Yachting Fixtures for 1908. 
23. 
30. 
30. 
30. 
30. 
3. 
6 . 
6 . 
6 . 
11 . 
13. 
13. 
20 . 
20 . 
20 . 
20 . 
23. 
25. 
26. 
27. 
27. 
MAY. 
New Rochelle Y. C. 
Harlem Y. C., annual. 
Indian Harbor Y. C., spring. 
Bridgeport Y. C., spring. 
Atlantic Y. C. 
JUNE. 
Marblehead to Bermuda, sail boats. 
Knickerbocker Y. C. 
Bensonhurst Y. C. 
Motor boat race to Bermuda. 
South Coast Y. C., San Pedro to Honolulu. 
Manhasset Bay Y. C. 
Marine and Field Club. 
N. Y. A. C., Block Island race. 
N. Y. A. C. motor boat race to Block Island. 
Atlantic Y. C. 
Larchmont Y. C. 
Indian Harbor, cruise to New London. 
Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C., special. 
Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C., special. 
Seawanhaka Cor. Y. C., special. 
Brooklyn Y. C. 
JULY. 
3. 
3. 
4 . 
4. 
4. 
4. 
6 . 
11 . 
11 . 
18. 
18. 
Fall River Y. C., ocean race. 
Auxiliary race, Y. R. A. of N. Y. Bay, around L. I. 
American Y. C., annual. 
Larchmont Y. C., annual. 
Hartford Y. C., annual. 
Atlantic Y. C. 
Brooklyn ocean race. 
Motor boat elimination trials. 
Riverside Y. C., annual. 
Bensonhurst Y. C. 
Atlantic Y. C. 
Motor boats, Marblehead to New Rochelle. 
18-25. Larchmont V. C., race week. 
26. New York Canoe Club. 
AUGUST. 
1. Indian Harbor Y. C. 
1. Atlantic Y. C. 
1. International motor boat. 
8. Horseshoe Harbor Y. C. 
8. Corinthian of Stamford. 
8. Bensonhurst Y. C. 
8. Huguenot Y. C. auxiliary sail and power to Strat¬ 
ford Shoal. 
10. Crescent Y. C. of Watertown, Hamilton to Chamont. 
165-mile race, boats up to 46 rating 
15. Huguenot Y. C. 
15. Bridgeport Y. C. 
15. Hempstead Harbor Y. C. 
15. Atlantic Y. C. 
22. Boston Y. C., ocean race to Shelburne, N S tor 
motor boats. . ' ■ 
22. Stamford Y. C., annual. 
22. Marine and Field Club. 
22. Motor boats, Boston to Shelburne, N. S. 
22, Binnacle Club. Boston to Shelburne, N. S., motor 
boats. 
29. American Y. C., summer. 
29. Northport Y. C., annual. 
29. Bensonhurst Y. C. 
SEPTEMBER. 
4. Seawanhaka Y. C., special. 
5. Seawanhaka Y. C. 
5. Hartford Y. C. 
5. New York Athletic Club. 
5. Brooklyn Y. C. 
7. Larchmont Y. C. 
7. Norwalk Y. C. 
7. Sachem’s Head Y. C. 
7. Atlantic Y. C. 
12' Indian Harbor Y. C., sweepstakes championship. 
12. Indian Harbor Y. C., fall. 
12. Crescent Athletic Club. 
19. Larchmont Y. C. 
19. Manhasset Bay Y. C. 
19. Atlantic Y. C. 
26. Handicap Class, annual. 
26. Bensonhurst Y. C. 
The Toledo Y. C. 
The Association Formally Inaugurates 
its new Home. 
Toledo, Ohio, May 4 .—Editor Forest and 
Stream: Early one raw and gusty morning in 
February, 1907, the home of the Toledo Y. C. 
in Bay View Park took fire and burned to the 
ground. With the building itself went all the 
fittings and personal property of the club, in¬ 
cluding some highly prized yachting trophies, 
and a vast unlisted array of the belongings of 
the members—clothing, sails, small boats and all 
the accumulated impedimenta of many a cruise. 
It was literally a heavy blow indeed. Is it any 
wonder the boys were inconsolable? 
But three days ago, a little more than a year 
after the fire, the club gave a reception to its 
members in the new home which has just been 
completed under the supervision of Mr. A. 
Burnside Sturges, the club’s architect. This 
new home of the fresh water sailor, including 
the furnishings, represents an outlay of fifty 
thousand dollars, and is conceded by those who 
have seen it to -be the finest and most complete 
yachtsmen’s harbor on the Great Lakes. 
The present domicile of the Toledo Y. C. has 
been built on practically the same site as was 
the former club house and occupies a command¬ 
ing position on the northerly limit of Bay View 
park looking directly out into Lake Erie. The 
construction is of steel and reinforced concrete 
with fireproof floors, and, indeed, the whole 
structure is as nearly fireproof as it can well be 
made. The main building covers a ground area 
of 74 by 45 feet, with basement, two stories and 
full attic. This is supplemented with a wing 
29 by 32 feet, and also two stories in height. 
The style is Venetian Renaissance, and the ex¬ 
terior effect is extremely pleasing. 
