Dec. i7, 1910.] 
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Farnsworth and Franklin W. Hobbs, Council- 
at-Large; Charles Whittemore, David Rice, F. 
A. Eustis, Howard Stockton, Jr., Henry E. 
Warner, John Paine and Sidney Hosmer, Re¬ 
gatta Committee; Frederic B. Cutler, Robert PI. 
Hallowed, Walter S. Crane and Henry E. 
Warner, House Committee; A. H. Eustis, 
Franklin W. Hobbs, Robert Winsor, Jr., Frank 
W. Sargeant, Jr., and J. L. Stackpole, Admis¬ 
sion Committee. 
J. Rogers Maxwell, probably the best-known 
of American yachtsmen, died at his home in 
Brooklyn last' Sunday night from apoplexy. 
He was 64 years of age and had been sailing 
yachts since he was a young man, and sailing 
them successfully, too. Fie has in his time 
done more to help yacht racing than any 
other man, because he would always have 
a yacht in one of the best racing classes, would 
sail her himself as often as possible, and was 
in the sport for sport’s sake and not merely for 
the winning of prizes. It was only two weeks 
ago that he sold the schooner Queen, which 
he had built by Plerreshoff to win the first race 
sailed for the King’s cup. He was not success¬ 
ful in that, being beaten by Effort by 9 seconds, 
but Queen won the next year. Queen was pur¬ 
chased by E. Walter Clark, of Philadelphia, and 
Mr. Maxwell took in part payment the schooner 
Irolita, which he intended to race next year. 
He also owned the steamer Celt. 
Among the many yachts he has owned are 
the schooner Peerless, 70-footer Shamrock, 
sloops Hebe, Humma, Nautilus, Yankee, 
schooner Shamrock, Emerald and Queen. He 
was one of the best amateurs in these waters, 
and he could sail his yacht as well as the most 
expert of the professionals. Many years ago 
he was prominent in the organization of the 
Atlantic Y. C., and that chib was always his 
favorite. For many years he was chairman of 
its board of trustees and at one time was vice¬ 
commodore. He never cared for flag office, 
being content to just own and sail his yacht 
and be a plain member. He had hosts of friends 
who will miss him, and he will be missed by 
all who have followed the yachts in their races 
each season. 
At the annual meeting of the Monroe Y. C., 
at Monroe, Mich., Thornton Dixon, formerly 
vice commodore, was chosen commodore. The 
other officers are: Vice-Commodore, Benjamin 
J. Greening, formerly rear-commodore: Rear- 
Commodore, William P. Cooke; Secretary, J. 
C. Godfroy. The bi-annual Fourth of July re¬ 
gatta to be given under the auspices of the 
Monroe Y. C. this summer will extend over 
three days, including July 1-3 and 4. This is 
one of the big yachting affairs on the lakes and 
will be widely attended. 
At the annual meeting of the members of the 
Chesapeake Bay Y. C., of Easton, the club 
passed resolutions urging the necessity of the 
construction of a canal connecting the waters 
of Tred Avon and Miles River; also a resolu¬ 
tion recommending the dredging of the 
branches of Tred Avon River, so that it would 
bring Easton closer to the water front. The 
treasurer’s report showed the club’s financial 
condition was excellent, with a comfortable sur¬ 
plus in bank and no outstanding indebtedness. 
The result of the election: Commodore, Col. 
F. Carroll Goldsborough; Vice-Commodore, T. 
Clifford Morris; Rear-Commodore, George K. 
Kinney; Treasurer, Alfred L. Tharp; Secretary, 
Dr. Charles R. Enos; Fleet Chaplain, Dr. S. D. 
McConnell; Board of Governors — Col. F. C. 
Goldsborough, T. Clifford Morris, George K. 
Kinney, A. L. Tharp, Dr. Charles R. Enos, Col. 
Oswald Tilghman, M. T. Goldsborough and 
Clifton Wharton, the latter having been elected 
a member at this meeting. Regatta Committee 
—A. A. Hathaway, Chairman; T. Clifford 
Morris and Samuel A. Rohrer as associates.- 
Bar Harbor 30-foot sloop Kuwana, sold for 
Mr. E. R. Dick to Mr. Otto E. Lohrke. New 
owner will use her at Shelter Island. 
