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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 5, 1900. 


YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
Mitton Pornt Yarpv’s NEw Boats.—Two small 
launches are being built by this firm from designs 
by Mr. Henry J. Gielow. The first is for Mr. 
W. R. H. Martin for use on Long Island Sound. 
The boat is 35ft. long and will be fitted with a 25 
horsepower motor and a speed of 14 miles an 
hour is expected. The second boat is a 30-footer 
for racing, fitted with a Mohler & DeGress motor, 
and is for Mr. J. R. Johnson, Jr. 
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Tue STEAM YACHT ONEIDA Returns.—Last 
Saturday Com. Benedict’s steam yacht Oneida, 
which has been cruising for the last five weeks 
in southern waters, returned to New York. Se- 
vere weather was encountered off Hatteras but no 
damage was sustained. Commodore Benedict had 
as his guests Mr. Frederic C. Penfield and Dr. 
Lees )ones 
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New Launcu For Mr. W. B. Duncan, JR—A 
4oft. launch has been recently completed for Mr. 
W. Butler Duncan, Jr., by the Herreshoff firm, 
and will be used as a tender to Mr. Duncan’s 
Dahinda. A similar boat is also being built for 
Mr. Maxwell’s Queen. 
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EASTERN Y. C. Opentinc.—The Eastern Y. C. 
house on Marblehead Neck will be opened on 
May 26. The following names have been _pro- 
posed for membership: Messrs. William Firth, 
Charles P. Curtis, Jr., Ambassador George von L. 
Mayer, American Ambassador to St. Petersburg, 
and Mr. Robert W. Emmons, 2d. 
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STEAM YACHT TUSCARORA BEING OVERHAULED. 
—Mr. Walter Jennings, New York Y. C., steam 
yacht Tuscarora is being overhauled at Norfolk, 
Va. 
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SHELTER ISLAND Y. C. OFFIcERS.—The follow- 
ing officers have been elected for the ensuing 
year: Com., George M. Boardman; Vice-Com., 
Stephen Lane Folger; Rear Com., George P. 
Fiske; Sec., William B. Hill; Treas., William H. 
Bedford; Fleet Surg., George F. Little, M. D. 
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HartemM Y. C. 100-MiILE RaAce.—Starting off 
Belden Point, City Island, on Aug. 11, the Har- 
lem Y. C. will give a long distance race to Strat- 
ford Shoal Light and return. It is expected that 
30 or 40 yachts ranging between 20 and 4oft. 
waterline will enter. 
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BrRooKLYN Y. C. OcEAN RAcE.—There are now 
four competitors entered for the Brooklyn Y. C. 
race to Bermuda—Mr. Frank Maier’s Tamerlane, 
Mr. R. D. Floyd’s Lila, Mr. CC. D. Robinson’s 
Gauntlet and Mr. W. B. Goddard’s Bonnie Kate. 
Other boats are expected to enter, and also a Ber- 
muda boat will come to New York to start. 
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CorINTHIAN UNion Y. C. RaAces.—Decoration 
Day, May 30, open regatta, Metropolitan Y. C.; 
June 24, open regatta, Morrisania Y. C.; July 4, 
open regatta, Morris Y. C.; July 22, open regatta, 
Stuyvesant Y. C.; Aug. 19, union regatta to be 
held under the auspices of the Corinthian Union 
Y. C.; Sept. 23, open regatta, Williamsburg Y. C. 
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LARCHMONT Y. C. RAcING FIxTURES.—Satur- 
day, June 16, spring regatta, open to all classes; 
first race of series for Larchmont raceabonts. 
Wednesday, July 4, annual regatta, open to all 
classes; the Colt Cup, yachts in class B; second 
race of series of Larchmont raceabouts. 
Larchmont Race Week, Saturday, July 14, to 
Saturday, July 21—July 14, open regatta, for all 
classes; first race of series for classes B, H, J, K, 
M; New York Y. C. one-design 3oft. class; P; 
raceabout class; Larchmont 2tft. L.W.L. one-de- 
sign class; Q, R; Indian Harbor one-design cat- 
boat class; Riverside one-design catboat class; 
third race of series for Larchmont raceabouts. 
July 16—Second race of series for classes B, 
H, J, K, M; New York Y. C. one-design 3oft. 
class; P; raceabout class; Larchmont a21ft. L.W.L. 
one-design class; Q. R; Indian Harbor one-de- 
sign catboat class; Riverside one-design catboat 
class; fourth race for Larchmont raceabouts. 


