promised 
to write up the interesting parts of the trip, 
one of which was an exciting tip-over, another 
making a sail of sixty-four miles one day down 
the Mississippi, getting dinner in the canoe 
with clewed sheets. 
Wallace Piggott and Ned Dixon, of Chicago, 
have just returned from a canoe cruise of sev¬ 
eral weeks among the lakes of upper Wisconsin. 
This is their fourth cruise on waters in this 
State. 
Ralph Penfield, the present purser of the 
Western A. C. A., left Aug. 25 for Idaho, where 
he will start in business. The Rockford A. C. 
A. boys had a camp up the Rock River for 
several weeks before he left as a sort of last 
camp together. The newly elected Vice-Com¬ 
modore, Geo. J. Cowan, of Chicago, and Allen 
Houston, of Chicago, were guests of Vice- 
Commodore Harry Norris for several days at 
this camp. The best wishes of all the A. C. A. 
boys go’ with Mr. Penfield on this undertaking 
of his. 
Perry Mueller and Will Harsh, both of Chi¬ 
cago, liked the Western Division camp at 
Spring Lake, Mich., so web that they returned 
there two weeks ago for a several weeks’ camp, 
Mr. Harsh shipping his sailing canoe there. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Atlantic Division—5584, Ernest E. Wheeler, i 
42 Broadway, New York city; 5591, Edward 
Dexheimer, 2465 8th avenue, New York city. 
Central Division—5586, Irving L. Fisk, 603 D. 
S. Morgan Building, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Northern Division—5585, J. B. Cochrane. 78 ;! 
Grove street, Kingston, Ont., Can.; 5587, Jerry j 
Taylor, Kingston, Ont., Can.; 5588, James Red- j; 
din, Kingston, Ont., Can.; 5589, Ira E. Martin, 
Kingston, Ont., Can. 
Western Division—5590, W. B. McAllister, | 
2165 East 31st street, Cleveland, O. 
APPLICANTS FOR REINSTATEMENT. 
Central Division—Frederic A. Riegel, 1105- ! 
1106 Century Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 
