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himself until he had Atlantic II. built in 1903. 
With this yacht he won the race across the 
ocean for the Kaiser’s cup. The old Atlantic 
was sold to George E. Rector, and he has just 
sold the yacht to W. T. Smith, Fulton Market. 
The yacht will be used to carry green turtles 
from the West Indies to this port. 
The Kaiser and the America’s Cup. 
Speaking of the possibility of the German Em¬ 
peror becoming a challenger for the America s 
Cup, Henry Howard, chairman of the committee 
of the Eastern Y. C-, which is arranging the de¬ 
tails of an international match for small yachts 
between Germany and America, said to-day: 
“I doubt very much if the Emperor considers 
challenging for the America’s cup in the imme¬ 
diate future, as his interest in international 
yachting is centered at present in the Sonder 
class races to be sailed off Marblehead next sea¬ 
son by three German boats sailing under the 
colors of the Emperor’s club, the Kaiserlicher 
Y. C. of Kiel and three American boats sailing 
under the direction of the Eastern Y. C.” 
Mr. Howard is one of the few Americans who 
have talked with the Kaiser on yachting matters, 
and he is tolerably well informed of the Em¬ 
peror’s views on the subject of international 
racing. 
On the occasion of the American crews’ visit 
to Kiel last year, to sail against Germany, Mr. 
Howard had an informal talk with the Emperor, 
of some twenty minutes, which His Majesty de¬ 
voted exclusively to a discussion of yacht racing 
with special reference to the sport in America. 
At that time he barely touched on the America’s 
cup matches, although showing wonderful fam¬ 
iliarity with American racing as a whole. 
Recently Mr. Howard was again m Germany, 
where he had several conferences with Admiral 
Barandon, the Emperor’s right hand man in 
yachting, and with other yachtsmen in the Em¬ 
peror’s confidence, none of whom mentioned any 
possibility of the Emperor’s challenging for the 
America’s cup. 
“Emperor William,” said Mr. Howard to-day, 
“is very much interested in the Sonder class. It 
is his special class, and only his influence main¬ 
tained it when the yachting conference, held in 
London in January, 1906, made a new rating rule 
for Europe which swept away all the other exist¬ 
ing classes. 
“The Emperor believes the Sonder class the 
best type of small yacht for racing purposes that 
can be devised. He was extremely gratified with 
the result of the Sonder class match of 1907 at 
Kiel in which the German boats defeated the 
American team of three boats. He was scarcely 
less pleased with the result of the first inter¬ 
national Sonder class match, off Marblehead, in 
1906, for although the Germans were defeated 
the racing was distinguished by mutual good 
feeling, and the formation of genuine friend¬ 
ships between the contestants, a result particu¬ 
larly gratifying to the Emperor from the fact 
that he looks upon these matches as an im¬ 
portant means of bringing about more cordial 
relations between the people of the United 
States and those of Germany. It is for this rea¬ 
son, as much as from his love of sport, that he 
gives them his unqualified encouragement. 
“In the coming match, which will be sailed 
early in September, the Emperor and his ad¬ 
visers sincerely hope the three American boats 
will prove a truly national team, representative 
of different parts of the country. It would 
please them very much, and the Eastern Y. C. 
committee no less, if one boat came from the 
West, one from the South and one from the 
Atlantic seaboard. 
“To the end that such a representation may 
be secured, if possible, our club has issued in¬ 
vitations to yacht clubs all over the country to 
consider sending boats for the trial races which 
will he sailed early in August.” 
Reverting to the German Emperor and the 
America’s cup, Mr. Howard said: 
“One very good reason why the Emperor 
would not care to challenge for the cup the 
coming season is that he is having built a large 
schooner which it is his ambition to make the 
fastest schooner in Europe. She is from de¬ 
signs by Max Oertz, of Hamburg, a celebrated 
designer of Sonder class boats, who only last 
season entered the field with his first large rac¬ 
ing schooner, Germania, which was built from 
his design at the Krupp works in Essen, for 
Herr Krupp von Bohlen. She proved to be the 
fastest schooner of the year in European waters, 
much to the pleasure of the Emperor whose 
chief ambition in yachting is to see the Germans 
capable of turning out as fine large boats as they 
do small ones. 
“The Emperor’s new schooner will have Ger¬ 
man fittings throughout, whereas all large Ger¬ 
man yachts hitherto have had English or Ameri¬ 
can fittings and sails. 
“Should the new schooner prove a success the 
Emperor might turn his attention to the America’s 
cup, but at present I am convinced that he is 
satisfied to make headway slowly in the inter¬ 
national yachting game and is giving all his 
attention in international racing to the Sonder 
class.” 
Canoeing . 
A. C. A. 
The regular meeting of the Board of Gov¬ 
ernors of the American Canoe Association will 
be held at Hotel St. Denis, Broadway, New 
York city, on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 12 o’clock 
noon. R. J. Wilkin. 
[These proposed amendments were, through 
an inadvertence, not inserted in our issue of 
Oct. 10.—Editor.] 