July 17—Four-oared gig race; two-oared gig 
race; dinghy race; races for naphtha and alco- 
vapor launches exceeding 21ft. L.W.L.; races for 
naphtha and alco-vapor launches 21ft. L.W.L. and 
under; tub races and water sports. 
July 18—Open regatta, for all classes; third 
race of series for classes B, H, J, K, M; New 
York Y. C. one-design 3oft. class;P; raceabout 
class; Larchmont 21ft. L.W.L. one-design class; 
Q, R; Indian Harbor one-design catboat class; 
Riverside one-design catboat class; fifth race for 
Larchmont raceabouts. 
July 19—Fourth race of series for classes B, H, 
, K, M; New York Y. C. one-design 3oft. class; 
P; raceabout class; Larchmont 21ft. L.W.L. one- 
design class; Q, R; Indian Harbor one-design 
catboat class; Riverside one-design catboat class; 
sixth race for Larchmont raceabouts. 
July 20—Fifth race for classes B, H, J, K, M; 
New York Y. C. one-design 30ft. class: P; race- 
about class; Larchmont 2rft. L. W. L. one-design 
class; Q, R; Indian Harbor one-design catboat 
class; Riverside one-design catboat class; seventh 
race for Larchmont raceabouts. 
July 21—Open regatta, for all classes; sixth 
race tor classes B, H, J, K, M; New York Y. C. 
one-design 30ft. class; P; raceabout class; Larch- 
mont 21ft. L.W.L. one-design class; Q, R; Indian 
Harbor one-design catboat class; Riverside one- 
design catboat class; eighth race for Larchmont 
raceabouts, 
Saturday, Sept. I—Race for auxiliary schoon- 
ers; races for yachts of all classes enrolled in the 
Larchmont Y. C. fleet; race for Larchmont arft. 
L.W.L. one-design class; ninth race for Larch- 
mont raceabouts. 
Monday, Sept. 3 (Labor Day)—Fall regatta, 
open to all ciasses; tenth race for Larchmont race- 
abouts. 
Saturday. Sept. 8—Race for the Larchmont Cup 
for schooners; H, J, K; race for Larchmont arft. 
L.W.L. one-design class. 
Classes.—B, ooft. R.M.; H, 82ft.; J, 68ft.; K, 
yates Wb) Movie er Arye o (Ohana? Ike. iden 
Chas. P. Tower, Howell C. Perrin, Edgar B. 
Carroll, Regatta Committee. 
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InpIAN HArpBor RACE FoR SCHOONERS.—A race 
will be sailed from off Great Captain’s Island to 
Bartlett’s Reef Lightship, New London, on June 
23, and it is expected the following schooners will 
enter: Queen, Mr. Rogers Maxwell; Invader, 
Mr. Roy A. Rainey; Corona, Mr. Arthur F. 
Luke; Endymion, Commodore George Lauder. 
Jr., and Elmina, Mr. F. F. Brewster. The yachts 
will reach New London in time for the races 
and have time to prepare to start in the race on 
June 30 to Marblehead. 
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Two 27-FooTERS LAUNCHED.—The Milton Point 
ship yard has launched the two 27-footers of Mr. 
Gielow’s design. The first is Crescent, for Mr. 
J. B. O’Donohue, and Sue, for Mr. E.-F. Lucken- 
bach. The third boat is called Jigstep and is being 
completed at Bayshore for Mr. F. C. Havens, At- 
lanitiemy eae: 
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YAcHT MAYFLOWER RETURNS.—The auxiliary 
schooner yacht Mayflower, Mrs. Eva M. Barker, 
returned to New York after a three months’ 
cruise in southern waters. Mayflower was the fa- 
mous Cup defender of 1886, designed by the late 
Edward Burgess. 
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Iso-pE BEING FirrEep Out.—TIsolde, the Fife cut- 
ter owned by Mr. Fred M. Hoyt, New York Y. 
C., is being fitted out at Greenport, L. I., under 
the supervision of her skipper, Capt. John Barr. 
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STEAM YACHT GITANA A_ ToTAL Loss.—The 
steam yacht Gitana, which went ashore near Cape 
Bonn, on the African coast, is a total loss. Gitana 
was an auxiliary three-masted schooner yacht de- 
signed by Mr. St. Clair Byrne, and built by 
Messrs. Ramage & Ferguson, of Leith, in 1882. 
Her tonnage was 471. 
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Yacuts AT City IsLtANpD.—There are being fit- 
ted out at Jacob’s yard for the season’s service 
the following yachts: Schooner Venona, Mr. 
