Some News and a Little Gossip. 
Ihe Royal Canadian and the Rochester yacht 
clubs have agreed to bury their differences which 
arose out of the last race for the Canada Cup, 
and arrangements have been made for a race 
for the Fisher cup, to be sailed off Toronto 
next September. The representatives of the 
two clubs have agreed on the conditions which 
have been most clearly drafted, and it is 
thought that this race will be the entering 
wedge for further international events which in 
former years have been such an attractive 
feature of the sport on the Lakes. The con¬ 
ditions are printed elsewhere. 
At the meeting of the regatta committee of 
the Yachtsmen’s Club, held last week, the 
proposition of forming a racing association on 
the waters of the Delaware River was favor¬ 
ably discussed and after the project is brought 
up before the board of directors of the club, 
invitations will be sent to all the boat clubs on 
the Delaware to attend a meeting for the pur¬ 
pose of organization. This would include such 
clubs as the Philadelphia Y. C., the Corinthian 
Y. C., the Yachtsmen’s Club, Keystone, 
Camden Motorboat Club, Delaware River Y. C., 
Beverly, Red Dragon, Chester City and other 
clubs located along the waters of the Delaware. 
The Eastern Y. C., at its annual meeting, 
elected the following officers and committees: 
F. Lewis Clark, Commodore; Robert T. Paine, 
Vice-Commodore; Herbert M. Sears, Rear- 
Commodore, Henry Taggard, Secretary; 
Patrick T. Jackson, Treasurer; W. Starling 
Burgess, Measurer; George A. Goddard and 
Frank B. McQuestion, Council at Large; Wil¬ 
liam L. Carlton, William B. Stearns, Henry A. 
Morse. Louis M. Clark and Stephen W. Sleeper, 
Regatta Committee; Arthur Adams, Charles P. 
Curtis, R. G. Fessenden and A. Hemenway, Jr., 
Committee of Admissions; Edward M. Beals, 
P. Dexter, W. N. Goodnow and W. B. Revere, 
House Committee. 
The annual meeting of the Baltimore Y. C. 
was held last week. The annual report of the 
secretary and treasurer was made, showing the 
financial affairs of the club to be in an excellent 
condition, with a very neat surplus left over 
after all the expenses had been paid out. The 
club is highly gratified over the status of affairs, 
for some doubts were expressed as to the stand¬ 
ing in that line. Nothing definite was planned 
for the coming season for, as was explained by 
several of the influential men, the yachting sea¬ 
son is yet too far distant to take up matters for 
discussion. 
These officers were elected: Commodore, I. 
E. Emerson; Vice-Commodore, W. Ancker; 
Rear-Commodore, Arthur D. Foster; Secretary 
and Treasurer, J. A. Davis; Measurer, H. M. 
Foster; Governors—Robert Ramsay, George 
M. Shrier, H. B. Gilpin, Charles W. Miller; 
House Committee—Robert Ramsey, W. T. 
Kuhns, R. H. Goldsmith. Regatta Committee— 
H. M. Foster, W. H. Towles, F. W. McAllister. 
A meeting of the incorpoators of the Beach 
Terrace Y. C., of Bristol, was held last week 
for the purpose of electing the first set of 
officers. William H. Skeel was chosen tempo¬ 
rary chairman and William F. Huntley was 
made secretary of the meeting. The following 
officers were unanimously elected to serve for 
one year: Commodore, Richard W. Smith; 
Secretary, William F. Huntley; Treasurer, Wil¬ 
liam H. Skeel; House Committee—Theodore 
Droz, George Whaley and Herbert Freese; Di¬ 
rectors, Richard E. Smith, William F. Huntley, 
W. H. Skeel, Hermann T. Droz, George E. 
Whaley, Herbert Freese, Lloyd C. Wilbur, 
William M. Birtwell and Walter B. Swanson. 
At the annual meeting of the Interclub Yacht 
Racing Association John J. Harland, who has 
been president since 1905, was re-elected. The 
other officers elected were L. S. Coffin, Vice- 
President; Theodore H. Campbell, Secretary- 
Treasurer; Ralph E. Winslow, Measurer; 
Joshua P. Holbrook and Howard Gannett, Ex¬ 
ecutive Committee. An inter-club race will be 
held this year under the auspices of the Lynn 
Y. C. from Bass Point to Marblehead on Aug. 
6. The Lynn club will hold its regatta the day 
previous and on Aug. 7 the midsummer series 
of the Corinthian Y. C. will begin at Marble¬ 
head. These dates have been chosen by the as¬ 
sociation: May 30, South Boston Y. C.; June 
3, Mosquito Fleet Y. C.; July 1. Cottage Park 
Y. C.; July 4, City of Boston regatta; July 15. 
Columbia Y. C.; July 29, Squantum Y. C.; Aug. 
5, Lynn Y. C.; Aug. 19, Winthrop Y. C.; Aug. 
26, Quincy Y. C.; Sept. 2, Wollaston Y. C. 
There will also be races on invitation of the 
Corinthian Y. C. off Marblehead on Aug. 9, 
10, 11 and 12. 
These officers have been elected by the Bay¬ 
onne City Y. C.: John J. Ryan, Commodore; 
Arthur A. Gere, Vice-Commodore; Edward 
Wortman, Rear-Commodore; P. W. May. Sec¬ 
retary; William Meyerholz, Treasurer; Dr. B. 
S. Heintzelman, Fleet Surgeon; John Erickson, 
Measurer; Charles B. Easton; Fleet Captain; 
Julius Luick, Sergeant-at-Arms. 
