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able difficulty in locating power boats for the pur- 
pose of taxation. The yachtsmen do not object 
to the cities and towns getting all the revenue 
that is coming to them, but it seems a poor way 
to catch the tax-dodgers by giving cities and 
towns arbitrary power to make regulations which 
should have the uniformity of only national issue, 
and which, in many instances, would most likely 
conflict with laws already made and provided. 
There would also be the possibility of continuous 
assessment for license and registration of cruis- 
ings cwners who might desire to visit several 
ports during the season. 
PossIBLE CHALLENGE FOR Quincy Cup.—Con- 
ferences between the Manchester Y. C. and the 
Quincy Y. C. have been held relative to changing 
the deed of gift of the Quincy Cup, so that a race 
may be arranged between keel boats. This mat- 
ter has been considered before, but the Man- 
chester Y. C., the present holder of the cup, felt 
that it was up to the Quincy Y. C. to recapture 
the cup under the conditions it was won, and 
then the Quincy Y. C. might change the deed in 
any way it desired, although the Manchester Y. 
C. deplored the freak boats, which were built to 
compete for the trophy, as much as any other 
club. There does not appear to be the slightest 
possibility of a challenge with a more freakish 
lookout by the Quincy or any other yacht club, 
so there is every hope that the two clubs will 
get together and change the deed of gift so that 
only boats of rational dimensions may compete 
for the cup. 
Hon. Charles Francis Adams, 2d, has stated 
that if the conditions are changed he will build 
a challenger for the cup, which will sail under 
the colors of the Quincy Y. C. -He will also 
enter this boat in the match for the German- 
American trophy, provided the conditions are 
such that the boat may be used for both events. 
GERMAN-AMERICAN MatcH.—At present there 
does not appear to be much likelihood that the 
initial German-American match, between the 
Eastern Y. C. and the Kaiserlicher Y. C. will be 
sailed off Marblehead this season. It is now very 
late to complete negotiations for a challenge, and 
the matter of conditions has not yet been finally 
settled. The Eastern Y. C. has agreed to the 
material changes as suggested by the Kaiserlicher 
Y. GC. and has written the German, Y-! ©: to that 
effect. A reply is now awaited. It was the in- 
tention of the Germans to build three boats to 
race at Marblehead late in the summer, but they 
feel that it is now too late to do that, so unless 
arrangements are completed immediately it is 
likely that the first match will not be held until 
1907. 
Cup For 22-RATERS.—It is said that a. cup val- 
ued at $500 will soon be offered for open compe- 
tition between 22-raters of Massachusetts Bay. 
Strong efforts have been made to develop this 
class, but as yet only one class Q boat, from de- 
signs of Messrs. Burgess & Packard, is known to 
have been ordered. It is expected that the offer 
of a valuable cup will stimulate interest and that 
several boats for the class may be ready when 
the racing season opens. 
Power Boat RAcE To PorttAnp.—The Port- 
land Power Boat Association has invited the Bos- 
ton Y. C. to participate in a race from Boston to 
Portland on the occasion of the Boston Y. C. 
cruise. A silver trophy will be offered. 
Work AT MARBLEHEAD.—Messrs. Burgess & 
Packard ‘have an order for a 38-footer for Mr. 
T. K. Lothrop, Jr., to be built under the new 
rating rule. She will probably rate in class N. 
The lead keel has been taken off the old 40-footer 
Gorilla and she will be used as a cruising launch. 
At Messrs. Stearns & McKay’s a speed launch 
fOr eMitjeA baaWiatson se Ote BUtaloymiNe Verena 
been finished. The twin-screw launch for Mr. 
W. H. Nimick, of Pittsburg, Pa., is receiving her 
cabin work and the twin-screw cruiser for Mr. 
W. O. Taylor is planked. They have an. order 
for a is5-footer for Mr. W. H. Stewart, of 
Swampscott, and also for a 27ft. cabin launch for 
Mr. R. Walter Starr, of Philadelphia, Pa. 
JoHN B. KiLreen. 
CRESCENT, NAME SELECTED FoR J. B. O’DoNo- 
HUE’S Boat.—Mr. J. B. O’Donohue’s new class 
P boat building from designs by Mr. Henry J. 
Gielow at the Milton Point Shipyard, Rye, N. Y., 
will be named Crescent. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[FEB. 17, 1906. 

YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 

Work At Woops’ Yarn, City IsLanp.—In addi- 
tion to the two class Q boats that are building at 
Frank B. Woods’ Yard, City Island, for Messrs. 