Robert Olyphant, New York Y. C.; schooner 
Amorita, Mr. Walter Dupree; schooner Sea Fox, 

Mr. Dallas B. Pratt, New York Y. C.; yawl Sy- 
barita, Mr. W. Gould Brokaw, New York Y. C.; 
yawl Tern, Mr. John Hyslop, New York Y. C.; 
yawl Phantom, Mr. H. G. S. Noble, New York 
Y. C.; sloop Altair, Mr. Carl Meyer, New York 
Y. C.; steam yacht Cayuga, Mr. Thomas W. Slo- 
cum, New York Y. C.; sloop Rosalie, Mr. H. F. 
Parmalee; yawl Paladin, Mr. Walter C. Hub- 
bard, New York Y. C.; yawl Cherokee, Mr. A. G. 
Thompson, New York Y. C.; sloop Janet, Mr. F. 
H. Aériance; sloop Adelphia and houseboat Mar- 
jorie, Mr. F. L. St. John, New York Y. C. The 
70-footer Rainbow, Commodore Cornelius Van- 
derbilt, New York Y. C., is not at City Island, as 
has been reported in some quarters, but still at 
New London, being put in shape for the season’s 
racing under the direction of Capt. Charles Barr, 
her skipper. 
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New Lipton Cup Boat.—Mr. Charles D. 
Mower has received a commission from Mr, J. 
H. Fearnside, of Hamilton, Ont., to design for 
him a Lipton Cup boat for the races to be held 
at Chicago. The boat will be built by the Robert- 
sons, at Hamilton, and is the only Canadian boat 
entered for these races. The new boat is of the 
following dimensions: 
Length,/oversall insane ee ee eee 36ft. oin. 
Lin, oisyig she he eee eee 2zit. oin. 
Breadth \, vs. bs sie ciety 9 eee 1oft. 6in. 
waterline .....c cesta GE oft. roin. 
Draft: 0... .iecte,o's ote dates le orale Fhe eee 6ft. 6in. 
Lead, keel... case ceresetere rate olatebereteneete tenneiane 1,500 lbs. 
Sail area. << isieu so . ods ok eee ene goo sq. it 
Sails by Wilson & Silsby. Spars to be hollow. 
Mr. Mower reports the following sale: New 
York Y. C. 30-footer Oriole, Mr. Lyman De- 
lano, to Commodore Charles F, Goodwin, of the 
Harttord YG) 
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RECENT SALES.—The office of Mr. Stanley M. 
Seaman reports the following sales: Mr. W. 
Moseley Swain, of Philadelphia, Pa., has sold his 
auxiliary yawl Bonnie Jean to Mr. Graham 
Youngs, of New York. The cruising sloop Atala 
for Mr. Oliver G. Ricketson, of Pittsburg, Pa., 
to Mr. R. Floyd Clark, of the New York Y. C. 
Atala is now at New Bedford, Conn., and will 
be brought to the Larchmont Y. C., from where 
she will sail this summer. The sloop Beatrix 
has been sold for Messrs. Robert O. Bacon and 
Frederick Mills to Mr. Edward M. Cary, of New 
York. 
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ATLANTIC Y. C. MEETING.—A meeting of the 
Atlantic Y. C. took place on May 1 for the adop- 
tion of the rating rule and the season’s racing 
dates. The following names were proposed for 
membership: 
Messrs. T. B. Ackerson, Arthur E. Burnett, 
W. H. Smith, Jr., Alvan Markle, Frank M. 
Smith, Dr. Henry A. Ferguson, Charles A. Maas, 
Bernard M. Baruch, Greeley S. Curtis, Eben 
Whitman and William Whitman, Jr. Junior 
member, Leonard Richards, Jr. 
The following were elected members: Messrs. 
John E. Haviland, William H. Griffin, Walter D. 
Haviland, H. N. Baruch, George P. Dumois and 
Horace E. Boucher. 
The Board of Trustees appointed the following 
House Committee: Messrs. E. E. Malcolm, 
chairman; William H. Renwick and E. Hunt 
Allens or 
The following will constitute the Committee on 
Repairs for the house and grounds for the year: 
Messrs. Alfred W. Booth, chairman; E. E. Mal- 
colm and Calvin Tomkins. 
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Tue AtcoHoL Bitt.—‘Senator Lodge promptly 
disclaims hostility to the bill, freeing industrial 
alechol. The fate of that measure will be a pretty 
good test of the strength of Standard Oil and 
wood alcohol influences. Here is a good chance 
for the Senate to discredit the muck-rakers most 
effectually.”—Boston Transcript. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. 
Atlantic Division—A. F. Dempewolff and H. 
W. Dempewolff, both of New York city, and both 
by C. M. Moore; Walwin Burr, New York city, 
by H. Lansing Quick. 
