Oct. 22, 1910.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
663 
More Joy— vVV. H. Childs. 
Interim—R. N. Bavier. 
Scud—G. P. Granbery. Crescent—A. G. Hile. 
FOUR SUCCESSFUL YACHTS OF THE HANDICAP CLASS. 
seconds and 1 third, and J. F. Mahlstedt’s Okee 
II. , 2 firsts, 4 seconds and 2 thirds. 
In the fifth division only two owners com¬ 
peted regularly—J. F. Schwarz with Nimbus 
III. and H. S. Swart with Miss Modesty. This 
is the reason of their high score. Nimbus III. 
closed the season with 9 firsts and 6 seconds, 
while Miss Modesty had 8 firsts and 7 seconds. 
These records not to be compared with the five 
or six firsts and as many seconds in classes 
where half a dozen or more boats started 
every time. 
The full list of places won follows: 
HANDICAP CLASS RESULTS IN I9IO. 
First Division. 
Starts, lsts. 2ds. 3ds. 
Crescent, A. G. Hill. 
... IG 
7 
4 
3 
Interim. Robert Bavier . 
...21 
6 
4 
5 
Sally IX.. A. E. Black. 
...IS 
5 
7 
1 
Juanita, S. C. Hunter. 
...19 
3 
3 
3 
Wanderer IV.. R. B. Budd. 
... n 
2 
2 
0 
Essex, P. V. Griffin. 
...11 
0 
2 
4 
More Joy, W. H. Childs. 
... 6 
1 
0 
1 
Notos, G. K. Benson. 
... 2 
1 
0 
0 
Second Division. 
Scud, G. P. Granberry. 
...17 
6 
2 
1 
Ouest, F. L. Vulte. 
...12 
5 
i 
Fearless, R. B. Stoddart. 
...17 
3 
6 
Red Wing. T. P. Grace. 
...17 
3 
2 
9 
Naiad. T. Bruns . 
2 
3 
0 
Waialua, H. L. Stone. 
j 
1 
1 
Bedouin, W. T. Fowler. 
... fi 
1 
1 
0 
Mist, T. A. Morris. 
... 9 
1 
1 
0 
Dixie, M. W. Houck. 
... 4 
0 
1 
0 
Third Division. 
Chinook. Hazen Morse . 
...14 
5 
G 
3 
Rascal Til., S. C. Hopkins. 
... S 
6 
1 
1 
Robin Hood. G. Gartland. 
... 7 
4 
0 
Psammiad. L. H. Dyer. 
... 7 
3 
1 
Tomboy III.. D. Y. Pendas- 
0 
1 
1 
Howto II.. T. McCarthy. 
... 1 
0 
1 
0 
Cliphora, C. D. Mallory. 
... 1 
0 
0 
0 
Fourth Division. 
Ramea, P. I.. Howard. 
...10 
5 
1 
Kenosha I., W. R. Berth. 
... 10 
3 
4 
1 
Okee IT., f. F. Mahlstedt. 
...10 
2 
4 
2 
Grace II., I. F. Lambden. 
... 13 
3 
1 
1 
Kenosha TT., C. W. Voltz. 
... 10 
2 
0 
Victory, II. II. Tackson, Tr. 
.... fi 
1 
2 
2 
Insurgent, N. D. Cutting. 
1 
0 
0 
Tillicum II.. C. King . 
.... 1 
1 
0 
0 
Svbilla, E. B. Schock. 
.... 6 
0 
1 
1 
Hoyden, B. S. Litchfield. 
.... 1 
0 
0 
1 
Fifth Division. 
Nimbus III.. I. F. Schwartz... 
.... Ifi 
9 
6 
0 
Miss Modesty, H. E. Swart.... 
.... 16 
8 
7 
0 
The above list does not contain the starts in the Block 
Island and Stratford Shoal races, in which the class com¬ 
peted for special prizes on class handicaps. 
Marine and Field Club. 
One Tof the best known clubs on Gravesend 
Bay is the Marine and Field. Its members have 
been keen supporters of outdoor sports, yacht¬ 
ing, shooting, tennis, golf, and many of the 
members are well known as hunters and fisher¬ 
men, and trophies in the club house testify to 
their skill. For some time the club has been 
retrograding. Its membership has fallen off, 
and not long ago it was feared that it might 
have to disband. One cause for this has been 
its inaccessibility. The ride through Brooklyn 
on trolley cars is not pleasing to those who 
wish to visit the club’s grounds. Things are 
better now, and this good change has been 
brought about through the efforts of President 
Paul R. Towne. He has just issued a report to 
the members which best tells the troubles of 
the club and what is being done to revive in¬ 
terest among its members and to get in new 
members. 
“In 1872 a rowing club was organized in the 
city of Brooklyn and located at the foot of 
Court street on a small floating house and in 
the following year was organized as the Colum¬ 
bia Boat Club. In 1877, the club moved to Bay 
Ridge and located at the foot of Forty-ninth 
street, where it built a substantial boat house, 
the present boat house of the Marine and Field 
Club. In 1883, another move was made to 
Gravesend Bay, and the boat house was placed 
upon a pier now known as the Captain’s Pier. 