Nothing has been spared in the interior ar¬ 
rangements of the building which would delight 
the yachtsman’s heart. The basement contains 
the yachtsmen’s toilet and bath rooms, both 
plunge and shower, laundry and abundant lock¬ 
ers, storage and boiler rooms, etc. On the main 
floor are to be found a fine reception hall, billiard 
room and the principal dining room, with three 
private dining rooms adjacent. These last are 
finished in Dutch, Venetian and Renaissance 
furniture and hangings, respectively. Conven¬ 
ient to them are the kitchen and the servants’ 
dining room. On the second floor are to be 
found the assembly hall, whose ceiling reaches 
to the t(f[j of the attic, a large, airy apartment 
designed for dancing and general social pur¬ 
poses, the ladies’ parlor and the library and 
reading room. The second floor of the wing 
is divided into three rooms and bath for the 
occupancy of Manager Frank Frey and his 
family, and three additional rooms with bath 
to be used as servants’ quarters. A little later 
the unoccupied portion of the attic will be fin¬ 
ished as bunker rooms for the convenience of 
the yachtsmen. Looking out upon the bay, a 
wide veranda affords accommodations for an 
indefinite number of people, and this will be 
entirely inclosed with steel screens, leaving the 
festive Maumee mosquito to gnash his unsated 
teeth on the outside. 
Writing of the interior decorations and fur¬ 
nishings the Toledo Daily Blade has the follow¬ 
ing: 
“The new dining room, instead of revealing 
the four right angles of the old dining room, is 
divested of all possible severity by the crescent¬ 
shaped wall nearest the lagoon. The decorative 
scheme of the dining room is dark cream with 
deep blue panel effects, the latter relieved by 
white stencil. The drapings of the wide win¬ 
dows consist of Marie Antoinette lace with an 
overdraping of English Wymess cloth, the 
ground work in ivory, and the blue trimming 
being a reproduction of the blue border around 
the room. The wood finishing and the chairs, 
tables and buffet are of dark mahogany, the 
buffet or sideboard being one of the handsomest 
pieces of furniture ever brought to Toledo. 
Above the buffet is a handsome wall clock set 
in mahogany, being the gift of Will F. Broer, 
one of the leading members of the club. 
“Naturally, the reception room, with its mar- 
bleized columns and its flag effects surrounding 
the entrances, is the center of attraction'. At 
the foot of the grand stairway the emblem of 
the club, being a faithful reproduction of the 
official colors, is laid in tile, and this is re¬ 
garded as a work of art. Otherwise the floor 
is covered with a mass of Iran and Kliva rugs, 
especially designed for the Toledo Y. C. because 
of the fact that they are laid over tinted con¬ 
crete. 
“The overdrapings of the lace curtains in the 
reception hall are of Friar’s cloth. The fabric 
was bought in gray and had to be subjected to 
a special dye to match the side walls of dark 
brown. The overhanging drapery is trimmed 
with illuminated leather border and is held back 
with, braided bands. The wood finishing and 
furniture are golden oak, the latter being up¬ 
holstered in brown leather. 
“In the Dutch room the overcurtains are of 
craftman cloth, the figures being taken from 
the wall and put into the fabric, and revealing 
a tulip in two-toned blue. 
“On the ground floor there are two other small 
rooms designed for private parties. These are 
known as the Red room and the Venetian room. 
The latter especially is regarded as a gem in 
the way of decoration. The three uncovered 
walls suggest as many beautiful marine views 
in oil as well as three periods of the day, morn¬ 
ing, noon and evening, the sea and its multitude 
of sailing craft blending into the sky tints of 
the upper walls and ceiling. The painting is 
the work of Gerchow, and is in all respects a 
credit to the artist. The drapings of this room 
are of Venetian damask of a shade to match 
the side walls, and trimmed with silk fringe and 
held back by crown loops. The drapings of the 
richly decorated Red room are of Gordon rep 
made with small box plait, Valence across the 
top of the long curtains and the sides trimmed 
with metal galloon. 
“The billiard room is done entirely in green 
and supplied with Flemish oak furniture. 
“In the dance hall on the second floor the gen¬ 
eral decorative effect is that of sea-green, the 
benches being covered with green leather and 
the windows with net lace. The ladies’ private 
parlor on this floor is located at the southeast 
corner, and will be a charming place for a'quiet 
rest. The room is well supplied with green 
wicker chairs, settees and full length mirrors. 
The men’s smoking room is furnished in plain 
oak upholstered in black leather. It is a com¬ 
fortable lounging place.” 
A number of years ago Toledo had two yacht¬ 
ing associations known as the Ohio Y. C. and 
the Toledo Y. C. For a time the most active 
and bitter rivalry existed between the two or¬ 
ganizations,'but in 1896 all their differences were 
harmonized and a consolidation effected under 
the latter name which resulted in the present 
effective organization. Shortly afterward the 
Toledo Y. C- Building Association was incor¬ 
porated, and in 1903 completed a wooden build¬ 
ing of Colonial style at a cost of about $15,000. 
This, in addition to its use as yachtsmen’s head¬ 
quarters for Toledo and adjacent cities, was 
the scene of many delightful social functions 
till its destruction by fire as already noted. 
The Toledo boys have an inter-lake reputation 
for hospitality and hereafter, as in the olden 
day-*, the latch string will always be out to visit¬ 
ing yachtsmen. Jay Beebe. 
The largest motor yacht yet built, the 
Allegro, 124ft. long. 20ft. wide with three 120- 
horsepower White & Middleton engines driving 
triple screws, was successfully launched and 
tried at Essington, Pa., on Wednesday, April 
2g, from the yard of her builder, John Sheppard. 
Allegro was built for Mr. George C. Thomas 
from designs of her captain, Captain Leander 
A. Jeffrey, Jr. 
* « « 
The owners of house boats find considerable 
pleasure in paddling about their floating homes 
in a canoe; in fact, it is a necessary adjunct to 
a house boat, being easy to paddle, easy to stow 
and always ready for use. 