Interlake Association. 
The annual meeting of the Inter-Lake Yacht¬ 
ing Association was held at Detroit on Dec. 5. 
Several slates had been fixed up prior to the 
meeting, but not one went through, and the 
only officer elected who had been previously 
talked about was Alexander Winton, of Cleve¬ 
land, who was chosen as commodore. 
The officers chosen were: Commodore, Alex¬ 
ander Winton, Lakewood Y. C., Cleveland; 
Vice-Commodore, Charles D. Lynch, Buckeye 
Lake Y. C., Columbus; Rear-Commodore, R. 
M. Starr, Maumee River-Toledo Y. C., Toledo; 
Sailboat Measurer, Walter Coakley, Toledo Y. 
C.; Power Boat Measurer, Oliver Barthel, De¬ 
troit Y. C.; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. Paul E. Beth- 
ards, Toledo Y. C.; Delegates to Yacht Racing 
Union—Dr. C. G. Jennings, Country Club, De¬ 
troit, two years; Myron B. Vorce, Lakewood 
Y. C., one year. 
The report of the rules committee recom¬ 
mending the promotion of Class R boats of the 
Universal Rule was adopted with slight modi¬ 
fications, the most important being the trans¬ 
ferring of the management of racing and prizes 
from the rules committee to the regatta com¬ 
mittee. The report carried with it the purchase 
of a $200 trophy to be contested for in a series 
of events covering five racing seasons; also the 
award of special prizes to the winners of each 
heat. 
There was considerable controversy over an 
amendment presented by J. M. Crasser, of To¬ 
ledo, including in the restrictions a clause pro¬ 
viding for compromise keel with a modified 
centerboard. The measure was looked upon 
with some disfavor by Cleveland men, who 
naturally favor a fin-keel boat because their sail¬ 
ing is necessarily done in deep water. On the 
other hand it was held that a centerboard boat 
is the only practical sailing craft for other ports 
in the association. The Grasser amendment was 
finally adopted. 
Pot-leading of the 16-foot racing craft will 
continue to be permissible, a recommendation 
to that effect having been ratified by the Inter- 
Lake delegates because four of the six 16-foot 
boat owners expressed a wish to continue 
present methods. 
That the affairs of the Inter-Lake were wisely 
administered during the past year was shown 
by the report of the retiring secretary-treasurer, 
Charles P. Sieder. With all bills paid the as¬ 
sociation came to the end of the year with a 
balance of more than $200 in the treasury. In 
addition to cash the association has about $300 
worth of trophies not contested for at the last 
annual meet. It was decided that hereafter the 
regatta committees shall not purchase prizes 
without first submitting the list to the commo¬ 
dore and secretary-treasurer. This action was 
taken for the reason that some of the silver¬ 
ware now on hand was engraved with the year 
and class, and is therefore worthless. 
Rear-Commodore Charles D. Lynch created 
considerable enthusiasm by announcing that the 
Buckeye Lake Club would duplicate its action 
of last year and present the Inter-Lake a hand¬ 
some trophy. Mr. Lynch, by the way, served 
the Inter-Lake Y. A. as rear-commodore last 
year. He also said that the Buckeye Y. C. is 
building fifteen catboats after Mower drawings, 
and that his club will ask the Inter-Lake to in¬ 
crease the number of club boats permitted in a 
race, so that the entire Buckeye Lake fleet may 
participate in the meet at Put-in-Bay next 
summer. 
The Detroit Motor Boat Club resigned from 
the Inter-Lake Yachting Association at the De¬ 
troit meeting recently. This means that the 
Detroit Club intends to boost the Power Boat 
League of the Great Lakes, organized at Buf¬ 
falo last summer. 
