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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[March 21, 1908. 
Brooklyn and Cape Nay Race. 
The Brooklyn Y. C. has announced the con¬ 
ditions governing the ocean race to be run 
under its auspices for sail craft for the $1,000 cup 
presented by Sir Thomas Lipton. The race is 
open to sailing yachts measuring not more than 
100 feet, extreme length, any rig, belonging to 
any organized yacht club in the world and will 
start at 10 A. M., July 4. 
Boats to enter must be bona-fide cruising craft, 
having full decks, water tight cockpit and _ of 
substantial construction and rig. Yachts having 
fin or bulb keels, or balanced rudders, are 
barred. 
Other conditions of the race are as follows: 
“There will be no restriction as to number or 
character of the crew. Lower sails to be those 
usually carried by the yacht when cruising. No 
restrictions on light sails, except club topsails, 
which are barred. Yachts must carry such 
small boats or tenders as they carry when cruis¬ 
ing, and any yacht falling to return with her 
boats or tenders will be disqualified. 
“Stores and water sufficient for ten days must 
be on board. Water to be in fixed tanks or 
breakers. 
“Equipment: Anchors, chain or hawsers; side 
lights, one compass, sextant and life belts or 
jackets for each member of the crew. 
“Ballast: Weight may be shifted fore and aft 
for the purpose of trimming, but no weight 
either in the form of ballast or stores must be 
jettisoned, except as a measure of safety. 
“Allowance: The time allowance will be that 
given in the Gravesend Bay Y. R. A. tables, 
and the distance will be figured as 325 miles. 
“Course: The course will be from a starting 
line opposite the Brooklyn Y. C. in Gravesend 
Bay to and around the Southwest Spit Buoys, 
leaving them on the port hand; then passing to 
the southward of Scotland Lightship, to and 
around Fire Island Lightship, leaving it on the 
starboard hand; then to and around the North¬ 
east End Light Vessel, of Cape May, N. J., leav¬ 
ing it on the port hand, and returning over the 
same course, leaving buoys and lightships on 
the reverse hand. 
“Entries: Entries must be received by the 
committee not later than June 15, and must be 
accompanied by a measurement certificate.” 
International Notor Boat Race. 
Long Island Sound will be the scene of the 
1908 race for international supremacy in motor 
boat racing. It was demonstrated in last year’s 
racing on the Hudson that that body of water 
contained too many obstructions to run an im¬ 
portant race on, so it has been decided to lay 
out a course in Huntington Harbor. 
The date fixed for this interesting race is 
Saturday, Aug. 1, before which elimination races 
will be run by the defending aspirants during 
the week ending July 11. The challenge comes 
from the Motor Y. C. of Great Britain to the 
Motor Boat Club of America. 
The conditions governing this race are as 
follows: 
“There shall be not more than three vessels 
representing each country. 
“Each competing vessel shall be constructed 
wholly, in every particular, in the country which 
it represents. 
“Each vessel shall carry not less than two 
hands, of whom the helmsman shall be a mem¬ 
ber of the competing club, and all hands shall 
be natives or naturalized subjects of the country 
which they represent. 
“The race shall be held over a suitable course 
in sheltered waters of the country holding the 
cup. 
“The length of the course shall not be less 
than thirty nor more than thirty-five nautical 
miles. 
“The only limitation of the size of the com¬ 
peting vessels shall be in the over all length of 
hull, which shall not exceed 39ft. ii^in., or 12.18 
metres. 
“No limitation shall be placed on the form or 
description of the motive power, provided that 
the motive power is wholly mechanical,” and 
“there shall be no restriction on the number, 
size or horse power of the engines or motors, 
except that each boat taking part in any race 
shall contain and be fitted with such mechanical 
power as will drive her astern at a rate of speed 
of not less than four knots an hour in still' 
water. 
“The last date at which an entry may be re¬ 
ceived is July 1.” 
One boat so> far has been regularly entered 
for this race, and more are building. The entry 
received is from Mr. C. C. Wheeler, and is 
building at the yard of Atkin, Wheeler Co., of 
Halesite, L. I. Another is being built by B. 
Frank Wood, of City Island, from designs by 
Tams, Lemoine & Crane, designers of the 
famous Dixie. 
Riverside Y. C. Officers. 
