Feb. ii, 1911.] 
saikci a series of races at Put-in-Bay at the 
head of Lake Erie and also in Lake St. Clair 
in the season of 1875, and it was then, accord¬ 
ing to Canadian tradition, that the Fisher cup 
was first won by a Canadian yacht. Annie 
Cuthbert was purchased by Commodore Prindi- 
vi e and other Chicago yachtsmen, ■ and 
the cup, which so far belonged to the winning 
yacht, went to Chicago. 
In 1883 the Canadian sloop Atalanta, which 
made an unsuccessful bid for the America’s Cup 
i Wa i S 1 nt tc L Chlca go in 1883, and won 
the trophy back to Canada. Atalanta was then 
owned by the Gifford syndicate. The next year 
tlie yacht Norah, of Belleville, owned by John 
1 C ii’ *u° n the r cup from the Atalanta. 'Norah 
held the cup for many years. Toronto yachts¬ 
men tried to capture the cup with N. B Dick’s 
' to arrange a match 
with the Bay ot Quinte Y. C., in which Norah 
was enrolled, were futile. Then the Rochester 
* • ‘ c il a Uenged and in 1892 Onward sailed 
gainst Norah. There were practically no re¬ 
strictions. The race was sailed in a gale, and 
f f G t 18 n C !? W n aS j arned on Onward and she de- 
rt l ,n T lan yacht Then ZeIma raced 
at Charlotte. Two races were sailed in light 
yaChtS did n0t finish > a nd the 
lacht da fmi ere Was a gale > so that neither 
fn rfL T? out of J the harbor - This was 
m 1893. Die cup stayed at Rochester for seven 
years, when the 35 -footer Minota was sent after 
it after a long series of trial races against the 
Beaver. The Rochester club defended with the 
? e !^l e , e - . Minota was beaten in the first race 
"5f ht ™ lnds - and in the second, when she was 
eading in a stiff wind, Minota parted a main 
fnrnbuckle and had to withdraw. In 
1896 the Zoraya easily defeated the Iroquois in 
TnXnc Tp°wi the tr , ophy to Toronto. 
Fred Y llte ’ Arthur T. Hagan and 
ft, . S ', T ° dd ’ , owne rs of the Onward, donated 
he trophy to the Lake Yacht Racing Associa 
tion °n condition that it should be a perpetual 
challenge trophy for yachts in the 35-foot class 
and larger belonging to Lake Ontario yacht 
clubs enrolled in the association. The cup is 
held not by the winning yacht, but by the club it 
represents. 
forest and stream. 
the record for the Isle of Shoals and Cape 
Elizabeth races and has won many prizes. 
Eastward will not be the name of the Plant 
schooner after all. That report was started by 
some wit at Bristol, who seemed to think East¬ 
ward against Westward would sound odd 
Commodore Morton F. Plant named his big 
Vnt m d r Io ] a ? da after the Italian princess 
Yolande and he recently wrote to the King and 
yueen of Italy asking permission to name his 
new racing schooner in honor of the Queen. 
He has heard from the Royal household of 
Italy granting him permission to use the name 
and expressing the thanks of the King and 
Queen for the compliment. The yacht will be 
named Jilena. 
The Manchester Y C. has elected C. Howard 
V 1 > n Jr -’ Commodore; Henry S. Grew, 2d, 
Vice-Commodore; Francis M. Whitehouse, 
Rear-Commodore; Arthur W. Merrian, Secre- 
tary Francis W. Fabyan, Treasurer; David 
Fenton, Measurer; John H. Storer, Member of 
Executive Committee; Charles E. Hodges 
TMi°n g R Man T sfieId ’ Reginald Boardman,’ 
John H Storer, Jr., and Richard B. Wiggles- 
worth, Regatta Committee. 