Incidentally the election of Winton will bring 
to the head of the Inter-Lake Yachting Associ¬ 
ation the largest gasolene power yacht in the 
world. Commodore Winton is having built in 
an eastern shipyard a triple screw vessel, 140 
feet over all, 19 feet beam, to be propelled by 
three six-cylinder gasolene motors of approxi¬ 
mately 175 horsepower apiece, or a total of 525 
horsepower. The new Inter-Lake flagship will 
be christened La Belle. She is being built at 
the present time and will be delivered about 
May 1. The plant of the Winton Motor Car¬ 
riage Co., in Cleveland, is turning out the en¬ 
gines. On account of her size, La Belle will be 
brought from the east to Cleveland via the 
St. Lawrence River route, which will give her 
a thorough trying out before she takes up her 
station at Rocky River, the mooring ground of 
the Lakewood Y. C. 
Yacht Racing Union. 
The annual meeting of the delegates of the 
Yacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes was 
held at Detroit on Dec. 4. There were present 
representatives of the Lake Michigan, Inter- 
Lake and Lake Yachting Associations. Those 
present were Commodore Charles G. Jennings, 
of Detroit; Commodore S. O. Richardson, Jr., 
of the Toledo Y. C.; Commodore F. A. Price, 
of the Chicago Y. C.; James S. McMurray of 
the Royal Canadian Y. C., Secretary of the 
Union; Commodore Myron B. Vorce, of Cleve¬ 
land, and Rear-Commodore Frank M. Gray, of 
the Royal Canadian Y. C., of Toronto. 
Commodore Price was elected Chairman and 
Mr. McMurray Secretary for the ensuing year. 
The greater part of the meeting was given over 
to discussion of a plan to bring about a restora¬ 
tion of international racing for the Canada’s 
Cup or some similar trophy. At present the 
Canadian sportsmen and the Rochester Y. C., 
holder of this cup, are at variance regarding the 
rules under which contests should be sailed. 
The Canadians demand that only boats regu¬ 
larly owned on fresh water shall be eligible for 
competition in races for the cup. while the 
Rochester people insist that any boat complying 
with the building restriction and sailing under 
the colors of the defending or challenging club 
is eligible. 
Neither side seems willing to make any con¬ 
cessions and the Yacht Racing Union feels that 
for the good of the sport something should be 
done to bring about a compromise. A plan 
was decided on for presenting the matter to the 
Rochester Y. C. in a new light and the Union 
now entertains hopes of seeing an international 
race in 1912. There is no chance for a race in 
1911 now, as the time for presenting a challenge 
under the rules of the deed of gift of the 
Canada’s Cup has passed. 
Aloha's Stormy Passage. 
The bark-rigged auxiliary yacht Aloha, 
owned by Commodore Arthur Curtiss James, 
of the New York Y. C., arrived at New Lon¬ 
don last Saturday, after a long and tempestuous 
voyage from Southampton, England. 
The flagship came direct from St. George, 
Bermuda Islands, where she was forced to seek 
harbor a week previous. Aloha started for New 
London from Southampton, Nov. 4, and four 
hurricanes were encountered in succession on 
the way across the Atlantic. 
Instead of sailing 2,900 miles, which is the 
distance from Southampton to this harbor, the 
strong westerly winds blew the yacht far off her 
course, and her log to-day showed that she had 
covered a total of 4,694 miles. 
“I have been a deep-sea sailor for many 
years,” said Aloha’s sailing master, Capt. P. 
V. Bezanzon, “but this trip across the Atlantic 
was the roughest I ever encountered. When we 
struck the westerly hurricanes, Aloha made very 
little headway; in fact, only 30 miles in four 
days.”. 
Capt. Bezanzon says the heavy gales played 
havoc with the new flagship, the pride of the 
New York Y. C. fleet, and her hull and spars 
were well racked by the mountainous waves that 
swept across her decks and the apparently ever¬ 
lasting wind that shrieked through her rigging. 
Some of the Aloha’s topmasts and sails were 
carried away during the storm. 
This was Aloha’s first ocean cruise. Capt. 
Bezanzon says that the big craft stood up well 
during the hurricanes and proved herself to be 
one of the stanchest pleasure boats afloat. 
