FOREST AND STREAM. 
in commission that have made the consistent good 
showing as has the sloop Clytie during her 
sixteen years of existence. Built by H. B. 
Robbins in Bridgeport, Conn., about 1891 as an 
open cat, Clytie sailed under the colors of the 
Park City Y. C. for several years. She was 
known as the fastest open sandbagger of her 
class, many of the local salts still recollecting 
her splendid performances. In the latter nineties 
the Clytie was sold to a Mr. Josiah Hawkins, of 
Southport, Conn., who converted her into a 
cabin sloop. This did not interfere with her 
sailing qualities; on the contrary, she made an 
even better showing than when cat rigged. 
Since 1903 the boat has been enrolled in the 
Morrisania Y. C. The present owner has not 
raced the Clytie very largely, although out of 
six races, she won four firsts and two seconds— 
not a bad showing for a boat over sixteen years 
old. 
The sloop Hadyee, formerly the Freyja, 
designed and built by H. C. Wintringham, 
owned by A. D. Morstadt, sailed for years under 
the Morrisania flag. 
The 40ft. cat Marion, with Wade Hixon in 
command, was another well known craft, and 
so was the knockabout Edna, built and owned 
by George Stelz. 
The sloops Desiree. Iolanthe, and so on, a long 
list disappears into the mist of time, each one 
remembered by the older club members in con¬ 
nection with some particular race that for the 
time being created great excitement or showed 
some'remarkable feats of fast sailing. 
Of late years quite a fleet of motor boats 
have been taken into the club. The Elad and 
Ventura are both new boats in 1907, and with 
many other boats, form quite a fleet. 
Several members of the club have erected 
small cottages around the island and during the 
summer months they take advantage of the 
freedom afforded by the island from the heat 
MARION. 
[Feb. 15, 1908. 
has to be won twice in succession before it be¬ 
comes the property of the contestant. 
Several members of the club are building one 
design boats adopted by all the clubs in the 
Corinthian Yacht Racing Union, and close and 
exciting inter-club racing is looked forward to 
when the yachting season of 1908 opens. 
In 1901—the last year the club house was or 
the mainland—George J. Oakes was commo¬ 
dore. succeeded in 1902 by J. H. Curtiss, wher 
the club moved to South Brother Island, and hr 
was succeeded in turn each year by Georgr 
Stelz in 1903, John Schroder in 1905, E. F. 
Bartro in 1906, H. Hassell in 1907. 
The club is a member of the Corinthian Yacht 
Racing Union, which includes besides thr 
Morrisania, the Metropolitan, Morris, Stuy 
vesant.. Williamsburg and Manhattan Island 
yacht clubs. 
Sloop Bensonhurst Sold. 
and noise of the city, to give their families an 
enjoyable outing. 
A handsome solid silver cup has been pre¬ 
sented to the club by Mr. A. D. Morstadt, owner 
of the sloop Zaydee for a race around Strat¬ 
ford Shoal Light this summer on the Saturday 
before Labor Day, September. Each contestant 
is to put up $5.00. which goes to make up a 
sweepstake that will be divided as follows— 
65 per cent, to the winner, 20 per cent, to sec¬ 
ond boat, and 15 per cent to third. The cup 
The little racing sloop, Bensonhurst, that woi 
the Lipton cup last year in Gravesend Bay, wa 
raffled off at the mid-winter dinner of the Ben 
sonhurst Y. C. The sloop was owned by ; 
syndicate, with Commodore W. H. Childs a. 1 
managing owner, and when the season’s race: 
were over, the owners agreed to settle tin 
ownership of the boat by raffle. 
The numbers were all placed in a large silvei 
cup. a young lady drew out one number whicl 
made Mr. J. M. Arnold owner of the Benson 
hurst. Mr. Arnold then sold the boat to Com 
modore Childs. 
SAIL PLAN OF SHALLOW BILGEBOARD SCHOONER. Designed by C. D. Mower. 
