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[April 4, 1908. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
very large storage tanks for fresh water, be¬ 
sides having evaporating and distilling apparatus. 
In several features it is evident that the de¬ 
signer has had to study utility as the chief ob¬ 
ject, certain peculiarities striking one as unusual. 
Liberty is certainly a remarkable vessel, and 
should amply fulfill the purpose for which Mr. 
Pulitzer has had her built. 
San Francisco Yachting. 
The various yachting clubs of California are 
rapidly getting their programmes into shape for 
the coming season. The programme of the 
Corinthian Y. C. provides for the usual cruises 
and races and for two or three events which 
have not hitherto been included. One of the 
latter is a race from Hunters’ Point to Redwood 
City and back, for which Capt. John H. Keefe 
will give a cup. Mr. Keefe has served the club 
as port captain for many years and is counted 
its most popular member. Another new feature 
will be a handicap race from Vallejo to Tiburon 
for which John Tait has offered a trophy. The 
club will open the season on April 25. 
The yacht owners of the -ZEolian Y. C. held a 
meeting last Friday to arrange the programme 
for the year. Those present were Com. Carl E. 
Strom, owner of Nautilus; Louis 1. Ward, 
owner of Eiola; L. Magers, owner of the U. 
and I.; F. Cleaves, owner of Nettie; LI. 
Craig, owner of Corsair; B. Roadke, owner of 
Seres; A. J. Ridkers, owner of Idler; M. Ennes, 
owner of Mist; H. Cjoilins, owner of Arrow; L. 
C. Knight, owner of Emma; S. Boysen, owner 
of .Eolian, and George Bell, owner of Albera. 
A new flag was adopted for the club. This is 
a red pennant with a blue diagonal bar on which 
are three white stars. Among the leading feat¬ 
ures of the programme as settled upon are: 
The opening day on April 18, the flag regatta 
on May 17, the race for the 20ft. class on July 
19, the open and trophy races on Aug. 1, and 
the participation in the inter-club regatta on 
Sept. 9. The closing festivities will be hejd on 
Oct. to and 11. 
The Golden Gate Y. C. held its annual meet¬ 
ing at Sausalito, the principal business being the 
election of officers for the coming season. These 
were: L. C. Pistolesi, President; L. R. Holm, 
Vice-President; J. A. Nodder, Recording Sec¬ 
retary; William J. Carlyle, Financial Secretary; 
George C. Fuller, Treasurer; W. W. Haley, 
Commodore; F. L. Mainno, Vice-Commodore; 
P. Vincent, Port Captain, and F. Sutton. Meas¬ 
urer. 'The club is figuring on issuing a challenge 
to the Corinthian club. 
On the southern California coast the yachting 
season was inaugurated on March 14 at a smoker 
given by the South Coast Y. C. at the San Pedro 
club house. The programme as outlined calls 
for the formal opening on May 9, for a race for 
all classes on May 17, the Montgomery cup race 
around Catalina Island on June 6, the start of 
the trans-Pacific ocean race from San Pedro to 
Honolulu on June .11, the race for the Times’ 
cup, an inter-club affair on July 25, and a num¬ 
ber of other events. The season will be closed 
the first week in October. 
Warren Skillings, of the Sequoia Y. C., of 
Eureka, Cal., was in San Francisco this week 
with the information that the northern club will 
probably issue a challenge to the Corinthian Y. 
C. to race for the San Francisco perpetual chal¬ 
lenge cup. The Sequoias are building a boat at 
Eureka with this idea in view. It will have an 
over all length of 36ft. and a waterline of 21ft. 
It is to be a centerboard craft, designed to carry 
about 1,000 feet of canvas. It will have a rac¬ 
ing length of about 26 feet. 
The Everett Y. C., of Everett, Wash., is plan¬ 
ning on building a yacht about 36ft. long to 
compete at various events on the coast. Two 
fine models have already been secured. 
L. D. Magers, vice-commodore of the TEolian 
Y. C., was married in San Rafael a couple of 
weeks ago to Miss Minnie S. Hubbard. 
The 23ft. fast cruising sloop Onda, owned by 
George R. Redman, of New York, has been sold 
to William R. Claflin, of Boston,' through the 
Hollis Burgess yacht agency. 
