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case has not progressed far enough as yet for 
there to be any controversy.. It may be that 
we shall reach an amicable settlement.” 
The defendants in the suits are the Sea Gate 
Association, the Atlantic Y, C., Alice B. Bar- 
tram, Alrick H. Man, James and Ella Heyman 
and Walter 1 ompkins. The city will endeavor 
not only to gain the property itself, but will sue 
for accumulated rents on the land, ranging in 
amount from $1,500 to $30,000. 
Similar suits were won some years ago by the 
city against property owners on Jamaica Bay. 
Counsel for the defendants have not prepared 
their case. 
Dinner at Crescent A. C. 
Many members of the yacht clubs of the 
Gravesend Bay Association dined at the 
Crescent Athletic' Club house last week. It is 
an annual custom with these yachtsmen to meet 
just before the opening, of the season to meet 
each other and become better acquainted be¬ 
fore the racing begins. 
Commodore Edgar F. Luckenback, of the 
Crescent Club, presided, and among those 
present were Commodore Fred B. Dalzell, Vice- 
Commodore E. P. Foster, Rear-Commodore 
William L. Lowden, Capt. Elmer W. Davis, 
Capt. Frank E. Wicks, M. A. Woodman, J. W. 
S. Harding, Jr., F. B. Dalzell, Jr„ R. J. Ireland 
Mortimer Palmer, C. J. Durvea. Rutger 
Bleecker and Edward Bleecker, of the Unqua 
Corinthian Y. C.; Walter H. Sykes and F. L. 
Durland, of the Atlantic Y. C.; Commodore 
George R. Le Sauvage, Vice-Commodore C. L. 
Atkinson, of the Bensonhurst Y. C.; L. S. Tie- 
mann, Cecil Platt, of the New York Canoe 
Club; E. PI. Griffen, of the Brooklyn Y. C.; 
Charles A. Kelly, H. L. Leggett, D. G. Whit¬ 
lock, F. W. Roloff and O. W. Ostrom. 
The outlook for the season was discussed, D. 
G. Whitlock and Dr. Atkinson, who have had 
Class S yachts built to win the Lipton cup, talked 
of their hopes. Commodore Dalzell told of the 
Great South Bay. Walter H. Sykes extended 
the hospitality of the Atlantic Club and other 
speakers made the outlook for the season on 
Gravesend Bay very promising. 
The prizes won in the Crescent regattas were 
presented to the successful yachtsmen and all 
had a most enjoyable time. 
Bermuda Sail Race Conditions. 
Entries for the annual race.for sailing yachts 
to Bermuda will close on May 15. This year’s 
race is to be held under the auspices of the 
Boston Y. C„ and the St. George’s Y. C., of 
Bermuda. The race will be started off Castle 
Island by the Boston Y. C. on June 3, and the 
finish will be off St. David’s Head, where the 
St. George’s Y. C. will be in charge. 
The distance for allowance will be 696 nautical 
miles, as reckoned by the U. S. hydrographic 
office. The time allowance will be 45 minutes 
to the foot, and no allowance will be made for 
ng. 
Measurement for allowance is the length over 
all, measured on deck from the fore side of 
stem to the after side of the stern board or 
transom. Fiddleheads and ornamental pieces 
or boards attached to the stem are not to be 
included in this measurement. Yachts will rate 
for allowance from the closest full foot. 
The race is open to cruising sail craft be¬ 
longing to any organized yacht club. Yachts 
to enter must be bona fide cruising craft, of 
substantial construction and rig. having full 
decks and watertight cockpits. Yachts having 
fins or bulb keels, or balanced rudders, are 
barred. There will be no restriction as to the 
number or character of the crew, but the per¬ 
son in charge of the navigation of the yacht 
must be an amateur. 
Rules governing the equipment will be prac¬ 
tically the same as those of former Bermuda 
races, and will be announced in the official 
circular. 
The first entry to be received was that of 
Plarold S. Vanderbilt’s schooner Vagrant. An¬ 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
other entry is that of the schooner Sunshine, 
owned by P. L. Carmichael, of New York. 
Francis M. Whitehouse. of the Manchester Y. 
C., has declared his intention of entering his 
auxiliary schooner Iris, formerly Oonas. The 
Boston city council has appropriated $500 for 
a trophy for this race. 
In races of former years, the contestants have 
proceeded to Hamilton after the finish off St. 
David's Head, but this year the St. George’s 
Y. C., a new organization, asked to have the 
yachts proceed to its anchorage, which is much 
nearer the finish line than Hamilton. The rac¬ 
ing yachtsmen will be guests of the St. George’s 
Y. C. during their stay in Bermuda, the club 
having a new house under construction, which 
will be finished before their arrival. 
The special committee on the race is com¬ 
posed of the regatta committee of the Boston 
Y. C. and Mayor John F. Fitzgerald, represent- 
mg the city of Boston, and Thomas Fleming 
Day and Hollis Burgess representing the St. 
George’s Y. C. 
New York Y. C. Cruise. 
The announcement of the details of the an¬ 
nual cruise of the New York Y. C. is pleasing 
to all who take part in that big event, and the 
yachtsmen are taking very kindly to the new 
program, as it gives some change from that of 
previous years. For a long time the fleet has 
gathered at Glen Cove and ran to Morris Cove, 
New London, Newport, Vineyard Haven, New 
Bedford and Newport. Once in a while a slight 
change has been made, cutting out Morris Cove 
and visiting Huntington, and every five or six 
years the fleet goes around the Cape to Marble¬ 
head or Bar Flarbor. Some yachtsmen object 
to Glen Cove rendezvous, but the majority of 
the yacht owners think the fleet of the New 
York Y. C. should gather somewhere near its 
home port, although the winds in August are 
not favorable to sailing yachts through the 
Sound. 