The Barrington Y. C, at its meeting last 
Arthur f lec i ed . , these officers: Commodore, 
i owner of the 18-foot knock¬ 
about Nada;. Vice-Commodore, N. Howard 
Easton, who is having a new motorboat built; 
Rear-Commodore, Horace L. Manchester- 
Secretary and Treasurer, Joseph A. Miller’ 
Board of Dn-ectors, Charles H. McKenna’ 
M an c k 9 ; Field, Charles F. Fairbrother, Harry 
M, • f S h mith and George Gladding. Commodore 
omith announced these appointments: Fleet 
Fref r’ p^ r f Em ^ ry P - Sweet -' Fleet Captain 
Fred H Bishop; Regatta Committee, Ernest J 
Lyons, A. B Tingley, Richmond Fales, William 
L a r0SS ’ AI^ rt M - Gardner, Samuel F 
wf d r n n nd A]fr . ed L - Atwater; Measurers, Al¬ 
bert C. Davis and G. Lawton Spencer. 
BrnwLff 0rin ^'' an Y - C ’ of Philadelphia, is 
fhe m,th Very f r0n , g W ', th racing - vachts > and 
PtlrPr u 3Se of the slo °P Dorello by W 
Barklie Henry adds another to the fleet that 
gould wn man y prizes this year. Commodore 
Oue^n C C r" °H n ri th f Ir ° Hta ’ formerl y the 
ti-n fiUf C i H ° War , d CIark owns the Savarona; 
two first class schooner, and in the smaller 
schooner class there is the Dervish The 
She^ C ittracte , d e s 1 g n e d b Y George Owen in 1908. 
PnLp t k t d - some atte ntion because she was 
carried ml n * ,hat is ', E' «° b°wsprk. bm 
carried in her races a club topsail. She holds 
CaPt- Idar [y P. Haff is to be the skipper of 
Westward. He will succeed Capt. Charles Barr, 
!- eaves f l iere . shor tly to bring the yacht home 
and. tit out for the season’s racing 
Ef?R ? ar x 7 /■ the eldest son of the 
Hank T Haff * the skipper of Colonia, De- 
ender and Independence of cup defense memo- 
™ S - ' s p no stranger on the shores of Narra- 
gansett Bay, for he was sailing master for United 
states Senator-elect Henry F. Lippitt rninv 
years on board different racing yachts. 
__ 6 u ade b ‘ s mar l <: in the racing game long 
a & o. He spent years on board the famous 
Loop yacht Wasp, a Herreshoff-built craft that 
Mr. Lippitt sailed, winning a deckload of cups 
t ng tb £ ra cmg highways of the Atlantic Coast 
Stta 11 Caot^Haff aCqu,red tbe schooner Qui- 
setta, Capt .Haff was found on the deck 
of that craft in charge of the sails, and again 
buiffat t"; £ ,P ’ P,tt p ad the Sl0 ° p W eetamoe 
built at Lawley s in Boston. So for many sea¬ 
sons his stamping place was on board of Rhode 
Island owned yachts. 
A native and a resident of Islip, Long Island, 
N. y., Capt. Harry P. Haff, was of a family of 
racing skippers, the best-known being his 
father, the ate Capt. Hank Haff, who hid an 
international reputation, as he sailed the Vigi- 
ant m Europe m 1893. He is a man of good 
judgment and keen in his jockeying for bosi- 
ml| S fo^ M art r a ? d 0l1ght , to prove a valuable 
man for Mr Cochran on board the Westward 
His knowledge of the tides and currents of the 
Atlanta Coast is equal to that of the late Capt. 
arr, with whom he had many a sailing scrap 
twenty years ago, one being on the Wasp and 
the other on board the Gloriana 
Ab°ut four years ago Capt. Haff became in¬ 
terested in politics and although not a repre- 
sentative at the State Capitol of New York at 
Albany, he spent much time there in the interest 
ot his particular section of Long Island. His 
work was so much appreciated in the lobby that 
he was soon appointed Fish Warden, which 
position he now holds and probably will cleave 
to as well as being skipper of the Westward, 
XhcX tbe /acht racing season is over the 
duties attached to that of fish warden require 
more attention than they do in the months of 
s u m m cr. 