Model Yachting. 
The San Francisco Model Y. C. is. planning 
to have a gala day on Spreckels Lake in Golden 
Gate Park in honor of Admiral Evans, U. S. N., 
during the stay of the United States fleet in San 
L'rancisco harbor if the Admiral can find time 
to attend. Some special races, will be arranged 
to show the workings and tackings of the yachts 
by the rubber method. The club now has nine¬ 
teen high class models enrolled and participating 
in the regattas. These are: Com. J. E. Bran¬ 
non’s Ruth, William Fley’s Agnes, William 
Little’s Annie L., William Little’s Arrow, J. J. 
Dole’s Elvira, William Brown’s Skiddoo, L. L. 
Seavey’s Spray, Mose London’s Cricket, William 
Roeckner’s Apache, F. W. Donivan’s Florence, 
J. Donivan’s Emerald, F. Stinson’s Undine, C. 
J. McCleary’s Aftermath, J. McDonald’s Laura, 
H. D. Cartwright’s Sidney, and L. H. Peterson s 
Petrel. 
The regular quarterly regattas will be held 
May 30. the second Sunday in August and 
Thanksgiving Day. The Dickey perpetual cup 
will be sailed for in August and December, the 
races for the Directors’ cup will be held on the 
third Sunday of each month, and the weekly 
pennant races will be held each Sunday on which 
some special event does not come off. 
Mr. Hollis Burgess begs to announce that he 
has given up his trip to South America and will 
devote himself to his insurance business of all 
kinds at his office at 10 Tremont street as be¬ 
fore. Lie also desires to announce that he has 
made connection with the Boston Insurance 
Company, whose strength-and reliability are so 
well known, for the expert handling of yacht 
and automobile insurance, as well as all other 
kinds of insurance. Lie is also agent for Bos¬ 
ton Insurance Co., Liverpool & London & Globe 
Insurance Co., Etna Insurance Co. and other 
reliable companies. His yacht brokerage busi¬ 
ness will be conducted at 15 Exchange street, 
where he has associated himself with Mr. Walter 
Burgess under the name of The Hollis Burgess 
Yacht agency, with better facilities for handling 
the buying and selling of yachts , than ever be¬ 
fore. Listing of yachts for sale is cordially in¬ 
vited. 
R R R 
Designer C. D. Mower, of New York, has 
quite a few orders for new boats, some of them 
of decidedly novel ideas. His success with rac¬ 
ing boats on Barnegat Bay brought him an order 
for a show type of racing cat for members of 
the Island Lleights Y. C., of Barnegat, N. J., to 
compete for the famous Sewell cup won last 
year by the Manhasset, owned by Mayor John 
Weaver, of the Seaside Park Y. C., and built 
from Mower’s design. The contract for the new 
boat has not yet been placed, but will probably 
be given to some builder in the vicinity of Bar¬ 
negat Bay. 
The same designer also reports an order for 
a six meter sloop-rigged yacht for Mr. George 
Blech, of Brussels, Belgium, to compete against 
a class of similar boats of Linton Hope’s design. 
She will be fitted with a suit of American made 
sails and hollow spars. 
An order has also been placed with Mr. Mower 
for a 35ft. waterline auxiliary cruising yawl for 
Com. Richard H. Alexander, of the Royal Van¬ 
couver Y. C. She may be built in China by the 
same firm that built a similar boat from Mr. 
Mower’s designs two years ago. 
R R R 
The annual meeting of the Seawanhaka Corin¬ 
thian Y. C. for the year 1908 will be held at the 
City Midday Club, Broad Exchange Building, 
25 Broad street, on Tuesday, April 7, 1908, at 
12 M. The trustees have made nominations 
for positions for the year 1908 as follows: Com¬ 
modore, Frank J. Gould, steamer Helenita; Vice- 
Commodore, Francis S. Smithers, steamer Kis¬ 
met; Rear-Commodore, Frank S. Hastings, 
ketch Peggy. Trustees (class of 1911) : Arthur 
Curtiss James, Alfred Ely, Beverley R. Robin¬ 
son. Secretary, Percy S. Weeks; Treasurer, 
Frederic P. Moore; Measurer, C. Sherman Hoyt. 
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