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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Nov. 5, 1910. 
Eastern Y. C. 
The Eastern Y. C. this year had one of the 
best seasons in its history. All the scheduled 
events filled well and furnished some fine rac¬ 
ing. The Sonder class engaged the attention 
of the club considerably. First there were trial 
races to choose representatives to meet the 
Spaniards, and later three American boats sailed 
a match against the three foreign boats for the 
President Taft and Gov. Draper cups. Har¬ 
poon won the Taft Cup and Beaver the other. 
Then trials were sailed on Buzzard’s Bay for 
the purpose of selecting three boats to go to 
Kiel next spring to race for the Kaiser’s and 
Prince Henry cups. The cup offered in these 
trials, the Chonta cup, was won by Beaver. 
The annual cruise was very successful this 
year, except for the first two days, when the 
wind was light. The fleet went as far as Bar 
Harbor, and for next year plans are being made 
to make it even more successful than this year. 
To boom the cruise this year the Norman cups 
were offered for races from Bar Harbor to 
Marblehead. One cup is for schooners and 
one for sloops. For next season Commodore 
F. Lewis Clark has offered a cup for a race 
from New London to Marblehead. The fleet 
is to rendezvous at New London after the 
Harvard-Yale boat race, and it is thought that 
this cup will attract some of the New York 
yachts. 
The winners of special cups during the season 
were Adventuress, Puritan cup, Commodore 
Clark cup and Capt. Sanger cup; Dorello, Capt. 
Hayden cup; Iris, Capt. Morss cup; Irolita, 
Capt. Norman cup and Rear-Commodore Sears 
•cup; Venona, Capt. Abbott cup. 
The records of the successful yachts in the 
•open regattas follow: 
Firsts. Seconds. Th 
Amoret, C. B. & H. S. Wheelock.. 3 0 
Adventuress, C. C. Rumrill. 4 0 
Beaver, C. H. YV. Foster. 0 1 
Busy Bee, W. J. Coombs. 0 1 
Dartwell, I. M. YVhittemore. 1 0 
Damon F. B. Crowninshield. 1 1 
Dolly III., YV. YV. Arnold. 0 0 
Dorello, G. L. Batchelder. 4 1 
Doris, S. R. Anthony. 0 1 
"Ellen, C. P. Curtis. 1 0 
Emerald, F. L. Clark... 10 0 
•Gringo, W. H. Brown. I 0 
Harpoon, C. F. Adams, 2d. 0 0 
Humma, R. T. Paine, 2d. 0 • 2 
Irolita, E. YY^alter Clark. 1 2 
Sally XI., L. F. Percival. 0 0 
Savarona, C. Howard Clark. 2 0 
Taormina, YV. S. Eaton. 2 1 
Timandra, J. B. Fallon. 0 1 
YTsion, H. A. Morss. 1 0 
YYGanno, A. YV. Stevens. 1 0 
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At the fall meeting of the club last week it 
was unanimously voted to make King Alfonso 
■of Spain an honorary member of the organiza¬ 
tion in recognition of his efforts in encouraging 
yacht building and racing among his country¬ 
men and for his encouragement of the Sonder 
boat regattas in Spain in 1907 and at Marble- 
bead during the recent summer. 
Deeds of gift of five valuable cups to be raced 
for during the coming season were received. 
■Commodore F. Lewis Clark gives a trophy for 
the schooner classes including Class D. Chester 
C. Rumrill, owner of the sloop Adventuress, 
•gives a cup for the sloops, including Class L, 
•over the same course, and Laurence H. Armour, 
of the Yawl Casique, presents a cup for the 
auxiliary sloops and schooners, including Class 
K. These trophies are for annual races from 
New London to Marblehead immediately fol¬ 
lowing the Yale-Harvard rowing regatta, when 
most of the craft will be at New London, and 
it is expected to encourage New York yachts¬ 
men. to make the run around Cape Cod and 
■participate in the annual regattas and cruises 
during the following week. Guy Norman 
offered two cups for ocean races for the 
schooners and sloops from Bar Harbor to 
Marblehead at the conclusion of each annual 
cruise. These gifts will probably induce the 
yacht owners to stick together from start to 
finish. The five cups will become the perma¬ 
nent property of the owners whose craft wins 
three times, whether it be the same yacht or 
not, and all races will be open to invited craft 
:as well as those of the Eastern Y. C. 
