FOREST AND STREAM 
[March 4, 1911. 
repairs before required to start in the next race. 
Each yacht shall have on board during the 
races a representative named by her competitor. 
The names of the scrutineers shall be given to 
the judges not less than twenty-four hours be¬ 
fore the first race and the scrutineers shall re¬ 
port to the judges within six hours after the 
termination of each race. 
The races shall be sailed under the manage¬ 
ment of three judges, none of whom shall be 
interested in either yacht. One shall be ap¬ 
pointed by each club and the two so appointed 
shall select a third on or before the first day of 
August, 1911, and they shall act as judges and 
timekeepers and settle all disputes. The de¬ 
cision of a majority shall be final in all matters. 
In case any judge shall be unable to act a 
substitute shall be appointed by the club which 
appointed him or if the third judge be unable 
to act then a substitute shall be appointed by 
the two judges appointed as above. 1 lie judges 
shall be the regatta committee referred to in 
the rules of the L. Y. R. A. The challenged 
club shall provide all necessary equipment and 
appliances for the match, including a judges 
boat suitable for the service and all necessary 
marks, and boats for laying same. 
Each club shall appoint a representative as 
to details of management and all arrangements 
shall be made and equipment provided by the 
challenged club. .. 
Charts of the course and instructions shall 
be furnished to the competing yachts not later 
the 7 o’clock on the morning of the race. 
These conditions may be altered or amended 
by mutual agreement at any time. 
No boat not actually owned by a bona tide 
member of at least eight months standing ot 
a club belonging to the L. \. R. A. shall be 
eligible to compete. The purpose of this clause 
is to prevent the sailing in said race of any 
boat not intended in good faith for use on Lake 
Ontario and each of the said clubs agrees o 
prevent to the best of its ability any evasion ot 
this provision.__ 
California Yachting, 
S \N Francisco, Cal., Feb. 13- Editor Forest 
and Stream: Stormy weather has been the rule 
on San Francisco Bay for the past three weeks, 
and even the few enthusiasts who keep their 
yachts in commission during the winter months 
have not been enabled to enjoy their favorite 
sport. With spring but a short time in the 
future, plans are now being rnade for the com- 
ing season, and there is considerable activity in 
yachting circles in the line of making schedules, 
planning new craft, and arranging for new club 
houses. A number of fine homes for the local 
yacht clubs are to be erected during the coming 
year and a great amount of interest is being 
shown in yachting. Committees have been very 
busy during the winter season adding to the 
membership, and some of the clubs have prac¬ 
tically all the members they can take in with 
the present accommodations. A number of 
fine yachts will be launched here this spring, 
and the coming season promises to be a very 
active one. The season will probably open 
earlier than usual, as some of the scheduled 
events could not be carried out last fall on ac¬ 
count of the rather unfavorable conditions that 
prevailed late in the season. 
At a recent meeting of the Corinthian Y. L. 
held at the Argonaut Hotel in this city, Com¬ 
modore William J. Hogg was re-elected Com¬ 
modore. E. J. Convey was elected Vice-Com¬ 
modore, and he, with two directors chosen, 
made the only changes in the list of officers. 
J. H. Keefe was re-elected Port Captain, a post 
he has filled with great credit for many years; 
C. F. Morrell was chosen Treasurer, and H. 
Westerfield, Secretary. The new Directors are 
John F. Campbell and H. E. Picker. In speak¬ 
ing of the new club house at Belvedere, Com¬ 
modore Hogg said: “We cannot build until the 
close of the season, because construction would 
interfere with the season’s yachting, but about 
Sept. 15 we will go ahead with a building that 
will be a credit to the club. Regarding the 
coming season I can say that we have several 
things up our sleeve.” A. P. B. 
Corinthian’s Ocean Race. 
The Corinthian Y. C., of Marblehead, is to 
have a new course for its annual ocean race 
this year. Until 1909 the race was to the Isle 
of Shoals. Last year this was changed and 
Portland Lightship was made the turning mark. 
This course did not give general satisfaction, 
and this year another course will be tried. Ihe 
new course will be in Massachusetts Bay and 
will be probably from Marblehead to Cape Ann 
and then to the entrance of Provincetown 
Harbor and back to Marblehead. It has not 
been decided which way around the course that 
the yachts will be sent, whether to Cape Ann 
or to Cape Cod first. 
It is the intention of the regatta committee 
to arrange the course so that the racers will 
make Cape Cod in daylight, that there will be 
no trouble in picking up the turning buoy 
There are two buoys near the entrance of 
Provincetown Harbor that can be used for a 
turning mark. The easiest to make is the spar 
buoy on Wood End Bar, off Wood End Light, 
for it is a straight course to that mark from 
either Marblehead or the Cape Ann whistler. 
The other is the white bell buoy off Long Point, 
this mark would be easier to pick up, but the 
course to Long Point is around the hook of 
the cape, which necessitates two changes in the 
course after making Wood End. It would also 
make the total sailing distance for the race 
about 7 miles longer. 
The sailing distance from Marblehead to 
Cape Ann whistling buoy, which is well outside 
of Thatchers, is about 1 7 Ya miles. Across to 
Wood End buoy is 40% miles south 14 east 
If the course should be to Long Point bell 
buoy it is 41 miles south east until Wood 
End and Long Point lights are in line, then 
the sailing directions are 1% miles east by 
south followed by iVa miles northeast to the 
bell buoy. From Long Point to Marblehead 
the course is resailed until Wood End and Long 
Point lights are in line, then it is 39/4 miles 
northwest by west west until Marblehead 
light bears west by north 1 /a west, when a course 
of about 1 ¥a miles west by north will bring the 
yachts to the finish line. 