With Capt. Bill Dennis in the new Elena, ex- 
Commodore Plant’s schooner, and Capt. Haff 
on the Westward next season, interest will not 
Iag l n , the , sch ? onei ; classes, for both men are 
skillful and enjoy the confidence of the vacht- 
mg community. y 
223 
bert; Law Committee—Wm. A. W Stewart 
on 1 slam| C nsh rman ’/R red E,y ’ Jr ' : Committee 
on Seamanship and Navigation—Arthur Curtiss 
'G.'^Stewan^ 1 ' 1 WaIler> George Nichols, Francis 
bridg| aC Md dl Ti haS been organized at Cam- 
idge,. Md. There were 81 charter members 
meeting ThUffi there , wi " b « '50 at the nM 
Alfred I d "/, 5 ele c fed are: Commodore, 
ilred I. Dupont; Vice-Commodore Frank M 
reS; R H ear - Eomm A od ? re ’ Wilb am R^yner; Sec^ 
Earl kSrn 6 T C A ' Joy ce; Assistan t Secretary, 
Tw/if r ’ Treasur er, Robert H. Matthews 
HurE Governors, the Commodores, John g’ 
Sba'nT Phillfp's l y W , 0 °£ r<1 ’ MIS,' 
Isidor Rayner ’ 7 L ' Leonaid and Senator 
near Cambridge Mr °, Id Henry home > 
h„ m f u h vbr 
George^Lee’to b «" -Id by 
cently there has been , Us ’ of Chlca go. Re- 
yachtsmen of ,h e lakes ToTTT am ? n * th ' 
yachts and the Mavourneel will bl^th 0 ra f ng 
around which the class will be formed' 
does not mean that George Lee wffi ke T hlS t 
he X ha S s G3 orderecf C an|»ther M Qass^p S611S as 
Bo e o 0 t r h g bay 0 Me n ’ Whkh WiH ‘ be East 
quam Y c'the f Ual - meet >ng of the Annis- 
for the i 9I i seLon-° W R g ° ffi R er ? il ^ ere elected 
modore, John M. WhiSemore ^Vi^r’ C ° m ' 
dore; Beniamin A c -It * lce -Commo- 
Walter O^s^Sy^ri? 0 ^-' 
Am'eXV o^ Ch Me“ d P “' 
Adams, Benjamin A Walter °- 
Sherburne Wiggi„ and Stanley Prffice R^ce 
William H. -<■ 
The trustees of the Seawanhaka-Corinthian 
Y G. have made the following nominations for 
officers and committees, and they will be submitted 
to the members at the adjourned annual meet- 
! ng ? n Peb - 2g: Commodore. Franks. Hastings, 
Feggy; Vice-Commodore, Edward F 
Whitney steamer Arrow; Rear-Commodore,' 
LHniel Bacon, sloop Avenger; Secretary, 
Everett Dominick; Treasurer, Colgate Iloyt 
rnVW Me r aSUrer ’ Hy l lop: Trustees (class of 
I 9 i 4 )-James A. Blair Jr., Francis G. Stewart, 
Clinton Mackenzie; Regatta Committee—C. 
Sherman Hoyt, Eliot Tuckerman, Victor I 
Cumnock, Franklin Remington, Geo. E Roose- 
veff; Committee on Lines and Modeis—John 
Hyslop, Walter S. Gurnee, Jr., Robt. L. Cuth- 
M T1 Wl 9 h’ inCy Y A C - last w eek, elected Ira 
e“ectS h S 0r 'Hen?v” , 'S 0d r 0re ' t her 
dore- Frank F Cri^ y o Crane , Vice-Commo- 
O Hall ' f Eran ^. R ear -Commodore; John 
vi. naJJ, Secretary George S u n rc 0 L Junn 
J "K™ Wl W. S. Hardwick.'W b a 
J Gr a „am:°fi„„ F s r e ed C„ E m„S',?r r ^ Ed ™> 1 M - 
of tI,rcS 7 „ r W K«ryear s Is T" 5 " 
thusiastic racing yachtsman. During his mem’ 
fes ^ ~ I 
boat, which he raced last season is the? Dart 
SlLyWcaVT 0 '"' the ofT; 
of#cer b s USir Tn? R SSi ° n f ° IIo wed the election of 
officers. Col. Francis V. Abbott, USA the 
commanding officer of the U. S. engineers of 
ns district haying in charge the dredging of 
member' 5 ^ harb ° rS> Was made an Wrary 
The report of the secretary gave the present 
a’nefhgain’of 68 during'th/yeaT ' h " S Sh °™* 