In accordance with Article XII. of the con¬ 
stitution of the American Canoe Association, 
notice is hereby given that the following amend¬ 
ment to the constitution as published in the 
1908 year-book, will be offered at the next meet¬ 
ing of the executive committee: 
“Amend Article V., Section 2, paragraph 8, of 
the constitution, to read: 
“The vice- and rear-commodore and pursers 
shall be elected by the members of their re¬ 
spective divisions at the annual camp of their 
division, or at a general meeting of the mem¬ 
bers of their division, providing that at least 
two weeks public notice of the said election 
has been given in the official organ. Forest and 
Stream. The terms of office of all division 
officers shall begin the first day of October and 
extend to the first day of October of the year 
following, or until their successors qualify.” 
Frederic Andreas. 
I offer the following amendment to the by¬ 
laws of the A. C. A. for action on the 24th 
instant: 
Add the following paragraph to Chapter I., 
Section 1—Membership: 
“All application blanks shall state whether 
the applicant has ever before been a member 
of the A. C. A., and in what division, and shall 
furnish explanation as to lapse of membership. 
This shall apply to members seeking re-instate¬ 
ment, as provided in Section 2 of this Chapter, 
and to applicants, seeking re-election under new 
numbers. 
“The executive Committee shall from time to 
time determine the entry fee of a member who 
has, without good and sufficient reason, per¬ 
mitted his membership to lapse; this only in the 
case of an applicant’s seeking re-election under 
new numbers.” J. K. Hand. 
The following amendments are proposed for 
action at the meeting of the executive com¬ 
mittee on Oct. 24: 
CONSTITUTION. 
Article II.—Substitute “canoes” for “boats.” 
Article V. Section 2.—Strike out last line of 
second paragraph, “In case a division waives 
its right to the camp, any location may be 
chosen.” 
Article VI. Section 5.—Substitute “camps” 
for “meets” in fourth line. 
Article VI. Section 8.—Strike out “in Oc¬ 
tober.” Section 10.—Substitute “duty” for 
“duties” in first line; substitute “camp” for 
“meeting” in second line; strike out “in Oc¬ 
tober” in third line; substitute “at the time of 
the annual meeting of the executive committee” 
for “at the annual stated meeting in October,” 
as it now appears in the fifth line. 
Article. VII.—-Insert “proper” between “all’’ 
and-“bills” in seventh line; substitute “camps” 
for “meets” in eighth line and in ninth line. 
Article VIII.—Substitute “camps” for “meet” 
in last line. 
Article IX. Section 2.—Substitute “camp” for 
“meet” in seventh line; substitute “of the execu¬ 
tive committee” for “in October” in the nine¬ 
teenth and twentieth lines. 
BY-LAWS. 
Chapter IX.—Substitute “camp” for “meet” in 
ninth line. 
L. B. Palmer, 
Chairman, Committee on Revision. 
Doings Around the W. D„ A. C. A. 
The Western Division this year has the honor I 
of having one of its members, John A. Berkey, I 
chosen as commodore. Every one of the boys 
will be mighty glad to hear of this, as Commo¬ 
dore Berkey is very dear to all of them. This 
will mean that the Western Division will in a 
great measure be responsible for the affairs of 
the association this coming year, having charge 
of general camp, etc. 
Commodore Berkey will be in Chicago about 
the 22d of October on his way to the A. C. A. I 
meeting in New York. This will be the occasion j 
for a little stag which will be held in his honor 
by the Chicago A. C. A. boys. Mr. Huntington 
and Dixon, both of Chicago, will accompany 5 
Commodore Berkey to New York. 
Chicago A. C. A. Doings. 
The Chicago Boat Club on Labor Day held a 
very successful regatta, the chief features being j 
the closely contested canoe and shell races which I 
furnished keen sport for the several thousand I 
spectators who lined the banks of the course I 
and packed the club house. 
During this, the most successful regatta of the 
season, there were some thrills furnished by the 
number of spills at critical points in certain races. 
In the fifth event, which was a tandem paddle 
canoe contest. Haines and Egbert won an empty 
honor when the canoe of Halbert and Steinheim 
overturned when the two boats were at close 
quarters and within ten yards of the finish. The 
summaries : 
Single Paddle Canoe, for the Geo. J. Cowan 
Cup.—Won by J. H. Geilen; T. Haines, second; 
C. Dunbar, third; D. Egbert, fourth. The lat¬ 
ter’s canoe capsized twenty yards from the finish r 
while in the lead. 
Single Scull. Silver Cup.—Won hv Fred Trees. 
Half Mile Row, Amateur Championship.—Won 
by J. A. Lepping, St. Louis; A. lAttleson, Chi- \ 
cago, second. 
Tandem Paddle Canoe.—Won by Haines and 
Egbert. 
Four Gig Shell.—Won by Stearn, Merkle, 
Geilen and Korf. 
Special Tandem Paddle Canoe.—Won by Mer¬ 
kle and Smith. 
Special Double Shell Race Between Chicago • 
and Rockford.—Won by Chicago. 
Double Paddle.—Won by Perry Mueller. 
Tilting Match.—Won by Lockerbie who has 
remained undefeated for three years. 
Rockford, III , A. C. A. Doings. 
The boys of the Rockford Club, who have 1 
been away on cruises, have all returned. A 
great many of the boys have formed the habit 
of camping up the Rock River over Saturday 
and Sunday the entire summer and expect to 
continue for some time to come. 
The Forest and Stream may be obtained from 
any newsdealer on order. Ask your dealer to 
supply you regularly. 