With the Wood End bar buoy as the turnm 0 
mark the total distance of the course is within 
a quarter of a mile of 100 miles, and with the 
bell buoy off Long Point 107 miles. As the 
course will be planned so that the yachts will 
make the Cape Cod turning mark in daylight, 
it seems as though the bell buoy would be the 
better. The black spar buoy off Wood End is 
quite well in toward the beach, and under cer¬ 
tain condition of sea and sky would be hard to 
pick up, whereas the bell buoy off Long Point 
is white and should be easy to find. 
Southern Yachting. 
New Orleans, La., Feb. 24.—On account of 
the building of the seawall at West End, it is 
probable the Southern Y. C. regattas will not be 
as largely attended this summer as usual, lne 
club may decide to give some of its races at 
Spanish Fort, a short distance from West End, 
but no announcement has been made and omcial 
information is lacking. 
The Southern Y. C., at its annual meeting 
held this week, elected the following officers: 
L. H. Fairchild, Commodore; W. _ A. Cook, 
Vice-Commodore; E. H. W. Davies, R ear - 
Commodore; W. H. Parham, Secretary and 
Treasurer; Dr. A. A. Pray, First Surgeon; H. 
P Johnson, Treasurer; Governing Committee 
William Allen, J. W. Perch, J. A. Badger F. 
F Farrell and C. A. Sperl. Commodore J. J. 
Hooper was elected an honorary life member 
in recognition of his long and active service. 
The club’s indebtedness is $ 1 , 450 - The club 
borrowed $5,000 from a local bank on a bond 
issue aggregating $6,ooo._ Commodore Bair- 
child advocated subscription to the ponds on 
the part of the members and headed the list 
with $500. 
C. K. G. Billings’ yacht. Banana, has arrived 
here from Jacksonville, Fla., and will remain 
for several days awaiting the arrival ot Mr. 
Billings from New York with a party of friends. 
Several of Mr. Billings’ friends are also ex¬ 
pected from Chicago, and when they arrive the 
entire party will board the Banana and go to 
Tampico, where they enjoy the sport of fishing 
for tarpon. 
Bensonhurst Y. C. Dinner. 
The annual dinner of the members of the 
Bensonhurst Y. C. is always one of the features 
of the winter season, and this year it was even 
more popular than in former years. This ciub 
is one of the most progressive in this vicinity, 
and for a small club it makes itself most promi¬ 
nent. Its members are ardent sportsmen and 
race because they love the sport rather than to 
win prizes, although they are very successful at 
that. It is a club devoted mostly to small boat 
sailing. It has a membership of about 105, 
nearly every one owning a yacht, but what it 
lacks in quantity it makes up in quality. About 
seventy-five of these members, quite a large 
percentage, dined at the Hotel Brevoort last 
Saturday. 
There was fun and frolic from the start, which 
began with a “welfare exhibit which had been 
prepared by Committeemen Wilson, Dingman 
and Doutney. The exhibits were novel and 
were joshes on the members for something 
done during the year. There was a model of 
the familiar red spar buoy No. i 2 l / 2 , which is a 
turning mark on the lower bay, and this showed 
two prominent dents where Dick Moore and 
Billy O’Neil hit it. There was a model of the 
crack sloop Joy—rather a crude one—showing 
how she crossed the bar on June 17. The Blue 
Bill, Dick Moore’s sloop, with which he won 
the Lipton cup, was shown, the hull being made 
out of a tobacco box and each part labeled, 
showing how that crack skipper trams his crew 
of novices. Richard Rummell s patent swab, 
which enabled him to keep boat clean for a 
whole season, was shown among many other. 
The menu was filled with clever cartoons and 
during the evening the originals were sold at 
auction. Commodore George R. Le Sauvage 
was the auctioneer and he succeeded in raising 
more than $40 for the drawings. 
Commodore Le Sauvage presided, and with 
him at the guests’ table were Commodore 
Barnard of the Atlantic Y. C.; Chairman 
Horace E. Boucher, of the Larchmont legatta 
committee, Thomas Fleming Day, father ot 
ocean racing; the Rev, Dr. Wellwood, the fleet 
chaplain; Vice-Commodore Samuel Cochran 
and E. F. Geer, who is part owner with the 
commodore of the sloop Joy. During the eve¬ 
ning these made short speeches. Thomas_ Flem¬ 
ing Day offered an oil painting as a prize 101 
the member who started in most races dui mg 
the season, and it was announced later that the 
season would be too short to determine the 
winner and midnight races would have to be 
arranged. 
Among those present were W. W. Roberts, 
C. H. Clayton. W. I. Inslee, Louis YVunder, Ed. 
Zimmerman, George L. Beston, R. B. Moore, 
H. H. Smith, Rear-Commodore Atkinson, U. 
O’Neil, H. Leggett. J. H. Ives, J. L. Mitchell, 
Richard Rummell, Alfred Mackay, \\ . Stringer, 
F D Hunter W. B. Meloney and John Palson 
and Jimmy Dunn. The latter during the evening 
gave one of his Harry Lauder impersonations 
and told some stories. , , , . 
Several prizes were distributed during the 
evening. They were wonderfully fashioned and 
made mostly of aluminum. W. J. M. O Neil 
received a big growler for making the best runs 
on Sunday to the brewery at Clifton. Edwin 
Hunter received a small cup for never having 
attended a meeting of the executive committee. 
Treasurer Billingham was remembered for hav¬ 
ing the record number of upsets. Gus Stam- 
man for being the best dressed member m the 
racing class, R. B. Moore for being the best 
skipper of amateur crews, and other prizes were 
presented to W. W. Roberts and John Palson. 
The Bensonhurst men are looking forward to a 
very busy season, and Commodore Le Sauvage 
will" keep things hustling. 