Motor 'Boating. 
Buffalo B. M. Association. 
Motor boat men of Buffalo are now taking 
active measures to create more interest in the 
sport in their waters next season and to have 
there one of the representative boat races of 
the world. This action has naturally followed 
the formation of the Buffalo section of the 
American Power Boat Association. That as¬ 
sociation is the national arbiter of the sport, 
and this year arrangements were made so that 
local sections could be organized, and these 
sections, while generally using the association 
rules, were allowed to make certain changes 
and additions to be applied locally. 
The formation of the Buffalo section of the 
American Power Boat Association is mainly 
due to the zeal of Herman T. Koerner in the 
sport of developing the speed boat and the 
cruising launch. The new section was formed 
at a meeting where the recognized boating clubs 
of Buffalo were represented, as follows: Her¬ 
man T. Koerner and Robert H. Mason, Buffalo 
Y. C.; J. F. Ellsworth and H. Kelley, Motor 
Boat Club; A. F. Dohn and Harry D. Elliott, 
Buffalo Launch Club. After requisite resolu¬ 
tion relative to the formation of the section 
were adopted, the following officers were 
elected: 
Chairman, Edvvard Michaels, commodore of 
the Buffalo Y. C.; Vice-Chairman, A. F. Dohn, 
Buffalo Launch Club; Secretary, Robert H. 
Mason, Buffalo Y. C.; Treasurer, J. F. Ells¬ 
worth, Buffalo Motor Boat Club. 
The formation of this section will give each 
one of the three recognized boating clubs of 
Buffalo three delegates each, who, together with 
the officers elected, will become members of the 
governing committee. 
At present there are two great national events 
held under the sanction of the American Power 
Boat Association. The first is the Eastern con¬ 
test, for the Gold cup, held in the waters of the 
Valley of the St. Lawrence or other waters east 
of the Allegheny Mountains. The second con¬ 
test is for the bronze trophy, raced for in the 
waters of the Valley of the Mississippi. 
The formation of the Buffalo section means 
the addition of another great national race for 
the waters of the Great Lakes. This will doubt¬ 
less be known as the race for the silver tankard 
or cup. 
The designation of localities, or the naming 
of waters, merely limits the field in which the 
races may be held. For instance, in the race for 
the gold cup, while the contest must be held 
in Eastern waters, entries may be received from 
any part of the world. Likewise, in the race 
for the bronze trophy, the contest must be held 
on the waters of the Mississippi, the Ohio, the 
Missouri or their tributaries, but entrants from 
any part of the world are welcome. It is more 
than likely that the Great Lakes race, under the 
sanction of the American Power Boat Associ¬ 
ation, will be held under the auspices of the 
long distance cruising race for cabin power 
yachts, over a triangular course, with Buffalo 
on the apex of the triangle, the basic points of 
the triangle being, probablv Cleveland, O., and 
Port Stanley, Ontario, or Toledo, O., and Ron¬ 
deau, Ontario. Those in favor of a shorter 
race have suggested that the triangle be irregu¬ 
lar, with Cleveland, O., and Long Point, On¬ 
tario, forming the basis of the triangle. Senti¬ 
ment, however, appears to favor a course 
formed by Buffalo, Cleveland and Port Stanley, 
because these points will enable the greatest 
number of spectators to obtain a satisfactory 
view of the racing squadron. The success of 
the Buffalo Y. C. in pulling off last season the 
greatest power boat race ever held on the 
Great Lakes, would indicate that the long-dis¬ 
tance cabin cruising race now being promoted 
by the Buffalo Y. C. would be held under official 
sanction, and will be linked with the proposed 
contest. 