The annual meeting of the Riverside Y. C. 
was held recently at the Hotel Astor. With the 
exception of an amendment to the by-laws, no 
important business was transacted. There was 
no opposition to the candidates nominated by 
the committee, and the following officers were 
elected: Commodore. Alfred R. Starr; Vice- 
Commodore, Thomas M. Turner; Rear-Commo¬ 
dore, John H. Tyson; Secretary 1 , John G. Porter; 
Treasurer, Charles T. Pierce. Trustees for term 
ending Feb. 1911, Frederick Beltz and John S. 
Montgomery. Regatta Committee. C. T. Pierce, 
George T. Higgons and Charles H. Voorhees. 
Measurer, T. E. Ferris. Membership Commit¬ 
tee. George E. Marks. William J. B. Mills and 
F. Beltz, Jr. Entertainment Committee, G. W. 
Mitchell, W. G. Buxton and C. H. Voorhees. 
Chaplains, the Rev. George C. Houghton. D.D., 
and the Rev. Charles W. Boylston. 
Eastern Y. C. Officers. 
Bayside Y. C. House Burned. 
Fire destroyed the club house of the Bayside 
Y. C. early on the morning of March 10. With 
the complete destruction of the house many 
small boats stored for the winter were also con¬ 
sumed. along with many valuable trophies and 
the furniture. 
Many of the yachts hauled out in the yard 
were badly scorched, some entirely wiped out, 
leaving nothing but an outline of ashes to mark 
their shape on the ground. 
The flames were fanned by a brisk breeze from 
the north, and the main building was doomed 
by the time the first members of the volunteer 
firemen arrived on the scene. 
There is no paid department in the immediate 
vicinity, and the most of those who responded 
to the alarm were tired and exhausted after their 
efforts in subduing a blaze which had badly 
wrecked a house in the vicinity only an hour or 
two previously. 
The fire is supposed to be of incendiary origin, 
and later in the day the police of Flushing 
arrested a man on suspicion who has been 
identified as a man seen running away from the 
club house just as the fire was discovered. 
Winners. 
Winners for 1907, that handy, condensed list 
of winning yacht? for the past season, has been 
received at this office. It has become a fixture; 
one we look to for reference, and each year 
makes it more valuable as a matter of record. 
It is a neat little book, tied with a piece of 
real tarry marlin that reminds one of spring, 
his yacht, and the fact that the publishers of 
this little book are Edward Smith & Co., who , 
manufacture varnish. The book is sent free on 
request. 
Several changes will be made in the officers 
and standing committees of the Eastern Y. C. 
for the year. Gordon Abbott, the rear-commo¬ 
dore of last year, has been nominated for com¬ 
modore, and while Vice-Commodore F. Lewis 
Clark will remain in that position, Robert 
W. Emmons 2d. will be the rear-commodore. 
Louis M. Clark will retire from the regatta 
committee, as will Reginald Boiardman, the com¬ 
mittee as made up being Charles E. Hodges, 
Henry A. Morss, A. Appleton Packard, 
Stephen W. Sleeper and William B. Stearns. 
The revision of the club’s constitution and by¬ 
laws is in contemplation, and the holding of 
three meetings in each year, instead of four, is 
proposed. 
Plans for a new $10,000 club house for the 
Great Kills Y. C., of Staten Island, have been 
filed. It will be built on the boulevard at 
Gifford’s, and is to be up-to-date in every re¬ 
spect. 
The sea-going gasoline cruising yacht Lydia 
has been sold by John L. Roper, of Norfolk, 
Va., to John W. Eddy, of Seattle, Wash., 
through the agency of Stanley N. Seaman, 220 
Broadway, New York. Built 1907 by Williams- 
Whittlesey. She is 75ft. over all, 14ft. beam, 
3ft. 6in. draft, with 50-horsepower Standard en¬ 
gine. Cabin gives double and single stateroom, 
large saloon, two toilets and galley. Consider¬ 
able difficulty was experienced in arranging for 
shipment, there being few American ships cap¬ 
able of handling a yacht of this size on deck. 
Freight was finally obtained on the new steam¬ 
ship Geo. W. Fenwick, built at Newport News, 
for the Hammond Lumber Co., of San Fran¬ 
cisco. Yacht was loaded at the Baltimore Steel 
Co.’s pier, Baltimore, and passed out Cape 
Henry, Feb. 18. Ship expects to go through 
straits of Magellan without a stop, enough coal 
for the trip being carried in her hold. This is 
the largest yacht ever shipped from the Atlantic 
to the Pacific intact. 