Hendon Chubb and W. A. Barston; from de- 
signs by Messrs. Tams, Lemoine & Crane, there 
is under construction a cruising sloop for Mr. 
A. H. Morris. She was designed by Mr. Will- 
iam Gardner and is 4oft. waterline, 13ft. 6in. 
breadth and 8ft. draft. The boat will have a 
small rig. 
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New Boats BuiLtpinc AT Bristot.—Six new 
boats are under construction at the Herreshoff 
shops at Bristol, R. I. The largest is the schooner 
foreVinee le Rogers Maxwell. This boat is quite 
unlike Ingomar and she is a remarkably beautiful 
and clean vessel. She is a centerboard boat and 
has an unusually large amount of room below. 
The boat building for Commodore E. Walter 
Clark, Philadelphias Corinthian ¥Y2.\@2 uismto be 
rigged as a sloop and not as a schooner, as was 
originally announced. She is a keel boat with a 
waterline length of 65ft. 
A high speed steamer gsft. long of the Mer- 
maid, Mirage and Scout type, is building for Mr. 
Nathan Strauss, of New York, for use on the St. 
Lawrence River. She will have a guaranteed 
speed of 23 miles for a one hour run. 
The other three boats are being built from the 
same moulds. They are launches about 4oft. long 
intended for day use on Long Island Sound. One 
of these boats is for Mr. W. Butler Duncan, Jr., 
and the other is for Mr. Maxwell. The third 
boat was built on speculation. 
These six boats include all the work now in 
hand at the Herreshoff shops. The report that 
this firm was building a schooner for the Ger- 
man Emperor was erroneous. 
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Royau St. LAwrENcE Y. C.—The Royal St. 
Lawrence Y. C. at its annual meeting at the 
Windsor Hotel, in Montreal, elected C. H. Routh 
Commodore. In his address the new senior flag 
officer spoke of the Seawanhaka Cup and the 
honor achieved by the Dorval Y. C. in holding 
it for eight successive years. He also announced 
that Mr. A. J. C. Robertson had in hand plans 
for a new Seawanhaka challenger that would be 
put into the water this year.—Brooklyn Eagle. 
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_ Crescent A. C’s Yacutinc Dept.—The Cres- 
cent A. C. of Brooklyn, has followed the example 
set by the New York A. C. and has established 
a yachting department. The Crescent Ath- 
letic Club will hold a regatta next summer for a 
$100 cup offered by Mr. John B. O’Donohue. The 
Crescent Athletic Club is without an anchorage 
at Bay Ridge and until one is secured on the 
lower bay this organization will not join the 
Gravesend Bay Y. R. A 
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Unirorm Racine RuLes.—At a meeting of the 
Atlantic Coast Yachting Conference, held at the 
New York Y. C., West Forty-fourth street, New 
York city, on Thursday evening, Feb. 8, dele- 
gates from the following clubs and associations 
were present: New York Y. C., Massachusetts 
You AS Hasterrimey 1c.) COnmntnianmm ee Gono 
Marblehead; Y. R. A. of Long Island Sound, 
Tarchmont ey Ge moecawatinalca seopinthianmy ames 
Atlantic Y. C. and the Corinthian Y. C. of Phila- 
delphia. The reports of the sub-committees ap- 
pointed to revise the racing rules and time allow- 
ance scales were heard. After being amended 
slightly and revised racing rules were adopted. 
This report will be published in full as soon as 
it is given out. The time allowance scale was 
also adopted after some discussion, and it is pub- 
lished elsewhere in these solumns. 
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New Launcu For F, NicHotits.—The twin- 
screw cruising launch designed by Mr. Henry J. 
Gielow for Mr. Frederic Nicholls, of Toronto, is 
to be built by the Williams-Whittelsey Co., Stein- 
way, L. I. She will be 76ft. 2in. over all,. 68ft. 
4in. waterline, 12ft. 6in. breadth and a2ft. 5in. 
draft. The boat will be fitted with two 35 horse- 
power motors, which will drive the boat at a 
speed of 12 miles. The yacht will be completed 
on May 15. She will be used on Lake Simcoe. 
ATLANTIC Y. C. MEETING.—The annual meet- 
ing of the Atlantic Y. C., held at the Waldorf- 
Astoria, New York city, on the evening of Mon- 
day, Feb. 12, was unusually well attended. Mr. 