As in the Monte Carlo race, and the lesser 
contests on the Solent and at Palm Beach, the 
Great Lakes race will be one of international 
significance. Probably every maker of a high¬ 
speed engine in Europe and America will de¬ 
sire representation in this contest. The race 
will be a scratch event, free for all. The gov¬ 
erning committee will be constituted as out¬ 
lined in the formation of the Buffalo section 
of the American Power Boat Association. 
New 90-Fool Cruiser. 
A 90-FOOT twin-screw cruising motor boat is 
being built at the Gas Engine & Power Com¬ 
pany’s works at Morris Heights for Carl G. 
Fisher, of Indianapolis, who in addition to be¬ 
ing a yachtsman, is a balloonist and automobile 
speedway promoter. The new yacht is from 
designs by Charles L. Seabury, and is to be 
finished early in the spring when it will be sent 
to the Great Lakes. The builders have guaran¬ 
teed a speed of 16 miles an hour. 
The new boat will be 90 feet over all, 82 feet 
on the waterline, 16 feet 6 inches beam and 4 
feet draft. She will be of the raised-deck 
cruiser type with a large deck house which will 
be as a dining room and be fitted with two Pull¬ 
man berths. The entrance to this room will be 
from the deck with doors on each side. The 
crew’s quarters are forward and will be roomy 
and comfortable. 
The engine room is aft of the crew’s quarters 
and will be between steel water-tight bulkheads. 
Two Speedway air-starting and air-reversing 
marine motors, each of six cylinders, 8^2 inches 
by 10 inches, and 150-horsepower each, will be 
fitted, and there will be an auxiliary set for the 
use of the air compressor, bilge pump and 
dynamo. 
The owner’s quarters are aft of the motor 
room and consist of two connecting staterooms 
the full width of the yacht, each to be fitted with 
a double berth, upholstered seats, wardrobe and 
dressing table. A large bathroom connects 
with the port stateroom. Another double and 
single stateroom, with bath and toilet, are for 
guests.* The entrance to these quarters is by a 
companionway from the forward end of the 
dining room. The joiner work generally will 
be of mahogany. A hot and cold water plant 
and an electric light plant, together with a 3,000- 
candle power searchlight will be installed on the 
yacht. 
This company is also building from plans 
drawn by Mr. Fisher an open gasolene craft. 
She will be 39 feet 4 inches over all, 6 feet 
beam, and be equipped with a six-cylinder 8x8 
special high speed motor, which will drive the 
boat 35 miles an hour. 
Courtesies at Sea. 
In the days before cannon, and indeed, until 
comparatively' recent times, a vessel made its 
salutation by lowering or “dipping” its flag. 
This is the oldest and most honorable greeting 
which a ship can give. It ranks before the 
booming of guns, however many. 
This salute has always been demanded by 
English-speaking seamen, and its exaction has 
burned the hearts and the powder of genera¬ 
tions of naval commanders. For a foreign ship, 
whether merchant or martial, to enter an Eng¬ 
lish port without veiling topsails or dipping its 
national flag was to court the chances of war, 
although the profoundest peace existed. With¬ 
out warning or argument, the shore defenses or 
a man-of-war would send a round of shots 
across the bows or between the masts of the 
insolent intruder, and if the offending flag came 
not down instantly the foreigner was brought 
to her senses by being raked through and 
through. Such was the reception accorded by 
Sir John Hawkins in the sixteenth century to 
the Spanish admiral, who, in time of peace, 
sailed into Portsmouth Sound without veiling 
his topsails or lowering his flag. 
Salutes are essential matters of naval eti¬ 
quette, and are exchanged under an elaborate 
code arranged between the Powers. The num¬ 
ber of guns to be fired under all conceivable 
circumstances is minutely stipulated. 