At the annual meeting of the Robins Reef Y. 
C. the following officers and committees were 
elected for the coming year: Frederick J. 
Muller, Commodore; Theodore Koerner, Vice- 
Commodore; Charles Bush, Rear-Commodore; 
Valentine Steinmetz, Treasurer; Frederick 
Sauerman, Financial Secretary; Frederick Gold¬ 
ing, Recording Secretary; Dr. P. F. Stevens, 
Fleet Surgeon; Samuel Fowler, Measurer; C. 
Frederick Raichian, J. E. Jones, Max Bern¬ 
hardt, J. O. Smith, Valentine Steinmetz, Fred¬ 
erick Beers and Theodore Koerner, House 
Committee; William F. Miller. John Nickels, 
M. Hanna, Oscar Peterson and Charles Bush, 
Docks and Ways Committee; Oscar Peterson, 
Samuel Fowler, James Dunn, M. Luton and 
Samuel Seals, Regatta Committee; Frederick 
Golding, Frederick Sauerman and C. J. Stalling, 
Investigating Committee. 
At the sixteenth annual meeting of the Staten 
Island Boat Club the following officers were 
elected for 1911: President, Frank G. Janssen; 
Vice-President, Charles F. Hart; Treasurer, 
Frederick G. Huber; Secretary, Arnold W. 
Lenderoth; Captain, William B. Tyndale; Di¬ 
rectors, Edward W. Gould, Jr.. Norman H. 
Donald, Harold C. Scrymser, Albert E, Hart. 
The president’s cup for long distance rowing 
during 1910 was awarded to S. Wells and the 
captain’s medal to William B. Tyndale. 
The officers chosen by the Kill von Kull Y. C. 
follow: J. B. Smith, Commodore: Jaffrey 
Buchanan, Vive-Commodore; John Gibson, 
Rear-Commodore; Edward Smith, Secretary; 
John Gilbertson, Treasurer; Dr. Lucius F. 
Donohue, Fleet Surgeon; John H. Donohue, 
Fleet Captain, and John J. Higgins, Measurer. 
Anthony Schneider has been elected again as 
commodore of the Pavonia Y. C. 
Fisher Cup Conditions. 
1 he Rochester and Royal Canadian yacht 
clubs have agreed on the conditions to govern 
the series of races for the Fisher cup held by 
the Canadian club. The first of the series will 
be sailed on Sept. 2, and it is probable that the 
Canadians will build a new boat to meet the 
challenger Seneca. When the Rochester club 
challenged, the Canadaian club accepted and 
made some suggestions which were considered 
by the challengers. The result is that every 
possibility of any trouble over the race has 
been covered and a rattling good contest is 
anticipated. These conditions which have been 
ratified by both clubs are as follows: 
The racing and management rules shall be 
those of the Lake \ acht Racing Association as 
existing at this date, subject to such conditions 
and variations as are herein provided and in 
accordance with the deed of gift. 
The yachts shall be of wooden planking. 
The competing yachts shall be in Class P. 
The winner of two of three races shall be de¬ 
clared the winner of the match. 
The first race shall be sailed on Saturday, 
Sept. 2, 1911, and the other races on consecu¬ 
tive days until completed. Sundays excepted. 
The races will be sailed on Lake Ontario off 
Toronto on course to be decided upon by the 
judges. The first course shall be triangular. 
The second course shall be to windward or lee¬ 
ward and return. If the wind appears steady 
the tug bearing the buoy shall start as near as 
possible to the time at which the preparatory 
gun is fired. The third course shall be similar 
to the first. The triangular races shall be twice 
around and equilateral triangle of ten and one- 
half nautical miles. The windward or leeward 
races shall be four and one-half nautical miles 
to windward or leeward and return, twice 
around, making eighteen miles. The triangular 
courses shall be sailed so that one side of the 
triangle shah be laid to windward. All starts 
shall be to windward if practicable in windward 
and leeward races all buoys shall be left to 
starboard or port as directed by the judges. 
Measurements under L. Y. R. A. rules shall 
be made by the judges or by the measurers to 
be appointed by them at least five days before 
the date fixed for the first race, and their certifi¬ 
cates of measurements shall be given at least 
forty-eight hours before said date. 
The judges shall determine displacement by 
weighing the yacht when fully equipped and in 
racing trim. All races shall be started at 11 
a. m. Any race not sailed in five hours by the 
winning yacht shall be resailed. There shall be 
no time allowance. The start may be postponed 
by the judges, first, in case of fog; second, if 
in their opinion the space around the starting 
line is not sufficiently clear at the time ap¬ 
pointed for starting; third, in case both yachts 
consent to postponement; fourth, in case of 
serious accident to either yacht, as hereinafter 
provided; fifth, should such a course appear to 
them desirable. In case of postponement the 
judges shall determine the time for starting, 
but in no case shall a race be started later than 
1:30 p. m. A yacht crossing the line before the 
starting signal is given shall be recalled by five 
short blasts of the whistle and the hoisting of 
her national flag and shall also be recalled by 
megaphone. 
An unfinished race shall be resailed until 
competed. In case of accident to either yacht 
prior to the preparatory signal notice thereof 
shall immediately be signalled to the judges, 
who shall have power to postpone the race if 
the accident, in their opinion, is sufficiently 
serious to warrant such a course, or if an acci¬ 
dent occurs during a race the yacht to which 
the accident has happened shall have such time 
as the judges shall consider reasonable to make 
