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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[JAN. 20, 1906. 

YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 

RAcING SCHOONERS BUILDING AT BrisToL.—Con- 
struction has begun on two racing schooners at 
the shops of the Herreshoffs at Bristol, which 
are expected to prove factors of more than a lit- 
tle interest in the racing of the coming season. 
Concerning the larger of these more than a little 
secrecy has been observed during the last month 
or more, and speculation has been rife as to the 
probable owner. During the past week, how- 
ever, it was learned that the craft is for Mr. 
J. Rogers Maxwell, New York Y. C., who for the 
past three years has been prominent in the racing 
field with his 7o-footer Yankee. The schooner 
will be 126ft. over all, o1ft. 6in. waterline, 24ft. 
breadth and 15ft. draft. The construction will 
be of steel throughout, and the craft will be 
fitted with a small centerboard. The schooner 
will be constructed in the south shop, 
where the Constitution and Reliance were built, 
and the contract calls for completion by June tf. 
The lines have been finished and the work on the 
scriving board is nearly completed. A smaller 
schooner, which is to be built in the north shop, 
is for Commodore E. W. Clark, Corinthian Y. C., 
of Philadelphia. This boat will have a waterline 
length of about 7oft. Three of the sons of Nat 
Herreshoff, Nat Jr., Sidney and Griswold, have 
been assisting their father in laying down the 
lines of the Maxwell schooner and they will also 
assist on the smaller boat. The latter is expected 
to be completed about June 30. Commodore Clark 
had the Irolita last season, and she is now laid 
up at Bristol. At present there is about as much 
activity in the Herreshoff yard as when a cup de- 
fender is under construction. All three of the 
Herreshoff boys, who are assisting their father in 
the preliminary work on these two schooners, are 
under twenty years of age, and they have shown 
more than a little inherited ability in the past few 
years in the designing of small boats, both sail 
and power, of notable speed qualities. 
ReRe 
HorsesHOE Harsor Y. C. OFrricers.—At the an- 
nual meeting of the Horseshoe Harbor Y. C., 
held at the Holland House, New York city, re- 
cently, the following officers were elected: Com., 
W. A. Marble; Vice-Com., William Stewart 
Allen; Treas, L. A. Winship; Sec., Lewis C. 
Spence; Trustee, William Haight. 
nee 
WILLIAMSBURG Y. C. OrFicers.—The Will- 
iamsburg Y. C. has elected the following officers 
for 1906: Com., A. G. Rau; Vice-Com., W. H. 
Roth; Rear Com., Clarence Langdon; Rec. Sec., 
William McDonald; Cor. Sec., William E. Long; 
Treas., James Schuessele; Treas., Victor Clem- 
mons; Trustees—F. L. A. Schwartz, G. S. Card, 
F. J. Eardley, A. Spencer and W. J. Waldheim; 
Regatta Committee—Adolph Kling, George H. 
Ludgate and William McDonnell. 
ZR eR 
PHILADELPHIA CoRINTHIAN Y. C. MEETING.— 
At the annual meeting of the Corinthian Y. C., 
of Philadelphia, held on Jan. 10, the following 
officers and committees were elected: Com., E. 
Walter Clarke, sloop Irolita; Vice-Com., C. 
Howard Clark, Jr., schooner Savarona; Rear 
Com., Charles Longstreth, .yawl Circe; Sec., 
Addison F. Bancroft; Treas., George E. Kirk- 
patrick; Meas., George Breed; Race Committee 
i ancroft, George Breed and Henry 
S. Jeanes; Committee on Admissions—Alexander 
Van Rensselaer, Frank H. Rosengarten, Brereton 
Pratt, George C. Carson and Robert Toland; 
Trustees—For three years, Joseph S. Lovering 
Wharton and Henry G, Bryant. 
eRe 
Utitity oF Motor Boats RECOGNIZED IN MAN- 
CHuURIA.—Consul-General Sammons, of Niuch- 
wang, China. writes as follows regarding use of 
motor boats in Manchuria: 
“Though the current of the Liao River at this 
port ranges from 3.4 to 7.8 nautical miles per 
hour in swiftness, according to the season and 
the state of the tide, motor boats will, it is be- 
lieved, prove useful on it, and a number will 
possibly be purchased during the coming year. 


The river is subject to a heavy tidal rise and fall 
and this causes a strong inward and outward cur- 
rent. About the last of November or early in 
December the river closes, and becomes free of 
ice, as a rule, in March, and during this interval 
of approximately three months motor boats may 
be housed. The foreign population of Niuch- 
wang being about 300, not including the Japan- 
ese, the demand for motor-driven boats is not 
likely to reach to any great extent, though mo- 
tors for converting sail and rowboats into power 
boats may ultimately find an extensive market 
among the native population. 
“Port Arthur, Dalny, Harbin and other points 
are suited to motor-boat service, but at the pres- 
ent time the limited foreign population and un- 
settled conditions generally do not warrant ex- 
pectations of important trade advances in this 
line, although there is discussion as to the ulti- 
mate utility of the motor boat, both for purposes 
of pleasure and recreation, as well as for inland 
passenger carrying and commerce.” 
RRR 
DEATH OF A FRENCH DesicNer.—M. Abel le 
Merchand, who died last week after a short ill- 
ness, was one of the most poptilar and enthusias- 
tic of French yacht builders. He was head of 
the firm bearing his name at Havre and Cannes, 
and from both yards he turned out many yachts 
whose names are known beyond French waters. 
Mr. Miall Green‘s 77-ton cutter Yolande was of 
his design. At Cannes his firm built the last 
winner of the Coupe de France, Saint Honorat, 
and the Duc Decazes’ famous motor yacht Quand 
Méme.—The Yachtsman. 
RRR 
WiitrAm FE. IsELIN PuRCHASES VIGILANT.— 
Mr. Stephen Peabody, N. Y. Y. C., has sold 
his yawl Vigilant through the agency of Messrs. 
Tams, Lemoine & Crane to Mr. William E. 
Iselin, N.Y. Yo Ge Vicilant is nowrnt winter 
quarters at New London. 
Canoeing. 

A. C. A. Refused Camping Privileges. 
ComMMoporE Quick, of the A. C. A., has asked 
us to publish the following letter for the bene- 
fit of the members of the Association: 
“Mr. H. Lansing Quick, Commodore, A. C. A.: 
“Dear Sir—This is to notify your Association 
that we no longer allow camping on the islands 
or shores of the Croton River. 
“Please be so kind as to notify all the clubs 
belonging to your Association. 
“T notify you this early before the season 
that all misunderstanding and trouble may be 
avoided. “Yours respectfully, 
S. Van CortLanpt, Agt.” 
CrotTon-ONnN-Hupson, Jan. 2, 
We quote the following from Commodore 
Quick’s letter to us: 
“T wrote to Mr. Van Cortlandt to see if there 
was not some way in which he would allow 
members of the A. C. A. to camp on this prop- 
erty, but have received a reply from him in 
which he absolutely declines to allow any one 
to camp on the river, claiming that he repre- 
sents the owners of all the shore and islands 
that are in the lower part of the river. 
“I regret very much that this action has be- 
come necessary, and feel that it has not been 
caused by the mis-use of any of the property by 
Te MIDeLS Tole Nem wm mee 
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Central Division——R. J. Sloan, Pittsburg, Pa., 
by F. C. Demmler. 
Eastern Division.—Adrian P. Sylvester, Sher- 
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