This year the fleet will gather at Glen Cove 
off the station that was the first home of the 
club. There will be the usual ceremonies there 
and dinners and entertainments will be the 
feature of the evening. Then the fleet will pro¬ 
ceed to New London, stopping on its way at 
Morris Cove. There will be a rest over Sunday 
at New London, and on Monday the run will be 
to Fort Pond Bay, a distance of about 20 miles. 
It is probable that the regatta committee in 
arranging the course for this run will send the 
yachts around certain marks in order to give 
them a little longer test of their speed. Some 
years ago when the fleet finished in Gardiner’s 
Bay a turning mark was placed lengthening the 
course, and it made the race a most satisfactory 
one. There is little for the yachtsmen to do in 
Fort Pond Bay. That part of Long Island is 
very desolate. Montauk Point looms up in the 
distance, but they can see the place where it has 
been suggested the Atlantic liners should land 
their passengers and freight if New York does 
not give them proper docking facilities. The 
entertainments there will consist largely of din¬ 
ners on some of the big yachts and a reception 
on the flagship. 
From Fort Pond Bay the fleet is to run to 
New Bedford. The distance is about 70 nautical 
miles and as the winds are usually from the 
southwest and often fresh in that section the 
run should be a fast and interesting one. The 
course takes the yachts north of Block Island 
and on past West Island to the entrance to 
Buzzard s Bay. New Bedford is a quaint old 
town.. It has always been a popular visiting 
place with the yachtsmen on this cruise. Vine¬ 
yard Haven is not popular any more. For sev¬ 
eral seasons the run through Vineyard Sound 
has been the most unsatisfactory of the cruise 
and often the wind has fallen so light that the 
yachts have just drifted into harbor late at 
night. The run to New Bedford will be a fine 
opportunity for the big yachts such as Karima, 
Atlantic, Enchantress, Elena and others to show 
their ability to sail fast. 
From New Bedford the fleet will run to New¬ 
port and off Newport the races for the Astor 
sailing di- 
the cruise, 
and King s cups will be sailed. It is often ver 
hard to hold the fleet together for the whol 
cruise. Yachtsmen like Newport, and when 
they touch there early in the cruise they are apt 
to stay there. By making Newport the last 
harbor visited, it is hoped that the fleet will be 
kept intact until the end of the cruise. 
I he regatta will shortly issue the 
rections and more elaborate details of 
which at present is as follows: 
Aug. 3—Rendezvous at Glen Cove. 
Aug. 4—Run to Morris Cove. 
Aug. 5—Run to New London. 
Aug. 6—At New London. 
Aug. 7—Run to Fort Pond Bay. 
Aug. 8—Run to New Bedford. 
Aug. 9—Run to Newport. 
Aug. 10—Astor cup races. 
Aug. 11—King’s cup race. 
Aug. 12—Fleet disbands. 
Brooklyn Y. C. 
At a special meeting of the Board of Gov¬ 
ernors of the Brooklyn Y. C., held at the resi¬ 
dence of Commodore Hearst, the question of 
changing the name of the club to the National 
\. C., which has been under consideration for 
some time, was brought up for action, and the 
resolution unanimously approved, to be sub¬ 
mitted for final action at a general meeting of 
the members of the club, to be held on May 1. 
The present colors of the club will be retained. 
The present officers and committees of the 
club have arranged plans to make it the chief 
yachting club of the country, not alone in local 
yachting affairs and its ocean races to Halifax 
and Cape May, but will take the initiative to 
promote the sport generally which is enjoyed 
so much by those who love the water. 
With this end in view, in addition to the races 
which have already been announced, and to in¬ 
troduce new features in water events, Secretary 
John G. Faist has been authorized to bring to 
a final conclusion the negotiations had with 
Mr. Glenn H. Curtiss to introduce the aero¬ 
plane in yachting. Mr. Curtiss having offered 
to race against the motor boats of the club with 
his new machine which rises from and alights on 
the water as easily as on the land, which event 
should attract world wide interest. The race 
will take place off the club house at Benson¬ 
hurst. 
The club has made many additions to its mag¬ 
nificent club house and will go into commission 
on Saturday, May 20, at noon. 
The race to Halifax for motor boats is as¬ 
sured to be a big success, as ten entries have al¬ 
ready been secured by Chairman Peter Bendy, 
of the regatta committee. 
Commodore Soper has purchased the new 
Vincent IIP, a 50-foot power yacht, and will 
race her under her new name, Sim. 
William Gardner, the well known designer, 
is now the official measurer of the club. 
Commodore Hearst has made the following 
appointments: Mr. William P. Kiggins, Fleet 
Captain; Dr. John A. VoorheesJ Fleet Surgeon; 
Rev. John A. Lane, Fleet Chaplain. 
Launch of Ihe Sovereign. 
The fast steam yacht Sovereign was launched 
from the yards of the Gas Engine & Power 
Company at Morris Heights on Friday, April 
21. The yachts is built for M. C. D. Borden, 
who has owned several fast vessels and was 
christened by Mrs. B. H. Borden. Sovereign 
will be the fastest steam yacht in the world. 
She has been built from designs by Charles L. 
Seabury, and is 165 feet over all/ 158 feet on 
waterline, 4 feet 6 inches draft and has a beam 
of 16 feet. She has twin screws and is to make 
35 miles an hour. This speed mark has never 
before been attempted in a vessel of this type, 
and its achievement will become a record in the 
naval architecture and marine engineering. As 
the same designers and builders have built a 
large number of successful yachts and torpedo 
boats, they are sanguine that the speed of 35 
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