In December, 1885, the Marine and Field Club 
was incorporated and purchased its present 
property for $35,000. There were two houses 
then upon the property, those now known as 
the main club house and the cottage. The boat 
house was moved in front of the property and 
subsequently Tower Hall was erected. 
“Only $5,000 of the original purchase price 
was paid in cash, the balance being secured by 
a mortgage, and the club passed through the 
usual financial vicissitudes of organizations of 
this character, refunding its indebtedness from 
time to time until in January, 1910, the prop¬ 
erty was subject to a first mortgage of $50,000. 
a second mortgage to secure outstanding bonds 
aggregating $22,500, and a third mortgage of 
$10,000 all drawing interest at 5 per cent, per 
annum. 
“In the summer of 1909 the club, with a mort¬ 
gage indebtedness of $82,500. was greatly in 
debt for unpaid interest, taxes and accounts 
payable to merchandise creditors, and this in¬ 
debtedness approximated about $17,000. The 
membership has been steadily decreasing, and 
it was the general consensus of opinion that 
the club would have to be wound up unless 
some plan could be evolved for saving its life. 
In the spring of that year, the plans that have 
recently terminated so favorably were started 
by a few members who were much interested 
in the club’s welfare. 
“A holding company was organized, known 
as the M. and F. Associates, and the club agreed 
to convey its real property to the holding com¬ 
pany. The club now occupies the real property 
as tenant of the holding company. 
“On the first of January of this year the resi¬ 
dent membership of the club amounted to only 
103. Since then one has died, five have re¬ 
signed and six have been expelled, making a 
total loss of twelve. A vigorous campaign to 
recruit the membership was at once inaugu¬ 
rated, with the result that we have added sixty 
new members to our rolls within the past eight 
months, making our total membership to-day 
151 as against 103 on January 1. We have also 
elected two nonresident members. 
“As to the future of the club, it must be ap¬ 
parent to everyone who has given the subject 
any consideration whatever, that this club, or¬ 
ganized originally as a boat club, occupying a 
piece of property with 270 feet of water front 
on Gravesend Bay, is to be developed logically 
only along the lines of its natural resources, 
namely, its water front. The curtailment and 
suspension of rapid transit facilities to and 
from Manhattan during the past few years, ow¬ 
ing to the taking over of the Thirty-ninth Street 
Ferry by the city and the building of large 
sewers in this section of Brooklyn, has, of 
course, been a serious blow to the club, resulting 
in a great loss of members; but it has been a 
cloud with a silver lining, for it has had the 
effect of centering our attention on the problem 
of transportation, which now seems to be the 
greatest, if not the only problem we have to 
meet. 
“We have all concluded that our water front 
must be made the front door to our property. 
With this end in view plans are under considera¬ 
tion for the building of a pier to enable us to 
secure water transportation to and from New 
York, the pier to be built in such a manner as 
to afford a safe and protected anchorage, so 
that we may grow and live as a yacht club. 
These plans have met with universal approval, 
and already, and without any solicitation, we 
have assurance of subscriptions to stock of our 
holding company to cover at least two-fifths of 
the cost.” 
The officers of the club for the year, who. to¬ 
gether with President Towne, are responsible 
for the wonderful improvement in the club, 
follow: 
Vice-President, Samuel Garre; Secretary, 
Marshall B. Van Cott; Treasurer, Eugene J. 
Grant. Directors (term expiring 1911)—John 
H. McClement, H. Bridgman Smith, Louis H. 
Smith, R. B. Marchant. Edwin P. Moritz; term 
expiring 1912—Marshall B. Van Cott, Samuel 
Garre. Eugene J. Grant. Paul R. Towne, 
Ephraim Johnson; term expiring 1913—William 
J. Knott. H. S. Putnam, Ralph A. Day, Paul G. 
Chace, C. C. Tegethoff. 
House Committee—Louis H. Smith, Chair¬ 
man; Ephraim Johnson, William J. Knott. 
Finance Committee—H. Bridgman Smith, 
Chairman; C. C. Tegethoff, R. B. Marchant. 
Membership Committee—Samuel Garre, 
Chairman; Paul G. Chace, C. J. Johnson. 
Yachting Committee—Commodore, Charles 
Martin Camp; Vice-Commodore, Louis H. 
Smith; Rear-Commodore, R. B. Marchant; 
Fleet Captain, Paul G. Chace; Measurer, H. E. 
Buermeyer; Yachting Secretary, Everett Peet. 
Entertainment Committee—Arthur C. Bel¬ 
lows, Chairman; Guernsey Price, James Jenkins, 
Jr., G. Harry Squires, Ploward G. Kitt. 
Golf Committee—Ralph A. Day, Chairman; 
Alexander IT. Findlay. F. J. Reynolds. 
Tennis Committee-—August Walters, Chair¬ 
man; Mark A. Noble, William F. Carell. 
Billiard and Pool Committee—Charles Martin 
Camp, Chairman; A. A. Bean, F. W. Johnson. 