Alfred W. Booth presided. The following off- 
cers were elected: Com., Daniel G. Reid, steamer 
Rheclair;. Vice-Com., Frank Tilford, steamer 
Norman; Rear Com., Edwin Havens, 
schooner Quickstep; Sec, E. H. M. Roehr; 
Treas., Bartow S. Weeks; Meas., H. J. Gielow; 
Trustees—To serve for three years, Ernest E. 
Malcolm, Calvin Tomkins; Regatta Committee— 
Theodore D. Wells, Fred. Vilmar, Orient C. 
Pinckney; Membership Committee—G. D. Pro- 
vost, F. J. Havens, W. L. Pettibone; Library 
Committee—Alfred H. Post, W. A. Barstow; 
Entertainment Committee—John L. Golden, 
Henry Smith, Joseph S. House; Nominating 
Committee—J. D. Probst, F. J. Havens, E. F. 
Luckenbach, Thomas H. Troy, . Erastus T. Teftt, 
R. W. Bartram. The reports of the various com- 
mittees show the club to be in an _ unusually 
flourishing condition and this year bids fair to be 
the most successful in its history. 
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Hartrorp Y. C. Orricers.—At the annual 
meeting of the Hartford Y. C., held at Hartford, 
Conn., on Feb. 8, the following officers were 
elected: Com., Charles A. Goodwin; Vice-Com., 
Charles N, Flagg; Rear Com., Morgan G. Bulke- 
ley, Jr.; Sec, Frank W. Theis; Treas 2 Hart 
Fenn; Meas., Harry D. Olmsted; Fleet Stir a. 
et. Axtelle, M.D.; Trustees—Louis F. Heublein, 
Herbert M. Luther : Race Committee—J. W. 
Tyroll, chairman; Harry D. Olmsted, Charles D. 
Francis, Albert Brooks, Morgan G. Bulkeley, Jr.; 
Delegates to Y. R. A. of) ExgiaesS——Harsya aD: 
Olmsted, chairman; Marcus A. Potter, Gerald 
W. Hart; Delegates to American Power Boat 
Assn.—Harry D. Olmsted, chairman; Charles D. 
Holmes, Fred. A. Law. 
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STAMForRD Y. C. EtLecrs OrrFicers.—At the 
annual meeting of the Stamford Y. C., of Stam- 
ford, Conn., the following officers were elected 
for the year: Com., Walton Ferguson; Vice- 
Com., James S. Herrman; Rear Com., Richard 
H. Gillespie; Sec.-Treas., Herbert Lawton; Fleet 
Surg., Dr. George Sherrill, Jr.; Meas., Dr. Al- 
fred H. Scofield; Chap., Rev. Louis F. Berry; 
Directors—Wallace D. Barkley, George C. Blick- 
ensderfer, Alfred W. Dater, James S. Jenkins, 
John Le Boutillier, Charles H. Leeds, Charles 
W. Minor, Lewis B. Moore, Alfred S. Pitt, Ed- 
ward Sawyer, Dr. Alfred H. Scofield and James 
D. Smith. The club now has 210 members. 
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ConsTITUTION MaAy BE ALTERED AND RERIGGED. 
—Mr. August Belmont has been in consultation 
with the Herreshoffs in regard to the advisabil- 
ity of altering the hull of the sloop Constitution 
and rerigging her as a schooner, so that she 
might compete in the big schooner class with 
some chance of success. In order that the vessel 
would not be penalized for her excessive draft it 
was recommended that her lead be removed and 
the draft reduced to bring her within the limit. 
A centerboard would also be fitted and a 
schooner rig be substituted for the sloop rig 
which she now has. Constitution is fairly fine 
forward and she would not be greatly taxed on 
the quarter beam length. 
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To BE RAcep AT Kret.—Mr. Charles F. Herre- 
shoff has completed the design of a racing boat 
which will be used in German waters. She is 
24ft. waterline, 7ft. 6in. breadth and 5it. draft. 
The boat will have I,000 sq. ft. of sail and there 
is 4,800 lbs. of ballast cutside. 
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BritisH STEAMER For F. H. StTEvens.—There 
is building at the Ramage & Ferguson plant, 
Leith, Scotland, a large steam yacht for Mr. 
Frederic H. Stevens, New York Y. C. The boat 
was designed by Messrs. Cox & King, of London. 
She is 200ft. over all, 170 ft. waterline, 25ft. 
breadth and 13ft. draft. A speed of 14 knots is 
expected. : 
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See pages 250, 284 and 285 for other yachting 
news notes. 
